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I the *ubnc':b- r ordc;.- his ; i; -r to be J d at a c-rtain time, and the publisher eon- j 4' ■ .-en -L the subscriber is bound to pay for j it, / as tuke* it * -tof th J'utt ibe lew . up-.., .. . g-.uud ;ti.-u.a net it ■ : v • r wb at hv uses. ; . The courts have decided that refusing to tke r, - vapors and 7*l ■ from tbe Post-.-fifoe, r removing and having them uncalled for, is to farm evidence of intentional fraud. ft Cards. ATTORNEYS at LAW. j 1 H.X T. KiaAGV, .! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. a opposite lived A Scbeli's Bar.k. - ci" -a i\ Rngiish and tisrauu [pl2Bj KtM.MLLL AXD LIMiENFELTKR, A'l TORNi. Vb AT LAW, blufvri l , n. e formed a partnership in the practice of sw. cne w 11 iok building near the Lutheran - b. [April 1, 1564-tf MA. POFXTC. ATTORXKV AT LAW, BZHFOEP, PA. liesr-ectfuily tenders his professional services ; die. OS . wilb J. W. Lingenfelter, ... Public Square near Lutheran Church. —C ieetions [ r mptly male. [Dec.9,"64-tf. IIATES ixVrsE, 11 A'j rOHSEY AT LAW, I • .ly ■ i promptly attend to all bnsi- J it 'are. Office with G. H. Spang, j - 1 ilier.a - reef, three doors south f the j May 24:1y T?SPY M. ALSIP, £j ATTORNEY AT LAW, lienroßP, PA., . ..I faiihroUy and promptly attend to all busi-j e- 'rusted to hi.- care in Bedford and adjoin- i _• eaunties. Military claims, Pensious, tack ! •. .p. n'jiy, Ac. .-p-eelily collet-ted. Office with j -i -; g. lis Jnliasa street, 2 d ">rs south j . r'- e Mcr.pl !' use. apll, IsM.—tf. 1 B. r. *ITHB - DtCßEßsa* A I LY ERS A BICKERSOX. 31 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEnroRO. PIIS'a, Office nearly opposite the MecgeS House, will practice in the -everai Courts of Bedford county. J> e . : .; - bounties and back pay obtained *r.d the purchase of Real EttaU attended to. [mayll,'6-ly T 11. CESSNA. •J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with JOHS CESSNA, on tbe -qaare near the Presbyterian Church. Ail business, entrusted t his care will receire faithful and prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac., -ueedily collected. [June 9,1865. p B STUCKEY, - A rORNEY ANlt COfTNSELLOP. AT LAW, , KLA L lie TATE AGENT, r. Main ? tret, between Fourth and Fitth, OiK-'Site the C urt House, i: \ v - O CIT\. MIS?OURI. ractice al* a ' "ininc Counties of Mis- i July 12:tf j . >sUm J. H. nOVGENECKBR : 1 > rSSLLL A I.f N'GENECKBR, .Vrrotf-teT# A ConwseLtoßß AT LAW, | •t- sforJl Pa., W ittend pr-nt tly and faithfully t,. all basi- j ..nr . 1 i atieotioo |j *". c.-'Uectifnis ac-i the firosetataei! f claims j , '.gj ,i ... street, -onlh of the Court ; Aprds.lyr. .... V E - ' KERE | CtIiARVE A KERB. j TTOnytYB-AT-LA W. "VViii practims tbe Courts of Bedford anus 1 - - ; . , . ÜB ;.,Ail : tin entrusted to their i •ire w' 1 receive irePi :.ud prompt ut.cn., 'O. Pension*, bounty. Bark Pay. Ac., -peedily eol- i rted from the G remment. Offiee on Juliana street, oppositns the kmosg h use of Kce-i A Soitell, Bedford, Pa. maxt-Sf ■ S. 0. PrHEGRR 'W JOHN t-tJV*. . DBEBORRtIW A LUTZ, ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. BEBFWB®, PA., I V.Y.I ,A'.end t ■ in; tly t • .i'.l bcsoM -• .ntrustei to ' rcaTe. L'olit " ns made on the shortest DO- j They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents r i wil! etve r. i. . atsei-' OB to the prosecution : ig.r, - '.g 'he Government for Pensions, : ; k Pav, Bounty, Bounty Lands, A-. . ">n Juliana street, one d'ror booth of the •r- i -gee, and nearly opposite the ' Meogel p a6e - April 28, IS5:t ! PB Y i CIA N|. \1 TM. W. JAYIISON, M. \v Btoonr KIN, PA., j X speeVfuily ttrsdera his professional services to • the "people If that p'.a- •• and vicinity. [dwtMyr j 1 NIL B. I . HARRY, U Respccttv.i'y .rndcxs hi* professional wr. v.ces to the Ut'ain of Bedford and Ticimty. j fin and re*..tenet n Pitt Street, in the building ; nseriy Meapiedbj I'r.J.ll. Hofius. [ApH.W. | i !. :• •.■: ::• •. M. i>. i >J . li.viog pcncaneutiy located respectfully! -! is his polecat nai eacvices to the citisens j .rd and vicinity. Office vs Jal'.ans street, t ,*o the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal- j t. April I, 1 ct—tf. ! j is. G. STATLER, near scheilsbarg, and 1 / br. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Comiserlend • nty, he vine a--neiated ttienascives in the prxe- . : Mt • ine. respectfully offer the ; r profes- . services to tbecitiiens of Gcheilsbarg and j 1 I>r. Clarke's office and residence same : rierlv ■ ,- c , idhv J. White, Esq.. dee'd- S. G. -TATLER, ; *r. ur?, ApriH2:ly J. J. CLARKE. Ml S U KLLANEOUS. ( k SHANNON, BANKER, V*. BEPKORB, PA. :"> 111.- OUNT AND DEPOSIT, is made for the East. West. North and ; d the genera! bntoess of Exchange e t Notes and AcoounU Collected and j ■r ripi lvmad". REAL ESTATE ■ .. ' Itb22 | J\ A !KL IP'RDKR. T, TW,) IVOORB WEST OF THE BBB # r ■• i. id iriEß, PA. ' R ND DEALER IN JKWEL i. - PrK TACLES. AC. r art-, i of hue Gold md Sil ,cb. ies • f Brilliant Double ReSn- T- b PebWe G'tassca. Gold -tsu-t ! in-, l inger Rings, best <1 i I . •■. He will nipplv tu Her ■ not co b:,ni. ! pr.2A."65. I'. V." HOI. ES'A LS TOBACCONIST, ' t Pitt rtreet two door* west at B. F. Harry's !••• g ' ire, Bedford, Pn.. is now prepared v ! -ies.oe all kinds ef CIGAR?-. AH cr- : mptly Sled. Pen n desiring anything in bis ' ne will do well to give hfm a call. Bedford f art 2>>. *S, Vi.L KIM'S OF BLAKs for ra'.e at tie/n --4 er office. A full supply of Heeds, Lea ' Articles of Agrtement at. I DrKBOKROW & LPT* Editors and Proprietors. forttg. THE LOST CREED. 