THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is PUBLISHED EVER* FRIDAY MORM.NO BY B. F. MBYBitS, At the following tortns, to wit i S3 00 o*r annum, if paid within the year. S3.fio " " 'f not within the Year. rjgwNo vubarription taken Inr leas than si* months IjyNa piper discontinued until all alte iragea are paid, unless at the option of the fmblUhei. It has been decided by the United State* Courts that the stoppige of a newspaper without ths payment of arrearages, is prima fa'ci* evidence oi Iran,! and as a criminal offence. (jyThe rbtirta have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, if they take the til from the post ofiice, whether tliey subscribe for them, or not. darts. . =ss= BBPY M- ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, FA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining coun ties. Military claims, back pay, bounty, ike., kneedilv collected. Office with Mann & Spang. on Juliana street, two doors South of the Mangel Houseman. 32,_'64. fev.Bankisis flfowse. have opened a Bank of Discount and Deposit, in Bettfoid, Pa. Money lent and taken on deposit, and collections mede on moderate terms. They also have lands in lowa, Minnesota, Wiscon sin. Missouri and Nebraska, for sale or ttade. Bedford, Oct. 30, 1863—tf. J.ALSIP lUO.N, Auctioneers & Commission • BEDFORD, PA. Respect fill I v solicit consignment s of Hoots and 8hoe, Dry Ooode, Groceries. Ctothinc. and nil louds of Merchandise FOR AUCTION and PlU\ ALH. hale, REFERENCES. PHIt.ADttt.SHiA, BEDFORD, Philip Ford & Co., Hon. Job Mann, . Boyd tk Hough, Hon. W . J . Dauglieity, Armor Young k Bros., U- * • M) • January 1, 1864—t1. ~j. lTmarboueg-, m. D. Having permanently located, respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. . (jyOffice on Jitltanna street, opposite the Bank, one door north of John Palmer's office. Bedford, February 12, 1861. 5717 ak K us, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Btdford, Pa. Will promptly attend to alt business entrusted to kit care. Military claims speedily collected. Office on Juliana street, opposite the po.t uflice. Bedford, September 11, 1863. F. M. KIMMILI.. I. W. LIKGKNPPLTSR, KIKMELL FC LIKOEKPELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA 07"Have lormed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South of the "Mengel House." JOB MAHM. ' 0. 11. SPANO. MANR&SPANfI. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. The undersigned have associated themselves in the Practice ot the Law, and will attenJ promptly; to all business entrusted to their cate in Bedford and adjoining counties. (jyOffice on luliana Street, three donrt pouth •f the "Mengel House," opposite the residence ot Maj. Tate. Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861. . JOHN P • REED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Respectfully tenders his services to the Public. B3T"Office aecond door North of the Merge! Reuse. Bedford, Acg, 1, 1861. 40IIN PALME R . ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA- promptly attend to all business entrus ted to his rare. Office on Julianna Street, (near ly opposite the Mengel House.) Bedford, Aug. 1, ISGI. A. H. COFFROTH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, fiemsrsal, Pa Will hereafter practice refitilaily in 'he several Courts of Bedford county. Business entrnsted to his care will be faithfully attended to. December 6, 1861. SAMUEL KETT'ERM AN, BEDFORD, PA., B7"Would hereby notify the citizen* of Bedford • county, that he has movej ro the Borough of Bed ford, where he may at all times be found b- persons wishing to see him, unless absent upon business pertaining to bis office. Bedford, Aug. 1,1861. JACOB RBID, - J. J, SCUILJ., REED AND SfIIELL. BANKERS A DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, BEDFORD, PENN'A. ay DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made •ad money promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. gT. _ CHARLES HOTEL, CORNER OF WOOD TND TTTFTLD STREETS r I T T S U H. a- 11, P A HARRY SHIRLS PROPRIETOR. April 19 1861. RICBAIM) JLI CK MANUFACTURER OF V "•BINET-WARE, CHAIRS, EIC., I*"— OFOFJD, PA. b.-_ -"-raged in tbe Cabinet- Tbe undersigned being "der and keep on making Business, will mak'e to v. 'ore. bend every tbing in his line of manufat.