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KEAtxY, <) ATTORNEY AT LAW , BKl>koßl>, PA., Will promptly attend to all legal business cutrust ..] to his care. Will give special attention to claims against the Government. Office on Juliana j sircet. formerly occupied by Hon. A. King. prll:'fis-*ly a. nrn80RR0W.............. Jons t.rr*. 1" \l' R BORROW A IJ'TZ, 1 I .f TTOK.A'E V* AT /win*, Bebfokd, Pa., j M il! attend promptly to all business intrusted to j their care. Collections made on the shortest no- j Tbov are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents an 1 will give special attention to the prosecution „! claims against th? Government for Pension#. Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. "fficc on Juliana street, one door South of the "Mcncel House" and nearly opposite the April 28. lWss:tf. LISPYTI!. ALSIP, | j 4TTORNBY AT LAW. BKttroi.lV I A.. Will faithfully atnf promptly attend to %11 hu si- j ha- entrusted to hi? cure in Bedford andadjoiiS iti"' counties. -Military elaitn*, Pensions, hack i,.v. Bounty, Ac. speedily eolleeted. Office with l ion 4 Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south <;o Mengel House. Pl t, 1564. —tf. - I Ma. POINTS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKf.PoHtt, Pa. j Respectfully tenders his professtonal services to the public. Office with J. W. Lingcnfelter, j Esq.. on Juliana street, two doot? South of the "Mengle House.'' Dec. 9, IsfiJ-tt. I AND UNGJiNIELTKR, | ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Bitiipetti), OA. ! Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South ..f the Mengel House. apt 1. 1384—tC lf>!!N MOWER. .) ATTORNEY AT I,AW. BKl'Vjro, PA. April 1,1694.— tf. - ; |>i;\TISTK. — —— • . v. litKVK J - **??.'?"? JK ' i i \! NTJSTrt, liEJtroitl), Pa. j 1 ) •>£>*> in (I,- fiant Untiding, Stre-t. j All tiperatlvßS pertnlitiug to Surgical Or Me- j .4,.., -_i tirpfi-try carefully and fairhtuTTy per- 1 f.;;ne.l and aamfited. TBMS CASH. ian'j'6s-ljr. . ' | vKNTtHTRY. . _. I I M. N BOWSER, Resident DENTIST, woo"- j *EPat. Pi., will spend the second Monday. Tucs- f ud Wednesday, of each month at Hope wet], the remaining three days at TTloody Rrni, ' mg to the duties of his At *M other ( times he can he found in his office at VV ,>odl>iU}-, , excel)ting the last Monday and Tuesday of the j itr.e month, which he will spend in :Martih; -urg, j Blair eoonty, Peniia. Persons desiring operation* thould call early, as time is limited. All Opera- J (ions warranted. Art*. 5 j PHYSIC" I AX*. f \R. B. f. HARRY, ! I ' Respectfully tertdcrs his professional scT- j vice? to the eitir.cns of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building , lorinerly eeeupied by Dr. J. H. llofiu*. April 1, 1864 —tt. I L. MABBOIRd, M. !>., •J . Having permanently located reepectlnlly tenders his pofessional service? to the citizens | of Bedford and vicinity. Office or. Juliana rtre.d. j opposite the Bank, on* door north of 11 all a '- j mer's office. April I, 1864—tf. j MOTKIsS. BEDFORD HOUSE, AT HOPEWELL. BEDFORD COVNTV, PA., BY HARRY DBOJ.LINOER. ! Every attention given to make guect? comfortable. . who stop at this ilonsc. Hopewell, July 29, 1861. I T S. HOTEL, L . lIARRISBURD. PA- C'iKNER SIXTH ANI) MARKET STREETS. OPPOSITE It K Aid NO ft- K, DEPOT. j I). H. HUTCHINSON, Proprietor. j in 6:65. PXI'HAXGE HOTKL, Id HUNTINGDON, PA., JOHN Sb Mlt.Lpß, Proprietor, j April 29th. 1864.—ft. IMMiIKS. | •■•w.ifi rr o. t. Murri))! 7- BENBDICT j RBUPP, SHAN .VOX A CO., DAN K I.OU-S, H' Bedford, PA. j BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. ' C'ILLRCTIONS made for the East, West, North j and South, and the general business of Exchange, , transacted. Notes jad Accounts Collected and , Remittance* promptly made. REAL EUTATEj bought and sold. " apr.lS,'B4-tf. j i;w hi? Fit. Ac. I \AsTltit liOItDKR, ' ' PITT STREET, TWO iitfoits went OF the bbo FORD' HOTEL, BEDFORD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY; SPECTACLES, AC. lie keeps on hand a stock of fine flold and Sil ver Watches, Rpcctaelcb of Brilliant Double Refill cd Olttssee, also Scotch Pebble tflwrca. trol,l Hatch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best duality of Gold Peas. Ho will supply to order "fiy thing in his line pot. on hand, opr. B,lß#4 — Ya, •I I STM ES OF TU£ FE4i K. | "H X MA J i Hi. JUSTICE OF' THE PRACE, HODEWELL, DPORD COCBTT. Collections and all business rtaining to his office will bo attended to prompt Will also ait tend to the sale or renting nfreal tate. Instrument* of e-i>Hfnc carefeHe t>t*q>£- d. Aleo settling up.partnership) and othvr iw.- uunu. April 1, I• IK KIiOKKOW A LUZ, Editors and Proprietors. JMitt pctnu THE SH AM, becoMixo tat e at. A traveler through a dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea. And one took root'and sprouted up, And grew into n tree : Lore songtit its shade? at evening time, To breathe iljs earlier vows, And ngc was pleased, in heats of noon, To bask beneath its boughs: The door-mouse loved it- dangling twigs, The birds sweet isusio bore : It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore. A little spring bad Jost its way Among the grass and fern ; A passing stranger wefT, U T ho re weary men might turu. He walled it in, and hung with ear* A ladle at the brink— jLr thought not of the deed he did, Duf .jadsed that toil might drink. jH c passed again—and Jo! the.well. By a,""" raters never dried, Had eoole. he thousand parching tongues, And saved A lifeWuJe ! A dreamer droppt d n mndoin thought : Twai old, and yet' 'was! new—- A simple fancy of the b ra ' But strong in being trust - It shone upon a genial mind, And Jo ! Us light became A (amp of life, a beacon ray, A monitory flame. Tlie thought was small—its issue great.' A wateh-firc on the hill, it sheds its radiance far adown, And cheers the valley stilL A nameless man amid a crowd That, tbrunged the daily mart, Let lull the w'J jAlf hope and love. Unstudied from iße heart. A whisper o" '.no tumuli thrttwn— At ransitory ''reatn — Jt raised a brothel Yon the dust,: It saved a soul frofii trhth. O germ ! O fount! 