BEDFORD GAZETTE..
B.F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY i • ; ; MAY 3, 1833.
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Huntingdon & Broad Top Rail Road.
DEPARTURE OF TRAIN*.
Mail train, northward, leaves Mt. Dallas station
t 3.40 p. tti., arrives at Huntingdon at 6.58 p. m.
Accommodation, northward, leaves Mt. Dallas at
5.33 a. m., arrives at Huntingdon at 1'd.35 p. nr..
Mail train, southward, leaves Huntingdon, at 8
a. en., arrives at ..It. Dallas at 11-40 s. m.
Accommodation, southward, leavei Huntingdon
at 4 p. tn., arrives at Mt. Dallas at 7.10 p. m.
A line of coaches from Bedford, cor.i.ec's with
the trains at Mt. Dallas, leaving Bedford at 8 a. rr>.
and 1 p. m.
Partisan Sitteriieos..
X politire! meeting was heicS at the Court
' Hours, en Tuesday evening last, the proceed
ing* of which wera characterized by unusual
nartizan hatred and rancor - A e are iuforroeit
-thrt at this meeting Mr. John Cessna eclipsed
all his former efforts at abuse of lii 3 ol 1 pc.i.i
eal friends. He is said to have raved and squeal
ed and bellowed, tiil one outside of the Court
House would have imagined that Van Am
fcurgh's Menagerie had arrived and that some
,£ the ferocious animals were about making a
meal off a couple of pigs and oxen thrown alive
-into their cage. Of course it was mere irvfym
falmeii, "all sound and fury signifying nothing.'
But the animus of the man, the infernal spirit
which tnove9 biro to stir up the bitter waters o f
politics, deserves some notice at our hac Is. lor
the sake of those with whom Mr. Cessna is
connected by the ties .if famiiy, whose feeim r r
wo respect and whose fidelity to principle cas
passed untouched through the tires of civil war,
we had determined to pars Lira over, without
further notice of his apostacy. Bot be permits
no occasion to pass, without striking his uas
tard blows al the Marty which nursed him into
political life and to whose, kind favor he owe
every thing he has in the world. If, then, war
he will have and nothing else cia satisfy him,
he shall have it, and that to the knife and the
knife to the hilt. If he is determined to revive
tho partizan bitterness of the past two years,
and which has subsided to so great a degree, be
it so, but upon him be the responsibility for the
consequences, bun call t/emocrats ..i-
A J H " la,"!- y- ,-•■>" T>
but if he be told in return that he is ft misera
ble ingrite, stabbing his old mother Democracy
in tbe back, that, bo is a poor, low, despicable
hypocrite whose tricks aTe known to those at
whose crib he once fed, that he is a base cow
ard and dares nit attempt to vindicate him
self against the charge, publicly made last fall,
that he tried to bribe one of the Demo
cratic conferees in the conference which nomi
nated W. J. Ba:r. Esq., for State Senator, let
him cot do as he did once before, whine like a
whipped dog, about being "abused" by thoso
whom Lc ha- assaulted without provocation.
Tbe spirit in which the next campaign in this
county, is to bo conducted, will depend very
much upon the manner in which our political
opponents treat the conduct of Mr. Cessna. If
they choose to endorse his violence and to adopt
bis personalities, very well. If they repudiate
him and manifest an : mention to fight ue honor
ably and decently, well again. We are ready
to deliver 1., tie v. n any field on v. Li '. they
may choose to meet us. But lei. the people of
the county understand, that if the coming cam
paign is to involve partizan bitterness, as well
as personal acrimony, Jobu Cessna is tbe man
who threw the first stone. He may thank bis
flare if he is the ore to throw tho last.
Another Compromise.
Tko army of Gen. Johnston has surrendered
to Gen. Sherman, upon the same terms 6- those
granted to tbe army under Gen. Lee, viz: the
officers to retain their side-arms and horses, and,
with the rank twru file, to be undisturbed by ih.
Xrederal authorities so long ne they euimrii to
ihe laws of tbe United States. Tics is n com
yrorniif tn.'.i rtbtle in arms, nnd procre ouly
what history teach**, thain all great national
disputes, the arbitrament-of waris not, cf itscif,
siifficiect to deci-ie, but that diplomacy and ne
gotiation Biust finally conclude what sword and
cannon began. Tbe Jacobin party which but
lately cried out no vehemently against all com
promise and against any concession to "rebels
la arms," are ct host compelled to eat their own
words and to acknowledge that the policy which
they denounced had eventually to be resorted
to for the settlement of the war. Nay they
hud even to submit to an armistice agreed upon
between Generals Sherman and Johnston. —
Now, it will bo remembered that the Democrat
ic pLiu was first an aiTiiislics and then negotiation.
