TSB BEDFORD GAZETTE „ rtBLISHEU EVER* FRIDAY HORMNO BY 11. F. SSEVERS, tht> fo'iowing terms, to willt M 00 per snimm, if psiJ within the yr. fr, .. << if not paid wihtr <•'■. !. -•; • . * • —; J service as the public exigencies may require. The quota of each ward of a city IOW n, town-; ship, precinct or election district of a county, ] where tho county is not thus divided, shall be, as nearly as. possible, in proportion to the num ber of men resident therein liable to reader military service, taking inio account, as far as practicable tho number which has boon previ ously furnished On ascertaining and filling the quota, there is to be iaittu into account the number of men who have heretofore entered into the naval service of the United Suites, and whoso nam:." are already returned to the ollice uf the Provost Marshal (deacr.il. If the quotas shall not be tilled within the tim designated by the President, the provost marshal is to make a draft for the number defi cient: hut all volunteers wl.o may culist after the draft shall have been ordered and before it shall bo actually uiaile, shell be deducted from (ho number ordered to be drafted in any wind, town, township, precinct or election district or county. If tho quota of aiiy-district shall nut he filled up the draft made in accordance with the provisions of this act, and the law to which this is an iunendment, further crafts shall ho made, and like proceedings had, until Iho quota of such district shall be tilled. Persons enrolled may furnish at any time pre vious to the draft an acceptable substitute who is not liable to tljo draft, and such person thus furnishing n substitute shall be exempt from draft, not exceeding tho time for which such substitute shall have bcerj accepted. Any person drhftcd may before tho time fix ed for Ins appearance fur duty at Ihe draft or rendezvous furnish an acceptable substitute, subject to such rules and regulations as may bo prescribed by the Secretary of VVar. If any drafted person shall hereafter pay money for the procuration of a substitute, such payment shall only operate to relievo the person from draft on tiiat call, and his name snail bo retain ed on Ihe roll, and ho shall be subject to drait in filling that quota; and his uamo shail he re tained on the roll in filling future quotas; but "in no instance shall the exemption of any per son, on account of his payment of commuta tion money for tho procuration of a substitute oxtend beyond ono year; but at tho end ot one j year, in every such case, the nam" of any per son so exempted shall bo enrolled again, it not before returned to tho enrollment, list under tho provision of this section. Boards of enrollment aro required to. enroll nil persons liable to draft, whose names may have IK-CTI omitted by the proper f moiling of ficers—alt persons who shall arrive at tho ago of twenty years before tho draft; ail aliens who, shall declare t'.cir intentions to become citizens; I all teraor.3 discharged from tho military or nav- j al service of the U. H. who have not oson iu such survico two years during the present war, | and all persona who have bsen exempted under the provisions of the second section of the en rollment act, hut who are not exempted by the provisions of tho present act; and tho said boards of enrollment shall release and discharge from draft all persons who between the time of tho enrollment nnd the draft, shall have arrived nt the age of forty-five years, and shall strike the names of such porsons from tho enrollment. Any mariner or able or ordinary seaman, who shall lie drafted, shall havo the right, with in eight days after tho notification of Such draft, Ito enlist in the naval service as ft seaman, and ! bo exempt from the dra r t. Any person now !in tho liiilitarv s-: vice of the United States, j who shall furnish satisfactory proof that he is a mariner by vocation or an able seaman, may MARCH 4, 1804. enlift in the navy under such rules and regain- ' lions'as may be proscribed by tbe President of tbe I?. States, provided that such enlistment 'j shall not bo less than the unexpired term of bis 1 mili% n service nor for lees than cue year.