14 1 LOVE OSLY YOU." Love only yon? "Tis asking more, Believe me, as I live, : Thau Constancy has got in store, Ot faith knows how to give. J Toe daisy fair, the talp tall, i The lily bright with dew — I What! slight the whole—rose, pink, and all— -1 Ar.d love but only yon? ! As fables say, iu days of yore, When Love vritlt Beauty stray ed, Ihe it. j.; believed the vows be swore. The youth believed the maidr But neither now the book can find From which fond trust they drew. And both have lost from heart and mind, The creed "'I love but you." Of houri hearts, an hundred score Are iB the Moslem heaven; Tbe priest had never less than four, The prophet less than aeven; t When but lor one the patriarch prayed, Kind fate assigned bim two; I'd be afraid, my charming maid. To love but only you. '"Still only you Was ever man Perplexed like this before? By Jove! I'll love you ail I can, And who can promise more? I'll call you mine, dove, dear, divine; But. honor bright and true, I do declare, 1 dare not swear To lave but "only v. n." THREE WORDS OF STRENGTH. There are three lessons I would write — Three words as with a burning pen — In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men. | Have hope. Though clouds environ now, And giu lness hides her face in scorn, Put then the shadow from tby brow; No night but hath its mom. . Have faith. Where'er thy bark is driven— j The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth— j Know this; God rules the host of heaven. The inhabitants of earth. Have love. And not alone for one, But man, as man, thy brother call; And scatters, like the circling snn, Thy charities on all. Thus grave the lessons on thy soul — Hope. Faith ami Love —and thou shall find Strength when life's surges cease to roll. Light wbeu thou elae wero blind. pfoccHanwus. EMPRESS AND EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. BY BURLEIGH. Tl; u; A popular lady in France, without . qu"-; Em press. She is benignant I i : i • ar.'i handsome. Her beauty i a f Tit will not fade. She is really a 1 : talent. She is the wisest and :. . it ti :. of the Imperial advisers. She :s i Urn-... Hoard, and discusses with tl. ministry matters of State. She ha • ;• ; presided a- Regent, iu the absence if tlr IT tor. She ispromptand effi siect, pn-i its with great tact, and holds the Imp rial Senate sharply to the questions her husband wi-hes liiscussfcd. In appear iTv-e. she in marked contrast to the nobility af Fr.tnee. She i tall and genteel in form, a complexion of alabaster whiteness, and a peculiar taste in dressing that the word Ele gant fitly represents. On the other hand, the French ladies arc short and fat, with a dumpy kind of look an untidy way of wear ing their hair, and an expression of coarst ne-s on their features. They have great -aric for ether people, but very little for themselves. Were she dressed as plainly as a governess, aud bore no insignia ot royalty about her, the Empress would be at once selected in the midst of a thousand French women, bv her personal appearance and her ta*te indicated in her dress. She is aD ac tive friend toali forms of want: she goes the rounds of tbe hospitals, private as well as national. Fhe never goes empty banded, but, in the humblest abode, leaves some token of her kind heart. Her heroic con- Juct during the late visit of the cholera will never lie forgotten. There was a panic in Paris, and even paid nar-se* fled from the r • dsi ie of the ffitffercrs. Ifressed in the simp'. -• garb, the Empress went through 1 all the cholera wards, administered cordials, mt'iicio. and-delicacies with her own hand; shamed the timid, called ont the brave, al layed tit pun;.-, and became the idol of the nation. Sue understands the temper_ of : France, and d - mm h towards keeping down the di-ritent which always exists to some extent in the gay capital. The work men mast have work, or tbe Throne is insecure, ihe lovers of pleasure —and they ■ are counted by tens of tbonsands —must have their am i- tnent*. or barricade fill the streets. The gay promenade from the gates of the Tuilcr e* to the Triumphal arch, known a- tl. • Champ d'Kiysee, is filled every i day by an immense throng, who occupy the chairs that fill the entire pathway. On one side of this avenue are booths, and tents and gardens fall of hobby horses, toys, mimic j theatres, pantomime, .and cheap amuse- I ments for the million. Along this Boule vard roil the carriages of the nobles and S officers of State. Every day, the elegant cortege of the Emprc-s can be seen rolling up and dowv- this brilliant thoroughfare— soiueUui's the Emperor by her side, some times the Prince Imperial, often alone. While the Emperor sit* crouched in the corner of Lis carriage, scowling look of discontent and annoyance, the Empress is kind and complacent to al!. Her forehead is broad and high, her look benignant, but searching. To the humblest sweep or work- •, man who lifts his hat to her, she returns a gracious bow. On the day the Exposition wa- pfßffil. he -c-emed to enjoy herself like a seli- cl-girl. Chatting with tbe exhibitors , rla> ping her hands in ee-tacy over some is,ar \ i-1 6f invention, tarrying behind while her "iietit he-band strode on, running to •v rtok • him. tiarting into this alcove and ! then i .that, visibly excited at the hearty 1 cheer* I'roui the English and Americans — who -joined to give the royal pair a warm recept; n, —drinking in the full enjoyment of tlf- a-:- n, and taking no core to con-, al it. A devoted Catholic, tbe has a Pro!. -1: t governess and tutor for the Prince Imperial. I The Emperor is stout and heavy. Those A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, INDI CATION, UTKRATUHE AND MOUALS. who talk of his breaking, and of his sickly and declining appearance, know nothing ot what fhey speak. His took is that of talent and mental strength. No portraits do him justice. He is a bad