SIUISCHU'TION TERMS, &o. Tb* Isoi'ißKß is publtsberl c cry I'kit-a r n. ra in r at the followiag rates: Oxi. Yt*, (in advaaee.) sl.oo •' (It i : paiil wilbio six m, s )... $2.50 " {if nut paij within the year,}... All papers oat ate of the euaniy .liasontinoel xithdlt B itlrt at the esj-'riliiia of riie tiuio for wh'i-h ihts s,:sxorii,;ion hu- been paid. Sinaleeopiesiii'tbo j> tjicr.'Urr.i bo I, in wrapper*, at five cents each. Cotamuuieutianv an tabjects of local or general interest are <espeetfully wlieit,l. To ei s :re n!:- ti-ntion. favors of thU bind mast savariably be a ■••in pan 101 lby tbc name of the anihor, out for pabUeatSoa, but as a irnarant.v atraini. imposition. All letters pertaining to business of the office .Uouldtie addressed to DURBORROW" A J.UTZ, BEDCOIIII, PA. vTards. iirOUXEIS AT LAW. roKN T. KVAOY, .1 ATTQRNKY-ATLAW. , Office o;q> -ite . Reed ,i Sehell's Bank. ' ' siren io Kngli-h and Grrman. [pl2fi] - IMMKU. . N O LINGENFKLTEB, {\ t'tT< ..> IIYS AT LAW. BE: j-iiue. i-A. i ,■ r-i-rmeii .srtser.-hi-,' in tin: practice oi oliee or-.'ut;&:!a {street, two ilnor* Soulh Mtr. Tel Bouse. [April I, ISfil-tf t. A. POINTS. J L ATTORNEY AT LAW, CSOFOBJI, PA. poetfully tend: 3 his professional services pu'-lic. Offi'-r. wiih J. W. Linzenfolter, . n Juliana street. lie ioni p. 00: '!-• made. [ Dec.'.', t>i-tf. HAYES IRVTNE. ATTOIiNBY AT LAW, 11 faithfully and promptly attend to nil besi f .re 'to .lis .-are. OBSae with- . if.tij iag, . street, three doom smith f the [ji May 24: ly r. JRI|>Y M. ALSTE ATTORNEY AT LAW, Basrocn, Pa., ;• i:. I promptly attend te all busi •:••stedVr his '-are in Bedford sndftdloin i. Military t-iaims, Pensions, back 1 Ac. spec lily collected. Office with n AS; 'jig, on" Juliana street. 2 docrasouth Meaocl House. Api I, i 564.—1f. r. items 1- *■ wcascsos a I ..YKKS A DICKERSON,', i>L ATTORNEYS AT LAW, lfEovoar,, PJ'A, nearly opposite the Mendel House, will . tire in rile feral f- urts of Bedford conuty. ■ u-inns, i.vur.tit.- and hack pay obtained and the „r -eofKeal Estate attended to. [n.ay 11,'54-ly 1 i>. CESSNA, ' . ATTORNEY AT I AW, with JOHN CESSNA, on the square near .o Pre by terra a Cho eh. All business /trusted : his cave will recehc faithful and an ' attention. Military Claims, Pel! ions. Ac., 1 ■: ediiy coiiaeteL " [June 9,18*5. P B. STUCK EY, "VioRNKY AND COITNSELT. 'R AT LAW, ml REAL ESTATE AO EAT, . nu Main Street, between fourth and Fifth, 'tpposite the Court House. KAN AS CITY. MISSOURI, A II the adjoiniis : Counties of Mis ' July 12:tf 2I t " J. U. tOEGSINBt'Ken T > ELL K TAONOSNBCKEK, . . .rTOr.NEVS A Cotrssßbtons AT LAW, 1' if.ml. Pa. ••end Pr, vnptly anl faithfully t- ail b-.tsi .■■;trusted t their care. Special uUention -i u cniiceti : and the prosecution of claims ack Pay, £.-at,ty, Pensions, Ac. V. o Juiiana street, s nth of the Court rse. Aprilotlyr. „ E - r - EERR CtiIAPsPE A KERR, f S t TTOft If E Yd-.I T-LA W. • practice in the Court.- of Bedford and ail g ■■•.•unties. All buioess entrusted to -heir will receive careful and prompt attention. . -ions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily cel. lectvd fruni ihe Government. Ofso®-'U Jaliana street, f-u; 'e tb.i l>ankiag . . of Kce.l £ Schfr!!, Bedford, Pa. mar 'irJ J. . DUKBORROW • ••• JOH II LDTZ. I \ r RBOR Ht>w a i.r 1 ) A 1 TO UN EYS A TLA w, RECI- inn, PA., .. | ; . ill : lui ss ia£rtts&f ito • i-r.re. *' jlleetlons mvle on the \io ■ are, also, iieensed Cialui Amenta w:'l '\ve ?pct: i! ' a'teatioii to the oro.-H. ution ajira?t the tyoveraaipni For Pen-ioiis, i xj, H >uikty, P.iiiHv i uffl'iti, Ac. v ■•.ii Juliana street, one toor South :*i hhe licu.-fc" -Ted nearly posite the !■> /•••vr • r r : .l 2S. PIIVSIIItJiS. 11' M. w. JAMISON, 51. D., \\ BlohET HI S, PA., Ii peetfolly tenders his professional services to i,e ~lt- Vf that piace and vicinity. [dccS:lyr I \ K. U. K. HAKKT, J J Respectfully tenders his profess: nr. ?er fces to the citizens of Bedford _ and v ieiuity. •*: -e and residence j n Pitt street, in ihe buil.iiuu ru'erly c iipied iy Dr. J. H. HoSua. [Ap'l 1,64. I L. HARI : EG, M. D., J . liar ing ptv:' ; ..neiitly ],. rated res;.':v '•■nders h • pofe-sionol services to the '-it-sens '■edford and vicinity. Office on Juliana slraet, ■ ■ite the Bank, one it or north of Hall A bal e's office. April 1, 1861—tf. | til. S. G. STAPLE:!, near SchelL'-.rg. end 1 J Ite. J. J. CLARKE, fortrerly of Con: crland . y, l..,ving ass—'ia ed tkeirseb. -s it, the ■ :tc • f Medicine, re-poet fully oiler trior profes i.,! M , , iees to the itisens of SchelUburg and •liry. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same . ro - r!v occai i-.-d by J. White, E- I- S. G. ST AT L MP,, lit ur_-. ''pri'lStly. J.J.CLARKE. IIOTEIA AS! I! NGTON HOT ML. This b.ryc and cowmodiotts house, having been j c-taken by the subscriber, is now open for i he re tion of , i i:„rs and .boarders. TheTi,f);r.s arc ■f. well ventilated, and comfortably furuLbe-J. !t:ii-ie will always be supplied with the best ;e n arl et cn uf rii. The Bar is sbatked with the vb ■: .st liquor.