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JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, aWewsLL, BKuroßo coustt. Collections and all business pertaining to his office will he attended to prompt- , ly. Will also attend to the sale or renting of real estate. Instruments of writing carefully prepa red. Also settling op partnerships and >ther at - counts. April I, 186—tf. • Jp- '9E*'' y: ' *>'. "■ :. ■ - :-: .**- :T •-; ■->• v - ■-r-- : r ;y- a i M'RBOKKOW & LIT'/i. Editors and Proprietors. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. ® can you see, by the dawn's early light. What o proudly we build at the twilight's last gleaming: Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the J perilous fight, • I O'er the ramparts we watehed were so gallantly streaming, Ami the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting In air, j Gave proof through the night that our flag was j still there; j 0' fay. does the Star-spaa gled' Banner Still Wfive 0 er the land of the free and the b<>me of the bra re? On the shore, dimly seen through the tuist of the dee lb W here the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which tho breeze, o'er the towering steep. As it fitfully blow?, half conceals, half disclose*!' :,t " 'beart—' ,h * S 1 "" 40 " f tht ' woruingi lirst In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream: 'Tlx the Star-spanglc'd Banner. O: VoAjg tnay it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is the band who so ranutingly swore That the havpg of war and ihc battle s confusion A home and a eduntry would leave us no more? Their blood has wash'il out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could Save the hireling and slave From the terror of ,bight ur the gloom of the grave! And the S ar-spangled Maimer in triumph doth wave O'c r the land of the free and the home oi the brave. 0 ! thus he it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their Ipv'd hones and the foeV desola tion ; Bless d with victory and peace, w*y our liuas en resetted land Praisi the Power that haih made sjid preserved us a nation. Then comjuur we must, for our eau-e it is just— And this be our motto—"ln (lod is our trust?' And the Star-spangled Banner in tri umph shall wave 0 or thr land Of the free and the home of the brave. RED, WHITE AND BLUE. Oli, Columbia the sec* of the ocean. The home of the brave and the free; The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world Oder* hum ago to thee, i hyrunicKites make heroes assemble, , W hen liberty's forty was this the case. that jVj-ohEaliop Hughes, of New Yurk. it is well understood, was sent to Europe by the Government of the United States to exert his influence in its favor at Rome, and where the Papal power extended. Before his re turn, however; to this country, it was no ticed with astonishment and chagrin, that his utterances if not emphatically in favor with rebellion, did not have that clear-toned sympathy with the Union which had been expected. When once more in his place at home, he clearly was no longer to be relied upon as a true friend of the Government. \ cry soon the whole Romish Church be gan to assume an attitude more or lass an tagonistic to the Government in its efforts to suppress the rebellion. The history of the Review of Dr. Brownson was an em phatic epitome and aunounoement of its feeling. That strong-willed and patriotic man was heart and soul for the country and jas heart aud soul against slavery. He made j las review a reflection of his convictions. But these were so dearly the opiMisite of the conviction.- and purposes of the Romish I hutch, that he quickly brought upon hini ?elf the displeasure of his superiors, showing itself first in emphatic denunciations, and in the end by a pressure which crushed the life out of his review, and put it out of existence. The whole Roman Catholic press, as far as tliii writer is aware, became and exerted its combined influence, not open iy, indeed, in behalf of. the rebellion—that would not have been permitted by the au uuuitiee—but clearly and fully as was possi ble in sympathy with treason and against the Government in its efforts to destroy it. It was soon apparent that the whole influ ence of the Romanish Church, through its various prootwsea, was in more or le>s" sym pathy with secession. re i n explanation of this change b simple, the nr>t; movement was that of individual and spontaneous impulse as citizens of the country, it swept even Archbishop Hughes with the, current. Time had not been yet given to mark the hearings of the struggle" as .they affected the Ilomish Church. As soon as that .jouhl be done —as soon as those far seeing. Astute minds which direct the hier *a°k over whole field, the , way to chiuwlL? Indlvlrlual impulse It, and all was 'ctfltftiMetr ui a uew direc tion. When we ask why then should have oc curred tlii- withdrawal of sympathy with the