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miscellaneous.
AUSTRALIAN TREES AND ALICE
RIAN DESERTS.

The The Pan Mall Gazette says: 'In
travelling through Spain and the centre of
France there's nothing sadder than to draw
a contrast in the imagination between the
present treeless tracts and the vast forests
which once covered the land. In Spain
miles and miles Of tawny, monotonous coun-
Try 60 by for hours, as you sit in the rail-
way carriage-liagRes larges for an artist,
but melancholy to thinker, as telling of
baking suns and freezing winds. dangerous
| floods, sudden and violent changes destruc-
tive to humah life.
The great question of replanting forests
is now very much considered in Europe;
and it is a most important question. Not
only does the vast quantity of wood which is
consumed in modern civilized life make it
so, the question also involves climate and
health. Those great foundations which
cause such terrible suffering in France would
be much mitigated, if not prevented alto
gether, if the hills and valleys were covered
with forests; the seasons themselves would
be less intense, the summers less burning,
and the winters less freezing. To those who
know the north coast Of Africa it is clear
that there is nothing more likely to rouse
/ genuine enthusiasm than the prospect o.
clothing the hills with vegetation, and thus
mitigating the terrible effects of siroceo,
rendering that beautiful country more
healthy in the plains, giving it the shade
which it requires, absolutely producing rain
falls, and increasing the supply Of water from
the springs; in one word, changing the me-
neurological phenomena, and adapting it for
men and civilization. DR.. Bodicbon insists
| that Africa has deteriorating effect upon
men principally owing to the irritating eff
fects of the dry air and of the sirocco. And
he moreover adds in his book that there the
ground has done its part and that the tree
must now begin its work.
There is in Australia a wonderful tree,
| the Eucalyptus or gum tree, which will
| probably be of enormous benefit to Algeria
in this particular 1t grows there as well as
in Australia, and has this valuable quality,
I liIats llOusl IL ID q Tree SiOhlhs WIN CAtAn-
ordinary rapidity, its wood is of extreme
hardness, and much esteemed for building
and for the construction Of vessels. 1t over
turns all our ideas of the supposed relation
between slowness of growth and hardness Of
wood The Eucalyptus glObules at fifteen
years of age is as valuable as an oak tree OF
one hundred years. One seed planted near
Algiers four years ago is now tree three
| feet in circumference at the base.
''Mr Trottier, practical man, has him
self planted several hundred thousand of
these trees, knows that there is absolutely
no difficulty in the operation. We have
ourselves visited his plantations, and know
also that many trees transplanted from his
nurseries to the high hills above Algiers are
growing marVellously. The Emperor of the
French is greatly interested in the work,
and has written to thank DR.. Muller, Of
Melbourne, Mr. Wilson and NJ. Ramel, for
the efforts which they have taken to supply
| Algeria with seeds
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OUR GREAT MEN.

The question is often heard, where are
our great men? Political hypochondriacs
point back despairingly to the times when
the policy of this or of other nations was
shaped by one or a few minds; when one
thinker words were received and followed
by all men, more because they were his
than because they seemed to be wise; and
they call our days by contrast the days of
little men. They despair of the future, be
cause the intellect of Webster is no longer
heard in the Senate, the fierce resolve of a
jackson no longer rules the people from the
White House, and the dictatorial judgments
of Marshall no longer frame Judicial legis
lation on the bench.
There is a shadow of truth in all this. No
one man now is such centre of the nation
political life as was Washington, Jefferson
jackson In his time. On no man is the
hope of a great party built, as it was, even
within a generation, on Silas Wright or
Henry Clay, All our habits of thought, all
the tendencies shown in our contemporary
history, forbid US to expect such times
again.
Indeed, great people are always jealous
of great men. He who gains prominence
among them is seen in the same fierce
light that beats upon throne, his great
ness exposed, his greatness lessened by
standing in sharp contrast with our noble
noble ideals. Hence the proverb that Re
publics are ungrateful. Not that they
will not appreciate and reasonably reward
real service, but that they wiz not, like ma
tons still in their infancy, accept ability for
service and PROSTATE themselves in the en-
larged shadow of greatness.
