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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. apro, Wtf J. MCI). SUARI'K. E - KERR. QIIARPE A KERB, ATTORNEYS O 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 Sctieil. | March 2, '66. J. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ. DU RBOII It O W & LUT Z , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA , Will attend promptly to ull business intrusted to tLeircare. Collections uißdc 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. Offiee on Juliana street, one door South of the "Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer office. _ TOHN 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. lASP YM. ALSIPATTORNEY AT 1i LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to 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, t in doors South of the Alengel House. Jan. 22, 1864, F. M. KIMMELL. | J W. LINWBNFKLTKR. JT IM MELL & LING EX FELTEIt, IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South of the •'Mengel House," G1 H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT r. 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," opi>osite the residence of Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1864. B. P. METERS. | J. W. DICKERSON. 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 and sale of real estate attended to. | mayll, 66. HAYS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bloody Run, Pa. Office in Harris' New Building. marl3'6B BJ. WILLIAMS & SONS, . No. II? North Sixth Street, Philadelphia Largest masitacu'rers of VENETIAN BLINDS A N"/IV/)OIR SHADES, AT THE LOWEST Blinds Repaired. Store Shades, Trimmings, Fixtures, Plain Shades of all kinds. Curtain Cor nices. Picture Tassels, Cord Bell Pulls, Ac. apr24m2 and cabinet n ROOMS. THOMAS MERWIXE, AT THE OLD STAIIL WORK SHOP, has re-openeil 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. maylmJ DR. H.FRAESSLEY, PHYSICIAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES, and formerly attending Physician 111 one of the most celebrated hcspitals in the world for Chronic Diseases, will make his first \isit through this county, for the treatment of chronic diseases, and may be consulted at the following places and times, free of cimsge. If the Dortor ran not tell and explain the na ture of a disease of a Patient after a thorough examination, without moling many questions, he considers himself not able to treat the rase. He submits himself to be judged from that standpoint, if the patient is not satisfied it will not cost him anything. Saxton, Saturday, May 11?. Woodbury, Monday. May IS. Pattonville, Tuesday, May 19. Enterprise. Wednesday, May 20. St. Clairsville. Thursday. May 21. . Lewisville. Friday, May 22. Marietta, Saturday, May 23. Pleasantville, Monday. May 25. New Paris, Tuesday, May 20. Sehellsburg, Wednesday, May 27 Buena Vista. Thursday, May 28 Dry Ridge, Friday, May 29. Rockville. Saturday, May 30. Bridgeport, Monday, June 1. Pala Alto, Tuesday. June' 2. Centreville, Wednesday, June 3. Rainsburg, Thursday, June 4. Charlesville, Friday, June 5. Springville. Saturday, June 6. Clearville, Monday, June 8. Cheneysville. Tuesday, June 9. Elbinsville, Wednesday. June 10. Robisonville, Thursday, June 11. Brush Creek, Friday, June 12. Rayshill. Saturday, June 13. Bloody Run, Monday. June 15. Yellow Creek, Tuesday, June It? Hopewell, Wednesday, June 17. Riddlesburg. Thursday, June 18. Fairplay, Friday. June 19. Bedford, (Mcngel House) Saturday, June 20. fcgfDr. H. Fraessley is a regular educated Herman Physician, having practiced Medicine nearly twenty years in Europe and this country. Call at your principal post-office and get one of Dr. Fracssley's circulars, maylowl* IT7~ ATERSIDE WOOLEN FAC- J J TORY !-30,000 LBS. WOOL WANTED! The undersigned having leased the Large New Woolen Factory, erected recently at Waterside, for a number of years, respectfully informs the old customers of the Factory and the public generally, that they will need at least the above amount ot wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths, Casimeres, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets, Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange for woof, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets will be made to order, at all times. Stocking yarn of all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler, W. H. Ralston, will cll on all the old customers, and the public generally, in due time, for the pur pose of exchanging goods for wool. The highest market price will be paid lor wool in cash. N. B. Wool carding spinning and country Full ing will be done in the best manner and at short notice. JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO., may22n>3 Waterside, Pa. @he iicftforb #a?dtc. