®lw §(jniw IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY J. R. M RBOKROH AND JOHN LI TZ. ON JULIANA St., opposite the UcDgol House BEDFOKi), PENN'A. TERMS: $2.00 a year if paid strictly in advance. 11 not paid within six months $2.50. If not within the year $3.00. gratetfoaai & Cards. ATTORNEYSAT LAW J OHN T. KEAGY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PSSS'A., Offers to give satisfaction to ail who may en trust their legal business to him. Will collect moneys on evidences of debt, and speedily pro cure bounties and pensions to soldiers, their wid ows or heirs. Office two doors west of Telegraph office. aprll:'66-ly. JB. CESSNA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with JOHN CESSNA, on Julianna street, in the office formerly occupied by King A Jordan, and recently by Filler A Keagy. All business entrusted to his care will receive faithful and prompt attention. Military Claims, Pensions, Ac., speedily collected. Bedford, June 9,18ti5. }• JF*J>. SHARL'E B. F. KEHIT. SHARPE A KERR, A TTOItNE YS-A T-LA IT. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking house of Reed A Sehell, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf HMIS PAI-MEU, '' Attorney at l,nw. Bedford, Pa,. Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his eare. Particular attention paid to the collection of Military claims. Office on Julianna St., nearly opposite the Mcngel House.) june 23, '65.1y J. R. DURBORROW. JOHN LUTZ. DURBORROW A LUTZ, JtTTOJRJVBYB .IT BEBFORD, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collection!! made on the shortest no tice. They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution of claims against the Government for Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the 'M engel House" and nearly opposite the Inquirer office. April 28, 1865:t I/T SPY M. AUS IP, U ATTORNEY' AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin ing counties. Military claims, Pensions, back pay, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of theJVlengel House. apll, 1861.—tf. \ F . A. POINTS, IYI ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his. professional services to the public. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter, Esq., n Juliana street, two doors South of the House." Dec. 9, 1364-tf. KIMMELL AND LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mcngel House. aprl, 1864—tr. _____ JOHN MOWER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA. April 1, 1864.—tf. MEYTISTS. C. N. HIUKOK J- O. MINNICH, JR. DENTISTS, BEDFORD, PA. Office in the Bank Building. Juliana Street. All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me chanical Dentistry carefully and faithfully per' formed and warranted. TERMS CASH. jan6'6s-ly. DENTISTRY. I.*N. BOM'SER, RESIDENT DENTIST, Woon- BERRY, I'a., visits Bloody Run three days of each month. comnuncing with the second Tuesday of tho month. Prepared to perform all Dental oper ations with which he may be favored. Terms within the reach of all and strictly cash except by special contract. Work to be sent by mail or oth wise, must be paid for when impressions are taken. augs, '64:tf. PHYSICIANS. VITM. \Y. JAMISON, M. D., YY BLOODY Res, PA., Respectfully tenders his professional seta ices to the people of that place and vicinity. [dec9:tyr P. H. PEXNSYL, M. D., (late Surgeon 56th P. V. V.) BLOODY RES, PA., OfTers his professional services as Physician and Surgeon to the citizens of Bloody Run and vicin ity declGyr* Dlt. B F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicin:ty. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. 11. ITofius. April 1, 1864—tf. I L. MARBOURG, M. D., p) . Having permanently located respectfully tenders his pofessionnl services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, opposite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal mer's office. April 1, 1864 tf. HOTELS. BEDFORD HOUSE, AT HOPEWELL, BEDFORD COCNTT, FA., BY HARRY DROLLINGER. Evcrv attention given to make guests comfortable, who stop at this House. Hopewell, July 29, 1864. ISA* 84RKS. G. W. Rirpp O. E. SHANNON F. BESRDICT RUPP, SHANNON A CO., BANKERS, BEDFORD, PA. BUNK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. COLLECTIONS made for the F.ast, West, North and Stuth, and the general business of Exchange, transit, ted. Notes and Accounts Collected and Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE bought and sold. apr.15,'64-tf. JEWELER, fce. JOHN REIMUND, J CLOCK AND WATCH-MAKER, in the United States Telepraph Office, BEDFORD. PA. Clocks, watches, and all kinds of jewelry promptly repaired. All work entrusted to his care warranted to give entire satisfaction. [nov3-Jyr DANIEL BORDER, PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED FORD HOTEL, BEBFORD, PA. TCIIHAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glassoa. