BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY, . t I : FEBRUARY 6, ISR3. | "DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING. A meeting of the Democrats and all other conservative citizens of Bedford county, favor able to a restoration of the Union as it was, and the preservation of the Constitution ns it is, will be held in the Court-house, in Bedford, on the evening of MONDAY, February Oth, 18G3. In pursuance of a long and well estab lished usage of the Democratic party of th'a county, this meeting is called to consider and •discuss the principles of the party anJ the con dition of our (now imperiled) county, nrK [ f Ol . the purpose of appointing delegates to the next Democratic State Convention. Lot every one who can possibly spare the Time, come, and let us show to the world that the Democracy of Bedford county are as true to the Constitution and the Union, as those who claim to be the only lovnl partv of the country. J- W. LINGKNFELTEK, C'/t'/i. Dan. Co. Com. Where Douglas Would Stand. When the war broke out, the lamented Doug las was called before the Illinois Legislature to ■deliver his views in regard to the duty of the people of his state in the alarming crisis to which the affairs of the nation had just been brought. Although Mr. Douglas had but a month before, in the Senate of the United States, expressed his unalterable conviction that "War is disunion, certain and inevitable, final and irrevocable," he now felt it to be his duty to sustain the Government against the attempt of armed rebellion to overturn it, not because lio had changed his mind in regard to the result of civil war, but, if possible, to preserve tlie Constitution inviolate in the loyal states and to prevent anarchy and political confusion until a proper settlement of our national difficulties •could be ctfecled. 'The address delivered by him, on the occasion referred to, was the last public speech that ever fell from his lips- A few days after its delivery, lie was taken sick with his last illness, and in a short time afterwards died. Had he lived, some things in this address, seized upon with such great avidity by the Ab olitionists, would have been explained'by their author in such a manner as would have estop ped the life-long enemies of Mr. Douglas and of his country, from using them to deceive and defraud credulous but honest and well-meaiiin" ! Democrats. Had lie lived, no man would have dared to contort a single sentence ever uttered by him, into any sort of endorsement of Lin-! coin's Administration. But the lion was dead j and even the most timid donkey could trample with impunity over his lifeless remains. His! tongue was dumb in death, and Abolitionism, unchecked, could bray itself hoarse in noising abroad false interpretations of his utterances. But, "Time sets all things even;" and as if the spirit of the dead Douglas had entered into tho language of his last address, and, like tho sword of the cherubim, guarded it against the sucri-1 legious touch of those who once perverted its ! meaning, the Abolitionists dare not now pub- j lish or refer to this final exposition of the views I of the departed statesman. In this memorable • address Mr. Douglas said: "I think I can appeal to friend and foe—l use it in a political sense, and I trust I use the ! Word foe in a past tense—l can appeal to them j with confidence, that 1 have never pandered to j the prejudice or pas<ioii of my section against the minority section of this Union, and will say to you now, with all frankness and in all sincer ity, that 1 trill never sanction nor ucgiticscc in tun/ tour/are whatever, upon the constitutional rights or domestic institutions of the people of the South ern States. On the contrary, it' there was an attempt to invade those rights, to stir up scrv.le insurrection among their people, I would rush to their rescue, anil interfere with whatever of' strength I might possess to defend than from such a calam ity. — Douglas * Aihlress leg ore the Illinois Legisla ture, April 21th, 18(il. Now, mark you, these very sentiments were quoted by the abolitionists, (just after tho war had broken out) as sound and patriotic. These traitors to their own platform then pretended that they had no intention of interfering with the domestic institutions of the South and even had the shameless effrontery to assure the people that they endorsed these views of Mr. Douglas. Is it any wonder that they now shun this speech so often quoted by them, as they would a deadly plague ? They have interfered with and are now attempting to destroy the domestic institutions of the South. Their President has attempted •'to stir up servile insurrection," and the very army