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THA cssrtf have decided that refusing ts t*ke qtrf and p riJh*l from the P"t *>ol rr, ■ r ... . c acd having them uncalled for, is ..riota facia evidence of intentional (rami. frffcssiwal & Sasirifss Cards. ATTORNKYS AT LAW. T UK T. KKAGY. ,1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. St*. OE * opposite Reed A Set ell's Back. .;; given in English sod German. [ap]2S] KI MMELL AMI. MXGEXFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, imroitD, ra. ii A v* formed * partnership in the practice of • ],i, lit new in k i -iildicg Beer the Lutheran >rvh. [April 1. ISSi-tf \ \ F. A. POINTS. 31 ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDM*®, PA. Respectfully tenders hit professional sendee* j -.he psUi . Office with J. T. Liugenfelter. tH. a Public Square near Lutheran Church. vay-Col'ccti-ns promptly made. [Dec.9,'W-tf. HAYES IRVINE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, -i iilly and promptly attend ta> aH bu.i- Et-- iatnutad to his care. Office withG. 11. Spang, t,... on Juliana street, three doors south of the ' Meiigel House. Ms H:lj ( TSi'Y M. AUSIP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bar. roan, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all buji n?-> enirr ted to his care in Bedford and adjoin ing c ..nties. Military claims. Pensions, hack i it, T. unty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann 4 Spang, on Jaliana street. 2 doors south , fti.s Men gel House. apll, IS64.—tf. a. r. uvus w- JMcaeasov M..VUSS & DICKBBSOX. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Babroan. PETX'A., OS'e nearly opposite the Mangel House, will pro .in the several Court* cif Bedford county. Pen-ion*, b .unties and back pay obtained and the port e-,f Real Estate attended to. [mayll,'66-ly P I?. STUCKEY. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, end REAL ESTATE AGENT, ■ ft r. Main Street, between Fourth and Firth, (>pposi!e the Court Hon sc. KAX.-AS CITY. MISSOURI. V ! practice in the adjoining Counties of Mis souri and Kansas. July 12:tf I. L. .. -.-ILL. —J- H. LOS6ESECKEB RUSSELL A LOXGENECKER, Vrroßsets A CorrssuoßS AT LAW, Bedford. Pa.. 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They Are, . re£ul*rlj licos6 ( l Cl&'.n* Apect? t: i will zive sj • aI attention to the prtj*©eufciaxs lt\m- izniU'' the O rernraent for Peai -ns, 1 k Pay, Bounty Land*, le. spe i c Juliann street, one door Sonth of the j rtr 5 tr-, and nearly |p'site the "Mengel Apr;' MIW PH VS I C I AN S \\'M. W. JAMISON, M. \ EU-CII Rev, PA., Res ■ tf'-iiy tenders hi* professional services to; : -trtre*. in the tmi!dinjf f- r!y occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofiif. [Ap 1 !,r.2S.'6i. s. p - HA IICA UGH A SON, Traielling Dealers in NOTIO >' S . in L:s onty once every two months. L L O0 D S AT CITT PRICKS. for the Chauibersburg Woolen Manufac 5 I ng mpany. Apt 1.-ly j V YV. C'ROUSE 1 • J WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. •" "tree! tw-> door* *wt 01 I). F. Ilanry'B St.-.-e, Bedford, Pa., is now prepared '} wboie-ale all kind* of CIGARS. All T-tr mptly filleter without j reporting the case to the Senate, a- re .-irtd ;by that act. The o|>eningaduress o-i the part ! of the defence was then commenced by Judge Curtis, who spoke until the adj iir "' u ' ?us | the Senate, wnbwnt having eonciaded. The speech was an able specious effort, dealing almost entirely with the technicalities of the case. On Friday he concluded his argu- , i ment in behalf of the prosecution. Tak ; ing up the Managers allegation that the President, in notifyng tbe Secretary oi , the Treasury of the suspension of Secre • tary Stanton, bad recognized the validity of the Civil Tenure law Mr. Curtis octi | tended that tbe President only recogaiz- j |ed one section of the law, having no t I connection with the President's power of rc i moral. After further discussing the provis- | | tions of the Tenure of Office law. Mr. Curtis contended that Sectary Stanton's case does j not come under that act. and that the Presi dent has only acted upon his own the Presi- j deut's * interpretation of a doubtful point. !0n the conclusion of Mr. Curtis' remarks Genreal Loreuzo Thomas. "Secretarrv of War ! | ad interim," was sworn as a wanes for the i j defence. Throughout his testimony he was • , particnlarly careful to eudeavor to impress !' upon the minds of the Senators that Jur. John- j sou was uot a party to his threats oi using ! force, and knew nothing about them but to aoy unbiased mind, with any knowledge of .he President's character ar.d'past actions his i ; would-be Secretary's efforts would be futile, i for no one supposes that had Mr. Johasou had a sharper tool, bat that he certanly in- I tended using force, not only agasast Stanton, but others. General Butler's questions and Thomas' answers