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Fins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in his line not on hand, apr. 28, 1865— zz. TOBACCONISTS. DW. CHOUSE A CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCONISTS, One door west of the Post Office, above Daniel Border's jewelry store, Bedford Penn'a., are now prepared to sell by wholesale or retail all kinds of Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff. Orders for Cigars promptly filled. Persons de siring anything in their line will do well to give them a eall. Bedford, Oct. 20, '65. ffikfctorb 31 n quiver. DURBORROW A- LUTZ Editors and Proprietors. THE GRAVE OF THE HEART. There is in every heart a grave, A secret, holy spot, Filled with the memory of one This busy life knows not. Low down and deeply dug it lies, This cherished grave unseen, And years of blighting care that pass Make not this grave less green. With jealous love we keep it fresh Thro' many wintry years; And when the world believes us gay, We water it with tears. Not for one cause alike to each Their sacred sorrow bear, Perchance some mourn a living death, Yet still a grave is there. There is within my heart a shrine, All wholly given to him; No dearer treasure e'er can make Its lights burn low and dim. Oh! there are things within this life Which strangely, deeply thrill; In music's softest, sweetest notes, We hear a voice long still. W r e deem the act a wanton one Upon a grave to tread, We pass in silent reference The resting of the dead. Then on the sacred, hidden spot, Let us not press too near, Remembering that to every heart Its secret grave is dear. NAUGHTY NELLY. So sweet she is, so sweet and fair, Such glow and glory grace her hair, I often used to wish she were A little more divine. I sadly wished in her to see A little less of giggling glee, A little less of coquetry, And pertness, and design : I wished that she had learnt at school, Not how to win men and to rule, By making wise ones play the fool, And foolish ones adore ; But, how to use the charms she hud In cheering hearts that else were sad, And making one heart always glad, And blest forever more. I wished—but wishing is a trade For boys and simple maidens made; And, if 1 tried it, I'm afraid I could not set her free. From all the tricks and trumperies, That keep her nature in disguise, And will not let her cast her eyes On quiet folks like me. ARTHUR MCNBY. THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF DE SERTERS. The following bill has been passed by both Houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature: A further supplement to the Election Laics of the Commonwealth: WHEREAS, By the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "'An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," and approved March third, ODe thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, all persons who have deserted the military or naval service of the United States, and who have not been discharged or relieved from the penalty or disability therein provided, are deemed and taken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship and their rights to become citizens, and are deprived of exercising any rights of citizens thereof; and WHEREAS, Persons not citizens of the United States are not, under the constitu tion and laws of Pennsylvania, qualified electors of this Commonwealth: SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same, that in all elections hereafter to be held in this Commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for the judge or inspec tors of any such election to receive any bal lot or ballots from any person or persons em braced in the provisions and subject to the disability imposed by said act of Congress, approved March third, one thousand eighty hundred and sixty-five, and it shall be un lawful for any such person to offer to vote any ballot or ballots. SEC. 2. That if any such judge and in spectors of election, or any one of them, shall receive or consent to receive any such unlawful ballot or ballots from anysuoh disqualified person, he or they so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on con viction thereof in any Court of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall, for each offense, be sentenced to pay a fiue of not less than one huudred dollars ? and to undergo an imprisonment in th#jail of the proper county for not less than sixty days. SEC. 3. That if any person deprived of citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid, shall at any election hereafter to be held in this Commonwealth, vote, or tender to the officers thereof, and offer to vote, a ballot or ballots, any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth shall for each offence be punished in like manner as provided in the preceding section of" this act in the case of officers of election receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots. SEC. 4. That if any person shall hereafter persuade or advise any person or persons, deprived of citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to the officers of anv election hei eafter to be held in this Commonwealth, such persons so of fending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be punished in like manner as is pro vided in the second section of this act in the case of officers of such election receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots. SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General of this Commonwealth to procure from the proper officers of the Uni ted States, certified copies of all rolls and re cords containing official evidence of the fact A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. of the desertion of all persons who were cit izens of this Commonwealth, and who were deprived of citizenship and disqualified by the said act of Congress of March third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and to cause to be recorded and preserve in books to be provided and kept for that pur pose in his office, full* and complete exem plifications of such rolls and records; and to cause true copies to be made thereof and furnished to the clerks of the several Courts