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Women's Work.

There is great deal said Of the insuficiency
Of the wages that necdlcwomen receive, which
Is generally admitted to be o lamentablc evil.
but very little is suggested as means Of rcme-
dy for it. AS every woman sews, 1t is the most
natural thing in tho world for every woman,
when left destitute of other means Of support,
to resort to the needle for living, thereby in.
creasing the competition, and, of course, re-
ducing the amount Of wages for that kind OF
employment. Various avenues for employment
have been opepcd for women, with view to
remedyjng this evil, but they are limited In
their operation, and do not embrace the wide
remedy which domestic service In families would
afford for labor requiring only the exercise OF
industry and the ordinary knowledge every wo-
man is supposed to possess. II must be rcmem-
'bercd that IS not employment which eIevstes
individuals, but that the individual, by intelA-
genco and proper selfrespcct, can dignity any
employment, however humble. All service that
Is trustworthy and skilful is sure to command
respect and consideration, and not unfrcquent-
ly attachments are formed In such situations
between the employer and the employed which
endure for life.
We have seen respectable women employed
rs cooks, housekcepers and chambermaids,
treated as members of the family, and simply
because they, by their good conduct. made
themselves respected as individuals, and, by
their attention to their duties, and the skltul
manner In which they perform them. become
indispensable auxiliaries to the household.
Irish and German girls find no difficulty in
maintaining their rcspectability at service and
American women, intelligent, enjoying the ad-
vantages Of public instruction, could surely
present equal claims to consideration, respect
and kind treatment. Certainly their condition
would be moro independent one than is posi-
BILE upon the insufficient wages obtained by
needle service. From SITS to 50 per week are
the ordinary wages of household service Out
of this all that is to be expended is for clothing
the cost of food and lodging being supplied
by the family. Two dollars per sHeck equal to
sio4 year and deducting $50 for clothing,
would leave $40 saved or to bo put at interest,
for support in old age. Few women,' unless
very expert with the needle, con do as much.
Those who can OF course will not find II neccs-
sary to seek another employment, but NIL who
cannot, not only better their own condition by
engaging in house service, but, by Withdrawing
from competition In over.crowdcd pursuits. rem
der moro tolcrable tho situation Of those 70.
maining.- Philadelphia Ledger.
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JULY %, 1864.

of the engagement he stated to be because OF
the very proper interference and advice Of Miss
Frazier's family and friends. They charged
that Mr.. Adams was quite young. without Q
profession, and with no very good prospect for
the future, and that Miss F. should not embar.
rass and prejudice her position by an engage
ment which would, probably, never result in
marriage.
"In this advice" said Mr.. A., "they were
about right, for certainly had no very fattcr-
ing prospects, near or remote = and with his
peculiar, humorous laugh, he thus concluded
his comments upon the wisdom and discernmcnt
Of those who intcrposed to control the future
destinies Of the two young aspirants for each
Others affections.
I inquired of Mr.. Adams whether he know
that Miss F. never married until 1t was known
that he had himself been married iu Europe.
"No, indeed y said he, ~ did not, and are you
sure that such Is the factr could only reply
that such was the impression upon my mind
received from those who were cognizant OF the
mutual loves Of tho two.
This was but specially illustrious instance
that the course Of true love never runs smooth,
as we'll as an illustration Of the extreme folly
of an interference on tho part of friends In m
affair Of the heart, when there are no decidedly
good reasons therefor, based upon personal
character.
Mr.. Adams is now recognized as having been
ono of the most remarkable men Of the age In
which he lived. His learning was deep. solid
and far.rcaching- great storehouse Of his
mighty intellectual genius was vast In Its Ca
pacitics, whilc the structure Of his mind was
methodical, logical and philosophical, SUPER
added to which he possessed IN imagination
which, while It was equal to any crisis, never
scared beyond the regions Of truth, justice or
purity.
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INCREASE OF PAY OF SOLDIERS. bill
increasing the pay Of non-commissioned
officers and priyates in the army, provides
that on and after the FIRST Of May, and dur
ing the continuance Of the present rebellion,
the pay per month Of non-commissioned oti.
