®h gtdfut'd gnqnim! IS PUBLISHED [ VJiKY FRIDAY MORNING BY I j. K. 1)1 RBORROR VM> JOHN M TZ, ON - • i JULIANA HI., o;|)Mivc Ibe .tteugoi House BEDFORD, PENN A TEBW: •2.04) u year it" puid strictly in ndrym-e. ; If .sot |mlt with in -I* monShs**.so. | If notj Aid wltliln the yei> a.OO. attorney* at LAW. 1 I AYES IRVINE, n ALTOKNIiY AT LAW, Will tuithfully and promptly attend to all busi nt*s intrusted to his eare. Office with (I. D. Spang, Esq.. on .Juliana street, three doors south of the Mengel House. May 24:1 y I T. KEAGY, ,J , ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office opposite Reed A Schell'e Bank. Counsel given in English and German. [apl26] S.L. RUFSELL I. A. I.OXGKWKER I > USBEI.L A LONUENECKER, |\ A COPWSKLLORS AT LAW. Bedford, Pa., Will ntteud promptly and faithfully to all busi ness entrusted to their care. Special attention given to collections and 'he prosecution of claims for Back Pay, Bounty. Pensions, Ac. Oftu-e on Juliana street, south of the Court I LOME. AprilS: JYR. . r . •. MEYERS A DICKERSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAYY, BEDFORD, PENN A., Office same as formerly occupied by R° n - -.-hell, two doors east of the Gaxctle office, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford county Pensions, bounties and back pay obtained and the purchase of Real Estate attended to. May 11, '66—lyr. I 11. CESSNA, J ATTORNEY A'l LAW, tjflke With JOHN CESSNA, on Jidianna street, in the office formerly occupied by King A Jordan, and recently by Filler A Keagy. All business entrusted to his care will receive taithful and prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac., speedily ccdlected. Bedford, June il, 1865. j- M'n. z - r - KERR C( HARPE A KERR, O A TTORNE rS-A T-LA IV. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties. All business entrusted to their ■arc will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. office on Juliana street, opposite the banking hou-e of Reed A Schell, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tt J. B. W LOT*. RVL I.HORROW A LUTZ, | I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEBEOBO, PA., V li'cnd promptly to all business intrusted to i-are. Collections made on the shortest no -,-v are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents Win give special attention to the prosecution aims against the Government for Pensions, k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ae. i : c on Juliana street, one door South of the M. i -el House" end .nearly opposite the Inquirer April 28, 1865a. S "(SPY M. ALSIP, II ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to his care in Bedford andadjoin io - counties. Military claims. Pensions, back pay, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Mengel House. apll, 1804. tt. M A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services to the public. Office with J. W. I.ingenfclter, i:-0., on Juliana street, two doors South of the "Mcuglo House." Dec- v > 1884-tf. KJMMELL AND UNtiENFEIiTER, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mengel House, aprl, 1864—tf. I'IIYSKMm lirv. \v. JAMISON, M. D., YY BLOODY RUN, PA., Respectfully tenders his professional services to •he people of that place and vicinity. [decS-rtyr OP. B F. HARRY. Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building ' rmcrly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofius. April 1,1884 tf. __ I L. MARBOURG, M. D., J . Having permanently located respectfully tenders his pofessional services to the citizens ofßedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, -ppositethe Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf. IYR. S. G. STATLER, near Schellsburg, and ./ Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland county, having associated themselves in the prac tice of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes sional services tosthc citizens of Schellsburg and vicinity. Dr. Clarke's offi-e and residenoe same as formerly occupied by J. YY hite, Esq., dec d. S. G. STATLER, >'che'lsburg, Aprill2:ly. J. J. CLARKE. DEITIBT§. I vENTISTRY. I * I. N. BOWSER, KKSIDKST DENTIST, YVOOD BURitv, Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each month, commencing with the second Tuesday of the mouth. Prepared to perform all Dental oper ations with which he may be favored. Terms tcithin the reach of nil anft strictly cash except by special contract. YVork to be sent by mail oroth wise, must be paid for when impressions are taken. augs, '64:tf. A Beautiful Set of Teeth lor TEN DOLLARS ! DR. H. VIRGIL. PORTER, (LATE OH NEW TORE CITV,) I> E TV T IST, Would respectfully inform his numerous friends and the public generally, that be has located per manently in BLOODY' RUN, where he may be found at all times prepared to insert from one tooth to a full set of his BEAUTIFUL ARTIFI CIAL TEETH on new and improved atmospher ic principles. The TRIUMPH OF MECHANIC AI. DEN TIST R K RUBBER for the basis of artificial leetb. This discovery which has met with such uni versal approval throughout this and other coun tries. has seemingly placed ARTIFICIAL 'TEETH at the disposal of all wh- require them. till. PORTER is now inserting the ufost BEAU TIFUL and DURABLE at prices ranging from Tun to Eighteen Dollars per set. Temporary sets inserted if desired. All operation warranted. 