BEDFORD GAZETTE. -BKOFOIUE Pa.— FRIDAY: s Ml 57, TSBI B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. 2C7"The Cornvr Stone of St. Mark's Ev. Luther an Church, in Friend's Cove, near Bowser s rrtH, will be laid with appropriate Services, on V\ hit Monday, the 20th inst. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. The Democratic voters of the several elec tion districts ot Bedford county,and others who intend to act with them in good faith hereaf ter, are hereby requested to meet on SATURDAY, THE 15th JUNE, NEXT, at the hour and place to be appointed by their respective Vigilance Committees (who are here by requested to give written notice of such time and place of meeting) for the purpose of elec ting two persons as delegates to the Democrat ic County Convention, which rs to assemble at the Court House, jn Bedford, on TUESDAY, THE 18th DAY OF JUNE NEXT, at a o'- clock, P. M., to put in nomination a County Ticket to be voted lor at the enduing election, appoint legislative and Judicial Conferees, and attend to such other matters as may be proper to be transacted for the benefit of the party. — Jt is also particularly requested that active and earnest Democrats be elected Vigilance Com mitters lor tire ensuing year and that their names be returned to the President of the Con vention. Bv order of the Dem. Co. Com. G. H. SPANG, May 10th, '6l. Chaiiman. Davis' Message, We publish on our first paste, a message of Jefferson Davis, the so-?(y led President of the • so-called Confederate btaies. This document sets forth in a terse and succinct history, the wrongs and grievances complained of by the i people of the South. Though able in style and eloquent and forcible in phraseology, it ■, contains lallacious and dangerous doctrines, such as we cannot send forth among the people without also furnishing an accompanying anti dote . The right ot secession is maintained by Mr. Davis, as existing under the Constitution of the United States. This is a fallacy that was ; once mooted by the State ol Massachusetts, and j which has been entertained by the leading pol- j iticiansof South Carolina since the days ot John • C. Calhoun, but which was always denied and ; discountenanced by a vast majority ol the pco-! pie of every other State. When made an issue , in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, in 1851, tion. If the right of secession exists undej; the Constitution, then that document has no bind ing force whatever. It is simply t dead letter I a bond from which the obligor can at pleas- : ure erase his signature. The right of secession i is not a Constitutional, but revolutionary right. 1 To assert it successfully, the government estab lished in the Constitution must be thrown off, 1 and to do that is revolution. Let not Mr. Da vis claim of secession by the Constitution. Nothing but successful rebellion will ever be sufficient to justify it, either in the eye of an enlightened .domestic jurisprudi nee, or in the light of the law of nations. As to the wrongs and insults experienced by the South, of which Mr. Davis justly romplant, we believe that they could and would have been redressed, had the Southern States remain ed within the Union. We believe that even now, if those States weie to return to their for mer allegiance, that there would be an over whelming uprising in the Noith in tavor of the full protection of thetr citizens in the enjoy ment of their Constitutional rights. It may be difficult for Southern people to believe this, ow ing to the late base mistepresentation of North ern feeling in Congress, and the semi-barbarous conduct of some of the people of the Eastern States, yet we feel well assured that what we say is true. We can, therefore, only say to Jefferson Davis and his misguided followers, Come back to the fold! Come back and ask your rights under the Constitution, under the Stars and Stripes, and you v. ill find willing hearts and able hands all over the North to sus tain you. tEPThe Republicans ask us not to discuss the causes of the rebellion in the South, and vet Governor Curtin, in his Message, published in our last, does not refrain fiom doing so. Mr. Jordan, also, in his speech IU front of the Bed ford Hotel, on Monday night of Court week, spoke, to some extent, of the causes. Our at tention has been called to the fact, (by a strong war man, but one who looks upon the matter as a war merely tor the restoration of the power of the Government in the refractory States) that Mr. Jordan among other glorifying expressions made use of in regard to the unhappy contest between "the North and the South" (Mr Jor dan always uses these sectional terms) raid that this was war for humanity, a war for free dom." The quption wes naturaily suggested to our warlike lri< nd mind, Docs that mean the Abolition of Slavery t Our friends ol ,he Beaver Star , as well as the editors of some half-dozen other papers, are respect folly informed that they are Wr |„ coaie to our editorial*, and that all we a*k in return for them, is thai tb > fn.