THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS rUBUSHED EVERT FRIDAY MOBMNQ IST B. F. MEI ERS. At the following terms, to wit: $1 75 per annum, it paid strictly in advance. $2.00 if paid within 6 months; $2.50 if not paid witbiu 0 mouths. X?~No subscription taken (or less than six months p'per discontinued until all arre'rasres ar- Mid unle>s at the option of the publi>he. It has been decided by the United St>te s Courts that the s'opp'ge of a newspaper without the payment of arrearages, is prima facie evidence ot fraud and as it criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the 3-ibseriptinn price of newspape s, if they take them from the post office, whether they subscribe for them, or not. Business £anss. JOSEPH W TATE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly atter.d to collections and all busi ness entrusted io bis care, ib Bedtord and adjo.Ding counties. Ca-h rdvsrced on judgments, notes, military and other criirn*. ~, . Has for sal - Town lots in Tatesvife, and St. Jo .epb's on Hcriforii Railroad Fairusar.d unimprov. i land, fro-r. one am to ISO -rtes to suit |.nrch..s~rs. Office neaily opposite tbe "Mendel Hotel" and B bk of Reed St Scbell. April 1. 1664 —lv J. R. DURBOaROW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORDPA. Office one door Sou'h of the "VJergel Hi'tt-i." Will attend pin" p'ly rial bti-iness entrusted to his care in Bedlo d ario adjuini.it; coili*ies Having a!-o be. n regal r'y licensed to p-osccnte claims .eain-t Ih • Gov-rnm nt, particular arrention will be given to the collection of Military claims ol al' kinds; pensions, back pay, bounty.bounty oans, & c . April 1,1864. KSI'Y M ALSIP, ATTORNEY JT LAW, BEDFORD. PA. Will faithfully and promptly atrenu to all business entrusted to hiscaie in Bedtord • •*<! adjoining coun ties. .Military claims, back pay, bounty, &c.. speedily co lected. Office with Mann f* Sp->ng. on Juliana street, TWO door J Soulh of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 'tit. U . i! AK% Us , JITTORNtIY Jl' L iW, B >D for,l, PN Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to bis care. Mi itaiy claims speedily collected. Office on -In tana street, oppo-ite the port-office. Bedford, S.ptembar 11, 18li'J. F. M. KIMM'U. I- W. I.INGKXFFLTEK KIMMELL & LIMGENFELT3R, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA tormed a partner-hip in the p-actice of the Law. Office on Juliana stieet, two doors Boutb of the "Mengel House." G B. SPANG. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA Will promptly atten I to collections and all busi sess entru.ted to h.s care in Bedford and adjoining counties. fT'y)ffice on Ghana Street, three do<>rs south 0 r the House," opposite the residence ol Mrs. Tate. May 13, IS>'>4. .1 0 IIIV P. RERD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Rfjiert fatly tender* lit* service* to '.he Puhhe. [C7""offiee second door North of the M-ngel Slouse Bed-lard, At;, i, IS6I. JOII If PALMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA tr7-win promptly attend to n'l business entrus ted to bis care. Office on Julianna Street, (near ly opposite the Meng.i House.) Eediard, Aug. I, 1861. A. H. rOFFROTfI, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Romer*et, Pi. Will hereafter practice regularly in the several Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to his care will be faithfully attended to. Decer.:b;r 6, 1861. • F. C. DOYLE, M. D., "Tenders his professions! services to the citizens ol Bloody Run and vicinity. Office next door to the hotel of John C. Black. [June il), 1864. J. L. MAR3OUR-3-, M. D. Ilavina permanent!y located, respectfullv tenders Bis profcSßionaJ e! vices to the citizens of Bedford ai.d vicinity. Office on Juliana* street, .>noMte tbe Bank, •tie door notth of John Palmer's office. Bedford, tYbniaiv 12, 1564. SA M I F. L KKTT EII II A \ , BEDFORD, PA., C7"Wonld hereby notifj the citizens of deilford county, that he ha- moved ro He Borough ot Bed ■ fold, where be may at all times be found hy person, wishing to see him. unless absent upon Business pertain ng to his office Bedford, Aug. 1,1861. Jacos RERD, J- J. SCHSLL, REED AND SfIIELL. BANKERS * DF.ALF.RS IN EXCHANGE, BF.DFC 80, Pb XX A. CETDR A "-"I'S bought snd sold, collections made and tt oney promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. J. ALSIP & SON, ,\2t.iioneers & Commission Merenants, BEDFORD, P.A.s Besc>eetf<iJlv' solicit consignments of Boots snd Shoes, Drv Goo. 