SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. KC The IKQOKKR is published e*ery FRIDAY M-.RO J ißg at .be following rates: : OST -YRAH, (in advance.) •••• ; ill not paid within six m0i,)... *-uB 11 if not paid within the year,)... 3.W ; A'l pupers ontside of the county dUeoattansd JOt notice, etthe explr.tiun of the t.au for which the subscription he? been paid : -inglecdpiesof the paper furnished, in wrupp • on -^r/'To'eVu" 6 "- : internet, are £}"*& inr.ri.bly he | ""TpunU b, '.he a^ t^;R^Ti^dion r I "> bßsine " " f ,h# offict ! h ' LT'TZ, BfProRD, PA. v, „7IPMUWS.—'We would all the special | nt i'ost M " ter " ° d 1," IUEB to the following synopsis of the Hews . 1 'VR ie required to gire notice AY I returning a paper does not .newer the law) , ,n. subscriber does not take his paper out of ,V ~ffice uid state the reasons tor its not being ken- end s ncs'ect to do so makes the Postinas to the publishers for the payment. " , KllV person who takes a paper from the Post v'e whether directed to hit name or another, or whether he has subscribed or not is responsible if a person orders his paper discontinued, lie mutt rJ" :,!i arrearss, or the publisher urny .ntinue to send it until payment is made, and ,>, t the whole amount. irisfAer ft be taken from I, - .. not. There can be no legal disc ontin u', 1 until the payment is made. 4. if the subscriber orders his paper to be j , pc( i a t a certain time, and tbe publisher con ; , lU \ to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for ! •he taket it out of tMe Poet Office. The law ' r ceils upon tbe ground that a man mast pay t'jr what he uses. j ... The courts bare decided that refusing to take ipers and periodicals from tbe Post office, ; RELUCTING and having them uncalled fur, is , facia evidence of intentional fraud. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 1 BN T. KEAGY, ,i ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. ,-IL. Office opposite Reed A Scbell's Reek. "Irl given in English and German. [ap!26] KIMMELL AND LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. lEDruRD, PA. Hare farmed a partnership in the practice of e Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran Church. [April 1, 18®t-tf M. A. POINT-, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, I'a. Respectfully tenders his professional services V tS. public. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter, : !i Public Square near Lutheran Church. •j#~Cu Sleet ions promptly made. [Dec.9,'64-tf. HAYES IRVINE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to all buai teo intrusted to bis care. Office with (i. H. Spang, i - on Juliana street, three doors south of the Mei.gel House. May !4:ly fSBY M. ALSIP, L ATTORNEY' AT LAW, BEDFORD, Pa., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all buai t,e.s entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin- j i:g counties. Military claims. Pensions, back ... i onty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with i'acn A Spang, on Juliana street. 2 doors south i ofthe Mengei House. apl 1, IS64.—tf. . F. < i VEUS J. W. DICKERSOIt | AIIERS A DICKKRSON, A I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, Pis*'*., Of e nearly opposite the Mengel Honsa, will p :c in the several Courts of Bedford county. , ons, bounties snd back pay obtained and the - t.ase of Real Estate attended to. [majll,'B6-ly I ; B. STUCKEY, • ORNBY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, und REAL ESTATE AGENT, ' eon Main Street, lietween Fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court House, KAN.-AS CITY. MISSOURI, practiee in the adjoining Counties of Mis e ur .ii:J Kansas. July 12:tf k. 1.. RCSSELL J- B. LONEESF. EER OI'SSELL A LONGENECKER, 1\ ATTORSSTS A COCSSSLLOBS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi -1,,.. entrusted to their care. Special attention gt-.in to collections and the prosecution of claims j • r liack Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac. TJirOfr.ee on Juliana street, south of the Court H'esc. Apriljilyr. J- M l". SHARPS E. S. SRER : OHARPE A KERR, k> A TTORSE TS-A T-LA IV. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad jo ioc counties. All business entrusted to their cere will receive careful and prompt attention. Preston*, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col let 1 o-1 from the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking house of Heed A Schell. Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf J. R. HVRSOP-ROW JOES LITTE. DURBORROW A LUTZ, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEBFORD, PA., "Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents sa l will give special attention to the prosecution of claims sgaiust the Government for Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office or Juliana street, one door South of the .'uoaircr office, and nearly opposite the 'Meugel House" April 2S, lS65:t P H VSICIAN 8. Ur M. W. JAMISON, M. D., BLOOD v Rtrir. PA., Respectfully tenders his professional services to the people of that place and vicinity. [decß:lyr \\K. 5 F. HARRY, \ ) Respectfully tenders his professional ser ri.-CN to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building rruerly occupied by Dr. J. 11. Hofius. [Ap'l 1,64. 1 \R. S. G. STATLLR, near Schellsburg. and J J Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland " >unty, having associated themselves in the prac tice of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes- M nal servi to the citizens of Schellsburg and vi'-inity. Dr. Clarke'" ofs**e and residence same a? formerly occupied by J. White, Esq.. dee d. S. Q. STATLKR, Sehcllsbcrg. AprilJ. J. CLARKE. MISCEL LAIfgpUS OK. SHANNON, BANKER, BEDFORD, PA. HANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT, fctinna made for the Kiat, West, North and ' > 'h, and the general huiness of Exchange , trail-acted. \<>te< and Account. Collected and 1 Remittances pr: it p.lymade. REAL ESTATE E I KM. feb22 j hAMEL BORDER, PITT STRFET, TWO noons WEFT op THE aea T Ft) HOTEL, BESFORD, PA. V T' HMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. fie keeps on band a stock of fine Gold and Sil- r'■:!*, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin • ai.' Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold t-hains, Breaet Pins, Finger Rings, best \ * He will supply to order •ng in hi* line not on hand. [apr.2B/65. {§. P. H AR 15 A UGH & SON, 1 ravelling Dealers in notions. the county once every two month". !. L i. () 0 D S AT CITY PRICES, suit* r the Cbambensburg Woolen Manufae °* Company. Apl I.ly I ) CROUSE • WHOLES A LE TOB ACCON IST, t -treet two d<or wen ol B. F. Harry> oi.ire, Bedford, Pa., ia now prepared • • promptly filled. Persons desiring ant thing -"I do well to give him a eali. * Bedford Oct 20. *65.. A IL KINDS OK BLAKS for tale at the /- -a v -'r office. A fnllsuppD of Dee is, Lea ' Vrtrlr. 'f Agr.ement *r DIRBORROW 4 LUTE Kdt tors and Proprietors. jjorttji. THE EKCHAWTRESS. A SPRING-TIME LTRIC FOR MABKL. BY T. B. 4LDBICII. It is only in legend and fable The fairies are with us, TOU know; For the faries are fled, little Mabel, Aye, ages and ages ago. And yet I have met with a fairy— You needn't go shaking your curls— A genuine spirit and airy Like her who talked nothing but pearls. i \ou may laugh, if yoa like, little Mabel, I know jou're exceedingly wise; But I've seen her as plain as I'm able To see unbelief in your eyes. A marvellous creature! I really Can't say is gifted with wings, Or resides in a tulip; but clearly She's queen of all beautiful things. Whenever she comes from her castle, The snow fades away like a dream, And the pine-cone's icicle tassel Melts and drops into the stream. The dingy gray moss on the boulder Takes color like bright burnished steel; The brook put its silvery shoulder Again to the dripping mill-wheel! The robin and wren fly to meet her; The boney-bee hums with delight; The morning breaks brighter and sweeter, More tenderly falletb the night! The roadside, in pastures and meadows, The buttercups, growing bold, For her sake light up the shadows, With disks of tremulous gold. Even the withered bough blossoms, Grateful for sunlight and rain— Even the hearts in our bosoms Are leaping to greet her again! What fairy in all your romances Is such an enchantress as she. Who blnstes in roses pansies. And sings in the bird on the tree ? THE Rtt.ISTRY BILI.. A further supplement to the act relating j I to the eiec'ions of this Commonwealth. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Kijiresentatives of the Com monwealth of Pen ttsyltania in General As ■tembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after the passage of,this act, it shall be the duty s of the several assessor* within this Com- i monwealth, on receiving their transcripts i from the county commissioners, to proceed to make out a list in alphabetical order of ; the white freemen above twenty-one years : of age who they shall know or who shall ; make claim to said assessors to be qualified j voters within their respective townships, ; boroughs, wards or other election districts, | and, opposite said names, state whether the said freeman is or is not a housekeeper, and I if he is, the number of bis residence, in towns where the same are numbered, with the street, alley or court in which situated, and if in a town where there are no num bers, the name of the street, alley or court on which said bouse fronts; also the occupa tion of the party, and where he is not a housekeeper, the occupation, place of board ing and with whom; and, if working for an other, the name of the employer; and write opposite said name the won! voter; and, where said party claims to vote by reason of naturalization, he shall exhibit his certificate thereof to the assessor, unless he shall have voted in the township, borough, ward or district at five preceding general elections; and, on exhibition of the certificate, the i name shall be marked with the letter N; where the patty has merely declared his in tention to become a citizen and designs to be naturalized before the next election the name shall be marked 1) I; where the claim is to vote by ieason of being between the ages of twenty-one and two, as provided by law. the word "age ' shall be entered, and if the party has moved into the election dis trict to reside since the last general election the letter R shall be placed opposite the name; and in all of the cases enumerated a tax shall forthwith be assessed against the fw-r-on. And in order to carry this law into effect for the present year, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the respective coun ties of this Commonwealth, and of the city of Philadelphia, within sixty days after the passage of this act, to cause alphabetical lists of the persons returned by the assessors as having been assessed in the several dis ; tricts for the present year, to be made out and placed ine the hands of the respective assessors, whose duty it shall be, on or be fore the first of Septemlier, to ascertain the qualifications of the persons so named and ! their claims to -vote as before mentioned, and performed, in retard to such persons, all oi the duties enjoined by this act and furnish said list to the commissioners and 1 election board, as hereinafter directed; Pro- j ruled, That the names of all persons who were duly registered and permitted to vote | at the next precreding general election in October, shall, without further proof or ap- j j plication, be placed on the list or registry i directed to be prepared for the election in November, but they and all others shall be Mibject to challenge and their right to vote i be passed on as prescribed by thefonrth sec- j tion of this act. 2. On the list being completed and assess merits made as aforesaid, the same shall i forthwith be returned to the county com- 1 j misaioners, who shall cause duplicate copies ! of said lists, with the observations and ex- ; planations required to be noted as aforesaid, , to be made out as soon as practicable and [ placed