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ATTOKHITfi AT LAW.
J 11. LOXGENKFKER.
. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Br, nronn. PA.,
U1 business entrusted to hie care will receive
prompt attention.
v OFFICE with S- L- RVSSBL, Esq., nearly
opposite the Court House.
Oct. 16, 't'>6.-6m.
e. F. MEYERS.. J. W. DICK EtiSOK.
\ I AVERS A DICKERSON,
IVI ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BBDFORD, PJSSN'A.,
Office same as formerly occupied by Hon. IV . I'.
-( hell, two doors oast of tho (Jazette office, will
I ractice in the several Courts of Bedford county.
Pensions, bounties and back pay obtained and the
uvehaso of Real Estate attended.to.
May 11, '66—lyr.
J OHN T. KEAGY,
. j ATTORN EY AT LAW.
BEDFORD, Penx'A.,
i iffcr? to give satisfaction to all who may en
tn -i -heir legal business to him. Will collect
■mncysun evidences of debt, and speedily pro
■iro bounties and pensions to soldiers, their wi,l
-•w or heir?. Office two doors west of Telegraph
Dice. aprU;'66-ly.
I B. CESSNA,
,). ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with Jonx CESSNA, on Juliana a street, in
the office formerly occupied by King A Jordan,
and recently by Filter A Keagy. All business
entrusted t" his care will receive faithful and
I r nipt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, te.,
-necdily collected.
' Bedford, June 9,1865.
i M'd. SHARP* *- V- kibe
OHARPE A KEItR.
p .1 r TORSE r.S-.l T-1, -t i!.
Will practice in the Court? of Bedford and ad
doing counties. All business entrusted to their
■?.r> will receive careful and prompt attention.
P n.-ions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
ed from the Government.
Office on JuHana street, opposite the banking
h use of Reed A Fehell, Bedford, I'm iuar2:tf
, ;itt.\ P.TLJFEB,
Attorney at Law, Rcillord, s*n,.
' i promptly attend to all business entrusted to
his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection
i Military claims. Office on Julianna st„ nearly
ite the Mcngcl House.) june 23, 6;>.ly
r. DVRBORROW ...JOHN L.VTT.
OURBOKROW A LUTZ,
.1 TTffK.VI- IX .IT bJIP,
BKEFORP, IMt.,
Mill ttend promptly to all Ir. iness intrusted to
■ iv care. Collections made on the shortest no-
Tht v are, also, regularly 'iceused claim Agents
aid will give special attention to the prosecution
• fclnins.-against the Government for Pensions,
l; k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana strc t, on door South of the
■ Met;gel House" and nearly opposite the /<jircr
,f ' April 58. 180&:t
TjISPY M. ALSIP,
I j ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ib.nponD, PA.,
Will fidthfoUy and promptly attend to all basi-
C3S eutiustedt•> hi? rare in Bedford andadjoin
;,iL conntie.". Military claims. Pensi'ms, back
, "v. K r.ty, Ac. speedily coll—ted. Office with
Mann A • - sng. on Jul" - . street. 2 d.v.rs sooth
• f the Me: -c] II on sc. spll, 1864.—tf.
AT. A. I'D NTS.
ill \XTORNEY AT LAW, BR-df .KD, PA.
IP -pcctfully tenders hi? profe-'si-mal services
•he public. Office with J. W. Lingcnfclter,
! ..on Juliana street, two doors South of the
..-r i P House " Dec. 9. 1864-tf.
t/" IM M K I.L AXI >ldX<i V- X FELT ER,
JA ATTORNEYS ATI AW, tsEDFORn, PA.
11 ;ivc formed a partner-hip in ties practif* of
ip L ;w Office on Juliana Street, two doors South
the Mcngcl House,
eprl, 1864—tf. *
TOirX MOWER,
| ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BEDFOFD, FA.
April 1,1864.—tf.
C. S. I- ' • MIXHII 'I, J".
DEXTISTfS, Bin FORD, I'A.
</j. ~ the tink Tluildt.xj, Jnlitmn Street.
All operation? pertaining to Surgical or Mc
■hanical Dentistry carefully anJ faithfully por
lormcd and warranted. TJSRMS CASH.
Tooth Powders and Month TV a -h, excellent i
-ticles, always on hand.
jan6'6s-ly.
lAENTISTRY.
\j I. X. BOWSER, RKSIDKNT DBSTIST. A". ?
BKRKY, I'a.. visits Bloody Run three du/. ? •; - ■ -
iu-'nth, commencing with the eerond 'frcs-tay ol
the ux.nth. Prepared to pert rm c-i D- nta l oper
a'ions with wfiich he may I :,tord. hint
tr ifhiit the revteh ttit *trSct(jf t <f*h ex eept /<v
cntrnct. Work to be sent by mail ofth
w i . must be paid for when impressions are taken.
angs, '6l:tf.
PH¥SICIAI*J.
DR. GEO. C. DOUGLAS
Hefpcottally tenders his professional aexvjrc.-
to the people of Bedford and vicinity.
,pH~Residence at Maj. Wasliabasyh's.
x&r- Office two doois west of Bedford Hotel, up
Air*. aulL-tf
\V'M. W. JAMISON, M. D.,
\\ BLOODY B( 5, Pa.,
Respectfully tenders 1 i? professional services to
the people of that place and vicinity. [dcc?':lyr
OR. 11. F. HARRY,
Respeetfally tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity,
office and residence on Fit! -'trcet. in the iiuildinir
irmerly occupied by Dr. J. H. ilofios.
April 1, 186!—tf.
