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ROFTEPH W. TATE, ATTORNEY
J AT LAW". BEDFORD. PA., will promptly
, end to collections of hoontv, back pry. Ac..
I all business entrusted to his care in Bedford
i;| adjoining counties.
I'-h advanced ou judgments, notes, military
if ! urher claims
II s fir sale Town lots ir T itesville. where h
i Church is eree'ed. and whore a I rrge School
il uie will so >n be built. Farms ami laird, from
t acre to 506 acres lo suit purchasers.
Timber leave for sawing lumber, 'ressling, ties,
k. s'rnps, heoppoles, building mateiiaj, rail?
Slid wool.
■ iffi.-e nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" and
S : k of Reed A Seht-U.
April 6 ISG6 —ly
J MOD SN.ARPE. E F. KERR.
FJLL ARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
n AT LAW BEDFORD, Pa., will practice in
ectrurtsof Bedford and adjoining counties Of- I
f Juliana St., opposite the B n king House of ;
A Sr hell. ' j March 2. "00.
J p.. DIRBORRUW. | . JOHN lA'TZ.
nURBORROW A LUTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA .
V ill attend promptly to all business intrusted to
rbtdrcare. Collections made on the shrrrtest no
tice.
They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
imi will give special atteirtitrn to the prosecution
r.fclaims agaiust the Government for Pensions,
Bi k Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
M,.ngel House," and oeaxly opposite the Inquirer
Sce.
jrOHN P. REED. ATTORNEY AT
MLAW. BEDFORD. PA Respectfully temlers
Li rvices to the public.
Offi e second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861,
fOHN PALMER. ATTORNEY A1
} LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend
;■ JII business euirusied to bis care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
Mi.itary claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly
cp .■ -ite the Mengel II use.
Bedford. Aug. I. ItftH.
RISPY M.ALSIP. ATTORNEY AT
Jj LAW, BEDFORD. PA. Will fiithfuily and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
. ire in Bedford anil adj lining counties. Military
clriins, b rek pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected
t SFIKFR tfofc W
J .a. 2i, IriVl,
F. M. KIMMELL. I J • LINOENPELTER.
KIMMKLL & LINGEN FELTER,
ATTORNEY? AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA
Jl vc formed a partnership in the practice ot
the Law. Office an Juliana street, two doors south
oftbe -Mengel House,"
N H. SPANG. ATTORNEY AT
VT, LAW BEDFORD. PA Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his ere in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the
Mengel II use." opposite the residence of .Mrs.
Toe.
May 13, 1534. _ _
I UIIX H. FILLER, Attorney at Laic,
* Bedford, Pa Office near y opposi-e the Post
Office | apr.2o'6s.—ly.
Vhusirians ;uul dentists.
I) H. PENNSYL, M. D.. BIJQODY
1 , Rc.v. Pa.. ;1 te surgeon 56 b P. V \ ..) ten
l-rs his professional sen ices to the people of that
: 1 vicinity. Dec 22 On-ly*
W.JAMISON.M.D., BLOODY
IT , Risk Pa., tenders his professional servi
t°s to the people of that place and vicinity. Office
we door west of Ricliatd Langdon s store.
N.- 21. "65—ly
I KIT. .I.E. MARBOURG, Having
I f permanently locaterl, respectfully tenders
■ | r service* to the citizens oi Bedford
* i vicinity.
Oth e on Juliana street, east sole, nearly opposite
B inking H 'use of Ke-d A Schell.
Bedford, February 12, I^'il
N HICKOK, I J- C. MINNICH. JR.,
DENTISTS,
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Office in the Bank Buil ling. Juliana St
A I operations pertaining ro Surgical or Me
tt't: al Dentistry carefully performed, and war
tiated.
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Bedford. January 6.1865.
ilanhrrs.
u M KKKD, I J.j stun t
]) KE D AN D SCIIE LL ,
II Banters anil
1> EALE It S IN E X CIIA NG E,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
' y promptly remitted.
Ml - -licited.
' ' WIN O B. SHANNON F MIIMH
J) RIl, SHANNON & CO., BANLV
II ERS, BEnroRD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
r ELECTIONS made f<>r the East, We*. North
tr -t >udtb, ami the general business <d Exchange
rcted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
"'■Unses nrnmpily made REAL ESTATE
- aght and sold. Oct. 20. 1865.
HWisrcUanrous.
I\ Y XIE L BORDER,
I ' PITT STREET, TWO BOOKS WEST OF TIIE BED-
R D HOTEL, BEDFORD. PA.
V MCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, AC.
1 keep.on hanrl a stock of fine Gold and Sil
'• I'ebej, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Ke
, 'dl i-sc. also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gobi
Chain*. Breast Pins. Finger Kings, best
; ■ of Gold Pen. He will supply to order
'king in his line not on hand.
28. 1865-
HF. IRVINE,
• ANDERSON S ROW, BEDFORD. PA..
; oer in B wits. Shoes, tjueensware. and Varie
t ler* from Couutry Merchants ro
h'fully sdi ited.
0 -' 1 23. 1835,
j) U. ANDERSON,
I'iceiiieri Scrivener and Conveyancer,
, teVTRKVILLX, BF.nFORD COt'.NTV. p.,
Utend to the avriting of Deeds, Mortgage*.
a ° s -Articles of Agreement, and till business
J "transacted by a Sirivener anil C -nveyan
the patronage of the public is respectfully
Ap lil6-
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BY MEYERS & MENSEL.
IBF DNLFOVD UVIUT
•PUMV til PtEMENT IMIIMI
To the Soldier® and Sailors.
Procession of Soldiers and Sailors.
WASHINGTON, April 18.— At six o'
clock this evening a procession of sol
diers and sailors, and such of their
friends as sympathize with tiiem in
their {grateful acknowledgments to the \
President for his order lately issued.
dim-ting" the Heads of Departments to
{give preference in appointments and
promotions to the subordinate offices ;
to persons who have rendered houora
bie service in the army and navy, was
formed and marched to the Executive i
Mansion with the Marine Band, to ser
enade President Johnson, who hadsig- ;
11 itied to the committee that he would
accept the compliment.
Address to the President.
A very large number of persons of
both sexes were previously on the
ground awaiting the demonstration.
AT 5.15 the band played several patriot- :
ieairs, when the President made 'his
appearance, and was greeted with huz
zas by the assembled thousands. He
took a stand in the coping of the wall,
near the carriage way, on the north
side of the White House, when he was
addressee! on behalf of the soldiers and
sailors by one of their number in high
ly complimentary terms, saving, in J
conclusion, "in return for your kind
ness we can but offer our sympathies
and prayers, and trust that an All-wise
Providence, who lias brought our na
tion through a baptism of blood, and
10 whom we consecrate it anew, from j
slavery and by a nation's tear-, will so
guide and direct you T at you may
calm the troubled waters, harmonize
public opinion, and restore our whole
country once more to peace and pros
perity."
The President's Speech.
President Johnson said : It IS not af
fectation in me to say that language i- ;
inadequate to convey the heartfelt feel
ings produced on this occasion by your
presence here, and by the presentation
of your sentiments, as expressed by
your representative in bis address, and
in the resolutions which you have
; I bought proper to adopt. I confess that
; in the pecu liar posture of publicalfairs,
your presence and addressgive encour
agement and confidence to me in my
efforts to discharge the duties incum
bent upon me as Chief Magistrate ol
the Republic; and in what 1 have to j
say 1 shall address you in the character
of citizen*-, suitors and soldier*. I -Hail
speak to you on those term-, ankkon
I none other.
Thanks.
I repeat my thanks for the manifes
tation of yourapprobationandyouren- J
couragement. (Applause.) We are
j to-day involved inoneof themostcrit
j ical and trying struggles that have oc
-1 curred since this Government wa> SJJO
j ken into existence. Nations, like in
dividuals, must have a beginning, must
have a birth. In struggling into exis
; cence a nation J)a--e through it- first
trying ordeal. It is not neees-ary for
I ME now t< l carry your minds back to
: the -traggle when this nation was born.
It is not necessary for me to allude to
the privations and hardships of those
: who were engaged in that struggle to
achieve the national birth. It i- not
; netsssary to point to the bloodshed and
the lives lost in accomplishing that re
j
(jar yation's Strength.
The next ordeal >h rough which a na- j
tion has to pass is when it is called up
on to give evidence that it has strength
: capacity and power to maintain itself
among the nations of the earth ; in
giving-uch evidence we passed through
the war of 1812, and through the war
with Mexico, and we J as-T d
through all the struggles that have
| since occurred up to the beginning of
the Rebellion. This was our second or
deal. But a nation has another test
I still to undergo" and that is to give ev
idence to the nations of the earth, and
to its own citizens, that it has power to
re-ist internal foes, that it has strength
: enough to put down treachery at home
and treason within its own borders.
