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dsy morning by METERS A MENDEL, at $2 Oft per
annum, if paid strictly in advance : $2.50 if p"id
within six months; $3.00 if not pain within sir
months. All subscription MUST be
settled annually. No pnper will he sent out of
the State unless paid for ix ADVANCE, and all such
subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at
the expiration of the time for which they are
paid.
All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less t erra than
three months TEN CENTS per line fbr each In
sertion. Special notices one-half additional A'l
resolutions of Associations; comtnunic .rions of
limited or individual interest, and notices of mar
riages and deaths exceeding fhe line-, ten cents
per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line.
All legal Notices of every Hud. a,id Orphans'
(. onrt and .Judicial Sales, are required by laic
to be published in both papers published in this
place.
T_Zr All advertising due after first insertion.
A liberal disc unt is made to persons advertising
by the quarter, half yenr, or year, as follows :
3 months, 6 months. 1 year
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Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 33 DO
11 Gf column - - - is oo 25 00 45 00
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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has
just been refitted with a Power Press and new type.
And everything in the Printing line can be execu
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
.rates.—TERMS CASH
All letters should be addressd to
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Publishers.
at £au\
f osEPH wTtate. attorney
e I AT LAW, BFIDFOKD. PA., will promptly
attend to collections of bounty, back pay. Ac.,
and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford
and idjoiningjcounties.
C ish advanced on judgments, notes, military
and other claims.
11 is for sale Town lots in Tutesville, where a
good Church is erected, and where a large School
House shall be built. Farms. Land and Timber
L-ave, from one aero to 500 acres to suit pur I
chaers.
Office nearly opposite the -Mengel Hotel" and
Emk of Reed A Schell.
April 0. l<tit>—lV
J. VICD. SIIARPE. E r. KERR.
VJMARPE A KERR. ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD. PA. will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Schell. [March 2. '66.
J. It. DCRBORROW. I JOHN' H."TZ.
nr RBOR RO \V A- LVT Z ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all busine-s intrusted to
their care. Collections tuude on the shortest no
tice.
Tltey are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
B icfc Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
•Mengel House," and nearly oppo.-ite the Inquirer
office.
ITOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
rJ LAW. BEDFORD. PA Respectfully tenders
h - services to the public.
Offiee second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug. 1. 88.
I ( >HX PALMER, ATTORNEY AT"
e| LAW. BFiDFORD. PA. Will promptly attend
to all business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of;
Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly |
opposite the Mengel H use.
Bedford. Aug. 1. 1661.
J7SPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
J j LAW, BEDFORD. PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
cire in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
claims, b ick pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected.
Office with M inn A Spang, on Ju'iuna street,
two doors Sou'h of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22. IS',l, *
r. M. nSSIU. " ! j. , • or. .KKI TMI
K- ->1 -ul AAi & LIXGENFELTER, j
ATTOtlliuve AT U.W, ...r. r-oox., r 0.. !
II ive formed a partnership in the practice of!
the Law. Office nr. Juliana street, two doors South
of the 'Mengel House."
/t S7BPANG, ATTORNEY AT
" J . LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to |
bis care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office mi .luli itta Street, three doers south of the j
••Mengel House." opposite the residence of Mrs. !
Tate. .
May jj, 1564. •
B F ME VERS i " J. W. DICKENSON.
MEYERS A' DICKEKSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa., office
- anie as foruieily occupied hy [Jon W. P. Scbetl,
two doors east of the GAEF.TTE office. wit! practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and t nek pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. j may] 1.156.
JOHN I i. M EEEK, AUarnegat Law,
s* Bedford, Pa. Office near y opposite the Post
Office. j 0pr.20. 06.—1y.
iMnisirians and pentists.
I) li. PEXXSYE, M. J)., ELOODV
I a lit i, Pa ! ita anpos Mtk PV. V..) ten
der- his profe-sional services to the jwople of that
place and vicinity. Dee. 22. 65—1 v *
Vir w. JAMISON, ML I)., BLOODY
T . RCN Pa., tenders his j>rofe>-ional servi
■ to the people of that place and vicinity. < )flice
"Ce door west of Richard Langdons store.
Nov. 24, '6s—ly
nu. J. L. MAKBOUKG, Having
permanently located, respectfully tenders
los professional services to the citizens of Bedford
ud vicinity.
Office tot Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
the Banking H<>use of Reed A Schell.
Bedford. February 12, 1 Sr>4.
X. HICKOK, j J. G. MINNICH. JR.,
nEXTI 8 T 8 ,
BEDFORD, PA.
Off. e in the Bank Building, Juliana .St.
AM operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
nical Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted.
TERMS—-CASH.
Bedford. January 6. iB6O.
ganfecrs.
IA oil REED, I J. J. SCIIELL, I
I) E E i> A N 1) 8C H E L L,
I V Bankers and
I' E A LJ: It 8 IX EXCiI AX(I E,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
•'ciiey promptly remitted,
l'-t.osits solieitel.
