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JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
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r#t entrusted to his care, in Bedford and adjoining
counties.
Cash advanced cn judgments, notes, military and
Other claims.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo
vfph's, en Bedforu Railroad. Faimsand unimproved
land, trom one acre to 150 acres to suit purchasers.
Office nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" anil
think of Keed St Schell.
April I, ISO I— lv
J. R. DURBOPROW.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Office one door South of the "Mengel House."
\\ ill attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care m Bedford and adjoining counties.
Having also been regularly licensed to prosecute
claims against the Government, pai ticsilar attention
will be given to the collection of Military claims ot
all kinds , pensions, back pay, bounty.bounty loans,
&. April 1, 18G4.
b'sry M AirSiPt
ATTORNEF JIT LA W, BEDFORD, PA.
Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business
entrusted to hiscaie in Bedford and adjoining comi
ties. Military claims, back pay, bounty, &c.,
speedily co'lected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, two
doors South of the Mengel House. .lan. 22, 'fit.
U . II AKE US V
JJTTOUMFA' AT LAW, Bedford, Pa.
Will promptl) attend to all business entrusted to
his care. Military claims speedily collected.
CEF-Office on Julianna street, opposite the Bank,
one door north of John Palmer's office.
Bedford, September ft, 1863.
F. M. KIMMSLL. L W. LINGENFELTZS
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
GST-Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the "Mengel House."
G H- SPANG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Will promptly attend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to bis care in Bedford and adjoining
counties.
on luliana Street, three doors south
of the "Mengel House," opposite the residence of
Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1861.
JOHN P- REED.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Respectfully tenders his services to tic PtNltc.
second door North of the Mengel
House.
Bedford, Atg, 1, 1861.
JO H N PALME 11 ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Q-p"Will pKimptly attend to all business entrus
ted to his rare. Office c-n Johanna Street, (near
ly opposite the Mengpl House.)
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
A. H. COFFifrTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset. Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several
Courts of Redford county. Business entrusted to
his care will be faithfully attended to.
Deceaiber 6, 1861.
P. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
Tender* his professional services to the citizens of
Bloody Run and vicinity. Office next door to the
otel of John C. Black. [June 10, 1861.
J. L. MARBOURG-. M. D.
Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on West Pitt street, south side, ne.arly op
poiite the Union Hotel.
Beiiford, February 12, 1864.
F. M. MARBOURG, M. D ,
SCHELLSBURG. PA,
Tenders his professional services to the people of
that place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo
site "the store of John F.. Colvin, in the room for
merly occupied by J. Hefiry Schell.
July 1, 1864.
P. H. PENNSYL, M. D.,
RAY'S HILL, BEDFORD CO., PA
Having located at the above place tenders bis pro
.essional fervices to the communit} .
August 19, 1864. f
DAVID DEFIBAUGH,
G I' N SMITH, BEDFORD, PA ,
Workshop same as formeily occupied by John
Border, deceased. Rifles and other guns made to or
der, in the best s'ylo and on reasonable terms. Spe
efal attention will be given to the repairing of fire
arms. July 1, IV'J— ly.
BA9IEL KKTTKRMA ,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Qy Would hereby notify the citizens of dedford
county, that he has moved ro the Borough of Bed
ford, where he may at all times be found by persons
wishing to see him, unless abienl upun business
pertaining to his office.
.Oxford, Aug. 1,1861.
J/BBs Reed, J- J* SCHELL,
KEED AND SCHELL,
BANKERS it DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PENN'A.
[T7"DRAFTR bought and sold, •olleeron* made
,r.d money promptly remitted.
Deposits scire iterf.
J. ALSIP & SON,
Auctioneers Ifc commission M.Tenants,
BEDFORD, PA..
Respectfully solicit consignments of Boota and
Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Lndall kind*
of Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIVATE Sale,
REFERENCES.
PHILADELPHIA BEDFORD,
Philip Ford ft Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Boyd ft Hough, Hon. W. T. Ueugherty
Arqnor Young &c Bror., ti. Y\ Meyers.
