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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 !
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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.
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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.