THE BEDFORD GAZETTE [ PUBLISHED KVEP.Y TRIDAY MOP.MNQ KY MEYERN & MEYftEL, X: tbe following terms, to wit: $2 00 per annum, if paid strictly in advance. *2.50 if paia within 6 months; $3.00 if not paid vv.thia 6 meatus jjrlio subscription Uxtr. ic: Iss than ix months 27-NO paper discontinued until all arrearages are pud, unless ai trie option of the publisher. It has een decided by the United States Courts that the .loppage of a newspaper without the payment of arrearage-, i-i prima facie evidence of fraud and is , criminal ofience. [fifThe courts nave decided lhat persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, it they fake them from the post otftce, whether they fib*eribe for them, or not. Original f) o e t r g . For the Gazette. A PARODY- Don't you see de black clouds ri.iin' over yonder, Where de Abolition scheme's begun? White men step aside dar, dera's de lubly Jaikies, Come to vote and to' de office run. Look cut dar now! We's a gwine to vote ! Look out dar, don't you understand ! Gumbo is a comin'! Gumbo is a comin'! For to rule and occupy de land. Don't yon see de lightnin' tlashin' in de cane brake, Like a9 if we's gwine to hab a squall ? Pat's de darkey ivory, grinnin' like de monkey, -'Case we's gwine to hab a vote dis fall. Look out dar now, Sec. Way up rn de corn-field, when you hear de tunder, Dat's de cannon cast in Bedford town, For to gib tie signal, when de darkey voters Will be 'Jewed id vote de white trash down. Look oPt dar now, &c. Fambo was a sojer, in de Union army, Brudder Phillips say he bore dd palm ; Guarded all de big forts, swallowed ai.' de bard tack, White man's fightin' wasn't worth 3 ?iam! Look out dar r.ow, &c. I Po you oe de darkey, fightin' all de battles, i Chawin' sll de army rations fine, He must do de votin,' he must hold de olTis, Off de white folks for to tsse de shine. Look oat dar now, fkc. POLITICS TEN YEARS HENCE—AD DRESS OF MR. CROW TO HIS CONSTITUENTS IN 1865- The following is supposed to bo the address of an enlightened colored gentlemen, Mr. J. C esar Crow, who has represented this district in Congres3 for one term, and is seeking a re election It will be seen that Mr. Crow is a j politician of the liberal stripe, anil is lor al- j lowing white men some very important privi- j leges, particularly the right to marry colored | ladies, &c. To My Colored and White Constituents ob de \lth Congressional District: FELLOW CITIZENS : —I Lab felt greatly flat tered by de cull you hab made on me to become a. candidate for re-election to Congress from dis district. De knowledge ob de fac dat I hab done tny duty for two years as your rebresen tativt hab been a great source ob consolation to ; me, and dis great public endorsement ob my j course in de lcgislatib halls as a statesman and j a patriot, hub tilled de measure ob u>y pvfUtical glory full to tie top. Widout battering rnysef, (i hope you all know I would scorn to do dat) I tiuk I can say wid propriety dat I hab did as much if not more to elevate de character ob de black race abroad as any odder man ob my limited expe rience. Already de foreign countries wid whom we hab had domestic relations is speakiu ob de internal policy ob our goberniuent wid a proper respec and while I is free to admit dat our course tow ards de sutferin white man of dis country hab not been as liberal and just as I hab advo cated, I still tink we will sooner or later come to dat stage ob de game which will require us to show great tuagnariirnousness, and forgetful ness ob our forefathers' injuries. It am my great desire to establish de superiority ob de colored race to any in dc world, and to dis, it am necessary dat we should exhibit a noble and generous impulse toward our fallen foes. For my pait, I am for (Join de white man justice wheneber his necessity requires and de exigency ob de case will admit. lam confident dat by a proper legislation and a yieldin poliey on de part ob de administration ob which de venera ble and de Honorable Mr. Fred. Douglas am de head, de white man may soon be restored in some measure to de rights and position in soci ety which (dar is no use disputin de fac) he once held. , While it am true dat de white race in Amer ica am rapidly passing away afore de superior blood ob de colored man—as de white foam goes afore de dark strong waves—still while dare is yet lef a vestage ob de white blood it am our duty as a great nation to protect it in ebery lawful and honorable manner. It will | neber do for dis great colored nation to hab such a history ob de white man, .as de white man hab ob de Indian. [n conclusion uiy fellow-citizens I will say dat I am: First, In fabor