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IS PUBLISHED
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
On JULIANA BT., opposite the Mongol House,
BEDFORD, BEDFORD CO., PA.
TERMS:
$2.00 a year if paid strictly ia advance,
$2.25 if not paid within three months, $2.50 if
not paid within the year.
RATES~OF ADVERTISING. I
One square, ene insertion SI.OO
One square, three insertions 1.50
Eaeh additional insertion less than 3 months, 50
3 months. 0 months. 1 year.
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Two squares 6,00 9.00 16.00
Three squares 8.00 12.00 20.00
Half column.- 18.00 25.00 45.00
One column., 30.00 45.00 80.00
Administrators' and Executors' notices, $3.00.
Auditors' notices, if under 10 lines, $2.00; if over 10
lines, $2.50. Sheriffs's sales, $1.75 per tract. Ta
ble work, double the above rates; figure work 25
per cent, additional. Estrays, Cautions and Noti
ces to Trespassers, $2.00 for three insertions, if
not above ten lines. Marriage notices, 60 cts. each,
payable in advance. Obituaries over fire lines in
length, and Resolutions of Beneficial Associations,
at half advertising rates, payable in advance.
Announcements of deaths, gratis. Notices in edi
torial column, 15 cents per line. deduc
tion to advertisers of Patent Medecines, or Ad
vertising Agents.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN T. KEAGY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal business entrust
ed to his care. Will give special attention to
claims against the Government. Office on Juliana
street, formerly occupied by Hon. A. King.
aprll:'6s-ly.
ESPY M. ALSIP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will faithfnlly and promptly attend to all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin
ing counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
pay, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
of the Mengel House. apl 1, 1864—tf.
M. A. POINTS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully tenders bis professional services
to the public. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter,
Esq., on Juliana street, two doors South of the
"Mengie House." Dec. 9, 1864-tf.
RIMMED!, AND LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South
of the Mengel House,
aprl, 1864—tf.
J~OHN MOWER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BEDFORD, PA.
April 1,1864.—tf.
DENTISTS.
C. K. HICEOK J- . MINNICH, JR.
DENTISTS, BEDFOBD. PA.
OjJict iin tkt Bank Building, Juliana Street.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully and faithfully per
formed and warranted. TERMS CASH.
jan6'6s-ly.
DENTISTRY.
I. N. BOWSER, RESIDENT DENTIST, WOOD
BERRT, PA., will spend the second Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday, of each month at Hopewell,
the remaining three days at Bloody Run, attend
ing to the difties of his profession. At all other
times he can be found in his office at Woodbury,
excepting the last Monday and Tuesday of the
same month, which he will spend in Martinsburg,
Blair county, Penna. Persons desiring operations
should call early, as time is limited. AH opera
tions warranted. Aug. 5,1864,-tf.
PHYSICIANS.
DR. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly eccnpiedby Dr. J. H. Hofius.
April 1, 1864—tf.
JL. MARBOURG, M. D.,
. Having permanently located respectfully
tenders his pofessional services to the citizens
of Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street,
opposite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal
mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf.
HOTELS.
BEDFORD HOUSE,
AT HOPEWELL, BEDFORD COUHTT, PA.,
BY HARRY DROLLING ER.
Every attention given to make guests comfortable,
who stop at this House.
Hopewell, July 29, 1864.
US. HOTEL,
IIARRISBURG, PA.
CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS,
OPPOSITE READING R. R. DEPOT.
D. H. HUTCHINSON, Proprietor.
jtu6:6s.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
April 29th, 1864.—ft.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
No. 709 CHP.STSUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
This Hotel U pleasantly situated on the North
ride of Chestnut St., a few doors above Seventh.
Its central locality makes it particularly desira
ble to persons visiting the City on business or
pleasure.
ap2B:3m CHAS. M. ALLMOND, Manager
BANKERS.
G. W. RCPP O. E. SEA XROS P. BEHRDICT
RUPP, SHANNON A CO., BANKERS,
BEDPORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business of Exchange,
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. apr.15,'64-tf.
JEWELER, Ac.
DANIEL BORDER,
PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OK TEE BED
PORD HOTEL, BclrORD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin
ed Glasses, 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 line not on hand,
apr. 8, 1864—as.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 520 Arqh St. above sth Phila. !
Manufacturer and Dealer in WATCHES, FtNK '
JEWELRY, SOLID SILVER WARE, and Su
perior SILVER PLATED WARE. mar34:3m.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
JOHN" MAJOR
JUSTICE 0? THE PEACE, HOPEWELL,
BEDFORD COCRTT. Collections and all business
pertaining to his office will be attended to prompt
ly. Will also attend to thq sale or renting of real
estate. Instruments of writing carefally prepa
red. Alio settling up partnerships and other ac
counts.
April 1, 1864—tf.
Q YES! 0 YES!
The undersigned having taken out Auctioneer
and Sato License, is now ready to CRY SALES on
the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable
terms. It will bo recollected that no one is legal
ly entitled to act as a cryer otSalos, unless he
procures a license.
Address, LEVI AGNEW,
PI. 8, 1564 —tf. Bedford, Pa
fßedfbrft 21miniver.
EIRBORROW & LI'TZ, Editors and Proprietors.
GEO. DEMERIT A CO..
