TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THB BEDFORD GAZETTB is published every Fri day morning by MEYERS A MISSEL, at $2 00 per annum, if paid strictly in advance ; $2.50 if paid within six months; $."5 00 if not paid within six onths. AH subscription accounts MUST be settled annually. No paper will be sent out of the State unless paid for is ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at the expiration of the time for which they are paid All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than three months TEN CENTS per line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional All resolutions of Associations; communications of limited or individual interest, and notices of mar riages and deaths exceeding five line.-, ten cents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphans' 1 Court and Judicial Sales, are required by laic to be published in both papers published in this plaoe. Ltr All advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, hulf jear, or year, as follows : 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. ♦One square - - - $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00 Two squares . - - 600 900 16 00 Three squares - - - 8 00 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 One column - - - - 30 00 45 00 80 00 ♦One square to occupy one 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 cau be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.—TERMS CASH. All letters should be addressd to MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. ?ry-(6ooilsi, &r. TOOTHER VETO~ON~ HIGH PRICES! YOU CAN SAVE MONEY hy buying your GOODS of MILLER A BOWSER, Mann's Corner, ... BEDFORD, Pa. They are now opening a choice variety of NEW AND DESIRABLE FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Dry-Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Fancy Goods, Notions, Cotton Yarn, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Queensware, Wooden ware, Tobacco and Cigars, Brooms, Baskets, Ac., Ac., tic. LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR PRICES: CALICO, at 8, 10, 12, 15, 10. GINGHAM, at 12J, 15, 18, 20. MUSLIN, at 10, 12, 14, 15,18, 20. BsaS? Cassimeres, Cloths, Satinetts and Ladies' Sacking, at very low prices. Biagr Laities', Gents' and Misses' Shoes, Sandals and Over-Shoes, in great variety. BST' Men's, Boys' and Youths' Boots. Best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syr up in the market. Prices low Star Feed, Flour, Ac., for stile at all times. Bbs"" We invite all to call and see our goods and compare prices before buying elsewhere. Beg- Our motto is, Short I*roffits. Beg" TERMS —Cash, Note or Produce. 0ct25,'67 INTER IS COMI N< i! PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER! The undersigned hast just received from the Eastern Cities, a large and varied stock of WINTER CLOTHING, which he will sell very CHEAP FOR CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE. All wool pants and vests as low as $3.00 to $12.00 ; overcoats, from $3.00 to S3O 00; cloths, cassimeres, cassinetts, Ac., of the best quality, and at the lowest prices; under-cloth ing, such as under-shirts and drawers, at SI.OO each ; also, flannel shirts, at $1.75. He has also on hand a large assortment of DRY-GOODS, such as ladies' dress goods, consisting of all wool delaines; calicoes, at 10, 12, 15 and 16 cents per yard ; muslins, at 10, 12,14 and 20 ; also NOTIONS in great variety ; queensware, groceries, hoop skirts, cotton-chain, tobacco and cigars, Ac., Ac. And a good supply of gum coats and blankets al ways on hand. Gum blankets at $1.75. Thankful for past favors, he would solicit the continued patronage of the public, feeling confi dent that he can please 811 who purchase at his store. Remember the place, the "Old Colonnade," southeast corner of Richard and Pitt streets. Bed ford, Pa. ISAAC LIPPEL. novlm3 Le wTstown foundry AND MACHINE SHOPS. T. B. REESE A CO., Proprietors. MANUFACTURERS OF PORTABLE AND STATIONERY STEAM EN GINES AND BOILERS; Portable Steam Saw Mills ; Iron and Brass castings of every description made and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Blast Furnaces, Forges, Rolling Mills, Ac. We call the attentiou of TANNERS to our Oven for Burning Tan under Steam Boilers. L#r TERMS MODERATE. LfT All orders by mail promptly attended to. T. B REESE A CO. ■aay!7mß* Lewistown, Pa. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. pnuftoodsi, ftr. ft ASH BUYERS, TAKE NOTICE! SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS; NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS, just received, At J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Store, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! Having just returned from the East, we are now opening a large stock of F-ill 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, 16 and the bqst 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, Lock wood 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 Anderson'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 QREAT BARGAINS! The undersigned have opened a very full supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Our stock is complete and is not surpassed in EXTENT, QUALITY AND CHEAPNESS. The old system of '' TR US TING FOR E VER'' having exploded, we are determined to SELL GOODS LPON THE SHORTEST PROFIT FOR CASH OR PRODUCE. tjJ** To prompt paying customers we will extend a credit of four months , but we wish it expressly | understood, after the period named, account will be i due and interest will accrue thereon. BUYERS FOR CASH may depend upon GETTING BARGAINS. n0v1,'67 A. B. CRAMER A CO. JpRESII STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, AT FARQUIiAR'S. We have on hand, and intend to soli 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. FARQUIIAR. j octlS VTEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!! j The undersigned has just received 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., Ac. All of which will be sold at the most reasonable prices. E3P Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con tinuance ot the public patronage. ijf' Call and examine our goods, jmay24.'67. Q. YEAGER ■\T EW ARRIVAL.—Just received il at M. C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STORE. 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 sew and desirable. Thankful for former liberal patronage we hope to be able to merit a continuance from all our cus tomers. Please call and see our new stock. may3l RH. SI PES' MARBLE WORKS. R. H. SIPES having established a muni?- 1 factory of Monuments. Tombstones, Table-Tops, Counter Slabs, Ac., at Bloody Run, Bedford coun- I ty. Pa., and having on hand a well selected stock of Foreign and Domestic Marble, is prepared to fiil all orders promptly and do work neat and in a workmanlik e style, and on the most reasonable terms. All work warranted. Jobs delivered to | all p ,rts of this and adjoining counties without ex 1 tra charge. apr!9,'66yl iihr -ilcilfo.nl UV.ncltr. LETTERS FROM THR ANTHRACITE REGION. Harvey's Lake: Queen Esther's Rock: .Honurkuiiurk : The Umbrella Tree, etc., etc. Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette. WILKES BAKRE, ) xo. 11. Nov. 6,1867. ) DEAR GAZETTE : lii my last I left the reader upon the rocky summit of Campbell's Ledge. Let them now accompany me to Har vey's Lake. This bay of water is -7(10 feet above the level of the Susquehan nah river, and lies twelve miles east of Wilkes Barre. The ride from the lat ter place, is over a beautiful country, and must be seen to be appreciated. The Lake is an immense spring of pure cold water, with a beautiful clean sand and gravel bottom, and varies in depth from five to two hundred feet. It was first discovered by Benjamin Harvey, who settled upon its outlet prior to the Revolutionary war. It was surveyed when covered with ice, and found to extend over an area of 1285 acres, a lit tle more than two square miles. It is the largest body of fresh water in Penn sylvania, and furnishes an abundant supply of fish.. Here and there sur rounding this Lake, are cultivated fields, with woodland interspersed, and frowning mountains beyond, forming beautiful scenery, and sheltering the fisherman from the rays of the burning sun, as he rows gently along the shore, or casts his line beneath the trees or in the mountain shadow. Deer are fre quently shot at night, as they approach tliis Lake for water, by hunters in boats with torch-lights. The Lake Iloum, on an elevated spot, near the lake, is a large, commodious and well furnished building. The fare is venison, fish, wild fowls, <&c., taken from the sur rounding forests and from the crystal water. Parties from Wilkes Barre who wish a freezing sleigh-ride, usual ly visit the Lake House, dance all night, and return home in the morn ing, sleepy and half frozen. The next point of interest is "Queen Esther's, or Bloody Rock," which is near the spot where the massacre of Wyoming took place. It derives its name from the fol lowing described episode in the bloody history of the early settlement of this valley: Queen Esther, an Indian squaw, with sixteen white captives, each held by a strong Indian, stood around this rock. One Indian after another would advance and lay the captive's head up on the rock, while Queen Esther dash ed out their brains with a tomahawk. The bodies were laid in a circle around the rock and burned. This murderess by wholesale, Queen Esther, then rode away, having suspended on a stick the scalps of the slain. Only a few years ago, it was said