THE BEDFORD GAZETTE ' „ RUDLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING gy !'. MEYEBS, At the following terms, to wit: $8 00 per annum, if paid within the year. $2.50 " if not p aid withiu the y ear * subscription taken lor less than six months rr7"No paper discontinued until all arrearages are uairf. unless at the option of the publisher. It has Len 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 oflence. (yTThe courts nave decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, if they take them from the post office, whether they subscribe for them, or not. professional (Harts. F MTKIMHILL. I. W. LINGKNFELTEK KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. [rF"Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South of tfie "Mengel House." JOB MANN. G. H. SPANQ. MANN & SPANG. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. The undersigned have associated themselves in the Practice ol the Law, and will attend promptly to all business entrusted to their caie in Bedford and adjoining counties. on Juliana Street, three doors south of the "Mengel House," opposite the residence of Maj. Tate. Bedford, Aug. 1, 1801. _ Jons' CESSNA. 0. E. SHANNON. CESSNA & SUA NNON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., E7"Have formed a Partnership in the Practice of the Law. Office nearly opposite the Gazette Office, where one qr the other may at all times be found. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1801. JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Respectfully tenders his services to the. Pit the. second door North of the Mengel House. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861. W. M. HALL. JOHN PALMER. I! A L L & PAL M E R , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA ffyWill promptly attend to all business entrus ted to there care. Office on Jultanna Street, (near, ly opposite the Mengel House.) Bedford, Aug. 1, IBCI. A. 11. COFFROTH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will hereafter practice regularly in he several Courts of Bedford county. Business entrnsted to his care will be faithfully attended to. December 0, 1861. SAMUEL KKTTERMAN, BEDFORD, PA., hereby notify the citizens of Bedford county, that he has moved ro the Borough of Bed ford, where he may at all times be found b" persons wishing to see him, unless absent upon business pertaining to his office. Bedford, Aug. 1,1861. JACOB RF.EO, J.J. SCHELL, REED AND SFHELL, BANKERS & DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, BEDFORD,PENN'A. [£7"DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and money promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. REVERENCES. Hon. Job Mann, Hon. John Cessna, and John Mower, BedfordPa,. B, SotmntA. '-unersflt, Bunn, llitguel (i Co.,"Phil. J. A'att & Co., J. w. Cut ley, ft Co., Pittsburg. HT." CHARLES HOTFL, CORNER OF WOOD /NU THIRD STREETS P f T T S 1! U B. *<? U, PA HARRY SHIRLS PROPRIETOR. April 12 1861. ItMKOK , DENTIST. Will attend punctually and carefully td all opera tions entrusted to his care. NATURAL TEETH filled, regulated, polished, fkc., in the best manner, and AicrierciAL TKKTII inserted from one to an entire sett. Office in the Bank Building, on Juliana street, Bedford. CASH TERMS will be strictly adhered to. In addition to recent improvements in the mount ing of ARTIFICIAL TEETH on Gold and Silver Plate, 1 am now using, as a base for Artificial work,a new and beautiful article, (Vulcanite or Vulcanized In dia Rubber) stronger, closer fitting, more comfort able and more natural than either Gold or Silver, and 26 per cent, cheaper than silver. Call and see C. N. HICKOK. Bedford, January 16, 1863. PITTSBURG. PA., Corner Penn and St. Clair Stg. The largest Commercial School of the United States, with a patronage of nearly 3,000 Students, in five years from 31 Slates, and the only one which affords complete and reliable instruction in all the following bamches, viz: Mercantile, Manufacturers, Steam Boat, Railroad and Book-keeping. First Premium Plain and Ornamental Penmanship; also, Surveying and Mathematics generally. $35.00 Pays for a Commercial Course. Students enter and review at any time. misters' sons'tilrtion at half price. Foi Catalogue of 86 pages, Specimens of Business and Ornamental Penmanship, and a beautiful Col lege view of 8 square feet, cvntaining a good vari ety of writing, letteting and Nourishing, inclose 24 cents in stamps to the Principals. JENKINS He SMITfI, Pittsburg, Pa. Jur.e 19, '.863. JUNIATA MILLS. The subscribers are now prepared, at their old stand, to do Carding and Fulling in the best style, 'l'hey aie also manufacturing and ke*p constantly on hand for sale or trade, CLOTHS, CABSIMERES, CABINETTB, BLANKETS, FLANNEIS, Sec. By