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The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-13

OFFKk TO THE TRADE fine selection OF goods
" 81 the lowest prices Of Chicago. Cincinnati Nee
York. Our Line Of Stationery consists In psrtf
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HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH TO Be DISPOSED
or At ONE DOLLAR EACH,
whout regard 20 vsue Not TO Be paid for until yoa
kuE~ von o receive
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TERMS OF THE DAILY.

On sna sner NOVEMBER 1t. he price Of tie Daily
Herald Ill - ss follows
10 oarrisrs agents ard dealers per copy ..-3e
To reEaisr sah-cribsrs shsr delivered - car
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MI. tpN gill submitted the following.
H>sd{ref. That the Pre- ideIt q the sinking Fund
Com uissouer. = requested report 20 this Hou.e
What ut n tse sinking Fund invested IN the
bonds q N. Stst- uLder tie Avs thereof bo-ir nc
such Investment tstfi uted 10 iha connfieS-ac-
eordng q the prosiscns of the approved March L.
less. auth rzf such distribution.
Hos ong sueh rotten u said fund, Il snv there b.
has remained the bsnls Of The sinking Fond Con
miss any Humi - fheresf drawing interest,
and eArEag not iax Tor the SAie Eer IN any NAY ia
ereasBg sad Sirkrg Fund'
RsIort wkefh,r any OF ion Of said fund f. distri-
butet smongt The msmters % th. BOARD q sinking
fard Cons issiocers, and Il so. hO~ mach and 10
whom
What have been the earnings % snch portion or por
tois Il aid fund Invested bOuds an hor-
lied by ls-. distributed 70 TIE countie<-and 10
~hese beurtt has he szu-e EGrecl
Ii was adopted
And then. on motion bv Mr. ii AMRIsE
The House NJ 5:soP. ". took recess till : Pm.
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COMMON SCHOOL FUND.

Mr.. MILLER moved suspension of the or
ders to enable him To move to take up the Sen
ate's amendment to Mr.. Newcombs school
fund bill II. X. A TO increase the powers of
the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners. and
TO authorize said Board to loan any moneys be-
longing to said Fund IN Indiana State bonds
or stocks. and providing for the cancelling OF
said bonds or stocks. and the re-issuSing of
new nOn-negotiable bonds or stocks payable to
said Fund.
The Senate amendments see Senate proceed
ings of last week were severalyl concurrcd in.
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DAMASCUS.

Damascus is the Oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the shore
Baalbee is ruin; Palmyra lies buried in
the sands of the desert; Nineveh and Baby
lon have disappeared from the shores of the
TigTis and Euphrates; Damascus remains
what il was before the days of AbrahaIn-a
centre of trade and travel, an island of YER
dure in desert, "a predestinated capital"
with martial and sacred associations extend
ing beyond thirty centuries 1t was NEAR
Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw the
light from heaven above the brightness of
the sun; the street which is called Strait,
in which it was said She prayeth, still runs
through the city. The caravan comes and
goes as it did thousand years ago; there is
still the sheikh, the ass, and the wateTwheel
the merchants of the Euphrates and the
Mediterranean stil occupy these with
the multitude of their walters, The city
which Mahomet surveyed from a neighbor-
ing height and was afraid to enter because
1t Is given to man to have but one paradise
and for his part he was resolved not to have
1t In this world is to this day what Julian
called the eye OF. the East y as it was In the
time of Isaiah the head of Syria From
Damascus came the damson, our blue plums
and the delicious apricot of Portugal called
damasco; damask, our beautiful fabric of
cotton and silk, with vines and flowers raised
upon smooth bright ground. the damask
rose, introduced into England in the time of
Henry VIII; the Damascus blade, so fa-
nous the world over for its keen edge and
wonderful elasticity, the secret of the manu-
facture of which was lost when Tamerlane
carried eff the artists into Persia; and that
beautiful art ofinlaying wood and steel with
silver and gold--a kind of mosaic engraving
of flowers aad bright waters the streams
from Lebanon, the ''rivers of Damascus
the river Of gold, still murmur and spar
kle in the wilderness of "LygiiaA gardoae.' y
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THE DEsERTERs, RETURN.