-r . h tKe p.o | K some icdwafr n that , •. Convertible Terms. Said a friend to us the other day, speaking of ■ the proposition of the Black Republicans to a bandon party organizations ; " Cannot a man be : a Democra and a patriot! A Democrat and a j Union man ?"—lf not, then Democracy is not what we have been taught to believe fj-om in- j fancy. If not, then the Democratic party has been fighting for the Union ever since the be- ! ginning of its existence, only at last to be tacit ly branded by its own members as a Disunion ' party. No! the Democracy are the ori-jinal and true Union men. They sacrificed thei' po- ! liticai ascendancy in every North rn State,: threw office and Emolument to the winds, bow- j ing themselves at the sacred shrine of the Con- j stitution and bearing all the insults and injuries j that fanaticism could inflict, to prevent the dis solution of the Union. Even now their oppo nents admit that if they had Jjeen successful in the late Presidential election, the Union would not have been dissolved. And are such men not to be trusted, unless, forsooth, they abandon their organization, and surrender their political name? Why, the friends of the Union would be powerless as babes, without the assistance of the great Democratic party. Democracy and Union are convertible terms. Tney mean one ami the same thing ; whilst Black Republican ism and S cession go hand in hand, the one as sisting the other in the wicked purpose of de stroy ing the Union. Let the rallying-crv of the original and true Union men, be, " Democ racy and the Union, now and forever, one and inseparable !" Don't Cheat the Soldiers 1 The gallant men who have gone from their peaceful firesides to fight, as they believe and as we hope, for the restoration of our beloved Union, should receive the full benefit of the ap propriations made by the Legislature for the supply of their wants. To this end the Gover nor of this State, the Military Authorities at Harrisfcurg, and the persons contracting to fur nish supplies to the soldiers, must be closely watched. Three millions ot dollars have been appropriated for our soldiers by the Legislature, but it is feared, with good reason, that the plun dering office-holders at Harrisburg are intent on converting about one-liaif of it to their own use. We say let the brave men who have volunteer ed to do the fighting, receive the Oenefils and i profits to be derived from this appropriation, and let Gov. Cuilir. and the other officers at Harrisburg be content with the salaries attach ed to their respective offices. That there is great reason to fear that peculation and plun der are the order of the day among the Slate i Authorities, is sufficiently shown by their ap ■ probation ot the conduct of the Superintendent : and managers of the Giraid House establish i ment in Philidelphia. This house is a depot for S the making-up and lurnishing ol clothes to the | troops. The greatest favoritism and the loosest management have prevailed at this e.-tablish ment from the beginning. Thousands of yards ol stuffs are thrown in to the cutters, without measurement ana witnoui regard to tneir quali ty. Advanced prices are offered to certain fa j vorite parties and political friends, and thus ! goods are purchased at almost double their val j ue. And yet Gov. Curtin has not a wont of | disapprobation for this whole-ale plunder! The I following from Ihe Philadelphia Evening Jout \ na!, a strong war paper, is in reference to these | outrages; Instead of giving out these contracts to some of our large clothing houses, who have all the facilities for getting up good clothing and thous ands of hands out of employment, whose work manship is well known to thern, they go to work and make sub-contracts with parties who only understand how- to grind down the poor work ing people to less than living ptice. Shame on such transactions, ar.d yet it is countenanced by the Pennsylvania State authorities. Again, the day's work heretofore bas