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.