which Douglas helped to raiso is comman ded not to put down such an insurrection. They know that theso Last words of Douglas fully justify the present position of tlio Democratic party aud condemn that occupied by them selves. "The Age." —Wo print in this issue, the prospectus of "The Age," a Democratic daily and weekly newspaper, to be published in Phil adelphia, by Messrs. A. J. Glossbrenner, Fran cis J. Grund and W. 11. Welsh. "The Age," we doubt not, will bo very ably conducted, and will fully supply a want long felt by the Dem ocrats of this State, Viz: that of a reliable, linn and able Democratic morning paper in Phila delphia. Mr. Glossbrenner, the senior propri etor, has been long and favorably known, in the politics of the country, and was for many years, Sergeant at Arms of the National House of Representatives. Air. Grand is a writer of great vigor and possesses literary qualifications of a very high order. Mr. Welsh was former ly Speaker ot the Senate, and, until recently, chairman of the Democratic State Committee. We bespeak for "The Ago" a favorable recep tion by all who desire a good Democratic morn ing daily and hope that it will be liberally pat ionized. tor terms, &c., see prospectus iu our advertising columns Another Editor in Limbo. One day last last week, near midnight, Mr. A. 1). Boilcau, editor of the Philadelphia Jive niny Journal, was dragged from his bed by u squad of armed soldiers, aad without warrant and without charges being preferred against him was abducted beyond the limits of the State and cast into a dungeon in Fort Mel Ictiry. The kidnapping of Mr. Boileau was not known in Philadelphia until II o'clock, A. lit., the next day, the deed having been done when honest people were abed dreaming of liberty and law and forgetful, in sleep, of the iron-handed des potism which now lords it over a once free and happy people. It was then too late for an indig nant people to prevent the consummation of the outrage, and, thus the object of the oppres sor was gained. But what was far hotter, a Court of Justice promptly intervened for the punishment of the ]jersons who had thusviola tcd not only the individual rights of a peaceful citizen of the Commonwealth, but also the dig nity and sovereignty of that Commonwealth itself. [We publish elsewhere the charge of the Court to the Grand Jury and call particu lar attention to the purport of its language. The Court, also, afterwards directed the Dis trict Attorney to present hills of indictment a gainst the persons found, by the Grand Jury, to have been concerned in the abduction of Boileau.] The House ol'Representatives also acted with commendable promptness and great propriety in passing resolutions instructing the Governor to demand the release of Boileau. The tyranny at Washington will be made to discover, before it gets through with this matter that Pennsylvania will not permit any power on earth to violate the sovereignty which she retains under the Federal Constitution. The people of the Keystone State know their rights and will maintain them. They have patiently endured the hardships entailed upon them by the necessities of the Federal Administration. They have lavished their substance upon the Government, they have sent son and brother to perish on the battle-field, they have almost yielded up their all; but when they arc asked to give up their liberty to the Federal Executive, they will he found as firm in the maintenance of their rights as they have been patient in the endurance of the grievous burdens imposed upon them by the war. Let the Administra tion at Washington desist from its efforts to enslave the people of the North. We say this in frank and honest warning. A few more ar bitrary arrests will kin lle a llame in Pennsyl vania that rivers of blood will not quench. Is the Administration determined to make the North a Gehenna as it has made the South a Golgotha? If not, let it stay its usurping hand. An Epitapli for an Abolitionist. Samuel S. Cox, Author of "A Iluckcyo A brond," ami Member ot L'ortgress troni vuuo, deserves (if any man living can doscrvo so great an honor) to wear the mantle as well as the | robrtqwt of "the Little Giant." Mr. Cox is a j man of small stature, but his intellectual qual j ities make ample amends for his diminutiveness jin sine. 1 lis wit is keen and trenrhar.t, and as the swift and certain blade of the sword-fish is j feared by the leviathans of the ocean, so the j monsters of the Abolition deep shrink from it in dismay, fearing lest they he ripped open anil all their rottenness exposed to the public gaze. Cox's last is the following epitaph on that no torious ncgropholist, Owen Lovejoy, which was drawn forth by an allusion, in a speech of Love joy's, to Cox's sinnllness of stature, and which, we think, is one of the best tilings of the kind perpetrated since the.days of Alexander Pope: Beneath tliis stone good Owen Lovejoy lies, Little in everything except his size, What though his l.urly body fills this hole, Vet through Hell's key-hole crept his little BOUI. HKI.EASED.