GERS and privates in the military service shall
be us follows
Sergeant-majors SEQ; quartermaster and
commlssary scrgcants Of cavalry, artillery
and infantry, go; sergeants of ordnance,
sappers and miners and pontoniers, S34; cor
porals OF ordnance, slppers and miners and
pontoniers, $50; privates Of engineers and
ordnance Of the first class, SIS, and of the
second class, Sl6; corporals Of cavalry, ar.
tillery and infantry, SlS; chief buglers OF
cavalry, S23; buglcrs, sic; hriers and
blacksmiths Of cavalry and artillery, SlS !;
privates of cavalry, artillery, infantry, $40 |;
musicians Of artillery and infantry SIG;
principal musicians of artillery and infantry,
SOP; leaders OF brigade and regimental
bands. S75; musicians. SIG; hospital stew-
ards Of tho first class, S33; hospital stewards
Of the third class, S23.
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An Unkind Tear.

When used to tend storeat tthe Regulator
In Syracuse, the old man comes round one day
and says he
"Boys, the one that sells the most 'twixt now
and Christmas, gets o vest-2attern ~ pres
ent." .lJ
Maybe we didn't work for that vcst-pattern
I tell you there were some tall stories told In
praise Of goods just about that time; but the
tallest talkcr and the ono that had moro cheek
than any of US, was certain Jonah Squires,
who roomed with ME. He could talk dollar
out Of mans pocket when tho man had in
tended to spend only sixpence; and the women
Lord bless you-they just handed over their
pocket book to him and let him lay out what
he liked for them.
Ono night Jonah woke mo up with-"By
Josh, old fellow, II you thinkthat erc's got any
cotton in It. TIL bring down the sheep It was
cut from and make him swear to his own wool
'Twont wear out cither-wore pair OF pants
that kind o'stuf myself for Ave years, and
they're as good now as when first put'em on |!
Take It at thirty cents, and I'll soy you don't
owe mo any thing. Eh too dcarl Well, call
II twenty-eight cents. What dye sayi Shall
I tear iti All right, It's bargain"
could feel Jonah's hands playing about the
bed d-elothcs for an instant, then rip tear went
something or another, and I hid my head un-
der the blankets, perfectly convulscd with laugh.
ter, and sure that Jonah had torn the sheet from
top to bottom. When woke up next morning
found-alas, unkindcst tear Of all-that the
back Of my night-shirt was split from tail to
collar-band
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Fremont on CcNrIscATioS. - Gen. Fro
mont's dissent from tho confscation resolu-
ton adopted BY his convention is noticeable
as showing change Of opinion on his part
in tho direction Of conservatism. When he
undertook to anticipate and dictate the poll.
CIV of the Government in his famous Missouri
proclamation Of August, 1861; he not only
ordered that all disloyal persons taken with
arms in thoir hands should be court-martialed
and shot. but that the property OF the dis
loyal should be con6scatcd and their slaves
freed. Tho President asked him to modify
this order so us to conform to tho con'iscation
law passed by Congress, but Fremont declined
to do 80, and the President himself modified
the order. That part Of IL which provided
for the shooting Of prisoners taken in the
State, Fremont himself withdrew, and by q
compact with tho rebel Gen. Price Il was
agreed that all citizens taken prisoners for
opinions sake on either side should b. re-
leased. This was an error on the other ex-
trcmc, and Gen. Hunter anuulled 10 immcdi.
ately alter supcrceding Fremont.
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yflistella1}eous..
Petroleum V. Nasby on Presidential
Candidates.
"CuuRcH wv TIE New DIsrESsAsnUS, !
k,>.;l 4 fSEi

"CuuRCu wv TIE New DIspESsAsnUN,
April 1, 1864.
am reeznable man, and am distinguish for
not qnarrein with my bred and butter, perwid-
in kin ascertain the lokashen Nv the bred and
butter aforescd, with any reeznable degree NV
sertenty. Akootnis in the matter Nv bred and
butter is a tratc in all the Nasty family, ceptin
wun, who is carrying n musket at Sl3 per
month, fer prinsiple, ez he sez. We hev repoo'
deatid him.
The Dimocrasy appear to want Mcclellan.
Ef he is the only man VIC kin elect, am kon-
tent hev alluz bin a pcese man, but expe.
jensy. which is the classikle fraze fer bred and
butter, mite indoose me to flop. am ust
sich. For Dimekrat, whc voted Bank and
anti-Bank, Tariff and anti-Tariff, Slavery and
anti-Slavery, Nebrasky and anti -Nebrasky, and
who hez sumtimes bin on both sides Nv the saim
question to wunst, fer sich q wun, say, to hes
ertate now, would be like the man in the skrip.
ter who strained at q gate aud swallowed q
saw-mll.