's, Groceries. Clothm g. -nd !l kind* of Merchandise for AUCTION an-* P RtVATK bale. , REFERENCES. PNN.4OEI.RH:> R RDPORD, Philip Fo d & C<x, Hon. Job V ann, Boyd fc Hough, Hon. VV. T. Dau S her:y Armor Ynjr & Bros., J>. /• Me)er*<- January 1, 1864—-tt. AVAKTMAAi & l ATELM AT, (BVTCEBOES TO MICHAEL WAATMAN 4" co > j Tobacco Snuff and ScgC'f MANUFACTORY. i No* SI3 NORTH THIRD STREET, Second door below Wood, PHILADELPHIA. J. w. WARTMAN. U- P- ENGELMAN. March 2&, 164- iOLDIE 59. NEW SERIES. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON PEACE. The following official cori espondeiice Between two of the most eminent public functionaries of the Confederate Males, though five months old, lute just obtained publicity. We copy it from a Republican contemporary, which credits it to the Petersburg (Y a.) Ef prems ot the 2Gth of last mouth-— Constitutional I HTOU. STATE OK Notrrtt CAROI.ISA, 1 EXECUTIVE DEPAKTMEVT, > Rah tb, Dec. 30, 1863. S /lis Excellency, /'resident tJurn : ?>IY DEAR SIR: Alter u careful consideration of ail the sources of discontent in North Caro lina, 1 have conltided that it will be impossible to retio.ve it except by making some effort at negotiatioa with the enemy. The recent action of the Federal House ot Representatives, tho' meaning \ery little, hasgically excited the rutlt ii.i hope that the Northern mind is lookin" to wurds peace. lam promised by all men who .i,lvocalß this coutse that if fair terms are re jected, iL wid ton I greatly to strengthen and in leu.-ity the wrr feeling, ami will rally all classes to a more cordial support of the Government. And although our position is well known as de manding only to Le let alone, yet it seems to me that for ilie sake of humanity, without having any weak or improper motives attributed to us, we might, with propriety, constant'y tender nei/o trations. In doing so, we would keep conspicu ously btdore the world a disclaimer of Ihe ro spousihiiiiy lor ti.e great slaughter of our race, and convince tbe buuiblcst ol our citizens—who soiii.Tim. - lorg. t the actual situation—that tlie IOV -. ruineut t- tender ot llu-ir lives ami itaopi > an 1 ivoani not pro.ong their sutierings un tii-i-i .-.sat tly one m ini lit Though stale-in-a aiignt regard ti.is as useless, tltc peojde will not. ami 1 11*1 nk. our cause vvid IK: strengthened there by. 1 have not suggested the method of these negotiations or their terms. The effort to ob tain peace is ihe principal matter. Allow me to beg your earnest consideration ot this suggesiion. Very respectfullv, yours, ' Z. Ik'VANCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, ( liic.iiuond, January 8, iS.I L i DEAR Sin; 1 have received your letter of the . 3'Jtb oh., containing suggestions of the nu-a --i .-arcs to be adopted tor the purpose of removing "'lie suuices ot discontent' in North Carolina. 1 i.e contents of the letter are substantially the | same as tuose of the letter addressed by vuu to 1 Senator Dortcfi, extractsot which were bv him ■ read to me. I rem.irked to Mr. Dortrb that ! you were probably not aware of the obstacle to 'me coui.-c vou unhealed, and, without exprcs sing an opinion ou Hie merits of the propose 1 | poin , i tiesired him in answering your letter io vvi in: suggestions as to the method of op-n --j ing in gotia> ions, and as to the terms which you 1 Uiougut should be offered to the eneiuv. I felt ! persuaded you would appreciate the difficulties i as soon as your attention was called to the ne | ce-si;y of considering the subject in detail. As I yoa have made no suggestions touching I lie maii ; iter of overcoming the obstacles. I infer that j j. ou veic not apprized by Mr. Dortch of my re ! marks to him- Aouit iroiii insuperable objections to the line | ot policy y u propose (and to which I will pre-- | eu.'j advert) r cannot see how the more mute j rod obstacle.-are to he surmounted. We have ; made three distinct efforts to communicate with ; tit. au.hor.lLs at \\ ashingtoti, and have been j invariably unsuccessful. Commissioners wore < seal be lure bosli.iiies v\i re begun, and the Wash ington Government refused to receive them or j I tear what they had to say. A second time 1 ! sent a military officer willi a communication ad dressed hy myself to l'residcnt Lincoln. The teller was received by Gen. Scott, who did not permit the officer to see Mr. Lincoln, hut prom ised lout *II answer would lie sent. No answer : has ever been received. The third time, a few mouths ago, a gentleman was sent, whose posi tion, character and reputation were such as to m-ufc his reception, if the enemy were not de termined to receive no proposals whatever from the Government. \ ice President Stephens made a patriotic tender ot his services in the hope of i-eing abie to promote the cause of humanity, and alil.o igit littie lie.iid was entertained of bis success, i cheerfully yielded to bis suggestion t.iai the experiment should be tried. Tbe ene my ret used to let him pass through their lines or lo hold anjj conference with them. lie was st ipped before he ever reached Fortress Monroe ott iiis way to Washington. To attempt rigaiii (in the face of these repeat ! etl n-ji cttjus of all conference with us) to send cotumi.