blood could still be traced on the rock. When I saw it last, it was immense in size, but it has since dwindled away, piece by piece, under the hands of travelers and relic hun ters. Some distance from this rock, up the river is Monockonoek Island. Some of those who escaped from the fort during the great massacre, hard pressed by their barbarous foe, rushed headlong into the river, while those who were able to swim, reached this island, hoping thus to escape from their enemy. One of the patriots concealed himself in the underbrush, but being discovered by his tory brother, he came forth from his hiding place ex pecting mercy and protection. "Save my lile, brother, and I will serve you all my days." "Ah! save you ! You are a d—d rebel," and drawing his rifie to his shoulder, he fired and left his brother weltering in his blood. Many similar bloody scenes occurred on this island. Its history is interwoven with fiction and appeared before the public, a few years ago, in a book called "Mary Derwent." Upon one of the mountains which enclose the valley, can be seen looming high above the rest of the forest, a tree which, from its resemblance to that ar ticle so useful in rainy weather, is call ed the umbrella tree. It is an immense pine, and in the early days of the Val ley, the Indians cut all the branches off, except a few at the top, and under neath this tree, they held their coun cils. They kept a lew branches on the top of the tree, as a guide to Indians in all parts of the Valley. While those, who, years ago, stood under this tree, and made their plans of attack upon the early white settlers, have all pass ed away, this tree still stands a beauti ful remembrancer of the bloody scenes which took place in this Valley. I am pleased to notice by the papers, that Bedford progresses. First, I no tice that you have had an Agricultural Fair, which seems to have been a suc cess. Then, as winter advances, birth is given to a Lyceum. Who can doubt that it will succeed? Doubtless many whose eloquent voices are to be heard, week after week, in this lyceum, will, in after years, stir the whole country by their eloquence at the bar, in the forum, or in the halls ofCongress. Much success to the Bedford lyceum ! If its members will forgive my boldness, I will propose the following question for discussion. "Did, or did not, Meteors fall 011 the morning of the 13th of No vember, 18GG? There are several in teresting questions to discuss relating to the metoric showers. Pardon this digression. WYOMING. A GREAT deal has been said about Death on the Paie Horse, but in view of the railroad mortality, people are now beginning to talk about Death on the Iron Horse. BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1867. A I.AIGIIING HERO. Incident of the JlnsHacre of Goliad. We find the following sketch in an old number of the New Orleans Delta, and we presume it does not owe all its interest to the author's imagination : It was the morning of March 17th, ISBG. Aurora, the mother of dews and mistress of Golden clouds, came as she almostevereomesto the living scenes of the plains of Goliad—a thing of Beauty, queen of the sky, on a throne of burn ing amber, robed in t lie crimson of fire: with a diamond of piwple, and stream ess of painted pink. Oh !it was a glori ous dawn for the poet to sing of earth or the saint to pray to heaven ; hut poet's song nor saint's prayer made the matins of the place and the hour.— Alas! no ; it was a very different sort of music. A hundred hoarse drums roared the loud reveille that awoke four hundred Texan prisoners and their guard—four times their number of Mexican soldiers —the elite of the Chief Butcher's grand army. The prisoners were immediately sum moned to parade before the post in the main street of the village, and every eyesparkled with joy and every tongue uttered involuntary accumulations of confidence. "Thanks, Santa Anna! He is going to execute the treaty! We shall he slipped back to the United States! We shall see our friends once more!" Such were the feelings with which the American volunteers, and the few Texans among them, greeted the order to form into line. The line was formed and then broken into two columns, when every i nstru ment of music in the Mexican host sounded a merry march, and they moved away with a quick step over prairie towards the west. Five minutes afterwards, a singular dialogue ocurred between thetwo lead ers of the front columns of the prison ers. "What makes you walk so lame, Col onel Neil? Are you wounded?" ask ed a tall man, with blue eyes and bravery flashing forth in all their beams. "Colonel Fannin, I walk lame to keep from being wouuded ; do you compre hend?" replied the other with a laugh and such a laugh as no words might describe—it was so loud, so luxurious, like the roar of the breakers of a humor it was, in short, a laugh of the inmost heart. "1 do not comprehend you for I am no artist in riddles," rejoined Fannin, smiling himself, at the ludicrous gaie ty of hiscampanion so strangely ill timed. "You discover that I am lame in each leg," said Col. Neil, glancing down at the members indicated, and mimick ing the movements of a confirmed crip ple, as he laughed louder than ever.