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VOLUME XX
SECO MR
AT THE CHEAP
PRIOR &I
hi the way of a large and
W inter (...40ds just receive
The firm tender their
for their very liberal pit,
to call and ace their prey
WIN
which they feel confident tl
cheap compared to former
ce ask ladies to call
7 1ki, Poplins, - '
. o'
Merinos,Detains,
Plaid goods,
Coburg',
Twills,
Cas
The gentlemen are directed to
.0
Piasimeres Fancy,
Cassinieree
Sagnets,
Fustains,
With a complete line of
Gaiters, -
Gum S
urn Sandals qrld Buskins
Ladies
Ladies will please notice our fit
Pradleys Hoop Skirts,
Balpsorals,
Skirts for Mist
Shaker and Ballardrale Fianna
Opera, Army and G
Wool and Cotton Yarns, all o
Colored and White Cotton,Fl
Men'S Undershirts and Dra
Men's Roundabouts,
Ladies Breakfast Shawls,
bong and square Shawls.
Fancy Blankets,
Hors e Blankets,
Whips,
Blankets,
ConrHas.
Gum Cloth,
Rail Road Pago,
Baskets,
Buckets,
Batter Priate,
Brooms)
Coffee,
Sugar,
Teas,
Spices, &a
Grain Nape,
Bagging, &o.
The subscribers kindly ask the community to call
and see their handsome stock of goods now open
and will vouch that persons will be convinced that
.prices have fallen," and greatly too, and to con
vince yourselves of the cies just drop in and make
an inspection of goods and prices
PRICE ilk r 110EFLICH.
Nov 123, 1866.
1 8 7 .
JUST RETURNLD.
Mr. Metcalfe, Senior Partner of the firm of
METCALFE &ItITESUEW__
CIELLICBERSZIMG )
HAS just returned' from the East where he ha s
been since last week buying all such goods as
they are out of, and also buying all barga ins offered.
The new goods will be opened to morrow, Satur
day January sth. Those who want bargains in the
Dry Goods and Notion line go to No. 15 Main St.
where you will be sure to find them.
Goods of every description Wholesaled at city
jobbers prices. M. &
Chambersburg, Jan. 4, 1867. •
COle AP, Eligarit, and beautiful Calicoes for 123
cents. Good for 10 cents at •
May 18. Mx - rcaLrs & llrrasnaves.
Yarns,
Bowls,
Spoons,
Ladles,
Chocolate,
"Father will have done the chimney to•
night, won't be, mother?" said little Torn
Howard, as he stood waiting for his father's
breakfast, which he eitrried to his work eve
ry morning.
.•He nil he hoped all the scaffolding
would be down to-night." answered h i s
mother; sand that'll be a fine sight. ' for I
never like the ending of those great chimneys
—it's so risky—thy father's to be the last
11D. •
, gh, then, but I'll go and see bitn, and
'help 'em to give a shout afore he comes
down,' said Tom.
'And their,' ettotinued his mother, 'if all
goes right we are to have a frolic to morrow,
and go into the country, and take ntr din-
ners, and spend all the day amongst the
woods.'
Rareah' cried Tom as he ran oft to his
place of work, with a can of milk in.one hand
and some bread and butter in the other.—
Elis mother stood at the door watching him
as he went whistling down the street, and
:lion she thought of the dear father he was
going to, and the dangerous work ho was
engaged in, and then her heart found its
sure refuge, and he prayed to God to pro
tect and bless her dear treasures.
Torn, with a light heart, pursued his way
to his father, and, leaving his breakfast, went
to his own work, which was some distance.
o the evening on his way home, he went a.
round to see how his father Was getting on.
