~ *THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS PUBt.ISHEU EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY 11. F. IBEYKRS, At the following tenfif, to wit: $? 00 per annum, if paid within the ya;ir. $2.60 " " i f nut l' a ' (l within thii year. C?-No subscription taken lor less than six months |£7"Nn paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option ol I lie publishei. Ji has been decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of arrearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and as a criminal otlence. (E7"'l'he courts Have decided that persons are ac countable Tor the subscription price of newspapers, if they take them IVom the post olfice, whether they subscribe fur them, or not. JjJrofcsoional lllatiis. F.M. KIMNILL. '• W. LI NO KN PELT RE. KIMMELL & LINGENFELTEIt, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. lormeil a partnership in the practice of the Law. Olhce on Juliana street, two doors South of trie "Mengel House." JOB MANN. H. SPANG. M A iV N & S 1' AN (i. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. The undersigned hava associated themselves in the I'ractice ol the I.nw,nn<l will altenJ promptly to nil business entrusted to their caie iu Bedford and adjoining counties. on Juliana Street, three doors south of the "Mangel House," opposite the residence ol Maj. 'l'ate. Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861. JOHN CESSNA. O. E. SHANNON. CESSNA & 811 A N NON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., [C7"llave formed a Partnership in the Practice of the Law. O/licc nearly opposite the Gazelle Oltico, where one or the other may at all times be lound. Bedford, Aug, 1, ISO 1. JO UN 1'- REED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Rupert fully ttuilcrs his services to the Public. second door North of the Mengel House. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861. W. M. HAM.. JOHN PALMER. HALL & PALMER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, I'A promptly attend to a l l business entrus ted to there rate. Office on Julianna Street, (near, ly opposite the Mengel House.) Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861. A. U. COFICOTU, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will hereafter practice regularly in he several Courts of Bedford county. Business cntrnsted to his care will be faithfully attended to. December 6, 1861. SAMUEL KETTERMAN, BEDFORD, l'A., Would hereby notify the citizens of Bedford county, that he has moved ro the Borough of Bed ford, where he inay at all limes be found hi persons wishing to see him, unless absent upor. business .pertaining to bis office. Bedford, Aug. 1,1861. JACOR REED, J. J. SCHKLL, REED AND SHIELD BANKERS it DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, BEDFORD, PENN'A. KT'DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and money promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. HKFKIIENCKS. Hon. Jot> Mann, Hon. John Cessna, and John Mower, Bedford Pa., It. Forward, Somerset, Bunn, Raiguei Ac Co., Phil. J. Watt & Co., J. W. Cuiloy, At Co., Pittsburg. GT. CHARLES HOTEL, CORNER or WOOD /ND THIRD STREETS P I r T S II U B- G H, p A HARRY SHIRLS PROPRIETOR. April 12 1861. c7Su ii 1 c kok, DENTIST. Will nttend punctually and caiefnlly lo all opera lions entrusted to his care. NATURAL TEETH tilled, regulated, polished, ACC., 111 the test manner, and Ann TCIAL TEKTU inserted from one to an entire sett. Cilice in the Bank Building, on Juliana street, Bedford. CASH TERMS will he strictly adhered to. In addition to lecent improvements in the mount ing ot ARTIFICIAL TEETH 011 (fold and Silver Plate, 1 am now using, as u base for Artificial Work,a new and heautitnl article, (Vulcanite ov Vulcanized ln gia Rubber) stronger, closer tilting, more comfort able and more natural than either Gold or Silver, and 20 per cent, cheaper than silver. Call and see C. N.HICKOK. Bedford, January 10, 1863. TO CONSUMPTIVES 1 lie advertiser having been restored to health in a lew weeks, by a very simple remedy, after hav ing suffered several years Willi a severe lung aflec tion, and that dread disease, Consumption—is anx ious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy ol the prescription used (free of charge,) with the direc tions for preparing anil using the same, which they will find a SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION ASTHMA, BIiONC UIT IS, Ate. The only object ot the ndveitiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit the aftlirted, and spread information which tie conceives to be invaluable, and hepes every niilferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, ap24-3m Williatnsbiirgli, Kings Co., N. Y. EXECUTORS' NOTICE. \\ hereas letters testamentary to the estate of An thony Zimmers, late of Bedlord township. Bedford county, dee'd, have been granted to the subscribers, ull persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them dulv authenti cated for settlement. GEORGE K. ZIMMF.RS, Bedford tp., J.W. LINGENFELTER, Bedford bor. May 22, 1863—Ots. ' EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. teßtamen,a ry on the estate of Nancy T. Black, late of Bloody Run borough, deceased, have been granted to the subscriber, residing in said borough; all persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those •laving claim, against the same will present them duly authenticated for settlement .. 