(Cheers.)
The President's Position.
We have commenced that ordeal,
and I trust in God we will through
it successfully. (Cheers.) I feel com
plimented by the allusion of your rep- j
r tentative to the fact that I stood in
the Senate in lsiiu and ls(l, when the
nation was entering on this third orde
al. and raised my voice and hand a
g.iinst treason, treachery and traitorsat
home, fCheers.i I stand hereto-day
holding to and maintaining the same
principles which I then enunciated, j
I stand here to-day opposing traitors
and treason, whether they he in the
I South or in the North. (Loud cheers, i j
I stand here to-day as I then stood, u
! sing all my powers, mental and physic
al, to preserve this nation in passing
through the third phase of it- exist- J
j once.
Theorganized forces and combined
i powers that recently stood arrayed a
i gainst us are disbanded and driven j
| from the field; hut it does not follow
! that there are still no enemies against i
! our present form of Government and
! our free institutions. (Applause.) I
| then stood in the Senate of the United
i States denying the doctrine of separa
tion and Secession. 1 denied then as I j
deny now that any State has the right j
j of its own will to separate itself from
j the other States, and thereby to destroy .
I THO Union and to break uu the Govern- I
ment, and I think I have given some
| evidence that I have been sincere and
! in earnest, and now I want to know
why it is that the whole train of slan
derers, calumniator- and traducers have j
been barkingandsnappingatmy heels?
Why is it that they array themselves !
against me? Is it because I stand on
die side of the people, and when 1 say J
the people 1 include the sailors and
soldiers? Why is it they are arrayed in
; traducing and villifying and talumnia-
J ting me? Where were they during the
uebellion? (A voice —"lfomein bed!")
In the Senate 1 raised my voice a
; gainst it, and when it was believed that
it would be totheintere-T of the nation,
and would assist in putting down the |
rebellion, did I not leave my place in \
| the Senate —A placeof emolument, ease J
and distinction, and take my position j
where the enemy could be reached, and J
wiiere men's lives were in danger?
(Cheers and cries of "that's so !")
Tradueers (trid Calumniators.
While 1 was thus exposed personally I
and publicly, and in every way, some !
of my present traducers and calumnia- j
tors were far removed from the foe,
ami were enjoying ease and comfort.
But 1 care not for them ; I care not for
that slander. The foul whelp of sin
has been turned loose against me. I
care not for all that, and let me tell you
here to-day that, although pretty well
advanced in life, I feel that I shall live
long enough to live down the whole
pack of traducers and slanderer.*.. (Ap
plause.)
They have turned the whole pack
loose to lower me in your estimation, i
T Voice.-, "They cannot doit.") "Tray, j
Blanche, and Sweetheart, little dogs j
and all," come along -napping and
snarling at my heel.-, hut 1 heed them
not. The American people, citizens,
soldiers and sailors, know that from MY
advent into public life to the present
moment i have always stood unyield
ing and unwavering as the advocate J
! and defender of their rights and inter- J
I ests. (Cheers.)
Third Ordeal.
We are now in the nation's third or
'deal; we are not yet through it. We
-aid that States could .not go out of the
Union; we denied the doctrine of Se
cession, and we have demonstrated that
we were right ; we <1 monstrated it by
the strong arm; yes, the soldiers and
sailors — God bless them !— have demon
strated, by their patriotic hearts and
strong arms, that States have not the
power to leave the Union. (Applause.)
What followed? The Confederate ur
uiic- were ovrqiowwcil and <linlHtt|(le<l, ;
and there was a willingness, on tiie part ;
of the people of those States, to come
back, to be obedient to the laws, and
acknowledge the supremacy of the ,
Constitution of our fathers.
For what have we passed through
' this ordeal ? It was to establish tin
principle that no State- had the power
to break up this Government. It wa
to put down the Rebellion. The lie- J
IN-ilion has been put down, and foi :
what? Was it to destroy the States'. 1
(Voices, "Never!") For what liavi ■
all these lives been sacrificed and ah
this treasure expended? Was it foi :
the purpo-E of destroying the States*. •
No. it was for the purpose of preser- 1
ving the States in the Union of our fath
er-. It was for that you fought; ii
was for that I toiled; not to breakup]
the Government, but to PUT down the j
Rebellion and preserve the Union ol |
the States. That IS what we have been
contending for, and toestabli-h the fact
that the nation LAN lift itself above and
beyond intestine Ibes and treason ai.d ]
traitors at home.
