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CARDS. 1. H. AKEKfi, " XTTORNIY AT LAW, BEDFOBD, PI. Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his ear*. Military claims speedily collected. Office on Juli ana Street, two doors north of the Inquirer Office. April 1, 1864—tf. ESPY M. A ESI P. ATTORNRY AT LAW, BKBPOKD, Pa., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business en trusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military claims, Pensions, back pay, Bounty, Ae. spee dily collected. . Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Mengel House. April 1, 1864.—tf. J. R. DIRBUBBOW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Office one door south of the "Mengel House," Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to hisoare Collections made on the shortest notice. Having, also, been regularly licensed to prosecute Claims against the (leveminent, particular attention will be given to the collection of Military claims of all, kinds; Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Loans, Ac. Bedford, apf. 8,1864 —tf. ALEX. KLXFI, ATTOBXET AT LAW. And agent for procuring arrears of Pay and Bounty moaev. Office on Juliana Street, Bedford, Pa. April 1, 1864—tf. HIMXELL A LIXGEItFELTEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mongel House. April 1,1864—tf. JOHlf MAJOR, SCSTICR OF THE PEACC, HOPEWELL, BEDFORD COCNTT. Collections and ail business pertaining to his office will be attended to promptly. Will also attend to the sale or j renting of real estate. Instruments of writing earofully prepared. Also settling up partnerships and ether ae- i counts. April 1,1864—tf. J AO. SOWER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, Pat, April 1,1864.—tf. JOSEPH W TATE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD PA. WILL promptly attend to collections and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining conn Money advanced on Jndgmen Note* and o'ber Claims. Has for sale Town Lots, in Tatesville, and ft •Joseph.i on Bedford Railroad. Farms and uaim- , •proved land in quantities to suit purchasers. Office opposite the Banking House of Reed A Sohetl. wpr. 15, 1864—10 m. RTRPP, SHANNON, A CO., BANKERS, Bedford, Pa., BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. COLLECTIONS made for the East, Wast, North and Suth, and the general business of Exchange, trans acted. Notes and Accounts Collected, and Remittance* promptly made. REAL ESTATE bought and sold. G. W. Bx-pr, 0. E. SHANBOX, F. BENEDICT. ay*. 15. 1864—tf. DANIEL BORDER. PITT STRUCT, TWO DOORS WEST or THR BRDPORD MOTEL, Bedford, Pa. WstetalskerADealerln Jewelry.Speetaclm, *e HE KEEPS ON HAND A STOCK OF FIXB GOLD AN® SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLES OF Brilliant SJossWe Refined Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. GoM Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will oapyir to order any thing in bis line not on band. v apr. 8, 1864—il IT PHYSICiANST&c! L N. BOWSER, DENTIST. 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THIS HOUSE SO well known to the traveling public, continues under the charge of Isaac Mengel. He aparetno pains to supply the waatsand comfort of all who favor hka with their patronage. Hie tabic is spread with the best the market afford*. Hi# chambers are handsomely furnished. A convenient stable is at tached to the Noose, attended by careful hostlers, apr. 8,1864 —sz. EXCIIANGEHOTEL, HUNTINGDON, PA. •JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor. April 2Mb, 1864.—ft. UNION HOTEL. VALENTINE BTECKMAN, PROPRIETOR, West Pitt Stvoot, Bedibrd, Pa-, (Formerly tk Glob* HotoL) TBI public are amused that he has mada ample ar rangements U seoommodeteali that msffi fmer him with tboir patronage. A spies Iw Livery 9lahU cttachsd. (apr.'lt ;--."\'WffiffiffiffimtE A LOCAL AND GENFJRAL NEWBPAPEK, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. gtltrt f aeteg. DAUGHTERS TCTSELL.* SON a >T A LADT C FASHION. Daughters to sell 1 daughters to soli! They cost more money than I ean tell; ■f heir education has been first-rate; What wealthy nobleman wants a mate ? They sing like nightingales, play as well'.- Daughters to sell 1 Dangbters to sell! Here's my fine daughters, my daughters, fIV J German, Italian and French they know ; Dance like sylph ides for grace and ease ; Choose out your partner, whichever you pldlme, There's a nice wife for a rich young swetlr Daughters to sell! daughters to sell 1 Beentiful daughters, dark and fair ! Each a treasure for a miliionare; Or fit to pair with any duke's heir At St. George's church by Hanover Square. Ho! you in that lordly mansions dwell: Daughters to selldaughters to sell! Buy my dear daughters 1 who wants a brids That can give her a carriage and horses to rids,' Stand an opera-box for his fancy's queen, And no end to acres of crinoline. Ever new furniture, jewels and plate, All sorts of servants upon her to wait; Visits to Paris, Vienna and Rome ; In short, all that she's been brought up to at boM, Here era girls for yonr money—if you ean shell, My daughters to sell! My daughters to sell! [Contributed.] NOT TO BELL. Not to sell! not to sell.' They're worth more to me than tongue ean tell; They ean keep a bouse and manage first-rate, And are is no' harry to chooso a mate ; They love their parents, brothers as well: They're not to sell! not to sell! j I love my daughters, dangbters, oh! Plain English, yes, good Saxon they know; They talk and laugh with graceful esse, Bet my girls are not for sale, if you please. They don't oven know the meaning of "swell ;** They are not to sell 1 not to sell! Dutiful daughters! I've beea-.