Let Mick Lellen give bonds to perform ez fol-
lozc, and I'm his hucklebcrry, otherwise Pm
agin him, wun and indvisible, now and fureyer.
want him to stipelate,
1. That the deserters and dismist orfcers, sich
cz Fitsjon Porter, ct all, shel hev not over haf
the appointments, giyin us fair sho,
2. That he shel patch up peese with his
Sutherne trends ez soon CT possible after his in.
nogerashen.
3. That ef It should be desidcd that the inter-
est Of the Dimekratick party require contin.
ooencc Nv the war, and an appele shel be maid
fer Dimerkratik volunteers, he shell not, under
eny serkumstancis whatever, at cny time orin
eny plais, interfere in eny way with the manij-
mcnt NV the armies ceptin them as may hev
ben drafted from Ablshn deestriks.
4. That ez a guaranty that justice shall be
dun them ez hcz fought the soljers. in the North,
the folerin cabbynit shel be appinted:
Fernandy wood. sekertary Nv Stait.
Jesse d. Brite, Sekertary NV war.
Sammedary, sckcrtary Nv the navy.
+. Peerse, p. NJ. general.
s. These shell hev the fust pick Nv the ofses
fer ther trends. ZEE nun Nv EN- hey friend In
the federal armies, the peese men wood be per-
fectly safe under this arrangemcnt.)
Let Mick Lellan maik these pledgis and I'll
support him, and bring with me my entire
church. will deny all ever sed agin him.
will maik aiIilavits that he is the furst general
NV the age will swarc to bein an original
Mick Lellen man-alluz recognized in him a
,cr.mind. and the only man capable nv 81
win the country. and maik scch uthcr aifiiavits
ez may frum time to time be necessary. Let
this be dun and we may possibly bette Linkiu.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBr,
Pastor NV sed church, in charge"
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Jous MORGAN AND Glars HoRsEs.-A gentle.
man from Lexington, Kentucky, relates an in
cident relative to John Morgan, which Is GER
tainly characteristic Of him, whether It be true
or not. After he had stolen the celebrated race
horse, Skeedaddlc, Mr.. Clay started In pursuit,
with two fine animals worth Eve hundred dol
lars each, and overlook the freebooter, and
offered him both, together with six hundred
dollars, II ho would return tho racer.
"These will answer your purposes just as
WE'LL" said Mr.. Clay. a a.a.. l..9
John looked atthc horses carefully and said :
"well, Mr.. Clay they will answer my pur.
pose as we'll as Skccdaddle, and as lam disposed
to accommodate you"
Here Mr.. Clay's countenance frightened.
Gas am disposed to accommodate you. !
will partly comply with your request"
Mr.. Clay was puzzled. @
81 will partly comply with your request; I'll
tako these two horses, but can't give you
the other" ...
Mr.. Clay was taken completely aback; but
he was not to get away that easy. The soldiers
took the six hundred dollars from him, and he
was compelled to leave for home on foot, with
his pockets empty.-Nashrille Union.
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TIE McCLELLAN Ecno.-There arc many
localities in the world famous Tor their ech.
oes, but we do not remember any account OF
n more remarkable echo than that heard at
the Fremont ratification meeting at Cooper
Institute, on Monday night Of last week.
John Cochrane, tho Cleveland nominee for
Vice President, who was present on the oc-
casion, and calling very loudly, as it would
seem, for tho express purpose OF awakening
echoes, suddenly heard one clear and distinct,
and at once informed tho meeting thereof.
John gave tho information thus:
al hear from yondcr direction the name OF
George B. Observation-Disclosures cheering
and voice-'I will spend a hundred dollars
on him myselrl-and yonder, as the echo OF
that name. hear the name of John O. Fro
mont. (Grcat applause.)"
This. although il may not settle the ques-
ton what Mcclellan is, or what he may be.
come at the Chicago Convention, settles what
Fremont is, and what he was at Cleveland.
We have it now from the lips Of the pros.
pectiye Vice President. that John G. Ere
mont is nothing but the echo of Mcclellan.
Being 90, and oil the cheering on that Mon
day night when the echo was heard, being
for Mcclellan, there must have been some
mistake in calling the Cooper Institute gath,
ering Fremont meeting. 1t was McClel-
Ian meeting, and the next place where FIRE.
mont will naturally again be heard as moth
Ing but the echo OF Mcclellan will be mt
Chicago. OF what name is John Cochrane
himself the echo? He once said that nc
..would vote for the internal devil il held up
by the Democratic party" There must
have been an ocho then, and it would have
been most extraordinary one il the word
returned was .'saint. IN. Y. Statesman.
