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A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half jear, or year, as follows : 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. ♦One square - - - $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00 Two squares .- - 600 ' 9 00 16 00 Three squares --- 800 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 llalf column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 One column - - - - 30 00 45 00 80 00 ♦One square t occupy ne inch of space. 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. iy All letters should be addressd te MEYERS A MENGEL. Publishers. at c£au\ S. L. RUSSEL. J. H. LONGEXKCKER. RUSSEL & LONGENECKER, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi ness entrusted to their care. Special attention ? riven to collections and the prosecution of claims or BackPay, Bounty, Pensions Ac OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court House. aprs,'67tf J. Men. SHARPS. F.. F. KERR. SHARPE 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 ef Reed A Schell. |March2,'66. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LCTZ. HURBORROW A LUT Z , J ) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents end will giTe 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 LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his services to the public. Office second door North of the Mengel House. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861. ESPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military daims. back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, t to doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. . M. KIMMELL. | J. *T. LIXGENFF.LTER. \T IMMELL & LINGENFELTER, IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.. Have formed a partnership in the practice of he Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South efthe 'Mengel House," G H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT # LAW BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly at tend to collections and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the "Mengtl House," opposite the residence of Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1864. B. F. METERS I • W. DICKKRBON. MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT TORNEYS 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, bountv and rack pay obtained and the purchase and sale of ieal estate attended to. [mayll.'66. TJcntiStnt. D. It. HICKOK, I J. G. MINNICH. JR., DENTISTS, BEDFORD, PA. Office in the Bank Building, Juliana St. AH operations pertaining to Surgical or Me chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex cellent articles, always on hand. TFRMS —CASH. Bedford, January 6,1865. R|TR IUM PH IN DENTISTRY! TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, by the use of Nitrous Oxide, and is attended with no danger whatever. TEETH INSERTED upon a now 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 oharge made. TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work in the deotal line done to the entire satisfaction of all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond with the times. Ly 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 ORMEK. Dentist. _ TA ENTISTRY ! DENTISTRY! A BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH FOR TEN DOLLARS Dr. H. VIRGIL PORTER, (late of New York city,) DENTIST, Would respectfully inform his numerous friends and the public generally, thai he has located per manently IN BLOODY RUN, where he may be found at all times prepared to insert from ONE TOOTH to full sets of his BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL TEETH, on new and improved atmospheric principles. THE TRIUMPH OF MECHANICAL DENTISTRY, RUBBER FOR THE BASIS OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH. This discovery which has met with such universal approval throughout this and other countries, has seemingly placed Artificial Teeth at the disposal of all who require them. Dr. PORTER is now in serting most beautiful and durable, at prices ranging from ten to eighteen dollars per set. |_y Temporary sets inserted if desired Jjjr' All operations warranted. TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain, by the use of NITROUS OXIDE or LAUGHING GAS. This is NO HUMBUG, but a positive fact. Gas administered fresh every day. As the Gas administered by Dr. Porter is pre pared in accordance with the purifying method of Dr. Strong, of New Haven, Ct., and Prof. Siliman (late Professor of Chemistry in Yale College), he has no hesitation in asserting that it is attended with no danger whatever. Persons desiring the services ef a Dentist, would promote their own interest by calling upon Dr. Porter, as he is determined to spare no effort to please the most fastidious. Dr. Porter's mode of operating will at all times be of the mildest char acter, avoiding the iuflictiou of the slightest un necessary pain, and carefully adapted to the age, constitution, health and nervous condition of the patient. Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's scientific method of preserving decayed and aching teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER. mar29.'67tf. Dentist, Bloody Run, Peuna. MERCHANTS' SHOW BILLS, printed in superior style, and upon reasons ran, at Tax BEDFORD G AEKTTE office. &l)c Cclifori) ®njcttc. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. £)nt-©ooils, 6rorfrifs, ****** * * * * * MEW GOODS! FALL & WINTER! The undersigned have now opened a large and general assortment of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, FALL AND WINTER GOODS, to which they respectfully invite the attention of buyers, confident they can offer BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! In every department. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK. You can be SUITED at the LOWEST PRICES. TERMS: ly CASH or PRODUCE. When credit is jy given, in ALL cases after six (Y MONTHS, interest will be £y charged in the tyaccount.^o A. B. CRAMER & CO. ****** * * * * * oct26 TYJ-EW 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 noes, Alpacas, Flannels, Ginghams, all wool De laines, all colors, large stock of bleached and un bleached Muslins, Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts, Jeans, Tweeds, <ko., 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, Hants and Vests, all sizes, and prices to suit the times. HATS AND CAPS : A complete assortment of all kinds, sizes and prices. GROCERIES, SPICES, Ac.: Coffee, Sugar, Lovering and other Syrups. Molas ses, Tea, Rice, Tobacco, hpices, Ac. LEATHER: A prime article Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip and Upper Leather and Linings. CO I TON 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. TVTENV STORE!! NEW GOODS!! J> • bT MILL-TOWN, two miles West of Bedford, where the subscriber has opened out a splendid assortment of Dry-Goods, Groceries, Notions, <£e., Ac. All which will be sold at the most reasonable prices. Dress Goods, best quality. Everybody buys 'era. 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. 6. YEAGER- 1807." JF ' " ,867 - 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 I He has a full line of Dry-Goods, ■ Ready-Made Clothing, Boots and Shoes, which have been purchased at very low prices, and will be sold at a very small advance. IjjT Call and examine out stock. jan,18,'67. I TV R. GEO. B. KELLEY, I / having permanently located in ST. CLAIRS VILLE. tenders his professional services to the citizens of that place and vicinity nov2'66yl W" w. JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY A RBN, Pa., tenders his professional servi ces to the people of that place and vicinity. Office •ne door west of Richard Langdon s store. Nov. 24, '6s ly TAR. J. L. MARBOURG, Having I / permanently located, respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens ot Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite the Banking House of Reed A Schell. Bedford, Feb.nary 12, 1864. MEDICAL.— DR. S. G. STATLER, near Scheilsbarg, and DR. J. J. CLARKE, irly of Cumberland county, Pa., having asso ciated themselves in the Practice of Medioioe, re spectfully offer their professional services to the citizens oi Schellsburg and vicinity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same as form erly occupied by J. Smith. Esq , dee'd. apr!2, 67yl STATLER A CLARKE. THE GENUINE BARTLETT JO.S EWI N G MAC H1 NE. WANTED—Agents, $l5O per month and all ex penses paid, to sell the genuiue Bartlett hewing Machine. This Machine will do all the work thai can be done on any high-priced machiue, and is fully patented, licensed and warranted for fire years. We pay the above wages. or a commission, from which twice that amount oau be made. For circulars and terms address H. HALL A Co., apr!2w6 724 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Xriiiil Uotirrs. COURT PRO CLAMATION.