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AR'OE HE NOR V JAC02Y & IKCLLR, Poblisheri. TRUTH AND RIGHT GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. Two DoIIart per Annnn in Adrancr. BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA CO, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1866. nE,T series VOL. L NO. 26. VOL. XXX-1 omscniEs. COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT AND ST J y - i r .. ; . . THE DEMOCRAT AND STAR Published .every-Wednesday IN BLOOMSBURG, 1 A. , BY JACOBY &. 1KELER. TEUM3, $2 00 In ' nHTonrn. If not pnld till the d of the year. 38 cent additional will be cnarMi. fTJT No paper dincontiniied until all arrearage ara paid axcept at tha opuion or tne eiinors. Rates op advertising. - . n, IKM UMCS CODITITUTC A. tbVAR. XwQ aqar me or three Inssrilona $1 50 ETry subsequent insertion leas tnan 13 50 ' SPACa. 1M. SiH. 3M. Mf. IT. Xne square. .Two squares. Three Four sqaares, ifalfrolumn. One column. 2.C0 .3.00 S,0Q e to lo.oo 15.O0 3 CO S.oO T no 4.0(1 fi.l'O e,5o, 10,00 M.00 2J,U0(J 6 on I 9.00 I 10 no IS. 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There is no death-1 The leaves may fall The leaves may fall and fade away They only wait, through wintry hours, The coming of the Mar. There is no death ! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread ; lie bears our beat loved things away, And then we call them "dead." lie leaves cur hearts all desolate He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird like voice, whose joyous tone Made glad this scene of sin and (strife, Sings now in everlasting song Amid the trees of life. And where he sees a smile so bright, Or hearts too pure for taint or vice, He bears it to that world of light To dwell in Paradise. Born Into that undying life, They leave us but to come again, With joy we welcome them the tame ; Except in sin and pain. And ever near us though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is life there is no death t COMMUNICATIONS. Hints to the Public. Messrs. Editors Democrat and Star.: Some timo ago I sent you a piece for pub lication on "personality' which did not ap pear. In this I shall be brief, and hone you trill not throw all I send under the table. First, the history of the rise and fall of parties in this country is a theme full of sug gestive lessons to the statesman and the citi een. and were the space .allowed me I would gladly decant upon the topic. My present purpose, however, is with the living and not with the dead ; but there is one great fact, standing out in bold relief upon the pages of American history, which, connected as it is, with, the present, I cannot pass over. It Is this : that the Democratic party, dating its birth from the birth of the Republic, and before whose conquering legions every other party that has ever risen and struggled for mastery in this Government, has been swept ?.own like grass before the mower's sythe, qjid it stands to-day in all the majesty of its pristine power, bearing the flag and keeping step to the music of the Union. What a glorious and brilliant history it presents ! Darkness and gloom have gathered around it ; defections and treason have thinned its ranksj disaster and defeat have perched upon its banner,' yet. with a courage that never Jiuailed, a zeal that never flagged, and an un altcring; reliance upon the justness of its canse, which no disaster has ever shaken, it still presses on it g!6riou3 mission of pre serving inviolate the Constitution and the Union. Summoned again to the field of con test, it responds with alacrity to the demand of patriotism, and stands forth to combat the most dangerous of all the parties that ever had an existence in this Government The present enemy of the Democracy is compos ed of the drift-wood and refuse of all parties, Among which is the Union League faction which surpasses them all in audacity, impu dence, corruption and venality. With every pocket and every hand filled with bribes these ' Abolitionists have dared to protect their innocence and seek to elude detection charging their own venality upon others. That party, tried and convicted of corrup tion in it very infancy, with the brand upon its brow, yet has the affrontcry to set itself up as the very model of honesty and judges of public morals. After having plundered the public Treas ury wherever and whenever it had the op portunity, it yet effects to roll up its eyes in holy horror at the" indispensable and diminu tive increase 6f our national expenditures an increase rendered necessary by and only keeping pace with the groth of our country and j udging others by the course of action which has guided its footsteps and marked Its career, it has not faltered to charge this necessary and indispensable increase to cor ruption. - AViti its " Smelling Committee" it 34 compassed sea and land, in its efforts to fasten corruption upon the Democratic party : but its secret assaults have been par ried ; its perjured witnesses confronted and disproved! and ita stale danders havere tVli refutation : and vet it baa the au dacity to persist In its infamous course of .charging that corruption upon joiners, wiucn hi3 alone stained and 'defiled ita own robes. The course of public justice and truth de mand that we should drag this criminal be fore the bar of the country and have it tried for its crimes. ' - Now, in concluon, I wxJ say to my Dem ocratic friends, that patriotism is the spirit by which ear political fabric is held together ; the elective franchise is the soul of our Tie public and the Freeman's boast ; let it be supported and it will support all the rest , f- 1 . . 