W&S 3{jttiret ani) Cltrotiirle. BY DAVID OVER.. Gtf. E 3>T T I S T , Bedford, Pa. OYFM/E ou Pitt Street, nearly opposit ion "Bedford Hotel.'? Teeth plugged, rege •:Ut* i, *(O.. and artificial teeth inserted, from net in entire set. Charges moderate, and all operations warranted. l^Terou—PosiTtvsiT CASH. Jan. 19., 1 Sot. SEW STORE! Opeued Out io a Sew Place ! I p:i£ au Mcriber has just opened out a New JL and Cheap Dry Goods and Fancy Store, i.i the \Yeit end of the building formerly in the occupancy of Dr. John 11. Hoiius, dec"d, and :: T occupied by Dr. B. F. Ilarry. lie sells SIIK pocket handkerchiefs at from 121 cents up to $1; undersleeves from 111 cents to SJ.3O; xilii mits from 5 to 75 cts; cotton hose ir.-u 6J up to 371 cents; good blue calico for i.' cents per yard; collars from 3 cents cp to >1: linen pocket handkerchief from 6* cents to *52.50; bonnet ribbons from 6J to 31 cents; chemHetles from 31 cents to $1.25; bonnets f: n 2> ctS up; bloomers from t2£ cents up: vil LadleV and Gentlemen.*' Wear f every description, usually found in Dry ■ >3'l/> vid Fancy Stores; also table linens at nil prices-, boots and shoes; carpets; a general sortm-nt of Queensware and Gro rcrleij an I a great many small articles o*f .ft inl par ctni. lo;cer than can be procured i'lsevrheje in this place. 11 J r.-sp ctfuiy requests all to call nd ex amine his stock and judge for themselves. ELIAS FISIIED. April 6, 1855. iracie of Science. Dr. C. Ke'.liag of Mechanics burg, Cumberlmd Co. Fa.,announce* to those afflicted with-Ju niors, Wens, Cancers, Polypus, Lupus Moles or UfSi, bCFulula or iving , £vii and ali diseases that a .vj tie.M usually treated with Caustic or Kaifo. oc cm remove tlura by an entirely new method, wii iuut cutting, burning, or pain* Nei t her Chloroform or Ftner is administered, to the pitient. It is no mittcr on what pirt of the body they miy be, ho can reinovethem with perfect safety and in ir >m ir".cable short time. No Mineral or \ cg ;t.ble poison, is applied, and no money re quire 1 until a cure is perfected. Prol ipcs Uteri, Female complaints, Chronic. A orient ani all other diseases treated with posi tive sue .-ess. Full particulars can be obtained bj aidrrasingin either English or German postpaid. Patients can be accommodated with Board on reasonable terms. Mechanic*burg is one of the prettiest and haalthies; towrjs in this or any other State. It is K nilcs from Harrisbnrg on tfi V. It. K. and acces'dnle from ail parts of rtie Union. 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After numberless vicissitudes and adven tures almost equalling those which befel the mythological iEaeas, but with a recital of which I do not intend to trouble you,l have pitched my tent for a "few days"at the capital of the nation, from whence 1 intend to keep you advised of the dull and common place political affairs with which politicians are now afflicted. 1 will not recount the epic of my life, of what I saw or heard, of my active or passive mood, until seated at the social hearth in Hater's back parlor, in the presenco of appreciating and syaipatbi ring friends, and under the glowirg influ ence ef a generous mug of"bot with" 1 may rein to fancy, without being subjected to the monstrous charge of egotism. "Suffice it to say" in the language of our "Hard Shell" Baptist friend, I arrived at Washington on Monday last just before 12 o'clock, and at once inquired for Pennsylvania Avenue, and the "National" that being the place where, traditionally, statesman most do congregate. Here are Horace Greely, Gen. Webb, Gov. Reeder, Senator Wilson, Col. Edie and other distinguished representative men, with whom I intend to put myself on intimate terms. Being a correspondent, an acquaintance with great uien is the readiest way to important state secrets. My baggage being disposed of, I started at once to the capital. The Hall of the House of Represntatives was crowded ; the lobbies and door ways and windows were jammed with curious spectators, and not being able to witness the scene that was going on. I most agreeably occupied my time, until the adjournment, in admiring tbe magnificent paintings in the Rotundo, commemorative of erents in our nation's history. And here let me, in brief paren thesis, return my sincere thanks to the un known individ. who sympathizing in my condition of loneliness, kindly volunteered to act the part of a chvperoru , arrl point out to me many objects of interest, the descrip tion of wb ch 1 must defer for tbe present. Most opportunely, when the house ad journed, I met your quandom fellow citi zen, Cel. Ottinger, who politely extended an invitation to dins with him, which I, of course, with equal politeness, accepted.