I L. MARBOURG, M. ft.,
•J . Having permanently located respectfully
'coders his pofc-sionaJ services to the citizen?
fF. . d and vicinity. Office on Juliana street,
■ .-ite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal
c.er'f office. April 1, 1864—tf.
JEWKLER, &o.
A BSALOM GARLICK,
i V ( lot k & Wa*chinakcr and Jeweller,
BLOODY Rt,s, PA.
• lock?, Watches, Jewelry, Ac., promptly r<-
lain d. Ail work entrusted trj his care, warranted
> give satisfaction.
lie also keeps on hand and for sale B'A TOU
TS. CLOCKS, and ,1E WELIi >'.
tif Office with Dr. J. A. Mann. my 4
I <IIX REIMUND,
•J CLOCK AM) WATCH MAKER,
in the United States Telepraph Office,
UEDrOlll), PA.
< <'k*, watches, and all kinds of jewelry
fly repaired. Ali work entrusted to his care
■irrantf ito jrivc entire rati.-fai ti >n. [nov3ljr
| kAXIIvL BOKDKH,
' " PITT STHKKT, TWO noons WK.ST OF THB EKO
ROIIN HOTI.L, BKE K mo, PA.
w AT' lIMAKER AND DEALER IX ,TKWKL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of tine Gold; and Sil
ver \\ a tehee, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Rcfin-
S'l Classes, also Scotch Pebble (Masses. Hold
" aft h Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, heat
qual.tyof Uold Pens. Tie will supply to order
say thing in his line not on hand,
apr. 28, 1865—ss.
AP.UIT CANS ANI) SEALING WAX, at
B. Me. BLYMYEH A CD'S.
L"tNli-DUST PARLOR STOVES, (S, ,r's
■L Patent) at I;. V :|,YMYEIt At •
DIiRBORROW JL H'TZ Editors and Proprietors.
fodvm
The following licautiful littlepoem was
published in our paper of March 1A 1800. It
was read and commended for its beauty at the
time by an elderly christian lady whose spirit
was then in view, and passed soon thereafter
to the''better land." We republish it now
by request of her friends. —Ens.
SOONER OH LATER.
nv H.uiKiFT s. rnksrorr.
Sooner of* later the storm shall beat
Over my slumber from head to feet;
Sooner or later the wind shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
J shall not heed them where I lie.
Nothing their sound shall signify,
Nothing the headstone's fret of rain,
Nothing to me the dark day's pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine
Sooner or later, in summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there.
I shall not feel in that deep laid rest
The sheeted iigh fall nil over mv breast;
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of the tossing
(lowers.
Sooner or later the stainless snows
Shall add their hush to my sweet repose;
Sooner or later shall slant and shift
And heap my bed with drizzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pall shall seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That rocks not the sweet and sacred dread
Shrouding the city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with his golden hum :
Sooner or later on half poised wing,
The bine-bird's warble about me ring.
Sing and chirrup and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means to mo ;
None of these beautiful things shall know
•How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or iatcr. far out in the night,
The stars shall over me wing their flight;
Sooner or later n.y darling dews
Catch their white sparks iu their silent,
ooze.
Never a ray part the gloom
That wraps rue round in the kindly tomb;
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later—Oh ! why not now?
: — ■#**-. TIT 1 " '
.JOY COMETH IN THE iWORNTNG.
BY "WILLIAM Cl' LLK>" BRYANT.
- Oh, deem not they are best alone
Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep,
For (rod, who pities men, hath shown
A ble.-siug for the eyes that weep.
The light of smiles shall fill again
The lifis that overflow with tears;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are promises of happier years.
There is a day t>f satiny rest
For eve-y dark and troubled night,
And grief may liid<' an evening guest,
But joy shall conse with every light.
Nor let the good man's trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny :
Though with a pi (reed and broken heart.
And spurned of men he goes to die.
For God Bath marked each sorrowing day.
Aud numbered every secret tear,
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all his children suffer here.
TIIE SEWAitD-JOHSSON REAC
TION.
We make the following extracts from a
very abl a ricle with the above title, by
James Ru .-e*Lowell, in the current number
of the Ao/f/i ArunicuL liwicw.
HOW TO TREAT TIJK SOtTTH.
It is alleged by i. ekless party orators that
those who <-k for euaranties before read
mitting the :-ee ded States, wish to treat
them with harshness, if cot with cruelty.
Mr. Thaddeu - Stevem is triumphantly quo
ted, as if his foolish violence fairly repre
sented the political opinions of the Union
party. They might as well be made
responsible for his notions of finance. We
are quite willing to let Mr. Stevens be pair
ed off with Mr. Vallsmdigham, and to
believe that neither i- a fair exponent of
the average sentiment of his party. Cal
ling names should bo left to children with
wh in, a: with too largo a class of our
political speakers, it seems to pass for argu
ment. \Ve believe it never does so with
the people ; certainly not with the intelli
gent, who make a majority among them,
unless (as in the case of "Copperhead")
there l>e one of those hardly to be defined
realities behind the name which they are
HO quick to detect. We cannot say that we
have any great sympathy for the particular
form of miidne-- which di covers either a
"martyr." or a "pure hearted patriot," or
even a "lofty statesman" in Mr. Jefferson
Davis, the latter qualification of him bav
in/ been among the discoveries of the Lou
don Timet when i thought his side was
going to win ; but we can say that nothing
has surprised us more, or seemed to us
a more striking evidence of the humani
zing influence of democracy, than the entire
absence of any tcniDcr that could lie called
revengeful in the people of the North
toward their late enemies. If it be apart
of that inconsistent mixture of purely per
sonal motives and more tiian legitimate
executive action which Mr. Johnson is
pleased to eali his "policy," if it be a part
ol that to treat the South with all the loui
eney that is short of tbily and all the eoricil-.
iation that is short of meanness, then we
were advi iv-ates of it before Mr. Johnson.