— "And yet," he added, in a whisper, "I have neither the rheumatism in my knees, nor corns on my toes, hut have two big revolvers in my hoots?" "That is a violation of the treaty by which we agreed to give up our arms," Col. Fannin mournfully sugges ted. "You will see, however, that I shall need them before the sun is an hour high," replied Neil. "Ah! Fannin, you do not know the treachery of these base Mexicans." At that instant the sun rose in a sky of extraordinary brilliancy, and a mil lion of tiower cups flung their rich odors abroad over the green prairie, as an of fering to the lord of light, when the mandate of "halt" was given by one of Santa Anna's aids, and two columns of prisoners were broken up and scat tered over the plain in small hollow squares, encircled on every side by Mexican infantry and troops of horse, with loaded inusketsand drawn swords. And then a momentary pause, awful in its stillness, and disturbed only by an occasional shriek of terror, and the most timid among the captives reali zed theimpending storm of lire and ex tinction of life's last hope. And then infernal work of whole sale murder was begun, and a scene en sued such as scarcely might be matched in the very annals of hell itself. The roar of musketry burst in successive peals like appalling claps of thunder, but could not utterly drown the prayers of the living, the screams of the woun ded, and the more terrible groans of the dying! Col. Fannin fell among the first vic tims, but notso with the giant Noil. — With the order of the Mexican officer to his men to fire, our hero stooped al most to the earth, so that the volley j passed entirely over him. He waited j not for a second. Thrusting a hand in-! to the leg of each boot, he rose with a couple of six shooters, the deadly revol-! vers, and commenced discharging them with the quick rapidity of lightning into the thickest of his foes. Panic-stricken with surprise and fear, the Mexicans recoiled and opened a passage, through which Neil bounded with the spring of a panther and fled away, as if wings had been tied to his heels, while halfa dozen horsemen gave chase. For a while it seemed doubtful whether the giant Colonel would not distance even these, so much had the peril of the occasion increased the natu ral elasticity of his mighty muscle. — liut presently a charger fleeter than the rest might be discerned gaining 011 his human rival, and approached so near that the dragoon raised his sabre for a coup de grace. Neil became conscious of his danger, aud hastily slackened ' his speed, till the hot steam of smoke from the horses nostrils appeared to min gle with his very hair; and then wheel ing suddenly he fired a round from a revolver and the rider tumbled from his saddle. The victim then renewed his flight. A mad yell of grief and rage broke from the remaining troopers as they witnessed the fateof their comrade, and its effect was immediately evident in the augmented caution of their pursuit —for they gallopped afterwards in one body, greatly retarding their progress, so that Neil reached the river before them. He paused not a moment, but plunged headlong down the steep bank into the current, and struck for the other shore. The dragoons discharged their fire arms ineffectually, and gave over the chase. In a few minutes Neil had landed, and as soon as he felt satisfied that he was perfectly safe, burst into an insup pressed convulsion of laughter, and exclaimed : "It will kill me, just to see how astonished the yellow devils look ed when I hauled my revolvers out of my boots!" A LIVELY CORRESPONDENCE. The following genuine correspon dence between a Chautauqua (New York) Deputy Postmaster and the Re publican State Committee is both amus ing and instructive: REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN, 1807. COM. ROOMS, METROPOLITAN HOTEL, ) NEW-I'OKK, OCTOBER 9, 1867. J To John T. Wilson , Esq. Jamestown, JV. Y. DEAR Silt: For the purpose of de fraying the proper and legitimate ex penses of the approaching election, the State Committee solicits contributions from the friends of the Union cause and the beneficiaries of the Republican Union party. The amount which we have deemed it proper to ask you to contribute to aid in conducting the campaign is sixty dollars, which you will please remit to Waldo Hutchins, Esq., No. 40 Wall Street, New-York. In view of the shortness of the can vass, an early response is requested. Yours very truly, HAMILTON HARRIS, Chairman. Luther Caldwell, Secretary. THE RI-.PLY. JAMESTOWN, New-York, Oct. 15, 1807.