-toid, Ksr.h was worth her weight in gold. Too desr, by far, for any duke's heir. Is even a tress of their dark brown h air: On their virtues and charms I long eonld dwell ; But they're not to sell, not to sell! Look at my daughters as they sit thure. Beside their father in his easy chair I The fire-light showing his silver hair, And his dear face (jirrow'd by many a care. They are dearer to him than mines of ore, For every day he loves tbem more : Those daughters of mine don't care to roam. So cheerful are they and contented at homo. The light of our eyes and we love tb'rm well: They ere not to aell! They are not to sell! ETHEL. "TIIE BATTLE SONG OF THE CHURCH" Is by an anonymous writer, who indulges in the following pious sentiments: You have dared us out to meet yon. But you'll find onr courage trues | For, by the eternal God we swear !Tg orush your Rebel erew ! We know our eause is holy; We will keep our powder dry ; And fight, as did our noble sirs*. For Freedom—or we'll die! ,!. J We march as loyal patriots! We are bound with iron bands t Our trust is in a righteous God 1 Our swords are in our hands' We march te conquer Treason ; Our purpose i* our might, And we do not fear the issue, For we know that WR AUK BIGHT. WIT AND WISDOM. He that can have patience can have what he will. | Goodwill like agood name, is got by many actions, j and lost by one. A man's belief gains infinitely the moment he can convince another mind thereof. J Quilp savs the young lady v-ho creates the mort i trouble is Jliss Apprehension. j Men prove their courage by going to the battle field, and women by marrying the men. | People shouldn't talk about having the second so | ber thought who never had the first. | He who does not bring up his son to an honest i employment brings him up to be a thief. Working and thinking should go together, the thinker working, and the worker thinking. , We roust at last come down with our littleallof dust to satisfy the sternest dun of duus. k ou had better learn wisdom and prudence by the mishaps of your neighbors, than wait to learn them 1 from your own. A week filled up with selfishness, and the sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor Christain. He who seeks to increase the quantity of his lands by unjust suits at law, will probably soon find him self as groundless as his suits. Tha poor have incredibly more hope than the rich; hence lotteries, like other epidemics, attack poor devils oftener, than men of wealth. The jaw-bone of an ass. a cotemporary thinks, has done more destruction in this country than it ever did in the hands of Sampson. A cotemporary tells us of the sad case of a man who was shipwrecked and cast upon an uninhabited island, without a shilling in his pocket 1 A man defines his standing in the court of chastity by his views of women. He cannot be his own friend if holding her in dis-esteem. An Irishman, illustrating the horrors of solitary confinement, stated outofone hundred persons sen tenced to endure this punishment for life, only fifteen survived it. For a grand nature in ruins we may have a mourn ful and tender reverence. For a nature which we thought grand, but which proved to be petty, we have only contempt. Experience is a solemn fowl, that cackles oftener than sbe drope real live eggs." Wise men have said a great many foolish things; and foolish men, we doubt not, as many wise ones. "Come, don't be timid," said a couple ofsilly snobs to two mechanics; "ait down and make yourself our equals." "We should have to blow out our brains to do that," was the reply. The proprietor of a forge, not remarkable for cor rectness of language, but who by honest industry re alised a comfortable independence, baring been call ed upon at • social meeting for a toast, gave "sue corns to fcrgery." BEDFORt), Pa., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1864. A HILLY STORY ABOUT LOVE* FOR FOOLISH GIRLS. "But #hy don't you like him, Miss Agatha?" "Oh —because! What philosopher ever solved the mystery of this true woman s reason ? Because, inrisns ten thousand things that present dimpled lips don't Choose to put in shape, it means that they don't know ichy perfectly well themselves, but won't tell; and not all the coaxing of curiosity can get it out them. And so pretty Agatha Miline played with the knot of scarlet roses, whose