-siouers or agents to propose peace, is to invite ia.-nit and contumely, and to subject our- S-.iiCs to luviigtiily without the slightest chance ot bring it.-L nod to. No true citizen, no man who has our cause at heart can desire 'bis, and the good people of North Carolina would lie ihe last to approve of such an attempt, if aware of all the lads. So far from remov ing sources of discontent, such a course would receive, as it would merit, the condemnation of those true patriots who have given their blood and their treasure to maintain tlie freedom, equality and iudejK'ttd. nee which descended to tliem from the immortal la-roes of King's Mountain and other battle-field.-! of the Revolution. If, then, these proposals cannot be made through envoys be cause the euetuy would not receive them, how is ii possible to communicate our desire for peace cttnrwise than by the public announcement con tained in almost every message 1 ever sent to Congress? 1 cannot recall at this time one in stance in which 1 have failed to announce that our only desire was peace, and tLe only terms which funned a sine qua non were precisely those tiiat you suggested, namely, "a demand only to be let alone." But suppose it were practicable to obtain a j conference through commissioners with the Gov ernment of President Lincoln, is it at this mo ment that we are to consider it desirable or even at all admissible! Have we not just been ap prized by that despot that we CHII only expect hia jgntcious parckm by emaDcijpatmg all oar Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA. f FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1864. slaves, swearing allegiance and obedience to him and his proclamation, and becoming, in point of tact, the slaves ot our own negroes? Can there be in North Carolina one citizen so fallen be neath the dignity of his ancestors as to accept or to enter into conference on the basis of these terms That there are a few traitors in the State who would be willing to betray their fellow cit izens to such a degraded condition in hope of being rewarded for treachery by an escape from the common doom may be true, But Ido not believe that the vilest wretch would accept such terms for himselt. [ cannot conceive how the people ot your State, than which none lias sent nol'icr or more gallant soldiers to the field of bailie, (one of whom it is your honor to be,) can have been deceived by any thing to which you refer in "the recent action of the Federal House of Representatives." 1 have seen no ac tion ot that House tiiat does not indicate, bv a very decided majority, the purpose of the ene my to re.-tu.-e ail terms to the S rutii except ab solute unconditional subjugation or extermina tion. l>ut it it were otherwise how are we to treat with the House of Representatives? It is with Lincoln alone that we ever could confer, an 1 his own partizans at the North avow une quivocally tiiat his purpose in his message and proclamation was to shut out all hope that lie could ever treat with us on any terms. If we will break up our Government. Ui-solve the Confederacy, disband our armies, emancipate our slaves, take an oath of allegiance binding ourselves to obedience to him and of disloyalty to our own States, he proposes to pardon us, and not to plunder us of any thing more than the property already stolen from us, an 1 such slaves as slid remain. In order to render his prop ••-.ds so insulting as to secure their r.j -etion lie Joins to tiiein a promise ot support with his army to one-tenth of the people of any State who will attempt to set up a g iveru.ir-ut over the other nine-leu! lis, thus seekuix t > s w dis cord and suspicion among the people of the sev eral States, and to excite them to civil war in furtherance of his cuds. I knew well tt would be impossible to get our people il they p.K-scssed lull knowledge of tlte.-e I acts, to consent that proposals should now he made by us to those who control the Govern ment at Washington. Your own well-known devoti >n to (lie great cause of liberty and imle p>m<l nre, to which we have all committed what ever we have ot earthly possessions, would in duce you to take the lead in repelling the bare thought of abj.vt submission to the enemy Yet peace on other terms is now impossible.