— -TJ BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, P-- LOR AND EXTENSION TABLES, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WASH STANDS, SC., 6>C. •11l be furnished at *ll pricea, and to anit every testa. POFFIN3 will also be made to oru-r. Q7*Pl*mpt attention paid to all orders for work. 07-Sbop on West Pitt Street, neatly opposite the residence of Qeorge Sbucz. , t ,„ RICbARD ~1-.0. July 10, 1863—tf TillilOora&cI, Grocers, W NORTH TIIfRtJ STREET, ABOVE CALI.OWIIII.It, PHILADELPHIA-. fUr sftf, 1863—1y. A. A. SHUMWAY & CO.,* "" " Natntficiurere and Vfb.ole4.iTt Dcatr.re l . Boots &s Shoes, Ne. 91 Harkst Street, and 910 Church Alley, PHILADELPHIA Majnh.'V VOLUME 39. NEW SERIES. Select JJotlrn. Froui the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. LYRICS FOR THE TIMES. BY PETER •EPPERCORN A The Bayonet and tlio Ballot. TUNE— "Coming through the Rye." "A pointed.argument in favor of tree elections." if you meet, no matter who, Coming up to vote, , Without a nigger on bis ticket, Take him by the ihroat. If he will not vote for Abe, Pray what light has lie Wheic the Bayonet rules the Ballot And the polis are free (to all that vote lor Abra ham.) If he oilers to resist yon, Fiom your pocket draw The test oath, should lie dare refuse it, Swear he's broke the law, And quickly brand him as a traitor. For whit right has he Where the Bayonet rules the Ballot, And the polli eie freo.(to all that vote for Abra ham.) If this (r, m the pell should drive him, Mark him on your cant, But the, ild he Still persist in voting, Call the Provost guard , And let him take him oQ' to prison, For what right has he, I Where the Bayonet rules the Ballot, And the polis are free (to all that vote for Abra ham,) When election day is over, Yon may let him slide, And swear it was a fair election On the winning side. Shoddy papers will sustain you, For {he seke of fro, Where the Bayonet rules th Ballot, And the polls are free (to all that vote for Abra ham.) —. ... i.. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. All contributions 1o this column mud be addressed to "Simon -syntax, Box J3, Bedford, l'a," CONVENTION OF COUNTY SUPER INTENDENTS, The Convention of County Superintendents met in Hurrisburg, January 12, 1804, and con tinued in session Hires day*. The proceedings wero interesting und some of them profitable, but fur a full auconnt of tlitin \vu must refcv our readers to the I'cnnsyivania School Journal. We have a word to say about one of the many interesting subjects upon which the convention acted. Mr. Waters, of Butler, introduced a resolu tion, that the convention memorialize the Legis lature to increase the school term, now establish ed by law, to more than four mouths. Mr. Bur rowes commenting in the Journal on this reso lution says: "Hie discussion on this question was perhaps the < st excitiug that took place. It was carried, however, by a majority; snow ing that the time lias come when the- matter is to be agitated, and that, too, -with suc cess before long. Several speakers rose above the trammels of local feeling on this subject, but we are much deceived if, in so doing, thoy are very far in advance of public sentiment." Wo have great respect for Mr. iiurrawes and for bis opinion as an educator; but we respect fully suggc?t that in this matter ho is greatly mistaken, lie seems not to know how numer ous and powerful are the enemies of our school system, nor to appreciate fully the diilicultios it still lius.to contend with in many parts of the Stato. lie lias doubtless studied and under stands the theory of our system thoroughly. Ho has had greater opportunity to do this than any other man living. But he has not mingled with the peoplo to learn whether his theories are acceptable to them or not. His whole courso of life has been such ns to bring him into contact with the friends of the system, and not with its enemies; and we strongly sus pect that this has led him to think it has few enemies or none at all. Those who have batter opportunity to learn "public sentiment" on this subject, than he has, know too well that many of his favorite educational theories are bitterly denounced by thousands of.men of respectabil ity and influence in their several communities. Ho should remember to "let good enough alone.'' There is a limit beyond which neither lie nor any stther educator can go with impunity. But lie says "the resolution passed by n ma jority." So