walker. His legs are short and very disproportioned to his body, which gives him a diminutive h k. He is fond of horseback riding, bee LsO he sits well and is a good rider. But he is seldom now on horseback except at reviews. Hia favorite horse fe a bright hay, brought from j Hungary. This horse is stout, strong and • intelligent He understands the movements of the army as well as the General-in-Chief. I No money could buy hita. The Emperor : seldom rides, except in state with Lb pos tillions and outriders. He dresses very plainly, u-uaiiy in a black suit; latterly he affcets the gray coat of his uncle. As a I man he is not popular; he b cold, austere j silent, and soiien. L . -situde and imps j tience blend in his dominion. He has the i appearance of being tired, lie b greeted with very little enthusiasm when he ap pears in public, partly from the fact that he pays no attention to the shouts of the populace. In his afternoon drives he comes out in state in an open carriage, and rides ; slowly, that the populace who never tire of ; looking on the imperial eortege, may be ; gratified. _ . In the Great Exposition there is a chapel fitted up for Protestant worship. It was i dedicated by the United Protestant (.'htlTeh. The Earl of Shaftesbury, a peer of England presided at the opening. Bibles transla i ted into every language are for sale, aud Protectant books in every tongue. France lisa Catholic country. Great efforts were made to prevent this feature of the cxhibi i tion from taking place. But the Emperor j said that this was an exhibition for all na ! '.ions, and every religion should be equally i re j-re-Anted and have the fullest freedom, i The Empress, as a friend of toleration, had | much to do with this arrangement. No man in the world, probably, devotes more hours to business than the Emperor. He lis the State. The ministers and senators i are mere clerks to do hb bidding. A por tion of the day is devoted strictly to the •affairs of government. A part oi the Tuil ■ ties b the office of state. Guards tramp . around; couriers come and go; the whole j -cene is lively and exciting till three o'clock, j when the offices close, and the imperial car : riatre drive* up for the usual ride. The Tuilleries, now united with the ; : Louvre, form a vast quadrancle. The pot- j ; tion fronting on the Champ d'Eiysee is the ; imperial residence, it is shut off from the I great square inside the quadrangle by a tail iron fence. Opposite the great gateway i> i the Arch of Victory erected by Napoleon i the First, under which the Emperor's ear ! riage drives. Tbe rest of the palace is a* little like the abode of royalty a3 can be imagined. There is no privacy about the | palace. A narrow strip of ground, in which j is grass and flowers, is shut off from the ! garden of the Tuileries by a low iron ten -t --fhe main entrance to the palace is in fob view of the multitude, where men tramp al; j the day long, and vans, cabs, omnibuses, j butchers' carts, and grocery wagons, cro - and ruorooK all the day What are called 1 the elegant gardens of "the palace are -.in!-!- a vast plot of ground inclosed within the iron gates without a *pear ofgross anywhere hard and coarse gravel meeting the eye in every direction, with immense >itu tret's growing up out of the hard unwilling soil A sickly fountain, not over clean, does its best to mellow the hard aspect of the place. In joining the Louvre with the Tuileries, the emperor has erected a gallery to his own name. lie calls it the Gallery of Na poleon the Third. It b one of the most in teresting spots in Barb. It is full of the ; trophies of the Idol of France, Here are seen various dresses of the emperor, from j the garb be wore when, a subaltern, he saw the mob attack the Tuiiler e-. and lead Ijoui* NYI. forth a prisoner, to tbe dress he wore ! at St. Helena. Ills camp stools and sad dles—his ehrir a- consul and throne as em- j peror—the rube u which he was crowned [ —his court dresses and royal saddles—tbe bed on which he slept—the cradle and court dress of the King of Home. Hours can be spent with great interest in this gallery. It is usually filled with soldiers. Their love for the emperor is very touching. The iron fence that surrounds the Column \ or. do me is hung thick with garlands, which the sol diers place and renew from time to time. With uncovered head and silent tramp, they may be found in great numbers at the Tomb of the Great Captain whenever the public are admitted. All the acts of Napoleon betray a sense of insecurity, and indicate that the tenure by which he holds his throne is not firm. When he became emperor hb first act was to remove the pavement in front of bis pal ace. The good work he has kept up till the stones have been taken from all the streets and boulevards, and the McAdamixed path way substituted. Immense boulevards, all j radiating from a common centre, where- can non can be planted if need be, have replaced the narrow, dangerous streets, where crowds defied the authorities and harkrd down huge stones on the soldiers. It was a long time before the Emperor felt safe in the Tuilieries. He does not even now u-c the state carriage. It is too rnaguifieent, and has too many unwelcome associations connected with it to be in common u-c. It i- notjeven kept in Para, but is on show at Versailles. The Erv,peror rode in it at his marriage and at the christening of the Prince Imperial, but it b too suggestive for daily wear. The Prince Imperial b a lad of about a dozen summers. He is handsome and manly. He has his mother's beeuty. but bear- about the same relari n to f * father in talent that the young King of Rome did to Napoleon the First, He ha* been tapebt self reliance, and does not regard himself as a boy. A