BEDFORD GAZETTE. ;
B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY: : : : JULY 21, 1565.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN I'ALMER, Bedford Borough.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
W. G. EICHOLTZ, S. Woedbeny.
T R P A 81) RF.R
GEORGE MARDORFF, Bedford Ber.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
P. DON A HOE, Southampton.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
I. KENSINGER, Liberty.
COMMISSIONER,
>l. S. RITCIIEY, Snake Spring,
roon DIRECTOR, 3 years,
D R. ANDERSON, C. Valley.
POOR DIRECTOR, 2 years,
SAMUEL KECKLEY, St. Clair.
AUDITOR,
JAMES MATTJNGLY, Londonderry.
CORONER,
JOHN FILLER, Iv Providence.
THE BALL OPENED J
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Rally for the White Man's Government!:
Gazette for the Campaign!
The BEDFORD GAZETTE, in favor of A Restored ,
l : nion, "Freedom of Thought and Opinion," Free-
Speech, Free Press, the Personal Rights of Free
meo, Law and Order, Justice to the Soldiers cd" the j
Country, Fconomy, Retrenchment and -Reform m !
every department of the Government; in opposition
o Executive Usurpation, Federal Centralization,
•Negro Suffrage, Negro Legislation, Social ami Po- j
titica: Equality of the Races, intermeddling with
the Rights of the States, the placing of the i.ee-k
above the White Heroes of the War, and all
the other heresies of Radical Fanatics, will be pub
lished during the Campaign, at the low rate ot
Fifty Cents, in Advance.
tieud in your names. Every man who takes a-n '
interest in the political affairs of the country, should
•hive a newspaper. Let every Democrat constitute
himself a committee to obtain subscribers for the
Campaign Gazette. The prospects of the Democ
racy are Battering, and it only remains for them tc
werk to make their triumph overwhelming. The
dissemination of political truth, is one of the most
eucient nvans for the accomplishment of Demo
cratic success. To this end, therefore, let every !
Democrat bend his exertions. The whole people
have momentous interests at stake. The issue,
fhali ve have a mongrel government and become a
mixed race, is being pushed upon us by New F.ng
i'Mif'J')flifit' {[Js**lss'tie ami we must
triumph. Rally, then, for the White .Man's Gov
ernment J
The "Black Copperheads."
Men who oppose the arbitrary acts of the
Administration, the violation of the Consti
tution, and, in the language of the Decla
ration ot Independence, "the superiority of
the military to the civil power," are stigma
tized by the Abolitionists, as "copperheads."
The "copperheadism" of this class, how
ever, is in the interest of a white man's
government and the liberty and supremacy
ot white men. It makes that Constitution
al Freedom, under which the nation has
flourished for nearly a century, overshadow
every other consideration. It clings to the
Constitution and the Laws, as the tirst, kst
and best hope of the country. It hates
tyranny, usurpation and centralization of
power. It loves peace, unity and fraterni
ty. It looks with apprehension upon sec
tional and fanatical agitation. It glories in
the organization of parties upon a national
basis. Such is the so-called "copperhead
ism" of the Democratic party. But there
is another sort ot "copperheads," a class
that really and truly deserves the name. It
is composed of the men who support the
administration in every thing which is in
violation of the Constitution and Laws, and
condemn and attack the President whenever
begets consistently with his oath of office
„ anfi within his constitutional sphere. They
are the same men who vilified President
• Buchanan, when, by force of arms, he put
down the rebellion in Utah, who set up the
fopeka government in rebellion against the
United States authority in Kansas, who re
fused to agree to any compromise when civil
war impended, who, when the war was ra
ging, threatened to withhold troops and sup
plies from the government, unless the ne
groes were set free, who compelled Con
gress to violate its pledge to the nation, that
"the war was waged only for the restora
tion ot the Union and the supremacy of the
Constitution, and , that when these objects
were attained, it should cease;" who dra
gooned President Lincoln into the policy of
Abolition, which, prolonged the war a year
and a half; who prevented McClellan from
being re-inforced, when, with half the troops
that were afterwards furnished (irant, he
could have captured Richmond; and who
now denounce President Johnson's restora
tion policy as "worse than error," as "a
cr*ae." The spirit that.moves these men
is the same infernal fanaticism which burnt
at the stake, the women and children of C!