1 ail wiii ce saie ; let every painoi ana every lover of human liberty and of our free in stitutions be awakened. Come lorth as bold as lions to the polls, and there see that you are not cheated out of the man ot your choice, as you have been heretofore. I fo one, do know that all the Abolitionists wlio were in Fort Mifflin at the time I was there, were taken out of the cells to the polls and allowed to vote, lhus you can see how they cheated in this particular. There is a better day coming. Hurra for IItester CLYMER I b. IV. August 14, 1866. Marriage of Mary Campbell A TALE"t)F TTIE SCnOTTTSII ISLES. Mary Campbell was a servant in the old manse . about sixty years ago, and was an honest and bonnie lassie. She had blue eyes and flaxen hair, with a form as beauti ful as the fleet roc on the mountain, a very Malvina to charm the heroes of old Os sian. Her sweetheart, however, was not an " Oscar of the Spear." a " Cochullin of the car," or a Fingal who " sounded his shield in the halls of Selma," but was a fine looking shepherd lad, Donald Maclean " who won dered slowly as a cloud over the hills at morning after his sheep, and sang his songs, and then lighted up Mary's face with his looks in the evening. For two years they served together ; and, in all such cases, these years seemed like a single day. Yet no vows were exchanged, no engagements made between thera. Smiles and looks, im provised soncs full of lover's chaffling, join ing together as partners in the kitchen dance to Archy Mclntyrc's fiddle, showing a tendency to work at the same hay rick, and to reap beside caeli other on the same harvest rigs, and to walk home together from the kirk these were only significant signs of what were understood by all, that bonnie 3Iary and Donald were sweethearts. It happened to them as to all lovers since the world began ; the old history was re peated in the want of smoothness with which the river of their lives flowed on its T . a A 1 course, it has the usual euaies ana turns which belong to all such e-treains', and its little tiny bubbles that soon broke, and dis appeared in rainbow hues, until the agitat ed water rented once more in a calm pool, dimpled with sunlight, and overhung with wild flowers. But a terrible break and thundering fall at last approac hed with rich Duncan Steward irom Lociiarbor ! Duncan was a well-to-do small tenant with a num ber of lceves ami sheep ; was a thrifty money bachelor who never gave or accepted bills lroni man or beat, but was contented with small profit1', and ready cash secured at once and hoarded in safety with Garrick, Brown & Co. s Ship Bank, there to grow at interest while he was sleeping though he generally was quite awake. He was a cotis- enough to entitle him to command a hear ing in virtue of his relationship when he came to court her ; and on this very errand he arrived one day at the mause, where, as a matter of course, he was hosnitablv re ceived alas I for poor Donald Maclean. Duncan had seen 31arv but once, but hav ing made ud his mind, which it was not difficult for him to do, as to her fair appear ance, and having ascertained from ethers that she was in cverv respect a most prop erly conducted girl, and a most accomplish ed servant, who could work in the field or dairy, in the kitchen or laundry that In side the fire at night her hands were the most active in knitting, sewing, carding wool or spinning, he concluded that she was the very wife for Steward of Blairdin. But would Mary take him ? A doubt never crossed his mind upon that point. His confidence did not arise from his own good looks, for they, to speak charitably, were doubtful even to himself. He had high cheek bones, small teeth, not innocent of tobacco, and a large mouth. To these features were added a sufiicient number of gray hairs sprinkled on the head and among the bushy whiskers to testify how many more years than those which numbered the age of Mary. But Duncan had money, a large amount of goods laid up for many years, full barns and sheep folds. He had a place assigned to Lim at the Fort William market, such as a well known capitalist has in the City of Exchange, lie was thus the sign of power which tells in every class of society. Are no fair merchant's daughter.3, we would respectfully ask, affected in their choice of husbands by the state of their funds ? Has a corronet no influence over feelings ? Do the men of substance make their advice to beauties without it, with no sense of the weight of argument which is measured by the weight of gold in their proffered hand ? Do worth and character, and honest love and sufficient means, always get fair play from the fair, when opposed by rivals having less character and less love, but with more than suffkicnt means ? Ac cording to the reader's replies to these ques tions will be his opinion as to the probabili ty of Duncan winning Mary, and of Mary forsaking poor Donald and accepting his hiehly respectable and wealthy rival. It must b mentioned that another power came into play at this juncture of affairs, and that was an elder sister of Mary's who lived in the neighborhood of the farm, and who was supposed by the observing dames of the district, to have set her cap at Dun can. But