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. ftoofland'is (fohunu. YOU ALL HAVE nEARD OP HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Their introduction into this country from Ger many occurred in 182"). THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different frornqr -w- the many preparations now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics. They are no tavern A A preparation, or any thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi cines. They are The greatest known remedies for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Ki.dneys, ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, stomach, or IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD A 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 ss. Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sei.sa f 1 tions when in a Lying Posture. Dimness of V./ Vision, Dots or Webs before the sight. Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency of Perspiration, Yellowness ofthe Skin and Eyes. Pain in the Side. Back. Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the B'lesh. Constant Imagi nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits. AH these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di gestive Organs, combined with impure blood. HOOFLAND'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 .-v tracted from them by a scientific Chemist. | I These extracts are then forwarded to this V/ country to be used ex pressly fur the manufacture of these Bitters. There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in coini>ounding the Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in cuses where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with pi ltF. 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 hear 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 he known as the greatest of all tonics. DEBILITY. There is no medicine equal to Hooil&nd's Ger man Bitters or Tonic in of Debility. They impart a tone 1-4 and vigor to the whole system, strengthen JL 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 arid Delicate Children are made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In fact, they are 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 blood. Keep your blood pure; keep your Liver in order; * keep your digestive organs in a sound, 1 healthy condition, by the use of these reme JLJ 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 IION. GEO. W. WOODWARD. Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. PHILADBLPHIA, 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 ot great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner vous action in the system. Yours Truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD. FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866. •I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges tion or Dyspepsia. I can certify this troin my experience of it. -Z~A_ Yours, withTespeet, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENXARD, D. D., Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Du. JACKSON — DE AR SIR :—I have been fre quently requested to connect my name with rec ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but regarding the piactiee as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a clear proof in various instances, and particularly in my own family, of the usefulness ot Dr. Hoof land's German Bitters, I depart for once from my usual course, to express my full conviction that for general debility of the system, and es pecially Tor Liver Com ]rlaint, it is a safe and valuable prepara fx! tion. In some cases it may fail ; hut usual 1 1 ly, I doubt not. it will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eigth, below CoatesStreet. CAUTION. Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited. The Genuine have the signature of C. M. .JACK SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each bottle, and the name of the article blown in each bottle. All others are counterfeit. Price of the Bitters, $1 per Dottle; Or, a half dozen for Price of the Tonic, #1 50 per bottle ; Or, a half dozen for $7 50. The tonic is put up in quart bottles. Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German Remedies that are so universally used and so highly recommended ;and do not allow the Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything else that he may is just as good, he cause he makes a larger profit on it. TRese Reme dies will be sent by express to any locality upon application to the PRINCIPAL OFFICE, At the German Medicine Store. No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia. CHAS. M. EVANS, PROPRIETOR. Fjrmerly C. M. JACKSON <fc Co. These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere. Do not forget to examine the article you buy, in order to get the genuine. mtty29'6Byl Site fiU'tlfiml CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR GAZETTE The Report of the House Committee on the Washburne Donnelly difficulty, which Mr. Eld ridge, of Wisconsin, mildly termed "ambiguous," is one of the most re markable documents, produced by re markable members of Congress, dur ing this