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it they rake them frotn t'ne post office, whether they
subscribe for tbem, or not.
jGtisinesß Carls.
JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly attend to collections ot bounty,
bick pay, lpc., and all business entrusted to bis care
in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Cash advanced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo
hn's, on Bedford Railroad. Farms and unimprovei
land, frotn one acre to 350 acres to suit purchasers.
Office nearly opposite tea ".Mengei Hotel" a;:d
Bank of Reed 5c Scheti.
April 1, IS6s—ly
EDWARD F. KERR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PI.,
Will punctually and carefully attend to a'l Ousii.ess
entrusted to his care. Soldiers' claims for bountv,
bck pav, Sec., speedily collected. Office with H.
JLcodemus, Esq., on Juliana street, nearly opposite
lie Banking House of Reed Sc Scheli.
April 7, 1865.
JO H"BTTT K E A G Y ;
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will promptly attend to ail legal business entrusted
to his care. Will give special attention to claims
against the government.
Office on Juliana Street, formerly orcuj ie<! by
Hoa. A. Ring. March 31, tS6O.
M. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully*otters his professional services to the
public.
with J. W. Lmgentelter, E;q., on Juli
ana s'reet, two door- South of the '• MengH House."
Bedford, Dec. 9, 1801
J R. DURBORROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
s.l. jiitt -jooi South of the "Mengel House."
vv'ili a.i-no prompt./ to all business entrusted 'o bis
care in Bedford and cdjoining counties.
Having also been regularly licensed to prosecuta
claims .gainst the Government, particular attention
will be given to the collection of Military claims of
all kinds ; pensions, back t ay, bounty,bounty loans,
&ic. ; April 1, 1364.
ESPY M- AlsßtF,
ATTORNEY A'T LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business
er.tru *d to his caie in Bedford and adjoinipg coun
ties. Military claims, buck pay, bounty, he.,
speedily collected.
Office with Mann St Spang, on Juliana street, two
doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, '64.
F. M. KTMH*r.L. J. W. LiSGKNFELTER
KIffiHIELL k LINGESPELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
tormed a partnership in the practice of i
tV- Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors booth j
the "Mange! House." _
G ST. SPANG
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA. j
Will promptly attend to collections and all busi- j
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining j
counties.
C3"Offiee on Juliana Street, three doors south
of the "Mengel House," opposite the residence of j
Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1864.
JOII Jf P E E I>-
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Respectfully tenders his services to the Public.
[E?*Olfice second door North of the Mengel
House-
Bedford, Atg, 1, 1861.
JOil \ P\ L .11 SR ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA j
promptly attend to ail business entrus I
ted to bis tare.
83~ Faiticular attention paid to the collection of j
M tary claims. Office on Julianca Street, (neai- i
lv opposite the Mengel House.)
' Bedfsrd, Aug. 1, 1361.
i H CL'FFROTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several j
Courts or Bedford county. Business entrusted to ;
t:s care will be iaithfully attended to.
Dtcembtr 6, 1861.
F.C.DOYLE, ML D.,
lenders iris professional services to the citizens of j
B ooiy Run arid vicinity. Office rwxt door to the i
Hotel of John C. Black. [June 10, 1864.
J. L. MAREOURG, M. D.
Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
bis professional services to the citizens of Bedford
ani vicinity.
Office on Juliana street, east side, neariy oppo
s*te the Banking Hou'e of Reed h Scheil.
Bediorii, February 12, 1864.
F. M. MARBOURG, M, D., ~
SCHEI. LSBURG. PA,
Tenders his professional services to the people of
thi-t place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo- 1
•ite the store of John E. Colvin, in the room for
merly occupied by J. Heriy Scheli.
July 1, 1864.
BiflC R L KRTTIR >1 li.
BEDFORD, PA.,
Cf7*Woiild hereby notify the citizens of Bedford ,
county, that he has moved ro the Borough of Bed- i
'where he may at all times be found by persons j
hiding to see him, unless absent upon business]
ps uning to his office.
Bedford, Aug. 1.1561.