of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth, accurate duplicates or exemplifications of such rolls and records embracing the names of all such discjuallified persons as had their residence within the limits of said counties respectively at the time of their being mark ed or designated as deserters; and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the several Courts of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth to preserve in books to be kept for the pur pose all copies and exemplifications of such rolls and records so furnished, and to allow access thereto, and furnish certified copies therefrom on request, in like manner as in the case of other records of such courts. SEC. 6. That a certified copy or extracts of any such record from the clerk of a Court of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth shall be prima facia evidence before any election board of the fact of desertion and consequent disability and disqualification as an elector, Provided, that if any person shall wilfully use or present any false, fraudulent or forged paper purporting to be a certified copy or extract as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as mis demeanors are now by law punishable. And provided, uowever, that if by the produc tion of a certificate of his honorable discharge it shall appear that such person so offering to vote was in the military service of the United States before and at the time of his being drafted into such service, and there upon failing to report, or in case of the fact of desertion appearing by certified copy of his company roll, if it shall appear that he was afterwards acquitted thereof, and hon orably discharged, such proof shall be re ceived as evidence to disprove his said dis qualification. And provided further, That if any person liable to be objected to as dis qualified, as aforesaid, shall produce before any board of election officers any false or fraudulent paper, purporting or pretended to be his honorable discharge from the Uni ted States service, he shall be deemed guilty forgery, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as persons are now by law punish able for forgery. SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the judges and inspectors of elections hereafter to be held in this Commonwealth, whenever the name of any person offering to them a ballot or ballots should be found upon a cer tified copy or extract furnished from said rolls or records by a clerk of a Court of Quar ter Sessions, marked as a deserter, or when ever any person shall be objected to as dis qualified as aforesaid at any election by any qualified voter, at the request or suggestion of any such person offering a ballot, to ex amine such person on oath or affirmation as to the fact appearing from such certificate or alleged against him by the elector so ob jecting, and if he deny it, as to his reasons therefor; provided, however, that if any of his answers under such examination are false, such person shall be deemed guilty of the crime of perjury, and upon Conviction thereof he shall be punished as persons are now punishable by law for perjury. SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of the sheriffs in the several counties of this Com monwealth to insert, in their proclamations of elections hereafter to be held, the first four sections of this act, with the preamble thereof. SEC. 9. That in the trial of all cases aris ing under this act, it shall l>e the duty of the Courts trying the same; to inquire into and determine any question of fact as to al leged desertion involved therein, upon proofs furnished by exemplifications, or ex tract from such rolls and recoiuo duly certi fied by the proper clerk of a Court of Quar ter Sessions, which are hereby made evi dence thereof, and also from such proofs by either party. FRIGHTENING A LOVER, Or the Strung-Minded Woman. "You have heard ine speak of Stephen Jenkins, Matilda." "Yes, Uncle." "Well —another cup of tea if you please— he is coming here tomorrow, on a week's visit." "You don't mean so, Uncle?" exclaimed Matilda. "And why don't I, Miss Matilda? There is nothing to summon such a look of con sternation to your face. "Because if he shouldn't happen to be agreeable—'' "Of course he is agreeable. At all events, it is desirable for you to find him so, since he is your prospective husband !" "My prospective husband! What can you mean, Uncle?" inquired Matilda, opening her eyes in amazement. "I thought you understood it. Your es tates join, and it is eminently proper, there fore, that you should unite them by mar riage. '' "A very good reason, certainly," said Matilda, with a curl of the lip. "it makes little difference, I suppose, whether our dis positions are compatible or not." "O, tbey will easily adjust themselves af ter marriage, and the two will make such a handsome estate.'' "Suppose I shouldn't fancy him well enough to accept his proposals, uncle?" asked Matilda, demurely. "If you should dream of such a thing as refusal, I should disinherit you. You are aware, I suppose, that all your property comes from me, and that I can, at any time, recall it." "That would be a pity ; certainly," said Matilda, in a lively strain, "for t should have to take in washing, or something of that kind, to support myßelf, and I ha"e such an appetite !" "Mr. Barker smiled in spite of himself, and evently looked upon his niece as one who would readily yield to his expressed will. "One question more, uncle. Suppose he should not