BEDFORD GAZETTE. 1 B. P. MEYEFTS, EDITOR. FRIDAY • I • NOVEMBER SO, ISCS. . . What They Promised. Tat VRIRNDS or Gov. CCRTIN PROMISED THE PEO RLR THAT LR THEY WOULD RE-ELECT HIM, THE WAR WOULD END IN 30 DAYS AND THERE WOULD BE NO MORE BRAPTINO. HOLD THEM TO THEIR PROMISES. WWood, FlourandPork wanted in payment of subscription. Bedford Classical Institute. REV. JOB# LYON, Princips). The Id Quarter of the Stb School Year of this lo ititution will open as usual on Monday, November 18, 1893. Terms as before. A Few Figures. Ia the great political campaign of 1860, when all parties were thoroughly aroused, there were' polled for the otftce of Governor, in the State of Pennsylvania, 492,000 votes. Since then •bout 200,000 men have gone out of the State into the army. Of these at least 75,000 were voters at that election. This would leave at home, of the voters of that year, 417,000. — Now, nt the late election for Governor, the State is represented to have polled 523,667 votes, about 106,000 more than in 1860! No reasonable man will claim that this increase is natural and normal, and it requires but little acuteness of perception to see that it is fictitious and fraudulent. That the State should poll 106,000 more votes than it did in 1860, after sending 200,000 men to the war, is preposter ous. But if any one doubts that this apparent increase is not fraudulent, let the doubter look nt the statistics of the State and be convinced. For instance: The proportion of voters to the number of taxables has generally been compu ted at 1,000 of the former tn about every 1,400 of the latter. (At the gubernatorial election of 1857, it was 1,000 to 1,64a). Now the num ber of taxable inhabitants of the State, us re ported by the late Board of Revenue Commis sioners, is 661,632. Taking the proportion of 1,000 voters toevery 1,400 taxables, the full vote of Pennsylvania would be at present, 465,458, or 58,209 loss than were polled at the late elec tion! Bradford county, which gave Curtin near ly 4,000 majority, has 9,882 taxables and poll ed 9,776 votes, which would indicate that there are only 106 taxables in this county who are not voters! According to the usual ratio of 1000 voters to every 1,400 taxables, Bradford coun ty should have polled only 7,058 votes, or 8,718 lets than it did poll. In this county, then, there must hsve been cast nearly 3,000 illegal votes. In Chester, at the above-named ratio, the vote should have been 11,700 or 1,786 less than the number polled at the late election, to wit: — 13,486. In this county Curtin had 2,500 ma jority. In Huntingdon the vote should have been 4,628 instead of 5,427, or about 800 less than it was. Huntingdon county gave Curtin nearly 1,100 majority. In Erie, if the whole Vote were cast, it would foot up to only 8,287 instead of 9,51?. Curtin had 3.000 majority io Erie. In Somerset the whole vote is only 8,915 instead of 4,802 as figured up at the late election. Somerset county gave Curtin 1,326 majority. In Philadelphia, the entire vote could be only 75,682. At the late election it is rep resented to have been 82,467. Philadelphia gave Curtin 7,000 majority. But, to give a few more figures, let us assume that the vote of tho State as reported to have been cast at the late election, was honest and legal. This assumption makes tho proportion of voters to the number of taxables 1,000 td every 1,254. Now, Bradford county has 9,882 taxables; therefore, accord ing to the ratio of voters to taxables, exhibited by the late election, that county should not have polled over 7,880 vbtes. Hut it polled, as we haveseen, 9,776! Sdirt Erie, which has 11,602 taxables, the vote should have been 9,252, in stead of 9,519 i in Huntingdon, which has 6,480 taxables, the vote should have been 5,167 in stead of 5,427; and in Somerset 4,37 l instead of 4,802. Thus it will be seen that these strong Abolition counties greatly'ex'coed in their num ber of voters even the disprdportioncd ratio fix ed by the late election. And those are only ex amples. Wherever the Abolitionists made heavv gains, this undue proportion of voters to taxa bles exists. Thus the fictitious'increase in the number of voters since 1860, is fully developed. Can any man longer doubUhat Judge Wood ward is really and by a majority of tho lawful Totes of the State, the Governor elect of Penn sylvania t DAUIKG ROBBRRT. —On Tuesday pight last the house of Wm M Cook, of this place, was en ured and some