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ATTOKXEYSAT LAW.
JOHN PALMER.
Attorney t Low. Bedford,
Will promptly attentate all business entrusted to
his earbij
'SH- l'artioiiiar attention paid to the collection
of Military claims. Office on Julianna *t., nearly
opposite the Mengel House.) juWe23, 's.ly
T B. CESBKA,
*J . ATTORNEY AT LAIV,
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Bedford Hotel. All business entrusted to his care
will receive faithful and prompt attention. Mili
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Bedford, .June 9,1865.
JOHN T. KEAOY,
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ed to his care. Will give special attention to
claims against the Government, Office on Juliana
e reet, formerly occupied by Hon. A. Jvihg.
April :'6. r > *ly.
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D UK BORROW A I.UTZ,
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BEBroRn, PA.,.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
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of the Mengel House.
aprl.lßß4—tf.
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BEDFORD, PA.
April 1,1861.—tf.
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Blair county, fenna. Persons desiring operations
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April I, IS64—tt.
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•■I Bedford and vieinity. Office on Juliana street,
oppoMte the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal
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HOTEL>.
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Hopewell, July 29, 1864.
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UXCHANHE HOTEL.
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JOHN P. MTI.I.ER. Proprietor.
April 29th, 1864.—ft.
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R t'tch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
'piality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order
B "J thing in his line not on hand,
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I OHN MAJOR,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, HOPEWKLL,
nrosD COIIHTT. Collections and all business
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"date. Instruments of writing earefnlly prepa
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April, 1861 tf.
IM KBOKKOH £ LUTE, Editors and Proprietors..
fact***.
MAHI HottE nutmriiL.
More than building showy mansions,
More than dress and fine array,
More than douios and lofty steeples,
More than station, power and sway—
Make your home both neat and tasteful.
Bright and pleasant, always fair,
Where each heart shall rest contented,
Grateful for each beauty there.
More than lofty, swelling titles,
More than fashion's luring glare,
More than mammon's gilded honors.
More than thought can well compare—
See that home is made attractive
By surroundings pure and bright—
Trees arranged with taste and order,
Vlf *j wU awureia rf
Seek to make your home most lovely,
Let it be a smiling spot,
Where in sweet contentment resting,
Care and sorrow are forgot.
Where the flowers and trees are waving,
Bird* will sing their sweetest song ;
Where the purest thoughts will linger,
Confidence and love begin.
Make your home a second Eden,
Imitate her smiling bowers ;
Let a neat and simple cottage
Stand among bright trees and flowers,
There what fragrance and what brightness
Will each blooming rose display !
Here a simple vine-clad arbor
Brightens through each summer day.
There each heart will Test contented,
Seldom wishing far to roam ;
Or, if roaming, still will cherish
Memories of that pleasant home.
Such a home makes man the better,
Pure and lasting its control;
Home with pure and bright surroundings.
Leaves its impress on the soul.
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THE MOUSTACHE.
MR. FJHTOR:
Some one has remarked that the mous
tache is "t (her meful nor ornamental."
The latter I will admit, but the former as
sertion I must deny.
Everything in the world has its uses and I
have recently discovered that the moustache
has its uses too.
And now, without entering into a long
disquisition on the subject, let me briefly
state, separately, its many good qualifica
tions.
F!r*t, then, it is an excellent filter. Every
one knows the utility of straw in separating
the cider from the puiuuiace. Just so with
the moustache, suppose you arise fiomyour
bed in the dark to take a drink of water.
You grope your way to the table or stand,
take up the pitcher or tin, draw your mous
tache down over the lips, and suck the wa-
strainer, keeping out all flics, spiders, or
ked-lMff*, that may be therein. After you
are done drinking, you brush off the "rep
tiles" and go back to bed,
Secondly, it is a good thatch , and will tttrtl
the rain as effectually as the thatch on a
barn, and more durable too, for hnir will
greatly outlast straw.
Thirdly, it is profitable when drinking
buttermilk. Fresh buttermilk always
abounds with more or less butter. The
moustache will catch the crumbs, which
may be gathered, made into rolls and sold to
the epicurean public as butter of " extra
flavor thus combining economy and profit.
Fourthly, it isa protective, not only against
the cold blasts of winter, by condensing the
snow and ice, and thus hermetically scaling
the mouth against the cold, but also as a
ishield or cushion at any time, should you be
so unfortunate as to receive a blow which
might otherwise knock yonr teeth down your
throat. In the former case an advantage
might accrue, also, in collecting the ice, fill
ing your ice house, and thus save the troub
le and expense of hauling it on sleds.
Fifthly, it might be used for dipping rein
dict in a manner I would suggest thus: Have
your tallow in a convenient vessel, dip in
your mustache, when the requisite number
of dips have been made, you will have an
amount of candles proportionate to density
of moustache, each hair constituting a
wick.
