BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
3}R#-S>OOCLS, CTR.
/ 1 GOD NEWS
I I
FOB riiE PEOPLE!
J. M. SHOEMAKER
Hssjttfet rev- ivul a large and varied a. rtoj-.i tof
FALL and WINTER GOODS,
of all descriptions, which have been bought at
UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES,
and which ho is determined to sell CHEAP.
They consist iu part of
Dry Goods,
Boots and Shoes,
Ready-made Clothing,
Hats and Caps.
Fresh Groceries,
Bu-feels and Brooms.
Queenswsre,
Tobacco.
Segars .to
Give him a call and sec for yourselves.
nov6th,"64 J. M. SHOEMAKER.
1868. 'j xlx -
G. R. OSTER A CO.
Have just received a large and Attractive Stock
of new and CIIVAP
FA LL GOODS,
CoUPFISIINO
Ladies dress goods.
Cloths.
C-'s-iineres.
Satinetts,
Tweeds.
Jeans,
Flannels,
Ready made clothing.
Hats.
Caps.
Boots,
Shoes,
Fresh Family Groceries,
'fob lee'os,
Segars. Ac.,
DECIDEDLY CHEAP.
Bedford oct! 6.'68
J JENDERSOX S Celebrated Fresh
Ground, £xtr& Fitini-y Flour constantly in Store
ami tor stile by G R OSTER A CO.
0ct16.'68
4 B. CRAMER V CO.
-A A- •
Have now <qen and offer for sale,
AT REDUCED PRICES,
the largest and most elegant stock -if
FALL and WINTER GOODS
to be found
IN BEDFORD COUNTY!
Tho assortment is complete, and GREAT BAR
GAINS in every department will be offered.
now',. 68. A B CRAMER A CO. |
VKW GOODS:! NEW GOODS
'J uc undersigned has just received from the Ea.-t 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-( Joodsi,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Cassimers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
Ac., Ac.
All of which will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
j -J Thankful for post favors, we solicit a con
tinuance ot the public tronage.
_ Call and exam r goods.
may 24."67. G. V EAGER
4 full assortment of
X E W G O O D 8
AT M C. FETTEKLY 4 CORNER.
Opposite the Washington II del. where will be
I-un i it all times DltY an I FANCY GOODS
a lapted to the <1 lily wants of families :
Shawls,
Bonnets,
Hats,
Cloak Goods, ;
of the best qualities and latest styles A full line
of White Goods. Woolen Good-, II -siery, Uloves.
Handkerchiefs, Lares. Ac . Ac.
Thankful to the public for past patronage, we
hope to merit a continuance of the satin- in the
future M C. FEITEKLY.
novl3m3*
j ARDW AB E A STOVES!
JI4CGHMAN.GUMP A CO ,
Bloody Run, Pa.
DEALERS IN
I) -alcrs in Iron, Nails,
Horse Shoc~, Biriiip;4, Axles,
TliimbleSkeins, Hubs, Spokes,
Felloes, Sleigh itunuers, Sleijfh
Bells, Forks, Shovels, Saws, Axes, j
Spoons, Cutlery, CtHtkiii}; and
Heating Stoves for coal or
wood. Glass, Paints, Gils,
Lamps, Woodenware,
Ac., Ac.
They manufacture Tin and Sheet Ironware and
have constantly on hand an assortin-nt of
TINWARE and STOVE PIPE.
All goods kept by them will be sold at the low- j
est price- oelM
fTMIEHOUSEHOLDGAS Machine! j
Frit SUPPLYING DWELLINGS,STORES. FAC
TORIES CHURCHES AND PUBLIC
BUILDINGS WITH GAS '
Generates Gas without Eire or Heat '
The simplicity and ease bv which this Machine i
is man iged. as also its economy and great merit,
recommends it to public favor. C >ll and see ma j
cliiue in operation at the store'
Manufacturer and So| Ageut,
DAVID JONES.
TIN FURNISHING STORE. No733GREEN ST
PHILADELPHIA.
ISend for illustrated aug2lm3
W. CHOUSE,
* Dr.AIKR iv ALL KI.VDS or
SUGARS,
TOBACCO,
PIPES.
