BEDFORD GAZETTE.
B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY: : : : JUNfcIS, 1565.
Democratic County Convention.
The Democrats of Bedford county are here
by requested to meet in their respective election
districts, on SATURDAY, the 17tb 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 th day of June,
next, at 2 o'clock, I'. 31., which body will pluce
in 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 choose
Vigilance 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.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
At the last formal meeting of the Democrat
ic State Central Committee, it was resolved that
•the State Convention should be called to meet
at Harrisburg on Wednesday, the 21st day of
June inst. But having since learned from a
majority of the Committee, and been advised
by many ether leading Democrats of the State,
■that a postponement to a later day, would, on
many accounts be acceptable, and is generally
desired—l hereby give notice that the next Dem
ocratic State Convention of Pennsylvania, will
convene at the Hall of the House of Represen
tatives, in the city of Harrisburg, on THURS
DAY, the 24th day of August next, at one
o'clock, P. M. C. L. WARD,
Tovvanda, June 1, 1665. Chairman.
•<SFABSENT, —The editor is again absent,
•which will account for the lack of our usual
■variety.
The Radicals and the President.
Those restless agitators, tho radical abolition
ists, are now holding meetings for the purpose
of compelling Pre.*lent Johnson to step unon
their platform. They denounce hint without
stint, because of his North Carolina reconstruc
tion proclamation, and show themselves the ver
iest "copperheads," in opposing his administra
tion These men are never satisfied. The dev
ilish spirit which through their agency, keeps
society in constant ferment seems inexorable.
I hey preached and plotted until they succeeded
iiWKJ'iriiil iilvu '/mnieuee ever the Southern
people, as finally led to disunion and civil war,
and now they are preaching and plotting to
drive the administration into such a position on
the negro question, as will probably end in a
war of races. We find the following account
ot a meeting of these enemies of the public
peace, in the telegraphic columns of our ex
changes :
BOSTON, May 31. lhe New England anti-
Slavery Convention met to day, and was very
tally attended. Rev. J. F. Sargent wasehosen
as President, and Wendell Phiilips as Chairman.
The business committee reported a resolution
to flic effect that it is the settled opinion of the
convention that the reconstruction of the rebel
States without negro suffrage, is a practical sur
render to the Confederacy, and will make the
anti-slavery proclamation of the late l'resident,
and even the expected amendment to the Con
stitution, utterly inefficient for the freedom and
protection of the negro race.
Mr. Philips supported the resolution in a vig
orous speech. lie also said there was but one
way in which the people*could still hold the
helm of affairs and that was a declaration of
the repudiation of the entire war debt. Such
a party would have his voice and vote until
God called him home. He would constantly
oppose every step of reconstruction thai did not
place the negro upon an absolute equality with
the white man. There were but two parties in
the country, the sycophants of Jeff Davis and
the lovers of liberty. Every man who support
ed the Nc rth Carolina proclamation was a*Da
sycophant. Better, far better would it have
been for Grant to have surrendered to Lee than
tor President Johnson to have surrendered to
North Carolina.
lion. Amasa Walker followed, in a full en
dorsement of Phillips* speech.
Judged by the "loyal" standard of the bla
tant wur-shriekers of a few months ago, Wen
dell Phill-iris, Hon. Amaso Walker and Rev.
Sargent would have been pronounced guilty of
treason. What could be more "disloyal" than
calling the President of the United States, a
"Davis sycophant," cr declaring that it would
have been "better for Grant to have surrender
ed to Lee, than for President Johnson to have
surrendered to North Carolina V' From the lips
of Yallaodigham, or the Woods, this would
have been "rank treason." But when Phillips
and Co. assail the President, they only use the
privilege of free speech, an immunity belonging
exclusively, in these days, to those most clam
orous and uncompromising in their efforts to
disturb the public tranquility. But why are
those presses which but so lately denounced
Democratic statesmen for their opposition to
the policy of ths administration, silent in regard
to these New England calumniators of Presi
dent Johnson* Why have they no rebuke for
this Abolition "disloyalty V' Do they sympa
thize with it and approve of it? Are they, too
apostates frotn the doctrine of "unquestioning
loyalty 1" Come, now, gentlemen of the Re
publican press, let us bear from you! Why is j
t that you hav s nothing 10 fay again Wendell
Phillips "treasonable utterances?
