THE BEDFORD SAZETTE
is FUHLISIICU EVtRT FRIDAY MOBMMO
BY 18. FJIGYGKIB,
At ths following terms to wit >
*3 00 per annum, if pa id witliin the year.
$2.00 " " if not paiil wilbiu the year.
subscription taken lor leu than rix mantha
Uyi.'o piper disco!, tinusc! until all atreuragea are
paid, tiniest at tpu option of the publisher. It haa
been decided by the United State* Courte (hat the
•topptge of a newtpaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima facit evidence ot fraud and at
a criminal otience.
qyTh c tcurU have decided that persons are ac
vountable for the aubacription price of „ewtpupe:i,
if they take them fromttm post olQce, whether lliejr
aabscrihe tor them, or not.
pfoftssiciiat <t arts.
ESPY M. ALSIP.-
ATTORXEY AT LAW, llliDFljß 7), PA.
Will fiiitbfullr and ptotnpt'y attend to nil bunn.j,
wntrujt.'d tu i:in cHie in Betiforl and adjoining coun
ties. Military claims, back pay, bounty, &c.,
apecdily collected, _
OUlcs with Mann &Sping. on lu'itna atroet, two'
door ■ South of the Mendel ilousc. Jan. 22, 'C4.
BaaStfsiM Slouse.
fcave op-ncd ti Bank of Discount and Deposit, in
Beitruid, Pc. lent and taken on deposit, and
collections mado on rroJera'e terms.
Thev also have laf ds in lowa, Minnesota,lViseon- 1
-.in. Missouri and Nebiaclni, for isle or trade.
Bedford, Oct. 30, IS63—if.
T~7 JTST? & SON.
Auctioneers & UorcmUioa
BEDFORD, PA..
Respectfully solicit consignment* of Boots and
'Shoe., Dry ti.xtds, Groceries. Clothing, and all kind*
of Merchandise fo. AU'J PIO.V and i'KiVAI R Sale,
KEFKRENOKS.
Pim.AOKr.ririA, Bearoao,
Philip Ford or Co., IL>n. J >b Mann, .
Boyd • IciUj.h, Hon. W. T. Diugherty,
Aimi >- Y0.,1 j it Eton., B. F. Meyer*.
January 1, ISOd—ft.
~ X~L. MARBOTJBGh M. D.
Having permanently located, rcap(Ctfu'l) tenders
his nrol'ttstoiiul aeivicea to the citizen! of btdford
ana vicinity,
t£F*Otlire on .Tulianna sir err, o;ipo;ite the Batik,
one door noith of John l'ejtncr'a cllxoe.
Bedford, February 12, 16CI. '•
u. II- A K Hits.
ATTGRAEY AT LAW, Bedford, pa.
Will promptly attend 10 all hiisinesa entrusted to
kla cure. Military claims ipeedily collected.
Office oh Juliana st.ect, opporite the fiice.
Bedford, Srptwmhar 11, 18G3.
f. M. KIMMSLL. I. VV. I isr.rNrrt.TTß,
EiTt LTOLL fe LINLEHFBLTKIt,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW. REDFOKD, PA
IT?"Have to.'ued a partner, blp in the practice of
the Law . Oifitc. on Julianu stieer, two (loots South
•f the "Mcngel.House."
Jet MANN. U. 11. STANS.
Ifi AA' S & 8 V h n ti .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA-
The' undersigned huv. a. aociated themselves in
the Prac-lce ot the Law, and -will atten.l promptly
to .11 business cnlrtisteil to their IAI* in Bedford
.nd enjoining cou.ilita.
oil Juliana Street, three doors south
of the "M"ii{el House,''opposite the residence o(
Maj. Tate.
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
joii xp. ri:c n,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Rtspurtfulli/ tatij fM /us srrvicai to tht Pulfie,
QyOuice louond door North of tb Mvr.gel
Route.
Bedford, Aig, 1, 1881.
j rt nfp A ijiYR "
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, l'A.
CytVili promptly attend to all business entrus
ted to hit care. Otlii-e on Juhanr.a Street, (near,
ly opposite thfc Mengi l Houte.) i
Bedisrd, Aug. 1, 1881.
A H, CM FROTH,
ATTORJ'JEY AT LAW, Somerset. Pa
Will heroarter practice . regularly in the severs
Court . <■{ (i> .'lord county. Rusines, cnuntted to
kia care wilt he faithfully attended to.
Dece'>)b>r 9, 1861.
8 AM il i; 1. li K'PT E R !rt AX ,
BEDFORD. PA.,
OyWouM hereby hotify ihe citizens of dedford
county, that he fctV moved ro tre .Enough ot Bed
ford, wfcer° he mr.y et ali tiroes be found b- persons
wishing to see !.:m, utlrea r.bseul upou *tusineis
pertain.,ig to his eiitce.