it was more the honor of the con nection, than love which had prompted those gentle demonstrations on the part of Peggy. She wished to give him a hint as it were, that he need not want a respectable wife for the asking : altho' she was quite happy and contented to remain in her moth er's house and help to manage the small craft, with its cow, pigs, poultry, and pota toes. Duncan, without pledging himself, sometimes seemed to acknowledge that it might be well to keep Peggy on his list-as a reserve corps, in case he might fail in his first plan of battle. The fact must be con fesoed that such marriages of conveniences were as common in the Highlands as else4 where. Love no doubt in many caves, car ried the day there, as it will do in Green land, London or Timbuctoo. Nevertheless, the dog team, the blubber, the fishing tack le of the Nile, at times, tell very powerful ly on the side of their possessor, who is yet wanting-in the emotions ; and so will the cowries and cattle of Africa, and the West end mansion and carriage of Londen. The female heart will everywhere, in its own way acknowledge that 44 love is all very well, when one is young but and with that prudential " but" depend upon the blubber, cowries, and carriage are sure to carry the day, and leave poor love to leave off with clipped winrs I" Duncan Blairdhue, bo believed, when he propoeod to Mary, through the minister' s wite who had never heard the kitchen gos sip about the shepherd, and who was de lighted to think that her Mary had the pros pects of beinir so comfortably married. Al the pros and cons having been set before her, Mary snutted, hung her head, puJIed her nngers until every loint cracked, and after a number of " could not really says, and really did not knows, and won derc 1 why he had asked her," and 4 ' what was she to do," &c., followed by a few hearty tears, she left her mistress and left the impression that she would in due time be Mrs. Duncan Stewart. Her sister I egiry appeared on the scene, and strange to say urged the suit with extraordinary vehemence. She spoke not of love, but of honor, rank, position, comfort, influence as all shining around on the Fraes and Loehabor. Peg gy never heard of the shepherd, but had she done so, the knowledge would have only moved her indignation. Duncan s cousin- ship made his courtship a sort of family claim a social right. It was not possible that her sister would be so toohsh as not to marry a rich man like Mr. Stewart Was she to bring disgrace on herself by refusing hnn .' iMary was too erentle lor rejrsrr. and she bent like a willow beneath the breeze of her appeals. She would have given worlds to have been able to sav that she was en gaged to Donald : but that was not the case. V ould Donald ask her ? She loved him too well for her to betray her feelings so as to prompt the delicate question, yet she wondered why he was not cominjr to her re lief at such a crisis. Did he know it ? Did he suspect it"? Donald, poor lad, was kept in limorance of all these diplomatic negotiations : and when at last a fellow servant expressed his suspicion, he fell at once into despair, gave up the game as lost, lingered among the hills as long as possible, hardly spoke when he retiirned home at night, seemed to keep aloof from Maryland one evening talked to her so eroes in his utter misery, that next morning when Duncan Stewart arrived at the old mause, Peggy had so arranged mat ters that 3Iary before the eveninc was un derstood to have accepted the hand of the rich farmer. The news was kept secret Peggy would not speak. Mary could not Duncan was discretely silent, .and took his departure to arrange the marriage, for which the day was fixed before he left The min ister's wife and the minister congratulated Mary : gave no response, but pulled her fingers more energetically and nervously than ever. 1 lus was all taken as a sien of mod esty. The shepherd whistled louder than before for his dogs, and corrected them with a singular vehemence ; he played his trumps with greater perseverance, sang his best songs at night, but he did not walk with Mary from the kirk : aud the other servants winked and laughed, and knew there was something between them, then guessed what it was, thou knew all about it ; yet none pre sumed to tease Donald or Mary. There was something which kept back all intrusion, but no one seemed to. know what that some thing was. The marriage dress was easily got up by the mause girls, and eac h of them added some bonnie ;ii't to make Marv look 'till more bonnie. She was a special favor ite, and the little governess with the work of her own hands contributed not a little to Mary's wardrobe. All at once the girls came to the conclu sion that Mary'did not love Duncan. She bad no interest in her dress ; f-he submitted to ever' attention as if it were a stern duty; her smiles was not joyous. Their suspicions were confirmed when the cook, commonly called Kate Kitchen, confided to them the secret of Mary's love for the shepherd all. of course, in strict confidence ; but every fair and gentle attempt was made in vain to get her to confess. She was cither silent or said there was nothing between them, or she would do what was rij'ht and so on ; or she would dry her eyes with her apron, and leave the room. These interv iews were not satisfactory, nnd so they were soon ended : a gloom gathered over the wedding ; there was a want of enthusiasm about it ; every one felt drifting slowly to it without, any reason strong cnousdi for pulling in an op posite direction. Why Won t Donald pro pose r His proud heart is breaking. But he thinks it too late and will rive no sim. Why does not Mary refuse Duncan ? scorn him, if you will, and ding to the shepherd? Her little proud heart is also breaking, tor the shepherd has become cold to her. He ought to have asked her, she thinks, before now, or even proposed a runaway mama re. carried her off, and she would have flown with him, like a dove gently heldby an eagle, over hill and dale to a nest of their own, whore love would have devoured her. But both said " "Jis late I" Fate ike a magic power, seenied to have doomed that she must marry Duncan Stewart. , Hie marriaire was to come oft at the house of a Tacksman, uncle of the bride's, about two miles lrom the manse: for the honor of having a niece married to Blairdhue de manded special attention to be shown on the occasion. A large party was invited, scores of the tenantry of the district, with the minister's family, and a few of the gentry, such as the sheriff and his wife ; the doctor, and some friends who accompanied Duncan from Loehabor ; big Sandy Cameron from Lochicl ; Archy, son of Donald, from Glen Navis ; and Iiachlan, son of young Lachlan, from Corrach. How they all managed to dispose of themselves in the but and ben, including the centre closet, of Malcolm Morrison's house has neveryetbeen explain ed. Those who have known the capacity of the Higldand houses the capacity to be full, and yet to be able to accommodate more; have t hough 1 1 hat the walls possessed some ex pansive power, the secret of which has not come down to posterity. On that marriage day a large party was assembled. On the green outside the house were many High land carts, which had conveyed their guests; while horses, their forelegs being tied to gether at the fetlock, with ungainlv hops cropped the green herbage with freedom, until their services were required within the next twelve hours. Droves of dogs were busy making one another's acquaintances ; collie dogs and terriers every tail erect or curled, and each, with bark aud growl, as serting his own independence. Groups of guest, in homespun clothes, laughed and chattered around the door, waiting for the hour of marriage. Some of the ladies were gravely seated within, decked out in new caps and ribbons ; while servant women, with loud voices and louder steps, were rush- mg to and Iro, as u in desperation, arrang- me the dinner, ihis same dinner was a very ample one of stoved hens and pota toes, legs of mutton, roast ducks, corned beef, piles of cheese, tureens of curds and cream, and oat-cakes piled in layers. Dun can Stewart walked softly in, dressed in a full suit of blooming Stuart tartan, with frills to his shirt, which added greatly to his turkey-cock appearance. But where was the bride ? She had been expected at 4 o'clock, and it eas now past &. It wa understood that she was to have left the mause escorted by a High son of Big John M'Alister. The company be came anxious. A message of inquiry was nf. Inst rnsnnrr-hpfL but the only information fW trio, bride "had left the in lisp, nt 9. n'clof k. immediately after the mause part'. A herd-boy was again dis natched to obtain more accurate tidings, and the coverness whispered in his car to ak in particular about the where-abouts of Donald, the shepherd. But the boy could tell nothing, except that Huerh and the bride had started on horschnrk- three hours before : and as for Donald, he was unwell in bed, for he had m. a II 1 1 1 . . 1 A I A. 1 seen him there rolled up in iianKeis, wuu his face to the wall. The excitement be came intense. Duncan Stewart snuffled pro digiously ; Malcolm, Mary's uncle, uttered sundry expressions by no means becoming : Pegsry, full of alarming surmises, wrung her hands, and threw herself on the bed in the middle closet . The ladies became perplex ed ; the sheriff consulted the company as to what should be done, The doctor suggest ed the suicide of the bride. The minister suspected more than he liked to express. But two men mounted the best horses, and taking a gun with them why, no one could conjecture started off in great haste to the manse. Tlie timid bird had flown, no one knew whither. The secret had been kept from every human being. But if she was to leave the parish it could only be by a cer tain glen, across a certain river; and along one path, which led to the regions beyond. They conjectured that she was en route for her mother's home, in order to find there a temporary asylum. To thirf glen, and along this path, the riders hurried with the gun. The marriage party in the meantime took a refreshment, and made M'Phcrson, the bag piper, play reels and strathspeys. Duncan pretended to laueh at the odd joke for a joke he said it wa. Peggy alone refused to be comforted. Hour after hour passed, but no news of the bride. The ladies began to yawn : the gentlemen to think how they should spend the night ; until at last all who could not be accommodated within the elas tic wall by any amount of squeezing, dis persed, after house and barn were filled, to seek quarter at the mause or among the neighboring farms. The two troopers who had rode in pursuit of 3Iary came at last after a hard ride of twenty miles, to a small inn, which was the frontier house of the parish, and whose white walls marked, as on a