Uedfcnl fcetteJ . Friday Morning: February 9, 1866. PATCHING THE COXSTITTTIOX. The revolutionary party now in pow er, have resolved to undo all that the patriot fathers did to give peace and stability to the Republic. They have determined to remodel our form of government to suit their own fanatical j notions, though, in doing so, they leave us not a shred of the work of Washing- j ton. Madisonand their compeers. They ; have already stricken from the Consti tution, the recognition of the rights of those who held persons to service, but this great wrong is as nothing compa red with the innovations which are in contemplation. Should the score, or two, of amendments, which have been proposed in the present Congress, be tacked to the Constitution, that instru ment will be no more like its former self, than the patched coat of a beggar is like the garment which came new and bright from the hands of the tail or. Such a piece of patch-work as it would present, would be a caution to all workers in mosaic. But it seems that the black patch of the- Abolition Amendment is too flimsy to stick well to the texture of the Constitution. It is not at all of the same piece with the article to whicn it is tacked, and does not wear with it as it should. It is too thin in the web and too loose in the woof, and no thread, not even that of an argument *>y Thaddeus St. vi-ns, will hold it to its place. So that anoth er patch of blacker color and tinner texture, is to be laid upon the top of it, in the shape of an amendment to alter the hat-is of representation in Congress. This amendment, which was jiassed, by the requisite two thirds vote, in the > House of Representatives, one day last week, provides that representation | shall be based upon the number of in- 1 habitants, but all inhabitants excluded j from the right of suffrage, on account oj race, or color , shall not be counted in the apportionment of representatives. This is intended, first, as a blow at the j political power of the Southern States; j secondly, as a means whereby to coerce the people of those States into confer ring the right of suffrage upon the ne-1 groes. Thepurposeof the conspirators who are trying to foist this iniquitous scheme upon the people, is plain : if is j to retain power by curtailing Southern i representation in Congress, or by compel- j ling Negro Suffrage in the South, bi/ which last they hope to overcome the political strength of the whitdvoters. Should this amendment be adopted, the Southern paople would have no alternative but to submit to great loss, in representation, or to give the right of suffrage to the negroes. But this amendment cannot be adopted as long as Andrew Johnson is in the Presidential oflice. The Pres ident holds that the Southern States are in the Union, and are, therefore, competent to vote upon the question of the ratification of amendments to the Constitution. Now, it require* three fourths of all the States to ratify an a mendment before it can become a part of the Constitution. There are thirteen states which will not ratify this amend ment, just three more than the number required to dei'pat its adoption. I tut suppose that this proposition i>ecame a part of the law of the land, how would It affect the politics of the country? The census of 1860 gave the states late ly in rebellion, following represen tation, viz: Virginia .old) S; North Carolina 7; South Carolina, 4; Geor gia, 7; Florida, 1; Alabama. 6; Mis sissippi, 5: Louisiana, 6; Texas, 1: Arkansas,3; Tennessee, 8; making in all 58 representatives. Add to this the representation of Maryland, o; Dela ware, 1; West Virginia, 3; Kentucky. 9: and Missouri.!); and we find the * I full representation of the Southern state®, under the census of 1860, to be ; 85, Now, under the apportionment ba sed upon the census of 1860, and under which representatives in Congress art at present chosen, ail the inhabitant of the free states, white and colored, are represented; whilst in the South,' the whites, free colored and three fifth? oftho.se who were-lavesin 1860, areen titled to representation. If, therefore, the amendmentreferred to, were to l>eu dopted, it would strike from the rep resentation of the Southern States a.- many representatives as they were giv en in 1860, for their free colored and three fifths of their slave population. Were the ratio the same as in 1860, the amendment would strike from the Southern States, including West Vir ginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Mis souri, just 20 representatives, leaving the representation of the whole South at 65 members of Congress. The whole number of representatives, under the apportionment of 1860, is 2-11. Well, in 1862, when the popular feeling was about equally divided as to political parties, there were 65 Northern Demo crats elected to Congress, Giving 8 members from the "border States," to the Abolitionists, (which is more than tbeycangetatafaireleetionjif the Dem ocrats of the North were to do as well as they did in 1862, there would be 122 Conservative to 119 Radical votes in Congress, under the operation of the proposed amendment, giving a fair working majority to the true friends of the country. So that this last des perate struggle, this flurry of the dying Abolition whale, is not to IK- feared >N iuueh, after all. But prudent manage ment of the ship of State, requires it to be kept from underthetail of the ag onizing whale. In other words, the amendment is wrong in principle, and, therefore, should be defeated. 