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Special attention given to and the prosecution of claims for Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, AC OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court House. aprs,'67tf J. MCD. BHARPE. E. F. KERR. SHARPE & 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 Sehell. [March 2, 66. J. R. nURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ. I \ URB() RR O W & L UTZ, I / 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 pnblie. Office second door North of the Mcngel House. Bedford, Aug. 1. Mtl. I7LSPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT 2J LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military lainis, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, I vo doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, MM, R. M. KIMMKLL. | J. W. LING ENPKLTF.R. KI MM ELL & LINGEN FELTER, 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.'' R-I H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT VJT, 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. METERS. ' I J- W- DICKKRSON. MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L. Russell, a few doors south of the Court House, will practice in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase siud sale of real estate attended to. [mavl.l,'66. HAYS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bloody Run, Pa. Office in Harris' New Building. * inarl3'63 BJ. WILLIAMS & SONS, # No. 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF VENETIAN BLINDS A I'WINDOW SHADES, AT THE LOWEST Blinds Repaired. Store Shades, Trimmings, IFizturcs. Plain Shades ot all kinds. - Curtain Cor uires. Picture Tassels, Cord Bell Pulls, Ac. apr2tin2 1 FURNITURE AND CABINET * ROOMS. THOMAS MERWINE, AT TIIE OLD STAHL WORK-SHOP, lias re-opened the Furniture and Cabinet business in that part of town, and is prepared to furnish ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, at remarkably ■cheap rates. Call and examine his work before purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed. Special attention paid to the manufacture and furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable. maylm3 4 DM IXISTR ATOR'S NOTICE.- j\ Notice is hereby given that letters ot admin istration have been granted to the undersigned, by the Register of Bedford county, upon the estate of (Snjctte. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. itoofland's (folumn. YOR ALL HAVE HEARD OF HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Their introduction into thi3 country from Ger many occurred in 1825. THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different from-*- -w- the many preparations now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics. They are no tavern-l—l-preparatien, or any thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi cines. They are The greatest knou-u remedies for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, stomach, or IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD. Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullnes of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sei.sa i ft tions when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Doti or Webs before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency ot Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin uud Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits. All these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di - gestive Organs, combined with impure blood. IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi cinal virtueus are ex tracted from them*by a scientific Chemist. I I These extracts are then forwarded to this country to be used ex pressly for the manufacture of these Bitters. There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in CBses where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum.Orange, etc. It is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required. You will bear in mind that these remedies are en tirely different from any others advertised for the cure of the diseases named, these being scientific preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of all tonics. DEBILITY. There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger man Bitters or Tonic ■ in cases of Debility. They impart a tone and vigor to the whole system, strengthen J- the appetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound, healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge from the eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced, stout, and vigorous person. Weak and Delicate Children are made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In~ fact, they arc Family Medicines. They can be administered with perfect safety to a child three months old, the most delicate female, or a man of ninety. These remedies are the best Blood Purifiers • ever known and will cure all diseases resulting from bad blod. Keep ycur blood pure; keep your Liver in order; -w- keep your digestive organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by the use of these retne -Li dies, and no diseases will ever assail you. The best men in the country recommend them. If years of honest reputation go for anything, you must try