it did. But lie forgets to say tlat a I resolution similar to this was laid ou the table the day previous by nn almost unanimous vote. Why is llio public not favored with '.he whole "ion of the convention 011 this subject. ?,'• t nc.lcct his duty, or has tho Diu tho reporter . u i y f eight as fur as Journal, ns usual, r.ept. . it f, ♦!,„ ~.t possible anything 'bat conflict* ' ' 1 j views of its editor 11 Why did not Mr. Bin- o,vf '". j tell his readers that the resolution wr volca I down tho day before when the convention ex pressed its real opinion of it; but that when it, was again thrust before the convention and ho advocated it strongly, it was passed more in def crenco to hit opinion than as an actual expres sion of the opinion of those who voted tor it. Dining this Jiseuesion the Superintendent of this county made the following remarks, which we submit to our readers: S. S. Mr. Dickc.reon, of Bedford, regretted that lie could not fit this ,'imo support s -b 11 rnonniro. Our syst -m of school taz.'.t'oo li t i !ur-.g wcsii'.ed to him to bo a (-pedes i> f injustice. W 0 cc. l pel every distinct, rc;ui JICaJ of it" wcc.itt. 0 keen open it 3 KCI.OOIS four montho in cr lor to go. its State appropriation. In no mo of ch rich er parts of the State, the school.} can be kept opes four months with a tax of one, two or Freedom of Tftougbt and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11,1864. three mids to the dollar, and some can have six months school with a tax of two and u iiolf mills. It is very well for gentlemen who come from l icit counties to tu!k about increasing the school term, but iu counties where the average rate of school taxation is twelve and thirteen mills to the dollar, and Some as high as eighteen mills—nearly two per cent, on ull Ilia properly in the distrh*—it is not so light a matter. — When such enormous taxation tut this mirtbo borne there is great, danger of adding these dis trict to the long list of those r.l duly nun-ac cepting, and if we increase the school term, thus increasing the rate oi taxation—taxing as it were tire poorer districts for their very pover ty—we increase this danger. If Lancaster county, or any of our rich counties, had to pay such a rate of taxation to sufport their schools as is patiently borne in the poorer parts of the State, tiiey would have non-aeeepUng districts there also—they would discard the common schools, and either resort to_oiuer means of ed ucating their children or lot them grow up in ignorance. And yet it has become fashionable to praise these counties for their rapid school progress. dto censure the poorer counties for not making <ho same progress. The latter are really entitled to the greater credit. If uniform taxation for school purpose.', in stead of by districts, could be secured he might be in favor of the measure. But this is neither proposed by the resolution, nor desired by. those who advocate it. The friends of this met,sure know it will not be burdensome to the rich coun ties they represent, and they seeTn to core very little how burdensome to the people, or rrinous to the system it mny be in parts of the State not so favorably situated. The recommendation that the resolution con- , tains, to increase the tiiato appropriation, may look very well on paper, but everyone acquaint ed with tho condition cf cur State Treasury knows that it can amount to very little in fne!.: With forty millions of public debt hanging like; an incub'is on our treasury, nr. considerable in crease of tho State appropriation .is possible,. Nine-tenths of the money fur the support of the schools must be raised by local taxation for the next fifty y ears if not for the next five hundred. It has been said in this debato that "lite time has come" when the school terra should bo in creased. He regarded '.ho present time "3 the most unfavorable that could have been chosen for such a measure. If "the time had come" at all it had curat some years ago, and had been allowed to pass by unimproved. The present was no time tor such legislation. When taxa tion is crowding upon the people from every quarter, at n rate unknown before in our his.o ry, any such legislation as this rcsolu'ion pro poses, ran not fail to multiply by hundreds the number of districts that reject the common schools. VV c should he wise enough to "let good enough alone," The last straw may break the camel's back. But why do gentlemen de- Xire this measure? The law as if now is allows districts that are able to support 'onger terms to have them. Directors arc clothed with full powers in this matter. They can open their schools sir:, eight or ten months, if the wealth of the district and tho wishes of the people re quire it. Do gentlemen desire a measure like this'to pass againlt tho wish of those solely interested? .Those who desire longer school terms and arc able to support thorn, ran have thorn without any new legislation; and it would be i'st-!