THE BEDFORD QA3SETTE
n rtJBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORM*
BY B. F. BEYERS,
At the following terms, to wits
to 00 per annum, it p*aid strictJy in advance.
$•2.50 11" paid within 6 months; $3.00 if not paid
* within 6 months.
rj-p*Xo subscription taken tor less than sis months j
paper discontinued until all arrearages are J
nahT unless at the option of the publisher. It has 1
Len decided by the United States Courts that the
storpige of a newspaper without the payment ol
arrearages, is P nma facie evidence of fraud and u
a criminal offence.
courts nave decided that persons are ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapers,
if they take them from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
Business € cutis.
" —= JOSEPH W TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly att'fnd to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to bis care, in Bedtord and adjoining
counties. .
advanced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo
seph's, on Bedford Railroad Farmsand unimproved
iand, t'rom one acr • to 150 acies to suit porrbrseis.
Office nearly opposite the "Alengel Hotel" and
Bank of Reed if* Srhell.
April
ivT. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully cffeJS his professional services to the
public.
QfO'Mc with J. W. I.ingentelter, F.sq., on Juli
ana st reet, t wo doors South of theMenge l House.
Bedford, Tiec. 9, ISol.
J. R TDUP-B OB HOW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Office one door South of the "Mengel House."
Will'att-nd promptly t.% ad business entrusted to his
aure in Bedloid and adjoining counties.
Having also hem refill rly licensed to prosecute
claims against th(Jov<-rnm*nt, particular attention
will be given To the collection of Military claims of
all Kinds; pensions, back pay, bounty .bounty man r
fc,.. April 1, 1864.
ESI'Y M A LSI P.
ATTORNEY i y law, bed fop D, PA.
Will faithfully and prompt y attend to all business
entrusted to his caie in Bedford auU<fjoinir,® conn
flPS. Military claims, back pay, bounty, &c.,
speedily co'lecteil.
Office with Mann & Span®, on Juliana street, two
doors South of the Mengel House. lan. 22, J 64._
F. M Kimmsll. 1. W. Lixgf.xkelte*
KIMHir.LL St LINGENFELTFR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
C3P"Have tormed a partnership in toe p actice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doois South
of the "Mengel House."
G . EL SPANG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA
Wilt promptly attend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining
toun'ies.
CJp"Offiee on Juliana Street, three doors south
of the "Wngel House, ' opposite the residence of
Mrs. Tate. May 13, ISO 4.
JOII X P • RfiF.D.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BF.DFURO, PA., I 1
}lr*)"r'f.i!ly tenders fin service.* to the Public. , i
ftp-Office second door North of the Mengel l
flense. ,
Bedford, Atg, 1, 1561.
JOHN PALMER. ?
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. j
promptly attend to a!l business entrus- j
led to his rare. Office on Julianna Street, (near- <
iy opposite the Mengel House.) I
Bedtard, Aug.l, ISCI. ,
V 11. COFFROTiI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa.
Will hereafter practice reeuiarly in the several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to | (
jus care will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, ISGI. j
F.C.DOYLE, M. D.,
Tenders his professions I services to the citizens of
Bloody Run and vicinity. Office next door to the
.hot" John C. Black. [J une 10, 1864.
J L MAPvBOTJE.Gr, M. D.
Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
bis professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on West Pitt street, south side, nearly op
po'ite the Union Hotel.
Bedford, February 12, 1864.
~ F. m marbourgGm. d.,
S C H E J. L S B U RG. PA,
Tenders his professional services to the people of
thit place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo
site the store of John E. Uotvin, in the room for
merly occupied by J. Henry Schell.
July 1, 1864.
DAVID DEFIB AUGH,
G I' N SMITH, Bedford, I'A ,
Workshop same as formeily occupied by John 1
Border, deceased. Rifles nd o'her guns made to or
4er, in the best ? yle and on reasonable terms. Spe !
cial attention will be given to the repairing of fire
arms. July i, MM—ly
-8 AM I F. L KRT TE R 1 \ N ,
BEDFORD, PA.,
KyWonld hereby notify the citizens of dedford I
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 absent upon business
pertain.ng to bis office.
