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BSPTX. ALSIP,
ArrontsT AT LAW, B?bf >*U, if A.,
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tnuwd to his care in lied ford u.L uijoisiug counties.
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ATTtm.VET AT LAW.
Ami agent for proesiriacc arrears of Pay and Bounty
money. Office on Juliana Street, Bedford, Pa.
April I, IS64—tf.
Kintl'.l.l, 4 l,lX(£.i FEtTER,
ATTORSETS AT LAW, Hil. . OtTD, PA.
Have formed apartn. Apia the practice of tl.e Law
Ofhceoai Juliana Street, tv. j d.ori South of the Mei gel
House.
April 1,1864 —tf.
JOliX JUJhU,
JU4TICS or TUB PEACE, HOPEWELL, BEDTOP.D cor*TT.
Collections and all business pertain ins to his office will
be amended to promptly. Will also attend to the sale or
renting of real estate. Instruments of writing carefully
prepared. Also settling up partnerships and fithcr ac
counts.
Airil I,lS64—tf.
A NO. WOtVEE,
ATTORNEY' AT LAW.
Bedford, PA.,
April I,lSW.—tf.
JOSEPH AT. TATE,
ATTOESET AT LAW, BEFOM> PA.
A \TILL promptly attend to coliectiona and all business
W en trusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining coun
ti-.--. Money advanced on Judgment. Notes and other
Claims. Has for sale Town Lets, in tatesville. and St.
Joseph,s n Bedford Raiir ad. Farms and unim
proved land in quantities to suit pcrchnssrs.
Office op[ -itethe Banking Housa of Reod 4 Sahell.
apr. 15, 1864—10 m.
JOHN LCTZ,
ATTOtt HT AT LAW,
A3l'
T r' --V fieen?•! ag at ibr the c ! "t! of • ccn.-
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. u,
Augu?t lPth, 1864,—tf.
RUPP, SHANNON, & CO., BANKERS,
Bedforci, Pa.,
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
C COLLECTIONS made for the P.st. West. North and
/ South, and theguiteral hatts>e:* c f Exehan re, trae.--
acted. Note®and Aecounta t"'■ ted, and nmaitUiice.-
promptly made. SEAL KSTA. 5 bought and s <L
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apr. 15, 1864—tf.
BANISH HORDErt.
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i J AND SILVER WATCHE . ?t rAi:i.- OF
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W-i .jty f )14 Pea'.
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hand,
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PHYSICIANS, &C.
DENTISTRY.
I. N'. BOWSEIt, Rcxidt ut Dentist of Wood
bory,
A\ T II.L spend the geeon i Monday, Tuc-day, and Wpd.
11 cesday, of each month at II f-ovi .1, the remaining
three days at Bloody Itnn, att roling to the duties of his.
profession. At ali ojher times he can j<e found in hi* of-
Cce at Woodbury, axe pting the last Monday and Tues
day of the van&e month, which ho will spend in Martins,
bury, Biaiv county Pccne. Pcrs as desiring or.crati- n
rhouli call early,"as time is Jimitsd. All operationa war
ranted.
Aug. 5,1*64,-tf. '
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April 1,1884.—;£.
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Pitt Street, in the bnii li rwtlT bv ltr. J. H.
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April I, 1864—TL
JT. L. lAK3Or?.G, M. D. :
'.wing permcnenl:r lo'-.-iL'■ rt lenders HY-;
ofhstionai serrke* to the ujf.ash? ♦f > 8elfr! and ri
city. ~f>Ac • c Julians Stpc-.-t, i ppo."te the Bank, one
door north of Hail 4 Paliaer".- pfcee.
April 1, 1884—tf.
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SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
r.Y T. BCCHA3AS RUED.
Up from the South at break of day,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay,
The affrighted air with a shudder bore,
Like a heraldrin haste to the chieftain's door,
The terrible grumble and rumble and roar,
Tellioe the battle was on once more,
.And Sheridan twenty miles away.
And wider still those billows of war,
Thundered along the horizon's bar,
And louder yet into YViocberter rolled
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled,
Making the Wood of the listener cold
As he thought of tho stake iu that fiery fray,
And Sheridan twenty miles awav.
But there is a roa-l from Winchester town,
A good, bread highway leading down:
And there, through thv flush of the morning light,
A steed, as black ns the steeds of night.
Was aeeuto pass as with eagle flight—
As if hV knew the terrible need
He srrctrbed away with his utmost speed;
Hillr i-e and fell—but his heart was gay,
With - keriuao iUYt-ar. miles away.
Still sp.-v.: ; from those swift hoofs, thundering south,
The Just, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth.
Or the trail of a comet sweeping faster and faster,
Forttboding to traitors the doom of disaster;
The heart: of tho steed ami the h art of the master
Were iteming like prisoners assaulting thoir walls.
