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fortunes, yoa might look with hope and
confidence to the future. The negroes viii,
1t If hoped, gradually diffuse themselves
among the greatly preponderating numbers
OF whites izs the different States and Terri
tories many OF them viii probably no TO
Mckee and other countries IN search of 90
ciai equality; and few or none of their race
will be added to their numbers by accesssans
from other countries While the steady
and rapid influx of great numbers of white
races from other countries viii gradually IN
crease the dIsproportion Ia numbers between
them and the whites and so render this new
element in society and governmentinnoxious,
or atleast poWeraess for evil. if they should
be SO inclined But from the general dopili-
ty OF their dispositions we may now exnect
most of them to be orderly, and MANY of
them industrious and useful citizens Bat
to secure these desirable ends it must not be
forgotten that it is an essential prerequisite
TO confer on them their reasonable and ne
esssaFy rights; and I'd aaoEs 4 policy which
shall prevent them from Becoming an ele-
ment of political agitation, and strife, and
danger.
And we must bury past animosities with
those of our fellow citizens with whom we
have been at war, and cultivate with them
feelings of mutual charity and fraternal good
will. And it viii be greatly to your adyan-
tage, in many ways which ] cannot trespass
on you to mention now, to hold out induce
ments to them, aud to emigrants from 9TH
er countries, To come and settle among you,
with their labor and skill and capital, to as
sist in the diffusion Of employments, the in
crease Of your population, and the develop
ment of your vast resources into new crea-
tions of wealth and power.
Time. and patience, and wisdom, and JUS
tice, mingled with the holy precepts of the
New Testament, are necessary to enable you
to secure these great and henefcient ends,
that you may, by the means / have indiea-
ted, or others, secure these results, shall have
my constant hopes and prayers.
Very truly and respectfully,
JOHN III. REGAIN.
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9laeRllaAeona.
FUN.

Oh glorious laughter Thou man loving
spirit that for time dost take the burden
from the weary back; that dost lay salye to
the feet bruised and cut by the hints and
shards; that takest blood baking melancholy
by the nose and makest it grin despite him.
self; that all the sorrows of the past the
doubts of the future confoundest in the Joy
Of the present; that makest man truly phil
osphic eonquerer of himself and care! What
was talked of as the golden chain of Jove,
was nothing but succession of laughs, a
chromatic scale of merriment reaching from
earth to Olympus 1t is not true that Pro-
metheus stole the fire but the laughter of
the gods to defy our clay In the abundance
OF our merTlment to make US reasonable
creatures. Have you ever considered what
man would be destitute of the ennobling fac
ulty of laughter? Laughter is to the face of
man what synovia, think anatomists call it
is to his joints; it oils lubricates, and makes
the human countenance divine. Without it
our faces would be rigid hyena like; the ini-
quities of our heart with no sweet antidote
to work upon them would have made the
face of the best among us husky thing,
with two sullen, hungry, cruel lights at the
top for forehead would then have gone
out of fashion-and a cavernous hole below
the nose. Think of a babe without laugh
ter-as it is its first intelligence The crea-
ture shows the divinity of its origin and end
by smiling upon US. Yes smiles are Its first
talk with the world smiles the first answer
that it understands And the worldly wis
dom comes upon the little thing it crows, it
chuckles it grins and shakes in its nurse s
arms or in waggish humor playing bopeep
with the breast it reveals its high destiny
declares to him with ears to hear the heir
HON of its Immortality. Let materialists
blaspheme as gingerly and acutely as they
will they must find confusion in laughter
Man may take a triumph and stand upon
his broad grins for he looks around our world
and his innermost soul sweetly tickled with
the knowledge tells him that heof all crea-
lures laughs. Imagine if you can laugh
ing fish. Let man then send loud ha, hal
through the universe aud bereverently CRATE
fully for the privilege. Douglas JeTrold.
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THE Uses OF ADvERsITY.- You wear
out your clothes. You are not troubled
with visitors. You are exonerated from
making calls. Bores do not love you. Tax
gatherers hurry past your door Itinerant
bands do not play opposite your windows.
You avoid the nuisance Of serving on juries
No one thinksof presenting you with tes-
timonial No tradesman irritates by
asking, Is there any other article to day
sir2" Impostors know it is no use TO bleed
you. You practice temperance. You swal-
low infinitely less poison than others. Flat
terers do not shoot their rubbish into your
ears. You are saved many debt, many
deception many headache And lastly, if
you have a true friend in the world you are
sure in very short space Of time to know it.
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oUT At NIGHT.

