THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT. LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALtXS. UPJN T.tS H1311 AND THE LOW. THE RICH AND THE POOR. a: a; a, NEW SERIES SEN JSh'L" B-P la published every educsday M irninjfi at I wo Dollars per annum, payable iu advauce; Twj DoL'.aus aku Tvtkmtv Fly Cksth. if not paid within w mouth ; ami Two Dollar amd Fif ty CrfT if aul pid until the termination f the yr. . No aubicriptton wul be received for a shorter period thau . months, ami no raWriln-T w it I be at iilierty t discontinue paper until all arrearages are paid, ex Geptt the option of the editor. Any per- ton ascribing for six months wil c char ed Osb Dollar Twenty Five CYkts. naU the. ni'-iH-v paid in advance. .dverllliiy Rtrn. One inntrfn. Tvo do. Three do 1 ganare, 12 lines 4 60 $ "6 $1.00 v uirw'Si liusnl 1 00 1 60 00 fao linen I 1 CO 2 00 3 oc .4.. month. 6 linr or lean, 41 30 I .quar. 112 2 50 3 square. J lines 4 00 S iqur,(?.6 lmeJ -00 x.alf column, 10 00 One column. 15 00 6 $3 00 12 $5 00 9 00 f.0 00 00 12 14 00 00 12 00 22 00 20 dO 35 U0 Business (Larbs. D M'LACGULIX. A TTOR X E Y- T-LA W. Johnstown. Cambria Co.. P. Office in, the F.xehanp butl-iine. on the Corner of CHutw and Locust street hj ktairi. Will attend to all buMwu connect f tvith hi protewoc. rc. 9. 19 iZ tf. "WlCUAM KITJtLL. Jtornn at ab, brnsburg, Cambria Couaty Perm. UlHc Culuudde rH. Dec. 4. lSt c YKL'S L. 1'F.RSIIIXG. ATTOP.NEY-AT-LAW, .Tohnstown, Cambria County, I'. OEce n Min street, second flour over (he i a .k. ii. 2 H- T' c Uardacr, PHYSICIAN' ANDSURGI-ON. TVu-lera his prufii"i.ul sbrvke to the j ite!g of EllENBR U R O . t'.rroundinz vicinity. OFHOK IS COLONADK ROW. June 29, l&04-tf J. i:. cunlaii, ATTOHN i: Y A T L A W , Kbbsspcho. Pa., fOPFICr, ON MAIN STkKF.T, TIT HER 5 !)()( iRS e A-T ..v thv I AM'. V IK) SE Drrrrnlier 10. ISGS.-ly. R. L. JoasnTon. Gko. W. Oatman. JOHNSTON Et 0AT1YIAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 1 KhetiBburjr Cam brin Count v I'enn.t. J Or Fit E UKMOVKI) TO LI.OYO ST.. Va dwr t of li. L. J..hti.t.na lls net. Dec. 4. lSCl. lv. JOHN FENLON, j ATTORN CY-AT-L AW, I E!.nliurvr, Cambria c-ointy Ta. j fice on Main Dtteet adjoining hi dwel- r'n,:-- ix 2 I) i. NOON, 1 ATT"KSr.T AT LAW. I UlEXSRrRG, UAMUKIA CO.. PA. ittlice .-me door East of the Pot Office. Feb. 18, lfti3 -tf. Q.EOR0I-: m. kekiT; ATTORNEY AT LAW, EiSENSUUKO. Cambria C ivntif. Pa. OFTIC7. IN COOJNADE RuW. March 13. 18G4. ICIIAEL IIASSON, ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW. Eoensburii. Cambria Co. Pa. OlTiice on Main street, three door Ea&t i ' Julian. ix 2 h A. Shokmaher. Wh. U. Skchlbb. SUOKNjAKm .tr StXIiLKIi, AT10RNEY S AT LAW, XBENSI5UKU. Camgria Cotmtt. I offlje heretof -re occupil by F. A. S!ioe-Ir-akcr. fDec. 7, 1804 tf mCKMAK. B- F. IIOIJ-. Wholesale Dealers in I MANUFACIURKI) ToBACCO. j'Or.IGV AND DOMESTIC SEGARS. i SVITFFS. A-n. COrl. THIKD A MARKET STREET. PHn.ADKLPlllA. August 13. 1863-Iy. il-f98l OS Anf winaivQ f.Ql SOI "nor 'HTdJV "IS O.IHX 'Ksaaaav kiavxs Taa t ann 3V0 3JJU.N s3itu vmiiaaviiHi xshoib The IV e iv p a p e r BY C It A B li K. Lo' where it comts befors the cheerful fire, , Damp troiu the pre iu smoky curia as I rite: j (As froiii the earth the nun exhales the dew .) j Krf we can read the wonders that ensue : Then Mt-r every eye t-urvevs the p.trf., 1 That, brings it favoiite subject t the heart; Grave politician lo..k f..r tact alone. ' i Ami gravely add conjectun s ,.f theii own : I 'Ihe t.j. rightly iiytnj.li, who nefer broke her ! rest. F.r tottenn? crowns, or miKbty land op : press- M. F.nds bp i'a and battles, but neglect them ! all 1 For a njs and suits, a birth-day or a ball : The keen, warm man o'erlouk each idle title. For M -n'e,; Wanted," and Estates for Sale;" While Knte with equal minds to ill tt nd. I'leaaeJ with each part, and griev,! to find an end. To this all render turn, and they can look Pleaed on a paper, who abhor a b k : Thoae who re'er deiyu'd their Uible to pe-ru-e. Would think it hard to be denied their " ne ; Sinner and aitit.i, the widest and the weak. Here mingle U.te. and one amusement efk ; Tiii. like the public inn provides a treat. Wheie each promiscuous guest tit Iown to eat ; And anch thi.