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ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
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Office with Mann A Pqang, on Juliana street, 2 dooys ;
south of the Ho.Le.
April 1. 1864.—tf.
J. It. IURBOUUOSY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Office one door south of the'/Mg.ngel Ilo.nse,"
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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money. Office on Juliana Street, Bedford, Pa.
April 1,1864—tf.
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Office on Juliana Street, two dcifirs South of the Mciigel
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counts.
April 1, IS64—tf.
jvo.aoßiK,
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April!, 1364 —tf.
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Joseph,? on Bedford Railroad. Farms and unim
proved land in quantities to sujt'purchasers.
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Woodbury, April 1, IS64.—tf.
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Respectfully lenders his professional services to tho
citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on
Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Br. J. H.
llofius.
April 1, 1864—tf.
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Apri ; . 1, 1884.—tf.
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cinity. Office on Juliana .Street, opposite the Bank, one
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April 1, lbb4—tf,
DALFFEE BORDER.
PITT STREET, TWO door# WEST OF THE Bedford HOTEL,
Bcdfojrd, Pa.
Watchmaker 4 Dealer in Jewelry. Npeetaelew, Ac
HE KEEPS ON HAND A STOCK OF FINE GOLD
AND SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLES Op
Brilliant Double F.efinod Glassgs, also Scotch Pebble
Glasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast "Pins, Finger Rings,
best quality of Gold Pens.
He will supply to order any thing in his lipe not on
hand. ,
apr. 8, 1554—zz.
PIOTELS.
THE MENGEL HOUSE.
THREE DOORS NORTJI OF the EIBLIC SqUARK, JULIANA ST
BedfoiJ, Pa.
THIS HOUSE SO well known jo the traveling public,
continues under the charge of Isaac Mcngel. He
spares no pains to supply the waqts and comfort of all
who favor him with their patronage. Ilis fable is spread
with the best the market affords.' His chambers
ore handsomely furnished. A convenient stable is at
tached to the House, attended by careful hostler*,
apr. %, 1864—ex.
UJFLWJF HOTEL.
VALENTINE STBCKMAS, proprietor.
West Pitt Street, formerly kpown as the Globo Hotel.—
The public are assured that he ha* made ample arrange
ment* to accommodate all that may favor him with their
patronage. A splendid Livery Stable attached.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
JOHJjT S. MILLER, Proprietor.
April 29th, 1864.— 9.
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A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED. TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORAJLS.
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BETTER THAN GOLD.
Bettor than grandeur, better than gold,
than land and titles a hundred fold,
Is a healthy body, a :pind of case,
And simple pleasures, that always please t
A heart that can feel for a neighbor's woo
And share Vis joy with, a genial glow.
With symjjjtthies largo enough to unfold
All brothers are bettor than gold.
Better than gold is a conscience clear
Though toiling for bread in a humble sphere,
Doubly blest with content and health,
Untired-by the lusts or cares of wealth,
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot,
For mind and morals on Nature's plan,
Are the genuiile test of a gentleman.
Better than gold is sweet repose
Of the sons of toil when their labor close;
Better than gold is the poor man's sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep;
Bring sleep in draughts to the downy hod
Where luxury pillows his aching heud,
llis simpler opiate labor deems
A shorter road to the land of dreary.
Better than gold is a thinking mind,
That in the realms of books can find
A treasure surpassing Australian ore,
living with the great and good o( yore,
The sage's lore and the poet's lay,
The glo*>? of empires past away;
The world's great drama will thus unfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is a peaceful home,
Where all the fireside chatties come,
The shrine of love and tho heaven of life.
Hallowed by the mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble that home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree,
Theblessiugs that never wee bought or
And centre there, are better than gold.
WHEN OUR SHIP COMES IN."
A little child dwelt by the flowing sea,
And her home was the home of poverty ;
She ran with bare fei.o'c the golden sands,
And gathered shell < with her small brown hands.
(lay stranger# came in rich robes digbt,
But the littla maiden shunned their sight ■.
And shaking her curls o'er her blushing faco,
.'•"led away like a fawn that flies the chase.
When the strangers were gone, said the mother mild,
•'What was it dLtnuyod thee, siy darling child?"
"0, mother ! my feet were bare and brown,
I had no bonnet, and then —this gowu 1"
She held up the skirt of her faded frock,
Sadly rent by the jagged rock.
And she said, with a deep and a long-drawn sigh,
"Will I have such dresses as they, by and by V
Her mother smiled with a grave sweet grace,
As she smoothed tho curls from the half grieved face,
And said: "When our ship comes in from sea.
Yon shall have garments aud all things free."
"When our ship comes in ?ai<( the little one,
And away to the highest roek she run,
And watched till night-shadows dimmed the suture,
For tho freighted ship and its treasured store.
