" THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
m rußLisneu EVERT f RIDAV MORNING
BY B. F. MEYERS,
At The following terms, to wit:
$2 00 per annum, if paid strictly in advance.
$2.50 if p'd within 6 months j $3.00 if not paid
withm 6 months.
CJ?"No subscription taken tor less than six months
fr3"N'n paper discontinued until all airearages are
paid, unless at the option of the publisher. It has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
■'opptee of a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and is
a criminal ollence.
Qy i'he courts have decided that persons are ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapeis,
It they take tbem from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
business Cariis.
JOfvIPH W TATE,
A TTORXEY AT lAW BZDFORP, PA.
Will pro,, ptb. attend to Codectioc and a ! hust
ce4 < er,misted to b,s care, in Beeioril and adjotntag
counties.
Ca.-b ■' dvmteed on judgments, nolts, military and
other claim*. , -. r
Ha* for Town lot; in latesvife, and M. .Ir>-
icnh's, on Bedford Railroad Fatmsand i uimotov. 1
l 4P ,t trom one arr. to 150 scie? To s.i.i pun-h .s.-i*.
Oilier n' ailv opposite tie "Afengei Hotel" and
B bk of Re* 1 ** bc'iell.
April 1 , 1-64 —ly
M- A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LA'V, Bit b FORD, P.!.
Respectfully oti-is his professional services to the
public.
GiTOffice wi'h J. W. I.ir.i. nlrl'.e , K-:ij , on Juli
ar s"r r, t, two South of the ; House.
Beul'oul, Dec. 9, fit.
JP. BTTRBOF ROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BE O FOR n. PA.
OfKi-e our ,ioni Sou'h ct !be "Merge!
Will Alt. n.; p.on p'iy '.r a I bu-in- * entrusted to r.i*
cure in B-dto'd ami adjoining count in
Having abo hm n f!y licensed to p:oseco'
claims ga:rot th- Governm-n' pa. ticu ar attention
v:l) be given to the collection ot M iiitarv clai'n* o?
all kinds; pei.tiOLs, back pay, bounty .bounty oa-is,
Apr:! 1, 1304.
ESI*Y M A ESS P,
ATTORNEY JTLLAIr,l r , BEDFOPD. PA.
Will faithfully and prompt'y atiem! to all bu-ioe.
entrusted to his care in If* 'llorU a'.*l a- jOiiuiig coti
ttee. Military claims, b ck pay, bounty, .S-e..
pee !T V co'iect d.
Citce with Mann k Spang, on litliana street, two
door. Sou ti of the Meiiget House. .lan. 22, 'CI.
F, M. K1.M.,1 "Ll.. !• W. LItGrSTFLTKR
KIAUHKLL & LIMGSJ9FF L? ER,
ATTiRMiYS AT LAW. RELFOHD. PA.
CTJ-llave tormed a partnership in the p-actce of
the Law. Office on Juliana atieet, two (loots South
•f tbe"Met>gel House."
g. a. spang,
ATTORNEY AT L\w. BEDFORD, PA
Wtii promptly attend fo collections and all busi
ness enmi'teii to his care in Bedford and adjoining
co'inties.
QyOftce on hiliana Street, three doors south
of the --\fengel House,'' opposite the residence of
Mrs. l'ute. My 13, 1864.
.1 0n \ p r. KV B,
attorney at law, Bedford, r\.,
p. /ieef fatly tfii'/frt hi* tfrnre to thf Public.
tjyOlfice second tioor Sorth of the Mer.gel
•Home
Bedford, Ate, L lbftl.
JOV. X P*LV ER ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEnFOPD, PA
C7"VVi|i jycmptlv attend to *'l business en!.-lis
ted to hi* rare. Office on jiiltanna Street, (r.ear
"J opposite the Merge I House.)
Bedlam, Aug. 1, ISCI.
\. H; COFFIOTH,
ATTOR NLV AT LAW, Fomfift, V*.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several j
Courts of Bedfo'<! county. Business entrusted to
his care witi he faithfully attended to.
l)tce Jib. r 6, 186f.
F. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
Tendprj h's professional services to the ciritens of
Bloody Run anil virwity. Office ri. Xt do. r to th
hotel of John C. Black- p une 10 lSi',l.
J. L. MARBOUR3-. M. D
Having pennanenttv located, recpec'fultv rer> 'ei
hi piof<-ssloi.ul services to the citizens of Bedford
srnl vicinity.
