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Business Cavtis.
JOSEPH W TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
Will prn'i ptl> aUatil to rollertioas am! alt t>asi
ness entrusted to his caie, in Bedford and adjoining
coutC i-*s.
U.).h ,-dvi.nced on judgments, no'es, military and '■
other claims.
Has tor sale Town lots iri Ta'esvil'e, and Si. Jo- j
teph's, on Bedford Railroad Famisat.d unimprovr !
land. Ircn one acre to 150 tries to suit piirrh-sets.
(Ufice nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" and
B,nk of R<*ei! Scbell.
April 1, lh64— ly
M. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, FA.
He-pect!uily oti-is his professional services to the
public.
JJjyOlfice with J. W. I.ingenteltee, F>q , on Juli
sr:a s f te-t, two doors Soulh ol the '• .Mengei house "
Bei lord, Dec. 9, iSOt
J P. DUPBO p P r W.
ATTORNEY \T LAW, BEDFORD. PA
r. V* ooe lloot South Ol tie ..Vl-.ijj.-i H
W'nl attend piott prly '•> a I bu-itu-ss entrusted to his
Clt , hi Bed to d ana adjoining rnuti'ies
•i iv.; c al o he. n r-siul rly licensed to p'osenre
. ...t •• (Je-errm r t. px"t'r"ta '
.'jeer •• ' :.>n of Vf tllTal V cianns ot
- >i -, back pay, bounty.bounty oans,
Apt:! 1, 1?64.
ESI'Y 31 ALSIP,
ATTORNEY .IT LAW, BED FOP D. PA.
Wilt faithfully and prompt y tifi fo all bu-in*ss
ei,trusted To his caie in Bedford *• joining conn- j
ties. Military claims, back pa}', bounty, Stc.. 1
sp edjly CO lected.
Office with Mann N Spang, on Juliana street, two
doer- South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, '64.
F. M. KIMMTLL. '• W. LINOENFFLTER
KIHIFILELL h LINGEKFELTBR.
AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA
-OC/"Have formed a partner-hip in the p-actice ot
the Law. Office on Juliana stieet, twodoon South
of ttie'-Mengel House."
G ti SPANG.
ATTORNEY AT LWV. BEDFORD. PA
Wi)| promptly attend to collections and all bui- i
ress entru-te-l to b s care in Bedford and adjoining
coim'i* 1 * •
on 'uliana Street, three doors south
of the "M-ngel House, ' opposite the residence of
Mrs. Tate. " M'J 13, 1&64.
Jo n \ P~R E R I).
ATTORNKY AT LAW, RF.DFIIRD, PA.,
Rrt/trr!fully tenders h" services to the Pnbhc.
second door North of the Mengel
House
Eeutord, Aig, I, 1801-
J11 N PALMER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
rrT*VVib promptly attend to all business entrus
ted to hi- rare. Office on Jubanna Street, (near
ly opposite the Mengel House.)
Bedlerd, Aug. 1, 1861.
t. II lIIFFROTH.
AT TOR NET AT LAW. Somerset, Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the -evera!
t'ourts of Pedford county. Business entrusted to
h ; s care wili he faithfully attended to.
December 6, 1861.
F. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
Tender, his professional s-rvires to the citizens of
P. 100 IV Rim and vicinity. Office In XT dn.,r 'o 'he
hocl'ot John C Bieclt. [tune 10 1864.
J. L. MAPBOUKG-. M. D.
Having p rmaria-liTly located, re-pec'fnllv teio'ers
bie pint -sional seivices to the cilizens of Bedfotd
an i v ,ci tnty.
Office on We.t Pitt -treet, south side, nearly op
po tie the Union Hotel.
Bediord. Frbiuaiv 12, 1861.
F. M MARBOURG. M. D,
SfHRUSRORG PA,
Tende r his profes-ional services to the people of
that place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo
site th" -'ore ol John R. < olvin. in tbe room tor
merly occupied by J H-nrv Scheli.
July 1 1864.
DAVID D r FI3 UGH.
G l" \ S M I T II * BKUKOKO. PA .
Wo kshop same as formetlv occupied by John
Bord-r, ecea-ed. Riff-* a ,„t oihcr guns made to or
der. in the best s yleand on reasonable terms. Bpe
c al attention will be given to the repairing oi tire
arms. July i, 1864—1y.