care and attention to business they hope to merit a share of the public patronage. Carding w'dl be done trom May 15th to September 15th, and FulMng from September 15th to December 15th. Wool afd goods will be taken from and returned to the I'oN.ow ing places, viz: Robert Fyan's store, in Bedford, A. C. James', " Rainsburg, J. M. Barndollar & Son's Bloody Run, W. Slates & Co., " Terms for Carding and Fulling, strictly cash. (£7"The highest cash price will be paid for good clean tub-washed wool. J. St S. S. LUTZ. May S, 1863—tf MjeMtfttr mmttte. VOLUIVIE 39. NEW SERIES. From the Chambersburg Spirit <J- Times. Woodward and the Foreigners. The Franklin Repository, in its first is sue, "hoped in its next issue to be able to do justice to both the platform and candi dates of the Democratic party." When the second number appeared we were sorry to leant that "the review of the Democratic State Convention, its candidates and plat form," had been unavoidably postponed.— We were anxious to know what the editor's peculiar sense oi justice would prompt him to say. The long expected article appear ed in last week's issue, and as a fair sam ple of this desperate attempt at justice, we quote from it the following exploded libel up on Judge Woodward, which, after being suc cessfully refuted on several previous occa sions, has been again trumped up by the Repository, for use during the present cam paign. Its charge against Judge Woodward is in the following language: "Judge Woodward is a man of conceded abil ity, and as subtle and dangerous as he is able. His official career commenced by his election as a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1837, in which body lie was one of the young est members. Ho took considernblo part in the able debates Which characterized its proceed ings, and made his mark in his earnest efforts to disfranchise all foreigners in Pennsylvania. He made one of his ablest speeches in favor of incorporating the denial of sutfrago to foreign ers with our organic, law, but he failed, —so that the Irish and Germans who vote for him in October, can do so with the satisfactory as surance that if Woodward bad succeeded in bis efforts to amend our Constitution, they would now be without even the right to vote at all." It appears from the published proceed ings of the "Reform Convention," which as sembled at Ilarrisburg, in May, 1837, that Kir. Woodward, then a young man of twen ty-eight, was a delegate to that Convention from Wayne county. In the course of the deliberations of that body, a resolution was introduced by Mr. Thomas and seconded by Kir. Konigmacher, both WHIG delegates, di recting "that a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution of Pennsylvania, as to pro hibit the future immigration into tliis State of foreigners, free persons of color, and fu gitive slaves, from other States or Territo ries." This resolution was sustained by a large number of Whigs the Convention, "iiiift I'lßttmtriy-wtnira mrtfe puSSCTq u Mr. Woodward, with a view, as he himself has since stated, to bring out the true cliav 00101' of the measure, and at the same time defeat it if possible, proposed an amend ment, which compelled the withdrawal of the original motion, and thus saved the for eigners from disfranchisement by their pre tended friends, the Whigs. The remarks imputed to Mr. Woodward, in support of his amendment, were not taken down by the regular secretaries of the Convention, who recorded the facts we have just given; but by a stenographer, who gave him no op portunity for their revision, but incorporated them, garbled and perverted, into the "pub lished debates." I lis true position on this question may be learned from his reply to Kir. Earl, in the same Convention, on the j 10th of the ensuing January, when he made use of these words: "I NEVER I>ID I'KOrOSE TO EXCLUDE THE FOR EIGNEBS NOW IN THE COUNTRY, I'HOM POLITICAL j I'RIVILEGES; NOR THOSE WHO SHOULD AT ANY TIME HEREAFTER COME TO THE COUNTRY. * * * My amendment was to a proposition made by the gentleman from Chester, (Mr. Thomas,) sug gesting an inquiry into the expediency of exclu ding foreigners altogether from our soil, and the amount of it was, to give the proposed inquiry a different direction from that proposed by the gentleman from Chester." And it may still further he gathered from the following letter written by him to the Wayne county Ilerald , in 1851, in which he said: "I am not going to profess any new-born zeal for foreigners nor to flatter their passions or pre judices. lam going to treat them as I have always treated them—as American Citizens, entitled to equal rights with myself, but no more entitled to make war on me for sentiments im puted to me by political opponents, and on and according to which I have never acted, than I have to make war on them, I am no Native A rnerican, and I never was, cither in sentiment or action. I have no hostility to foreigners, and I never had. They nnd I have always lived in peace. 