The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, June 08, 1866, Image 2

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Friday .Horning- June H, 1566,
DEMOCR ATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
THE CLIMBER.
A Campaign Paper.
The undersigned propose to publish
a campaign paper to be entitled "The
Climber," the first number of which
will be issued on the 4th of July next,
and continued until the Gubernatorial
election in October.
This publication will be devoted to the
support of President Johnson's Resto
ration Policy and the election of such
candidates as are openly in favor of sus
taining that policy. It will contain six
teen columnsof matter and will be filled
with racy editorials and the spiciest
articles of the campaign. No conser
vative politician should be without it.
TERMS:
Ten copies to one address, cash in advance, DO
Twenty " " " " 8.00
Less than ten copies toone adiress. 60 cts per etpv.
Get up your clubs and send in your
orders at ouce. No attention paid to
any order unless accompanied by the
cash. Persons getting up clubs should
be particular to specify in their orders
the name of the person to whom they
wish the package addressed, as all the
papers in the club will be sent to one
person for distribution. Address,
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Bedford, Pa.
FIT/..
"Down with the accursed institu
tion!" "Away with the 'relic of bar
barism!'" "The curse and sin of Slav
ery must be removed!" Such was the
chorus of the yelping hounds unken
neled from the infidel pulpits of New
England, until civil war abolished the
institution of Southern Slavery. Oh!
how they whined about humanity,
how they prated about philanthropy, j
how they preached anti-slavery Chris- I
tianity! The poor oppressed Negro;
the overseer's l&sh, the auctioneer's ham
mer, the blood-hounds' bay; these :
were their texts, the burden of their
songs, the subjects of their prayers or
the objects of their maledictions. How
the gullible noodles who pinned their j
faith to the skirts of these pious phil
anthropists, shrank from the very men
tion of the name of slavery ! How the
men groaned as thev listened to there- !
cital of Sambo's wrongs! How the wo
men wept as tney heard the story ol
Dinah's saie upon the auction-block!
Oil! it was pitiful, it was sad beyond
expression, it was horrible above all
that could be conceived of crime, that
the poor Negro, 'a man and a brother,'
should be doomed to pine in the chains
of Southern Slavery. The Rev. Mr.
Fitz told his congregation so from time
to time. The Rev. Mr. Fitz said so in
the annual meeting of the Boston An
ti-Slavery Society. The Rev. Mr. Fitz
repeated it in a hundred stump speech
es delivered in the disguise of lectures.
So slavery was abolished, the Freed
men's Bureau was erected, and the
great christian philanthropist, the Rev.
Mr. Fitz, was made a Superintendent
of the Freedmen in the State of North
Carolina. Hail, glorious Freedom! No
more hard work for poor old Ned! No
more lash lor lazy young Bill! No
more auction-block for lovely Dinah!
No more bloodhound for swamp-fox
Sam! Every thing goes "merry a.-, a
marriage bell." But by and by, Pres
ident Johnson, meddlesome man,sends
two fellows with star* on their should
ers, Steedmanand Fullerton by name,
to inquire into the condition of Bro.
Fitz' portion of the Negro vineyard.
Alas and alack! not a frmlman did
Steeduian and Fullerton find within
the bounds of Fitz' jurisdiction—not a
-ingle freed man, but lot.- of slates! Ne
groes hung up by the wrists; negroes
shut up in prison whilst their wives
and children were dying from small
pox; negroes compelled to burry their
children in the cradles, in which they
died; and to cap the climax negro chil
dren, inoffensive little picaninnies,
thrown into dungeons for playing in
the streets on the Sabbath! And all
this by order of the distinguished a
postle of the new dispensation of Afri
can liberty, the great New England
humanitarian, the Rev. Mr. Fitz. But
what boots it to multiply words? We
can oniy ask the negrophilists which
system of slavery they prefer, that
which was lately abolished by the Itev.
Mr. Fitz and his-frieuda, or that-which
hney havte kujuti is ha dtoai
THE "BOYS IN BLUE."
I York. Cumberland and Perry in
Line!