BAMIRL IETTEIHIL
BF.nFORO, PA.,
hereby notify the citizens of Bedford
county, that he has moved ro fte Botougb ot Bed
foid, w here he may at all times be found by person
wishing to see hirn. unless absent upn business
pertain ng to bis office
Bedford, Ang. LIBOR
J. ALSIP & SON,
Auctionefrs & Meruiianrs,
B E D >■ 0 R 0 , PA..
Re-pectfnllV solicit consignments of Ko-ts and
Shoe-. |>r\ Goods, (Jroceries. Ciothing. and ell kin 's
oi Merchandise lor 4(J TtO\ tt<< A PRI V A 1 1. Bale,
REFERLNUEb.
Pill LA UE LP it. BEDPORD,
i'r lip Fo Si Co., Hon. Job Mann,
tfoyd v Hough, Hon. W. T. Daugherty
Aro.'nr You'.g \ Bros., B. f. Meyers.
January 1, 1864—tt.
A 3 L\V SEASATIO.Y
M (lipP Corner.
r . B F A RQUH.AR on' or.<* of best
c ores in tn- County, and is able rov* to <ff r
TKN TIIOI'SAM> D M.MKS
VVORfH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC,
o'i bouiiht before the lost oreot rise itl prices,
and will be sold cheap for ("a-h.
CT-'Oon't tail to call at Farqnbar'- before vou
pirn ha-e. J. B- FARQUHAR.
September S, ISuf.
JACOF Kern, J- SCHFLL,
KKRD WD fIIKLL
PANKERS DFALF-RS IN F.XCHA>GE,
BEOFCRO, Pi NN A.
XT-DRAFTS bcught and sold, collections made
tn ! noney promptly remitted.
Deposit- solicited.
LATIF? D'T SS GOODS
Fret ch Marino-, Thibet ("ioths. French all Wool
R-p-. Wort Defa'P.es, Popplm-, Mohnrs, Coburg,
Ani.cas—all fastnonabi* color* ch-ap, at
Dec. 4. 1864. CRAMER U CO'S.
VOLUME CO.
NEW SERIES.
Select po e t vtt . <
From the Pa'not J- Union. j
Death's Doings in the Army.
We ts-re slopped by a gazing ctovv.l one morning
in Novell.tor lrl. 11l fiun! ot the office ot the I'tid- ' '
adrlpnia fc.. The utj-ct aiirn > xciteit a<t--r. j
Ti >n a Ine in.intent Was the announcement on the
bu letiti b.i.i.d ol the i. still ot the ,■ rmy vote in (
lu--n'y Jour P. ni sy ivat.ia legimebt eituced, is it
a pp. e r it, lo 3 yuu men, about onk seventh itieir
criminal nuoiheis ! We would have i-j >ice,t to the I
oppoitunity, had it been p.iin lleij i, ( 'o ttave in- i
sCi it.ed i; rorii|lU, on Hie same board, souie suita
ble comment in Ine ioiluwing vein:
Stand back, ye m-n of the city, )
I v> something I in b to rclie.irse ,
Ami as it is >au and so'einn, j ,
Vou tuaj like it better in verse.
You tn y deetti mar a note ol triumph,
Hut 1 think it one of woe— I
I'll e Ve it toy our W.ves and 9W athearts, ,
i u say now, it it be tot •'so."
It would .mil, we have not been noting
I t e bou.b s and th- cannon's sfioi ks,
We've been bu-y at sboutine and voting
At the mighty BALLJT BOX;
And these twenty tour brave Legions,
Ad -ens. o! o! i K hr P nr.,
in <• imp hy the I o*> 'y Jsth's river.
Have tiee.n Using the rights of men.
No matter, boys, how they voted—
Though some ol us ttink perhaps,
That many were awe ! and cheated
B) a-mb ttiottg "£HOULDEK--TKAI>3 "
Wh t we note is, eecti wailike legion,
Fiom this good oil Sr te ol P-nn,
Went loith in pude with hauliers,
Full twice six HIM tiFn men !
Twelve buhdred wives and mothers,
bisters and .-werl hearts fur.
Saw mustered in seiried columns,
I he pride ol their bouseboMs there:
But like lot est trees In AuTilillll,
By trust or st"f'ii king riven,
Tho-e re-linen!- fu/l ol -oltli-r*
Have dwindled to USE 1.. bEVtN !
For each proud iving warrior,
Ol Iho-e -uiri, death--trieken hosts,
Theie hover around lh-il camp tir-s,
BIX blood-stained, tli Ting Gic-STS!