80I.ltIF.RS VS. NEGROES. The battle-scarred white men who I enlisted during the first two years of the war, have ;ietitioned Congress for an equalization of bounties, that is, to grant them the same bounty paid to those who entered the service at later periods. But the windy patriots in Congress cannot find time to consider! the claim- of white soldiers. The ev-j erlasting negro is of paramount iuipor- ] tance, in their estimation. He must i IK- legislated f<>r in tin* rir-t place, lie must h:\vt ,i "Civil Rights Bill," a| '•Manhood Suffrage Bill," a "Freed- ; men's Bureau Bill." and a thousand ! and one other bills. He must have ap- j propriations for schools, for his milita-| ry protection and for his general main tenance. But. a- for the soldier with a j white skin, he can wait. The legisla-j tion for the negro, at the present s<s--ion ot* ongress, involves already an ap-| propriationof TWKXTN MILLION'S' PER ANNUM, whilst not one cent has been voted to the crippled and physically broken down heroes, whose valor and fortitude alone could have given freedom to the black man. Let the soldier-citizens of the country turn their attention toward Washington and .see that Congress intermits long enough in its black fever, to do them jut ice. CAN any man afford to belong to a political organization which regards the So.iti'rn Abates a- out of the Un-j ion and the fe<Oration of States as ilis solved ? We say afford, beeau-e iden- ! titieation with such a party, is equiva- j lent to approval of a state of anarchy j which must result in irreparable injury : to the material prosperity of the conn- ' try. Again, can any man. who loves | political success, afford to adhere to j such a party? The experience of the j i past four years, has -hown that the I n- ! \ ion is pars mount in the he-.0-t- of the 1 i American people and that every other consideration, even civil liberty itself, ! weighed as nothing when thrown into the balances with it. No party can he ; successful which recognizes Disunion , I even though it be as a temporary expe i dient. (in this point Senator Doolittle j in his great speech in the U. S. Senate, ' a few days ago, warned his party in i thesp solemn words: "The loyal people | of Wisconsin, and of ali the states, ; have bs*ii figliting fqr th integrity of the Ciiion and the entirety of the flag; ; for pacifieatiou upon the basis of the j Union under the constitution. If this ' < oiigre-s will not act upon that basis, ! tin- next Congress will, (hat i- the ! corner stone. Whosoever shall fall up j on that stone will lie broken in piece- ; ■ but upon whomsoever it shall fall, it j will grind him to powder. Men and ■ cliques and parties may oppose and for ! a time postjione. But as stiri- as fo ! morrow ' -un shall rise, it will come." TIIF; Grains of Liberty, the venerable | organ of the glnrioii- Democracy of Fayette county, has evidently found 1 n-Soto'- Fountain of Youth, for though I upwards of three -core year- old. it conn*s to us looking as fre-h and spright ly asany of the "gay and incomparable" i juveniles among our exchanges. In j otb.er words, the Genius has In-en inv— j ted in a new and handsome dre-.-. We j wish it- proprietor, Col. Roddy, the ! eminent sueet- which In* merits. ! HON. L. W. HAU i- tile delegate ® from Blair county to the Disunion State Convention, with instructions to sup port Geu. Geary, for ((overnor. Why, i what a slight to mother Bedford i-thi-! j Our daughter Blair had no need to go ' away down to Cumberland county, to | find a candidate for (governor, when we haveone so prominent inourown mi l-t. Oh! perverse generation! are you de termined to verify the adage that "a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country ?" THE American Volunteer, publish- j ed at Carlisle, by Messrs. Bratton and Kennedy, has donned a suit of beautiful new tyj>e and is printed on a power pres. The Volunteer is now one of the prettiest, as well as one of the a hlest, papers in the state. Success to friends Bratton and Kennedy. W E are under obligations to our frieud S. S. McGibbons, Esq., of St. Joseph's, i Mo., for a copy of the proceedings of i the Conservative Convention held in St. Louis, in October last. i IOBXEY ON NEGRO SCFFKAGt. What did we tell you? During the last campaign we urged the people to take time by the forelock by defeating and rebuking Abolitionism. But the prophets of that sect, succeeded in mak ing the people believe that it was not their purpose, as was alleged, to favor Negro Suffrage, and thus managed to retain their hold upon popular favor. But what have we now? Bill after bill i- introduced in Congres- to confer the same rights upon the negro as those possessed by the white man. The leg islative machinery of Federal as well as State government, is strained to its utmost capacity to make white black and black white. The Disunion Aboli tion party has determined upon re-en forcing its ranks, with negro voters and is about to make the dogma of equali ty of tiie races the great overshadow ing issue before the country. John \V. Forney is a kind of weather-cock on; the Abolition church and his motions! generally show which way the wind | blows in that quarter. In