James Howard the father, and a number of
other viorkinomeo r bad boeutuilding one of
those lofty chimneys, which in our, great
manufacturing towns, almost supply the
place of all other architectural beauty.—
This chimney was one of the highest and
most tapering that had over been erected;
and as Tom, shading his eyes from the rays
of the slanting sun, lOoked up to the top in
search of hither, his heart almost sank
within him .at the appalling height. The
scaffolding was almost down; the men at the
bottom were removing the last beams and
Tow's father stood alone on the top.
kie looked all around to see that everything
was right, and then, waving: his hat in the
air, the men below answered bim with a long,
loud cheer, little Tom shouting as heartily-as
any of them, 41a their voices died away
however, they beard a different sound—a cry
of alarm and horror from above, 'The roper
The men looked round, and coiled upon the
ground lay the rope, which, before the serif
fording was removed. should have been fast.
cued to the chimney for Tom's father to come
down- byl The sca4lnldiog, had been taken
down without their remembering to take the
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA., FRIDAY HORNING, MARCH 8, 1867.
There was a dead Pi le nee. They
was impossible to throw the rope
11 to reach the top of the chim
could, it would hardly have
ey stood in silence and dismay
any help, or think of any
father. He walked round
little circle; the dizzy height
)ent more fearful, and the
and further from him.—
mnic he lost his presence of
roses almost failed him. He
Id felt as if the next moment
Id to pieoes on the ground
ised a% industriously and
ti► Tom's mother at home.
lily employed for her bus.
Bathe way or other; and
-der at work than usual,
holiday to-morrow.
all her preparations,
re silently thanking God
and all the blessings of
~ his to ce was as white
he- thread with a
hold of the oth-
And. The little
.he tall chimney,
the wind, but
stretched hands
held the ball
led one end of
ow, pull it up
ishand, and she
in as the wore
a—the string had
rw, hold the string
cried she, and the string
_rd to pull, for Tom and
lastened the thick rope to it.
it gradually and slowly no•
o ground as the string was
was but one coil left. it had reach
.e top. 'Thank Godl Thank God!'
,aimed the wife. She hid her face in si-
prayer and tremblingly rejoiced. The
iron to which it should he fastened was there
all right; but would her husband be able to
make use of thetra=viould not the terror of
the past hour have so unnerved him, as to
prevent him from taking the necessary
measures for his safety? She did not see
the magic influence which her few words
had exercised over him. She did not know
the strength that the sound of her voice
so calm skid steadfast, bad filled him with—
as if the little thread that carried him the
rope of life once more, had conveyed to him
some portion of that faith in God, which
nothing ev,er destreyed or shook in her_true_
heart. •She did not know that, as he waitea
there, the words came over him: 'Why art
thou . cast down 0 my soul? and why_ ar t
thou d'squieted within me? Hope in God.'
She lifted up her heart to God for hope ar.d
strength. She could do nothing more fur
her husband, and her heart turned to Gud
and rested on him as on a ruck.
There was a great shout, 'llo's safe, mo•
ther, he is safe,' cried little Torn. 'Thou
hest saved use, Mary,' said her husband,
folding her in his. arms. 'But what ails
thee? Then seetn'st more sorry than glad
about it' But Mary could not speak, and if
, the strong arm of her husband had not held
her up bh e would baye fallen to thb ground
—the sudden joy, after such great fear, had
overcome her. 'Tom,' said his father, 'Let
thy mother lean on thy shoulder, and we
will take her home.' And in their happy
home they poured forth their thanks to God
for his great goodness; and their happy life
to g ether felt dearer and holier for the peril
it had been in, and for the nearness that the
danger had brought them unto •God. And
the' holiday next day—was it not indeed 'a
thanksgiving day?
TIM RULING PASSION.—The New York
Commercial Advertiser says that recently a
Connecticut farmer's wife, noted for a keen
eye to the finances, was told by her husband
that the chutel had elected him deacon,"
whereupon she eagerly inquired, •'lluw
touch money will you get by it?'
M==
We understand that recently, in one of
the schools of a Western city a mischievous
urchin took an opportunity o deposit soft
wax upon the benches the boys, and
chairs of the teachers. It wasn't long before
the school room was as.full of "walled ends . '
as a shoemaker's•shop.
