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THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri
day morning by MEYERS A Mnnar.v, at $2.00 per
annum, if paid stnrtly in advance. ; $2.50 if paid
within aix months; $3.00 if not paid within six
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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 can be execu
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
rates —TERMS CASH.
Lir All letters should be addressd to
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Publishers. j
drtt-ftootte, etc.
OASH lU'YFKS, 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, wo are now
opening a 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, 11, 1-j, 10 and the
best at 18 cents.
Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 10, 10, 18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
All Wool Flannels from 40ets. 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 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
BARGAINS!
The undersigned havo 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
"TRUSTING FOREVER"
having exploded, we are determined to
SELL GOODS UPON TIIE SHORTEST PROFIT
FOR
CASH OR PRODUCE.
L3P To prompt paying customers we will extend '
a credit of four mouths, 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.
j
MEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!!
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
i )ry-Goods,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Cassi titers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
&c., &e.
All of which will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
£3?* Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con
tinuance of the public patronage.
Call and examine our goods.
may24,'67. G. \ EAGER
XT EW ARRIVAL.—Just received
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 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 see our new stock.
may3l
A RARE CHANCE IS OFFERED
ALL PERSONS
To display their Goods;
Tt sell their Goods:
To gather information;
To make known their wants;
Ac., Ac. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.,
by advei-iiragin the columns of THE GAZETTE.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
&c.
SILORIOU S N E W S!
! FOR
THE PEOPLE!
| TELL IT! EVERYBODY TELL IT!
j COTTON NO LONGER KING !
G. R. OSTER & CO.
Are now receiving at their NEW STORE a
largo and carefully selected stock of new and
CHEAP Dry Goods, Furs, Clothing. Carpetings,
Oil cloths, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Wall papers,
Willow-ware, Queens-ware, Oils, Tobaccos, Segars,
Ac., together with an extensive assortment of Fresh
Groceries, which for extent and CHEAPNESS is
unrivaled in Central Pennsylvania, all of which
they offer wholesale or retail at prices that defy
competition. Piles of calico prints and muslin
from 6i cents up to sublime quality.
They invite all to call, see Tor themselves and
be convinced.
TERMS .—POSITIVELY CASH on DELIVERY, un
less otherwise specified.
Beoford, Pa.. Dec.13,'67m3.
Qttmtji at £au\
S. L. RUSSELL. J. H. LONGENECKKR.
RUSSELL & LONGENECKER,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness" entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
for Back Pay. Bounty, Pensions, Ac
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. aprs,'67tf
J. MCD. SHARPE. E. F. KERR.
OHARPE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
tlie courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Schell. [March 2, '66.
J. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LCTZ.
DURRORRO W & L UTZ.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders
his services to the pnblic.
Office second door North of the Mengel nouse.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
ESPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
'laiuis, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t vo doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
F M KIMM ELL. I J- w. LINGENFELTER.
XT" IMM ELL & LINGENFELTER,
IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the "Mengel House,"
W H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
\J, LAW BEDFORD. PA Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the
."Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864.
B. F. MEYERS. | J. W. DICKRRSON.
MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford, l'a.. office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. | may 11,'66.
HAYES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will faithfully and promptly aitcnd to all
business entrusted to his care. Office with G. H
Spang, Esq., on Julianna Street, two doors South
of the Mengel House. [raay24,67.
Jcntistnt.
D. N.HICKOK, | J. 0. MINXICH. JR.,
DENTI S T s ,
BEDFORD, PA.
Office In the Bank Building, Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully performed. and war
ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
TFRMS—CASH.
Bedford. January 6,1865.
JQE NTISTRY!
Dr. 11. VIRGIL PORTER,
(late of New York city,)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and patrons, that he is still
7JV BLOODY RUN,
where he may be found at all times prepared to
insert those BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL
TEETH, at the low price of from TE.V to EIGH
TEEN DOLLARS per set.
TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain.
LgT 1 Temporary sets inserted if desired.
All operations warranted.
