THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY* MORMNU BY B. F. MEYBS, At the following.terms, to wit t $2 00 p<t annum, if j?aiu,witnin th y*ftr. s2.so " " If ,lot P"'' l within the year. {QTiVo subscription taken lor less than -ix months rrT'No pPr discontinued until all air;i rages are * t>ai<l unless at the option of the publisher; It has been decided by the United States Courts that the stopp'ge of a newspaper without the payment of arrearages, is prima facie evidence ol fraud arftl as a criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for tbe subscription price of new-papers, if they take them from the post office, whether they subscribe for them, or not. * , Ptofcostcuial *£arils. EBPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY JIT LA IV, JJJiDFOIiD , PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his cate in Bedford and adjoining coun -lies. Military claims, back pay, bounty, he., tpedily collected. Office with Mann fc Spang, on Juliana street, two Jours South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 'fit. 'iVcw Banking House. Jjftfwww $ Cosy * t ave opened, a Bank of Discount and Deposit, in Bedfoni, Pa. Money lent and taken on deposit, and collections made on moderate terms. Thev also have lands in lowa, Minnesota, Wiscon lin. Missouri and Nebraska, for sale or trade. Bedford, Oct. 30, 18fi3—tf. J. ALSIP & SON, Auctioneers & Commission Merchants, BEDFORD, PA.. Respectfully solicit consignments of Boots and •hoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, nnd all kinds *+t Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIVATE Sale. REFERENCES. Phit.adbi.phia, BrnFORD, Philip Ford h Co., Hon. Job Mann, Boyd St Hough, Hon. W. T. Daugherty, Armor Young St Bros., B.F.Meyers. January 1, 1964—t1. I J. L. MARBOUR3-, M. D. Having permanently located, respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Os*oflice on Julianna street, opposite the Bank, •se deor north of John Palmer's office. Bedford, February 10, 1804. U . II • AKE R S , JITTOLLMEY .IT LAW, Bedford, Pa. Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. Military claims speedily collected. ! Office on Juliana street, opposite the post-office. Bedford, September 11, 1863. f. M. Kimmsll. J. W. Linoenfri.TXß, KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA -oT"Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South •f the "Mengel House." JssMahn. G. H. Spaho. MANN & SPANG. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA- The undersigned have associated theffnselves in the Practice ol the Law, and will attend promptly to all business entrusted to their caie in Bedford and adjoining counties. on luliana Street, three doors south at the "Mengel House,'' opposite the residence n< Mat. Tete. Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861. JOHN P- REED, ATTORNEY at LAW, BEDEORD, pa., Km pectfully tender, hie services to the Public. K7"office second door North of the Mngel Heme. Bedford, Arg, 1, 1861. JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA tGTWiII promptly attend to all business entrua tad to bis rare. Office orr Johanna Street, (near !y opposite the Mengel House.) Bedierd, Aug. 1, ISCt. A. U. COFFROTII, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will hereafter practice regularly in the several Courts of Bedford county. Business entrnated to kit care will be faithfully attended to. December 9, 1861; BAM BEL KETTERBI , BEDFOItn, PA., 0?"WouId hereby notify the citizens of Bedford aounty, that he has moved ro the Borough of Bed ford, where he may at all times be found b- persons wishing to see him, unleas absent upor. business pertaining to his office. Bedford, Aug. 1,1861. JACOB RKED, J.J. BCHILL, REED AND BCIIELL, BANKERS k DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, BF.DFCRD, PKNN'A. bought and sold, collections made and iponey promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, CORNER OF WOOD AND THIRD STREETS PITTSBURGH, PA HARRY SHIRLS PROPRIETOR. April 12 1861. ii.iTMllTole&To7^ Wholesale Grocers, 407 NORTH THIRD STREET, ABOVX CA[.L.OWHILL, M PHILADELPHIA. Hank 7, 180?—ly. A. A. SHU WW AY & CO., Manufacturer, and Whole-ate Dealer, m Boots A Slutcs, No, 121 Market Street, and 310 Cburfk Alley, PHILADELPHIA March 7, 1863—1y. i RICHARD LEO. MANUFAi'TURER OF CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, &C., BEDFORD, PA. The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet aiakii.g ousiuess, will make to or'er and keep on hand every thing in fiia lineol manufacture. BUREAUS, DRESSING STAXDS, PAR LOR AND EXTENSION TABLES, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WASH STANDS, &C., SeC. *ill be furnished at all prices, and to suit every **'**• COFFINS will also be made to older. attention paid to all orders for work. on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite the residence of George Shuck. RICHARD LEO. July 10, 1863.