Fathers and mothers, look out for your
boys when the shades Of evening have gath
cred around you Where are they them
Are they at home, at the pleasant, social fire.
side, or are they running the streets? Are
they gaining street education? If 80, take
care, the chances of their ruin are many. =
There is scarcely anything more destructive
to their morals thanrunning abroad at night.
Under cover Of darkness they acquire the
education of crime; they learn to be rowdy-
ish, if not absolutely vicious; they catch up
loose talk, they hear sinful thoughts, they
see obscene things, they become reckless and
riotous. If you would save them from vul-
garity, save them from ruin, save them from
prison, see to it that night finds them at
matter, and do all they can to make home
attractive for ALL the children, SO attractive
that the boys will prefer it to roaming the
streets. There Is no place Ike home in
more senses than one--certainly no place ike
home for boys In Tie evening. Asyhsg's
Home Magazine.
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A CHRISTIAN is a man that is living to
perfect in himself q better manhood. lie is
living not to waste his understanding either
by dissipation or by selfish and perverse
use of it but to enable him to use it for the
higher and higher in himself the moral sem
timents--eonscience, benevolence, faith, hope
and love. He is living so as to be better.
There are great many persons who are llv-
ing simply for wealth or for honor or for
power; but these are not the things that he
is living for. He is to become better in
every part of his being. The consequence
is that he takes the highest rule-that is
God ) law-to measure his conduct and dis
position y, in all he changes of life.
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golnifal,
ADVICE TO THE TEXANS.

The Address of John III. Reagan, late
Rebel Postmaster General-He writes
from his prison at Fort Warren words
of good advice to his people-His Opin-
ions and recommendations for future
guidance.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AUSTIN,
Texas, Sept. %, 1865.
EDITOR GAZETTE
| received, day or two past, through the
War Department., in Washington, the inclo-
sed manuscript address by Hon. John II.
Reagan to the people of Texas, written from
Fort Warren, where he is now confined as d
prisoner of state The address was accom-
panied with note from Maj Gen. Hooker
commanding the Department of the East,
requesting that it be forwarded to me, ifnot
in conflict with the policy of the government
together with note requesting its publica-
ton, if not in contravention of my policy,
&c, &c
Ii affords me pleasure to comply with the
request. 1t is manly appeal to the people
of Texas, from an old public servant, who is
suffering, in bis own person, the penalty Of
the great crime of the South-an appeal TO
them, not for himself, but for them, many
of whom, to my knowledge, are thousand
times more responsible for the late rebellion
Lnan DlniSelI
1t is the inspiration of moral heroism to
confront the long cherished errors and preju-
dices of people, with the simple weapons
of reason and truth.
In time past, no man has had stron-
ger hold upon the public confidence that the
writer of this address, He has done moth
ing to forfeit that confidence, except to con-
sent, reluctantly, as believe, to engage in
the mad experiment of secession. He has
seen and deplores the wickedness and folly
which brought upon the people their pres.
ent troubles, and now seeks by bis warning
voice, issuing from prison cell, to induce
this people 70 repair, as far as may be, BY
their future course, the injuries of the past.
respectfully request the publication ol
the address in your paper, and hope that
the Press of the State generally will do the
same
If every man in our State. who is and has
been engaged in throwing discredit upon the
justice and policy of the government would
with the same honesty of purpose, discuss
the pre- ent and future interests of the peo
pie, its return to its proper and constitution
al position in the Union would be both SURE
and expeditions
earnestly commend the address to the
honest and thoughtful consideration Of the
people of Texas. Very respectfully,
A. j. HAMILTON.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.
BEDFORD. Pa.
ISAAC F. GROVE. Proprietor.