And a general assortment of Smoker* and Cbew
ers' article> ; BEDFOKie, Pa.
jul3l,'6Byl j
tfolumn.
you ALL
J HAVE HEARD or
HOG ELAN D> GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAXD'S HERMAN TOXIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia
i Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
t ntirelv diff.'rent from ■ y -he many preparations
now in the country cat 1-1 led Bittersor Tonics.
They are no tavern* A-preparaton. or any
thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi
cine-. They are
The greatest known remedies foe
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUN DI IE,
Diseases of the Kidnevs,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Disease.* arising from a Dis >rlered Liver.
' stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation. Flatulence. Inwirl Pile". Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity "f the Stomach,
Nausea. Heartburn, Di*aut for Food. Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach. Sour Eru'--
tati- ns. Sii king or Fluttering a! the
Pit of lhe Stomach. Swimming of the
Hettd. Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the ,•. Heart, Cooking or
Suffocating So- sag I tions when in a Lving
Posture. Dimness of V./ Vision, p. ts or Webs
before the sight. Dull Pain in the Head. Defi
ciency "t Perspiration. Yellowness ofthe Skin
and Eyes Pain in the Side. Back. Ch> -t,
Limbs, etc . Sud len Flushes of lleat.
Burning in the Flesh. Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirit-.
All these indicate diseases ofthe Litre nr Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
IIOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS
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. ■ ft These extracts are
then forwarded to this V/ country to be used ox
pres-Iy far the manufacture of these Bitters.
There i* m> alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters lb it can be used in cuses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAXD'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with ri'KK Santa Ciuz Rum.Orange, etc. It
i- used for the * tuie diseases as the Biters. in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is require-!.
You will bear in mind that these remedies are en
tirely lift" rent fro.u any others advertised f>r the
cure of the diseases name I. these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
er- ire mere decoctions of rum in some form The
TONIC is decidedly one ofthe most pleasant and
agrei :b!e remedies tier offered to tbe public Its
ta.-te 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 equnl to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic a in cases of Debility
They impart a tone |-i and vigor to tbe whole
system, strengthen * the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
g> s if, purify the bio it. give a goo I, Sound,
healthy Complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a bloom to the checks, 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 !he Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Me licjues. They can be
administered with perfect gaiety to a child three
in Dths old, the uiost delicate feuiale, or u man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blond Purifiers
ver known and will cure all di-cascn resultinz
from bad I lo.d K--ep yiur blood pure; keep
your Liver in older, • iceep your digestive
organs in a sound, I he.iltby condition by
the use of these rent a J lies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best ui'-n in thecounfy
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go lor anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W WOODWARD.
Chief Justice ot the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILAD-LPBM. March 16 1447
I find that ■■llooftuiid's German Bitters'" is not
sn intoxicating beverage, but is * goo-l tonic, use
iul in disorders of the lig.-'ive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility aud want of uer
vou„ ,-p-non in the system
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD
FROM HON JAMES TAOMPSON
Judge of the Snnreme C mrl of Pennsvlv ania
PHILADELPHIA April 24. 1566
1 consider "H mil's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in esse . of atiank* of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia I \ can certify this from
my experience of it. a m Yours, withre-pect.
JAMES THOMPSON."
FROM REV JOSEPH U. KENNARD, D. D ,
Pastor of the Tenth B iptist Church, Philadelphia.
DK JACKSON— DEAR SIR :—I have been fre
quently requested to connect tnv name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, bu
regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in allcases declined; but with a
clear proof in various iustan- e-. ami particularly
in my OWL family, ot tbe usefulness ot Dr. Uoof-
IHII i s German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full couiiction
th it for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Coin -r plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation Iu souie cas s
it may fail; bnt usual A- a |y 5 I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those wbosuffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respe • fully.
J. H. KENNARD,
Eigth. below Coatesatreet.
CAUTION
Hoofl md's German Remedies are eounterfeite I.
The tdcnuiue have the signature of C M. JACK
SON OH the front of the outside wrapper of e.ieb
bottle, and the name of the article blown iu each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of tlie Hitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for sA.
Price of the Tonie, §1 30 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $7 30.