(jf Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scientific method of preserving decayed and aching
teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER.
jan3,'6Btf
Notices, k(.
rpO BUILDERS.—The undersigned
|_ Building Committee for the Reformed
Church near Simon Harclerode's, in Colerain tp.,
will receive proposals for the construction of the
Church building, until Saturday, January 25,'
ISOS, the contract to be awarded to tho lowest and
best bidder For plan and specifications, address
the undersigned, at Bedford, Pa.
II P. DIEIIL.
JONATHAN BOWSER,
jan3w4 JOSHUA DIEHL,
Build. Com.
C 1 ACTION TO TIIE PUBLIC.—No
/tice is hereby given, that the License granted
w . J. Mullin, Pa., for tho use of Rubber as a base
for artificial teeth, has been revoked. All persons
nre hereby cautioned against employing said W. J.
Mullin in the above-named branch of Dentistry, as
by so doing they render themselves equally liable to
prosecution for infringement. Any information of
Rubber work done by him will be promptly prose
cuted. JOSIAII BACON,
Treas. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.
Boston. Dec .13.'67.m2|
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agent's circular.
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mERMS for every description of Job
1 PRINTING CASH ! for the reason that for
every article we use, we must pay cash; and the
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as it can be done in the cities.
IIVERY VARIETY AND STYLE
OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low
lates at THE BEHFORH GAZETTE office. Call and
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sons haviug sales, or vendues. Give him a call.
Residence. Blnck Valley, Monroe tp., six miles
South of Bloody Bun. novßm3
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BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1868.
4hr ffrifeU OVaßi'tr.
GREAT SPEECH OF HON. J. S BLACK.
Andrew Jackson vs. Modern Radical
ism.
At the Democratic banquet given at
the Metropolitan Hotel, in Washing
ton, on the eighth of January, the
following toast was proposed: "The
memory of Andrew Jackson: A great
general: a greater statesman and mag
istrate." To this Judge Black respon
ded as follows:
There is no day in the year, except
| the 4th of July, that ought to be kept
|so sacred as,the Bth of January. [Ap
jplause.] And, except the Father of
his Country, there is 110 name known
! among men that is entitled to a higher
j reverence than that-of Andrew Jack
| son. [Applause.] I put Washington
first because the place which he occu
pies in history, as the foremost man of
jail this world, has never been disputed.
| [Applause.] It was always admitted
; that he stood alone, without a peer a
! mong mortals. Competition gave way
j before the acknowledged greatness of
his character, and rivalry itself coneed
ed the palm to his pre-eminent virtue.
I know not how it may be with oth
ers. but his is a name which I never
was able to pronounce without emo
tions of respect and reverence whien I
have 110 form of words to express.
But the reputation of Jackson has
not been so fortunate. His life was
one long battle with tin* enemies of
constitutional freedom. [Applause.]
They assailed him with every species
of slander, and even at this day the
foul birds that streamed around him in
his lifetime, and others hatched in the
same bad nest, light whenever they
can upon his tombstone to defile his
tomb with their droppings.
[Loud applause.] OneW the most in
jurious of these aspersions is that by
which the radical party have attempt
ed to make him authority for their
own attempts to trample upon liberty
and law.—[Great applause]. If that be
true; if he is authority for them; if he
has set the example for their miscon
duct; if they are traveling upon a path
which has one impress of his footstep,
then he is wholly and utterly unworthy
of the honor which the American peo
ple all through the country are bestow
ing upon him at this moment.—[Ap
plause.] Then I give him up. He is
their man : he is not ours.
If General JacKsorrever cna tiy tning
in his life which can justify the mur
der, kidnapping and robbery of inno
cent men and women ; if he ever used
military force for the purpose of en
slaving any State, north or south, [ap
plause ;] if he ever used one atom of
his powerful influence for the purpose
of subjugating his fellow-citizens, or
any portion of them, to the domina
tion of a negro government, [cries of
"good" and applause;] if there be one
single act of his whole life that can be
cited as an example for the coarse, cru
el and corrupt despotism which the
radicals have organized wherever and j
whenever they could, then he don't
belong to our communion. [Applause.]