Sixthly, it is useful in kitting the girls.
Now it is to be presumed that all girls ex
pect to be kissed, but all are not equally
agreeable If you are in the act of kissing a
pretty lass, pull your moustache right and
left and "sip the nectar" in its purity, on
the other hand, if you are going to salute a
homely one, or a pungent old maid, stroke
it right down square over your mouth, and
give the snap underneath.
Seventhly, it is a benefit to the poor , which
the washerwoman knows, for it catches bar
rels of tobacco juice and other filth, which
requires to be washed from pocket hand
kerchiefs which otherwise would not be
soiled.
Eightly, it. serves t okill time. Tht; aduge
says that an "idle man's brain is the devil's
workshop."
A man need never be out of employment,
he may spend his time twirling bis mous
tache, and thus while away many an hour
which would otherwise drag heavily on his
hands or be employed in something less
commendable.
In addition, by such cultivation he may
render himself an ainnsing paradox to solve,
whether he is catfish or a terrier dog. The
non-mustachioed community will appreciate
this.
Ninthly, and lastly, it might be useful in
the arts and manufacture*. When trimmed
off, it would makeexeellent stuffing for sofas,
pads, and mattresses, also, set in finger
rings, lockets, breast-pins,&c. Any surplus
might also be converted into i timet* hair
pencils, but would, perhaps, be rather too
stiff
These are a few of the reasons, many oth
ers might be given, why we should exclaim ;
of moustache —-"wto in perpetual" and en- ]
deavor to redeem it from the many asper
sions which have been cast ujton it. In a
future article I may, Mr. Editor, take up
that other appendage to the ' human face
divine" the "yoat-trf.' and treat it with the
merit it, also, deserves. Until then, adieu!
VrsmcATOß.
A LOCAL AND OKNERAE NEWSPAPER, DEVQTEP TO POLITICS, EDUCATION. I.ITERATERE AND Moll.U.S.
COURAGE.
One of the lira vest and (best Generals that
Europe ever produced said that he could
never snuff a candle with his finders without
suffering from the fear of being burned.
He was not afraid on the battle field, but |e
was afraid of scorching his fingers. We once
knew a man who never saw a thunder cloud
without trembling lest he should be struck
by lightning, and yet when he came to the
endof life he had no fear of death, but wel
comed itas he would rest from a tiresome
journey. We have seen a man who would
faint at the sight of blood, as cheerful in
view of immediate dissolution as though he
had been mvited to a party and was hasten
ing to go. Again we have seen man
who had braved dangers upon the land and
seas, who was absolutely afraid of being
alone in the dark. He had no fear of any
thing he conld see, but a mortal dread of
the unseen. In the loss of the Sultana
steamer on the Mississippi, by which 1,500
persons came to their end, among those
saved was a lady, Mrs. Pery, who, putting
on a life preserver, hastened to jump into
the river, where she soon found herself with
half a dozen soldiers clinging to a door,
drifting down the deep and rapid current.
Of these men there was not one that had
the least self possession, but a young soldier,
boyish in years, but of a manly heart, who
lifted his voice in words of encouragement
and advice. The others, men who had
faced death on the battle fields and in rebel
j prisons, were as babes in that trying hour.
| They wept aloud, and the waters echoed back
| their shrieks of utter despair. One of them
crawled upon the door and remained there,
Ito the imminent peril of the others, and
despite their repeated! remonstrances. An
other, who observed that Mrs. Perry had on
a life preserver, let go of the door and
grasped her arm, forcing her from the door
under the water. She managed to shake
him off and regain the door, lie taking his
place by her aide again. The young hero
of the hour here remonstrated with the
other soldier, saying he was ashamed to see
him thus cowardly, after having fought with
him on more than one battle ground. But
the other was too thorougly overcome by
fear to heel the remark, and he repeated
the operation three different times, on each
occasion dragging M rs. Perry in the water '
and nearly strangling her. Happening to
perceive another door floating near them,
Mrs. Perry attempted to secure it, but as
she was about to lay hands on it. a soldier |
who had been clinging to it arose to the
surface and warned her off. She stated
that the other poor refuge was so over crow
ded that it would be impossible for all to
clingtoit. She attempted to (atch hold of the
door, but the soldier thrust her off into the
water, and compelled her to return to the
other. After hours of peril they were
finally rescued. This proves what all must
have observed, that those who are heroes
in one condition may be exeoedingly timid
WV ir*J - .'i 1 I'—■. .—. —v* ■■ , . C-y* • j | ■1 , ill
swing by a rope yarn at a yard arm and reef
safe, is "afraid to follow a carpenter upon a
staging, lest his support should give way,
though it may be ever so strong. 8o men
that one hour may be as firm and undaunted
as were Napoleon's veterans, and as in
movable as the deep-rooted trees of the
forest, may the next lie panic stricken, and
run like weak children —as cowardly as
whipped dogs.—Some men's courage is
through force of mind, which controles the
bodies; others through brute force, like
mad bulls.