Tbe tonic is put up in quirt bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. II iifi.au i 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 say A.-'ts just as good be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At tbe German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CIIAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
? irmerly C M JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers an 1 Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to rximiux the article you buy
IU order to get l/te ge/111l /Iff.
I jn a/20 66/1
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Publishers.
M AN MI..
A Story for Suspicion* People.
A lady purchased a home in a beau
tiful village, about forty mile- from a
well known city. Slu* longed for fresh
air and quiet scenes, and doubtless site
would have found all (he happiness
which site sought in this pleasant re
treat, had not the place been haunted
by that terrible spectre — Scttittlttf.
"Have you seen tlie new arrival?"—
asked Mrs. Thomas, of her neighbor, ;
.Mrs. Lawrence, about a week after the
stranger took possession of Maple Cot
tage, as the little place she had pur
chased was railed.
A curl of the lip and a shrug of the
shoulders was all the reply made by
Mrs. Lawrence; but in the gestures i
Mrs. Thomas saw, or supposed she 1
saw, a sufficient reason for shunning
the acquaintance of the stranger.
Had Mrs. Lawrence, who was a great
stickler for aristocratic society, answer
ed the question in words; had -lie ex
pr<.—t d her real opinion of iter new
neighbor in tangible form, no very
great results would have occurred, for
she would have said "Yes, 1 have seen
her; she hud on a cheap delaine dress,
and I hear she does her own washing," j
—no very serious charges, hut accord- ;
ing to Mrs. Lawrence's ideas of "good j
-ociety," quite suffi'<tt tndeprive her
of all claim to the little of "lady"— j
hence her curled lip and shr lg of dis
gt|Sf.
Mrs. Thomas, who was very jealous !
and s s.iicious, translated this sign of
language in her own way. Being ex
tremely sensitive a* to what Mrs.
Grundy should say, she was always on 1
the watch, test accidentally, she should
be seen speaking to persons of low
character; therefore she caught at this
straw, and turned it over in her mind
until she made out a very serious case
tor the stranger.
"I have no doubt," she said to her
husband at night, "that she has a bad
reputation it! the city. She has come
here dressed in deep mourning, hut
who knows whether she ever had a
husband? An t if she had , her wearing
h'aek is no sign he's dread, in my opin
ion, and Mis. Thomas drew her mouth
into a nio-t sanctimonious expression—
a iook which almost always indicates
the Pharisaical, "I am better than
thou !"
The next day quite a crowd had
gathered in the store of Mr. Thomas,
waiting for the arrival of the daily
mail, which was due about this hour.
The stranger came in to make some
trilling purchases and was started at
ly the people, a- strangers always are.
A tier she left the store, some remarks
were made concerning her lady-like
appearance. Mr. Thomas immediately
rejoined, "Yes, she appears enough
like a lady, hut my wife thinks her
; reputation none the best."
Customers coining in, nothing more
was said at that time, but the tire of
scandal was kindled—the story spiead
rapidly, each one telling it in his
o.vn way, until there was not a family
i i the plaee but heard and believed the
lying rumor.
\Weks passed on, and the inmate of
Maple Cottage felt that for some reas
on she was looked upon with much sus
picion and dslike. There was no hos
tility, nothing said or done, for which
j siie could demand an explanation. She
tried to remember some act or word
: which could have given offence; but
in vain did she call to mind every
I word she had ever spoken to the vil
-1 igers—she could remember nothing
j in her conduct to warrant such neglect,
and she could only suffer in silence.
Every day sferned to increase the
I avoidance of her neighbors; and she
seeing this, ceased making overtures
toward an acquaintance with them,
' sending to the city for her household
supplies, and never came in contact
with any of them, save at church ;
and even here she most generally
| fmiul a whole seat at her disposal.
At lust the storm which had so long
darkened the village horizon, seemed
a tout to hurst over her head. There were
lov\ threats of driving her out from the
place, and the mob spirit seemed to he
gathering strength.