very remarkable age. The House returns in a body from the Senate, where the President of the United States is being tried, before the High Court of Impeachment for high crimesand misdemeanors, prominenta mong which is the charge of having spo ken disrespectfully oft he Congress of the United States. This imposing and im maculate body had scarcely returned to its own Chamber, before Mr. Don nelly,of Minnesota, an Impeacher, rises to a point of order, and charges Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, another Im peacher, with having violated the rules of the House, of social inter course, of everything that was good, decent or respectable. Washburne re plies, chargiug'the Minnesotian with having changed his name to escape the Penitentiary, with being a rene gade to his God and Religion, with be ing concerned in all schemes of plun der and corruption, etc. Despite the efforts of a few of their fellows to stop the family broil, knowing the truth of the old adage about thieves falling out, they still continued. The blood of the Yahoos was up, and they con tinued to hurl excrement in each oth ers faces and the faces of their fellow members, until the very air was taint ed, until the olfactories of all not train ed in Boston or Oberlin, were over borne by the truly Moil' stench. llow eminently characteristic of the party of moral ideas and holy practices! How fitting the actors, time and place. The slums and sewers of the worst canker spots of the worst modern cities, could not furnish such an amount of villain ous vituperation. Epithets that are but sparingly used in Bawdy and Boos ing Kens, flew through the Halls of Legislation in more than bacchanal profusion. Familiarity, with vice and crime, at least with the worst of their vocabularies, was more apparent than with thelanguageor laws of Commerce or th<' "quips and quirks" of the legal gentleman. Each Hon. gentleman succeeded in proving his adversary— and himself—a most villainous, gan grened scoundrel, totally unfit to occu py any position of honor and profit, to hfOfffho fKo aumo air trifh it* contamination to all honest, honorable men and such as no other civilized country under Heaven would allow to retain their places for a moment after such and expose. But what can we expect or hope from a Nation ruled by such characters as Butler, of Massachusetts, and Logan, of Illinois, and their worthy confreres. Male prostitutes, who, "in plying their vocation," have sacrificed every thought, feeling and impulse charac teristic of the gentleman, and are no toriously willing and anxious to con tinue. "Give us an ounce of Civet, Good i Apothecary." Rcvenon a Nous Mouotus , we have a few words to say yet on the fight of the Yalioos, or rather of the action of that white-washing committee, headed by Poland, of Vermont. "A decent respect for the opinions of mankind required" them to appoint a Committee of Investigation, organized and instructed to do for Washburne and Donnelly what the Committee of the Pennsylvania Legislature of a few years ago, headed by an illustrious cit izen and blood-stained Warrior of ye ancient Borough of Bedford, was in tended to do and did do, for Simon Cameron, that is white-wash him. This Committee, like the other, was authorized to send for persons and pa pers, and before commencing they let it he understood that the papers most acceptable to modern investigators, and lin peachers were Greenbacks. As for persons, the absence of Sanford Cano ver, was deeply to be regretted and in terfered sadly with the working of their committees, particularly the Smelling Committees, but as long as Ashley, of Ohio, and Butler, of .Massa chusetts, remained in Congress and ruled in National Affairs, they had hopes for the "God and Morality" par ty, and hoped to be able by "strict at tention to business to merit a continu ance of the patronage so liberally be- j stowed," Ac. (see Small bills). The Committee met on the 14th May. Washburne and Donnelly appeared personally and by Attorney. It was announced to the Committee that the language used on the floor of the I House had been drawn and had only been spoken in a Pickwickian sense. Nothing remained therefore for them to examine but the letter of the Illi noisan, in which he charged that Donnelly had run away from Phila delphia between two days, and chang ed his name to escape the Penitentiary, that he had betrayed iiis God and his religion, and been steeped in corrup tion and infamy ever since he had been in Congress, identified with schemes of plunder, every one of which was sure of his support. This is the sum and substance of the Washburne letter, I don't pretend to give the words. It seems to have been written in a Pickwickian spirit, if not with Pick wickian sense, and this sapient Com mittee divide they cannot investigate BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1868. it, Ac. And ask that the Committee be discharged and the Resolution ta bled, and so ends the most wanton, outrageous