BEDFORD GAZETTE.. m:i>FOKft>, Pa.— FRIDAY AIGIST 30, 1861- B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. REGULAR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS ! For the Union, the Constitution and the Laws ASSOCIATE JIDGE, . JAMES BURNS, PPfj. A. J. SANSCM, BEDFORD BOR. COMMISSIONER, PHILIP SHOEMAKER, COLE RAIN. TOOK DIRECTOR, ADOLPHUS AKE, UNION. AUDITOR, DANIEL L. DEFIBAUGH, SNAKE STRING. DEMOCRATIC MEETING ! Agreeably to the usages of the Demociatic Par ty, a meeting of the Deiroiracy of Bedford county , will be held in the Court house, on the EVENING OF MONDAY OF NEXT COURT, being the sec ond <ay ol September. All who aie in favor of mainta using the Democratic organization, intact, • d ail other good citizens who are trul> the friends he Union and tbe Constitution, in favor of a a.V.ai Convention to be called for the speedy, frat> and honorable settlement of the present ciable 1 war, or the adoption of any other Lon ged to a pd for the securing of peace—all oppo the Constitf subjugation, to the subversion of gance of the ] lO corruption and extrava sations, by wl} nt State and Nationcl Adminis people are material resources of the spectfulJy invited tc te< * Conservatives, to t' B ttel *''* Democrats, Rally ! £ alce connsej together ' seue , ! Let us meet and countiy and its Vberti 0 - '* alarming crisis of our Uy order of thp J °- P. R KE n, Dem ' U .Com. _ Secretary. S> ™LL,^ In another column will be found a call lor a Vuiy„" mwlinii L - ■ ' ' eu T-wsuay evening next. As we claim to be as good a "Union man" as any whose names are appended to that call, we deem it but prop er that we should stale the reasons why our name does not appear in the list of those who make the call. The language of the call is, in part, very ob jectionable. What conscientious Democrat coulu sign a paper pledging him to aid in the suppression of Union Democratic newspapers, the seizure and incarceration of innocent men on mere suspicion and without the opportuni ty of a hearing before the proper civil authori ties, the abnegation of the sacred right of peti tion, the violation of the sanctity of private cor respondence, the appointment of incapable men as officers in the army, to the exclusion of the skilful and the meritorious, and above all, the blundering and plundering of the War Depart ment, which resulted in the disaster at Bull Runt Yet we are asked to do all this, in those words of the call, which solicit our aid in "the efforts now being made to- carry on the war." Had those words been omitted, or had they been changed so as to read, ''all proper and Constitutional efforts" we would have signed the call most cheerfully. But we believe that the Democracy of Bed ford county, can do more to advance the cause of the Union, by maintaining their own organi zation and holding Union meetings of their own, than by affiliating and fusing with the "Repub licans." The latter plan was tried last winter, when the Union might have been preserved if certain politicians had not preferred the Chica go Platform to the peace and integrity of the Republic, and what was the result ? Whv, moderate resolutions were adopted bv the meet ing, endorsed by R. D. BARCLAY, ESQ., and a lew other "Republicans," but the body of that party headed by their leaders, bolted from the meeting and called a meeting of their own ! Besides, the Union feeling among the Republi cans has exhibited itself but very recently. It :s hardly a quarter of a year old. Prior to the i 3th of Aprif, our "Republican" friends were willing to "let the Union slide." No appeal, however impassioned and powerful, could move them to accept any of the peaceful remedies proposed for the healing of our domestic troub les. Their reply was, "if the South wants to secede, let it go !" For these reasons we have no faith in the efficiency of the proposed "Uni on" meeting. We believe it ran do no good to the country, but a great deal st evil to the Democratic organization, the only hope of the country. Again, this "Union" meeting is called for Tuesday night, th# night of the regular meet ing of (be "Republicans." This taken in con nection with the fact that tbe organ of the l "Republicans," calls the ticket at Us head, I nominated by a "Republican" Convention, a | Union ticket," looks very suspicious. To ' the minds of those who are acquainted with the maneuvering of the opposition to the De mocracy, it seems very much like a political dodge. * Why did not the originators of the "Union" movement consult the Chairman of the Democratic County ComftHttee in regard to , the holdinz of a "Union" meeting on Monday night, when there are generally more people in town than at any othfr time during Cow ft ? Why was if that those men who stand upon the platform adopted by the late Democratic Coun ty Convention, weie entirely ignored in the bu rning of the call, and not even asked to sign it, excepting only a few whose names were solici ted for shame's sake after all others that would sign had done so 1 The reason is evident. The men who endorse everything that is done by the Lincoln Administration, are determined to place in a false position those who choose to differ, in any particular, from the Administra tion. Fellow Democrats! In view, of these things we appeal to you to attend the meeting on Mon day night. Turn out in your might. Let there be such an assemblage as will do honor to your party and your country, an- 4 let your voices go up in tones of thunder tor the Union and the Constitution, for Liberty and Right, now and forever! Our Position Stated Once More. So many startling things happen now-a-days that men forget the past in their interest in the present and their speculations on the future. This seems to be especially true in political matters. Men who were formerly disunionists, unmiudtul of their late position and principles, bitterly denounce asdisunionists those who were I all their lives Union mtn from principle! The memory of the Jacobins of the present I time, fs so treacherous, that to save himself ' from their objurgations, a man must be almost j continually employed in defining his position, i The question is perpetually on the tongues of these holy ''Are you for your country, or against it ?" They never stop to l ask their own hearts that quts'.iou. They nev ier take time to inquire in their own minds whether there is not a better and more patnot ! tc way cf serving their country, than by slan dering their neighbors and calling in question i their loyalty to the Government. But their j clamors must be answered, not because there is j any thing to be feared from their menaces, but because a man who loves his native land and i prays day and night for its deliverance from | the horrors'which now becloud and blacken it, has no desire to be misunderstood and is deter mined not to be misrepresented. "Are you for your country 1" There is not a mau from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico, not even j the Abolitionist of New York, or the Secession ] istof Alabama, that would not answer, yes ! , comprehensive, to indicate the'niMni^ofJb ] inn or ti A. —. : conservative citizen of the loyal States answers, i my sympathies are with the North, not as a ! section, however, but because the North sus- I tains, and is, at present, the Government.— Hence, that interrogatory is also not exactly i expressive ot the sense of the patriotic querist. ; "A;e you foi the Government 1" Ah ! that's j another question! With all my hecrt, is the answer cf -very man who knows the beneS ; cence and who prides himself in the glory of | American institutions. With all our heart do • we hope and pray lor the permanence cf our Government. In its peaceful councils, may it be wise and successful ; in war, may it triumph over its enemies, toreign and domestic. What more, inquisitor 1 "Are you for the Adminis tration ?" Ay, there's the rub ! We can an swer that question as a freeman and a friend of his country should answer it. We are for the Administration when it does against it when it does wrong. We are for keeping Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Chair un til his term of office shall have expired, unless his own partizans in Congress should impeach and depose him. Meanwhile we are not so recreant to the injunctions, or so deaf to the warnings, of Washington and the fathers of the not to distinguish between the pow ers of the Government and those of the Admin istration. Tlie latter is a Department of the Government, and merely a Department. It has two equal partners, which are entitled to the same respect as that due to itself. The Legis lative and Judicial Departments are co-equal and co-ordinate with the £xerafie, or Admin istration, and, therefore, when we speak of the Government, we do not mean the Administra tion merely, but the whole Government. V\ E are, then, for the Government, first, last and always, in war,as well as in peace, whether the war be against foreign or domestic