Salem; which roasted alive the Quakers of c(
Massachusetts, and drove Roger Williams
into exile in lthodelsland; which, in 1812,
m
lifted up on the shores of Connecticut, the
blue lights of treason, to guide British ships t |
into United States ports: which during the p]
Mexican war, sympathized with the public n
enemy and fain would have welcomed our 0
brave soldiers, "with bloody hands to hos- o
pitable graves." To-day, as in all the past, b
except when in the name of the Union it d
could succeed iu advancing its own fell pur- h
poses, it is the enemy of the Union. It is
the slanderer of the white defenders ©f the e
Union. It is the traducer of the glorious
dead whose graves from Gettysburg to the I
Appomattox, are the sad but imperishable
bond of re-union. It tears from the brow e
of the sick and suffering: white hero the t
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laurel of victory and twines it witli the
wool of the fat and sleek black man whose
campaigns begun and ended in forts cap- t
tared by the valor and the saerificial blood t
of those whom it despoils of their just re- c
ward. Yet more than this. It would snatch s
from the grasp of the nation, the fruits of i
the dearly purchased triumph of the Fed- s
eral arms. It declares that, the Union shall 1 1
not be restored, except upon, its own condi- £
done; that no Southern State shall be per- 1
vntted to resume its functions within the N
Union, unless the negroes within its limits
be given the right of suffrage. Such is j (
J this mischievous, turbulent, disintegrating i
I and rebellious spirit. Such is Black Cop- j t
! perheadism. May tlie curse of Cain rest j f
J upon it. _
y-The Inquirer skulks out of a direct <
I question we put to it, by saying that we (
' subscribed 810 to a bounty fund for the '
, 138 th P. Y., and never paid it. We are :
! not in the habit of refusing to pay our hon
est debts. Could the senior editor of the !
Inquirer say as much, before he made mon- I ]
ey out of the blood of the soldiers? We , |
have paid every cent of money we sub- j f
scribed to carry on the war, which we were i
called upon to pay; and, according to our j <
: means, we have given more for that pur- !
po3e than any other citizen of this borough.
We will enumerate: To the Bounty Fund '
of 1864, we gave $100; To the service we '
gave, a representative recruit, for 3 years, '
i who cost us $750; to the bounty fund of
1865, when we were not subject to draft, \
and in order to help save the necks of such '
. cowards as the editors of the Inquirer, we
save S2Ol in 1 RfiS ■ara v- racing m <
| all upwards of $1,300. To counterbalance 1
i this, we never made any big fees off the
| widows and orphans of soldiers. Now, let
j the patriots of the Inquirer, give us a
statement of the sums they have given to '
1 sustain the government. If they cannot
show a more solid support of the army than
" mere blackguardism of Democrats, they
might as well hold their peace. The peo
ple are not as great fools as the asses of
the Inquirer take them to be.
It s a well known lact that every female in this !
j town, of the Copperhead persuasion, who was able,
i trotted out her children in "red, white and red," j
! aping after thff Baltimore secesh who visited th# j ]
j Spiings.— B dford Inquirer.
j What think you of that, ladies of Bed- j
I lord! Isn't it a brave fellow that attacks
j women ? \ arieose veins and bleared eyes !
! don't interfere with him in this kind of war- !
■ A a F e ' &* r ivo ftfonpv
pers f" vi i. Jit V? A.J * •
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Buy your Goods at ,
, the \ REDUCEDP EICE St ,
Ue ! ALL KLYDS OF GOODS—
John |
~ TVT..-I-I I
j Another time when you were making your mighty ; {
j efforts to prevent the success of the amendment to ' I
] the constitution to allow the soldiers to vote.— lnq. <
This Is of ft piece with the balance of 1
the tissue of falsehoods uttered by the Ab- c
olition organ. See how easily we shall
prove the man who wrote the above, to be
; a falsifier. On the *l6th of March, 1864, j
the vote was taken in the Pennsylvania (
House of Representatives, on the proposi- i
tion of the amendment to the Constitution
; to give soldiers the right to vote in the army.