0 word*of tovfr* O thonght at random cnfU - Ye were but little at the first, But mighty at the last! t HOW GODFBKY CHOSE IIIS WIFE. Godfrey, (fid boy," said Henrv Clayton as he tilted back in his chair, and put his feet upon the man tie-piece, "where is the wedding to be? "Whose wedding?" "M iss Laura Somets, or Jenny, which is it ?" "I don't know. I am sure." "Xow (fault ha lui-itetious. QodfreA-: vnu know you arc a constant visitor, and all "oat sOt' are talking about the match. — Don't prettfiiil vera Vive not selected one of the sisters." "'How do you know whet' As* either of them wijjl hake die ?" "Don't b* obstird, old boy. Come, be frank, which is the favorite sister?" "Well, frankly then, I cannot tell you. I have visted the family for several months, as you know, but I cannot decide. Laura is certainly the handsomest with her flash ing black eyes and queenly maimers ; but Jenny seems, although the younger, to be the most womanly and useful of the (to Yet, I cannot be sure of that. My entrance is the signal for cordial welcome and smiles, and let nic call at what hour 1 will they are always well dressed, and apparently disengaged. To be sure, 1 always, in the morning, have to wait some time betore Laura is visable." _ "Poj> iD unexpectedly, and notice the m , tenia! economy.' "llow can I? A card at the door will ! put any lady on her guard, or even the no | tiee of a gentleman visitor. ' | "Go there in disguise. As a wash-wo : man, for instance." "Good, I will. " "Go there as a washwomen?" cried Cla y, u>tl "Not exactly, but I will obtain admittance 1 to a morning's privacy. "Well, let me know the result" Laura and Jenny Soiuers were the only children of a widower, who, although in | moderate circumstances, moved infushiona ; ble society. At the period of my short sketch lie was about to supply the lamented Mrs. Seiners' place, after nearly ten years' mourning, and, although a kind and indul ! gent parent, bad no objections to his daugh ters' marriage, and indeed, had told them so. Laura, whoso high spirit resented the probable supremacy of a step mother, had already selected Godfrey Horton for her fu ture husband, and Jenny, who was the ! younger, and gentler in spirit, bad tried to ! conquer a carefully conceived preference for for the same person. All his attentions | were ascribed by her to a brotherly regard; ; though every act of kindness and courtesy | touched her to the very heart. 1 It was the morning after a large bail, and j the sisters wore in the breakfast room to-. ' gether Laura, her glossy black hair push ed negligently off her face, with the rough, tumbled' braids of last evening's coiffuer gathered loosely in a comb, wearing a soiled 1 wrapper, torn stockings, ami presenting ; rather an alarming contrast to the brilliant ball room Utile, was lounging on u sofa.— Jcuny, iri a neat morning dress, with a large gingham apron, and hair smoothly brushed into a pretty knot, was washing the break fast dishes "Then.' is an old man at the door with some artificial flowers," said the servant opening the- dining room door, "will you see him ?' : j "No," said Jenny. "Yes," cried Laura, "send hnn up. The servant descended to obey the last ; order. In a few moments toe old man came in. He was poorly clad, with a coarse blue cloak which was much too large for him. His hair was white, and he wore a heard and moustache of the same snowy hue. Mak- i iug alow bow, he placed the large basket up on a table, and opened it j "Ihaveu bunch of blue flowers here, ( said he, taking them from the basket, "that ! will jiisit suit your golden bair, Miss, and he held them up before Jenny. "It was mv sister who wished to look at j your flowers," said Jenny, quietly. , "Yes, briog them lierc.' was Laura's Imperious command. The old man's eyes followed Jenny, -a* she washed, willed, and put away the dish es, swept the room and dusted it, and then sat down beside Laura, who was still looking r t over the basket. J "See. Jenny, this scarlet bunch. Will it not ha lovely, wifh.u few dark leaves, to wear wish liiij oew ilk.?" 