The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, October 25, 1867, Image 1

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kc.
1A BL'GS.
1 / MEDICINES,
DYE-STUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
STATIONERY,
TOBACCO,
CIGARS, Ac.
Rev. H. HECKERMAN & SON
have purchased the Drug Store of J. L. Lewis, on
Juliauna street, Bedford, where they are now re
ceiving, and intend always to keep on hand, a
large and complete assortment of DRUGS, MEDI
CINES. DYE-STUFFS, PERFUMERY, STA
TIONERY (plain and fancy), best qualities ot TO
BACCO, best brands of CIGARS, Ac. Also,
PATENT MEDICINES, and everything else usu
ally asked for at a Drug Store.
PHYSICIANS will be supplied with everything
in their line on reasonable terms.
All orders promptly attended to, and all PRE
SCRIPTIONS carefully compounded.
By careful and -drict attention to business, they
hope to merit a liberal share of public patronage.
Jul2bm3
NTERP R I S E
MACHINE WORKS,
Logan Street, ... LEWISTOWN, Pa.
H. I). SLAGLE & BRO., Pro'rs.
0. R. DAVIS, Superintendent.
MANUFACTURERS OF
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, PORTABLE
AND STATIONERY SJEAM ENGINES
AND BOILERS;
Portable Steam Saw Mills ;
Iron and Brass castings ot every description made
and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Blast
Furnaces, Forges, Rolling
Mills, Ac.
We call the attention of f ANNERS to our Oven
for Burning Tan under Steam Boilers.
TERMS MODERATE.
All orders promptly attended to.
11. D. SLAGLE A BRO.,
sep27mfi Lewistown, Pa.
J) ICHAIID V. LEO & CO.,
Manufacturers of
CABINET-WARE, CIIAIItS, AC.,
BEDFORD, PA.,
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep on
hand everything in their line of manufacture.
BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, TARLOR AND EXTEN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, Ac., AC.,
will be furnished at all prices, and to suit every
taste.
They have also added to their stock,
FRENCH COTTAGE SUITS,
MARBLE TOP TABLES,
CANE CHAIRS,
SOFAS,
TETE A TETES,
Ac., Ac.,
Eastern manufacture.
Having purchased the stock and tools of Thos.
Merwine, (late Win. Stahl's) they have added the
same to their manufactory.
COFFINS will also be made to order, and a
HEARSE always in readiness to attend funerals.
attention paid to all orders for work.
on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence of George Shuck.
aug.23,tu3. RICHARD V. LEO A CO.
MANHOOD; HOW LOST, HOW
RESTORED — Juxt published, a new edi
tion of DR. CULVERWELL S CELEBRATED
ESSA\ on the radical cure (without medicine) of
SPERMATORRIKK A, or Seminal Weakness, Involun
tary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and
Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage,
etc., also Consumption. Epilepsy, and Fits induced
by self-indulgence or Sexual extravagance.
i.sT P riee. in a sealed envelope, only 6 cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' success
ful practice, that the alarming consequences of
Self-Abuse may be radicallycured without the dan
gerous use of internal medicineor the application
of the knife—pointing out a mode of cure at once
simple, certain and effectual, by means of which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition may
be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi
cally.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad
dress. postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two post
stamps. Also, Dr. Cu'verwell's 'Marriage Guide,*
price 25 cents. Address the publishers,
CHAS. J C. KLINE <fc CO.,
127 Bowery, N. Y. Post Office Box 4536.
aug2.V67—iy
®lie i3ci> fori*
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
flrti-ftootls, ctr.
pASII TAKE NOTICE!
SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS 1
NEW
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just reccired,
At J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Store,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES!
Having just returned from the East, wo are now
openings large stock of Fall and Winter Goods,
which have been BOUGHT FOR CASH, at nett
cash prices, and will be SOLD CHEAP. This be
ing the only full stock of goods brought to Bedford
! this season, persons will be able to suit themselves
better, in style, quality and price, than at any
other store in Bedford The following comprise a
few of our prices, viz :
Calicoes, at 10,12, 14, 15, 10 and the
best at 18 cents.
Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 16,18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up.
French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac.
SHAWLS—Ladies', children's and misses'
shawls, latest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth.
MEN'S WEAR—Cloths, cassimeres, satinetts.
jeans. Ae.
BOOTS AND SHOES--In this line we have a
very extensive assortment for ladies, misses, chil
dren, and men's and boys' boots and shoes, all sizes
and prices, to suit all.
HATS—A large assortment of men's and boys'
hats.
CLOTHING —Men's and boys' coats, pants and
vests, all sizes and prices
SHIRTS, Ac.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts;
Shakspeare, Lockwood and muslin-lined paper
collars; cotton chain (single and double, white
and colored).
GROCERIES—Coffee, sugar, syrups, green and
black teas, spices of all kinds, dye-stuffs, Ac.
LEATHER—SoIe leather, French and city calf
skins, upper leather, linings, Ac.
We will sell goods on the same terms that
we have been for the last three months —cash, or
note with interest from date. No bad debts con
tracted and no extra charges to good paying cus
tomers to make up losses of slow and never paying
customers. Cash buyers always get the best bar
gains, and their accounts are always settled up.
J. M. SHOEMAKER,
Bedford, 5ep.27,'67. No. 1 Andeisou's Row.
10 per cent, saved in buying your
goods for cash, at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S cash and
produce store, No. 1 Anderson's Row.
sep27
TjiRESH STOCK OF FALL AND
WINTER GOODS,
AT
FARQUHAR'S.
We have on hand, and intend to sell
VERY CHEAP,
a large variety of seasonable
DRY-GOODS, NOTIONS,
GROCERIES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
and a general variety of articles, usually kept in a
first-class store.
IT WILL PAY TO EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
J. B. FARQUHAR.
octlß
|JEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!!
The undersigned has just reeeived from the East a
large and varied stock of New Goods,
which are now open for
examination, at
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, comprising everything
usually found in a first-class country store,
consisting, in part, of
Dry-Goods,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Cassimers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
Ac., &e. ;
All of which will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
UP Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con
tinuance of the public patronage.
UP Call and examine our goods.
may24,'67. G. YEAGER j
ATEW ARRIVAL.—Just received I
at M. C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STORE, I
Straw Hats and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments, Rib
bons Flowers, Millinery Goods. Embroideries,
Handkerchiefs, Bead-trimmings, Buttons. Hosiery
and Gloves, White Goods, Parasols and Sun-Um
brellas, Balmorals and Hoop Skirts. Fancy Goods
and Notions, Ladies' and Children's Shoes. Our
assortment contains all that is new and desirable.
Thankful for former liberal patronage we hope
to be able to merit a continuance from all our cus
tomers. Please call and sec our new stock.
*iay3l
| A ltd EST! CHEAPEST! BEST!
B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
LARGEST STOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
CHEAPEST S TOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
BEST STOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
Cull and See the Mammoth Stock.
200 STOVES of every size and description.
50 second-hand Stoves, all kinds, which will be
sold very low.
THEY WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD.
Also, TINWARE, of every description,
Cheaper than the Cheapest'.
[jp Everybody will please bear in mind thatß.
51. Blymyer A Co. sell CHEAPER GOODS, in
their line, of the same quality, than can be sold by
any one else in Bedford. Remember the
place, No. 1, Stone Row. sep4,'67.tf
J HENRY HUTTON,
# WITH
SHUMWAY, CHANDLER & Co.,
Wholesale Manufacturers and
DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES,
221 Market and 210 Church Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
Aug30,"67.
; |AYRK & LANDELL,
Fourth and Arch Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
Are offering a NEW STOCK of
DRY GOODS,
I For the Fall Sales of 1867. SHAWLS, SILKS,
j DRESS GOODS, and STAPLE DRY GOODS.
N. B. Job lots of goods received daily.
augl3w6
A RARE CHANCE IS OFFERED
ALL PERSONS
isplay their Goods;
Tt *1! their Goods:
To gather" information;
To make known their wants;
Ac., Ac. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.,
i by advertisingin the columns of THK UAZBTTK.
lilt 111 tlfor il (beetle.