>ss and unjust to make the school system still more burdensome u, oij tho p orer parts of the Shite, by increasing tho school term. Ha hoped the measure would not pass but that it would again bo disposed of as it was yesterday." INAUGURAL MESSAGE Of the New Rebel Governor Allen of Lou isiana. In view of tho election which is to take place (mainly in this city! next Monday tor stuto of ficers, let me put on record for you the follow ing : At the general election in November, 1859, the votes polled in this state were 41,011. Of these votes 1-5,587 wore given for T. G. Wells, and 25,451 tor T. O. Moore, who was elected governor, and his term of office expired the 25th ultimo. On that day Henry W. Allen, of West Baton Rouge, succeeded Mr. Moore as governor of the state. We have no lueahs here of ascertaining tho number oi votc3 polled. Colonel Alien says that th 3 oail was "nearly unanimous." A laigo number of the voters of the state are absent in the confederate army; but tbe extent of terri tory not occupied by the federals, aud in con ..derate p,. session in tliis state, covers more than two-thirds ol Louisiana. Those two-thit'i3 are under the laws of Louisiana; they have the judiciary of the state; thay have elected a leg islature—now in session at Shreevaport, Gov. Alien .ias a Ulronwu his inaugural mossuga to that legislature, an 1 n is published in full iu the Loai.-r.na Democrat, printeuat Alexandria, one of the places "captured" by Gen. Banks last summer. A copy or two of tho papct came Lo this city by the Grapevine route and two of the govern ment pepe* have published portions ot what ,tuey call the "rebel tirade." I send you a con densation of the message it elf. Gov. Allen wis colonel of the Foqrili Louisiana regiment, lie was at tfhilob, in Virginia, ftlßalnn Rouge, and k every engagement he was in he was wounded. Tnl ISSB he was a C ay Wing, but was after j ward tbe Democratic leader In the House, and wus one BCB-iou speaker. His message is niter ! citing. CY.V.v'l A- m announces to tho general as sembly that he has been r- lied to the executive chair by tuo rdmost uui. i mens voice of the vt without aay solicitation oa his part, and ho ac cept?. tuo trus'. Mo viewing the three years past, i.e speaks of the ruauy losses suffered, tho many Victories gained, and tho B ltd uaWci.cn spirit of J the people. Many portions of the state have ! beeu overrun by the enemy, many homes and | houses burned and destroyed, and many brave j men have died in defense of the soil. The en ■ on, 7t glutted with murder, rapine and plunder, J seemingly sickened at their own outrages, H<'B offering term of penoo, u species of mock par don. The ottered terms to the |>eop!eare these." TIN. Tiitnts or suinnsstost. | First. Yopi must give up votir negroes, and 1 moke thcto your equals. 1 Second. You roust swear not only to support the federal Constitution, but all the nefarious i acts of the dluck Republican party, and the ' unconstitutional proclamations of Abraham i Lincoln. • i Third. Y'ou must, if required, hunt down your 1 brother and your neighbor, bind them hand and j foot, and deliver them op tc; death. The father j who hn9 sons in the confederate army is order-1 ;cd to forswear tlie land of his birth and adop i tion, and aid in the of bis own I j offspring. ! NAFOLEON PREFERABLE TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Propositions are made to those whose brothers have been slain, whose lands have been despoil-1 cd, whose homesliavo been burned, whose wives and daughters have been basely insulted. These, the governor thinks, arc uot to Le entertained, l'cace is nut so sweetas to be purehaytd at the cost of reconstruction. Hocuiatrucii >n means sabjugulion, ruin, death. Lose negMcs, 'lose mnds, lose everything, lose lite itself, but never thuk of reconstruction. He toys; "I S p to-day by authority, I speak as the governor of Louisiana, and 1 wish it known at Washington and elsewhere that rather than reconstruct this gov-ermuent and go back to the Union, on any terms whatever, toe people of Louisiana will, in convention assembled, without a dissenting voice, cede the b'nle to any European power.