Long and often she watched in vain.
No ship for her sailed over the main,
Ilow many watchers in life there be,
For the ship that never conA over the sea!
WIT AND WISDOM.
A I'RKACIIER'S word should be law only whqn it is
gpspel.
MAST a womaniwopld ri.ther have a tubercle in her
lungs than a piuqAe on hpr hose.
Wirp faint hands we hold the drained enp of joy,
which, when empty, weighs heaviest.
THE jtxcESSES ofour youth are drafts upon age, pay
able tyjth interest some years after date.
THE TRULY great are humble, as those ears of corn
and boughs of trees that are best laden, bend lowest.
THE MAN who has good judgment in perfection is
master of his companions without letting them see it.
To BE in company with one who has no opinion
but your is as had as being caged with a ma
caw.
IT'S ODD how folks will force disagreeable knowledge
upon us—crab-apples that we must swallow and defy
the stomach-ache.
THE BLOOMING of the renovated earth is the best
balm for sorrow over that lie under it; graves are
better hiji by blqssoms thap snow.
As THE best tempered sword is the most flexible,
so the truly generous an: the most pliant and cour
teous to their inferiors.
A MAN thanks you the fess for presents, the ipore
inclined he is to give presents of his own; the benefi
cent is rarely.a grateful person.
A CASE of starvation in the streets of London is
vailed by a high-toned English paper, death "from
a morbid antipathy to the workhouse."
WRITE your name with kindness, love and mercv
on the hearts of the people you come in contact with
year by year, and you will never be forgotten.
WHEN you are trying to sleep.it is not pleasant to
hear two dogs, ha'.faniilc apart discussing a dogmat
ical difference of opinion.
AN IRISH girl at play on Sunday being accosted by
the priest, "Good morning, daughter of the Evil
One," meekly replied, "Good morning, father.
MR JONES called upon the gentleman who advertis
ed to restore oil paintings and requested him to restore
a valuablelandscape which was stolen from him two
years ago.
A YOUNG married couple may well be content with
a mere martin's box of a house if it willholdtwo—or
so; no matter how humbly furnished if there is hope
in it.
A BEAtrnrri. woman is like a great truth or a great
happiness, and has no right to cover herself with a
green veil, or any similar abomination.
TALLEYRAND was one day leaving a council ofmin
isters when he met a courtier distinguished for his im •
prudent gossiping. "Well, M. Le Prince." lie
yried ; "what has passed ip council to-day?" "Four
hours have passed,'' replied the prince, gravely.
A man .with 9 loqkinglass under his arm met a boy,
and thought fye would be witty at his expense. —
"Here, boy i-• said he; ''just come and look in this
glass and yop see a'monkev." "Ah! indeed,"
said the boy ; "h,QW did you find that out?"
Solitude, says Seneca, makes us love ourselves,
conversation others. The one to oomfort, the other
to beal; the one allays, the other whets aud adds
new vigor. Nothing pleases always, and therefore
God who built as for labor, provides us also vvith re
freshments,
To all letters soliciting his "subscription" to any
thing. Lord Erskine had a regular form of reply,
namely—"Sir, I feel much honored by your appli
cation, and beg to subscribe" (here the reader had to
turn over a leaf) "myself vpur very obedient servant,"
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BEDFORD, Pa., FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1864.
THREE SIMPLE MEN OF THE EAST.
A STORY FROM WHICII A MORAL CAN BE EXTRACTED.
Tha following story was heard by the present narrator,
in Ceylon:
In Kandv, during the days of the Kandyan
kings of the Island (Jeylon, qp. a pleasant, cool
December evening, three strong men were sitting
in a rest-house, of amblemmgy—that is, a small
open building raised for the benefit of travellers
by some pious persoii. in accordance with the. say* -
ings of Budha, that the gods reward such works
of charity.
As the men sat in the glow of the sunset, a mid
del-aged widow, in deep mourning, came by. The
three men rose and bowed to her. She also made
a bow to them.
"That bow was for me." said one of the men.
"No," said the second, "it was mine." "No,"
said the, third, "it was to me she bowed." They
quarrelled over thp matter for some time, but at
last agreed that it would be better to run as fast as
they could'after the widow, and ask her to which
of them she bowed. They did so, reached her out
of breath, gasped at her their question, an i the
only answer they got was, "To the greatest sim
pleton among you.
Then they returned to the rest-house qaluay,
but only to quarrel again.
"Did I not tell yuq." said one, "that she bow
ed to me? 1 am the greatest simpleton here.
"No," said each of the other two, "I am more of
a simpleton than you.'" They quarrelled thus for
some time, and, from words coming to blows, they
quarrelled till they were stopped by the police,
who locked them up in separate cells, and (Juried
them next day before a Judge. The Judge, hav
ing heard the cause of dispute, culled upon one of
fhe men to produce evidence lor. his claim to he
so great a simpleton.