THE HERO OFTHF. HARI'ERSi FERRY
SPITTOON RF.PI UI.VTED!
The Soldier* (Ml Stand Xeyro Suffrage !
A few days ago the soldiers of York
! county met in convention, nearly three
hundred in number, and passed resolu
tions in favor of Clymerand the White
Man's party. Thesoldiers of Cumber
land followed and elected five delegates
to the Geary Pittsburg Convention, but
instructed them to vote for Clymer, by
a vote of 132 to 21. Cumberland is
Geary's adopted county and his repu
diation by the soldiers of his own
home, is a blow that will tell upon his
prospects all over the State. And now,
to make matters still worse for the he
ro who captured the Harper's Ferry
spittoon, the soldiers of Perry County,
tuo hundred and fifty-sir in number,
with Major Robinson, Capt. D. L. Tress
ler, Capt. B. F. Miller and other dis
tinguished officers at their head, have
formed themselves into a "Clymer
Club," declaring that they cannot sup
port Geary because he belongs to the
Negro Suffrage party, led by Thaddeus
Stevens and other Disunionists. The
following, among other resolutions,
was adopted by the Perry county boys:
Rusolred, That as white soldiers we
cannot support any party which favors
negro suffrage and negro equality—that
refuses to admit new territories while
the word white remains in the declara
tion of qualification of voters—which
sympathizes with negro interests in
preference to the cause of the poor of
our own color—which wastes all its time
in providing for the freed men and can
not be induced to equalize our bounties;
and believing that John W.Geary, the
Radical candidate for Governor, i- a
follower of Thud. Steven.-, and i- fully
committed to the cause of the Disun
ionists in Congress, and is the enemy
of the conciliatory polity of the Presi
dent, we cannot and will not support
him at the poll-. We call upon our
fellow soldiers everywhere to remem
ber that the party that Geary is a can
didate of,has repeatedly declared in
Congress, through it- p:v-- and on the
stump, that the war could not have
been ended but for the bravery and a—
-istanceof the blacks, giving to the ne
gro the credit which alone was merited
by our white soldier-.
EVERY township should have a club
of twenty or thirty copies of the "Cam
paign Climber" circulated among its
people. Will not some of our friends.;
take contributions for the "Climber"
at the coming Delegate Elections?
THE SLAVERY OF THE FBCKJWEXA,
ItIHEAI.
Where is Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe? The country needs another;
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." To be sure,
Leg roe Is dead; (he was hung by the
Confederates as a spy ; Topsy, too, has
been taught by a Yankee "school
inarm" to know where she came from
and she doesn't "spect" any more that i
she growed;" and I "note Tom's de- i
scendants are free to starve, or to die j
by any other process. But then the
Rev. Mr. Fitz, Superintendent of the
Frecdmen's Bureau, has taken the place
of I.egreeand Topsy's saddle-colored !
offspring iCapt. , Agent of the
Bureau, knows best how that "growed)"
iaquiteasgood a subject for Mrs. Stowe's
pathosas her maternal ancestor; whilst
Uncle Ned, hung up by the wrists by
; order of the aforesaid Rev. Mr. Fitz,
! answered just as good a purpose as did
his much lamented cousin, Uncle Tom.
We would call the special attention of
Mrs. Stowe and the writers for the!
New England Magazines, to this fine
field of romance opened up by the phi
lanthropy of the Freedmen's Bureau.
! A dozen of novels founded on facts,
might be worked up from the report of
Gens. Steed man and Fullerton. For
j instance the following extract from
that report, might be made the ha.-is of
a second Uncle Tom's < abin:
"Amongmany acts of cruelty com
' mined by Superintendent Fitz. we
found tiiat he had, in two instances,
freed)/xn with cords urouml
their tarisfs, with their feet not touchiny
the floor, ond kept them in /hi> pewit ion,
in one en** four and in the other raw six
, hours/"
Shades of i.egree and of all the slave
drivers that ever cracked a whip!
