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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-15

TIE JUSTICE OF TIE REPUBLIcAN PAR
TY.-H has been favoIite plea with the
more desperate of the copperhead faction
anxious to preserve State and Nasional5r-
ganiaakion, 70 persuade every Democrat
from supporting Union nomination on the
ground that the Republicans would cheat All
who entered into such coalitions. OF course
such assertions were utterly desoid of truth.
Results prove that the Republicans ars
faithful to those Democrats who stood bY
the country In the hour of its danger, despite
the denuneiations OF the men VINO now ia
sist that all such patriots would be cheated
In many Of the counties of the State, where
the Republicans have Overwhelming maiori-
ties, the nominations have been fairly shared
with the War Democracy. The nomina-
tions of the Union State Convention yindi-
cate the same practice of justice. Gen.
Hartranft, the candidate for Auditor Gene
Tal was staunch Democrat MT the prccipi-
tation of the war, and 10 all intents and pnr-
poses, is still Democrat of the highest in
tegrity and patriotism. On this account he
was nominated. Because he repudiated the
control of the rascally leaders of an old party
organization, and rallied to the support OF
his country, he was singled cut by the Re-
publican party as worthy Of its support. As
men act toward each other, 80 also do they
deal with principles. Let all honest Demo-
Gratis ponder this sentiment as they seek an
explanation for Gen. Hartranft's Remina-
tion.-Hdr. Tex
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A REFORM NEEDED.

We chip the following from one az our
exchanges because itsis equally trne In our
columns, and the subject deserves more At.
tentIon than 1t usually receives.
There IS scarcely sheet id any of our cit
les ut to be taken into respectable house
The advertisements of wretehed ouacks dis
figure one column Another is filed with,
Wanted Correspondence. Still anoth-
er contains notices of vile Book and
Circulars. The morning paper viii bring
more corruption into the hands Of q maa' ]
children than any other like amount of prin-
ted Matter going. We have the protection
Of law against certain style of literature.
ihe ordinary newspaper is rapidly approach
Ing q point where it win be necessary 70
pElng us the provisions of that law in defense
of Outraged pnhlic drccnuy
We know where foul b0oka have been ii.
troduced among the young people of ou,
public schools, and have circulated among
them tor months, TO the ruin of many. and
the morning paper which the fathers took
had informed the children where to send for
these issues of the devil presses.
Lit is the duty of every man who at al re-
CARDS the morals and purity Of his children
to shut out every newspaper which contain.
these advertisements. lit is purely q oueS-
tlon Of money with the publishers. They,
OF course, must have no principle ON the
matter. They would publish ANYTHING
whatever, it is clear, if they could make Il
pay The decent part of the community
must take the matter in hand and make its
wishes imperative in this respect. 1t is
very easily done. Stop the paper at once.
Withdraw your advertising patronage. Let
the merchant and banker and manufacturer
refuse to have his honorable business adyer.
tised side by side with the cards Of Satan 8
recruiting sergeants." A course treatment
OF this sort viii soon mend the matter The
appeal to the pocket is unfortunately about
the only appeal that many conductors of "a
free press are capable Of appreciating.
Ifquacks and villains must advertise their
wares and their wants, let them be forced to
do it in sheets which shall go forth as the
professed organs of the wretched classes.
The police will deal with them as with other
nuIsanees. And let the community, in self
defence, force publishersto to take their choice.
Let us insist on having ratsbane labelled.
We have weekly, almost daily applications
for the insertion Of advertisements of the
class referred to. We always put them in
our waste basket. If we cannot sustain
paper without thus pandering to the low and
deyllish appetites of deprayed human nature
we prefer to dig gravel for living.
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A wRlTER,s REsroNslprLtrY.

He who proposes to print his lucubratioas
should in the first place have something to
say, and then he should study how best to
say it No man should write a line intended
to meet the public eye who does not appre-
ciate the moral responsibility which he in
ours by that act. The tastes and capacities
Of the readers of a public journal are as
widely different as those Of the writer's who
cater to their literary necessities; and every
article, however ilogicalor poorly written,
strikes home somewhere, and exerts an In
huence upon some one for good or evil
Your words once printed cannot be recalled.
They float out on the great sea of human
ity, whisperingin in thousand ready ears les
sons fraught with life or death. They raise
a ripple in the boundless sea of human
thought which win expand and flow on
forever. BY the very act Of writing you as
sumo superior knowledge Keep the grave
responsibility steadily before you, and en-
deavor to make your generation wiser and
more virtuous than il would have been If
you had not lived.
" Let all the ends thou aim st at besthy
country's Thy Gods and Truth S ssa III
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DIFFERENT vIEWR OR GmTTlNR
MAMREsD.