"My lord," said lie, "when I was about eigh
teen years old, my father and my mother set eyes
on a young woman whom they chose to be my
wife. They thought she woukl be faithful, indus
trious and thrifty. She was expected to inherit a
tew fields. Klfo was of the same'easte as oursel
ves, and of good family. Proposals, therefore,
were made aud accepted, and, soon afterwards, ac
cording to the laws of the country, I had to visit
my future mother-in-law, at whose house, though
not allowed to do so by the strict, rules of society,
yet by some contrived chance, my intended wife
would show her face tome. I had far to travel,
and, starting at mid-day, arrived late in the even
iug, when I was most cordially received, and most
kindly requested to stay for the night, and return
home next day. To this I consented, with all
scorning reluctance, although it had been the ob
ject of my journey, and I was fully persuaded that
a glance at my future partner in the cool of the
morning would be lietter thanone intheda.sk of
the evening. I had an excellent dinner, ayd slept
soundly under a roof which I already regarded as
my own. In the morning I awoke refreshed,
and went out of doors to wash myself as usual. —
1 found, of course, awaiting me. a brazen pot lull
of water for washing my face, hands, and feet, as
well as a piece of charcoal for cleaning my teeth.
I finished my ablutions soon, and, on looking back,
observed a beautiful young woman, who sat at
some distance from inc. washing rice for our morn
ing meal. Her embarrassed air, and some smiles
which stole over her face almost agnir.sj, her will,
easily told me that she was my bethrothed; and I.
in defiance of our'eustoms, quietly went near, and
spoke to her, as there was nobody in sight. Bhe
was not so shy as to leave hur work aud run away,
but stayed, and returned short modest answers to
my questions. At length I went vqry close to her.
tapped her on the shoulder, and pfciyfullv taking'
up a handful of the rice she was washing, had just
nut it into my mouth, when, to our utler confusion,
her mother made hsr appearance. I quickly re- !
moved myself to a respectful distance, but had not
time to bile or swallow the rice, and so was obliged
to keep it between ray gums and cheek. This
showed us a lump, which my mother-in-law who
was to he, most unfortunately mistook for a gutu
bc.il.
" 'Ah ! how are you this morning?' said she.—
'You have got a gum-boil.' 'Yes,' answered I,
'hut it does not give me any pnin at present, so I
intend to leave it alone till it forms matter.' 'You
should not do that, child,' continued she;'you
shouhLget it. cured immediately. I shall send for
adoctor.' 'No,' said 1, iq bitter desperation, '.we
have a very good doctor practicing near our vil
lage. I shall! as soon as we reach home, put my
self under bis care.' But my evasions and excuses
could not baffle her offlciousuess. The doctor >vas
sent for, and, until he caiue, she lectured me on
the evil of permitting any sickness to come to a
head, and, now and then she felt my gum-boil.—
The doctor at length arrived, and he also examined
it. He pionouneed it to be one of a very malig
nant sort, but curable. Now, during all this time,
my officious mother-in law had her eye on mv
cheek, and I had committed myself so far that I
could not deceive her. Shame aj confessing a
falsehood, us well as the fear of exposing my pre
vious indiscretion, alike kept me silent. I sat
mute with astonishment at the position to which
I had reduced myself, until the doctor, who had
been bu>y in the kitchen, suddenly cajjie out, and.
before I |.ad time to avoid him, put a red-hot hook
into my gum-boil. I howled ;ind jumped, but lie
had made a deep wound, and out of i£ came the
lice I had inside. All present now saw the truth,
and the doctor, picking up tpe rice, cried at me,
'You big simpleton, when you had only rice in
your mouth, why did you pot say so!' I made
no answer, but took to my heels and ran home.—
Thus I lost a good wife, and the prospect of a good
fortune, and have ever since believed myself the
greatest simpleton yet born.' !
Having laughed heartily at this story, the Judge
turned to the second man, and asketj, "What evi
dence have you, sir, of your right to the bow you
claim ? '
"My story is short." he qnswered. "but it will
show that I have as much right to the Ik>w as any
man. 1 married early, nnj tried to be happy, but (
I found that my wife could not manage tne house"
without help; so I married another wife, (nolygo
my being allowed in my country,) and thought
that all WQ-,ild be well maqaged by the two, and I
should get my rest after ray day's labor in the
fields. But, alas! I was mistaken. I bad no more
rest at home. If I spoke to one wife for a few
ppnutes. the other complained that I did not
speak to her. I was not able to bestow on one the
least attention or kindness bv deed, word, or even
by a look, without suffering from the other's jeal
ousy. Thus 1 lost all peace at home and was
quite miserable whenever bad weather or any
other cause obliged me to stay in doors. I was
harrassed in this manner until I lost all patience,
and told them there was only one thing to lie done,
and that was, they must take mo each by a leg
and pull away till they divided me between tlieni.
