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Publishers.
at £<ui\
TOS KIM IW. TATE, ATTORNEY
F P AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., will promptly
attend to collections of bounty, buck pay, Ac.,
and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford
and adjoining counties.
Cash advanced on judgments, notes, military
and other elaitns.
llas for sale Town lots in Tatesville, where a
good Church is ere®ted. and where a large School
House shall be built. Farms. Land nr.d Timber
Leave, from one acre to 500 acres to suit pur
•hasers. t
Office nearly opposite the''Mengel Hotel and 4
Bank of Reed A Schell.
April 6,1866-1 y
J. MCD. BHARPE. E. F. KERR.
SIIARPE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoiningcountics Of
fice on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Schell. |March 2. 66.
R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LL'TZ.
DU RBOR RO W A LUT 7 ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections mado on the shortest no-
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
f J LAW, BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders
his services to the pnhlic.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, 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 lOuse.
Bedford, Aug. 1. 1861. !
11 SPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
'j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
earo in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
'laiina, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t vo doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
.M. KIMMELL. I J w. LINGENFELTER.
\r IMM ELL & LINGENFELTER,
IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
he Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
ofthe 'Mengel House," <
CI 11. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
J m LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his cara in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doers south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864.
X. F. MEYERS 1 J- W. DICKERSON.
I\TEYERS A DICKERSON, AT
-IYI TOUNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
. two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and salt of real estate attended to. [mayll,'66.
FOHN 11. FILLER, Attorney at Laic,
Bedford, Pa. Office nearly opposite the Post
Office. [apr.2o,'66. —ly.
£lnisiriaus and Jhnttets.
TAR. GEO. 11. KELLEY,
| / having permanently locate! in ST. CLAIRS
VILLE, tenders his professional services to the
citizens of that place and vicinity. nov2 66yl
\\r \Y. JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY
\\ . RUN, Pa., tenders his professional servi
ces to the people of that place and vicinity. Office
one door west of Richard Langdon's store.
Nov. 24, '6s—ly
DR. J. L. MARBOURG, Having
permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on Juliana,street. east side, nearly opposite
the Banking House of Reed A Schell.
Bedford. Fcbiuary 12, 1864.
2. N. HICKOK. | J. Q. MINStCH. JR.,
DENTISTS,
• BEDFORD, PA.
Office in the Bank Building, Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
TFUMS — CASH.
Bedford. January 6,1865.
rilß lUM P H IN IJENTISTRY! |
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,
by the use of Nitrous Oxide. nn*l is attended with
no danger whatever.
TEETH INSERTED
upon a new style of base, which is a combination
of Gold and Vulcanite; also, upon Vulcanite, Gold,
Platina and Silver.
TEMPORARY SETS inserted if called for.
Special attention will be made to diseased gums
and a cure warranted or no charge made.
TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work
in the dental line done to the entire satisfaction of
all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond
with the times.
t I have located permanently in Bedford,
and shall visit Schellsburg the Ist Monday of each
month, remaining one week ; Bloody Run the 3rd
Monday, remaining one week ; the balance of my
time I can be found at my office, 3 doors South of
the Court House. Bedford, Pa.
n0v.16,'66. WM. W. VAN ORMER. Dentist.
DR. llf VI RG I L FOB TER,
(late of New York City.)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous triends,
and the public generally, that he has located per
manently in Bloody Run, where he may be found
at all times prepared to insert full or partial sets
of his BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL TEETH on new and
improved principles.
Teeth filled in a superior manner.
Teeth extracted without pain.
All operations warranted. feblstf.
DANIEL BORDER,
PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEDFORD. PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sli
er Watenes. Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
ined Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order
any thing in his line not on hand.
Oct. 20, 1865-
T) WINTERS' INK has made many a
JL business tan rich We ask you *> try it in
the -olumns of THE GAZETTE
£l)c 43cdford ©njcttc.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
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\TE\V GOODS! FALL A WINTER!
1>
The undersigned have now opened a large ana
general assortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
to which they respectfully invite the attention of
buyers, confident they can offer
B A liG AINS! B A RG A INS!
BARGAINS!
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
In every department.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
You can be SUITED at the LOWEST PRICES.
