Ilir giAford Jfaniitrr JS H'BLtSHKB EVERY FRIDAY MollXl NO i V I. R. ni l?BORROW AMI JOHI i>S 11-LIANA St., opj.- te the Jiengel HeasC BEIIFORD, PENX'A TERMS: 9-S.OO a year if paid strictly in advance. II ul paid within six mouth* 8—•><• II not |;thl within ilw jc#r BS.OO. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JU. LONG EN ECK ER, . ATTORNEY at LAW, BEDronn, Pa., All business eEtruftud to his care will receive proir.pt attention. with H. L Kl'ssrt, Es;., actrly opposite the Court House. Oct. I#, '66.-6 m. . K. METERS i- W. DICKBBROX A f LITERS A DICKERSGN, 31 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BE :>ford, PEXK A.. Offic e same as formerly occupied by Hon. W . P. Sb-hetl. two doors east of the Gasette office, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford county. Portions, bounties and bach pay obtained aud the puiihafs of Real Estate attended to. r May 11. 'C-s— lyr. j omf t. *■'>> AtT ..,. Nr .- AT c,w Beokorp. PUSS' A., Offers to five satisfaction to all who may en trant their legal business to him. Will collect money, on evidences of debt, and speedily pro car.- bounties and pensions to soldiers, their wid ow* or heirs. Office two doors west of Telegraph office. aprll: 66-ly- JB. CESSNA, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with Jobs Cessna, on Jnlianna street, in tiic office formerly occupied by King A Jordan, and recently by Filler * Keagy. All basinet entrusted t his osrc will receive faithful and prompt attention. Military Claims, Pensions, 4c., speedily collected. Bedford, June 9,1805. >l'P. SHARPS. *• * "H" SHUtrE A KERR, A T TORSE YS-A T-I A W. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties, all business entrusted to their rare will receive careful and prompt attention. P n.-iwna, Bounty, Rack Pay, Ac., speedily col ic: d fpni the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking hou.o of l'.eed A Schell, Bedford. Pa. mixi'M TOHN PALMEP.. f ) ATTORNEY AT LAW, W ill promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection of M iliary claims. Office on Julianna St., nearly opposite tho Mcugel House.) janctS, 6j.lt j. k. prmtoKßOw Jon* lute. Dtjk borrow a wrz. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Bkbvobd, Pa-, Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. OHceti->n made on the shortest no yt ry -rc. a!*", regularly licensed Claim Agents .!• I trill give special attention to the prosecution of claims against the tlovernm, nt for Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. ' >f: on Juliana street, one door South of the •Mcccl House" and nearly opposite toe Inquirer April 28, 1865:t VYSPY- M. ALSIP, Jpj ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bedford, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to ail bnsi nr cntru.-gwlto his care in Bedford and adjom iu- couiitL . Military claims. Pensions, back dot Bountv Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann k Spang, on Juliana street 2 doors south of the Mengcl House. Rp' L ' tl. * j. ATPOINTS, iVI ATTORNEY AT LAW , Bedford, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services , the public. Office with J. W. I.ingen feller, j '..l .on Juliana street, two doors South o! the • Menglc House." Dec. 9. 1864-tf. roHN MOWER, ,j ATTORNEY AT LAW. Bedford, Pa. April 1, 1864.— tf. I r iMM EIX AND LINGENFELTER, j\ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BF.DFORD, ta. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mengcl House, aprl, IS64— tf. DEXTISTN. C. S. - *ntTCH, JR. DENTISTS. Bedford, pa. Office ill the Bank Building, Juliana Street. AU operations pertaining to Surgical or Me cUatucal Dentistry carefully and faithfully per f.rmed and warranted. TERMS CASH. Too tl Powders ar t! Month Wash, excellent ar tides, always on hand. jaaS'6s-ly. D~" ENTLSTRY. X. N. BOWSER, Residf.XT DENTIST, WOOP II t it icy. Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of eweh no nth, commencing with the second Tuesday of the r nth. Prepared to perform all Dental oper ation? with which he may be favored. Terms >- 11hi 11 'he reach nf alt and strictly cask exccj.t by special contract. Work to l>e sent by mail oroth w u-o. must be paid forwhen impressions arc taken. augs. '64:tf. PHYSICIANS. DR. GBORGK C. DOUGLAS Rcspev'ttully tenders his professional services to the people of Bedford aud vicinity. '■-Uesidec o a: ,\|aj. Washabaugh's. H9* Office two do'.its west of Bedford Hotel, up st.Jr*. nu!7:tf lUM. \Y. JAMISON. 51. D., YV Bloody Ri m Pa., Respectfully tenders his professional services to the people of that place and vicinity. [decS:lyr j Alt. JL F. HARRY, I Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence ■ n Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J.-Xl. Hofias. April 1, 1864— t1. I U MARBOURG, M. D., •J . during permanently located respectfully tenders his pofessional services to tbe citiiens •1 Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, . ] paaite the Bank, one door north of 11*11 A Pal mer's office. April 1, If- '4— tf. JEWELEII, do. ABSALOM GABLICK. CLOCK AND WATCH-MAKER, BLOODY KCJI, I'A. C k., Watches, Jewelry, Ac., promptly re paired. All work entrusted to his care, warsantcd to give satisfaction. He also keens on hand and for sale WATCH ES, rLOCKS, and JEWELRY. jttr Office with Dr. J. A. Mann. ray 4 DANIEL BOKDEK, PITT STBR-ST, TWO coons VTKST or THK BB FORD HOTEL, BBIFORD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps en hDd a sto"k of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Donble Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch PebWc Glasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in bis line not on hand, apr. 2S, 1885 —as. J if. LEHMAN, •JISTICK OF THK PBAOB AttD SCRIVSSF.It, COAL DALE: Will promptly attend to