THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
{ PUBLISHED F.VERY FRIDAY MORNING
BY B. F. MKFERS.
A*, the Wowing terms, to wit:
$1 75 per annum, if paid strictly in advance.
$2.00 if paid within 6 months; $2.50 if not paid
withiu 6 months.
subscription taken tor less than six months
paper discontinued until all *rrewages are
panl. unless at the option of the publish?). It has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
stopp i® of a newspaper without tue payment of
arrearages, is prima facie evidence oi fraud and as
a criminal offence.
(jy'i'he roorts have decided that persons are ac
countable for :he subscription price of newspapers,
if they take th-m from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
Business Car 1)3.
COSEPH w. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly attend to collections and all husi- |
ness entrusSd to his care, in Bedford and tujoining .
counties. ... i 1
Cash rdvneed on judgments, notes, or.u.z:} and .
other claims j
Has for sae Town lots in Tatesviile, and bt. Jo- |
•eph's, on B dforu Railroed Fatmsand unimorove 1 i
land, iron cue acre to 150 acres To suit purees- rs. I
Office leaily opposite the "Merge! Hotel" :.d
B ,nk of ieed St ichell.
April j 1864 1 y
J. R. DURBOHROW,
ATTRXEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Officeine door Soulh of the "Hepgel House."
Will attnd promptly to a 1 bu-iness entrusted to his ;
care in edford and adjoining counties.
Havi< al=o been regul rly licensed to prosecute j
claims iain,t tb'Government, particular a"- tori
will betiven to the collection of Military claims of
all kim; pensions, back pay, bounty.u >ry oans, I
Sec. A ?'J x > ISii4 -
ESPY M AIiSIP,
A TORNEY JT LAW, BEDFORD, FA.
\\ll faithfully and promptly attend to all hu-in-es
entiated To his caie in a"d attain ina coun- !
tie- Military claims, buck pay, bounty, ike., i
spedily codec ted.
itfiee with Mann & Spang, on Juliana street, two !
dr> South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 'CI.
U . II AKERS,
Will promptl) attend to all business entrusted to '
fiis care. Military claims speeilily coliected.
Office on Juliana street, opposite the I
Eedford, September 11, 1863.
F. M. KIMMFLL. I. w. LIMGESFFLTKR ;
KI MM ELL & LINGENFFLTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, REDFORD, PA
ty7"Huve fo-med a partnership in the pactice of!
the Law. Office on Jul Mia street, two doors South
of tt>e"Mengl House."
G- H. SPANG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.;
Will prorrptly a'tend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining
counties.
on luliana Street, three doors south
of the • Mengel House," opposite the residence of
Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1564.
JUII \ P - BBKDi
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.,
Jlrtprr'f't!if tendnrs ins terw'rfs to tkf Pvbhc.
t? cord dcor North ol 'he Mengel
Hoes?
Bedford, Aig, 1, 1861. !
Joli S PAL!M ER ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA j
promptly attend to all business entrus
ted to bis care. Office on Juhanna Street, (near
ly opposite the Mengel Rouse.)
Bedierd, Aug. 1, 1861.
A. 11. fOFFROTII,
ATTORNEY AT LA IF, Fcmertet, Pn.
XVill hereafter practice regularly in the several
■liirr- of Bedford county. Business entrusted to
sis • ar- win be faithfully attended to.
p. -ce . b. r 6, 1861.
F. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
Ter.rfs f h> professional s-i vires to th* citiz-ns of
Blei y ftu ia> d vicinity. Offire next door to the
iroivr of John C Black. [June 10, 1864.
jrT lu. MAR3OTJKG-, M. D.
Hevint' permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity-
f on Julianna street, opposite the Bank,
■one door n i.rth of John Palmer's office.
Bedford, February 12, 1861.
gA It I ll F. L KETTER M A S ,
BEDFORD, FA.,
K7"Wculd hereby notify the citizens of Bedford
•county, that he has moved ro the Eoiougb of Bed
ford, where h. * may at all times be found by p~r?on,
wishing to see him, unless absent upor business
.per'ainmg to fi is office.
Bedford, Au, ?• 1,1861*
JACOB RKEO, SRHKU *
REE D AND SMELL,
BANKERS 1 k DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BF '.DFCRD, PKNN'A
K7"" DRAFTS b ought and sold, collections made
and money prump t'y remitted.
Deposits solicit "ed.
