-BEDFORD, Fa.- PRIDAT: : FEB. 21, 1862. B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. As we are going to press, we learn by tele graph, that the Union troops in Missouri have captured Gen. Price and his whole army. A despatch also states that Savannah has been ta ken without firing a single gun. As we can not receive the particulars for several days, a detailed account must be deferred till our nest. CHEEPING NEWS The grrat victories recently achieved by the Union troops, whilst accompanied, of course, hy the inevitably saddening and painful occur rences Incident to war, afford abundant rea sons for rejoicing on the part of those who cling # to the hone that this unhappy war may be of short duration. The prayer of all good men— of every citizen who loves his home, his fami ly and his country—is that the fearful, bloody ' feud in which those who should be brothers are now engaged as enemies struggling for life and death, may come to a speedy conclusion. Even those whose faith in the policy of military co ercion as a remedy for the evils of secession, is weak, will have cause for gratulalion, should these victories, as it seems to us they must, he calculated to bring about an early peace. Like the prayer of the Roman criminal, the voice of the ppople goes up throughout the length and breadth of the land, in ardent petition for de liverance from "the body of this death"—this putridity of Secession and Abolition. The war must come to an end speedily, or we will either be bankrupt as a nation, or laden with intolera ble burdens as individuals. Quick work must be made by our army, or whilst it is engaged in swallowing Secession, the army of contractor? will swallow the people. We are, therefore, happy to note the activity which is rfhw dis played by our generals. It gives token of an effort on the part o( the Government to make an early settlement of this hideous civil trouble, and shotos, too, that in GEN. MCCLELLAN we have "the right man in the right place." The successes at Mill Spring, Fort Henry, Roanoke Island, and Fort Donelson, prove that the incu bus that pressed upon the army so longasPam eron was in the Cabinet, has been removed, and Ihnt sincu the old Winnebago and the Woolly Horse have been driven from the council and the field, victory is no longer a certain and fix- , od impossibility. We say, therefore, t rive le ' McOlellan ! En Avant! Let Them Be Honored' The heroes of Fort Donelson will live fbrev-' fr in history as the bravest of the brave. The ' names of A. H. FOOTE and ULYSSES S. GRANT are justly immortal. Rut, perhaps, the noblest and most self-sacrificing patriots of them all are the two members of Congress from Illinois, who voluntarily exchanged their snug places at Washington for the rigors of camp-life and the dangers of the battle field. Gen. JOHN A. MC- j CLFRNAND. one of 'lie Generals in command during the attack upon Fort Donelson, was the representative from the Springfield (Lincoln's) district, and resigned his spat to accept a briga dier generalship. COL. JOIIN A. LOGAN, wound ed during the same attack, represents the "5" gypl" district of Illinois in Congress, and left his seat but a few days ago to resume the com mand of his regiment. Both McClerr.and and | Logan are firm Dpmorrals, and whilst they i stand ready to shed their blood for the Union, 1 the Republican delegation from Illinois, wiih j Lovejoy at the head, do their fighting in the i war of wordß at Washington, and perform gal- j laht depds in silk stockings and whit" kid gloves at the rtcherches halls of her ladyship, Mrs, Lincoln. Such is the contrast between the men who are branded as secessionists and the men who first helped to bring about spression, and now are 100 cowardly to hplp put it down. The first have prpved their loyalty as well as their courage; the latter neither the one nor the other. RETURNED. —CapI. THOS. 11. LYONS, of the 55th Pa. Regiment, is at present staying at his home in this place, having returned from Hil ton Head a few days ago. The Captain lepre sents the Bedford boys in the enjoyment of good health and anxious for a brush with the enpmy. Jon MANN, of Bedford, slipped and fell on the ice, recently, and fractured ■ his leg near the ankle joint.— Hollitlnysburg Standard. If you want to hear home news, go abroad.