gro-ißoofls, rtr. /SASH BUYERS, TAKFNOTICE J SAVE YOUR "GREENBACKS 1 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 comprise a few of our prices, vix : Calicoes, at 10, 15, 16 and the best at 18 cents. Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, and and the best at 22 cents. All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up. French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac. SHAWLS —Ladies', children's and misses' shawls, tatest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth. MEN'S WEAR— Cloths, cassimeres, satinetts. jeans. Ac. 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, atl sizes and prices SHIRTS. 4c.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts; Shakspeare, Lockwood and muslin-lined paper oollars; cotton chain (single and double, white aud colored). GROCERIES—Coffee, sugar, syrups, green and black teas, spices of all kinds, dye-stuffs, 4e. LEATHER—SoIe leather, French and city calf skins, upper leather, linings, 4c. ( UP We wilt sell goods on the same terms that ' we have been for the last three months—cash, or note with interest froui date. No bad debts con- ( traded and no extra charges to good paying eus 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. j 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 have opened a very full suj .ply ' of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Our stock is complete and is not sot passed in ! EXTENT, QUALITY AND CHEAPNESS, j The old system of '' TR US TING FOR E VER'' having exploded, we are determined to SELL GOODS LPOX THE SHORTEST PROFIT j FOB CASH OR PRODUCE. To prompt paying custom ers we will extend a credit of four months, but we wish it expressly understood, after the period nanr-ed, account will be due and interest will accrue tha reon. BUYERS FOR CASH may depend upon GETTING BARGAINS. n0v1,'67 A. B. CRAMER 4 CO. "VT EW GOC) DB!! 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 Dry-Goods, Delaines, Calicoes, Muslins, Cassiraers, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Notions, | &c., &e. j All of which will be sold at the most reasonable j prices. Usf' Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con- ! tinuanee ot the public patronage. Call and examine our goods, may24,'67. G. YEAGER _ m j FIRM! NEW FIRM! GOOD GOODS ARE DOWN! SCHELLSBURG AHEAD! NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! just received and will be sold AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, i Call at BLACK & MARBOURG'S, j 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. Look at some of our prices : MUSLINS, from 10 to 17 cents. CALICOS, from 8 to 15 cents. CLOTHS and CASSI.MF.RES at reduced 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, Queens ware, Wooden Ware -&c., <fcc., at the lowest market prices. If you want Good Bargains and Good Goods, call at BLACK 4 MARBOURG'S. Schellsburg, Dec. 6iu3 XT L W ABBIV A LRQ art received at M C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STOKE, Straw H its and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments. Rib botis Flowers, Millinery Goods, Embroideries. Handkerchiefs. Bead-trimmings. Buttons. Hosiery and Gloves, White Goods. Parasols and Sun-Um brellas, Balmorals aud Hoop Skirts. Fancy Goods and Notions, Ladies' and Children's Shoes. Our assortment contains all that is sew and desirable. Thankful for fo mer liberal patronage we hope to be able to merit a continuance from all our cus tomers. Please call and see our new stock, maySl BY MEYERS & MENGEL &c. NEWS! >-* FOR THE PEOPLE! TELL IT ! EVERYBODY TELL IT! 4 COTTON NO LONGER KING! G. R. OSTER & CO. Are now receiving at their NEM STORE a large and carefully selected stock of new and CHEAP Dry Goods, Furs, Clothing. Carpetings, Oil cloths, Hats, Cups. 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.invitc all to call, aeo for themselves and be convinced. TERMS —POSITIVELY CASH on DELIVERY, un | less otherwise specified. Beoford, Pa., Dec.13,'67m3. CO-PA RTNERSIII P. Imperial Bargain Store. I December 12, 1867. J. C. Wright is admitted to an interest in our business from this date. The style of our firm is changed toG R Oster A Co. Bedford. Pa., jan3l ml G.R. AW.OSTEK. MUSLINS ! MUSLINS I Just received at the IMPERIAL BARGAIN STORE! New York Mills Utica Nonpareil, Wawsutta 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., jan3lini G. R. OSTER A Co. A NOTHER VETO ON HIGH PRICES! YOU CAN SA VE MONEY by buying your GOODS of MILLER & 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 G >ods, 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, 10: GINGHAM, at 12*, 15, 18, 20. MUSLIN, at 10, 12, 14, 15,18, 20. Cassimeres,Cloths, Satinettsand Ladies" Saokiug, at very low prices. toff* Ladies', Gents' and "Misses' Shoes. Sandals and Over-Shoes, in great variety Men's, Boys' and Youths' Boots, fey-- Best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syr up in the market. Prices low Feed, Flour, Ac., for sale at all i times. #3*" We invite all to call and see our goods and compare prices before buying elsewhere. | toff* Our motto is, Short Proffits. STIR TERMS—Cash, Note or Produce. 