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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has
:a - been refitted with a Power Press and new type. !
2 ,1 everything in the Printing line can be exeeu- !
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest!
a S.—TERMS CASH
All letters should he addresd to
MEYERS A MENGEL.
Publishers.
Attorneys at X;uc.
rOSEPH W. TATE, ATTORNEY
>1 AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., will promptly
itiond to collections of bounty, buck pay. Ac.. >
xrd all business entrusted to hi" care in Bedford ;
at ojjoining counties.
Cih advanced on judgments, notes, military:
ar> i other claims.
Uf ir s lie Town lots in Tatesvillc. where a
f i Church is erected, and where a largo School j
H ■ sliall be built. Farms. Land and Timber
L o- . from one acje to oKO acres to suit pur
cha-ers. 1
ttflice nearly opposite the ■•Mengel Motel'' and |
B t k of Reed A Schel!
April (, 1866—1y
J. MCI). SHARPE. E F. KERR.
QHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD. PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoiningcounties Of
fice on Juliana st.. opposite the Banking House of
• t A Sehell. (March 2, '66.
J R. DCRBORROW. | JOBS LL'TZ. J
nR RBOII RO W & I" UTZ , I
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., !
\1 ii! attend promptly to all business intrusted to i
th' ir care. Collections made on the shortest no- :
tiee. *
They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agent"
ind will give special attention to the prosecution j
of claims against the Government for Pensions, j
Bu-k Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the I
Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer j
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
f | LAW. BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders '
1. s -rvices to the pnblic.
Office second door Nor.a of the Mengel House. j
Bedford, Aug. 1. IS6I.
JOHN PALMER, A TTi >RNE VAT
,) LAW. BEDFORD, PA Will promptly attend
lo "II business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of ;
Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly j
opposite the Mengel H ti'e.
Bedford. Aug. I. WH.
I MPY M. AI "SI p, ATTX >RNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will fiithfolly and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
Are in Bedford and adjoining counties Military |
cl lints, b iek pay. bounty, Ac., speedily collected ■
Office with M inn A Spang, on Juiiana street, j
two d.iors Sou'b of the Mengel House.
Jso. 12. 160*,
V M KIMMELL. •• LINGESTEI.TR.LT
KIMMEI.L & I.INGEXFF.I.TER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., j
11 ive formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana street, two do ,rsSouth
of the 'Mengel House."
H. SPANG. ATTORNEY AT
\J • LAW, BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
hi- c ire in Bedford and adjoining counties.
OScc on Juliasa Street, three doors south of the
Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1861. _
FC R MEYERS 1 J - *'• DICKERSON
MEYERS A- DICKERSOX, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa office
.-.Hue as foruieily occupied by Hon B P scltell,
two iloor* east of the GAZETTE office, wisl ircfic
i :be *tveral courts of Bedford eonnty. Pensions,
h tunfy and ark pay obtained and the purchase
; v>"! i • state attended to. jley 11• t,M
JOHN H. FILLER, Attorney at Law,
.3 Bedford. Pa. Office near y opposi'e the Post
Office [apr.2o, 66.—1y.
iMuisicians and pcntistsi.
(> H. PEXXBYL, M. I>.. BL-OODY
J , BI N. PH.. ;1 'tenirgcoii Mtk P. \ . \ ..) ten
ci-r- his professional services to the people of that
ami vicinity. Dec. 22.
nr W. JAMISON, M. I>.. BLOODY
\ T EON. Pa., tenders his professional servi
ces to the people of that place arid vicinity. Office
one door *vesr of Richard Laugdon s store.
Nov 21. hi>— ly
I \l 1. .1. 1.. MARBOURG, Having
1 / permanently located, respectfully tenders
professional services t< the citizen.* of Bedford
and vicinity.
Offi -e on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
the Bunking House of Reed A Sehell.
Bedford. February 12. 1&64.
a ill) K'lK, | J- •• MISKITH. JR.,
[\ENTISTS,
j I BEDFORD, PA.
•Iffice in the Bank Building, Juliana St.
At! operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
"huiiies! Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted.
TERMS— CASH
Bedford. January 6,1865.
jankers.
lUOIUD, | J 1 tfUßfill, I
I ) E E D A N I) S C II E L L ,
II Bankers and
bE ALE ItS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections msde and 1
~ nev promptly remitted.
Depoiitl solicited.
G *. RCPP o E. SHANNON F BENEDICT
DEPP, SHANNON A CO., BANK
-1 C ERS, BEDFORD, PA.
RANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, Wes. North
i s-.uth. and ihe general business of Exchange
I' acted. Note? and Account? Collected and
'■'• ittanses promptlv made. REAL ESTATE
uzht and sold Oct. 20, IBfts.