A potapraph has been going the rounds of
an old lady who has _a moustaebe on her lip.
rt is not uncommon for young ladies in Way.
nest o o to have moustaches on their lips, tut
rare that they over grow there..
r roexici.eal.t Ne•vcrssr•ar)er.
. hardly get his words
r! He can na get down!'
ther, asked his mother.
leave him the rope,'
rcely able to speak.—
) horror' struck, and
paralyzed, then pros
; face, as ifikto shut
_ire, and breathing a
p, she rushed out of
the place where her
crowd had collected
chimney, and stood
•azingup with faces
he'll throw himself
, as Mrs. (inward came
nrow himself clown.'
, t, lad!' cried the wife,
ice; 'thee munna do
Iff thy stocking, lad,
wn the thread with
;ar me, Jew?'
assent, for it seem•
,krand-takine---ofE
worsted thread,
le stood-rmud in
lose, wondering
thinking of, and
aste for the car-
RECONSTRUCTION BILL.
The Military Reconstruction Bill passed
by Congress, apd which awaits the signature
or vetoe of the President, tends as follows:
Whereas, No le A g.al State .overtitnents or
adequate proton for life or property now
exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, .Florida, Texas and
Arkansas; and whereas it is necessary that
peace and•good ordor should be enforced in
said States until loyal and republican State
governments can be legally established, there.
fore.
Be it enacted, &c., That said rebel States
shall be divided into military districts and
made subject to the military authority of the
United States, as here in after mentioned;
and for that purpose Virginia shall consti
tute the First District, North •Carolina and
South Carolina the Second District, Georgia,
Alabama and Florida the Third District,
Mississippi and Arkansas the Fourth Dis
trict, and Louisana and Texas the Fifth
District.
SEc. 2. That it shall be the duty of the
President to assign to the command of each
of said Districts an officer of the army not be
low the rank of Brigadier General, and to
detail a sufficient military force to enable
such officer to perform his duties and en
force his authority, within the district to
which he is assigned.
SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each
officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all per.
sons in their rights of person and property to
suppress insurrection, disorder and violence
and to punish or 'cause to be punished all
disturbers of the public peace and crimi
nals; and to this end he may allow local
civi. tribunals to take jurisdiction of and
try offenders, or, 'when in his judgment it.
may be necessary for the trial of offenders,
he shall have power to organize military
committees or tribunals fcr that pUrpose;
and all interference under color of State
authority with the exercise of military au
thority under this act shall be null and
_void.
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...' at all persons putunder mili.
Lary arrest by vt of this acrshall be tried
without unnecessary e!ay and no cruel or
unusual punishment shall be inflicted
\ and
no sentence of any military commission or
tribunal hereby authorizei affecting the life
or liberty of any person shall be executed
until it is approved by the officer in coak
mand of the district; and the laws and regutl
lations for the government of the' army
shall not be affected by this act, except so
far as thej may conflict with its provisions.
Provided, That no sentence of death under
this act shall be carried into execution
without the approval of the President.
SEC. 5, When the people of any one of
said Rebel States shall have formed a con
stitution and government in conformity with
the Constitution of the United States in all
respects, framed by a convention of dele
gates elected by the male citizens of eaid
State 21 years old and upward of whatever
race, color or previous condition, who have
been resident in said State for one year pre
vious to the day of such election, except such
as may be disfranchised for participation in
the Rebellion or for felony at common law,
and when such , constitution shall provide
thawhe elective franchise shall be enjoyed
by all such persons as have the qualifications
herein stated for electors of delegates, and
when such constitution shall be ratified by a
majority of the persons voting on the ques
tion, of ratification who are qualified as eke
tors for delegates, and when such constitu
non shall have been submitted to Congress
for examination and approval, and Congress
shall have approved the same, and when said
State by a vote of its Legislature elected un•
der said constitution shall have adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States proposed by the XXXIXth Con
gross, and known as Article_ 14. and when
said - artiele shall have become part of the
Constitution of the United States, said State
shall be declared entitled to representation
in Congress, and Senators and Representa-
tives shall be admitted therefrom on their ta•
kin.. the oath proscribed by law, and then
and thereafter the preceeding sections of this
act shall be inoperative in said State. Pro.
