CiBSCRI pTI O V, TERMS, iC. ; r F Imirinui is puMUbede ery FRIDAY mora. . ,i 'be following rales : ~"e VsM't t'o ethreaw,) - $2.00 (il i"t paid within six 0HM.),., $2.5# < (if nut paid *ith<n the year,}... s.'!.(>'•' ! Uppers outside of the county >lijenttViaoed !i <ul ripTini has been paid. - ir-i. , "pii sof tbe p|xrfutnishe<J,jt wrappers, t ~ J.e rents e> h. t'.'iauKibNtHiUl nn subject • f i.H'al or general rarest are respectfully solicited. To ensure at- j ~'fav r of this kind mu H iavumidj ■ ; .tupautcd I" the o "f Ibe author, not for j iuatfen. but guaranty against imposition. , i. tier, p-rtaioina to business C*tbe office j. . >.|b# mtifreaard to ! lU BBoIMtOW A lA.TZ. BEproito. PA. \',*spaW* Laws.—We would cull the special ' V n ~r Potft Master* and *oberbr to the '' .tr.n t the Mlowiag eynopaU of the Xew~ T ' v .I* •taiaster b required t> give notice by urnioff a pKptr d ea nt answer the law) , iwWcriber Joe* nt take bis paper out of , .{s d s ate the for it* nut being - ,[ A neglect t*> <b o< makes the Poetm**- . s.bte t->the ruldUber* lor the payment, v, • person wl. . -kes a paper from the fust ther din • d to his name or another. ->r bus subscribed or not i* responsible t m orders bis paper discontinued, be ,. v £ I arsTara&t#. or the publisher may e " ; %nd it until payment is made, and '. ibr .M iu..unt tefyitr fr> fte* frhii it ut. Tbere ecu be nt legal diseoutin uiti! be payment :■ made. , -u'm ibcr t r !ers bis paper to be I l . 9 certain ilaie. and tlie publisher on ■ I. ibe is li-n .d t pay jr ,it(■ 'nf the ."■■ ' Cfffice. The law , , , ~ii the gmOßd that u man must pay 1 i.i is have decided that refusing t f-A u.,1 perb>di; al lru tbe Past "Bit, a! <,| hating them uncalled for, it idence til inteuthtnal fraud. j alrsjsioual & iusiurss <£&&s. ATT OKX KY S AT LA W . i .UN T. KEA'JV, # | ATTORN EY-AT- LA W. f fy ; , c opposite lieed A Schell's Bank. * ..; given iu English snd German. [apl2] ■ - \|"\iiil,li AM> L.l X U KNFELTEH, V ' ATXI>KStVS AT LAW, bbi>Fki>, PA. refloated a partnership in the praetice ut n new brick building Dear the Lutheran [April 1, 1864 ti \7 POINT \j ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bkdkord, PA. ■ectfully tenders his professional services ; ,b!ie. Office n i;b J. W. Lingenfelter, ~i public fquare near Lutheran ' burch. S-Culleciiuns promptly tnale. [bc.U,'64-tf. i J AYES IRVINE, attorney at law, faithfully and promptly attend to ad busi j.trus'ed to hi# caie. office witbG. H. Epsng, on Joliana street, three doors south of the -V, 11 u-e. May 24:1y i wry M. ALSIP, fj ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKDFOSD, PA., i faithfully and promptly attend to all busi entrusted "t his care in Bedford andadjoin inties. Military elaiins. Pension#, back Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with A Spang, 'to Juliana street. 2 doors south s Mengel House. r' L 1864.—tf. MEVKHS 5- *• BICSFBSOS Mayers a dickkrsox. attorneys at law, IlKitroßO, PKSS'A., nearly opposite tbe Mengel House, will -■ in the -everal Courts of Bedford county. bounties and back pay obtained and the -end ILal Estate attended to. [may 11 .'66-ly S Id. CESSNA, (I , ATTORNEY AT LAW, e with Jons Cbfssa. on tbe square near Presbyterian Church. All husiuess sied to bis care will receive faithful and : altenti -n. Mtlitar. Claim*. Pensions. Ac., : y collected. * [June If. 1865. 17 B. STUCKEY, ORNEY AND COfNSELLOR AT LAM', and REAL ESTATE AGENT, • on Main Street, between fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court House. KAN'-.ri city. Mrssornr. I! 'irae'ice in the adjoining Counties of Mis atid Kansas. July I'.'tf rrssr.Li *- "• lo.tge.tkcker 5 v SSELL A LONGENECKER, i v A.TT..RVKV* A Coi SSELLORS AT LiW, Bedford. Pa., attend promptly nd faithfully to all husi cntruvii 1 t" their care. Sjieeial attention , to collections mid 'he prosecution of claims i'aek Pay, Bounty. Pensions. Ac. drttffice on Juliana street, south of tbe Court j[, „ Aprils:lyr. M'n. sHAr.pt! * ......a. r. kbiik rtIIAUPE A KERB. S A TTOtISE r.?-.4 T- LA • II i raetice in the Courts of Bedford snd ad dug counties. All l.u*iues entrusted to tbeit will receive careful and prompt attention. Bounty, Rack Pay, Ac., speedily col 1 front the Government- Affiee on Juliana street, opposite the banking u,e of Reed A Seh. 11. Bedford. Pa. mar-':t: s. prßßonnow... johw Ltttr. I vUUBOKHtnV A LUTZ, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BrßFonn, PA., t\ iu attend prsßpilf to all business intrusted tu ct* are. f'ollections made on the shortest no- Thcy are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agent* tn sill give Special attention to tbe prosecution -'aims against the Government for Pensions, k Pav, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. :lit ,e on Juliana -tree!, one door South of the office, and nearly opposite tbe ' Menge! ,■ April 28. 18f.5:t PHY sicIANS. U- M. W. JAMISt 'N. M. D., Bloobt Res. Pa.. e tfuUv tenders his professional services tc e people of that place and sieinity. [deeSriyt I \ K. IB K. HARRY, ' J Respectfully -cntlcrs his professional ser •es to tbe citiiens of Bedford aud rieinity e an 1 residence on Pitt Street, in tbe buiidini rinerlr oeoupled by I)r. J. 11. Itofins. [Ap I 1,64 T L. MARiiOURO, M. I>., • J . Having permanently located respectful!' ers his pofessional services to the citiieni , illord and vicinity. Office on Juliana street tetbe Bank, i ue door north ol Hall A Pal •'-office. April 1, 1864—tf. \ vK. S. O. STATLER. near Subellshurg. and : ' i>;. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cutnherlsnil *v. having asso- iated themselves in the prnc Medicine, respectfully offer tbeir profes -ervices to tbe citiiens of Sehellsburg and tjr. Dr. Clarke's ufh'-e and residrnce same urriv occupied by J. White. Esq.. dec"d. S. G. STATLEIt, rg, Aprtf!2:ly. J- -L CLARKE. M 1 S( r ELLA NKOU~S ~ j \ l; sIIANNOX, BANKER, J . BRDFORT>, PA. ••NK OF I>TSCOrXT AND DEPOSIT. n.ade for the F.aFt. West, North od a r "i the general huvuiees ct Exchanjff •> > Notw aol Account* Collected iH •u pu |iroioiil} Dia'sJe. LEAL ESTATE ■ r-n.lpiuM ' feb?2 j yy NiivL nonnEK, * f *ITT MTHKKT, TWO UOOBg WKST Of TBIS BED hr l, llei v)ki, PA. TCHM AK EK AND DKALEPa IN JEWEL UV. SPECTACLES. AC. • • II h;in i h mtK-k of fine Cold nd 811- Spectacles of Rriiliant Double Hefin al-o S-stch Pebble Olaeee. Hold h C.i irn-, Prenst Pin*. Finger Lings, best < c Id Pen*. He will *uppH to order • '■z i in? hue not *n hand. [*i r.2S.'fip. } \ W. GROUSE 1 WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST, 'I I* n. ftrcAri two door* west o B. F. m. re, Eed/i#rd, Pa., is now prepure-i by wholesale all kind* of CIGARS. All ■ |t uij ilr filled. PeriMDS desiring aoa thing •• hire will do well to give hiin a call. '^dfot4 < fc-t t*. A LL KINI'S OF It LA KS for sale it the /■ ■*- x quirer office. A fur 1 §uppK of Deed§, Lea- AiUciea of 40. IHKBORKfIW A LCTZ Bdltor* and Proprietors.. itoeiry. I I.OVK AT KIKST SICIIT. The racing river leaped and sang Full blithely in llie perfect weather. All round the mruntain echoes rang, I For blue and green were glad-together. This rained out light irom every part. t And that with song* of joy was thrilling; | But. in the hrvfl.iw of my heart, i There ached a place that wauted tilling. Before the mad and river meet, And stepping atones are wet and glisten, i 1 heard a sound of laughter sweet, ! And patted to dike it, and MoKwotie j I heatd the chanting waters !' w, j Tne cushat's note, the trees low humming— j Then turned the hedge, and did not know— How could I—that my time was coming. ! A girl upon the highest stone, j Half doubtful of the deed, was standing, I So far the shallow flood had flown Beyond the 'customed leap of landing. 1 She knew not uny need of me. j Vet me she wuited ail uuweeting: I We thought not I had crossed the sea, I And half the sphere to give her meeting, i I waded out, her eyes I met, I wished the moments had been hours; . I took her in tny arms, and set ' Her dainty feet utuong the flowers, Her fellow maids in copse and lane, Ah 1 still, methiuk*. I hear them culling; | The wind's soft whisper in the plain, j The cushat's coo, the water's falling. But now it is a year ago, And now |KjsBeBMOU crowns endeavor; I took her ill my heart, to grow j And fill the hollow place forever. j O, the Wick low bill is very high, And so's the Hill o' How th, sir; But there's a hill much higher still, Much higher nor them both, sir: "Twas ou the top of that high hill | St. Patrick preached his sarment— He gave the shnakes and toads a twist, i And be bothered all the varmint! J O there's not a mile in Ire'-and's isle Where the Uirty varmints mltstere, j But there he put his old fore.-/Vtf, And murdered them in clusters, The toads went hop! the frogs went pop 1 Slap dash into the want her : And the snakes committed suicide To save themselves from slaughter' pisaUaufiJUiS. Sl'AMstl U AMKIMti : M'AMSai'OST AMU I tl.fcdltAJ'U. To see the n:od< of doing business in i Spain, take the simple story of one day's , wtirk of" mine in getting some money in ' Madrid. Holding a "letter ot citdtt, " which I is promptly honored in any pait> f the world, j and is just as good for tho gold iti Cairo or | Calcutta as it i„ it, London, L went in search ! of a Spanish banker to draw a hundred ; pounds sterling, say five hundred dollars, j Atiastazin, my coulter, ltd the way, and soon brought u.- tothe house where the man of money held his couit. Being shown up stairs, through two or three passages and an ante-chamber, we were at length ushered in the presence. Senor Romero, the banker, was a uian of fifty, dressed, or rather un dressed, in a loose morning gown or w tapper, a red cap on his head, slippers on his feet, aud a pipe in his mouth. A cletk was sit ting near to do his bidding. 1 presented uiy letter. It wascarelufly read, first by the clerk, then by the principal. A long con sultation followed, carried on ill a low tone and in Spanish, quite unintelligible to tue, if it had been audible. It was finally di termiued to let tne have the money, and alter an amount of palaver, sufficient for the negotiation of a government loao from the Rothschilds, and taking the necessary receipt and draft from tue. 1 was presented with a check on lite Bank of Spam. When I had fancied the delays were over, they had only ju-t begun. The tank was in a distant pait of the city, and thither we ha.-teued. taking a eati to save all the time we could. The bank is a latge and imposing edifice of white stone. Iti the vestibule was a guard ol | soldiets. A porter stopped us as we were | about to enter the inner door. We must i await our turn as some one else was inside! 1 Owe at a time was the rule Benches were ! there and we sat down, admiring silentlythe ; nuxirration of banking business in Spain, iAt length our turn came. W e entered a . room certainly a hundred feet long. Tables i extended the whole length. Behind them ' sat eleiks very busy doing nothing. We were told to pass on, and on, to the lowct end of the room, where we entered another, I lie back patter, or private room of the officers. They were closeted out of sight, -nioking of course, and giving their wisdom to the business in hand. I pies nted the check at. a hole nut of which a band was put Ito fake it. I saw nothing mure. \\ e sat ( down and Waited. Waiting is a Spanish institution. Everybody waits. Nobody cots I anything without it. We waited and waited, anil watted, and at Just the little hole opened i again, ihe tnysteiioutt hand was thrust out. : with the money, vou suppose; not a bit, bet with the check approved. We must : present it at the table or counter for pay ment. Returning to the long room, we i presented the cluck and were directed to the proper bureau. And here, of course, : we got the Ho ney. Not yet Bills of the I Bank of Spain were given us, and when 1 ; required the gold. I was told lliat gold w" | paid only at ihe bureau of the bank in ' another street. Thither we now pursued I our weary way. It was a rear entrance of the same tank building. A hmg line of 1 gold hunter* was ahead of us. We stood iu : the cue and at last were inside. In the ante room we had to wait so long that we took to the bench again. At iasf, adim-sinn being granted, we were told that only one could be > admitted with u single draft. We sent Auastazio in, and returned to ihe door. IL re we wetetold tiuit no exit, only en Irthicr was allowed at the rear! Exp anting the case, we got nut, and returning to the front, patiently a* possible, we looked for the appearance of Auastazio loaded with g!d. At la.