About this time, some three mouths
after the stranger had came to Mup'e
! Cottage, a very handsome traveling
carriage, drawn by a span of noble
grays, stopped in front of her dwelling,
| and a fine looking man, apparently
about fifty years of age, with his wife
and two children, was seen to alight
anJtuier t lie house. All that day
j uuJ through the evening, there was
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1308.
heard the sound of happy voices, min
gled with the rippling laughter of joy
ous hearts.
The next day was Sunday, but this
time the widow did not sit alone.—
Strange looks, and low murmured
words ran through the congregation,
aud the minister -eemed to share the
surprise of bis audience, and looked
and preached as though under painful
embarrassment. He recognized in the
stranger, a minister, whose reputation
was world-wide—no other than the
rich and the distinguished President
of College, from which he was
a graduate.
Professor C. remembered his former j
pupil, hut it must he confessed lie was
both surprised and disappointed. He
had given the young man credit for
individual talent, but this sermon was !
a repetition of poor platitudes, and a
truckling to public opinion, which i
allowed a weak and little mind.
After service, the President stopped
a moment until the preacher came for
ward. and when the greetings were
over he said, kindly: "My sister wrote
me that Richard Forbes was preaching
here, hut I did not connect the name j
with the memory of my former pupil."
"Your sister!" -aid the embarrassed
young man. "I was not aware that I
had ever had the honor of preaching
before sueli a hearer. You do not
mean to say that the woman with
whom you entered is your sister?"
"And why not?" It is now Prof. C"s.
turn to look surprised.
Sure enough, why not ? What did
fie know against the woman of whom
all had been "speaking evil" for the !
last three months.—He had taken !
these cruel surmises for granted, and
had been so far inflame d by the scan- !
dai that he had failed to call upon the i
strange .—A sense of the impropriety
and guilt of his conduct rushed across
his mind—suppose the woman was re- j
ally the disgraced and guilty being
that j üblic opinion—-the public opin- 1
ion ofthe village—claimed, was it not
his duty to save sinners? Christ came, !
"not to call the righteous, but sinners
to repentance!" How had he fiulfllicd
his mis-ion? And yet he stood in his 1
pulpit and claimed to he a follower of
the meek and lowly Savior.
"There i-.something about this matter ;
that I cannot understand." said Prof.
C., as he scanned the changing counte- j
nance of the young preacher. "You
do not mean to say that my sister has |
been a resident of your place and a lis
tener to your preaching for three : '
months, without your calling upon
her? The duties of a preacher are sure- j
ly better defined—"
"i;ut I did not dare!"—and here the >
poor man stammered and stopped ; for
ne cotitd iitu exi-i.-c himself, without '
exposing the gos-dp of the eongrega- '
tion.
' Did not dare to call on my sister,
the widow of General Finch?"—and
the tinge of contempt mingled with
the look of surprise and indignation
with which lie contemplated the j
abashed and crest fallen young preach- j '
er.
After reaching his sister's residence, '
he questioned her in regard to the mat- j '
ter; but here be was again baffled. 1
She could only tell him that, since her
residence in the place, she had been
"let alone," in the full acceptance of
the term. Determined to understand I .
the wherefore of such a proceeding, he (
again demanded an explanation of the S
minister, who was finally compelled to 1
admit that he hail supposed, from the •
gossip of lii* church members, that the j
woman was a very outcast from socio
ty, and that tiiere had been talk of
driving her from the place.
"She will not care to remain," said
the profe—or ; "but b"fore she goes, I
shall sift this matter thoroughly; and 1
so lie did, gathering up, link by link, 1
tbe whole chain of scandal until he
came to Mrs. Lawrence.—Rut this the 1
1 itter utterly denied, and Mrs. Thomas
wa- at last obliged to confess that Mrs. '
L; \vr< nee had merely -hrugged her 1
shoulders and curled her lip, when !
asked her opinion of her r.ew neigh- '
b r.
"All, indeed !" was Mrs. Lawrence's '
rejoin dir. "I remember of thinking , j
she could not he much of a lady, as
she wore a laded delaine and did her
own washing!"
And there the mattter rested. Mrs.
Lawrnii e. with a look and a shrug of
tlie shoulders, and Mrs. Thomas by
jealous surmises, had caused sorrow and
pain to an innocent person—they had,
iti fact, stolen the good name ol one
who had never injured them ; and but
for the timely appearance of her broth
er, the consequences might have still
been more serious.