these preparations. FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chief Justice ot the Supreme Court of PennsyHa nia. PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1867. I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters is not an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of great benefit in cases of debility ami want of ner vous action in tho system. Yours Truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD. FROM HON JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866. I consider keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere. Do not forget to ex imine the article you buy, ' in order to get the genuine. may29"6Byl filw fjtEwtl tertte. THE SHAMROCK. BY THOMAS MOORE. Through Erin's Isle To sport awhile, As Love and Valor wandered, With Wit, the sprite, Whose quiver bright A thousand arrows squandered, Where'er they pass A triple grass Shoots up with dew-drops streaming, As softly green As emerald seen Through purest crystal gleaming. 0, the shamrock, the green, immortal shamrock, Chosen leaf Of bard and chief, Old Erin's native shamrock. Says Valor, "See, They spring for mo, Those leafy gems of morning !" Says Love, "No, no, For ME they grow, My fragrant path adorning!" But Wit perceives The triple leaves. And cries, "0 ! do not sever A type that blends Three Godliko friends— Love, Valor, Wit, forever !" O, the shamrock, the green, immortal shamrock, Chosen leaf Of bard and chief, Old Erin's native shamrock ! So, firmly fond May last the bond They wove that morn together, And ne'er may fall One drop of gall On Wit's celestial feather ! May Love, as shoot His flowers and frait, Of thorny falsehood weed 'em— May Valor ne'er nis standard rear * Against the cause of freedom ! 0. the shamrock, the green, immortul shamrock. Chosen leaf Of bard and chief, Old Erin's native shamrock ! HENDERSON. GRIMES AND FESSF.N DEN ON IMPEACHMENT. The Great Radical Farce. Letter from Senator IlemlerNOii. Senator Henderson, of Missouri, has addressed the following letter to the Missouri Congressional delegation: WASHINGTON CITY, May 14, 18G8. (Jentlemen: —In an interview with you on the day before" yesterday, you suggested that my position on Impeach ment question was against the almost unanimous wish of the "Union party of our State, and that you feared violence and bloodshed might follow the Pres- AUOUFU T MIH'H AC I owed my position here to that party, and expected to support its men and measures in the coming canvass especi ally, and as I deprecated the consequen ces you thought might follow, although I did not anticipate nor fear any such results, yet, in order to place myself beyond the possible censure of those whom I know to be my best friends, I at once proposed to forward to the Governor my resignation as Senator. To this you did not consent, and I then requested you, as my friends, to consult together and determine what you thought was proper for me to do under the circumstances. You did so, and the result was, that, believing that the safety of the coun try and the interests of the loyal peo ple of the United States demand the immediate removal of Andrew John son, you asked me to withhold my vote on any article of impeachment up on which you say "I cannot vote af firmatively." As soon as I had time to read and considder this paper, I found I could not comply with the re quest without that degree of humilia tion and shame to which I was satis fied you, as honorable men, would not wish to subject me. 1 had already spoken in the Senate and I thought conclusively (at least to my mind) a gainst eight of the articles, and had in formed you that I was no less decided in my judgment against the sufficiency of two others, leaving me in doubt only as to one. If, with these clear convictions, expressed in full Senate, I should now sit silent, I would for feit my own self-respect and stand de fenceless before the world. You agreed to reconsider your opinion as expressed, and although you at first resolved to adhre to it, I am gratifi ed that upon further reflection, you agreed with me that the request was quite unreasonable, and you still per sisted, as your opinion that my duty required my vote to be cast or with held, as I might deem necessary, on some one article, so as to secure convic tion. I at once mentioned the difficulties attending this suggestion. • Senators had been and were still so reticent on the subject that I could not ascertain their positions. I knew them to he greatly divided or: the several articles, and they were even liable to change their minds at any moment before the final vote should he taken ; hut as you expressed a desire that 1 should not resign, unless it became absolutely nec | essary to have a successor in my place favorable to conviction, I promised to give you the result of my conclus ions, so soon as I ascertain the proba ble result on one or two of the articles. I cannot, and I now write you to say, and he assured that I say it in that ; spirit of friendship and kindness, which you have always extended to me, and which now undiminished I have ever entertained for you, that your request on this subject placed me in the most difficult and delicate pos sible position. lam satisfied you do not realize it. 1 have