j On page 414 of the Legislative Record,
for 1864, the vote on this amendment is
recorded as follows: s
YBAS— Messrs. Alexander, fClarion,) Alleman, t
j Balsbach, Barger, Barnetf, Beck, Btgtem, Bi'hng
• felt, Boileau, Bowman, (Cumb'd.) Bowman, (Lan
! caster,) Brown, Burgwln, Cocbran, (Erie,)Cochran,
) (Philadelphia,) Coleman, DennisfOi., Ellis, Etnier, f
! Foster, Gilbert, Glass. G-aber, Gneinsey, Hakes, i
\ Hargnett, Hasletr, flenry, Herron, Hill, Hopkins,
| Hoover, Horton, Huton, Jackson, Josephs, Kaiser, '
' Kellev, Kerns, (Philadelphia,) Rerns, (Schuylkill,) r
Kline, Koonce, LPS, Long, MeCiellan. McKee, Mr-
Manus, McMurtrie, Mayer, Marsh. Matshall, Mil
ler, Missimer, Musselman, MEYERS. Negley, Nel
son, Noyes, O'Harra, OlmsteaH, Orwig, Pancoast,
Patton, Perching, Potteiger, Price, Quiglpy, Reed.
Reiff. Rex, Riddle, Robison, Schofield, Sharpe, Shi
mer, Slack, Smith, (Chester,) Smith, (Lincaster,) ,
Smith,(Philadelphia,)Spangler, Stanberger,Sutphin,
Walsh,Watt,Watson,Weaver,Weiser, Wells,Wnite, 1
Wtmley, Windle and Johnson, Speaker—9l.
NATS —Messrs. Boyer and Rice—2. *
Are you answered, libellers ? 1
Great World Circus," is com
ing, as will be seen by reference to our adverti- (
sing columns. The show-goers will please take e
notice and comport themselves accordingly, e
Get your halves and quarters ready. Deerv's 1
coming. j
SSrThe organ of the Fourth-of-July-Splitters
alls the citizens of the Western part of the i
ounty, who attended the Celebration on Mann's
Jill, "Gump's Guerillas." It does this, no <
loubt, because George W. Gump, Esq., the |
narsbal of the Western delegation, is thefath
;r of the lamented Lieut. John A. Gump, of j
lie 138 th P. V., who lost his life in battle, to I
save the heads of the despicable sneaks who I
iow sneer at the bereaved father. II the mem
ory of the dead hero, who sleeps his la,it sleep :
sn the banks of the Juniata, be still respected
by his comrades of the 138 th, the cowardly
lefamers of his sorrowing father can have no
friends among them. Never mind, blackguards!
You will hear from "Gump's Guerillas" soon
enough .1
the same principle which governed
Dr. llrown, the elder, of Jefferson College, when
he stripped oft* his coat and flogged the sophom
ore, saying, as he threw aside his garment, "Lie
there, Divinity, till I chastise rascality !" we have
for the time being, thrown off the gloves of edi- i
torial mildness, in order to tan the hides of a
batch of miscreants, ordinarily beneath the no
tice of a gentleman, but whose offense to the
community became so rank that nothing short;
of the roughest rebuke seemed adequate to the
abatement of the nuisance. We have done this
under protest, feeling that we were dealing with
a set of contemptible blackguards, who have
no claim even to the scorn of a decent journal:
and wc now give notice that, having shown up
their villany, cowardice and blackguardism, we
will hereafter leave them to wallow in the slough
of their own uncleanness, loathed and shunned
by all decent men, too low, vile and groveling to
be noticed, even in resentment.
The Copperheads used to call the soldiers
"Lincoln's dogs" and "Lincoln's Pups."—Bed
ford Inquirer.
No soldier was ever spoken ill of by Demo
crats. Men who disgraced their uniforms, by
committing robbery and murder, as, for instance
the men who shot Frederick. Mock, were justly
and not too severely denounced. The Inquirer
falsifiers expect to prejudice the soldiers against
the Democracy, by such wholesale lying as the
above. If the soldiers had no more sense than
these black-hearted slanderers give them credit
for, the trick might be successful. But, our
soldiers are men of intelligence and cannot be
imposed upon by sncb chicanery as this. Sol
diers ! The Niggerheads think yon ignorant and
soft enough to believe every lie they publish.