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VA correspondent Of the Oxford Demo-
crat, says: "For New England people who de-
sire to cmigrate west, my advice Is before locat-
Ing look at Minnesota But II they arc we'll or
comfortably situated In New England, do not
emigrato at oil. I had rather live In New Eng
land, than any wherc in the world. So my ad-
vice Is stay at homo II you can. New England
people are more intelligent, better behaved.
moro honest, moro industrious, better looking
live In better houses. sleep on better beds, sit
at better tables, ride In better carriages and on
better roads, worship In better churches, drcss
In better cloth, educate their children In better
schools, and make moro money than any other
people In the world. - Iwish had
never left New England. I would gladly OK.
change tho West with oil its resources and pro-
spcctivo greatness, for homo In view Of
Mount Washington, and where I could get
snuff Of sea air, and send my children to
good school, and to college, and finally be buried
near the home Of my fathers.
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II An old bachelor acquaintance Of ours.
one Of tho most susceptible gentlemen In the
world. has just broken Of courtship BY dis.
continuing his visits to his lady lore. He Is
quick to- take q hint, perhaps too quick. Tho
last time he called. the following conversation
took place: fl li fralf Or han i
"Mr. Doyle,"-Doylc had been sitting until
twelve o'clock, tho lady each moment expecting
him to pop the question-"Mr. Doyle, u looks
very lonely In the street" 4, .sr
"well. yes, guess Il is lonely isaI
"Dont you feel lonely In your solitary room
at tho hotel" safr drfu fe1lrf.t0 reilur
"weli, yes do" A long pause ,'spf q
"IIow is the walking to.nIghtr innoosntly
asked tho lady.
al don't know. but I'll try and send you
word" Doyle then rushed out, and slammed
the door 30 suddenly upon poodls's tail - TO
cut Il short Of Doyle never came back again.
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John O. Breckenridge.
John'w. Forney, in his last interview
,-..k NJ. D.ool:..:J-o L.. kbo colIou;rc.

John'W. Forncy, in his last interview
with Mr.. Brcckinridgc, has the following:
For, in truth let il be spoken. there was
much to love in John @. Breckinridge. New
er have met man moro adapted by nature,
by education and by rearing, to be o fayorite
among men and women. He was the type
Of manly beauty when made his acquaint-
ance fourteen years ago. At that time, II
he had conscientious feeling, ii was hatred
of slavery. and both of us democrats" as
we were, frequently confessed that il was
sinful and an anti-D Democratic institution,
and that the day would come when it must
be peaceably or forcibly removed. How
could i. be otherwise with him, with such
parentage. and such schoolmaster as his
uncle Robert? But the fascinating society
OF the Southern magnats was too much for
young John. They saw that he had a bright
future. And having taken tho one wrong
step, he was too proud to retract.
| shall never forget my last interview with
John @. Breckinridge. 1t was on the even.
ing Of the 9th Of August, 1861, being the
last day Of the memorable called session
which was assembled on the 4th OF July OF
that year, by Presidential proclamation.
Widely as we had differed, our personal re-
lationS were unchanged. He knew how sim
ccrely grieved was, when, as early as 1858,
he allowed Mr.. Buchanan and the extreme
South to force him into tho support OF Le-
compton and how reluctantly, in the black
and bitter years that succeeded, | felt con.
strained to denounced him. In the called,
session he had led the opposition to Mr.. Lin
coin with vehement, unjust, and unsparing
ability. And now he was gaing to Kentucky.
"Good bye" he said /; "Good bye" "No,"
l said, "not 'Good bye Breckenridge, but
Farewell You viii never again take your
seat in the United States Senate"
lie seemed to be surprised, rs he said
"What do you mean? will undoubtedly
return to my post in December" "No, my
dear sir. you will follow your doctrine into
the confederate army; you will 50 there to
show that you are with the enemies OF your
country" To which he answered, and
when he spoke the words think he was
honest: "If 90 over the line it will be to
bring back with me my runaway son, Cabell,
who has gone into the other army wholly
against my will but we shall meet, il We
live, in the winter" al wish it could be
so, my friend" was my reply; "but still |
feel that your good bye will be a long fare
rwell." And this was the last of John Ca
bell Breckenridge. His oath to support the
Constitution OF the United States, like Hes
ter Prynne's scarlet letter, burns an eternal
reproach on the record of the Senator. His
sword is with slavery and rebellion.
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HpGital.