— To _ the Coroner, the Justices of the Peace, and Constables in the different Townships tit the County of Bedford, Greeting: KNOW VE, that in pursu >nce of a precept to me directed, under the hand and seal of the Hon. ALEXANDER KING. President of the several Courts of C >inmon Pleas, in the I6fh District, consisting of the coun ties of Franklin. Fulton, Bedford and Somerset, and by virtue of his office of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General J -ill Delivery for the trial of capital and other offenders therein, and the Gen eral Court of Qu irter Sessions of the Peace; and G W. GUMP, and WILLI AM G. EICHOLTZ. Judges of the same Court in the same County of Bedford, You and each of you, are hereby required to be and appear in your proper persons with your Re cords. Recognizances, Examinations, and other Remembrances, before the Judges aforesaid, at Bedford, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and General Quarter Ses sions of the peoco therein to be holden for the coun ty of Bedford, aforesaid, on the Ith Monday of April, (being the Iht day,) 1867, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day. there and then to do those things to which your several offices appertain. Given under my hand and seal the 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1867. ROBERT STECKMAN, SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 1 Sheriff. Bedford, Mar. 29, 1867. { w4 XLST OF CAUSES, put down for J trinl at April Term, 1867. (22d day.) TheoNetl, et al vs Sam'l Stern. WmNycum vs Jacob Dunkle. J W Beeler's adm'r vs Dr B F Harry. Siitn'l S Fluck vs Rich Langdon. C FocklerA Son vs - Geo Roads, etal. John B Peacock, vs Geo White A Co. David Heidler vs Railroad company. Wm States' use vs Geo Blackburn. Same vs John Gochenour. Daniel Border vs Jacob Reed. Same vs Reed A Schell. Jacob Barndollar vs John A Gump et al Certified, March 25th, 1867. mar29w4 0. E. SHANNON, Proth. I IST OF GRAND J URO RS J Drawn for April Term, 4th Monday, 22d day, A. D.. 1867: Bedford Bor., A. J. Sansom, Foreman, Freder ick Benedict, Thomas Merwine. Bedford tp., William Mickel. Bloody Run, John D. Lucas, Bartlcy Sains. Cumberland Valley, Samuel Drenning, William Gil lain, Francis Rice Josiah Bruner. Harrison, Joseph W. Elder. Juniata, Abraham S. Ritchey. Monroe. John F Snyder. Napier, G. 8. Mullin, Michael Wendle, George W. Williams. Providence E., Geo. W. Householder. Providence W., Joseph Fisher. Southampton, Artemas Bennett, Jeremiah Rob inett. Snake Spring, Edwin Hartley. St. Clair, Eli Miller. Woodberry S., Jacob Z. Kochenderfer, James H Graham. Drawn and certified at Bedford, this 12th day of Februarv. A. D. 1867. ISAAC KENSINGER, WILLIAM KIRK, Attest: Jury Com'rs. J.vo. G. FISHER, Clerk. I IST OF PETIT JURORS, drawn J for same term. Bedford Borough. Martin Milburn, John G. Miunich. Richard R. Sill. Bedford tp., Michael Nawgel, Geo Lysinger, Charles R. Rea. B'oody Run, John Filler. Colerain, Nathan C. Evans, George W. Shafer. William James. Harrison, John G. May. Juniata, John H. Keyser, John Lafferty. Liberty. Michael L. Putt, Enoch McGrigor, I saac K. Little, David Stoler, David Cyphers. Londonderry, James F. Mattingly. Monroe. Jacob Flotcher. of J. Napier, Henry Kerr, Wm. Colvin, James 0. Rohiuett, Abraham Dennison. Richard McMullin. Providence E., William Morgart. Providence W., A J Morirart Snake Spring, Asa S. Stuekcy, William Lysing er. Southampton, Daniel Tewell, Lovan Shipley. St. Clair, Jacob Croylo. Union, John R. linler, John Fickes, Sr. Woodberry M., Valentine Glass. Woodberry S., William Detwiler, Martin Brum baugh, Andrew Snoberger. Drawn and certified at Bedford, this 12th day of February, A.D. 1867. ISAAC KENSINGER, WILLIAM KIRK, Attest: JuryCotu'rs. JNO. G FISHKR, Clerk. mir29w4 REGISTER'S NOTICE.— AII per sons interested, are herebv notified that the following accountants hive filed their accounts in the Register's Office of Bedford county, and that the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court, in and for.said county, on Tuesday, the 23d day ol April next, at the Court House, in Bedford, for confirmation: The account of Joseph Horn and Henry Horn, administrators of the estate of Henry Horn, late of Schellsburg borough, deceased. The account of Daniel Ritchey. administrator of all and singular the goods and credits which were of John Ritchey, late of Union township, Bedford county, deceased. The account of John Stayer, administrator of the goods and chattels. Ac., which were of Adam Stay er, late of South Woodbury township, Bedford county, deceased. The account of Jacob Troutuian, jr., administra tor of William Bonnell, deceased, who was admin istrator of the estate of Charles Johnson, late of Londonderry township, deceased. The account of Samuel Bender, Esq., adminis trator of the estate of William Brallier, late of Hopewell township, deceased. The account of William Warsing, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of Henry Warsing, Esq., late of Broad Top township. Bedford co., dee'd. The account of Michael Wertz, executor of the last will and testament of Sarah Pierce, late of Union township, Bedford county, deceased. The account of Henry Fluck, adm'r of Christe na Fluck, late of Middle Woodberry township, dee'd. mar29w4 0. E. SHANNON, Reg'r. ANN ELIZABETH LITTLE, by her next friend, DANIEL WASHABAUGH, vs. DAVID LITTLE. In the Common Pleas of Bedford county. No. 52, April Term, 1867. Alias Subpoena in Libel for Divorce. And, now, Feb. 16, 1867, the Court, on mo tion of J. W. Liugenfelter, Esq., grant a rule on David Little, respondent in the above case, to show cause why a Divorce a vinculo matrimonii should not be decreed. The said rule returnable on Monday the 22dof April, 1867. 