given it the i most serious consideration, both on BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1868. your and my account, and especially on account of the gravity and impor tance of the subject presented. The result of that consideration is, that having been compelled as a mem ber of the Senate to take an oath to try this case, and to do impartial jus tice according to the law and the evi dence, I cannot now honorably escape the duties imposed by the obligation. It was for the House of Representa tives to prefer the articles of Impeach ment, it is for the Senate to try them ; and the members of the house have no more right to dictate or control the judgment of the Senate in the premises than members of a grand jury present ing an indictment have to dictate or influence the verdict of the petit jury on the trial of crime. And I do not thus speak for the purpose of reflect ion on your action, ft>r I distinctly disclaim such purpose, knowing as I do that what you have done and said springs from the best of motives, as well as the kindest of feelings. My duty in the premises I cannot shirk, nor can I divide it with others. If I resign before the conclusion of the trial, it strikes me that I make sport of the obligations of my oath, and un necessarily subject myself to the im putation of weakness or something worse. If I remain and do my duty, my constituents at present may condemn me, but will not when they hear my reasons, and the people of Misouri have no reason, or desire, I hope, to strike me down without a hearing. If I stay and withhold my vote, as you request, you are aware that the result would be the same as if I voted adversely. If I resign and a successor should come, perhaps a proper sense of delica cy would prevent himfrom violating ev ery precedent on this subject by casting a vote at all. if he sat silent, it would be the same in result as if he voted adversely. If he voted affirmatively and thus secured conviction, this man ner of securing conviction would be likely to neutralize in the end every advantage to be derived from impeach ment.—Hence 1 have resolved to re main at my post and discharge my du ty as it is given me to know it, and appealing to Heaven for the rectitude of my intentions and the integrity of my conduct, I shall follow the dictates of my conscience to the end of this trial, and throw myself upon the judg ment of a generous people for my vin dication. Your friend. To Messrs. George VA' .Vfe r-o 111 - iam A. Pile, C. A. Newcomb, J. J. Gravely, J. W. McClurg, B. F. Loan and .1. F. Benjamin. Senator Ftssenloi*s Arjiuniunf. WASHINGTON, May 14.—During the secret session of the Senate on Monday, I Senator Fessenden delivered a long i speech on the impeachment question, j in which he defined his position. He quoted the provisions of the cons- j titution giving the President the right j to appoint, and instanced the case of i the removal of Timothy Pickering by ; the elder Adams, as an instance of the ' constitutional construction and the j the practice under the laws. He said j it had been argued that even if this j right of removal by the President may be supposed to exist during the recess of the Senate, it is otherwise when that body is in session. I am unable to see the grounds of this distinction or to find any grounds for this distinction. The Constitution makes no such dis- ! ti net ion, as it says nothing about re- ' movals. Frequent instances have oc- j curred where the President thought j proper to remove an officer at once be- i fore sending in thenaineofhissuccessor, and prior to the act of March 2d, 1867, I never found his right to do so serious ly questioned. He says, judging from the short experience we have had un der the law of 18G7, the supervisory power of the Senate over removals is poorly calculated to secure the prompt and vigorous correction of abuses in of fice, especially upon the modern claim that when offices are of a local charac ter, the representative has a right to designate theoffieer, under which claim, this branch of executive authority, in stead of being lodged where the consti tution placed it, passes to one of the legislative branches of the government. He next considers the removal of Mr. Stanton, and says that before the pass age of the* Civil Tenure of Office act the President had clearly the right to re move him, and urged that the case of Secretary Stanton did not come under that act, because he had never been ap pointed by President Johnson, argu ing that he was appointed by President Lincoln and merely held the office un der sufference and was liable to re moval at any time. He concludes his argument on the subject as follows: As Mr. Stanton was appointed to hold during the pleasure of the President for the time being, and his tenure was not affected by the act of March 2,1867, the President had a right to remove him from office on the 21st of Febua ry, 1868, and consequently cannot be held guilty under the first article, and even if I were not satisfied of the con struction given herein of the act of 1867, I should hesitate to convict of a misdemeanor for what was done on the 21st of Febuary, 1868, because it was the mere issuing of a written order, . and failed in accomplishing the act in ; tended, and