Impark'- t to be where tha battle-field calls;
Every nor-. of t'uu charge; was • rained to full play,
With Sheridan only ten miles away.
Under his spurning feet, the road
Like ur. arrowy Alpine river flowed,
And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying ,fore the wind;
And the ste d, ;: ;e a bark fed with furnaee ire,
Swept oc, with hi* wild eyes full of fire.
But lo i he is ucaring his heart's desire—
lie is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray,
With Sheridan only- live miles away.
The firs' that the Hen era! saw were the groups
Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops:—
What was done—what to do —a glance told him both,
Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath,
lie dashed iowit the line 'mid a storm of huzzas.
And the wave of retreat checked its course there bo
eunse
The sight of the master compelled it to pause.
With foam and with dust the bla -k charger was gray;
By the flash of his eye, and his red nostrils play,
He seemed to the whole great army to say:
"I have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester down to save the day !"
Hurrah, hurrah for Sheridan!
llurrah. hurrah for horse and man !
And when their statues are place 1 on high,
Under the dome f the Union sky.
The American soldiers' Temple of Fame,
There with the glorious general's name
Be it aaiJ in fetter.* both bold and bright:
"Ifc'iyis the steed ih,U saved the day
By ''-.Trying Sheridan into the ' ght,
Frota Winchester- twenty miles away !"
—A". 1. Tribune.
THE PRETTY MACHINE.
You nuy see the a at work any time in the day,
0: what dainty perfection their movements display;
There's a rustling and swaying as onward they sweep,
And the dirt of the pavement before them they heap;
It's the finest invention that ever was seen,
This pretty, new-fangle 1 street-swc-pjng machine.
They are simple io shape, they are easy to move,
Auil the walk of a city they vastly improve,
You tuay have them of silk, or barege, or delaine,
Yon may hare them trimmed gaily, or have thorn quite
plain.
It's the finest invention that ever was seen,
This pretty, new-fangled, street-sweeping machine.
There are some who declare they demand too much room,
There are some who prefer, too, the old style of broom,
But all these arc old fogies who always cry down
Every bright innovation with anger and frown!
It's the nicest invention that ever was seen.
This pretty, new-fangled, street-sweeping machine.
In what delicate fold? round the owners they flow !
In what shimmering slope? to the pavement they go!
Where's the use of contractors for cleaning the street,
When the job's neatly done by the fairies we meet!
It ? the rarest invention that ever was seen,
This pretty, new-fangled street-sweeping machine.
—lf. Y. Erening Poet.
NEARER TO LIFE'S WINTER.
Nearer to life's winter, wife,
We are drawing nearer,
Memories of our blessed pring
Growing dearer, dearer.
s:
Through the rummer's boat we've toiled,
Through the autumn weather
We haTe almost pa end, sweet wife,
Hand in hand together.
Time was hea;',s were, well as foot,
L.ghlcr, I remember,
Apr ;'? locks of gold rre turned
Silver ibis November.
Flowers are fewer than at first.
An . Lii< way grows drearer,
For"unto life's winter, wife,
SVe are drawing nearer.
Ncorer lo life's end, sweet wife.
We t;e drawing nearer;
The]B.*t -'one on the way
To our right grows clearer.
Some whose hands we held grew faint,
Ana lay down to slumber;
Looking backward we to day
Ail their graves may number.
Heights we're sought we've failed to climb,
Fruits we've failed to gather;
But what ...utter, since we've still
Jesus and each other.
THE BABE ASLEEP.
3fy li"le' by boy hath cria 1
iiitus* if a*:eep at some kgiit childish pain,
A. d on iti? face the TTHc*-* still at.dc
Like sLap.- of aloud? o'er .oa-sdows flying;
Upon his c.eek a tear-drop iy;ng.
As on a leaf a siugie drop of rain.
See! a? 1 '-end above his face,
The shade of grief flics like a hurrying cloud,
And Hkea gleam of sunshine in it* place,—
The -hadow yielding to the splendor,—
A iu.i • *o sunny Ureal;**and tender,
It seems the smile itself will apeak aloud.
Say i 'hat is passing in his slee, ?
W 1 ' the dreams across his vision driven?
lla'h !:'■ ■ ' i youag to sow, began to reap?
j; ta be. at one light grief repining,
'The wortb'.essee*' of earth divining,
Aiready dri-atr. of sweeter things in heaven?
Orange. N. J., the h'tuie of" McOiellan. tm-ve
Hfl Jbiijurity for istnooln —last year only 9 Union
majority.
THE will of Andrew Ja -k on Butler, brother of
Genet ai Ben, hav been admitted to probate at New
York. The ?■ >et* of'tho estates are estimated at
t- sL'A ?). Gen. Butler uto have one-half of th j
property a-' of the Rocky mountains, the son of
nit: •l-'-eajeed list* one-fourth i)f the entire estate
when he becomes thirty years old, and the widow
has tit refaulid r.
