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METERS A MENGEL,
Publisbera.
JJrti-<soo<is, ftr.
/STASH BUY 1:11s, 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
openings large stock of Fsll and Winter Goods,
which hare 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 a'de 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, 1(5 and the
best at 18.cents.
MuslinS at 10, 12, 14, 15, 10, 18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
AH Wool Flannels from 4Ucts. up.
French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac.
SHAWLS —Ladies', children's and misses'
shawls, latest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth.
MEN'S WE Alt—Cloths, cassiineres, satinetts
jeans. Ae.
BOOTS AND SHOES--In this line we have a
very extensive assortment for ladies, misses, cbil
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
aud 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 tiave been for the last three raonthg—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 alwa}-* get the best bar
gains. and their accounts are always settled un.
J M. SHOEMAKER,
Bedford, 5ep.27,'67. No. 1 Anderson's Row.
10 per eent. saved in buying your
goods for cash, at J. M. SUOEMAKER'S cash and
produce store, No. 1 Anderson's Row.
sep27
BARGAINS!
_
The undersigned have opened a very full supply |
of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, j
Our stock is complete and is not surpassed in
EXTENT,
QUALITY AND CHEAPNESS.
The old system of
•' TR USTIXG FORE VER'*
having exploded, we are determined to
SELL GOODS I PON THE SHORTEST PROFIT j
FOR
1
CASH OR PRODUCE.
fip- To prompt paying customers we will extend j
a credit of four mouths, but we wish it expressly !
4
understood, after the period named, account will be j
due and interest will accrue thereon
BUYERS FOR CASE
I
may depend upon
GETTING BARGAINS.
n0v1,'67 A. B. CRAMF.R A CO.
GOODS!! NEW GOODS!!
The undersigned has just reseived 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-cl®ss country store,
consisting, in part, of
Dry-Goods,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Cassimers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
Ae., Ac.
All of wttich will be sold at the u.ost reasonable
prices.
Thankful for post favors, we solicit a con
tinuance ot the public patronage.
Ijf Call and examine our goods.
way24,'67. G. \ EAGER
TVTEW ARRIVAL.—Just received
at M C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STOKE,
Straw Hats and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments, Rib
bons Flowers, Millinery Goods, Embroideries,
Handkerchiefs, Bead-trimmings. Buttons. Hosiery
and Gloves, While 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
A RARE CHANCE IS OFFERED
ALL PERSONS
isplay their Goods;
Tc sell their Goods:
To gather information;
To make known their wants;
Ac., Ae. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.,
by advswtisingin the columns of van GAIBTTB.
®I)C Ocbfori) #rt?cttc.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
&<■
/GLORIOUS N*E W S!
FOB
THE PEOPLE!
TELL IT ! EVERYBODY TELL IT!
COTTON NO LONGER KING!
G. R. OSTER A CO.
Are now receiving at their NEW STORK a
large and carefully selected stock of new and
CHEAP Dry Goods. Fare. Cie4hi*iC. 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 oall, see for themselves and
be convinced.
TERMS*— POSITIVELY- CASH on DELIVERY , un
less otherwise specified.
Beoford, Pa., Dec.13,'67m3.
ClO-PA RTN ERSIII P.
/ Imperial Bargain Store.
December 12, 1867.
J C. Wright is admitted to an interest in our
business from this'late. The style of our firm is
changed to G H Oster A Co.
Bedford, Pa., jan.tlml G. R. AW. OSTER.
YR USLINS! M US LINS !
IT I Just received at the
IMPERIAL BARGAIN STORE!
New York Mills Utica Nonpareil, Wamsutta
Mills, Williatnsville. Fruitof 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.
gWonmts at gw.
8. L. 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
?;iven 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. MCI>. sHARrit. E r. KERR.
SHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoiningcounties Of
fice on Juliana St.. opposite the Banking House of
Reed A SchelU [March 2, '66.
J. R. DCRBORROW. | JOHN LCTZ.
DURBORROW A LUTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
tLeireare. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
if 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
L/yv. BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders
his services to the public.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
ESP Y M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend te all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
laims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
to doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
V. M. KIMMELL. I J- W. LINGENFELTER.
TF IMM ELL A LINGENFELTER,
|V 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,"
/ 1 if. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
I jr. 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 doers south of the
' '-Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13jay.
B F. MEYERS [ J. W. DICKERSON.