JEWELERS,
303 BROADWAY, A. Y„
(CORKER DDANS STREET.)
10 0,000 WATCHES,
CHAINS. GOLD PENS AND PENCILS. AC.
WORTH $600,000. *
To be Sold at O.VE It 0 2, L.I R each with
out regard to I'aluc.
AMD SOT TO BE PAID UNTIL YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.
SPLEHDID LIST OF ARTICLES
ALL TO BE SOLD FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH
160 Hold Hunting Cases Watches each SIOO.OO
100 Gold Watches 60.00
208 Ladies' Watches * 35.00
500 Silver Watches $15.Q0 to $25.00
600 Gold Neck and Vest Chains 12.00 to 15.00
1000 Chatelain and Gaard Chains 5.00 to 15.00
3000 Vest and Neck Chains 4.00 to 12.00
4000 Solitaire Jet A Gold Brooches 4.00 to 8.00
4000 Coral, Lava, Garnet, Brooches 3.00 to 8.00
7000 Gold, Jet, Opal, Ac.Ear Drops 3.00 to 8.00
5000 Gents' Breast and Scarf Pins 3.90 to 8.00
6006 Oval Band Bracelets 3.00 fo 8.00
2000 Chased Bracelets 5.00 to 10.00
3500 California Diamond Pins, Rings 2.50 to 8-00
2000 Gold Watch Keys 2.50 to 6.00
5000 Solitaire Sleeve Buttons, Studs 2.00 to 8.00
3000 Gold Thimbles 4.00 to 6.00
5060 Miniature Lockets 2.00 to 7.00
3000 Miniature Lockets, Magic 4.00 to 9.00
2500 Gold Toothpicks, Ac. 2.00 to 6.00
3000 Fob and Ribbon Slides 2.00 to 5.00
5000 Chased Gold Rings 2-00 to 5.00
4000 Stone Set Rings 2.00 to 6.00
6500 Sets Ladies' Jewelry; jet, gold, 5.00 to 15.00
6000 Seta Ladies' Jewelry 3.00 to 10.00
8000 Gol4 Pens, silver case A pencil 4.00 to 8.00
4000 Gold Pens, ebony holder A case 6.00 to 10.00
6000 Gold Pens, Mounted holder 2.00 to 6.00
All the goods in the above List will be sold,
without reservation, for ONE DOLLAR EACH.
Certificates of all the various articles are placed in
similar envelopes sealed and mixed. These en
velopes will be sent by mail, or delivered at our
office, without regard to choice. On receiving a
Certificate, you will see what article it represents
and it is optfonal with you to send one dollar, and
receive the article named, or any other in the list
of same value.
By this mode we give selections from a varied
stock of fine goods, of the best make and latest
styles, and of intrinsic worth, at a nominal price,
while all have a chance of securing articles of the
v cry highest value.
In all transactions by mail we charge for for
warding the Certificate, paying postage, aud do
iug the business, 25 cents each. Five certificates
will be sent for $1; Eleven for $2: Thirty for $5:
Sixty five $10; and One Hundred for sls.
SECURE A CERTIFICATE:
There is no hazard or risk. There are no blanks.
| Every Certificate represents an article. As we
sep none of the lower grades of Jewelry no per
son can receive less than the value of their money,
and they may get an article wurth five, ten, or a
hundred fold!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Every person knows what they will receive be
fore the article is paid for. On receipt of a Certi
ficate you see what article it represents, and it is.
of course, at your option to take it, or any other
article in our List of the same value.
We guarantee entire satisfaction to every pur
chaser, ahd if there should be any person dissatis
fied with any article received from us, they may
immediately return it and the amount paid will be
refunded. One trial will prove to. any that this
sale gives purchasers greater advantages than any
other ever proposed.
AGENTS. —We allow those acting us Agents Ten
Cents on each Certificate ordered, provided their
remittance amounts to One Dollar.
They will collect 25 cents for every Certificate,
and, retaining 10 cents, remit to us 15 cents for
each. Address, GEO. DEMERIT A CO.,
apl4 303 Broadway, New York.
rjIHE STUMP ISLAND OIL COMPANY.
CAPITAL. - $120,000.
Development Fund $21,000
120,000 Shares, par value $1
No certificates of stock to be issued to the cor
porators until 21,000 shall have been sold for the
benefit of all the stockholders, in the further devel
opment of the Company's property.
PRESIDENT,
WM. HARTLEY, Bedford, Pa.
SECRETART It TREASURER,
Hon. S. L. RUSSELL, Bedford, Pa.
DIRECTORS,
Hon. T. B. SHANHOX, M. C., California.
W. D. MCKINHTRY, Mercersburg, Pa.
Hon. SAWCEL DAVIS, Bedford, Pa.
J. M. SHOEMAKER, " "
G. W. RUPP, " "
The property of this company is *ll n.a in
fee simple and is all paid for, and consists of the
following tracts: Ist. That valuable igland, known
as the "Lower Stump Creek Island," containing 2
acres and 93 perches, situated in the Allegheny
river, at the mouth of the Clarion river. On this
island a derrick was erected in the spring of 1881,
and an engine placed on the grounds, but the war
breaking out, the parties sold off and enlisted.