00 , OA , SAMUEL BENDER, Ex'r. May 22, 1863—6ts VOLUME as. NEW SERIES. Major General Butler. Trie Boston Courier excuses the publi cation of the following upon the ground that Gen. Butler is a public man, and because the affair has got into print: We have received from the best author ity the facts of the encounter at Lowell. As we learn the facts, they are as follows: Mr. liussell, who is a mason in Lowell, was em ployed by a Mr. Eastman, the agent of General Butler, to lay the pipes in a drain which Eastman had dug on the General's premises. The laying of the pipes was nearly completed, one only of the sections lying by the side of the trench. At this time Gen. Butler came towards Mr. liussell, and ordered him to remove a large stone within the side of the drain, and some dis tance beneath the surface of the ground, saying it would interfere with the plough. To this Mr. Russell objected, stating that it. was his business to lay the pipes, and not to dig,the drain, which had been prepared by Eastman. Thereupon, Gen. 8., with violence and profane language, ordered him to leave his premises. Mr. Russell told him that he was employed by another per son, and did not look to him for his pay, and should finish his work. Gen. B. then kicked llie section of the pipe into the drain, which Mr. Russell picked up and placed a gain in its former position. Repeating the offensive language, Gen. B. kicked the pipe over again; and as Mr. Russell was attempt ing to replace it, he received a violent blow in the face. Wc understand that subse quently Gen. B. alleged this to have been an accident; but the statements on the oth er side do not correspond with that view of the case. Mr. Russell immediately jump ed from the ditch and as quickly General B. was flat upon the ground and Mr. Russell had him by the throat and held him there. Gen. B. is alleged to have made no resist ance ; after holding him as long as lie tlio't necessary, Mr. Russell allowed him to rise, and accompanied him a hundred or two hun dred rods out of the field. We learn that Mr. Russell told the Gen. that he was an old man, over 60 years of age, and had never been assailed in this way; that the General mast romombor he wan in Massachusetts, not New Orleans; and that such conduct as his would not be tolerated on New England soil. He also told him it was no wonder we were beaten by the reb els, when such officers led our men; that, for his own part, lie was the grandson of a revolutionary patriot, who was killed by the British in his own house, (at Lexington,) and he himself and the other descendants of lliat man had been fruc to their Demo cratic principles. Reminding the General of his action at the Charleston Convention", and of his political tergiversations in gene ral, Mr. Russell then left him. We are not disposed to make any comments on this transaction. We give the facts as they were detailed to us; and, as wc arc inform ed, the affair was witnessed by numbers of persons. Negro Soldiers. Ouo of "Doniphan's Men," of St. Louis, sends us this specimen of negro valor in the Mexican war: "A number of the officers of Doniphan's regiment had selected their favorite servants anil they accompanied their masters to the tented licld. On the march from El I'nso to Chihuahua the darkies, fired with mili tary ardor determined to form a company of their own. Joe, a servant of Lieut. D., of Maj. Clark's artillery, was elected cap tain, and about one-half of the remaining volunteers were appointed to till some office, and thus were entitled to a title. Joe made his appearance 011 parade in a cocked hat, feathers, epaulets, sabre, etc., all right. He was impatient for the foe. When it was reported that the enemy was awaiting us at Sacramento, Joe was exultant, lie would show the white folks what he and his men would do. "lie would lie whar de tight was, and of Massa D. expected Joe to hold his hoss, MassaD. was mistook, dare den!" The battle of Sacramento was fought and the enemy routed completely, but Joe and his men had been wholly invisible.