BY MEYERS & MENGEL. pr-f)ootVs, ftr. / G OOD NEWTT FOR THE TEOPLE ! J. M. SHOEMAKER Ha# just received a large and varied assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS, of all description®, which have been bought at UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES, and which ke is determined to sell CHEAP. They consist in part ot Dry Good®. Boots and Shoes. Ready-made Clothing, Hats and Caps, Fresh Groceries. Backets and Brooms, Queensware. T-'baceo, Segars. Ac. Give him a call and see for yourselves. nev6th.'6S J - M. SHOEMAKER. 1868. _ FAU " G. R. OSTER A* CO. Have just received a large and Attractive Stock of new and cbisp FALL GOODS, CoUrETStSG Lai rf dress go -is. Cloths, Casshseres, Satinetts. Tweeds. Jean®. Flannels. Ready-made clothing. Hat®. Caps, B oou. Shoes, Fresh FaaiiT Groceries. Tobaccos, fcegar®, Ac.. DECIDEDLY CHEAP. Bedford x-tlfi.'&s TTENDER^'N'S f -'ebratp-l Fresh Gr-. und, Extra Faini'r Flour nstaatly in Store and t r - vie by G. K OSTER A CO. oet!6,"sS A B. CRAMER A- CO. H tve now open and offer for sale, AT REDUCED PRICES, the forges: and most elegant #t • k of FALL and WINTER GOODS to be found IN BEDFORD COUNTY! The ax®, na.es: is c mf iete. as-i GBEAT BAR' irAlss eTtrv iex xtTit will be f rel. r A-. A B CRAM EE i CO. K\U GOODS!! NEW GOODS The undersigned ha? just reweired frt-m she East a .argt an i varied stock of New Goods, whii-IS are BOW vi-EC. for exfemiuati-'-n, at MILL-TOWN, two miles West f Bedf -d. c--mprfoing everything asaiily found in a fir-'-eias- <r--ustry store consisting, in part, of Dry-Goods, * Delaines, Calicoes, Muslins, Ca.—iniers. Boots and .Shf?es, Groceries. Notions, Ac., Ac. All A which will t.e w.'i at the stoat reasonable prices. p.--r t-.-* :'SV -- we e.-fo;i; a Ci=- Gsuan- -oi the ;at foe trocage I J ■ C*' ,! and exam r go->i®. mfy24. 87. G. YEAGES 4 full assortment of X E W G O O D S AT M C FETTERLY 3 CORNER. -te the Wasaiog" ' H tel. where will be t uu-i st al time® DRY ar i FANCY G ' Ds adapted to the daily wantacf fmilie®: Shawl®. Bonce tj, Hi#. Cl .ak G - dt, uf the best quaiitiea and istest :y , A full liae ■■■• Wsite O'-vls Wcoler: G >d.. H -'.try. Glore*. H* ikerehief®. Lazes Ac . A: Thaakfa. • the pa';-lie for pin: pair ..sg*. we fc-.'-e *• merit a>ntinna&:e of toe aame in tie future M C. FETTEELY. MfllmS* T r A R D W A R EAST O V ES! BACGHMAN GUMP A CO Bioody Run, Pa. DEALER.- IN* balfcr: in Iron, Nail-, Horse Shoes, Springs, Axies, Thimble Skeins. Hutzs, Spoke-, FeLs—. Sleigh Runn'-r-. Sl-igh r rk-. MWWfa. Saw, Axes, Spoons, Cutlery, Cooking and Heating Stoves for coal or wood. Glas<s. Paints, Oils, Lam ps, Wo>i en ware, Ac., Ac. Ttev manufacture Tit, and Sheet Irr.swai* and cave coaatantly -m baud as aiw-rimeet f TINWARE and .-ToYE PIPE. Ail good® kept by them will be 11 at the I>w ei: price?. ueta Lseeueed by the laitei State* Gvivarsieeßt , e <<) O D N E W " f ran ■ zia< .r STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HARRINGTON A CO. Oi fifteen ytr '.auii*g M Jc-bforre Reteilera at the ai> v* g— -i. in Bev* ar-i ric'iity. Lave oae cdad te "ffur to tfce pe---i : -,f tie wfc-.la eevt-trj tee al>actag< tati.-a® Kd agec; .ea : Amer. as rcauafa -forit® tfcr agh the pupa a®ONE DOLLAR SYSTEM. Oar Prtcu-.iim Lf to Acrru and luxcYez.gr L:et for Ageat® at<d Fair s.* ace net aqaallad by anr b-a®* is the ewmiry feees New Turk and 8.-reforest* given vkta restored Seni frseCir-alar HARRINGTON A CO.. V- 81 MMLii SIREET h';-TON de4m3 Y'rey* 'Ste B-x Ast. JgUY YOUR NOTIONS <if dte.4 R w BEUKSmHtKEh Tiooflunrt's Column. Y° u ALL DAVE HSABP OF HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTER?, ASD HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TOXIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jack;oc. Philadelphia. Their ictroductiott into thte country from Ger many occurred in 1823. THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different from j T the many preparations row in the c untry eal I—l led Bitters or Tonics They are no tarens A.A preparation, or any thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi cine?. They are The greatest In o