TIE subscriber would respectfully announce
to his friends in Bedford County, and the public
generally that he has leased for term of years,
this large and convenient brick hotel at the
Of Pitt and Julianna Streets, Bedford Pa, known
as the WASHINGTON HOTEL, and formerly
kept by VIM. Dibert.
This Houee is being thoroughly re-htted andre
furnished, and is now opened for the reception of
guests. Visitors to the BEDFORD SPRINGS,
and persoEs attending Court, will find this HOUSE
a pleasant and quiet temporary home, Every at
tention viii be paid to the accommodation and
comfort Of guests.
The TABLE will at all times be supplied with
the best the markets afford. Charges win be mod
crate
Extensive stabling is attached to this Hotel,
and careful and competent Hostler win be in at
tendence
Special attention viii be paid to the aceommo-
dation Of the farming community.
Coaches leave this House Daily, Sundays ex-
cepted) at e3 o'clock A. NJ and 2 o'clock P. NJ, to
connect with the trains going East, from Mount
Dallas Station and Bloody Run. coach will also
leave tri-weekly, TUESDAY, Thursday and Satur-
day. for Somerset. The travelling public will find
1t decidedly to their advantage to stop with him.
ISAAC F. GROVE.
Bedford, April T. 1855
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Coon AEyIcE Girls, let us tell youa
stubborn truth No young woman ever
locks so well, to sensible young man, as
when dressed in plain, neat, modest attire,
without single ornament about her person.
Shes look then as though she possessed worth
in herself, and needed no artificial rigging
to enhance her value lie young woman
would spend SO much time in cultiFating her
mind, training her temper, and cherishing
kindness, meekness mercy, and other good
qualities, as most of them do in extra dress
and ornaments, to increase their personal
charms, she would at a glance, be known
among a thousand-her character would be
read in her countenance. That s so
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BANKERS.

G. W. RUPP.......o. f. SHANNON ......P BExRDIcr
ID UPP, SHANNON d CO., BANKERS,
H. 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
Remittance, promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. apr.l5, 64-tf
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ssYoU SAID THAT AFoRE.-Old Father
Bushnell, of Vermont; used to say that the
best criticism he ever received on his preach
ing was from little boy who sat at his feet,
looking up into his face as he was preaching
in crowded house. As he was going on
very earnestly, the little fellow spoke out,
:. You said that dtore. y | fancy that an
honest critic would find in those sermons an
hour long, good many such sentences said
afore in the same discourse, and sad qfore,
on almost every Sabbath day. A 8ord TO
the wise is sufficient.
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DIFFICULTIES. Wait not for your diff.
culties to cease; there Is no soldiers glory
to be won on peaceful fields no sailor da-
ring to be shown on sunny seas no trust or
friendship to be proved when all goes well.
Faith, patience, heroic love, ,deyout courage,
gentleness are not to be formed when there
are no doubts no pains no irrItations, no
difficulties.
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NOBLE SENTIMENTS. Condemn 10 man,
says John Wesley, for not thinking as you
think. Let every one enjoy the full and free
liberty of thinking for himself Let every
man use his own judgment, since every man
must give an account of himself to God.
Abhor every approach, in any kind Of de-
gree to the spirit of persecution IF you
cannot reason or persuade man into the
truth, never attempt to force him into it.
IF love viii not compel him to come, leave
him to God. the Judge of all
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Lord NJ, with no very large por-
ton Of wit or wisdom, had very axalted
opinion of his own powers. When once in
a large company, and expatiating about him
self, he made the following pointed remark:
''When | happen to say foolish thing, |
always burst out LaughiRgF I envy
you your happiness, MY lord, then, said
Charles Townsend, for you must certainly
live the merriest life of any man in Eng
land. y
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EDMUND ABOUT writes daintily: "Al
though true hearts never become indifferent
to public affairs, we see things which touch
us nearest occupying the first place. 1t is
not selfshness; it is optics. Put your hand
before your eyes; you can perceive nothing
in the chamber Interpose a little head a1l
a ting cap between the world and you, you
viii witness beautiful phenomenon, which
astronomers have not yet studied, the total
eclipse of the world. y
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5EWELER. &c.

