THE BEDTOBD OAZBTTE
It fVtWWKU BVSfiV to.IDAT MOBtlta
BW B.
41 tic fallowing itrmi, to wit i
<s3 49 per auwum, i( paid within th* year.
u " if not paid withio the jrnr.
By N* *Ubteriptiun tehen tor leee than ait neathe.
gytto ipitper discontinued ontil nil arrearages are
■paid, uwleae at the option of the publiehoi. It has
been decided by tbe United State* Court* tbpt the
eleppsc* <*f a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima /art* evidence of fraud and a*
-a criminal offence.
court* have decided thet person* ere ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapei*,
df thay take tbcm from the poet office, whether they
tahtcriba for them, or not.
Professional Carbs.
F.M. KIHMSLL. J. W. ExsoasrstTsa
KIMMELL FC LINGENFELTER.
TTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
tjyUave. formed a partnership in the practice of
he Law. Office on Juliana atreet, two dears South
•f tbe "Mengel House."
"jea Mass. • • s ' 4!, °-
MANN & SPARC.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
The undersigned have associated lkatu* e l ve * j"
As Practice ol the Law, and will attend promptly
all business entrusted to their caie in Bedford
and adjoining counties.
(iyOffice on lulians Street, three doors south
W the "Mengel House,'' opposite the residence of
Maj. Tate.
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
~Joas CESSNA. O. E. SBAHHOS.
CESBHA a, * II A Hi N 0 K .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
BjrHave formed a Partnerhipin the Practice ot
the Law. Office nearly opposita the Qazctte Office,
wher* one or the other may at all timei be found.
Bedford, Aug, I, 1801.
JOBI* PREED.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Kiifttt fully tzndon A ttrvietl ID the Pvbht.
QyOffice second door North of tha Menge
Boust
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1841.
" W. M. HAI.L. JOHN PatJiaa.
HALL & PAL SI E R ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Cy Wilt promptly attend to all busine.., entrua
led to tbete rare. Office on Jultantia Street, (near,
ly opposite the Mengel House.)
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1841.
FOFFROTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOMERSET, PA.,
Will hereafter practice regularly in he several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrnsted to
his rare will be faithfully attended to.
December 4, IStil.
BAMIELKFTTF R IlT\ N~~
BEDFORD, PA.,
ay Would hereby notify the citizen* of dedford
coanty, that be has moved ro the Borough of Bed
ford, where he may at all limes be found b- person,
wishing to tea him, unlese absent upor. buaineit
pari sin ioe to his office.
Bedford, Aug. 1,1661.
Jiaoa RICD, J.J. SCSELL,
REED AND WHEEL,
BANKERS k DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BKDFCRD, PFNK'A.
By DRAFTS bought and told, collection* made
tad money promptly remitted,
D*po*it aalicitad.
axriatNCza.
Bon. Job Mann, Hon. John Cessna, and John
Mower, Bedford Pit., R. Forward, Somerset, Bunn,
. Saigutl k Co., Phil. J. Watt k Co., J. W. Cm ley,
A Co., Pittsburg.
gT. CIIA R LES HOTTL,
CORKER or WOOD J ND THIRD STREETS
BXTTBBUB. GH, T A
HARRY SHIRLS PROPRIETOR.
April 11 1881.
w. . nan. JOHH t. havieo
MAIR AND DAVISON,
Importers-arid Dealers in
B*4dlcry, Carriage aud Trunk
Htrdwar* and Trimmings,
NO. lit WOOD STREET,
Pittsburg P# a a 'J ,
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letter" of administration on the estate of D:m-
W1 It. Long, late of Lilicrlyftp., dec'd, having
been granted to the subscriber, all persons in
debted to said estate, are hereby notified to
make immediate payment, and those having
eUiuis will present thum duly authenticated
ART settlement. ,
JOSEPH E LOW,
April 10, 1863.—Gu* Adut'r.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Letters TestanKntety on the estate of Solomon
Birhl, lute of township,dec'd, having bee
granted to tbe subscriber, re.-idi,.g in said township
notice is thercfors given to sit persons uidebtsd to
•eld sststt, to mtke payment immedi tely, and those
having claims will present their forthwith, proper
ly authenticated fur settlement.
April 3. HENRY P. DIEHL, Exn'r.
WM. T. BOYD. JOHN L. nODUK. W. S. BOYD, JR.
BOYD & HOUGH.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
No. IT SOUTH WATER ST.,
Poit.anEt.ru.
Mem 9, iw~ia.
DENTIST.
Will attend punctually and carefully to nil opera
lions entrusted to his care.