— Besides the suave manners and courteous address of the Colonel, he is perfectly fa miliar with life in tbe metropolis, and in wardly confessing mine own .inexperience, and having heard of the temptations, al- I lurements, and seductions that constantly surround the path, and trip up the heels of I unsuspecting young men from the couutry, j (for they are "always preferred,") I resolved j to make him my Mentor, and take from Lis sage lips some of tbe lessons that should ; guide me during my sojourn here. Com. uieud me for my discriminations. The din ner ! Hold babbling fancy, e'er you leap to Parnassian heights in the description of that dinner. In plain prose, it was served up at the extremely tashionable hour of 4 P. M., in most sumptious style, and consis ted of the choicest and best of comestibles; and my appetite having undergone a procesa ot invigoration since breakfast in Baltimore at 7 A. M., I was prepared to render the dinner more than might be termed strictly even-handed justice. And tbe wiue! Need I OVVD tbe "soft impeachment" that the wine being of the best, 1 tasted it. \\ bile tha weary,monotonous balloting for Speaker has been going on, 1 have spent rny | lime in examining the many objects of inter- I est in the capital which I will glance at in i future letters occasionally during the voting I have gone into the gaiiery of the House ; with a list of yeas and nays and pencil in band, and tried to cypher out who will be Speaker. In tbe space behind the clerk's desk, almost any day can be seen the calm and philosophic countenance of Horace i Greely who daily sends to the Tribune bis | interesting accounts of the progress of erents. He has thrown aside the old wLitft coat which has been talked about so much and now appears in a suit of black which bangs on him loAsely and awkwardly. He has a shambling, careless gait, bis pants banging in a slovenly way about his shoes, which are coarse brogans with the strings generally untied. You are at once struck ; with the honest simplicity and the shrewd- i ness and intellect as weli, which are marked on his brow, lie is without doubt, one of tbe first men of tbe nation, and one whom his country will yet be proud to honor. Here also are Thurlow Weed, the Talley rand of New York politicians, and Gen. James Watson Webb, eagerly watching the course of events, and endeavoring to shape things so as to elect a Rep.iblicau Speaker. As Gen. Webb had tbe honor, upon the i birth of the Whigparty, of naming the bant- j ling, it is Datural that he should have the j ; benefit of its dying. The chances now are i in tbe Republicans triumphing by the elec tion of Banks of Mass. It is thought that the whole strength of the north will be concentrated on him to-day. Banks was originally a Free soil democrat but has recently been identified with the Republi can movement. He is besides, an Ameri can. Mr Robison of your district early took a decided stand in favor of Banks or Campbell, seeingthat the prospect of elec ting Fuller was becoming gloomier every day, and the organization of the House and legislation of the country needlessly post poned. Hereon the field of action, and closely surveying the contest, the course of Mr. Robison seems to mc to be eminently proper and snch as should merit the appro -1 batiou of bis anti-Nebraska constituents, i "Y ou must go to the country" they say "to ' bear tbe news," and although I think the position of your member is such as to entitle ! Lint to tbe thanks bis constituents, it may look very different at home. But as this illustration about "the country" is rather mixed, 1 had better drop it. To give a I clear view of the position of your member,' ! be is regarded here as a Free Soiler without i the slightest admixture of "dough" io his ; composition. But fondly as the people of the j north believed that they had secured a re ■ presentation of faithful men in Congress, j there are fears that the race of "dough j heads" is not yet quite extinct, and some I genuine specimens of the breed have sprung j jup in quarters least expected. Sorry am I ' | to indulge in such misgivings on the very I l threshold of affahs, and I hope that they j may yet prove unfounded. If however the j j people are again deceived and betrayed, j ; what we have seen in the past compared j with what must follow, will be but as the I blast of a tin whistle to the pipings of a \ moonsoon. The traitor representatives will j sink back into their wonted obscuriety with | with none so mean as to cherish a regret. The votes of certain northern gentlemen on the Speakership, give too much room for