- At any rate we have been unable to learn any such news as that given above, within the lim its of Bedford. We are happy to state that the Hon. Job Mann has not met with any accident of the sort related by the Standard. CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, —The March num ber of this work is before us. TIIP articles are all of much interest and from the pens of the beat authors, G. P. DISOSWAY, RICHARD B. KIMBALL, A. OAKEY HALL, HENRY P. LF.LAND, BAAART> TAYLOR, Edward Atkinson, Charl-s G. . Lelsnd, The Editor af the Cleveland Plaindeai er, and other distinguished writers contribute to ' this number. Published hy J. K. Gilmore, Bos-1 ton, Massachusetts. FELTON DEMOCRAT. —The organ of the De mocracy of Fullon, has been sold by the late proprietors, J. B. SANSOM & BRO., to Messrs. H. G. SMITH and J. U. SHAFFER. We are sorry to lose Nfh Sansom from the editorial ranks, but are glad to know that his mantle has fallen up on an able and worthy successor. Both the in coming and outgoing editors have our best wish es. FORT WELLS, HILTON HEAD, S. C. ) January 30, 1862. J FRIEND MEYERS : Thinking a few lines from an old reader of your paper, might be acceptable to you, 1 have concluded to snatch time to write you a short communication. We have now been in the service about three months, or a little more, and during that time I have enjoyed the best of health, weighing 20 pounds more than I did when I enlisted. The men are all well now. We left 12 of our men behind when we came to S. C. Tliey have all come on, with the exception ol one—Philip Rowser— who died in Camp Curtin, on the 3d of December; we did not hear any tiling of it until a few days ago. We were all sorry to hear it, for lie was a kind mess-mate, and a good soldier. Our Captain has been unwell for a few davs. We are taking the best care of him we can, but we cannot get the things in camp like we could at home. But WH hope he will be able to be out again in a few days. Lieut. Livingston has rejoined us alter his ill ness in Bedford county. He looks thin, but is as jolly as ever. He has been five weeks on the way, owing to sickness at Fortress Monroe. He brought with him a good lot of packages from the folks at home, for the soldier boys, and more particularly, about one hundred and thiity pairs ol socks for the "Mull.n Boys," from the kind and patriotic ladies ol Schelisburg and vi cinity. May they all live lives of happiness, and may God bless them, is the heartfelt prayer of the boys of company H., 55th Reg't., P. V. Many of the socks we~e marked tor different ones ol the boys from their mothers, and others had on them just the name of the person wiio knit them. One pair of red, white and blue, had our 2d Lieutenant's name on. Of course he got them, and 1, even I, was not forgotten. We were about drawing our second suits (first U. S. clothing) when the box of socks came, and when tire Q. M. asked us how many pairs of socks we wanted, we told him none, for we had received betler socks, as a present, than he had in his establishment. We have gone into Gen Viele's brigad", it has five full regiments in it, we were all on re view yesterday (Sunday.) While 1 have been writing, the Sergeant Major ot our Regiment informed me that Gen. Burnside had reported at head quarters, to-day, and that we are to join his fleet and go to Savannah. I hear of six pi isoners being brought in to-day, but I did not see them. The weather is pleasant here; the trees are mosllv green, and in some places the gardens are full of flowers. Oysters and sweet potatoes are as plentiful as can be, and ground nuts can be had for a trille. 1 will give you a copy of our muter roll, which you will please insert if convenient. Yours, truly, A. J. PORTER. MUSTER ROLL OF co. H , 55TH REG'T., r. v. Captain, G. S. Miillin, Ist Lieutenant, J. A. Livingston. 2d Lieut. J. 11. Miller. Ist Sergeant, A.J.Porter. 2d Josiah Hyssong. ) 3d " Silas Gallipher. 4.;h " Philip S. Miller. I sth " John S. Rowser. I Ist Corporal, John H. Crotise. j 2d " Abram Darr. | Hd " William Ainick. 4th " Daniel Hess. sth " William Dannaker. Glh " James Wogan. 