'Lint," whispered Jenny, you cannot *' afford it just Dow." A LOOAL AKDGKNEHA, NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS^ \cs I can. Father gave me some mon ey, yesterday. "To nay toe last dry goods hill'' -Well I can have that carried to my pri vate account. "Oh ! Ijaxpra. I hate to hear you talk of that private account. It seems so much like cheating father." "Nonsense I it will stand till I am mar ried, then I can easily save it out of my house keeping money. r "I shouldn't wish to marry in debt,'' said Jenny. The peddler looked at the sisters. "You had better take this blue bunch, Miss, he said to Jonny. "If it ain't con venient to nay for it now, I will call again." "No, I shall uottako them." "They are very becoming, Mise. Look in the glass." "I wish my liair was light,'' said Laura. "Id like to wear it. Godfrey Hortou paid last night that forgct-nie riots were his fa vorite flowers.'' Jenny colored, and placing the bunch again in the basket, said—"Come, Laura ; decide. You are keeping one waiting whose time is probably valuable, and then pass ing a chair, she added, "w seated, sir, you must be tired." "I am tired, indeed," was the reply. "I will take that scarlet bunch, and those red camelias, and this wbfce cluster," said Laura. "But sister, you can't afford it." "Yes, 1 can. Godfrey Hortwv is rich." The old man bit his lip. . '.'Think, said Jenny, iu an ur/4er tone, "if you love hint, how much it wiT? grieve him. if he should discover this deceit.' "Nonsense ! Well. I'll tell you how o remedy it. Lend me some money out of the housekeeping funds." "Laura! steal from father !" "There, don't preach. "Miss Janny. said a servant, entering at that moment, "the dinner has come." Jenny left the room, and Laura still turned over the gay flowers; while the old man pointed out their various beauties, he. in the meantime was running over the dis ordered hair, shabby dress, and lazy posi tion when he mentally contrasted them with Jenny's neat a tire* "Not decided yet ?' said Jenny, return ing after a short absence." "No. Come here." "lean t. Father lias sent home a calfs head, and I am afraid to trust it entirely to Margaret, I must superintend the, dinner, make a pudding, and the parlors must be dusted, and there Is my white mull to ha iS'i-hed." "Before I'd be the drudge that you are," cried LiStt-a. "Brudgt nonsense! T have plenty of time for enioyArent, and father cannot have a coiufortatile house if some one docs Jiot superintend these things. When 1 marry, you may do iff'' she Luglied merrily? "As if I -hould not marry first!" said Laura. "There 1 have uhoseu all I want." "Shall I call again for the change?" said the peddler. "I shall be happy to put the Misses j&omcis o ft jsjyJi,<st Yi:s, call again, sat® Tjutitu. So the peddler took up his basket, and walked home, threw aside his wig, beard, and disguise, aud wrote an avowcl of his hand anu heart to Miss Jenny Somums, which was accepted. Laura Burners had two sources of pro found speculation.' One Was why Godfrey Morton proposed to Jcuny instead of her self? The other: "I wonder why that old man never called to be paid for those exqui site flowers." THH CONNELLSVILLE RAILROAD CHARTER. Legislative Action Unconstitutional. Important dCCfsion try Jmtiee tirler. Yesterday morning Hon. M ilson BleCan dless, read in the United y r ites C.reuit Court the following opinion t'f 20 C' ier, in the case of the Mayor &., of Koltjinone vs. the t Veinelis-vill'; and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad. The case was aagued before the Circuit Court, at Wiliiatasport, in June last, and the decision was reserved until the pres ent time. As the ease has excited consider able interest, we publish the opinion of the Court entire : _. The single question for decision in this ease is correctly stated in the argument of the learned counsel for the respondent, as fol lows ; The charter of the Pittsburgh and Con nelsville Railroad Company contains the fol lowing provision, viz : "If the said company shall at any time misuse or abuse any of the privileges herein granted, the Legislature may resume all and singular the rights and privileges hereby granted t© such corporation." Under this clause the Legislature, by an ict passed in lsi>4, revoked and resumed all j and singular the rights and privileges gran- , ted to said Company, so far as the same au- j thorized it to construct any line or lines of j railway southwardly or eastward]} from Cou nellsviile. Is this repealing act repugnant to the Constitution pf the United States, on the ground that it impairs the obligation of the j contract between the State and the Com-j pany ? Tlie objections made on the argument to the form of the pleadings and the right of j the complainant to have the remedy sought in his bill, will be found over-ruled fu a sim- - ilar ease by the Supieme Court. We refer to the case of Dodge vs. Wolsey. ISth How- . ard, 330. In that ease the complainant was i s st'ckholdm in the coi poi .:'iou, whose in- were likely to be injiuiously affected j by the State legislation, if it should be car ried into effect In this case the complain ant is a creditor, who, on the faith of legis lative acts, granting certain franchises and j ' privileges to the Pittsburgh and Connells villc Railroad Company, has advanced large! sums of money, which pave been expended 1 in eoiWrueting their road. If that corpora tion submit to this act of the Legislature, divesting tliem of a most valuable part of their frg'iichise.V the security and rights of thd complainant would be materially injured. The bill is in the nature of a bill quia timet, and the complainant has a right to the rem edy sought, if the Cdurt should he of opin ion that, the act of 1805 impairs the obliga tion of the original contract, or act of incor poration granted to the Pittsburgh and Con nellsvillc Railroad Company. The only question then is as to the validi ty of this act. Thatthe. aet repealing the franchises of the ooiporation, or a material part, and transferring its franchises and property to another corporation without its consent, impairs the obligation of the origi ainal contract, is not, ana