BEDFORD GAZETTE-
B. F. MEYERS. EDITOR.
FRIDAY. • • DECEMBERS, .864.
Bedford County.
The day is fast approaching when Bedford
county will take rank among the wealthiest and
most populous districts in the State. Her
mountains of iron, too long trodden only by
the hoof of the wild deer, her limestone hills
too long untouched by the pick and spade, her
valleys, rich in fertility,, too long waste and un
cultivated, cannot always remain in their pri
meval condition of wildness and unfruitfulness.
Slowly but surely the hand of improvement
has wrought its work among these everlasting
hills, until now it is about to develop, in all
their richness, the hidden resources of our
mountain land. AlreaJy we have furnaces
which are supplied by ore brought from nearly
the centre of the county, and these will soon
justify the erection of iron works and rolling
mills, for which we have some excellent sites.
Our enterprising citizens are also turning their
attention to the products of the forest and our
timbered districts now are made to yield mil
lions of staves, straps and other commodities
of a similar character.
The medicinal waters with which nature has
so bountifully filled our hills, are n!so a source
of wealth. The Bedford Mineral Springs are
known all over the country, and resorted to by
invalids from every section of the Union. All
that is lacking to render profitable the building
of immense hotels at Bedford Springs, is im
provement in the facilities for travel to and
from the place. There is a fair prospect that
this will soon be accomplished, in the construe- ;
tion of the Connelisvillc and Southern I'enn-j
svlvania Railroad, which will connect ust by
. I
rail, with Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
But the agricultural interest of our county,
is of greater .value than ail its oilier sources of |
wealth. We have traveled, and for soma time !
resided, in the Western states, and we are quite ■
sure that nowhere, in any of them, is the wheat
crop so certain as in Bedford county. It is
true tnai uw. y.noitv <b.- W.-cf<rn farmers have
very heavy crops, but they, also, vc j
, t , .e almost toial failures. Not eo here, j
During the past eight years, including the ever !
memorable year of the June frost, the wheat ;
crop of our county has been invariably good- j
The same may be said of the other cereals.!
As for corn, we saw hut few better fields, last 1
summer, between Huntingdon and Chicago, i
than those in Friend's Cove, Snake Spring
'V * i
Valley and South and Middle Woodberry.
Now, with all these sources of plenty, lying j
around us, why should we be discontented ? ,
It is tiue the shadow of war darkens our homes,
and there is a vacant chair at almost every
lire-side; but, the darkness i- 1 over all the land !
and go where you will, the inevitable curse'
which seems hanging over the nation still fol
lows you. Therefore, it is letter to be content!
and bide the time of peace and deliverance un
der our own vine and fig tree. Depend on it, ;
you cannot at present better your condition,
either pecuniarily, or as regards the war, by
removing from Bedford county. Be patient
and all will yet be well. I)o
" up and doing
With a heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait."
Reasons for Cfratulation.
It is quite sure that if the vote of the two
great maufacturing districts of Pennsylvania,
to wit: Philadelphia and Allegheny counties,
were not taken into the count, that the State
would he overwhelmingly Democratic. The
gains for the Democracy in the rural districts
have been uniformly large. The loss has only
been in such places as are controlled by the
patronage of the Administration. Now, this
patronage, sooner or later, must cease. When
ever that day comes, Philadelphia will he Dem
ocratic and Allegheny will relapse to its former
anti-Democratic majority of 3,000 or 4,000.
Then the Democracy will carry the stale. This
may occur next year. Nay, it is quite proba
ble that it will. Hence, there is great reason
for encouragement to the Democrats of the
eountry. Let them keep up their organiza
tions. Let them remember that Truth is at
the bottom of the well and the people will find
it as soon as this Administration sinks them
deep enough. The Democrats of Bedford coun
ty have not only reason for encouragement, but
have great cause for gratulation. At the first
election they carried their whole county ticket,
by over 400 MAJORITY, over the most stu
pendous frauds in the returns from the army
and in the face of armed violence at the polls
within the county, and this in spite of the most
desperate efiorts of malignant renegades and
spiteful clisorganizers, to defeat it- The Con
gressional, Judicial and Legislative districts
have, likewise, given handsome Democratic ma
jorities, on the home vote, and, also, as we bo
lieve, with the legitimate army vote included.
