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DI'RBORROW <t LUTZ, BEDFORD, PA.
Serefrsnsioaal & jSugim** Cards.
ATTORMETgAT LAW.
TdllST. KEAGY,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
via, Office opposite Reed A Schell's Rank.
Counsel given in Rnglish and German. [apl2fi]
KIMMELL AND LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, iKDrofil), PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law office on Juliana Street, two door? South
of the Meugel House. [April 1,1864-tf
M . A. VOINT?,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BRDFOBP, PA.
Respectfully tenders his professional services
to the public. Office with J. W. I.ir. gen falter,
Esq., on Juliana st""*'
•tig-CollaetUms pa.ulp IT mate. [D0c.9,'64-tf.
HAYES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will faithfully and promptly attend to a'l basi
i.intrusted to his care. Office triftfl. H.fspaug,
L.-t,. on Juliana street, three doors south of the
Mengei House. May 21:ly
IN SPY M. ALSIP,
Ti ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rsoroup, PA.,
Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford andadjoin
iug counties. Military claims. Pensions, back
pay. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
ManuASpang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
cfthe Mehgdl Hottsa. apl 1, 1861.—tf.
r. SKV fits J. W. DICKERSOM
M,.YERS A DICKERSON.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PISS'*.,
Office nearly opposite the Mengei House, 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 ,'6fS-ly
JR CESSNA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with JOHX CESSNA, on the square near
the Presbyterian Church. All business
entrusted to his care will receive faithful and
prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac.,
speedily collected. [June 9,1865.
YjT B STI CK HY,
ATTORNEY AN It COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
and REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Office on Main Street, between Fourth and fifth,
Opposite the Court House,
KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI.
Will practice in the adjoining Counties of Mis
sour: and Kansas. July 12:tf
s. 1.. Rt'SSELL. '■ • LOROERECKER
KUSSELL A LONGENECKEK,
ATTORNEYS A COCRSELLORS AT LAW,
Bedford. Pa.,
Wili attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care, special attention
given to collections and 'he prosecution of claims
for Hack Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
g-W-Office on Juliana street, south of the Court
House. Aprils:lyr.
J- M'P. "• F.VERR
SIIARPE A KERR,
A TTOHXE YS-A T-LA W.
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. All business entrusted to their
care will receive careful and prompt attention.
Pensions. Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government.
Office on Juliana street, opposite the bonking
house of Reed A Schell, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf
J. R. ..JOHN Lt'TX.
DVRBOKROW A LUTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BERFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to j
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
tire.
They are, also, regularly liecnaod Claim Agents
n<l will give special attention to the prosecution
•f claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
• Mengei House" and nearly opposite the I<jh er
office. April 28, 1865:t. J
PHYSICIANS.
\ir.M. \Y. JAMISON, M. D.,
y \ BLOODY Rt N. PA., ;
Respectfully tenders his professional services to j
the people of that place and vicinity. [decStlyr ,
OHH. B. F. HARRY, , . ,
Respectfully tenders his professional scr- |
vices to the eitiiens of Bedford and vicinity, i
Office and residence on Pitt btreet, in the building
formerly occnpiedby Dr. J. 11. II"flua. [Ap 1 1,64.
I la MARBOUKO, M. D ,
J . Having permanently located respectfully
tenders his pofessional services to the citizens |
of Bedford and vicinity. Office or. Juliana street,
ppofiite the Bank, one door north ot Hall A Pal- |
trier's office. April 1, 1861 tf. j
DK. 8. G. STATLER, near Schellshurg. and j
Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland
county, having associated themselves in the prae- !
tice of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes ;
sionai services to the citisens of Schellshurg and j
vicinity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same )
rs formerly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd.
S. 9. STATLER, j
Schellshurg, Aprill2:ly. J. J. CLARKE.
HOTELS.
yy ASHINGTON HOTEL.
This large nnd commodious house, having been I
re taken hv the subaeriher, is now (.pen for the re- !
ception of visitors and boarders. The roo-ns arc}
large, well ventilated, and comfortably furnished, j
The table will always be supplied with the l>est
the n arket can afford. The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose
to keep a FlttfrT-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit a
renewal of their patronage. •
N. B. Hocks will run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
tnayl7,'67:ly WM. JJIBEKT, Prop'r.
MORRISON HOUSE,
HUNTINGDON. PA.
T have purchased and entirely renovated the
large stone and brick building opposite the Penn
sylvania Railroad Depot, and have now opened it
for the accommodation of the travelling public.
The Carpets. Furniture. Beds and Bed ling are all
entirely new and first class, and I am safe in say- j
ing that I can offer accommodations not excelled
in Central Pennsylvania.
f refer to my patrons who have formerly known j
me while in charge of the Broad Top City Hotel j
and Jackson Hoase.
raay2s:tf JOSEPH MORBISON. j
m IML LLAI i:o IS.
P I'PP A SHANNON, BANKERS,
I\ BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND PKPOSIT. |
Collections made for the East, West, North and ;
South, and the general business of Exchange j
I -.-J.-ivcte-l. Notes and Accounts Collected and ;
Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE !
bought and aoid. feb22 j
IVA N 1 K!, IP IRUER,
I * PITT STRF.BT, TWO DOORS WEST OF TUB asn
FORU HOTEL, BKEFOKD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL- j
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
Jle keeps on hnnd a stock of fine Gold and Sil- j
vor Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin. j
rd Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold ]
Wat'h Chains. Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality of Hold Pens. He will supply to order !
iny *hing in his line not on band. ['JT.2B/65-
I V W. CROCSE
If. WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST,
<>n Pitt Street two doors west ot B. F. Harry's
l't g Store, Bedford, l'a., is now prepared
I veil by wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. All
orders promptly filled. Persons desiring soy thing
,c bis line will do well to give hiut a nil,
Jiedfurd, Oct 20. '65.,
UI'KBfIRKOW A- LfTZ Editor* and Proprietors,
THE RAINY DAY.