Massachusetts.
When the Rebellion in Massachu- '
;
setts was put doyen, did that put MI s
sachu setts out of the Union and destroy j
that State? When the Rebel!. on in
Pennsylvania was put down, did that
destroy the State, and put it out of the !
Union? So when this last great Re
bellion was put down, and the Consti- J
tutionand lawsof the country restored, I
the States engaged in it stood as part of ■
the Union. The Rebellion beingerush
ed, and the law being restored, the !
beingacknowledged,those ;
States stand in the Union, constituting
a part of thegloriousand bright galaxy j
of States. (Cheers.)
Work of Reconstruction.
In passing through this ordeal what J
has been done? In Tennessee, under
the direction of my lamented predeees- ]
sor, we commenced the work of resto- !
! ration, and we had succeeded, before!
I came here, in restoring the relation?- J
which had existed between Tennessee J
and the rest of the Union, with oneex- !
! ception, and that WAS the relation of J
representation.
Retrospective.
I came to Washington, and under an I
; extraordinary circumstance succeeded j
to the Presidential chair. What then? ]
The Congress of the United States had
adjourned without prcs ribingany plan. I
1 then proceeded as I had done in my j
I own State, under direction of the Gov- j
I eminent, to restore the other States;!
1 and how did we begin ? We found that ]
the neople had no courts, and we said I
J to the judges, tiie district attorneys and
I the marshals, "Go down and hold your !
; courts, the people need the tribunals 1
of justice to be opened." Was there .
I anything wrong in that? Thecourisj
were opened. What else? We looked ]
! out and saw that the people down there I
| had no mails, they had been interrupt-!
I ed and cut olf by the operations of the ;
! Rebellion. We said to the Postmaster j
: General, "let the people have facilities ]
| for mail communication, aud let them]
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4. 1866.
begin again to understand what we all .
feel and think—that we arc one peo- j
pie."
We lookinl out again and saw that
there was a blockade; that the custom
houses were all closed. Wesaid,"open !
the floors of the custom houses and re- j
move the blockade; let trade and com
i meree and tiie pursuit of peace, here-;
, stored," and it was done. We thus
traveled on step by step, opening up ;
custom houses, appointing collectors, ■
establishing mail facililicsand restoring j
all the relation- that had been inter
rupted by the renellion. Was there i
anything undertaken to be done here i
that was not authorized by the Consti
i tution, that was not justified by the
• Constitution, that was tot justified by |
| the great necessities of t he case; thai j
| has not been clearly cow mant with the
j Constitution and with Die genius and ;
theory of our Governor at?
Taxation.
One of the groat principles laid down j
| by our fathers, ami which fired their !
I hearts, was that there should be no tax
, ation without representation. How, i
then, do stliat matter stand? Who has ]
been usurping power? Who has been
defeating the operation of the Consti-j
tution? What now remains to be done
to complete the restoration of those <
States to all their former relations un- ;
der the Federal Government, and to
finish the great ordeal through which
we have been passing? It is to admit j
representation, and when we say admit i
representation, what do we mean? We
mean representation in the constitu
tional and law abiding sense, as was ]
intended at the beginning of the Gov
ernment, and where does that power
iie?
What remained to be done? Oneoth
er thing remained to demonstrate to
the civilized and Pagan world that Ave
had passed through the horrid ordeal!
of our national existence, and proved .
that our Government WAS perpetual.— I
A great principle was to be restored |
which was established in our Revolu- j
tion. When our fathers were contend- ]
ing against the power of Great Britain, i
what was one of the principal causes '
of their complaint? It was that they
were denied representation. They com-!
plained of taxation without represen
tation. [ Cheers, j
The power of Congress.
The Constitution declares, in cxpress
tcrms, that each House, the Senate and
House of Representatives, each acting
for itself, shall be the judges of the re
turn-, election and qualitications of it-
I own members. It is for each House to
! settle that fjuestion under the Constitu
tion, and under the solemn sanction of
j in oath, and can we believe that either
House would admit any member into
i its body, to participate in the legisla
tion of the country, who was not qual
ified and fit to sit in that body and to
participate in its proceedings? They
have the power, not the two Houses,
j but each House lor itself.