The Congressional and Legislative district?
were gerrymandered by our political opponents,
so as to render their success, as they supposed,
certain in both of them. In the district which
Messrs. Meyers and Findlay carried by 200 j
majority on the home vote, Curtin, last year,
had i9B majority, showing a Democratic gain
of 1000 votes in twelve months. In the dis
trict which Gen. CofFroth carried bv 600 ma
jority on the home vote, Curtin had last year
about ioo majority, exhibiting a Democratic
gain since then, of 1,400! A few years ago,
we had no prospect of electing our candidates
tor Confess, Senate or the House of Repre
sentatives, and our county tickets were some
times partly defeated. Now, we have every
thing. We can elect the Congressman, the
State Senator and the members of the Legisla
ture, whilst our county ticket is secure by a
large majority. Hence, let the Democrats re
main firm; let them keep up their organization,
let them continue to labor in the cause of Truth
and Right, and all will be well.
EDITORIAL MELANGE.
83* The "upper crust," iu this country —that
on top of the hist snow.
3rCoiaes but once ayear-Christiuas. Ditto,
seme of our exchanges.
TJolly fellow—the man that "struck ile."
43~50ld —the Patriot office. Ditto, some of
its subscribers. The Bedford Inquirer compa
ny are the purchasers.
3~Good—Abe Lincoln has discovered that
the people will not feel the public debt, p.s they
owe it to themselves!
euchred Joe Johnston, (who was
assisted by Beauregard) gave Hood the deal,
and then made the biggest lone march on rec
ord!
(fcySergean t William Leader, son of Maj.
Henrv Leader, formerly of this place, was re
cently killed on White River, Arkansas, by a
guerrilla. Peace to his manes!
s3rSour —the Abolitionists at Gov. Curtin,
because they suspect that he will declare CofF
roth elected to Congress. They are raising
such a din about the Governor's ears, that we
will not be surprised if they frighten Lim into
refusing to proclaim any body elected to Con
gress from this district.
tfirCapt. Frank Holsinger, of Woodberry,
has been badly wounded in the right arm. The
Captain was formerly a correspondent of flie
Gazette. VVe hope he may soon recover from
the effects of his wound.
tfyCol. W. T. Chapman, formerly editor and
proprietor of the Bedford Inquirer, died recent-
Iy, at Pulaski, Tenn., of chronic uiarrhma,
contracted whilst in the service. C'ol. Chap
man is spoken cf as having been a brave and
worthy officer.
I rom Dixie—our gallant
young lncniT, i . n. ivoor, wno has
prisoner ever since the battle of Drury's Elulf.
Aleck looks a iittie tliin and says our prisoners
are badly treatod by the rata. Several other
Bedford county prisoners returned with him.
They were paroled by the rebel authorities.
C3*lVe are sorry to hoar tLat a rather se
rious accident happened to our friend Judge
Snively, of Scheilsburg, a few days ago. As
the Judge was driving a sled, one of the lines
became detached, and the horses plunged over
a precipice at the side of the road, carrying
him with thc-ui aud bruising him severely.
£i~Wo cull the attention of person?- desirous
of investing in oil stocks, to the circular of the
Hopewell Oil Company, which will be found
in our advertising columns. The property of
; this company is situated in the celebrated Oil
Region of Venango county, which fact elone
: should induce subscriptions to its stock.
r. H. GETTYS has just returned from
the East, with a splendid selection of Photo
' graphic Alburns, Picture Frames, and all sorts
of articles in bis line, suited fer Christmas
| presents. We advise our readers to give him
a call and examine Lis goods. Mr. Gettvs is
: an enterprising and energetic tradesman and
deserves success.
find the following excellent little mor
ceau in a recent nntuber of the New York
World , the very best daily now published in
Gotham:
THE CABINET
The ship of state is Sa-ward blown,
And in our hour of need
Law on a wild goose Chase is flown,
And ruin comes with" Speed.