in the hands of the assessor, who shall, prior to the first of August next ensu- j ing sail as-essmeots, put one copy thereof! on the door of the house where the election ( of the respective district is required to be held and retain the other in his possession for the inspection, free of charge, of any! person resident within the said election dis trict who shall desire to we the same, and it shall be the duty of said assessor to add, froin time to time, on the personal applies- ! tion of any claiming the right to vote, the name of such claimant and mark oppo site the name "C V," and immediately assess him with a tax. On the tenth day; preceding the general election in October next thereafter, it shall be the duty of the assessor to produce the list in his jiossession to the inspectors and judges of the election of the proper district at a meeting to be held ! A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. by them as hereinafter directed. ! 3. It shall be the duty of the inspectors and judge of the election, together with the assessor, to attend at the place of holding the general elections for the respective elec tion districts on Saturday the tenth day next preceeding the second Tuesday in Oc ' tober, and on the other days hereinafter mentioned, and continue in open session at said place from nine o'clock, a. m. till six o'clock, p. m of said day, to hear proof of the right of the respective persons to vote whese names are contained in the assessor's list, as before mentioned, or who shall apply to them to have their names registered; and all persons who have not previously voted iu the election district shall make due proof, in the manner now prescribed by the elec tion laws, of their right to vote in said dis trict, and like proof shall be made in all cases by those applying for registry whose names are not enrolled by the assessor and marked "voter;" and it shall then be the duty of the assessor, forthwith, to assess said person with a tax as required by law, oo the proof being made to the satisfaction of 1 the election board, if not already assessed; on the list of voters in the said district be ; ing complete, it shall be the duty of the : election officers aforesaid to cause duplicate copies thereof to be made oat, forthwith, in alphabetical order, one of which shall be placed on the door of the house where the elections are to be held and the other retain ed by the judge of the election, who shall hold tho same subject to the inspection of any citizen of said district until the day-of I the general election, and produce the same thereat: Provided , that the officers here ■ inbefore named, when they shall deem it ; advisable, may meet for the purposes named in this section one or more days (not ex ceeding four) prior to the tenth day next preceeding any general or presidential elec tion, of which meeting and its purposes they shall give due public notice by written or ; printed handbills, posted in at least six of | the most public places in their respective ; wards, in cities, boroughs, wards in bor | oughs or townships: And pro ruled further, that where anv ward in a city, borough, or j ward in a borough or township having but I one assessor, is divided into two or more election precincts or districts, the judges and inspectors of all such election districts or precincts, in each ; ward in a city, borough ward in j a borough, or township, respectively, shall meet at the usual place of holding the j election in the precinct polling the largest number of votes at the last preceeding elec tion in their respective wards, boroughs or i townships, and shall give due public notice I as hereinbefore provided, of the time and place of their meeting, and in all cases : where any ward in a city, borough, ward in the borough, or township is so divided j into two or more election districts, it shall be the duty of the assessor to assess each voter in the election district to which ha belongs j and to furnish separate duplicate lists to the j election sfficers in each election district. It shall be the further duty of the said inspec tors, judges and assesor, in each ward, bor ough and township, to meet again, at the place fixed on by the third section of this act, on the Thursday next preceding any I general election, between the hoars of nine 1 and ten, a. tn. and remain in session until : six, p. m., for the purpose of hearing and determining any claims that may be pre : sentcd to them by any person or persons ! claiming to be entitled to vote and whose name or names have not been entered on j the registry of the election district jin which he or tbey claim to he en | titled to vote, each person so claiming to be entitled to vote therein shall produce at least one qualified voter of the district as a witness to the residence of the claimant in the district in which he claims to be a voter for the period of at least ten days next preceding the general election then next ensuing, which witness shall take and subscribe an affidavit to the facts stated by him, which affidavit shall define clearly where the residence is of the person so claiming to be a voter, and the person so : claiming the right to be registered shall also take and subscribe an affidavit stating where ' and wheu he was born; thatheisa citizen i of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and ! of the United States; and, if a naturalized ■ citizen, shall also state when, where and by what court he was naturalized; and he shall i 1 also present his certificate of naturalization I for examination, unless he has been a voter in said election district for five years then i next preceding; that he has resided in this : Commonwealth one year, or, if formerly a citizen therein and has moved therefrom, i : that be has resided therein six months next preceding the general election then next fol " lowing ; that he has not moved iuto the j district for the purpose of voting therein; | that he has not been registered as a voter elsewhere: that he has paid a State or coun