BEDFORD GAZETTE.
B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
JOBN PALMER, AS:ST>T.
FRIDAY : I APRIL 2S, IS*.
What They Promised.
TBI VBISSDS OF Gov. CvETIS rKOMISED IBt TBO- j
SI.E THAT IF THRT WOCLD EE-SLFCT KIM, THE WAR
, VCTU) END If SO BATS AND THERE WOCLD BE !*0 JtBRE
rmso. HOLD THE* TO THUS FEOJIISSS.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Tiie Detn jurats of B -ifji l County w ill meet
at the C >art House, on Monday evening. May
2nd. Speecl.cs will t>e made, and the slate of
tire country discussed by able speakers- I ore
out Democrats, and let us open the coming
Presidential campagn in earnest. Let us rally
once more, for the ''Constitution as it is ar.d
lb* Union as it was.
J. P. REED,
Crin. Dem. Co. Com.
tSrThe llov. Samuel Kepler will, broviitnee
permitting, preach in the Court House next
Sabbath afternoon at three o'clock. Oa all
succeeding Sabbaths he will preach in the same
place at 101 o'clock. In the uaorair.g. and at ■ *
o'clock, in the evening.
CSrThe nrsl Quarterly Meeting for Rainsburg
circuit will be held atMt- Smith 51- E. Church,
on Satutduv and Sabbath the 21st and 22d of
May. G. 15ERKSTRESSER, Raster.
arl 'he members of tire Bedford county com
mittee for the g-eat Sanitary Fair, are request
ed to meet at the office of the chairman in Bed
ford, at 2 o'clock, I'. M , on WeJnes -ay next,
being the 4th of May. C. N. HICKOK, Ch'N.
Tli3 Impending Eattle.
Before oar next issue reaches our readers,
perhaps, even before this one Joes, the spring
campaign io Virginia will have commenced.
There seems to be vast preparations making for
the conflict. There are, perhaps, over one hun
dred thousand men in either army : and both
Gen. Grant, and Gen. Lee, it is said, are ma
iioeuvering for the vantage ground whereon will
be fought one of the most desperate battles of
the war. We cannot predict the result. Bat
it mar be, that even with the aid of Gen. Grant,
whose head quarters are now in the field, our
army will be unable to dislodge Lee from Vir
ginia ; and many more battles will no doubt be
fought yet, before we see the end of this mad
contest, no matter how the next battle may re
mit. If we should be defeated, "The Govern
ment" will immediately call out the militia, or
order another draft; and so it will be after each
great battle until the war ceases, or the grin
ning devil who now fills the presidential chair
iB dislodged. Would to Leaven the people were
not so easily duped by every humbug.
A Fighting Democrat.
We were shown the discharge of Jeremiah
Brown some time ago. Upon the back cf it was
this endorsement:
"Private Jeremiah Brown Battery- "F." U-
S. A. was with the battery in the following
engagement*:
Battles*. Warwick Crvk, Aug 5, ISG2.
Lee's M.his, April 16, "
Williamsburg. May 5, "
Goldmg's Farm, June 26, "
Golding's Farm, " 27, "
Malvern Hill, July 2, "
South Mountain, Sept. 14. "
Antietam, Sept. 17, •
Fredericksburg, (Ist) Dec. I°, "
Fredericksburg, (2nd) May 3A4, 1663.
Gettysburg, July 3, 44
Rappahannock Station Nov. 7, 1863"
•Jerry says he is for McClellan ; and in a let
ter written to a friend in this place since re-enlist
ing ears: "I need hardly tell you that I was
rocked in a hickory cradle, and wiil bo true to
the Democratic Party whilst there is a hair on
my head."
We publish on our first page to-day a com -
icur.ication frotu Michael Reed, Esq . in regard
to a new rail read route over the Allegheny
Mountain. We know very little about the
route in question; but Mr. Breed's account of
it looks very fair. Should any other engineers
wkh to give their views on the subject, our col
umns are open for the discusssion of the subject.
cyThe Valley Sentinel, a new paper recently
established at SLippensburg, Franklin county,
and edited by William Kennedy, formerly con
nected with the Chambersburg Valley Spirit,
oomes to us for the first time this week. It is
neatly printed, and ably edited; and we con
gratulate the Democrats of Franlin county in
having one more sound newspaper published in
tber midst; and, at the sarne urae, heartily wish
fbe enterprise suecet*.
GrTh# latest news from the seat of war w
act very favorable. Plymouth, North Carolina,
has surrendered to the rebels, and all the stores
at that place are said to have fallen into their*
hands. A rumor has also reached us from Cum
berland. that there are some 8.000 within a
days march of that place, our pickets being
driven in at Burlington. Virginia, on the lGtb
itiat
are pleased to learn that the Rev.