J. A LSiP & SON,
Auctioneers & Commission Merchants,
BED FORO, PA.>
Respectfully sol cit consignments of Boots and
Shoes, Dry Goods, C irocerieg. Clothina. ..ndell kinds
of Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIV Alt Sale,
R. EFERENCES.
PHILADELPHIA BEDFORD,
Pbihp Ford & Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Boyd it Hough, Hon. W. T. Da ugherry
Armor Young St Brt >*•, li. F. Meyers.
January I, 1864 -tt.
WAKTTI.4 N & ENLFLMAN,
(Svooxssoas TO Ml CHALL WARTMAN CO.)
Toiairo \ and §egay
MANI JFACTORY,
Nov 313 NOB TH THIRD STREET,
Second ( loor I Tow Wood,
PHI LADELPHIA.
J. W. WARTMAN. H. P. F.NGELMAN.
March 25, lfckk L
VOLUME .19.
NEW SERIES.
Notice ol Inquisition.
Bv virtue oi a writ of partition and valuation is
sued out of the Orphans' Court of Bedford county,
and to me as Sheiitf of said county directed, i wilt
hold an inquest upon the real estate of Frederick
Claar, late of Union township, deceased, (who died
uite-tate). on the premises, on Friday, the 15tb day
of July next, sani real estate lousi-ting ot one tract
o! laid situu'e in Union township, bed.-or l county,
contau ing 200 arr., more or less. With two Ins
bouses, 1. 1 bui'tand log st'ble theieon erected, and
alu ut 150 acres cleared. That the children and
heirs end ail p-is lis interested therein are notified
to atti-tu' ii itiey tin.-'k prnp-r, at jpe titur and place
belore RICHII net. I hat the following named pur
s' ns aie the hens timed in said writ, via;
hi. J.iCi.ii (liar. shaie owned by Baiiho'omow
Lively, 2J, Simon Ch .r, dcoased, leaving issu- 8
chii.re.., Fled, r ck, deeeaied, leaving one child,
Klsir 'a, ol whom f'biist. Briggle is guardian, Ma
ria, wife of Muj er, Rebecca, Susan, Catbaiine, wife
of Henry Feather, Jacob, Aaron and Samuel; 3d.
Matthias, ,har- owned by B. DiVely ; 4th, Peggy,
wife ol peter lekes, now deceased, issue, to wit "
Jacob C. likes, Nancy, wife of Ciaycornb, and fliz
abc.u, who died leaving one chilu, Walter Berkht
rner; sth. Nancy, wif. of Michael W.'i-r, who died
leaving issti to wit: Julian, ft h, bimon, Joseph,
F. !zap-.u. Michael and Catharine ; 6tn, Sarah, v. ;le
of Jacob L'ngetfeiter, residing in Illinois; 7'h,
Barbara, wile ol G-orge Lmgehfeiter. share held
by John Claar: B'h. f feni y Claar; 9th. Daniel Ci -;f;
10' Rachel, wile of Bartholomew Dively, Jlib,
HlizaUeth, wife of ''aniel Bently, shire heid by B.
Diveiy ; 12th Josepi. C ear; l.'Jtb, John W. Claar.
J'IHN ALDSTADT, Sheiitf.
Bedford, June 17, IS6J.
H'olice R*' Biiquisilion.
Br virtu- of a writ of partition or valuation is
sued out of the Orphans' C"v.rt of Bedford county
and To :ne deeded, as Sheriff of 'aid county, i will
hold an inquest upon the r a! estate of John Metz
aei. late of Jut lata township, dee'd., who died in-
Tr-state, on The pieinis-s, on Friday. the 2id day of
July • ext. sai-.t real estate consisting >f one iract
of 'and-i" in Jut a'a town-rip, Bedford county,
, ot.taii.ing 330 acres, more or less, with a brick and
log hou*e, bank barn and stable thereon erected end
about ISO acres c ca'ed. That the children nc
heirs aid all persons interes'cd Herein ale rotiliect
to attend it rr,ey think proper, a" the lime and place
uefore mentioned. Thai the following n uiied per
sons ale the hen - named in s.ul writ, viz:
is l . Amcii. Metzg-r, widow, 3d. Sarah, wife of
Jacob C'orley, 3d, Mary, wife of John ALiri. 4tn,
Ellen, wife of Win showman, sth, D.riiel Mrtzger,
6th. Meria, wite of John Kerr, 7th, Sophia, u i • of
Ernainiei Palmer, who died leaving issue six chil
dren, viz: Lavii.ia Palmer, John Palmer, Elwira
Palmer George Palmei, Su-an Palmer and Henriet
ta Palmer, vbo hive tor tb-ir guardians John P.
heed and Daniel Metzger, Ksq'i.. Louisa, wile of
Wa-hi:i'on Holler, and 9h, Susan Metzger, a mi
nor, of whom John P Kred, K-j . i- guardian.