— To obtain ihe Pole terms to which you or 1 could listen, this struggle must continue uutill the en is beaten out of his vain confidence in our sub j igition. Then, and not till then, will it lie [> s-ible, to treat of p 'ace. Till then all tender ot terms to the enejnv will be received as proof that we are ready for submission, and will en courage him in tbe atrocious warfare which be is waging. I tear much, from the tenor of the news 1 receive from North Carolina, that an attempt will be ma le by some men to inaugurate move ments which inu-t be considered as equivalent to aid and comfort to the enemy, and which all patri >ts should combine to put down at anvco-t. You may count on my aid in every effort to spare your State the scenes of civil warfare which wid devastate its homes if the designs of these traitors IK* suffered to make head wav. I know tha! you will place yourself in your legitimate position in the lead ot those who w i 1 not suffer the name of the Old North State to be black -ned bv such a stain. \\ ill you pardon me. for sug gesting tiiat try only source ot disquietude on the subject arises from the fear that you will delay too long the action which now appears inevitable, and that by an over-earnest desire to reclaim by conciliation men whom you be lieve to be sound at heart, but whose loyalty is more than suspected elsewhere, you will per mit thein tu gather such strength its to require more violent measures than are now need all With your influence and position, the prompters of the unfounded discontent now prevalent in your State would he pet down without the use of phy.-ioul force, if you would abandon a poli cy of conciliation and set tiiem at defiance, la this course, frankly and firmly pursued, you would rally around you all that is Siest and no blest in your State, and your triumph would be bloodless. If the contrary policy bii adopt ed, I much fear you will be driven to the use of force to repress treason. In either event, however, be assured that you will have my cor dial concurrence and assistance in maintaining with von the honor, dignity, and fair name of your State, and in yout eff >rts to crush treason, whether incipient, as I believe it now to be, or more matured, as I believe, if not firmly met, it will in our future inevitably become. I have the honor to lie, very respectfully, yours, JEFFERSON DAVIS. His Ex. Z. B. Vance, Gov't* North Carolina. The Thieves' Friends at Washington. We have twice exposed the v irtual complicity of Secretary Stanton with tho infamous frauds committed by Capt. F. W. ilurtt. formerly as sistant quartermaster in the department ot the Oiiio. The evidence of tluse trauds, compris ing a widely ramified and long continued sys- > torn of embezzlement and plunder, was tracked out and brought to light by .Maj. McLean, then on Gen- Burnside'z stall. The letters of Capt. j Ilurtt himself are the most damning of all the proofs of his guilt. Under Gen. Burn side's a1- ( ministration of that department, a court mar tial was appointed, and the charges and specifi cations were drawn up by tlie jit Ha a Locate of the department, Maj. Burnett. The trial was j to have taken place in December last. .last J before the trial was to take place, hy direct or-1 ders from the War Department, Maj. McLean was ordered off to Fort Vancouver on recruit ing service I Gen. But nsi le protested against the extraordinary proceeding, both because Maj. McLean was needed on his staff, and his testi- J mony was ir.di.-peiisidile on the'trial of Ilurtt. j This opposition farced Secretary Stanton to postpone the trial till McLean was got out. of the way, which was done. At length Secretary Stanton accomplished his infamous complicity with the scoundrelisin of Hunt, by exiling M ij McLean to the Pacific frontier. I laving spirit ed away the most important witness in this case of wholesale embezzlement, lie dissolved the court-martial at Cincinnati, and ordered tin case lo be transferred to Washington, several hundred miles from the residence of other wit nesses cognizant ot the facts. | 111 l rtt's accomplices were persons having di rect and intimate relations with the Secretary <4 the Treasury, one uf them being 11. D. Cooke ot the firm of .Jay Cooke & Co., and another a partner ol bis to the proprietorship of the t 'uio State Journal, Mr. Chase's home organ. Maj McLean's testimony would have dragged lue deeds ot these men to the light, and their corrupt relations with the liuanci-d head of the naiioti eouhl not have been