peninsula, the ending of one long uninhabited glen, and the com mencement of another. As they reached this solitary wayside place, they determined to put up for the mcht lhe morning had been wet, and clouds full of rain had gath ered after sunset on the hills. On entering the kitchen of the change houe, they saw some clothes drying on a chair opposite the ere, with a braw cap and ribbons suspend ed near them, and dripping with moisture. On maKing inquiry they were informed that these belonged to a youn woman who had arrived there shortly lelore, behind Hugh son of big John McAlistrrof theinanse,who had returned with the horse by another road over the hill The woman was on her way to Loc-habor, but her name was not known. Poor Mary was caught ! Her pursuers need not have verified their conjectures by enter ing her room and upbraiding her in ir t un feeling terms, telling her, before locking the door in order to secure her, that she must accompany them back in the morning and be married to Duncan Stewart, as sure as there was justice in the land. Mar' spoke not a word, but gazed on them as in a dream. At early dawn tlie was mounted behind one of these moss troopers, and conducted in safety to the manse, as she had requested to see the family before she went through the ceremony or marriage. hen Mary was ushered into the presence of tht minister she fell on her knees before him and burst forth into hysterical weeping. The minister soothed her and bid her tell him what all this was about. Did she not like Stewart ? Was she unwilling to marry him?. '"Unwilling to many him 1" cried Mary, rising up, with such flashing eyes and dramatic manner as the minister had never seen lefore in her or thought it possible for one retiring and shy to exhibit ; "I tell you, sir, I would sooner be chained to rock at low water, and rest there until the tide came and choked my breath, than niarry that man !" and Mary, as if her whole nature was suddenly changed, spoke out with the vehemence of long restrained freedom breaking loose at last in its own in- lercnt dignity. Then '"Mary, dear," said the minister, patting her head, "vouihall never be married against your will, by me or any one else to mortal man. '' i " Bless you, dear sir," said Mary, kissing his hand. Duncan heard the news. "W hat on earth then," he asked, "is to be done with the linner ?" for the cooking has been stopped. To his Loehabor friends he whisjcrcd certain sayings borrowed from sea and land as for example : that there were as good fish in the sea as ever came out ot it that she who winna when she marry live to rue't another day, and soon, lie spokc ana acteu nte one w ho pitied as a mend the woman whom he thought once so wise a to have lecn willing to marry Blairdhue. Yet Blairdhuc's ques tion was a serious one, and was still unan swered. "What was to become of the dinner? Mary's uncle suggested the answer. He took" Duncan aside, and talked confidentially and earnestly to him. His communications were received with a smile, a grunt, and a nod of the head oach outward sign of tne in ward current of feeling leing frequently re peated in the same order, lhe interview was ended by a request from Duncan to see Peggy. Pegtrv gave him her hand, and squeezed him. with a lervor made up ot hys terics and hope. She wept however, real tears, pouring forth her sympathies for the bridegroom in ejaeulatory gasps, like jerks for breath, when mentioning a man of res pect a oil i ty. Before night a match was made up between Duncan and Peggy ; she declaring it was done to save the credit of the family, thouirh it was but yesterday that she had learned to esteem Mr. btcwart: he declaring that he saw clarly the hand of Providence in the whole transaction that Mary was too young, and too inexperienced for him, and the more he knew her, the less he liked her. The hand of Providence was not less visible when it conveyed a dowry of fifty pounds from Peggy's uncle with his. niece, lhe parties were proclaimed m in church, on the following Sunday and married on Monday and so the credit of both fami ly and the dinner was saved. But what of Mary ? She was married to the shepherd, after explanation and 'a scene,' which, as I am not writing a fiction, but truth, I cannot describe, the detail not hav ing come to me in the tradition of the parish Don't have too jnany friends. He who can t count ma mends can t count upon them. From the llrport of the. Auditor Genial of Pennsylvania.. Expenses of Government. SENATE 18C5. Fay of Members, Mileage, Sta tionery, $35,524 30 O. W. Hammersly, Clerk,. ......... 1,506 75 Lucius Boners, Assistant Clerk,.. 1,112 40 (. S. Berry, do., 132 00 E. Williams, Transcribing v;ioik, vj w Martin Orlady, do., p Eli K. Hains, do., 929 80 Henry Cortland, do., .0 J0 E. D. DcWolf, do., 968 50 I j. 0 Hoover, do., 634 00 Paid retiring Transcribing Clerks, 334 oO J. G. Martin, Sergeant-at-Arms,.. 572 80 Jas. S. Johnson, Assistant do.,... 6SG oO Charles Williams, do., 598 00 Joseph Iiiblct, Doorkeeper, 595 00 Marcus Novinger, Asst do., 571 00 John D. Haines, do., 22 00 F. H. Achuff, do., 55 CO Jacob II. Kline, do., .' 575 80 J. T. Thompson, do., 598 CO John A. Arnold, do., 590 20 David Huntsecker, do., 577 00 Wm. Dufl'ee, Assistant Messenger 901 00 Win. Shields, Assistant do., 934 90 Amount paid retiring Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeepers and Mes sengers, at opening of session, CI 3 50 Jacob Styers, Librarian of Senate, 943 00 Jacob Styers, for taking charge of archives ,. 