doubt concerning them: but they have not J waded so dtep into the slough of the nigger j drivers that they cannot find their way out. I I have dropped two or three times into the Senate to see how things are progrea [s ng among the Conscript Fathers. The j I Senate just now seems to be the dull abode > j of Fogyism: but when the House once gets : into operation, there will be some lively ! ! times among the grave Senators. One is struck on entering, at the exceeding small j ness of the Senate Chamber, the space for spectators not being as great as in the Court House in Bedford. My first thought, af ter lookint: around was, Can this be the arena in which Clay and Webster made those wonderful oratorical displays which electrified the world? Charles Scmncr, Clayton, Butler, Hale and other Senators whom 1 had not seen before were pointed j out, but better opportunities than the pres ent to speak of tbem will offer during the j session. There is one peculiar fact worthy jof notice, jus? now, in this connection. — IY une the majority of the House consists 1 of those entertaining similar views in rc | gard to slavery with Seward, Sumner, Wil j son, Wade, and others of that ilk, and j while the organization of xLe committees in i the House wili be entirely in the haudi of j free soil men, the Senate has coolly re solved not to place any of these Senators lon the important committees. Seward, and j \V iison and Hale must stand back for sucb ! men as Bayard of Delaware, who compla j eently reposes on his ancestor's virtues, for j Thompson of the Camden and Arnboy !R<H, an d Dotigc!" Var.--parieocer*A | few years ago the "fanatics" were repre i sented in the Senate by Hale and Seward alone, and now they have considerably more than a baker's dozen. There is a good time coming! 1 have been here just a week, and find that the National, al §2.50 a day, with 25 cts. additional every time you look inquir ingly at a nigger, does not exactiy suit a man who is not comforted with Congres sional per diem. So taking grave counsel of my necessities, and acting under the ad vice of my experienced Mentor, I have ta ken snug rooms—no not rooms, but a room —in a neat boarding house naarly opposite the National, with every convenience, so that if any of my constituents call rouud this way, they will find the latch string hanging out. But as my change involves a new phase of Washington life, and as there are some exceedingly interesting features connecteifwith it, they must form part of the burthen of my next, and I will close this gossiping letter. In the language of the poet, au reservoir. 11. | A ROMANTIC STORY.- We clip the following from an Indiana j paper, whose editor vouches for its truth: '•'About twenty years ago, as the story ! goes, a man and wife (of prominence, by fashionable position,) who had bean wedded lpug enough to be blessed by a female babe discovered that they did not love one anoth er as they should, and therefore separated fcrever. The wife took the child and sought a hmc in an eastern city, where her parents resided, returning her maiden name, and giving to the child the same. After a divorce had been agreed upon and obtained by due course of the law, the lady mar ried, and the little girl was sent to a rela tive in the interior of York State, where she lived until a few months since. The man has continued io reside in the ! west, and being young when separated from j bis wife, of a hale constitution, and pariic i ularly careful to remove from his couute , nance all traces of time's footprints, has ■ kept up a very youthful appearance, consid- I ering his age. Being in affluent circum- I stnnces, of good address, and decidedly j agreeable in all the littleuicities that com- Ibine to stamp the gentleman of fashionable life, be was always regarded as a desirable| prise by designing mammas. Nevertheless: he had escaped all their snares, to thc| great annoyauce of pretty girls and charm- ; ing widows, who really ihocght it was the duty of Mr. to get married. It: might have been a settled avcrslbh Id the sex, or it might be attributed to his early lessons, yet it was a fact, he did not marry. But not to be prolix, we'll cut off some of the little unimportant items, aud proceed to the story. During last June, a Miss J. arrived here from the east, on a visit to a relative, who had bean a resident of the Queen City hut a few mouths. The second week of her western sojourn threw h*r in company with the grass widower of twenty BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY DECEMBER 21,1855. years' standing, who showed by bis atten tion that he was more than usually impres sed by the charms of the fair stranger.