NATURAL TEXTH filled, regnlnted. polished, fire.,
in the best manner,and AmerciAL Term inserted
from sec to sn entire eett.
Office io the Bank Building, on Juliana etreet,
Bedford.
CASH TEAMS will be strictly adhered to.
In addition to recent improvements in the mount
ing of ARTIFICIAL TEHTH on Gold and Silver Plate,
I am now using, as a base for Artificial work,a new
and beautiful article, (Vulcanite or Vulcanized In
dia Rubber) ttronger, closer fitting, more comfort
able and more natural than either Gold or Silver,
Mid 90 per cent, cheaper then silver. Call and see
C. N. IlK'KOK.if.
Reiffbrd. Janh'jfy 19, tROfl I .'
VOLUME as.
NEW SERIES.
PROTHONOTABV S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby giveu, that the account ol Elias
Deli, Esq., Committee of Jacob Kckhart, a lunatic
has been filed in the Prothonotary's office, and that
the same will be presented to the Court of Com
mon Plena in and for said county foi Confirmation,
on Monday the Ith day of May* next.
A. a. dUNN, Proth'y.
Prothonotarv's office, Bedford,
April 10, 1803.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
All peraona interested are hereby notified that |
the following named accountanta have filed their ac
counts HI the Register's office of Bedford county,
and that tbe aame will be presented to I he Orphans'
Court in and lor said county, on Tuesday, the oth
day of May next, at the Court Houße, in Bedford,
foi confiimation.
Administration account of Joseph Wigfoo#, ad
ministrator of George Wigloos, late of Wet Prov
idence township, dee'd.
The account of Henry Hue and Thomas Fisher,
administrators of the estate of Elias llite, late of
Cumberland Valley tp., dee'd.
The account of Frederick Buxton, executor of
the last will Ac., of .Mary Anu Buxton, late of
Southampton tp., dee'd.
The account of George Potter and Jeremiah
Meptzer, executors of lc last Will <tc., ol Suaan
Potter, late of South Woodberry tp., dee'd.
Administration account f Wm. M. Pearson, ad
mi.,istrator of E.izabeth Cramer, late of Middle
Woodberry tp., dee'd.
The account of G. S. Cowan, executor of the
last Will fit Testament of Rachel Walters, late of
M. Woodberry tp,. dee'd.
The account ol Abraham M. Miller, administra
tor of the estixte of Cnriatina Nicodeinus late of
Harrison tp., dee'd.
The account of John S. Holeinger, administrator
of Geo. M. Ilolsinger late of St. C.air tp., tlec'd.
Final account of Lewis Anderson and Lemuel
Evans, administrators of Wm. Anderson late of
Broart Top tp , dee'd.
Tbe administrattion account of Adam Haderman
executor of tbe last will kc., of Henry Bender
dee'd.
Account of Joseph Fisher executor of Sarah
Sparks lale of West Providence tp., dee d.
Account f Abner Walker administrator of Dr.
John Mygriff. late of St. Clair tp., tlec'd.
Account of Isaac and John Hetghurd, executois
of Geo. Retgbard, late of 3- ilord tp.. d-e'd
Satr ttel Walter administrator of John Walter late
of Union tp., tlec'd.
Account of David and Aaron Wtet stone adminis
trator* of Samuel Whetstone, late ol Colerain tp,.
d.-e'd.
Account of J. W. Lingenfelter administrator of
Eve C|i.ar, late of Bedford tp., dec'd.
The acount of Alexander, Uolsinger, executor of
the last will, Ifr., of Jacob Teeter, late of South
Woodberry tp., dec'd.
The final account of Di.vid Lingenfelter, admin
istrator ot the estate of Abraham Lingenfelter late
ef Napier tp., dec'd.
The account of D.tniel Barley, Guardian of Sa
rah Jane Harker, William tledry Harker, Phebe
Ellen Harker and George Edward Marker, minor
children of John Harker late of Middle Woodberry
tp., dec'd.
The account of S. S. Fluke, administrator of the
estate of Michael Fluke, late of Hopcuret! township,
dec'd.
The accouunt of John B. I.ongenecker, aminis
trator of the estate of Abel Griffith late of Middle
WooJberry tp, deceased.
Account of Wm. Keeffa adm'r d. b. n. with the
will annexed, of John Keefte, late of Bediord tp.
deceased.
Account of Nathaniel Vore fit Wm. Albaugh,
Fzecutors of the last will and testament of Bene
jamin Vore late ot Napier tp. dec'd.
Account of J. F. AcThos. J. Kay administrators
of G. B. Kay late of Hopewell tp. dec'd.
Account of Win. H. Smith adir.'r of John P.