They insult your manhood, your good sense and
intelligence, by asking you to believe their false
hoods. Show them that you know them and
their tricks too we'd to be deceived by them.
Soldiers, remember, that the men who love
you so now * * * voted en masse to put
you down to the level of the negro less than a
year ago.— lnquirer.
One of the lies which the Black Copperheads
e — iiy'tor per
mitting soldiers to vote. Pennsylvania gave
nearly 100,000 majority. Docs the .Republican
party have such majorities when the Democrats
vote " en rnasae" against it ?
At the breaking out of the war, we hoist
ed the Stars and Stripes, before any Abolition
ist in Bedford thought of doing so, before any
millitary company had left this, or any other
place, for the scene of the conflict; at least three
months before the Bucktails came here, to
whose interference the Inquirer, in wilful and
deliberate falshood, attributes the raising of
our colors. The Stars and Stripo3 was always,
is now, and we hope may ever be, our flag.
But we never could see the black stripe which
the Abolitionists profess to discover in it.
•S"How can any Democratic eoidlor vote for
any candidate on the Niggppiead ticket, after
the vile, filthy and cowardly abuse heaped upon
Democratic soldiers by the Bedford Inquirer.
Calling Democratic soldiers "bounty jumpers,"
"deserters" and "skedaddlers," isn't calculated
to make votes for Capt. Dickerhoof. Stick a
pin there.
ifcrThe trio of awkward beauties that do up
the dishwater editorials for the N'iggcrhead or
gan, have such an awful attack of negro-pho
bia, that whenever they see or hear of water,
they imagine there is a nigger in it. This ac
counts for that barrel of toater story in their :
last issue.
O"0ne of the scribblers for the Nigger-head
organ, is down on the "she rebels" (as he polite
ly styles them) of this place. Is it because
one of them, as report has it, lately repulsed
bis advances*
"MEYERS," "MEYERS," "MEYERS .'"—The
Inquirer has Meyers— not "on the brain"—for
it hasn't got any—but all over it. Well, pitch
in, boys ! \es, pitch in ! (Pitch is your only
stock in trade). "Meyers" Las seen sickerdogs
than you cured of their madness.
I HANKS ! —Our soldier friends will please ac
cept our thanks for the liberal patronage they
are bestowing upon us, in the way of subscrip
tions to the GAZETTE. They gay they want a
paper that stands by the white soldier's rights,
that they fought to restore the Union, not to
degrade themselves to the level of the negro.;
that now that the war is over, ibey want ail
sectional parties put down and the old national
Democratic party restored to power. Even
Republican soldiers come and subscribe for the
GAZETTE, disgusted witli the blackguardism and
falsehoods of the Inquirer.
d"Trinity church (Episcopal), New York
City, is now estimated to be worth, in ieal j
estate, twenty millions of dollars—the richest i
ecclesiastical corporation in the world. In !
1850 it was supposed to be worth nearly three j
millions.—Trinity church is maklug tuouey. I
Cap Col. Hodson, of tlie Eastern Shore, Md.,
a member of the Maryland Constitutional Con
vention, and Lewis Ritter, Esq., of Baltimore
county, Md., are at present staying at the Men
gel Mouse.
esrHon. Charlies P. Daly, of New York, and
Mr. Harris, formerly Minister to Japan, are
are now staying at Mr. Chenowelh s Chalybe
ate Springs, near this place.
<taP We are under obligations to our friend 1).
A. T. Black, Esq., of Ray's Mill, and A. Blair
and W. Mason, Esqs., of C. Valley, for lists
of campaign subscribers.
SarDr. P. 11. Pensyl, Assistant Surgeon of
the sGth P. V., has been honorably discharged
and has returned to this place. We are sorry
to learn that the Doctor is in ill health.
a number of the boys belonging to the
gallant 184 th, returned on Wednesday last.
We give them a hearty welcome home.
fjrMon. J. & Black and family are at pres
ent staying at the Springs ; alsoEx-Gov. Tod,
of Ohio. Visitors are still arriving in large j
numbers.