MEYERS A DICKERSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford, Pa., office
! Eme as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
! two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Peusions,
bounty and oack pay obtained and the purchase
I and sale of real estate attended to. |mayll,'66.
HAYES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I Will faithfully and promptly attend to all
I business entrusted to his oare. Office with G. H
i Spang, E.-q , on Julianna Street, two doors South
! of the Mengel House. [may24,67.
Jkntigtry.
CI NTIHCKOK,
DENTIST,
Office at the old stand in BASK BUILDING, Julian
na Street, BEDFORD, Pa.
All operati-ns, pertaining to Surgical and Me
chanical Dentistry, performed with care, and
WARRANTED.
Anaesthetics administered, when desired. Ar
tificial teeth inserted, per set , $3 00 and upward.
As I am determined to do
A CASH BUSINESS
or none, I have reduced the prices of ARTIFICIAL
TEETH of the various kinds, 20 PER CENT, and of
GOLD FILLINGS 33 PER EEST. This reduction
will be made only to strictly CASH PATIENTS,
and all such will receive prompt attention.
feb7,'o3tf
T\ENTISTRY!
Dr. H. VIRGIL PORTER,
(late of New York city,)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and patrons, thai he is 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
TEEN DOLLARS per set.
TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain,
j er- Temporary sets inserted if desired.
All operations warranted.
. f Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scieutific method of preserving decayed and aching
teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER
I jan3,'6Btf
Drsi-ftooils,
~h NOTHER HIGH
PRICES 1
YOU CAN SA VE MONEY
by 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., Ac.
LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR PRICES :
CALICO, at 8, 10, 12, 15, 16.
GINGHAM, at 12j, 15, 18, 20.
MUSLIN, at 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20.
jfcir Cassimeres, Cloths, Satinetts and
Ladies' Sacking, at very low prices.
gtsgr Ladies', Gents' and Misses'
Shoes. Sandals and Over-Shoes, in great variety.
s&p Men's, Boys' and Youths' Boots.
p&- Best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syr
up in the market. Prices low
Feed, Flour, Ac., for sale at all
times.
We invite all to call and see our
goods and compare prices before buying elsewhere.
ipgy Our motto is, Short Proffits.
D&R TERMS— Cash, Note or Produce.
oct2s,'S7
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 ; overooats, 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 ot
DRY-GOODS,
such as ladies' dress goods, consisting of all wool 1
delaines; calicoes, at 10, 12, 15 and 10 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 bis
store. Remember the place, the "Old Colonnade,''
southeast corner of Richard and Pitt streets. Bed
ord, Pa. ISAAC LIPPEL.
novlm3
FIRM! NEW FIRM!
GOOD GOODS ARE DOWN!
SCHELLSBURG AHEAD!
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
just received and will be sold
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Call at BLACK & MARBOURG'S,
in Sohellgburg,
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. Look at
some of our prices :
MUSLINS, from 10 to 17 cents.
CALICOS, from 8 to 15 cents.
CLOTHS and CASSIMERES at reduoed prices.
DRESS GOODS, all kinds, cheaper than before
the war.
ALL WOOLEN GOODS 25 per cent, cheaper
than any that have been sold this season.
Gloves,
Hosiery,
etc., etc., etc.,
very low.
Groceries,
Queensware,
Wooden Ware
Ac., Ac.,
at the lowest market prioee.
If you want Good Bargain# and Good Goods,
•all at BLACK A MAKBOURU'b.
Schellsburg, Dec. 6ms
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1868.
ill? feftte.
HOMESICK.
Trnnilato<l for the "Bwlford ftnutie,"
from lio PennsjlvMin German of
11. Harbnugh, I. I>. , ,
I.
I know not what the reason is,—
Why I'm constraint to go
Each year that passes, to that home,
I left so long ago.
1 seek for nothing: there, 1 know,
No legacy, no gold ;
But still a feeling strong as life,
My heart doth strangely hold
And urges on my footsteps to
That homestead gray and old.
II-
The nearer I approach the goal,
The faster would 1 run ;
For something in my heart seems
wrong,
That aches and drives me on.
The last hill's reached and on I leap
But ere the top I gain,
I stretch me to my utmost height
And with delight' ag?.in,
See the old stone house through the
trees
And wish I were therein.
111.
See! how the kitchen chimney smokes,
How oft that sight I've seen,
As when a boy I wandered through
The fields so bright and green !
