T HE BEDFORD GAZETTE
FLTIUBHED EVERY FRIDAY BORMNG
by b. r. saEYEns,
tbe followirg terms, to wit:
Q-J „ E R annum, it paid strictly in advance.
j.j if paid withia 6 months ; $3.00 it' not paid
.thin 6 monihi.
~yXc- icbscription taken lor less then six months
HT'Nn p'Pr discontinued until all arrearages are
" ui.ic-s at the option of the publisher. It has
'.il ( ! ci'led bj- the United States Courts that the
of a newspaper without the payment of
if craves, is prima facie evidence of fraud and is
criminal offence.
-7" Hie courts have decided that persons are ae-
for the subscription price of newspapers,
y take them from the post office, whether they
ior them, or not.
Business Cavils.
JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
; | promptly attend to collections a-.d all busi
-5 ( 'rusted to his care, in Bedtord and adjoining ;
nti *■ i
, h ■ v a need on judgments, notes, military and i
■ i Him.
..... .ui -A.-. Tnvrn lots in Tatesville. a,id St. Jo
;.''s.on Bedford Railroad. Farms and or. improve 1
. iro:n one acre to 100 acies to suit purchusers.
Office nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" ar.d
nk of Reed ft Scheli.
April 1, 1864—1y
M. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
pictfully offers bis professional services to the
ihlic.
tfOihce with J. W. Lingentelter, Esq., on Jnli
;l -treet, two doors South of the "Mendel House."
Bedford, Dec. 9, 1334.
PJ. K. DURBCRROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAVA, BEDFORD, PA.
I Office one door South of the Menge! Hnu'-;."
I fill attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
I jrtf in Bedford xrri adjoining counties.
I Having a' o he. n regui r!y licensed to prosecute
I i n - ugaiust the Government, particular attention
be given to the collection of Military claims or
I Kinds j pensions, back pay, bounty,bounty loans,
I April 1, 1864.
I ESPY M feLSIP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.
■ Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business
I entrusted to his cate in Bedford ami adjoining coun
ts litary claims, buck pay, bounty, JStc.,
I-edi y . elected.
Office with Mann & Sping. on Juliana street, two ;
Joors South of the Mcngel House. Jan. 22, '6l.
F. M. KTMJTCT.L. J. VV. LI.NOKNFELTER !
EITISISLL & LINGENFELTSR,
I \TTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. ;
formed a partnership in the practice of j
I .he Law. Office on Jutiana street, two doors South j
of tbe "Mengel House." j
G- E. SPANG,
ATTORNEY" AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Will promptly attend to collections and all bus!- 1
n, s entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining j
[ counties. j
on luliana Street, three doors south
of the •• Mangel House," opposite the residence of i
.Mrs. Tate. May 13, 18W.
JOII N P nE E I),
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., ;
Respectfatly tenders his services to tke Pit A';*,
oS" , Office second door North of the Mengei ;
House.
Bedford, Arg, 1, 1861.
/OIL X PAL 51 E IH.
.TTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
op?-Will promptly attend to a!! business entrus
cfto his ruie. Office on Jultanna Street, (near-j
v opposite ihe dengel Louse.)
Beiiibld, Aug. 1, 1361.
4. 11. CfffMTSi
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pomersit, Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several
fcurts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to .
us tare will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, IS6I. i
F. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
Tenders his professional s-rvices to the citizens of
Bloody Run and vicinity. Office next door to the
hoiei of John C. Black. [June It), 1864.
J. L. MARBOUBO-, Iff. ST
Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
1 s pi !• rs.onal service* to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Ortic- on VV'e.t Pitt street, south side, nearly on
pn • the Union Hotel.
Bedtord, Februaiv 12, 1864.
T. M MARBOUPG, M. D.,
SCHELLSBORG. PA,
Triidca Lis professional services to the people of
th r place unc. vicinity. Office immediately oppo
site the store of John E. Eolvin, in the room ior
merly occupied by J. Heury Scheli.
July 1> 1864.
DAVID DSFIBYGi&H,
G U N S M 1 T H , BEDFORD, PA ,
Woikshop same as formei'v occupied by John
Rordt-r, er> a-ed. Rifles and o'her suns made to er
d. r, in the hot s'vie and on reasonable terms. Spe
cial ttention will be given to th>* repairing of fire
arms. July U 1864—1y.
S \1? ( K. L K ETT li U M A S .