— | And the bounty money which any mariner or ! i seaman enlisting from the army into the r ivy j may |hve received from the United Hint s, or from Vie Slate in which he enlisted in the arinv, ■ shun lie deducted from ihe piize money to wLich I he m*w become entitled during the li no requir f'-c 1 ti\ ."omplele kit military service; and pro vided further that the whu'a number of such ' • enlistments shall not exceed ten thous | ami. Enlistments in tbo naval service arc to be' ' credited to tho draft. The following persons are exempted from en-' i rollmcnt and draft, namely: Such as are reject ed as [tbjcically or man tally unfit for the ser vice; all peri on s actually hi the military or naval service of tbo United States at tbe time of the draft, and nil persons who have served in the military or naval service two years dar ing the present war and Ijccii honorably dis charge 1; and no prc3oii3 but such as are herein 1 exempted shall be exempt. Ho much ol' the enrollment act as provides for two of enrollment, is repealed, and they | j are noV consolidated. j Any person forcibly resisting, or aiding to re sist or oppose the enrollment, etc.. sbtll, npoft j conviction thereof in any court competent to try the offense, be punished by a fine nut exceeding live thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding live years, or both of these punish- ! meals ia the discretion of the court, in case j where assaulting, obstructing, hindering or im peding fhal! produce ti:c death of the olfieor or other person, the offender sifail ba daemed guilty of murder, and on conviction, shall bo punished with death. T'hv Secretary of War is authorized to detail \ ad litionak surgeons tor temporary duty in the examination of drafted persons and he is au | thorized to permit or require boards ot exami- ! j nation to hoid their examinations at different | points within their enrollment districts, to boi determeu by him; l'rovost marshals, boards of enrollment, or ! any momb r thereof has power to summon wit-1 nasscs in behalf of ili3 government and enforce | I their attendance. I M-mbers of religious denominations, who' j &al! t I j arms, ar.d who arc prohibited frcrri doing so by ; tbo rules and ■ rtic.es of faith and practice of such religious denomination, shall, when drafted! into tbe military servtc3, ba considered uou-com batants, an ! shall be assigned by tho Secretary of War to duty in the hospitals, or to the c: re , of freukucn, or Stall pay tfaosuai ;f fhrea bun-! drcd dollar?, to be applied to the bc.icfu of the : sick anil wounded soldiers; provided, no person j shall bo entitled to the benefit of this rection ; unless declaration of conscientious scruples a-! gainst bearing arms shall ba supported by asl- ! isfactory evidence that his deportment lifts been [ uniformly consistent with such declaration. j No person of foreign birth shall, on account of alienage, be oxempted from enrollment or ; draft, who lifts at a:tv time assumed tho rights , | of a citizen, bv voting at tiny election held uu j dor tne authority of tuo laws of any Sta'a or , territory, or of liie UnitetJ Htatcs, or who has I iioid any otli :o under sai l lawor any of them, ; | but the fact that such persons of foreign birth ' | tins voted or held, or shall vote or hold office, 1 shall be taken as conclusive evidence, that he j | is not entitled to exemption front military ser vice on account of alienage. Any person drafted and liable to render mil-1 itary service, who shall procure exemption by fraud or false representations, is to be deemed a ] deserter, aud held to servico for the full term ! for which ho v. as dratted, reckoning from the 1 time of his arrest; Provide:!, tho Secretary of War may order tbe discharge of all persons in • the military service who arc nctkr the ago of"j eighteen years at the time of the application fir their discharge, whoa it shall appear upon dec proof that such persons arc ia tho servico : without the consent, cither express or implied, j, of their ' parent., or guardians; and provided j, that suoh persons, their parents or guardians, i shall first repay to the government and to the j' Stales and local authorities all bounti sand ad- j v.uico pay which have been paid to them. I Any person who shall procure dr attempt to j procure a fake report from the surgeon or tho I board of enrollment, concerning the physical j ■condition of any drafted person, or a decision j in favor of such person oy ihe boii' J of enroll ment, upon a cluiin to exemption, knowing the j same to bo false, shall, upon conviction in any , district or circuit court of the United States, ! 