Bedford, Aug.' 1,1801.
JACOB Revo, J. J. SCBBIA,
UEED AXD SfHKLL.
BANEEKb J, DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PI N!"-A.
ByDRAFTS bought ac t sold, rollectiona made
and n.oney promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
gT. CHARLES HOTF.LT
eOttNER OP WOOD / NO Ttlir.D ITJSCETS
9 I T T S B U R o ir, r A
HARRY SHtRLS PaoraiEToß.
April 13 1801.
. KIOARH LiiO. "
MANUFACTURER OF
CABIHTET-W.ARE, CHxTIHS, kC.,
BEDFORD, PA.
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
waking Dusiuess, will inakr to order and keep on
hend every thing in hia line ol manufacture.
BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, PAR !
LOR AND EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, trC., SC.
will be furnished at all prices, and to suit every
taste. COFFINS will also ha made to order.
ByPron.pt.attention paid to all orders for work.
\*Sbop one door east of the residence of J. M.
Russell, Esq., South side of the Public Square.
" RICHARD LEO.
July 10, 1803.—-tf
Wha!ea!e Grocers,
m NORTH THIRD STREET,
ABOVK CAM-OWIi!M,
PHILADELPHIA.
4MM t, 1803—ly.
7a7A. SHUMWAY & coT
Mnmit/am*urn and Wkatmtal* Daaltrt m.
Moots & skoCB,
Re. *Bl Harked Street, and 310 Cherch Alley,
PHILADELPHIA
Ntttrt.-**'
J mH I. 1
VOLI,U£ 59.
NEW SERIES.
JiljitdMpSiia iJlbptrttswnnitfl.
VAN CAMP EUSU. tru. wtsuav KURXZ.
BUSH & KURTZ,
(Formerly BCIJN, H.UOCEL & Qo.)
IMPORTERS AND- JOBBERS IN
i ; o nf u Dr n 45 o c fes,
No. 137 North Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Clothe, Cassimercs and VOR tinge, Silks and
Dress Goods, Linens and White Goods, Laces
and Embroideries, Shawls, Ribbons and Trim
mings, Hosiery, Gloves and Notions.
A i.so—Bleached Shirtings, Colored Cambrics
Flannels, Jeans, Ginglmms, iku.
March 6, ISG3. !y •
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA,
Pa., Diseases of the Nervous Syatem, Spermator
rhea orSemiit.l WwiiktiMs, Impotence, utej o'hn
u/lections of the Sexual Organs, Physical Debility
and Preni .lure Decay—new and reliable treatment,
in reports ol the Upward Association, sen; i.y mail
in a. alto! b.-lte: envelopes, fr-'e of charge. Address,
Dr. J. SKILL!N HOPGfU'OM, HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
No. 2.Sou;t: Ninth Stieil, i'biludelpuia, Pa.
March 0, lfidt —ly
GILLETTE & SCOTT,
AUCTIONEERS
(Commission fHtntyants,
Jaybe'e Marble Building,
616 Cheitnvt St.,i S" 616 Jitynt St.
PHILADELPHIA.
J.ra. E. GILLETTE. B. SCOTT, Jrt.
Apr. 17, 1603—1y.
"I). MCLEESTCOT
iVhuh'.snlt Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, BROGANS.
ASl>
INDIA RUBBER SHOES,'
NO 133 NORTH THIRD STREET
OrruSITE CHERRY ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Apr. 17, 166.1—1y. '
lift. "TAYLOP, WH. K. HEMFH'LL,
Taylor tfp Hemphill,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PIAriUFACTURED TOSACCO.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUGARS,
22D Market Strset, South aide, between 2d ..nd 3d,
PHILADELPHIA.
March 6, 1863—-ly.
MILTON COOFBR, VF. U. I-AtHAM, nour. C. WOjfK.
CfiOPiiß, NlUifl & W(M,
MANTFACTURPRS AND,JOBRE&6 CF
HATS, CAPS, FUII S
AND
STR.'HV GOODS,
Ifo. 53 Xorlh 'fhlrti Street,
BICTWEEN MARKET AND ARCU,
Mcrch 6, 1803—ly PHILADELPHIA.
marten occriLEß. I ( ono. bonbright
K. H. HOWARD. N J \ C P. M.KfSI;RGTT
B'jEril.Eß. HOWARD & CO-
Importer, art Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
tUIKDUmiIE SINO CM£€£!!}.
Mo. 441 Marker St., below Fifth,
PHILADELPHIA.
March 6, 1863—1y.
"ImlEiLEF&lor
si.\nsnv.\:;j:
JOBBERS AND IMPORTING MERCHANTS,
No. 337 Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Dealers in Batcher's Euge Tools uml Files,
together with a general 3toek of English and
American Hardware.
