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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-17

A BEAUTIFUL BED OF PORCELAIN
n CLAY FOR SALE offer for sAls a beautiful
BED OF PORCELAIN CLAY, which can be bought at
bargain.
This clay lies in the end of Nelson county, Va,
convenient to railway rrage and canal transporta-
ton, being three miles from the Orange road and i've
miles from the James river canal From superficial
examination Of the vein seems to be about sixty or
seventy feet wide, and Of an unknown depth' "hite
and free from sand and thought by intelligent GENTLE
men suitable for the making OF china. This bed Of
clay Is situated By the side Of the main road leading TO
the Orange road and the James river canal Near by
have water power sufficient to drive an ordinary coun
ry grst mill which ] will sell with the clay, should
water power be necessary in manufacturing the clay
There Is an abundance Of the finest timber for build
inc and wood for fuel at the spot. will sell the clay
and few acres of land attached or will sell nfty
more acres should it be desirable
Nv enterprising friend, X. w Esom, Esq, has saw
and grist mill near by, where the purchaser be
supplied with lumber Of the best quality at fair price,
and have his corn ground purchase meal It may
suit.
Apply somebody will lose a bargain, ~ I am
determined TO sell.
IRuy.-There are strong Indications Of iron on nv
land and on the land Of K. w. Elsom Esq, near by
Ny address is Towards willie, Albemarle county Va
aplO-e4t WIN II. CARTER.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-17

Lady clerks in attendance and department is set
aside exclusively for Ladies'.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-17
ALL TO BE sold PoR
ONE DOL LAR E ACH!!!

ARRANDALB CO.,
MASUFAcTURBRs AGENTS, No. 1877 BROADWAY,
Beg to to the people of Richmond that they
have opened the large store, No rs Main street. Dick
insons old stand, corner Exchange alley Branch
Establishment. for the sale Of the following
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
VOLUME 80; NO As.
A FAST STORY.

An Englishman was Dragging of the speed
on English railroads, to Yankee traveller
seated at his side, in one Of the cars of a
fast train in England The engine bell
was rung%as the cars neared a station. 1t
suggested to the Yankee an opportunity of
taking down his companion a peg or two. -
What that noise?' innocently inquired
the Yankee.
''We are approaching town, said the
Englishman; they have to commence ring
| ing about ten miles before they get to sta
ton, or else the train would run by it before
the bell could be heard Wonderful, ism
lR l suppose they havn' t invented bells in
America YETI
'Why, yes, replied the Yankee, we We
got bells, but can use them on our railroad
We run so fast that the train always keeps
ahead of the sound; no use whatever; the
sound never reaches the village till after the
train gets by y
Indeed" said the Englishman.
'Fact, said the Yankee, had to give
up bells. Then we tried steam whistles, but
they wouldn't answer either | was on a
locomotive when the whistle was tried. We
were going at a tremendous rate; hurricanes
were nowhar, and had to hold my hair on.
We saw a two-horse wagon crossing the
track, about five miles ahead, and the engin-
eer let the whistle on, screeching like troo-
per. 1t screamed awfully, but it WASH t no
use. The next thing knew, was picking
myself out of pond by the roadside, amid
the fragments Of the locomotive, dead horses
broken wagon, and dead engineer lying be-
side me. Just then the whistle came along
mixed up with some frightful oaths that l
had heard the engineer use when he frstsaw
the horses. Poor fellow! he was dead be-
fore his voice got to him.
After that we tried lights, supposing these
would travel faster than sound. We got
ore so powerful that the chickens woke up
all along the road when we came by, suppo-
sing it to be morning But the locomotive
kept ahead of it still, and was in the dark
ness with the light close on behind it. The
inhabitants petitioned against it; they
couldn't sleep with so much light in the
night time Finally we had to station cleo
tric telegraphs along the road with signal
men to telegraph when the train was in sight;
and | hare heard that some OF the fast trains
beat the lightning fifteen minutes every
forty miles, but | can't say as that is true:
the rest l know to be so.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