Sauil. lvepler has returned to Bedford with the
intention of stavin in our midst. Wo give
him a hearty welcome and hope hi J ministia
attended with much good
HHTOKIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
.Vo. ID.
HOCSE or REPRESENTATIVES. )
HAEKI.SE"RG. April 25, lbu-i. \
P> >K GAZETTE -*
The session of the Legislature still drags •
it# slaw length along. The Senate signified its
willingness some time ago to adjourn on the 28th
(Thursday next). However, Ido not think that
the Senate will be quite ready to act in accord
ance with its own resolution. A number of
very important bills are stilt before that branch,
and I doubt very much whether it will adjourn
without acting upon them. Among these biils
ia the military bill and the general appropria
tion bill. These require close examination, and,
therefore, their consideration will consume con
siderabl* time. Hence, judging from present
appearance*, tiie Legislature will not he ready
to adjourn before the sth proximo.
Among the legislation closely affecting our
| own section cf the JS'atc, is a bill repealing the
: corporate privileges of the Pittsburg and Con
nellsville railroad company, so far as their right
to exclude arv other corporation from building
a railroad over that portion of their route which
remains unfinished, is concerned. A twin of
th;> bill is another to incorporate the '•Connells
ville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. " These li'!-? have both cn? c cd the House
by a very large role in their favor, and will
come rp to-morrow for consideration in the Sen
ate. Thiir friends ull.ge, with much show id
reason, that the Pittsburg and Conneilsviile
Railroad company either cannot, or will not.
j finish their road; lhat they are controlled br
| the IJaltimcre and OLiu li- 1?. Co., whose line
i runs almost parallel with, and in close proxim
; ity to, that of the Pittsburg and Connetlsviile,
; and that, theref re, the latter will never be cotn
!pl ied under the present charier. At any rate,
t ie people along the proposed route of the Pitts
burg and Connellsvillc R. R , are beginning to
be impatient cf the .slowness and dalliance of
the management of ti at company. They have
been promised, from time to time, for the last
1 thirt} -seven years tl at the road would he- built,
but the promise has been broken, time after time,
until at las; all confidence in the company, as
organized under the present charter, has vanish
ed from their minds. This seems to be the case
with the people along the route, west of Bed
ford county. As for our own county and the
counties lying eastwardly from us. it is certain
ly their interest to give the franchises of this
company to a corporation which will carry the
road across their territory, instead of perrr.it-
ting it to terminate at a point westwar! or south
ward thereof. Of course litis should not l>e
dons without due compensation To the company
whose charter is revoked. The bill passed bv
the House revoking, to a certain extent, the
charter of tic Pittsburg and Connellsville R. I?.
Co. proposed to have the Government appoint
three apprai ; ers to assess the damages sustained
bv the corporators of that company, on account
of such partial revocation of their charter. Be
lieving that it is the interest of Bedford county
to have the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad
extended across its territory, and that a great
railroad thoroughfare between the east and the
west, might l-e established by the passage of
these bills, I did all I could, in my humble wav.
to secure their success in the House. Should
they become laws, I have the assurance of the
best financial minds of the country, that the
"Connellsrille and Southern Pennsylvania Ih 11-
road" will, in a short time, be a fixed fact.
I Lave but little political news to give vou-
The Abolition party is in a state of ebullition
over the presidential divisions in its ranks. I
am informed that Ex-Gov. Wm. F. Johnston
made a Fremont speech at Pittsburg, a few days
ago. Gen. Francis P. Blair spoke in Congress,
a few days ago, in violent denunciation of the
corruptions of Secretary Chase. He said, among
other things, that Chase had helped his son-in
iaw, Senator Sprague, to ten millions cf dollars
out of the Federal Treasury. Gen. Jliair is a
model "Jfepublican." When rogues fall out,
honest men may get their dues.
The Abolitionists in this body have shame
fully gerrymandered the apportionment. But
of this anon. I must close. B F. JUL
Our Book Table.
&- We have received Peterson's "Lady's
National Magazine" for May. The steel engra
ving entitled, "deceiving granny" is very fine
indeed, as are the fashion plates. We notice a
mong the contents of thi3 number the following
stories: 4 'Coming to the Point," "Before Easier,"
"Midnight Bell," -'The Lost Estate" (continued.)
"The Maid of Honor," and several others. This
is an elegant and cheap magazine.—Published
by Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut St. Phila
delphia.—Terms, §-',OO in advance.