during the cross-examina tion excited much laughter throughout the galleries. On Monday the Court of impeachment, af \ ter considerable discussion, which was par ticipated in by Managers Stevens and Wii iiams for the first time since the opening of the trial, refused to amend or alter its rules so as to permit ail the counsel on both sides j to argue the case after tbe testimony had been j closed. We consider the action of the Sen-j !p correct, as if all the counsel were per ' milted to speak, twelve speeches would be allowed —seven on the part of the prosecu ; tion and five for the defence—prolonging 1 the case for an unnecessary length of time. The amendment was laid on the table by a tote of thirty-eight yeas to tc-n nays—nearly all the Democratic members voting against further time being granted. Lieutenant Gen eral Sherman was again placed on the stand j as a witness for the defence. The first ques tion asked him by Mr. Stanberry was whetb i er, after the restoration of Mr. Stanton to the j War Office, he (Sherman) did not express tbe opinion that the good of the service re- j quired Mr. Stauton's resignation of the posi tion of Secretary of War? Mr. Butler object ed. and, with Mr. Bingham, argued at length > against tbe question, and were replied to by- Messrs. Stanberry and Evarts. After a pro tracted discussion, the quesiion put by Mr. Stanberry to the witness was ruled out by a vote of fifteen in its favor, to tbirty-five against it, and in favor of sustaining tbe ob- ; jections of the House Managers. On the resumption of the Impeachment Trial on Tuesday Mr. Evarls announced the illness of Mr. Stanbery, one of the President's counsel, and asked thai an adjournment for one day might be granted. The request was acceded to and the trial was adjourned until Wednesday at noon. General Sherman ap peared before the House Managers of Im" peach ment in the morning, in obedience to a summons from them, and was examined | with reference tu his interviews wiih the j President in January last, when he was ten- i dered the position of Secretary of War ad in terim. It is understood that tbe examination was cooducted by Mr. Butler, and was very, minute, lasting over two hours. ! General Meade has issued an order requir- ! ing registrars to receive the votes of those ; whose names have been strickea from 'the lists without proper cause. He will not per mit fraud in registrars. The municipal elec- ; tion will not come off on the 20th. Xegroes must not be forced by either party to vote, ' but must be left alone. Xo intimidation is , to be allowed on either side- All pei%ons are forbidden to carry arms at any political meeting or election. For violation of this the party is subject to trial by a military com mission. From Canada we iearn that James Whelao, who is charged with the murder of D'Arcy McGee, is a Fenian who belonged to a Quebec Lodge, and afterwards to a New York Circle. There is very little doubt felt at Ottawa that be is the real culprit. It is reported that one of the persons under arrest ou suspicion of being concerned in the murder has made certain revelations im plicating his fellow prisoners and other parties not yet arrested. A plot has been discovered to blow up the houses of Parliament by means of nitro-glycerine. j Dickens gave his last reading in Boston on Wednesday of last week- At its close, iu re sponse to "the demand of the audience, Mr. Dickens made a brief speech, thanked the citizens of that city for their kindness and hospitality, and bade them adieu. Tbe au dience rose and gave him three cheers, and be retired amid the waving of bats and hand kerchiefs. A reunion of the officers of the Army of the Potomac is proposed to be held at Gettysburg, Pa., about the Ist of July, to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. An order has been issned by the War Department sending another regiment of • I infantry into Alabama. 1 ■ I'■ • 1 iu.li I-. ■■■ —— —■■ , , I _ || I [ • — 1 - ip-pa;; ll" ~— ■l -- - -., f. x x * > i ALOOAOAIItt NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITTC6, KIU'CATION. I.ITI MATt ill: AM) Mor.AT.S. goftvu* BABY'S LETTER. Tbe fuUowiag letter, purporting to be fruui a verjr picmising, rprig of tbe rising generation, juet three weeks old, has been banded as, with the X.-.--Urente that it is genuine as well as good, which we do not presume to duabu If any one has a smarter baby let it be exhibited.—£ t r OJ (A'. V.) ffrnum Dear old untie I dot oor letter, My old mammy She ditten better, Sbe every day Little bit stronger. Don't mean to be sick Vwvj- mien longer. Daddy's so fat Can't ltardiy stagger. Mammy says he jinks Too much lager! i Dear little baby Had a bad colic. Had to late tree drops -Yaxri, paragolic! Toot a dose of tatnip, Felt worse than ever, Shan't late no more. Tatnip never! Wind on stomit, Felt pooty bad; Worse fit sickness Ever I had- Ever bad belly ate. Old untie Bill? 