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IS PUBLISHED
I'VRRY FRIDAY MOItNINQ
BY
I. R. IHUBORROR AND JOHN 14 TZ,
ON
JULIANA St., opposite the Meitf!?! House
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ATTOKMKYN IT LAV.
1 T. KEAGY,
„| . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
- Office opposite Rccd A Schcll's Bank.
Coua.tl given in English and German. [ap!26]
S. 1 . BUS-EI.I J. U. I.OSUE NECK Eft
O USSELL & LONGENECKEIi,
IV .VrroaxzYS & OovssEttotts AT LAW,
Bedford, Pa.,
Vl ilj attend j roniptly and faithfully to all basi
ns- entrusted to their care, special attention
given to collections and the prosecution ol claims
for Hack Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
-ft-offiee" on Juliana street, south of the Court
House. April:lyr.
B J . MEYER" 1 *'• WtKUUSUJ.
MI.YKRS & DICKERPON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BEI'FOKD. I'BSN'A.,
Oflirt- mc as formerly oi- upicd by lion. •P.
It, two doors east of the Gasctte office, will
, r:>- ti'-e in the several Courts of Bedford county.
I*<m! -'on?, boimtic* ami back pay obtained ana tic
ureh.. e ..f Real Estate attenuod to.
' Miy 11. '6o—lyr.
I P.. CESSN A,
.1 , ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hfli e with JOHN CBSSSA, on Juliannc street, in
>),<■ office formerly oocupicd by King A Jordan,
recently by Filler A Keagy. All business
entrusted to his care will receive faithful and
pr iopt attention. Military Claims, Pensions, Ac.,
. peedily collected.
Bedford, June 9, 1865; „
, SUN. SH UIPE E - T - KERR
CtIIAUPE A KERR. , „
A TTOIIXE rs-A T-I.A W.
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. AU business entrusted to their
0 ire will receive careful and prompt attention.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government
Office on Jrlisna street, opposite the banking
h'-nsc of Rccd & Schell, Bedford, Pia. mar2:tf
J. R. ...JOHN LVJZ.
DURBORROW A LFTZ.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BEHKORP, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
.... Collections made on the shortest no
ne, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
ive special attention to the prosecution
against the Goveramen. for Pensions,
,t. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
on Juliana street, one door South of the
••■1 House" and nearly opposite tho Inquirer
April 28, 18(55:t.
' -i' Y M. ALSIP,
VTTORNF.Y AT LAW, BEIIFORH, PA.,
! faithfully and promptly attend to all busi
- entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin
.counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
iv. Bounty. Ac. speedily ctdleeted. Office with
' nn A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
; 'he Mcngcl'House. apll, 1861.—tf.^
M A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully tenders his professional services
to the public. Office with J. AY. Lingcnfclter,
1 i.. on Juliana street, two doors South of the
Mcr.g'c House." B cc - 9, ISfi l-tf.
KIMMKLJ, AND IANUENFELTEK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana Stseet, two doors South
f the Men gel House,
a ,rl, 1864—tf.
I>F.\TISTS.
J DENTISTRY!
A Beautiful Set of Teeth for
T23N UOXjIjARS !
DR. 11. VIRGIL. PORTER,
(LATE OF NEW YORK CITY,)
I>ETVT I S T ,
W tibl respectfully inform his'numerous friends
and tit* public generally, that he has located pcr
ntly itt BLOODY RUN, where he may be
f nd at all times prepared to insert *froui one
t :h to a full set of his BEAVTIF t L ARTIII
UIJL TEETH onncwan l improved atmosj.her
i principles.
The TRIUMPH Of MECHAMCAL J)EA
TISTRY JtrnnEß for the ba-is of artificial
teeth.
This discovery which has met with such uni
vcr-ol auproval "throughout this and other coun.
trirs, has seemingly placed AHTItIUIAL
i'EETH at the disposal of all who require them.
hi:. rOIITER is now inserting the most KEAU
-77 ' / til DCIIABLE at prices ranging from
Ten lo Flghlt't'ii Ikollars
i set. Temporary sets inserted if desired. All
ration warranted.
rfl-Tceth extracted without pain by the use of
V, run IS OXIDE or LAUGHING OAS.
lis no humbug, bat a po- itive fact. Gas
ai.r,stored fresh every day. As the Gas ad
li.-orcd by Dr. Porter is prepared in accwd
t with the purifying method of Dr. .Strong, of
\e Haven, Ct., and Prof. Siliuian (late Professor
of Chemistry in Yale College) he has no hisita
ti n in asserting that it is attended with no dan
ger whatever. Pcrs'ons desiring the services of a
l>- ■ i-Ist would promote their own interest by call
ing upon Dr. Porter, as he is determined to spare
i effort to please the most fastidious. Dr. Por
ter" mode of operating will at all times be of the
zi.iidcfit character, avoiding the infliction of the
slightest unnecessary pain, and carefully adapted
to the age, constitution, health and nervous con
dition of the patient.
Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
-oil otitic method f preserving decayed and aoh
,ii - tcetli. Teeth blackened and diseased, cleans
ed to appear beautiful and white.
11. VIRGIL I'ORTKU,
Dentist.
111, dy un, Penn'a . March 28. 1567.-ly.
nKNTISTRY.
1. N. BOWSER, KKMPENT DEMIST, WOOD
BERRY, I'a., visits Bloody Run thrt days of each
r-. ntb, commencing with the second Tuesday of
the month. Prepared to perform all Dental oper
atior.s with which he may be favored. Term,
withi .■ th c rmch of nil curl tlrictly caih except iy
•1■ ■ I 'll CO- tract. Work to lie sent by mail or oth
i ". Kit'! be paid rwhen impressions are taken.
augfi, '64:tf.