—AIbert 1). lioilcau, publisher of the Phiiadeldhia I'ucning Journal, whose arrent and imprisonment in Fort Mollcnry, by order of Gen. Schcnck (more appropriately Shml:) treated snch wide-spread indignation amongthe I people, has been released unconditionally and has resumed the publication of his paper. Mr. lioilcau was not tried for any offence, and, there fore, is acquitted of anything of which the Ad ministration may have sus[>ccled him guilty, by the act of the Administration itself in setting him at liberty. Nay, more; the Administra tion confesses, by refraining from trial, tlmt it was in the wrong and that it could do noth ing but "back out" as gracefully as possible.— It is said that the officer who arrested Hoiler.u, gave as the reason for Schcnck's order, that lioilcau's paper recently contained an editorial contrasting Abe Lincoln's intellectual qualities with those of Jeff Davis, somewhat to the dis paragement of the former's, cerebral functions. The Administration must he rather sensitive on the subject of brains. A I'Aia Caveat. —The New York Il'oi'.V.', speaking of the arrest of the editor of the Kvening Journal, gives fair warning to the Ad ministration at Washington, that there is one place in the North where such an arrest can not be made, to wit, New York city. The World declares that if the abduction of Jloilean is intended as a throat against any of the anti- Administration journals in New "York, the men ace is nil idle, as editors in that city intend to write and print "what scoi.ictli thorn good" in regard to the Administration or "any other man." Pictf.li.son h Maqazine. —The February num ber of "Peterson" is on our table. As a fash ion magazine this work is not excelled. Its literary contents arc also rich and varied. "Pe terson" Is a great favorite with the ladies and we'd deserves to be. The price of this maga- I zinc is only §2.00, per annum, one dollar less than that os the other monthlies. Address C. J. Peterson, Philadelphia. Democratic Olubs. Every township and borough should liavr its Democratic club. The Inquirer urges the form ation of Abolition clubs, for some sinister pur pose, nnd as our political opponents have start ed tho hall in the way of clubs, let us show that wo can roll it on for them. The Spring elections arc ucar at hand, and, we presume, the Inquirer man wants to liTttrshall his forces for the purpose of electing township officers.— Vfo adviste our Democratic friends .'-o be 011 the alert and to organize a "eountcv-rcvoNtion" in this mat tor. At any rate, when A Ixoliti joists talk so much about hanging, mobbing, arret-*' ing, and such things, Democrats should met?'; once in a while, to talk over tho proper course of conduct to lc pursued toward such malig nants. M. E. Cmjitcit.—A revival of religion lias been in progress in this Church for a short limn past. Several persons have been converted and added to the Church. Tho congregations are very large, and the revival spirit pervades mul titudes who have attended the meetings. We are glad to know that the labors of the eloquent pastor of this congregation, are about being re warded, and that when lie shall have gone from our midst, lie will bo remembered by many as the true and faithful guide that pointed the way to life everlasting. gsfl'rintors are taxed, tirst, as dealers, $lO per annum; secondly, 011 paper 15 per cent ail valorem ; thirdly on ink; fourthly on type; fifth ly 011 their income, which consist? principally of expenses; and lastly and worst of all, they have to pay double price for paper, and for ev erything they eat, drink or wear. This unfor tunate class of persons ;s bound to becoaiftex tinct, unless tho people who are not taxed so severely open their hearts, or rather their pur ses, and patronize tho in more liberally. Come, friends, "to be or not to be"—taxed to death— "that's tho question!" Will you help us an swer it? (Krll. G. Smith, Esq., editor of tho Fidton Democrat' whose arrest without warrant and without law, wo noticed last week, has been re leased on bail, and is again at his post, firing hot shot at the thieves and fiends who would immolate upon the bloody altars of their ac cursed fanaticism, not only thß republic itself, but their neighbors and even their kindred who differ with them in opinion. Wc are glad to know that our friend