January 1, TS64—tt.,
SCOTT & STEWAftT,
AUCTIONEERS
Commission ftlertljants j
Jayne's Marble Building,
616 Chest nut St., if 616 Jayne St.
PHILADELPHIA.
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VOLUME 60.
NEW SERIES.
THE SONG OF AUTUMN.-
I have painted the woods, I have kindled the
sky,
1 have brightened the hills with ejglance of mine
eye ;
I have scattered the liuits, I have gathered
the cam,
And now from the earth must her verdure be
torn.
Ye lingering flowers, ye leaves of the spray,
I summon you all—away, away !
No more from the depth of the grave may be
heard
The joy-burdened song of its fluttering bird ;
I have passed o'er the branches that shelter
him there,
And t heir quivering drapery ;s shaken to
air.
Ye lingering flowers, ye leaves of the spray,
! summon ye all—away ! away *
Plead i.ot, the diy9 are yet sunny and long.
That your hues are still bright'ning, your fi
bres still strong ,
To vigor and beauty, relentless am I
There is nothing too young or too lowly to
die.
Ye lingering flowers, ye leaves of the spray,
1 summon ye all—away t away !
And 1 call on the winds that repose in the
north,
To send their wild voices in unison forth ;
Let the harp of the tempest be dolefully
strong—
"here's wail to be made, there's a dirge te
be sung ;
For the lingering flowers, the leaves of the
spray,
They are doomed they are dying, away,
away 1
—"■ ■■■' - ■ cm I. 11l 111
OUR MINISTER'S TRIAL.
BY RKV. W. H. HAYWA.RU.
A good man was our pastor, Rev. Thornton
Haven, and one of no common eloquence.
Our best—l had almost written good church
members loved him. I am sorry to say that a
few, thorned by the words that feil from his
lips when he endeavored to excite his breth
ren and sisters to
A closer walk with God."
j regarded lorn with other emotions than the
fruits of the spirit.
Like all other good men bo was carefully
watched by those who would have been trans
ported with fiend-like delight could they have
found a flaw in his conduct.
'•Well! well!" said Mrs. Monroe, the wheel
wright's wife, to her husband as they sat at the
breakfast table one morning, "suppose Mr. Ha
ven did kiss Fanny Lawton. She was almost
one of the family—what in the world was the
harm I
"But," said the wheel-wright. "I uon t be
lieve that he did kiss her."
'Fanny herself said he did," replied the wife.
This seemed to bo a clincher to Mr. Monroe.
He deliberately wiped his face with his hand
kerchief. and with H downcast, thoughtful look,
and much slower pace than usual, went to his
shop.
He Lad hardly taken his shave in his hand,
and begun to ply it on an unfinished spoke, be
fore Deacon Brown came in. The Deacon
stood a while chewing a small fragment of n
shaving and talked about this, that and noth
ing. Suddenly he said:
"Brother Monroe, have you heard about our
Minister?"
"Yes," replied the brother.
Then there was not another word spoken for
several minutes. The wheel weight lustily
worked on the spoke—the Deacon looked out
of the window.
At length Sir. M;nroe asked, in n low tone
of voice:
"What is to be done ?"
"Something must," wa3 the Deacon's an
swer, "or the causo will suffer."
And then he walked rapidly up the street.
"What is this story about Mr. Haven's im
proper treatment of young ladies ? asked the
cynical lawyer Thompson of Woodward the
tavern keeper.
'Why,* said the mixer of sherry cobblers and
drawer of small beer, "the parson is no better
than other?.'
'Have you haerd of the saintly priest Haven's
fall?' was the question of one infidel to anoth
er.
'Yes : just as I thought it would be—ha, ha,
ha!'
'Something must be done," were the words
of Deacon Brown, 'and that soon,' ho thought
but did not speak.
So from the wheel-wright's he went to the
house of another Deacon —Benton Johnson.
He had heard the story, and, being an enemy,
believed it, and was determined to deal with
the pffendcr.