-. In -hurt, i. i' my purpose to bocp a I'lßisT-CLAS-i iiOTKb. iking the public i„r j tit favors, I tcspeetfaliy solicit a rem wal of their patronage. N. 1. Hacks will run constantly between the Ii c' and the Sprints. aylT,'67:ly V M. DIBEKT, Prop'r. MORRISON HOUSE, Ai HUNTINGDON. i'A. Iha-e piue}itso4 anJ entirely renoVd.tr 1 the • e ti.it 1 bride l• ■ l<fia g op} liteUn T '-- -i a Rdlrußd Depot, anJ fcwe Burr opened it i . c Mccw-imo&Mt:' . of tire travolliug publi *. 1 • u r; •; . 1 uraiusre, Beds jr \ Beddinssrc all y -W and rt .s, ar.-i IAW safe in -ray I ran offer reommodatioM not cxtei/d I : • rto Biy patrons who h&ve f- rinerly known a charge of the Broad Top City Hotel T m House. JOSEPH MORRISON. niscELLA \i;ois. ! >!'!'!• A SHANNON, BANKERS, ' s BiUfobp, PA. "a DISCOL'Nr AND DEP. SIT. :; ,n u.ade lor the East, M't,t, North and . an J the general bu£tDe£o of . N- its. and Account- Colltetod and i • juiptlyaaaU. RI.AL 1.-TATE r 1 roid. fet>22 f 1 ■XI MI. TRUER, IT I':TT ■ -NUT, TWO • INPA EST OF TAR. PZI>-. n HOT'!. i;r.r,Rf., Pa. N ITIMAKBR AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. . PE< TAt LKS. AC. ' f *T k n hand a st** h of Cue Cold and Nil • • LC!CS ;f Brilliant OooLle Reiin. •*. L--- S tch Pebble Glasses. Gold Br-a. • Pin.-. Pwiger Ring*, t< l •f C'M Pens. He will iu®|!v tv order - ine not on baud. [ij r„2s/fis. J I 1 YEN!—The undcraigaed ha# taken a -ri iker.se, itfid tenders his terrieei re sale -.or and ion * to cry. tivc ''••it. Offii t. juldretf-. vSptitig Mvjti.we, - i/ak. HEKRY L. MOCK. 11l KBOKKOH A LI TZ Killtors am! Proprietors. XKVRU T LH KT M 1 ONE. I have finished it. the letter, 1 hat will tell him he is free ; From this hour and forever, He is nothing more to me ! And my ii!.:irt fet.ls lighter, gayer, Since the deed at last is done— It will teach him that when courting. He should never court hut one! Everybody in the village Knows he's been a wooing nie ; And this meriting he was riding W;ib that ugly Mary Lee! They say he smiled opon her, As he cantered by lie, sidea All.! warrant you he promised To make her soon his bride. Liut I've finished it —the letter, From this moment he is free— He may have her. if he wants her, If he loves her more than me. He may go— it will not kill me— I would say the same, so there, If I kuew it would, for Uirting Is more than I can bear. It is twilight, and the evening 1 hat he said he'd visit me; But no doubt he s now with Minnie. lie may stay there too, for me! And as true as I am living. If he ever comes here more, I'll act as if we never, Never, never, met before. It is time he should be coining. And I wonder if he will-; If he does I'll look so coldly— What's that shadow on the hill? I declare out in the twilight There Is some one coming near — Can it be? yes, 'tis his figure. Just as true as I am here. Now I almost wish I'd written Not to him that he was fr, <■: For perhaps 'twas hat u story The. he rode with Minnie Lee. There ! lie's coming thro* the gateway, I w ll meet him at the doer. And I'll tei! him still I love him, If he'll court Miss Lee uo more. THE ill irriHttOON AMI HKOAD TOR RAILROAD COMPANY. 1 lie committee appointed by the several classes of bondholders of the Huntingdon and Broad T p Ra"road Company, to ex amine the affairs of the company, have made a report, r• ■ innnending an arrangement very similar to that • jgjrested by the officers of the company, namely: To fund two cou pons of the first mortgage bonds ; three coupon- of the second mortgage hoods; four coupons of the consolidated mortgage bonds, and fou - coupons on the mining loan—the certificates covering the amount of .leached coupons to be free of t x and to ma.are as follows: Tbo.se aris'ng out of the 1.-i mort gage bonds, on October Ist, UTO. and tho-e issued ; i the other loaaholders on llic Ist of November, 1572. The detached coupons are 11 he p'-.ced in the hands of trustees, and w :■■■: held uo' npaired in right unt'' the cert ficates covering them mature: and, as additional seeu ".ly fir the prompt pay merit of the coupon sci.p, tlrrteea hundred sha.es of the common and preferred stock i of the company arc to he in like manner placed in the hands of trustees, who may at any time exchange the stock on par for the certifies' • —Judge K"i • Lewis and S. Mor ris Wain being named as the trustees. Four of the committee recommend that the bond- I holder- a- ■ pt the prop,- -itions suggested. | Judge Lewis, whose only interest in the company i as a fir-f bondholder, non-con 'cuired, and a resolution was subsequently ofle;ed, dccla ing that the Ist mortgage bum ..should be exempt Loin the commit tee's report, but was superceded by the adoption of a re olutiou recommending that the report of the committee be adopted. Pursuant to a resolution of the original meeting of bondholders, Judge Lewis and Joseph 11. Trouer were nominated as direc tors for the two vacant chair- at the board. The investigating committee report the road Jn i>od condition and the trains running with great regularity. A statement was submit ; tei by the tm-nrer, showing the number of ! i.':,n ii'idated bonds deposited by the tru-tees in the Fidelity Insurance Company, for