Bedford, Aug. 1,1861.
J. ALSIP &. SON,
Auctioneers & Commission Merchants,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Re,peetfuPv solicit consignments of Boots ar.d
Shoe-, Dry Gauds. Groceries. Clothing, .ml all kinds
of Merchandise for A UCT' ON and PRIV Ai K Sale,
REFERENCES.
PMIT.ASSI.RH:*; Bedford,
Philip F,. *! ft Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Boyd fk Hough, Hon. VV. T. Daugherty
Armor Young Ik Bro., B. F. Meyers. *
January 1, 1664—t1. -
A HEW SENSATION
At Cheap Corner.
J. B. FARQUIIAR has bought out one of the best
S'ares in the County, and is able now to offi-r
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC,
all Uugbt before the Just great rite in prices,
and will be sold cheap for Cash.
C7"Don't tail to call at Farqubar'-. before you
purrha-e. J. B. FARQUHAR.
September 8, 1864.
JICGB REED, J.J- Sckbll,
REED A AT) SfIIELL,
BANKERS & DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PKNN-A.
FT7"DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made
sad money promptly remitted.
Denjjfcos solicited.
LA DISS' DRE S SGOODS
French Merinos, Thibet Cloths, French all Wool
Reps, Woe! Delaines, Popplins, .Mobsirs, Cobutg,
Alpacas—ell fashionable colors—cheap, at
Dc. 2. 1864. CRAMER & CO'S.
VOLUME 60.
NEW SERIES.
0 l igi na I {3 oct rn .
DE_AD. j;
By NICIAS.
Not eo'd, and stiff, and pale,
Nor on ihe rourh of deatn;
Not frozen by. the winter gale,
T or drowned the waves beneath.
Not scorched by flames of tire—
Not mangle.! is her form,
Not dead her heart's d-sire;
Nor did she perish by the storm.
Not in her cctiiu laid,
With roses on her breast ;
Not forgot—(sweet maid !)
Nor has her spitit gone to rest.
Not in her grave she lies,
lienejth the weeping willow tree,
Where ghostly tombstones rise,
And spectres flee.
Ob, No!—No shaft of death
Has 'oiirhed her heart;
But she's gone from me!
• My hopes depart!
No nrrow fro n Heath's quiver
Pierced her snowy breaM—
No wintry blast irom Death's river,
Blows o'er her place of lest.
Yet, she is go ie—not above !
Not beyond the sea!—
She is not dead.—Yet dead to love !
And, oh! she's dead—tome.'
Bedford, Februny 8, 1865.
A Singular Story.
A few weeks since a tnan, only some five
ana-tliit'ty or eighl-;iuJ-tl i.'ty years old went
into tiie cafe Auglaise, I'arii, and said to the
mistress:
"1 wish you would retain No. 13 for mo this
evening. Lay plates for eight, and have dinner
on the table at seven o'clock precisely. 1 leave
the selection of the dinner to you. Give us a ;
dinner of lour dollars a head, wine included,
here is a hank note for §41); four times eight
are thirty two ; the change, eight dollars, is fur
the waiters. i t
At u qiwrtcr Itefore seven he returned; he;
\v:ts shown to Nu J3. lie asked fur a [>cn,
ink, and paper. Ait r he received theiu he tore (
a sheet nt paper into eight several parts, wrote (
e. irt t -•> aaeli ol I hem. and placed trie of j
them on each plate. When the clock -truSk |
seven, he said to the waiter : "Serve tiie dinner j
just the same us if toy guests were present.'— i i
n,e waiter obeyed, 'md placed a dish of soup J
on each plate, managing while doing so to read '
the names on the plates. He found nothing .
