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Adver tisements charged to persons handing them ia. PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS. —_______ - ArfORVgT AT LAW, lEOrO*D, TA. If 21 attsnd promptly to all business entrusted te his •are. Military claims speadily solleeted. Offiseca Juli ana Street, two doors aorth of the Inquirer Office. April 1, 1664—tf. CMP Y 11. AI.SIP, ATTOKVXY AT LAW, BIDFOID, PA., WITI faithfully and promptly attend to all business en trusted te hisqare in Bedford and adjoiniag Bounties. Military claims, Pensions, back pay, lionuty, A*, spea- Hlv solleeted. 6ffiec with Mann A Spang, en Juliana street,! dears aauth of the Meugel House. April i, 1864.—tf. J. K. DtKROHUAff, ATTOKSST AT LAW, KSDTOSS, TA. Office oue door south of the "Hengsl Honts," Tf ill attend promptly to all business intrusted te his ears, telleetions made on the shortest notice. Haviag, also, been regularly licensed to prosecute Claims against the tio vera meut, particular attention wili Ue given to the collection of Military claims of all kinds; Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Loans, Ac. Bedford, apr. 8, 1884—tL ALEX. KINO, ATTOeWET AT LAW, Aad Agoct for proouring arrears of Pay aad Bcaaty ■enov. Office on Juliana direct, Bedford, Fa. April J, 1864—1f. KIMKFI.I. A UXfiEXFELTEB, ATTORHITS AT I.AW, SEDFoaD, FA. Revo formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. OBee ou Juliana Street, two door* South of the Mengel House. April 1.1864—tt JBHI M A J OK, Jwsnoa or Tna PBACB, IOSSVILL, stcrop.s COCXTT. Col lections and all business pertaining to his office will be attended to promptly. Wili also attend to tbasale or •eating of real estate. Internments of writing carefully prepared. Also settling up partnerships and other ac -oo tints. April 1.1864—tt J NOl MOW EK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. PA. Aprtl 1,1864. —tt JOKKVXf W. TATE, ATTonsar AT I.AW, B*oat) Pa. W2X I. promptly attaed to collections and all business an trusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining coun Sea Idoaey advanced en Judgments, Notes and other Oalma. Hesfcr sale Town Lots, in Taiesville, and St. Joseph,l on Bedford Railroad. Farms and unim proved land in quantities to suit purchasers. Office oppoiitetSe Banking House of Reed A ScbelL apr. 14, 1864—3 om. RUPP, SHANNON, Sc. CO., BANKERS, Bedford, I BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOBIT. ("NOLLKCTIONB made for the East, West, North and J South, and the general business of Exchange, traus aetad. Note* and Accounts Collected, and Remittances promptly made. HEAL ESTATE bought and sold. • ■ W„ KCFP, O. E. SuAivoy, F. RSXSDICT. apr. 15, 1864—tf. PHYSICIANS, &C. I.N. BOWSER, DENTIMT. 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Bedford, Pa. tyasnhmafecrA Dealer Iu Jewelry. Kpeeteelea. Ac . OB KEEPS ON HAND A STOCK OF FTNK GOLD 'lyl AND SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLKS OF BrUOqat Double Ke6ned Glasses, also Scotch Pebble . Classes. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger RiDgs, Wt quality of Gold Pens. Uo will rupply to order any thing in his Una not on hand, apt. 8,1864—5a. HOTELS. I THE HQ* GEL IHOUSE. *■ Bow*a N'OKTH OF THIS Prune SQUARI, Jim ARA ST Bedford, Pa. ' JUTTS HOUSB (p well known to the traveling poblic, 1 eoufinnec under the charge of Isaac Mendel. He •psvMSO pains to supply the wants and comfort of all ""ha fttvor him with their patronage. Hri table is spread wRk the best the mm'..: sShrd*. His chambers e haadaomely furplshed. A convenient stable ia at taobad to the Ooviw, atteodud by careful hostlers. ap. 8, 1864—sx. UNION HOTEL. TALBNTIIVI! STFCK MAN, PROPRIETOR. Street, formerly knowq as the Globe Hotel. — Yiie are assured that he has made ample arrange msnai tt sccommpdate all that may favor him with t aeir patronage. A splendid Livery Stable attached. ■—— fortrg. The Little People. A dreary plaee wuuid bo this earth Were there no little people in it: The song of life would lose its mirth, AVerc there no children to begin it. No little forms, like buds to grow, .And make the admiring heart surrender; No little bands on breast and brow, To keep the thrilling love-chords tender. No babe within our arms to leap. No little feet toward slumber tending; No little knee in prayer to bend, Our lips the sweet words lending. AS hat would the mothers do for work, _ Were there no pants or jackets tearing* No tiny dresses to embroider ? No cradle for their watchful caring* No rosy boys, at wintry morn, At ith satchel to the school-bouse basting; No merry shouts as home they rush ; No precious morsel for their tasting. Tall, grave, grown people at the door; Tall, grave, grown people at the table; The men on