— The day after the battle Lieut. L. said to Captain Joe: "Where's your company, Joe ? I didn't see anything of you and your men yester day, and 1 hear that you hid behind the wagons ?" "Oh, Massa Lieutenant," replied the crestfallen Capt. Joe, "I'sc sorry to say my men did take to de wagins! i begged 'em to eoinc out like men, but dey wouldn't! No, sab! dey stuck to do wagins, and 1 couldn't git 'em out." "Well," said Lieut. L., "why didn'tyou leave them? you might have been in the tight, anyhow." "Why, Massa, to tell you de truf," said Joe, "I did come to de line at first, and I stood dar for awhile, but when de balls be gin to come so thicker and faster, and more of 'em, I tot de best ting dis nigger eould do was to git behind de wagin hissclf!" .Toe's company was disbanded the next day. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD,PA., mm y MORNING, JULY 10, 1863. Negro Soldiers Against Irish Sol diers. THE CHICAGO IRISH LEGION) HEADQUARTERS 'JOth 111. Vol. 1 Lafayette, Tenn., May IS. J Tu the Editor of the Chicago Tuncis : In his proselyting peregrinations in the Suiili west, Adjutant General Thomas, styling lini self the mouthpiece of President Lincoln Npal the Secretary of War, hasjuSt vouchsafed a very brief, but none the less mischievous ri it this afternoon—having a lew minutes prior to his arrival heralded his approach over the wiAw, The "Legion," with characteristic promptitude, and appearing admirably, were quickly on |he designated ground, in readiness to render to the distinguished public functionary the honor Jue to his exalted position. Presently the train draws up hi front of the regiment (temporarily commanded bv Maj. Stcv art) who salutes the General handsomely, ac cording to the prescribed mode, by presenting arms, lie seemed, however, to have anticipa ted a "rapturous" welcome, and scarcely con cealed his disappointment at the tameness with which he was met. Indeed, he made the sug gestive remark that he had been received with unbounded "enthusiasm" where he had previ ously held forth, lie had been making a great many speeches, (so he said) and quite unneces sarily excused himself in advance for the short ness of his speech—which, to be candid, was its least tault. 11c modestly proclaimed, iterated and reiterated, that he was the Adjutant Gene ral of the United States, not only of the volun teer, hut of the regular forces; that lie had Come to see for himself and correct abuses; that he had organized, or authorized to be organized, ever so many "colored regiments," and would arm, clothe and feed Ihcni; that they were mod els of bravery and tidelity; that they would re lieve the white soldiers in the barracks, forts, and posts; that he had many years since seen negro regiments in India and in other countries; that he had just returned from the lower regions (I don't quote his exact words;) that he had there placed many plantations under cultivation by "free labor;" that their now masters paid the negroes for their labor; and that the former parties, lie had "demonstrated," could make more money than if the original relations be tween them had remained in statu quo, &c., &c., and linally, that he himself, "had but recently drilled a company of negroes." "--J *•"• --tucy drilled very creditably" indeed. But we obtuse Hibernians, could not, for the lives of us, sec the subject "in that light," and remained pro vokingly taciturn, without the slightest evidence, of conversion, or even the least "manifestation" of approximating "change," being, no doubt, as the doughty General frankly admitted ho had once been, "prejudiced against the colored race." But then, who knows but that our excusable 'prejudice' against our 'free American' brethren of "African descent" may yet happily vanish, as did the General's?—for 1 tell you, Mr. Edi tor, if we do not ere long become thoroughly enlightened in flic science of "Niggerology," it will not be the fault of Gen. Thomas, or for any want of ample opportunity to become fa miliar with the subject in its various phases and forms "in real life." He commanded that we should receive Sambo with open arms and "distinguished considera tion;" that we should feed him, clothe him, and of course, lodge him; and moreover, actually called for cheers for the President's "war poli cies" in relation to Ihe. negroes, whereupon eve ry man in the regiment, for the moment, lost the faculty of speech and the power of motion! The gallant Major, in the hope of extricating our bravo men from their awkward dilemma, and restoring to them the use of their tongues and muscles, called for "three cheers for the Union," when lo! up go the caps, and loudly burst forth from stentorian lungs, the enthusi astic cheers called for, with