We shall shortly be favored In this coun-
try with the return of some hundreds, it has
been said thousands of absentees The lat
ter have, during the last year or two, enjoyed
the hyperborean breezes of Canada. or the
suItry airs of the West Indies, or the damp
fogs Of England, or the dry atmosphere of
Italy. Some have fed with but little to
sustain them while away, and they have been
compelled to suffer great priVations in for
eign ports, being at times In danger of star
walton. Others have luckily had the funds
TO support them In ease, and they have been
called travellers. But under any circnmstan-
ces, these patriots who did not, leave their
country for their country good, have been
ia unpleasant situations abroad They
might have berne upon the brow of each,
had military tribunals had their viii of them
the word deserter; as it was they concealed
their shame deep In their hearts How
meanly man must feel who has abandoned
the cause of his country, either through
cowardice or want of patriotisml Even
when far away from his home, among stran-
gers, who know nothing about bis derilec-
tions. he carries with him feelings of debase-
ment. Six months have gone by since the
close of the war, and yet the deserter frcm
the draft has been kept In exile. In that
vice rebels have been taken hack into favor,
and much has been done towards the res
toration Of peace AMI harmony; but the de-
serter from the draft has been kept away
from his former home, through fear that
his life, which was forfeited by his fight,
might be taken Unhappy season Of delay;
sociolly unhappy, peculiarly unfortunate,
entailing a heavy expense, and preventing
the victim from indulging in those specula-
tionS so rife at home, which a. man sorrows
over when he hears that others are success
ful in them. But at length the deserter's
griefs are ended. The government has de-
ternined to be generous with him. 1t has
been resolved that there shall be no more
prosecutions for deserting, or for any ofense
against the draft laws. SO let the self made
exiles come; let them sneak back quietly and
take their old places if they are not already
filed. But let them also reflect upon their
trespasses, and if it is possible for them to
excite generous emotion in their selfish
hearts, let them determine to be worthy Of
the kindness which they have received, and
that henceforth their steps shall be guided
by patriotism and not by party.
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the latter in addition to its other burdens.
pays an extraordinary tax to freedom and
enhghiment, which are usually deserving of
protection.
The .cheapening Of American iron BY CON-
petition with American iron satisfies the re-
ouirements of trade, produces a harmony of
interests, a perfect equilibrium of values
and gives stability to all the pursuits of i'm
dustry. The cheapening Of American iron
by competition with imported iron is degra-
dation of the national life, derangement of
national business and a disaster to the Ma
tional Government.
In times of great depression in this coun-
try labor has fallen to an average cost of IS
cents per day, and rails could then be pro-
duced at net cost Of $50 tun; but, taking
the average of labor at 81 per day, the net
cost would be $50 per Fun, the calculation
excluding direct tax, infeEest royalty and
profits.
The English and Welsh ironwoTkers re-
ceiye at this time an average of about 80
cents per day, and the ironmaster who en-
ploys this cheap labor can make rails at a
net cost Of about $50 per tun; and he can
land them in this country by paying duty
but little greater than the direct tax paid by
the American maker, whose product has
been further enhanced in cost by heavy con-
tributions to the treasury in the form OF In
direct taxes.
1t is difficult to fix the precise amount OF
indirect tax paid on tun of rails by the
worlingmen, but / offer the following APP
proximate estimate based upon long-con-
tinued and careful observations. / have as
sumed that 80 days labor is expended di-
rectly in the production of tun cf rails. and
that more are further expended for the
materials and supplies consumed and used,
and which are the product Of labor elsewhere
than at the works Assuming, therefore 40
days labor as the number expended, direct
" and indirectly, on the production of a tun
of rails, 7l tuus viii be the annual produc-
tion of each hand, or l335 men are employ
ed in making 900 tuns of rails Including
the miner, the miman, the mechanic, the
clerk and the manager, with the day-laborer,
the experience of iron-masters will bear me
out in saying that this labor cannot be OBJ
tanned now for much less than the average
of 81 per day Believing this to be safe
estimate, we find that every tun of rails
costs $50 in wages of labor. AT least four
fifths of this sum, or SOS out of $50, are ex-
pended in living as soon as earned, and it is
possible to tell very nearly for what it is
spent, and what revenue the Government
derives from this source upon tun of
American iron, which of course it could not
receive if the iron was manufactured
abroad
The following statement is made up by a
careful comparison of the purchase Of differ
ent grades of workmen, and while it is not
pretended that perfect accuracy has been
obtained, / feel certain that the widest OBJ
servation and most minute scrutiny will not
convict it of material enor
TABLE SHOWING THE INDIRECT TAX PAID
BY LABOR ON TUN OF RAILS.
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ALWAYS TELL. THE Truth. Tho ground
work of all manly character is veracity, or
the habit af truthfulness.
That virtue lies at the foundation of every
thing said How common it is to hear pa
rents say have faith iE my child so long as
he speaks the truth. He may have many
faults, but know that he will not deceive.
| build on that confidence. They are right.
Itis lawful and just ground to build upon.
So long as truth remains in child, there is
something to depend on, but when the
truth is gone, all is lost, unless the child is
speedily won back again to veracity. Chill
dren, did you ever tell a lie? If so you are
in imminent danger Return at once, little
reader, and enter the stronghold of truth,
and from it may you never depart.
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BANKERS.