it would be an abuse of ; power to depose the President, on the part of the Senate, which could not be justified before thecountry or the world. With regard to the letter of authority to Gen. Thomas he concluded that as the President had a legal right to re move Mr. Stanton, he had a right to designate Gen Thomas to discharge the duties oftheofficead interim. Alluding to the speeches of the Pres ident in relation to Congress, he asks, is the President alone excluded from the privilege of expressing his opinions on theconstitutionalityof a particular Con gress, and from denouncing itsactsasen croachments upon constitutional rights and the fundamental principles of gov erment? In process of time there [ might possibly be "a Congress which ! would be justly liable to the severe criminations of a President. In such case, is he to remain silent, and is he forbidden by the Constitution, on pain of removal from office, to warn the people of the United States of their danger? If he believed his strictures to be true ho had a perfect moral right to speak ; if lie did not, his offence is against good morals, and not against any human law. There is nothing in these words to prove the allegation that the President's intent in speaking them was to impair and destroy the re spect of the people for Congress or the laws, by it duly and constitutionally enacted, or set aside its rightful author ity and powers. He had not been able to discover any measure or any threats against Congress, unless they are found in the declaration that he would veto their measures. The speeches at Cleve land and St. Louis* though highly ob jectionable in style, and unbecoming a President, afford nothing to justify the allegation that they were menacing towards Congress or to the laws of the country. In considering the 11th article, lie says that however objectionable and reprehensible the claims of the Presi dent might be, he cannot be convicted of a high misdemeanor for asserting an unconstitutional doctrine, if he has inade no atttempt to give it practical effect. In closing, he states that it is evident , that the offence for which a chief mag istrate is removed from office, and the power entrusted to him by the people transferred to other hands, and espec ially where the hands which receive it ; are to be the same which take it from | him, should be of such a character as i to commend itself to the minds of all I right thinking men as beyond all ques ; tion an adequate cause. It should be free from the taint of party, leave no reason able ground of suspicion upon the mo ! tives of those who inflict the penalty, and address itself to tfie country and the civilized world as a measure justly | called for by the gravity of the crime and the necessity of its punishment. The first article failing, the 3d, 4th, : >th, 6th, and Bth must fail with it.— Article !) is actually disproved. Kcuslor (•■'iiiios* Argnnicut. The argument of Senator Grimes, in ! the secret session of the United States; Senate, against the conviction of Presi dent Johnson, was powerful and unan- j swerable, and no wonder it has caused 1 such consternation among the Impeach-; ers. We have room hut for the conclu-; ding portion, which was as follows: I am wholy unable from these des patches, to deduce any criminal intent. They manifest a diversity of political! views between the President and Con gress. The case contains ample evi dence outside of these despatches of that diversity of opinion. Ido not per- j ceive that these despatches change the j nature of that well known and in my I opinion much to be deplored diversi-1 ty. I have thus as briefly as possible; stated my views in this case. I have! expressed no views upon any of the j questions upon which the President j has been arraigned at the bar of public ! opinion outside of the charges. 1 have ; no right to travel out of the record. — Mr. Johnson's character as a statesman, his relation to political parties, his con duct as a citizen, his efforts at recon struction, the exercise of his pardon ing power, the character of his appoint ments, and the influence under which they were made, are not before us on any charges and are not impugned by any testimony. Nor can I suffer my judgment of the law governing this case j to be influenced by political considera-: tions. I cannot agree to destroy the; harmonious working of the constitu tion for the sake of getting rid of an { unacceptable President. Whatever may be my opinion of the incumbent,! I cannot consent to trifle with the high office he holds. 1 can do nothing which by implication may be constru ed into an approval of impeachment as a part of future political machinery. However widely, therefore, I may dif fer with the President respecting his political views and measures, and how ever deeply I have regretted and do re gret the differences between himself and the Congress of the United States, 1 am notable to record my vote that he is guilty of high crimes and misdemean ors by reason of those differences. I am acting in a judicial capacity, under conditions whose binding obligations can hardly be exceeded, and I must act according to the best of my ability and judgment, and as they require. If, according to their dictates, the Pres ident is guilty, I "must" say so; if ac cording to their dictates, the President is not guilty, I "must" say so. In my opinion the President has not been guilty of an impeachable offence by reason of anything alleged in either of the articles preferred against him at the bar of the Senate by the House of Representatives. Subscribe for the Campaign GAZETTE. VOL. 62.