S4O worth of clothing and mon ey taken therefrom. The burglar effected an cdtranetj at a window, want up stairs, into the rO'o'm in which Mr. Cook was sleeping, and took Mr. Coqfla-'# poohet;book from his breeches' pock el withMi a few feet of' Mr. C's bed. A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT. —CoI. Hafer has lately erected a new portico in front of the tivdfopd Hotel. • This is a decided improve ment. lie has also re-fitted and re-furnished the house and his guests will flud his hotel more comfortable than ever, C 9* The decision of the Supreme Court of the State, pronouncing the Conscription Law un constitutional, hot created quite a flutter among the Abolition journals. They know that this decision places Gov. Curtin in a very unpleas ant dilemma. He must either set nt defiance the decree of the Supreme Court, which is now a law of the State, and which the Governor is, by his OATH OF OFFICE, bonnd to execute, or he must refuse to obey the behest of Abra ham Lincoln nnd his Abolition Congress. Gov. Curtin has it in his power, now, to save tbn peo ple of this State from the horrors of *'ue Con scription. The responsibility rests upon him. The Supreme Court have clearly pointed out to him his duty to protect the people of the State from further conscription. -p hfcße f acU are sore _ ly felt by such organs as the Philadel phia I'resi and and hence the sensation produced ftmong Ciem by this righteous decision. day brings forth some now develope mejit of the rascality by which Judge Wood j ward was defrauded of his election. Even in our own county, it appears thero were frauds of which honest people never dreamed. It seems that in Middle Woodberry, Liberty and Broad Top, where the Abolitionists had their principal increase, dozens of illegal votes were polled. In Liberty some of the Huntingdon Abolitionists voted and then returned to Hunt ingdon counlv and voted there also. Some of these have been arrested and will be punished. In Hroad Top numbers of fraudulent votes were polled by the Abolitionists, among the rest that of an alien, on the ground that he had obtained his first papers and had paid the S3OO commu tation as a conscript! The Brond Top Election Board ought to be made understand the election laws by having a little experience of their work ings in the Courts. If the Democrats of Hroad Top, permit such frauds to be practised upon them without bringing the Election Board to justice, they deserve to remain in the minority. Wo say to Democrats, everywhere, stand up for your rights, bring the ballot-box stuffers to judgment, nnd let there bo a stop put to the fraudulent voting which now controls the result of elections throughout the land. Hereafter let no election officers who violate the law in nny particular, go unpunished. -C! tas. Merwino of this borongh, Las been appointed by the Commissioners to take charge of the Court House building, vice Levi Agncw removed. The Commisioners have done them selves credit in thus giving this appointment to a deserving man, an honest Democrat and one who, we think, believes that there ought to be such an element in human nature as gratitude. HTGeorge Roaues, the newly elected Commis sioner, was installed in office, on Monday last. He succeeds Mr. Feightner whose term expired on that day. Mr. Kuades is a good man and will discharge with fidelity the trust reposed in him by the people of the county. SAD ACCIDENT.—On <W '— •* -oar. David Deal, of Colerain tp., was engaged in threshing with n machine, his right arm was caught in tho cylinder and terribly crushed and lacerated. It was found necessary to amputate tho injured limb above the elbow, which was done by Prs. Marbourg and Harry, the physi cians in attendance. At last accounts the un fortunate sufferer was doing well. OUR NEW SHERIFF.—Capt. Aldstadt, our newly elected Sheriff, is about to enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office and his predecessor, Mr. Cessns, is about to retire. We have no doubt that Capt. Aldstadt will make an excellent officer and that his success in his new role will eclipse even that which he achieved as commander of "Co. Q,*' during the late campaign. The retiring Sheriff was a very efficient officer and during his term made troops of friends. PETERSON'S LADIES' NATIONAL MAGAZINE.