ob a repeal ob de law which prohibits a white man from marrying a lady of :olor. Second, I am in fabor of a repeal ob de "act entitled an act" which prohibits a white man from owning more than one acre of land. Third, I am in fabor ob white suffrage and always will bo. De white man am as much entitled to vote as de colored man if he behabe, himself in a proper manner. Dare are many odder minor issues—such as de employment ob de white man on gubennent works—de raising ob three regular new white regiments, &c., which I am in fabor ob, but which I hab not time to discuss. I will meet my opponent de Honorable Mr. Duffy at all oh| his appointments where my views can be heard at greater length. Wid many more tanks for your flatteriii call, I hab de honor to be gentlemen, Your humble obedient servant, CROW. NOT TRUE.—It is frucTjhat the Democ racy of either State A large, pr any county, voted as a party against the law allowing the soldiers the right to vote, fourteen of the strongest Democratic counties in the State went strongly in favor of the amendment, while some abolition counties voted against it. 1 here was no settled policy in regard to the law. Lvery bod v voted as he thought best on that subject. VOLtltlft til. NEW SERIES. SHODDY VS. SHODDY, Kelley Excoriates Cameron. "WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT HONEST MEN MAY GET THEIR DUE." The "Great Winnebago,"alias i -Old Kickapoo" pays the Indians in Middletovm Paper— He has disgraced the Democratic, the Know Aoi hing aud Republican Partus With Ceaseless Assiduity He Hunts Jobs, Offices and Contracts— He dares not Present his name Before the People—He Crawls to the Feet of the Appointing Power—lf Buys Three Democrats—He Bids > for One Vote to elect Himself and Falls—By Corrupt Bargaining he imposes Hims lf upon President Lincoln—Congress R'bulces his Crimes by a two-third Vote.—JVmfs Kelley to Vote to Expunge.—Kelley Refuses, because i, to Stir Foul Matter would be to Produce a Stench," and makes an Enemy of m "Old Kickapoo"—Sfc , 4'c., Sec. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Id. To the Union Men of the Fourth Congress ional District: —A long and successful career in crime emboldens the guilty. A recent illus tration of this law of human nature impels me [to violate my lifelong rule of conduct, and for [ once to notice a political slanderer. Ido not, ! however, address you for the purpose of rep -il his inuendoes or falsehoods. My life has r , passed among you, and if its record, taiu iiiar to V(,u does not repel Ihetn, 1 huvv lived in "vain. M >' purpose is simply to pierce the mail of ill- Gotten gold in which the slander er has clothed hii>-eIL "j" ' } t,u a glimpse at the loathsome obju 4o ' protects. The papers of Friday- announce that Simon Cameron, of Dauphin euu.' l \>', W,B serenaded by his friends on the prececii u S eveniug at ih Girard llousein this city, and u v,il \ -r-mmut ■ ; - ; r mount J . -•. Am 'i. >- ' v ' ia ii 11is. oei ii . ot i i i ranee and helplessness to > uncii o ... ot you who had then attained to uiantiool, though you may not, after the lapse ot so many years, revive the burning indignation with whi.L you regarded the infamous swindier ot ihe Indian, will doubtless remember that instead of paying theui the specie which the Govc.n taeni confided to him for that purpose, he re- j taiaed it and gave them the notes of the Mi ur< 1 . !of letters, certificates and r ant.. s. j posed hiin upon President Lincoln as j resentative man of the Keystone St ii Phut. ! was an evil hour for Pennsylvania. You also j remember how he organized the Navy Agency 'in this city, and feel the ineffable reproaeii he thus brought on u- Nav Y u-.l m ' :r* w cial and - >u--. ' LP ...: jii-j - uigvi it U • VVk/cA i il*4V O A.w * ill" j fiuence to have carried his point (the estab ; lishment of a Naval Station at League Island) ' without a dLsenting voice Is that the asser Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25,1565. 