Oh ! do you see the window panes,
They seem all dyed in blood ;
I often marvelPd at that sight,
Though never understood
It was the sun's expiring beam
That in the window stood.
Ah ! many things the young know not;
Did they, 'twere not so good !
IV.
Oh ! how I love those poplar trees,
They stand like brothers there;
And on the topmost branch there sits
A blackbird, I declare!
The bough is bending—how it swings!
How fast the birdling clings !
And now he smooths his feathers soft,
And shows his bright red wings.
I trow upon that very tree
There is a little nest
And that his little wife doth hide
The young birds 'neath her breast.
V.
Oh ! I remember very well,
When those same poplar trees-
Were brought, than corn-stalks not
more large,
I bore them oil" wjth ease.
On old Grandfa-her's homestead grew
The parent stems, and we,
When xMother brought the twigs from
thence,
I'J an ted them where you see,
Just as she told u-,—don't you think
Those selfsame trees they be!
VI.
But now the house is almost reached
How distance shrinks and Time,
When the free mind robins at its will
In Thought's congenial clime!
There is the "shop," the corn-crib
tli ere,
The cider-press there too;
And there the barn, and there the
spring,
How fresh its waters blue!
And see! the same old clapboard fence,
And small gate opening through !
VII.
Now, all is still; they do not know
A stranger stands so near;
Old Watch—l guess he must be dead,
Else he had leapt out here.
For furiously lie used to howl
Whene'er he heard the gate;
And passers-by in quaking fear
Ran from him as from Fate.
Vain fear! he bark'd but once or twice,
Then backward turn'd his gait.
VIII.
Yes, all is still; the door is shut;
T pause to think—but now
A slight noise from the kitchen comes
A rattling sound, though low.
I do not enter; cannot yet;
My heart is heavy, sick ;
I'll sit a while upon the porch
Where climbs the grape-vine thick.
And seated on the dear old bench,
Behind that shelt'ring vine,
No one shall see the tear that flows
Adown this cheek of mine.
IX.
There are two places on that porch,
I'll sacred hold and dear,
Until my sun of life shall set
Beyond the Lethean mere.
When first I left my father's house,
My mother weeping stood
Just by that railing, and since then
To me 'tis holy wood.
X.
I still behold her standing there,
Her kerchief in her hand ;
Her cheeks a-flush, her eyes suffused,
Just as she then did stand.
There gavv 1 her my fond adieu,
And wept as it I gave.
It was the last; ere I returu'd
They laid her in her grave.
XI.
And still I think I see her lean
Upon the railing there,
And sob as from her presence now
I seek myself to tear.
She sits not in the rocking-chair,
She moves no other where,
I think not of her in her grave,
I only see her there;
Before my soul she stands for aye,
Dear, loving mother-heart,
And weeps as I my footsteps turn
From home and her to part.
XII.
But wherefore wander now my eyes
Just to the bench's end ?
Knowstthou? My heart is not yet
dead;
Thank God ! Time cannot rend
From memory how my father there,
Sat many afternoons,
When from the trees the birds did pip
Their pleasant summer tunes;
With hands crossed on his knees he sat,
His staff laid by bis side ;
In silence sat; what was his thought,
In that still summer tide?
, XIII.
Perhaps it is a childish dream
That so enthralls his mind ;
Perhaps he is a boy again,
To pretty schemes iucliu'd.
Just now he lifts his aged eyes
And looks out o'er the field ;
Perhaps he sees the church-yard there,
Where, in her tomb ensealed,
The partner of his bosom sleeps ;
Or of that endless Rest
He thinks, that will him soon receive,
In yonder realm so blest.
XIV.
I know not shall I enter now,
I tremble at the door;
Though many, many happy feet
Tread the old homestead floor,
To me 'tis empfy as if all
Had left it ever more.
It is not home as once it was,
And will be never more;
What goes out with our parents' lives
Re-enters ne'er the door.
The reaper. Death, has harvested
The joys that once were mine;
In sorrow artfl in loneliness
I'm left to moan and pine.
XV.
Such is the way of this rude world,
All tainted with decay;
How lonesome is the old home now
I will not, cannot, stay !
O were it not for that bright Home,
That hope of heavenly rest,
Life like a burden long ago
Had on my spirit press'd ;
But Faith my feet lights on the way
To reach that country blest.
XVI.