i | tv tax within two years, which was assessed ; at least ton days before the election for which he proposes to be registered, and that he was prevented from registering his name at the first meeting for that pnrpose as direct ed by this act; the said affidavit shall also ! state when and where the tax claimed to be paid by the affidavit was assessed, and when, where utxi to whom pl d. and the tax re ; ceipt therefor shall be produced for examina i tion unless the affiant shall make oath I that it has been lost or destroyed or that he : never received any receipt; Provided, That i if the person so claiming the right to vote ! shall take and subscribe an affidavit that he is a citizen ofjbe United States; that he is. at the time of making the affidavit, or will be on or before the day of the next election ensuing, between the ages of twenty one and twenty two years, that he has resided in i the stale one year and in the election dis i trict ten days next preceding such election, he shall be entitled to be registered as a vo j ter, although he shall not have paid taxes, j The said affidavits of all persons making such claims, and the affidavit of the witnes ses to their residence, shall be preserved by the said board nntil the day of the election, and shall, at the close thereof, be placed in the ballot box along with the other papers j no* required by law to be pteserved there in. If said board shall find that the appli ; cant or applicants possess all the legal qual ifications of voters, the name or names shall be added to the list alphabetically, with like . effect as if done ten da vs before the election, ' and tbey shall forthwith be placed with the other names at the foot of the list on the door or house of the place of election, and ! as each person whose name is enrolled votes j at said election, one of the clerks thereof shall mark on or opposite to the name "vote," and it shall not be lawful for the officers of the election to receive the vote of any person whose name was not contain ed in said registry, tnade out and put np at ! least eight days before the election, as I aforesaid, or in the registry made on the j Thursday next preceding the election and } the reception of the vote of any person not so registered shall constitute a misdemeanor I in the election officers so receiving it. and, on conviction thereof, the election officers j so offending shall be subject to fine or im prisonment, or both at the discretion of the ; court. I. Tt shall be lawful for any qualified citi-' BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1868. Zen of the district, notwithstanding the name of the proposed voter is contained in the registry, and the right to vote las been passed on by the election board, todiallenge the vote of such person, whereupon tno aarno proof of the l ight of suffrage at is now required by law shall be publicly made and again acted on by the election boari, and the vote admitted or rejected accordrig to the evidence. Every' person claiming to be a naturalized citizen shall be required to produce his naturalization certificate at the election before voting, as required by cx isting laws, except where his case cones within the fifth provision of the sixty-fourth section of the act of one thousand eirht hundred and thirty-nine, to which this 11 a supplement, although the same may have been exhibited to the election board before registry; and, on the vote of such persons being received, it shall be the duty of the election officers to cause to be distinctly written thereon the word "vitcd," with the month and year, and if ay dcction officers at the same or any other cS trict shall receive a second vote on the same day by virtue of such certificate, they and tie person who shall offer such second vote, tie persons so offending shall oe guilty ola high misde meanor, and, on conviction Hereof, be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court; Piovided, Haid fine shall n?t exceed one hundred dollars and the imprisonment shall not exceed one year, and like punishment shall be inflicted on the .officers of the elec tion who shall neglect or reftse to make, or cause to be made the endorsement required as aforesaid on said naturalization certificate. 5. On the close of the pole the registry list, on which the meniowndum of the voting has been kept as tefore directed, shall be sealed up with ant preserved in the same manner now required by law as to the tally papers, and not tien out until after the next meeting of tie Legislature, unless required on the beariag of a contested election or for the purpose jf being used at the election of presidential electors, or preparatory thereto, as hereinafter provided, alter which it shall again bp sealed np and carefully preserved as be ore directed. 6. Ten days proceeding every election for electors of President and Vice Presidt nt of the United States, it sha'l be the duty of the election board and ths proper assessor to meet at the place of holding the general election in the district fir the same length of time and in the manter directed iD the third section of this act, and then and there hear all applications of tersons whose names have been omitted ft on the registry and who claim the right to tote, or whose rieht have originated since tie same was tnade out, and add thereto the names of such per sons as sbali show I hat rtey arc entitleu to the right of suffrage in such district, on the personal appiicatiin of the claim ant only, and, if the person shall no* have been previously assessed, it shall be the duty of the rssessor forthwith to assess him with tie proper tax. After completing the lisa copy thereof shall be placed on the door of the house where the election is to 6e held, at least eight days prior to boldiig the same, when the same course shall be pursued in every particular in regard to reoivmg or rejecting the votes, marking the sane on the registry list, endorsing the natunlization papers with the proper month andrear, preserving the paper and all other thigs as are re quired by this act at the geural elections in October. T. At every special electiondirected by law, and at every separate city, ward, borough or township election, the regisry required to be kept as aforesaid may bi used by the proper officers as evideoce of the persons entitled to vote thereat, aid said officers shall require all persons wiose names are not on the registry, wbetbc challenged or not. to show that they posslss the right of suffrage at said election; bumothing herein contained shall make the want of said registry conclusive against he right of the person to vote at snch e-lectan, but the same shall be judged of and decked as in other cases. 