on the hit of paper but rn, me, fa, so, la, si. j
do. When he went hack to the kitchen, he j
told the servant the odd guest he had in No j,
13. The rumor reached the ear of the master
|of the house; heal once suspected something ,
; was wrong. "How is the gentleman dress
ed?" lie asked the waiter. "He is dressed in
black." *
When he went into the room he took off h : s
overcoat and placed tt on the piano, wnere it
still remains. "Kring me ins overcoat. It
doubtless contains letters or visiting Cards ;
but they discoverel two small pocket pistols
which were capped and loaded- ihc master
drew the charges, left the caps on the nipples,
replaced them in the pocket, and made the ser
vant carry the overcoat back to (he private ;
room. As lie WHS eating desert the waiter
cd liim —1 mean this strange guest —if lie would ■
take coffee. "Yes." "How many cups ?" j
"Eight of course." The eight cups were filled, j
"Now leave me; when I want you I will ring
the bell." The waiter retired, shut the door, j
and put his eye to the key-hole to see what was
going to take place.
As soon as the guest was alone he heaved a
J sigh, rose, went to the piano, opened it, piny- i
1 cd an air from one ot \ erdi's operas, and tried
to sing it —in vain. His voice* was completely
| g.-ne. His hands fell into his lap, stud the tears
coursed down his cheeks. He ■murmured : *'A 11
is over I 'l is hopeless ! my v< ice is broken ! I
shall never be able to obtain another engage
ment. My career is at an end lam a dead
man!" Then he added, with a hysterical laugh:
"Gods! wasn't it a devilish ingenious notion
I had. to give a farewell dinner to my notes—
a parting banquet to poor it otes which, last
year, were so brilliant and pure in throat. —
Artists alone can conceive and execute such
| ideas. All! poor fellow : the gsme is up with
1 von nothing is hdt you but to die. ' He put
j his band in the pocket of his overcoat, took
, | out the two pistols, placed the muzzle of each
, 'in each of lis ears, and pulled the triggers.—
I The caps exploded, and the poor fellow fell sense
' less ot: the carpet.
• i The keeper of the restaurant, who was hard
bv, ran into the room, and, aid'd by his ser
vr.nN, lifted up the would-be. suicide. Tho usu
al restoratives were applied, and when con
sciousness returned it was found impossible to
; convince the guest that he was still alive. He
1 insisted upon it that he was dead. He bad gone
©rutty. He raved : "Now that I am a dead
man. I don't care who knows who I was when
I was alive. Mine. George Sand has told her
| history in one of her novels. My name is Al
-1 pen Getbier—Albany is my stage name. I
i ; was on the eve of singing a magnificent engage*
! inent with the manager of the Italian Opeta,
when that rascal Frashini cut me out I fell sick
and lost my voice Fortunately, my pistols
did not snap. I did not miss die vital organs,
and lam dead. Carry me to Pere la Chaise,
if you please." The master cf the house
f sent for the police, and the ill-starred wretch
was immediately carried to h lunatic asylum.
tEpAn Irishman, giving his testimony in the
1 Quarter Sessions, a few days since, in a riot
' case, said, "the lirt man I seed cumin' at tue,
'when I got up, was two biickbuts!"
Freedom of Thought jmifOpinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1865.
THE OLD WAYSIDE INN.
"Sir, excuse me but X wish to put you ol
your guard. 1 believe wo have fallen
den of thieves and murderers.'*
1 had been slumbering uneasily for nearly aW
hour, and had just become thoroughly awaken-i
eJ when Mr. Leslie entered my room j
and addressed me in this singular manner.
I had that iluy chanced to fail in with an el-!
derly gentleman, (Mr. Leslie by name) and his!
daughter Gertrude, an interesting young lady ;
of nearly eighteen, and as our routes lay in the '
| saute direction, we were naturally agreed to ue- j
i company each other.
We had stoppe lat the roadside inn. Our ';
accommodation was much more amp'.e than I !
j had supposed possible front the externa! appear- j
i a nee of the dwelling, and much to our satis- j
' faction we were furnished with separate rooms,
though all in the low chamber at the top of the
house.