the j redemption of the Ist and lid mortgage : bond? and coupon scrip, and th:: disposition made "I the remainder, of which the foilow j ing is a b.ief synapsis: Total mr. : tit of consolida ted ni-rf, •: • $1,500,090 Deposited bv the t' ', cin •he Fl<?,.'i'.v I :ranee Go's safe for the - I /op tion of Ist and 2nd mort gage bonds, ssol,'ri|| Exchanged for I d and 2; d mortgage Louds 215.560 ExehaDgcd foroupon scrip... '.12,500 Gut as collateral 217,"00 ; Stolen 1,000 $ '"2,900 The balance, were soid at an : average of about 70 per cent., and the pro ceed- used in the payment for the Bedford Railroad a: 1 new rot lon Hix M Han, in ! purchase of machinery for machine shop and road, erection of new engine house, in err use .of hidings, reduction of floating debt, ! kc.—W* ledoer, o,^l. To STOP Biranso. —Housekeepers, farm-.r • mechanics, every bojy <! n't cure ito know hnw to stop the flow f blood from ;t cut or wind. Here's the remrdy: take 1 the fine dust nf t* a at"! bind :t ci'tso to the wound Aft - the blood CIM.-OS to flow, 'audan ui may be advantageo isly applied to the v ••./id. Duo t. -irdto these instruc tions in th a'-, I'tiec of medical s! 11, might save IUP iv lives. A LOCAL AND OKNKIIAI. NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS I BOOKS OF FICTION FOR CHIL DREN. The London Quart rly /,' ,i..c remarks : "The mind of a child." says awbe thinker, "it like the aeorn ; its powers are folded up, they do not yet appear, but they are nil there. The memory, the invention, the feeling of right and wrong, are a l ' in h : s mind, even of an infant just born. One by one they awake." His imagination—one of the earliest powers that awakens within him, even before he has pa ted through the mys teries of pap and found out that being haughty differs from being good—must be fed And fed it wi' 1 be; either on the niuke believe talk of bis sister Mary nursing her doll, the idle stories of Betsey the nurse maid when he is naughty about the "bogey" and the "black man" who earvrcs off bad boys; or about the golden fairy who is to give him taftey and gingerbread—-when he is good. Isy and by, as he grows older, his sister Mary reads to him, und at last he learns to read For himself, the charming ad ventures of the "Fox ai.d4.he Crow," "Bil ly-goat Gruff " "Sinbad the Sailor," or Dia monds and Pearlsthe delicious history of "Pass in Boots," the tragedy of "Blue Beard," or the heroic drama of "Jack the Giant-killer." But whichever of these, or a hundred other such del'gh, ul pages, it bo, his faith is boundies°. Happiest of mortals, for a time tit iuact, ho can believe a ' he reads : with the one happy proviso that if it is not tiuo, it ought to be, ay, and is, because his sister says so. While be is absorbed in the mi-fortunes of the ' Tin Soldier," or the "I fly Duck," the LreaKast bc'l is unheard, and dinner unheeded; ho is feasting in Dreamland, on stir about iu the Giant's Cas tle, or those famous cheese-cakes of Queen Schehcr- zade, while vital charm was pep per. Not that he wa.- forgetful of fact, even while in the full pursuit of fiction. Indeed, he is always burning for facts. He \ !-lies to know what gla.-s R where Robinson Crusoe was buried, how much goid it kes to make the in.-ido of a watch, why the sun sets later in Juno than in December, what thunder is, if the end of the rainbow touches the ground, why the firing off a cannon tn.ade a man leaf, what :ago is, and a thousand other things, which papa, tint being a waiking en cyciopteciia, is not always ready to tell him. And whatever answer he can obtain he is ready to believe implicitly, as long as he is dealt fa : rly with. Yet, though, St. George and the Dragon, Ali Baba and Robbon Crusoe, are in one sense as true to him as the history of Kng land. there are .-hades and degrees of belief in his own mind both as regards the domains of fact and fiction, which he cannot perhaps define, and of whieh he is scarcely sensible, yet on which be uncoc-clous y acts ; setting e:-oh narrative or jtory, tale or fable, ro mance or chronicle, in its own due place, and giving to each his own royal favor and approval as good, bad, or indifferent. A j chi'u in go.d sound health is insatiably < oii ous, hi- t.iifst for fiction of one shape or other is quenchless, and if he never a.-ks .past ions, and cares uoth<og fur "Jack and the Bcatmui:." or the "L-.d who went to the No to Wind," there is a screw loose some wh ior other; he is in a morbid, unhealthy st i of body or mind, probab'y both ; bis uatu'i! growth and tastes a- a c .i'.d are becoming -runted and diseased—"orccd into • :ne narrow, pcjty channel, where igno rance or bigotry w i oon blot out the fresh ness, grace and light, that are elr'dhood's most precious possessions. 