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The courts hare decided that refusing usfake newspapers and periodicals from the Post office, r remoring and having tbem uncalled for, is | .. i fncia evidence of intentional fraud. ' L'ROFFSSITMAL & LIISIAFSS CARDS. ATTORNKYS AT LAW. 1 i)us T. KKAY, ,) ATTORXEY-AT-LAW. Office opposite Heed ,t SeheU's Bauk. .-el given in English and German. [apl26j I ' IMMELI. A Nl> LING EN FET.TER, i\_ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, aEoroRU, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of -he Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran lurch. ~ [April 1, 1564-lf M A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BRDPORO, PA. Ke-peetfußy tenders his professional services he public. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter, , on Pnblie Sqirt near Lutheran Church. dect:r.s promptly made. [Dec.9,'64-tf. nAYES IRVINE. ATTORNEY AT I.AW, i iaithfully and pr mptly attend tu a'l busi • ntruste i to his care, office with ti B. Spang, ..on Juliana street, three doors south of the - i House. May 2i:ly "NSPY M. ALSIP, La ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKoronn, PA., ! faithfnUy and promptly attend to all busi- j z-. ■' entrusted to hit care in Bedford and adjoin- j counties. Military claim*, Pensions, back i jar, B 'unty. Ac. ppeedily collected. Office with | n k Spang:, on Juliana street, 2 doors south ; : . . Mengei House. apl 1, IBW.—l£ j 3 r. KRTTRH J. W. DICK ITRSOS j MhYEKS t DTCKEHSOX. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. o'r -e nearly opposite the Men gel House, will ; practice in the several Comrts of Bedlord county. Pensions, bounties and back pay obtained and the jfPheal Estate attended to. [may 11,'66-1 y f B. CESSNA, •J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, See with JOB* PESSSA, on the near the Presbyterian Church- Ail business entrusted to his care will receive faithful and pr mpt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, ke., -peediiy collected. [June 9, 1565. Y B STUCK EY. "roRNEY AND rOfNSELLOR AT LAW. and REAL ESTATE AGENT, " e on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court House. KANSAS CITY. 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Collections made on the shortest no- : They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents j - i woi give special attention to the pn 'eeution j lint* against the Government for Pensions, : Pack Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac re on Jnliana street, one door South of the -er office, and nearly opposite the ' Mengel I H -e" April 2S. lS65:t J PHYSICIANS. 11TM. W. JAMISON, M. D.. t\ Buoonr Rc, PA„ ectfully U-n iers his profeesional kervicea to j the V pie * fthat place and vicinity. [decSrlyr ; OMK B. F- HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional sex- j • -.t to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity, j Ifrce and residence on Pitt ntreet, in the building rtnerly occupied by Dr. J. H. llofius. iAp'l 1,54- I L. MARBOURG, M- I)., •i . Having permanently located icspeo'fh.'ly - dere his pufessional services to the citisens - Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, pp I'ethe Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal - - ffi-e. Aj'ril 1, 1854—tf. j j w S. ' J-TATLER, near ?.helisburg, and | 1 ' Dr. J. JT CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland y, having associatcl themseives in the prae- I ' Medicine, re-p*—-fnliy ofer the.r profes n ices to the citirens of iichclisburg and i t. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same I merly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd. 1 . G. STATI.KR, I ei: urg, A prill 2: IT. J. J. CLARKE. M IS CELL AXLO"US\ J / k V.. SHANNON, BANKER, V. BEDPOBD, PA. NX OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. • iLad fr.r the EL Wet, North and i * jeneral hasineff of Exchange '• i. N :e< airi Account* Collected and promptly made. REAL ESTATE ■ i d. ' febtt J J VNTEL BORDER, * ' PITT >T KK?, rwo DOORS WEST or THE ®RD SUTEL. BEIF>RD ? PA. 'MAKER AND DFAI.EK A JEWEL :.Y. SPK'-TACLES. 4C. '■n band a stock of 6ce Gold and SB ."■pcctacics of Brilliart Double Befin < al> - Scotch Pebble Gl*ir*e*. CloU ns Breut Pics, Finder P.inrp, best G id Ecu*. lie will supply to order 7 f '■ .; in hi* line not on hand. [n-r.25,'65. 1 ) • 'LOUSE 1 '• WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST, P -treet two doors west of B. F. Harry's St re. Beifort, Pa., is now prepared >■ wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. All > j tly fiikd. Persons desiring anything will do well to give him a call. He if rd, rvt 20. '85., \ LL KINDS OF BLANKS for sale at tbe h - ' --er c-ffice. A full supply of Deeds, Lea '•, Art. Ics of Agreement Ac, DL'RBORROW A LUTZ Edltom and Proprietors. FOETRY. SNOW-FLAKES. BY Ht.NET W LOKGEFLLOW. Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cSoud-fo'ds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow. Even as our cloudy fancies take Sc-idc-iy shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession, The sky reveals The grief it feels. This is the poem of the air, ! Slow ly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret of despair, I-ong in its cloudy besom hoarded, Now whispered and revealed To wood and field. PTEFIUANFTIU*. KIJCONSTKLCTION. Speech of Hon. >Y. 11. Koontz, of Pennsylvania, in the liousc of ftep re&entatives, January- 20, 1868. The House having under consideration the bill (U. R. No. 4o'j> additional and supple mentary to an act entitled '*An act to pro vide for the more efficient government of the rebel States.'' passed March 2, 1867 Mr. KOONTZ said: Mr. SPEAKER: This bill has been pretty thoroughly di-scussed on both sides of the House, and I will endeavor, in as brief a time as possible, to present to the consider ation of the House my reasons for support ing the measure. In di.