7th " John A. Ling. Bth " William M. Walker. Musician, Espy Gallipher. PRIVATES. Philip Adams, Isaac Broad, Divid Bingaman, William Croj'le, Meniy Clair, John Creiger, I Samuel R. Carson, Charles Davis, Ephraim Davis, Wilson Davis, Thomas Dripps, David Darr, Henry Darr, John Ealy, William Feight, William A. Foster, Walter Garlinger,' Moses IL Oarretson, George W. Harbaugh, Daniel Hammers, Henry Hand, Henry Lemon, Thomas Lockerd, Solomon Miller, Joseph Miller, John Miller, ! John Moyers, John Marks, j Philip Uouser, (dead) Isaac Ream, | John H. Risling, Emanuel Snoke, l lUzekiali B. Sleek, Josiah.Sleek, j Charles Struckman, Robert N. C. Smith, David Wisegarver, John Werning, Christian Wiiitaker. ' Henry Bridenthal, Wagon-master of Reft. j H. W. Fox, Sera. Maj. of lleft. [For the Gazette.] CAMP CURTIN, Feb. 8, ISG2. LADIES OF BLOODY RUN:— At the request of ray friend Lieut. D. F. Beegle, commanding company D, 101 st regiment, I take pleasure in returning to you this testimonial of our sinceie gratitude for the amiable manner in which you have contributed tothe physical necessities of our company, by forwarding to us the very fine lot of clothing we received a few days ago through the hands of Quartermaster Gen. Hale. Per mit me, ladies, to compliment you upon the | prudent selection you have made in the valu able articles you were pleased to present to us. Such a gift does not afford mere transient comfort, but will be found of invaluable ser vice when we shall be more exposed to the j inclemency of the weather. As had done I nothing to merit such liberality TOm a quar ■j ter where we had no reason to anticipate it, I j must confess the donation was quite unlook i ed for, but was nevertheless very acceptable, ! and 1 hope that in our present capacity is vol unteers, we may b able to deport ourselves j worthily of the attention your kindnebs has I suggested to you to bestow upon us. We take pride in the patriotic response which our native county of Bedford has made to the demands of the government, in sending out company after company, to serve as volun teers under the beloved old Stars and Stripes, but we deem tho patriotic impulses of the ladies of our county no less commendable, when they unite their exertions and combine thsir labor to construct clothing for the array of our country. The men of the company will r.o doubt be invigorated by fresh thrills of patriotism, as they aie clothed with the goods, when they reflect that they are not forgotten at home, "but that these same ai tides were fab ricated by the lair hands ol the ladies of our own county. The unwavering determination of the loyal ladies, as well as men, of the north to crush the iniquitous riot of the rebel stales, seems to have met with Providential favor, as we are reassured by the late triumphs of our cause in Kentucky and Tennessee. And it is a consummation devoutly to be prayed for, that ere long rebellion maybe throttled, and our country relieved of the burdensome ex pense, that is financially weighing it down, and the great army, that stands like the pillar of fire of old, between it and its enemies, be dis missed to take up the homeward march, our country being once more at peace and rebel dom reconciled; but while the army remains in the field, rely upon it that the "Keystone (101) Regiment" will be ready for any exi gency, and the "All Hazard Boys" will be met at their posts. May the angels ol Heav en smile benignantly upon you for your undes erved generosity, and may we be able in the future to make a fit return tor your kindness. J. H. L. THE FALL OF FORT DONELBON. 15,000 PRISONERS !! ! UNION LOSS -100 KILLED, SOO WOUNDED! FORT DONEI.SON, Feb. 16. Fort Donelson surrendered at daylight this morning, uncon ditionally. We have Generals BUCKNER, JOHNSON, BUSH EROD, and 15,000 prisoners and 3000 horses. Generals PILLOW and FLOYD, with their ori gades, ran away on steamers, without Gen. BUCKNER being aware of their intentions. Gen SMITH led the charge on the lower end of the works, and was first inside of the fortifi cations. The runaways from Fort Henry weie bag ged here. The prisoners are being placed aboard the steamers for Cairo. Our loss is heavy—probably 400 killed and 800 wounded. We lose a large percentage ol the officers. Among them are Lieutenanl- Colonel ERWIN, of the Twentieth Illinois Reg iment; Lieutenant-Colonel WHITE, of the thir ty-first Illinois; Lieutenant-Colonel SMITH, ol tlit Forty-eighth Illinois. Among the wounded are Col. JOHN A. LOGAN, (Member of Congress.) Col. SAWYER. Col. RANSOM. .Major POST, ol the Eighth Illinois Regiment with 200 privates, are prisoners and have gone !o Nashville, having been taken the night be fore the surrender. The loss of the enemy : s heavy, but