Olfive on U'f,t r tt cfreef, south side, nearly op
po i'e the I'njori Mulcl,
B'-i'ioru, Fbrtiat v 12, 1664.
T. M MAPBOUFG. M. D ,
Sr H FI,T, SB U R G PA.
Tende r s iiiCjic'ifesXttnfir'eOrvlppa to th° p-wv'p nf
♦fc-t place u'! vicinity ■ Office frrtmVctjtitety crv-o
site Tlfr'stflTB 1 V T sv... r- T-otv-in. in the rtotri for
BCerly orciip,. i py J. Henry tjctieii.
July LIS64,
D.UH!) D r ri3 \!JGr?,
G U N S M I T S! , lit tirovtn, l\v.,
Wo'k e hop same b fornwily oc<- ;i p>,t i,y John
BortJ-r, VtvateJ. Ritf ,*s i"l o'h r v'"n made to ~r
Jtff, fn r'l- be-f s vl' and on rea .natile terms. Spe
,,a; s£tutiyq vyiff be given to ih- repairing o-' firv
sr ii. July t, IS6 1- - ty .
SifJi F.l KKTTES 'I J 3,
RF.DFORIb PA.,
hereby notify the cilu-e ,-g ©f dedforil
county. the* he has mover! o tie F.ju-msb ot Bed
rfbtd. wi.-ere he way alllttiies b> I omul by person*
■wisbipg to so,, him, unless ah sent upon business
pertain ntr to his oftic".
Bedford, Aug. 1,1861.
JACOB Jtrva , J.J. SCUELL,
SfdUa.l,
BAKKEMS, Jit DKALFRB IN EXCHANGE,
RFfirJ BH, Pi-NN A.
u/" bfi J Fi S bought and sold, collections made
Hi rid it one- y promptly remitted,
idstjo.' nOiicited.
J. ALSiP & SON,
&, iio:n;uiv'on Mercnants,
BEDFORD, ? \ .*
Respectfv"v sciicit co.'S S'imetits of Hoi tg and
"Bbn-s, Orv Goods, Groceries, ricth.o.'. ..nd il kirttn
of Mercbanjie for A U T ON PRIVATE sale.
REFEKKMIES,
ProroKD,
PBil.p Fo .1 A Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Boyd \ Hot,. IV. r. Dau^ber.y
Armor You- y t< ??rc., I>. '• N.ejers.
January 1, 1361—tt-
A iVfcW KEX*iTIO.\
At Cheap Cor ier.
J. B. FARQUHAR ha* bought out one of the best
Blares in the County, and is a&ie now to eff-r
TKV TH U'SAND DOLI-ARS
WORTH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC,
mU bought before the f<i*t grrut ri>e in prices,
and will be sold cbeap for Cash.
tail to call at Farqutar's before you
|M>rrba*. J. B. FAKQUIIAR.
Beyttmixsr B, 1864,.
VOLUME 60.
NEW SERIES.
Select }3oetrii.
"Tlis Beautiful Snow."
ffonld anything be more off cting than the fol
'owii g 1 Its author's name is unknown, but he de
serves a high place in the poetic ranks:]
Oh ! the snow, the beautiful srt'ow,
Filling toe ky and earth below j
O.vr the hcuse tops, over the street,
Over the heads of the people you meet.
Dancing,
Flirting,
Skimming along;
Feau'iinl rmv ! it can do no wrong,
Flying to kiss a lair lady's cheek,
dinging to lips in a fiolic-ome freak,
Beautiful snow f.ora the Heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as love!
Oh ! the snow, the beautiful snow,
Haw the flake* jraiher and laugh as they go!
Whirling about in iN nsadJ niag fun,
It pUys in it* glee with eveiy one,
Ch-sing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by;
J" lights on the f ce, and it sparkles the eve;
An I even the dags, with a hark ami a bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around ;
The town is alive, and its he rt in a glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow I
Ilow wild the crowd goes swaying along,
Hai'ing each other with humor and song!
How :be gay ile.locs, like meteors flash by, -
Bright to- the moment then lost to the eye ,
R.nging,
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Ovr the eruO of the beautiful enow ;
Si ow o pure when i' falls .1001 the sky,
l'> be tramp'ed in rnud by the ciuwd passing by.
i <> be ti ampfed and Hacked r>y Uie thousands o: t e'
a ill it blends wttll the filth in the horiihlo street.