vided, That no person excluded from the
privilege of holding office by .said proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United*
States shall be eligible to election as i mem
ber of the Convention to frame a Coostitu-
tion for any of said Rebel States, nor shall
any such person vote for members -of such
Convention.
SEC. 6. And is it further enacted, That
until the people of the said Rebel States
shall by law be admitted to representation
to the Congress of the United States, all eiv
it governments that may exist therein shall
be deemed provisional only, and shall be in
all respects subject to the paramount authori
ty of the United States at any time to abol•
ish, modify, control, and supersede the same,
audio all elections to any office under such
provisional governments ull persons shall be
elititled to vote under the provisions of the
fifth section of -ibis act. And no person.
shall be eligible to any office under -such
provisional governments who would be dis
qualified from holding office under the pro.
visions of the third article of said Consti
tutional Amendment.
A Provost Marshall writes; "One of the
provost guard brought a colored man iuto
the office ellargeti with stealing water-melons.
As lie was being lecl'away I said to him
"I hope, Tom, that I may never ace you
here again."
Ile tu'rued to me with a pareuliar look,
and said: .
'Von wouldn't be seen me di:s time, Cap'n
U'de sogers hada't fetch me."
"None'bet the brave deserve the fair."—
No, and none but the bravo OdU 'IVO with
aume of them:
Change.
The subjoined beautiful contribution is
from One who evidently appreciates the no
eesity of preparing for that -great change
through which we must all pass sooner or
later:
We mortals aro continually undergoing
changes and it is well that all should be pre
pared for the change, the transition from
this world to the one beyond the grave.
We are changing always—from infancy to
,old age—from life to death. So the young
child` becomes a man; with high
,and noble
aspirations, dreams of fame; and well will it
be if the dark clouds of. stern reality_dome
not to mar the brightness of his . drearn. A
gain, we see the man in his,home, surround
ed by his loving wife and happy children;
all seems peaceful and happy; no clouds seem
to dim the sky of domestic bliss. But ere
long comes a change—the unseen band of
death may rob the happy band of a bright
flower. The rude voice of traffic resounds
in the room where once was heard the voice
of love and kindness. . Change is busy ever.
Time changes all things, and has sorrows in
store for all._ To-day hope smilingly beck
ons \ us onward; to-morrow comes a blast, a
chiliug blast, of grief; sorrow, .and disap
pointment. Change is busy, until death
relievs the tired spirit of cares and troubles.
Such are the vicissitudes of life. Then,
kind reader, should we not strive to lit pre
pared for the change, the great change, from
life to death?.
''Change is written on the tide,
On the forest's leafy pride;
All where the eye can rest
Shows it legibly impressed."
Patiently and silently let us submit to it,
that when death ends our earthly existence,
we may enjoy the pleasures of a world where
sorrow never comes—where change is un•
known.
Home Education.
Rome education has been -sadly neglected
in this coantry. The completeness of the
education obtained by the public school sya•
term and the important aid_deriv_el_from-rthe
' -- Sunday school, has taken from many parents'
minds the presence of responsibility. ' They
have hoped that their children__were _doing
well'under the intellectual discipline of the
week and the moral discipline of the -Snip
bath, and that they would attain, in good
time, to a noble manhood and womanhood.—
They hlie not even troubled them selves to
1 - visit the public school, to see precisely the
influences under which—their children were
placed, and the progress they wore making,
but have flattered themselves that systems
devised by good and able men must, in the
end, accomplish good results. -----
' It ought not, perhaps, to occasion surprise
that so many parents have been willing to e
vade responsibility The high pressfire4ys
tern of American life makes it almost - inevi l
table. Fathers have been absorbed in busi
ness, early and late at work—the Poorer, in
providing a suhsistetwe for their families; the
more comfortable, in adding to their wealth.