8. Before entering on theduties of their offices under this act, the repective assessors and inspectors and judges >f the elections shall take an oath, before ome competent authority, in addition te tbi oaths now re quired by law, "to perform the several duties enjoined by this act with fiielitv and accord ing to the requirements thereof ta every par ticular, to the best of their ability.'' They shall each have the power to administer oaths to every person claiming tht right to be assessed or enrolled for the right of suffrage, or in regard to any other natter or thing required to be done or inquired into by said officers under tbistct, and any wilful false swearing by any pcrton in relation to any matter or thing concerning which they shall be lawfully interrogated by any of said officers under this act, shall be punished as perjury. Said assessors, inspectors and judges .-hail each receive the same com pensation for the time neeSssarilv spent in performing the duties hereby enjoined as is provided by law for the performance of their other duties, to be paid by the county coin missioners as in other caset, with a proper allowance to be judged of ky the said com missioners for the expense of making the list or registries hereby required to be made out; and it shall not be lawful for any assessor to assess a tax against any person whatever within ten dayj Dext preceding the election to be held on th second Tuesday in October, in any year, or vithin ten days next before any election for electors of President or Vice President of the United States, and any violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor, and subject the officer so offending to a fine, on conviction of not less than ten nor exceeding oae hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not ei ceeding three months, or both, at tie discretion of the court. 9. On the petition of five or more citizens of the county, stating under oath that they verily believe tl.at frauds will be practiced at the election about to be held in any district, it shall be the duty of the court of coiamon pleas of said county, if in session, or, T not a judge thereof in vacation, to appoint two persons, judicious, sober and intelligent citi zens of the county, to act as ovetseers at said election. Said persons shall beselected from different political parties, where the in spectors belong to different parties, and where both of said inspectors belong to the same political party, Doth of the overseers shall be taken from the opposite political party. Said overseers shall have the right to be present with the officers of the election during the whole time the same is held, the votes counted and returns made out and signed by the election officers; to keep a list of the voters, if they see proper; to challenge any person offering to vote and interrogate him and his witnesses under oath in regard to the right of suffrage at said electiou; to examine his papers produced, and the offi cere of said election are required to afford to said overseers, so selected and appointed, every convenience and facility for the dis charge of their duty; and if said officers shall refure to permit said overseers to h present and perform their duty as aforesaid or tbey shall bo driveo away from the polls by violence or intimidation, all the votes polled at such election district shall be rejec ted by any tribunal trying a contest under said election. 10. If any prothonotary, clerk or the deputy ot either, or any other person, shall affix the seal of office to any naturalization paper and give out the same in blank, whereby it may be fraudulently used, or furnish naturalization certificate to any per son who shall not have been duly examined and sworn in open court in presence of some of the judges thereof, according to the act of Uongress, he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor; or if any person shall fraudu lently use any such certificate of naturaliza tion, knowing that it was fraudulently issued and shall vote or attempt to vote thereon, he shall be gqjlty of a high misdemeanor, and either or any of the persons, their aiders or abettors, guilty of either of the misde meanors aforesaid, on conviction, shall bo tn a sup-, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the proper peni tentiary for a period not exceeding three years. 11. Any assessor, election officer or per son appointed as an overseer, who shall neg lect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by this act, without reasonable legal cause, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and if any assessor or election officer shall enroll any person as a voter who he shall know is not qualified, or refuse to en roll any one who he shall know is qualified, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office and, on conviction be punished by fine and imprisouinent, and also be subject to an ac tion for damages by the party aggrieved; and if any person shall fraudulcnSy alter, add to, deface or destroy any registry of vo ters, made out as directed by this' act, or tear down or remove the same from the place where it has been fixed by or under the direction of the election officers, with like fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for any improper purpose, the person so offen ding shall be guilty of a high misdemeaner, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding two years. 