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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 oan be execu
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
rates —TERMS CASH.
ur All letters should be addressd to
METERS A MENGEL,
Publishers.
Jint-ftoods, etc.
pAsil 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 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 compriso a
few of our prices, viz :
Calicoes, at 10, 12. 14, 15, I<s and the
best at. 18 cents.
Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 10, 18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up.
French Merinoes, all wool Delaines. Coburgs, Ao.
SHAWLS —Ladies', children's and misses'
shawls, latest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth.
MEN'S WEAR—Cloths, cassime.-es, satinetts.
jeans. Ae.
BOOTS AND SHOES—In this line wo 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' soots pants and
vests, all sizes and prices
SHIRTS, Ac.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts;
Shakspeare, Lockwond 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.
LiT' 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
/ 1 It EAT BARGAINS!
IJT
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
"TRUSTING FOREVER"
having exploded, we are determined to
SELL GOODS UPON THE SHORTEST PROFIT
FOR
CASH OR PRODUCE.
To prompt paying customers we will extend !
a credit of four months, but we wish it expressly
understood, after the period named, unemiut will be
due and interest will accrue thereon.
BUYERS FOR CASH
may depend upon
GETTING BARGAINS.
n0v1,'67 A. B. CRAMER <fc CO.
TVTEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!!
The undersigned has just received from the East a
large and varied stock of New Goods,
which aro 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.
ijfp 3 Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con
tinuance ot the public patronage.
Call and examine our goods.
rasy24,'67. G. YEAGER
XTEW ARRIVAL.—Just received
at M C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STORE,
Straw Hats and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments, Rib
bons Flowers, Millinery Goods. Embroideries,
Handkerchief.-. Bead-trimmings, Buttons. Hosiery
and Gloves, White Goods, Parasols and Bun-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
isplay their Goods;
Ti sell their Goods:
To gather information;
To make known their wants;
Ac., Ac. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.. Ac.,
BY adreeriaingin the columns of TBK G*MTTK.
BY MEYERS & MENGEI,
OOtlS, &(.
SiLORIOU S N E W 8!
j " FOR
THE PEOPLE!
TELL IT! EVERYBODY TELL IT!
COTTON NO LONGER KING!
G. R. OSTER A CO.
Are now receiving at their NEW STORE a
large and carefully selected stock of new and
CHEAP Dry Goods, Furs, Clothing, Carpetings,
1 Oil cloths, Hats. Caps, Boots, Shoes, Wall papers,
Willow-ware, Quccns-ware, Oils, Tobaccos, Sogars,
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 6: cents up to sublime quality.
They invite all to call, see for tbemWdves and
bo convinced.
TERMS .—POSITIVELY CASH on DELIVERY, un
less otherwise specified.
Beoford, Pa., Dec.13,'67m3.
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
Imperial Bargain Store.
December 12, 1867.
J. C. Wright is admitted to an interest in our
business from this date. The stylo of our firm is
changed to G K Oster A Co.
Bedford, Pa., jan3lml G. R. A W. OSTER.
MUSL INS! MUSLINS !
Just received at the
IMPERIAL BARGAIN STORE !
New Y T ork Mills Utica Nonpareil, Wamsutta
Mills, Williamsville. Fruit of the Loom. None-such,
Semper Idem, Lonsdale, Hope Mills, Congress,
Ac., together with other first class makes, in
bleached and unbleached, at the lowest prices.
As muslins are now advancing, we think it a very
safe time for families to lay in a supply.
Bedford, Pa., jan3lml G. R. OSTER A Co.
at £nu\
S. 1.. RUSSELL. J. H. LONGENECKER.
RUSSELL A LONGENECKER,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA ,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
?;ivcn to collections and the prosecution of claims
or Back Pay. Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. aprs,'67tf
J. MCD. SHARPE. E. F. KERR.
SHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana st., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Scbell. j March 2, '66.
J. R. DURBORROW. I JOHN LUTZ.
DURB OIIR O W A LUT Z ,
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 House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 186 L
I ,8SPY M. ALSIP, ATT( >RNEY AT
LAW. BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
lairas, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t >o doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1854,
F. M. KIMMELL. I J. W. LINGENFELTER.
TT IMM ELL A LINGENFELTER,
_IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA..