Whatever raises the standard Of manhood
dininishes both the numbers and the prom
inenee Of those who rise above that stand
ard The nations which accomplished mos
for humanity are not those which have tn,
+ longest record Of the most eminent names
/ 1t Is in comparative baTbarisln that demi
7 GODS arise; that one man absorbs the glo!
and the power of people. 1t Is IN tha
millennial future to which, though it stil
lies beyond the very horizon Of thought
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but in vain. The stufnin wuz all out CIV
HIM His poor week knees gave way, his
back doubled up and he came to the ground,
every bone in him rattlin ez be fell, while
Grant made the race serenely.
My" sed Morrissey, looking at the
poor wreck, what he got from the ablish-
nlsts Wuz all ther wuz of him, after all. "
At this pint | awoke, and wuz saddsned.
There s where our trouble lies. We hev to
strip these fellows when they come to US Nv
all that give EN- any strength. Chase with
out his abhshnism can't get a ablishen vote.
and the Democracy viii vote for their own
menin preference Names amt worth a
any more, and men without principles
am w the slitist account. And that $
what the matter with Dimocracy.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, ?. NJ,
llYich is Postmaster.
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become american citizens. Perpetual ale
glance as claimed abroad is only another
name for perpetual bondage, and would
make all slaves to the soil where first they
saw the light
Our Rational cemeteries prove how faith
fully these oaths of fidelity to their adopted
land have been sealed in the life blood of
thousands upon thousands. Should we not,
then. be faithless to the dead, if we did not
protect their living brethren in the full en-
1 joyment Of that nationality for which, side
by side with the native born, our soldiers of
foreign birth laid down their lives?
1t was fitting. too that the representa-
tiyes of party which had proved so true to
national duty in time of war should speak
so clearly in time Of peace for the mainte-
nance untaInished Of the national power,
national credit, aud good faith as regards its
| debt, the cost of our national existence [
do not need to extend this reply by further
comment on platform which has elected
such hearty approval throughout the land
The debt of gratitude IS acknowledged to
/ the brave men who saved the Union from
destruction, the frank approval Of amnesty
based on repentance and loyalty.
The demand for the most thorough econ
omy and honesty in the Government the
sympathy Of the party Of liberty with all
| throughout the world who long for the iber-
/ ty we here enjoy, and the recognition of the
sublime principles Of the Declaration of In
dependence, are worthy Of the organization
on whose banners they are to be written in
[ the coming contest. Its past record cannot
be blotted out or forgotten, If there had
been no Republican party slavery would to-
/ day cast Its baleful shadows over the Bepub-
1 lie Ifthere had been no Republican party
a free press and free speech would be as un-
/ known from the Potomac to the Rio Glande
as ten years ago.
If the Republican party could have been
stricken from existence when the banner Of
rebellion was unfmled, and when the res
( ponse ofno coercion was heard at the North,
we would have had no nation to-day But
for the Republican party daring to risk the
odiun Of tax and draft laws, our flag could
not have been kept flying in the field till the
long hoped for victory came Without a
Republican party the civil rights bill, the
guarantee Of equality under the law to the
humble and the defenceless as well as to the
strong, would not be to-day upon our nation
al statute book
With such inspirations from the past and
following the example Of the founders of the
Republic, who called the victorious general
Of the Revolution to preside over the land
his triunphs had saved from It's enemies, I
cannot doubt that our labors viii be crowned
with success; and it viii be a success which
shall bring restored hope, confidence, pros
perity, and progress South as well as North,
West and East, and, above all, the blessings
under Providence Of national concord and
peace. Very truly. yours,
SCHTNTER COLFAX.
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KIT CARSON.