'IYRRIAdE AMI THE SAUUATII. Vestiges of Eden are rare; yet two in>ti luiicns have survived the wreck and have c.iuie down to u-. witnesses of that happy and perfect condition in which they origina ted. These are the marriage relations and tl e Sabbath. As the bunch of grapes from E-hcol was a visible testimony to Israel of the fertility of Uanaan: so do these divine appointments lem-'nd us of the felicity of- Paradise. The maniage bond lies at the foundation of domestic happiness, is the source of home joy an 1 pure affections, without which the world w aid be far more blank, and miscra ! hie, and *loked than it is. Paradise lingers | with us, in a measure, in the sweet and a | ored relations of the family. The other memorial of Eden is the Sab bath -God's reservation to hiui-e'f of a share of the time measv-ed out to men by the celestial clock work—the motions of tiio>c Heavenly bodies which urii for times, and for casous, and for days, and for years. And while the hallowing ot one day in seven v , an a--ettioc , J'God's right and author ity and a memorial of His creative work, it was, at the -aine tim , a rich Isinefaction conferred u; -.u mankind. With what sur- I a-ing loveiiness fim-t that first Sabbath hav • been invested! With what splendor .oust th ■ sun have i sued forth as a bride L. itn from the chambers of (lie ea.-t, and how must the primeval earth have rejoiced in His radiance! The rivets and lakes re lii t Ilisgladd-. ning B-ums; the bright hued Cowers open the-'-- petals; the birds make th< groves echo with their sweet melodies; and the parents of our race, bow down in !• .'ing a Juration and glorify their ben. ficent Fare,it. No jar or discord mars the fall !: mon>; no sound of strife or wailing; no - n nor brick, no'sob, nor curse vexes I th i 6 :'-; iit one grand, thrilling, uriiver-al ' ■ us ,' prai.-e and iove a-ci inis to the iKi r ei rinal, immortal, invi-ibie. And : w, what is :-o r. ilolcnt OfFaradisc as a , .-aiiii, b.iebt Sai.bath morn, when nature |ln ;ust put on her robes of vernal beauty, i Hid the busy w rid, hushed and peaceful, s a '-right respite from care and toil. — /;, ' A/f. ' l;t.Yt'E before meat," as the young lady aid when she lacd herself' top tight to ' -wj'low. BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1807. THE BRIDGE OK SIGIIS. The famous Bridge of Sighs is a narrow, ornamental inclosed gallery, much higher than other bridges, connecting n upper sto.y of the pglace with the prison on tho Bide of the narrow canal. r hrough one pas sage the pi i.-oaer is passed over to his final trial „.,dif he pa sed back again it was to his doom. At one end of this passage h c J sat upon a chair, a rope being fastened j about his neck, which strangled hiui by means of a turn of the chair, after whieh his i body was conveniently dropped tb-ough an aperture at the other end of the passage, down into the still waters below, and the time and manner of bis depaitur from this l : fe were not published in the morning pa ; pcrs. Our first day in W nico finished by going over the city in a gondola. Our gondolier ; was the prnee of his craft, a handsome, curly haired, broad-shouldered fellow, the j skil. a! sweep of whose oars sent our gondo la gliding with an even swiftness quite equal to one s fancy. Of all modes of getting : about this is the most delicious; no jerking or rocking, but one continuous movement I measured by the regular beat of the soft plashiug oar. At every narrow turn the oarsman sing- out his signal to warn any one from colli-.ion, and using a single oar, swings round and . ~-ep. on as before. But the palaces. What better is a marble pal ance than a granite one if it is black as iron, which is true of many of those in Venice? Begrimed by time, by the action of the salt sea air, it is almost impossible to con cave how radiant they ever have been, ex cept Where an occasional one seems to have been furbished up, or a new, gleaming white stone re.-et in an almost dead black wall. Y T et, from all this graceful architecture, they aio heaut'ful in their grimness. and majes tic in their desertion. Tho eye never tires of tho beautiful La'conies, gracefu' columns and arches, statues and oiamenta! carving, und above all the half unreal and spirit-like, lifting up from the water's edge of these ancieut wall . in grace and beauty worthy to be poetically embalmed of Byron, and in historical interest, the home of Shakes peare' most wonderful characters. But ,ur gondolier plies on, resting his oar now and then to sing out uionotonou. !y the names oi the noted palacos we pass, many of which are familiar. Many of those walls -et straight down beneath the sea, with only a few steps at the doors where the foot meets the gondola; others have colounades throughout the' whole length, the ro ting pavements descending to the water, and where several such stand in easoe.-s.-jon, the promenade looks not inconvenient as well as eharnrng. Before these arc often a dou ble set of gaily -triped posts, set in water for the u. e of gondola-:. Hero and there, rich and gay colored awn ing-, over windows and balconies, still : spread, or looped up for the night, add pie | tureiqueness to the scene. The shadows I fall and what is bad for romance, there is | no moonlight, and Venice is, apparently, too poor for any other. Ilere and there a a lamp in . ont of a palace door, throws a solitary gleam across the canal, or. from an occasional bridge, a few signal.- nark the j way. It is delieiously cool, and tho sum ' mer star.