March 6, 1803.-—ly
niCH.UX WAR'OA.\' & CO.
TCBiiCD, SMiFF MB SEW 2
MANUFACTORY,
Ko. 313 Kortb Third Street,
Second Poor below Wood,
PHILADELPHIA.
M. WAkTAIAM. 11. I. BUSHMAN.
March 6, —ly.
HA3 ON BAND
AND CONSTANTLY KEEPS
A FULL SUPPLY
i
OF ALL KINDS OP' GOODS.
\
WHICH HE WILL SELL CHEAP FOR J
...
CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE j
Bcdfufd, Jaa. B, 1864.
m
Froedoiu of Thought aud Opinion.
BEDPQKD.PA., FRIDAY iIOBNING, FEBRUARY lf, ISS4.
j THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
i EOITEC BY CIP-',ON SYNTAX, ESQ
All contributions to tr,ia column must ho addressed
to "bknon Symax, Box t'3, Bedford, Pa."
TO DIRECTORS.
Th-i ntteation of ilirocfo'rs ia oullod to that
! clause of ti.a law requiting them to publish uit
i antutai stuteiiiv.iit of toe amount of money rc
[ usivctl and expanded, etc. Complaints from
; several districts Lure been received ut this de
! partmcnt showiap tntit these tniiiual staiertmts
j tiavo nev r been njtvdn. This uct, passed April
j 11, 18 rl, is an important otic, 1.-cause it ena
bles every tux p- yor in tho diutrict to fbo and
j utiucrniLUil iho iiiianciul operations of tho sys
tem. 't may, tcj-, in |atae CBSOJ, stimulate tho
I oiiioL-rs to he more prrticnLr i:i keeping their
! nccountd, if ij.ey arj to bo spread before tho
! i-.oplo evory twelve months. On page ill of
! tho i. irool law Iht-.o is a form for t. j . -. o muiuat
sUtleinenis. _ The i.-tw wln .ii is fottml on page
24, does not fix the tu.-.o when fLeao 2tfa--:iits
: aLotild io published, it tTiapt, ass,i:bib! .i tiir.o
(•us any would s*. w hen the c- .orativ..s o. tltc evt
• tutu for tho school year at-'. ofLsc-J, and the m>
COM MS ail ts.-tfic.-l. 'I his \vHi !c v.e the i .eonDit--
. boa' a .■! conn,, .nto tho'yporittioii-i of ihtt year
; wrlii ch i*n l\;oks. ii i hoped that no boariof
i,dim ,<) -s vdll neglect (his important part of their
j dl-uies.— x a. Sciicot Joan ml.
| • A WORD TO TEACHERS.
, t no It*a -t;cr in cur county be found among
' that class who try, on till occasions, to shun the
| district institute, for it is a certain mark that
I tho hccit is not iu the work, and that the leac-h
--icr carts nothing about Jii% school. Teu-hers
! ba.c sotnetiai-s 1..a ho. rd to aay, the risooti
! why thoy do v.. I attend ti:O institute is, IK-AUSU
j there is LOtliing to be learned there Well, eup-
I pose thill io he tho case, arc you not d -b 0 wrong
| by withholding jour instruction from the vesll
|lf you t.re so f..r advanced, by oil means go,
t and instruct others who are not so fortunate.—
j It is crittiiti.il ii, you to withheld v-,.ur whslo
oo.n. iiwtruction. Hut when you a ter. h
: ur tpeak in that maimer, be i.tsutod tlr-thc is a
| ipuriouu character, and that he kuo-vsif hoat
j tended, ho would bo i dled upon to gay Eomo
j y-* :l 2 whii-h vou*d bo very likely to cxpOse ids
■ ignorance. Let no person say i.o oann-*, lehrn
| auj thing at an Instittite. I have heard certain
J tea : i is say "the pay i.-i too poor fur a man tu
| Uibor hard; it ,|-c pay wore be'(or I would try
| to impiove tijj sci.ool in .ro—.tic labor sl.inibl
j be in proportion to tho p1 frankly adufit
,in some-instances ll.u ,ay is too lot-/. Hut did
| you not It-tow thai befero you took tho school 1
; if you >lid not, you should have known it; and
|il y--u knew ii, as tnut likely yon did, Why
i then d:J you take the School I If you think you
| canno; tcacii lor that salary,* you should not
, k'.vj takci; the school. Hut tino-eyou have la
j ken L' f-.rgu ot it, it is youi duty to do all iu
your power fur tho welfare of your pupils.
Z. t. S.
TEACHERS.
