j )i iii t'd'niji i3bociic. A i.ucl AEJ) CIUr.J!Al NEWSFAFEB, Is I'ubllslitd Litry Thursday lil' JOHN F. MOORb " Per Year In advance.. $1 00 8wSrAnsul)icriptioB8 to be paid in ad vance. Orders for Job Work rofpeotfrdly olicifed. - - I tffiuO fflcc on Main Stret, in tlia ccond r story of Houk & Gillii Store. Addi-eis joiin a. hall, ElITtflU PROPRIETOR. -. TJHS G. HALL, Attorney at law, Ridg' way. Elk county IV mar-,J2'CC ly. .1 OK WORK of all kinds nud des. criptions done at this office. G AltVEll IIOUS15, Warren, Pa.. Hull & Hall, Proprietors. nug'J'fiti-1y l.PIXK IIOUSK. fl. Mary's Pa.. JU'r- man Kretz, Fropriclor. or. ' rug rugD'tit) TIIK art otVia DAN'CINO nd UAS.IO I PLAVINO la n glit by G. W. BltoWN, Uidgway, lv. Jpppl4.tr JXKtTTIONX .SUMMONS, SCM'tE, 2i nils. Warrants, tie., on hand and for Bale at this riflice. DR. W. JAMES KLAKF.LV Physician and tiunroon, ft. Mary's. Elk county , mar-a2"i!-ly. DU. W. V. HI AW Practices Medicine and Surgery, I'eulrcviHe, Elk county I'll. mnr-liJ'fltily. Tll. A. S. HILL Kersey. Elk county Pa. v I Will promptly answer allprofpssional calls by night or day. mar-i!2'ljH-ly. J) U. EB1CN J. l'.l'SS, Physician and Sur geon, St. Mary s Elk county l'a. Junc-21'(i0-ly. TefinO(l Oil. Good Quality, by the , barrel, at O'J cents per gallon, by oct 11 --.f J. 1'UiVELL. Tt VOll wailt n load of Salt. Flour, or Feed, vou can save moncv lv buying of oct. 11 If. J. POWELL. ' AUIUE J. W.AKELY. -Attorney and v j uounseuor at law. ami u. o. i uinnus- osucr. Ridgway P. O. jjiK county, ra. lnar-'Jli'titi-ly. SOUTHER AND WILLIS Attorneys a I.nw, ltidgway. Elk county Pa., wil attend to all professional business prompt ly. mar-2J"t5t'-ly. DK. W. IS. 11AHTMAN". f. Mary's, Klk county, Pa. Eato of the Army of the Vuiwnac. Particular attention given to all cases of surgical nature. inar--2'li0-ly. II" vou want Ii"lB'!! or br Ayer's coli'Wratcd Medicines, pure, call upon the only nuthorized npent. in Uidg way. oct. 11-tf J. POWELL. Grooorios of all Kinl! cheaper than can be bought at Eric, t wholesale or retail, by oct. 11 -tf. .T. POWELL. KEHSRY HOTEL.." A. P.. WIlKLLEft, I'l'.i.i'itir.Ton. This house is conveniently and pleasant ly located ill the thriving village of iVntro ville. Fvery uttentioii paid to the eonvrn K'liee ot '''iiests. 1 31 lSHTtf .1 till PRINTING, such as Cards, Posters, Hand Hills Hill Heads Ac, done at tn? ADVOCATE OFFICE on short notice and at reasonable price. CH. YOLK, Manufacturer and Ileal . in l.ngtr Reer. opposite the Railroad Depot. St. Mary', Elk county Pa. Mar--'-v. Bill! hWI'.l.L AND MESSENGER Hrng gists. Dealers in I rugs and Chemicals 1'aints. oils nnd Varnish. Perfumery Toil-s-t ariieles and Stationary, Ridgway, Elk oounty Pa. mar-lTGti-ly, HENRY H. THOMAS, Denier in nil kinds of Furniture, Spring Reds nnd Mattresses, Picture- Frames aud Coffins, Uidgwny Pa. Wave Rooms- on the corner of Main an 1 Depot St's. niay-17 CH-ly. -pvR. J S' P-OP.DAVELL Eleetic Physi j eiaii. I. ate of Warren county Pa., will promptly au.-wei- all professional calls by night or ibiv. Hesidenee one door east of the late tei.h'iice of Hon. J. L. Gillis, Mar-L'ii Ci'.-ly. . irASIIINGTON HOUSE, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa., Edward Ilabel Pro. pi-.i-tor. Tins house is new and httea up with especial care for the convenience of guests, flood stabling attached. Mnr-2'J't;i;-ly. " OLIVER & HACON, Manufacturers and Wholesale Retail Dealer in Elour, Foed iw Orain, VASAL MILLS, AV.'A', I 'A. Orders solicited and promptly tilled at mar ket rates, inig Wh-liO-ly jmiN i. II A I.I ias. K. V. liALL. H A El j & JiHO. Attorr?u:-ljaw' liENZIXGER P.O. El.K COUNTY, PA. Septt-iiibcr 20, 10(5. ly. CtT. MARY'S HOTEL.U. E. Wellendorf. ) Proprietor, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa. Tuis house is new and fitted up with cspe. cial care for the convenience and comfort of guests, at moderate rates. Free Hack, to ami from the Depot. Good t-tnbliug at (ached. inar-2U'C0.1y. PRACTICAL CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER. ST. MARY'S, Elk