DANIEL BORDER,
PLTT STREET. TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BF.D
'U:;D HOTEL, BEDFORD. PA.
V 'TCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, AC.
II" keep? on hand a stock of tine Gold and .vil
r Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Ke
' 4 Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Chains. Breast Pins. Finger Kings best
T' ditv of Gold Pen . He will supply to order
thing in his line not on hand.
" t 2ft. 88.
UP. IK VINE,
• ANDERSON'S BOW. BEDFORD. PA..
I' Her in li sits. Shoes, yueenswnre. and Varie-
from Country Mercbanta re
"'"'•'fuliv aoli -ited.
°?t 20, 18115,
|) lb ANDERSON.
ki'Triu'd Scrivener and Conveyancer,
CENTREVILLK, BEDFORD COL'NTV. P 1..
'"attend to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages.
ii "if' rt ' c ' es Agreement, and all business
iranaacted by a Strivener and C iiiveynn-
£I)C OcdfortJ <T>a?etic.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
Ttardtrare. ftr.
WW. HARTLEY. j S. S. MBTZGER.
H ARTLEY & METZGER HAVING
formed a partnership, on the Ist day of
Anril. 18fi. in the It ARDHA R E and FARM
MACHINERY TRADE, now invite the pub
lic to examine their mammoth stock, whi'-h they
will sell at low figures, tor cash. japr.27,'66
IRON AND NAILS, at LOWST ca-h
price-, at HARTLEY .4 M E'l SBSft 'S.
I) AINT;S, fresh, durable and beauti
ful ; Pure Liberty White Lead : Penn Treaty
W hire Lead; Mansion White Lead: China Gloss:
Turpentine; Flaxseed Oil; Copal and Deuiar Var
nish: Brushes of all kinds, for sale cheap, at
HARTLEY A MKTZG All S
/ 1 RAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES,
\ f Sneds and Harvesting Implements in great
variety, and at all i rices. O-r site at
HARTLEY A MET/.GKR 8.
WASHING MACHINES
• '*'# and the gceat anti-Cog-Wheel Wringer,
now or. exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER S.
C ill and see this invention before purchasing else
where.
QPRING TOOTH RAKES, Gum
l i i-pring Grain Dri'ls, Improved Cider Mills.
Eureka Fodder and Straw Cutters, for sale at
H ARTLEY k METZ.GER S
H OUSE KEEPERS VH M it
Hartley & Meizger's Store a great variety of
household Hardwate : Knives and Forks. Spoons of
elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovels
and Tong. Waiters. 'I ea Belli-. Scissors. Meat Saws,
C irvers. Paring Knives, Biushes. Waffle Irons.
Griddles, Gridirons, Brass, Porcelain and Iron Ket
tles, Iron Pots, Tubs. Buckets. Baskets, BriMiuts,
Slaw Cutters. Ac., Ac Stove Polish. Rotlen Stone,
and a hundred little "kuiek knack?" that we can't
afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell
what we don't keep than what we do.
rpilE CLEAREST, BRIGHTEST,
£ Best, Safest and Purest, and for these reasons
the Cheapest Coat Oil in Bedford, may always he
had al Hartley A Metzger's. You who have never
used any other than the •■common true/:.'' try it.
compare it I and you will always go to Hartley's.
Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion, and great
variety, very cheap at Hartley's, also. Wick. Lamp
.Tops, Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired.
- i | GBEENCABTLE GRAIN CRA
e/t ' DLES. Natural bent fingers will he re
ceived by Hartley A Metzger, who are exclu
sive agents for Bedford eouuty. Order soon.
HECK-EYE REAPER**AND MOW
ERS, with all the new improvements, among
which is ihe wonderful Dropping invention. Also,
a few " Farmer Al overs" for sale by Hartley A
Metzger. Order <-oun as the supply is short for
this season.
i)ARN DOOR ROLLERS, of the
) most improved pattern, track and all coui
dlete. cheaper and better than hinges, for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGER>
nEMI-.JOHXS, for Mineral Water,
at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
I WISHING TACKLE—Rods, Hooks,
Lines. Ae., Ac. Shot Guns. Powder. Shot,
Caps, Ac., at Hartley A Metzger's.
K./z BEREA GRINDSTONES and
s )l ' and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzgers.
I) AT EXT WHEEL GREASE: the
best White-wash, Blacking and Scrub Brush
es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's.
/ < O TO HARTLEY & METZGER'S
* I to get your money back.
