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SPRING ELECTIONS.
The importance of electing upright
and efficient officers of election, was
fully demonstrated last fall, by theeon
duct of many of those officers in dis
franchising hundreds of lawful voters
in this county. Let this lesson not be
lost upon the Democrats of Bedford
county. Surely, the experience of last
fall should make every man of us watch
ful as to whom we select as guardians
of the ballot-box. Shall white voters
be disfranchised, in order that members
of Congress may be elected who will give
the negro the right to cote? This is the
question that is to be decided by tin
voters of Bedford county, on the 10th
of March, inst., as they deposit their
ballots for Judges and Inspectors of E-
lection. Democrats, this issue is one
of vital importance. Let not a man
of you lag behind on election day. If
you want to rescue your country from
the clutches of the men under whose
misrule it is groaning, now is the time
to begin the good work. Organize in
every nook ancf corner! Nominate tick
ets in every election district and vote
and work for their success. Let no lo
cal differences, no per-onai jealousies,
no disappointments of any kind, indn-e
you to stay at home. Who would throw
his own individual interests in the scan as
against the welfare of the Republic.' Oh !
men of Bedford county! we beseech
you be not so blind to your own best
interests, as to permit any possible sug
gestion, or motive, to stand between
you and the Democratic ticket on the
loth of March! We appeal to you br
avery consideration of duty, bv every
lesson of the past, by every hope for
the future, to rally for the cause of your
race and of your country ! The shout
of victory comes from our Democratic
brothers everywhere. Now, let u- see
what Bedford county can do. Up,
guards, and at them !
THE GREAT VETO.
On our outside will IK- found the mes
sage of President Johnson, returning
to the Senate of the United States, with
his objections, the "Bill to Enlarge tin-
Powers of the Freedmen's Bureau."
The message, as a state paper, i.- by far
the ablest that lias proceeded from tic-
Executive office during the last five
years. But it needed not ability in the
message to producea sensation the most
profound that has agitated the public
mind, since the shudder of horror that
ran along the nerves of the people at
the sound of the guns of Sumter. How
different, though, the excitement caus
ed by the news of this veto, from that
which shocked the popular heart when
Abraham Lincoln invoked the martial
spirit of the nation. Then, gloom and
sadness pervadeilthe land and the fierce
ness of sectional hate raged in the breasts
of the populace. Now. the booming
of cannon, the ringing of bells and the
shouts of the multitude, proclaim tid
ings of great joy, tiie overthrow of a
gigantic combination against the liber
ty of the white race in the South and
the material interests of the whole peo
ple of the Union.
The message sets forth that the ve
toed bill is unconstitutional, because it
creates a tribunal for the trial of offen
ces, from whose decision there is no ap
peal, the erection of which tribunal is
expressly contrary to the organic law
of the Republic; that it regards the
Southern State* a-- out of the Union,
and yet proposes to tax them as other
states are taxed; that it creates mil
lions of public beneficiaries who are to
be fed, clothed,and educated at the pub
lic expense and maintained in idleness,
simply because their skin is black, that
it gives to the President powers which
no Republican ruler, in time of peace,
should lie permitted to exercise; and
that it proposes to take away the prop
erty of citizens of the United Stutescon
trary to that provision of the Constitu
tion which declares that "no person
shall be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law."
In connexion with these grave objec
tions to the bill, the President urges
that each state is entitled, under the
Constitution, to at least one Represen
tative and two Senators in Congress,
and that the Southern states, being to
tally excluded from siioh representation,
the wishes of their people in regard to
this bill, which is intended to operate
peculiarly upon them, are unexpressed
in the Federal.Legislature, These ar
guments against the bill are plain, thor
ough aud comprehensive. No man
can fail to see their force. The veriest
Radical must acknowledge their sound
ness. But we can not add to their weight,
by any words we may write in their
commendation. We only ask that all
will read the message, and read it care
fully and without prejudice.
THE city of {Syracuse, N. Y., has
elected the Democratic ticket, by a
A POLITICAL EARTH-QUAKE!
Thunder From the White House!
ANDREW JOHNSON IN THE FIELD!
First Bull ttnu of the Radical* !
A great meeting was held at Wash
ington, on the 22d ult., (Washington's
birth-day) for the purpose of sustain
ing the President's veto. The meeting
was held in Grover's Theatre, which
was jammed full of people, whilst im
mense assemblages were addressed in
the streets. After the adjournment of'
the meeting at Grover's, the multitude
in attendance, wended their way to the
White House, where they were addres
sed by President Johnson. We find it
impossible- to make room for the re
marks of the President in this issue,
but will publish them at length in our
next. Suffice it, for the present, to say
that the President took occasion to ex
pose the radical leaders in Congress in
their true character and to lay open his
own determination- to stand by the
Constitution which he i* sworn to sup
port. His speech is a staggering blow
to the Disunionism now so rampant in
the "Republican" party and shows
clearly that he will -ever himself en
tirely from that organization unit— it
abandons lis extreme and radical pur
pose-. The language of the President,
upon this oe asion, was of the bluntest
sort. He tli l not hesitate to call things
by their plainest name-. For instance,
he said he had opposed the Davise-,
the Toombsts and the Slidells. in the
South, when they strove to break up
the Union; and now, when he found
men at the other end of the line, stri
ving for the same purpose, he would
oppose them also. When asked by his
hearers to name some of those men, la
said, "Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsyl
vania, Ciiarle- Sumner, in the Senate,
and Wendell Phillip ." These men he
pronounced Disunionists. When ask
ed iogive his opinion of John W. For
ney, lie said he did not "waste his am
munition on dead duck- !" Such were
the blow.- the President dealt the lead
er- of the cabal who have conspired t->
koepoui of the Union, indefinitely,elev
en state- which they thoin-elw- wen
wont to tell us had no right to go out,
could not go out and never got out, of
the National Confederacy. Thanks, a
thou-and times, thanks, to Andrew
Johnson for his noble stand in favor of
oar Magna Ctmrtaof Liberty! So long
as he tints comports himself in the
Presidential office, he deserves, and
will receive, the plaudit of the people,
I ell done, good and fabhfui ser
vant !"