200 00 G. W.' Hammersly, Clerk of the Senate, for contingent expen- ses,.stationery,light, fuel, Ac., 7,C97 38 Postage 4,386 73 G. W. llammcrsly, Clerk,for am't paid to Pages, CG7 50 G. W. Hammersly, Clerk, for am't faid to 21 women, . Hammersly, Clerk, for in dexing Journals, sessions of ' C5 420 00 150 00 G. W. Hammersly, Clerk, for ex penses incurred, in packing and distributing documents... 497 15 George Bergnerj for 30 copies of l'urdon's Dnrest and supple ment furnished the Senate... 2C2 50 George Bergncr, for 35 copies of eigler's Manual, furnished the Senate, 70 00 C. W. Walker, for transcribing for finance Committee, 30 0) J. Onslow, door-keeper, rotunda, 536 70 lieorgeVY. V right, do., 5 w Daniel Crousc, retiring do.,. 75 00 Wm. N. Huffman, Fireman....... 543 00 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1S65. Pay of Members, Mileage, Sta tionery ...108,498 50 A. W. Benedict, Clerk, 1,432 10 J. A. Smull, Assistant Clerk 1,400 00 V. A. Dcuniston, do . 1,008 00 J. C. Brown, retiring do 130 50 C. . alker, transcribing el k. 931 00 Thomas E. Kerr do 957 40 A. D. Harland do 918 40 J. P. Willison do 94 CO J I. Z. lloberts ..do 920 50 W. L Cooper do. ...10 days extra... 30 00 Amount paid retiring Clerk 2C9 40 Chas. Idell Serg't-at-aims 595 00 Wm. A. liuptrt, Ass't do 671 80 Ja.-?. Penrose do do 595 00 Geo. Strain . del. ...do G. H. Johnson do do C37 00 C22 00 f.r0 80 G40 00 574 CO 562 00 562 00 C62 50 922 00 581 50 595 00 598 00 C71 20 Jas. T. M'Junkin Doorkeeper Albert Clark, Ass't do. ... Cornelius feuuth do do. ... Samuel T. Dover.. .do do G. H. Morirau do do J. D. Kirkpatrick..do. do Asa .Nichols Messenger.. G. A. Kauffman.. Ass't do James M'Ca'ly do do J. Stearne do do H. D. llogcrs do do Am't paid retiring Setr't-at-anns. duorkeepers and Messonirers. 549 30 J. B. Schafler, Faster and Folder 595 00 C Albei tson, do d ... C03 20 L. Maples do do... C95 00 lames Clegg do do... 595 00 Samuel 2Sare do do... 595 00 Albert F'uffee do do... 5'j,1 00 Samuel Price do do... 595 00 Jesse Brook do do... 595 OO John Moore do do... C24 40 J. 11. Hall do do... 622 00 John T. Den:iis...do do 52 40 Hiram Johnson. .do do... C71 80 S. B. Wilson do do.- C45 10 John A. Walter.. .do do... C25 Oo Thomas Martin do do... 5S4 20 B. 11. BiiniiiL'ton...do do... 57M 40 A. W. Benedict J r do do. 591 10 W. H. Burgwiu...do do... C79 60 Wm. 1. Smull do do &62 (Ml Ain't paid retiring. do do... 549 30 A. Aciaire Postmaster of House.. .901 00 Geo. Keller, Ass't do 879 40 11. . Stewart, retinnir do 121 50 Wm. Madary, retiring Marshal of Botunda 41 10 F. Irwin, for services as Fireman 543 00 D. Best do... do COi 00 W. L. Cooper, services rendered. 5C2 00 A. . Benedict, Clerk ot House for contingent expenses, fta tioncry, light.fucl, labor, dc, 17,813 00 A. AY. Benedict, Clerk, for in dexing Journals, session ot '05, and extra session of '64 200 00 A. AV. Benedict, ain't pd to pages 1,200 00 A. A . Benedict, Clerk, for extra pay for women I,o00 00 Printing 8000 copies of Legisla tive proceedings relative to death of Dr. Heed. Lite mcm- 1-er of the House $7413 A. AV. Benedict, Clerk, for the payment of extra compensa tion to persons employed to cleanse the closets in base ment of Capitol, pcract'of March 22, 1865 1,000 80 . AV. Benedict, Clerk, for fold ing and mailing back num bers of Legislative Records, and express charges 1,000 00 Total $173,647 24 AA'e omit a number of minor charges for labor, clerks, &c., amounting in all to sever al hundred dollars. We wish to follow the above extract from the Beport of the Auditor General, with the expenses of the session of 1847, as pet forth in the official documents of the Audi tor's office, for that year. AVe select the year 1847, because the number of working days was about tho came as the session of 1865. IJ2GISLATTVE EXPENSES EOR 1847. SENATE. Pay of Members, and mileage $8,389 90 ti Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerk, " Two trans. Clerks " 417 80 427 50 780 10 tt it Serg't-at-Arms, It 212 15 tt 184 30 Doorkeeper, Assistant 186 60 181 85 144 00 1,838 00 307 20 281 25 250 00 H it " Messenger. Postage, Stationery for tho members, Newspapers,' Ind exing the Journals, Contingent expenses, which In cludes stationery, light, fuel, labor, pay of Palters. Fol ders and Pages, pay of Wom en, &&, 1,840 75 Total 515,441 40 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pay of Mcmbys. with mileage, $26,221 58 " Chief Clek 407 00 " Ass't Clerk, " 398 40 " 4 Transcribing Clerks " 1,554 40 " Serg't-at-arms, " 198 50 " 2 Ass't do u 370 80 " Doorkeeper, " 144 (X) " 3 Ass't do " . 