THE MORNING STARS.
I had occasion a few weeks since to take
the early train from Providence to Boston;
and for this purjiose rose at two o clock in
the morning. Everything around me was
wrapped in darkness and hushed in silence,
broken only by what seemed at that hour the
unearthly clank and rush of a train. It was
a mild, serene midsummer's night the sky
was without a cloud, iht Jtvi" ' whifc. The
moon, then in the last quarter, had just, ris
en, and the stars shone with spectral lustre
but little atfected by presence. Jupiter, two
hours high, was the nerald of the day; the
Pleiades, just above the horizon, shed then
sweet influence in the East; Lyra sparkled
near the zeuith ; Andromeda veiled her new
ly discovered glories from the naked eye in
the South ; the steady pointers, tar beneath
the pole, looked meekly up from the depth
of the North to the sovereign.
Such was tht glorious spectacle as I enter
ed the train. As we proceeded, the timid
approach of twilight became more percepti
ble ; the intense blue of the sky began to
gotten, the smaller stars, like little children,
went first to rest; the sister beams of the
Pleiades soon melted together; but the
bright constellations of the West and North
remained unchanged. Steadily the won
drous change went on. Hand* of angels,
hidden from view, shifted the scenery of the
heavens, the glories of the night dissolved
into the glories of the dawn. The blue sky
uow turned softly gray; and the great watch
stars shut up their holy eyes; the East be
fan to kindle. Faint st reaks of purple soon
lushed along the sky; the whole celestial
concave was filled with the in flowing tides
of the morning light which came pouring
down from above in the great ocean of radi
ance; till at length, as we reached the blue
hills, a flash of purple fire blaze from the
horizon aud turned the dewy tear drops of
flower and leaf into rubies and diamonds.
In a few seconds the everlasting gates of the
morning were thrown open and the Ixtrd of
the day, arrayed in glories too severe for the
gaze of man, began to course. I do not
wonder at the su|ierstitk>n of the ancient
Magians, who in the morning of a day went
up to the hill-tops of Central Asia, and ig
norant of the true God, adored the most
glorious works of His" hand. But lam fil
led with amazement when told that in this
enlightened age and in the heart of the
Christian world there are jiersons who can
wit ness this daily manifestation of the Cre
ator, and say in their own hearts, "There
is no God." — Edward Everett.
PREVALENT MISTAKES. —We desire tocal
the attention of our readers to the following
prevalent mistakes:
It is a mistake to suppose that the sub
scription price of a newspaper is clear gain
to the publisher.
It is a mistake to suppose that he gets
white paper for nothing.
It is a mistake to suppose that it is prin
ted without cost
It is a mistake to suppose that he can live
bodily by faith.
It is a mistake to suppose that it is an
easy thing to please everybody.
It is a mistake to suppose that a paper is
not worth buying which contains only what
we know and believe already.
It is a mistake to suppose that money due
for a paper would be as good to us a year
henee as it is now.
It is a great mistake to believe that we
would not he thankful for, what is due us
and for new subscribers.
BKDFOHI), p a .. FHIDAY, Al <ll ST is. i.-sii.,.
THE GREAT GRAPE VINE OF SAN
TA BARBARA.
The San Francisco l'nlhtin gives a graph
ic account of this somewhat famous vine.
The journal says: One of the celebrities of
Spanish California is the immense and beau
tiful grape vine now growing at the Monte
cito, two or three miles below Santa Barbara,
on the road to San Buenaventura. The
planter of this vine was Dona Marcellina
Folia de Dominguez, wife of the old soldier,
Jose Marie Dominguez, who came up to Al
ta California with one of the earliest exjx> *
ditions from Sonora, before 1780, and who
were always esteemed an honest and indus
trious old couple among the most respecta
ble of the native fumiljes and foreigners in
the country prior to lffGJ. The old woman
J"* * y ■ (JUowlwj • 4<*rn
m Sinaloa, Mouth of tuiiacan, and ever since
the foundations of Santa Barbara Preside
and Mission, 1782—1786, had been an in-
I habitant of that vicinity. The great grape
| vine which is so often talked of in books and
newspapers for the last thirty years, she
uniformly stated was planted by her over
sixty-live years ago, from a slip which she
cut from the young vineyard at San Anto
nfo Mission, in Monterey county, for a horse
whip, and on arriving at the hot springs of
the San Miguel, finding it fresh and sprout
ing she determined to preserve it and plant
it so soon as she could get permission from
the comniandanto at Santa Barbara, which
was done, as nearly as eould be ascertained
from her failing memory, abont the year
17%,
Her husband had got permission to make
a small garden near the warm springs of the
Montoeello, a favorite place for the washer
women of the new settlement of Sauta Bar
bara, and here she planted it on the edge of
a knoll, expecting after so long a journey to
see it die.