a "tiger" to boot! But mirabtle drctu the General (lies into a vio lent passion, declaring that this did not satisfy him. It was not what lie wanted! and ho would not leave here until every officer and man signified his determination to yield a free and unreserved support to the negro policy of the Administration ! The demanded cheers were again called for, but not a cheer was heard, save that of one single man, and I will not mention his name—sullicc it to say he is not an Irishman. Three chccrs were given for the President, and for all otliccrs over them by the men, with a declaration that they had never yet refused, and never would refuse, tu obey any order of their superiors. But the haughty dictator waxed still more wrathy, asseverating that lie would imme diately dismiss every officer and man who con tumaciously dared to refuse cheering "three times" for the negro "policy;" but still not a man moved nor a syllable was uttered, save by the one man excepted before. This was more than the irate General could bear, and lie order ed every man opposed to liis "policy" to step to the front; but, as there was no exception to the ranks, the men preserved their immobility for a moment, when out stepped Sergeant Mi chael Mcehan, of my company, and another ser geant, whose name I do not now recollect. The General, to be sure, reprimanded thcra severely Sergeant Mcehan gracefully saluting the great man, replied, "1 speak only for myself. I hnvc never disobeyed an order of my superior officers, and never shall; but 1 cannot cheer for princi ples which I " "Take them to tho guard house immediately! Take tlicra along! Take them along!" and tho chivalrous general turned to leave, vowing his determination to put tho entire regiment under arrest, because they would not basely stultify themselves and renounce the honest convictions of their hearts; in other words, because six hundrod as brave men and true patriots as ever shouldered a musket or charged a bayonet, do not "voluntarily" and falsely avow that they are thorough paced Abolitionists, and only the equals of a semi-savage, brutal, ami irredeem ably degraded race. Notwithstanding tho anger of the General— and to his immortal honor be it mentioned—he has graciously vouchsafed its an entire week for repentance ; but whoever will not, on this day week, make free and public profession of the new faith, according to St. Phillips, anil hurrah for the nigger, will lie dreadfully punished by the General, who will, no doubt, according to promise, return to receive us into the Abolition church, after having first "mnslorud u*> otft" of the Democratic fold. Talk about arbitrary arrests, illegal prosecu tions, and cruel incarcerations; but, great God! whoever heard of tyranny equal to what I have but feebly and hastily sketched: and these are the first lines 1 have been able to pen for a week, having been so severely injured in the line of my duty, a month since, that I am for the sec ond time undergoing medical treatment; and hence was not in command of my company to day, though I hope to be on the next visit of the Adjutant General to the regiment. Is it any wonder that our country is distract ed and that so little is effected in the cause of its restoration and the re-establishtnent of its authority, when a regiment that, before it was twenty days in the field, earned and received I the applause (in a special public order) of the ! commanding General, authorizing it to place upon its bauncrs, a historic inscription, cotn ■ niemorative of the defence of its unprotected I post against ten times its own number, arc thus to be tyrannized over and wantonly abused "by authority of President Lincoln and the War Department?" What in the name of high heav en can it mean? If this regiment could, thro' drend of worse than even British despotism, and through fear of the relentless tyranny by which they are thus causelessly threatened. l>e compelled to formally renounce the political principles which they now hold sacred, and af- icct to substitute in their stead the isins of the rhillipses, Garrisons, Ward Beechers, Fred. Douglases, and others of that breed, I am at a loss to comprehend what object is expected to be attained, or what advantage can possibly nc eruc from a successful attempt at coercion. Tiic 90th Regiment have never dishonored their coun try or their especial friends in any manner, ei ther by the commission of disgraceful acts, or failing to perforin all that the most exacting commanders and authorities could possibly re quire. This very important, and frequently • threatened post igarrisoned now (twitjia&bsca. "for two months past) only by our regiment, anil a section of'a battery of light artillery, whereas I am told it has