0ct25,'67 LIVERY, STABLES, in rear of he "Mengel House." I BEDFORD, PA., MENGEL A BURNS, Proprietors. The undersigned would inform their friends. \ ' and the public generally, that they are prepared \ ! to furnish HORSES AND BUGdIES. Carriages, Sporting Wagons, or anything in the Livery line i of business, in good style and at moderate charg es. Terms: CASH, unless bv special agreement. janlO"6Stf MENUEL A BURNS CtELLERS & Ft) 1, WELL, WHOLESALE CONFECTION E RS and FRUITERERS, No. 161 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. feb2lm3 Orders promptly attended to. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is punished every Fri day morning by MEYERS A MBSSEL. at $2 00 per j annum, if paid strictly in advance ; 12.50 if paid j within six months ; 53.00 if not pain within six months. All subscription accounts MUST be settled annually. No paper will be sent out of the State unless paid for is ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at the expiration of the time for which they are paid. All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than three months TEN CENTS per line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional All resolutions of Associations; communications of limited or individual interest, and notices of mar riages and deaths exceeding five line-, ten cents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphans' Court and Judicial Sales, are required by laut to be published in both papers published in this place. All advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows : 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. ♦One square - - - $4 50 $6 00 *lO 00 Two squares .- • 600 900 16 Three squares --- 800 12 00 20 Quarter column --14 00 20 00 ->5 00 Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 4o 00 One column - - - - 30 00 4o 00 80 ♦One square to occupy one inch of space. JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, and everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates —TERMS CASH. Ijjp 3 All letters should be addressd to MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. at s**. S. L. RUSSELL. J- H. LONG EX ECKER. RUSSELL & LONG EN ECKER, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, j 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. SCARCE. E F. KERR. CJHARPE & KERR, ATTORNEYS Jo 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 Schelly [March 2, '66. I J. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN WITZ. DU RBOR FT O W & LUTZ, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tiee. 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 oft 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, 1861. SPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to Ins care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military laims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily oollected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, to doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 1864, F. M. KIMMKLL. ] J- W. LINGENFELTER. IRIMMELL & LINGENFELTER, 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," G1 11. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT IT. 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. I J • W. DICKERSON. MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office | same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell, I two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice | in'the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, I bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase '■ and sale of real estate attended to. [mayll,'66. HAYES IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly aitend to all . business entrusted to his care. Office with G. H i Spang, E>q., on Julianna Street, two doors South j of the Mengel House. [may2t,67. C N^HICKOK, . DENTIST, Office at the old stand in BANK BUILDING, Julian na Street, BEDFORD, Pa. All operations, 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 prioesof ARTIFICIAL TEEIH of the various kinds, 20 PER CENT, and of GOLD FILLINGS 33 PER EKNT. This rcduotion will be made only to strictly CASH PATIENTS, and all such will receive prompt attention. feb7/68tf . TAEN TI STRY ! 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. Temporary sets inserted if desired. All operations warranted. Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's scientific method of preserving decayed and aching teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER. jau3,'6Btf _______ If you want " A BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH, GO TO DR. S. M. GROSS, RESIDENT DENTIST, SCRELLSBURG, PA., who operates in every branch of surgical and Mechanical Dentistry, at REDUCED PRICES. Teeth extracted WITHOUT PAIN positively, and NO HUMBUG! by the surest, safest and best ANAESTHETIC KNOWN. Persons desiring the services of a Dentist will do well by culling on me before contYactiug else where. ALL OPERATIONS WARRANTED. in with W. J. MCLLIN, M. D. CARD.