CrSomi ten days ago, three deer appeared
on the abrupt mountain immediately south of
the town of Hopewell, whereupon the marks
men of that flomishing village, sallied forth,
and taking position at Hbout two hundred yards, j
fired twenty-five shots at the deer, which all
the while stood unmoved until two of them
wore shot down and the third one was badly
wounded. One of the deer, after receiving
the fatal ball, tumble! down the declivity into
the river, inducing several excited and enthu
siastic sportsmen, to take a cold bath in order
to seeurc it. Great country, that, and full of
good shots.
we urge our friends throughout
the county, to organize for the purpose of cor
recting the enrollments for their several dis
tricts. I,et Cumberland Valley, Southampton,
Bedford and St. Clair tps., whoso quotas, we
believe, have always been excessive, and every
other district in the county which considers
itself aggrieved, move now in this matter. Wo
understand that the school directors of Bed
ford borough, are acting upon our suggestions
of a few weeks ago. Let this he done in ev
ery district in the county. For further infor
mation on the subject, we refer the reader to
the circular of the Board of Enrollment to he
found in another column.
THE WAR.
Gen. Sherman's army bus reached the coa: 1
some distance below Savannah, and is now i
communication with the Federal fleet. H
has captured Fort McAllister, which was d>
fended by but 150 men. His march from Ai
lanta has been a decided military success; bi
we doubt whether it will do much toward brinj
ing the rebels to submission. The people <
Georgia were heretofore divided into partie?
viz: Reconstruction and Independent Confede
aey men. Since Shcrmao's gigantic raid, thej
can be found but few of the former.
Gen. Thomas has gained a dec ided viettv
over Hood at Nashville. Thomas Lad gatbe
ed together all the troops in tho West, indu
ing those in Missouri, amounting to upwards f
50,000 men, and with this vest army attack!
Hood, who had but about 30,000. After 1-
vero fighting, in which Thomas lost about . :
000 men, ail told, Hood was driven from Is
position. Hood's army is still, ho vvever 11
Tennessee.
There is nothing new from Grant.
Another draft, for tho deficiency, has bn
ordered.
CSrJoiin Steel, the "Oil Prince,'" is not dea,
as was reported, nor was he ever kicked bja
horso as was libellously printed concernig
bum
Important to tho Public
The Correction of the Enrollment.
s We publish below a circular of the Baud
, of Enrollment, urging the correction of the rds
• and prescribing the manner in which the cr
rection is to bo made. This circular conta"a3
. in the main, the ideas advanced in a recent el.
- itorial in the Gazette. We commend this jc
i tion to the people and hope they will not te
glect to profit by it.
The correction of the National Earollraiat
' is of the first importance. Where it is exces
sive, quotas are increased and unjust burdens
\ imposed. The 'Board of Enrollment desres
3 the co-operation of all citizens—those who are
, not liable to draft as well a3 those who an—
in an effort to secure its reduction to the proper
standard.
HOW' THIS SHOULD BE DONE.
In a matter of this kind, organization is
' what is wanted to insure success. Every Town
or Township should at once constitute a few of
' pa citizens a Committee to attend to its inter
ests. That Committee should be required to
see to prepJ. ra^on evidence with a view of
striking from thd tho names of men i i the
service, those that ha" e remove d from the Dis
trict permanently ana in ,f ood faith, and those
that arc deceased, as well as ; 'd hng the names
of persons coming into the DislnoV *° re side,
such as have arrived at 20 years of a "d
any that may have escaped enrollment Lerc'*°"
fore.
DECEASED PERSONS.
- m the jhmh&A
two citizens stating the time of death as nearly
as possible.
PERSON'S IN MIIJTAKY SERVICE.
Committees will please confine their atten
tion to such as have entered the service other
wise than through this office. Drafted men in
service, substitutes and volunteers enlisted here
are taken from the enrollment as a mutter of
course. Ibe B .ard w ill strike oil the names of
enrolled person* alleged to be in the service up
: on the sworn statement of two citizens, giving
the company and regiment ia which the put
ties may l<: serving, the date and place of mut
ter, and such other facts as may suggest them
selves. A specification of at least the regiment
and the time oi muster. nearly as can be
ascertained, is essential.
PERSONS REMOVED.
All persons who have removed permanently
and in good faith from the District, or from oue
Town or Township in the District to another,
will be stricken oft ori the application of two
citizens whose sworn statement of the time and
manner of removal, together with the present
residence of the party, if known, should be filed.
TWO YEAR'S SERVICE.
