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Attorneys at £au\
roSKPH W. TATE. ATTORNEY
| AT LAW BEDFORD. PA. VVill promptly
nl to collections of bounty, back pay. Ac.,
i all business entrusted to bis care in Bedford
i adjoining counties.
I'.ish advanced on judgments, notes, military i
sod other claims.
Ha s for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St
. |,h son Bedford Railroad. Farms and urtiui
■ t ■.,: d land, from one acre to 900 acres to suit j
i
Office nearly opposite tlie "Mengol Hotel" and ;
:k of Reed & Sehell.
tnnl I. lHtis—ly
ppWAHD F. KERR, ATTORNEY j
Jj AT LAW. BEDFORD, I'A Will punctually
d carefully attend to all business entrusted to
... arc Soldiers' claim.- for bounty, back pay
-oeedily collected. Office with H. Xicodc
js. E-q. on Juliana street, nearly opposite the'
irkin; House of Reed A Sehell.
April 7. 1865.
J. B. DI RBOUBOW. | JOHN LUTZ.
nl" RRORII O\Y A LI TZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA ,
W ;' attend promptly to all business intrusted to
hr are. Collections made on the shortest no
i'hey are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
i will give special attention to the prosecution
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M.-nrel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer i
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
| LAW, BEDFORD. PA. Respectfully renders
.-,•■ services to the pnblie.
office , econd door North of the Mengel House.
Belford, Aug. 1, ist'ii
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! LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend :
all business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly
i'.i-ite the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug L 1 ssrtl.
rrSPY ML ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT j
Xj LAW. BEDFORD, I*A. Will faithfully and i
aptly attend to all business entrusted to hi
ire in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military,
nuns, back pay,bounty, Ac... speedily collected,
office wilh Mann A Spang, on Juliana street. .
f.ors Suuth of the Mengel House.
Jau 22. ISii-1.
• M. KIMMF.LL. j J • w - LfNGKN'FELTEB.
K1 M M ELL A LINGENFELTEIi, !
ATTORNEYS \T LAW. BEDFORD. PA..
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the Law Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the Mengel H<uHe.* T
/ 1 11. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
\ I . LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at- j
end to collections and ail business entrusted to
s care in Bedford and adjoining counties
Office ">n Juliana Street, three doers -011 th of rlic
Mengel House," oppo-ire th • residence of Mrs.
fate.
May 13. 1861
'so H. FILLER. J. T. READY.
LLKR A KEAGY have formed ti
I partnership in the practice of the law At
vnti.io paid to Pen-ions, Bounties and Claim
ij dnst the Government,
office on Juliana street, formerly occupied by
II i. A. King. March 31. '65.
iMuisuuins anil prntists.
|> 11. RENXSYL, M. 1)., BLOODY
1 , Rrv Pa . flste snrgeon 55t'n PA I ten
r- :,is professional services to the people of that
e and vieiaity Dec. 22. 'tt-ly*
\I7 W.JAMISON, M. !>., Buxwy
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■i ior west of Richard Langdon - store.
Nov 24. '6s—ly
nil. J. L. MAIIBOITiU, Having!
permanently located, respectfully tenders
ife-ional services to the citizens of Bedford
" ' vi inky.
"See on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite ;
!■" Banking House of Kee<l A Sehell.
if iford, February 12, 1864.
V HICKOK, | J. O- VINNICH, JR.. i
j*KXT I S T S ,
I 1 BEDFORD, PA
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•y promptly remitted.
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• * R| PI- X. SHANNON T. BENEDICT !
pri'l'. .SHANNON A CO., BANK
IV KRS. BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
FLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
1 Smth. and the general business of Exchange ,
icied Notes and Accounts Collected and
"ante- promptly made. REAL ESTATE
' v'ht and sold. Oct. 20. 1865.
drtUscfUancou.s.
I VAN ILL RORDER,
I ' PITT STRKKT. TWO DOORS WEST of THE BED-
HOTEL. BEDFORD. PA.
II AT' HMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES, AC.
1L keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
• iV:c-i, e . Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
•'■ also Scotch Pebble Gla-ses. Gold
• Ciuiins, Breast Pins, Finger Kings, br-t
j '? v "f "old Pen-. He will supply to order
; . v 'bing in his line not on hand.
2. 1e65-
UF. IRVINE,
• ANDERSON'S ROW. BEDFORD. PA..
'' "t in R.iots, Shoes, yueensware. and Varic
. jpCDrders troin Country Merchants re
"fully solicited.