business all intent, The dames lugubrious as they're able. The sterner souls would get more stern, I nfeeling natures mure inhuman, And man to stoic coldness turn. And woman would he less than woman. For in that clime toward which we reach, Through Time's mysieious, dim unfolding. The little ones with cherub smile Are stiil our Kather'afae© beholding. So said His voice in whom we trust, \A hen in J odea's realm a preacher, lie made a child confront the promt, And he in simple guise their teacher. Life's song, indeed, would lose its charu), Mere there no babies to begin it; A doleful place this world would he, AA Ore there no little people in it. EDICATICN" AND CHKISTIAMTY. Third Article. For the Bedford Inquirer. In christian lands alone, where the school and church are sacredly guarded,do we find free insti tutions, and a people of self-govarnmetit. Chris tianity and Education are the salt of the earth that saves it—the light, of the world that reveals the way toa still brighterfttfare. Our ancestors were once plumed and painted savages, living in miserable huts on the [shores of the German sea, drinking their Leer out of hu iuan skulls, and Avorshiping Wodin and Thor. Now look at the cultivated valleys, verdant plains and rich meadow lands of England, or the better heritage which is our on this side the water. Mark the general morality, culture, and refinement of the people. Look at palatial mansions and white cottages embowered with vines; at such noble edi fices as Westminister Abby, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Athaneum in London, or the public build ings in our own national metropolis,—then listen to the sweet st rains coining down to us from harps struck by the fingers of a Milton, Dryden and Oow fer ; or hearken to the stirring eloquence of a Fox. Pitt, or Webster ; or open your ears to the voi ces of sublime harmony which rise from either land i >-day. and tail me why the vast difference between cur forefathers of 2000 years ago, and the Anglo Faxon race of the present ? I believe we owe it to the Christianity propagated by the noble Al fred, who died translating the psalms of David ; to the principles of Bible truth communicated by rich men as Suoeat, Columbia, Aidan, and the good seed silently deposited in savage minds by pi ous merchants from the banks of the Meander and the Hennas, who were wont to visit the shores of Prittan. To Christianity we owe it that our condition a- a ]*>oplc is so vastly superior to that of China, the "flowery land," with all its intelligence and learning, the abode of superstition, cruelty and crime. To Christianity we owe it that the Feudal System, which reared a walledcastleon the hill-top, aid coagregated an ignorant, dependent populace at its base, has forever passed away. To Christi tianitv we owe it that gladatorial shows, where shouts of applause welcomed the mangled and heeding gladiator, and crowned the man who slew bis fellow ; exhibitions encouraged by the intelli gence. and created for the entertainment of the polished society of Rome, have gone into disuse, n. ver again to be revived, In short, to this refi ning, elevating system of Religion, working with and sanctifying our varied educational appliances, we are indebted for everything which exalts us above the learned, but unchristinizad nations of tie present or the past. Again; Christianity and Education are alone suf ficient to perpetuate free institutions and secure a steady advancement in Civilization, It was when science was at its height, and Roman orators were in their glory, that Cesar passed the Rubicon, and the end of a mighty empire was forshadowed.— firecian culture, which had gone upward in its quiet march to the zenith, stood but amoment on that dizzy elevation, and then, like a glowing me teor, fled doAvnward into darkness, and the glory of Greece, with its boasted liberties, was gone for ever. who now walks among the relics of ancient greatness ; looks upon the scattered frag ments of Romulus, the sculptured marble of Aure lius, or sits in silence amid the ruins of the Areo pagus and Lyceum, may learn the instability of all governments, which are not permeated bvthe leav en of Christianity. The names of orators and poets, who Ptirred the passions, or charmed with flowing numbers shall live forever. "Their spirit* wrapped the dusky mountain Their memory sparkles in the fountains, The meanest rill and mightiest river Roils mingling with their fame forever." But how sad the reflection that in the absence of Christianity to sanctify their talents and con serve their liberties, their glowing sun is gone back intndarkness. and thus is prolonged that wea ry passage by which our world must go into the the light and liberty of a Millenium Day. By