— Every evening found him at her side, and she was thought not to be entirely insensi ble to bis charms of person and mind. A month glided away—a nonih of courtship, which was carefully noted and meaningly winked at by her relative. At length her hand was asked in marmge, aud the matter referred to ber connexion. He seemed to faror the project, and ap. pointed an interview for lbo trio the sam e evening. They met in the parlor, when a more formal solicitation for her hand was made, and while the ardent suitor was wait ing with breathless anxiety for the answer that was to seal his fate, .the young lady was led forward and presented to her own father! the lover. It is needless to add both were as tonished; however, it has Resulted in good. The father has aettied a liberal fortune upon the daughter, and ere this, both are in Paris, preparatory to making the tour of i Europe. This romance of every day life is ; but another instance of truth often times , being stranger than fiction." AN INCIDENT. It was late. The lamps of the ear burn ed dimly. In one seat were a "happy coupie" rejoieiug in a carpet-bag, two baud boxes, a basket, brown paper parcel, and a "sleeping cherub. Suddenly cherub—a girl of some three years'expeiienco in this strange world—awoke from one of those long undisturbed slumber! that are among the preogatives of childhood, and climbed up so as to stand and look over the back of the seat. Two care-worn, travel-weary and half awake men sat director in front of the little creature. They looked as if they had been on board of raiirpfd cars for a month, and had journeyed fiotu regions about sunset. The great, fitrkuis cyss trf tae child fell upon theirs She scanned xvr-fi'.My tb f.i" • •'' • ->••* -ri would have deemed her to have been an infantile physiognomist. Presently one of them looked at Ler. It was evident that she rather liked him. of the two, and had about made up her mind to speak to him; for iu stantly her little voice was heard, as she piped out the query: "Does you love little girls*" The man looked at her a moment rather gruffly, and then replied: "No—l don't." A shade of disappointment and surprise was instantly dagutrreotyped upon the countenance of the child, but passed away when she replied: "Yes, you do." The man routed himself, and took anothe r look. He was evidently both puzzled and interested, and he said, "How do you know?"' And she replied, "'Cause you look as if you did." This thawed bint out some, and he said. "I have got a littlo girl at home." The little questioner now evidently felt she was on the right "track,'" and after a look that showed that this intelligence pre sented a new and unexpected view of the affair, renewed the conversation earnestly and the following colloquy ensued: "Docs you love your little girl?" "Yes." "Is she a real good little girl?" ''Sometimes she is." "Is she naughty sometimes 1 " "Yes." "Does she go down in the kitclieu when she hadn't ought to?" "Y'es, sometimes." "Does she cry when you talk to her, aud tell her she is naughty?" "Yes." do you whip her? * "Sometimes." "When she says she is sorry, do you whip her Hun.'" "No, never." The little creature's eyes danced and sparkled at this, and drawing conclusions no doubt from her own experience, she ex claimed: "I'sc real glad, I is." Theu looking at the other man who had refused to answer the question she had put to him, she said to her newly-made friend with a look of wonder: "That mart wont speak to me! Does he love little girls?" The man had a heart somewhere, and he thawed out. Rousing himself, lie extended his brawny hand, and said: "How do you do, sissy!" And the little creature, not altogether at her ease, replied: "I'se pretty well, how is you?" By this time all within heariug of col loquy were moved to tears; the eyes of the parents of the little prattler were full to overflowing, and those who were neatest heard one of the men she questioned sty to the other: "She's a little witch." And so she was. Iler blooming beauty and her infantile artnessness were powerful enough to break through the roughness, the weariness, the reserve and the indifference of these travel-worn men of the worfa, and to melt them to tears.— Auburn American. SOCIAL HALL SKETCHES. 'Talking of animals,' said Smashpipes, some are very iristictive indeed—up to anything.' ' AA'crry smart, indeed, are some beasts,' growled Old Hurricane, 'l've fought tbe tiger myself, day in and day out, without getting tbe better of him.