The professor preached the following
Sunday, and at t lie conclusion of the
discourse he repeated the tale of wrong,
adding, "Had this woman really been
poor and frie nd!e-s, as supposed, what
would the end have been? Deprived
of her good name and, in consequence,
of all means of earning a livelihood,
she would doubtless have been elis
ctiuraged and despondent, and sunk
down to the grave a victim of these*an
dal of those falsely e'alling themselves
I /trisfians ; and you in thesight of God,
would not only have been classed a
mong liars, but murderers."
A GRATEFUL FATHER.— The little
son of a i rooklyn clothing dealer fell
into the East Itiver, a few days since,
and was rescued from a watery grave
by a working man who jumped into
the river at the risk of his life, and by
great exertions brought the lad to shore.
The father, as a grateful recompense to
the preserver of his child generously
offered to "iron out his wet clothes if he
would bring them around to the store.
The reign of high-heeled boots has
been short; fashion has utterly dis
carded them.
A foot race between three girls was
a feature of a late lowa fair.
Froui sfic New York Home Journal before ihe war
lOIIJI 1 \< lU'IIMSIIMK,
THE NIGHT FURERAL OF A SLAVE
Traveling recently on business, i:
the interior of Georgia, I reach <l, jus
I at sunset, the mansion of the proprie
I tor, through whose estate for the las
I half hour of my journey, I had pursuer
imy way. My tired companion pricket
his ears, and with a low whiney iudicat
! ed his pleasure as I turned up the broad
; avenuelcadingtothehouse. Caliingti
a black boy iu view, I bade him in
quire of his owner if I could be accom
modated with lodgings for the night.
My request brought the proprietor
himself to the dor, from thence, after
a scrutinizing glance at my own person
and equipments, heinquired my name,
' business, and destination. I promptly
responded to his questions, and lie in-
I vital me to alight and enter the house,
• in the true spirit of Southern hospitali
ty.
He was apparently thirty years of
: age.and evidently a man of education
and refinement. I soon observed an
air of gloomy abstraction about him;
he said bat little, and even that little
I seemed the result of an effort to obvi
ate the Seeming want "of civility to a
stranger. At supper the mistress of
the mansion appeared, and did the
honors of the table, in he" particular
department. She was exceedingly
j lady-like and beautiful, only as South
ern women are, that is beyond com
parison with those of any other por
tion of this republic I have ever seen.
She retir d immediately after supper,
and a servant handing some splendid
Habannas on a small silver tray, we
had just seated ourselves comfortably
before the enormous fire of oak wood,
when a servant appeared at the end
door near my host, hut in hand, and
uttered in subdued but distinct tones,
the to me, startling words.
"Master, de coffin hab come."
"Very well," was the only reply,
and the servant disappeared.
My host remarked my gaze of inquis
itive wonder and replied to it—
"l have been very sad," said be, "to
day. I have had a greater misfortune
than I have experienced since my
father's death. I lost this morning the
truest and most reliable friend I had in
the world—one whom I had been ac
customed to honor and respect since
my earliest recollection. He was the
playmate of mv father's youth, and
the mentor of mine; a faithful servant,
an honest man, ami a sincere christian,
I stood by his bed ,-ide to-day, and,
with his hands clasped in mine, I heard
the last words he uttered. They were,
'Master meet me in heaven.'"
Ilis voice faltered a moment, and he
continued, after a pause, with increas
ed excitement—
"llU los.-) is a melancholic one to me.
If 1 left my home, I said to him, 'John,
see that ail things are taken care of,'
and I knew tluit my wife and child,
property and all were as safe as though
they were garth d by a hundred sol
diers. I never spoke a linr-Ji word to
him in all my life, for he never deserv
ed if. 1 have a hundred others, many
of them faithful and true, but his loss
is irreparable."
I came from a section of the Union
where slavery does not exist, and 1
brought with me all the prejudices
which so generally prevail in the
Northern States in regard to thi
"institution." I had already seen
much to soften these, but the obser
vation of years would have failed to
give me so clear an insight into the re
lation between master and servant as
this simple Incident. It was not the
haughty planter, the lordly tyrant,
talking of Ids dead slave as of Ins dead
horse; but the kind-hearted gentle
man lamenting the loss ar.d eulogizing
the virtues of his good ohl/mm/.