63" "Godev's Lady's Book" for Mav sustains
its old reputation as an exponent of fashion,
while it also keeps up its old literary status
The steel engraving is hardly as fine this month
as formerly ; but the reading matter makes UD
for any deficiency in that respect.—Pabli-bed
by L. A. Godcy, 323 Chestnut St. Thila.
*3"Mrs. V. B. Tata has received her supply
of Dew Millinery and fancy goods. They are
of the best quality; and we advise tiio ladies
who have a passion for "loves of bonnets; and
all other articles for the adornment of beauty
to give her a eall.
Nsw YORK Si'ERN .vrons.— A letter from
New 1 ork states that a speculative movement
is on foot in that market to buy all the teas
there, and that already £2.000.000 worth has
been "gobbled up. A similar combination
h- 'icn effected to buy up the Coffee, and that
too will probably bt successful. In time the
same ( lass of harpies w ill IH.* buving up all the
butter, ood all the suKar, and aft the beef.
Flag Presentation at St Cl&irsville.
The elegant Sag purchased by tlie Democrats
of Bedford borough for the Democracy of St.
Ciair township, was presented at Sc. Clairsv ille,
on Saturday last. There was a large delegation
present from Bedford, and as we neared the town
we were met by another, composed of men from
all parts ol the township, who tame out to es
cort us in. The procession marched through the
town with mu.-ic at its head ;■ and then dispers
ed to partake of the excellent dinners provided
by Mrs. Nuugle, Messrs Evcrsole and Berkbi
mer. and Col. Beegle. After dinner, the pre
sentation took place in front of Berkhiroer's bo
; tel. The presentation speech was made by O.
E Shannon, and the reception speech, on be
half of St. Clair, by John Palmer—we publish
both below. Speeches on the state of the coun
try were also made by O. E. Shannon, John
Palmer, H. W. Fisher and William Hartley.
A precession was once more formed, and with
; the new flag at its head and the of fife
and dram again marched through the town and
then quietly dispersed. There were between
four and five hundred people present. The la
dies were on*, like the spring flowers, in foil
bloom. We i.ave r.o tear for the .c-sult in St.
Ciair next fail—she will do her duty. Taking
into consideration the busy season of the year,
: the meeting was a decided success.
The flag is of the finest silk, bound with gold
; fringe, and the blue field bears thirty-five stars.
' The following inscription in gold letters is priut
;eS on the stripes: "FROM THE DEMO
CRATS OF BEDFORD BOROUGH TO
i THE DEMOCRACY OF S i -CLAIR - Or.
the top of the stuff sits a golden eagle surmoent
i lug a golden ball; and bearing in Lis beak a
i streamer on which appears the nut to, u Pni:
| COX-MTLTIOX AND THE I'si'ix." It was pre
sent'*"! to St. Clair as the banner tewnshir nut
because she gives the large?! majority of any in
the county, but because she has made greater
changes than anv other —having given Line In
in 1860. 11! mnj trity; and at the last spring" n
election S3 Democratic majority.
Speech of C. E. Shannon.
Fc!'~ic Democrats of St. Cw Teens\ip :
On the part of the Democracy of Bed- ,
ford borough, I present you this flag. Ye. see ,
str -aming from the mouth of the emblem of
Liberty those glorious tvords. dear to every A
nierican: iHe Coitsfdation and the L rtion." You
see on its folds thirteen .-♦ripes. emblematic o!
our thirteen original Fates. You sec that clus
ter of stars next to the flag staff, the emblem of
ALL our States—no jifteen are clustered there as .
they were on many a flag borne by the Fremont
party in the campaign of 183b. IVe present it
to you as a token of our regard for your fideli
ty to conservative principles—as a token of our
esteem for your honesty of purpose—your in
tegrity as men. Unbiassed lv bids in green- :
backs, disinterested and pure in motive, you
have stood up like men, whilst other communi
ties influenced by the iove ot gain and the dread
of usurped authority, have shamefully and ru
inously shifted and changed their point. In
years gone by, when many of those who are
now our friends, stood with a party that had
principles to contend for, you used to send i:i
alarming returns to the Democrats—BiJ—'.id—
-10 never less than 75, were the majori
ties with which you confronted us.
A few years ago you thought the old rail
splitter an honest man, and you voted for him:
and alarmed the Democrats again by giving a
majority against us of 111 1 As soon us you
discovered that your old raii-splitter was a more
expert I uion-splitter, you abandoned bim and
arrayed yourselves on the side of the true inter
ests of your country—placer! yourselves in the
Democratic car, and rode in triumph to our
town with S5 majority for your old enemy.