fancy your humble niece, and conclude to pay his a Jdresses elsewhere ?" "I would never speak to the puppy again." "And you wouldn't disinherit me then, uncle ?'' "Of course not, you gypsey. It wouldn't be your fault.'' "It would be mortifying to Lave him re ject me," said Matilda, demurely. "Is there anything he particularly dislikes in a woman, do you know ?'' "I once heard him say he couldn't bear a literary woman." said her uncle, after some reflection. "All sorts of strong-minded women arc his aversion. But then you know, Mattie you arc not strong minded. " "Thank you uncle, very much. That is as much as to say I am weak-minded." "No such thing, you gipsey. But there' BEDFORD, Pa., FRIDAY, APRIL SO, 1866. one thing more I have to tell you, and that is, that I am called away to New York by business, which will detain me the full length of his stay. So you will have to entertain him yourself. Mind and play your cards well, and I shall expect to find the marriage day fixed when I return.'' "O dear, what shall I do with the horrid man for a whole week ?'' "I dare say you will be dead in love with him by the time I get back. You may re member me to him when he arrives, and tell him how much I regret not being here to welcome him." That night Matilda kept awake for some time, concocting a plan which might offend the prejudices of the expected visitor, and throw the burden of a refusal upon him. For she well knew that if he once proposed, her uncle would be seriously angry if she rejected him, and very possibly would carry out the the threat to which he had given utterance. It was about twelve o'clock the next day, that a tall young man, of serious aspect, ascended Mr. Parker's front Bteps, and rang the bell. He was ushered into the drawing room, where after waiting half an hour, he was joined by Matilda. The younsr lady was by no means looking her best, her hair was loosely arranged, her collar was awry, and there was a very perceotiblc stain of ink upon her finger. "Mr. Jenkins, I presume." she remark ed. The gentleman bowed and looked curious ly at his entertainer. "And I presume lam addressing Miss Parker." Our heroine inclined her head in the affir mative. "I hope your respected uncle is well" said Stephen Jenkins, in the measured tone of a young man who was old beyond his years. "I would not marry such a stiff old poke for the world," was the not over compli mentary reflection of Matilda. "My uncle regrets very much not being able to meet you," she said, in answer to his question, "but he is called away to New York by business. I trust, however, that I shall be able to entertain you. " "That I do not question," said the visitor with a slow attempt at gallantry. "I'm inclined to think he will before he goes," thought Matilda. Looking at her fingers, she remarked com posedly, as if she. for the first time, observ ed the stain of ink, "I hope you win excuse the appearance of my fingers, but I have been writing all the morning, and I couldn't remove all traces of the ink. " "You were writing letters, I presume?" said Stephen. "O, no ? not at all, I was writing an arti cle on "Woman's Rights," for the 'Bugle of freedom.' " Mr. Jenkins started, uneasily. "I suppose you are in the habit of seeing that paper,'' said Matilda. "No, ' said he stiffly. "Ah! you don't know what you lose. Composed and edited entirely by females. But perhaps,—" Matilda interrupted herself to ring the bell. "Jane," said she to the servant, "you may go up stairs and bring down a manu script which you will find on my table." "A what, ma'am?" "A manuscript—a sheet of paper with writing on it. Poor Jane," she continued after the servant had gone out, "she would not be so ignorant, if man had not denied to us women the advantage of education which he claimed for himself." By this time Jane had returned with the manuscript. "If you like, Mr. Jenkins, I will read you what I have written." Mr. Jenkins looked dismayed, but manag ed to utter a feeble—"O, certainly." Matilda, in an emphatic manner, began to read as follows: "Mrs. Editor. —Permit me again to raise my voice in trumpet tones, against the des potic rule of man, over our down trodden sex. Enlightened as we are disposed to consider the present generation, is it not a disgrace, and a burning shame, that men should monopolize all the offices of honor and profit, and leave to his equal—shall I not say his superior, in point of intellect— only a few undesirable and laborious posts. What, I say, is the reason that men should take upon themselves to govern, and expect us meekly to submit to the yoke which they seek to impose upon us? Why should we not see a female in the chair of Stato, and " "This is all I had written, Mr. Jenkins, when you came," said Matilda, breaking ofi from the reading. "You will easily under stand the idea that I was about to develope; and. I have no doubt, you will agree with me.'' "Do you really think, Miss Parker, that there should be no distinction in point of occupation between men and women?" ex claimed the sedate Stephen, horror-struck. "Why should there be?" said Matilda, with spirit. "Do you doubt whether wo man has an iutellect equal to that of a man ?" "Is there a female Shakespeare?" asked Mr. Jenkins. "Yes" said Matilda, promptly. "Did you ever read Mrs. Browning's poems?" "I can't say I have," returned Stephen. "All then I shall have the pleasure of making you acquainted with her. ' She rang the bell. "Jane," said she "go up to my room and bring down the book you will find on