-euasing this bill there are three things to be considered: first, what is proposed to be done by the bill ? second, has Congress the power to pass it? third, is there now such a pressing public necessity as calls upon Congress for the pas sage of tbe bill? This bill proposes to declare that in the iate rebellious .States '"there are no civil State governments republican in form, and that the so-called civil governments in said States, re.-i-ecive'y, shad not be recuguiz-.- i as vaiid or i- gai State governments either by the executive or judicial power or authority of the United State-." The btll also proposes to confer upon the General of the Army the power "to enjoin, by special orders, upon all. officers in com mand within the several military depart ments within said several States, the perfor mance of all acts authorized by said several laws above recited, and to remove by his order fr >m command any or ail of said com mander> and detail other officers of the United States Army, not below the rank of colonel, to perform all the duties and exer cise all the powers authorized by said sever al acts.'' The bill also confers upon the General of the Army the power of removal from and appointment to the civil offices UDder those several provisional governments. It Further declares that "it shall be unlawful for the President of the United States to order any part of the Army or Navy of tbe United States to assi.-t by force of arms the author ity of eit her of said provisional governments in said disorganized States to oppose or ob struct the authority of the United States as provided in this actar.d the act to which this is supplementary." Then there is added a section making it a penal offence for any person to attempt to prevent by force the execution of the orders ot the General of the Army. Those, -ir. are in brief the provi.-ions of the bill. The next question is. has Congress j the lawful power and authority to pass this j measure? And, sir, iD asserting the power • I ot Congress over this question it becomes necessary to sustain the allegation ot fact I i contained in the first section of the bill, that j in th'-'ss States there are no civil State gov- j crnments republican in form; for, sir, I con cede that if it be not true in point of fact that there are no such civil governments in those States then this proposed legislation and all the Ic-gi.-iation of Congress pertaining to the question of reconstruction is wrong; but if, on the other hand, it be true in point of fact that there are no valid State govern menu in those States, then I apprehend that gentlemen on all sides of this House will concede that there is necessity for some legislation, either in the shape of this bill or some other. Now, sir. is it true that there are no legal State governments in those States? I main tain that it is. Ido DOI deny that prior to V '! there were Segal State g- vernments in those States holding their true relation to the Government of the United States, and acting harmoniously with the other States of the Union, under the Constitution, the >u I preme law of the land. But I assert that those governments were overthrown by traitors; that they were seized by men whose I hearts w r° filled with treason, and all, or nearly. al! of the legislative, executive, and judicial officers ■ f those States assisted in car rying i hem out-side of the Government of the United States. It is necessary, sir, to briefly allude to | some of the leading event- of that period. A Republican President had been elected in i accordance- with the provisions of the Con . -titution of the United States; but because be and his party were of a different political : faith to theirs, 'hey seized upon what they onsidered a favorable opportunity to en j force their long cherished doctrine of State i rights. For many years the political lead ' ersofthe South had been promulgating the wicked and dangerous theory that it was wtihin the power of any one of the States. : it its pleasure, to sever its connection whi ch e Government of the United States, and the election of a Prc-ident by the Republic- I an party was made the pretext for rebellion; and I would here remind gentlemen who are | continually denouncing the Republican par tv for what they aiiege to be its unconstitu tional acts, that in the election of Abraham Lincoln that party was strictly within the limits of the C'-n-titution, and that the lead j ers of the rebellion not only disregarded the I [lain provisions of the Constitution in re- ] fusing to abide by that election, but engaged in their unholy work before his Administra tion had come into power ar.d without wait- j • ing to sec whether, so far as thry were con corned, he would nor take care that the laws ;of the land w- re faithfully executed. It will be remembered that they passed their ordinances of seeessiou, and by the most solemn l> tisfative enactment declared that their States vre r.o longer bound to the j General Government. Not only that, but they seized upon ail the public property within the limits of those States. They seized upon the forts, arsenals, mint?, cus ; torn hou- s, navy yard an ! all the prop eity belonging t<> the United States Govern i ment therein. They went further, sir; they A LOOAL ANP GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. elected their representatives and sent them to Montgomery. Alabama, and there they united together under another government, formed a constitution for tbemsc vos, and adopted a flag different from the flag of our fathers. By the most solemn forms of law they created a separate and independent government, with the avowed intent and purpose of destroying the Government of the United States. And, sir, for four