DANIEL BORDER,
~ PITT STREET, TWO DOORS wHs7 or THE BEp
FORD HOTEL, BEBFoRD, PA.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. &C.
lie keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches, spectacles Of Brilliant Double Rein
ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality Of Gold Pens. He viii supply TO order
any thing in his line not on hand.
apr. 2s, 1865--zz
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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WoRDs.
Captain Winner once received a sharp an
sweI from a negro which viii bear repeat
ing. The black man had long been ac-
quainted with him, generally helping him
load his vessel. In the course of a conver-
sation one day Winner accidentally remark
ed that he was Christian You a Christ
ianI said the darkey, in astonishment,
Law a massey [ d never found it out in
the world if you hadn' t told me
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THE GREATEST M.

THE GREATEST MAN.-The greatest man
is he who chooses the right with inyincible
resolution; who resists the sorest temptations
from within and without; who bears Che
heaviest burden cheerfully; who is the calm
est in storms and whose reliance ON faith
and virtue and OH God is the most unfalter-
ing,
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Woman's love, like the rose blossorning in
the arid deserts. spreads its rays over the
barren plain of the human heart, aud while
all around it is black and desolate, it rises
more strengthened from the absence Of every
other charm.
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OCTOBER.
Br ". GAYLORD CLARK.

BI ". GAYLORD CLARK.
Solemn, yet beautiful to view,
Month of my heart, thou dawnest here,
With sere and faded leaves to streW
The Summers melancholy bier;
The moaning of thy winds hear,
AS tho red sunset dies sfar,
And bars of purple clouds appear,
Obscuring every western star.
Thou solemn month hear thy voice,
It tells my soul of other days,
When but to live was to rejoice,
When earth was lovely to my gaze.
o, visions bright! o, blessed hours
Where are those living raptures nOwl
/ ask my spirits wearied powers,
ask my pale and fevered brow.
Alas for Time, and Death, and Care,
What gloom around my way they fling,
Like clouds in Autumn's gusty air,
The burial pageant Of the Spring.
The dreams that each succeeding year,
Seemed bathe d in hues of living pride,
At last, ike withered leaves, appear,
And sleep in darkness, side by side.
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DENTISTRY.
LII n. B0WSER, RESIDENT DENTIST, WooD-
BERRY, PA, will spend the second Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday, Of each month at Hopewel,
the remaining three days at Bloody Run, attend
ing to the duties Of his profession. At all other
times he can be found in his office at Woodbury.,
excepting the last Monday and Tuesday Of the
same month, which he win spend in Martinsburg,
Blair county. Penna. Persons desiring operations
should call early, as time is limited. All opera
ions warranted. Aug. 5,lS64,-h.
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How long Eve, the first woman, lived, we
do not know, tits curious fact that in sa-
cred history, the age death and burial of
only one woman, Sarah, the wife of Ahra-
ham. Is distinctly noted. Women j ages ever
since, appear not to have been subject for
history or discussion.
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On the doors of aparish church, nota
hundred miles from Pendle Hill, was recently
affixed the following notice The church
wardens will hold their quarterly meeting
epay SIC a0ceks, instead ofhalfyearly, as for
merly."
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2oftrg.
SONG OF THE CORN GATHERERs,
Br JOHN G. WHITTIER.