There are few persoasof so penetrative n ge
nius, .iiul so just a judgment, as to !>o capable of
learning the nits and sciences without the as.'i.-.-
tcnco of teachers. There is scarcely any sci
ence so safely and so speedily learned, even ly
tic ablest y.mus and, the best Vouks, without n
tutor, J lis as .irianco is au3nluteiy necessary for
most pe. ions, and it is,very useful lor nit begin
ners. Hooks are a sort of iuuib teachers; they
point out the way fur warning, but if we luor
under any doubt or nd-fukn, i!r*y caimot answer
sudden ouestions, or explain present doubts mni
difficulties; mis is properly the work of a living
instructor.
it is not filfioient that instructors La compe
tently skilful in those Sri-rices wiiiott they pro
| fess and tench, but they should havo skill r.l 'o
! in the art or method if feud dug, nod paticuoe
!in the practice of it. It '3 agivat unhiippinefs
when pardons by a spirit oi party, or
faction, cr interest, or by pureli.'iso, are sot up
for rotors, who haV" neither due knowledge of
soiouce, nor skill in the way of communication.
And, alas! there are others who, with ail their
| ignorance andiuaufikiency, have seif-adiniration
i and cili outcry enough to set up t hems. Ives; and
| the poor pupils fa, . accordingly, and gtow loan
I in their understandings.
And let it be observed also, there arc soma
I very learned men, who know much thctnselyes,
I but Lave rot the means cf communicating their
I own knowledge; or else they arc.lazy and will
tako no pains ut it. Either they have ua ob
scure and perplexed way of talking, or tiny
show their learning uselessly, and make a lung
pciif*; sift on every word of. the bock they ex
plain, or they caunoi condescend to young be
ginners, or .they run prasantiy- into the elevated
parts of the science, becauseit gives themselves
greater pleasure, or they are soon aiigryar-d im
pudent, and cannot liear with u few importiucn:
questions of a young inquisitive an i sprightly
genius; or else they skint over.a fcioncc in a
very slight and superficial survey, and never
lead (heir pupils into the depths of it. A good
teacherobouid have characters and qualifications
very different from all these. Ho is such a one
as both can and wilt apply himself wnh dili
gence nnd conccrs, and indefatigable pu;iuncc,
to effect what he undertakes; to fsach his pu
pils, and see that they learn, to adapt his way
arid method, us near u6 may be, to the various
disposition!!, as well as to thac 'pacifies of the-. .'
whom ho instructs, and to inqciio often into
their progress an.l improvement And ho should
take particular care of his own temper and can
duct, that there bo nothing in bitu or about him
which may be of ill example; nothing that may
savcr of a haughty temper, or a mean and sor
did spirit; nothing that may expose him to tho !
aversion or to the contempt of his scholars, or i
to create a prejudice in their minds against him 1
nnd his instructions. But, if possiblo, he should ,
have so much of a natural candor and sweet-'
Inc-g mix.l with a*! the improvement s of Liura
iwg. as might.c iQvey knowledge into tin? minds
of his pupils with u sort of gentle insinuation
a.ij g*vei,Hgn delight, i.n.l m.iy tempt theiniulo
the highest improve, neuU of their reason by a
resistless and insensible force. WATTS.
Letter from MAjer J*tck Downing.
SKC3ND SEKI2? —NO. IV.
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 1864.
To the editor of the Day Book.
buns: I p.is J your readers think I'm Jead,
or webby ttiev think I've' run away with a pile
of greenbacks, as that is kinder faeliionabul
noiv-a-deys, but I pint in neither fix. The rale
irutli is liut after I wriit you my List letitir I
got comp'otofy disgusted and cum mitsy nigh
goui back hum to Dowitingvillo, aijd vowiu I
won id novel return to this sink of sin nguin.
nut .ho Keruel got at cic and beggod I wouldn't
| 'i i .7'' c lt > ' ' him" I couldn't stay in the
V, ..itc II onsc Over Now Years and see the knave
jrtnd foois that would be there then. Si jest
i iteiore i iiiisur.ae, as good happened, old
j but..ur Dmir axe 1 in. Ua" d -wti to his jiLir,;
jnt Kuvur fpriuj and flay over the bpiidays.—
| * tr " 3'" : ' 4 gla i. fur the old man lt.i
■ got .. !i:.c plr.ee, r.iid I could liavo ic so quiet
U'.ni ccey thuhs aftar my hard work ovur the
jmcejagc. 'Vi .i I got tbeiij I was tuck down
! -he ruruiiiz and had io to -p my room for
j moro than two weeks. Hyv.ovur, the Kernel
j sont rue someprrue 01l rye, and ;together
Willi sonic opt.-.liiueck thai. Old Aunt Keziali
j VvigjJleton sent to rat by my nefil Z kc jmt rnc
lon my pius ngui. Old Father Blair and I %ij
long taiiis .ibout Gin. Jackson and the Kcroal,
j l ' ,u 'vt r, uiggers, tho next presidency, und a &uon.
