The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, March 23, 1866, Image 2

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Friday Marnln; ..March 23. ISM.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER.
OF BERKS COL'NTY.
SHI RACE FOR THE NEGRO.
Lot it be remembered that every
"Republican" Congressman from Penn-,
syivania, voted ior the bill to force No- j
gro Suffrage upon the people of the !
District of Columbia. These men will
return to their constituents for en
dorsement at the election in next Oc
tober. Many of them will be nomina
ted for re-election, and the places of
those who may fail to get such a re
nomination. will be tilled by men as j
radical as those discarded. The peo
ple must prepare for the is>ue which
such nominations will inevitably e
vokc. Politicians and demagogue
will do their best t > blind-fold their
followers, as they did last fall, by tell
ing them that no sue: i--ieis possible:
but they cannot deceive any one who j
is willing to see for hiins<*Jf. The fact
that all the "Republican" members of
Congress from this State, voted for Ne
gro Suffrage, makes thai tin platform
upon which our political opponents are
bound to stand in the coming canvass.
Had their Convention repudiated the
course of the "Republican" represen
tatives in Congress, they might claim
that they do not stand upon such a ,
platform. But this it failed to do, and
on the other hand, passed a resolution j
requesting Mr. Cowan, v the only "Re
publican" representative from Penn
sylvania, in either House of Congress, j
opposed to Negro Suffrage to resign, j
It i* plain,therefore, that the leaders of
the "Republican"party mean that Ne
gro Suffrage shall be an i--ue at the
coming election. They will not avow '
thisopenly, except in localities In which
their doing so will not do them any
harm. But covertly, they will make!
it an issue everywhere, -o tiial if they j
should succeed, they \\ ill lie enabled to |
claim their succe— is the triumph of
Negro Suffrage. Hence, it become*
t'.ie people to organize for the conflict, j
White men, of all parties, should pledg
themselves, one to another, to -rand by
their race. The question is coming up- j
on us, with a rapidity for which many
are as yet unprepared, XV/<7 the white
nun continue to (/oven h'onslfi We
cannot sec, why, upon this is*ue, men j
of all parlies cannot unite and act in I
harmony. For our own part, we are :
willing to fight by the side of any man, i
no matter what his political name, who •
is willing to do battle for the supremas !
cy of the white race. Let all who a
gree upon this main and vital i--ue, i
join hands in political fellow ship. This
is no time for halting, or higgling, a
bout past differences of opinion. Our
Union, our form of Government, civil
and religious freedom, domestic peace,
social tranquillity and all the blessings
of liberty regulated by law, hang m-oii
the decision of thi* momentous ques
tion. What will you do?
Tin; ts; \KIMSTS.
The great vindicator, Time, -e . all
things even. During the heat and pas
sion of our civil war, the fact that the
founders Ad leaders of the so-called
4 Republic-an" party, were the original
Disunionists, was almost totally ignor
el. It was forgotten that New Eng
land sent petitions to Congress, asking
for a dissolution of the Union; that
Banks was willing to "let the Union
slide;" that Garrison pronounced the
compact of the Union, "a league with
death and a covenant with hell;" that
Wade declared that he was not "one of
those who would ask the South to con
tinue in the Union;" that Lincoln said
"this Union cannot continue to e\i*t,
half slave and half free;" and that
Greely confessed himself willing—"to
let the South go." But with the re
turn of social tranquillity, come reason
and reflection, and the recollection of
these things is on *e more recalled to
the popular mind. At last the mask falls
from the faces of the men who have
simulated Uuionismand under the dis
guise of an intense patriotism, -truck
the most deadly blows at the life of the
Republic. Stevens, Sumner and their
compeers once more stand unveiled in
the native hideousness of thprr enmi y
to the Union. Even the men who sus
tained them during the war, point at
them the linger of scorn. Even the
President of their choice, deems it his
duty to lay aside the robes of office, in
order to pronounce them, publicly, Dis
unionlsts and Traitors. Thus is the
Right vindicated and thus will Truth
at last prevail.
THAT 44 Copperhead procession,"
which "Governor" Cessna prophesied
in his answer to Col. Jordan's circular,
will corne off as soon as the Chairman
THE PRESIDENT'S ORGAN ON THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
It is well known io Washington city,
that the Xational Intelligencer is the
personal organ of President Johnson.
We copy the following editorial on the
New Hampshire election, from its is
sue of the 14th inst.:
There is always a tendency to in
creased majorities for a party in power,
unless something happens in politics
that strongly arrests the public atten
tion. Thus, the majority of 7,4U0 last
year in New Hampshire for the Repub
lican candidates for Congress (soldiers'
vote included, would have been lar ;e
--ly increased this year had not the poli
cy of the Administration led intelli
gent and reflecting Republicans to
think that the warfare of Congress up
on the President required some consid
sideration as to their course in State
elections, even at this early period.—
Had this feeling been stimulated by
the idea that the friends of the Presi
dent desired reliable assurances from
Republican candidates for State offices
that they were in favor of his policy,
and opposed to the mischievous and
destructive course of the star-chamber
cabal in Congress, it is hardly doubtful
that Governor Smyth coutd not have
been re-elected. Seeing thin, the in
struments of the Congressional clique
or junto set to work to cajole the Re
publicans at home by the idea that no
*uch serious dificrence existed between
the President ami Uongre*- that might 1
not be calmed down at an early day.
Hence, they caused a resolution to Is*
pa-sod at the Republican Stab Con
vention. whi *h endorsed uie President.