—tf iivMfari* Wvwtie. VOLUME .79. NEW SERIES. Select IJJoetni.. I Wish I Was an Editor. BY NDI>. I wish I was an Editor, ' I really do indeed ; It seems to me that Editor* Get everything tliey need. Tliey got the biggest nnd the best Of everything that grows, And get in free to circusscs, And other kinds of shows. When a mammoth cheese is cut, They always get a slice, For saying Mrs. Smith knows how To mak? it vory nice *, The largest pnmpkin, tho longest beet, And other garden stuff; Is blown into the sanctum by , An editorial pufT; The biggest bug will Bpeak to them, No matter how they dress, A shabby coat i 3 nothing if You own a printing press; At Ladies' Fairs tliey arc almost hugged By pretty girls who know That they will crack up everything The ladies hnvo to show ; thus they gel a blow out freo ' At .every party, feed, • The reason is because lliey write, And other people read. • "i" THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ, All contributions to this column must be addressed to "Simon Syntax, Box 23, Bedford, Pa." TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS. The School Directors of the cbunty will do well to notice the following, given in answer to the question ; "At what time does the terra of office of directors who are elected at the winter or spring elections, commence for 18G-f?" It was enacted April 22, 1863, that from and after the first day of January, 1861, the term of office ot School Directors should commence on the firtft Monday of June in each year. Al so that the term of office of school directors then iu ofiice shall severally be extended until the first Monday of June of the year in which their term of office expires. Ily this law direc tors who are elected at tho winter or spring e whose term of office expires this year are to continue to net with the board until that date. Any action of a board in which the newly elect ed members took their scats before said first Monday in June is illegal; the business thus transacted should bo acted upon again by the old board. From the Pennsylvania School Journal. REPORT ON TEACHERS INSTITUTES, DISTRICT AND COUNTY. It will not be iny object in tho tew thoughts which I am about to present, to seek out thoor igin,of Institutes, and trace them up through the different periods of their growth to the pres ent time; but to speak of them as an establish ed institution—as an essential element in our common school system. As to tho paßt results of Institutes, there is no question. Although imperfectly organized, with a want of system and method in the man ner of conducting them, the results are greater than from any other single educational agency ; first suggesting if they did not actually effect a complete change in our methods of teaching and school management. DISTBICT INSTITUTES. : Sinco the passage of tho law making it obligatory for teachers to de vote two days of each month to exercises for their own improvement, District Institutes have been established on a permanent basis; for al though this portion of the law has been in op eration fer but a comparatively short time, the hopes of its friends are being realized. True, We are having some failures. The teachers of certain districts, from a lack of knowledge or inclination, fail to compensate themselves or their schools for the time thus spent; but as In stitutes become general, they become moro pop ular and effective. Institutes aro now organized in almost every district in the ,State, thus bringing all classes of teachers within their influence. As these be come more effective in their operation their in fluence extends beyond the teachers and the schools to tho county organization.—making it more practical and interesting; both agencies also exerting a powerful influence on communi ties, by means of the clearer views disseminated up®n the importance, means and ends of edu cation, and the importance of employing none but well qualified teachers. In order that there may be no failures in car rying out the law in regard to Institutes, it is necessary that there be a permanent organiza tiori of the teachers in the different districts Lei there be a definite plan of operation, with clear ' conceptions of tho objects and ends in view and a sett!?J purpose to accomplish theso ends,'even though difficulties do present them selves. The principal exercises .or the Institute should bo drills in the diflerent branci,.® B of the com mon school course, and discussions o£! the theo ry of teaching. m The manner of conduetiug these drills will suggest itself to the iqtelligent teacher, from reading articles upon the subject in our educa tional periodicals, and be somewhat in propor tion to a knowledge of tho ability of the differ ent members of the class. The exercises should not be merely adapted to the present stock of knowledge possessed by the different toaehcrs; but,, by assigning subjects for succeeding meet ings end requiring careful preparation ia order Freedom of Thought and Opinion, BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1864. to appear creditably before the Institute, addi tional acquisitions should be provided for.