Kh \ 2. 1855,
1 l DLKiBAUGiI, (iuifsiuitii,
f ! "'L"rd, Pa. Shop same as formerly occu
s"' -y J"hn Border, deeea-ed. Having resumed
t * i- now prepared to fill all orders for new
j-r" shortest dotice. Repairing done to or
'he patronage of the public i respectfully
Oct. So,-65
")| ibeot BEREA GRIND STONES
„ J a-vjrijyi sizes, also patent fixtures for same
at HARTLEY'S OLD STAND
®!)c (Jcbforb ©alette.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
0 Up T>i'(lford (iVdsiifr,
Ol It till VI. IfIKTORV.
lutiiuiis make Itieurwionw into tin- fron
tier settteiiienta in 17111) Trailers again
NDPPif Hiein uitli provisions anil trm
■a it ions of win-—A si-\y 3>.iii<l of -Itliia-k !
BOJA" iirsli'oy powder.lcail. Ac., ill the
comity—Tliey are arreateil and placed
in irons in Fort Bedford...fol. Sniitli and
Ins original "RiaeL Boys" surprise tlie
garrison of the Fort and release she
prisoners... Arrest of Smith and his tri- ;
al anil acquittal on a charge of uniroer
...SI is houorable career afterwards.
Ae.. Ac.
Tbert* was comparative quiet aiotitf ;
the frontier, (luring: the years 17<U>. 'G7,
and 'OS. I Lit in ITtihihe Indians l>e£an
agrain to make incursions into the un
protected settlements. The recollec
tion of the summary manner in which
('ol. Smith had punished tiie traders for
attempting to supply the Indians with
munitions of war, no longer operated j
to restrain men whose love of gain in
duced them to barter away the lives of
their own countrymen. Notwith-1
standing the fact that the savages had
again lifted the tomahawk against the
settlers, there were found persons base
enough to carry on with the former a i
trailie which supplied them the means
to carry destruction to the homes of the j
frontier. The severe measures made
use of by Col. Smith four year- previ
ous, wore again resorted toby the "Mack
Hoys" of Bedford. Wetind the follow
ing account of their proceedings and
the consequences which followed in
Smith's "Narrative," which has already
Ijeen quoted largely: "In the year 17611,
the Indians again made incursions on :
the frontiers: yet the traders continued
carrying goods and warlike stores to j
them. The frontiers took the alarm,
and a number of persons collected, de- !
stroyed and plundered a quantity of i
their powder, lead, Ac., in Bedford
county. Shortly after this some of
these persons, with other-, were uppre- j
hended and laid in irons in the guard-1
house in Fort Bedford, on suspicion of
being the perpetrators of this crime. I
Though I did not altogether approve
of theconductof this new clubof black |
boys, yet 1 concluded that they should j
not lie in irons in the guard house, or
remain in confinement, by arbitrary or
military power. 1 resolved, therefore,
if possible, to release them, if they;
even should be tried by civil law after
wards. I collected eighteen of mv old
black boys, that I had seen tried in the
Indian war, Ac. I did not desire a
large party, lest they should lie too
much alarmed at Bedford, and accor
dingly be prepared for us. We inarch- j
ed along the public road in daylight,
and made no secret of our design: we
told those whom we met. that we were
going to take Fort Bedford, which ap
peared to them a very unlikely story.
Before this I made it known to one i
William Thompson, a man whom I
could trust, and who lived there: him
1 employed as a spy, and sent him along
on horseback before, with orders to meet
me at a certain place near Bedford one
hour before day. The next day, a lit
tle before sunset, weencamped near the
crossings of the Juniata, about four
teen miles from Bedford, and erected
tents, as though we intended staying j
all night; and not a man in myeompa-l
j
ny knew to the contrary, save myself.
Knowing that they would hear this in |
Bedford, and wishing it to be the rase, j
I thought to surprise them by stealing i
a inarch. As the moon rose about 11
o'clock, I ordered my boys to inarch,
and we went on at the rate of five
miles an hour, until we met Thomp
son at the place appointed. He told
its that the commanding officer had fre
quently heard of us by travelers, and
had ordered thirty men upon guard.
He said they knew our number, and
only made game of the notion of eigh-;
teen men coming to rescue the prison
ers; but they did not expect us until
towards the middle of the day. I its-j
ked him if the gate was open? He
said it was shut, but lie expected they
would open it a- usual at daylight, as (
they apprehended no danger. I then
moved my men privately up under the
banks of the Juniata, where we lay con
cealed about one hundred yards from
the fort gate. I had ordered the men
to keep a profound silence until we got
into it. I Then sent otf Thompson a
| gain to spy. At daylight he returned
and Told us that the gate was open and
three -cntinels were standing upon the
wall; that the guards were taking a
morning dram and the arms standing
together in one place. I t hen conclu
ded to rush into the fort, and told
Thompson to run before me to thearms.
