THE BEDF'ORU GAZETTE IS fUOLtSifEU EVERY FRIDAY MORMMti atY.i,nr,viitti, At the following terms, to wit i $3 00 per annum, if paid within the year. $2.30 " << if not paid within tho year. K?~No subacription taken lor less than six months. Bp"No paper discontinued until ail airo iragca aie paid, unless at the option of the publishei. It has been decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of arrearages, is prim.t fiat evidence of fraud and as a triminai olienco. Dy i'he courts have decided that persons arc ac eountable for the subscription price of newspnpets, if they take them from the post office, whether they subscribe for them, or not. _ flvofcggicnal (garbs. "TM." KIMMILL. I. W. LIKGKKFELTIR KIMMELL t*. LINGENFELTER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. lW~Have formed a partnership in the practice of he haw. OlfictOn Juliana street, two doors South of the "Mengcl House." JOB MASK. U. H. Svano. 81 A i* N & S P A R G . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, I'A The undersigned have associated themselves in •tio l'ractice ol the Law, ami will attend promptly fb nil business entrusted tu their caie in Bedford and adjoining counties. on Juliana Street, three doors south ol the "Meugel House," opposite the residence ot Maj. Tate. Bedford, Aug. 1, 1801. JOII.S CKSSNA. (), E. SHANNON. CESSNA & SHANNON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., QyHave formed n Partnership in the l'ractice ol the Law. Office nearly opposite the Gazette Office, where one or the other may at all times bo found. Bedford, Aug, 1, IS6I. J oil V P . R KED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Respectfully tenders his services to the Puli/ic. K?"Olfice second door North of the Mcngc House. Bedford, A tig, 1, Dili!. W. M. HAM.. JOHN PALJIKR. HALL & PALAI E K , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA tjy Will promptly attend to all business entrus ted to there care. Olfice on Juhanna Street, (near, ly opposite the AUtigel House.) Badlerd, Aug. 1, ISGI. A. U. COFF ROTH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOMERSET, PA., Will hereafter practice regularly in he several Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to his care will be faithfully attended to. December 6, 1861. BABI C K L KKT TE R 81 A N , BEDFORD, PA., heieby notify the citizens of Bedford county, that he has moved ro the Borough ol Bed ford, where he moy at all times be found b' persons wishing to see him, unless absent upou business pertaining to his office. Bedford, Aug. 1,1601. • JACOB Burn, J. J. Schf.li., REEI) AND SCIIELL, aswiFoi: . nffjLi'ss iw vvrnncv BEDFORD, PKNN'A. Q3*"DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and money promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. BRFKKIvNCRS. Hon. Job Maun, Hon. Joint Cessna, and John I Mower, Bedford Pa., R. Forward, Somerset, Burin, ' Uaiguel & Co., Phil. J. (V.itt t Co., J. W. C'uiley, | & Co., Pittsburg. £TT. CHARLES HOTEL, CORNRR OF WOOD / Nil THIRD STRRETS i> i r T s n u if. A if, i' A HARRY SHIRLS Paopßitnou. April 1U ISGI. w. w. M.nn. joiin s. davihon MAIR AND DAVISON, Importers aml Healers in Satldltrj, Carriage and Trunk Hardware and Trimmings, NO. 117 WOOD STREET, Pittsburg Penn'a, 13LACKSMITHING. lh undersigned having opener! a Blacksmith • hep, llHinvlt I'elv Opposite the resilience ol Samuel Ynudeiainith, in Bedford Borough, inform; the pub lic thai he is pr> pared to do HORSE SHOE IMG, SThOMG or LIGHT, repairing wagons, or any ttime usually, done in his line. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. /. J. DIsMONG. April 17, ISG3. 1m EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letters Testanyentjrv on the estate of Solomon T)ieht, liteof Cole rain township,dee'd, hav ing bee granted to the sob scriber, residing in said to wnship notice is therefore given to all persons indebted to said estate, to make payment immediitely, ami those having claims will present them forthwith, proper ly authenticated for settlement. April 3. HENRY 11.I 1 . DIEHL, Exn'r. W.