not heretofore been entrusted to the protection of less than four or five times our numerical strength, with two batteries of artillery, and this is the way in which we arc treated, and how our services arc requited by nil official who publicly claims to represent the President of the United States and his cabinet! Was a wickeder or more reckless exhibition of ingratitude ever perpetrated Iban this? and will our State authorities silently and passively sub mit to the commission of the wilful outrage with which we are menaced? It is hoped not. We are entitled to the consideration of the au thorities of our own State, though they are chielly Republicans and we Democrats. A spy sent out by Gen. Smith from La Grange has just arrived from the scene of Gen. Chal mer's command —numbering .1,000 or 0,000 cavalry—who informs us that that rebel chief was advancing in this direction yesterday, and distant abuut 30 miles. When the Adjutant General was here lie alluded to our danger, and when it was remarked that the 90th would give them a warm reception, ho graciously conde scended to reply: "I am well aware that yon will fight; but I will do what I have said if ev ery man does not declare liimsolf in favor of this policy within a week.'' In order to avert any censure for the author ship of this article frotn any other officer, 1 will state that not one of the regiment is cognizant of its composition, and 1 subscribe my own name to it in full. It is reported that before lie reached Lafay ette the Adjutant General met with a similar reception to that which greeted him here and at many other points on his way, and that the en tire of the 18th Illinois—l think it is—were ordered under arrest for the. same oficncc or crime of which we are guilty. THOMAS K. BAURKIT, Capt. Co. K, 00th Illinois. The Irish soldiers of Illinois are not the men to forswear their jwlitical principles. They tiro brave to a fault. One Irish regiment from that State, (that of the well known Col. Mulligan,; held New Creek, Va., a most important point on the lino of the Baltimore and Ohio road, far months and were never troubled. Ihul any oth er regiment boen there, the rebels would have made short work of them but they were afraid of Mulligan and the Illinois tigers.— Times. CVTAS a train of ears tilled with Democrats was returning from a Convention at Mount. Gilead, Ghio, recently, and while stopping to take wood and water, a crowd of Abolitionists threw stones at the cars, breaking the windows, but injuring nobody. eyJcmmy remarked to his grandmother that old Mrs. Crunshaw had the appearance of a person with one foot in the grave. 'Well, re ally, upon my word,' said the antiquo lady, 'I thought 1 noticed she. walked a leetle lame lately.' fcyMoliere was asked the reason why, in cer tain countries, the king may assume the crown at fourteen years of age, and cannot marry be fore eighteen? 'lt is,' answered Moliere, 'be cause it is more difficult to rule a wife than a kingdom.' taT'An Irish hid complained the other day of the harsh treatment he received from his father. 'Treats me,' said lie mournfully, 'as if 1 was his son by another mother.' WHOLE NUMBER, 506.7 VOL. 6, NO 49. EDITING A PAPER. Editing a paper now is a very pleasant busi ness. If it contains too much political matter, • people won't have it. If it contains too little, they won't have it. If the type is- large it don't contain euough reading matter. If the type is small people can't read it. If we publish telegraph reports folks say they ! are nothing but lies. 11 wc omit thed),■ they sav wc have no enter - ■ prise or suppress them for political effect. It wc Lave in a few jokes, folks say we arc I nothing but a rattle head. ! If we omit jokes, they H ay we are an old fossil. If we publish original matter, they damn us for not giving selections. If wo publish selections folks say wc. are lazy for not writing more and giving what they have not read in some other papers. If we give a man complimentary notices we are censured for being partial. If we tlo not, all hands say wo arc a greedy hog. If we insert an article which pleases the ladios, men beome jealous. It we do not eater to their wishes, the paper i is not lit to have in the house. If wo attend church, they say it i; only fori effect. If we do not, they denounce us as deceitful and desperately wicked. ll' we sjieak well of any act ot the President, folks say we dare not do otherwise. If we censure him they call us a traitor. If we remain in the office and attend to busi ness, folks say wc are too proud to mingle with other fellows. If we go out they say we never attend to bu siness. If we do not pay all bills promptly, folks say we are not to be trusted. If we do pay promptly, they say we steal the money. If we wear poor clothes, they say business is poor. If we wear good ones tlrey say we are a spendthrift Now what is a jioor follow to do ? PUZZLING A LAWVKR. —Everybody in Phila delphia, and out of Philadelphia, we believe, (says the Gcrmantown Telegraph,) knows, oi lias heard of Gottlieb Seheerer, a tall, robust, well formed German, with a small, twinkling eye, aad a look that *-* is ya*~ -r n-r rnhtm.