Smith Mte of Hopewell tp. dec'd.
A. B. BUNN, Register,
LIST OF CAUSES,
put doirn Jor trial at May T. (4JA day) IBG3.
John W. Beeltr V Henry Moe
A. M'Grigor, Esq. " Samuel Clarlt
Gideon Hiteshew " John Wonder
Daniel Walter • J.W, Ling, nfelter com
mittee of A. Sill
Fulton county *• Tate & Lingenfe Iter
F. I). Beetle " Js Sleek
T. M. Lynch t al William Spidle
August Ahlborn " Cumb'd Valley M. P. C.
Henry McDonald " Alex'r MrGrigor
John Lambert " Charles Williams
Bedford R. K. Co. , < Charles Smith
Same " Jonathan Bowser
Alex'r McGrigor Henry McDonald
April 10. A. B. BUNN, Proth'y.
TOL'BT PRUCLAMATIOIF.
To the Coroner, r/is Justiore of the Peaer, and Con
etahlt* in the different ToiOttihiye in the County
of Bedford, Greeting.
KNOW YE that in pursuance of a precept to me
directed, under the hand and seal ol the Hon.
JAMES NILL, President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas in the Sixteenth District, con
sisting of the counties of Franklin. Fulton, Bediord
and Somerset, and by virtue of his oiiice of the
Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail de
livery for the trial of capital mid other offenders
therein and in the General *Cour' of Quarter Sess
ions of the Peaee; and Jou.N TAYI.O* and JA.UE*
BUSKS, Jr. Esq*., Judges of the tame Court
in the same County of Bedford, You and earn ol
you are hereby required to he and appear in your
proper persons with your Records, Recognizances,
Examinations, and other remembrances He/ore the
Judges aforesaid, at Bedford, at a Court of Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Genera!
Quarter Sessions of the Peace therein to be boldeu
for the county of Bedford, aloresaid on the first
Monday of May, (beiug the 4th day.) at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of that day, there and then
to do those tbiugs to whicti your several olficea ap
pertain.
GIVEN under my hand at Bedfo'd, on the 10th of
April, in the year of our Lord, 1863.
r JOHN J. CESSNA,
Sheriff's Office, Bedford, I Sheriff.
April 10, 1863. J _
To the School Directors
OF BEDFORD COtJATY.
GSBTLEMXNI —In pursuance of the 43d section of |
the Act of Bth May, 1854, you are hereby notified
to meet in convention, at the Court House, in Bed- ,
ford, on the first Monday in May, A. D.*lBG3, be- j
ing the 4th day of the month, at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon, and select. vivo voce, by a majority of j
th# whole number of Directors present, one person I
of literary and scientific acquirement*, and of skill ■
and experience in the art of teach ng, as County
Superintendent, for th three succeeding year* s dc
teimine the amount of compensation for the same ;
and certify the result to the S'ate Superi nfendent,
at Ilarrisburg, as required by tbe 39th end 40th sec
tions of sard act.
GEORGE SIGAFOOS.
Co. Sup. of Bedfotil Co. ■
AMftkd, Apr:: 1* '.9C3—T
Freedom of Thonght tad Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1863.
For the Ikdford Qaztlte.
OLD BEN. BANNISTER'S VIEWS OF
THE WAR.
At the head of "Wolf Hollow," near the top .
of the Allegheny, stands an old building, some
hundred and twenty feet long, and one room
deep, the middle of which is built of logs, and
either end of stone. The log part, when first I
erected, was no doubt considered a perfect pa* j
lace by tho old hunters who had squatted in
their little cabins, all along the top of this noted j
runge of mountains. The log part of this house
is so old. that tradition says Washington slept
in it in 17.').), when, under Brnddock, he march- j
ed to attack Fort DuQuesne. The stone 1
ends were tho work of subsequent years, made;
necessary in order to accommodate the wagon- j
ers and emigrants to the West, who, before the :
days of railroads, made this point tho crossing;
place over the mountains. There still lives in
this house a very old mfltl, the son of him who J
built that very part of the house hi which '
Washington is said to have slept. This old !
man's name Is Benjamin Bannister, and he says
that John Bannister—one of the signers of the i
"Articles of Confederation" from Virginia—;
was his father's brother. Benny Bannister, as |
he is familiarly called by all, is, as near as he i
can tell, 108 years old. He says his birth was
never recorded, but that his mother often told ,
him and the neighbors, that he was born "the I
very year that Braddock and Washingt on went
over." At any rate the oldest settlers of the '
mountain say he was known as ''Old Benny," j
when they were lxoys and girls. I have not
time to tell you all I have heard of old Benny's I
history. A great book might be written of the j
incidents of his life and his mid savings. Ho ,
was at Valiey Forge, and served three years in j
the "Revolutionary War." His father was at j
tho almost forgotten skirmish at Bloody Run.