THE C ABINET.
M rs. Seward, McCulloeii, Welles
and Dennison, of President Johnson's
cabinet, warmly support the principles
enunciated in the Veto Message. Mr.
Seward and Mr. Dennison both guide
speeches at the great meeting to en
dorse the President, held in New York
city, on the 22dinst. These men have
long occupied prominent positions in
I puolic life and have always been con
j sidered sound exponents of the doc
; trine- of the "Republican" party.
When thete-tiniony of "Republicans"
, like Seward and Dennison, i- against
| the constitutionality and propriety of
i the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, should
! not those who claim to be "Ropublie
j ans" pause before they follow farther
| in the footsteps of Thaddeu- Stevens
| and Charles Sunnier, the leaders of the
; majority in Congress? As was said, a
few days ago, in the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington, by one of
the radical leaders just named, "we are
treading upon earthquakes!" Great
political convulsions shake the coun
| try from centre to circumference. Now
political affiliations are in process of
formation. Men who were as wide
asunder as the poles, ;v few days ago,
are to-day, by the force of circumstan
ces, thrown into political association. As
in IK.Vt, when WebsterandC'lav, for the
sAke of Peace and Union, nobly step
ped forth from the ranks of the Whigs
and met, half-way, the conservative
leaders of the Democrats, so,now, Sew
ard, McCulloch, Welles and Dennison
forego their partizan prejudices, burst
the shackles of party organization and
show their willingness to stand upon
the common ground of conservatism
with the'r former political opponents.
If these leaders of the "Republican"
party can do this, why not the masses
who have so long followed their lead?
5' ' i. -
WE notice that in some of the daily
papers, the speech of the President, de
livered on the twenty second of Febru
ary, is garbled and otherwise unfairly
reported. In ohr next, we will print it
as taken down by one of the reporters
for the U. S. Senate and published in
the Washington Union.
Till- great legal controversy between
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
and the Atlantic and Great Western,
Catawissa and Reading Railroad com
panies, was, on Monday last, decided
by the Supreme Court, in favor of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, the
special injunction prayed for by the
TiiETresident's noble act in vetoing'
the monstrous Freedmen's Bureau Bill,
calls for an unusual effort on the part of
the conservative voters of the country,
at the coming Spring elections. Dem
ocrats and friends of Andrew Johnson ! j
if you permit the Disunionists to ob
tain a victory over you, through your |
lukewarmness, or local and personal
squabbles, the news will go forth as a;
condemnation of the policy of the Presi- j
dent. It will not do to say, "Oh ! this
is only a little township election!" Thej
slightest Indication of public sentiment,
is eagerly snatched at by the opponents ,
of Restoration. Ifyou would strength
! en the hands of the President, fend him
; majorities in your elect ion districts. Res
toration and Peace are of infinitely
; more value to you and your children
than all you have lost by the war and
all you expect to gain by making local
i dissensions. God is our witness that
we believe in our inmost soul what we
here say to be only and entirely for
your good. Bury your differences in
thegraveof forgetfuino-s; look only to
principle and your country's welfare;
and strike, now, and strike homo, for
liberty!
•Trust no future, how - er pleasant,
Let the dead Pa.-t bury its dead.
Act. act in the living Present,
Heart within and trud o'erhead
J. W. FORNEY, 1). i).. ha- come to
the conclusion that the President has
"Tylerized " the Abolition party. We
aregladto know that Forney think
so. The very fact that the quacking of
this foul bird is no longer to be heard
around the door of the White House
kitchen, is a source of relief to the
country. In order that our readers
may know how "treasonable" is the
conduct of this man Forney, we copy
from hi- paper, the Washington Chron
olc of the g:fd inst.. the following re
marks upon the President's speech : "A
more shameful and humiliating spec
tacle could scarcely be presented. It
more than confirms our previous state
ment with reference to that official.
Turning upon his best friends, upon the
party that elevated him to hi- present
position, and we may say, upon the
loyal people of the country, he deliber
ately throws himself into the extended
arm- of the Copperheads, the men
whose sympathies all through there
c at struggle for national existence
were unreservedly with the common
enemy. We do not stop to comment
upon this extraordinary speech. It
tells its own story. It will be read to
day by the loyal '.niUionsof tin* North,
with mingled shame and indignation,
and by the rebels and Copperheids j
with undisguised joy." Poor Forney! ]
his occupation's gone; that\< what - the I
matter!