■ r.ly old trend Linir wa3 a grate man in. Gin.
I Jackson's t'lo, but ihe t.-übbel witi: him now
list: .if be .'oii'i move albng with ihe va.rll. He
1 ue.ctur.liy thinks that he b yet fitin Gulli mrg an
j bavin got in the bote with the Aboiishcrniats,
ibo dun t know hr.-..- to git cut. has. \*.v. k I
I eu:u back to see the Mcrn-l and have been look
| tug around, lor a few days to site how the land
i lay. ! find that tL • prinripol idee in every
• kudy a lied is whose to bo ti;o next President 1
But I tub you when I look at the corulisliun u£
! '' lß country it makes me sick to talk about a
j President. What is the use of a President when
theresa Planlin urmy? What is the use of a
I I'remaj'.U when the ballot -box aint of half so
, occuuntku then irii idgo box The first day
I got back loi w 1 lou i i there,waa n loX tti
j Loyt! I.r.ugcra awl shoddy cvntraetors cum to
| ted iho Iwn.il thai they had nominated him
j lor President. After they weilt out Link in fies
I to ins sea lie "Jb-ij-r, whataloypu tl ink of tlicrn
j fellows 1" "Wal," '"s I. "ihey look to me mean
I e.ioug to steal nigger .The I'vernil flij nod say
| utiything, but looked kinder ci-0.-.veyed at ul?.;
! The Kernel and I then had a long talk nboui
. ißiittws und thing, and af'tm- taking a good swig
of obi rye, went to bed. That into I bad a
Woh.leriul dream. The next roo nin, wl.en 1
went i.i the iv -m where tiic Ko.-nel Was, ses lie
"ul.ij .-r, you look oneommon serious thi morn-1
in; what's the matter?" "IVol," sea I, -?I lmd !
u wonderful dream lost nitctlnt coiui'iiost fright- J
eii'.! it*: to delli." "Wal, so he, ."wL .t on i
ourtii was it?" "Wul,"£>:.■ I, "if I teH you the (
hull cf ;t jest aa it appeared t<> me you mu.ni't'
gat mad." -'Oh," sen the Kernel, "I don't keer j
r.olliin about dreams, for I idlers interpret them ■
by coidrarios," "Wat," sr.s I "you kin cypher '
out the meanm of it yourself to suit yourself, i
liui l'l! tell it to yon jest us it appean.il to me, ]
and it sceiii'd n6 plum as if it was brokd day!
1 light." "Wal," scs I, "I tlio't I ivus in a!
| grove yard, and there was a grant big grave Utig,
large enough to bold four or five coffins, nnu ,
while 1 was.standin lucre wond.'.vi wlmt on)
earth the grove was for I saw. a big black hears;
coaiin and Ktantin was iiricin it. 'J im'.kinder
str,riled; aa but J looked agin, and I sec. it was :
b'.'iu drawn by them War Dimuiycrnis, Dickin- j
sin, Butler, Mi uglier, Cochrane, andtbcliemsc
itceif was marked GV.ir Dimraycracy.' Wilton j
,Sln 11 tin druv up to tha graveses lie, -My Jac.k
4.SSC., tied a heavy load", but they pulled it thro' |
bravely,' for the poor War Di.amyor.its had
heads of uien on the bodies of mules. I won
dered what on airtli could ho in the lirarse, for
it seemed to be h-jovily Joad l. Kiglit bdiind
the Lciirso walkiti along were you and riumucr, \
and Greeley, and Chase, and Bcccber, and old
Grandfather Welles. Pretty noon you all went!
to work-takm out the colfiins ar.dgoltin ready j
to put tLctu in the grave. Tlte first one lak j
out was marked '/lubeas eurpiA,' the soc. -id smo |
'trial by jury,' ihen 'the Union,'and then' Co- i
ctitulioa.' When they were u'l out on the 1
"round some dispute tic as to which should be
nuricd first, but Gi'ccly cut it short by say in 'pat
the Constitution under, and all c'sa follows.'—
So Grecly -ot tiie rope utidor ono end of the !
coffiin ar. J Summer uador llu oilier, and begun |
to let it down. While it was goiu dowu you I
looked-kir.ler anxious at Chase and sea you |
'Clmse, thiuk it will stay down i And old Green- |
backs sc3 he 'lvly God, Kfernol, it iawl stay down 1
or we will all go up.' Greely was tickled cea- ,
amost to dentil, and sea he, 'we shall bury it |
now so that it wiil navcr be hecrd of agin.'— J
Old Grandfather Welles, however, scorned half j
frightened to dath, and trembled like a sick dog, !