V H. IV. LONGFELLOW.
The ilj i* colfi, axj'i dark, and dreary :
It rains, and the wind ia never weary :
The * ine still clinga to th mouldering wall,
Bat at every gu*t the dead leaves fill,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, an 1 dreary ;
It rains, and the wind is never weary ;
My thoughts still cling to the niotiM. ring Past,
But the hipcs of youth fallNfeiek in the biaxt,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and ccare tcpiaing :
Behind the cloud* is the un #tiM s v .iuing :
Thy fate is the common ia.e f all,
Into each life suu.c rain must fall,
SMne days must he dark and drea y.
OUT OF THE TAVERN.
Out of the tavern I've just ttepped to-night:
Street ! you are caught in a very bad plight.
Right hand and left :tre both out of jla:c—
iSkreet. you are tlruuk I —'tis a very clear eas-e !
Moon ! 'tis a very queer figuro yoti cut,
One eye is staring white 't other is shut ;
Tipsy, I see ; and you're greatly to blame:
Old us yuu are, 'tis a terrible shame.
Then the street lamps—-what a scandalous sight!
None of theiu soberly standing upright:
Rocking ai d swaggering—why on my word,
Kach of the lumps is as drunk as a lord !
All is confusion—now isn't it odd,
I am the only thing sober abroad?
Sure it were rash with this crew to remain :
Better go into the tavern again.
THADDEIS STEVENS.
His views upon the Past and Present
of our Government briefly expressed.
[From the Philadelphia Press]
A short and desultory discourse, between
M. D. G. Pfeiffer, M. D., L. L. D., some
time of the German Universities; for the
last fifty veals and more, and inhabitant of
America; bavin# left his native country for
the sake of enjoying entire freedom of
thought and action, and who has Icon in j
tbc habit, as he has been afforded the tip
portunity, of having consultation and inter
course with Thaddeus Stevens, resident iu
another portion of the same country—both
Mill surviving—and said Thaddeus Steven-,
>l. C. [DOCTOR. |
DEAR FRIEND: Sitting here in my seclu
ded study, it occurred to me to consult you
with the familiarity of ancient times, s to
your opinion of the present prospect s of our
eountry. and whether we now are likely to
approach any nearer to the true principles
of liberty than our fathers did under their
old and constrained Constitution; and to
ask you at some little length to point out
the means by whi< li the great (.lot—that
I heinous crime—of our Constitution as it
I was, could be got rid of without fuithcrdo
lay or further convulsion.
[ M. C. 1
MY DEAR FRIEND: 1 shall not decline to
suggest a few ideas in reply to your que .
tion, although, I am quite sure, you as
capable of answering them as ! am. But
our ancient intercourse has inspired you
! with confidence, I see, iny ur friend, which
would be better justified had I pes ess* d
I the opportanitiesof deep thought and study
into the law of nations, which you had be
! fore I knew you.
Whatever construction shall lie si sen to
j the Constitution in its present condition by
this Congress, and those nearest the great
events which have modified it. will be likely
I to be accepted, through future liu'ic, as its
true meaning. It is important, therefore,
that the most beneficial interpretation
should bo given to it, and that it should be
most liberally constructed, sons to secure all
j human rights.
In the changed condition of our country
j and of that instrument, which, while it, as
i to the old States, may not be perverted, is
' not so inflexible as to be incapable of yield
j ing to the changing necessities of humanity.
B-fore the Constitution was amended, I
J could not agree with some of my learned
| friends that Congress could intermeddle
| with State laws relative to the elective fran
chise in the United States. The eireum
j stance of slavery seemed, while it was sub
| uiittetito, to prevent it. After the amend
i incut al>olishing slavery, I still doubted, and
j proposed a constitutional remedy on the sth
I day of December, 1865, in the following
| words: "All national 1:i * laws shail he
equally applicable to every ctViV, and no
discrimination .-hall he made on account of
l race and color.'
I Since the adoption of the fourteenth
amendment, however, I have no doubt of
our full power to regulate the elective fran--
ebise, so far as it regard? the whole nation,
in every State of the Union, which, when
tried, I hope will be so formed as to be b-n
--eficial to the nation, ju-t to every citix. o,
and carry out the great design of the fra
j mcrs of the Government, according to their
i views expressed in the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
It cannot fail to be benefieiai and conyc
nient, when we consider the trouble and iu
convenience whi it a citizen of one State
encounters, when he travel- temporarily in
to another. Instead <>f being a brother at
home, he is now an alien in bis native 'and.
j While he participate- in all the burthens
and anxieties of the G ovt rnment. he is for-
I bidden, if a non-resident, to take parr in
j selecting the Magistrate who L to rule his
' destinies for the next four years,
j In this there is no principle of rr/JuMicaa
j justice. The Constitution of 1789 did not
| carry out the principles i f "he government
i which were intended by the l ath, rs, w hen
| in 1776 'hey laid the foun iatiou of the Gov
! eminent on which this nation was to be
\ built. Then they had been inspired with
! -uch a light from on high as never man was
1 inspired with before, in the great work of
j providing freedom for the hun.au race,
j through a Government in which no oppres
sion could find a resting place.
' They contemplated the erection of a va-t
: empire over this whole continent, which hi
its national character should Is- governed by
laws of a supreme, unvarying character.