Gen. Sherman acted upon this plau, and though
the Jacobin hatere of tho Uniou were greatly
chagrined and incensed at his course, it resulted
in disarming all the rebel forces from tho Roan
oke to the CLntuhocchie. This is a glorious
consummation. Pcaoe seems t last about to
uawn upon our w&r-bhckenedaud desolate land.
May itsesurie sunshine quickly bum upon us
sod warm into renewed and ÜBdecaying iife,
the fruterus! love which cr.ce bound the people
of all sections oi our country in u union -f
xrparakeiled grsatosrt f-ud gl>ry.
EDITORIAL MfcLANGt.
CrComing—the Circus.
—tbe last few nights.
the rampage—Republican candidates '
for Associate Judge.
wCourt was iu session dat ing the present
week. The attendance was Tory small
t&rTiie corner stone of the Presbyterian
Church, near St. Clairsville, will be laid ou
next Sabbath, May 7th.
yOmiuoU3—Andrew Johnson, when in Con
gress, offered a resolution declaring that "rota
tion in office should be practised upon by ali ad
[ ministrations, regardless of their party names."
carlt is proposed to raise a half million dol
i lars for the family of the late President. Seme
i widows and orphans have been made by this
i war, that need assistance more than Mrs. Lin
; coin and her children.
I ®rPoor Brigham Young is a widower. One
| cf Lis wives died on the 22d of last month.
We hope Brighaui is not inconsolable.
CS~A wicked wag says that young ladies are
excellent w.arry-r.era in court-ship! The awful
reprobate 1 Ho ought to be pounded to death
i with pin-cushions.
| <SF"\Y e are under obligations to M. Wertz,
, Esq , fur saveral new subscribers. Aiso to our
| active voting friend, J A Cessna, of Buena
! Vista, for similar favore.
that return to their vomit again and
j hogs that go back to their wallow—such men
: as now apologize for the crimes of Abolitionism,
! having once bitterly denounced them. John
Cessna, for instance.
0"lt lias been decided by the Commissioner
! of Internal Revenue that government vouchers
; are to be treated as securities, and any person
. who makes a business of tleaiingin them must
t ike out f. license as broker.
CJ-Whilst Ex-President Fillmore was absent
from home, on his way to meet the remains of
Mr. Lincoln, some Jacobin rascals daubed the
front of l is house with ink. giving a? a reason
! for the outrage that the building was not decked
with mourning. Such are the men that n-e
' considered "the best citizens" now-a-days !
sarTl.ere is a good time coming, boys, wait
a little lonaer 1 A time when American citi
zens will be once more free and subject only to
. the laws of their own making. Ah! what a
reckoning there will be, then, with, the thieves
that have battened upon toe people's treasure
during this long right of war and civil slavery 1
Bedford Mutual Oil Company is a
bout to effect a permanent organization. The
stockholders Lave been notified to meet at the
store-room of J. B. Farquhnr, at half past
seven o'clock, Shis (Friday) evening for the pur
pose of electing permanent officers,
ueio tram the pen of a correspondent, descrip
tive of a beautiful little stream in oil-land well
known as Bitekey R ou. The "Bedford Mutu
al" own seven acres of flat and improved land
on th'i waters of this stream.
fig*" the prophecies of the Jacobin leaders at
the beginning of the war, that the South could
bp conquered in sixtv days,events have shown
to have been utterly fallacious. After upwards
;of four years of the bloodiest, carnage, the
j Southern people are not cer./uered, but submit
to terms which their un itary leaders have ac
cepted.
II ARVET SicKt.EH, ECQ., the able editor of
the Tunkhannock [ Pa.] Democrat, publishes the
; following in hi issue of 30th October, 18G1:
"We deem it due to Messrs. J. C. Ayer &
Co., and the public, to make known our exper
ience with the use of their Ext. SARSAPARIT.I.A
in cor family, by stating the circumstances un
der which it was taken and its effects.
| When cur only child, now in his third year,
was about eight months old, a sore appeared
first in small pimples on his forehead over his
; nose. These rapidly increased and uniting form
ed a loathsome, virulent sore, which finally
| spread over JII3 forehead and face, not even ex
j cepting his eyelids, which bcaamo to swollen
that I lis eyes were closed. We tailed a skilful
physici.cn. who administered the usually pre
' scribed remedies. A solution of nitrate cf sil
! ver was applied until the mass of corruption
! which covered his entire face turned j r t black.