; w. Rt;pp O E. SHANNON F. BENEDICT
j ) r PI*, SHANNON ACO., KAXK-
I\ ERS, BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
ELECTIONS made for the East, We*'. North
Ijoutb, and the general business of Exchange
'tan.acted. Notes and Accounts Collected and !
uttanues promptly made. REAL ESTATE j
ight and sold Oct. 20. 1860. 1
stisrrtUinfous.
[VVXIEL BORDER, •
I " Ptrr STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BKD
'I-.O HOTEL, BEDKORD. PA.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
Us keep, „n hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
■ " U niches .Spectacles of Brilliint Double He
!<i 1 i--cs. als > Scotch Pebble Glasses. (iold
Chains. Broasl Pins. Finger Rings, best
V* !; ty of tjold Pen-. He will supply to order
' ) thing in his line not on hand.
-*' 2ti, 1865-
nF. IB VINE,
• ANDERSON'S ROW, BEDFORD, PA..
*, 'ir IN R MIIS, Shoes, Queensware. arid Varic
:. . -V"Or Icrs trom Country .Merchants rc
■"■fahy *.di„itcd.
2'b 1860.
Jj K. ANDERSON,
wnsetl Scricenrfynnd Conveyancer,
"ill tt CE: I TRETII ' LK ' BEDF <> R I> COC.VTV. p.,,
L. j A ,u the wrl, '"S of Deeds, Mortgages,
ulTv Agreement, and all business
c. ; . ■. ''"nsaeted by a Scrivener and C inveyan
A MI, ' M .t/
BY MEYERS & MENGEL
Ytartarc, &(.
w w. HARTLEY. | a. s. METZGER.
H artley & metzger having
formed a partnership, on th Ist day of
April. 1806. in the HARDWARE and FARM
WACIIiMERI TRADE, now invite the pub
lic to examine their mammoth stock, which they
will sell at low figures, for cash. |spr.27,'(W
1 RON AND NAILS, at Impost rash
1 prices, at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
pAINTS, fresh, durable and beauti
■ fill; Pure Liberty White Lead; Penn Treaty
White Lead; Mansion White Lend; China Gloss;
I urpentine; Flaxseed Oil; Copal and Demar Var
nish; Brushes of all kinds, for sale cheap at
HARTLEY A METZGAR S
I 1 RAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES,
\ J Sneds and Harvesting Implements in great
variety, and at all t rices, fi-r s-tle at
HARTLEY A METZOER S.
v* ~ 00 VV ASH IX G MAtH IN ES
* '*, and the great srti-Cng-Wheel Wringer,
now on exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
Call and see this invention before purchasing else
where.
QPRING Tot )TH RAKES, Gum
1 Spring G rain Drills, Improved Cider Mills,
Eureka Fodder and Strsw Cotters. for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
H ouse keepers wiu find at
Hartley A Metzger's Store a great varietv of
household lUrdwate : Knives and Forks. Spoons of
elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovels
and Tong- Waiters. Tea Bells. Scissors, Meat Saws.
Carvers, Paring Kuives, Brushes. Waffle Irons,
Gridd'es, Gridirons. Brass, Poreelftin and Iron Ket
tles. Iron Pots, Tubs. Buckets. Baskets, Brooms,
Slaw Cutters. Ac.. Ac. Stove Polish. Rotten Stone,
and a hundred little ' knick knacks" thatwecan't
afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell
what we don't keep than what we do.
THE CLEAREST," BRIGHTEST,
J Best. Safest and Purest, and for these reasons
the Che /pest Coal Oil in Bedford, may a! nays be
had at H -rtlev A Metzger's. You who'bave never
used any other than ihe •'common truck" try it,
compare ill and you will always go to Hartley's.
Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion, and great
variety, very cheap at Hartley . also, Wick. Lamp
Tops, Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired.
/ k GBEENCASTLE GRAIN CRA
*J* ' DLES. Natural bent fingers will be re
ceived by Hartley A Metzger, who are exclu
sive agents for Bedford county. Order soon.
DUCK-EYE REAPERS and MOW
-5 ) KRS. with all tbe netr improvements, among
wbi Dis ibe wonderful Dropping invention. Also,
a tew ■ Farmer Mowers" tor sale by Hartley A
Metzger. Order .-oon as the supply is short for
this season.
DARN DOOR ROLLERS, of the
1 ) most improved pattern, track and all coni
•llete, cheaper and better than hinges, for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGER'S
DEMI-JOHNS, for Mineral Water,
at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
EM&HING TACKLE—Rods, Hooks,
| Lines, Ac.. Ac. Phot Guns, Powder, Phot,
Caps. Ac., at Hartley A Metzger's.
•j| BEREA GRINDSTONES and
> )i I and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzgers.
PATENT WHEEL GREASE; the
i best White-wash, Blacking and Scrub Brush
es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's.
po T<) HARTLEYA METZ(iER'S
V JT to get'your money back.
GEO. BLYMYER. I JOBS F. BI.Y.MYER.
