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jOHS I'VLHKIt.
Attorney at Mw. BcUforil. Pa.,
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to
his oare.
w, Particular attention paid to the collection
of Miiitarv claims, tlffioe on Juliauna St., nearly
opposite the Mengcl House.)' june 23, *65.1y
s ii. CESSNA,
,}, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
otii.-e with Jnnv CESSNA, on Pitt St., opposite the
Pclford Hotel. All business entrusted to his care
will receive faithful and prompt attention. Mili
tary I laiuis, Pensions, Ac., speedily collected.
Bedford, June 0,15G5.
JOHN T. READY,
• I ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
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ed :•> his care. Will give special attention to
claims against the Government, Office on Juliana
- rvct, !> nucrly occupied by Hon. A. King.
nprll:6o-*ly.
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Sice on Julibna street, one door South of the
'■ Men eel House" and nearly opposite the hiquirer
April 28, !S6s:tf.
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1 J ATTORNEY AT LAW. Bedford, PA.,
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ness entrusted to his care in BeiLford and adjoin
in,- counties. Military claims, Pfchsions, back
uav, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
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• >fthe Mengel House. apll, IS6I. tf.
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i\ l ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.
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Kso., on Juliana street, two doors South of the
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of the Mengel House,
aprl. 1804—tf.
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.j ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BEDFORD, PA.
April 1, 1564. —tf.
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AT HOPEWELL, BI I.rORD CorNTY, PA.,
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TOHN MAJOR.
*f JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, UOPEWEDD,
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ly. Will also attend to the sale or renting of real
c.cate. Instruments of writing earefolly prepa
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cvunt*. *
April I, 136 -if.
DI KBORROW A LITZ, Editors and Proprietors.
THE BATTLE-FIELD.
ltr WM, CIII.ES BUT AST.
Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands,
Were trampled by a hurrying crowd,
And fiery hearts and armed hands
Eneountcr'd in the battlc-cloud.
Ah ! never shall the land forget,
How gush'd the life-blood of her brave—-
Gu.-h'd, warm with hope and courage ret,
I'pon the soil they fought to save.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still:
A lone the chirp of flitting bird,
And talk of children on the hill,
And bell of wanderiog kins are heard.
"No solemn host goes trailing by
The blaek-mouth'd gun and staggering wain ,
Men start not at the battle-cry ;
0 1 be it never heard again.
Soon rested those who fought; but thou
Who minglest in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not now,
Thy warfare only ends with life.
A friendless warfare! lingering long
Through weary day and weary year ;.
And wild ami luauy-weapon'd throng
Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear.
Yet, nerve thy spirit to the proof,
And blench not at thy chosen lot,
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown —yet faint they not.
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,
The hissing, surging bolt of scorn,
For with thy side shall dwell at last
The victory of endurance born.
Trutb, crush'd to earth, shall rise again :
The eternal years of God are her'g :
But Error, wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies among hi worshippers.
Yeu, though thou lie upon the dust,
When they who help'd thee flee in. fear,
Die full of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
Another hand thy sword shall wield,
Another hand the standard wave,
Till from the trumpet's mouth is pcal'd
The blast of triumph o'er the grave.
pi£Uaimni£,
ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR JOHNSON
OF GEORGIA.
Gov. Johnson of Georgia has issued a
proclamation calling upon the people of the
State to elect delegates to a convention to be
held on the fourth Wednesday of October,
next, He also delivered an address in the
(Sty Hall at Macon, on Saturday evening,
July 15th, in which he said he had been ap
pointed for the single jiurpose Of enabling
the State to form a Government. He ad
vised the people to receive the amnesty oath
and thus prepare themselves to become citi
zens. He expressed his ideas on the slave
ry question in the following pertinent man
ner :
I now fool bound to declare to you one
thing which you must recognize as accom
plished : and the sooner you know it. and
conform to it. the sooner you will be relieved
from military rule. Slavery exists ho more.
This is decreed. Its restoration under any
form, is Utterly put of the question. Sla
very lias been extinguished by the operations
of the late war. Ido not propose, in this
connection to enter u{>on a lengthy argument
to prove it. I simply state what is univer
sally acknowledged by all writers on national
law, that belligerents have the right to make
captures of persons and property, and that
they may make what disposition they please
of the property captured. The vanquished
are at the disposition of the conquerors, ami
may be dtspo-ed of as they think jnroper.
Such is war. and it is a sin against (rod and
humanity that it should he waged. We
must submit, to the result of the war. Con
gress, by the Constitution of the United
States, has the power to give to the Presi
dent the regulations of captures by sea and
land, and the President, in the exercise of
this power given to him by the Constitution
and bv Congress, issued his proclamation
disposing of their captures, declaring that all :
the negroes who were slaves in the revolted
States, should, by virtue ot that proclama
tion, become emancipated. Such is, in my
judgment, the law. and 1 believe the Su
preme < 'ourt will so decide.