every consideration drawn from the present and the future, by the blessings of a high civiliza tion and the permanent advancement of the hu man race, we urge the union of Education with Christianity. Let our literature be sanctified by Religion. Let our common schools live and flour ish in union with it. Let the groves of Academus he concecrated by its presence. Away with that mistaken zeal which labors for the exclusion of the Bible from the school-room, and, in its blindness, thinking to avoid every thing sectarian, sacrifices A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVO'IfO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AXI) *fORAI H. every thing that in christian. Uast hat spirit of which avoids the verfon of Cod, a'ftd, when walking on the einjthe universe, is too proud to look toward tliJne. and ado-re ?fim who created Earth nmlf- — riharne in the ignorant conceit which! its back on t hat (rise' phiJosophy which Ifom effect to CSWli—'"from Nature up tope's God." ijg. f . "THREE CHEERS Ft)K THeIRI OUS JE VEXTY- SIX Tim PORT ROYAL, 8. C., Feb*!- We have place tbeariove tsiiptton injlp'on, because it was proposed by thft Strong, on a memorable occasion. durjffwes ent war, and to which we -duill rtiin nipar ticularly before closing this article. The 76th Penn'a. Volanteers, earned a most honorable refutation f §hati cally a ' fighting regiment," has, perfcfen as much, if not more, real hard fariguif |dan gsrsus service, as any other in the UpiPYi •• their record wiM show. The rcgimeU| l,,se< ' entirely of Pennsylvsnians ; 2 coiiAnP M3 ' n K from Blair county ; 2 from York; 1 fifrjprne; 1 from Westmorland ; 1 from BedfH | from Mercer; 1 from Beaver, and one fid wence. Tliey were organized at Camp <Ju| " ear Harrisburg, which place they left f|tli|tb of November, 1861, for Fortress Mfirijwhere they remained about three week(fui| drill, when they left for Port Royal, tJc.p'hing tlut point on the 9th of Dec., isl. p were placed under the immediate Gen. Gillmore, then Captain of Engine#, forked on the intrenchments, doing pieketfityf-i ll the meantime, for a period of about focm<#> w^en they were ordered to Fort Pulafi. I- GiH rnore, having secretly and unoUepd&ted his cannon behind a forest of small tifber| under biush the 76th were ordered to lefcl t] Mtruct ion during the night, and which by|l labor they accomplished in season to fiabl e Com mander to commence the LoiiJard; i of the Fort the next morning. They fere one of the supporting regiments, and vpder during (he entire action, which coifinue lot only throughout the day, but by thnfring s dl every fifteen minutes during the nigh. Tattle re opened in full force anil vigor atdaylifhe next morning, and continued till 2 o'ilock, ft>, when the enemy struck their somgt unex pectedly to the Union troops as. at o'clock, noon, the 76th received ord<rs amUpared to storm the works tha ensuing right, bvere re lieved from entering upon tint hazlis enter prise by the surrender of tie enetl About a week after the capture of this the regiment again returned to Port Royf here, at the end of about six weeks, durin|ich they were engaged in picket duty, they wardered to •lames Island, taking transport toisto, and thence marching across to James' Tsty'icupying '/ three days, two of which it nunefcessantly. which, with the intense heat, renderhe inarch ane of extreme fatigue and snfferingmy of the men giving out from exhaustion anijpping on the way. Crossing Stone river isats, they' were present, as a reserve, at the bapf James' Island, in which the Union troopst over 800 men in less than four hours. The regiment were also, in severfvere skir mishes during their stay uf>on thefnnd, when thej- returned to Port Royal, where^ - remained an picket duty for 3 months, suffeifnuch from tiekness meanwhile, when they wordelred to Poeotuligo. S. C . going into the bal ith about 100 men and losing 78 in killed abounded. — Having been over three hours undetb and being jut of animunition, except what t| took from the cart-ouch loxesof the dead andunded, six ty rounds to the man having been tended, our brave fellows were compelled to tafcek. which they did in good order, still preset their line }f battle, leaving upon the field, jtains Ham ilton and Wayne, killed, and Lii Ferguson ind Gwin, wounded. After the battle of Pocotaligo, |* again re turned to Port Royal, where theyanained this time about five months, doing pick and fatigue duty, having assisted in the eonstiion of Fort Mitchell. They were next orderec Folly Dlaud. having, with 400 regulars, been eted by tha jommanding Gen'l. for the peris aerviea of storming the rebel batteries, in aht attack up >n Morris Islaad. The officers buckled on their swords arid the regiment will ready and eager for tha terrible onset, wheiie order was countarmanded and they returnee Port Royal, which place they immediately lafbr Edisto. 