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.