— 1 cachers will thus be compelled to subject them selves to professional study, or have their igno rance nrid carelessness exposed. An additional Amount of labor is thus imposed, to which the true teacher will willingly submit. We arc on ly successful by laborious effort. While the principal object of the Institute should be professional improvement, parents and citizens generally should be induced to attend. On such occasions exercises of a more general nature should be introduced—not merely for their present entertainment but for giving cor rect views upon educational topics in regard to which misunderstanding exists. To insure regularity, and punctuality in at tendance, a correct minute of the proceedings of the Instituto should be kept, which should at nil times bo open to the inspection of direc tors, or a synopsis of these minutes be monthly presented to the District SocreMvy. A failure to perform any reasonable duty assigned should ho treated as a failure to perform any of the usual school room duties. Ihe want of professional rending is felt by ! many of our teachers, and this can only be sup- 1 | plied by establishing libraries in connection with ■ the District Institute. Many of those now en- : gaged in teaching are too poorly compensated j to mnke much outlay for this purpose. In no other way could directors better dispose of a small portion of the funds of the district than ' by adding, annually, a few well selected vol umes to an Institute Library; thus insuring to ! every teacher a constant supply of reading mat- j ter upon educational topic>. Difficulties in the way of successfully cstah- ' lishing Institutes in all of the different districts of tbe State may lead to modifications of the gen- ; eral.plan of operation; hut many of these are imaginary. The county which 1 represent has i a reasonable share of these difficulties, yet we have an organized Institute in every district, I with an attendance of at least 80 per cent, of the teachers employed. Where there are real \ difficulties in the way, a liberal construction j should he put upon the law, and the distiict, as j much as possible, relieved. Objections are frequently ur„ed, and with i some plausibility, that the Institutes, owing to' the conduct of tho members, often entirely fail; in accomplishing the desired purpose, ami send away persons completely disgusted with their ! proceedings. Teachers who act in this way dc- i serve censure. If they cannot conduct them selves with proper dignity nnd decorum while j engaged in exercises for mutual improvement, ! tlu-v are wmp Y. JAv\A\T " l -~ j — mam The Democratic Party and Slavery. Some observations on this subject, which we deemed it prudent to offer a few weeks sinco, hnvc drawn out, from all parts of the loyal states, responses which show that we were fortunate enough to strike the key-note of a widely diffus ed public sentiment. We have found our views echoed, with, more or less abatement, or more or less exaggeration, in the loyal press of the country, in Congress, and especially in numer ous letters of indorsement from men of influ ence and standing in the Dcinocrutic party.— This favorable impression and these warm in dorsements are certainly not due to the novelty of our views, but only to their timeliness. If they had any merit, it consisted merely in an apt application to present circumstances of time honered principles to which the Democratic party has always assented. We have not made converts to a new faith, hut only led the way in the application of old principles to a new problem. While the main drift of public sentiment to the Democratic party is toward a simple and unqualified indorsement of our position precise ly QS detincd it we observe that a very few per sons and presses, who seem to mistake that po sition for an innovation, full into lines of argu ment Which evince, on the one side, something of the exaggerated zeal of now converts', and on the other, a littlo of the defensive vehemence natural to tuon who fear that their party is cut ling loose from old moorings. These are points I on which wo do not think it wise to have u con troversy with any class of men who desire the success of the Democratic party j especially, as the general sense of the party, which has been so widely expressed, is in entire harmony with our views. The only argument we choose to make on the subject is simply to restato our position, leaving tho statement to make what ever impression may be thought duo to its in ! trinsic weight. •It has for some tirno been tho cue of tho ad versaries of tho Democratic party to stigmatize it as a pro-slavery party, and