and soil, 'Oh that it was all over.' Summer was j -
wrath'/ at this, and acs he, 'chut up, you old ;
fool, wait uutil it is all under.' And there, too
Gtood Beeciier with a nigger baby in his arm.!, ;
locking up to heaven und pruyin all the while,
its follows: "Oh! Lord, not thy will but mine
lie done.' Finally, all tho cotßns Were put in i
the grave and covered up. I wondered where i
Howard could be ail this time, and looking up, i
there ho was llyiu through the air with wings,
and tails, anri horr.o, lookiu for all the world 1 i
like an evil epirif, and sea lie, *if 'tivern done, | i
when it is done," just as if lie was afraid thai a j
day of resurrection wa.< enmin. I tell you, itj <
i made iw feel Sorrowful and sad, when I saw the |
1 old Constitution aud the Union put under tho' i
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VOL. 1, NO 29.
ground, out of tiyht, and when I woke up, my
eyes worojfull of tours and I felt wore liko cry
in' than I have seuce I was born."
After I got thru, sea I "Kernel, what do
you think of inyttrokx iv-He loured down on
lue floor and then larked up, then La looked
down agin and then !iC looked up, I sec lie was
kinder worried, BO I iaid nothia, Finally he
k:ck:d his slipper oQ'uud seaha, "Major. do you
know wßfttgo&J letheris? "sa!," scs I "Ker
nel, I used to know somethin about lather."—
*'Wal," sea he, "what'do you think of the leth
al- in that slipper lls it pood!" "Yes," tea I,
"I thiuk it's pretty good." "Wal," ses lie,
"wlmt kind is it ?" Sea I, "It's calfskin."—
."Wal," aos lie, "kin you tell mo whether the
calf ions a heifer or a sleer 1" "No,"sis I, "1
can t." "Wal," aos he, "I'm in jist the frame
fix about your dream. It is a good dream, but
But lean't tell whether it", a heifer or a, steer.
I ruther rocou it's a steer,"
"Wal," pes~l, "Kernel, you may think that
my dream don't amount toanythin', but there
are thousands of people will sec in it the fiito of
their country.'
He didu t seem di-peaod to talk about it, how.
oyer, and I let it drop. Since then I've been
over to the :apitol ones or twice, u:id looked
..round \\ aahington a lectio. I nsvor see such
a changeia a place sin ju I was born, Its dirtier,
nirticr and meaner iookin than ever. In fact,
it iajuct liko the country, all goln to ruin, if
tne devil is ever happy, I should think he'would
be nigti about tickled to doth now a dava. I
guess evry.thi.ig is goon on to i at hiui to a f ac
s.nn. I kiu tell you one thing. Tlicrwis golti
to be a bigger file between Linkin and Chase
ior I'r 'Sidvr.t than most pepil suppose. So look
out for tne music;: ahed. I shall keep a watch
on ah 'be -loina, and write you when tlio ruma
tis, like the greenbacks market, ain't too strin
gent.
MAJICR JACK DOWNING
Mr. Suranar's Proncsul to Araoni tho
Constitution.
Through ihi.i mas* of cUclamatory verbage
with .which Senator KcMSUitt over lavs his set
of abcliilon lesi'lutions it js apparent il.at his
only pracu.-il ot-j. u ia the amendment of the
Constitution in.si.ue.l on in tha last rcaobitiou.
"Ihe Constitution itself," so this resolution
runs, must he eo arneuded as to prohibit slav
ery everywhere within- the limits of tho repub
lic."
It::: proposal of such an amendment is n
■ ■victual coaleeaMnof tiw iniliity id 14r fuvc*>i.N's
"proclamutioa of freedom'" If tktt ia vali 1,
there is no slavery in tlio seceded Mates to pe
nbuiislird bya constitutional amendment'. Why
put a corpse on .rial foritHlifo? The absurdity
ia ro glarng, so self stultifying, that Air. Stst-
NER makrsn vain attempt to .cover its nakedness
by weaving about it a cumbrous drapery of his
peculiar rhetoric The truth is tliajibolifioiusts
euro nit trust tho Supreme Court with tho
question on rfiobasis of tho proclamation. Their
disbelief of tho constitutionality of that docu
ment is well-grounded; but what a commenta
ry it is on tho honesty of liitir past assevera
tions !