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
ofthe 'Mengel House,"
Gt, 11. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
JT. 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. DICKEHSON.
MEYERS A DICKERSOX, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. |mayH,'66.
HAYES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will faithfully and promptly attend to all
business entrusted to his care. Office with G. H
Spang. Esq., on Julianna Street, two doors South
of the Mongel House. [may24,67.
3. N. HICKOK, | J. G. MISNICH. JR.,
Dentists,
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 ana mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
Tfrms—CASH.
Bedford. January 6,1865.
J^ENTISTRY!
Dr. H. VIRGIL PORTER,
(late of New York city.)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and patrons, that ho i 3 still
IN BLOODY RUN,
where he may be found at all times prepared to
insert those BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL
TEETH, at the low price of from Ten to Eigh
tf.en Dollars per set.
TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain.
L#" Temporary sets inserted if desired.
All operations warranted.
Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scientific method of proservingdecayed and aching
teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER.
jan.3,'6Btf
TyrOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.— The
partnership heretofore existing between
Richard Langdon and James G Slenker, under
the style and title of Langdon and Slenker, is this
diy dissolved by mutual consent. The business
will hereafter be continued by the said Richard
Langdon. RICHARD LANGDON.
JAS. G. SLENKER.
RMdleshurg. Pa , Oct. 11, '67—m3
Jlrtt-<soadsi, &c.
T NOTIU:R HIGH
PRICES!
TOU CAN SA VE MONEY
by buying your GOODS of
MITIiUR A BOWSER,
Mann's Corner, ... BEDFORD, Pa.
They are now opening a choice variety of
NEW ANI) DESIRABLE
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
Dry-Goods,
Ready-Made Clothing,
Fancy Goods,
Notions,
Cotton Yarn,
Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Queens ware,
Wooden ware,
Tobacco and Cigars,
Brooms,
Baskets,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR PRICES :
CALICO, at 8, 10, 12, IS, 16.
GINGHAM, at 12*, 10, 18, 20.
MUSLIN, at 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20.
fit®" Cassimeres,Cloths, Satinetts and
Ladies' Sacking, at very low prices.
fit®" Ladies',. Gents' and Misses'
Shoes, Sandals and Over-Shoes, in great variety.
Men's, Boys' and Youths' Boots.
Esti;" Best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syr
up in the market. Prices low
t-®"' Feed, Flour, Ac., for sale at all
times.
fifta?" - We Invite all to call and see our
goods and compare prices before buying elsewhere.
fit®" Our motto is, Short Profits.
fit®" TERMS— Cash, Note or Produce.
oct2s,'(i7
TO" INTER IS COMING!
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
$30.00; 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, tobacoo 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 all who purchase at his
store. Remember the place, the "Old Colonnade,"
southeast corner of Richard and Pitt streets. Bed
ord, Pa. ISAAC LIPPEL.
nov 1 mo
FIRM! NEW FIRM!
GOOD GOODS ARE DOWN!
BCHELLSBURG AHEAD!
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
just received and will be sold
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Call at BLACK A MARBOURG'S,
in Schellsburg,
IF YOU WANT CHEAP GOODS of any kind!
We have no big stock of old goods at big prices.
Our stock is nearly all fresh and new. Book at
some of our prices :
MUSLINS, from 10 to 17 cents.
CALICOS, from 8 to 1". cents.
CLOTHS and CASSIMERES at reduced prices.
DRESS GOODS, all kinds, cheaper than before
the war.
ALL WOOLEN GOODS 25 per cent, oheaper
than any that have been sold this season.
Gloves,
Hosiery,
etc., etc., etc,,
very low.
Groceries,
Quoensware,
Wooden Ware
Ac., Ac.,
at the lowest market prices.
If you want Good Bargains and Good Goods,
call at BLACK A MARBOUHG ; S.
Schellßburg, Deo. 6m3
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1868.
SEI.ECT POETRY.
The following poem was written by
! the late Dr. H. Harbaugh, and first
appeared in his magazine, The Guar
| diau. A quaint originality }>ervadesit
j throughout. Those who understand
the Pennsylvania patois , will find it a
! rare treat. We shall give a transla
tion next week:
HAEMWEH.