J*uN J*Ki<'H. known everywhere as the chief
illustrator oi the Is mloo Punch, whodied an 27th
ut'.., w ;rL . ititu •i: to death, or rather got s J
v.r.ts y continued brain work, that he was the
vicrim of the or Unary city sounds. He has been
ci 'it ;ted with Pmied for 23 year*, and it will be
li • s s. ft; Ijiech whs the school-follow
an i intimate friend ofTnack.-ray and has early foi
fow-td him to tho grave. Htr remain* rest near
Tl:n kfray t , qqlf tuitWffeq them,
BEDFORD. Pa., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9,1864.
[From tAc Pkiladrlpkia En*. Telegraph Tuning .Yoo. 22.]
MOVEMENTS OF MAJOE-GENEHAL GRANT.
Visit to his Familyßurllnston, New Jersej—
His Stay ID New York—What he thinks of
Shermsin—Grant's Arrival in Philadelphia
—Scene at Fifth and Chesnut Streets—Me
Is Recognized by a Soldier—TheWUdest En
thnsiasm.
The movements of the hero of Vicksburg havo
been attended with much secresy during the i>ast
few days. On Thursday last General Grant left
the army and proceeded to Washington. From
this city, after a brief consultation with the Presi
dent and Secretary of War, he left for Burlington,
N. J„ the residence of his family, passing through
this city on Friday. As may be imagined, the
quiet people of Burlington were greatly surprised
when, on Friday afternoon, General Grant, accom
panied by several members of his family, was seen
upon one of the principal streets.
Immediate recognition took place on all sides,
and such hand-shakings and hearty congratulations
never before fell to the lot of this renowned officer.
In a few minutes the news of the arrival of Grant
flew like wild fire through the town, and the gath
ering eventually became so great that in self-de
fense the General and his family were obliged to
seek the seclusion of their own liome. Here until
a late hour on Friday night, he received a number
of visitors, the last of them not leaving his resi
dence until near midnight.
On Saturday morning General Grant, accompa
nied by hi family, arrived in New York city, and
quietly and in an unostentatious manner proceeded
to his hotel. During the day the great chieftain,
in plain citizen's dress, with his little son, and hi*
daughter, Nellie Grant, after a sh'.rt promenade
on Broadway, proceeded to a noted place, of amuse
ment on that famous thoroughfare. There he
liassed an hour or more and again returned to his
loteL
Notwithstanding the privacy of his visit, the
fact of his arrival became known to a number of
prominent citizens, and the>x- he entertained up
to the hour of 9 o'clock P. M., when he attended
the grand reception given at the Astor house to
Mr Kenton. Governor elect. Repeated efforts were
made to induce the General to make a speech, but
without avail.
He remarked to a friend sitting upon the plat
form by his side, that "if all the imaginary gold
which exchanges hands in Wall street every twen
tv-four hours could be converted into solid materi
al, and all offered him for a speech on that occa
sion, he would not make it; that it was not the
purpose of hi 3 mission to make speeches."
The New York Times of to-day, speaking of
General Granfs visit to that city, says:—
When the Veteran Union Club complimented
the Governor elect with a serenade at the Astor
House, they little thought that a distinguished
truest would grace the occasion with his presence.
It was only after much solicitation that Genera!
Grant consented to come down to the reception
room, and occupy a -eat by the side of Governor
Fenton. His entrance was greeted with a shout of
applause, bursting out from the heart of every
man there present, and the homage of the people
to their great victorious leader.
No words can express the wild enthusiasm of
the moment when cheers for Grant rang from
floor to ceiling, and the audience looked upon that
modest, unassuming man whom half the continent
fears and the other haif adores. He positively I
refused to speak al thought repeatedly called upon.
Voices in the crowd called out, up, General,
we want to see you." The General rose, bowed,
and sit down amid cries from all parts of the room
of "God bless you General: God bless you!"
To General Sickle* he delegated the honor of re
turning his thanks for his flattering reception.—
His reticence on this occasion, his resistance to
the inducement to say at least a few words, was
but an illustration of the obstinate firmness of his
character, which, having once determined to do
or not do a thing, will not deviate from his pur
pose. The General received very few visitors du
ring his stay in the city. On Sunday evening he
called on Lieutenant-General Scott, at the Hoff
man House, but it is believed to have been noth
ing more than an unofficial visit of courtesy.