Piay, ttiu.k of it. Cbiistian pe.ipie,
V\ NO worship the Pkisce OF PEACE,
When you pa-s 'neath the tal chuich steeple,
O, piay that tills war maj cease.
, Fo ne'er of old did MOLOCH
Worse mock tt e King ot Heaven
11 ir b.oodiest sacrifice,
ldid not equal this— ONE IN SEVEN !
Professor Hihteai's Girl.
A cTooliety and contrary old chap was Joel j
Shellenbatger, a rich old tanner, a# mulish a
the donkey in his h.trn. 11-' had mad.: his way ;
in the world by the doggedest obstinacy, seiz-
I ing hold of whatever came in his way, and re- j
tabling that ti. l ! as though life depended upon
it- Joel's niuii-llilt'ss had litenflly been toe]
miking nt I,in:. though }mi might nut have con-i
si ieri-d the li-tlo po.-t old, ilii< k-.-kuiled old
UI.III as much ot a make alter ail.
Jutl liatl one son—a handsome, clear-headed, j
uitive young man—tail, straight as a young:
: larch, and as set in hi- way. wlieii lie chose lo 1
have one, as old Joel him-elf. This sou, as he i
grew up, had proved a {treat assistance to his I
lather in wo: king the tarm. and iiis services hud i
; been made must of, the old man managing to
keep him :tl home with him some time alter he |
ought to ! ;ive Inert doing tor hiiiiself. Not an
acre of his father's pus.-ne- ions was ev< r called
the son'-: lie ovv red nothing in the world save i
i u horse, winch some tn iglibor had given liitn
when ii was a sickly colt, and some sliee| ob
t tabled in much the same manner ; and the old ,
man grudged him the keeping of those.
J.iel Shellenbarger rtnd In- son Anson differed
oltv-n. hut there were two poini- in which the
■ ilitii-rcnce amounted to some thing serious.—
| The tir.-t point concerned education, for which
'i tin* oi l in-iii had the most profound contempt,
j and the son had riot. There was a College some
dozen miles from the Shelletiharg. r fat ill, and
thither, having thoroughly prepared him-cll, in
■ spue of fatherly thwarting and opposition,
j Anson betook lions.dt. ui spile of the same con
; ilnucd uppositio'i, and hy one contrivance and
another, and helped out hy Ins mothers sin ill
I marketing, kept himself there until he gradna-
S cd. .Joel Sin lleilbarger contest, d the ground
. inch hy inch, but was atrai I, in his setli-iiites-,
i to <1 ' anything more th in be o'tstiaaie, lest his
son should leave him. Ihat was the first point
of difference, and tliat was Low Anson settled
it The seCoti I was nut likely to be ot so easy
an anungenieiit.
At coil go Anson had fotmd something he
side gtiidu-.tiiig honors, lie had chanced upon
a veiv chat iningcombination ol curls and zurc
eyes—a red lip|>ed, dimple-cheeked fairy, daugh
ter ot one id the professors, who instead ol
curving her dainty lip at the homespun suit
which his poverty and his father's niggardness
compelled him to wear, never seemed to he
conscious of any tiling or anybody ei.se when -,e
w as by.
in short, Ansorr had found someone to love,
somebody that lie wanted to marry, as he grave
ly inhumed his lather. You should have seen
; the old man's eyes; it was a mercy that lliey
were last in their sockets- Here gratitude!
that Anson, having already defrauded Ins old
lather of So much of his time, was going now
tn set the seal upon hi s absurdity and disolied
ience by marrying a "town girl ! Had enough
to marry any, seeing his lather wasn't through
with liitil yet—but a town girl! He should
never consent, and every Slicllenbarger acre
should go to strangers before Yn-on should
have one, it he persisted in an idea so ridicu
j lolls.
j "And pray what harm is there in being a
i town girl?" questioned Barbie H.dstead when
1 Arisuti i >ld lid*, half laughing, li:ui vexed, and
| altogether rueful —lor, without assistance fr in
hi - fat lit r, lie could not marry Barbie for a lung
time yet-
Anson laughed again, but with some cmbar
j rassiaent, saying, "My father i* alraiJ that a
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1865.
daughter of Professor Halstead would not make !
a very good farmer's wife."
"Does lie think —f" Barbie hesitated, look
ing with siii'ling perplexity at her little white
hands, 'that these pretty hands dun t know much
about brewing and linking, etc
"Exactly ; 1 believe he thinks that."