— * * * i spraic to-day iit only lor tim loyal citizens of Louisiana, who have atood by her in till trials, bat in behalf of tie misguided indi viduals who have been compelled to take the oath of allegiance to the federal government.— in ti.elr hearts they are true to us, and are daily praying for the triumph of our amis. They have felt the iron in their souls, aud know full well ti." course of reconstruction. I speak by authority for tboy write to mc daily that they would rather, bv tui thousand times, lie the sub jects of the Emperor of France than the slaves of Lincoln.'' Ho refers to lit.;tury for examples |.of endurance, especially to VV ashington'r, cross ing tlin Delaware with his few footsore, starving j soldiers, his want of munitions end artillery, and his subsequent success ut York town. TWo is no cause tor despondency now with our army of 800,000 men in the field, commanded by such generals as Lee, Beauregard and Johnston. I ' After all onr wars and sieger, and battles—af ter disease and death have done their work, wc have still in the confederacy, between the ages iof Id and 60, "80,000 men. The two status of Georgia and Alabama can easily furnish the | entire confederacy east of the Mississippi river with corn." TIIIC BUFFERINGS OF TllE rEOPLE. Colonel Allen pays that tlie world will never know the sufferings of the people. The farm houses have been el ripped, burns and fences des troyed, desolation is everywhere in the trail of the invader.'. In the cities it is worse. Butler cauie to New Orleans and instituted a saturna lia ot thieves, lie came there a bankrupt and went away a millionaire. "A largo pan ion of the movable wealth of the city of Now Orlean." and Lower Louisiana has been transferred to the pockets of this blear-eyed, incarnate devil —a great part of which be put into foreign cx thunge and sent to Europe, and he is now by far the richest man on the continent. He drag ged from a sick bed an aged citizen, "thrust him into a cold and miserable cell, and lie died from the treatment." He "tore open the tomb of General Albert Sidney Johnson, and robbed the grave of that gallant soldier." In Baton Rouge the enemy not only destroyed public but private properly. "Not satisfied with burning the State House, with its valuable library, they took utalicioo* pleasure in robbing nearly every private residence in (lie plare. They carried away v.s part of their wartiko trophies fifty pri vate pianos. Tho wardrobes of ladies were broken open and searched by Yankee commis sioned officers, and silk dresses, were "then by these office a aud seut to their own families in Yankee Inrul." "liiToinl Conpee." Rays the inaugural, "they deliberately tired their cannon upon the parish church while the peoplo were engaged in wor ship, and in Fieri la they tore tho sacred -em blems of the Saviour from tho altar, and with unholy hands prostituted them in their filthy camps, it all the rich household furniture, and jewels, and coin, and place tliat federal of ficers have Stolen from the people of this con federacy wtro heaped into one vast pile, it would form a huge moumr.ent of shame at which tho civilized and Christian world would stand aghaßt. Yet no federal officer has ever been punished for these robberies; on tho contrary all have been promoted, I'he Beast and Nonl Dow, with a host u.f lessor scoundrels, etiii'go unwhipped ofjuti.ee. * * * There is a wild hunt for plunder, a mania for stealing, from the major general down to tho humble:;; private in the ranßß, and all this is dona in the nineteenth century and countenanced, yea applauded, by people who oad the Bil.dc and claim to lie Chris tian s." THE WANTS OX" TIIE PEOPLE. The address turns "from these disgusting sec-ucs to rnoi'e pleasing topics." In a .recent tour through the state Colonel Allen found the great wants of the country lo be 'cotton-cards an I medicines. In every farm, hi use the moth ers and daughter; were engage 1 in plying the loom, spindle, and dlo in making clothing