A Suggestion.
As there are about one thousand persons in
this county, who ought to read the Gazette,
but who never see it, we recommend to our
friends jn the country to make an effort, at the
coming delegate elections, to secure its circula
tion among such persons. We would suggest
that the Vigilance Committees In each district,
take the matter in hand and make a thorough
canvass of the voters. In order to assist the
Committees in this work, we purpose to send
the Gazette, for the campaign, that is from the
Jirst of July till the 1 Oth of October, to any ad
dress, for fifty cents, payable in advance. We
make this proposition, not for our own advan
tage, but for the benefit of the party. We have
as many subscribers pecuniarily speaking, as
we want. But a party organ cannot be too
widely circulated, and, therefore, we hope our
friends in the country will exert themselves to
i the end that the Gazette may be read by every
reasonable man in the county. Send in your
clubs!
Gen. Sherman,
The hero of the Cotton States is just now re
ceiving a good share of the abuse which the
Jacobin Radicals are so ready to heap upon the
heads of those who do not square their conduct
with their ideas of politics. But the General
dissipates the clouds under which these dastard
! fellows would place him, as easily as he scatter
ed the armies of Hood and Johnston. I lis tes
timony before the Committee on the Conduct ot
the War. doesn't leave a grease spot of Halleck
■ and Stanton. The papers lhat have assailed
! him, should, in justice to the General, publish
j his testimony. Will they do it?
Yallandigham's Letter.
We publish, on our outside, a very able doc
; ument from the pen of MB. VAIXANDIGHAM. —
It contains nothing which can give offense to
any one ; but, on the contrary, discusses the
political questions of the day in a calm, straight
forward and very statesman-like manner. We
| invite all who may chance to see this paper, to
; give Mr. Yallandigham's views their attentive
and unbiassed consideration.
i SUDDEN DEATH. —We are pained to announce
the death of our estimable friend, John Smith,
. Esq., of Schellsburg, which took place on
: Wednesday night of last week, while Mr. Smith
was walking homeward from n prayer meeting
at which he had been in attendance. But a few
days ago, he was in our office, seemingly in ro
bust health, and in the most cheerful spirits.
Truly, "in the midst of life we are in death."
"We are such stufl as dreams are made of,
And oar little lives are rounded with a sleep."
Deceased was a most exemplary citizen, a
i true christian, a man respected and beloved the
most by those who knew hfm best. His loss
i
will be severely felt in the community in which
. Ll 1 Uifll .."fl/L' U? JSWJ Mr&rV*onored
with any trust in the gift of his neighbors. May
pur departed friend rest in peace.
RETURNED. —Capt. T. H. LYONS, late of the
22d Pa. Cavalry, has resigned and returned to
his home in this place. Captain Lyons served
faithfully and gallantly during almost the entire
period of the war. His numerous friends in
. this vicinity will be glad to hear of his return.
DESTROYED BY I IRE. —The barn of Mr. .Tas.
Bums, of Napier tp., was destroyed by fire a
few days ago. It is not known how the i lames
originated.
"Now, to be plain, we know several dozen j
of colored men that v/e would sooner see march :
to the ballot box and cast tueir ballots than an
equal number ot Copperheads we can name." j
The organ of the opponents of the Demoera- ]
. cy in this place, uses the above language in its j
last issue. \V e presume that when some of the j
prospective "Republican" candidates for county
offices, eomo around bogging "Copperhead"
votes, the above precious morceau will, perhaps,
be remembered for their benefit.