—I take great pleasure in recommend ing DR. GROSS as a skillful Deutist, and in every way qualified to give satisfaction to th< public in his line. W. J. MULLIN, M. D. fcblo:3in VERY VARIETY AND STYLE OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low laces at THE BEDFORD GAXETTB office. Call and reave yeux orders. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28. 1868. lb* fftflftwl feeiti.j MM AFFMt"TED PiKBR. A SECOND JOB. "Darby Dodd," a regular correspon dent of the New York Metropolitan Record , in his quaint way, gets off more than semi-occasional ly, most tell ing hits upon the follies and short comings of this degenerate age. The following is one of his last efforts: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1868. Editor Portfolio:— While I was sit ting in the reading room of Willard's, this afternoon, thinking over a plan to save the country and protect Mr. Stan ton from the persecution of unscrupu lous enemies, a white-haired old gen tleman came up to me, and said he understood I was a person of sympa thetic nature. The fir:-, idea occurred to me was that he wanted me to get him an appointment; but the utter misery that was stamped on his face soon removed this unworthy thought, and filled me with deep pity. I informed him that some one had told him the truth, which is a very remarkable thing in Washington, and ! he then said he had a tale to tell that i would probably harrow up my soul. I "What is it about, my venerable I friend?" said I to the old gentleman ■; and he answered briefly but sorrowful ... "It is a tale of family' disgrace. "Pray, sir," I said, "don't I*>a'ny°ur" 1 * >a ' n y° ur " self by repeating family troubles to Z loo ' I am at present engaged in considering more important matters. The very life of the nation, sir, is in danger, and I am considering how to save it." But the old gentleman would not be put off. He insisted on unfolding his tale, and taking his seat beside me he began as follows : "I am the father of ten children." I expressed my condolence, and he continued: "Ten children, sir, and I did all I could to bring them up in the way ot virtue and honor." • "And I trust they are a comfort and support to you in your old age," said I. "Ah, sir, they have been a curse to me. Look at these grey hairs 1 Look at the furrows of care upon my face! My children, oh, my children !" I became interested, and told the old gentleman to proceed. "My first great grief," said he, com posing himself, "was caused by my eldest son. He was a young man of flue promise, and I had him educated for the Church. He became a minister. His sermons were the wonder of our section. He married an excellent girl and lived happily with her. His Chris tian zeal knew no bounds. He estab lished a Sabbath school, and started the greatest revival movement ever known in the West. It gladdened my heart to see my son devoting himself so earnest ly to holy work. But a blow came, a terrible blow. In the midst of the revi val he eloped with one of the Sabbath school teachers and left his wife and children on my hands." Isaid that it was a greatblow, indeed, and the old gentleoian went on : "About this time my second son, a young man of excellent talents and character, held a responsible position in a bank in New York. I was proud of him, sir, and I looked forward to the time when he would be one of the fore most bankers in the metropolis. But there was another blow coming. One day I received a letter from the Presi dent of the bank informing pie that my son was a d faulter, that he had embez zled 8200,000 and started for Europe with a waiter girl from one of the con cert saloons." "That was dreadful," said I. "Yes, sir, it was a great disgrace, but not the worst. Another son settled in Chicago and became a gambler. He associated with the most disputable persons, pugilists, blacklegs, thieves, and went down step by step until he finally connected himself with a gift en terprise for the relief of soldiers and sailors. Oh, how my heart bled when I heard how low he had descended !" "No wonder, sir, it was fearful." "It was fearful, sir, but I bore it as well as I could. My fourth son was educated for the bar. He was admitted to practice, and soon became a rising man. But the evil star was over him, too. He became a drunkard. He lost all self-respect, but still he had clients. One of them was a widow with six or phans. She retained him in an impor tant property case. It involved a for tune. He assured her he would gain it, and he did. He gained the case, sir, and pocketed every dollar of the money himself. Then he became more and more dissipated, and was at last found dead in a common bar-room in St, Louis." "Poor man, your sorrows are very great! That blow was shocking," "Oh, it is terrible, sir; but there was worse to come. My second daughter, a beautiful girl, married a young mer chant. They seemed to be very happy. Four children blessed their union lovely children, the image of their pa rents. Fanny's husband doted on her; he thought she doted upon him. But she deceived him. One evening when he went home she was absent. She did not return that night. He was dis tracted. Next day one of his clerks was absent. He made inquiries, and learned that they had eloped. When the news came