0. E. SHANNON, Proth'y. Attest: ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff. To David Little and all others interested. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, commissioner, appointed by the court, to take tes timony in the above case, will attend to the du ties ot his said appointment, at his office in Bed ford, on Saturday, April 20, 1867, at ten o'clock, A. M., when all interested can attend if they think proper. M. A POINTS, mar29w4 Commissioner. BEDFORD COUNT v, s.— ±ne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Amos Wertz, executor of the last Will, Ac., of James H. Boylan. late of Harrison township, deceased The Petition of Henry Shaffer, a creditor of James H Boylan, dee'd, was read, set ting lorth among other things, that said executor, on the 21 day of May, 1555, filed an account ex hibiting a balance in his hands of $3 60 and there aiter recovered out of the State ot Pennsylvania That ha never filed any final account and that the Petitioner is interested in the estate as a creditor; Whereupon, on motion of G. H. Spang, Esq., the Court granted an alias citation against the said Amos Wertz. Wherefore, we command you. aswe have heretofore commanded you, that you, the said Amos Wertz, laying aside all other business and excuses, whatsoever, be and appear in your proper person beforeour Register for the Probate of Wills granting Letters of Administration, in and for said county, at his office in Bedford, before the time ol the return of this writ or exhibit and file an ac count as executor aforesaid, and make a true statement according to law, or show cause why you should not have done so to our Orphans Court to be h'dden at Bedford, on the 4th Monday, 22d day ot April, next. Witness, the Hon. Alex. King, Esq., President of our said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of Feb ruary, A D.. 1867 . 0. E. SHANNON. Clerk. Attest: ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff. mur29w4 TIXECUTOR'S NOi'lCJiu —xNouce is |A hereby given that letters testamentary to the Mamie of Joseph Kiddle, late of Union township, deceased, have been granted to ihe jindersigned, by the Register ot Bedford oounty._ All persous kuowiug themselves indebted to said estate, are notified to make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them prop erly authenticated for settleiaout. mar!sw6 WILLIAM BEKKHIMER, Adm'r. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1867. f nllortl leftt RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE SOUTH. (Speech of Hon. WILLIAM 11. KOONTL of Pennsylvania, in the House of Rep resentatives. March 19, ISO7. The House being in the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and having under consideration the joint resolution appropriating $1,000,000 "for the relief of the destitute people of the South- Mr. KOONTZ said: Mr. CHAIRMAN: I will detain the committee but a short time while I pre sent the reasons I have for supporting the Senate resolution. What does the resolution propose to do? To empow er the Secretary of War to issue sup plies of food sufficient to prevent star vation and extreme want among all classes of people in those southern and southwestern States where a failure of the crops and other causes have occa sioned wide-spread destitution. It ap propriates $1,000,000 for that purpose, which sum is to be distributed under the direction of the Commissioner of the Freed men's Bureau. If it be true in point of fact that by reason of a failure of the crop and oth er causes any number of persons are in danger of starvation, then, sir, the simple statement of the proposition ought to be an argument sufficiently powerful and convincing to secure the passage of the resolution by this House without a dissenting voice. Wherein consists the evidence of this fact? It comes to us in the shape of an official report from the head of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The husinees of this House is generally digested and arranged by the various committees thereof. They in vestigate the matters presented to their consideration, and, after a careful ex amination of the testimony, present their views to the House in a report. In nearly every instance a rejiort com ing from persons in whom the House confide constitutes the basis of action for all who are not upon the commit tee. Now, sir, in this case, it is true, we are not acting upon a report of a committee oi this House, but upon a report of the head of one of the most important bureaus in the Government; and from the high character of the per son who presents the report we are bound to