- mental fvd. a w may call Something to all men. and to aome men all. T;rfff-mrfmr A Wry lUle Iullent. I am a consulting physician, as the Iopu!ar phrase goes although it does not very accurately define my empioyuit nt. The younger nicmU rs of my profession should rather use the future-pas.-ive of the verb, about to be (or ready to be at the shortest possible notice) consulted ; while the elder metuliers luiht, if they ate toler ably fortunate, adopt the pa.-t p.iriiciple, and call themselves con-uiieil physicians. The latter is the rank at which I have arrived myself. Immediately after break last, I install myself in my sanctum at the. back of the house, and am prepared to receive pat u tits Every ring at the front-djor bell ltotween the hours of 10 and 12 A. M . has an auriferous sound, and is worth at least a guinea. The halt the lame, and the blind I am always d.-Iighted to see iu my reception room, at one pound one a head and up wards. I dare say the robust Irish lady who is so good as t- sweep the crossing opposite, envi- s the rich folks whoso car riages throng aiKjiit my door every morn ing. Hut I can assure h r that they repay the compliment by envying her. O.ie must not speak evil of the bridge that carries us over the river of life, but I can't say that the majority of my rich patients are amiable people. '1 hey do not bear their cross of sickness nearly so well as poorer folks, who have so many other wearisome burden- lo carry. The ditfer ence between the rich whom I see at my own house, those, similarly afflicted, whom I visit u few hours afterwards iu hospitals, is very marked. Of course, they al! complain ; it is one of the ot'ices ami by no means a useless one f a consulting physician to hear complaints ; it is a relief to the sufferer to jour his woes into the ear of one who will nt least understand, even if too cruel to sympa thize with them. It is neither kind nor w'ue to cut a fellow creature very short w-lnle he is enumerating his calamities, although we may be thoroughly aware of what he is going to say. 4 You let 1 so and so, and so and so, and no and no, don't you ?" say some of my professional brethren, putting question utter question so fast, that the answer can bo only 4 Yes" or 44N;" whereupon the afflicted crea ture sighs, like one who has been inter rupted in his choicest anecdote by some rude fellow's informing him that hid story is as old as the hills. JJow, the poor man, although by nature garrulous, seems to be aware that on that long line of beds in the same ward there are others whose :;ises are at least as serious as his own, and which require to lie stated at some length ; and he often makes pome attempt to condense what he has to nay, although that is a feat by no means easy to him. He is a patient, too, in the best sense ; submitting to all that is props neI, because he is convinced that the very best is being done for him, to the extent of our ability, as God forbid it should not be done. Whereas my rich frienda noraetimes goem to consider, eon- EBEXSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY I &i-iu ot tiaviiig paid their guinea, and . that time is money, that a t-liiiiin a inin ! uto is a good deal to pay for enlarging not I oi.ly upon their particular calamity, but upon variou other matters scarcvly with in my proinee. In const quence ot whit-li, i I take catc to have u clock on my mantle- i l piece that striken not only the hours, but i the half-hours and quartern pretty loudly. 1 j This given me the opjHtrt unity of referring jxjhu-ly to the flight ot time, and thereby i abbreviating the narration of certain un- i necessary details which seem to verge upi-n the contiitfcs of eternity 1 lie ante-room where my patients as semble i Hiiuhu ly furnislad, so that each may know exactly how long he has had j to wait before hf? is admitted; an interval ; which otherwise is apt to be exaggerated, I for not even the uio.st engaging periodicals i or books, or n -wspapers, can make that period elapse quickly at the end of which j may hi: delmrvd a henteiice of many J year's imprisonment, without hard labor, ! alas! or anything to do at all as in ! some cases of eye