THKOIJ) BALTIMORE C< INFLUENCE.
—The Baltimore Conferencepf the M.
E. Church, met at Alexandria, Va., aj
short time ago and resolved to sever its !
connection with the M. E. Church
North and to connect itself with the j
M. E. Church South. Bishop Early of
the latter organization, was invited to |
preside, which invitation he accepted, i
Rev. S. Kepler, formerly pastor of the j
M. E. < huroii at this place, was admitted
as a member of the Conference, and at
his own request was granted a super- :
nitinerary relation with Baltimore cir
cuit.
How I- IT? —Some of the Abolition
journals in this neighborhood, allege
that a negro was elected Constable of :
Gaysport, Blair co., a few days ago.
How is this, Bro. Traugh, of the liol
liday-burg Standard f
POMTSCAI, X V.W S.
—The Ncv Jersey Legislature has a- 1
dopted resolutions endorsing President
Johnson's policy. The legislatures of!
Maine and Massachusetts have adopted
resolutions cen-nring the veto of the
Freedmen's Bureau.
—The Disunion State Convention of,
Connecticut has nominated (Jen. Joseph
11. Hawley, for Governor, and O. F.;
Winchester, for Lieut.Governor. Hon.
James H. English is the Democratic!
candidate for Governor.
—Capt. John Hastings is the delegate j
from Jefferson county to the Democrat-;
ic State Convention, with instructions)
for Gen. (j. W. Cass for Governor, and
after Cass, for Gen. W. S. Hancock.
—Secretary Seward has telegraphed,,
from New York, to the President, that !
he sustains the speech of the latter!
denouncing Stevens, Sumner ami the
radical leaders.
—The Democrats of .Johnstown, at j
the election for borough officers, in that
place, a few days ago, gained 170 over i
last fall's vote.
—Hollidaysburg elected the Demo-!
eratic ticket, at its late borough elec-j
tion. The ground-swell is coining!
Another t'Ntirpntlon.
The President has an undeniable right
to bestow military titles, but we never
supposed that he would arrogate the
power of giving academical honors.—
He has done so, however, and on Thurs
day conferred on Mr. J. W. Forney the
degree of D. D. This looks like "u
--surping" the functions of the colleges,
and we advise Mr. Stevens to take it
in hand.— Aye.
Doiiorrnlir Victory in I,ock Ilnvcii.
SATURDAY, Feb. 24.—The borough
election held yesterday was a glorious
. The Deinocra
HARRISBtRT' LETTER.
Temporary AdjooriimoiC of the l.*;risl:i-
Inrc: Efforts of the IMnn.ionlat to os
enpe Hip issues forcMl upon the eoimlr.v
by the Katlieals: IXnuicriilir State t'oii
vention: probabilities as i„ the nomi
nee of the Disunion Convention: The
bill to disfranebise the laboring men of
i'lailntleiphiK: Efleet of the President's
Speech.
HAKRISIH KG, Feb. 26, 1866.
Editor Gazette: —The Legislaturehav
j ing adjourned on the 16th inst., not to
i meet again until to-morrow (27th) 1
have but little new- to communicate,
j What the object of this adjournment
can be, I am at,a loss to know, unless
the Disunion minority knew that Pres
; ident Johnson was about to veto the
Freedmen's Bureay Bill, and were a
i fraid thai if they remained in session,
during the excitement which that veto
would produce, they might be precipi
tated into too hasty action upon the
subject. The ■orniorants assembled
here perceive that the flesh-pots are
gradually -lippi ig from their grasp and
they know it it-quires the exercise ol
I great caution to retain their hold upon
i them. Every freeze that blows from
Washington ajitate- them like "a reed
1 j shaken by th< wind." But they will
have to meet tie questions which their
reckless brethrn at the Federal capital
, are forcing ujon tiie country. They
cannot, dare lot shirk them. They
may cry, I'.-ipAe . O wit! but they are
in the "suck" of the irresistible under
tow and tf(*y uiii-l choose between
Scyila a.id aarybdis. By the way,
i whilst I sun. writing upon til is subject,
I will -ay tjat i suspect that there is a
: quiet effort, in the part of some of the
j Disunion pot iieians, to have their State
i < '(invention postponed. They fear tmu
; hie in the pr -cut condition of things
: and hope tint by putting oli the evil
; day, they may escape it. M\ own opiu
'i ion i thatintiii- regard, a.- well a- in
, many another, "delays arebanjcrous."
In.one we; a from to-day, tiie Demo
i cratir state ((invention will a.—embk
I in the Hall of the House of Represen
| tativrs. The meeting of tiiis body will,
I bevoid quesi ion, be theiuost important
: assemblage of i lemocrats since the clos
j ing of the war. 11 will i>e the first Stab
Convention of any party held after tin
groat act of the Pr, sident in vetoing the
I Fired men's Bureau, it.- action with
; respect to the veto, therefore, will he
tin k ;,•-, ote to the course: of every fu
j tine conservative iiodv. i doubt not
I tint it will fully and unre-ervcdly sus-
I tail the wi-e and firm position of the
' Executive, and do every thing in its
i pover to enahie the jicopie to speak out
,I in hi- - qipoi". As to its nominee for
G<. -rimr. i ; ink there is no •iiange a-
I to frohabilities since l my last. The 110111-
! inJtion lies certainly 1.-etween Messrs.