But to her surprise it immediately took
root and began to bud and leaf, and from
careful attention before she died it was made
to produce more than any grape vine in A
merica, North or south. Between 185(1 and
1800 it had been trailed over someßo feet in
circumference with a trunk of 12 inches in
diameter, rising cleaft 15 feet high from the
ground. Some years it has borne over six
thousand grapes, or close on to eight thou
sand pounds, and became a wonder of every
resident or .fojourner in that part of Califor
nia. And, what is more, for the last forty
years, it has principally maintained the eld
woman and her numerous family. She al
ways. for long years, made her own wine
from her grapes, maintaining that her wine
was good for soul and body, and better than
that never flowed. After planting the grape
cutting, the laml was often troubled with
the drouth, which caused her to conduct the
neighboring warm spring tcress to the root
ofthe vine near her house, and it is suppo
sed that, tho mineral water has had some
thing to do with its well known luxurience,
fruit Fulness and vigor.
REASONS FOR LOOKING PRETTY.
to consideration trie' strong effect exterior
things produces upon the mind, it l>ecomes
a necessity, if we desire happiness. That is
generally conceded to be the chief object of
life! therefore it is well to observe the things
most calculated to produce such a result.
A consciousness of looking well, being
dressed in good taste, and consequently pleas
ing to the eyes of those by whom we are
surrounded, produces an effect for ourselves
as pleasant. TFe M nice—see that others
appreciate us. and our hearts warm with a
glow of satisfaction which sends lights to the
eye and Bp in genial smiles. The atmosl
- about us is pervaded with a presence
of joy. It is the thrill of ' angel breathings
upon human lips," which purify us from dis
contentment and the weariness which arises
from out of discontentment.
The effect upon the spirits, of a dark or
bright day is unmistakable. As unmistaka
abie is tlie effect of our surroundings wher
ever we chance to be. Our sensitiveness to
exterior influences, renders us happy, de
pressed, or miserable, according to the de
gree of beauty about us. In a pleasant, ai
fy, weil-furnished room, we grow cheerful,
n a dark, gloomy one, we are depressed. A
smiling face charms* us to forgetfulness of
many ills, while a sombre one, makes us re
member them so vividly, we are apt to grow
morbid and exaggerate them. In the tout
euxemhlt of a man or woman, —dress, fea
tures and expression,—we instantlv draw in
ferences either for or against—pleasant or
unpleasant. The surroundings speak for the
taste and habits of a person almost always,
unerringly. The dress is a part of these,
and the most important we may say. Ex
pensive dress is not essential. It is the col
or and fitness that gives it character. Ele
gance and beauty consist in its tasteful ar
rangemcnt, by contrasts or harmonies; and
in accordance with our success, is the effect
produced upon ourselves and those by whom
we are surrounded.
Jiet us. then, try to look well —dress with
taste; surround ourselves with plcasiDg ob
jects-—be happy ourselves, and make others
as happy as we can.
A MAN WHO THOUGHT HE NEVER
PRAYED.
The Rev. Mr. Kilpin passed a very pro
fane man, and, having omitted to rebuke
bim, he awaited hiui in the morning at the
same place.
When he approached. Mr. Kilpin said,
"Good morning, my friend ; you are the
person I have been waiting for."
"O! sir," said the man, "you arc mista
ken, I think."
"I do not know you; but I saw you last
night when you were going home from work,
and I have been waiting some time to sec
you.'
"Sir, you arc mistaken; it could not have
been mc; I never saw you in my life before
that I kuow of."
"Well, my friend,'] said Mr. Kilpin, "'I
heard you pray last night.''
"Now I assure you that you are mistaken
I never prayed in all my life.''
"0! said Mr. Kilpin, "If God had an
swered your prayer last night, you had not
been seen here this morning. L heard you
pray that God would destroy your eyes, and
ruin your soul."
The man turned , pale, and, trembling,
said, "Do you call tluil prayer? I did, I
did."
"Well, then, uiy errand this morning is
to request you from this day to pray as fer
vently for your salvation as YOU have done
for damnation; and may Gou in mercy hear
your prayer. "
The man from that time became au at
tendant on Mr. Kilpin's ministry, and it
ended in his earlvconvevsion to God.