1 tiou of a sober man? and did he who made it forget that our Congressmen in the olden time in proposing to locate a Government workshop at Philadelphia had not the terrible reputation of Simon Cameron, the Fagan of the Harris burg lobby and ex-Secretary of War to contend with, and, therefore, had some chance for suc cess? My colleagues and I were less happy than they in this respect. As [ have said, he begged and bargained for the influence which induced Mr. Lincoln to in vite him to a seat in his Cabinet. It was now fondly hoped, by those who have not sounded the depths of his depravity, that, being old and rich, he would take advantage of so dis tinguished an opportunity to prove that he could be honest, and could administer a trust without turning it to his own profit, or hand ing the fund over to his creatures, to be used on joint account. How sadly these hopes were disappointed is attested by the brevity of his term of office, and the circumstances under . which it closed. In less than one year from the day on which Simon Cameron was inatalled as Secretary of War, Congress, though at that early day it had before it hut partial evidence of his crimes, in dignantly drove him from that high office. Two thirds of the members ol the lower House were friends of the Administration, and would gladly have sustained eacli member ot it as they did its distinguished head. You can imagine how painful it must have been to them to find themselves constrained by duty to proclaim the fact that the first man the h ad of their party had l>een induced to ap point as the successor of John B. Floyd had ex liibited greater aptitude tiuin he for his worst tricks But it became inevitable, for this old man. notwithstanding his boasted and reputed miili HIS believes that one ot Ills name is never i i ough until he has a little more, and, to ir t arty and the cOnrtiry, the friends of .i -isi ration in the House had to proclaim HI- ini.iii.v ami th i" unce his ciihies. Nor wa- * lie vote by which :hey did it, a meagre mi ili< friends arid those who would most ;..o have averiei this disgrace from our sin • .aid rally but about one-third of the H ; "i the resolution of condemnation. >' I'l- it two to one against him, , i i.usv ivanian, not willing to . ii wi 0.-s' against .tie representative of our Stat, but too -vcll satisfied ot ins guilt to vote amniost the resolution, failed to record my vote. In this met. S''iiti> 'men. yOu have iiie secret ins mntttiguinheii ■ a.u.i..i" .s hostility to rne and my friends. Air. Wa!born, the post master of l'bildclpkia, and others of his crea tures, have offered n.e his friendship and sup port if I would endeavor to have that resolu tion expunged. My reply has invariably been that to stir foul matter would be to produce a stench. I have never in this or aught e.'se en deavoured to propitiate him or Ins creatures. No stone marks the spot where my poor remains may finally rest, but I mean that my children shall !e able to vindicate my name by pointing to the fact that Simon Cameron and his confi dent! d friends were ever hostile to me With greatful regards, yours very truly. W, D. KELLEY. HOW THE MONEY GOES. When John T. Ford attempted to re-open his Theatre at Washington and go on with a bus iness which had received the approbation and thetpatronage of President Lincoln, the War department sto >ped him. After waiting area onable time, Mr. Ford made a formal demand for the restoration of his property, which be ing refused, he employed counsel and was about to tiring suit aginst the Secretary of War for damages. This seems to have brought that distinguished individual to a realizing sense of the responsibility lie had incurred by his arbi trary and unlawful proceedings. He made haste to do justice to Mr. Ford, but he did it in away that meet the approbation of the people, of turning the Theatre over to its allowifig him to do as he pleased with it. the Secretary, qf War has a greed to pay him fifteen hundred dollars per month for it till the first of February next, when, if Congress refuses to buy it fur one dred thousand dollars, it is to be given him. Thus, at the very moment when the last dol lar of the last loan authorized by Congress has been received ami expended, and when the a blest financiers in the country are unable to see where the money is to come from that will be needed to carry the government through till winter, the Secretary of War contracts to pay a rent amounting to eighteen per cent, per an num on the exaggerated value set upon this property. He also agrees to recommend the purchase of the property for the use of the government, when it is certain, no matter what may be said to the contrary and byway of excuse for the proposed rubbery of the treas ury, that it is nut worth the money asked for it. The seizure of the Theatre when it was on the eve of being re-opened by its owner, was an outrage for which the Seret*ry of War can render m> suffn iunt xcow?f Tstill less sufficient will he aw 1 he may attempt to render oi on the empty national treasury the ' .i- ijreed to pay for a proper o. i id n > business to meddle. — Lancaster Intelh'f rtxr. • ONWARD —The tide of freedom still rolls on; seventy-five ladies of color, with as many "lit tle nigs." left this State yesterday en route for the ii -rtli. These taithful disciples of old John •Lev are not careful, will wake up >i ind find themselves in old ;; - ,*1 ieriri" in the grave." — Louis- Ut I a cyl'unch says this is by a brute: Why is a I beard like common sense ? Because no woman possesses it. The Kentucky Election. A Mockery of the Elective Franchise- Citizens Driven from the Polls by the Military. From the Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.) The American people are properly sensitive ' (oticeVning the integrity of the ballot-box, and i'. o proceedings in Kentucky on election day n,;i not bo rooeivod with lavor in any quarter, *rt least of all by those who have stood with most Constancy and firmness by the cause of law and order—the cause of Union and Amer ican nationality during the war. It is not becoming that a file of soldiers shall stand before the polls, and that officers of the army of the United States shall hold lists of those who are proscribed, made out by irrepre sponsible persons, and prevent them from ap proaching the ballot-box. That this was done in Kentucky there is ample and conclusive evi dence, and the flavor of this business is too nearly that of the border ruffian outrages in Kansas to permit it to be passed in silence by any honest journalist. We feel that it is a duty to bring this mat ter before the people, and to remind the mad men in Kentucky who have instigated and pro pose to profit by the outrage, that there is not a township in the North, where the action of the military in their State on election day wotlld be Sustained by a majority of the voters. We cannot but think that Ger.er?' °almer has i greatly exceeded his authority—-. he haS grossly and expressly violated hi uctiorl?; arid will be rebuked accordingly. His presence oil the stump during the late canvass was not called for, and was in bad taste and injurious to the cause lie Sought to chain- j [>ion; and the obtrusive, illegal and unscrupu- | lous u;e of the military power has disgusted i thousands of the friends of the constitutional Hffiendmeitt. After all he has driven more Un- j ion men than rebels trorn the polls. Persons competent to testify—those familiar With the people—Conversant with all the facts and in full sympathy with the Union cause— assure us that in Kenton and Campbell coun ties there are many of the best Union men who did not go near the polls, scorning to east a vote under military surveillance. But, should the rebels be allowed to vote and carry the election ? Certainly not, and the laws of Kentucky provided that they should not. The laws were sufficient. If the civil ico w.*c, in fti.y prceinct, unable tc cause ihe laws to be executed, according to the proclamation of Governor Bramlette, there was the place for the use of the bayonet. The establishment of guards at the poll?, with lists ! of those who should vote, was in contempt of the laws of Kentucky, and in defiance of the laws of Congress to prevent military interfe rence with elections. We take it this is very ! far from seeing that the laws were faithfully ! executed, according to the order of the Presi -1 dent to General l'almer. If Kectuckians were tnad enough to send a disloyal delegation to Congress—a delegation elected by Rebel votes —the remedy would be found in Congress itself, and would unquestion ably be applied by that body. If the integrity of the ballot-box in Kentucky under the laws of the State cannot be maintained without mil itary operations, it would be better not to have any elections, and to put an end at once to civil government from the Kanawha to the Missis sippi. However, we may rejoice over the election of some good men in Kentucky, the moral ef fect of a genuine victory of the cause ot free- and the Union in that State is not with us, though we are persuaded that with gocd management it might have been obtained. Change in Sentiment. Parson Brownlow delivered a lecture on sla very, in New Orleans about eight years ago, from which the following is an extract: "The Southern portion of the Methodist Church was doing more for the temporal and eternal welfare of the negro, than all the shriekers out of hell; the pious abolitionist would enter the church on Sunday, a face as long as moral law, descant upon and bewail the miseries and wrongs heaped upon the down trodden son of Africa, and on the following day, in his picayune grocery or candy store would, if he could, swindle a Louisiana negro out of the pewter ornament on the head of his cane, and do it in the name of the Lord. When I get to heaven', continued the revei'end gen tleman, 'where I expect to go after my death, if I find a regular built abolitionist there, I | shall conclude he practiced a fraud upon the door-keeper, for in my opinion, a Kansas agita tor and freedom shrieker has no more business in our Father's kingdom than Commodore Pauluing had in Nicaraugua when he captured the fillibusters." THE REASON WHY.