-t. for lire longest delay has an end, the man i merged w'nh the money in his hands. It had cost uie from two to three hours in the middle of the day to draw this money. which in New Voik. London, ' Paris, or any city out of Spain, would have leost five minute- or les~ And 1 have been so particular iu the detail becruso it lets you A LOCAL AND QKNRHAI. NKWBPAPF.It. DKVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITKKATURB AND MORALS. j inii) the mode of doing business in h-.; I | capita! oily, and the greatest bank of this] • country. i RAcr.WA.rs an'd f*ir oirrCK; I l.'iitil the Fieuch ami English companies 1 ptnlwl railways nit'" Spain, travel and mails-1 were on tht'plow-coach system M hen the j llnjal person made a journey, it wu- like the j match of an uinry, >u li ita, the retinue ie- , quired for comfort ami display. AuJ as the j. railways are now completed only along a few J ; great. routes, the niad, are largely Carried in ■ j tlHtdthgeiicett ami cot,cites expressly mad. tor the purpose. it is said, and there la no reason lu dlsbeliev _• it, that down to tin-year liS4(h when a Spaniard pti'qinsed to hiinscit the danger and totl of a journey, it was his tnrarialde eist+>u ro suniinou Ids lawyerand make his wilij his physician. to '.earn it his head it wire adequate to the ttuderK !;.!<;; and finally his priest, to Cub less Ilia sin's am! get. tniiely absolution, it is not regarded no*' so lotto triable au excursion to go across the kingdom, tui the native trowel is so tittle j that the taihouils are very unprofitable. li j it were not lor jrtlfjhl iln-y would not bp ] supported at air They* have, however, j greatly increased the correspondence of the ijounny, and the late of postage has been reduced, so that it is about as low as in other I iiui opeau count it's. JJut the government j kerps a sharp look out upon the letters that | comuand go. In tunes like the present, I when conspiracies ale sliuffed in every j hret ite, it would be quite unsafe ibr any one | to elitiusl a secret in a letter going by mail j A govttnureut spy would he sure t- bate bis l hand on it'atid liis eye in it, before it reached j its address. The letters in the l'osl-otftee | at Madrid are h id lour hours after the ar rival of Ure mail, before thev are ready lor delivery. Tl.e inaii from the North, the liomh.u arid Cutis Until, eome-iu Jill) o-clo k A. M. We must wait uutil D o'clock P. 31., for our letters. Then a list of all letters not diieeted to some pait cular street and nuui ber, or to some Post-office box, is posted up in the hall of the office—au alphubt-iical list. i~ou look over i iie list and if you find n letter i lor yourself, you ask for it at the proper | window. If you are u stranger, your pas port i? d' uiaiidud. 15iil you had been told before coming to Spain that no passports are n quired, and imw you inu.-t have one merely to gel your letters. In default of a passport, you must in tome way establish your identity. This is nut always easy in a foreign e<lUntry, but then nothing I- easy in Spain. I got no I. Iter Iroui the Post-office addressed to tue while I was in Spain! A noted reliel General, by the name of PRIM, I i- a dreadful bug-bear to the authorities, j and all letters addressed to Uie were su-pi eted by tile local Post-matteis to be intended for theystietl. They were therefore sent to the government, or other,*-e di io-ed of. No ellorts to recover litem were successful. Much good may they do the people who had |to read them. Some of tlieui had hard ! work, I know. TELEGRAPHS ix SPUN. \ Telegraphs are spreading over Spain, a s ' | they arc u\er tie. world, Civilized or not- j 1 Sj iiii is one of the last countries whore they J * could become popular ; but the business ol any kingdom that has relatiuirs with the outside World must be aimed with the telegraph, or it cannot hold its own. In traversing wild and secluded parts of the j Peninsula, 1 have been surprised by finding ; the telegraph pol-s set up and the wile j stretching oil, over hill and dale. Spain i- , slow, and the tclegiaph is not demanded here by the energy and enterprise of the people as it is elsewhere, Dispatches ol i more thai, a bundled Woids .ire not sent, i To or from any pait of the Peninsula U;ti! wolds may be sent for about twenty five cents, twenty woids for titty cents, thirty words lor seventy-five but the count includes each word written by the sender, date, addiess, signature, and if a word is underscored it counts two. Great preeau tious are taken to insure accuracy in trans mission, and a stuail t xtra charge is made lor delivery. Tfiese de.'ails are to show that Spain is coming mi iu the race ol nations * v :u mciidahle progress; not fast, indeed, hut then she is not stationary. Her railroads are now hiinging the capital into close com munion with her seaports, and with foreign countries. Ali the chief commercial ctlies are reached readily by lail or by water. Auu it is not possible to mismanage a gov t-rumetit utuch wor.-e ihatt bets. It may thru be fairly received a- a ttuib that Spurn wi i improve in weaith aud intelligence ami general happiness in spite ol the most iguo rant, obstinate and inconsistent government in Europe, it is a mystery that the people will submit to be so ruled and led : i bat tbey will see suelt abuses of power piaeti-ed ou them, year after year, without au effort to a-sert their own rights, or to secure lor the generations to come a better state ol thing-. Hot if the old iuxitu is Hue that cveiy nation ha.-a> good a government as it tie setves, we will not dispute its just application to the present population of the Puiilisula — Dr. Prime in A etc York Ohsmcr. si.ihim; iiun.N uii.t. There is nothing in the tropics that can coii.