I.
| Jch wees net was die Ursach is'—
: Wees net warum leh's thu'
! En jedes yohr mach Icli der Weg
Der alte Haemath zu.
Hah weiters nix Zu suche' dort—
Ke Erbschaft un ke Geld;
\ Un'doeh treibt mieh dasHaem-gafuehl
| So stark wie alle Welt;
| Nord start leh ewa ab, un geh'
Wie owa schon gemelt.
11.
Wie naeeher das leh kotom zum Ziel,
' Wie sterker will leh geh ;
1 For eppes in meim Hertz werdletz
Un' tli ut mir kreislich well—
Der letsehte Hivel spring leh nuf,
Un' eps leh drowa bin
Streck Ich mieh uf so hoeh leh kan
Un' guk mit lusehta hin,
leh sell's alt Stehaus durch dießaenie,
; Un' wot leh wer schon drin.
! ni.
; Guk wie der Ivuec'na Schanshte
schmok'd—
Wie oft hab Ich sel k'seh !
Wai.n ich draus in de Felder war,
I A Buwele yung un' kle.
! O senseht (lie Fenschterscheibe dort ?
• Sie gucke roth wie Blut;
I lab oft considert,—doeh net g'wist,
' Das sel! die Bonn so thut;
Ya, manches wees en kind noch net—
Wan's debt, wers a' net gut!
IV.
Wie gleich Ich selle Babble Baeme
' Sie stehn wie Brueder daar ;
i Un' uf em Gippel—g'wis Ich leb!
Hockt alleweil e' Staar!
'S' Gippel buegt sieh—guk wie's
i gaunsclied—
i Er hebt sich awer feseht.
Ich sell sei rotlie flugela plain,
Wan er sei Fettere wescht;
Wili wetta dassei Fraule hot
. Uf seliem Barae a Nescht!
V.
| O, es gedeukt mir noch ganz gut,
: We selle verry Baeme,
i Net groeser als en Welshkorn-stock,
Gebroeht sin warra Uaeme.
Die Mam me war ans Grandat'sg'west,
Dort warra Baeme wie die;
Drei Wipiein hot sie mit gebroeht
; Un' g' sat: "Dort plantzt sie hie."
i Mir hensgethu—un' glabseh t dus now—
! Dort, selle Baeme sin sie!
VI.
5 Guk!—werklich leh bin schier am
Haus!—
Wie schnell get doeh die Zeit!
Wainm m'r so in Gedanke gelit
So werts m'r net wie weit.
Dort is der shop, dio weishkorn Crib,
Die Cider-press dort drafts;
Dort is die Seheur, un dort die Spring-
Frisk quel It das Wasser raus;
Un' guk ! die same alt klapbord Fens,
Un's Taerle vor era Ilaus.
VII.
Alles is still !—sie wissa net
Das Epper Fremdes kommt.
Ich denk der alte Watch is Tod,
Sehonst wer er raus gejumpt ;
For er hot als vorschinert brillt
Wan er hot's Taerle g'hoert;
Es war d'a Travlers greislich bang,
Sie werra gans verstehrt;
Ke g'fohr—er hot paar mol gegautzt,
Nord is er um gekert.
VIII.
Alles is still!—die Tare is zu !
Ich steh—besinne mieh !
Es rappclt doeh e wenig now
Dort hinna in der Kueeh.
Ich geh net nei—lch kann noch net!
Mci Hertz fuelt schwer un' krank ;
Ich geh e wenig uf dießorch
Un hok mieh uf die Bank—
Es seht mieh niemand wan ich heul,
H inter der Trauwarank !
IX.
Zwe Blaetz sin do uf derra Borch,
Die halt Ich hock in aeht,
Bis ineines Leben's Sonn versinkt
In stiller Todes Nacht!
Wo ich vora alte Vater-haus
S'erscht mol bin ganga fort,
Stand inei Mam me weinend da
An sellem Riegel dort!
Un nix is inirso heilig now
Als grada seller Ort!
X.
Ich kann sie Heut noch sehna steh
Ihr Schnuptuch in der Hand ;
Die Backa roth—die Auge nass—
-0 wie sie docli do stand !
Dort gab leli ihr my Ferrewell,
Un' weinte als Ich's gab,
! S' war's let/.te mol in derra Welt,
| Das Ich's ihr gowa hab!