to me it almost broke my heart.." "Shocking, shocking!" I observed ; but without heeding my interruption, the old man continued : "Sarah, my third-daughter, was al- j ways a foolish girl, full of romantic no- j tions, and fond of reading novels. A month after Fanny's marriage she ran away with a traveling tinker and came hack in less than a year in rags. Poor Sarah ! I could not blame her much, for she was unsteady; but the disgrace almost killed her mother." "No wonder, sir ; it might well have bowed your head, too." "It did, sir, it did ; hut I bore it. I had to boar much more. My fourth son joined Die army, and as he was good at praying, tliey made him chaplain. I hen he took charge oiDie mails of his regi ment, and looked after the correspon dence of the men. But he fell. He was detected opening letters sent to the soldiers and taking money out of them, and the Colonel had him drummed out of camp." "And you survived that?" "Yes, and much more. These dis graces were terrible; but I could have borne them. The greatest of all was to come. I had another daughter, a giddy young creature, and though I am her father, I may say she was handsome. She was fond of dancing, going to the circus, and all that. One day she was missing, and we searched high and low for her, but she could not be found. One of our neighbors went to New York, and while there he went to 3ee the Black Crook. Oh, sir, it was sad news he brought home. One of the girls he saw on the stage was our Julia. We tried t-o break the news to her mother, hut it was too much for She sunk under it and died, and er * ' three weeks ago." I buried "That was the „ deed." --butno, "Oh, sir, I wish it had bet.. e v fth the greatest is still unfbld. My . son, Frank, became a pugilist, and is now traveling through the country as a prize fighter, associating with roughs and pick-pockets, and making my old heart wring with shame whenever I hear his namth" "Your hair may well be gray after that." "Worse than that—far worse. I have not mentioned my eldest daughter. She joined a missionary society and was appointed treasurer. One day she disappeared, and the money in her hands has never been found. The min ister of the town she lived in, was missed at the same time, and two months after I heard of them in Cincin nati. I then lost track of them, and did not again hear of Penelope until last week, when 1 learned that she had joined the Mormons, and was the tenth wife of a scoundrel in Utah." "Good heavens, sir! how can you bear such shame as all this?" • Shame ! ah, sir, these are trifles to the last and greatest shame 1" "The last and greatest? Surely there can be no lower depth of infamy than you have told me of?" "There is! there is !"said the old man with a horrible groan. "My sixth and youngest son was elected to Congress, afid is now sitting in that marble build ing at the other end of the avenue." The old man's head fell upon the table, and I left him to weep over this terrible disgrace. Yours sympathetically, DARBY DODD. MR. GOUGH'S RECOVERY.—The fol lowing incident is worthy of being of ten repeated, as an encouragement to labor for moral or religious reform. A warm heart and wise tongue may o vercome the most formidable obstacles. Rev. T. L. Cuyler tells the story: 'On a certain Sabbath evening, some twenty years ago, a reckless ill dressed young man was idly lounging under the elm-tress in the public square of Worcester. He had become a wretch ed waif on the current of sin. His days were spent in the waking remorse of the drunkard ; his nights were passed in the buffooneries of the ale house. 'As he sauntered along, out of hu mor with himself and with all man kind, a kind voice saluted him. A stranger laid his hand on his shoulder, and said, in cordial tones: 'Mr. G—, go down to our meeting at the town hall to-night.' A brief conversation followed, so winning in its character that the reckless youth consented to go. He went; he heard the appeals there made. With tremulous hand he sign ed the pledge of total abstinence. By God's help he kept it, and keeps it yet. The poor boot crimper who tapped htm on the shoulder—good Sol Stratton— has lately gone to heaven. But the youth he saved is to-day the foremost of reformers on the face of the globe. Methinks, when I listen to the thunders of applause that greet J. B. Gough on the platform of Exeter Hal! or the A oademy of Music, I am hearing the echoes of that tap on the shoulder, and of that kind invitation under the an ient elms of Worcester! 'He that winneth soulifis wise." POTATO PUDDING.