'Teeth extracted without pain bv the use of NITROUS OXIDE or LAUGHING GAS. Ihis is no humbug, but a positive fact. Gas oiininistcred fresh every day. As the Gas ad ministered by Dr. Porter is prepared in accord ant, n ith the purifying method of Dr. Strong, of New llaveu, Ct., and Prof. BUiman ! late Professor "f Chemistry in Y'ale College) he has no imita tion in asserting that it is attended with no dan ger whatever. Persons desiring the services of a Dentist would promote their ov.n interest by call ing upon Dr. Porter, as he is determined to spare no effort to please the most fastidions. Dr. Por ter's mode of operating will at all tiiuos be of the mildest character, avoiding the infiiction of tbc 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 scientific method of preserving decayed and ach ing teeth. Teeth blackened and diseased, cleant ed to appear beautiful and white. 11. VIRGIL PORTER, Dentist. Bloody Run, I'enn'a., March 28, 1867.-ly. BcMorfc 3fuqmrcr. Dt'RBORROW & LIITZ Editors and Proprietors. THE BUGLE SONG. The spleudor falls oil castle walls And snowy summits old in story; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying. Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear' how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going; O sweet and far, from cliff ar d scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying : Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, % dying. O love, they die in yon rich sky, They fatr.t cm hift or #efd 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. A FAREWELL Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, Thy tribute wave deliver : No more by thee my steps sbail be, Forever and forever. Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea; A rivulet then a river ; Nowhere by thee my steps shall be, Forever and forever. But here will sigh thine alder-tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bae Forever and forever. A thousand suns will stream on thee. A thousand moons will quiver: But not by thee my steps shall be, Forever and forever. o CURIOUS FACTS. BISHOPS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH THIRTY YEARS AGO. —ENORMOUS INCOMES AND LIGHT LABORS. The London Review is printing a history of the Church of Eugland during the last century, from which wc take the following: "An Anglican prelate of the present day is, with the rarest exception, a man of ir reproachable life. The majority of oar bishops are eminent for their piety aud learning. lu the last generation, the chief claim to church preferment consisted in be ing allied either to some noble family or to a politician possessing influence in the gov ernment. Another sure road to preferment was to bo the tutor of the son of some Min ister or more distinguished personage. Dr. Markham was tutor to George IY*., and as a reward for his success in teaching that most religious and prince the way he should go, he was appointed the Arch bishop of York. Pretyman was tutor to William Pitt, who was able, at the age of twenty-eight, to obtain his nomination, first to the see of Lincoln, and afterwards to the more lucrative bishopric of Winchester. The principal literary memorial left by that prelate to posterity is a life of his pupil, which Macaulay declares is only remarkable in being the worst biography of its size in the English language. I)r. Sparkes, Bish op of Ely, was tutor to the l)uke of Rut land. Even the present Bishop of Win chester owed his elevation to his good for tune in having been tutor to the sons of the late Marchioness of Conyngham. "AH the bishops were expected to sup poit the government in every Drought forward, no tor or their ' with wonderful fidelity. As idi^H opposed the slave trade, the bishops voted with unflinchingly that Lord Eldon, Chancellor, remarked that the ior of the right reverend prelates g(M him great satisfaction, as he was now com vinced there wa nothing in the institution of slavery contrary to the principles of Chris tianity. They opposed all the attempts of Sir Samuel Roinilly to mitigate the severity of our criminal code, thou the most sangui nary in Europe. Belsham, in his history, mentions them, with one exception (Ship ley), as being, with George the 111. himself, the most inveterate upholders of the Amer ican war. They supported I'itt in his war against Fiance, the policy of which is now doubted bv some of the tories themselves. And, lastly, they were the strenuous oppo nents of the Reform bill. ENORMOUS INCOMES. "The selfish greed, the insolent nepotism and the unscrupulous jobbing of many of ) these holy men now almost surpass belief. Not only were their iueomcs enormous, but their patronage, which was immense, was dispensed with the grossest favoritism, without the slightest regard either to learn ing, piety or earnestness in the cause of Christianity. They set decency and public opinion at defiance when livings and plural ities could be heaped upon their children and relatives. The acknowledged income of Spaikes, Bishop of Ely, was £27,000, enough, it might be assumed, to have affor ded a provision for his family, yet he gave his son, the llev. 11. Hparkcs, three valua ble livings and a prebendal stall in Ely Cathedral. 