Government iu its time of peril, it is found iu the Issue which thb struggle in volves in regard to the negro race. It very early became apparent that the overthrow of the rebellion would terminate the existence of slavery, and the rush of events made it as .clear that a new and elevated position for the negro was inevitable. The musket was put in his hand and the whole power of the Government was pledged to maintain hb position as a soldier of the Union and as a citizen of the United States. It was not difficult for a thoughtful man to see what consequences must How from thb. It was opening a door, which no man would be able to shut, to the endowment finally of the col ored race with al! tla and inimuni tiea of citizenship. Tin; musket ;a Ute pre cursor of the ballot, and the dusky hand that poised and pushed the bayonet, must, by a law like that of gravitation, by; and by drop softly a vote: and as it Lac decided bat tles, will aecub olectiorus. The men who sit in the Vatican are thoughtful men; thev are accustomed to look far in advance. Time is little to Rome, and she is accustomed to make large and wide generalizations. She saw all this when the mass of men iu this laud did not dream of what would necessarily come. But why should Rome have any especial interest in this matter ? Simply because a suppressed rebellion aud slavery destroyed, would in the end—audit would come soon — give more than half a million of votes, the whole of which would be Protestant votes. Here would be a sudden and mighty re-in forcement to Protestantism, which would make it forever impossible for Rome to hold the balance of power in tbis country. I will not stop to point out the fact that the Papal Church has been persistently aim ing at political power. The matt that does not see and know it is blind. The man that does not recognize the danger with which it menaces our institutions, is either ignorant or indifferent. Nor will I take space to show that the uapor&cZ BouiLsh vote is the element which gives it power. Romanism is kept stroug by immigration. This im migration promises to be larger in the future than even in the past. Already in our great cities it holds the balance of power; it may, whenever there conres a nearly equal division of great parties, hold it over all the j country. No observant man can be in doubt ' of all this when he studies the attitude of the Papacy in this laud or listens to its occa sional demands, or notices its claims and ex pectations as they find utterance at times on the other side.of the ocean. 1 Itiivc juat asserted that the negro vote, when it shall "become a vote, will be Protes tant. The religious history of the negro race has ft deep moaning. Romanism has never boen able to do anything with the negro race. The efforts of Koine to establish it self in Africa, stand out as perhaps the most glaring and disastrous failure, aud that under the very beot eweumstanees for sutt ees* that the history of religious missions presents, #od has so ordered it that a like total failure diouSd characterize her efforts in tins country. If she has nmde none, it was because there lias been no room for even the attempt. With some inconsider able exceptidus in Maryland and Louisiana, so small in number that we need not take them into the account, the whole negro pop ulation is Protestant, fixed and unalterably Flutes taut. With these tacts clearly seen, with these results flowing from the triumph of the I niou. is it at ail wonderful that the Romish priesthood, taking heir instruction- tV, >m Koine, should see that their whole influence and Che inftueuce of their Church should be exerted to prevent the extirpation of slavery or the elevationuf the negro race? It was the dictate of a very evident policy. What Rome has seen has been hidden BEDFORD, Pa.. FlilDAf, JUNE 80, 1H65. from the eyes of a majority tfrdjgious peo ple. The children of darkti* fcve been wiser than the children of tfe li;ht. But events, in their unparalleled much, are pushing us toward the place Iheje we must act. God gives us anopportinity, the ques tion is whether we will be vise r. ugh to avail ourselves of the power vhiefiGod puts in our hand to use for our etunti i ana for the Church. 