/ lEO RG E BLYMY ER & S<>N
4 f having formed a partnership, on the 6th of
March, 1866, in the
HARDWARE ic DOUSE FURNISHING
litis I MESS,
respectfully invite the public to their new rooms.
three doors west of the oll stand, where ttrev wdtt
n-a —SKKIR or toe most spiendid goods
ever brought to Bedford county. These goods
will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons
dt-irous of purchasing BUILDING HARDWARE
will tiiid it to their advantage to give us a call.
WHITE LEAD.—We have on hand a large
quantity of White Lead, which we have been for
tunate to buy a little lower than theniHrket rates.
The particular brands to which we would invite
attention, are the
Pn re RHr >. Jcrul.
Liberty White Lead.
Snow Frank/in Whiff land.
11 ushiiigtoil White Lead,
II nshiugtou Zinc White Lead,
Ne >r York White Lead.
ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish:
Demar Varnish;
Varnishes of all kinds.
Flaxseed Oil, (pure.)
T// f # U// n f ,tin 4
JL€U prninn una Sltionui.
All kind* of IRON and NAILS.
No. 1 CHRVSTAL ILL! MINATING COAL
OIL
LAMPS in profu.-ion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hardware, to give us a call, as we nave every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Ruckles,
Kings, Haines and Webbing Leather of all kinds;
also u variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins, Morocco Linings, Bindings.
Housekeepers will find at Blymyer A Sbn'.-
store a great variety ot household goods. Knive
and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table
and Tea Spoons at all prices.
Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scot's
Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels.
Forks and Spades.
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes: Fishing
Ta kle; Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent
\V heel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an it,finite
i variety of articles.
Sdd 000 M ANTED— Would like to get it if our
friends waul 1 let us have it. Less will do: hut
persons having unsettled accounts will close them
up to the first of March, to enable us to close our
old books. This should be done,
may4,'tifi. GEO. BLYMYER A SON.
v* | \( If I PER YEAR! We want
VI 1 f agents every where to sell our
i H t'Rov Kt> S2O Sewing .Machines Three new kinds.
I i der and upper feed. Warranted five years.—
A hove salary or large Co MM is.-ions paid. The ONLY
machines Sold in the L'uited States for less than
Sin. which nre fally Iter used by lluirr. Wheeler&/■
Wilson. Grurrr & linker. Stager i\- Co.. ami
Hurheldtr. All other cheap machines me in-
JriHgriiie ts, and the seller or user nre liable to
arrest, fine, and imprisonment Circulars fire.
Address, or call upon Shaw A Claik. Riddel' rd,
Maine, or Chicago, Ills. | Dec. 22, '6s—Jy
- C k/1 Agents wanted
• ;M ' for six entirely uetr articles, just out.
Address 0. T GAREY, City Building, Biddcf u rd, |
Maine. |Dec 22, "(>s—ly
|) ICIIAUD LEO,
Manufacturer of
CABINET-WARE, CIIAIIIS, AC.,
BEDFORD. PA.,
1 h- undcrrigneil being eugnged in the C.-ibinet
mnking bu-iness. will uuike to "order and keep on
hnud everything in his line of mnnufacture.
BI KEAI S. DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN- I
SIO.N TABLES, CUAIKS. BEHSTEADB. WASH
STANDS, Ac., *c.,
will be furbished at all prices, and to suit every '
taste. COFFINS will also be made to order. " !
"Prompt attention paid to all orders fur work i
Shop on West Pin Street, nearly opposite i
the residence of (ieorgc Shuck.
July 10, 180J.—tf RICHARD LEO.
rpKHMS for everv description of Job
J PRINTING CASH ! for the reason that for
every article we use, we must pay cash; and the j
cash system will enable us to do our work as low
as it can be done in the cities.
{)K I N TEES' lN K has made many a
business man rich We ask you to try it in
lie ",11111,NS of THE (A7. KTT B
FLMIE Local circulation of the BED
| Koun IIAZETTK is larger than that of any other
paper in this s- ction ol country, and therefore of
ers the greatest inducements to business men to
fdvcr'ise in its columns.
IT* VERY YARIETV AND STYLE
J OF 1 JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low
rates at THE BEDFORD GAZETTE office. Call and
leave your orders.
MAMMOTH SALE BlLLS,print
ed at short notice. Large Bills make large
sales. We know it to be so. TRY IT! It will
much more than pay the extra erpenfeot print
icg. Cull at THE GAZETTE JOB OFFICE I
111* rdfovil lOngcttf,
I Published bv Request. |
Blxirs M'XXY LAM).
Dear friends and fellow soldiers brave,
Coine listen to our song
About the rebel prison and
Gur sojourn there so long.
Our wretched state and hardships great,
No one can understand.
But those who have endured the fate
In Dixie'ssunny land.
When captured by the chivalry,
They stripped us to the skin,
But failed to give vis back again
The value of a pin ;
Except s"ine lousy rags of gray,
Discarded bv their hand ;
And thus commenced our prison-life
In Dixie's sunny laud.
With a host of guards surrndnding us.
Each with a loaded .-un,
Wo were stationed in an open place,
Exposed to rain and sun.