Once I was pure as the snow—but I fell <
Fell like the snow flakes, from H-aven to Hell j
Fell to be tra'np'ed as fifth of the street;
Fell ;o be scoffed, to be spit on and fa-at;
Pleading,
Cursing,
Dreading to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for a inoie| of bt-rad,
! Hating the living ant! _ea:in< the J-a ) ;
Mcrcilul God • have J fa'len so low?
And yet I was once like the beautiful snow.
A MASONIC ROMANCE,
Or the Masonic Talisman.
BY AN OFKICEU OK THE V. S. A.
Duiing the late Mexican war a lad of 10, ft
liaring young Virginian, leaped a fence and
<liii!in-<l a parapet sane hundred yards ahead
iof his co upany, and was taken prisoner; but
tint behu-c he had killed three Mexican.*, and
mortally wounded a Colonel. 11 is mother, a
p 'tr wi low, hut, though poor, a lniy, (a i why
not ;) heard of his late, and as lie was an only
Son, her heart yearned for ins release. Sl.e
wept ;it lite thought, hut while ilie tears were
>t. earning down her checks, suddenly she recol
lected that she was a Masons widow. Hope
lighted up tier bosoni a' the thought —-she dried
her tears and exclaims. •': .
'"I v. ii! go ~nl U*>t t!ie ta'isinr.iiie power of
i e J t tny hu.* ban I hived and rev r l-o na ii.
Sir, oi l seme stiti' ins ot furniture, mid witli
th- money reached Washington city on toot.
In her dusty attire she entered the deritrt
ment of the Secretary of War,, and with sutne
d itkulty obtained an interview. As eUo eucer
rl the apartment in whicli he was scaled, auJ
he saw how dusty she appeared. -'Wei!, nia'aiu,"
whs '.he salutation ha gave her; but when sac
removed her vail, and he saw the visage ot the
hr*dy in her face, he hall raised hiLuse't in his
chair ai.d pointed her to a seat- fine *ci<i him
of her son's capture, and wished to go to him.
'•I can't help you, ma'am," he replied, "a
very expensive journey to the city of Mexico.
Y„r son wilt be released by tied by cu cx
: i hane of prisoners."
"Sir," said tiic widow, ns the tears of woo
rolled ilav. n her cheek, 'Van you not help ine
to a passport 1"
"Of course," he replied, "that will bo grant
ed you at tiie Secretary of the State otiico, but
vou are poor, how do you expect to pay the ex
penses of such a journey t It is a visionary
.scheme. Good morning, ma'am "
"Sir," said the lady, "will yon be so kind as
to recommend we to t ie officer in comtnan 1 ot
the rrj;iiiioit that wui s tit from ijuitunore m a
few days !"
' "In possible, ma'am, impossible," he replied.
! Then turning to page, ae said, "who !. I
Sou say war. waiting lor an audience? 'led
; .hem i am at lei-are, now "
"Sir," said the lady, "I have one more ques
j tiro to ask vou before I leave your office, and
! I pray you answer it—are yea u Mason 1"
'•Yea, nia'ain," lo replied.
"Then, sir," she said, "permit me to say I
arc a Sfit-un's widow —with this declaration I
lea vi' vonr office."
Thu rnarcot the Secretary's manner waa
changed to hc nio3t courteous interest.
H en'reatcd her to he seated until he could
write a tew lined to the Secretary of State. In
a f w moments ho presented hr v. ith a note to
the Secretary, recommending her to his svnipa
thv and friendship. The Secretary ot State
received her mist kindly, and pave her a letter
to the commandant at New Orleans, directing
him to procure her a free pass to Vera Cruz by
the first steamer. Through the agency ol the
two Secretaries, the Lodges placed in her uands
three hundred dollars, with a taliswar.io card
from the Grand Master at Washington, and
the widow left the city.
When she reached Pittsburg the stage ageot
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1865.