j TIIE-CIIKMISTKY OK MEDICINE. Among the
| special delights which have so richly repaid our
visit to New England was the inspection, it was
I our privilege to make of Dr. J. C. AYER & Go 's
Laboratory, at Lowell. Although we knew by
hear-sav, that it was large, yet we were surpris
!ed when we caine Into view of its real mauui
| tu<le, and still more by the exteut and compli
cation of its truly immense business. The
whole massive structure is in fact one vast chem
ical laboratory, in which the processes of this
wonderful art are constantly going on. Medi
co-chemical science has found that the curative
properties of any substance exist in some one
or more of its component parts. Thus the rem
edial effects of opium arc due solely to the raor
; phia it contains, although this is but one-cigh-
I teenth part of its weight; the other seventeen
| parts are gum, extractive and inert or olfensive
matter. Dr. Ayor's system separates the med
ical properties of each substance employed and
we are here shown the processes by which the
virtues of each remedial agent are chased through
the alembics until they corye out completely pure
at last. These concentrated, purified medical
properties, or virtues, are finally combined to
gether to produce the remedies which have made
themselves a reputation for unrivalled excellence,
all over the world. Not only does the Doctor
disclaim all secrecy in his art and explain every
process and every particular, but lie mantains j
that this is the only process by which the people j
can be supplied with the best possible remedies;
for the treatment of disease.—The Formula by
which his remedies arc made are published in
the medical Journals and have been presented
to a large part of the medical Faculty of the
United States, and are constantly sent by mail ;
to such physicians as apply lor them —("Uailv '
Chronicle, San Francisco. 1
EDITORIAL MELANGE.
SOT Coming—the Fourth of July.
fcrDitto—discharged soldiers.
and dry—the weather.
Justice Chase is still electioneering
among the negroes down South.
CSrThe amount of postal currency issued and
in circulation is $21,60-1.000.
Vermont paper says the rumor that the
high price of eggs is owing to the fact that the
hens have to stamp them, is unfounded.
CvrGcn. Longstreet will visit Washington by
permission of the government to ask for pardon
and a restoration to civil rights.
CspThe meeting of the Democratic Conven
tion of this State ba3 been postponed to Thurs
day, August 24th.
&TThe loss by the explosion at Mobile is es
timated at from five to ten millions of dollars.
Eight thousand bales of cotton were destroyed.
i®-Ex-Governor William Smith, of Virgin
ia, is concealed in the mountains near Sta un
ion. It is said he has a small armed force to
defend himself from arrest.
CSyßrownlow is out with a proclamation ad
vising the negroes "not to treat the whites
rudely, or speak harsh to tliera.'' What a kind
hearted soul the Governor is!
CarA meeting was held in Savannah on the
30th ult., at which resolutions was adopted en
dorsing President Johnson's policy, and asking
for a military governor.
The Alabama delegation have had an inter
view with the President. It is thought all the
Southern States will be reorganized on the
North Carolina plan.
®-The trial of Jefferson Davis will take
place on or about the 19th of thi3 month.
Charles O'Connor, Esq., of New York, will
act as his counsel. Davis will be tried in a
civil court.
type" again—Sergt. Geo. W.
Gray, lias just returned from the war, and is
at his old stand again in this office. The Sergt.
was severely wounded in front of Petersburg,
but, we arc glad to say, has entirely recovered.
He thinks it is healthier to pick type tLan to
"pick off" rebels.
CSrThe number of troops in the army of the
Potomac nr.;! General Sherman's army, whose
terms expire before the Ist of October, and now
under orders for muster out, is estimated at
122,310- Of these there are 139 three-year
regiments of 1862—51.000 • three-year recruits
of 1802— 20,150; 22 one-year regiments of
1864, and one battery—l4,B4o; and one-year
recruits of 18C1—31,720.
Orr. is BEDFOKD COL'XTT. —There is a strong
and growing belief in the existence of petrole
um in this county, surface indications of Jbf
f covered In various places. A great many leas
. es have been made and a project is now on foot
i to raise a company for the purpose of boring
upon land owned by Mr. J. \V. Scott, about
j three miles west of this place. It is pmnosed
! that one hundred persons each subscribe one
| hundred dollars, which would raise a sufficient
i sum to purchase "200 acres of land and sink two
I wells upon it. There is said to be an oil spring
upon this land, and the fact that Mr. Scott's
i neighbors have already subscribed a large pro
! portion of the sum intended to be raised, would
indicate that the;,', at least, have faith in it.