ail collections intrusted to him. He wili alto execute ail instruments of wri'ing With neatness and dispatch. Coal Dale, Sept. 11, l-'66 :6m. f!3cMort> aittottiter. KEB9KROW A IITZ Editors and Proprietors. THE LANGUAGE t>f FLOWERS. uy ax AMATEUR. In a garden nook, by a wide spreading yew. A stingy old Nettle and Dock wood oneegrew: They were sipping the dew, aud between you and me, They mixed it with scandal as ladies do tea, '■l can't think, my dear Dock !" the old Net tle begun, ''Why the liose has been always a favorite with man ; Her breath's very sweet, we all mast allow it And true she has beauty, at least folks avow it ; But then she's so vain, she thinks all must adore her, And that sach as we ought to fall down before her. Her greatest delight is, you may see by her, eye, To be foudled aud kissed by each fop passing by ; And her dress is the oddest that ever was seen. She was throughout July a moss-victorine !" "Whilst little Miss Snowdrop,'" replied Mad am Dock, "Comes out in the frost in a white muslin frock ; And though she's so modest aud hangs down her head, Young crocus and she were caught both in one bed. And that little minx too, so sickly and pale, You know who I mean,dear Miss Liliof the Yale, So shy and retired, all her company shun, So modest and humble you'd thiuk her a nun j Yet her I once saw, and it augured no good, Tete-a-tete in a nook with old solemn Monks hood. Then there's Madam Poppy, so vulgar and red, How gaily and gaudy she dresses her head : She always looks sleepy and most people think, And I quite believe it, she's given to drink. You know Mrs. Pansy, with dark velvet hood, And a faee like to some you see carved out in wood ; I hear that she's lateiy came out in great state, And has wholly forgotten the old garden gate. Madam Tulip last Sunday was splendidly dressed ; But then, dear, her character's none of the best ; She is painted and powdered, but smell of her breath, I am sure it will sicken you nigh unto death." "Well, now then. I'll tell you a capital joke." Mrs. Nettle replied and she laughed as she spoke : "Here s old Doll Daisy that lives in the dell, Has a daughter who's gone with my lady to dwell -. She calls herself now by a high sounding name, Y'ou would scarcely believe that from field work she came. She'd a sister, you know, overturned l.y I tie plough, When Bobby Burns blubblered and made such a row, And there's those Geranium* a proud, idle set; Whilst we are abroad in the cold and the wet, They dress themselves out in pin a, scarlet aud white, And stare out at the windows froin morning till night. Those delicate gentry that caine from abroad— I know they are glad of their bed and their board — They boast of the sunshine ot Naples and Home, If they don't like our climate why not stay at home ? Our land's overrun by such strangers as these. By singers and dancers and poor refugees, But 'tis time to be going the moon's shining bright, Aud I cannot bear seaodel. Good night, ma'am good night." THE BUGLE SONG. JIT A I.Kit ED TXBXTSOS. The splendor walks on castle walls And snowy summits old in story; The lone light shakes across the lakes Aud the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, send the wild echoes Hying, Blow, bugle: answer echoes, dying, dying, dying. 0 hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, tarther going ! 0 sweet and far from cliff and sear The horns of Elfland faintly blowing 1 Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. Oh. love, they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river ; Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying. DANIEL WEBSTER. The last number of the North American Review contains an article on Daniel Web ster, from the pen of Mr. Parton, which is not in the usual vein of biographical-notices of that eminent man. The sketch may be true. It certainly does not want piquancy bo command it to general perusal. Of the great statesman. Mr. Parton asserts; Webster's leading trait was his enormous physical magnetism. His presence over whelmed criticism. His intimacy fascina ted it. Fidgetty men were quieted by his majestic calm. Women were spell bound by it. It gave the public a sen eof repose. When he passed up or down State street, with an arm behind his back, business was brought to a stand still. Webster was never a student. He absorbed knowledge, but did not work for it. In Latin he was excel led by some of his own class. Greek be never enjoyed. For mathematics he had no taste. At he was only au omniv orous reader. lie barely passed muster in the recitation room as a student. His whole college life shows that he was formed to use the product ol other men's toil, not to add to the common fund. At the same time, he was an innocent young man. His wild oats were not sown in the days of his youth. He was always under the influence of others. Nature tuade him not to lead, but to follow. In the early flush and vigor of bis life, he gave a thousand evidences of a good heart and of virtuous habits, hut not one of a superier understanding. The total absence ol' the skeptical spirit betrayed his want of boldness and originally. In a period of transition, noyonug man of a truly eminent intellect accepts his father's creeds without first calling them in question. But no new light ever illumined the mind of Daniel Webster. As soon as he came of age, he joined the Congregational Church. A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. The candor of his judgment was impaired by religious prejudice. In this respect he never lost his narrowness and ignorance. In the time of his celebrity be preferred the Episcopal, as the most genteel religion. His political prejudices were equally strong. He was of slow growth. His power* did not reach their full development