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One of the front walls OF the Lindell
House, ST. Louis, is still standing, and
$4,000; butas it is very high and liable
to fall at any time, the contractors for
the new hotel are in quandary how to
save the materials, as the laborers will
not risk their lives on it, and to pull it
down by means of ropes would break
and destroy the marble.
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ONE OF HER "SwINE. my sweet
"sprig of geraniumn has fashion,
when speaking of her beaux during
their absence, of styling them "my
swains."
Her pa heard her speak thus:
went to see Jennie one evening,
and was met at the door by the .sold
man."
After the customary Chow do you
do!' and comment on the weather, he
blurted out: a
81 suppose you want to see Jennie?"
/ nodded affirmatively.
He then called her: and from up
stairs, over the balusters, in sweetest
accents she replied:
"What do you want, pa?'
"COme down at once, daughter,
here's one of your sa0ine."
Imagine my sensations, amidst her
ringing laughter, after the old boys
exit.
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REV. A. F. DICKSON, d. d.
(Ord1age6alTg, s. C.)

(Oraage6urg, s. C)
EXTRACT.
BUTT may be asked, how have these
helpless and penniless persons held out
so long? How have they been sup
ported until now? Some of them have
only of late sunk down into the slough.
But the proper answer is, because of
the generosity and unfearing faith of
neighbors only little less poor. Why
/ can produce the man who, last year,
when he had bat twelve bushelso corn
for his own large family, and no assur-
ance of farther supply, fed it out to
his poorer neighbors at the rate of a
quart per day.
There is an accomplishing meekness,
a modest silence, an unwillingness to
crowd one another out of help "a defer
ring to each others needs, that affects
me profoundly.
81 have dwelt on the facts here be-
cause / know them. But one has
reached me to-day, from a distance,
that may be relied on. Rev. J. n.
Craig, Lancaster G. H., lately said that
he could name fifty-two families within
his personal knowledge who had no
means of living.
"Things are not yet at their worst.
There are yet four months unto the
harvest-more than four to any harvest
that will materially relieve the poor.
live have not large help from abroad,
it seems certain that many must per-
ish.
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within the jurisdiction of the common
Government of this country there are
men, women and children who are
suffering from famine, lifting up their
haggard faces, stretching forth their
skinny fingers, and asking leave to eat
of the crumbs that fall from your well
supplied tables. '"Tell it not in Gath ;
publish it not in the streets of Aske-
lon," thatth American Congress, hav-
ing the control of such resources as
never before acknowledged the sway
of any other Government, will permit
sixty thousand of their countrymen to
perish for bread within the limits of
their own jurisdiction.
Sir, I think no man living in the
nineteenth century, in the serene light
of Christian revelation, can question
the propriety of feeding the poor, or
can stop to haggle or inquire whether
the man famishing at his door has been
his friend or his enemy.
He will not forget tho Divine teach
ing of our Master, whose intense holi-
ness shed majesty over tdie mangerand
the straw; who by his own lips COM
mands us to love our enemies, and by
the tongue of his apostle enjoins, "If
thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he
thirst, give him drink"
Sir, you may apply in the day of war
the iron rule of war, and say that the
innocent and unoffending in the be-
leagured city shall perish with the
guilty; but when wars dread alarm
has ended, as happily it has with us,
when the broken battallions of rebel
lion have surrendered to the victorious
legions of the Republic, let no man
stand within the forum of the people
and utter the horrid blasphemy that
you shall not have regard for the fam
ishing poor, that you will not give a
cup of water to him that is ready to
perish, in the name of our Master, that
you shall not even relieve the wants OF
those who have never offended against
the laws. The unoffending little chill
dren are not enemies of your country
or of mine; the crime of treason is not
upon their souls. Surely, surely they
are not to be denied your care. The
great French patriot Victor Hugo,
baniShed from the Empire for his love
of liberty, gathered little children
around him in his exile at Guernsey
and fed them from his own table, ut
tering the judgment of our common
humanity in its best estate: "Little
children are at least innocent, for God
wills it So"
Mr.. Chairman, if their widows and
children are not already sufficiently
provided for, in Gods name provide
for them abundantly. am ready to
vote any additional needed relief to
them. / have voted hitherto, Iknow,
ten-fold the supplies to them that are
proposed in this resolution. If gentle
men will take the pains to make the
computation it will be found that this
joint resolution provides only to the
amount of a fraction over eighteen dol
lars per capita to save sixty thousand
people from destitution during the
space of five months.
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REV. J. o. LINDSAY.
GAbbeUiWe District