1 hose that have served two years in the pros- j
ent war are entitled to be stricken off The !
discharge of such with ail oath of identitiy is
sufficient. here the discharge is inaccessible
for any good reason, affidavits making out clear
ly the tact of service for that period of time
will be received. The organization and dates
of muster in and out should not be omitted.
OVER OR I N HER AGE.
Persons who claim to be stricken off on ac
count of being over 45 or under 29 years of
ago, must bring their own affidavit, stating the
| day ol their birth. Vfhera the parents are liv
ing, their affidavit js also required. In c-e
the parents are d :.id, the affidavit of the ap
plicant must state tiiis fact, and then the a!n
--; davit of any two reputable citizens, elating that
| they know the man and believe his statement to
I be true, will be received. In support of the
foregoing evidence, any record evidence, pub
lic or private, that may be in existence, must be
produced• \\ here there is no record evidence,
the affi lavit.s should set forth the fact of its non
existence.
A I.J ENS.
1 hese must file an affidavit setting forth the
date and place of birth ; 'the port at which they
were landed, as well as the time ; their several
piaces of residence since in this country, with
the length of time at each ; and that they have
never filed a declaration of intention to become
citizens, nor have voted or attempted to vole at
any election in any State. In addition, the
affidavit of two respcctablo citizens, not them
selves aliens, must bo furnished, who certify that
they know the upplbant to be a man entitled to
credit, and believe his stateinent to bo true.
PHYSICAL DISABIIJTT.
'I he Board is allowed to sti'ike off, for mani
fest perament physical disability. It is impossible
:to make this term nj r plainer. The infirmities
for which the Board are permitted to strike off,
must be both manifest and permanent. Those
desiring to be stricken off under this head should
come in person. The Surgeon must see the trou
ble complained of before reporting an opinion
to the Board.
PERSONA I. AITF.ARANCE.
Those claiming exemption for two yeai-s' ser
vice, over or under age, alienage and physical ;
disability should appear in person. But a cur- ' ;
sory examination will ba given the last class. J,
'I hose that do not feel themselves permanently 1
and manifestly disabled should not appear. As
regards aliens and persons claiming exemption
on age, personal attendance is requisite. When
ever it is practicable for a party claiming ex
emption lor any eause to appear, he should
come. An application in his absence, without
reasonable excuse for non-attendance, is con
strued against him.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
A copy of the enrollment may oftentimes
facilitate and curtail the work of Committees.
This will be furnished the Townships in the re
moter Counties on application. Only Commit
tees, not individuals, need apply. This office
has not the help to furnish more than a single
copy to a Township.
80 soon as the present draft is completed the
Board of Enrollment, or a part of it. will visit
the several County Seats oi the District for the
purpose of correcting the lists. Due public
notice of the time of visiting ea-h County will
be given. The citizcus are urged to hold them
selves in readiness to attend.
Persons of unsuitable age, those afflicted with
permanent ailments, those that have seen two
years' service, aliens and ail others who can at
tend should he urged to do so. This is a faith
ful effort on the part of the Board of Enroll
ment to obtain accurate lists, and should bt
nit with u correspondent spirit by citiz ins.
Committees need not wait until the Board
visits the Counties, but can visit the Board here
at once if they see proper.
Where it is desired to havo a person enrolled
who has escaped enrollment, moved into the
Township, or become 20 years of age, appli
cation in writing should bo made by one or
mote citizens. Theatateinent submitted by them
should give the full name, age, occupation and
place of birth of tho man to be enrolled, as well
as the place of re-ider.ee of the informant.
The appropriate government stamps must be
affixed to ai! affidavits.
The Board is instructed to say that'if the
opportunity now offered to correct enrollments
is neglected, no attention will in future bo giv
en to complaints about excessive quotas.
GEO. EYSTER,
Capt. A Prov. Mar.
JOHN CULI\ Commissioner,
WM. C. LANE, Surgeon.