—With a pound and a quarter of fine mealy potatoes boiled very dry and mashed perfectly smooth while hot, mix three ounces of butter, five or six of sugar, five eggs, a few grains of salt and the grated rind of a lemon. Pour the mixture into a well-buttered dish and bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour. When done sift some sugar on it. A LITTLE girl in Bangor, last Sun day,. astonished her Sunday-school teacher with "Blessed are the dress makers," VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,432. AS AI'OI.OGY FOR I>RF* KEN NESS. Thereby Khowing its Ooort ami Bl Ef fects. Drunkenness has a legal and patriotic tendency; because drunkards pay their debts according to law and furnish abun dant employment for lawyers <md .sher iffs, justices and constables ; and they aLo support the government generous ly, by paying more excise than any oth er class of citizens. Drunkenness promotes liberty and e-1 quality; because it disposes the sub jectsofit tospurn all restraint human and divine ; and brings down the proudest gentleman to a perfect level with the greatest ruffian ; and renders their com pany equally agreeable and entertain ing, as they are equally disposed to pour out a deluge of nonsense, billings gate and blasphemy. Drunkenness promotes legal science; because drunkards obtain an interest ing knowledge of criminal jurispru dence, and a number of them study the penal statutes in those legal seminaries, commonly called jails and penitentia ries. Drunkenness promotes domestic gov ernment; for if you follow a drunk ard home, you will find him ragingand foaming; blaspheming and abusing his patient, industrious and miserable wife and children, who stand before him with fear and trembling, horror and anguish, as.silent as the grave and as submissive as the slave chained to the car. Drunkenness is subservient to orth odoxy and virtue; because drunkards demonstrate the doctrine of human de pravity and degradation by argu ments the most convincing and unan swerable; and they display vice in an attitude and dress the most odious and disgusting. Drunkenness promotes religion in and humanity in particular; g- vitffie men have no-religion un becausv. stiff grog, and their re til they obta. proportion to the ligion increases in -. imbibe, quantity of spirits the.) ex _ until at length they become tromely religious and humble, as wallow in the mud along with the hogs, for the edification -°f the specta tors. Drunkenness circu inscribes the agCnPi of the prince of darkness ; because his infernal majesty, from long experience, has so much confidence in drunkards that they will directly, or indirectly, render 'their families as miserable as possible, that he seldom interferes in the business. And whenever a drunk ard appears in any company, the de mon on duty puts on his hat and lea!'es the room, as his presence is no longer necessary. Finally, drunkenness prevents tes tamentary obligations and funeral mourning; because drunkards general ly live their own heirs and die their own executors, and leave the world with the consent of their friends and neighbors. Done in behalf of the thirsty, by their attorney in fact. THE NEED OF A FRKEDMEN'S BU REAU. —We give the following article from the Richmond Enquirer as illus trating the neeif ofa Freethnen's Bureau in the South. The incident is, we sup pose, one of ten thousand similar ones, of daily occurrence in that section : A gentleman from one of the neigh boring counties. who desired to obtain a number of able-bodied negro laborers for his plantation, visited Richmond to procure them, having learned that there_ were hundreds of unemployed blacks Ibunging idle about the city.— The morning after his arrival he was directed to one of the localities where large quantities of bread and soup are daily distributed by the Freedmen's Bu reau. He found a ragged, hungry horde, of nearly five hundred persons, assembled to receive the usual supplies of food. To his astonishment, these ap plicants for soup and bread were not all women and children. He counted one hundred and eight able-bodied negro men, capable of preforming ev ery variety of farm labor. There they were with every conceivable variety of vessel, waiting hours to be fed by the Bureau. To many of these hulking idlers he offered the highest wages paid to agricultural laborers, and abun dant rations ofgood, wholesome food. But they all refusal to enter his service, alleging among other reasons, that they ivere fed by the Bureau, and did not wish by leaving ftichmond to forfeit the'ir right to rote. LEAP YEAR.—The year 1868 is Leap Year, as possibly some of our readers have already discovered, This Is the year of great privilego to the girls, bless them; a year of Jubilee, to all those poor, pining creatures whose very souls have gone out in love, for years past, after some "great hateful man," and all to no purpose. Now, girls, is your chance; this is the day of your deliverance, or at least it may be with in the present year. Be up and doing —be active and energetic—and don't trifle away the day of grace—don't neg lect your blessed privilege. You have the right to "pop the question" to any male biped your please, and he won't dare say nay. Then we say, crack it to them. Confound their tardy skins, if they won't propose while ihey have the right to do so, you teach them a lesson that will be a warning for all time to come. —The New Orleans Picayune thinks there will be comparatively little cot ton planted this year in Louisiana, A STRANGE CASE.