No tent, or tree, to shelter us,
We lay upon the sand ;
Thus suie by side, great numbers died
In Dixie's sunny land.
This was the daily bill of fare.
In that secesh saloon.
No sugars, tea, or coffee there,
At morning, night or noon ;
But a pint of meat, ground cob and all.
Was served to every man.
And for want of fire we ate it raw
Tn Dixie's sunny land.
We were by these poor rations soon
Reduced to skin and bone.
, A lingering starvation worse
Thandemh, yon can but own.
Then- hundreds lay, both night and day,
By f>r too weak to stand.
Till death relieved our sufferings
In Dixie's sunny land.
W'e poor survivors oft were tried,
By many a threat and bribe
To desert our glorious union cause,
And join the rebel tribe ;
Though fain were we to leave the place,
We let them understand
We had rather die than thus disgrace
Our fl ig in Dixie's land.
Thus dreary days and nights rolled on,
Yes. weeks and months untold,
Until that happy time arrived
When we were all paroled :
We landed at Annapolis.
A wretched looking band :
But glad to he alive and free
From Dixie's sunny land.
How like a dream those days now seem,
In retrospective view.
As we recain our wasted strength,
All dressed in Union blue.
The debt we owe our biter foe
.Shall not have long to stand.
We'll pay them with a vengeance soon.
In Dixie's sunny land.*
Now all the vengeance we desire.
Is the Union of the States
For which we went through blood and fire,
And dared the blackest fates.
We want no Negro government.
No Freedtnen's Bureau grand.
Bui Peace and love and harmony
With Dixie's sunny land.
* Written before the close of the war. The last
verse shows the feelings of the true soldiers, now
that the war is over JAMES PEPPEL.
———————
E1.1.1F. It I IFF..
OR
Carry tic Back (u Tennessee I
Sweet E'lie Rbee so dear to me
Is lost forever more;
Our home was down in Tennessee,
Before dis cruel war.
CHORUS-—Then carrv ME Lack to Tennessee.
B ick where I long to he;
Among de fields of yellow corn;
To my d.irlingEllie Rhce.
Oh. why did I from day to day.
Keep wishing to be free
And from my m issa run away.
And leave my Ellie Rhee
CHORES.— Then curry be back, ete.
Tlvey said that 1 would soon be free
And happy all de day.
But if de.v take me back again
I'll ncher run away.
CHORES.—Then carry MO back. cct.
The war is over now at last,
De color'd race am free.
I).it good time eomin' on so fast;
I'se waitia' for to sec.
CHORES.—Then carry me back. etc.
flic C'lymcr Soldicrv' 4'OKK volition.
About one hundred and fifty officer*
and soldiers from every section and al
most every county of the State held a
preliminary meeting at the Democrat
ic Club Rooms, in this city, yesterday.
Among the number present were lire
vet Brig. Ceil. Mathews, Brig. (Jen.
MeCandless, Gen. Sweitz r, Gen. Da
vis, Col. Linton, Col. Witman, Col.
Maish,Coi. Ent, Col Awl, Col. Lyle,
Col. Leech. Col. Owens, Col. Owen
Jones, Col. Davis, of Berks, Lieut. Col.
Metzgar, Maj. Kerr, Maj. ({rant Wiod
inan, Maj. Dorslieinier, Maj. Ham
mond, Maj. Hale, ( apt. J. A. Graham}
Capt. Case, ('apt. Richards, ('apt.
Chrissman, ('apt. ('has. Garrctson, Capt.
M'Williams, Capt. Brock way, Capt.
Woodruff, ('apt. Dougherty, and ma
ny others whom we cannot now par
ticularize, who hav< "done the State j
some service."
It was resolved to hold a Democratic
Soldiers' State Convention on the.A'/vrf
of Auyu&t next, in Harrisburg, to be
composed of seven delegates from each
county intheCommonwealth. Acorn- j
mittee was appointed to make the nec
essary arrangements.
The indications arc that the Conven- j
tion will he a grand success. Tlie re
ports given from the various sections
of tin 1 State in regard to the feeling' of
the late soldiery of the Federal armies 1
in relation to the two gubernatorial j
candidates was most favorable to .Mr.
Clymer and a speedy and complete res
toration of the Union upon the basis of
the Crittenden resolution of the Con-j
gressof 1 SGI. Let every effort now be
made to havecvery county in the State
represented on the first of August.—
Patriot <(• ('nion,
RATS! RATS! RATS!— The Lancas
ter (0:j Earile reports that localities in j
Fairfield County are much infested by |
Norway Rats. Entire fields of corn |
have been destroyed by them, and in
other instances acres were taken in a I
single night. Gardens suffer in like
manner. They even attack and kill !
pigs, chickens, other fowls and small :
animals. Many farms are said to fie'
swarming with them. As many as five 1
hundred have been killed on u single :
farm in one day, by the usual force 011 j
a farm.
—The Yankees of 3D 1 ford, Mass., :
have introduced politicaftougs into the j
schools.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1866
A SI JIHKK OA* IN HA VIX(;.
BY 11. F. AY LOR.
