BEDFORD GAZETTE. B, F. MEYERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY i i s s APRIL 28, 1863. Huntingdon & Broad Top Rail Road. DEPARTURE GF TRAINS Mail train, northward, leaves Mt. Dallas station at 3.40 p. tn., arrives at Huntingdon at 6.5S p. tn. Accommodation, northward, leaves Mt. Dallas at $.23 a. tu., arrives at Huntingdon at 12.33 p. m. Mail train, southward, leaves Huntingdon, at S a. sn., arrives at Mt. Dallas at 11.10 a- m. Accommodation, touthward. leaves Huntingdon •I 4 p. ax., arrives at Mt. Dallas at 7.10 p. m. Aline of coaches from Bedford, connects with the trains at Mt. Dallas, leaving Bedford at S a. m. asd 1 p. on.- The Idolatry of the Time. Hero-worship is the besetting sin of nations. A successful general, a great ruler, or very frequently a hideous impostor, is made '.lie iuol of the people's hearts, until the Almighty Icon oclast strikes out of existence the god created io His stead. Attachment to princes and ru ler? is eminently right and proper. Due respect for those who administer the laws, should be shown in the deportment of every citizen. But when mere man comes to be worshipped us a god, when the soul's affection? are drawn away from Calvary and fixed upon some fancied earthly hero, whea attachment for rulers and respect for those who administer the laws, grow into adoration of their persons and character, idolatry and not Christianity becomes the religion of the people. Farther removed from heaven than Hindoo or Sew Zealander, is ne who, in r he light of vjiod 3 rtveoied truth, rets up in Li heart the false god of supposed mortal perfec tion. Better, far better, to be ignorant of tht blessed Gospel of peace, than knowing it, tc mock its Divine Author, by the practice o idolatry beneath the very Cross which it reveals And ye. in this very hoar and in this very com raunity, men professing to be Christians are guil ty of this deadly sin. Nay, ministers of tin gospel themselves, set their hearers the examph in ihi3 worship of human idols. Their text i r.o longer "Christ and Hira crucified," but A bra ham Lincoln and him assassinated. Nor are ihei, disccurses confined to reproof of the spirit whicl prompted the foul deed of the President's mur & r ciSffrf? ftfeie': be but little room for complaint. Hut their ser mors are mere fulsome eulogies anu high sound ing panegyrics of a man about whose publi career people have always differed. They im piously compare him to Moses, styling hit '"God's anointed," at the same time, like th "Pharisee, thanking God that they are not "a •other men are," their hearts having never !mr bcrsu un ill thought of the lamented dead.— Nay, they go farther and declare they can hav no respect for those who do not regard the mem ory of the late President as they do, and tha such perrons cannot be considered as Christians If the conduct of these preachers be not idoia trous, then the veriest giaour is a believer o the gospel. But the consequences of tbei stewardship will be upon their own heads, an; at their hands will be required the souls of thos whom their idolatrous conduct, coupled wit! their intolerant utterances, have driven fron the sanctuary of the living God. The Assassination of the President. Tha universal grief into people o the United States have been plunged by tue bru tni assassination of the President, win, we fear be unassuaged by the course of the *aw admin istration. But we will not prejudge the con duct of President Johnson, and in justice to him •hall reserve our opinion concerning bis proba tie treatment of the national difficulties, unti that treatment be fully developed. That Pres ident Lincoln had materially changed his policy within the last few weeks of bi3 administration none will deny. How salutary was that change wns proved by the fact that the va-t majority cf the people, irrespective of party, endorsed it. whilat the hope of peace and an early reconcil iation of our divided and distracted nation, was kindled in almost every heart. The aberration.' of the President's past career, though nut for gotten, were no longer spoken of, by his politi cal opponents, for the new ground which he bod takeD, seemed to be bruad enough for them to etund upon, and they regarded the prospect of the future with unqualified satisfaction, and with the brightest anticipation. By this con sideration the hideousr.ess of the crime bv which the