IN BAD COMPANY. —The ten veterans who
got "slightly mixed" and went to Copperhead
Hill on the llh inst., &c.— Bedford Inuuirtr.
That is "the ten veterans who got drunk,"
&c. Such is the treatment Democratic soldiers
receive-at the hands of the Niggerbeads. Ac-
cording to their organ, those who are not
k "skulkers," "bounty jumpers," "deserters," and #
"skedaddle rs," get "slightly mixed," in plain
words, (jet drunk. Of course, the votes of such
soldiers are not wanted for Capt. Dickerhoof
| and Capt. Weaverling.
ITRCONVOCATION OK THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ;
! —Several clergymen connected with the Epis- j
! copal church in this and adjoining counties, j
1 held a convocation in the Lutheran church here, ;
| last week, which was kindly lent for the occa- j
i sion. The services were very interesting and j
i sermons were preached by the Rev. John j
F. Esch, of Paradise, Lancaster co , Rev. J- 1
Newton Spear, of Altoona, and Rev. John Grom
iish of Columbia. Episcopal services are being
held in the Lutheran church every Sunday af
| ternoon, at 4-Vtlock, and at the Springs every
. Sunday morning and evening. Efforts are lie
i ing made to erect an Episcopal church edifice j
. J in this borough.
i I fcr'i he Republicans of Crawford county
J have taken open ground, in their county con
tention, in favor of negro suffrage. The secret
• of tins is that Crawford county gives them a*
bout 1500 majority and they imagine tlicir tick- j
et safe on this platform. They have done the .
, same thing in Allegheny co., where they usual
ly have 0,000 majority. In these counties all J
i j the soldier candidates for nomination were de
i featcd. Negro suffrage and soldiers have noth-
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tng in common.
, ; Ono of the boys in blue, a true soldier, 1
who was nearly four years in the sen ice, and .
as brave a man as ever carried a musket, writes
us the following letter. Just let the Nigger
: heads keep on lying a little longer about Dem
| ocrats, and the soldiers will attend to the foul
mouthed wretches:
Bloody Run, July 11, 1865.
| MR. EDITOR :
You will please give these few lines a
■ place in your loyai paper. W hat I have to say
'j I will say briefly. It is in self-defence against j
I the slanderous, villanous nuu black-hearted ly- j
j ing editors of the Bedford Inquirer. I hat black >
l sheet says that the soldiers who were on Mann's
Hill, on the 4th of July, were all "Deserters,
] "Skulkers" and "Bounty Jumpers." I will
, speak fur the officers and privates of the 55 th
|P. V. present at that place and time, and in j
their name I fling back this unmitigated lie in
to the face of the men who printed it. Editors j
of the Bedford Inquirer , you are a set of base, j
lying nigger tools, too cowardly to go to war
: and too worthless to do any good at home.
J According to your paper "copperheads" are bad
j this time of the year, but you will find them
worse in October. "Better keep in out of the
I draft." Yours Truly,
J. H. THOMPSON,
late of Co. D., 55th P. V. |
Mere of tiie "Catsp&w" Game,
i The following from the Genius of Liberty, i
! shows how the "Republicans" of Fayette caun
i ty, are trying to make "catspaws"- of the re- j
turned soldiers, and is very applicable to this (
j locality. (
This new dodge of the old enemies of the ]
j Democracy is only intended to apply in certain-
Jly Democratic Counties, such as Greene Fay- |
ette and Bedford. Somerset, Crawford and i
Allegheny counties where the Republicans have I
political power, the soldier candidates have, i
with one individual exception, been defeated, j
and the nominations given to stay-at-home t
Republicans. If there were any prospects for j
Republican success in this county they would
cot so willingly surrender the nominations to t
the soldiers. Their own hungry maws would (
gape for the crumbs from the public table, and 1
the soldiers be thrust aside as they have been i
in the counties referred to, and as they are from t
Federal appointments. t
Having remained at home during the war,
and urged the boys to the bloody field, where g
many a noblo life was sacrificed, and many a j
hearth stone desolated, these bloodless wire- t
pullers cow attempt to beguile them into at
contest where no laurels can be won. s
Tbe game is so transparent that nobody will
be deceived by it, and we wonder that any sol
dier, even a Republican, should lend himself
to it. The Democratic party bas regularly
and fairly made its nominations and submits
them to the people. Democratic soldiers and
Democratic citizens will support them, and
scout and defeat the old enemy under his new
name and in his new shape, as they have done
all his predecessors. Certainly no Democratic
soldity will help to elect delegates to this Re
publican convention, Dor allow himself to be
elected. They will show the Republican chess
players that they are not to be moved on the
political board at will.