BEDFORD, PA-,
E7-\Voiild hereby notify the citizens of Bedford
county, that he has moved ro tie Boroush of Bed
! : . where he nrray at all times t> found by persons
wishing to see hi f n, unless absent upon business
pertain<ng to his office.
Bedford, Aug. 1,1561.
J. ALSiP & SON,
Auctioneers & lonimi-'on Merchants,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Respectfully solicit consignments of Boots and
Shoe?, Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, indall kinds
of Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIVATE Sale,
REFERENCES.
1' If LLA TIE LP If J BRDFORP,
Pbihp Ford & Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Bojld & Hough, Hon. U\ T. Daugheriy
Armor Young ft Bros.,' B. F. Meyer*.
January 1, IS64 —tt.
A AE %Y
At Cheap Corner.
J. B. FARQUHAR has bought out one of the best
B'ores in the County, and is able now to ofter
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC,
uil bought before the last great rise in prices,
and will be sold cheap for Cash.
tT7"Don't tail to call at Farquhar's before you
purchafe. J. B. FARQUHAR.
September 8, 1864.
JAOOE REBTI, j. J. ScliELI.,
KEED AND SfHELL,
BANKERS FC DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PF.NN'A.
K7~DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made <
arid money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
French Merinos, Thibet Cloths, Fiench all Wool
Repi, Wor.l Delaines, Popplins, Mohairs, Coburg,
Alpacas—al! fash'-mahle rolors - cheap, at
Dec. 2, 1 S3F. CRAMER & GO'S
VOLIfIE GO.
NEW SERIES.
£s £ 1 cc i poetry.
WHY HOTENLIST?
A St .'NO KCH ST AY* AT-HOME I'ATEIOTS WHO YO" 1>
TI R> 2'OIT I.INCOI N . | I
\VI y don't 1 enlist ? Ab, ycu see, li
I have rersons that answer mc- well; c
But tk re is r v neighbor, young C, : l;
Why he stays r.o pi son can"tcl'! • }"
So hearty and ruggeu and brave, , l
And little to do here, we know ; ; ti
He hasn't a house nor a fielrf, n
And there isn't a ieaso.l tu show. ; v
■
' Tis true, he has a pretty young wife, . ;]
With a sweet little bab in her aims,
Eut shall man risk the Nation's dear life
Because a fra;i woman hath charms I
Ah, if he comprehend our need,
II i 3 wi!e and his babe would be kissed, j I
lie would tear their white arms from his neck,
And ccroe promptly up and enlist. t
But I have a farm nnd a house, j i
And tattle and sheep cr, the bills,
Ho w can I turn from profit and loss j
To think of a sick Nation's ills? : i
What money I'd lose it I went — j i
V.'hat chances of traffic and gain!
Then think of the comforts of home*
And the camp and the carnage and slain. 1
i
Eut there is young Truman Lebloss, i
j Whose mother is widowed and old, , 1
And he has hut litthi to do,
Since their farm by the Sheriff wa? sold ; <
I If he should enlist and get shot, j '
; As many a one h. s before,
i 11L mother could come on the town.
Ar.d ask alms at the wealthy man's door".
'Tis shameful such fellows as he,
Should turn a deaf ear to the call; ' i
That some should be slain by the fire
I Cannot be the fortune of all !
i If I only stood in his shoes,
VV"i*h no fortune or kin to piotect,
If I faltered to shoulder toy gun,
1 ought to be shot for neg'ect.
1 am ready to cheer the old flag
i And toss up my cap in the air—
j Bo long e- it costs r.ot a cent
By the Union I'm re idv to swear !
; Let the bloou of the nation flow out.
Like a to vanquish its foe,
i,':t v-arh miliar aad brother turn nut.
(But the doctor says 1 cannot gu!)
Eow the Monoy Goes.
The current experts of t lie Federal Gov-j
; era merit arc not ! *es than Three Millions of
t Dollars per day, or over One Thousand Mil- j
lions per Annum. About one million per day !
is rn: Iby t:i.-cation, in addition to the heavy :
cost of supporting oar state and local authori- t
j lies, Roads, Schools, L'ublio Charities, &c. Ac., 1
leaving gome two raSfions per day, or seven I
. i hundred million- per annum to be added to
i our vast nati ma! debt. This money we are in
! part borvoy : ,v.i in Europe at the rate of fifty ;
1 cents cut:. - dollar —that is, we get fifty cents ;
| for every u ;ilar we t.-eomise to pay —and so are
i agreeing to pay two c diais for one, with ten
ito twelve per cent interest; and a good
I mil."" of our own people refuse to lend to their
| government at even these monstrous rates. —_Y. j
; Tribune.