—"Can you tell me why the "republicans of wealth ore so anxious to have the negroes vote ?" Of course we could. It is well known that the Democrats, as soon as they get into power, intend to Tax Bonds, thereby compelling the rich Bondholders to pay their portion of the Taxes, instead of heaping it upon the poor men and farmers as is now the case. By giving the negro a vote they ex pect to control things so as to always run in their own men. It is time farmers and every body else should begin to enquire as to the reason why they are taxed so heavily and the "privileged class" always escape.— l km. Mes senger. I "Now, I will prove very briefly that a se cessionist is as great an Abolitionist as Sum ner. Both the secessionists and the disunion iste arc for breaking up tins Union. I will state this argument in a syllogism, thus : AN ABOLITIONIST IS A DISUNIONIST. A disunionist is a secessionist. A secessionist is a disunion ist. A Disunionist is an Abolitionist. There is not a particle of difference between thein."— Andv Johnson. June 2d. ISGIi WHOLE KINDER, 3124 RETURNED SOLDIERS. It seems but yesterday that loyal ladies and gentlemen, if we may use the expression, were sending rnittens, flannel shirts, religious tracts, i aboiition newspapers and election tickets to the ! "poor soldiers." The mittens and flannel shirts i were all right. The religious tracts were all ! right, and were very handy for the soldiers to have ui certain times. The ocrat. THE SOLDIERS' VOTING LAW Shoddy organs are endeavoring to make a j little capital against the Democratic party by j charging that "every one of its members of the Legislature, orators and newspapers violently j opposed the soldiers voting amendment." This j is an unblushing falsehood. No opposition was | offered to the principle of allowing soldiers that j right, by either legislators, orators or presses, j but it was frequently stated that the law was' merely intended for the benefit of the Repub lican party, and that Democratic soldiers would ; not secure generally the right of vote under it j because their actions were under the control of! officials of the dominant party. The election j subsequently held demonstrated the truth of! those statements, for thousands of Democratic j soldiers were disfranchised, while the doors to ; fraud were opened wide on the other side. The i soldiers themselves saw, and many now acknovvi- i edge, that however good the law may be, the j execution of it was a gigantic fraud on the bal-; lot box and a farce upon representative govern- j ment. The Democratic party, although conscious, that the whole intent of their opponents was ! to carry the election last fall by fraud and force made no issue upon the soldiers* voting amend ment. The proof of this is to be found in the fact that in fourteen counties, casting Demo cratic majorities, the amendment was adopted by Democratic votes. As proof that the De mocracy did not make that amendment an issue, it is only necessary to refer to the fact that it carried in the State by one hundred thousand niajo rity ! Had the Republican party that much of a majority in August, 18G4? If so, then during the three following months that par ty lost no less than eighty thousand, for with all their figuring and frauds they could not ex hibit more than a majority of about twenty thousand in the following November. These facts make it evident that "every Democratic j legislator, orator and press" did not violently oppose the soldiers' voting amendment. A reference to the House journal will also show that, on the final passage of the amend ment, ninety-one members voted for and only two against this amendment. Does that fact add any weight to the shoddy falsehood ? The truth of the matter is, that had the Democratic party of Pennsylvania opposed the soldiers' vo ting amendment, it would have been deftaied. For proof of this we have unly to point to the fact that on the home vote in October last, the Democracy had a majority of nearly a thousand votes. — Patriot Union. i tsrArterri'js Ward says when he hears the song, "come where my love lies dreaming," he don't go. He don't think it would be right. — Artemus is a good boy! gentleman is one who combines a wo man's tenderness with man's courasre. Hates at 3tortwing. One equare, one insertion, $1 00 One square, three insertions, 1 50 One square, each additional