They have seen no leisure during the day to
give to this work, and have felt too weary at
night to nndertake it. Indeed, many lath
ers see their children only for a few minutes
in the morning and evening, novel enjoying
a noonday meal with their families except
on the Sabbath. They scatcely know their .
children, and cannot exert-a wise and eon
trollinginfluence on habit and character.—
The great responsibility thus thrown upon
the mother is burdensome. She feels that
more is devolvedl? . n. her than fairly belongs
to her, or than alltheFogell perform. With
the slender health as weak serves which
seem almost inseparable from American ma
ternity; with the great pressure of domestic
cares arising from inefficient Irish help, she
rinks from the constant care of fretful and
noisy children, limns thankful for the quiet
enjoyed when they are with the servant in
the nursery, or in the schoo:ronm with the
teacher'. The children, therefore, 'grow up
without any special attachment to home,
-which has never been the scene of their best
enjoyments; and with little affectionate rev
erence for the parents who have neither ed•
treated them nor held them under a loving
and firm discipline.— Watchman wad Re/Lc
• tor. ,
Retraction
The followinganeedote is told of a distin
guished lawyer of Massachusetts, who but a
few years ago ,
went "the way of all flesh."
He had been - g -- a -- gcd in a certain ease in
Roxbury, wherein he believed the jury had
done injusdbe to his client. Declaiming a
gainst the verdict, he said:
"The whole of them might have beeebritz•
ed for a peek of beans!"
"What is that?" said the Judge. "You
dishonor yourself and the Court, as well as
the jury; by such impeachments."
"I mean no disreopect for the Court, your
Honor, and as tot-myself —"
'•You will see the propriety, I hope, of ro•
tractina your words." ,
"With all due reverence to your Ironer, I
cannot see the propriety of unsaying what is
true "
t•Do you mean to t..,Travate tho offence by
rerouting it? Let me tell you, sir, this is
not to he suffered, and unless you retract•
forthwith, we shell deem it necessary to
strike you frnn the rolls of the Court!'
"Well. since the Court insists upon it, I
suppose I can do no less than retract." _
"And in very ample terms, too."
, taertaiuly, your Honor '
and on tnc see
end thought I do it With pleasare. I am
convinced that I Wronged the;ury in saying
that they could be, bribed for a peck of beans
and publicly retraot the assertten.. I hope
the jury and court are satisfied."
They expresied themselves in the affirma
tive, when the,lawyer rejoined;
"llut, may it please the Court and jury,
ILA I said half a bushel, instead of a peck,
I would have been hung before I would have
retracted."
00600 per "rea,z•
HOW TO TELL A LAWYER.-A few days
since a gentleman, being beyond . the limits
of his neighborhood, in a dertain part of
South Carolina, inquired of a pert negro
who was travelling the same way, if the road
led to a certain place. , Cuffee gave the re
quired information, but seemed anxious to
kn sw who the attangor was, as well as his
ration. For tho fun of the thing, the
tra • ..11er concluded - to humor Ebony a little,
the following dialogue ensued:—
"My name is ,and as to the business
I follow, if you are at all smart you;can guess
it from my appearance; don't you sec that I
am a timber cutter?"
"No, boss, you no timber•cutter."
"An overseer, then?"
'"No,sir, you no look like one "
"What say you to my being a doctor?"
"Don't think so, boss; they don't. bide in
sulky."
"Well, how do you think I will do for a
preacher?"
"I sorter epees you is aat, sir."
"Pshawl Cuffee, you are a greater fool
than -I took you for. Don't I look more like
a lawyer than anything else?"
"No, siree, you 'don't that."
"Why; Cuffee?"