I come to another point. The Constitu
tion which the people of Georgia shall adopt
in convention will be required to recognize
this faet. The convention will he called up
-lon to agree to this amendment to the Con
stitution, that slavery shall no longer exist
in these states. They will Weal led upon to
decide this l)efore their restoration to the
Union, in order that this quarrel about sla
very, which has existed since the beginning
of the government to the present time, shall
never he revived, and in order that there
-hall be no dispute among the people of this
1 State on the subject. They must provide
for its extinction now. and so 1 tell you to
day, if you wish to be admitted into the
Union this convention of the people of
1 Georgia uiost be composed Of Such material
a.swifl recognize the feet of the extinction of
slavery in Georgia, and agree to the amend
ment to the Constitution 'of the United
States, which will extinguish slavery
throughout the country.
It is claimed by -omc that the negroes will
not work. I know that those who have
been driven off the farms do not work, bo
cause they have no opportunity of working,
and some of them will not work where they
have not been driven off. For this latter
class, the Legislature must make laws de
claring them vagrants, and punhliing them
as such. The negro will not work! How
do you know they will not ? I saw tlieiu
working very well in New \ orli aud other
places whore I have been- _lt is true, they
sometimes commit crimes in those places,
and they are punished for it. They must
work —they can work —they niu.-t either
work or perish. What is the difficulty .
I>o not the people have to work iu Germany
in Franco, iu New York, in Ohio W hut-is
the reason they will not work ? I tell you
they will work; and I must say that under
the peculiar circumstances by which they are
surrounded, no people ever behaved better
than they have done. Those who tell you
they will not work, have hopes of contin
uing their control and dominion over them.
They will work under contracts of hire; and
and if they fail, they become vagrants, and
may be punished or exiled, as the laws of
the Slate may direct Let the Legislature
meet and pass the aeedful laws for tneir reg
ulation. and everything will move smoothly
on. Ist them be employed by men of hu
manity. and have fair compensation givert
t hem, and, in my judgment, no difficulty will
1 lie in the way.
A LOCAL AMD GENEHAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO"'POLITICS, EDUCATION. LITKRATURB AND MOItALS.
We have lost our capital in negro proper
ty. It is gone. We are reduced, as a IIO
ple, to bankruptcy. We have been in af
fluence, and our ric-hes have flown away.
But who is to blame ? From what source
came the result ? It is from the war; it is
one of the penalties we must pay. It was a
war of our own seeking, and such has been
the result of it. We made the war. As a
Southern man I am bound to say, and his
tory will say, we tired the first gun, the re
sult of which has been a war of gigantic,
huge proportions. Wo have been impover
ished by our folly, and such will ever be the
result of stupendous folly.
But while I say these things on this point,
T think some advantages will result from
this war in the future. Whilst we have
been hurt and chastised for the present, yet
let us remember that we may accumulate
property in the future, and all our surplus
capital, instead of being laid out in negroes,
will be expended in permanent improvement
in increasing the comfort of our homes, ma
nuring our lands, planting orchards, build
ing permanent fences, and in manufactures
of all kinds. Attracted to this land, immi
grants from other parts of the world and
from the North will come to settle amongst
us, because we have as good a clime as any
under fthe sun. Our towns and villages,
instead of going to decay, will improve, 'and
arts and sciences will flourish among us.
Such, I believe, will be one of the results of
this war.
And not only that, there is another advan
tage. We have been very sensitive as a
people. We allowed no wan to thiuk that
slavery was a moral, social, or political evil,
and if any one thought thus he was deemed
unsound, and arraigned before vigilance
committees. Even when Lord Jolm Ilussel
in England, took occasion to say he hoped
slavery would be abolished by this revolu
tion, our people commenced abusing him as
if he had trespassed upon our rights. We
abused mankind when they differed with us,
and we carried our opposition to men's think
ing as they pleased to such an extreme, that
men among us who dared to differ from us
on this subjeet were arraigned, not by law,
or before a legal tribunal, but before vigilance
societies, and personally abused. Civiliza
tion was almost driven from the land ; law
and order were suppressed by these lawless
men. But now we can look over this land,
and pray, asSolomoudid. that all of Adam's
race maybe elevated to dignity and liappb
ness. Now every pne may. in the exercise
of his constitutional rights, advocate slavery
or denounce it, surrounded as he is, by the
power of the Government of the United
States, which protects us fully in the enjoy
ment of these rights.
But. fellow citizens, as I have before re
marked, we have severely suffered from this
war. Our towns have been burned and de
stroyed, our field.-; have been laid waste, our
homes and cattle have beeu taken from us,
and our children have fallen on bloody fields.