ten remedie* for Liver Complaint. DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debilitv, JAUNDICE, Diseased of the Kidneys. ERUPTIONS OF THE sKrX and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, stomach, or IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD. Coßstipation, FUtolense. loxiri Piles. Palines o." BK -J to the Heal. Acidity of the Stomach. Naasea, Heartburn. Disgust for Fowl. Fuii cess or Weicbt m theS?. taaeh. Soar Erac tatfot)?. Sicking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the Head. Hurried or Difficult Breathing. Fluttering at the , Heart, Cooking or Suffocating Sersu I I tfon? when in a Lying P. -"lire. D:LE-" -fx./ Vision, Do:- >r V.fobs before the sigh- Dull Ptin ia the H:-ad. Defi ciency t Per-ptratior. Yellowness of the Skin aEd Eyes. Pain in the Side. Back. Chegt, Limbs, etc., Su iden F'.cshes of Heat. Burning in the Fl ii: C 1 . : ■ cicgs of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits. ! All there indicate diffuse* of the Liver or Di gestive Organs, combined with impure blood. HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS is entirely vegetable &nd c stair.; no liquor. It tea < Et- und of Fluid Extracts. The Knot®. Herb®, and Barks from which these extracts are snade. are gathered in Germany. All the medi cinal virtueus sre ex . . tra.'te-i from them by a scientific Chemist- f ft These extracts are then forwarded t this * ' e untry tobensei ex pressly for the manulaeture of the s e Bitters. There':® BO alcoholic substance of any kind used in comj -jundiisg the Bifoers. Lecc-e it is the only Bitters that can be used in cn-es where alcoholic stimulant- are not advisable. HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC ;i? a eomiiaati of ail the ingredients of the Bit ters. with rr&E Santa Crat Ram.Orange, etc. It is used for the same diseases a the Bitters, ia case where - me pure alcoholic stimulu is required. Y u will bear in mind that these r- r—di-s areea tirely different from any others advertised f the eure'of the diseases named, these being - dent'Sc ; reparati cs of medicinal extracts, while the eth er- s.re mere decoction® of rum in some form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and ' agree'.We remedies ever ffered to the public. Its ts-te is exquisite. Iti; a pleasure to take it, while its afe-givuig, exhilarating, and medicinal quali ties have caused it to be km. wn a® the greatest of all tonics. DEBILITY. There is nf> medicine equal to Hoofland Ger man Bitter® or Tonic w'-q in cases of Debility. They impart a tone l-t and vigor to the wt !e ;y-"*'Ln. " strengthen A. the appetite, cause an t'r.t } ment f the f -d. enable the stomach t-. di rest :t. purify the bloa;i give a good, ®oasd, Leslthy milex: n. eradicate the yellow tinge from the eye. m' '■ rl a bloom to the cheeks, and change the p.atient tr .m s short-breathed, emaci ated weak and nervous invalid, W a fuU-faeed, it-mt. and Tigoroas person. Weak and Delicate Children are made sir ng by using the Bitters or Tonic. In fort, they ore Pamiiy Medicines. They can be a iininistered with perfect safety to a ehtl i three months old. the most delicate female, or a man of ninety. These remedie* are the best Blood Purifiers ever kre-wn and will cure all diseases resulting from bod bk-l. Keep your b'.o-.-i pure; keep y sr Liver is order*' keep year digestive "•rgac® in a .wand, I healthy condition, by tee csc ,f these reme J-i dies, and no disease will ever assail yc.u The bert men is theeoantry rw;o3metid them. If years of honest reputation go for anything, yon mast try these preparations. FROM HON GEO. W. WOODWARD. Chief Jastice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. Ph llat> X lrbia March 16. 1867- I Cud that --'Hoofland'sGerman Bitters'" is not an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use lal in it- Tier; jf -he digestive organ* and of great benefit ID eases of debility and want of ner vous action in the system. Yours Trulv. GEO. W. WOODWARD. FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supreme C:.