11c also made hiui steward of the Diocesan Manorial Courts, as well as Chancellor of the diocese. His income from these different sources exceeded £4,500 a year! To the Rev. G. Paidcll, the bishop's son-in-law, lie gave two livings and a pre bendal stall in Ely Cathedral, the net in come of the whole being £3,7<0. To his son, the life v. Edward Sparkes, he gave three livings and a prebendal stall. He also appointed him his examining chaplain, and made him registrar of the diocese of Ely. His ineomo somewhat exceeded £4, (XX). The total yearly amount clutched out of the church revenues by the .Sparkes family ex ceeded £39,042. "Let no one imagine, from the excessive remuneration paid to the Bishoy of Ely and his family for their services, that this small diocese became a model of discipline and episcopal government. Nothing could sur | pass the negligence evinced iu regard to the welfare of the Church during the time that the Rev. l)r. Sparkes enjoyed the episco pate. ABUSES OF PATRONAGE. "It might be thought impossible to find a parallel to the avarice and selfishness of Dr. Sparkes, vet Sparkes was not worthy A LOCAL AND GENERAI. NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS to hold a candle to Dr. Pretyman. It is necessary ro premise that this right rever end prelate changed his name to Tomlinc before he was nominated to the sea, in con sequence of a large private fortune having I been left him. The revenues of the diocese J of Winchester were perhaps larger than j those of any other seo in England, haying j been estimated, at the time of his appoint ment, at £SO,(XX) a year; yet Bishop Tom line contrived, notwithstanding, to place almost every one of the wealthier livings in his gift in the hands of his sons, relatives, and personal friends. lie abused his pat ronage in a manner so monstrous and so wicked, that Englishmen of the present day cannot help feeling that public opinion in the bishop's time, weak as he knew it was, did not make itself heard in condemnation of such enormities. "Let us now see how Bishop Tomlinc, himself in receipt of a paltry pittance of £50,000 a year, administered his patronage, of course, with a single eye to the good of the church and the saving of scrals. Take first the provision he made for his three elder sons. His eldest son, the Rev. G. T. Pretyman, he made chancellor and canon residentiary of Lincoln; prebendary of'Wiu chester; rector of St. Giles, Chalfont; rector of" Wheathnmpstead; and rector of Ilarpen den. His son, the Rev. Richard Prety man, was precentor and canon residentiary of Lincoln; rector of Middleton Stony; rec tor of Walgrave; vicar of Ilannington; and rector of WrougLton. His third son, the Rev. John Pretyman, lie made prebendary of Lincoln; rector of Sherrington; and rec tor of Winwick. All the younger Prety mans were also provided for out of church or charity funds, especially out of the Mere and Spital charities, the wardenship of which the bishop had contrived to obtain in some incomprehensible manner. All these and ten thousand other episcopal jobs and abuses have been justified and defended on the strength of the text, 'Ho that provideth not for his own house is worse than an infi del." Satan seems to have angled for epis copal souls with great success with this text for his bait. THE SEE OF CANTERBURY. "The ltev. Dr. Sutton. Archbishop of Canterbury, was another dignitary who did not fail to provide handsomely for his chil dren and dependants out of the revenues of the church. To his seven sons he gave six teen valuable livings. Hugh Percy, son of the Earl of Beverly, married his daughter. The archbishop, in consequence, gave him eight valuable livings ana preferments, to the value of £lo,oo*l a year. Four of these he received the year after his marriage. When made Bishop of Carlisle he refused to relinquish his stall in St. Paul's, worth some two thousand pounds annually, as well as the chancellorship of sarutn. Anoth er daughter of the Archbishop of Canter bury married the Rev. -James Orott, and brought her husband for dowry five livings of preferments. Several other members of the family were equally well provided for. ! l>r. Sutton had little to recommend him. either in his public or private capacity. In politics he was a sycophant of the minister of the day, and willing to support the gov ernment in everything. In one of hi charges he regretted the otmngo that had oome over the laity in his generation. "There was no longer,' he said, 'that pros tration of the understanding which ought to be found among a pious people.' Grasp ing bishops and greedy pluralists found a 'prostrate understanding' a great help to teem in their enjoyment of the good thing of the church. In his private life Arch bishop Sutton's pecuniary transactions are said very frequencly to have bordered on dishonestly, if they did not even pass the line. "Archbishop Markham did not adminis ter his ecclesiastical patronage so unscrupu lously as some of the bishops of his time; yet he did not omit to provide for his fami ly out of church revenues. It is currently statedofhim, and we believe on good au thority, that some few peat.- :merit than lie Archbishopric of Cani'-r bury; and Dr. Lushington reluctantly ad mitted the revenues of that see to be £32, (XX) a year. Mr. A. Baring gave as his op pinion, that when the leases on the estate of the Bishop of London fell in, the reve nues of the diocease would not be worth less than £IOO,OOO a year. This the bishop de nied. and stated that his own income did exceed a seventh of the money; but as tbi.s palace, and fines for renewal at bis own val uation. his income left nothing to Ire justly complained of. A DEFENCE. "Great as these abuses seem to us in the present day. there were not wanting Clergy men who were ready to defend the manner in which the bishops conducted their dio ceses. Among others, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, M. A., rector of Wallesley, in the county of Chester, published a pamph let in defence of the rights of the established church, in which he says. 