There is large proportion of widows
with helpless children, many of whom
are without food except when furnished
by kind neighbors who themselves are
much straitened to supply their own
families. When / was at home few
weeks since, l was appealed to repeat
edly by families for few bushels OF
corn. who assured me that without it
they could not get through the coming
spring. All working animals are much
reduced, and in bad condition to culti-
vate the crop of the present year.
Famine is thus knocking at the door
of many households unused to want.
Stripped and peeled by the desolation
of war, and famishing under the pow
er of mysterious but ever righteous
Providence, our people stretch their
hands to more favored regions for help.
They ask for bread; they do not expect
Iuxuries or even many comforts of life;
they appeal for only what will ward Off
the cravings of hunger.
In reference to the number of our
people who are proper objects of char
ity cannot give information. Think
1 do not exaggerate when 1 say that
four hundred families in one district of
Abbeville need help, and that five
thousand bushels of corn would be for
them very meagre supply. Many of
the other districts are in condition
equally deplorable, and in some the
destitution is even greater.
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LETTER TO JOHN o. JAMES, ESQ.
Atlanta Ga, March 25, 1867.

AtId1lt0 ca, Murch %, 1867.
1 am rejoiced to learn that you Phil
adelphians are adopting measures to
relieve thesufering people oftheS South.
Oh! if you could but see the poor fam
ished creatures that almost hourly come
to our doors, begging for cast off cloth
ing, even for crust of bread or any
thing that will assist to sustain life, it
would, indeed, arouse you all to action.
We who have heretofore been able to
give have scarcity of money, and are
forced to turn away without aid, as
painful as it is. This is the grand rend-
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DENTIS TRY! DENTISTRY!
4 BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH FOR
TEN DOLLARS
DIR. H. VIRGIL PORTER,
0ate of New York city,)