and disgraceful scene that has occurred in a deliberative body, since the world began. There is not a tribe of Savages on earth, feeding on locusts, lizards, cold mare meat, or train oil, that would submit to the deep disgrace of being led by such men, and yet the once proud, free and boast ful American Nation, bears this and infinitely more from this 'loil' party. Let us stop our Missions, quit the Tract business, stop sending Bibles and Preachers through the world, and try to clean up before our own doors, as they did in Jerusalem. A KIND HEART. A True French Romance. Knowing that the general class of readers are more interested in tales founded upon facts than fiction, we give the following sketch, which, al though rivaling many of those roman tic pictures drawn by fiction writers, is vouched for by an old English jour nal as being founded upon a real life occurrence, and merely polished by the pen of the writer. A newly mar ried couple had just come from the altar, and were about starting on a bridal tour, as the following conver sation took place: The newly married husband took one of his brides's hands in his own. "Allow me," said he, "thus to hold your hand, for \ dread lest you should quit me. I tremble lest thisshould he an illusion. It seems to me that I am the hero of one of those fairy tales which amused me in my boyhood, and which, in the hour of happiness, some malignant fairy steps ever in to throw the victim into grief and despair." "Re-assure yourself, my dear Fred eric," said the lady. '"I was yester day the widow of Sir James Melton, and to-day I am Madame de la Tour, your wife. Banish from your mind the idea of the fairy. This is not a fiction but a history." Frederic de la Tour had, indeed some reason to suppose that his fortunes were the work of a fairy's wand; for, inthecourseof oneor two short months, by a seemingly inexplicable stroke of fortune, he had been raised to hap piness and wealth beyond his desires. A friendless orphan, twenty-live years old, he had been the holder of a clerk ship which brought him a scanty live lihood, when, one day, as he passed along the Rue St. Honore, a rich equip age stopped suddenly before him, and a young and olefint woman called from it to him, "Monsieur, Monsieur," said she. At the same time, on a given signal, the footman leaped down, opened the carriage door, and invited Frederic to enter. lie did so, though with some hesitation and surprise, and the car riage started off at full speed. "I have received your note, sir," said the lady to M. de la Tour, in a very soft and sweet voice; "and, in spite of refusal, I hope yet to see you to-morrow evening at my party." "To see me, Madame!" cried Fred eric. "Yes, sir, you Ah! a thousand pardons," continued she, with an air of confusion. "I see my mistake. Forgive me, sir! you are so like a particular friend! What can you think of me? Yet the resemblance is so striking that it Would have deceiv ed any one." Of course Frederic replied politely to the apologies. Just as they were terminated the car riage stopped at the door of a splendid mansion, and the young man could do no more than offer his arm to Lady Melton, as the fair stranger announced herself to he. Though English in name, the fair lady, nevertheless, was evidently of French origin. Her ex treme beauty charmed M. de la Tour, and he congratulated himself upon the happy accident which had gained him such an acquaintance. Lady Melton loaded him with civilities, and he was not ill-looking, certainly; hut he had not the vanity to think his appearance was magnificent; atul his plaid and scanty wardrobe prevented Dim from doing credit to histailo . He accepted an invitation to the par ty spoken of. Invitations to other parties followed ; and, to be brief, the young man soon found himself an. es tablished visitant at the house of Lady Melton. She, a rich and beautiful widow, was encircled by admirers.— One by one they disappeared, giving way to the poor clerk, who seemed to engross the lady's whole thoughts. Finally, almost by her own asking, they were betrothed. Frederic used to look sometimes at the glass which hung in his humble lodging, and won der to what circumstances he owed his happy fortune. He used to conclude his meditations by the reflection that assuredly the lovely widow was ful filling some unavoidable award of des tiny. As for his own feelings the lady was lovely, young, rich, accomplished, and noted for her sensibility and vir tue—could he hesitate? When the marriage contract was signed his astonishment was redoubled, for he found himself, through the la dy's love, the possessor of large prop erty both in England and France. The presence of friends had certified and sanctioned the union, yet, as has been stated, Frederic felt some strange fears, in spite of himself, lest all should prove an illusion, and he grasped his bride's hand as if to prevent her being spirited away from his view. "My dear Frederic," said the