\t. S. BOYII. JOHN L. HOUGH. W. S. BOYD, JR. BOYD & HOUGH. .IE HOLE SA L E G R OCEII S , No. 17 SOUTH WATER ST., PltlLADlXriA. •March 6, Ifol-Gm. c. N .HICK OK, DENTIST- Wilt attend punctually and rarrfutly to all opera 'tions entrusted to bis care. Nathr ad Teeth filled, regulated, polished, Sic., in the Ic.t manner,and AuTirrciAi. Teeth inserted from one to an entire sett- Office in the Bank PutlJing.. ii 'ulnina .tier', Bedford CASH TERMS will be trictly adhered t In addition to recent improvements tu the mount ing of Abiiticial Teeth on Gold and Sitvr Date, I am now using, da a base for Artificial ork,a n'-w end beautiful article, (Vulcanite or Vulcanized In dia Rubb.r) stronger, closer fitting, more comfort able and more natural thkii either 'fold or Silver, and 20 per cent, elriape? than sheer. Call ami sr.-. N. HICKOK.it. Bedford, January,!-6, 18G3. VOLUME 38. NEW SERIES. From the llarrisbt/rg Patriot if- Union. THE PEACE QUESTION. 'ibe New Yolk World closes a short contro versy with tho l'hiludclpliiu Evening Journal on the peace question in language which wo highly approve, it is forbearing, sensible, just ami comprehensive. However much the Democratic party may desire peace, it is idle to make it a platform plauk, or even to discuss it, so long as we are powerless to effect it, or it can only be attained by accepting conditions which involve a permanent dissolution of tho Union. To such terms we are confident no Democrat will ever listen unless, as a last alternative, to prevent a greater calamity. To talk about peace when it is clearly unattainable upon any conditions which we could with honor, or us patriots whose hearts are hound up in the Union, accept, is not only idle, but mischievous—its tendency being to dis tract, not to untie tho elements ot Democracy, whose undiminished, undivided strength is nc cessary to acquire that political power without which we are in no condition as a party to de cide upon either peace or war. The Democra cy, unfortunately for the country, are not now the creator of events—that responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the rebel administration at Richmond and the Abolition administration at Washington. All wu can do is to accept, tor the time being, what tluy determine, opposing to the utmost limit ol constitutional right what ever We deem unwise, unlawful, wicked or dan gerous. Together the two powers, though nom inally antagonistic, are working for the same purpose—the overthrow of the Union and tho suppression of free institutions. This purpose it is the duty, as we hope it is the mission, of the Democracy to circumvent,• and this can only be done by tho attainment of political power in the States and the nation. To this end nil our energies should be bent, for, without political success, we shall be hereafter, as now, at the mercy of our enemies, who hold the reins in • their hands and direct, the policy of the country. - The question then is, how can we best succeed— by reducing or multiplying the issues? We are clearly of opinion that but upon one platform alone can perfect unanimity be attained—and 1 that is, determined constitutional opposition to 1 the general policy of the Lincoln administration, 1 avowed hostility to the doctrines of secession, i and inflexible fidelity to the Union and tho Con- 1 stitution, which are to he upheld at every sac- ' rificc but tho acceptance of despotism in their 1 stead. Ui'Q" this ttimpfa wtef" 1 '" it seams to ' ly. Can they on any othisr? In opposition to the doctrines and policy of the Abolitionists and the Secessionists there is no disagreement among Democrats. Are they entirely harmoni ous on the peace question, or any other that has I wen, as we think, unnecessarily and impru dently introilneed ? Will any one assure us that they are? Until we have that assurance we must be permitted to doubt it, and to give our full assent to the following calm, judicious expres sions of the I Vvrld; l'l.A'.L \nii tub Duiocturie I'artv. —So far as the continuance or cessation of the war is a practical question, its decision rests entirely with the administration. Until important elections have intervened, the Democratic parly las no powerjto terminate the war except hy a rovolu tion to deporc the constituted authorities and organize a provisional government. This, oven if it were desirable, could he accomplished only hy force. If we were among the staunchst advocates of peace, wo should be unable to see our