! The apartment allotted to myself was a small i
one, furnished with a handsome bed, with boa- j
vy green curtains, a light stand, and a couple
of chairs. Everything was in perfect keeping
and g'<od order, but the bed was placed against
the door greatly to my astonishment.
"What have you discovered?" I asked has-
I lily.
i He gave me a soiled piece of paper on which
were rudely inscribed these words:
"Jim saw three travelers coming over the old
road art hour ago. Probably they will be at
your house pretty soon alter dark, and you must
, manage to keep them to-night. Don't try to!
settle them until I come, which will bo about
I midnight. TOM SK.YTON." '
We engaged in a short con\crs:ilion i s to the
cuur.-e we had better pursue, and then, without'
arriving at any conclusion, 1 left the father and!
daughter aloue for a few moments while I cau-j
tiousiy descended the stairs. Having gainet j
the hail below, I .-tole through a long narrow j
passage 1 had not before observed, and at las. j
came to the door of an apartment, in which I j
knew the family of our host, together with jtr ;
' would-! Mi-murderers, were assembled.
"Well, T.un, how do \ou propose to setie '
our go ests abovef"
'iliii w.is she \>ice of our host addressing
the in w comer.
"1 lave you disposed of them ?"
"Why, i gave I lie oki man and the girl the j
two rooms on the left, and that young fcliCW j
took the one at (lie right.''
room you made so eotireniivt last week "' |
"Yes."
"We!!, if that is the case, I don't think ve j
shall find hard work at all. The very instant I
you hear the ivpori of my pistol, you and J'tn j
must be at hand to enter >he old man's room j
and. take care of him."
••But when will this come off?"
" At twelve, they will be sleeping most sound
ly then."
It wanted just thirty minutes of the tour !
ap pointed, and I hastened to retrace mr steps •
up stairs.
1 vi-it.-d my own room fir.-t, where I found
that ihe convenient (ixture 1 had heard spuket j
of below was merely a small square hole m tie
wall, ju-t opposite the pillow, sufficiently larjg
enough to insert the barrel of any moderatesis
ed pi-toi —a very easy way to relieve a man <f
his life.
Having made this discovery, I sought M*.
Leslie and his daughter.
"I was about to propose," I said, "that eali
one of us rhould keep his own apartment, If
wc meet them together while Bey ton has Us
t pistol at hand, one of us will be sure to git
killed. On the contrary, should 1 manufacture
| a good counterfeit, as I now propose, to occi
' py mv place for the time being in that rathjr ;
! dangerous lied, and in this m inner waste Sei- j
ton's shot and throw him off his guard, 1 aj) '
! very sure I could gain the mastery in a hand o
hand struggle in a very few minutes, and thli
j come (o your assistance. Does my propositi*!
suit you f"
"lVrfectlv, and lucky for your scheme, I weir
a v ig, which may be of considerable benefit Oj
you m making the counterfeit of which you hue
spoken. Take it, it is entirely at your disp'-j
sal."
it look but a very few moments to fill tie j
■ wig sufficiently with bedclothes, and arrangdt
in a favorable position on the pillow, in fruit
of the little opening. Having done this, I
glanced at iny watch in the moon-beams, it
wanted five minutes of twelve I
The silence was growing oppressive, whenkt
la.-t I saw the curtain move aside a little. Th#e
was a loud rep irt, and I had resolution enoixh
to bend forward and utter a low dtspaireg
moan, as the report died away. In an instait
the door was opened, and the man called Seybn
came running in, with his pi-tid still in his had.
Without the faintest suspicion he approaefed
the bed, but meanwhile 1 had grasped a loig,
. ! heavy bar of hard wood, which I presume,by
. the merest chance, happened to be staridinga
guiust the wall, near by, and when he had r
--rived within a convenient distance. I sprung nit
, : upon him, and with a "ingle well directed bw
, I laid him sprawling, and I judged insensile
| upon the floor.