been from seven to seven, and sis days to the week. Now, we understand, it is to oe frcm'six to sev en, including Sunday, and half an hour each day for their dinner. Although an extra day bas been added to the amount of their labor, vet no addition •! coxnpensa'ip'n is paid for the extra day ; but it any person cannot conscientiously work on the Sabbath, or .have, little families that med their attention at least one day in sev en, they are "docked" one day's wages. Oh i how- libera!,, how generous, how patriotic , are these men, in whose power are these poor peo ple. And again, great complaint ha 3 been made | of the manner'in which the clothing in general has been made. Is it because the workmen and women are not good ? No. I; is in consequence i of the bad material given them to work. One article alone, (for which we are told a ; high Pi ire has been paid,) that is, cotton used | on the sew-ing machines, is unfit t? be used in I any shuttle, which any disinterested individual in the sewing machine business will testify. A LARGE SVECULATION.— We see it stated in several papers that George Law and otheis have obtained a contract from the Government for supplying the newly raised army with twenty thousand beeves at eight ivflfes per pound live weight—equal to FOURTEEN cents per pound when sla ightered. By this operation, the con tractors expect to realize a net profit of $600,- 000 ! This s one of the ways the Government is plundered, and the Treasury depleted. A few individuals are making princely fortunes at i the expense of the tax-payers of the country.— Reaai g Gazette. This same George Law is one of the moa' furious wai-shriek-rs in all the country. The ; cloven fool wi'l prot.ude, however, and the blaiant hypocrite will be detecVd, no matter | how well cloaked and concealed. Gov. Cua- TIN, w-e are iuformcd, is also doing a thriving business in the way of purchasing beef cattie arid other sup; lies for the Army. The<e u-,a --noaited scoundrels fatten on the blood of the poor soldiers wno fiorn fi'.ne„t arid patriotic m lives I- av- their fanulie* and h <t . •*>•• >•... ;.f.l. s .( , p j. . Local and H-iscellaneocs. . .. .The dwelling on the estate of Daniel Means lately dect ased, in Monroe township, j was destroyed by fire, on" day last week. It is supposed that the fire was communicated to the building from the chimney. No insurant-. . .. That pink of veracity, the Bedfotd In quirer, contradicts our statement that the "Tay lor Guards " from this place, received additions Irom other companies. A letter from a mem- j ber ol that Company to a gentleman in this j plaie, says : "Our Company l.ajbet n filled out bv men from the Allentown, York aud other Companies." . .. .We have received a number of fetters from prominent Democrats in different [-arts of the count V, as well as from subscribers in other parts of the Stale, approbatory of our course on the war question. One of these, from an old i and valued friend, read', in pari, as follows: " It is a long time since we have had any j correspondence. I am, however, much graiifi- i ed to know that by your manly, honest, straight- ! forward course, you have made many friends I write what 1 know. While you stand up no- | bly for the Stars and Stripes, you have not fail- | ed to keep before your readers the cause of our troubles and the difference between sustai ling ihe Government and the Republican Adminis tration. I ve;y much fear that many of our papers have sadly failed to do this, ami hence a great many people may be cariied away with 'he impression that Ihey oust sustain the Na tional Administration in alt things, ev-*n it ' or is-in did not d<-sue to see .otir soldiers return from Mexico." Thank you for your words of encouragement, but our friends in the country need not think that we lequire any extra aid to enable us to hold the " even tenor of our way-." The posi tion occupied by this paper in regard to the vi tal questions connected with the origin and pros ecution of the present war, was assumed from a conscientious conviction of right and duty, and will be adhered to until we are convinced that it is wrong, knowing full well that •' One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers a:>d of loud huzzas." . .. .Within the last week there have been eight or ten persons arrived from Cumberland, who have gone East and joined the Pennsylva nia volunteers. Bedford Inquirer. First person, " I have been arrived," second person " You have been arrived," third person " He, she, it