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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.
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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.