-ole a man, doomed to dwell there, for the loss ol northern winters. .Monkeys and humming birds, gorgeous flowers and gigau tie vegetation, insects, reptiles and lusclnus fruit, which you cannot eat without cholera, sivellciing nights and roasting days! De liver us from the intolerable delight, of a tropical luxury ! But northern winter is full of bracing joys, In-doors all istuddyand social, and out of doors all is energy and manly joy ! A man who has blood and Vila! spiiies glories in the cold winter. Jim id all .-potts what one can claim superiority over cotutiny, or, us iii my boyhoo-i days it was called, sliding do u liil!! L ing before we attained the ee of a sled, two barrtl staves, lastened together by the kuowiug workman, served an eaeelient pur pose, and required riot much skill in sitting h and stheriiig. A slight mistake in balanc ing and the hoy and staves changed places, ihe toy under and the sliding machine on lop—and then gradually rolling into a pro miscuous heap oul of which Came some lip ping reuiaiks not made by the .-led. Next camu the glory ol full and real sled si I iff —a sl< d with limners, and iron or sic, I shod; u sled painted and lettered. \\ uh that we dctied the thcliuQUieUr, and set our faces against the north wiud. And how htig the lull, a lull half mile, is sought, not ali of a gentle flop*', Dor yet too steep; hut properly made tip us ail hills should !.e, with a tine gradual beginning, then a pitch quite steep, rlieu another lone middle -lope, a jounce Itcre, a rullock there, a sweep yon der around a point, and tetehing-up place right along the liver. On snch a hilltop, wilh a glorious sled. Well meflled and mu ted, the boy seals hiinseli nu his sled proud er than ever sat king upon his throne. Away In- goes, with nimble feet reaching out la-fore him. (fur a sli d Carries its tudder at li e how.) and whose hi ils with -kildul touch steer the thing It achine. P e loin make a bap over the ridloek. lifted clear in to tho uir, and ccinisg down with a jouuoe BEDFORD. Pa.. FHIDAV. MAHCR 6. j rhat made every)hing crack. Rsji have i spring* in side ot ibem under every murclo ' *iii ail side* u| each boue, and come down | with a spring bound, that euro and "a triages , uni>' envy hut cannot !'}*? to attain. ' None uf your belly-flounders. The lying | down on a sled, like a buckwheat cake on at I griddle; or thatjAdeway sitting on the bind j ! toid obit, with one Wjr-otk-sCrewed out i hind lor ''eripg, ar<* not the thins.'.' They I | are not orthodox. They savor o! a Ci'tttpli j ; aueo with weakness and timidity. A real : boy should sit U|iun his sled lair and square. • wnlt-hi* lace to his wo.I, and ready fo meet i all difficulties, with his breast to them. ; Nor let any one decry the long tramp tip j the hill that follows this flight down .raid. : .What ifit is long, the sled hanging behiud. ; the way slippery, ai.d withal some jcrila of ihOM! uvalatfches of other bovs ihst eom< roaring and whirling dovvo? TheaM" ■ un i is still an imiespeu-able part of the epic. It ; i- the dark. that gives power to ihe light.— > The by contrast, the very glory j of the tlotCll. We never see the snow on the ground, j old a> we are. that we do not feel the very I spiritwt the sled again. And uow an old I man, would, if we euuld, mount ami plunge | down ihe hiii again. Though a man's hair j is as white as the snow under tffcl feet, he : need not be ashamed of a voyage on a hid.— j j Henry Ward B>< cher. j A LIVI.VG MIItACI.iC. I The present physical, moral and social eoudiiiou of the Jews must be a miracle. ' U v can come to no oil er conclu-iou. llad | they continued from the commencefti> tit o." ! the Christian era down to the presentl. irr. j in some such natural slate in which vr liud | the Chinese, Walled off fiom the rent of the human family, and by their selfishness ou a ! national scale, and then repul-lon of alivti i ehuients, resisting every assault front with out, in the shape of hostile invasion, • and ! from au overpoweriug national pride lor j bidding the introduction of new and foreign j customs, we should not see much miracle ' interwoven with their existence. But this iis not their state: lar from it. They are I neither a united and independent nation, j nor a parasite province. Tlity arc peeled, ; and scattered into fragment.-; but like brokv n j globules of quicksilver, instinct with a Cohe | sive power, ever claiming affinity, and ever ! ready to amalgamate (Jeogiuphyj anus, genius, polities, and foreign help, tin not ex plain their existence; time, and climate, and ! customs i tpially tall to unravel it. None ol 1 these arc or can be the springs of tlicir peiuitv. They have been spreadov*r every purl of the huLliable globe; hare lived un Ocr the reign of every dynasty; they have slotted the protection ol just laws, the Op pressiua of cruel ones, and witnessed the Use and progress of both; they hate used every tongue, and have lived in every lati tude. The snows ol Lapland have chilled, and the suns, ot Africa have scorch'd tlieui. they have drank ol the Tiber, ibe Thames, the Jordan, the Mississippi, lu cvereoun j try and tneveiy degree of latitude and Ion : gitude, wu tiud a Jew. It i.-, not so with any other lace. Ltupms the most iilu<-ui ous have (alien, and tiUiicd I lie null that constiuctcd them, but the Jew has llnd among ihetuins, a living tuouumetil of in destraeltblhty. i'erstScuUun has ut>.-l vaili id the swol'd and lighted the laggot; l'apal superstP Uliou and Moslem barbarism have ] smote them with unseating ferocity; penal rescript# and deep prejudice have visittd on thetu most unrighteous chastisement, —and, uotwithstanding all, they survive. Like their un bush ou Mount ilortb, Is rael Iras continued in the flames, but uncou sumed. Jliey are the aristocracy of Serip lure, left of coronets —princes in dv-giada tiou. A Babylonian, a Thebaic a Spartan, au Attn uian, are names known ill hlslnry only; llnir shadows alone haunt the Woild aud flicker oil its tablets. A Jew walks every si rev t, dwells in etaj capital, tiaver.