G. W. RUPP.a.....o. Z. SHANNON .......F. BENRDlcT
ID UPP, SHANNON & CO. BANKERS,
IL BEDFORD, Pa.
BANK OF. DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business of Exchange,
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittanees promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold aprl5, 'B4-tf
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To YoUNG MEN.-HoE, after the duties
Of the day are over, do yon employ your
evenings? This is question of importance.
IF you have no regular employment, no fix
ed pursuits to engross your atteation and
operate as stimulus to the mind unem-
ployed, you must of necessity, have many
leisure and unoecupied hours intervals
when time viii hang heavily on your hands
and suggest the necessity of some means to
relieve it of its weight. The very time
which is dissipated IN idleness, would, if de-
voted to study, enable many a young man to
obtain eminence and distinction IN some USE
full art
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Excess Of Tax over Tariff SIS
This calculation shows that the govern
ment interferes with the production of iron
not to protect the domestic manufacturer,
but 20 pay bonHs Of 55 cents per tun on
imported iron. If acquainted with the cost
In detail OF other articles of American man
ufacture, | could with equal ease show that
similar injustice is done and that the inter-
nal tax, direct and indirect, exceeds the inn
port duty on corresponding articles of for
eign production The American Iaborer.
thus burdened with the muItifarious Incl
dents and responsibilities of his position as
citizen OF a free country, is now engaged
in desperate competition with the foreign
laborer, who tolls for back and belly alone.
The Government, which is vitality interested
in the contest, looks on indiferently, or op-
poses her own children. Every blow struck
by the American workingman tends to the
perfect restoration of Government credit
and finance, and to the destruction of his
own prospect of a livelihood; for every in
crease in value of the national currency is
instantly marked By a decline in the reward
of his labor, and iron is at zero, while his
food and clothing are at fever heat Re
sumption Ofspecle payment, unless normal
ly attained through a revenue policy restrict
ing excessive foreign Imports, will be the
knell OF American manufacturers, and the
industry of the country viii be buried in the
same grave. After period of suffering,
suspension, and bankruptcy, manufacturing
industry may again revive and struggle on
with Indifferent success, but there will be
incalculable loss sustained not alone by the
manufacturer and his operatives, but by ev-
cry business interest of the whole country.
The political economist will again be sad
dened by seeing this great nation, the cho-
sen champion Of the Lord, blinded, and ma
king sport for the Philistines: sEyeless in
GAIA at the mill with slaves.
1t is the penalty of trusting the false De-
lilah, who has repeatedly betrayed it into
the hands of It's mortal enemies. -Netc
York Tribune
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DENTISTRY.

nENTISTRY,
III. n. BOWSER, RESIDENT DENTIST, WOOD
BERRY. Pa, will spend the second Monday, Tues
dav, and Wednesday, of each month at Hopewell,
the remaining three days at Bloody Run, attend
ng 80 the duties of his profession. At all other
lines be can be found in his Office at Woodbury.,
excepting the last Monday and Tuesday Of the
same month, which he viii spend in Martinsburg,
Blair county, Penna. Persons desiring operations
should call early, as time is limited. All opera
ions warranted. Aug. 5,1s64, IT,
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A Double DISAPPOINTMENT. "A Wes-
tern editor Apologies to his readers some
what after this fashion:
s'We expected to have a marriage and a
death to publish. this week, but sia;sllt.
storm prevented the wedding Hla iie doe4
tor haying taken SICK himself, the patient
recovered, and we are accordingly cheated
out of both.
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VIE CELESTIAL ARMY,