-, k..k quietly down, as th_y usually do, but the wails make the shadows deeper, | and we pass on through darkness and silence, | closing our first day "*J Venice at the steps of > one bri'liautiy 'lighted and beautiful palace, once the homo of a Doge, and now the home of the wandering stranger — Cor. Cin. i t 'omm .xial. THE RII'LE. Woi Id-wide as i.- the celebrity our country. ' men have derived from their skill in the uso of this weapon, we doubt not but that there j are many frequently and expertly cmploy | ing it. who if a-ked to give an account of the principles whieh render it a superior in strument to the musket, or smooth-bore • would he unable to do so in a satisfactory manner. Aftera long series of experiments | by eminent French gunners, it was found that tho same smooth-bore, immovably fixed, charged with the same amount and quality of powder, and loaded with bullets | cast in the >:ime mould, did not plant its • contents in ihe same spot, with the mark at the same distance. The variation in some ' instances was remarkable. To account for this it can only be said, that no bullet is or j can be cast-perfectly spherical; and, there fore, one side will bo heavier than another, I causing the bullewto swerve from the direct . line of its projection. The defect in the smooth bore is remedied by the rifle in the following manner. The barrel of a rifle, as it is grooved, forms a hollow screw. As the bv'let is forced over the grooves in the pro cess of loading, it becomes indented with 1 the, (or, rather, the buckskin enveloping it becoui •- so,) and is converted into a screw also. When fired, it of course receives a K'tary motion, so that if it swerves with one 5 twist of the. grooves, another revolution corrects the error. Besides ifj spiral and • straight forward motion, the discharged hall, as being subject to the laivs of gravity, has a tendency towards the earth. A rifle ball. of which thirty will make up a pound, falls about a foot in 100 yards. Rifles, therefore; are sighted to correct this davia- i tion. On leaving the barrel, the ball moves ' above the direct line of sight, continually I falling in a parabolic curve, until it iutcr ' sects that line; and this point of intersection is what is called the point-h'ankt—Untie Gazette. THAT WHS a beautiful idea i I the mind of the "ttlo girl who, on beholdin - a rosebud, | on the topmost stem of which the oldest '■ rose was fading, whilst below snd around it ! three beaui Iful crimson buds were just on lbk , ;ug their charm- at once, tarne-rly ex c! limed to her brother; "See \V ' ie, those liitle buds have ju.-t awakened in time to k'.-s their mo'her before she dies." THE WONDERS OF ANCIENT ROME. ' Modern writers, taking London and Paris for their measure of material civilization, seem unwilling to admit that Home could have reached such a pitch of glory, and wealth, and power. To bim who stands within the narrow limits of the Forum, as it now appears, it seems incredible Jiat it could have bean the eentre of a much larger city than Europe can now boast of. Grave his torian.-, are loth to compromise their dignity and character for truth, by admitting state | merits which seem, to men of limited views, tobt; I'abr'ous, and which transcend modern experience. But we should remember that most of tho uionumeuts of ancient Home K*ve entirely disappeared. Nothing re mains of the Palace of the Crcsars, which nearly covered the Paletine Hill; little of the fora which connected together, covered a space ttwee as large as that inclosed by the palaces of the Louvre and Tuilleries with all their ga'leries and courts ; almost nothing of the glories of the Capitoline Hill; and little comparatively of those of Thermae which were a mile in circuit. But what does re main attest an unpara'.led grandeur—the broken pi !ars of the Forum; the lofty col umns of i.ajan and Marcus Aurefios; the Pantheon, liuing if 3 spacious dome 200 feet into the air; tho mere vestibule of the Baths of Agrippa; the triumphal arches of Titus and I rajan and Constantine; the bridges which spau the Tiber; the aqueducts whieh cross the C'ampagna; the Cloaca Maxima, which drained the marshes and lakes of the infant city hut. above all, the Colo.-eura. What glory and shame abe associated with that single edifice! That alone, if nothing else remained of Pagan antiquity, would in dicate a grandeur and a folly such as cannot now bo seen on earth. It reveals a wonder ful skill in niasoniy, and great architectural strength; it shows the wealth and resources of rulers who must have had the treasures of the world at their command; it indicates an enormous population, since it would seat all the male adults of the city of New Y'ork; it shows the restless passions of the people lor excitement, and the necessity on the part of Government of yielding to this ten to. What leisure and indolence marked a city which cou'd afford to give up so much time to demoralizing sports! What facilities for transportation was afforded, when so many wild Leasts cou'd be brought to the capital from the central parts of Africa, without calling out unusual comment! How impe rious a popu'ace that compels the Govern ment to pro\ ide such expensive pleasures! —llourt at Home. RELIGION IN POLITICS. However in n differ as to introducing pi'litie- into religion, none deny that religion should be brought into politics. National questions, especially as managed by profc- -ional politicians, need the in. osion of Christian principle, to prevent their ut ter perversion to selfish ends. Anil now, when the passions are excited and the na" tion is passing through a vital crisis in its existence, there is imperative need of the restr; ning r id elevating power of religion in every act wl eh bears upon our destiny as a people. Chr.