1 do not now write of jw-iiee oi right in the matter: but from the stajd lujnt of the merest prudence and policy. Tin question whether the colored populafim ofthis coun try shall be permitted to vote, lie close by the side of the question of life au power of the Church. If by an act of j stice and righteousness we elevate the race we at the same time take to ourselves the lower to overeom j all that a dangerous %ign and Romish element may threaten us fith. We need not fear it; we will be stroig enough to absorb it all. My faith is strong in that Diatu Provi dence which has wrought so atriqfely and wtmderfisHv. will make this people sec ami do t lie right. We shall not be givn over to the debasement of Romanism, ad it will be, not because Rome will not makemge ef forts after power, but because as result among many amazing results, thiugh a freed and elevated race, an elejent of strength which shall by its initial fo;e. and propagated and increasing power, forever offset and overcome it A. NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Matthew Stevenson, of Tennessee wrote, ui Is 34, in an address to the peoph of his btate, exposing the wrongs ana evil of sla very : 'We hold it wise policy in evsy gov ernment to make it the interest o all its subjects to support, defend and petoetuate its civil institutions. No one wii doubt the justice of this sentence: and as. in this country, the people are the government, it tt must be held to the people s iutcijsts that Ml should have equal rights before be law. The_ question whether negroes shdl vote is getting very general discussion at his time, bouthern Lnton men, are, withois excep tion, so far as we know, in favor of giving to the black man precisely the r%hts pos sessed by any other man. We h&Te spoken with a number of persons born anj bred ,in the bouth, and have found them all of one opinion on this question. So far asanytbing has been lately published by Southern Union men on the subject, we remember nothing of a contrary tenor. A letter of General Gantt of Arkansas, dated the s;h instant, is the | latest and perhaps the clearest definition of I Southern loyal opinion on this question.— General Gantt says: 'That the negro is needed at the South, that lie is capable of culture and improve ment, is certain ; and that self-protection wnl the South to protect and im prove him, is reasonable to suppose. That ap loyal men should accord to mm the prin ciple of suffrage and equality before the law, is becoming a w,de-spread conviction, and will gain strength the more narrowly it is serat mixed As to suffrage for the j colored free man, he once had it in the South, i it was taken from him. not because he was ■ ~ Kiit his exercise of | ted, and endangered the an-contea future influence. But now tbaf giaVery is ! destroyed, need men be afraid of the freed- j men ? What do the people want? The per- | netuation of liberty by whofcseme laws.— i What more jealous and watthful sentinels could it have than those w'so themselves had come up from bondage, cr learned of its horrors, with perhaps many exaggerations, trorn the traditions of their fit hers? 'What is the the duty of the nation; what the interest of the Smthern white man in this connection? Thi elevation of the black. What stronger incentive could you give hint for commendabh effort than the protection of eq.ual laws, aid the right to suffrage when he prepared hmself to ex ercise it ? ' General Gantt says truly that tie negro once enjoyed suffrage at the South. In ev ery Southern State excepttory and ecession South Carolina, the right of suffage was originally held and exercised by 'ul free men." The Declaration of Rights irefixed to the Constitution of Delaware, t|d part of that document, declared: "Every freeman having of permanent common interest, with ail at tachment to the community, hit la right of suffrage." The Constitution of Maryland provided : "All freemen above tweuty-oni years of 1 age, having a freehold of fifty acw of land in the county in which they offel to vote, aud residing therein, and ail freeifn having property in this State above the value of thirty pounds current money, aid having resided in the county in which th| offer to vote one whole year next preceding the election, shall have a right of sufftgein the election of delegates for such eoutv." The Virginia Declaration of Rithts pro vided : ! "All men having sufficient etdence of permanent common interest, withan attach ment to the community, have thi right of suffrage." ; • The Constitution of North Carina con tained this provision : "All freemen of the age of tventy-one years, who have been inhabitanthf any one county within the State twelve nonths im mediately preceding the day of aft' election, and shall have paid public taxe?. shall be entitled to vote for members of tie House of Commons for the county in thieh they reside." The Constitution of Georgia delared that "The electors of the member of both branches of the General Assembh shall be citizens and inhabitants of this Sate, and shall have paid tax for the year preceding the election, and shall have rsided six months within the countv." So far not a word about distortions on account of color. "All freemen'' "every free man," —that is the phrase. Rut now we come to South Carolina—a Site which never had a republican or democratic form of government —whose people infer voted for President ; where only a few vealtby cit izens were held capable of hohlrig office. The Constitution of this aristcfcrntic tory State provided that "The qualifications of an electjr shall be every free white man, and