In that case he is only fit to be set up
in that heathen pagoda which despot
ism has established among us, as one
of the divinities to be worshipped lie
side such generals as Pope and Baker,
[loud applause, | and others of that class,
where the worshippers lay it down as
part of their creed that the constitu
tion i.-> "a league with hell and a cove
nant with death;" where the high
priests that minister at the altar have
qualified themselves for holy orders by j
being hired delators and perjured wit-'
nesses, and where an act of worhsip
which they offer consists in false affi- j
davits against the honor and rights of
innocent people.
I am not here to pronounce any eulo- j
gy or to make any defense of General
Jackson, but I do wish to refer to one
passage in his life upon which the
slander to which I have referred is
based, if it be based upon anything, j
When General Jacksou undertook the j
defense of the city of New Orleans, in
the fall of 1811, he assumed a responsi-j
bility such as had rarely been taken by ■
anybody in the world, and such as
very few men except himself would
have taken under such circumstances.
The British army was 14,000 strong,
composed of veterans, ably commanded,
thoroughly trained, and fresh from the
victorious battle-fields of the Spanish
Peninsula. They had never known
what it was to be defeated. No hostile
army of equal strength had ever before
landed in one body upon the Ameri
can shores. To meet them General
Jackson had half the number of raw
levies, hastily collected from the plough
and the workshop, not organized; all
of them imperfectly equipped, and
some of them—a considerable number
of them—not armed at all.
With these fearful odds against him,
he was required to hold possession of
an unwalled and unfortified town, sit-J
uate upon an open plain, accessible up
on every side, and with absolutely no
defenses, natural or artificial, except
what were to be erected upon the spur
of the occasion, and he had not the as
sistance of one experienced officer or
engineer to aid him in putting up his
field works or mounting his guns.
This desperate game was to be played
for a stake of the most stupendous
magnitude. The possession of the
whole valley of the Mississippi depend
ed upon it; and if the city had been
taken by assault, we shudder, even at
this distance of time, to think what
must have been its fate. The very troops
that were then marching to the attack
had committed the most atrocio us
cruelties only a few months before, at
Badajos and St. Sebastian ; and here a
gain they were to be rewarded with
beauty and booty. The defense seemed
like a forlorn hope, without a particle
of confidence in its success—no one had,
except what was inspired by the cour
age, genious, and energy of their great
commander.
But lie was a host in himself. They
wisely determined that they would
i throw the whole responsibility upon
him —that they would put their fateen
i tirely in his hands, and they did so.
' Members of the Legislature, officers of
the city corporation and judges of the
j courts came and laid their powers at
his feet, and voluntarily agreed that
they would surrenderand suspend their
official functions until the danger was
over. The whole population, with one
voice, besought him that he would
make the city a part of his camp, and
take the absolute command upon him
self of every human being within its
limits. He did this at the universal
request. He had a right to do it. It
was proper that he should do it, for
this simple and plain reason, that the
city ica.l in a date of actual siege. It
was no fiction. His act bore no kind
of resemblance to the wanton outrage
of declaring martial law, which is no
law at all, for the mere purpose of
trampling down the law of the laud at
a place where there are no military
operations going on. [Great applause.]
Jackson executed the authority thus
bestowed upon him, not only moder
ately but benignly. He gathered the
people around him, and protected their
rights to the whole extent that he was
able to do so, consistently with their
own good and proper defense of the
place, as tenderly as a father would
care for his children. But he didn't
allow himself to be trifled with. And
that brings me to the only fact in his
whole life that has ever been criticised
with reference to this point. A gen
tleman named Louallier, who had been
a member of the Legislature, became,
in the course of time, discontented. He
was one of General Jackson's soldiers—
that is, he had put himself under his
command as much as any volunteer in
his army. But he became restive, and
after a while he published an address,
and printed and circulated it over the
city, in which he counseled disobedi
ence to the General's orders- That was
simply mutiny, and the punishment of
mutiny was death. But General Jack
son only confined him, declaring at the
time his intention to release him the
very moment that he could do so with
safety.