8. 0., where they remained about afck, and were thence, ordered to Botany Bay and, tarrying about three weeks, at the latterjee, when thev were removed to St. Helena Isli whence, after a stay of soma four weeks, the ere ordered a second time to Folly Island, and ng transferred lo small boats, about midnight, c be 9th of July, they rowed up the Folly Creek) distance of 6 miles, arriving in sight of the el batteries on Morris Island, about daylight, ?n, disembark ing under a heavy fire from tl ;nemy's works, which sunk one of their boats, t formed a line of battle, and marched a distd of nearly half a mile through mud and water * deep, before reaching the main land, the r I batteries and infantry playing upon them which re sulted in the loss of eleven of tB number wound ed. Gen Strong, preceivingleir steady, ad vancing. and unwavering rankfnd struck with their gallant daring and braverjnder this galling fire, rode up and enquired, That regiment is this ?" "The 76th Pennsylvfa," replied the commanding officer. "Then fee cheers for the gallant 76th Pa," sang out | brave General, which were given with a will, retire also, three more, proposed by the commaijr of the regiment, for the General himself. Undismayed by the shot af shell which were falling thick and fast among it] around them, they continued to press on, thing the rebels be fore them, until they arrived trout of Fort Wag ner, where they reposed on t ir arms in line of battle, during the remainder the day and the ensuing night, until about 2|clock a. m., when, being,, aroused, Gen'l, Str<* appeared before them and said, pointing his ffurd to the dark and frowning walls of Wagner, |oys, I have about 10 minutes work for you.'' although with stif fened limbs from the fatigue# the previous day and weary and suffering fromhunger. not having BEDFORD, APRIBai), fN^, | tasted food for more than 3ii hours, yet these brave I men Obeyed the order to "charge /" with the I most cheerful alacrity, rushing impetuously ftkr -1 ward to th terrible and deadly assault, with .''47 J men, and coming out of the fight, with about 161, J having lost 190. killed, wounded and missing, in the brief spar e of five mionfes. and exhibiting wV of the blood it st records of the war. in comparison to the number engaged. Among the officers which the regiment loat in thia terrible conflict, were Adit. Wm. Miller, Ist Lieut. fPambaugh. and 2d Lieut. Seth Thomp son, killed; MH f. John W. Hicks, wounden severe ly through both thighs, by ttf.V different halls: Capt. Charles b'neer, in the hip, and Capt. John B.£Littell, side :and both thighs. Lieut. Chaftes Bittinger and C. ipt.)l>avid Hoag&nd, having bee* taker, prisfthers. During the into rvening week between'ilhis first, and second aasaul t upon Wagner, the regiment were occupied in nicket and fatigue duty, being constantly under fi re from the rebel batteries, and [ losing several men, killed and wounded. ' The second charg> * upon the fort, was made on the night of the 18ti iof July, in which the 76th were again chaffed losing 24 men, killed and wounded, out of only 100 with which they went into action, their nuin l>ess having become thns re duced by sickness and the casual it ies of battle. After the second eha. ?e upon Wagner, the regi ment continued to do picket duty for about a month, going to the front, that is, to within a few hundred yards of Wagn.ir, every 3d day and night, but being more or less e: .posed to the enemy's fire, during their entire stay upon the Island. The General commanding, being desirous of driving back the rebel pickets, from a certain po sition which they Occupied, for the purposcofbuil ding a chevaux. defrixe at a point considerably in ad vance of the ground the Unionists ha 1 yet occu pied, selected the 76th for this hazardous service. The regiment were ordered to advance cautiously upon their hands and knees without fir ing upon the enemy ; but the men becoming imp.'