I had no sooner spoken, than they took me at my
word. They siezed me by my feet, aud began to
pull away with all their strength, each trvipg to
out-pull the otlmr. In this extremity I could
only .scream for help. The neighbors rushed in
and I was extricated; but such was the laughing
and jeering, and hooting at the simpleton who
had thus given himself up to his wives, that I had
to fly from my country, aud now I am here a beg
gar. My countrymen ever since, even up to
this day, spoken of me as the Great Simpleton."
This story having been told, the third man, at
the request of the Judge, related the following:
"I married, at about the age of twenty, a rich
vonng woman; but, instead of adding to her wealth,
by trading, or following some lucrative course of
life, I did nothing until our money was all gone.
Then being compelled by hunger, and touched by
tRe position and entreaties of my wife, I went to
work. I labored all the day in a rich man's gar
den, and with my earnings bought a small quanti
ty of rice mid returned nouie. My wife baked
three cakes of the rice, and we sat down to eat
them, when a dispute arose between us as to
whiffi had a right to twj. 1 said 1 ought to get
two, a* 1 had toiled all day and earned them all;
mv wife maintained that she ought to get two. as
she had brought with lier BO much money and,had
j fed me so long, and had, besides, to make, and
bake the Both of us were obstinate, and
we would by no means consent to an eqwJ divi
sion, At length my wife hit upon a plan. She
proposed ijiat we should sit by the cakes, and
whoever spoke first should get only one. I agreed
and so we .-at up all night without speaking.—
About, daybreak 1 fell asleep, quite wearied, and
so did my wife; but we rose soon, and looked at
"our cakes, and remained silen'. We did not sit
much longer in this manner, but both fainteri.—
Shortly after this, our neighbors, seeing our door
closed, and hearing no voice or sound of stirring
within, came and knocked. As they received no
answer, they broke open the door, and found' 5 q s
lying apparently dead, but warm. So, fancying us
to be actually dead, they made a pile of wood and
placed us on it. Fire was set to the pile, and most
unfortunately just under me. 11 burnt the wood
on my side of the pile so quicklv that the heat
roused me at once, and I jumped up with a loud
cry of 'Oh!' In the next moment my wife cried,
'Ah, you get only one cake!' Our neighbors
were surprised at this performance of the corpses;
but when my wife, in great glee, boasted of her
victory, und explained herself, they laughed at
us uproariously, and told us that we were both
. of us tho greatest simpletons they ever heard of."
The Judge settled the claims of the three sim
pletons :hus: "You are really three very great
. simpletons, and it if>, not easy to decide which
qf you ought to get the bow. The tirst, how
ever, suffered not only from his folly, but on
account of his love, and because he had not ob
served the approach of the doctor with his rca-hot
iron hook. The second suffered because he had
committed a mistake, and his wires took unjust
advantage of it. But the third suffered starva
tion, solely because ct his foolishness, and is
therefore the greatest simpleton. In the pres
ent quarrel, however, all three have been equal Kim
pletons in lighting for so, worthless a thing as a
passing stranger's how."
From the Round Tnhle.
WHAT IT COSTS TO DRESS A LADY.
A lady, at present prices, is a luxury too great
for an ordinary man to contemplate; the figures
attached plainly to her making up and adornments
would frighten any man who did not possess a ;
a printing-press of his own that could turn out an j
unlimited number of greenbacks-
Take the lady, for instance, who sweeps the !
pavement as she passes to the marl Je steps of a!
dry goods palace. Jfer dross is a rich mauve v oire
antique, at eight do jars per yard, and it is trim
med with lace leaves, edged with tiny drop buttons,
which st€ happen to know can be purchased only
at six dollars per pair. Twelve pairs, including
tl\e epaulets and trimming for the body, would
be required at the very least, involving a cost of
seventy-five dollars for the trimming alone. And
fifteen yards of mot re, at eight dollars. Lnd you
reach nearly two hundred dollars, without the ma
king, which, together with linings and smaller
items, will be thirty dollars more. Her magnifi
cent cloak is of black velvet, enriched with a pro
fusion of jet and guipure k v cc, and was imported j
at a cost office hundred dollars. Her hat is Par
isian also, and with its sweeping plume, which is
the envy of half her female frieuds, was considered
cheap at fifty dollars.
