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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06
!, POCAHONTAs TRIBE NO !.

q ~ POCAHONTAS TRIBE, NO. ii,
~ !; Q. K. M.-CH,EFs AND BROTHERS.: -
~ You are hereby summoned 10 attend
called meeting Of your Tribe Oh TUES
T. \DAf, at O'Clock i. NJ, 10 pay the last
trlbuta OF respect to our deceased brother, +. 5.
K. z. CAM.
P. s.-M embers Of sister Tribes, in good stand
ing, are invited 10 unite with US.
By Older Of the Venerable sachem.
my 6-2tN J. PEYSER, &. Of Record
III NOTICE.-NEW ARRANGEMENT, VIA
fS2 VIRGINIA CENTRAL, ORANGE AND AL
- tx aNDRIA, AND MANASSAS GAP RAIL
R0ADS-F0R WINCHESTER, HARPER'S FER
RY, AND ALL POINTS IN NORTHWESTERN
VIRGIN IA: Arrangements have been made by
which the Trains of the VIRGINIA CENTRAL
ORANGE and ALEXANDRIA, and MANASSAS
GAP RAILROADS, connect at Manassas juno
ton.
DAILY PASSENGERS, leaving Richmond by
the regular Passenger Train at A. NJ will ar
rive at Winchester TO tea the same day and go
directly on to Harper Ferry, where they can t.
the Trains OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for
all points ON that Road.
TH0S. DODAMEAD, Gen1 sup't
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06

hkAp2C 4 ~ I EHs,
RIcHsosp, 7et n April, t,sl
NOfiCE.--Ali military officers aud other per
- sons are hereby positively forbidden to later
lvrs wiz the oiacers nd employees OF any Hail.
loads The Running ami management OF al
drans VIII be entirely under the control u the
hairosd oneers. lsisnedl
X. B. LBE
ap 2s-ts Major Gen Com In Chief
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06

n SxSS HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, -
- The Annual Meeting of the HOLLY
WOOD CEMETERY COMPANY will be held ut
the once OF The President, ON TUESDAY the 7th
Of May, at 0 clock =. N.
ap au-7t WIN. Il. HAXALL, Secretary
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06
- q M0CN7 Ed RIFLE C01PAyY

EN9 y now being formed at the oiiee Of ,hs
XXI virginia Life Insurance COMPANY
-r--N avery man will be expected TO furnish
us o"a horse agd Uniform. Good RiHes have
D en- secured Call NJ the above 6e1ee and enroll
wi hdAbcr myS-lus
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06

WOOD, COAL, DO,
A NphhACtFE .-An excellent substituts for
"A fennsy wanna Anthracite fer ali domeI 80
uses, Will be found in " 80 u"Aosue
n-o,r.. CARSON HILL COKE,
NJ orders promptly executed
ID IEkAs .-Stricty cash
JhO. J. wERTH, Agent.
ma, rasds cor 10th and Cary and 9Th and Bsrd ats.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24
WHAT is A RATION ?

For the information OF numerous inquirers
We give the following list of articles constltu.
ting ration, from the army regulations
20 or fresh and salt beef or 12 or. pork.
lS OF. soft bread or flour, or l2 OF. hard
bread.
2t oZ. beans or 3-5 OF. rice.
SO OF. sugar.
OF. coffee, ground.
gill vinegar.
or candles.
OF. sap.
oz. salt.
This must answer for The subsistence of q
soldier during the day, and, properly husband
ed, il IS enough.
The rations for a company of seventy-seven
men aggregate as follows:
96t us. fresh and salt beef, or STA lbs.
pork
So; lbs. salt bread or -four, or 57a lbs. hard
bread.
III lbs. beans, or II lbs. rice
SO lbs. sugar.
AZ lbs. coffee, ground.
81 quarts vinegar.
pecks potatoes.
3-16 lbs candles.
81 lbs soap.
quart salt.
Pints soft soap.
Company ra,ions are served daily, and each
company has IFS own cooks, who can, with
proper attention and care, supply The men well
each meal, and have enough to spare. IF they
do not know how they will soon learn, bv sa-
wing scraps, making mixed dishes, &C., to make
the rations go as far as possible.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24
TIDOC o.:
The Charcoal Burner of Rouen.
A THRILLING SKETCH.