enemies. We are tor the North in sympathy, because it is the North which at present sustains the Government. We are for the Administration when we think it right, against it when we think it wrong. THE REBEL COLONEL PEGRAM. —Some three or tour weeks since, a Mr. Parker, with a male companion, arrived, and took lodgings, at Bed ford Springs. They entered into the gaieties of the place, con amore, and seemed to enjoy thunselves hugely. Parker was the best billiard player at the Springs, could 41 discount" almost every other player, and was a very good hand at chess. One day last week Parker and friend concluded to pack up and leave. Having paid ofl their bill, Parker informed a gentleman whose acquaintance he had made,that he wasn't Parker at all, but Colonel PEOKAK, late of the Confederate army, and now a prisoner to the United Statea. His companion was also a rebel prisoner. They were here on parole. Our Notions of Peace. We are for peace, but not for peace at the sacrifice of the Union and the Constitution. — We are for compromise, but not lor compro mise withlraitors. Our ideas of peace are such as would never admit of any thought of final or ultimate dissolution. Without the Union we cannot have peace. But we are for making term 3 with the Union men of the South and and through them to bring back our erring brothers. YVe are of those who believe that through the influence of Crittenden, Wickliffe, Reverdy Johr.son and other Southern patriots, if a lair proposition were offered in a National Convention, our unfortunate domestic troubles could yet be amicably and honorably settled. But we will never give up the Union till we must. HUZZA FOR THE UNION !— Democrats of Bed ford county ! A wily and unscrupulous foe has circulated the slander all over the State, that Bedford is a secession county. Come to i the great Democratic meeting on next Monday i night, and give the lie to this foul slander ! Come and testify your devotion to the Union, as in times of yore, when you were sneered at as " dough-faces" and " Union-savers. ' UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES.— The de struction of property over which the flag of the country floats, is as much a dishonor to that., flag, when such destruction occurs in Pennsyl vania as when it occurred in Virginia. And those who destroy printing-offices with the flag floating above then., trample upon the Stars and Stripes, the glorious emblem of Liberty and Right. Some tour or five Democratic newspa pers, some of them moderate supporters of the war, have been suppressed by mobs during the last few weeks. Several newspapers opposeff to some of the doctrines of the Administration, have been stopped by order of the Administra tion. This a soiry sight, indeed. Men must have but little faith in their cause if they fear it cannot bear the freedom of the press. Rj?" Some persons complain of an attempt to read them out of the Democratic party. If the mere desire to keep up the Democratic organi zation is sufficient to read them out, then, we think they have ' sptlled themselves out. KJ®" An attempt was made, one night last week, to mob the office of the Somerset Demo crat. The attempt was unsuccessful. To the honor of the law-abiding people ot Somerset, ! the rioters were quelled without any damage i j having been done. B2r*The Allegheny Seminary, at Rainsburg, in this county, VV. VV. Brim, Principal, is one of the best institutions of the kind we know of* See Advertisement. SrcKSiau Riots Cumber!aud, Jld, evening Whilst Governor Thomas was addressing a crowd in front of a hotel, at Cum berland, some Secessionists raised a disturbance which resulted in their being driven home, and , the destruction of the Jltlegkenian office, a Peace newspaper. This morning's train bound west, which bad Governor Thomas aboard, when about eight miles this side of Cumberland, came suddenly on several cross ties thrown across the track, and at the same time a large number of armed j men were seen rapidly descending the neigh boring hill. The engineer increased the speed of the locomotive, and succeeded in throwing tho ties ofT the track, with but little damage to the engine. Several .hots were fired at the train but without effect. The design was evi dently to take Governor Thomas a prisoner. Raisiug a Flag—Two Meu Wounded. DANBURY, Conn., Aug. 2[. { At the raising of a peace flag at New Fairfax to-day, about four hundred persons were pres ent, and an attempt to inn up the stars and stripes was successfully resisted and resulted in ; a fight. Two peace men, Wildman and Gor ■ ham, were seriously wounded, one it is thought , fatally. Shovel?, pickaxes, clubs and stones were freely used, but no firearms. About sev enty unionists were present. Ttie.pt ace flag is flymg— great excitement. [SECOND DISPATCH.] DAN BURY, Aug. 24—10 P. M.