-tian men should show their Ch.ls tian spirit in talking upon national questions in defending the principles they adopt, in selecting their candidates for office, in con ducing the canvass, and in submitang to the re.-n't. And yet do they not often seem to forget God's presence and their own ac customed moderation, when the exciting questions of national iuipoi. come up for di-eussion? If God is universal Governor, and "akes an overruling interest in the affairs of nations, as in the wc-lfare of his ehureh, why should we not refer to him all national que.-!ions in faith and earne-t prayer, as we do the question of our own -alvation or the prospe.'ty of his spiritual kingdom? This is specially important when it is admitted that the organs governing as well as expres sing political opinion are generally contro "- ed by worldly principles, while many of them are in the interest of concealed, '? not open infidelity. Let the Christian principle, Christian feel ing, and Christian action of a l ' good people be brought to bear upon our exciting politi cal cou' ts, to moderate and elevate their tone of discussion and line of action; and let prayer be offered to God incessantly for bis guidance, as wa- done during the war, and we may confidently look for the right rosc'ts. There cannot be too much religion in poli ties. — A ntc'i ican ,!/< senges. M A tin AGE AND Hoi'.-EKEEPISG.-There are a great many persons that are just be ginning life, that are newly married, and ' rhat are just tvnine, I trust away from the hotel and the boarding house to keep lionse; for I think that next to virtue, house-keep ingis the desirable thing for newly married persons. Y'ou wi'l perhaps wonder what I have to say on this. I have this to say, that to any young person's life this is a change so marked, it is a step so different to any other, that if you know how, with this peculiar and critical step of your life, to take abo one otner, it will not be alone mar rying for time —it wi'-I be love for eternity. ; I-there anything more beautiful than true i love? No flowers show such colors or ex j hale such fragrance as does true love, that i makes one's life a sacrifice for and a service of another. Is there anything more beauti ful this side of God's throne, than two right minded and purely-loving souls beginning to live together, each one servant in love to , the other? Now, just beginning a virtuous, i wedded I'fe is not religion; but if you make ; -his first st' p in a scries, it will do more to lead to a Christian course of life than per haps any other thing possibly could.— B'tcher. WHAT do the sailers do with the knots the ship makes in a day? VOLUME 40: >0.41 A SURE WAV TO MAKE CRIMINALS. It would seem as if the vile deeds ofwickod men, which a'ike by reason and law place them beyond the palo of decent spciety. should he deplored and condemned by a 1 ! right minded men, especially by those who largely forin or direct public opinion. But strange to say, many of our public journals not only take delight in parading before their readers tlio long and diagraming cata logue of crimes that '-om day to day throw their fearful shadow upon the civilization of our Christian land, but do it in away deser ving of severe and general reprobation. In stead of allowing the details of sin and shame to slumber in the records of the po lice courts, they hasten to announce them to the world. Thcr object, however, seems not to be to mjtko vice hideous and repulsive but rather as something to be laughed at if not attractive. Hence they employ the avt of their skilled writers in dressing out the disgraceful particulars, seeking to excite a smile by feeble wit or paltry puts- at that which should ODly awaken sorrow arid tears. And th\s offensive accord of vice goes di rectly into the family cirele with its noisome and corrupting influence. But as if these highly colored descriptions were not enough, there arc papers specially devoted to the chronicling of crime, which are not content with giving full particulars of the horrible and demoralizing incidents, but engage also the engraver's art in depic ting the dreadful scenes to the eye. It can scarcely be imagined that this is designed to be in the interest of virtue. Whether it is a deliberate intention to pander to the most corrupt taste of the basest and most aban doned or not, the resuit is obvious. It is heart-sickening to see the crowds of