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FKATERXITK.
BY ROSE TERRY.
Crtesus, gilt martyr of a bank,
Barred round with ingots yellow,
The poet whom you do not thank,
Is not a '-wretched fellow !"
The garret of his dreaming sleep,
Is tapestried with splendor ;
Whose glitter makes no angels weep,
His heart is true and tender.
Poet, the Dives you despise,
Has pleasure in his money !
Dear butterfly, some beauty lies
To bees in making honey !
The gold and jewels of your flowers,
lie copies in his treasure;
Must all your brother's happy hours,
Be meted with your measure ?
Fair woman, whose averted eyes,
Cast scorn on shame's poor daughter,
The soul whose kindred yours denies,
Was limpid once as water !
Who kept thee from the precipice,
Where sin with love-lips kissed her?
Through Hiin who granted Mary's peace,
Pray for thy wretched sister !
And thou, on earth most desolate,
Blame not the passer by thee,
Whose veiled eyes droop not out of hate,
Whose thoughts no love deny thee !
If custom-kept, she walks apart,
Her pity grows the stronger ;
And louder echo through her heart,
His words, —"Go,sin no longer!"
If there arc mountains in the world,
Are there not also valleys!
Where Love's blue standard swings unfurl'd,
There every true heart rallies.
Ranked in one hope, the difference dies.
That keeps us from each other,
And underneath millennial skies,
Each man becomes a brother.
ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE COM Mll TEE.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ROOMS, )
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9. 1867. J
To the Democracy of Pennsylvania :
Victory crowns your efforts and
Pennsylvania is redeemed.
The Keystone proclaims her hatred
of despotism, her fealty to the law,
her fidelity to the Constitution.
You have elected Judge Sharswood,
a representative man, to the Supreme
Bench; reversed the majority of last year,
and added to the number of your Sena
tors and membersof the I louseof Repre
sentatives.
New York and New Jersey will "fol
low where you have led, and the future
is your own if you will grasp it.
To your untiring efforts in the work
of organization, is this result mainly
due, and to you belongs the honor of
the triumph.
New honors await you, new labors
are before you.
You have won the fight for position,
let us now prepare for the great battle
of the coming year.
Pledging ourselves to the main
tenance of a government of law for the
entire Republic, to the preservation of
the supremacy of our own race, to the
developement of our immense resour
ces, to the reform of abuses, corruption
and extravagance, and through these
to the relief of the tax payer, and the
payment of the public debt, let us
move resolutely forward.
By order of the Democratic State Com
mittee. WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
A Mournful View of the Situation.
The Boston Advertiser takes the fol
lowing mournful view of the situation:
Pensylvania and Ohio, States which
have seemed to be securely Republican,
and which we carried last fall by aggre
gate majorities of nearly 60,000, have
seen those majorities disappear, and
we lose the one, while the other is
saved at best by a close contest, which
leaves their Legislature still in doubt.—
In lowa we have also largely reduced
majorities. If, morever,thecommon im
pression as to the influence of the Octo
ber elections does not prove to be er
roneous, and still more, if the causes
which have produced these misfortunes
do not suddenly cease to operate, we
may expect to see New York imperil
ed, if not lost, at the next month's elee
ion.
It adds not a little to the mortifica
tion with which this result must be re
ceived, that our heavy loss in Ohio is
so plainly due in large part to the pro
posed amendment to the State Consti
tution, introducing impartial suffrage.
Here, in Massachusetts, our record is
clear upon this point, and what we
have undertaken to prescribe for oth
ers has had its place for years upon our
own statute-book. But it is little less
than humiliating to have this public
demonstration, that after such a period
of awakening as the nation has now
had, a great State like Ohio, which is
supposed to be well advanced in its
political ideas, and which has not been
thought to hold any doubtful position
as regards the reconstruction of the
South, should thus draw back, as did
Connecticut before her, from the need
ed step in amendment of her own insti
tutions.
A "DISTRESSED MOTHER" writes to
the Allentown (Pa.) Democrat for ad
vice, which she gets, thusly: "The
only way tocure your son staying out
'late o' nights' is to break his legs, or
else get the 'calico' he runs after to do
your house work."