PHYSICIANS.
Ivlt. H. G. STATLER, near Seiiellsburg, anil
/ Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberlon d
nty, having associated themselves in the prac
ti - of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes
• n.il ervices to the citizens of Sehellsbnrg and
>: inity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same
formerly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd.
S. G. STATLKR,
•he'iburg, A prill 2:1 y. J- J- CLARKE.
\\ T :i. W. JAMISON, 11. D-.
V\ BLOODY RUN, PA.,
! q e tftißy tenders his professional services to
the j, ~U- of that place and Tii-inity. [decStlyr
I yi. B. F. HARRY,
i T Respectfully tenders his professional - ef
ts tho citizens of Bedford ant! vicinity.
0 and residence on Pitt Street, in tho building
til ly occupied by Dr. J. H- H .
April I. 1361—tf.
. L. M ARBOI lIG, M. b.,
fj . Hinting permanently located respectfully
6 i ders bis pofessional services to the citizens
■ . iledford and vicinity. Office or. Juliana street,
pposite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pai
' face. April 1, 1861—tf.
1 IP!* ASIi'INNON, BANKERS,
IV BEHronn, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
Coll.- tions made for the East, North and
'-"oath, end the genera! business of Exchange
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
ib in jttacccs promptlyinade. REAL EFT ATE
bought and gold. ' feb22
IBcDfmti 3/uqnircr.
DIRBOKROW & LI'TZ Editors and Proprietors.
ftoeinj.
FATHER, TAKE MY HAND.
The way is dark, my father! Cloud on cloud
Is gathering thickly o'er my' head, nnd loud
The thunders roar above me. Sec, I stand
Like one bewildered! Father, take my hand,
And through the gloom
Lead safely home
Thy child.
The day goes last, my Father! Aud my soul
Is drawing darkly down. My faithless .sight
Sees ghostly visions. ! ears a spectral band.
Encompass me. O. Father, take my hand.
And from the night
Lead up to light
Thy child.
i i.c a. v iz ii-ajf, y toy 1
Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal :
While yet I journey through the weary land
Keep me from wandering. Father, take my
hand
Quickly and straight
Lead to Heaven's gute
Thy child.
The path is rough, my Father! Many a thorn
Has pierced me; and my weary feet, all torn
And bleeding, mark the way. Yet Thy com
mand
Bids me press forward. Father tuke my hand.
Then, safe and blest,
Lead up to rest
Thy child.
The throng is great, my Father! Many a doubt
And fear, and danger compass me about.
And foes oppress me so. I cannot stand
Or go alone. 0, Father ! take tny hand,
And through the throng
Lead safe along
Thy child.
The cross is heavy, Father. 1 have borne
It long, and still do bear it. Let tny worn
And fainting spirit, rise to that blest land
Where crowns are given. Father, take my
hand,
And reaching down,
Lead to the crown
Thy child.
MY SAXON BLONDE—AMADRK.AL.
BY JOHN 0. SAXK.
They say the dark-eyed maids of Spain
Are passionate and fond:
But eyes of blue are tender and true ;
Give me my Saxon blonde !
An arch coquette is the bright brunette ;
Blithe and merry and gay.
Her love may last till the summer is past.
But my blonde's forever and aye !
If bards of old the truth have told.
The Sirens have raven hair ;
But o'er the earth, since art hath birth,
They paint the Angel 3 fair.
Ah ! well —maybe, the truth to see.
A lover is over fond :
And 1 can't deny—nor will I try—
My love is a goldeu blonde !
LOVE CAPRICIOUS.
Love he comes, and Love he tarries,
Just as fate or fancy carries :
Longest stays when so-est chidden,
Laughs and flies when press'd or bidden.
Bind the sea to slumber stilly,
Bind the odor to the liily,
Bind the aspen near to quiver,
Then bind love lo la-t forever.
PistcUunmis,
N ASIIV.
; The llndical Change—A Slight Alter
nation in the Name and l'olitics of
Wr. Nasbv's "lnstitoot.
POST OFF IS CONFEDRIT X ROADS, |
(Witch is in the State of Kentucky,)
AfitiL 22, 18l>7. )
Times change, and men change ji-t ez
fast ez times. 1 sbood like to see the times
wieh kin change faster than I kin; but this
last shift I hev bin forced to make, rutker
took my bretb. It wuz sudden. The Con
necticut elecksbun didn't do us much good
after all. We felt well over it perhaps a
day, but as we begun to get other indiea
shen from the North, we didn'tjist see how
that little spirit wuz going to help us. Cin
cinnati went Ablishen stronger thau ever —
Chicago ditto, and most everywhere the old
Dimocratic rooster wuz gleoriously flat
tened. The Cabinet, when they heard of
Dekiu Pogram's assault uppon the nigger,
on the receet uv the intelligence uy the
elecksbun news, notitied me otiishelly that a
repetishen uv sich ioonacy wood be equiva
lent to a receet uv my resignation, even tho
the post-oflisc shood be discontinyood. ' 'The
nigger vote must be capcherd. It's cssen
' shd. Wade Hampton sez so,'" wrote Ran
dall to me, and 1 reprimanded the Deekin
fur his recklessniss and borrowed four dol
lars uv i3ascom, who is the only man in the
vicinity who has any ready money, to make
it all right with him.