But, notwithstanding this, there is hope.
It seeuis to be the order of Providence in
dealing with nations, as He deals with indi
viduals, that they will bo perfected by suf
ferings. We shall come out of this contro
versy a more glorious and happy people.
The presence ofliberty will De well guarded
among us. We shall "remain a free and uni
ted people. In looking down the vista of
time, I see Georgia ten fold more prosper
ous. and when all our sectional prejudices
shall have died away, we shall meet together
North and South, as brethren, rejoicing un
der our government, and marching on to the
glorious destiny which is before us. Not
only will Georgia increase in wealth and pop
ulation, but the whole Southern country
will be more prosperous in arts, manufac
tures, wealth and crvilizatiou. I sec them
marching on in this new order of things.
The whole country united in the bonds of
charity and levc, must go on prospering un
til this groat nation shall be unequaled by
any Power on earth. This is our country :
these are her prospects. To this standard I
invite you to rally.
''Tisthe star-spangled banner, oh long may
it wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of
the brave.''
THE MISSION OI A iMEVtSPAPER,
The Springfield Rcpuhlicui. which to us
appears to be the most independent and
manly journal in New England, gives the
following paragraphs, which entirely agree
with our opinions and practice :
"As wc understand the mission of a news
paper press, it is to tell the truth ; to give
its reactors as accurate ideas of events and
men as are to be had, and to make such com
ments and suggestions as seem likely to pro
mote the public welfare. This is only saying
that an editor is bound to be an honest man.
If he is, he will of course sometimes have oc
casion to tell unpleasant truths about his
own party leaders, or acts of the Govern
ment, and ex pore malfeasance and corrup
tion in office. To suppress the truth may
often be ns hurtful as to utter a falsehood,
and the newspaper that intentionally does
either, with the idea that it is thus serving
the interests of any party, makes a gross
mistake. It is merely destroying its own in
fluence in the community and making itself
a nonentity. What intelligent niau values
the opinion of a strictly partisan newspaper,
which systematically defends all that its own
party says and does, and maintains the im
peccability of every man that party votes in
to office? There is a certain class thatis in
fluenced by such indiscriminate partisan
ships, but it is not the thinking and control
ling class; it is not the class that an editor
of honorable ambition endeavors to influ
ence."
The Republican cares very little whether
it is called radical or conservative, or both
alternatively.- It aims to give real facts and
honest opinions on all subjects without fear
or fawr. and without regnrd to the supposed
interests of party, or the petty ambitions of
partisan leaders. And it believes that the
American press will only attain its proper in
fluence and consifhration by rising above
party and expressing independent opinions.
In this way it will not only take its tree posi
tion among the great instruments of human
progress and amelioration, but it will purify
and elevate politics, and aid in bringing the
time when sincere men can enter iuto the
contests of parties without lass of self-re
spect.
GENERAL LEE. —It is a poor business to
be trying to create sympathy and admiration
for General Tree. He is a perjured traitor,
who turned against the Government that
educated him into a position, and he used
the education that the people had paid for
to slay them. Thousands of dead patriots
who sleep in unknown graves were sent there
by the orders of this military head of the
great plot of treason. A truly loyal man
can look at Loe with no other feeling than
that of abhorrence.
r Twelve hundred fresh troops, direct from
France, were landed at Tampioo, in the
beginning of this month, and there wa< a
rumor which did gain much credence, that
soon after there arrived twelve thousand
more.
BEDFOKD. Pa,. FRIDAY, AUGUST Li, 186&
RESTORATION TIIE WORK OF
TIME.
(From the New York Tim -*, 20th.)
Many men arc disappointed in not finding
a more rapid transformation of' Southern
character. They read of a great deal of bit
terness yet towards the National Govern
ment, of f. loyalty thfff is simply subiuitwion
to the strongest, of continued adherence to
the doctrine of State tights, of a disposition
to oppress and persecute the freedmen; they
conclude that there a but a poor prospect
that the South will ever assimilate with the
rest cf the country, .aad look forward to an
indefinite prolongation of military rule, oy
to never-ending disorder and wrong. From
this state of mind naturally comes tin inclina
tion to try rigorous measures and summary
expedients.