All hail, St. Clair' I think, when I think
of the day of your last election, that the spirit
of the old General and patriot w hose name you
bear, must have stalked abroad in your valley.
There is a touching eloquence in the nobility
of this act that my tongue cannot express. It
is the practical lesson of Holv VVrit taught so
i many nges ago of forgiveness to your enemies.
And when we see true and good men, forgetting
: the past, and rushing as one man Into the corn
. inon cause of humanity—to thus, as it were.
; throw their mite in to save their common coon
: try; because if it is to be savc-d, so it must be
saved, it gives me a hope again against former
despair, that yet in the bosoms of the people—
in the hearts of the honest masses, there is a
j strong pulsation of life. In the patient there is
j a strong constitution. That it may yet weather
the storm, and that the St. Clair tcr.wships will
i arise one after another ever this broad land and
. that oar country will yet be saved.
Take this flag, and keep it well, and let it
float over you and us, the North and the South,
the East and the West, and be our flag forever.
Eeplv o? Jolm Palmer.
Ftllou- Democrats of Bedford Borough:
On behalf of the Democrats of S:. Clair
I accept this banner; and I pledge you that it
will always be preserved and cherished, not only
as a token of admiration for what they have ai
; ready done, but as an earnest of what they hoj>e
!todo in the future. The present crisis in the
! history of our country is not unobserved by
Itbem; neither are the events daily occurring
abroad and in our midst The clash of arms
ia this hljody war between brothers, is beard
'even here among these peaceful mountains,
where the southern breezes bore the roar of the
cannon from the terrible fields of Bull Run,
Winchester, Antietain and Gettysburg. There
are those here to-day front every part of the
county, who v. ear the dark emblems of sorrow
! tor those who fell on other fields: on tba bloody
j road to Richmond, or in the Mississippi Valley
of Death. They feel the effects of this horrid
j strife; ar.d they have seen, as you have seen,
' the only fruits it has produced—poverty, sorrow
! and misery. It has torn the father from the
j bosom of bis family, to be slaughtered and lef:
lying unburied on the battle-field—the h-shuntl
from the embrace of his wife—the son from the
arms u: Lis widow-d mother—the b~othcr fr >m
an only orphan sis'er: and t! e iover from his
mistress to never more return.
These are the feats of War, the Destroyer.
\ea. mere. where onee the peaceful smoKe of
( the farm hoase chimney curled gracefully tow
! u~ft heaven, and the green grain waved in the
w.nds of spring, war l as left a "barren v:.sic :
jtuU ashes strew the gfouud about the ri •ns of
the farmers* homes in the rallies of eastern Vir
ginia, and among the mountains of I'ennessec. .
Why is this fruitless contest waged? VV ill the ;
shedding of blood make us a better people?
Does the shedding of blood make the murderer !
a better man? Will it restore our ancient lib
erty and prosperity ? W ill the abolition of slave- j
ry "restore the Union, and bring us a permanent
peace? —No. Every gun that is discharged in I
this contest —every drop of blood that is shed — 1
every innocent soul that is sent to the presence 1
of its God—every christian feeling and every j
instinct of reason answers, no.
And must this bloody strife still continue?
or is there hope of peace ? If we go to the scene
of conflict, and behold the vast armies there in
battle array, perhaps we should answer, no.—
If we turn away from the sickening sights of ;
the battle-field, and observe the signs of the
times as indicated iu the spring elections, we
should answer, yes. Yea, there is a hope of a
,-pecdy aud an honorable peace; und that hope
ihe success of the Democratic party at the
next election. Already ia the Jar east, we be
hold the red streaks of da.va th-otigh the polit
ical darkne.-s that has hung over us f.-r the last
three yeats; and the eagle, driven to the high
est cliffs of the mountains, by the din of battle,
now fits gazing on the rising sun, ready to re
turn bearing aloft the olive branch of peace,
whenever we are willing to receive it. II rare
'ready for peace; and all should be when there
is no other choice between prosperity and ruin.
; liberty and despotism, life and death.
I accept this flag, then, as an emblem of
; et'ee. And I observe, too, that every s:ar of
j our constellation is emblazoned on its folds.—
i This is the Democratic flag. To us it is not
the emblem of a party, but of the sovereignty
of ti.e Constitution and the States. To us it
represents no one State as superior to another.