—The deaths froncf yellow fever at
New Orleans.from the week ending on
the 13th of July, to September 28, were
one thousand six hundred and ninety
six. The fever has subsided at Galves
ton, and the streets are filled with con
valescents.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1867.
MRS. IJSI'OLS'B WARDROBE FOR
SALE.
Full Ex|lmni" on °f 'lie Whole Mutter
lmportant Letter from Mr*. Lincoln
ller Complaints of the Ingratitude
of Republican Olliee-Seoker*.
(From New York Paper.)
The announcement has a'ready been
made in these columns that Mrs. Abra
ham Lincoln, widow of the late Presi
dent, was compelled to dispose of some
of her personal effects in order to eke
out the slender income which remain
ed to her after the settlement of her
husband's estate, and that she was, in
fact, in this city under the assumed
name of Mrs. Clarke, for the purpose of
superintending thesaleof her property.
As Mrs. Lincoln is no longer anxious
to withhold from the public the facts
in the case, there can be no impro
priety in imparting further informa
tion upon the subject, as obtained from
the lady herself.
THE PROPERTY LEFT BY MR. LINCOLN.
Upon the death of Mr. Lincoln an
effort was made to appropriate for his
wife and family the sum he would have
received from the United States had he
lived to have finished his second term
of office, to wit: $100,000; but it re
sulted in appropriating but $25,000, the
amount of one year's salary as Presi
dent. Of this sum, $3,000 were requir
ed to discharge certain standing obli
gations, leaving about $22,000, which,
with the house and lot in Springfield,
Illinois, owned by Mr. Lincoln pre
vious to his election to the Presidency
in 1860, was all the property which fell
to Mrs. Lincoln. Her present income,
she states, is but $1,700 a year, of which
$.300 comes from her old house in
Springfield. It appears from this that
Mr. Lincoln not only saved no money
while he occupied the White House,
hut really lived beyond his income,
which,in connection with the natural re
luctance of his widow to return to the
simple style of living to which she had
been used before her residence in Wash
ington, has compelled her to part with
some of her personal effects at the pres
ent time.
LETTER FROM MRS. LINCOLN.
Appended are several letters written
by Mrs. Lincoln in relation to this most
unpleasant business, the contents of
which will surprise the public. The
first, in order of their date, appeared to
be the following:
CHICAGO, September 1, 18G7.
"MR. BRADY: A notice in a New
York paper having attracted my atten
tion, that you sold articles of value on
commission, prompts me to write you.
The articles I am sending you to dis
pose of were gifts of dear friends, which
only argent necessity compe's me to part
with, and I am especially anxiously
that they shall not be sacrificed. The
circumstances are peculiar and painful
ly embarrassing; therefore, I hope you
will endeavor to realize as much as
possible for than. Hoping soon to
hear from you, J remain, very respect
fully yours,"
'MRS. A. LINCOLN."
TIIE ARTICLES FORWARDED TO XEW-
I'OLLK.
The next lettei, bearing thesamedate
as the preceding,is as follows:
CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 1, 1867.
"J/r. Brady, Commission Broker , 609
Broadway, New r" jrk :
"I have thisdiy sent to you pex-sonal
property which iam compelled to part
with, and which,-ou will find of con
siderable value. The articles consist
of four camel's h.ir shawls, lace dress
and shawls, a paasol cover, a diamond
ring, two dress p.tterns, some furs, Ac.
Please have then appraised, and con
fer by letter wit me.—
\?ry respectfully,
Mrs. A. LINCOLN."
THE ART DLLS TO BE SOLD.
In this connetion is given an in
ventory of the articles sent to Mr.
Brady, at 609 Bnadway, by Mrs. Lin
coln, with the valuation affixed to
each:
Cost.