Dispatches from st. Louis announced that
a letter received their from Fort Lynn, Col
orado, said that the renowned Kit Carson
died at the post on the 23d inst, Of rup-
ture Of an artery in the neck. Kit Carson
was one OF the most noted Of that intrepid
race Of mountaineers, trappers, and guides
that have ever been the pioneers Of civ;liza-
tion in its advancement westward across
the Western continent. He WIS born in
Madison county, Kentuckey, December p,
1909, and while he was mere infant, his
parents emigrated to what is now Howard
county, Missouri, but what was then an al
most unbroken wilderness. At the age Of
fifteen he was apprenticed to a saddler,
with whom he continued two years, after
which he joined hunting expedition, and
thus commenced the pursuit he followed
during the remainder of his life For eight
years he was on the plains leading the adYen-
turous life of trapper, which he relinquish-
ed only on receiving the appointment Of
hunter to Bent's Fort, where he continued
eight years more. At the expiration of his
time he paid short visit to his family, and
on his return met, for the first time, Gener-
al, then Lieutenant John G. Fremont, by
whom his experience in the backwoods was
at once appreciated, and by whom, also, he
was engaged as guide in his subsequent ex-
plorations. In this position he was eminent
ly useful, and to him is probably due much
of the success of those explorations In
IS47, Carson was sent to Washington as
bearer ofdispatches, ard was then appoint
ed Lieutenant in the Rifle Corps of the
United States army. In 1858 he drove
4 6, 800 heard of sheep over the mountains to
California, very hazardous undertaking at
! that time, and, on his return to Laos, was
appointed Indian Agent in New Mexico.
Since this appointment he has been largely
instrumental in bringing about the treaties
between the United States and the Indians,
and on a mission of this kind he visited
Washington few weeks ago in company
with a deputation of the red men, and made
a tour of several of the Northern and Eas-
tern cities.
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PoGtrn.
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UNTIL DEATH.
BY FLoREscE PERCY.

Make me no VOWS Of eonstaney, dear friend
To love me, though l die, thy shole life long,
And love no other till thy days shall end
Nay-it were rash and wrong.
IF thou can st love another, be it so
I would not reach out Of my quiet grave
To bind thy heart, if il should choose TO GO
Love should not be slave.
Ny placid ghost, trust, viii walk serene
In clearer light than gilds these earthly morns,
Above the Jeaiousies and enYies keen
v hich SOW this life with thorns.
Thou would'st not feel my shadowy caress,
If, after death, my soul should linger here
Mems hearts crave tangible, close tenderness,
Loves presence warm and near.
1t would not make me sleep more peacefully
That thou vert wasting all thy life in woe
For my poor sake what love thou hast for me
Bestow it ere I go.
Carve not upon a stone when I am dead
The praises which rsm0rseful mourners give
To women's graves tardy recompense-
But speak them while live.
Heap not the heavy marble on my head,
To shut away the sunshine ana the dew;
Let small blooms grow there, and the grasses wave
And rain drops filter through.
Thou viii meet many fairer and more gay
Than but trust me thou canst never find
One who viii love and serve thee, night and day,
With more single mind
Forget me when die; the violets
Above my rest viii blossom just as blue,
Nor miss thy tears ey' n Nature self forgets
But while I live, be true.
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coLrlx's LETTER or ACCEPTANCE.

WASHINGTON, May 80, lS6S.-Hoa. J
r. Ralolg, President Of the National Union
Republican Conveation: DEAR SIR:-The
platform adopted by the patriotic Conyen-
ton over which you presided, and the rcso-
buttons which SO happily supplement il, so
entirely agree with my views as to a just
national policy. that my thanks are due to
/ the delegates, as much for this clear, con-
spicuous declaration of principles as for the
nomination with which [ have been honor
ed and which gratefully accept
When a great rebellion, which imperiled
the national existence. was at last over
thrown, the duty of all others devolving on
those entrusted with the responsibilities of
legislation, evidently was to require that the
reyolted States should be admitted to par
tieipation in the Government against which
they had warred, only on such a basis as to
increase and fortify, not to weaken or en-
danger, the strength and power Of the ma
ton. Certainly no one ought to have
claimed that they should be readmitted un-
der such rule; that their organization as
States could ever again be used, as at the
opening Of the war. to defy the national
Authority, or to destroy the national unity.