We held a uieetin uv the Drecktors and
Faculty uv the Southern Military and Clas
sicle lnstitoot, last eveuin, to decide wat
course that instooshn wuz to take in the
grate work uv surroundin the Kthiopian
and attachin uv him to us. lu sieh a time
ez this, ez I monshond to Captain. McPel
tcr, it won't do for our instooshns uv learn
ing to stand back. These great levers, the
molders uv public opinion, must bo ez pro
gressive ez the progressiveist, and must
change like other tilings to meet the re
quirements uv the times. We hev coui
menst our march into Afrika, and thus far
hev we gone into the bowels uv the land
without impediment, to speak uv—let us
persevere. Let us capcher the Kthiopian,
stiuk and all.
The mcetin wuz held in the back room uv
iJa.-com's, owing to the fact that it wuz
rainiu and the roof ot the Post Offis leaks.
1 bed an appropriashin some time since
from the .Department, fur repairs; but, bein
in doubt whether it wuz intended for re
pairs of the Post Oftis or the Postmaster, 1
gave the prisner the benefit uv the doubt
and got a new peir uv boots. I cood better
endoor the slight inconvenience uv occasion
al raiu thau to go barefoot.
1 made a statement uv the case, and se
! jested a radicle change in the lnstitoot.
Captain McPelter agreed with me. lie
felt that there hedu't tin that complete,
hearty recognition uv our Afrikin brethren
which they ought to he. He bed on sever
al occasions allowed his natural vivacity to
git the I tetter uv his proodcnce, and lied wa
| ded into them alarm in. The old ijeo uv
Ilam and Hager and (tnesimus bad been so
j drilled into him in his youth that he bed to
| wrassel with it to keep it in control, and in
spite uv himself it frequently got the better
uv him. lie scjestcd that the name uv the
; lnstitoot be changed from
1 "The Southern Military and Classicle ln
stitoot,"
to
I "The ilam aud Japheth Free Academy,
A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS
for the development of tho iatellek uv
ail races, irrespective of color."
That he thot wood anser the required
end. The colored gentlemen who choose to
avals therselves uv the priyiligis afforded
by this institooshun, when it is finished, kin
find in this no cause of complaint. They
are recognized. They are given the prece
dence. They stand fu st in the matter and
forcino. t. Wat more kin they a.-!#
Rat-corn lied a series uv roso'utions which
he desired to "present. He said it mite be
looked upon cz strange that he should favor
the concentrashun uv frco niggers at the
Corners, but he hed goot and sufficient rea
sons. First he lied faith that constant con
tact with the Board wood bring em to the
pint of patronizin his bar, but if it didn't
he knowed perfectly weli that the Board
F.twißy w<H l .nhlMWSir to glgwM >bK
hed, for board and tooition, which he vyuz
perfectly certin he'd git in the end. Wat
he wanted wuz people here —to yoose a il
lustration boirered from his bizuis —the of
lishels uv tho lnstitoot was the l'unnel
through which the wealth uv all uv em
wood be conducted to his coffers. I fell on
his neck in rapeber and then vowed that 1
wuz willin to die for his good—that 1 cared
not how much of other people's money run
through me to him, cf 'twus thus dilooted.
The resoluahens presented read as follows:
"litxofoed, That the name of the South
ern Military and (Jlassikle lnstitoot be
changed to 'The Hani and Japheth Free
Academy, for the development uv the in
tellek uv all races, irrespeetiv uv color.'
"Resolved, That in making this change,
we, the Board and Directors, do so, assCr
tin
"1. That in this emergency we are justi
fied in doubtin whether Noer got lite at all,
the statement in the Hkripters to that effect
being ondoubtedly an error uv the transla
tors.
3. That if he did git tite, he didn't cuss
11am at all.
"3. That cf he did cuss Ham, the cuss
wuzn't intended to extend beyond Canaan
at the furthest, and hence his descendants
go scot free.
"4. That cf the cuss wuz really and trooly
intended to attach to all uv Hani's descend
ants, irrespective of color, to the end uv
time, it haint uv no effoek in Kentucky, ez
that State hez alluz run irrespeetiv uv any
code "ccutin sicli ez iic-z bin adopted by her
Legislaehcr.
"5. That the theory that the nigger, ir
respective uv color, is a beast, is a deloosion,
a snare, wieh we buv alluz practically held,
no matter what we may, fer effect, sed; ez
the number of niulatoes. to say nothin uv
them still farther bleached in Kentucky,
abundantly proves.
•'6. That the Ethiopian, irrespective uv
color, is trooly a man and a brother, and the
female Ethiopian, also irrespective uv color,
trooly a woman and a sister.
''RESOLVED That this lnstitoot whose
name is now so happily changed; shel be
conducted ujon the principles uv strict
ekality, irrespective uv color.
"Resolved, That when we reflect that the
bloated aristoeraoy uv England interdoost,
and the early settlers uv Massachoosets
sankshuncd slavery on this continent, for
cin it, really, onto us, we bile with indigna
sbuu towards cm and kin hardly rcstrann
ourselves.
"Resolved , That at the tables, in the
choice uv room, and in ali matters where
there is a choice, the African man and
brother, irrespective uv color, shel liev the
precedence.
"Resolved , That Obcrliu College, by not
giviu thesons uv Ilam, irrespective uv color,
the precedence, shows clearly that it is ae
tooated by narrer-minded pejudice wieh de
serve the reprobashen uv every luver uv
hi- kiud.
"lits'Atcd, That the Ethiopian, irrespec
tive uv color, kin change his skin, and that
his oder, cf he hez any. is rather pleasant
than otherwise.
"Resolved, That we look with lo .thin
upon the States north, wieh, alluz professin
friendship for the noble black man uv the
Cotton fields, refooze to take him to their
buzzunis, irrespective uv color.
"Resolved. That cf Massachusetts and
Vermont, and Northern Illinois, and the
Western Reserve, in Ohio, are honest in
their profession uv love for the negro, they
will come down with donashuns to assist in
the completion uv this Academy.'"
