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 <i:
the factor}', and also Grain Drills at $lO less.
Both these machines are the great favorites in
their line, it was decidedly sharp in Hartley
to purchase these valuable machines before the
rise, and it is exceedingly liberal in him to sell
them at less than manufa- tuners' prices. Those
wanting Mowers or Diills, should order at once.
A Grand Combination.
The great combination of equestrian and
} zoological attractions formed by the union of
| Thayer & Neyes' popular U.rcus troupe with
! Van Aniburgh & Co.'s Menagerie, which is to
| be here on Friday, the sth of May, presents
; inducements for a general patronage such as
! are seldom offered in a single establishment.
• This is the first season of the Comt>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).