-The two men wounded in the disturbance are still alive, i here were only about 300 people at the meet ing, the peace flag is still flying and no fighting was anticipated. The police have made no arrests. A Newspaper Suspended. TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 24. ! Ihe 1 rue Democrat , the Democratic orgau of the State, suspended publication this morning, and gives as a reason that the Government has virtually interdicted the publication of every paper that does not support the Administration. The paper was one of the oldest and most pros perous in the State. General Nathaniel Lyon. Brigadier-General Lyon, late commander of I the Missouri volunteers, and stain at the late ; | battle near Springfield, graduated at West Point i j in 1841, and since continued in the army, hold ; ing the commission of captain in the Second In j fanlry. He was in the wars of Florida, Texas, I California, Oregon and Kansas. In Mexico he , accompanied Gen. Scott's division, and was | breveted in 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churu ; bu.sco. He was wounded at the Belen Gate ol I the city of Mexico, September 13, 1847. His experience well filtpd him for a campaign such as that of Missouri, and he died at the age of forty-two, a ihoiough and accomplished soldier. General Lyon was born in Ashlord, Connect icut, the son of a respectable farmer. His mother was of the Knowlton family, to which one of the distinguished officers of (he Revolu tion belonged, Colonel Knowlton, commander of the Connecticut troops at fiunkei's Hill, af terwards slain at the bat! V of Harlem Heights < New Yck. 'j' '1 he cause of the Union, in his death, has lost one ol its ablest defenders, and Missouri ' will find it hard to supply his place. UNION MEETING! The Citizens of Bedford County without distinc tion of prty, are requested to assemble iu Mass Convention at the Court House, in the Borough of Bed'ord, on Tuesday evening the third day of Sep tember, next, to take counsel together in re> ard to the present alarming condition of the country, and devise means to aid to the extent of their ability, the efforts now being made to carry on the war for the suppression of the unnatural aed iniquitous re bellion against the most beneficent Government in the world. All who earnestly and sincerely desue the integrity and perpetuity of the Union, and the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the Uni ted States and are in favor of crushing out rebellion and treason, wherever, whenever and however m, nested, are cordially invited to attend. The highest interest of the country and of civil and religious liberty throughout the world, demand Tom every loyal citizen an energy and zeal equal to the great emergency, and it is therefore hoped there will be a grand rally, worthy of the cause and the occasion. Nicholas Lyons D. Washabaugh Samuel H. Tate G. H. Spang John E. McGirr John Cessna H. Nicoderaus S. L. Russell Fr. Jordan J. VV. Lingenfelter John Mower A. King Job Mann T. Lyons Levi Agnew C. N. Hickok E. L. Anderson Samuel Shuck Thornton Rubey ' Robert Montgomery J. A. Gump Daniel J. Shuck Wm. W. Shuck William Stahl G. D. Shuck William Cook Henry Mower Milton Spidle John Arnold James Mc.Vullen I'Jobn Davidson John H. filler Andrew Middleton Charles Stuckey John Martin A. S. Russell John Boor R- R-Colvin A. B. Cramer J, K. Bowles i Henry C. Bolinger W. P. Mower Samuel Stahl Joseph Alsip S. J. Way Isaac Lipple Daniel Beard R. D. Barclay Solomon Diebl John Taylor Jacob Anders Wm. Riser George Sigatoos John C. Riser Wm. Bowles Wm. M. Cook G. W.Rupp John C. Wright V. Steckman David Wolf Peter H. Shires Geo, W. Bowman G. R. Oster John G. Minick Joseph Filler John H. Rush John Watson W. H. Watson James Metzger John Hafer C. Loyer F. D. Saupp D. Over James A. Henderson Michael Weisel William M. Hall Vachel Brangle Jacob Setnler Daniel Heltzel, Jr. A number of the most respectable gentleme whose names were on the above list, have authoi izrd us to withdraw them. We the undersigned Democrats whose names an appended to the above call, hereby declare that w< were induced to sign that call under the