! Election in Lancaster—A Democratic Vic
■j' torj and gain.
So anxious were the abolitionists to carry the
! city election in Lancaster, that they had the
Legislature pass a special act to allow citizens j
| to cast proxy votes for soldiers in the service, j
| thinking that would Le'j> thorn; hnt the tcT -
; graph tells how they came to grief:
i LANCASTER, Pa., Feb. 7. —Sanderson's ma-
I jority for Mayor is 27 3, a gain of 148 over the
municipal election of last year.
AN AFIT!CTIN INCIDENT —A story is told of
tiie colonels of two regiments cngag. J at Mis
sion lli lge. They had been classmates and
chums at vVaterville College, Maine, but when j
! the war broke out one went with the South
i nnd the other rem lined true to the Union. —
i They were both mortally wounded in this bat- !
i tie and after ti • lighting was over a mutual
| friend found ti. .;i lying side 4>y side on the
! bat'ie field with their right hands clasped, and
; both dead. Ti;ey had evidently recognized,
i each other after being wounded, and the old
j ties of friendship ha 1 asserted their supremacy,
i and together their spirits had passed into the
. i eternal world. Side by side, in the same grave,
j they sleep their last, sleep,
j
(gj-Oen. Hanks has laid a document before !
j the Senate, in which lie speaks of '"the appal
j ing mortality" among the negroes in Louisiana,
i His figures show that ah >ut 300,000 of thcrn
have lull n victims to Northern philanthropy.
I Think of that, ye Puritan wretches! In a sin-;
' g!e State, Lincoln has freed three hundred thou
' sand poor jic : /roee to death ! We suppose it to be
j safe to say that this a tministration has, in less
i than four years, slaughtered a million of white
; men, and n million of blacks. Neither God
| nor men can show mercy to the Puritan scoun
drels who have done this deed! I)o they not
deserve to be execrated here, and damned here
after ? For our own part, we have taught our
souls to abhor them, and we mean to teach our !
children to do the same.-— -Old Guard.
g-jrThe IK w Confederate conscription act ex
* empts "one editor for each newspaper which 1
was published at the time of the passage of
the t, and such practical printers and press
men as said editor may certify on oath to be ,
1 i indispensable to the publication of such news- ;
' i paper." Davis is more clever to the fraternity j
' than "Father Abraham."— Day Book.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 186 ft.
WINE'S WORK.
"Promise me, Charlie." r
She was leaning playfully over the back of e
lis chair, looking down into his face.—By "she" I
I mean Mrs. Gale; and "Charlie" was her hus- c
band. He had just settled himself for a quiet c
aftc: din.-.:" civic, liu* Mrs. Gale had mi:- •
chievctisJy snatched it rrom Lis hawk threaten- s
i,;g to withold it until be gave her the desired v
jTumisc. And now she laid one baud caress- i
ingly on his lbrehca-l, and stealing the oth r
under his chin she looked archly yet half ear- -
neslly down into the davk detps of his eyes, \
with her tender blue one.) as she repeated : s
"Pr .-mise me, Ch'.rlie, now do ; tlmt's a i
dear."
"Nonsense, Virgii-. ' t
And he tried to put away her hand. v
••Oh, Charlie," reproachfully. c
"IMuiw ! do let me ,< o. You'll choke mc,"
he saiii, half impatiently
"And so I will," she cried merrily,'"it you g
do:,"i promise me, tins very minute, not to drink
anything stronger than pure cei l water at Un- i
c!e Logan's to-nigh'."
And forthwith she made a srna'l but savage !
attack upon him, pulling hi 3 head back as far j
as she could get it, and making believe to clutch s
him by the throat with intense mock fury.
• Stop. Yirgie, Stop! Why, what are you a
bout. Only let m- getNdear, and I'll pay you 1
for this little mischief! There now, yuu'il put !
out my eye? with that pin in your -kievc. Oh, i
murder ! my face! Ii! promise. Chi ye? —any-
thing !" . . i
And she still persevered in this spirited mode
of enforcing an arunment. He shouted out: I
"Yes, yes, yes! There, now, I hope I have :
promised often enough to saujfy ycu."
"On your honor ?"
"Certainly. Yes, of coarse." ,
"Oil, sir. I thought . could I l ing you to terms.