Here at Y\ ashington it was given out
to the frieiuN of the President in pow
er. that then- wit- nothing but good
feeling for him among the Republicans j
at .home, and hence no steps were taken
hv the former t< procure a concerted !
movement in that Slate thai was b: t .*ed
upon adhesion to his great policy of
State restoration. Meantime the par
tisan Radical trickster- exhausted in
genuity, and effort, and means to get
every employe of the Government to
contribute f hi- money and time to go
home to east his vote in -ueh a manner
as to enable the enemies of the Presi
dent to announce a great victory of
Congress over him. t hat this will be
done we doubt not, but the facts that
we have stated will show that the re-.
suit would doubtless have been against
the Radical destructives had a distinct
issue hem made upon the President's
policy. In short, the result may be re
garded as a \ irtual Radical defeat.
THE GEARY PLATFORM.
Mr. Marshall, of llttsburg.one of the
most prominent members of the OM>]
veiition which nominated Gen'. G< arv
for Govt rnor, said, in the course of a
speech made by him in that conven
tion, that Gen. Gearv had told him
!
that b Geary) endorsed every thing j
Tlmd<i"n.<Slf rus hud don>. Hence, the
Gear\ platform contain- among its
broadest plank-, Xrgro S>>frnge, The
Freedom' 1 a Ilnrrnv Hid. and broader:
and blacker than all the rest. DUvoion.!
How can any conservative man. or any '
soldier who fought for the \\ aire Man's |
Government and against Disunion,
sue.port Gen.< <e ry, after sechan , ow
a!, by one of his friends, ju <>;> en Con
vent i on ?
V SEW liMl NTT t.
Hon. A. 11. Coffroth, M*. C., from
this district, introduced, in t ongress, a
few days ago, the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on
i Military Affairs be, md are hereby, in
) sum ted to inquire in o the expediency
| of reporting by bill or otherwise for
! the relief Qf such persons who were
df died and paid commutation money
j or put in sub-titutes, and were subse
quently drafted and a second time paid
i commutation money, put in *ub.*ti
tutes. or went into the service.
We hope that Uongr.*-- will at once
! act upon this matter and give relief to
those who stifle red from the severity of
i riie Conscription. t ongrt — gave the
wound and Uongre— ought to try to
i ha I it.*
THE Democratic gain in this county,
j on the vote of last fall, is 101. and the
: proportionate gain to th. number of
j votes polled, i- 527. For this re-ult, we
| have to thank the good sense of many
: conservative Republicans, who have
| tired of the radical folly of their party
leaders and have determined to cut
t loose from their desjierate leadership.
We do not exult over the defeat of our
j opponents, for our help came from their
ranks. We only thank th<>-e who as
sisted us, for taking their stand on the
j side of the right! The energy of the
Democrats throughout the county, is
j alsoemincntlypraiseworthy. Theydid
i thi i.r duty nobly.
THE Democrats, of Middle Wood
berry and Union townships, made
! an excellent fight, on Friday last, car
rying the greater portion of their tick
ets. Last fali, these townships gave Iff!
[ "Republican" majority. We arc sorry
! that we cannot say the same for the De
, mocracy of South Wood berry. Our
friends in that district fail to get out
their vote almost invariably, whilst
their "Republican" neighbors make it
| a point to bo at the polls. The other
■ districts of the county look to South
: Woodberry for a hotter return iu the
; future.
—
WE are informed that Col. Er. Jor
' dan ha- been appointed Chairman of
; the Disunion Geary State Committee,
vice John Cessna kicked out. This is
"the most uukindest cut of all." The
"Governor" will now have to take his
place as a private in the ranks, and
"forward march," "right dress," "left
wheel," "mark time," ''company,
halt," according to the command of
1 Col. Jordan.
j Jordan i* de rniissa. Oeasra ,s <!„ aervant.
Try bim how he like it for a pell;
IIARRISBT RG LETTER.
Twrntj- tliniinu<l l*ennylvnninn* o In-
Dikfrnndiard: Ttio infamous "ilesrrt
er" bill; ElPCtlon at IlnrriMburs;: Groat
Drmorrnt ic saoco**; Tlip TOIPOI M**sr*.
Rows and Armstrong on thp Niipftlptnoiit
to the cliartpr of the f. A S. I'. 11. R. Co.
HARRISBI HG, March 10, 1-SCii.
Editor Gazette:— The Legislature still
"drags its slow length along." I doubt ;
not, however, that it will soon bring its
herculean labor* to a close. That it
would have adjourned ere this, had not
a certain sinister purpose kept the par
ty in the majority front consenting to
such adjournment, is a fact well ascer
tained in legislative circles. That pur- :
pose was to pa—an unconstitutional en- j
actment disfranchising some timity thou
sand citizens of f he Slate , and to do it in
such a manner that the Supreme Court
would not be likely to get a chance to
knock the bottom out of it before the
October election. Only think of it!
Twenty thousand free white citizens of
Pennsylvania to be degraded, by a sim
ple act of the Legislature, to the level
of negroes! Yet a bill of this kind has
passed the Senate, every "Republican"
in that body voting for it, and will in
evitably become a law, unless vetoed
by the Governor. This infamous bill .
proposes to disfranchise every man
whose name is found upon the books of j
any provo-t marshal, a* not having re
ported when drafted, or who i- marked
upon such book.* as a "deserter." An
amendment offered to the bill, that .
"only suMi person- as, after due trial, j
-hall hn\ been oon ictcd of desertion,
shall be subject to the penalties of this
act," wa* voted down by the "Repub
lican .S' icitor*." This -how-that they
do not seek the end- of justice, by this
piece of legislation, but, on the contra
ry, that they want to punish Jinn for
crimes of which the? notbeeaeon
victrd, and of which hev may he a
guiltles.- as any of the*e pestilent legis
lators. What d cent white man, no
matter what his polities, will endorse
this shameful legislation? I lave not the
fools who are thus trying to enslave
their fellow men,<had enough of revo
lution and blood? If not, let them dure
to enforce the provisions of this law.