HEAD QUARTERS, PROVOST MARSHAL, )
Sixteenth District, Pennsylvania, >
Ckambersbarg, Dec. 13, 1864. )
Elootioii Opinion Of The Attorney
General.
j In the lGth Judicial district, composed of
j the counties of Kraukiin, Bedford, Somerset
| and Fulton, nine out of the twenty-two leiurn
judges of Bedford county refused to sign the
| return of the district, because of informality in
! a portion of the army vote. —The remaining
; thirteen signed the return. The district return
'judges refused to accept the return so made by
i the thirteen return judges of Bedford county,
| and have stated in their return that Francis M
Kimmcll, (the Democratic candidate forjudge,)
j having received the highest number of votes, is
i duly elected. Gov. Curtin thereupon desired
i the opinion of Attorney General Meredith up
■on the subject. Gen. Meredith declares that
'he Governor shall pay no attention to the u*e-
Hra *'° a l ' ie d '* triCt judges, but shall take all
!ib e- ui*' iS f ran ' sailttei l f'>" them—those signed
- —-
j them, (from L*--' crd . as aforesaid,)—
i and by counting a: i.* v ' , Vl)l ' es c ''' l > d iterutinc
which candidate has the nLi uoer, and to
j commission bun re ~
turn says he, '•show3 that Alex'aC •" r 1 V !i "
a majority of the votes in the district >JT Tf *~
j ideutjudge, and is duly elected to that oltfu®'
I and, in tny opinion, the Governor is bouna to j
grant hiin a commission accordingly." '
To say the least, the opinion is a singular
oue to come from an Attorney General.—The
law requires the return judges of the counties
and their clerks, to make out their r< turn and
sign it. They alone are to be the judges oi
the legality of the poll in their several election
districts, and the return can not be legal unless
signed by ail of them.—The district judges of
the 16th district made up their returns from
ail the counties except Bedford, (from which
they found the returns illegal, because signed I
by only thirteen return judges.) signed und
transmitted it to the Secretary of State, as re
quired by law, annexing a copy of the reject
ed return unsigned and not included in their
count. The Governor is requested, by his At
torned Geuerai, to accept as of equal validity
J with their signed return, the unendorsed major
ity return from Bedford county, and to declare
legal that which has been declared illegal—as
they by law were empowered to do—by nine |
of the return judges of tiio district.—ln other !
words Gov. Ourtin is advised to take the place j
of both the county and district return judges, j
count the votes himself, determine who has the j
majority, regardless of every gross informality, ;
fraud, &.C., and to regulate his commission to j
suit such u mode of procedure. If this course j
is to be pursued hereafter, there can be but i
j littie use tor return judge# at all, or any other ]
of the usual safeguards to elections.— Patriot J
(J- Union. j
The Treasury Report.
The Secretary of the Treasury gives an ac
count of his stewardship, and at the same time
a brief history of the financial legislation of
Congress, and the policy aa i operations of the
Treasury Dopartment, since the beginning of j -
the war. For the convenience of our readers j
' wa condense below the principal items of the i
somewhat crudo tables which are presented in j
tho report. ! i
The national debt amounted on the let of
July, 18C4, to g1,740 r 690,189 49.
The interest on the national debt for the
current year amounts to $91,810,215 19
From taxation and ether sources, the reve
nue of the current year is estimated at $419,-
512,389.
Of this amount, customs yield $70,261,091;
internal revenue, $249,562,859 ; miscellaneous
sources, $24,020,171.
The interest payable ia coin r.ow exceeds
fifty six millions per annum.
The daily expenditure is calculated at two
and a quarter millions.
The daily receipts amount at present to near
ly a million and a half, and if Congress la 3's
certain additional taxes, they can bo brought
up to two millions per day.
'lhcre must be borrowed during the year
$■>20,727,507. Fifty millions of this sum,
however, the Secrerary thinks can bo raised by
additional taxes, to be laid by the present Con
gress. Deduct this, and also §88,353,320 of
the public debt to be redeemed during the year,
and it results that the national debt will bo in
creased during the year ending June 26, 1865,
by §482,575,188.
The English Press en the Presidential
Elect:on—What is Thought of Lin
coln's Triumph ever McClellan.
[From the London Nor- i- ]
Mr. Lincoln haa been, u.< cverhedy foresaw
he would be, ileeted President, 'flidj question
which concerns us now is not s-u much lr V be ;
cutrie to this second ftuvaiion as what in flu mire
than elevation is likely to have on our own re- j
lulious with the United States. On this p nut :
we see no reason for alarm ; nay, it may prob
ably he that we are' safer in the bands of ?!r.