Recollect you have said Yn your honor.' I i
shall hold you to your promise."
And she came around and seated herself on ]
his knee v-.-ry demurely indeed, after tlie man
ner of netted young wives when they have just
gained a point. i
"You saucy little pu-s, how dare you ? And
just see how you've scratched my face!"
"Shall I kiss it, and make it well ?" she ask- j •
ed playfully. And then while her face grew j
earnest in its phm 'ing expression, she added : !
"Oh, ( huriic, you do not know how anxious j
I have felt about this parly ever since wo j
decided to go. They always Ir.ve sut-ii a gay !
tim-i at Uncle Logan's. Aral you know dear, j
though von would not do a wrong thing - r < r- '
Si If. how cay it is lor cb r.puni -hs la'fhah so Crh
go too far, fcrcaase you ar< such a dear good ;
natured case. But cow that you have, promis- |
ed tn -, I feel quite cay. Ami, dear, don't for-1
get, vvii n the by? Lain togs! too gay, to}
come up stairs to me and L iby."
And ho proaf. '
Going out to ag evening party at Uncle Lo- j
gan's was no noall uuair, co. uiering, it was j
good five miles rid - from Gh-cduie out into the
country, over rough roads, with Maple Creek—
swollen by recent rains, and flowing wild and j
dark within its banks —to be crossed. .Ho it j
was still cariv of a clear, frosty evening, when
Yirgie came e-.< lipp i . ' tbe ride.
"Here, Ilcster, held the baby. Now Char
lie —"
Ar.d giving him her hand she placed her foot
in his other, and sprang lightly ialo the saddle.
; "Now give !.; :i to mo.''
The idea of such a mother-bird as Yirgie
going away live miles to sprnd ti.e evening ar.d
• leaving her baby, would have been pronounced |
insanity, if any one had been absurd enough to t
propose it to her. - j
"Dear little Ic'f.ow, 1.-.-.v bright he looks 1 '
she said, fondlv pulling down one corner of the
shawl. "He a. Cburitel"
! And the lit lie one gave a soft coo, in answer
to papa's in -try chirrup, a> h? looked into the
iiugc. bundlo of shawls, and patted the tiny,
rosy face, just p-i-c-pi-rr out of it- song eoclo- j
-"arc. _ _ 1
Then, after mamma had given her parting j
: directions to 11 ater —promoted tube house •
keepet in missus' absen — they started off, the
li' r !:f, crisp .-now crackling unuor the Icet ol
their hor?< .-.
• ( ice Charlie to rac, Yirgie,'' her husband
said when they reached the creek and rrined in !
i their horses upon its bank.
"Keep close to me," he added, and not an- |
o'her word was spoken until they had reached
the opposite bank; for the fording of the creek,
in Us present condition was a diilicuit, almost
dangerous undertaking.
"I do hope the moon will be up when we
come," said Yirgie. Then added, anxiously,
as he again deposited the child in her arms,
"the creek is deeper than I thought, and real
ly it would be dangerous to cross in the dark." j
Lights were glimmering from the windows j
as they rode up to Uncle Logan's gates ; and j
1 tbe number of horses and vehicles already , !
i congregated around showed that the invited}
gnosis of the Ciiristmas eve party were already |
beginning to drop in. Aunt Lizzie came out j
to the door to meet them, and took the babe
from Virgie's poor, tired arm-.
"Ik-member, Charlie," she said imploringly
laying her head upon his shoulder as they were J
on the point of separating. She, for Aunt
Lizzie's comfortable room above stairs—lie, for
the society of bis boon-companions.
"Never fear forme!" and he went gayly
away.
Alas! for the promise made to the fond
crciliiloits wife, sitting up stairs in the quiet
matronly circle with her bane on her knee,
so proud and happy —for i' sVas her lir?t child.
And wiiat young mother fails to appreciate
the dignity of her position at such a time.
In icss than half an hour, Charles Gale had
forgotten his promise, wife, child, everything,
nnd again and again his gla.-s was filled, and
his voi - t raised in riotous chorus with the
loudest.
The night waned, and the guests began to j
disperse Yirgie sat in the dressing room ali .
ready for the ride, h..iuing in her lap what seem- j
oj to b • a huge bundle of blanket? and shawls,
but wh rh was in reality little Charlie, who '
curled up in his warm nest fast asleep, with ;
one little fat thumb in his mouth.