BIZ t. b. READ.
I stood by the open easement
And looked upon the night.
And saw the westward going stars
Pass slowly out Of sight.
Slowly the bright procession
Went down the cleaning arch,
Andmy soul diseerned the music
OF their long triumphal march;
Till the great, celestial army,
Stretching far beyond the poles,
Became the eternal symbol
ofthe nightly march of souls.
Onward, forever onward,
Red Mars led down his clan;
And the moon, like mailed maiden,
Was riding in the van.
And some we're bright in beauty,
And some were faint and small,
But these might be in their greatesthcight,
The noblcst Of them all.
Downward, forever downward,
Behind earth's dusky shore,
They passed into the unknown night,
They passed, and were no more.
No more? 0 say not SO
And doicntoard is nett just;
For the sight is weak, and the sense is dim.
That looks through heated dust.
The stars and the mailed moon,
Though they seem to fall and die,
Still sweep with their embattled lines
An endless track ofsky.
And though the hills of death
May hide the bright array,
Tho marshalled brotherhood of souls
Still keeps its upward way.
Upward forever upward,
sec their march sublime,
And hear the glorious music
OF the conquerors of Time.
And long let me remember
That the palest, faintest one,
May to diviner vision be
bright and blessed sun.
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SIR Isaac NEWTON S nephew was clergy
man. When he had performed the marriage
ceremony for couple he always refusedthe
fee, saying, =" Go your ways, poor wretches,
/ have done you mischief enough already.
Was he or was he not suject for a lunatic
asylum2
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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

VIiN MAJOR,
- y JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, HoPEwELL,
BEDFORD COUNTY Collections and al business
IeftaIning to his Office win he attended to prompt
- al also attend 10 the sale or renting Of real
el'"'e instruments eg writing carefully prepar
60 Sn Also settling np partnerships and other ac-
Api 'fl-tJ
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1t viii be seen from this statement, that,
of the $500 expended by the workmen,
$3.50 are untaxed, and that $50 pays
$5 SO to the Government Lest you may
think the estimate Of one gallon of whiskey
to tun of iron is extravagant, it is proper
to state that upon examining the freight
books of the railroad company at this sta
ton, ] find that for the last FIVE years there
have been received here by the retailers of
liquor more gallons of whiskey than we have
produced tuns of rails, including both re-
rolled and new iron. In 1864, there were
over 900 barrels or 40, 600 gallons of whis-
key brought here by rail. What came in
wagons from the numerous distilleries in
Somerset and Westmoreland counties was
more than equal to all that was taken to the
country for consumption, and it would be
safe to say that nine-tenths of that drank in
our town was consumed by those employed
in the works. The calculation as to beer,
tobacco, and cigars, is also based upon actu-
al sales Of the articles to workmen, and is
under, rather than over, the true consump-
ton Of those heavily taxed articles by iron
workers will be sustainkd by all manufac-
lures who have investigated the matter.
1t may be said that the workmen would
be better without them, and while admit
ting this, we claim that they are no less
source of income to the government at the
expense of the manufacturer, who has to
pay in their increased cost increased wages.
In fact, the whole amount of this indirect
tax paid by the laborer is laid upon and
swells the cost of the turn of rails.
As conclusion of the whole matter, let
me now briefly present the sum Of direct and
indirect taxes paid by the American laborer
and manufacturer, and contrast it with the
duty upon foreign rails.
TABLE SHOWING TOTAL DIRECT AND INDI-
RECT TAXES ON a TUN or RAILS.
Tuns. Rate.
n. 40 60 sa 40 40
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HOTELS.