This view of the subject is false and mis
chievous. We nevi had a right to imagine
that the South metamorphosed
merely by being vnnouishod by Force Tfn
nian nature is capable of no such sudden
change—least of till the tough stuff of' A
merican nature. We are too apt to apply
Northern standards to Southern conduct
making too little allowance for the immense
difference of education. With our anti-sla
very principles and our inbred reverence for
the national flag, wc can hardly appreciate
what it costs a Southerner to acknowledge
that a negro has natural rights as sacred as
his own, and that his "sovereign State" has
not the first claim to his allegiance. It is al
most impossible for us to estimate the nov
elty of the situation in which the Southern
man now finds himself, and the extreme dif
ficulty of his adapting himself to it. All
the civil ideas, ill the social habits of his
lifetime, must be changed! All his concep
tions of citizenship, of loyalty, of State dig
nity, of the relations of races, of the title of
labor to respect, of political economy, of
natural justice, of the divine ordinances, of
the precepts of Christianity, must he adjust
ed to a new order of things, contrary to all
lie has ever seen or felt . Were we, on awa
kening to-morrow, to find ourselves the sub
jects of Queen Victoria, our old ideas and
habits would hardly experience a ruder
shock than the old Heas and habits of the
Southern people hive sustained by the sud
den break up of their social system.
The truth is. that there is cause for sur
firise in the readiness with which the great
jody of the Souther® people recognize the
real aspects of their new situation, and the
necessities it entails. They have generally
yielded with far letter grace than was anti
cipateid before the war closed. Though most
or them have not as yet shown any particu
lar devotion to the Government, few of them
have exhibited a contumacious or sullen spir
it. Their general disposition is to follow
the course indicated by the Government, in'
the hope that it will finally bring them out
of-their present calamities. Nothing like
enthusiasm is shown in this; nor could it be
expected. Their spirits, if not broken by
their defeats and their miseries, have been
too much depressed to admit of a recovery
for many a day yet. They move, for the
most part, passively; hut it an excellent
thing that they move at all. Every stop for
ward will strengthen their faith in the Gov
ernment. find prompt to new exertion. Gain
ing new aseuratKse phot they have the cordi
al good will of the Northern people, and that
it is possible to live with them in brother
hood, and new proof's that all their material
interests depend upon a conformity to the
same principles and systems that have se
cured for the North its unparallelled pros
perity, they will gradually come to our own
ground, and thoroughly identify themselves
with us, in act, thought, and feeling.
Till; TWO ROADS.
A traveller once came to the forks- of a
road, not knowing which one take, in or
der to reach his destination. The one was
routh and the other smooth. The one set
out into a flat and barren piece of land,
whilst the other wound around the base of
the bill, and disappeared finally far away in
a smiling and fertile valley. The former
road, in short, was in every way uninviting
to the traveller, whilst the latter seemed to
beckon him on itswav.
The pleasant prospect decided his course,
and he turned his feet into the latter road,
lie passed down into the valley and wended
his way tlong the banks of a laughing
stream until the sun was high in the middle
of the heavens, lie then left it and passed
up out of the valley over the dulls. Here
the prospect became less inviting, and the
farther he advanced the more broken and
desolate the country became, until at lust
the horse which hewas riding sank into the
mire, and was unable to go any farther.
After having made inquiry as "to where
this road led." he turned his liOr.se about
and retraced his steps, and _ ; when on the
next day he neared his destination on the
other road, the scene which on every hand
met his eye. was fairly enchanting!
Two roads start, my dear young friends,
from your very feet. See how they look.
The one is narrow and rough, and thorns
and briers grow thick on either side. The
other is broad and smooth, and a charming
pro-meet opens up on cither hand of green
meadows and dense foliaged woods. The
former is "the narrow way" which leads to
life everlasting, and the latter is "the broad
road" which leads to eternal death.
The roughness and thorns and briers of
the one are the trials and temptations of a
godly life, and the smoothness and pleasant
ness of the other arc the sinful pleasures
and practices of a godless life. To, you it
may seem easy and pleasant to follow on in
the way after Satan, but very difficult and
disagreeable to take up the cross and bear it
after Christ. "through evil as well as good
report. In short, you think that if you
become a Christian boy or girl, you must
renounce all the pleasures of the world, and
ever afterward lead a gloomy life- Remem
ber. dear children, the end is not always as
in the beginning. The traveller was deceiv
ed and so you are, if you take it that a
Christ less life is the most plcn--autone.be
cause it sets out with tint full enjoyment of
the pleasurer of the world. Don't think al
together about the present, hut look into the
future also. We know that you do not
want to become profane swearers, thieves
or liars, or finally die and lift up your eyes
"being in torments." Don't choose, then,
such a life as will lead you to these things.
Set out now in the way that will bring
you to Christ and to Heaven; Start imme
diately-. Pass right at once over the stony
and rough road, and by the side ol thorns
and briars. Give yourself up at once to
Jesus. Begin now to leave off all your bad
habits. Surmount every difficulty, over
come if possible, every temptation. "Touch
not, taste not, handle not the unclean thing.'
"Avoid the very appearance of evil." Ih>
these things, and you will be a hero or a he
roine in the sight of God, a bongtteror over
the world, ana when you die you will pass
into a world flooded with beauty, and lull ol
joy.— Youth's Evangelist.
j|6P""Good morning, Mr. Jenkins where
have you kept yourself thislong time?'