The Constitution further declares that
| no State shall be deprived of its equal
-uilrage in the Senate of the Ynitcd
] States without its consent. Then, where
do we stand? All that is needed to fin
ish this great work of restoration is for
the two Houses respectively todeterm
j ine the question. "Oh," but some will
say, "a traitor might come in." The
answer to that is, that each House must
I be the judge, and if a traitor presents
liimslf cannot either House know that
he is a traitor (applause); and if he i
a traitor, can they not kick him out of
i the door and send him back, saying to
! the people who sent him, "you must
• send us a loyal man." (Cheers, and a
] voice, "that's logic.")
'Traitors.
I- there any dilliculty about that? If
j a traitor presents himself to either
! House cannot that House say to him,
! "A"o, you cannot be admitted into this
body. Go back; we will not deny your
j people the right of representation,
I but they must send a loyal representa
tive." And when the States do send
loyal representati ces, can you have any
better evidence of their fidelity to the,
Constitution and laws? There is no one 1
learned in the Constitution and the !
laws who will say that, if a traitor hap
pen-* to get into Congress, the body can-'
i not expel him after begets in. Thai I
i makes assurance doubly sure, and con
i fines the action of the Government to j
! the Constitution of our fathers. Ilence
, I say, let u- -tand by that Constitution,!
j and in standing by it the Government ]
will be preserved.
While you have been contending a
I gainst traitors, and treason, and seees-1
-ion, and the dissolution of the Union,
I have been contending at the same [
time against the consolidation of pow
er. (Cries of "Good!") I think the;
consolidation of power here is equally
dangerous with the separation of the
States. The one would weaken us and !
might run into anarchy, while the oili
er would concentrate and run intomon- :
archy.
Usurpers.
But there i- .pi idea abroad that one !
man can lie a despot, that one man can j
be a usurper, hut that a hundred or two j
hundred men cannot be. Mr. Jeffer-j
son, the apostle of liberty, tells us, and !
i so does common sense, that tyranny ;
i anddespotismcan beexercised by many ]
; more vigoronsly and more tyrannically
I than by one. v
What power has your President to be
a tyrant? What can he do? What can
i he do? What can he originate? Why
| they say he exercises the veto power.
I i Lamrhlcr. i What is the veto nower ?
(A voice:—To put down the nigger.)—
! Who is your President? Is he not elect- ;
od by the people, through the Electora'
, College?
The Tribune of the People.
The President is nothing more thai' ;
the Tribune of the people. Hi- offiw j
i- tribunal in its character. In oldei j
! times, when tribunes were first electei' j
in the R >;nan It qmhlic, they stood a j
; the door of the Roman Senate, whirl I
] was then encroaching on the popu'.ai
i rights and putting the heel of powei I
jon the neck- of the jieople. The peo
; pie chose a Tribune, and placed bin j
at the door of the Senate, so that whei
that body ventured on oppressive acis i
lie was clothed with power to say "Ve
! co.—l forbid."
Your President is now the Tribune J
of the people; and, thank God, I an. i
| and I intend to assert the power which
j the people have placed in me. (Cheers., |
I Your President, standing here day a> ]
ter day, and discharging his duties, IS J
; like a horse on the treadmill, and be- j
. - ...
eausoheduresdilferinopimon in regard
! to public measures he must bedenoum
'edas a usurper and a tyrant. Can h<
1 originaleanything under the veto pow- i
er? The veto power is conservative in i
its character awl affirmative. All thai j
I can be done by the veto power i- D j
! say, when legislation is improper, ha-- ]
ty, unwise, unconstitutional, ".Stay! !
! stop action, wait till this can be sub- :
) mitted to the people, and let them con
sider whether it is rigjit or wrong."— .
[ Applause, j
That is all there i- in it; and hence i |
i say that tyranny and power can be ex- j
ereised -oinewhcreelse than by the Ex- j
ecutive. He is powerless and all thai j
1 he can do is to cheek legislation, to hok. j
it in astate-of abeyance, till the peopU ]
can consider and understand what s j
being done. Then what has been clout 1
' I have done what 1 believed the Ctn- j
i stitution required me to do. 1 have |
done what I believed duty and eon- j
: science required me to do. So belicv- j
i ing, I intend to stick to my po-ition. ;
! relying on the judgment, the integriiy :
i and the intelligence of the masses o; !
I the American people, the soldiers and ]
sailors especially. Then, for my lit),
] I cannot see where there is any tyrai - j
ny. It is very easy to impugn motive s
and suspect the purest and best acts < i
! a man's life.