believe that there was suffi cient evidence to justify him in making it. The operations of his bureau have been extended over that section of the country where the theater of war was, K.. ti.n..l<l lionouiltrilr frniu ptJlßliri al observation and the observation of' his subordinates, have more accurate information as to the condition of the people there than any other person. I am not prepared to say how long this bureau has been in operation, but it has been organized long enough to sat isfy my mind that its head, if even a person of ordinary intelligence, could not fail to have correct knowledge as to the character, habits, wants, and condition of the people over whom his jurisdiction extends. But, sir, this report comes from one in whom the loyal millions of the na tion confide. Besides the experience which General Howard has had in the bureau over which he presides, and which entitles his opinions to great weight, his patriotism, his bravery ex hibited in the shock of battle, and his high Christian character have won for him the admiration, esteem, and grati tude of his countrymen. I accept the report, therefore, as true, coming from an officer ofexperience, patriotism,and enlightened judgment. This report is as follows: WAR DEPARTMENT. BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. WASHINGTON, March 8, 1867. SIR. In answer to the resolution of the senate of the United States I have the honor to report as follows: From official sources, and confirmed by gentlemen from different sections of the South, my estimate is 32,662 whites and 24,2158 colored people, mak ing in all 56,JKM), who will need food from some source before the next crop can relieve them. The number of ra tions for all per month, 1,707,000. For five months, theprobable time required, 8,535,000 rations, at twenty-cents per ration, the estimated cost, will be $2,- 133,750. Of this sum an appropriation has already been made for the five months to the amount of $625,000, leaving an additional sum required of $1,508,750. This sum I deem sufficient to meet the extreme want occasioned by failure of the crop, and other causes referred to in the resolution of inquiry. The present appropriation is ample, provided the issues be confined to the classes named in the Freedmen's Bu reau act; buttheadditionalsuinnamed will be required should the issue be ex tended as contemplated in the forego ing estimate. The following table affords the detail of the estimate for the several States where want is reported to exist. Very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, O. O. HOWARD, Major General, Commissioner Bureau o/ Refugees , &c. Hon. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate. Here, sir, is brought to our knowl edge the frightful and appalling fact that nearly fifty-seven thousand human beings on thecontinent of North Ameri ca, and within the jurisdiction of the Government of the United States, are in danger of actual starvation. And what are the arguments advanced by those who would make us believe that we ought not meet this demand prompt ly and unhesitatingly? Why, sir, we are told that some of these people who will be benefited by this resolution were rebels; that they tried to destroy our Government; and all the animosities and resentments engendered by the war are aroused; and the fiercest pas sions of the heart are appealed to to prevent the Congress of the United States from doing a noble, generous, and praiseworthy act. Doubtlesssoine who were rebels will be relieved by this bill; but I will not stop to ask my self the question, when a human being is in danger of starvation, what his past life has been, much less to scan closely all his acts and recall to memo ry those deeds which would tend to arouse in my heart anger, hatred, ven geance, and all that is wicked in hu man nature, when charity, love to our fellow-man, and all that is akin to the divineattributes should aione be in voked. Among the noble works that the Christian people of this nation are en gaged in is that of raising money and sending missionaries into heathen lands to feed, clothe, enlighten, civil ize, and Christianize those people. And in the midst of this glorious work, so creditable to us, and which will re dound to the enduring fame and hon or of our nation, in the midst of all the civilizing and humanizing agencies that are working out the amelioration of the condition of man, are we going to cast so dark a stain upon the honor of our country, and so huge a blot up on the civilization of the age, by plac ing it upon the record of this House that the Congress of the United States refused to give bread to nearly sixty thousand starving people who live un der the same Government with us? Sir, there is no one who looks upon the crime of treason perpetrated by the leaders of the late