Tx Nxxr PRESIDENTIAL ELEcrioN.-The
passage OF the bill by Congress which takes
from the States formally declared to bc IN re-
bcllion the right to participate in the next
Presidential election will reduce the votes in
the electoral college to be chosen next No
vembcr to two hundred and iorty-one. The
States thus excluded are Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
sippi. Louisiana. Texas. Arkansas, Tennessee
and Florida-eleyen in all, comprising eighty
nine electoral votes, were they in condition
20 cast them. Three territories have bccn
authorized to form State governments, but
none Of them viii have time to DO 50 in sea-
son TO vote at the next Presidential election,
and ono Of them (Ncbraska) has already de-
clincd this tender Of the privilege of bccom-
ing State. Tho following, therefore, are
the States which will participate in the next
November election, with their respective
,,,,rhcr of cloctors
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EXTENT or TIE USIvEnsE.-Tt may give some
Idea Of the extent OF the Universe to know the
length Of time required for light. which travels
iol 900 miles second. to como to this earth.
From tho moon Il comes In one and aquarser
seconds from tho sun In eight minutes from
JupI,sr. In Hisy-two minutes Uranus. 10 two
bouu from star Of the 6rst magnitude, three
to twelve years from . star Of the 6hh mag
nitude, nxty years; from star Of tho twelfth
magnitude. four thousand years. Light which
len . star Of tho twelhh magnitude Yhen The
IsraslItes len Egypt has not reached The earth.
Our entire solar system itself travels at the rate
Of thirty-ave thousand milosu hour among Che
fixed stars.
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wnIsrLINo.-Somebody says that next to
laughing, whistling is one Of the most philo-
sophcal things in which fellow in good spir.
its can indulge. whistling is a popular pre-.
scription for keeping up the courage-it might
better be said good spirits. Some genial philos.
opher has we'll said on this subject :-"whist-
ling is great institution. II oils the wheels Of
care, supplies the place of sunshine. A man
who whistles has good heart under his shirt
front. Such man not only works moro viii
lingly. but hcworks more constantly. Awhst-
ling cobbler will earn as much money again rs
cordwaincr who gives way to low spirits and
indigestion. Mean or avaricious men never
whistle. The man who attacks whistling throws
stone at the head Of hilarity. and would IL no
could. rob June of its roses, August Of It's
meadow larks. Such man should be looked
to "..H
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BIDDEFoRD, , ME-, FRIDAY MORNING

SECESSION MrprArEp EARLY.-Mr. John
G. Hamilton, in his new edition OF the Fed
eralist, gives the following extract from q
letter written by the grandfather of the
rebel General Leo, few months after the
adoption Of the Constitution
"The Southern States are too weak Mt pro-
sent to stand by themselves; and q general
government will certainly be advantageous
to US, as 1t produces no other effect than pro-
lection from hostilities and uniform CONNER
cial regulations. And when wc shall attain
our national degree of population, l fntter
myself that we shall have the power to do
ourselves justice with dissolving the bond
which binds us together. 1t is better to put
up with those little inconveniencies than to
run the hazard of greater calamities.
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LoArrSc,-Don't be aloafer. don't call your
self aloafer, ,don'tkeep aloafer scompany don't
hang about loa6ng places. Better work hard for
nothing and board yourself. than sit around day
aftcr day. or stand at corners with your hands
in your pockets. Better for your mind, better
for your prospects. Bustle about, IL you mean
to have anything to hustle for. Many poor
physician has obtained a real patient by riding
hard to attend an immaginary one. A quire
Of blank paper. tied up with red tape. carried
under alawycr's arm, may procure him his
trst case, aud make his fortune. Such Is the
world-te him that hath shall bc given. Quit
droning and complaining. Keep busy and
mind your chances.
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~ An exchange SAYS the mode Of condus

81 An exchange says the mode Of conduct
ing elections among the passamaquoddy In
dians Is somewhat peculiar. The voters In the
tribe on election day assemble outside Of the
hall in which are the candidates, each standing
In corner Of the room, and never moro than
four candidates arc allowed. because there are
four corners to the room. A'guard is placed
at the door, and voters arc admitted only one
at time. lie enters the hall, goes mp to the
candidate Of his choice. and says, 81 vote for
Sockalexis,' or whatever the name may be, and
then takes OF his cap and drops II at the can.
dldates feet, shakes hands with the candidate,
and then retircs. Aftcr oil have been admitted
the caps are counted. and the candidate that
has the greatest number Of caps Is declared
elected. .Tfi lN