If you come forward and propose a
certain thing, your motives are suspeet
and condemned; and if you withhold
! your opinion, you are regarded a- be
: ing opposed to the matter, so that it B
very hard to move one way or the oth
j er. so far a- certain persons are concern
ed, on all questions pertaining to the
interests of the great masse- of the A
merican people, for in them i- my hoj <
: and the salvation of the country. 1 am
with you, citizens, soldiers and sailor?.
] who have sacrificed or periled mo:c
than the humble individual who ad
dresses you.
Has not myall been put upon it? My
life, my property, everything sacred
and dear to man, have been staked up
on it, and can I now be suspected o.
i faltering at the close of this third or
deal of the nation? Where is he, in pub
lie or in private life, who has sacrifice d
more, or who ha- devoted more of his
! time and energies to the accompli-;-
! ment of the great end than I? and I
have done it from the promptings of
my own heart and conscience.
To the Soldiers and Sailors.
I believe ii was right, and -with your
help and your countenance and your
encouragement 1 shall go through on
that line; and when I come to talk
bout sailors aud soldiers, about this b.
be done aud tiiat to be done, all i want
! is for you to wait and see, so far as the
future is concerned. Wait, and see if 1
do not stand by you, although other
! may falter and fail.
I want to see measures of policy
brought forward that will advance tl.t
interests of the people, and of that por
tion of the people who haveconstitutid
the gallant and brave men who in hot 1.
branches of the service have upheld
the national llag and sustained thecoun
i try in the recent struggle. 1 thank you
for your countenance on thi- occa—ion.
It cheers me, and gives me strength to
perform the work before me.
If we are true toourselveb, if we are
true to the Constitution, the day is not
I far distant when this Government will
; be restored. Let us go on and restore
the Government: let u- enlarge the a
: rea of our commerce and trade; let u
! not only inspire confidence at home,
but respect abroad, by letting the na
! tion resume its career of prosperity and
; greatne-s. I know that some wiil find
fault With me, and say I am too lenient
! and kind and all that. If we are all to
be put to death or punished or thrown
away for one oifense, as for the second
offense, and were to be lost and exclud
j ed from society and communion with
our fellow men, how many of us would
i be lost.
I have felt when I have done wrong
i and repented of it that I was as sincere
! and honest us if I had never done
! wrong at all. Then we must reason!
'] with each other, and understand our
J nature, and what is necessary to restore
1 peace and harmony to a distracted and
! divided people. In time of war it is ;
! right to burn villages, sack cities and j
desolate field-, to lay waste a country !
and yripple and reduce the enemy; hut
] in time of peace, the reverse of that
course is precisely the right one and the
true policy of a nation is to rebuild its
cities, restore its villages, renew its
fields of agriculture, and occupations
of neacß and are to ha_XFIS
VOL. 61.--WHOLE No. 5.346.
! -tored. I know there are some wno
have been at home calculating during
the war, and who bring to the consid-
I ?rat ion of questions of peace and har
! nony and Hie occupations of civil life,
! ill the feelings of resentment which an
; !mated us when the excitement was up
J md running high, but take the brave
j lien who sustained the flag in the field
|md on the wave, and you will find bet
! er feelings and better judgment on
J hese questions than you will find with
I hose who have been sitting in the closet
j IND never smelt gunpowder.
Yes, from the private up to the com
manding general, they knew better
I how to treat the present circumstances
than any of these elevated patriots and
I humanitarians. Then, my country
men, fellow-citizens, soldiers and -ai!-
>rs, let us rejoice that peace has come;
let u- rejoice that the relations of the
| States are about being restored. Let us
J make every effort we can on proper
I principle- to re-tore the relations which
] -xl-ted between the Federal Govern
ment and the States.
1 thank God that peace is restored. I
thank God that our brave men can re
j turn to their families and homes and
! resume their peaceful avocations. I
I thank God that the baleful planet of
I ire and blood, whlcxra short time ago
1 .VAs in the ascendant, has been ciiastd
; away by the benignant star of peace.
Now that the bow of peace Is suspend-
I -d in the heaven-, let us cultivate the
I arts and relations of peace, and all those
! I-sociations which appertain to men in
J peace.
j The time is not distant when weerri
! have a political millenium, a polithal
J übiice, and w hen we can proclaim to
! all the nations of the earth that we aie
I again a united people, and that we have
| triumphantly passed througn our third
irdeal, having peace at home and pow
] er to bid defiance to ail the world.