cannot be denied. N©fi isit denied that an aet granting corpo rate 'privileges to a hotly of men who have I proceeded on the faith of it to subscribe stock and borrow money, and expend it in ib" constfactWß of u valuable public im provement, is a contract, and that it is not in the power of either party to it to repudi- BEDFOKD, Pa,, FRIDAY, JUI#Y 98, 1805 ate or annul it without the consent of the other. The State claims no Sovereign power to repudiate it? contracts or defraud its citizens and the Constitution delegates no such pow er to the Legislature. If in the act of'incorporation the Legisla ture retains the absolute and unconditional power of revocation for any or no reasons; if it be so Written in the bond, the party ac cepting a franchise on such conditions cannot yontplaiu if it be arbitrarily revoked ; or if this contract he that the Legislature may re peal the act whenever in its opinion the cor poration has misu ed or abuse ! its privileges, then the contract constitutes the Legislature the arbiter and judge of the existence of that fact. But the case before u* comes within nei ther category. The cor.ißivt doer not give an unconditional right to the legislature con stituted the tribunal to adjudge the question of fact as to the misuse or abuse. M oreover j the ease before usadn.it- that the condition of facts upon which the Legislature are au thorized to repeal the act, does not exist. It admits that the corporation has neither "misused or abused its privileges.'' A char ter inay be vacated by the decree of a judi cial tribunal in a proper proceeding for that purpose, without any such reservation in the dot. Then both parties'are heard and a ver dict of a jury on the facts can be obtained, which concludes the question. But the le gislature possesses no judicial authority un der the constitution, and has no established course of proceedings iti the exercise of such power. The party who is injured by its action is ! not heard. The reasons usually alleged in the preamble to such acts are the mere sug gestions of some interested party, gceking to speculate at the expense of others —profes- ,*iuial solicitors who infest the lobby arc ev er ready, for a sufficient consideration, to inipoee on the good nature of honest but of ten careless legislators, by the suggestion of any necessary falsehood. If any one should feel curious as to the methods used by the agents of corporations to obtain such legislative acts as may Ik: de sirable, they will find them fully exposed in the opinion of the Supreme Court, delivered in the case of .Marshall vs., the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 16th How ard. 333. We do not intend even to insinuate that xuch secret mttite by "*hillful and imscrtipu lous agmtHH "stimul'ited to active partaaur s/i/'jt by tie strung lure of high pro/its' to use ''mostefficient means'' to get the vote ll of He cureless moss of legislators' ' have been used in this case. But we do say that the recitals in the preamble to this act exhibit a labored attempt to justify a more thau doubt ful exercise of power by an array of reasons which even if true in fact, might be demur red to in law as insufficient. The act does not contemplate the exercise of the right of domain by wtfi*h the proper ty of individuals or corporation*? may be ta ken for some public use on making ample compensation. Its object is to transfer the franchises and property of one corporation other whose interest is not to complete the road, and who are not required to do sc at any time in this or the next century. Where in a case like the present the Legislature are asked to take the property of one corpora tion and give it up to another on the ground that one has abused or misused its privileges the just and proper mode would be to pass a resolution orderiug the Attorney General to institute the proper legal proceedings to as certain the fact of "misuse or abuse.'' If such issue be found true then that the char ter be revoked or resumed. We do not say that without such judicial proceeding as certaining the existence of the condition in which the right of repeal is reserved the act is absolutely void ; but ic< Jo /y that in all such cases the party injured, if he denies the existence of such "misuse or abuse." has a right to be beard, and to have that question tried before he shall surrender his property or his franchise. We do not think it neces sary to notice the numerous and conflicting cases which have been brought to our no tice by the learned counsel. In the case of the Erie and N. East R. R. vs. Casey. 2f>?h Pa and Ist Grant, the Court found, after u full hearing of the parties, that the fact of "misuse or abuse" did exist and therefore the act was not void. It cannot, therefore, be any precedent for a ease which admits that such facts do nt>t exist. The principles of law. so far as thc3' affect this case, are vorv clearly and tersely stan d by Chief Justice Lewis, in his opin ion to bo found in Ist Grant, -75, with a review of the cases and a proper apprecia tion of that from lowa. The sum of t he whole matter is this: J. The complainant has shown a proper ease l'or the interference of the court in his favor. 2. That the act complained of is uncon stitutional and void under the admissions of the case. 3. The complainant is entitled to the de cree of the court on the pleadings as they stand. 