After an interval of silence my host
r< 'sunied—
"There are many of the old man's
relations and friends who would wish
to attend the funeral. To afford them
an opportunity, several plantations
have la-en notified that he wil' be bur
ied to-night. Some, I presume, have
aln ady arrived ;and d< siring to see that
all things are properly prepared for
his interment, I trust you will excuse
my absence for a few moments."
"Most certainly, sir, hut," I added
"if there is no impropriety. I would be
pleased to accompany you."
"There is none," be replied, and I
followed bim to a long row of cabins
situated at a distance of some three
hundred yards from the mansion. The
house was crowded with negroes, who
all arose on our entrance, and many of
them exchanged greetings with mine
host in terms that convinced me that
they felt that he was an object of sym
pathy from them ! The corpse was de
posit! d in the coffin, attired in a shroud
of the finest cotton materials, and the
coffin itself painted black.
The master stopped at its head, an
laying his hand upon the cold brow of
bis faithful bondsman, gazed long and
intently upon features with which
he had been so long familiar, and
which he now looked upon for the last
time ; raising his eyes at length, and
glancing at the serious countenances
now bent upon his, be said solemnly
and u it D much feeling :
"He was a faithful servant and a
true christain ; if you follow his exam
pie, and live as he lived, none of you
need fear when the time comes for
you to lie hear."
A patriarch, with the snow of eighty
winters on his head answered—
"Master, il is true, and we will try
to live like him."
There was a murmur of general as
sent, and after giving some instructions
relative to the burial, we returned to
the dwelling.
About nine o'clock a servant appear
ed with the notice that they were ready
to move, and to know if further in
structions were necessary. My host
; remarked to me that by stepping into
the piazza, I would probably witness,
to me, a novle scene. The procession
had moved, and ils route led within
a few yards of the man ion. There
, were at least one hundred and fifty ne
groes, arranged four deep, and follow
ing a wagon in which wu* placed the
coffin. Down the entire length of the
line a' intervalsofa few feet on each
side, were carried torches of resinous
pine, here called light wood. About
the centre was stationed tbe black
preacher, a man of gigantic frame and
stentorian lun/s, who gave out, from
memory, the words of a hymn suitable
| for the occasion. The Southern ne
groes are proverbial for the melody and
compass of their voices, and I thought
that, hymn, mellowed by distance, the
most solemn and yet the sweetest mus
ic that bail ever fallen upon my ear.
The stillness of the night and the
strength of their voices enabled me to
distinguish the air at the distance of
: half a mile.
It was to me a strange and solemn
scene, and no incident of my life has
impressed me with more powerful r
motions than tip'night funeral of the
poor negro. For this reason I have
hastily and mo.-t im perfectly sketched
its leading features. Previous to my
retiring to my room, 1 saw in the
hands of a daughter of tiie lady at
whose house I stopped for the night a
number of the Journal, and it occurred
to me to send this to your paper per
fectly indifferent wl ether it he pub
lished or not. lam but a brief so
journer here. I hail from a colder
clime, where it is our proud boast that
all men arc free and equal. I shall re- '
turn to my Northern home deeply im
pressed with the belief, that, dispen
sing with the name of freedom, the ne
groes of the South are the happiest and
most contented people on the face of
the earth.
THE TIIADIN OF A V IMA IN.
The following observations, which
we copy verbatim from an "Old Curios
ty Shop," have reference to animals,
and exhibit at lest their apparent
knowledge of the sciences; also their
professions, occupations, and enjoy
ments; R ;es are geometricians ; their
cells are so constructed as, with the
largest quantity of material, to have
the largest sized spaces and the least
possible loss of interstice. So, also is
the ant-lion ; his tunnel shaped trap is
exactly correct in its conformation, as
if it had been made by skillful artists
of our species, with the aid of best in
struments. The mole is a metrologisf.
The bird called the nine-killer is an
arithmetician ; so also is the crow, the
wild turkey and some other birds.