"I wonder what makes Charlie so lata';"
she sab! At las!, impatiently. "Aunt Lizzie,
will you 1 lease c i nd for him. and say I'm wait
ing ?' '
He at length. Rut the first words he
spoke told i . She knew at once that he
was into.-- ..'.•H, though to otfaeis only a vary
slight el vi.. ici-.t Wste ; tisM- appear ed onus- j
ual abov. him.
( A 1 shame I She hardly dared to speak j
to him.' All .r th .tight was to get Lima- j
way bv-re he betrayed his condition to other
eye?.
• Hi' . me the child," he said. j
And she did ?o, she felt his arm was un-:
steady.
"Oil' f d.-re r.ot trust the baby with him," f
was her thought, but she remained silent. . -
Silo c uM not bear that those around should j
know t.-< moi d.lying truth.
"I dv> visli you would stay all night, Yirgie," j
spoke An:H Lizzie, renewing her entreaties. — :
"It's so late, and it is growing colder."
Yicgi. thought of the dreary five miles ride,
with a dsunken husband, and then the creek!
She ha 1 hjkire refused to stay, but now shot
thought ' ".or of it.
"io ' oil Jhtnk of it, Ciiarlas—liadnt
we li t stay?" she a k§d persuasively.
But ii'-uor bad made him sullen.
"No, must, go home," he said, surlily.— ;
She know it would avail nothing to urgue the 1
matter : h him, but only load to a painful;
. ; gur. : so she commenced making her a
dieux.
Br do * of gentle coaxing she induced him
to eive 1 !>- ■" to h-r before they started.
A.; tk.-' rotle away Uncle Logan shouted out j
to them ~
"Look out L the creek?"
Virgo - : iuv. oa too iieavy for a reply 'on*
Citai ; .e - '. ..dM ;k with maudlin chcerfulne--: .
"Ail rig!-..
As ; rode on, she enw thai he was sink
ing into .. drunken stupor' Ob. if they wore!
only -a:-, ur home, howgla3 she would be! And j
i'.-.-rt thc.'-vht of the .vide creek u-t t > bei
forded r-. d ev.:y breath was a prayer. She j
deter mi •; i not to let him have the child when '
tb-.-y r. a.r tc Tr: ct -ring; but to trust to her j
firm snti ' ar.rv 1; ■: •-;! and t'ue babe through, j
She - would not think to ask her for
in ca.-c he shouH when they catna in sight of
the water.
The moon shone down, making it almost
a- bright as da v. \ irgi • thanked God for that
but she shuddered t,.- the roar of the waters fell
en i. r ear, an.l slie saw it foaming white in
the moonlight, ! ■ it swept in a strong current
ove—the r-.-ck?.
Cimrlcp rouse I LimaeU'.
"W-.er.Y the boy f he asked.
; \ ? iiiind, i ! he's asleep, and I don't
like to disturb bin I can carry him over, I
am strong enouy.fi Mr it."
What ii; if.c woman thinking of? You oar
ry lam ov r, indeed ! (live him right straight
here to me!"
"But Char! ', v.-u are not in a condition to
hold him. I shall be thankful if you can guide
your horse over safely as you are."
"Ha ! Yfhat do you mean by that?"
She made him no answer.
"Do you take uie for a foul' he said rough
ly And angrily.
"Now Charles, don't do so ' You know
your nrm is ve.q in. teady, just now. It is in
dued !"
"Ah, I un-.l - and you now. Ho, Madam f
snpnose you ti..nk I'm drunk
Again she was silent.
"Give me the child!" he said fiercely.
•-0 Charles! For God's sake —"
"Give him to me, I say! Do yon think to
brave nc . o ? Give him here this minute."
Resistance, sh 1 knew, was useless. It would
( ;;!v serve 11 injuria. '.e Lim, and what will not
a drunken man do .-
"IVait till I fix him," she said, hut her voice
was unnatur: ;iy uuivt.
Uncov.il.'.r the little sleejHtig face, she kiss
ed it on. ,- —then drawing the thick blanket
closer over the sliawl which enveloped the Ut
ile figure, she COY red the .'ace again, and gave
him into her husband's arms.
"Charles ! For the love of God be careful."
| "Don't be a fool!
| So they plunged in, and she did not take her
Cj'cs from the other two, until they had reached
the opposite bank. Then her horse stepped on
' a stone, and, slipping, nearly precipitated her
into the water ; when her attention was-again
free they had reached the opposite bank.