a recent let-; ter to his paper, the Press, over his well known signature, "Occasional." he writes as follows: WASHINGTON, Jan. 2U, 1866. The pnimf r by the House or Repre-, sentativer. yesterday, of Judge Kelley's j bill, -rriking out the word 'white' from | ail laws and parts of law-., prescribing i the qualifications of electors iu the Dis trict of Columbia, devolve- a solemn duty upon every loyal citizen, l ite' vote was nearly -said—all tin- National ; Union meniliers but fourteen in the ! aflirmative—all the sn-cjilled 1 >uh rut- . thai were present in the negative. The i j—in- is made up; for whether the Sen- j ate -econds the bill or not and there is no doubt that it will prevail there at an , early day, and by a large majority , tin; ea-e wilt be carried to tie-people, and j will be discussed at every ttrcidc in the Republic. And it is one well calcula- j ted to awaken extraordinary inten-t. ; it tickings to tiie clas-of measure- coin pelie<l by the rebellion, as-ailed by the j traitor-imd their friends, and, in every ir.stami', taken up and carried through by the earnest support of the masses.— j Made a party question, it should be met with equal unanimity by the Union party every where. The powerful vote | of the House being but a reflection and j re-echo of the popular will, will doubt- j le>s produce a response not less decided, j The obedient Representatives must be j sustained by the obeyed constituencies, j I do not know a better time to meet j tliis issue than the present. It was i blind folly to -uppo-i- that we could stave it off. He was a madman who, supposed that the great In ion party would not is- called at last to meet the question of conferring the civil rights | upon four million of Haves rescued by the rebellion from their former ma— j ters; and there was no spot upon which the national authority could be eonsti-: tutionally exercised tVr the trial of the j experiment as the District of Columbia, j The objection to universal colored suf- j frage, on the part of those who were so i anxious to see it exercised by the re-! turned rebels, would have been equally vehement against qualified -utfrage.— Now they charge that ail the negro - arc TO VUlc* HIU tlltrii lllr v teen agonized had the te-i been intel ligence. because it would have opera ted against iarg. classes ol foreign-born whites. Let u> then prepare ourselves for fhe exciting controversy at hand. — The subject need not practically arise at the next election in Pennsylvania; i ut no bold and patriotic man will re fuse to show his hand, convinced, as he is, that in every Northern State to which the terms of the bill that yesterday pass ed the House, may be applied, will e ventually be agitated by the discussion of the principles therein contained.— Having met exigencies far more trying during the war, we must not shrink from this. A people that were pen etrated with attachment to country as to stand ready to sacrifice their own lives, and to give up millions of moii i ry, so that the country might Is- saved; | whose men. when not in the field, sus i tabled suspensions of the writ of hahros ! corpus, and all the strong mea-ures of the Govermneut, and whose women ! cheerfully surrendered their time and I their pleasures to endure unequalled I labors in those eharities which iinmnr ! talized their sex and our Republic at the same time-rsuch a people will not lie dismayed when they are called up on to say whether it was right to enun ciate and praeticalize the pledges of the Declaration of independence. When the institution of -lavery lay a mass of | ruins at their feel, and when they aire ! asked to organize Christian lilierty for I the victims of that infernal institution, lliey must not hesitate. Are you ready for the issue, my countrymen? I do not i fear your answer, fin contest will be most acrimonious, and probably some f Us may fall victims to our honest d<-- j votion to the truth. But tiie duty is our- to discharge, and we dare not postpone it to posterity. What a field ' for fhe young men of America! How, in the coming controversy, all the fun damental principles ofourWoverniiieiit, all the immortal maxims taught and practiced by the early teachings, for genuine Democracy, will arise, to in spire, to guide, and to strengthen them ! The very magnitude of the stake w ill give a rapture to the -trife, and the end will hf a Gorcrnnunf in which till flosses , will In i //tilled to Ifu stum privileges, and ■ wi/J rise by their virtue ant I or /a/I hi/ their ignorance and rice. OCCASION \L. uovKitxoirs HI:SS u.r. We publish <us inir outside, the last annual m*ssageof his Excellency, Gov ernor Curtin. It is an able and digni fied state paperand most happily avoids the discussion of politics. We hope it will be generally read. liliwk! filack ! ISliu-k ! The Republican majority in the Penn sylvania state Senate on Thursday of last week, endorsed the acfion of the members of Congress in their vote to force Negro Sutlrage in the district of Columbia. This action, beyond doubt or cavil, places the so-called Republic an party of Pennsylvania on the Negro Sutlrage, Negro Equality platform! What say the voters who have hereto fore acted with them. Will they en dorse and swallow it? They must! They have allowed themselves to be led on, step by step, to this point, and they must now adopt it. Next they will