' While municipal institutions might he grati
lted, with self control, for convenience, it
i was never intended that ore half of this na
' tion should be governed by one set of I"}*"'
j and the other half by another, and eot.fh t-
I ing set, on the same subject, i In- taws, the
I priiicifi/i , which was to anply to the dweh
> cis on the Penobscot, was to applv to those
i on the Savannah and Susquehanna, else the
j Declaration would have proclaimed the otic
:—the people on the Pciobseo or Sosquo
fianna—were horn free and equal, and those
A LOCAL AND GKNEUAb NEWSHAPEH, UKVOTBD TO PODITIOS, EDUCATION, LITERATURK AN!) MORALS.
on the Savannah with a modified equality;
that the one had inalienable lights, among
which was liberty; that the other had ioa
i lienaUe rights, but perfect liberty w;-. not
' among-them.
| The grand idea of those immortal men
was that there were certain rights, priviie
-1 ges and immunities, which belonged to
| every being who had an immortal soul, none
of which should be taken from him, nor
! could he surrender them in any arraugmunt
jwithsoci ty. So essentia! to the r. pose of
1 the whole community s i; th it every man
should possess each of these rights, privil
j cges. and imiuumtk ihat he was for Lid
: den by his Creator to p>art with them. He
i could not sull him elf, lie could not sell his
j childn n into slavery, lie could not sell his
| life for price. Jleeould not surrender the
right to pursue his own happiness. JKvery
| attempt to do so was nugatory. Fvery in
j struuicht founded vu such a contract, no
matter n<>w solemn, no matter how hedged
i about 1 y broad seals, no matter how stainp
; ed by State legislation and Executive up
} prova), none of these things gave it life. It
' was nuft and void; it was a corpse incapable
i of animation.
I uui speaking now of the original dosigu
; of the fraurers of the Declaration of Inde
j pendcnce, who had determined that there
were certain principles which, to give i>er
! feet liberty, should apply alike to every
! mortal being. V.'ho can deny this po-ition
I without laying a heavier burden upon one
' human being th tn another, without being
authorized to do so by tbeit common C.ca
j tor? Who can doubt that if you put -c h
| power info the hands of the best men it will
he abused, unless restrained by equal laws?
Why should one man be more responsible
to hi-temporal or eternal Governor than
another, and be punished by different
rules?
I know that when they came to frame the
Constitution, slavery having increased, they
were obliged to postpone some of those
universal principles, and allovtr individuals
and municipalities to violate them for a
while, 1 i hank God that necessity no longer
exists. The law givers of America are now
as free to act asSam-on when the fire had
touched the flax. May they never again be
heguiled'liy any conservative Delilah—uf
fer their locks to be shorn, and their limbs
to be bound by the withes of a twisted Con
tituiion. The laws which were then in
tended to be universal. The principles
which were intended to govern the whole
American nationality must now be made to
cover and control its whole national action
throughout this grand empire. Towns,
corporations; and municipalities may be al
lowed their separate organizations not incon
sistent therewith, but must n •' incorporate
any piinciples in conflict with those great
right?, privileges, *el imuiuiiiiies.
\\ hat are those riyhts, pn'vifiy**, and im
munities'! Without excluding others, three
are specifically enumerated. lal"<\ Wwrtg,
and the pursuit f happimss. '1 hose are
universal and inalienable. It follow? thai
everything necessary for their establishment
ami defence i? within those rights.
You giant a lot or asemer.t in the midst ■
of your estate, you thereby grant the right i
of way to it by ingress and egf i
Disarm a community, and yon rob them
of the means of defending life, fake away
their weapons of defence, 1\ qo -ke
away the inalienable tigl t Hi lending lib
erty. This briss u? now directly to the
auumcnt by which we prove titat the el< -
live franchise is a RIGHT of the Declaruli .
and not merely a pviviiepe, ami i- tic of t! e i
rights and imiounitios pr noi act 1 by that j
instrument to be ''inalienable. ' I!. a_s our
fathers declared ''a? ; : ;.:m t.t is dc- I
rived from the c-.-ont of tin governed; if I
in Federal republics, that a—cut can be a - j
Ci rt-'ined and established oiily through tin
ballot, it follows that to tab:: rt'-vay that
tin utu of communication, to tak<- away j
ft to the citizen his great weap >nof defence, |
and reduce hiui to hclplcs •? hotulage, i: !
deprivt -; hint of an inalietia! !c r'ght, Thi.
clearly proves that the eb •• mo i •
ranks with "life and "liberty to its .i
--cred inalienable character.
But while the Decimation < arly proves
what the intention then Was, tho act;> ri of
the Convention in framing the Con.-titution
of the United States, it seemed to roe, bar
tered away, for the time being, some uftfin-e
inalienable rights, nnd, instigated by tin
hellish in-titu.i n of slavery, >u pended rme
of tlie rouuiiuents r.f liberty. Having thus
shown ihat the elective franchise is one of
the inalienable rights of man, without which
hi? liberty cannot be defended, ami that it ]
was suspended by the arbitrary Constitu
tion of 1789, let us sec if that t-u-pension j
has been removed, BO as to leave ou; hand?
unrestrained in respit ing its full vigor, while •
still acting under the Constitution. I hut
right appertains to cvtry citizen. Butwhil -
thi? suspension existed, the natuaal love of
despotism induced e .■ mmun ties to hold that
each State might fix lie qualifications,
right?, and deprivations of its own citizen?.
The fourteenth amendment, now so hap
pily adopted, settles the whole question, and
places every American eitiz n on a perf <■(
equality of tight-, so far as merely national
rights and qu -tiuus are concerned. It dc
clares that, "ail persons born, or natural.zed
in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, arc citizens of th
United State.?, and of the State wherein
they reside. No State shall make or en
force any law which .shall abridge the priv
iii-ger aiel inmiuidtk? of citizens or the
; United States; n'r shall any person be dc
prived of life, liberty, or property, without
ilu ■ process of law; nor deny any person
v. 'thtn its jurisdiction tho equal, protection
of the laws."
li' hy the amended Constitution ev ry
AtU'-ricaa citiz n is entitled to equal privi
j legos with every other American citizen; and
j if i very An rican citizen in any one of the
: States should be found entitled to impartial
| suffrage with every Other American citizen
in any S'ate, tie u it follow? a an incvitab! •
conclusion that suffrage throughout this na
tion is impartial and universal, so far as
every human being without regard to race
or color shall Is-found eow -rned, and so
far a? it affects the whole nation.