Tin: first Judge of election that shall be
imprisoned fr receiving the vote of
one of the pr/iserihed twenty thousand,
will be the proto-niartyr of a new rev
olution which will teach these mad-ap I
knave* to respect the Constitution and j
the right- of the people thereunder.— !
Shad twenty thousand u hite m> n, citizens '
of the fve Common tr <dth of Pennsylca
?i?Vq t>c made slaves by a simple net of tin
Legislature? No! by all that i* sacred i
j in the history of our country; by al! ;
that make* liberty holyniid life de-ira- i
ble; by every instinct of manhood, ev
ery aspiration for freedom, every inspi
ration of patriotism, let it be -worn
that this infamy shall not be accotn
j pi i-bed. The conspirators a gain* t the .
lilx;rty of the people would have had
this iaw passed long ago, but they fear
ed to do so le*t at some of the local elec- I
tion* case* might arise under it, which
might result in the judicial determina
tion of its unconstitutionality prior to
the fUroh-r election. Such a re*ult
1 would have thwarted their purposes,
1 and 1 suggest now that some local offi
i cer resign, *o that a special election mu.v
be immediately held and the question
of tho constitutionality of this law
brought before the Supreme Court of
j the State. The devilish design of the
1 trickster- in the Legislature! must, can
! and will lie defeated and their chicanery
put to shame.-
The elections in this neighborhood,
on Friday last, show heavy Democratic
, gains. Oliver Edwards, Democrat, was
i electwl Mayor of this city, by 147 ma
jjority; and John T. Wilson. ! H-inocrat,
Treasurer, by 212 majority. Last Oc
tober, the "Republicans" carried the
j city by 3 majority, -bowing a Demo
; cratie gain of 245! The enemy made a
fierce tight, but we routed him, "horse
foot and tiragoons." So mote h ever be!
1 understand that the "Republican"
paper in your town, i- very severe upon
Messrs. Ros* and Armstrong, for their
vote in favor of the extension of time
totheConuellsville and Southern Peun
| syivania R. R. Co. I confess my aston
ishment at the vole of Gen. Ro.*-. but 1
expected nothing else from Mr. Arm
strong. He i- a mere dancing-jack
moved by w ire* that ire pulled behind
the scenes. But what right have "Re
publicans to complain of the shortcom
ing* of men like Armstrong, after they
vote for them deliberately and with
their eye* open? The leaders of the
"Republican" party in Bedford, must
! have known the calibre of the man
whom they selected a* their represen
tative in the Legislature. But "chick
en* will come home to roost," and the
fraud which we all here so well remem
■ ber. by which Armstrong got his *eat
in 1835, is now recoiling upon tho heads
of the men who sustained and advoca
ted it. It serves them right, but their
inter<-ts and the interests of the people
should not suffer together. More anon.
LKX *
WEST PROVIDENCE, I
March 5. lW!. |'
Mil. MF.VHRS:—WiII you be so kind
' and obliging as to print tlase few lints,
in some corner of your paper. 1
haven't got much learning; if i had,
' I could write better. 1 la-long to the
common people, anil they don't write
, much; but I took a curious notion in
to my mind to write something about
Greely'* opinion of President John*on's
! putting his heel on that costly Bureau
that they got madeayearsinceat Wash
ington. Something about it has got
broken so bad that they can't use it to
suit everything they want to put in it.
So some of Mr. Johnson's used-to-lie
i friends, took a notion to have it mend
ed and made bigger, but it would have
cost so much money to have it fixed to
suit the fancy of those that used to hol
loa, "Hurrah for Johnson !" So John
son vetoed it. Greely thinks that
Johnson made a mistake and relieved
those who elected him of a great re
sponsibility, by taking it on lias own
- u * ■ ™ - - --• - i
Greely; he thinks that the responsibil
ity for attending to this costly Bureau,
would In- more than the Constitution
will allow him to accept. And he has
sworn to support that Constitution.
Johnson wants no kingly powers to he
put on his shoulders. He wants peo
ple to have the right to appeal from a
nvthingthat isn't just. He thinks that
this Bureau bill would have given him
to much power in appointingso many'of
ficersto attend to its drawers and keys.
Everybody ought to shout for Johnson
for not wanting Congress to give him
more power than the Constitution gives
him. Six Senators who voted for this
Bureau, voted to sustain him in put
ting his heel upon it. Their doing so
looks like they had done wrong and
Johnson right. Greely grumbles at
these Senators; the vote of Gov. Mor
gan amazes him greatly. I would like
to know whether he thought the peo
ple wouldn't get amazed at him when
lie said : "Tear clown the flaunting lie,
half ma-t the starry flag, Inult no sun
ny sky. With hate's polluted rag!"
He claims to be a union man, but such
language show- him to be a disunion
ist. Greely further says, that the "Reb
els" will be enraptured with Johnson's
veto. That's w Let Johnson wants ; lie
wants them t<> '*• willingly united to a
eonstitutionalgovemment. He further
says that every resident of the North,
who rejoiced over the Union defeats,
blesses Johnson for t his veto. To bless
a Union man andaednstitutional man,
will lie no disgrace to any body. There
are men who fought for the Union that
will bhss him ; fathers who have lost
sons, fighting for the Union. The ac
cusation about rejoicing over Union de
feat .is a falsehood. Some people nu
see the mote in their brothers' eve. but
they cannot see the beam in their own.
