BEDFORD GAZETTE. B.F. MEYERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY: : : : MAY 12, 1865. ■■'■"■ v. 1 -. I■■ " —-I - . ■ - ,1 —— Democratic Gounty Convention. The Democrats of Bedford county are here by requested to meet in their respective election districts, on SATURDAY, the 17th DAY OF JUNE, NEXT, for the purpose of electing del egates to the Democratic County Convention, to be held in Bedford, on Monday, the 19 t/i day of June, next, at - o clock, P. M., which body will place iu nomination a County Ticket to be supported by the party at the ensuing general election.— Under the rules, each district is entitled to two delegates. The Democrats of the several dis tricts are also particularly requested to eltoose \ igiiance Committees for the coming year and to return their names to the Chairman of the County Committee. O. E. SHANNON, Ch'n. Dem. Co. Committee. The Dawn of Peace. Every thing looks hopeful, now, for the pacification of the States lately in revolu tion. The terms granted to the troops of J/ee and Johnston, will, doubtless, be ac cepted by the remainder of the rebel forces, and thus, through the conciliatory means which we have so long contended for, peace will be restored and the authority of the Constitution ar.d the laws re-established throughout the length and breadth of the land. We believe now, as we have always believed, that the war might have been t>- veided, had the Congress of 1861 submit ted the Crittenden Compromise to the pec pie, or taken some other proper action to quiet the intense alarm in the South, of which the secession leaders were permitted to take advantage. Had this been done, what misery, what untold agony, might have been averted from the heads of the American people! Two millions of lives lost in thin fraternal conflict; hundreds of flour ishing cities and beautiful villages, laid waste, or destroyed; a country constituting, physically, an empire within itself, devas tated and impoverished; nay, what is far ■worse than loss of property, or life, the civil convulsion which has left a chasm between the Northern and Southern people that only years ot intercourse and mutual forbearance can span; these things would not now be a stain upon our history, had that infamous Congress done its duty. Again, we believe now, as we have, always believed, that af tet hostilities had commenced, it was still possible to restore the Union bv peaceful means, and that the war might have been ended long ago, upon the same terms to the rebels which they are now granted, had not the negro question been permitted to stand in the way and had the commanders of for mer expeditions against Richmond been sustained by the Administration as it sus tained Gen. Grant. Imbued with these convictions, we have always regarded with feelings of sympathy, the soldiers of our armies, who, whether languishing in prison, or lighting in the front, were compelled to Lear tie burden, of this awful war. Some -ot them, near and. dear to us, sleep in ever lasting slumber beneath the Bands of the Southern coast, victims, as we believe, to an unnecessary prolongation of the war. Others, friends long cherished, have disap peared, leaving no trace of their doubtful .fate. But, God be thanked, some whom we love and honor, sre spared to us, and BOOH will return to the homes that arc des olate without them. Thank God, the sky is clearing! The clouds are hurrying past, Thank God, the day is rearing, The dawn is coming fast. And when glad herald voices, Shall tell us peace has come, This thought shall most rejoice na "Our boys are coining borne!" Soon shall the voice of singing Drown war's tremendous (tin! Soon shall the joy-bells ringing Bring peace and freedom in, The jubilee bonfires burning, Shall soon light up the dome, And soon to soothe our yearning, Our boys are coining home. The vacant fireside places Have waited for them long, The love-light lacks their face 3, The chorus waits their song; A shadowy fear has haunted The long deserted room, But now our prayers are granted, Our boys are coming home! O mother, calmly waiting For that beloved son! O sister, proudly dating The victories he has won! 0 maiden, softly humming The love song while you roam—• J oy, joy, the boys are coming— Our boys are coming home! And yet—'.h, keenest sorrow! Tliey're coming, but not all, Full many a dark to-morrow Shall wear its sable pall For thousands who are sleeping Beneath the empurpled loam; Woe! woe! for those we're weeping, Who never will como home! O sad heart, hush thy grieving; Wait but a little while! With hoping and believing Thy woe and fear beguile, Wait for the joyous meeting beyond the starry dome, For there our boys are waitiug To bid us welcome home. He-union. With the end of the war and the re-union of the States, there should he a restoration to the Democratic fold, of all who, on account of a mistaken sense of duty, wandered therefrom, pending the revolution which has just ended. — : U e do not refer to those politicians who, for the sake oi office or emolument, apostatised from ; the Democratic faith. They have eaten of the I forbidden fruit, and the gate-way to the Demo ' cratie Eden is forever closed against thoin.