Cwn he who swears to .-upport the Consti
tution iri all its part refuse r > aid in • try
ing this into effect without clear direct | '-r
--jory ?—a worse perjury than would have
been committed hy "he who, under the old
c. tiration, could n-r egro-to that oin
ati uctma, and thu , fu-cd theire i l to their
I lii.ii-W llJi 11.
What a grand ooinpu!?ion have I . c o -
i pots, re!a - Is, and murderers titislly fore, d
! upon the American Republicby th-ir iwpa
j t'ent, t:oh and bloody fie:?' How they
j hav.- aided the jut tin n f the nation in
I pioducit'g thi? great g< •• 1 ! It w--rc wt-'l ii
! tln-v could claim some n ert' ;.-? a c--n.pen¥a
| turn for .?o grc ut a i ime. Bui if evil Uitt t
I come into tbc world, "woeuuto 1 ba through
: whom it come h. I f< :>r that if go d doe.
conn- int.> the Wo,id through Cntuptil-ion, no
' merit will be attributed to the ui.oi . i.g-c
* tor?. Let no tnan now. th. n, v.' o b,.longs
to this gr ' Gt)V( rtirocnt, 'lan* to stain' up
j in the facts of bigh heaven and longer deny
j to God - imnmrtal Icings the b'.gli. the tis
i a tunable, the God granted right? wliich his
BEDF()KD. Pa . FKIDAY, NOVEM Idltilt 15. 18G7,
immortal Father gave them. Let no one in
| the past or in any future age attempt to pal
! liate his ofi'ctiue. cither ! ;-.u earthly
tribunal whieiiis lo dewio between God ?
j creatures, or who it to pie-.:-! his oau.sC at the
bar of a higher?tribunal, venture to insult
I Divine jus: e,
We tu : letftfeinbcr that mo-' of Us arc
I e;. -atcd from the dread tribuuci occupied
by . ,j udgc who minot, he deceived hy .he
: narrowest i-thmus. that ever divided ■ ne
; from •. tcruiry. (
I If every citizen of any State i, cutitleu to
i all the inalienable rights, privileges aud im
munities of thisjGoverunieut, an,l if cue ol
those inaiietiabla rights is the right to cast
; bis ballot for every uiuti who is to take part
iu the Government!' show me the man who
| is so impudent as to deny that suffrage by
the ballot is due lo every being within this
i realm to whom Qo-d has givou irouioitaliiy.
He must be an ii|pudent citizen, and ought
never to profezr4M helicvu in. the existence
of a Deity; lor that a world could be created
and governed without, an overruling cause,
is more feasible than such a proposition.
What >.ou!d be the effect of conferring this
just right upon every citizen in this republic
according to the original intention of our
lathers?
If ever there was t, pot on earth where it
could be tried with perfect success, and he
stow perfect happiness upon all the e who
are their own tulers aud their own subjects,
that spot is the continent of North America.
In loss than ten yeafs it will contain a
sound population of more than fifty millions
of people, girt around with deep and broad
waters, which no force could cross without
our consent. The sea girt isle of Great
Britain, which was said to be cut oil from
the r>-t of the world, wa? net half'so secure
from its water defences alone as this conti
nent. That would be a tall and a bold ad
mit al, who hereafter, with a hostile intent,_
slioulii, venture this side of the Pillars of
llercules. Before any monarchical nation
shall again attempt to erect it? institutions
on this side the isthmus of'Darien, they will
find that there exists a Republic composed
of tho islands of the sea, more powerful than
the European portion of Great Britain not
less powerful than was the Acba>an League
v. hich republic we shall not blush to call an
ally because a meridian tm and the tyrant >
lash have planted into their color and into
th ir souls the deep and inextinguishable
principles of abhorrence to human bondage.
A people now little understood, but in a few
years of progress, with tdo tr own institutions
really free, instead of being ground by the
nominal f'n > ,loui but real despotism of
Jamaica, will have made as long and rapid
strides in tho cause of civilization as our
S 'Utb rn titat,.? are now making. The seed
of such an empire is already planted, and i,
gennineting. It may not bo known to all
'hat the Daui-h 1 "--essions of St. Thomas,
S.intu Cruz, and Sr. Jolinr'an- sustained by
republican institutions—though all the leg
islators and most of the executive officers,
chosen hy thcuiselvea, ate colored.
"They have free ft-hools and can, wi h
seatvoly the exception of a single individual
of the proper age. read and write, and have
all of the essential icqui -itcs of a free repub
lic, exept, pei hap* thtc apjrtiintinent of a
fcW of if."* *?ciitiw rtfTir.t'wv Vv
,vrn: : n . when the wishes of the people
arc al-., iy? t-u; ulted. Lt a tyrant attempt
to place hi - foot upon .such a bombshell, and
lit- will he blown, with all around him, to
iu.-vitruin. Before the t'trtie suppos-d
for such action shall have ariiv:-', Cuba, the
o?t fertile and productive spot of :is size,
vx opt peiltaps tho Delia of the Nile, will
haw -mi ■ -osaturated and ri;-- with tl. •
bursting prim ipl,.? •■■ffita lorn,and tc-irethi r
with St. Domingo. Jlayti. Jamaica and their
•i. arte r v-: w. Ibe ready to leap t arms
and defend tbeii appropriate dominions, if
rU'l. aid should be needed in the cause of
freedom. ■ nd if they shall not then have
he.is added to our own dominion by our en
terprising foreign Secretary.