The conditions OF the bridal race are
these The maiden has certain start CIV
en- which she avails herself of to gain a sHt-
ficient distance from the crowd to enable her
to manage her steeG with freedom, so as to
assist in the pursuit of the suitor whom she
prefers. On signal from the father all the
horses gallop after the fair one, and which
ever first succeeds in encircling her waist
with his arm, no matter whether dlSagreea-
ble or not to her choice, is entitled to claim
her as his wife. After the usual delay Incl
dent upon such occasions, the maiden quits
the circle of her relations, and putting her
steed into a hand gallop, darts into an open
plain.
When satisfied with ber position, she
turns round to the impatient youths, and
stretches out her arms toward them as if to
WOO their approach. This is the moment
for giving the signal to commence the chase,
and each of the impatient youths, dashing
his pointed heels into his courser's sides,
darts like the unhooded hawk in pursuit of
his fugitive dove. The savannah was exten-
sive, full twenty miles long and three in
width and as the horsemen sped across the
plain the favored lover became soon appa-
rent by the efforts of the maiden to avoid
all others who might approach her. At
length, after nearly two hours racing, the
number of pursuers is reduced to four who
are all together, and gradually gaining on
the pursued. With them is the fayorlte
but alas his horse suddenly fails in his
speed and, as she anxiously turns her
head, she perceives with dismsy the hapless
position of her lover. Each Of the more
fortunate leaders, eager with anticipated tri-
umph, bending his head on his horse name,
shouts at the top of his voice, Il come, my
Peri I'm your lover But she, making
sudden turn, and lashing her horse almost
to fury, darts across their path, and makes
for that part of the place where her lover Is
vainly endeavoring to goad on his weary
steed. The three others instantly check
their career but, in the hurry to turn back,
two of the horses are dashed furiously
against each other so that both steeds and ri
ders roll over the plain.
The maiden laughed (for she well knew
she could elude the single horsemanl and
flew to the point where her lover was. But
her only pursuer was rarely mounted, aud
not easily shaken off, Making a last and
desperate effort, he dashed alongside the
maiden, and stretching out his arm almost
won the unwilling prize; but she, bending
her head to the horse neck, eluded hii
grasp, and wheeled off. Ere the discomft-
| ted horseman could again approach her, hel
lovers arm was around her waist, and
amidst the shouts of the spectators, the!
turned towards the fort.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
The REST DAY.


We have long been satisfied that the best
popular argument in favor Of a strict Sab
bath is that to open the day to amusement
and dissipation, would in the end cause it to
be given up to industrial pursuits, like other
days, and so work immense injury to the
operative classes, who would find them
selves compelled to give seven days work
for six days' wage We are glad to see
that this view has been taken in England.
Mr.. Hughes not only gave his own view,
but said that the intelligent portion, the
majority Of the working classes sided with
him.
In England, as lately in this country, a
laborious effort has been made to break
down the strictncss of the current Sabbath
observance, and throw open museums, pic
ture galleries and libraries on the Lord s
day. The reason urged for this has been
that the working classes, busy throughout
thesweck, required such recreation on the
Sabbath. The movement has, happily, met
with a check from the right quarter, the
WORKING people themselves having common
sense enough to see that Sunday recreation
would soon lead to Sunday labor that cab
men, omnibus men and railroad employc es
would have to give up their Sunday rest,
to carry crowds to places of amusement
that the custodians Of these places would
need to be on hand all day-and that, the
sanctity of the Sabbath being invaded, its
opportunities for refrcshmcnt and serene
repose would be LOST The very men for
whose benefit the indulgence was demanded,
have, therefore, raised their voice against
il. and declared to the authorities that they
desire nothing Of the kind Mr. Hughes,
NJ. p. ("Tom Brown at Oxford, - at first
an advocate for Sunday opening, has accord,
ingly now cast bis weight against it, and
even the Times intensely worldly as it usu-
ally is, raises It's voice in favor of quiet
Sabbath, as ahording b. its sudden change
ofthought and pause IN business, a refresh,
ment to the mind scarcely less than that oi
sleep 10 the body, and az giving opportuni
ties for family intercourse aud calm refec
ton, which it would he impossible other.
wise to obtain. - Christian IatelHgeRcer
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
sadness and Literature