not so j large as ours, a9 they (ought behind entrench-1 merits. We should have taken them by storm- j ing the fortifications on Saturday, if our amu-j nition had not given out in the night. Gen. j VlcClernand's division, composed of Oglesby,! Wallace and McArthur's drigades, suffered| terribly. They were composed of the Eighth,. Ninth, Eleventh, Eighteenth, Twentieth,Twon ty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-eighth, and Forty-ninth, Illinois Regi ments. The Rebels lose forty-eight field pieces, seven- j teen hpavy guns, twenty thousand stand of arms j besides a large quantity o< commissary stores. The enemy turned our right wing for talf an | hour but our lost ground was more than re-1 gained. The Roanoke Island Victory. Elizabeth City awl Eilenton Captured. THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN. FORTRESS MONROE, FEB. 13, ) via BALTIMORE, FEU. 14. ( The gunboat Stars and stripes arrived this noon, from Gen. Burnside's expedition, with bearers of despatches fir the government. They report the rout of the rebels as com plete. Three thousand prisoners were captured, and all their gunboats burnt or captured except two, which escaped in the canal. Tha Federal loss in killed was 42, wounded about 140; the rebel killed were about 30, and their wounded less than 100. The advance from Hatteras took place oil Wednesday morning, the expedition consisting of about sixty vessels. The fleet anchored off Stumpy Point on that night, and the next day proceeded to the entrance ot Croton Sound. Alter a reconnoissance, the attack was com menced on Friday morning, the Underwriter heading tlie colutr n. The rebel fleet was attackeil and dispersed in hall an hour, by the navy, while the remainder attacked the land batteries. The fight contin ued until dark. During the night, ten thousand men were landed, and on Saturday morning seven thous and more. A masked halter} of three guns was soon dis covered by the skirmishers and was attacked in Irout and on both flanks. The 21st, 27,tb and 25th Massachusetts, the 9th and 51st New- York, and the 10th Connecticut were particu larly engaged. The 25th Massachusetts and the 101 h Con necticut suffered most severely. The fight lasted only two or three hours when the battery was abandoned. Our troops pursued, and surrounding I lie reb el camps took nearly the whole command pris oners. O. Jennings Wise was woitr.ded and was shot twice while endeavoring to escape in a boat. Col. Russell, of the 10th Connecticut, vvas killed at the head of his regiment. Lieut. Col. Victor De Monteil ol (lie D'Epen eiul Zouaves, whose services were voluntary, was also killed. No other officers were killed, above the ranks of Lieutenant. Our total loss in killed and wounded is less than 200, and the number of killed is less than 50. We took between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners who were about being sent to New York in the.l. R. Spalding and other steamers. Among (hem are about twelve or fifteen colonels, lieutenant-colonels, and majors. On Sunday afternoon a fleet of fifteen gun boats started tor Elizabeth City. The place was shelled, and having been evacuated and partially burnt by the rebel troops, was occu pied. All tbe rebel fleet was sunk or burnt, except two —the Roanoke and Beaufort, which escap ed up the Canal. The Sea Bird, which was tha flagship of Com. Lynch, was run down and boarded, and the gallant Commodore es caped by swimming to the shore. The news from Elizabath City was receiv ed at Roanoke Island on Monday evening, and the Stars and Stripes left on Tuesday mm n ing. She struck on the bar at Hatteras on Tuesday night, but started again in the morning, and arrived here about noon to-day. She brings bearers of despatches from Gen. Burn side and Commodore Goldsborough. She will take in a cargo of ammunition and will return immediately. General Wise was at Nags' Head, and suc ceeded in escaping to Norfolk. The rebels made no fight after being driven from their entrenchments, which was done by the Hawkins Zouaves and the 21st Massachu setts. Young Wise resisted the storming parties until he was carried off the field, and his com mand retired with the others to the upper end of the island, where they laid down their arms. Elizabeth City was about half burnt by the rebel soldiers. The people sent off a deputa tion to Com. Goldsboioiigh, asking him to send a force to assist in extinguishing the flames. Edenton was taken possession of on Wed nesday by Com. Goldsborough, no opposition being offered. Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute the loss of Roanoke Island to the blundering inef ficiency of the Navy. They still persist in asserting tnat one thousand Federals were killed. They also charge some Roanoke Island farmer with deserting and piloting the Yan kees to the only point where they could effect a landing, the island being flanked oil all sicl- s by an extensive marsh. Good News from Bowling Green. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 15.—Good news iias been received from Bowling Green. The telegraphing thereof is expressly inter dicted by the Commanding General of the De partment. I will give you all particulars as soon as the interdiction can be modified or removed, WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 —The following de spatch has just been received at Headquarters: LOUI&VILLC, FeO. 15. To Major General McClellan: Mitchell's division, by a forced march, reach ed the river at Bow Ufa:* Green to-day and are making a bridge to cross. The enemy burnt the bridge at 1 o'clock, in the morning, and were evacuating the place when he arrived. (Signed) D. C. BUELL, Brigadier General Commanding. Gen Btiritside's Report. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ) NORTH CAROLINA, > ROANOKE ISLAND, Feb. 10, 1862. ) To Major-Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, Comman ding United States Aimy, Washington: GENERAL: —I have the honor to report that a combined attack upon this Island was com menced on the morning of the.7th, by the na. val and military forces of this expedition, which has resulted in the capture of six forts, forty guns, over two hundred prisoners and upwards of three thousand small arms. Among the pris oners are Colonel Shaw, Commander of the Isl and and O. Jennings Wise, Commander of the Wise Legion. The latter was mortally woun ded and has since died. The whole work was finished on the afternoon of the Bth iost., after a hard day's fighting, by a brilliant charge in the centre of the Island resulting in the capture of the prisoners mentioned above. We have no time to count them, but the num ber is estimated at near three thousand. Our men fought bravely, and have endured most manfully the hardships incident to fight ing through swamps and dense thickets. It is imposible to give the details of the en gagement, or to mention meritorious officers and men, in thephort time allowed for writing this report. The naval vesel carrying it starting im mediately for Hampton Roads, and the reports of the Brigadier Generals have not yet been handed in. It is enough to sly that the officers and men of both arms of the service have fought gallantly, and the plans agreed upon before lea ving Hatteras were carried out. I will be excused for saying in reference to the action that I owe every thing to Generals Por ter.'Reno and Parker, as more (till details will show. lam sorry to report the loss of about thirty-five killed, and a bout two hundred wounded, ten of them probably mortally. A inong the killed are Col. Russell, of the 10th Connecticut Regiment, and Lieut. Col. Victor De Monteil, of the D'Epeneuil Zouaves. Both of them fought most gallantly. I regretjexcee dinglynot being able to send a fullfrepoit of the killed and wounded, but will send a despatch in a day or two with full returns. I beg leave to enclose a copy of a general or der issued by me on the 9th inst. I am most happy to say that I have just received a mess age from Command'r Goldsborough, stating that the expedition of the gunboats against Elizabeth City, and the Rebel fleet, lias been entirely suc cessful. He will of course, send his returns to his De partment. I have the honor to he. General, your obedi ent servant, A. E. IfURNSIDE, Brig Gen., Commanding Deparment of North Carolina. From the Easton (Pa.) Argus. RYE COFFEE; Cr how Samuel Awl was Converted Before we attempt to tell you how, permit us, kind reader, first lo introduce to you the subjects of our tale—Mr. Samuel Awl and his neighbor, Peter Saw. Samuel Awl is a gentleman ; a knight of the "last," a good-natured, industrious sort of a fellow, a man of principle and common sense anil highly esteemed by all who knew iiim. His neighbor, Peter Saw, follows the occupa tion of