'Taint no fun now, Say what oo will. I used to sleep all day iAnd cry all night; Don't do so now, Cause 'tain't yigbt! But I'm growinsr. Getting pooty la!; Gain most two pounds. Only tint o" yat! Little fi&nnin blankets Was to big before, Nurse can't pin me In 'em no more. Skirts so small, Baby so stout. Had to let the plaits In 'em all Out. Got a bead o' hair Jess as black as night. And big boo eyes Yat look very bright. My mammy says Never did see A ny ozzer baby Half as sweet as me. Grandma comes often, Aunt Sarah, too: Baby loves zem. Baby loves 'oo. Baby sends a pooty kiss To his unties all, Aunties and cousins, Big folks and small, Can't yite no more. So good bye, Jolly old untie, Wiz a glass eye! PMhm. [From the Toledo Blade] .VASBY. The Slate of Michigan—Tbe Exyrri-nce ot ?lr. >aby therein, and at rightlul Dream that he Dreamed. LANSI.NO, Mich., March 2S.—Ef there is •[ a State in this Yooorun entirely worthy uv : ix'in ranked with Massachoosits—entirely i worthy uv bein con-idered searsdy second * in pint uv Ham-ridicnlin. Onesiinus defyin and Ifasar rejecting Abii.-hin infidelity,that i State is Michigan. Massachoosits is ooery and eu—id—Michigan s oueryer and cus sider. Tbey hev colleges in every other county—skool houses, gorjtus and mostly 'in every town and if that ain't enough, j they bev a croole, tyranikle. barbarous Taw forbiddin tbe sale uv sustenance! in the j larger towns where one kin, without ma- j terial danger, git suthin sustainiu, municipal 'aw steps in and compels the dispensers therof to close at 11 P.M. In this town.; from whence I write, I gathered together a few uv the laithful, and wuz a confirmin uv |cm in tbe faith, when, cz the clock struck ! eleven, the landlord put out the lites and us together simultaneous. Kin sich things be and overcome us like a summer cloud? They j kin! Uv course there can't be no whole hearted Dimocrisy in sich a State! They don't hev time to tret fully Dimocratic. . Eleven o'clock! The Diuocri-y uv Michigan is a eleven o'clock Dimocrisy. They don't | live out half'tber dayst They fall short uv tbe troo stater uv full gt.iwti specimens just . an hour. The only good and troo ones I j hev seen were a few farmers and sich. who carried it home in a jug. But, alas! ez tbey never pav rent, they don't stay long enough f in one place to make themselves felt. They naterally drift back to Southern Illiooy, j where fine tooth combsis nnknowu—where ; the wicked ceese trnnblin, and the wearv are at rest. But we bev enuff uv that kind here. Ez I retired to my couch last uite. 1 was filled with sadnis. Theeieckshunokkurs in a week or two, and the Ablishnists perpose ; to vote to tear down the few reiuainin land marks and give votes to the disgustin niggers in that State, (,'onteniplatin the gulf to which Michigan is approachin—with nty sole filled with forebodins. I feil into a troubled sleep, and sleepin dreemed. Methawt 1 wuz in Liberia, that country : across tbe waters, settled by civilized niggers, j I wuz somewot supprised at wot met my ; gaze. Niggers to the rite uv uie —niggers to the left uv me —niggers in front uv me —rode the six hundred thousand uv em. j Occasionally in the streets uv Monrovia, the j cheeftown, I seed a white man—more ' frekently a mulatt&r, and occasionally one j in wich wnz only a tinge uv white blood— ; iist enuff to show that bis aocestersbad left Kentucy many years aud generasbons before. Passio a full blooded nigger on tbe street, j he pushed uie contemptuously into the ! gutter, and forthwith a ralbieuv full-blood ed nigger boys pelted uie with mud, yellin 1 at me, ez tho it wuz a opprobrious term, j "White man! Yah! White man! Yah! Yah! White man!" A miled facet! nigger came to my rescue and rebooted the boys: "la be," sed he, "to blame for he in white? Item ember, boys, the same Ud made him ez made you. and that he is not to blame for his color! He —" At this period be stopped talkin. The ! • fust nigger returned, and damnin him for a i BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. APIHL 24. 1868. ui&turbin one idea radicle, knnckt him into the gutter, and mutteria t!-in;i bout being true to the tradishuc; uv las racv, stalked hawtily away. "Is ther," said I, iodwaantly. 'no law for these outrages ? .kin Ito submit to bein pelted by boy-; and puraimJled by men. and no redress? Is —'! _"Alars, sir!" sed the btnevotent tookin nigger, who bed the appearance uv a Sunday Schoolteacher, "alars, sir, ther isn't Yctor color, sir—yoor color' They have preju dises which they can't overcome, and that ; prejudis the boys even possess. Farewell sir, some day it will be different, but now —" j And he drawd a sigh and walked on hastily, ez be notist a fresh crop of boys approachin. I walked on, in uy due®. Secin a large house, I entered it It was the capitle. atid boldly I essayed to pass the door, The newer aw' oilw£.