or they, or ten persons have been arrived, artoven, or arriven." That'll do. Go up head, little one! ... .Beware ! Several " red-mouthed," Se ; cession apologists have been taken up in this ! State for their treasonable declarations and pro ! ceedtngs. Republican paper. \ Beware again! Several foul-tongued Repub lican apologists lot the non-adoption of the Crit j tendeu Compromise, have been taken down \ lately in this State for their disunion "declara ; tionsand proceeding!." ....Remember that the war as understood J by the Democrats, i* for the maintenance of the Governm nt, not a war bttween the North and j the South, or for destruction of Slavery, In a sectional war,or a war waged for tne destruc tion of Southern institutions, the Democraci will have neither lot nor part. Lei the Repub- I licans who rely upon the Democrats to do the | fighting, remember this. . .. ." Baxter's Military Tactics," advertisd i I in this week's Gazette, will be for sale at H. jC. Reamer's Drug Store, in a few days. It is ; the bock on the subject of which it treats. Call i and buy a copy. j ... .The Maryland Legislature has pa.-sed a resolution catling upon the President " in lit* : name of God" to cease making war upon the I South. 'Gelling Dissatisfied with ihe Administra tion. The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, an out- I and-out administration paper, appears to beget ! ting disgusted with the manner in which things I are. managed by President Lincoln and his Cab inet- We clip the following article from the , iast number of that paper, without endorsing t its Eentimeota as a whole. | "The people have responded to the call of j the President for aid. They have answered I with o much unanimity and power that a paid I ic is already peiceptible among the less desper | ate of the rebels. Probably no trJn connected with the national administration anticipated ! such a sweeping tornado ot patriotic enthusi asm. But we regret to President has : not, in his turn, resjwndetf to the mighty df*- I mand ot the masses—no more temporizing with ■ traitors. The negotiations between Lincoln and S;".v?.rd on the one band, ami Hicks and Brown on the other, are humiliating to the govern ment and chilling to the people. There seems to be a woful lack of common sense, decision and energy in the management ol affairs.— Volunteers are kept without arms and equip ments long after th-y are thorougely organized, tolerably drilled, and ready for a call to the field. Pennsylvania troops hurry forward to a position whence they can threaten Baltimore and hold that rebellious city in check, and somebody orders them to*retire, for fear of offen ding the delicate sensibilities of Hicks and com pany. Other volunteers hasten to Annapolis, and there they reman for days, without the fa cilities for reaching the imperilled capital.— If Washington does not fall into the hands of the rebel*, the credit of it salvation wilt riot "2 to the a 'minijitrati.Hi,- 'ut to ; he gallant liuiiie rs of Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. But fyr the promptitude of the old Bay Stat .Fort Monroe would have !ackki a garrison capable ot a successful resistance to assault. The sane determined patriots would soon clear direct road to Washington, if the gov ernment possessed a tithe of the spirit which now animates the northern people, ft Mr. Lincoln would hold his tongue, and Mr. Sew ard would consent to fo ego an opportunity t >r turning polite phra-es, perhaps tr.e r une'.if 1 lie go*', re■ ■ • ' ' * ' f * ! with ■ ■-> J . : ' ! "y • S I l'ljbly Important from St. I^uis. Surrender of the Missouri Militia to the Uni ted States Troops. ST. LOUIS, May 10.—Gen. Frost's brigade ot Missouri mi 1 itia, encamped a' Camp Jackson, on the western outskirts of the citv sturendered unconditionally, this afternoon,on the command of Capt Lyon, commander ot the United States forces tr. this city. Capt. Lyon marched on Camp Jackson with some thousand volunteeu, surrounded it, and i jiianted held pieces on the adjoining eminences. I It is understood that Gen. Frost says Capt. Lyon's letter, demanding a surrender, was not received by him until his camp was surrounded by U. S. troops. He then replied that the en campment was organized tinder the law of the ! State, simply for organizing and drilling the volunteer militia of this military district. Not expecting any demonstration of this kind, he was entirely unprepared to successfully resist ' the attack. He therefore accepted the terms i specified, and surrendered his command. There were only about 800 men in the ramp | a larg. number being in the city on leave ot ab j sence. These troops laid down their arms, and | were escorted to the city as prisoners of war. A release on parole *as tendeied to the of j ficersand troops, providing they would take oath j not to take up arms again against the United State government, which they declined doing, j on the ground that it implied that they had al { ready taken up arms against the government ' which they disclaimed. LATER-— St. Louis. May 10, midnight.