Then came Judge Hall, another of
his voluntary subordinates. He under
took to interfere with the discipline of
General Jackson's camp, by issuing a
habeas corpus for the body of the muti
neer. The General, in order to save all
trouble, sent the judge four miles up
the river, with directions that he
should remain outside of his picket
lines until it should be known that the
enemy had retired from the coast. —
When the great battle had been won,
when the invader had been driven a
way, when the city was saved with all ■
its beauty and its booty, then Judge I
Hall returned; and so soon as he got!
back he commenced a prosecution a- j
gainst General Jackson for—what do
you think? Contempt of court! The
General thought that was very absurd.!
Nevertheless, although he had a vie- 1
torious army at his back ; although he
was surrounded by a population that!
adored him as their great deliverer, lie
bowed his head to the lawful authorities
of the country, as lowly as the hum
blest man in the nation. [Great ap
plause. J He not only submitted to the ,
legal process which was issued against j
him, but he gave to the judge the as
surance that the same arm which had
defended the city against a foreign ;
invader, would stand between him and I
the danger of a popular outbreak. — j
[Applause.] He appeared before the!
court and made a defense which was'
worthy of his character as a lawyer, j
and perfectly consistent with his high
renown as a statesman and a patriot, j
He pleaded that he was not, and could I
not, be guilty of any contempt of court,
bbcause that court had of its own ac
cord relinquished its authority during
the siege, and had notified him of the
fact. He said that even if his act was
illegal, he had committed, not a con
tempt of court, but a personal tres
pass against the judge, and to this he
was willing to respond in a personal
action before a court of competent juris
diction and an impartial jury. But he
insisted that his adversary had no right
to sit in judgment upon his own case.
This defense was overruled by the
judge, and it was overruled in
such manifest defiance of reason and
and justice that the judge would have
been torn into pieces if General Jack
son had not redeemed his promise to
protect him. But he did. When the
the judge faltered f >r fear of the indig
nation of the crowd with which he
was surrounded, the general rose in
the court and said, "Go on a.id per
form what you think your duty."—
[Applause.] "I have fought for the
liberties of this nation, and I will not
permit the civil institutions of the
country to be dishonored." [Applause.]
The judge fined him a thousand dol
lars, and then his friends flocked a
round him to pay the fine for him;
but he declined all such offers. "No,"
' said he, "I will not evade the decis-
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1 ion of a lawful tribunal." [Applause.]
"I will pay this fine myself. It be
comes me to suffer whatever has been
inflicted, rightfully or wrongfully.
| And now," said he, "I am square with
I the law, even as Judge Hall has expon-
I ded it."
I
Now, if Genral Jackson had syste
matized robbery and murder by means
of military commissions, [applause,
and cried of 'Good ;'] if, instead of us
ing his army to fight the common
enemy, he had scattered his soldiers
over the country, hundreds of miles
away from his post, to kidnap his po
litical opponents for expressing their
honest convictions ; if he had ordered
an upright and conscientious judge to
be dragged from the bench by ruffians,
beaten upon the head with the butt
ends of their pistols, and carried away
to prison, because he had administered
justice according to law; and if, finally,
he had established a military despot
ism upon the ruins of a free govern
ment, then I admit that he would have
been fair authority, and they might
have quoted him as an example of
their misdeeds. But in truth and in
fact, General Jackson was one of the
ablest and best defenders of the con
stitution and the laws that the United
States ever had. Their never lived a
man within the limits of this country
who would go further to defend them,
or more cheerfully shed his blood to
save them from violation. [Applause.]