All this had occupied but a moment, an it
was scarcely completed when I heard the reprt
■ of another pistol in the direction of the apft
[ ment occupied by Sir. Leslie. Without s)p
--• ping to assure tuvself further of the resujof
, the rather severe knock I had given the tijen
man, I hastened forward to the assistant} ot
i my companion. He was engaged in a ban to
, hand struggle with dim while our host waly
, ing upon the floor, badly if not dangerofcly
i wounded.
i Jim was making despera'o efforts fo dry a
knife from his belt, while Mr. Leslie wasting
his utmost endeavors to prevent it. Hetvas
> brave nnd resolute, but I could see lusstregth
l was failing rapidly. I did not hesitate t<j>ut
, un immediate stop to the coulest by agaiuadl
' ing icy cluj into requisition
Having firmly secured our host and the fellow J
Km with cords, and left Mr. in charge t
his daughter, I returned to the room where j
bad left Seyton.
f He was just recovering from the effects of the j
bl§w 1 had given liitn, *\ Itich, as I had suppos- i
ed had rendered him insensible for a time, and
I was just in season to hind him before he had
recovered sufficiently to trouble us still further.
Now all that remained for me to do to ren
der our situation quite secure was, to tako from
i our hostess the power to- harm us in any way,
and I at once started below fur that purpose.
I afterward learned that Mr. Leslie had made
; lis daughter promise, after my departure, to
I remain quietly in her own apartment until she
j could safely venture forth, and stationed liirn
iseif near the door, with the only pistol he ever
tarried in his hand. By some mistake our host
and Jim did not attack him as soon as the pis
tol was fired at iny counterfeit by Seyton, as
was at first intended, hut waited a moment.—
When they did present themselves he had fired
jat the one in advance, who happened to' he the
host, and immediately grappled with the other.
Wc remained at the old inn the remainder of
the night, and gave information to the author
ities in the morning.
AN INDIAN LOVE STORY.
In Gen. Scott's recently published autobiog
raphy. among his experiences in the Black
Hawk war, occurs the following romantic ep
j isode :
The summons for the conference was now
given to all the tribes and obeyed, and the grand
councils of war for tlie settlement of the trea
ties commenced. Whilts these were pending, a
demand came up, from a judge of Illinois, some
! sixty miles below, for an Indian murderer, his
! natue unknown, but who had been distinctly
! traced to the camp of the great body of Sacs
j and Foxes whom the chiefs had contrived to j
j hold in neutrality during the recent hostilities, !
I in fine need mainly by Keokuk, not a hereditary .
I chief, and only a principal brave or warrior,
! the sense bearer, orator and treasurer of con-
I federacy—The demand was communicated to
j this remarkable man.
After a little musing, the painful truth of
' the story seemed to flash upon him—-With:
! candor he stated She grounds of his fears. A J
i young brave of some twenty years of age, the
| son of a distinguished chief, had long sought 1
( to marry a handsome young sqaw, the daughter i
| of another famous chief, but the maiden repul
! sed the lover, applying to him the most uppro-'
I brious epithet—squaw—he never having taken j
: a scalp, killed a grizzly bear, nor, by surprise, j
robbed an enemy of his arms, horse and wife. !
i Hence, she said her lover was not a brave but j
! a woman. Her sympathies were, moreover,
j with Black Hawk—her only brother having rnn !
'off with that reckless chief.
All these particulars wore not yet known to 1
I the wise treasurer; fur he had only been sur- <
j prised at the change of conduct in the belle sav- i
! a</e, who had so suddenly married her lover, s
Keokuk, in good faith said lie wo Id inquire, |
for his great care had been to save his people
front destructive war and entire spoliation,
with which Black Ilawk's conduct bad caused '
them to be threatened.