Greely advise- his friends to take this
veto moderately and temperately. If
they can't get a whole loaf, take a half,
a quarter, yes, a crust, to make this a
land of equal rights. If Greely and
his Radical friends had acted moder
ately and temperately in former days,
it would have been better for the coun
try. Fanaticism cannot reason, or lis
ten to reason. It is only the thunder
of this veto that makes it tremble. May
it shake it till it gets common sense.
CONSERVATIVE.
j Frore the Nations! Intelligencer (Preeiiient John- j
son's organ).
t NEW KEREI.I.IO\ ttltti t MZI\(. IV
rut: soi ru.
Tin- I'jv.ent Stale ftorerninentii to be j
sitjipi i ttei! !.> ißtnrt'i iil .Vrgrn < - :
i veulionH.
It is known "that the Stab- con veil- ,
| t ion-. and gen
eral limitation of the South in IS6O-'6l
i wore manufactured here by -eei-ssjon- i
istr. in lioth Houses of Congress and
great number- of eo-ojierating politi
eians from all the disaffected localities,
besides many from the North, who had
• congregated here to distract counsel,
intimidate the Executive, and inflame
popular passion. Few persons famil
iar with the natural history of dema- i
i gogites need be convinced that the
| great rebellion, duly diagnosed, was
! simply c. ctwe of detprrate hold(f poic- j
! er nnd mod umhit.ton for mart by selfish
I leader-. The present case is precisely j
j analogous. That the persons are dif
[ ferent is only becayse the eireumstan- i
! cos are, but the cause in both cases is I
, the cause of selfish demagogery. Should ;
tin reader, therefore, be surprised to
find now the same species of instru- !
I mentalities —professions that the old
I'nion had been broken, erection of
novel standards of patriotism, proscrip- j
! tion of conservative majorities, etc. — I
employed by the conspirators of 1 siX!?
Hut both the peculiarsituation of the
j .Southern communities now. and the j
i strikingly different mettle of the pres- ;
ent Executive of the laws, render the j
i particular scheme described below , of I
j whieh we profess no personal knowl
edge, of little moment, beyond proving
j the treasonable purposes of the revolu
j tionnry cabal. It i- hardly to be sup- i
! posed tintt the public order, under the
i pre-ciu restored governments of the
• Southern States, which hag cost so much
j anxious care, is to be exposed to the
lea-t|risk of disturbance by tolerating
assemblages of any class of citizens of
the Smith of a character to retard the
; tendency to repose, or evolve new el
ements of contention. We thus intro
; duce the following from the Washing- j
ton correspondence of the New York
i Tribune: A
SOOTH EH N STATE GOVERNMENTS.
-The question of the recognition of
ihe State governments in the lately re
bellious States will -hortlv be brought |
|to a practical t~t. M*asures have la-en
| taken by prominent loyalists in the i
j South, and are now l>eing perfected un
; der the advice of leading men in Con
gress. to bring this piuation to an early
| decision. Tie* plan is as follows: Loy- j
al men, and they only, l>oth black and
, white, in the States of Arkansas, \
North Carolina, Louisiana, and else
where, have taken steps toward the
formation of new State governments.
! These loyal men, without respect to
I color, will shortly issue calls in their i
j respective States for State Conventions,
; and elect delegates thereto ; the eon- !
i ventions so formed will frame State j
; constitutions embodying the principles j
| of loyalty, freedom, and equal rights;
! will pledge themselves to the payment
of the national debt, the repudiation
j of the rebel debt, and thedisfranehise
| inent of the rebels. This being done, j
| they will then proceed to elect Gover
| nors, State Mirers, Representatives,
j and Senators; the latter of whom will 1
! at once demand admission to Congress.
{ The question thus being thrust upon
j that body, there is no doubt of the :
) recognition of the governments so for
j med, and the admission of the loyal
|meh 1 hers so elected. A number of true
I and loyal men of the South have bem
| here for some days consulting and de-
I ciding upon the best method to be a- I
i dopted, and having determined upon j
! tlie plan presented above, have left for
! their homes to carry the same into ex
! ecution. The matter has been kept
j very* quiet up to this time, hut as the
I movement in most of the States is now
j well under way, no harm can, and pcr
! haps much good may, he done the I'n- j
j ion cause by giving the facts to the pub
i lie at this time.
—Gen. B. F. Cheatham, late C. S. i
A., was married on Thursday evening j
last, at Nashville, Tenn. Theceremo- |
ny was performed by Bishop (inin- j
tard.
—On Sunday last, Mr. Win. Ohle
died in Syracuse, at the age of 106 years
and 8 days. He was born in Montreal,
March 3, 1760.
—lt is understood that the govern
ment intends to order the muster out
of forty thousand negro troops, now i
CONGRESSIONAL VF.WS.
SENATE.—A joint resolution was re
l>orte<l by Mr. Summer from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, protesting
against the pardoning of criminals hv
foreign governments on eondi ion of
their emigrating to the United States.
Mr. Riddle, from the Committee on
Printing, reported baek the resolution
to print ten thousand copies of tin* evi
dence taken by the Committee on Re
construction, with an amendment re
ducing the number of copies to six
thousand. After a long debate the
question was taken on the amendment.
It was not agreed to, and the original
resolution to print ten thousand copies
was pa-sod. The bill protecting all per
sons in their civil rights was taken up
and the House amendments were con
curred in. Mr. Trumbull stated that,
|on Monday next, he would call up the
j report of the Judiciary Committee in
j favor of the right of John P. Stockton,
I of New Jersey, to the seat in the Scn
: ate now held by him. The deficiency
hill was then taken up. Various a
mendinents were disposed of, and the
House proviso, that no portrait of any
living person shall be placed on any I'-
ll i ted States note, was stricken out.—
' The Senate then adjourned without fiu
; ai action on the bill.
HOVSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—A
| bill authorizing the Raltimore and Po-
I tomae Railroad toextend a branch from
j it- main track into the District of Co
; lumbia, was introduced by Mr. McCul
lough, of Maryland, and referred to the
; Committee on the District of Columbia.
A bill was reported from tin- Comtuit
i tee on Appropriations, to make appro
! priations for the Indian tribes for the
i year ending June 3d, 18t7, and was
i made the special order for next Thur—
• day. The House then took up the bill
providing that actions brought against
j officers of the United States in State
! Courts, on account of arrests and im
prisonments of the citizens of a State,
shall be transferred to the United States
(Circuit Court. After debate the bill
was laid over. The House then took
up the Loan bill. This is a bill to a
mend an act providing ways and mean
to support the Government and pay
■ the interest on the public debt. It au
thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to sell United States bonds to any a
tnount lie may deem necessary, either
in the United States or elsewhere. The
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
| mittee moved to strikeout the conclud
ing portion of the bill, which provides
j that the bond- -old out of the United
State- may be made payable in the
! coin or currencies of the country in
i which the bonds are held, and the in
terest on sucli lionds shall not exceed
• five jar cent. Several members then
■ made speeches on the biii. The House
liimlly adjourned without action.
SENATE.—A petition of dress makers
i of New York and Brooklyn, represent
i ing twenty thousand of that class, pro
testing against the Internal Revenue
j tax on that business, was referred to
theUommittee on Finance. NextTues
' day was, on motion of Mr. Chandler,
• set apart for the consideration of bilis
from the Committee on Commerce.—
, The bill to reorganize the Judiciary of
the United States was reported, with
I amendments, by Mr. Harris, from the
Committee on the Judiciary. A bill
fixing the salaries of the District Judge
j of the United State was introduced and
referred to the Committee on the Ju
diciary. A joint resolution, appropri
i ating fifty thousand dollars to be u-ed
by t.;e Surgeon General for 'die publica
! tion of the medical and surgical his
tory of the war, was introduced and re
ferred to the Committee on Printing,
i Mr. Stewart introduced a joint resolu
tion for the admission of Southern rep
resentatives. It provides that the States
shall allow negro suffrage, repudiate all
j debts contracted during the war, and
make no demand for compensation for
loss of slave proyerty. *
: Mr. Stewart made a speech explaining
! the resolution. A motion to lay the
j resolution on the table was made and
! disagreed to. The resolution was or
j dered to be printed, and referred to the
j Committee on Reconstruction. The
Deficiency hill was taken up. It was
read three times and passed. The Ap
propriation bill was taken up and read.
Several amendments were offered and
i agreed to. A message was received
; from the President (in answer to a reso
lution of the Senate calling for infor-
I mation on the subject i tn regard to the
■ kidnapping of negroes in the South and
i selling them as slaves in Cuba ami else
where. It was ordered to be print
ed and laid on the table. The Sen
ate then went into executive session,
and soon after adjourned tiil .Monday.
HUSK OF REFUESENTATIVES.—A
biil authorizing the coinage of five cent
pin e- was introduced and referred to
the Committee on Coins and Coinage.
The House rseumed the consideration
of the "loan bill,'' providing ways and
means to support the Government and
to pay the interest on the public debt.
Several members made speeches for and
against the bill. Mr. Stevens made a
I long speech opposing the bill. The
j 1 louse then took a recess until 7.30 P. M.
Ertnitig Simian. —A bill to establish
; an ocean mail line from Charleston. S.
C., to Liverpool, via Quetsntown, was
introduced and referred to the Postal
Committee. The House then again
! took up the "loan bill." Mr. Garfield
made a speech advocating the passage
i of the bill as reported from the Ways
and Means Commit tee, and Mr. Lynch,
jof Maine, read a speech protesting a
gainst allowing the Secretary of the
Treasury so much power. Mr. Morrill
made a speech favoring the passage of
j the bill, which closed the debate on
this subject. A motion was made by-
Mr. Stevens to lay the whole subject
!on the table, and was lost by a vote of
j yeas 37, nays fls. Mr. Stevens' amend
ment was rejected. The bill, as agreed
on by tiie Committee on Ways and
Means, was also rejected.
TIIE Boston Port , in the following
paragraph, presents an unpleasant di
; lemma for the admirers of the two
Senators from Massachusetts:
That Messrs. Wilson and Sumner
j should vote against each other in the
United States Senate, and that Mr.
Wilson should sustain a measure which
, Mr. Sumner pronounces "a coin promise
ihe most shameful, indecent and utter
; ly immoral of any in our history, as
1 bad as bad can be," proves one' of two
things, namely: either Mr. Wilson is
not worthy of holding a seat in the
; Senate, or Mr. Sumner asserts what is
not true.
—A girl, bound to a family at Litch
j field, Montgomery county, Illinois, re
cently hung a little boy, in retaliation
fur a whipping his mother had given
j iier.
j —A thorough cleaning of every house ;
j in New Orleans has been ordered by j
| the Mayor, in anticipation >f the chol- i
j era.
j —Vigorous attempts are being made i
to admn the new States of Colorado and
Nebraska into the Union.
—Ten dollar notes of a spurious char
acter on the Fasten Bank, are in circu
lation.
—The Borussaund City of New York
sailed on Saturday for Europe, with
■ftOlrt 1-
4VOTIIER DEMOCRATIC TRITMPII !
"Wait till the Soldier* Come Home."—
•S hoddu Organ. J
Tile "Boy* In Blue" ere now at Home!