"All ol th'.ss islands a; now free except
Culm, which is niwoppi. ?,?ed hy the proud
est and mo t cruai tyrant of Europe, him
self o' a!, :xed . ice of swarthy Moots and
slut dish white ldcod. He may as well take
warning that the day is very near at hand
when he must knock the shackle:- from every
Uui ::ti, or have thi m torn from (hem by the
s:pi.:t of liberty. She i- within ight of
cm.'tu.-iputcd America, an 1 surrounded hy
islands of the sea every one of which is free.
The sound of the overseer's la?h, and the
eric.- of the agonized slave, will not, must
not be longer pcrulitted to icing';' with tl.c
.?veet pjoan? to liberty which are shouted
forth through every <r man's voice in the
Wo-ierii World. All the Id- n rivers of
Africa will never again pun.lia.so sufficient
pi w.-r to re enslave those ju-t made free hv
the .Spirit of Liberty, much stronger than
sll the power of Hercules or of Samson.
B fore any other nation? are prepar-d to
'-stahii-h their institutions in any part of
tli's V." stern world, the h ad, bold shoul
ders and -vatthy fi tmes > f the inhabitants
of this Island Empiic wi'il have established
gnvertiuie'&t* that Spain and the other
European nations will willingly surrender to
freedom, lest tl oy should corrupt their des
; otic lead, and hasten their own government
a half ce ntury along the railroad path of
Liberty. But whether such anally shall
then exist or not, without boasting, this
Government, counting upon her position aud
power can entertain no fear of all the world
beside.
Traverse her tw< ty thousai d miles from
the ltu?-ian po?se .-ion? around the Isthmus
f Dari- n. up the Gnlf tream to the hold
shore? of the Granite State, wliich, with
ti: isLunlsof the Gulf, soon, Ilu and be
. will be added to tin - mighty p oion,
to v. bi-h they naturaliy belong; th; rice up
to where the E-quimaux roam, and where
v.-' have lately employed the protection of
| the mighty walrus, on the : trait which no
I hostile foot will ever attempt to tread,
'.round to where the herring, tl.o codfish,
i ..nd whale arc seeking to find a permanent
I refuge; but no time v hich the eye of man
• shall ever see, or hi? iniaaiev n depict,
1 eati ever tween tie ot Iron) the hearty euter-
I prise of this mighty empire; and you b.-vo
-ut ha vast, impregnable and s-a girt do
•iciin a- the world never saw. If anytning
| more were wanting, more iron dads than
dl Europe could send to this distance cuild
1 be brought into active operation in any time
!is ccr-ary for the defence of the nation,
i Then take your route northward from the
southern isthmus, and you ero-? -very lati
t u.lc necessary lor the production of all ;b .
, indu trial products of civilization. No
: minetal, no vegetable that ever G d created
for the wealth, comfort, orornamcnt of mat)
would be wanted. Ilcr Southern cliniate,
nev r more to he polluted by the unholy and
in famous institution of slavery, bear* upon
every hretzc the balmy odors that delight
the f-etiK ?. Its roil is filed wit!; '* orniig
sapphire, it? rivers run sands of'g ' ', wUh
i's more ntggxl parts !ear quartz cjual to
, the fabit-i Ophir, and i; -b sof • ~
If.'? i;:or north-rn cliinato is h';.l in
i delight hy the loirdj sous <>f" ' Green
'and' icy mountain*," it.? mo— clad cr.inite
will always he protected by the Godde ? of
Liberty. How much hetti r than.the deli
i i crous isle over which continually blow the
soft breeze.- of spicy ('• ylon, where.
Though every prospect plsases.
Man alone is vile,
s The ingenious arti-t of the gods, when
procured 1 y the mother of Achilles to en
grave coast surveys and geographical de
■ j lineatious upon his invincible shield, never
depicted a laud so glorious and so variegated
with gold and silver anu every precious
metal, aud bewitching to the senses with
the odors or God's happiest creations. Its
; enchanting products grow in id-undinec on
' every inch of her varn gated soil, and since
'j the curse of slavery is removed, ilwe do the
justice which the Declaration of Indcpend
j ct'C-e proposes and we now propose, will soou
i contain a greater abundance of riches than
j either Europe, Asia, or Africa.
THE LAND DEPARTMENT OT TENN
NYLVANIA.
j [SjiccJal (sorrc-ffponvi-auco ot* Th j
HARRISBUIUI, November 1, IBti7.
The operations and duties connected with
the Land Department, or Surveyor Gener
al.? office, of Pennsylvania, on&of the most
important departments of the State gov
ernment, are but littie under tnod by the
people at large.
The ysti in of disposing of lands inaugura
ted by William Pent! and the Propriety,
and "f net?' i:y continued by the (.'ommon
wealib. is one surrounded by many objec
tionable features, as the lauds, instead of"
having been previously . arveyed by the au
thorities, and their location definitely ascer
tained and afterwards sold, warrants for va
cant land were granted, the surveys on
which were often made years after. In
many instances, for the officers of (he land
department could not know what land was
vacant, conflicting warrants werei.?-uod, to
that in some localities several < r war
rants were laid upon the same laud. This
has produced much litigation throughout
the Ftate, and, although titles in the cider
countries hate been generally settled, there
are and will continue to be for year? to
come, ea?' ? for adjustment by the Courts;
and in order to esta! li?h title? innumerable
copies of application?; warrants, surveys,
patents and other official papers are requir
ed from the Land Department.
Under our land system the application
and tear cant are the inojitkin af tin title.
and parties desiring information in regard
to any tract of laud, . hould give the nanio?
of tho KaiTa.itee, date of loarranl, and
caunty in which it tat located , and then all
:üb?, quest proceedings, as whetl, r survi y
ba- be :i return, d. pa: -nted or not. and the
amount due th-.- State, it not pater-ted, CUD
be ascertained.