JOHN ALDSTADT. Sheriff.
Bedfoid, June 17, IsC-l.
SHERIFFS SALE.
i}j '!><■ rh< mihin'FL Fa. 'o me directed. I
Iher* will be sold ai public sale aT tne i.uau uumf, ■,
in the borough of Bedford, on S .tur-ia-*, the Titb j
ds>yof July, 1864, at '0 o'clock, A. M., all the right,
tine and interest of Jeremiab Smith, in the follow
ing trac" of land Mtuate in Southampton township,
Bedford county, P„., contain! g eigntv-five acre-,
more or less, about fifty acres cleared, adjoining
| d nrfs of Joseph Smith, Lewis M iller, John Caven- j
d*-r and otheis. with a log hou-e, barn, Sec., thereon '
erected. Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of Jeremiah Smith.
Al.eO— The following lot of ground situate in the
vil'age ot Storiers'own, Bedford county, fronting
about lid leet on Main street and extending back
abou' - J( 0 feet to an alley, adjoining lot of Horver's
heir- on the east, and by an alley on the west, hav
ing thereon erected a two stoty I am- house, 55 by •
35~teet, a frame stable and tog wa-h house.
AJ.M)—A vacant lot of ground in -aid village,
fronting cn Main stre-t 55 feet and extending back
SCO f-ei tc an alley, adj ining lot of Jo->eph Ciis--
man's beiis, on the west, and an alley on the east. |
Seiz-d anil taken in execution as the pioperty ol |
George Tricker.
JOHN ALDSTADT, Sheriff.
Bedford, June 17, 1844.
PRATT & SMEDLEY RAKE.
THE FATHER OF THE FIELD
We can give the te-timony of ov-r 3,000 of our j
be-t laimeis, that itus rake is superior to any other
in use. , , .
because it is pelfectly adapted to rake both grain ,
arid grass, and so simple and easy that any boy cau j
use it.
It has taken the first piemium at twer,ty-seven ex
hibitions. and nas never failed to give satisfaction.
If the teeth aie not steel the purchaser wi.l have j
hi- mom y leiunded.
CT7"'I he Bake -an be had at. 'he hotels of Isaac
Meugel ami Jo.-'r a J. Shoemaker, Bedford, and at
j the store of W. - rat— tit Co., B oody Run.
For p rticuiars address
G. W BRANDT A CO., Columbia. Pi., or
DAVi" HKIDLEK, Agent, Cuamberabuig. :
j June 17, 1864 —3t.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The under-igried Auditor, appointed to maldis
tribution of the funds in the hands ol 1 bomas r i-h
--er, administrator of the estate ot Catharine s>li-er,
late of Cumberland \ alley township, dee'd, her by
gives notice that he will attend to Ibe iluties ol hi->
appointment, or. Monday, the 11th ot Ju.y next, at
his office in Bedford, when -ind where all parties in
terested may attend if they think proper.
L. AI.ALSJP,
June 17, 1861— 2t Auditor.
REMOVAL
0?
THE FAVORITE FANCY STORE.
The undersigned having removed her Fancy Store
to the building recently occupied by Mr. F.. M.
Fisher, immediately opposite the Washington Ho
tel, respectfully solicits a continuance of the t at
ronage fo r merly extended to her by the people of
Bedford and vicinity. Her goods consist in part ot
DKEHS GOODS, SUCH AS
Silks, All IVo I D'laines , 4'C-, 4c.
A great variety of
Velvets, Flannels, Muslin*, Ginghams and
Calicoes ; also, Skeleton Skirt*
for Ladies and Children.
Ladies* Ccrf ts, Dress Trimmings, Bugle
Trimmings, Ladies* Hats, Shoes,
Sun Umbrellas,
and the usual variety kept in a Fancy Store.
The public are respectfully invited to call and
examine our goods.