— I We are in receipt of this popular Lady's Msg azine, for December. It is a splendid number. "Peterson" will be greatly improved in 1864. It will contain nearly 1000 pages of double col umn reading matter; 14 steel plates; ed steel fashion plates; 12 colored patterns in Berlin work, embroidery or crochet, and 900 wood engravings— proportionately more than any other periodical gices. Its stories and novelets are by the best wrijers. In 1864, Four Origi nal Copyright Novelets will be given. ITS FASHIONS ARE ALWAYS T.HE LATEST AND PRET TIEST, Every neighborhood ought to make up a club. Its price is but Two DOLLARS a year, or a dollar less than Magazines of its class. IT IS THE MAGAZINE FOR THE TIMES ! To clulw, it is cheaper still, viz:—threo copies for $5, five for §7.50, or eight for $lO. To every per son getting up a club, (at these rates,) the Pub lisher will send an extra copy gratis. Speciment sent (if written for) to those wishing to get up dubs. Address, post-paid, CHARLES J. PETERSON, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia DR. RADWAY'B PILLS DR. RAD WAY'S PILLS DR. RADWAY'S PILLS Are superior to all other purgative medicines in the world. They are the only purgative pills that it is safe to administer Lucases of Erysipelas, Typhoid, Scarlet, Yellow, err other Fevers, or in Small Pox, Gastritis, Infhimmation of the liowels, Piles, and other diseases, where a mild soothing and healing purgative is required.— One dose of Radway's Pills will cleanse the bowels, and purge from the system diseased hu mors us thoroughly as lc|bblta will cleanse the stomach, without weakening the patient. One dose is sufficient to prove their superiority to all other pills Sold by Druggists'. SicVKfcEi t INJCRKH.— "Mr. Joseph E. Long, of Liberty tp., wits badly hurt, a few -lays ago, by being caught between the bumpers oif two cars, as ho was about to walk between them. It was feared tlidt his injuries would prove fatal. Snot ON I'lOKCT.— Nathan Smith, of St. Clair tp., a private in tho 2d Pa. Cavalry, was shot whilst on picket near the Uappahanuock, on tho night of the 12th ult. It is supposed that he was killed by Moseby's Guerillas. He I leaves a young wife to mourn his untimely death. O-The "Jack Downing" letters, which ap pear originally in the Now York Day-Hook, will be published regularly in tho Gazette until the series is concluded. The spicy and amusing stories of the "Majer" will bo relished by all, whilst his home-thrusts at the follies and foibles of the "Kernel" and his "Cabbynet," will be justified by every one not blinded by ignorance or partizan prejudice. We recommend the Day book, for which "Juck Downing" writes exclu sively, as a family paper of great usefulness and worthy of the support of the people. In our next we will give unother installment from the "Majer." WFarraers, go to William Hartley's and buy a "Eureka Fodder Cutter." This machine is one of the most useful ever invented. Peonsylvanialon Conscription. The friends of civil liberty and constitutional law have found, at length, a solid anchorage for their faith and hopes in the judicial action and legal acumen of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl vania. At a General Term of this Court, held at Pittsburgh on the 9th instant, the question of the constitutionality of the Conscription Act was argued at great length, on the application for injunctions in the cases of certain drafted citizens of Philadelphia, restraining the Gov ernment officers from transferring them to the military service of the United States. The importance of the question to be decided has been thoroughly comprehended and its leg al aspects carefully analysed, in the forcible and elaborate opinion of Chief Justice ].owrie, whose profound and dispassionate logic must carry conviction to all impartial minds. We have in tbe opinion of the highest court of Pennsylvania at once an able defence of State rights and an eloquent vindication of the patriotism of Pennsylvania. And for the first time in the history of this war, wo find ourselves confronted with a high Court of Justice that possesses a combination of nerve and intellect clear enough to discern, and powerful enough to maintain, the dignity of State sovereignty and the personal liberty of the citizen. The weak policy of Wilson's conscrption scheme, from its first inception in the mind of that visionary Abolition enthusiast up to the present hour of its ignominious defeat and prac tical overthow, would convince anybody, except an insane partisan Administration, of the utter