-WHOLE No. 5,445. Tin: WESTEREX FRUIT CROP.— The apprehensions indulged in some two weeks ago of the damage done the Western fruit trees by the unexpected frost have been happily dissipated by late reports. A letter from Egypt, Illinois, says: "The late frosts have damaged the fruit in some sections, but not materially." The Madison (Indiana)-Courier learns that less than one-third of the peach buds have been destroyed in that vicinity, while ap ples, pears and plums have suffered no i njury whatever. The Hope (I ndiana) Watchman says peaches have not suff ered in that locality. The Park Coun ty (Indiana) : epublican says, "the fruit crop has not suffered seriously from the late cold weather." The Greensburg Chronicle, Vincennes Ga zette, Green Castle Banner, and other newspapers of Indiana make similar statements. A prominent fruit-grow er writes from Lockland, Ohio, that fruit buds are safe so far as to insure a fair crop, if nothing befall them here after." The Cincinnati Times says. "On examination of the buds last eve ning we found some of the sweet cher ries still alive, the Early May jn plenty; some varieties of pears thinned out, but enough left; peaches in abundance of the later varieties; plums plenty, and apples and quinces unhurt." The Dayton (Ohio) Journal, of the 18th, says a careful examination of the fruit buds in that region proves that but little damage has yet been done by the frost. In one orchard, out of a dozen samples each of peach and plum buds, but two of the former and three of the latter were blighted; but a similar ex amination of other fruit revealed no deficiency. Reports equally encourag ing have been received from Zanesville and other sections of the Buckeye State. TIIE NIGGER A X N THE II EX ROOST.— A friend who had accompanied me had heard of a bargain in real estate on the hilltop above Jackson City, and we went up to look at it. There were six acres of tine land,and a two and a halfsto ry house, habitable,but modest, forsl,ooo cash. For $3,000 more an entire fort, well preserved, could be purchased, adjoining the property. Around the house some lusty silver poplars and ma ples grew. A good well, a garden, and an unsurpassed view of the Capital Ci , ty, were among the advantages. Part | of the land, freshly plowed, showed : rich and black at the base of the fort. : It certainly was a cheap property, on Arlingtnn TToights, and only a mile ■ from Washington. j We asked the tenant ii the negroes of the neighboring village troubled him. "The sight of 'em trobles me," said this Last Family. "Dogon 'em ; j I hate a free nigger! As to stealing, i if that's what you mean, they steal ' nothing but the chickens." "Then they do take poultry?" "It's my belief," said the solitary tenant, "that there'll have to be chick ings in a future state for the nigger. Heaven will be no heaven to him without hen-coops. 'Pears to me the chickens know him. They never j cackle where a nigger comes. They roost low on his night. It's nigh this pint, gentlemen, that in the State of Virginia nobody but a nigger can af 'ford to eat chicking in five years. The animal will be his speciality and mo nopoly. Chicking will be to a white family what pork is to a Jew." "But why do the negroes confine their depradations to poultry?" "The nigger ain't got enterprise to | steal anythiug bigger; he'd no more i steal a cow than he'd steal the Capitol yonder. He's fond of stews. The chicking just fits into his gipsey-pot. The grease of it iles his jints. He loves it because he stole it. He eats it out of pure affection. He cooks it at night time, and biles it with the feathers on. He hopes the feathers will evaporate with the biling; but if they don't he goes the whole fowl, quills and all. Gentlemen if there's any sincere hap piness in this world, it's nigger eating a biled chicking on the sly!"— Cor. I Cincinnati Commercial. VULGAR WORDS. —There is as much connection between the words and the thoughts as there is between the thoughts and the words; the latter are not only the expression of the former, but they have power to re-act upon the soul and leave the stain of corrup tion there. A young man who allows himself to use any profane or vulgar words has not only shown that there is a foul spot on his mind, but by the ut terance of that word heextendsthat spot and inflames it, till by indulgence it will soon pollute and ruin the whole soul. Be careful of your words, as well as your thoughts. If you can control the tongue so that no improper words are pronounced by it, you will soon be able to control the mind and save it from destruction. You extinguish the fire by smothering it to prevent bad thoughts bursting out in language. Negro Suffrage. Chalk and ivory ! Heels and shins ! Sambo's glory now begins! Go away white man, you don't know llow to vote right—dat is so. Yaw, yaw, yaw!