'The power, the influence, and the wealth of some of the bishops may be great, but from my heart 1 believe that these are dearly bought, not only by the anxiety, but by the actual labors, both of body, and mind, which arise from their official duties.' A writer in the Edin burgh Review (vol. 38, page 145, February, 1823), when commenting on the pamphlet, quaintly remarks: 1 Ralo Episcopari is a phrase easily to Ire aocountcd for by this appalling picture; hut we suspect from a few notorious facts : that Mr. Campbell's imagination has cxag | erated the horrors of a bishopric, and that a ; bishop even in England is not so broken down with hard work as the rector of Wal ! Lesley supposes. The Bishop of St.. Da vid's, for instance, in addition to the actual labors of body and mind attached to his bishopric, is able to undertake the urduou i duties of a prebendary of Durham. The present Bishop of Llandaff aid- to his epis copal duties those of Dean ol St. Paul's. The late Bishop of Lincoln (Tomline) did the same, and Lincoln is the largest diocese in England. The late Bishop of Bristol (Mausell), besides holding a living or two, was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he usually resided. In fact, what- BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 1867 ever offices can be held with bishopics are held with them; and as it would neither be polite, nor we believe just, to suppose these right roverned pluralists neglect the duties of any of their offices, we must conclude that a bishopric alone must bf very supporta ble burden.' BISHOPS OF THE LAST GENERATION. "A siugular instance of the insatiability of the bishops of the last generation is related. In former days the great tithes of the vil lage of Hillingden were given to the Bish op of Worcester to defray his travelling ex penseH to London and tithes were reserved for the vicar of the par ish, who was to be appointed bv the Bishop of London. Of late the tithes has increased enormously in value, and it was the custom to let those appertaining to the Bishop of Worcester by public auction to the highest bidder. They generally realized about £B,- 000. The last speculator in this spiritual security was Lord Boston. These tithes were generally let upon three lives, and when one fell, in the bishop considering that the sum he had already icccived was not sufficient, demanded £B,OOO before con senting to put ID another life. This sum Lord Boston refused to pay, ant the bishop made over the tithes to his daughter, who used to give the receipts in her }wn name. All the service the bisnop reodeied for the amount he received was to preach one ser mon a ycarf In the year 181"- an act of Parliament was passed abolishing the tithes, and setting apart instead seven liindred and fifty acres of land in compensation for the great and smaller tithes. The whole trans action contrasts singularly with the Rev. Dr. Cowe's theory of the original formation of tithes —that their institution was 'an un recorded revelation made by Goi to Adam when in Paradise.' " THE TWO PARTINGS. The following instructive history is from the Philadelphia National Baptist. It should serve as an awful warniig to j;hose who place the intoxicating cup to the lips of others, or to their own: One winter even ing, many years ago. a fair young girl stood before the glass in her own pleasant little room, giving the last touches tc her toilet. That night was the first party of the season, and perhaps limma might be excused if she lingered a little longer than usuvl, smooth ing once again her dark brown hair, and ad justing the soft folds of her beautiful dress. "Come Emma," called her mether, at length, "I am afraid that you forget that Mr. B —is waiting for you." No, Emma had not forgotten, as the rosv flush that stole across her cheek testified. Her last thought, as she stood smiling at her reflection in the glass had been, "This is the color which he likes; I am sure he will be pleased," Quickly she hurried down stairs, and after playfully excusing her delay, while the flush deepened at Mr. B.'s evident admiration, i turned to her mother, saying "I believe I am ready at last." "Take good care of yourself, darling," said the mother, as she wrapped a warm shawl around the slender form, "and don't stay very late.'' _ 'i heir destination was soon reached, and as the young man moved through the bril liantly lighted room, many a glance of ad miration was east at his companion, and [ more than one of his friends whispered, "James is a lucky fellow; I'll give a good deal to be able to monopolize Miss Emma as lie does." The evening sped joyously on, and at length, toward its close, refreshments were banded around. Mr. B—was standing a little apart from Emma, who was the centre of a laughing group of young girls, when the lady of the house, with a smile, offered him a glass of wine. "No, thank you; I do not drink it," was his reply. "Pshaw! what nonsense." she returned. "No me bM refused it this evering, and I i intend to allow you to I the first. iu-l nne trlas.-. it can't hurt any one.'' cannot do it." he answerid gravely. 1 have determined never to taste a here, Emma," called the lady . "1 ■u you g. coax this obstinate young man i lit ilr wine. I knoa he will not took the glass iu her little white and, with a smile which few could said- "Come, James, you will thi.