('ljnier and < ass, unless some new can
diehte should yet be announced. But
I wb >ewr i hat nominee may be. no doubt
, is eitenniued here, now, of histrium
; phait election. The Disunion ("Bejiub
j licaP'-Abolition < 'onvention wiil meet
! (it Be call lie not revoked) on the 7th
pi'oj. As your readers are, doubtless,
aware, vbeprominentcandidates before
that body for Governor, are Messrs.
j Geary, Ketchuni and Mo re head. A
j week ago, Geary had the inside track,
but it is now very doubtful whether he
can oe nominated. The friends of the
I other candidates urge against him, that
he is a n /itr/ade, and -hire the Presi
dent's veto, this argument is not with
out weight, iam informed that of the
j delegates to tiiis Convention, from the
; city of Philadelphia, 16 will vote for
, Ketchuni, ."> for Geary and 1 for Mores
. head. This looks a little dark for the
■ friends of Geary. Morehead will re
! ceive a heavy vote in the Convention,
j and 1 shall not in- surprised at his nom-
I ination.
One of the most iniquitous niea. ures
! ever adopted by any political party to
j prevent the success of its opponents was
rushed through the legislature a few
j day- ago. it is nothing le— than a
scheme todisfraiiciiise the laboring men
of the city of Philadelphia. The mea
sure to which 1 refer, is a law requiring
that the polls he clo-ed in tiie city of
Philadelphia,at6o'clock. P.M.! Now,
i all who know any thing about labor in
cities, arc aware that the great mass of
laborer-, arc not dismissed from their
work until after the hour of six in the
evening. Hence, if the poor working
man wants to exercise the rights of
i a freeman, he must lose a part of
hi- day's wages (perhaps, the whole of
it), ilis family must either want for
j bread, or he must give up his right to
, take part in the choosing of his rulers.
Isn't tiiis an outrage? But the misera
i hie cabal that i- ruling us now, is equal
to any thing of this kind, no matter
i how monstrous.
The speech of the President, on the
j 22d inst., has caused a most intense sen
sation in political circles. It is worm
wood and gall to the Abolition Disun
ionists. They see in the distance plenty
jof "dead ducks." Poor Forney! His
; plate-licking operations in the White
House kitchen, are ended finally and
forever. Andrew Johnson is the Ne
mesis of the Democracy, and already
wc arc quite sufficiently revenged upon
| the traitor who sold us in 1860.
__ LEX -
For the Bedford Gazette.
SOI.DIDBS' MOM MEXT.
| Ta the People of Bedford Countp:
The public mind has for some time
J been considering the propriety of erect
i ing some suitable memento, in honor
of the men who have given their lives
in defence of their country, during the
war recently closed. Sonic of these
have been slain upon the field of battle;
some have died in our hospitals from
wounds and disease; some have perish
ed in prisons, and others have returned
to their homes, bearing with them the
seeds of disease contracted amid the ex
posures of thecamp, the prison and the
field, and, having lived to see peace re
stored. have died among their kindred;
all alike resigning their lives in a com
mon defence of a common country.—
Some repose amid their own native
hills and valleys; the remains of others
have not been, and cannot be recovered;
but it is proposed to erect upon some
suitable spot, a monument, upon which
the name of every one of Bedford coun
ty's heroic dead shall jbe inscribed.
tin wmmmrnmm
commenced the erection of suc-h monu
ments within their limits, and Bedford
county should not be behindhand in so
gratefu? a work.
In the counties having within their
| Utility our large and wealthy cities,
'magnificent and costly piles'will be
erected. In more rural locations, less
I ostentatious, hut no less appropriate
j structures will be reared. We, of course,
j can only emulate the latter.
I In several of the inland counties,
! sums have been raised by subscription
for this purpose, varying from seven
thousand to twenty-five thousand dol- j
lars. Bedford county should make the
, effort to reach at least the minimum of
1 these.
j At a public meeting of the citizens of
i theeouiity, held on Wednesday evening j
I of Court week, Feb. 14, the undersign
j ed were appointed a central committee
! for the purpose of undertaking this
work. Executive committees will be
l appointed in each borough and town
j ship toco-operate with the county com
mittee, in soliciting subscriptions and
: collecting statistics relating to the dead,
j so that not one name may be forgotten.
1 The l'riendsof the movement through- ■
out the county (and as far as spoken of |
I there seems to be a universal approval) |
are of one mind in saying that live l
thousand dollars is the least-sum that
' should be appropriated to this object,
and, from encouragement already re
ceived, the committee feel assured that i
all that is necessary to ensure success in I
so laudable an undertaking, in to have
i it brought to the notice of our citizens.
We, therefore, ask the active and im-
I mediate cooperation of the township
I and borough committee- (to whom due
; notice of their appointment will be giv
en! and of all interested in the matter,
j We al>o respectfully ask of the clergy
that they will read this notice from
their puipits, and recommend the work
to their people, and aid us by their in
fluence and personal exertion.
it may be proper here to state that
the Bed ford Cemetery Association have
offered to donate to the Monument
Committee as much ground as may be
needed for tins purpose, in one of the
; most beautiful and valuable locations
i in the cemetery.