county Pa. Edward Mcltride, keeps constantly on baud and for sale. Watches, Clocks, Silver Plated Ware and Jewelry ol all descriptions. Bfft, Repairing neatly executed, nnd done on short notice nnd reasouablo terms' Mar U!t'(i(i ly. KOM ET IIINO N E W ! HOUSE, SIGN &. OHNAMINTAL PAINTING. rpiiK SLIJSt'RlllEK WOULD UK- speell'u'ly inform the citizens of Elk county that he has just started in the above business in Ridgway, aud feel couft- dent Hint he can please all who may favor him with their custom. CHAINING, PAPfcK HANGING AND CALCI MINING PONE ON SHORT NOTICE AND IN THE " r:ost fashionable and improved manner and ' Style. Orders left at tliis Otlice or at the '. Hanking House of Souther, Willis & Souther i will be promptly attended to. W. P. WILLIAMS, May-irw-iT. ' -t-T - w W MM- . JOHN Gr. 1 1 ALL, Hilltop. THAYER ilOUSfi, . . RIDGWAY. PA. DJIVID THAYER, Proprietor. 'Phe undersigned having fitte'l tip a large and cfbitnodlons hotel on tl.e smitlnveHt coiner of Centre nnd Mill atreiJts, with good nnrl convenient stabling attached, respect fully solicits .'be patronage of his old friends and the p'lllio generally, decn UG ly DAVID THAYER. he subscriber beffs leave to annntince to the cititens of Elk nnu adjoining foun. tics that he has purchased Ihtf harness fhop lately occupied l.lolin gimilr., is prepared to do all kinds of work.'U a Biiit able si vie, ,s. t iwles, nn;i) l es, tia rxes kept constantly on hand at prices to suit the times. Give me a call shop in the sec ond story of Honk's building. ocll-ly. . 0. LEVIS. LICENSED AUCTIONEER. TVTOTICE is hereby given that I have tak en out a license as auctioneer, and will attend promptly to the calling of all sales entrusted to my care. Any person calling sales without a license wil be held answerable to the strict lcltcrof the law. P. W UAUKETT, Doc'-MlSGGtf. Auctioneer. WIIKKLKR & WILSON'S FEW. IXG MACHINES. The under signed hnviug been appoin ted Sole Agent for the sale of Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines for Elk county, lie keeps an assortment constantly on hand Machines sold at l'hiladclpliiaand New Yor prices. Any parties desirous of obtaining them can address J. K. Wll I.TMOKE, March 9t.'C0-ly. at Kldeway, Pa. BLACKSMITIIING! II. S. 1SELNAP desires to inform the citi zens of Ridgway and vicinity that, he has leased J. S. Hyde's blacksmith Shop on Mill street, and has employed good work men who will be ever ready to make any thing from a buckle to an anchor. Particular attention given to the shoeing of horses. All I ask is a fair trial. May 17'60-ly. H. F. OVERHOLT.ER, MERCH ANT TAILOR, Ititlgway, Elk Co., Pa. The subscriber desires respectfully to in form the citir.ms of Ridgway nnd vicinity that he is propa.ed to make to order as well as it can tie done anywhere, anything in the line of his business. All he asks is a fair trial. Goo.l Fits guaranteed. R9iCloths, Cassimors. Vesting and Trimmings of the latest and most approved styles kept constantly on hand, which will be sold CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAP EST. aug:l0.y r SHEltElL , - Dealer in i'iniio?, ycioDcpt)?, (:Vt;ins Ijoei ;m'&'jo Jioo.vs: Xb. 45, lent Ainiif, Corrij, Pe na Refers to J. Powell, H. F. Ely, P.idgway Ignatius Garner, Clins. llaigen, St. Mary's. nov il, Ot., (imp.!. A. H. Guav, A. 1. Wilcox, R. II. Emf.iiso.v E. F. Adams. Q.IIAY, WILCOX & Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS, ST. iMAUY'S, Opposite Alpine House, Elk County Pa. DEALERS IN Flour, Feed, Uutter, Chofese Feed, Corn, Salt, Fiah, I'ork, Ilnm, l'owdcr, Canned Fruits, Uecf, Ucaus, Nails, (!las AND STAPLE GROCERIES. December 20, 1801 ly. ItFs-.vll.HKis- T HIE SILVER SKIRT. MORE DURABLE, MORE. ELAMIC, MORE GRACEFUL! And will keep its shape nnd retain its place better than any otter hkirl. This new and boat iful style of Skirt (Pat enied March 7, was awardid hy the Great American Institute I air, lield in ew York, October, 18(15, a SILVER MEDAL, beine the Iliirliest Premium ever given for a