Here i- an opening for enterprising
writers of pathetic hooks! Here is a
fountain from which can be drawn a
sea of tears ! In shortand in fact here
' is an opportunity to give the people
who sympathize with the poor negro—
j Fitz !
i BERLIN, Somerset co., sends us a list
i of fifty-five subscribers for the "Clim
ber." What tow nship in Bedford coun
ty can l>eat this?
DEATH OF JE.Y. WI\FIELD SCOTT.
The sudden demise of Lieut. Gen.
j Scott, has cast a gloom over the country
i which will not soon be dissipated,
i Gen. Scott's name is deeply interwoven
j with the history of the country and is
dear to every man, woman and child
who loves American Liberty. He has
lived to a good old age, and is gathered
to .his father* in the ripene® of his
timil Place d) adbeß!
TW O PHI'jr.VY PHEUOWH.
The Patriot A Union says that Cly
mer is already at the top round of the!
ladder of popularity and asks us what
more there is to "climb?" The Hol-j
lidaysburg/Standardthinks this is a po
ser. We might with the same propri- j
ety ask, what use is therein having any j
more Patriots , or any more Unions, or j
any more Standards, since every body .
considers himself a patriot, a I T nion man
and a standard citizen. But, seriously
speaking, we fear our friends of the
Patriot A Union and the Standard will
tind, as usual, quite as much Abolition
ism to "climb" in Blair and Dauphin j
counties as will be agreeable to their :
taste. Sharpen your claws, boys!
SERIOUS apprehension (says an ex-i
change) of a general European war has
been created by the announcement, re
cently made by Louis Napoleon, that
he detests the treaties of 1815. This
declaration is supposed to imply, in
connection with various significant oc
currences, his intention to encourage
the outbreak between Prussia and Aus
tria, and while Vtetor Emmanuel is
striving to gain the Quadrilateral) to
extend the frontiers of France to the
Rhine. The Empire is at this moment
believed to typify war, not peace.—
Some writers allege that a few months
hence Europe will resound with the
tread of a million of men under arms.
BE CAREFUL! The Disunionists in
this county always base their hopes of
a reduced Democratic majority, upon
dissatisfaction engendered by the Dem
ocratic county nominations. We know
that there is not a man who is an
nounced as a candidate before the
coining Democratic County Convention
who would willingly minister to the
gratification of tne wishes of our polit
ical opponent. But ungarded words
and too zealous partisanship, frequent
ly result in heart-burnings and personal
estrangement Be on your guard,
friends! If you are to be nominated
you should be able to unite the party
in your support, and to do this thor
oughly and with the proper spirit, you
must treat your follow candidates fairly,
kindly and generously.
GEARY has been asked by the Phil
adelphia Daity Sews to repudiate the
platform adopted by the Disunion State
Convention which nominated him.
That platform endorses Congress, and,
in so doing, sustains the efforts of that
body to force Negro Suffrage upon the
District of Columbia. But the hero of
Harper's Kerry, is mute,and continues
to upon the Congress-N'egrO
Suffrage platform. Therefore, the lxidy
.Veics aiid a number of other "Republi
can" papers in the State, refi;-e to sup
port him. Geary must repudiate Ne
gro Suffrage, or lie will tie beaten at
least OO,MU).
KVERV third"Republican" you meet
prpf< to be opposed to Negro Suf
frage. So far so good. Now, who is the
representative of the Negro Suffrage
party in Pennsylvania? Who will he
supported by Thtlddeus Stevens. Win.
1). Keiiey, John M. Broomall and the
balance of the Negro Suffrage Con
gressmen, for Governor of Pennsylva
nia? The answer is, without the
shadow of a doubt, John W. Geary.
How, then, tan those '"Republicans"
who are opjiosed to Negro Suffrage,
vote for Geary for Governor?
We have been asked who.her "The
Climber" will bo. a reprint of the GA
ZETTE. We answer, not wholly so. It
will contain much original matter, and
will be illux'rafeil with '"Jfx and rtngrw
ings which alone will be worth more
than the subscription price.
WE call tiie attention of the reader
to tlie President's nmssage vetoing the
bill for the admission of Colorado as a
state of the Union. The message will
be found on our outside. It proves con
clusively that Colorado is not at pres
ent entitled to admission.