2d. The "Upper Stump Creek Island," is situ
ate but a few rods above the lower igland, con
taining 4 acres and 20 perches, 4 acres of which
are owned by this company, on which are erected
a house, stable, Ac. Neither of these islands is lia
ble to overflow, and both are well protected by
stone and trees against washing. By reference to
the map of Pennsylvania, it will be observed that
the Clarion river empties into the Allegheny at a
point due south from Oil Creek, and as oil is found
at Freeport, on this line further south, we have
every reason to believe that these islands are in
the very centre of the great oil belt, of Pennsylva
nia. Besides all this, tbey lie far below the coal
measures.
The company also owns I acre and fil perches
of land about 64 miles above the upper island, at
the mouth of Ritchey Run, near the town of Em
lenton, Venango Co., Pa., upon which is the cel
ebrated Fox and Widel well, with new engine,
derrick, building, Ac., Ac., and well bored to the
depth of 420 feet. This well was tubed at 350
feet, and in a few hours pumping yielded about
one barrel of oil, but the proprietors determined
to sink it deeper, and the company will, as soon
as possible, sink this well if necessary to the depth
of 1000 feet or more. The "Stump Islands Com
pany" owncs the whole interest in well, fixtures
and land, and "Development Fund" will be amply
sufficient to complete this well and sink others in
the Islands. There is besides, room enough
on the Ritchey Run tract for several more wells.
The property owned by this company is all
yiroctfcai boring territory, and persons acquainted
with the lands along the Allegheny and other oil
streams, will bear testimony that we have more
practical boring surface than many of the 30(1
acre tracts contain.
In addition to this, our basis will compare favor
rably.with the large majority of Companies, whose
Capital stock is five times as great.
the services of an efficient Superintendent have
been obtained, and the Directors are determined
to prosecute operations vigorously.
Persons desirous of securing a portion of the
21,000 shares of stock, must apply |oon, to Hon.
S. Iu Russell, Bedford I'enn'a.; at whose office
subscription books have been opened for the sale
of Stocks, at SI.OO per share."
Feb. 10, 1865.
QALI, AT
CRAMER, cto CO.'s
IF YOU WANT
CHEAP GOODS!
THERE YOU WILL FIND
A Oood Stock.;
ALL OF WHICH IS OFFERED
AT PRICES CORRESPONDING WITH
THE GREAT DECLHE.
April 7,1865.
A LOCAL, AND GENLRAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTEID TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATUR I #'AND MORALS
jSelift § } o£tn}.
A POEM RECITED BY MR. LINCOLN-
Mr. F. B. Carpenter gives the following
account of the poem we present below which
has now a most melancholy interest, in view
of the sad fate of the President. Mr. Car
penter says: The circumstances under
which this copy was written are these :I was
with the President alone one evening in his
room, during the time I was painting my
large picture at. the White House last year.
He presently threw aside his pen and papers
and began to talk to me of Shakspeare.
He sent little "Tad, ' his son, to the library
to bring a copy of the plays, and then read
to me several of his favorite passages, show
ing gemiine appreciation of the great poet.
Relapsing into a sadder strain, he laid the
book aside, and leaning back in his eliair,
said.
''There is a poem which has. been a great
favorite.with men for years, which was first
shown to me when a young man by a friend
and which I afterward saw and cut from a
newspaper and learned by heart. I would,''
he continued, "give a great deal to know
who wrote it, but I have never been able to
ascertain."
Then half closing his eyes he repeated to
uxe the lines which I enclose to you. Great
ly pleased and interested, I told him I would
like, if ever an opportunity occurred, to write
them down from his lips. He said he would
some time try to give them to me. A few
he asked me to acoompany
him to the temporary studio of Mr. S wayne
the sculptor, who was making a bust of him
at the Treasury Department. • While he was
sitting fir the bust, I was suddenly remin
ded of the poem, and said to him that then
would l>e a good time to dictate it to me.
He complied, and sitting upon some books
at his ieet, as nearly as I can remember, I
wrote the lines down, one by one, from his
lips.
OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL
BE PROUD?
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest, in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around, and together be laid ;
And the young and the old, and the low and the
high,
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The infant a mother attended and loved ;
The mother that infant's affection who proved ;
The husband that mother and infant who blessed,
Each, all, are away to tboir dwellings of Rest.
The hand of the king that the sceptre hath borne:
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn :
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave,
Arc hidden and lost in the depths of the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap ;
The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the
steep ;
Via* vwL* IT AXULOT U>l IAA aurnuD vf Lte UICM.II.
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed
That withers away to let others succeed ;
So the multitude comes, even those we behold,
T# repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been ;
We see the same sights our fathers have seen—
We drink the same stream and view the same sun—
And run the same course our fathers haVe run.
The thought* we ere thinking our fathers would
think ;
From the death we are shrinking our fathers would
shrink ;
To the life we are clinging they also would cling >
But it speeds for us all, like a bird on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot unfold ;
They scorned, butthe bent of the haughty is cold;
They grieved, but no wail from their slumber will
come,
They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is
dumb.
Thcj aiea, aye : rncy die ; we things that are
now,
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
And make in their dwellings a transcient abode,
Meet the things that are met on their pilgrimage
read.
Yes! hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and rain ;
And the smile and the tear, the sung and the dirge
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
'Tis the wink of an eye,'tis the draught ofabreath
From the bosom of health to the paleness of death,
From tl e gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud
Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ?