the table." Jane did so. ' 1 We have an hour before dinner it seems'' said Matilda, looking at her watch, —"In what way can we better improve it, than by perusing together this noble monument of genius.'' Mr. Jenkins looked terrified; but before he had time to raise any objection, Matilda had commenced. "She read aloud faithfully for the hour referred to —it seemed three hours to the unhappy Stephen—who had not the slight est apprehension of poetry and def cription. He was quite delighted when the dinner bell nmg, and so was Matilda in her BC3ret heart. "I am afraid," said she, "we shall have to rest from our reading till after dinner, but by commencing immediately afterwards we may get a quarter through by tea-time." "How many pages are there in the po em !" the young man inquired hesitatingly. "Only a little more than four hundred," was the encouraging reply. The dinner proved to be not a very social meal. Matilda confined herself entirely to literary subjects, and evaded all attempts to change the topic. . "Good Gracious!" thought the young man, "and this was the young girl I was to marry. I'd as soon marry a dictionary, al though she is pretty, but then she is a strong minded woman! 1 should be talxed to death in less than a month 1" Stephen Jenkins stopped two days; but at the end of that time, announced that he should not be able to remain longer. During that time the poor man had heard more po etry than ever before in his life,, and nad conceived a deadly hatred against the whole tribe of female authoresses, particularly Mrs. Browning. "Where is Mr. Jenkins?" inquired Mr. Parker on his return. "Gone, uncle," said Matilda. ' 'Gone! When did he go ?'' "He only stopped a couple of days." "Why, he was to have stopped a week. What was the matter with him?" "I think, uncle, he was disappointed in mc," said Matilda, demurely. "Did he leave no message for me ?" "Here is a note, uncle! ' Mr. Parker hastily broke open the mis sive, and read as follows : "MY DEAR SIR.—In order to prevent misunderstanding, I ought to say that I don't think it will be wdl to adhere to the foolish compact, which was entered into some time since, with regard to my marriage with your niece. Though a very charming young lady, I don't think that our tastes are all congenial, and I hereby resign any pretensions I may be supposed to have had to her hand. Regretting not to have had the pleasure of seeing you, "I remain, very respectfully, ' 'STEPHEN JEN KINS. '' ' 'Why, the puppy has had the audacity to resign his pretensions to your hand!" exclaimed the indignant uncle. "Then can't I be married?" inquired Ma tilda in comical disappoin,ment. "Yes, you shall marry the first man that offers." It was very remarkable, that on the very next day Edward Manly should have asked Mr. Parker's permission to address his niece —a permission which was at once accorded. The marriage took place within a few weeks and I don't think he has ever repented mar rying a strong-minded woman ! From the Baltimore American. THE PISSBYLVAIIIACANDIDATE. The contest of free government is again opened in Pennsylvania. The old Keystone State, which during the rebellion, has given the world such glorious assurance of her truth and fidelity to the Union, is now call ed upon to define her future, and we do not doubt that she will .justify the confidence which the friends of the Union and freedom reposed in her. It will not do now to stain the record of her honor. Her candidates are in the field. One of them is a Copper head who sustained Buchanan, McClellan and Woodward, and opposed the soldiers coming home to vote. The other is a soldier, who manfully and bravely led his courageous legions on from the breaking out of the war till the last rebel had surrendered. The party, calling itself, by mis-name, Dem ocrat, has nominated Mr. Heister Clymer. of Berks couuty, as its candidate. The Uni on party has nominated the veteran soldier of two wars. Major General John W. Geary as its candidate, and placed him upon a straight out Union platform. Mr. Clymer's record is as honorable as sympathy for rebellion will permit it to be. lie was not responsible directly for the acts of President Buchanan, but shared the ig nominy oi having justified them. He was not in the Rebel cabinet, but gave aid and comfort to those who were. He did not meet our brave, patriot soldiers with op posing bayonetts, but he encouraged those who did. He appreciated the high privilege of voting, and used it against Curtin and Lincoln and Johnson, but refused it to the fallant soldiers and sailors of Pennsylvania ecuuse they were out of the State fighting the battles of their country. He has been consistent and unwavering in his support of all measures tending to aid traitors and prevent the success of the Union. The convention which nominated him was a Convention of Copperheads, and we do neither them nor him injustice in saying that he is a worthy representative of his party. The Philadelphia Age endorses him, and every paper in his State, which became obnoxious for its treasonable sentiments follows suit. He has the merit of never pretending to Unionism, but was an out spoken opponent of the Union and its friends from the beginning of the rebellion, and although he opposed the present Presi dent with all his might, singularly enough, plants himself upon an endorsement of his policy. General Geary's is one of straightforward honesty of purpose and honorable fame. In politics he has shown himself to be above party, and in the field