way clear to its attainment by a method which su'. ' ituted intestine war in the North for a united contest against the South. So long as there is no escape from fighting, we consider it better to fight the rebels than to light each other. A forcible revolution in the North would, beyond all question, secure Southern independ ence; nay, ii would enable the Confederate gov ernment to dictate terms. Wo cannot consent to give up the ! nion except to escape a worse evil; and if we had abandoned all hope of the Union, we could not consent to accept whatever boundaries, and other conditions of separation, the South should "hink fit to as?ign us. We therefore prefer to leave the question of peace, where the Constitution and laws have placed it, in the hands of the constituted authorities, and labor to combine all the elements of opposition to ctlcet n tranquil revolution through the bal lot box. The premature agitation of the peace tpicstion neither tends to bring peace, nor to consolidate the opposition. All Democrats do not desire peace on the only conditions on which peace is ut present attainable; but all Demo crats, so far as we are informed, do desire to consolidate the opposition and render it invinci ble. To this end, we find it more consistent with our interpretation of public duty to seek points of agreement among Democrats than to give prominence to points of difference. Whether the Democratic party shall next year go into the Presidential election on a peace plat form or a war platform, is a question which we will not discuss, because we cannot lift the im penetrable curtain which hides intervening c vents. We are opposed to hypothetical politics. We do not wish to-deal with aspects of public questions that may never be presented. In times so earnest as tliec, and when so much depends on unforeseen vicissitudes of fortune, (for who ran deny the vicissitudes of fortune in war?) it 1 seems to us important to draw a strict line be tween the province of speculation and the do main of statesmanship. Statesmanship should not, indeed, be destitute of foresight; but ac i cording ti* our conception of it, it deals only with the actual, and oven although it has form ed its opinion of the possible, it avoids commit ting itself to u course of action which subse quent events uiav show to be unwise The present aspec* of tlic peace qurMion, so far its we arc ftblo to spenk by authority, is this: 'T'hc Democratic party ot N. York, in its State Convention I fist fall, passoil Certain resolves which were acoepted I>y the party as its platform, and on which it carried the election, annihila- Fruodum of Though! and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIM YARNING, MAY 8, 1883. tmg the Republican majority of upwards of a hundred thousand of the preceding year. Noj Democrat, that wo are aware of, ever maintain? Ed that those resolves were a pence platform. As tho condition of the country has not essoni tially changed, they stand to this day as the au thorized exposition of the views of the New/ York Democracy. While the Democratic party of Now York thus gives expression to tho sentiments in which it can unite, tho not less patriotic Democracy of Pennsylvania, in the exercise of an equal freedom, will do the same. 'There will be no rivalry between them except to see which State I will give the heaviest Democratic majority.— When, tho following year, the States meet in national convention, the discrepancies (if any) in the party creeds of the several States will be reconciled and harmonized, and all will thence forward keep step to the same music and march, in compact array to assured victory. We are determined that no act of ours shall be an im pediment to this consummation, on which is staked the dearest hopc3 of our torn aud bleed ing country. It is implied, of course, that the road to this I result lies through free speech and untrammcled j political action. If the administration should suppress discussion and interfere with the free dom of elections, these indisjiensable rights will 1 be defended at all hazards. On this subject our trumpet has given and will give no uncertain sound. When these rights are invaded we shall be ashamed and disappointed if there are any persons professing to be peace