^, pr g±° F' skore * { that the white galled I p I asceoded, dost under the roof, where I there wuz possibly a dozen jnore like me, and I sot and listened to a carious debate. The measuie under coosidration wuz a amendment to the Constitution of Liberia, strikin the word ' black ' out uv that in i strumeut! The thing bed km long pendin. i Advocatin it wuz a half dozea members in a corner by theirselvea, and opposin it wuz all the rest of the House. The seen wuz very ' much sich ez I witnessed a good many years , ago at Washington, whet; John Quincy Adams wuz a champion in the idea uv the ekality uv ali men in the Idoasc. One nicm I ber denounst the leader uv the minority ez I a "base, grovelin, low wretch, who hed lost ] all pride ur race—all regard for the purity |uv blood—and who wuz iuridinsly plottin to debase the pure and proud race of Ham by mingling with it the pale milky blood ofthe i interior rase#." Another w&otid this House to ask itself. "Do yoo want to march up to the polls long-ide uv a white man? Do yoo want to be tried for yer little crimes afore a jury of white men ! I shudder at the thot! See," sed he, pallia out from UDder his coat a portrate uv a white woman, ez 1 seed \ allaadygum do wanst in Ohio, at a Dime cratic meetio. only he bad on his paste-board a wench, "see to what the gentleman wishes to ally hissclf." Another member askt the House to serionsly ask themselves, afore they voted on the till, whether this House wantid to marry a white woman? He wantid this House to ask herself whether she wantid his dortor to marry a white man? "Ef we let em vote we must marry em !" The vote was taken, resaitin uv course in the votiD down uv the Dill. The six Radicals were towunst expelied for the introdoorin rich a incendiary measure, and the House ad journed. The populace got hole uv the news, and the wildest joy prevailed One wagon was rigged up, into which wuz twenty-four black girls with a banner over 'em. "Fathers perteet us Irani white ekality," and another similarly loaded carried a oanaeronto which : was written, "Flack husbands or none! The purity of our Rami" N'oticin me on the street, the pcpuliee went for me. The po I lice, with aught to have preserved the peace (they were mostly imigvanu from aa islaud 1 off the coast, wierli thpv Uwl L, o .MI smriJtftn. ' uv br ing oppressed by the Rug uv another island which bed got possessuu ur eal, and ; wuz a beario down upon 'em, the perlice man. instead uv pertectio un, headed the hunt, and lively they made it. I was caught and rolied in the gutters, said shouts uv | "Kill the white-livered whej!" and they ; pounded and pummeled me, and tore- my clothes off. "To the white ctfun asylum! sboute-d one of em, and to that cry I owed mv life. They beleeved in vfcolesale kiilin ruther than retale, and they aade a rush for au asylum where the orfun- uy the few despised whites wuz a livir, Short work they made uv it. The orfutf wuz roasted and beaten to death, the teachers run for their lives, and the building) was sacked, i the black women meantimi ridin around . with the banners over em, aid the principle citizens addressin the mob, teprecatin vio ; lence, but nevertheless applmdin uv cm for ( their zeal in preservin the pifity uv the race. Two white skoolhouscs and eighteen dwel i lings wus gone thro with, ezef by inspira ; iheo. Finally they got siu uv ine agin, ; and ez there wuzn't any otlgrs in rite, they | cheerfully ceesed me, and rirgin a rope, run me up to a lamp post. ' A\pt iohoomanitv! Wat crooelty! Wat injustre!" sbriekt I. , Forehoonitiy I did not 'urther commit ; myself. The shoutin and the sense uv chokin awoke me. I woz tot in Afrika, 1 hed not been beaten and puneled and rolled ! in the gutter and bung, butthank the Izird, ! 1 wuz in America, the lard uv the free, where, when such things isoons the white j men do em theirselves. wici is more corn | fort able. But wat a friteful dreeri! Wat a mis i forechoon it must be to be fr another race : when that rac-e aint in a Majority. 1 rcely sympathize with the niggea in this country. I'ETROLECM V. .WHY, P. M (Wich * Postmaster.) <)>E POWT HE COL Ii) SWEAR TO. A clever gentleman eutead our office the other evening in a big htrry. "You re member that fine, large Newfoundland dog .of mine, don't you?—everybody knows i him." We did remembertbe burly, busby bow wowing brute, and stid so. "Well, ; sir," he continued, "someWdy has stolen him—would you think it?" Well, we were ; surprised to find that any one so little cora | prehended business as to steal a dog that 1 would eat more than half a dozen hearty, ; frolicking children; and we expressed our I surprise. "I wouldn't takesso for him; and —would you believe it?