Lincoln than we should be in those of auy one
: vlrC. As vctjards foreign States, • hurselvrs in
| particular, we may reasonably believe ti .it be
, lias sown his v.ild oats; ho has gone Jiirough
1 ike course of delving and insulting l.nglan I,
which is the traditional way of obtaining tie
iho JiLU vote and we may not uiWe.-.sonab'y.
! Lope thai be is unlikely to repeat the expevi
j luent. Ever since he found himself firmly cs
j tablished in bis office, and the first effervesc; net
|of national feeling had begun to sub-ide, vve
i have had no great reason to complain of the
I conduct of Mr. Lincoln toward England. His
! tone has been less exacting, his language has
I been less offensive; and, duo allowaueo being
, made for the immense difficulties of bis ti.ua
i tiou, we could have putted with Mr. Lincoln,
! had such been ibe pleasure of the American
i people, without any vc -tige of ill will or ffi fotl
! ing. He has done as regards the country what
the necessities of the situation demanded from
hiui, and ho has done no more. A new Pres
ident might possibly feel called upon lor a de
monstration or more hostile spirit. It is an
ordeal through which all American politicians
must pass, and we may deem ouuLvea fortunate
in having to deal with one who has pa .-cl
through it already.
Though, however, wc have no reason as im
partial lookers-on to complain of iffe re-elect-.on
of a Chief Magistrate with whom we have, at
any lale, contrived dining Ike last four years
to keep up friendly relations, tfcu case is very
different with regard to the nation which ff.is
thus re-elected him for its chief. The case of
the Democratic nii-uoiity is soon stated. Even
while the election was yet pending, while an
arbitrary or unpopular act might lose much
valuable support, and embitter much lukewarm
opposition, they were denied the franchise whit li
li.e Constitution gives them by the generals oi
lhe President, ana the denial was supported in
words and in writing by the President 1 i n-if.
What fate have they to expect wlu n the eleo
(ii.ii is decided ? What right vwli be laid sacred
vben this right of elect; >n, on which all others
re.-t, is boiiliy and a ivisably s. t at naught by
the very candidate who is seeking for the suf
frages which he violates? Henceforth we tn -.y
consider the Democratic party as expelled from
the arena us practical polities, and destined t >
purchase eitfcr sin ignominious impunity by
inaction and submission, or to suffer all tho
miseries that tyrants can inflict or martyrs can
endure- We can regard the reappointment of
Mr. Lincoln as little less than an abdication by
the American people of the right of self-gov
ernment, as an avowed step towards tit 3 t-mn
dation of a military despotism, towards the
subversion of a popular Government, which
may still exist in form, but which in substance
is gone. Wc would not be supposed to insin
uate that it is the destiny of -Mr. Lincoln to be
(1 . n. ,' fonujicr of the dynasty to wi.i -b '<•"
has taken so long a step; whatever be Lis mer
its, hia warmest admirers themselves can scarce
ly contend that be is made of imperial suit},
ilis hand has shaken the tree, but we yet aivait
the man who is to gather the fruit. Future
historians will probably data from the second
presidency of Mr. Lincoln the period when the
> American Constitution was thoroughly abroga-
L and had entered on that transition stags
w cknown to the students of history, through
whan replies P- !S * on their way from deutoc-
Key to t> rran^
[ From uJ c Herald, Nov. 22]
• ' * ~ f r. /•iucoln will go on, in his i
own phrase, "pegging a v -V objects already
shown to be unattainable, . *■• ' va3te main .
strength on the impregnable dci2nB ts ot Li''h-j
uioiitl and scatter the rest of his forc.-s over
the frontiers of the south, froui Galves ton tu ]
Norfolk, and from Western Arkansas to iAc
tern Vngiuia. will accornj iish nothing, and may
not improbably expose himself to souto tei;i
ble blow from an enemy whose inferior forces
are directed by a profound statesman, and led
by first-rate generals.