A Merited Bebuke*
A CAUD OF KETLKNEO SOLD/EKS. —The un
dersigned, returned soldiers, have seen with re- i
gret, that the proposed Festival, to be given to
the returi.ed soldiers, on the hourth oi July,
at Washington, has assumed an exclusively par
tizart character. While we would have rejoic
ed at the opportunity of meeting with our com
rades in arms, on the approaching anniversary
of our Independence, and to have exchanged
mutual congratulations on the restoration of
peace to our bleeding country, we cannot en
dorse by our presence the gross insult offered to
our fathers, brothers and friends in civil life,
who are identified with the Democratic party,
and who are excluded from participating in the
proceedings. When we remember the thousands
of our Democratic fellow soldiers, whose blood,
in common with that of Itepublicans, stained
every battle field, from Bull Kun to the surren
der of Lee's army, we cannot but express our
surprise that a few politicians should attempt to
i use us on the occasion of our return to our
: homes for partisan purposes, whatever others
may do in the premises, we cannot lend our
selves to such an unworthy scheme. (Here fol
low "the names ot 52 returned veterans).
&T We clip the above from the Washington
(Pa.) Review. It is a merited rebuke to the fel
lows who are trying to make tools of the gallant
"boys in blue" with which to get their stay-at
home, negro-suffrage politicians into office. The
soldiers understand these petty tricksters and
will show thern a trick or two when tiie elec
tion comes around.
A Veteran Speaks!
The following is from one of the brave boys
of the 55th P. V., which has so nobly done its
duty. Negro Suffrage and Abolition slander
are at a discount in the 55th :
RICHMOND, Va , July 13, 1805.
EDITOR OK THE GAZETTE :
You will do justice to a soldier by pub- j
lishing a few lines. —fn looking over the Bed
tord Inquirer I read a history of the greet mar
shal of the Copperheads, which the editors says
was handed to them by their friend. It speaks
of the Captain of the "Bloody l£un Bhieaves"
and says that they were famous. "Some went j
with one Captain and some with another."
Now, as the war is over and ended, and no j
more drafts are corning off, the Inquirer's friend
can come out of his den and make himself no
torious by slandering a Company of men who,
not like the Inquirers friend, enlisted at their
country's call, and to day a majority of them
lie buried in the soil of Virginia. Tt is true
the Captain of the Bloody Run Militia, did
did not go to war, neither did the Inquirer's
fmnd. Their reason for not going, I suppose
was best known to themselves. But the mem
bers of the company known as the Bloody Run
Blues, went in different companies and regi
ments. Of five that served in the 55th Pa.
Vols., but one is living to take their part. They
have done what the Inquirer's friend, or the
Inquirer man />., himself, has never done.
They went and met the traitors on the field
and did their duty there. They did not
I lie low, in some obscure spot, until the war
was ended and Uncle Sam's lottery machine
was ordered to the rear, and then come
j out and play their jokes on soldiers that are
; WStteTo
J include the company; it doesn't pass, on all oc
casions, as smoothly as it might.
We have been in tho service, ever since 1861
and we are certain we have heard two or three
bullets whistle, but we never heard as much
noise as the Just Come-outs make about Negro
Suffrage. We enlisted to whip rebels, not to
free niggers, but now, as they are free, and on
equal footing with the poor white men, we would
wish those people who are not satisfied to leave
the niggers as they are, wouid pack their duds
and go to some state where Cuffy does vote,
and not keep up a continued howling about the
poor nigger.
Gentlemen, you must not think we are "Cop
perheads,"' Rebels, or anything of that kind;
we are Union Soldiers, and if you don't believe
it, come to the 55th Regt. Penn'a Vols., and we
can show you ouv names on the Pay Rolls for
sis. months pay.