The deacons called on the minister. Dea- !
con Johnson was spokesman. The story in
full was that Mrs. Barnard, a grass widow,
whose husband had gone off because ho could
not live with her. bad beard, as she. was pass
ing 'he parsonage, Fauny Lawton say to one
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1864.
fit' the children, 'you lost a kiss from your
lilt her by not being i n't he house when bo got home
this afternoon from the lower vUlago, ar> I I
got it.'
Mr. Haven denied ever having kissed the
girl, and suggested that the deacons should
write to Fanny, who was teaching school a
hout twenty miles distant, and get at the truth
of the matter.
The deacons did. They stepped into the min
ister's study and wrote. In a few days there
came the reply.
'You ask niu if on mie occasion Rev. Mr.
llsTen gave me a kiss—where we were, and
who were present. In answer I state : Rev.
Mr. I! aren, did one afternoon, while I was
staying at his hotrae, and in tire sitting room,
give me a kiss. No persons but ourselves
were present.'
Deacon Jcfenscn was ciated, and immediate
ly wrote to his wife's cousin, A young candi
date, that there would soon be a vacant parish
where he, no doubt would receive a cai!.
Deacon Brown was thunderstruck and dis
appointed. Fanny Lawton's word was not to
be doubted—-it was so plain a matter that there
could be no mistake. Mr. Ilaven, after a!!
was a wolf in sheep's clothing, Bt'Jl the min
ister denied tiie charge. lie could not do such
a thing without being aware of it, and know
that he had never kissed the girl, or any other
girl but his wife, before marriage or since, in
his life.
Deacon Johnson brought the entire matter
before t lie church. He v? as excel lent on such
cases. The charge contained two distinct alle
gations :
1. Rev. Thornton Haven had been guilty
of a great impropriety, rendering it expedient
that be should be dismissed from the pastorate.
2. He had lied about the matter.
Fanny Law ton was sent for, and the church
called together- Rev. Solon Dickenson, the
pastor of a neighboring church, was present to
moderate (he meeting. The meeting house was
filled. Every member of the church, but old
bed-ridden 1 'oily Stears, was present. The tav
ern was well represented. All the scoffers and
scorners, within half a score of miles, who
could get there, were in attendance.
The church meeting was duly opened. Deu
ces Johnson then brought forward tus charg-
l anny was called to testify. Her testimony
was :
"One afternoon—•! think it must have been
early in March—three of Mr. Haven's chil
, dren and myself were uiione in the sitting
room : their mother had gone to the sewing
circle. Mr. Haven came into the house from
the other village ; the children met him at the
j
door which opens from the sitting-room into the
hall; as he came in they went out, and lie gave
each, as they met him, a kiss—then coming in,
gave me one.'
A painful silence followed Miss Lawton's
testimony. At length Deacon Johnson put
the question :
"Did he -close the door before coming into
the sitting-rxim!
The answer was :
'I think he did."
Had a pin fallen on the carpet, it would have
been heard in any part of our large and beau
tiful sanctuary.
Then Mr. Haven rose up and said:
'Miss Lawton what did you do with that
kiss I gave you ?"
'Here it is,' said Funny, holding up a speci
men of confectionary sometimes called a ki*s.
Then there was another pause, and silence
that was oppressive. All were too much ama
zed, and cither gratified or mortified and disap
pointed, to move. Most of those present held
their breaths. 'Fanny,' said our blessed min
ister, "did I ever kiss you?"
"No never. I never said you did."
So ended our minister's trial.
MR. LINCOIJJ'S CHOIOK READINGS.—Ancient
! philosophers used to say, that the best indica
tions of a man's inward feelings was to lo found
in the choice of his readings, and in the com
munion of the soul with tho writers of the age.
I do not believe that this reflection has lost
anything of its accuracy for being Old. Mr.