' hut all as an association of eq ia!s. They m.ke
lup the one grand confederacy; which under
Democratic rule v. as the sovereign nation of the
>-arth. And, though this flag is received by the
Democrats of St. Clan, as an emblem of pa. >,
! it is, also, an emblem of liberty; and I pledge
you, in their behalf, that when onr rights are
infringed, and our liberties threatened, they will
not be the last to rally under it- folds to strike
| a death blow to the oppressor, as our fathers
did when ilicy bequeathed liberty to us as an
**iir.perishable inheritance.**
! '-Then up w Ph the Saz, let -if .{ream ca the air,
Though our fathers ..re cold in their graves,
Tfc.y had ernis that coJd strike, they hau sou .a that
ocutJ dare,
•And .hfcii sens were rot born to be riaves;
Up, on v,,h the tur.cer, -jeb.'ie'er it may call.
Our nrc:' ; on* .b.lt rahy arounU;
A nation ©1" tre-'n*n tuat moirent shall fa'.!,
Wnen its stars si ali be trailed on tne giouoJ."
Huntingdon and Broad Top Bail Road.
We learn toe Huntingdon an 1 Broad Top
Railroad Company have purchased the Bedford
Railroad, from Hopewell, to liioodv Run, Id
miles, at about one fourth it? original cost. Their
intention is to finish it at an early day to Bed
ford, a distance* of seven miles. This will prove
a valuable acquisition to the local freight and
passenger business, both of which arc largely in
creased. The Company have now fifty-eight
and a half miles of main road and branches,
and twelve and a half miles of sidings—making
sevenry-one miles of single track, u liberal a
mount of equipment, and 2500 acres of coal
land, with three collieries in operation. Their
entire capital, in bonds and funded debt of eve
ry description, with common and preferred stock,
amounts to but $2,200,000; a!,*.-? sum than i
. generally represented by the quantity of coal
j lands alone, which f hey hold. We are told that
the net earnings of the Company for February
and March were double those of the correspond
ing months of last year, and with the present
activity iu the cos! and iron trade, n great aug
mentation of receipts may be reasonably ex peel -
I ed. A wealthy New York Coal ana In u Co.
! have purchased 3000 acres of land near Coal
mont, and w ill commence active operations im
mediately. Another Company from New Jer
sey have purchased 4000 acres on Broad Ton
and Terrace Mountains. The Row'-ton Coal
and Iron Company have purchased 1000 acres
of valuable ore land 4 - in Woodcock Yallev. an 1
expect to build furnaces and rolling mills. The
Groves have commenced the mining of iron ores
near Marklesburg, with the intention of trans
porting it. via Broad Top Railroad, to Hunt
ingdon, and thence, by Canal, to Danville ; and
the Glamorgan Iron Company are opening up
their ore banks, near the Broad Top Railroad,
preparatory to the manufacture of iron from
coke made from Broad Top coal. With ali
these surroundings the prospectsof the Hunting
don and Broad Top Company are more flatter
ing than ever before, and promise an early return
to holders— Phtl. Ixdycr.
For the Bedford Gazette.
The Nezt President.
Brownson, the Yankee Abolitionist, in an ar
ticle of his "Review" under the above beading
gives his opinion of "Honest Old Abe," as fol
lows: "He (Lincoln) has not the mental quali
ties. the education, the habits, the manner*, the
jer?onal presence and dignity, the knowledge of
history, philosophy, literature, civilization, men
and things, or of the human heart itself, that
we demand in the Chief Magistrate of a great
people." Of his nomination, in ISSO, we said
in the language of Daniel Webster: "It is a
nomination eminently unfit to be made." There
is scarcely a county in any of the States in the
Union, which could not furnish a hundred men,
any one of whom would be less unfit to be Pres
ident than he who was inaugurated March 4tb,
1861. "Honest Old Abe" reminds one of Mr.
Clay's address to a former Senator of Massa
chusetts, "Honest John Davis! Car.n}* J .>hn
Davis'" The nickname is always lies towed in
irony, as the livery-stable-man called one of Lis
horses Spry. because be couhl not be made :o
go more than a couple of miles an hour."
This Is "the uukindest cut of all," the most
terribly damning testimony of Lincoln's unfit
ness for the Presidency, coming as it dees from
his professed friend—the rankest specimen of
Abolitionism. He may well say "Save tne from
ray friends." LEO.
Oid Abe's account with the United States
may be tbas stated :
A. Lincoln to TjrsUd States, debtor.
To 550.000 white men killed.
To 150.000 tn.aim.-d for life.
To 300.000 w ! >ws.
To 800,000 orphans.
To a devastated and ruined country.
To. Jo** of national honor
To destruction of $2,000,000,000 of prop
erty.
To ?4,000,000,000 of debt.
Credit.
By 100,000 free negroes.
Mr Lincoln will be called to settle tins ac
count, and square op all these outstanding mat
ters pcxt November
Apportionment of the State.