concealed. i>ut trie case was transferred to Washington, a-, we have said; Maj. McLean kept away on the Pacific coast, and several months suffered to elapse while the tiling "blew over." The case was finally brought to trial, and Ilurtt found guilty. But no one has heard of it till n >w. Nv> publiriy was given of the trial, or to the Ver.lici, and the verdict itself has been before the \\ a-hington authorities for two months with out action upon it. Meanwhile tremendous in fluences are being brought to bear in the review ot the case, siill to defeat the ends of justice. it ts not enough that the accomplices of ilurtt, the liijiuls, the immediate political and person al Inends of Secretary Cause, have been suc cessfully screened from the exposures which, lint for Secretary Stanton's corrupt and shaine ie-s course in averting immediate trial, and put ting out ot tue way the principal witness, would assuredly nave been ma le. It is now sought to rescue ilurtt Lorn the punishment of the law. Ibe verdict, as we learn, was an exceedingly mud one, and Ilurtt counts confidently on being UK-rely dismissed ttie Service, and then restored by President Lincoln for lire party services and value to the party. Nor is his hope absurd. If Black, another swindling quartermaster, and llall Smith, tiie two thieving horse contrac tors, can be pardoned after their crimes, Ilurtt may hope for his. \\ ore Is cannot increase an honest man's sense ol the iatamy of this whole transaction. The bald tact.-, us we have recited them, are enough. Yet there is no tleleaac or attempt at defense by Secretary Stanton. He sits down "infamous and contented," and, worst of all, there is no public opinion in the Republican partv which will force him to defend himself, or resign, asa lij.ta until to. bold any office; there is ho car© for integrity and economy in the public service among republican journals, which do not dare deny these tacts, yet'do not attempt to make thcui impossible hereafter by denouncing tiiein now; there is no protest among the time-serv ing republicans ou the floor of Congress, whoso ; friends and whose friends" friends want contracts and offices and iavors from the War Department; no investigating committees, not one indignant holiest man, careless of party ties ami anxious only lor the honor of the government and the honor ol its high officials: ami so such shatne ics.s, indecent dishonesty and pnxuitution of pow er proceed unhindered to the accomplishment of their final result, the security of Iran is upon the government, tlie immunity of criminals who arc partisans ot ttie administration. THE BALTIMORE "PLATFORM. An Opinion by a Republican Paper. The New York Xew Nation, one of the.ablest Republican papers ia tbe country, with seventy thousand subscribers, thus speaks of LINCJI.N, tlie Baltimore Convention, and tlie phi'form it adopted. Read, Republicans, and be instructed: If the six hundred individuals comprising the Baltimore Convention, and presumed to be lead ing men and the highest representatives of the American people, are to he believed, then must we despair of the future of America, and rank our country as an agglomeration of mankind, aspiring to become a nation, but as yet only an imperfect embryo. Happily, however, the name oi the spokesman of that Convention, of the man deemed worthy to represent it, Mr. Ray mond, suffices to MSMgn it its real political and moral value. Tito Baltimore Convention was simply a meeting of contractors, assembled in order to retain the priviligo of robbing the pco ; pie, and in yielding to the man among its mem bers who is most interested in a continuance of the present injuiie, and who, in th're respect, as as well as in many others, is especially fitted to he the spokesman, il acted for once consistently during the two days' session. But it is adding irony to insolence with an impudence worthy of Barnuin, to utter on behalf of the people absur dities so vague and contradictory as those enun ciated in expression of an adoration of power. What! after insulting and robbing the peo ple, cm you dare declare that they are satisfi ed and that their greatest enemy has been their savior! We have consulted and listened to the peo ile, and tlu-ir language by no means resem bles that used by you. We have given heed to the poorer classes, to the people who toil and fight, pray and die, whose blood and money pay for tbe contracts that Lincoln has given you in exchange for your admiration and disinterest- i el patriotism, and wo have seen them restrain their lamentation and tears in the fear of dam pening tho nation's patriotism, wliieh