President lest his life, was intensified in tho eye? of the conservatives. The Executive had at last bo shaped his course, tha: they felt at tracted toward him and prepared tc raiiy around him to shield Lira against the attacks of the Jacob"*? lladicaia. Alas! alas! that the rnrh bend o? desperation, should have destroyed the fruit, just as the ripening influences of experi ence nad turned its bitterness into the sweetness oS maturity. We mcuru the death of thß late President, not merely on account of the man ner of his taking off, nor because of his official relation to the government, but sadly and griev ously because of the assurance which the last -few weeks of his administration gave us, that our civil war would soon close in tha restoration of an honorable and lasting peace, ba s ed upon the equality of the states and of the people. Exit Sherman! "All flesh is grass," and all generals are mere puppets who must dance and kick, as the Jac obin leaders pull the strings with which the a foresaid generals are tied. If such generals undertake to be men and not simply machines, they, of course, become more human flesh, er go, grass, ergo, must be cut down in the hay day of their giory! Thus with McClcllan and now thus with Sherman. Vide news columns. Sherman has "went anu gone and done did it.' He has undertaken to make peace upon tht basis of the restoration of the Uniou. As the Harrisburg Telegraph honestly remarks, "just as though we had been fighting for four years tc restore the Union with slavery I* Shermar ought to have known better. So much for At lanta. Savannah, Charleston, Raleigh and Rich mond! But, seriously, let the people pondei the terms which Gen. Sherman had agreed up on, and which would have given peace to the country at once and without more bloodshed. Had Abraham Lincoln lived, we doubt not he would have approved Sherman's arrangement. But, the blood-thirsty Jacobins are ret yet ap pea=ed. More blood! is their cry, and mort blood they will have. BEDFORD MUTUAL OIL CO.—WE publish ir this issue, the prospectus of the "Bedford Mu tual Oil Company," which is about being or ganized under the mining laws cf Pennsylvania to which we call the attention of all who desire to invest their money in"oi!.'' Wehavenevei vet recommended the stock of any oil company without qualification, but we think we can safe ly do so in this case. Me have been upon the territory of the "Bedford Mutual," in person and know it to be good. The leases on Chern Run are especially valuable. On a lot *djoinin one of these leases, there is a well flowing 10< barrels per day. The Cherry Run country i: considered by oil operators as the surest oil-pro duciag territory yet discovered. Hardly a sin gle "dry hole" i? put down. There are now or this little s'ream and in dose proximity to th< leases above spoken of. tire Mountain well, flow i IPC 400 barrels per day, the Reed, flowing .100 Grocery, 150, .Summit, 75. Baker, SO. Prions 100. Auburn, 90, and others flowing 40 to 5( barrels perdav. The territory of the "Mutual," : on Eitchey Run and the Allegheny river is al J considered of great value. Near the I* ox an. ! Weidel well, at the mouth of Khcliey Run, tin | surface indications, are astounding. In a litth ; marsh close to this well, the oil comes to tin surface and after stirring the mud with a stick ! it nan be seen breaking in bubbles and float in; upon the water. The plan of thi- company i ! certainly a fair one. The stock does not repre ■ sent merely the profits of the company, but ev : cry stock-holder will have a pro rata interest ii : ,i.„ o- tlie property of the compa ' floor (25 cents pe. . tawn appty immediate ly, as not a single share will le sold at ies than the par value ($1.00) as soon as the wcrk : ing capital is raised. We confidently be'iev this company to be gotten up on a fair basi and do not hesitate to recimmend its stock t< the people. RATHER SHARP. —By reference to the adver tisement of Mr. Wm. Hartley, it will be seen that he offers to sell the celebrated "Farmer Mower" at S2O less than it can now be had ination, and j we learn that the favor extended to it is such as to well reward the energetic projector? of the enterprise for the enormous expenditure they have incurred in effecting the junction of two such extensive companies. Van Am burgh's Menagerie has a world-wide reputation, and the collection