-es every exchange, aud relieves the monotony of the tin tin tis ot the eaith. The race has inherited the heirloom ol immortality, inea pa Me ot extiuctiou ot amalgamation. Lkt streamlets, from a common bead, and coin posed of waters ot a peculiar nature, ihvy have flowed along every stream, wit bout ; Mending with it, or teceiviug its color or its flu vol, and traversed the surface of the globe, amid tile lapse o! maun* centuries, | e Cuhar, distinct aluue. The Jewish lace, at this day, is perhaps the most striking sal of the nuth of tlie Sacred Oracles. There is no possibility of accounting lor their per pei-uat isolations, l heir depressed but distinct being, OU any gruuuds save those rcvealrd in the iccords of truth. — Prazer't Mogcaine. Ltvf YEAR. The year upon the second month of which we have ju-l cliteicd, Is vailed Leap Year,' —beg pardon, my dear, the question lias bt'vii 'popped, and we're engaged. This year will be longer by one day than last tear, i j his itiuuih (February) wnl have 2'J days ' instead of its customary 28, and all we sup I pose, tor lite graiiticauou ol the fair sex, I who will have not only the privilege ot be coming suitors themselves, but what will be of the greatest importance to the tuost un suecesslui among (hem, one day lunger in which to prosecute their suit. The number of marriages that will take place this year, will undoubtedly be double those tit last, iioubtiug 1 hoiuus and bash tul Peter will bespalcvl the patu ol putting llie 'ujuuivutous question,' lor it will tail Upon their ears in the roundest ot Saxon, and 11<>111 the sweetest of Itjis. and wlmcould refuse? Nevertheless lor the credit and dignity ol the M x we would counsel geu tlcmeii to practice some lesaous in coquet ty that they have learmd m the school of expe rience. Don't say "yes'the first time that n lady exercises her prerogative, and, above all, don't say 'yes' every time, or tin re will : be mote strings to your li*uux thau can ea sily be managed. Por.unatciy the following clause in the common law of ye ancient time is not now in loice. or serious consequences might en sue fiom a refusal: 'Albeit it has uow become part of the common law, ill regard to tflC social rela tions of life, that as otteii as every Bissextile year dmh return, the ladies have the side privilege ui uiuktug love unto the wen. which ibey do either by word- or looks us unto ihtui set tin th proper; and no man will be entitled to the benefit ol clergy who doth refuse to except the ofler of a lady, or who doth m any wise treat her proposal with neglect or contumely.' We will tint undertake to state at what paitieular period this quaint hit of law grac ed the hook of.statutes, if ever; but it will serve in evidence of the fact that lot ages Leap \ ear has been a privileged one lor the ladles. Not for tt e woild would we -ay aught against their enjoyment of this extra ordinaiy privilege. It is eminently proper that the ladies should exercise something more than mere acquiescence before mar riage, the better to prepare (hem lor assum ing the inevitable cotitiol of matters alter loaning.. Leap Year is a valuable institution in very many teapot,a. Nob the least among its viriuvs in tlio woil it prepares for the c ergy in marrying and the courts' in uninar ryiug.! The payment of marriage and di I vorc- fee* fcw(i,s utooey m ciu til i: i>,n, a4 ■ thereby lends hi eic outage trade and qhu •WW. liqpe for lite neglected is .-.t.-.'fo-r htmli of the leap year. Many an old tnaid J in solitude through prfirrtwination on j the part of lovers who would Pifytfcyrt at a certain staeu of the game hut for timid- ! icy of miscalculation a- to the chances of! being accepted, an l .sqWquputTF changed their views. A woman will commit no puclt error til oulcuhtiiori. Shu- knows when to strike the iron, and he is i> the bievwd priv ilege to give it a wielding blow at her picas urc durtug Rap Year. Ttt K l>l > t S O rr,%5 l It M.Oll. | ' .Ho re! jve about mode up my mind J I that 1 won't pls-y with lono Rage any j | more; surd il- unc Coheir, when he eam'e i I homo f i otu school. "J neviif saw such a| temper." j "And I've about made up my mind.'an j ! severed her brother Fred, ' thai I won't j I have uny ihicig to ah with Ibn Grayson.' 1 ! j "D.es fie got angry at ovcry thing aud ! *puil your play when you r baring u grand j lime? questioneddcTuiy, with the njut 1 fit hy of on v k: '■ 1 -I. , talk- i ing'iilio'ut. "No; he's good tempered enough. I! don t believe ho angry once a year. But : lie's so slow—-tic il promise 11 do a thin?. j and pulofi till the Saints would bo out of pa- i notice; tjien he'll borrow things aud forget; to il urn theui for ever so long. I dou t I mean to lend him my Jd-.bitioon Crusoe j again, if i ever get it back. 1 know." "Children, * called mamma, "dou t you j want to come and help me arrange grand ma's l oom This tltey were _ ready enough to do. Grandma was coming to live unit them, j Now, to many children, a grand mother's ' coming "to slay always Would be Very far from a matter of rejoicing; for graiictnioih elf, us Wei! as cliikltcli, ale of two kinds— good and bud. This grandma was of the good sort, neither fault-finding aud lussV, nor weak and all indulgent. An en y chair aud toilet-table, with a g!a->, bad been puichased lor her loom; and after the furniture was all nicely arran ged, Mrs. Coberg asked tier children to look in the mirror, and icti tier if they thought I the plate was good. They glanced at it- and ! said, in u bieuth. 'Why, mother it is so dusty it won't show ! anything clearly; ' and Fred added, us his i sister turned to get the feather-brush, "I shouldn't know my own fate ! Jcuuy passed the-hiji-li lightly over the glass, and then it was ev idem that it was an excellent one. "I w-rut you to remember this, my chil drcn," sa.d Mi* f*<teig, "and use the re uietnbrance sometimes.' "What do you mean, mamma?" they asked, in a lorn: of surprise. "Would jou think any one would send ■ back a du.