We ran with all our might, and as it
| was a misty morning, the sentinels
scarcely saw us, until we were within
i the gateand took possession of the arms.
Just as we were entering, two of
them discharged their guns, though
Ido not believe thev aimed at us. We
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2. 1866.
then raised a shout, which surprised the
town, though some of them were well
pleased with the news. We compelled
a blacksmith to take the irons off the
prisoners, and then we left the place."
Smith claims that this (Fort Bedford)
"was the first British Fort in America,
that was taken by what they call Amer
ican rebels." Thelieroof this well-plan
ned and brilliantly executed exploit,
was arrested for his part in the affair,
"and in the scuffle attending the arrest,
a man was accidentally shot." Ile was
taken to Carlisle, indicted on a charge
of murder, and tried upon the indict
ment, but was triumphantly acquitted.
He was subsequently honored with a
Colonelcy inthearniy of the Revolution,
was a representative in the assembly,
and after the declaration of peace be
tween the States and Great Britain, w:t -
a commissioner of the emmey el W <•-;
moreland. lie afterwards emigrate t
Kentucky, "wherehe the au-r
years of his life."
■•l\ lt:i.l.lt:\T- si is ii via;.
To secure thesupremacy of the "loy
al" party, forever, Thad. Stevens wants
the Southern negroes to vote. Hesays:
"If they [the Southern States]should
grant the right of suffrage to persons of
color, I think there would always l>e
Union white men enough in the South,
aided hi/ the Ftfaek.?, to divide the repre
sentation, and thus continue Republi
can ascendency."
Almost in the next breath he tells us
how well fitted those blacks are for suf
frage.—He says:
"The infernal laws of slavery*have
prevented them [the blacks] from ac
quiring an education or from under
ftttitdlmj flu eomtttotieai laws of contract
or from natitaqinq lie ordinary Ittisi/tess
of lifcf
But this is no matter—the blacks
would all vote under "loyal"dictation.
But if a sufficient number of blacks
could not be marshalled to keep up the
ascendancy of the "loyal" party, why
the horses and cattle could be counted
in, also, and voted through agents of
the Freedman's Bureau or other radi
cally loyal avenues. If is well known
that neither the equine nor the bovine
classes "understand the commonest
laws of contract," and are incapable of
"managing the ordinary business of
life." They are therefore not likely to
vote any more intelligently than the
blacks, so faithfully photographed by
Stephens. Such plastic "Republican"
material -houkl not be thrown away.
Besides this, no one ever heard of a
horse or an ox. in all the land of seces
sion. That proved disloyal to the "dear
old flag," or that ever "opposed the
Government" by denouncing the plun
dering contractors. By all means,
Thaddy, let the "loyal" horses and
hulls into the ring! Can't the Consti
tution be so amended?— Simbury Dem
ocrat.
ROMANCE AND REALITY. —Many of j
the citizens of Pottsville no douht re-1
inexnber a handsome, dashing young !
officer of the Seventeenth United States
Infantry, Lieut. Ed. McConnel, who j
was formerly stationed here on the re-:
eruiting service. "Lieutenant Ned" •
was a brave and distinguished officer,
and being fine-looking, and of a "gay 1
and festive" turn generally, he was j
quite a favorite with many of the la-1
dies and "fast" men here.
Some time after leaving here the
Lieutenant rose to the position of a
Major, and was appointed Provost
Marshal of St. Louis. In the mean
time he contrived to be in Harrisburg
frequently, and became too intimate
with the daughter of Gov. Curtin to
-uit the fancy of the Governor, who fi
nally ordered him to discontinue his
visits.
One day, however, Major McConnell
and the Governor's daughter stepped
into the office of some magistrate to j
the Governor unknown, and were mar- ■
ried. The bride returned home, and |
not long after the Major called to see 1
her, when the 'Stern parent" objecting,
he was made acquainted with the true
position of affairs. Of course, he "ex
alted the antique Nicholas" generally,
but finally cooled down and proposed
to send his daughter, who was rather j
young, to a boarding school for a year j
before she entered into the responsibil- ;
ties of housekeeping, etc. This plan
was carried out, and the youthful bride
was sent off to a distant seminary.