One of the anamoEes ofliterary history is
that it has often been the lot of those men
who have contributed largely to the .mirth
or recreation of others, to endure more
than ordinary share of misery and want in
their own lives The most entertaining
portions of literature have been written by
men whose hearts have been bowed down
by sorroS, and at moments when that sor-
row has been heaviest. 1t was in the gloom
of mothers death, deepened By his own
poverty, that johnson penned the charming
tale Of 'Rasselas; it was in thechill desc
lation of a bare and freles garret that poor
Goldsmith, the beloved vagrant of literature
sketched the brightest pictures OF homes
and happiness the world has ever had, it
was from a sick bed, in sore distress, and in
necessitous exile, that Tom Hood shook all
England with laughter. The enchantment
of Scoot, the satire of Jerrold all the gems
of English wit and humor, have been TIN own
out by genius in its most sorowful mo.
ments.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
All sorts of Paragraphs.

1t is beauty privilege to kill time, and
times S privilege to kill beauty.
The veil which covers the face of futurity
is woven by the hand of beauty.
IF We are loved by those around us, we
can bear the hostility of all the rest of the
world; just as if we were before farm FIRE,
we need not care for all the ice in the Polar
regions
We should give as we receive--cheerfully,
quickly, and without hesitation, for there is
no grace in benefit that sticks to the fin
gers.
The truly illustrious are they who do not
court the praise of the world, but perform
the actions which deserve it.
Some sensible chap says, truly, that a
person who undertakes to raise himself by
scandalizing others, might just as well sit
down on wheelbarrow and undertake to
wheel himself
Dentist to his patient Hem, very odd.
| must have made some mistake; there's
nothing the matter with this tooth Never
mind, I'll try again. OF course, | won't
charge you for pulling more than one of
them, no matter how many take ont. -
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
THE VOICELESs.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

We count the broken Tyres that rest
Where the sweet wailng singers slumber,
But O. er their silent sisters breast,
The wild flowers who will stoop to number?
A few touch the magic string,
And noisy frame is proud to win them
Alas for those who never sing,
But die with all their music in them?
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their hearts sad story.
Weep for the voiceless who have known
The cross without the crown of glory
Not where Leucadian br9ezes sweep
Der Sappho's memory haunted pillow
But where the gistening night dews weep
Ger nameless sorrows chureh.yard pillow.
0 hearts that break and give no sign,
Save Whitening lip and fading tresses,
Till death pours out bis cordial
Slow dropped from misery's crushing presses
If singing breath or echoing chord
To every hidden pang were given
What endless melodies were proved
As sad as earth as sweet as heaven
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

PUNGENT SERoloN.-Je Jerome, in one of
his sermons, rebuked the women of his day
in words so apropos to those of modern
times that we cannot forbear copying them
''Ah ] shall tell you who are the women
that Scandahze Christians They are those
who daub their cheeks with red, and their
eyes with black-those who plaster their
faces too white to be Misunderstanding us
ofidols-those who cannot shed tear with
out its tracing furrew on the painted sur
face of their taces-those whose ripe years
fail to teach them that they are growing old
those whose head dresses are made up of
other people hair-those who chalk wrink-
les into the counterft presentiment of youth
and those who affect the demeanor of BASH
full maideus in the midst of troops of grand
children.
If he had added those who wear fitting
skirts, the picture would have been COM
plete.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

a WoMAN's S FRIENDSHIP. is Won
drous advantage to a man, in every pursuit
or vocation, to secure an adviser in a sensi~
bic woman In woman there is at once a
subtitle delicacy oftact and plain soundness
of Judgment, which are rarely combined to
an equal degree in man. A woman, if she
be really your friend, viii have a sensitive
regard for your character. honor and repute.
She will seldom counsel you to do shabby
thing, for woman-friend always desires
to be proud Of you. At the same time her
constitutional timidity makes her more eau
tiOus than youI male friend. She, there
fore, seldom eounsels you to do an impudent
thing. A mans best female friend is d
wife Of good sense and heart, whom he loves
and who loves him But, supposing the
man to be without such helpmate, female
friendehip he must still have, or his intellect
viii be without garden, and there viii be
many an unheeded gap, even In its strongest
fence. Better and safer, of course, such
friendships where dispaTities Of years or cir
cumstances put the idea of love out of the
question Middle life has rarely this ad-
vantage youth and old age have. We
may have female friendships with those
much older, and those much younger. than
ourselves. Female friendship is to man
the bulwark, sweetener, ornament of his
existence.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