To those whom he honored by receiving them
at his rooms, his manner was cheerful! his conver
sation hopeful, and his views of the situation most
assuring. No one can hear him talk without being
profoundly impressed with the force of a character
combining immense power with the most unassu
ming modesty. His presence fascinates, his eye
magnetize you, and you cannot look in his face,
listen to his few. calm, quiet words, and go away
doubting that Giant is master af the situation and
knows it
To a gentleman of this city he said, on Sunday
afternoon :—"The Southern Confederacy is a mere
shell. I know it. lam sure of it. It is a hol
low shell, and Sherman will prove it to you."—
The calm, modest eoaciousness of power with
which this was said, more than the words them
selves, conveyed to his visitor an unqualified con
viction of the truth of the General's remarks. In
answer to a question whether, in his opinion,
ninety-davs wcild bring the end, he said with a
grim smile: —".I am not a ninety-day man. but we
shall sec what will happen in six months." The
significnce of these word * from the Commander-in-
Chief of our armicswith the sense of his knowledge
of and power over the whole subject, which his
manner imports, cannot be underrated.
General Grant knows and believes what he says,
and he is not accustomed to express his views
without due consideration. From the movement
of General Sherman it is evident he expects great
results, and in the success of his operations be
has the most perfect confidence. Although few
had the pleasure of seeing him, yet he so impress
ed those few with his own hopefulness that they
cannot help reiterating the the cry of the Veteran
Union Club and the prayer of all loyalmcn, "God
bless you, General; God bless you!"
General Grant'r Arrival this Morning.
At an early hour this morning the General ar
rived in this city and stopped at the Continental,
he intended to proceed immediately on to the
front, but by some delay he missed the train and
was obliged to lay over a few hours. Between
10 and 11 o'clock, accompanied by one of his aid*,
Colonel Badeau, he left the hotel on private bad
ness. He was dressed in civilian's clothes, with
a large slouch hat, having nothing whatever on
his person to mikvite hi position. He proceeded
down Chesnut street unmolested unti! a short di
tanee below Sixth, when a soldier who wa- - tan
ing with several of bis comrades on the dewa
reAgnized him. an i wildly exclaimed, "My Go
there's General Grant 1"
This news spreadalmo-A with the speed of light -
ning, and in a few minutes the General was corn
pletely leseigel, Tbe crowd increased with great
rapidity; people seeing the excitement came rush
ing to the spot to inquire into the cause of the n
joicing. He was grasped around the neck to hi i
coat tail, and his hands and arms were seized by
all who could po-sibly reach hirn. The scene wai
becoming more exciting, and tbe General stoo l
confounded, n>t knowing what to do in order ti
extricate himself A large number of DO!ice rashe I
to the spot, and the fact that the excitement wai
owing to the presence of General Grant was com
municated to Chief Buggies, who soon had a largi
number of po ieo on baud.
The police soon formed a hollow sqßare, and the
General was placed within, and S'airiy lifted by tks
crowd into the CVutrai Telegraph office, Fifth an 1
Cuesnut. The fours w :rs speed; y dosed an!
guarded by th-; police. The crowd gathered a
rmind and cli tubed up to the window s. and cheer after
cheer was given for the bero. After some delay,
theGenenu w is conducted up-stair- into the May
or's private offi -e, where he was taken in charge
by that official, and heartily welcomed, after which
he informed the Mayor that he wished to leave as
SOOB as possible. The Mayor immediately seat
for a chaise.
The crowd osmide of dw M by ibis
tune largely increased, and the wildest enthusiasm
prevailed. In spite of the efforts of the police a
passage way could not be made from the steps of
the Mayors office to the carriage. Chief Rofcrlea
seeing this immediately secured another' carriage
and had it taken in charge of an officer to the main
gate of Independence Square, on Walnut street—
Thfo ruse succeeded most admirably.
The crowd seeing the carriage drive around to
the Yv alnut street gute, and there halting, of
course supposed that the General would take his
conveyance from this p!>int. Meanwhile a larger
police force arrived, and a passage was opened be
tween two rows of officers, and the General and
Colonel Badeau were escorted by the Mayor to
their carnage. As the General passed into his
carriage he was loudly cheered. Every one seemed
determined either to cfliake has hand, or at least to
toueh some part of his garments. Hundreds of
arms were stretched over the heads of the officers,
and the General was gently tapped on his head,
shoulders, and every part of his body that could
jw-sibly be reached. A nassenger-car filled with
several ladies, passed at the time.
They waved their handkerchiefs and in other
ways inanifi -ted their regard for the honored indi
vidual. As soon as he was safe !y seated in his
carriage the crowd broke through and clung to the
conveyance, nearly every window of which was
broken. The driver applied his whip to the horses
and proceeded up Chesuut street to the Continen
tal, without regard to the city ordinance prohibit
ing fast driving. Before niueh of a crowd could
arrive in front of the hotel the General was escort
to his room. In a short time afterwards he took
his departure in such a manner as to escape almost
any notice.
1 luring all this excitement, from the time the
General was besieged in Chesnut street until his
departure from the Mayor's, office he held that
inevitable cigar in his mouth and smoked most fu
riously, which was no doubt owing to the great ex
citement under which he labored. While the peo
ple were naying him so mueh honor he seemed
much embarrassed, blushing frequently, with his
eyes cast downwards.