velvet petals glowed in her hair ribbon, and lifted up her soft hazel brown eyes with a provokingly absent, Unconscious look. "But, Agatha," pursued Ruth Ellen Wood, stop ping for a moment in her occupation of braiding and arranging Agatha's beautiful waves of auburn Sid hair; "I'm sure he's a pleasant partner at lis and parties, ami—oh, Agatha! don't jerk your head so, or I shall have to braid all those strands over again!" "Nonsense! that's no test at all!" said Agatha pettishly, the peach like Crimson mounting to her cheek; 'Sthat can you tell about a ypung nrtm, from mere ball room acquaintance ? Any one can be agreeable enough to hold your bontfet, Or brifig you an ice-cream; that is if he knows enough ftot to tread on your toes in the polka, nOr to" step on your flounces in a promenade." "I know it," said liuth, "but the question is— "But the question is," interrupted the imperi ous young beauty, "how do I know that Mr. Fitz Aubyn, silver tongued as he is to me, with his homage and his compliments, don't go home and swear at his and sisters? How do I know , that Mr. Jennings, who has the whole dictionary at his finger ends, dosen't cheat his landlady?— What means have I of ascertaining that St Sim mons, who such an agreeable siualltalker, does not finish his evenings in a drinking saloon ? Oh. Ruth, we have tests for ascertaining spurious dol lars and counterfeit bank notes, but how on earth | are we to know a counterfeit husband, until he is i tied to our unlucky apronstring for life." j She laughed as she sprang up to look for her j bonnet, but the long eyelashes drooped with a j sfispicious moisture. I . "Well," said liuth, carelessly patting Agatha's j tiny hand. "I am very, very thankful that Pro | vidence didn't make me a beauty and an heiress since it has such a tendency to awaken suspicion j and distrust. But Agatha, in spite of all you ] have said, I feel convinced that Charles Staunton is a noble fellow." "Very likely." said Agatha, lightly, "but here comes Fitz Aubyn. with those splendid horses of his, so give me my shawl." "And whither are your footsteps to be directed to-day ?'' "On, we intend to go to that private view of pictures in street which I told you of." And Agatha swept out of the room with the port of a queen, The white lustre of moonlight pouring down i through the circling dome of frosted glass, gave a life-like glow to the superb paintings whose guild ed frames literally covered the walls of the spaciou* apartments. Here and there groups of absorbed j dilectant moved, with subdued whispers and brnn | dishing opera glasses, as if it were a forbidden thing to speajt above one's breath in the presence of these fair landscapes and scenes from history's page. Directly in front of these finest works of art stood a pair who had unconsciously been the ob ject of many a curious and whispered observation .of the other riAt-seers—a tall, stylish-looking young man. with an old lady leaning on his arm. | whose antique dress of snuff-colored bombazine j and oddly shaped beaver bonnet occasioned a great many covert smiles and half concealed titters from those present. "Oh, by the way, Miss Miline," said Fitz Au- j byn, as in their progress around the rooms this couple gradually came in view, "you have not I seen the greatest curiosity of all yet." "Where?" said Agatha, raising her opem J glass. "You are mistaken, it don't hang on the wall.'' s iid Fitz Aubyn, lattghing. "Look nearer earth, if you want to see IStauntqn and his fossil aunt-" Agatha turned her head accordingly without remark —sbe smiled a little, however—'twas all Fit* Aubyn wanted. "Should you suppose any mortal Youth would have the courage to bring such a last century j specimen to a place like this, where he might know he would meet all his fashionable acquaintances! j Upon my word I believe he'll take her to the opera next. Sec him carrying her morocco bag. and cotton umbrella! Don't fclie remind you of Don Quixote in his youthful days ?" ' 'Probably she has money to leave one of these days," said Agatha, the distrustful element upper most in her mind for the moment. "Not a solitary red cent, I know, for I have in quired. She is in reduced circumstances—that's the term, 1 believe, but Staunton is very fond of her nevertheless. She has come up to town from the back woods for a few days, and *" He paused abruptly as the very pair in qucs- J tion approached, still absorbed in picture gazing, "My dear Charles," said the old lady at length, "you cannot imagine what a treat this is to me— I have not seen such pictures since I was a child. How thoughtful of you to bring me here!" "I knew you would enjoy it, aunt." "And you arc not ashamed of your old fashion ed aunt among all these gay young people ?" "Ou the contrary, dear aunt, lam as proud as a monarch while you are leaning on my arm.'' Agatha heard it all, and she also heard him an swer in reply to the gay challenge of some com panion : "Thank you, but don't count upon me as one of the party