! seeing the letter she bore from the Grand Mas- I
; ter would receive nothing for her passage—the
captain of the steamer on which she embarked
for New Orleans, no sooner deciphered it than
he gave gave her the best state room he had,
. aiul w hen she reached ilia Crescent City, she
i had two hundred and irne'y dollars left of her
. three hundred. She there waited on the Gen
i eral in command ol I lie station, with the Icier
■ oi the Secretary of State, who immediately in
j stria ted the Colonel in command of the for
j warding troops to see that she had a free pas-
I sag ti> Vera Cruz by the first steamer. By a!!
j the officers she was treated with the prettiest
j politeness and d'.ieaey, for they were ail .>la
! sons and felt bound to iter by tirs as strong and
delicate us ill ise which bind a brother to a sis
ter r.iui rejoiced in the opportunity offered them
| of evincing the benign and noble principles cf
the craft.
j After a passage of five days she reached Ve
ra Cruz, ai.d having a letter I 'otn tlie command
ant at N< w Orleans to the A incite in Governor
! she sent i? to him, enel >. i-.g ihe taii.srnauic e.trd
she teociv i Irom tl#e Grand aiaster at Wash
ington. iae Governor immediately waited on
her at the hotel, and offered her a transporta
tion to Hie city of Mexico, b\ a train that would
; start the next morning The Colonel who coal
man led the train, kindly took h -r in charge and
offered her every facility ari l comfort on hr
j uirney, provi led her witii a carriage. where the
'country was level, and with mules an] pal. i
quii s over the mount tins,
i l\ ithia ninety miles of the city they were
! overtaken by a detachment of dragoons escort*
! ing a government official to the General in
command. Anxious to get on faster she asked
p. rmis-ion of the Colonel to j in the detach
ment, an i though informed of the finger and
fatigue of riding all day on hoioTntk. she v.as
wilting to brave ah, that she might, sooner see
h i .-mi The Colonel then pro.ided her with
a iicet nn. -Mexrc 111 pon\ and s*hv a sum
ed her place with the. troops escorted by the
j officers, and never fatigued till the towers of
j Mexico were in sight.
! rihe reached thu city on the second day's bat
-1 tie, and in the heat of the battle attempted to
i enter the gates. An officer instantly seized the
: bridle and told her she must wait until the city
was taken
"Oli! sir," she exclaimed, "I cannot wait
one hour in sigist of the city that holds my Sou
a prisoner—l must sec him, sir."
1 "The city must first be taken, madam," he
' again replied, with much emphasis, becoming
j excite I.
-1 yen not wait, sir," she replied, "my son
maybe ill—lying in chains —tn a dungeon —
one hour's delay may remove him l'wurt rue
Oh! I must go to him—l will eioef the city
"Madam," said the officer, - you cannot reach
it but by crossing the Oattle-liold you will
surely be killed."
".Sir," said h lady, "I have not traveled
from Ynyrinia to the gates of the city to fear to
enter them- thanks tor your kindness —a thou
sand heartfelt thanks for you aui the officers
who have been so kind to me. I shall always
remember these officers with the most grateful
feeling* of my heart —but ilou'i detain me loti
■rer. Yonder t* a gate that leads to the city.
i w/u. e.ite.- it i.i scat eh of my dear boy.
Ami ou site sped, but ere she reached the
gate another other rode up by her side and ad-
ynmi-a.fcd her of danger and iatpruoonce.
• 4> ir,' she replied, "this is no time to talk o!
prudence and ha; —my son, my only s u. is a
prisoner in chains. lam told that Santa An;:u
is in the midst of your gii luncring group. '
will seek hiu: an! in hi- place ilie tali.—
ino-iio card which 1 Lea.—ue is a Mason, aim
will certainly heel me."
" War destroys all brotherliood/' said the of?.-1
, cer who was not a mason, "'he made.loin no J
reply, but watching her a moment, struck, lie.;';
pony tool darted across t'.s ti hi of ilealh. A' j
: thai moment the masked battery-that niowet*:
down one-half of the lbibiiaftu regiment, open-j
e l —yet right across the gory li TJ -he was seen
galloping on her white pony, avoi It \i itw re- ,
treating rdatuoi.. by a semi-circle mound their
tiauk—the next moment she w > seen coursing
over the ground in i..i rear, the batter* in t'di
.iy. Hu-id'-e is seeing her, slopp.td, lorgctfuk!
of tb-e a: no of iron bills that howled aroused
tiiftn, thinking her an apparition. Aliexpect
e i her t • fall every moment, but on she want
with fearless ait.
' "That woman's love for her foa has made
he" wild," so. i the otHcer who attempted to ar
rest her flight.