The popularity of General Grant was attested in
a remarkable degree by the populace this morning.
Frrm the time ne was first recognized on the street
until he sought the shelter of the Continental Ho
tel. the enthusiasm of the people was unabated. —
Not alone was the excitement confined to those of
mature years, but the contagion spread to children
offender years, and these were unceasing in their
efforts to obtain a glimpse of the Generals face.
However greatly Grant may pride him.-elf upon
his engineering abilities in a military point of view,
he must hereafter confess that the crowd which
beseiged him upon his visit to Philadelphia, on
the 22d of November, was too much for him,
viewed in the same stragetic light
Incidents.
During his stay in the Mayor's office, Mayor
Henry made inquiry as to the health of the Gen
eral's f' -aily. Grant replied that they were all in
very go! health, whereupon some one at the Gen
eral's elbow said:—
"How is your other family, General ?"
-"What family?" responded the General,for the
moment taking his cigar from his mouth, and hol
ding it between his forefingers.
"Yourfamily in Virginia, General." was the ro
plv.
The General, smiling at this witticism, an
swered. "Oh! they are always in the best of
health." 4
Some minutes previous while Grant was stand
ing on the sidewalk surrounded by the police, a
brk'ht-looking boy, about tea years of age. slipped
between two policemen, and approaching General
Grant with extended hand said, "I want to shake
hands with you, General" The General took the
little fellow's hand and gave it a hearty shake, after
which the boy stole out of the enclosure, and with
his face beaming with gladness, related the inci
dent to several of his comrades on the opposite
corner of the street.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary circumstan
ce.- of this impromptu ovation, General Grant could
not resist the tempting luxuries of "that cigar," of
which so much has been said. It was nothing but
smoke, smoke. smok>-. the stump of one being re
placed by a fresh Havana, cot libitum. So we
seen him amid the din of battle, when
death and desolation was happening on all
sides. "That cigar." seemingly, is a part of him
self. and without it his existence would be incom
plete.
AN SRI OF GOOD FKILIXG-
The National Intelligencer of Waahington, after
having made a vigorous but candid battle for Mc-
CleUan, quotes Mr. Lincoln's late speech at Balti
more and appends the following remarks:
"The most embittered opponent of the Presi
dent will not deny that such expressions do honor
to hiR heart, and they should go far to disarm po
litical deleatof its sting in the breast of the van
quished. And we do not hesitate to say, for our
selves, that we shall accept these declarations of
the President in the same sincerity in which we
believe them to be made, and shall be prepared
to judge his future administration of the govern
ment simply by his acts, without any other pre
determination than that of cordially co-operating
iu all measures which shall seem to us judicious
and proper, without seeking to find in any of them
the grounds of factious opposition.
"The di tinguishsd premier of the adinimstra
tion, in replying to the congratulations of his po
litical friends on the 20th instant, was frank to
say that in the debates of the canvass they may
have done something less than justice to the pa
triotism of their political opponents. To this ef
fect he spoke as follows :
" 'With the democrats we should be friends.—
They have voted against us ; we have voted against
them. If they are now willing to cry quits, it
would be well to reflect that, all things considered,
we have judged thorn rather harshly in some res
pects. I believe that perfect harmony can soon be
restored, not only throughout the free states, but
throughout all the Union. * * * It would
not be the fault of the Administration if they did
not establish an era of good feeling. The re-elec
tion of the President has placed him beyond the
i pale of human envy or detraction, as he was a
bove human ambition, and all would soon learn to
aee him, as the speaker and the audience had seen
him, a true patriot, benevolent and loyal, honest
and faithful. Thereafter all motive of detraction
of him would cease to exist, and Abraham Lin
coln would take bis plaee with Washington. Jef
ferson, and A amis, among the benefactors of his
country and the human race,'
"The candor of Mr. Seward .Jtoaldbe met with
equal candor by the friends of General McCJitiian
It may bo that'the latter have, 'ail things consid
ered judged 3lr. Lincoln and his party 'rather
harshly in sonic resjseeta,' At. all events let it be
no fault of theirs, as Mr. Seward says it shall bo
no fault of the administration, if an 'era of good
feeling is not re-ctablishe<L The times are pro
pitious to such a desirable consummation.
•'They who undertake to oppu.se the almini
tration merely because it ban not been elevated to
power by their votes will soon surely find that
they do not 'understand their epoch.' And they
who give-to the Administration an 'unquestion -
ingsupport' will just as surely discover that I heir
maxim > of partisanship belong to an aee that has
passed in the history of the country. The issues
of the times are too momentous and far-reaching
to admit of ueh narrow-minded views in the one
directiou or in the other. It should be the aim
of all to co-operate with the administration in Ha
legitimate efforts for the preservation of the gov
ernment and the restoration of the Lilian, re
membering that wisdom and virtue are the exclu-
I ive possession of no party, and that therefore, d
no party is to be implicitly trusted, o none is cn
| titled to an exclusive right of censo ship, since
I the one case equally with the other Raphe* the as*
' fuwption of human infallibility,"
CALIGKAPIIY IN ENGLAND.