.Hoping this may find room in your columns
I will close. Yours, Ac..
JAMES HENRY, 55th P. V.
VIEWS OP GEN- SICKLES.—On the 4th of July,
Major General Dan iel E. Sickles, who served
with distinction during the late civil war, made
a speech, in which he reiu.arkcd :
Those of us, who were in the army, who
have met our enemies in the field, can respect
them, because we know them to bp brave—
[Applause and cheers. "That's so," and cries
of "good "] False to their flag ? Yes. Dis
loyal to their country ? Yes. Betrayed into
those dark crimes by base politicians? Yes.—
But brave and generous foes wo have ever found
them. We have confronted them in the field.
Then let us imitate this bright example and ac
cord mercy to those who have been so lately
our adversaries, following the example of the
lamented Lincoln, and the example still more
recently of our General-in-Chief Grant—[ap
plause] —who, in his conquest of Virginia and
in his defeat of Lee, added yet a brighter chap
let to his crown of honor, by proving himself
to be a knight of the old days and of the best
school in generosity, proffering to the conquered
terms which could be promptly met by a gentle
man and Christian.
If those who have served their country in
the field can clncerely look with these sentiments
upon those with whom they have been so late
ly engaged ui battle, then, I think that the civ
ilians throughout the land—especially the poli
ticians, who have done so much to get us into
this war—can .do so. [Applause.] If they
will lay aside something of their radicalism,
something of their extravagant pretensions, and
after four years imd a-half of discord and a na
tion's conflict, permit the return of our erring
brethren once more, upon terms of concord and
affectionate amity, no more political differences
need keep us asunder. The South accepts her
fate. She accepts the abolition of slavery.—
She accepts future loyalty to She
abandons the dogma of separate State sovereign
ty and the. right of secession. She acknowl
edges and recognizes that this land and this U
nion is ours, through all time is and must ever
be united. In that faith let us receive the South.
Let bygones be 1# gones ; and while we pro
nounce the doom of an unforgiven traitor upon
him who breaks the peace, let us pass over the
errors and even the crimes of those who have
paid dearly for the terrible wrongs and suffer
ings which they have brought upon their own
section of country. [Applause ]
For the. Huh ford Gu<-.::
Keminiscences of Fort Crawfoj
[An old and liighly esteemed military }
lias handed us the following anecdot'- .3
celebrated Martin Scott, who once npi
persuaded the 'coon to "come down;
CANINE INSTINCT. —The renowned >
Scott—the "Coon Killer" —once borro >
cloak of Capt McCabe, and not retui .
for several days, the Captain entered the
ters of Martin, which were vacant, < : -
Scott's dog Dash. The cloak was oht o
the owner and taken to his quarters, liet
Dash kept his eye upon the supposed r.:t
and in the afternoon, at Jletreat, when t '
were on parade. Dash slipped out qme"
McCabc's quarters, found the cloak an •>,
oft with it to his master's room—but as he
not told up the article, its length impede ,
progress sufficientlyato draw the attention of ..
officers and men on parade, when Capt. MC
j Cabe vvas heard to remark in rather a surl
! tone: "That poor d dog has more sens
than his master.—'Order in the ranks'."
MARTIN SCOTT was a native of Vermont, r.
brave man, hut self-opinionated, and excessive
ly ignorant; was killed at the battle of C'lie
pultepec, then with the rank of Lieut. Colonel.
In dogs, guns and horses, he spent some of his
pay; but m all other matters he was penurious
in the extreme. He bought his servant, Jack,
of his master in Missouri by weight', 86 lbs. at
£3 per lb. —This fact may astonish the Saints
of the North, but it is nevertheless true as Holy
Writ.
Reply of Manager Ford to a Meddling
Clergyman,
To the Editor of the Chronicle, Washington :
I read in yesterday's issoe the communica
tion of the Rev. Mr. B. H. Nadal, relative to
this theatre. Waiving much concerning the
profession of the actor that I deeply regretted
to see as coining from so able aud brilliant a
minister of the gospel, I merely wish to say,
that up to July Ist my theatre-was for sale at
a stated price, a value placed upon it by real
estate men in this city, including W. E. Spaul
ding, Esq., owner of G rover's Theatre. Fail
ing to sell, my next duty was to occupy and
use the building. " My necessities required im
mediate action; the necessities of others having
claims upon ine were equally urgent, in I ling
a large number of dependent people. Ti> rcp
erty is mine, and my business is one alii, .est
imate and lawful. Coupled with my righ s was
the failure to purchase, in itself some evidence
that the public were not averse to the continu
ance of dramatic performances in the building,
it i did not "appreciate the national feeling and
the national conscience," am I alone guilty ?