1 bo punished by imprisonment for tho period for j which the party was drafted. The fee of agent and attorneys for making j out und causing to bo executed papers in sup- I port of a claim for exemption from draft, or I for n:iy servico rendered to the claimant, shall! not in any case exceed five, dollars; and physi-. cians or surgeons furnishing certificates of die- , ability, and any officer, clerk or ed with the board of enrollment, who shall re-! ceiva compensation from any drafted man for ! any services, or obtaining the performance of; such service required from any member of the , board by the provisions of this act, shall l>e j guilty of a high misdouieauor, and on conviction lined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and i shall also bs subject to imprisonment for a term ; not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the j court. No members of tho board of enrollment and : no-surgeon dolailcd or employed to assist the ; board of enrollment, and no clerk, assistant, j or employee of any provost marshal or board of'enrolimcnt, shall, directly, or indirectly, bo engaged in- procuring or attempting to proem j substitute for persons drafted or liable to he I drafted, and ;.ny surgeon making a false or in- , correct report, or shall wilfully neglect to make . ' a faithful inspection and true report, and any WH®/,E NUMBER, B©SS YOL. 7, NO 31- ' members of the board of enrollment who shall wilfully agree to discharge from service any drafted person who is not legally and properly discharged, are to be punished by flue and im prisonment. i All able-bodied male colored persons between tiic nges of twenty and forty-five years, resident in the United States, shall be enrolled accord ing to the provisions of the enrollment act and to this amendatory art, and form part of the national forces j nut when a slave of a loyal master shall be drafted mid mustered into tlicr service of the United States, his master shall have a certiti*. 'to thereof, and thereupon such j slave shall be free, and the bounty of one hun dred dollars, now payable by law for each l drafted man, shn'l be paid to the person to ! why.u bu h drafted person was oftbng service or labor at the time of Lis muster iuto the service of the U. States. Tire Secretary of War shall appoint a ooraqrsxioner in each of the States represented la Conges?, charged to award to i each loyal person to whom tho colored volun teer may owe sen :- a a jut compensation, not I exceeding three hundred dollars, to each such color"! votuatoer, payable out of the fjnd dc ' rived from commutations: and every such ; colored volunte :r on being ruustered inlo the | iWrvico.shall be free. And in all case where men of color have been .Vretofore enlisted who have volunteered in the military servic, all t!io i provisions of this act, so far as the payment of i bounty and compensation are provided, shall | be equally applicable to those who may be herc j after recruited, lint men of color, drafted or enlisted, or who may volunteer in the military i service, while ihcy shall bo credited on the quo tas of the several States, or subdivisions of States, wherein they are respectively drafted or shall volunteer, shall not be assigne 1 as State troops, but shall be mustered into regiments or j companies as United States colored volunteers. I ihe words, ptveints and election districts as ured in this act, nre not. to bo constructed to j require anv gubdivi ion, for purpore of enroll ment and dixft, lc-3 than the wards into which any city y;- village may be divided, or than the j the towns or townships in which any county I may be divided. Our Gold Fields. j The extent and value of tiic mineral rcsour ' ces 01 the United States aru no-,v a subject of ! pb*'rfs : oUVPOIi n rtf?(i ,, mP,'W t c ' of silver and gold, the wholo world must oven j tuaily bo tributary. In an interesting paper ! lately ad Iresxd bv Mr. E. E. Dunbar lo the Traveller's Club, of New York, we find some startling observations upon the vast mineral | lido j on the eastern and wcslcrn slopes of the Hooky Mountains, greater, as lie says, in extent ' and yielding more abundantly of the precious | metals than atij' other part of the globe. Yet, i ho continues, wo do not begin to comprehend i the extent and value of these mineral fields, ; though they arc now yielding a hundred millions | per annum, and "I believe that some who now j hear tnc will live to roe our yield of precious : metals a thousand millions a year." Thsterri- I toiies of Dakotah, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nc- , ] vuda, New Mexico and Arizona will, under tho i inducements of their gold deposits, soon become , ! prosperous and powerful States. I Judge Dory, lately Superintendent of Indian ; Alfpirs in T",* ; i, and now appointed Governor of the Territory of Colorado, has travelled more than three thousand nil!