Before Ich widder koinma bin
! War sie in ilirem Grab!
XI.
Now wan Ich an my Mamine denk,
i Un' mane Ich det sie seh,
| Sosteht sie an dem Riegel dort,
Un' weint weil Ich wek geh !
Ich seh sie net itn Sehockle Stuhl,
! Net an kern annere Ort—
j Ich denk net an sie als im Grab—
j Yuscht steht sie immer vor mein
Ilertz
Un' weint noch liebreich fort!
; XII.
! Was machts das leh so dorthie guk,
j An sell End von der Bank !
1 Wescht du's? Mei Hertz is noch net
tod,
i Ich wees es—Gott sei dank !
; Wie manchmal sats mei Tatty dort
Am Sommer Xachmittag?
i Die Handen uf der schoos gekreitzt—
| Sei Stock bei seite lag.
| Was hot er dort im stilla denkt
J Wer moocht es wissa—Sag?
XIII.
j Veleicht is es e kindhoit's Trauni,
1 Das ihn so sanft bewegt;
Oder is ere Yunglingjetzt,
Der Schoena Planna Jegt!
| Er hebt sei Auga uf yuscht now,
j Un' gukt weit ueber's Feld,
i Er seiit veleicht der Kirchhof dort,
j Der schon die Mamme haelt!
Er sehnt verleieht nach seiner Rnh
! Dort in der bessere Welt!
XIV.
I Ich woes net soil Ich nei in's Haus—
Ich zitter an der Tehr!
Es is wol alles foil inside,
Un' doeh is alles lelir !
'Sis net meh Haetn wie's emol war
Un kans a nirarao sei;
j Was naus mit unsere Eltere gcht,
j Kommt Ewig nimme nei!
Die Freude hat der Tod ge-ernt,
' Das Trauertheil is mei!
xv.
So geths in derra rauhe Welt
Wo alles mus vergeh !
Ya, in dor alte Haemath gar,
1 uehlt m'r sich all alleh !
O wan's not fuhr den Iltmmel wer,
Mit seiner schoene Ruh,
Dann wer's m'r do schon lang verlaed,
Ich wisst not was Z' thu,
Doch Iloffnung leuchtet meinem Weg
Der ew'gen Haemath Zu.
XVI.
Dort is en schon,' schon' Fater-haus;
Doit geht m'r nimrae fort;
Es weint ke gute Mam me meli
Insellem freudo Ort.
Ke Tattesucht meh for en Grab,
Wo was er lieh hat liegt!
Sell is ke Elend-Welt wie die,
Wo alle Luseht betruegt;
Dort hat das Lewa ewiglich,
Ueberden Tod gesiegt.
XVII.
Dort find m'r was m'r do verliert,
Un' pal Is in Ewigkeit;
Dort Lewa unsere Tode all
In licht un' ewiger Freud!
Wie oft, wan Ich in Truwell bin,
Denk ich an sellc Ruh,
Un wot, wan's nur Gott's Wille wer,
Ich ging ihrschneller Zu,
Doch wart Ich bis nieiStunde Scblaegt,
Xort sag Ich—Welt, Adieu !
OS I.Y .1 <)LI.AR.
"She sews very nicely," said Mr.
Wharton : "really, very nice indeed. j
And if you have any work you wish
done well and cheaply, I would advise,
you to employ her."
Mrs. Wharton was sitting before the !
bright fire of anthracite coa', in her j
crimson silk morning wrapper, with j
her glossy hair smooth as satin, and ■
her pretty hands, loaded with rich j
rings, lying in her lap. She felt that:
she was doing a charitable deed in '
employing this poor and deserving!
soldier's widow, and a still greater j
one in recommending her friends.
It is so easy to be a good Christian, i
under some circumstances!
"Well, I shall certainly send for her," !
said Mrs. Marvin. "What did you
tell me her name and address was?"
"Oh, she is called Mrs. Leggett, and
lives in one of these horrid musty
tenement housse, No. —, street, the
back room in the third story."
Mrs. Marvin entered the details in
little pearl-bound tablets, and took her
leave, internally convinced that Mrs.
Wharton was a "good Samaritan," of
the very highest class.