—Just I before the troop* started tor the city, and while i the S at" troops were drawn up between iwo ' lines of United States volunteers, several Mock-.' were thrown at the volunteers and a few pistol shots fired by excited patties in the surrounding crowd, which was composed of a large number of citizens, including many women. One shot took effect in the leg of Captain B'anlowsky, and, as he fell, he gave the word to fiie, which was obeyed by some two or three companies, resulting in the death of upwards of .twenty persons, including two women and sev ! eral children, and oadly wounding several o'h | eri. . [This unfortunate occurrence has produced an intense excitement in the c'ty. | Large bodies of men are thronging the streets. The Democrat and Inzieger, Republican j newspapers offices, have been threatened by the ! mob. THE KILLED. The following are the only names of tho-e j killed that can be ascertained at ttiis iate hour : Walter McDowell. Thos. A. Haven. Nicholas Noblach. Emily Sumners, piobably fatally wounded. Claiborne Wilson. Truman Wright. All the gun shops in the city are guarded by bodies of armed police. About Iwo hundred policemen have been ' detailed to p-otoct the Drmocrat and Jlnzeiger | offices. The lateness of the hour precludes tfe possi rbility of getting more reliable information to \ night. Si. Louis was the scene of another terrible i tragedy on Saturday night. A large body of ! the Home Guards, after b"ing furnished wi h arms at the arsenal, were parading through Filth (street, hissed at a d otherwise abus> d by .he spectators, when a boy about fourteen yeirsold discharged a pistol into their ranks. The rear rank instantly fired upon the crowd, and the their muskets down their own line and among | the people on tfie sidewalks. The troops suf : fered most seriously, four of their number being I instantly killed, and several wounded. Three ! citizens were killed, and otht rs wounded.— Vjeneral Harney has issued a proclamation cal culated to allay excitement. Both Houses of the Legislature have passed the Harris military ; bill. Who is lo Llap.it- ? j By no effort, of our political enemies, says i the Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) Valley Spir | it, can {he blame for the severance of the bonds of the Union and all the ruin it has brought upon the country, be fastened on the Democral (ic party. Their political principles never t could, and never would have brought such dis j aster anu disgrace upon the nation.— We are : most happy to fling in the teeth of our political ! opponents the opinion of ihe greatest statesman i 'hat ever lived Henry Clay—as to the causes I ttint would eventually produce a dissolution of j of the American Union. How sadly true,and how prophetic, are these words of Henry Ciay, spoken in the United States Senate on the 7th of February, 1839. They c< rlainiy cannot be applied to the Dem ocratic party. The triumph of sectionalism, as Clay predicted, has been the downfall of the Republic, and every man who voted for Lincoln deliberately and knowingly tor a - dissolution of the UNIOU, or there is no truth in the words of Clav —he said: "Sir, I am •no! in the habit of sppaking light ly of the po>*ibilify of dissolving this* happy Union. The senate knows that 1 have depreca ted allusions, on ordinary occasions, to that direful event. The country will testify that if there be anything in the history ot my public career worthy of reccollection, it is the truth and sincerity of my ardent devotion to its las ting preservation. But we should be false in our allegiance if we did not discriminate be tween the imaginasy and the real dangers by which it may be assailed. Abolitionism should no longer be an imaginary danger. The Abolitionists, let me suppose, succeeded in their present aim of uniting the inhabitants of the fne Stales, as one man, against the in habitants of the slave States. Union on one side will beget union on the other, and this pro cess of reciprocal consolidation will be attended with all the violent prejudices, embittered pas sions and implacable animosities which ever de graded and deformed human na'ure. #•* "One section will stand in menacing and hostile airay against the other ; the coliison of opinion will be quickly followed fry the clash aims. 1 will not attempt to describe scenes which now happily lie concealed from our view. 