J. ALSIP & SON,
Auctioneers & Commission MerctUDD,
BEDFORD , PA.,
kespcclfnlly solicit consigmcents oi Boots and
4toe-, Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, ..nl ail kin-hs
w Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIVATE Sale,
REFERENCES.
CIIILAUSLPIIIr BHBFOBD,
: P Ford \ Co., Hon. Job Maun,
- Hough, Hon. W. T. Daugherty
• u-g ,v f?ro=., B. F. Meyers.
1, 1 -,64—t1.
Bkot, J.J. SCHBLL,
BIiED SfHELL,
' ''• R* R DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, I
I BEDFORD, PENN'A.
- . Au. : soid, coliectioiia made
"/ pfo.'ifitiy roKiitted.
s. .cited.
' J. G MIWHICH, JR.,
iii,MISTS,
__ BF-DP'ORD, PA.
Ij' -in the Bank Budding, Juliar.n Gt. |
T'ratioru. pertaining toiforgieal or Mechan
" tistrv caretully and faithfully performed.
' nl W' ranted. I
□ Tfems—CASH. i
oe -ford, January 6, 1565,
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VOLUME 60.
NEW SERIES
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OIL ON THE BRAIN.
BY KASfTIiCISN.
The Yankees boa-t that they make clocks
Which "just beat all creation
They never made one couid keep time,
With our great speculation.
Our stocks like clocks, go with a spring,
Wind up, run down again ;
But all our strikes are sure to cause
Oil on the brain.
Cuoacs—Stock's par, stock's up,
Then on the wane,
Everybody's troubled with
Oil o : the brain.
'I here's various kinds of oil Bf.oaf,
Cod Liver, Castor, Sweet,
Wiiicb tend to make a sick man well,
And aft him on his feet,
But ouis a curious feat performs,
We just a well obtain,
And ~-t tne people crazy with
Oil on the brain.
Chorus—Stock'* par, $-c.
There's neighbor Smith, a poor young man,
{ Who couldn't raise a dime,
j llad c-lothe- which b.; ,steci many rents,
And took his "i.ip" on tiro-.,
But now he'., ciad in dandy style,
Sport- diamonds, kids and cane,
| And his succ's- was owing to
Oil on the brat.i.
Chorus—Stock's pai, &c .
Miss Simple drives her coach and lour,
And dresses in high style,
And Mr. Shoddy courts her strong,
Because her "Dad's struck ile."
Her jewels, luces, velvets, silks,
Of which she is so vain.
Were bought by "Dad' the time he had
Oil on the brain.
Chorus—Stock's par, tVc.
lou mept a friend upon the street,
He greets you with a srniie,
And tells you in a hurried way,
lie's ' just gone IMO ile."
He buttonholes you ball ar, hour—
Of course you can't complain—
r'ur you can see the fellow has
Oil on tne brain.
Cnorus—Stock's par, he.
The Lawyer., Doctors, Hattt rs,Terks,
Industrious and ta/y,
Have put their money ail in stocks,
111 fact have gone "oil crazy "
Th.-y'd oetter ittck to briefs and pills,
Ho: irons, ink r ' J oen.
Or nry w.H "kiLit the bucket" from
Oi'. on the brain.
Chorus—Stock's par, See.
Poor Mrs. Jor.es was taken ill,
The doctors gave her up,
They lost all confidence they had
In lancet, leech and cup.
"•'AChctiou c cre long time she bore,
Physicians were in vain,"
And at last she expired of
Oil on f he brain.
Chorus— Stock's par, s■:.
There's "Maple Shade," "Monitor,"
"Bull Creek," "Big Tank," "Dalz II,"
And "Hopewell," "Star," "Stump Inlands,"
"Oigunie" and "Parrel!." ["Griggs,"
"Pet rnieuov" "Saint Nicholas,"
"Corn Planter," "Sew Creek vein,"
Sure 'tis no wonder many have
Oil on the brain.
Chorus—Stock's par, he.
"Must La a fact, author saw it in the Ledger.
SPELLING SCHOOLS.