There is a mansion beautiful,
Tb' eternal Father-home;
No wand'erer from that happy land j
Is ever seen to roam ;
No mother weeps for wayward child, :
No father for her grieves;
No sorrow-world is that like this
Where every joy deceives.
There Life Eternal conquers Death.
And Heaven the victory gives.
XVII.
Ah! there we'll find what here is lost,
And will fore'er possess,
There live our dead, in light and love,
And endless happiness.
How oft I think upon that Rest,
When weary, sau, with care;
And wish 'twere only Jesus' will
To bear me sooner there.
But I shall bide my hour, and then,
The summons I'll not rue,
I'll gladly take the Saviour's hand
And bid the world adieu !
< OM)i riO> OF THE SOUTH.
I.etter from Gov. Perry, of South C'nro
lina.
The Terrible Parolyzation of the People—%
How the South Costs (he Country a
Hundred Millions, Instead of Adding a
Hundred Millions to its Resources.
The following letter, addressed by ex-
Governor Perry, of South Carolina, to
Capt. O. N. Butler, of that State, but
now residing in this city, givs a graph
ic and deplorablepictureof the present
condition and future prospects of the
great southern section of our country :
GREENVILLE, S. C., Jan. 1!), 1868.
O. A". Butler Esq.— My Dear Friend: j
In your letter to my son you say that!
the Northern peopleare not aware of!
the true condition of the Southern !
States, and that you wish me to write ;
something On this subject for publica
tion. lam willing, as I always have
been, to do anything and everything
in my power to enlighten the North
ern mind as to the frightful and ap
palling condition of the South. But it
does seem to me that I can say very
little not already known, through the '
public press, to the whole reading com
munity.
It is well known to the world that
ten of the Southern States have been
stripped of every vestige of republican
liberty, and placed by the wicked and
unconstitutional legislation of a Radi
cal Congress, under a military despot
ism, for partisan purposes. It is e
qually well known that negro conven
tions have been ordered in all those
States, for the purpose of establishing
in them negro spreuiaey. In order to
accomplish this, a very large portion
of the most intelligent, virtuous and
patriotic of the white race have been
disfranchised, and are hereafter to be
governed by their former slaves and
unprincipled adventurers from the
North! These facts are well known,
and their consequences every intelli
gent mind may well anticipate.
When slavery was abolished in the
Southern States, if the people had been
let alone in their State legislation and
restored to the Union, all would have
been well. They would soon have
recovered from their exhausted and
crushed condition, and been once more
a happy and prosperous people. They
would have added hundreds of mil
lions annually to the wealth of the
republic, instead of costing it, as they
now do, a hundred millions every year,
through the freedmen's bureau and
a standing army. But the unjust, un
constitutional and suicidal legislation
of Congress has paralyzed them for
ever, I fear. The negro is no longer
that industrious, useful and civil laborer
which he once was, but an idle drone
and pest to society. Inflated with his
new and marvellous political impor
tance, he has abandoned his former in
dustrious habits and spends his time
in attending public meetings and loy
al league gatherings by day and by
night. The whole race seem disposed
to quit their work and resort to the
towns and villages, where they may eke
out an idle and wretched existence in
pilfering and begging.
The consequences are that our fields
and plantations are uncultivated, the
country pauperized, at the point of
starvation, and tilled with every grade
of crime. Not a day passes over our
heads that we do not hear of some
theft, house-burning, robbery, rape or
murder. I will mention one or two
instances out of thousands which might
be enumerated : Five negro men, last
week, in Darlington district, went,
armed with guns, to a country store,
robbed the store, killed the clerk, shot
a woman in the house, and went to
the dwelling of the owner and killed
him. A short time sincea parcel of ne
groes placed obstructions on the
South Carolina railroad, which threw
offa train of cars in the night time.
Again, at another point on the same
road, a parcel of negroes fired into the
train, and came very near killing sev
eral passengers. Last full, at Pickens
court, seven or eight negroes were con
victed of murder, and seventeen or
eighteen others sent to the peniten
tiary. Highway robbery, an offence
VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,430.
which was scarcely ever heard of in
South Carolina for years past, has be
come a very common crime in the
neighborhood of towns and villages.
Theft and burglary are of constant oc
currence. In the country it is einost
impossible to raise hogs, sheep and
cattle. A gentleman told me the other
day that he had lost the last one of
his sheep, forty in number, all stolen
by the negroes. Another gentleman,
who had been governor of the State,
informed me that he had eighty-five
hogs to kill last fall, and that they were
all stolen by the negroes except seven.