3 | } j || 1/ | t)LE AXI) \YAX-
Ol'%' " TED—Old Merchants say: J
it i 3 necessary to quit business in order to settle
up; that many people are so mean, after you have |
credited them, that when you try to ire? your hon
est dues from theui. they will "sby off." and spend
their money, or run up accounts, at other stores,
and you will lose their custom
I don't want to quit business. I must have
money I have been indulgent. I want every
man and woman who owes me by book account or
note to pay me now I don't w ant them to net
mean and "shy off." Stand up to the counter like
men! Pay if you can. If you can't pay. settle
go ne way. I will sue only those who don t want
to pay. and quit me because I dun them.
Let all concerned cull at once to settle. Thank
ful to a generous public for their patronage, f
hope they will favor the new of Hartley &
Metzeer who will do right.
apr.27 | Respectfully, WM. HARTLKV
CIO. I'.LYMYLR | Jons W. UIAMVER
j I EORGE ELY M YER <V SON
\ X having formed a partnership, on the 6th of i
M ireb, 1866. in the
HARDWARE &r HOUSE FUR XISHI XG \
BUS IX ESS,
respectfully invite the public to their new rooms,
three doors west of ihe old stand, where they will
find an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ever brought to Bedford county. These goods
will be sold at ihe lowest possible prices Persons
desirous of purchasing BUILDING HAKDW ARE
will find it to their advantage to give us acall.
WHITE LEAD—We have on hand a large j
quauti y <>t White Lead, which we have been for- I
lunate to buy a little lower than the market rates.
The particular brands to which we would invite j
attention, are the
Pure Bitci Lead.
Lit"rty 11 hit'' 1.,"d.
Snoir Franklin While Lend,
Washington While Lend,
Washington 7.me White lsad,
Netr Yuri- While Le'd.
ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish,
Demur Varnish:
Varnishes of at! kinds.
Flaxseed Oil, (pure )
Turpentine and Alcohol.
All kinds of IRON and NAILS.
No 1 CHRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL
OIL.
LAMPS in prolusion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery j
Hardware, to give us a cull, as we have every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckles, j
Rings. Humes and Webbing Leather of all kinds:
also a variety of .Shoe Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins, Morocco Linings. Bindings, ,
Pegs, etc.
Housekeepers will find at Blymyer .t Son s .
store a great variety of household goods. Knives
and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table
and Tea Spoons at nil prices.
Give us a e.all and we can supply you with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements: Nova Scot a
Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels, !
FMrks and Spades.
i! rain and Grass Scythes and Snathes: Fishing
Tackle: Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent
Wheel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil. and au infinite
variety of articles.
$20,000 v> ANTED —Would like to get it if our
friends wwuld let us have it. Less will do; but
persons having unsettled accounts will close them
up to the fir"i of March, to enable us to close our
old books. This should be done
may 1,' 66. GEO. BLYMYER k SON.
y. | 1/1 PER YEAR! We want
I a*' '' ' agents every where to sell our
IMPROVED i-'O Sewing Machines. Three new kinds.
I't.der and upper feed. Warranted five years. —
Above salary or large eommis-ious puid The ONLY
machines s..ld in the United States for less than
Sltt. which are fully licensed hy Home, if liee/erk'
, Wilson, Grocer ir Baker, Singer t\ Co., and
I BachrUer. All other cheap machines ate in
fit ngemr-ts. and the seller or user are I table, to
arrest, fine, anil imprisonment. Circulars free.
Address, or call upon Nhaw A Clatk, Biddef. rd,
I Maine, or Chicago. Ills. | Dec. 22. 65—ly
!r<(ia A MONTH! Agents wanted
■ *'! j lor six entirely new arlir/es, just out.
Address 0. T. GAKEY, City Building. Btddeford,
Maine. _|Dec. 22. '6s ly
TJACHARD LEO,
I Manufacturer of
CAHINET-WARE, CHAIRS,
BEDFORD. PA.,
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
| making business, will make to order and keep on
I hand everything in his line of manufacture,
j Bt REAPS. DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, AC., AC.,
will be furbished at all prices, and to suit every
taste. COFFINS will also be made to order,
t gjr-Prompt attention paid to all orders for work,
t. Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence of George Shuck.
July 10, 1863 —tf RICHARD LEO.
IFI M ERF :H A NTS' SHOW RILLS.
o hr -ilrtlford (bnsrttc,
( \I ESSI(> tSIIDEtTH Ol'A\ .411X1'
<ll IPI.AI*.
M. M. Potneroy, the able editor of
the La Crosse (Wis.) Democrat, {rives
the following death-hed scene, which
he was called to witnes- on his recent
visit to Chicago:
The Rev. Henry Clannard, an ex-ar
niy chaplain who left otf expounding
the Bible and recruiting for the Savior,
and by indorsing the nigger and aboli
tionists became an army chaplain in one
of the Wisconsin regiments, passed !
from life to a home beyond a blessed
immortality the other day, and thus
shuffled off his mortal coil. A physi
cian had called on him two or three ,
times a day for a month, doctoring
him for an aguebroughton whilesteal
ing cotton in Arkansas while with (Jen.