1 The -ore again and again burst thro' the scorch
ed and artificial skin fin. cd by this solution.
Meanwhile many remedies were employed with
out any apparent benefit. For fifteen days and
nights he was constantly held by his parents to
keep him from tearing open with his hands the
corrupt mns3 which covered Lis face.
Everything having failed, we were induced
by tho high recommendations of Arm's S.\k=a-
PAinr.T.A for the cure of Scrofulous disease, to
give it a trial. In nis treatise on Scrofula, Dr.
| Aycr directs a mild solution of iodide cf Potash
i to be used as a wash while taking the Sarsa
parilla, cr.d it was faithfully applied,
j Before one bottle cf Sarsapariila had been
! given the soro had lost much of its virulence
and commenced to ueal. Another bottle effected
an entire cure, and the general prediction that
the child roust die was contradicted. His eye
lashes wLieh came out, grew again, and his face
is left without a rear, as smooth as anybody's.
It is unnecessary for me to state in how high
esteem we bold Atek's Sausapaeii.i-z.
Whereabouts of Jeff Davis.
New YORK, April 30.—The lit/"ld's New
born correspondence says the Ia:-t posi ,; "o ialur
! raationof Jeff. Davis movement-, was that ho
passed through Charlotte, on bis way southward,
1 escorted by a brigade of cavalry, probabiy Vv ade
Hampton's, on the 2bd inst. As General Yil
sor, 7/23 at Mficou. on the 20th, end virtually
ibeld all Southern Georgia, the xLaaoes are, that
Davis ar,uct
l'r tU GazttU. j
Another Harangue From the Pulpit. ;
Another cook from the Abolition Kitchen'
on tbe rostium 1—
The essence of a sermon, in the absecco of
the regular minister, in the Lutheran Church,
on last Sunday, was as follows :
"Our beloved President l M
"J. Wilkes Booth!"
"Jefferson Davis !"
"In conclusion !"
"Atnen!"
The last two divisions of the discourse were
very refreshing because they ended it. How
the memory uf Webster and other statesmen,
pales before the pulpit logicians of our day !
Because every good man deplores murder and
assassination, therefore, he is bound to idolize
the memory of the victim ! So it seems is the
teaching of these expounders of constitutional
obligation and morals. The man must be
"written down an ass," who. pretending to be
a prea -her and a teacher, knows no better how
to appreciate a sad state of morals than this,
or who knows s=e little about the remedies for
such an ovil. To preach the gospel of peace,
and quiet the passions of meh, does not appear
to be the mission of the ministry, judging from
the conduct of some preachers in our midst. It
is to be regretted thai the Fourtii of July is not
closer at hand for some of them. The young
lawyers end orators, generally "fixed up" for
such, occasions, hnd better look to their laurels.
To be serious, we advise these orators if
they intend to write any more sermons to read
in church, that before doing so, they carefully
consult the 34th chapter of Ezekiel for some
Bible direction. A IIEAREH,
Bedford, Mayjh 1860.
(For the Gazette.]
Rite hey Run.
O fons Tta'-dusi®, sgienclidior vitro.— Hot an.