the present season is said to be one of the finest ever brought together on this side of the Atlantic, comprising many ex tremely rare specimens of animated nature. The huge elephant "Hannibal," the largest quadruped on this continent, and much the largest animal of his species ever exhibited in America, is included in the Menagerie, and is an exhibition of himself. The performances given at each entertainment will be of the most varied character, including every description of equestrian, gymnastic and acrobatic feats, in troducing one of the most talented and com plete circus companies ever organized. Dr. Thayer, the inimitable humorist, will adminis ter his sovereign remedy for low spirits in allo pathic doses, and altogether, visitors may de pend upun receiving a full equivalent for the price of a ticket. The feats of Mr. Noyes' beautiful trick horse "Grey Eagle," and the performances of Mons. Davis, a pupil of the great Van Aiuburgh, in the lions' den, will be found worthy of particular attention. INFIDEUTT. —The Infidels of New England having succeeded, through their abolition tac tics in infusing the spirit of infidelity into the prctestant churches generally, are preparing to make another bold stroke. At a convention now holding in New York city, the "Rev." Bur leigh, of Florence, Massachusetts, objected to calling f he Savior "Jesus Christ, the Lord." He believed such to be wrong. He was "in favor of calling him Master Jesus Christ, or Mr. Jesuß Christ, in order to explain his char acter." Now, that New England is to mould for a long time the feelings, the tastes, ideas, and conduct of affairs generally for the country, we may expect a greater reign of intolerable iufidelity than was ever known in Revolution ary Franco— Wt&t Cluster JiJtrnrMn. EDITORIAL MELANGE. <53-Agreeable—the weather. gyLeaviug—trees and provost marshals. esrA good notion —the idea of stocking the • Raystown branch with bass. i fciS-The Democrats have carried Nashville. ■ As the rebellion recedes, Democracy advances. erMany iron manufactories have suspended, ; millions of dollars having been lost by the pro ! prietors. Is it the fault of a Democratic ad j ministration, this time ? car New Haven is divorcing at the rate of five couples per week. Another of the fruits of -Siew England infidelity. 83-At least eight thousand engines will be at work in the Pennsylvania oil region this sum mer. Petroleum seems to hold its own, despite the depression in business. CyThe Plague is said to have broken out in , Russia. Thousands of deaths are said to occur j in a single day. Car Secretary Seward and his son h rederiek, • at last accounts, were slowly recovering from ? the wounds received at the hands of the rul fian who attempted to assassinate them. Grit is reported that the petty provost mar ; shals throughout Hie country, have been dis ! missed. If this be true, laus Deo! Cj-Ti.-e "Mengel House" has been greatly ! improved, by the addition of a fine balcony in its front. "Ike" knows how to build as well 1 as to keep a hotel. 83* Mr Shoemaker has refitted the dining e room of his hotel and made other improvements Ito his house. His accommodations are now of J j y j the best kind. g C3*The Secretary of War offers 5D0,009 re -0 ward for the capture of liootii, ami is 1 each for that of G-. A. Atzcroth and David C. 1 Harold, Lis accomplices. - j **-Home of the hypocritical Jacobin? in this i nlace, complain that the Democrats don't dis- | play any flags. Whenever the thieve- ;a their I party return the Democratic t.ag they stole last fall, it shall be immediately unfurled y-y'i'he radical papers state that Gen. Lee ! surrendered only 8,000 men to Gen. Grant. This falsehood is published in order to preju ' | dice the public against the Lieutenant General, : whom the radicals now dislike almost us much : as Gen. McClellan. Cjrl'arson Brownlow iias been inaugurated | Governor of Tennessee. lie and President Johnson doubtless, pal! together cxceUenl ' ly, as the L'arscn used to declaie that better men than Andy Johnson could be found in— fthe infernal regions. , j ©" tiic w-ifor.l I .quiver office lias been un . j der the hammer of at private ; saie, to Messrs. DurOorrow and LtiU. 51 C3*We would call attention to the card of .j our friend, Gen. W. C. McXuity, who has 1*?