Joseph of old, and is a gentleman in the full acceptation of the term; a man of great dis cernment, fond of trading, well informed and a prodigy at figures. An individual in whose company any one may spend an occasional leisure hour, agreeably and profitably. lie is a man in easy circumstances—the result, not of stinginess, but of untiring industry and rigid economy—and the father ot an interesting fam ily of six children, 4 hoys and two girls. His political tenets are, as a matter of course, of the democratic order. (No sensible being, as you well know, will believe in any oilier creed,) Well then, it so happened one day, or rather evening, ot last week, that we found ourselves at friend Peter Saw's. On entering the spa cious kitchen, we found the ent ire family con gregated there. The female portion industri ously ply ing their needles, some of the boys perusing the latest papers, others their books. Mrs. Saw was busily engaged preparing the ! evening repast, while the old gentleman was I extolling the virtues of "Rye Corfee" to his 1 neighbor, Samuel Awl. "Darn your, tye slop,"exclaimed the latter, j "give me the leal genuine stuff. 1 am deler i mined to have it so long as money will buv it." "Well, every one to his liking," replied our ' our old friend. "If you prefer and can af ford Rio, I say use it." By this time supper was announced, and feeling something of an appetite, we gladly accepted the invitation extended to us. Not j.so neighbor Awl. "Thank you, I bad my sup ! per," said be. "Can't you manage a few cups of coffee? I know you are loud ol it, hence cou may as well sit by. A few cups on top of your supper won't hurt you."—Neighbor Awl, who by the way is a great lover ot that* arti cle, could no longer resist the kind invitation I of Mrs. Saw. So, occupying the proffered seat, | he'soon dispatched the contents of his cup. It was replenished a second time. Saw gaye us a knowing wink. We understood him. When Awl suffered his cup to be filled a third time, ;Saw could hardly keep from laughing. "Won't i you takeanothei nip, neighbor Awl?" inquired i Mrs. Saw. 'Well, I don't care if I do—there jis not a woman iri our parts that can make a I belter, cuj) of coffee than you do.'—"Thank you i for the- compliment," rejbined the lady. The j cup, the 4th in succession, was again filled hud Aw| emptied it in double quick time. At this Mr. Saw could preserve his gravity no longer and we, for obvious reasons, could not but join ! his laugh. i Awl was puzzled—ho did not know what to I make of it. j "1 thought you didn't like rye slop?" inquir ed Saw. "You don't mean to say—" "That you have drunk rye coffee," interrupt ed our old friend. "Was it? Well, to b- 1 honest, I must say it was very good. Upon my soul it was excel lent," exclaimed A-vl. j "Didn't I fell you that there wasn't much jdiffeience oc-tween the two! Indeed all Iheylil | ference I can perceive is, that the one is Rye, j while the Other is Ri-a," hnmoraus'y respon | d> d our worthy friend. j Now although Mr. Awl's prejudice was by I this time somewhat overcome, he still cnnlend jed that, having to live but once, be might as ; we|| f.asl upon the best in the market; and as jin this case the saving would not amount to much—only a few pennies per pound, why not use Rio? Quoth Saw: "It is true the saving on a sin- I gle pound amounts to but a trifle, yet it is the ' aggregate amount of needles? expenditures j which we must take into consideration, to ar- I rive at a proper estimate. Did you ever | make a calculation as to the extent your means | would be taxed if yon shouid continue to live as ; you did in the palmy days ol Democratic rule, i when peace and piosperity reigned throughout jour land?" "I have never bothered my head much about such matters," replied Awl. "It you didn't I did ar.d I can show you my accounts il you wish to see them." "Go ahead," responded our friend of the •Mast." At this juncture Mr. Saw retired to his desk, look out a paper and sundry account book and proceeded. Hv a reference to my accounts, I find the quantity of Groceries consumed by us duiiog the year 1860, and the cost ol the same to have been as follows: 30 gallons Molasses at 50 cents, sls 00 125 pounds Sugar at 7 cents, 8 75 20 pounds Rice at G cents 1 20 52 pounds coffee at 16 cents 8 32 1 pound Tea 1 00 52 plugs Tobacco atG cents 3 12 Amounting to $33 30 To purchase the same quantity arid quality ol these articles at current rates, that is, Molas ses at 70, sugar at 12, rice at 10, coffee at 22, tea at $1,25, tobacco at 8 cts.,ixc,, would re quire SSG 10. In other words, using the same quantity end quality of these goods would be imposing upon ourselves a TAX ol sl7 71. Again: the quantity of Dry Goods purchased by ns in the year 1860, embraced the follow ing items : 45 yards Muslin at 10 cents, s!