long years they wielded the power of this great and tremendous or ganization, extending over ten States, a vast empire in themselves, holding within and under its control ten million people, and with almost unlimited resources, for the purpose of destroying the Government whic-h had ocen framed by Washington and his compeer*. They were unsuccessful, but I need not remind gentlemen of this floor of the tremendous cost to the loyal people of] the country in precious biocd and treasure to maintain the unity and integrity of this Gov ernment. Now, sir, during these four years of civil war where rested the legal power and au thority of thß United States Government? I answer that they were with the loyal, ad hering. organized States of the Union. Hoes any gentleman on the other side say that the legislation for those ter States during that time was wrong because they were in armed rebellion? Will they deny that the legislation necessary to carry on the Government within the organized States was iiiegal, unconstitutional , and void be cause those ten States happened to be in organized revolt? Was Dot the legislative, executive, and judicial power of the Gov ernment of the United fctates fully recog nized by the people of the loyal States during that time? Mr. MUNGEN. We get appeals to this side of the House, and I should like to an swer. Mr. KOONTZ. Not now. I answer that during the time that those States were outside of the Government, so far as they could place themselves, the sovereign pow er of the nation WAS reprsented in the organ ized States of the Union. He would be a bold man, indeed, who would controvert this position; for to deny the authority of the law-abiding, organized States to wield the sovereign power of the government du ring an insurrection or rebellion ID others, would be equivalent to an admission that the bare organization of rebellion in any sec tion of the country would of itself work a dissolution of the Government, for those not in revolt would be powerless to prevent it. But not only were the legal power AOD ; authority of the Government of the United States vested in the organized States by recognition of the loyal people but thev were recognized by foreign nations. The United States of America did not in the eyes of other Powers cease to be a nation because a portion thereof was in rebellion, but its dignity and sovereign power were as fully aek nowleged by them as before. Now, sir, if the proposition be true that during the rebellion the legal power and au thority of the United States remained in the byal States, when did that power cease over tbe disorganized communities? When the war ended, say the rebels; when LOE surrendered, say the Democratic party. This would be equivalent to saying that there should be no penalty for treason, for there would be no power to impose it, as the guilty would have an equal voice with the guiltless in settling the controversy. Against this doctrine the loyai people pro test. earnestly protest, and insist that the terms of settlement shall be fixed by them: that as the power and jurisdiction of a court over the criminal attach until tbe sentence jis pronounced, so the power and jurisdio | tion of the loyal States attach and remain ' over the disorganized part until all the I questions springing AN and arising out of the rebellion have 1 een fully and entirely set tled. j But, sir, if those States were not entirely j overthrown, gentlemen will admit with the President of the United States, a- they now | -eem to have come to his position, that they : required at least some legislative or execu | tive action in their behalf, because they were 1 so far disorganized as R I require it, to set I them on foot again. ' 'he President recog -1 nized this when he declared that they weie ; without civil governments, and undertook to as-urae the power of legislation on this question. He recognized the fact that their civil governments had been overthrown when he established provisional governments for them. We enly differed with him so fur in asserting that the question of recon structing these States was with the Congress of the United States and not in the hands of the Executive. Then, sir, to establish the point I AM makinz, namely, that these are not valid civil governments, I deny that they ate such because they are thecreatures of execu tive power and not of_ legislative au thority IT was a question thatb elong td exclusively to Congress and not to any other co ordinate branch of the Govern ment. But I object to these governments further because they have had the breath of life j breathed into them for the purpose of re viving the fell spirit of treason that for four long years spread disaster and sorrow throughout the land. Now. sir, I think I have clearly shown that the power of this Government belongs , to the loyal States of the Union, those that remained true to it duriDg the civil war. Then the only question remaining is, is there a public necessity for this bill ? I urge, in the first place, that there is a necessity for the passage of this bill to pro tect the loyal men of those States. Does any man doubt, from all the evidence we have had during the last two years, that if the military power is withdrawn from these States the loyal men, black and white, will | be entirely under the control of the rebels, i who will have an ascendancy a? complete and effectual as when Lee held uudisputed I power over tfce whole region ? It is needed, further, to prevent the ob- I stack's that have been thrown in the way of j reconstruction. We have had obstacles not 1 only on account of tbe construction of the law, as was stared by my colleague, but in adverse executive action; and in order that there may be a harmonious policy, and that all obstacles may be removed in the way of the policy of