Lincoln, who tries to regulate his life upon
the model of the great statesmen of Rome and
Greece, and, who to that effect has lived in
close intimacy with Montague for the last three
months, adds by his example a new weight to
the authority of the old sayes. He reads the
old French writer with delight, and says he is
the greatest thinker France, and perhaps the
world, has produced. His readings are not, un
fortunately for us, confined to that book. Others'
of a more dangerous character occupy, also,
his leisures. 110 has recently added to his pri
vate library the "History of Cromwell's Pro
tectorate," the "Return of Napoleon the t r-:t
from Kgvpt," the "Coup d'Etnt of Nap< eon
the Third." These three books, which might
be called "Treaties on the Art of Usurpation,"
are now his subjects of meditation, lie reads
them by day and by night, and puts them un
der his pillow case when ne goes to bed, so ns
to have the deleterious example and practices
contained in these hooks in close proximity
with, the seat of bis thoughts.— WashvH/ton Ut
ter.
ONE STEP MORE.
j Had I better get in and row across, I won- I
Iderl Nobody would ever knc.v any tiling
about it; and there the new boat lies, rocking
oa the river, and theie are two oars in the bot
tom. It's ouly a mile down to tlio bridge, and ;
I could row down there and back in a little
while ; it would be such a splendid sail!
Of course, nothing could happen to me, for (
grandpa said to mamma the other evening,
when we went down to the mill,
'Why, Helen, Harry's a natural-horn sailor. ;
He can manage the boat as well as I.'
•O dear! 1 wish he'd never seen that boat!' ,
said mamma. T expect it will be the death of
him yet."
'Weil, lie didn't inherit his natural taste'
from you, that's certain,' laughed grandpa, !
'hut women are always nervous about the wa- .
ter.'
And that's all. It's just mamma's nervous- [
acss; and I know nothing would happen to me,
getting in there, and having a little sail ; und
it would bo so nice this afternoon, and the riv- j
er looks away up by the bridge, like a ribbon
among the oaks and poplars.
Nobody would know anything about it, eith- 1
cr; for, of course, I should get back safe, and ;
I don'i believe there's any harm in it. i
But. then, there's :rry promise to mother. .
there's no getting around that, as it was the ,
last thing she said to me before she left home
on Thursday.
She called me to the carriage and bout ovsr I
one side, and smoothed my hair as she always j
does when she talks to mo.
'Now, Harry, my hoy,' .-he said, 'I want you
t j promise that you won't get inside that boat .
until your father and I get home again.'
'No, mamma, I won't certainly,' I answer- j
ed, though I 1 ated to bad enoflgh—that's a I
fact.
And I think it's too bad that such a big boy j
as I am can't have bis own way in such things.
0 dear! dear! the longer I look, the more I
want to go. It seems as if I must.
One more step and I shall bo in the boat;
| irrtl there —my promise to mamma!
i And how shall I feel when she comes and
j looks in my face, and call me her darling boy,. ,
| and puts her arms around my.neck and jkisses ;
! me tr'vr and over again ?
°
She won't ask me whetlier I've been in the |
boat, because I promised her 1 wouldn't ; and
1 never told my mother a lie in my fife. And !
I won't now.
Mamma came home last night. Such a hug- j
ging as Lhad!
'Has Harry been a good hoy!' she said, j
'and not done a single thing his mother would i
disapprove of V
'No, I guess not. mamma,' I said ; but I j
thinking about the boat, and didn't speak very J
positively.
Mamma held me away, and looked in my
eyes.
! 'You guess not ? Arc you quite certain,
i Harry?' she asked
■Well, mamma, I haven't done anything, but
! I've thought about it.'
She threw her arms around ma and held mo :
close to her.
.
'Tell me all about it, Harry,' she said.
And then-I did. I told her about going to i
the liver Saturday afternoon, and how near I
ennie to getting into the boat, and rowing
down to the bridge, and what a terrible temp- j
tation it was, and how it was, and how in one ;
step I should have been in ; but the memory of.
my promise to her. and the thought that God ,
j saw me, held me back, when there was only j
j one step betwixt me and the boat.
■ And when I had done, I found mamma's
tears falling like rain-drops on my hair.
'Oh my child! 1 thank God. I thank God !' j
she said.