Were it worth while to come down to smaller de
tails. we could enumerate her collar of real point,
which cost fifteen dollars ; her !ace-covered para
sol, which cost twenty-five dollars ; her lace-edged
mou-choir. a bargain at forty dollar. : and her
dainty walking boots, which, it is complained, do
not pay the price of exchange, at seven dollars per
pair. Even then we leave out tho jeweled watch,
the daintily fitting dove . one dollar, now two
dollars per pair, and two boxes of which scarcely
suffice for g season. Taking the more prominent
I articles of costume, however, which can be seen at
a glance, we have the following result:
Drcsa, including trimming and '.a.iking $22.).00
Cloak, " ' '• ' - £.06,00
Hat " " " *50,0(1
Parasol, " " " 25,00
Collar, " " " 15.00
Handkerchief, 50,00
Vail :. 25,00
Watch, including chain and charm*, 225,00
Will king-boots, 7.00
Glove*, : 2,00
Total, $1,114,00
Pursuing the subject stiff further, we find the
following aggregate cost of an outfit actually pur
chased in New York recently, which we give with
out adding to or detracting f rom a single figure.—
The bill of a lady's furnishing establishment for
suppling six plain and six elcg;,ntly trimm/d aid
embroidered under-garracnts of each kind, includ
ing a puffed ' 'corset cover,' was nine hundred and,
twenty-five dollars. Add to this sum fifty for two
morning-wrappers, one woollen, the other buff
cambric, with ruffles : one hundred and seventy
five for white waists, three trimmed with lace and
insertions, and three plain ; sixty for shoes, which
gives two pairs of "mules' or dressing-rooui slip
pers, two pairs of kid breakfast slippers, trimmed
with ribbons and jet. two pairs of walking-boots,
and two pairs of embroidered "dress ' slippers.
Next came the millinery bill, which amounted to
ope hundred and sixty dollars for four hats
one a white lace evening hon'net. another a "dress'
Neapolitan, the thin! a straw for "demi-toilette,/
and the fourth a "round'' Country hat. Forty and
fifty dollars is now considered a moderate stint to
pay for a French bonnet. Leghorn's, trimmed
with real lace and plumes, sometimes mount as
high as one hundred and fifty.
The dry goods bill from a single large establish
ment was fourteen hundred and fifty dollars, Und
includes an embroidered white satin robe, one hun
dred mid fifty dollars ; a very handsome new style
silk robe, one hundred and twenty-five dollars:
black silk for a dress, forty dollars; violet and
gold cliangeablo silk for dres. also seventy-five
' dollars; two organdie robes, fifty; a cambric robe,
fifteen. '
The dress maker's bill for making eight dresses,
ar t d finding linings, thread and the like, was one
hundred and fifty dollars. Trimmings of every
other description were supplied bv the lady her
self, which brought in another biff with the details
of which we will not weary the reader. We must
pot oihit a simple lace evening dress, which cost
one hundred and fifty dollars, including garniture,
nor three head-dresses* the aggregate cost of which
was seventy-five dollars. Now add the following
figures:
Undergarments
Morning Wrappers 50,C0
WUite waiste 17:,U0
Shoes 6U.00
Bronnct* 160,60
Lace evening dress 150,00
Dry Goods 1150,00
Dress-maker's bill 150,00
Head-dresses 75,00
Total $3,193,00
The total here presented was much more alarm
ing to the voung lady principally interested than it
can possibly be to the reader. She had come to
New-York with a check for three thousand dollars
to purchase an outfit, exclusive of a watch which
she possesed, and jewels which were to be present
ed by her lover. To her astonishment she found
herself one hundred ahd ninety-five dollars ahead
of her cash-book, and tundry' articles, such a8 veils,
furs, scarfs, fancy combs, collarettes, handker
chiefs, and the like, still unpurchased. She could
not charge herself with extravagance. A Paisley
shawl and a reili lace shawl had been among the
desirables insisted upon by the mother, and a rich
wedding-dress was ah ultimatum with her father.
She had bqught no hundred dollar handkerchiefs
or camel s'hair shawels. no furs, no expensive
winter cloaks or delicate bijouterie : yet the fact
stared her plainly in the face that jnonoy
' which she nad imagined capable of buyiiig all
these things was gone, and that two thousand
more would lie needed before this year was out to
supply other iudisijcusable requisites to a fashion
able wardrobe. Is it any wonder that young liien
are afraid to marry, when, after that event, they
feel called upon to keep up the same ratp of sup
plies, and even iivdulge to a greater extent the
costly fancies of their young and pretty wives?
At a fancy dros ball, for instance, given only a
few weeks ago in Madison a-, enutx the cost of the
dresses would be deemed fabulous. One beauti
ful lady wore a superb rose de chine" satin, em
broidered with real pearls. Upon her head, and
enveloping her entire person, was a magnificent
vail of real lace, also with pearls.—
The Goddess Diana was represented by a young
lady in a short dress of ponceau satin, embroider
ed wit 3 golden arross-s; the top boots were of red
satin if) match the dress, and were finished with
goldey heels and tassels. Another young lady
wore, a short dress of green sntin, green satin boots
with silver heels, and laces, and hair pondered
with, silver dust. A lady, well knownia thq world
of fashion, wore a rich robe of white satin, em
broidered all over with diamonds ; head dross and
white satin boots were made to correspond. The
cost of these splendid costumes is greatly enhanced
by tlie extreme difficulty of having everv part
made to correspond with the others. This city
must frequently be ransacked for some small yet
indispensable item of material, and as only", a few
| artists are capable of executing the orders, their
: time and ingenuity become doubly valuable.