Not many miles from the city o. Rouen, IN
France, is located a wild and somewhat extern
sve forest. This wood is chiefly inhabited by
charcoal burners aud many are the dark le-
gends in which they figure. OF course these
tales are mostly exaggerated, and in most cases
have no iouedation at all.
During the year 1S3-, however, several trav-
ellers, whose way lay through this forest, mys-
terlously disappeared. The whole place was
secured, and the inhabitants vigorously examln-
ed, but no clue was obtained, and they were
dismissed. For several months after this no
travellers were missed, and fnally the public
excitement was allayed. 1t is al this time that
the incidents related in this sketch occurred.
It was a fee morning in early autumn, and
the woods presented beautiful appearance
The birds were galy singing, and the rays oil
an afternoon sun were gliding the tree tops. In
the very heart OF the forest, surrounded by the
heaps OF smoking earth, stood one Of those burn
ers He was a splendid specimen OF a man,
as far as physical proportions are concerned ;
fully six feet in height, and stout 10 proportion.
His broad shoulders might have contained the
strength of Hercules. HIS head was large
and covered with shaggy mass of hair, and his
features were decidedly repulsve. His eyes
were small and nearly covered with bushy eye
brows. He had, altogether, a cruel and malev-
olent appearance.
AS We introduce him to the reader, he was
leaning upon large axe apparently in listen
ing position. The road ran by the place where
ne was standing, but be could not see far along
It on account of sudden turn little distance
IRON him. The clatter of horses hoofs, how
ever, could De plainly heard, and in few MIN
utes horse and rider came in sight. The new
conner was a small and active-looking man, and
and from hs dress was gentleman well off,
hiseyes were unusually keen and searching, ,and
were bent upon the charcoal burner in such
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24
SELECT POETRY.
THE BATTLE OF FREEDOM.

The true men have risen; the battle OF freedom
Again must be fought by the true and the brave
They come from the mountains, they come from the
seashore,
They come from the lands which the brigh, wa
ters lave.
They come, they the true men, the just and the
brave.
They come from the East and the West and the South
land.
But crlv on him whe our laws has defed
They come, they the strong men, tue power of the
nation,
T he power on which Freedom has ever relied,
The sons of the men who for liberty died.
The laws have been broken, the government sullied,
The flag of the Nation laid low in the dus-
The freemen are arming. they now awakened,
In the God of their Fathers they still put their
trust,
The brave men, the true men, the Of the just.
They come to defend the bright flag of our Union,
The Stars and the Stripes" which all nations
have known,
They come with true hearts, and the voice o the
people
viii bless them and honor them, ever their own,
The sons of the true men who liberty won
The cheers of strong men and the tears of fair
men,
With blessings will greet them wherever they go
The brave men, the true men who join in the battle
When liberty calls them who never say no;
The sons of the Fathers who conquered our foe.
0 God of the Battles and God of the Nation,
Grant Liberty moIe success in the nght'
Grant power to the true in whatever their station,
Who JOIN in the conflict, the cause OF the Right,
The brave who their all still for liberty plight.
And grant, Oh thou God, who art ruler OF all things
The fight may not cost e'en the enemy's'blood,
But grant that the battle may soon be decided,
For those who for Liberty firmly have stood,
For the country and flag of the true and the good,
For those who tor Liberty ever will be,
For the hearths and the homes of the brave and the
free.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

10 An old Dutch lady, at a religious meet
iEg became very much concerned for her soul,
and went about signing and would not be COM
forted. Upon being asked by the minister what
the matter was, she replied
"That she could not read English and she
was afraid the Lord couldn't understand Dutch"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