The next day he called at head-quarters and
whispered that his fears had proved prophetic;
that the happy bridegroom had, for the good
of the confederacy, confessed himself to be the
guilty pArty, and was at hand ; but begged the I
General to repeat, in a full council, the demand, j
etc- This was accordingly done, and as sooa
as Scott's peroration— l demand Ihe murderer ! i
—was interpreted, the young Apollo stood up j
I and said: latnlhe man! With a v iolent stamp
: and voice Scott called out, the guard! A see- !
| giant, with a dozen grenadiers rushed in, seiz- j
cd the offender, and carried him off
When the blacksmith began to place and rivet i
irons upon him, he struggled furiously. It took j
several of the guard to hold him down. He j
said he did not come forward to be ironed ; he
I did not wish to be tried, that lie preferred to be
j shot at once. He was sent down to the I Hi- j
nois court then in session, put on his trial, and
notwithstanding tlie strong circumstantial evi
dence, and that it was proven he had aeknawl- j
edged the killing in a hanu-to-lmnd fight, a
tricky lawyer, well provided with the means
of bribing, no doubt by the chiefs of the con-1
federaey, obtained from the jury a verdict of j
not •jutllij.
The acquitted had yet to pass another oruc- '
al—one of fire and water. A swift horse,
half-way between the court and the Mississip
pi, (a few hundred yards utf.) had been provi
| ded for the occasion; frontier men always have ,
: their rifles in hand, and their horses ready.
} The lawjer hastened his client out of court, and
1 gained for him a good start. "Fly. young man,
or your dearly bought helen will soon be a
widow I" In a minute followed by some whiz
: zing shots he was in the saddle. In another,
I "horse ad rider" were plunged into "ihe great
j father of waters," swimming side by side,
i Now came up furiouslv a dozen riflemen, who
i threw away their lead at the too distant game,
j The last news of the romantic, represented him
' as the happy father of a thriving family of
! "young barbarians," bv more than a "Dorian
mother"—all far beyond the Mississippi.
S3" A good threshing machine for family use
—the broomstick. Every wife should have
one.
I CjrLovc and a good dinner are said to be
I the only two tilings which change a man's
charades.
C3*oe of the toasts drank at a recent cele
bration, was—"Woman! she requires no eu
logy —SUK sl'iiAKS lOU UKRSKLF."
iSr'Tll commit you —you're a nuisance,"
said a justice to a noisy fellow in court.
"Nobody has a right to commit a nuisance,"
was the cool reply.
WHOI<G NMBER, 3096
Burning of the Smithsonian Institute.
A dispatch from Washington City, dated on
Tuesday, Jan. 25, says :
This afternoon, about three o'clock, a fire
broke out in the Smithsonian Institute building
in the loft above the picture gallery between the
ceiiing and roof, caused, it is believed, by a de
fective Hue. The ceiling soon fell in, and in a
few moments the gallery was one sheet of flames.
The fire, as it mounted the central tower and
hurst in full volume from the main roof, was
magnificently grand, and a curious spectacle
was presented by the steadiness of revolutions
of the anometer or wind register surmounting
the tower while the fierce flame was ravenously
mounting to its destruction. The windows of
the picture gallery soon burst out, disclosing
only the shell of the room. There were some
two hundred of Stanley's pictures here. He
had negotiated for their sale to the Michigan
University. Only five or six of them were saved.
The loss is very serious, including the lecture
room, philosophical instrument apartment, and
most of the valuable instruments, offices in the
towers and originals of private records and ar
chives of the institute were destroyed. The top
of the principal tower and several of the bat
tlements fell.
The conflagration was nearly altogether con
fined to the main building, and above the first
story, the latter containing the museum which
was damaged more by water than fire. The
wings and corridors were not much injured.—
The large library in the west wing was not
damaged. The furniture of Prof. Henry end
other property was injured by their hasty re
moval. The full extent of the loss is not yet
ascertained. A strong military guard was in
attendance. Great difficulty was experienced
at first in gotting water. At no time could all
(lie steam fire engines have full play upon the
flames and it was late in the evening before
they were got under full control.
Proposed Amendments to the Conscrip
tion Act.
In the United States Senate, on Tuesday of
last week, Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Mili
tary Committee, introduced a bill in addition to
the Senate acts for enrolling and calling out the
National forces, which was referred to the Mil
itary Committee. The bili provides.