Congress, it is necessary that J this question should he under tbe control of j the General of the Army and not of so manv | different military commanders. We would thus be relieved of the difficulty that exists under tbe present law, of havine one policy for Louisiana and another for Virginia. But it is needed, further, because the rebels and their sympathizing friends in the North refuse J to accept the generous terms ! that were offered by the Thirty- Ninth Con gress. That Congress offered a plan of set tlement of tbi -E difficulties so fair and gen ! erous that no honest mind could controvert it; and yet tlu->E people, aided and enooura ! ge-i by the President of the United States and by the Democratic party of tbe North, : ; J--d to ace pt the generous terms prof fered in the fourteenth amendment to the j Constitution of the United States. There -1 fore it becomes Decessary that Congress BEDFORD. "Pn.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1868. [ should exercise its authority and demand that other terms shall be acceded to by them since they have tefused to accept so gener ous an offer. Indeed, the terms of settle ■ ment contained in these several reconstruc tion bills are more generous than were ever offered to a vanquished foe before. A mag nanimous people demand neither the lives ' or property of their late enemies; but they ' do insist that they shall only be restored to political power in the Union upon the con ditions prescribed by the loyal people of tbe country. These, sir, are in brief my reasons for ad vocating this bill, and I propose now to ad vert to a few arguments—l can hardly say a few, because it seems to me there is but a single argument advanced on the other side . against this bill. The whole cry is that this ■ bill is unconstitutional. Sir, all tLe recon • struction bills that have been passed by this and the preceding Congress have been de nounced by gentlemen on the other side as unconstitutional. This is the old cry repeat ed. We heard it at the beginning of the war. We were then told it was unconstitu tional to coerce a State; that it was unconsti tutional to call out armies and defend the capital of the nation, that it was unconstitu tional to draft men into the armies of the United States; that it was unconstitutional to issue money to pay the soldiers who were dralted, that it was unconstitutional and wrong to arm the negro. In short, every measure that was ever advocated by the Republican party in these Halls lor the sup pression cf this infamous rebellion has been denounced by the Democratic party AS un constitutional. They seem to assume, or rather they do assume, that they are the es pecial guardians and protectors of tbe Con stitution. I desire, in the brief moments that are left me, to point to some of their own acts in regard to tbe Constitution. It will be remembered, in IMIO, when the conscience of the people had become aroused by the aggressive spirit of slavery, and had brought into life and party that planted itself upon the ground, of opposition to the extension of that institution, that John J. Crittenden, a Senator from Ken tucky, offered in the other branch of Con gress a series of resolutions to perpetuate the curse of human bondage. He proposed to place in the Constitution of the United' Statesthat word which Jam Madison re fused to permit to go in. He wa- willing not only to infert the word "slave" in the Constitution but to dedicate the whole of that vast empire south of 3IR T' to the curse of slavery. That wa> Democratic doc trine then. The Constitution might, by 'heir consent, be changed, provided it would BE to the interest of the slave power. iVe go a step further. After the Mont gomery constitution had been adopted there was a portion of the Democratic party that was willing to run the line north of Pennsyl vania and to exclude New Eugland from the Union. They propo-ed to take in Pennsylvania. New Jersey, New York, and as mauy western States as chose to cotne IN. and adopt the Montgomery constitution for the purpose, as they said, of leaving New Eogland out in the cold. bir, let me say that New Eugland will not be kept our in the cold, and THE rca.von of it in brief is this, that -he is true now to the cause of hrttiian liberty as she was when the Mayflower landed her precious cargo upon her shores and "Tbe souuding aisles of the dim woods rang To tbe anthem of the free." But, sir, in answer to gentlemen upon the other side who claim that the Demo cratic party is the great protector and defen der of the Constitution, I want to point out to gentlemen upon all sides of this House this significant fact, that when the great unconstitutional work of this century was undertaken, namely, organized rebellion in ten State.- for the purpose of breaking up and destroying this Union, never during all that time was there promulgated from a Democratic State convention or from a Democratic State committee a single au thoritative enunciation expressive of their indignation at the great unconstitutional work that the rebels were engaged in: no, not one. AND permit me to say now that if that party had denounced that great un constitutional work with half the zeal and half the energy with which they have de nounced the measure- that were necessary to put down the rebellion, and that are nec essary to keep it down, the war would have ended a year sooDer than it did, $l,OO0 ( 0U<V 000 of debt would have been saved to the Government, and many firesides would now have chairs occupied that arc vacant This was the policy of that party that has as sumed to act as the special defenders of the Constitution. Let me add another item on this point. I remember that in the latter part of June, IS<53, the news spread abroad throughout the North that General Lee was advancing upon the State of PenDsylva