DR.. Thompson, in his Letters ffom Eu-
rope" handsomely hits of the different
views which obtain among diGsfent classes
and different communities respecting mar
rage
One says
II wish to take advice about a serious
matter that weighs heavily upon my miad
what is it 2"
Getting married Isit beSt7p
"Well, whom have you In view? IL she
is young, handsome, and viftuous, the soon
er you get her the better. Who is shsT'
"0h, nobody i'm particular; il isEnarrying
in the abstract that / ann thinking about.
That is Young Germany
POUNDS, love her and viii have her, IL
have to swim the river for her. +" Young
America.
mo use to deny me or nun from ne
Where you 40 / viii 10, where you stop /
viii stop, where ycu live / will live, where
you die viii die, and where you are buried
there viii / be buried That lie Oung Ire
land
t'She is worth three thousand one hundred
and twenty-sey pounds, six shillings and
four pence half penny, which, under she cir
cumstance, is mot quite sufficient Young
England.
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How SCHOLARS ARE MADR.--Costly an

How sCHoLARs ARE dADR.--Costiy an
paratus and splendid cabinets have no mag
ical powers to make scholars In all eireunl-
stances, as n man is under God the maker
of his fortune, so is he the maker of his own
mind. The Creator has so constituted the
human intellect that it can grow only by It's
own action, and by its own action il win
most certainly and necessarily grow. Every
man must therefore in aa important sense
educate himself His book aad teacher are
but helps; the work is his. A man is not
educated until he has the ability to sumnon
as an act of emergency, an his mental powers
In vigorous exercise to effect his proposed
object 1t ia not the man that has seen the
most or has read most, who can do this;
such q one is in danger Of being borne down
like beast of burden, by an overloaded mass
Of other mems Thoughts Nor is sis the
man who can boast merely of native Yigor
and capacity the greatest Of all the war
riors that went to the seige of Troy, had not
the pre.eminence because nature had given
him strength and ~, .nayajad tha l&rReet
bow, but because sel-dssctplisse bad taught
him h0ao to bend II
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our OF ONES ELEMENT.

/ have thought of swan, clumsily wad-
ding along on legs that cannot supports its
weight, when / have witnessed a great schol-
ar trying to make speech on a platform,
and speaking miserably i'll. The great sehol-
ar had left his own element, where he was
graceful and at ease; he had come to anoth-
er, which did not by any means suit him.
And while he houndered and stammered
through MS wretched little speech, / have
beheld fluent emty pates grinning with joy
at the badness of his appearance. They had
got the great scholar to race with them, they
in their element, and he out of his. They
had got him into a duel giving them the
choice Of weapons. And having beat him
(as logicians say sscuua1ftnl qlttd, they plain
ly thought they had beat Elm sin.pliciter.
You may have been amused at the articles
by which men, not good at anything butvery
fluent speaking, try to induce people infinite
ly superior to them in every respect save
that one, TO make fools Of themselves by
misersble attempts at that thing they could
not do. The fluent speakers thought, in
fact, to tempt the swan out of the water.
The swan, if wise, will decline TO come out
of the water, se ea
have beheld famous Eanatonaist oarviee
goose. He did it very Ill. And the faith
OF pne assembled company IN us knoWleQge
of anatomy was manifestly shaken. YSu
may have seen great and solemn phloso-
pher seeking to make himself agreeable to
knot of pretty young girls in a drawing
room. The great philosopher failed in his
anxious endeavours, while brainless cornet
succeeded TO perfection. Yet though the
cornet eclipsed the philosopher in this one
respect, it would be unjust to say that, On
the whole, he was the philosophers superb
or.-Tne Country Pafson
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MEN FIND THEM OWN Level,