464 90 " 2 Messengers, " 372 10 Postage, 4,511 26 Stationery for members 995 62 Newspapers, 976 25 Indexing the Journals, 250 00 Contingent expenses, (which in . eludes same as Senate, also CarpctsforIIou.se,) ' 5,513 38 Total, $42,378 19 The first inquiry on a comparison of the above tables will be how is the disparity to be accounted for ? AVe answer solely by the extravagant advance in pay, and the vast number of new offices with high salaries which have been created. Until within six or eight years the messengers and assistant doorkeepers did the folding and pasting,and delivered the mail. Now, although the number of doorkeepers and messengers arc increased, with increased salaries, there are no less tnan nineteen Pasters and Folders charged to tho State! JES-The Democratic party have a great advantage in their candidate this falL Cly mer is of the firm old Pennsylvania stock of Germans, in whose veins is the blood of the Muhlenbergsthe Clymcrs, and the Hiestcr's of Berks, and is a statesman of rare and ac knowledged ability, integrity and experience accessible to all, obsequious to none, a no ble patriot and true hearted man. Geary is a strutting, vain, pompous upstart, who com menced nimhood in that sink of corruption, the Allegheny Portage Bailroad, and who as a roving egotist, ha? been strolling in Califor nia and Kansas, and in different places of the Keystone, seeking notoriety, and generally pulling himself through newspapers when ever editors were verdant enough to give place to his productions. Ho was a Squire in California, which, in a catamount country, was of course, accord ing to his own report a "bie; thing." He was appointed Governor of Kansas by Pierce took his message from a Massachusetts Governor and wa soon dismissed. He was a Colonel in the Mexican AVar, but his regi ment on their return, at a public festival giv en them, passed unanimously, resolutions expressing their "aeipino I.ndionation" of his conduct That he procured his elec tion by "falsehood and deception" and that his conduct was inconsistent with the character of a gentleman or a man of hon or. That it was "corrupt" and "mercen ary" and that it was characteristic of a low groveling creattre see king popularity for courage and patriotism which he never earn ed." He was in the late war, and throrich his secretary, filled a whole page of the Philadcl- I. hla Inquirer, with a graphic account of the attic oi c-nickersville, making himsell a great Hero, when no such battle was ever fought not A gcn fired not a prisoner taken, not a hair of any one injured ! He made a speech recently at A'ork, denoun cing as Hessians the soldiers who would not vote for him! and forced" himself upon a Sunday school pie-nic, comjosed of little boys and girls, near his own home in Cumber lantlcountVj and read to them a political speech abusing Montgomery Blair and tho Democratic party. He is for ngro suffrage, negro equality and Disunion the same as Iliad. Stevens, and should he defeated by one hundred and seventy-five thousand in the State. Xvrth'd County Democrat. The Health of Jeff. Davis Approach ing Old Point Comfort, I could not keep from thinking of the proud heart beating there within those walls like a caged eagle, and 1 knew, too; from information entirely reliable, that his health was not what had been represented, and thai his life was grad ually but surely oozing away. Mark my pre diction ! The only trial Mr. Davis will ever have will be at the bar of Eternal Justice. He will never live to bo tried by an earthly tribunal. He is further on tho road to the grave than the outside world has any idea of; and, ore long.the telegraph will announce to the press the sufferings of Jefferson Davis are at an end, and ho will be better off. Cor. Memphis JJulUtin. More New Orleans "Massacres" PiiorosFD. The proposed plan of the Rad icals as developed by Mr. Raymond, is show ing itr-lf everywhere. A letter from St Louis, Mo., says : " The Radical continue their policy, which will lead to a conflict in this State at or be fore the fall elections. They persist in col lecting two per cent, tax incomes for 1864, and, under pretence of organizing a militia, are arming partisans, both in St Louis and the interior. Several companies nraroes hare been armed here, and a cnmjwny of ngroiS in, Joonvi'c. In Wright County arms have been distributed to somo mn, who carried out Babcock's order to murder the AVright family. The Cauaracter of American women. icw iorK. xne nouna laoie. cnanrea ex i .1 fi ?nif j tensive intemperance upon tho women of America, and, in an elaborate article, at tempted to prove that intoxication prevailed to a fearful extent among womenin the high- i l.- c: .t. j esw e-oei;u eireies. ciuw tiiia uuit made, there lias been an almost universal ae ninl af it nn tbp tvirt nf thp American press. MJkA ua v. ' a a iiiu a v - - g - r and we think it can be said, without any fear ... n nt prmtrrwiiptinn. t hat tor soLnctv ana as ex amples of purity and virtue the women of America may iearlessiy challenge compan- son with their sex in otner lanus. n e ieei cn,M tat unmnnrml with the male SOX in this country, in the matter of sobriety, they stand out as shining examples. iTrnnTrnvos.--Gen. Sherman hj riven fvl trint" Tn hia speech U10V1U'JU v. -n " l " at Cleveland he said : 1 see that tho Atlan tic Cable has been successfully laid that's a nA Viinrr T nlort a thnt. flomrrc'ts hfti adjourned that's a good thing, and the hot weather onlv keeps off, that, too, will be a a gvwt iiuug. (C il They Feel Hnrt. It hurts tho opposition at finding that tho soldiers arc determined to do their own thinking and their own voting, and that they cannot be hood-winked into Toting for the negro equality candidate, Geary, simply because ho is labelled "General." On the score of bravery and true soldierly qualities, there are thousands of men in this State who never rose in the army above the posi tion of private, who are better qualified and entitled to bo. voted for than that rene gade. These men despise him for being the tool of such men as Stevens, Forney andnc-1 grophobists like them. He ia but a mere "soldier of fortune' ready to accept of any position, provided it