Deekin Pograui didn't know about all
this. He lied bin cdikated in Ham and
Ilager and wuz a blecver in Onesimus. Tie
doubted. Sposen after all this concession
the nigger shood play off onto us? Sposcn
lie shoodent vote with us after all, but cling
to his Northern friends? Or spose ho sliood
vote with us aud we shood thro his vote git
control, what then? llow cood we redoose
em to titer normal condition agin after all
this palavrin.
Bascotn replied that he wuz surprised at
tho Deekin's obtoosnis. First, ef they did
vote with the Ablishonist we wuz no worse
off, ez that wuz what tliey proposed to do
any how. Ef, on the~other hand, they
didn't what then? The trouble with era
now is, they know too much. "Let era,"
sed Bascom, warmin up, "let em associate
wit us a year, let em vote with us, et eettry,
and in twelve months they're prcsisely fitted
agin to be scrvance unto ther bretneru.
"Look,"' said he, "at the Northern Dirno
erasy and see to what wc may hope to bring
these men in time.''
But little more bizness wuz transacted.
Beverly Nash, of South Carolina, was
unanimously called to a Professorship, and
a young gentleman uv color, who. from his
strong re-eniblance to Elder Gavitt, ought
to Lev bizuis capacity, wuz unaiuiii>ously
elected a member of the Board. The
yoonyuu is perfect. Ham aud Japheth
hev shaken hands and are entbracin each
other.
May prosperity attend the nupchek, and
may the issue be fortunate. I hev got over
the disgust attendant upon the fust chill,
and am eomekently feel in well.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, P. M.
( Wieh is Postmaster, ) and likewise Profes.-
oriTi the 11am and Japheth Free Academy
for the development uv the intellek uv all
races irrespective of color.
THE ANGEL OF Sotutow, — The minis
tration of sorrow is often that of an angel.
We know her not as she stands before us—
! her brow veiled, her celestial form clothed
:in the garments of mourning. The majesty
; of her presence only heaven will disclose.
! Our hearts shrink. We would keep her
! from our circles. But could wc see the
sweetness of her glance, could wc know how
; of our chastened tears she uiakcs_ pearls to
■ string upon the hem of our spiritual gar
: utents ; how she cleanses the spotted purity
J of our souls, and, bearing' our sighs to heav
en, changes them for - ongs ol gladness, we
I should no longer tremble at Iter name : we
! should not burden her T tint tration with
! vexed sighs, but greet her with holy pa
tience. Every time she came to us we
,-hould receive special honors, and grow
j Leautilui daily in the sight of man and an
i gels.
BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. MAY 94. 1867
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD—ITS SEV
ERAL GRAND DIVISIONS.
The Central Pacific Railroad of California.
—The Pacific Railroadistoowe its anticipa
ted early completion (187") to three causes:
the unequalled material intensity of' Califo
rnia life and enterprise; the opportune inter
position of the cheap Chinese labor; and the
judicious subsidy of the national government
which allows each company—that, building
from the west and that building from tho
east—all the road it can l-|nld, with the loan
of national bonds to the .mount of #50,000
a mile for the same. The- ulifornians (Con
tral Pacific Railroad Company of California)
have shown their mettle ir this competition,
and have driven their en 1 of the road for
ward with au energy tWr ''"fo accomplished
■HffiMMMHflHMMflmHiimiuL in twee 1 and
descent is now nearly graded, and most of
the heaviest portion completed and running.
The chief difficulties of tho undertaking had
to be encountered on that part of the line.
The- dreaded barrier of the Sierras, pf iui
•pas.-ible altitude and obstructed with impas
sable snows in their season, was met in the
first one hundred miles. Before bold deter
mination aud able cngineeiiog these difficul
ties have dwindled so that, considering rela
tive prices of all things, the road lias not
proved after all so much "steeper" in cost
or grade than some others built long before,
and the expected impassable snows have
proved sufficient to make only three days
inturruption of train- iu a whole winter as
severe as the last. The estimated cost of
the ninety-four miles in operation since last
fall, with the remaining eleven miles to the
summit, was above that of any road hereto
fore built, having been fixed at #SB,4l>o per
mile, against about SSI),000 for the Hudson
River and New York and Erie, and $81,273
for the Boston and Providence. Nearly
$15,000,000 have' been expended on the
above 04 miles with about one third of the
work on the next 25 miles and a liberal
equipment of rolling stock. When 150 miles
are completed, which is expected in July
next, the costly work will be done, and the
total construction cost will be, it is now sup
posed, about $15,000,000, or $103,000 per
mile. There will then remain 575 miles to
Salt Lake City, which it is supposed will
be built for #60,000 per mile, and in one
fourth the proportional time of building the
mountain section. One hundred miles of
this are promised us by the end of 1867,
making 250 in all.
The average ascent on the California side
is 75 feet to the mile: the heaviest grades
completed being 105 feet. Of the grades of
the 11 miles remaining wc have no particu
lars. The time now occupied by trains is
six hours: thus running nearly sixteen miles
an hour. Fourteen tunnels have been made
or are making, to secure the easiest possi
ble grades, the longest of which, piercing
the crest of the summit, is 1,658 feet in
length, and lacks 500 feet of being comple
ted. but is going forward with a large force
of hands working night and day. Protec
tion from snow slides has to be provided
in some places by sheds adapted to shoot
the aoof slides acrose r>T ct-ar of the track.
Two miles of these sheds will be required.