! "f>he witl surely l;e killed," exclaimed u
nother.
"A mother's love 13 rtror-ger than tha pinns
of death," exclaimed a .oidier.
"I'iie (Jul of battle* •ill protect her," sail
a T nnvs. • m. "Sue willrea. h S.mta Anna sate
and sound s a ro'ioh."
i 'i'inj soldier was right—she went over the
field of death arid reached Santa Anna un
hurt. Ha reuiivei her politely, and when sh6
told him hererran 1 and presented bar talismunic
j card,
! "Madam," .-aid lie, "i au a Mason, and
know the obligations of the Order in peace and
in wnr. When your son was taken prisoner
he mortally vfoumled my ir.aternrd nephew,
wiij id now dead, i>u ho shall be restored, 1 r
I v.ili out refute /our recue&t in tLc face of tfco
letters you bear.
He immediately gave ho? an escort to the
city, han order to re -tore her tori to her arms.
Ti.e order was promptly obeyed, and that very
day, as he proa.;sed, ska eaibrauml her long lost
8U:1
i So ennrh for a mothers love; and so ltneh
for the protecting 'rm end noble sympathetic
heart which Masons ever cxt_ni to lovely, help
, less wumar.. Oh ! if widowhood ba the doom
I of woman, who would not lw a Mason's wid
|i OW? Who would not baa Mason's wife, moth-
I er, daughter or slater in the hour of peril and
; ! need ?
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
HOW TO SAVE.
Charles Lynford was a good mechanic i:i
good business. At the age of twenty-six he
had t ikeu to himself a wife, Caroline Eustace,
the daughter of a neighbor, who had nothing
to bring hira but her ovkn pern trial merits, which
were many, ami habits of thrift learned in an
economical huusehoid, under the stern teachings
of necessity.
It was well, perhaps, that Charles Lynford
sh"ttl ! obtain a wife of this description, as he
himself found it very dii.ieuit to save anything
front his income.
It was not long before Caroline bp came ac
tju-' i Hod with her husband's failing. She could
nut let I quite eusy in the knowledge lliat they
w.re living fully up to their income, foreseeing
licit si time would come when their family
w aid grow more expensive, and perhaps her
husband's business, though now flourishing,
might become less so.
Acc iidingly, one day, she purchased of n
tin pedhr who came to the door, a Irrie tin
., such as children frequently use as a sa
vings bank, 'l'his she placed conspicuously on
the mantelpiece, so that her husband might be
sure t.i sec it on ent.-ring.
"•] 1 alio, Carrie, what's that, ehl" he aaked
curiously.
"♦•Only a little purchase I made to-day," said
hi* wife.
what is it meant for?"' he asked again
"Let uie illustrate,'' s .'.J his wife, ptayfully,
"f j ,ve yim ti ten cent piece about you ?"
Charles Ircw a dime from his waistc .at pock
ed His wife, taking it from Ins hand, drop
ped it into the box through a little slit in it at
tlie top.
Charles laughed.
"So you have taken to hoarding, Catric?
My v.iio become a miser!"
"2v , only a ii'tle prudent. Hut seriously,
Onirics, lik'.l ! B v *'hat 1 want you to do every
night."
"What—drop a dime into this new-fangled
arrangement of yours ("
"Exactly."
"Very well, that will be easy enough. A
dime is no great harm. Hut may I know what
you are going to do with this newly commen
ced hoard ?"
"'"Lay it by fur a rainy day." answered Car
rie.
Charles laughed merely.
Tins ended the conversation for the time.
The plan thus inaugurated by the young
wife-was steadily carried out. She was not
>ue of those ot whom there are so many—who
t'Tuei :•> . i„„ -r>lunir bill soon.tire of it.
In the present ease she was lutly satisfied ot
the wisdom of her purpose, and resolved to
carry it through. Every morning she called
up >u her husband fur a dime, and every in..ru
in 'it was a i led to the accumulation. Fre
quently lie had not the right change, but would
toss her a quarter instead. She would assure
him, laughingly, that it would answer her pur
pose just as well.
More than once Charles bantered her on the
subj- ct of her savings bank. Tins she bore
gniiv.
Out these were not the only accessions tho
fund received Her husband had early rfrrang
ed to make her an ample allowance for dress—
! say ample, though I dure soy some ol my riiy
reader-* might not hae considered it so; but
Carrie, who was in the habit of making her
own divsr, provided herself with a good
wardrobe at nuicii less expense than some not
*o well versed i:i the science oi managing could
have d .lie.