.And I, too, thanked him from my heart that!
I didn't take that one step. — Church Monthly. \
AM.KGFO DISARMOIKNT OR AUSTRIA A\';> Tr-
At.r.—The. Intlependauce Bchjc t>f the 18th o!
October says:—"We arc informed from Far is
of the commencement of a disarmament which
may be regarded as one of the first consequen
ces of the treaty of the loth of Sept. At the
period when that treaty was being negotiated
Franco pressed the Italian government to calm !
the susceptibilities of Austria which the Fran
co-Italian convention might awaken, and to
give that power pledges of its pacific intentions
by reducing the effective of the army to the
number necessary for tbo maintenance of in
ternal order. M Minghetti entered into an en
gagement to do this, reserving the fulfilment of
it to the time when the measure could not be
used by extreme parties against the government :
as a disavowal of the national programme, and
when the vote of the parliament upon the con
vention should have restored calm to the public
noind. Upon the imformution which the rep
resentative of France imparted to the cabinet
of Yienca as to the engagements entered into !
by Italy, Austria gave effect to its resolution, '
taken beforehand from motives of economy,
but suspended in consequence of the conven
tion, to reduce its military forces in Venetia.—
It is known that in Austria as well as Italy
these reductions are in course of execution ;
they are effected by definitive discharges given ;
to soldiers whose time of service would not bo
completed till a later period."
CyWisdom is tbe olive that springeth from
the heart, bloometh on the tongue, and beareth i
fruit in the actions.
— • ;
<®-It is tbe temper of the highest heart, like j
the palm tree, to strive most wards when most |
burdened. i
—
ajrZobart Hall was once asked what he !
thought of an elegant sermon, which had crc-!
ated a great sensation. "Very fine sir," he j
replied, "but a man can't eat flowers.''
WHOLE NUMBER, if©B4
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
| A correspondent of the Blair cointy (Pa.)
, Whig furnishes that paper wfth the particulars
of the following interesting incident of which
he was an eye-witness, It oecnred ft fetv years
j ago on JIMJ line of tlx? great internal improve
ments of that State. It was one of those acts
: of genuine kind-heai tedness which fill the mtnd
with the involuntary consciousness that there
j is something of tlie angel still in our common
i nature.
i At the point this side of the mountain, where
; occurred the transshipment of passengers from
■ the West, was moored a canal boat awaiting
the arrival of The train ere starting on it< way
through to the East. The captain of the boat,
a tall, rough, sun-embrowned man stoi*l by bis
craft superintending the labors of his men,
: when the cars rolled up, and a few moments
after n party- of about a half dozen of gentle
men came out, and deliberately walking up to
the captain, addressed him something after this
wise :
} ".Sir, wo wish to go on East, but our further
progress to-day depends upon you. In the cars
i we have just left is a sick man whose presence
is disagreeable. We have been appointed a
committee by the passengers to ask that you will
' deny this mau a passage in your boat. If he
goes, we remain; what say you V
••Gentlemen," replied tnc captain, "I hare
heard the passengers through their committee.
! lla3 the sick man a representative here t"
j To this unexpected interrogatory there was
1 no answer; when without a moment's pause,
the captain crossed over to the car, and enter
ing, beheld in ona corner a poor, emaciated,
i worn out creature, whose life was nearly eaten
I out bv that canker worm—consumption. The
| man's head was bowed in his hands, and he
i was weeping. The captain advanced nnd spoke
j to him kindly.
"O, sir," 3aid the shivering invalid looking
: up, his face now lit with trembling expectation,
; "are you the captain, and will you take rne ?
i God help mc ! The passengers looked upon me
j as a breathing pestilence, and arc so unkind!
You see, sir, f am dying. sut oh, if I am spared
ito reach my mother, I shall die happy ! She
lives in Burlington, sir, and my journey is mere
than half performed. I am a poor printer
and the only child of her in whose arms I wish
: to die."