DIR. III. VIRGIL PORTER, &.
Qate of New York city,
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and the Public generally, that he has located per-
manently
IN BLOODY RUN,
where he may be found at all times prepared to
insert from ONE TOOTH to full sets of his
BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
new and improved atmospheric principles.
The TRIUMPH OF MECHANICAL DENTISTRY,
RUBBER
FOR THE BASIS OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
This discovery which has met with such universal
approval throughout this and other countries, has
seemingly placed Artifcial Teeth at the disposal
of all who require them. DR.. PORTER is now in
serting most beautiful and durable, at prices
ranging from ten to eighteen dollars per set
EP Temporary sets inserted if desired.
tF All operations warranted.
TEETH EXTRACTED, t0sthont pain,
By the use of NITROUS OXIDE or
LAUGHING GAS
This is NO HUMBUG, but positive fact.
Gas administered fresh every day.
As the Gas administered by DR.. Porter is pre-
pared in accordance with the purifying method of
DIR. Strong, of New Haven, Ct, and Prot. Siliman
Qate Professor of Chemistry in Yale College,, he
has no hesitation in asserting that it is attended
with no danger whatever.
Persons desiring the services Of Dentist would
promote their own interest by calling upon DR..
Porter, as he is determined to spare no effort to
please the most fastidious DR.. Porter's mode of
operating will at all times be of the mildest char
aeter, avoiding the inhctiOn of the slightest un-
necessary pain, and carefully adapted to the age,
constitution health and nervous condition of the
patient.
k4F Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scientific method of preserving decsyed and aching
teeth. III. VIRGIL PORTER,
mar29, '67tf. Dentist, Bloody Run, Penna
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AN ARK JoKE.-A CORES
pondent at Napoleon, Ark, is respon-
sible for the following joke, which is
said to have transpired during the late
war:
While trudging along one day all a.
lone, soldier met Methodist circuit
rider, and at once recognized him as
such, but affected ignorance of it.
Preacher-"What command do you
belong to ?"
Soldier belong to the-Texas
regiment, Van Dorn's army. What ar
my do yon belong to?
P.-(Very solemnly)-"I belong to
the Lord!"
S." My friend, you've got very
long way from headquarters
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LETTER OF MAI. GEN. GEO. III. THOMAS.
Louisville, Ky., March 20.
dr. Carter HI. Harrison, Chicago, Ill.
Dear SRI received your favor of
the 18th inst, this morning, for which
l am much obliged, as it will enable
me to point out locality in Georgia
and Alabama where the people on both
sides of the question at present divid-
ing the country are in extreme want of
provisions, and many who have means
to do so will be compelled to quit their
homes, unless they can get subsistence
enough to enable them to make crops
this year.
The people ofCarroll, Harrison, Polk,
Paulding, Campbell, Corveta, and
Heard Counties, Georgia, and Ran
dolph, Calhoun, and Cherokee Coun-
ties, Alabama, are represented to me
as not having provisions to last them
until May next; andgreat numbers who
have the means to move, will be COM
PEELED to do so, unless they can procure
provisions from abroad. All classes of
the citizens are alike destitute, the rich
as we'll as the poor; and both must
starve if they remain in the country,
unless provisions are sent to them.
The rich are perfectly willing to pur-
chase, if any one will send them pro-
visions, and wait for them to gather in
their crops before demanding pay
ment.
By aiding these people I know you
will be doing good service in relieving
distress, which is common throughout
the south, and will also be giving en-
couragement to people who will ap-
preciate the relief afforded them in their
time of need.
am, Sir, very respectfully, your
Obedient servant,
GEORGE H. THOMAS.
P. S.-Corn and bacon are articles
most essential, as the people absolute
ly need something to enable them to
remain at home and cultivate the
crops.
SPEECH OF HON. JNO. A. BINGHAM, 81. r.
Extracts.
| 1t is enough for me to know that
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The 8edfura Gazette.
THE CRY OF THE SOUTH.

THE CRY OF THE SOUTH.
A moan comes from the South
low, half stiaed wall
Victims of war, oppression, drouth,
Murmur, "We faint, we fail"
The maids are hollow-eyed,
The matrons weak and wan,
And energy, and hope, and pride
Have left the heart of man.
Helpless as Israels host
In Syrian wilds, unfed,
Fen in their slumber, famine-tossed,
They wildly mutter, "Bread"i
Brothers, your plight we see;
Sisters, we hear your moan
You come to us for bread shall we,
For answer, give a stene ?
We poured at Irelands feet
An avalanche Of corn;
Shall we the nearer claim forget
OF our own race, forlorn?
Cur barns and cribs run o'er,
The increase God has given
Look in the face of Heaven.
Vile prejudice, avaunt!
Are starving men our foes?
On women, ravenous and gaunt,
Shall faction talons close?
Alas in this sad hour,
1t shows its demon spite,
And raises high the rod of power,
The PROSTATE still to smite.
Our brethren's limbs it gives,
As kindred's claim they plead,
And with whip of serpents drives
Whom leniency might lead.
1t gives as conquerers give
''Eat and be thankful, slave i"
Why should the helot wish to live?
There's freedom in the grave.
Bankrupt in heart and purse,
For help people cries;
And faction, as a crowning curse,
With Martial Law replies.
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LETTER FROM GOV. ORR, OF S. C.
Extract.
Executive Department..