impracticability of this method of soldier mak ing. Whatever may be the follies and weak nesses of the imbecile Cadinet that chancy has made the transient custodian of tho National helm, it cannot he possible that it is so blinded by passion and incited by self-will as not to comprehend the shallow logic of arbitrary pow er and military despotism. Surety it nni 10 comprehend how brief must bo its reign, how despicable its premature dissolution! We rannot, with the record of nearly three years of Federal despotism before us. entertain even a vague supposition that this judicial voico of the highest court of l'ensylvania will be able to penetrate the thick skull of Washington Ab olitionism, or secure the respect of even a form al consideration at its hands. But whatever Federal officers at Washington may choose to think about it, or whatever course of action they may pursue in regard to it, wo have a de cision of the highest recognized legal tribunal of Pennsylvania, which even unjust men will not dare to violate. There is law for the people as well as for the Government, and it is the solemn duty of evcrv man to see that it is not transgressed with im , punity; and we hesitate not to say thnt theloy | al, law-abiding citizens of Pennsylvania, who have hitherto submitted to the hardships of this Conscription Act because it was recognized as law, will be prompt to demand and enforce its judicial repudiation. last all the liberty-loving men thank God that amid the cringing suppliance and fawning syc ophancy and timid cowardice of the hour there exist in the staunch old St„te of Pennsylvania brave and true men, of spotless nurity and un questioned courage, who dare t o ' stand up in the proud stature of their manhood, and combat the insane fury of fanaticism and the wild licen tiousness of lawless passion. .V. }*. leader A Frank Confession. "Tim greatest folly of my life was tho issuing of the Emancipation proclamation." Such were the words of President LINCOLN to VVENDRI.I. PHII.IUPS last January, according to the testimo ny of the latter in a speech he made last week at the Music Hall in New Haven. Before the issuing of that document, l'resident LINCOLN gave it as his opinion that it would lie of no more effect than the "pope's hull against the cornet;" and after ho had given it to the world he regards it as "the greatest folly of his life," and did not scruple to so inform ono of the most influential leaders of the fnnntial faction who had forced him into the objectionable measure, l'resident LINCOLN has made many notable re marks since he has been in office, but none that is likely Ao attract so much attention as tlfe a bove.—A. Y. World. | A DEMOCBATIC CONGRESSMAN ELECTED At (he recent ci'oction in Now York, the Democrat ! elected John V. L. J'ruyn, Esq., one of the i> ' blest men in that State, to Congress from the Albany district, by a large majority, to fill thf vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Hon, Erastus Corning. Bat the telegraph wires hav< never (as far as we know) allowed the fact to b< known. It troubles the Abolitionists that therq IS a Democratic party. But they can't help it, after all. Aud they'll hear from it, too. WITTW did President Lincoln get the powerl to order the enlistment Of the negro slaves in' Maryland, in opposition to the wishes of their masters, and then pay three hundred dollars for each' ehlisted man out of the public funds 1 Congress nfcvfer gave liiui any such power. The matter will be investigated during the nest ses sion pf Congress. ( PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. assaioS OF 18G4. From the following list ot Senators wr.it Members of the House of Representatives, it will be aeeu that the Abolitionists bava the meagre majority of 3 on joint ballot. The Democrats gain 3in the Senate and lose 6in the House. Three Democratic candi dates for the Houte, were defeated as follows: one iu Perry, beaten by one vote, one in Pbiladelpbie, by about 4U, and another in Mifflin by about 75 1 bus 188 more votea in thaae districts would hav# given us a majority or. joint ballot. Harry White. Senator from tbe Indiana district, is now a prisoner in Richmond, and if not released tbe Senate will stand 16 to 16. SENATE. Those marked thus * are new Senators. Ist District—Philadelphia —Jeremiah Nichols, A. C. M. Donovan, D , Jacob Ridgway, A., Geo. Con nell, A. ll —Chester and Delaware —W. Worthington,' A. lll— Montgomery—) . C. Smith, D. IV— Bucks —William Kinaie, D. V •— Lehigh and Northampton —G. W. Stein, D. Vl— Berks —Hiester Clymer, D. Vll— Schuylkill —Bernard Reilly, D. Vlll— Carbon, Monroe, Pike ant Wayne H. B. Beidsley,* D. IX—Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan lr Wyoming -W. J.Turrell, A. -rot X —Luzerne —J. B. Stark, D. Xl— Tioga, Potter, McKcan and Warren —S. F. Wilson, A. XII Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Vnion—Hen ry Johnson, A. Xlll— Snyder, Montour, Northumberland and Co lumbia—David Montgomery,* D. XlV— Cumberland and Perry— George H. Bucher, XV— Dauphin and Lebanon— David Fleming,* A. XVl— Lancaster —Benjamin Champnels.* A.. J. M. Dunlap,* A. XVll— York —A. Hiestand Glatz, D. XVlll— Adams, Prankltn and Fulton —William McSberry, D. XlX— Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon —G. W. Householder,* A. XX— Blair, Cambria and Clearfield —W. A. Wal lace, D. XXl— h diana and Armstrong —Henry White, A. XXll— Westmoreland 4- Fayette— tohri Latta,* D. XXlll— Washington If Greene—\\lm. Hopkins,* D. XXlV— Allegheny —John P. Penny, A., J. L. Gra ham, A. XX \—Beaver and Butler— C. C. McCandless, A. XXVl— Lawrence, Mercer and Venango —Thomas Hoge,* A. XXVII— Brie and Crawford —Morrow B. Low.-y, XXVlll— Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk—C. L. Lamberton, D. Abolition Senators, > - 17 Democratic, ; • -16 Abolition majority, - 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Adams, Greene, James H. Marshall, D. Alexander Patton, D. Alltghtny, Huntingdon, Thomas J. Bigham, A. David Etnier, A. Alfred Black, A. Indiana, W. H. Denniston, A. J. W. Huston, A. John P. Glass, A. Juniata, Union If Snyder H. B. Heron, A. John Balshach, A. Armstrong \ We.ifinoref'djSamuel H. Orwig, A. J. B. Chambers, D. Lancaster, John Hargnett, D. E. K. Smith. A. John W. Riddle, D. E. Bilhngfelt, A. Beaver and Lawrence, Na'haniel Mayer, A. William Henry, A. H. B. Bowman, A. Josiah White, A. Lebanon, Hertford, G. D. Coleman, A. B. F. Meyers, D. Luzerne, Berks, Peter Walsh, D. C. A. Kline, D. Jacob Robinson, 1). WilliamN. Potteiger, D. Harry Hakes, D. John Miisimer, D. Mercer and Venango, Blair , Charles Koonce, A. R. A. McMurtrie, A. Won* Bergwin, A. Bradford, Mifflin, Duromer Lilly, A. 8. S. Stanberger, A. Joe. Marah. A. Monroe and Pike, o L Peter Gilbert, D. V H' n'u*'* is Montgomery, J. R. Boileau, D. Geo. W. Wimley, D. Butler, Joseph Rex, D, William Haslet, A. H. C. Hoover, D. J. H. Negley, A. Northampton. Cambria, s. C. Shimer, D. t. L. Pershing, D. Owen Rice, D. Carbon and Lehi 6 h, Northumberland, /achanah Long, D. T. H. Purdy, D. Nelson Weiser, D. Perry [ _ Centre, Charles R. Barn'ett , A. Cyrus I. Alexander, D. Philadelphia, D r- William Foster, A. P. Frazer Smith, A. T Bargtr D Robeit L. McClellan, A. Samuel Joiephs, D. William Windle, A. John D. Watson, A. ... Cl " rlon and V"*", William W. Watt, A. Wm. T. Alexander, D. J. H. O'Hara. A, tlcar/ield, Mc- Thomas Cochran 4 T I f" H "n Slt> Jlrneß M - Kns,' A. A w n n George A. Quigley, D. A. W. Benton, D. 8 . 8. Pancoast, A. U,„ton and Lycoming, J. W . Hopkins, D. j R"nT S 'n b V. Sutphin, A. J. B. Beck, D. Frank McManus, D. C olumbia, Montour, Wy- Albert R. Schofield, D. r.°r'"n a 'i William F. Smith, A, George D. Jackson, D. Ed. G. Lee, A. p aH'is®. James Miller, A. cm wford and Warren, Patter and Tioga, HAL. Johnson, A. A. G. Olmstead, A. W. D. Brown, A. Jno. W. Guernsey, A. Cumberland, Schuylkill, John Bowman. D. Edward Kerua, D. „ Dauphin, Conrad Graber, D. H. C. Allemaa, A. Michael Weaver, D. Daniel Keysar, A. Susquehanna, Delaware, George H. Wells, A. Edward A. Price, A. Somerset, ii u .i Kr ,"' C> Mus "lman, A. Byron Hill, A. Washington, John Cochran, A. Robert R. Reed, A. ™ „ Fa *' u 'i Jamea R. Kelly, A. T. B. Searight, D. Wayne, Franklin and Button, Wis, M. Nelaon, D. T. McD. Shaipe, D. fork, William Horton, D. Daniel Reift, D*. J. F. Spangler, D. Abolition Members, - - ,13 Democratic Members, • . 4S Abolition Majority 4 BECAPITUI.ATION. Abolitionist!. Democrat!. Senators, 17 Id Houie, S3 48 69 64 Abolition maj. on joint ballot, 5, FALL VOTING.