"Kept myself,' said Jenkins; I don t
keep myself. I live on credit.
THE UNREMITTING BRAVE.
Amid all the pomp and splendor of mili
tary reviews, wheeling squadrons, and clat
ter of flying artillery, the heart —now that
the cruel war is over—turns sadly to those
who shall come buck to us no more. They
sleep in far-oil' graves—if they have such
distinctive marks at ail—and if not, their
bones bleach on distant battle fields in re
mote wilderness or oozy swamps, untrodden
by human lootsteps. The soul sickens in
contemplating all the agonies and sorrows
and indignities to which they have been sub
jected since leaving their homes of peaceful
quiet. What hot pulses and passionate
hearts have been stilled forever since this
summer tour years ago; what brilliant hopes
and anticipations; what glowing dreams of
military greatness; what ambitious longings
for the strife of battles, are felt no more for
ever!
Who is- then: that cannot recall one hand
some youth whose joyous laughter idled
some stately home with pleasure? In all the
pomp and pride of young manhood, with
frank beautiful eyes, and clear complexion,
and well rounded form, he appeared the em
bodiment of health, too full of youth to be
food for death. Love and days of dreamy
pleasure, seemed the fitting pursuit for such
bright, beautiful Adonises. But the distant
boom of the cannon of Sumter struck his
ear and, throwing aside the college class
books, lie rushed proudly away to the bat
tic. Sweet-eyed Julictat the balcony kissed
fair hands to Romeo, and from windows em
bowered in honeysuckle and roses waved
white handkerchiefs, lighting him onto glo
ry and to greatness. The perfumes of heli
otrope watted from blossoming gardens in
his march recalled the former life of pleas
ure perchance, but turned him not aside.
Everything about war at first was a glori
ous circumstance;. The manliness to com
mand men, to feel a bright sword upon his
thigh, and the consciousness within of feel
ing that he dared to draw it in one of the
noblest causes that ever excited the enthusi
asm of a young hero; the courtly ceremo
nies of parade and reviews, the glorious roll
of drums, and the thrill of' brazen "bugles j
and flutter of bright, starry banners present- ]
ed by fair ones at home as he started for the J
wars—all this kept him eoustantly in a state j
of pleasurable excitement and hope. What
was grander than to win a name, and march j
at the head, perhaps of conquering col
umns!
What would they say at homo to see him
Co!nine hack, a general perchance, and the
sword that fair Juliet had kissed and deco
rated with n rihhon from her hair, how gal
lant to wave it in a flashing salute, bow
ing from the saddle as lie passed her house.
Ah! bright-eyed, eager hoy of ardent
hopes and noble ambition! Where sleejts
the faultless form now that onee gladdened
a mother's fond eyes, and the touch of whose
lingering fingers thrilled supremest eestaey
through aching Juliet's heart? The return
ing legions every day marching to expectant
towns and welcomed with open arms as they
bravely hear their tattered, scarred banners
back to tliose who gave them, miss you; and
the eager glances of merry, waiting eyes at
home turn tearfully away to the darkened
parlor. rWrnyftwn,*.l
the gladsome strains of music.
Oh, the bitterness of -neb moments to
those who wait and weep, or, despairing, sit
hopelessly dowri to deep despondency i If
he had but lived to come back with them—
even senrred and wounded —if he only had
conic bark!
It is the burden of many a bitterly sor
rowful heart just in these days of our tri
umph, at the close of the war. l'hc return
of the armies with p;. an- of rejoicing revives
all the memories of the past. The weari
some waiting in muddy camps, the terrible
winter nights on picket duty, the sickness at
heart, the lingering fevers of camp and hos
pital. and the pining for the lost comforts of
home, were trials that were as life-consuming
to some as the fierce deadly charge of rnsh
iug squadrons, or the flash of trained musk
etry in the midst of hottest battles.
Peace to the gallant dead ! Eternal grat
itude to the noble and self-forgetting heroes
who sleep in unknown graves, far away from
familliar homesteads. A nation of count
lt-s united republics shall, in the bright fu
ture impending, do saint-reverence to such
en-tly'sacrifices. And the pride of being
connected by blood or kindred ties with such
nobles will be more than Norman.
IXIM.I'KX'E or SENSIBI.E WOMEN.