TERMS:
XjN CASH or PRODUCE. When credit is
given, in ALL cases after six
LY MONTHS, interest will be
charged in the )
A. B. CRAMER & CO.
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oct 26
GOODS! NEW GOODS
A large and complete stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just received and opened at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S,
No. 1 Anderson's Row—bought just at the right
time.
The following comprise a few of our goods :
DRY GOODS:
Calicoes, Delaines. Coburg Cloths, French Meri
npes, Alpacas, Flannels, Ginghams, all wool De
laines, all colors, large stock of bleached and un
bleached Muslins, Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts,
Jeans, Tweeds, Ac., Ac.
BOOTS AND SHOES:
A large assortment of Men's and Boys' Boots and
Shoes Ladies' Misses' and Children's Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters, all prices, and sizes to suit everybody.
CLOTHING:
A very large stock of Men's and Boys' Coats. Pants
and Vests, all sizes, and prices to suit the times.
HATS AND CAPS :
aM, complete assortment of all kinds, sizes and
•trices.
GROCERIES, SPICES, Ac.:
Coffee, Sugar, Lovering and other Syrups, Molas
ses, Tea, Rice, Tobacco, Spices, Ac.
LEATHER:
A prime article Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip and
Upper Leather and Linings.
COTTON CHAINS,
Single and Double, all numbers, cheap.
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE,
Tubs, Buckets, Brooms, Baskets, Ac.
Call and see our stock of Goods and be convinced
that No. 1 Anderson's Row, is the place to get
bargains. J. M. SHOEMAKER,
sep. 28,'66.
IJEW STORE!"! NEW GOODS!!
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, where the subscriber
has opened out a splendid assortment of
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Notions,
Ac., Ac.
All wDieh will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
Dress Goods, best quality. Everybody buys 'em.
Muslins, " '• Everybody buys em
Groceries, all kinds, Everybody buys 'em.
Hardware, Queensware, Glassware, Cedarware,Ac.
and a general variety of everything
usually kept in a country store.
Everybody buys 'em.
Call and examine our goods.
** dec7,'66. G. 1 EAGER
18(57. - I * 67 '
AT IT AGAIN!
AND
A rare CHANCE for BARGAINS!
JAMES B. FARQUHAR
Is pleased to state to his friends and former custo
mers, that he has
RESUMED BUSINESS IN BEDFORD,
at the well known P. A. Reed stand, opposite the
Bedford Hotel, where he is prepared to sell
everything in his line,
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST !
He has a full line of
Dry-Goods,
Ready-Made Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
which have been purchased at very law prices, and
will be sold at a very small advance.
UP Call and examine our stock.
jan,18,'67.
bankers.
JACOB REED, | J. J. SCHELL,
REED AND schell,
Bankers and
DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
RUFPA SHANNON, BANKERS,
BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business of Exchange
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittanees promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. febB
LEO,
Manufacturer of
CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, AC.,
BEDFORD, PA.,
The undersigned feeing engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep
hand everything in his line of manufacture.
BUREAUS. DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND BXTKN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, Ac., 4C..
will be furhished at all prices, and to suit every
taste. COFFINS will also be made to order.
attention paid to all orders for work.
on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence of George Shuck.
jJuly 10, 1803.—tf RICHARD LEO.
flic sMfowi &mttt
A MODEL MTTEH.
To please the ladies we publish a few
extracts from a letter of Patrick Hen
ry, the statesman and christian, to his
only daughter. We know that our la
dy readers will be edified by the peru-
SRI I
MY DEAR DAUGHTER You have
just entered into that state which is re
plete with happiness or misery. The
issue depends upon the prudent, amia
ble, uniform conduct, which wisdom
and virtue so strongly recommend, 011
the one band, or on that importance
which a want of reflection or passion
may prompt on the other.
You are allied to a man of honor, of
talents, and of open, generous disposi
tion. You have, therefore, in your pow
er, all the essential ingredients of do
mestic happiness; it cannot be marred,
if you now reflect upon that system of
conduct which you ought invariably to
pursue; if you now see clearly the
path from which you will resolve nev
er to deviate. Ourconduct is often the
result of whim or caprice, often such
as will give us many a pang, unless we
see beforehand what is always most
praiseworthy and the most essential
to happiness.