THE HANDWRITING OF EMINENT MEN.
The Saturday Review, in an article on handwri
ting, says :
"If any foolish lad, or still more silly teacher,
should imagine that it is the sign of a vulgar and
menial education to write a good hand, the sooner
schoolboy and pedagogue disabuse themselves of
this mistaken idea the better. The highest circles
of English society cultivate penmanship with
care and success. The Queen's handwriting is
beautiful —flowing, and elegant, and feme cine.—
Prince Albert's biographer compares the Prince
to Goethe, who 'woula take inordinate pains even
in writing a short note, that it should be admira
bly written- He did not understand the merit of
second-best, but everything that was to be done
must b done perfectly.' The Prince Consort took
the greatest interest in the ealigraphy of his chil
dren, and few young people, we are assured, write
more elegantly, and at the same time distinctly,
than the Princes and Princesses of England.—
Onr highest statesmen have not thought it beneath
them to cultivate a clear and distinct penmanship.
Lord Palmer-Jon's handwriting is free, firm, and,
i an-idering his great age, by no means obscure.—
Lord Derby writes a capital hand —at once elegant
and legible—an aristocratic hand, if there be such
a thing. Earl Russell's is a smaller and more
feminine hand, yet clear as his expositions of con
stituriona! law, and as incisive in its style as some
of his despatches are biting, though rash, in
matter.
' The Lord Chancellor writes a beautiful hand,
—Snu, solid and logol—such a hand as should
have drawn up the Bill of Rights. Sir Hugh
Cairns' smaller, and. perhaps, more elegant—a
gentlemanly and clear hand. Mr. Cobden's hand
writing ii round, liold, and commercial —the hand
of one who began life as a junior clerk in days
when good penmanship was prhapsthe rule rath
,er than the exception among school-ltoys of any
ambition. Mr. Bright's is a somewhat smaller
hand, rapid and flowing, yet legible- Mr. Glad
| stond's is a hurrid and impetous hand —the wri
ting of a man whose thoughts flow so thick and
fast that they outstrip tne pen. Yet he holds
the quill in a firm grasp, and his letters are large
zmd well-formed. Lord Stanly's writing is by
no means elegant, yet it is as distinct as large
print.
"The Duke of Newcastle's long, well-informed,
and very distinct letters, would perhaps gain him
the prize for ealigraphy among living statesmen ;
yet his penmanship is inferior to that of the late
Marquis of Wellesley, who wrote, perhaps, the
best hand of his day. Considering how much
writing the Governor-Generals of India, during
the last half century, had to do, it has been for
tunate for East India Directors, Board of Control,
and Indian Secretaries, that the vice-regal pen- j
manship has been so uniformly good. Lord W. j
Dentin k's words and letters >ometknes ran a little
into each other, yet his hand was fairly legible.— j
Lord Mindo's was a firm good hand. Lord Hast- •
ings and Lord Amherst each wrote a somewhat j
picturesque hand, yet every letter of both was as
clear as print Lord Auckland's hand was singu
larly round and legible. Lord Ellenborougn a
was too ladylike and finicial to be very distinct;
but his successor, Lord Dalhousie, wrote an admi
rable model haqd and Lord Canning's was alsc an
example of good penmanship. Every one re
members how plain and distinct were the notes
beginning 'F. M. the Duke of Wellington pre
sents his compliments," although every one may
not be aware that many of the communications so
highly prized by autograph rolL*or> -wcie writ
ten bv the Duke's secretary, Mr. Greville, who
learned to imitate his hand. In all these instances
(and we might bring fifty others) our present
race of school boys can find no sanction of en
couragement for indolent, neglect of their pen
manship."
FINDING FAULT WITH TEACHERS. —Children are
naturally eridulous and confiding. And one of the
first things the successful teacher aims to do, is to
secure the confidence of his scholars ; for without
this he can not expect to do them much good.—
Now what must be the effect when you interpose
to counteract, and finally break up this kindly
feeling between teacher and pupils which is so es
sential to the good orderand progress of a school ?
But this deplorable evil is committed repeatedly
by parent 1 ; and neighbors when, in the presence of
children, they thoughtlessly censure or ridicule any
of the acts or opinions of the teacher —whether
it be his government of the school, his mode of
teaching his language, his manners or even his
dress. He sbold not speak of the teacher as if he
had a right to expect perfection of him. And yet
how frequently is the toiling, unoffending teacher
treated by parents and others as though he had no
right,—no feelings which we wore bound to res
pect.