There are some persons here, 1 think,
who not only know the character of
General Jackson, but who have been
intimately acquainted with him. I
ask of such what they suppose General
Jackson would have thought of our
"Bureau of Military Justice" if such
a bloody machine as that had been set
up in his time. [Great applause and
laughter.J Ido not know; I can only
conjecture; 1 think he would have
shattered it intoa thousand atoms with
one blow of his ponderous hand, [ap
plause;] and the first impulse of his
noble and generous nature would have
been to take that lawless crew by the
throat and pitch them into the Pato
mac. [Applause.] I do not say he
would have done it any more then
our honored chief magistrate would.
[Tremendous applause and three cheers
for the President.] Let me tell you
the reason why I think he would not
have done it. He was a perfectly law
abiding num. He would have waited
his time. He would have curbed his
fiery temper; he would have chasten
ed down, (na ho always did.) in a prop
er way, his impetuous passions. But,
sooner or later, he would have done
what will be done yet. [Great ap
plause.] He would have made those
miscreants feel the majesty of legal
justice.
The Spaniards have a proverb that
the mill of God grinds slowly, but it
grinds dreadfully fine. [Laughter.]—
And now, don't you think the people
of this country are about to let the wa
ter on ? [Great laughter.]
I said that I had no eulogy or de
fense to make of General Jackson ; but
I do say now, in conclusion, that if
the people of this country will appreci
ate his character truly, and remember
well the lessons that his acts and his
precepts have furnished them, they
will have such a government as that
which he described in his protest to
the Senate—not a despotism surround
ed by the pride, pomp and circum
stance of military show, but a quiet
government, which will protect their
liberties and their rights—a govern
ment distributing its blessings like
the dews of Heaven, unseen and un
felt, save in the beauty and freshness
they contribute to produce. As long
as we keep our eyes upon his history,
as the pole star by which we are to be
guided, we will be wise ; and whenev
er we quit it we will be otherwise.—
[Great applause.]
CONJUGAL FRIENDSHIP.—TiII a
man has experienced the affection of
an amiable, intelligent, unsophisticated
woman, he knows not half the charm
iof life; nor, till he has enjoyed the
friends/iip of such a one, does he tru
ly know what friendship H. For
men's friendships for one another are
always more or less shaped by busi
ness feeling ; whereas woman's for men
are generosity itself. Happy the man
who has a woman for a friend ; thrice
happy, who has her in his wife. A
man's wife may be everything that is
sweet and beautiful, but still she is not
his wife in the highest and truest sense,
till he can call her, from his heart, his
friend. And to be this, is women's tri
umph. For the glory of her iife lies
not in the admiration of her lover, but
in the solid confidence of her husband ;
in his reliance on her intelligence and
truth, for his esteem in her piety and
virtues. Not that she can be made his
friend without effort of her own. She
gained the position by constant cultiva
tion of what she perceives her husband
most to value and admire amid the
things which her own innate sense of
purity and propriety commends as
worthy of their mutual regard.
A line in one of Moore's songs reads
thus: "Our couch shall be roses bespang
led with dew." To which a sensible
| girl replied: "T'would give me the
| rheumatiz and so it would you."
A greenhorn sat a long time, very
■ attentive, musing upon a cane-bottom
chair. At length he said: "I wonder
what fellow took the trouble to find
! al theinar holes, and put straws around
! 'em."
HIGH LIVING AND ITS CONSEOVEN*'
<ES.
There are more failures occurring in
the commercial cities than commercial
journals are inclined to make public.
<)t course it is discreet to observe reti-
I cenee in reference to such affairs, as
publicity to business failures frequent
ly tend to panics which lead to disas
ters that might otherwise have been a
voided. What we desire to state in
this connection is that the cause to which
these failures are attributed is not al
ways, the right one. Many merchants
fail, and it is to their advantage to have
it understood that their bankruptcy
was brought about by fluctuations in
the market which neither their sagaci
ty could foresee nor their ability con
trol when they occurred. Be this as it
may, such are not the influences which
carry seven out of every ten men to
bankruptcy who reach that deplora
ble condition. Extravagance in per
sonal taste, wilful waste in domestic
affairs, sinful exhibitionsof debauchery,
gluttony, pomp and show are what
press many a business man, merchant
and manufacturer to insolvency. High
living in the leading classes ofthecom
mercial cities, a disposition to ape the
grandeur of the metropolis on the part
of those who live in the rural districts,
our inland cities and towns, is the in
fluence which is deranging our finan
ces and hurrying the country to a crisis
through which it cannot pass without
suffering serious injury. Too many
men are making debts, which, at the
time of their contraction, they "have
not the remotest prospect of paying.