belief tha there war to be no political meeting, but we an now satisfied that the call has a tendency to disor gauizethe good old Democratic party under whici we have lived and prospered so long- Whilst w are Union men to the core, we fearlessly assert tha the true Union men ot this country are those wh tie opposed to the policy of the ''Republican" pir ty, wbich is now waging a war for the confiscatio ol negro slaves in the Slave States, and is tramp.in under toot the Constitution which is the only bon of Union. We believe that Democracy is Union and as Democrats we repudiate the above call which desiies our aid in "the efforts now bein made to carry on the w ar," which elforts includ all the corruptions of Cameron, all the iniquities o Curtin and all the monstrosities of the late Congress though we are perfectly willing and anxious to sus tain the Government in all its Constitutional act and in the exercise of its legitimate authority lo the maintenance of the integrity of the Republic.- We, therefore, recommend a grand rally of the oit ftigHt oT'next 'Com?." in " r "° Wm. S. Fluke J. B. Farquhar A. L. Defibaugb Tbos. R. Gettys Wm. Bowles Wm. Spiuel A. J. Crisman. DEMOCRATIC CALL The undersigned concur in the spirit and tenor o the above repudiation, and in the recommendatio of a cali for a Democratic meeting. O. E. Shannon F. C. Reamer Jacob Zimmers D. W. Kauffman John Amos Isaac Mengel B. F. Meyers Samuel Carnhart Jc/hn J. Cessna George Mortimore Samuel Defibaugh John G. Hartley Thomas Beegle Henry Noggle Samuel B. Amos H. C. Reamer Daniel Border George Reimund Joshua Shoemaker J. W. Scott Jacob Reed W. T. Daugnerry Isaac Mengel, Jr S. J. McCauslin Michael Nawgel John Palmer J. P. Reed Samuel Davis Jas. Anderson J. B. Baker Wm. S, Beegle John Risling Wm. Chenowith Philip Lenard John Sill Daniel W . Amos Josiah Boor Robert Douglas David Zimmeis Daniel Heltzel I'. H. Pensyi T. B. Cessna John Todd jr. Abner J. Griffith Benry Whetstone David Drenning Davul Whetstone G. Washington Shears John Border G. Smouse jr. Alon. Robins Samuel Beegle John Little John Hoiderbaum James Heltzell Daniel Miller Philip Beegle Wm. Croyle George W. Zirnmers Samuel Boher Jacob Mortimore Frederick H. Beegel David Deal Emanuel Beegle I. E. Reigharl J. Deal Wm. S. Berkhimer George Ickes Geo. D. Kauffman Thotnls Gilchrist Daniel Fetter Wm. England Alex. Gilson Henry Stilfler J. T. Beegle Michael Diehl f. Schnebly Saml. Kidenbaugh Isaac Deal Michael Hoiderbaum Martin Boor lonatban Bowser Jonathan Reighard Solomon ReigharJ Cornelius Whetstone Thomas Knox Jiio. A. Snively Michael Reed Wm. Y. Poorman A. J. Snively Henry R. Koontz John Smith Thos. H. Slack Emanuel Statler Wra. C. Correll John S. Statler Thomas Mansfield Jno. P. Shaffer Val. Shaff Peter Dewalt James Z. Frazer Peter Mowry jr. W.C. Snively Thomas Kurtz Simon L. Hamaker Matthew Taylor Sr. J. S. Eaughman Louis Benna David MiUer T. P. Studebaker George G. Burns Jacob Beckley Henry S. Miller Martin Mowry James Frazier Sr. James Dull Henry Han J. E. Black John Hfllagas Daniel Bash Isaac Nicodemus Jacob Poorman H. L. Nicodernus John Fletcher William Rock Joseph S. Brown John Conner John Rock John Otto Peter H. Studebaker Jacob Dull John Rininger George Darr Adam P. Hamaker Andrew Crisman Wm. J. Rock Simon Kinton Adam Dull Saml. Al. iaylor John Kemery Zacbariah Wolf Arthur Rose James Naugle George Dull J. Henry Scbell S. 3. Lehrran John Corley jr. Wm. H. Shaffer Fred. Flillegass L. N. Fyan Daniel Smith George Elder H. G. Geyer Wm. Fraze. Wm. Keyser James J. Tipton John Garber Wm. Gillespie Michael HJlegass George Hillegass Vlicuaei Zeller E. W. Strainey Joseph Garber L. J. Strainey P. F. Lehman John Oswald Henry Hillegas Jacob Shippy | Wm, R. Klleritian James A. Scott Peter Stroup Jacob Adams Caspar Stroup Jolui Gillespie Michael Stroup R- >1- Taylor Christian Stouffer J- F • Regit O. W. Horn <-• C. Long Wm. Latiarty Thomas Spieer John Lafferty John Sites We, the Democrats of Cumberland Valley, believing most heartily that now is the time lor everv good and loyal Democrat to vigoiously aid in preserving the thorough organization of the old Democratic party, and that the pres ent imminent peril ol this once prosperous, hap py and United Country, now pleadingly admon- j ithes alike the patriot and the philanthropist to ) strenuously assist in retaining our dear and ; blood-bought liberties, do most joyously concur with our brother democrats in the town and vicinity of Bedford in a call for a