They Have Been Heard From!
tor Democracy ant! the I uion :
Tlif municipal election held in
city yesterday rosnllcd in a most signal
triumph for the democracy. Oliver
Edwards, Esq., was elected Mayor,
'over Mr. Kepner, who polled a com
bined Independent and "Itepublican"
vote, by owe hundred row/ Jorty-necen
majority!' —a train of oiu hundred aml
fifty vote* over last fall's election, when
Hartranft had three majority.
John T. Wilson, Esq., was elected ;
City Treasurer, over the straight lie- j
publican candidate, Iunn, by two hun-
dred and forty-two majority!— a jraih
of two hundred and forty-live over last
fall—the largest Democratic in.nftrity
I polled in the eitv since IRGH —and the !
j largest ever poileci at a municipal elee-'
tion I Three years ago Gen. Roumfort
: was elected Minor by only 47 majori- i
! ty.— Patriot and I'nion.
Still Another.
A private letter from Millersburg, j
'Dauphin county, dated this morning, i
f 17th >, states that the Democracy, yes
terday, elected the whole borough tick- j
et, by an average majority of thirty- J
five. Last fall Gen. Ilartranfl had!
j thirty-three majority. This gives a j
Democratic gain of sixty-eight votes in
that borough. Good for Millersburg
and her gallant Democracy 1 Pu.-h on
j the column.— lb.
Democratic victory in York. l*:t. '
jSPECIAI. TO THE AGE. j
YORK, Pa., March Hi.—The victori-:
ou- Democracy are tilling the town
with shouts of exultation at the eb-c
--tionof David Small, Chief Purges-,, by j
four hundred majority; a large Demo
cratic gain.
_____
THE present Congress passed, with
: out hesitation, a bill which contentplat-
I ed an expenditure of twenty millions
of dollars per annum for the mainten
ance of negroes.
Andrew Johnson vetoed if, and the Item- j
i oeratic part)/ sustained him.
I The same Congress has neglected to !
. appropriate one cent to the equalization j
and payment of bounties due white
j soldiers.
The Demoernth party demand that
they shall do so, and Andrew Johnson is
with them.
Who are the.soldiers' friends? Those
who postpone his interests to the eleva-
I j tion of the negro, or those who demand
i ' that the elevation of the negro shall
, tie postponed to his interests'? The
i people will answer at the polls.—.-lye.
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j according to the directions, usually quickly cures,
and certainly nothing is risked in using Brand refh's
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j their use insures a speedy recovery of health. They
! produce these results simply by taking from the
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; to aid a weak "locality" to recover it? proper and
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; DR. TOBIAS* VENETIAN IIOKSK I,R: -
; IMENT. —Pint bottle? for one dollar each, for lame-
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I cheaper than any other. It is used by all the great
j horsemen on Long Island courses. I* will not cure
1 ring bone nor sptvin. as there is no liniment in ex-
I istenee that will. IVhat it is stated to cure it pos-
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I after trying one bottle One d tse revives and of
t ten saves the life of an over-heated or driven horse.
! For colic and belly-ache it has never failed. Just
; assure as the'iinnse?, just so sure is this valuable
i Liniment to be the Horse embrocation of the day.
Sold by all druggists. Office, 36 Cortlundf Street.
New York [Feb 23-hn
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replace ihetn with those glorious and exquisite
j black and brown tinges every where deemed the
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i which are produced in five minutes without injur
ing the fibres or staining the scalp, by CstISTA
, DfRO'S HAIR DYE Manufactured hy.f Cuts-
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i Druggists. Applied by all Hair Dresser-.
■ Feb 23, '66-1 m
A LECTI UE TO YOUNG MEN.—J u-t
j jtublisbed in a sealed envelope. Price six cents.
| A lACtureon the Xature, Treatment, •rrid drrii
j cure of Spermatorrbo-a or Seminal Weakness. In
j voluntary Emissions, Sexual Debility, and Imped
iments to M-rringe getierally. Nervousness Con.
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-1 cal Ineapucity. resulting front Self-Abuse. Ac P.v
! ROBERT J. CI I.VF.RWF.LL, M. D.. Author of the
"Green Book." Ac.
The world renowned author, in this admirable
S Lecture clearly prove? from hi? own experience
j that the awful consequences of Self-Abu?" nnty be
, effectually removed without medicine, and without
dangerous surgical operations, bougies instru
i menta. ring?, or cordials, pointing out a mode of
cure at once certain and effectual, by which every
; sufferer, no matter hat his condition tnay be, may
: cure himself cheaply, privately an! radically
: THIS LECTI RE WILL PROVE A BOON TO THOCSASPS
j ASP THOVSASPS
| ben' under seal, to any address, in a plain, seal
| ed envelop, on the receipt of sixc-enia, ortwopost
' age stamps, bv addressing
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127 Bowery. X. X.. Po.-t Office Box 45?6
Feb 16, '66—ly*
| j To CONSUMPTIVE*.—Tin* advertiser,
' I having been restored to henlth it) a few week? by
t a icry simple remedy, after having suffered for
1 several years with a severe lung affection, and that i
■ , dread disease. Consumption—is anxious to make
. i known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure
:. i To all who desire it, he w ill send a copy of the '
I prescription used (free of charge), with the direc- :
•! tions for prpring and using the same, which j
| | they will find a sure Crnr for CONST MPTION i
i j ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS. Coufitts COLPS, and alt !
1 i Throat and Lung Affections. The only object of .
' the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to j
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■ ■ he conceives to be invaluable, and he hopes every !
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will coat them
j nothing, and may prove a blessing
1 j Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by rc
j turn nani!, will please address
• I Kev. EDWARD A WILSON,
, | Williamsburg!), Kings Co., New York.