Too many husbands are indulging
their families in a style of living which
their incomes do not warrant them in
keeping up. Too many wives are ar
rayed in costly garments charged on
the merchant's books as "bad debts."
If the American people could be indu
ced to abstain from the extravagance
into which they have fallen; if business
could be done without speculation ; if
men were content with fair profits, and
confined themselves within the limits
of their means, we would soon be the
most prosperous people in the world.
But we have yet to learn what it is to be
prudent, economical and thrifty. All
follies have their penalties. The indis
cretions of nations, like those of individ
uals must be atoned for in some way ;
and surely the indiscretion of high liv
ing will yet require atonement most
terrible to endure.
THE CONSTABLE AND PEDDLER.—A
certain constable a short time since es
pied a tin peddler pursuing his trado,
and like a pickerel after a minnow he
rushed at him and inquired:
"Have you a license to sell?"
"No," coolly replied the itinerant
vender of pots and pans, "I havn't."
"Well, sir, I'll attend to your case,"
says the Dogberry.
"All right," says the peddler, "do."
The eager official rushes off to the
nearest trial justice and obtains a war
rant, and armed and equipped with
the lawful documeuts started on a chase
after the offending intinerant. Some
time, during day the next, after a long
chase, the representative Yankee was
found, and hustled before the justice,
who read to him the warrant, and as a
matter of form, of course, asked him
whetner he was guilty or not guilty.
The justice and constable opened
wide their eyes to such contumacy.
They had not been in the habit of see
ing such.
"Not guilty," quoth the former,
"don't you peddle goods around
here?" '.
"Yes," replied the alleged culprit.
"Well, have you a license?" asked
Rhadainanthus, in, "sarcastical" tones.
"Oh, yes," said the traveling agent.
"Why," says the justice—quote an
other expression coming over his coun
tenance—"didn't you tell this gentle
man that you had no license?"
"No sir."
"Yes you did," shouted Tipstaff'.
"No, T didn't," quietly replies the
peddler.
"I say you did," vociferated the con
stable.
"I swear I didn't," still pei'sists the
peddler.
"Well, what did you tell me, then?"
"You asked me if I had a license to
sell,and I told you I hadn't; and I
liavn't a license to sell," continues
the peddler, in an injured tone, "for I
want it to peddle with."
CONGRESS spends millions of dollars
per year to feed and clothe the negroes
of the South, who will not work, and
at the same time refuses work in the
navy yards to white laborers and me
chanics, who are willing to give a full
equivalent to the government for the
wages they may receive. This is Radi
cal love for white workingmen. It is
no wonder they are organizing in all
parts of the country to hurl from power
the dominant organization of the na
tion. __________
A TALL, keen-eyed countryman
walked in the court room during the
progress of a trial. Stepping up to
one of the "ring," he requested that
the prisoners might be pointed out to
him. The lawyer he accosted being
somewhat of a wag, pointed to the jury.
The stranger surveyed them critical
ly, when turning to his informer he
remarked: "Well, they are a hard
looking set, ain't they? I know by
their looks they ought to go to State's
every one of them!"
"WELL, neighbor, what is the Chris
tian news this morning?" said a gentle
man to his friend. "I have just
bought a barrel of flour for a poor wo
man." "Just like you. Who is it that
you have made happy by your charity
this time?" "My wife."
A lady having accidentally broken
a smelling bottle, her husband, who
was very petulant, said to her: 'I de
clare, my dear, everything that be
longs to "you is more or less broken.
'True,' replied the lady, 'for even yon
I are a little cracked,'