- 5 j come the proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, t i Huntingdon, Pa. The General keep- a good II house, as we can testify. s3P'i'he Democratic newspapers in Sen Fxan ! cisca, Gal , it is said, t.-ere mobbed, on the re . I emotion of the news of the assassination of the President. No wonder, when there are two heathen temples ID that city, in which idols are ! worshiped. ! csrTiie drafted men from Somerset county, who had paid commutation last summer, were at once sent home on furlough. Those from this county, in the same situation, were sent to p • ; the front and some of them rue now lying un der Virginia sod. Such is the fairness of the | rule under which we live. tS* Thomas Hood, who felt as he wrote and wrote as he feit, once penned these lines, not ! altogether inappropriate to the present times: ! "The bleeding gaps of war to close, Will whizzing rocket-flight avail? Will squibs enliven orphans' woes, Or crackers cheer the widow's tale?" H>Mr. S. I -oomis writes us from liiddleaburg, that he does not receive his copy of the GA ZETTE "more than once in two to four weeks." As the paper is mailed regularly every week, there must be some very sleepy postmasters be tween our otfice and the "L" box in the Kid dles burg post oißce. Wake up, gentlemen 1 csrWe regret to learn that Colonel JMclrard White, late of the 53th I*. V., died at Iris res idence in Cambria eo , a few days ago. Muj. John H. Filler, of this place, has been ap pointed to the Colonelcy thus tnade vacant. Capt. James Metzger, of Carlisle, formerly of this place, has been appointed Lieut. Colonel of the same regiment. Destitute Negroes. The National Fretdmmi makes an appeal on behalf of the suffering negroes of the South, and cites the following paragraphs from vari ous letters and reports as evidence of the sad condition to which thousands of negroes r.i'2 re duced : "I have now under my charge nearly eight hundred colored persona of boih sexes ar.d of all ages, must of thetn sick, and many of them destitute.'"— PiguettcS report oj Hospitals at New 0:le(litS. • 1 "They have arrived on the coast after long marcl.es and severe privations, weary, famish ed, sick and almost naked. Seven hundred of those wretched people arrived at I3eaufoit Christmas rtight, in a state of misery which 1 would have moved to pity a heart of ste>ne; and these are the advance of a host no less desti tute. •'The stores of the Governmeut already over taxed to supply a largo army, are not availa ble to relieve their wants, and unless the char ity of the North comes speedily to tho rescue they must die by the hundreds from exposure and disease."— Gen. S axion's Circular, Beau fort, S. C. "A mew v,-rtdbed UkAi£g company eouid not be pictured than these, with their p!antn-j tion rags and bare feet. It was hard to turn any away, but we could not do better than to du so, with a word of hope, which was receiv ed with poor grace by those to whom it came, unaccompanied by material aid. W hen one is hungry or naked n liible or hymn-book don't seem to satisfy."— Mist Merrick's Report, ber nindina, Fin. '•Our efforts to do anything for these people, as they herded together in masses, when found ed on any expectation that they would help themselves, often failed; they had become so completely broken down inspirit, thiough suf fering, that it was almost impossible to arouse them. The camp at Young's Point, during the summer of IBf>3, had been a vast chamel house —thousands of people dying, without well ones enough to bury the dead."— Colonel | Eaton's report, Tennessee. "The increased suffering among (he fVeed | men, resulting from the expeditions of General | Sherman UIK! others, have brought within our reach multitudes of wretched men, women and i children, whose needs must be met by large ; shipment, and by the most speedy means of conveyance."— Report of Executive Commit j tee. "Two thousand of them ffreedmcn) have ar* : rived at Beaufort, and are encamped in 'bough houses' in the woods in this vicinity. Govern ment gives them one ration per day for the pres ; ent, but they are very destitute of bedding, j clothing, cooking utensils, everything."