The flattery with which our assembled
working classes are apt to be served, un-
doubtedly contributes to keep many of them
content to make no higher attainments. IF
they are not received with open arms by
the educated and refined, they attribute tito
their occupation, not to themselves; to the
unreasonable pride and prejudice of others,
anu not to their own deficiency But water
is not the only thing that will find It's own
level Genius, wit, learning, ignorance, are
each attracted TO its like. Two persons
were overheard talking in the room where
they were at work Lord knowed him
well when a boy, said one. He used to
live with his grandfather next door to US.
Poor as Job 5 turkey; but j amt seen him
since till | hearn i'm in--hall t'other Eight.
Don { s. pose he come nigh me now with.
a ten foot pole. Them kind O folks has
short memories, hal hal Can't tell who
poor working man is, nohoW
No, no, good friend, you are in the wrong.
There is, indeed, great gulf between you
and your early friend, but it il not poverty.
10 say that 1t is, is only a way you have of
hattering your self-love. For If you watch
those who frequent your friend house you
will find many one Wholives in lodgings as
plain as your own among them No, sir; it
~ uD1 pCVAu7o gOu WIN, tOF ne IL ~ HaEu
worker as you are; but because, begging
your pardon) you are vulgar and Ignorant;
because you sit in your sitting room at home
with your hat on and smoke your pipe or
spit tobacco juice on the carpet floor be-
cause you plunge your own knife into the
butter and your own fork into the toast.
having used both in your eating with equal
freedom because your voice is loud, your
tone staggering, andyour grammar horrible;
because your two paths from the old school
house diyerged his led upward, yours did
not and the fault is MT his You both
chose, He chose to cultivate bis mental
powers; you chose not to do so.
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THE THINKING.CAP.

There is no time lost in sharpening the
scythe, Is an old maxim among mowers.
and the same principle applies to every de-
partment of activity. The tourist who would
take an intelligent view of the scenes
through which he is to pass, first sits down
and studies up the geography of the coun-
try, and also the historical associations with
the different localities The farmer Whe
would do hls work to the best advantage
must hrst think well over it, even If it il
only laying out the beds of garden. There
Is nothing but what we can do better BY
thinking over it.
a great mathematician said if his life de-
pended ON working problem In two min
utes, he wonld spend one of the minutes in
thinking what was the best manner in which
to do it.
knowledge is a great power in the world
which works such maryels 1t was thinking
over it that brought to perfection the won
derful steam-engine, whose might exceeds
all that is fabled of the giants of classic his
tory. Your thoughtless hit or miss sort
OF people would never have hit on such an
invention.
Boys think-think hard--over whatever
comes in your way that is worth second
thought. No one can tell who of you viii
strike out the next great invention. There
will be great many in the next twenty
years. Buff you never come out inventors
whom the world delighteth to honor, you
can certainly be superior workers in your
respective callings. You can command
respect for your thoroughness in business.
You can get name for a reliable sound
judgment on matters in which you are en-
gagged, because you thoroughly understand
all the principles and are familiar
with their application. This can only be
the case after patient and continued ebser-
yation. There is no fact that bears on the
point that you can rightly call of no impor-
tance The most trihing facts have led to
the most important results. There is moth
ing seemingly more fragile and useless than
a spider web, yet one suggested to an OBJ
serving mind the idea of the suspension
bridge.
Be sure to put on your thinking as
soon as you wake in the morning, and do
not put it off till sleep seals up your eyelide
for the night. - Country Geattenadn
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WHYI IS IT DONE. The Democratic party
is lust now engaged in raising the CRY of me-
gro equality, negro voting &c., in or.
der to distract the attention of the people,
and more especially the soldiers from their
damning record Of the last three years.
They hope by raising false issues, TO escape
the merited obloquy that rests on them on
account Of their traitorous course during the
existence of the rebellion. Ii won't win.
The people cannot be hnmhugEed In that
manner, and the soldiers are rot children to
be frightened by the cry Of negro equality,
raised by the Democratic party. They have
not forgotten the party nor the men who de.
nounced theu as 'msrderer's,p Q, thieves, !
Lincoln hirelings,' as viii be pretty wen
dierr have not forgotten their old enemies,
ana honeyed words, and ''softsoapingp
generally viii not help the Democratic party
any, when applied to the brave boys in
blue.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-15