Hoon Skirt. The Steel Springs are wound with fine plated wire in place of a cotton covering wiueli will not wear on or necnnie sniieu and the whole skirt may be woshed without injury or fear of rustinc. and will be as good as new. The Combination Silver Skirt This invention combines with the ordina ry Skirt Iho advantages or our hilver Skirt the bottom hoops are I lie same as those us cd in the Silver Skirl, the covering of which cannot wear on, while the upper ones ari covered Willi cotton. o lady having once worn one of our Skirls, will be willing lo wear any other, as the loww hoops tif g!l other kinds' htevooh injm-diiiid soileed. The best mnteeials are on 1 in thi-ir con. st ruction, and, from their durability. mid neatness they are destined to become a Favorite Skirt. Manufactured solely by the Silver Skirt and Wire Manu facturing. Company, 30 and2, IMKC'L-rlY" ST. '," ' ' ' NEW YOUK. T. . Briaat, BuH. . Aug Wth-ly it men The Poet s Corner. JS A LASSIE MEETS A LADDIE. If a laddie meets A lassie Walking in the street, If Hit) lassie wears a " tiller " Shows an ankle neat ; If the wind is rudely blowing, . Lifts her skirts too high, Ami the laddie Sees that ankle, Need a lassie cry. Ev.ry lnssie wears a tiltor" And a " hinderpesl," And a metal " palpitator" On her snowy breast. If, when married to the laddie, These falbo charms bo spies I If he says, " I'm sold, by jingo ! " Jiecd a lassie cry ? m m f MY WIFE. She who sleeps upon my heart - 1'.ts the first to win it ; She who dreams upon my breast Ever reigns within it. She who ki.'scs oil my lips Wakes their warmest blessing ! She who rostsww'Uin my arms Feels their closest pressing. Other days than these shall come Days that may be dreary Other hours shall greet us yet, Hours that may be weary : Still this heart shall be thy throne, Still this breast my pillow ; Still these lips shall meet thine own As billow uicetetk uillow. Sleep, then, on my hnppy heart. Since thine lovo tilth won it ; Dream, then, on my loyal breast, None but thou hast done it ; And when age your bloom shnll change With its wintry weather, "May we In the Self;samc grave bleep and dream together. Sctec tcb Misccltany. BEATRICE CENCI. Beatrice Ccnci seem scarcely to bo. lor.o: to history. Tbc mind connects her with the poet and the artist. Shelley and Guido seem to havs given her im. mortality and to huve been historians. The stem facts of reality are thrust asido. and the ideal romance wo road tn the wondrous lace on the walls of the Dur barini palace is a fit embodiment of the beautilul, noble and resigned victim drawn by the inspired hand of the Eng lish poet. The life o( Beatrice contains elements sufficient on tthicli to louml a romance, hc was beautiful, of noble birth, young, aud she suffered death. The intervening circumstances of her life history writes with a sterner pen, and tradition the impartial tradition of her eutemporark'S proves that there were darker shades in her character and that she Was, no matter by what in centives brought to it, the murderer ol her father. Id the sixteenth century, Rome, after a long succession of depraved Popes, had grown to bo the most lawless and depraved city in Europe-.' The nneient vices of the Oaisarsj ' he lawless violcooe' ol the Burgius, were united iu the man-ncr.-i ol those times. The Roman Pon tiff. governed only the poor and wretch ed, who were but slaves and beggars, whilst every noble in the holy city dield a court of his own, obeying no will but his own, submitting to no authority, and prepared to resist all invasion of his prerogative, having an army of retainers about him who slmrud his fortunes and fought his battlt-s - without serupie or adsicty as to the justice of the quarrel. Amongst the uobles of that day in Rome, the most conspicuous for lawless violence, cstravstgance and debauchery, was Nicola Cenci, His cruelties had stat tied even the scared imagination of all accustomed to lawless deeds. Young girls were JsnatchoJ from their homes, carried into the Cehci palace and