After considerable calculation she came to
the con ' s-ion that out of her allowance she
si' juM hi ab'e n make a daily deposit equal to
to that, she hut exacted from her husband.
Of this, however, she thought it best, on the
v.'ooie. not to inform Charles, enjoying in an
ticipation the prospect of being able at some fu
ture time to sun rises him with the unexpected
amount of her savings.
At the close of every month the tin box was
emptied and the contents transferred to a sa
vings hank of more pretensions, where inter
est would be allowed.
Vv hea the sums deposited here became large
enough, Mrs. Lynford, who had considerable
business capacity, withdrew them, and invested
in bank and other stocks, which would yield a
io r -.. percent. Of her mode of management
her huabr.nd was ii. complete ignorance. Nor
did he ever express any desire to he made ac
quainted with his wife's management. He was
an easy, careless fellow, spending as he went,
en'oyi g the present and not having any pur
licuh.r concern about the future.
At the end of eight vears, during which time
l.e had been unusually favored by prosperity
i:i business and uninterrupted health, his books
showed mat he had not exceeded his income,
hut that, on Ilia oth"r hand, he had saved ab
s iloN ly nothing- Twenty-five cents stood to
his credit.
"Funning pretty close r.in't it, Carrie ? I
take credit to myself, though, fur keeping on
the right si le of the line. But then, I ruppcr#
you hove saved up an immense sum?"
"How much do you suppose ?" asked his
wife.
"Perhaps a hundred dollars," said Chc"!e&
Lvnford carelessly, "though it would tako a
good many dimes t > make that "
His wife smiled, but did not volunteer to
enlighten him ai to the correctness of his con
jecture. So things went till at length came
the panic of I 857—a panic >o recent that it '/.ill
be remembered how universally trade and bu
siness of every kind were depressed at th:3 pe
riod —among others, the trade which occupied
CJiiarles Lyriford Buffered.
One evening he cntne home looking quite se
j riouF—an expression which seldom came over
j his cheerful face.
Carria who had watched the signs of the
times, was not unprepared to see this. She
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suspected that her husband's business was af
fected.
'•What i 3 the matter, Charles?" she asked,
cheerfully.
' The matter is, that we will have to econo
mize greatly."
"Anything unfavorable turned up m busi
ness mutter- ? '
• I should think there had. I will have but
half a day's work for s>Hie time to come, and
lam afraid that even 'his will fail before rig
V. u haven't an idea, Cmrrie, how dull even
kind of business has become.
"1 think I have," sai I his wife, quietly, "I
Have read the papers carefully, am. have been
looking out for something of this kind."
"I)n you think we can reduce our expenses
one-half?" asked the husband, doubtfully.
"I think we will be able to do so. Both of
us are well supplied with clothing, and wiil
not need any more for a year at least, This
wilt cut off co isidrruble expanse. Then then
are a great many little* super!!.unes you are ac
customed to buy —little? tilings which you am
kin 1 enoe .h to bung Imme to ire fn quenilv,
which I can do very well without. Then wc
can live more plainly—have les* pics and cakes
—and I have n • doubt it wili be an impruve
aient as far as health is concerned."
"What a calculator you are. Carrie," sail
her husband, feeling com idenfc'v easier in
mind. "I really think after all yon have Said
that it won't be hard to live on half of our u
suai income—for the present, at least, "lint,"
and his countenance again changed, "suppose
my work should entirely fail—l suppose yon
couldn't r luce our expanses to nothing at all
could you?"
"That certainly surpasses my powers," said
his wife, smiling, ''but even in tlml cae there
is no ground for discouragement. Yon have
not forgotten our savings bank, have you
"Why no, [ didnt think of that." said her
husband, "I suppose tlml would keep off star
vation for a few weeks."
His wife smiled.
"Arid in those few weeks," she added, "bu
siness might revive."
"To be sure," said her husband. "Well, I
guess it will be all right—l will try not to troub
le myself about it any longer."
The apprehensions <o which Charles Lyn
fnrd gave expression proved to be only too well
founded. In less than a month from the date
of the conversation just recorded, the limited
supply of work he had been able to secure,
failed and he found himself without work of
any kind, thrown back upon his own resour
ces.