Now that the real estate of the Common
wealth is no longer taxed, effort? should be
made to increase the revenues from al! oth
er proper sources, and a very large sum is
due the State on account of unpaid pur
rha~- ff.r lands jietl'-nt.d, public
policy demandx the prompt paymint of these
claims, and tin completion of titles. The
Legislature hs? from time to time within
the last forty years, pa??c-l stringent laws
1 ; their c I'.ctii n, but owing to the hercu
lean task itnpo cd a the d<q. tiuent in get
ting out tbi-se ejattn*. tiesrU- —•"*
mvolvin. t!i v !os< -t examination ol appli
cation, v rratit, surv , vouchers, blotters,
day-bt ok.-, journals, ledgers, and maps to
ascertain the location of the land against
which the lieti is entered. The several acts
wt re DBY'r i irriod oat according to their
i hit am! it- o-it:.'. I'h- !a?t act cn the
sudject, ; ediu . lay, 1 - requires the
amiunts to he made out, and liens therefor
entered up iu the scvetal count ic.?; audit
wi old !. • well for tho ?■ interested to make
a note of it, for Corn : d ja. M. Camp
bell, of Cambria county, the prc.-ent -Sur
veyor General, aud who is a thorough bu-i
iu'.-- man and most cfficii nt offic r, military
Ti, . I- - ID -fly completed the calcula
tion (,f the amounts due on unpatented
tracts upon which ?>irvi-j? have been te
turuv-1. When completed and entered up
as liens in the several counties an addition
al /'i of Jiv' dollars in each case will be
charged. Many persons seem to labor un
der an erroneous imprc? ion tbat when the
lien? are entered up they can settle them at
th - j-t ;•< etive county seat?. But this is
not the fact; everything r- iating to them
must be transacted through the land de
partment-—the object in entering them up
being probably to prevent alienation of
property until this just debt, is paid the
Comm -nwealth. _
The law? relating to this important de
partment of the State government are .-o
numerous, in litany cases conflicting, end
in others their application so obscure, that
th. ii 'xt L 'gisbiturc hould pass a carefully
revised act, covering the necessities that
have grown up, and more clearly defining
pr cut In,v. In doing this the Jaw-mak
ing power h -uld avail itself of this sugges
ti ci- of'he Surveyor General, as it re
quires much experience in the department
to make one acquainted with its necessities
and yet protect existing rights under for
tii'. r laws and customs.
In the a i-e department arc many old,
rue, and curious documents —some older,
than the date of tho first colony under the
founder of th;- provinces—and many have
on them the "stamps" that formed one of
our grievance? against the "Mother Coun
try." Much to connect the past with the
pre em is here found; much to remind one
of tho hardships and perils of [he brave pio
u-jer? who first made homes in our dense
fore. is. cud paved the way for the high
■at- oi'prosperity and civilization enjoyed
by their descendants. A regular set of
bo -ks, consisting of cay book, journal, jin-t
1- dger. have been kept from the year 1719.
atidat found to be in aremaikhblestate of
preservation. These, together With large
' folios, in which patents have been recorded,
fill the greater part of the -h< Iving of the
,? cond fl >or. From the so records we ascer
tain that among the quitrents imposed be
fore the lands were declared allodial was in
one instance that ofonc "red rose" annually
at j that the "father of his country" was at
ic time the owner of land in Pennsylvania,
having located a tract in Westmoreland
county. A mail circular room up stairs is
i:--ar!y fill d with papers of John Nicholson,
E-q., at one time the owner of nearly one
-ew nth of this State, and also a very large
i iod-holdcr in the Southern States, arid vet
v,ho wa? always harra.- Ed with debt nnd
icd \ poio man.
Tin development of th: State hy railroads
aad the cooscq'.-uit impetu:- given to our
, ; lumber, coal, and other mineral interests.
! ha -( greatly < nb.nnet d tho value o( land?,
a ii w years aco scave dy worth the taxes as
!pc d upon them, that the vacant motmtain
i j lai :•' are being rapidly taken up, and the
i -pic arc having their titles perfected by
obtaining patents, and adjusting in the
courts of the common wealth contested rights.
This involves the Sm veyor Genera! s office
:,i a heavy correspondence, and the lurmsh
i-'!_' of a great many copies of official jaapers.
, it,! Robert A McCoy, late private
f-c-a (ary to Governor Curtin, is the efficient
- chief clerk of this department, and to his
' courtesy am I indebted for the above inter
esting lacts. The other clerks arc as follows:
TOI.I M K (0: .VO. 15.
A I. Armstrong of i'mnktin county, Wm.
hyuus ot .Indium, U A C,l Iwell of Blair,
Wm. H. Neybert of Scliuvlitill, L. M IJicks
of Somerset, Jas. X. BlunJin of Philadel
phis, A. iy hurst of' Huntingdon, X.
Wilson of Mifflin, Samu•! Akoof Bedford,
O. B. Voder andColliu Mct.'unly of l>au
phin, Sumuel Hamilton of' I',-nver, and J.
It. Shrelner of Lanca t< r. 31 <Lo. \V.
Phillips, of Dauphin. 1 s the ttißtisnnjpjf.
J. It I>.
FfIIENDSIUI*.
frue, URselfi.-h and nn urn .lied friend
ship, emanating from u \ toe and noble
heart, is but the finer and fa tter gift be
queathed to mortality by the Giver of all
good, and tin only tru.. -out lung balm
which affords a ready relief to the ,d and
aching heart, or sorrowing soul.
VV hen the btfftvt beeeme* Over ladenod
w.fli the cares, disappointments und sorrows
of life, hovr sweet it is to ha\ea kind,
trusting and uu-e!fi-h friend, to whom we
may unbosom our troubled heart*, receiving
solace and confidence in return, w hen unre
straint! confidence will li l the heart re-t
at ease, and give an asMirancs through
hope that our trust will not!..; misplaced,
though there may be many ] hi- and shades
thrown athwart life's ruge-d pathway.