-nrt of Pennsylvania PaiLAJ.ai.Pß3x. April 2b. ItfA I consider H -ffanl's German Bitter; ' a Talaa ble m-iicine in eoe . rf attack# of Indigee -a or Dyspepsia. I V can certify this fr m nt ex: .r.enc* of i ak 5 u-. w r--t. ' * JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV JOSEPH H. KENNAED. D. D.. Put-.r f the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. De. JACSS-.s-DEAE SIR —I have beet: fre quently requested to o&aoct my name with ree 'mtneL latv. ns f different k.r:-i? ofmediciße®. but regardD;- ti.e piactice a# out of toy appropriate f-jhere, I have is all ease* declined; but wrh a • fo*r j reof in van us iaevmre-. mod particularly in y ir. family- f the usefulne®a of Dr H .- lofidT Germat: BiUers I depart for once from my usual c arse, to expr--- my fa'.i eoavieii'in | that for general debility of the system, and e*- pe ...y :-? Lteer COB plaint. : t it a ah i-x voIUA: le prepare xL ti a. In to me ea#-. • may ir'i- T* y j ,q. will be very beneficial to tbi—e wb-o;ufferfrom the ab ve ts. Yew® very mpectfully, J H EEXNARD Eigtb. below Coatoi Street. CAUTION. 11, Saad"# German Remedie® we e Tit jeoaice nsvt the signature of C M Is. a - v a the frost of the outride wrapper <•{ each bottte. at i the uatae of the article blown ic eoeh bottle- AB other® ere eoanterfcit. Price of ihe Bitter-, cl |>*-r Lottie; Or, a half dozfeii for j-j. Price of the Tonic, $1 30 per bottle; Or, a half 'lozea for 30. The ViDit is pa: up ia quart b<ttles Reeidletthat it i# Dr. H Gemaa Bem-vlie* that are uiav*r-i!y u-e-i end so n galy reßommeuded; w and ti'j t 4 al. ,w the Drugg.-t to lui'itm I lyva to toke anyti. ug el—. tit at Le may wyl/ ® just a; be- fee make• a larger pjvif - sit I :.** Beme wi'l be sen' by txp.-etito any 1 -.ality ujxen to !b FBLVCIFALCFFICS; At the German M i: s-iorf*. No 631 ARCH STREET. Philadelphia. CHAri. M. EVANS, PIhfJI'EIETGR. Firmtlj C. M JACK-GX A Co. I The®* Beeaadie® are for •D by Dntggit®,Store keeper® ami Medicine Dealers everywhere. !Do met forget to examine the aruuefjeeu bog tn order to get tkeg'nmne may2k 6syl BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1863. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BEUF&RN GAISTTK is published every Fri ; dav morning by .Versus A M EXCEL, at $2 00 per annum, if paid strictly i 1 advance ; $2.50 if paid j within sis months: $3 00 if not paid within six 1 months. 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ITCH ANTS ARE 5 MLCLI ANIGS, and BMMH tees generally will adTane* tketr own isterwu by a-4ertic:ng is the column# of rt Gazarrs rpilE BEHi ORD GAZETTE hi the | fo st Adrarti# vg Mwdium n SiatberD Pann- WtlvT,ii, f|l EN TEAUIII:ITS WANTEI >.--4 I Ttaehers ere wanted */.. take charge of the JU i.r r tp. School*, dMemning wint-r By order <A the Board DANIEL MILLER 40e4w2 jjnc'y. SHAFTS. Poles, Spokes, I and Uabi, are .;d by HARTLEY A METZ- I GER at e*efaeerer e prit' ■ aprJtf OI R COUNTRY. Thanktx'HS liay HvrvlM*. Sermon bj iirv. John ( linrabcr*. "The future of the Nation. Hlwl Shall it Be?" Yesterday morning, according toan nouncemerit, Thanksgiving services were held in the First Independent Church, Broad street, Rev. John Chambers, pastor. At the opening hour, eleven o'clock, quite a large con gregation assembled. After introduc tory services, approprmte for sjiecial thanksgiving, and a collection for benevolent purposes, the pastor deliv ered a sermon upon the existing con dition of things in our country. Mr. Chambers announced his sub ject of discourse as "The Future of our Country. What shall it be?" His sermon was drawn from the fol lowing text: "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but siu is a reproach to any people."