Fur our own part, we r juice heartily in the
defeat of General McOlellao, as a prelude to
the uefcat of the North. We rejoice that the
cause of oppression, robbery and injustice, is
entrusted to the hands of a vacillating, help
less imbecile, lather than to those of an able,
resolute and efficient soldier. Nor do we think
that the hopes ot peace have been seriously im
paired by Mr. Lincoln's success. Peace de
pends, not on the wishes of a man, but on the
dieposilioa of the nation. So long as the North
was resolute in the prisecuiiou of the war,
neither General McCleilan nor even Mr. Yal
iarithgham could have made peace. So soon
as the North shall be heartily sick of the war,
convinced that victory is impossible, and eager
for a compromise even on the basis of South-
ern independence, peace will have become ne
cessary to Mr. Lincoln, and could not bo long
delayed even by a Sumner or a Brownlcnv.—
We bclive that nothing could tend more strong
ly to bring about such a state of things as will
effectually discourage the war party, and dis
pose the North to abandon its hopeless enter
prise, than the continuance of Mr. Lincoln's
rule; and in that belief we hail his re-election
as an event of excellent augury for the inter
ests of the South and of mankind.
[From the London News (organ of tba English
Abolitionists,) Nov. 22.]
The Great political crisis to which millions
of American citizens have been looking forward
with profound anxiety, which for a time ab
sorbed the best energies of the Government,
and to which even the operations of armies in
the fields have been subsidiary, is past. The
terrible incidents which tho fear of some nerv
ous citizens foresaw as destined to make the fa
tal Bth of November are not found in the his
tory cf tho day. No towns have been tired,
no peaceful citizens shot down at the poll. The
people of (he cities, counties and States of the
Union have voted as they liked—many for Mo-
Clellan, but more for Lincoln—and as the re
sult the author of the emancipation proclama
tion has been re-elected Chief Magistrate of
the Republic for the next four years.
* * * But, after all, it was as representing
a cause— the cause of national unity —that Mr.
Lincoln was re-elected. In this country opin
ion is much divided, not only as to the merits
of that cause, hut a? to its very nature. One
tiling, however, we are ail concerned in. On
ly a strong government in the United States can
properly fulfill tint duties which tho Ifepublic
owes to foreign l'oatersin times like these'when
as in the caso of the Trent or the Wachusett
the Executive may have to take a course rc
p.iguant to, temporary popular feeling. \ (>
cordiuc to tho iniony of our ovVn state,,
men, Mr. Lincoln** Government has shown the
will and the power to deal justly by us, and w
' f-nv no reason, therefore, to regret his re-ehc
i cioit by A large majority.
[From rhe Loi (!oti Paiiy Telegraph, Nov. 22 ]
; Mr. Lincoln has fresh leave to carry desoia
! {i;n to the homestead* of Virginia, to let Jo via
I mora havoc among tho cane brakes of Ixiuiff.
; ana. to burn Georgian homes, to lay waste the
woodlands of Alabama, to trample out the har
vest amid life rich fields of Wkj Carolina*, t 0
! make a solitude amid the swamps of Florida,
id to send otr.inge legions into that wide
spreading uioras ol misery, where, during the
! pa=t four years, whole armies have stink. Wtrai
ill bo the reply* of the. people of the S nth*
i iiTLvr hate, sterni-r de. ds. Tho news vill
revived by man with si grim smile An they
grasp the bayonets tlmt have so often sent
hack the Northern horde: but it will, in tr-tli,
i have a terrible meaning in many a Southern
home. From many thousand Southern hearts
a prayer will ascend that the God of battles
may nerve evesi the youngest arm to a Snal
•ami victorious blow. We, too, may earnestly
I desire that this i ppalling struggle shall not be
prolonged, nnd that American institutions uiay
not !<>.- all what once gave thctp worth, in the
destruction of two great republics, the over
throw of a grand material prosperity, with the
1 final fearful r*.-uit, "red ruin and the breaking
I up of laws."
i '
C-idoon'e Band.
I Senator Hale has been remote! f ro in tfc o
: eluurroanship of the Senate Naval Committee
aii th telegraph informs u, because ho reiter
ates in.-i chafges of •'corruption anil imbecility"
against t fie Navy Department. That commit
| tee litis, iliereforc. formally constituted itself
simple "Gideon's Band," and will, of course
confine itself hereafter to recommending every
thing which Mr. Welles may propose, and ap
proving everything which Mr. Welles may do.