rebellion with more horror than I do. I believe that the people of this country have not yet re alized in all its fearful and frightful proportions the enormity of this mon strous crime of treason against the Gov ernment. But the people who are to be reached by this generous act, rebels though they may be, are of that class who were always to be pitied rather than condemned. I mean the deluded masses of the people, who, if left to themselves, would never have engaged in the work ofrebellion,but were made the tools of their more artful and de signing leaders. And now, when through executive clemency the lead ing traitors escape punishment, and the wealthy ones are pardoned and have their valuable estates restored to them, would it not be cruel indeed were we not to meet the demand for bread for the starving poor? But it is urged that we should with hold this charity because the southern people are unwilling to contribute to alleviate the wants of their people, and because ine legislature ur Mississippi have contributed $20,000 for the defense of Jefferson Davis. Suppose this he true, does it follow that because they do not do their fluty that we should imitate their example? If they are determined to persist in their folly, which has brought such wide-spread destruction and devastation upon our country, muss we necessarily be guilty of a gross act of inhumanity ? I concur with the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. DONNELLYJ that this will prove a most powerful measure of reconstruction; that it will carry con viction to the minds of those heretofore deluded people that we are not dispos ed to deal with them in a spirit of harsh ness and vindictiveness. But whether it accomplishes this or not it matters not. I maintain that it is a high and solemn duty resting upon us to do this, and we should perform it regardless of other and minor considerations. But a short time since the civilized world applauded the munificent donation of thephilanthropist, Mr. George Peahody for the relief of the destitute poor of the South. If such an act is commendable in an individual, is it not equally so in a nation ? If acts of disinterested be nevolence and charity render the name of an individual immortal, would they not lend imperishable honor and re nown to a nation? It will he remem bered to the lasting credit of the Uni ted States that they have been prompt in meeting the demands made upon them for the suffering poor of other countries. Let us hear in mind, though, that while acts of national charity form the brightest part of a country's histo ry, that national honor may be dimmed by aets of vindictiveness and barbar ism. Sir, among the aets of the four event ful years of civil war that will stand out conspicuously upon the page of his tory is that of General Giant, who, when the forcesof Lee were driven from their strongholds at Petersburg and Richmond and were compelled to sur render to the resistless legions of the Republic, ordered rations to be dealt out to a beaten and vanquished foe. If amid the reverbations of the guns which had just ceased their work of death and carnage the commander of the Union armies could deal out ra tions to an armed but beaten adversa ry, cannot the Congress of the United States, now when war no longer exists and peace is fast spreading its halcyon wings over the nation, rise above the passions and prejudices that have been invoked here, and in the spirit of true Christian charity and benevolence ex tend this boon to a starving people? Sir, while I hold aseatupon this floor I shall steadily resist any effort that may be made to reinstate in the high places of trusf and power the rebels who sought to overthrow the Govern ment, believing that it belongs to the loyal people of the country to settle and adjust the questions that have grown outof the war. But for the honor and reputation of the nation, for the preservation of her good name and VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,389. 1 fame among the nations of the earth, out of the respect that we have for the opinions of mankind, now and in the future, let it not be said that in this nineteenth century, in a land of school books and Bibles, where intelligence is wide-spread, and charity and benevo lence among the characteristics of her people, that the Representatives of a great, free, prosperous, and enlighten ed people would refuse to give bread to their starving countrymen. All the teachings of Christianity, as well as the promptings of humanity forbid it. I trust the resolution will pass. A PROPHESY OF KETRIBITIOX. A (jloomy Reflection. The venerable Nathan Lord, D. D., for a third of a century President of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, amid all the political infatuation and religious fanaticism that has surround ed him, and