4 Truthful ANSWER Bunkum, in the
old North State is undoubtedly the health
icst spot on earth, and it was on that ac-
coant that some lower country gentlemen
were surprised one day to see Bunkumite
at work upon an ominous looking hole in
the ground 0fcourse they inquired what
he was about?
Digging a grave, sir.
Digging a grave? Why, thought peo-
pie didn't die often here, do they?
"0h no, sir, they never die but oncel
They never asked that question "but
once
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

The BEAUTY OF OLD PEOPLE. Men and
women make their own beauty or their own
ugliness. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton speaks
in one of his novels of man who was
uglier than he had any business to be-" and
if he could but read it, every human being
carries his life in his face, and is good look
ing or the reverse as that life has been good
or evil. On our features the fine chisels of
thought and emotion are eternally at work.
Beauty is not tie monopoly of blooming
young men and white pink maids. There Is
a slow growing beauty which only comes to
perfection in old age Grace belongs to no
period of life, and goodness improves the
longer it exists. / have seen sweeter smiles
on a lip of seventy than ever saw on lip of
seventeen. There is the beauty of youth,
and the hohness-a beauty much more sell
dom met; and more frequently fonnd in the
armchair by the fire, with grand children
around its kuee, thau in the ballroom or the
promenade. Husband and wife who have
fought the world side by side, who have
made common stock of joy and sorrow, and
grown aged together, are not unfrequently
found curiously alike in personal appearance
and In pitch and tone of yoice-iust as twin
pebbles on the beach exposed to the same
tidal influences, are each others alter ego.
He has gained a feminine something which
brings his manhood into full relief She
has gained q masculine something which
acts as a foil to her womanhood.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
WHAT THE AGE WANTS.

A writer SAYS; ''The great want of this
age is men. Men who are not for sale.
Men who are honest, sound from the centre
to the circumference true to the hearts
core. Men who fear the Lord and coyetous-
ness. Men who will condemn wrong in
friend or foe, IN themselves as well as In
others. Men whose consciences are steady
as the noodle to the pole. Men who viii
stand for the right if the heavens totter and
the earth reels. Men who can tell the truth
and look the world and the devil right in the
eye.-AIen that neither brag nor run. Men
that neither swagger nor finch. Men who
can have courage without Whistling for it,
and JOY without shouting to bring it. Men
in whom the current of everlasting life runs
still and deep, and strong. Men careful OF
God honor and careless of men S applause.
Men too large for sectarian limits and to 0
strong for sectarian bands. Men who do not
strive, nor cry, nor cause their voices TO be
heard in the street, but who will not fail,
nor be discouraged, till judgment be set in
the earth. Men who know the message and
tell it. Men who know their place and fill
it. Men who know their duty and do it.
who will not lie Men vino are not too lazy
to work nor too proud to be poor. Men who
are willing to eat what they have earned, and
wear what they have paid for Men who
know in whom they have believed Men
whose feet are on the everlasting rock
Men whe arenot ashamed Of their hope
Men who are strong with divine strength,
wise with the wisdom that cometh from
above, and loving with the love, of Christ
Men of God.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
goetrQ.
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Pennsylvania FOR THE UNION,
~ a. j. II. DUGANNE.