' C. X. Hickok, Chairman,
ROT. Thomas Hoyden. Pn:-tnr of St. Thomas Cath
olic Church,
ltev. li. ilei'kemuiD, German Reformed Church.
Rev. A. R. Miller. Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev.'R. R. Sample. Presbyterian Church,
! Her. A E-sifck, Ev. Lutheran Church,
■ Rev. A .T. Burrow. Rector of St. James Episcopal .
i Church.
: Rev. F Benedict, Central Committee.
; Attest if. NicoJcmu.s, Secretary and Treasurer.
The followingare the Executive Com
mittees appointed for the boroughs and
l townships:
l)i ■/ford Binoayli —o E .Shannon. Esq., Hon. S
L Ru-seli, I RDurborrow. Esq.. B F Meyers, Esq.
lied ford Town t hip- —A B Cramer. I D Earnest
Blood iI Run linr. —Lieut. W P Barndollnr. S
i Bender. E-q.
Hrotul Top Tp —Capt Eli Eteholherjjor. John C. j
! Figart.
Coleraht —Capt X 0 Evan. George Cessna. ■
| Com/rd Volley —J lilair, Esq.. Fran Growden.
II ■ inxon—George Horn. Martin Feightner.
H*petrrU —Thomas N \ oung. J B Fluck. E-q.
■Rtuitilth—Win Keyser. Leonard Bittner.
I.ibt' /#/ —Clias Faxon, K-q.. Capt L B Waltz
Londonderry— Jo-i.ih Miller. Jacob Carpenter.
Monroe —George Atnick, Daniel Fletcher.
.V /t/V/e-Capt. G S Mullin, Dr. S G Stniler.
H Providence —Simon Nycunt. D A T Black.
II . Provideure —Daniel Sims. Geo B lugbman.
Sehelixhorg: bar —John E Colvin. .lor E Black.
So tie Spring tp —Hon John G Hartley. Asa S
j Stuckev, Esq.
Sooth m/iioo —fl C L i-hley. Hugh Wilson.
; SV C/i'ir—Henry F Smith. Morris Walker.
I in no —Samuel Shafer. Adolphus Ake. Esq.
\Wiodherry M. —lianiel Barley. ]> F. Keu.-y
WoodberryS. —J P Williams. D S Brumbaugh.
Notice is hereby given to each of the
j above named township and borough
committee.-, that blanks and circulars,
with accompanying instructions, will
j be forwarded to them, by mail, within i
a few days, and the central committee
respectfully request, that if such blanks,
Ac., fail to reach them, they will at once
| give notice thereof to the chairman of
■ the committee.
< <><;RKSsiov \j, > i:\vs.
SENATE. —A memorial of citizens of;
: Colorado, asking tiie passage of quar
; antine law- to prevent the spread of
; Asiatic cholera on our shores, was re
! ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
I A petition was pr -ented from citizens
j of Philadelphia, asking that Congress
prevent an vState from makingdiscrini
. ination in its laws on account of race
|or color, i t was referred to the Com
j mitteeoi' f'fteen. A resolution was of
i fered by .Mr. Dixon, from, the Commit-
I tee on Postoftices, which was adopted,
! instructing the Postnmster General to
i eommunicaie all information in hispns
; session concerning the practicability of i
! establishing telegrapii lines along the ;
mail routes forpuhiie use, at minimum
j cost, and Under Government-control, i
j Mr. Pes.-enden moved to take up the j
' House resolution against the admission j
iof S ait-hern representatives. After a;
j lone discussion the resolution was voted
i 011 and taken up. .Mr. J-'e—enden tlien j
j proceeded to make a long speech in fa- J
j vor of the resolution, and at its close
j the Senate adjonrned.
IlOl'sK OF R EI'ItKsKNTAXIVKS. —Soon
j after the opening of the session the j
| House proceeded to take upthe contes- !
j ted election case of Washburne against i
I Voorhees. Mr. Marshall, of Illinois,
I sustained the claim of Mr. Voorhees
jto his seat. Mr. Washburne, the con-j
j testant, was tiien accorded permission
jto speak for one hour. In the course
! of l is remarks he charged Mr. Voor
! hees with having !>een involved in tlx' I
purchase of firearms during the war. j
I Mr. Voorhees denounced the statement
as false, and in turn addressed the
j House, charging the Committee with
i having at first decided, with but one
i dissenting vote, that he was entitled to
I the seat, but that it concluded to reverse
I its action three days afterwards. .Air. j
Dawes then closed the debate, and on j
putting the majority report to a vote j
the House deckled, by ycas sT, nays :>(>, I
that Air. Washburne was duly elected,
and that Mr. Voorhees was not entitled
to the seat he occupied. A hill was in
troduced by Air. Stevens to define more
particularly the tenure of civil officers,
ft was referred to the Committee on the
.Judiciary. Aft el* the consideration of
some other business of minor impor
tance, the House adjourned.
SENATE. —A petition was presented
from citizens of lowa, asking that the
Constitution of the United States be so
altered as to recognize the existence of i
the Supreme Being, Ac. Afr. Lane, of
Kansas, asked that the credentials of j
Messrs. Snow and Baxter, Senators electi
from Arkansas, be withdrawn from the i
iiles of the Senate and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Lane
vouched for the loyalty of the two Sen
ators elect, and advocated the admis
sion of all loyal representatives from
the Southern States at an early day.— j
lie declared that any attempt to keep
them out would meet with his earnest j
and unqualified opposition. The mo
tion to withdraw was agreed to. Afr.