this evening at the opera. lam go ing with my aunt, who is passionately fond of mu sic, so you must excuse me for once.'' "I told you so!" said Fitz Aubyn. in a toto voce tone, shrugging his shoulders. "Did you ever see such a fellow as Stauutou ?'' "Never," was Agatha's reply, but it was so em phatically spoken that Fitz Aubyn started. And that nignt while the courted beauty brushed her luxuriant hair, she paused many a time and fell into a thoughtful reverie. "Moral courage!' she murmured to her-self— "l have somewhere read that it is nobler far than the iron resolution which makes men reckless in battle. I really wonder —'' And there she stopped resolutely. What a glorious bracing New Year'B day it was! There had been just enough snow in the night to form a white glistening coal over everything, and afforded an excellent excuse for the merry sleigh that darted hither and thither with streaming furs and jingling bells. All the fashionable world was astir, tne gentlemen consulting their intermiable list of calls, and the ladies putting the last touches to their gorgeous toilet. There were not many upon that day who re ceived more adulation than Agatha Milne as she stood like a young empress in her splendid draw ing rooms, every mirror flashing back her loveli ness. Her dress was very simple—pink silk, edged around the shoulders with snowy ermine, and long sprays of jessamine drooping' from her hair, pet she knew that she had never beea so beautiful as now, as she listened with languid smiles to the compliments showered upon her. It was nothing new. The gilded chandeliers had been lighted and the jeweled fingers of a tiny alabaster dock on the mantle pointed to a late hour when the peal at the door bell announced a new incursion of guesu., and Mr. Fitz Aubyn entered, surrounded by a gay party of young men. "Good evening. Miss Milne! surely lam not t<xj late to wish you the happiest- of all imaginable New' Years ? Whom do you suppose I tew steering in the direction of your hospitable mansion jdst now ? Here he comes to apeak for himoeff—tlae Chevalier Staunton 1" Agatha turned Calmly to welcome tie new copi er, and the keenest eye could scarcely discern the deeper shade of color that glowed on the delicate cheek, as he quickly came to greet her. "Fill vow glasses, gentlemen." exclaimed Fitz Aubyn. holding high above his head a tinny chal ice of engraven Bohemian glass, brimming with crimson wine, "let us drink to the health of our fair hostess, Miss Agatha Milne. ' Impronptu toasts was received with acclama tions of satisfaction, and Fitz Aubyn glanced around tt see if all had followed his injunctions, ere he totched his lips to the glass. 1 "Comi, Staunton, no lack of chivalry here; where's tour glass ?" "I wil drink Miss Milne's health in clear iced water wth the greatest pleasure," said Staunton smiling; but I never touch wine.'' "Never touch wine ! and pray why not ?" "It is against my principles," said Staunton wit h quite firmness. Fitz f Aubyn curled his lip in contemptuous si lence, thit was several degrees' harder to bear than spoken fbfoquy, but another young man leaned forward to interpose his word. "Ofet the wine to him yourself, Miss Milne ; surely hi cannot be so lost to all sense of gallantry to refill* it from your fair hand.'' Agatte had grown very pale, but without speak ing, she tiled one of* the goblets, and held it to ward Stnmton. " Willy ou take it from me ?" Staufitm looked at her with calm gravity as he wplied^!^ "MlrtMiltfc, I should be a coward indeed did I allow 'Oifr pursuasions to sway die from the fixed prcciples which are the guiding star of my life.'' He bored and withdrew. The glass fell from Agatha' t hands and shivered into a thousand sparklin/jfraginents; she bit her lip until the blood started, nth a,strange sympathetic thrill of exul tation. Tad he wavered for an instant in his 1 deterunation she would have despised him. "Aver poor investment those horses of mine, i and all tie behavior ala good boy in story books,'' muttered Fitz Aubyn, abont four weeks after wards as ie strode into the h'riliantly lighted salooii of the clip house. Waiter, bring a glass of water and bnuiiy quick !" i "Whatß the matter, Fitz? you look as black as a thumer-cloud." observed a by-stander who was leaniiEßgainst a marble pillar and picking his teeth in tic most epicurean manner. "The natter?" Do that mag nificent A;atha Milne, the queen of all the beau ties ?'' "Ofcorse I do; she hasn't lost her wits or property hope?" "No bit I've lost the latter item pretty effectu ally. \Yb do you suppose she is going to rnar ry?" "lam ore I cannot guess. Do tell your news at once, ad don't keep a fellow in suspense." "Well, she is going to become Mrs. Charlie ] Staunton actually going to marry a man with a j fossil aui* and principles that won't allow him to drink a gifts of wine! # Bah ! the humbug that passes curent in this world." "1 cold have .'prophesied as much before my J dear boy,if you would only done me the honor to listeno me," observed the other eoolv unfol ding the ewspaper, so as to get to the inside col umns. 