Old Benny has seen all kiads of people, Stage-;
passengers in old times often lay over at his
liouse to rest, and Henry Clay always stopped j
there, when he used to ride horse-back from j
Pittsburg to Washington. Besides emigrants ;
to the far West always made his house a point '
in their journey- From these he often received i
little presents From a lu.'.y passenger in the ;
coach, he otiec received a copy of Banyan's,
Pilgrim's Progress." Having a natural fond
ness of reading, he perused all printed matter he I
coultl get hold of, and now since bis eye-sight I
Ims failed, he gets a groat-grand-son, a bright I
boy of 16, who is clerk in a little store near by j
in which tho post-office is kept, to read to him I
whenever his time will admit. Old lknhy al- ■
ways was in the habit of giving his views and !
orders in figurative lnnguage, and nick-naming j
everybody and everything around him—a habit j
of allegorical speaking which he "got honestly" j
from his father, who, no doubt, bad first ac
quired it from tho Indians, and alter reading
the aforenamed copy of "Pihtrim's Progress,"
the habit was continued. It has been my
pleasure,since a little boy, to call in to see old
Benny, whenever I chanced to pass that way,
and I was always amused and instructed by
some of the old man's allegories and .tales.
So, having occasion to puss over the pike lend
ing up Wolf Hollow, some two weeks ago. and
thinking it likely tho last time I would ever sec
the old man, as he is failing fast, I determined,
as these are "dark times," to stay all night,
and by the cheerful log-fire, around the old
hearth-stone where Washington once sat, hoar
what Old Benny had to say in his own peculiar
style al>out our "national troubles." Well,
supper over, he tottered to his sent in tho old
"split-bottom" chair by the side of the fire, and
says he to me ;
"Coppie, sit down !" (a new niek-natne for
me, which the sequel may explain!) Having
slowly filled his old laurel-root pipe with
"Kinnifciniqitc" from his spacious jacket-pocket,
he soon lit it with a bit of pine, and, giving a
couple of whiff's, says he:
"Well, Coppie, these are dreadful times I
have lived to see." That machine which Lin
coln said he would run, has made a plagued
sight of trouble.
"Now, Coppie, if roti will listen. I will In
to give you a full history of that 'Lincoln ma
chine,' and the -oad on which it was intended to
be run, too, and the reasons why the machine
won't work. Rut you must be patient and let
i me go back a little. It mav seem a good ways
hack to you, child! But I remember when
there was no road and no machine, but old
King George's—lietter than I mind yesterday."
Old Benny then drew up a little closer to
tne, and liegnn:
"In the year 1777, a company of good men—
. wiser and (letter than any I now hear of—de
termined to improve on the 'one horse system'
, of progress pursued by the monarchial compa
nies of the 'Old World.' These men were the
true lovers of freedom, and were not selfish, but
desired the welfare of their children. Having
heard of a beautiful city called I'rosperity,
which was built for freemen, and which many
companies before had failed to fully reach on
account of despots and cruel kings which op
posed, and death nnd disease from the pestilen
tial miasma of old rotting dynasties, there be
ing nothing of the latter lit this new and beau
tiful country and only one of the former, who
pretended to claim any right to oppose. this
company of brave men, boldly undertook the
work, and after many hard conflicts with this
old King George, finally succeeded in vanquish-*
ing him, though after great sncrifico of many
l valuable lives, and tho expenditure of much
i money. They completed the road to tho city—
| still, it was but a temporary structure, a kind
j of tram-road which answered their purpose for
I a season, and proved that the route was prac
! tieable. This first company was called "The
j Confederation." and the road they called "Ar
ticles of Confederation." In the course of ■
| few years it was found ncccssnry to have a
| more |>ermnnent road, many improvement.', it
i was thought, could lie made, and the defe'tr.
and weak places of the first road remedied. So a
orgcriw of the-mm who Kjmpotmd thsfirV •
; panv, together with other wise men, got lip a
new cum|iny, called 'The Union.' This com
pany built a grand, substantial Rood, nearly on
I the line of the first one, which commanded the
1 admiration and applause of the whole world.
' Ilwas call.il 'THE CONSTITUTION.' In
a little while thirteen beautiful cars, differing
somewhat in size, but ull nicely adjusted to the
track, wore pot upon tho road, to be drawn by
' a grand engine, called 'Equal Rights,' the nsa
, tenuis of which hud been wrested from kings
and despots, even as l'ar buck as the Runny
mode fight, ami all saved up for this purpose.