Trumbull then said that it would be of
no use to refer the credentials to the
Committee on the Judiciary, as that i
Committee had unanimously reported :
against the admission of Senators from j i
Arkansas. He therefore moved that;
the credentials be laid on the table, i
which was agreed to by a vote of 29 >
yeas to 17 nays. A motion was then "
made by Air. Lane to allow the Sena- s
tors elect from Arkansas, the privilege {
of the floor. It was rejected. The con- t
MMiMii
against the admission of Southern rep
resentatives was then resumed. Mr.
Sherman spoke to the resolution at
length, and when he closed a desultory
discussion was kept up until the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.-—A
bill to extend the operations of the
Freed men's Bureau was referred to the
Select Committee Oil that subject. Mr.
McClurg, of Missouri, introduced a
preamble and resolution stating that svs
in eonsequeneeoftheeontinued contum
acy of the Southern States it is necessary
to exercise Congressional legislation to
protect loyal citizens in their rights, and
to maintain a large standing army to
enforce the National authority in those
States, the Joint Committee of the Sim
ate lie instructed to inquire into and re
port 011 the expediency of taxing South
ern property only, to meet these expi 11-
ses, which would otherwise fall on the
General Government. The preamble
and resolution were referred to tin* Joint
Committee Reconstruction, without the
instruction. A resolution was adopted
declaring it to be the sense of the House
that bounties to soldiers should be equa
lized ami instructing the Military Com
mittee to report accordingly. A reso
lution was introduced declaring that
Congress has no power to prescribe the
qualifications of voters in the States. A
debate arose and it was laid over under
the rn it*. The credentials of .Alexander
Hamilton Jones, Representative elect
from the Seventh ('ongressional district
of North Carolina, were presented and
referred. The Committee on Recon
struction reported the following as an
amendment to the ( onstitution, in the
form of a joint resolution, viz: That
Congress shall have power to make all
r.ccc-y.iry laws to secure to the citizens
of each State all the privileges and im
inuuitiesof citizens in tip*.several States,
and to give ail persons in the several
States equal protection in all the rights
of life, liberty and property. A gener
al debate sprang up on the resolution,
and at the dose it was postponed until
to-morrow. The resolutions of the Yi
ginia Legislature, in regard to tlie direct
tax levied by the act of HOI, were laid
before the liouse and referred. A bill
to change the number of the Judges of
the Supreme Court, and regulating the
judicial districts of the F. S. was refer
. red to the Judiciary Committee.
>IBM'IiIiUNr,OI S X I.WS.
—A proposition has been made in
the Texas Convention to divide Texas
into three States. A report a,trains! the
stay law and the law against "miscege
nation" was adopted. An anti-slavery
amendment to the Constitution lias ai
so been reported.
—The editors of the Corrcfin newspa
per, published at Orizaba, Mexico, have
been imprisoned for violating the Im
perial prass Jaw, and the proprietors
of three other journals have been warn
ed.
—The Indiana Republican Convention
met at Indianapolis on Thursday, and
nominated State officers. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the President
and Congress, and favoring the equali
zation of bounties.
—The Union Convention of Tennes
see met at Nashville 011 Thursday.—
Resolutions were adopted affirming the
loyalty of Tennessee, opposing negro
suffrage, and sustaining the President.
—The friends of the Mexican Govern
rnenthelda secret meeting in New York
on Friday evening to devise means
whereby aid maybe secured to the Li It
era 1 cause.
—The experiment of vaccination was
extensively tried throughout England,
but has totally failed as a preventive of
the plague among cattle.
—Resolutions favoring negro suffrage
and condemning the President have
been introduced iy the New Jer
sey Senate hy Air. Seovel,and defeated.
—The registry bill disfranchising
those who took part in the rebellion has
passed the West Virginia House by a
vote of •?') yeas to 6 nays.
—An unsuccessful attempt was made
the other day to blow up the office of
the Host I "ctr/inia Journal at Charles
town, W. V., by a torpedo.
—Governor Fenton, of New York,
is in Washington, it is stated that he
strongly disapproves of the President's
veto. .
—The Missouri Legislature has pass
ed n solutions endorsing the action of
the majority in Congress in voting for
the Freedmen's Bureau hill.
-Washington's birthday was celebra
ted in Xashviile hya procession of 20,000
negroes ,*who were addressed by Gov
ernor Brownlow.
—The Fenian Congress at Pittsburg 1
adjourned finallyon Saturday, disclaim
ing all connection with American party
politics.
—The DemoeratieOonveutionof India
napolis lnd., have endorsed the Pres
ident's reconstruction policy.
—General Grant's father has been
appointed postmaster at Covington,
Kentucky.
—The Mississippi Court of Appeals
has unanimously decided the stay law
of that State to be unconstitutional.
—Mass meetings to endorse the Pres
ident were held at Xashviile, Louisville
and other places yesterday.
—General Lew Wallace has begun to
practice law in Indiana. lie disclaims
Mexican filibustering.