Br;toi ßE any 'Republican' who claims
to voteintelligenlly, rnak sup his mind
to east hi.- ballot for John W. Geary,
we ask him to read and consider t.:e
resolutions of the Fayette county sol
diers commanded by Geary in the Mex
ican War. Those resolutions will he
found on our first page.
MOKE TREASON.— The New Lisbon
(O.i Jinckeyt State, a Republican paper,
closing an article on the political situ
ation, says: 'Oh, that the hand of Booth
had been paralyzed, and the heart of
Abzerot more firm." Abzerot was the
man who was charged with intending
to kill Johnson.
A SEVERE PARODY.— In a recent ad
dress to the"uuterritied," at Tamma
ny Hall, Captain itynders, referring in
his neeuliar and sarcastic manner to the
Disunion party, said its motto was from
Pope, and was:
"Honor and shume from no condition rise,
Steal all you can, ther* all the profit lies.
MODERN" patriotism is a queer thing.
For instance, that eminent lover of his
country, H. Greeley, said as recently as
i860: "Ail nations have their supeiVti
tions, and, tint ttf <tur peopfd-id t4rc <A>o-
Stftfatzom"
INVASION OF CANADA BY FENIANS.
CAPTURE OF FORT ERIE.
1.1K(U: LIOIMF.M OF TLKST AMI MUNI
TIONS OF WAR ES ROUTE.
I'IHLERITL TROOPS IN MOTION.
BUFFALO, June 1.-r-The reporters
of tiie Express have just returned from
a point one and a half miles below
Lower Black Rock. The head of the
Fenian Column, (WKI strong, had reach
ed that point with their armyTffTin of
nine wagons loaded with ammunition.
They declare they will effect a crossing
before daylight.
ST. ALBANS, Vt., June 1. —Three
hundred Fenians arrived here this
morning.
CINCINNATI, June I.—A dispatch
from Columbus, Ohio, says that 15,000
rounds of ammunition were shipped
from that place to New York, 150,1)00
to Chicago, and 1(1,00(1 muskets to Buf
falo, within a few days. These arms,
it is reported, are for the Fenians.
NEW YORK, June I.—lt is reported
that Fort Erie, iu Canada, opposite
Buffalo, was ca Mured by Fenians to
day. They are -aid to be 1,000 strong;
2,0' Oof themar dd to be marching
unopposed into the interior, and have
already out one telegraph line.
BOSTON, Jum I.—Two companies of
U. S. Regulars left this morning for
St. Albans. Ai additional force of 100
Fenians also lef, it is supposed, for the
Canadian border. One i housand five
hundred men is the alleged quota of
Massachusetts for the present enter
prise.
BUFFALO, June I.—Notwithstanding
the vigilance < the authorities in this
region, the U. S. steamer Michigan be
ing under stealt and having her ports
open, and in fad thecity swarming with
Canadian spies, several regiments of
Fenians cresset over into Canada last
night, includiig troops from Kentucky,
Tennessee am Indiana; a regiment
from Ohio and a regiment from this |
city. At this >oint they crossed in ca
nal boat- dravu by tugs, and when:
ncaring the Oaiadianside they sent up
a wild Irish cluer, with the green flag
flying.
Vol. O'Neill.of the 11th regiment, of
Nashville, isii: command at Fort Erie.
Large numbers of persons are viewing
the sight from this shore.
The' Fenians-av that no depredations
shall be pernii ted.
All the telegraph wires to Canada are
cut on the < "auulian side, except those
via the -uspeu.-ion bridge.
BOSTON, June 1. —The two enmpa
nies of regulais wholtft for the North
this morning vere from Fort Warren,
and are commanded by Col. Living
ston.
The newly raised r'enian cavalry
regiment, under the conmand of Co!.
J. leonine, late of Mose.iy's guerrillas,
i- part of ihe expedition from this
city.
Gen. Fit/. Hugh Lee will command
the cavalry wing of their army of in
va-ion.
BOSTON, June I. -In addition to the
Fenian cavalry regiment, the Third
Fenian infantry, Col. Conner, 1,200
strong, has left here for the Canada
border. The transportation for the
cavalry regiment was paid through to
St. Albans by a citizen of 80-ton.