This principle has been the pole star of
those who have infexibly insisted on the
Congressional policy your convention so
cordially endorsed. Baffled by Executive
opposition and persistent refusals to accept
any plan Of reconstruction proHered by Con-
gress, justice and public safety at last com
bined to teach US that only by an enlarge
ment of suffrage in those States could the
desired end be attained, and that it was
even more safe to give the ballot to those
who loved the Union than to those who
had sought Intellectually to destroy it. The
assured success of this legislation is being
written on the adamant Of history. and will
be our triumphant vindication. More clear
ly, too, than ever before does the nation
recognize that the greatest glory of a repub-
lie Is that it throws the shield of its protec-
ton over the humblest and the weakest Of
its people, and yindicates the rights Of the
poor and the powerless as faithfully as those
Of the rich and the powerful
! rejoice. too, in this connection, to find
in your platform the frank and fearless
ayowal that naturalized citizens must be
protected abroad At every hazard, as though
they were native born. Our whole peo]ie
are foreigners or descendants Of foreigners,
and our fathers established BY arms a right
to be called nation Il remains for us to
establish the right 70 welcome to our shores
all who are willing by oaths Of allegiance to
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The PROMISE KEPT.-The following,
from an exchange, is worth reading: 4
mother on the green hills of Vermont, was
holding by the right hand son, sixteen
years old, mad with the love Of the sea.
And as she stood by the garden gate one
morning, she said: Edward, they tell me,
for never saw the ocean, that the great
temptation of a seaman's life is drink.
Promise me, before you quit your mothers
hand that you will never drink. ''And. -
said he, for he told me the story II gave
her the promise, and went the broad globe
over, Calcutta, and the Mediterranean, San
Francisco, the Cape of Good Hope, the
North Pole and the South. saw them all
in forty years, aud never saw glass filed
with sparkling liquor that my mother form
by the gate did not rise before me; and to-
day I am innocent of the taste Of liquor
Was not that sweet evidence of the power
of single word? Yet that was not halt.
For, said he, Yesterday there came into
my counting-room man of forty years, and
asked me, 'Doyou know me?' No We'll,
said he, 1 was once brought drunk into,your
presence on ship-board; you were passen-
ger; the captain kicked me aside; you took
me to your berth and kept me there till /
had slept of the intoxication, yea then
asked me if had mother. said I had
never known word from her lips You
told me of yours at the garden gate, and to-
day | am master Of one Of the finest packets
in New York; andI came to ask you to
come and see me. ~
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THE LAND OF PROMISE.

Dozens of young men write US to this
effect: 'You exhort young men land older)
to quit the over-crowded cities and find Tor
make) homes in the broad, free country;
but ,ol,ere ?''-What section do you consider
most inviting for those who take with them
little more than stout frames and willing
bands2"
To all such, we desire to say, once for all,
there is no section which seems to us de-
cidedly preferable to all others. We have
seen prairie and timber as well interleaved
in Missouri (along the North Missouri Rail-
road) as we could wish and the whole re-
gion seemed just about enough diversified
in altitude and the timber quite good. So
throughout Eastern Kansas, but especially
as we travelled southwark from Wyandot
and Lawrence, it seemed to us doubtful if
there could be better country than we then
saw. We have seen as good land in Min
nesota, and in different parts of Wisconsin,
as we ever want to see. Part of Western
Michigan is still open topre-emption, and is
especially desirable tor the timber that now
covers it and fruit that 1t will readily pro-
duce.
For young men who are worth $1,000
each, we regard Virginia, Tennessee, and
the Carolinas as very Inviting. Twenty
such may buy for $4,000 an estate large
enough to cut up into twenty good farms
and then have half their money left for i'm
provements, &c BY settling together am
cherishing fraternal spirit they may d
uinish by Que half the amount they mus
otherwise invest in teams Implements, IL
We advise no poor young nran to mlgrat
South alone; but let twenty OF forty g
together, buy an estate judicionsly located
cut it up, start store, a blacksmith shop
a common school, &c, and they viii douhl
the value Of their purchase in one year, an
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NEWsrkrER LAws-We would cali the special
attouri &C Post Masters and subscribers to the
Ivs, 5aEa 10 the following synopsis Of the News
pauef lasv-
!. 4 Postmaster is required 20 give notice bg
letter, (returniuE paper does not answer the lawl
when subscriber does not take his paper out Of
the Office, and state the reasons tor its not being
taken; and a neglect 20 do so makes the Postmas-
te5 .epsoasi5i. i3 the publishers for the payment
2, Any person who takes a paper from the Post
ui4ce, whether directed to bis name or another or
whether he has subscribed OF not is responsible
for tho pay.
3. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearaecs, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment IS made, and
collect the whole amount rbsfber n De- token from
,Ae e6ies ro'. There can be no legal discontin-
uence until the payment is made
4. II the subscriber orders bis paper to be
stepped a; a certain time and the publisher con
tinues 20 send, the subscriber is bound TO pay for
II, i he takes Il out Of The Post Office The law
proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay
for what he uses.
). The courts have decided thai refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
removing and having them unealiel for, is
pyiata fgcia evidence Of intentional fraud.
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TRAIN up your children to love sunsets,
flowers, and clouds of all kinds. We arc
creatures ofedueation. And we hold it to
be the duty Of parents to teach children to
appreciate the beautiful things of this world
which God has given them to gid life with.
There is gloom and grief enough at best,
and so much innocent Joy might be ex-
tracted from thousand sources, that it
seems philosophical as well as a sacred duty
to reap the great harvest of happiness which
falls to US from proper appreciation of
beauty
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SOME shrewed editor, with an eya orcn 10
the main chance, gives the following hiut to
the brides;
When parties get married and the groom
is paying the parson his fee. If he should
forget to hand him dollar to pay for set
ting up the notice of the event in the paper,
the bride oughtto interfere Immediately
and do the first great duty Of her married
life by insisting that they commence their
career honorably and justly by paying the
first bill Of expense.
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9Qlltlfal.
GRANT AND CoLFAx.
Letters Accepting their Nomination by
the chicago Convention
INDORsEHEST OF THE PLATFORM.

ENDORSEMENT OF THE PLATFORM.
GRANTS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The following is General Grants reply to
the nomination Of the Chicago Convention:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May %, lS6S.-
Gen. Jos. r. Hurley, President National
Union Republican Conuentioa:-In formal
ly accepting the nomination Of the National
Union Republican Convention Of the Dist
Of May inst, it seems proper that some
statement of my views beyond the mere ac-
ceptaneo of the nomination should be ex-
pressed. The proceedings of the Conyen-
ton were marked with wisdom, moderation
and patriotism and believe express the
feelings of the great mass Of those who sus-
tanned the country through Its trial. IN
dorse their resolutions If elected to the
office Of President Of the United States, it
viii be my endeavor to administer al the
laws In good faith. with economy, and with
the view Of giving peace, quiet and protec-
ton everywhere. In times ike the present
it Is impossible, or at least eminently i'm
proper, to lay down policy to be adhered
+ to, right or wrong, through an administra-
ton of four years New political issues, not
forescen, are constantly arising the views
Of the public ON old ones are constantly
changing. and purely administrative officers
should always be left free to execute the
VIII Of the people l have always respected
that VIII and always shall Peace, and uni
versal prosperity. its sequence, with ocono-
my Of administration, viii tighten the bur
den of taxation, while it constantly reduces
the national debt. Let US have peace.
With great respect, your obedicnt servant.
L. S. GRANT.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Oh, slow TO smite and swift to spare,
Gentle, and msrcifgl and just
Who, in the fear Of God, did'st bear
The sword Of power-a nations trust.
In sorrow by thy bier we stand
Amid the awe that bushes all,
And speak the anguish Of a land
That shook with horror at thy fall.
Thy task is done-the bond are free
We bear thee to an honored grave,
Whose pr0udest monument shall be
The broken fetters Of the slave.
Pure was thy life, its bloody close
Hath placed thee with the sons Of light,
Among the noble hosts Of those
Who perished in the cause of right.
WILLIAM Cullen BRYAST.
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DANIEL BORDER,
IL PIrT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEDFORD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL.
RY. SPECTACLES. sc
He keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
Watches, spectacIes Of Brillisnt Double efin-
ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality Of Gold Pens. He win supply to order
any thiag in his line not on hand. [apr.2S '65.