The first maxim you should follow
is never to attempt to control your hus
band by opposition, by displeasure, or
any other mark of anger. A man of
sense, of prudence, of warm feelings
cannot, and will not, bear an opposi
tion of any kind, which is attended
with an angry look or expression. The
current of his affection is suddenly
stopped; his attachment is weakened;
he begins to feel a mortification the
most pungent; he is belittled even in
his own eyes, and be assured, the wife
who once excites those sentiments in
the breast of the husband, will never
regain the high ground which she
might and ougiit to have retained.
When he marries her, if he is a good
man, he expects to find in her one who
is not to control him—not to take from
him the freedom of acting as his own
judgment shall direct, but one who
will place such confidence in him as to
believe that his prudence is his best
guide. Little things, what are in re
ality mere trifles in themselves, often
produce bickerings and even quarrels.
Never permit them to be a subject of
dispute, yield them with pleasure, and
with a smile of affection. Be assured
that one difference outweighs them all
a thousand or ten thousand times. A
difference with your husband ought to
be considered as the greatest calamity—
as one that is to be studiously guarded
against; it is a demon which must nev
er be permitted to enter a habitation
where all should be peace, unimpaired
confidence, and heartfelt affection. Be
sides, what can a woman gain by op
position or indifference? Nothing.
But she loses everything; she loses her
husband's respect lor her virtues; she
loses his love, and, with that. aR pros
pect of future happiness. She creates
her own misery, and then utters idle
and silly complaints, but utters them
in vain. The love of a husband can be
retained only by the high opinion
which he entertains of his wife's good
ness of heart, of her amiable disposi
tion, of the sweetness of her temper,
of her prudence, of her devotion to
him. Let nothing, upon any occasion,
ever lessen thst opinion On the con
trary, it should augment every day ;
he should have much more reason to
admire her for those excellent qualities
which will casta lustre over a virtuous
woman when her personal attractions
are no more.
Has your husband staid out longer
than you expected ? When he returns
receive him as the partner of your
heart. Has he disappointed you in
something you expected, whether of or
nament or of furniture, or of any eon
veniency? Never evince discontent;
receive his apology with cheerfulnes-.
Does he, when you are housekeeper,
invite company withoutinforming you
of it,or bring home with him a friend?
Whatever may be your repast, howev
er scanty it may be, or how impractica
ble it may be to add to it, receive them
with a pleasing countenance, adorn
your table with cheerfulness, give to
your husband and to your company a
hearty welcome; it will evince love
for your husband, good sense in your
self, and that politeness of manners
which acts as the most powerful charm!
It will give to the plainest fare a zest
superior toall that luxury can boast.
Never be discontented on any occasion
of this nature. * * * *
In the next* place, as your husband's
success in his profession will depend up
on his popularity, and as the manners
of a wife have no littleinfluenee in ex
tending or lessening the respect and es
teem of others for her husbaud, you
should take care to be affable and polite
to the poorest as well as the richest.
A reserved haughtiness is a sure indi
cation of a weak mind and unfeeling
heart.
I will only add, that matrimonial
happiness does not depend upon wealth;
no, it Is not to be found in wealth; but
in minds properly tempered and united
to our respective situations. Compe
tency is necessary; all beyond that
point ideal. Do not suppose, however,
that I would not advise your husband
to augment his property by all honest
and commendable means. I would
wish to see him actively engaged iu
such a pursuit, because engagement, a
sedulous employment, in obtaining
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1867.
i some laudable end, is essential to hap
piness. In the attainment of a fortune,
by honorable means, a man derives sat
isfaction in self-applause, as well as
from the increasing estimation in which
he ishel(|by thosearound him.
THE OBJECT IS CONSOLIDATION.
It is useless to argue the reasonable
ness or unreasonableness of any of the
plans of restoration proposed by the
Rump Congress. It is not a question
of the propriety to the constitutional
amendments, of the justice of negro
suffrage, or the wisdom of the quack
prescriptions given by the Radical doc
tors. The objection to them is final
and unanswerable. Congress has no
power to impose conditions embracing
the government of States to their rep
resentation in the Union. However
unobjectionable in itself hny proposi
tion might be, it should not be admit
ted in the form of a condition. Con
gress attempts to dictate terms of rep
resentation to Virginia. Itis not seen
that the right in the case once admit
ted implies the right to shut the doors
of Congress against the representatives
of Missouri, Illinois or Iowa? Negro
Suffrage, to cite but a single instance,
is not insisted upon as a penalty to the
South. The law for the punishment of
treason, or rebellion or whatever you
may call it, does not prescribe such a
penalty, nor do the leading Radicals
as Stevens and Sumner, anuounee this
as the object of the enforcement of ne
gro suffrage. They have obtained the
consent of their party to demand the
enfranchisement of the South. When
Nebraska asks admisson they at once
make negro suffrage a condition. If it
is right in the case of South Carolina,
why not in the line of consolidation,
and we shall have Congress shutting
out the representatives of every State
at the North who cannot show that ne
groes voted for them.