Have you forgotten them'? When, from all
the region about they gathered to the log school
house, with its huge fire-place, which yawned
like the main entrance of Avernus. How the
sleigh lielis—the ok! fashioned bells, big in the
middle of the string, and growing small by de
grees and beautifully less toward the broad brass
buckles —chimed in every direction long before
night —the gathering of, the clans. There came
to our school ''the 31 aster"—give him a capital,
| for lie is entitled to it—-Master, and all bundled
; into one huge, red, double sleigh, strewn with
j an abundance of straw, and tucked up like a
! Christmas pie, with a score of Buffalo robes,
i There were half a dozen cutters, each with a
| young uian and a maiden, they two and no
! more. And then again a pair of jumpers, mount
ing a great outlandish looking bin, heaped up,
pressed down, and running over, Scripture mea
sure, with a small collection of humanity pack
ed up tn route, from a dozen homes, and all as
merry as kittens, in a basket of wool. And
the bright eyes, ripe, i d bps, that one caught
i a glimpse of beneath these pinklined quilted
i hoods, and the silvery laugh that escaped the
1 mulßers and fur tippets they wore then—
who does not remember ? Who can ever for
get then: i
The school-house, destined to be the arena of
the conflict, has been swept and garni.-hed ;
bough- of evergreen adorn the smoke-stained
and I ..itered waits. The pellets of chewed pa
per have ail b :n swept from the ceiling and
two pails ol wafer been brought from the spring,
and set on a bench in the entry, with au im
memorial fin cup—a wise provision, indeed, for
warm is that spelling room !
The big boys have fanned and replenished
the fire, till the old chimney fairly jars with
the roaring flames, and the sparks fly nut of
the top, like a furnace, the orillamme ot the j
battle
The two '-Masters" are there; the two schools i
:.re there, and such a hum, and such a moving !
to and fro ! Will they swarm?
The ferule conies down upon the desk with !
emphasis. What the roil of the drum is to arm- j
ies that the "role" is to this whispering, laugh- I
lug young company.
The challengers are on one side of the house; 1
the challenged on the other. Back seats, toad
die seats, lo v, front seats, all filled. Some of the
fathers and grandfathers, who could, no doubt,
upon Occasion,
"Sbouiaej the crutch and ahow how fiaidiare v*aa."
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1865.
occupy the bench of honor near the desk.
- Now for the preliminaries; the reputed best
speller on each side chooses. "Susan Brown 1"
Out comes a round eyed little creature, blush
big like a peony. Such a little thing and cho
sen first.
"Moses Jones!" Out comes Moses, an awk
ward fellow, with a shock of red hair, shocking
ly harvested, surmounting his broad brow.—
The girls laugh at him ; but what lie don't
know in the "Elementary" isn't worth know
ing
*'Jane Murray I" Out tups Jane,* fluttered as
a bird, and takes her place next to the caller.
She's a pretty girl, but a sorry speller. Don't
you hear the whispers around the house ? "Why,
that's John's sweetheart:" John is the leader,
and a battle lost with Jane by his side, would
be sweeter than a victory won without her.
And sfi they go, "calling names," until five
or six champions stand forth to do battle, and
the contest is fairly begun.
Down goes one after another, as words of
three syllables are followed by those of four,
I and these again by words of similar pronuncia
j tion and diverse significations, until Muse:.- and
Susan remain.
The spelling book has been exhausted, yet
there they stand. Dictionaries are turned over. I
memories ransacked for
"Words of learned length and sound,"
j until, by and by, Moses comes down like u tree,
! and Susan flutters there still, a little leaf'ttlofi,
j that the forest and the fall have forgotten.
I Polysyllables follow, and by and by Susan
| hesitates just a breath or two, and 2i) tongues
| are working their way through the laby-
I rinth of letters in a twinkling. Little Susan
| sinks into the chink left for her on the crowded i
; seat, and there is a luil in the battle,
j Then they all stand in Solid phalanx by i
; schools, and the struggle is to spell each other
| down. And down they go, like leaves in win- }
j ter weather, and the victory is declared for our i
i district, and the school is dismissed.