We hope this project, or if not this, some other
of a similar nature, may succeed. It is not at
all impossible that oil exists in this neighbor
hood. At any rate the matter is worthy of in
vestigation. Every owner of land in the vi
cinity, ought to be willing to give something to
ward testing it. If oil, even in small quanti
ties, he discovered, the value of land will he
so enhanced that many now In ordinary circum
stances, will soon find themselves in the pos
session of wealth. At any rate, what is a hun
dred dollars to many cf our land-holders. Let
this experiment be tried. If it succeed, untold
benefits will accrue to the people of this section.
If it fail, nobody will be seriously hurt.
Gen. Grant's Congratulatory Address.
Lieutenant General Grant has issued the fol
lowing congratulatory address to the armies :
WAR DT.rART.MENT. AHJCTANT-Generai.'S
Office, Washington, D. C., June 2, 1865.
Genera! Orders No. 108.—Soldiers of the Ar
mies of (lie United States:—lsy your patriotic
devotion to your country in the hour of danger
and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery
and endurance, you have maintained the su
premacy of the Union and the Constitution,
overthrown all opposition to the enforcement of
the laws, and of the proclamation fdbevor abol
ishing slavery, the cause and pretext of the re
bellion, and opened the way to the rightful au
thorities to restore order and inaugurate peace
on a permanent and enduring basis on every
part of American soil. Your marches, sieges
and battles, in distance, duration, resolution,
and brilliance of result, dim ihe luster of the
world's past military acchievemcnts, and will
be the patriotic precedent in defence of liberty
and right in all time to come. In obedience to
your country's call, you left your homes and
families, and volunteered in its defence.
Victory has crowned your banker and secur
ed the purpose of your patriotic hearts, and
with the gratitude of your countrymen, and the
highest honors a great and free nation can ac
cord, you will soon be permitted to return to
your homes and families, conscious of having
discharged the highest duty of American citizens.
To achieve these glorious triumphs, and se
cure to yourselves your fellow-countrymen and
posterity the blessing of free institutions, tens
of thousands of your gallant comrade have fal
len, and sealed the priceless legacy with their
lives. The graves of these a grateful nation
bedews with tears and honors their memories,
and will ever cherish and support their stricken
families.
(Signed.) U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
Official: —£. D. To\vj.sya, A. A. O
' GOOD INVESTMENT.*—The prospectus of the
i "Bedford County Mutual Oil Company'' will
be found elsewhere in this number. We reter
; our readers to thia advertisement to see the su
| perior advantages otiered by this company,
j We know of no investments that promise fairer
I to bring ample returns than this. The officers
!of th% company are reliable, responsible and
1 enterprising men. The company has beta fully
! organized, the engines, derricks, etc., are al
; ready on the territory and boring will be com
menced on the 18tb of June. Books for fhe
j subscription of stock have been opened here
(or this county and a number of our citizens
have already taken a large amount of stock.
All others who desire to ci > so will apply at
this office between this and the 18th day of
June. — Somerset Democrat.
The North Carolina Policy.
"The stillness speaks." There is a hush in
the circles of radicalism that bodes no good fo
President Johnson and his reconstruction poli
cy. The amnesty Proclamation has been pass
ed over by the radical organs with just enough
of notice to indicate its unpnlatableness, but
the proclamation restoring civil government in
Carolina has been entirely ignored. But
for all this there are low muttering* in the dark
caverns of Pennsylvania abolitionism that will
break into a roar as soon as the New England
master gives the order. The refusal of the
President to make negro sutfrage a part of the
reconstruction policy, and bis determination to
adhere to his declarations in favor of State
Eights in opposition to consolidation or central
ization, amount to the gravest of offences n
gainst the Republican party, who have so long
I had their own way in directing national affairs.
Two delegations from North Carolina were
pressing their claims upon the President—one
radical, in favor of negro suffrage, consolida
tion, confiscation, and a genera! enslavement of
all outside the pale of their circle; the other
| conservative and respectable. To fhe latter
: the President gave his approval. He has ap
i pointed a provisional governor, who is to take
; measures to hold a convention to amend the
i Constitution in respect to slavery. The elec
tion is not to be o bayonet affair, but is to be
| held under the old constitution, and all men
who are legally qualified ami v. ho have taken
; the amnesty oath are to be considered loyal and
: allowed to vote. This was gall fo the roinori
]ty radicals of North Carolina, and, of course,
j also to their supporters and prompters in Penn
t sylvama and elsewhere. But if that was gall
i to them, t ire President's endorsement of the
; principle of fciute Rights was wormwood. lie
1 says, in his proclamation, with reference to tlre
1 restoration of civil authority in North Caro
! Una;
j "The gfliil convention when convened, or the
; Legislature that may thereafter assemble, will
! prescribe the qualifications id electors and the
J eligibility of persons to hold ctiic3 under the
i Constitution and laws of the State, a power the
\ people oj the several States composing the Federal
Union have rightfully exercised from the origin of
j the Government to the preterit tune.''