- one glass?" Emma," he answered with a painful "1 have made up my mind, and you ask me to change it. you shall not accompany me home Mr. B said Emma, with an of her dark eye; "now take your bid you good-bye, Emma, if it that." he said sorrowfully: "I do anything else fur you, but that I cannot do." ho saying, he bowed and turned away. "Nevermind, Emma, I'll see you home," said a young man standing uear, whose Hushed face betokened he had taken more than one glass. "Let him go, the ill man nered fellow; who cares?" So saying, he offered his arm, which Em ma accepted, and they moved oft'together. More than ten pears had passed away. Mr. JB —was married and established in a prosperous business, and bv degrees the in cidents of his parting with Emma were al most forgotten. Que daya man, with whom he was slightly acquainted, came into his store and asked for employment. "I am afraid I can't give it to you, Nor ris," was the answer. "I make it a rule never to have any one in my employment who is intemperate." "But I mean to stop all that, Mr. B.— said the inan earnestly. "I have made up my mind to quit drinking entirely. It's j rather hard not to give a man a chance when i lie wants to reform," i "Well," said Mr. B —, partially relenting, "I will try vou. Come into the hack part of the store, and I will give you some work.'' A bundle was soon made up, with which j Norris departed. Several days elapsed, and the work not being returned, Mr. B—sent : to his residence to ask the reason. Alas! it was the same old tale of sorrow. The husband and father had gone on a ' drinking frolic, leaving a sick wife and three starving children. Ylr. B—'s generous heart prompted him to go to their relief at once, lie entered the miserable dwelling, and found the sick wo man lying in a room Dare of furniture, while the children, sitting by the bedside, were ' crying for bread. A few kind words and a promise ot some ; thing to eat, soon dried their tears; and has tening to the grocery he returned with an ample supply, which he broke among tho famishing children. While he stood smiliDg at their delight, the mother burst into tears, and exclaimed, "O. Mr. B—, can't you forgive me?" "Don't you remember Emma F—? Don t you remember my offering you the wine at the party, and your refusing it? God knows I wish I could forget it, but it seems as if it were branded on my heart in letters of fire.'' It was some moments before M. B—could realize that the miserable creature before him was indeed the bright, fascinating girl from whom he had parted so many years tie fore. "Poor Emma, how you must have suffer ed," he said, com passionately. "But do you forgive me?" she asked anx iously. "Certainly; say no more about it. You must not stay in this wretched place. Is your mother jiving?" "Yea, sir, in the country." "Would you not like to go back to her with the children?" "Yes sir," she answered sadly, "but I have no means.'' "Do not trouble yourself," said Mt. B—; "as soon as you are sufficiently recovered, I will take careofthat part ofthcundertaking. Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. No thanks," he added hastily, its the poor woman commenced a grateful acknowledgment, "goodbye." This was the second parting. Young ladies, you who are accustomed to press your gentlemen friends to partake of wine, pause now and ask yourselves the question, whether you are prepared for the miserable fate of a drunkard's wife. NOTE. —The above sketch is no imaginary picture, but one drawn from real life. Any one wishing to verify the factsot the case can obtain the name and residence of the gentle man referred to by calling at the office of the National Baptist, No. 040 Arch street. THE STAGE ANI> THE PULPIT. Fancy, says the Glasgow (Scotland)//era W. the thrilling effect of the Scriptures if read as Kean reads Shakspeaie, or recites Macau lay. And why should we not have it so? Is It right and proper that every book for public reading should have justice done to it except the Bible? xknd that, while every other subject is allowed the advantage of a natural and impressive delivery, religion which is the most important of ali, should be denied by all? The monstrous fallacy with which well meaning but obtuse people have been beguiled at have beguiled them selves, is that such reading and reciting would be "theatrical,' and that theatrical exhibitions are aot becoming in the house of God. To this hollow and ridiculous fallacy may be traced most of the execrable pulpit reading and delivery that rob the Scriptures of half their power, and have often made the dullness of a sermon proverbial. Set Kean to read the song of Miriam or the fight of David with Goliah, or the stoiy of the prodigal son, or Christ's denunciations of the Scribes and Pharisees, or to recite one of Chambers' sermons, and you will see peo ple who had begun to adjust themselves in the corner of their seats for their accustomed snooze sit up and listen to him very close, with eager eyes and bated breath. And all this simply because Kean would do the piece justice, that is, read it naturally, and as it ought to be read. On what possible ground either of common sense or good taste, can objection l>e taken to the natural delivery of at least the sermon? IfGarrick could set even the grim ,-oldier, who was on duty at the corner of the street blubbering like a child, and if Mrs. Siddons could so over power the eminent tragedian, Young, that ne could not refrain from sobbing aloud though he was himself oil the stage acting the villain of the piece—and all this while merely uttering the words of a fictitious eharaeter—wlmt overwhelming affects in the way of awakening sinners and pressing home the message of the Gospel might not be introduced by uien who are giving utter ance in their own character, to the most sublime and soul stirring truths? GROW IN GRACE. "You must hold intercourse with God or your .