Detachments of United States troops
from Forts Warren and Independence,
also from For Preble are under orders
to leave for tin' northern frontier.
BUFFALO, June I.—Railroad officials
from Fort Erie report that the Fenians
had torn up the track in several places,
burned down some buildings back of
the village, ai.d are seizing all the hor
ses within.their reach- They have ta
ken twenty-five or thirty prisoners, but
these were released on naroie after "
icw hours* ftrtcntiuii. At i- o clock,
the Fenians started down the river to
ward Chippewa. All communication
with Canada is now cutoff at this point.
The United States steamer Michigan
has been stationed opposite Fort Erie
and commands the river.
The agent of the Associated Press
has returned from an interview with
a prominent Centre, who sayst bat from
1,500 to 1,(>'(( men have effected a land
ing in Canada from this point, and are
hourly reeeiviug accessions in Canada
and from 1 his shore.
They are well armed, and have -ix
pieces of artillery . it is said to boa
general descent along the whole front
ier, and the Fenians have as many as
thirteen batteries of artillerv in Cana
da.
LATER.
NEW YORK, June I.—The Herald
contains the following account:
BUFFALO, June 2—*7 ?• M- —An eye
witness of the engagement near Bridge
way says the Fenians were one thous
and strong, under O'Neill, and had
reached a small village about ten
miles from Waterloo Ferry when their
scouts announced the approach of a
large force of Canadian volunteer-.
The Fenian- tore down a fence and
went into an adjoining field and form
: ed in line of battle, Geli. O'Neill being
! assisted by Colonels Starr and O'Brien
: in making a disposition of the troops.
The volunteers .Advanced upon the Fe
nians, and the action commenced, the
skirmishers on cither side exchanging
a brisk aire. Th ornier was then given
for the Fenian skirmishers to fall back
to the main body. Both parties fired
several rounds when the Fenians ad
vanced on the double quick with fixed
bayonet-, but as the Canadians were
pressed in an on-hard on either side of
a swamp, ami were separated from the
Fenians by a thick bru.-hwood, G'Xeil
deemed a charge useless and gave the
order to halt and fall hack. The Cana
dian.- believing this a retreat advanced
from their shelter on a run, but wen
met by the Fenians with a counter
charge and were instantly routed, the
Fenians pursuing them for two miles
when '' M ill ordered a halt. The ( an
- adian- were completely demoralized
and continued their flight to Port Col
borne. The Fenians lost (> killed and
15 wounded, and theCaiiadian-21 killed
and wounded in all.
The Herald's Buffalo special says Gen
eral O'Neill with his staff were cap
tured.
TORONTO, June 1-2 A. M..—A dispatch
from Waterloo says Colonel Dennis'
command, numbering about eighty
men, engaged so or 100 Fenians. About
half-past two O'Neill, ordered the Fe
nians to charge upon the volunteer
with fixed bayonets when the volun
teers broke and ran in every direction,
I throwing away hats, belts, cartridge
boxes, ETC. At 1 P. M.the "field of Wa
terloo" was in possession <>f the Fe
nians. Col. Dennis is said to be wound
i ed. Two Fenians were killed, and the
British had five orsix wounded. Rein
forcements for the Fenians have cross
ed at Frenchman's Creek. The opera
tor at Port Coiborne reports a large
bodv of Fenians crossing into Canada.
LATEST.
THE F.NI> OF THE FORT ERIE AFFAIR
BUFFALO, June B.—The Fenians e
vacualed Fort Erie last night, and most
of them attempted to reach this shore
but only a small number succeeded.—
About seven hundred were gobbled up
by the United States boats guarding the
river, and are now prisoners under the
guns of the United States steamer
Michigan at Black Itook. Th© Cana
dian ftntiß, undor Cbkteft Peal tick, arts
now in possession of Fort Erie with- j
out a skirmish. The ultimate disposi-;
tion of the prisoners is uncertain, hut |
the British Minister has been telegraph-1
ed to.