— ■ But those who imagined it to be their duty, j whilst the war lasted to'support the Government.' iby supporting the Administration party, can, , now that the war is over, consistently return to their old plaecs in the Democratic ranks, in ; ! fact, they can gc no where else, unless they give i |up all the principles of government which they i uavc so long maintained ar.d cherished. I'resi | dent Johnson himself declared, a few days ago, 1 that he conid uot now change the political views ! which he has held all his life, in order to adopt , the theories of those who favor centralization j and deny the doctrine of Stales Eights. Let u? j i then have a re-union of the Democracy, mu ; tualiy forgiving and forgetting the differences of ; the past, and only looking forward to the good ; of tiie country, to be promoted through the a , gency 01 our time-honored party. Tilings to Be Begretted. ; Instead of suffering the remains of our hon ored Chief Magistrate to lie quietly in the llall jof Independence, during the last Sabbath, the j permission to the public to look on the murder | erl body—which so ministered to a morbid cu y rosity—gathered hundreds of thousands of peo ; pie in the streets, and produced a pressure j i which could only be controlled by the presence j of the military. Scarcely ever was such a spec-! tacle presented in Philadelphia. Not only was ' the Sabbath forgotten and iesecrated, and the ' ' worship of God neglected, bui that reverent quiet ami solemnity which so solemn an event ■ ; had called forth, was sadiy interrupted, and the i ! feelings which usually attend a mere show or] • exhibition were substituted. To these evils there was no counterbalancing good.— Prehby - j j terian. *yls it any wonder that people did not j ' think it a violation of the Sabbath, to go on that day, to look upon the remains of a man j whom so-called Christian ministers style "the , second Moses," "Clod's Anointed," the "Sa vior of his country," and who, because be was ' mortally wounded on Good Friday, is impious- , ly likened unto Christ 1 The Assassination Plot. Letter From Beverly Tucker. The following is the exculpatory letter of | Beverly Tucker, referred to in the telegram to the Associated l'ress on Saturday : I MONTREAL, May 4, 18G5. To the People of, • Canada :—I have this moment seen the procla-1 mation of Andrew Johnson, acting President! : of the United States, stating that "it appears I j from evidence in the bureau of military justice ' ! that the atrocious murder of the late President. ' j Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassina | tion of the lion. W. 11. Seward, Secretary of! j State, was incited, concerted and procured by ' | and between Jefferson Davis, late of Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, ■ Beverly C. Tucker, George N. Saunders, W. ! j C. Cleary and others of the United States bar- 1 | bored in Canada," and offering rewards for the j apprehension of the accused, .*25,000 being of- i ' fered for my arrest. It is scarcely possible tbat such proclamation j : would have been issued unle.-s some such "evi- ' dence" has been adduced. What such "evi ; dence" is I am totally at a loss to conjecture. ' lam compelled, therefore, to content myself j with the declaration that whosoever hath sworn ! ! to anything authorizing in the slightest degree suspicion of my having "incited, concerted or ' procured,' or of any knowledge whatever by | • me of the attacks made c:i the President and ? : Mr. Seward, or any acts or projects of a kin- ; ; tired character, or of any plan to kidnap or i , capture either of them, or any of the Federal i ' authorities hath blackened his soul with dia bolicul perjury. Until information reached hereof the attack j on President Lincoln by Mr. J. Wilkes Booth, ! and that on Mr. Seward by some other person, • : I hid not know that any such person as J. j : Wilkes Booth existed. I had never heard of"j I liim before. I don't know any of the persons j iin arrest at Washington, and never heard of ; them till I read the notices in the United States ! newspapers of their apprehension. ; I have within a day or two past made inqui ; ry, and ascertained that Mr. Booth left St. j Lawrence Hall. Montreal, on the 27th of Oc tober last. The officers of the Ontario Bank state that on that day he purchased of the bank a bill on England, for £6l 12s Id., fori which he paid in American gold, and, at the i same time, made a deposit of $335 Canada