.tieut of restraint, in the face of a destructive fire ft oni the rebel bullets, their commanding officer rode hur ridly back to headquarters for permission for the men to fie. which being granted, they at once drove the enemy before them and held the ground with obstinate determination until the work was completed. On the 7th of Aug., 'f3, the regiment again returned to Port Royal, where, having been ma terially strengthened by new recruits, they have since remained, engaged in the fatiguing and dangerous service of picketing a line of some eight or ten miles along Scull Creek and Cala bogue Sound, npon the opposite shore of which, may be daily seen the rebel pickets. Indeed, so narrow is the dividing streai * at some points, that the uickcts of the two armies were frequently en gaged in talking across, until 6urs were forbidden by their commanding officer. The rebels have several times attempted to cross over in boats of a dark night, for the purpose bfdiscovering a suita ble lauding place for their troops in force, but have invariably been either killed, captured driven or frightened off by our vigilant and wakeful vet erans of the 76th who are ever on the alert for these little adventurers and whom the rebels would gladly exchange for greener and less watchful op ponents, as a reeent little incident will abundantly prove. On a very dark night, not long ago, onr picket boat, which lay near the middle of the stream, dis covered quietly approaching theui. some indefi nable object which they bailed, and receiving u< i anawer, fired upon the mysterious intruder, which turned up to be a rebel boat upon a sounding ex pedition, and containing three men, one of whom, being wounded by the fire of our pickets, bounded overboard and was lost, the other two being cap tured' one of whom had his pistol shot from his belt. On bringing the prisoners into camp, one of them enquired what regiment was then on picket along on tLe line, and being informed it was the"6th Pa., he exclaimed, "O d—n it, that ac counts for it; if we had known that wo would not have come, but we beard you'd bosn relieved by a new regiment." Such is the brief military history of this brave and gallant regiment—of some few of the hard ships, perils and incidents they have encountered, and of the patriotic devotion so often and so stri kingly manifested by their heroic bearing in the midst of battle, and their patient and unniurnier ing endurance of frequent hunger and fatigue du ring nearly three years service in their country's cause. Honor and gratitude await their return, in due time, to their respective homes, and as it was the greatest pride of the Romans to be able to say, "I am a Roman citizen." so may the survi ving soldiers of this noble and veteran regiment hereafter exclaim, with equal pride, "I was a member of the 76th Pennsylvania, in the war for the Union." We have been kindlyfurnished with the Roster' of this regiment, which we publish below, i con nection with the foregoing sketch of its military history and operations as a record memorial of th names of the gallant heroes who have led th e ; no leas brave and gallant men through eo m; , n , trials and sufferings; so many (Lingers in defence of the glorious heritage Lcquvathef them by their patriot fathers: ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF Till 76U REGIMENT PEXK'A, VOL'B. Field and Staff. Colonel ; J n o. (\ Campbell, Lieut Colonel •; Hicks. Ma jor (aiuee promoted to Iheuft Col.) j A. J. Mar fall, Adjutant; Chafes Vi. Brumm, Quartermas ter; M. A. M ithers, S'argoon ; Adolphus Sc)dos ser, Assistant Surge jn ; Nathan V. Assist njt Surgeon; W.J. Wright, Chaplain, Line Officers.- -Co. A— , Capt. ; S. R Ferguson, ist Lieut ; A O. Mills, 2d Lieut Co. B—U. B, Hqaglaud, Captain. Co. C—Alfred Hicks, Captain, Co. It-Ww, H- DUler, Capt.; ('has. L, Bittiq for, Ist Lieut : Jas, J, MoCormick, 2d Lieuten ant. Co, Henry Rice, Capt. ; Win. P. Barndol kr, Ist Lieutenant. Co, JWJqseph R, Findiey, Capt. ; Geo- 11. 4win, l*t Lieutenant, Co, CK—John J. Biqrd, Capt..; Wm. W, Gib |in, Ist Lient, ; fhot,, A, Byrnes, 2d Lieut, Co. H—Chas, Knerr, Capt. ; Wip, F. Blqss lk lieutenant Co. I—J. J. Young, Capt. ; Frank J. Magee, >t Lient.; Joseph H. Knsign. 2d Lieutenant. Co. K— John S. Littell, Captain ; Robert F. Mcllvaine, I'irsr Licntenam,; William F. Moor head, Second Lieutenant. Great Telegraphle Enterprises, Twp very large telegraphic schemes, both of which havo the ultijiate design of connecting the Uni ted Mates wi-.h Kiwojit. arc now in pro cress in thi.s country. Tb e United States telegraphic company nave constrw ted two thousand miles of telegraph luring the 1 ist year, and intend to erect rour tnoutand rnil.is more the coming season. Their UHesare already in operation from New York to jmfo-aukee, ami byway of Philadelphia to 1 iraburgar d Cleveland; and, besides being extend ed fec'other W Mtern cities, it is the intention to car ry them tie present season through to tho gold' mutes of Colorado, Salt Lake City and San ivan- L-iaw- A company is to be immediately organized in Uattada to ixmaect With this company, and the ultimate intention is to connect ith a line to Eu rope, from the coast of Labrador*; via Greenland, Iceland and th e Faroe Islands to the north shore of Scotland, the longest distance that will have to be traversed Ly a submarine cable being lei's than Five hundred i riles. The route has been thoroughly explored, and those most interested in the schema are confident t fits entire feasibility. Another am 1 still larger enterprise in the tele graph line, au ione much farther advanced towards completion, is tliat of the Western Union tele graphic Kiiiipa ii.i. The stock of the Pacific telegrap tc company ha s lately been merged iu the stock of this company. 