Whil- he wa* yet only ruminating in his
vindictive mind, sore with such rancor as
none but a "plebeian." as he used to call
hilnself, can feel against Ithreoeiuisuperiors,
•no only really agrarian proclamation ever
put forth by any legitimate ruler, and w inch
was countersigned by the now suddenly
"conservative" Secretary of State, we were
iu favor of measures that should look to
governing the South by such means as the
South itself •ff cried or could he made to
afloid. It is lit. .lata, a part of the
A LOCAL AND GKNMKAL MIWSI'AI'KR, DTTOTKI) TO I'OI.ITICS, F.DITATION. I.ITKKATUHH AMI) MORALS.
South, we reckoned the colored people!
bound to us By every tie of honor, jutfee
and principle, hut we never wished to wink
out of sight the natural fwlings of then
suddenly deprived of what they conceived :
I to be their property ; of men.' too. whom
we respected for their courage and endu
rance even in a bad cause. But we believed
then, as wc believe now, and as < vent* have
justified us in believing, that there could
be no graver error than to flatter our own
feebleness _ and uncertainty by calling it
magnanimity, a virtue whieh does not scorn
the_ society of patience and prudence, hot
which cannot subsist apart from courage
and fidelity to principle. A people so hoy
i.-U and conceited as the Southern-: s have
always shown themselves to be Unwilling
ever to deal with facts, hut only with' their
own imagination of them, would bp to inter
prct indecision as cowardiee, if not as an
unwilling tribute to that superiority of which
men who really possess it are the last to
boast. They have learned nothing from tho
war but to hate the men who subdued them
and to misinterpret and misrepresent the
causes of their subduing ; and even now.
when feeling has been steadily growing in
the rest of the country for the la*t nine
months, deeper and more intense than any
during tho war, because mixed with an
angry sense of unexpected and treacherous
disappointment, instead of setting their
strength to the rebuilding of tlmir shattered
social fabric, they are waiting as they wait
ed four years ago, for a division in the North
which will never come, and hailing in Am
drew Johnson a scourge of God who is to
avenge them in the desolation of our cities !
Is it not time that these laeu were trans
planted at least into the nineteenth century,
and, if they cannot be suddenly Americani
zed, made to understand something of the
country which was too good fur tbeni. even
though at the cost, of a rude shook for their
childish self conceit? Is that a properly
reconstructed Union iu the Southern half of.
which no Northern man's life is safe except
at tlje sacrifice of his conscience, his free
dom of speech, of everything but bis love
!of money ? To our minds the providential
purpose of this intervention of Mr. Johnson
in our affairs is to warn us of the solemn
duty that lies upon u* in this single crisis iu
our history when the chance is offered us of
stamping our future with greatness or con
tempt, and which requires something like
statesmanship in the people themselves, as
well as in those who act tor them. The
South iiisi.-ted upon war, and had enough
of it- : it is now our turn to insist that the
peace we have conquered .shall be so settled
as to make war imp --iblo for the future.
THE PROSPERITY OF TUT, SOUTH.
But bow is this to be don ; ? The road
to it i> a very plain one. We shall gain all
we want if W' make the South really pros
perous ; ibr with prosperity will come roach ,
schools, churches, printing presses, indus
try. thrift, intelligence, ana security oflifo
and property. Hitherto the prosperity of
the South has been factitious , it has been
a prosperity of the middle Ages, keeping
the many poor that a few liii-bt snow their
wealth in the barbai l niufLshnwy equipages
and numerous servants., and spend iu fun ign
cities the wealth that should have built up
civilization and uiadc way for refinement at
home. There were no public libraries, no
college worthy or the name ; there was no
art, no science, still worse, no literature !>u(,
riiuim - 3 ; tin re was no desire for them. Wc
do not say it in reproach, wc are simply sta
ting a tact, and are quite aware that the
N rth is far behind Eurcq e in tlie.-e things.
But we are not behind Lor in the value wo
.v, t upon them, uc even before her in tho
price vre are willing to par* for them, and
are in the way to get them. The South was
not in that way. could not gel into it, indeed
so long a - the labor that made wealth was
cut oil from any interest in its expenditure,
nor had any goal for ,-ueh hopes as soared
away from the dreary I . v'el of its life-Ion?
drudgery, but iu the ' the world
beyond it. We are not Lie.. to w at may
be said on the other side, nor to that fatal
picturesqueqesa so attractive to sentimental
mind*, and so' mehuigholy to thoughtful
ones, which threw a charm ov. r c.'rtain
exceptional modes of Southern life among
the older families, in Virginia and South
Carolina. But there are higher and tiianlici
kinds of beauty.—barer and sterner some
vv iuld ea'l them, —with I;.?* lofty iQUfigcd
edges, certainly, than the Wolf's Crag pie
turesquoness which carries the mind with
pensive indolence toward the past, instead
of stirring it with a on.se of present life
or bracing it with the hope of future op
portunity, and which veils at once and
betrays the decay of ancient civilizations.
Unless life is arranged for the meie benefit
of the noycli-T, .what right Ipiu these bits of
last century Europe here ? Even the vir
tues of the South were some of them ana
chronisms pan i even those that were not
existed side by side with an obtusenes. of
moral sense that, could make a hero of
Scmmes, and a barbari. m that could starve
prisoners by the thousand.