til! he was nearly fifty years of age. He had no prac tical wisdom. From the year 1832 to the end ol his life he was suffering the process of moral and mental deterioration. His material part gained upon his spiritual. He had an enor mous capacity for physical enjoyment, and became a great hunter, fisherman, and far mer, a lover of good wine, and good dinners and a most jovial companion. But his mind was fed eliiefly upon past acquisitions. There is nothing in his later efforts vrhieh shows any intellectual advance. lie never browsed in forests before untrodden, or fed in pastures new. For the last ten years of his life, though he spent many a thousand dollars on his library, he had almost ceased to be an intellectual Doing. His pecuniary habits demoralized hiui. "He was not one of those who find in the happiness and pros perity of their country, una in the esteem of their fellow citizens their own sufficient and abundaut reward for serving her. He I pined for something lower, smaller—some thing personal and vulgar. He had no religion—not the least tincture of it; and he seemed at last, in his dealings with individuals, to have no conscience.— What he called his religion had no effect whatever upon the conduct oi his life; it made him go to church, talk piously, puff the clergy, and 'patronize Providence,—no more. He was one of those who who fell before the seductions ot' his place, "lie would accept retaining fees, and never look into the bundles of papers which accom Earned them, in which were inclosed the opes and the fortune of anxious households. He would receive gilts of money, uud toss into his waste paper basket the hat of the givers, without having glanced at its con tents; thus defrauding them of the only recompense in his power to grant and the only one they wished." Mr. Barton gives an admirable description of the element of the past which formed such au extraordinary feature in Daniel Webster's composition. In surveying the life and works of this eminent and gifted mail we are continually struck with the evidences of his magnitude. He was as we have said, a very large person. His brain was within a little of being one third larger than the average, and it. was one of the largest three on record. His bodily frame, in all its parts, was on a ma jestic scale, and his presence was immense. He liked large thiugs—mountains, elms, great oaks, mighty bulls and oxen, wide fields, the ocean, the Union, and all things of magnitude. He liked great Home far better than refined Greece, and reveled in the immense things of literature uch as Paradise Lost and th, Book of Job, Burke, Dr. Johnson,aud the Sixth Book of eEoeid. Homer he never eared much for—nor, in deed, aoythinsr Greek. Ho Hated, lie loathed the act of writing. liilhards, ten pins, chess, draughts, whist, he never relish ed, though fond to excess of out door plea sures, like hunting, fishing, yachting. He liked to be alone with great Nature—alone in the giant woods or on the shores of the resounding sea —alone ail day with his gun, his dog and his thoughts—alone intho morning before any one was astir but him self, looking out upon the sea and the glori ous sunrise. What a delicious picture of this large, healthy Son of Karth Mr. Lan man gives us, where he describes his coming into his bedroom at sunrise, and startling him out of a deep sleep by shouting, "Awake, sluggard! and look upon this glo rious scene, for the >ky aud the ocean are enveloped in flames! He was akin to all large, slow things in nature. A herd of fine cattle gave him a keen and inexhaustible enjoyment; but he never '"tasted" a horse; he had no horse enthusiasm. In England he chiefly enjoyed these things, the Tower of London, Westminster At bey, Smithfield Cattle Market, English farming, and Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel he thought was "head and shoulder above any other man" he had ever met. He greatly excelled, too, in describing immense tilings. In speaking of the Pyramids, once, he asked, "Who can inform us by what now unknown machines was mass thus aggregated to mass, and quarry piled on quarry, till solid granite seemed to cover the earth and reach to the skies." His peculiar love of the Union of these States was partly due, perhaps to this habit of his mind or dwelling with compla cency on vastness. He felt that he wanted and required a continent to live in; his mind would have gasped for breath in Mew Hamp shire. In the same article, i'arton thus alludes to CLAY AND CALHOUN. Henry clay improved as he grew old. He was a venerable, serene, and virtuous old man. The impetuosity, restlessness, ambition and love of display, and the detri mental habits of his earlier years gave place to tranquility, moderation, and u patriotism without the alloy of personal objects. Dis appointment had chastened, not soured him. Public life enlarged, not narrowed him. The city of Washington purified, not corrupted him. lie came there a gambler, a driuker, a profuse consumer of tobacco, and a turner of night into day. He over came the worst of these habits very early in his residence at the capiial. He came to Washington to exhibit his talents, he re | maincd there to serve his country: nor of his country did he ever think the less, or serve, her the less zealously, because she denied him the honor he coveted for thirty years. We cannot say this of Calhoun, j lie degenerated frightfully during the last ! twenty years of his life. His energy degen ! orated into intensity, and his patriotism 1 narrowed into sectionalism. He became untouchable, incapable of considering an , opinion opposite to his own, or even a fact that did not lavor it. Exempt by his bodily i constitution from all temptation to physical ; excesses, his body was worn out by the