pays. Not a year since Geary would have accepted a Domination for Governor at the hands of the Democrats if they had been willing to bestow it upon him. Let any one read his lcttter to 8. Maguire if they desire to be convinced of this. In that ho calls himself a "life-long" Democrat. To such a strait have the ne grophobists come, when they have to take a poor "cast off " from the Democratic party to lead them in the prcsont canvass. . Facts. The man who votes for John W Geary, votes for a Col. who hid in a ditch at Chepultcpec, and left his men to fight without a commnnder. The man who votes for Geary votes for a Col. who ran away from Cerro Gordo, and loft the Major of his regiment now Gcn. AVm. Brindlc, of Muncy to take charge of his men. Tho man who votes for Geary votes for a General who hired his army correspondent to report that ho had fought a terrifno battle at Snickcrsville lost his arm, an 1 tho Lord knows what all but gave tho rebs a fearful thrashing when there was not a confeder ate soldier within two days march of him. And besides this, tho man who votes for the coward Geary, votes also in ia gro suffrage, negro equality, high taxation. amalgamation, another war, and all tho evils that abolition fanaticism can inflict upon our country and race. Execution of an ELEniANT.-An Amer ican Circus has been traveling about Switzor land with great success this rummer, but at Friburgj last month, the male elephant, over-fatigued by the constant marching, and irritated by the rough treatment of his keep er, suddenly seized his keeper, and tossing him to a great height, on his fall crushed his foot before any assistance could be afforded. As it is generally understood that after once killing a man those animals are dangerous, the director of the circus decided upon hay ing it killed, and for that purpose applied to the authorities of Friburg for a piece of can non. This was granted, and the animal hav ing been cntioed into a favorable position, the gun was fired and the brute fell dead. Among tho preparations in connection with the monster wigwam in Philadelphia U a free lunch. This is intended for the hun gry Republicans. N. V. Tribune. In that caw God save the lunch, for a hungrier set of dogs nevor gormandized on the fat of Uncle Samuel, than the "God and morality" portion of the Republican party. tSf The Postmaster of AVelborn, Flori da, could not take the test oath, and so re signed. No white man or woman in the town could hive taken it At last, wanting a post-office badly, a negro was applied to. but when the test oath was read to him and explaind, Pompcy replied : ' I can't take it : I was a ten ant and Confederate soldier during the war. All my sentiments are that way, and I won't have the rlace." EST" A printer not long since, having bocn "flung" by his sweetheart, went to tho office to commit suicide with the "shooting-stick." The thing wouldn't go off. The "devil," wishing to pacify him, tokl him to go into the sanctum, where the editor Was writing duns to delinquent subscribers, lie says that picture of despair reconciled him to his fate. Indianapolis being jealous ot an elder sister, procured a stick of nitrate of silver and dissol ved it into her sister's wash pitcher. The re sult is that the latter has turned black, and callers arc told that she is ill of a contagious disease. She will grow white in time. Tn-n rnnnw.av ivmples reached the town of Quitman, Mississippi, on the 10th, in search of somebody to marry them. The brides wcro only sixteen and eighteen, and, being refused on account of tender age, they declared, thev intend to "fight it out on that lino" if it took all summer. j L l Ulliaiii. n iiu iiau p.vis c 'ilivj ,i uuu roughly dealt with by tho "wildcat" gentry of A'irginia City, thus expresses his opinion ot that lively town : It Gabriel happens to light at A'irginia City, there'll be no res urrection, for they'll swindle him out of his horn before he can make a sigle toot-a-toot"y A shop in Baltimcro was set on firo last week by tho agency of a warped pane of glass in a window, which acted as a convex lens, and concentrating the sun's rays upon a pile ot combubUblo material, caused it to lata tire. rOr- "Diinr T.nnrn rVi'n wp wre onnrttne. you were very dear t) mo ; but now you are my wife, and 1'mpaying your bills, you socra to get clearer ana clearer. -mm A nnladrlnhm A.rmtian. in the COUrpQ of a sermon, recently remarked : " You need not clasp your hands so tight in prayer t - . . . i l l that you can t get tneni open wnoa uio con tribution box comes around." At the celebration of a marriago, a largo number of joung ladies present, th minister said : "Tho) wishing to be joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, will please stand up" and nearly all arose. Marriageable young women are in great de mand out AVcst A Yankee writing from that section to hia father, says: "Suppose you get our girls some now teeth and send them out" fiST Sentimental Youth. " ATiH von share my lot of life?" Practical Girl. " How many acres are there in yomr lot, sir?" IfiT A Drunkard upon hearing that th earth was round, said that accounted for his lolling about so much. jfjaT A " warm meal" in New Mexico con sists of two crackers dipped in pepersauoe. Simple, but not calculatea to become popu lar. SiSy A nosegay is easily obtained, 'JFoo braddv toddies a day will soon put you k the way o$ one that will aitonLh all your friends. .J