'Abolitionists themselves would shrink back in dismay and horror at the contemplation of desolated fields, conflagrated cities murdered inhabitants and the overthrow of the fairest fab rie ol human government that ever rose to an imate the h r.e. f.f" riviliz d man. A*. Y. Joar n It I •if int irrre to tires* the Fr the ft* .' >1 1. a■ ■■ • . • - : *h< r:!y he LATEST SOUTHERN WAR NEWS. The Alaxandlia Gazette says tfiat a number of th" Mary land Guard of the city of Baltimore j passed up the Change and Alexandria Railmad on Wednesday. Tiny report that over one thousand Haltimoreans will unite with the; army ol the ' ! >rat-- states. | It ,> said .hi* .i.e Confederate Iroops a' Pen- ! i sarola, numb-iing pr-oabfy 10,000 men, are i to be withdrawn from th- it location round Fort Pickens, and marched to the North. This con firms the intelligence that an attack on foil Pickens was abandoned. It is stat"d that ail j the volunteers from the extreme South are first . (ordered into quarters at Mongomerv, amides- 1 | patched from thence to the dfferent rendezvous i farther North. .Mr. Boulignv, Congressman from Louisiana, who arrived in Washington on Wednesday, l i states that four thousand men have left New Orleans tor Lynchburg, Va., and that latge bodies of troops from various quarters aie con- . centrating in that locality. I Negroes ol all classes are depreciated almost through the entire South houi thirty to fifty , p.r cut. Property tins also (alien in a m>- j ilar decree. The Southerners do not want Fort Pickens, unless the Cootedera'eGovernment is acknowl edged by the European Poweis. Tlieu- ar u j now in Pensacnla ten thousand secession troops camped. The it being there is but a bait.— ! ; The entire distance from p.-nsac-tia to Wash ; ington can be passed over in five days, as there is rail the entire distance. Some fine morning Lieutenant Si- mmer and his garrison will wake I up and look tin an empty camp. I A letter from on board one of the United j States vessels .H Peusacola, duel >se tae i upor- ' . '.ant fact .that the rebels in possession there in tend, in case they are likely to be wrusted in ian encounter with the Fnieral forces, to de i sirov Pensaco'a, Warrington and the navy yard", \ !by blowing up and burring. This has been! , ascer'ained through spies, who assert that thej | powder has already been placed and the trains ' laid for the purpose. Warrington is said to be ; now entirely deserted by its inhabitants, and ' j the houses are occupied tiv rebel soldiers. The Charleston (Va.) Free Press, of Thurs- : j day, says : —We know th" fact that from the j 18th of April the forces at Harper's Ferry have ranged fioin 3 to <>,oGo.£a n-? that there is no ; iscarcitv of piovisions of any kind. No stranger ; visiting the Ferry can form any estimate of the I number there, because they are stationed at ev • orv point commanding entrance to the town. Interesting from Texas —Wore U. S. Troops 'l aken "Prisoners of War—Col j Waite a Prisoner of War, &c. NEW ORLEANS, May 9. We learn by the Orizaba, arrived from Texas to-day, that Gen. Van Dorn had lett Victoria on Iht 6th instant with the McCiillongh regiment and other for ce? to intercept Col. Reeves' command of Uni ted States troooj, six hundred strong, above San Ar.tonia- Major Lloyd Beall, ~apt. R W. Johnson, 2d ; cavalry ; Ca"j.t. Wm. Blair, Lmuts. Ramsour, Fourth and Howard, 3d U. S- artillery, had re j signed. | Capt. L-e's company, Bth infantry, had sur rendered at San Antonia. Col Waite, succes sor oi Gen. Twiggs, is a prisoner of war, on pa- I role. The crops % ill surpass any harvest ever reap i • ... Texas ha* made provision tor large quantities of bra*s cannon and other arms for the defense of the State. The Delirium consul has published a note de nying the statement published in New York that he had entered into a contract with the Confederate States for supplying them with arms i from Belgium. ! The entrance of the channel at Pens-acoia Bay i has been obstructed by- sinking vessels to pie j vent tli" entrance >f ships of war. Catholicism ami Slavers both to be Bis tros etf Like Popery, Slavery is incompatible with , | the spirit of the age, or, in other words, with liberty and civilization. Their progress is ot ;an end, and fate or Providence seems to have j doomed them to speedy destruction for the fol . | ly of their devotees.