—A correspondent of tho Har risburg I'atnot presents tho following compari son of the vote of York, a Democratic county, with that of \ enango, un Abolition county, by way of showing how Curtin's majority of 15,- 000 was obtained. It proves a glaring caso of fraud or else miracnlous condition uf health, &c., in the people of Venango: "In 1862 it (Venango) pollod 4,497 votes giving Cochran 70 majority. The number of taxablcs returned before thu vote was 6,275. In 1863 this county polled 6,274 votes, giving Curtin a majority of 314. M'Clure's estimate sent to the New-Yoyk Tribune asked for 300! "York, a Democratic county, polls 13 581 votes out of a tax list of 18,776, leaving for widows, orphans, non-residents, sick, &c., who | could not vote, 5,195 persons. "Venango, an Abolition county, polls 6,27-4 votes out of a tax list of 6,275, leaving'"for widows, orphans, non-residents; sick, &c., who irllrr 8 ' 1 P 61 " 50 " ! A containing L •? DOES not OFTEN preseut HO clean a bill of health us this." ' —Or. th writer might have added, so bio a \fote ! f from th Fort (IhJ.) Sentinel. A Military Election Farce. We have repeuiedly alluded to the farce of : having elections held in our military camps, j where jlx? soldiers arc coerced by their officers I cither to voW as they may indicate, or to stay ; from tho polls altogether. It is an outrage on | the sanctity of ti>e ballot-box, and the vote tak- I en is no index of .'lie feelings of the soldiers. ! It only shows the viows of the officers, and too j many of tliem, having an eye to promotion, I seek to curry lavor by ai'solutely cniupolling the | men to vote ia such way JU tlic Administration ! may dictate. A case in point occnrred at the late election held in Louisville, by the Ohio troops stationed there. At the Exchange liarraci".s 310 votes ] were cast, only two of which were for Vnllan diglmui. The two that voted for Vallandigbain were immediately arrested uud placer! under guard. One of these arrested men is u e.iuztn of De fiance County, Ohio, und is well known' there as a worthy and respectable man, whose word may be implicitly relied on. For voting as his conscience dictated, lie was arrested and threat - ened to be shot! With such revelations in view, who can deny that the military elections arc a farce—an outrage on the sanctity of the ballot box and that'instead of being a privilege to the soldier, it only renders him a passive slave in the hands of his officers, or subjects him to the grossost outrages if he determines to exercisu his rights as a free man. Ihe Defiance Democrat publishes an extract from a letter by Mr. Forlow, the soldier above alluded to, giving un account of the treatment lie received because lie ventured to voto for Vallandigham. ltead his statamcnt: "I will give you a brief statement of the manner in which tiie election was conducted here. I started at the hour of two o'clock p. m. to the place appointed for the Ohio soldiers to vote. I went there, not saying a word to any one concerning the election. "Royal Taylor, the State Agent officiated. I asked them if they had any Democratic tickets. They said they had not. Then I usked if they had any tickets of any kind for Defiance Coun ty. 1 had a ticket in my pocket, neatly folded, on purpose for the occasion. 1 handed it to one of the officers, and lie asked for my county and township, which I gave. The man who put the tickets into the box had it in his hand the last I saw of it. ,4 I started back to the Hospital. I gut part way back, when an officer and a guard caught me and took me buck into the office, and said here is a man that voted for Vallandighara, and an officer sent hint to the Major and told him to shoot the dammed cuss. They took us down to Barracks No. 1 and put us in the! , what they called 'guard house,' but I call it a prison, or nearly a dungeon. '•We were summoned to uppear before a court martial about ten o'clock that night. The charge against mc was, voting for Vallandigham. I plead guilty of the charge; I wrote my defense, and was then taken to prison, and have been kept there ever since. There was another man voted about the samo time as I did, who was treated in the same manner, by the name of T. S. King, of Adams county, Ohio. "I am here, not for any immoral conduct whatever, but merely for voting the regularly nominated Democratic ticket of my native State." THE WAU NEWS.— The most important war intelligence to-day is from thu extreme South west. By an arrival at New York we learn tliul tli6 expediiitin under the command of Gen. Banks has lunded safety on the Texas shore of the Rio Grande, after expodembiig some severe weather at sea and much ditlieulty in landing the troops tnrough the surf. The Confederates on discovering that the Federal forces had reach ed the shore, destroyed the works at Fort Brou n und set tire to the town of Brownsville. Some fighting occurred in the streets of the village be tween the citizens, those desiring the Federal occupation resisting tho attempt to burn the town.