1 have many warm friends amongst them whom I value above nil price, and no intriguing politicians or unscrupulous editors are to bo per mitted to array us in hostile attitude." Again, in 1845, Judge Woodward was promised the vote of the Native American delegation of Philadelphia to secure his c lcction to the United States Senate, in case he would pledge himself to support the 21 years' naturalization law. He spurned the offer, and in consequence thereof was de feated by those same votes. Did this in dicate hostility to foreigners'? Not only this; during the existence of the Know-Nothing party, Judge Woodward was open and ex plicit in his denunciations of its principles and designs; and in numbers of private let ters, and in ail his public course, he has re peatedly condemned the prescriptive spirit which would deprive a man of his political ] privileges on aecount of the place of his Freedom of Thought anil Opinion. BEDFORD.PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7,1863. birth. In view of these facts of history, which can not be refuted, is there any po litical justice, or truth or honesty in the dec laration of tine Repository: "If Woodward had succeeded in his efforts to amend the Constitution, the Irish and Hermans would now be without even the right to vote at all ?" lie was the very man who preserved that right for them; while, even at that time, and during the later days of Native Amer icanism, the political friends of the Reposi tory were seeking every opportunity to strike a deadly blow at that and every other sa cred right which the Irish and Germans had fled to this country to secure. This libel on the record of Judge Woodward, which is intended to prejudice the German and Irish vote against him, will have but little effect, when it is remembered that it is made by a party in whose platform proscription of for eigners has for years been a cardinal prin ciple; and who, through their recognized organs, are this very day denouncing them as "the offscourings of the earth," "the vomitings of the jails and poor-houses of Europe, who are sent to this country to breed disscntion'and riot," "of whose bar barism and ferocity the New York riot is but a fitting exhibition." This effort to in jure the standing of Judge Woodward a mongst the adopted citizens of the State, will fail as signally as it has done in times past. They will shun the poisonous em brace of their old enemies as they would the touch of a leper. CLEAR RIDGE, July 25, 1803. FRIEND MEYERS: I tako the liberty of writing a few lines for the purpose of advocating Union principles. In the lirst place I believe that peace is Union. The old Know-Nothing party, as it was called, had a Union feature in its platform—the 12th article I think it said "Pretermit the Slavery question," or, in other words, pass it by. This was inserted for the purpose of keeping the peace between the sections, and it made it ac ceptable to the South and commanded a very large support from that section. But this arti cle was abrogated by the lineal successor of Know Nothingism and the opposite doctrine was announced, viz: "Interfere with slavery." This was a war plank and hence the rebellion. Ev ery honest and reflecting man admits that the Abolitionists have always been and are now op posed to the Constitution of the United States, which is the comer stone of our Government. They say that it is -rwument with Death -\le- 1 It'll, #6 wpikncih African slavery." This is war doctrino nnd disunion doctrine. Wendell Phillips is consid ered a good Union man by our "Republicans," notwithstanding the fact that he said at the time they'wore trying John Brown for murder, con spiracy, and treason, that if Virginia hung John Brown, Potomac would run so dark that two Washington's would have to be born on its banks to bring it back to its original hue. If the above remarks of Phillips are Union prin ciples, then I am at a loss to know what Union principles are. Yet lie was the lion at Wash ington some time since. Ho was entertained in magnificent stylo by the Republicans. Those mon, therefore, that wero "Americans" or Knew Nothings, who now follow the "Republicans" and Wendell Phillips, have abandoned their old "peace plank," which said "Pretermit the slave ry question," and have turned Disunionists. Ab olitionists contend that slavery has retarded our progress in refinement and civilization. I can not agroo with those fanatics and hypocrites. Our country was doing woll. But well enough was not let nlone. Mad, ambitious men in both sections of our ruined country, were not satis fied. They must excite the country, from ono end to the other, for the purpose of getting the loaves and fishes. They wanted power, and they have got it, at the expense of the nation— nt the expense of the poor, laboring man whom they promised to protect. How is it now?