* '1 o the floating mass whi h mov in the
giddy circles of mock s.. ty, how few
there are who know or realize the true im
port of that hallowed word, F, !anhkip.
With them it is hut moekery—a-convenient
word with which to lull to rest the early
suspicions of the poor, innocent and unwa
ry. To the calm and better feelings of our
ncture, friendship is a sweet sounding an
them, which we all love to lisp o'er and
o'er again, until joy gladdens nur hearts;
but, alas, k too eft proves more deadly than
the adder's sting
There is nothing so foul and debasing in
the human heart as tnock friendship—io
-inuating assurance—that alluring, derisive
and gainly smile—those soft, sweet and
musical tones which defy suspicion—that
which gains confidence, secure- revelations,
bet proves deception. There is no agony
that waits as in this life—nothing so poig
nant, blighting and harrowing—nothing
thaft*will - o quietly chill, yes. freeze our
life's warm blood —annihilate reason, and
leave our whole physical organization one
laceiated, mangled and inward bleeding
ma- -, or cuts the cord from every sheet an
chor ol hope, as deception— Hl .- king and
deluding friendship. It rend.- affection's
tie apr n* and do tp ; - every nur
tured hope—blights and blasts sweetest joys,
every cherished tie which nurtured love and
trusting friendship lias awaken- i within a
rencrous, fund and trustio is art.
Self interested friendship is a- frost to
the budding flower —dest: .ys our early
hope ; and readily blights maturing confi
dcucc. Where eonlidecee reigns, .-. Ifi-hness
cannot enter: where base sedfishnet* is man
ifest, honor and honesty may be mistrusted.
Flattery wiil veil her varnished face when
true friendship sittcth at her boa.d; suspi
e nis dcuied entrance where candor is bid
a hesity welcome: doubt is abhorred; fiiend
ship is but mutual trust, and lik. the melt
. ..o-rr ll uhc, OUt'U tfCllOllV..- at li i< pvX -
pose is sousht through artful praise.
The sum of life consists of trifle.-, and
friendship of small matters; like a mighty
edifice, if the atoms of whichit is composed
crumble and waste away, that grand struct
ure will soon moulder into dust. It tak. s
time to learn and unravel the character of a
true friend—one that is worthy of our trust,
and whom wc will not despise.
Those who make the truest friends very
seldom, if ever, attract, or win the admiring
gaze at first sight; but they win admiration
and esteem through the enactment rf tri
fling courtesies, which, by slow degrees, win
our kindest regard and utmost confidence.
Those who are friends at heart extend
kind forbearance toward the erring. ; t:d hj
acts silently teach consideration. Thev are
generous and courteous, and scorn to stoop
to mock the feelings of others, or harshly
(i o-ure the short comings of their friends.
With a meek and gentle heart they will
-hare our joys, and will gladly bear a part
of our sorrows.
They never forget that all, like them
selves, are but mortal, aDd deserve the
kindest svmpathy of a common brother
hood.
Friendship opens the Hps in confidence,
while indulgence beams from the eye.
Tlx re is no love of boasting; the heart is
made glad with kinduess. There is a sweet
communion of hopes and aspirations, ler
v nt breathings of the heart, and a pleas
ant interchange of affection's treasured se
crets. We placidly listen to the voice of
complaint, and gently whisper words of
C)m fort.
Thus our natures are blended into one.
Of all our aspirations, hopes, fears and sor
rows, each bear a proportionate part as we
hand in hand traverse the rugged path of
ife. Though death will separate all, yet
the true friend will long live in our memory
after the false and treacherous will have
been forgotten.
KISSING A KONG THE LINE.
The Boston Post has a brief osculating
.lit: le which, though neither very good nor
true; wc copv because it is on a popular
subject: . .
The varied emotion- excited by young
1 die- in leading cities, along the line from
I? tston to St. Louis, as kisses are caught or
-tolen from their sweet lips, are expressed
in something like the following manner: A
80-ton girl says with assumption of indig
nation -"Sir, I declare .-uch a liberty as
that i. beyond ail bounds of propriety and
gentlemanly manners. I —" she isstopped
by another, which isn't resisted very badly.
The New Vork girl says—"lndeed, 3lr.
Brown, your conduct is a little familiar, if
not ardent. I've half a mind to ask what
y.rti take me for? ' The reply of Brown is
that he takes her for something niee and
sweet, and a sharp rapid smacking ensues.
The Buffalo gill says, with marked positive
ne-s of manner, but which equally marked
insincerity—"Wretch, thief, put that right
back: I wouldn't lose it for the world.
She not only don't lose it, but gets (as she
wants) double principal and interest. The
Philadelphia cirl says—"So, you think
that's dreadful smart; you wouldn't have
done it if I had been looking—no, indeed:"
but she makes it a point not to look. The
Baltimore girl says —"Repeat the insult if
you dare, sir !" and exposes her face that it
may he done easily and often. The Wash
ington girl remarks —"You'.ve been and
gone and done it have you; now cipher out
how much better you feel, and calculate
when you'll get another chance." The
Chicago girl says —"Confound your impu
dence -do you take mc for a New Yorker.
T'd have you know there is a spice of dancer
in that little matter." The only danger
that she apprehends is thakyou won t cut
and come again. The Cincinnati girl says -
t ' Bid vou ever—no, I newer—you men are
perfect monsters." Affects tears and imjig
iiation. but is assuaged by a duplication of
the old dose. The Louisville girl says—
"You've, done it sure, and well. If there
arc any more of the sort, please help your
self. If you can sta d it, I can." The De
troit cirl says—"Meio Jerusalem; what a
naughty, funny man ! Better yon look out
how yon take one, two. four more, before
twine goot mother comes." The St. Louis
girl says— "Oh, go along with your non
sense; you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
You can't do it again.
A tiOOI) LOVE STORY.