Smith has escaped from the vile clutches of tho inalignants who li:wl so fondly hoped that they had wrought his rain. ©y-The Inquirer is down on the High Cons table, Mr. Henderson, for not impounding va grant hogs. We'll wager a big apple that the editor will not dare to go*before the caucus of his party to protest against Mr. Henderson's rc-noniiMiUton and that ho y-'U vote ivy .Hen derson, if nominated, notwithstanding his pa per talks so glibly about Henderson's getting an "opportunity to stand aside for reliable men." isr Alas! poor Democracy! Jeff Davis won't own you. Who is to be your keeper hereafter ? Bedford Inquirer. The Democracy, tmiiko the Abolitionists, never had owner or "keeper." Hut you, Mr. Abolition Wheelbarrow, belong, body, scul, and breeches, to Abraham Lincoln. You force an owner, and a pretty one lie is, to be sure! You force a keeper and a nice collar he has riveted 'round your neck! KP"Wc have received from John Fulton, Esq., a tabular exhibit of the condition of the Broad Top mines, which we shall endeavor to lay be fore our readers as soon as our space will per wit. ltiKTherc is r.o war news of importance, ex cept that Gen. Corcoran had a succession of skirmishes with the .Rebel Gen. Pry or, near Suffolk, in which the latter was driven back. The Rebel privateer Orcto is also reported to have been sunk near the Bahama islands. Cirlf the present Administration can't sup press the rebellion, it can suppress Northern newspapers. If it can't arrest Jell' Davis, it can imprison loyal citizens. Great is the "ma chine that Lincoln doesn't "runas ho found it!" Resignation of Governor Stanley of Nortii Carolina. Ni:\v YOUK, Jan. 29.—A Newborn letter says that Governor Stanley's Resignation was sent to Washington in the last mail, and was based upon the President's Emancipation Proclama tion, which ho strenuously opposes. For the Oazette. In Memoriam. At a meeting of the junior class of Jeffer son College, held January 21, 18tiJ, the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: \\ Jiereas, it has pleased Almighty God, in Ilis all-wise, yet often mysterious Providence, lo remove from us, by death, our beloved and much esteemed li iend and class-mate, DANUI i>. Coi.na.x; therefore, Resolved, That we appreciate and deeply feel our loss in being thus deprived of one whose talents, so early developed, attracted our admi ration, and whose manly virtues and kind de portment won our esteem. Resolved, That while wo would humbly sub mit to the will of Him who docth all things well, we recognize in this dispensation of his providence, a repetition of the injunction, ''lie ye also ready." Jiesolvcd, That wo hereby tender to his aflliet ed relatives our heart-felt sympathy with them iu this, their deep bereavement. Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge of mourning for ten days. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions bo sent to bis parents, and also *o the Presbyterian lkmner, the Pittsburg Daily Gazette and the Bedford Gazette for publication. S. D. JKSNINOS, } S. M. MORTON, i Committee. , W. A. WIIITK, ) The Case of Mr. Eoileau. Address of Judge Ludlow on Political Arrests. Tho following is the address of Judge Lud low, of the Court of Quarter Sessions in Phil adelphia, to the grand jury, in relation to the arrest of Mr. lloilcau, proprietor and editor of the Evening Journal, of that city: Gentlemen of the Grand Jury:—ltbascomo to my knowledge that, within the last twenty four hour.-, a citizen of this Commonwealth and of this county, lias been suddenly arrested at his residence in this city, and has been forcibly carried, against his will, beyond the limits of this State and the jurisdiction of this court. Such events have heretofore taken place, but ns we have been anxious to support the United atef government in everyway compatible with it nroi or discharge of our duty, y/e were not inclined . 0 L*Ueve t ' iat " lose authority would attempt to exTte> c a U'wer under a'l circum stances questionable tam P"- rary excitement had m ve " wa ? t; ' r ~; iml a patriotic, and I beliefs, - Hn 110I 10 " 0 ?' ,0 do a great public duty had r.' sO - v 'tse in.c a settled purpose to discharge thai df nro ' n ° to law, and with at least it decent the laws of this commonwealth and fo." "'I 11 ""* stituted authorities of the State. < The time has arrived when we can no long. ?! ' | hold our pence, when Xho obligations imposed 1 upon us by our oaths of cilice compel us at ev ery hazard to direct the grand jury to inquire into and determine by whose order and by what persons this arrest has been made, and if after an impartial examination it shall appear that t.ny citizen has been forcibly