It is a wondafou.- advantage to a man in
every pursuit or avocation, to secure an ad
visor iu a sensible Woman. Iu woman there
is at once a -nblk delicacy of tact and a plain
soundness of judgment, which are rarely
cxKcbiued to an equal degree in man. A
woman if she bo really your t rieud, will have
a sensible regard for your character, honor,
repute. She will seldom counsel you to do
a -hubby thing, for a woman friend always
desires to he proud of you. At the sum.
tjjme her constitutional timidit.v makes her
more cautious than your male friend. She,
therefore, seldom counsels you to do an im
prudent thing. By female friendships, we
menu those in which there is no admixture
of the passion of love, exceiit in the married
state. A man's be t female friend is a wife
of good sense and good heart, whom he loves
and who loves him. If he have that, he
need not seek elsewhere. But supposing
the man to be without such a help mate,
female friendships he must still have, or his
intellect will be without a garden, and there
will be many an unheeded gap even in the
strongest fence. Better and safer, of course,
such friendships where
circumstances put the idea ot love out of
the question. Middle life has rarely this
advantage; youth and old age have, lie
may have female friendships with those
much older and those much younger than
ourselves. Molierc's old housekeeper was
a great help to his genius, aud Montaigne's
philosophy takes b< tli a gentler and loftier
eharaetei of wisdom from .he date in which
he finds, in Marie do Germany, an adopted
daughter "certainly beloved by ntc," savs
the Horace of essavists, "with more than
paternal love, and involved in my solitude
and retirement as one of the best parts of
my being. ' Female friendship, indeed, is
to" man ' l prcrmii>nn et dul.ee <l<cu* —bul
wark, sweetener, ornament of his existence.
To this mental c ulture it is invaluable.
A young wife lately left her husband of
sixty in Michigan, took SSOO of his money,
went to Syracuse, and picked up a lover,
bought him a new suit of clothes, and pretty
soon took the clothes and left him. At last
accounts the two men were in company,
looking after the woman.
WON'T FASS lon AN ANGEL.—A vagrant
called at a house on a Sunday and begged
for some cider. The lady refused to give
him any. He reminded her ofthe oft quot
ed remark that "she might entertain an an
gel unawares. " V cs, said she, "hut an
gels don't go about drinking eider on Sunday
A kind word and pleasant voice are gifts
easy to give; be liberal with them, they are
worth more than money.
Vol 38: No. 33
OCR EXAMPLE ABROAD.
1 he true secret of the sympathy of the
monarchical governments of Europe, and
Of the aristocracy of England, with
the itelie it j. was their belief thattbeover
iroiv or our Government would be an
thT^ e Z t W c V, ' r °n h(iir systems, and that
the success of our Government in putting
down such a gigantic rebellion would shake
those systems to the very centre. In this
belief they were right. Had the rebellion
succeeded, it, wouiu have renewed to the
aristocracy of Great Britain the lease of
their exclusive privilege? for fifty or a hun
dred years. They felt that it was so, and for
this reason they hoped and prayed and look
ed for (ar downfall But, thanks to a gra
cious I rovidenee, their prayers were not an
swered. We issue from the conflict stron
ger than at the beginning, and republican
institutions arc invested with new glory.
Already have the successes of the last two
mouths made their impression abroad, and
that lfhptessliWi Will be deepened by even*
day s continuance ot our beloved Republic.
Read the following, from the London Patri
ot, as an indication of the effect of these
events:
\\ e owe a large debt of honor and thanks
to the American jieople for the splendid
illustration which they have afforded of the
stability of a free government in a time of
unexampled pressure and distress. In the
midst or the mightiest revolution of this cen
tury, the man who had guided it was struck
down at the very moment when the need of
a master hand was most urgent, while the
man who lawfully succeeded to supreme
power inspired, rightly and wrongly, alarm
and dislike. But the leaders of the people
and the people themselves never wavered
for a moment in their allegiance to the
Constitution. \\ ithin a few hours of the
death of the President the leading men in
the State assembled to inaugurate his suc
cessor, and tendered to him as loyal citizens
the same confidence and support which his
trusted and experienced predecessor had en
joyed. And the crisis created no shadow of
a panic. The securities of the State reboun
ded at once, and expressed the courageous
confidence of the people both in their insti
tutions and in the wisdom which they be
lieved would be the guide of their rulers.
Few grander political events have transpired
iu this century than that simple ceremony of
inauguration, and rarely has it been given to
a ]K*>ple to illustrate more nobly the dignity
and self-reliance which liberty both inspires
and justifies. It is a notable chapter in the
history office governments which the soidi
t'hd guardians and nurses of liberty on the
Continent of Europe will do well 'to study
and make its lessons their own.''
MASKERS AT UOAIE.