The support of so many prisoners
and convicts in our jails and peniten
tiary is becoming alarming. We shall
not long be able to feed them; nor
will the prisons contain them. The
country is so much impoverished that
it is difficult for the negroes to get em
ployment, if they really wished to do
so. The failure of the cotton crop
throughout the United States, with
the government tax" and low price of
the staple, has rendered it impossible
for the planters to continue their busi
ness the present year. The difficulty,
too, in getting the negroes to work du
ring the past year has discouraged and
disgusted a great many. A large cot
ton crop was planted last spring, and a
great effort was made by the planters
to retrieve their fortunes and give em
ployment to the negroes, but univer
sal failure and bankruptcy have ensu
ed. lam not able to state the falling
off of the cotton crop this year, but
the rice crop has fallen from one hun
dred and thirty or forty thousand
tierces to twelve thousand tierces.
The present year every one will have,
to devote his attention to the raising of
a provision crop. He will not require
so many laborers, and would not bea
ble to feed them if he did. The negroes
have nothing to live on the present
year, and are unable to make crops by
themselves. They will have tosteal or
starve. This greatly discourages farm
ing in the Southern Statesat this time.
If you make a good crop of provisions,
you have no security that it will not be
stolen or burnt by the negroes.
In regard to the political condition of
the Southern States I am in deep des
pair, and have no hope except in a re
turning sense of justice on the part of
the Northern people. The idea of pla
cing the government of these States in
the hands of negroes is prejiosterously
absurd. None of them have property,
and not one in five hundred can read or
write. In the recent election for mem
bers of a convention many of the ne
groes had forgotten their names, and
scarcely one iii a hundred could tell
after the election for whom he voted.
They were controlled blindly by the
loyal leaugues. The tickets Were prin
ted in Charleston, with a likeness of
President Lincoln on them. There
never has been before such a wide
field opened for demagogues and un
principled aspirants to office. The ne
gro is the most credulous being in the
world, and most easily imposed on by
vile wretches who are disposed to pan
der to his ignorance and passion. Em
issaries from the North, white and
back, have come here and prejudiced
him against the white race. He has
been told that unless he voted the Rad
ical ticket he would be placed back in
slavery, and that if he voted that ticket
he would have lands and mules given
him. In some instances the negroes
actually brought with them bridles to
take their mules home with.
By military order in South Carolina,
negroes are to sit on juries. In some of
the districts of this State the negro pop
ulation is so much larger than the white
that they will compose almost the en
tire juries. How it will be possible to
administer justice, With such juries, in
complicated cases, is more than I can
tell. lam equally at a loss how the
offices of the State are to be filled. The
"iron clad oath" excludes from office
all who are competent and worthy,
This difficulty was foreseen by Gen.
Sickles,.and he requested of Congress
the removal of the oath. Gen.
Meade has recently suggested the
! same thing in Georgia. It will be im
possible for the negroes and the worth
less whites to fill some of these offices,
or give the security required by law.
Property of all kinds, and especially
real estate, has depreciated in value one
half or two-thirds during the past year.
Noone is disposed to purchase anything
and foreign capital has been driven out
or deterred from coming here for in
vestment. Property sold by the sher
| iff brings nothing. The marshall of
this State told me the other day that
he sold a plantation well improved,
j containing two thousand acres, in Hor
| ry district, at public auction, to the
I highest bidder for five dollars. Mules
brought only five dollars apiece.
A great many persons are moving
from the lower country, where there
are so many negroes, and that section
of the State is destined to become a
wilderness. The same thing must oc
cur in many portions of Mississippi
and other States. A gentleman just
returned from Mississippi tells me
that lands, which rented last year for
fourteen dollars per acre, were now of
fered at two dollars per acre, and no
one would take them.
Unless there is a reaction at the North,
and better legislation for the Southern
States, they will be an incubus to the
Union, utterly destructive of the whole
republic. The present military force
will have to be kept up to maintain
peace between the two races, and there
is no certainty of their ability to do this
long. I have for some time thought
that when the negrogovernmcots went
into operation it would be impossible
to preserve the peace of the country.
A war of races must ensue, and it will
be the most terrific war of extermina
tion that ever desolated the face of
the earth in any ageorcountry.
I am, with great respect and esteem
yours, truly, &c.