Meanwhile the latter lady was gaz-!
ing dreamily into the fire, and wonder
ing what toilets would be most appro- [
priate for the morrow evening's soiree.
"There's my pea green satin," mus
ed Mrs. Wharton, checking off the
various garments on the tips of her |
white fingers; "but I've worn it there
already. And there's my Marie Louise
blue silk, if this skirt was only gored
a little more. The lemon-colored
brocade is not becoming to me. I'm
sorry I bought it. And the white i
grenadine not worn at Mrs. Armyn's. j
My wine-colored silk, with the ruby I
set, would look well, if the odious;
Fanny Palmer hadn't got one just like
it. And purple velvet don't light up j
well at night. Oh, dear! I really think
I must have something new. A rose
colored tissue, perhaps, or a white •
India muslin. My wardrobe is get- j
ting dreadfully behind hand. Dear j
me! who's that? How you startled
me, Mrs. Leggett!"
"I beg your pardon, ma'am, I am J
sure," said the slender, meek-looking '
little seamstress, rustlnig softly for-,
ward, in her garments of shabby, well- j
worn black; "but I knocked twice, and |
you did not answer."
"Then you should knock louder, next
time," said the irritable, line lady.— I
"However, now that you are here, j
you may as well sit down. Good i
gracious, how wet you are—positively
dripping!"
" Yes, ma'am; it is raining very hard, :
and 1 have no umbrella."
"No umbrella? Dear me, how
shocking! Well, did you bring home
those things?"
"Yes, ma'am: here they are*"
And the seamstress produced a neat
packet from beneath her shawl.
"I hope to goodness you didn't get
them wet? No: they seem tolerably
dry. What is the bill?"
"Six dollars, ma'am."
"Six dollars! Isn't that high, Mrs.
Leggett?" said Mrs. Wharton, discon
tentedly.
"I worked eleven days faithfully on
them, ma'am."
"Well, 1 suppose 1 must pay what
you ask ?" said Mrs. Wharton, open
ing her purse, and slowly examining
its compartments. "Dear me! I have
only a five dollar bill. 1 suppose you
coulcl not change a twenty?"
Mrs. Leggett smiled bitterly:
"No ma'am, I could not."
"Well, then, we'll call it five dollars,
won't we? A dollar isn't much either
way, and the five is ali I've got."
"A dollar is a grat deal to me, Mrs.
Wharton."
The lady's smooth brow contracted:
"I have given you a great deal of work,
Mrs. Leggett."
"I know it, ma'am, and I am very
much obliged to you for your kind
ness."
"And I should be sorry to have so
trifling a thing as a dollar part us
now."
Mrs. Leggett was silent; she did not
know what to say.
"Call it five dollars," said Mrs.
Wharton, tossing the bill into the lap
of the soldier's widow; "a dollar don't
signify, and I recommended my friend
| Mrs. Marvin, to employ you only this
morning."
"Thank you madam," said the poor
1 woman, faintly, as shetook the money,
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| feeling inwardly that she had been de
frauded, yet perfectly aware that she
had no means of redress.
And she once more went forth into
the rain and tempest of the dismal
j November morning.
"Ma'am, if you please," said Mary
| the waitress, "here's the newspaper
boy—he says master told him you
would pay the bill this week."
"How much is it, Mary?"
"A dollar, ma'am."
"How provoking, I haven't a dollar
; in the house."
"He says he has orders not to leave
' the house until it is paid."
"lie is very impertinent," said the
lady, coloring up, and, for the first
time in her petted life, feeling the
! want of a dollar.
Mrs. Clarence Fitzgerald was the
next person announced—a lady of the
utmost style, whose acquaintance Mrs.
Wharton had just succeeded in mak
| i"g.
"You will stare at my being out in
i this storm, my dear," floating grace
fully into the apartment, "but I am
raising a dollar subscription for a poor
musician who has just broken his arm.
Of course I may depend upon you?"
! Mrs. Wharton colored: "I will send
it round in the morning."
| "That won't do," said Mrs. Fitz
gerald, shrugging her shoulders. "I
am determined to settle the business
i to day."
"I am very sorry," said our morti
; fled heroine, "but I have not a dol
j lar."
Mrs. Fitzgerald bowed coldly—evi- i
dently she did not believe the protes-!
tation— and Mrs. Wharton saw her!
enter her coupe and drive away, with j
the comfortable consciousness that she
would be invited to no more of Mrs.