—Washington's birthday was gener
ally observed throughout the country
as a semi-holiday.
—A meeting was held yesterday in
Washington to endorse the President's
veto.
—A meeting to endorse the President
was held at Louisville, on Thursday.
Gov. Braiulette presided.
—A call has been issued in Baltimore
for a meeting to endorse the President.
—Five pt rsons were burned to death
in Baltimore on Saturday morning.
Mr. wishes it distinctly under
stood tlint the "Photograph Family
Record''cannot lie purchased at book
stores.
The Cabinet.
N K\v YoliK, Feb. 27.—The Tribune
says tliat three members of the Cabinet
who contemplated resigning, have con
cluded to await the action of the Presi
dent, but it is not improbable th<jt he
will remove one of them in a few days.
REVIEW OF THE MABItETN.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.—Firmer
feeling 1 in flour; 3,000 bbis. spring wlieat
extra family sold at $8 25(a9, and win
ter wheat family at $lO lot" 12 50. ltye
flour sells at $4 75. Prices of corn meal
are nominal. Wheat comes forward
slowly; sales of common and prime
red at s2(e 2 25and white at $2
Rye steady at 80c. Corn in active de
mand and has advanced 2(n3c per bus. ; i
sales of 18,000 bus. yellow, part at 70," j
72c and part on private terms. Oats
steady at 47c. Mess pork steady 26c,
and hams in pickle at 18|@19]c, SJO
tierces lard at 19(®19F Whisky advan-1
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BRANDRETII'S PILES. INFLUENZA
DIPHTHERIA —In inflammatory affections. WHEN,
bleeding is permitted, B free use of these pills .
modifies the alarming symptoms, and pergever&Bc
according to thesdireetiona, usually quickly e ßrt
and certainly nothing is risked in using Brandreo
Pills. For cold, influenza, diphtheria, pain.•
head, doziness and apoplexy, no medicine Cll ,
compared to them, [n erysipelas, fever and „ .
small-pox. and in all the diseases of oiiilrif
thcir use insures a speedy recovery of health, 'f ....
produce these results simply by taking from th
blood its impurities, leaving thi- vital />,
to aid a weak --l->-ali ty to recover i:> p r , v , ..
necessary • status'" or health.
Brandreth s Pills have afiinitv for the . .
matter oj disease, and cause its certain exauNi
from the body. [Feb 23-1 &•
DR. TORI AS' VENETIAN* ILOR.SKLIY
IMEST. — Pin! bottles for one dolthr each, tor iit,
ness, cuts, galls, cholic. sprains, Ac., w-rrsr.
cheaper than any other. It is used by all the -L
horsemen on Long Island coarse- 1 • will MO ."
ring bone nor spavin, as there ia no liniuiem i B
iatenee that will. What it is anted to eur.-
itively does. No owner of horses trill is
after try/ay our hottlr. One dose revive. *1 ,
ten saves the life of ao over-heated or drive:
For colie and belly-ache it has never faiie.! 1
us sure as the sun rises, just so sure is thi- va;
Liniment to he the Horse embrocation of the 'i
Sold by all druggists. Office, 56 Cortlsndi
New York . ! Feb oi. .
RKREI.COI.ORS DESTROY EII!—\V
nature or time has planted on the hurnun h. | .
colors as rebel against every idea of eona-line;.
replace them with those glorious ar.d exqni.
black and brown tinges every where deemed •
STANDARDS OF BEAUTY
which are produced in five minutes without injur
ing the fibres or staining the scalp, by C-.TST
DORO'P HAIR DYE. Manufactured byj r n ,,
TADORO, NO. 8 Astor Honse. New York. v,H hr
Druggists Applied by all Hair Dresser-,
Feb 2.'!, '66-1 ui
♦
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having been restored to health in a few weeks i,
a very simple remedy, after having suffered ■
I several years with a severe lung affeetion. sad i
dread disease. Consumption—is anxious to lasb
known to bis fellow-sufferers the mem-
To all who desire it. he will send a copy of tU
prescription used (free of charge . witt: the lin
tions for preparing and using the s*ru--, v>hi
they will find a sure Ccrtr: for COXM MHT< ..
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, CO to US COL 10. AND 1
Throat and Lung Affections. The only obi
the advertiser in sending the Prescription';.-
benefit the afflicted, and spread information wfci
he conceives to he invaluable, and he hopes pv t
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by r
turn mail, will please address
• REV. EDWARD A.WILSON,
Willinmsburgb. Kings Co.. New York
Jan. 5, 'o6—ly.
A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN.—JUST
puhlished in a sealed envelope. Price six oer : .
.4 Lecture on the Nature. Treat nteut and Eada
cure of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, I
voluntary Emissions. Sexual Debility, end Imped
iments to Msrriitge generally Nervousness A ;
sumption. Epilepsy and Fits; Mental and Phv
cal Incapacity, resulting from Self-Abuse. Jti- lly
ROBERT J. CI'LVERWELL. M. D.. Author of :h
"Green Book. ' Ac.
The world renowned author, iu this admirable
Lecture clearly proves from hi= own experience
that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse nw be
effectually removed without medicine, nndw'thf .
dangerous surgical operations, bougies, ins'ru
merits. rings, or cordials, pointing nut a mode t
cure at once certain and effectual, by which er>.
sufferer, no matter what his condition may tie, may
cure himself cheaply, privately and radically
Tins LF.CTRRE WILL PROVE \ BOON" TO THOUSANDS
ANI> THOUSANDS.