The highest elevation is 7,042 feet above
the sea level, or three times as high as rail
roads have ever before been constructed on
this continent. Large working parties have
been employed at the summit all winter:
which, reads singularly when we think of
the exploring party under Fremont, that
perished almost entirely in the attempt to
pass the snow- of the Sierras a few years
ago. The earnings of the road are already
nearly SIO,OOO a rui!e per annum, in its
fragmentary condition; and even without
natural growth and the addition of through
traffic, would yield at the same rate a hand
some profit for the whole capital to bo in
vested.
The I'nion Pacific Railroad Conipay is
not disparaged by comparison with its wes
tern rival. It agreed to finish 250 miles
; the current year. # lt lias already so far
made good the promise that its fulfillment
is morally certain, and we may look, there
fore, by the end of 1;>67, for o'AI miles of
railri ad in operation from St. Louis toward
the Rocky Mountains. This will teach the
border of Colorado, leaving but 750 miles
between the two lines, which will be finish
ed untler the spur of competition and ur
gent demand, in less, if anythiug, than
■ the two years appropriated to the task.
' When this is done, the year will be one of
the most memorable turning points in the
material progress of mankind, and a more
remarkable starting point than any before it
in the advancement of the United States in
: population and resources, which will then
pour into our territory in redoubled ratio
from all parts of the world, to be again re
doubled every year by the development of
the virgin treasures of the continent.
The Southern Line.—Ther "South west
Pacific," from St. Louis to the state line in
the south west (capital $8,000,000), and the
''Atlantic and Pacific," from the latter point
to the Pacific Ocean via Albuquerque (capi
tal SIOO,<XW,O3OI, are said to be virtually
: united in one mammoth corporation, posses
sing grants amounting to 56,036,0(30 acres of
public lands, and 126 miles of the former
road, reaching from St. Louis to Gasconade
River, completed. Their line is represented
to be shorter and easier than the Central,
and offers to the public the advantages of
crossinn the projected North and South road
from Leavenworth to Galveston, the Little
Rock and Memphis road, and the Arkansas
and Colorado Rivers at the head of naviga
tion in each. The Southwost Pacific was
forfeited to the State of Missouri after 113
miles had been built from St. Louis to Rolla,
j and sold by the State last year to General
Fremont, who has conveyed it to the present
; company. The Southwest Pacific company
has pushed on it-work with energy, having
| already completed 13 miles and contracted
54 tuorc, of which at least twenty will be
j opened by August next. This embraces the
j most difficult part of the work. The dis
; tance to the state line, constituting what is
| to he the Missouri Division of the Atlantic
; aud Pacific, is 517 miles. The line then
j passes due west, through the Indian Terri
tory, New Mexico and Arizona to California.
I Work can be commenced in both directions
■ at two points on the line—using the naviga
tion of the Colorado and Arkansas Rivers—
as well a.s at each extremity, making six
I leading points of departure reached by exis
ting routes of steam carriage. A San Diego
1 letter states that ground will soon be broken
at that port, as the Pacific terminus of the
road. This makes a short and direct line
across the southern end of California, and
will make a second Pacific metropolis of San
Diego.— Scientific America 11.
fcayGrccley says there arc HTO.UOO per
sons in New York to day who. it they had
been placed in the garden of Eden when
Adam was. would have soon starved to
death there for want of some one to pluck
, the fruit and put it into their mouths. And
there are 200,(300 who would have stolen it
; without any suggestion from the serpent
Aud yet this sort <>f population elects the
city government, the members of the Legis
! lature, and of Congress, and nearly controls
i the whole Ftafe!
AIT!
Wait a moment, young man. before you
throw that money down on the bar and de
mand a glass of brandy and water. A-k
yourself if twenty-five cents can not be bel
ter invested in something else. Put it back
in your pocket, and give it to the little crip
ple who sells matches on the corner. Take
our word for it you will not bo sorry!
_ Wait, madam —think twice before yon de
cide on rhat hundred dollar shawl! A hun
dred dollars is a great deal of money; one
dollar is a great deal, when people once con
sider tho amount of good it will accomplish,
in careful hands. 3'our husband's business
is uncertain: there is a financial crisis close
at hand. Who knows what that hundred
dollars may be to you yet?
Wt, tor, before you buy thatgji; dy ame
thyst breast, pin you are surveying so earn
estly through the jeweler's plate glass win
dows. Keep your money for another piece
of jewelry—a plain gold wedding ring made
to fit a rosy finger that you wot of. A shirt
ueatly ironed, and stockings darned like lacc
work, are better than gilt brooches and flam
ing amethysts. You can't afford to marry?
You mean, you can't afford not to marry?
Wait, and think the matter over!
Wait mother before you speak harshly to
the little chubby rouge who has torn his
aoron and soiled his white Marseilles jacket,
lie is only' a child, and "mother" is the
sweetest word in all the world to him.
Needle and thread and soapsuds will repair
all damages now, but if you once teach him
to shrink front his mother, and hide away
his childish faults, thul damage can not be
repaired!
Wait, husband, before you wonder audibly
why your wife don't get along with family
cares and household responsibilities, "as
your mother did." She is uoin : her best —
and no woman can endure that best to Ite
slighted. Itememlier the nights she sat up
with the little babe that died; remember
the love and care she bestowed on you when
you had that long fit of illness! Do you
think she is made ofca.-t-iron? Wait —wait
in silence and forbearance, and the livht will
come back to her eyes, the old light of the
old days!
Wait wife, belorc you speak reproachfully
to your husband when he comes home late,
and weary, ami "'out of -ort-. He has
worked for you all day long, he h;l> wrestled,
hand to hand, with Care, and Selfishness,
aud Greed, and all the demons that follow
in the train of money making. Let home
be another atmosphere entirely, lot him feel
that there is one place in the world where he
can find peace, and quiet and perfect love!