for tho soMit-is. He recommends the presage of an appropriation to p' wo cotGn cards free of coetiu the hinds of every woman in tbe staie, and then suppiico of calomel, opium, and quinine bo purchased and distributed to the phy- WHOLE IVUiHBEB, 3090 VOL. 7, NO 32. sicicns. The people who stay at home and who hare motion, must support the wives and chil dren of the soldier 3in the Hold. As a general thing, the Wealthy men have nobly done their duty. They have given their sous cheerfully and their substance freely to the confederacy. '1 hey Lave opened their barns and storehouses to the poor and needy. There uro others who seem to take no interest whatever in the war. | They send their negroes to iabor on the public works through compulsion, and pay their taxos grudgingly. They hoard up their riches with miserly care, and leave the soldiers to light ttir ir battles in the held. To Mich men the address says: "The enemy is at your door, and you sit still, hugging to your bosoms the delusive hope that you will make somo terms with him and save your property. If the eiyimy spared nut the slaves of good men, do you think he will spare yours ? If we fail your negroes will be driviii.off ut the point of the bayonet, and your lands will bo parceled out among the hireiing soldiery of Lincoln." NEGROES IN FREEDOM. The following picture of tlio free negro fol lows: "Go to New England, New-York, or Illi nois, and you will finu tlieni everywhere perform ing the menial offices of life. If when this war is ended there should be found alive gny nctrroos in the hands of the enemy they will have a hard time indeed. They will net be permitted to labor oa t'.o railroads, the canals or the pub lie w a ks of uny kind, for the Irish and Dutch will rise in mob? and drive them off. Yt.akee society wiil not cdu ate. Yankee pride will not toler ate their intermarriage with the whites. Driv en from the social circle and alt the industrial pursuits of life, what will become of the poor negro ? * * There ara two kin ls of aboli tionists—the political and the religious—the religious steal the negro and the political kill him. From reliable information in my posses sion, two-thirds of all the negroes that have gone to the enemy are now in their graves. Many ate daily deserting and returning to their old masters, sick and sore and emaciated, and beg ging that thev may be permitted io die nt home in paace. There was once in the river parishes and tiie lower portion of this state the most contented and happy race of laborers ever seen on this earth. Music i.nd the merrv laugh were nightly heard from their comfortable quarters, for pence am! pi >nty and quiet blessed both mas ter and servant. Hut now desolation, want and disease fill the cabins of those onre happy and contented laborers. In nn evil hour the destroyer enmo. Ile poisoned the ear 3 and cor i noted the hearts of these people. They have either been enticed away from their comfortable homes or driven tiff by force of arms, and now upon bard fare and harder work, they can on ly dream of the blessing of tiio old plantation where the moat-house and the corn-crib wcrp always full and at their command. The White inhabitants of our statu have suffered much ia this war, but the blacks have suffered far more." MEASURES TO HE ADOPTED. The attention of the Legislature is called to the passage of such laws as tho exigencies of the times demand Tlfeillegal manner in which tho "Impressment act" has been executed in tho state by officers, or those claiming to be of ficcrs, of the co 'faderacy, must bo stopped.— ',' The people mast and shall bti protected in all their civil righto," There is no fault to be found with Licutcnnnt-Gsnrral E. Kirby Smith the commanding officer of tho department, or with Major Gen. Taylor. "These commanding officers have not only done their duty mo3t no bly as gallant soldiers, but whenever there has been a conflict between the civil and military authorities, they I: vo most cheerfully submit ted to tiro decisions of the courts of the state." The inaugural closes with tho following par agraph : You, gentlemen, are assembled together on no ordinary occasion. You have much to do. Your constituent* expect much at your hands. My hearty co-operation will cheerfully be givca to every measure that may tend to guard the citizen iu his rights and secure the liberties of