-oul will die; you must grow in grace or you will lose it. This inculcates the necessity of the Chris tian having free intercourse with God, by a closeness in him. through the ministry of suffering, bereavement or the daily refine ment of our nature: through trials, care, bufferings, casting all behind him, and look ing unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, trusting in him entirely; and tak ing his Bible he sits down to exatuing some passage in the light of the Holy Spirit, and to hold communion with God, examine his present condition, talks with him about his wants, his troubles, his hopes and fears, and he replies by sending the comforting portion of the Holy Sj igit to fill his heart and be his guide and monitor. The evi dence of this communion is seen in the life of the believer, by bis attention to minor and great duties, his care in the use of lan guage in converse with sinners or saints, reading the Bible carefuUv. ever seeking to learn its truths, with much prayer; seeking to win souls to Jesus, not from the further ance of any sect, but to help on the glorious unity of all in Christ Jesus, who believe in him, and his connection with his fellow men, he shows by his honest dealing that his ac tions proceed from the depths of a heart full of the love of God. The last clause of this sentence is one worthy the attention of all those who have made a profession of religion once, but who are now living in the world, one of his boldest advocates of all kinds of pleasure, hut who know nothing of the calm, quiet growth of spirituality, in the soul of the live believer; nor will they ever know it unless they abandon the world, deny themselves, take up their crosses and follow Jesus. It is the recorded testimony of all spiritual persons, that all who live for pleasure neither grow in grace nor win souls to Jesus. "Blest are the souls that thirst for grace, Hunger and thirst for righteousness! They shall be well supplied and fed,— With living streams and living bread." THE BEST INHERITANCE. —The following paragraph we clip from one of Henry Ward Beecner s recently published sermons: "Not money, not honor, not even a good name is the best inheritance of a child. Far above all secular gilts is a parent's good name; but there are some good things that are better than that, namely, those trans missablc moral qualities which put the soul, from the first, under the dominion of the higher instinct. From my mother I had a legacy which I would not Lie able to thank God enough for in this world, if I was to live for long ages. Have you not reason to thank God that you sprang from such pa rents! as yours were? Ami do you not know that the nature which they handed down to you was one that represented, as it were, in our journal, the point at which they left the conflict having gained victory upon victory, that your warfare might, be less and your victories easier? And that which you have inherited of tendencies toward things noble and true, and away from things selfish and false, you may transmit with arguiueuting power. Here is a great lesson of life. GRIEF knits two hearts in closer bonds than joy ever can, and common sufferings are far stronge, than common joys. VOLUME 40; V 0 24 A DA.f(iEROI'B INSECT. !)u Ctiaillu, the celebrated traveler in a leetnc on Africa, gives the following de scription of the black Bashikonav ant. these black Bashikonav may be vrell call ed the lords of the forest. It is the most voracious creature I ever met. It is the dread of all living animals from the leopard to the smallest insect. It is their habits to march through the forest in a long regular line, a line about two inches broad and often several miles in length; all along this line are larger ants, who act as officers—stand outride the ranks and keep this singular ar my in order. If they come to a place where there are no trees to shelter them from the sun whose heat they cannot bear, they im mediately build an underground tunnel, through which the whole army nass in col umns to the forest beyond. When they grow hungry, as by a sudden command, the long file spreads itself through the forest, advancing forward, attacking and devouring all living things with a fury quite i rresiatable. The elephant and the gorilla fly before them, the black men run away; every animal that lives in their line of march is chased. In an incredibly short space of time those that are caught are overwhelmed, killed, eaten, and only the bare skeleton re mains. They seem to travel day and night Many a time have I been awakened out of a sleep and obliged to rush into the water to save myself from them. When they enter a house they clear it of every living thing. Cockroaches are devoured in an instant; rats and mice spring around the room in vain. They will not touch vegetable mat ter thus they are very useful, clearing the country of many insect®. When on their march the insect world Hies before them, and I have often had the approach of a Bashikonary arm heralded to me by this means. Wherever they go they make a clean sweep even ascending to the top of the trees in pursuit of their prey. Their manner of attack is an impetuous leap, instantly the stroug pincers are fastened and they only let go when the piece gives way. At sucn a time this little insect seems animated by a kind of fury which causes it to disregard entirely its own safety. The negroes relate that criminals, by which they generally mean wizzards, have sometimes been ex posed to Basliikony ants, tied to a tree so they may not