First—That persons enrolled and liable to be
drafted may be accepted as substitutes.
Second—That no one furnishing a navy sub
stitute shall bo exempted unless that substitute
is brought before tbe Board of Enrollment and
is accepted there.
Third —That any person who knowingly
brings for enlisting a convict, or insane, or
drunken person, or deserter, or shall defraud in
the matter of bounty, shall be liable to §I,OO
fine and imprisonment.
Fourth —Any mustering officer who shall
muster such person, shall upon conviction, be
dishonorably dismissed from the service.
Fifth—That all State or local bounties shall
hereafter be paid in installments, one third at
the time of mustering in, one third at the mid
dle of the term of service, ami one third at the
end, unless sooner discharged honorably. If
killed the balance to be paid to his widow.
Sixth—That every district shall make up by
additional draft or recruiting, the loss from de
sertions and discharges on account of physical
disability existing before enlistment.
Seventh—That all deserters shall be dis
franchised forever, including all who have de
serted heretofore who shall not report within
sixty days.
OIL ONJTH£ BRAIN.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, writing from Pork.sburg, Va., gives the;
following description of the all-oil pervading j
mania in that locality:
If you want to be bored, come to the oil re- j
gion. Here's the place where you bore anil i
get bored. It's nothing but oil from morning |
to night —oil on paper boiled oil—peopie talk,
write, sleep and snore oil. Ask a man how
iar it is to Charleston:
• "Twenty six miles from Slabside's oil spring."
"What time does the steamer leave for Wheel
ing?"
"Just a soon as Sloeum's oil is loaded."
"What was the tight about yesteday ?
"Oil."
"Jenkins married an oil well yesterday or just
as good—married Miss Snifkins. whose father
struck 'tie' a few days ago."
Snifkins hadn't time logo to his wife's fun
eral last Tuesday—'his "ile would run over."
Preachers preach about oil being poured
upon the troubled waters, and say this is the
very spot where the oil for that occasion'comes
from.
I slept on four barrels of oil last night; ev
ery hotel full. The entire country looks greasy,
people have oily tongues, and your cuM'actory
nerves arc strongly impressed with the terrible
stench. Everybody has territory for sale, and
there are plenty of "fools and their money" who
anticipate the realization of the ltaron Mun
chausen stories that are afloat.
Every sharper has a map of the region and
can teli a stranger exactly where the nicest spot
; J®—he has been there, knows the place, but is
; short of funds—has no personal interest in
the matter, not he indeed. But in mere mat
i ter of friendship, advises you to buy, there
and then do what he is doing bore and oil must
. come.
Men seern crazy ; victims are plenty. Seek
i ing to become suddenly rich, many a tolerably
| well-to do but over sanguine individual goes
his pile, and loses all he has, and sneaks off;
> a few strike ile and become millionaires; not
j one in a hundred but get their lingers, terribly
I burned.
<o*Gencral McClellan, with his wife and
j child, sailed for Europe, in the Steamship Chi
na. on Wednesday, January 25th.
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VOL. 8, NO. 28.
THE BUND PRINCESS.
The blind Princess of , was presented
to the Empress Eugenie at Sehwahlbach a few
days ago. and the utmost interest and sympa
thy were excited by her story. The lady is
well known all over Germany ; her princely
dornicil is visited every year by crowds of stran
gers. The beautiful portrait *by Cornelius in
one of the saloiw w examined with much inter
est. and every one departs little dreaming that
the large and .'loft blue eyes seeming to look
from the pictuie so full of sweetness and be
nevolence have in life no power to return the
glances of sympathy and kindness directed to
watds them.
The story of the Princess is perhaps the most
touching romance of the nineteenth century.