tho peoplo. While I urge upon you the strict est economy in all your acts, still would I say, spare no expense. Stand not upon dollars and cent 3 when tho safety of your country requires your action. Lot ivery man who owes service to his country go to the army. Let every man who stays at home'do his duty—frown down extortion and vico in every scape and every fonu. Bo true to yourselves and leave the rest to God. Bo true to yourselves and tho coun try is .safe. THE FLOT THICKENING. UNCLE ABRAHAM AS3AILED IN PRONT AND REAR—TREASON JN CAMP. IVc have endeavored as fur as possible to keep the public advised of the movements in tho Ab olition ranks hostile lo Mr. Lincoln's re-nomi nation. 4Ve have quoted from leading journals of that parly, in the East and in the West, ar ticles so sovere in their censure and direct in their attacks upon the President, denouncing him as a triiler, incompetent for the high posi tion he fills, and going soiar as oven to question his l.onesly, that, had they originally appeared in r. Democraric papar, would have subjected it to the charge of treason, and pointed it out as a fit object for m b violence. But what we have heretofore published ir light and inoffensive in comparison to what we have uow to lay before our readers. Hitherto it has only bemcertain newspapers and individuals, prominent ccriaiuly, but prob ably impelled lo tbe work of opposition by dis appointed ambition, chagrin at not finding them selves nu important ami influential .is they ox "pscGd, or by other enures whicP, explained, would have deprived their efforts of any offset upon flie popular mind. Ik t now we have tbe Abolition National Ex ceutivo Com nit fee j n field, ueeretly working through tfaur chair tan, S. C. I'oineroy, to leave Mr. Lincoln "out iu the cold," and nominate a new man or their candidate for the presidency. ttaiea of * One Square, three weeks or leas. . . . . . t .fill One Square, each additional insertion less than three months 34 3 month*. 8 months. 1 tcti One square ...... . $3 00 $4 00 fo 00 Two squares 4CO 500 8 Three square* ...... 500 700 12 i folumn eOO 000 IS 00 J Column 800 12 00 20 C t Column 12 00 18 00 30 0# One Column 18 00 30 CO 50 80 Administrators' and Executors' notices $2.50, A iitore' notices $1.50, if under 10 linss. s2.oo' if more than a sqnsre and less than 30 lines/ Kstfaye, $1.25, if but one head is advertised, 35 eeate for every additional head. The tpaceoccupied by ten lines af thin etc* el type countsone square. All fractions ofa sfasr* under five lines will be measnred as a half sqaaie and all over five lines as a toll sqaare. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand ing them in.- 'ilia plot is evidently thickening, the revolution is assuming not only shape, but formidable pro portions, and unless the "old joker" puts him self upon the plea of "military necessity," and uses the "war power" against these, his recre ant friends, ho will soon iind binuelf powerless to control the nomination upon which he has so much set his heitrt as to violate the Constitution and proiong the war in order to accomplish it. We are indebted to the Washington Conrti tution'il Union for the following highly impor tant secret circular, which, if wc are not great ly mistaken, will cause more trembling and con fusion in the Abolition cemp than Gen. Gill tcore's Greek fire, shells and hot shut did among the Charleston rebels : STRICTLY PRIVATE. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1864. Sib: —The movements recently trade through out tho country, to secure the re-nomination of President Lincoln, render necessary some coun teraction on the part of those unconditional friends of the Union, who differ from the poli cy of his administration. So long as no cti'orts were made to forestall tho political action of the people, it was both wise and patriotic for all true friends of the government to divote their influence to the sup pression of tho rebellion. But when it becomes evident that party machinery anfl uihcial influ ence are being used to secure the perpetuation of tho present administration, those who con scientiously believe that the intercf ts of the coun try and ol freedom demand a change ia favor ot vigor and purity and nationality, have no choice but to appeal at onco to the pceple, be fore it shall ho too lata to secure a lUir discus sion ot principles. \ Those in bqiiult of whom this communication is made, have thoughtfully surveyed the politi cal field, and have arrived at the following con clusions i 1. 