nia, and soon that news was confirmed, and the invaders stood upon the soil of Pennsyl vania. At that very time there was a Demo cratic State convention sitting in the capi tol at Harrisburg, and although the enemy ; was ready to carry destruction and devasta : tion throughout the broad limits of the Commonwealth, and iudeed, the whole North, if it had been in his power, not one word in condemnation of the rebellion or denunciation of the unconstitutional work its leaders M-re engaged in went out from that convention; and yet, -ir, this is the I party that professes to speak for the Con ; stituiion. Mr. BOY Ell. Mr. Speaker — Mr. KOONTZ. My time is nearly out. 1 would like to yield to my colleague, but I | cannot. Sir, I think I have effectually an-wered ' the claim that the Democratic party has set up to be considered the special guardian and protector of the Constitution of the United j States. We maintain that the power we ! have had ever since the war began, the I power that belonged to remaining or ganized States of this Union to crush and | destroy the rebellion, remains with us until every vestige of treason is destroyed. And 'J if the provisional governments in these States, created without any authority of law are to be made instruments to reinstate trea- I son in the high places of this Government, ; then they must just AS surely fall as did the : military power of the rebellion before the invincible armies of the Republic. We claim that this bill is necessary to a proper en "l forcement of the reconstruction acts hereto fore pA-scd, and to a just and fair settle ; ment of this vexed question. In conclusion, sir. permit me to say that we are now eneaged in rebuilding the foun dations of this great Government that have been shaken by the fierce tempest of civil war. Treason did its work in attempting to pull down and destroy, Jet it be the work of loyal hands to build up, beautify, and adorn this temple of liberty. Let us see to it that the loyal people are protected throughout the limits of the whole country: that equal and exact justice to all men shall be the rule by which tbe Republic is guided, and then we shall hare faithfully executed the trust committed to us. AFTER successfully popping the question, ' the next thing is to question the pop. THE PALACF. OF JOSEI'NISE, THE BELOVED OF NAPOLEON. Malroatson, the favorite residence of Jo sepnine and NapoleoD, in their days of glory, is now undergoing a thorough restor •DON. The Empress EUGENIE Las under taken this pious work, and her plan is said to be to restore the place to precisely THE same condition, so far as possible, as when first iohabited by the first Napoleon and his only beloved Josephine, who died there May 14, ISI4. Among other things, Eu genie is gathering into Maimaison all the relics of Napoleon and Josephine which can be found. His simple cot- bed. on which | "®. '■? , ~A T Helena; his camp-chair, ! which followed hint through so many fields : of battle; his swords, pistols, epaulets, etc • Josephine's watch, slippers, and a hundred Other souvenirs of the first Emperor and Empress of the French, arc already gathered jnto the house of the dead. V , i W " t ' n £ a P OD subject of Napoleon and Josephine, memory carries us bick to : our own pleasant travels in France, twenty years ago. and these rise up Defore us, clear and bright as visions only of yesterday; such were our _asso , :iations and privileges then : that we visited all the important Institution of Paris and its environs, St. C'loud, Ma!- maison, \ ersatlles and the splendid galler j*? there, grand beyond description, the King a Orangery, as it was called, with the numerous palaces, and these scenes were made familiar to us from the day- of Marie Antoinette down to N atioleon and Josephine. It was there and then that we gathered, for our own interest and gratification, many his tories of 'he past, and these we have kept in our travelling sketch-book, to be used when occa-ion required. Thus we are fa miliar with what we write, and the days of Napoleon are full of incident* that never yet have been made known. There L- another gem connected with this palace—the beautiful ROSE— the favored of the noble Josephine, known as Souvenir de !a Malmfastm. This was the favorite rose of Josephine, and was tbe one worn by iter, as the first flower pre-cnted to her by Na poleon. From this originated the name, associated as it was with Napoleon's love and the palace Maimaison. I'is said that Napoleon wa.- as earnest and faithful a lover as he was a Genera), and among the private "Memoirs of Napo leon apd Josephine" are found the records of their "try-ting day,' from which we gath er the following: On one occasion Napoleon was attracted to a beautiful Rose tree,' and -o much was he delighted with its gorgeous beauty, that he selected it as a special gift to Josephine. This gift was planted by his own hand, and ever after, that Rose- tree and that little garden spot was nurtured and watched with the devotion which a fond heart knows h w to bestow. This Rose being the special gift of one who was so tenderly yet nobly allied to her was cher ished by Josephine as a Souvenir of Love, and linked with her home and happiest hours. When the darkened days came and she was to be separated from Napoleon, that Rot*, was -aved by her own hand and borne away as the brightest SOCVBSIR OF MAL- Heiif-c the name, "Souvenir de la Maimaison." Loving, affectionate, ten der memories and bitter regrets are thus linked with one of the most beautiful of all Roses, and Poetry. Music and bright flow ers are wingled with the memory of Napo leon and Jo*ephinc. Many interesting his tories connected with those days are found, which have been attributed to Napoleon's pen after the loss of Josephine and the des ecration cf their favored Garth n Spot where this first Rose was planted These are sup posed to be the !a-t sad thoughts of Napo leon AS he looked upon the place where nis feet would never tread more.