Then comes the hurrying and bundling, the j
whispering and glancing, the pairing oil' and |
tumbling in. There are hearts that flutter and !
hearts that ache; "mittens" that cannot be,
worn ; hopes that are not realized, and fond j
look- that are not returned. There is jingling
among the bolis at till; dsior: One after another
of the sleighs dash up, receive their nestling
freight and are gone.
"Our Master" covers tiic fire, and snuffs out
i the candles, (dotfr you remember how tie used •
ito pinch the smoking wick with forefinger
j and thumb, and then thrust each helplc-s luru
jinary head first in the socket?) '.ij we wait
| for him.
The Lells ring faintly i:r tLe woods, over the
hill, in the valley. Theyaregone. The s' hool
house is nark, and lenantless, and we alone vvith
the niirlit.
.Merrv, care-free company ! Some of them
are sorrowing;, some are dead, And all, we fear,
are changed! Spell! Ah 1 tiro "spell" that has
come over that crowd of young dream -rs—over
you, over us —will it ever, ever be dissolved.'
j <?•*• In "the white radiance of eternity."—
JL F. TAYI.OK.
THE OCEAN BOTTOM.
Mr. Geeen, the famous diver, teils singular ;
stories of Lis adventures, when making search |
in the deep waters of the ocean. He gives:
some new sketches of what he saw at the "Sil-'
ver Bank," near Hayti:
The banks of the coral on which my divings <
were made, are about forty miles in length, and j
I from ten to twenty in breadth- On iiii3 bank j
of coral is presented to the diver one of the i
, most beautiful and sublime scenes the eye ever j
beheld. The water varies from ten to oue j
hundred feet in depth, and so dear that the!
diver can .->ee irom two to three hundred feet •'
. when submerged, with but little obstruction to
the sight.
The bottom of the ocean, in many places is
as smooth as a marble tloor; in others it is
studded with coral columns, from ten to one
hundred feet in height, and from one to eighty
feet in diameter. The tops of those mure lofty
support a myriad of pyramidal pendants, each
forming a myriad more, giving the reality to
the imaginary abode of some water nymph.—
In other places the pendants form arch after
arch: and as the diver stands on the bottom of
the ocean, and gazes through in the deep wind
ing avenue, he finds that they fill him with as
sacred an awe as if he were in some old cathe
dral, which had long been buried beneath aid
ocean's wave. Here and there the coral ex
tends even to the surface of the water, as if the
loftier columns were towers belonging to these
stately temples that are now in ruins.
There were countless varieties of diminutive
trees; shrubs and plants in every crevice of the
corals where water had deposited the earth.—
They were ail of a faint hue, owing to the pale
light they received, although of every shade,
and entirely different from plants that I arn fa
miliar with that vegetate upon dry land. One
in particular attracted my attention ; it resetn
bled a sea fan of immense size, of variegated
colors and the most brilliant hue. The fish
which inhabit these "Silver Banks" I found as
different in kind as the scenery was varied.—
They were of all forms, colors and sizes—trom
symmetrical goby to the globe-like sunfish ; from
those of the dullest hue to the changeable dol
phin ; from the spots of the leopard to the hues
oi the sunbeam ; from the harmless.minnow to
the voracious shark.
Some had heads like i.. t reds, others like
cats and dogs, one of small size resembled the
bull-terrier. Some darted through the water
like meteors, while others could scarcely be seen
to move. To enumerate and explain all the
parlous kinds of fish I beheld while diving on
these hanks would, were I enough of an artist
to do so, require more than my limits would
allow, for I am convinced that most of the
kinds of fish which inhabit the tropical seas
cau be found there The sunfish, sawfish, star-
Freedom of Thoapht and Opinion.
Statesmen an*! politicians, too, have long
been aware of the baseness and rascality, the
!: • . ! ;ry and venality of the generality of those
who for sordid reasons abandon a sacred cause
j tor a worldly one. They well know and dread
j the loose morality that these faiae guides almost
| invariably infuse into politics. While they
j scorn their base practices, detest their eorrup
' tion, and fear their evil influences, the iionest
| statesman and politician is forced to warn the
• public against the hypocritical cant of the dern
agogues who come before the political public
■ in the garb of a minister of the Saviour of
| men, with a serpent concealed under his cloak.