have to swallow Negro Suffrage for the South, and then Negro Suffrage and Equality in Pennsylvania! The i Black Flag is up—bow down to it, ye followers of "Bill" Sumner and mis cegenation Thud Stevens! — | Democrat, HAiUIfSBIKG LETTER. Slow le<rWlHon—Governor's Its roniwrvsllvr tone— Disappointment of the Rnrtlcals—fro NnlTraee Resoln linns—Who inatle the issue, Ac., Ac. HAURISBI HG, Feb. 6,18fi6. EDITOR GAZETTE THINGS leprisla tive drag their slow length along and our law-givers, in either house, don't seem to eare alout hurrying them up. I presume they want an excuse for vo ting themselves the usual increase of pay and so have concluded to remain here long enough tomaketheir constit uents believe that they are really ear ning their salaries. No legislation of any great importance to the people of the State, has yet been brought upon the tajiis, the majority in both house being occupied with petty bills gotten up to spite their political opponents and with watching the movements of "our Representatives and Senators in Congress." The Governor's message fell like a cold dour fa upon the heads of the Rad ical-. His careful avoidance of all al lusion to their favorite hobby, the -V< - </ro, —his cordial support of President Johnson's Re-toration Policy—and hi* reference to the bad faith with which the administration of .Mr. Lincoln act ed toward a large portion of the Penn sylvania volunteers, were any thing but agreeable t<> those miserable and restless spirits. The fact is that the Governor is not en rapport- with the leader* of hi- party. He feels that they are wrong oil the great is-ue of Re-union. 11- is too far-sighted a statesman to fail to see tiiat ultraism is ruin to the country, and too shrewd a politician not to divine that the people are against radicalism. I hope yet to see hiin stand with Cowan, Doniittle and Dixon, in open hostility to the wicked seheiio - of Stevens, Wade and Sinntier. and their Disunion eo-adju tors. In niy la-i letter, I -tated that the resolution* otiered in the Senate, toen dor-e tlie vote* of the Pennsylvania Abolition congressmen on the District of Columbia N-gro Suffrage Rill, had bis-n madethcspechil order for Wednes day evening last. Accordingly, when tlx- Senate assembled on that evening, the re-olution- were called up and de bated. Very able ami convincing speeches were made against the passage of the resolutions, bv Senators Dono van, Clyiner, iiopkins, Wallace and Latta, all Democrat*. Senator Hall, of Blair, also, opposed the passage of the resolutions, declaring that he was not in favor of mioualitted myro suffrage and endorsing the policy of President .Johnson. Senator I,owrv.of Krie,and other radical Senators -poke in favor of the adoption of the resolutions. On motion of Senator Hall, tin 1 resolution were re-o -niniitted to the committee on Federal Relations. All the radical senators, except Dowry, voted to re commit them, their purpose being to have them fixed up in a more insidi ous shape, before voting upon them again. But they are on the record al ready as having voted for them, on -.. .i.u 'vi-..., h-A issue and they must stand by it, or fall by it. So it seem* that little Johnny Cessna ha- prosceut-d you for lilwl! Ha! Ha! Ha! That is rich! Why, the man ought to sue the leaders of his own par ty for slander, for they are using some things against him, overt-he State, that are calculated to hurt, 1 tell you. Poor John! He changed his political coat because he couldn't be Governor by the nomination of the Democracy,and now he has n<> better show for theoffieethan he had while a Democrat. His new friend* love the treason which stabbed the Democracy, but they despise the traitor t<><> much to give him office. ______ LEX. For the Uazett ('I.CAK The Bedford Inquirer, of last week, vent* it- wrath at the disappointment which it- editor- feel at Judge King'- decision in the I hurt r.*. X't-nurr ease, by it- usual cry <f, Xittgt rXiftficrXij/fter ! It think-that if a white deserter is al lowed to vote, a negro ought also to he grant**! thesame privilege. Thi* prop osition isas transparent as mud. Nig gers must vote, because white men are not deprived of their citizenship on ac count of having failed to perform mili tary service! White voters who de sert from tin army, <>r tail to report when drafted, are amenable to military courts, and not tdjrhecivil law, a> every body knows. They can !>e punished by tho-e military tribunals,many degree, except that of depriving them of their citizenship. That belongs to the civil law, and that law must beadmini-tered by the civil court-. Therefore, a deser ter i- not a "traitor,"as the Inquirer as sume*'. There is no such thing as military (reason, and that i- the reason that President Johnson refuses to try Jefferson Davis liefore a military com mission, and insists that he shall he tri ed in a civil court. Desertion is not treason; it is only d-section; nothing more. 11 i* an offence for which cor poral punishment is frequently inflicted, but for which civil disabilities are nev er imposed, because military tribunals cannot impose civil disabilities. Ilence, desertion cannot operate t deprive a citizen of the elective franchise. But the negro race has always been exclu ded from the ballot-box [and from par ticipation in the affairs of government, because of it.