UNINJURED BY THE FALL. —Three things
appear to be uninjured by the Fall —the
song of birds, the beauty of the flowers,
and the smile of infauoy; for it is difficult
to conceive how either of these could have
been more perfect had man remaiued holy ;
as if God would leave us something pure to
remind us of the Paradise we have lost , and
point us to that which \w shall regain.—
Dr. C. S. Henry.
TOE KITTLE QUAKERESS
An amusing matrimonial story its told if
the olden time in New England. It So full
out that a yourig couple became very much
smitten with each other—as voung people
do. The young woman's lather was a
wealthy Quaky; the young man was respec
table. Tlie father could stand no such
union. and resolutely opposed it, aud tlie
daughter dare not disobey, tlial is to say,
she dare uot disobey ojienly. She "meets
him by moonlight, while she pretended
never to see hint; and she pined and wagteid
Hi spite pf hers •!£ She was really in love—
a state of sighs And tears, which women of
feodr reach in nation than in reality.
btiU the fitther remained inexorable.
Time passed on. and the rose on Mary's
UaniiisV dicrV f.asncO iOT. ret,, I. , vwuticwl -
ment like a worm in the bud prey on tbat
damask cheek, however; but, when her fa
ther asked her why she pined, she always
told liiin. The old man was a widower, and
loved his daughter dearly. Had it been a
widowed mother who had Mary in charge, a
woniau's pride would never have given way
before the importunities of a daughter.
Men are not, however, stubborn in suet
matters, and when the father saw tliat his
daughter's heart was really set upon the
match, he. surprised her one day by breath
ing out :
"Man', rathe;-than mope to death thee
had better marry as soon as thee cliooses.
and whom thee pleases."
And then what did Mary ? Wait till the
birds of the air had told the swain of the
change, or until her father had time to alter
his mind again ? Not a bit of it. She
clap pled her neat plain bonnet on her head,
walked directly to the house of her intended
as the street would carry her. She walked
into the bouse without knocking—for knock
ing was not then fn-hinnable—and she
found the family just sitting down to dinner.
Some little commotion was exhibited at the
heiress in the widow's cottage, but she
heeded it not. John looked up inquiringly.
She walked directly up to him, and took
both his hands in hers.
"John," said she, "father says 1 may
have thee.''
And John got directly up from the din
ner-table, and went to the parkin s. In just
twenty-five minutes they were man and
wife.
OVER-WORK.
1 nwise above man is the man who con
aiders every hour lost which is not spent in
reading, writing, or in study, and not more
rational is she who thinks evci-v moment of
her time lost which does not tind her sew
ing.
We "nee heard a great man advise that a
book of some kind be carried in the pocket,
to lie used in case of an unoccupied moment:
such was his practice, lie died early and
fatuou>. There are women, who. after a
hard day's work, will sit and sew by candle
or gas light until their eyes arc almost blin
ded, or until certain pains about the shoul
ders come on. which are insupportable, and
a-r ——_ 4-~ l—a I J :—• S- - -
painty re work any longer.
Tim sleep of the over-worked, like that of
those who do not work at all. is unsatisfying
and unrefreshing. and both alike wake up in
weariress. sadness, and languor, with an in
evitable result, both dying prematurely.
Let no one work in pain or weariness.
When a man is tired, he ought to lie down
until he is fully rested, when with renovated
strength, the work will lie better done, done
the sooner, and done with a self-sustained
alacrity. Tlie time taken from seven or
eight hour's sleep out of each twenty-four,
is time not gained, but the time much more
lost; we can cheat our .-elves, but we cannot
cheat nature.
A certain amount of food is necessary to a
healthy hodv. and if less than that amount
be ftirnished, decay commences that very
hour. It is the same with sleep, and any
one who persists in allowing himself less than
nature requires, will only hasten his arrival
at the mad-house or the grave. This is es
pecially true of brain-work.
tiOVKR.VOR RROWXI.OWS PI.ATFOR.It.
Governor Brnwnlow having l>een ques
tioned as to his platform, replies through the
colunmsof his paper, the Ku'>.r.e.Ul< Whiff,
as follows:
"We are for the Union as it is. and the en
forcement of the laws as thev me. both State
and national, until every rebel lays down his
arm.-, is killed off in battle, or in private, or
is hung—until this wicked rebellion is crush
ed out. and men cease to abuse the Federal
authorities, or talk treason oven in private
life. We are for no compromise with rebels
who hare been in arms against the Federal
Government three or four years, and have
only laid down their arms because they were
irhipped ; we are for no truce with rebels, no
pardou for pirates, no complicity with thieves
ami no parley with murderers. Wo are for
the political party which will stand by the
country, sustain the United States Govern
ment, and not think of witholdiag men or
means from the President until the uation
has asserted its independence of organized
mobs at the South and in the North, ami
until the whole, world shall sec and ac
knowledge our power to crush out the great
conspiracy.