•lln n tie thinks wrong," said Barltie, red
dciiiiig, and looking up at her lover with a com
ical little pout. ••Didn't 1 hear you say you
needed a servant at In me ' I've a mind to go'
down cnil offer tor the place.
Anson laughed again enjoy ingly.
"iVc need one badly enough, hut my father
will nut sutler one inside of llie huttsc. '
"Why, how do you live then? Who cooks
for you, now that your in itiier is unw.-ll
"We do our own cooking," Anson saiil with
a return of the half smiling, half embarrass
ed expression. We cook for ourselves or do
without."
'The very day succeeding llic one which wit
nessed tins cotivv r.-ation, Anson was at home
busy ing hi.nS at over -nine culinary operations,
when the ou side door, which sto l :•) ir, was
n •:<■•! -.v n i-hed wide op.a, and a .-iiigu.uriy
attire 1 form presented it<n-it on the Inieshoid.
It wore a red and green plaid dress, the checks
very large, a yellow shawl, and a very fruwsy
and tumbled white bonnet. A red feather,
nearly as long as Anson's arm, streamed from
one side, and within the brim H tpped the im
mense frill of a cp which clung close around
the face of the stranger. The f ice—what could
lie seen of if, was a very curious one to be iti
si le of such a bonnet and cap. Ju-t now, as
she surveyed the kitchen and Alison—herself
still unseen —the tuuseles about her mouth
twielted nervously, and her eyes twinkled with
roguish brightness.
Presently Anson looked that way.
Instantly the face took a lugubrious length,
and. coining into the rooin, the girl s.ttd, insin
uatingly, but without looking at him :
••An' would you be aft her litritT a servant'
the day f" and stood fidgeting with the liinge
of her shawl.
"I In li ve not," said Anson, coloring, with
' some annoyance, perhaps, at the nature of iris
! employ meat.
••Shore, sir, an' the lady that sint me—Lord
j hies.- It* r sw -ite eyes ' —s.ud you'd be shore to
take me on her recommendation, which I has
; ui my pocket —and here lis now.
She gave him a little note, which proved to
! lie from Barbie Halstead. Anson read it with
' very lover-like caretuhiess, but shook bis
! bead.
"I am very sorry, my good girl, but we do not
! wish to lure a servant."
"Belike your father mayn't object whin be
sees me," the girl persisted.
Aii- .ii looked at the soil.-d white bonnet and
; tiie red leal iter, and repressed a smile, wonder
ing what his father would say. Blithe was of
i too kindly a nature to lie witting lu expose even
ihi* servant to his tattler's rough maimer. He
! repeated what he had said b.toie assuring her
i thai it would be of no u.-e lo see his fattier,
i The gii 1 slod a moment. "'l' yep!ase,sur,
I'll i'l-t see him a momuit. Belike he may take
u hkin to the look u' me "
Ami before he could iep!y site had crossed
! the loom, and stood upon U:e threshold ot lite
next. Anson followed presently, curious lo
see what sort of a reception she would get.
"Shorn an' I'll do plinty niuru'u I'm worth
to vees," she was saying, with innocent ein
i pint-is, as Anson entered. She talk.-vl rapidly,
j pouring out such a torrent of words that the
old man could not by any possibility siip one
in am >ng litem, and sat regarding her with an
expression of the must ludicrous astonishment.
This remarkable volubility completely I>. fil d
the old man's slowness. He could not say a
word if he wished to, and when she concluded
at last with "1 can make flap jacks and corn
bread that'd Liiug the very eyes out iv yer head
and make ye swally yer tongue with deiight
eomeni ss. (if he had a weakness it was ior flap
jack- and corn bread.) be could only twirl his
thumbs in a s< rt of delici us awe, and n.-k
her with a cunning smile how iinicii she expect
ed to gel for doing all these things.
"Seventy-five cents a week." was the prompt
reply.
vViih a still inure cunning laugh, Judoflfir
cd her half the money. <f really to Ins amaze
ment si e ngreed at once, and he found himself,
to use hi- own expression, "in for it." To add
to I is chagrin. Anson stood hy, laughing with
intense enjoyment. But the girl, without fur
ther : do, j roceetlt d to disencumber herself of
bonnet and shawl, and vanished in the directum
of the kitcht n before anything could be said.