; .fan. 5. '66—ly.
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I lady and gentleman tn the United States can hear !
something very much to their advantage by re
turn mail (free of charge.) by addressing the un
' dersigned. Those having fears of heitig hnmhug
i gtd will oblige by not noticing this card Others.
! w ill please address their obedient servant.
THOS. F. CHAPMAN, j
S.'.l Broadway. New York '
j dan. 5, '36—ly.
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! SCRATCH ' SCRATCH WHEATON'S OINTMENT will J
j cure the Itch in 4K hours Also enrea Salt Rheum, j
i Ulcers. Chilblains, and all Eruptions of the Skin. ;
| Price 50 cents. For sale bv all Druggists
By sending 30 cents to WEEKS A POTTER. Sole j
! Agents, 170 Washington street, Boston, Mass.. it j
I will be forwarded bv mail, free of postage, to any j
i part of tho United States. Sept, 22—6 m. j
I ERRORS OF YOVTH.— A Gentleman
i who suffered for years from Nervous Debility. Pre
j mature Decay, and all the effects of youthful iu-
I discretion, will, for the sake of suffering huraani- >
J ty. send free to all who need it, the recipe and di- T
ructions for making the simple reme ly by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertisers experience, O in do so bv addressing
JOHN B OtiDEN,
No. 13 Chambers St . New Y'ork.
Jan S. 63—LY
JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING, by i
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CAT a RAIT, 40 YEARS. —Mrs. Ashcnm
from Bedford. Pa stopping wch her *is. e r V''
W illtams, near the corner of Baldwin and P
Streets, has hid Cataract on hoth eyes r.v. r r *
years c tuaing total blindoe-s fur the Inst 9 v „
Lately Dr. Sterrett removed the cataract -
now sees to read without the aid of glass,-- '
Jan 12-3 m
MA L'PlEh. ~~~~
BLACK BURN—GRIFFITH—In ScheM?.
on the Bth inst. . bv R-v J, |£. Hunt. y\ r
C. Blackburn and Mi's Emily Griffith. bo?;. '.
coun'y
. TOBIAS—DAVIS —On the 20th ir.st . atthe,,.
idette-of the brid' father. by Rev. S p .
ling, Mr J, hn B. Tobit*. of I! >pe*el|, and u
iiottie M. Davis, of Yellow Creek.
Krruar.-ei
DIED.
1 SCIIELL—In Schellsburg. M trsh 16th h..
D . daughter of John 8. and K tc b Si.
: 5 months
A lily, broken by the rain.
Before a single earthly stein
Has on its velvet whiteness lain
And Heaven. Kittie, in taking tG"
il is shut its jeweled dooi? to m.
Of white-robed peace and minstrelsy
j - 8.8. I;
iUu*
HENRY HARPER,
320 Arch Street.
I PHILADELPUU
WATCHES.
Fine Gold JEWELRY.
S did SILVER trR F
and superior Silver Plated Ware, at R-d u .
j p de*. lIUm.K. ti -3a
N'OTICE. —' The gentleman who bor
_ rowed my single harness lis; winter tot-..
; a sleigh t ide, will please return "he same 3
i ing i- about over and 1 presume he bv t furttic
use tor it. T. 11 LYONs'
I March 23-3t
I i I'DITOR'3 NOTKIET— The under
! j\ "igned appointed by the Orphans (J,,,..- ,
! Bedford county. 10 settle the exceptions g., d .
| widow's appraisement iu the estate of j . ,
! Sle k. dee d., also the exceptions filed >0 n f„ r
; report, to state an account and tuake distrihu ■,
i of the balance of funds in the hands of E. M
j sip. Esq., administrator, will attend to thedu -.
! of his appointment on Monday, the Sth d..
j April, next, at 10 o'clock A M of sai l d IT. •
| office in Bedford, when and where all t.s'rtii ■
I tcrested enn attend. JOHN IV REED,
j March 23-3 i Audit,',?
4 I DITOR'S NOTlCE.—Theunder
! TJL signed appointed by the Orphans" Cour: '
Bedford county to report a distribution of the n. .
j eys in the hands of A I tin Wenverlinr, aim; -
! tratorof the estate of Jacob Weaverling. ,1s ;
j wtli attend to the du ies of his appoin tnst: 5
Ba ; urday. the 7'h d tyof April, next .at lOo'c! .
A M . at his offi -e iu Bedford, when and wfcer,
parties interested can attend.
March JOHN P. REED, Audito-
I I.N Till: ORPHANS' COCRI oi
I JL BEDFORD COUNTY.—Estate of John N
deceased.—The undersigned, Auditor, appotr
! to m ike distribution of the- money ari-iug fr m
j the Partition and valuation of the Real E-tat f
I John N. Lane, late of the city of Lancaster, i'
i dee'd, and secured by recognizances in the Or
i phans Court of Re tford County, will meet
; parties interested, bar the purptse.-"f hlsaptK,. •
i uient. on Aloud ty. the 16th d tyof April usit. t
: his |n the borough of Bedford
j M tr.23, CG -It G. H. SPANG. Audi -
j LW G.W)i>S for SPRI NO SALES.
E> RE A LANDELL.
Fourth and Arch Streets, PUU.AUSU'KIA
arc opening for
j SPRING SALES—
i Fahionab'e New Siik.
Novelties in Dress Goods,
N-w .Styles Spring Shawls.
X.-w Traveling Dress Good'.
Fine Stock of New Goods.
Magnificent Foulard 3.