Wait, bright young girls, before you arch
your pretty eyebrows, and whisper "old
maid"' as the quiet figure steals by, with sil
ver in its hair and crow ' - feet round the eyes.
It is hard enough to lose life's gladness,
elasticity—it is hard enough to SEE youth
drifting away without adding to tl l itter
cup one drop of scorn! You who do not
.know what she has endured; you never can
know until experience teaches you, so wait,
before you sneer at the Old Maid.
Wait, sir, before you add a billiard room
to your house, and buy tb fast horse that
Black and White and all the rest UF'the fel
lows" covet. Wait, and think whether
your outstanding bills are all paid and your
liabilities fully met, and all the chances and
changes of life duly provided for. Wait,
and ask yourself how you would like, ten
years from now. to sec your fair wife strug
gling with poverty, your children shabby
and want stricken, and yourself a miserable
hanger on round corner groceries and one
horse gambling saloons. Vou think that is
impossible: do you remember what Hazacl
said to the seer of old: "Is thy servant a
dog that he should do this thing?"
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced boy from the country "'that you can
do nothing for him. YOTI can do some
thing for him. you an give him a word of
encouragement, a word of tdvicc. There
was a time once, when YE were young, and
poor, and friendless! Have you forgotten it
already?
Wait, blue eyed iassie; wait a while before
you say "yes to the dashing young fellow
who says he can't live without you. IVait
until you have ascertained "for sure and for
certain'" as the children say, that the cigar,
and the wine bottle, and the card table are
not to be your rivals in his breast; a little
delay won't hurt him, vvhritevir he may say
—just see if it will!
And wait my friend in the brown mous
tache; don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda, until you tire - ire that .-lie will be
kind to your old mother, and gentle with
your little sister-, and a true, loving wife to
you instead of a more puppet who lives on
the breath of fashion and excitement and
regards the sunny side of Broadway as sec
ond only to Elysium! V- a general thing,
people are in a urcat hurry in this world;
we say, wait, W.VN! — Phrenological Journal.
MATRIMONIAL INFELICITIES.—A letter
front Chicago say- domestic unhaptiiness is
very prevalent in that city, and applications
for "divorce are of daily occurrence. The
following are specimens :
One of cur leading city clergymen, in his
pulpit this morning, in commenting upon
this alarming matrimonial demoralization,
related a case that came under his own ob
servation. During the pa-t week, a lady,
hitherto regarded as highly respectable,
came to hint, as her pa-tor, in relation to
getting a divorce from her lm-band. The
clergyman, greatij astonished, asked for
what cause she sought a divorce. She re
plied that her husband. when she married
hiut, was quite wealthy, but had lately BE
eonte so reduced in circumstances as to be
unable to supply -her with the luxuries to
which she had been accustomed, and this
was the whole ground lot seeking a divorce.
The clergyman dismissed her with a sharp
admonition.
Another lady, a few days since, weiit to a
lawyer and sought his advice as to the
quickest way oi getting a divorce from her
husband. \V hen a.-ked for a cause, -he re
plied that Iter husband was SO cross -he could
not tolerate him. SHE acknowledged that
he never showed any .-igus of violence to
ward her, and that he supplied her with
every necessity.
Another quite well known lady, some time
since, sought by letter tho protection ol a
well known banker because her husband
refused to gratify Iter fashionable tastes.
A VALUABLE SECUET. —The Scientific
American say;—T he unpleasant odor pro
duced by per-piration i-.ii -1111011113 the source
of vexation to persons who arc -abject to it.
Nothing is simpler than to REMOVE this odor
much more effectually than by the applica
tion of such unguents and perfumes as are
now in use. It is only SK-O •--.try to procure
sonic compound spirits of ammonia, and
place about two tablcspoonsful in a basin of
water. Washing the face, bauds aud arms
with this, leaves the .-kin as clean, neat and
fresh as one could wish. The wash is per
fectly harmles and very cheap. IT is recom
mended on the authority of an experienced
physician, aud it ought to BE tried at least
bv all those whose persons arc so offensive
in this respect.
VOLUME 40; XO. 21
BAMI EL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
But keen as was Coleridge's interest iii
political and moral subjects, and in whatever
.affects the well-being of man, the full bent
of his soul, and its deepest meditations,
were given to the truths of the Christian
revelation. From none of his works arc
these thoughts absent; but the fullest expo
sition of his religious views is to be found in
the Aids of I'/flxction, his maturest work,
and in tho third and fourth volumes of the
Ltletury Rrmatnt. Before, however, ad
verting to these opinions, it may be well to
remember, that, much as C!cridge thought
and reasoned on religion, it was his firm
conviction, founded on experience, that the
way to an assured faith that faith which
gives life and peace, is not to be won by
Umt of argument. "Evidences of Christi
anity! lam weary of the word. Make a
man feel the want of it; rouse him, if you
can to the self-knowledge of the need of it,
and you may safely trust it to its own evi
dence, remembering always the express dec
laration of Christ hini-elf; 'No man cometh
to tne, unless the Father lcadcth htm.' "
So it was with him elf. Much as he phil
osophized, philosophy was not his soul's
haven; not thence did his help come. It
may have cleared away outlying hindrances,
but it was not this that led him up to the
strong hold of hope. Through the wounds
made in his own spirit, through tbebroken
ness of a heart humbled and made contrite
by the experience of his own sin and utter
helplessness, entered in the faith which
gave rest, the peace which "settles where
the intellect is meek." (.hice his soul had
reached the citadel, his ever-busy eye and
penetrating spirit surveyed the nature of
the bul-wark.-.aud examined the founda
tions, as few before had done. And the
world has the benefit, whatever it may be,
of these surveys. But though Coleridge was
a religious philosopher, let it not be supposed
that he put more store by the philosophy
than the religion. He knew well, and often
insisted, that religion is life rather than
science, and that there is a danger, peculiar
to_ the intellectual man, of turning into
speculation what was given to live by. lie
knew that the intellect, busy with ideas
about God. may not only fail to bring a man
nearer the divine fife, but may actually tend
to withdraw him from it. For the intellect
takes in but the phantom of the truth, and
leaves the total impression, the full power
of it, unappropriated. And hence it comes
that those truths which, if felt by the un
learned at all. go straight to the heart and
are taken in by the whole man, are apt, in
the ease of the philosopher and the theo
logian, to stop at the outside region of the
una landing, and never to get further.