' To denounce and successfully oppose corruption
i it is necessary to denounce those who practice it.
in the two preceding paragraphs the politi
' cul preacher and tlie public will flnd the reasons
, wiiy Democrats oppose political gasconade from
| the pulpit and the men who practice it. If
i they choose to inquire further they will also
find that the Democratic party believe that the
faiihful expounding of the Scripture is a field
amply comprehensive to occupy the whole of
the most expansive human intellect. Such be
ing the fact as to the great, it is impossible that j
the mere pigmies who by human grace succeed j
to the ministry should be profitable in either
when tiiey undertake to instruct people in both j
sacred and political duties. The mind tiiat can '
scarcely comprehend either must become lost
when it foolishly undertakes to grasp both, and
are therefore mere vehicles of blunder, error
and false teaching in both.
Let no man be deceived by the subtle plead
ings of the false teachers who in tlie livery of j
religion have become the mere pediers of fnnat- 1
; icisra, and falsehood, and the engencferers of
strife and wickedness.
WHAT IS SAID OK Ma. LINCOLN', PKIVATEI.Y,
BY ins FIUCNDS. —The Washington correspon- I
dent of the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph , an
ultra Republican, writes as follows to that jour
nal:
I write what I know, and without fear of
successful contradiction, when I inform your
readers that there is not a member of Congress,
in Washington, who does not denounce in pri
vate conversation Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet, I
tor usurpations that would alarm the country
were they known ; and yet when an effort is
made to expose them, these very members rally
to the support of the Administration. Should
they fail to do so, their political death, as in
the case of the Hon. Henry Winter Davis and
Senator Wade, is at hand.
He further says:
My letter has already run beyond its proper
length, aud yet I have scarcely touched upon
the subject I set out to write of. When to the
cotton, turpentine, rosin, tar and tobacco swin
dles, we add the arbitrary arrests, the illegal
usurpations, such as the commissioning Frank
Blair Major General without the concurrence
of the Senate, and the establishment of mili
tary governments against the known will of
Congress, our people may realize that our Gov
ernment has changed its character, and that our
liberties are in jeopardy.
fish, white shark, blue or shovel-nose shark,
were often scan.
There were also fish which resembled plants
and remained as fixed in their position as a
shrub: the only power they possessed was to
■ •pen and shut when in danger. Some of them
resembled the rose when in full bloom, and were
■3l. all hues. There were the ribbon fish, from
four to five inches to three feet in length; their
eves arc very large, and protrude like those of
st Aog.
Another fLh was spotted like the leopard,
from three to ten feel in length. They build
their houses like beavers, in which they spawn,
and the male or female watches the egg until it
hatches. I saw many specimens of the green
turtle, soruafive feet long, which 1 should think
would weigh from 400 to 500 pounds.
POLITICAL PREACHERS AND THEIR
FALSEHOODS.
Cur able cotemporary, the Clinton Democrat,
thus truthfully and forcibly sets forth the posi- I
; tion of the Democracy in relation to the Church :
\ The clerical mountebanks who during tiie
f late political struggle disgraced the pulpit and
brought great injury to the Church, and cor
ruption into politics, by the libtli and fanati
cism ihey belched forth in lieu of holy minis
{ration, are i.-w endeavoring to excite public
pay c..,d commiseration by declaring that they
have been abused and that the Democratic par
ty has taken a stand against the Church.
in regard to the first charge, v/c have only
to say that it is void of truth, excepting so far
us that tiie public contempt and abhorrence of
their fanaticism and bypocricy was pretty free
ly expressed, and their evil effect was counter
balanced as far as practiceable.