It is pretended, indeed, that one object of the
proposed amendment is to abolish slavery in the
( loyal border slave states. Bet no man of good
judgment, be he .vbalitionist or Demo crat, be
, 1. H'cs that slavery can stand 'n tho.berder states
after it is really abolished in the states further
' South. In fact, the border status are already
I discarding the institution by their own action.
| i iHsoun has already abqlishod slavery ; Marv*
hind is t diing the initial steps; Delaware was
' oncoming u tree state even before the" war.
j I' is nut tli in, for tlie extinction of slavery
I' n '• 10 border atater that a constitutional amend*
: men! is wanted, but to accomplish legally what
Mr. Luxcom illegally asui.n >d to do ivy a pre
feuded "war power." That ha Inn himself no
: beliet jn the validity of hit Emancipation prsc
j tarnation; is evident from his demanding that
Arkansas shall amend its const it a! ion and pro
-1 !•' 'if slavery—a futile proceeding it the jvucfg
-7; tit ton abolished slsfywy ia that stal3.
But is there any prospect that Mr. SiMN;;t:V
' pioposod ivmendaiout of the federal Constitution
I be carried? aiuch an auju Inieot requires,
tii st, a vole of two thirds of each honso Of Con
gress, n'.id then, Urn ratification of three-fourths
i 1113 •tatos. As tho Republicans have, at pres.-
j cat, nothing like two-thirds of tho Mouse of
, Representatives, it is obvious that such an n
! meudinoat cannot be suJmitUl to the consider
j ation of the states without the concuirouco of
i the Denioeratio members. Now, however will
| lug Democrats may he to liars ths question
suliniitted to tho states, they cannot vote for
suua submission until Congress has prcviouslv
by join., resolution, declared its sons# of the
political status of tho several seceding members
l of tho Union. Mr. NCSUKR is himsolf the au
thor ot a theory that those slates have, by a
! i'elo ik &v divested themselves of their statehood
[ and aro no longer constituent parts of tho fed
eration. If this theory be sound, three-fourths
of the remaining states can amend the Consti
tution; eo that from Mr. Scutum's standpoint
his proposition is not-o impracticable as it would
otherwise seem. But thore is reason to suppose
that a majority of buth houses of Cuugrcss, hs
well us the executive department of the gov
ernment, repudiates this theory; nnd the pre
liminaries to nn amendment which rested on
this theory its a basis would be u needless and
nugatory agitation, nerving only to exasperate
the loyal border states. But if the secoding
states aro still in the Union, tliey must bo coun
ted ia amending tho Constitution? and in that
case, any nine of the fifteen sluveholding states
can d feat the amendment. Mr. LINCOLN might,
perhaps, create, enough of his bogus states to
contiol tho result; but ovenon that hypothesis,
it m Till noedful fir Congress to deddo, bofore
submitting the amendment, whether Jlr. LIN- 1
cor.N bus power, by a skillful .working of his,
puppets, to amend tho Constitution of tho U J
sited States. The trial of this case cannot pew
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uitore' notice* SI.OO. if under 10 line*. $3.00 if
more then a squ.tre and lose thm 90 line*. Ka'ruyt,
$1.?3, if but one head is advertised, 23 cants lor
every additional head.
The sp ieoccupied by ten lines of this siffcot
type rnuntsone square. All fractions of a sqt:ara
under five lines will be measured as a balf squaf*
and all over five lines as a lull square. AH legal
advertisements will be charged to tue person hand
in" them in.
coed tin;!! ihe j.irv is ,'irst i upmneLJ to whoso
verdict it is to b3 sul.nitte'o f and Lence wa
cSkv.ludj that' no Democratic members will vo'.s
for tins amendm-nt until Congrw has declared
its opinion both of Mr. SjMNiat's 'stats sulci-Je, " t
and Mr. LotcoLK* t sham states. As there is.
no likelihood that Congrass will cotue to a sain
isfactcy understanding on these points, tbo
taik about an amen Jmcnt is of no practical sc
count.— N. y. World
The Last "On to Richmond.'*
General Holler's mysterious plan to release
the Union prisoners at Richmond, about which
wc have beard so much for a mouth past, has
at last been tried, and lias holed. It was a very
pretty .-cliciuc as Duller coflceiypd it, end us it
appeared upon paper; but, like all Lis military
plans, from My Bethel down, it was entirely
impracticable. lie attempted, in sh„rt, to cut
the Gordian knot of didlctiliies into which the
exchange of prisoner!) quer'Tjn had been entan*
| gled by the cunning of Ould and ti c obtussuesi
of .Meredith, with the sword. "The rebel gov
[ erwueht at Richmond," he argued, tfcats mq as
! a outlaw, and won't givo up the Union prWh-
I or?. Why net solve the problem by capturing
I llichmqr.d, prisoners, rebel government, andc.U:''
i big with this bri.ii.inL idea, Puller Tusfcp up to
I " asiiing'on mid seeks an interview with" Gen.
ill.dleck; bill that officer "dbri't see it." ,'Jec-
I rotary .Stanton is flie.t waited upon, and be of .
| course h delighted, as moving upon norny's
works without preparation or adequate force is
Lis i'avo; ile strategy. Finally Mr. Lincoln irf
seen, and, as the scheme is ingeniously aboard,;
he cordially gives it his approval.