\Y e hold that no man in any section of the
country. North or South, should be permit
ted to hold office untii he has taken an oath
that he has never done, written, or said any
thing against the authority of the Govern
ment of the United States, or in any way
given aid, comfort, or encouragement to its
enemies, or to the men waging war against
the < rovemment. Being grossly deceived by
men in the South, who wont into the rebel
lion, we will never support any man for any
office of honor or profit, who was a seces
sionist, or who aided in the unholy work of
oppressing the Union people in the South,
or who persistently advocated the prosecu
tion of the war brought on at the South.
Denying the right of secession, wc hold
that no State has ever ticen out, of the Union
and consequently wc deny to Congress the
right, to regulate the franchise question,
holding that each State after having elec
ted a loyal legislature, shall say who are
loyal voters and who are not; provided that
no State shall enact a law on this subject at
war with the provisions of the National Con
stitution.''
BEET ROOT SUOAR IN IYMNOIS. —The
Chicago Rfjmlkitnn speaks encouragingly
of the prospects of this branch of business,
and predicts successful results. It remarks
that, "if the free people of the North can
grow sorghum and make svrup and molasses
of it. in our Western prairies, in a loose,
unsystematized sort of war. but yet with
profit, they certainly can grow boots and
manufacture sugar with profit from them
also. We surely ought to bo able to make
money in a manufacture which is profitable
in France and Germany—so profitable, in
deed, that it pays large duties to the Govern
ments of those countrias."
IF you doubt whether to kiss a pretty
girl, give her the benefit of the doubt and
o in." ,
Vol 3: IS T o. 34
A LITTLE STOKVJ OK THE LOST
DEMOCRACY.
A man of but moderate acquaintance with
the Wicked tniys ©f the world visited the
great city of New \ ork. where there are al
ways some people so little accustomed to see
jfUMgpMi fields of the country that anything
J'ke viidaijcy sure, to attract their "atten
tion. The stranger was delighted to find
these city people so kind to him. and so easy
to get acquainted with. Under their pat
ronage he enjoyed himMilf highly, and even
tually got into a state of happy obliviousness
of worldly cares and troubles. Upon recov
ering from this state, his head felt uncom
monly heavy and his pocket remarkably lieht.
1 assuig sorrowfully down a street, he noticed
the sagn of an Intelligence office. Finding a
With an impediment in his speech, which
was rather aggravated by the confused state
Of his mind, he said: "You k-k-kecp intel
ligence here, do you T "Yes, sir.*' ' Well
I want a d-d-dollar's worth." "What do
you want to know "I want to know
where I ve b-b-been this three d-days."
A similar waut is felt by the Democracy; but
it reaches back through a number of years.
His distressed, also, to know where it is going
Iw> be. Ever since it fell in with secession
| company and got intoxicated with svmpa
thy for felii' rebellion, its sober and honest
friends liavc forsaken it. It has in a mens
ure_aroused from its debauch, and is endea
voring to collect its bewildered wits, and to
wonder where it has been. It has a recol
lection of having been ut Chicago last sum
mer, aud a dreamy impression of some kind
of a .shock in the fall, and of another in the
spring, which fairly waked it up. Since
then, not knowing where it has been, nor
where it is to be, it. has been edging up to
one and another of its old friends, but they
all shy off from it. They don't believe in
mill-stone necklaces. We respectfully ad
vise a small investment in intelligence." Mr.
Stanton, or some other reliable old Demo
crat, might give it gratis, if respectfully ap
plied to.—/ iUsLurgh Commercial.
SON OKA COPPER MINK-;.— A correspond
ent of one of the St. Louis papers gives the
narrative of an expedition from the foot of
the Sierra Madre range across the State of
Sonora to Arizona, in which allusion is made
to the "marvelous ' N'acosaro copper mines
as follows;
"It is a most wonderful development of
that valuable ore, so lavishly andredundant
antly thrown down or up there, that almost
upon the very surface one beholds masses of
copper ore, with fifty per cent, of pure me
tallic copper in it, in abundance sufficient to
surfeit the markets of the world. I scarcely
know whether to call it a vein or lode. ft
is sixty feet wide, and runs for miles. The
ore is so advantageously placed that it can
be blasted out at one dollar per ton, I offer
ing to contract to take out five thousand tons
at that figure. No shafts or tunnels seem
necessary, any more than on Pilot Knob or
Tron Mountain. AH that is necessary is to
TfesitTe,* tlmcopper, each ton contains sixty
dollars per ton of silver. I have'many spe
cimens of the beautiful ore, some of them
as beautifully variegated as the colors of the
spectrum, all of them fifty j>er cent. pure.