Major Ned, liecoming dissatisfied j
with this arrangement, carried the j
young lady off again. But Major Ned :
the gossips say, was inclined to fast liv
ing, and the "course of true love" did
n't run smooth. The Governor went
to sea for the benefit of his health—Cu
pid did the same, probably, and the ro
mantic union of the Major and his
partner ended in a most unroinantic
-quabble. laistweeka bill of divorce
in their rase was passed by the Legisla
ture at Harrisburg,and the illy-match
ed pair were separated a.-> suddenly and
as much to the surprise of the gossips
as they had been united. Major Ned
is again a gay single man, and the young
lady a miss; and both parties will
doubtless be a little more cautious next
time about "tying the knot with the
tongue that can't be untied with the
teeth.''— Pottsville Standard.
OWING to the high price of meat of
all kinds, a company has been started
to manufacture pork out of pig-iron.
From the Portland Transcript.
POETICAL PATCHWORK.
I only know she came ant went Lowell.
Like troutlets in a pool Hood.
She was a phantom or delight, Wordsworth.
And I xss like a fool! Eastman.
"One kiss, dear maid,"' 1 aid, and sighed.
—Coleridge.
"Out ot those lips unshorn !" Long fellow.
She shook her ringlets round her head. Stoddard.
And laughed in merry sorn Tennyson.
Ring out. wild bells, to the wild sky, Tennyson.
You hear them, oh. myueart ? Alice Carey.
'Tis twelve at night by tha'astle clock. Coleridge.
Beloved, we must part! Alice Carey.
"Come back, come back,' she cried in grief.
—Campbell.
"My eyes are dim withfears — Bayard Taylor.
How shall I live thro' altthc days. Mrs Osgood.
All through a hundred years "' T. S. Perry.
'Twas in the prime of suomer time Hood.
She blest me with her hind. Hoyt.
We strayed together deepy blest. Mrs Edwards.
Into the Dreaming Lani. Cornwall.
The laughing bridal rosesblow, Palmore.
To dress her dark-browt hair. Bayard Taylor.
No maiden may with her-ompare, Brails ford.
Most beautiful, most rale ! Read.
I clasped it on her sweet told hand, Browning.
The prceious golden link. Smith.
I calmed her fears, and shewas calm. Coleridge.
"Drink, pretty creature, irink!" Wordsworth
And so I won my Genevieve Coleridge.
And walked in Paradise. llervey.
The fairest thing that ever freiv Wordsworth.
Aiwecn me and the skies Tennyson.
P.IM. VHP ADDRESS Hi HIS COXSTIT-
I'EXTS
The Metropolitan Record, of New
York, has been sofortuiateas to engage
that very respectable and highly hu
morous Georgia genteman, Mr. Bill
Arp, us a contributor to that paper.—
The following is his ti.st contribution:
Rr.yn ctaljut l\ tple :
I address you on thL okkashun with
a profound admiration or the great con
sideration and the nits discrimination
which caused you to lnuor me by your
votes with a seat in tie Senate of Geor
gy. For two momentis and inspirin
weeks the Legislator iave been in ,-nl
lem session, one of wiom L am proud
to be whiei). For sevtral days we were
engaged as shouts, nuking a sorter of
rekonysance to see vhether Georgy
were it State or Injun tervtory—wheth
er we were in the old I'n-ion, or out of
it—whether me and ny fokes and you
and your fokes were icmebody or no-
body, and lastly, but b; 110 means Last
ly, whether our pool little innocent
children, born durin tie war, were all
illegal and had to be lwrn over again or
not. This last pint artmueh unsettled,
but our witnen are atkised to be kalni
and screen.
My friends, our ain have honestly
been to git you all bade into the folds
of the gloryous old Un-ion. Like the
prodygal son, we had nuthin to live on,
and feelin Jonescme and hungry, have
been bowin ana scrapin and makin a
pologys for fiv or six months. We
have been staniin afur off for weeks
and weeks, but duru the calf do they
kill for us. They know we've got 110 t
hin, for they eat up our substance, and
as for puttiu ring- on our fingers, we
couldent expect ituntil they bring back
the jewelry they carried away. L can
not say, in the langwidge of the poet,
that our labor ha vt been a labor of love,
for we've had monstrous poor encour
agement to be shure; but we had all set
our heads towards the stars and stripes;
and we jintly determined that, come
weel come wo, sink or swim, survive
or perish, thunder or lightnin, we'd
slip back, or sneak back, or git back
somehow or somehow else, or we'd stay
out for ever and ever amen and be hang
ed to, so-called, I golly.