no other person, &.C. Colored people voted in Pennsylvania till j 18X$;in Connecticut they voted till 1817. i In New York, originally, white and black stood upon the sauie ground, the right to vote in both being dependent upon a prop erty qualifies) tion. About the year 1826, an amendment of the Constitution abolished this property test as regards the white man, but left it unrepealed a* regards the blacks. That is to say, it was a half reform. Within the memory of men now Hvinr;, negroes voted regularly in North Carolina and in Tennessee. In the former State, it is related that a wealthy slave-owner secured his election to Congress by setting free a eoa-iderable number of his slaves, who went to the polls and voted for him in a body. In Tennessee, a person well known in his day. was first elected to Congress by negro votes. John Pettit, of Indiana, said in his place, in the Senate, in 1854: ''Many of the States have conferred this right (of suffrage) upon Indians; andmany, both North ana South, have conferred it hp' m te*e negroes without property. Old Cave .Johnson, of Tennessee, an honored and respectable gentleman, formerly Post master-General. and for a long time a mem ber Of the other House told me with his own lips that the first time he was elected to Congress from Tennessee fin 182'.)) k was by the votes of three negroes; and he told me how. Free negroes in Tennessee were then allowed by the Constitution of the ijfate to vote ; and he was an iron manufac turer, and had" a I irge number of free ne groes as well as slaves in his empiov. ] well recollect the number he stated. "One hun dred and forty-four free negroes in his em ploy went to the ballot-box and elected him to Congress the first time he was elected." In Maryland,colored men voted until IBd2. In North Carolina, as we have said, they originally voted. Judge Gaston in a legal opinion, in *tid < " 'pie very Congress which framed our, Constitution (the State Constitution of 1776) was chosen by freeholders. That Constitu tion extended the elective franchise to every freeman who had arrived at tht age of twenty-one, and paid a public tax ; and it is a matter of universal notoriety that nuder it free persons, without regard to color, claimed and exercised the franchise until it was taken from free men of color, a few years since, by our amended Constitution." The C mon men of the South show them selves true conservatives, when they declare in favor of universal suffrage, and refuse to make distinction on account of color merely. They have the matter in their own hands ; for the States declare who are to exercise this right iu each. If they want peace and prosperity, they must look to it that all men shall have equal rights.— A r . V. Evening Post. THE POSITION* OT FSEKTER.S AVD sox iKrovriSfl cosscsipts. By the terms of an act of Congress ap proved the lid day of Mareh. 1865, deser ters from-the army and conscripts who have failed to report to the proper officers, are placed in a woful plight. If we read the term - of Congress aright, all those referred to therein, have forfeited their citizenship, and are to all intents and purposes, in the position of aliens debarred from the exer dae of all political rights and the holding of all offices of trust and profit under the Gov ernment. The act of Congress declare, that "'All persons who have deserted the mili tary or naval service of the United States, who -hall not return to the said service or report the®selves to a provost marshal within sixty days after the proclamation hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed and taken voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights to become citizens; and such deserters diail be forever incapable of hold ing any office ot trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citizens thereof; and all persons who shall hereafter desert the military or naval ser vice, and all persons who being enrolled,, shall dnpy< enrolled, or go beyond the i-u.vww tnu L nited States, with the intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service duly ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this section. And the President is hereby authorized and required forthwith. j on the passage ol this act, to issue his proc lamation setting forth the provisions of this section, in which proclamation the Presi dent is requested to notify all deserters re turning within sixty days, as aforesaid, that they shall be pardoned on condition of re turning to their regiments or companies, or to such other organizations as thev may be assigned to. unless they shall have .served tor a period of time equal to their orisrinal term of enlistment.'' On the 10th of March, 1865, the Presi dent of the I nited States issued his procia niatmn as directed by the law quoted above I here is no mistaking the law. Its terms aDd its penalties are plainly explicit: and it becomes the duty of