In regard to the second charge, we pronounce
it wholly and wickedly false. The Democratic
patty is now and always has been the strong pro- ■
tei.:tor of religion, of whatever creed or in what
ever way professe dor practiced. It is the high ;
and reverential regard with which the Democrat
ic party ever held and now holds the cause ot
are and undetiicd religion that induced its
members to denounce the infidel hypocrites who
under the garb uf preachers undertook to con
cert the pulpits of the churches into political
rostrums and from them to flood the country ]
with doctrinesof hatred, malevolence, violence, !
bl oh murder, plunder, thieving, oppression, 1 :
tyiannv. ic,n..: :_":m und in fidelity. il W.'LS TO j
-ave the church from pollution that the Demo- ;
. rath' party took the stand it did; and that re
sult. under the blessings of God, it will yet ue-
Laiiipii-h to tiie extent that nothing but His
word, His law and His mandates will issue
irom what ought to fie a sacred shrine—a shrine :
that palpably should be devoted to sacred things, .
and that is as palpably corrupted aud debased i
when any other are introduced into it.
WHOLE \HIBFtIS, SIO.I
THE STORY OF A CROWN.
I It is not every where that one can linda crown
with a ioDg history attached to it. There are
some few such relics in the world, however,
whose interest and value depend on the history
j attached to them. The crown of France and
that of England are admired more for the jew
els which adorn them than for any historic as
sociations, or even for the sovereignty of which
. they are emblems. It is a curious fact that at
a little Italian town, between Milan and Como.
they keep in the cathedral an old crown, aboot
which arc clustered more grand associations
than around any other royal relic perhaps in
: the world.
Offer a collector of interesting objects of vert a
or of antiquity, the golden and jeweled crowns
| of England, France, Russia and Spain, and the
■ iron crown oi Moiiza, and he would choose the
iron in preference to all the others, in spite of
; the jewels. The of! crown is kept in a side
' chapel of the cathedral at Mouza, and is known
to history as the Iron Crown of Monza. The j
facts which are known beyond dispute about it.
are, that it was worn by the early Lombard king? j
| and, as long ago as the crowning of Henry*of I
Luxembourg, in A. D. 131!, it was used in the j
ceremony of coronation.
Thereafter it was worn by a lontt succession
of monarch?, bat alter the time of Charles V,
it iv-tc'i quiet, an undisturbed relic, in the old .
cathedral, until Napoleon seized it, placed ii on j
: hi? head with his own hands, refusing, bishop's
offices, and saying, "God has given it to me; j
woe to him who touches it." After that, per- 1
haps to remove the stain of the usurpation, the !
Austrian Emperors used it at their coronations, j
and it signified to them, on such occasions, the!
possession of the Lombanlo Venetian kingdom, j
. Hut they will hardly use it again in Austria.
This much we know of a certainty concern, i
ing this crown. But there is a tradition com 1
neeted with it which makes it one of t'ue most !
interesting relics in the known world. The iron \
band which encircles the head is said to be form- i
, *d of one of the nails with which the Savior of
mankind was affixed to the cross. This tradi- j
lion is of very early date, although it was not.!
alway- or universally accepted. The people of j
Miian denied it. Bur they were rivals of Mon
za. The relic was pronounced authentic by the
highest Catholic authority, many centuries ago.
' Nor is it wh >Uy impossible that it is so.
The historical 'acts known on the subject of.
| the nails of the cross are ihe.se:
When the Empress Helena made excavations!
j in Jerusalem, in thg beginning of the fourth j
j century, to uncover the tomb and place of exe-!
cution she was informed by certain Christian in
habitants of Jerusalem that the crosses of Christ <
and the two thieves were cast into a pit or raj
vine i;.v ruek>, being, in Jewish view,
polluted objects. She ciug out this ruvine, mid j
luUii i v .'viieiis picci'S ot timber. Whe tiler they
were the crosses in question, or whether they j
1 1 were the timbers oi old buildings, it is impossi
.jWe to aflirm. The nails or spikes she found also.
, ; One oi these nails she sent to Constantine,
. and u was by him made into a bit or an oma
i inent for part of his horse's bridle, possibly in
intentions.! fulficierit of a well known prophecy,
iI ad other nails were also preserved. There is
. reason toduuot that many Iragmciits of the wood
thus discovered by Helena remain in European
, i churches. The large fragment in the basilica
; oi SantaC'ro-e, in Rome, is undoubtedly afrag
, nient of the wood discovered by Helena what
- ,cver that wood was. The nails disappeared
. from history until, some hundred years after
j Helena, the iron crown of Mouza was said to be
i made oi one ot them. And possibly it was.