—wife says she's glad he's gone! Now, I want to advertise hint," We placed pencil and paper before our patron, and he begau to write—"istolen! . —From the residence of tbe Subscriber, — street, a large Newfoundland dog, named Towser. lie is black with white snots on —" Here the advertiser stuot. lie admitted that, for life of him. he couldn't say post j tively where those white spots were located, j Half of hi* face was covered with white hair I but he couldn't tell whim half. One oi his feet was white, but he was at a loss to say which one, In fact, tow that he was cornered on spots, he had owned the dog a ; year, could pick him fron a million dogs, and knew every hair on hi* honest coat, but ■ he was ashamed to say tbit there was onlv one mark about the dog which he could I positively locate—he coukl swear that the tip of his tail was whit' Finally, the ad vertiser concluded to run home and see hi* wife, who'd LDOW all about it; and off he ; hurried. He was back directly, His eyes were bright, and his coantenance was cheer• ■ fu\ and we felt sure, before he spoke, that jhe had seen, "Towser," And he broke out with, "Don't you think I found my dog at home? —fact! There be wa? on the hearth rug. and the children were wooing hiin. and fairly going crazy over him!—the brute! Now, would you believe." he continued, J spluttering! r, "the tip of the dog's tail isn't " white! Why, it's as black as my hat!" | This was the climax to his "comedy of err- I ors." for hifl hat was a very light drab. iSELEbS SPKCIiEATIOSiH. Ti : er , e * strange quality in the huuian mind, by virtue of which it ever seeks to di vine the unfathomable and to unravel in " P , lu )fories, neglecting often the more us -iul and j.radical inquiries of every day !iie in order to gratify its penchant for mela. physical subtleties. Evens age hits been taunted by some scientific phantom-problem which it was beyond the power of human ®J. , t0 anc * the period of time in white we fire forms no exception to this rule. v\ hiie .crmerly tbe discovery of the philosopher s stone." and other impossi ouiues, engaged the attention of actual and pretended philosophers, speculations con cerning the origin of the world have of late years become the favorite theme of theo rize. But there is one fact to which we will can attention. Tbe labors of the aicby mi*t laid the fouodatioos of iDodero chenais failure in securing perpetual motion we owe the spread of clearer notions on the subject o. mechanical principles; but what, we ask. is the benefit that shall accrue to mankind from the vain attempt to lift the veil from the mysteries of the first creation ? Even it any one of tbe thousand theories proposed would commend itself to general approval. It would only be a barren acquisition to our theoretical knowledge, from which not a single useful result could be expected, and which would prove to be valueless in the advancement of our race. We make these remarks because an ex am'nation of the correspondence sent to this office discloses tbe fid that many ofonr readers waste their time and abilities on this unprofitable subject. We have also oeca sion to notice the entire disregard or igno r*vcCi° j • ™ ost e ' en) entary and best es tabu-hed principles of science on the part of these theorists. Wild notions of heat, electricity, the properties of matter, and so forth, form the cement which holds together the hypotheses und speculations with which tbey construct the unsubstantial fabrics of their brains. They are not aware that our knowledge of the behavior of mat ter under the influence of extreme tempera ' lures . heat or coldf, is, as yet, far too iraper- . Tret to warrant atu-mpts of generalization. ; ihe creation of matter, its formation and j gradual settling into the present arrange meat is a fit subject for the reveries of the ■ poet or the unbridled speculations of the metaphysician; but practical men who are willing to improve themselves tad others should leave it alone. There are too many urgent questions of real importance which claim and deserve all the attention and energy which they can bestow upon theun. 1 hose of our lfiiends, however, for whom the temptation to 'lift the veil" should prove too strong, will paidon us for sugges- I ting that their first duty is to obtain a com- ' prehensive knowledge of physics and oho- i mistry. If. after obtaining this, they find! •hat they are further from the solution of the puzzle than th?y thought themselves before, they will at least not" have to repine for wasted time and labor, as they can ren der their newly acquired knowledge useful in a thousand different ways,— Scioitiric A mrrionn. THE I SE OF FLOWERS. Ihe time has gone by—if it ever existed— when a man was esteemed less "sensible"' or \ ••practical because he appreciated the beauty j of dowers, and loved to have them around i him. Each year we are learning more and j more of their loveliness, and showing the evi- I