As slie shut the iloor she stole a ghtnee at An
son that made him start and bite his lips, and
presently be stole kitehenward also. Islie was
already at work, hantlling the broom like an
a-h te, and crumbling in Imr rich hrogue at t' e
dust tmit tiaii aceuiuuiaied in the comers; ftr
I the extent of Anson's and liis father's sweep
ing had lieen to brush the centre of the room,
somewhat the disadvantage of the rest.
She did not look up a* Anson entered; hut
he sat down and deliberately, but furtively
watched her. For some time she seemed un
conscious of his scrutiny; but presently she
turned, ami clasping both little hands upon the
top of (lie broonihandle, sai l, with a mixture
of bravado and archness too natural to be mis
taken :
"W.T, Anson, what do you think ?"
'I be young man laughed and looked annoyed
in the same I reaih.
"I'iien it is yon, Barbie f" he sai l. 'J was
1 eusp'cling something of the sort."
"Not till 1 looked at yon," said the girl rogtt-
Hilv. retreating as he approached.
' Do you think this is quite the thing. Bar
bie r
""share, an' why nn't it the thing for a poor
girl to be gettin' her livijt' daccntly and hon
estly r
! And that was all he could get out of her.
j Having acknowledged her identify willi liar-]
bit* fur an instant, she was tbe must unappruacli- j i
able "Bt Hy" tbe next, and would have iiotliing 1 ;
to sav to liiui Save in tliat clutraeler.
"D.ies your father know ot this. Barbie? !
What would he say!" persevered Anson, anx
i ms'y" I I
".Slnire, :tn, it's not me own fader would be
interlVtin wid me, would he! said lliddy, <
In vain were all remonstrances with the rogu- i
i-h and wilful git I. She persisted in being
Biddy, even to iiiui, an l niaiutaiued a distance
between thetn very difierent troin that between I
him and liar>ie in litr own proper self. An
noyeil, provoked, chagrined, almost angry, th- :
advent of his father forced him to retire from
the kitchen, for fear of betraying Barbie, which
he would not have done for a great deal. t s
If w;is several hours lie fore he could return
to the house, his father having joined him. and
upon' one pretext and another detained him.
When at la*t tin y entered together, kiicium and
sit ing room, both ol which hail been in a most
untidy stiite when they left there, had under- i
-ii,-'; a remarkably renovating process •
that o' i Joe! drew back al first, thinking lie |
had set foot in somebody else's house instead of
his own. Supper was smoking on the table— j
such a supper as old Joel, at least, had not seen j
for months. To crown all, Mrs. Siiellenbarger ;
was -siting, propped with pillows, in a great
easy chair, and looking woudronsiy contented,
and with reason —the poor lady had not a wo
man's hand about her before or since her ill
ness. They lived in such an isolated, inhos
pitable manner, that very few of their neigh
h a* even knew tliat Mrs. Siiellenbarger was
not as well as usual. Bid ly as she called her
self, had tidied the pour lady up in a wonder- (
fui manner.
I Joel Siiellenbarger sat down to the daintily
spread table, and made a most hearty and keen
ly relished meal, glancing askance at Biddy
meanwhile. Anson, si range to say, ate very
; little, and he watched Bt My askance too.
This was only the beginning of the reform this
daring giri instituted. First, however, as much
fur her t-wii peace of mind as Alison s—know
ing that mother and son were fast friends and
alwajs of one opinion—-he told her secret to
Mrs. Sheik nharger, and fairly wheedled her in
to approval. It is true that she shook tier
head at first, and looked wondrotisly shocked.
But it was so charming to have those little soft
hands fluttering about her, and see such bright
ness and comfort spring up around, that she
not, fur her own sake, help countenart- |
cing as much as silence could, Biddy's mysteri
ous presence.
I bavn't time to give you all particulars, hut
ha\i"g made a good beginning with a true Irish |
! facilitv. Biddv established herself In a very short j
time completely in the good graces of the old J
man. —He ha t :t lurking liking fo.' neatness !
an I order, ami Mrs. Shellenbaiger w t-n't a very
tidy housekeeper. Under the new reign, order
•■jew out of chaos: the li-mse seemed in holi
day garb all the time, and an atmosphere of
social cheerfulness pervaded everything.
One morning—Biddy had said something a- j
bout leaving the day before—the old man end
ed ;t grumbling complaint of Anson with "I
never seen no pood come of eddication yet.
If it hadn't a been for that college business
von might have taken a liking to a sen-ihiegiil
ami -ne to you " He glanced at Biddy as he
-poke. She turned scarlet, and came neardrop
piug ihedisli she was holding. it was not the
first time Anson had hoard such insinuations,
' and he rather enjoyed Biddy's Trepidation.