Curtis. On learning that the ex-minis
ter, and ex-chaplain would not live the
night out, we called with the physician.
In a little wooden looking room not
over twelve feet square, in an obscure
boarding house in Chicago, we found
the invalid. The room was bare of,
furniture except a poor bed. a little
dirty washstand, two wood-bottom
chairs, an old trunk, a pine table, oil
which was spread a newspaper on which
lay an old bible, a pair of old snuffers, j
some pill boxes, and such stuff. —The
dying man was propped up in bed, I
while a faithful negro woman sat on
the foot of the bed. As we entered he j
rallied a littieand asked tbedoetor who
he had brought with him. On being
told that it was "Brick" Pomeroy, he
sank back, closed his eyes—rallied a j
little and said "Perhaps it is as well.
He might as well know it as any one."
And he proceeded to make his dying
statement which are in these words, as
we took them down in our memoran- ■
dum book, as the physician requested:
My name is Henry Clannard, I am
forty-one years old. lam a Methodist i
minister, at least I was one. I was
once happy and contented, and loved j
Christ, my Master, with all the zeal a
Christian ever had. At last I grew
cold in religion, selfish and envious of,
the good fortunes of others. I wanted
to make money and to have some fun.
i had no particular education, so I
thought 1 would he a republican poli
tician. I began by preaching politics
from the pulpit, and praying for the
negro. It paid me in money, but I j
lost influence at the Throne of Grace.
But I did not care for that, if 1 could
only have influence with the Republic
an party. I forgot Christ and became
interested in the negro. I had influ
ence with a few members of my church,
and talked politics to them. I was
paid by office—eekers to influence ('hris
tians. Sometimes ] made as high as
fifteen dollars at an election for my in
fluence with Christians. At last I found
polities paid better than religion, and
I worked for the chaplaincy of a regi
ment and got it. Then 1 let religion
go and went to war. There I wrote
letters home denouncing Democrats)
land copperheads.—And I stole cotton
and silver ware, and pictures, and
books, and dresses for my wife and sis
ters, and horses and mules for my
brothers, and a piano for the Governor
who gave me the commission, and a
gold watch for my captain, and a lot of
household furniture to send home to
my colonel. And 1 robbed the soldiers
: of jelly and such stull* sent down to
them to use while in hospitals, and 1
had a share of the goods stolen from ,
-unitary fairs, and made lots of money.
Please give me a little piece of that
pounded ice!"
The physician gave it to him, when
I he continued:
"But 1 was not happy. I drank
whisky, with the hoys when away from
home, and indulged in some excesses
not worth mentioning, and laid upquite
a pile of money. And 1 was taken
sick while out stealing cotton from a j
plantation where a widow lady lived. <
i had coaxed her niggers to run away,
! and they are all dead now. When the
war ended 1 came home to Wisconsin,
but could not stay there. So 1 came to
I Chicago, and I grew sick. And I have I
i got to die. I have called on Christ— l
have prayed to God, but somehow I
cannot get relief for my soul. The
door of mercy seems shut against me.
1 forsook religion for politics, and now
God has forsaken me. I pray to my
Savior, hut he does not hear me. I
1 talk to this faithful negro woman—she j
; says "yes massa!" and that is all that
1 can get out of her. F know I can't!
live long. I feel that I am dying. I
feel certain that I am going to hell. .
| Please give me a piece more of ice he
fore 1 go. 1 want these things written
. down a- a warning to others who for
get Christ for politics. I feel that the i
i negro can't save—that Christ won't
I save me. I was faithful to the negro,
! but alas, the negro can't help me where
; I want help—he can't ease my soul.
lam going to hell, and I know it. I
expect to meet many persons there who
forgot religion for politics.—l do not
expect to see you again in this world or
the next, hut 1 want this confession
printed. Please—give—me—a—small
—small—piece—of—of—of—ice!"
And thus died the Rev. Henry
Clannard.
Ax inveterate bachelor gives as a
reason for not getting married, that he
wishes to preserve his good opinion of
the gentle sex.
—Pest, the wife murderer, cut his
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY lORNING, MAY 18, 1866
Till". FRF.FUMKVK BLUE At'—lTS MIS
<II IK*Ol'N ISFI.t K!* F..