—Rtv. i T. fV. Lewis' Letter, Beaufort. "We have been importuned by newly arri | ved contrabands for wearing apparel as well as i food, until we have given everything we could spare, and have also purchased new For them; I but the demand increases witli every new ar rival from Savannah. I have had two packa ges and one box from the North sent for them, which was immediately disposed of, that was ; only a drop in the bucket. They came to the ladies'm de big house,' and their cry is, 'Do, , for (rod's sake, missis, gi me a warm cott, we ; can't stan' riis, we perish, we hunger, we toss | about (lis way an' dat, till we sick, and do col' j I! wedder so hard we perish; an' when de Yan-; kees took we, no let me take anything, on'y ; jest what we hub on we, an' we had no place , to go."— Mrs. Young's Utter, Diyton Planta - Hon. Letter of J. Wilkes Booth. The following is said to be a letter of J. '.VUkes Booth, banded over by his brotliet-in law, John S. Clarke, to Marshal Millward: My Dear Sir: —You may use this as you think best- But as some may wish to know when, who and ivhi/, and as I know not how to direct. I give it (in the words of your master) "To v. HOM IT MAY CONOERM" 1 Kiglit or wrong, God Judge me, not man,— For be my motive good or bad, of one tiling 1 am sure, the lasting condemnation ot the I >jjrth. I love peace more than life. Have loved the Union beyond expression. For four years • imvc I waited, hoped and prayed tor the dark i clouds to break, and for a restoration of our tormer sunshine. To wait longer would be a |... Dll hone fur ueace is dead. My pray ; will be done. Igo to see ami snare uio "Outer lend. 1 I have ever held the South were right. The [ very nomination of Abraham Lincoln, tour years j : a to, spoke plainly, war—war upon Southern r; fe '>t3 and institutions. His election proved it. j ' Await an overt act." Yes, till you are bound j , plundered. What folly ! The South was : 1 wise. Wuo thinks of argument or patience when , toe linger ot his enemy presses on the trigger? i In :i foreign war I, too, could say, "country, j right or wrong." But in ast ruggle suck us ours i (where the brother tries to pierce the brother's ! heart), foy God's sake, choose the right. When ' a country like this spurns justice from her side she forfeits the allegiauue of every honest free i mail, and should leave him, untrameled by any fealty senver, to act as his conscience may i i approve. i'eople of the North, to bate tyranny, to love ' liberty and justice, to strike at wrong and op pression, was the teaching of our fathers. The j study of our early history will not let me forget j | it, and may it never. This country was formed for the white, not j for the black man. And looking upon Afrimn ' slavery from ihe same stand-point held by the ; nobfc framers of our Constitution, I. for one, i have ever considered V one of the greatest bless-1 ings (both fur themselves and us) that God ever j bestowed upon a favored nation. Witness here tofore our wealth and power ; witness their el evation and enlightenment above their race else where. 1 IIUVQ lived among it most of my life and have seen less harsh treatment from mas ter to man than I have beheld in the North from father to son. Yet, Heaven knows, no one would he willing to do more for tlie negro race than I, could 1 but see a way to still better their . condition. But Lincoln's policy is only preparing tliej way for their total annihilation. The South ' are nut, nor have they been Jijhting for the contin- ; uance of slavery. The tiist battle of Bull Run j did away with that idea. Their causes since, for war have been as noble and greater far than those that urged our fathers on. Keen should j we aiiow they were wrong at the beginning of this contest, cruelty anil injustice have made the ' wrong become right, and they stand now (be- i tore the wonder and admiration of the world) as a noble baud of patriotic heroes. Hereaf ter, reading of their deals, Thermopylae will be j forgot ten. When I aided in the capture and execution i of John Brown (who was a murderer on our Western border, and who was fairly tried aud convicted, before an impartial judge and jury, of treason, and who, by the way, has since been i made a god). I was proud of my little share in j the transaction, for I deemed it my duty, and j j that I was helping our common country to per j form an act of Justice. But wliat was a crime in peer John Brown is now considered (by them selves) as the greatest and only virtue of the whole Republican party. Strange transmigra tion ! Twe to become a virtue, simply because more indulge in it. I thought then, a* novo, that the Abolitionists ; were