— Anon. IS ALL WELL* "Twelve o'eloek: at night, and all's welL" False prophet! still and statue-like at yonder winnow stands the wife. The clock has told the small hours, yet her face is* pressed against the window pane, striving in vain, with streaming eye. to pierce the darkness. She sees nothing, she hears nothing, but tbe beating of he own heart. Now she takes her seat: opens a Bible, and from it seeks what comfort she may, while tears blister the pages. Then she clasps her hands, ani her lip- are tremulous with mute supplication. Hist! there is an un steady step in the hall I she knows it! many times, and oft, it hx* trod on her very heart strings. She glides down gently to meet the wanderer. He falls heavily against her, and, in maudlin tones, pronounces a name he had long since forgotten to honor. O! all enduring power of woman's love! no re proach. upbraiding—the light arm passed around that reeling figure once erect in "God's own image. \\ ith tender words of entreaty, which he is powerless to resist, if" he would, she leads him in. It is the repetition of a thousand such vigils! it is the performance of a vow, with a heroism and patient endurance too common and every day to be chronicled on earth; too holy and heavenly to pass unnoticed by the "reg isterine aoge! above. "All'i well!" False prophet I In yonder luxurious room sits one whose curse it was to be fair as a dream of Eden. I ime was when those clear eyes looked lovingly into a mother's face—when a kind loving father laid his trembling hand, with a blessing, on that sunny head, when brothers and sisters' voices blended with her own in heart-music around the happv earth. Oh! where are they now? Are there none to say to the repenting Jlagdalene—"Neither do I con demn thee —go and sin no more." Must the gilded fetter continue to bind the soul that loathes it, because man is less merciful than God? "All's well!" False prophet! There lies the dead or phan. In ail the length and breadth of the green earth there was found no sheltering nest where the lonely dove could fold its wings when the parent-birds had flown. The brooding wing was gone that covered it from the cold winds of neglect and unkind nesa. Love was its life, and so it drooped. "All's well! False prohet I Sin walk- the earth in pur ple and fine linen; honest poverty, with tear-bedewed face, hungers and shivers, thirsts, "while publicans stand afar off. The window pleads in vain to the ermioed judge for "justice," and, unpunished of Heaven, the human tiger crouches in his lair, and springs upon his helpless prey. "All's well!" Alt. yes! all's well; for He who "seeth the end from the beginning" holds evenly the | scales of justice. "Dives shall yet beg of j Everv human tear is counted. ! They wiil yet sparkle as gems in the crown of the patient, enduring disciple! when the clear broad light of eternity shines upon I life s crooked path, we shall see the snares; and pitfalls front which our hedge of thorns , has fenced us in. and in our full-grown faith, wo shall exultingly say—"Father, not as I will, but as thou wilt."— Fanny Fern. WHO is A bad house keeper ? Miss Man agement I VOLl 7 KIB II; 10 6. THE STEED "MARK TWAIN" RODE 111 THE HOLY LAND. In a late letter of "Mark Twain," to the ■ i Alta California, occurs tbc following des cription of his Arabian {•teed named i "Jerieo:" While I am speaking o£ animals, I will i mention that I have got a horse by the , name of'"Jerieo." He is a mare. I bare i seen remarkable horses before, but none so remarkable as this. I wanted a horse that could shy. and this one filli the bilL I had |an idea that shying indicated spirit. If 1 was correct, I have got the most spirited horse on earth. He shies at everything be comes across, with the utmost impartiality. He appears to have a mortal dread of tele graph poles, especially; and it is fortunate that these are on both sides of the road, be cause, as it is now. I never fall off twice on j the same side. If i fell on the same side always, it would get to be monotonous after a while. This creature has got scared at : everything he has seen to-day, except a hay wagon. lie walked up to that with an in trepidity and recklessness that were aston i>hing. And it would fill any one with ad : miration to see how he preserves his self possession in the presence of a barley sack. This dare devil bravery will be the death of ; this horse some day. He is not particularly fast, but I think he will get me through the Holy Laud. He has only one fault. His tail has been chop ped off or driven up, and he has to fight the flies with his heels. This is all very well, but when be tries to kick a fly off the top of his head with his hind foot, it is too much variety. He is going to get himself into trouble thrt way, some day. lie reaches around and bites my legs, too. I don't care particularly about that, only I don't like to see a horse too sociable. I think the owner of this prize had a wrong opinion about him. He nad an idea that he was one of those fiery, untamed steeds, but he is not ot that character. I snow the Arab has this idea, because when he brought the horse to me for inspection in Beyrout, he kept jerking the bridle and shouting in Arabic. "Ho! will you? Do vou want to run away, you ferocious beast, and break your neck? ' when all the time the horse was not doing anything in the world, and only looked like he wanted to lean up against something and think, h henever he is not shying at things, or reaching after a fly, he wants to do that yet. 11 it would surprise his owner to know this. WESTWARD HO ! Where are tho.