* 'AA'e had a cat in our family once,' pursued Stat light,'who used to come regularly for pieces of cheese. We thought at first she ate 'eta. But we found out better. She ■ used to strew "em round promiscuously where ! there were were rut boles, and lie in wait. I When the rats came out, attracted by the ! smell, she'd up and at 'em j 'Our, cat,' said Smoothly, triumphantly! : 'used to go to the cook to have her cheese toasted. She found out that that way she could beat your Grimalkin by seven rats an hour. MI-CAT inirr omnei' 1 " •Shines among them,' replied the Colonel, translating. 'And talking of Shining and starlight, puts uie in mind of what I observ ed one shiny night in Broadway.' 'There was a man who, when the stars were ail out above, and the munincipal stars j were complaisant below, used to rig tip a : telescope wherewith to study -astronomy, at sixpence a squint, j 'One nTght, as he was getting under, way. j I saw two Irish gentleman, taking an obser ; vation of his movements. Both were po : liceiuen. + 'Samey, ye devil,' said one, what in the wurrold is yon fellow after wid his maeiia nory?t '• ———— < Whist, ye spalpeen,' whispered the other, j sure an' can't ye see that it's an air gun, cannon that he's got. He's afther sbootin' j stars, he is.' j 'Had'nt we bether be gettin' out ov the way thin?' inquired bis friend. 'Sur<-, au' it's not us,' was the answer. 'Didn't ye niver near of shootin' stars'' 'By lime the telescope uiin had arranged i hi? instrument and squinted through it up at the stars. The policemen gazed up like wise in wonder Just then by an odd chance, a large meteor shot down the sky. 'Bedad he hit it—he's fetched it down!' . cried both the paddies in a breath. 'Sure, an' that's the greatest shootin' I ever saw ;n all me life" But a sense of duty at once prevailed, and one of thctn at once rudely accosted the man of scieoce. 'Ye'll jist. stop that niw, Muster, uv vou piase. The night's dark enough now, and plinty—av ye go on shootiii* atari at that I rate, sorra tbe man will find his way aboot I tbe strate.' And the telescope man had to pack up and be off. Aud there was a dead silence of atuaze ■ ; ment at the immensity of the Colonel's : an veracity, and the puffing of cigar smoke was all the sound we hearJ.— Phila. Bul'e | tin. Anecdote of Gen. Jackson, At the south-west, the people delight to spin yarns of Gen. Jackson: of his daring, love of justice, aud the prompt way of ad ministering "that article," when he found .it necessary. I was on the Mississipi last snuimer, when I ueard the following story, I ; which, never ueviug seen iu print, I send j you for the benefit of the readers of the spirit of the Times: j The General, then Judge Jackson, was holding court— longtime ago—in a shantcc at a little village in Tencssee, and dispen sing justice, in large aud small doses, as seemed to linn to be required in the case j brought before him. Ouc day during court 3 a great bulking fellow, armed with pistols _ ; aud bowie-knife, took it upon himself to parade before the open door of the Shantee I Court House aud d—a the Judge, Jury, j and all there assembled, ingood sot term 5 . I I "Sheriff," sung out the Judge, in an aw j j ful tone, "arrest that man for contempt of Court and confine him." e Out goes tbe Sheriff, but soon returned I with word to the Judge that he had found p i it impossible to take the offender, j "Summon a posse, then," said the Judge ! "and bring him before rue!" Tbe Sheriff put out again, but the task j was too difficult; he could not, or dared t not lay hands on the man. nor did any ol 1 'be posse like the job any better than h< • did, as the fellow threatened to shoot tht . i first "skunk" that came within ten feet o i e 1 him. ol At this, tbe Judge waxri wrathv, to nave ! his authority put at defiance before all tbe i good people of the vicinity, so he cried out | from tlic Bench, (it was literally a bench,) J "Mr. Sheriff, since you can't obey my or ' ders, summon me, sir, yes, summon me:" ! "A'ou, Judge!" exclaimed tie Sheriff, auia zed. "les, me, summon me! By the Eternal! | I'll see what I can de!" "Well, Judge, if you say so, though 1 j don't like to tlo it but if you will try, why ' I suppose 1 must summon you. "A'ery well," said Jackson, rising and walkiug to tbe door, "I adjourn this Court ' ten minutes." The ruffian was standing a short distance from the Shantee, in the cent re of a crowd of people, blaspheming at a terrible rate and and flourishing his weapons, vowing death j and destruction to all aud singular who , should attempt to molest biin. Judge Jackson walked very calmly into the centre of the group, with a pistol in his hand, and confronted him:— "Now," said the Judge, looking him straight in the eye, "surrender, you infernal I villain, this instant! or, by the Eternal, I'll , blow you through!" The man eyed the speaker for a moment, ' ' without speaking, and then let fall his weap- I | ons, with the words: "There, Judge, it's no j ; use, I give in," and suffered himsdf to he i . led off by the Sheriff without opposition. 