that compelled him finally to surrender the position he had so long adorned,adheres steadfastly to the prin ciples and opinions that he espoused before the insanity that now prevails in this section of the country had become general. The Charleston J fercury of the 9th of March publishes a portion of a private letter written by him last month to one of his former pupils, ex tracts from which we subjoin : "I do not justify, in point of Chris tian principle or common prudence, the methods by which you sought redress of the wrongs you have, for more then a generation, received from tfie North. But I more blame ourselves for our de nunciation of slavery itself, in distinc tion from its abuses, and then for our 'irrepressibleconflict' with it,undertak en upon false moral and political grounds, and carried on, hatefully, as it had been, after a Mohammedan fashion. Were the institution a malum in se , and not sometirnesaconservative necessity forall the parties, onr method of overcoming it has been, from first to last unworthy of a Christian people. We have done the work. We have given you a dreadful punishment. But as we have done it in unrighteousness, on;-retribution, sometime, somehow, will come, perhaps to general dissolu tion. "Yet I dare not speculate upon the future. * * I fold my hands, and wait upon the providence of God. But in the general and in the long run I see no good before us. Judgment will come. ****** "I think thus, the rather because I oAom to see an HDnroachingcatastrophe of all the nations. The world has grown old in transgression. From East to West the experiment of reforming and saving it has been tried in vain. We are the westernmost and last; and now that Christianized, Anglo-Saxon, Re publican wisdom has failed, instead of calling on God for help, we are calling upon the negro. We look to a bruti fied, shiftless and licentious people to aid us in the work of self-government, which has been impossible to ourselves, and which I now believe is impossible on earth. * * * * * "The demonstration seems now al most complete that man can neither govern nor be governed, nor govern himself, and that the last failure will somehow prove the greatest of all. The volcanic throes of the nations to over turn arbitrary power will be ultimate ly succeessful. Then 'liberty,equality, fraternity,' will have its short day ; and when its Babel seems to be com pleted, the dream of earth will vanish. * * Here all such prophesying is vain. I find myself almost alone. I sometimes imagine that I could do more among your people, and even among the outcast, sufl'ering and per ishing negroes, than among the phil anthropists who have given them a boon which they know not how to use, and which boasters never would have given them but to make them subser vient to their fanatical enterprises or their lust of power. But my day is past. What can one, at three score and fifteen do but to repose, and prate, aud lament ?" ONE day as Pope was engaged in translating the Iliad he came to a pas sage which he nor his assistant could not interpret. A stranger, who stood by, in his humble garb, very modestly suggested that he had some little ac quaintance with the Greek, perhaps he could assist them. Try it! said Pope, with the air of a boy who is teaching a monkey to eat red pepper. There is an error in the print said the stranger looking at the text. Read as if there was no interrogation point at the end of the line, and you have the meaning at once. Pope's assistant improved up on this hint, and rendered the passage without difficulty. Pope was chagrin ed; he could not endure to be surpassed in anything. Turning to the stranger, he said in a sarcastic tone, Will you please to tell what an interrogation is? Why sir, said the stranger scanning, the ill shaped poet, it is .a little crooked, con temptible thing that asks questions!" DARK HOURS.—TO every man there are many, many dark hours when he feels inclined to abandon the best en terprise; hours when hisheart'sdearest hopes appear delusive; hours when he feels himself unequal to the burden, when all his aspirations seem worthless. Let no one think that he alone hasdark hours. They are the common lot of humanity. They are the touch-stone to try whether we are current coin or not. A MEXICAN STORY.