— While the rich man can pay his exemption mo ney and stay at homo with his family or friends, the poor man must go to war and leave his fam ily to the charities of the world. Equal laws arc just laws, but partial ones are unjust. Yotus, L. J. D. At Their old Game. The Abolition press is at its old game of try ing to prejudice the public mind against our Irish and German fellow-citizens, by charging upon them the riotous proceedings in New York and other cities of the Union. Why they do this is easily understood. The Irish and Ger mans, as a general thing are Democrats, having fled from tyranny in the old world to enjoy lib erty in the new, nnd it would bo passing strange indeed if they did not fraternize with that po litical party here which has always been the friend of freedom and equality. But that they as a body, are more disorderly or riotous than other portions of our citizens, or that they arc j less warmly attached to the Union than the na tive born, we utterly deny. On the contrary, they are industrious and frugal, and thousands of them have sealed their devotion to our free institutions with their heart's blood on the blood y battle-ffeld of this and every other war in which the country has been engaged. It will not do, therefore, for tho adherents of the present National Administration to attempt a revival of the defunct and exploded Know- Nothing party of 1851-5. Nor will it do to charge our Catholic follow citizens with being lawless and riotous, in view of tho Native A merican riots in 1844 which disgraced Phila delphia. Those who live in glass houses should bo careful not to throw stones, is tho old ad age, and it would lie well if our Abolition op ponents would profit by the lesson. Wo are opposed to every species of mob law and vio lence come from what quarter they may; but, we rcptkt, it is a base slander upon our adopted citizens to charge them with being the main particij nfors in the recent disgraceful riots, which wo deprecated by every good citizen whetho naturalized or to the manor born.— Lancat, r Intelligencer. The Only Hope Left. It is f vitifying to every intelligent patriot to see how the conservative men of every former political affiliation arc abandoning old antagon isms, a lit uniting heart and hand with the Demoet .tie party as the only one by whose princip ts and whose numbers the country can be save \ from the remediless ruin which the fanatia of the North and the South have in voked,; |>on it. Mr. jfiio.S. HILI.IARD, of Boston, one of the most ni fomplished men of his time, a friend Webstt r and of Choate, a Whig of the straight cst se.g and a patriot the purest, in his letter to the Academy of Music meeting, recently held inj New York, uses this significant lan guage:!' "I have never been a member of the Demo cratic party, but lam convinced that thero is now ntj hopc of ending this deplorable war and restoring the Union but by and through that party, j Aniljthe Hon. JOEI, PARKER, formerly Chief Justice, >f the Supreme Court of New Hamp shire, find now sitting in the chair of Story, who prefaces his letter with a similar statement, that ha has "never been a member of the Dem ocratic party"—though honored by that party with hfgh places, in the belief that he was con scientiously desirous of sustaining and enforc ing sound'principles of constitutional and muni cipal law—says in a similar letter to the New Hampshire people: "Most assuredly, I do at this time deeply and cordially sympathize with the Democracy in their efforts to maintain the Constitution, to preserve the rights of free speech, the liberty of the press, personal freedom from arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, and the supremacy of the civil law in all places not occupied by the force! of the Union for the prosecution of the war. Legitimate martial law cannot exist in places where there is not only no war, but no troops for the prosecution of the war. What is so called, and is attempted to be enforced as <marti.il law,' in such places is merely the ex ercise of arbitrary power, without any warrant of law whatever.'' The Conscription Riots. Tui York Gazette after some very sound and scnsillo comments upon the late riotous proceed ings Si New York and elscwhese, thus con elud'iv _ U. thfcec aaz: readers that these outrages ate not without their precedents, high and low, and to ask the question of all fair and honest thinking