Five o'clock and asummer morning!
A .silver mist haifs all along thf
streams, a clouds are afloat
and the landscape's heavy with dew.
The cows turned ■"£ from the milking,
are tinkling their \ay along the wind
ing path to the w <ls; the robins arc
calling to each othr in the orchard,
and an enterprisinjhen in the Itarn i<
1 giving "the worl<Assurance of'—an
egg. Somehow, etuji, on such a morn
ing, looks as if it tore just finished,
the coloring not df, the mouldings
not "set;" without irraveor griefin it.
Noting "the weyjf the wind," and
| remembering that tc sun "came out"
las it set last night, is prononnced a
i good day for haying 80 forth to the
meadow; the faring the neighbors,
' and the boys, "anna and OTpflppeflT"
; a you ng bare-footworn in issary bring
ing up the rear, ut'i earthen jug, and
i bright tin pai. duch talk of "wide
| swaths," and 'mowing around," with
a laugli and jest, beguiles the journey
; through the ptsAire to the field of bat
: tie. Coats ardjacke's fly like leaves
i in winter weaker and moves the pha
j lan.\ with stejind sweep through the
i tall, damp gt-s. One bend- to the
I scythe as if it cere an oar, and pants
jon in thcreapf his fellows. Another
| walks erect al boldly up to the grass,
theglitteringdade the while curving
freely and truly about his feet. The
fellow in Ketucky jean expended his
strength in tasting 011 the way, and
labors likeaaip in a heavy sea, while
the quiet <•)<> in tow, that never said
a word, is tl pioneer of the field.
On the mce, toward the tremulous
' woods iu te distance. One pauses,
j brings the vath to an "order arms."
j and youcu hear the tinkling of the
rifle, asit sarpens the edge of Time's
symbols. Another wipes the leaded
drops fronhis brow, and then swath
notes bleu agan in full orchestra.—
Onward till, tley are hidden in the
; waving gtvss—al but a broken row of
broad brinmi'd hits, that, rising and
falling, seen to brat slowly over the
! top of the meubw.
Ten o'elocl aid a cloudless sky. The
birds and tin rwples silent and still;
not a Hatter in von Hand or fallow.—
Far up in tit' hie, a solitary hawk is
slowly swipgingn airy circles over the
farm. Fardowhn the breathless lake
sweep his shadow- fellows. The long,
yellow ribbon of rail leading to town,
isaquiver with Int. "Brindie" and
"Bed" stand dozDin the marsh; the
j stiecp art- panting \ tpp angles of the
fences; the horses at grouped beneath
the old tree; "Peeo,' the faithful
guardian of the nigh, Us crawled un
der the wagon for itsiluiow, now and
then snapping in his st-p at the flies
that hum around his pedant ear; the
i cat has crept up into th leafy butter
nut and stretehed hersif at length, up
on a limb, tosleepjtheenary is dream
ing on his drowsyperc; and even the
butterflies, wearyof tckering in the
sunshine, rest, iikeful blown exotics,
on the reeds. Thechifircn of a neigh
boring -chool, all ii!<lvd and glowing,
come bounding dnn the slope in
couples, the old redpai swung up le
--tween; and the elates* of the windia-s
_ betokens "the old >a!en backet" ai
( ready dripping up in :o the .sun, with
. its brimming wealti d water.
Twei ve o'clock aui ahreathie-s noon.
• The corn fairly erls in the steady
. 'blaze. The sun has riven the shadows
around under the vM t and north walls;
it has reaehod tlie ioon mark on the
threshold and pour; the broad beams
into the hali; the mrningglories have
struck their colors and a little vine
trailed up the wall by a string of a
j shroud, shows deeded symptoms of
letting go. The lam winds for din
: nor, but its welcome note surprises the
mowers ii: the mid* of the meadow,
and they'll cut theiijway out like good
soldiers, despite tlier signal.
Hack we are agait to the field, aye
and back too, upon the threshold of
| childhood. A champ breath wafts to
j us the sweet, old faultioned fragrance
of the new mown hay, and we are
younger in memory, than wo 11 ever be
again. The angry turn of the beesjust
j thrown out of house and home, and
| the whistling quail, is site whirled
| timidly away before the steady sweep
; of the whetted scythesjand the shout
i of the children as the i.'ext .stroke laid
I upon their summer hopes of the day;
! and the bell tone of the bob-o-!inks
, swinging .upon the willows in the
"Hollow." Can't von hear— I m'tyou
remember them all ?
And have you forgotten the green
knoll under the wide-spread beach—or
was it maple? And how hungry you
were, at the morning lun h, just from
sympathy, though you hadn't "earned
your salt" for a week ? And the brown
jug tilled with pure water, and in those
olden times, you know thelittle black
bottle with somethingstrongerjust "to
qualify" it,' as they said, that nestled
lovingly together, amid the cool and
dewy grass in the fence corner! We
are sure you remember how magnifi
cent loads went tumbling into the barn,
you upon the tep, and how they heaped
the new hay into the. empty "mows"
till it was half as high as the latter—up
to the big beam—up to the swallow
hole; and how you crept up with a
young group, and hid away in a dark
corner, festooned with cobwebs, and
played you were a "painter" or "cata
mount," and growled terrifically, to
the unspeakable dread of your little
brother, or cousin, or somebody. Or,
I how weary of the frolic, you lay upon
j the hay, and counted the dust sun
beams, as they streamed through the
| crevices of the loose siding, and won
dered how they got out again, an<J how
many it took to make a day, and pas
sed your fingers through them to and
fro, and marvelled that you felt noth
! ing.