Democratic meeting on Monday evening of Court, and by way ol mole tangibly showing that we are still Democrats, true and loyal, we hereby unite with other Democrats in a call lor the Meeting above referred to. Jacob Snider John Cessna Levi Hardman William Mason Jacob B. Anderson Martin S. Bortz Henry A. Zen bower S- Whip William Eister Henry W. Vickroy j Jesse Diet)l James Dienning I William Burkett W. B. Cessna j Francis M. Hafer Levi Devore ! Thomas Fisher James Haney Peter S. Thompson Lorenzo D. Cessna Thos. B. Cessna Wm. Hemming Jno. H. C. McClellan John C. Vickroy John B. Whip Jacob Wertz Si. j Henrv W. Hemming Adam Miller j John Gillum Joseph Growdon i George Whip Washington Hite I Frederick Sliger James N. Growdon ' Francis M. Cessna Henry Brunner ! Wm. H. Miller John Houck j Jacob J. W. Hvsuug George Miller ; Joseph May " Francis Elliott, i H. J. Brunner Henry Weitz (of Nj James VV. Zeinbower John Miller jr., Henry Wertz Jeremiah Miller Jonathan Hendrickson Jacob M.lier George Bennett Jotui Millei J. B. B. Cessna Jacob Miller j-., Jas. Cessna George Rice T. Wertz Jacob Miller (of H.) Thomas Donahoe Campbell M.lier John Mock Henry Miller David F. May Washington Miller | George Shafer Edward Rice G-orge Growdon John Cruse Wm. Macguin Samuel Valentine , Wm. H. Hafer Robert Elliot William HOOK Josiah A. Zembower John May Jeremiah Leasure M. A. Lakia Daniel R. Anderson ! Wm. Cessna Wm. Nottingham Francis M. Boor John McMullen Jacob S.Cessna John W. Weitz James D. Hudson Patrick Donaiioe i Jameg Elder (85 years Robt. Deremore of age) " George Sliger William Elder Thomas Heniing Jacoo Brunner Richard Homing A number of other names were to be added to this list, but we have not space tor them. Our lriends will have to excuse us. ] Iff * ft it i. PKOCL.4 TI ATE o.\ OF <<iE.\E ral election.—Whereas, in and by an Act of General Assembly of the | Commonwealth ol Pennsylvania, entitled '-An Act to regulate the General Elections within this Commonwealth," it is enjoined upon me to give public notice of said Elections and to I enumerate in said notice what otlicers are to be i elected, I, J. J. CESSNA, Sheriff of the | County of Bedford, do hereby make Known and give this public notice to the Electors of the County of Bedford thai a General Election will be held in said County, on the second Tuesday (9th) October, 1861, at the several electiou districts, viz : The electors of tbe Borough of Bedford and township of Bediord, to meet at the Court House in said Borough. The electors of Broad Top township to meet at the School House in the town of Hopewell, j The electors of the Borough of Bloody Run to meet at the School HJUSC in said Borough. | The electors of Colerain township to meet at ' j tile house of Joshua Filler, in Rainsburg, in I said township. j The electors of Cumberland Valley township i j So meet at the new School House erected on : j the land owned by John Whip's heirs in said j i township. The eb ctors of Harrison township to meet at Schoolhouse number 5, near the dwelling house of Henry Keyser in said township. The electors of Juniata township to meet at Keyser's School House in said township. I"he electors of Hopewell township to meet at the School House utar the house of John Dasher in said township. The electors of Londonderry township to meet at the House now occupied by Win. H. Hill as a shop in Bridgeport, in said township. The electors of the township ot Liberty to meet at the School House in Stonerstown in said township. The electors of Monroe township to meet at the house lately occupied by James Carnell in Clearville, in said township. The rlectors ol Schellsburg borough to meet at the brick School House in said Borough. The electors of Napier township to meet at the brick School House in the Borough of Schellsburg. The electors of East Providence township to meet at the house lately occupied by John Ny curnjr., in said township. The electors of Snake Spring township to meet at the School House near the Methodist church on the land of John G. Hartley. The electors of West Frot idence township to meet at School House No 4, near David Sparks, in said township. The electors ol St. Clair township to meet at the store near the dwelling house of Gideon Trout in said township. The electors of Union township to meet at the School House near Mowry's Mill, in said township. Ihe electors of South Woodoerry township to meet at the house of Samuel Oster near No | ble's mill in said township. Ihe electors of Southampton towuship to meet at the houst of Wm. Adams in said township. 