Kitehqy Run, the dividing stream between
Venango and Clarion counties, Pa., is one of
tie wildest, rampant, leaping, jumping brooks
in the whole State. It is a tributary of the
Allegheny liver, and at a distance of one and a
half miles from ile mouth, it commences loop- j
ir.g and dancing through one of the grandest j
got . ? in nature, forming cascades and natural j
shower baths, rattling, roaring and rushing for
rods in places, over inclined planes of solid rock, i
Ti.e tail dark hemlock, the white majestic pine j
and the beautiful tail laurei, with the displaced'
rocks carpeted a foot thick with moss, add to j
the surpassing grandeur of the scenery, whilst
the great strata of oil rocks, upheaved and brc-|
ken, forming a complete anticlinal >\is, not
surpassed by the noted upheavals of West Vir-,
ginia. finish the picture us one of the grandest,
wildest and most picturesque in all nature. Wc ;
wonder that long ago s< me lover of the sublime
in nature, did not select this spot as a summer
resort, for surely all that is wanted to make it
celebrated, is the buildings. But alas ! for this
thought, the oleaginous indications along the
moss covered banks of this beautiful stream,
seem to tell that its pure waters will soon be
come foul, the sweet mountain air will soon be,
filled with the sickening smell of Petroleum,
and the delightful odor of the wild flowers lost
amid the fum°s and gases of dirty oil wells. >
Already, at the mouth of this stream, a well is '
being bored, and an oil vein has been struck,
and trom this nnrl the faef thif o n<y !.n.l
we imagine the labors of these oil-seekers will
not be in vain. On account of the many salt 1
springs along this stream, and the geological
character of the rocks, together with the fact
of lis close pioxiniity to East Sandy and Oil I
Creek, already have the lands been eagerly'
bought up by the 'live, active oil-scekers, and
at seemingly enormous prices; as high as two i
thousand dollars per acre having been paid for
the land it the mouth. 'I he old "Prolific Mead-;
owe,'' the great hunting ground of the Corn j
Planter Indians, lie on Kit obey Hun. Deer in :
great numbers once frequented those meadow), j
drawn hither by the many salt springs that a
bound- These meadows have already been d- :
vided into small parcels, and the time is con
ing, we doubt not, when instead of the many j
hay stacks will le seen the latticed derricks, aid ;
the putiiug of many engines be heard, whet i
once the snorting of the red deer and the whoop
of the Indian hunter alone broke the Btillnei< |
of the forest. J
MM. EDITOR :
Jn the Bedford Inquirer, of April 21st, thiv
is another article in regard to the Poor House i
Hi port, in which the author seems to take do j
light in pouring his venom upon inc. in tryhf j
to prejuiiiep the public mind against me. J1 j
I have to say in reply is simply this: My cbr
act cr for truth and honesty, is sufficientlyjknovn i
to the citizens of this county and I do not cae
for the slang that a poor, insignificant creatue !
like iiim could use against me. I find him !> ,
ner.th the notice of a gentleman and he ned |
not expect me to reply t: any more of his it-1
pertinence. For the information of his rca-j
cis and the citizens of the county, I would sv j
that the books and payers of the Poor Hour !
are open for inspection at any time.
T- 11. GETTYS.
Frightful DldUofcr on the Mississippi Hivr.
The Most Terrible Steamboat Accidet
on Becord.
(,-500 LIVES LOST!
Returning Soldiers Meeting a 1 Tor} ill
Death in Sight of then Homes.
A PECULIARLY PAINFUL CALAMITY, I
——
The steamer Sultana, it appears, left Ne j
Orleans on the 21st, and took on board 2,o'i j
paroled national prisoners, at Vieksburg, on tl I
24tli. who had been recently released from tl j
prison at Cnhaba, Ala. When seven miles .
hove Memphis, <>n the morning of the 27th, si
blew tip. Rending at once more than half of h<
human freight into eternity, and leaving the r
maittder scalded, maimed, or struggling vain,
in the perilous eddies of the current. Of mo:
than twenty-one hundred persons on board, tl
last accounts represent that five hundred La
been saved, and these in a precarious conditio!
It is doubtful if so pitiable, so tragical, or so fi
tal no accident ever befei a single vessel. 1
render the circumstances more painful, this va;
sacrifice wa of men who had undergone lit
privations of camp, the ordeal of battle, .itjj
the horrors of the southern prisons, who we*
just permitted to taste the sweetr of liberty
and Lear tire tidings of a victorious peace-)
dearer to them than to others —when with} i
two or three days of their long lost homes. H <
mutth ruin auu wreck of life and hopes it lis j
seldom been permitted the negligence or igat 1
rasye of one person to accomplish- i
IMPORTANT ORDER.
Curtailment of the Army!
A Foreshadowing of Peace!
The following important order ha* been issued
by the War Department ;
ADJUTANT-GEN'S. OFFICE, )
WASHINGTON, D. G\, April 28. J
Ordered. First —That the chiefs of the re
spective bureaus of this department proceed im
mediately !o reduce the expenses of their re
spective departments to what is absolutely ne
cessary in view of an immediate reduction of
the forces in the field and in garrison, and the
speedy termination of liastslltie3: and that they
severally make out statements of the reductions
they deem practicable.