■ 50 51 '• Calico at 12 cpnts G4B 16 '• Gingham at 1? cents 1 92 12 " Kentucky Jean at 25 cts. 450 12 " cotton flannel at 12 cts. 144 10 " woolen flannel at 374 375 ' 4 pounds wool at 3.5 cts. 1 40 Cotton Laps &c. 1 00 Amounting lo $23 99 To buy the same quantity and quality at prices, namely: muslin at 17, calico at 16, gingham at 15, Kentucky Jean at 35, cotton flannel at IH, woolen flannel at 55, wool at GO cts., <S"c. would require S3G 58; hence consuming a like quan tity and quality ol Dry Goods, would tax our means to the tune of sl2 59. These added to the above sl7 71 would be equivalent to a Tax ol S3O 30. Having demonstrated how Abolitionism taxes the necessaries which we consume, 1 shall in the next place inform you how we are tax ed on that which we sell. Some kinds of northern produce, because de prived of the southern markets, do not'rule as high as they did two years ago. Il'tHtu 1 is one of the articles thus affected. During the year ]Bt3o, we sold 425 lbs. of butter, averaging 18 els. per lb., and amounting to §76.50. Now presuming that the average price will be about 12 cents per pound our loss on butter would e qual an additional tax of $5,50. —Adding these to $30,30 upon Dry Goods and Groceries a mounts to $55,80. Now for another item—labor. The least u mount I earned in any year during the last de cade (prior to 1861) was, as v°u will find in this book 5212,00 in 1857. La<t year— thanks to abolitionism ! my earnings amoun ted to $1 18,00. What they will be the com ing season I cannot tell. Prospects not being any brighter than they were six months ago, f fear I shall be obliged to submit 'o a tax of $94- 00 on labor. Add to these the $55 80 (on Dry Goods and Groceries) and we have lhe snug lit tle sum of's 149,80. "One hundred and foitv-nine dollars and eightv cents!" ejaculates Awl. Vet this amount, large as it is for a man in humble circumstances, would be by no means the whole of the burden imposed upon us hv abolition'sm. In addition to the asticler enu merated, we need cloth, cassimeres, vesting?, shawl?, blankets, etc., all of which are smartly taxed. Assuming that in former yeais we ex pended about $50.00 annually lor goods of that description, we may safely suppose tha', under the new t;u iff regulations, the same qinid.lv md qualify "I these goo-Is would swell the' a' mount by S2O 00.— Th: .o added to un would equal $169.80. Xor dins the taxation ti'op hare; fur sine.. I "we have got a government," il is but rcas'nu ! able that it should call upon i s to contribute j (l | its support. TJncle Sam—or talher Un&le Ab"—will need it it said $200,000,000 to | arease the wheels ol'government Tli-ae must be raised by taxation. What my abate of this I 'as will be lam not prepared to say, but may j coni er rnvsell I'oitunate il I escape bv ravine $30,00. " '. Adding these to the above $ 169,50 amount Ito $199, 80. To wind up, State an.l County will put upon me to the amount oI $9,00 or (SIO,OO. These added to the above $199,80. ; Just think ol it, Sam' A poor man, who follows I a trade and lives on a small lotol 28 acres tax ied $209,80!" i ''Outrageous! ou'rageous!" exclaimed Awl. , "Had you nnt represented the matter as clearly as you did, 1 should never have believyd it. $209,80' Why 'tis outrageous! I plainly see I the propriety of economy now. Nut another ) pound of coffee or sugar will I buy—we shall ! have tax enough to pay without taxing our* | selves. $209,80! monstrous! monstrous!" ** | ' j The Hoard of Relief for the County of B.d --| lord convened at the Commissioners' office on ; Wednesday the 12th day of February 1862. | After discussing the matter in regard to pay in* j relief to families of soldiers, it was satistac | torily ascertained that must of the soldiers, in : the service of the United States Iruin this | County, have been paid off hy the Covernment, j and that they hive remitted a portion of the i money to their families at home. | Therefore on motion it