EcSclUIC6 D6DUTTUICIlC,
Columbia, s. c., March 25, '67.
To subsist our population until the lst
of July will require, in my opinion,
the importation of not less than four
hundred thousand bushels of corn. l
am sure that l do not exaggerate the
necessities of the. poor, white and
colored, when / say that at least one
hundred thousand bushels will be
required for gratuitous distribution
among them. Those who were formerly
wealthy, and had the means ofrelieving
this class, are in most cases themselves
reduced to poverty and overwhelmed
by past Indebtedness. Hence, COM
paratively few persons in this State are
now able to extend charity to their
suffering neighbors.
To give some idea of the scarcity of
grain, / went on visit to the District
of Abbeville during the present week.
I found that the concurrent testimony
of all intelligent gentlemen was that
there was not an excess of three weeks
supply of corn for the population in the
district. This was one of the wealthiest
and best cotton crop growing districts
in the State, but the cotton crop has
been unusually short there as well as
elsewhere in South Carolina. Some of
the planters and farmers, from the
proceeds of the last years crop, are
able to supply themselves with grain,
but many have neither corn nor the
means to purchase. This too, was one
of the districts not ravaged by either of
the armies during the war.
In portions of the districts of Barn
well. Edgefeld, Orangeburg, Lexing-
ton, Richland, Fairfield, Chester, Union,
York, Anderson, Abbeville, Lancaster,
Kershaw, Sumter, Clarendon, Chester
field, Marlboro, williamsburg and
Horny, the destitution is very great,
and it is difficult to determine in
which one of them the wants are most
pressing.
Any aid rendered will be most CRATE
fully received, and will be faithfully
dispensed among those whose necessi-
ties are greatest.
am very truly, dear sir, your obedi-
ent servant, JAMES IL. ORR,
Governor of South Carolina.
Executive Dept, State Of Alabama,
Montgomery, March 19, '67.
Rev. Henry A. Boardman, ID. d.
My Dear Sr:-The late disastrous
civil war left the people of Alabama
in greatly changed circumstances and
condition. Thousands of our good
people. before the war, in comfortable
and indanandant circumstances were
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Granville John Penn, Esq, the
great grandson of William Penn, the
Proprietary of Pennsylvania, died in
London on the 29th ultimo,
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DRINTERS'I INK has made many
business man rich We ask you to try il in
tho columns of THE GAEMTTE
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YNR UMPH IN DENTISTRY!

TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,
by the use of Nitrous Oxide, and is attended with
no danger whatever.
TEETH INSERTED
upon a new style of base, which is combination
of Gold and Vucanite; also, upon Vulcanite, Gold,
Platina and Silver.
TEMPORARY SETS inserted if called for.
Special attention will be made to diseased gums
and cure warranted or charge made.
TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work
in the deatal line done to the entire satisfaction of
all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond
with the times.
EY= have located permanently in Bedford,
and shall visit Schellsburg the lst Monday of each
month"; remaining one week Bloody Run the 3rd
Monday remaining one week the balance of my
time can be found at my Office, doors South of
the Court House, Bedford, Pa.
nov. Is, '66. VIM w. VAN 0RMER, Dentist.
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To THE CHARITABLE any
one who reads the foregoing desire to
contribute to the reliefof the sufferers in
the South, they can do so by forward
ing the amount they are willing to
give to James P. Barr & Co., Office
"Daily Post" Pittsburg, Pa.--ED.
GAZETTE
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NEW GOODS! FALL & WINTER!
The undersigned have now opened large and
general assortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
to which they respectfully invite the attention of
buyers, confident they can offer
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
BARGAINS!
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
In every department.
rY- CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK. 81
You can be SUITED at the LOWEST PRICES.
TERMS:
E CASH or PRODUCE. When credit is 81
F given, in ALL cases after SIX Il
g MONTHS, interest will be eeGF
EP charged in the II
Daccount.sGl
A. B. CRAMER e. co.
n
Oct26
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The aggregate production of the oil
wells at Pithole is now 921 barrels per
daU
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VOL. 61.--WHOLE No. 5,391.