Up to this time it have been an up
hill business. The team was a good one
and the gear all sound and the wagon
greased, but the load are perhaps the
rnffest, rottenest eordyroy in the world.
It's pull upand skotch, and pull upand
skoteh, and ever anil anonymous the
skotch slips out and'hetung cuts round
and away we go into the gully. Andy
Jonsin is the driver, and he says, "Go
slow," and he hollers "Wo! wo!" and
loses the road, and then we have to go
back to the fork and wait till he blazes
the way. He seems to be doin his best
but then there's Sumner, and Satan and
Stevens and Davis aid other like gen
tlemen, who keep ho.lerin at him and
crackin his whip and umfusin his idees,
st that suintimes we don't know wheth
er he's gee-in or haw-in. My friends,
about them fellers, I don't know what
I ort to say. if you do,or if anybody
does, 1 wish they would tay it. I don't
encurrage cussin in noboily, not at all,
but if you know of a man that can't he
broke of it durin his natcral life, it mout
lie well to hire him by the year. If
there is in all history a good exkuse and
a proper subjeek, it L upon them heart
less, soulless, howelless, gizzardless,
fratrisidel, suisidel, parasidel, sistersi
del, abominabul, conteinptihul, disgus
tibul individuals. I surntimes think
of em till my brain gits sorter addled,
and I feel like becumin a volunteer :
convikt of the Lunatik Asylorum.—
Charity inclines me to theopinyon that
old Sumner are crazy. I think lie has
been gittin worse ever since he took
Brooks 011 the brain, and it do seem like
the disease have prooved contajus. If
they are for peace it must be the peace
that pa-seth all understandin, for we
can't fathom it in these regions. They
foutus to free the poor nigger, but did'nt
keer for the Union. The Western boys
fout us for the Union, but did'nt keer
for the nigger. By double teaming on
us they licked us and we gin it up, but
now the one dont want our niggers and
the other dont want our Union, and its
the hardest skedule to please em both
that a poor vankished peepul ever un
dertook. Its the most hardest war to
wind up that history records. Sumner,
Stanton and Company are still a fussin
and fumin about theeverlastin nigger;
want him to vote and make laws, and
squat on a jury, and want to prohibit
us Rebels from doin the same thing for
thirty years to cum! Jerusalem! where
isthecu&sinman? They say its all right
for a nigger not to vote in Connecticut,
bekaus there aint but a few of em thar;
and its all wrong for em not to vote in
Georgv, bekaus there's a heap of em
here, and they talk loglk and retorik
amazin to prove how it is. Well I
haint got a whole passe 1 of sense like
sum, but as shure as I'm two foot high
a nigger is a nigger, I dont keer whar
you smell hint, and a vote is a vote I
dont keer whar you drap it. I golly!
they cant git over that.
The truth is, my feller-sitizens, 1 sum
times feel like we did'nt have no Gov
ernment. I felt that way sorter when
.Mr. Gibson appointed me a committee
on the State of the Republik. When
the Sekretary read out my name all
mixed up with the Republik, i felt that
I was obleeged to renig. Risin rnages
tikuily to my feet, says I, "Mr. Presi
dent, I beg to be respektybly exkused,
sur. if you please, if there is Repub
lik on this side of Jordin, 1 cant pur
seve it at this time with these speks.—
Thar was a place in old Virginny called
Port Republik, but Mr. Rebel General
Stonewall Jackson wiped out its con
tents generally in 1863, and I havent
since heard of it in Northern literature.
I have heard of a scrub consarn over
■about Washington, they call a Repub
lik, but sur, it are likely to prove the
grandest imposture that ever existed
on a continent of freedom. I suppose,
sur, it are to he moved to Boston, or
the infernal regions in a few days, and
1 want nuthin to do with it. Exkuse
me, sur, but I must insist on bein re
spektably discharged." I took my seat
amitl the most profoundest and tumul
tuous silence ever seed, and Mr. G. re
marked that he wouldent impose the
Republik on no respectabui man agin
his wishes. He then transferred me to
the Finants Committee, and sed he ho- i
ped we would take immediate action,:
for the State had no money, as well as !
himself, and board was high and eat
seteras frequent. This may not have
been hisexaktual langwidge, but isan
glin toward it. I bowed my head and
said, "Ditto, excep that I dont eat set
eras." Forthwith I telegrafed varyous
gentlemen for a temporary loan, but
they wouldent lend a dollar until Mr.