-**-* -• - ' ,t a !>; i?
unexpected when if. really did come upon nun,
and again he returned home in a lit of discour
agement. He briefly explained to 'lis wife the
new calamity which had coma up m them.
"And the worst of it is," he added, "there
will he no better times till spring "
"Do vuti thir.k that the business will revive
then r '
•lt must by that time. But there a~c five
or si c months between. Ido not know liow
we are going to live doling tliat time."
"I do," replied his wife, quietly.
"You !" exclaimed her husband in surprise.
"Y*s, your income has never lQen in ore than
rix or seven hundred do;las a year, and I have
no doubt we ran live six mouths on tvvo hund
red and fifty dollars."
"Y"?, certainly, but where is that miner to
come from ? I don't want to jrot in debt, and
if 1 did I should not know where to borrow."
"Fortunately, there is no need of it," said
Mrs. Lynford. "You seem to forget our little
savings bank "
"Hilt is :t possible it can amount to two
hundred and fifty dollars f" he asked in surprise.
••Yes, and six hundred more," said his wife.
"Impossible!"
"Wait a minute and I'll prove if."
Caroline witl;drew a moment, nnd reappear- j
(>,l with several certificates of bank and rail- I
roa l shares, amounting to eight hundred do!- !
bus and a hook in which the balance was de
posited to her credit.
"Are you sure you haven't had a legacy?" I
demanded Charles in amazement. — "Surely a ;
dim • a day woul 1 not produce this." - j
"No, but two dimes a day have, with a lit- j
tie extra depoMtnow and then. 1 think. Charles
that we can ward off starvation for a time." j
"All this I owe to your prudence," said j
Charles, gratefully. "How can 1 repay you!" i
Charles Lynford remained out of employ-j
rnent some months, llut in spring, as he an- •
ticipatcd, business revived, and he was once j
more in receipt of his old income. More than j
two-thirds of the fund was still left, and hence- j
forth Charles was not loss assiduous than his
wife, in striving to increase it.
The little tin savings bank stands on the man
tel-piece, and never tails to receira a deposit
daily.
ASMS LOST IN EATTLE.
That a raw soldier, in the excitement and ag
itation of a battle, may fail to discharge hi?
gun, and put charge upon chargo until it is load
ed to bursting, is probable enough. l>ut the
extent to which this sort of blundering proceeds
5 is greater than most persons would suppose.—
[ In the annual report of the Chief of the Bareau
lof Ordnance of the Navy Department, it is
'stated that:
| "On the field of Gettysburg there were 27,-
!.j74 guns picked up, and of these 2YOOO were
! fount loaded, and half of tham were double
i loaded. On a fourth had from three to ten
loads in and tunny had five or six halls to one
i charge of powder. In some cae3 the powder
' was above tho ball, in others the cartridges
j were not broken at tho end, while in one
j inuskct twenty-three balls sixty-two buckshot,
I and a quantity of powder were all mixed up to
' gether."
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VOL. 8, NO. 25.
The mineral wealth of the United Slate* is ,
of the most gigantic proportions, anJ of tha
Hiost valuable kind. All of the useful and pre
cious initials—with one or two exceptions tva
regards the very rare uwtals, which l.avo no!
as yet twen found io any great quuuity, exist
in the widest abundance. They are not con
•irit d to una .section, but extend over the entire
Republic in the uio-t wide-spread profusion.
Principal among thefts metals and mineral*,
both on account of its inc deniable practical
value, ami for its extraordinary abundance, is
coal, both of the anthracite ami bituminous
vari -lies. A peculiar feature in the great car
boniferous deposition of the country is the fact
that the beds in the eastern part ol the land are
anthracite.
The c til gradually loses this distinctive feature
as we go west war i, assuming' more and mora
of a hiiuniim.il? character until we find it en
tirely devoid o! tlie peculiar anthracite proper
ties in Wi.-teni lViiiisyiv.ini i, abojt Pittsburgh
—in \ irginia, and u ieed in all the Wes
tern States.