DEDFORD HOUSE,
ID AT HOPEWELL, BEDFoRD County, Pa,
BY.HARRY DRoLLINGER.
Every attention given to make guests comfortable,
who stop at this House.
Hopewell, July 20, 1864.
IT S. HOTEL,
HARRISBURG, Pa.
CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS,
OPPOSITE READING R. r. DEPOT.
j. II. HUTCHINSON, Proprietor.
itn6.65
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II J.. MARBoURG, NJ. D..
eJ f.. Having permanently located respectfully
tenders his Professional services to the citizens
ofBedford and vicinity. Office or Juliana street,
opposite tbs Bank, one door north of Hall Pal
mer's office April l, lS64-tf.
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nURBoRRoW q bUTZ,
IL HTTORsN.E rs 1T LsfW.,

BEDFORD. PA,
VIII attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and wiz give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions
Back Pay Bounty, Bounty Lands, &c.
Office on Juliana street. one door South of the
Mengel House and nearly opposite the Inquirer
Office April 2S lS65;tf
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THE FITNESS OF THINGS Did anybody
ever reflect how living in such country as
Australia, for instance, must upset all ones
established ideas about the fitness of things?
Whatever previous experience of the points
of the compass man may have had, is
here reversed. The su1 no longer shines
from the southern half of the heavens, but
from the Northern. The old rule in the
school biographies, Turn your face to the
sun, and you viii have the west at your
right hand and the east at your left, must
be expunged from his memory The Aus
traIians go down North to spend the win
ter, and come 'up South during tie hot
summer months. Thefirst Strawberries and
early potatoes come from down North
The needle of the compass points toward
the south, and the North Star is no longer
a symbol of Hteadiness In short the north
and the south exchange places, and the
Australian poets must sing odes to s'the
sunny north and ''the icy south. =
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Now girls, said Mrs Pardington the
other day to her nieces; s'you must get
husbands as soon as possible or they'll be
murdered.
Why so, aunt 2
why, see by the paper that we We got
almost fifteen thousand post Offices, and
nearly all on EN- dispatches mail every
widows, and the lady stepped quickly to the
looking to put on her new cap.
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That was wicked boy who when he was
told that the pest cure for the palpitation OF
the heart was to quit kissing the girlss said:
IF that is the only remedy for palpitation,
| say, let 'er palpi
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PHYSICIANS.

nR. b, F. HARRY,
IL Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by DR.. J. II. Hofus-
April l. IS64-tf
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JOHN i. KEAGY,

TOHN t. KEAG4,
eJ ATTORNEY AT Law, BEDFoRD, PA
VIII promptly attend to all legal business entrust-
ed to his care. WIN give special atteptien to
claims against the Government. Office on Juliana
street formerly occupied by Hon.A, King.
aprlI '65-#Iy.
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I B. CESSNA,
81 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with JoHN CESSNA, on Pitt ST., opposite the
Bedford Hotel An business entrusted to his care
will receive faithful and prompt attention Mill
tary Claims, Pensions, &c. speedily collected.
Bedford, June 8, 1865.
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.JEWELER. dc.

TOHN REIMUND,
y CLOCK AND WATCH-MAKER,
in the United States Telegraph Office,
BEDFORD, PA.
Clocks, watches, and all kinds of jewelry
promptly repaired. All work entrusted to his
warranted to give entire satisfaction. [nov3-lyr
nANIEL BORDER,
II PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEBFoRD, PA
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. sPECTACLES. &C.
He keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches, Speetaeles of Brilliant Double Rein
ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
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 2S, 1s65-za.
Goods Suitable for Holiday Presents.
HENRY HARPER.
$50 "A AR OH Stteet.
PHILADELPHIA.
WATCHES,
FINE JE~ELRY,
SOLID SILVER WARE
and Superior SILVER PLATED WARE.
Oct 6..3m.
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u MMEII4 AND LINGENFELTER,
N ATTORNEYS AT Law, BEDFORD, PA.
Have formed partnership in the practice Of
the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South
Of the Mengel House.
april, iS64-tf
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FSPY M. ALSIP,
IL ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEBFoRD, PA,
VIII faithfully and promptly attend to all bust
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin-
lug counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
pay, Bounty, &c. speedily collected. Once with
Mann & Spang, on Juliaua street, doors south
ofthe Mengel House. apl1, 1S64-tf