1 black centre camel hair shawl, long SI 500
1 white centre camel hair shawl, long 1,200
1 white centre cauicl hair shawl, square 400
1 black centre camel hair shawl, square 350
1 red centre camel's air shawl, square 100
1 small shawl, squari 50
1 white Paisley shaw long 70
1 white Paisley shaw square 50
3 superfine point blac lace shawls.. 1,500,500,350
2 superfine point blac lace shawls 50.40
1 white point lace shfl, long 2,000
1 white point lace tire. unmade 4,000
I white point lace floice 150
I white point lace pa sol c:ver 250
1 white point lace halkerchief 80
1 Russian sable cape 1.500
1 Russian sable boa.. 1,200
Also, many oth* articles, including
diamonds, rings, e., Ac.
MRS. LINCOLN'S OINION OF REPUBLI
CXS.
A significant featre of the subsequent
letter and memonda, is the feeling
entertained by Mi. Lincoln towards
leading ltepublicis. .She complains
bitterly that tnen'ho besought her in
fluence to secure tor official positions,
! and were profuse'ith promises if she
would gratify thr wishes, now give
her the cold sliouhr. Certain persons
of that party, sue as Thurlow Weed,
Henry J. Itaymol, Win. 11. Seward,
and others, she is jrticularly severe a
gainst, and that itras through their in
fluence that the fin proposed by the
Tribune to raise ifund for her by the
voluntary subscution of the people
was thwarted, i this point the fol
lowing memoranim, the original be
ing in Mrs. Linen's handwriting, is
given:
The question wasked Mrs. Lincoln
what her feelingvere in regard to the
Republican part-in consideration of
the unkindnessal ingratitude display
ed by them in dfiving her of almost
all means ofsuprt; the reply was:
"I could notrefi[uish my attachment
for the party to lich my husband be
longed, and in \se cause his precious l
life was sacrifice notwithstanding it!
is composed of sh men as Weed, Ray
mond, and SewJ, who nominally be
long to it, amwho, to accomplish
their purposes, auld drag it down to
the lowest rieptkif degradation. The
late President oroughly tested these
men, and had become fully aware, be
fore his death, of their treachery and
falseness."
MRS. LINCOLN UNDER AN ASSUMED
NAME.
As the negotiations with Mr. Brady
proceeded, Mrs. Lincoln deemed it
best that her name should appear, the
reasons for which are given in the fol
lowing extract from a letter writen by
her.
[Extractof a letter from Mrs. Lincoln]
"Through the ingratitude of the
Republicans towards the memory of
the late lamented President, the fami
ly of their chief have been left to suffer
want and destitution. Therefore it is
natural to suppose that when it became
imperatively necessary for Mrs Lin
coln, the honored and beloved wife of
the late President, to dispose of apparel
and jewelry to enable her to meet the
common necessities of life, it was cer
tainly in better taste that Mrs. Clarke,
rather than Mrs. Lincoln, should ap
pear in the proceeding. Although in
overwhelmning sorrow she was by an
ungrateful Republican party deprived
of her rightful maintenance, they should
appreciate her delicacy in desiring
to keep her true name and their own
ignominy from being known in the
world."
SUBSEQUENT LETTERS.
The next lettter presents more in de
tail the reasons for her actions in this
sad matter, at the same time expresses
her regret that the ingratitude of Re
publicans may do injury to the Repub
lican party !
CHICAGO, September 22, 1867.
W. 11. BRADY ESQ.—YOU write me
that reporters are after you concerning
my goods deposited with you—which
in consideration of my urgent wants,
I assure you I am compelled to relin
quish—and also that there is a fear that
these newsmen will seize upon the
painful circumstances of your having
these articles placed in your hands to
injure the Republican party political
ly. In the cause of this party and for
universal freedom, my beloved hus
band's precious life was sacrificed, nor
for the world would I do anything to
injure the cause. My heart is ever
anxious for its success, notwithstand
ing the very men for whom my noble
husband did so much, unhesitatingly
deprived me of all means of support
and left mein a pitiless condition. The
necessities of life are upon me, urgent
and imperative, and I am scarcely re
moved from want—so different from
the lot my loving and devoted husband
would have assigned me—and I find
myself left to struggle for myself. I
am compelled to pursue the only course
left me—immediately within the next
month to sell these goods, and If not
wholly disposed of by Wednesday, Oc
tober 30th, on that day please sell them
at auction, after advertising very large
ly that they are my goods.