Remember one thing, gentlemen, that
; in my past life, though slanderers may
have misrepresented me, no one can
I -ay that 1 ever deceived or betrayed
J aim. It wiil be for you to see in the
future who will be most faithful. 1
! ihauk you, gentlemen, for the eompli-
J ment you have paid me.
After the President closed his speech
iie was loudly and continuously cheer
! Ed, the -bend performing some pat riot
; ieairs, and the immense crowd dispers
j ed.
JOSH N:I.LLNUS ox COI KTIXG.
Courtin is a luxury, it is ice water,
; it is the phi .-pell of the Sole. The man
J who lies never corted lies lived in vain,
j He has been a blind man among land
j -cape-, he lies been A deft' man in the
j iand of hand-organs, and by the side
jof murmuring canals, (fort ing i- like
I wo little springs of water that starts
J ait from under a rock at the foot of a
j mountain, and runs down hill, side by
fide, singing, dancing, spattering each
other, eddying and frothing and kas-
I .tailing, now hiding under the bank,
I tow lull of shudder, byemby they jine,
J and then go slow. 1 am in favor ol
j ong eorting; it give- the parties a
! chance to find out each other's trump
J cards. It I- good exercise, and is just
j as innocent as -3 merino lamb-,
j (fort ing is like strawberries aixl
; cream—want- to be did slow, then you
have got the flavor. 1 have seen folk
get acquainted, fall in !uv, get mar
ried, settled down, and get to work,
in three week- from date. This is tin
wa sum folks larn a trade— akounts for
die great number of almighty mean
mechanics and poor jobs they turn out.
Perhaps it is best 1 should state sum
good advice to young men who are a
bout to court with a view to matrimo
ny as it was. In the lust place, young
men, you want to get yure system awl
right, then find a young woman who is
willing to be courted on the square.
The next tiiingis to find yut how old
she is; which you can do by asking
her, and she will -a she is li) years old,
and this you will find won't be far out
of the wa.
The next thing is to begin moderate;
sa once in every nite in the week for
he fust six month-, increasing the dose
AS the pashent seems to require.
It is a fust rate "way toeourt the girl
mother a liule on the -tart, for there is
1 thing a woman never despises, and
that is a little good courtin,' if itisdoni
on the square.
After the fust year you will begin t<
get acquainted, and will begin to like
the bizinesss.
There i- 1 thing I ahvaysadvise, that
is not to swop fotygraphs ofioner than
onset every 1G daze, unless you forget
how the gal looks.
•Oekasionally you want to look sorry
and draw in your wind astho you had
a pain ; tiiis will set the girl tu teezing
you tu find out what ails you.
Evening meetings are a good thing
to tend. It will keep your religion i:.
tune, and if yure gal happens tu be
there, bi accident, she can ask yu lu go
home with her.
Az a general thing 1 woodn'T brag on
other girls much when I was courtin.'
It might look as though yu knu tew
much.
If you court three weeks in this wa,
: all the time on the square, if yu don't
say it i- the slackest time of your life,
you can go tb the "Young America"
! cheap store and get mea-ured for a plug
; hat at my expense and pay for it.
THERE is now railroad communica
tion from the Northern cities to Mem
phis, Vicksburg, Mobile and New Or-
The Somerset Amalgamation Case.
List week we noticed in our paper,
th'.t elopement of a white girl, named
G.-iffirh, of S unerset county, with a
Buck Nigger who had been employed
by her fatner. We stated then that lie
had said that he would rather that his
d iginer would marry a negro than a
copperhead. The name of the father
is o.uv Griffith, but as there are four
Billy Griffiths, we would beg leave to
slate that it is not Brick House Billy,
nor Tow Head Bidy, nor New \ears
Billy, but B '/itUt Billy, as he is willed.
He is a crazy Aboiitiofist, and was a
great friend of old Abe Lincoln, and is
a great opponent of President Johnson.
I Ie called his last child Pal phi, the name
of the Negro aforesaid, but as a preach
er came round soon afterwards, he
changed the first nam • for said preach
er, and gave the middle name Palp's
in memory of the 15 irk Nigger, loifving
the last-nam \ "GriilLh," to represent
himself. Tire whole name is Coldrea
Pal pis Griffith. His inordinate love
for the Nigger had a climax in tlie e
lopement of ids daughter with Pulp is
as aforesaid.