1 he eiectors of Middle Woodberry to meet at the house of Henry Fluke in the village of Woodberry; at which times and places the qual ified electors will elect by ballot: ONE PERSON for President Judge in con junction with the counties of Fulton, Frank lin and Somerset. TWO PERSONS, in conjunction with the county of Somerset, to fill the office of Mem ber ot the House of Representatives, to rep resent the counties of Bedford aod Somerset in the House of Representatives. ONE PERSON for the office of Associate Judge of the Courts of Bedford county. ON E PERSON for the office of Treasurer of said county. ONE PERSON for the of Commissioner fur said county. ONE PERSON for the office of Poor Director for said county. ONE PERSON for the office ol Auditor for said county. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That every person excepting Justices of the peace, who shall hold any office or appointment of" profit or trust under the United States, or of this Stato, or any city or corporated district, whether a com missioned, officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer, agent who is or shall be employed under the legisla ture, executive or Judiciary department of this State or of any city, or of any incorporated district, and also, that every member of Congress aud of the State Legislature, and of the select or common council of any city, or Commissioners of any incor porated district, is by law incapable of holding or exercising at the time, the office or appointment of Judge, inspector or clerk ol'any election of this Commonwealth, and that no inspector, judge or o ther officer of such election shall be eligible to be then voted for. And the said act of assembly entitled "an ac* re lating to elections of this Commonwealth," July 3d, 1810, further provides as tol ows. i w ♦ • ••'1 hat the inspector and judges shall met respective places appointed for holding th n in the district at which they respectively m before 8 o'clock in the mo'ning of the 2d Tu / of October, and each said inspector shall appon. one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter of such dis trict. "In case the person who shall have received ,h e second highest number of votes for inspector ' ,r not attend on the day of any election, then the son who shall hive received the second hig it number ol votes for Judge at the next preceding <- lection shall act as inspector in his place. And i in case the person who has received the highest I number of votes for inspector shall not attend, the j person elected judge shall appoint an inspector in ! his place, and in case the peison elected judge shall not attend, then the inspector who received the highest number of votes shall appoint a judge in his ■ place, and if any vacancy shall continue in the board lor the space ol one hour after the time fixed by law for the opening of the election the quafcfied voters for the township, ward or district lor which such officers shall bave been elected, present at the i election, shall elect one of their nutnbei to fill such i a vacancy. It shall te the duty of the several assessors le. j spectively to attend at the place of holding every i general, special, or township election during the ■ whole time such election is kept open, for the pur pose of giving information to to the inspectors, and | judge, when called on, in relation to the right of a ny person assessed by them to vote at such election, and on such other matters in relation to the assess ; rnent of voters, as the said inspectors or either of ' tnem shall from time to time require. "No person shall be permitted to vote at any e ; lection as aforesaid, than a white freemen of the ' age of twenty one or more, who shall have resided jin this state at least one year,and in the election ' district whe.e he offers to vote, ten days immedi ; ate!