lady, smilingly, "sit down beside me and let me say something to you." The young husband obeyed, but did not quit her hand. She began, "Once on a time"—Frederic started, and half seriously exclaimed, "Heavens! it is a fairy tale!" "Listen to me, fool ish boy," resumed the lady. "There was once a young girl, the daughter of parents well-born, and at one time rich, but who had declined sadly in circumstances. Until her fifteenth year the family lived in Lyons, depen ding entirely for subsidence upon the labor of her father. Some better hopes sprung up and induced them to come to Paris; hut it is difficult to stop in the descent down the the path of mis fortune. For three years the father struggled hard against poverty, and at last died in the hospital. The mother soon followed ; and the young girl was left alone, the occupant of a garret of which the rent was not paid. If there were any fairy connected with the story this was the moment for her appearance; hut none came. The young girl remained alone, without friends or protectors, harassed by debts which she could not pay, and seeking in vain for some species of employ ment. She found none; still if was necessary for her to have food. One day passed on which she tasted noth ing. The night that followed was sleepless. Next day was again passed without food, and the poor .girl was forced into the resolution of begging. She covered her head with her moth er's veil, the only heritage she had received, and stopping so to simulate age, she went out into the street.— When there, she held out her hand. Alas! the hand was white, and youth ful, and delicate. She felt the necessi ty of covering it up in the folds of tiie veil, as if it had been leprosied. Thus concealed, the poor girl held out her hand to a young woman who passed— one more happy than herself—and asked, 'A sou—a .single sou—to get bread!' The petition was unheeded. An old mail passed. The mendicant thought that experience of the distres ses of life might have softened one like him, but she was in error. Ex perience had only hardened, not sof tened, his heart. "The night was cold and rainy, and the hour had come when the night po lice appeared to keep the streets clear of all mendicants and suspicious char acters. At this period the shrinking girl took courage once more to hold out her hand to a passer by. It was a young man. He stopped at the silent appeal, and diving into his pockets pulled out a piece of money, which he threw to her, being apparently afraid to touch a thing so miserable. Just as he did this, one of the police said to the girl: "Ah, I have caught you, have I? you are hogging. To the office with you! Come along!" "The young man intersposed. He took hold hastily of the mendicant, of her whom lie had before seemed afraid to touch, and, addressing himself to the policemen, said reprovingly: 'This woman is not a beggar. No ; she is— she is one whom I know.' But, sir, said the officer . 'I tell you that she is an acquaintance of mine,' re peated the young stranger. Then turning to the girl, whom lie took for an old and feeble woman, he contin ued : "Come along, my good dame, and permit me to see you safely to the end of the street. Giving his arm to the unfortunate girl, he then led her away, saying: 'Here is a piece of a hundred sous. It is all I have—take it, poor woman." ' "The crown of a hundred sous passed from your hand to mine," coutinuod the lady, "and as you walked along, supporting my steps, 1 then, through my veil, distinctly saw your face and figure"— "My figure!" said Frederic, in a mazement. "Yes, my friend, your figure," re turned his wife, "it was me that you gave alms on that night. It was my life—my honor, perhaps —that you then saved !" "You a mendicant—you. so young, so beautiful, and now so rich," cried Frederic. "Yes, my dearest husband," replied the lady, "1 have in my life received alms —once only—and from you ; and those alms have decided my fate for life. "On the day following that miserable night an old woman, in whom I had inspired some sentiments of pity, ena bled me to enter as seamstress in a re spectable house. Cheerfulness returned to me with labor. I had the good fortune to beccome a favorite with the mistress whom I served, and, indeed, I did my best, by unwearied diligeneeand care, to merit her favor. She was often visited by people in high life. One day Sir James Melton, an Englishman of great property, came to the establishment along with a party of ladies. He returned again, lie spoke with my mistress, and learnt that I was of good family; in short learnt my whole history. The result was, that he sat down by my side one day and asked me plainly if I would marry him. "Marry you!" cried I, in surprise. "Sir James Melton was a man of sixty, tall, pale and feeble-looking. In answer to my exclamation of astonish ment, he said : 'Yes, I ask if you will be my wife? lam rich, but have no VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,448. comfort—no happiness. My