the only traitors in the land, and that the ; entire party deserved the same fiite of poor old ! j Brcwn, not because they wish to abolish slavery ! but on account of the means they have ever en ' deavorcd to use to effect that abolition. If I Brown were living I doubt whether he himself I would set slavery against the Union. Most or ' many in the North do, and openly curse the U- : ! nion, if the South are to return and retain a 1 | single right guarantied to them by every tie which ; we once revered us sacred. The South can make j . It is either extermination or slavery 11 fur t hemtelvet (woi pe than death) to draw from. I know my choice. I have also studied hard to discover upon what grounds the right of a State to secede lias i been denied, when our very name, United States, | ! and the Declaration of Independence, both pro ! vide fur Seces9iun. Hut there is nu time for | words. I write in haste. I know how foolish | I shall be deemed fur undertaking such u step I as this, where, on the one side, I have many , j friends and everything to make me happy, where i i my profession alone has gained me an income ot ! mure than twenty thousand dollars a year, and where my great personal ambition in my tro- has such a great field for labor. Un the other hand, the South have never bestowed up- . on me one kind word; a place now wheie I have no friends, except beneath the sod ; a place | where I mast either become a private soldier or j.j beggar. To give up all of the former for the ! latter , besides my mother and sister whom 1 lo\c i so dearly (although they so widely defter with : mem opinion,) seems insane ; but Lrod is my judge. I love justice more than Ido ft country 1 that disowns it; more than fume and wealth; j more (Heaven pardon me if wrong) more than ' a happy home. 1 have never been upon a bat j tie field; but O, my countrymen, could you all i but see the reality of effects of this horrid war, as I have seen them {every State, save V irginia,) 1 know you would think like me, and would ; pray the Almighty to create in the Northern mind a sense of right and justice (even should it t possess no seasoning of mercy), and that lie ; would dry up this sea of blood between us, • which is daily growing wider. Alas poorcouu- , try, is she to meet her threatened doom ? Four j years ago, I would have given a thousand lues . to see her remain (as I had al ways known hei) j powerful and unbroken. And even now I | would hold my life as nought, to see her what she was. Omy friends, if the fearful scenes of the past four years had never been enacted, or if what has been had lieen but a fiightful dream, ,uiii.*li we PiKilil now awake, with what | overflowing hearts could we bless our God and ! pray for his continued favor. llow I have lov- j cd Uio old flag can never now bo known. A ■ few years since and the entire world could boast i of none so pure and spotless. But I have ot late been seeing and hearing of the blowly deeds of which she has been made the emblem, and would shudder to think how changed she hud grown. O iiow 1 have longed to see her break from the mist of blood and death that circles around her folds, spoiling her beauty and tarn ishing her honor. Hut no, day by day has she been dragged deeper and deeper into cruelty and I oppression, till now (in my eyes) her once bright 1 red Stripes look like bloody ythes on the face of Heaven and look now upon my early admira tion of her glories as a dream. My love fas things stand to day), is for the South alone.— Nor do I deem it a dishonor in attempting to make for her a prisoner of this man, to whom she owes so much of misery. If success at tends me, Igo penniless to her side. They say she lias found that "last ditch" which the North have so long derided, and been endeavoring to force Iter in, forgetting they are our brothers. ' and that it's impolitic to goad an enemy to mad ness. Should I reach her safely and find it tr ie, I will proudly beg permission to triumph or die in that same "ditch" by iter side. A Confederate doing duty upon his own re- NO PEACE YET! Gens. Sherman and Johnston Agree upon Terms! The Administration Refuses to Approve them ! Geo Sherman Displaced from Command! WASHINGTON, April 23. As reports have been in < Tculation for some time of a correspondence between Generals Johnston and Sherman, the following memoran dum or basis of what was agreed upon between the Generals, and the result is published MEMORANDUM OR BASIS OP \ORKKUX.ST made this the !Bth day of April, A. D 18!io. near Durham's Station, in tin; State of North Car olina, by and between Gen. Joseph E. John ston, commanding the Confederate army, and Major General W. T. Sherman, commanding the army of the United States, both present. Ist. The contending armies now in the field to maintain the status qno until notice is given ! by the commanding general of any one to his i opponent, and reasonable time, say forty-eight j hours allowed. 