M. C. FETTERLY.
Bedford, May 26—Jaa.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 18S4-
1 BURNING OF ALEXANDRIA, LA.,
By Order of Gen. Banks.
A letter-writer in the St. Louis llepublican
of .he lUth, gives the following particulars of
the burning of Alexandria, 1.u., by the troops
under Gen. Banks:
The scenes attending the burning of the city
were appalling. Women gathering thsir help
less babes in their arms, rushing frantically
through the streets with screams and cries that
would have melted liie hardest hearts to tears.
Little boss and girls were running hither cry
ing for their mothers and fathers ; old men lean
ing on a start for support to their trembling
limbs, were hurrying away from ilie sutioeating
heat of heir burning dwellings and homes. —
The fair and beautiful daughters of the South,
whose lathers and brothers were in one army
or the other; the frail and helpless wives and
children of absent husbands and fathers were,
almost in Jlio twinkling of an eye, driven from
their burning homes into the streets, leaving
everything behind but the clothes they then
wore O.vt. gto the simultaneous burning 111
every part of the city, the people found no se
curiiv in the streets, where the heat was so in
tense as almost to create suffocation. Every
body l ushed to the liver's edge, being protected
there from the heat by the high bank of the
river. The steamboats lying at the landing
were subjected to great annoyance, the heat
being so great that the decks had to be flooded
with water to j revent the boats from taking
lire. Among those who thus crowded the river
bank were the wives, daughters and children,
helpless and now all homeless, of the Union
men who had joined the Federal army since
the occupation of Al x.tnJria. Their husbands
lnxl already been marched urt in the front to
wariid >i.ii.uc.-p.)i - t, leaving their old homes, but
to the tender mercies of the Confederates. Ttie
Federal torch had now destroyed their dwell
ings, their household goods and apparel, the lust
morsel of provisions, and left the-a starving
and destitute. As might be expected, they de
sired to go along with the Federal army, where
their husbands had gone. They appiied to Gen.
Banks with tears and entreaties to he allowed
to go aboard the transports. They wire refused!
They became frantic with excitement and rage.
Their screams and piteous cries were heartrend
ing. VViiii tears streaming down their cheeks,
women and children (tegged and implored the
boats to tan- them on board. Ttic officers of
the boats were desirous of doing so, but there
was the peremptory order from General Hanks
not to allow any white citizens to go aboard—
A rush would have#gon tlm boats,
and none could mount lite stage plank except
they bore the special permit of the commanding
General. Could anything he more inhuman
and cruel* But this is not all. General Hanks
found l oom on his transports'/or stx or seven
thousand negroes, that had been gathered in from
the surrounding country Cotton that had been
loaded on transports to be shipped through the
Quartermaster to New Oorleans, under Banks'
oider, was thrown overboard, to uiake room for
negroes. But no room could he found for white
women and children, whose husbands aud brothers
were in the /■ * deval tinny, o nil whose houses uml .
all hud itut been burned by the lederul torch. I j
challenge Hie records of all wars for nets ot
such perfidy and cruelty.
But there is still another chapter in this per
fidious military and political campaign. Hanks
on arming at Alexandra told the people that
his occupation of the country was permanent.
That he intended to protect all who wouid come
i forward and take the oath of allegiance; whilst
1 those who would not were threatened with bau
: ishinent and confiscation ot property. .Hun
dreds came forward and took the oath. An e
-1 ection was held and delegates were sent to the
Constitutional Convention then in session at
New Orleans. A recruiting olficc was opened
1 and over a thousand white men were mustered
1 into the United States service. Quite a nuui
! her of prominent citizens of Alexandria took
the oath, and were promised protection. Their j
' hous s and other property have now all been
reduced to ashes, and they turned out into the
world with nothing— absolutely nothing, save toe
1 amnesty oath ! They could not now go to tiie
Confederates and apply for charity. '1 hey, too, j
applied to General Hanks to 1 o allowed to go
aboard the transports and go to New Orleans. I
| They wire refused in every instance ! Among those
, who applied was a Mr. Barker, a lawyer oi i
feeble health, who had been quite prominent t
• making speeches, since the Union occupation,"
in favor of emancipation, unconditional union I
and the suppression of the rebellion. L'ennis
sion to go on a transport was ret used hint, lief
could not stay, and hence, feeble, as he was, (
he went afoot with the tinny. Among the prom-.'*
j iuent citizens who took the oath was Judge J# :
K. lii-.cc, of Alexandria. Before the rcturr
of the army from Grand Score, Judge Elgeii
, went to New Orleans, leaving his family behind*
expecting to return. He was not able to do s;
\ before the evacuation of Alexandria. Judg
' EGee is one of the inogt accomplished and übl
- mini of the South. A lawyer by professsior
he occupied a prominent position both politico I
ly and socially, and had immense influence. '
great stress was placed upon his taking the oat !