THE ADVANCE AND THE OFFICE OF AMERI
CAN DEMOCRACY.
Some philosophers, to be sure, plead
with us that the Southerners are remark;;
ble fur their smaller hands and feet, though
so good an observer as Thackeray pronoun
ced this to be true of the whole American
people ; but really we cannot think such
arguments as this will give any pause to the
inevitable advance of that democracy, some
what rude and raw as yet, a clumsy hoy
giant, and not too well-manner.J; whose
office is novertbelcfca to make the world
ready for the true second coming of
Christ in the practical supremacy of his
doctrine and its incarnation after so many
centuries of burial in the daily lives of men.
We have been but dimly, if at all, conscious
of the greatness of our errand, while we
have already accomplished a part of it in
bringing together the people of all nations
to see each nth r no longer as aliens or ene
mies, but as equal partakers ot tire highest
earthly dignify,—a common tnuihijtk We
have been three 1 whether we wotil 1 or no,
first to endure, then to tolerate, and at last
to like men from aff-the lour corners of the
world, and too sec that each added n certain
virtue of his own to that precious amalgam
of which wc are in due time to fashion a
great nation. We are now brought face to
face with our duty toward one of those dus
ky races that have long satin ihe shadow of
the world; we are to be taught to see the
Christ disguised also in these, and to find at
1: t that a part of oui salvation is inextri
cably knit up with the nc --sity of doing
them justice and leading th-un light.
This is no sentimental fancy ; it I* written ,
in plain characters on the very surface of i
things We have done everything to get
rid ot the negro ; and the more wc did, the ,
more ho was thru-t upon us in every ppssi-i
ble relation of life and n ;est of thought.
One thing we have not t.. 1. a spell before
which he would vanish away from tis at
mice'by taking quietly the place, whatever
it be, to which Nature has aligned him.
Wc have not. acknowh dyrd him as our
brother. Till wc have, done ->ho v. ill always
he at ffiur ol?; uv, ; rpetu.d discomfort to
lion-elfjt. i u-. No.v this one thing that
BEDFORD. Pa., FRIT>AY, NOVEMBER 9. ISGG.
will give u.B no rest is. precisely what the i
South, if We leave the work ot ceconstruc- j
tion in their hands, will moke is impossible
for us to do : and yet it must be done ere
America can penetrate the Southern States.
It is for this reason, and not with any desire
of establishing a standing garrison of four
hundred thousand loyal voters in the South
that we insist on the absolute neej. ?ity of
justice to the black man. Not that we have
not a perfect right to demand the reception
of such a garrison, but we wish the South to
govern itself and this it will never be able to
do, so it will be governed as heretofore by i
its circumstances, if we allow it to replace i
slavery by the dwenfranehiseinent of color,
and to make an Ireland out of what should
be the most productive, populous, and hap
py part of the Union. \Va £mny evade this
manifest; duty of ours f'roui indolence or
indifference or selfish haste ; but if there is
one truth truer than another, it is that no
man or nation c\er neglected a duty that
was not sooner or later laid upon them in a i
heavier form, to be done at a dearer rate-
This i something that altogether . trans -
ootids any ]>artisan polities. It is of com
paratively little consequence to us whotlier
Congress or the President carry the day,
provided only that America triumph. That
is, after all, the real question. On which
side is the future of the country,—the fu
ture that we cannot escape if we would, but
which our action may embarrass and retard?
If wc had looked upon the war as a mere
trial of ph.\ deal strength between two rival
sections of the country, wo should have been
the first to oppose it as a wicked waste of
treasuio and blood. But it was something
much deeper than this, and so the people of
the .North instinctively recognized it tote
from the first; instinctively wc say, and net
'deliberately at first, but before it was over
their understandings had grasped itstrue
meaning as an effort of the ideal America,
which was to them half a dream and half a
reality, to cast off an alien element. It was
this ideal something, not the less strongly
felt because vaguely defined, that made
them eager, as only what i above sordid
motives can. to sacrifice all that they had
and all that they were rather than fail in its
attainment- And it is to men not yet cool
ed from the white-heat of this passionate
mood that 31r. Johnson comes with his pal
try offer of "my policy,' in exchange for the
logical consequences of all this devotion and
this sacrifice. What is any one man's policy
and especially any one weak man's policy,
against the settled drift of a nation's convic
tion, c nscience, and instinct? The Ameri
can people had made up not only their
minds but their hearts, and no man who
knows anything of human nature could doubt
what their decision would be. They wanted
only a sufficient obstacle to awaken them to
a full consciousness of what was at stake,
and thai obstacle the ob-tin ate vanity of the
1 'resident and the blindness or resentment
of his prime minister have supplied. They
are fully rested to have the great stake
they played for and won. and that stake was
the Americanization of all America, nothing
more and nothing less. Mr. John sop told
us in New York, with so profound a mis
eonf ption of the feeling of the Northern
Stales as was only possible to a vulgar mind
aud that mind a Southern one, that the
South had set up slavery as its stake and
lost, and that now the North was in dang' 1
of losing the -lake it had risked on re ob
struction in the national debt. Mr. JuLn
-wo is still, it would seem, under that (ft 1 i
sion which led the South into the war,
namely, that it was that section of the coun
try which was the chief element in its wealth
and greatness. But.no Northern man, who
so long as he lives, will be obliged to pay
his fine of taxes for the abolition of slavery
which was forced upon us by the South is
likely to think it very hard that the South
should be compelled to furnish its shan to
ward the common burden, or will be afraid
that the loyal States, whose urgent demands
compelled a timid Con. rc.-s at last to impose
direct taxes, will be tumble to meet their ob
ligation- in the future as in the past.