-s in lito region of the ' Territories above named. Whilo the gold fields j of that region a'e ail of vast richness and ex- : tent, ho considers Idaho us more productive of I gold than any other portion of it, not excepting Colorado. Gold in Idaho is found not only in ' placer diggings, but in quartz lodes, from which 1 it is more easily separated than from tho iron pyrites wherein it is found in Colorado. Sonic 1 of the ore which he caused to be assayed recent- ' iy in New York yielded twenty-eight per cent. 1 of pure gold. lie says of those mines which lie found to exist in luaho, that if thoU. States ( Government; could work miy one of them, it would y u hi enough to pay off tho entire Nation al debt. The extent of this gold region is moro th ai three hundred and fifty miles in length and icvtvUli. ft is situated about four hundred miles north of Salt Lake city, upon tho head waters of the Missouri and Yellow Stone and other rivers. It is believed that Colorado and Idaho will, i even in tho current year, produce more gold than , California,*nnd tho product will bo rapidly nug- with the increase of population. Theso mines nco taken up by the first comers, under regulations which the miners establish for them- , selves, and without paying tribute or tax or roy- , alfy, in any form, to the Government of tho U. , States. What, with tho homestead act and the absence of any tax on mineral products, the national domain is alionated from tho Govern ment and people of the United States, the ugh , this common property might be so administered , us to save tho Government from bankruptcy, , i and relievo tho people from a grievous burden , j of taxation. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury suggests neces sary legislation for the purpose of obtaining di j rect ravenae from tho gold-bearing lands of tho Government on their product, and it Is under ■ stood that a proposition will be offered in tho ' House for tho creation of a standing committee |on mines and mining. The miners of (Jalifor- 1 j nia, controlling as they do the legislation of that : j State, bavo hitharto resisted and defeatod every ; Stato taxation upon their product, and hence 1 | tho Stato taxes fall upon other interests. It is known, however, that tho mining population i have roccntly expressed, through aufhorizod a ! gcncy to tho Government, a willingness to be i subjected by the Government lo a reasonable tnx on their good product, in consideration of mili tary protection to be afforded by the Govern ' ment to their interests. This is thb time tor tho j adoption of some general policy on the subject. ' —Agt. _ Rates of 2U>tjrrfislna. One Square, three weekeor len |IN One Square, each additional insertion leas than three montbi %$ 3 MONTHS. 8 MONTHS. 1 TIAH One square* $3 00 $4 00 $8 00 Two squares 400 500 0 Three squares 500 700 18 4 Column . 600 900 18 00 i Column 800 12 00 20 t i Column ....... 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column ...... 18 00 30 00 50 00 Administrafors'nndKxecutors' notices $9.80, Au ditors'notices $1.50. i/ under 10 lines. $2.00 if more than a square anil less than 20 lines. Ketrays, $1.95, if b u ; one head is advertised, 25 cents for every additional head. The space occupied by ten lines of this sue ol type reuntsone square. All fractions of a square under five lines will be measured as a half square and all over five lines as a full square. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand in* them in. Southern Women. The correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, na abolition paper, in one of his letters from Tennessee, writes ns follows of Southern wo men : "I shall never be done admiring the pa- • triottc fnith and undying devotion of the loyal women of the land, but I must fell you that tho rebel women of tho South are worthy in every thing Lut a sacred cause, of their Northern sis ters. There is nothing limy will not surrender with a smile; the gemmed ring, tho diamond bracelet, the rich wardrobe. They cut up tho rich % carpets for soldiers* blankets, without a sigh; they take the fino linen from their ncrsona for the bandages.