Probably it w;i3. bor where a long tradition
states a fact, and there is no evidence to the
j contrary, the probabilities are in favor of the
. tradition having foundation in truth.
1 he present condition oi Italian afiairs makes
; the iron crown oi Monza an object of unusual
| interest. We are not sure whether the Austri
ans left it at Monza; but, if so, the old relic,
now living in the side chapel of the cathedral,
; but little visited, in a quiet, lonesome old place,
by which the travel ot the world rushes along
| on iron raiis, impelled by steam, is an apt em
blem of the Lombard race and nation for many
j centuries. They have but served the purposes
of their conquerors, and adorned the corona
tions of successive emperors. It looks now as
it the old crown might yet be used to vindicate
the new life of Italy, and Lotnbardy become a
' part of the living modern world.
| STORY OF A SHEPHERD DOG.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer, over the
j signature of -wool grower," tells a long and
marvelous story about his shepherd dog, from
which we make the following extract:
; U I will add a short account of what I used
to do with my dog 'Colonel,' which, 1 fear,
those who have never teen a well broken dig
work, will be apt to class among dog stories. j
"When 'Colonel' was six months old, I drove)
with him a flock of sheep from Ohio to Ills- 1
r h. spending forty-seven days on the mud
lie had never been behind a flock of sheep un
tii the day 1 started. In four weeks iit ,e 1 j
could send him to a hundred-acre pasture, and 1
he would make a circuit of it and bring the i
flock out without leaving a 3heep, and without
hurrying them out of the walk. By the way, 1
it is very important to break a dog to go slow— I
the most of pogs are too eager and hurry sheep
too much. I ferried the Wabash liiver at At
fiea. The boat ran up on a low level bar
where there were no yards or fences to assist
In getting the sheep aboard. With two hands
and the dog 1 loaded the boat without having
to catch one of ihein, and the flock made five
boat leads. I got up on the bank where the
dog could sec me well, and then by motions
made him jam the flock-down tight to the boat,
and when well jammed up, mount on their
backs, and by barking and nipping—not severe
enough to call it biting-—shoved iiiom right in.
No ten men without u d'-g could have loaded
tbern so scon, if thw could have done it at all '
fiatca of 3oertisfng.
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VOL. 8, N0.„37.
"When I hud occasion to drive not to exceed
ten hundred sheep a few miles, I wanted no
other help but the dog's. I hare driven that
many sheep along the road six or eight miles,
where it was untenced, sometimes on one and
sometimes on t he other, and sometimes on both
sides, myself being ahead of the dock, the dog
behind, the sheep so strung through the timber
that perhaps I did not see the dog for an honr
at a time.
j "When the flock got to spreading out fan
j shaped, 'Colonel* would go out and turn in the
| corners, passing up just far enough for t hat
j purpose, and no farther. He used, apparently,
j as inach judgment in passing up the side of
i the flock just so far as would a man. When
, he was in doubt about an order, he would stop
1 and look back until the order was repeated,
j I have many a day driven all over the prairie
| and taken a flock in every direction by walking
i on before, leaving him to bring the sheep after
i me, without looking at or speaking to him. I
! could send Lun two miles out into the prairie
after a thousand sheep which were 3. ung for
half a mile, and he would collect and drive
them all up to me. I have owned other dogs
which would do the same, but none but him.
that did not rush the sheep too hard.
"1 could send 'Colonel' over a fence on n
iicud a ijcarter of . mile, to stand in a crests
lane to prevent the flock from turning out of
the road. I have herded a thousand sheep with
bun for wee..-' on pieces of grass surrounded
by other crops. When herding on a piece of
grass bounded on two or more sides by other
crops, I watched on one side and let him guard
the remaining sides. His manner was to steal
quietly along iu the edge of the com wherever
he saw the sheep approaching too near, aud
show himself merely suifieient to make them
turn their heads in another direction, yet not
enough to frighten them over to the other side
of the field."