Mr. Cormell, Chairman of the select Com
mittee apjK>iitel to appurliou the State into
Senatorial and Representative districts reported
a bill in the Senate on the 7:h in-t- By this
bill Allegheny county is given five members
J and two senators; Washington and Beaver one
senator and three members; Hutler. Armsrong
- and Lawienee one senator ; Butler ami Law
, rente three members ; Armstrong one : Geene, ,
I Westmoreland and Indiana three members i
| Crawford and Erie one senator and four mem- )
bers; Westmoreland, Fayette and Greene one
senator; Mercer, Venango, Warren one; Cam-;
bria, Indiana and Jefferson one; Somerset, lied* j
i ford and Fulton one senator and two members; )
♦ Clarion, Forest, Elk, Cameron and Clearfield .
one senator; Clarion one member; Clearfield i
and Elk one ; Jefferson and Forest one ; Frank
lin, one member and. in conjunction with Ad
ams, one senator. The Senatorial and Repre
sentative districts are equally unfair a" 1 fiju-t
to the Democratic party; the latter are so link
ed together, that a majority of the people will be
disfranchised. A more- infiim>m* Gerrymander i
was never before attempted by any party. It j
is some consolation however to know that f amis i
of tl.is kind al-.vays recoil upon the pen iralons
We presume that the bid will pass nut withstand
. ing its gross injustice.
Another Outrage.
We learn from a gentleman from Monroe Co.
that a party of drunken soldiers went to the
office of the Monroe iMmocrat, at StrouJaburg,
some time during last Saturday afternoon or
evening sin ! destroyed the prvater portion ot
the material, throwing it into the street. Ii
tliis is so. the Democrats of M <nroe des.Tve to
lie trodden under foot it they do not call a
County Meeting an 1 deliberately proceed t > root
out the Abo ii-'O o! r i e ••fro;n stem to stern.*"
The Democrats of Monro, are strong enough
11 drive every B ;ck R publico.: in their ru- -*
clean out of the County, and the; ahi.ul i oe*. ; r
Mr. it to ti i.- outrage without r;.< - The
Monroe IJe ncc.irt has been a in 'derate paper—
a war paper rather than anything vise and no
rea' n on earth could Le assigned why its pub
lisher should not be permitted to pursu* hi? bas
in s; r-m Jested other than mean political ha rod
The ncn wiu> c -iumitted this outrage were. o.
oorse, put up to it 1 " Black Republican poli
ticians. Tiifcse should be ma le to suffer. The
lay v. bcn Democrat* should quietly submit t<
outrages of this character, has gone by It
lite law will not protect them in their rights A
pr. | erty they must protect themselves. And
,i is the duty* of tne Democrat? everywhere to
stand by ih-ir r wspapcr publisher^—not only
to d feml their property but to st.;ike b-jek.
STRIKE BACK, we say.—See how the Dem
ocrats behave in tlie Western Slates. There
they ri'talfjle by "carrying the war into Africa.'"
Tiicre is i > use in preaching to a park of H a
thens about preserving the public peace and re
specting ihe law. That is throwing pearls to
swine. They are deaf to all such appeals. Our
only remedy for thee outrages is iii out own
strong anus. Will the Democrats of Monroe
apply it ? They should compel the Black Re
publicans who instigated the dastardly outrage
to make up the loss or submit to tue conse
quence.— Kaston Argus.
From the Pima. Age.
The War.
V, e have various kinds of information from
the Rod River expedition. The re-ult of the
battle although stated otherwise we cannot help
thinking is u Federal defeat. The armv of Gen
Banks is now encamped at Grand Ecore a few
tubes above Naeailockes, and it is rejmrtei that
tie* -. fieinv 'Siiwed :io sign- of Ln'tie *' T'>e
battle was fought several miles lurth. r tip t':.*
lied llivcr at Pieasant Hill. If the C'.mfcder
ates were defeated why should there Lie a Feder
al retreat to Grand Eeore f By the d< sj. t!'•he
printed in Western newspapers, giving intelli
gence fully as late as that sent from New York,
ilic number of Confederate guns captured is
reduced to two, and the number of prisoners to
eight hundred or a thousand. The Ccnfiskra!*:-
:nay, and no doubt were repulsed in their last
atta-.ks, but their great object seems to be gain
ed. They have turned the fleet back to Nachi
tocbes, and the land forces back to Grand Ecorc*.
We think we are not far oat of the way ia say
ing that the expedition will have to be abandon
ed.