The leaders of the Radical party are
at work for something more than the
temporary advantages of success upon
any one of their articles of party faith.
The ballot is to be given to the negroes
because, as Sumner says, Radicalism
"needs the votes of the blacks." But
back of that is the one idea at the foun
dation of Radicalism—the idea of con
consolidation of government, centrali
zation of power, recognition of the
right of Congress to enter States, and
prescribe the manner of administra
tion of local laws, dictate their provis
ion, and in all things have absolute
power, from the exercise of the func
tions of a constable, to the administra
tion of office of the President; from
regulating municipal and county affairs
to legislating for States and for the na
tion.—Jackson Patriot.
ADVICE TO PARENTS.
Here is an item for parents and we
hope all of our readers will peruse it
carefully. We don't know who wrote
it, but these five short paragraphs em
brace a volume of instruction toall par
ents (except, perhaps, those of Bed
ford,) who have boys old enough to do
evil:
"Let your boys play in the streets at
night. Old Larceny, who lives over
the grocery, round the corner, was a
virtuous man and citizen before he
took to highway robbery and served
two terms in the State prison. His
boys are first-rate companions for your
darlings, and will teach them something
of life. If your boys grow up to burly
ruffians, whose main employment are
robbing and eluding officers, thank your
foresight in allowing them to run in the
streets nights with all manner of vile
companions, and subject to all manner
of evil communications.
"After father has administered a de
served whipping to Johnny for insult
ing an old man 011 the street, mother
should privately take the weeping urch
in into the pantry and stuff him with
plum cake.
"If Thomas Arthur should begin to
swear because you refuse to let him go
skating with Old Larceny's boys, allow
him to depart with a parental blessing,
for it is dreadful to excite him to pro
fanity, and his mother can't bear to
hear Thomas Arthur swear. Thomas
Arthur won't swear when he is out
skating, of course not.
"When you give him a severe talking
to for stealing Deacon Biuenose's pip
ins, be sure that he is out of hearing be
fore you bngin to relate your youthful
adventures in the watermelon line to
your old crony, Uncle Tim.
"Take your pipe out of your mouth
when you chastise him forsmoking. A
clay pipe detracts from parental digni
ty when administering deserved chas
tisement."
—A son of Isaac Matthews, of Flori
da, Orange county, New York, who
was lost when nine years ofage, return
ed home recently after an absence of ov
er eleven years. He found his way in
to the House of Refuge, and was taken
from that institution by an Eastern
gentleman, who adopted and educated
him. He found his father through the
agency of an advertisement.
A COLORED woman has just died in
Richmond, leaving 35 children to
mourn her death. She was only once
married. They are to be handed over
to the tender mercies ofthe Freedmen's
Bureau. White orphans must take
back seats.
—A new Atlantic Telegraph Compa
ny, to lay a cable byway of the Azores
to Halifax, is now forming in Eng
land.
AN ELOQUENT OPENING.
Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, re
cently made a powerful speech in the
U. S. Senate against the radical meas
ures for the destruction of the Union,
opening with the following 1 strong elo
quent language r but no more strong and
eloquent than truthful. Mr. Doolittle
arose and said:
I rise to plead for what I think the
life of the Republic, and for that spirit
which gives it life. I stand here also
to answer for myself, because 011 a for
mer occasion I foresaw what I believ
ed would follow as a necessary and log
ical consequence of the adoption of cer
tain fundamental heresies originated
in the State of Massachusetts, and of
which the Senator of Massachusetts, 011
my right (Mr. Sumner), is the great
advocate and champion. I have been
for morethan eighteen months denoun
ced in my State by many of my form
er political associates and friends for
foreseeing these results which have
now come; which are now pending be
fore this Senate in the bills which have
come from the House of Representa
tives; for denouncing them in advance,
for asserting to the people of Wisconsin
over and over again that yielding to
these fatal heresies would of necessity
dissolve the Union, and establish a con
centrated military despotism.