-iy minor lottie siore, saying it | was good for nothing, very foolish ?" "Yes indeed! But uobody would. ' 'T'lobaiy no one wou.d do thai; Jieople call wipe it away. The dust on human Ueart, aud in human eyes, generally meets no sUeft treatuiellt; Which wav do you think isaccordlttg to the Hidden rule—when you tind du ton the hearts ol your s-chuoi luaits lo resolve, bclote you have even tried io wipe it oft, i hat you wi I have uotfiing more to d< with them, or to walk patiently and do all you can to help iheui to see it aud get nd of ii? ' Then children owned that this would be the trm way and said I hoy' would try to do so. "And icmiiuher, my darlings," the mo ther added "ifit-te is more or less dust on all our hearts, arid only the water (Jurist's truth cau fully wash it away — Children * Ui.ur. SI BJLUAT IN A.N EkEPiIASr. Recently, a Cincinnati paper says, a circus elephant, thirty -is years old, 10,000 pounds weight, aud named Tippoo t>aih, while in winter quarters at Cuniiorsville, Indians, became nuruly un account ola change of his keeper, aud went to war ueam-t ait mackuid. He Would allow uo one in his quait< is, and struck at. every one who appio-ebtd him with his trunk aud in k- most violently. llis keeper dettrmm nl to subdue him and tne process and result are thusdes'Tibud? Ihe new keeper, with nine assistali!.-, liad fully equipped himself with chains and cable's for tying, and spears ud pnchtoiks lor subduing Tippoo. The first thing done was to htsten a brickbat to tltu end ola rope and throw it oyer the end of the tu.-k chaiu. which latter is fastened to one leg and one tusk. By means of this rope a "JO lun cable chain f formerly used to subdue Iho famous Hannibal) was slip noosed around the tusk. Nest, all exetva tiiui three fed deep was made under the sill of the house, mid while the elephant a al lentioii was attracted to the other side of ilit* room by a pail of water poured into his trough, the cable chaiu was passed through the excavation and fastened to heavy stakes outside. All this time ihe infuriated mon ster struck all around him with terrible fe rocity! aud lugged st his chain with incredi ble momentum. The next thing accoui plislled was ihe snaring of his hind legs. This was consummated by the slinging of fresh ropes a.ouud those two stately pillars ol elephant flesh, hone and muscle, an-l finally . by the stealthy strategy of the keep er aud another matt, these ropes were las leittd to stumps outside. Ibe elephant was now sufficiently pinioned to allow the order, "Charge pitchforks," to he given. Ten men, armed with these ugly implements i f offense, plunged them into the rampaging beast, taking care, of course, to avoid peue traiing his eye-or joints. The tenderest spot in an eh | bant i> just behind ihe fore legs, and that locality was prodded uu ineicifully. Bv means of a hooked spear sunk in his baik. Tippoo was brought to his kuecs, hut he surged up again Willi such awful strength that he swept his tor mentors off their feet and made his chains whistle like fiddle strings. Alter an hour's fighting he was brought down on Ids si le, hut h i Iwo liours longer he tugged at hi> cliain> with frenzied olMiii;K*y. Hti pulled so hard at times twit his hind legs were straight out behind him, and three feet off the ground. At the end of three hours the giant gave in by trumpeting, winch is the elephant's Way of crying enough. The mo no lit thi- peculiar crV was heard the battle erased. The keeper made Tippoo got up and lie down a number of timer, and he was as obedient to the woid ol command as a gentle pony. The animal was then groomed and nibbed off with whisky. He allowcdull manner ol liberties without >o much as flapping n car. He was a subju gated elephant. — Scientific American. M. Dc CfiAIIXV, the traveller, in a recent lecture, startsl that while sojourning in.the Ishogs country, Africa, be tiad several o ). is ol uiarri ge, and one k n I chief lo avoid jiulous.v, waited hint to tn rry all the mar > iagebhle wonicu of the tribe, numbcriitg about oil). VOLIMK 41; XO. 10. lit IA I.N or THE At,El>. It i* often spoken of as a mystery that Urn infirm arid apparently useless members or a latnily are left to drag out a wearv exis tewee. white the young, vigorous and useful ' are -snatched to an e*rly grave. But this ! apparent mystery eeaaes, if we reflect that UmjajuiJy state is the preliminary period of j training fortbe kingdonuof heaven, in which euch ih living, not for self, but for the best Mpd of the whole great family of God. Nine are prepared for this kingdom till, hke its great-Master, the happiness of oth erg I- the chief end, and sell denial and self sacrifice tho great means to that end. y° one another's burdens, and so fulfill (Jit law of Christ. How could the young i tach family be trained to follow our Divine Exemplar in this great and difficult duty, were not the sick, the aged, ami the poor connected wid> the family stale hew realize the burdens that the aged often bear, es|eeially those who have been parents or those who have held honor i and HUthoriry. ■ Instead ol being the loved and respected ; dispenserAwf favors, the rulers of the family state, they find themselves either forsaken j in their desolate home, or mere appendages p> Soother family. Their opinions and , couost jg are no longer sought; they become | subordinates, and subject to the will of those they once controlled; tbey find that they are burdens rather than helpers, and ohen suspect that the family would be much j more comfortable without than with them. ; 1 heir resources for enjoyment fail; society abroad ceases to attract; their senses begin t to fail; their loss of heariug often shuts out Hicialenjoyuiont; the eye ia dimmed, so that reading is no luugera resource. Under all - these privations and burdens, sometimes tho teiujter fails. o that the'"peevishness of j old age" has become proverbial. To all this are often added infirmities and sickness, that demand c.