novcr heard of ugain. Peaceful citizens were arrested by the followers of the Cenci and robbed of their money, glad to es cape with life, whilst the) usurers aud jewelers wtre often compelled to sate their lives by forced contributions to the fierce aud relentless nobleman. This .Nicola Cenci was ouc of the handsomest men of his day. He had married in cutly life, and was the father of a numerous family, the two youngest children being Rcartrteo his ouly daugh ter, and Ucruaruo, but a year younger than his sister. Notwithstanding his evil reputation and his being advanced is years, Nicola Cenci, when he became a widower, found a jonng und beautilul woman, who consented to bo his wife. Donna Lucrezia was, however, not the woman to have uudcrtakuu such a task. She povsefscd the Italian listless ness and love of luxury, but no energy She was voluptuous without p;:iou, and had maiTioil X tenia without one serious rlleHHiti td whut her fate would be, ex ceptiug thaf fche would lead a Ijdtlesi and idlu life. , ' ' ' She elder sons of the Cenci had all followed iu their father's footsteps, faith iul to the lessons he ht.d given them. Olu-u they were away from the palace, returning to it with some wretched vie. tim,-whose erics tin tiled al) who heard fhem, but who dared not interfere. , Boeiwe if .horrible violence and Wood .. -"r ! ai Ij-. i j VV ( ffW IJ ., rff J. TKtlJJIS SSfft, 1867. ehed would follow the) noisy banquets, nnd it was no unusual thing for two or three of the gu?sta to be thrown dead into tho street from the portals of the palace. Donna Luorcm found consolation and support only in the society of her hits baud's daughter, Beatrice. Between theso two women there sprung up a fast lrieudahip. Luerezia, although the elder by ten jcars, and by her p?siiiiv.i oilculatcd to be her protec tor, was, howevec, tho weakest of the two. Young Beatrice Cenci, brought up iu the midst of all this vice and car. nage, imbued naturally with a woman's purity, high.souled and high. minded, has escaped corruption. But, her heart had grown stern and bitter; her soul was steeled to any deed of endurance nnd courage. . She it was who sustained, consoled anil cherished her stepmother, giving her power to endure the life of continual apprehension that Ccnci and his habits made for t'jom. lie seems to have cared little for Lu crczia, for, after the first year of his marriage, he neglected her, nay, seem ed wholly to have forgotten her, leaving her for days and weeks iu tho retired apartments iu which Beatrice lind taken refuge. Bernardo, the youngest sou, a timid, gentle hoy, was their only society, and this period passed with his brother and his stepmother, their employment music, poetry, uiid the tapestry work in whicii Lucrczia excelled, seems to have been the only happy period of her lilt?. But nn unluck y expression of admit a tion from ono of Ceuci's companions, as he obtained a glimpse ol Beatrice pass ing along the galleries of the palace changed all. Nicola Cenci himself for the .first time looked at his daughter, and saw that she had grown up into a girl of ex traordinary beauty. lie determined that she should grace his festivals, nnd issu'eu tits commands mat site suouul deck tiCrsell in maunihcent garments and appear among his guests. Beatrice and Donna lucrczia rcmou. stratcd. They both knew full well that the baiifiiests were orgies at which a modest woman was exposed to foulest insult, but Cenci imperative. Donna Lucrezia wept and trembled, but Bca trice peremtorily refused to obey her father. Then began the struggle between the father and daughter a struggle, for su premacy between two Ceneis could not but lead to misery and death. Donna Lucriuia advised submission, but Beatrice, the more die was opposed the more resolute she beeauie. She barricaded heisell in her chain bcr, whence her fa'her would have drag ged her with violence, and amid the threats and yells ot her father and broth.