Democrats, But so long as free voting is allowed we deprecate revolution; and, in the hope of early redress through the ballot-box, we think it "better to sutler those ills we have than fly to others that we know tiot of." From the Johnstown Democrat. THOUGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE. WE STILL MOVE. Under the inspiring influcneeof the lung con tinued cry for "rigorous and uiiconitrronunng war" against the rebels, we are brought to a knowl edge of a scries of the most successful—-not to to say brilliant—achievements. Net deeming it necessary to go back in review of the events of the past two years of civil war, we design merely to glance at a few of the most impor tant movements forJjiu. J--Ucuitsdiuu.ill.(- bellion, whWB ."rtTim tJii • the reader can make a fair estimate of the general character and progress of the war lor the Union ' (Negro 1) First comes that brilliant achievement before Charleston S. C., in which after an expendi ture of about a million and a half of "green backs,'' (which you know are very cheap just now,) ami the loss of only one iron-clad and the disabling of several others, wo succeeded in showing the world that that port is effectually blockade!—all assertions to tlie contrary, not withstanding. It will be remembered that months ago vessels were purchased, loaded with stone in New England, taken down to Charles ton, and sunk in the harbor to prevent vessels from communicating with the city; but, ns the thing was likely to prove a failure, the au gust Administration, in its wisdom, conceive 1 the brilliant idea of submerging the National Treasury in the harbor. It has just been done, and the result is more than could have been ex pected—not (i sinyle vessel am yet to the city I On the Rappahannock all is quiet as yet, but "Fighting Joe" husgflt his men up to prime fighting trim with his onions and potatoes, and although delayed by the rains, (or reins,) is res ting uneasily on his porch like a falcon about to spring. The long expected movement is shortly to bo made—if it don't rain. Vicksluirg, it is true, has been a knotty case. The place is nut captured yet,but we have dug a canal two canals—several canals, fur the purpose of getting around what couldn't In got over, but like Pillow's ditches, they are on the wrong side of the entrenchments The Missis-j sippi has acted badly In refusing to co-opcratc j with the pick and shovel in our military exca vation attack on Vicksbnrg. Put the expedi tion has not been finally abandoned. We are 1 now waiting for the completion of a new in vention, in the shape of a leaver (lovelier; (by an 1 ingenious Yankee Gentleman, who is in the full confidence of the Administration) which will be powerful enough to lift Vicksbnrg entirely out of the way of the gunboats. Gen. Rurnsidc is carrying on an active cam-' paign against those butternut people in Indiana who "cheer for Jell' Davis and the Southern confederacy," and "who print disloyal newspa pers." 'l'hcy are sent South to Gen. Rosccrans. The public will be glad to know that the roads are good, and no fears need be entertained that the General will get stuck in the mud in this new field of service. The people of Indianap olis are warned by the commanding General of the dire consequences of "wearing Ihitternut and Copperhead badges." This plan of keeping down po pnlar sentiment is none the less good because it Ims been borrowed from the Austrian and other tyrants. Six persons were arrested in Cairo Ills., a J few days ago, and were instantly hung—that is, we have heard church members here say such persons "ought to he hung," and as there arc as yood people at Cairo as they arc, who would come to the sarno conclusion, why of" course the copperheads must have been hung. Gen. Keyes, at Norfolk, Va., issues a proc lamation, notifying the people that "on the ap proach of the enemy to any town or village in this department, such town or village will bo immediately fired on." A correspondent of the N. Y- Tribune says: "It has had the eifcct to stir up the fears of women and children, and tim id people generally." Of course; and this shows that the work of crushing the "rebel monster" is progressing finely in Gen. Keycs' department. It is reported in diplomatic ciroles