-nsrent sympathy, eare. labor | and patience. The infirm grand parent, j the aged mother the homeless relative, the i worn-out domestic—these are preserved, of ten when they would gladly depart, in order that the highest lesson in Christian life may be taught to the young. . Happy the parents who, instead of regar ding these dependent inmates as crosses and trials, welcome thein as suffering ministers of gf>od, aiding in the great and difficult mission of training the young to paiieDt and self sacrificing benevolence.— Hours at j Home. YOUHTT SES-BUSINESS DEN. • It iseasier to be a good business man than a poor one. Half of the energy displayed in keeping ahead, that is required to catch up when behind, will save credit, give more iiue to atteed to business, and add to the profit and reputation of those who work for gain. Be prompt. Keepyourwork. HoDor youf engagements, if you promise to meet a man or do a certain thing at a certain moment, be ready at the appointed time. If you have work to do, do it at once, cheer fully, and therefore more speedily and cor rectly. If you go out on business, attend promptly to the matter. Do not stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business, be found there wheu wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around stores and saloons. Never " f'oi >1" on business matters. If you have :o labor for a living, rememder that one hour in the moving is better than two at night. If you employ others, be on hand to see that they attend to their duties, and to direct work to odvantage. Have order, sys tem, regularity, promptness, liberally. Do not meddle with business youknow nothiug of. Never buy an article simply because t lie man who sells will take it out in trade. Tiade is money. Time is money. A good business habit and reputation is always mon ey. .Make your place of bu.-iness pleasant ami attractive, then stay there to wait on customers. Help yourself and others will heip you. Be fail litul over the interests confided to your keeping, and all in good time your res ponsibilities will be increased. Do not be in great haste to get rich. Do not build un til you hare arranged and laid a good foun dation. Do not —as you hope or work for succes-* —spend time in idleness. Pay as you go. A man of bonorrespects bis word as lie does bis bond. A-k, but never beg. Help others when you can, but never give when you cannot afford to, simply because it is fashionable. Learn to say no. No necessi ty of snapping it out, but say it firmly and respectfully. Have but tew confidants— and the fewer the better. Use your own brains rather than others. Learn to think and act for yourself. Be honest. Be vigil ant. K-ep ahead rather than beh : nd the times. Young men, note this, and if there is fbllv in the argument, let us know. You must test it thoroughly, as, sooner or later practical life repeats its experiences. How TO ADVERTISE.— The Inside Track says some good tliingsin the following article, which may be of practical value to some of ou'- readers; An advertisement is not always valuable in proportion to the space it occupies. A short advertisement four times is better than a verv long one once. "Brag is a good dog, but Hold fast is a better.". A prominent advertisement once or twice will le effective, if followed up by a steady card giving your business and address. _ Don't take down your sign in dull times. —People read newspapers all times of the yea i. If business admits of it, several small ad vertisements, with your name repeated every time, will avail more than the same collected, with your name in only once. Don't fear to have a small advertisement hy the side of a larger competing one. The big one can't cat it up. Small advertisements, and plenty of them is a good rule. We were all babies once, vet we made considerable noise. A BATON A SPREE. —As a clerk in a Syracuse diug store entered the liquor eel lar for the purpose of drawing some liquor, he discovered a large rat standing on his hind legs.drinking whisky as it dropped from faucet that had Dot been properly closed. As he nenred the rat, he made a very awk ward effort to escape, but ho reeled an i staggered like a drunken man. The clerk, pleased with the comial predicament of the unfortunate "animal," allowed him, after several zigzag movements, to enter has hole. WUE.V Rowland Hill was some years ago in Scotland, he was introduced to an aced minister somewhat resembling himself in piety and eccentricity. The old man looked ut him for some time very earnestly, and at length said; "Well, I have been looking for some rime at the leens of j"our face. "And what do you think of it? said Mr. Hill. "Why I'm thinking that if the greet of God had not changed your heart, yon would have been a tremendous rogue.' Mr. Hill lauehed heartily and said: Well, yoi have juat bit the nail on the head.' RATES OF ADVERTISING. All adr*rti"eroeot fur let* than 3 otb* !♦ , ceoU per liae for mch insertion. Special notice* • >oe-b*lf additional. All resolution* of Awed*, •ion, cotatnnalvetipo* of A limited or jodiyidai nterett. and notice" of marriage* and deatbti ea ceeding fire lines, 10 eta. per line. All legal noti ce* of every kind, and all Orphan*' Court and • tber Judicial sale#, are required by lair to be pub lished >a both paper*. Editorial A'otioc* 14 cent* per line. All Advertising due after fir*t iorertiop. A liberal dbcount made to yeaHr adrertfsert. ; - 3 asonu.'d month*. 1 year One square 9 4.4# $6 * fje.Ot / re 8.00 : ofl Ift.pf Three rqnnre* 8.00 12.00 20.69 One-fo'trth celntan 14.06 36.66 34.66 Walf ,c01in,..