in ! tense, unhealthy working of bis mind, i False opinions falsely held and iut derantly I maintained were tin del auchery that shai pened the lines of his face, arid converted ■ his voice into a bark. Peace, health, and growth early became impossible to liiin, for there was a canker in the heart of the man. ilis once not dishonorable desire of the Presidency became at Inst an infuriate lust ; after it, which his natural sincerity compel led him to reveal even while wrathfully de nying it. He considered that I e had been defrauded of the prize, aud'*he had some reason for thinking so. Some men avenge , their wrungs by the pistol, others by invec tivc; but the only weapons which this man could wield were abstract propositions. From the hills of South Carolina, be hurled paradoxes at Genaral Jack-ou, arid appeal ed from the dicta of Mrs. Eaton's drawing room to a hair splitting tin* ;y of States' Rights Fifteen hundred thousand armed men have since sprung up from those hanu i less looking dragon' - teeth, so recklessly sown in the hot Southern soil. BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 18G7. NASBY. Mr. Nnsby Renders an Acconnt of his Stewardship—Laying of the Corner Stone of the College Edifice—An Awk ward Dcnoncmeut. Pont Oms, Confedrit X Koads, | (wich is in the Stait uv Kentucky,) > January 2, 1867. ) On my return from my trip to North Kar iiuy ther wuz an immtyit and irrepressible desire on the part of the trustees uv the in atitoot, to kev a statement from ine uv the results uv the trip. Much hed bin expectid from the veneher, and tho expectaahuns uv the trustees wux riz to a pitch from wich I felt it wuz crooil to hurl em. Therefore 1 dodged em, until finally, bain badgered, I thort I wood end it. lievin prepared the dockyments, I named the post ofiSis ex the place, and the inonrin uv the Ist instant ez the time to make an exhibit uv the receets and expenditoors uv the trip. Deekin Po gram, Col. McPelter and Elder Slathers were promptly on hand, and so wuz I, with the statement, wieh 1 red to em ez follows ; PETROLEUM V. NASBY, Professor uv Biblikle Politicks, in account with the South ern Classiele aud Military Institoot Fund: DR. To cash uv Kernel Abslum Podgers, for self. S2OO 00 To cash uv Kernel Abslum Podgers, for wife. 100 00 To cash uv Squire Davis, proceeds uv the sale uv one nigger boy Jim, convicted uv steelin a red herrin, generously donated 50 00 To cash uv Major Galbreth, bein all he hed left after gettin the pardon from the President through Mrs. Cobb 1 00 To cash uv John Kessiek, who encour ages the Institoot, intendin to come here to start a grocery, ez soon ez it gits fairly agoin - 10 00 To cash uv divers and sundry per sons 20 00 Grand totle- $3Bl 00 Ca. By ralerode fare, the conductors unan imously refoosin to ded hed me ei ther in my clericle, offishel or be nevolent character S3O 00 By refreshments 15 By meals after refreshments li By more refreshments 15 By bottle uv refreshments to use on cars 1 50 By refreshments at station 15 By refeshments at various places 60 00 By board at ltawley 60 00 By refreshments at Rawley, wich comes high, bein 25 cts. strate 70 00 By livery hire in that vicinity 00 00 By refreshments for self and driver, includin broken axle and sich 2-5 00 By meals for self and driver 3 00 By fare back home, wich cost more owin to my comin a round about way 50 00 Grand totle.. s3' JO 70 Leavin a balance in my favoc of $0 70. The brethren wuz somewhat disaDr> : -~4 at the result, ana jascoml intimated that he bleevcd it wuz a d—d swindle,but I with ered him with a glance. I showed Deekin Pogram that it wuz not only reglar, but that it hed the stamp uv the Post offis onto it, wieh silenced all cavil. I asshoored em that that little balance needn't trouble em —I did not intend to make an assessment onto em, but that I cood wait until the treasury wuz in funds. "But," said Bascomb, "whenin thunder will tho treasury ever be in funds, ef all the cxpedishuns result like this one?" J explained to the obtoose man that it wuz all rite; that in most uv sich enterpri ses the expenses eat up the collekshuos, but that it wuz seed sown. "We must," sez I, "raise the wind from the North, and to do it, lvt us show that suthin hez bin dun." "What kin we do?" sod Bascomb. "Lay the corner stun uv the Institoot ?" sez I. "On the square fomist us is the cor ner stun uv tho nigger chinch we burnt a month or so ago, ready to our hand. Let us organize a pereession and do it to-day, that we may publish to the world that the work is commenced, that our friends may shell out libreller than they hev." The idea wuz considered good and forth with it wuz aetid upon. The stun wuz con veyed to the fecld onto which the Institoot is to be built, and a cavity wuz hollered out into it. At 4 p. M. (wich is in the afternoon) a pereession wuz formed, headed by the trus tees, and we marched out to the feeld. Into the cavity in the stun wuz deposited with appropritceremonies, thefollowin articles: A copy ol the constitushun uv the Con fedrit States uv Amerika. A copy uv the message uv Androo John son vetoin the Freedmen's Buro bill. A copy uv the 22 uv Febrooary speech. I'ortrates uv the judges. A copy uv the veto uv tho civil rites bill. A pair uv handcuffs. Portrates uv President Johnson and Sec retary Seward. A nigger whip. A 85 greenback contribbited for the pur pose by Elder Pennibaekcr. A pint bottle uv whiskey, seeled, contrib bited by Bascom. Then the stun wtu placed in posisheu ; a nigger vruz tied to it and flogged, his blood dedoozlin it, and after a few feelin remarks by myself, in which I stated that this wuz a great day for the Corners, and that pos terity would bless us for the work wo hed that day. done, the crowd dispersed, the trustees goiu back