—-An extraordi nary 6tory comes from Mexico relative to flour. It appears that an old miller in that locality had a very beautiful I young wife, of whom he was jealous in the extreme, and took out his soul/xge j ment of that feeling in thwacking the lovely young being. There vvasa certain cook, of the male species, young, hand some,and fat,who came from the mill to the hotel to buy flour and hearing the distressofthe lovely onetirstand seeing her second, become of course, dreadful ly in love. Some one told the miller. All the town began totalkof the fact, and to laugh at the floury one. One day the cook and the lovely young wife disappeared, and merrily laughed the Mexicans at the miller's misfortune nothing went down but the scandal of the elopement of the miller's wife and the cook. The miller scowled venge fully upon all the town, and so time passed by; nothing more was heard of the cook and the miller's wife by any one. Two years after the miller was pleased to die, and to inform the world in a paper which was left to be opened after his death and to be published in the town, that the cook and his (the miller's) wife had, by his planning, eloped into an oven two years since, and been baked; that he would have got rid of them otherwise, but for the jeering of the public; therefore he had ground them up in a large mass of corn, which the townspeople were pleased to compliment him for, as being ex ceedingly rich and nutritious, and he only hoped that they would enjoy the reminiscence as much as he did the remainder of his life that he was spared whenever he looked upon a townsman. WHO ARE THE BEST BOYS?—A man once advertised for a boy to assist in the work of the shop and to go errands, etc. A few hours after the morning's papers announced that such a boy was wanted, his shop was thronged with applicants for the situation. Boys of every grade from the neatly dressed, in telligent youth, down to the ill-bred, clumsy boor, came either in hope of a situation or to see if an opportunity of fered for a speculation. The man, at a loss to decide among so many, determind to dismiss them all and adopt a plan which he thought might lessen the number and aid him in the difficult decision. On the morning following an adver tisement appeared in the papers, to this effect: "Wanted to assist in a shop, a boy ic/io ' obeys his mother ." Now, my little friends, how many boys, think you,came to inquire for the situation af ter this advertisement appeared? If I am rightly informed, among all the lads of the great city, who were wan ting the means of earning a living or getting a knowledge of business, there were but two who could fearlessly come foward and say, "I obey my mother." TOOK TIIE HINT.—A little girl of three years, who had disobeyed her i 111 gn find ! the cellar stairs, for punishment. The little thing obeyed, and after she had been seated there for some time, her father opened the door and asked her if*she£was not ashamed. The little girl, withtearsin her eyes and finger in her mouth, replied : "Yes." "What are you ashamed of?" asked her "father. "I am ashamed of my pa," she re plied. The kind hearted father appre ciated the answer, and released her from imprisonment. A little fellow some four or five years old, and who had never seen a negro, was greatly perplexed one day when one came where he and his father were. Theyoungstereyed the stranger suspic iously till he had passed, and then asked his father : "Pa, who painted thai man all black?' "God did, my son,"replied the father. "Well," said the little one, still looking after the negro, "I should'ut 'a thought he'd 'a held still." FAITH. —A negro in Massachusetts lately gave his idea of faith in God's promises in the following words: "Dar is a brick wall, and de Lord he stand dar and say to me: 'Now, I want you to go tioo dat.' I ain't agoing to say, 'Lord, I can't.' I got nuttiu to do about it. All I hav to do is to butt against it, and it's de Lord's business to put me troo." AN amusing story is told of a cun ning exhibitor at a recent agricultural fair in Connecticut, who divided a bushel of peaches, and entered one half in his own name, and the other in the name of an influential man in a neigh boring town. The big man got the prize, and the other contribution, al though of the same tree, was not men tioned. A Dutchman in Canada had two pigs, a large and a small one. The smaller one being the was trying to explain to a customer, and did it in this wise: "The little pig is the pig gest." Upon which his wife, assuming to correct him said, "You will please excuse him; he no speak as good Eng lish as me; he no mean the little pig is the piggest, but the youngest pig is the oldest." Milkmen who water their milk do not do it with such impunity in Europe as appears in America. At Zug, in Switzerland, a landowner was recently tried and convicted of putting water in the milk that hesold, and condemned to eighteen months' imprisonment, the payment of the costs of the suit and a loss of civil rights. The late Henry W. T. Mall, for many years consul general of Belgium at New York, has left by his will the sum of SIOOO, as the nucleus of a fund for erecting a monument to John Brown. In case the monument is not built with in five years, the money is to go to John Brown's uext kin.
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