—Proverbs, xiv., 84. The following is substantially his re marks : I have selected this subject after a great deal of thought and reflection, because I supposed that there was not an American citizen, whose heart was in the right place, that would not feel interested in its solution. Far be it from me, on aa occasion like this, to introduce any topic in the pulpit calcu lated to set men at variance with each other, or to accomplish any other ob ject than the alliance of the heart of man to God and to his brethren. I therefore solemnly declare that the single, sole and pure object that I have is to make to you such statements as, in my conscience before God, I believe will aid this people and nation. I recognize in this discourse no par ty, no class of men, but will look sim ply at the facts ;.s they are, and look at them fairly, and present them to you fearlessly, leaving you to judge as to their righteousness, or unrighteous ness; their applicability or their want of applicability. The statement of the wise man is, "that righteousness exalteth a nation, and sin is a reproach to any people." With the pa-t history of our country we are all familiar, or ought to be. A brighter, a grander history was nev er made by men or nations than was made by the people of America in the first seventy-five years of her nation ality. Springing up from the child hood of her being into a mature man hood, in the brief period of years that rolled on from her commencement, to about the close of her seventy-eighth year, Ler progress was marvellous; her far-reaching influence wonderful. The men that filled her.offices of trust, and those who were Senators and Repre sentatives of her national as well as state governments were men whose peers could only be found among the mightiest of nations! Multitudes; of TTteni mere weie Jf- ,-iivh a east and character of mind that a singe mark of their pen would make raonarchs quake and thrones tremble. Her moral quali ties- were equally great. The present, however, I must can didly admit, i- shorn of its original glory and grandeur. Of this you can speak as well a- I; of this you must decide from your own experience as I have endeavored to decide from mine. To this conclusion you must come, or not, a" you investigate the records of the past. In the days that have gone by, statesmanship was magnificent, it dwarfed, and bereft of every evi dence of its moral character. I give tiii- a? my deliberate judgment, from my own observation. Men of the present age have, lost their manhood; that high sense of honor which distinguished the pa-t, alas, has perished, and gone from the men of our nation. We have to look at facts, as they are. Forty years ago, who would have had sufficient temeri ty to enter our halls of legislation and attempt to bribe! How is it now? What has been the history of the Leg i-'atureof Pennsylvania for years past? What is its history to-day ? Is it a hi-tory of righteousness? Is it a his tory of such'righteousness as lifts it up in the eyes of the world and the ad min-.:: nof God? I? it not notorious, rather, that men go there in .-turdy and stern conflict, the one with the other, the one asking this and the Oth er demanding that, and always the -trongest wins! Is not this true, my brethren? I- there a man in this house who will say, "It is not true?" You know that these things are so. Looking into our National Senate forty year- since, what high prince, what man •r same lrim would have attempted to bribe any of the members of that au gu-.t msembly? There were no I scarl ets then, who for thirty pieces of silver could be induced to sell the Saviour or the country! They were not to be found. The men of that day were un approtu hable. Thfoy .-.at like giants in their intellectual and moral worth. They \v< nt to legislate for the nation ; to watch over the interests of this grow ing empire in the morning of its exis tence, and to feed it with food conven ient for it, and to nouri.-'i and cherish it in its growth to a degree of man hood that would command and did command the admiration of the whole human race! They i cere unapproacha ble! Then par- over to the House of Rej rcseutiitive.; at this -a;ne period of her history, what incarnation of an intru der into Paradise would have offered a bribe to one of those men ! Such an insult to all that was honorable in the manhood "f thexnein' -i r in tie/-o -s-ats w iuhl, ii. all human probability, have ctiu-ed the insu'ter to be lifted most unceremoniously into a cold bath in the Potomac. The man that would have dared, forty year.