'E Physician at Cincinnati, had for some
time been annoyed by depredators; who drank
up the milk left al his door at an early hour
One day, recently, be put an emetic in the
pitcher, and, soon after the milkman had passed
the doctor found policeman in neIghboring
alley, I" making his returns"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

u Z" Tom, you sot," said temperance man
to tIppling friend, "what makes you drink
such stuff as you do? Why the very hogs
wouldn't touch that brandy" :"
"Tbat's cause they's brutes," said Tom. =
g Poor creatuEs. They dunno watts good 20
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

WANTED Material aid for constructing
Ilte-boat that will float on ga sea of trouble"
rise on the waves OF MISFORTUNE" stem the
" tide OF adversity," sail clear OF the @quck-
sands of error," and steer safely 10 the ' haven
Of rest"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
by n. r. MEY e.
IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING

zSE kfs n. H h a a. ktSs
At the following terms, TO wit;
81 so per annum, CASH, in advance.
$500 if paid within the year.
$3.50 sc if not paid within the year.
OZ-No subscription taken for less than six months.
Gz-No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid unless the option of the publisher. 1t has
been decided by the United States Courts. that the
stoppage of newspaper without the payment OF are
rearages, prinsa facie evidence OF fraud and is
criminal offence.
nz-The courts have decided that persons ac-
counabie for the subscription price of newspapers,
if they take them from the post office, hether they
subscribe for them. OF not.
RATES OF CHARGES FOR ADVER
TlSlNG.
Transient advertisements will be inserted at the
rate of Sl0o per square of ten lines for three inser
tions OF less, but for every subsequent Insertion,
25 cents per square will be charged 10 addition
Table and figure work double price. Auditors
notices ten lines and under, Sl.O0; upwards of ten
lines and under fifteen Sl.50. Liberal reductions
made to persons advertising by the year.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

Cd feel" said an old lady, 'sthat 1've got
about through with this world. I shan't enjoy
much more trouble"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

1%An Irishman having looking glass in
one hand shut his eyes and placed it before his
face. Another asked HIM why he did so.-
''Upon my sowl," replied Teddy, sits to see
how look whin I'm aslape."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

0The light of friendship is like the light
OF phosPhoTus-seen plainest when all around
is dark.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

S-A man's.nature runs either 10 herbs OF
weeds, therefore lei him seasonably water the
one and destroy the other.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

70 man was suspected Of stealing horse
and was arrested. What am taken for 20
he inquired of the Sheriff. 81 take you for
horse was the reply !" whereupon he kicked the
Sheriff over and ran off.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

0TThe miser lives poor TO die rich, and il
the jailer ofhis house and the turnkey of hi
wealth
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

cVLove IS our best gift TO our fellow be-
ings, and that when makes any gift valuable in
the sight of heaven.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

UOf truth, home without gnl is on
ly half bIest it is an orchard without blossoms,
and spring without song. A house full of
sons is like Lebanon with ITS cedars, but daugh-
terS by the freside are like roses in Sharon.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

II Read not books alone, but men and
chiefly, be careful to read thyself
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

! u Don't cry, little boy. Did he hit you
on purpose" "No sir-he bit me on the head %
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

tCy When is SICK man a contradiction p
When he is an impatient patient.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

10 Happiness must arise from our own tenn
per and actlons, and not Immediately from any
external conditions
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

q The following bill rendered by carpen-
Ter to farmer, for whom he had worked, seems
at least, curious 80 To hanging two barn doors
and myself seven hours, one dollar and half"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

ONo woman is capable of being beauti
fol who is not incapable of being false.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

GA man passes for a sage If he seeks for
wisdom il he thinks he has found it, be is a
fool.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

NJ can show thee man whom thou must
not initiate. He hath always an hundred
things begun, and finished not one; SO he new
er does anything, though he be everlasting
busy.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

That was fearful jest of Lord Norbury's, on
sentencing to death a thief who had stolen
watch; &c you made a grasp at time, my lad,
but you clutched eternity :"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