escape, and then been devour ed to the hones. They are larger than any ants we have in America. The number of, oue of their armies is so great that one does not like to enter into calculations, but I have seen a continuous line passing at a good speed a particular place for twelve hours. So you may imagine how many millions there have been. klkhian AHBKJCA. The lion Joseph Howe, the eminent Nova Scotian, has been making a speech, in which, after paving his respects to the re cent act of confederation, he thus speaks of the cession of Russian America: llardly was the measure passed when England got a diplomatic slap in the face by the purchase of Russian America without notice or the slightest warning, and even an effort to adjust the Alabama claims appears to be but coldly entertained. What next we may get nobody can tell, but this is certain, that 7>y that purchase the hold of Great Britavi upon this continent is made mare precarious, while the difficulties of the con federacy are proportionally increased. By that purchase the United States, have ac quired a country as large as Canada; they have increased their land frontier from which they can annoy us by nine hundred miles and their coast line upon the Pacific by fifteen hundred. In fact, they sandwich British Columbia between California on the one side and this new purchase on the other, in which there are seventy thousand Indians, so that the defense of our territory beyond the Iloeky 3iountains is almost impossible. The English newspapers try to comfort themselves with the iaea that this country is all ice and snow. That is not the case — the worst of it abounds with fur-bearing animals, and the value of the mines and of the rich valleys in the interior is but little known. The coast, for a thousand miles, enjoys a moist but not very severe climate. It abounds with lumber, fish, and water power. Into this region the young men from Maine and Massachusetts will rush, and in five years the whole coast will be en livened with saw mills, fishing craft, and ac tive deep sea navigation. Even the ice will be turned to account, and will soon employ a large amount of tonnage, conveying it to the East Indies. China and Japan. Colum bia, thus environed, is to come into the Confederation, and we are to defend it. By what means wc have yet to learn. But the worst feature of this transaction is the inter nal evidence it bears ofthe intimate relations between Russia and the United States, out of which may grow political enterprises that nn man can foresee. SANDS OF GOOD. There's a secret drawer in every heart as in every desk, if we only knew how to touch the spring of it. Dispose of the time past for observation and reflection; time present to duty; and time to come, to Providence. Pitiful! that a man should so care for riches, as if they were his owu; yet so use them, as if they were another's; that when he might be happy in spending them, he will be miserable in keeping them; and had rather, dying, leave wealth with his enemies, than, being alive, relieve bis friends. It is no wonder if he who reads, oonvcrses and meditate-, improves in knowledge. By the first, a man converses with the dead, by the second, with the living, and by the third, with himself. So that he appropriates to himself all the knowledge which can be got from those who have lived and those now alive. When the world crowds Christ out of the heart., duty becomes simply cold, irk some, hard duty, and the worship of God a bore. A busiue-s that does not challenge the scrutiny of God, and the approval of a good conscience, cannot be consistent and proper. Cherish your best hopes as a faith, and abide bv them in action. Tear Drops! Resting like pearls upon the rod cheek of childhood in its first grief; swelling into young eyes in bursts of merry laughter; falling like summer showers up on the new-made graves of loved ones; wrung from the heart, scalding hot, upon the bier of youth's blighted flowers and cofliued hopes; pouring tempest like, from the eyes of a strong man in his agony, or slowly trickling over the furrowed check of age. Ever are ye sacred, Tear Drops, for Jem* ireptf HEART RELIGION.— Religion is in an eminent degree, the science of the heart, and he who does not reoeive it into his heart studies it to very little purpose. Rvery Christian ought, therefore, to study with the heart us well as with the head; letting tight and heat increase with an equal re gression. and mutually assist each other. HATIiB OF ADVERTISING. All *'ivertimco{i" for lew than 3 month* 1" cent* per line for each insertion. 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The Dunderberg is by ordinary mensuration inferior in size to the Warrior, Black Prince, Northumber land, Agincourt, Minotaur, and other well known English ships. The hull of the Dunderberg, below the angle of the case mates, is covered with iron but three and a half inches thick, and the plating surround ing her battery varies from four to four and a half inches in thickness;. In point of ar mor, therefore, the Dunderberg is inferior to nearly every iron-clad in the British Navy. The clasa of monitors now being built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, though smaller than the Dundergerg, carry fourteen inches of iron all around the hall, to the three and a half inches of-the Dunderberg, while they protect their batteries with fifteen inches of solid iron instead of four and a half inches, as is the ease in the former vessel. Recent experiments in England have proved that the nine-inch gun, with chilled projectiles, would go through both sides of the casemate of the Dunderberg with case, while a moni tor of the Kalamazoo class would send her to the bottom in a very short time. By the use of Ericsssou 's new gun-carriage the Dunderberg can mount a five-inch in broad side, and her battery, therefore, is more for midable than its protection is uecure.