- intellectual inferiority, and, per consequence, because of the danger to which the institutions of the country would be exposed, were they entrusted to the hands of such a race. Is the Inquirer answered? SCHOOL ROY. —Judge Patterson, Senator elect from Tenness*e, has been examined by the Reconstruction Committee. He thinks no Freedmen's Bureau is needed in East Tennessee, and that all the nation al troops may safely be withdrawn from the State. —The government warehouses at Fort Riley, Arkansas, were burned on Wednesday. Los# sl, COO,OOO. POLITICAL SIEUS. -Sixty-nine members of Congress have prepared speeches on the "recon struction" question. Their names have all been entered for "delivery" and they will have the tloor in rotation for that purpose. "Linked sweetness long drawn ofct!" —Thaddeus Stevens has made a ve hement speech against President John son, saying that if a king of England, some centuries ago, had acted as the President has, it would have cost him his head! —Gen. Geary is a prominent candi date for the Disunion nomination for Governor. There are some rods fri pickle for him by his fellow soldiers, that will give him a sound thrashing, should he be nominated. -A correspondent of the Harrisburg Tt'U tjruph, recommends Dr. \\ ilmer Worthington, State Senator from the Chester district, for the nomination for Governor on the Disunion ticket. —Dr. S. E. Duffield i* the delegate from Fulton county, to the Disunion convention to be held at Harrisburg, on the 7th of March. —The Clinton Dnnocrut is out in fa vor of Hon. HiesterClymer, of Berks, for Governor. Clymer would make a strong candidate. —Herschel V. Johnson lias been e leeted 1. S. Senator from the State of Georgia. A. H.Stephens was also elec ted but declined the honor. —A. K. MeClureand J. R. Tanker*- lv are the delegates from Franklin <-ounty, to the Disunion State Conven tion. >!!* I;I.I,AM:H H \F.WS. The -uni of two million six hundred and tifty thousand dollars in currency were issued to national banks last week, in addition to previous issu*s. The amount of national hank currency now in circulation i- two hundred and fifty one million three hundred and sixty tiiousand dollar*. —Letter* received in New York from Pari- say that Napoleon will certainly withdraw his troops from Mexico, im mediately, requesting only that the ! - nited State* shall remain neutral be tween the contending parties there. —During his visit at St. Domingo, Mr. Seward had an interview with President Baez,and expressed hi-grat ification at the reorganization of the 1 Jotiiiniean (iovernment. —Gen. Weitzell has ordered the ar rest of all armed persons lurking about the Rio Grande. A military commis sion at Brazos Santiago is investigating the Bagdad alt' ir. —General Howard has begun his lec turing tour in New England. He re ceives one hundred dollars for each lec ture. The fund thus accumulated goes to the erection of the Congregational Church in Washington. —Peru and Chili have consummated their offensive and defensive alliance. This i- equivalent to a declaration of war by Peru against Spain. It i- ex pected that Ecuador and Bolivia will join the alliance. i —Four Pennsylvania gentlemen, who recently visited John's Island, near < harleston, S. < purchase land, w ere ooilged to iiy lor tfietr lives trom the negroes, who claim the ownership of the island. It is rumored in Washington, that if the Freedmen's Bureau hill which has just passed the Senate, pa— es the House, the President will restore the writ of habeas corpus in the Southern States. —The merchants of Matamoras, to gether with the French, British, Span i-h and Prussian Consults, have pub lished a protest against the conduct of the I'nited States troops and officials on the Rio Grande. —The war debt of New York is .*lll - of Pennsylvania, -*">4,000,000; New Jersey. ?2fi,0<4(>,000. The aggregate war debt of all the Northern States i- JS'tOO.OIH •.000. —The President yesterday sent a nit s sage to Congress, announcing hi- nom ination of a minister to represent the I'nit"<l States in San Domingo. -The town of Bagdad, Mexico, was abandoned by the ITiited States troop ant i ly the Liberals, and reoecnpied by the Imperialists on the g<>th nit. -12.073 claim.-. involving the sum of s."iS.rs;i.o;ti, were received at the Second Controller's office in Washington, dur ing the month of January. --General Bennett, comiuanding in Charleston, S. lias ordered the gas work- in that city to be confiscated as captured property. The report that Juarez has tied to Texas is repeated. It is stated that lie brought a great deal of silver with him from Mexico, —A new life-saving apparatus applied to the launching of boats from ships, w as successfully tried yesterday at New York. —The OVonor Don, the well-known member of Parliament from Roscom mon, Ireland, arrived in New York on Wednesday. —War Detective Baker has been found guilty of false imprisonment in the Cobb brokerage case. Tie i- acquit ted of extortion. -The President, on Friday last,issu ed pardon warrants to three hundred North Carolinians. —Gen. Mower, commanding the dis trict of Galveston and Houston, Tesas, is coming North, to be mustered out. Warren, Xewcomb, of New York, lias given £lo,nun towards the endow ment of Washington (.Allege, Virginia. —Gen. Woods U;\s ordered the dis continuance of the military districts in the Department of Mississippi. WHY ? WHY don't theaholition paper-pub lish Senator Cowan's speech in support of the President's Restoration Policy? They are oppo-ssl to the President and his policy. Why don't the abolition papers pub lish the President's Special Message to the Senate in regard to thecondition of tin' South? They think it a "white washing" Message, and say so. Why don't the abolition papers pub lish Gen. Grant's Report on the same subject? They think it a white washing report, and say so. Why don't the abolition papers dis approve of the action of Congress in giving votes to the negroes in the Dis trict of Columbia? They are at heart in favor of it—their principles being social and political e quality of the negroes with the whites. Lebanon Advertiser. t ONCKK.NSION A I, NEWS. SENATE. FRIDAY, Fehruary, 2. i Mr. Sumner, after a preamble setting forth that by the recent Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, Con- j press may by appropriate legislation! enforce the prohibition of, introduced a joint resolution declaring "that in all the States lately declared to I>o in rebel lion, there shall l>e no oligarchy, aris toeraey, caste or monopoly invested With peculiar privileges and powers, and there shall be no denial of rights, civil or political, on account of color or race, but all persons shall be equal be fore the law, whether in the court room : or at the ballot-box, and this statute, j made in pursuance of the Constitution, ! shall be tne supreme law of the land, anything in the (Constitution or laws of any such State to the contrary notwitli i standing." It was laid on the table | and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sum iter 'pave notice that he should move this (joint resolution as a counter proposition j to the Constitutional amendment pass ed by the House. A petition of cer tain'citizens of Wisconsin asking that the "late rebellious States'' lie required to allow negroes to vote as a condition for rearimission was presented. It was 1 referred to the Committee on Recon struction. The bill allowing postape stamps and envelopes to be sold on cred it was taken up and passed. Mr. Trum i bull then called up the bill to protect ail persons in their civil rights. Speech es were made on the subject by Messrs. Davis, Trumbull, Guthrie, Hendricks, Ijtne, of Indiana, Cowan and Sauls burv. Sifter which the question was tak en on Mr. Hendricks, amendment, and it was rejected by a vote of yeas 7, nays :{f). An amendment of a stringent char acter was then offered by Mr. Morton and adopted, and the bill was then pass ed by a vote of yeas SI, nays 12. ihe provisions of the bill are piven in the proceedings of Congress. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, February 2. Mr. Raymond asked a reconsideration of the vote by which certain papers presented by his colleague Mr. Brook-* were referred to the Committee on E iections. lie desired the reconsidera tion that the contestant might he heard. A long discussion ensued, which was kept up—with a brief intermission to allow of the reception of Gen. Meade —until nearly the close of the session. HOT SE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday, Feb. Sj. In the Enited States House of Rep resentatives. on Saturday, a bill was in trodueed for the improvement of the of Cleveland and Fair port, on Lake Erie, and it was referred to the Commerce Committee. The appropri ation bill reported by Mr. Stevens was made the special order for Monday. A j bill was pas-ed extending to those who have lost one foot and one hand in the j naval service, the same pension as is : allowed to those who havesuflered such loss in the army. The lili to enlarge thv powers of the Freedmon's Bureau was then debated until the adjourn- THE FREED NEGRO. —It was gener ally supposed that when the negro was freed, the discussion in Congress con cerning his condition would cease; but, on the contrary, it is kept up with more virulence than ever. It is insisted by the radicals that the negroesare nation al wards, whose interest-are to lie pe culiarly looked after, and the conse quence is nearly every hill in *otigre—- has reference m the bestowing of some franchiseinenr or endowment upon them. Under this state of things, with the negro a ward and the country his iruardian, we may cease to hope that tne rtiscussion tUxtui nim will discon tinue, or that it will be remembered in < Ymgress that any white men are their constituents.— Eoaton Sentinel. Sf 'E< 1.1 L XO TI( ES. ALLCOCK'S PG iters PLASTERS.— These plasters have the compactness of kid leath er and the flexibility of a silk glove. They have cured varicose veins and external aneurisms For all affections of the chest, weight about the dia phragm or upper portion of the bowels, in cold? and cough?, for injuries of the back, forall strains or bruises, for a weak back, for nervous pains of the bowels, and other nervous affections and cramps, for heart affections.