toy carriage was made lor biui |by one of the great builders of the city. In its way it was quite a gem. With the car riage came a couple of miniature ponies not much bigger than cats. The Prince turned away in disdain from the bauble, and order ed it to be placed in the stables on exhibi tion, where it now remains. He i the President of the Exposition. He l;;t- a complete establishment at Altuy a- Hr Ap parent to tbe thioue. He has fifty hor-ss j and ponies, and a complete set cf carriages j and outriders, all in imjierial style. He is ; quite a soldier, is a member of the Imperial (xuard, and can put abattallion through the ! exercise equal to aDy drill-master in the army. m A Woe strolling with a friend throogh a ' country church-yard called attention to a ' grave, tbe stone of which bad no came or inscription on it. "This," said H., "is the j grave of the notorious gambler. Mr.B . ; J Yon observe that there is no name recorded 1 on the headstone, but I think I could saggest ! an appropriate epitaph.,, "What- would you suggest," inquired his j friend. I "Waiting for the list trump. " was the 1 reply. A NOOSE TAPER— A marriage certificate. BEDFORD, Pjv.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1868. AN EXTRAORDINARY INVENTION, j A Steam IMan. The following story of a remarkable tne- i chanical invention is told by the Newwark j (N. .J.) Advrrtiktr. "Mr. Zadoek Lcddricb, a Newark ma- | chinist. has invented a man; one that, • moved by steam, will perforin some of the mo-l important functions of humanity: that will, standing upright, walk or run, as he is bid, in any direction, and at almost any rate of speed, drawing after biui a toad whose weight would tax the strength of three stout draught horses. The history of this curious invention i as follows. Six years ago Mr. Deddriek, the inventor who is at pre-ent but twenty-two y ars of age, con ceived the novel idea of r,i ii-trueting a man that should receive its vitality from a per petual motion machine. The idea was'bas ed on the well-known oaechanktl principle that if a heavy weight be placed at the top of an upright slightly inclined from a verti cal, gravitation will tend to produce a hori zontal as well as a vertical motion. The project was not successful. However, by observing carefully the cause of the failure, preserving and perfecting the man-form, and by substituting steam in place of per petual motion machine the present success wa attained. The man stands seven feet nine inches high, the other dimensions of the body be ing correctly proportioned, making him a second Daniel Lambert, by which name he is facetiously spoken of among the work men. He weighs five hundred pounds. Steam is generated in the body or trunk, which is nothing but a three horse power engine, like those used in our steam fire engines. The legs which support it are complicated and wonderful. The steps are taken very naturally and quite easily. A-- the body is thrown forward upon tbe ad vanced foot, the other is lifted from the ground by a -pring and thrown forward by a spring and thrown forward by the steam. Each step or pace advances the body two feet, and every revolution of the engine is capable of making more than a thou-and revolutions n minute. As thi- would be working the legs faster than would be safe j on uneven ground, or on Broad street eob | file stones, it is proposed to run ;he engine !at the rate of five hundred revolution per minute, which would walk the msn at the ! modest speed of half a mile a minute, i The fellow is attached to a common Rock t away carriage, the shafts of which serve to j support him in a vertical position. These -hairs are two liars of iroa. fastened in the usual manner to the front of the carriage, and are curved so as to be joined to a circu lar sustaining bar. which passes around the waist, and in which the man moves so a* to face in any direction Re-rides these mo \ tions. machinery has been arranged by i which the figure can be thrown backward or j forward from a verticle nearly forty-five de i greet-. This is done in order to enable it to ! ascend or descend all grades. To the soles ] of the feet spikes or corks are fixed which i effectually prevc-nt slipping. The whole affair is so firmly sustaiped by the shaft und .that two men are uoahie to push U over, or m any way throw it down. In order to enable it to stopqnicfclv. it is provived with two ap pliances, one of which will as before stated, throw it backward from the vertical, while the other bends the knees in a direction op posite to the natural position. "An upright post, which is arranged in front of the dash-board, and within easy reach of tbe front seats, -astaios two minia ture pilot wheels, by the turning of which these various motions and evolutions are j directed. It is expected that a sufficiently : large amount of coal can be stowed awa . i under the back seat of the carriage to work i the engine for a day, and enough water in a : tank under the front s-at to ia-t half a day. "In order to prevent tbe'giant' from I frightening horses by his wonderful appear ; anee. Mr. Deddric-k ir.r ndsto clothe it, and I civeit. as nearly a-r pf'-.-ible, a likeness to the rest of humanity. The boiler and such parte as are nece=-ariiy heated will be encas ed in felt or woolen under garments. Pant loons. coat and vest of the latest styles, are j provided. Whenever the fire? need eoai imr. which is every two or three hour?, the driver stops the machine descends from his seat, unbutton- 'Dani' lV vest, opens the door, shovels in the fuel, buttons up tbe vest and drives on. On the back between the shoulders the steam cocks and guages are placed. A-these would cause the coat to s-1 awkwardly a knapsack has been pro vided that completely covers the®. A blanket neatly rolled up and placet! upon top of the knap-ack perfects the delusion. The face is moulded into a cheerful counte nance of white enamel, which contrasts . well with tbe dark hair and moustache. A ; sheet iron bat with a guagc top acts as a i smoke stack. ' "The cost of this 'first man' is £2,000, though the makers, Messrs. Deddriek i Gras*c, expect to manufacture succeeding ones, warranted to run a year without re pair, for s.