GOING DOWN HILL.
BY MRS. s. p. DOiTGirrr.
' That, looks bad," exclaimed farmer
White, with an expressive shake of the head
as he passed a neglected garden, and bro
ken-down fences, in one of his daily walks.
''Bad enough," was the reply of the com
panion to whom the remark was addressed.
•'Neighbor Thompson appears to be running
down hill pretty fast. I can remeihber the
time when everything around his little place
was trim and tidy.''
"It Is quite to the contrary now," return
ed the fanner. ' 'The house, outbuildings
and grounds all show the want of the mas
ter's care. I am afraid Thompson Ls in the
downward path."
"He always appeared to be a steady, in
dustrious man," rejoined the second speak
er. "I have a pair of boots on at this mo
ment, of his make, and they have done me
good service."
"I have generally employed him for my
self and family," was the reply, "and I must
confess that he is a good workman ; but nev
ertheless, I believe I shall step into Jack
Smith's this morning and order a pair of
boots, of which I stand in need. I always
make it a rule never to patronize those who
appear to be running Dehindhand. There
is generally some risk in helping those who
do not try to help themselves."
"Very true ; and as my wife desired me
to see about a pair of shoes for her this mor
ning, I will follow vour example and call
upon Jack Smith. He is no great favorite
of mine, however —an idle, quarrelsome fel
low."
"And yet he seems to be getting ahead in
the world," answered the farmer, "and I am
willing to give him a lift. But I have an
errand at the butcher's. Step in with me
for a moment. I will not detain you.''
At the butcher's they met the neighbor
who had been the subject of their previous
conversation. He certainly presented a
rather shabby appearance, and in his choice
BEDFORD, Pa., FRI
of meat there was a regard to economy
which did not escape the observation of far
mer White,
After a few passing remarks the poor shoe
maker took his departure, and the butcher
opened his account book with a somewhat
anxious air, saying, as he charged the bit of
meat—
"l believe it is time that neighbor Thomp
son and I came to a settlement. Short ac
counts make long friends."
"No time to lose, I should say," remark
ed the farmer.
' 'lndeed ! Have you heird of any trouble
neighbor White ?"
"No, I have hoard uothiag ; but a man
has the use of his eyes, you know, and I
never trust any one with my money who is
evidently going down hill.'
"Quite right, and I will send in my bill
this evening. ■ I have only delayed on ac
count of the sickness whielvlDe . aoor man
has had in his feiriUX aiihritr*
he must have run behindhand a little, but
still I must take care oi'number one."
"Speaking of Mr. Thompson, are you?
observed a bystander, who appeared to take
an interest in the conversation. "Going
down hill, is he ? I must lock out for myself
then. He owes me quite a snug sum for
leather. I did intend to give him another
month's credit; but, on the whole, I guess
the money would be saferii my pocket."
Here the four worthies separated, each
with his mind filled with tie affairs of neigh
bor Thompson, the probability that he was
going down hill, and the best way of giving
him a push.
In another part of the vllage similar scenes
were passing.
"I declare !" exclaimec Mrs. Bennet, the
dressmaker, to a favorite assistant, as she
hastily withdrew her heat from the window
whence she had been gazngonthe passers
by, "if there Ls not Mm Thompson, the
shoemaker's wife, coming up the steps with
a parcel in her hand. Slie wants to engage
me to do her spring work I suppose, but I
think it would be a ventuit. Every one says
they are running down hifl, and it is a chance
if I ever get my pay.''
"She has always paid up promptly," was
the reply.
"True, but that was in the days of her
prosperity. I cannot afford to run any
risk."
The entrance of Mrs. TLompson preven
ted further conversation.
She was evidently surprised at the refusal
of Mrs. Bennet to do any vork for her ; but
as a great pressure of busiiess was pleaded
as an excuse, there was ndhing to lie said,
and she soon took her lea.
Another application prored equally unsuc
cessful. It was strange how busy the vil
lage dressmakers had suddenly become.
On her way home the poor shoemaker's
wife met the teacher of b small school in the
neighborhood, where two of her children at
tended.
"Ah ! Mrs. Thompson, I am glad to see
you, was the salutation. "I was about
calling at your house. Would it be conve
nient to settle our little account this after
noon ?"
"Our account!" was the surprised reply,
ciureiy tnt, torn lias TIOT yet umpired !'
"Only half of it; but my present rule is to
collect my money at that time. It is a plan
which many of the teachers hate adopted of
late."
"I was not aware that there iad been any
change in your rules, and I hae made ar
rangements to meet the bill at tie usual time
I fear it will not be in my powir to do so
sooner."
The countenance of the teadier showed
great disappointment, and, as soon as she
had passed on in a different direction, she
muttered to herself—
"Just as I expected. I shall never get a
cent. Everybody says that they ate going
down hill. I must get rid of the children in
some way. Perhaps I may get a pair or
two of shoes for payment foi the half quar
ter, if I manage right, but if will never do
to go on in this way.'
A little disconcerted by het interview with
the teacher, Mrs. Thompson stepped into a
neighboring grocery to purcmse some trifling
articles of family stores,
"I have alittle wai
it be convenient for Mr. Thompson to settle
it this evening ?'' asked the cim shbpkeeper
as he produced the desired aticle.