- ago, to have gone into the House of Representa tive of the United States to prowl, like a mid-night thief thro igh theeor ri<l' rs of the magnifieent place, to offer a bribe to a solitary member that filled a seat in that august a—ernbly, would have met with a rebuke never to be forgotten. llow is is now? corrupting, corrod ing and destroying influences have pa-sed from your State halls and your municipal council chambers, to the very heart of your nation. And there influences are brought to bear which are calculated to injure, and deeply, too. Moreover, is i i not notorious as the iight of noontide thai men calling themselves American citizens, put themselves at auction on ail great elec tion days an 1 the highest bidder al ways -ecutes the prize! Let that be denied! Is there a man in this iand that dare deny the statement, that you buy men on great election occasions, as sheep are bought in the shambles? We uiay think light of these tilings, but my brethren, as God lives they are the canker-worms at the root of the tree, and they are eating at the vitals of your nation, and presently the sight will be awful to behold ! Iti- "Right eousness that exalteth a nation." Do you call that righteousness? Can you give it the name of righteousness, when all the influences that are brought to bear are of an unrighteous character? Is it righteousness to go to vuur halls of legislation and induce men to do a thing that you could not by any po>.-.i ble means induce them to do other wise except for money? Can you make any calculations of safety and certainty upon the perpetuity of the glorious institutions of this great land, if your citizens are purchasable arti cles in the market ? What confidence do you place in the man whose man hood can be bought, and who will sell himself for thirty pieces of silver to betray hi - nation into the hands, it may be, of those who are the vilest of the vile! You cannot confide in hhn. He is not to be trusted. If lie would sell himself to one man, he will sell him self to another. If he will his man hood to one man for one purpose, he will sol I his manhood to another st-t of men for an opposite purpose,or for any purpose. If he is willing to barter in this way, if you bring a little more monarchical money, a little more aris t ratic money, a little more Republi can money, you can purchase him for any purpose; and he would a= readily sell you and your interests to the Au tocrat of Rus-ia, or the Eiuperor of France, as he would sell himself to his fi-ilow-citizens. This is not righteous n --. This cannot exalt. This must disgrace. Now then, I come to a-k you. quiet ly and calmly to-day, with things be fore you—for they are true, my breth ren, or else the whole press of the coun try is one great lie—what shall we do? It i s true that money is u~! in the national halls of legislation for the ac complishment of personal or party purp .-.-si It i- true that money is used in your State legislative bodies for the same end. It is true that mon ey goes into your municipalities and your Council chambers, not for the weal of the community, not for the good of the citizens, but to fill up their own wallets at your expense. If this be righteousness, then fare well to the happiness and glory of this nation. What, I ask, must be the future of our country, unit- - there can be brought to b -.r upon the judgments, and the conscience" and the hearts of the i>eople an influence counteracting all this evii which is now burning and withering that which once was so beautiful and grand! I answer, breth r-fofo this qu>:i feurb-.-Iv before Grid, by declaring that our future must be the future of ail the republics that have preceded u-, unless v. - "bout ship," and change our course ! No nation can govern itself unless the individual citizen governs himself. Do not you sec how true thU is ? The individual citizen that cannot govern himself, who has not the manhood, nor the fortitude, nor the courage, to dash the burning cup of liquid from his lip-, must be a drunkard. The American citizen who has not man hood nor honesty and uprightness e nough in him to spurn from his pres ence forever, thoe who would offer to bribe him for hi- influence, i- not a man ; and if he cannot govern him self, he surely cannot govern a na tion. He can form no part of that natural compact with safety. You know that we boast an 1 we glory in our nationality. A man talk- to you about his being a soverein. So far as the great principles of our country are concern! i, we are sovereigns. But what kind of sovereign of a country is he who would sell it for money, or seli himself to betray it ? Or what manner of sovereigns are those unfortunate beings who will scheme to gain power through the infiuene.