I have, sir, I expect, been more se
verely denounced throughout the State
of Wisconsin than elsewhere. That
denunciation has been carried to such
an extent as to culrnniate at last in res
olutions of the Radical Legislature of
Wisconsin, instructing me to resign my
seat in this body. I say, therefore, Mr.
President, as I stand here to-day, I
stand to plead for the life of the Repub
lic, to plead for the spirit in which it
lives, and without which it is dead;
and, sir, lam hereto answer for myself,
because I have been pleading for it
with all the power God has given me,
for the last two years, in my State, and
in this Senate and elsewhere. And if,
sir, I shall in this discussion give utter
ance to deep and earnest convictions in
strong and earnest language, Senators
will understand it is with nodisrespect
to them. It is because my soul is filled
with sentiments which language can
hardly utter. Never before in my life,
though I have stood in many a scene,
and have often risen here, but never
have I felt the weight of that responsi
bility resting upon me which is upon
me now.
Never before in my life was there a
time when my heart would go up and
ask Almighty God to givethe power to
give utterance to the truth as it goes up
now; no such measures were ever be
fore presented in an American Cong
ress. What are they? Call them by
what name you will, they are in sub
stance a declaration of war against ten
States of this Union. They are nothing
more—they are nothing less. We know,
sir, that the rebellion has been suppress
ed, we know that every armed soldier
from the Potomac to the Rio Grade has
surrendered hisarras, and pledged anew
his allegiance to the Constitution, the
Union, and the flag; we know there is
not one armed soldier against this Re
public throughout the whole of our vast
domain. We know, sir, that in those
ten States civil governments in form
have been re-established bythevoiceol
their people, and that with all the ma
chinery of their civil government they
are in full operation. We know, sir,
that peace has been declared by the au
thorities of this republic, pursuant to
acts of Congress conferring that author
ity. In all the States of this Union
peace has eoine. But, sir, what do these
bills propose? They propose open, di
rect war 011 every form of civil govern
ment within those States. They pro
pose to supersede and annul them all;
to take from all the people of those
States all voice in the power which is
to govern them. The bayonet, and the
bayonet alone, in the hands of the sol
dier, is to be law to those States; all
resistance is to be overcome, the States
are to be taken possession of, and all
civil institutions are to be subsidized
to the bayonet. That is war.
Mr. Doolittle then entered upon a
criticism of the details of the bill, and
afterwards referred at considerable
length to the resolution instructing him
to resign, denying the right ofthe Leg
islature of Wisconsin to issue such in
structions, and reviewing the votes
and speeches in the Senate, and the
acts of his public life which caused those
resolutions to be passed, by what he
termed the Radicals of the Wisconsin
Legislature. He then contended that
he had not abandoned the principles of
the Baltimore platform of 1864, that he
was still in favqr of it, and of the policy
of reconstruction, commenced by Mr.
Lincoln.
Reviewing the Louisiana bill, he said
its title should be amended so as to
read, "Not to restorecivilgovernment,
but to organize hell in the State of Lou
isiana."
A PAIR of shoes twenty-two and a
half inches in length and seven inches
in width across the ball of the foot are
on exhibition at Richmond. They
were made for a negro man in Hanover
county, Virginia.
A MAN in Jackson, Miss., gave his
intended money to buy her bridal out
fit, and on the following morning she
married his brother.
.VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,383,
AX ARCTIC ADVEXTIRE.
Enron titer with an Iceberg.
Dr. Hays, in his new work, "The
open Polar Sea," Thus relates a dan
gerous encounter with an iceberg:
"Giving too little heed tothecurrents,
we were eagerly watching the indica
tion of the wind which appeared at the
South, and hoping for a breeze, when
it was discovered that the tide had
changed and was stealthily setting us
upon a nest of bergs which lay to leet
ward. One of them was of that descrip
tion known among the crew by the sig
nificant title of "touch me not," and
presented that jagged, honey-combed
appeara nee ind ieati ve of great age. They
are unpleasant neighbors. The least
disturbance of their equilibrium may
cause the whole mass to crumble to
pieces, and woe be unto the unlucky
vessel that is caught in the dissolution.