Jenkins wer norgarated, for they want
ed his name to the note. Thinks, says
1, there's a tap lost about the wagin. if
we are a State, we can borry money in
Augusty. If we aint a State, its none
of our bisness to borry it at all. If An
dy wants to run the masheon his own
way, let him pay his own expenses.—
What in the dickens is a Provishnnal
Government for, if it ainttogit uppro
vishttn and provide for a feller gener
ally. 1 made up my mind that perhaps
we had been yumorin Andy about long
enuf. We had a.i much right to a Gov
ernor Alabama or South Carlina. He
wants us back about as bad as we want
to git bark, and a little badder, pre/taps;
and he needent put on so many unnes
sessary airs about this Senator bisness.
If he fools much with us we wont elect
nobody—l golly! we'll take the studs
and go hack wards. I forthwith return
ed to the Capitol, and stretchin forth
one of my arms, ses I, "Mr. Gibson,
sur—l'm your friend—l'm the friend of
your wife and children—but if Mr. Jen
kins aint norgarated soon the State will
collaps; a bright and glorious Mar will
be obliterated from off the striped rag,
and the President will lose about nine
supporters in the Federal Congress. 1
move, sur, that if we cant git our Gov
ernor at once like a tine qua mm, we
break up in a row and depart for Mex
ico." It took like small-pox, and were
carryed toomultoously.
THE RK3IIT OF WHITE MEN TO VOTE
TO ItE DECIDED BY THE NEGROES.
The Blackest Tiling Yet.
We had thought that in the multifar
ious forms in which the negro had been
thrust before Congress and the people,
that the very darkest shade of negro
legislation had been reached. But on
Tuesday morning last we were, we
confess, surprised to find a piece of
Black legislation offered in the House
by Mr, Rroomull, of Chester county,
which fairly 'takes the rag off the bush.'
Here it is:
Mr. BKOOMALL I Pa.) offered the fol
lowing:
Whereat, Adjust government derives
its powers from the consent of the gov
erned: and whereas, the best way of ob
taining that consent is through the hal
lot-box : and whereas , the white men
of the District of Columbia have by
that means decreed that, in their opin
ion, the black men of the District should
not be allowed the right of suffrage:
therefore
Resolved , That the Committee of the
District of Columbia be instructed to
inquire into the expediency of order
ing an election, at which the blacks of
the Districfsha 11 decide by ballot wheth
er, in their opinion, the white men of
the District should be allowed the right
of suffrage.
Mr. SPALDING (Ohio) moved that
the resolution be laid upon the table,
and this was agreed to—yeas, 138; nays,
12, namely:—Messrs. Ashley (Ohio)
Ashley (Nevada); Brooma 11 JGrinnell,
Hale,'Henderson, Higby, Kelso. Long
year, Starr, Stevens, and Williams.
The more conservative of the negro
worshipping sheets afl'ect to rail it
"Broomall's joke." But when we find
twelve Republican Congressmen voting
for it including old "Thad Stevens" we
think WHITE people will scarcely re
gard it as much of a joke. Can any
Republican get up anything blacker
than the Broomall resolutions above
quoted ? if he can, he ought to have a
premium.
White men are at a heavy discount in
the present Congress.— National Defen
der.
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5.333.
DAHOMEY AT HARRISBURG!
BLACK, BLACKER, BLACKEST!
MORE NEGRO LEGISLATION!
MR. HOUSEHOLDER IN A FIX!
THE REPUBLICANS IN A MIX!
In the Senate of Pennsylvania, on
Monday last, the question of Negro
Suffrage was introduced and voted up
on. It will l>e seen by the proceedings
which we give below that all the "Re
publican" .Senator* voted Age , except
HOUSEHOLDER, from this district,
and Ridgvvay, of Philadelphia, both of
whom dodged. All the Democrats
present vobnl NO. On Wednesday, the
subject was again under consideration,
and Lowry, Rep,, of Erie, took Mr. ;
Householder to task for not voting.—
The refractory Senator then stated that
he would vote upon the question when
the proper time came. We are quite
anxious to know how our Senator will
vote when "the proper time comes."—
These proceedings make Negro Suf
frage an issue in this State, in the com
ing campaign. The "Republican" par
ty i- clearly committed to it by thi* ac
tion of its representatives in the Senate. ;
We give the proceedings of Monday I
and Wednesday below:
Mr. Landon, Rep., offered the fol- j
lowing preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, A bill enfranchising the
colored citizens of the District of Co
lumbia lately passed the lower House
of Congress, receiving the earnest sup- j
port of our Republican members; there
lore be it
liesolred, by the Semite and House of
Represented! ITS of Pennsylvania in Ren
era/ Assembly met. That we approve
and commend the action of our mem- j
hers in their support of this measure,
and our Senators are requested and
hereby instructed to vote, for the same.