50 that there is but a single interest now between t he Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the wires of the company already exteod to all the principle western cities. This company is also to have for thirty three years, the exclusive right of a new line ot tele graph, which is to pass through British ( 'oliuii bia, Russian America, across Beh i>' l£r S , -traits, and through Asiatic Russia to St. Petersburg, and thence to all the principal cities of Europe. The Russian government undertakes to construct the line from St Petersburg to the mouth of the Amoor river ; in eastern Asia, a diss tanoe of seve.i thousand miles, and has already com pleted about .three-fourths of the distance. This company undertakes the work here, extending the lines across Be. Wring's straits and through Russian America and iJritish ( dlumbia. till tbey connect with the great, lines of this company, which already extend to the Pacific, Through the exertions of lerry Mel). Collins, American commercial agent and consul at St Petersburg, who has been at work on th.s scheme for eight years, both Russia and England have made liberal grants and conces sions to the company, anil a recent Washington dispatch announces that Mr Collins has just arrived therefrom Europe, to solicit the co-operation of Congress, which will undoubtedly lie obtained, and the last link, in the creat chain which binds to gether cot oul.r America and Europe, but Asia and Africa too. will be speedily constructed. The VVestern I u;ou telegra|>h company is already ma king arangetnents to fulfil their part ofthe worthy the i--ue of S 10,000.000 worth of special stock for 'be purpose of constructing the new line. With these t .ro parts, and the proposed Atlan tic telegraph, we have three schemes for connect ing the okl and new world by telegraph. Which is to be the successful lino, or whether the future will open a bvi-iness sufficient for all three, if thev prove to be feasible, remains to be so en. The practical scheme at present, and the one with the earliest and fairest prospects, certainly seems to be bj the way oi sptraits. where connection# can be easiest made wit h already existing lines and where the under water passage of the wire will be thirty si-\ miles.— Epriuyfiehl Mass. Republi can. ItriratSTtwo FROM Cinvx.—Tn A letter to the edi tors of the Evangelist from fau-ehau, we find tho fol lowing : '•.Soochow and other, important cities between Shanghae and Nankin have yielded to the as.-ault of the combined Imperial and disciplined Chinese for ces under English officers. The Imperial cause seems steadily on the advance ; and if the Govern ment continues to receive foreign aid. you will prob ably soon hear of the downfall of Nankin, and the complete overthrowjof the rebel power. It is tho be lief that all difficulties with Japan will be adjusted. SaUurna has paid the ideinnity of for the murder of Mr. Richardson; it was sent to the Britsijs Legation in hand-carts. Satsuma's envoys also signed an agreement that their master would undevi aiingly seek out the murderers of Riehrd*on, > and execute them in tho presence of the/oritish mi- ! thorities. How Mrs. o'Dowd Learned Italian. T was newly married when I came aboard for * short wedding tour. The world *t that t : u ,e re quired new-married people to lay in su> all stock of contiwential notions, to assist their -on m ,.,k;i; tv and enable them to wear the yoke wj'.h .h.gracc ftil ease of foreigners; and so Mrs. Q' jj a nd i started with one heart, onepjis^po' t nnd—u-W. not so pleasant—one hundred por n ,g to , C with this ordinance. xirder once ml" raace it w h s we took up our abode .rt aver, auprote „ d ing hot* l of Bouloyoe-sur-m'ar cal f ed La J, Madrid where we f or the Jvm R eleven francs fifty ce* jt : mes diem-tho pdS fifty leing saved bvtr. y wife ukj , a p™ndial cup of eoffe e %nd nnn J here was not ir. u ., h to , W;it ami we % ,V V ' - week or so M vs. <B> S£d to one of the sultans five hum aizZl buts recog iLovere '' e grew out ol thcdeluriopatlast, and 'rid I! / that our residence at tfic C,mr do Ma sllinrT ? 'Actually screened us from all remark or r'L, durj- as if we htai taken up our abode iu the L , .'g>mbs. . - v <ow when one lias got a srix-k srix-k pfany eom -r.odity on hand—l don't care what it is—there's nothing, so provoking as not tp find a market.