The late President was alike mj nd, my pat
ron and my benefac tor. I - radically to
to do all I could in r: . 1 vorenee for
his memory Cheap tip Tasteful to
me, and where 1 find but at ;se J 'negin to
doubt the sincerity of those who question my
motives. Ido not now refer to your reverend
i correspondent.
I object, however, to an inference which may
be justly drawn from your article of the 4lh
instant, and his communication. The theatre
does not carry "profanity and pollution" with
it. Older than the Christian Church; enno
bled by the grandest intellect which God in Ilis
infinite wisdom vet vouchsafed mankind;
patronise J b;, tbe good mm great everywhere,
and here by every President from George Wash
ington to Abraham Lincoln inclusive, it is wor
; thy oi kinder words than you give, and capa
| ble of better results than your reverend corre-
I spondent appears willing to acknowledge, even
| should it retain its home or house in Tenth
Street
h or the Church (taught within its sacred por
tals some lessons, the result of which, I hope,
have become evident in life) I have no words
hut of re.-pect and duty; and I can fully appre
ciate the Rev. Mr. Nadal'sgood intentions; and
I will say I am willing at any time to test the
sincerity of those who appear to desire a change
111 the uses of the building. But I must claim
the rights belonging to my citizenship—the
absolute control of my property, and the per
fect right to prosecute my lawful business. I
oo not fear in \\ ashington the slightest interfe
rence from her citizens. All that I could bear
were words ot kindness. I had received but
one anonymous note (''a weak invention of the
enemy j previous to last Monday night, f have
heard of no other threat, and f feel sure that
lawless violence will not intrude again in mv
building, the Mayor and Superintendent of
Police both concur in this opinion. On Mon
day evening not the slightest manifestation of
ill-feeling was apparent. Citizens and soldiers
appeared alike astonished at the order of closing
the doors. Consequently, it was too much to
say "that such an idea (the opening) could only
be agreeable to the enemies of the cause in which
Mr. Lincoln fell."
Now, on my account, and in behalf of my
helpless and unemployed company, I ask of you
and of your reverend corespondent, that, if
your views cannot be carried out immediately,
to advocate the next best thiDg —mv rights, in
a legal, lawful, and moral sense.
Very respectfully, JOHN T FORD.
Ford's Theatre, July 13.
THF. BANE AND THE ANTIDOTE. —If we were
called on by an Abolition oificial to "take the
oath," we should most assuredly do so at once,
without the slightest hesitation, if that oath
was to support the Constitution of the United
States. No matter what beside was thrust in
to it—to assassinate a State Constitution ; to
abuse the founders of the Government; repu
diate the Resolutions of '9B ; to blacken the
memory of our "rebel" ancestors ; to stand by
the proclamation of-nigger "freedom," or even
to teach a nigger school, wo would swallow the
vile compound at a gulp. With certain com
binations, a man may swallow the deadliest poi
sons with satety, and so in this case. An oath
solemnly taken to support, the Constitution of
the United States neutralizes and renders harm
less all the vagaries and villanies of Abolition
ism compounded with it.—A'. Y. Daybook.
THE ERA OF CRIME. —We never knew a time
when there was such lawlessness everywhere-
Society seems to be resolving itself in its orig
inal elements, and every man is becoming a law
unto himself. Murders, riots, outbreaks, drunk
enness, rapes, garrotings, robberies, thefts, row
dyism, &c., &e. are of daily occurrence. A
spirit of hate and vengeance, seems to pervade
the land. The teaching of the last four years
has educated a generation of cut-throats. Pul
pits and piracy are synonymous terms, and there
is not even an intermediate stage between dia
pers and desperadoiam. What are we coming
to?— X. Y. Daybook.