"In such a trap it seemed, however,
that we stood a fair chance of being
ensnared. The current was carrying
us along at an uncomfortably rapid
rate. A boat was lowered as quickly
as possible, to run out a line to a berg
that lay grounded about a hundred
yards from us. While this was being
done, we grazed the side of a berg which
rose a hundred feet above our topmasts,
then slipped past another of smaller di
mension. By pushing against them
with our ice-poles we changed some
what the course of the schooner; but
when we thought that we were steer
ing clear of the mass which we so much
dreaded, an eddy changed the direction
of our drift, and car ried us aI m ost broad
side upon it.
"The schooner struck on the starboard
quarter, and the shock, slight though it
was, disengaged some fragments of ice
that were large enough to have crushed
the vessel had they struck her, and al
so many littlelumps which rattled about
us; but fortunately no person was hit.
The quarter deck was quickly cleared,
and all hands crowding forward anx
iously watched the boat. The berg now
began to revolve, and was setting slow
ly over us; the little lumps fell thicker
and faster upon the afterdeck, and the
forecastle was the only place where
there was the least chance of safety.
"At length the berg itself saved us
from destruction. An immense mass
broke off from that part which was be
neath the surface of the sea, and this,
a dozen times larger than the schooner,
came rushing up within a few yards of
us, sending a vast volume of foam and
water flying from its sides. This rup
ture arrested the revolution and the
berg began to settle in the opposite di
rection. And now came another danger.
A long tongue was protruding immedi
ately underneath the schooner, already
the keel was slipping and grinding up
on it, and it seemed probable that we
should be knocked up in the air like a
football, or at least capsized. The side
of our enemy soon leaned from us, and
we were in no danger from the worse
than hailstone showers which had driv
en us forward; so we sprang to the ice
poles and exerted our strength in en
deavoring to push the vessel off. There
were no idle hands. Danger respects
not thedignity of the quarter deck.
"After we had fatigued ourselves at
this hard labor without any useful re
sult the berg came again to our relief.
A loud report first startled us; another
and another followed in quick succv.
sion, until the noise grew deafenir
and the whole'air seemed a reservoir ot
frightful sound. The opposite side of
the berg had split off, piece after piece,
tumbling a vast volume of ice into the
sda, and sending the berg revolving
back upon us. This time the move
ment was quicker; fragments began
again to fall, and, already sufficiently
startled by the alarming dissolution
which had taken place, we were in mo
mentary expectation of seeing the
whole side nearest to us break loose and
crash bodily upon theschooner, in which
event she would inevitably be carried
down beneath it, as hopelessly doomed
as a shepherd's hut beneath an Alpine
avalanche.
"By thi.s time Dodge, who had charge
of the boat, had succeeded in planting
an ice-anchor, and attaching his rope,
andgreeted us with the welcome signal,
"Haul in." We pulled for our lives,
long and steadily. Seconds seemed
minutes and minutes hours. At length
we began to move off. Slowly and
steadily sank the berg behind us, car
rying away the main boom and grazing
hard against the quarter. But we were
safe. Twenty yards away and the dis
ruption occurred which we had all so
much dreaded. The side nearest to us
now split off and came plunging wildly
down into the sea, sending over us a
shower of spray, raising a swell which
set us a rocking to and iro as if in a gale
of wind, and left us grinding in the
debris of the crumbling ruin.
"At last we succeeded in extricating
ourselves, and were far enough away
to look back calmly upon the object of
"our terror. It was still rocking and
rolling like a thing of life. At each
revolution fresh masses were disengag
ed; and, as its sides came up in long
sweeps, great cascades tumbled and
leaped from them hissing into the foam
ing sea. After several hours it settled
down into quietude, a mere fragment
of its former greatness, while the pieces
that were broken from it floated quietly
away with the tide."
Ax Indianian who tost four wives
two by death, one by elopement and
oneby divorce—has just married again.
! MILITARY DESPOTISM IX TEJT STATES
OF THE INIOS.