—MY DEAR HAMILTON: Your alfectionate letter of the 9th was duly received, and in reply I would say that I am very well, never was better; have heard from Pennsylvania and Ohio. — Have you heard from them, Hamilton, and how is your health ? Your friends here don't like it, and say, quite dis gustedly, that this trading off white votes at the North, for nigger votes at the South, "dont pay." Do you re gard it as a profitable investment, Hamilton, and how much mqreof the stock do you want? It is for sale very cheap among the members of the U nion Republican party in this locali ty- Rut in regard to that sixty dollars (don't you wish you may get it?) which you so persuasively expect me to fork over, as one of "the beneficiaries of the Republican Union party." I will own, Hamilton, that I have derived many and great benefits from the party last aforesaid. I don't deny it. For ins tance, they have beneficently accumu lated for me in common with the rest of the people of the United States, a great National debt which, we all ad mit, is a National blessing. They have replaced the base and cum brous metalic currency that used to weigh a man down and impede locomo- | tion, to say nothing about wearing | holes in his pockets and disappearing i inconveniently in the linings of his trousers, by a light and airy currency that costs but little to manufacture, and nothing to redeem, and which a man can carry around with ease in large amounts if he can only get it.— (Oh ! if you could but get SOO of mine.) j They have granted me the glorious ! privilege of helping furnish board and j clothes to my odoriferous brethren of African decent in the Southern States, which blessed privilege they have wrested from the hands of their late oppressors. They have multiplied otti- ! cers and office-holders, and raised all: their salaries and enriched contractors, and by thus adding to the wealth of i each individual, have increased the aggregate of national treasure. (Don't you see it, Hamilton? I don't.) They have done away with the slow, solemn and cumbrous forms and cere monies of constitutional and civil law in the administration of the govern ment, and adopted the more expedi tious and jovial ways of military com mission. They have given the odoriferous, Ac., as aforesaid, a choice to vote, sit on ju ries, hold office, and do everything but work and get an honest living—that is, in the Southern States. (They did go back on him in Ohio.) Now, in view of these and countless other benefits I have received at their hands, don't you think you were alto gether too modest in asking for only $80? I assure you, Hamilton, if you had asked for twice or even ten times as much, it would have been sent you just as cheerfully, and you would have got it just as soon. Please give my love to Waldo, and tell him when he gets this S6O I shall expect him to spend it all in pulling down corruption, as you advertised to do at Syracuse the other day. Tell him also in "view of the short ness of the campaign," not to unneees sailly fatigue himself by going too of ten to the post office after that S6O, for if he will only wait patiently a few days, VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,418. he won't get it. A due! Hamilton. Be virtuous and you will be happy. The rose is red. The violet's blue. The lily's pure And how are you ? Yours, as ever, (just about,) JOHN T. WILSON. THE "M ARTYR PRESIDENT" AND II IS WIFE'S OLD CLOTHES. ThestoryofMrs. Lincoln's old clothes, as told by the Radical press, does not leave the reputation of the "lamented" Abraham Lincoln any purer than it ought to be. Don Piatt's newspaper, the Mac-a-cheek Press, extreme Radi cal, in a late article shows up Mrs. Lin coln's wardrobe, and the doings in the White House in a new light. We com mend the following extracts to the at tention of the Union League and fol lowers of this county, and ask them if ! it does not present a beautiful picture I to the world, of the corruptions of the White House and its inmates during the last administration. Don Piatt says: Well, it is shameful enough, God knows, but in what way it is to attach to the Republican organization we are at a loss to discover. That the adver tisement, so widely made at this wo man's request, exhibits not only her greed, but the corrupt condition of the government in which she took soprom inent a part, we are prepared to admit, and in this view it is damaging to the late administration. But thecryofin gratitude is too silly for refutation. It was known to the wide circle that bus iness or social life brought in contact with the Executive mansion, that