to excite preju dice against it as the pntron and apologist of an institution which is condemned by tho civiliza tion of tho age. That this is an unjust impu tation on tho Democracy of the Northern States, is demonstrated by tlie broad and undeniablo fact that slavery was abolished in all the Norh ern States in whirh it ever existed with the warm npproval.nnd hearty concurrence of all the people of these states without distinction of party. No northern Democrat ever opposed orrergetted the abolition of slavery in tho state of his residence, much loss ever proposed or wished its re-establishment. The head of a family who takes the most careful pains to train up his own children in the principles of Chris tains virtue, gives the stsongest possible evidonco of his approval of those principled, even though ho may not think it his duty to interfere with the domestic discipline of his infidel neighbor. If that neighbor happens to bo his partner in business tho fact tlmt they arc members of tho same firm confers upon neither any control o ver tho household of tho other however strong ly ho may disapprove of its management, hut can there be no virtue unless it be of that med dlesome and Intrusive kind wnich violates the sacred right of distinct families, or of distinct communities, to be exempt from the officious | and censorious survcilance of neighboring fami lies, or neighboring communities? Docs a man cease to he virtuous, because in addition to other virtues, he practices the discreet and peace promoting virtue of minding his own business. Besides the great cardinal fact on which we insist, that Northern Democrats have proved their abhorrence of slavery by assisting in ex pelling it from their own States and bolting tbe doors again.-; its return, they have expressed pnblie nnd constant satisfaction at all movement toward its abolition in other States, by the peo ple of those States, and equally decided depre cations of tho arrest of such movements by im pertinent outside interference. We could if ne cessary, till our columas to overflowing with citations from the documents, speeches, and writings of Democratic statesmen, in which it was urged as a strong point against the aboli tion crusade of the last thirty years, that it had put hack emancipation in the border slave Slates, j Is this a species of argument to he used by men ' who approve of slavery and desire its contin- ' uance V . J j The pro-slavcrv sligma attempted to be fixed ■ on Northern Democrats is a calumny; it lias always been repel ted as a calumny throughout : the heated controversies which have prevailed since the annexation of Texas. Among Suuth ; Democrat the slavery issue was early merged in the.higher issue of the right of the States to control their domestic affairs, and it was only by attacks on slavery that this right was as sailed, they were led to defend the outpost as if it were the citadel itself, and thereby furnished a pretext for the calumny ag linst the Demo cratic party. But the Democrats of the North, in rebelling this calumny, have steadily asser ted that it was not slavery which they wished to uphold, but on)y Ibe constitutional right of each State to determine for itself (as the North ern States had done) when it would abolish slavery, or whether it would abolish it at all. The facts we have here stated are of such general notoriety that no person tolerably ac quainted with our political history will be like ly to deny them. It only remains to apply the principles which underlie them to present issues. I keep in my house a small aquarium and a few canary birds, and my neighbor, whose taste differs from mine, is a snakefancier. He keeps a cage of poisonous serpents, whose breath in fect the atmosphere of his apartments and im pairs the health of his family. 1 have no more right to enter his house and kill or uncago his serpents than he has to enter mine and break my aqunirium. But supposo he has disturbed lie peace of the neighborhood, and committed | It . allhnnirh may, and if I am summoned as one of a posse to assist in the arrest and the criminal resists, bis snake-cage may lie broken to pieces in tho melee , and tho lifo trodden out of the hissing monsters; without any grounds of an action for trespass. No magistrate could have issued a warrant for killing the serpents; but the officer of tho law; once legally in the house, is not responsible for any damage which may incidentally be done in overpowering resistance. ' Whether it bo the noxious snakos or dishes that nr'e destroyed, it is all the same. And so, when our armies are legally within the Southern States for the purpose of overpowering resistance, those who make the resistance have simply to thank themselves whether it is their erops, their com merce, or slavery that is incidentally destroyed. Now, so far as we observe any deviation from the principles which we have thus stated in the