—in all these cases they have to he used to be properly appreciated. DR I.T HENDERSON S LETTER Farnville, Louisiana. March 6, ISSO. Dr. T. Al.nrocK, —Sir: I have been suffering un der a severe attack of neuralgic disease id' my bowels for years, with hypertrophy of the heart, and have tried everything known to the practice of medicine from the very best M. D s: but truth prompt? me to say that your plasters have given me more permanent relief than anything I have u-cd, and 1 believe will produce a perfect cure. The counter-irritant effect of your plasters is produced in such a mild and gradual way. they so invigorate the circulation around the parts to which they arc applied, and exert upon all nerv ous diseases such a great sedative influence, that I place them confidently at the head of every plas ter now in use. Yours, truly, I. T HENDERSON. M D. CONQUER EARLY.— I The tendency to graynesa by promptly attacking the GREAT KNF.MV to personal beauty, with the most popular article of the day, CHRISTADORO'S H AIR DYE, which, like Sherman'.-. Legion, ••knows no such word as tail." Under ita application the blauks eouic out brilliantly, and the browns of every shade appear Manufactured by J. Christadoro, No. t> Astor House. New York. Sold by Druggists. Applied by all Hair Dressers. Jan. 12. t>6 To < ONKUMPTIVKS. —'The advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks by ; a very simpie remedy, after having suffered for several years with a severe lung affection, and that 1 dread disease. Consumption—is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the menus of euro. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge), with the direc tions for preparing and using the same, which ! they will find a sure CIHK for CONSVMPTION. ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS. Colons COLDS, and all Throat and Lung Affections. The only object of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit the afHieted, and spread information which he eonceiv - to be in\aluuble, and be hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, run, by re turn mail, will please address RKV. EDWARD A WILSON, Williamsbnrgh. Kings Co.. New York. Jan. 5, 'fit!—ly. ITCII! ITCH! ITCH!—SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH !—WHKATON'S OINTMENT will cure the Itch in 4S hou'S. Also cures Salt Kheum. Uloers, Chilblains, and all Krtiptien* of the Skin. Price Aft cents. For sale by all Druggists. By -ending lift cents to WEEKS A POTTER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington street, Boston. Mass., it will he forwarded by mail, free of postage, to any part of the I idled States. Sept. 22—fun. ERRORS OK YOUTH. -A" Gentleman ; who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Pre mature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in discretion, will, for the sake ot suffering humani- j ty, send free to all who need it, the recipe and di reetions for making the simple remedy by which i he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertisers experience, can do so bv addressing JOHN I! 0(1 DEN, No. IS Chambers St., New York. Jan. d, S6—ly. CATARACT,4OYEARS.— Mrs. Ashcum | from Bedford. Pa., stopping with her siater, Mrs. ! Williams, near the corner of Baldwin and Penn Streets, has had Cataract on both eyes over forty vears causing total blindness for the last 9 years - j "Lately Dr. Sterrett removed the cataract. She . now sees to read without the aid of glasses. Jan 12~3m Im. TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LIKIUBST—PIRV BOTTLFS AT O*F DOLLAR. for thf cure of Umenef". gcmtcbeß. wind galls. s P r#j D , bruises, cute, colic, slipping stifle, over beatics; soro throat, nail in :he foot, etc. It is warranted cheaper and better than any other article ever fered to the public. Thousands of animals bay. been cured of the colic and over-banting by thi- I.iniment; and hundreds that were crippled and latne have been restored to their former vigor It is ued by all the first horsemen thronghooi the States. Orders ar" constantly received from th*. Racing Stables of England for fresh supplies <-f this article Over 2.500 testimonials have tn-en r „ reived. Remember, $1 laid out in time may >;n> the life of your hor-' Sold by all druggi*,-;. tif. fi< e 56 Cortlnndt.St New York Jan. 12, '66—lnt. • STHAVf-E, BI tTRI E. Every YOUA-V lady and gentleman in the I'nited States j,,/". , something very much to their advantage hv re turn mail (free of charge,i by addressing tb"- uc 1 dersigned. Those having fears of being hnmh-ij. ged will oblige by not. noticing this card Other i will yilease address their obedient servant THOS F. CHAPMAN, 831 "Broadway, V w y,, t(j Jan. 5, '66—ly. Attorneys at £;ut\ | JOSEPH W. TATE, ATTORNEY f J AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA. Will proi at!h attend to collections of bounty, back pat, and all business entrusted to his care it, Hw); : and adjoining counties. | Cash advanced on judgments, notes, miiitan and other claims. Has for sale Town lots in TatesviHe. and s- . i Joseph's on Bedford Railroad. Farms anil . proved land, from one acre to 300 acres t purchasers Office nearly opposite the "Mengd Hotel j Bank of Reed A Schell. April 1, 1865—1y lADWARD F. KERR, ATTORNEY j AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will punctual!, ami carefully attend to all business entrusted to hiseitre. .Soldiers'claims for bounty hack p,,, Ac., speedily collected. Office with II Nicode mm. Esq., on Juliana street, nearly opposite the j Banking House of Reed A Schell April 7, 1865. J. R. Dt'RBORROW. j JOHN LtT7 nE RBOKRO W A LI" T Z ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA Will attend promptly to all busit.c-- intrusted to their care. Collections, made on the -hortest no- I tice. They are, alo. regularly licensed Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution ■ of claim-- against the Government for Pension. ; Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lauds, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the ; "Mengel House/ and nearly opposite the/ , ore office. ! | 1)1-1 N P. REED, ATTORNEY AT M LAW, BEDFORD. l'A Respectfully t.