unsus pecting youth around the bu'letius of these "public poisoners," gazing upon the exag gerated representations of vi'laoy an 1 crime, too often of deeds that it is a shame even to think of, thus being insensibly allured to enter the downward road to ruin and death. And it is humiliating to think that there are those wearing the form of men, who. for the sake of gain, can attempt to create or pander to a vicious and iicentious taste; can awaken the morbid appetite whose cravings scon become insatiable, till its debased victim finds no relish in what is beaut- j1 and vir tuous, and is only satisfied when it can "sup on horrors." The responsibility of conductors of the public press cannot be overestimated. Crime is a fearful fact in this fallen world, and it is useless to attempt to conceal it. But those journals that by pen or pencil seek only to hold it up to ridicule, or by their representations fascinate and allure, rather than frighten the innocent ond unwary from its commission, arc recreant to the duty of their high calling. It is notorious that many have been led into a career of crime by reading the lives of noted criminals; and editor- and publishers whose presses teem with the records of the scenes of horror and vice that abound in the land, may be guilty of the fall and ruin of some whom their ill judged exposure of crime has seduced to its coinmi.-sion. The words of the poet are a feaifc 1 but true commentary upon our poor haman nature: '"Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen: But seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endnre, then pity, then embrace. - ' American Messenger. REPRODUCTION - OF FORMS. In a number of the London Mechanic's Magazine is the following curious statemet, said to be an extract from a work of (Lin ger, entitled. "Thoughts ou the two facul ties of Feeling and Knowledge:" "I chopped up some balm, put it into a large glass retort, poured rain water upon it connected the retort with a good sized recei ver, and let it heat at a cuppel, gently at first, then more strongly. L'poa this there went into the water a yellow greenish oil; it took up the whole space of the receiver, and swam on the surface of the water the thick ness of the back of a table knife. This oil had the ft <in of innumerable latin haves, which did uot lap OTer or run into one an other but lay side by side, each perfectly drawn, and with the distinctness of all the lines of a balm leaf. I let it stand a long time, that all about mo might observe it. At last I shook the receiver, because I had to pour it out; the leaves ran together, but in !e-s than a minute restored themselves to their natural position more distinctly." A writer in the Magazine follows the quo tation by saying: "Chemists show that the pali/tgenesc (be ing born again) or the resurrection of plants is very pos ible. Able # chemists in great numbers have made experiments by which) placing the allies of a plant in a phial, these ashes exhale and arrange themselves as nearly as they can in the very figure which j the Author of nature first impressed upon them. "Gafierel, a very able chemist, states that ! M. Dachino, one of the best chemists of ihe j age, reported thut he had seen a very able physician iu Cracow, who kept in plfials j ashes of almost all plants, so that when any 1 curious person desired to see, for example' | a rose in a phial; he took one containing ! the ashes of a rose well preserved, and j 1 warming it over a lighted candle, the ashes | | were seen to move, A little cloud arose, ; and after some motion of the phial, soon as- : sumed the form and color of the rose, so I fresh and so perfect and beautiful that one ; would believe he could smell its sweet odor. HAVE the courage to "cut" the most : agreeable acquaintance you have when you are convinced that ho lacks principle. A forte that is too much stormed uow-a , days. The pianoTorte. A pretty female artist can draw the men ! equally with a brush and a blush. I KATES OF ADVERTISING. All a-lverti-emcnta for Iws ihaa 3 months I<J ce..t* per ?' o for each insert " en. cqseei*! aoticts ormhalf additional. All rssflfcliußS of A*acis "ion, ronmninlaationit of it limited or in'livSilaP"* intcrets antl notices of marrlagce and deaths, ex ceeding five lines, 10 cts. per line. All legal Botl ■*< of every kind, and nil Orphans' Court and other Judicini alas, arc required hy law to.lie pub lished in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 ecn s per lice. Ail Advertising due after first insert'on . A liberal discount made to yearly advertiser . X months. 8 months. 1j( r One square $ 4.50 $ 8.00 fitU 4 Two squares. 