'iiius the great coal fields of Rhode Wand
and the contiguous portions of Massachusetts,
(great indeed, although the smallest of the vasC
coal lieds in tne coon.ry ) the ex*i?nsivc depo
sitions in East Pennsylvania, and the other
fields in the eastern part of the country, are
anthracite and most admirably adapted for
burning—being clean, and devoid in a great
measure of the volatile inflammable oil which
charact£.ize the bituminous kind. The large
coal fields west of the Alleghenies, comprising
a pari -f western New York, western Penn
sylvania pnjd Virginia, and a part of Ohio, and
stretching down through Kentucky ami Tennes
see t" Alabama, comprising an area of some
sixty three thousand square miles, are purely
of the bituminous type. Reside* the value of
this kind of coal for fuel it contains
an oil, commonly called peti vie urn, whose val
ue, not discovered until recently, renders these
bituminous coal fields of the null >n -of fabulutis
\alu3. Inexhaustible in quantity, and so situ
ated as to be easily worked, tiie I'ihli est I tradi
tions of Ophir and tiie otiental myth of Cathay
sink into insigoiiicanoe, and iiouithe importance
of this oil in commerce we tire fair to realize
the magnificence-of he dreams of that pact
sol her, Walter IhiMgh, and find El Dorado tit
our very doors, holding out its inexhaustible
treasures to our grasp.
Bitumen, pelr >i< um, nnptha, and the other
species of hituu.en, have been known and us
ed tor cr-ntuii >, but ilnir true importance has
been strangely overlooked. Petroleum was
used by the citizens of Agrigentam for the pur
pose oi light, and K.re the name of Sicilian
w;.ich the people cl" 1 tlT'"- I 'ic-.V: it'p'Ajlp d'VlifeA
lar uses. It his hen known in Egypt for thou
sands of years —and in the latter part of the
last century two ship loads were sent to Eng
land to tie used in the arts, but in consequence
of defective machinery to refine the crude nil,!
and trm the excited state of public fetling con
sequent upon the Wars of Napoleon, nothing
was done with it. Great quantities are found
in Asia Minor, and in Persia, and at Rangoon,
on one ot tiie tributaries of the Irawary river
some f air hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads
of the oil are annually prepared for domestic
and local use.
in 111 is coui.try the oil was well known to
the Indians, and used by tliern for various pur
pose, one of which was its application" to
wound>. It lias been in the market in small
quantities, far many years, under the name of
Lrenesec or Se,xca oil.
Some thirty odd years ago a Mr. Packer, while
boring a well for salt water on Deer Creek in
Clarion County, I'a.. readied the oil at a depth
of four huadred feet and the oil gushed up in
jets. Many endeavors were DiaJe to keep tho
oil out hut of no avail, and he was compelled
to cease his exertions, which were for the pur
pose of obtai.nng salt. Little did he think that
he was throwing ntvay in contemptuous disgust"
a thou and princely fortunes!
All through this part of Pennsylvania, and
in West Virginia, the oil was abundant, some
times it interfered with the execution of other
piiipo-es. and ii was regarded as "nasty, use
less stuff" unfit for any purpose. But when
the time caaie for its introduction, and appre
ciation, ilus hitherto regarded as useless oil be
came the center of an interest rarely, if ever,
equaled. Accident led to its introduction and
cargoes being sent to Europe, it was refined
and the immense, the incalculable value of the
oil was at once revealed to the world. It svas
soon ascertained that all these bituminous coal
fields were rich beyond exaustion inpetroleum,
and that Pennsylvania alor.e could supply the
world for centuries to come. Thus was inati
j gurated an epoch in the prosperity of the Re
| public, that has bad no parallel and whose itu
: port ante to the aggregate and individual pros
perity of the country cannot be estimated at
this early stage.
In 1808 the attention of capitalists was call
ed to this matter, and vast quantities exported.
In I3GI occurred the well known depression
j in the petroleum interest, which suspended 00-
j orations. If quickly revived, and the astound
ing devclopements recently made, have excited
j most profoundly the attention of the country.
| The oil is found in such profusion, and is ob
tained so easily that it may b3 years before it
j is necessary to employ tho expensive machinery
that will render the petroleum interest for hun
dreds of years the most profitable and safe in
vestment for capital that can bo made. Toe
practical advantages of the oil—-its use for light,
for oiling macuinery—for various purpose ia
the tine and commercial arts, and the absolute
necss \iy for it which its use has created, ren
der the discovery of petroleum and its practical
j application to the wants of life, an epoch in
1 tho history of the nation, whose importance,
as we have remarked above, cannot be estima
j ted t this stage of its developenaent.- TFflfV
|ngtan D. C. Union-
THE PETROLEUM INTEREST.