>oo. The same parties ■ ,-t ta construct, on the same principle, horses which will do the duty of ten cr twelve or dinary animals of tbe same species. These it i* confidentially believed, can be used j alike before carriages, streetcars and plows. 1 The man now constructed can make hi- way J without difficulty over any irregular surface whose ruts and stones arc net mire than j nine in hes below or above tbe level of the j road." A TRAVELLER.— Mr. Christian Friedrieh j Schatfer, a German traveller, arrived in Melbourne, having come > overland from i Sydney, the greater part of the way on foot, Mr. Sehafer is of dwarfish stature, from the effects of an accidental injury tu the_ spine, received in youth; but in spite of this pliy sieal drawback he has. during the last fifteen years, travelled ovet a great part of the sur face of the world, and mostly as a pedestri an. He has in this manner passed through every country in Europe, through Asia Minor, Syria. Egypt, North Africa, and across the width ot North America.from the Atlantic to the Pacific, on foot, and alone. I He has, in the eourse of hi- wandering?, compiled a large mass ol ebservatiofis on the customs and character of the various popu lations throueh which he has passed; and, moreover, carries with htm a book of cre dentials, in which his passports are attach ed, and in which he has an assemblage of autographs of potentates, embassadors, gen erals, governors, consuls, mayors and nian j dirios, which, when hi? tour ;s Completed, I will be a unique and most interesting eolioc : tion. He proposes to make a complete j tour of these colonies, and to pass through Eastern A-ia (India and China), fiuL-bing j his long rambling? by a bold journey on foot | through Russian Tartary back fb his home. THF. Portland Prt* says that present in dications are that the constabulary law, at least will be considerably modified next win i ter. if not altogether abolished, and that the ' action taken will meet the full approbation { of many of the leaders in the temperance ' reform. TIIE CHRISTIAN WORLD. ! The Rtformtd Church Monthly is the ! title of a new magazine ju*t commenced at ! Philadelphia, under the editoxal control of . Rev Dr. Bomberger, Prof. J. It. Good, ami Rev. J. H. Klein. Its protested aim and ; character, are indicated i>y its name. IVe copy from it the following etottsrieo; A general n view of the statistics of Christianity at the present time will be an appropriate preface : o facts of a more spe cial character. The figures will be regarded of eourse, a- presenting the closest known approximation to fact-. The population of the world may be set down at 1,2- VXjC,OOO. In a religions view these are classified as follows: Nominally Christian, This iuetndea: Th Kvangtlical Cathoßr Church, [m-.stlv memberf.V.t't.S.VS.ltga The Romish Church, (population,}... 182,641,000 The Greek Church, 7 j.hoa.tto-o N. ll.—ln the Kotnish and Greek Uhur ebes the whole population is given. Iu the Evangelical Churches only tbe actual mem bers are commonly reckoned. Hence the apparent numerical difference. The Evangelical Catholic Church may be classified under the following head?: Reformed, numbering 15,200,000. This includes the following branches: 1. Churches bearing the general title Re formed, as that of Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland, Hungary, etc.. in Europe, and tbe Reformed (Dutch) and {German) Reformed Churches in America, 13.300* — 000. 2. The various branches of the Presbyte rian Church, in Scotland, England, Ireland, America, and mission stations, numbering in members, 1,900,000. Lutherans, numbering 57.5b4,000. Under this title are included the Lutheran Chur ches of Germany proper, Sweden, N'orwav. and other European countries, and of Ame rica. Episcopalians, including the Church In Great Britain, the Canada?, the fjnir' i State.?, etti, numbering 14.200,G0T Methodists, of all tranches, in the United States, and other countries, member.-. 2.91 <*• Baptists, member-, . fall branches in the United States, etc., 2,500,0"'1. Moravian-, m- oiL; re, 10V.000. Congregations;it*t.-. members, 1.420>' • In the preceding cia-.-itieation, the tit.e K'-'jnc/tCc'il Cof/Wii- Ch celt, has been in tcotionaity used to de-ignatc what are eom ajonty called Prclextern' Chtircket. Tab is. indeed, a somewhat r.w term. But it is -o obvioo-ly proper on h Tories! and di><;riua ground.? that no defence of it* use will fe required. In compuris n with the Romish and Greek Churches of Christendom have the best claim to true Catholicity, a- well a all other < -jutial attributes of the troe Church of the Loid Jesn- Christ. Of c ursc, open and half-d.'-gnbed advocate*of Romanism wiii.-mer at tl.i- a* an unwarran ted innovation upon long established U-ac". But their motive in any such rid! uie, i sufficientiy apparent. They are an willing to relinquish the pre-lice of the Catholic nam-.- as.-uuvwl to; *"• t—sxiOiowd Church of n , ,o. Let them prove our use of i't.