-ofmoney ? You cannot trust them out of sight, and hence the great danger that we are in is this; that if our citizens are in the market at the will of the highest bid der then. I say, farewell to republican ism ! It may not come upon you like an avalanche, but the ruin and dis grace is surely to come, as certainly as you live. Thisgrfeed f>r money Le the deeply imbedded source of the iniquity that exists ; and as a minister of Jesus Christ. I believe it to be my duty, and the duty of my brethren in the min istry, to warm the people that it is a fearful, a desolating sore, that ends in a .-harp point at the very heart of one of the brightest objects, politically, that the world ever beheld! An object that not only attra ted the admiration, that enlisted the attention of the \*tn ple at large, but an object that made the emperors, and the princes, and the despots of earth qu ike as they -aw the young giant rising! a- they noticed its magnificent proportions; as they bi hold it in its far-reaching maje-ty, stepping from one foot and acre to annother, destined, in all pro- ability, 11 stand the master of the world. We must, therefore, be careful in looking to its condition, and if our citizens are to be brought back from under the dominion of sin, it rnu-t be by a general pious effort. If. however, men have not manhood sufficient to maintain their integrity, no republican form of government can ex'-t. No such government can be maintained unless its citizens are intelligent and virtuous. Now men cannot have proper intelli gence who arc utterly destitute of vir tue. You will admit this because it i truth. To my mind, therefore, as I look over the state of things, the "signs of the times" are appalling. Delilah is at the home of Liberty with the voice of an enchantress, asking this mighty Sampson to deep upon her knees, that she may shave oil his seven locks.— Now she is speaking clamorously for "universal suffrage," and woman, lovely glorious woman, is forgetting the position into which God ha- plac ed her, and is stooping down from that platform of female glory and beauty and excellence,!.,to mingle with the drunken crowd "and the filth of the streets about the polls on election day. What a pitiable, sorrowful sight, to see the loveliest of God's creation on earth, the American woman, should ering and elbowing with the roughs of your city, the fragments of their bon net-and the borders of their cap..- be ing strewn about the walk in their drunken riots ! 1 leaven save this land from such a desolation, from such a curse, from such a moral calamity, as I believe before God! To-day our nation U on the inclined plane, and the momentum of its de scent is increasing momentarily.— The cry from every patriotic heart -hould resound over hills and dales, and throughout the broad land, "Down with the brakes." That should be the cry from its deep centre to its almost boundless circumference. "Steady now, steady!" or else you will dash to pieces. Delilah has not yet succeeded, through the money influence of the Philistines, in -having off the seven locks from the head of our Sampson : but the money power is at work, we! must break this chain and burst these bono- ami cast these fetter- off, or we, like poor Sampson, will yet -Jeep in the lap of the Deludress, wholly un done ! This monster power should be destroyed. Righteousne—, strict iu tegrity, truth, honor, unbending faith, adherence to everything that is good, and abhoring everything that i.