B. F. PERKY.
ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.—AT a festival
party of old and young, the question
was asked, which season[of life is the •
most happy? After being freely'dis
cussed by the guests, it was referred
for answer to the host, upon whom was
the burden of four score years. He
asked if they had noticed a grove of
trees before the dwelling, and said:—
When the spring comes and in tho
soft air the buds are breaking on the
trees and they are covered with blos
soms, I think, how beautiful is spring!
And when the summer comes, and
covers the trees with its foliage, and
singing birds are among all the
branches, I think, how beautiful is
summer! When autumn loads them
with golden fruit, and their leaves
bear the gorgeous tint of frost, I think,
how beautiful is autumn! And when
it is neither foliage nor fruit, Ilook up,
and through the leafless branches as 1
never could until now, I see the stars
shine through.
A clergyman was once sent for in the
middle of the night by one of the la
dies of his congregation. "Well, my
poor woman," said he, so you are very
ill, and require the consolations of re
ligion? What can I do for you?"
"No,'-' replied the old lady, "lam only
nervous and can't sleep." "How can 1
help that?" asked the parson. "O!
sir, you always put me to sleep so nice
ly when I go to church, that I thought
if you would only preach a little lor
me—!" The parson made tracks.
QUICK WITTKD.—A Down East agri
culturist last summer required a num
ber of reapers. Seven presented them
selves, and all were engaged with one
exception. The poor man thusomitted,
said:
"Master, won't you hire me ?"
"No," said the farmer.
"Why not?"
"Because you are too little."
"Too little!" exclaimed the astonish
ed Irishman; "does your Honor reap
your grain at the top?"
What could farmer G do but
roar with laughter, and send the little
man to join his comrades in the field?
A LIVERY stable keeper, named
Spurr, would never let a horse go out
without requesting the hirer not to
drive fast. One day a young man call
ed to get a turn-out to attenda funeral.
"Certainly,'*' said Spurr, "but," he
added, forgetting the solemn purpose
for which the young man required the
horse, "don't drive fast." "Why, just
look ahere, old feller," said the some
what excited young man, "I want
you to understand that I shall keep
up with the procession if it kills the
horse."
AN ACRE.—'Oh, dear!' yelled out
an urchin who had just been suffering
from an application of the birch: 'Oil
my! they tell me about forty rods
making a furlong, but I can tell a big
ger story than that. Let 'em get such
a plaguey licking' as I've had, and
then they will And out that one rod
makes a acher.
TRUE FAITH.—Rev. John Newton
once said: "A good old woman, a dear
friend of mine, was asked upon her
death-bed, if she was comfortable in
her mind, "Very far from it," she
answered. "Then you are not willing
to die?" \Quite willing," said she.
"If my Father chooses to put me to bed
in the dark, I can trust Him."
'HUSBAND, I wish you could buy
me some feathers." "Indeed, dear
wife, you look better without them."
"Oh, no. sir, you always rail me your
little bird and how does a bird look
without feathers?"
A LADY asked a minister "if she
might pay attention to dress and fash
ion without being proud ?" "Madam,"
replied the minister, "whenever you
see the tail of a fox out of a hole you
may be sure the fox is there also."
A YOUNG man by the name of John
son has been arrested in Pittsburgh
for perpetrating a new "dodge." He
fastened bristles on the tail of a rat and
sold him for a squirrel.
A STINGY husband accounted for all
the blame of the lawlessnessof his child
ren in company, by saying his wife al
ways "gave them their own way."
"Poor things, its all I have to give
them," was her prompt reply.
AN Irishman who had Just landed
said: "The first bit of mate I ever ate
in thiscounthry was a roasted potato
boiled yesterday. And if ye don't
belave me, I can show it to ye, for I
have it in my pocket."
AN awkward man attempting to
carve a goose, dropped it on .the floor.
"There now 1" exclaimed his wife,
"we've lost our dinner."
"0 no, my dear!" answered he, "It's
safe; I have got my foot upon it!"
THE passing years drink a portion
of the light from our eyes, and leave
their traces on our cheeks, as birds, that
drink at lakes, leave their footprints on
the margin."
WHAT'S the difference between a
bootblack and a Freedmen's Bureau
agent! One blacks the boots, the oth
er boots the blacks.
WHEN was Noah in America?—
When he was on the Ark-and-saw.
WHEN is a storm like a fish after a
hook ? When it is going to abate.