- or, preserved hef toUrage and serenity. Bernardo, her young brother, alone defended her, bringing on himself ill usage and violence, even to blows from his father and brothels. Sometimes, however, iu tho interest of some lawless incursion, or during the wassail of some deep orgies, these vic tims of tyranny would be forgotten. Then they would sit listening to tho shouts of the drunken crew with a stol id despair in their hearts, wondering when liberty would come, thinking, no doubt, often of Nicola's great, age, and trusting that death might one day free them. But Nicola aud his party oue wild night exceeded even the license of the times. There wa a public outcry a gainst him even in degraded Rome, aud the Pope advised him to retire for some time to leave the city. Nicola had a desolate stronghold, in the darkest gofgo of tho Sabine Hills. To this he resolved to go, taking with him Lucrezia, Bernardo, and Beatrice, whose spirit he had determined to sub due. But hard was the task that he had set himself. Beatrice), whohud defiled him in his palace in Rome surrounded by his followers, now utterly set his author, ty at naught. The life he made for these two poor woidcd was full of terrors and torture, and it is here Beatrice and Iiieiv.ia formed the plan to free themselves from their tyrant. The Sabiuo Hill were the rcdigo of bravos and desperadoes too obscure and indigent to purchase immunity from the police of Rome. Many of them claimed the hospitality of the Castlo ol Petrella. . Watching their opportunity Beatrice aud Lucrezia fixed upon two bravi on whom they thought they could rely. Donua Lucrezia posseted jewels of great value, with these she tempted the bravi. and a plan was conceived fov the murder of the ruthless Nieola. ' Of the existence of this plot tradition, well au thenticated iu the Papal archives, has left no doubt. The plot failed owing to the teauty of the two women. Tho bravi, knowing the desperate straight in whieh they were, presumed to insist on another reward beside tho jewels. Beatrice ond Lucrozia hud inspired them with a lawless passion, but the ' Kounar ladies, forgetful of their ' couiv A r?'--? '"C1- ' . w P. MOORE, Pubr'slier. - t ftO Icr 1ar in tdra.ee. plicity with these wretches in crime, treated them with the utmost, contempt. 1 he bravi revenged themselves by betr.iying all to Nicola Cenci. I lien in that dark, isolated keep in he hills, where the human voice found no response but the wailing echo, a deed ol horror was perpetrated at which nature stself shudders, Nicola Ccnci sought his danshter iu the flMad ol tiight, struck -Bernardo from Iter threshold, expelled Lucreia from her chamber, and then barring her door, swore that he would conquer her or kill her at his feet. What the deadly struggle was, not even Beatrice in her confession revealed, though she accused her father of an at tempt from which our very nature shrinks. Certair, however, it is that the tremp' ling woman and the half-faiutii.g boy who wntrdmd, beheld at length tho door" open and Beatrice, pale, her wondrous golden hair streaming over her, come lorth alone. On her bed lty Nicola Cenci ffith a dagger in his heart dead. 'J radition and poetry have firmly be. lieved in the outrage offered by Nicola to his daughter as the justilkatiou of lier deed ; but nothing has confirmed her confession, and this horrible crime was probably invented by tne defenders of Beatrice when a petition for pardon was presented tn Clement VIII. Beatrice, Lucrezia and Bernardo were nil arrested and taken to Rome. They had attempted tio flight, and olfered no rjsis'ance. Now that Nicola was dead bis vices were alt forgotten in the g re-it crime of parricide, which Beatrice had committ ed. : She bore herself with ealmness and dignity. Her gre.it beauty and serenity astonishing the Judges. She submitted without a murmur of paiu to Iho appli cation of tho torture, weeping only when the sufferings and condemnation of her young brother were irkide known to her. Unmoved she heard her sen'.cfjfe of death. " You can take awriy but my life. Etui what has life been to me ? " Her youth, her