a brave and gallant officer. He served with distinction as Col. of a regiment through the Mexican war. He was appointed Governor of Kansas by President Buchanan, and succeeded in res toring order out of the chaotic and revolu tionary elements of which that territory was composed, bnt he refused to be the instru ment of the pro-slavery party in power to betray the people of Kansas into a slave State, and made way for a successor who, in his turn proved too good for the place. Men who learned their political duty in that school, against their party predilections, were not likely to fail thecountry when those who had failed in Kansas tried to destroy the Union. General Geary did not fail. None were earlier than he in taking up the lino of march for the field of battle. He was in the earliest fights in West Virginia, and at the final surrender of Johnson in North Carolina, and his name is often mentioned with honor in the reports of the war. He was seriously wounded at Cedar Mountain, and bears an arm as a remembrance of the war. He has proven his devotion to the Union since the war by publicly rebuking men who have uttered treasonable sentiments in his presence, and making a personal of fence of it. His abilities as an executive of ficer have been tested, and he is known to be fit for the position of Governor. The sol diers of the country are honored in his nom ination, and those of Pennsylvania who have now the privilege of voting in spite of Mr. Clymer, will march up in solid column to crown the life of their loved commander, with th is attestation of their esteem. A COMPARISON. The relative merits of whiskey and news papers are thus happily given by one who can appreciate the latter, and eschew the former: —A glass of whiskey is manufactured from perhaps a dozen grains of corn, the value of which is too small to be estimated. A glass of this mixture sells for a dime, and if of a good brand, is considered well worth the money. It is drank in a minute or two. It fires the brain, sharpens the appetite, deranges and weakens the physical system. On the same sideboard on which the delete rious beverage is served lies a newspaper. It is covered with half a million of types; it brings intelligence from the four quarters of the globe. The newspaper costs less than the glass of grog —the juice of a few grains of corn: but it is no less strange than true, that there is a large number of people who think corn juice cheap and newspapers dear. "What a fine head your boy has,' said an admiring friend. ' 'Yes,'' said the fond fath er, "has a chip of the old blook: ain't you, sonny?" "I guess so, daddy, 'cause teacher aid l was a young blockhead." VOLUME 39; NO 16. AMERICA A MATCH FOR NAPO LEON. • rn . e^us O'Dowd, the inimitable writer in Blackwood, who entertains no great af fection for this country, is yet delighted that r ranee has been snubbed by us in her Mex ican adventure. He says: A more insuffer able piece of insolent pretension cannot be imagined than what is called the Monroe Doctrine. That my next door neighbor should not live in a certain style lest the servants in my house should become dissat isfied is too gross an absurdity to be enter tained. , That whatever rules I prescribe for my family should be adopted by every one who resides in the same street, is somewhat overbearing; and yet, with all tLis. I de clare! am all for the Yankee in this Mexi can row. It is not whether France has right on her side, and whether this demand to re tire be one of those mandates a high-spirited nation cannot submit to; my whole consider ation is limited to the fact—here at last the freat bully of Europe has met his match, lereisayoung, athletic, daring fellow, ready to go into the ring with that finished pugilist that none of us have courage to fight, and who, even with the gloves on, doubles us up in a fashion far from agreeable. America dares to hold language to France that all Europe combined could not utter. There's no denying it; there's no qualifying it. If we had a Continental coalition to- Morrow, we could not venture to say what America has just said. What Minister of Russia, or England, or Austria, would say to the French Emperor, "We were think ing of something else when you slipped into Savoy and Nice the other day; now that our hands are free, you'll have to go back again." We are famous for brave words in our For eign Office, but does any one except that such a message as this will ever issue from Whitehall. We would no more provoke the Tuilleries by an insolent dispatch than we would go into one of Van Amburgh's cages, and kick the lion. It has become a sort of European superstition that France can beat every one, and I am downright greatful to the Americans that they don't believe it. I never liked America so well till I began to speculate on this war, I never suspected that there really was that tie of" kindred which journalists disparage by that false adulation they deal in. I hate all the cant of "cousinship, but call them our own bone and blood; sjieak of them as a people who have the same leading traits as ourselves — sturdy, determined, untiring, unyielding— taking their share of hard knocks to-day with a fixed resolve to repay to-morrow; in a word, that stuff that makes right trusty friends and very terrible enemies. Regard them in this light, and say, if a war should break out between them and France what side would you like to back. I say, Ameri ca. I d lay my head on the issue; and if any gentleman is willing to bet an