"S ■ here, father." he sai l roguishly, just
' you i>n k me out a wile, and see what w ill come
of it."
I "The only girl I know of worth having,
i wouldn't have you. I dare say —would you, j
I Biddy !" .1 oei said grumblingly, hut suddenly, j
turning then to the girl.
1 Anson was smiling maliciously. Bridget ;
O'F'iyrm liar! kept Barbie's lover at a most lan- !
- talizing and unrelenting distance all this tune !
He was taking his revenge now. Making a J
i desperate effort, Biddy rallied her confused'
- sen-es to say, with considerable self posses- j
hiun :
r "Shun*, sir. an' i-'t mas,-If that'll not bi af- j
ter bavin' any man till I'm asked "
"Biddy, will you marry me?" said Anson, j
gravi-lv. extending his hand.
"I wiii that, now," said Biddy, promptly ■
i putting her hand in his.
i Did Jot I came near choking with amaze-j
. ment. It was too late to recede, however, even j
f had lie wished t<>, as they soon made him tin- :
, d'Tstand. He went out of doors presently, :
ami privately pinched himself to ascertain il j
_ |,q wi'ie in liis senses or not. Seeing the two
| standing in close conversation o* ihe win low
s soon after, he crept with the srii e laudable in
, tent ion tuw.-o 1 them, under cover of the bnsh
-5 , es that grew by the side of the house,
i* 'Now, Barbie," Anson was saying, laugh- •
- ingly, "what is to be done next. I must say,
, you've managed wonderfully so far, but what
I do you suppose he'll say when he knows you
t are not Biddy at all ?
y ' "Not Biddy at Ml ?" screamed Joel Shelien
- I larger, struck with a sudden suspicion of he
e knew not what, as lie started out of covert.
e There stood Biddy, the white f rill of Iter close
e rap as immense as ever. She laughed, though
i- fvhen she saw hirn, and deliberately taking off
li r cap, shook her bright curls all about her
face, and reaching towards him her little hand,
d said archlv, "Shure, sir, an' ye won't be aiihcr
ha.in' a poor girl ficcanse her name's Barbie
s Ilalstead instead of Biddy O'Flynn !"
"Yon—yon i'roiessor HalsJe.ad's girl ?"
i- ' Professor Ilalstead is my father, sir," said
Barbie, in her natural tones.
•- "What's that?"
Barbie repented it.
r "And ytm are not Irish ?''
i- "Ntver a hit."
The old man stood a moment, clouds gath
ering in liis face.
WHOLE NUMBER, 10
"Well, Anson/' lie said, rather surlily, you've
outwitted me again—much good may it do ;
you. You'd I tetter get out the horses now, and !
take Halstead's girl home, lie must want to ;
see her by litis tune."
"Yes, sir." And Anson colored with min- j
gled anger and amazement.
Barbie did not change countenance, hnwev- j
er. Extending that pretty hand of tiers again, j
she said sweetly, "You'll shake hands with me |
sir ?" j
Joel Shellenbarger turned back and gave his i
liand awkwardly. The girl took it in both !
tiers, bending tier bright, arch face toward him i
and saying "I shall come back some time sir. j
Will you lie glad to see me?"
Joel hummed and hawed, and stammered out i
at last. "Yes. yes; come back Biddy —I mean
MLs O'Flynn—l mean Miss —"
"Rir'oi-/' siiggosieil tli • giri, quietly.
'Ys s. co ne back: and ihe sooner the better.
There, Anson, make the most out."
Barbie did come back, in a very few weeks, j
too, and nobody was gladder to see her than i
old J. cl. though he was a little *hy at first of j
Professor Halstead's girl —She soon made him j
forget, however, anything save that she was j
Anson's wife; and the way he humored the j
sly puss with sundry grants of money, refur- j
nishing and repairs, &c , I couldn't begin to ,
tell you. But I'd like you to see tlie Shellen- 1
burger place since Barbie has gone there to j
live. j i
Stanton's Eeport ori Arbitrary Arrests, j |
Secretary Stanton's report to Congress on j
arbitrary arrests is a remarkabledocuiu nt. It
is official, and a part of the history of this war. ; (
There is nothing alarming now. The people j t
cannot i>e alarmed. They would have no tears
for their liberties, were Mr. Lincoln to declare ! (
himself Dictator for life, by proclamation, back- I
ed by Congress and all tlie State Legislatures. '
Iut it may be admitted that the otliciai report :
of the Secretary of War upon arbitrary arrests, j
and tlie manner in which the President lias !