Well, one George Washington, a man iu great
! favor with the company, w:w chosen chict en
gineer. Most beautifully and smoothly did tbe
' whole train run under his engineering for eight
, years. Engine and cars both keeping the track
; at all times, though some fellows in tin? l'ean*
i ivlvania car once got on a little spree , but soon i
, got sober. At last the old engineer retired, hav-1
(ing served the company long and well. A new |
. engineer was then appointed, one John Adiuns j
Iby name. lle did not prove so capable as the !
first. The passengers were somerwlmt alarmed ,
at one or two daring experiments which he |
made. But by the uproar of the people—soino j
I ugly contrivances which lit: put on the machine, |
1 were removed, as it was feared they would)
cause it to rim olf the track. Tiio company i
I appointed another engineer, 1 bonias Jefferson
was his name. This man proved himself an
1 admirable engineer, and was fully acquainted
with the road. I find my story is getting too
I long, and fearing I may weary you," said old
I Benny, "I will not follow the history of all tec
engineers who so successfully run the train i but
1 suffice it to say, though they differed, somewhat
' in their style of doing things, still all things |
went well, most ot the time. Qua', though,
I when one old Amlv Jaekson was engine, it, somo
I fellows in the South Carolina car, whilst they
' still wanted to run with the train, refused to
I pay their share of the expenses. But 'I lid
! Andv' said as long as they were hitched to his
! machine, they should pay tlieir shure ol the
I oil— 'by the eternal!' and lie made tlicru be-.
have, as Washington did the 'Whiskey Boys.' j
Through tho course of years many new ears
i were added to the train. It bogamc long and
| heavy, numbering some thirty-four ears ; be
j si'k." nmro were building; and tn iny feared
I that it would some day part from its weight.
, Sail, the engine, Equal Rights, was a power
ful machine, and tho coupling might have j
| proved strong enough. The passengers, Cop
iff&fnt along weR together. Rich aktd poor, .
j high and low, werg, alward, and sat in the same
; seats. When tho train first started, some of
j the passengers in all of the cars (save, maybe, t
one) had servants; others had none—just as they .
pleased—anil, after a time, tho passengers in
| some of the ears put off their servants at way
! stations to shift as best they could, whilst oth- j
ers sold their servants to passengers in other |
I cars, who wanted them. Still, this made no
difference for a long time. As new cars were
\ added, the passengers were allow ed to do as!
they pleased, and as their fathers had done in j
' this respect. The passengers transacted bui
--' ncss with each other by the way, and all seemed
' to be working well. But. alas ! Coppie,"—-the
' old man hero heaved a deep sigh,-'some thirty
' or more years ago, it was whispered thrmigli
j out the length of the train, that some ingenious
. i Yankees, aided by some of the children of tiib
old 'Red Coats,' had invented a new machine
by which thev purposed to ilrnw the trai'-. us
j- soon as tV could get per - i sion fre • ' a
i company soon as this ir - ation w.'-ji .-'U- l
jof and tl. designs of these t>!' ~vc disco/•
I a deep grumbling arose among 'n passengers
particularly in the South car?. • <•..< new
1 giuc was called 'ADLIHON' L. v - * .uildcr.',
1 but many people stud its name would, after a
' time, 1)0 Changed to 'NI.GRO Lv'iALlT\.'
I It was constructed, they . aid, on a new prin
ciple, railed 'Higher Law —.mine la , <ny boy,
that tho Good Being nevi revealed -nan—
!' It's not in 'The Book' at any rate, ana L have
I always bib,, 'it "-as tin*u,*gaM.ion of that
'Old Serpen;'—' awk ehtake —from whom
I have sprung al. tar hissing brood of the pre at
"Iday. We olu moi :. ook our beads and said
' j surely that machine wi.i never Jo to draw this
51 train, from its very structure, we know, it will
' i never fit the track. Some fur-.icing men, who
1 1' knew the name would bo changed to 'Negro
I I Equality,' and who knew of a peculiar trestle
1 1 on the "road, called the 'Elective Franchise,'
saiJ, if it be attached, when we come to that
M point, there will ho a general 'smash up.* Bo
!cause, even at that time, there was no little
* | bitterness of feeling between the cars, whose
\' passengers had servants and those which had
! none, and the new machine men declared tliut
" jno more cars shooi,. be attached to the train,
1 1 unless they wore prohibited from carrying pu:>
j sengers with servants, ihe passengers in the
South cars and ninny in tho other cars, to ,
' I would not yi. l l to this prohibition, contend: g
' | that the tr.... was made to carry cars . or
1 1 Witbot:. .t . int.?, us the passi ge; might choose.