—Brownsville is on the left bank of the Rio Grande, opposite Matamoras, forty miles from the inouth of Iho river. The report of the attack by the Confederates upon the advance of Gen Wasliburite's division, in the Teclie dis trict, is confirmed. The SuutliernC'3 were driv en hack with a loss of two hundred prisoners and one hundred killed. The Federal loss was fortv killed. YVc have some interesting news from the South through Richmond journals of Saturday last received by the way of Fortress Monroe.— Charleston dispatches to Friday last report tho continued bombardment of Sumter, the firin" being kept up during Thursday and at nigh", and was stiil going on Friday morning at tho time the dispatch was sent ovor the wires. On Thursday one rnortar and a gunboat shelled the Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island for one hour. A correspondent of the New York Times at Morris Island, under date of the 12th instant writes : "Thebombardment of Sumter has been continued at intervals. No grand movement has yet been instituted.—The public will do well to be moderate in its anticipations of excit ing events in this locality, for the indications do not favor brilliant achievements at present. We have no advices from Burnsido, and by to-day or to-morrow General Foster will have reached Knoxville and taken the command out of his hands. The Federal position there is a very critical one. Forty miles northeast of Knoxville, at Bull's Gap, is a force of the ene my flushed with victory, which lias driven tho hederal troops steadily before it for sixty miles from Southwestern Virginia. Twenty-fivo miles northwest, at Kingston, is another forco, also elated by success, leaving recently forced a Fed eral retreat of the. body opposed to it for fifteen miles eastward from a place called Washington. Ten miles south of Kingston is another force, at Loudon, twenty-five miles yvest of Knoxville. I his latter has a direct railroad communication with and is receiving strong reinforcmonts from Bragg at Chattanooga. Thus environed on all sides, the Federal troops, it seems, only remain in Knoxville because tbey cannot successfully withdraw. Their line of retreat is north-north east to Cumberland Gap, about fifty miles dis tant. The road is a rough one, and the enemv at. Kingston or Bull's Gap can easily obstruct or ambush it before the Federal troops can be yvell started out of Knoxville. Hence tliev stay there, and, acting strictly on the defensive, gradually draw in their outposts in preparation for a siege. The route to Cumberland Gap, it seems, is beset with guerillas. On Thursday last they nttacked a forage train, near the Gap, find captured it. It was subsequently retaken, hoyvevcr, yvith ten Confederate prisoners. From Chattanooga there is nothing startling. Correspondents write that the Federal ariuv will not fesoine operations very soon on account of tlit gi till dilliculty in procuring 8u jinii'M, and he wi^uu ,t i tU p^ iW l itr of s[ori J| pi)o£ , fh iidvan.-.. J " I°''" '' 11 base ,ol n wri? l " this, one of them writes to the New 1 o rk World, in a letter giv news to ho 12th i Mt , „ Tho eonditton of rnT! 7 C,U4ttu "°°K is not so favorable ,B8 HI 1 ti K ', X ' )CCr !; i' lo army is concentrated ami tho place besieged. Half-rations of tho Imv C f aro Hro ntiil doaltuul, as no boats l „. U * > ? i Vast numbers of <. si.* and 'miles have died from starvation, as "o 8 i-' Oll d not be forwarded in sufficient quan tities to save them." D In Scbellsburg, on the Moore Vsf nf"' S "' klj ' Mr. Georgo SH V °r V toU ' nshi J > i '<-> Miss Isabella Sharp, of Napier township. I . BLACKB L'UN.— ln the sumo i place by the same, on the 12th irist., Mr. IVij ham Cuppet, to Miss Edith Blackburn, *ll of -iiiEn— NOBLE.