THE INCOME RETURNS. 1T is mistake
to imagine that because persons income
does not actually exceed the amount author
ized by law, he need make no returns A
knowledge of this fact win prove benefit
to those so situated who have received no
blanks, but who have not supposed it nee
cssary to return them with the requisite
statement Every one who has received a
blank, no matter what may be the amount
Of his income, or even if, in fact, he have
no income at all, must make return with
his blank before the time has expired, or he
will be assessed BY the District Assessor TO
the amount he may deem proper, the law al
lowing no appeal from his assessment
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-15

Down ON THE IRISH. The Chicago Times
a howling Democratic organ in the North
West, has commenced the abuse of the Irish
population of that city, for the active part
they took in the war 70 crush rebellion, and
for otherwise supporting the National au-
thority. 1t is little strange that after the
Democratic leaders find they can no longer
use the Irish, they should resort to abuse of
that class of our fellow citizens, as the best
way ofexhibiting their spiteful resentment
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JEWELER. &c.

II nANIEL BORDER,
IL PIrT STREET, Fwo DOORS wKsr OF TEH BEp
FORD HOTEL, BEBFoRD, Pa.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, &C.
He keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches, spectaclcs of Brilliant Douhls Rein
cd Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Giold
watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality Of Gold Pens. He will supply to order
any thing in his line not on hand.
apr rs, iS65-za.
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HOTELS.

DEDFORD HOUSE,
ID AT H0PEWELL, BEDFORD CouNrr, Pa,
BY HARRY DRoLLINGER.
Every attention given to make guests comfortable,
who stop at this House.
Hopewell July 29, 1854
IT S. HOTEL,
u HARRISBURG, PA.
CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS,
OPPOSITE READING R, R. DEPOT.
D. II. HUTCHINSON, Proprietor.
jtn6:65.
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THE Tongue IA white fur on the tongue
attends simple fever and infamation. Yel-
lowness, of the tongue attends q derange-
ment of the liver and is common to bilious
and typhus feTers. "A tongue viyidly red
on the tip or edge, or down the centre, or
orer the whole surface. attends inflammation
of the mucous membrane of the stomach
or bowels. A white velvet tongue attends
mental disease. A tongue red at the tips,
becoming dry, brown and glazed attends ty-l
phus state, 81, =.
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scARCE ARTICLES.

a parson who practices al be processes;
A beauty who never feels proud when she
dresses;
AlaWyer whose honesty pleads for his eli.
ent
A braggart whose courage ia always dcf-
ant:
A sensible dandy, an actual friend;
Philosophy publishing, money to lend;
A skllful physician regardless of self;
A stauneh politician forgetful Of pef;
A sour old bachelor neatly arrayed
And last though not rarest, cheerful old
maid.
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BANKERS.

G. W. RrPP.......o. e. sHAsSoN ......-F. BENRpIcr
DUPP, SHANNON 4 co. BANKERS,
III BEDFoaD, PA.
BtNk or DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business of Exchange,
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. aprI5,B4-tf
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A young lady recently remarked that she
could not understand what her brother
George Henry saw in the girls, that he liked
them SO well, and that, for her part, she
would not give the company Of one young
man for that of twenty girls.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-15

BEAUTIFUL Asn TRUE. We'll has Q Fri-
ter said: Flowers are not tlEes, NV one
might know from the care God has taken q
them G a. everywhere T not one unfinished; NOS
bringing tie eternal borders of mountais
winters, sracing the pulseless breast Of !, sas .s
gray, GA granite, everywhere they are nsL.
NOR NOR l,s3ns a Murderers DO not ordinarily
wear roses in their buttonsholes. sanra r,A'ss II
seldom train yines over cottage GoeAs ssr -
4 aud another Ns, Flowers are ZOE ln1 =.
5ausg and F.
the ssy, fDEEDs-
all bpt tht tas "inq0D
they are Ea
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LEGALITY or MILITARY IL COURTS.