Second—That the Quartermaster-Gen. dis
charge all ocean transports not required to bring
home troops in remote departments. All river
and inland transportation will be discharged, ex
cept that required for the necessary supplies to
troops in the field. Purchase of horses, mules,
wagons, and other Land transportation will be
stopped: also purchases of forage, except what
is required for immediate consumption. All
purchases for railroad construction and trans
portation will also be stopped.
Third-—That the Commissary Gen. of Subsis
tence discontinue the purchase of supplies in his
department, except of such as may with what
is on hand, be required for forces in the field to
the Ist of June next.
Fourth —That the Chief of Ordnance :top ail
purchases of arms and ammunition and mater
ials therefor, and reduce the manufacture of arms
and ordnance stores in the government arsenals
as rapidly as can be done without injuring the
service.
Fifth —That the Chief of Engineers stop
v/nrk on all ficli fortifications and other works,
except those for which specific appropriations
have been made by Congress for completion, or
that may be required for the proper protection
of works in progress.
Sixth —That .til soldiers in the hospitals, who
require no further medical treatment, be honor
ably discharged from service with immediate
payment. Ail officers and enlisted men, who
have been prisoners of war and are now on fur
lough or on parole camps, and all recruits in
undczvous, except those of the regular army,
will I'kew i.e be honorably discharged. Officers,
whose duty it is under the regulations of the
service to make out rolls and other final papers
connected with tho discharge and payment of
soldiers, arc directed to make them out without
delay, so that this order may he carried into ef
fect immediately.
Seventh —The Adjutant-Gen. of the army
will cause immediate returns lobe made by nil
commanders in the field, garrisons, detachments,
and posts of their respective forces, with a view
to their immediate reduction.
Eighth—The Quartermasters, Subsistence,
Engineer, and Provost Marshal-Gen's. Depart
ments will reduce the number of clerks and em
ployes to that absolutely required for closing the
business of their respective departments, and
will without delay report to the Secretary of
War the number required of each class or grade.
Tho SiirorAon-fiiiyojsil ..vj 1 LnfU l ke-SUlliblr„rfidW'3
bureau. ■ <*
ISinth—The chiefs of the respective bureaus
will immediately cause proper returns to he made
out of the public property in their charge, and
statements of the. property in each that may be
sold upon advertisement and publication, with
out prejudice to the service.
Tenth—The commissary* of prisoners will
have rolls made out of the name, residence, time
and place of capture, and occupation of all pris
oners of war who will take the oath of alle
giance to the 17. States, to the end that sue'.: as
are disposed to become good and Icyai citizens
of the I T . Slates, and who are proper objects of
executive clemency, may be released upon the
terms that the President shall deem fit and con
sistent with public safety.
By order of the Sec'y of War.
(Official). W. A. Nrcnoi.B,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
T. W. VINCENT, A. A. G.
Eighty Thousand Bales of Cotton Burn
ed in Montgomery—Details of the E
vacuation.
[From the Columbus ( Ga.) Times,]
j A large number of refugees have arrived in
Columbus from Montgomery. Gen. Forrest,
when last beard from, was twelve miles from
Selnia. It was thought he would cross the river
and pursue the Yankees. The Yankee force is
composed entirely of cavalry and mounted in
fantry, with some artiiiery. Among the refugees
who arrived in Columbia are Governor Watts
and other officers of the state government of
Alabama. They ure deeply chagrined at the
capture of their capital by six thousand Yan
kees, but feel conscious that they did ail in their j
power to prevent it. 'i he governor has proceed- j
ed to Eufaula. A dispatch from Talladega, j
dated April 7, states that a division of Yan- j
koes from Elyton are at Monte valla •, a portion !
of them arc also at Shelby Springs. Stouts '
report a body of the enemy at Ashvilie, taking i
stock, &c.
j It is stated that there were about eighty thou
| sand bales of cotton in Montgomery in the ware
houses. This was burned on Tuesday evening.
There was a large quantity of cotton scattered
through the streets; whether this was burned
also is not known. If it was, a large part of
the city must also have suffered a similar fate
from its close proximity to combustible mater ial.
That portion of the city in the neighborhood of
the different warehouses must have suffered, and
it is hardly post-ible that the buildings adjacent
could pass unscathed. The latest telegraphic
dispatch from Montgomery was sent from that
place at 5:30 on Tuesday evening. Montgom
ery was evacuated in great coufusion. Liquor
was used freely. AH commissary storeß were
distributed to the people. It is feared that much
private property has been detroyed.