every citizen to see that this law is rigidly enforced. Deserters from the draft—men who absented tlieni selves from localities. beino .aWWI sixty days prescribed, will now find that they have forfeited their rights of citizen ship. The law fixes this penalty ; and the people who have stood by the Government in all its trouble, must see that the law is properly enforced. — Exchange. NO RELIGIOUS WAR PROPOSED. One of the secular newspapers expresses freat apprehensions lest a religious war will e inaugurated by the opposition to Roman Catholic influence in the politics oi the country. And it is very unju-tly charged that tliere is a disposition on the part of some Protestant journals to exclude Roman Catholics from office and the right of vo ting. So far as we know the sentiments ol the most intensely Protestant people, and so far a- we have seen expressions of sentiment in the journals, the desire does not prevail in any quarter to interfere in the slightest de gree with the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholics. No proposal of the kind has met our eye, nor any action tending in that direction. It is an accepted fact that universal suffrage is the fundamental idea In our democratic institutions. Next above it lies the principle, that no distinction is to ; be recognized f>y the Government in the re- j I iigiou which a man professes,. Jew or Chris tiiiu, Romanist or Protestant, all are alike I befote the law. We have had a Roman | Catholic Chief Justice of the United States. { We may have a Roman Catholic President. ! No one, that we know of. meditates the dis- | frauehiseiueut of any man on account of his j ! religious opinions. _ . | But— and here comes in the apprehension 1 now taking r-hape aud strength, spreading j rapidly over the popular heart, and finding , expression in letters that coma to us from j Teunessee and Missouri as well as front j States near our own, — out when the fact j stares us in the face that the votes of a roli- j gious body are controlled by its priests, and : these votes are so used as to. give to that re ligious body a preponderating influence in the political aiiairs of a city, btatm or coun try, then it is the duty of patriotic citizens to be on tbeir guard against such an en croachment. And the more zealously must that body be watched, if its principles and practice are known to be hostile to civil and religious liberty. Romnnisra v<& amihaKgHEennHß in igvan two-ibid t&u drer. A few moments longer and the sob bing,- cease, the golden head droops, the weary eyelids close, and the little erring one is kid back upon his couch, penitent and humbled by a kisH from mamma. What sin a kiss —a simple kiss'! Much, very much! More potent than the sceptre —nearer to affection thaD countless wealth. Who has not felt it 3 magic influence ? 'Tia the lover's tender pledge of undying con stancy ; 'tis a bond of friendship and fidelity and not only is it dear to the youthful and ardent, but also to old age, to the withered heart and bloomless cheek. NEW Y ORK M IUUONADIES. —The richest three of the New York millionaires are thus described: William B. Aster, worth about fifty millions, owns about one thousand stores and dwellings, and has the reputafciou of being a good and lenient landlord. He is a well preserved old gentleman, on the cloudy side of sixty, industrious, reticent and punc tual. He seldom shows bis face at a public gathering, rarely makes himself conspicuous in the newspapers, and seems to be devoted almost entirely to the task of taking care of his immense fortune. He is tall, straight, spare, gray and grave. A. T. Stewart is reputed to be worth thirty millions. Though an active business man he finds time to look after the interests of the city, and he has made himself promineut in his patriotic endeavors to put down the rebellion. He is a tall, thin man, of nervous sangnine temperament. He is about sixty years of age. quiet and dignified in his de portment, and charitably disposed when ap peals reach him. In this city and elsewhere many of the currents of chanty are dammed at the desks of private secretaries. Commodore Vanderbilt is a tall, white haired, red-cheeked, handsome old man of seventy, and fast He drives a fast horse, sails a last boat, and_ sometimes associates with fast nieu. He is worth at least twenty (some say forty)millions. He is generous to the poor. EUROPEAN OPINION OF OUR COUNTRY MEN. —The Count de Montalembert, who is w; ssstsm Phical as well as literary culture, has just published an article in the Correspondent, headed "The Victory of the North in the V" ... °tate, in which he argues that the military virtues displayed by the Ameri cans during their tremendous struggle of four j ears, duration, are nothing in com panson to their civil virtues. The citizens I of the 1 nited States, he says, did not have recourse to suicide to get away from fear and suspense. They