11 He was completely cowed. 1A few days after tbe occurrence, the man was asked by one of his comrades why he ; knocked under to one man, when he had ; before refused to allow to be taken by a 1 \ whole company: and His reply showed the : estimation ia which the daring and deter- | : mined spirit of Jackson was held tbrough ■ j out the country. ' "AY by," said he, "when he catne up, I i looked bim iusthe eye, and by ,1 saw shoot, an l there wasn't thooi in nary other ! eye in the crowd, arid so I says to. myself I says I hp's, it's about time to siae small.—J and so 1 did. - ! KAIXTUCK AND THE FIDDLER. | On board the steamer Indiana on one of j ' her trips down the Mississippi, were a large J number of good natured passengers. They were seeking to while away hours accord- ; ' | ing to their several notions of pleasure, and : would have got on very well but for one ' annoyance. There happened to be ou board i 'i a hoosier from the AYabasb, who was going down to Orleans, and he had provided him- ; ' | self with an c>ld fiddle, and placing himself where be would attract notice, scraped j away. ' The fellow couldn't play any more tba a ; setting ben, and the horrible noise disiurL :ed Lis ftilew passengers. A Frenchman,of ■ delicate nerves and a fiue musical ear, was especially aunoyed. lie fluttered, fidgeted and swore at the fiddler. It was no go— "he would music just as long as he pleas - 1! ed." 1 - i . At last a big Kentuck'.an sprang from '■ his seat, saying, "1 reckon I'll fix him,'' { and placing himself by the fiddler he com , tnenced braying with all his might. The . effeet of this move was beyond all deierip tion. Old Kentuck brayed so loud that he drowned the screeching# of the fiddle, and ; amid the shouts of the passengers the dis comfitted booster retreated below, leaving i tbe victory to the unequal contest with tbe , Kentuckian and his singular impromptu im itation of Balaam's friend. The delight of - the Frenchman knew no bounds, and quiet 1 was restored for tbe day. t During the night the Iventuckian left the , boat. Tbe next morning after breakfast 1 the passengers were startled by the discor- j } dant sound of their old tormentor. Hoo sier had discove r ed that the coast was s clear, and was bound to revenge himself on e! the passengers. Loud and worse than ever -! screamed the fiddle. The Frenchman, just s seated to read his paper, on the first sound e rose aud looked anxionsly around, siirug t j god his shoulders, and then shouted, "A are sJ is he ? Queek ! qupok.' ilon D:eu A are 0 is Monsieur Kentuck, dc man vat play on c ; de jackass ?" > i i PaAYEß.—Prayer was not invented; it -1 was born with the first sight, the first joy, f ; the first sorrow of the human heart: or rather man was bora to pray;.to glorify God, or to d j implore him was his only mission here below; d all else perishes before him or with hiai; but the cry of glory or admiration, or of e which he raises towards the creator, does not perish on his passing from the earth: it k j re ascends, it resounds from age to age, in d the ear of the Almighty, like the reflection if of his own magnificence. It is the only le thing in man whioh is wholly divine; and te which he can exhale with joy and pride; in 1 f ; an homage to Him to whom homage alone is (i ut . —the infinite and eternal B-ing. Li e ■ *iarfin?. VOL. 28, NO 51 PUBLIC SEE OF VALUABLE REAL EST ATE BY virtue of an or&tt of t)vc Orphan's Court, of Bedford County, there will be exposed to sale by public ootcry, on the premises on Friday Ike '26 th, day of JJetetnber, tsif., all that valuable (arm, lab: the property of Allen Cot - ly.dic'd, situate in Napier tp, about 2i miles North-We* of containing* 163 Acres of patented lands, the improvements are : A large Two Story log dwelling bouse, with Stone kitchen attached, targe double leg bum, grainery and other out buildings, about 120 acres cleared, under good leuct and in a big:: state ofcultivation, the balance is web timbered There are < n this fhrtit about 20 acres of good meadow. There is alto a large apple orchard of choice fruit together with an abundance ol' peaches, pears plums, cherries Ac. There is also a well of never tailing water near the door, and several good springs on the farm. The aboTe property is well worthy the notice of purchasers. j KII.MS made known on dav of sale. URIAH CONI.LY. iSAJAU COMAS I'. Adair's of Allen