No wonder the radicals around us are still
as mice, or only given to low mutterings, under
so summary a squelching of the consolidation
J theory and negro suffrage. For taking this po
sition President Johnson deserves the most sin
i cere thanks of every jbg
; tlie operation of such principles as he has fore
| shadowed can the nation be brougl.t once more
, back to a state of peace, order and complete
, and lasting union. This action is a complete
| repudiation of the doctrine of the radicals of
his own party, upon whom much of the respon
! sibiiity of the outbreak of rebellion rests, and
, whose senseless and unreasoning domination at
Washington evidently protracted the warbe
j yond the full period necessary to crush out all
; resistance to Ihe authority of the Government.
I While it is true that President Johnson is not
, much inclined to extend clemency to the ambi
| nous leaders of the rebellion, it seems equally
i clear that he is not disposed to let his award of
j punishment interfere with the legitimate State
j sovereignty. He is not a slave to party, and
J does not appear to respect those who look upon
j government as simply a means of elevating one
I political party at the expense or another. He
; seems to have an eye to the stability of thc-Gov
j ernment and the prosperity and harmony ot pbs-
I terity, rather than the securing of ephemeral
J applause by pandering to people who will he
j known to history as more distinguished for dis
| honesty end inhumanity than intelligence or
sense.— Pat. £• Union.
The National Debt.
The Secretary of the Treasury has published
| a statement of the public debt, from the books
of Treasurers' returns and requisitions in the
Department on the 31st of May, 1865. The
recapitulation shows the amount outstanding
bearing interest in coin to be eleven hundred
and eight millions, one hundred and thirteen
thousand, eight hundred and forty-two dollars,
the interest being sixty-four millions, four hun
dred and eighty thousand, four hundred and
eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents.
The debt, bearing interest in lawful money,
13 one thousand and fifty-three millions, four ;
hundred and seventy-sir thousand three hund- j
red and seventy-one. The interest being sixty j
millions, one hundred and fifty-eight thousand,
three hundred nad eighty-four dollars and fifty
two cents.
Debt 011 which interest lias ceased, seven hun
; dred and eighty-six thousand, two hundred and
seventy dolllars. Debt bearing no interest,
four hundred and seventy-two millions, eight
hundred and twenty-nine thousand, two hun
dred and seventy dollars and fifty-seven cents.
Total indebtedness, twenty-six hundred and
thirty-five millions, two hundred and five thou
sand, seven hundred and lifty-three dollars and
fifty cents.
Interest both in gold and paper, one hund
red and twenty-four millions, six hundred and
thirty -eight thousand, eight hundred and sev
enty Tour dollars. Amount of legal-tender
notes in circulation, six hundred and fifty-nine
millions, one hundred and sixty thousand, five
hundred and sixty-nine dollars. These include
four hundred and thiry-two millions, six hun
dred and eighty-seven thousand, nine hundred
and sixty-six dollars, of the new tissue: and
one hundred and sixty millions, one hundred
and forty-three thousand, six hundred and
twenty of compound interest notes, under act
of June 30, 1864. The uncalled for pay req
uisitions are forty millions, one hundred and
fitty thousand, and the amount in the Treasury
over twenty-five millions. The amount of frac
tional currency is twenty-four millions, six hun
dred and sixty-seven thousand dollars.
CarAt a pic-nic at Albany, last week, two
wooden-legged men ran n race for $.'25.