'I he Don Juan is a continuation of this won
derful mine. two thousand feet distant. Nei
ther of them have been much worked, capi
tal being wanting. The face of the mine al
ready stripped presents the beautiful ore in
such advantageous position that the merest
bungler in mining could knock it out so rap
idly, and at such little cost, that it could he
laid down at the doors of the smelting furn
aces at a less percentage of expense than can
be said of any copper mine I have heard of,
from lotke Superior to the Isthmus of Da
rien.''
INFLUENCE OF FEMAT.ES.— -It is better for
rou to pass an evening once or twice a week
in a lady's drawing room, even though the
conversation is slow, and you know the girl's
songs by heart, than in a club, tavern, or the
pit of a theatre. All amusements of youth
to which virtuous women arc not admitted,
rely upon it, are deleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society have dull
perceptions, and are stupid, or have gross
tastes, and revolt against what is pure.
Your club swaggers, wno were sucking the
huts of billiard cues all night, call female so
ciety insipid.
Poetry is uninspiring to a yokel; beauty
has no charms for a blind man; music does
not please a poor beast who does not know
one tune from another, but as a true epicure
is hardly ever tired of water, sauce, and
brown bread and hatter. I protest I can sit
for a whole night talking to a well-regulated
kindlv woman about her girl Fanny or her
hoy Jrank, and like the evening entertain
ment.
One of the great benefits a man may de
rive from woman's society is that he is bound
to he respectful to her. The habit of it is
of great good to your moral men. depend
upon it. Onr education makes us the most
eminently selfish men in the world. We
fight for ourselves, we push for ourselves, we
yawn for ourselves, we light our pipes and
say we won't go out, we prefer ourselves and
our ease ; and the greatest benefit that
comes to a man from a woinau's society is,
that he has to think ol somebody to whom
he is hound to be constantly attentive and
respectful.
Evil. COMPANY, —The following beauti
ful allegory is translated from the Ger
man :
Soplironius, a wise teacher, would not
suffer even his grown up sons and daughters
to associate with those whose conduct was
not pure and upright.
"1 >ear father," said the gentle Kulalia to
him-one day when he forbade her in com pa- j
ny with hot brother to visit the volatile Lu
ciuda, "dear father, you must think us very
childish, if you iuiaginc that we should be
exposed to danger by it.
The father took in silence a dead coal from
thehearth. and reached it U> his daughter. -
"It will not burn you, my child, take it.
Eulalia did so, and tab old ! her delicate
white hand was soiled and blackened, and,
as it chanced, her white dress also.
"We cannot be too careful in handling
coals." said Eulalia, in vexation.
"Yes, truly," said her father: "you see
my child, that coals, even if they do not
burn, blacken. So it is. with the company of
the vicious."
\ SHERIFF was once asked to execute a
writ against a Quaker. On arriving at his
house he saw uio Quaker s wife, who in
ronk to the inquiry whether her husband
was afhonie, said he was, at the same time
requested him to he seated; and her hus
band would speedily see him. The officer
waited patiently for some time; the fair
< Quakeress coming into the room, he re
miuded her of her promise that he might
<ec her husband. ,r Nay, friend, T promised
that he would see thee. He has seen thee.
He did not like thy looks; therefore he
avoided thee, and hath departed the house
by another path."
('ANDOR. —There is nothing shedsao fine
light upon the nunmn mind as candor. It
was called "whiteness" by ancients, for its
purity; and it always won the esteem due to
the most admirable of the virtues. How
ever little sought for, or practised, all do it
the homage or their praise, and all fed the
power and charm of its influence. The man
whose opinion make the deepest mark upon
his fellow men, whose friendship instinct
ively sought where all ©there have proved,
faithless, is not the man of brilliant parts,
or flattering tongue, or splendid genius, or
commanding power; but he whose lucid can
dor and ingenuous truth transmit the heart's
real feelings pure and without refraction.
There are other qualities which are
more showy, and other traits that have a
higher place in the world's code of honor,
but none wear better or gather less tarnish
by use, or claim a deeper homage in tnat
silent reverence which the mind must pay
to virtue.
GF.X. CASS ON URESIS JW*X<TNCOLN.— The
venerable Lewis Cass has written his views
of Mr. Lincoln, in which he say*: r
"The departed patriot entered uf>on his
new field of duty with unwavering confidence
in the justice of the cause and its final tri
umphal issue; and this confidence accompa
nied him during all the trials to which ne
was exposed, and invigorated the policy he
felt called to adopt; and, as in the progress
of events, he became better understood by
flu- coarse nf hj administration, he beeAihe
better appreciated by Ijfe countrymen.
Though differences of opinion as to the
measure to be adopted wefe mscparanle from
such a contest, involving many issues of weal
and woe, still his noble qualities inspired
general respect, and his successful adminis
tration will be evidence in all time to come
j of his worth and the wisdom of his meas
ures.