Sent under seal, to any address, in a plain, seal
ed envelop, on the reeeiptof six cents, ortwopet
age stamps, bv addressing
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127 Bowery, N. Y., Post Office Box 4.W1
Feb 16, "66—ly
STRA so K. IU*T TRUE.— Every your.:
lady and gentleman in the United States eat) hi
something very much to their advantage by
turn mail (fr'c of charge.) by addressing the :
dcrsigned. Those having fears of being hnn.i
ged will oblige by not noticing this card (ei-r
--will please address their obedient servant.
TIIOS. F. CHAPMAN
S3l Broadway, New IN
Jan. a, '6o—ly.
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cure the Itch in 41 hours. Also cures Salt Rher.r:.
Ulcers. Chilblains, and all Eruptions of t!iebk:r
Price 50 cents. F"or sale bv all Driiggis'-
By sending 60 cents to WEEKS A POTTER. SC!-
Agents. 170 Washington street. Boston. Mass.. it
will be forwarded bv mail, free of postage, to any
part of the United States. Sept. 22 6m
ERRORS OF 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 of suffering hunuir!-
ty. send free to all who need it. the recipe and di
rections fur making the simple remedy by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit hy the
advertisers experience, e-m do so bv addressing
JOHN !S 00DEN.
No. 13 Chambers St . New \orfc.
Jan. 5, 66—ly.
( IT A RAUT. 40 YEARS.—Mrs. Ashciini
from Bedford. Pa., stopping wi'h her -sister. Nir-
Williams, near the corner of Baldwin and Per,!!
Streets, has had Cataragt 011 both eyes over forty
years causing lota! blindness for the !iit 9 vera
Lately Dr. Sterrett removed the cataract v >
now -see- to read without the aid of glass'- 1
Jon 12-3 m
iloticrsi. &r.
r-IRSt >XS knowing themselves ii ■
dehted to us for advertising Administrator
j Executors", Auditors' Notices. Orphans' Court sac
: arid o:U£ ".ales of Real Kstate. and for printing
j bills. Acn Ac., will please call and settle for tit
i same, as all such advertising and printing sham 1
j be CASH MKYERfc A MEXfiEL
| Feb 16. "66—tf.
STRA V H< H J.— uptrespa.—iii-'
upon the premises of the subscriber, resi .it.
j i" Napier township, about themiddleof Decern ll
last. 11 whit" boar, about IS mouths old. theor y
1 I lunik is a curl on the lump. The owner is reqpest'
| ed to come forward, prove property, pay charge'
I and take hint away, otherwise he will be di-'pt"'' l
: of according to law.
Feb 16, "66—lit# ABRAHAM MOORt.
r K X P 1 K K ELECTION.
| Sltickholders of the Bedford and st y- 1
Turnpike Road Company will meet at the i) >•
i A.J. Snively, in the borough of Schtllsbur;
1 the first Monday of March, between the licit
: 12 anil 2 o'clock. 01' said day. to elect five .llsrs-
I gers for the ensuing year.
Feb 16, '66 A. E. SCHELL, ® el r
p LECTION.—There will be an <
j I i tion held at the public house of Mrs V ; "
I ijr. in the borough of MeConuellsbiir.'. onSE'tue).;
I the sth of March, 1806. between the leue" 1 o
| A. M. and 1 P.M.. for five Managers of the Ibaffi;
| bersbtirg and Bedford Turnpike Road C ;' I '' " - 1
! for the ensuing year. T. B. KKN'W I '-
j Feb 16. P reM
"V'OTICE. —Having removed
j |t Bedford county I left all nty notes i"
| hands of 8. Bender. Esq., at Bloody Run. . .W
I lection. All persons knowing themselves ind
J to me by note will pay the same to him
Jan 19. '66-Gt * P. G. MOKGAKI
MUs. l. V. MOWRY SELLING
OFF AT COST. Cloaks, Balmoral ami ll
skirls, Shawls. Jlats, Bonnets, tic.. Ac. "
who have accounts standing wijl 1 , s
call and settle. [Dec 2-.
rpAX X£ RS, A TTL XTION!—A nt ' u
j Tannery, in good order, containing o" 0 |
j three limes, three baits, five leaches, thiro 1
j lay-a-way vats, with the necessary number "t
; dlers, in as good a location as can be found in b' ;
{ ford county, for rent. For further information t
j at this office. Nov. 1",
VUCTIONEERING* —The under
sigtieN. thankful for past favors, offers h'-
I vices to the peopleof Cumberland \ alley and
donderry townships, to cry sales of real eM; ''V
personal property, Ac. He will guarantee -' l
faction to all who employ him. ..
| Nov. 21, : 6i—6ui* ft JOHN DlCktV
OYEBI (> YEB!
WILLIAM DIBERT. AUCTION"*
The subscriber having taken out lieeuse. *a
auctioneer tenders his services to all his old frten •'
Persons desiring an auctioneer will find it ad van
tageous to give hiui their patronage.
Post Office address, BEDFORD, Pa. „
Jan 19, '66-3 m \VM. DIBRRi •_
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