-ifr lis language, that 'he knows a thing or two.') Being willed upon the stand as Witness on ona occasion, lie was catechised rather severely, (as the story goes,) by Mr. Dallas,who expected to mako out a strong point, by eliciting some thing from the following questions: 'Were you at Ilarrisburg, Mr. Seheerer, in Decern l>er?' 'At Harrisburg in December, did you say, Mr- Dallas? 'Yes sir, I said at Harrisburg in December.' Putting liis head down thoughtfully for a moment, lie replied: 'No, sir, I was not.' 'Were you at Harrisburg iu January, Mr. Seheerer?' 'At Harrisburg in January, did you say, Mr Dallas?' 'Yes, sir, at Ilurrisburg in January.' Relapsing into a thoughtful mood for a mo ment, he replied: 'No, sir, I was not in Harrisburg in January.' 'Well, Mr. Seheerer, were you in Harrisburg in February? Did you say at Harrisburg in February, Mr. Dallas? 'Yes, sir,—answer mc if you please—l said at Harrisburg in February.' Studying a moment or two, as before : 'No, sir, I was not at Harrisburg in Fcbrua ry.' Getting somewhat out of patience with liini, Mr. Dallus elevated his tone and fiercely de manded : .'At what time, then sir, were you at Harrisburg ?' 'At Harrisburg? At Ilarrisburg. did you say. Mr. Dallas? 'Yes.' yelled the now infuriated lawyer, 'at Ilarrisburg." Again the head dropped, and the man onro more thought for a moment, but his head sud denly raised, and a smile playing over his fea tures, replied: 'Mr. Dallas, I was never at Harrisburg in my life.' Of course the court adjourned instanter. GOLD MONEY. —Henry 111, in tho year 1257, in great distress for want of money, was the first prince who ever coined gold in England. The piece ho caused to be struck was of pare gold, about the size jf a shilling, and was to pass in the common proportion of gold to sil ver for twenty pennies of the latter metal. It is not said for what reason, but only that, in the month of November, in that year, the citi zens of London petitioned against it and Henry consented to call it in. Of this curious coin, called the gold penny of King Ilcnry Third, three specimens only are remaining, one of which is in the-British Mu seum ; it has a full length tigure of the ting, sitting on his throne, on one side. Till Edward the Third's time no more gold inoncy was coin ed in England. He, by the advice of his coun cil, in 13-14, eotnmanded florins of gold to he coined, to pass for six shillings; half florins to pass for three shillings; and quarter florins to pass for one shilling and six pence. A few months after, however, tho name and value of tho coin was ehanged, and gold nobles, half no bles, and farthing nobles were made known by proclamation—the first to pass for six shillings and eight pence, and the others in proportion. The noble had thenrmod figure of the king rep resented in a ship, in commemoration, it is sup posed, of a naval victor)' he had obtained.—. Such were the earliest gold coins of England. liatfs of Slitoctlisfttq. One Square, tbree weeks or lew. • $125 One Square, each additional insertion less than three months 25 3 MONTHS. C MONTH; . 1 TEAR One square- $3 00 $4 00 $6 00 Two squares 400 300 9 Three squares 500 700 1* i Columu 000 900 15 00 i Column 800 13 00 20 0 'i Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column ...... If 00 30 00 'SO 00 Administrators'and Executors' notices $2.50, Au ditors' notices $1.50, if under 10 lines. $2.00 it more than a square and less than 20 lines. Kctrays, $1.25, if but one head i 9 advertised, 25 cents for every additional head. The space occupied by ten lines of this eizeoi type counts one square. All fractions of a square undei five lines will be measured as a half squart and ail over five lines as a lull square. All legal advertisements w ill be charged to the peison hand ing them in. fcrS"On one of (he most memorable days when the Kansas Nebraska Hill wits being debated, Senator Seward tapped Douglas on the shoul der, and whispered in his ear that he had some Bourbon in the Senator's private- room which was twenty years old, and upon which lie de sired to get Douglas' judgment. 