that Sec jjLlary Seward has fbrwu 1. '. •. second lifepateU I |i Minister Adams, "in which Great Britain is |Tamed of the cdwesjueii&t of sending more Al- Übainna to prey on our commerce." Of course Mr. Seward knows what he is about—being a Sly-boots himself, lie knows that Great Brit tin is in ignorance of the fact that we haven't nptured the first Alabama yct-und that we hav- Vp't more than about cleared ourselves in the i|pht with the rebels generally. Under these circumstances, of course the consequences to Great Britain of sending out ten or fifteen iron cads to prey on our commerce in the name of tie Confederacy, would be awful. Of course Ninister Adams will confer with his govern npnt and his government will accordingly recede aid ask pardon.— Bully for Seward! •Gov. Andrews, of Mass., is sueceding admi ssibly with his negro regiment, and lias already, j||tcr only about six or eight months activity, Bceecded in recruiting two or three companies fomall sections of the Union, and costing only ibout twice as much in bounties, Ac., for each (eeriiit as white soldiers. True, under the late Conscription Act colored soldiers can be had cheaper, but what is the use—monry is nothing |iow. j Gen. Seheiiek, commanding at Baltimore, ] ins discovered new agents of disloyalty. The Winds and the weather, it was found, had eon tpired to discolor, disfigure, and dilapidate the fetar-spangled banners" that floated from the ! (ops of certain hotels, &c., and the General be lieving audi a state of things to IKS inimical to the honor of the Government, ordered tho own frs of tho buildings forthwith to replace them With new ones'. Some cavalier may object to Schench's patriotism as not lieing of the right sort, because he would not stick to the old flag as long as there was a rag of it left, but this Jr. of no account. Brave and heroic General i £chcnck! -1 Las Bonifacio! A has ragged bun- Jjng! Commercially wo have no reason to complain, 'Vc had heretofore great difficulty in procuring Cotton; so much o indeed, that for several months past our large and worthy President has been compelled to "keep his shirt on." Wo have now hit upon a new plan. Col. Hell has {Succeeded in trading off a fine lot of "likely niggers" for a cargo of cotton, and it is presum ed no ditficulty in this respect will ho experi enced hereafter, as "contrabands' are plenty willi an unward tendency. „ *rtusiirn~ntn.' "vrtiTTt wliti rtiv fl>n"gtug rvi donees of progress, tho burning of Jacksonville, Fla., and of Palmyra, Tenn., the destruction of millions of dollars worth of private proper ty in the south ; the robbing of private houses of costly furniture and carpels, and public li braries of books, to grace the parlors and shelves of Yankee patriots and divines; the im prisonment of giddy, gossipping secession wo men ; the arrest and sending back to Dixie of two girls who visited Washington to purchase wedding clothes; and the thousand and one other nets of a belligerent and restraining na ture, it is clearly indicated that the "rebel mon ster" is bein: "vigorously" pushed to the wall. Vwe in Abraham J., urnamed •The ltuil . splitter' AN AMERICAN. THE "DEVII.."—Here is a description of the mysterious thing called the "Devil," which the Confederates captured from our lleetnt Charles ton: "An iron frame floated to the water edge by pontoons, is pushed ahead of the Monitor as she runs in. Its length from the bow of the Monitor is from twenty to thirty foot. An ap erture is made next to the vessel, of the shape of hor bows, intended to receive it. The breadth of the "obstruction remover" is twelve feet.--- From each side of the extremity n strong iron bar or shaft runs down also 12 fuel, the Moni tor drawing liuin eight to ten led ot water, tho> rendering iiiiposdhli-. for any torpedoes ovui which tin- "(ibii'll t a. ; i liivVe:" pas. vto in jure the vessel. "A numb'-i i f iron bai.