2d. The Confederate armies now in exist j euce to be disbanded and conducted to their | several State capitals, there to deposit their | arms and public property in the State arsenal, 1 and each officer and man to execute and file an | agreement to cease from acts of war, and toa bide the action of both State and Federal au thorities. The number of arms and munitions of war to be reported to the Chief of Ordinance at Washington city, subject to the future action of the Congress of the United States, and in the meantime to be used solely to maintain peace and order within the borders of the States re spectively. 3d. The recognition by the Executive of the United States of the several State Governments ; on their officers and Legislatures taking ibe oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and where conflicting State Govern ments have resulted from the war the legitimacy of all shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. 4th. The re-estab!ihment of all Federal courts in the several States with powers as de fined by the Constitution and laws of Congress. ! sth. The people and inhabitants of all States i to be guaranteed so far as the Executive can, I their political rights and franchise, ns well as 1 their rights of person and property*as defined ' by the Constitution of the United States and of the States respectively. 6th. The Executive authority or Government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war, so long as they live in peace and quiet and abstain irom acts of armed hostility, and obey the laws in existence at the place of their residenoe. 7tb. In gcueral terms it is announced that war is to cease. A general amnesty, so far as ! the Executive of the United States can com mand, on condition ot the dishandotiinent of the Confederate armies. The distribution of arms ar.d the resumption of peaceful pursuits by offi cers and men hitherto composing said armies. Not being fully empowered by our respeciivo ' principals to fulfil these terms, wo individually , and offioially pledge oursolvw to promptly vb- : tain authority and wiii endou or to carry c: the above programme. (Signed) Vv. T. S iiBBUAX, Major General commanding Army U. States La North Carolina. J. E. JoUNSTON, General commanding C. S. Array in North Car olina. After the Cabinet meeting last night. Gen. Grant started for North Carolina to direct op erations against Johnston's army. -MARRIED— BURNHIMER—FELLER.—At the house of Hon. A. J. Sntvely, in Schellsburg, on the 2*2.1 instant, by John Smith, E-q , Mr. Lewis Burnhiincr to Miss Catliarine Feller, both of Somerset county. - ■ liu mm T.irum■ ■ ■ n srv mnwri rari ■ —DIED— SLEEK.—In Napier township, on the 17th instant, Joseph W. Sleek, Esq., aged 57 years and 15 days. Deceased wash most exemplary citizen, high ly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. His untimely death will !>e long regret ted by many friends, l'eace to his soul. STONER.—On the lOth iust., in I'attnns ville. Bedford county, Pa., Mrs. Mary Stoner, daughter of Abraham Weisel, Esq., in the 27tb year of her age. BARNDOLLAR.—In Bloody Run, on toe 17th inst., Miss Sarah S- Barndollar, aged 20 years, 9 months and 5 days. The deceased was a member of the Presby terian church in Bedford. Her piety was sim ple and earnest. She was remarkably gentle, patient ami affectionate. After long tsffiiclioo she lias entered into the joy of her Lord. Bedford Markets. \Corr< cled WPik'y by J. B. Farquhnr ] Flour, per barrel, $lO 00 Potatoes, per bus. .50 Wheat, per bust. 2 00 Eggs, per dozen, .15 Rye, per bush I. 1 50 Butt-r. per lb. .30 Corn, per btisbel, 1 25 Lard, per lb. .20 Oats, per bushel, 75 Bacon, per lb. .20 PROSPECTUS OF THE BEDFORD CO MUTUAL OIL COMPANY. Capital Stock $150,000, Par Value SI,OO - Favoritism. Every Subscriber on the Ground Floor. The property of the above named company, which , is about being organized under th mining law- of Pennsylvania, consists of the lu.lowing valu b!e territory, to wit : i a leased one half acre, known as "No. 3," on the Tenner & -eotrcw purchase on Cheiiyßua, Venango county, Pa., ju-t above the ceVhrated j "Reed" wel 1 and within a stone's throw of a well just struck, flowing at present 100 barrels p-r day. ; A new derrick erected upon the lot. One half the ml to the company. 