that otic of our hands serenaded him at his r <
idence, and Gen. Grover and Gen. Hanks lit '
ored him in every way possible. During i 1
| stay in Alexandria, I had occasion to call up J
! the Judge at his'residence, and at his ciiij r
| (which were both in the same building,) on b
I iness. llis law and literary library oecup t
■ tiiree large rooms—being as tine a collectioi v
books as I ever saw. His residence was ricj s
1 and tastefully furnished, a single painting c 1 ii
! ing twelve hundred dollars. In his aosej J
I the Government he had sworn to support, I ' h
which liad promised him protection, ullowei 1 a
soldiers to apply the torch to his dwelling, i ! h
1 turn his family into tho streets. His fine fi o
| dence, with ail its costly furniture, his |
? pap era, and his fine paintings, were buraeJ- i
I t may be that many of the last-named articles
will yet find their way to the North, having
been rescued from the flames by pilferers and
thieves, for where arson is resorted to it is gen
erally to cover theft.
J. Madison Wells, the Lieut. Gov. of Louis
iana, elected with Hahn, by General Hanks'
orders, was not spared. He had been a Union
man from the beginning.—He had a splendid
residence in Alexandria, welt and ricidy furnish
ed, at which his own and his son's family re
sided. His son was absent in New Orleans,
att n>l. .g the Constitutional Convention, of
which lie was a member; and in which he voted
for abolition and all the ultra measures. Hut
that di I not secure his family the protection of
the Government. Ail was burned. Thousands
of people, men, women and children, were, in
a few short hours, driven fiorn comfortable homes
into the streets. Their shelter, their provisions,
their t'ds. were all consumed. In their extrem
ity, which our own culpability had brought a
bout, the Commanding General perhaps did not
laugh at their calamity, nor mock when their
fear came, but doubtless regarded it us the dawn
of a political miileniuui. The march of the
army from Alexandria to Fort le Kusscy was
lighted up with the flames of burning dwellings.
Thus has Gen. Hanks become the ''liberator of
T* ' M
iwouiMuua.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
An Ohio Ganeral Proposes an Armistice.
From the Mount V-rnon (Onio) Banner.
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, )
KNOX CO., Ohio, June 16. )
Gen. G. ll'. Morula :
DEAR SUI: Inasmuch as you are one of the
delegates from this congressional district to the
CL ieugo Convention, both we and our neigh
bors are anxious to learn your views as io the
true line of conduct to adopt in order to secure ,
the return of peace and the preservation of our j
liberties. Very truly,
Hour. Mu LEI:,
WM. LAIIMON. 2-
MOL'KI V'EKXON, 0., June 17.
GENTLEMEN: Your note is before me, and'
with pleasure I comply with your request. —
There is always danger of civil war among a
free people, and I do not believe that mere force
can restore peace, or preserve the Union. In
my humble judgment, wisdom and patriotism
alike demand an armistice; and I believe that ;
u ces-itiou of hostilities would result in an iion
o> -4flc and happy peace. ,
... . * ' greed suspension ot nos
tilities between beiugc, cCtncd tiro*, j
and fur a given ptirpo.se. In wars between civ- !
iiized nations an arniistice always precedes peace
though sometimes resorted to for other purpo
ses. None but barbarian powers pursue hos
tilities to extermination, and extermination or,
complete exhaustion ol both contending parties
would be ihe necessary re.-uit in all wars, did '
nut die opposing parties agree to suspend hos
tilities so tiiat the question in dispute might be
submitted to the arbitrament of reason, after
brute force had failed.
During an armistice the hostile armies niain-
I tain their respective positions, and if terms of i
I adjistment are not agreed upon, hostiliiies can
I 'ie ecominenced. Hut as a general and almost,
! luviiiable rule, an armistice is followed by peace. ,
, 1 In proposition lor an armistice generally comes
fri*i tiie victor, and thus, alter the battle of.