The Great State of Alabama Conquered
by Six or Eight Thousand Yankees.
{From the Columbus Times.)
Thus is the great State of Alabama abandon
?d to tbo mere} of six or eight thousand Yan
r kees, who have it in their power to desolate, the
[ whole of the territory unopposed. It is certain
ly the most disgraceful incident of the war. Al
abama, will now reap the fruits of the policy
of her legislature in refusing the governor the
power which he asked, of organizing her able
bodied population at home and compelling tbm
io figii t la defer®* of iho
Capture and Death of Booth.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The Star says: To
Col. L. C. Baker, Special Detective of the War
Department, and his admirably trained detec
tive force, and to the New York Cavalry, the
active participators in the seizures, the country
owes a debt of gratitude for this timely service.
ll seems that a detachment of the 10th New
York Cavalry, numbering about twenty five
men, which was dispatched from this city on
Monday, under the direction of Col L C. Ba
ker, Special Detective of the War Departtmeni,
in command of Lieut. Dougherty, accompanied
by some of Col. Baker's officers, captured and
killed Booth, and captured Harold, one of his
accomplices, alive.
The cavalry, after leaving here, landed at
Belle Plain in the night, and immediately start
ed out in pursuit of Booth and Harold, having
previously learned from a colored man that they
had crossed the river into Virginia, at Swan
Point, ill a small canoe hired by Booth from a
man for three hundred dudars.
Proceeding on towards Bowling Green, some
three miles from Port Royal, Lieut. Dougher.y,
who was in command of the cavalry, discover
ed that Booth and Harold were secreted in a
large barn owned by a man named Garrett, and
were well armed.
The cavalry then surrounded the barn and
summoned Booth and his accoii plice to surren
der. Harold was inclined at first to accede to
the request, but Booth accused him of coward
ice, and both peremptorily refused to surrender
and made preparations to defend themselves.
In order to take the conspirators alive the
barn was fired, and the flames gelling too hot
for Harold, he approached the door of the barn
an 1 .-'.gnitiod his willingness to he taken prisoner.
The door was then opened suff ciently t<> a:h>w
Harold to put his arm through that lie might
! be handcuffed, and as the officer was about pla
cing the irons upon Harold's wrists, Ihothji''td
upon the party from the barn , which WHS return
ed by Sergeant Boston Corbctt, of the IGtli N.
York Cavalry, the ball striking Booth in the
neck, from the effects of which he died in about
four hours.
Booth, before breathing his last, was asked it
be had any tiling to say, when he replied, "Tell
my mother that I died lor my country.
Harold and the body of Booth were brought
into Belle Plain, at eight o'clock last night, and
reached the Navy Yard here at one o'clock tins
morning, on board of the steamer John S. Ides,
Captain Henry Wilson.
\ The statement heretofore published that Booth
' ha<l injured one of his legs by the faking cl his
horse has proven to he correct.
; After lie was shot, it was discovered that one
' of his logs was badly injured, and that he was
1 compelled to wear an old shoe and use crutoaes.
which he had with him in the barn.
Booth was shot about 4 o'clock t;t the morn
ing and died about 7 o'clock.
Booth had upon hi* person some bills of ex
change, but only $175 in Treasury notes.
It appears that Booth and Harold left Wash
ington together on the night of the murder of
President Lincoln, and passed through Leonard -
j town, Md., concealing themselves in the vicini
ty until an opportunity was afforded them to
[ cross the river at Swan Point, which they did,
': as above stated.
The man who hired Booth and his aceom
was captured, we understand, but afterwards
j made his escape
Harold has been lodged in fi secure place.
' Bowling Green, near which place Booth was
j killed, is a post village, the capital of Caroline
1 j county, Virginia, on the road irom Richmond
jto Fredericksburg, 45 miles north of tlie former
i place, and is situated in a fertile and healthy
region. It contains two churches three stores,
| two mills, and about 30U inhabitants,
j Port lioyal is a post village in Caroline coun
j ty, Virginia, on the right bank of the Rappa
hannock river, twenty-two miles below Freder
icksburg. It has a population of 600, and there
j is a good steamboat landing near the place.