has ever been great and strong, and sagacious when left to itself. Their language is not like yours; it is the voice of a great nation co s i<>us of its strength and warning you itefore making you recognize it. The jieopie tJU you at Cleveland that they wished to be free, and that their first wish w.ts liberty, for tho white man as well as for the negro, and not the servitude of botli that your master has practiced and which you have decreed a continuance of. We have pot time n >w to review the whole platform, wliieh, ha J it lieen drawn up by men of intellect, would IK a cut ting satire upon Lincoln's Administration, but, 3 it is, it is simply a mass of insipid adulation. WHOLE JVOIBEK, 1054 OUR POSITION AND DUTY. Our position, asa political organization should not be misunderstood by friend or fje. It is yet in the power of the Democracy to right tbe ship of State, save the country from utter ruin, and re-establish iilierty on a republican basis, lint to achieve this requires fiuth in its possibil ity ; energy to work tor its accomplishment: •and patience to wait for tbe fruit. "Faith with out works, is dead and work without faith, is a weary toil. We are sorry to see some of onr true, and heretofore hopeful Democrats, sink into inertia, and indulge in du-pondertcy.— We do not much wonder at it; for there are discouragements everywhere. A constitution violated, a country ruined, and a people in tears is enough to touch the heart, and unnerve the hands; but what shall we do? Sloth will not] save us, nor despondency bring safety. Besides, ! " T.'ie darkest Jar/, j Lice till to-morrow will have passed aw jy." ; Let us reiti-inlwr that labor conquers all ; things. The work is great, but the reward will J 100 glorious when it is accomplished. And al j though we were defeated last fall, we should | not he discouraged. That result was brought about by fraud It will be our own fault if it is repeated. Even our enemies do not boast o ver it. They are satisfied to enjoy the fruits |of their ill-gotten victory, without exultation. Y Democratic host of 254,000 men in a single ; State, and nearly two million in the North thev | know well is not to be despised. And the same ; reason that fills ouropp ments with dread, should inspire our friends with hope an I activity. We 'stand to-day strong :r in truth, stronger in rglif, J and stronger in the hearts of the people than lever before. They cannot be blind to pns-tng j events: they cannot be indifferent to the destruc tion of their liberty. Thev see the laws tram pled; th'ir sons - aughtered by thousands. They may view all this in silence but they caunht see |it with satisfaction. A corrective must be sought. The only hops prjsonte lis in change | of policy; and there is no hope of a change of i policy except there be liiSt a change of a Imin | istraiioti. In this is an element of D-mocrutic | strength. We may, therefore reasonably hope | for very material accessions from the oppositi >n ranks. And the accessions will be of she most • de-irable kind, of conv. rsaiive men, truly di->- 1 gusti d with their former political associations. Here and there such men will adhere to oural j ready mighty host; and with this augmented i strength, victory is sure. Our attitu le, then, | as a parly, is in >st imposing and commanding, j We know that some fear—tnd they have rca j son to fear from what has already been done— j that if' corruption and fraud cannot carry tbe : present corrupt and fraudulent party into pow ; er again, that force will be called to their ui I. | This may lie contingently true, but not unless I the Democracy invite it. If we show a craven 1 heart or indifference to the result, we have notb ; ing !letter to expect: for that they have tliedis | po.-ition to use force when necessary, the eiec i lions in Kentucky and Maryland abundantly | prove. But if we act like freemen, conscious of our rights and determined to maintain them, j there is not the slightest danger. Blunting our j selves upon the Constitution and Laws, we ; should !>.>Miy oppose, resent and repel by force, j it necessary, the slightest interference with our j right. Let tyrants beware, should be the watch | word from M line toCalifirnia in the Deniocrat ;ie camps. Rut it should not rest in mere dec ' laration. Actual preparation for active resis | tance to forcible interference should be prompt jlv and thoroughly made. Resolutions will not do; newspaper tulininations will not do; but complete organization, embracing every State and ramifying every town ship, will lie effec tive.