Nuferino, gained by the French, the emperor i
Ntpoleou proposed an armistice to Francis Jo-!
seh of Austria, and peace was the result.
tVitliout magnuniuiity there can be no real
gintncss, and the absence of it is the certain
tvoence of the want ot proper self-respect.— :
le cause of the Union has been nobly vindi
cted on inoie than a hundred battle-fields, and
ie deeds ot our soldiers have reflected iininor
tl glory upon our arms. Hut our enemy has
leu equally brave; and, although we hate sc
ission, we act'i rd an honest admiration for the 1
j hioism which has halt redeemed a mistaken
Ituse
The world has never seen such battles, cither '
i point of numbers or dauntless intrepidity.—
/e have sent to the field more than two mil- i
jons of men; and nearly, if not lull, one half
:i iheui have gone down to their graves. More <
ban one-tenth of the entire population of the :
'jyal states have been actual combatants in this '
irar. H iiule regions of country have been i
nude desolate; the busy hum of workshops has i
icoii hushed, as il palsied by eternal deatb; <
he plow has been left in the middle of the fur- i
ow, and the lather, the husband and the son i
iave alike gone out to battle. And yet naught, ;
ibsulutely naught has been gained toward the ;
estoi utioii of that grand and noble Union lorra
dby our lathers. I say, then, for a time let
toe torrent ot blood be staged, let the olive
branch supplant the sword, and heaven-born
reason take the place of force. Victory has
crowned oar banners on unnumbered fields, and
magnanimity will add lustre to our arms.
hay to our countrymen of the South: "Let
us reason t. gctlicr. \our homes are draped in j
mourning, aud so are ours. Many of your no- '
blest sons have perished on the field of battle,
and such, alas, is the case with U3. We are
:ountrvmcn, and we have been friends, and even
low, amid the red storm of battle, we arc proud
>f each other's deeds. We honor the name of ;
Lee, Sidney Johnson, aud ot Jackson j aud you
espect those of McClellau, of Grant, and of
iedgwick. Let us talk together and call back
he saored memories of the past. Washington
vas yours and ours, and Franklin and Madi
on sat side by side in the convention which
ramed the great Constitution.
lteason is the attribute of the gods—carnage
the festival of fiends. Then let us assemble
round the council fire, aud for onro imitate our
iruthers of the forest and smoke tho calumet
f peace.
In a word, let the result at liichmond be what
t may, let us declare in favor of an armistice
WHOLE .VIIBER, !O.W
s for sixty day 9. We can make tie proposition
; with honor because it would be done on South
-1 era soil. Wo blockade all of the ports of the
■ South not in our possession, and the great Fa
ther of Waters is ours from its source to its
- mouth. Hut we want peace, we want Union.
' , we want a cessation of the carnage of war, and
i these blessings eau only bo attained through an
[ armistice.
. | In my letter to the State Central Committee
. in September, 1803, I denounced the policy of
, President Lincoln in refusing to receive Alex
ander 11. Stephens as confederate commissioner;
I and, since then, I have frequently urged the ap
; : pointment of commissioners on our part, to
meet with others to be appointed by the autiior
, iiies of Richmond; and I respectfully advise,
i what I have so often recommended before,
i With earnest hones for tie preservation of!
the Union, and the return of peace, I remain j
. gentlemen, your obliged fellow citizen,
GEORGE W. MORGAN.
To Root. Miller and Wm. Lahmon.
From the True Piesbyterian.
RELIGION AND POLITICS. *7l
Amid this furious lubb!a of politics an I wv, j
we look iri vain for the Magna Cit irta of the j
Annunciation, "Glory to God in the highest; j
on earth peace, good will to men.'' It is ap
; palling to see the Church of God spew from
her mouth the Gospel of peace, and bawl her
self hoarse in stimulating the ferocious passions
of men and in canonizing the red handed fiend
of the battle field! Where is her former hatred
of Abolitionism now that she is causing them ;
her own children to .ass through the tire of{
Moloch, and is gloating over the prospect of j
servile insurrection ? What shall we say of the :
distinguished clergyman who so loudly applaud- [
ed Mr. Van Dyke's sermon on that subject, and \
who now lift up their hands and roll their eves !
in pious horror at the sin of slavery ? Shall ■
we say, as the world says of them, that they •
j have either been practising a gross deception all j
j their lives, or are now bacL r vielding to unman- ;
i ly fear! Shall we adoel the humiliating charge ;
' so freely made, that as a body, the clergy of
, this country have Iran loss reliable, more on- j
1 willing to sacrifice their positions to principle, I
more shuffling, and cowardly, and bloodthirsty, j
than any other ciaas of men in it? Shall we,
repeat the sneer, that rather than give up their !