"Is it the usual time for ettling?" was
the surprised inqniry.
"Well, not exactly ; but Honey is very
tigb tjust now, and I am anxitus to get in all
that is due me. In future, I htend keeping
short accounts. There is yotf little bill, if
you would like to look at it I will call
around this evening. It is bit a small af
fair."
"Thirty dollars is no small turn to us just
now," thought Mrs. Thompsgi, as she pur
sued her way towards home. "It seems
strange that all these payment must be made
just now, while we are stragjing to recover
from the hoavy expenses of ibe winter. I
cannot understand it."
Her perplexity was increasql upon finding
her husband with two bills inpis hand, and
with a countenance expressive of anxiety and
concern.
"Look, Mary," he said, a; she entered,
"here are two unexpected ca's for money :
one from the doetor, and the 'ther from the
dealer in leather from whom Ipurchased my
last stock. They are both very urgent for
immediate pavment, although they Lave al
ways been willing to wait a few months un
til I could make some arrangnnente to meet
their claims. But misfortunes never come
singly, and if a man once gts a little be
hindhand, trouble seems to pour in upon
him.''
"Just so," replied his wife. "The neigh
bors think we are going dow* hill, and ev
ery one is ready to give us a push. Here
are two more bills for you: one from the
grocer and the other from tht teacher."
Reply was prevented by aknock at the
door, and the appearance of t lad who pre
sented a neatly-folded paper, md then dis
appeared.
The butcher's account, as I live 1" ex
claimed the astonished shoemaker. "What
is to be done Mary ? So much money to be
paid out, and very little comingin; for some
of my customers have left me, although my
work has always given satisfaction. If I
could only have as much employment as
usual, and the usual credit allowed, I could
soon satisfy all these claims ; but to meet
them now is impossible, and the acknowledg
ment of my inability will send us still further
on the downward path."
"We must do our best, and trust in Prov
idence," was the consolatory remark of his
wife, as a second knock at the door aroused
the fear that another creditor was about to
appear.
But the benevolent countenance of Uncle
Joshua, a rare but very welcome visitor,
presented • itself. Seating himself in the
comfortable chair which Mary hastened to
hand to him, he said, in his somewhat ec
centric but friendly manner —
"Well, good folks, I understand that the
world does not go quite so well with yon as
formerly. What is the troupe?"
"There need be no trouble, sir," was the
reply, "if men would not try to add to the
Y, MAY 12 , 1865.
afflictions which the Almighty sees to be ne
cessary for us. The winter was a trying
one. W c met with sickness and misfortune
which we endeavored to bear with patieuee.
All would uow go well if those around me
were not determined to push me in the down
ward path."
But there lies the difficulty, friend
Ihomnson. This is a selfish world. Ev
erybody, or at least a great majority, care
only for number one. If they see a poor
neighbor going down hill, their first thought
is whether it will effect their owu interests
and provided they can secure themselves,
they tsire not how soon he goes to the bot
tom. The only way is to keep up appear
ances. Show no signs of going behindhand
and all will be well.
iry true uncle Joshua ; but how is this
to fee done ? Bills which I did not expect
to be called to meet for the uext three months
j are pouring in upon me. My beat customers
. oft- leaving me for a mm* fortunate rival
In short, 1 am on the brink of ruin, and
naught but a miracle can save me."
"A miracle which is very easily wrought
I imagine, my good friend. What is the
amount of these debts which press so heavi
ly upon yoc, and how soon, in the common
course of events, could you discharge
them?"
' 'They do not exceed one hundred dollars"
replied the shoemaker; "and. with my usual
run of work, I could make all right in three
or four months."
"We will say six," was the answer. "I
will advance you one hundred and fifty dol
lars for six months. Pay every cent that
you owe, and with the remainder of the
money make some riight addition or im
provement in your house, and put every
thing about the grounds in neat order. Try
this plan for a few weeks, and we will see
what effect it has upon our worthy neigh
bors. No, no, neve mind thanking me. I
am only trying an experiment on human na
ture, I know you oi old, and have no doubt
that my money is safe in your hands."
Weeks passed by. The advice of uncle
Joshua had been strictly followed, and the
change in the shoemaker's prospects was,
indeed, wonderful. He was now spoken of
as one of the most tl riving men in the vil
lage, and many mar elous stories were told
to account for the si iden alteration in his
affairs. It was gen rally agreed that a dis
tant relative had bee ueathed to him a legacy
which had entirely lelieved him of his pecu
niary difficulties.
Old customers and new ones crowded in
upon him. They had never before realized
the beauty and durability of his work. The
polite butcher selected the best pieces of meat
for his inspection, and was totally indiffer
ent as to the time of payment. The dealer
in leather called to inform him that the
very best hides awaited his orders. The
toucher accompanied the children home to
tea, and spoke in high terms of their im
provement, pronouncing them among her
best scholars. The dressmaker suddenly
found herself free from the great press of
work, and in a friendly note expressed her
desire to oblige Mrs. Thompson in any way
in her power.