Very respectively,
"MRS. A. LINCOLN".
STILL FURTHER EXPLANATION.
The last letter of which mention
will he made at this time, is the follow
ing:
[Private.J
"September 25.
"W. 11. Brady, Esq.:
"I have reflected upon your remarks,
and have concluded to leave everything
to your good judgment and excellent
sense. My great, great sorrow and
loss have made me painfully sensitive;
but as my feelings and pecuniary com
fort were never regarded or even rec
ognized in the midst of my over
whelming bereavement, now that I
am pressed in a most startling manner
for means of subsistence, I do not know
why I should shrink from an oppor
tunity of improving my trying posi
tion. Being assured that all you do will
be appropriately executed, and in a
manner that will not startle me very
greatly and excite as little comment as
possible, again I shall leaveallin your
hands. I am passing through a very
painful ordeal, which the country, in
remembrance of my noble and eleva
ted husband, should have spared me.
I remain, with great respect,
very truly
MRS. LINCOLN."
"P. S.—As you mention that my
goods have been valued at $24,060, I
will be willing to make a reduction of
SB,OOO, and relinquish them for $16,000
in five-twenties— nothing less. If this
is not accomplished, I will continue
to advertise largely until every article
is sold. I must have means to live, at
least in medium comfortable state
MRS. L."
lart J- Reconstruction.
During the war there was a " Union
Party ." Its platform was "the Union,
the whole Union, and nothing but the
Union." The "boys in blue" fought
upon this platform. The war over, the
radical negro influence commenced a
reconstruction of the platform of the
party and succeeded in disorganizing the
party by taking from the platform the
Union plank and putting in its place
negro political equality. Since then the
platform has been going down —down
—until public opinion has determined
to completely crush it. The black
thing is already a wreck, and by the
time the November elections are over
the radical platform will be among the
things that once had an existence.
What next ? Will the leaders persist
in the wrong—persist in pursuing a
course which must continue to drive
the Union men of the war to the sup
port of the old Democratic organiza
tion ?—or will they open the door to
all loyal men opposed to negro political
equality and the Democratic organiza
tion and its leaders? We have no
doubt the same leaders who controlled
the Democratic party during the war
will have a controlling influence in that
party should it again get into power,
but we cannot see that any measures
they would propose would be more
destructive of the Union, the happiness
and prosperity of our people, than the
measures which have and may be forced
upon the country by the radicals who
have thus far been too successful in
controlling the party organization op
posed to the Democratic party.—Hunt
ingdon Globe.
VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,415.
NAPOLEON THE SECOND.
In 1840, by permission of the British
Government, and solicitation of King
Louis Phillippe, sqggested by M.
Thiers, the mortal remains of the first
Napoleon were transferred from the
rocky-prison isle of St Helena to a
French frigate, La Bella Poul, com
manded by the Prince de Joinville.—
A week before Christmas, 1840, these re
mains were deposited, with remark
able funeral pomp, in the shape of the
Hotel des Invalide, in Paris. And
thus, nearly twenty years : fter this
great exile's death, was realized his
last wish, conveyed in the testamen
tary document, which England has al
so given to France: "It is my wish
that my ashes may repose on the banks
of the Seine, in the midst of the French
people, whom I loved so well."
Louis Napoleon reigns in France un
der the title of "Napoleon the Third,"
and some persons have wondered, or
affected to wonder, why, being only
the second of his family upon the
throne of France, he calls himself the
third. The case is easy of solution.
When Charles II came back to London,
on the 29th May, 1060, he at once be
gan to date his public documents, as
then issued, "in the twelfth year of our
reign," though it was only the first.