; places and their salaries, they will preach and [
pray under the dictation of a turbulent faction j
i:i their churches: or the bitter taunt of tiie [
soldier, who on lieing reproved by one of them !
for swearing, replied: "I will not be rebuked i
by you, sir! I have exposed my life for three j
i years in this war, and but for the preachers j
' ' 1 We. desire to I
J nr/ng no railing accusations, neither to J.-Jge
any man: but by their fruits ye shall know
them and the fruit of all their labor is that
they, the Church, and religion itself, are brought
i into contempt among men The Lord Jesus
seems to have averted Ilis face, and the Spirit;
ot Grace to have departed from the scene ofi
strife and fanaticism, and bound in the foils of j
the devil, and exposed to the huntings of the'
world, nothing is left to us but a "Dead Faith
! and an Apostate Church."
Happily there are soir.o who s;i!I remember ,
that they are called to preach "Christ and Him j
crucified," and who steadfastly have preached 1
them amid all the tumult and clamor of war.
Fortunate ior Christianity in this couutrv that ]
it has been so.
NO COMMUTATION HEREAFTER.
I lie striking out of the commutation clause'
hom the conscription act by the House of Rep- :
resent a lives, furnishes a conspicuous instance of ,
the feebleness and unrepresentative character of
that body. But a few days since, by a vote of
two to one. it refused to abolish the principle of
commutation, and this action*was sustained by
every considerable organ of public opinion in
the North. A\ ere the members of the Kepub
lican party polled to-morrow, nineteen in twen
ty would vote against striking out (lie three
hundred dollar commutation clause; vet, in the
ace ot this all but unanimous public opinion,
and with its own record committed to the same
view, the 11. use covered itself with contemnt
and popular odium at the edict of the War De
partment. One of the most disheartening sGns
of the limes is the utter want of character and
independence in the two houses of Congress.
J hey have become nitre appendages or rcg" :.®r
ing bureaus of the Treasury and War Depart
ments. Secretary Chase can propose nothing !
so absurd in the way of a financial measure 1
that they will not endorse, nor Secretary Stan-1
ton ny thingso unpopular that it is not meekly j
acquiesced in. Americans, the world over, have '
abundant reason to hang their heads for shame !
at the contemptible specimen of a Congress
wlii'-'i is now about adjourning in Washington. '
It i- not to lie uLgmsed that the whole count
ry is thoroughly alarmed and disgusted at these
incessant calls for more soldiers, in view of
Senator Wilson's official statement that seven
hundred thousand men have been enlisted or
re-enlisted into our armies since the 17th of
• October last. As these were in addition to the
troops already in the field, every one is asking
where, in the name of wonder, has this vast
multitude of brawny armed men gone to? A
million of men properiy handled and husband
ed should be sufficient to conquer this whole
continent from Greenland to Patagonia; yet
this wretched, blundering, wasteful administra
tion has had nearly two million of men alto
gether, and wc seem to be as far off from final
victory over the South as ever. In truth, this
reliance upon mere numbers is a signal proof i '
of the essential weakness of our military ad- j
ministration. It was not the myriads of Xerr- i 1
es which always prevailed; the skill and bra- j
verv of the Greeks who opposed were morel
than a match for them. The nation cannot I
stand these terrible drafts upon its population. ! <
and any one can see that one year more of this
fearful waste of human life will produce ex- i
hao&tum and lead to an euforcod peace.— World, i
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VOL. 7, NO 49.
The St. Louis Neue Ztxt hoists the Radical
Abolition ticket of Fremont and Cochrane at
1 the head of its columns, and thus bitterly prt>-
! claims war to the knife against the Lincoln
j party:
The Baltimore Convention has done wfcal
we expected it would do. It has sought to
swindle Abraham Lincoln into the Presidency
again. The gauntlet thus thrown down wo
take up. Against this swindle we solemnly
I protest. Defiantly we herewith cut loose from
! a party which stek.s systematically to ruin the
country, ami, in accordance with the declara
tion of Gen. Fremont, we now raise the ticket
of the Radical Democracy at the head of our
columns! Ho, Fremont! 110, Lincoln!