'I But tw, men, ou -wo different
cure, started the dct idea tha' Here was an
' | 'impressible cunjiict' between tho.ie having trr
'!fv:iiiis and those having none, and that if the
'' passengers would agree to allow tlo more ser
1 vant cars to lie attached, and shut up the ser
' llraiits in the old cars, and Uot lot them spread,
llt hat thev would soon die, or the passengers
i would be smothered by their strong smelt, and
fhat either way, this'irrepressiblc conflict' would
hen a mid that d.. cw engine would carry
)!h. train right straight to the 'city of Prospe
rity." Iu the meantime tho excitement increu-
I. \ through the lies and insults of these Yan-
I e machine men. Many fist fights occurred ;
L -(niv were fired by the 'irrepressible con
r: ueu; bitter enmity arose agalft.-t those
■j ... ..d servant;-,, and some innocent, ur.;ir;ued
(•.:( ore killed in tho Virginia cftr by the
•m.'. . New jlachir. men, and many pi-onii
n ; ■ :gerljii ottier cars, who should have
<b a>, .. . ith the friends of the rtrt in the
WHOLE MEMBER, 50.13
VOL, 6 NO 39.
Virginia car, responded Amen ! to the deed. |
Well, through the cunning of two crafty men— |
one Abe Lincoln and another fellow named Se
ward—tho very men who started tho idea of the
'irrepressible conflict' —the passengers were per
suaded to try the new machine, though a ma
jority ol more than a million of the passengers
opposed it. Yet as their votes were divided—
by some rule of the Road—they lmd to submit
and tho new machine was brought out with
this same Abo Lincoln as Engmeer. N'ow, in
accordance with the threats and predictions of
many of the passengers, eleven of the ears,
whose passengers carried servants, were cut loose
'from the train, and were taken otf by a sidu.g
called 'Reserved Rights,' which siding, thf'j say,
some of the builders of the road pointed out to
them, and that it was part of an old wort made
bv one Thomas Jefferson, called the 'Declara
tion of Independence,' a work that was made
| before the Koad. But many persona never
could see t his, uor believe that such a siding
vlisted. Though it is said it was talked about
; b■' the company who made the road, some
, wanting it destroyed, others opposing this
i ami so the siding was left just re it was before
the New Road was built. Well, Coppie, wlieth
-1 cr Jalfcrson intended his work to be used in our
j day us- not, I can't say. But I know he hoped
] it wouldn't, and I wish these old eyes had nev
er beheld the parting of the train. But they
| went off, some how, and took the ears with
them, ami I now hear they have formed a new
Compauy called the SOU IJIEKN COJil 1 LIT
ERACY, and that they purpose trying to build
a Road of their own to the City of Prosperity,
i "Well, when this Abe Lincoln discovered,
that many of the ears had been uncoupled, from
those unwilliugly attached to his new machine,
he caused to be raised a great cry in the remain
ing cars about the dismemberment of the train.
The long and beautiful train, he well knew, was
the pride and glory of all the passengers, and
they were jealous, too, of a beautiful flag which
• the passengers happened to tear down when they
uncoupled their cars. This flag had a star for
every car tuid he well knew the great mass of
the people did not want a car uncoupled or a j
' star taken from that flag, no, not even those who \
opposed must bitterly the new machine. l>ut,
Coppie, I aui't help' but think that many of the
advocates and some of tho builders ot that ma
chine desired this; for one has admitted that for
| nineteen years he struggled to accomplish it.—
i Well, to divert their attention from this new
1 machine, lest they might at once discover its
! MMt of Jilness to the old tract, and then, uiay
1 be, fall on him and tho builders and owners ol
the machine, Abe Lincoln let off the steam at
. a great rate, and au awful fizzing, bellowing,
! screeching and roaring was heard—flfes and
' drums were played—men who hail once carried
lamps through the train on sticks, in great com
! panics, to induce the people by their show and
I parade to try the New Engine, now put ou a
' kind of uniforms and drummed up the pebple
into companies; but the most of these fellows
j themselves after they had drummed Up the peo
j pie, hiil themselves, excepting those who want
; ed to take advantage of the fire to get new clothes,
and those who wanted big titles. But though
many good men and women, too, wore deceived
and with pure motives were now willing to run
with Abe's machine, believing they were doing
God service, still insiny other good people snid
that though they had nut seen the new machine,
they were sure tho steam front it did not smell
list thnt which jscd to coinc from the Old E
qnal '.V. • ■ .V.whine. Tltcy, at the risk of be
ing :nl names, ebntended that it ft—' '*
• by of the uproar nr v--
i r... •.j T .at t!'t 'king of the Trul. • •
jn.. . - dov/ti os *.ne h'h,, most of the -fit
I ver. -twk to believe that those who cut 1
the v_ars w.re the cause of all the trouble, r.n<;
great com '.res composed of many g'v-xJ nnd
many bad pf'-ple, and a groat many, ;-J, of
thoSe who were opposed to the new machine
were formed and sent after the uncoupled cars
to endeavor to bring them back. ' 1 ■" ",t. was
contended that the great mass of the people on
those cars did noLwish them cut loose. It was
first (aid that it would be an easy job nnd that
surely 20,00(1,000 could out-pull and whip 11-
000,000 besides that the majority of these 11-
000,000 would join in and help back with the
cars. But many did not believe this. They
did not Iwlieva they would cor sent to follow the
New Machine and that if they would not of
their own accord, it would only mnko the mat
ter worse, to try to force theni. Besides it
would be an uphill business to do so, as they
had the advantage of the grade."