As a child she had been stolen from the garden
of tbe very chateau she inhabits. A careless
nurse, bent on her own enjoyment, had suffered
her master's child to stray towards the river,
and, when in answer to the frantic appeals and
the search made in every direction, no sign of
the infant's presence could be discovered, it was
concluded that she had fallen into tho river and
got drowned. The description, hpt the idea
of the child's death, accepted by all Iresides,
was rejected by her. The river had been drag
ged, no trace ol the corpse had been found,atid
so, after a few years time, when the death of
the prince, her husband, had released her from
the obligation to remain in the chateau, she
gave up the domain into the hands of her
brother-in-law, and set out upon a strange pil
grimage all over the continent fully convinced
that she would find, one day or other, the ob
ject of her search. The sums of money spent
in the pursuit, the toil, the anxiety,* absorbed
upon every high road, need not be described.
During the embassy of Prince Tally rami, she
came to f>onuon and was received by Queen
Adelried with tbe utmost kindness and sympa
thy.
Soon afterwards she went once more to the
South, still bent on finding her child. One day,
the carriage climbing slowly up one of the steep
hills in the neighborhood of Lusaune, she was
accosted by a beggar woman, holding by the
hand a poor blind girl for whom she was im
ploring alms. The girl looked gentle and sweet
tempered, resembling in no way the harsh vic
tim whom she called mother. The inmate of
the carriage had fallen into a doze, and the wo
man bade the gill sing to arouse the lady.
The song was a vulgar ditty belonging to the
district, with no romance to insure attention,
and yet it awoke the lady from her slumber;
something in her voice reminded her of a sister
lost many years before, and she stopped the
postillion while she questioned the girl as to
her origin. The day and hour were come at
last; every word uttered by the maiden con
firmed the suspicion of identity. Memory was
confused—it had vanished with her sight—-but
by dint of threats and promises, the woman
was made to confess that she had purchased
the girl when like herself, who owned to having
deprived her of sight in order to excite com
passion. The locality whence the child had
been taken was proof sufficient of the truth.
The princess returned home with her poor,
blind companion, and devoted her whole life to
i'r.e prospect of cure, as she had done before,
to that of discovery. But all attempts failed,
and then the mother gave herself up entirely to
the education ot her helpless charge. In this
she succeeded perfectly, and the princess is con
sidered one of the most accomplished reciters
of Uhlan and Schiller in all Germany. Before
dyins, her fcnd mother reaped her reward in
the marriage of her daughter with the young
prince, her nephew, and this consolation is the
greatest which cculd be felt by her friends.
The young princess recited, with the most
exquisite clearness and pathos, two scenes from
-Count Egmont" and "The Diver",on the em
press while the imperial lady listened entran
ced, and the large tears rolling down her cheeks
as she gazed on the wreck which the wicked
ness and cupidity of man had made one of the
most beautiful works of God's own creation.
As EXTKAOIMTSARY AFFAIR.—The Cincin
nati Gazette gives publicity to the following
statement:
A circumstance was developed in this city
a short time ago, which is, perhaps, without a
parallel, at least during the war, and which, in
all its bearings, at; well as from the position of
the parties implicated, deserves a place among
the records of extraordinary crimes. The facta
may be briefly stated thus: C'apt. Thomas S.
Bunker, of the SBtli Ohio volunteer infantry,
last September, through the iiev. J. W, Bush
ing. who, by the way, received pay for the part
he took in the transaction, managed to have big
son, who had died in the service, credited on
the quota of Darke county, O , as a substitute
for a drafted man named Cahin Moore. It
appears that the son, Charles Bunker, had en
tered the service as a substitute early in the war,
and by good conduct had been promoted to the
rank of second lieutenant, which position he
had held untii his death, which took place last
July. His father then, only two months later,
through the chaplain of the regiment to which
he belonged, re-enlisted his dead son as a sub
stitute, receiving the pay and local bounty, part
of which be gave to his accomplice. So glar
icg a piece of rascality, and so extraordinary*
transaction would not of course long remain
secret. The facts have something about them
so unnatural—if any thing that occurs may be
called by that name—that so soon as known
both parties were placed under military arrest
to await the result of an examination by court
martial.
what is better than presence of auadf
in a railroad accident I
I really couldn't tell.
I can.
What is it ?
Why absence of body, of eoerw