PERCIVAL.
The following bit of literary gossip eou
ceraing James G. Percival, (the Mad Poet,)
wilVsefve to give our venders an idea of the
eccentricities of one of our most gifted
poets;
\\ o dent believe tueve ever lived such a
man as Percival; Croesus in sou), iu intel
lect and learning; and J lives every way else.
Think of a man who wrote in one instant
thus :
"I have added to the mountain of books
; and the myriad of authors. But I some
times think I had better be annihilated,
books and ail, than be the means of making
fools gape, and girls cry, as I -perhaps
may.'
And then presently ;
"There is one employment, however,
which I would wish to place above interest
or ambition, which I would choose to regard
as holy—poetry. * •
With euch feelings I can no longer look to
my poetry as a source of emolument. I
cannot consent to use it for such a purpose.
I can only regard it as the vestal fire in my
adytum. I must meet the world with weap
ons of a more earthly temper."
And yet in the midst of all he wa living
the life of
\ STRO'I a;UN({ POET.
l'rofe- or Ticknor tells me that, while a
guest at hi- house in Boston at tbi time,
Percival's ways were peculiar. Sitting at
tin table opposite Mrs. Ticknor. he would
converse with her husband and sometimes
with her with 'the greatest fluency, but tilth
bis eyes d" enca.-t upon the plate, always
avoiding the elancoof .Mrs. Ticknor'; eye:
i and this was bis habit always among fcjna!-.
The sarnie shrinking from Woman w- also
seen in the drawing room. At the home
of his two 80-ton friends he was probably
more at ease than anywhere else. J have
been told that this dropping of the eye.
ft while he apparently raw everything) was
observable as lie walked the street wrapped
in his camlet cloak, "the ohierv .! of all ob
servers." While on his Geological Survey
of Connecticut, he was often obliged to pick
up a ifoal or a lodging where ho could: and
■ lus dress was-upt always 'smV'as licated
hi* cbgracleraud position. Thr. ii . hnut life
he never polished hi - shoes, and his pants
and hat generally showed th.it they had
been used the full time of rdrvu . Clad in
such a habit he pros, uted himself one dron
ing at the door of a young ladies' seminary,
a-king, as he, was souie aisi.au e from the
village, for supper and a night.' lodging.
The lady principal met him at the door and
was not inclined to grant his req'nest. He
urged it, however, as he wa- tire I and hun
gry, and she finally yielded, _ following him
into the kitehr i, au 1 remaining while he ate
his supper. (.'Lowing him more minutely,
she thought he !< A<l more intelligent than
common bvgga.is, and engaged in conversa
tion with bun, when she lbuijd that he was
apparently a well educated than; and as the
conversation went on, from on- surprise fo
another, she found that he eould talk uron
a variety of suhj- ts. The. conversation at
length turned, upon poetry; and the lady, af
ter spiking of other poets, mentioned Per
civ •.!. and went 09 to exniv.-? bar enlhu.-iia?.
tic aUutiration of hi.* poetry to the somewhat
startled yet quiet listener—when, cheeking
herself, she asked, "Do yon know Percb al?
Have you road his poetry?" To which the
stranger replied, in his gentle, lisping tone,
. 'l—am—Mr. Pereival, and I sometimes
write poetry."
PKiICIV.VL IN LOYF.
He formed an attachment to a young lady
in New Haven, the orphaned daughter of a
eea-iteptnin, who had great physical beauty.
He -an i d ! ink* to her and road selections.
She; 'id of him, "I do wish Mr. Per dyad i
wottldn't bring those books to read. I don't,
like hooks, and don't like to read them." A
friend told this to Percival, who then df -
continued his visit . Not long after the
yonng lady married a Eh<V;r#riftn\ and vient'
to re-ide somewhere on tho li'i Tsnn. Tt
wa* of her that he wrote the poem, be
gin nirur:
"She has no heart, but she is fair."
The third tanza a fact very de't
c: '.cly and plaintively and bitterly;
"She lias no heart, she cannot love,
Bat she can kindle love in mine—
Strange ; hat the serines.- of a dove
Hound such a thing ot air c tu twine."
J' iICLVAL AND JAMBS THE NOVEL! T.
Mr. James had all tho airs of a man of so
ciety: and Percival wa; specially shrinking
and modest in tho presence ola stranger,
making his wont, impression at first. The
parties were introduced, and an attempt
was made nt conversation, but they did not
get on at all. Percival showed a decided
repugnance, James a genteel contempt.
Soon entering the ears they rook different
s.'itf and Mr. James ssid, My friend who
is that Mr. Percival?" |i was replied that
h-? was a distinguish 1 p t-.-f, when Mr.
Jam.• said, "a little cracked, isn't he?"
Tho trontleman with Trim met Percival a few
days after, who inquired, "Who is that Mr.
James?! ('. P. It. James, the novcli t."
was the r . Said Percival, "a little.
drunk, wu -n't he?"
i(TUI.tt I'FJ't IJAUITIES.
Percival shared with Dr. Johnson that
| strong f cling of independence which makes
i one in n .-i- I jealous of the favors of others,
j The lute professor Silliman, noticing that
' the cap which so long peered above the
cloak in whi-.-h be wrapped himself had be
com: altogether too shabby, left word with
Mr. Man-field, a hatter on Chapel street, t
pivscnt him with a now hut. In the most
" manner po *ib!e. Mr. Mansfield said
! to him that any hat, upon his shelves was at
hi? service, but the poet turned on his heal
in eon' ■■nipt.