Clarence Fitzgeralds' delightfully ex
clusive parties.
"Mrs. Wharton,'' said the cook,
there's a boy at the door from the
fruiteries—he has an elegant pine ap
ple Mrs. Pepper sent round."
"It will be the very thing I want
for dessert," said Mrs. Wharton; "how
much is it ?
"A dollar, ma'am."
Once more the everlasting dollar!— i
Mrs. Wharton bit her lip with vexa
tion.
"Tell him to leave it, Bridget, and
I'll call and settle to-morrow."
"He says, ma'am, Mrs. Dalton wants
it, if ye don't happen to have the mon
ey handy. Pine apples doesn't go
beggin' this season of the year."
"Let Mrs. Dalton have it, then; I
will never buy another article of Pep
per."
Mrs. Wharton was considerably an
noyed.
"To think a dollar should be such
a useful thing!"she muttered to her
self, taking up her portfolio.
A half-finished letter lay there—one
to her sister, who was the wife of a
clergyman out West, with a flock of
little children around her. The last
words she had written were, "I send
you a dollar to buy a doll for the baby,
my little namesake."
"How provoking she exclaimed, "I
can't even finish my letter, for lack of
the everlasting dollar!"
She leaned back in the velvet cushion
of her chair,and drowsily watching the
blaze and listening to the patter of
the rain against the window, fell fast
asleep.
Where was she? In the spectre-boat
of Charon, gliding over the river Styx
—and as the bark touched the shores j
of the other world, the ghastly toll
gatherer extended his hand relentless
ly: "Your fare, if you please, ma'am." j
Mrs. Wharton had her fare ready
she handed it up, eager to pass through j
the Gates where she could see the mu
sical wave of the palm trees and the
sparkle of glittering tides that flowed
beneath their shadow.
"►Short by a dollar, ma'am, short by
the single dollar you cheated the poor
seamstress out of. You cannotenter !"
Mrs. Wharton drew a hundred dol
lar bill out. The grim Cerberus shook
his head:
"If you had ten thousand, it wouldn't!
do. Nothing will serve our purpose j
but that one dollar!"
Charon turned the boat briskly
round. Mi's. Wharton was just open
ing her lips to utter a wild cry of an
xious pleading—^when she woke up.
"I have been dreaming," said Mrs.
j Wharton, looking round the cozy
i room; "but dear me, what a frightful
j dream it was. That one dollar! will
i the recording angel really set it down
! against me, in the latter day accounts."
She shuddered; somehow the dollar
has assumed preternaturally large do
I mensions!
; "Charles! Charles!" How welcome
was the footstep of her husband upon
i the stairs.
! "Well, what is it?"
! "Have you a dollar ?"
"Haifa dozen of 'em, if you want."
| "But I only want one—a one dollar
j bill."
He gave it to her—she rang the
i bell.
"John, I want you to put on your In
dia-rubber cloak and take this bill
'round to Mrs. Leggett! Tell her it is
what I owe her!"
John departed, and Mrs. Wharton
; breathed more easily.
"Perhaps they will let me into the
j Gates, now !" she said dreainedly.
"My dear, what do you mean?" de
; manded her astonished husband.
And Mrs. Wharton told him the sto
ry of her day's adventures, and the
dream that had closed them.
"Helen," said her husband gravely,
"let this bo a lesson to you never to
neglect the just dues of the poor. A
dollar is not much to us—to them it
may be the last bulwark between thorn
and starvation."
But there was no danger of Mrs.
"\Y barton's forgetting the lesson she
had received.
KBKEJIKS OF THE XORTII. ARE VOL
FREE? ARISE A-\l> SPLAIi.