BIT JOHN C. WHITTIER.
Heap high the farmers wintry hoardf
Heap high the golden corn!
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish horn!
Let other lands exnlting CLEAN
The apple from the pine,
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gift
Our rugged wales bestow,
To cheer us when the storm shall drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Thro' wales Of grass, and meads OF flowers,
Our plows their burrows made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
Of changeful April played.
We dropped the seed Ger hill and plain,
Beneath the sun Of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The robber crows away.
All thro' the long bright days Of June
It's leaves grew bright and fair,
And waved in hot midsummer noon.
It's soft and yellow hair.
And now with Autumn's moonlit eyes,
It's harvest time has come,
We pluck away its frosted leaves,
And bear the treasure home
There, richer than the tabled gifts
Apollo showered of old,
Fair hands the broken grain shall sift,
And knead its meal Of gold
Let vspid idlers lon in silk,
Around ths costly board;
Give us the bowl of samp and milk,
By homespuA beauty poured.
Then shame on all the proud and vain,
Whose folly laughs to scorn
The blessings of hardy grain,
Our wealth of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the rye,
Give to the worm TIE orchards fruit,
The wheat fields to the fy;
But let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
sGll let US for His golden corn
Send up our thanks to GodI
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REMEAIBEANcEs. -Thememories of child
hood, the long, far-away days of boyhood,
the mother's love and prayers, the voice of
a departed play-fellow, the ancient church
and schoolmaster, in all their green and hal
lowed associations, come upon the h IN
the autumn time of life, ike tho passage ut
a pleasantly remembered dream, and Cast
ray of their own purity and sweetness over
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ADDRESS.

In PRISON, FoRT WARREN,
BosToN HARBoR, Aug. IL, 1865.
To The people Of Tecos.
The condition of the country is such as to
awaken the anxious solicitude of every citi-
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John MAJOR,

- JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, HoPEwnLL,
BEDFORD COUNTY. Collections and all business
Icrtaning to his Office will be attended to prompt
~. Win also attend 10 the sale or renting Of real
estate Instruments Of writing carefully prepar
sd. Also settling nj partnerships aud other ac-
'Ounts' AP sl--p.
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When Chief Justice Chase was at Key
West, he was served by an old negro, to
whom he promised carte de-Visite, and
handed him one dollar biA Ali says
Sandie, now know you, massa; yon are
sold greenhaeks.
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j. r. DURBoHHoW L
DURBORROW s LUTZ,
II .aTTOR.N.E rs 1T L.gW,,
r L.aH

BEBPoRD, PA.y
will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no.
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and win 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, IS65:tf
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DENTISTS.

c. n. G. NiSNIcH, dh'
DENTISTS, BEDFORD, PA.
IL Office in the Bank Building, J,sEiana Street.
All operations pertaining to Surgical OF Me
chanicaI Dentistry carefully and faithfully per-
formed and warranted. TERMS CASH.
iaD6r65-ly
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RATES r. TIES OF ADVERTISING, !

~ - - Vt III V Fit tII5I1NlNf.,
All Advertisements for less than months ~
cents per line for each insertion. Special notices
one half additional. All resolutions Of Associa-
ton, communications of limited or individual
interest and notices Of marriages and deaths, ex-
ces of every kind, and all Orphans Court ard
other Judicial sales are required Law to be pub
lished in both papers. Editorial Notices Is cents
per line. All Advertising due after first insertion.
A liberal discount made to yearly advertiEers.
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r L. MARBoURG, NJ. D.,
81 Having permanently located respectfully
tenders his Professional services to the citizens
Of Bedford and vicinity. Office OF Juliana street,
opposite the Bank, one door north of Hall Pal
mer's office. April l, 1s64-tf.
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HOTELS.

DEDFORD HOUSE,
ID AT H0PEWELL, BEDFORD CoUNTr, Pa,
BY HARRY DRoILINGER.
Every attention given to make guests comfortable,
who stop at this House
Hopewell, July 20, 1854.
TT S. HOTEL,
u. HARRISBURG, PA.
CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS,
OPPOSITE READING R. R. DEPOT.
D. H. HUTCHINSON, Proprietor.
jn6:65.
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professional & Business Cards.
ATTORNEYs AT LAW.
-nHN PALMER.

John T. KEAGY,
81 ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, Pa,
VIII promptly attend to all legal business entrust-
ed to his care. Win give special attention to
elsims against the Government. Office on JuIiana
street, formerly occupied by Hon. A. King.
aprll:65-#Iy.
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PHYSICIANS.

DR. b. +. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by DR.. J. H. Hohus.
Anil IRRA-tf
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HIMMELL AND LINGENFELTER,
n ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Have formed partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Julisna Street, TIVE doors South
Of the Mengel House.