'You gay and dashing young fellows are all very fell as long an a girl wants to amuse her self ; butwben it cqnias to life-long questions, she is apt to 'refer a truo to a false man for a hus band." pT Fitz Aib,jn groaned deeply, but considered his position too nrecarious'to be worth arguing. I Meanwhile, little Rnth HHenwood was as husy I as a bee vorking at her couisn's wedding robe of epettiest thite satin, and asking ten thousand questions.the final of which always was: "But Agatha, you would never tell why you i didn't likthim, and now you are just as bad —tell I me. that* a darling, why your mind was ! changed ?' | And Aatha only laughed and crimsoned and j made the ame old provoking answer: j "Oh —ecause.^' Hindoo Suttee. The yctng widow's earthly career was now drawing a close. A few moments more and she would bepuffering the most horrible of* deaths. — But her ye quailed not, nor did her lips quiver. She aseaded the fatal pile as jf it had been her bridal-bd; and stretching herself by the side of the loat.some corpse—already in an advanced stage of decay—she clasped it in her arms, and rested hr beautiful head on the breast, which was literally i weltering mass of corruption. It was fearful t behold the living and the dead thus until ed; to cntrast the rouqded limbs and graceful figure ofthat fair girl, with the bloated, grinning corpse mich she held in her embrace. My heart sickened*! the sight, and a feeling of dehdly faint ness cam over me; but I had the strength to see the trapdy completed. I was close to the pile, and wuthed the poor victim's countenance nar rowly; 5 was pale as death, but perfectly placid. She neer moved a muscle, and appeared more like a mrble, or rather a bronze, image that; a living bing. Even on the brink of eternity, with the pro|*?ct of so fearful a death before her eyes, the torttudc inspired by a blind and devoted su perstitin supported her through the trial. When ' all the reparations were completed, a horrid yell ! was raseu, and a number of men rushed, with lightodtorelies, toward the pile, shouting, dancing, and steaming like, demons. In an instant the whole ras in flames. Heaps of burning straw fell on the wo bodies. The death-shriek of the wret li ed victm was drowned amidst the roar of a thous and voces. The bickering flames rose high above the pi). All was one glowing mass of "fire, and the par creatures sufferings were ended. Once I saw hr struggle, but it was only for a moment, and dtadful though her agony must have been, it could not have lasted above a few seconds. The wind sas high, and the dry wood burned with such firy, that in a few minutes more than half of the pie was consumed, and no one would have guessd that two human bodies were smouldering in thesnidst of it. THE SIAMESE TYVINB. A ©rrespondent of the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, \ who ktaly visited the Siamese Twins, gives the following account of them: Year readers have no doubt seen those remark able ndividuals, the Siamese Twins, but few of I them perhaps, have been to their bouses and seen them in tbeir domestic relations. Though unite! by a ligament as strong as life.itself they live a miji apart—spending alternately three days at one ana the otner house —and allowing no cir cumitance to defer their departure from one to the ether when the regular time arrives. The one at wnoae house you visit them leads the conver saticn and acts master of ceremonies, while the other speaks only AS occasion or politeness mav require. One has eight and the other nine chil dret, but one of whom is in the war, the rest be ing girls and little boys- The Twins are good neighbors, intelligent men, and thoroughly patri otic They are, to all appearances, two seperate and different men, with very little resemblance, and a marked contrast of character. ENG is mush the most positive, self-willed, and uncom - promising. They are seldom both sick at the same time. Why should death result from a sep aration of persons so unlike, and so little subject to be afflicted by each other's infirmities. THE total indebtedness of the South to northern MCICHIINTRS is OSTI mated at F300.000.000, of which New York holds Philadelphia $24, - 600,000, BeltimSte $19,000,000, and Boston $7,- 000,000. PRESENTATION TO IR. jr. BRECKIN RIDGE. OP KENTUCKY. It having been the good fortune of the dele | gates from Illinois to the Baltimore Convention | to meet with this venerable and distinguished pa j triot, who was a delegate from Kentucky, they detemrined to present nim with a token of their esteem and appreciation of his great ability lofty patriotism, ana distinguished services and sacrifi ces in the cause of liberty and Union. The dele gation accordingly purchased, at a cost of some 6150, a beautiful suver pitcher, on the handle of which is the American eagle, with wings extend ed ; on the front is our county's flag; on the right side these words were engraved; "Robert J. BreckenrMge, D. D.. of Kentucky, from the Illi nois Delegation to the Union National Conven tion, assembled at Baltimore June 7. 