relatives seem to yearh to see me in my grave. T have ailments which require a degree of kindly care that is not to be bought from servants. I have heard your story, and believe you to be one who will sup port prosperity as well as you have adversity. I make my proposal sin cerely, and hope that you will agree to it," "A that time Frederic," continued the lady, "I loved you ; I had seen you but once, but that once was too memor able for me ever to forget it, and some thing always insinuated to me that we were destined to pass through life to gether. At the bottom of my soul, I believe this. Yet every one around me pressed me to accept of the offer made me, and the thought struck me that 1 might one dax make you weal thy. At length my main objection to Sir James Melton's proposal lay in a dis inclination to make myself the instru ment of vengeance in Sir Jame's hands against relatives whom he might dis like without good grounds. The objec tion, when stated, only increased his anxiety for my consent, and finally, under the impression that it would be after all carrying romance the length of folly to reject the advantageous set tlement offered to me, I consented to Sir Jame's proposal. "This part of the story, Frederic, is really like a fairytale. I, a poor or phan, penniless, became the wife of one of the richest baronets of England. Dressed in silks, and sparkling with jewels, I could now pass in my carriage through the very streets where, a few months before, 1 had stood in the rain and darkness—a mendicant?" "Happy Sir James !" cried M. de la Tour, at this part of the story ; "he could prove his love by enriching you." "lie was happy," resumed the lady. "Our marriage, so strangely assorte i, proved much more conducive, it is pro bable, to his own comfort than if he had wedded one with whom all the parade of settlements, ot pin money, would have been necessary. "Never, I believe, did he for an in stant repent of our union. I, on my part, conceived myself bound to do my best for the solace of his declining years;and he, on his part, thought it incumbent on him to provide for my future welfare. He died, leaving me a large part of his substance—as much indeed, as 1 could prevail upon myself to accept. I was now a widow, and from the hour to which I became so, I vowed never again to give my hand to man, excepting to him who had suc cored me in my hour or distress, and whose remembrance had ever been pre served in the recess of my heart. But how to discover that man ? Ah, uncon scious ingrate ! to make no endeavor to come in the way of one who sought to love and enrich you ! I knew not your name. In vain I looked for you at balls, assemblies, and theatres. You went not there. Ah, how T longed to meet you !" As the lady spoke she took from her neck a riband, to which was attach ed a pieeeof a hundred sous. , "It is the same—the very same which you gave me," said she, presenting it to Freder ic ; "by pledging it I got a little bread from a neighbor, and 1 earned enough afterward in time to permit me to re cover it. I vowed never to part from it. "Ah, how happy 1 was, Frederic, when I saw you in the street! The ex cuse which 1 made for sloping you was the first that rose in my mind. But what tremors 1 felt even after ward, lest you should have been al ready married ! In that ease you would never have heard aught of this fairy tale, though I would have taken some means to serve and enrich you. 1 would have gone to England, and there passed my days in regret, perhaps, b it still in peace. But happily, it was to be otherwise. You were single." Frederic de la Tour was now awa kened, as it were, to the full certainty of his happiness. What he could not but before look upon as a sort of freak of fancy in a young and wealthy wo man, was now proved to be the result of deep and kindly feeling, most hon orable to her who entertained it. The heart of the young husband overflowed with gratitude and affection to the lovely and noble-hearted being who had given herself to him. He was too happy for some time to speak. His wife first broke silence. ".So Frederic," said she gayly, "you see that if I am a fairy it is you who has given me the wand—the talsman —that has effected all!" RELIGION is common sense, and the reason why men and women do not see it is, because they put out their eyes by indulging themselves in evil. Miss Hettie Robinson, the famous lady of the Howland will case, has just died in Paris. If her child lives it will inherit, when of age, $35,000,000. That child ought to be willing to stay on earth a while." KCKII IDES waToneof the very few men who have been choked to death by the seed of a grape, but a great many die every day from swallowing thejuiee. "You cruel man !" exclaimed Mrs. Jones, "my tears have no effect on you at all" "Well drop them, my dear," said Jones. A PANTHER, supposed to be a mem ber of the Ku-Klux, was killed in Mo bile some days since. I WHAT Will Tr bF.MOCfMTA OOP It has been asked, "What