Many a time, yon know,,you crept
through that same mow with Mary
Grey—don't you remember Mary? She
lived in the house just over the hill.—
; Have you forgotten how you went
1 strawberrying together? You picked
| in her basket—don't deny it—you al
j ways felt happier than when you filled
j your own, though you never knew
| why. You had a queer feeling some
times about the heart, though you nev
er knew what. You have found it out
j all since, no doubt. And Mary—what
1 mis"becotneofTier? Why, "there is a
reaper whose name is Death," that
! goes forth to the harvest in sweetest
j Spring and latest Autumn and deepest
j Winter as well, and Mary and Ellen ;
and Jane were long ago hound up in
the same sure bundle of life.
Seven o'clock, and a clear night. The
shadows and the mist are rising in the
valleys—the frogs have set up their
i chorus in the swamp—the tire-Hies are
showing a light off the marsh —the
whip-poor-wills begin their melancho
ly song—a star blazes beautifully over
the top of the woods, and the fair be
ings that people our childhood come a
bout 11- in the twilight—the fair
beings,
"Who set as sets the morning star, that goes
j Not down behind the darkened west, nor hi-let
| Obscured 11 in id the tempest of the sky,
1 But melts away into the lightof heaven."
<)f.i> MONTGOMERY ALL RIGHT.—
" The Hot/s in Wi.tr"—They Disown the
Disunion Candidate and nfedye Thept
xefrexfor the 44 Union and Ciynn /•."—At
a large and enthusiastic meeting of the
"Soldiers' Union and C'lynier Club of
Norristown," held on Tuesday even
ing, June 27, the following preamble :
and resolutions were offered by A. AL.;
; l)err, of the 08th regiment, P. V. V.,
| and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, At tliocall of Gen. Hart
ranft, a body of men met at Pittsburg
who styled themselves "The Soldiers'
j State Convention," and professed to
speak the sentiments of the soldiers of
Pennsylvania, yet disregarded the true
interests of the country end the sol
dier, andendorsed the radical measures
. of thoDisunionistsin Congress, and the
nomination of John W. Geary for Gov
jernor:
i JLntl whereajt. We deem it expedient
to declare more plainly and explicitly
; our sentiments in regard to these im
; portant matters therefore.
Resolved, That the Pittsburg COll
- vention has no authority to speak in
the name of the soidiers of Pennsylva
nia, and we believe they grossly mis
represented the sentiments of a majori
ty.
Mesotoed, That said convention was
i a shallow device; of demagogues, which
cou'd only deceive the most unwary—a
knave-h trick—and shows the lamenta
ble fact that some soldiers have become
like those whose company they kept,
: thus proving the truth of the proverb:
"Evil communications corrupt good
i manners."
Resolved, That the country having no
\ longer any nee d of our services, and
having been honorably discharged, we
I have returned to civil life and resumed
those rights of American freemen,'
which we had. for the time being, for
i our country's sake, voluntarily laid a-;
j side, and we cannot be cajoled, or driv
en, into sacrificing them to further the'
j ambitious schemes of unprincipled
! demagogues, or the wicked designs of
fanatics; but shall endeavor to hand
them down unimpaired as we received
them from our fathers.
I'eso'e< •(, That, once more invested
with the dignity of American freemen,
we bow to no man nor submit to the
dictation of any one, though his shoul
ders niav have borne the eagle or the
Resolved, That we shall oppose to the
utmost the candidate of disunionisin,
radicalism am. negro equality, the
tricky politician, John W. Geary.
Resolved, That wo will do our utmost
to secure the election of the Union can
didate, I lie-tor Ciymer, who has at
least the qualities of a true soldier —can-
dor, sincerity and uprightness.
Repaired, That we concur in the res
olution of the "Mitflintown and Patter
son Soldiers' Ciymer Flub" recom
mending to the Ciymer soldiers of
Pennsylvania ".the holding of a State
convention in the city of Reading, on
Wednesday, the first day of August
next, for the purpose of placing our
selves before the people of Pennsylva
nia on a true Union and Constitutional
1 platform, "and thus put it out of the,
power of juggling demagogues to mis-!
represent us, or make us involuntary
instruments, for the accomplishment of
their vile schemes."
Resolved, That a copy of these reso- i
: lotions be published in the Rational:
Defender, Norristown Register, and
The Ae/e, Daily Rews, and ilarrisburg
Pateiijt and Union , and all the Demo
cratic papers throughout the State.
TIIE citizens of Trenton, N. J., have I
subscribed SHI),000 to a race course.