(>re Thaulv giving day, wh :-n it was known
that he must be almost nfieriny for the
want, of fi-od, the janitor of the hospital sent
bi:u a; ■ ncrous dintr r. It remain t at his
door untouched.
A ki • -uiao once paid Lha two dollars for
information which ho had received from
him. He had repeatedly refused to receive
money; bat.it wm slipped into bis band as
tb- ■ with thd expectation' that Pete
1 civ ; l r - it. tn at w days, how
|ev • i,-o'wa* retamed through free
siETi KEMEMT OF MB. U% It PER.
j P.y IKry ■. l.'-q.. '• *essor of the 16th
A- ;-a. PI ..Ft . .. m; yivania, has
i be;: , •• •! d \>y ■ lea. A. 11. Coffroth, of
| Son:- - Mr. H ■.•per addresses the fol
! lowisig card to the public in the last nniii
: her of his paper, the Adams <V tinef, with
! which ho has beau corrected for forty years
: and upwards :
!!'; •■ ni- mov-'d from the Assessor
hi | the ftitii District, and on Saturday
h t. v : J nj nt ; connected with the
office v. handed over to the Clerk of Hon.
A. If- Coffroth.tif Somerset, who succeeds
me in the office —so that I am no longer an
official under the Administration of Presi
dent Johnson. I will add n few words,
which may not be out of place in this* con
nection. 1 was appointed, immediately af
ter the passage of the Revenue law, by the
f lamented Lincoln, an ! have faithfully and
I bon • =t!y performed it? duties ever since—
: Und 1 go out of cine-- with tho cheeringeon
sciousness of having done my duty, and that
! ftm Government has never lost one cent it
■ was entitle 1 to, by my act or my negligence.
Yf't . his re-election, an 1 before his la
mented death, I add;, -r d a letter to the
i Dei >artniefit iimking inquiry whether there
would 1 v remove'*, 'i'iio prompt reply to
me was—"not exempt for cause; and an As
?e?-or, who has so - .si? f'aetori'y ncrforined
hi* duties as you have need have no appre
j heusions of a removal. " Thi* clear rocor<l
i at Washington w:c gratifying to one ; and I
| re if ed -ccurelv. Unfortunately for the
i country, the sad disruption of feeling and
1 action between the Executive an 1 Congress
' took place ; and the breach ha* become too
wide now for reconciliation. Wc regret it
I —but such is the fact.
The President and those who act with
him saw no alternative for triumph, but to
rry the next'fbmgfe*9—and every expedi
ent wa* resorted to, to carry doubtful Uon
i gretsional district*. Thi? was one of them.
Their eye? were pointed hero, of course,
und- r f!i, dire tide ..f the chief manager.
Mr. Cowan, info tflm-e oaro Pennsylvania
1 had been given.
J was the Editor of a paper of some polit
' al influence : was the Assessor of the Dis*
ftict: and had eighteen or twenty assistants,
' all men who eomd wield some influence, as
every n an can do nv>ro or I. =*. 1 was there- |
fere out for operations. I support- j
■•d Gen. Geary. I v.- told indirectly that
i -i. mu - uot be. I tiu conftinuod to silo
port him, as L was b )und by honor and feel i
1 in;t to do. This was my first, offence. The j
• next operation was, a i invitation to attend j
(he I'liiiad' luhia Convention. Thi* I also |
declined. 'l'hc next was, a demand for j
money'to support their cause. This I de- !
' (Mined sl.-o—and spurned the bribe—feeling j
that I could not, a - as .honorable man, sac- j
rifke my political priric fifes for any office, j
The consequence wa*. that I imnie liatcly |
received notice from "'a-hington. to hand :
' over the papers, Ac., of the office, on the
:><)th of October. T.LI*, a 1 said above, •
1 was dan - on Saturday o.ndthey arc now
on the way to Sonier.- ■t. I am, the'retyre, *■
! no longer Assessor of the 10th District. The ,
reasons for the removal will be found above. '
I regret, I acknowledge, to lose the office ;
1 but 1 could not barter my uamc and
' principle.- tor office. EefFw citizen*, was! !
not right ?
GOT. iS'i'oN K, of lowa, thinks he will not
cs.il an extra re.?, ton, of the Legislature to j
acl up. u the constitutional amendment, as
the latter may be superseded by measures j
better suited to the exigencies of the time*.
IT is claimed that the salt mine* of
Nevada are 'he best in the country. One
b'd is reported to cover fifty-two thousand
•vre- yieidin-r two million, bushel* annually
. -oh, niuipercent, tine.
VOLUME 39 t STO 4S.
MORAL GEMS.
| Hope to-the soul is as an anchor to a ship
in a dark night, on an unknown coast, and
I amid a boisterous ocean. It is the most em
j inent of all the advantages which religion
; now confers, and it is the universal eomf'ort-
I cr; and if it were entertained with that full
} persuasion which faifh demands, it would
j banish discontent, extinguish grief, t,nd ren
j der life much more pleasant than it gener
ally ja.
i If you have great talents, industry will
j improve them; if moderate abilities, indus
; try will supi>ly the deficiency. Nothing is
j denied to Well-directed labor, nothing is ever
i to be attained without it.
There is nothing which must end, to be
valued for its continuance. If hours, days,
months, and year- pass away, it is no matter
what hour, what day, what month, or what
year we die. The applause of a good actor
is uuc to him at whatever scene cf tho piny
he makes his exit. It is thus in the life of a
man of sense. A short life is sufficient to
manifest him a man of honor and virtue.