BE roua OWN RIGHT HAND MAN.—Peo
ple who have been bolstered up and levered
all their lives are seldom good for anything
in a crisis. When misfortune comes, they
look around for something to cling to or lean
upon. If the prop is not there, down they
go.
Once down, they are as helpless as cap
sized turtles, or unhorsed men in armor, and
they cannot find their feet again without as
sistance.
Such silken fellows no more resemble self
made men, who have fought their way to
position, making difficulties their stepping
stones, and deriving determination from de
feat, than vines resemble oaks, or spluttering
rushlights the stars of heaven. Efforts per
sisted in to achievements, train a man to self
reliance, and when he has proved to the
world that he can trust himself, the world
will trust him.
We say, therefore, that it is unwise to de
prive young men of the advantages which re
sult frota their energetic action, by "boost
ing" them over obstacles which they ought
to surmount alone.
GOOD RULES FOB ALL.— Profane swear
ing is abominable. _ .
Vulgar language is disgusting.
Inquisitiveness is offensive.
Tattling is mean.
Telling lies is contemptible.
Slander is devilish.
Drunkenness is disgraceful.
Laziness is shameful.
'Avoid all the above vices and aim at use
fulness. This is the road by which to be
come respectable. V alk in it. Never be
ashamed of honest labor. Pride is a hate
ful curse —a hateful vice. Never act the
hypocrite. Keep good company. Speak
the truth at all time. Never be discour
aged but persevere, and mountains will be
nwtk hill* .
MANUFACTURES IN TENNESSEE. —One of
the largest and finest rolling-mills in the
I'nited States is already in operation in
Chattanooga, Tenn, which is daily turning
out the best quality of railroad iron of the
T pattern. A blast furnace is in contem
plation. and a copper rolling-mill worth
sl*ooo,ooo capital, is soon to oe put up in
the neighborhood. A large blast furnace will
be commenced in the fall on the Tennessee
river above Chattanooga. Several coal oil
companies are only waiting for machinery .to
commence operations in different localities
around that place. The old coal mines are
being reworked and new ODes opened.
IMPOTKANT LAW DECISION. —The New
Hampshire Superior Court has decided that
an express company delivering a parcel mar
ked with the cabalistic "C. O. D."—collect
on delivery—may allow a person to whom it
is consigned, reasonable time to open the
package and determine whether he will re
ceive it or not. The rule heretofore has
been that no examination could take place —
the receiver must take the package and then
determine whether it contained what he or
dered or not.
A soldier who was guilty of gross cowar
dice at the battle of the Wilderness, was
tried by court martial in New York for the
offence, and sentenced to be shot. He was
taken to Broome Street Barracks, but had
not been there half an hour when he sent a
oolite note to the officer below for a pass.
Those in charge of the office failing to keep
a correct account <f their prisoners, gave the
pass, and the result was, the fellow walked
out, and his not been seen since.
SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON AND RICE.—
The Charleston Coimer of the 24th says:
"Purchasers of cotton and rioe appear to be
reaping a rich harvest, and the holders of
this kind of property are doing well by dis
posing of it. Now thaf the twenty-five per
cent, tax is taken off cotton we begin to see
that article come forward to market in large
quantities. Men of capital are coming from
tne North by every steamer with the view of
investing in cotton and rice.
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. —How bravely a
man can walk the earth, bear the heaviest
burdens, perform the severest duties, and
look all men square in the face,_ if he only
bears in his breast a clear conscience, void •
of offence toward God and man. There is
no spring, no spur, no inspiration like this.
To feel that we have omitted no task, and
left no obligations unfilled, this fills the
heart with satisfaction, and the soul with
strength.
HE who, by his conduct, makes good
friends on the one hand and bitter haters on
the other, gives evidence that there is some
thing of the bold, independent, upright
man in his composition; while the chicken
hearted, imbecile character, is capable of
making neither friends nor foes.
GENERAL SCOTT says that people think
lie is proud and pompous simply because
he is tall and erect- To a recent caller, who
expressed surprise at his affability, he re
marked, "Sir. it has been the misfortune of
my life to be six feet four inches high, and
to have a straight spine. Had I been round
shouldered, or had a hump on my back, it
would have relieved the odium in the pubho
eye.' !
agk. "Come here, my little fellow," said
a gentleman to a youngster of years,
while sitting in a parlor, where a large com
pany were assembled. "Ho you know me.
"Yefhthir." v 0 „
"Who ami? Let me hear?
"You ith the man whokithed mamma
when papa wath in New York.
SUGAR.— The crop of sugar in Louisiana
thia year is expected to reach thirty thou
sand hogsheads, against eleven thousand
hogsheads last year. The largest crop ever
raised in that Ist ate was four hundred and
forty-four thousand hogsheads.