were not the people to imitate those despairing sick who prefer im mediate death to prolonged suffering. He thinks their conduct in time of trial a grand j lesson for those European nations which, j though as heroic as need be on the battle i neld, intimidated and demoralized by every civil danger.'' The Americans have given to the world the '"glorious and conso ling example of a people who saves itself without a Caesar. This is intended, no doupt,_ as a rebuke to the suppressive and despotic policy pursued by Napoleon; but, at the same time, it expresses the real feel the sincere and genuine admiratifln. ana Cue aamtspwo * i o>i'™ '■ t vtad ted in all liberal minds, whether of the Catholic or Protestant church, in Europe. Miss CLARA BARTON, of Washington, has hit upon an excellent device for bring ing to the knowledge of friends the fate or whereabouts of inisring soldiers. Some weeks ago she published an invitation to the public to send to her address, in Washing ton, a description of missing soldiers, giving the name, regiment, company, and the State to which they respectively belong. In res ponse; she has alreads received sucli de scriptions of some thousands. Roll Nd 1 is a large sheet, centaining, we believe, about fifteen hundred names of missing prisoners of war. Twenty thousand copies of this roll have been printed and circula ted all through the loyal States, and among the camps: and she now calls upon soldiers and others who can give information con cerning the missing men to write to her im mediately. Great care should be taken to write the name and address in every instance plainly. Her plan is highly appreciated and approved by Ihc War department ami by the President. AH letters must be directed to Miss Clara Barton, Washington, D. C. PHYSIQUE OF SOUMEHS.— An exchange, discussing upon the splendid physique condi tion of the soldiers at the grand review in Washington, says: • Those ighorant European writers who assert that man in America has physically degenerated would have found their theories completely overthrown by this spectacle. Observers on the spot generally estimated that the Western army averaged somewhat j more iu height—any ao inch —than the ar my of the Potomac , hut the men of either army were much taller than the French, or any "other European troops. As for the av ; erage age of the troops. Gen. Grant puts | it now, at the close of the war, at about twen | tv three years. > - \Yi . -elduin hear of a rarer union of the useful and beautifbl in one person, .pan is e> ntained in the folio whig account of the ac complishments of a Western belle. The On fly L>!< says : . "There is a young lady on Kock rrairie, seventeen years of age, who has driven her father's reining team through seven or eight seasons, and who frequently takes a load'of grain fifteen miles to market and sells it. She ] fays the piano, sings divinely, dances like a fairy, can do the honors of the draw ing room with graceful dignity, can make a loaf of bread or play "Bridget ' in her mam ma's kitchen with equal readiness. Do all in your power to teach set? govern ment. If a child is passionate, one*, him by uatieiit anu gentle meam Uts nni per. If he is greedy, culu. ate in i him It he Is selfish, promote generoaty. 1 GOODNESS. -Human ambition and hu man |*)licy labor after happiness in vain ; gooduess is the only foundation to build on. The wisdom of past ages d<;clares this truth; our own observation confirms it, yet few, how very few are willing to act upon it! If the incordinate love of wealth and parade be not checked among us it Vfill be the ruin of our country, as it has been and will be the ruin of thousands of others. But there are always two ride? to a question. It is pernicious to toake money and style the standard of respectability; His equally in jurious and wrong to fosterprejudioe against the wealthy and fashionable. Poverty and wealth have different temptations, but they are equally strong. The rich are tempted to pride and insolence; the poor to jealousy ana envy. The envious and discontented poor invariably become hanghty and over bearing when they become rich ; for selfish ness is equally at the bottom of these oppo site evils. How Cor.t MBI S WWKEB.— The personal appearance of Columbus was not a had in dex of his character. His general air ex pressed the authoritv which ne knew so well how to exercise. His light gray eyes kin dled easily at subjects of interest He was tall and well made. His complexion was fair and freckled, and inclined to ruddy.— Trouble soon turned his light hair gray, and at thirty it was quite white. Moderate in food and simple in dress, temperate in lan guage, beariog himself with courteous and gentle gravity, religions without being for malist, repressing his irritable temper with a lofty piety, he was the model of a Christ ism gentleman. The devout reference of his successes to Divine favor with which he concludes the report of his first voyage to titie of Castile is highly charac teristic of the man. A SQUIRREL HCNT.