SomETImE.-lt is sweet, sweet song, fow-
ing 10 and fro amongst the topmosl boughs Of
the heart, and fills the whole air with ioy and
gladness, as the songs OF birds do, when the
summer morning comes out of the darkness, and
the day is born on the mountains. We have
all our possessions in the future which we call
'' sometime" Beautiful flowers and sweet
singing birds are there, oniv our hands seldom
grasp the one, or our ears hear, except in far of
strains, the other. But, oh, reader, be of good
cheer, for all the good there is golden "some-
thing !"
When the hills and valleys OF time are all
passed, when The wear and the fever, the dis
appointment and the sorrow of lite are over,
then there is the place, and the rest appointed
OF God. homestead, over whose root falls no
shadow or even clouds, across whose threshold
the voice of sorrow is never heard built upon
the eternal hills, and standing with thv spires
and pinacIes of CELESTIAL beauty among the palm
trees of the city on high, those who love God
shall rest under thy shadows, where there is no
more sorrow, nor pain, nor the sound OF weep
ing--sometime.-PetvSon's Magazine.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24
DIDN'T TAKE THE PAPERS.

Some years ago, lady noticing neighbor
who was not in her seat at church one Sabbath,
called on her return home 10 inquire what
should detain so punctual an attendant. On en-
tering the house she found the family busy al
work. She was surprised when her friend aG-
dressed her
"Why Ia where have you been to-day,
dressed up IN your Sunday clothes
! "To meeting"
rWhy what day is it 2"
'Sabbath day."
'sSa, stop washing in minute Sabbath
/ day Well did not know it, for my hus-
band has got so plaguey stingy, he won't take
the paper, and We know nothing. Well who
preached 2"
"Mr s."
"What did he preach about z"
"It was on the death of the Saviour"
"Why, is he dead Well, all Boston NAV
be dead and we know nothing about it, Ii
won't do, we must have the newspaper again.
| for everything goes wrong without the news
paper Bill has almost forgot his reading, and
Polly has goi quite nopish again, because she
has no poetry and stories TO read. Well, If we
have TO take cart.ioad OF potatoes and onions
to market, Pm resolved to have newspaper"
STRANGER YOU KIN COME INA worthy
friend from the farming districts, who occasion
ally drops IN upon US TO get the latest news.
narrates the following.
traveller passing through his neighbor-
hood on horseback stopped at a modest cottage
on the roadside, and asked for shelter, as il was
raining.
sThe bead of the family came TO the door.
and accosied the traveller with
"What do you want o.
81 want to stay all night.
"What are yer?
aThe interrogaiory was not fully understood
by the traveller and he asked an explaua-
ton.
81 mean what are yer politics reoined the
former, are they fur the Union or agIn it9 Let's
know.
This was a poser, as The traveller "a moi
certain whether the man was for the Union or
for the secessionists, and as he was anxious TO
put up for the night--so he made up his mind
and said
"My friend, am for the Union and the
Consti i--'
4-atranger y-p-U-u hin come an i''
1t is needless to remark that the traveller
dismounted, and both man and beast were hos
Pltably taken care Of for the night.
DEscRIPTIoN OF LovE.-Love is like the dew
il, because it torments like heaven, because it
wraps the soul in bliss like salt, because it is
refreshing.
Like paper, because it often sets one on
fire
Like sugar, because ii is sweet
Like a rope because il is often the death of
man
Like prison, because ii often makes man
miserable
Like w,ne because it is here to-day and gone
to- MORROW
Like woman, because it guides one TO the
wished for port
Like Wlll-o'-the- WiSp, because it often
leads one into the bog.
Like fierce courser, because it often runs a.
way with one. @
Like the BITE of mad dog, orthe kiss of !
pretty woman, because they both make a man
run mad
Like goose, because it is silly.
Like rabbit because there is nothing like i. |
In word, il is like ghost, because it is |
like everything and like nothing -oftrn talk !
ed about, bat never seeen, touched nor under
stood.
TETTEpSpv ppIv.rr u.n0c Of oil tho
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

q The.girl of my heart Oyster Patty.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

sOmeday.
Well, mother, would l stand any better
chance OF getting il then, il l should eat 1t up
now -
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