denoe of a better educated taste in the more ! c .tended use we make of boquets and gar- j iunds. A writer says: There has been of late years a marked in- j crease in the nse of flowers for social pur poses. Every dinuer party or dancing party | must uow be graced with these "stars of the ; earth. At large assemblies there is always | a lavish display of flowers, as if it were de signed to intoxicate the guests with the de licious odors of innumerable blossoms. If we visit a lady, flowers must precede our j coming: if we drive out with her, the odor of ; flowers must sweeten the pleasure. Superb I presentation baskets and boqnets are now ' seen in almost every parlor, and are the hor ticultural compliments of gentlemen to Indies, j The favorite flowers are the canielia, japonica | the sweet Neapolitan violet, and the white j and tea rose. Although a large capital is j employed in producing these the supply al ways is unequal to the demand, and they bring high, even extravagant prices on great occasions. Flowers are, of course, exten sively used at weddings, but according to tbe florists, they are employed more liberally at lunerals. Five hundred dollars are not un frequently expended in crosses and wreathes for these solemn occasions As weddings and funerals require white flowers only, they cause these to be more rare, and of higher price than colored ones. Some of our chur- ! ches, of late years, have employed flowers extensively on occasions of religious festivals. WE WANT IIORE PLISP WOMEN. —Tbe Sew York Gazette concludes a plea for ■plump women" as follows; "But whatever (-iucation your girls have, let ns have less of it. American girls are notorious for their pailor and frailty and tendency to wither and lose their charms at an early age. This country has no greater want, at the present time, than of plump and girls and plump wo men. I-et us have then plump and healthy, whether they know anything or noL We can teach their children what they don't know, if necessary: by ail means let us have rosy, blossoming, solid women. The Pacific rail road is not half so important to the prosperity of this country as tbe aggregate avoirdupois of its women. Tbe female sex of America ought to weigh at least as half as much again as it does." A HOLT LIKE.— The raising of the sun is known by the shinning beams; the fire is known by its burning : the life of the body is known by its moving: even so certainly is the presence of God's spirit known by the j shining light of holy conversation : even so i the purging fire of grace is known by the j burning zeal against sin and a fervent desire 1 to keep God's commandments: even so cer tainly tbe lite and liveliness of faith is known by the good motives of the heart, by the bestiiriog of all the powers both of the soul and body, to do whatsoever God wills us to be doing, as soon as we once know. He would have us do it. He, that hath this evideoce bath a bulwark against despair, and may dare the devil to his face : he, that hath this, bath the broad seal of eternal life, and such a man shall live forever. VOLUME 41; 50. ID THE EI.EME.NTS OF SI CCESS. i Success is the true criterion of ability. Though oiujt! won without merit and lost wit! out dishonor, men persist in' thinking tbey are Tndissolubly connected. And men are right. Though some fortunate accident mar raise a drone to emlnene, or gain for dultncsi a brilliant position, yet great achieve ments are the result only of work and exalted merit. Some men gather rags and waste from the streets: others bathl cities, found empires, and revolutionize the world. One earns his bread by the hardest toil, and is supremely happy if night finds him sheltered from the cold and the storm: another plans adventures which yield him millions, or directs the course of squadrons on teaa thousands of mile* away. Each lias bones, nerves, muscles; and per haps, in ail physical respects, the rag-picker is the superior of the merchant. Whence, then, this difference? It is from mind. One is a sort of a thinking animal—the other has called into exercise his higher faculties, that soblime intelligence which controls events, sees the end from the beginning, and monldt the future to its will. To achieve success in any pursuit, there must be mind to plan and energy to execute. Without these, a man is like a ship without a rudder, tossed about by chance and uncer tainty. With these, success is as sure as des" tiny. But to achieve great results, a man must not waste his energies on small things. He must lay out large plans, pursue noble aims, and force them to successful is sues. He uiust have boldness to conceive, vigor and intelligence to execute. And above all, he must be actuated by high motives, and aim at objects which others have not the courage or the virtue to adventure. The man who does this has nothing to dread. Unforeseen eTents may frustrate his plans; unlooked-for disasters may bear him down ; and envy or malignity may conspire to crush him: yet he will rise, by the irresisti ble energy of his own will, above all opposi tion from men and things. Let no man, therefore, despond. Success is within his reach, if he will but grasp it. If he has the vigorous stamina of intellect and will, the ul timate result is certain. The force of his tal ents will raise him from obscurity, and place him in his proper rank in the estimation of the world. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IK LIFE. In Dickens's charming novel of David CopperSeiil, which is supposc-d to contain a great many incidents in his own life, occurs the following, chapter forty-two: I feel as if it were not forme to record, even though this manuscript is intended for no eyes but mine, how hind I worked at }^Vc^^ r^f^Po Dd d, wvygi of responsibility to Dora and her aunts. I will only add. to what I have already written of my perseverance at this time of my itfe. and of a patient and continuous energy which then began to be matured within me. and which I know to be the strong part of rnv character, if it have any : stu ngth at ail, that there, on looking back, I find the source of my success. I have been very fortunate in worldly matters; many men have worked much harder and not succeeded half so well; but I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order and dili gence, without the determination to con centrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon it heels, which I then formed. Heaven knows I write this in no spirit of self laudation. The man who reviews his life, as Ido mine, in going on here, from page to page, had need to have been a good man indeed, if he would be spared the sharp consciousness of ifiaDy talents ne glected, many opportunities wasted, many erratic, and perverted feelings constantly at war within his heart, and defeating him. Ido not bold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. My meaning simply is that whatever [ have tried to do in life, I have tried ; with al! my heart to do well; that wbat- I ever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that, iu ; great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. I have never believed it possible that any natural or improved ability can claim im ; munify from the companionship of the steady, plain, hard working qualities, and hope to gain its end. There is no such thing as such fulfilment on this earth. Some happy talent, and some fortunate oppor i tunity, may form the the two sides of the j ladder on which some men mount, but the t rounds of that ladder must be made of stuff to stand wear and tear; and there is no sub stitute for thorough goiDg, ardent, and sin cere earnestness. Never to put one hand to anything on which I could throw my whole self; and never to affect deprecia tion of my work, whatever it was, I find, now, to have been my golden rule. DEBT AKD TAXATION. The Democratic party is trying to get back into power on the cry of debt and taxation. Herein they show their contempt for the intelligence of the people. He must have an extremely short memory who does Dot recollect that the debt and taxation were created by a rebellion for which the Demo eratic party is responsible. Buchanan was I'residcnt.when the war began. We have j the testimony of Lewis Cass that hjs ad ministration was in league with the South. To say nothing about the tendency of the principles of the party and to go DO farther back, it is within the recollection of every one from the outset of Buchanan s ad ministration, be and his Cabinet so shaped affairs as to render the first blow of the rebellion successful. A Democratic Secre tary dispersed the Navy co as to be beyond call; a Democratic Secretary filled the Southern and robbed the Northern arsenals, and sent the Army into remote quarters; a Democratic administration placed Southern | ers in the chief positions abroad; and when j the rebellion broke out the South had a large part of the machinery in its hand, and the Government was crippled at all points. Throughout the war the Democratic party sympathised with the South, and in many ways afforded it aid and comfort. The war and the burthens of debt and taxation are the legacy of the last Democratic adminis ! j tratiou the country has seen. To suppose ; that the people can forget these things or Ithat they will under any delusion whatever bring another hack so soon, is to suppose that men have lost their reason and that no speck of patriotism is left. The national debt, so far from being an argument in | BATES Of ADVERTIBIKQ. All advertisement* for lets Urns S mouth* 19 cent? M Kb* fct tcfc mmr.ua. %*cuJ antkwt i one- ball addition*!. -AH taeulaiiea* at A**ci i tion, eomtnnnivationf of a limited or individal interact and notice? of marring** and death*, ex reeding fir* line*. 