New England philanthropy, the hu
manitarian sentiment of that conscien
tious district, its horror of slavery and
of the cruelties of tie Southern white
man towards the negro, were the basis
and the staple of tie great agitation
that forced the country into war. Now
slavery is abolished, there is no such
thing legally as property in man, hut
there is a kind of official guardian-htp
of the negro exercised by the Freed
men's Bureau. Theagentsof this Bur
eau are New England men to a very
great extent, and thus it happens that
the negro has fallen into the hands of
the very men who were horrified by
the treatment he received as a slave
from Southern white men, and every
mail from the South tells us of the bru
talities practised toward the negro by
those tender-hearted philanthropists.
The Northern humanitarian has taken
the place of the Southern nigger driver
of other days only to show that he can
be the more cruel of the two and outdo
all that maudlin fiction imputed to the
other. Our correspondence on thissub
ject yesterday showed how a reverend
humanitarian from Massachusetts at
tached to the Freed men's Bureau, and 1
managing a plantation on his own ac
count. actually shot a negro for attempt
ing to "run away," and this when slav
ery has been abolished.
Now that the great Southern institu
tion, has been swept away, the next
thing for the country to abolish is-the
Freedmen's Bureau. This establish
ment is the parent of untold evils in
every part of the Southern States. It
is simply a great agent for the demora
lization of labor. It was originally es
tablished in the expectation that it
would prevent many of the evils that
it was thought would be incident totlie
changed condition of the negro; but it
fosters and keeps alive the evils it was
expected to prevent. It was to stand
between the negro and the planter and
soften the asperites both ways—to pre
vent idleness on the one hand and bad
treatment on the other. But all the
idleness, misunderstanding and eases
of had treatment are traceable directly
to this Bureau and its agents. It is
corrupt through and through. It sells
negroes to plantersat so much per head,
and, following the plan of the bounty
brokers, sells the same negro over and
over to different men. It i- not trusted
or respected by any portion of the
Southern people. Its? eeem-ies in the
various districts are looked upon a*
disreputable places, and farmers who
wish to respect the government keep
away from them. The Bureau is a
constant cause of trouble, and Southern
society will never lie restored to its na
tural condition till this bad institution
is swept away.
It is also tt great swindle upon the
country. We suppose as a people that
we have gotten rid of the great blot in
our history: that we have destroyed
the iniquitiou- system of slavery that
was our reproach before the world. But
here in this Bureau, under the cover
of philanthropy, the worst evils of that
system are perpetuated. It i-undeni
able that the operation of this Bureau
is identical with slavery; that it treats
the negro just a- slavery did, only that
it gives the preference in posession to
another class of men. The negro has
changed owners. He lias passed into
the hands of Northern capitalists that
have political power, and the Freed
men's Bureau guarantees possession.—
While thus it preserves the negro in a
real slavery, it has no responsibilty,
and thus it is in fact worse than the
former system of slavery. Every un
prejudiced account from the South a
grees in the declaration that the Freed
men's Bureau is the great obstacle to
thecomplete reconstruction of Southern
society, and there should be a great
popular movement to abolish it.—AYw
Yorl: Herahl.
A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE.— What a J
beautiful figure of life is the following: ;
How many blooming, innocent hearts j
in the morning of existence become;
stricken with care and adversity, and |
droop and die in the mid-day of life! |
Happy indeed are they whom our'
Heavenly Father gathers unto himselfj
ere the blight of sin shall have soiled
the innate purity of their hearts. But
here is the figure:
Early in the morning a maiden went!
into the garden to gather herself a fine
rose for a wreath. They stood there in
beautiful clusters of close buds, waiting
odor from their cups, which were full
of the morning dew. "1 will not pluck
you yet," said the maiden, "the sun
shall open you first, when you shall
bloom brighter and give out a stronger
scent." She came at mid-day and saw
the rose fretted by the worm, wilted
by the sun, faded and withering. The
maiden wept over her folly, and the
next morning gathered ler wreath ear
ly. God calls his loveliest children out
of the world before the heart of the
sun withers them. The paradise of
children is a high degree of glory, the
most upright man cannot set his foot
I in it, for his soul has al rawly been spot-
I ted.
LA I>Y Cartaret, wife of the lord lieu
tenant of Ireland, remarked on one oc
casion to Dean Swift: 'The air in Ire
land is very excellent fcnd healthy."
"For God's sake, madam," said Swift,
"don't say so in England, for if you do,
BKK'U 111 ST FOR KGRF.HEAI4S.
This reminds us of a little story! Say
you radical, nigger loving Anna Dick
inson, Fred Douglass. Ben Butler style
< of Repulicans, how do you like John
son? How do you like going out of the
' Union for a President? You men who
preach that God is controlling events
political a- well as eternal, how do
i you like Tennessee statesmanship?
How does it compare with flat-boat
i style?
And God said let there be light, and
there was light! This is Bible.