- evil, -bould be the principles for our guid ance. Why should we be led estray! Dur ing the first three quarters of a centu ry of this nation's existence, itslnfancy, it- y uth, it- powerful manhood, who ■ v-r !;■ aid of corruption, and what a nation it was and what a nation it would have continued to be, for far beyond what it was then, if we had adhered to principle; forrigheous ness exalteth, instead of sin. If wo man would march on in her course as majestic as that King of day, or the Queen of night, or the beautiful stars that acompanyiug them, and prove the friendof huinanityand the friend of God and as God's friend, man's friend then, surely, the re-nlt must be good. But when the design of the heart is to mix up creation in away that God has not mixed it, and to give universal equal ity to men and women, irre-peetive of intelligence, wi. it must be the result ? Nothing but ruin. in order to save ourselves we must as a nation search for the best, purest, and the must highly fitted men for ev ery official situation in the land, from the President of the United States down to your ward constable. We must have legislative halls, both Na tional and State, filled with the best men that can be found. Surely, belov ed brethren, and my fellow-citizen-, in this great country the Jefferson-, the Adam-', the Mad irons and Mon roe-, the Jackson-, are not all dead! Are they? Then the requium may be played and the nation go in mourning. Our Republic is gone! There see-ms still to IK.- some Web sters an l Clays and Calhouns and Benton- and Pr ~eott- and Frelinhuy --ns and men of that stamp. There must be, and a host of others whom neither angel nor devil dare ap pr< .:ch with a bribe. These are the kind of men we want. Are they all d ad? Can we never fill those mag nificent halls again with senators such a- -at there forty and less year- since ? Goand look among them ; he who sat in hi- majesty as the interperter of con -.itutional law; and that eloquent man of Kentucky—the nation's heart would leap ag.in to hear hi- -tirring elo quence! Can we not find such men now? Are there not some such in this gp-at city? (Tn we not fill that House at HarrLbarg, and all the State h-gi.-lative and muncipal chamber-, with men of purity and ni'-n of thought? Men who will go there not to make immense fortunes in three or four years at three or four dollars a day:! but men that will go there in the purity of their hearts and under the influence of righteousness, abhoring -in in every form ! My h'-ar- r-, thi- country of rivers, of lake-, of m jun tains an lof valleys : of soil and of climate; of mineral- and fore-is; unequalled on earth, must not be !o-t! If our star drops from the po litical and national Srmuaent, Itdropin a night of anarchy and despotism. Then there is a farewell to Republicanism. Then ther ;isa farewell toßlghteousness. But she can be -..v l. Righteousness eat.-ave her! We rnu.t go back to the oi 1 land-mark-. We mast -ee to it that no man is put at the helm of the ship, who will not steer her by the law of the Constitution of the United .States; for if he deviate from this guide there are shoal- and quick-sands ; there are frightful breakers anil rocks upon which the structure may be dashed to pieces. But if with a steady hand and under the guidance of that great chart he bears the old ship up; the storm VOL. 64.—WHOLE No. 5,473. may beat and the waves dash and the winter's night hail, but she will -peed right on, until the cairn comes and she .-it- like a queen upon her throne, and scatter- blessings to you and to me, and to yours and to mine! Hut it must IM* bv righteousness. He must be faithful, < arne-t and devoted. Of what use is the Constitution, or laws, unless both are adhered to? I know how profanely and blasphemously men talk toyou of these, and my heart is touvh(-d to the quick when I listen to them. I know how lightly men talk to you about the solemnity of an oath, and about conscience. Conscience in the vicegerent of the eternal Cod is man's own bosom. "Throw it away," is the profane tiling they say. Beloved brother!?, we desire to see l>eaceand prosperity i*i this land, and to witness its untiring progress and