Resolved , That the Governor be re
quested to forward to each of our mem
ber.- and Senators in Congress a copy of
this preamble and resolution.
The preamble and resolutions pass
ed on-ccond reading by a striet party
vote.
The following is the vote on the first
resolution:
YEAS —Messrs. Bigham, Browne,
Connell, Champneys, Dunlap, Graham,
Haines, Hoge, Landon, Lowry, M'-
Conaughy, Xicholis, and Shoemaker—
M.
NAYS —Messrs. Beardslee, Glatz.
James, Latta, Montgomery, Randall
and Wallace—7.
Messrs. Householder and Ridgway, j
Republicans, declined to vote on the
question.
A motion was made to suspend the
rules and pass the bill finally, but was ;
disagreed to, two-third- being required
—yeas 14. nays 8.
The Senate then adjourned until to
morrow morning at eieven o'clock.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 1866.
The Senate was called to order at II
o'clock, a. m., by Speaker FLEMING.
Prayer wu- offered by Rev. James
< older.
ANNEAL REPORT OF BLIND ASYLUM.
The SPEAKER presented the an
nual report of the Institution for the
instruction of the blind. Laid on the
table.
The resolutions offered by Mr. LAN
DON, Rep., yesterday, approving of the
action of the Republican members of
Congress from this State, in voting for
the act granting the right of suffrage to
the colored men of the District of Co
lumbia, and instructing our Senators
to vote for the same, came up on third
reading.
Mr. DUNLAP, Rep., moved to re
commit them to the Committee on Fed
eral Relations.
Mr. LOWRY. Rep., hoped the mo
tion would not prevail. The Senate
understood this question as thoroughly
as the committee possibly could. The
Senator from Bedford Mr. HOUSE
HOLDER) yesterday had an opportun
ity of voting on these resolutions, but
declined to do so. He wished to know
if this motion was to allow the Senator
to further screen himself; also, wheth
er he desired to "change sides" on this
measure. He wanted Senators to meet
the issue like men.
Mr. HOUSEHOLDER, Rep., said he
would vote on the question when the
proper time arrived.
Mr. LANDON moved to postpone
indefinitelv.
Mr. DUNLAP said that hi* object
was to allow Senators who were not
present yesterday to examine the reso
lutions and give them an opportunity
to speak on the same if they desired.
Mr. LANDON replied that he did
not want to see these resolutions smoth
ered. He thought every Senator read
the papers sufficiently to properly un
derstand the question.
Mr. HOPKINS, Dem., hoped that
the resolutions would be allowed to lie
over. He was ready and anxious to
meet the question openly before the
Senate but Thought that time should
be given for both sides to discuss the
I same.
Mr. LAN DON, wanted the i--ue met
fairly and squarely.
Mr. DONOVAN, Dem., was ready to
i vote for any day the Senator might
name to consider the resolutions to
; show him he did not desire to evade the
i issue. He thought there were too many
| friends of the red and black men in
this Senate to attempt that. [Laugh
l tf ' r -J
Mr. LAN DON then modified his a
mendment making the resolutions the
! special order for to-morrow, which mo
tion was adopted.
A jniv having been sent out on a
| plain ease of assault and batttery,
I where the evidence clearly convicted
the prisoner, came into court with the
| intelligence that they were unable to
agree. The court inquiring how they
stood, and what was the cause of disa
greement? one of their number stated
that it was his misfortune to be associ
ated with eleven of the most obstinate,
ignorant, beetle-headed men he ever
saw—they were all for conviction,
while he was unanimous for acquittal.
A iStafe fair is a queen; an agricultur
al fair is a farmer's daughter; a church
fair is a person's wife; an editor's fair
is the best-looking girl he can get hold
of; a charity fair is a female pauper;
and the most unpopular fare in the un
iverse is boarding fare.
THE SOI.WF.R VOTE FB4IIW OF PHIL.
AREI.PHIA.