will the j Democrats.do if we help to place them in power?" The question is so well i and appropriately answered and sosat- I isfaelory summed up, by Gen. W. A. j Gorman, of Minnessola, in a late speech, that we insert the answer here: "if the Democracy get power in the Government, they will reduce the tar ill' tax 011 all your tea, and what you drink and wear. "They will restore the Union, and turn over all the Southern States' ex penses to be paid by the South alone. "We will turn over and abolish ten thousand abolition Frcedmen's Bu reau officeholders, and save millions of dollars to the people's pockets. "We will bid the South to support themselves and go to raising cotton and sugar, and we will continue to raise produce to feed them. "We will pay the public debt in the same currency we pay you and the same you pay each other, and thus save millions more in the pockets of the people. "If we pay the rich in gold we will pay you in gold. If we pay you in paper money, we will pay the ple theoric bond-holders in paper mon ey. "We will enact laws to enable you to buy your goods where you can buy the cheapest, and sell where you can get the best price. "We will protect labor from the en croachment of capital. "We will leave each State to govern itself, limited only by the Federal Con stitution. "We will reduce the army in the South, and send them to the plains to protect the frontier and new routes to the Far West. "We will restore commerce, peace and good will between the North .and South. "We will reduce taxes, both State and National. "We will lessen the office-holders, and release you from taxation to sup port them. "We will enact laws inside and not outside the Constitution. "We will restore peace at home and maintain your honor abroad. "We will inaugurate a day of moder ation, order and good will, instead of hate and ill will as now taught by Ja cobin politicians. "We will give equal rights to all, and grant exclusive privileges to none. "We will substitute calm statesman ship for mad Jacobinism. "We will make pets of negroes no longer at the expense of the whiter, nor force suffrage for them at the ex pense and against the wiil of those who have created and maintained the Gov ernment." HOED CHOPS.- Hoed crops are the most costly in labor of any which the farmer grows. Therefore, they should fie tfie most profitable. The greatest difficulty which the farmer in this coun try has to contend with in order to make his business profitable, is the price of labor; and as he is obliged to bestow a great deal on his hoed crops, he should take care, by judicious man agement and use of the products, to make his outlay of capital remuner ative. How to do this should be a sub ject of much thought. Corn and potatoes are the two most largely grown and important of this class of products. One rule which will apply to both, which the wise farmer will act upon, is to obtain as large a yield as possible from each acre plan ted. This will diminish the amount of labor in proportion to the product obtained. Every bushel will, therefore cost less than when the yield is small. The next important point is to get the best return for the crop. A3 corn is the best reliance of the stock feeder in this country, and as manure from stock is essential to grow continued large crops, it is obvious that skillful feeding to stock is the most remuner ative disposal that can be made of the corn crop. Hence, good breeds, am ple shelter, and proper care, are indispensible adjuncts. In short, if labor has cost you too much, resolve to plant le>s ground, but raise more per acre. This can easily l>e done if you will only set about it. Next, determine that your corn shall produce more pounds of meal per bushel than heretofore. This you can ac complish by a timely and judicious selection of improved breeds of stock, and mop' skill employed in handling them. No farmer should be satisfied if he cannot improve every year 011 his past method. Thought and en ergy applied to your business will do this. The potatoe crop is always sold for cash, and this produces no manure for the land. For this reason, it is a very exhausting crop, and no farmer can persist long in growing it largely without impoverishing his land. On account of their bulk, potatoes can not be grown profitably a great dis tance from market. On the right sort of land, ami near market, they usually produce a good return of money per acre; and potatoe growers should devote part of the proceeds of the crop towards the purchasing of manure to renovate the land. Plant less, manure more, and your labor will bring greater profit.— Rural Were Yorker. SCHOOLMASTER.— "BiII Smith, what is a widow ?" Bill—"A widow is a married woman that hain't got no husband 'cause he'- dead." Master—"Very well, what is a wid ower?" Bill—"A widdiwer is a man what runs arter widders." Master—"Well Bill, that's not ex actly according to Johnson, but it will do."
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