}' preceding such election, and within two years j paid a State or county tax which shall have beeu : assessed at least ten days before the election. But a citizen of the United States who has previously been a qualified voter of this State and removed i therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided 1 in the election district and paid taxes, aforesaid, 1 shall be entitled to vote after residing in this Slate j six months. Provided, That the white fieemen, ! citizens of the United States, between the ages ot ; twenty-one and twenty-two yeais, who have resi | S'ot'e," aAaoug?i V ?ney j have paid tax. "No person shall be permitted to vote whose name | is not contained in the list of taxable inhabitants, turrisshed by the Commissioners, unless First, he | produce a receipt of payment, within two years of j State or County tax assessed agreeably to the Con ! stitution, and give satisfactory evidtnce on his own oath 01 affirmation of another that he has paid such j a tax, or in a failure to produce a receipt shall make oath to the payment thereof", or second, if be claim a right tovofe by being an elector between the age ! twenty-one and twenty-two years shall depose on ; oafh or affirmation, that he has resided in the State at least one year next before his application, and make such proof of residence in the district as is required by this act, and that he does verify be lieve, from the account given him that he is of the age aforesaid, and give such other evidence as is re quired by this act, whereupon the name of the per son so admitted to vote shall he luserted in the al phabetical list by the inspector, and a note made oppo-ite thereto by writing the word "tux," if ha shall be admitted to vote by reason of having paid tax, ui the word "age" if he shali be admitted to vote by reason of age, and in either case the reason of such a vote shill be called out to the clerks, who i shall make a like note in the lists of voters kept bv j them. "In all cases where the name of the person claiming to vote is not found ou the 11st furnished by ihe commissioners, or his right to vote wheth er found thereon or not," is objected toby auy qualified citizen, it shall be the duty of the nispec ters to examine such person on oath as to his qual ifications, and if he claims to have resided within the State for one year or more, his oath shall be sufficient proof thereof, but he shall make proof by at least one competent witness, who shall be a qualified elector, that he has resided within | the district for more than ten days immedtaUy preceding said election and shali also swear that his bona fide residence, in pursuance of his law ful calling, is within the district, and that he did not remove within the district for the purpose of voting therein. "Every persen qualified as aloresaid, and who shall make due proof if required, of his residence and payment of taxes aforesaid, shall be admi'ted to vote in the township, ward or district in which | he shall reside. "If any person shall prevent or attempt to pre vent any officer of an election under this act from, holding such election, or use or theieaten any vio- ■ lence to any such officer, and shall interrupt or improperly interfere with him in the execution of his duly, shall block or attempt to block up tfte wiudow or avenue 10 any window where the same may ba kolden, or shall riotously disturb the peace of such election, or shall use or pactice intimida tion, threats, torce or violence, with the design to influence unduly or overawe any elector, or prevent him from voting, or to restrain the freedom of choice, such person ou conviction shall he fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars to he imprisoned lor any time not less than one or mora than twelve months and if it shall be shown to the Court where the trial of such oflence shall be had, that the person so oflendmg was net a resident of the city, ward, district or township where the said offence was committed, and not entitled to vote therein, on conviction, he shall be sentenced to pay a fiae of not less than one hundred nor mora than one thousand dollars, and be unprisoued not less than six months nor more than two years. "If any person or persons shall make any bet or wager upon the result of an election within the Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation thereol, or by any written or printed advertisement, or invite any person or persons to make such bet or wager, upon conviction thereof he or the) shill forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or offered to be bet. And the Judges of the respective districts 'fore said, are required to meet at Bedford, on the Fri day next following the holding ol said Election, then and there to perform those things required of them by law. Given under my hand, at my office in BedforJ, this 30th day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, and the eighty-sixth ol the Independence of the United States. JOHN J. CESSNA. August 30th, !B<sl.
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