4. That the defendants have leave to withdraw their demurrer and answer over ; ami if they shall so request, an issue will be ordered to try whether the Pittsburgh and Connellsville railroad have misused or abused their charter. I am authorized to say my brother M (lan dless fully concurs in this opinion. Bill dismissed as to the Governor, as his acts can do neither harm nor good to either party. Respondents have thirty days-to file answer and request issue. If not done in that time final decree according to the prayer of the bill, per curiam. R. 0. Gft lieu. Tin: CALL or THE MEN IN THE SOUTH. The following from the Houston (Texas) j T<-!iynq,h. with many other indications of. a similar kind, show the remarkable change I of sentiments on the labor question which ! has taken place at the South. Accepting slavery as the only source foW-j the supply of labor, we in former years ad- j vocatcd the reopening of the African slave- I trade, because it n:i a means of civilizing and enristainizing savages, and at the same i time of developing the natural wealth of a j country we esteemed above all others. The i advocacy of that trade did not prove accep- ! table. It was voted down and we gave up i the hope of ever seeing Texas fenced in. ! But the abolition of. slavery opens the field j to a new class of labor,"of which there is a j superabundance in Europe and the North- I ern States. The supply of that labor, if we j may judge by the development of the North \ western country, is as inexhaustable as in the field here tor its employment. We ad- j vocate the opening of Hie country to settlers : on the must liberal terms. TV e shall be \ 1 glad to see half a million a year added thus : 1 to our population. A FBBNOHMAN cannot pronounce "ship, \ ' The word sounds "sheep in his mouth, j ! Seeing an iron-clad, he said to a boy, "'ls i this a war sheep ?' "No, replied the boy, ! .'it is a ram." EMANCIPATED WHITE MEN. In President Johnston's letter excusing his attendance at the ceremonies at Gettys burg on the Fourth, occurs this passage: * In your joy to-morrow. I trust you will not forgot the ihou&andb of white# i& well a# blacks whom the war has emancipated, who will hail this Fourth of July with a delight which no previous- anniversary of the Repa ration of Independence ever gave them. Controlled so long by ambitious, selfish leaders, who used Ahem for their own un worthy ends, they are now free to serve and cherish the Government against whose life they in their blindness struck. lam great ly mistaken if, in the States lately in rebel ,H.', - w .® do l.ot henceforth have such an exhibition of loyalty and patriotism as was never seen or felt there, before." Mere is an idea which we fear may be for gotten in our jubilations over the return of peace, and in the attention we devote to the condition of the emancipated blacks. We i arc prone to think that the curse of Slavery rested upon the negro alone, and that all the whites ef the South were benefitted by the institution. This is a great mistake, for the Slave aristocracy degraded the poor white man tar more, if it were possible, than the negro. The Southern people regarded sla very .as the natural condition of the latter— to toil aud labor that his master might live in ease and luxury: but when the white man engaged in honest, laborious industry, he was regarded as having fallen from the na tural dignity of the white man. and forfeit ed the respect incident thereto. It is a painful fact that the late war fell with crush ing force upor the Southern poor white man. fhe rich man —the slave-holder in whose interest and for whom the rebellion was inaugurated, enjoyed such immunities from service in the field as he desired, while tho poor man was indiscriminately conscrip ted and compelled to fight the rich man's battles. The war being over, these men, emanci pated from the blighting evils of slavery, nave returned to their homes in penury and want. It pleases us to observe that Presi dent Johnson has not forgotten their condi tion, and that in the reconstruction of the Southern States he relies upon the loyalty of a class of people who have been thegreat est sufferers by the late rebellion. The lat ter admonishes as not to expend all our sym pathy upon the negro, but in our schemes for the improvement of the freedmen to remem ber the white man as well — Pitt*, (iaz. ENGLISH ESTIMATE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS. Affairs in America, after the great civil war. ;tre settling down much more rapidly and quietly than might have been expected, for the people have the art of adapting themselves tocircumstancesmorcreadily than others elsewhere. It is remarkable to see the reticence displayed by the two greatest Federal soldiers that the war has produced, amidst all the ovations or demonstrations in their honor. Generals Grant and Sherman displayed military qualities which will com pare with any that the profession of in tfi ' TfCCPY v itilLlis A Ai. ..c - tuiAto? •• times, yet they cannot be indnced to make a speech in public or glorfy their own great doings. This modesty may be rare amongst successful soldiers; it is still less rare amongst successful civilians; but we cannot help ad miring the stamina of men so idolized by rheir countrymen, and who yet shrink instin ctively from the expression of the popular sympathy which meets tliein on every side. Grant, in the pride of his reserve, bears a striking resemblance toourown l)nke ofwel- lington. Will the Americans reward and honor the most succsasful