ezvous for that class of people within
circuit of one hundred miles or more,
consequently the demand for charity is
unlimited.
You can see upon the streets, almost
any hour of the day, poor half-famish-
ed women perhaps with infants, with
a small load of wood, drawn by one
poor OK or cow, which will bring from
one dollar to a dollar and half
They come from distance which re-
quires two or three Gays to make the
trip. The proceeds are invested in corn
and meat, and if they succeed in beg
ging a little additional, can subsist their
families until they return again. In
this way very many of the people
through the country have lived for
months. 1t is com,non sight to see
them coming in for miles barefoot
and almost naked, with their little
sacks begging for corn. Men, too, are
here, from all parts of the country
hunting work; but not sufficient en-
ployment can be found for half of them;
the only alternative is to beg. And
but for the assistance from abroad hun
dreds would perish in our streets.
Hundreds of large families are living
in tents and huts in the shrubs, entire
ly dependent upon charity. 1t is impos
ible for them to find work. Most of
them are widows from neighboring
towns, destroyed during the war.
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1ru-Gunds, Srnferies, &c.

1ru-6uads, 6roferies, &c.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
SPRING and SUMMER,
1867.
J. M. SHOEMAKER has just re-
turned from the East with a large stock of Spring
and Summer Goods, which he has bought
AT REDUCED PRICES
and is now Offering CHEAP, AT his OLD STAND.
The following comprise few articles, viz;
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Bleached and
Unbleached
Muslins,
Ginghams,
CalicOS,
Bed Ticking,
Checks,
Cloths,
Cassimeres,
- C0ttonade,
Satinett,
Cotton Chain,
(slngle double.)
Hosiery,
Gloves, DC.
GROCERIES, SPICES, &C.:
Cofees, Sugars
Syrups, Molasses,
Salt. Oils,
Teas, Spices, of all kinds.
CEDAR WARE:
Buckets, Tubs, Brooms, &c.
HATS, for Men and Boys, all sizes and prices.
A large and cheap stock of Mems and Boys,
CLOTHING.
TOBACCO-Natural Leaf, Oronoco, Navy, Con-
gress, Blaek-Fat, Twist, Smoking tobacco and Sc
gars, dc.
QUEENSWARE, all kinds.
A large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, all
sizes and prices, TRUNKS, DC.
FISH-Mackerel, Nos /, 2, and 8, in bbls half
bbs.. quarter and eighth bbls.
LEATHER-Sole Leather, French and City Calf
Skins, Kip and Upper Morocco, dc.
P Be sure and call at
J. NJ SHOEMAKER'S,
apr26, '67. No Anderson's Row.
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1entistru.

> N HICKoK, J. G. MINNIcH JR.,
nEN TT S rs,
IL BEDFORD, PA
Office in the Bank Building, Juliana st.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me-
chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex-
eellent articles, always on hand.
TFRMs-CASH.
Bedford, January 6, 1855.
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THE FAMINE.
Urgent Appeals for Bread.

Letters from Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, Hon.
John A. Bingham. Gov. Orr, of q. C.,
Gov. Patton, of Ala, and others.
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NEW STORE!! NEW GOODS!!
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, where the subscriber
has opened out a splendid assortment of
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Notions,
&C., &c.
All which will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
Dress vioods, best quality. Everybody buys 'em.
Muslins, g Everybody buys ;em
Groceries, all kinds, Everybody buys 'em.
Hardware, Queensware, Glassware, Cedarwsre, DC.
and general variety of everything
usually kept in country store
Everybody buys 'em.
E Call and examine our goods.
dec7,'6Sr g. YEAGER.
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TERMS OF PUBLICATION.

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#One square to occupy one inch OF Space
JOB PRINTING, Of every kind, done with
neatness and dispatch. TEE GAZETTE OFFICE has
lust been reftted with Power Press and new type,
and everything in the Printing line can be execu-
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THE elder Matthews one day arrived
at a forlorn country inn, and addressing
lugubrious waiter, inquired if he
could have chicken and asparagus.
The mysterious serving man shook his
head.
"Can have duck, then ?"
"No, SIR"
"Have you any mutton chops?"
"Not one, SIR"
"Then as you have no eatables, bring
me something to drink. Have you
any spirits?"
'Sir, replied the man, with pro-
found sigh, "we are out ofspirits."
"Then, in wonders name, what have
you got in the house ?"
can execution, sir"