abducted from the county, to inform the grand jury that it is their duty to present the facts in the case to the court wherein bills of indictment may he framed, and the accused persons, if they have committed a crime, he tried, and if guilty, bo punished for what in that event may become a criminal act. lly the Constitution of the United Slates, Article AT of tho amendments, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy tho right to a speedy and public trial by tin impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and cause of tho accu sation, to he confronted with the witnesses a gainst him, to have compulsory process to ob tain witnesses in his favor, and to lure the as sistance of counsel for his defense." The Constitution of this Commonwealth eon tains the same provision, section IX. of the Dec laration of flights, with this addition;—"Xor can lie be deprived of his life, liberty or prop erty unless by the judgment of his poets or the law of the land." These inestimable rights tue thus guarantied to every citizen, by the Constitution not only of Pennsylvania, Lut also ly tfo Constitution of tk>. United States. You will see, gentlemen, that the Federal and State government*! provided tor the trial ol' those charged with having committed olluuccs against either, but the trainers of ttiet-o Constitutions intended tlmt the citizen should not bo arre ted without lit. ving an opportunity to defend himself. It may bo supposed by sonic that the oftensu of treason cannot he punished under the Con stitution of the United States except Ly !ue cy eivtse of Military power. Such, however, .la not ii> tin.;., u-) iLo' mil" is not oeily ignorant of the law, but mast be intentionally so, "who holds such doctrines, for the Constitution of tiie li. Btatcs expressly declares: Article 3, Section 3, That "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against then: or ad hering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort; no per; on shall lie convicted of treason unless oil 1 he testimony of two witnesses to the farce overt net or on confession in open court." And many nets ol Congress now in force de clare before what tribunal, and in what manner such cases shall he fried. ! he Lfj-'i.- liili'ire til' 1 'ennsylvania has also pas sed a law wl>\ch declares'it to bo a high misde meanor foe airy citizen to nil or assist "any en emy in oneu war against tiiis State or the Uni ted Stn'.cs" in the manner mentioned in the act; and thu offense, if committed, may moreover he punished "by solitary itnprisomuent in tbc ptrjtentiary, at hard labor, for a term not ex ceeding ten years, and be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court." Act ol' 18th April, 18.51, I'. L., page 408. You will thus observe that, under the con stitution and laws of the United States and of this State, a man who is, in point of la\v, a traitor, or who aids in any material way the enemy, may be punished, and that with great severity; and, let me. add, he ought thus to suf fer. Laws, then, exist, which protect the gov ernment of t jie State and of the nation against the ctlorts of those who attempt to destroy ei ther; these laws are amply sufficient to main tain the dignity of our nation and State, unless it may be within the limits and in the immedi ate vicinity of an army upon the field mid ad vancing, or about to advance against a hostile force and in an enemy's country. Then, and in that extreme ease, necessity takes the place of settled, well detined law, and the will of the commander becomes the rule of action. As laws then do exist, as the tribunals of the 11. States government and of the State arc open, as magistrates abound at every corner of the streets, and are known to he loyal men—as peace reigns in this county, and no impending danger destroys the authority of law as duly administered by the State courts, and I rays its honor in the dust, by what right or pretended right can the persons making this arrest, justify it .' Certainly not one upon the ground of ne cessity, for no exists; and certainly not upon a pretended Executive power, for it v.lll he, and must IK?, admitted that that power i,can only exist when the law is silent, and we have distinctly shown that by the constitution of the United States, and the law of this State, tUo government is already secured, at least in this court, against the designs of those who may attempt, by any method, to destroy it. llut, aside from all this, the constiti ition of the United States declares (article X, of the a mendmonts.) that "the, powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor pro hibited by it to thu States, are resevexd to t/te I Suites rcspcciiveli/, or to