— Mrs. O'B.'s investment was baslif'ulness. She was determined to be the most timid, stalled, modest and blushing pyeature ffial ever wore or ange flowers : apd ypt there wgs not a myn, wo man or child ip tfee wjgiletown that cared fo know whether the ftCt for wfieih she left England was a matrimony or 3 murder. 'Don'tyou hate this place. Oortoelius?'—She never cslfud me Con 111 the hAneymoon, 'lsin't it the dullest, dreariest hole you have ever been in ?' 'Not with you," . Then dan't yawp when you say so. I abhor it It dirty, its vulgar, it's dear.' "No no, It ain't dear, my love ; don't say dear.' ■Billiards, perhaps, and filthy cigars, and that greenish bitter —anuisette. I think they call it— are cheap enough, perhaps ; but these are all lux uries I can't share in.' Here was the cloud no bigger than a man's hand that presaged the first connubial hurricane, A married friend—-one of much experience and long suffering—bad told meof this saying, 'Don't fau ey you'll escape, old fellow ; but do the way tho .".inistiy do about Turkey,—put the eyil day' off; diplomatise, promise, cajole, threaten a bit if need? be, but postpone ; and, strong with these precepts, I negotiated, as the phrase jg. and with a dash pf reckless liberality that 1 tremble at hANv as ( record it; I sajd, 'You've pply t,*i say where- - nothing but where to. and {'H take you—up the Rhine, dowfi the Danube, Egypt, thec^taracts^- — '1 dor,t want to gp st> fhr,' spid the Urvly. It aly will do, This was a stunper, I hoped the impossible would have stopped her, but she caught at the practicable, and foiled me, 'There's only one objection.' said I musing ; And what may that be ? not money, I hope. 'Heaven forbid—no. It's the language. We get on here tolerably well, for the waiter t-ocaks # ' Vol. 37, rvo. I*4. Sown" e,i?fa bUt ' B ha,y - dearc#t 'ltetus learn Italian then. My auntGmvoii iM i had a remarkable talent for language* ' I groaned inwardly at-thin. for the " same aunt troves had vouched for a wnuof seventeen htm and odd pounds as her niece's fortune, but }*hich was so beautitidly 'tied up,' a* they called it. that neither eLnvocfkir im* agister ★erc eror equwl to tin l untying it, rt, ? f i^ V k iT est 'i tnus leam hatart;' and I tliottght hoW .{ d cniih a jumor counsel some day with a sntashmt bit of Dante. \v e started that win* night-traveled on day aftc. day—eraseed Mont Cents i a a snow storm and reached the Trombetta as way-worn and wretched-looki ng a pair as ever traveled on an er rand of bhss and U-autitAde. in for a penny'is very Irish philosophy; but 1 can t help that, so I wrote to % brother Peter tosdUut. another hundred for "me out of the 1 ftt e ' S 'u sayin,r ' ar , j >a^'!na ' B health required a little change to a milder climate' (it was low ing when f wrote, and the thermometer ove' the chiuiney-mece at 9 degrees Ilenumer with window! .isjrfe >^ ut i a . ,Mi a n,ar|,|e <s,o ° r *Hhout Zi ? the balmy air of Italy' (my teeth chattered as I set it down! would" soo n rS her , aqd indeed already she icemed to' foel the of l did, f " r \ hc over . It's no use going over what {< evarv one'aexoe rienee on firet coming .>uth of the Alps-—the dai lv hourly difficulty of not believing that you h<ro en a wrong road and got into Siberia ; and strongest of ail it is to see how little the natives k a f I - (lcc! * r ® 1 oft™ thought soap must yefngerant, and I wish sotae chemist would inquire into the matter. 'Aye we ever to begin this blessed language ?' said Mrs. <) 1) to rue, after tour days of close ar rest—-snow still falling and the thermometer go ing dailv down, down, lower ajul lower. Now I ha<l made inquiries the day before from the land lord. and learned that he knew of a most competent person, not exactly a regular teacher who would inswt upon oi*r going to work inseLool fashion but ft man of sense aud a gentleman,— indeed a person of rank and tide, with whom the world had gone somewhat badly and who was at that verv mo ment suffering fw his political opinions, far'in ad vance as they Were, of tho.y; of his age. u i ' " a tnen<l whispered the food- Mrdin my ear, while his features became anima ted with theinostinten.se significance. Now I had never so much as lieard of (JioWti, but I felt It would be a deep disgrace to confess it, and so I C r n * ** ° ? bilJl ' in ' c lsdulity. "As true as I'm hew," replied he. "JJe nsu ally drops in about nooj to read the "Opjnkme " <.nl, if vou penmt, I H send him up to you. Hi 9 name is Count A nnibaJe Caatrocaro " I hastened forthwith to Mrs. O'D, to apprise her of the honor that awaited us; repeatimr * bttle i Kfjetiso, all that the host had said, and fin- Yr ■ i t' t , un "l n P annwtaeeiutmt, "and a Giolmrti Giolmrti Mrs. O'Dowd never flinch ed tinder the shook, and. too proud to own her ie norance, she