-e Western "frontiers" of which we have all read and said so much ? The maps will toil us where they mml to be in times past, but with the giant strides of civilization, marshaled by the two Pacific railroads, it would be impossible at any given moment to tell where the frontiers are no>r. A little paper was started at North Platte and called the Frontier Index, then it moved to Julesburgh, then to Chey enne, and now it is foity miles onward to Fort Sanders, where they are founding a new town. The tide ot emigration carried it alopg, it had to change either its local habi tation or its name, and it chose to do the former. Another little sheet comes from "IHys Citv," and is called the Raihcay Advance. _ What and where is Ilays City V It L- a "city" 575 miles west of St. Louis, founded on a spot where buffaloes, antelopes and beavers were undisputed land-owners up to midsummer of this year. It has al ready 400 people, a railroad depot, three railroad machine shops under way, two hotels, a "fine theatre building," stores and dwellinghouses in profusion, two express lines, two overland mail and stage lines, and of course, a brisk little newspaper, with probably the largest number of "business advertisements" ever collected in a town which, three months ago, was a wilderness, with no settlement witkiu fifty miles. This is the way they do things "out West"—a phrase now, we fear, as indefinite and decep tive as "the frontiers." Hays City, says the New York Times, is probably a specimen of a dozen little railroad towns in that region. We hardly venture to write what we hear, lest, by to-morrow, we receive an indignant protest from some Hays citizen, that the place contains eight hundred people instead of four hundred, has ten hotels in place of two, and two rival newspapers instead of one. As for the Frontier Index, that has probably alreadv moved off "to the fron tier."—Pittsburgh Evening Chronicle. THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. —A gentle man connected with the Newfoundland fish ery was once possessed of a dog of singular fidelity and sagacity. On one occasion a boat and crew in his employ were in circum stances of considerable peril, just outside of a line of breakers, which, owing to some change in the wind or weather, had, since the departure of the boat, tendered the re turn-passage through them extremely haz ardous. The spectators on shore were quite unable to render any assistance to their friends afloat. Much time had been spent, and the danger seemed to be increased rath er than diminished. Our friend, the dog, looked on for a length of time, evidently aware of there being great cause for anxiety in those around. Presentlv, however, he took to the water, and made his way through to the boat The crew supposed he wished to join them, and attempted to induce him to come on board: but no! he wou!d_ not go within their reach, but continued swimming about a short distance from them. After a while, and several comments on the peculiar conduct of the dog, one, of the hands sud dealy divined his apparent meaning. "Give him the end of a rope," he said, "that is what he wants." The rope was thrown — the dog seized the end in an instant, turned round and made straight for the shore, where a few minutes afterwards the boat and crew, thanks to the intelligence of their four-footed friend, were placed safe and un damaged. Was there no reasoning here? no acting with a view to an end or for a giv en motive? Or was it nothing but ordinary instinct? A Holy LIFE.—The rising of the sun is known by the shining beams; the fire is known by its burning; the life of the body is known by its moving; even so certainly is the presence of God's spirit known by the shining light of holy conversation; even so the purging fire of grace is known by the burning zeal against sin and a fervent de sire to Keep God's commandments; even so certainly the life and liveliness of faith is known by the good motives of the heart, by the bestirring of all thejpowers both of the soul and body, to do whatsoever God wills us to be doing, as soon as we once know He would have us do it. He, that hath this evidence hath a bulwark against despair, and may dare the devil to his face; he, that hath this, hath the broad seal of eternal life, and such a man shall live forever. Josh Bh-ungs says: "If you trade with a Yankee, steal his knife fust, for if he gets to wbittlin' you're gone in spite of thun , der." RATES OF ADVERTISING. All Kirertistmeot* for leu than 3 month* It eentt jr line for each insertion. Special notice* one-half additional. All reaolntion* of Associa tion, commaßicaUoni of a limited or indiTidal into re it and notkei of znaniac** and death*, x --ceddins fire line*, It eU. per line. All lejal noti ce* of everj kind, and all Orphan*' Court and other Judicial sale*, are required by law to be pub liibed in both paper*. Editorial notice* 15 cent* per line. All Advertising doe after first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly edrertiaers. J moots- month*. 