An Ohio paper tells the following novel
story: A young couple planned an elope
ment, the girl descended from her room on
the traditional ladder, hut at the gate they
wi-rc met by the father of the girl and a
minister, by whom the young couple were
escorted to the parlor, where, to their sur
pri-e, they found all their relatives collected
for the marriage ceremonies, which took
(.'ace at. once. It was a neat paternal freak
but not near as neat as that of a "fond pati
ent we know of. He heard his daughter
and her fellow plan an elopement. The next
day the old man waited upon the young one,
and addressed him thus:
" You're a fine, brave youth, and I don't
object to you as a son-in-law. Here's a
hundred dollars to aid in the elopement.
May jou live happily in the same house,
and may no accident occur to throw the
least, shade on the sunshine of your life.
All T request is, that yov elope with my
daughter—she's a mighty nice girl, you
know, hut somehow her mother and I could
never travel smoothly with her. wo don't
know her good points—elope with her to
such a distance that she won't return to her
loving father and mother anv more. Good
bye, sonny, and may you be happy.
There was an elopement that evening of
one. The young man was unaccompanied.
He thought everything couldn't be right
when the old cock was so anxious to get rid
of the girl. The father looks upon this act
a< a very neat bit of strategy for one who
had never been on 31'ClelIan's staff.
A Dni NKAUD'S WILE.—I leave to society
a ruined character, a wretched example, and
a memory that will soon rot.
I leave to my parents during the rest of
their lives as much sorrow as humanity, in a
feeble and decrepit condition can snstaio.
I leave to my wife a broken heart, a life
of wretchedness and shame, to weep over
my premature death.
1 give and bequeath to each of my chil
dren ignorance, and low character, and the
remembrance that their father was a low
brute.
THE REASON. —At a certain college, the
senior class was under examination for de
gree-. Tho professor of natural philosophy
was badgering in optics. The point under
illustration was that, strictly and scientifi
cally speaking, we see no objects, but their
images depicted on the retina. The worthy
professor, in order to make the matter plain
er, -aid to the wag of the class: "Mr. Jack
son, did you ever i dually see your father?"
Bill replied promptly, "No, sir." "Please
explain to thccommittec why you never saw
your father?" "Because," replied Mr.
Jackson, very gravely, "he died before I
was bom, sir."
XOAH was probably the only person who
went to sea for fear of being drowned.
Ot a FLOWERS may be blighted, our pic
lures destroyed, our ornaments stolen ; but
our beautiful thoughts are with us always,
under all circumstances of riches and pover
ty, health and sickness, SUC-CCSB or disappoint
ment. They are more safely and surely our
own than any jewel we can possess; and what
; , A(UI r ->-o nun Vr• gj tl.om oit nrl
share them with others without the least fear
or grudging, because neither friend nor enemy
can rob us of them.
GUEATSESS OK Misn.— A Corsican. the
leader of a gang of banditti, who had been
famous for his exploits, was at length taken
and committed to the care of a soldier, from
whom he contrived to escape. The soldier
was tried, and condemned to death. At the
place of execution, a man, coming up to the
commanding officer, said, "Sir, I am a
stranger to you, but you shall soon know who
I am : I have heard that one of your Boldiers
is to die for having suffered a prisoner to es
cape: he was not at all to blame: besides, the
prisoner shall be restored to you. Behold
him here —I am the man. I cannot bear that
an innocent man should be punished for me,
and I come to die myself." "No," cried
the French officer, who felt as he onght the
sublimity of the action, " thou shalt not die.
and the soldier .-hall be set at liberty.
Endeavor to reap the fruits of thy generosity:
thou deservest to be henceforth an honest
man."
UELIOION is but another word for the mind,
according to what it is, acting iu the spirit of
iove toward God aud toward men.
IT is doubtful whether there beia the world
many things more useful than a well-balanced
mind. To secure the balance it must have
an equal smattering of pros and cons on all
subjects of thought. The best work of the
world is done by men who have a craze, a
twist, a bent tor it.
No MIND so bright but drink will befool it;
, the happiest it will fill with misery ; the firm
est health dissipation will Bhatter ; no busi
ness so thriving thai whiskey cannot spoil.
IK you want to get at the circumference of
a man, examine him among men ; but if you
want to get at his actual diameter, measure
him at his fireside.
JOHN (i. SAXE, writing of what he saw in
Europe, savs: —" I saw more pretty girls in
Dublin than in London ; and many more in
London than in Paris. The sweetest voice I
ever heard in conversation came from a
German woman who sold beer and bisquits
in the suburbs of Gotba. with smiles
benignant enough to turn cakes and ale iuio
ambrosia and nectar."
How VICTORIA REPROVED A FLIRTING
DAUGHTER. —An anecdote illustrating Vic
toria's admirable good sense and strict
domestic discipline, is related by one who
witnessed the occurrence. One day, when
the Queen was present in her carriage at
the military review, the princess royal,
then rather a wilful girl of about thirteen,
sitting on the front seat, seemed disposed to
be rather familiar and ecfriuetish with some
young officers of the escort, ller Majesty
gave several reproving looks, without avail
"winked at her, but she wouldn't stay
winked." At length, in flirting her hand
kerchief over the side of the carriage, she
dropped it too evidently not accidcntly.
In-trntly two or three young heroes sprung
from their saddles to return it to the fair
hand, but the awful voice of royalty stayed
them. "Stop gentlemen," exclaimed the
Queen, "leave it just where it is. Now,
my daughter, get down from the carriage
and pick up your handkerchief." There
was no help for it. The royal footman let
down tb.f steps for the little royal lady, who
proceeded to lift from the dust the
pretty piece of cambric and iaco. She
I lii-lii d a good deal, though she tossed
iicr head saucily, and she was doubtless
angry enough, but the mortifying lesson
may leave nipped in the bud her first impulse
toward coquetry. It was hard, but it was
wholesome. llow many American mothers
would be equal to such a piece of Spartan
discipline?