-a titL to be wrong. Until then this monthly will continue to call the various branches < Evangelical Protestantism the Evangelical Catholic Church. AN IMPORTANT FEAT! RE OF THE PAST YEAR CLTLSLNKAL COL -M ILS. EIGHTEEN HLXDBED AND SIXTY-SEVEN will, in many respects, occupy in tbe church bi-tory oi the nieetc nth century a promi nent place, but it will be chiefly noted for the number of important eu Tesia-ftcal as ?t-uibiie:> w'.i-h were held during the year. In all jstrt- :v:,i in ail division- of the Chris tian woili there is an irresistible tendency i ward a more cc-mj.kte union, and a more perfect organization of those who are bour.d together by the same doctriu d view.?. In the Protestant world this universal desire fed io another g- neral m- rir.c of the Evan gelieal Alliance, which wa- he'd at Amster dam, and wa- attended by delegates from all parts of the world. The interest in thc organaatioo and the objects of tbe AUianc. is obviously increasing in all the evangelical c-hurcbes, and the common conviction that there sfc >aid be periodical councils of dele gates from all the evangelical churches of the world, is likely to secure soon a better organization of the Alliance, and a more general participation in its meetio^ One of the largest denominations of Christians, the Anglican Church, held, in lhfT, the first general meeting of all ifo bishops. This first "Pan Anglican Synod" is to be periodically followed by others, and wa? intended to be the first step toward the consolidation o! the different branches of the Church into one coin man ion with one com mon government. Iha Lterarchtal charac ter of the Synod, which consisted ot bishop* only, gave great offence even to many mem bers-I'the Church: but the idea that na tional barriers should not cause an absolute separation of members of the same creed, cannot fail to meet with both approval and imitation among other churches, fhe _eir cQoistaocc that tbe Anglican Church is in a slate of transition r. -. party in it claiming a Protestant character for the Church, and the other disowning any cotutuuni-.n or sym pathy with Prote-unti-rn. and desiring a closer union with the Oriental churches — ctves to the "Paii-Anglican .?vnod a spe cial importance. Many, both in the Angli can a ii in the Oriental Churches, expect that the Pan Anglican meetines of Bishop* will, in the course ol lime, he fob wed by joint meetings of Anglican and Eastern Bishops. In tbe Church of Lome, the I ope _ha.- dccmed it neces-ary, iu view of the serious; dangers threatening hi? temporal power, to call an assembly of all the Bishops o! the Church of Rome. A- the proceedings of alt i these meetings in the Church of R .me are : secret, the inten -t in them is chiefly con fined to the inq >dDg ceremonies with which i they are held, flhe meeting this tear do ; rives a somewhat greater importance from | the fact that both the Pope and tbe Bishop? j expressed a desire fe.r the speedy convoca j tion of a regular (Ecumenical Council. ' which it is thou-lit may meet in the course | of the year loo?. FEMALE ATTIRE. —It women would only let their own hair be just bound down asa natural covering to their heads when om of doors, would clothe their bodies senaiWy without pinching themselves into hideously unnatural shapes, would wear well-shaped boots in which they might walk comfortably arid taste the pleasures of exercise, there ! would soon be an end to that representative class of the female ?;-x about whom doctors know a great deal. The race of chlorotic girls, of aiiing wive? *o 1 inefficient mothers • would be improved. The ,-croful is, con sumptivo, dyspeptic, pimpled women who ; : crowd the physk-utna waiting-roouis. aud ! fiw&How every advertised renicdy, from I j Parr's pills te Pancreatic emulsion, would i no loDger need medicine. — Lancet. VOI,I ME 41: NO. t THEY WON'T THOI BLE YOU Lose. Children grow up—nothing on earth grow 0 solaetas children. It was bat yesterday, and that lad was playing with tops, a bouy unt boy. lie i- a man. and gone now! There is no more childhood tor him orfor ua. Life has claimed him. When a beginning is to. •:, it is like a raveling stocking; stitch by itieh gives way till all are gone. The honse has not a child in it—there is no more noise in the hall—boys rushing peilmeii; it i- very orderly now. There are no more skates or sleds, bats, balls or strings left scat tered about. Things are neat enough now. There is no delay for sleepy folks; there is n i >ncer any task, before yon lie down, <•1 looking after any body and tucking up the bedclothes. There are no disputes to w. tti , no body to get off to school, no corn- I'hint. no importunities tor impossible things, no rins to mend, no fingers to tie up, no faces to be washed, or collars to be ar ranged. There was never sucb peace in the house ! It would sound like music to have some feet to clatter down the front stairs! Oh for some children's noise! What nsed to ail us, that we wer hushing their loud lau.:h,_ cheeking their noisy frolic, and re pro vim- their slamming and hanging the doors? We wish our neighbors would only lend us an urchin or two tomake a little noise in these premises. A home without children! It is like a lantern and no candle; a garden and no Cowers; a vine and no grapes; a brook and no water gurgling and gushing in its clianeh- We want to be tired, to be vested, to be run over; to hear children at work with aH its varieties. During the secular da . this i- enough marked. But it is the S .bbath that puts our homes to the proof. That is the Christian family day. The inter val- : f public worship are long spaces of ; s"€. The ft,rally seems made up on that la;. Tito children are at home. You can lay your Lands upon their heads. They - :u to recognise tie greater and lesser 1 v to God and to ftiends. The house i i ful, but not -till. There is a low in tr, ions thrill of children in it. But its S th TIK - too still now. There is a -dei that aches in the car. There is t :> tit. .. room at the table, too much at the 1. ar:K The bedrooms arc a world to re i- too much leisure, and • > lb:' c ■ Alas! what mean these th - ? 