12. If any tax collector is found guilty of issuing a receipt for taxes to any person whatever, said taxes not having been paid he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and, on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, and suffer an imprisonment in the county jail for a term not less than three months for every offence. 13. That for all elections hereafter holden under this act, the polls shall be opened be tween the hours of six and seven o'clock, A. M., and be closed at six o'clock, P. M. 14. That the county commissioners shall, at the proper expense of the county, pro cure and furnish all the blanks made neces sary by this act. 15. All laws inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. THE LOTTERY. A clergyman in England has been recently brought to grief, as may be seen by reading the report of a prosecution under the laws forbidding lotteries. His participation in the scheme was merely aiding a lottery for the purpose of disposing of goods at a church fair, such as is held often in our churches in this country. The public mind has now be come so thoroughly enlightened on the sub ject, that we may reasonably concludo there will be few or no lotteries hereafter, in con nection with religious charities. They are so manifestly contiar.v to the laws, and so palpably immoral, that no good man or woman can give them countenance a moment. At the same time, it is true that the lottery principle is becoming more genera! in the transactions of ordinary business than it was before. \V hen a man offers papers of tobacco for sale aud advertises that in one paper out of every twenty there is hid a dollar, which the fortunate buyer of that particular paper will have, the seller is a lottery dealer. He is violating the law of the State in spirit, if not in letter, and if he were indicted by the Grand Jury, we think that he would be pun ished. Judge Barnard called the attention of the GraDd Jury to the matter of lotteries, in his charge last week, and we trust it will be looked into carefully. As to the Charitable Asylum, Old Soldiers' Relief, Widows' and Orphans' Home, &c., &c., that are raising funds by distributing houses, lands and jewels by lottery, they are so manifestly illegal, not to say fraudulent, that it is wonderful how many people are galled by them. "A fool and his money are soon parted,"' and no one pities the dupes of these brilliant schemes. Yet it is very surprising that some journals, even those that are opposed to lotteries, continue to advertise, these schemes, thus directly aiding them and indirectly shariDg thespoils of the people. The rage of the day is—perhaps the rage of all days has been—to get something for nothing: to obtain money without rendering an equivalent; to get rich in haste.. The lottery appeals to this grasping, selfish, covetous, thieving propensity. It sets on fire the worst and lowest passion of the human soul. It has ruined millions, and will ruin millions more. It destroys in dustry, prudence, integrity and thrift. Wall street gambling illustrates the same spirit. It is unhealthy and immoral. The State discountenances every form of gambling, because it is injurious to the State's per manent well-being. History has proved this. Holland, France, England, have all been convulsed at times, by insane specu lations, more or less identified with the lottery or gambling mania. We are now rushing into an era of the same sort. Though we have laws to suppress these things, we have not public virtue to sustain and enforce the laws. As we have seen the good results of associations to correct abuses and promote tho public health, we are led to believe that an Anti-lottery Society, with another Mr. Berg at its head, might be a great institution for good. Regular dealers, honest, tradesmen, all who desire to do business in a legitimate way, and to reap a fair profit by their business, would be in terested in giving such a society the _ funds needed to prosecute every man who disposes of his goods bv lottery. These gift-enter prises, concert speculations, and worse than all, the sale of books, tobacco, jewelry, &c,, by lottery, would be speedily broken down, if the laws were once set in motion, and the attention of the community were roused to the fact that this petty gambling is illegal and demoralizing. _lt would soon cease to be respectable. We hope the effort will be made and that speedily.— Nine York Obser ver. LOST wealth inay be restored by industry —the wreck of health regained by temper ance—forgotten knowledge restored by study —alienated friendship soothed into for - getfulness—even forfeited reputation won by patience and virtue. But who ever looked upon bis vanished honor—recalled his slighted years —stamped them with wisdom —or effaced from heaven's record the fear ful blot of wasted time! How important is it, then, that we should make the best of our time. VOLUME 41: NO. 17. FEMALE ECOVOMY. He is n mean man who accuses a woman of meanness, because her expenditures are carefully regulated, and her outlay watched with close and unremitting economy. To be sure, no husband and father ever re proaches wife or daughter with undue care in circumscribing her expenses, but, wheth er consistently or not, all men—save our more just selves, perhaps—charge the fe male character with containing a strong tendency to meanness and close fistedness, qualities which no one tolerates in another than himself or those who may spend for him. You may remember that no trades man fears the exactions of any male purchas er so much as he does a woman. Nobody, it is said, higgles so long about the half cent per pound on the price of mackerel, or has so keen an eye for "remnants." They are charged with being bargain hunters, and are supposed to ce a verjtset ot dragons in their desire to save a penny. Now, one word for the ladies. Who sharpened their mercantile wits? Who taught them, in a hard school, the lesson of economy, and obliged them willing