The torpedo, the ray, and the electric
ell are electricians. The nautilus is a
navigator; he rawc* norl lower** h ! #
sail, easts and weighs his anchor and
performs other nautical evolutions,
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
The beaver is an architect, builder and
and woodcutter; lie cuts down trees and
erects houses and dams. The marmot
is a civil engineer ; he not only builds
houses but constructs aequeduets and
drains to keep them dry. The white
ants maintain a regular army of sol
diers. The East India ants are horti
culturalists; they make mushrooms,
upon which they feed their young.
Wasps are paper manufactures. Cater
pillars are silk spinners. The bird pb •
exits ft.rlor is a weaver; be weaves a
web to make hi- nest. The prima is a
tailor ; he sew* lea vis together to make
his nest. The squirrel is a ferryman;
with a chip or a pieceof bark fora boat,
and his tail for a sail, lie crosses a
stream. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and
many others are hunters. The black
bear and heron are fishermen. Tl-e
ants are regular day-laborer-*. Tin
monkey is a rope dancer. The associ
ation of beavers presents us with a mod
el republicanism. The bees live under
a monarchy. The Indian antelopes
furnish an example of patriarchal gov
ernment. Elephants exhibit an aris
tocracy of elders. \\ iid horses are
said to select their leader. Sheep, in a
wild state, are under the control of a j
military clieifram.— Onee <i IfVeA*.
THE CENTRAL HEART OK THE
EAUTII.— As to the silver mines in
that State, a Nevada paper says: "The
increase in the heat of our mines is now
beginning to give many of our minir g
companies more trouble, and is pro\-
ing a great obstacle to mining open
tions iu those levels lying below a
depth of I,<KIU feet, than any veins < r
'pocket'deposits of water yet encoun
tered. A number of the leading com
panies on the Comstock are now ei -
gaged in putting in engines, to be used
expressly for driving tans for furnish
ing air to the lower levels, forcing it
through large tubes of galvanized iron.
With this great increase of heat in our
mines comes a great dt crease of water;
in fact, in our deepest mine—the Bul
lion, which has attained the depth of
1,200 feet—not a drop of water is to be
seen ; it is as dry as a lime-kiln and as
hot as an oven. In the lower workings
of the Chollar-Potosi mine, which are
a perpendicular depth of 1,100 feet he
low the surface, the thermometer now
stands at 100 degrees—a frightful heat
to ne endured-by a human being en
gaged in a kind of labor calling for se
vere muscular exertion. Here, also
we find the water to have decreased
till there is at the present time a very
insignificant amount, it being necessa
ry to run the pump but four hours out
of the twenty-four.
This tends to corroborate the theory
of some geologist that the interior of
the earth is a molten mass.
Edinburg has an anti-racing and an
ti-betting society.
China exported, in 18GS, 1,228,0G0
pounds of raw silk.
Australia is shipping Kangaroo sau
sages for English epicures.
Mi-a mines are attracting attention
I iu North.Carolina.
VOL. 61.—WHOLE So. 5,469.
The paleness in the American gi rls,
though often beautiful, is too uuiv< is-al;
an eye from the old country begins to
long for a rosy cheek. Lowell -aid that
color was a thing of climate, and that I
should find plenty of rosy cheeks
amongst the mountainsof Main , where
there is more moisture in the air. It
may he so: I never got to the Maine
mountains to see. Hut as laras my ob
servation went. I never -aw any either
on mountain or valley in any part of
New England. My private impression
; is, making all allowance for the influ
ence of dry air, that the peculiar pale
ness of the New England girls connects
itself with to > much metaphysics, hot
bread and pie. I have strong eonvi< -
tions on thissuhjert of pie. Xottospej k
of mere paleness, I don't see how the
Americans can reconcile it with their
notions of what is due to the laws of
nature, to live to the age they do, con
sidering the amount of pie they eat. I
don't remember that I ever sat down to
adinner in America, even in a poor
man's house, without finding pie of
som • kind—often of several kinds—on
the table, and without finding that
everybody partook of it, down to the
microscopic lady or gentleman whom
we shall call the baby. Pie isindi-pen
sable. Take anything away, but leave
pie. Americans can stand the prohibi
tion of all intoxicating drink--; but at
tempt to prohibit pie, and you would
plunge America into revolution in a
day.