".Man)' persons, too, believed flipt the whole
cause of the trouble was the New Machine, nnd
for this reason did not go warring after the oth
er ears."
"Well, Coppie, for two years the passengers
of the dismcinbarcd train have Iktii engaged
in deadly conflict, tlie only result being great
destruction t t.-e lives and property of both.
In the nv i ; . the e'.'nrh froiu the Lincoln
Machine i . ■ u stroe,: r an! stronger, so
that nil wi:■■) 1.1. d or ; :s.,.s cannot lielp but
admit . ... g ) I rvo learned to
to-M • • >
hetfsti.se:odurs .c ■> i. lat / inquisitive
! peop o not ■... .ty .-r . .? •.< .lie.', all tne time,
: or, • - ti. / ufle;on", iiiiti at great risk of lic-
n £ . ..-vo . en examining closely Abe's
|Ne w 1 ■. and bis way of working it. They
have La: I •'• certainty, that it is a narrow,
contruot. 1 Jiubug, made to run only on a thirl -
ing roati culied tho Underground road, and for
this reason no Ughts nre used to run it—and ull
employed about it seem blind us moles; and
further that they do not expect nor care to pet
the other cars liaek, but have two grand ideas;
first to rob tho company and passengers of their
property and little effects, to their own private
advantage, and secondly, carry on the old.busi
ness of the Underground Company op a gigan
tic scale. But, Coppie, if many yvhb have gone
out with patriotic motives, after the other ears,
thould live to got l ack and find tlieir places ta-
Rttttß of ftbotrtiflina.
One Square, three mttkinr lets, . . . . , ~51.33
One Sijnre,efh additional insert ien less
thn three months ye
3 *ow. 6 1 tut
One square ........ $j uo $4 00 $f bit
Two square* 4 {ft 300 000
Three square* JOO 700 13 00
f Column ........ uo
{ Column ........ 80* 13 0% 20 on
4 Column 13 00 18 <>6 3i| do
On* Column ... . . in 00 30 80 60 AO
Administrators' and Executor*' notice* S3.J, Aji
uitorv' notice* SI.OO, if onder 10 lite*. tp'.OO It
more than * (quire and leu than 30 line*. Kuy,
01.85, if but one bead ia advertised, 35 cents for
every additional head.
The spree occupied by ten lines of this viz* tn
type rounf* one square. All fractions of a square
under five lines will be measured as'a half square
end all over Ave lines is a lull square. All leje,
dvertisements will be charged to the person hal.4
jug them in.
i ken up with these blacks that were servants on
j the run-o'J cars, I think another big trouble
j will cemtjenie. Hut so many have been killed
I ofi; that they now say, these blacks will bu Deed
ed in their stead. Dear me! Coppie, 1 never
thought wo would prefer blacks to whites!—
Many persons who have licen pointing to this
true cause ot' our troubles, ami telliug only the
truth about this Yankee Machine, have been
gngge.l, imprisoned, culled traitors and threaten
ed with neck str ings of h< tap. At first it was
denied that the Machine would nut fit the track.'