8,00 9.00 18.00 Three sqnrea 8.80 12 00 20.80 One-fourth column 14,00 20.00 35.00 Half column 18.00 25.00 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.00 ! l V Ol LII.V'T TAKE TWENTY DOt- LAKH. Some waggish students at l'alc College, a lew years since, were regaling themselves one evening at the "Tontine:,' wbeu an old farmer from the oouutry entered the room taking it for the bar room) and inquired f he could obtain lodging. The young chaps immediately answered in the affi outlive, inviting him to lakeaglass of punch. The old fe p ow, who was a shrewd Yankee, saw at once that he was to be made the butt of their jests, but quietly laying off his hat and telling a worthless 'ittle dog he had with hint to lie under the chair, he took a glass of the proffered beverage. The students anx iously inquired aftet the health of the old man's wife and children, and the farmer, with affected simplicity, gave them the whole pedigree, wilh numerous anecdotes about bis farm, stock, &c. "Do you belong to the church?" asked one of the wags. "Yes, the Lord be praised, and so did my father before me." "Weil, I suppose you wou'dnottelialie?" replied the student. "Not for the world," added the farmer. "Now what will you take for that dog?" pointing to the farmer's cur, who was not worth his.weight in Jersey mud. "I would not take twenty dollars for that dog." "Twenty dollars? why, he is not worth twenty cents." "Well, I assure you I would not take twenty dollars for him." "Come my friend,".said the student, who with bis companions was bent on having some capital fun with the old man. "Now you say you won't tell a lie for the world, let me see if you will not do it f.r twenty dollars. I'll give you twenty dollars for your dog." I'll not take it," replied the farmer. "You w"i not? Here, let us see if this won't tempt you to tell a lie," added the student, producing a snsa" bag of half dob lars, from which he counted email p>'cs en the table, where the farmer sat with his hat in his hand, apparently unconcern. 1 "There," added the student, "there arj twenty do"ars all in a : 'ver. I will give yea that for your dog." The old farmer quietly .akea his bat o the edge of the table, and then as quick as thought scraped all the money into it exo .-pt one half'dollar, at the same time exclaiming, "I won't take your twenty dollars! Nir - teen and a half is as much as the dog is worth —he is your property!" A tremendous laugh from his fellow stu dents showed the worhl be wag that he was completely "done up," and that ho need not look for help from that quarter, so he good naturcaly acknowledged beat, insisted on the old farmer tak'ag another glrss, and they parted in great glee—the student re taining his dog, which he keeps to this day, as a lesson to him never to attempt to play tricks on men older than himself, and espe cially to be careful how he tries to wheedle a Yankee farqier. TRAVELERS. —lam not much of an ad vocate for travelling, and I observe that men run away to ether countries because they not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places. For the most part only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home? I have been quoted as saying captious things about travel; but I mean to do justice- I think there is a restlessness in our people which argues want of character. All edu cated Americans, first or last, go toilurope; —perhaps because it is their mental home, as the invalid-habits of this country might suggest. An eminent teacher of girls said, "The idea of a girl's education is. whatever qual ifies her for going to Europe." Can we never extract thi3 tape-worm of Europe from the brain of our countrymen? One sees very well what their fate must be. He that does not fill a place at home, cannot abroad. He only goes there to hide his in significance in a larger orowd. You do not think you will find any thing there which you have not seen at home?* The staff of all countries is just the same. Do you sup pose there is any country where they do not scald milk-pans, and swaddic the infants, and burn the brush-wood, and broil the fish? What is true anywhere is true every where. And let him go where he will, he can only find so much beauty or worth as he carries.— Emcnon. GOOD ADVlCE.—Barbarism must give way to Christianity. Every human being has an interest at stake. Each should do something, aud come up promptly to dotl.c work allotted him. There is no place lot idlers in God's great vineyard. Let each • put his shoulder to the wheel and help set the world ahead. Reader, what are you do ing? Arc your faculties being used? Ra mcinbei' the parable of the talents! The right use of what you have will be the rneas ure of yout reward. He who does little or i nothing for the good of himself or his fellows i *"1 find little or nothing to his credit in the Bock of Life. You who have realized the j truth that it is more blessed to give—and to Jo —than to receive, will need no urging from us. Are you inventive? (.live the world the benefit of it. You will be none the poorer, but much richer, in gratitude to God. Are you mechanical? Build yourself a monu ment in the hearts of tjsc people. Are you a preacher? Exhort, preach and pray, "Let thy kingdom come." Are you rich? "Let your light shine that others may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Are you a publisher? Print on ly good books. A merchant ? Weigh your goods on the scales of justice. A parent or a teacher? Remember, example is more powerfc' than p rece pt. -I'hruwlogical J out.
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