to see its outgivings to us and our chil dren, so thai we may continue to ad mire all our rivers and magnificent lake-, and see the soil throwing out its millions of corn and wheat and pro duet for man. If we desire to live un der the broad sheild of liberty, and to command all these blessings, we must be laboring in God's name and in God's service. If we will comply with the teachings of this Hook, and follow the great prin ciples laid down in it, it will make us lovers and worshipers of God—making a man the child of God. Let the light of this book fall upon hi- path; let its principles dwell in iiis heart; let his labor be under its influence, radiating every day, and you will have a nation of men, not mixed, but pure, manly, noble, righteous! You will see wo man in her beautiful home, or in her proper position, standing in the majes ty of her nature, and looking out upon the world, and from her holy life throwing broadcast an influence that will bring into the circle of the Heav ens admiring angels to catch the loud hallelujahs that shallgo upon the heart of a redeemed nation I Your Senate Chamber will again adorn the world. Your House of Representatives will scorn the men that dare to bringa bribe The members of your legislative bod ies no living man will dare to approach with unholy schemes! Your council chambers will not be polluted. But un der the power and influence of citizens ex halted by righteousness, the nation will sit at the foot of the throne of iter God and King, and take up the beau tiful song:— "The Lord God is a sun and a shield; He will give grace and glory and no good tiling will He with-hold from them that walk upright." My Father, let this be our portion ! Amen ! After singing a hvmn the congre gation was dismissed with a benedic tion. W HAT TO READ. —Are you deficient in taste? Read the best English poets, such as Gray and Goldsmith, Pope and Thompson, Cowper and Coleridge Scott and Wordsworth. Are you deficient in imagination ? Read Milton, and Akenside, and Burk, and Shake-pear. Are you deficient in power of reason? Read Chilling worth, and Bacon, and Locke. Are you deficient in judgment and good sense in the common affairs < f iife? Read Franklin. Are you deficient in sensibility? Read Goethe and Mackenzie. Are you deficient in political knowl edge? Read Montesquieu, the Feder ali \ Webster and Calhoun. Are you deficient in patriotism? Read Demosthenes, and the Life of Washington. Are you deficient in conscience? Read some of President Edwards' works. Are you deficient in piety? Read the Bible. A Welsh girl once applied to a clergy man to be married. The clergyman a-ked her what property her husband possessed. The answer was— "Nothing." "And are you any !>ettc-r off?" be asked. "No." "Then, why, in the nameof common sense, do you dare to marry ?" "Your reverence," said the girls, "I have a blanket and Jack has a blanket; by putting them together we shall both be gainers." The clergyman had nothing more to say. A certain little damsel, having lieen aggravated beyond endurance by her big brother, plumped down upon he, knees and cried : "O Lord ! bless my brother, Tom. He lies, he steals, he swears; all boys do; us girls don't. Amen." The cheerful are busy. When troub le knocks at your door, or rings the bell, he will generally retire if you send him word you are engaged. A little boy seeing a drunken man prostrate before the door of agroggery, ojiened the door, and putting in his head said to the proprietor: "See here, sir: your sign has failed down V* The executors of James Buchanan, deceased, have contracted for the erec tion of a monument over the remains of the late ex-President, at Lancaster. WHITE your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of those you come in contact with, and you will never be forgotten. What is the difference between the entrance to a barn and an over-talka tive person? One is a barn door ar;d the other a dam bore. "Working for dear iife" Is defined to be making clothes for a new baby. Farmers like fat hogs -Printer "dev. ils" like fat copy.
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