disease ; or some full decree hi h involres the los of limb ; or even the dread doom of death it lf. I'eo- pie who are in sad straits as these, how ever, are generally less impatient tmm those more lightly afflicted; some of whom (as I learn Irom my servant) do not always behave themselves quite politely, but struggle with one another for prece dence of interview with their unconscious humblrt servant, mvself SuHering gen- tleiiii-n and afflicted ladit-s (esja cially) vvi'I even go the length of asserting that they came by sjecial appointment, and upon th-U false pretext obtain an advantage over the rest of the company ; while nothing is more common thxn for them to le confursd as to the exact date of their arrival, and to give themselves the benefit of the doubt, to the detriment of others. In cases of thi kind, the clock is in valuable ; my servant sets donn to a second the time at which each arrive, a refeivinf to the catiei dar thus kept is of course without apjn-al. Under these cir cumstances, ii is no wonder that he takes some MTBoual interest in my morning visi tors, and forms some opinion in his own mind resjHcting them, even if he is not called upon to express it like his master. Upon a recent occasion, he admitted into his ante-ioom if mine a very polite pa tient indeed, whose !ehavior was alto gether so exceptional, that I think it worthy of record, not so much as an ex ample to others although he was the very pink and pattern of patients (up to a certain point) as for the instruction of all Consulting Physicians. This gentle man had never honored me by peeking my advice Is fore, nor is it probable that the nature of our interview will lead him to resort to me again although he may Jkt haps favor other ntcniln-rs of the faculty with his society. Y t I shall never lir get him, while memory holds her seat at all, and my right hand retains the faculty of recognizing .1 sovereign and shilling at first touch through any amount of stiver J paper. 'I he cases brought- unilcr my notice had been unusually serious np-'ii the morning in question, and about 10:10 I inquired of mv servant somewhat anxiously bow many patients remained still to be seen, as I had to be at a consultation in the neighborhood precisely at noon. 44 There's only one gentleman left," said he; 44 he arrived an hour ago; but he is so very p 'lite, that he has hitherto declined to take his turn." I was sorry to hear this, for according to my experience, such an individual was likely to be in a critical state of health, or perhaps only postjMned his interview till last, so that he might prolong it without interruption. I hope everybody does come in in pro er order, .Tames," said I. 44 You know what an objection I have to any favorit ism." O dear, sir, I am sure I never took a shilling from any gentleman or lady in my life, in order that they might be admitted earlier." t RtaHv, James I never said you did," replied I severely. 44 Show the gentle man in." The patient whose acquaintance I had now the pleasure of making for the first time had the appearance of a country gentleman ; lie was well dressed, but there was an absence of that undf finable smart ness and completeness alut his uttire -i is only made in town-made gar I.?- oil . roots; moreove, ms eye over the room with an expression ery un- I like the incurious gaz of a well-bred Londoner. His very politeness had pro- bably arisen from an erroneous idea, that it was the fashion in good society to make little self-6acri6ce in giving way to other , people " I am a'iail Mr, you have bi-en detain ed a consideiable time." observed I. "Not at all," returned he briskly. 