Address of Governor Murphy to the Peo
ple cf the State—Conciliation Urged,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, LITTLE HOCK, [
Ark., May, 10. J
FELLOW-CITIZENS : We trust thai the war
is over; that precious, cherished peace is at hand
soon all good men can go to their several
fUlics, and live with their families in .security')
under the protecting power ot law faithfully
executed.
Organized armies have ceased to contend.
Our deluded and harassed fellow-citizens, who
have been warring against their own government
are returning home as paroled prisoners.
They have suffered much from the tyranny
of their leaders. Led into tbo rebellion by
fraud, falsehood, force, and cruelty they have
been kept in arms by the same means.
The government of the United States has of
fered forgiveness, and all good citizens will sus
tain the government, by upholding its laws.
Prisoners, on complying with the terms ot
amnesty, are, in law, ioyal citizens ot the Uni
ted States and of this state, and are entitled
to full protection uutil the right to it is forfeited
by crime.
They should Vie so treated as not to furuc ii
them with an excuse for renewed aggressions
and nothing now is wanting to restore Arkan
sas the security and happiness of a well ordered
society but unity, harmony, and the full exer
cise of the civil functions of the state.
Ihe enforcement of the law by courts and
juries vviil soon repress violence. Let us all,
then, try to forget the past, and energetically
press on to the restoration of our former peace,
happiness, and pi osperity. Let us one and alt
earnestly go to work to build up what ihis
wicked rebellion lias pulled down, striving to
make the desolate and waste places glad, and to
heal the ghastly wounds of this terrible war.
We have all done wrong. No one can say
that his heart is altogether clean and his hands
pure. Then, as we wish to be forgiven, let us
forgive those who have sinned against us and
ours.
The land is steeped in blood—innocent blood
—and defiled with crime. Let us wash it out
with tears of sorrow and repentance, works of
love, kindness, and charity; that peace, good will,
and confidence may return and dwell among u..
To the end, therefore, that {lie good ei'izen
may be protected in alibis rights and privileges,
it is necessary that the several counties of the
state should be fully organized, and civil offices
filled by capable and trus.y men. To effect tins,
I most earnestly re quest the citizens of the coun
ties that have n >t organized under the new Con
stitution, to meet and consult together, and re
commend to the governor of the state such men
:'.s they wi.-h to till the various county offices, that
cemmissions may be forwarded at an eary day.
The sooner this is done the better it will be
for all: anil it is further proposed that those
who are able will go to work energetically to
raise Lud and provide clothing, that the suffer
ing now so prevalent may be relieved.
That war srid its prcgcn)', theft, robbery,
desolation and murder, arc neither pleasant nor
profitable, it is hardly necessary to affirm ; and
1 j now when the armies of the rebellion are
banucj and disbanding, and the ruin that the
1 j wrath of men can produce is so apparent, I
" . doubt not that citizen and soldier, the young
" j and the old, will unite in harmonious efforts for
| R R. AM( ;. IN „r ITU. **—
1 j of the past.
Let our last conquer! be conquest of the hearts
' j of our enemies by kindness—then peace will be
i lasting. ISA AC MURPHY, Governor.
Capitulation of Kirby Smith.
[ i NEW YORK, .Tunc 3.—The New Orleans pa
i pers received here contain the details of the
. | surrender of Kirby Smith's forces. The ca
j pitulation was completed on the 25th of May.
j Gen. Buckuer, it appears, conducted the last
, capitulation, as he did the first, at Fort Don
j elson. He showed General Canby indisputable
j authority to act for Smith. The Rebel navy
| was represented by Captain Carter.
General Dick Taylor was present. Ic is
probable, therefore, that a competent Fedqsal
j force will move forward at once to occupy the
! principal cities in Texas. In the meantime the
| liebel representatives will remain within our
I lines to give counsel and advice as to social or
| der, wlule General Smith proceeds through his
i department to prepare the. people for coming
| events.
A petition is in circulation in Mobile, to pres
ident Johnson, lor the adoption cf measures to
bring Alabama again into the Union.
NEW YORK, June 3. Advices from New
Orleans give the details of the surrender of
Kirby Smith's forces, but the main facts have
already been stated. The report says that
sonic ot the Rebel Generals requested permission
to be allowed to take twenty thousand men
across the Rio Grande to the assistance of
i Juarez.
| Ihe rebel generals were very anxious to ob
tain permission to ship and sell cotton enough
to pay their troops, but the scheme fell through.