Sp'endi 1 Black Silk- ,t-
E A L.. have their usual assortment of Srsr
j Go*b. Also. Cloths. Ctissimeres, Vesting- A"
P. S.—Gut prices are now arrat.red to meet
views of Buyers I [Mar,23.'fi.i -St
mo THE. HONORABLE JUDGES
\ of the Court of quarter Sessions of Est i
conntv. Pt :
I The Grand Jury of February Terin. I,- n
epectfully subu.it the following report : h".: 1
careful inspection of the Poor House of the . ■
aforesaid. We are of the opinion that the E
ing in which he pauper? arc kept is in avert i
condition and totrily unfit tor the purpose- f •
which it is intended, because the house in nd,i
to the decay scents to bo too snr II for tirt o 'ti
fortable quartering of the pauper? ami wayf.
that eontinual'y crowd it It would doub le s3 be
benefi -i:il to the poor (a - it is essentially m- •
rv that another house 5 l;oaltl be provided) at. i :
so to the tax-payer? to have alooari m remote I r:
the Borough of Bedford and the turnpike A
j Poor House whether it is to be brick or not. and
1 not only this, but in consequence of the filthy cor.
j coudiion whteh the house always seems to be in.!
' a very excellent source for Epidemics which would
; spread with great rapidity over this entire con
: munity.
j All of whl his respectfully submit"'i thi 3 Uti
i day of Februarv.
J. E. SATTERFIELD.
Mar.23,'66. Foreman
r r<> THF. HONORABLE JUDGES
f of the Court of Quarter Session of E'- t d
! contt'y, Pa :
The Grand Jury at February Tern; I?
soectfully submit? the following repirt of the .'1
: of t he county aforestid as follows •
j The Locks and Keys in our opinion an in- a
| eieiit for the safe k"eping of Pri-an r
' The Rooms also appear to he detrimental to the
1 health of the prisoners on account of the exi-t' '
jof an offensive smell; insufficient and dirty i
• clothing, and torn chaff li. k 5
The r-ur w-ll of the Jail building on theol: -
• is being mueh injured in consequence of the
i condition of the -pouting, the wall receiving
I ter from the roof, rendering it measurably ••
ifor prisoner? breaking through and eff vting their
escape
It is also noticed that one room is nsed for •r. ■
j king Bacon, rendering it extremely danger"-'
j from fire. ,
! A coal boue i? also situated against the w?
; the Jail building in the rear vttrd, and other r ■
j bi.-b
Al' of which is respectfully submitted, thi 3 • -
1 day of Februarv, lStid.
J E. SATTERFIKLB.
Mar. 23, 'iS. Foreatsn
4 LLEGIfANY MALE AND FE-
A \ MALE SEMINARY.
KAIVSBI KG, BKDFOKD Cot STY. Pi
j j! A. "Lwlnr. I and Pn>prrnc <
! The Spring On art er of this Institution wi"
TCESOAT. APRIL 10th. l-'f-
This Institution is very pleasantly sitn' ;
Friend's Cove, S mile- fron; Bedford, the ten ■ r'
i of the Huntingdon and Bedford Rail If ■
mile- from Cumberland, a station ->c '' '
i Central Kail Road. K ainsburg is H -aiall 3
j and exceedingly healthy town, iu the mi' l "'
i beautiful seen-ry. and sufficiently rem ol ' l "'
; the influence of large towns and cities > rer.tvr
I a mostde-irablel -•ntion for a Li erary In? i '-j'
: Its inhabitants are moral and rcligioui.
' are few teiuptations ro vice, idleness of disur-' 5
| situ tied in a rich agricultural --ectiou. th" 1 1
i tion for Young Ladies and Gent'emen. i? di 't'' 1
I the cheapest in the country. [t jsorganired <-■
j most approved plan of the best Institu'i "t"
j laud ; its main object is, to impart '• "
' All branchis. Scicutifival, Classic ,1 au<l?rt;
j tel. taught The tnentel nnd moral ouitar
j carefully attended to. and twithout sectarian r"
! judi.—s a duo respect for religion is itH ules'' ' "
i by precept aud exatun'e. "In thtr.g' ncce 3 - -1 '
! unity; in things doubtful, liberty; K " "•
things, charity." For eireular and intornt?t•
: Address ' Hf'GllE? k STEM ART
Rattnbi'rg, Btdf'trd ( '
Mar h 2, '66
IYLOODY RUN SKI.Kt TSCHOOL
—First rerna will couimence on Aiatidsv. •
and cJo.o .)ui)* ,9ih. [livib£ wuw i :
of the new I'nion School Building, and the -t |
of competent assistance, pupi's will have ; >
advantages of a tirst -lass school. receive eve.,
attention tbey may require. . ,
Suitable boarding aeeomtupdatiouscan be I s
the tsiwn. at reasonable ra'es. ,
TPITION Foreomtuon Engiish,
•' Higher English, Book-keeping- A l '
Latiguages, j
Drawing and Vocal Music, each,
For further information apply to
J. C. LONG. Primp l '
Mnr-h 2. c'ri-tx Bitaaly Uutt. P.
I A ARM KKS will tintl Hit- l>est of " lU '
chines, at Factory Price*, by oMering ®
Hartley. Also, the best Shovels, Fork-. T J ' ;
Chaiufi, Axrs, WWps, Ac. Humeri ud !?•' •
Oil?. Wheel Grease, Ac., at Ii jl_ (•
- i iBEST BEREAGRINDSTONI"
e /' t assorted sires, also patent fix'ure-
Nov lit at IIAKTLKY S H.| ' S TAM>
AIAMM( >T 11 tSALL R1 l-RS, print-
XvX ed at short notice. Large bills mas?''A,
sales. We know it tube so. TRI IT
much more than piv the txira 117 M" °* P