—When 400 of Longatreet'a men came up to Nashville, prisoners of war, about the roughest, dirtiest, wildest fellows the sun ever shone on, and a flight of stairs in tho building they occupied fell, killing and wound-* ing n largo number of them, you should havo seen tho fair young traitoresees come forth from the old aristocratic mansions, bearing rcstora ! lives and delicacies in their hands, mingling in tlfj dingy crowd, wiping away the blood with their white handkerchiefs, and muttering words of cheer; should havo seen them doing this, with hundreds of Union soldiers all around, and smiling back upon tho rough blackguards of reb els as they left. But in all there was a defiant air, a pri.ie in their Immunity strange to see. Of a truth they carried it off grandly. And almost all those girls wore in mourning for dead rebels, brothers, lovers, friends, whom these same girls had sneered into treason and driven into rebellion, and billowed nil the South with their graves, and the least they could do wa3 to wear black for them and flaunt from the win dow blinds. Clothed be their souls in sackcloth! I said they were worthy of their sisters at the North, in all but a righteous cause, but I said wrong. There is a bitterness, there are glimpses of the Pythoness, that makes you shrink fru;n them. But they are fearfully earnest; (hot are almost grand in self-sacrifice. Oh, were true utul loving daughters of the oIJ ilagt Sa Ganteii. Never complain of your birth, your employ-' ment, your hurdships; never fancy that you could be something if you only had a different lot and sphere assigned to you.—God under stands his own plan, and he knows what you want better than you do. The very things yon mo®t dcnrociato as fatal limitations or oils true-' yo'S'eS'nuiolfc'bly w hatyou most want. What are probablyUo'V¥9pp{itvkuittticiif ana it is noth in" new that the patient should dislike his medi cines, or any cot-tain proof thai they arc poisons. No! a truce to all such impatience. Choke that envy which gnaws at your heart, because you are not in tho sauio lot with others; bring down your soul, or rather bring it up to receive God's will, and do his work, in your lot, in your sphere, under your cloud of obscurity, against your temptations, and then you shall find that your condition is never opposed to your good, but consistent with it. A Republican member of Congress says, "though Mr. Lincoln is not perhaps a man of great parts, ho is certainly a very cunning -man." On tho contrary we affirm that Mr. Lincoln has snmc very great farts. His feet, tor instance, are (he greatest we ever saw on mortal man. And then, wo novor saw bui ono animal that can match his curs. Then his raoui.h is liko the gate wnv to a tomb. His hands are liko elephant's cars, lie certainly ha:s a goodly number of groat parts. And as for his cunning, if lie has that, it is not a thing for- a man to boast of; for, as a great French author says, "cunning loads to kna very." Merely cunning men are almost invaria bly great rogues. Addison says, "Cunning lias only private, selfish ends, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed." Not a single member of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet has an intel lect above grade, of cunning, and two or three of them have not even that.—Dag Bos!:. erOongKs the other day, after hard coaxing on the part of tho Democrats, ordorcd 10,000 additional copies of Gen. McClcllan's report to be printed. 100,000 copies ought to have boon ordered, to meet the pressing demand for thorn, Every Congressman has received hundreds of applications, by letter, for copies of i lie report* and j'ct has less than one hundred to givo. No cflicial document ever before was so universally sought after* It shows that Gen. McClcllan has this day ihoconGuenco of the people'in. a larger degree than any other public man.— True Dan. We nre authentically informed that General Bumside said in this city, lust week, that out of .10,000 "contrabands" in the department as signed to htm, full ono half died within a your owing to destitution, starvation and disease. Abolition of slavery lias thus become, practical ly, abolition of tho negro; and reasonable re duction must teach us that this species of "phil anthropy" could have no other result. We do not observe that tho radical papors hero make any allusion to tho statement of Gen. Burn aido on this subject.— Riston Courier. AN INCIDENT. —One of the coaches that left this city fbr Chilicotho, last week, carried a colored man on the outride, the inside seats be ing comfortably filled. Whoa a short distance on tho road some of tho inside passengers pro posed to mako room for tho negro. This was objected to by the other passengers, among them a Federal army officer and the proposition drop ped. A few miles farther on a woman with a child was waiting to take passage and those passengers who opposed tho negroe's coming in at once endeavored to mako room for tho we man, but those who wero so desirous of admit ting tho negro, refused to givo any room for the woman and the coach passed on without her. Wo givo tins as an illustration of tho tendency of tho time.*— CirclwiUe (O.) Democrat. fcrTho boor likos bettor the breath of his ttV jtn, than tbo prince the pomatum of hispalaw, \