Two great men, at whose feet the genera
tions, since their time, have sat to learn
wisdom, were Sir Matthew Hale and Rich
ard Baxter. The last-named has left an in
teresting picture of their intercourse with
each other, as follows:
The manner of our converse w as as suita
ble to ray inclination as the matter, for
whereas many bred in the Universities, and
called scholars, have cot the wit, manners,
Mid r-aticitvc to hear itiose with whom they
discourse speak to the end; but through list
and inipotency cannot hold, but cut off a
man's speech, when they hear anything that
urgeth theui. before the latter part make
the former intelligible or strong, more like
scholars; a.- if they commanded silence at
the end of each sentence to hint that speak
cth, or else would have two talk at once—l
do not remember that ever lie and I did in
terrupt each other in any discourse. His
wisdom and accustomed patience caused
him still to stay for the end. And though
niy disposition has too much forwardness to
speak, I had not so little wit or manners as
to interrupt him; whereby we far better un
derstood each other than we could have done
in chopping and maimed discourse."
Now, the reader may consider this a small
matter —a mere punctilio of politeness.
What was not beneath the notice aud prac
tice of such minds as Baxter's and Judge
Hale's, can, however, scarcely Lie thought
beneath the notice and practice of common
er men. Was not this small observance of
good manners a token of something deeper
and nobler, even of a mastery over the im
patience of human nature? Aud when we
hear and see in families the very opposite,
the quick contradiction, the rude breakiug
in upon each other's speech, we may con
clude readily that there is a deeper fault
than mere surface impetuosity; there is gen
erally the ungovemed temper; the rash aud
thoughtless heart. — Christian World.
NOT TN.LY AI'VRECIATEI).— Nothing is
more common than to hear people talk of
what they have paid newspaj>crs for adver
tising, as so much given in charity. A co
tcmpoary, in commenting upon this subject,
make- some very truthful remarks, when it
says that newspapers, by enhancing the
value of property in their neighborhood, and
giving the localities ia which they arc pub
lished a reputation abroad, beuent all such
grumblers, particularly if they are merchants
or real estate owners, thrice the amount of
the meagre sum they pay yearly for their
support. Besides, every public spirited
citizen has a laudable pride in having a
paper which he is not ashamed of. A good
-looking, thriving sheet helps to sell property
gives character to the locality, and is in all
respects one of the desirable public conve
niences. If from any cause the matter in
the editorial or local columns should not be
quite up to yonr standard, do not cast it
aside and pronounce it worthless and of 110
account, until you are satisfied that there
has not been more labor bestowed upon it
than is paid for. If you want a good reada
ble sheet, it must not be supported in a
spirit of charity, either, but because you feel
it is a necessity to support it. The local
press i- "the power that moves the people,
and the community of people that cannot
support a good paper are poor indeed.
GENERAL JACKSON'S MOTTO.—' Think
bofore you act, but wben the time lor action
comes, stop thinking." This is the true doc
trine. Many men fail in life and go down to
the grave with hopes blasted and prospects
of happiness unrealized because they did
not adopt and act upon this motto. Moth
ing so prepares a man for action as thought;
but nothing so unfits a man for action in the
course of action Better by far adopt some
course and pursue it energetically, eventho'
it may not be the best, than to keep contin
ually thinking without action. ''Go ahead_
ought to he printed in every young man s
hat, and read until it becomes a part of
his nature, until he can act upon his judg
ment, aud not be turned from his course by
every wind of interested advice. In conclu
sion," we would say, "Think before you act;
but when the time for action comes, stop
thinking.'
THE TOOTH OF TRUE.— "When Nineveh
has departed and Palmyra is in ruins; when
Imperial Home has fallen, and the Pyramids
themselves are sinking into decay, it ts no
wonder,"' sighed a French humorist, "that
uiy old black coat should be getting seedy
at the elbows. :
HOW TO PICK WHORTLEBERRIES.
When I first knew .Mr. John Ilorsly, he
was a white haired man and very rich. He
seemed never to have been in any great bus
ness. such as merchants and speculators now
engage in. and he was never accused of be
ing a dishonest man, it was always a myste
ry to me how he came to be so rich. I knew
that his father was a poor country clergyman
and that John could have received no prop
erty from him. Meeting my friend one day
when our conversation happened to turn on
the subject of gathering property, I ven
tured to ask him how it was he had been so
successful in life.
"When I was a boy, 'he said, "mv father
was a poor minister. We lived very plain
and dressed very plain, but that never trou
bled us. We always bad enough of some
thing to eat and my mother was one who
contrived to have lier children dressed pret
tily if not richly. One day when I was a
little fellow, several little boys and girls came
along on their way to pick whortleberries.
They invited me to go along with them, and
when I saw their bright faces and little bas
kets, and the bright afternoon, I wanted to
go with them. So I went into the house
and asked my mother. 1 saw she sympa
thized with me, but she said I must go and
ask father.
"And where is lather?"
"Up in the study, of course."
"Up I bounded, hat in hand, and gently
knocked at the door. He bade me come
in.
"Well, Johnny, what is your wish?"
."I want, sir, to go with the children and
pick whortleberries."
"Where are they going?"
"Only to Johnson's hQ], tir."
"How many children are there?"
"Seven, besides myself. Please let me
go."