1
To LOVE and to labor is the sum of;
iiving; and yet how many think they j
live who neither labor nor love.
Youxu men who idolize young wo
men always loug to be joined to their
idols.
VOL. 61.--WHOLE No. 5,355.
WHOM!, CONVENTION OF I SBIiO
HEX' I XIOX.
Call fipulintlicrinr Ooti nil Hie NlalM
and Tcrritorl*.*---Tin* Xntlrtn In to into
Council —Voice ol' the people in vokcil.
WASHINGTON', June 25. —The fol
lowing call has just been prepared, and
| has theapproval of gentlemen of proni
inencein addition to triose whose names
! are appended, ft may, therefore, be
I regarded as possessing much political
significance.
A National Union .Convention of at
least two delegates from each congres
sional district of all the States, two
from each Territory, two from the Dis
trict of Columbia, and four delegates
at large from each State, will be held
at the city of Philadelphia on the sec
ond Tuesday, the 11th of August next.
Such delegates will be chosen by the
electors of the several States who sus
' t-ain iKiinirilsrtnuum m malntain
| ing, unbroken, the Union of the States
under the constitution wnich our fath
ers established, and who agree in the
! following propositions, viz:
The union of the States is in every
case indissoluble and is perpetual, and
the constitution of the United States
j and the laws passed by Cougeess in pur
suance thereof, supreme and constant,
and universal in their obligation.
The rights, the dignity and the e
quality of the States in the Union, in
eluding the right of representation in
Congress, are solemnly guaranteed by
that Constitution, to save which from
overthrow so much blood and treas
ure were expended in the late civil
war.
There is 110 right anywhere to dis
solve the Union or to separate States
from the Union, either by a voluntary
withdrawal, by force of arms or by
congressional action; neither by the
secession of the States, nor by the ex
clusion of their loyal and qualified rep
resentatives, nor by the national gov
eri.n tnt in any other form, t
Slavery is abolished,and neither can
nor ought to be re-established in any
j State or Territory within our juri.-dic
| tion.
Each State lias the undoubted right
to prescribe the qualifications of its
own electors, and no external power
rightfully can or ought to dictate, con
trol or influence the free and voluntary
action of the States in the exercise of
that right.
The maintenance inviolate of the
rights of the States, and especially ol
the light of each State to order and
control its own domestic concerns ac
cording to its own judgment exclusive
ly, subject only to the constitution of
the United States, is essential to that
balance of power 011 which the perfec
tion and endurance of our political fab
ric depend, and the overthrow of that
system by the usurpation and centrali
zation power in Congress would he a
revolution dangerous to republican gov
ernment and destructive of liberty.
Each House of Congress is made by
the Constitution, the sole judge of the
election returns and qualilications of
its members, but the exclusion of loyal
Senators and Representatives, proper
ly chosen and qualified under the Con
stitution and laws, is unjust and revo
lutionary. Every patriot should fr< iwn
upon all those acts and proceedings ev
erywhere which can serve no other pur
pose than ton-kindle the animosities of
the war, and the effect o'f which upon
our moral, social and national inter
ests, at home, and up in our standing
abroad, diil'ering only in degree, is in
jurious .'ike war itself.
The purpose- of the war having been
to preserve the Union and the Consti
tution by putting down the rebellion,
and the rebellion having been suppres
sed, all resistance to the authority of
the general government being at an
end, and the war having ccpsul, war
measures should also cease, and should
b.* fol'owed by measures of peaceful
a iministration, so that Union,
harmony and concord may be
encouraged, and industry, com
merce and the arts of peace revived
and promoted, and the early res
toration of all the States to the exercise
of their constitutional powers, in the
national government, is indispensably
necessary to the strength and to the
defence of the republic, and to the
maintenance of the public credit.
All such electors in the thirty-six
Slates and nine Territories of the Uni
ted States,and in the District of Colum
bia, who, in a spirit of patriotism and
love for the Union, can rise above per
sona! and sectional considerations, and
who desire to see a truly National Un
ion Convention which shall r--present
all the States and Territories of the
Union, assembled as friends and broth
ers under the national flag, to hold coun
cil together upon the slate of the Un
ion, and to take measures to avert pos
sible danger from the same, are
specially requested' to take part
111 the choice of such del
egates. But no delegate will take
a seat in such convention, who
does not loyally accept the national
situation and cordially endorse the
principle above set forth, and who is
not attached in true allegiance to the
Constitution, the Unitm and the Gov
ernment of the United States,
Signed by A. W. Randall, president ;
J. R. Doolittle, O. H. Browning, Ed
gar Cqwaii, Charles Knap, Samuel
Fowler, executive committee National
Union Club.
We recommend the holding of the
above convention and endorse the call
therefor: James Dixon, T. A. Hen
dricks, David S. Norton, J. W. N6s
mith.
Washington, June ISOC.
SOLDIERS' MEETING,
IOIIXSOX, ( I.THIR A XI) THE IXIOX.
1 Uiiss Convention to I 5- Hold i H,r '
riKtxirsf, Vhk"* Ixt.