1864. " On the left the words "God and Liberty." I In making the presentation, on behalf of the j delegation, at their parlor at the City Hall, Balti i more, their chairman, Hon, B. C, Cook, said: Dr. Breckinridge —Most of the members of the Illinois delegation havenever had the pleasure of meeting you in person before the assembling of this Convention. \ pfc we have not the less known you. We have witnessed with very great inter est the course you have taken in your own State— ! your steady adherence to the cause of our common I country, when that course involved sacrifice and i suffering, and the surrendering of near ties. We I have heard your noble utterances in support of I the principles of freedom and righteousness, made f under circumstances of very great difficulty and | danger, until our respect tor you has ripened (if you will permit us to use the words) into a strong personal affection for vou.. And, as a token of j onr respect and regard, we desire to present to j youth is testimoual, hoping that it may serve to i remind you sometimes of those who have been : glad to meet you and who will not cease to watch j your future course with the deepest interest and sympathy, and with the earnest wish that vour i devoted labors for the truth and the right may | meet with undaunted success. REPLY OF DR. BRECKINRIDGE. Mr. Chairman and Gentleman —l receive with i very great sensibility this token of your app'roba ! tion, for you know how great a surprise it must be ! to me that you should have thought of bestowing | on me, in a manner so kind, of public and decisive mark of your kind construction of my past con-1 duct and my cherished principles. Next to the approval of God and that of our own conscience, ! that which every generous heart desires is the I approval of those who are worthy of our confi dence and love; and surely if there are in this world men who arc good judges of what unstained loyalty to the nation and uuflinching courage in the maintenance of its existence and its glory ought to be the people of Illinois, whom you represent, | have proved by their deeds that they are such men. j To say nothing to the beauty or the value of this ) token of your regard, it is of exceeding value to i me that it is to you who have considered me wor thy of such an expression of your feelings. I do not profess to have done more than I was ! lound to do. I am not free to say that what I j have done was worthy of the notice it has attract- j ed;~but it is something, perhaps, which it will be ! good for our children to remember —that a simple j citizen, in a private station, has lieen able, by I purely personal acts, to influence, in any degree, . the cause of a mighty revolution in one of its most' important and dangerous theaters, and I need not j deny that youf kindness ty rue to-day will siimu- : late httv heart in the new and alarming crisis which j I lias fallen upon Kentucky, and in the renewed ef- '• ! forts demanded by the great dangers of that eri- j I sis. A counter revolution in Kentucky would be j | fatal to her, and a menaoe of terrible imjmrt to the nation itself. This token you have given me, is avowedly made, and is so understood and accepted by me, as signifying that love of universal liberty and that equal love of our glorious eountrv which you and I protest to love and cherish. Highly as I cherish it, it is not the first I have received. In this very city (Baltimore) it was my good fortune to receive, at least twenty-five years ago. another irom a race and a class as despised then as yours is glorious now. which the coincidence, if not your own high and generous principles, will excuse me for stating as a proof that what you approve in me goes very far back in my life. It was my lot. aid ed by a band of noble men, most of whom I have survived, to defeat and crush a conspiracy of mul titudes of slaveholders of Maryland—in which I then resided—to reduce into a condition hardly distinguishable from Slavery, or to expel from the State the great and entire class of free blacks who then inhabited it. In token of my efforts for their race, the free blacks of this city, amounting to many thousands, purchased by small contribu tions amongst themselves, and presented to me. an exquisite token of at once their gratitude and good taste. You, my friends, will not consider your most beautiful gift defiled by descending along with that touching memorial as an heir-loom in my family. , Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, we know not what is to become of any man in these times of re buke and sorrow and change. We are betrayed over and often, even where we least expect it. Bv the help of God, I will try to live and die in sucfi away that none of you shall ever blush when you remember this day. Be slow to believe of me anything else than that which will accord with what I say to you now. Count upon me always as one man who will stand by the country as long as there is a country to stand by, and who will fol low his convictions to the gates of death. At the conclusion of the remarks of Dr. 8., who was accompanied by a number of his Ken tucky friends, he and they were introduced indi vidually to the members of the delegation, after which some time was passed in agreeable conver sation VERY UNKIND. The democrats are behaving very unhandsomely towards Mr. Fremont.