"You shall go," said tho captain, "if I lose
j every passenger for the trip."
j By this time the whole crowd of passengers
. were grouped around the boa?, with their bag
j gage piled on the path an 1 they themselves a
waitir.g the decision of tho captain before en
gaging their passage.
A moment more and that decision was made
i known, as they ltelield him coming from the
' ears with his dying burden cradled in his arms.
Pushing Ins way through the crowd with the
j sick man, he ordered a mat trass to be spread
in the choicest part of the boat where he laid
: the invalid with the euro of n parent. That
done the captain ordered tho boat to be got
ready for starting.
But a new feeling seemed to pervade tho as
tonished passengers—that of shame nnd con
trition at their inhumanity. With one common
: impulse they walked aboard the boat, and in a
few hours after, another committee was sent to
the captain, entreating his presence among the
passengers in the cabin.
He went, and from their midst there arose a
' white-headed man: who, with tear-drops in his
eyes, told that rough,.sun browned man that
; they ft-!t humbled before him. and they asked
j forgiveness. It .was a touching Scene. The
I fountain of true sympathy was broken in the
heart of nature, and its waters swelled up,
! choking the utterance of all present.
| On the instant, a purse was made up for
i he rick man, with a "God S|ced ; ' to his homo.
to die i/i the arm* iti' his mother
_
THE FIVE CRADLES.
A gentleman who had recently bjcome a
votary to Bacchus, returned home one night
in an intermediate state of boo/.ines3. That
is to say, he was comfortably drunk, but per
fectly conscious of his unfortunate situation.—
Knowing that his wife was a deep, he decided j
to attempt gaining his bed without disturbing •
her and by sleeping off his inebriation, conceal j
the fact from her altogether, lie reached the j
door of his room without disturbing her, and i
after ruminating a few moments on the matter,
he thought if he could reach tiie bedpost, and
hold ou to it white he slipped off his apparel
the feat would he easily accomplished. Un
fortunately for his scheme, cradle stood in a di
rect line with the bedpost, about the middle of
the floor. Of course, when his shins came In
contact with tho aforesaid piece of furniture,
be pitched over it with perfect looseness: and
upon gaining an erect position, ere an equili
brium was established, lie went over it back
wards in an equal summary manner. Again
he struggled to his feet, and bent foremost over
the bower of infuut happiness. At length,
with the fifth fall, his patience exhausted, and
the obstacle was yet to overcome. In desper
ation lie cried out to his sleeping partner.
••Wife! wife! how many cradles have you
got in the house ? I've fallen over five, and
here's another one before me "
err Many real virtues may be acqui red by
straining after an unattainable perfection When
a thing is once believed possible, it is half re
alized.
es*A little girl residing in. Whitewater, Wis
consin, was strangled to death u few days ago,
in endeavoring to swallow a raw oyster.
•arWliat reason may not go to school to the
wisdom of bees, ants and spiders? Wbat wise
hand teaches them what reason can not teaoh
us?
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advertisements willbe charged toThe person bank
ing them in.
VOL. NO. 16.
CHOPS FOB THE YEAR 1864.
Tito final report (September and October) of
the crops for the present yeur has just been
made by the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington. The returns arc now full, and the
following assume fbc character of ascer
tained quantities. The wheat crop amounts
to 160,095.823 bushels, ft takes about five
bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour,
which would make the production equal to
thirty-three millions and a half barrels, or more
than one and a half barrels to every one of the
population of twenty millions whose industry
produced it. The production of wheat is only
about nine millions less than in 1863, which
was considered mi excellent crop. The ryu
production was 10,872.957 bushels, or less
; than one million short of the production of the
previous yenr. Hurley 10,710,3*28, about the
same decrease as rye in the year's production.