soldier their conti nent has produced since the time of Wash ington with any approach to the distinctions and rhe substantial wealth which we show ered upon the Hero of Waterloo, and, if they are so disposed, will he accept them? A pure Republican simplicity, worthy of the best days of ancientllome. appears to be characteristic of this great man, and it may be doubted whether he would not,like anoth er Cinoinnatus, prefer to follow his plow or his tanning again. The Western soldiers who decided the war, and annihilated the so called Southern "chivalry," are quietly re turning home, and in a short time the coun try will resume its normal aspect. Nothing tangible will remain but the public debt, but the resources of the States are so inexhaus tible that even that bugbear, or as Mr. Disraeli said of a kindred millstone in Eng land, that "flea-bite, "will speedily disap liear amid the strong tide of financial pros perity which will soon set on the other side of the Atlantic. — Eurvpmn Times, July 1. PENNSYLVANIA 'S ARMY. At length we have, from an authentic source, a full aggregate ol all the troops raised by the commonwealth of Pennsylva nia for the defence of the republic, during the late glorious war for freedom and Union; and the number even exceeds our most san guine expectations. In order to call public attention to the matter more than it has yet been, we repeat in a conspicuous form the statistics emanating from the Convention of State Adjutant Generals, which met in Bos ton on Thursday lad : Pennsylvania..... 360,0tM) lowa 72,358 Connecticut... 54,468 New Hampshire 33,258 Rhode Island 25,355 M assaehusetts. 153,706 Maine 66,668 Vermont • 34,490 West Virginia 29,012 Kansas 21,948 Aggregate in ten States 850,. >35 The whole number of troops raised in New England, 300.915, thus exceeds the ag gregate of Bonnsyh ania According to the United States census of 1860, the number of white males between the ages of 18 and 45 years in these States was follows : Pennsylvania 555,172 Town 139,316 Connecticut.... 94.411 New Hampshire.. 63,310 Rhode Island .... 35,502 Massachusetts 258,419 Maine.'. 122,238 Vermont 60,580 West Virginia not ascertained. Kan5a5....'....:. 27,876 A comparison of these figures with those we give above will show that Pennsylvania has contributed troops in a larger ratio tlian any of the New England States, except Rhode Island. The nearest approach to us, with that exception, is Massachusetts, which hat sent three-fifths of her anns-bearing population, while we have sent rather more than that. Rhode Island has raised men in about the same ratio as Pennsylvania. Kansas exceeds us all, hut her population must have increased very largly since 1860, as otherwise the figures show tnat she has sent nearly her whole adult white male pop ulation in the field. The figures given above do not include the colored, of whom Penn sylvania has furnished a large number, while they do include the Massachusetts colored troops, and probably those of Kansas _ lliiltidelnhut Worth American. Vol. 38; No. 31 VAl.ru OF AJt IDEA. old saw"'and S. r y °Y i P°^ hts i " says the c* va,ttatl °n was doubtless full compensation for those that occunv <ome men's mind*. H ut worth more than a penny nowadays, and the ideas which are suggested by thought rebteS millions. The man who got tlie E of clothes-wringer made money; Wilson of the sewing machine, which bears his name; Horace Thayer, who makes the blacking boxes with wooden bottoms ; the inventor of the swinging cigar-lighter which we see in every store: all these cau bear testimony to the value of ideas, as connected with ar ments 1 or relatin e to the improve ments or entire supersession of them by fromnuttfL h^°M° ne ?bouid dete rred trom putting his ideas into some tangible shai>e from the supposition that the fiefd of investigation has been exhausted. ''My son, said a dying farmer, "there is a treas ure hidden m our fields, set to and dig for * . f'mreafter they dug, but found no f i j l j' , upon tbe year ensuing the fields that had been so thoroughly upheav ed returned a thousand fold the seed that ' had b , een , sown- It is thus with ideas thought breeds them, and from them may spring the one golden beam which all men seek, "onie men's ideas run upon perpetu al motion; these are idle dreamers seeking to accomplish what the laws of nature for bid; but others, more practical, turn their attention to the arts, to the sciences, and to real progress. These are they who shall win rewards. Not pence, but pounds ; not shillings but dollars, attest in hnndreds of instances the value of an idea applied to improvements in the art s. — Scientific Amer ican. MARRIED BELLES. That wives should constantly endeavor to cultivate social graces, and render them selves as fascinating as possible, I hold it to be their sacred duty ; but beauty should be preserved and accomplishments perfected to bind their husbands' hearts more closely, to make their homes more attractive instead of being constantly paraded before the world for the unholy purpose of securing the atten tion and adulation of other gentlemen. I do not desire to see married women reclu ses ; on the contrary, I believe that society has imperative claims upon them, which should be met promptly, and faithfully and gracefully discharged. But those degraded wives who are never seen with their hus bands when they can avoid it—who are nev er happy unless riding or receiving their at tentions at theaters, concerts or parties, are a disgrace to the nation, whicn they are fradually demoralizing and corrupting, rom the influence of these few deluded, weak libels on our sex, may God preserve our age and country ! Statesmen are train ed up around the mothers' arm chair, and she can imbue the boy with lofty sentiments and inspire him with aims which, years hence, shall lead him in Congressional halls to adhere to principles, to advance the truth —though, thereby, votes for the next elec tion fall away like stricken leaves of autumn. WLTFLL FLDUL KOE TLIO IWJIA KO iy hearth-stone Hussion ? The conscientious devoted and patriotic christian women of n nation are the of its liberties and purities.