Coa'ey, dye'd. P. S. Any person wishing to examine the , property before the dry ofsaie will please call I "Q Uriah Conic residing on tire farm. December 7, 1855. mm SALE; OF UI.FABIE I! t:U. F.STATE. BY virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bedford County. the subscriber will ex pose to sale, by public vendue or outcry, at tier Court House iii, the Borough of Bedford on Saturday the bth dry of January,.l. D. IPSO. J lie Jbllowing descrii-ed Real Estate, late the property of Solomon Filler, deceased, viz • A LOT OF GROUND, i in the lb.rough i f Bcsiford, being lot X. IS, j in the plan of said Borough, vltuate on Juliana I Street, containing ftti feet in front on said street, j and running b-ick 240 feet, having thereon erec ted a tfrst rate commodious FIiUIE BOARDING HOUSE, Frame SaMe, Ice HotMfe, fcn Pin Alley and I other buildings. This property is handsomely j located on the street, leading t the Bedford Springs, and is a very desirable one—particular ly to a person wishing to keep a private Utar i 'ling house, for which purpose it bis Uh*u used j for -eve-al tvuigt!. The building is sufficiently ; large u ooeonnuiidr.te fifty or aixty bsardttrs, and is insured fur foaryears froiu the 234 day S of September, ult. „ TERMS—bash at the eonftrroaiionof the sale. S. L. RUSSELL, i Ex'.cn'or fihe last Will, of Salomon. t'U i-raK, I December 7th. 1855. FINAL NOTICE." A LT, persons knowing thernsoives indelited XIl. to the late firm ofSaxon* A .Vu.i.E.t, either I oy note or l-ook account, will do well to have them settled by the Ist of January 1556. After : that ticie they will tie placed ih the Lands of a j proper officer for collection. A. J.SA.VSOM. Surviving partner. Dec. 7:L 1855. ILLEtrIIE.W MALE ANl# FEMALE SEMINARY. THIIE ?-eona session of this institution will j J commence on Monday January 21st. 1856. | The session will be divided into two quart, r* j of II wei ks each without a vacation. } Rates of tuition as follows viz; J Common English {>er quarter $3,00 ! To which will be added for j Kacb higher branch 75 Each Ancient language 1,25 The entire amount ol tAie above not to • Exceed six dollars EAIRA>, Diawing and Painting of the different varieties from $3 to 8,00 Lesson on Piano, lO.eri Vocal music 2 ieasons per Week l,bo | Incidentals, 50 Boarding can be secured on reasonable term". By. order of THE TRUSTEES. Kainsburg, Dec. 7, 1855. Howard Association, PTTIL.WEI.PRU. Important inuouncmn TO all persons afflicted with Sexual disease? such as Sentinel Weakness, lmpdtel.ee, Con horheea, Gleet, SypKHia, Acc., fce. j The Howard Association ot Philadelphia, m j view of the awful destruction of human life anu : health, caused by sexual disease*, and the de i eeptions which ate practised Uf on the unfortii j note victims of such diseases by Quacks, have directed their Consulting SnrgeOA, ss a charita- Ht act worthy ot their name, to give mtduai I >idcice gratis, to ail persons thus afflicted, (Male i or Female".) who apply by letter, with adesrrip j tion of their condition, (age, occupation, hab its of life.) he., ana in cases pt extreme pov | erty and suffering to J'umish intdTcinu free of : charge. The Howard Association is a benevolent In ! Uitution. established bv special endowment, for I the relief of the sick and distressed, affiiited | with '-Virulent and Epidemic Diseases," and its funds can be used for no other*purpose. 1' j has now a surplus of cleans, whveh the Prirec j tors have voted to advertiae the above notice. ! It is needless to add that the Association coni i rnands the highest Medical skill of theage.ar.d j will furnish the most modern treat mem. Val ; uable advice also given to sick and nervoea fe ' ; males,afflicted Womb . complaint, Costiveneas, I.encorrl o a. he. I Address, (post-paid.) Dr. Geo. R. C.nMr. j Consulting Surgeon. Howard Association, No. i 2, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Fa. By order of the Directors. EZRA D. HEAUTWELL, /Vcaw'twi. Geo. FaißCnan. Secretary. .1 une 1, 1855.-zz STRAY HEIFER. CAMK to the premises or the snbacritier. living in Monroe Township, about the mid die of November Ixst. a red and white heiffir, supposed to be rising in two years old, oo ' mirks. The owner is ruauosted to come for w inf. prove'propbrtr pay charges and fake hst away. LFWIS BOONS. j Doc. tb, 1855. WANTED TITHE AT, Rye. Com, Oats and Buckwheat, in VV payment for subscriptions, for the 1 hirWt market pricea will he allowed.and to be I ,!eft at any of the mill* in the neighborhood.-- Also, about 30 cord of good wood, ▼on t sum- of our friends bring on thcae artscW. THE EDTTOiI
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