pertlv remarked, ''J don't think the more of hun for that." I felt that she had beat me, B nd I sat down ' hi tt , hußllllatetl - Meanwhile Mrs. O'D retired to make some change of dress; but. re-ap-' j tearing after awhile in her smartest morning tore iette, and a very ooquettsh little cap. with chcrry doßeaton^ 08 ' W % the Word Cou,it haJ widc'thwliH- Stn^ k <ho waiter flung wide the doub,e doors of our room, and r*Bonno li'JE !Tt' y ** royalty, "I Signor Cantedt astrocano. and there entered a tall man, sightly stooping m the ehou'.dora, with a profu sion of the very blackest hair <* Mis neek hL fi SloUl t ld; , hlS '. "XY-tbing from a Ysl M fort - v : <M ' ht ' and bis drcsft J T butto "ed to the throat and i < - . g xskjw the kne *s. He bowed and slid and Mt it In® cr f B< ' "PPOB^e'Where my wife ' lie ilif n er \ M 'i rather a sort of grace, ht ii k 'ri. at, i w, ' iis h > "id kissed it She IriJwh? * e d JUt 1 she tfasi, t displeased cmuov ind 'i aocOippaiiied the cer e u my, ami s a e kg hup to be seated. i l,! * n v disappointed with the count, bis nair as K -.reaay, and hi bonds so dirtv, and hi fX , ef - u l. > uuc&red for; but Mr* O'D., rh • 3 y Wlt,j vcr 7 pleasantly, ami he re ■;. ' " S i o^l ' English, making little emiles gestures, and some very !•. I I r ai ' A "-' B do duty where his part* of speech alt d htra. I fiu-t I watched Vim as a sort of I>>\ chologu.-al phenoinenon, audi arrived at the ( ' uiclus'.ou that this friend of \t iobesii svu avers <dever artist, Al' was speedily settled for the legions—hour, terr is, and wodeof instruction It wigs to be en tir.-ly conversational with a little theme-writing, Do -gettiug by Va.t, no irregular verbs, no declen sions, uo gondvrs. I did beg hard for a little gram ioar, but ne wa-uldn't hear of it. It \ca against '.lis system, and so I gave ip. M'e began, the next day, but the count almoit ig nored nie altogether, directing almost all his at tention to Mrs. O J >.; and as 1 had alrcadv some <qnsll knowledge of the elementary part* of the language, I was justas well pleased that she should ctme up, as it were, to my level. From this cause I often walked off before the lesson was over, and sometimes, indeed, skrlk&d it altogether, finding th* system, as well as Gioberti's friend, to be an unconscionable bore. Mr*. O'D., on the contra ry, displayed an industry I ever belieVed her to possess, and would pass whole evetiings over her exercises, which often covered several sheet* of letter paper. We had pow fteen about five weeks in Turin, when my brother wrote to request 1 would come back as speedily as I enfold, that a case in which I held a brief was high in the c*use-list, *nd would be tried very early in the session. I own I was not sorry at the recall. I detested the dreary life I was leading. I hafed Turin and its bad feed ing and bad theaters, its rough wines and its rough er inhabitant*- "Did you tell the count we are off on Saturday?" asked I of Mrs. O'D. "Yes." said she, dryly, "I suppose bo'* inconsolable," Kpd I. with a sneer. "He's verv sorry we're going, if yon mean that, Mr. O'Dowd : ana so am I too." "Well, so apt uot I; and you jp-V call me a Dutchman if yog catch tno here again." "The count hopes you will permit him to see you. He asked this pioruing whether he might gallon you about four o'clock." ' Yes, I'll see him with sincere pleasure for once,' I cried; 'since it is to say good-oy to him.' I was in my dressing-room, packing up for the journey, when the count was announced and shown In. 'Excuse me, count," said I, 'for receiving you so informally, but I have a hasty summons to call me back to England, and no time to spare,' 'I will, notwithstanding, ask you for some of that time, all-precious as it is," said he iq French, and with a serious gravity that I had never observ ed in him before. •M>ll. sir,' said I stHßy; 'I am at your orders.' It is now seventeen jong years since that inter view, and I am free to own that I have not even vet attained to sufficient claim jr<d temper to re late wjiat umk place. I uao bat give the >foh- ' "stanei: or opr conversation. If is not Over pleasant fo dwell di, but it was to this purport: Tho ebunt came fa inform me tjiat. without my inten tioft or endeiyor oft hi* part, ft* had gained Mrs- : | D'Dowed's affections And Wen lmr heart ! Yes, much-valued reader, fee ni-a.ie t his declaration to ui sit ting opposite to me at-the lire, a* coolly and üb coneerncaly as if he wft* apologixiug for having carried off my umbrella by mistake. It is true, he was most circumstantial in showing that all tltn ardor ws on one side, and that he, thmughoni, the whole adventure, conducted himself P* by \C(miUi(]<yJ on Strop(t/hp* J X
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