— JUtt Evant. CROCODILE TEARS A Copperhead paper published at Ashland, in Schuylkill County, wrote as follows, in its issue of the very day on which President Lincoln was murdered: '"When the bloody hours of Lincoln's life are over, we think we see a funeral procession, at the head of which marches a man bearing a negro's skull, and the impaled body of a white man, exclaiming: "Behold the emb lem of all he accomplished by the slaughter of two millions of people, and the crushing of unborn generations beneath the mountain of his debts. The only fitting ceremonies at the funeral of such wretches is not Christain but heathenish and should be conducted by a Sytta , who stirs her blood and makes up a centaury banquet." In the succeeding nnmber the editor in noticing the presidents death pays the fol lowing tribute to the greatness of Mr. Lin coln as a statesman, his purity as a man: Then men truly felt as if the first born of all the households of the land had died; felt, as men feel when men have lost their best earthly friend; felt, as if the old Ship of State more than ever, was at the mercy of the waves without a pilot to conduct her to a haven of safety. President Lincoln died, just when the nation needs the parental guidance of a moderate, unassuming, unam bitious man.'' Such hypocrisy is infamous. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN OHIO. We are informed that a horrible tragedy took place in Madison county, about four miles from London, last week, but our in formant could not give names. We recite this awful story as we heard it. A farmer sold his farm to three men, who gave him $15,000 cash in part payment In the even ing he walked to London, leaving his wife and child at home. Some time after, a ped dler, who had often staid all night at the house, drove up and asked permission to remain, but tfie farmer's wife declined, be cause it was doubtful if her husband return ed that night, and she knew there was a large amount of mouey in the house. She remarked to the peddler that if tier husband returned, he would probably meet him. The jeddler drove on, met the farmer, and returned with him. As they approached the house, the farmer observed a light in his room in which he usually kept his pa pers, and remarked to the peddler that there were burglars in the house. The peddler introduced a pair of revolvers, aad the two stationed themselves at points where the burglars would probably attempt to escape : they gave the alarm and three men rushed out. The peddler kiHed two of them, when the third ran toward the farmer, tvho killed him. Upon entering the house the farmer was horrified to find his wife and child mur dered. When the bodies of the murder ers were examined it was discovered that they were the parties who had purchased the farm that day; one of them being broth er-in-law to the farmer. — Dayton Jotirnal NOTHLW TO SAY FOR JEFF. DAVIS.— Two gentiemen from Georgia made an ap peal to Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, to the effect, that souio privilege promotive of his comfort and health should be bestow ed upon the Hon. A. H. Stephens, then and now a prisoner, as our readers know, in it. Warren. The Secretary kindly assured them that be would institute proper inqui ries, and if it could the privileges solicited would not be withheld from the distinguish ed prisoner. , "But, gentlemen,'' the Secretary, eyeing them keenly ) -'have you not a word to say for Mr. IV^?— no petition to pre sent for him ' > Surprised an d confounded, our Georgia friend hes itated—when the Secretary Mm ct .y remarked—•'sincehis iMi D. t>) ar . rest, save from Mrs. Davis, not one ap- I peal has oome from the South in his be half." SPKKD OF SOUND. ™ ,lSt l* Ve that sound tasea time to travel to a distance. The va ,wtween a fla?b of lightning !!"£/'t U \v C ' r 7 h,ch follows it is a familiar oxarnj #e. y\ aUs jj a woo dnian felling a tree. Ih fT' • T' te near fo m you will see the blow given by the axe before you hear .H;ivl e * c,. ®° ns equence of the enormous see wc " ia y assume that you the blowat the very instant that itis giveD. e interval, therefore, between seeing and SET? * b , !o ?' 