"Just as I exneiUcd." exclaimed uncle
riosnua. running ins hands exuitingly, as the
grateful shoemaker called upon him, at the
expiration of six months, with the money
which had been loaned him in the hour of
need. "Just as I expected. A strange
world! They are ready to push a man up
hill if he seems to be ascending and just as
ready to push him down if they fancy that
his face is turned that way," In future,
neighbor Thompson, let everything around
vou wear an air of prosperity, ana you will
be sure to prosper. '
And, with a satisfied air, uncle Joshua
placed his monev in his pocket-book, ready
to meet some other claim upon his benevo
lence, whilst he whem he had thus befrien
ded, with light steps and cheerful counte
nance, returned to nis happy home.
piSttllattMis.
THE REBELS GOING HOME.
A ironi city ronre, * a., u> iue
Springfield Republican contains the follow
ing :
Yet there was never more of varied inter
est in the sights and sounds at this hinge of
army movements than just at present. The
officers and men of the army of Northern
Virginia are now hurrying hence to their
homes in different parts of the South, ac
cording to the terms of their surrender,
while representatives of all the corps aiding
in their defeat are passing back and forth,
and Union citizens, long wanderers from
their homes, are returning to the disenthral
led citief, or those impnsoned within the
rescued territory are on their way North
once more. Lee's broken army certainly
presents—judging from the large number of
its members now bore —one of the most
wretched sights thai could be looked upon.
The lowest creatures in the vilest dens of
our Northern eitie;, and the forlorn and
semi barbarous isolated dwellers in the most
shamefully neglected border district of any
rural community in our Eastern States,
even the degraded, haif-idiotic children of
incest in some of our country almshouses,
seem superior in all that goes to indicate
true manhood to very many of the poor be
ings who with Jsallo <v, "dirt-begrimed faces,
dull, fish eyes, long, yellow, uncombed hair,
and meaningless expression of countenance,
clad in rags and set mingly at home in filth,
wallow on the ground near the provost mar
shal s, while their ci mrades are having their
paroles stamped for transportation. 1 have
often seen the rebel soldiers on the picket
line, in battle, as prisoners, and in the
streets of the cities of rebeldom, therefore
it is not the strangeness of the motley attire
or the iKX'uliar southern complexion,of these
men which impresses me, but. it is the indi
cated depth which was reached when Da
vis's conscription gathered up these carica
tures upon humanity, not merely from the
cradle and the grave, but from the idiot asy
lums and the hitherto unexplored regions of
slave barbarism, that is startling in this ex
hibition.
We rebels look rather hard to you who
are accustomed to seeing Federal soldiers in
uniform,'' said an intelligent rebel sergeant
as he noticed my expression of mingled won
derment and disgust at the appearance of
some peculiarly repulsive groups near hiui,
this morning. "\es, indeed ! " was all the
reply I could make to him. That same ser
geant said, a few minutes later, that he
cried like a child when he learned that Lee
hud surrendered. He wanted to fight it
out, for he believed in the cause. He was a
genuine rebel,, and of more intellect than
those for whose appearance he apologized.
There were others like him in the long line
which filed past the provost's window. And
officers were there, some of them haughty
and insolent in bearing as ever. Not a few
in showy uniforms of gray and gold strutted
about with all their badges of rank display
ed, and swords clattering at their sides as
they walked, to the great disgust of the
i Union soldiers. Cavalry, artillery, infantry,
engineers and naval officers and men were
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to be seen, not by the score alone, bnt by
hundreds, and even up to thousands. There
were many glad enough to be at length re
leased irom military pressure, some who
had been aiwayß unwilling soldiers, others
who had fought themselves tired of the bad
bargain of their enlistment. 'My home b
Norfolk," said one of the latter class
"Ninety-five of us came out from there in
one company four years ago; but only five
of us go back. And one of them has lost
the use of one of hb arms/' he added,
pointing to his left arm secured in a sling.
Said another, in comment on the fearful
loss to the Southern States of blood of their
best sons, "They says you fellers wouldn't
miss your army *up North, there's so many
men in your streets." That's quite true,
was the response. "Why down South you
wouldn t see nothin but military men 'eept
mourners."
THE TERRIBLE CALAMITIES IH
THE HOUR OF TRIUMPH.
The assured triumph of the nation, the
lifting of all the clouds of doubt and despon
dency of the last four years, b filled with
horror and pain by assassination and by the
dreadful slaughter of our returning soldiers
by supposed accidents. All the dangers of
transit both by land and sea seem to have
culminated to kill the soldiers who have es
caped the dangers of battle and the horrors
of Southern imprisonment. What a multi
tude of longing hopes, just bounding with
the assurance of speedy fruition; what a mass
of' yearning affection for homes, parents,
wives, children and all the loved ones—sep
arated by years of absence, saved through a
thousand perils, and now exulting in the
prospect of swift re-union, nevermore to
part —were in a moment brought into the
presence of despair and death in the most
ho rrible shape, when fifteen hundred of our
returned soldiers were destroyed by the
steamer Sultana!
\Y hat wide-spread grief does this catas
trophe carry to families in the North; a
grief destitute of even the stern solace that
pertains to death on the battlefield! It is
but a little while since a similar slaughter,
then thought terrible in magnitude though
but a fraction of this, occurred by the loss of
an ocean steamer. The frequency of acci
dents to railroad trains conveying our sol
diers recently delivered from Southern cruel
bondage, must have struck the public mind.