"And being in torment, they lifted
up their eyes and saw," not Abraham
in the bosom of Lazarus, but Andrew
Johnson in the freedom shrieking, pros
; mobbing, Democrat hanging, cotton
i stealing, women robbing, plunder lov
ing, prison advocating, Democrat abus
ing, ballot box stuffing, office holding
sepulchres full of nigger'k hones?
How do you like the new President?
Wouldn't you choke gently on Booth's
windpipe, if he werestill alive? How
do you like this going into the Demo
cratic party for a horse to hitch up with
your mule! The seed of white men
shall bruise the head of Republicanism,
i and Johnson shall he the next Presi
| dent, Verily we say unto you, now is
i the time to repent! It is a bad thing
for you fellows to swap horse- when
i crossing a stream ! Why don't you Re
publican, wench hugging, law break
ing, freedom shrieking, Union hating
' members of the only treasonable party
in the Union, get drunk and parade
with torches! Stand by the President!
The President i< the Government, you
know!
Blessed doctrine, thought divine.
But this President dodge is fine !
He who speaks against the President
jis a traitor. Let traitors be hung!
Why don't you get drunk, burn print
ing offices, murder a few Democrats,
: throw a few printing offices into the
; street, stop your newspapers, hold pray
j er meetings in barns and get drunk a.>
: owls, as you did when the other Pres
ident spoke? "Who's pin here since
! Ish pin gone?" Who elected John
son?— Why in thunder don't you get
out the Wide Awakes, burn Demo
; erats in effigy, shoot at them as they
j go around corners, waylay them in
i post offices, shout "rah for Link—John-
I son!" and hold fast to the prize you
i found down South!
"Way down South in the land of Dixie!"
Ain't that a pretty little song? How
' j do you like this "expediency" dodge?
Why don't you cackle when your Pres
') ident lays an egg? Why don't you
1 | celebrate, jubilate, investigate, oper
| ate and arid tongue irrigate as you
used once?
"Come, ye sinners, poor and needy.
Weak and wounded, sick and sore,''
Johnson read} - stands to save you.
Now this cruel war is o'er!
Why don't you laugh—smile—talk,
say something, if it is not so all-tired
smart? Gracious, but you fellows are
busy about now! This is your Presi
dent. God gave him to you. You se
lected and elected him! What's the
trouble in your camp? Oh, but you
area wet set of roosters! Well, never
mind. Weshan't hurt you. We won't
hurt you. We won't mob you—im
prison you—hang you—abuse you—
harass you in business —malign you
insult you—rob you, and use you as
you have for five years used us. You
needn't look scarylike when you see a
rope, a prison or a gun.
Get out the Wide Awakes! < 'ail out
the Loyal Leagues! Get up some
Sanitary Fairs. Appoint a few Briga
dier Generals. Raise some colored
troops. Turn your prayer meetings in
to electioneering booths. Tamper with
election returns. Control the telegraph.
Lie to a nation. Open your mouth and
guffaw when the President speaks. Be
sociable. Don't act like wandering
drops from a grand funeral procession.
Why, you looked pleasantly good, joy
struck, happy, angelic, when Lincoln
died compared to the way you look
now! Poor Republicans! How dread
fully grief wears upon you!— l.a Vroxse
Democrat.
QroDLfUETS. —"Isn't it pleasant to
be surrounded by such a crowd of la
dies?" said a pretty woman to a popu
lar lecturer. "Yes," said he; "but it
would be pleasanter to be surrounded
by one."
A very volatile young: lord, whose !
faults • were numberless, at last mar
ried. "Now, my lord," said his wife,
"I hope you'll mend." ".Madam,"
said he, "this is my last folly."
It is-aid that a lady, on putting: on
her corsets, is like a man who drinks ;
to drown his grief, because in
herself, she i< getting fir//if.
Why are books the best friends?!
Because when they bore you, you can ■
shut them up without offence.
Slanders, issuing from beautiful lips,
are like spiders crawling f rom the blush
ing heart of a rose.
What is that which, when "thrown
out," may be caught without hands?
A hint.
In marriage the heart of a widow is
like a furnished apartment, where one
is apt to find something left there by a
former lodger.
People perform the greater part of
the voyage of life before taking on
their ballast; hence so many ship
wrecks.
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5.348.
THE COMIXO D V\<,i:K.
' The recent bloody scenes at Norfolk,
Va., in which armed negroes were the
assailants and harm less and defenceless
whites the victims, should admonish
us of the dangers winch lie in our path,
if the policy of negro equality advoca-
I ted by radical fanatics and knavish
demagogues shall be fastened upon the
i legislation of the country. If their mad
and reekies- measures la 1 engrafted up
' onnurrepubliean system—then, indeed,
I we fear we-ball have passed through
the fiery ordeal of the late rebellion on
| ly to prepare for another bloody strife
i in which the inferior race is destined
jto l>e crushed. We would avert, if we
| could, the shocking barbarities which
would signalize a war of races. We
contemplate the bloody picture with a
feeling of inexpressible horror, and turn
! from it with unufi'acted dismay.