To this complexion lias the possession of
* power brought the party of -'great moral ide
as." S-Tiator Hale is t!tf. original abolitionist
i the Senate. fie fought the battle against
slavery v. hen to tight th-t battlo was to risk
popularity, prospetity and social position. And
r: v, because he insists upon '-bearing his tes
timony"' against what he believes to be the ''cor
ruption and imbecility" of one of the greatest
•; ar'trcnts of the government, bis feliow-ab
i ionisM put him out of doors! The Sum
n-is and Scwrads p.ro wiser In their dav ar.d
cm ration. They were ready enough to sac
rifice the peace and happiness of their country,
teat by fanning the fury i f fanaticism they
might reach the tFshpots of the administrative
Fgypt. But that a fanatic once in p twer should
trouble his friends with Lis honestv, they can
neither understand nor tolerate.
• j At It Agaia.
Abraham can still get off a joke. He says
, ; in his message:
| "Men readily perceive that they cannot be
much oppressed with t debt which they owe
. theuis-Ive-."
J In oilier woros, n >vru numesieau
' worth one thousand dollars, and possess one
thousand dollars in cash; and if you lend the
thousand cash to Abraham with which te op
■ crate against slavery, and Abraham gives you
ids note, as your agent, promising to pay "yea
when ! receives that amount in taxes'front
y- it, with a lien oa your thousand! dollar home
; stend, as ultimate security; then you can't ba
much oppress 'd, because you owe yourself the
thousand daiiars cash. and if Abraham can't
; get taxes enough our of yon to pay vou, why
-.our homestead is always fall s-curitv for the
amount. Of course, "men readily perceive"
this, and feel perfect assurance that thev can't
be "much oppressed"' by it, for, don't vou see,
j whenever they begin to feel the pressure, thoy
j can forgive themselves the debt, and—prej
. to, the !i -n is cancelled.— Patriot <s• Union.
JRELIGIOU.S.
ttyA series of 'eofings v\ ill, hv Dii ine Per
; be commence 1 in the Mt." Smith M. E
Church on o'.tord-jy Evening iho 30th Isst.,
continue over ths Ist :Jud 2nd Sabbath of Jan
1535. (1 BE RIvS jl' it ESS EI v, Pastor.
gfrTJ.e itpr-ointuiftiits for divine Service, in
the Reformed Church at Bedford and those a
round, will ba on Christmas and con
tinue regularly, i tie pa-tor v. iii he as?isted
by the Rev. C. W. Iltilii-an, recently from the
theological Seminary at Alei'cer&borg, Pa.
iha Sacrament of the Lord's Supper,
Providence permitting, will be celebrated iu the
Christian Association of Bedford, next Sab-
bath, being Christmas Day, immediately after
the discourse of tlu morning. Appropriate
St rmor.s throughout the day, morning and ev
ening, will be preached by the Pastor of the
Association, from John, Ist ch. 1— Id Versef.
' is- %rn ar -r. BMB i 111 ■■>
—USED—
f - amount MKM
W I DEL.—Amanda Widel, daughter of Geo.
and Mary Ann Widel, died at the residence of
her parents, on Friday last, ICth inst., aged
22 years. How stiange that the angel of death
should fling his dart at one so young! But the
skeleton Messenger found his victim ready for
his coming, and willing to resign the compan
ionships of earth, for the still better and holier
communion of the "general assembly and church
of the first-born, which are written in heaven "
The deceased was a worthy member of the
Christian Association of Bedford; and in her
s church relations, as well as in practical life.
I continued to exemplify the many adornings of
• the troe christian character, up to the period
, of her early departure from earth. She was
i: not only resigned, but even joyfully happy, in
her last and dying moments, as was fully cvi
i dent to those who talked, sang and prayed with
her, in that critical hour. It the purest do
; raestic affection, and the be.-t emotions of gen
| uine friendship; of the existence of which, tho
• obsequies of Sabbath last, gave the most touch
ing demonstration, could have detained awhile
longer, the spirit of our youthful frieud, then
surely, Amanda would still bo with us, ns faere
: tofore. But the ordering has been otherwise,
aud wo how, with stricken hearts, meekly and
j resignedly, as we hear Jesus say to us, in this
trying, unexpected providence—.-What I <O,
tuou knoweet not now, hot thou shall knovr
hereafter." S. 1{
FETTER.—On the 11th Inst., Mr. Michael
Fetter, an old and respected citizen of Bed
j ford township, aged To years, months and
1 11 days.