1 hat even were the re-election of Mr. Lin coln desirable, it in practically impossible against the union of influences which will oppose him. 2. That, should he be re-elected, his mani fest tendency towards compromises and tempo rary expedients of policy will become stronger during a second term than it has been in the lirst, and fhe cause of human liberty and the dignity and honor of the nation suffer propor tionately ; while the war may continue to lan guish during his whole administration, till the public debt shall become a burthen too great to be borne. 3. That the patronage of the government, through the necessities of the war, has been so rapidly increased, and to such an enormous ex tent, and so loosely placed as to render the ap plication of tho "one terra principle" absolutely essential to the certain safety of our republican institutions. 4. That we iind united in Hon. Salmon P. Chaso more of the qualities needed in a Froti dent'during the next four years than are com* binecl in any other available candidate; his rec ord, clear and unimpeachable, showing him to he a statesman of rare ability, and an adminis trator of the very highest order, while his pri vate character furnishes the surest obtainable guarantee of economy and purity in tho man agement of public affairs. 5. That tho discussion of the Presidential question, already commenced by the friends of Mr. Lincoln, has developed a popularity and strength in Mr. Chase, unexpected even to his [ warmest admirers; and while we tire aware that this strength is at present unorganized and in no condition to manifest its real magnitude, we are satisfied that it only needs systematic j and faithful efforts to develop it to an extent sufficient to overcome all opposing obstacles. For these reasons the lnends of Mr. Chase have determined on measures which shall pre sent his claims fairly and at once to the coun try. A central organization has been effected, which already has its connection in all the States, and the object 01 which is to enable his friends everywhere most effectually to promote his elevation to the presidency. We wish tho, hearty co-operation of all those in favor of the speedy restoration of tho Union upon the basis of universal freedom, who d;?ire an admin sitrntion of the government during the first pe riod of its new life wbich shall, to the fullest extent, develop tho capacity of free institutions, enlarge the resources of the country, diminish the burdeus of taxation, elevate tbe standard of public and private morality, vindicate the honor of tho Republic before the world, and, in all things inako oßr American nationality the fairest example for imitation which human pro gress has ever achieved. If these objects meet your approval, you can render efficient aid by exerting yourself at once to organize your section of the country, and by corresponding with tho Chairman of the Na tional Executive Committee, for the purpose of either receiving or imparting information. Very respectfully, C. S. POMEHOT, Cli'n. Nat. Ex. Com. This, it will 1)0 perceived, is a Chase move ment—and as Mr. Chase is at the head of tho Treasury Department, from whence issuo all greenbueks, and has, besides, control of the new National Bank enterprise, it may be fairly as sumed that tho revolutionists who have hoisted his liag and taken tho field under it, will not be defeated for want of funds. His friends can Say of him what the friends of Lincoln cannot —that he is a gentleman and c man of ability and firmness—and tiiis, at the present time, when tho want of brains at Washington in the heads where the brains orglit to be, is so uni versally felt and acknowledged, will have its weight on tho public mind and go far towards determining the action of the convention by which finally the fate of the different aspirants will l>o determined. Let the hall roll on. Thing* bare been bro't to so bad a pass unJor Lincoln'* imbecile nc4 reckless administration, that any change' muet la* for t' e better. In this behalf wo hail, with f I asuro the si.rns of rerolt in the Abtdition ranks, which are becoming every day taorti and. more numerous and distinct.
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