—Daily Times After civil freedom is destroyed by the mon archical. Puritanical, ami Republican taitv, , it w ill, doubtles, turn its attention to the over -1 throw of religious freedom. It tried t > get op | a crusade again-t Catholicism a few soars since J and in New England penetrated convents with f | Hiss Committees, &c. ; but its onward progress ; was gallantly met by Old Virginia,and with the , ! true Democratic instincts ef equal right, she jconquted the destroyer. She fought and gain led one of the most impotant battles foi equal i rszhts ot this century, and she (ought it for the .Vw-th, which had overrun by the pesti ! j lent heresy of Knovv-Nothingism. The return j she gets for it is the invasion of her soil by the (■j verv men whom she most served.—A". Y. D:y r | Book. THE STORM IS GATHERING. —AIthough much of our information concerning the movements of the military is vague and unreliable, enough is known to mak" it certain that bodies of troop 6 a.-p moving Irom the North ami from the South towards the field of action, and are constantly concentrating. It is tell which side gains most by delay ; though, should action be postponed for a considerable tune, there is no doubt that the North would be able to accumulate a much larger force, on account of our greater population and superior facilities for rapid movement. The Southern ers however, especially if they wait to be inva ded and act wholly on the deiensive—perhaps enticing their enemy into the interior, will gain the powerful co-operation of a hostile climate. But without attempting to rematk upon the chances of success, a collision at no distant day is inevitable, unless a kind Providence should interpose to prevent it. Either side would be glad to avail itself of any special advantage which might offer tor inflicting a mortal blow. Conflict is most likely to occur either at Caiio or in the neighborhood of Washington city. Military movements appear to be unusually ac tive in both directions.— JY. Y. Journaf of Commerce. ARMS FOR THE SOUTH. —The Nashville (Tenn.) Banner of last Wednesday learns that a vess"l arrived at New> Orleans from Europe on the 6111 inst., with 2 nfj,ooo stand of arms fir the Confederate Statf*. This fsavs the Banner) is th-same ve*se| wh .se arrival has hern x pecudfor s"n.edavs, and to which attention has been called by the New York pies;, —the suo. having urged the Government to keep a id ai look out for her. According to the same au'h n-iv, an .ui fify hexes of guns and other ■to" t? not u6i i ached Nashville by railroad l#-t TueMiay. It is interesting to not- the large proportion jof patiiota who are ready to volunteer lor offi ■ cial positions in the war. Almost every day ; we here that somebody offers his services to j lend a regiment, a company, or to act in some other official capacity. This, in the opinion ot j many, seems to be the most elevated sort ol j patriotism Serving in the ranks with rations ; and twelve dollars per month, is quite a diff ! erent affair Irorn leading a regiment, with a chance for glory and good pay. All cannot be Generals, Colonels, or even Captains. It ig fortunate that some are willing to enlist as pri v-tes.—.V. V" Journal of Commerce. DrsPEr3fA —This is a very distressing com j plaint, and gives the patient more suffering i than almost any other disease,in fact, it is a i combination of many complaints in one. The symptoms are numerous and are of the nature lof almost all other complaints combined, i From this fact,* arise the very many cases where this disease is mistaken for some other and so improperly treated. The first symptoms indigestion, flatulency, loss ol appetite, heart burn, ha tache, etc , if neglected, almost always awaken .-ome dormant disease and send tlm poor sufferer to a premature grave. What you must first do is to cleave the blood and reg ulate the bowels ; do this with the "Mountain I Herb Ptlls," and you can bid defiance todys pepsia. -IMSiRIED AMICK—WERTZ —On the 12th inst., by ! 'he Rev. J. Z uiiiierrnin, Mr. William Amich, o Miss Annie Catharine Wertz, both of St. j Clairsville. -- I _ ARNOLD.