2. A le:*ee of one half acre, in close proxirrify I to the above, known as "No. 6," on the Tenne-, y i Storrow purchase on Cnerry Run. A new derrick (-erected upon the lot. One half the oil to the CO-B --i pan>"- 3. The refusal for sixty days, of a lease on Sugar Creek, of two acres of ground ; five-eighths of th oil to the company. 4. tjeren acres in f~e simple on the waters of Al'eoh 1 ,ilin- o,ie "rile from its junction with the about the s -ane distance from the fox Compiny/' Hit oat,"iut.v.ti § S turn plslar>ds Ojj under cultivation, with a good frame housVuponTt. 5. Tt-ree acres in fee simple on the Allegheny river, just below the mouth of the Clarion river. There is room on tens tract for a half dozen welli. The "Allegheny end Clarion River Oil Company," of Philadelphia, aie now sinking several wells Im mediately opposite this property, wt'h ezceiiect piospecfs ot success. 1., printing the above basii to the public, it ii coi fileotly beheved that it cannot be excelled by th tof any i ther company yet organized. The two leases on Cherry Run are taemselves worth rnore than the territory of many companies which pro fe.-s to be based upon a miilion capital. Tie Cherry Run region has proved to be the surest oil-producing territoiy yet discovered. Nine tenths of the wells bored on this stream have been successful. The great -Reed" well, (lowing .375 barre's per illy, 'be '•Mountain" wel! flowin s 400, and in fact nearly all of the large wells yet str.ck, are located on Cher ry Run. It is piopo-eo *o self a sufficient number cf shsres to pay tor th*? territory am! raist* working rap loi i!s d M \djopnientj at the low price ol twenty'jive rents per share, this p'acing every snhscibs- t / this fund 'jt> the gr(jand~jli>or, and giving each tnbff ibsr a pro rata interest in tke territory, engines* and other property of the company, as well as the shares of stock unsold after the purchase money and working capital are raised. From the nature of the boring upon them must be commenced within sixty clays irom the 20th of April, 1565, which is a sufficient guaranty that the company w ill proceed without delay the development of its territory. ■The following named persons are authorized So j receive subscriptions to this valuable stock i JACOB REED, I R .. . _ I B. F. ME VERS, ( bedfortl Boiough, ' uA A nv r l K A NK *T, Bedford Township, I HENRY F. SMITH, St. Clair, j J. H. SCHELL, Scheil.burg, : JACOB J. BARNDOLLAR, Bloody R an , j RK HARD LANGDON, Hopewell, S. S. FJ.LTK, Saxton. * . _ J- B- FARQDHAR, April „8, 1865. Trta*nrtr yo urn. EXCHANGE BO TEL, HUNTINGDON, Pa. WM. C. IVIcNULTY, Proprietor. Terms moderate to suit the times. April 23, 1865—1y PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. J. ALSIP, Auchorterr. \ The subscriber wilt offer at public sale on FRI , DAi ibe 2d of June, 1865, one of the most desira j b.e larms in Bedford township situate about on* j mile from the Hollidaysburg Pike, containing 101, | ® c i e e. and 20 perches and allowance of first claM i hmeatoue Land, all under a high state of cultivation- The improvements are a A'EW TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE. well finished, JV*£FP BAAK BARJ\, wit/i Carriage He****< a well of sever failing water at the door, NEW SAW NULL, in good order end in a fine neighborhood for timber. The undersigned has a lease of 8 vears, of two rows of apple trees on the mansion tract ot Phtli? j Zimmera, dee'd. 1 here is a young Orchard ol j f noise faun on the premises. Peaches of the qu .1 i ty. 1 here are about 75 acres cleared of whie# 15 acr. s are meddow, of tbe very best qua'.itv, the balUnce well timbered. A visit r 0 this property by persons wishing to parebase will pav them am ply tor their trouble. This vaiuble farm is abutf ■3i miles North of Bedford. 1 Terms easy which will be mads knows sm t* duyot sale. . , PiilLIP ZiMMERS, f April 28, 186).