to my offis to draw up a statement uv the ceremonies, and an appeal to the Northern Dimocrisy for aid. The nigger wich we whipt at the corner stun wuz abut in a dispoot by Captain Mc- Pelter, win circumstance greatly annoyed Deekin Pogram. cz it wuz a nigger wich wuz formerly hizzen. He remonstrated with the Captain angrily, and ashoord him that cz soon as the Sooureme court hed de clared the amendment abolishin slavery un constitutional, he shood sue him for his value. With this triflin excepshun, the affair passed off ez pleasantly ez c>> >d be wished. I remonstrated with" both of em , for quarelin, on sich a occasion, over so ; suiah r. matter ez the shootin uv a nigger, I and they finally settled it without hard teel ins. How sweet is peace and friendliness at ween man and man ? How blessed is the ofiis uv a peace maker ? The Captain ac knowledged he wuz wrong and stood the drinks for the :rowd. That nitc about nine P. M., I wuz a sittin ; in my oflis a nioosin onto the cvenee uv thv ; day and wonderin whether the Dimocrisy | wood give down it okkurred to me that there wuz a pint bottle uv first class corn whiskey, and $5 in currency, agoin to waste in that stun. "What'll posterity ever know uv us," thot Ito myself. ' 'Ef posterity does ever overturn that stun, wont she get just ez good an idea uv who we wuz from the other articles ? Ef posterity ever reads the speeches uv His Eggslency, and the messa ges wich we Lev placed there, wont the whiskey be inferred ? Ef it aint, posterity is a consummate ass," and thus tuusin, 1 wended my way thitherward, determined ! to reskoo these two article from oblivion anyhow. ltwuz pitch dark, but 1 knew the way, Creepin cautiou*ly up to the stun, I rech cd out and horror ! there wuz another band onto it ! Stnkin a match quickly, there stood revealed afore me the forma uv Dee kin I'ogram. Bascom and Elder Slather.*, to whom the same thot hed occurred which moved me. But my presence uv mind did not forsake me. Strikiu another match I essoined a look uv virchus indignation, wich they all saw afore it went out, and reproaeht em for their worldly mindidncs. How cood they expect the in*titoot to prosper when those into whose hands its interests wuz proves recreant to tbe extent of stelin the sacred mementoes wich were to-day enclo sed. "Go home," sed I, "I forgive you this time, and will not expose you ex you deserve. I apected you all from the way you eyed the bottle and the greenback, and hastened hither to protect em. Go I" And they went; after, wich I tipped over the stun and sefcoored the prize. The next mornin they all reproached nte with heyin stolen the articles, in privit, wich satisfied mo that all uv em hed gone back after the plunder after they thot I'd gone, but they did'nt make no fuss about it. They are all good men, but alas ! sich is the depravity uv human tiacher that they'll bear watchin. I await with auxictv the result uv our appeal to the Northern Dimoerisy. Ef they fail us as shamefully cz they did doo rin the war, it is all up with us. PETROLEUM V. NASBT, P. M. (tVich is Postmaster,)a nd likewise Professor uv Biblikle Politicks in the Southern Classi kle A Millitary Institoot. THE BORAX LAKE AND SL'H'IIEU BANKS IN NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. Dr. MacGowan writes to the New York Post, from Napa Valley, California : "Borax Lake is about one hundred miles north of San Francisco. Properly speak ing, it is a pond, being only one mile long and a half a mile wide. It is situated on a peninsula which juts into Clear lake, from which it is separated by a mountain. It is, in brief, a crater of an extinct volcano, or at least presenting that appearance. That my readers may duly appreciate the ra rity of the curiosity before him, I remind him that probable no white man ever saw its like—Hhere being no othar of the kind save in Thibet. Before the discovery of Borax lake in California, there were but two sources of supply of borax to meet the demand of the world—that of Thibet, and that of a firm in Liverpool who manufac tured the article by a chemical process. "Iron coffer-dams, having chambers about five feet square, are sunk in the lake ; the water is bailed out of the dams, the mud in them being pressed by men starnt)- ing on boards that c-i. erit, and the concrete mass taken ashore and dried iti the sun, the largest borax crystals being picked up du ring this operation. Crystals arc found from the size of a hen's egg to t hat of a pea. Tfie earth, which is strongly impregnated with borate of Li borate, strictly speaking—is subjected to lixiriation, ami the saturated water i* slowly evaporated in heated boilers until the octohedral crystals are formed In the sediment are iodine, si licic acid, silicate of lime, and alumina ; the first is likely to prove valuable. At tho present time about four thousand pounds of borax are obtained daily ; ten to fifteen tons will be the daily yield on the comple tion of the work- The supply may be re garded as illimitable, and sufficient for the demands of the world. It is constantly forming, and soon there will be no borax in use in the arts and in medicine save that which the Golden State will furnish. "A hill about 600 feet high separates Bor ax lake from the sulpher banks. There is no human habitation in sight save the works of the Borax company, hut cattle are brows ing on the salt meadows adjacent to the lake, and on its border* are swine feasting on the larva; of a fly which is found on the margins formiug an organ ,e belt a yard or more wide, and a loot in depth. The only other inhabitants of those waters is a leech. It is hardly necessary to add that the spe - oifio giaritj of Hie take lemlco ble that a man should he drowned in its healing waters —healing the ulcers