This is a danger peculiar to the learned, or
to those who think themselves such. The
trained intellect is apt to eat out the child's
heart, and yet the "except ye become as lit
tle children" stands unrepealed. Coleridge
knew this well, fn his earliest interview
with DcQuincuy, he said "that prayer with
the whole soul was the highest energy of
which the human heart was capable and
that the great mass of worldlv men, and of
learned men, were absolutely incapable of
prayer."
And only two years before his death, after
a retrospect of his own life, to his nephew,
who =at by his bedside one afternoon he
said:
I have no difficulty in forgiveness
Neither do I find or reckon most the sol
emn faith in God as a real obicet the most
arduous act of reason and will. O no 1 it
is to pray, to pray as God would have us;
this is what at times makes me turn cold to
my soul. Believe me. to pray with all
your heart and strength, with the reason
and the will, to believe vividly that God
will listen to your voice through Christ and
verily do the tiling He pleaseth thereupon
—this is the last, the greatest achieve
ment of a Christian's warfare on earth.'
And then be bur.-t into tears, and begged me
to pray for him.
THE HOME PRESS.
We clip the following from the Chicago
Rqiubfican, and commend it to the considera
tion of every person:
AY hat tells u • so readily the standard Of a
town or city as the appearance of its paper?
And its youth and age can as well be defined
by the observing, by a gluncn at its newspa
per, as if a pcr.-onal observation had been
made. The enterprise of its citizens are
depicted by its advertisements, their liber
ality by the looks of the paper. Some pa
pers show a good, solid, healthy foundation,
plethoric purses, anda well-to-do appearance
generally; others show a striving to contend
with tho grasping thousands around them,
trying hard to wrench out an existence from
the closefistcd community around them. An
occasional mctoric display in its columns of
telegraphic, or local, or of editorial, show
what it can clo ifit had the means, but can
not continue in the expensive work until
support comes, which ought to be readily
granted. A newspaper is like a Church; it
wants fostering at the commencement, and
for a few years, tuca as a general thing, it
can walk a lone, and reflect credit upon its
location. Take your Home paper; it gives
you more news of immediate interest than
the New York or other distant papers; it
talks for you when nootlier will speak in your
favor; when other localities belie you, it
(lands up for your rights; you always have
a champion in your home paper; and those
who star, inn for you should certainly be
well sustained, lour interests are kindred
and equal, and you must rise or fall togeth
er. Therefore, it. isyour interest to support
your homo paper, not grudgingly, but in a
liberal spirit, as a pleasure, not as adisa
grei able duty, but as an investment that will
amply repay the expenditure.
MASCULINE ETIQUETTE.
An exchange contains the following from
a forthcoming work on etiquette, soon to be
published by the "Dobb's family." Wc
in ert the several rules, not because any one
of them would answer for this locality, but
because t!;cy are decidedly a slap at some
body souiev ' ere else:
1. Gentlemen walking should keep their
hands in their pockets. It shows their fig
ure to advantage, keeps their hands warm,
and out of other people's pockets.
2 In the afternoon congregate in front of
the hotels, saloons and postoffice. Then,
upon ladies passing, set up au equine caehi
nation (translated, horselaugh). This will
give them an exalted opinion of your taste
and refinement.
Keep the center of the sidewalk. By
ibis means, others in meeting you, willknow
which side to pass; when they attempt it,
step in the some direction with them. This
afford.- an agreeable variety in a promenade.
4. If you sec a person on the opposite side
of the street, you wish to interrupt, cry as
loud as possible, 'Ho! Jones! Of course,
Jones will "Ho!" and you will show pas
angers that, you take a great interest in the
state of Jones' health.
.). When turning a corner walk rapidly,
with your eyes in another direction. You
may meet somebody and give him .. oppor
tunity to study I 'astronomy ' y daylight. "
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
All advertisements for le than 3 months 10
cents per line for each insertion. Special notices
onehalf additional. All resolutions of Associa
tion, communications of a limited OT individus -
interets and notices of marriages and deaths, ex
ceeding five lines, 10 cts. per line. All legal notil
ees of every Kind, and ail Onibans' Courtaml.
other Judicial sales, are required by law to be pnb.
llshed in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cents
per line. All Advertisingdne after firrt insertion
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
X months. 6 months. X year
One square $ 4..in $ 6.0# •10.00
Two squares. 6,00 9.00 16.00
Three squres 8.00 11.00 20.00
One-fourth column 14.06 20.00 35.00
Half column 18.00 25.00 45.00
One column 30.00 45.00 80.00
IMPORTANT TRUTHS FOR WIVES.
In domestic happiness, the wife's influence
is much greater than the husband*s: for tho
one, the first cause—mutual love and confi
dence—being granted, the whole comfort of
the household depends upon trifles more
immediately under her jurisdiction. By
her management of small sums, her hus
band's respectability and credit are created
or destroyed. No fortune can stand the
constant leakages of extravagance and mis
management; and inore is spent in trifles
than women would easily believe. The one
great expense, whatever it may be, is turned
over and carefully reflected on ere incurred;
the income is prepared for it; but it is pen
nies im perceptibly sliding away that do the
mischief; ana this the wife alone can stop,
for it does notcomc within a man's province.