If we could possibly contrive to turn over this
subject so as to give it a pecuniary aspect, and
present it in a purely economical point of view,
the patient attention of parents generally would
be more easily gained, and their co-operation se
cured toward the right education of the children
in this country. In other words, if the "cash
value" of a good school could somehow be esti
mated, we might safely affirm that five hundred
thousand dollars annually would not supply the
losses, and repair the damages suffered by the
children of lowa, for example, or any ether state,
from this one cause alone, —namely, the destroy
ing or lessening the native respect for, and the
confiding trust of the pupils of our common schools
in their teacher. Well, suppose, now, that vol
have a teacher who is really faulty ; as, in some
things likely he may be. Perhaps he istoo severe
in his discipline, or, what is more likely, too in
dulgent. He may be at fault in his mode of teach
ing ; or, he may habitually commit some error
that you think should be corrected. Now what is
your remedy ? Allow tne to assist you in answer
ing by calling your attention to an excellent rule,
which, though given on a different occasion, was
evidently intended for all cases of this nature.—
Here then is the rule in full,—but not precisely
"without note or comment." "Moreover, if thy
brother trespass against thee, go " —[not among
your neighbors, scattering fire-brands over all the
combustibles within your reach, not among the
children to train them up by your example in the
way of back-biting.—but! "go and teh biin his
fault between thee and him alone :—if he shall
hear thee, thou ha.*6 gained thy brother,'' [done
ail the good you can expect or desire to accom
,-iish.! "But if ho will not hear thee, then take
vrith 'bee one or two more, that m the mouth of
two or three witness' every word may be estab
lished. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell
it unto the" (board of school directors or the dis
trict school meeting ;) ' but if he neglect to bear
them, let him be unto thee as a" (farmer, a me
chanic, a sailor. —anything but a school teacher).
—lowa School Journal.
•John Mitchel, the Irish rebel and editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, is in command of the rebel
fleet on the James River.
QUEEN VICTORIA. —The London go SNIPS arc
very busy with the widowed -queen here is the
latest chapter :
Wc have resident iu London, a "loyal" Indian
prince, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, a splendid
ly-handsome fellow, in the prime of life—a per
fect Frinee Djaliua. Well, it is said that the wid
owed majesty of Englaud wanted to make him a
successor to the late Prince Albert, and would
positively have done so, a few mouths ago, had not
her ministers strenuously objected to such an act
of royal miscegenation. Latterly the Maharajah
has married a beautiful English girl of the middle
©lasses. We may put the royal story down as up
likely as that which assigned to majesty the au?
thorship of "Margaret Denzil.s History- ' Pub
lished in the Cornhill Magazine, b-J(
persons who believe both,
■
Vol 37: No. 49
CROCODILES ISO MOVKKIS.
From Henri Mershot's travels in Indo-China,
we select the following paragraph:—
"Crocodiles are more numerous in tne river at
Paknam-Vem than in that of Chantaboun. I
continually saw them throw themselves from the
banks into the water; and it has frequently hap
j peued that careless fishers, or persons who have
imprudently fallen asleep on the shore, have be
come their prey, or have afterwards diea ofwoands
inflicted by them. This latter has happened twice
1 during my stay here. It is amusing, however—
I for one is interested in observing the habits of
■ animals all over the world—so see the manner in
i which these creatures catch the apes, which some
i times take a fancy to play with them. Close to
the bank lies the crocodile, his body in the water,
and only his capacious mouth above the surface,
ready to seise anything that may come within
reach.
"A troop of apes catch sight of him, seem to
consult together, approaching little by little, and
commence their frolics, by turns actors and spec
tators. One of the most active or most imprudent
jumps from branch to branch till within a respect
ful distance of the crocodile, when hanging by
one claw, and with the dexterity peculiar to these
animals, he advances and retires, now giving his
enemy a blow with his raw, at another time only
pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying
the fun, evidently wish to take a part in it; but
the other branches being too high, they form a
sort of chain by laying hold of each other's paws,
and thus swing backwards and forwards, while
any of them who comes within reach of the croco
dile torments him to the best of his ability.
"Sometimes the terrible jaws suddenly close,
but not upon the audacious ape, who just escapes;
then there are cries of exultation from the tor
mentors, who gambol about joyfully. Occasion
ally, however, the claw is entrapped, and the vic
tim dragged with the rapidity of lightning beneath
the water, when the whole troop disperse, groan
ing and shrieking. The misadventure does not,
however prevent their recommencing the gam* a
few days afterwards."
THE WAHT OF DECI8IOI;
Sidney Smith, in his work on Moral Philosophy,
speaks in this wise of what men lose for want of a
little "brass," as it is termed :
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for
the want of a little courage. Every day tends to
their graves a number of obscure men, who have
only remained in obscurity because their timidity
has prevented them from making a first effort, and
who. if they only had been induced to begin,
would, in all probability, have gone great lengths
in the career of fame. The fact is, that in doing
anything in the world worth doing, we must not
stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold
and danger; but jump in and scramble through as
well as we can.