of ani mals that are driven in for that purpose. "The sulpher banks are on the margin of Clear lake ,an extensive deposit—the de position being still in progress. Extensive works for sublimating the element have just been completed. Sulpher is poured out from retorts in constant streams into boxes holding 200 pounds each, affording to the borax company, at a trifling expense, a daily f-upply oi 101) such boxes, if they see fit to draw on their brimstone bank to that extent. "Here we have an insight into one sec tion of nature's laboratory. Would you learn how bi-earbonatc of soda is formed in Borax lake ? Scoop out of this pool some of its water, which is charged with carbonic gas ; first quaff some ot the delectable flu id. and pour it into yonder pool oi boraic acid, a pleasant palatable liquid, and mark the effervescense ! The brisk action now going on is due to the fact that boraic acid has a strong appetite for soda, while carbon ic acid i-only too ready to get rid of that alkali, two portions of boraic acid seize the forsaken soda and form borax, while divor ced carbonic aciif bubbles up ns if rejoicing in its emancipation. That is what causes the cenimotion in the pool, and that is pre cisely the operation which is taking piace in Borax lake. Walk into one of the trenches that have been dug in the bank of sulpher, and watch the formation of beautiful circular crystals, of sulphur from the condensation of the stifling vapors around you. These crystals fill little crevices, wherein you will discover siunabar and opal. \ou arc admonished not to stoop, for '.he carcasses of hares and pigeons indicate that streams of carbonic acid are flowing in this trench ; and indeed, turn where you will, you are well nigh over powered by sensations as it naught but me phitic vapors could be inhaled in this deso late little bog. The desolation is, however, circumscribed, for boyoud the limited sul phur area there is luxuriant vegetation, from the beautiful campana, which marks the spot where borueic acid mixes with wa ters of Clear lake to the pine clad summits of the mountains. "The borax and sulphur works are the property of oue company, which has been so fortunate as to secure the services of Professor Oxly, an English chemist, to whom is due the credit of developing these mineral resources of Clear lake, it is not unlikely that quicksilver will yet be found a paying article in this neighborhood. Al ready California quicksilver has driven ont of the Chinese, Chilian, Peruvian. Mexiean_ and our own markets the quicksilver of Spain, and the indications arc that innumer able mines remain to be discovered. ' But for Chinese labor, neither borax nor sulphur could be obtained. White la borers could not be induced to undertake the labor. However, as Chinamen get what they consider good wages, the need ful supply is always on hand. VOLUME 10: so . RISE Iff THE VALUE OF MAW. i DOt ***>" abolished, it would j be difficult to guess what now would have i been the value of a good field hand, with a j steady demand for cotton at its present price. But a thing which is perhaps more worth thinking aoout is, that great as is the infla tion of prices within the last few years in regard to property of every kind, it is not only in this eouutry, but in England and throughout the civilired world, far greater in the advance in the price of man and all his labor. That is to say, great as is the in creased price of imported goods and raw material, to say nothing now of homemanu factured articles, the price of labor, and es pecially skilled labor, exceeds the rest. It is a great fact—perhaps th<- great fact of the age. In this country It has been thought that it was simply an expansion in the cur rency, but in other countries it is somewhat due to the rapidly increased production of the precious metals. The disbanding of a million men from our army, and the immi gration of 200,000 to 300,000 persons a year, have supplied fo some extent the demand for labor in this country, but it has not brought down wages to the old price. For every species of skilled labor the demand is greater than the supply, not only in this country, but in England. The London especially complains of the falling off ol the supply of candidates for holy orders, and for positions of army and navy sur geons. "Seamen are scarce, and all ranks and professions arc faring alike." In one sentence, there is a demand for man, and a higher price is ready to be paid for the hon est work of human hands, human skill, brains, integrity and trustworthy efforts, than ever. If at particular times and in certain departments the use of machinery supercedes physical effort, if a single rail road passenger train does the work of a hundred stage coaches with their horses and grooms, and one sewing machine makes more stitches in a Jay than a score of needle women —still it is all rather felt as increas ing the demand for more flail fid labor than diminishing that for other poorer kinds of efforts. The more intensely human and ed ucated, the greater the demand and the more deficient is felt to be the supply. The fact is, the production of gold and silver has increased the supply to an enor mous extent, to say nothing of the expan sion of paper currency. This is producing the same effect now on the world that the discovery of Mexico and its gold did on Eu rope three hundred years ago, when a simi lar disturbance of prices took place. It makes all former wealth change relations before the newer forms of piesent industry. It will make all those who live on pensions or fixed salaries, or the interest of their money, but who do nothing but draw upon the dead past, poorer and poorer, while liv ing present energy, industry and education will obtain a larger share of this new