its interior was as gross, vulgar and cor rupt as it was possible for any house to be and retain even a semblance of res pectability. The startled public now reads its history in a forty-thousand dollar wardrobe, made up of shawls, laces and diamonds, the gifts of "dear friends"—how "dear," the poor public is now realizing in the millions that shameless thieves have stolen and are yet stealing. The saddest part of all this is the tarnish it casts upon the sainted memory of the martyr Presi dent. How was it possible that these gifts from "dear friends" were paid for in lucrative offices, given under the signature of Abraham Lincoln, with out that shrewd man being aware of the infamous character of the official, and the nature of the bargain that brought him into office? This is a surmise on ly, but Thurlow Weed seems deter mined to bring the business home to the late President. Mr. Weed might have added the fact that this refusal to approve of a bare faced swindlecost Mr. Smith his seat in the cabinet, Mr. Lincoln so far sym pathizing with his wife in this extra ordinary transaction. Mr. Lincoln was not onlvas unprincipled and avaricious as the late sale indicates, but she was and is exceedingly ignorant and stupid, and yet how are we to account for the control she exercised over the domes tic life and public affairs of the lamen ted President. We remember how pained the loyal hearts of the Union were to learn that in the darkest hour of our national pride, when our armies were paralysed by imbecility, and our treasury was being robbed by dishonest agents, while the artillery of the ene my echoed through the very halls ol the eapitol, a dancing, drinking enter tainment, or ball was given at the White House. This was shocking, but it became horrible when the fact leaked out that, while the noise of revelry shook thetime-honored mansion, in one of the upper chambers a child of the host and hostess lay dying of a fever, that had set in and alarmed the family physician, when thecards of invitation were being issued. We turn away from the inner life of this White House, that was indeed a whitened sepulchre, in sorrowing disgust, and feel ashamed through all our being that the curtain was ever lifted to let light in on its loathsome contents. What a picture for our country and the world to contemplate! A cabinet minister is removed by the President because he refuses to pay a fraudulent bill presented by the President's wife. This makes the late President n party to that swindling transaction. Mr. Lincoln must have been aware that the gifts from "dear friends" were paid for in lucrative offices given under his own signature. Reader, what think you when you are told by a personal and political friend of President Lin coln, that everything within the White House, during his administration "teas as gross, vulgar and corrupt as it was possible for any house to be and retain even a semblance of respectability." We had rather these things, for the credit of the country, had not been made known, but as they are now di vulged by the friends of the late Presi dent, we are in favor of having them ventilated to the bottom. VALUE OF PERSONAL NEATNESS. — Many worthy women, who would not for the world be found wanting in the manner of personal neatness, seem somehow to have the notion that any study of the arts of personal beauty in family life is unuiatronly. They buy their clothes with simple reference to economy, and have them made up without any question of becomingness; and hence marriage sometimes trans forms acharming, trim, tripping young lady into a waddling matron, whose every-day toilet suggests only the idea of a feather-bed tied round with a string. For my part Ido not believe that the summary banishment of the graces from the domestic circle as soon as the baby makes its appearance, is at all conducive to domestic affection. Nor do I think that there is any need of so doing. These good house wives are in danger, like other saints, of fall ing into the error of neglecting the body through too much thoughtfulness for others, and too little for themselves. If a woman ever has any attractive ness, let her try and keep it, setting it down as one of of her domestic talents. JOSH BILI INGS says: The best cure I kno of for tite boots, is small feet. LrvE WITHIN YOCB MEANS.