The Rebels Under Lee, Fought In Front
I by Grant, and Fed in the F.ear Through
Butler's Department-
The New York Express says :
| liie report of the testimony taken by Mr.
: V ashburne, of Illinois, chairman of the Con
gressional Committee, is now published, and
tiiis testimony discloses in substance that while
General Grant, with his army, was fighting
Gen. Lee in front, knaves in Gen. Butler's
Norlolk and North Carolina department were
permitted to feed him in the rear. It seems
| that a military commission, instituted by Gen.
Grant, also establishes the same facts, parts of
! which, given or taken by Gen. Gordon, are
; published in Mr. Washburno's report.
From the testimony it appears that one G.
; W. Lane, by recommendation of Gen. Butler,
j obtained from Mr. Kisely, Treasury Agent in
j Washington, permits to trade with the rebels,
■ which permits lie used to supply the rebels with
1 tork, bacon, clothes of all kinds, sugar, tea,
j medicines—in short, everything but arms (nay
| even percussion caps, it. is said) —to pay for
1 which rebel wagons, loaded with cotton, ap
proached bis (Bune's) trading boats, and un
loaded the cotton therein ! A brother-in-law
of Gen. Butler was in this concern. Lane had !
the protection of Butler's military. A million •
jo. dollars, or more, it 13 believed, was made
;by Ihe parties concerned in this traitorous traf
| fie, and this treason was one cause why Gen.
< 1 rant removed Gen. Butler from command.
The report of Mr. Washburne, a leading Re
publican of the House from Illinois, discloses i
inot of these facts in the testimony taken, and!
this testimony is now published. VVe see in it
where Gen. Lee got Lis resources in the rear,
while Gen. Grant and Lis army were fb'htin"
him in front. 0 e
T'ha Forces Included in Johnson's
Surrender.
NEW TORE, April 80.—The Herald; New
born correspondence of April 27th says: The
terms granted Johnston, embrace in the surren
der four armies of the Military Division of tho
West, but excludes tho fifth, that of Dick Tay
lor, lying west of the Chattahoocbie river.
Among the Generals surrendered is Beauregard.
Principal among the Lieutenant Generals is
Ilardee, Bragg having lately been relieved of ;
his command was not surrendered. Wade 1
Hampton refused to be surrendered and is re-1
ported to have been shot by Johnston in an al-!
tercation, but a more trustworthy report is that!
he fled in company with Davis. The number !
actually surrendered is 27,400, although more 1
names are stiven. All the militia from South i
Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and the Gttlf
States are included. General Grant retsrned
to Washing tea o Saturday
For the Qazettc.
Tribute of Bespect.
At a regular communication of Bedford
Lodge No. 620 A. Y. M., the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:—
Where is, It has pleased Almighty God, the
Supreme Architect of the universe, in manifes
tation of his divine will, to remove from the
scene of Ins earthly trial and this Lodge, our
late Treasurer, Brother Samuel Davis—
„ln i Whereas, The event is the second known
in the history of this Lodge, and is, therefore,
tße more striking and impressive, requiring sol
emn notice in our Temple, as it is a lesson pow
erfully teaching tiie mutability of human life,
and the uncertain tenure of worldly honors—
Therefore, be it Resolved , That we submit
with deep humility to this afflcting and trying
dispensation of Providence, and sincerely de
plore tlio kssof our departed Brother and Treas
urer, so suddenly called away from temporal
masonic labor and usefulness, and we humbly
hope, to spiritual rest and refreshment in that
Lodge not made with hands eternal in the
Heavens.
Resolved , That the devotion of our lamented
Brother, to the true principles of the order,
his interesting zeal in the practical exercise of
charities, the fraternal love and kindness, which
ever marked his intercourse with those of the
mystic tic, and his courteous and social bearing
to all men. will long be cherished and remem
bered, an<l cause many a heart to turn with
affection and regret to the green sod, beneath
which his earthly remains are now quietly re
posing.
Resolved , That although our Brother !.a
passed away from this transitory existence, i. ,s
bidden us the last farewell and we have resign
ed his body to the silence of the grave, we shall
ever bear in mind and strive to itniiafe his
wort it and goodness, and, in the language of
Masonry, "will hold bis memory precious, re
cord ids name and write it on our hearts, where
it shall live in the memory of Lis virtues end
bo green forevermore."
