The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-02-12
a DISCARDED voLuNTEER.
NAYsIlINAL ToTrE1. Wasutrd-oS.

l lhe spTtellness OF the Arlerlzan tcmperra-
ltncnt is renarkabul. We never cry over split
milk but on the contrary cut all sorts of diases
in the midst OF irubhie, ike Irish u,crners at
the obsecqsM Of the ded. Civil war doosent
shock our nervus sistcns mite We berry The
lwiped-out and then 60 infor fandango. Talk
an to Us sbcut Taxashin perdooces no gaorc Of
feck upon our spirits than tba LarrentaEhins
OF Jefrymiah woulu perdooce on the senscaiil-
tiles Of q Goriiief. We ken look bankruptcy
equar in the face and dance breakdown, ard
it the Union was ackt;liy 10 so 70 finders to-
mogrer, we'd be bound to hev good tiine GIN
fally OIL the paaces Of the wreck. Itis.nn ur-
repressa!,nii featcr IN the ka1ickief Of t,e city
sins of this happy lard, never 10 look ha.nat
thar noses, when tnars resin TO suspeck disaster
ahea. And this in my opnyon is the wisess fl
lossty goin. Its tine enuf TO think about dam
ger when you run but up agen it. Sntistcnt for
the day is the evil tharo!, and more too.s Let
the futur take keer of itself, and be darned to il.
Eggscuse this proog. It is sa1ies.rd by wot
[ see around me in this gay and festive city
! skasely think that Babylon was in hicher
tetheT, when an unknown hand cum out aud
fw'rit sentence Ia an onhnown tung, in Bclcha-
zers bankwit hail. We don't hev DO setch sper-
ritual penmanship in these days, oar hand ritin
on the wall ban conGnl p-encIpuliy to panta-
shin Bittcrs and similar mprosin morrii Ics-
sens witch them at runs ryy ,aad Bat I
think Of sum blessed Gngil would chmk cut
''weighed in the balance and found wantin'' Or
yer oil the burrows of ihe War and Navy De-
partncnts, il would be grand historical irooth
that few wouii feel inklined to kwestiri. IF
tho same was placed in the form OF u plnykeard
on ihe forehead OF the gifted Gidlyrn, le.rrno
of ennybody would say tha ins;ripshin WIS lie.
bcllious. But am wandsrn from tie pint I
he'd in vew, as the topper sed wheii, he was took
inter tampraips hall, onder the npresshin
that he was waltih inter d rum-soiler NesT
wonted to say woe, fiat the Garital Of lioNay.
shin is goin It on the looso as cf eaier s,.i,l-
fcwence Of larfngas. Iaik OF the pil,in .limes
pence, they warnt q suclemsancc 70 tlles l.igh-
ster;eal war ti.ies. Thousands and ther<aaas
Of dollars is spent every week III rasepsl,ins, ind
grand dinners and suppers,- and all kia:.es f.-
shinabpl and pnlytickle junEciings. Ita4ee.
lar carnival, and the competi9hli. amang tue
big bugs to see who shell skwander most mum
my in rarey shows, is caushin TO guilt ginger
bread should say that as ginral thing, Con-
gress hes never been jollier or more prosrerus
than doorin this session. lhe lobby larse.and
libral. Whiskey AID tq1iickeri3 on hin6 IN force.
and ef emmy nddisliral taxes il piled onto en-.
il won, be thar fats. Sneslii inirusts kant be
pnt throo in Washington this winter on the
Canaw-street plan. Tie greeDb:,css' aust he
around, with big figgers onto en-, ZfsSnbaeksl
to effect emmy useful purpursc--pavlr,tiqa hey-,
ling ris III the Fedral market rs well .s ether
cu,nod.i,ies. Even tie Kannucks hes sent on a
deicgashn. to try aid saap integlaysiiina. r,is-.
syprostv, ike the handel Of q jug, all on wan
side. 1t seems 10 bsthuyrowly .ondersluo6 .list'
Members OF Congress and uthor p,lblick fink
shinalies must hev thar retainin faos tho samoe
as lawyers, and il whispered purty lgrs that
sum of EN- is as open to conyicssh,n as 'Your
New York looms Shys'ers, and ,ransaei.s BIZ
ness on eindar pTeaeip;s, Or syslern Of
government as you air awar is foauded on cusa-O
promises, an sum as hes to do with lis aSniuis-y
trashin follers out The idee By cunproni;sa on
n grand ska!e, atwixt thar brilches pockets an.
| thar conshcnses.
he'd a long palaver tnther dry will! friend
of urine in the spy trade, vho hes resantly ben
resiGin sevrl weeks in tsichmound, Disguised rs
a>norial enemee 10 the Star cpangled banner.
lie was in the habit Of bgek.esiin with .ISiiila-
Wis, dining witn Ginral Wjrder, anG suppn
! with Mr. Culd. Wunstc or twis.e by spcshii re-
| lwcst, he s!ep with Mr. Meninrer. korssAent-
| ly his ;informashin is reliohui.iiHe ses DAeis
isant more'a hafe tho heft lle was six nuntls a.
| 60, and that Alec II. Stephens, whose 6tinr,
weight hes ushi,ly ben one hundred pounds, o.
| verduepoise, now baI!ay weighs seventy 7.ix ard
a blug Of terbacker. Inis he, s.,:ri5ils paiaily
10 spar diet, and parity TO angsity Of miE,l--
| Most Of the publisk orirs, ls scs. is SO il.;nt
that you ken ce;amcst zee thsec 'era, md evc,i
tile most suastanshil. eitysins las bocnn, poor
He states that The Rebil artho.i.ns ~ acknol-
edge they sec tlo psginnin Of The eend, and fsar
II is ropes eend with slip not to it.s Thisis
gallus good moose, and it gives re grate plashur.
TO makoit publick. The Rebsl armics- q Iarn I.
from the same rorasius soarce-is all to be
disbanded airly in the Spring, with an ,eggssr-
tashen to organize in small sqnods and cook our
goose on the srilIer plan Spies Rev been Of
amense use TO rs in This war Thar reportssD
hes alus ben ackaris to the last degree, and Il
hev no dout that this last aekount is as correck
as emmy that hes prcsceded IL not exceptin the
awethent!ck docayment publishs fewdays a-a
go IN that paytryotic and uitree- Union paper, :.
the New York World. ,e.s 49,.
The Greatest and Beat aulherpise known as
ssThe Man of Ags', aud stmilyarly rs the seek :
ind Washingtun, is salulgas. slIfiss letecs H.
copiously attended, and he delites his numarns
rayther than seleck odditories with,a perpetyalss
feast OF resin, and flow Of soulrthat it would =
not be too mch to call spiritual freshet.. Itke
good vino, the oldsr he gifts the brighter he gitS
1t Is privelsdgc to lssen 10 him !, and 20 calf
him friend is an honor 50 distinguished that i y
would not resine 1t to exchange places On the =
nusty roll Of fame with John Bsown or Sippyo
Afficanus. He desires his regairtis, aud belcvin :
him in aIl respcks worthy Of tho next Pfssi.