Gentlemen are frequently not a whit behind
| ladies even iu the matter of dress. On the occa
, sirn above mentioned, the costum of the gentle
! me'a consisted of suite of black velvet, knee bree
' dies, ruffles of lace, and diamond buttons. This
j costume cost one of the gentlenieu nearly one
| thousand dollars, including the hire of a superb
set of diamonds worth ten thousand dollars, and
the purchase of lace ruffles of extraordinary depth
and fineness.
What we are coming to, when in the midst of
our republican simplicity, without the necessity
for upholding state forms and ceremonials, such
sums arc'lavished on frail and perishable art icles
of attire, it is vvnnh while seriously to consider,
and having considered to determined whether or
not to go and do likewise.
[From the Charleston Mercury. April 24.j
Incident iu the Bombardment ot the city of
" Charleston.
The Yankees, from time to time, throw a shell
into the city, and nobody seeuis to mind it. But
misfortune willed that yesterday a shell should
throw the entire community into mouriag.
Miss Atmu Pickens, the daughter of our former
Governor, never consented to leave the city.—
Despite the the of Gen. Beaure
gard. she remained, oraving shells and Greek fire,
tending the wounded, and cheering all with, her
presence. Among the wounded officers under her
ministering care was Mr. Andrew de Rochelle. a
descendant of one of the noblest Hugenot families
of this city. This young man was full of Mie live
liest gratitude for nis fair nurse ; gratitude gave
birth to a more tender sentiment; bis suit was list
ened to: Governor Pickens gave his consent, and
the marriage was fixed for yesterday the 2'ld of
April.
Lieutenant Deßochelle was on duty at Fort
Suinpter in the morning, and it was determined
that the ceremony should take place at the resi
dence of Geu. Bouliani in the evening, at" seven
o'clock. At the moment when the Episcopal cler
gyman was asking the bride if she was ready, a
shell fell upon the roof of the building, penetrated
to the room where the company were assembled,
burst and wounded nine persona, and among the
re.it Miss Anna Pickens. We cannot describe the
scene that followed. Order was sit last re-estab
lished. and the Svounded were removed, all except
the 1 bride, win lav motionless upon the carpet. —
Her betrothed, kneeling and bending over her,
was weeping bitterly and trying to stench the
blood that wvlledfrom a terrible wound under her
left breast. A surgeon came and declared that
Miss Pickens had not longer than two hours to
live. We will paint the general desnare.
W hen the wounded girl recovered her conscious
ness. she asked to know her fate, and when thev
hesitiued to tell her —"Andrew." she .-aid. "1
beg you to tell me (he truth. If 1 must, die, I can
die worthy of you." The young soldier's tears
were his answer, and Miss Anna summoning all
her strength, attempted to smile. Nothing could
be more heart-rendering than to seethe, agony of
this brave girl struggling in the embrace of death,
and against a terrible mortal pang. Governor Pick
ens, whose courage is known, was almost without
con sciousness, ard'Mrs. Pickens looked upon her
child with the dry and haggard eye of one who-e
reason totters.. Lieu;. Deßochelle was the first to
speak. "Anna." he cried, "I will die too.
but I would have you die my wife, there is yet
time to unite us." The youim girl did not reply:
she was too weak A slight nilsh rose for an in
stant to her pale check; it could be seen that joy
and pain were struggling in her spirit for the msis
tery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stain
ed with blood, lief hair disheveled, she had never
been more beautiful.
Helpless as she was, Lieut. De Rochelle took
her hand and requested tb. j Rev. Mr Dickersou
to proceed with the eerc'mony.—When it was
time for rhe dying girl to Say "yes," her lps par
ted several times but she coUld not articulate. At
last the word was spoken/aud a sligat foam res
ted upon her lips The dying agony was near.—
The minister sobbed as he proceeded with the
ceremony. An hour afterward all wAs over, and
the bridal chamber was the chamber'of death.—
Lieutenant De. Rochelle has sworn to perish in
battle against the Yankees, and we are sure he
will keep his oath. lie Kas now a double motive
to hate them and his own existence.
Our entire community share the grief that af
flicts the family of Governor Pickens. The obse
quies of Miss Anna will Occur to-morrow morning
at 11 o'clock. Governor Pickens and Lieut. De
Rochelle will lie chief inoflrners. Our ex-Govern
or desires that there shall be 110 military parade.