men whether ail the outrages of two long years have not had something to do, by their evil example, in influencing the people to commit . violations of law, and set an example for mob violenco, on the part of the persecuted. Is it just that the responsibility of these terrible riots should be placed on the Democratic party, which by its leaders and journals has always been the champion of constitutional law and order, when j our political opponents have forgotten the consti tutional rights of the people, adoptod the revo j lutlonary and tyrannical doctrine of 'military ne cessity,' filled the land with mobs against those who honestly differed with them on Administration Policy, and <sowed the storm to reap the whirl wind.' Lot the real authors of tlicso terrible evils consider these matters, amend their ways, and return to the constitutional principles of the Fathers. "The. responsibility of these recent outrages cannot bo fixed upon the Democratic party, but a discerning people will place it where it belongs. The Democratic press is unanimous in its condemnation of theso wicked mobs in New York and elsewhere; they have constantly counseled obedience to law, and have not had a little to do in restoring order. Governor Sey mour, after making every effort iu New York to quell the riots by persuasion, as involving the last destruction of life and property, an nounced to them that they mint be put (lown, and declared, that if necessary, the whole pow er of the State should be employed to restore order and punish the violators of the law. He has restored order and taken measures to pre vent any repetition of such flagrant crimes in the future. Had not many of his organized regiments been patriotically sent to Pennsylva nia to drive the invaders from our borders, the mob would have had but a short existence in the commercial emporium of the Union. The guilty leaders of the mob has been arrested and will bo punished. This is as it should be, and let us trust that the members of all parties will stand firmly by the Constitution and the laws of the land. Let all illegal and arbitrary mea sures bo frowned upon, and every violation of the laws be legally punished. Mobs can be or ganized by members of both parties ; they aro all illegal and deserving of the severest pnnish ment. For the sake of public safety—of justice —of humanity and law—of the country—let us hear-no more of mobs, great or small." A COI.OEED firm in Newark, New Jersey, hav ing suffered some peculiar embarrassments, re cently closed business, and the senior member gave tc the public tho following "notis—"Do disholution of eoparsnips heretofo resisteng twixt me and Mose Jones in do barber perfession, am heretofo resolved. Pussons who osc must pay to de scriber. Dem what de firm oso must call on Jones, as de firm is insolved." A GENTLEMAN wishing to get rid of a visitor, and not liking to tell him, "There's tho door," modified it thus:—"Elevate your pericranium, and allow mc to present to your ocular demon strations that, scientific piece of mechanism which forms the egress portion of this apart ment." WHOLE NIJnBEB, 3060 VOL. 7, NO I. The Public Debt. Tliat portion of the National Debt which is represented by bonds and notes is telegraphed from Washington to have been, on the Ist of July, within a small fraction of ELEVEN HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! But this does not embrace any of the claims for which mere certificates of indebtedness have been issued, nor any part of the very large a mount due on every variety of claims against the Government, adjusted and unadjusted, due and maturing. All these doubtless amount to several hundred millions more, and, altogether, they form any thing else than a pleasing reflec tion to the tax-payers of the country. If the war continues another year, the public debt will be at least Two Thousand Millions of Dol lars!— Who can begin to realize the immensity of this sum, and how is it ever to be paid?— Z/incaster Intelligencer. ; Attempt to Sound the Niagara River. The gentleman who has been trying the ex periment of sounding the river Niagara below the Falls writes as follows: "Another attempt was made with a similar iron of about ten pounds weight, attached to a No. 3 wire, all freely suspended, so as not to impede the fall of the weight. I then let the weight fall from the bridge, at the height of 225 feet. It struck the surface fairly, with the point down, must have sunk to some depth, but was no longer out of sight than one second, when it made its ap pearance again on the surface, about one hundred feet down the stream and skipped along like a chip until it was checked by the wire. We then commenced hauling in slowly, which made the iron bounce like a ball, when a cake of ice struck it and ended the sport.