or not to keep their expenditures down to the low est limit? Who? Why, these husbands and fathers. They—except in rare instan ces of female supremacy—rule over the treasury, wear the clothes of authority, and control every appropriation. With a close fist, they hand out little dribs of stamps, or, once in a while, a solitary, companionlesa, forlorn greenback, to the female members of their household. And they, driven by this stern necessity, obliged by higher authority to be economical, attempt to make fifty cents buy a dollar's worth. Gentlemen of justice, pause and ponder. When your wife trades your second-best coat to the Jew pedlar for a pair of parlor ornaments, or sells your files of valuable pa gers at so much per pound, inquire with the severity that inward examination ought to have how much you have given her for spending money this quarter. Upbraid her not for illiberality if you have forced her to it. Here we stand to plead her cause assert the reason, if not the propriety, of Female Economy.— Ladies' Rqiository. A HEROIC ENGINEER. By a little presence of mind, one may often save not only his own life, but the lives of many others. In the following case the tremendous risk run in the line of his duty enhances immensely the value of the man's deed: During the war, an incident occurred on the Pennsylvania Central. A regiment of soldiers were going from Pittsburg to Harris burg in a special train. Between Johnstown I and the summit they were delayed by a j freight train off the track, or part of its cars off. This they learned atone of the stations, and remained there nntil they should be in | farmed that the track was clear. It was \ in the night, and most of the thousand men ; on the train wereaslecp, unconscious of their danger. Four heavilv loaded coal cars, be longing to a train ahead, had, by accident, become detached, and began the descant of the heavy grade at a speed which soon be ! came terrible. The engineer of the special train heard the roar of the descending cars, and surmised what was the matter. In an instant he ordered his engine to be detached from the train, and put on steam to meet the runaway cars if possible, to break their force, and save bis train. His locomotive was a large freight, and he had moved several yards ahead when the coal cars struck him hke a thuodcrbolt, and ciusbed him back on the train; but his heroic courage had saved many lives. His engine was utterly demol ished, and many of his cars were also crushed; but so had he broken the force of the shock, that no lives were lost. The man's name was Story, and his grateful beneficiaries presented him some elegant silver plate, with the deed itself and their nameseDgraved onit. — Scientific American. PROFANITY. Why will men "take the name of God in vain?" What possible advantage is to be gained by it? And yet this wanton, vulgar sin of profanity is evidently on the increase. Oaths fall upon the ears in the cars and at the corners of the street. The North American Review says well. "There are among us not a few who feel that a simple assertion or plain statement of obvious facts will pass for nothing unless they swear to its truth by all the names of the Deity, and blister their lips with every variety of hot and fulphurous oaths. If we observe snch persons closeiy, we shall generally find that the fierceness of their profanity is in inverse ratio to affluence of their ideas. "We venture to affirm that the profanest men within the circle of your knowledge are all afflicted with a chronic weakness of the intellect The utterance of an oath, though it may prevent a vacuum in sound, is no in dication of sense. It requires no genius to swear. The reckless taking of sacred Dames in vain is as little characteristic of true in dependence of thought as it is of high moral culture In this breathing and beautiful world, filled as it were, with the Deity, nnd fragrant with its incense from a thousand altars of praise, it would be no servility should we catch the spirit of reverent worshipers, and illustrate in ourselves the sentiment that the 'Christian is the highest style of roan." WE PASS FOR WHAT WE ARE.—A man passes for what he is worth. Very idle is all curiosity concerning other people's estimate of us, and all fear for remaining unknown is not less so. If a man knows that be can do anything—tbat he can do it better than any one else —he has a pledge of acknowledgment of that fact by all per sons. The world is full of judgment days, aod into every assemblage that a man en ters, in every action he attempts, he is gauged and stamped. In every troop of oys that whoop and run in each yard and square, a new comer i 9 well and accurately weighed in the course of a few days, and stamped with his right number, as if he had undergone a formal trial of his speed and temper. A stranger comes from a distant school, with a better dress, trinkets in his pockets, with airs and pretentions. An older boy says, "It'aof no use, we shall find him out to-morrow." NOTHING TO HOLD ON BT. —An infide on his death bed felt himself adrift in the terrible surges of doubt and uncertainty. Some of his friends urged him to hold on to the end. "I have no objection to hold on," was the poor man's answer; "but will you tell me what I am to hold on by?" Tharc is that fatal want. Infidelity neith er furnishes anchor or rope to the sinking i soul. It gives nothing to hold by. As he that would accuse God of injustice were a blasphemer, so he that suspects His mercy dishonors God as much, and produ ces himself that fear which is the parent of trouble, but DO instrument of duty.— -X/eremjr Taylor. RATES OF ADVBBTHIK4. Afl advrtieine® for le* than 3 month* If cents per lis* for *h insertion. Bpeefal notlee* eae-half additional. All resolution* of Awoota tion, communication* of a limited or iadividsl interest and notice* of marriage* ad death*, ex ceeding fir* line*, 10 cU. per line. All legal lotl ce* of every kind, and aii Oiphan*' Court and other Judicial *aie*, are required by law to a* pub lished in both paper*, Editorial Notice® li cent* per line. All Adrertiring due after fir*t iMertioa. A liberal diacount mad* to yearly adrertuer*. 