—Having Assisted to place him in a posit ion which to almost anybody else would be embarrassing, at least, they turn against him and treat bim with contempt. Take for ex ample, the following from_ the Chicago Poet the leading Democratic Organ in the West. "Major General John Charles Fremont accepts the nomination for the Presidency, tendered him bv the Convention, with the provisions that if Mr. Lincoln should not be nominated at Baltimore he will withdraw in favor of the "other man."— John Charles knows that Abraham Lincoln will be nominated, and he wishes it known to the public, that his object in aooepting the nomination, and becoming a candidate, is that he may split the &i --publicaa party in twain, and thereby defeat it. w ' "However desirable to the Democrats maybe the success of John Charles' strategic movement, the value of the movement depends exclusively on his probable means of accomplishing the end. Can John Charles muster enough votes in either of the New England States to enable the Democ racy to obtain electoral votes ? Can he obtain any popular vote in any State to a number that will enable the Democracy to win ? Can he get twenty tho i-and votes in Ohio ? Can he the same number in Wisconsin ? or half that number , in lowa, or Indiana, or Uiinoi ? Can he change the result, or render it certain against Abraham Lincoln, in Pennsrlvania or New York ? He frankly admits by the terms of his letter that he cannot be elected ; he_ might have added that he caunot get au electorial vote. The only Stxte in which we think he cau possibly divide the Re publicans to au extent that wouid render the vote of the State certain for the Democrats is Mia Kouri; and ev> u that result would be obtained there just as well by hU not being a candidate es S* being one. On the whole, we do not thinu E Fremont candidacy is ofc sufficient importance to the Republicans or Democrats to be worth THE favor or disfavor of eitheir party." ] Vol. 87: No. 30. ! FRO* THE AKMY OF THE POTOMAC. Movements Across the t'hickahominy—The. Corp* Croised at VarioasPoints--James Riv er to be Crossed—Grant at Bermuda Lan ding—Richmond to be Attache d from the Mouth. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 15—7 A. M. To Major-General Dig, .V• York: The movement of the Army of the Potomac to the south side of Richmond, across the Chicka hominy river and James river, progressed far enough to admit the publication of some general facts without danger of premature disclosure. After several days preliminary preparations the movement commenced on Saturday night. The 18th army corps, under command oi' Gen. Smith, marched to White Hoose and there embarked ou board of transports for Bermuda landing. Wright s corps and Burnside's moved to Jones' Bridge, where they crossed the Ciiiekahomijiy and marched thence to Charles city, ou the James riv er. Hancock s and Warrens corps crossed the Ohickahominv at Long Bridge and marched thence to Wilcox's, on the James river. . The James river was to be crossed by the army at Powhattan Point. A dispatah from Gen. Grant dated Monday evening, half-past five o'clock, at headquarters W ileox s Landing, states that the advance of our troops had reached that place, and would com mence crossing the James river to-morrow,(Tues day,) and that Gen. Smith's corps would com mence arriving at City Point that night ; that no fighting was reported during the movement except a little skirmishing. t Yesterday (Tuesday) at one o'clock p. M., Gen. Grant was at Bermuda Landing. In a dispatch from him dated 3 o'clock of that date, he says : Our forces will commence crossing James river to-day. The enemy show no signs of- vet having brought troops to the south side of Richmond Our movement from Cold Harbor to the James river has been made with great celerity, and so far without loss or accident. An unofficial dispatch, dated at Gen. Butler's headquarters. 