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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
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iy All letters should be addressd te
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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,
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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
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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
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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.