1 year One (qoare $ 4.50 $ 6.00 SIO.OO Twe square* 6.00 0.09 lt.oo Three <ju*re* B.OO 12.90 26.00 One-fourth column _ 14.00 20,00 35.00 Half column 13.00 25.00 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.00 SOCIAL CONDITIO* OF EIfGLJiIO. The London Review devotes its leading article for the new year to a retrospect ana ■ a confession. The confession is certainly 1 candid: , At this time there is no country, no ; matter how embarrassed or how poor, in ; which there is so much pressing and painful ,so much vice, so much misery, as in England. We have failed with our low er classes to such an extent that in the country wc find some of them working like cattle, fed and housed worse than cattle, while in the towns we do not know what to do with them until they are ripe for drop ping into the seething pool of vice and crime. With all our wealth, and En eland is a wealthy country, we have not succeeded in distributing happiness or content in the proportion 0 f winch we could be pftud. e find massed against us a gloomy and threatening spirit of in subordination, and a gathering of ominous elements, from which voices arc heard, that having broken down in our task we should give it up to those who wiil change all things. Criticism is no longer a function limited to one class. Our I future masters begin to take stock and value of us. "In that social iife in which most of us are concerned, which may be placed above the reach of sordid wants, can we congratu late ourselves upon a distinct advance? Around us on all sides we learn of families living upon fictitious incomes, we find a rate of increase in the taste for luxuries so incom mensurate with the means for getting them honestiy, that people satisfy" the craving with a recklessness'which brings ruin upon them. Comfort is a word the meaning of which is beginning to disappear. Every ope desires to be rich, and those who are not rich keep up the pretence until the wolf is at the door." A LADY'S OPINION- OF A LADY'S MAN. "Mrs. Stephens, in her Monthly Maocuine, gives a certain class of men, the like of whom are seen in every community, the benefit of her opinion as follows: "Our own private opinion of the lady's man' is that he is thoroughly contemptible—a sort of the life hardly worth thinking about—a handful of foam drifting over the wine of iife. something not altogether unpleasant to the fancy, but of no earthly use. A woman of sense would as soon be put to sea in a man-of war made of shingles, or take up her residence in a card house as to dream of attaching herself to a lady-killer. Women worth the name are seldom deceived into thinkiDg a lady's man the choicest speci men of his sex. Whatever their ignorance may be, womanly intuition must tell them the men who iive for a great object, and whose spirits are so firmly knit that they are able to encounter the storms of life—men whose depth and warmth of feeling resemble the current of some mighty river, and not the pebbles on its surface, who, if they love, are never smitten by mere beauty of form and features—that these men are more wor thy cvep of occupying their thoughts in idle moments than the fops and men about town with whose attention they amuse them"lgos If we were to tell him this bo would only laugh, he has no pride about him, although full of vanity; and it matters not to him what we broadly affirm or quiet ly insinuate. Soft and delicate though ha is, he is as impervious to ridicule as a hod carrier, and as regardless of honest contempt as a city alderman. Were you to show him this article, he would take it to some social party, and read it aloud in the most melliflu ous voice, as an homage to his own attrac tion." OLD AGE WITHOUT RELIGION. —Alas ! for him who grows old without growing wise and to whom the future world does not set open her gates, when he is excluded by the present The Lord deals so graciously with us in the decline of life, that it is a shame to turn a deaf ear to the lesson which He fives, the feet totter, all the senses refuse to o their office, and from every side resounds the call, "Set thine house in order for the term of thy pilgrimage is at hand." The playmates of youth, the fellow laborers of manhood, die away, and take the road be fore us. Old age is like some quiet cham ber. in which, disconnected from the visible world, we can prepare in siience for the world thati3 unseen. TILE UNASKED GOOD. —The prayer which Socrates taught bis disciple AJcibiades de serves a place in the daily devotions of eve ry Christian, even "that he should beseech the Supreme God, to give him what was good for him, although he should not ask it and to withhold from him whatever would be hurtful, though he should be BO foolish as to pray for it" "There Is this difference," says a recent Scotch writer, "between doctors and law years:" The more lawyers there are the longer the cases continue while the more doctors there are the less chance there is for the patient to last The first lead you from one judgment to another; the latter send you double-quick to your final judgment" A DUTCHMAN was relating his marvelous escape from drowning when thirteen of his companions were lost by the upsetting of a boat and he alone saved. "And how did you escape?" asked one of his hearers. "I lid not go in de pote," was the Dutchman's plaeid reply. "ONE more question. Mr. Parker," said the lawyer to a witness. "You have known the defendant a long time. What are his habits, loose or otherwise?" The answer was: "The one he's got on now I think rather tight under the arms, and two short - waisted for the fashion.'.' A MAN remarked while inspecting the print of the feet of birds in the stones ex hibited in the vestibule at the Natural His tory building—that those marks were evi dences of the antiquity of the tract society. THE chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex one, and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleas ures, since very few great ones are let on long leases. ALEX. DUMAS, the eider, returningJYom a day's sport at the country seat of a friend with an empty game-bag. was asked, "Well, Dumas what did you kill? "Time," was the quick the reply. IF any one speak ill of thee, consider whether he has truth on his side; and if so, reform thyself—was the wise remark of an old philosopher. "IN my youth," says Robert Walpole, "I thought of writing a satire upon man ' kind; but now, in my old age, I think I should write an apology for them. t SUCH is the blessing of a benevolent heart s that, let the world frown as it will, it cannot • possibly bereave it of *ll happiness, since ft can rejoice in the prosperity of other",
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