In accordance with previous notice,
! a large number of honorably discharg
ed officers and soldiers met at the
! Buehler House, Harrisburg, Pa., on
Thur-day afternoon, June 28th, to take
into consideration the propriety of
holding a State Convention of Soldiers
and Sailors favoring President John
son's restoration policy, and theK'lec
■ tion of 1 Hester < lymer and opposed to
' the Radical Congress, and the action of
: the Soldier's Convention held at Pitts
i burg. *
On motion of Major Lewis, General
Davis, of Bucks county, was unani
mously elected as Chairman of the
meeting, Gen Matthews, ( olonels Lin
ton, Lyle, Leech and Owens, Major
Lewis, Captain Weaver and Lieuten
ant Buyer, were elected as \ ice Presi
dents, and Captains C. B. Brock way
and J. A. Graham, .St cretaries.
The room not being large enough .<>
■it,kl the meeting, a motion prevailed
.o adjourn to the Democratic reading
room.
After Gen. Davis had stated the ob
eet ot the meeting, on motion, Colonel
Snt, Captain Woodruff, Colonel Lyle,
Gen. Matthews, and Adjutant Becker
were appointed a Committee torejKirt
he time, place and plan ol holding the
proposed Convention.
While the committee was out, Gen
eral M'Candless, on invitation,address
ed the meeting.
The Committee reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions:
THAT WHEREAS, Delegates regular
ly elected to the Soldiers' Convention
which assembled at Pittsburg on the
oth inst., were excluded therelrom be
■ause they were opposed to the radi
.•;>l measures of Congress and the elec
tion of John W . Geary as Governor of
Pennsyfvania.
And whereas, The said Convention
.rieil to commit the honorably discharg
ed officers, soldiers and seamen of
Pennsylvania to the fanatical and rev
olutionary policy ol'Thaddeus Stevens,
Charles Sumner & Co., a policy which
is in direct conflict with the objects of
the war as set forth in the joint resolu
tion of Congress of July -2d, 18G1.
And whereas, The said Convention
did not represent the true sentiments
of the tried soldiery of Pennsylvania,
who sustained the Federal Government
on land and sea during the late rebel
lion; therefore be it
Resolved, That the honorably dis
charged officers, soldiers and seamen of
this citate who approve tiie constitu
tional, conservative and humane resto
ration policy of President Johnson, op
posed to negro suffrage and in favor of
electing Htester ClyiuerGovernor, will
meet in convention at llarrisburg, on
Wednesday, the'lst of August, 13G3.
Resolved , That each county be enti
tled to seven delegates, and where a
county has more than one member in
the House of Representatives such
county may send seven delegates for
each member, the delegates to be se
lected by the honorably discharged of
ticers, soldiers and seamen of the coun
ties respectively favorable to the ob
jects to be set forth in the general call
to the State Convention:
On motion, the following named gen
tlemen were appointed a local commit
tee to make arrangements for the State
Convention.
Col. Asbury Awl, Capt. Wm, M'Car
roll, Capt. Thomas Moloney, Surgeon
Charles Bi wers, Lieut. Win. B. Car
son, Sargeaut Win. D. Knighton, Pri
vates Howard Lescure, Thomas Burs
ter and lid ward Finney.
On motion, it was resolved that Gen.
McCandless, Col. Lyle, Col. Linton,
Col. Davis, of Berks, Col. Em heck and
Gen. Sweitzer, of Pittsburg, be a com
mittee on transportation, to negotiate
with the several railroad companies of
the State a- to the terms upon which
they will convey the delega.es and
others wishing to attend the Conven
tion and to advertise the result to the
public.
< >:i motion, it was resolved that Gen.
Davis, Col. Linton, Col. J. Wesley
Awl, Col. Jones, Capt. M' Williams
and Capt. Brock way be appointed a
committee to prepare a call for the
Convention; and in addition to the
representation called for, that they in
vite all soldiers and seamen sympa
thizing with the obiect in view to
meet at the city of Harrisburg ou that
occasion.
On motion, the thanks of the Conven
tion were tendered the Democratic
Club of Harrisburg for the use of their
reading room.
Ou motion, adjourned.
C. B. B.iockway,
J. A. Graham,
Secretaries.
IIOWTIIKYCARRY OUT TIILIR PROM
ISES.—"Brick" Pomeroy was on a visit
lately to Washington. In writing to his
paper, ho says:—"We looked in vain
in the different departments for the
one armed crippled, or veteran soldiers
who were to be rewarded by the Re
publican party. The one-armed he
roes are not popular. The left-hand
writers are not there. Once in a while
we found a poor widow in some of the
departments—merely to buiid a news
paper article on for country consump
tion. But we found hundreds of negroes
swarming about these offices—opening
and shutting doors, as if those who
passed through could not waiUnn them
selves—we found these dusky lambs
of Abraham answering bell calls every
where—we saw them in the gallery
of Congress, scratching their dirty
heads, chewing pea nuts and smiling
approval on their Radical deliverers.
And we saw one-armed, one legged,
and otherwise mutilated white soldiers