equivalent— say another crown piece—l cry "done" and wait the event. COST OF NEWSPAPERS. There is no country in the world, says the St. Louis Republican, where the newspaper is so universal a necessity as our own. To everybody it is as indispensable as his daily food; yet few are aware of the labor and ex pense involved in the preparation of the con stantly recurring meal. The Philadelphia Ledger lately announced that the loss on its circulation alone amounted to SIOO,OOO in twelve months, which will seem a startling statement, and may he received with more or less incredulity by those not engaged in the business, and, therefore, unacquainted with mysteries of newspaper publishing The Philadelphia Telegraph has some re marks upon the subject which the initiated everywhere know to be true. It declares that there is not now a single daily paper printed in this countrT of which the cost to the publisher is not greatly in excess of the price for which it sells. The question may he naturally asked, how newspapers, then, are supported? The answer is, that the publisher is only saved from ruin by the ad vertising sources of income. Neither the subscriber who takes the paper only to read it, nor the advertiser who uses it as a profi table means of communication with its read ers, separately sustains it. Both conjoined are necessary to that end; and while one complains that tho price of the paper is too high, and the other that he is charged too much for his advertisement, the publisher is continually struggling to adjust the just claims of each. In other words, he is gov erned by the same principle which governs men in every other kind of business. lie is too wise to impose prices on the public which they would not long pay if found to he exor bitant; and competition in this, as in every other sort of business would soon expose and correct any such exorbitance. All things considered, the public are getting the benefit of the daily newspaper press at a very cheap price, and publishers realize a profit quite inadequate to the service they render, and the labor and care they incur. A HAPPY WOMAN. "What are you singing for?" said I to Mary Maloncy. "Oh. I don't know ma'am, without it is because my heart feels happy.'' "Happy, are you, Mary ? Why, let me see, you don't own a foot of land in the world." "Foot of land, is it?" she cried with a loud laugh. "Oh, what a hand ye be after a joke. Why, sure, I've never a penny, let alone a fut of land!" "Your mother is dead J" "God rest her soul, yis," replied Mary, with a touch of genuine pathos. "The Heavens be her bed." "Your brother is still a hard case, I sup pose?" "Ye may well say that. It's nothing but drink, drink, and bate his wife, the poor creature." "You have to pay your sister's board?"' "Sure, the bit crature! And she's a good little girl, is Hinny, willing to do what ever I axes her; I don't grudge the money that goes for that." "And you havn't many fashionable dress es, either? "Fash'nable, is it? Oh yis, I put a bit of whalebone in me skirt, and me calico gown spreads as big as the leddies. But thin ye say true"; I navn't but two gowns to me back, two shoes to me fut, and wun bun net, that bar Tin uv me old hood.' "You havn't any lover?" "Oh, be off wid yez! Catch Mary Ma loney with a lover these days, whin the hard times is come.'' "What on earth have you to make you happy ? A drunken brother, a poor help less sister, no mother, no father, no lover — why, where do you get all your happiness?" "The Lord be praised, uiiss, it crowed up ia me. Give roe a bit uv sunshine, a clean flure, plenty of work, and a sup at the right time, and I'm made. That makes me me laugh and sing. And thin, if trouble comes, I try to keep my heart up. Sure, it would be a sad thing if I J i>trick MeGuire should take it into his head to ax me, bat the Lord willin', I'd try to bear up under it." HATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements for less -than 8 months 10 cents per line for each insertion. Special notices one half additional. All resolutions of Associa tion, communications of a limited or individual interest and notices of marriages and deaths, ex ceeding five lines, 10 cts. per line. All legal noti ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Court and other Judicial ssles, are required bylaw te be pub lished in both papers, Editorial Notices 15 cents per line. AH Advertising due after first insertion A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. One square $ 4.50 $ 6.00 SIO.OO Two squares 6,08 9.00 16.00 Three squres 8.00 12.00 20.00 One-fourth column 14.0# 20.00 35.00 Half column 18.08 25.00 45.08 One column 80.00 45.00 80.00 BEAUTIFUL FIGURE, Two painters were employed to fresco the walls of a magnificent cathedral; both stood on a rude scaffolding constructed for the purpose, some eighty feet from the floor. One of them was so intent upon his work that he became wholly absorbed and in ad miration stood off from the picture, gazing it it with delight. Forgetting where he was he moved backward siowiy, surveying criti cally the work of his pencil, until he bad neared the very edge of the plank upon which he stood. At this critical mcment his companion turned suddenly, and almost frozen with hor ror beheld his imminent peril: another in stant and the enthusiast would be precipita ted upon the pavement beneath; if he spoke to him it was certain death —if he held his Eeace, death was equally Bure. Suddenly . e regained his presence of mind, and seiz ing a wet