form of a parable, it consists either in an as sumption that because the otficer of the law is not responsible for damages necessarily inci dent to the discharge of his duty, he may there fore do all other damage that ho can ; or in the contrary assumption that because the otficer had no original right to enter tho house or kill -the snakes, he is obliged to leave them in good health-. Neither assumption is admissible. Hie radicals argue as if it were the duty of the of ficer, when once in the house, to lay about him and do all the damage in his power. Hut he cannot go beyond the necessity of executing the lnw. Even if tho homicide was committed because the man's neighbors quar reled with him about his snakes, it by no means follows, as'the radicals contend, that the snake must be killed to remove the cause of the hom icide and prevent its repetition. The law runs into no sucli whiraseys. It merely justifies tho damage which may incidentally be done in its own execution, and, in this respect, it regards all kinds of property alike. When the South entered upon this war, they deliberately exposed their slave property to tho perils and vicissitudes of a military contest, and they must take the consequences. The Demo cratic party of the North steadfastly holds to the same principle of nonintervention which it has always insisted upon as the true constitu tional doctrine. As it would not interfere to destroy or cripple slavery tho' disapproving it, so neither will it interfere to save slavery from the consequenses to which its own friends have exposed it,— World. ARTEMUS WARD, in a recent letter, thus gives his idea of re-organization: "I never attempted to re-organize my wite but onco. I shall never attempt it agnin. I'd bin to a public dinner, and had allowed myself to be betrayed into drinkin' their healths until my own beenme affected. Consekena was, I pre sented mysdf at Betsy's bedside late at nite, with considerable licker concealed about my per son. 1 had somehow got perseshun of a horse whip on my way home and rmemberin' some cranky obscrvashuns of Mrs. Ward, in tho morn ing, I snapt tho whip putty lively, and in a very Joud voice I said Betsy, you need re-organizin'! 1 have coine to re-organize 11 dreamed that'i to that somebody had laid a horsewhip over me sev'ril conseckootive times; and when I wuke up I found she had. I hnint drunk tnuch of any thin* since; and if I ever have another re-organ izin' job on hand I shall let it out. WHOLE NUMBER, 3100 VOL. 7, NO 33. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. 1 On Tuesday, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 of Feb. 20, a singular occurrence in real life took place in the Police Court, which, in this city, at least, has seldom transpired. The facts are these: About five years ago a man named Edward Carey left an atfectionate and beautiful wife and three interesting children, to seek a i fortune in the mines of California. For one ' year after his arrival in the goid country, Carey j wrote constantly to his wife, and enclosed fre quent sums of money. Suddenly the correspon- I dence ceased, and Mrs. Carey received no mon ey, was compelled to adopt other means to ob j tain a livelihood for herself and little ones- In a few weeks thereafter Mrs. Carey received in • formation that her husband had been killed#n j the mines, which was corroborated by a sub.se : quent letter received from California. For three j years she lived, as she supposed she was, a wid j ow, and receiving the attentions of an Italian, I named Joseph fieibe, who succeeded in gaining , her. affections, she consented to marriage, and a year'ago the two were legally united in the bonds of wedlock, and hare ever since lived quite hap pily together. On Sunday last, as the church bells were summoning to the house of God the worshippers of the true lleing, Edward Carey who had arrived direct from California by the i morning train, wao making inquiries in the neigh borhood (in which his family resided when he left Cincinnati,) for his wife and children. His neighbeftj and friends stood amazed, and trem bled upon beholding the man whom they had , long since believed to be dead. Upon being as- ! sured that it was Carey, who was not dead but I | living, he was astounded with the intelligence that his wife, who had also believed that he had i "gone to that bourne froth whence no traveller I returns," was married to another man, with ] whom she was now living in domestic felicity. Ascertaining the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Keii, the afflicted husband hastened to ascer- I tain whether what ho had heard was true or < false. Knocking at the door, a tall Italian, < measuring six feet one and one-half inches, came I to the door. Caret' inquired: i "Does Mrs. Keibc live here V' Italian "She dues-r-will you walk in ?" 