—This organization should bo political, not military, but so organized that a military form could be spec li'y evolved if need should require —The time for the transition would be when three should be used to pr vent or control free elections. When that time comes—and we sin cerely hope it may never come—the Democrat who would hesitate to rep.d force, and maintain his rights even at the point of the sword, is an arrant coward and deserves to be a slave. We ' do not believe it will ever be necessary to go the extreme length of phvsical resistance, but the ' very liost way to avoid il is to lie prepared for [ it. We feel morally certain that in so doing is j our best security. If we assert our l ights and our manhood with manly courage they will not j be violated, an i there will be no occasion for! exertion of our power; but if we trust to ihe vir tueor forbearance of our enemies, we have nothing ; to hope. Let us, then, organize at once. Let there be a roll in every school district, on which ev ery Democratic name shall lie inserilicd. Let us go to work in earnest. Tiiis is our country still.—lt is for us and our children, and woe to the craven that will surrender it to the despoiler while hope remains. We should say to Mr. Lincoln—anil say in tones that could not be mistaken —"We will obey every legal obliga tion; but touch not our chartered liberties.— When authorized by tlie Constitution you may command, and wo will obey you like children, but go lievond it, and wercsist you to death."— The Mentor. Moral Degoaeracy of the Republic. We may well exclaim with the prophet, as we look around us to-day, "Truth is fallen in tho streot and equity cannot enter." The per secuting, partisan spirit encouraged by tha Ad ministration and its adherents produces and en courages an un wholes Jine zeal to depreciate one class of men for the purpose of exalting anoth er. It becomes rampant in propagating slan ders and engendering contempt for persona! worth and superior excellency. It blunts the scn-ibiiit ies of men to injured reputations—im pairs the sense of honor—banishes tho chari ties ot life—weakens the motives that prompt I men to aim at high attainments and patriotic achievements—degrades national character, and exposes it justly to the scorn of the civilized world. Nothing could show mora conclusively Rates of One Square, three woeks or le*. %l 2* One Sqnare, each additional insertion less than three months 50 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 fIAS One square- . ... $3 so $4 75 $8 00 Two squares . 500 700 10 ho Three squares 650 900 IS 00 l i Column 12 00 20 CO 30 00 One Column 20 00 35 00 65 00 Administurors'sndKtecutors' notices $2.50, Au ditors'notice. *t. so. if under 10 lines. $2.00 if more than a square less rh:4n 20 liees. Ksrrays, >1.25, if but one he<\ , s advertised, 23 cents for every additional head. The sp ice occupied by ten <;,, cS a ( ,his size or type counteone square. All ir ct j ori „ 0 j „ squ aie u;;der 6ve lineswtli be msnurHJ %* , tall square and all over five lines as a lull qu., e Aiiii-gtid advertisements will be charged to the jp--r aN band ing rhem in. VOL. 7, NO 48. ' the evil ejects of civil war upon 11 community than .this true, and by no me a 119 overdrawn "jic ture of the actual condition of our times. Men, who have heretofore occupied exalted positions, for dimply differing with their political oppo nents are denounced us traitors, and threats of venhance uttered against them. Even their very families are put un fer the ban. We com mend the Loyal Leaguers of tliis city, who rec t ognize 110 orthodoxy in any opinions that do not 'square precisely with their own. and who de nounce every mar. who differs froin them polit ically as traitors, to the following Biianswera | ble views of that wonderful logician. Mil!, in i his letter, "Treatise on Liberty:" "How strange ; it is. that men should admit the validity of the ! arguments for free discussion but object to their ; being puni.-hed to an extreme. not seeing that ! unless ibeir reasons are good for an extreme case i they are not gooil fur any case. Strange that ; they should imagine that they are not assuming j infallibility, when tb"y acknowledge that there j should be tree discussion on all subjects which j can possibly be doubtful, but think that soma I particular principle or doctrine should be for j bidden to be questioned because it is so ctrtnin, | that is, because t/ici/ ore certain that it is certain. I local! any proposition certain while there is ' any one who would deny its certainty, if per ; mitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and ' those who agree with n*. are the judges of cer ; tamty. and judges without bearing the other j Scle"— Aje. j Managemant of Mowing Macjines. 