Then metaphysics! In one family
which 1 visited in the* onnecticiit Val
ley, two of the girls were deep in the
study of Algebra and Metaphysics, as a
voluntary exercise, and shut themselves
up for three hours a day with Colenso,
SirWiiliam Hamilton, and Kent. This
was, perhaps, exceptional, but the Now
England brain is very busy, it devel
ops very soon and very fast, and begins
at a very early age to exercise itself
with theabstruserstudies. Parents and
teachers frequently told me that their
difficulty, with the girls especially, was
not to get them urged on, but to get
them held back. In one young ladies'
seminary which 1 visited, they were
held back with the following light stu
dies, in addition to all the ordinary
branches; Virgil and Horace, Latin
prose composition, Anatomy and Hy
giene, Moral Philosophy, Mental Phil
osophy and Quadratic Equations. To
this add pie and hot bread, and what
could you expect but paleness, evtn
among the mountains of .Maine !
Paleness and pie notwithstanding,
the American girls are very delightful.
And in one point they fairly surpass the
majority of English girls—they are a I
educated and well informed. It is a
painful, but I feara too incontrovertible
f .ot that most of the jrirlw nn this ..!<!
are very ignorant 011 genera! subjects.
I don't blame them ; I blame the sys
tem of education. Some girls are fas
cinating whether they are educated or
not, but to be left alone as one some
times is, with a girl who knows noth
ing, in a room with no piano, is exceed
ingly embarassing—after the weather
has been exhausted. There is never
the same difficulty with American
girls. The admirable educational sys
tem of New England, covering the
whole area of society, lias given them
education, whether they be poor or rich;
has furished them with a great deal of
general information, and has quicken
ed their desire for more. An American
girl will talk to you about anything,
and feel (or what has the same effect,
seem to feel) interest in it. Their ten
dency is perhaps to talk too much, and
to talk beyond their knowledge. With
the cleverer (or as they would say
themselves, he "smarter") of them, it
seemed to me sometimes to make no
perceptible difference whether they
know anything of the object they talk
ed about or not.
Mentioning this feature of American
character to a Boston gentleman, he
Slid: "It is true, I was struck in Eng
land with tlie silence of the people
when they had nothing to say. One
time, traveling in the same carriage
with a nobleman, I a.-ked him hi-opin
ion of the ballot, lie replied, "have
n it considered that subject yet." "You
might travel all over America," said
my friend, "and never hear a man say
that." But the American girl-gener
ally know a little of everything, and
their general intelligence and vivacity
make them very delightiu! compan
ions.
1 had an idea before going out that
the New England ladies spent time
over intellectual pursuits to the neg
lect of household duties. I did not
find it so. Comparing class with class,
they are quite as good housekeepers as
I have seen anywhere. They had need
be, for service at present is in a very
wretched condition in America—so
much s> that middle-class families in
the country often dispense with ser
vants altogether. The young ladies
can make bread as well as demonstrate
proposition, and their mental philoso
phy; whatever it amounts to, never
interferes with the perfection of the
pics Samuel Johnson used to say that
a man would rather that his wife
should be able to cook a good din
ner than read Greek. •ut he does not
seem to have anticipated a time when
a woman could learn to do both.—
From Daniel Macros's JXotes on Ameri
ca.
KPOOXK! O, NPOUSS!
It seems the great spoon-fancier is
I not forgotten, lint (as Artenius Ward
I would have said) "on the contrary far
i otherwise." An exchange savs:—
"From all sections of the country—
from Maine to Alaska, from the North,
the South, the East, and the West—
I worthless old spoons have been sent to
! the "lkast," by express and by mail.
; Spoons of wood, bone, horn, pewter,
j tin, iron, and brass pour in upon him
!at ail hours. The plague of spoons is
becoming more unendurable to Butler
I than a plague of frogs. Baskets of
i spoons are brought to him from the
1 postoffiee, and the express carts are
constantly delivering them at his door.
The suggestion is made that these off
erings be kept up."