His father had been executed in front
of his palace at Whitehall, in January,
1649, and there had been a Republican
Commonwealth in England from that
date until May, 1600, when Charles
Stuart came back. In like manner, on
the restoration of the Bourbons, in 1824,
the Count de Provence, succeeding
Louis XVI, his brother, who was
guillotined in January, 1793, took the
title of Louis the Eighteenth, on the pre
tence that the Dauphin then succeeded
his father as Louis the Seventeenth and
from that period until his death, a
prisoner in the Temple, in June, 1795,
really was a monarch by right, if not
by fact. Louis XVIII, ignoring the
republic and the empire as much as
if they had never been heard of, com
menced in 1814, by declaring in all offi
cial documents that they were execut
ed " in the twentieth year of our
reign." As for Napoleon 111, he fol
lowed the above examples, took it for
granted that his uncle's abdication in
1815, when he proclaimed his son "un
der the title of Napoleon the Second,
Emperor of the French," actually
made him Emperor, though the poor
chilu was then at Vienna, never re
turned to Paris, and died in Austria at
the age of twenty-one.
It is understood that, at the recent
meeting at Salzburg, of the French and
Austrian Embassadors, Napoleon re
quested Francis Joseph togive him the
ashes of Napoleon 11, that they might
be interred in his native France, and
and that this request has been acceded
to. The coffin is to be removed from
the Imperial burial place of the Im
perial line of Hapsburg, and deposited,
it is said, in the vaults of the Abbey
of St. Denis, near Paris, the ancient
burial ground of the Borubon kings of
France. When the ashes of the great
Napoleon were placed in their final res
ting place, "by the banksof the Seine,"
Louis Phillippe tried to make political
capital out of it, but cannot be said to
have succeeded. Neither will the funer
al of the titular Napoleon 11, cause any
great emotion in Paris, eoine when it
may. Napoleon's marriage with Ma
ria Louisa, an Austrian Princess, to ef
fect which the much loved empress Jo
sephine had to be divorced, caused
great dissatisfaction in Paris. He
wanted an heir, but France would have
been better pleased if he had married
the daughter of one of his own soldiers,
rather than seek to ally himself with
such a line as that of Hapsburg. Lit
tle Napoleon was born in Paris, in
March, 1811, and the title of "King of
Rome" was immediately conferred up
on him. He was only three years old
when his mother was compelled to fly
with him from Paris, to which neither
of them ever returned. On Napoleon's
reappearance from Elba, he used all
means in his power to induce Marie
Louisa to rejoin him at Paris, with
their son, but she refused. Even after
the abdication, in 1815, there was a dis
cussion in political circles respecting
the rights of Napoleon 11, but Fouehe
and Wellington turned the scale by de
claring for the second restoration of
the hated Bourbons. The future life
of the ex King of Rome was spent at
Scmnbrun, near Vienna, where he was
educated in a maucer to stifle hope and
ambition. His mother was made
grand duchess of Parma, but her only
son, once chief of the French Empire,
was expressly precluded from succeed
ing her on that petty throne. He was
created Duke de Reichstadt, and rais
ed to the rank of an Austrian prince.
He received a military education, but
all mention of his father was prohibi
ted. At last when he was twenty years
old, he met Marshal Marmont, one <>f
his father's old generals, and from him
learned more about his father than he
had ever heard before. The revolution
of 1839, raised a hope among the Bona
partists that France would remember
and recall the dea 1 emperor's son, but
the craft of Louis Phillippe prevail
ed and prevented this. Finally he yiel
ded to the insidious disease of consump
tion, dying on the22d of July, 1832, the
very day on which, eleven years before,
he had been informed of his father's
death. His body rests in the family
vault, of the Hapsburg line, in Vienna,
and his heart was deposited in the Ca
thedral and his intestines in the Church
of the Augustines.
Concerning one who thus lived and
died unfortunate and nominally eleva
ted butreallyobscureit will bedifflcult to
raiseanvthinglikeapopular enthusiasm
in Paris. There may bea magnificent fu
neral show, which will delight the Par
isians; butihe return of the mortal
remains of this poor lad to his native
J city will not otherwise cause any but
the most temporary sensation.— Wash
, ington Chronicle.