'i'lic season for making hay is at hand, and farmers are busily engaged in preparing lor the i securing 0' that important crop. The number j of mowing machines sold, and that will be used 1 this season greatly exceeds that of any former I y^r. Several months ago, we earnestly advised those ; of our readers who needed these indispensable appendages to the farm, to secure them in time, i 1 hose who took our advice, have not only rcn ; dered themselves camparutivoly indepen lent of I the scarcity and high price of farm bio, but | have saved handsomely in the purchase price, it i having been largely advauced wilhiii the past ! few weeks. The farmer who possesses a good mowing machine, a pair ut good horses, and understands 1 how to drive and keep it in order, may almost | set the elements at defiance. 15at there are many who purchase machines, wln do not pos sess either the ability or the inclination to keep them in order and to such, they area hindrance rather than a help. A word to those who be long to t his large class .'— . ' First thpn. it is your interest to understand die nature and wants of the mower, because, j without this familiarity, it will soon lierome | worse than useless. IV e know of machines in ; good repair, and almost as effective as when ; new, which we sold seven years ago. On the j other hand, we have seen the best machines, in . careless bands, rendered nearly useless in a ain |do season. Ihe cause ot these strikingly dif , ferent results is readily explained. In the case of the machines. t!cir purchasers were men, ! who before using, made themselves familiar with all their details. Tiiejr ascertained where the friction was greatest and how to relieve it, — they comprehended the importance of sharp knives, and consequentlv understood fully the value of a good grindstone—a first-rate whet -1 stone, a suitable file, surplus blades to replace | damaged ones, and abundance of rivets 10 re place worn out or broken ones. They knew ; the virtue of abundance of oil at the proper points—the removal of gummed grease fro n the journals, and rust from the parts which were brought m contact with the ground. £virr nut was properly drawn Eceiy ilty, and suitable wrenches w rea'.w.iy sat hand for this important purpose W iien the season was over, they did not j=cT£iiit the machine to lie in one of the fence corners of the field in which it was last used, until the succeeding summer; but carefuliy c caned and housed it at once—applied a coat 'e- paint to the wood work in leisure hours, re moved the knives and oiled them, to prevent rusting, and scraped away the accumulation of gummed grease 011 the journals. These atten tions were the cause and the long and etreclive use of the machine, the result. Take their op posite*, and you have an explanation of the rapid destruction of the second machines. In addition to the above, much depends upou the driver. There arc those who do everything by mam strength. They start, or attempt to start a mowing machine in heavy grass ,as thev would start in a burse race with a blow and a shout for the horses. The sudden jerk, and the increased resistance cons cjueiit upon the knives tieiiig brought thus suddenly in contact with a heavy body ot grass, causes a strain upon the frame, which not unfrequently deranges the whole machine, and unfits it tor further use, until the damage is repaired. This sudden star ting in heavy grass is especially to be condemn ed, where, as is now almost invariably the case, the frames are made of iron. The starting • a mowing machine should lie gradual. Far better spend a minute in backing, so as to get the knives fairly into plav, than follow the un wise plan alluded to. Nearly nil of the ma chines in use may be hacked as readily and eas ily as a cart, and if tho horses could speak % they would tell their looiisi driver, hove much easier backing would be to them. A word more and wo have done. Buy onlv a well approved machine. Almost any of thoso in general use may be purchased with safety.— In tilting up your tool box, (which, by the way, should always accompany the machine,} buy none but the very be.-t tools. A tip-top mon key wrench—a good Washita whetstone—a steel pulled rivettiug hammer, a file of tiie first quality, and above all, oil of the host kind and euoughot it. In the end, the best, things are. always the cheapest, and those necessary to the man agement ot the mowing machine, are uot ex ceptions to thi3 well established rule.
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