When he ceases to be such lie has lived too
long; and while he is such it is of no conse
quence to him how long he shall be so, pro
vided he is so to his life's end.
We hate some p wsons because wc do not
know them; and we will not know them be
cause we hate them. Those friendships
that succeed to rueh aversions are usually
fii m, for those qualities must be sterling that
could not ODly gain our hearts, but con
qaer our prejudices in. tilings far more se
rious than our friendships. Thus, there
arc truths which some men despise, because
they have not examined, and which they
will not c-xauiine, because they despise.
God means tbateyery sou! which waits on
him should soar. Not creep nor burrow in
the muck and mire of worldliness: not
crouch in abject submission as the slave of
men and Hatan —but soar. When a soul
binds itself to God, and lives a life of holy
consecration, it is able to take wings and
dwell in the atmosphere of heaven.
He who is passionate and hasty generally
i> honest. It is your old, dissembling hypo
crite of whom you have to beware. There's
no deception in a bull dog. It is only the
cur that sneaks up and bites you when your
back is turned.
11 LA I) OF ItICULLIEF.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Star, says:
It appears that some of the Richelieu faui
ily papers have lately come to ligibt. and
have revealed the laci that the great Cardi
nal's head was preserved apart from his
body. The question arose, what had be
come of it? The Emperor ordered search
to be made, and desired that no expense
-hould be spared in the effort to recover this
treasure. After many months of patient
research the head was found yesterday in
the possession of an ancient family of Tlre
tague. It was forwarded last night, (Octo
ber 4th,) to the Ministers do L. Instruction
I Publique.
! A friend of mine was present at the open
! ing of the box. I give yon his description
verbatim. The head is in wonderful state
of preservation—the whiskers, eyebrows,
the imperial and moustache, of a reddish
color and quite perfeet; one eyelid closed,
the other half open. The flesh, of course,
is black. (Ma iascitis dire. Altogether it
presents the appearance of a mask, but far
from un pleasing. A telegraphic message
was dispatched to the Emperor in the fol
lowing words: " What hto be done with
the defunct Cardinal?" Ilis Majesty's re
ply had not come when tnv friend left, the
Ministers. The fear is that orders will be
given that his Eminence is to have a decent
burial, which would be a pity.
Living and dead, lie was, and is. an enig
ma, and as we have the jaw of Moliere to
staro at, we might be allowed to gaze at his
Eminence likewise. I should like to know
how he felt whirling along by special train.
As he rested his aching head on the velvet
cushions of his gilded barge, and glided in
stately pomp clown the Loire to Lyons, fol
lowed by his doomed prisoners, tho Courtier
Cro.v Mois, and the witty Re Thou, great
would have been his amazement could a
prophet have told him that centuries later
the saree head would come up 1 to Paris at
the pace of forty miles per hour, in a com
mon packing case, at the fiat ofan Emperor
of France, whose ancestor at that period was
a private gentleman of Corsica.
OVER-EATITWi.
Health and longevity arc not the only re
sults of moderation in diet. Its influence is
far from being limited to the body: its effect
of the mind is still more important. Julius
Ore sar, constitutionally addicted to excess,
when resolved on some great exploit, was
accustomed to diminish his diet to an extent
truly marvelous, and to this diminution he
ascribed the clearness and energy of mind
which distinguished him in the honr of bat
tle. When extraordinary mental vigor was
desired by the first Napolean, he used the
samel means to attain it. To his rarely
equaled moderation in diet, Dr. Franklin
ascribes his "clearness of ideas" and "quick
ness of perception, ' and considered his pro
gress in study proportionate to the degrec
of temperance practiced. While Sir Isaac
Newton was composing his "treatise on
Optics," he confined himself to bread and a
little sack and water. Scarcely less rigid
was the abstinence of Leipnitz, when pre
paring some parts of his "Universal Lan
guage," I)' Aubigne relates of Luther, on
tho authority of Melancthon. that "a little
bread and a single. herring were often his
only food for the day." Indeed, he was
constitutionally abstemious; and even after
he had found out that heaven was not to be
purchased by abstinence,jhe often contented
himself with the poorest food, and would
continue for a considerable time without eat
in? or drinking." Dr. Chevne, a celebrated
physkn, reduced himself* front thc.enor
mo'tts w< i At of 44S lbs. to 140 lbs., by con
fining himself to a limited quantity of vegeta
bles. milk, and water as his only fopd and
drink. The "result was a restoration of
health and of mental vigor, and, amid pro
fo9h#al: and literary labors* uninterrupted
hrlth and a protracted life. An eminent
man once made tbq remark, "that nobody
ever repented having eaten too little. '
Americans cat t< ■ much tod fast, and too
irregularly. It 1; the .-'am'" with drinking.—
Iftrcn. Joinaal-
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i can wae his tail when he has none. Our
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a man's good do when it don't do you any
good? We have no doubt every one thinks
! that si! have paid but him, and as we are a
i clevi fellow, and thai hii£tjUjj[* matter,
it will make no difference. ' Will some of our
readers make a note oft hi . ■•*>
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UNDER YOUR lIAT.—LA this country,
every man of sound mind is a capitalist.
You, Sir Reader, of the thread-bare coat,
and vacuous wallet, deny it utterly. You
insist that your brain is healthy and well
furnished, but intimate with a sneer that if
anv conjurer will make discovery of your
capita!, you will doff y< mr napless hat to him.
and be his to command forever more—Sir.
put on your rusty Beaver, and we will tell
you where your capital is. Right under it.