"Well, you may go. Be a good boy, and
use no bad words.''
Away I scampered, and just got to the
bottom o? the stairs when my father called
me back. 0 dear, it's all over now. He's
going to take it all back, I said to myself.
Trembling, I again stood in the doorway,
expecting to have the permission with
drawn.
' Johnny, ' said my father, with a peculiar
smile, ''l have a word of advice to give you.
You will find berries growing in clumps all
over the lot. The children will pick a few
minutes at one place and then go off to an
other, in hopes of finding better picking,
and thus they will spend half of the after
noon in roaming from one place to another.
Now my advice to you is, that when you find,
pretty fair picking, stick to that spot and
kern niching there. Your basket at night
will snow whether my advice is good or
not."^
''Well, sir, I followed my father's advice,
and although the children would wander
about and cry out: ''Oh, Johnny here's a
world of them" and "there's splendid pick
ing,'' and "here you can fill your basket in
no time, and yet I stuck to my fair picking
place. When we got through at night, to
the astonishment of every one, and my own
no less, it was found that I had nearly twice
as many as any other one. They all won
dered how it came. But I knew. And that
was the lesson that made nie a rich man.
Whenever I have found fair picking I have
stuck to it. Others have changed occupa
tions and business, but I have never done
so, and I attribute all my success to the les
son bv which 1 learned to pick whortleber
ries.'
I have recalled this conversation, and the
form of my old friend, who has long since
passed away, to impress it upon the parent,
and upon the teachers, that a tingle sentence
of instruction may shape the course of the
whole life of the child now under his care.
Not only did property and success hang on
the old minister's hint, but the shaping of
his son's whole character for life, and per
liupu forevar. How much wisdom we need
to be able to say the right thing and at the
right time.
THE DOG. —The man who could ever tire
of reading Fred. Cozzens's description of
' his dog, must have a nature deficient in the
sublime and beautiful ingredients. To those
who have never read it, or want to read it a
gain, we now present it:
' * A dog is a good thing to have in the coun
try. I have one which 1 raised from a pup.
He is a good, stout fellow, and a heartv
barker end feeder. The man of whom 1
bought him said he was a thoroughbred,
but he begins to have a mongrel look a
bout him. He is a good watch dog. though;
for the moment he sees any suspicious look
ing person about the premises, he comes
right into the kitchen and gets behind the
stove. First, we kept hiin in the house, and
he scratched all night to get out. Then we
turned him out, and he scratched all night
to get in. Then we tied him up at the back
of the garden, and he howled so that our
neighbor shot at him twice before day-break.
Finally, we gave him away, and he came
back; and now lie is just recovering from a
fit in which he has torn up the patch that
has been sown for our spring radishes."
SIGNS.— When will signs and wonders
cease? Hot till the destroying angel shall
clip short the thread of time and the heav
ens be rolled together as a scroll. Not a day
passes but we sec good and bad signs, as the
following will show:
It is a good sign to see a man doing an
act of charity to his fellows.
It is a bad sign to licar him boasting of
it.
It is a good sign to see an honest man
wearing his old clothes.
It is a bad sign to see them filling the
holes in the windows.
It is a good sign to see a man wiping the
perspiration from his brow.
It is a bad sign to see him wipe his chops
as he comes out of the cellar.
It is a good sign to see a woman dressing
with taste and neatness.
It is a bad sign to see her husband sued
for her finery.
It is a good sign for a man to advertise in
the paper.
It is a bad sign to see the sheriff adver
tise for him.
It is a good sign to see a man sending his
children to school.
It is a bad sign to see there, educated at
! evening school on the public square.
Goon ADVICE. —If the body is tired, rest;
if the brain is tired, sleep. If the bowels
are loose, lie down in a warm bed and
remain there, and eat nothing until you are
well. If an action of the bowels does not
occur at the usual hour, eat iiot au atom till
they do act, at least for thirtysix hours;
meanwhile drink largely of cold water or hot
teas, exercise in the open air to the extent
of a gentle perspiration, and keep this up
till things are righted. This one suggestion
if practiced, would save myriads ot lives
every year, both in the city and the country.
The best medicines in the world are warmth,
abstinence and repose.— Halls Journal of
Ilmlth.
IF you happen to be an honest and dili
gent young man; if you possess the respect
of your associates; and nave taken a fancy
in your head to get rid of your industry and
honesty; to lose the respect of your friends
and the good opinion of your mates, I will
tell you now you .may manage the matter in
a very little time, and with little trouble —
(earn to drink rum.
GENERAL BE.ECREGARD IS expected to
arrive in New in the course of a few
days with a view to his denarture for Europe.
It is understood that the Government has
given him permission to leave the country,
on condition that he will never take arms up
against it. It is supposed he will tender
his services to the French army.