—yaw, yaw, yaw! De happiest day I ever saw! Wliar's de tickets! Eotch 'em straight! I votes early—l votes late— I votes often—l votes right; l'se no ignoramus white; Man and brudder equal born, De Maker's image—(in a horn,) De glory ob de risin' day; De cullud cuss from Africa! Oh, kinkyminky 'tinky, oh! If dis ain't glory, tell me so. THE TAR AND THE ACTRESS.— "When I was a poor girl," said the Duchess of St. Albans, "working very hard for my thirty shillings a week, I went down to Liverpool during the holidays, where I was always kindly re ceived. I was to act in a new piece, something like those pretty little dramas they get up now at. the minor theatres, and in my character I repre sented a jK)or, friendless, orphan girl reduced to the most wretched poverty. A heartless tradesman prosecutes the said heroine for a heavy debt, and in sists upon putting her into the prison unless some one will be bail for her. The girl replies: " 'Then I have no hope; I have not a friend in the world.' " 'What! will no one be bail for you to save you from prison!' asked the stern creditor. " 'I have told you I have not a friend on tho earth,' Is the reply. "But just as I was uttering the words, I saw a sailor in the gallery springing over the railing, letting himsels down from one tier to another until he bound ed clear over the orchestra and the footlights, on the stage, and placed himself beside me in a moment. " 'Yes you shall have one friend at least, my poor young woman,' said he, with the greatest expression in his honest, sunburnt countenance. 'I will go bail for you to any amount; and as for you,'turning to the frightened ac tor, 'if you don't bear a hand and shift your moorings, you lubber, it will be worse for you when I come athwart your bows.' "Every creature in the house rose; the uproar was perfectly indescribable; peals of laughter, screams of terror, cheers from his tawny messmates in the gallery, preparatory scraping of violins from t heorchestra were mingled together; and amidst the universal din there stood the unconscious cause of it, sheltering the poor young woman, and breathing defiance and destruction against my mimic persecutor. He was only persuaded to relinquish his care of me by the manager pretending to arrive and rescue me with a profu sion of theatrical bank notes." MARRIAGE —A recent sermon by Henry Ward Beecher has the follow ing in regard to marriage: You that are starting, avoid the er rors of those who have gone too fast and too far. You that are old, bear witness for yourselves and seek to repair as Jar as •you can the errors of your own lives, by warning and directing the young. Young men, take hold of each other's hands. Maidens, look to the God of your fathers. If there be any one in this world who cannot afford not to be a christian, it is a woman. If there be any one whose beauty fades asaflowerand whose grace needs the sustenance of the inef fable ; if there be any one more than an other upon whom blight falls more rudely; if there be any one more than another who is more burdened with grief or more wrung with sorrow, it is a woman that is not a Christian. The ladder between your souls and God is not half so long, as that between our souls and God. God made woman to be better than man, and the perversion is in proportion when she is worse. I beseech of every young man and every maiden, that is beginning life, to begin it aright. Xow is the time.— Days are passing; years are accumu lating. It will be too late by and by. Begin now. A SPUNKY WIFE.—A middle aged farmer and his wife were enjoying a winter evening closely together when the conversation turned upon religious matters as described in the Bible, which the man had open before him. "Wife," said the farmer, "I've been thinking what happy society Solomon must have had in his day, with so many wives, &e., as is here represen ted." "Indeed," said the wife, somewhat miffed. "You had better think of something else, then. A pretty Solomon you would make, truly; you can't take proper care of your one wife. What a figure you would cut, then, with a dozen wives, and all of them as spun ky as I am!" The farmer took his hat and went to the stable to feed the cattle for the night. A LEARNED professor in a New England college was accustomed to de mand of students an excuse whenever they were dilatory at recitation. The excuse given, he invariably added : "Very well; but don't let it happen again." One fine morning a married student happening to be behind time, was promptly interrogated as to the cause. Slightly embarrassed, he replied : "The truth is, sir, I had an addi tion to my family this morning, and it was not convenient to be here soon er." "Very well," replied the professor, in his quick, nervous manner; "very well; but don't let it happen again /" "HAVE you paid the tax on your income, Pat?" "No, sir." "And why not ?" "Because it is incom-pat-i-ble with my interests." A GENTLEMAM in lecturing for the blind asylum the other evening begun by gravely remarking, "If all the world were blind , what a melancholy sight it wold be." A philosopher explains the science of getting rich in one word—grab; how to keep rich—keep what you grab. WHEN old King Louis was born the grenadiers of his father's regiment shaved off their mustaches to stuff the pillow of his cradle.