Wc will suppose there is common sense, a
fair stock of worldly knowledge, and plenty
of energy withha the circle of felt that you
have just crowned yourself withal. That's
capital—' l Korkuig capitar' of the best
kind.
If you don't think so, you are over modest
and the sooner you get rid of your diffidence,
the better fur you and vours. Why, man.
I such a head as yours is better than a philos
opher' s stone, it is an engine only requi
ring to be set at work, to procure you all the
comforts and enjoy menu- that a rational
being can desire.
As to wealth —its elements are lying in
their crude state on every side of you, and
only requiring persevering manipulation to
convert them into the circulating medium.
Indigent! With brains and health you
have no right: to be indigent in a country
whose magnificent resources are out of all
proportion to tbcuumberof heads and hands
there are to develope them. Fifty roads are
open to you. Take this piece of homely ad
vice. and our word for it. vonr coat hereafter
shall be of glossy broadcloth, with all acces
sories to match. Don't lean on friends,
don't borrow, don't wait for dead men"
shoes, don't tarry for something to turn up,
or ten to one it will be the world's nose at
your lack of pluck and industry. Employ
the capital under your hat. Work it wisely,
honestly, resolvedly and the returns are sure
to be satisfactory.
A WORD TO BOYS. —A writer in an edu
cational journal, the title of which we have
unfortunately lost, has the following perti
nent and truthful remarks:
Boys listen! The first thing you want to
develop what force there is in you, is self
reliance: that is, as regards your relations to
man. If I were going to give a formula for
developing the most forcible set of men, I
should say turn them upon tbeir own re
sources. with their minds well stored with
moral and religious truth when they are hoys
to ' 'depend on themselves and not on father."
If a boy is thrown upon his own resources,
at fifteen, with the world all before him
where to choose and he fights the battle of
life single handed up to manhood, and don't
develop and average share of executive ability
than there i no stuff in him worth talking
about. Be may learn to plow, and sow,
aud reap and mow, but this can all be dovic
with machines and horses, aud a man wants
to be something better than either of these.
Wipe out of your vocabulary such a word as
j fail, give up willing for improbable results,
put your hands to the plow, or whatever
tool you take to, and then drive on and never
look back. Don I even sight your person to
see if it is straight; ' Don't be consistent
but simply true." If vau go "to see a reed
shaken by the wind.' it is pretty likely you
will never see anything of more consequence.
Do IT WILLI THY MlGHT. —Fortune, suc
cess, fame, position are never gained but by
piously, <? f nninedly, bravely sticking,
growing, living to a thing till it is fairly ac
complished. in short, you must carry the
thing through, if you want to bo anybody or
anything. No matter if it doescost you the
pleasure, the society, the thousand early
gratifications of life. No matter for these.
Stick to the thing and carry itthrougb. Be
lieve you weiemade for the matter, and that
no one else can do it. Put forth your whole
energies. Stir, wake, electrify yourself, and
go forth to the task. Only once learn to car
ry a thing through in all its completeness
and proportions and you will become a hero.
You will think better of yourself, others will
think bettor of you. Of course they will.
The world in its yc ry heart admires the stern,
determined doer. Drive right along, then,
in wliatevcryou undertake. You'll be suc
cessful ; never fear.
A YOUNG lady, while on her way to be
married, was run over and killed. A con :
! firmed old maid savagely comments: "She
avoided a nmre lingering and horrible des
tiny."
\\ hy are your nose and chin at variance ?
Because words are always passing between
them.
Mr. Quilp has just discovered that there
is quite a difference, sometimes, between
baring your choice aud taking it.
Model wives formerly took "a stitch in
time,' but now, with the aid of a sewing
machine, they take one in no time.
The worst organ grinder—a hollow tooth
that plays the deuce.
Best-time for hay-makers—-when it rains
pitchforks.
A very Unpopular officer with some of the
ladies —General Housework.
A charity scholar, under examination in
the Psalms being asked. "What A* the pes
tilence that walketh in darkness?"he replied
' Please sir, bed-bugs!''
It is very common for men, when corned,
to have husky voices.
Without a liberal nse of the rod, it is im
possible to make boys smart.
M. PKAUODY'S fortune is variously esti
mated, and conjecture is busy trying to dis
cover what he is worth. In 1851 he was
uumbered among the miliionares of London,
and during the following ten years his busi
ness greatly increased. In 1860 he was said
to be wortii 5,000,000 in gold, and he has
endowed various charities in the princely
sum of ss,ooo, tiut). Mr. Peabody is now
probably worth $10,000,000 or $15,000,000,
for the increase of his property during the
past six years has been considerable. For
tunelifts not smiled on him in vain, for sel
dom has >o bountiful a giver been numbered
among men.
AN amusing fact occurred in New York on
the recent visit of Gen. Grant to that city.
He took a hack to conduct him to the hotel.
The driver after depositing the general gave
his friends the following toast: —"Here's to
mceself, Dennis Connolly, the biggest man
in Ameriky, hut one. I've driven the Lieu
tenant General of the United States, and its
more than Bobby Lge ever did 1"
A SHORT time siuee tho following ap
peared among the clippings of the Courier:
Why is a bmird like common sense? Be
cause no woman possesses it.
At which a lady correspondent "goes for
it" after the following fashion :
Why is the author of the above like aeer
tvn worn out instrument of music? Bo
cu-i-e he is an abandoned lyre—(liar.)
WHICH is at oooe the easiest and hardest
of occupations? The musician's; for he
plays when hy works, and works when he
plays.
Youth.—"Will you
share nijrmf for Ijfo?" Practical Girl.— .
"HowroftnY 't'ere :b ■ "Ui'M, sir?"
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