- tire used, not only < to form the net weak so as to either push lot ward or explode every torpedo less than 12 feet under water, but also to strengthen and steady the niastr. At the lot torn a heavy tie bar u" nitcs these two vertical roils, upon which rests the percussion torpedo, containing seven hun dred pounds of powder. Above tliis is a ham mer which catches in a spring so stiff as to re quire two men to set it, but constructed so that the lever which protrudes in front, forming the handle or other end of the hammer, will cause the spring to give with little pressure. This is to remove piles." This "Devil" was invented by Capt. Erics son at N. York, to clear channels of torpedoes and other obstructions. He sent four of the machines down,- but three were lost in a gale. The other arrived safely at Hilton Head. J'rof. Winchell, State Geologist of Michigan, reports that tho whole central area of the State, embracing one hundred and eighty-seven town ships, or six thousand seven hundred square miles, is underlaid by coal seams, ranging in thickness from three to five feet. Mines have been opened in several places, three at Jackson and one at Corunna, which last year yielded over twenty-five thousand tons. The coal re sembles that in the Illinois beds in quality. tv'The Illinois Central Company have sold over sixty thousand acres of land during the last four months to upward of one thousand purchasers, for 8677,715,32. —The cash pay ments in the same period have been $360,120,- 50. fcfTlie editor of tho New Orleans Times says the corsets worn by the ladies of that city will bear a monstrous strain, judging from a lady lie saw, who was so nearly cut in two that a man might be amenable for bigamy should he marry i Her. WHOLE NIIMIIER, 30*16 VOL, 0 NO 40. Modtiug of Colorod Citizens. [HejiorteJ foi the boston Courier.J Aii enthusiastic meeting of cukirti! citizens war. held, a lew ovenings since, lu the cellar of G. Washington Jctfer.son, North street. Tltoy were called together hy the luminous of tin in tiuential committee, for the purpose of consiiJ ering the proposition of raising a colored regi ment in Massachusetts. G'tosiu- Augustus Crow, Laq., was muted to the chair, uud Julius Epamiaoiila. Totiey was requested to act as secretary. Upon taking the chair, Mr. Crow opened the meeting with the following eloquent remarks: "Fellah Citizens and Culler'd liredren; We is 'seinhled in desu yere spacious halls on a most momenterous 'casiou. 'hellion has played liob wid dis yere country, so dat white folk* is all skecred, and now dey calls 011 us to save de na tion. liredren is we ekal to do it ! (Voice — "Weiim!" and vociferous cheers.) Yes, fellah citizens, is twenty-five tousan' niggers rnore'n tree hund'd tousan' white ment dat's de ques tion! (Voice —"Day is," and renewed stamps on the cellar tloor.) Deui beiu' yer sentiments, Mr. Toney'll please read de revolutions what's been drawn up." Mr. Crow sat down upon a barrel afliidst a storm of cheers peculiarly African. The secretary then read the following reso lutions: 1. Where show, lookin' back tru dc vista ob dis war, we don't see notbin* eucuragin', and looki T tru de represpeek ahead, things looks wus'ii ever, resolved, sumthin's got to be done! 'J. Resolved, white folks lmiiit done notbin'. , waio to crut dui -i hub/ Ahby Lielm. J:o 5..-x ting, JJin ili lat . tut ivs'.'in Irishman direct from the tod had get iiito u muss, and was knocked down •And sure you woulda't be after Latin' iwnau when he is down!" said I'ut "Certainly not," said hi* antagonist "I'm.x, then I'll just luy where I am." Mr A man who cover? himself with costly apparel and neglects his mind, is like one who illuminates the outside of his house and sits within the dark. utirln life we shall find many men that arc great and some men that are good, but very few men'that are both great uud good. MrThrce things can never agree,—two cats over one mouse, two wiVes in one house, and two lovers after one girl. MT A man ceases to be a "good fellow" the moment he refuses to do precisely woat othei people wish him to do. c-irNo man can avoid his own company- -so Re had best make it as good as possible. MTllyrou said lie would rather have a nod from an-American than a snuff box from an Etn pcroi. Mr A cat of extraordinary intelligence whs recently seen feeding a kitten with starch, to make it stand upright! This reminds us of a maid who drank H pint of yenst to make bei rise early. i •• J I'MUI.RS. —Three EGGS , one cap of Liliti-i, tw.o cwps of sugar;-one-half cup of nlllk or cream; one teaspoon fill of pfearlfish , fioiw c nough to i"<)ll them out--