'The Little Giant* declined, stating that he meant to speak in a few minutes, and wished his brain unclou | ded by the fumes of liquor. At tlic conclusion of his speech Douglas sank down exhausted in nii. chair, hardly con&ious of die congratula tion of those who flocked around hiui. At this juncture, Seward seized the orator's arm and bore him ott to the Senatorial sanctum. : Here's the llourlron, Douglas,' said Seward, 'try some—it is sixty years old.' 'Seward,' remark - ed Douglas, I have made to-day the longest speech I ever delivered ; historyhas no parallel for it.' 'How is that?'—rejoined Seward: you spoke ahout two hours only. Douglas smiling, replied; 'Don't you recollect that a moment before 1 obtained the lloor you invited mo to partake of some Bourbon twenty years old, and now immediately, after closing my remarks you extend to ine some of the same liquor, with the assertion that it is sixty years old:—A forty years speech was never delivered before. Sew ard aeknowlcdgerl'tho 'corn,' and the two ene mies (politically) 'smiled.' GET ENOUGH SLEEP. —We have often heard young men remark that four or five hours' (deep 1 was all they wanted, and all that the human system required. The habit of going without sufficient sleep is very injurious. Thousands, no doubt, permanently injure their health in this way. We live in a fast age. when every body seems to be trying to pervert the order of nature: If folks will persist in turning night into day, it is not to l>e wondered that few last to the allotted term of life. No matter what lie a man's occupation—physical or mental, or, like Othello's, "gone," and living in idleness —the constitution cannot hist, denend upon it, without a sufficiency of regular and refreshing sleep. Joe Hunter, the great surgeon, died suddenly of spasmodic affection of the heart, a disease greatly encouraged by want of sleep. In a volume just published by a medical man, there is one great lesson that hard students and • literary men may learn, and that is, that Huu ter probably killed himself by taking too little sleep. "Four hours' rest at night, and one af ter dinuoi' cannot be deemed sufficient to re cruit the e\-Halted p*wer of tjto body 'and mind." Certainly not; and tho consequence was, that Hunter died early. If men will in sist in cheating sleep, her "twin sister Death" will avenge the insult. IMMENSE FLOWING WKLE. —One of the uiost valuable veins of petroleum yet discovered was lately struck on the Farroll farm, on Oil Creek, Venango county. Tho well commenced flow ing on Saturday week, the oil spouting up to a height of fifty feet, with a roar like a hurricane, and escaping at the rate of two thousand bar rels per day. A stopcock was got on after much trouble, nnd the flow can now be regula ted to suit the demand. Another flowing well in the vicinity was so affected by the opening of tho new well that its yield decreased by o ver three hundred barrels per day. The Far roll well, which is about four hundred and fifty feet deep, was, at last accounts, flowing steadi ly at the rate of twclvo hundred barrels a day. This, even at the moderate prices, now ruling at the wells, would yield the owners 53,600 per day—almost as profitable as a Government, contract. FACTS FOK THE PEOPLE. —The Abolitionists in Congress voted down or refusod to accept, The Crittenden Compromise; The Harder State Compromise; Mr. Dotiglas' Compromise; Higler's proposition to submit the Crittenderr Compromise to a vote of the people, and Adams' Compromise. Let no man forget these facts. ftffTbo Hepublieans are making a groat effort to palm oft' their candidate for Governor in Ohio, John Brnugh, as a Democrat. The Ohio Democracy understand this and will not aecopt a 'wolf in sheep's clothing.' CySecretary Chase lias discharged a clerk from the Treasury Department for refusing to subscribe to the fund for raising negro regi ments in Washington. CSI-Silent gratitude was well exemplified by the little boy, who, when asked whether be thanked the lady for tho stick of candy she had given him, he replied: 'yes, but 1 didn't tell her so.' C-yThc true way of reaching the. right is through the lioart of the wrong; he who goes around it finds but the other side of wrong, and the wrong side of right. C 3" Patience is very good, hut perseverance is much better.—While the former stands us a stoic under difficulties, the latter whips them out of the ring. ityA German proverb expressos, in thirteen words, the substance of social philosophy; 'what you would have in tho nation 3'ou must plant in the schools.' gyOne hour lost in the morning will put back all the business of the day; one hour gain ed by rising early, will make one in the year. ■ e-Thc number of men now in hospitals at Washington is about 6,000. "MA, if you will give inn an apple I will lie good." "No, my child—you must not lie good (ox pay —you ought to be good for nothing."
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