Resolved, That as in this Lodge, the
which has known him, shall know him no more,
in testimony of our deep grief fur his loss and
in reverence for Lis memory, the Treasurer's
Chair shall be covered with crape and the Lodge
with habiliments of mourning.
Resolved, That wc respectfully and tenderly
sympathise with the family of our deceased
friend, companion and brother, and pray they
may find solace and comfort, in their sore be
reavement, from that Power Who alone, can
alleviate sorrow and give resignation when death
removes those wc love.
Resolve I, That a copy of the above resolu
tions be piescnted to the widow and family of
■he deceased.
REV. N- E. GIIDS, i
JAMES RAWLINS, > Committee
JOHN ALSIP. )
(From the Dincasttr Intelligencer.)
The War Clergy.
The regret and the indignation of Democrats
i at the brutal and cowardly assassination of the
late President, was profound and sincere. If
i there was rejoicing anywhere in this land, ft
was, not among Democrats, but among the fex
. V N.ITAM ATP T • 1- —^
i offended by a wise and decent show t)f rncuer
j ation. These were the men who rejoiced, if
| any such there were anywhere—thf.se, asd the
; fanatical war clergy, who, ever rea Jy with car.t
--i ing phrases and quotations of H;.Jy VVritbwist
[ed out of all recognizable shape.,, professed to
i see tise hand of God in the most fiendish ana
uiabolical murder whirii has ever blackened tbo
pages of history. It" this was the work of God,
; will some of these canting and hypocritical ex
j pounders of modern Puritanical religious be
i lief be good enough to tell us what we should
* expect the works of the devil to be like? Nay,
1 .if this were the work of God, was net the ae
! sr.ssin a sacred minister of deity, rather than a
j fiendish criminal ? Will the bloodthirsty revef
i end gentleman, to whose defense the editor of
the Express comes so promptly, be good enough
to enlighten us on this point ? If this doctrin#
be true, and God directed the doing of the in
fernal deed, will the editor of the Express, who,
we believe, professes great piety, be good enough
to inform us how either the ISTEMJGEXCER. or
| any other human agency, can be held responsible
in the slighest degree for the act. Is there not
a thousand fold greater condemnation of the
late Pr esident in the blasphemous supposition
that Go 1 himself designed and decreed his death
by the assassin's hand than can possibly b
found in a.ny thing ever uttered by any news
paper, either in the North or the South! We
do not believe any such doctrine. It is alike
absurd and criminal; but it is of a pieae
with much of the religious teachings of oar
J day.
'•fc ' rth groans beneath religion's iron age,
| Our priests dare bah ble / a God o! peace,
Even whilst their tapds are red with harcas
blood ;
Murdering the while, unrooting every germ.
Of truth exterminating, .spoiling all,
Making the earth a siaugt, ter-hoose,
They howl hideous praises to a Ornaon God f
Such men are they who teac.h us that ths God
Of nature and benevolence ha\ given
A special sanction to the trade of blood.
They could laugh to hear the bitter cry
Of millions butchered in sweet eonfidenca
And unsuspecting peace, even when the boi3
Of safety, fast cor.firmed by wordy oaths,
bworn in His dreadful cauoe, ring through tas
land,
Whilst innocent babs writhsd on tb<a stubborn
spear.
They could still laugh to hear the mother'* shriek
Of maniac gladness, as the burnished steel
Feels cold in her torn "dais."
Fur the true minister of tie Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ; for him who is pure in Uix
life, and without guile on his lips; for him, who
following liia Divine Master, preaches pence on
earth and good will toward men, we have the
highest reverence and the most profound respect
and regard. When such a one stands op in tbo
house of God. and rebukes us for our sins, we
feci that wc are rebuked indeed- But, for the
canting hypocrite, who comes down from his
high and holy position, to bedraggle his robee
that should be sacred, in the filth and mire of
partisan politics, and condescends to honeyfug]®
round with pot-house politicians to see who
shall be elected to office—for such a man w®
feol that wc can never sufficiently express our
scorn and contempt. But wehn besides being wit
ling tools iu the hands of designing politiciaus,
professing ministers of the Gospel of the God
of Peace become more bloody in thought and
expression than were the priests of any bar
banc faith this world ever saw, we cannot help
wishing for a whip of scorpions with which to
lash the hypocritical scoundrels naked through
a scoffing world until pilloried at last tliey should
stand a3 a fit object tor the slow, uoiuoviug lin
ger of scorn, to be forever pointed at Whilst