3 mont*. 6 month*. 1 year One square 7.. $ 4.50 $ 6.00 IH.M Twe Ktuareo.... - 9.00 t.M 19.09 Three squares B.M U.H J*'® One-fourth column 14.00 10.99 35.09 Half column - I'M #5.99 46.99 One column 30.00 45.90 90.99 A HOME THRUST FROM FLAVXL. —"Two things a master commits to his servant's care," saith one. "the child and the child's clothes." It will be a poor excose for the servant to say at his master's return, "Sir, here are a?! the child's clothes, neat and clean, but the child is lost f" Much so with the account that many will give to God of their soula and bodies at the great day. "Lord, here is ru body, l am very grateful for it. I neglected nothing that belonged to its content and welfare; but for my soul, that is lost and cast away forever, I took little care and thought about it." HAPPINESS.— He cannot be an unhappy man who has the loves and smiles of a wo man to accompany him in every department of life. The world may look daik and cheerless without—enemies may gather in his path—but when he returns to his fire end Awl* Iho Inw nf WOIHXD, he forgets his troubles, and is comparatively a happy man. He is but half prepared for the journey of life who takes not with him that friend who will forsake him in no emergency—who will divide his sorrows, increase his joys, lift the veil from his heart and throw sunshine amid the darkest scenes. No man can be miserable who baa such a companion, be he ever so poor, de spised, and trodden upon by the world. BECIXSIXG THE WORLD.— Many an unwise parent labors hard and lives sparingly in life, for the purpose of leaving enongh to give his children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with the money left him by his relatives is like tying bladers under tbo arms of one who cannot swim; ten chances to one be will lose his bladers and go to the bottom. Teach him to swim and he will never need the bladers. Give your child a sound education and you have done enough for him. See to it that his morals are pure, and his mind cultivated, and his whole nature made subservient to the laws which govern men, and you have given him what will be of more value than the wealth of the Indies. To be thrown npon one's resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortnne, for our faculties then undergo a development, and display an energy of which they were pre viously unsusceptible.— Dr. Arnold. MODESTY. —There was once to be a meeting of the flowers, and the judge was to award the prize to the one pronounced the most beautiful. "Who shall have the prize?" said the rose, stalking forth in all the conscious ness of beauty. "Who shall have the prize?" said the flowers, advancing, each with con scions pride, and each imagining it would be herself. "I will take a peep at those bean ties," thought the violet, not presuming to attend the meeting; "I will see them as they pass." But as she raised ber lowly head to peep out of her hiding place, she was observ ed by the judge who immediately pronounced ber the moet beautiful becauoe the most mod est. A BEAUTIFUL 1 BOUGHT.— Dickens wrote: "There is nothing—no. nothing beautiful and good, that dies aod ia forgotten. An infant, a prattling child, dying in its cradle will live again in the better thoughts of those who loved it, play its part though its body be burned to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea. There is not an angel added to the hosts of heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here. Dead I oh, if the good deede of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear; for how much charity, mercy purified affection would be seen to nave their growth in dusty graves 1" IT is not by books alone nor by books chiefly that a man becomes in all parts a man. Study to do faithfully whatsoever thing in your actual situation, there and now, you find either expressly or tacitly laid to your charge. That is your post. Stand to it like a true sol dier. A man perfects himgelf by work much more than by reading. They are a growing kind of men that can wisely continue the two things—wisely, valiantly can do what is laid to their hand in their present sphere, and prepare themselves withal for doing other wider things, if such be before them. SIUHJ*;. —How often do we sigh for op portunities of doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things! Dr. Johnson used to say, "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do any." Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and dis appointments. IT is very indiscreet and troublesome ambition which cares so much about fame; about what the world says of us ; to be al ways looking in the faces of others for ap proval; to be always anxious about the effect of what we do or say-, to bo always shout ing, to hear the echo of our own voices. I THINK men drink in crowds because they are afraid to drink by themselves. It re quires a good deal of courage to stand up alone and pour a glass of whisky down yonr throat. IF a man is without enemies I wonldn' give ten cents for his friends. The man who can please everybody hasn't got sense enough to displease anybody. SOKE of the Chinese in California have sil ver watches so large that they use the outside to fry potatoes in. THE tools and machinery on many farms are more injnred by exposure to the weather than by the wear of actual use. WHEN is a young man's arm like the gos pel ? When it maieth glad the waist places. A SWEET thing on ice—teaching a sixteen year old bundle of calico how to skate. WHY is love like the letter R? Because it makes many a Mary marry. IN Texas, it is stated that lands are now held at about one tenth their value six years ago, aud the tendency is still reported to be downward. NXW YORK city contains seventy tbou- Isand Jews, according to the Hebrew Met tmger, or more than one in fifteen of the whole - population.
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