"There lie is!" said Charles triumphantly,
as he placed the bundle in her arms.—"What
a simpleton you were to think I could't bring
hini over safely!"
flow very light it was! Good God! Sue
moved it about in her arm-' —pressed it closer,
i and then uttered an awful shriek.
In his drunken unconsciousness Charlie had
let the sleeping infant slip out of the blanket,
and nothing could he heard above the deafening
roar of the waters. He (hd not know it till
the mother screamed.
There was no help ! Oh ! it was pitiful, heart
breaking! My Charlie! O my child !
Both turned simultaneously back to the \va
(er. The quick eye of the-mother was just in
rime to catch one last brief glimpse of a little
rosy, pitiful upturned face—and then it disap
peared down the current, and the rapid waters
Ilowed on!
The home of the Gales is very still now,
Virgie's pale face seems paler yet, contrasted
with her black dress. The cradle looks so des
olate. standing always hack in one corner of
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■ the nursery. She never passes it without hav
ing her heart wrung anew, and she will sit for
| hours, folding and unfolding the little clothes
■ and her hands linger lovingly among them. —
There is a pair of liny worn shoes in the draw
er of her work table, and a lock of fair, soft
baby hair in the great Bible.
Let us hope that Charles Gales is a better
though a sadder men, for at the temperance
meeting held the week after that sad event, he
| was the first to come forward and aign the total
• abstinence pledge.
.GENERAL UUI: 8 *
; And the Fifty Thousand Dollars in Gold.
The fourth il of Commerce, in an editoriaf on
; the recent revelations in regard to this subject.
' says :
| Judge Edwards Pierrcpont, who has long been
I well known to the public on the bench and in
his profession as a lawyer, as welt as his asso
-1 ciation, under the orders of the present admin- j
islralion, with General L>ix, on the commission
j relating to prisoners of State, has published a
; letter to the Speaker of the House of Repre
i sentatives in reply to the defence of Gen. But
; ler, which was made in the House by a Mas.su
: chusetts Representative. This tetter presents a
5 series of astounding facts —astounding only to
those who have been in the dark en this sub- >
ject —about the fifty thousand dollstfs in gold,
| which Gen. Butler appropriated 111 New Or
; leans, and of which very little that trm
: but a great deal of falsehood has been publish
, ed. Judge Pierrepont's character alone is sutf:-
: c-ient to give tire highest importance to his state
ments, bat he docs not leave the reader to de
pend on his unsupported statement:' He pub
lishes the whole correspondence which has ta
ken place on the subject between himself and j
: General Butler, and the history, a-, furnished j
by General Butler's admissions and e-.intradie- j
tor/ statements at different iim i> tav.t r.v
. inarkable. We have not space to go over the
; whole history. A brief statement is all that'
vvc can make. It appears that Mr. Smith, of
' the lirm of Smith & Co., bankers, was a loyal
. Union man, a banker iu New Orleans, who liu 1
' accumulated a fortune by bonef. injur r.y, nr '
that, on ili; approach of the Federal troops,
j fearing uiohs, riot and plunder, he coficeaku
the gold, which was his own private property,
: the result of years of labor. Judge Fierrcpont
! emphatically denies and disproves a statement
! published i . a New York paper the other day,
j that this g hi WKS '-proceeds of a rubbery of
j the United Stat--- Mint." Ho shows clearly
enough that it was the private robbery of .Mr.
Ny#- - 1 .• .y . •' ... th :-ro ■
than,"that Bnth'-r b . .he* books of dibit?:
i amine], and finding that he had gold, iqaprisbn
! Ed him until he divulged the place of its eon
| cfalment, whereupon he sent and seized it-
Gen. Butler admits taking the money. Then
; commences the complication. The ouestiun
1 is, what did he do with it 9 The answer is,
■ that 1. has it to this d.s, ! V/hat ? exclaims
the reader: did he not pay it over to the gov
j eminent . hi >. Did he not use it to pay troops?