"It will not do to be perpetually calculating
risks and adjusting nice chances ; it did all very
well before the flood, when a man could consult
his friends upon an intended publication for a
hundred and fifty years, and live to see its success
for six or seven centuries afterwards; but at pres
ent a man waits and doubts, and consults his broth
ers, and his uncles, and his particular friends, till
one day he finds that he is sixty-five years of age,
that he has lost too much time in consulting first
cousins and particular friends that he has no more
time to follow their advice. There is so little time
or o-. KT- aqueamitihment at present, that the op
portunity slips away. The very period of life at
which man chooses to venture, if ever, is so con
fined, that it is no bad rule to preach up the ne
cissity, in such instances, of a little violence done
to the feelings, and efforts made in defiance of
strict and sober calculation.
GEN. BUTLER'S WIFE.—Some eighteen or twen
ty years ago a young actress, a Miss Hildreth,
played for several evenings at the Dorranee street
theater in Providence. I happened to see her in
the tragedy of Jane Shore. Her part was a sec
ondary one, that of the friend ana confident of
Edward's beautiful favorite ; but her eonception
of the character surprised ma by its originality
and its impressive truthfulness. I felt that she
had great dramatic talent, and often wondered
that her name had so entirely disappeared from
the stage. In the spring of 1849, while visiting a
friend in Lowell, I found one morning on return
ing from a walk a card from Mrs Benj Butler, with
an invitation to take tea with her the following
evening. I went with my host and hostess ; so
other guests were invited. The name of Mrs
Benj Butler had for me at the time no other sig
nificance than might have had the name of Mrs
John Smith, On our way to the house my host
a Webster whig, spoke of Mr. Butler not too flat
teringly; as a successful lawyer, smart but urn cra
pulous, ready to take up the worst cases, and no
ted for always carrying his clients through. On
entering the parlors I was surprised to find in tha
charming and graceful lady who received ua the
dramatic friend and confident of Jane Shore,
whose talent had so impressed me at the Dorranco
street theater. Mrs. Butler was a young iady of
Dracat, who, facinated by the stage and conscious
of dramatic power, had obtained an engagement
at one of the Boston theaters, and who was for
about two years earnestly devoted to her profes
sion, when Mr. Benj. Butler proffered his heart
and hand, and won her back to domestic life. I
found that she still loved the art, and prevailed on
her to read to me some of her favorite passages
in Shakespeare. She read, I remember, the pris
on scene in Measure for Measure, with a passion
ate pathos that made me half regret that the
"smart Lowell lawyer" had won her away from
Melpomene and all her tragic glooms acid splen
dors. — Correspondent l\ovulencc Journal.
A LOCOMQTIVS THAT WILL CLIMB MOUN
TAINS. —Everybody has heard of the tunnel under
Mount Cenis which is to oonnect the railroad sys
tems of Italy and France and shorten the overland
route to India four hundred milea. But it is go
ing to take twelve years at least to construct this
tunneL and it is desirable to have the advantages
of such a connection at once ; and H is now pro
posed to build a railroad across tbe south face of
the Alps, using as the basis the great military road
of Napoleon. The road will be forty-eight miles
long, and it is believed can be constructed in two
years, while it is believed a locomotive has been
invented which can successfully surmount the
steep acclivities, turn tbe sharp curves, and des
cend th steep grade.;.. This locomotive has ro
. cently been tried and found to accomplish perfect
ily the service required. It is in fact a double
engine, a horizontal and vertical engine combined,
and sq, arranged that it may be worked either to
gether or separate, according to the steepness of
tne incline, and always with perfect safety. The
horizontal wheels referred to facilitate the passage
of corves, enable the driver to stop Ue engine in
the mid'lle of the steepest gradient, give a pro
pulsive pressure of several tons, and by means of
the flanges which nnderlap the renter rail, render
it nearly impossible that carriage# can be overturn
ed. The brakes are extremely powerful, and as they
are attached to each carriage, no danger can arise
from a coupling chain giving way. The locomo
tive weighs sixteen tons, ana at the recent trial *&•
oended and descended a gradient of one in twelve
with four cars, laden with twenty-six tons of bal
last, attached. Its tractive force is thirty-two tons.
The railway over the pass is to be covered with
wooden, iron and stone galleries, tq protect it frwp
avalanches and snow- drifts. The line will be work
ed at an average speed of twelve miles an hour,
and as many as one hundred and ninety passen
gers can be carried on each trip.
Attorney-General Bates has concluded to retire
from the Cabinet, The exact perjod fixyd for hut
rejignatioQ w not publicly known,