1■ - embody crowing old? Are these -An- end t kens? Is life waning?— Henry : i.'.K A- ; ; ites. The Philadelphia .V J ~ contributes another batch if - of the members of the bar. which wo reproduce; A ' rated lawyer of this city once said th the thr : tup-t troublesome clients he i •r h i v -re a young lady who wanted to :rt /. c married woman who wanted a an old maid who didn't know • -he wanted. Mr. i- a very presentable young | >n, sail a fashionabie lady to Mr. B. I "{ .-rtaitiiy, s=aid the latter, '7/y a grand - A attorney had furni-hed the brief of a laikt > COTUBSti, LLC counsel Lmvinrr laiined if. made the following indorse ut : ' The defendant has no rate —abuse j■j 'twtij}." At. a fatuous bar dinner, where the gen icti were Ireely toasted, a famous puns ■ r crank "To the Lee* of the Philadel a Bar." which a lawyer of the name of L •' iiok in great dudgeon, and it led to a lasting feud. I A rmsn applied to Judge Stroud to be -• hi-ved from sitting upon a jury. "What -> ■ ■urexcus'.-.-aid Lis Honor. "I can't *k Kr . lish," was the reply. "You i ,ve nothTig to do with speaking," said the Judge. "But I can't understand go>>d ' That's no excuse," replied the Jimlj !. "YOU are not likely to hear co-d Enriish at this bar." I'mine the trial of Hadway fortreason !• re Judge Gricr, many of the jurors ap phed to t excused, at which the Judge be came a litl" annoyed. Finally, Mr. applied in behalf of a highly respectable •A d teacher. "Tut! tut!" said the Judge, "can y u give any possible reason why lAw l discharge this man? ' "Yes." said Mr. B. "My reason is a proverbial reason" — " That th< schoolmaster should be abroad, II- was di-charged. In a ease <•> great irritation, one of the counsel, usually a mild and amiable gentle man, became so much excited as to seize a -heet of paper and threw it violently against bis adversary, exclaiming, ' 'There, now sir, consider yourself struck. "Very well, replied the other, with imperturable com posure. "I do, and you will please to consid er yourself shot. HOW A FRENCH OFFICER MAR RIES. An officer in the French army finds it no very simple matter to get married. He has first to make a formal request of his Colonel or r nr-siun. He certifies to the condi tion in lite and moral stand of the bride . ket Tlsa Colonel sends the demand to the Genera! commanding the department, who?- - it t> the General commanding dtvi-i a. If the bride lives in another district, he write- to his fellow-officer of the divi.-if nin which she does live. The de n-r !tl n dts : nd? tbe scale from the Dt vi-i 3 Genera! to the Brigadier, who writes to |f„; '..1 de place, who consultsa conimi— ; iter ol police and a mayor: then tb" ma- >r and commissioner reply to the , la I dace who re plies to the Pi n Geo; ral, who sends his answer to hi r :'cre. ihe demand then goes to a marshal, and if he does not exact any <r ther information, he proposes to the NT 5 ■ sterol' War to ratify the permission; .-nniing from the hands of the postman, the packet is ensealed by a clerk, who adds a . .ii. a -übordinate reads it, sends it to another clerk, who puts a number above and records the number on another sheet of r,, r. with an analysis of the affair: thw . is then signed by achief and sub-chief, then coo? to a director, who sends it to the c de I reav, he gives it to his deputy, t; aan orderly clerk reinscribes the num- U-r f the packet, registers it, and sends it to another, who makes a report of the anal v-i.-. The three members of the last bureau then record tbe whole, the chief then signs it. submits it to the director, who submits if to the minister, who accepts or refuses, lt'th- bride and groom are still living when t':o arrancements are concluded, and think it v. rth while to get married for the little time they have to live, the marriage is con summated. Mr. T. P. BARK AS states that the sur £u* of the suo Las become much disturbed, and that there i? at present upon his disc -pot.<f remarkable magnitude and dear tic.-.-, The approximate length of the spot i? siM><-'i and its width 30,000; and so treßd-fined is it, that it can easily he seen by the naked eye when protected by colored gk. The spot forms a beautiful object for telescopes of very moderate power. RATES OF ADVEEIISISO, AS edrertiiemeet* for let * then 3 meetJu 1C cent* per line for each .s**rtiec. Special notice* one-half additional. All Naoiotioa* at A*e<ria tion, communication* of a limited or indiridal interest and notice* of marriage* and death*, ex ceeding ST* line*, 10 et*. per line. All legal noti ce* of every kind, and ell Orphan#* Court and other Judicial sale*, are required by lav to be pab liahed ia both paper*, Editorial Notice* It cent* per line. All Advertising <Lkeafter first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertiser*. 