and j increased values than ever. Besides this, it makes man less of a drudge and a machine, but a better educated, wiser and nobler developed being. In England "time was when there were only three rec ognized liberal professions; we mifftif ow ror 6 ui; thirty, anil what i3of tnore impor tance, any one of these is thought just as liberal—that is, just as becoming to a gentle man —as any other. Now-a-days, young gentlemen go into commercial life as readily as they would go into the Guards, and are thought none the worse of. There is an immense field of employment, and no preju dices to interfere with anybody's choice. The necessary consequence is, that some of the old professional callings suffer a little." In this country the newer forms of industry and educated energy rise much faster. AH kinds of mechanical skill and ingenuity are demanded as never before; wise parents seek to give the intellectual education of their children a practical development, and those whose education is most naturally practical thiret for a knowledge of the sci ences on which their arts and labors are founded. All these thirty new professions draw off the most energetic spirits of the age from the old, and create an ever increasing de mand for manly energy everywhere, while the great law, that he who will not work UClbUbi nhwll law vt*t, U> d call J UiUIU maulXUov. There is a constant rise in the value ol man on the earth, and all past labor and posses sions and property keep diminishing rela tively to-his ever advancing education, geni us and scientific power, united with present industry. In England, the middle classes have long united education with industry, but their idle gentry on one hand and poor laborers on the other have got- to make this union or suffer In the United States all that promotes an increasing education and application of it to industry, both in man and woman, is advancing us as a nation, and is the only means of saving large classes from being crowded out of existence by the in creasing pressure of the age. V ICTOR EMANUEL PEN-I'ICTCRED. [Venice (Nov. 12) Correspondence Boston Post] Victor Emanuel now appears strong and robust. He is of a rather full habit, and of quite a florid complexion, which would give rise to the inference that when he came to die he would prefer appolexy to any other form of translation, llis skin is rough and his expression somewhat coarse. Ilia forhead is low, though somewhat narrow and retreating. He gives one the impression of a man of unrefined tastes and sensual appetites. This is said to be the fact. His features are not heavy or dull in their outlines, but show strongcom mon sense, energy and perseverance. When he smiles, they are lit up with a genial hu mor and sturdy honesty, as one who could and would be all things to all men, and then none seems more gracious and anxious to please than he. His enormous moustaches and imperial, that have made his face so well known and easily recognized, give his countenance a peculiar chaarcter and finish that one never forgets. He is kingly in mien, with a general dignity of manner and attitude that show hiui conscious of his high decent and the responsibility of his position. , „ He is evidently sensible of the cares of empire, and disposed willingly to assume his share of the burden. Though gentle manly in his bearing, he strikes ono as so, not from natural refinement, but rather from the stern requirements of otiquctto. ! the contagion of a courtly atmosphere, and | the air of reverential deference that he al ways breathes. The cares of office, aud its ceremonies as well, are distasteful to him, and he is never lavish of his presence where this can be avoided. He does not try to win the favor of the people by conde cension, and here, at \ cnice, some dissatis faction has been expressed by his neglect to acknowledge, in any form, the incessant and daily demonstrations of popular regard that he receives. He seldom even raises his hat and shows himself no more than he can help. In this he is a perfect Bolingbroke, and thus it is that when he docs appear in public, his presence "shewcth like a feast.'' He has a "trong taste for manly . >.; wherever his body is, his sou; ; Uiai ol Washington, of Burks, of Adams, of Ca to, of Hector, and of thousands of other great and able xuen ever was, even in the hardest and most exacting labors that they offered" to their counffy. when a sense of duty led them to serve her in the cabinet or on the field—at home. In the retirement of his country seat or hunting chateau he finds the enjoyment that bis pubMc cares denv him. On great occasions, when he holds his state in uniform, orders and la oed hat, with a glittering staff around him and the two princes on either hand, he sac rifices his inclinations to necessity, and he then becomes the position that "fate and metaphysical aid' have conferred upon him. He is an excellent horseman, ana he manages his steed with the ease and dex terity that come from sympathy with the animal, and appreciation of his noble quali ties. THE FATAL EXAMPLE. An individual residing at , who was a promising Christian, universally esteemed a good man by those among whom he resid ed, and who had been for years superintend ent of the Sabbath school there, was away from home, and staying for a short period in a distant city. With others, he one evening yielded to an invitation to visit the theatre, not, however, without some misgivings as to the propriety of his course. These, however, were over come, and he went; but whether the act was repeated, it is not known. lie returned home thinking that act would never be known to those among whom he lived. But some years after he was sent to visit a sick and dying man. He went, sup posing it was to administer