Plymouth, .n North Carolina, is cut off from
all communication with the north The Con
federate r.trr. has run below the town, driven the
remains of the Federal fleet out of the river,
end what has occtired since Monday evening
last, in the town, is not known. The Confed
erate ram did not fire a single shot. Three gun
boats, the Bomshell, South-field and Minnie,
were sunk. Plymouth is reported to be well
provisioned and tnay hold out. The Confeder
ates south of Plymouth have attacked Little
Washington, near Newbern, and everything
looks as if they intended to besiege that town.
Pibitka in Florida has lieen abandoned by its
federal garrison. Nearly all the troops have
been taken away from Jacksonville and brought
north. A transport—the General Hunter—
was blown up by a torpedo on the St. Johns
river during the withdrawal of the Piiatka gar
rison.
Eight gunboats have been went from Boston
to Mobiie to reinforce Farrago t Four of them
are iron-clad.
I lie confederates have withdrawn from Eas
tern Kentuckey—they still occupy the western
part of the state however.
From the Arte 1 ork JourncU of Co. time roe.
Ths Taking of Fort Pillow.
The following is an extract from a private
letter from a gentleman in Cincinnati to a friend
in this city. I: gives a rational and probably
a very correct account of the affair
CINCINNATI, April 18—The storming of Fort
Pillow was a serious affair. I conversed with
an intelligent Irishmanjwho came up on the steam
er that brought many of our wounded men to Cai
ro. He tells tne that our officers placed their
negro soldiers ia front of the whites. They im
mediately ran away, and the whites surrender
ed as soon as the Rebels entered the fort, calling
cm the negroes to d j the same, but they not un
derstanding matters, and being afraid of fulling
into the hands of tie Ibbels, ran :u*av witii
their arms and occasionally fired on the piast
ers. But nil who surrendered, wh'ther white
or black, were protected as soon as the uc.cr of
the assault was over. Afr negro women and
chiiJren were die.] in the fort, and some of ihe
negroes were pursued down to the edge of the
river and killed, before the Rebel officers could
control their men. The dcmoralizat 16a of the
white and terror of the black soldiers was ex
cessive. The negroes do not kn<"- enough to
1 give up, and their officer* 1 *>t a!! control over
them. The passion ami ntgc of the lie bote were
ungovernable a lite negroes in arm*.
After tin; aurrender the Ketei offo'tera, with
a few exceptions, did what they coul<i '.o con
■ trol their men. It was worse than folly to at
tempt a defence with negro troops, unless them
was certainty of saccess. They could expect
nothing if the defence failed, from the KebeU
I who, entering tbe fort sworl in hand, would
probably refuse quarter, which t am informed
the laws of war permit in cases where a place
i is taken bv assault.
"
Comparison of Lasses,
The Philadelphia Sorth Amcncun, an intense
ly loval sheet, turns op tbe relative losses of the
■ Con federate armies and of oar own. W> te
! lievc the losses on both -i.de- to be great!-.' vr
| rated but we are surprised to Are ,t ■■*-. it !
be on Abolition journal that our io*- so
exceeds that of the rebels. iio ..... .i ;;
in . !e for tbe three years of lite w.tr up '
of last Sept Miiber. i.vlu ling tbe ha' . C . -
j aniaogn, it is as follows :
Foderu! losses in bait'.- &„•, 2h-.7^0
" by sickness, 290,000
Federal total loss in three veers, 552,"20
Confederate los.ses in
battles, &c., 217,465
Confederate losses ia
fickne-s, &c., 130,000
Confederate total loss
in three vears, 347,4G5
547.4&3
Excws of Federal loss, 205/255
TEA "S OF SYMPATHY.
i If there are a eiars of persouj deserving iL
• -.npaibv ani pity of the sound in health, it i
! ti.e .-r disabled victim of Scrofulous Ulcers,
Cbr .iic Sore?, whose bodes* are *o di-rigurcd
] vriiii ••■op;ve diseases as to tor bid liieir seeking
; t..c -< u-ty of their friends. To a)! >neb a cure
p. ovided in IJr. Itadwaj's Cleansing Syrup,
i ca.ied Kadwnv's Hcn-jvating Resolvent. Ona
j to six botths of this Marvelous Remedy will
{ eure the urst cases. Let those afflicted with
Chronic S .re.-, Ulcers. Fever Sores, Sure Heads,
! S..re L gs, Scrofula, and all Skin Disease?, use
? -
J this remedy. In a tew ..ecks ihev vvili be ea
! a bled to u. ingle irt society, cured. Hrica one
! doil.tr t*r bottle. Sold by Druggists.
t *
REED—McGREGOR —On the 231 irst,
" v t!. Rev. D. S. Bank-. Mr. J >m Reel to
Mis-; Janet M'Giegor, both of Coaliale, Bedford
Co . l J a.