—On the night of the eighth inst., ;at her residence in Friends' Cove, in this Co., departed this life Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold, relict jol Peter Arnold, at the very advanced age of , 95. She was the oldest woman of Bedford co.— AI most a centenarian she had a distinct recollec tion of the battlea and prominent events of the Ameiican Revolution and of the Indian hostil ities in Bedford and Huntingdon counties. She was in many respects a most remarkable woman. She was filty years old before she learn ed 10 read. The Bible was her first book and such was her proficiency in reading tie sacred pages that she knew the Bible nearly by heart. She was pro'oundiy religious and ola very in inquisitive turn of mind. She embraced the Catholrc Faith at a late period of her life, and lived and died a most edifying pious and con sistent member of the Church. She was most ! liiguly esteemed by all her neigh bours, whe testified their respect for her mem ory by their large number in attendance at her interment, notwithstanding the great mclem i ency of the weather.— Having been fortified by j all the rites and consolations of religion, she has alter her long pilgrimage on earth, gone to her true country, Mount Sion, and the city of the living God—the heavenly Jerusalem "Looking on the author and finisher of laith, Jesus, who having joy set before Him endured ilie cms-, despising the shame, she has, Full of years and virtue, passed from the church on earth to "the Church ol the first born who are written in heaven." R. I. P. POTTER—On the 30th of April at her resi dence in Water Street, Bedford Co., after a long i and protracted illness, Mrs Susannah Potter, ; 1 aged <uyears, mONlfts ad au days. J'be de - ceased was for many years a resident of the j | Cove. Her funeral was largely attended by the I Community and the occasion improved by the pastor, by a discomse based on the words of St Paul "To die is gain"—Phil I:2l.—This is tiuly so to the Christian. Dear Mother ! thou i ait gone— we hear thy voice no more, we w old not desire to call thee back. We believe i 'hou ail gone to a better woJd, wheie thou art i released Irum all care and trouble. But still, I Jost thou speak ioud y to us trom the grave, t saying : "Then, be ye also ready, for in such ' an hour when ye think not, the Son of man ; comet h". " Her eyes are closed for ever, ■ Their sparkling light has fled; , ! Their sightless orbs are sleeping' In the mansions of the dead. > But angel bands have bone her, i On the wings of light and love ; s To dwell with Christ in heaven, In that plest dome above. S. HELSEL—On the I2inst, ot Consumption, ' : Mr. Geo. Helse), son of Charles Heisel. i 2V" etu %fe9t ri t •<< nt a 1)UBLI0 SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. By vir'ue of ait order of the Orphans' Court of Bedford Countv , the undersigned will otter for sale j o>> the piemises on SATURDAY, loth JUNE NEXT, ' the fol owing described Real estate, viz : A tr. ct of land con.aimng 212 acres, adjoining , lands of D. Snowberger, Martin JUiller and others. designated on the diagram attached to the procee ! dings in Partition, on Dr. W. W. Reed's estate at ; part "C," and situate in Middle Woodbury Town j ship. TERMS :—One thirdin'hand on confirmation of sele and balance in two equal annu.l piyments j without interest. tAARON REKD, Ex 'r of Dr. W. W. Reed, dee'd. May !7th, '6l. 4t. iJBLIC SALE"OF~ VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Hy virtue of an order of the Court af Bedford county,, the undersigned will offer at Pub lic Sale, on the premises, in Monroe Township, on SATURDAY 15th JUNE, NEXT, all the following descnbed real estate, viz : 330 acres of land, adjoining Henry Whetstone, Bernard i Means' heirs, Bernard Steckrn-n and south Side ot fussey's Mount in, and having thereon erected a | Log House and Shop, about 10 acres thereof clear ed and under fence. ALbO, 10 acres, being part of another tract (the mansion ! tract) and adjoining the above—ibout 20 acres i thereof cleared, adjoining Henry Whetstone, Ber | nar 1 Means' heirs and others. lERM3 made known on day of sale. O. E. SHANNON, Adm'r, of Dan'l. Means dee'd. May 17th, '6l. it. VUDIiOK S NOTICE.— The mdersigned, appointed auditor by :he Orphans' Court, :o distribute the bala/ ce in the hands of John Sparks, Executor ol Daniel Buzzard, dee'd., will attend to the duties of sai.) appointment, at 1 o'clock P. M-, on Friday, June 7th, at his office, in Bedford Borough, where all interested may at'end. | JOHN PALMER, May 17th, '6l. Auditor.
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