Hut that fact has become so plain that it is no
longer disputed. And now, Coppie, as it is
nearly iny bed time, I will finish my story in a
few words. Abraham, the engineer, and bis
men, will not agree to discard the Machine.—
They will not acknowledge thut it ran never haul
the train, but contend that whilst they will not
agree to alter the machine to lit tlio old
Constitution track, your fa fliers made, that the
old trad must be attend to suit the Machine, and
they must then have all the curs likewise altered,
the ends knocked out, tho couplings xccldf. d and
rutted and alt combined into one Jig Car. Then,
the running gears, too, must all be cut down to
suit the Negro Equality Engine, for suue My
theao letters aye already painted on one side of
it. T his, Coppie, is what they arc now aiming
at, and this is what the people differ about.—
And wo who uru in favor of the old Ciqifer
Hotter engine of Washington are now ca lied
Copperheads. There is only one way, my boy!
to bring about peace and harmony. 2'mow a
rule the l'nnkte Mac.tine and discharge tho engi
neer aud all bis hands, and gut back the old
"Equal Bights Engine," then, after a time, the
other company when they become satisfied that
all is safe, may come back and link with us.—
This you must endeavor to do peacefully and
according to tho rules of the Hood, if they wilt
let you. This is indispensable to Itnrmony and
safety, whether tho other ears comeback ornot.
1 lecause this Lincoln Machine—no mutter
how far you agree to the altering of the road,
will never be able to carry the remaining cars
over the Elective Franchise Trestle. For
whilst God has decreed that nhritually, all men
are equal and in this sense lie is no respecter
of pcrsous, socially I find He ackuowledges dis
tinctions, us you will find by reading Ist Timo
thy, ti chapter, aad iu many other parte of ilia
Word. Hoping, Coppie, that you may ever re
member this story of old lieu. Bannister, and
that we may meet in a better World, where
all- will find Prosperity, 1 bid you good night."
And the old man with tho aid of his two
canes tottered to his bod.
BUTTERNUTS.
TICKED W CM)EK OCR OWN TREE.
Xomenu, Going to SAoie that the Administration
u the Government.
jf this Administration is the Government,
vt-hy didn't it die with Gen. Harrison, or Gen.
Taylor?
Wo suppose tho Government was eut with u
razor the other day when Mr. Seward eut bis
hand.
If Lincoln should take the diurhom, the
Government would have to swallow burnt bran
dy or some other astringent to regulate its bow
els. * ,
If Lincoln should get the rheumatism, the
Government would have to go on crutches.
When Chase takes snutf, the Government has
to sneeze.
When Welles gave his fat contract to Morgan;
it was a lirot her-iu-law of the Government wliom
extended Lvor to.
Ti.ero is a rumor that the Government drinks
tea out 01' a bottle. We don't believe the, ru
mor, so l'ar rs it relates to tea.
The Gov niuent, lay skiiitljl and successful
strategy, .(lived unexjiet.raAly in Washington
dressed in a beautiful Sr 'tell n' .id.
Tho Government was lies" to say that-it
had not itudied tho tariii ' intended to
do SO, as *00); US it h'td icliu
The Government is abm -'t high, has
large feet and lank jaws, a: '• mnul rails
when it was young.
When Ilalleck hit Stain a Government
got a black eye.— (xxjan (' Uiuv) GaectU.
WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The final count on tho amended Constitution
of West Virginia sums up in (lie thirty-eight
counties heard from 28, 321 for the i.merid'n.'ht
and 572 against it. These figures include 7.-
828 votes given by tho soldiers, of whom fi,-
1 (jf were within the 1 imits of the so-called
State, and 1,729 put of those limits. The coun
ties of Calhoun, Greenbrier, Logan, McDowell,
Mercer, I"uitas, l'eleigh, Webster and
Wyoming read no returns. And this is si led
an election! 1 -e are. the Kansas shri 1 ers ?
Men voting unde: tiress, with soldiers behind
them, and the provo carslml within halting
distance. And ten eniii counties not voting
at all 1 Again, we ask, wi/-• are the Kansas
siirakers! .Is there ah rA hat the Ju'cobins
and Alwlitionisls ovorchar > i.e Democrats
that this Administration i ' i's million* lure
.; perpetrn ted and exled in a ten-fold de
gree * When is aba purity of the G relive
franc;. ae, that these hypocrites have been talk
ing about, ar; 1 seheiniiig about, when they wire
presenting .-Ibruhum Lincoln astheofiibmliuiant
of all the . w honest, sincere, and truthful iu
man? Why, Mr. Lincoln and 1- }
shrickors would prefer to have no election at
all—no press to tell the truth to the people
no-individual opinion, boldly expressed, that
confliets wiih their own. Happily the iqaak la
aow torn from their faces—tho wolves in
sheep's c! thing aro recognized, and will b"
avoided .u the future.— Age.
Cj-Turk ;/ has laßt issued posioga ta ipj*
having long ' "i the only Power in Europe that
has not u.-s. i them, the Mahometan rolHgton
ihtordlctmg tho r:.pK sei.Ve on W tho face
; >ersori