A RECEIPT WORTH ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.—The Ohio Cultivator says,
take one pound of sal soda and a half
pound of unslacked lime, put them in
a gallon of water and boil twenty min
utes, let it stand till cool, then drain off,
and put in a small jug or jar ; soak your
dirty clothes over night or until they
are wet through, then wring them
out and rub on plentyof soap, and
in one boiler of clothes well covered
with water, add one teacupful of wash
ing fluid; boil half an hour briskly,
then wash them thoroughlythrough one
suds,rinse, aud yourold clothes will look
better than the old way of washing
twice before boiling. This is an in
valuable receipt, and I want every
poor tired woman to try it. I think
with a patent washtub to do the little
rubbing, a washerwoman might take
the oi l Bible and compose herself on
a lounge and let the washing do itself,
—Paris letter writers think there is
a good time coming in the meat market,
a hope that is echoed by consumers
everywhere. One of these writers
ventures the prediction that in conse
quence of a new and simple method
of preventing taint, fresh meat will
before long be sold every where at five
cents a pound ; and he bases his calcu
lation on the fact that there are in the
provinces of La Plata, South America,
27,000,000 cattle, and 40,000,000 sheep,
and in Australia 180,000,000 cattle, and
300,000,000 sheep, all of which only
need sufficient means of preservation
and transportation to bemadeavailable
for supplying the world with meat.
—The London underground railroad
has carried in six months' time over
12,000,(K)0 passengers, or about three
times the population of London. The
actual number transported over the
line since its opening in January, 1863,
is about 70,900,000. The line is only
three and three quarters miles long;
and was constructed at an enormous
cost, but makes annual returns in divi
dends of from twelve to fifteen per
cent.
—There was recently assembled in
the house of Mr. William D. Whilton,
father, grand father, great grand father,
and great great grand father, the latter,
Robert Whilton, aged eighty-seven
years, who can boast of great, great,
great grand children.
—The Greenfield Church, in the Pres
bytery ofChillicothe, Ohio, havingsus
pended a memberfor joiningthemason
ic order, an appeal was taken to the
Presbytery. This body, by a vote of
fifteen to ten, sustained the appeal, and
restored the party appealing to the
communion of the church.
—A shrewd villain in Nashu,a on
Thursday, walked deliberately up to
a store window and broke in a pane of
French glass, and when asked to pay
for it, as deliberately drew out a SIOO
bill, which the storekeeper took, giving
him S7O in change. The bill proved to
bea counterfeit.
—A St. Louis beggar who goes about
on crutches, is discovered to own prop
erty in New York worth $65,000. When
hislabor of soliciting alms from the pub
lic for the day. is over, he repairs to
a very comfortable tenement, where
he lives in spacious apartments, and
indulges in fine wines and other luxur
ies.
—The aggregate production of gold
in the world for eighteen years past, is
$3,341,500,000, of which thePacifieStates
and Territories yielded nearly one third,
whiie Australia and New Zealand pro
duced nearly one fourth.
—Thehh r corn business must be a
profitable one, for in New York and
Brooklyn, during the past season, 1,700
persons have been engaged in selling
it about the streets, whilst in Philadel
phia from 500 to 600 persons were en
gaged in the same trade.
—Of all the coal produced in the
United States, Pennsylvania furnishes
seventy-three and three and three
quarters per cent. Her mines are
exhaustless and their product is annual
ly increasing.
—The negro vote in Alabama reaches
one hundred thousand—the white vote
about fifty thousand. The vote cast is
considerably in excess of a majority of
the votes registered, so a convention
will assemble in that State.
—The captain of the little vessel Red,
White and Blue, which crossed the At
lantic last year, has been figuring re
cently in a court of justice in Paris, the
cause being a misunderstanding with
M. Girard, with whom the owner had
made an agreement to place the vessel
on exhibition.
The cost of maintaining the Feder
al troops around Richmond, Virginia,
is about five millions of dollars per an
num.
—Dr. Mudd is the only medical offi
cer at the Dry Tortugas. He has been
very successful in his treatment of yel
low fever.
—A sea-wall of granite is now con
structing for the protection of the har
bor of San Francisco.
—The guests at a wedding supper in
Ohio were charged fifty cents each.
—There is a female brass band in De
catur, Illinois.
—The yellow fever at the Dry Tortu
gas is abating.