After much deliberation it was decided thak
the Arn.jv of the Potomac should make a feint
across the Kaptdan to k<ep Lea ezupioyetl, while
tiro real attack was lobe mad.! by unarury mov*
j ing briskly up tire peninsula. But then Iht
qusatian arose, where this army was to cotue
; lV'Mu. ft would nof do' to seiid tcoo{A down from
I Washington, as their movements would bo nov
| tired by the enemy, and llut'cr had barely e
j ttougb in lib own department to gtmrd biadiueS'.
i At lost the bright idea was bit upon of raising
! ilie tinge of Charleston, and with th l••oops iu
-1 -ken frurr Morris and holly islands to-capture
the rebel capital. Tub accounts, for the neivj
from Charleston which litis so disheartened the
country. The troops wero brought up to thß
peninsula, nnd sent upon their loot's errnnsl to*
Richmond and—linck again. Gen.
in temporary command of the A>cny of ilieTo
tounac, did ail that could be axpticteJ of hi;u
Ho Crossed the ltapidun. and'kept Lee* employ?
eJ while Uic raid up the peninsula was uituTe;
but the Richmond part of tile programme failed,
because it wrs nUuihl to suppose thai a city
which lias been menaced for ilireo vcivrs bisuj
at all times proof against the attack of anything
less than a great army. All such scliomce to
capture Richmond Wv a stratagem *ru based-up
on the theory that the rebel administration b
comppse 1 of a set of improvident fools. '
So ends ibis last "On to Richmond,** the nio.it
timuifltarv and sorry exploit of the war. We
tie not believe tbb scheme received (be indorse
ment of any competent military cotunvapder, or
lhal it ever had tho remotest chance of success.
The story that the rebeltrwefo Warned of tlica*
fate by a Yankee deserter is an after-thought,
to excuse the failure.— Wurld.
Pres'Jeit Lincoln vs. Sae"?taiy Ohssc.
The Washington correspondent of (to Ne\V'
York Spirit of the Time* lolls (lio following sto
i ry, illustrative of the con test n,o\v going on in
j the Republican ranks in regard to the nomina
i (ion of Secretary Clwse, or the re-nomlmuion of
Air. Lincoln, for tlio next IVeV i hien r, y. If not
true, it is we'll fouudoij , .
'•During a conversation
week between our worthy Pivsido'it Vui'l a dis
tinguished Western Senator, li* recent legisia
tivb nominations for the next Presidency wot*
incidentally referred to. 'Yes,' saii Mr, Lin
coin, nursing his log with oviJcnt gmtifi'dafian-i
'yes, Senator, t,ho current seems to be settiai* aN
oneway!' 'lf does, really, seen' to he setting
all one way,' was tint,answer of the tsenatof ;
y"tt Mr, Lincoln, as you hard (old mc several
pood stories since I have been hero, permit me,
ii yoa picas?, to tell yon one. It Las always
been observed, that tho Atlantic Ocean, at the
Straits of Gibraltar, constantly pours into the
Mediterranean, with tremendous volume. The
Caspian us empties into it, at its other end. and
rivers are seen conlrihating to its waters all tw
long its coast. Ii was, for many years, the con
stant puzzle of geographers, why the Mediterra
nean, under all (hose accessions, never got full,
and overran its banks. After awhile, howevery
n curious fallow took the notion 6f dropping a
plummet iii the centre of the straits, when, Iff!
lie discovered that, though the tremnidous bod)'
ol water on the surface was rushing inward
irom tlio ocean, a sllil tnore ppwerfut body ivw
passing eutwarJ, in a couutcr current, at sofiso
twenty lcet below!" ' i
•'Ob, ah!" raid Old Abe, roriously, evident
ly nonplussed, for the first limn in his life | ."Untt
doe not remind me of any story I ever heard be
fore!" v
ONE OF THE IVrmors.—A Cplonef of ait
Indiana regiment (in Hanks' army in
has, since he received his commission, deposited
$40,000 in bank at Indianapolis, and has sent
home as 'private pickii.ga'jvnlgsrtycalledrt**k'
ing) nearly $5,000 worth of /oweby, siltbr
plate, &o. His wife and only dweghter, nofr
1 sojourning in a neighboring town, are literally
1 loaded down iriili jewelry, even to the sight of
which they were strangers beforo the war. This
is all true. Would this sclt-sacriflcing patriot
have the war stop f Nury time 1- Vmstaacs Suit,
The evening is the time for nodal delight.-*
Tlic fountains of plraeuro like tunny springs w
nature which atop in the daytime, but'Ms up ist
the bosom* ol companion* at uighlftdL'