There is often an unsuspected trifle to be
saved in 'every household. It Is not in econ
omy alone that the wife's attention is so
necessary, but in those little niceties which
mark a well regulated household. An unfur
nished fruit stand. a mi.-sing key, a button
less shirt, a soiled table cloth, a mustard pot
with its old-contents sticking hard and brown
about it, and severally nothing; but each can
raise an angry word and cause discomfort.
Depend on it, there's a great deal of domes
tic happiness in a well dressed mutton chop
or a tidy breakfast tabic. Men grow sated
of beauty, tired of music, are often too weari
ed for conversation, (however intellectual I
but they can always appreciate a well swept
hearth and smiling comfort. A woman may
love her husband devotedly—may sacrifice
fortune, friends, family, country for him —
she may have the genius of a Sappho, the
enchanting beauties of an Armida; but
melancholy fact—if with these she fail to
make his home comfortable, his heart will
inevitably escape her. And women live so
entirely in their affections that without love
their existence is a void. Better submit,
then, to household tasks, however repugnant
they may be to your tastes, than doom your
self to a lovele-s home. Women of a higher
order of mind will not run this risk: they
know that their feminine, their domestic,
are their first duties.
A NEW BUILDING MATERIAL.
There has been recently intioduced into
this country, a new building material which
closely resembles sandstone, but is simply a
kind of concrete rock, which has been used
in England for a number of years, and which
by practical tests, has proved equal in
durability to roek moulded in nature's cruci
ble. TLe process of manufacture is exceed
ingly simple, although based upon the most
scientific principles. The sand, cbaik or
other mineral substance is intimately mixed
with proportion of a solution of silicate of
soda. This is effected in an ordinary pug
mill, and the mixture, which is thus ren
dered of a plastic consistence, is either
pressed into blocks or moulds, or can be
rolled into slabs or forms as may be desired,
and is afterwards either immersed in or
saturated with a solution of chloride of
calcium, when a double decomposition of
the two solutions employed (via; of tho sili
cate and soda and of the calcium) immedi
ately takes plaoe. The silica combines with
the calcium, and at once forms an insoluble
Silicate of Lime, firmly enveloping and ce
menting together all the particles of sand,
chalk, or other minerals of which the stone
is composed, whilst at the same time the
chlorine combines with the soda and forms
chloride of sodium or common salt, which is
easily removed by subsequent washing.
The rapidity with which the stone can be
manufactured is astonishing. In five min
utes sand can be taken from the heap and
converted iDto a block of solid stone; and
this, too, ornamented in any style that the
mould designer may fancy—a statute or a
block for paving, the most intricate tracery
for ornamental building, or the bed stone for
an engine, rustic work, cornices, or balus
trades, in fact, anything that tasks the skill
of the stone cutter may be moulded with
facility; and with all this the portions of a
building can be furnished to the builder at
a price but little if any in excess of the cost
of sandstone at the quarry.— Ex.
CORRUPTING AMUSEMENTS IN
THE CHtRPH.
It cannot be denied that the social purity
of the Evangelical Church in the United
States is seriously menaced by the fashiona
ble corruptions of the day, and yet thought
ful people among us can see no more delicate
or difficult problem than the right treatment
of this danger. Absolute denunciation will
not do; compromising, timid rebuke or en
treaty will not do. The general moral im
provement of religious society, and especial
ly an increased spiritual earnestness iu the
temper of tho Church, would be the most
effective remedies; but unhappily those
most needing to be recovered from fashiona
ble perversions are the last to be reached by
such influences. Often a few isolated, but
influential iamilies in a church set the bad
example; their position renders them diffi
cult to manage, while the license, which
may be evasively accorded them, draws in
its baleful wake all less prominent persons
predisposed to questionable fashionable hab
its, but who otherwise might have resisted
their temptations; aod thus some whole
city or village religious circles have become
infected with the evil. Indirect and purely
moral, rather than disciplinary, eounterac
Hon is, wo bolioTc. genorally considered the
only desirable remedy. It may well be
doubted, however, whether the opinion is
correct. There can, at least, hardly be a
doubt respecting its ineffectiveness against
the overwhelming tide of perverse influence
with which the American Evangelical
Churches are now invaded, — Methxlist.
A NOVEL PERFORMANCE. —Near the
city of St. Joseph, Missouri, a few years
since, the rite of baptism was performed on
several women by immersion in the river.
As it was winter, it was necessary to cut a
hole in the ice; and the novelty of the scene
attracted a large crowd, among whom were
several Indians, who looked on in wonder
ing sileuee. They retired without under
standing the cufurc or object of the cere
mony they bad seen; but observing that all
the subjects of immersion were females and
getting a vague idea that it was to make
them good, the Indians came back a few
days afterward, bringing their squaws with
them. Cutting another hole in the ice, near
the same place, they immersed each and all
of tfcem. in spite of their remonstrances.
As ENGLISH OPINION. —The last inaugu
ral of President Liucoln made a strong im
pression in England. The British Stand
ard speaks of it as "the most remarkable
thing of the sort ever pronounced by any
President of the United States from the
first day until now. Its Alpha
and its Omega is Almighty Clod, the God of
justice and the Father of Mercies, who is
working out the purposes of his love. * *
It is invested with a dignity and pathos
which lift it high above everything of the
kind, whether in the Old World or the
New * * The whole thing puts us in
in rniod of the best men of the English Com
monwealth; there is in fact much of the old
prophet about it."