That tlieir attachment and love for
each other was i 11 tense we have no doubt,
as the Nigger With wh >m Pa'pis stop
ped, when in town, tohl one of our po
lice officers, that he ought to bca-h lin
ed of himself to part till? couple, that
their young hearts twined round each
0 her like the tendrils of a vine, that she
loved him and lie loved her, ami that
what "de Lord had jitied tegedder man
should not put asunder." From a h-t
--t -r written by a gentleman at Jenner 'A
R tads to a gentleman in this place we
understand that the whole community
u i there blame B ipHsl Billy with the
ads committed by his daughter, as it
was his teachings that led her to the
desperate act. We are also informed
that both thegirl and thoN gger declare
that they will yet be married and lead
a blessed wedded life in close amalga
-111 at ion. —Johnstown Democrat.
TKL'TII VS. FALSEHOOD.
The radical press throughout the State
with scarcely an exception, are very in
dustriously at work to convince the vo
ters of.the old Keystone, that the Lt m
ocratie candidate lor governor "souglit
the disfranchise nient of the men who
were periling their live sin defense of
the National Government."
We give leicw the vote in the State
Senate. We hope all who have misrt j -
r.-seined h.m wiil piaee him light be
fore the people. Ail we ask in relation
to him is the truth. 1! his ice old, w l.< 11
fairiy placed before the people of the
State does not meet with favor, let him
be defeated. But his record is one of
which we are not a-hanud. liis whole
course since lie first entered the Senate
is one of which the State* has reason to
feel proud.
Head litis record on "A joint resolu
tion proposing an Amendment to the
(Jonstitu.ion extending tile* right of suf
frage'to citizens in acaial military sc.-
vie-e," which ti] on coming before the
Senate, 011 its final passage, the yeus
and nays were determined, and were as
loiiows:
'•Yeas—Messrs. Bough tor, Bond, Buc
her, CI.YMEK, Conned, Loi.ovan, 1 ui
ler, Giatz, Graham, Hamilton, llies
tand, Jel.r.seu, Kti.eiy, 1 intuitu,
Lowry, M'Candiess, M'Sherry, Molt,
Nicholas, Penny, llc.ly, Lidgwaj,
Robinson, Serrili, Smith, Stark, a>u i. ,
S.utzman, Tarred, Wadae-e, White,
Wnsoii and Lawrence, Speaker— bJ.
"Nays—none."
ltlciiAi-.D STOCK *>.\" signed the dec
laration of independence. lUc-hanl
Stockton, the son, was a Senator ol the
L'mtid Stales wld.e \\ ashiiigion livid.
—Robert F. Slock ion, lite grandson,
was also a Senator; and thou the gri-tt.-
grandsoii sueeeeeied to his inhe-ri.ai.ee
of honor, of wiiieh lie has been robbed
by party freebooters.
THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN.—A little
Sweetish giri was walking with l.ir
father one night, under the starry sky,
intently meditating upon lite gior.esol'
heaven. At iast, .coking up to the sky,
.icsaid, "i atl.er, i ha\e been tl.ink
ing if the wiohg t.de- of heaven is:o
oeautilui, wl.at will the light side- be?
CCFFY said he'd rather d.e* iu a rail
road smash up than a steamboat bu.rt
up, for this reason: "it you gits otf
and smashed up, dar you is, but if
you gtts btowe-d uit me boat, whar is
you?"
MKS. Pait.iigioti USKS, very indig
nantly, ti Ute bios be.ore Coogress a.e
001 couuterieit, wny ihereshuuiei beso
oiurii dtUicuity tit passing llieni?
A YOU.NG widow who edits a paper
in a neighboring Siuae, say&: ''Wc-c.o
out toon as wet. as Usuai 10-uuy on ac
count ox lite non-amvat 01 the males."
IT is said that everything in nature
has its e-qUiVUicnv; out we know of
.iotiuug that is equal to Woman s cut.-
Ojity.
WHEN Lavid slew Goliah with a
sting, the latter led stone dead, unci was
juiie asloitisi.id, us sue it a ih.ngne\er
entered liis itead before.
WHAT is the dil.erence between a
iioneymoon and a 1ie.1.1 jeeit.b? Lac-is
t great seii and the other a lot ul lm.e
cills.
Y, Mf ; 1111. is tiic.tt v. itl a 1; d
wile tke-ieaie suieio bt-slir-up's in tt.e
family.
WIIEX are larptnurs nke circum
stances? \\ hen they ulurunes.
WHAT game e.ots a lady S bustle ri
-euibie? Backgammon.
WHY are the girls of Missouri sweet?
Because they are Mo-iosses.
I.VDVLGE in tumor asuiu.il as ycu