the j>coplc" Tlio Supreme Court of this State have deci ded (5 11., 119) that this constitution must re ceive a strict construction, and, viewing this section in this light, I ask, did the people of this Commonwealth, when they entered into the - nion, ever agree to devolve upon either the Pres ident of the U. States, Congress or the judicia ry, or all three combined, the power to suspend • lie privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in a State or district, when the "pijilic mjctij dielnot require 111" True, it may be the duty of eome department of the government to judge of the necessity, and to suspend the privilege in a giv en ease, but public sentiment demands that in any event the spirit of the eonstitiition shall be complied with; and when the power is claimed by a single individual, the people havi, at least, the right to know who made the arrest, by what authority it was made, or what charge was or now is preferred against the accused. Jf", in the case soon to be examined by you, you discover that the arrest was ordered by authority of tho laws of the United States, and commonly called the "military," as distinguished from the "mar tial law," you will state that fact, because it may possibly be that Congress has enacted such laws us they may, by virtue of the constitution, legally enact, and which, as they affect the gov ernment of the army of the United [States, may he constitutional and legal when applied to those who arc amenable to that particular code of laws. j Gentlemen:—l have alone taken the respon sibility of addressing you to-day. It litis not i been done without aerious.reflcction. From the j commencement of the rebellion, I have endea vored, in every possible legal method, to sup port the constituted authorities. Time and a gain, questions of great delicacy, and which seemec, to threaten a collision between the U. States authorities and this court, have been dis posed of in such r. way as r.ot to embarrass the | „;wral government, v/iiile the jv.dif.t of the cit il 11 .''Uve hern protected. We have even failed tonoi'.'u <.ho fact officially that arbitrary arrests have heflii ma"'K * n tll ' :s county, because, as we have before ™ Lad "oped that taoy would coa.c. Twit ho ? 1,063 dc3tro l ral -. A legal and morai n>™ s;t y rrgeu us to this step, not to countenance P>\ v a ' jt committed oy any man against the uutta l ''*/ ca.the government, but to sustain a f'Stj- ; as c '- ear as the noonday sun, as vital as lite-giV'"o ' )l ' ca witliout the existence of which tliegov'-' l '' itself is a stupendous deception, and whit,! l ) - ■ firmly maintained now and here, will go far i<; I unite a people of iuimonso resources an 1 tcrri- Llo power, and wliicli resources and power can yet bo wielded as u unit, when, and as soon as tho constitutional rights of each citizen shall be respected aul enforced. i liavc now die barged a great public duty, with no dcriro to do otherwise than to support tho United States government, and I sincerely believe that tho remit will be to strengthen and not to weaken that Union which ought to be perpetuated to tho latest generation. 1 request you at once to susp. :id all other business bcfoie you at present; and 1 instruct I tiie district attorney of this county .to .'cud for Gen. Montgomery and the provost marshal, to- ; gethor with nil other persons w'lo have any j knowledge ot this transaction, and after you 1 shall have heard them, your daly will be rim- | ply to present the facts to the court. Action of the Philadelphia Councils. PIIII.AOELV.IF A, Jan 30.—The city councils last evening took action in the ease of the Boil cau arrest, the common branch adopting arcs resolution denouncing it as unjust and unconsti tutional, which was rejected by the select branch by one majority. It is understood that Mrs. Boileau, JO. W. Carr, Win. D. Baker, General Montgomery and Capt. Haldeman have been before the grand jury to tce.it)' in the case. Action of the Pennsylvania Legislature. 