The funeral cortege will be composed of all our la
dies, all our magistrates, all our generals, aud the
wounded soldiers, many of whom owe their lives
to the devotion of the deceased. Never has wo
man been followed to the grave by so many regrets
—never has one left sadder remembrances in the
hearts of* Charleston.
THE FEELING IN RICHMOND BEFORE THE OPEN
ING OF THE CAMPAIGN. — The present time in the
history of the war wc Ho not think can well lie over
estimated. It seems by common consent, both
among us and our enemies, to lie regarded as a
crisis. Of course, all may be mistaken; but it doe&
not appear as if we had reached that point in the
struggle, when a great victory, one side or t.he
other, will do much toward ending the war. II
Gen. I.'ee meets with disaster, and Johnson is over
come, wc may reach the conclusion that' longer
strife, on our part, is useless and vain.
The battles may be virtually drawn battles: no
such success granted to either side a-that either
will be able to accomplish anything great. This
willoulv prolong the war: and. with the resources
of the United States, must prove disadvantageous
to us. Or, the victory may be with the enemy and
they may be able to press us to tho wall. Or the
victory may be ours, and we may be able to drive
the euerny in shau f e and confusion.-N'- Churchman.
A MORMON SEITLEMENT IN WESTERN VIRGIN
IA. —The Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer says:—
' NVe learn that there is in the town of South
Wheeling a society of Mormons who practise ail
the doctrines of that sect except that of polyga
my. \V"e have had a conversation with an En
glishman who lielougs to the society, aud who
firmly beleives in ail the pecular notions of tin
Latter-Day Saints. In his opinson all the church
es to which Gentiles usually attach themselves ate
wonderfully corrupt. He h/s had not a physician
in his house for five or six years. Cases ol sicki.f-s:
a re cured by anointing ana by laying on of hands.
Vol. 87: Nol 23.
(i£X£RAL GRANT'S CAMPAIGN.
MCTl|riB ■>!_ [miwrtant !iir)ltln~aa
Vouudtii at r(iUl.:.r t —tirant fftitiriti
thafa Everßefoi-c. ""
[Special Correspondence of the X. Y. Even lag Post.!
PBEDERICKSBCBG, Viu, May 17, IST>4.
A brief description of some of the localities
which ..e iusi now mentioned in every despatch
from the V irginia battle-field may help your read
ere to a more perfect uftdurstanding. in the future,
of events in that quarter, first, teen, as to
BF.LLE PLAIN
Belle Plain is simply a landing near the mouth
of Potomac Creek, within sight of the Potomac
river, improvised by the government for army
emergencies. There is not a siu.de house within
a iriUe ol'the landing, a fid the wharf is a rude,
rdhgh affair, affording on!.,- the poorest facilities
for landing troop or supplies. At this point all
Y' ,L Grant's supplies are received by transports
lrohi Washington, and are sent hence in wagons
to ufie front, over twenty miles away. Immediate
ly back from the landing a range of hills stretches
awav to the east in abrupt precipitous angles, with
deep ravines ribbing their sides, through which
roads have been constructed, along which the im
mense trains climb with difficult ascent, often
overturning, sometimes breaking down utterly.*—
L pon the summit of this range' of hiils are thick
growths of low timber, while the slopes are strewn
with patches of thicket—mostly'of pines and
scrub oak. The place is inexpressibly wild and
desolate, and yet it was here we to end ."a few days
ago, ten thousand sick and wounded men lying
helpless in the mud. with no shelter but such as
the thickets afforded. riince then tents have
been erected along the hffls and on the tabie-lsuid
beyond the ridge, in which the wounded are cared
for, both nurses and supplies now being adequate
to the demand. .
The see IJO in the offing from Belle Plain is ftill
of life and emotion; wheezing, puffing tugsSou®
dor about the landing "; steamers and gunboats lie
at anchor half a mile :,way, 'in the'Potomac, re
ceiving loads of wounded or unloading supplies
and hospital stores; now and thej. a transport,
crowded i . the water's edge with fresh troops, all
Cheering sjid singing battle-songs, ox heavily laden
with horses and artillery, steams through the fleet
and glides to the landing, while occasionally an
sron-dad thrust its omaiverous, turtle-shaped
presence into the harbor, looking for torpedoes,
and keeping a fatherly Watch over the brood of
wooden craft. Added to alljthis, you see flatboats
and dug-outs darting here and there', mostly pro
tiellcd by tbe stfoug arm of muscular negroes, the
boats carrying officers to and fro, or hurn ingovith
despatches to the little vessels employed by the
government to carry iwjefiigeiiee. This is what
you see at Belle Plain—as busy, bustling, popu
lous a place, considering it lms neither houses,
streets nor citizens, as any you will find out of
Virginia.