-u.ier • his services to the pnbhe. Office second door North of the ilengel llou-e. ■ Bedford, Aug. I. 1861. JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT f I LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly attend ■ to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection of i Military claims. Office on Juliana street, nearly opposite the Mengel House. Bedford. Aug. 1, 1861. ITSPY M. AIJSIP, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to fai care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military claims, back pay. bounty, Ac., speedilv collected Office with Manti & Spang, on Ju'iana street two door* South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22. IHt, P. M. KIMMELL. 1 J. W. UXGEXFELTER KIMMELL a LIX<iENEELTEII. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, REPPORD. PA, Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors Sooth i of the •Mengcl House. " /i IL SPANG, ATTORNEY AT VJ, LAW. BEDFORD. PA. W ill prompt!* at j tend to collections and all business entrusted t ! his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. ! Office on Juliana Street, three doers south of ths I -Mengel House," opposite the reidenc of Mr ! Tnte. i May 13.1M4. I Jxo. H FILLER. J.T. KKACI. 1a 1 LEER A* KEAGY have formed a partnership in the practice of the law A: i tent ion paid to Pensions. Bounties and Clainn j against the Government. Office on Juliana street, formerly occupied by Hon. A. King. March 31, '65. Vhusuians and fkntists. 1) H. EHXXSYE. M. lb, BLW . Rrx, Pa.. ,late surgeon ofith P. V. V.. ter | der< his professional services to the people of tba' j place anil vicinity. Dec. 22. 65-ly* ll r W. JAMISON, M.D., BLOODI l| RUN, Pa., tenders his professional serv: | ces to the people of that place and vicinity. Offiet | one door west of Richard Langdon's store. Nov. 24. '6s—ly nK. J. L MABBOURG, Having permanently located, respectfully order ; his professional services to the citizens of Bedford. 1 and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite j the Banking House of Heed it Schell. Bedford. February 12, 1864. jC. X. Hli'KOK, | J. G. MIXXII'H. JR, nENTI S T S , BEDFORD. PA Office in the Bank Building. Juliana tit. Ati operations pertaining to Surgical or AD chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war ranted. Tut ms —CASH. Bedford, January 6. I s 6o. i JACOB KEEP, j J J. SCHEtI, 1) E K l> A X I) SC 11 E E E. \ Hankers and ! I) E A EE R S 1 X K XCH A N BEDFORD. PA.. DRAFTS bought and sold, collection? made an' i monj.v promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. ' G. W. RtCF O. E. SHAXXOX' F. BEXEM rT J)!"!'!', SHAXXtIX A-CO.. BANK \ ERS. BEI>FORI>, PA. ; BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT I COLLECTIONS made for the East. Rest. Nor'! i and South, and the general business t Eschaß*' i transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected air j Remittances promptly made REAL KST.U' | bought tni^sold. Oct. 20. l v ' Notices, j OYES! O YES! WILLIAM DIBERT. AI CTIONKFB | The subscriber having taken nut j auctioneer tenders bU service* t< all his old j Person? desiring an auctioneer will find it tageou? to Rive him their pa iron age. Posi Hchlre*-*. IJKPFORI), P.< j Jnu I<4, \VM j 4 UUTIONEKRING.—TIw a,r ' signed, thankful for past tavote, itUA l ''" j vices to the peopleof Cumberland Valley as-' l"-'- | donderry townships, to cry vales of real p ! '' j personal property. Ac lis will guarantee I faction to all who employ him. Nov. 24, mi—Oni# " JOHN DICKE-V YTOTU'K.- —Having lvmovt-d tPJ Bedford oounty I lett all my notes m hands of S Bender, Esq, at Bloody Ran. lection. All persons knowing themselvesindfcc • to jue by note will pay the same to him. Jan Hi, 6-rtt " P. G SiORuAKI MRS. E. Y. MOW&Y sEEbiNb OFF AT COST. Cloaks, Balmoral and H"? Skirts, Shawls, Hats, Bonnets, Ac.. Ac. . 4" AH who have accounts standing will p-'' B call and settle. [Pec 22- 01 E)F.I>EORI> < >1 E COMPAN Y.—A ll | persons who haw subscribed t" the Bzntor- Cot NT v Oil. COM PAX v. are requested t pay first instalment forthwith, to George W. H" M Treasurer The Company are now ready to eo mence the work. JOHN McVlf kh*' JOHN S. STCCKKY. Sec'y. Dec 15. '65. TIT AN N ERS, ATTENTK >N ! —-A n< u I "ianucry, in good order, containing one D"' three limes, three baits, five leaches, thirl*--"' - ly-a-way vats, with the necessary number of n<JF dlers, in as good n location as can he found in ce fordcounty. for rent. For further information at this office. Nov IT, "J --HOTEE FOR i I EXT.- -Thf under signe<l nff.-r lor rent their hotel, situated in the borough of Bloody Run. from the first ot A!' next. The building contains twelve largo na'C" including parlor and bar-room There is 5 .? attache! for fifty-five horses: a large yard i"- r ' of the hotel; making the best stand in BloodFtvU.. Also, eighty acre* of laud, in grass, in said ough MARTHA L. TATB, Jan 36—3t SAMUEL B. TAIB-
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