last
Like red furnace, molten with Freedom s
rushing blast
From all her mines the war-lght shines, and
out of her iron hills
The glorious fire leaps higher and higher, till
ali the land it fills
From valleys green and mountains blue her
yeomanry arouse,
And leave the forges burning, and the oxen
at their ploughs:
Up from highland and headlaud they muster
in forest and plain,
BY the blaze of their fiery beaeonS, in the
land of Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania! her sons are clasp
ing hands,
Down from the Alleghanies, and up from Jer-
sey's sands;
Juniata fair to the Delaware is winding her
bugle bars
And the Susquehanna, like warlike banner,
is bright with Stripes and Stars
And the hunter scours his rife, and the boat
man grinds his knife,
And the lover leaves his sweetheart, and the
husband leaves his wife;
And the women go out in the harvest, and
gather the golden grain,
While the bearded men are marching IN the
land Of Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania through every vale
and glen,
Beating like resolute pulses, she feels the
tread of men
From Erie's lake her legions break-from
Tuscarora's gorge
And with ringing shout they are tramping out
from brave old Valley Forge
And up from the plains OF Paoli the minute
men march once more,
And they carry the swords of their fathers,
and the flags their fathers bore;
And they swear as they rush to battle, that
never shall cowardly stain
Dishonor blade or banner IL the land of
Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania she fears no trait
or hordes;
Bulwarked on all her DoroeIs pl ioy"' so"'9
and swords,
From Delaware strand to Maryland, and
bright OHIO marge,
Each ireemans mana Is her O"'''e. O'"'iu'
each freeman heart her targe;
And she stands like an ocean breakwater in
fierce Rebellion path,
And shivers its angry surges, and battles its
frantic wrath
And the tide Of Sluvery's treason shall dash
on her in vain
Rolling hack from the ramparts Of freedom
from the land of Anthony Wayne
Hurrah tor pennsylvania. we near heE SCUM
ding call,
Ringing out Liberty summons from lhoe-
pendence Hall!
That toe5in rang with IRON el'''is III 'iie I'e'o'
luion's hour,
And -us ringing again. through Tue ne0'' - u
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

INFLUENCE OF A TRUE WIFE "A sensible
affectiouate, refined, practical woman makes
a mans nature all the stronger by making it
more tender-puts a new heart into all his
strivings-and gives dignity to all his pros
perity, and comfort for his adversely.
Every true life wields still greater power
when it feels living heart drawing it with
irresistible force into every position of duty
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02
.BEWELER. &c.

A BSALOM GARLICK,
y Clock t9 Matchmaker and Jewcller,
BLooDY Run, PA.
Clocks, Watches, Jevery, &c, promptly re
paired. All work entrusted to his care, warranted
10 give satisfaction.
lie also keeps on hand and for sale WATCH
E.S CLOCKS, and JE EWELRY.
E3~ Office with DR.. J. A. Mann. my4
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

GIVE Us BACK OUR DEAD.-The discon-
solate Copperheads keep murmuring 'Giye
us the Union as it was Let the answer
of patriots be, Give us back our dead -
Into the CLASSY eyes of Lyon put the electric
light that shone when he led the heroic
charge Restore to Ellsworth his young
life and manly beauty. Give yigor to the
wasted limbs of Kearney Bring back the
war worn veteran Sumner. Revive the
McCooks, twin brothers of valor Heal the
savage wounds of Dalghren. Re-animate
the commanding form of Ellet. Call Sedg-
wick from his grave and Wadsworth from
the silent republic of the dead. Breathe
the breath of life into the nostrils of the
gentle Lander Return new strength to the
sinewy arm of Reno. Give back its music
al cadence to the tongue of Baker, and
cleanse his gray hair from the gore which
our fellow Democrats shed upon it. Restore
the enliyening smile of humanity to the
care worn face of Lincoln, now pallid under
the bloody hand of Democratic assassin,
and bring back daylight to those CLASSY eyes
that were so sleepless for the Union and
Freedom Take down the bereavement that
hangs in the sorrowful dwellings, Of the peo-
pie, and bring back to life and home the
thousands Of devoted men who dyed the
land of treason red with blood to make it
pure Do this, O thou thrice damned spirit
of rebellion, and thou mayest again have the
Union as it was.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

Booth the tragedian, had a broken
nose. A lady once remarked to him II
like your acting, Mr.. Booth, but to be frank
with you, can get over your nose 2 No
wonder, madam, replied he, the bridge
is gone -
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

nANIEL BORDER,
- PGTT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEBFoRD, Pa.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. sPECTACLES. &C.
lie keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches, spectaeles Of Brilliant Double Rein
ad 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. %, lS65-zz.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

nA-Two men killed each other in
Mobile recently, for "a lovely woman. -
Home Journal
The journal ought to have told the whole
story. They not only killed, but ate each
other up. TIE survivor was married next
day to the lovely woman whom he had
SO deservedly won.-lnoJile Register.
"None but the brave deserve the fair"
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-02

Nor VERY DEFINITE exchange
says: Peaches arc selling in New York at
fifty cents a piece The price of a whole
one is not stated