"used tlie extraordinary powers confided to him !
by tlie Constitution, in case of iiisurrectijn," j
presents some remarkable facts touching re- j
mark a tile transactions.
Mr, Stanton informs us that many of Ihe ar
bitrary arrests have been made by tlie Gover-j
nors of States and proves* marshals, without
any orders from or knowledge of the President.
This is remarkable—not alarming at all—but j
it is remarkable. The said Governors and Pro
ves undoubtedly got their "authority from the I
extraordinary powers conferred by the Consti- '
tutioii in ea.-e of insurrection"—powers so "ex- \
traordimiry" that ordinary people have been un
able to discover them in the Constitution, or to 1
I comprehend litem as principles at all consistent
; with a republican form of government, having
j tinee di-iiiict and independent branches, one of
winch is ilie.i udiciary. But times have chang
ed of hue. and we suppose that, under these j
"extraordinary"' powers of tlie Constitution, j
presidents and post masters, pr.ivos and press
gangs, may arrest and imprison any citizen at j
i pleasure, without even t lie formality of law. j
Mr. Stanton says that among other arbitrary
! orders, under the new and "extraordinary" j
j powirs, measures were taken to prevent the use I
j of the postolfice for treasonable correspondence i
I Tins is another remarkable use of even "extra- j
j ordinary constitutional powers " To know what j
i was treasonable necessitated the examination of j
jail correspondence—all letters; and this eer- j
I taitdy would be a very marked use of extraur- !
| dinary power. The post office, it is presumed, i
jis sacred to ail correspondence. We recollect j
* a ease tiiat occurred in this city, when the lion
Gi leon Welles was Postmaster. Officers were j
jon the track of a criminal. They watched his'
i wife or mistress, and discovered that she drop- t
| ped a Idler into the postoffice I hey immedi- j
j ately went into the office, and demanded the
[ privilege of lo >king at that letter and to open
it, for the purpose of discovering where the
j criminal was. Mr. Welles coolly replied that
| the post office was as sacred to criminals as to i
anybody—no letters could tie examined in that '
; office, except by persons to whom they were 1
I directed, that to break over this rule would be j
!to destroy the privacy of correspondence; and !
! that it would be as great a crime to open the I
' letter of that criminal as it would be to open j
i the letter of any merchant in the town. The j
j law made no disci imination, but provided for j
j the punishment of any one who should open a j
j letter, or j ry into its secrets—no matter who i
! might direct the letter, nor to whom it was di- j
: rected He would m permit the officers even j
to look at the letter. His deei-ion was right; ]
j for the moment that he had assumed that one j
; letter was (or a criminal, and permitted it to
be examined, be might also decide tiiat any
other letter contained matter of evidence rela
tive t > crone; and all le'h rs would thus besub
' cl to bis insp vtam or the prving curiosity of
j any constable of the town. But, beyond thi*,
the laws make no discrimination, protecting
"the secrets" of nil letters, whether from crim
inals or pood citizens. But this sound law and
correct principle have l>oen abandoned under
the extraordinary assumption of extraordinary
powers.
But there is now a remarkable concession.
The Secretary of War informs tho public that
"extraordinary" arrests hereafter are to be
made only by the military authorities. The
executive department of the government gives
! mitiee to the judicial department that it may
step aside w hen the military appear. — tlartf<jrd
\ Times.
fsrlt is reported that General Beauregard
has taken personal command of the Confeder
j ate Army of the Southwest, lately commanded
! by General Hood.
j C 2" t the very hour Terry and his brave
I men were storming Fort Fisher, Butler was in
Washington testifying, that it was "impossible"
to take it
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VOL. 8, NO. 32
Effects of Emancipation by War.
'i lie Albany Aiyut, in discussing Ibis ques
tion, says:
••We shall have sunk more treasure thae
would have purchased the freedom of every
black 1 We shall have wasted more lives than
all those we have emancipated I We shall
have exchanged our teal liberties, for the mock
ery of freedom we give blacks! 'That race,
loosened from its dependency, will be lost; and
in the contest with the white, will dwindle and
peiish r as the Ked man lias done.
•##
We bad 400,000 slaves when that Union
was formed, and we had nearly that number
of freed men when the Har broke out. Lett to
Slate action, to the action of individual be
nevolence, t<• the operation of agricultural wia
ciittitrv. to the influ i.ce of developed wealth
and civilization, the i-uian- ipati< n of the negro
would have licet) a reality. The man would
have become free, and the race would have
been savi d.