3 moot*. * months, 1 jeer One square 4.40 $ 6.80 SIO.OO Tw# iqaare* O.OO 0.00 10.00 Three square* 8.60 13.00 30.00 One-fourth c01umn........ 14.00 20.00 34.6# Half column 10.00 24.00 44.00 One column 20.06 44.00 00.00 TOBACCO AJID " HARD TUBES." Now a days bow often do we hear people complaining of hard times! They are poor; they find it bard to provide for their daily wants; they have nothing to give to the caufiu of God. And yet how much of thia want and destitution arises from their own bad habits! Just read the following para graph:— A merchant of New York, lately on a vio iting and collecting tour in Diinoia, waa dis gusted and shocked at the enormous tobso co chewing and smoking, which he day by day witnessed. It seemed to him a practice almost universally indulged in by youM and old, in every rank and condition of life. One day this same merchant, while travelling from one place to another, on a railroad, re solved to find out how many persons in the car m which he was seated used this filthy weed. There were twenty-two men ana two women present, and eighteen men of the number admitted that they used tobac co. at a cost in an aggregate, of three hun dred and eighty-seven dollars per annum. Each man made his own individual esti mate, which was given and put down in a memorandum-book, and the total footing was as we have stated. Now this would be an average of about seventeen dollars per individual. That would be too high an av erage estimate, of course, for the whole pop ulation of the State. At only three dollars for each inhabitant, the total would be three million dollars. Now, that enormous amount of money distributed in Illinois, would make easy times. We won'tgo into the subject of drinking, in this connection, further than to say we believe that it will cost Illinois two million dollars in rum, whisky, etc, to wash down, or wash out, the effect of the three million dollars thus wasted in tobacco. WINTER IN CALIFORNIA, There are two kinds of winter in Cali fornia, a wet and a dry winter. The present season has been a wet one, and its phe nomena are peculiar. This wet winter opens with a 6evere rain-storm in December, which interrupts, mining and travel in the interior, floods many of the valleys, and does more or lesser damage to shipping and building along the coast. During this storm there falls upon the great water shed of the Sierra Nevada from twenty to thirty inches of rain, which is thence drained into all its gorges, and poured at last into two principal valley channels of rather narrow and shal low dimensions. The flood that follows ia simply inevitable. The flood of the present season has not been quite as disastrous is that of some previous winters, but the destruction has nevertheless been consider able. Probably thousands of square miles of bottom land along the Sacramento and Sau Joaquin rivers and their largest confluents are under water, and will remain so lor a considerable time. The mountain streams have risen from ten to tweDty-five feet, and many bridges destroyed and mining claims filled up. The experience of former seasons has taught the people of these regions to adopt various precautions against disaster. Houses and cattle haTe been saved on mounds, and town a protected hp lev*** That of SaCTlc mento has proved a complete defense this season, and other towns have also escaped the flood through the same means. So that taken altogether, there is reason to hope that the present winter, though nearly as wet, will not be nearly as destructive as those of some previous years, notably those of 1861-1862 A SrcrEXDOCS Ttnnel.— The most stu pendous mnnel enterprise has lately been accomplished at the silver mines in the Ger man Hartz Mountains. The mines were over 3,000 feet deep and the scaroeity of fuel pre vented the use of steam for pumping, wnich was done by water wheels, aided by tunnel drains. But the great depth reached in 1859 precluded further progress in that manner, and a tunnel was commenced for deep drainage which is just now finished. This tunnel is 22 miles long; two mil lion cubic yards of solid rock were excavated, ten thousand pound* of powder used, and the linear extent of blasting holes drilled is 18" miles. Naturally, on the successful com pletion of this collossal work, thirty two thou sand miners, whose livelihood is now assured for twenty years, celebrated the event with grand rejoicing. The mines can be worked until 1887 without steam.and they have been operated since the year 926 in continuous production. _ A GENTLEKAX called on a rich miser and found him at the table endeavoring to catch a fly. Presently he succeeded in entrapping one, which be immediately put into the sugar-bowl and shut down the cover. The gentleman asked for an explanation of thie atuerolar sport. "I'll tell you," replied the miser, a triumphant grin overspreading hie countenance as be spoke. "I want to see if the servants steal the sugar." ' BILL, did you ever go to sea ?" "I guess I did; last year, for instance, I went to see a red-headed girl, but I only went there once." "Why so?" "Because her brother had an unpleasant habit of throwing boot-jacks and smoothing irons at people.'' _ PAYING THE DEBT or NATCBJL—NO; it is not paying a debt, itis rather like bringing a note to a bank to obtain solid gold for it. In this case you bring this combrous body, which is nothing worth, and which you would not wish to retain long*, you lay H down and receive for it, from the eternal treasury, liberty, knowledge, rapture.—Pot ter. m < A CBRTAIN deacon, being accustomed to snore while asleep in church, received the following polite note: "Deacon Smith is re quested not to commence snoring to-morrow until the sermon is begun, as some persons in the neighborhood of his pew would like to hear the text" OPEN your heart to sympathy, TAT close it to despondency. The flower which opens to teceive the dew, shuts against rain. TRCE goodness is like the glowworm. It shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it A LIVE tarkey would seem to be less noisy than a dead one, for one makes only a din, the other a dinner. WHAT bird is that which is absolutely necessary to make a dinner, and yet need neither be cooked nor served up? A swal low. WHT is a selflsh friend like the letter Pf Because, though the first in pity, he is the last in help. "WE SEE," said Swift, in one of his most sarcastic moods, "what God thinks of rich es, by the people be gives them to." MEN of genius are often eclipsed in soci ety by men who talk gay nothings.
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