brush, flung it against the wall, spattering the beautiful picture with unsightly blotches of coloring. The painter flew forward, and turned upon his friend with fierce imprecations: but startled at his ghastly face, he listened to the recital of danger, looked suddenly over the dread space below and with tears of gratitude blessed the hand that saved him. So said a preacher, we sometimes get ab sorbed in looking upon the pictures of this world and in contemplating them step back ward, unconscious of our peril; when the Almighty dashes out the beautiful images, and we spring forward to lament their des truction—into the outstretched arms of mer cy, and are saved! WHAT IS AN OLD MAID? Never be afraid of becoming an "old maid fair reader. An old maid is far more honorable than a heartless wife: and "single blessedness" is greatly superior, in point of happiness, to wedded love. "Fall not in love dear girls, beware," says the song. But we do not agree with said song question. On the contrary, we hold that it is a good thing to fall in love, if the loved object be a worthy one. To fall in love with an honorable man is as proper as it is for an honorable man to fall in love with a virtuous and aima ble woman; and what could he a more gratify ing spectacle, even to the angels in heaven, than a sight so pure so approaching in its devotion to the celestial? No; fall in love as soon as you please, la dies, provide it be with a suitable person. Fall in love and then marry: but never mar ry unless you do love. That's the great point Never marry fhr "a home" or "a hus band." Never degrade yourself by becom ing a party to such an ailiance. Never sell yourself, body and soul, on terms so con temptible. Love dignifies all things; it en nobles all conditions. With love, the mar riage rite is truly a sacrament. Without it the ceremony is a base fraud and the act a human desecration. Many for love, or not at all. Bean "old maid', if fortune throw not in your way the man of your heart; and though the witless may sneer, and the jester may laugh you will still have your reward in an approving conscience and a compara tively peaceful life. TRUE FELICITY If men did hut know what felicity dwells in the cottage of a virtuous poor man—how sound he sleeps, how quiet his breast, how composed his mind, how free from care, how easy his provision, how healthy his morning how sober his night, how moist his mouth and how joyful his heart—they would never admire the vices, the diseases, the throng of passions and the violence of unnatural appetites that fill the houses of the luxurious and the hearts of the ambitious. THE ENJOYMENT OP OCCUPATION.—'The mind requires some object on which its pow ers must he exercised, and without which it preys upon itself and becomes miserable. A person accustomed to a life of activity longs for ease and retirement, and when be has accomplished this purpose, finds himself wretched. The pleasure of relaxation is known only to those who have regular and interesting occupation. Continued relaxa tion soon becomes a weariness, and on this ground, we may safely assert that the great est degree of real enjoyment belong? not to the 'luxurious man of wealth, or the listless voteary of fashion, but to the middle class of society, who along with the comforts of life, have consent and important occupation. "You sec, grandmamma,' said a young Miss just from Warding school, 'we perforate an aperture in the apex and a corresponding aperture in the base: and by apjdyiog the egg to the lips and forcibly inhailing the breath the shell is entirely discharged of its contents." "Bless my soul," erica the old lady, "what wonderful improvements they do make! Now in my younger days we just made a hele in each end and sucked," True purity of taste is a quality of the mind; it is a feeling which can. with little difficulty, he acquired by the refinement of intelligence; whereas purity of manners is the result of wise habits, in which all the interests of the soul are mingled and in har mony with the progress of intelligence. That is why the harmony of good taste and of good manners is more common than the existence of taste without manners, or of manners without taste. _ In a certain school during the parsing les son the word "waifoccurred in the sentence The youngest, who was up a bright eyed little fellow puzzled over the word a few minutes and then a bright idea struck him, "I can parse it—positive waif comparative, wafer, superlative, sealingwax. A taste for reading will always carry you into the best possible company, and enable you to converge with men who will instruct you with their wisdom and charm you by their wit; who will soothe you when fretted, refresh you when weary, counsel you when perplexed and sympathise with you at all times, A little too much whisky bai kept many a man fiom pursuing a straightforward path. WHY does a lazy man resemble an indus trious one ? Because he kardfy earns his bread. THERE are 360,000 seeds in the capsule of a Tobacco Plant. THE higher an ass holds his head, the plainer we see his ears. A smile may be bright while the heart is sad. The rainbow is beautiful in the air while beneath is tlie moaning of the sea. X EVER turn a blessing round to see wheth er there is a dark side to it. If brooks are as poets call them the most joyous things in uature what are they always murmuring about? DEATH ooinee to a good man to relieve him; it comes to a bad one to relieve society.
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