"Why, now, you see, boss, Pse bin ridin'
wid you for more'n a mile, an' you hain.t
cussed any, and a lawyer always cusses."
Anderson the tvizarci met with a Yankee,
who stole a march •on him one day, after the
following pattern:
"I say are you Professor Anderson?"
."Yes, sir, at yout service."
'•M'a'll you'r a tarnatioa smart man, and
I'm something at a trick, too, kinder cute,
dnue ye know."
"Ah, indeed, wbat trick are you up to ?
asked the Professor, amused at the simple
-
Wa'all, I can take a red cent and change
it into a t3o dollar gold piece."
"Oh, that's a mere slight of hand trick; I
can do that too."
"No you can't, I'd like to see_,__
.. , _"Wrell,-1 - old -out your paw withe cent-ly
ing in it. This is your cent, is it, sure?"
"Its nothing else.'
"Hold on to it tight—prestoi - -;-chatip. - -
NoW open your hand "
Yankee opened his fist, and there was a
gold eagle shining on his palm.
"Wa'all you did it, I declare; much obli
ged to you," and Jonathan turned to go-out.
"Stay;" said the Professor, "you may leave
my ton dollars."
"Yours! war't it my cent; and didn't you
turn it into that yallor thing, eb?--Good
bye!" and as he left the room he was beard
to say, "I guess there ain't anything green
about this_childt."
POWER OF AN Ax a.— The other day I
was• botlidg a man by the hand—a hand as
firm in its outer texture as leather, and his
sunburnt face was as inflexible as parchment
—he was pouring forth a tirade of contempt
on those who complain that they get nothing
to do, as an excuse for becoming idle loafers.
Said I, "Jeff, what do you work at?'
"Why,' said he, "I bought me an axe
three years ago, that cost mo two dollars
That was all the money I bad. I went to
chopping wood by tho cord. I hare done
nothing else, and have earned mop than
$6OO, drank no grog, paid no doctor, and
have bought me a little farm in Hoosier
State ; and shall be married next week to a
girl who has earned 8200 since she was
eighteen. Illy old axe I shall keep in the
drawer, and buy um a new ono to cut wood
with."
After I left him I thought to myself:—
'That axe and no grog " These are the
'things that make a man in the world How
small a capital that axe—how surd of sue.
*less with the motto, "No grog." And then
a farm and a wife the best of all.
CARE roc. TEE FEET.—Many are care•
less in the keeping of the feet. If they
wash.them onee,a week they think they are•
doing well. They do•not consider that the
largest pores of the system are located in the
bottom of the foot, and that the most offen
sive matter is discharged through the pores.
They weer . stockino , s from the begining to
the end—et-tire — week without change, :hid'
becOme completely saturated with offensive•
matter. lii health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. •
The pores are not only repellents, but 'ab
sorbents, and this fetid matter, to a greater
or less extent, is taken back into the system.
The feet should be washed every day with
pure:water only, as well as the—arm pita,
Win which an offensive odor is also emitted,
unless daily ablution is practiced. Stockings
should not be worn more than a day or two
at a time. Tky may be worn for one day,
and then aired as sunned and worst...anoth
er day if necessary"
A person wlllo was recently called into
court for thii purpose of proving the.correct•
ness of a doctor's bill, was asked by tho law
yer whether "The doctor did not Make sev
eral visits after the patient was out of dan
ger?' "No," replied the witness.. "I con
sidered the patient indanger as long as the
doctor continued his visits." . •
SHORT- BUT SWEET.—Definition of a geo
tierima—"One who pap) for his paper. - "
What beautyigd k :hat simplicity—how brief
and how Qum ousive!
One ohargein a lawyer's bill against a
client was, ►'For waking up—in the night,
-and thinking of your business—Ss
"I have pot loved lightly," as the' man
said when he married a widow who weighed
three hundred pounds.
The o/d bachelor who had been waiting
for lapee of ages has tried the laps of young
tulles *ld is quite pleasedwith the result.
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