! The rebel General Price has gone to Galveston
j on the transport Clinton, ami Generals Buck- !
1 ner and Brant have returned to Alexandria, !
j accompanied by General Herron, who will ar
range for (lie occupation of the country by the j
1 "nion forces. General Bailey's expedition from j
Mobile arrived at Baton Rouge, and were well !
received bv the people along the whole line of
march.
No armed bodies were seen, except a few
guerrillas, a party of whom dashed into our
lines at Lton, Mississippi, and shot one of our
men and escaped, though ihe citizens co-oper
ated with our troops in the attempt to catch
them.
DAVlS.— Jefferson Davis has been indicted
I tor "constructive treason ' bv a grand jury of ■
j the District of Columbia, and will probably
} soon be brought to trial. The indictment has
; been prepared under an act of Congress of 1700
which provides that—
"lf any person or persons owing allegiance
: ft) the United States of America, shall levy war
| against rhc-m, or shall adhere to their enemies,
j giving them aid and comfort within the United
I States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof con
: victed, on confession in open court, on the tes
timony of two witnesses to tho same overt act
of the treason whereof he or they shall stand
indicted, such person or persons shall be ad
judged guilty of treason 'against the Uuited
States, and shall suffer death."
Ihe witnesses to appear against him nre
Francis P. Blair, Sr., John B. Clagett, General
M. D. Hardin, Thomas J. Mourny, M. D. E.
Ivirk, nnd John H. M'Cheny, whose testimony
will be in relation to the attack on Fort Ste
vens, near Washington, last summer, at which
Davis is presumed to have been constructively j
though not personally, present, '
Trade and Finance.—lß6s and 1866
Indications throughout all the departu
of business and enterprise favor the conclu.;,
that the year 1863 wilt.be marked hv a
i \\r ii-, . ' t"- 11 .<tj
depression. War made high prices, and
transition from high to low prices is irisen v - 8
hie from stagnation. Nobody nil! produced"
a future market while laboring under the •
pression that prices arc steadily tending to
er figure-, because of the direct loss. Theft <'
ing iu the public: mind on the subject mu-t |
assured on this point before there can be ;' ",
activity in trade or enterprise in bu-ia'*. '!
Until buyers feel that the market has a bT U t
touched bottom, they will live, ast':e rul
•'hand to mouth," consuming as little as p 0
hie. Consequently, to meet a demand limits
from such cause, production eaunot be active
The coal trade and its prospect.-, for the
year fairly illustrate most other pursuits. '
Consumers are taking just as little coal - a
will answer their immediate wants, feelinw that
; the price must soon come dewn. The "rotad
dealer from the same cause narrows his -t
as much as possible. The coal miner, feari'v
; tin accumulation of stock on hand, tells his nii
; tier? that he cannot longer continue last vea-' 3
' wages, and the miner experiencing little aba*...
J ment in the prices of living, feels that he can
' j not afford to come down in the price of Lo la
' ; bor. The coal operator complains that he can
nut produce coal at old charges and ?-;li \ t
: present, and probably lower prices, and to a
void piling his coal, a cessation of producti
i is the consequence, and now, throughout t <j
I coal region labor is at a stand-still, ; , j
' to remain so until the present supply, which is
I becoming short, is exhausted, and consumers
1 ; from the scarcity of the article, consents to-
1 j the prices demanded, and winch will warm ;
' j the continuance of old wages, or the miner
j feeling the pressure of circumstances, compro
: tnises with the operators and the p.. . r ~e i _
1 I ing, as to a general adjustment ali around
| lint wiiiie all this is tram-(firing, u
I and inactivity rules the hour, an-! L-: > a ...
| isfaetory arrangement as to price s,* reached
j the coal season will have pretty much passed
■ { and tiic result will be, little coal and of course
1 ; liuie labor, at los rodu ti<-n of prices ;hua it
ought to be afforded at, and no enterprise at ail.