44 1 was in no particular hurry. I have plenty of leisure here in London, away from all my usual country avocations, and there were several people in your ante-room, who, I am sure, had more urgent need of your advice than I. In fact, 1 feel that I have scarcely any ri-rht to intrude Upon your vaiuaine lime at all : but 1 have lcen ji phmI deal bothered with a cough :ht, and I should like to be cured j at III! of it." Take a seat, sir. chest?" Any pain in your - 44 1 don't think it will be necessary lo examine me," observed he nervously ; I can tell you my symptomn, such as thev are " I low curious it is that those who are apparently the strongest and most healthy, are often the most morbidly apprehensive. I could not help smiling to see that re sectable fox-hunter, as he looked to be, hugging hid coat together, as though my j telhoscoje had been a dagger, seeking entrance into his heart. ' 44 My dear sir," id I, 44 this little in strument will not hurt you At this moment, a very singular thing took place, the clock upon :ny mantel- j piece struck the three-quarters past eleven j and I seemed to hear the sound reeated from Ihe clock in the next room. It was a uibfH-'d sou- d. but the wonder was how it could have arrived at all through two wooden d o. s and a baize one. I was convinced that I did not hear it, however, that I immediately strode forward to see for myself whether any of the doors of communication were open. They were all closed. When I returned, my patient had unbuttoned his coat, and assured me that he had no silly objection lo being stethoscoped, if I thought it worth while, but that there was nothing the matter with him beyond a troublesome cough, for which he wanted a prescription. His lungs seemed sound enough indeed, but I need not have been so long examin ing them but for a certain re:'sn. Very different from most hypoeondriacal folks, my new friend seemed no very anxious to cut short our interview, that he began to awaken my suspicions as to whether he was a boi-a fide patient at all. I knew that I should discover this if I could only detain him for a quarter of an hour, and therefore I prolonged my stethoseopio in vestigations. At List he jumped up. ami throwing down a sovereign and a shilling, with no little ostentation. tiHn the table, expressed himself as jierfectly satisfied. 44 1'ut, my dear sir," I said, 44 you have not got vour prescription." It wanted then one minute to the hour i of noon, but I was writing very slowly. I when the clock on the ruantel-piece began ! to strike ; I thought it would never have done, so eagerly was I watching for the first note of its companion time piece, which I felt sure by this time was con- ccalcd somewhere about my jnilite pa- tient's person. He had waited until h? had been left alone in the ante-room, tz make a clean sweep of everything valu-1 able he could lay his hands up n, th clock among the rest. He bad stuffed this at first, I fancy into bis breast ockct whence arose his original objection to ihi! use of the stethcoscojie but had transferred it, while I went to look at the doors, to some other part of his attire. Sagacious as he had been, however, he had omitted, or had not had the opportu nity, to silence th voice of my faithful dial. I hoard its whisper its faint 4ti -k, tick," all the time and now I was wait ing for its full voice in accusation of the roblwr. At last it came. One can scarce ly imagine a situation inure embarrassing than that of my polite patient with his stolen chick striking ery distinctly in the pocket of his coat tail, and in hearing of its rightful proprietor. 44 I have found out what is the matter with you my friend," said I, pressing a hand b -ll, which brought iu James upon the instant. 44 You are troubled with the 77c Doulaurfax. Your symptoms are ex ceedingly striking. This prescription must h madt at once, and mv servant will run out lor it, while you remain here a minute j or two." Never was prescription so short: Jam fot. a pol. im Or without abreviation, as I had written it : " James fetch a policeman immediately. PI 1 1 1 AOSOFH ICA LF. P I G R A M. the Moon--' You're a . .jeri jaJe . ' ,u flom the Sun is beyond all relief!" pajr Cynthia replies, 44 Madam Earth hold your prate. Th receiver i- always as bad m the tblef! 25, 1865. 11 lie Gieut acimkk lit Vubllu. AX IKISI1 CltlTIQX'IC. The following whimsical account of Mrs. Siddon's first apjx'arance in Dublin, is taken from un old Irish newspaper. When it was first published, her friends were outrageous against the author, who, however, kept himself concealed: 44 Oo Saturday, Mrs S , about whom all the world has betn talking, ex posed her lieautiful, adamantine, soft, ami lovely ferson for ihe lirst time at Smock Alley Theatre, in the bewitching, melt ing, and all t carlo! character of Isabella. From the repeated panegyrics in the im partial London newspapers, . we were taught to expect the sight of a heavenly angel, but how were we supernaturally surprised into the most awful joy at be holding a mortal goddess. 