— At the Hotel in Cairo, fhey are not noted for dispatch in filKng orders for meals. If a warm dinner is ordered some time is taken to cook it— Not long since I stopped there, and sat down at a table with an elderly gentleman, who ordered squirrel. I waited some time for my dinner, but was almost through, and the old gentleman was still waiting for his squir rel. But his patience was at last exhausted, and he beckoued the steward to him, and said : "Has the man got a good gun ?" "Whatman?" asked the steward. ' The man that's none to shoot the squir rel I ordered,'' said the old gentleman, with great gravity. Just then I choked and did not hear the steward's answer, but I saw him disappear, and in a few seeonds the gentleman was de vouring his squirrel with apparent relish. A BTCH manufacturer at Sedan somewhat remarkable for his stinginess, went to a cele brated tailor at Paris to order a coat. He asked the price. "A hundred and fifty francs, He thought this rather dear. "I shall furnish my own cloth." he said. "Just as you like, sir," replied the tailor. The coat having been sent, the manufacturer asked what he had to pay for the making. "A hundred and fifty francs," was the an swer. "But I furnish the cloth." "Sir," said the tailor, "I never reckon the cloth ; I always give it into the bargain.'' OBITUARY G. S. A.—"Died near the Southside Railroad, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, the Southern Confederacy, aged four years. Conceived in sin. born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic ate tack of Puuch. U. S. Grant, attending physician: Abraham Lincoln, undertaker ; Jeff. Davis, chief mourner." EPITAPH. "Gentle stranger, drop a tear, The C. S. A. lies buried hers; In youth it lived and prosper'd well, But like Laeifer it fell: Its body here, its eoui in well, Rest C. P. A., from every strife, Your death is better than yosr life; And this one line shall grace your grave— Your death gave freedom to the slave." THE "Hermitage, the last dwelling place of General Jackson, is in a very dilapated condition. It was purchased by the State of Tennessee in 1856 for forty-eight thou sand dollars. Mrs. A. Jackson, widow of , T .Proprietor, has appealed to Presi dent Johnson for a permanent home at the Hermitage. The President referred her application to Governor Brownlow. • fellpw, what are your poli tics ?' said one friend, quizzing another. "'Conservative: my father was a conserva tive. And what is your religion ?'' contin ued the other. "Protestant; my father was a Protestant," was the answer. "And why are you a bachelor?" said the other. " 'Because my father was a—O, confound it! don't bother me with vour stupid ques tions," ' M the tOUOWUIg seinsuie uiirvuuo uu 1 nar change: . Ist. Subscribe and pay fo r .t. 2d. Get your neighbors to take it. 3d. Send printing and advertising to the office. 4th. Help make the paper interesting by sending local items to the editor. Will not our subscribers practice upon these rules? THX CINCINNATI Gazettt says: duct of Governor Pierpont of V trginia is, to say the least, suspicious: He has placed in office again the rebel Mayor Mayo, of Rich mond, who is bitterly persecuting the fteed men. and has called the Legislature together, which last step caused an indignation meet ing of the loyal citizens of Alexandria. A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch is devoted mainly to a horse-race, and the sage announce ment that better time would have been made but for high winds. As a matter of inferior importance the telegrapher appends a few lines about an earthquake; but what b an earthquake to a two mile stretch ? "CAN you toll," asked a blooming lass of a suitor, "what ship carries more passengers than the Great Eastern ?" • Well. Miss, really 1 don tthink I can." "Why, k a courtship," replied the maid en with a conscious blush. A LONG baffled creditor published the subjoined advertisement: n anted, a thin man, who is used to the business of collect ing, to crawl through key- holes and find rlr hrnrs who are never at home. ScSAJi'6 lover fell out with ner and told her flatly he intended to break off their marriage" engagement. Villainous, wasn't it; and what was the result ? SwtuHrighed. mm m IT may sound like a paradox, yet the breaking of both wings of an army is pretty sure to make it fly. WHY is a man's chin the most unlucky part of his body ? Because it is constantly getting into scrapes. SHERMAN a boys call the South Carolini ans 'the etraightouts —on account of the position in which their coat tails are seen everywhere along the march. m —' 1 ' — l — best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quit, and Dr. Merryman. ; WHAT is the best thing to do in a harry? Nothing. - i ■. - # m 0 Motaß ja a good servant bed) a dangerous master.