20 Good counsel is one Of the rarest and
most difficult things TO get. The prosperous
man Is not always wise. Is It wise to love
money, and to fill our thoughts in getting and
saving money But the advice. How many
thousands feel the want OF it They are lost
They stand like men where several roads meet
not knowing which to take-with no one to tell
them they shat their eyes, trust to luck, and
take the wrong one. Does any one doubt that
thousands of ruined men and women could have
been saved by little timely counsel, backed
bv timely help? Good counsel is often all that
is needed. The young man who hpsltat"s-
who stands betwenn good and evi-if he had
but good counsel to help him TO resist temp,a-
ton, might be saved.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

LtTTERs BY PRIVATE HANDs.-Of all the
''kInd Offices solicited on the scoree OF acquan-
tance or friendship, that of asking one TO con-
vey AID delivere letter by private hand is
among the most unpleasant and annoy ing.
Ii is also the most uncertain mode OF convey
ance in the world, for we think it NAV be
laid down as rule that those who resort
to 1t never get the benefit OF a prompt de-
livery of their communIctIons, but frequently
find that they nave been resting quietly in the
carpet-bag or pocket of the obhging private
messenger for days and weeks, entirely forgot
ten and neglected. Such has been our own ex-
perience, both as the sender and receiver of
letters by private hand, and we persume that
promptness and accuracy in the matter referred
TO is the exception and not the rule. Mems
thoughts are apt 20 be upon their own business,
and although when they assume such little OBJ
legations they intend to carry them out, yet
they often discover, to their great modification,
that they have made miserable failure in
their attempt TO play private Letter carrier.
This is our advice: don't send letters
which are of the least importance by private
hands if it can possibly be avoided. u. S.
Mail.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

70 During recent fire an old woman was
very anxious to 90 through street, which al
the time was considered dangerous, bot all her
efforts were unaVailing. Al length she pushed
one Of the policemen aside, when that WORTHY
Preservrr OF the public peace said, s. Nnw, maj m
you can't pass; if you do you'lbe killed, and
then you'll blame us afterwards"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

~ ' Henry, you ought TO be ashamed to
throw away bread like that. You may want 1t
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

UA young lady, in reply to her fathers
question why she did no, wear rings upon her
fingers, said
"Because, papa, they hurt me when anybody
squeezes my hand" "What business have you
to have your hand squeezed 2" "Certainly
none, but still you know papa, one would like
to keep in squeezable orGer.''
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-24

The ABsENT.-Of all the exercises ofthe
untrttrred mind, perhaps none is atten-
ded with more benign influence than that
OF IndulgIng in kind remembrance of the alb
sent.
Every loving word that fell from Ithe lips
OF the absent Is treasured with tenderness
Each kind act is Iecollectrd with affection.
We look forward to meeting with unbounded
happiness.
Have we parted in anger1 Time softens us
into indiff-rence-at length into a quiet ac-
kowlrugment of past frienshrp. Have we
parted IN silent estrangement! This, too, wears
away, and We must meet again to forget the
past IN future communications. Have we
parted in grief The sorrow IS mutually
borne, and tendprly consigned to the corner of
our hearts devoted to the absent sharer.
Have we parted in love! No Joy so great as
the remembrance Of it--no event so delighted
or sacred as The re- union.
Absent, but not fogotten, Is a sweet and
touching memorial.
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10 young lady once had beau. One
evening said beau was anxious to enjoy some
private conversation with his charmer but,
there being two children in the room, somewhat
marred his wishes. The gentleman looked 10
see them sent TO bed, but he was disappointed.
The youngest child, bow three years old, slept
with the young lady and had no idea of retiring
without his bed-fellow. Stretching his chubby
length upon the carpet, the youngest watched
the twain with rrsolutely wide-swake eyes,
until the bell struck nine, when patience 5ecom-
ing exhausted, he raised his little head and said:
/" Nine o'clock is bedtime. Don't you think
your mother wants you now :" This was one
OF the taIlest hints the gentleman had ever re-
ceived in civil kind of way, and the mingling
OF embarrassment, and vexaIio1, and mirth pro-
duced by it, was sunny in the exlIeme. "Son-
ny" was sent to bed every night after that, So
| lus. and much to the relief Of the visitor