44 The house was crowded with hundreds more than it could hold ! with thousands of admiring spectators that went away without a sight! This extraordinary phenomenon of tragic excellence ! this star of MJpo mene! this comet of the stage! this sun of the firmament of the muses ! this moon of blank verse! this queen and princess of tears! this Doiinellau of the poison d IkjwI ! - this empress of the pis tol and dagger ! this chaos of Shakes peare ! thi world of weaping clouds ! this Juno of commanding aspects ! this Terpsichore of the curtains and scenes! this Hroserpiiie of tire ami earthquake! this Katerfelty of wonders ! exceeded expectation, went Iieyon-l belief, "and soared above all powers of description ! She was nature herself ! She was the ' most exquisite work of art ; she was the very daisy, primrose, tuberose, swe t briar, furze-blossom, gilillower, wall-flower, cauliflower, auricula, and rosemary ; in short, she was the bouquet of I'arnassun. 44 Where expectation was raised so high, it was thought she would be in jured by her appearance, but it was the audience who were injured : several fiunted even before the curtain drew up ! but, when she came to the scene of part ing with her wed iing ring, ah! what a sigthc vfM lliero t i h fi.Jtl 1. r-- n ilia oreheK- tra, albeit unused to the melting mood, blubbered like children crying for their bread and butter ; and when the bell rang for music between the acts, the tears ran from the basstnm player's eyes in such plentiful showers, that they choked the linger stops, and making a spout of the instrument, poured in such torrents on the first fiddlers book, that not seeing the overture was in two sharps, the leader of the band actually played in one flat. 44 Hut the sobs a"hd sigh of the groan ing au-hence, anl ttie noise ol corks drawn from the smelling bottles prevented this mistake between the jUits and the i! tar j being discovered. 4' One hundred and nine ladies fainted, forty-six went into fits, and ninety-five had strong hysterics, the world will scarcely credit the truth when they are told that fourtion children, five old women, one hundred tailors, and six common counciltnen, were actually drowned in the inundation of tears that flowed from the galleries, lattices, and toxes, to increase the briny flood in the pit. The water was three feet deep, and the people that were obliged to stand upon the benches, were, in that josition, up to their ancles in tears. 44 An act of parliament against her playing any more will certainly pass; for she has infected all the volunteers, and they sit reading 4 The Fatal Marriage, crying and roaring the whole morning, at the expectation of seeing this Giant's Causeway, this Salmonleap ot wonders at night. An address has been presented to the good Earl of Clarlemont, by the principal volunteers, and backed by Dr. Quin and the faculty of Dublin, praying him to stay at home, the evening of her appearance, else they are convinced she'll tear his infirm frame in pieces with her terrific screams, when she's dragged from the corpse of Hiron, and they'll loose the greatest General that ever headed the army. Nature most asiuredly, in one of her bountilul moments, in one of her charitable and humane leisure hours, in one of her smiling days, in one of her all sorrowing gladsome years, made ihis hu mane lump of clayey perfection 4Oh happy Hibernia! blessed Ierne ! hearse church 'n:e of sanctilied land of saints! what a loud : what a eothn full, what a vard tree .f the brightest exccll excellencies now stands on the turf of thy fruitful earth ! 44 From Cork, from Killarncy, r rrvrrv Galway. from liallinasloe. from tyre court, from the east, from the west, from the north, from the south, from Island Dridge, from Labor's Hill, from the books VOL. 12 NO. 2. of the canal to the new road at the back of DrumcondrO) shall millions come to Smock Altey to nee thi6 astonishing woman. 