This coincidence and succession of fatalities,
suggests irresistibly a system and
Ana there is everything in concurrent cir
cumstances, in the notorious Southern dis
position, and in previous attempts, to give
force to the suspicion.
The destruction of passenger steamers is
an organized system of Southern warfare.
We need not recall the examples of it It
has been frequently carried into execution
on the Mississippi. Taking passage in pas
senger steamers on the ocean and lakes, to
rise and overpower the crew and destroy the
vessel or use her to commit otherpir acies,
has been acknowledged by the insurgent
leader Davis to be done by his warrant. So
.W> lw roPPerles of Northern villages, toy
gangs organized in Canada. So sUso the
secret obstruction of railroads, to precipitate
passenger trains to destruction. Recently
several cases of arson are announced, as tra
ced to paroled rebel soldiers. Arson was or
ganized to fire Northern cities. Assassina
tion of the heads of civil Government, and
which it was intended to include the lead
ing Generals, is brought into play to revive
or avenge a defeated cause.
Is it not in accordance with all this—
these deeds and this notorious character,
that these insurgents should conspire to sink;
explode and fire the vessels conveying our
returning soldiers/ Are we not making the
lives of our brave soldiers who have con
ronquered these savages in the field, and the
lives and property of loyal citizens in the
north and in the lately called border States,
cheap, by our loose way of turning these
double perjured villains loose into society
upon parole? We entreat our authorities to
reserve some of the outbursts of mercy for
the survivors of the brave men. who havp j
tants who have ever been true to the Gov
ernment, and who in the border States have
faced constant perils in their fidelity.— On.
Gazette.
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IN FRANCE
Louis Napolean is in a fix. He invited
criticism upon his "Life of Caesar," but he
trusted the critics would remember that he
was emperor as well as author. Prof. Ro
geard has failed to do this, and perceiving,
as all the world has done, that the imperial
historian defended his own policy in
that of his hero, he has attacked it merci
lessly under the same disguise. The Lon
don Spectator says of him :
"He has poured out knowledge and ha
tred together, in a pamphlet which has
made all Paris ring. Such a diatribe —so
scathing, and so full of point, so bitter in
its irony, so ruinous in its exposure of facts,
so truthful, and so dangerously full of in
vention —has not appeared even against the
second empire, and it is all a critique, upon
Augustus! Why should no one criticise
Augustus or Julius? No r< ason in the world
only you perceive if Augustus, in 1866, will
write the life of Julius as a defence of his
own regime, criticism of Augustus suggests
something very like criticbm of the imperial
author. As a fact it is, under the guise of a
criticism, a diatribe—a diatribe such as
Frenchmen lovo, boiling over with hate and
wit, malignity and point,libel and eloquence,
unprincipled assertion and poble defence of
living principle. Augustus is attacked on
every side, in his private life as his public,
his government and his book, his friends
and his empire, with cruel force.
"What was NapoleoD to do ? He was
author, and here was a tree criticism of his
book; but then, he was emperor, and here
was a scathing criticism of the empire. He
was bound by his literary position to smile
and pass on, by his throne to bid the lictors
strike; for, if Labienus pass untouched,
the empire was at an end. The struggle
was perhaps a fierce one, but it was short,
and, within a fortnight of the permission to
criticise, M. Rogeard was flying for his life,
fiercely pursued by the lictors of Augustus.
We question if he is safe even in Belgium,
nor can we absolutely condemn the emperor.
Mark the position of the emperor. But
one free French criticism of his book has
appeared, and that is suppressed as abso
lutely as all English criticism, and its au
thor is flying for his life or in just fear of ex
patriation to Cayenne. The imperial author
is declared to smart under a review; Augus
tus asks for impartial criticism, but nods to
his lictors when it becomes too hostile—the
author descends from the throne to rage at
a bitter gibe. That is not in the position
in which a ruler of France retains respect,
but it is the position forced on him at once
by the vanity of authorship and the logic
of despotism, by the anger of the orator
and the necessities of the autocrat. We re
peat, it would have boon wiser for Napole
on not to have written."— lmtheran and
Missionary.
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OP
PRESIDENT JACKSON. — The attempt of
Lawrence to assassinate President Jackson,
says the Washington Intelligencer, April
18th, b called to mind as the only instance
of any known attack upon any one of our
Presidents. Upon the occasion of the fu
neral of Warren R. Davis, at the Capital,
while the President was under the eastern
portico, and surrounded by members of the
Cabinet and officers of the government,
members of Congress and others, Lawrence
approached within a few feet of the Presi
dent, and aiming a pistol at him, snapped it,
It did not explode. Dropping that pistol,
he snapped another with like result. The
President, at the second snap, had his arm
raised against the assassin. Lawrence did
not attempt to escape. He was brought to
the City Hall, where witnesses were exam
ined. When asked what explanation ho
wished to make, he merelv said that he
should not contradict what had been stated
by so many respectable men. Lawrence was
a native of England. Some of his family
lived here. He was of feeble mind. and
subject to mental aberration at times. Fie
was sent to a lunatic asylum. He had no
accomplices, and no apparent political mo
tive.