- in South Woodberry township, on the morning of Saturday, tho 7th iustant, of Diji.'heria, Mrs. Mary E. Noble, wife of Jolinlrt.'uo Noble, aged nearly twenty four years. She possessed a pleasing person and; excellences ol' character that greatly endeared: her to all her fViiAids and acquaintance and those who knew her be;'t loved her most. Manv hearts are deeply Itere.nved in her early and un exjKictcd removal from earth. On tlie Sabbath previous to her death and only one week before her funeral, she attended Church, apparently in her usual health. On her return home she felt indisposed, the disease soon became alarming, and although skilful physicians and kind friends used their best endeavors to alleviate her suffer ings, she was soon called to leave the things of time to enter upon the realities of eternity, giv ing expressions to her hope of a blessed immor tality. "Tbou'rt gone to thegrsvs, but we will not deplore thee, r When God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guidei He gave thee, and tools thee, and soou will restore thee, Where death has no sting since the Ssvior bat died." ALSII*.—On Monday, September 28th, Mrs. SAIUH, wife of Mr. Joseph Alsip, of Bedford, in the 4 rth year of her nge. Mrs. Alsip hits entered, wo trust, upon a Ufa which is forever exempt from all forms of suf fering. She was a christian woman, resting her hope of salvation on tha death of Christ, and huutbly walking in the footsteps of the Re deemer. For ten mouths previous to her de cease she endured great sufferings with christian patience. In reference to recovery, alternately hoping and despairing, she sought submission to the divine will. An affectionate wife and mother, she was bound to her husband and chil dren by the strongest of earthly ties, and the thought of separation fiom them was, at times,, almost insupportable. Hut grace triumphed o vcr nature, and when, at last, the Beloved eiuno [ she was glad to meet him. Gone to a heavenly ! world, and entered upon the rest that remain eth, we write: "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.'' May this bereavement be sanc tified to the stricken family, und may they so live that they inay meet her in heaven. O, for the death of those Who slumber in the Lord; 0, be liko theirß my-last repose, Like theirs my lust reward. [The above notice was received, nud should have appeared several weeks since, but was mis laid.] 1 PPE.ILS. Notice ii hereby given that appeals frbrfi the ar sessment for 1864, will be held at the Commisiion ers' Office, in Bedford, for the different district* of the county, as follows: For Snake Spring, Schellsburg, Harriion and Bed ford townships, on Monday Dec-mber 14. For Middle Woodberry, Onion, Broad Top and Hdpewell, on Tuesday, December 15. For Liberty, Londonderry, Cumberland Vallay. Southampton and Bedford Borough, on Wednesday December 16. for St. Clair, South Woodberry, Napier andjCaßL rain, on Thursday December 17. For Monroe, Piovidence E., Providence itiaty and Bloody Run, on Friday December 18. "jRj I'. J. SHOEMAKER, ANDREW CRISMAN, GEORGE ROADES, Commissioner!. JOHN G. FIBIIEK, Clerk. NHELLBiRK^ Forty Buaheli prime Shellbarks for sale at JVot>. 'JO. CRAMER & COS FLOOR OIL CLOTHS. Twenty piecea—all widthi, for sale at J\OV. 20. CRAMER & CO'S. French all Wool Shirting Flannels, Casiimerei, and all Wool Overshirta for sale at Nov. 20. CRAMER & CO'S. CASSIMERES. Fifty Pieces new Fall Cassimeres for sale at Nov. 20. CRAMER St CO'S. LADIES, At ('rimer's yon will find i tarae assortment 6f LADIES' DRESS GOODS, suitable for fall and winter. NoV. 20. CLOTHING. Go to Cramer Bt Co's. and look at their immense supply of CLOTHING, before you purchase. November 20. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. Letters ot administratioa have been granted to the subscribefs, residing in Juniata township, Bed ford founty, by the Register of Bedford eountv, on the eatate of Feter Hillegas, jr., late of St, Clan township, dee'd.: all peraons having elaims against said estate are requested to prevent the same prop erly authenticated for settlement, and all persona indebted are requested to make payment immedi ately. MICHAEL HILLEGAS, JACIOB H. HILLEGAS, of'p, j\ovember 20—Gf Administrators. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned appointed by the Orphans' Conrt of Bedford county to report a distribution ot the money in the hands of John Cessna. Ksq., adminis trator of the esiute of Williqm ICeefft, dec'd., who was administrator of PhebeKeefle, dec'd,, amongst creditors and heirs, Will attend to the duties of hra appointment on Tuesday, the Bth day of December, instant, ut 10 o'clock, A. M. of said'day. at his of fice in Bedford, whcu and whete all paities inter ested can at'end. JOHN P. REED, Auditor. Noveiflbfl 20, 1863*
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