By the end of tlie season, all parties will be
' J poorer, and all prices having touched button
the year iB6O will start on a firmer foun.' t
tion, with er. !laborer, and each capitalist fed
' ing that the lowest point bus passed, and that
increased demand will steadily advance prices,
j thus stimulating production and giving spirit
' ; and energy to enterprise. What is true of the
coal trade is true also of the manufacture oE,
! , iron, and, indeed, of all the industrial pursuits.
A dull year for the necessary transition from
1 war prices to those ot pc-ace is a thing almost
' 4 unavoidable. Let us use the season cf transi
tion v isely and economically, and thus be the
': better prepared for the ''good time coming."
Stanton and Jeff, Davis.
Permit me to describe one of the early scenes
in the grand drama, tire last act of which has
j not yet been played.
i It was during the session of Congress, the
, winter preceding the Charleston Convention.
; i thai a grave Senator occupied- the attentLa of
; the Senate on the state of the nation. Hisso
,. leinuity of maunc K: * c;- r Ui } . c f ui 3
; extreme views on the subject of state rights, aii
proved the sincerity of the speaker, and recall
| ed to memory the ngure, voice, and sentimcr.ts
of the dead Calhoun. The mice seemed mora
like the emanation of a spirit than the uttered
convictions of the man who was destined tube
the leader of the great rebellion. A sort of awe
; spread ever the Senate chamber, and even Wade,
• and Sumner, and Chandler listened with an at
-1 tention akin to respect. Among the auditory
i there was one who seemed more than the rest
I absorbed in the scene before him. The Senate
; adjourned, and Stanton hastened from the Sen
; ate chamber to one of the great hotels of Wash
ington, and asked to be shown to the room of
i the venerable Gov. Medary, of Ohio. Scarce
ly had he entered when, with a voice full of
| passionate energy, he exclaimed—"Medary, I
| have just heard Davis, and, by all the gods" ho
; is the greatest of living statesmen ! The South
■ is right, ar.d Davis must be the nominee of the
i Charleston Convention; and to secure that end,
j you must come ;.t once to \\ a.-iiington and take
I charge of the government organ."
Gov. Medary suggested that there were cor
l tain reasons why such an arrangement might
' not be acceptable to .Mix Buchanan, when Mr.
Stanton replied :
"I will lock to that, I wiil he responsible for
that! I will go at once to the. White House, and
in two hours from now I will see you again."
Medary waited, Stanton returned; but for
reasons tin necessary here to narrate, the scheme
failed. This was the opening scene which pre
ceded the rebellion, and Edwin M. Stayton play
ed the chief role as the advocate of sc"ihera
rights, and the special friend of JeiTerson Davis.
Governor Medary sleeps in an honored grave,
but there are yet three living witnesses to the
truthfulness of this narrative. ODO is a state
prisoner who lies in chains at Fortress Monroe;
another is his jttiler, who declared the prisoner
views to be just, and who sought to place the
man he now holds in irons, in the Presidential
chair ; the third and last is the venerated James
Buchanan. This ;s but a stray scrap of histo
ry, but it is not unworthy of being presented
World. VOICE FROM TUB GRAVE.
Exit Holt.
The surrender of KIROV SMITH heralds the
near approach of the end of Judge-Advocate
General HOI.T, because it proclaims that rebel
lion no longer continues to defile the land. The
sixth section of the act of Congress of Juno
20, 1864, which established a bureau of mili-
I tary justice (what a misnomer under HOLT'S ad
[ tmnistrotion), expressly provided that the bu
reau, and its head, a judge-advocate general,
should exist only "during tlm continuance of
the rebellion." That point of time has now ar
rived in tact, although, perhaps there needs an
official announcement by President JOHNSON to
completely sever the country from all official
association with that "body of sin," the present
bureau of military justice. Undoubtedly STAN
TON and HOI.T will seek by every means in their
power to put off and postpone such executive
action, but we hope the President will rise su
perior to all such influences. Let him make all
proper haste to utter the glad words that re
bellion no longer exists in the United States,
and he will cause, front end to end of the re
public, such heartfelt rejoicing as has rarely been
seen in man's history! And how the public,
heart will leap with emotions of gratitude to
the Supreme Giver of all good, if the jama
proclamation which speedily announces the end
of the rebellion proclaims, the end of STANTON 1
World,