„4.i M 15.W vi 24.66 46.06 Oneedhtinn 30.60 44 60 80.00 A FACT FOR TIIF. LABORING BAN. Every man able to tead, has already In formed himself of a faer, which should warn the whole people aerioualy to reflect. The fact to which we allude, shows that neither , "resident, bis eunstUutiooal adri/fegSf or hw political organs have yet ottered a word or taken a position In furor of protec ting unite labor. Mr. Johnson aod bia friend* are constantly engaged io effort* to how that tins is a ichit crawi* government. What have they done thus far. as possessors of official power, to aire force and practical effect to this fact? The white laboring men and mechanics of the North are now suffer ing indescribable burdens. They pay the greater part of all taxation; they support the government with the labor of their hand-; they procured ita release from rebel lion, with, the blood of their,bodies and suffer ed all-the deprivation entailed by tha war; hiil what hat Andrew Johnson, hi* Cabinet Officer*, or hi* organs done to refeave the white man of any of hi* burden*? The Presi dent's Message shows no interest in the wel fare of the white laborers and mechanics; the reports oj the Secretaries show no in tention of procuring protection for the pro ducers; for the Administration among the newspaper press devote no space to secure the rights of white labor, while the mouth pieces of the President in Congress never utter a word on tha same subject. All those statesmen, orators and organs are in favor of a white tnan'r government, not s government oti white laborers and mechanics, but an oligarchy of white traitor*. The interests of the white labor of the north; the laborer that toils before the furnaee beat, that bends at the aovil, thinks at the work bench, and sweats in the field, is ignored. These white men are loss sight of in Andrew Johnson's venture aod solicitude for trai tors—white traitors, on whose pride he is anxious to found a vhitc man'* government-. How do the laborers and uiechao'cs of the old free State like Andrew Johnson's ideas ofa whit-Anan'sgovernment?— State Guard. SHE WOULDN'T MABKT A MECHANIC. —A young man commenced visiting a young woman, and appeared to be well pleased! One evening he called when it was quite late, which led the young lady to enquire where he i.ad been. 'I had to work to night.' 'What! do you work for a living?' the enquired in astonishment. 'Certainly,' replied the young man 'lam a mechanic.' 'I dislike the name of a mechanic," and she turned up her pretty nose. That was the last time the young man vis ited that ye-ig woman. He is now a wealthy man, and has one of the best wom in the county lor his wile. The lady who disliked the name of a me chanic is now the wife of a miserable foci— a regular vagrant about grog shops—and the soft verdant, silly, miserable gitl, is obliged to take in washing in order to sup port herself and children. You dislike the name of a mechanic, oh? You whose brother* are but well dressed testers. We pity any girl who has so little brains, who is so verdant, so soft, as to think less of a young roan for being a mechanic — ooe of God's Doblemen—the most dignified and honorable personage of heaven's crea tures. Beware, young ladies, how you treat young men who work for a living, for you may one day be menial to one of them your self. Far better to discharge the well fed pau per with all his ring 3, jewelry, bmrennesa and pomposity, and take to your affections the callcus-handed, intelligent and indus trious mechanic. Thousands have bitterlv regretted their folly who have turned their backs to hon esty. A few years have taught them a se vere lesson. WOMAN'S GLANCE LIKE A COG WHEEL, The glance of a woman, says a French writer, resembles certain wheels which are apparently gentle, but are formidable; you daily pass by their side with impunity, and without suspecting anything, and the mo ment arrives when you even forget that the thing is there. You come, you go, you dream you speak, you laugh, and all in a minute you feel yourself caught and it is all over with you. The wheel holds you, the glance has caught you, it has caught, no matter where or how, by some of your thoughts, which drag after vou. or by some inattention on your part. You are lost, and your whole body will be drawn in; a series of mysterious foice seizes yon, and you struggle in vain for human aid is no longer possible. You pass from cogwheel to cog wheel, from agony to agony, from torture— you and yonr uiind, your fortune, your fu ture and your soul; and, according as are in the power of a wicked creature, or you of a noble heart, you will issue from this fright ful machinery either di.figured by shame or transfigured by passion. ADVICE TO GIRLS. Men who are worth having, want women for wives. A bundle of gew-gaws bound with a string of flats and quavers, sprinkled with cologne, and set in a carmine saucer — this is no help for a man who expects to raise a family on veritable bread and meat. The piano aud lace frame are good in their places, and so are ribbons, frills, and tinsels; but you cannot make a dinner of the former, nor a bed-blanket of the latter; And, awful is the idea may seem to you. both din ner and bed-blankets are essential to domes tic happiness. Life ha' its realities, as well as fancies; but you may make it a mattet of deeoraiion, remembering the tassels and curtains, but forgetting the bed stead. Sup posing a man of good sense, and of coarse good prospects, to be chosen? lou may catch liiui, or you may trap him, but how much better to make it an object for him to catch vou? Bender yourself worth catching, and yon will need no shrewd mother or broth er to help you find a market. AN industrious blacksmith and an idle dandy courted a pretty girl, who hesitated which of them to take. Finally she said she would marry which ever of them could show the whitest hands. With a sneer at the blacksmith the dandy held out his palms white from idleness. Tine poor blacksmith hid his brawny hands in his pockets, then drawing them out filled with bright silver coins he spread them ovet bis dusky fingers. The girl decided that hit fingers were the whitest. _ A TALL, keen eyed countryman walked into the court-room during the progress of a trial. Stopping Hp to one of the "ring," he requested that the prisoner might be pointed out to him. The lawyer he aoccst ed being somewhat of a wag, pointed to the iury. The stranger surveyed them critical ly, when turning to his informer, he re marked; "Well, they are a ban! looking set, ain't tbey: I know by their looks they ought to go to the Statu'a Prison, every one oi them 1"
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