—l am satisfied that no metal has sufficient specific gravity to pierce that current, even with a momentum of 225 feet. The velocity of tho iron when stri king must have been 124 feet por second, and consequently its momentum was 5,000 pounds. Its surface exposed to the current, was about 50 superficial inches. This will give an idea of the strength of the current, and at the same time a hint at the Titan forces that have been at work to scoop out the bed of the Niagara river." Mr. Webster and his Bills. Our readers are aware that the late Hon. Daniel Webster was not so careful in his pecu niary matters as some men, and this fault was at times taken advantage of. At one time a poor man sawed a pile of wood for him, and having presented his bill it was promptly paid by Mr. Webster. The laborer took sick during tho winter, and a neighbor advised him to call on Mr. Webster for the payment of his bill. . WvMid me," said the man. •'No matter," call again with it. He don't know, and don't mind what he pays. It is a very common thing for him to pay such small bills over twice." The man got well, and carried in his account the second time. Mr. Webster looked at it, looked at the man, remembered him; but paid the bill without demurring. The fellow got "short" some three or four months afterwards, nnd bethought him of the generosity and loose manner of Mr. Webster in his money matters and a third time he present ed the bill for sawing the wood. Mr. Webster took the account which he immediately recog nized, and, scanning the wood-sawyer a mo ment, he said: "How do you keep your books, sir?" "I keep no books," said the man, abashed. "I think you do, sir," continued Mr. Webster, with marked emphasis, "and you excel those who are satisfied with the double-entry system. You keep your books upon a trijile-cntry plan, I observe." Tearing up the account, Mr. Webster added: "Go, sir, and be honest hereafter. I have no objections to paying these little bills twice, but I cannot pay them three times. You may re tire." The man loft the room, feeling as though he was suffocating for want of air. He had learn ed a lesson that lasted through life. A Score of Impolite Things. In vMeh Young Persons Render Themselves Disa greeable. 1. Loud and boisterous laughter. 2. Heading when others arc talking. 3. Heading aloud in company without being asked. 4. Talking when others are reading, 5. Spitting about the house, smoking or chew ing. 6. Cutting finger nails in company. 7. Leaving a church before public worship is closed. 8. Whispering or laughing iu the house of God. 9. Gazing rudely at strangers. 10. lvcaving a stranger without u scat. 11. A waut of respect and revcrcnco for sen iors. 12. Correcting older persons fhan yourself, especially parents. 13. Receiving a present without an expression of gratitude. 14. Making yourself the hero of your own story. 15. Laughing at the mistakes of others. 16. Joking of others in company. 17. Commencing talking before others have finished speaking. 18. Answering questions that have been put to others. 19. Commencing to cat as soon as you get to the table; and 20. In not listening to what one. is saying iu company—unless you desire to show open con tempt for tho speaker. A well bred person will not make an observation whilst another of the company is addressing himself to it. CyHroathe pure air, exercise much iu it, watch for sunshine instead of shadows, and you I will never have the dyspepsia. Hates of 2Utt>erttßing. One Sqnare, three week) or lege $1 25 One Sqnare, each additional inaertion It si than three monthi 25 3 MONTHS. 8 MONTHS. 1 THAB One gquare 1 93 00 94 00 90 00 Two squares . 400 500 0 Three iquares ...... 500 700 12 J Column 600 900 15 00 i Column 800 12 00 20 a I Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 Administrators'andExeeutors' notices92.so, Au uitors' notices 91*30, if under 10 liqes. 92.00 if more than a square and less than 20 lines. Kstrays, 91.25, if but one head is advertised, 25 cents for every additional head. The space occupied by ten lines of this size of type counts one square. All fractions of a square under five lines will be measured as a half square and all over five lines as a full square. All legal | advertisements will be charged to the person band ing them in. AN ACTOR'S STRATAGEM. —An eminent tra gedian, now deceased, was once locked up in a room at the rear of a theatre, to keep him in a proper condition till he was called to go on the stage. One door of the apartment opened on the street, and, while looking through the key hole, he saw a man passing, and calling him np to the door, he pushed a crown through a crack, and instructed him to go to the public house, at the opposite corner, and procure a pint of gin and a clay pipe, promising to reward bim for his trouble. The man did as he directed, and, when he returned with the articles, the actor told him to stick the stem of the pipe through the key hole and pour the gin carefully into the bowl. These instructions the accommodating individual also followed, and the result was that, when the manager called to notify the prisoner that it was time to dress for his part, he found him in a happy frame of mind, but not at all in a condition calculated to add to him fame as an actor.