Tiie Philadelphia Isedger, (conserva
tive Republican,) of the 24th, contains
the following deservedly severe reflec
tions ypon Given, the Republican can
didate at the late election who sought
to elect himself upon bogus soldier re
turns :
G IVEN'S ANSWER.— The public will
I have observed that John Given has put
in an answer to the petition of Major
Weaver. This was done on the 22d of
January, 18GG, more than three months
after Major Weaver was elected by the
people, and nearly three months since
John Given was handed a certificate of
election based upon fraudulent returns
of a pretended soldier vote, which en
abled him to defeat the will of the peo
ple as expressed at the election. These
three months have not been consumed
in any effort to show that the false re-
on which lie got Ills certificate
were true or legal, for that could not
be done. On the contrary, the grossly
fraudulent character of these returns
has been proven beyond all denial. But
notwithstanding this, they have ena
bled Given to get the certificate, and to
consume three months of time. Now
that they have served their purpose,
he abandons them. He says he knows
nothing about them, and swears that
he does not even know how many votes
were thus added to his vote. New pleas
are now set up to consume more time.
In the outset of his "answer" he pro
tests against the "vague, general and
indefinite" character of the petition of
Major Weaver, and yet what was stated
in that petition lias been proved, with
such particularity that it has compelled
Given to abandon the pretended soldier
vote. There is nothing "vague" about
the evidence of the Soldiers who swore
that the 19th Pennsylvania cavalry con
sisted of but jour companies, while
Given had returns from nine.
There is nothing "indefinite" about
the evidence of the officers and men
who swear that on the 18th day of Oc
tober that regiment was hundreds of
miles away from Baton Rouge, where
the Given election was alleged to have
been held. There is nothing 'general'
about the evidence of the officers who
testify that the rascals who made out
the "returns" from the 58th regiment
forged the names of men dead as well
as living, of the discharged men, pris
oners, deserters and all. Nothing could
be more clear, particular and conclus
ive. Hence Given abandons that vote,
but still swears that the complaint is
"vague and indefinite." But while he
protests against theconclusi vely proved
facts that have driven him from that
part of the case, he sets up a new idea,
which is "vague, general and indefi
nite" from beginning to end.
It was the pretended soldier vote,
which isnowprovedto have been fraud
ulent, that gave Given the certificate
he unjustly holds. Whirhout those
false returns he would never have re
ceived it. Having abandoned them, he
should abandon the certificate. If he
has a spark of manly feeling he will
do it; and then, if he really believes
there were other frauds, let him pursue
the case as a contestant. In that atti
tude he may consume time by his var
ious dodges to his heart's content.
A FANCY SKETCH.— AS there is a
chance of the District of Columbia be
ing turned into Dahomey and of the
Ebony class being metamorphosed into
voters, it will do no harm to draw a
fancy sketch of a scene at the polls.
We will therefore suppose the polls
open and a voter presents himself and
hands in his ticket.
Officer.—What's your name?
Voter.—Cuffcy.
Officer.—But your sur-name?
Voter.—Massa neber called me sir.
Officer.—Well, your baptismal name.
Voter.—Oh, gorry, neber was bapti
zed in dis lifetime.
Officer.—Well, your Christian name?
Voter.—No, Chris was de ole Massa's
name.
Officer.—Well, are there any others
named Cufl'ey in your Ward?
Voter.—()h, Gor-a-mighty yes, yah,
\ i, here am six Cuffeys in one house.
v >ffieer.—Well, which Cuffey are you?
Voter.—Why, I am dis identical
Cuffey what am standin' here.
< officer.—But how do you know your
self from the other Cuffeys?
Voter. —Why, dis Cuffey am a gem
man, de odder Cuffeys are all common
folks.
Officer.—But which of the Cuffeys
are you on this list of voters?
Voter.—Can't read 'em 'glyph ics.
< )fficer.—V ell, where do you live?
Voter.—Down atde hotel.
Officer.—Well, does any other Cuffey
live there?
Voter.—Gorry yes, dere am four or
six—can't count which.
Officer.—Well, what's your wife's
name?
Voter.—Lor-o-Massey, hain't got no
wife.
Officer.—Well, are the other Cuffeys
married?
Voter.—Neber seed 'em married.
Dey habone woman betwixt em all.
Officer.—Well, what age are you?
Voter.— Dat question is too mistica
tedfor dis child.
Officer.—Well, are you twenty-one?
Voter.—Neber counted more dan two
and had to count 'em one at a time.
Officer.—Did you ever pay a tax ?
Voter.—Yes, Massa he sent me for
tacks once but he paid for dat paper he
self.
Officer.—What c-iaim have you for
asking a vote here?
Voter.—l's a loyal contraban Amer
ican citizen of African descent.—Johns
town Democrat.
—During the passage of the District
of Columbia Negro Suffrage Bill, the
galleries of the House of Representa
tives at Washington, were crowded with
negroes, who applauded loudly when
the result was made known.