To this radical idea of negro equali
| ty we are inflexibly opposed, because
; the blending of the Caucasian and the
; African races is utterly repugnant to
every dictate of nature and reason.—
Theirmoral, m<*ntal, and physical char
acteristics are so variant, as to render
tlie idea of political and social equality
| with the whites perfectly abhorrent to
(•very right-thinking American citizen.
| To obliterate these distinctions of race
j and color, which (4<l himself has in
-1 delibly stamp d upon humanity, is sim
ply a matter of impossibility, and 110
one but a fool or a madman would at
tempt to do so.
We disclaim any unworthy prejudice
against the blacks. We would freeiy
accord to them every right and privil
ege to which they are justly, fairly, and
; equitably entitled. We wish them
! prosperity and happiness in their new
-1 ly-acquired condition of freedom. Rut
i we prefer that a- this is a white man's
Government, made and Intended for
the benefit of white men, it shall be
I controlled by them, now and forever;
| and we respectfully submit that if the
; majority in the present Congress would
. think a little more of the interests of
white people, and indulge in less hyp
i ocritical professions of regard for the
j welfare of the negro, both class s would
j fare much better, and such barbarous
| scenes a- those lately witnessed at Xor
! folk would he of le— frequent oecur
; re n co. — John,do ten Democrat.
AX I XEABTHIY STORY.
V very wierd story is current in the
hill country of Staffordshire. We have
been unable to verify the narrative
| with anything like precision, and con
i tent ourselves with relating it as near
j as possible as it was told to us by a
i clergyman. One day last week a car
} rier, with his horse and cart, was ta
king the accustomed journey between
j i lux to ti and Macclesfield. After he
had gone some distance he was accost
ed by a wayfaring man, who was plod
ding along the road, who asked for a
lift. The carrier took tiie man up and
i then proceeded onwards. After a
| while the carrier complained that his
j hands were cold, and asked iiis com
panion to drive for him for a time.
1 The man consented and took hold of
I the reins. Before they had gone much
i farther, a stranger on horseback—the
! horse, by the way, was a white one—
; overtook them, and rode by tiieside of
the cart. A conversation was coin
i monced, which very soon took the di
rect ion of theeattle-plague. Itsdevas-
I tating effects were discussed, and a par
i allel was drawn between it and other
I calamities, past and future. The stran
ger on horseback suddenly became pro
phetic, saying that next year there
would be a plague or blight among the
corn which wouiddestroy the fruits of
j the earth, which would be followed the
! next year by a plague among mankind.
| ''Christians," ho said, "would lie j
! dead on the road.-ide by hundreds"—
| "yes." ho added, lowering his voice,
i and addressing the holder of the reins,
"dead is the man who si sitting by your
side!" The driver turned, and to his
horror found that he was sitting by the
j side of a corpse. The stranger on horse
l back galloped away, and the temporary
driver of the cart was left to pursue his
journey with his melancholy burden.
—SUijf'oi'd."/) ire Senthu!.
tx the days of Andrew Jackson, his
Postmaster General, Amos Kendall,
wanting to know whereabouts was the
source of the Tombigbee river, wrote
i for the required information to the
Postmaster of a village on its course.
"Sir," wrote the higher officer to the
lower, "this department desires to
know liow far the Tombigbee river
runs up. Respectfully, Are." The re
ply was brief, and read thus: "Sir:
The Tombigbee river doesn't run up at
all; it runs down. Very respectfully,
i Ac." The Postmaster General contin
| ued the correspondence in this style:
"Sir: Your appointment as Postmas
ter at . is revoked. You will
! turn over the funds, papers, Ac., per
taining to your office, to your succes
; sor.—Respectfully, Ac." The droll
understrapper, closed the correspond
i ence with this parting shot: "Sir: The
revenues for this office for the quarter
| ending Sept. !U), have been 95 cents;
its expenditures, same period for tal
low candles and twine, was $1.05. I
; trust my successor is instructed to ad
just the balance due me. Most respect
j fully."
How does the hair dresser end his
j life. He curls up and dyes.
WHEKE THE TAXES CO.
Five hundred and forty millions of
dollars were collected last year fr< m
tli!-people, for the support of the gen
eral Government. The business inter
ests of the country, mechanical, man
ufacturing and commercial, groan le
neath the weight of taxation imposed
| upon tiietn.