18 lh ,° timc which sound takes to travel from the tree to the spot ? nd thl ? appreciable inten al becomes longer the further vou are removed from the working woodman. Re in^ a Spot , where the interval of time shall be exactly a second, measure the dis tarttee from that spot to the tree, and you nave the speed of sound, or the number of yards which sound travels in a second. CttOP NEWS. —Careful reports of the con dition of the crops in Illinois and lowa have been prepared. From these reports we learn that the wheat crop, though a failure m some localities, will be more than an av erage yield, and of good quality. It is beiDg harvested m good condition. Oafs, rye and hay promise well Con. is backward, but tartily. In ortiHTti lowa the tremendous rains, in the latter days of June, washed out the corn, and there the crops will be almost an entire failure. The potato, in lowa, is ruined by the bug. We hear no complaints of its ravages in Illinois. Fruit promises a tair yield, peaches in particular, of which there will be a great abundance. The apple crop vni! be fight but of fair quality. Of small fruits there is a generous supply. v IFx? \ ANKEES - —This sixpence-pinching, ?II /? f? ; this supposed-to-be meanest of all Cod s creatures; who nevertheless, touching the rock, the earth, the flood, the sky, makes them all rain down gold; this man that saves his money, but builds school nouses ; that saves his money, but sends out his school-mistres' daughters and school master s sons. This New England that is hated, and that is complimented by the ha tred of its apostate descendants, has been as true as truth itself to the whole historic doctrine of the revolutionary period, and of the colonial period before that—the doctrine of American liberty.—//. W. Beeelier. IT IS not advisable to go out of doors with out anything on your head, or into society without any thing in it. choosing your grocer let your motto be 'Measures not men. When a fish is wounded, other fishes fall upon and devour him. There's some hu man nature in fishes. The mind is like the body in its habits— exercise can strengthen, as neglect and in dolence can weaken it—they are both im proved by discipline, both ruined by ne glect. SPIRITUAL FACTS. —That whis-key is the key by which many gain an entrance into our prisons and almshouses. That brandy brands the noses of all those who cannot govern their appetites. That wine causes many to take a winding way home. That punch is the cause of many unfrien dly punches. That ale causes many ailings; while beer brings many to their bier. That champaign is the source of many real pains. That gin slines have "slewed ' more than the slings of old. A FRENCHMAN was tried ill Richmond the other day, by a drumhead court martial, for striking a woman in one of the markets with Lis > Hn wo* convicted and in punish ment was paraded through the streets to the tune of the "Koa-no'a wnu a large placard, labelled "This for striking a wo man.' The populace enjoyed the affair much more than the Frenchman. A SUPERINTENDENT of a mission school, being annoyed by the noise, finally, in ap peabng to the boys, raising his hand said. ' '?i ow let s see if we can t near a pin drop.'' All was silence, when a little fellow in the back part of the room, cocking his ear and placing himself in an attitude of breathless attention, spoke out, '"Let her drop 1" THE late Archbishop of Dublin once in quired of a physician, "Why does the opera tion of hanging kill a man ?" ' 'Because in spiration is checked, circulation stopped, and blood suffuses and congests the brain. "Bosh !" replied his grace, "it is because the rope is not long enough for the feet to touch the ground.'' THE savage maiden paints her body, the bright eyed beauty of civilization paints her cheek. The one wears a ring in her nose ; the other rings in her ears. The one girdles herself with the gaudiest zcftie she can com mand —the other arrays herself in stuffs of the costliest quality and richest dyes. They are the same by nature; they have been changed by circumstances. As much nitrate of silver as can be held between the thumb and finger, if thrown in to a vase of water, will, it is said, preserve flowers for a fore night. This may be an in teresting fact for the lady readers of the IN QUIRER. MORAL beauty, the reflection of the soul in the countenance, is far superior to super ficial comeliness. Those who act good can not fail to be good-looking. DR. Benj. Franklin observes:—"The eyes of others are the eves that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should neither want fine dothes nor fine furniture." THACKERV says that "when a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is aston ishing how fond he becomes of every one connected with it WHEN alone we have our thoughts to watch, in our families our tempers, and in society our tongues. THE silent accomplish more than the noi sy. The tail of the rattlesnake makes all the noise but the head does the execution. THERE is often but a slight separation be tween a woman's love ami her hate. Her keen teeth are very near to her sweet lips. IF you would find a great many faults, be on the look out. If you would find them in still greater abundance, be on the look in. SOFT words butter no parsnips, but a new bonnet presented to a wife will cover a mul titude of her husband's, sins. WHY are suicid/es the most successful peo ple in the world?— Because they always ac complish their MCA ends. THE ioung lady who lost the little pink bow from her jockey-hat has found a big brown one under a beaver. QUIT,!, penury weighs down the heart it self, and though it is sometimes endured with calmness, it is but the calmness or des pair. IT is impossible to look at the sleepers in a church without being reminded that Sunday s a day of rest Ix is a complaint against some young min isters, that while their bodies axe in the pul pit their hearts are in the pews. PUNCH'S advice to those about to marry: "Don't."
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