— Nev: York Time.t. Hl MANITf.- —We clip the following from one of our exchanges. It will well repay persusal: 'All striving, pushing, grasping after wealth, honor ana power. The poor claiming wealth only that they may be above want; tne rich seeking to add thousands to their millions, So we move. Not one ap pears to tLink how soon he must sink into oblivion—that we are one generation of millions. Yet such is the fact. Time and Progress have through countless ages conic marching hand in hand —the one destroying, the other building up. They seem to create little or no motion, and the work of destruc tion is as easily and silently accomplished as a child will pull to pieces a rose. Yet such is the fate! A hundred years hence, and much of that we now see around us. will too pass away. It is but the simple repetition of life's story; we are born —we live—we die—and hence we will not grieve over those venerable piles finding the com mon level of their prototypes in nature—an ultimate death. We all within our graves shall sleep, A hundred years to come, - No living soul for us will weep A hundred years to come; But other men oar lands will till. And others then our streets will fill, And other birds will sing as gay. And bright the sun shine as to-day. A hundred years to come. ONE OF THE GENEROUS PUBLIC LAWS.— Among the general laws of last session is one which may justly be called a generous act, as well as a most just concession to dis abled soldiers. It provides that every hon orably discharged soldier who is a resident of Pennsylvania, and who, from wounds, or on account of disease contracted while in the military or naval service of the United States, and on account of such disability is unable to procure a livelihood by manual labor shall have the right to hawk, peddle and vend any wares, by procuring a license for that purpose to bo issued without cost. All that is required, to insure a soldier the benefit of this act, is a certificate from a surgeon of the United States army that he is unfit to make his living by manual labor. The soldier must also procure a certificate from a prothonotary of any county in this State, that he is the bona fide owner of the goods he sells. No doubt the liberal provi sions of this law will induce many disabled soldiers to adopt peddling as a means of making a liviDg.— Harrisbxrg Telegraph. AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH AT THR PARIS EXPOSITION. —It will be a matter of con gratulation to every American to learn that the United States has carried off the first and second prizes for pianos at the Paris Exposition, the first prize having bctu awarded to Steinway & Co., of New York, the second to Chickering & Co., of Boston, and the third or last prize to Broadwood, of London. The award is especially satisfacto ry when it is remembered that the jury was composed of some of the most eminent mu sical eonnoisieurs of England, France and Germany, among them M. Fetis, probably the greatest of living musical authorities, and that the United States is in its mu sioal infancy, and regarded in Europe as a novice in everything pertaining to music. INFLUENCE OF WOMEN.— If wo wish to know the political and moral condition ola State, we must ask what rank women hold in it. Their influence embraces the whole of life. A wife, a mother two magical words comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs is the reign of beauty, of love, of reason. A man takes counsel with his wife, he obeys his mother, even long after she has ceased to live, and the idea which he has received from her become principles, stronger even than his passion. THE world is fullyf trials and annoyances, and will be to the end. But a better world is coming, where there will be no more trials, no more sin tor ever. If we would obtain SD inheritance in that world, we must learn to bear meekly and patiently the trials, of this. That inheritance is promised only to the overcomer." Let ms, then, try to pray, and keep trying and praying that God will help us to overcome. NEVER make use of a woman s name in an improper place, or at an improper time, or in a mixed company. Never make asser tions about her that you think are untrue, allusions that you feel she herself would blush to hear. When you meet with men who do not scruple to make use of a wo man's name in a reckless manner, shun them, for they are lost to every sense of hon or. m t HE is the most thoroughly educated man who derives his knowledge not from books alone, nor from men alone, but from the careful and discriminating study of both. A truly learned man is liberal towards oppo nents, tolerant of error, charitable toward frailty and compassionate toward failure. Only the ignorant and half educated arc dogmatical, illiberal and intolerant. BEAUTY is never so lovely as when adorn ed with a smile, and conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a synphony of laugh ter which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation. A PART of goodness consists, perhaps, in esteeming and loving people more than they deserve; but then a part of prudence is to Mirythat people are not always worth wh.it we (ate them at.
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