— The Xew York Tribune says: That justice follows strange court s sometimes we have a remarkable proof in the sequel*to a-criminal trial which lately created a great deal of excitemetll in England. Our readersjnay remem ber the case of a man named Watkins, who, having a quarrel with his sweet heart, stabbed her in thirteen places, and left her for dead in the fields. Sin lay all night in the open air, but finally recovered, and when the fellow's trial was about coming otr, she forfeited her recognizances she had given as a wit ness and left the country in the hope that through her absence he might gt off. it is satisfaction to know, low ever, that he was sentenced to twenty years'penal servitude. Now the poor girl comes back, is arrested for the amount of her bond, which neither she and nor her father has any means to pay the other day she applied to the bank rupt court for relief, if she had been a reckless tradeswoman who had squan dered the property of her creditors she might have got a discharge; but being only an unfortunate girl who loved the man that tried to murder her better than herself, she was remanded to jail; the Bankrupt act could not help her. Surely the enforcing of thisdebt to the crown is straining the law to the point injustice. There are cases in which the law ought to wink at its own viola tion. ARTLESS SIMPLICITY.—One of the sweetest incidents which we have noticed for many a day—and one which shows the effect of early training, as sisted by a pure and undefiled imagi nation. It is thus related: A lady visited New York city and saw on the sidewalk a ragged, cold an I hungry little girl, gazing wistfully at some of the cakes in a show window. She stop ped, and taking the little one by tho hand, led her into the store. Though she was aware that bread might be better for the cold child than cake, yet desiring to gratify the shivering and forlorn one, she bought and gave her the cakes she wanted. She then took her to another place, where she pro cured her a shawl and other articles .cf comfort. The grateful little creature looked the benevolent lady full In tho face, and with artless simplicity, said, "Are you God's wife?" Did the most eloquent speaker ever employ words to a better advantage ? JUDGEGRIFFITH, on the bench in New York, appointed a crier whose want of sense was more than made up by the size of his voice. A young bar rister, with more fun than legal lore in I him, was fond of playing off jokes on ' him. So one day the judge ordered the • 0 -tocall Jabez Loguo. The barris- ! l r , fitem ; ! ng behind the crier, whisper ed,'"Epilogue, " in his ef "Epi-logue J" scouted the onol ' "Mono-Iogue!" said the lawyer. "Pro-logue." i . t And thecrier still cried, "Pro-iogm-! "Dialogue." r id the pertinacious crier shouted "Dm-l,;- >ue! " utt,iC ' U)V ° f ' liS V(jic< i' ' * at hearing 110 respond Discoura, u,.~ crier turn.il from tho Logu, - , and said to the cov. ' ~ . ~ ... . , criers calls: astonish men tat the stu. . . . mi 11 i 11 .1 r m town, "I've called all the Lot , . . . . ° hiui.- and never one is here to speak . self!" ____ IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL BOUNTY BILL.—The following is the addition al bounty bill which has just been pass ed by both houses, and which now goes to the President: Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America in Congress as sembled, That if any person or persons entitled to tho bounty provided by sec tions 12 and 13 o? the act making ap* propriation.s for tho civil service ap proved July 28,1668, shall have died, or shall die before receiving said boun ty, it shall be paid to the heirs of the soldier, as designated in said act, in the order therein named, and to none other. IN a town in Maine lived a man who, though yet in middle age, had put on the mourning for three wives. In the course of time a fourth was brought home, and in Iho course of her clear ing up and putting things to rights she found in the attic a long piece of old board, and was about launching it out of the window, when little Sallie interposed and said:—Oh don't mama ! that is the board papa lays out ids wives on, and he wants to save it!" Never theless, out it went. IF sheep aro in a poor condition now, they must be gradually brought up; feed oats in the sheaf, a few daily, and some roots and good hay. Let nil have the range of dry yards or fields, and warm sheds well ventilated. SHORT AND SWEET.—"I can't speak in public; never done such a thing in all my life," said a chap the other night at a public meeting, wiio had been ail! - ed upon to hold forth ; "But if any body will speak for me, Vll ft old his hat ________ A CERTAIN lop who was arguiug with Diogenes onthe immortality of the sou), asked him, "Now, where do you think I shall go after death!" "Wherever your tailor goes," was the reply. A GENTLEMAN.—At a musical party asked a friend, in a whisper, "How shall I stir the fire without interrupting the music?" "Between the bars," re plied the friend. —A Northern man attending an auc tion sale in Georgia thoughtlessly bid ssl for one hundred and ninety acres of land, and it was knocked down to him. 110 wants to sell it now. —The fruit growers throughout In diana report that thus far not one peach bud in a hundred has been injured by frost,
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