1 No. DM iiC a--' expend it on government ac
count : No. . Is it not mixed up in his accounts
lin s >me way? No. It was two years and nine
months ay . and he has not accounted to any
one. government or individual, up to this day
for liie '.-00,000. It suddenly disappeared. It
1 vanished from public and private view. It was
: in Smith's vault, of which the masonry was
j broken down to enable Butler to get at it, and
; from the time it left that vault it has not been
seen, nor has it appeared in any account or
memorandum of account of Butler with gov
' eranient or any one else. Butler now admits
that he lias I*. Rut di j he always admit as
i much?
i Judge Pierrepont produces a letter from the
Treasury Department, under date of April 2,
t862, which states that '"An examination of
the re: ■ rt made to this department by General
Butlerdi- ' cvs the following facts: thats3o,ooo
in coin In the pos.-• - ion of Smith & Co.. was
seized by General Butler, and by hi in appro
priated towards paying the army." N> it seeffis'
that General Butler reported that he had Used
this gold to pay the army, ltd tfcre i'- :< <••' it
i word of truth in this report and Butler has long
since abandoned that story. lie has been urged
| again a; .: g-.in to pry • ntirtey over to the
1 government, but declines. The reader of the
letter of Judge Fierrepont, which is printed in
pa aphict form, will oe amused at the sharp
dodges of the Lowell lawyer, and the ingenuity
' with which he succeeds in evading Judge Pierre
pant's frank and confiding attempts to induce
him to disgorge this money, either to the gov
ernment or to Mr. Smith. For the Judge re
ally seems for a year or so to have had eonfi
dence that Butler might be induced to pay over
tiie money. But finally he was compelled to
sue him here 111 New York. And then foli.uv
| ed a tunny incident illustrating the game of con
fidence which is played on sotae newspapers by
"special despatches." Butler left New York
for Washington Nov. loth, and reached there
on the 16th. On the next morning, the 17th,
the Tribune published "special" from Washing-
I ton, as follows:
| "The Copperhead attachment for Gen. But
-1 -'s New Orleans gold will have to penetrate
the vaults of the United States Treasury be
fore it will oe forthcoming, every dollar being
in the keeping of that department."
j The Tunes on the same morning also had a
special saving:
i. "It is proper to say that the gold referred to
; is iu the Treasury of the United States, and
' that the plaintiffs must seek redress, if they
feel aggrieved, against the government and not
against General Butler."
Another paper, friendly to Butler, had asim
; iiar '"special." Wo can imagine Juug-3 Fierre
pont's astonishment when he read these bold
falsehoods. He had been working bard for
. more than a year to persuade Butler to pay the
money into the United States Treasury. That
was all Mr. Smith or his counsel wanted hitu
Hates of £Uumtising.
On* square, one insertion, *1 *>
One square, three insertions, 1 s®
One square, each additional insertion 5"
:j months. C months. 1 year.
One square, $4 50 st> 00_ $lO 00
Two squares, 600 900 16 00
Three squares, 800 12 00 20 00
Half column, IS 00 25 00 40 00
One column, 00 00 15 00 SO 00
Administrators and Executors' notices, $3 00.
Auditor's notices, if under 10 lines, $2 50. theriti *
sales, $1 75 per tract. Table work, double the
above rates; ligure work 25 per cent, additional.
I Estraya.Cautions and Notices to Trespassers, $2 00
j lor three insertions, if not above 10 lines. M*r
j liage notices, 50 cents each, payable in advance.
Obituaries over five lines in length, and-Rcsolutions
of Beneficial Associations, at halt advertising rates,
payable in advance. Announcements of deaths,
gratis. Notices in editorial columns, 15 cents per
line. CTT-No deductions to advertisers o! Patent
Medicines, or Advertising Agents.
i jgr?wpa-imin'iiin—r
VOL. 8, NO. 31
to do; and the coolest deception imaginable
! was practised by the correspondents of these
j three papers in assorting that the money was
jin the Treasury. It would delight the heart
' of M". Smith to know that there was a pros-
I pect of it# ever pelting there-. But doubtless
; the/oad:r> of tin Tnbum and Timet beliew to
j this hour that I'ullei paid, over the gold to the
| United Slates Treasury, and that the proceed
j ing against him is of political or "Copperhead"
; origl.i. We recommend t!.-<.• pamphlet ci Judge
j Pi.nvpcnt to all who desire to look into the
, hi-b rc of an evident general ot vuiun
;? . . e'v ■ in any light oisciosu:*es ave
i .flatly suggestive.
A Smart Trick.
A v y smart trick has been detected on the
Canadian borders, by which the revenue of the
United States was defrauded. An individual
has built Ids house directly on the line, so that
the north door is within Canadian territory ami
I the south <loor in that of tiw* I nited States,
i British dutiable goods pass freely into the nortli
j door, an i are slipped out of the south door for
• use in the United States. This smart doJge is
' abort to !..• stopped by a law of Congress, by
which the fact of building ttpon the boundary
line will of itself be assumed as evidence of a
purposi to smuggle, and the revenue officers
wi 11 be empowered to enter and search the prem
ises and sieze the good '.