Such will lie the battle cries in this contest,
and with joy and .heartfelt gladness we enter this
just, good and necessary battle agaiost the or
ganization of b'.ood-suckera, created by Mr. Lin- .
cola for the perpetuation of his own unnatural
power, and the overthrow of the republic. We
do not conceal from ourselves that we have a
hard contest, but so much tho more glorious
will it be also. Whether we conquer or are de
feated is not for us the first question. We know
that it is a holy cause and an unavoidable duty,
for which we enter the contest ; and to the bold
belongs the world.
Who risks not, gains not, and is no man
at all.
In one particular the impending contest wiil
be different from any preceding one; we can
not this time esteem our opponents neither polit
ically nor personally. In the enemy's camp
there is nothing but lie and swindle; hence we
shall not tight with mildness, as we have often
been accustomed to do. We shall strike a blow
whenever we think we can hit the enemy. The
ships are burnt liehind us, ami we neither give
nor take quarter. And because we hate where
once we loved, aft<-r prayers, warnings and en
treaties have been in vain, we now say :
"Lay on, Macduff—
And damned be he who first cries, Hold, enough !"
The Fremont Guard may die, but will never
surrender.
THE LOYALTY BUSINESS.
Tho Loyalty business is assuming a more reg
ular form, being now confined to inside operators.
There are
1. People who have good offices under "gov
i eminent," and who do not wish to loose them,
and are looking for better ones
2. People who belong to the county cliques,
; and having some connection with the tax ma
| cbinery.
i o. People who have nothing in particular to
I do, and woo like to be conspicuous for mind
"P "Uici pcuploV buMntju, us they have none of
their own.
4. Pharisees in religion, who are
over ;>ge or weak in the breast, or lank in the
poc.ef, but are vehement for war, and a good
tux on other people's property.
o. Last, not least, the willing souls, who go
to conventions and are fishing for nominations,
and who will tell you that a cloud looks like a
whnlc or a weasel, just as they are required.
•1/em. People who walk on in decency and
quiet before the law, and obey it a? i honor it,
and, who love their neighbors, are not to be
considered as having any part in the loyalty
business.— Urbana Union.
ELKOPF.AN INTEEI ERENCE. —The eleventh rcs
olution ot tiie Abolition Convention is a* fol
lows:
| Hesolced, That we approve the position taken
; by the Government that the people of the Uni-
I ted States can never regard with indifference the
attempt of any European power to overthrow
by force or to supplant by fraud the institutions
ot any republican government on the Western
Continent, and that they will view with ex
treme jealousy, as menacing to the peace aud
independence of this our country, the efforts of
any such power to obtain new footholds for
monarchial governments sustained by a foreign
military force in near proximity to the United
States.
Bravo! Now what is "the position taken by
the Government" that is thus approved? A for
weeks ago the House passed a joint resolution
declaring that this country "can never regard
with indifference" foreign intervention. The
Senate not or!y neglected to re-atlirm and vital
ize that resolution, hui. Mr. Seward sent an ob
sequious apology to France for the action of
the House! Lnder such circumstances, and
while the thing condemned is actually transpir
ing in the most open manner at our very door,
•hat a mockery it is to talk such twadlla as
this ! Louis Napoleon has by force and fraud
erected a throne in Mexico, and sent a foreign
prince to fill it; and "extreme jealousy" is tho
only barrier this Abolition Convention intends
to interpose.
IHE I* RUIT FREE IIORER.— —The Gardener's
Monthly mentions that a friend, who is famous
tor his success in fruit culture, especially in
growing large crops of the finest apples, inform
ed him that the secret of his "good luck" con
sisted in -keeping away the borer." To do this,
he says, 1 merely keep the soil scraped from th®
trunk down to the bare roots winter and sum
mer.' Ilis argument in favor of his manage
ment is that the borer requires moist, soft bark
for his operations, and that the removal of the
soil from the trunk of the tree, rendering the
bark firm ami hard to the collar, instinctively
causes the borer to select a more favorable place
for the rearing of its young—or. more correct
ly speaking, ibr its chrysalis. The treatment
thus described was perfectly successful: th®
trees were untouched by the bo.er.
| la Seccsria they give a man liable to do mili
tary duty so many days furlough for every re
cruit be brings in. One conscript went to work
and procured enough men to entitle him to a
furlough from Gcu. Lee of SJbCtayiv— which
! is flO duyt Oter ten years.
The German Feeling For Fremont.