'Ho following preamble and resolutions were adopted in the Pennsylvania House of Repre sentatives oti Thursday: Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Pennsylvania that one of her own citizens Al bert D.lfoileau,.residing in the city of Phila delphia, was without due warrant of law, at midnight on Tuesday last, taken from his home and convex ed under a military guard to some unknown place of c nfinetuent beyond the bor ders of tiie State; and Whereas the unusual time of the arrest waa acknowledged, bv those chosen for the purpose to have been made in ordor to prevent (he in tervention of the remedies provided by law, and guaranteed by the constitution of the State of Pennsylvania, and of the United .Stales to every American citizen; and Whereas (lie said arrest is an invasion of the soil of the State of Pennsylvania, and an out rage upon the dignity and sovereignty of a great coinmonw ealtli jtherefore, Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, joaloi; p of the rights and liberties of her citizens, and appealing to GOD for the rectitude of their in tentions, do solemnly protest agninsl the said ar rest as unwarrantable and unjust, and call up on the Governor, as the Chief Exocutivo of the commonwealth, bearing in his person the majesty of this State, to immediately repair to Washington, and dqpiaml of the general gov ernment the release of the said Albert T). Bob lean, and that he 1m: returned to the State of which he is a citizen to answer any charges to be made against him. Resolved, Thata committee of three lienppoint cd to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Governor of this commonwealth. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions he forwarded to the 1 'resident of the United States, the Secretary of War, and the Senate and House of Representatives of Ac United States of A merica. The destruction of American merchant ves sels by the confederate steamer Florida, prom ises to rival, within a short time, the losses in curred through the activity of the Alabama.— Already intelligence reaches us, byway of Ha vana, of the capture and burning, by the Flor ida, of four American vessels in less than one week after her appear,'vnco off the Island of Cu ba. On the I l 2d in.strait she destroyed the hark Windward, from Matanzas, laden with molas ses and bound for 'Portland, Maine. On the following day, off C ardenas, she captured and burned the brig Cora Anno, of Machias, Maine, Jbtden with staves. On the same day, and in very nearly the same latitude, she captured two more brigs; sinking one and burning the other. •When she was last; scon she had the British ilag (lying, and was stcjoring for the Bahamas. A somewhat serious eifliculty has also occur red in another qnartcr. On the 23d inst, the United States imaid steamer Penney left Havana, but returned to t'nat port the same dav, in con sequence of having been fired upon liy a Span ish man-of-war . The Kearny had the Ameri can flag dying ut the time of the occurrence; and had also Gov eminent despatches. No reas ons are assigned for the act of the Spani sli com mander: hut, by order of the American Consul at Havana, the Jlcany again proceeded on her voyage, under the convoy of the gunboat Onei da. From the blockading squadron off Savannah, wo learn that the Confederate steamer Fingal I has left her old lierth, and is supposed to be on | her way down tho Wilmington river, nnd from : tfvencr to the Ggeecheo river' The Nashville | wins a.Vo getting ready to run the bio -hade, for i the purpose of sharing with the Florida audthe j Alabatu u in the destruction of Northern mor i chant ships. jMnnn CAM;- NF.AU Aoccms*, Vm., f January 2ii, ( I F KIEND G AZCTU: : After a Jong silence I will again intrude' upon your time and patience, thinking thnt vou and the readers of your paper, would like to hear from the gallant sons of Bedford countv . who have left cheer ful firesides and happy homes to brave the hardships and dangers of war, and have now been more than fourtcen'monthS in Ihe service. The went her, for almost 0119 week, has been anything but agreeable, raining almost constantly. The mud is nearly knee deep and the roads are in a miserable condition. The first step outside our tents is in mud almost to the top of our boots; n pleasant time you will sin, no doubt, considering where we arc. Stu nt ts cavalry made a dash at a portion of our regiment a short time ago and killed, wounded and captured, a number and burned the camp. Some of our boys performed heroic deeds of valor in the hand to hand encounter with them, j making their sabres play around the heads of the "Itehs" in a manner that taught them to use caution in approaching them. ihe question has been repeatedly asked us br citizens, "V/hat are you fighting for.'" I must comejs that it is a hard one to answer now. One year ago we were fighting for the restora tion of the Union, and 1 think that, if that had ueen all, tne war would have bean over era this, and wives, mothers and sweethearts would he rejoicing at the ret urn of husbands, sons and t lov'W, but "Honest Abraham" says that the negt'u Oust he made free, and it seems that we are figiu'itig cow to accomplish that object. Ask the liii'i.'fy what good t he war is il ovng and lie will say, "Why, Lor' brcss your soul, . it Lab made me a free .man!" Ifosont an irisalt from an officer's colored s.srvant, and you