7 : iters IN 1' u xoniOAtis.—By announce
ment -f the Passenger [Railway companies of
Philadelphia a vote was taken in the ears last
Monday and Tuesday, for and against negroes
riding la il' cars. Tickets were supplied by
the comprnic :. The vote shows about nine
tenths of the t>* *.•••: rs against Sambo riding
jin titfl cars wt H white people. The Press ot
i the is* instant says.* "Ladles and gentlemen
i rc-fr.-'c.l to receive tickets. Common peoplo
v. ur!/ edacation in morality and polite
ness had been sadly neglected, were anxious to
! cast a vote." These same "common people"
j are t; - s one the Press and its irieuus labored
! > liui-1 wi;:i last fall to get them to vote for
j iio-oln.- Then no word was sufficient to cx
j ? rcss their virtues; but no v when they refuse
i to swaao.Y toe in-irothey ax?f 'common people"
i wl: > lark * i mrality and "politeness."
1 Th.j *i~ f about the negroes in the cars can
:b: ■ . nrx-angad. Let t.bere be -eparate cars
put on fir the negroes and abolitionists, where
i they can ride together without being molested.
'{ Let the cars be painted black, and drawn by
| black horses, todistiogu' .h them from the white
U'l A tea
:ot at ii> * luklyn navy yard daring ti.e past
week, reiiti'iog out of a reduction of the wages
of the employee# in son;a ci the departments.
Toe pair.t rs bave leer, at dawn seventy five
i j cents per day, and the coopers and sail waiters
;la like proportion. The workmen do net take
• kindly t .oe i! Taction, and have ventured to
pre*!. : to t; • authorities at Washington. They
. have sent a special messenger to look after their
I interests, but the result of bis mission has not
i j been disclosed.
i tjv-At Providence, Rhode Island, last year,
i the transactions iti printing cloths amounted to
, 2,697, T< pieces, a railing off from the previ
. | ou3 year of 1,285,650 pieces. To show* the
1 extraordinary rise in prices, it is stated that
i printing cloths that sold for four and three
i fourth cents per yard on January Ist, 1861,
J sold for nine cents at the beginning of 1862,
j fourteen and one-fourth cents in 1863, sixteen
.! and three fourth cents in 1864, and twenfy
-1 seven cents on January Ist, 1865.
C." A refugee from Texas estimates that 2,000
wagons are employed in taking cotton to the
| Rio '. ramie, carrying back implements of war
&e., info the interior of Texas. These wagons
j are used for the transportation of cotton for
i the rebel Government, are new and made at
j Philadelphia. Some 2,000 have recently been
.j received at Mainmorts. The officers of Max
iroiliia't are friendly to the rebeis and send de
: sectors back to their tines.
! sai 1 a landlord to his new
* girl, "' hen there's bad news from Washington,
r ar.y b*v. new a. t rf :r!v private afllciions,
1 alwavs let 11. • boarders know it. before dinner.
I; t.. -.* re-'ta rtran::e, ionric ::t, iiut such little
i tl.l .•> tn s.k : a great .llif-irenee i . eating in the
course of a \ ear."
erThe Excbang • Hotel, at Hollidaysburg,
was burned to the ground on Thursday morn
ing last. The house was full of guests at tho
time, all of whom escaped without injury.—
A large number lost all their clothing and
sums of ntoner. Loss about $4,000 , no in-
J sura nee.
OS"A man came into a printing office to beg
! a paper. "Because"' said he, "we like to read
j newspapers very much, but our neighbors are
all too stingy to take one."
S3* Great as you may be, the cradle wa3
your world once, and over it, the only hori
zon you beheld, bent the heaven of a moth
j er's eves, as yon reeked in that little barque
| of love.
j carA Connecticut man has invented a watch
, I which is simpler in its mechanism than ordinary
i wat he?, and will run 378 days with once wind-
'"g- •
CTTC'onsider health your best friend, and
think as well, of it, in spite of all-its follies, as
' you cart.
j G3~Why is swearing like a ragged coat*
• i Ana.—Because it is a bad habit.
1 ■ csrAH women are good—good for something
j or gooil for nothing.
; j SSrYou should never wink at faults, and not
i too often at the ladies.