insertion 50 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. One square, $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00 Two squares, 6 00 9 00 16 00 Three squares, 800 12 00 20 00 Half column, 18 00 25 00 40 00 One column, 30 00 45 00 80 00 Administrators and Executors' notices, $3 00. Auditor's notices, if under 10lines, $2 50. Sheriti : s sales, $1 75 per tract- Table work, double tbe above ratesj figure work 25 per cent, additional. £strays,Cautionsand Notices toTrespassers, $2 00 for three inset Hods, if not above 10 lines. Mar liage notices, 50 cents each, payable in advance- Obituaries over five lines in length, and Resolutions of Beneficial Associations, at half advertising rates, payable in advance. Announcements of deaths, gratis. Notices in editorial columns, 15 cents per line. deductions to advertisers of Patent or Advertising Agents. VOL. 9, NO. 4. Tax a farm worth a thousand dollars SSO, and exempt SIOO,OOO in bonds? Mr. A. has $2,000 invested in a grocery store one week before the assessor calls. Mr. !H. has SIOO,OOO in money. Mr. A. puts bi3 | $ J 00,000 in bonds the day before he meets tie assessor, and thus escapes paying an honorable tax of three hundred dollars, lie also draws seven thousand dollars interest, making an in crease of ten thousand dollars! Why? Because all despotic and aristocratic Govern ments seek to win the iuterest of the wealthy in favor of the Government against the labor of tire poor. Beware of the scorpion for he will sting. The wealthy bondholders want the negroes to vote, for with their money they expect to control that vote hereafter. If a poor man votes for negro suffrage and is in favor of exempting the wealth of the bond holder, he will find that he has been working out his own damnation. When an Abolition politician, who has been twisting and hunting office all the days of his life, tells you he won't want office, tell him he is a liar and the truth is a stranger to his tongue. What is the use of a man being humbug ged^ When you hear any leading Abolitionist tel ling how he loves foreign citizens, ask him why he mobbed them and helped to burn Catholic churches ten years ago? These things are worth considering and think ing over. It will show the record of the opponents of the Democracy in a bad condition. To give the negro the right of suffrage will not free the factory girls of New England who are forced to work sixteen hours a day, for from two to three dollars a week and board them selves. It will not make shoddvites pay poor women more than sixpence for making a shirt. Why don't soine of the office-holders herea bouts who have been enjoying themselves for four years, while the "brave boys" were in the front to save their scalps, resign in favor of those boys? They won't. Calico and everything else is dear, while the produce of the farmer brings a mighty small price. This was brought about by the Abolition rule. The time was when a small amount of mon ey would pay for a large amount of goods, and taxes were very low. This was when Democrats managed the af fairs of the Government. Now ir takes a large amount of money to buy a small amoiint of goods, and taxes are e norraous. Tbe Abolitionists rule now. The thing is plain, and a blind man can't help but see it. Unless the people come up to the work and help the Democracy redeem the country, there will be little left to redeem except tax titles.— Fremont Messenger. THE NEW GOSPEL. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is thus report ed in the Hartford (Conn.) Press: [Extract from the Fourth of July Prea?hing Wiodham Co.] * "We are going to have religion and a true Gospel down South. They have had a false Gospel—one that took with the strong against the weak. Now we will have a pure Gospel —one that begins with love to God and love to man. You may send your wares and merchan dise down there, but you can't send your religion. Fact is, you can't spare it from home. It is not an article of export. It is a plant of slow growth. You can't go down South and let out civilization by the job. and intelligence by the contract. It will take time. The mill will grind out some tiour by and by. The whites down there, so lazy, must learn to work. They won't stir till kicked by hunger. I have seen them in Charleston, where I could not have walked ten years ago. I think the question is, what will become of the whitest The Blacks are Kings and Princes compared with the white trash. I don't know what they will do—the l>est thing for most of them to do is to die.— I hope they will stand some chance in the next world—they havn't the ghost of a chance in this."