j money, which yet remains to his credit, and; that he stated that he intended to run the block ade. Whether he made such attempt, or went ! into the United States by railroad, I have not ascertained. The clerks in the St. Lawrence llall inform ! me that he arrived at the house on the 18th of October, being here nine days. I was not in Montreal during that time. My association with the other gentlemen named in this atro cious proclamation, has been intimate, for years, and I admit it would be strange if they had any knowledge of Mr. Booth's purposes, that I j should be in utter ignorance of it. ; The whole business is, in my deliberate judg ment, an attempt to get up a pretext for a dif ficulty with the British Provinces; and the consideration that since I have been here I have received nothing hut hospitality and kind ness from you, impels me to make this brief address to aid in the dissipation of such pre text. I have this day appealed to President Johnson and Secretary Stanton to allow me copies of the alleged evidence, with respect to myself, to give me a chance to disprove it. I will add, that I will go before any magis trate hero and Verify the above by my solemn oath, and that I will agree that the United States consul, or any respectable counsel he may designate, shall cross-examine mo in rela tion to the alleged evidence, or any other ami , all acts of my life. BEVERLY TUCKER. sir The coat of sinking an oil well five hun , dred fset, ii about $7,500 EDITORIAL MELANGE. who approve of mob law encourage assassination. CS-Gencral Echols, in Southwestern Virginia, has disbanded his army. t&*Ali the Confederate cavalry in Kentucky have surtonclered. ftS-President Johnson is said to be in favor of abolishing the trade regulations of the Treas ury Department. tSTSevural regiments of troops have been sent from California to Idaho to protect the emigrants from Indian foray s. CSrOn June 7, an election will take place in Florida for a Governor to fill the [.dace of John Milton, who committed suicide. Ci'All re&~Dr. F. C. Doylo has removed from Bloody Run to Coaldale, where he will continue the practice of bis profession. The Doctor is n good physician and a clever fellow. We wish him success, with all our heart. CrDead. The Kiephant '-Hannibal," at tached to Thayer and Noyes' Circus, which ex hibited in this place, on Friday last, died at Centrcville, on Sunday morning last, aged a bout G6 years. He was buried on the spot where he uied. lie was the largest elephant ever brought to this country. His owners heid an insurance upon him for §IO,OOO. ss*Organized—the "Bedford Mutual Oil Company." At a meeting of the stockholders at the sjerc of J. B. Farquhar, in this place, held on Friday evening last, the following na med officers were elected: President, James !. farquhar; Secretary and Treasurer, Jacob Reed; Directors, J. M. Shoemaker, B. F. Meyers, J. 11. Scheii, 11. F. Smith, W. Mas ters and F. D. Beegle. Fifty thousand shares of stock have already been sold. The compa ny will commence the sinking of two wells on their property on Chqrry Run, by the 20th of Jure, pros. C£"Tt is always with pain that we refer to the conduct of ministers of the gospel who for get their calling and dabble in things calcula ted to destroy their usefulness and create trou ble in their congregations. Ou the other hand, it always gives us pleasure to commend the be havior of such as refrain from interference in politics and endeavor to unite and harmonize the people over whose religious welfare they are called to preside. The present pastor of the M. E. Church, in this place, we are glad to hear, belongs to this latter class. We hope he may be ablo to re-unite the M. E. congrega tion, and doubt not that he will succeed in do ing so, if he continues iu the course which he has thus far pursued. GENERAL SHERMAN. —The headquarters of General Sherman are being established at Alex andria, lils chief of staff. Gen. Webster, super intending the arrangements of the offices, Ac. The General himself will pay a visit to Char leston, Savannah and other points along the coast previous to his coining to Alexandria Wash. Star- National Debts an , In testimony whereof, I have here- Li.. s. \ unto set my hand and caused the seal - —of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. By the President, ANDREW JOHNSON. W. H UNTER) Acting Sec'y of State. Who Taught Assassination? In our last issue, says the Bellcfonte Watch- of May 5, we proved beyond doubt that if the puritan abolitionists did not opeidy ad vocate the assassination of Presidents Jackson and Buchanan, they at least attempted to palli ate the crime by excusing the criminal. We have uovc a little additional testimony to add to that, which shows that they have not only been excusera of assassins but have taught assassi nation and boasted