soon find out what you are lighting for. .'thees—' ident Lincoln's emancipation ptfliey meet s with universal condemnation throughout tho ; may. The only answer I can give to the question, "What are you fighting for?" is, that leu iHated to fight lor the Union, but am figLting n <y,v to - get tho "nigger" free. Our service has be n hard, scouting an 1 pick eting all the time. This branch of tho service especially is both hard and dangerous, u frngnp nun and horses very rapidly. The boys , are all well and anxious for the end of the v 'ar and the return of peace to our once happy cutatry, and the restoration of the Union as it was. Your paper still shows its smiling coui; finance here and is hailed with delight and n ai with eagerness. We arc ail anxious to seo t t o news from our county. The village of Accoiink, near whir ' 1 zn> are encamped, is a thriving little place, and 'the Union sentiment is very strong. It i 5 close to the Potomac river, and about ten in: 1 es below Alexandria. The surrounding couivt ryii wild and rough, ar.d at the present time extremely muddy. "King Sol" but seldom shu tve his face and then but a few minutes at a t'ime. We hope for better weather soon:, tic lenipg cold would please ns far better. Vxfidu -this I will close, remaining yours truly, CAITCIFAX. IIOSI'ITAL DEPARTMENT, ootl.l diog't... P.V., ( BEAU-PORT, S. Jan. 23, 1803. ) I'.lit or of Bedford Gazette : Sin: —Please allow ni e. the privilege of thanking, through your coluio ns, the. ladies of Bedford county, who, throng ;h the eorr.tr.ittcc, consisting of Misses Amanda 11. and Libbie R. Stuckey, have presented to the Hospital de partment of the ."sth reginu nt, V, a very valuable box ol shirts and other clothing, as v.o'l as sheets, towels, and lint and bandages for the sick and wounded of the above named regiment. The box was rluly forwarded by the politeness of Capt. Thomas 11. Lyons, of this regiment, and duly received by the department. So that the ladies inteivsfud may know that it arrived safely, and, we beli .eve, promptly, we have sent to the Captain a I otter of thanks for his kind interest in the ntiattcr, and we now wish that those kind lndic3, who have so palpa bly evinced their goodnen s to the brave ones who are absent from their homes, fighting the battles of their country, may know through this medium, that we all duly appreciate ouch proofs of our being thought of in the- tl old Keystone State" by the lath osin-DEEl)!!!" Eor the brave men of our regiment and for the hos pital department, please, Sir, accept, for the ladies, our very sincere thanks, and sir, though we trust wo shall have but little use for them, especially for the bandages suid lint—still bow nice, if they must he mounded, in notion, if is for r the men to know that their wounds are to lie dressed by the lint and bandages prepared by the hands of the fair ones of the State of Penn sylvania—and it may be by the hands of some dear lady friend in their own count)- —whilst their, it may be, shattered frames arc clothed with such uioe articles as those kind ladies have sent to us. Again, for the department to which the box was sent, allow 1110 tot bank those very kind, very considerate ladies, and, sir, in con clusion, allow me to subscribe myself, Yours, very respectfully, DAVII) MEKKITT, Surgeon 5'U/i Tieg't., P. I'. WHOOPING COUGH OR CROUP, turnover se vere, may bo alleviated and cured by ibe me oC il Tadamn Zadoc Porter'.* Curative Balaam. This imaluable Medicine npseses the ox'raor dinarv power of relieving immediately Whooping Cough, Hoarsen- j, Difficulty of Breathing, Huj&i ness and Tickling in the Throat. It loosens the Phlegm, and will he found to bo very agreeable to the taste. It is not a violent remedy, but emollient warming, searching and effective. Can he taken by the oldest parson or youngest child. For sala by all Druggists, at 13 and 23 cts. per buttle. January 23, 1863, —ly. NEW JERSEY LANDS FOR SALE.—ALSO, GARDEN OR FRUIT FARMS. Suitable for Grapes, Poaches, Pears, Raspberries, Strawberiies, blackberries, Currants, dec., of 1,21., 3, 10 or 20 acres each, nt the following prices for the present, viz: 20 acres for S2l)r>, 10 acres for SItO, .6 acres for 560, 2J acres for $lO, 1 acre for §2O. Payable iy one dollar n week. Also, good Cranberry lands, and village lots in CHKTWOOD , 23 by 100 feet, at 510 e a oh. payable by one dollar a week. The ebove land and iarms are situated at Uhefwood, Washington township, Darlington county. New Jersey. For further infor mation. apply, with a P. O. Stamp, for a circnlar, to. b. FRANKLIN ( LARK, No. 00. Cedar street, N; wgYork. N. Y- Jen. 16, 1363,-1 y.
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