beauty, her high birth, however, at last infused some' in. terest among tho Roman nobility. A mitigation of the sentence Was avked for f'teni Clement VIII., but lie refused it. nnd Beatrice was condemued to the scaffold. Guido Reni, tben painting in the Vatican, was, fortunalely for posterity, present at her trial, and struck with her extraordinary beauty, asked permission ol the Pope to paint her portrait. lie was adihittcd to the cell, and pro duecd that portrait whose woudrous eyes long uown on us, now with depths ot courage, sadness aud resignaiiot., that tell her history at oue glauce. The s'rauo heavy drapery Ciuido has wound about tho head wus a pottiou of the white pcneteutlal garment worn by bar lieides at the fccaflbld. He has thrown it from tho shoulders over the head evi dently to display the hair like buruLh ed gold, for which bcntiice was renouu. ed. The picture, is iu the Harbarini Palace at Rome, but is popular every where, from the frequent copies made ol it in a.ll lonus. On the lath of September, 1,'9'J, Beatrice Cenci was led to the scaffold a mere block of wood w here her head was to be literally chopped off by the .Man naia, or the butcher's axe. She was not only serened but cheerful The world had nothing ip it lor her to mourn No love had ever made her heartbeat; even the natural affections had been denied her. She had lived midst strilVjbloodshed, vice and violence; and living among it with a pure seusi tive nature capable of feeling all the horrors ol such a life. No wonder that she smiled a smile of scorn on earth, and looked up w ith gleamiug eyes to the world above her. She trusted iu God ; but even had she not posessed that faith, the utter repose of the grate w:is prefer ible to tho fate She had endured wiule living. They bound Ikt bauds, and the eie- cutiont-r s . axe glittered bosido her, I hen turning to tho two sbirri . who were tying her hands, she exclaimed "You bind my body for destruction, but you give to my soul immortality." These were the last words of the beautiful' heroic and unhappy Beatrice Ccuoi. ' - In Albany, ,Suuday morning, a fire ticcuied ou the pier which destroyed the flour and grain warehouse of John V. Russell, The warehoa.se contained only tine cargo at barley, one or S.-p hundred barrels of flour, aud a small quantity of oats The barley was iris red iu the London nnd Liverpool Company, and the building in tho Commerce Insuranje oft'iee of Albany. 1 The total loss will uot exceed fifteen thousand dollars. ' . A ci.KUft yman asked a sea captain his views about, bis future state, and was auswered that be did oot lueddls hiuuelf with stats affairs- ... i trt i Haley ot Advertising. Adm'rr and E: eclo'-' NbtiicF, i-ncli tt times .,?2 oil Auflltnr'a Iwitirci. eaob,.....;,.. , 'i Oil Traiis"1c"nt Arlvrlisitig, y or squaic of Id lints or hss, 8 times or less , 2 0t) For eaoli Bubscquunt inserliuii.. f.ll I'rofcvsiulial cdars, 1 year f W) Special notices per lino , ): (Jijihiarr lad Marriage 'olices.'cnvii J. 1 , ) Yearly Advei HsiPf, uio .jti. it) by Vca: ly Advertising, two Squares 15 011 Yeai'y Adver'iug three squares..., 20 00 Yearly Advertising, i volume. .' 260 Yearly Adrertisng, 1 column. 3j'oi) Yearly Adietiaing, f dlumn 70 (Jl Advertisements displayed more than ordinarily will be charged for at, ' , the intt (per column) of... 90 OA , THE GOLDEN AGE Tlicre is still hope for the cauao of pub'io lienor and olHeal purity, lion. J. M. Ashley, of Ohio, has made him self its champion, so far ns the President is concerned, mid now John Nentworth has 'aken up the cause as involved in the sins of Congress. When two sueli men stalk into the public urena, as vln. ilicatois gt outraged public virtue, cither the case must be desperate, or el so there is no case at all. Anything they can save is not likely to be worth savc- The impeachment, process slumbers' Whether .Mr. Ashley has become., fa tigued with his unwonted efforts in tho cause of virtue, or whether he finds tl.u nation incredulous of his sincerity and rather