spiritual advice and consolation. As he sat down by the bedside, the dying man said to him: , 'i ou, sir, have led me to rain my soul. Some years since you were staying for a ghort time in city. I was then living there, and had often been tempted to visit the theatre, but had been deterred by the oonviction that it was wrong and dangerous. On a particu lar evening, as I stood in front of the build ing hesitating whether or not to go in, I saw you go up the steps and enter. Immediate ly I thought, if Mr. , who is a mem ber of the church, and was my Sabbath school superintendent, can attend the thea tre, I surely naay. I instantly went in, was fascinated by the performances, and contin ued to attend till all hesitation was gone, and with it all concern for my soul. In this state I am now : dreading the summons to appear before God. _ I felt I must send for you, to tell you the influence of your exam ple. ' Are there not other members of churches who are setting such examples ? Ponder the result— Boston Recorder, BLARNEY. About four miles northwest of the city of Cork, in Ireland, is the small village of Blarney, celebrated for the beauty of its en virons, and still more for the remains of an ancient castle, in which is a wondrous stone, thought to possess the power of imparting to any one who kisses it a fluent, persuasive and not over honest tongue. Tne exact po sition of the stone in the ruins is a matter of dispute. Some saying that it is lying loose on the ground ; others allege that it Is at the summit of the large square which was originally the dojon or keep of the cas tle ; while there are yet others who main tain that it is inserted in the wall at such a height that he who would kiss it must con sent to be suspended by the heels from its top. When or how it first got its singular reputa tion is not known; but the superstition con cerning it is firmly fixed in the minds of the Irish peasantry, hundreds of whom resort to the castle every year for the purpose of i kissing a stone endued with a property so marvelous. It is said that in the early part 1 uf the seventeenth century, the lord of Cas tle Barney, having been taken prisoner by the English, made repeated promises that he would surrender the foi tress; but when ever the fulfillment of his pledges was de manded, he invented some smooth and plausible excuse for delay; and thus the term blarney became a byword, and was used to denote a soft, insinuating, and de ceitful manner of speech.—-Our Boys and Girl*. THE EVENING BEFORts WEDDING "I'll tell you," continued her aunt to Louisa, two things which I have fully pro ved. The first will go far toward prevent ing the possibility of my discord after mar riage ; the second is the best and surest pre servative of feminine character," "Tell me," said Louisa, anxiously. "The first is this ; Demand of your Bride groom, as soon as the marriage ceremony is over, a solemn vow, and promise yourself, never, even in jest, to dispute or express any disagreement. I tell you never I—for1 —for what begins in mere bantering, will lead to tation at one another's words. Mutual for bearance is the great secret of domestic happiness. If you have erred confess it freely, even if confession eo,st you some tears. Farther promise faithfully and sol emnly, never upon any pretext or excuse to have any secrets or concealments from each other, but to keep your private affairs from father, mother, brother, sister and the world. Let them be known only to each other and your God. Remember that any third person admitted into your confi dence becomes a party to stand between you and will naturally side with one or the oth er. Promise to avoid this, and renew the vow upon every temptation. It will pre serve that perfect confidence, that union which will indeed make you as one. O, if the newly married would but practice this spring of connubial peace, how many unions would be happy which are now miser able.— Xickcrbocker. Voices — What they Indicate. —There are light quick surface voices, that involun tarily"seem to utter the slang, "It won't do to tie to." The man's voice may assure you of his strength of purpose and reliability yet the tone contradicts his speech. Then there are low, deep, strong voices, where the words seem ground out, as if the man owed humanity a and meant to pay it some day. The man s opponents may well tremble, and his friends may trust his strength of purpose and ability to act. There is the course, boisterous, dictatorial tone, invariably adopted by vulgar persons, who have not sufficient cultivation to under stand their own insignificance. . There is the incredulous tone that is full of a covert sneer, of a secret "You can t dupe me" intonation. There is the whinning, beseeching voice, that says, "sycophant' as plainly as if it uttered the word. It cajoles and flatters you—its words "I love you; 1 admire you; you are everything you should be." Then there is the tender, musical, compas sionate voice, that sometimes goes with sharp features, but always with genuine benevolence. If you are full of affectation and pretence your VQXQQ proolinii it. If you are full of honesty and strength of purpose your voice proclaims it. If you are cold and calm, and firm, and consistent or fickle, and foolish and decep tive, your voice will be equally truth telling. You cannot wear a mask without its being known that you are wearing one. Yon cannot change your voice from a natural tone without its being known that you are doing so. — [Agnes Leonard, A THRIFTY wife wonders why men can't do something useful. Mightn't they as weft amnse themselves in smoking ham as cigarst An Irishman warns the people not to trust hi- wife, because ho never w married to her,
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