The Wasbjnaion correspondent of the Spring
field [Mass.] It publican Lsts the following in
j reference to how Mr. Lincoln's famous ''little
i story ' was to the reiki Peace Commissioners.
Ni hen Mr. Lincoln rarae back from Lis in
terview with the rebel Peace Commissioners,
a worthy correspondent from Washington aa
i serted in one of his letters that the President
told Aleck Stephens one of his littie droll sto
| ries. It was generally supposed that this was
1 a pleasant fiction, but I chance to know that it
; was the actual truth. Says Stephens :
"Suppose your Constitutional amendment
be auopted by three fourths of the State Leg
islatures 1
j_" : da very wril be abolished in every part
i of toe country." replies AJr. Lincoln.
"Ann what are we to Jo," asked Mr. Ste
: pLens, ".i we are to consent to reconstruction'.-
I know that negroes will not work unless for
: ceJ to it, and I teli you that we shall all starve
lOgotuer. i hi* is"a mere supposititious case,
oi.t ii it wcie a reality, what are wo to do?"
Lincoln grew merry-eyed at once. -It re
in:;:!- u;e ot a story," said he, and then he
told the oid story ending with the sentence,
"Hoot, hog, or die." rite moral was this: The
•Southern people could go to worl? or starve.
After a little while Aleck Stephens told a
= 'orj * Many years ago, said he, "'a host of
Congressmen were discussing the proper pro
nunciation ot j'our State—lllinois. It wits in
..:e old House ot Representatives, in the lobby
where v.e have both spent many pleasant hours',
and several of the Illinois delegates were pres
ent. Some members asserted that the proper
pronunciation was "Illinoy," others called it
"Illinois." John Quincy Adams was called
in to decide the disputed point. "If one were
to judge from the character of the Representa
tives in this Congress from that State," said the
old man, with a malicious smile, "I should de
cide that the proper way to pronounce the word
would be "All-noise." The President "acknowl
edged the corn, ann there was a hearty laugh
even from the sedate Mr. Hunter.
AN INTERVIEW WITH EX-PRKSIOKXT BUCHAN
AN.—C. Chauncey Burr, Esq., editor of the
Old (ruarti, thus describes an interview recent
ly had by him with Ex-president Buchanan .-
* fc \\ o lately had the pleasure of spending a
; portion of an afternoon with the venerable ex
| President, James Buchanan, at his home au
■•Wheatland." At ihe age of 81 years he is
in the enjoyment of good health, with his fac
ulties unabated, and his spirit apparently as
fresh an 1 joyous as when we'first saw him the
night i> dore he. sail J tor r.iigland as minister,
to tiie Court of St. James, twelve years ago.
We have mot no man that evinces a profounder
interest m the affairs of our country than Mr. Bu
chanan, anil none who is more perfectly posted
in all the political movements or the Jay. Even
; rh r Leal politics of the various states seem to
lie, as in charts, before his mil d. To those who
are despondent of the ultimate redemption of
onrcountry lroro t-uc übolitiovi spoilers, A visit
v•l'' will prove a ;re&t relief- Mr.
Buchanan entertains no < oubts of the tiuai tri
umph ot the Democracy, andot the consequent
salvation of our country ; and lie gives such
reasons for his laith, as will go far to remove
the doubts ot the most desponding. Eur our own
part we have never feared for the ultimate tri
umph of truth and liberty, nor doubted thu
overthrow and punishment of Lincoln, and the
partizans in his despotism. But we know of
many who do doubt-a visit to Wheatland would
go far to reassure them. Air. Buchanan has
prepared a documentary history of the latter
pari of . -A Aamiuistrattoii, which will bo pub
lished the coming summer. It will thoroughly
explode the wholo arsenal of lies which has sup -
filled powder for the Republican party for four
years, bv the publication of documents, fig
ures and facts which will not and cannot bo
disputed. Such a history is most timely. It
will tlo much to unmask the hypocrisy and crime
ot the despots in Mower and to save our couuv.
try.
THAT "LITTLE STORY.' 5