How is this immense sum of money
expended? An examination of the ap
propriations of the Rump ( or.gms at
Washington, will diselo.sethe tact, that
the white labor of the country is heav
ily taxed for the support of lazy, vrg
abond negroes. Thaeldeus Steve ns l.as
just reported a bill from theCY mmittee
on Appropriations "for the use of the
Bureau for Refugees and Freedmen,"
which contains the folic wirg it<m c :
salaries of Assistant and .Sub-Assistant
Commissioners $47,500: salaries of
I Clerks *92.700; stationery and print
ing stM.uOO; quarters and fuei SIS,SCO:
clothing for distribution £1,750,(1C0;
commissary stores $4,100,250; medical
department $500,000; transportation
$1,0800,00: and so on, to the amount of
: elevn Million*, five, hundred ami eighty
i four thousand, Jour hundred and fifty
i dollars.
This oppression of the white men of
the country for the benefit of the ne
groes, who, according to the report of
Gen. Gu AXT refuse to work, because
the agents of the Freed men's Bureau
have assured them they shall have the
land* of the South, will continue so
i long as the Bump controls Congress.—
; It is tills policy which John \Y. Geary
indorses. Remember this, and \ ote
; for Iliester Clyiner.— Johnstown Demo
r'- "■
WHITE >IES • WHITE HEX !
Attention, white men! Attention ye
I struggling toilers in the shop, in the
field, and in the mines! Attention ye
who work late and early to keep the
wolf from your doors, who know not
how to bring up your children and ed
j ueate them, and pay the increased pri
i ces of every article which war has im
i posed upon you. Read the following
detail of appropriations for the sup
port of lazy negroes, whose 'freedom'
! was purchased by your sweat and blood,
j and who must now be fed and clothed
j by your labor and toil:
! Salaries to Commissioners for
niggers, § 47,500
Salaries of Clerks for niggers, 12,500
Stationery and Printing for
niggers, 03,000
Quarters and Fuel for niggers, 15,000
: Clothing for niggers, 1,750,000
! Rations for niggers, 4,100,250
I Medicines for niggers, 500,000
I Railroad fare for niggers, 1,980,000
| School Marms for niggers, 21,000
School Houses for niggers. 300,000
* Telegraphing for niggers, 18,009
| Total. SI 1,584,500
The above sum is just about equal to
j the entire annual expenditure of the
I government in John Quincy Adams'
| day. It i> a wonder that such an in
! fernal outrage upon white manhood
I does not a cause a revolution, and the
j instant death of every man connected
I with such damnable legislation.—Day
i Bool: - '
Tun 111 .MAX FIG ERE.— The propor
tions of the human figure are strictly
mathematical. The whole figure is six
times the length of the foot. Wheth
!er the form be slender or plump, the
i rule hold- good; any deviation from it
, is a departure from the highest beauty
lof proportion. Greeks made ail their
statues according to this rule. The
1 face from tiie highest point on the fore
head where the hair begins to the chin,
is one-tenth of the whole stature. The
hand from the wrist to the middle tin
; ger is the same. From the top of the
chest to the highest point in the fore
head isa seventh. If the length of the
face, from the roots of the hair to the
chin, be divided into three equal parts,
I tlte fir.-: division determines the place
! where the eyebrows meet, and the sec
ond the place of the nostrils. The
I height from the feet to the top of tne
head is the same as the distance from
lie extremity of the fingers when the
j arms are extended.
OLD AND NEW. —"What do the A
i rabs of the desert live on, pa?" asked
i a roguish girl of her father.
"Fudge, Nelly, that's an old conun
drum. They live on the sand which is
(sandwiches) there.
"Yes. but pa, howdo they get 'em?"
"Well, really, Nelly, you have me
there. I give it up.
"Why, pa, you know that the sons
! of Ilcon are bred and mustered in the
wilderness?"
"< dme, come, my daughter, that is
! too killing; don't say another word."
"Qii, yes, do tell me what they eat
j on their sandwiches."
"Fait on them; why, what do they
eat on them?"
"Butter, to he sure."
i "Butter! llow do they get their
j butter?"
"Why, you know, pa, that when
; Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of
j salt, all the family but her ran into the
1 wilderness."
A xEG HOIS r, who once had acted with
the Democratic party, as it was said for
I patronage sake, the other day tried to
i justify his change of sentiment to a
Democrat,and wound up bysayingthat
"the Democratic party, when last in
power, was so corrupt that it was a
shame for any decent man to have any
thing to do with it." "Oh," said the
Democrat, "the Democratic party has
undergoneacomplete purification with
in the last four years," "How so," eag
erlyinquired Mr. Abolitionist." 'Wlr
slowly responded the other," "all the
d d rascals left the Democratic par
ty at the breaking out of the war to
secure a share of the plunder, and we
1 thus got rid of them. There was For
ney, and Ben Butler, and
Without waiting to hear the balance of