2.20 P. .M., Tuesday says, that Gen. Smith's corps was coming in, five thousand having already landed. A dispatch from Gen. Sherman's headquarters, dated at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, near Ken esaw, states that the General is in front, advancing his lines on Kene.saw. Another unofficial dispatch, dated at 9 o'clock last night, reports somead vance today—that Thom as has gained ground, aud that one rebel brigade is nearly surrounded. It further reports that the rebel General Polk wa- killed to-day and his body sent to Marietta. < In another part of General Sherman's East Mis sissippi division, our forces have not met with tho success that has heretofore attended competent commanders. General Washburn, at Memphis reports that the expidition consisting of three thousand caval ry, five thousand infantry and sixteen pieces of ar tillery. sent out from there a few days ago under command of Gen. Sturgis, encountered a large reb el force on the 10th inst.. under command of For rest, at Guntown. on the raiiroad running south from Corinth, and after a severe light, in which our ioss in killed and wouned was heavy, our for ces were worsted. That at the latest accounts Stur gis was at Cofliersrille, retreating towards Mem phis. He further states that with the troops that had lately arrived Memphis is safe. Gen. Sherman, hiving received the news of Sturgis' defeat, reports that he has already made arrangements to repair Sturgis' disaster, and pla ced Gen. A. J. Smith in command, who will resume the offensive immediately. No other military intelligent has been received at tiiis department since mv last telegragm. EDWIN 31. STANTON. Secretary of War. A Scene in the Cleveland Convention. f A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat, I who attended the Cleveland Convention, says it was held in a small hall, and was attended by about two hundred persons. He thus describes a , scene which occurred on a proposition to cast the votes of the Convention by States according to their respective representation ou Congress: But while it was pending a melo-drama was en* acted in front of the chair. A youngish, leanish, gauntish. greenish-looking customer, who had sat near theplatfoim with a vigilant mein all day. j rose and wanted to debate the proposition. He | struck an attitude like a bronze statue, and, rais ing his soft informed the Convention, in a grave manner, a solemn twang in his voice, that he wime all the way from Jo .Daviess county, Illi nois, .to join the iaithful. Hi- strange way of rais ing his voice to a scream at the end of every sen tence suggested that he was a hardshell Baptist or a Methodist ciicuit rider. He had paid his own expense.-, he said, and didn't expect to re ceive a cent. Here the Convention indulged in a laugh at the philanthropist. "I tell yon," he continued, "'I have come hun dreds of miles, and I dont want to be favored a single mite—not a single mite—not a single mite!" At this novel and generous declaration, his fellow delegates broke into roars of derisive laughter, which the President, controlling his own risiblea, checked. Bnt the gentleman from Jo Daviess had lost his ballance. He held up his soft hat, roiled his eye i to the ceiling, dropped his under jaw, and stood imperturable lor full five minutes, during which the Convention hissed, cheered, tittered, laughed and roared. At last he got breath and struck out again. •"These." said lie. "are solemn times." This startling proposition brought anoth er roar, during which he gave another wild glance at the chancellor, and continued, his voice now elevated to a shout, "I believe that there is a God who holds the world in his hand just as easy as you would an egg, and, if He should drop it, it would smash all to pieces!" The utter ludicroua ness of this scene baffles all description. The Convention had given way. and was in an uproar of merriment and confusion: but the ener getie member from Jo Daviess fixed his eye rebuk ingly upon the President, who had declared him out of order, and. amid roars of laughter and spas modic cries of "'Put him out," he swung his soft hat round his head, and inquired, in a yell that rang clearly above the tumult, "Sir! don't you believe there is a God ?" This finished the pic ture, and as the audience continued to roar in re ply. the delegate from Jo DaveLss uttered a de spairing "O—h!" at their gross infidelity, and backed speedily out of the room in regal style, waving his soft hat reproachfully at the convulsed assembly. He says that the Convention was considered 4t a most melancholy farce, unable to give any comfort even to the Copperheads, or to do any damagu except to John C. Fremont. Till REVENUE from custom duties for the fiscal year ending the Ist of July will exceed one hun dred million (gold), and exceed all the interest OH the national debt. The dutb-s paid at New York last week were over hall'a million dollare ou a totil of imports of over live million.-. The imports for the same week bust year were two millions. The exports of domestic products last week were nearly three millions, against nearly five millions same week last. year. The export of specie last weak was a million and a half; but the specie export for the last year is not so groat as that for the previous year. The im ports ofgoods for the last ten months have been thin y- five millions increase over the corresponding ten montlpt of the previous year ; tad the exports twenty-seven milliowa lees,— iS'princfiefd Republican.
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