was Resolved that flit' Hoard will not allow any support or io ief to tlw families ol soldiers (who have re ceived pay from the Government) (ram and al ■ ler.lho 22nd February inst. Resolved that no support or relief will be i allowed to families oi commissoned officers. Resolved thai the familes of persons enlis ! ting or that have latply enlisted in the United i Stales Service as soldiers, will be allowed sup j port or reliid from the county as heretofore | (horn the time that they have been enrolled ! mil mus'ered into the service,) until they rc ! ceive pay from the Grvernment. The foregoing Resolutions were ordered to ! he published ill the Bedford Papers. H. NICODEMUS, Clerk Commissioners' office ) February 21st, 1862 ) Scurvy and Scrofulous Eruptions, Will j snoir cover the bodies of those brave men who j are fighting their coun l ry'sbattles. Night air, I had food, and drenching rains will make sad havoc with the strongest, therefore let everv man supply himself with HOLLO WAY'S j OINTMENT, it is a certain cure for every j kind ot skin disease. Only 25 cts per Pot. -MAaSStIED CALLAHAN—ALLEN. —At the Sh Clairs j ville Hotel,ontthe 16lh ius!., by (lie Rev. N. E- I Gilds, Mr. Robert Callahan to Miss Sarah .Mar garet Allen both of Pleasantvilio. RAMSEY —W El DEL.— Tuesday morning ! IStli inst , at the residence of the Bri.le's Falli | er, hy the Rev. Sam'i. Kepler, Mr. E. B. Ram | spy, of Bloody Run, and Miss Sarah E Weidel, | of Bedford, Pa. --DIED REED. On the 11th. Charles, infant son lof Jacob and Mary dol Bed lord, aged 10 ' months and 18 days.' j "Suffer little children to come unto me, and I forbid theni not; lor of such is the kingdom of ; God. And he took tht'm up in his arms, put Jiis | hands upon them, and blessed them." KOONS.—On the 16th, George Winfield, j infant son of John and Mary Koons of Bedford | township, aged 1 1 months ami 4 days. "From adverse blasts and low'ring storms, His favour'd soul Ire bore ; I And with yon bright angelic tortus, | He lives to die no more." OSJTUARY. I Very early in the morning of the 21st of Jan., in the 74th year ol his age, departed this lite, after a brief illness, Nicholas "Lyons, who, lor forty years, was a most esteemed citizen and meicbant of Bedford, Pa. He was horn in L' ighlin Bridge, County Carlow, Lelaml. He emigrated, thence, to the United Stales, on the 9th of June 1812, soon after our war with Great Britain had commenced. He was a ttue Irishman, as well, as a true qaember ot his Church (the Roman Catholic). He was foremost in every undertaking lor the interests of religion and of his adopted country. He proved himself a true patriot, by giving up, in his old age, a beloved son, to head a military . Company from this place, in defence of our glorious Union. He was ever conspicuous lor his integrity—for honor and honesty—and, in every way, worthy of the distinguished race from which li" sprung and which is so honored in his native County of Cat low, Ireland. There were at his obsequies and interment four Cath olic Priests and the Rev. Ministers of other denominations, with a vast concourse of sym pathising friends, fellow citizens from the town of Bedford and ttie country all around.—He leaves a beloved wife, a daughter and two sons to bewail his sudden exit from them. R. I. P. 2C ctu vl iJ uc r t-i £cntc nt o- VxTOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. ! IN ] Pioposnls will b r"ee;ved at the house of George j B ilev, at Bridge Pbrt,on Wednesday the 12th day j of March, 1865 r. 10 o'c'ock, A. M., for building a j Bridge over Big Will's Creek, at or near Bridge Port, j in Londonderry township, (to be b lilt after the p'an jot the Plank Road Bridge*.) By order of the (lommissioners, H. NICODEMUS, Clerk. February 21, ISG2. ' VALUABLE MILL, i > FOR SALE OR RENT. The sub?TTiber intencing to remove from his pies. : ent place of :""idencp, o![-rs lor she his GRlbf j MILL, situated in Jenner township, Somerset coun- Iy, together with 00 ACllEbl Ub LAND, 10 of which are in meadow, and having thereon about 201 i SUGAR TREK®. The trill i= in good running or- Jer, and is just , r inile distant from ttie thriving village of Jenner >s Routs. If not sold within a reasonable time, the propeity will be rented. Terms i favorable. Apply to ADAM KETTERING, • Jenner >e Road J. So Tier 'Co. I Feb. 21, 1862. —lm.
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