The Attorney General, in response to the
inquiry Of President johnson, whether per-
sons charged with the offense of having as
sassinated the late President, should be tried
before military tribunal or a civil court,
gave a written opinion sustaining the former
mode Of trial. This opinion has been prin-
ted. IL naaiIIts4iEIS tiEaat ~.s.l.@,~ s-I-.--@l-
exist under and according to the Constitl-
ton in time of war; that the law of nations
constitutes part Of the law of the land, and
that the laws of war constitute the greater
part of the law of nations The laws of war
authorize human life to be taken without
legal process, or that legal process conten-
plated by the provisions in the Constitution
are relied on TO show that Judiciary tribu-
nails are the Constitutional law of nations,
which is the result of experience and Wis
dom of ages, has decided that iayhawkers,
bandittis, &C., are offenders against tie law
of nations and of war, and as such aInenable
10 the military Our constitution has made
these laws part of the law of the land.
Obedience to the constitution and TO the law
requires that the military should do their
whole duty. They must not only meet and
fight the enemies Of the country in open bat
tie, but they must Kill ortake the secret enc
mics of the country, and try and execute
them according to law. The civil tribunals
Of the country cannot rightfuly interfere
With the military in the performances OF
their high, arduops and perilous, bat lawful
duties. k,.s
The Attorney General characterizes Booth
and his associates as secret, active public
enemies, and he concludes with the opinion,
that the persons who are charged with the
assassination of the President, committed
the deed as public enemies, as I believe they
did, and whether they did or did not, is a
question to be decided BY the tribunal before
which they are tried. they not only can,
but ought to be tried before military tribu-
nal III the persons charged have offended
against the laws of war, it would be palpa-i
bly, wrong for the military TO hand tllenl.
over to the civil courts, asit would sc wrsf .
in the civil eonrt 10 convict ulaa- ii u M
der, who had, IN time of BaT, killed anc 1her
in battle. 34 d "a "a m -
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CoNUNDRUMs. Why cannot two slender
persons ever become great friends? Be
cause they will always be slight acquaintan-
ces
Why is crow brave Bird Because he
never shows the white feather.
Why is a person who never lays a wager
as bad as a regular gambler? Because he
is no better.
Why is dough like tho sum- Because,
when it rises, it is light
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0fiainal goetfp.
FOR THE IHQUTaER.
WAITING FOR A BITE.
inscribed to Kate and Beclie.
BY EsuRIoR.


Dsar girls. you well remember,
When we so gaily hied,
To the "bright-eyed Junista'
To angle in its tide;
How on its grassy bank we sat
And ished with all cur might
But vainly threw in and out,
Waiting for bite.
Old Sol sent down his scorching rays
oh twas most awful hot,
Or heads were fairly in a brotl,
But not bite we got.
Yet still we Piled the rod and line,
Tossed in both left and right,
But not fin there seemed to be
Waiting for bite
The day wore on--we fingered still,
In fact, twas growing late,
But still we hoped some friendly fish
Would, in pity, take the bait,
But nary one was green enough
Couldn't see it in that light,
Determined all to keep us there
Waiting for bite.
Tis true full many bite We got,
Which made vexation worse,
Twas only for yonr sakes, dear girls,
didn't rave and curse.
CHATS .n.d musketoes sucked our blood,
Fell vampires in their flight,
We looked as though we measles had
Waiting for bite.
Weplodded on from ''hole to holes"
We crossed to 'to6er eide
We scratched our faces in the brush,
And waded mud beside,
Until at last quite worn out,
And in sorry plight,
Despair within our hearts VIC felt
Waiting for bite.
perspiratiOn poured in streams,
Like butter rolls we felt,
Our cases seemed alarming, girls,
] feared that we would melt
But still this desperate state of things
Though causing some Albright
Our purpose fixed did not divert,
Waiting for bite.
confound the fish they wouldn't take" !"
Oh twas bitter cup,
And mortified we turned toward home
Mostloth to give it up.
Away we threw the rustic rods,
Each gave sigh outright,
And thought we'd had wretched time
Waiting for a bite.
We strobe through many weedy field,
We crept Ger ditch and bank,
Until we reached our home again,
Most hungry lean and lank,
But there sweet--a tempting scene
Did greet our longing sight
Rich yiands on the table spread
Waiting for bite.
Like odor from Arabia's land,
That eoffee's perfume rose,
And, oh delicious fouOt and ham
Their incense filed the nose.
We did not keep them waiting long,
We ate with appetite,
And felt that we no longer were
Waiting for bite.
But, yes, we cen are waiting still,
And will to end of life,
For in this funny world of ours
There seems to be strife
All strive the biggest bite to get
Each has prize in sight
Active, doing, still pursuing
Waiting for bite.