10 CU. per line. All Ugal arni ca* of ?v7 Uad, and alt Orphan ' Court and other Jadntal aia, are required br )*wto b* pdV liahed in both napars. Editorial Kotice* 15 cent* per line. All A dvertisiag due after firat in ten ton. 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Natoleox used to say. and think ha had uttered a good thing when he said it, "A general should not stand too straight; he should lean a little on his siafL" In onr country we think if a general cannot stand straight, he is not fit to have a staff. Tue Housatonic farmers have met and pas sed a resolution to send only pure milk to New York. The railroads agree to keep the milk locked up till it gets here. But some ladies refuse milk that has a "nasty yellow scum'' on it after standing. For such it has to be watered. Madame de Stael cordially hated Talley rand, and in her story of "Delphine" was . supposed to have painted herself in the per son of her heroine, and Talleyrand in that of a garrulous old woman. On their first meet ing. the wit pleasantly remarked, "Ther tell me that we are both of as in your novel, in the disguise of woman." Is a real property case before a French judge at an early period of the Revolution (the story is told by the elder Berryer), the defendant, whose title was contested, proved that the estate had been in bis family for more than two hundred years. "Well, then," said the judge, "It is now full time for another family to have a turn." A horse dealer in the Athenian city of Oxford, made an addition to his stud of two fine horses, to which be assigned the classical cognomina of Xerxes and Artaxerxes. A gentleman commoner having demanded of him his "exquisite reason" for so doing, he replied, "Why, you see, when I drives tan dem I makes Xerxes my leader and puts the other in the shafts, and so I calls him Arta* Xerxes." A I'ITY.— A fellow who was hrfmeht. to King James 1., could eat, it was said, a whole sheep at a meal. 'What else can he do,' asked the king, 'more than other men?" 'Nothing.' was the reply. 'Hang him, then,' said James; 'for it is a pity a man should live who eats the share of twenty men, and can do no more than one.' 'A beautiful day, Mr. Jenkins. 'Ye3, very piesant indeed.' 'Good day for the race:' 'Race, what race T •The human race?' 'Oh, go along with your stupid jokes; get up a good one, like the one which I sold Day.' 'Day, what Day 'The Day we celebrate,' said Jenkins as he went on his way rejoicing. A CousTitv schoolmaster, prepairing for an exhibition of his school, selected a class of pupils and wrote down the questions he would put to them on examination day.— The day arrived, and so did the hopefuls, all but one. The pupils took their places as had been arranged, and all went on glibly un til the question of the absentee came, when the teacher asked, "In whom do yon believe?" "Napoleon Bonaparte," was the answer quickly returned. "You believe in the Established Church, do you not?" "No," said the youngster, "the boy that believes iu the church hasn't come to school to day!" Josh Biuisgs ox Bed Bugs, — l never seen enny body yet but what despised bed bugs. They are the meanest ov awl crawling, creep ing, hopping or bitting things. They dassant take a man by dalite, but sneak in aftei dark, and chaw him while be is fast asleep. A musketo will the you in broad dalite, at a short range, and give you a chance to knack at his sides —the flea is a game bog, and will make a dash at yon even in Broadway—but the bed bug is a garroter, who waits till you strip, and then picks out a mellow place to ate yon. If 1 was ever in the habit of swearing, I would not hesitate to damn a bed bug right tew his face. Bed bugs are uncommon smart in a small way—one pair of them will stock a hair mattress in 2 weaks with bugs enoff to last a small family a whole year. It don't do enny good to pray when bed bugs are in seasou; the only way to get rid of them is tew bile up the whole bed iu aquafor tis, and then heave it away and buy a new one. Bed bugs when they have grown aul they intend to, are about the size ova blue jay's eye, and have a brown complexion, and when they start out to garrote they are ez fiat cz a grec-se pot, but when tbey git thru garotting are swelled up like a blister, It takes them three days to get the swelling out of them. If bed bugs hev enny destioy to fill, it must be their stummicks, but it seems to me that they must have been made by accident, just as gliwers are, to stick into somebody. If they wuz got up for some wise purpos, they must hev took the wrong, for there kant be enuy wisdom in chawing a man all nite long and raising a family besides, tew toiler the same trade. If there ez Borne wisdom in aul this, I hope the bugs will chaw them folks who can see 1 it, and let me be, because I am one of the i hereticks.