44 The streets round the theatre shall be crowded, and the very pabbards that carry coals to Island Bridge shall stop at the Blind Quay, and land their unjolished waterman to spend thirteen ence for a seal in the upjer gallery when Isabella ia performed. 44 O thou universal genius! what pity it is that thy talents are so confined to tragedy alone. No age, nay, the Roman theater '.he stage at Constantinople Nero himself never performed the scene of sadness, of grief, of joy, of woe, of distress, of sorrow, and of pity, no well as Mrs. S . 44 May the curses of an -insulted na tion pursue the gentlemen of the college, the gentlemen of the bar, and the peer j peeresses w hose wisdom and discern ment have been so highly cxtolld. that hissed her on the necoud night. True it is, Mr. G.rrick never could make any thing of her, and pronounced her below mediocracy ; true it is, the Ijoudon audi- ence once did not like her. but what of that ? R:se up, bright goddess of the sck and buskin, and soar to unknown regions of immortal praise, for Envy will merit a.- it shade prtrsu;' A Singular Story. A few weeks since a man, only some five-an-thirty or eight-and-tliirty years old went into the cafe Anglaisc, Paris, and said to the mistress: 4 1 wish you would retain jso. 13 for me this evening. Lay platen for eight, and have dinner on the table at seven o'clock pnciaely. I leave the selection of the dinner to you. Give us a dinner of four dollars a head, wine included here is a bank note for $40 ; four times eight are thiitytwo; the change, eight dollars, is for ihe waiters." At a quarter before seven he returned ; he was shown to No. 13. He asked for a pen, ink, and paper. After he received them he tore a sheet of paper into eig t several parts, wrote something on each of them, and placed one of them on each plate. When the clock struck seven, he said to the waiter: "Serve the dinner just the same as if my guests were pres ent." The waiter obeyed, ahd placed a dish of soup on each plate, managing while doing so to read the names on the plates. He found nothing on the bits of paper but re, me, fa, se, la, s-i, do. When lie went back to the kitchen, he told the servant tjie odd guest he had in No. 13. The rumor r tu bed the ear of the master of the house; he at once suspected some thing was wrong. 44 How is the gentle men dressed V ke asked the waiter. 44 He is dressed in black." hen he went into the room off his overcoat and placed it piano, where it still remains, me his overcoat. It doubtless he took on the 44 Bring contains letters or visiting cards but they dis- covered two small pocket pistols which were capped and loaded. J he master caps on the drew the charges, left the nipples, replaced them in the pocket, and m.uc the servant carry the overcoat back to the private room. As he wan eating desert the waiter asked him I mean this strange guest if he would take coffee. 44 Yes." 44 How many cupn ?' 44 Eight of course." The eight cups were filled. Now leave me ; when I want you I will ring the bt-U." The waiter retired, shut the dtior, and put his eye to the key-hole to see what was going to take place. As soon as the gueet was alone Ls heaved a nigh, rose, went to the piano, openrd it, played an air from one of Verdi's overa, and tried to ning it in vain. His voice was completely gone. His hands fell into his lap, and the tears coursed down his cheeks. He murmured : 44 All is over ! 'Tis hopeless ! my voice is broken ! I shall never be able to ob tain another engagement. My career is at an end ! I am a dead man ! Then he added, with a hysterical laugh: 44Gtds! wasn't it a clevilie-h ingenious notion I had. to give a farewell dinner to my notes a patting banquet to poor notes which, last year, were no brilliant and pure in throat. Artists alone can conceive and execute such ideas. Ah ! poor fellow ; the game is up with you ; nothing is left you but to di." He P" his hand in the pocket of his overcoat, took out tl two pistols, placed the muz zle of each in each of bin ears, and pulled i .y, .-;T..r Tha cans expioaea, ana i i iic t - I li a tutor fallow fell senseless on the Al. carjt- . , The keeper of the restaurant, who was s, f r 0
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