Freemen of the North! Know that
the clutch of usurpation isat the throat
of your Ministers of Justice; that your
treacherous servants, determined to
destroy your Constitution, defended
by your Chief Magistrate, have desper
ately resolved upon abnegating the
legislative branch of your government,
entrusted to their perfidious hands,
and in order to demolish all restraint
of treason, are about to destroy all the
departments of government, even their
own, and lifting your liberties from
your sovereign shoulders, to lay all at
the feet of a military despot. Know,
people of the great free North, that
your chains are forged, that the bayo
nets, as it were, are sharpened, the
muskets charged, the orders written
that are to mete out to each one of you
what liberty, what property, what life
he shall retain. Behold at your fire
sides the appartiion of the guard for a
midnight arrest ; in your places of wor
ship, the armed censors of your pray
ers ; in your fields, at your work ta
bles, on the high roads, the snaky and
skulking detective. Listen! You
may hear the drum as it drops in at
your startled ear, the palsy that thick
ens your yet free tongue. We tell you
that the Supreme Court is to be struck
down, that the equal balance In the
Tiiree Great Departments is swaying
from its equilibrium; that the great
tripod of the Republic is to be broken
up; that from your political temples
your betrayers are banishing your gods,
and from the Genius of your freedom
are wrenching her inviolable scepter;
that a few wretches, drunk upon irre
sponsible power, loathsome with guilt,
hideous with blood, and mad with
lust, may riot in your halls of power,
through the degradation of the South,
your liberties are to be destroyed, your
Constitution subverted, your Republic
dissolved, and your name dishonored
among nations forever.
Arise, freemen, in your fiery majesty!
Consume with the lighting of your
powerful rebuke this devilish combina
tion of perfidy and greed. Shake off
the fatal incredulity which lays you
supine in the midst of peril, and let not
the sun go down ere you have shaken
the earth with your mighty tread.
Gather, in every hamlet in the land,
from Eastport to Astoria, and send up
to Heaven the shout of your indigna
tion. The winding sheet of your free
dom is woven and its coffin made.—
Shall it die and be buried?— National
Intelligencer.
THE ST FA n HA\.
Few men have been more talked of
or wondered at during the past fort
night than Mr. Derldiek's steam man
—certainly none in as short an existence
have become so widely famous. Many
persons incredulously received the sto
ry of its creation, and ridiculed the
idea of an iron man moved by machin
ery. Several accidents in experimen
ting persuaded others that the project
was only visionary,and could never be
come an available power. A few prac
tical machinists, however, sympathi
zing with Mr. Deddrick, were confident
of success. Their hopes have been re
alized, and now the wonderful piece of
mechanism, if it would but speak,
would undoubtedly exclaim " Homo
sum!" The delays that were experi
enced in introducing his majesty to the
public were occasioned by weakness
of the knees, brought on perhaps by
over excitement in view of the trial to
which he was to be subjected.
The old spiral springs which we de
scribed as being necessary to throw the
foot toward have been superseded by
stronger of more simple construction.
Yesterday steam was generated and lie
(or it ?) performed to the entire satis
faction of admiring friends. Last night
a trial trip was made through Broad
street, to Crump's garden, opposite
Military Park, where the machine
will be exhibited to the public during
the coining week. Mr. Deddrick has
been almost besieged by the calls of the
curious and floods ol letters have pour
ed in from all parts of the country.
A crowd of Newarkers, the day after
the publication of the description of the
invention in our columns, thronged the
door-way and effectually darkened the
windows of the shop, threatening to
deter the machinists from comple
ting their work. A large United
States flag which some enthusiastic in
dividual has presented to the inventor,
lias been arranged so as to allow the
"man" some privacy, and the besiegers
are dropping off in their attentions.
One day last week, a committee of five
gentlemen from Albany called upon
Mr. Deddrick, to decide a bet as to
whether there was any reality in tho
thing, as it was thought by sorao that
it wasouly a newspaper hoax. Near
ly fifty letters, asking for further infor
mation, have been received. Some
contain orders for men and propositions
for territorial rights for the manufac
ture and sale of them.
A gentleman from Chicago thinks
the affair is just what is needed for work
upon the prairies and level lands of the
West, and proposes that it be allowed
"to walk to Chicago," as the sensation
produced would eclipse Weston's in
his pedestrian trip. Other parties
make equally encouraging propositions.
Some are exceedingly facetious. A
person in Pennsylvania wants a male
and female, that he may stock his
place. „ , .
Among the letters are five from la
dies pretending to be in search of hus
bands. One gentleman wants a lady
! made to order, but the inventor ungal
i lantly replied that as his creatures do
not talk, he is doubtful whether a
I woman would be a success.—Newark
' .4 rfnertisei'.