—Dir.D—
u ij ggcTrffnatg>fee?--
TOWN—At North Point, on the 17th ir.M ,
.Mr>. Sot nrorilu wife of Newell A Town,
ni the -od year of her ase. The deceased was
a native of Orange cc., Vermont, where bcr re
mains were taken for interment. She leaves
an atl'ectionate husband and many friends to
mourn her loss.
BORDER.—On the 7th of January. IS'34,
at his rc-sidence in Perry township, liic-Liand
county, Ohio, Mr. Joseph Bu. der. formerly of
lied lord co . Po., in the 00th year of his age.
h other Border was a faithful tataiber of the
Salem Evangelical Lutheran church near Boll*
ville. He was a good man, and his last act,
which was the acme of a long career of use*
ml and true benevolence, will be remembered
as a blcssng to thousands yet unborn. In his
last will and testament he makes tire following
bequests, to take effect after the death of hi*
vit'c Elizabeth, having no children. I. To the
•Artie; van Iract Society," two bundled do!-
iais. 2. To the "Salem Evangelical LutLeraa
church," two hundred dollars.. 3. The remain
der of 1 is personal and real estate to the "Mis
sionary In Utute." which will be about 26 han
't v 1 Collars —We laid him in ti.-e grave- lec
tc:l bv 1 ;;as.!f in the Salem cemetery, among
the flowers, in sight and hearing of the, cf.urob
and congregation, where bis vacant seal will
viewed with many a sigh and tear.
A e inivs thee, beloved and houorod, in oar
social prayer-meetings. ;;j il*e public services, at
the table of the Lord.—The wife will nibs thee
at her lonely home on the easy chair at the ta
-le bat we know timj art not missed in heaven.
The funeral sermon was preached by the writer,
lruin Psalms, xc: 12, 4, 50 teach us to niimtier
cur days that wo may apply our her.rts ar.:o .v ie
dom." " D. I F.
are a-atfcoriz-d to snnoence MichaelS. Rircs
et, of Sr.ake Spriug townicip. ut canuiuate K-r
County Commissioner, subject to the decttiaa af
Ibe Democratic county convention.
A Most Excellent Medicine,
.1. F. CA E?ESTEK'I. RHEUMATIC FLV: —Peiso&a
* altering from Rheumatism, Neura-ia. Dipthena,
Burnt, &c., will find this a moat excellent remedy.
1 co i.es to us recommended by some of tbe be#!
rrrn in the State—and in this eommuritv Trt a
bottle and 'er for jouraelt. For tale at A. L. Drfl
baugh's, Bedford. April 29, IS6S ly.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Letter# of administration having been granted to
•he subscriber, residing in Broad Top tounshrpoa
the estate of Christian Bainett, late of B<st Provi
dence tp., deceased, ail persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to mr.ke immediate payment,
a nd thee having ciatm# against the same, will pre
sent them duly authenticated for settlement.
JOSEPH BARNETT, ADM'R.
Apr. 29 Bt*
WAMHI).
A boy of good moral character, industrious bsMrs,
and well recomm-oded, to learn the tanning busi
ness. Apply immediately to the subscr.ber inCn-o
berland Va'ley. JOHN' A. GPMP.
Apr. 29, IS&l.
Bedford Hall Association.
The stockholders of 'he Bedford Hali Associa'loa
*ce hereby notified that the annua! election for fire
trustee# of said association, will be beld attbe Odd
Fellows Ha.l in Bedford borough, on Monday, Ia -
second day of May, IS6-I, between the brurs of oo
and three o'clock, P. M., of said day. Notice i
also given that tbe trustees of satd association ba#
declared a Etmi aunual dividend of five p#x cento*
upon the capital s'ock, which the stockholders ess
| receive by calling upon the Treasurer, Joke R. J
I <*>• S. L. RfSsELL, Sec'ry.
April Jl2, ISA 4.
NOTICE
is hereby • vers that I have purchased a tLrk hatr
n are > k "# sa and ;.tkt ishenti '# rate o*J :b*f '{
hive left ibe uae ia the bands of Patrick Wail du
ring my pleasure.
April 22. 186J—Ot JOHN G FISHIJL
A DMIMSTR A TOR'S NOTICE-
of eJministration h.tvjr.g been granted tu
the suhseril -on tK es'atecf Frederick C!tar, late
oi I atoo town-hip, deceased, ail persons in„rb"J
to raid estate crc requested to nuke immediate pay
ment, t d those having claims wjl present the same
properly authenticated fur sdrl-m-nt.
Apr 1 22—St JACOB CLAAR. Vdtn'r