invliued to surer than applaud, his efforts of lato have sensibly relaxed The fine frenry, tho offspring of startled and indignant honor, which market! tho lei vor ol Ins early outbursts, has died away., lio seems to have rocovered from tho shock with which his sensitive soul caught the first whispers of official delinquency, and whah fired him with a coble ambition to drag the great oliendcr instantly to the bar of judical doom. ."Muee that notable day, celebrated espe cially by the inventive letter-writers of Washington, when he rose,' with lofty mien and grave aspect, to impeach on personal responsibility as a member 'of Congress, and full partner with tho Surveyor of Colorado -in all his town lot speculati.ins, Andrew Johnson, President ot the United States, of sun. dry high crimes and misdemeanors, tho Honorable Mr. Ashley has wholly sub ided, He aud his impeachment soctii alike to have disappeared from public view. " But the cause of virtue is hot Wholly lost. Truth and political purity are not lo be left without defenders. When one) champion falls, Providence raites up another, As Ashley descends to his native nothingness, Wentworth rises from hi;. Thus the balance ot tho mora! world is preserved. Wentworth, it seems, had heard that somebody had been "conspiring'' with the President. Ho had even read ill a newspaper that some members of Con gress had proposed to the President that he should do something which he had never done before, and that ho should stop doing fcometliings which he had always done hithcito. jMidutgbt meet ings were whispered bargaius, coali. tions, plots, all sorts of corrupt transac tions, conversations aoJ conspiruces, danced before the bewildered eyes of 'Long John," and beckoned him on to the championship of the virtue of Con gress. He was seized with sudden hor ror lest fotui member should be bribed and that member not himself ! SucIij a possibility must be averted. So John moved a committee of investigation, aud the Houso, fearful "of inferences if it should refuse, made haste to voto it ahd the Virions Wentworth sets forth, in humble imitation of the illustrous Ash ley, iu pursuit of Congressional corrup tion and delinquency. . Happy is that nation whose political gates are guarded, night and day, by two such dragons ol official virtue ! aV. r. Times. An editor iu Illinois recently saw a patent clothes washer. It was in tho shape of a wheelbarrow The revolu tions of the wheel put iu motion ir crack that moved the plunger that pounded the clothes. The body of tho box was mounted where the load is in a wheelbairotf. Ou the top of the box was a wringer. A lady can put her clothes iu the machine, pick it up aud go out calling ; the longer her list of friends the further she will have tn wheel her burdeu and tho better her clothes Will bo washed. Calling will then be of some use, ami an eternal gadabout will become a first rate wash- crwomatf. The Bishop of Carlisle, who thinks that every boy and girl should learn1 t.i repeat the Thirty dJue Artieals as well as the catechism, recently abked a youth - ful scholar if he bail lead the Thirty nine Articles. ''No," said the boy "but I hate read 'The Torty Thieves.'" "You may stutid down, sir," said the Bibhcp. The Secretary of War has decide J that eyery bounty claimant shall bo re garded as having served to (he end of tho war who unlisted for three years aud was mustered out with his orgauizatiou because the services of the latter were no longer required bxjhe Govertuncut, and therefore entitled to additional bounty The Trench Dlucjhok ays the Gov ernment of Prauee biucerely applauds the activity of the United States in re pairing the eviU of the civil war. There is now no subject ot dissension between France ad the United States. Every thing teuds to this assimilation of their policies. . Joss BiiUN'osssays "I am ardently opposed tew ardent speerits as a bev- riuge, out; lor msnulaeturingi purpqsesy I think a UuU of it f-uies so!;- , -
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