Oats 176,090,061 bushels, an increase of six
millions over the previous yeur. Hay 18,116,-
751 tuns, or about u million and a half ton*
i less than in 1803. Corn 530,531,103 bushels,
or about seventy-eight millions increase over
! the year preceding, lluckwheat 18,700,510
| bushels, an increase of nearly three millions.- —
, l\>iatoe? 9ii,256,838, a decrease of four mil-"
lions
- Taking the yearly production, therefore, the
| balance is in favor of 18C+, and the quality is
j much better. If the currency and taxes did
; not ntTect prices, all the loading articles of pro
j visions which form the support of life would
i i>e les in price. The sorghum, another valua
j bie crop, shows a largo increase. In the pro
i duction of animal foo 1 there is, however, n
I material falling off in nearly all the States.-
The production of flax-seed shows a very large
increase, New Jersey and Pennsylvania taking
the load in this increase; in thl first amounting
to over fourteen per cent., and in Pennsylvania
i four per cent. Ten of the iuyal Slates produce
cotton. The falling ofl in tobacco is sot down
at -ixty-seven millions of pounds, balancing,
all the increase and decrease of vegetable amf
animal production, and there is ,-hown to be
abundance of food for the population. The
surprising part of it is that the production
should be so large with so many men engaged
in war: and so much destruction of animal life
for war purposes. The use of machinery it*,
farming has made up for the absence of hands
Hereafter, when peace is re-established, its
good e fleets will bo felt in highly increased
crops: — Phil. Ledger.
TEE OLD VILLAGE CHURCH.
Last evening we were walking leisurely along
The music of choirs in three churches came
floating out into tlia darkness around us, and
they Were all new and strange times but
one ; and that one. was not sung as we have
heard it, but it awakened r. train of long bur
ied memories, that rose to us even as they were
before the cemetery of the soul had a tomb iu
it.
It waft sweet old "Corinth" they were sing
ing—strains that we have seldom heard since
the rose-color of life was blanched ; and were
in a moment transported back again to the old
village church . and it was a summer afternoon,
and the yellow sffn beams were streaming through
the \Ttst windows, and tire silver hair of the
old deacon who sat in the pulpit was turned
to gold in its light, and the minister, who wo
used to think could never die, so good was lie,
had concluded "application" and "exhortation,"
and the village choir singing the last hymn, and
the tune was "Corinth."
It is years—we dare net think bow many —
since then, and "the prayers of David, thu son
j of Jesse," and the choir are scattered and gone
j —the girl with blue eyes sang alto, and the
f girl with black eyes sang air ; the eyes of oue
j were like a clear Juno heaven at noon. They
j both became wives and both mothers ; and they
i both died. Who shall say they arc not singing
j "Corinth" still where Sabbaths never wane,
j and congregations never break up? There they
.' sat, Sabbath after Sabbath, by the square col
umn at tho right of the "leader;" and to our
young ears their tones were the "very sou? of
music." That column bears still their penciled
names as they wrote them in life's June, 18S-,
before dreams of change had overcome their
spirits like a summer's cloud.
Alas! that with the old singers most of tins
sweeter tunes have died upon the air! but
they linger in memory, and they shall yet be
in the sweet re-union of song that shall take
plaeo by and by in a ball whose columns aro
beams of uiorning light, whose ceiling is pearl,
whose floors are all gold, and where hair never
turns silvery and hearts never grow old. Then
she that sang alto, and she that sang air, will
be in their place? once more.
A VEKV SENSIBLE LADY.—A deaf old lady
who had brought an action for damages against
a neighbor was being examined in Court, when
the Judge suggested a compromise, and in
structed tho counsel to ask what she would
take to settle the mntter.
"What will you take?" asked the counsel of
the old lady. She shook her head at the coun
sel, informing the jury in confidence, that she
was "very hard o* herin."
"His Honor want? to know what you will
take ?" asked tho learned counsel aguin, this
time bawling as loud as he could in the ear uf
the old lady.
"I thank hi* Honor kindly," said the an
cient dame, "and if it's no inoonvonienco to
him, I'll take n little ale."
is fond of tho society of the
ill-natured. Treat it good hutnoredly, and it
won't call again.
CSrOld men love their early memories. Like
the CTrceks, the;, drew pictures of bliss, it
were, on the marble sarcophagi of their cbaug
ed, but slumbering past.