The following is the recent bill pass
ed by Congress to establish military
despotism in ten States of the Union :
Whereas , No legal State governments
or adequate protection for life or prop
erty now exists in the States of Virgin
ia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisi
ana, Florida, Texas and Arkansas;
And, whereas , It is necessary that
peace and good order should be enfor
ced in said States, and loyal and repub
lican State governments be legally es
tablished ; therefore,
Be it enacted , <l*c., That said Rebel
States shall be divided into military
districts, and made subject to the mil
itary authority of the United States, as
hereinafter prescribed; and for that
purpose Virginia shall constitute the
first district; North Carolina and South
Carolina the second district; Mississip
pi and Arkansas the fourth district,
and Louisiana and Texas the fifth dis
trict.
Section 2. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the Presi
dent to assign to the command of each
of said districts an officer of the army
not below the rank of brigadier gener
al, and to detail a sufficient military
force to enable such officer to perform
his -duties and enforce his authority
within the district to which he is as
signed.
Section 3. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of each officer
assigned as aforesaid, to protect all per
sons in their rights of person and prop
erty, to suppress insurrection, disorder
and violence, and to punish or cause to
be punished, all disturbers of the pub
lic peace and criminals ; and to this
end he may allow local civil tribunals
to take jurisdiction of and to try offen
ders; or when, in his judgment, it may
be necessary for the rial of offenders,
he shall have power to organize milita
ry commissions or tribunals for that
purpose, andall interference, undercol
or of State authority, with the exercise
of military authority under this act
shall be null and void.
Section 4. And be it further enacted,
That no persons put under military ar
rest by virtue of this act, shall be tried
without unnecessarydelay, and no cru
el or unusual punishment shall be in
flicted; and no sentence of any milita
ry commission or tribunal hereby au
thorized, affecting the life or liberty of
any person, shall be executed until it is
approved by the officer in command of
the district; and the laws and regula
tions for the government of the army
shall not be effected by this act, except
in so far as they conflict with its pro
visions ; Provided that no sentence of
death under the provisions of this act
shall be carried into effect without the
approval of the President of the Uni
ted States.
Section 5. And be it further enacted t
That when the people of any one of the
said Rebel States shall have formed a
constitutional government, in confor
mity with the Constitution of the Uni
ted States in all respeets, framed by a
convention of delegates elected by the
male citizens of said State, twenty-one
years old and upwards, of whatever
race, color or previous condition, who
have been residents in said State for
one year previous to the day of such e
lection, except such as may be disfran
chised for participation in Rebellion or
for felony at common law, and when
such Constitution shall provide that
the elective franchise shall be enjoyed
by all such persons as have the qualifi
cations herein stated for election of del
egates, and when such Constitution
shall be adopted by a majority of the
persons voting on the question of rat
ification who are qualified as electors
for delegates, and when such Constitu
tion shall have been adopted by a ma
turity of the persons voting on the
question of ratification who are qual
ified as electors for delegates, and when
such Constitution shall have been sub
mitted to Congress for examination
and approval, and Congress shall have
approved the same, and when said
State, by a vote of its Legislature, elect
ed under said Constitution, shall have
adopted the amendment to the Consti
tution of the United States proposed by
the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known
as article 14, and when said article shall
have become a part of the Constitution
of the United States, shall be declared
entitled to representation in Congress,
and Senators and Representatives shall
be admitted therefrom on their taking
the oath prescribed by law ; and there
after the •- .'eding sections of this act
shall not be in operation in said State;
Provided , That no person excluded from
the privilege of holding office by the
said proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States shall be
eligible to election as a member of a
convention to frame a constitution for
any of said Rebel States, nor shall any
such person vote for a member of said
convention.
Section 6. And be it further enacted,
That until the people of said Rebe
States shall be by law admitted to rep
resentation in the Congress of the Uni
ted States any civil government which
may ejcist therein shall be deemed pro
visional only, and in all respects sub
ject to the paramount authority of the
United States at any time to abolish,
modify, control or supersede the same;
and in all elections to any office under
such provisional government, all per
sons shall be entitled to vote, and none
other, who are entitled to vote under
the provisions of the fifth section of
this act, and no person shall be eligible
to any office under such provisional
government who would be disqualified
from holding office under the provis
ions of the third article of said Consti
tutional Amendment.
GEN. MCC'LELLAN is still at Ville
neue, on Lake Geneva, and well.
THE French soldiers are to be in
structed in fencing.