1 Carey—"Yes, sir; will you please tell her that a gentleman desires to see her ?" The Italian consented, and on going to the door leading into the dining room, called his wife by her first name. She answered, and, all full of smiles, came running down into the par lor. Upon seeing her husband, who rose from his seat to meet her, sho screamed out, "My (rod, Carey!" and fell fainting to the floor.— The husbands both hastened, to raise her from was Edward Carey, the Tally s lawtul husoana. Reibo also claimed her as his wife, and added, "I shall never give her up." Before the wife had folly recovered from her fainting attach the two husbands had become engaged in angry, vi olent words, resulting in Carey drawing a pistol on Reibe, nnd by the latter being forcibly eject ed from bis house. Reibc, on Monday morning, had a warrant sworn out in the Police Court, charging Carey with disorderly conduct and pro voking him to cdmmit a breach of the peaco. Carey was arrested, and when arraigned before Judge Warren, in the presence of Reibenndhis wife, he asked the Court to hear an explanation before he entered his plea. J udge W arren con sented, and Carey stated that he and Reibo both claimed the lady (pointing to Mrs. Carey Reibe) as wife, and he believed himsolf tq be the legal claimant, had become disorderly in demanding of Reibo that he should give her up. Reibe, through the Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Straob, exhibited toMie Court the marriage certificate, and the question was at once raised, "What fur ther proceedings could be had in that Court?" The wife, who, like Niobo, all in tears, was call ed up and asked by the Court if either of these men was her husband? She replied that she bad been mnrried to both, but having learned that her first husband was dead, sho formed an at tachment for Reibe three years afterwards and married him. After assuring the Court of her deeply seated attachment always for Carey, nnd now her warm affection for Reibe, who had been to her air affectionate and devoted husband, the Conrt inquired of her, viz : "What do you now propose to do ; live with your first husband, who is legally snch, or your last husband, who by misapprehension, and un intentionally, you have made your husband ?" The lady replied, "My duty and my desire nre 'to live with my first husband, Edward Ca rey." The scene which followed can never bo dn. scribed. Carey nnd his wife approached each other and wept aloud, while the disappointed Italian, seated in his chair like a statue, present ed a picture of despair and disappointment.— Presently his feelings wero overcome, and griev ously wept, dieting the sympathy of all. Carey and his wife, arm, in arm left the Court room and Reibe, after receiving kindly admonition from the Court that he must be resigned, and pcrsuo the matter no further, left the presence of the Court deeply chagrined and terribly mortified at the fate which had befallen him.— Carey and bis family are preparing to leave the city, and Reibe, all alone in a deserted house, refuses to be comforted. CSrWhen the steamer Cosmopolitan returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, with two hundred and forty wounded and dying men from the Florida battle field, a grand ball Was in full blast, at which were present General Gil more and Saxon. "Dance all night to the broad day light, and" bury the dead in tho morning. ggrlt is stated on high military authority that, before Gn. Hallcck was relieved of his com mand of the Department of the West, President Lincoln transmitted an order to him relieving Gen. Grant of all command, and practically shelving him, as he had done Gen's. McClellan and Fremont. Gen. Hallcck. however, took the responsibility of pocketing the order, and thus ' saved Gen. Grant to tho service. / Ratts of Ooe Square, three weeks or Jess $1 21 One Square, each additional insertion le.i than three months . ; 91 n „_ 3 months,"® months, I rasa S ne, IMre1 Mre - $3 06 $4 00 MOO iwosquares 400 500 a VL e '"l a * re * 500 700 12 t Co umn 6 00 9 00 • 18 00 t Column ........ gOO 12 09 20 0 * Column 12 00 18 00 30 06 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 Administrators'and Executors' notices $2.50, Au ditors' noticea $1,50, if under 10 lines, $2.00 if more than a square and less than 20 line*. Kstrays, $1.25, if but one head is advertised, 25 cents for every additional head. * % The space occupied by ten lines of this siaeot type rountsone square. All fractions of a square under five Itneswill be measured as a half square and all over five lines as a lull square. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand ing them in. Honorable Conditions. Many years ago, in what is now a flourishing city in this State, lived a stalwart blacksmith, fond of his pipe and joke. He was also fond of his blooming daughter, whose many graces and charms had ensnared the affections of a suscep tible young printer. The couple, after a season of billing and cooing, "engaged" themselves, and nothing but the consent of the young lady's'pa rent prevented their union. To obtain this, an interview was arranged, and typo prepared n little speech to astonish and convince the old gentleman, who sat enjoying bis favorite pipe in perfect content. Typo dilated upon the fact of their long friendship, their mutual attach ment, their hopes for the future, and like topics; and taking the daughter by the hand, said, 'I now, sir, ask your permission to transplant this lovely flowor from its parent bed*—but his feel ings overcame him, he forgot the remainder of his oratorical flourish, blushed, stammered, and finally wound up with—'from its parent bed into my own.' The father keenly relished the discomfiture of the suitor, and after removing his pipe and Mowing a cloud, replied: 'Well, young man, I don't know as I 'vc any objection, provided you will marry the girl first /' Sometime ago the New York Tribune wanted j to know, because the New York Nem printed McClcllan's report, why it was, if he was not a a traitor, that he received the supportof traitor. If Lincoln does not believe that the Conslitur tion is a league with death and a covenant with hell,' why does Garrison support him T If he does not believe our flag is a "flaunting lie," why does the Tribune support hiraT If he is r.ot a miscegenationist why do the sixty-four spins ters at Port Royal, who are reported to have practically applied the doctrine, support him? a recent "receptjon" at the Presidential mansion, two negroes—officials wearing the Fed eral uniform—were present mingling with the crowd. It was noticeable that Mr. Lincoln treated them with "cold indifference." It is said the blacks are urged by Sumner and other Abolitionists to put themselves forward in white society, and especially at these public re ceptions, for the purpose of familiarizing the peo ple with the idea of the social and political equal ity of the whites and blacks. I Crlt is related that in Illinois a few days ago, a negro announced a lecture, and the mis cegenationists bestirred themselves, and got him a largo audience. What was their surprise, how* ever, when they heard him declare that the Ab olitionists are the worst enemies the negro has, to lecture again, and left town on the next (Fata. iHr'l'liere have been instances of audacity since the war commenced, but we should like to know whnt Democrat ever attempted to show so conclusively the imbecility, unpopularity and criminally even of the present Administration as Messrs. lllair, Pomeroy and Greely. " ®-Gen. Meade bids fair to lie the next mil itary victim of the Administration. He has been summoned to Washington to answer the charg es preferred against liitn by General Sickles and General Doublcday. The matter is becoming se rious to him. ©-A valuable bed of coal underlies the city of Steubenvillc, Ohio and parties have offered the city one hundred and fifty thousand dollaie for the privilege of mining it. torA great fault in tho dietetic system of this country consists in the fact that most peo ple are supported mainly by dinner. This meal * is consequently too large. (3-A woman has been arrested in San Fran cisco for bathing ber^lf-in whnlooil. Hut wby haven't women as good n right to bathe them selves in whale-oil ns to oncaso themselves in whalebone ? NEW USE FOR COAI. OlL. —The Ohio Farmer states that coal oil has been by mere accident, found to be a mostjeffectivo means of protecting fruit trees against the ravages of the cutculio, by placing sawdust, saturated with oil at tho foot of the tree.. A GREEN ONE. —An exchange tells a good stoYy of an innocent countryman who chanced to be in one of our cities on sun day, and concluded to go to church, arriving there he waited outside for a moment, when to his profound sueprise, the organ struck" up, from which he concluded some sort of a "shave down' 1 was about to commence. Just at that moment he was invited to walk to a scat. ."Not "zacly, Mister—l ain't used to no such doin's on Sunday; and, besides. I don't dance." FORK OVER. —Seward recontly asserted that "every man in the Northern States is richer in consequcnco of the war." His circle of acquaintances is probably confined to army contractors and highly paid official. We wish he were obliged to make his word substantial! v good with every man in North ern States. * He would then be compelled to fork over a few hundred dollars defect to us.— Penn Yan . Democrat, Cr"lsaac, can you describe a bat?'— "Yes sir; he's a flying insect, about the size of a stopple, has india rubber wmga, and a shoe string tail, he sees with his eyes shut It is said that there turo eleven govern ment contractors who have taken th® small pox in Washington. The rascals got' in such a bad way of taking things, that it is no wonder they took the small pox.
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