—W® don't like stinginess. We don't like ' economy, when it conies down to ra i and starvation. We have no sympa thy with the notion that a poor man should hitch himself to a post and stand still, while the rest of the world moves forward. It is no man's duty to deny himself every amusement, every luxu ry, every recreation, every comfort, that he may get rich. It is no man's duty to make an iceberg of himself, to shut his eyes and ears to the suffering of his fellows, and to deny himself the enjoyment that results from generous actions, merely that he may hoard wea'th for his heirs to quarrel about. But there is an economy which is ev ery man's duty, and which is especial ly commendable in the man who strug gles with poverty—an economy which is consistent with happiness, and which must be practised if the poor man would secure independence. It is almost ev ery man's privilege, and it becomeshis duty, to live within his means; not to, but within them. Wealth does not make the man, we admit, and should never be taken into the account in our judgment of men; but competence should always be secured, when it can be, by the practice of economy and self denial to only a tolerable extent. It should be secured, not so much for others to look upon, or to raise us in the estimation of others, as to secure the conseiousne-s of independence and the "constant satisfaction which is derived from its acquirement and possession. SELLING OUT CHEAP.—At the late Alabama election ii is said the Rads shelled out "land warrants" to the ne groes without number. Any number of acres would be given for a vote.— "Yer vote and yer takes yer choice," was the leading principle. The intelli gent voters folded their slips nicely, deposited them in the lining of worn out head coverings and departed for the cotton patch dreaming of the good old time "Massa Rad" had promised, and thinking he would like to vote again on the same liberal terms. Their visions were plenty of land and an abundance of sheep, won by putting a piece of paper in a window. A few days ago a number brought quite a quantity of these "land warrnts"a to a gentleman in this city, on whose plan tation they worked. They were in need of ready money, and for a small consideration in greenbacks ottered him the "deeds." He could not see it, and the purchase was notconsummated, much to the sorrow of the negroes. Who wants to buy "land warrants" cheap?— Columbus Sun. T.KUTH.—Adhere always rigidly and undeviatingly to truth ; but while you express what is true, express it in a pleasing manner. Truth is the picture —the manner is the frame that displays it to advantage. If a man blends his angry passions with his search after truth, becomes his superior by suppress ing yours, and attend only to the just ness and force of his reasoning. Truth, conveyed in austere and acrimonious language, seldom has a salutary effect, since we reject the truth, because we are prejudiced against the mode of com munication. A man may betray the cause of truth by his unreasonable zeal, as he destroys its salutary effects by the acrimony of his manner. Whoev er would be a successful instructor must become a mild and affectionate friend. A FAIR BARGAIN.—A Western far mer being obliged to sell a yoke of ox en to pay his hired man, told him that he could not keep him any longer. "Why," said the man, "I will stay and taki some of your cows in place of money." "But what shall I do," said the old farmer, "when my cows and oxen are all gone!" "Why you can work for me and get them all back again." OLD Cooper is a Dutchman, and like many other men, of whatever nation ality, has a wife that is "some." One day the old man got into trouble with a neighbor, which resulted in a fight. The neighbor was getting the better of the old man, who resisted his antag onist to the best of his ability, when his wife broke out with: "Lie still Cooper if he kills you, I'll sue him for damages." The following conversation occurred between a graceless boy and his teach er: "What does your father do when he sits down at the table?" "He asks for the brandy l>ottle." "I don't mean that. Well, then, what does your mother do when you sit down at the table?" "She says she will wring our necks if we spill any grease on the floor." THE head of a turtle, for several days after its separation from the body, re tains and exhibits animal life and sen sation. An Irishman had decapitated one, and some days afterwards was a musing himself by putting sticks into its mouth, which it bit with violence. A lady who saw the proceeding, ex claimed: "Why Patrick, I thought he was dead." "So he is, ma'am; but the crothers not sensible of it." IF a man who makes a deposition is a depositor, does it necessarily follow that the man who makes an allegation is an alligator. THE following is given at a fireman's toast: "The ladies—the only incen diaries who kindle a flame which water will not extinguish." A LATE heavy fall of rain showed one ludicrous sight—an attempt to crowd two fashionably-dressed women under one umbrella. —The Rump is to meet on the 21st inst., and it don't intend to adjourn while there is a cent of money to be gobbled or an office to put a Radical 1 fellow in.
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