FREDERICK Nil C Rf L
Fredericksburg lies on tie llapabarmock river,
nine miles from Belle Plain;,' with which it is con
nected by two main roads, and just now by a score
or so of aveqjpes constructed for existing emer
gencies. The country all the way between those
points is cutirely l>are of fences, stock
and products'of whatever description; and in the
eh tire distance I do not remember tb have seen
more than six houses. The country is rolling and
uneven, with deep ravines and wooded heights;
there is not anywhere in all that region a space of
half a mild of level land. Between the Plain and
Fredericksb urg, a breadth of half a mile or so has
been swept entirely clear o.f trees, and ia now
pierced by roads —roads running in all manner of.
tortuous, winding angles, lokihg at a distance like
So many great white serpents winding in a reckless
tongle over the bald hills—roads with three and
four tracks running abreast, and roads so narruw
stecp, apd one sided as to be altuost impassable for
a single team. It is over these Mads our immense
trains make their way, and thousands of wounded
also, at risk of life ayd limb, have been princpally
transported to Belle Plain. The main road is
strongly guarded with strong pickets at every im
portant point, but small gangs of guerrillas have,
nevertheless, managed to make one or two success
ful dashes, capturing a few mules and ft-ightening
some timid pedestrians.
The population of Fredericksburg was formerly
about six thousand ; at this time there are only
two or three families remaining in the place. Im
mediately back of the town :ire the celebrated
Heights which Burnside.so gallantly attacked over
a year ago. and along which the fortifications cre
ated by the rebels still extend. The railroad bridge
' over the Rappahannock is still broken d own, and
[ passage is effected on a pontoon bridge at the low
ier end of the town, laist Sunday several addition
j al ]>ontooas passed through here; does that mean
j that there'are streams beyond our present position
j that Grant means to cross!
THE WILDERNESS.
The 4 'Wilderness," in which the first battle of
; the present campaign was fought, embraces fifteen
J miles of timber land, thickly studded with under -
i growth, making it at some points utterly hupassa
| hie. During the battles our men -,yere often una
! hie to see any object tv/enty-fiye feet distant from
! them. Of course, operation- under such cireum
! stances were attended with the greatest disadvan
tage, especially as the enemy knew every nook
j and lurking-place, while our soldiery in loading
i and firing' oecess?.rily, exposed themselves above
! the underbrush to a greater extent than would
i have been necessary had they been acquainted
j with the ground. The Wilderness is fiom twelve
■ to fifteen miles front Fredericksburg.
The road front tlii- point to General Grant's
I present position was formerly a plank causeway,
! hut the planks having been broken by our artillery,
j the thoroughfare is now in worse condition, ifpos
sible, than that.uniting Frederioksburg and Beile
Plain.
FRESH TROOPS.
'lTiere have bqen fresh arrivals of troops since 1
last wrote, aed Genaral Grant is stronger to-day,
bv at least twenty thousand men. than when he
crossed the Rapidan. Some of the slightly wound
ed will l>e returned to the front Within a few days,
still further increasing bis effective force. All the
wounded who can safely be removed have l>cen
sent from tliis place and Belle Plain to Washing
ton, and the wants of those who remain will now
be adequately supplied.
INCOME fROM ONE SHIJEP.
Three years ago I took a twin lamb from a sheep
in my flock, and put. it with the calves. Fed it
with milk until three mouths old. FLuce then she
had no extra care up til list spring. , *
The first ybar she 'sheared Gj lbs. of wool, which
was sold at 44'ets. per ft. $2.16. The second vear
she raised three lambs, and sheared 9J pounds of
wool. The wool was sold for $4. IS—44 cents per
pound. The third year she raised four lambs, and
sheared 71 pounds of wool, which at 65 cents per
pound, brought $4,87, These lambs sheared at a
year old—three of them —I;>A fts. of wool, which
at 65 cts.brought $8,62. I have sold the old sheep
and three of her lambs for $55,00. I have foar of
her lambs left, which are worth $50,00.
From the above xopOunt, it will he seen that 1
•sold lambs and wool to the amount of $75,58. If
to this is added $50,000, the amount. 1 consider the
lambs on hand worth, I get $125,53, as the in
come from one sheep in three years!
TIROS. W. WOKTHLEY.
ANTRIM, New Hampshire.
NOTE. —Mr. Worthley exhibited the above sheep
I with her four lambs, at the Milford Fair. We
think them a cross between the South Down and
Cots wold.—/oica Ag.
A widow was burnt in Ukour, India, in Decem
ber last,' on the funeral pile of her husband. She
tried to escape IVom the fire, but was driven back
by the sword" and consumed. All the parties cou
\ ccrned in it were punished; Epme condemned tu
ten year? imprisonment.