— English Paper. KreDNEss To AXlXALS.—Gentleness, like charity, is twice blessed—the effect of which on the animals around the home-stead are scarce ly less noticeable than upon the family,of your household. No man can be truly kind to the lat ter without letting his cattle feel.the influence of his spirit. Soft words and kind looks turn away wrath among cattle as among mankind. Harsh ness has its curse in the hatred which the "brute beasts" feel, though they cannot utter their scorn, except in occasional kicks or bites, and by general "ugliness," as it is called. An ear of corn or a little salt, or a lock of hay, or even a kind look or gentle action, such as patting your horse, has influence mora or less in making your appearance always a source of pleasure to tbc animals around you. It is a dheap luxury, this rendering tho brute beasts comfortable around your homestead. Take care of your neighbors: don't let them stir without watching—they may do something wrong if you do. To be sure, you never knew them to do anything very bad, but it may bo on your account that they have not: perhaps if it had not been for your kind care, they might have disgraced themselves and families long ago. Therefore don't relax your efforts to keep them where they ought to be. Never mind your own business—that will take care of itself. A JOKE.—Alragged looking rebel went into a Hoosier's house during the raid and got to put ting on airs, telling the girls that he was John Morgan, and the old lady, who had "hearn on him," fainted and rolled under the table. The girls keeled over against the wall, fell over the chairs, &c. Secesh was about going into a cup board, when a long, sandy haired chap entered the room "Who the h—l are you f" said sandy, eyeing him closely. "I'm Morgan. Why?" "I'm told you're a Loss at kiasin,' and as you've hugged the ole 'oman and squeezed the gals to death, I guess you'd better drop them pies and things." "Pizin things/" shouted the rebel, turning pale as he dropped a load of pies, corn cakes, hams, &c., which he "confiscated" and had been eating heartily of. "I'm a gone goslin and dropped upon tho floor. The girls tied him, and sandy and the old 'oman like to beat |iim to death, and then let him go. Car The man who needs a law to keep him from abusing an inferior animal, needs a prison to prevent his violating the law. It ought to be enough to deter any man from cruelty that the object of it cannot speak for themselves, cannot bear witness against him, are dumb. ©"We have politics and trade, and the dai ly dust of life rises with the morning mist and settles with the dew: but over all things serene and silent and starry, rises the heaven of a na tions' soul—its literature. Repentance hath a purifying power, and ev ery tear is of cleansing virtue; but these peniten tial clouds must still be kept droping; one show er will not suffice, for repentance is not single action but a course. MANY A sweetly-fashioned mouth has been disfigured and made hideous by the fiery serpent tongue within it. fryWo pass for what we are. Character reaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice omits breath every moment. ©"The way to bo accounted learned' is not to know every 11 ling, but to be able to marshal up what you do know, be it much or little, and tell it. ©"Kinder is the looking glass than the wine glass, for the former reveals our defects to our selves only, tho latter to our friends. ©■The climax of superfluous politeness lias been declared to be that of holding an umbrella over a duck in tho rain 1 tSrEvery good doctrine leaves behind it an ethereal sorrow ready for planting of seeds which shall bring an abnndant harvest. ©"Wo are told to "take care," but it comes soon enough whether we take it or not. ©To lead tho forlorn hope on the field of carnage requires less nerve than to fight nobly and unshrinkingly the bloodless battlo of life. ©-A retired schoolmaster excuses his passion for angling by saying that, from constant habit, be never feels quite, himself unless he's hand ling the rod. ©rA little nonsense now and then Is relished by tho most of men.
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