of having men ready and willing to carry it out upon the person of their own President should he pursue a certain course. In August of last year, Deacon Gray, a leading abolitionist of Ohio, wrote a letter, over his own signature, which was published in the Ohio State Journal , the organ of the abolition party in Ohio, from which we clip the following ex tract: "I like the spirit of the Major in command of the 60th Ohio. When, in hi* presence, the question was presumptuously asked, "Shall wc eventually have to compromise ?" He turned with a withering look and said, "1 entered this campaign with over 800 men; to-day 1 can muster 192, and 1 tell you that if the President hints even at 'compromise,' THERE ARK 192 ASSASSINS IN MY COMMAND REA DY TO MARCH, solitaiy and alone, TO THE WHITE HOUSE, rue wish our friends at home had this spirit— 'tis the spirit of the Federal array, who bear the burden." Is this not enough ? When the mystery that hangs around the assassination of Abraham Lincoln is unraveled, it may, and we have no doubt will, show to the world, puritanism aa the guilty perpetrator of tiro blpody deed. Andrew Johnson's Ilecord. 1113 OPINIONS ON POPULAR GOVERNMENT LONG CHERISHED OASWOT BE CHANGED' —WHAT HIESE OPINIONS ARE, A? I>KA\VN I'KOM HIS CONGRE.-J?- SIONA I. RECORD. ' in regard to my future course. I will now make no professions, no pledges. I have been connected somewhat Actively with puM.cali.nr and to the history of my post public acts, which is familiar to yuu, I refer for those principle; which have governed me heretofore, and will guide me hereafter. In general, 1 wiil say, I have long labored for the amelioration and ele vation of the great mass of mankind. My o pinions as to the nature of popular government have long been cherished, and as 1 am, it is now too tote in life for me to chancre them. 1 believe that g jvemmeni was made for man, not man for government. [From President Johnson .3 speech to citizens of Illinois, April 18, i 805.] In the Senate of the United States, May 21. 1800, the question being on tlie passage of cer tain resolutions a division being demanded, the vote was taken on each separately, with the following result: THE STATES FREE ANT) INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN TIES. Resolved, That in the adoption of the feder al Constitution, the States adopting the same acted severally as freeand independent sovereign ties, delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the Federal Government lor the increased security of each against dangers, do mestic as weli as foreign ; and that any inter meddling by one or mora States, or by a com bination of their citizens, with the domestic in stitutions of the other, on any pretext whatever, political, moral or religious, with the desire to their disturbance or subversion, is in violation of the Constitution, insulting to the Siattß?o in terfered with, endangers their peace and tran quility —objects for which the Cor. tilution w:s formed—and, by necessary consequence, tends to weaken and destroy the Union itself. YEAS-: I -srs. Benjamin, Bigler Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, day, Ciingman, Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkan sas, JOHNSON of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham Maliory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh. Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thompson, Toombs, Wigfall and \ ulee—3d. NATS —Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Colhuner, Dixon, Doolittle, Fcsseoden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wademand Wil son— 10 iNtcnrrftEXCE wnn SLAVERY IS HIE STATES A BREACH OK FAITH. 2. Resolved, That negro slavery, as it exists in fifteen States of this Union, composes an im portant portion of their domestic institutions, inherited from our ancestors, and existing at the adoption of the Constitution, by which it is recognized as constituting an important element in the apportionment of power among the States, and that no change of opinion or feeling on the part of the non-slaveholding States of the Union in relation to this institution, can justify them or their citizens in open or covert attacks there on with a view to it 3 overthrow, and that all such attacks are in manifest violation of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the States respectively on entering into the constitutional carapact which formed the I 'nion, and are a manifest breach of faith and a violation of tha most solemn obli gations. YEAS —Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut. Clay, Ciingman, Crit tenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Ham mond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tennessee. Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Maliory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Siideil, Thompson, Toombs, Wigfall and Yu les—3d. NAYS —Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collaraer, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Qrirnes, ilale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson—2o. THE UNION RESTS ON THE EQUAI-ITY OF THE STATES. 3. Resolved , That the Union of these States rests on the equality of rights and privileges a mong its members, and that it is especially the duty of the Senate which represents the States in their sovereign capacity, to resist all attempts to discriminate either in relation to persons or property in the Territories—which are the com mon possessions of the United States—so as to give advantages to the citizens of one State which are not equally allowed to those of every other State. YEAS —Messrs. Benjamin, Bigelow, Bragg, Brown, Bright. Clement, Clay, Ciingman, Crit tenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Ham mond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson. Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mallorv, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomson, Toombs, Wigfall and Yu lee—36. NATS —Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, I Collamer, Dixon, Doohttle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin. Ilarlan, Simmons, Sum ner, Pen Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, and Wilson j —lB. CONGRESS NO ROWER OVER ET.AVERT IN THE TER RITORIES. 1. Resolved, That neither Congress nor a Territorial Legislature, whether by direct legis lation or legislation of an indirect and unfrier.d --! Iy character, possess power to annul or impair the constitutional right of any citizen of the United States to take his slave property into the common territories, and there hold and enjoy the same while the territorial condition remains. YEAS —Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Ciingman, Crit tenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Ham mond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Ark., JOHNSON, of Team, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Maliory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomp son, Toombs, Wigfall and Yulee—3s. NAYS —Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot. Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Ilarlan, King, Pugh, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson.—2l. CONGRESSIONAL PROTECTION OF SLAVES IN THE TERRITORIES. 5. Resolved, That if the experience should at any time prove that the judicial ar.d execu j tive authority do not possess means to insure i adequate protection to constitutional rights in j a Territory, and if the Territorial Government ! should fail or refuse to provide the necessary ; remedies for that purpose, it will be the duty jof Congress supply such deficiency within thft 1 units of too. constitutional power. YEAS —Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Brag,- 7 Bright, Chestnut, Clay. Ciingman, Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Ark. JOHNSON of Tcnn . Kennedy, Lane, Latham! Maliory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk pov/- • ell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Siideil, Ten Eyck, ; Toombs. Wigfall and Yule©—2s. i NAYS —Messrs. Hamlin and Trumbull—2. NEW STATES TO BE ADMITTED WITH OR WITHOUT SLAVERY AS THE PEOPLE DECIDE. Resolved. That the inhabitants of a Ter ritory of the United States, when they rightful ly form a Constitution to be admitted as a State into the I nion, may then, for the first time— i like a people of a State when forming a new Constitution —decide for themselves, whether j slavery, as a domestic institution, shall be rnnintuined or prohibited within their jurisdic tion ; and "they shall be received into tha ; Union with or without slavery as their Consti tution may prescribe at the time of their admis | sion." YEAS —Messrs, Benjamin, Bigler, Drag?, i Bright, Chestnut, Clay, € ring man. Crkfend V Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Ark. JOHNSON of Tcnn., Kennedy, Lane, Latham Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Bice Sebastian, Slidell, Thomson, Toombs, W : •' a }j i and Yulee—3s. ' NAYS —Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, DIXON ; Foot, Foster, Hale, Pugh, Simmons, Ten Kyck i Trumbull, Wade and Wilson—l 2. ' THE PROVISION OK THE CONSTITUTION N RELA TION TO THE RENDITION OF SLAVE; " ! CARRIED OUT. 7. Resolved , That the provist n I stitution for the rendition of fugitives from ser vice or labor, without (lie adoption of which 1 the Union could not have been formed; and ti the laws uf 1793 rid 1350, which were ; enacted to secuie its execution, and the main ' features of which being similar, bear the i m . ; press of nearly seventy years of sanction !,v the j highest judicial authority, should be honestly • and faithfully observed and maintained by ail i who enjoy the benefits of our compact of unior.; and that all nets of individuals or of State lA'T isbitare to defeat the purpose or nullify the re quirements of that provision, and the laws made in pursuance of it are hostile in character, sub versive of the Constitution, and revolutionary i in their effect. YEAS —Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, I Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Ciingman, Crit ; tcaden, Davis,Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Ham j inor.d, Hemphill, Hunter, iverson, Johnson of Ark.. JOHNSON of Tenu., Kenned y , Lane, j Latham, Maliory, Mason, Nicholson, Pulk, Pow ell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Ten Eyck, ; Thompson, Toombs, Wigfall and Yulee—3o. NAYS— Messrs. Chandler, Clafk, Foot, Hale, i Wade and Wilson—6. Eomaii Catholics and the Tribune. From the 2s". Y. Daily 2.'eus, J fay 5. The Tribune , to our great surprise, to our greater regret, attempts to fasten upon the Ro man Catholic religion a responsibility for lhe as i B&ssination of Mr. Lincoln. This is done, it is : true, by insinuation, but that kink of a'taek is more unjust and ungenerous than direct uecasa j t'u.n. It says of the counties of Prince George's, ' Charles and St. Mary's, in Maryland, that i "they have been in ardent and active sympathy j with the rebellion from the outset;" that "the -• plot to assassinate President Lincoln and other chiefs of our Government had here many of its ramifications. Booth had roamed over it day after day while preparing to commit his medi- I tatod crime with the least possible risk: hither ; he had tied with his more immediate accomplice •; for shelter and succor the moment his crime was i complete, and here he was Lidden and nursed until he was able to make his way across the river into Virginia. And nowhere, within the i preponderantly loyal States was there another region half so well fitted for his purpose, or so ; well affected toward his horrible enterprise." It is doubtless true that Booth, immediately i before and after- the perpetration of his crime, ,! was within the limits of the comities so descri | bed : but that circumstance is probably due to . the vicinity of that region to the scene of thcr assassination. Booth could not have well a voided being in Maryland immediately after he 1 .-a ihe district of Columbia, and we cannot un . derstand why the counties in question should l>e , denounced on account of their geographical po ; sition. But why docs the Tribune commence . Us list of charges against those counties with the assertion that "they are predominantly Ro , man Catholic in faith ?" Is that fact one of the counts in the indictment? It is evident that the Tribune would have it appear so, for otherwise there would bo no significance i.i its allusion to the religious faith of those com munities. A majority of the soldiers who have served p in the Federal ranks throughout this war are of the religious persuasion that is thus denoun ced by the Tribune. The camps of Grant and Sherman arc "predominantly Roman Catholi'j . in faith." Is that a reason why the loyalty of those veterans shall be doubted, or are they, therefore, to be considered in sympathy wita the murderer, or "well affected toward this kor . rible enterprise ?" \\ e beseech our , ry not to foment a religious war, as as r: •.. the political one that is about to clo~- Strange Inconsistency. Paper? in Philadelphia and elsewhere, that went into deep mourning for the assassination of President Lincoln, rejoice over tha lato at tempt to assassinate the two Ingersolls, and allow the culprits to go unpunished.— West chester Jejffersoman. BOOTH VS. JOHN BROWN. —There is quite a coincidence between these two notorious murder ers, relative to their capture. Both were driven to the wall by their pursuers, and both were shot while defending themselves, Booth's wound being mortal, and that of John Brown's being i very painful though not mortal, and he was compelled to limp to the gallows with an un healed wound, he not being as lucky as Booth. Both were bold, brave and bad men, who con spired against the laws of their country. CirGovcrnor Curtin has made arrangements that whenever a Pennsylvania soldier is killed i or dies of disease while in the service, trnnspor : j tation is furnished for one person from his home to the place where the remains of the soldi r may be, ar.d also foifboth the person who goes for the body of the deceased and the rcr .n: back to his home. The transportation is fur' i ished by Colonel H. H. Gregg, Chief of Trar.? . portation at Harri3burg. In applying for trans ■' portation the name of the deceased soldier, his ■ rank, company, regiment, date of death and • the name of the friend going for ins remains J Should be given.