SPRING TIME.—AS warm weather ap
proaches, many begin to feel debilitated,
lose their appetite, decline in weight and
suffer from lassitude, depression and actual
disease, all of which may be prevented, at
least to those who mainly live indoors, (hard
out door workers do not suffer from these
things) if as the spring opens, a wise meth
od H eating were adopted. No meats should
be eaten except for breakfast, and even for
that salt meat or fish would be better for
two or three mornings in each week. Noth
ing should be taken for supper, but dry
bread and a single cup of hot tea of some
kind. Dinner should be made exclusively
of soups, vegetables, farina, fruits and sour
saucesor spmnage, and nothing should be
eaten between meals; for by thus avoiding
fats, oils, sweets and meats which are almost
wholly heat-producing, the innumerable
"swing fevers" which pervade all classes of
sedentary persons, would be almost whofly
prevented. But who is wise enough to prac
tise these self-denials? not one in a thousand.
-Ih. HaU.
QUlNlNE.— Alexander the Great died of
the common remittent fever at Babylon, and
Oliver Cromwell was carried off by ague.
A few doses of quinine would, doubtless,
have saved their lives, and might have ma
terially influenced the course of history.
But when the great Macedonian expired,
the medicinal virtues of Peruvian bark, pro
duced by the Chinchona trees, were unknown
outside of their native forests; and when
our Lord Protector breathed his last, they
were just beginning to be known in London.
Since then the value of auinine has been
appreciated; and who shall say how many
valuable lives are daily saved by its admin
istration? In low, marshy situations, where
ague prevails, and in the tropics it has be
come indispensable. All the pluck, enter
prise and devotion of modern explorers,
would, in many instances, have been com
pletely neutralized by deadly climates, if it
had not been for abundant supplies of this
medicine; and aided by the same silent agent,
Europeans have been able to plant happy
homes in districts which, without this pow
erful aid would have simply been their buri
al places.
JUST AS IT SHOULD BE. —The Philadel
phia Evening Telegraph in reference to the
English rebel allies will incur by the col
lapse of the rebellion justly observes : 4 The
late Rebel loan was decided with the cap
ture of Lee. Their bonds are not worth a
penny on the pound, a mill on the dollar,
and the effect in En eland will be interesting
to us in America. The crash which will fol
low upon the receipt of the news will not
cause us much grief. They have brought it
upon themselves ; let them bear the pun
ishment They risked as an investment
their funds in Confederate bonds. The
Confederate bonds are worthless, and their
credit will shortly be so also. Frazer, Tren
holm & Co. only opened the lists : long
lines will follow, and the commercial crash
will become general. The Germans have
avoided making such investments, and it is
principally upon England that the weight of
losses will fall. The Confederate credit is
ruined.
As EXAMPLES of the peculiar things found
in advertisements, take the announcement of
the wants of an affluent and elderly lady,
who, desirous of having the services of a do
mestic. like-minded with herself, appeals to
the public for a "groom to take charge of two
carnage horses of a serious turn ot mind,''
So also the simnlo.hovenJiges and civility;
and the description given by a distracted
family of a runaway member, who consider
that they are affording valuable means for
his identification, by saying, "age not pre
cisely known —but looks older than he is.
MAX MULLER AND OXFORD FELLOW
SHIP. —It is said that Oxford University owes
to Professor Max Muller the recent change
in the monkish custom, cent uries old, which
forbade Fellows to marry. Professor Mul
ler choose to marry, and therefore proposed
to resign, but All Soul's College very wise
ly preferred to have him with his wife, than
not to have him at all. The statutes, there
fore, were changed to meet that case, and
all subsequeut cases, and the Fellows of Ox
ford owe their emancipation to Professor
Muller's reputation, ana Mrs. Mailers at
tractions.
EMIGRATION TO THE OIL REGION.— The
Oil City Register 3ays that the influx of pop
ulation into the Oil Region for the past few
weeks has been so rapid that houses can not
be built first enough to accommodate the em
igration, It is said that at Plnmer many
families are living in army tents. This shows
the right spirit. A due exercise of the in
dustry of these dwellers in tents, will soon
enable them to erect palatial mansions, with
brown stone fronts and all the modern im
| provements. Such is life in Petrolia.
INCREASE OF IMMIGMATION. —The spring
immigration at New York from Euroiie is
steadily on the increase. The steamship
New York, which arrived from Bremen on
Wednesday, has between five and six hun
dred passengers, while the steamer to suc
ceed her is reported to have had almost ev
ery berth engaged. The agent of these
steamers believes when the news of the near
prospect of peace reaches Europe a power
ful stimilus will be imparted to imigration.
A BARBER in England, during the preva
lence of the cholera, expressed his opinion
to a customer on whom he was operating,
"that, after all, the cholera went in the Aair. '
"Then," was the answer, "you to be
very careful what brushes you use. ' "Oh,
sir, replied the barber, laughing, "I didn't
mean the 'air of the 'ed, batthe Aair of the
''
Gold has been discovered in the Southern
provinces of Conception and Valdivia, in
Chili. Some new coal mines were about to
he opened in the South. Most favorable
reports are given of the Quicksilver mines
lately discovered in the hills about Valpara
iso.
THE Louisville Journal savs it is apparent
to all that the approaching August election
of members of Congress and of our State
Legislature, 4a to be one of vast interest
and importance, and is to turn mainly, if
not entirely, on the question, "shall Ken
tucky ratify the constitutional emondment?"