The Democracy believed in these modes of
human pi. gie- They rejected the theory of
the absolutism of the Stan—that creed which
has risen into such ftig!:<fii! proportions, which
is destroying all individualism of character, and
turning lreedmen into the abject subjects of a
despotism. It all was gained to freedom that
visionaries dream of. in the emancipation of
the blacks, it would be more than lost again,
in their creation of an absolute State, assert
ing all the prerogatives of an infallible church,
and wielding despotic power, to extend, in the
name of God, its bigoted creed.
If this war had been arrested, we ould
have hud, not merely emancipation, but the el
evation and preservation of the black. We
should have given the freedom he needs to the
white also. We should have extended the lib
erties of trades, extinguished monopoly and
privilege, reduced the power of the State, and
of all political bodies, to their minimum, so as
to leave the individual free. That is Democ
racy. arid that is progress.
War has reversed ail this. It has sent the
world hark on its track. It ha? substituted
force lbr reason, passion for intellect. It has
turned the pent us of men from inventions for
production, to contrivances to mutilate and kill.
It has wasted wealth and piied tiff debt. It
has exaggerated the power of States, and cor
rupted the governing class and debased the
governed.
It has lowered the prospects of all. It has
loaded the poor so they cannot rise. It has
swollen the coffers of the rich. It has made a
mockery of a Constitution whose sac redness
was the political religion of our people. In
stead of allowing the negro to be developed in
to freedom, it has wrested him by force from
hi? place, and must leave him to perbh—plant
ins the black man's grave by the side of the
red man's on the outer bottler of white civili
zation."
NATIONAL HANK SWINDLING. —The manner
in which National Ifauks are Started in the
West is completely exposed by Lord's Cincin
nati! Detector, as follows:
"A bank is organized with a nominal capital
of §3 >O,OOO. The sum of s;o'.).t>t)O is sub
sciibed and paid in. This is invested in United
States bonds, which is deposited with the Con
troller, and $93,000 in currency issued. This
is used indirectly for purchase g other bonds,
and a further installment of $91,00') is obtain
ed in currem y This is again used, other in
stallments of §73,000 in currency are received
ami so on ad i >ji at tun. Thus the hank ( tation
al) has a bona tide capital of SIOO,OOO and se
cured and deposited bonds to the amount of
$'271,000, and has in circulation note to tiie a
mount of $244*.000. Tut these together, and
we have $615,000 standing on siooo,ooo.
Now look at the profit-: Interest on bonds, e
(jaal in currency t<> $ >7.0 1); interest on etr
| eolation, at 8 per cent-, $14.640, total, s3l
- 880!"
It must be to little purp >se that tiie national
| currency is restricted to the Government notes
j now in circulation, while such corporations are
; allowed to swell the volume . f paper promises
as much as they please. W hiie such "loyal in
i siitutions in tli3 West—and no doubt in tho
j East aj well—are doing their utmost to depre
j ciate paper cuirencyand raise gold, theory still
' coutin es unabated against tiie "disloyal" gold
j gamblers" of New York, whose speculation in
• coin t? taken to be the whole source of the evil
: under which the country labors. The above
: extract will serve to show, a; is always the case,
j that all the grand swindles and speculations
upon (rovernment and people are perpetrated
1 under flic guise of the most consistent '•loyalty."
j Patriot <s• Union.
ifepln the Apocalypse there stood an old,
| pale, white horse, until the butcher, Death,
I mounted and rode out into time.
<srFrom this life, a? from dungeon-bars, wo
look to the skies, and are refreshed from sweet
visions of the home that shall be ours when
we are free.
fdyThe whole soul should march heavenward
to the music of joy and love, with well ranked
faculties, every oue cf them beating time and
keeping tune.
esrTho mind of childhood is the tendereat,
holiest thing of earth. Let parents 6tand as
watchers at the temple, lest any unclean thing
should enter.
ejrlf your wife sulks, buy her a diamond.
j There are some domestic wounds to l bo healed
j only by the jeweler.
esrOhio has ratified the unconstitutional
! constitution-.I amendment. We are glad to
I s iy that every Democrat in both Houses voted
against it.
S2pThe existence of petroleum in large quan
tities throughout the Russian empire ha? led to
; the grant of a concession by the Czar to ah rencb
I company.