Colonel O'Neill and staff are captured.
The only Fenians captured by the Eng
lish appear to be thirty-two pickets,
who were left by their friends in the
hurry. By order of General lfcyry all
communication is forbidden with the
Canada shore. It is reported that a
small Fenian force left this neighbor
hood last night, destination unknown.
Those that attempted to reinforce their
friends at Fort Erie were prevented by
the United States picket boats. We
have conversed with some escaped Fe
nians, and they say, having no artillery,
and they positively assert they have
had none, and finding the Canadians
had Armstrong guns and were closing
around them, with no prospect of rein
forcementandnosupplies, they conclud
ed not to be gobbled up, so they "ske
dadled" as best they could.
The men were completely worn out,
having fought two battles (though the
Fort Erie affair they regard as only a
skirmish), and have had nothing to
eat and no sleep.
(i EN. ME APE AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, June 3, 2. P. M.— Major-
General Meade has just arrived here
which fact is considered its a coniirma- i
tion of the statement that a general in-!
vasion along the border is contemplat- j
ed.
Gen. Meade while here issued a gen j
eral order giving Gen. Barry full com- ■
rnand and authority in this department
to make such disposition of troops,and
to use all means in his power to pre-,
serve neutrality between the United j
States and Canada.
DETROIT, June A large number j
of rifles in the Merchant's despatch j
warehouse were seized to night by the
United State- authorities.
General, Meade's Order.
Head Quarters Military Division 1
of the Atlantic, Buffalo, June 3.)
Brevet Major General Barry: Gen
eral orders will be sent you from Head
quarters of the Department of the East, ;
assigning you to the command of the!
District of Ontario, extending from j
Erie, Pennsylvania, to Oswego, New ■
York, both places included, Headquar
ters at Buffalo, for advance of the or-:
ders and accompanying instruction. I
direct you to use the force at your
command to preserve the neutrality
by preventing the crossing of armed
bodies, by cutting off reinforcements or I
supplies, by sei/.ingali arms, munitions,
etc., which you have reason to believe
are destined to be used unlawfully; in
fine taking all measures precautionary,
and otherwise, to prevent violation of
law. For this purpose you will move ,
the forces under your command to such i
point- as are threatened, and you will
employ vessels, tugs, etc., such as can
be procured, for watching the river and
lake shore, and taking all such meas- ■
ures a- in your judgment the emergency
requires. Very Respectfully,
GEO. G. MEADE,
Major General Uomd'g.
Official- Order from General (Irani.
BUFFALO, June 2. —Lieut. General j
< irant passed west at noon to day. He
sent the following telegram to General
Meade:
BUFFALO, June 2.—-To Maj. General
Meade, U. S. A., Philadelphia: Gen.
Barry is here. Assign him to the gen
eral command from Buffalo to the \
mouth of the Niagara river.
'I he State authorities should call out
militia on the frontiers to prevent
hostile expeditions leaving the United
States, and to save private property
from destruction by mobs,
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
I. STEWS*.
SENATE.— Mr. Wilson reported a ser
ies of resolutions providing for the ad
journment of Congress until Monday
j next as a token of respect to the mem
j wrv of Lieutenant General Scott, and
j also that a committee, composed of
! members of both Houses, shall attend
i hi- funeral, which is to take place at
West Point to-day. The resolutions
were unanimously adopted. A bill de
lining the number and regulating the
appointment of officers in the United
States navy was reported from the Co
mmittee on Naval Affairs. The Senate
concurred in the report of theCommit
teeof Conference on the amendments
to the Pension bill. This biil now goes
to the President. The Tax bill was re
ceived from the House, it was refer
red to the Committee on Finance, and
five hundred extra copies ordered to be
printed. The Senate then resumed the
consideration of the joint resolution
from the Committee on Reconstruction,
the question being on the amendment
proposed by Mr. Howard as a substi
tute for the third section, which dis
franchises all persons who have taken
an oath to support the Constitution of
the United States, and afterwards en
gaged in war against the Federal Gov
ernment. .Mr. Dooiittlc made a speech
against the amendment, and pro nosed
several amendments modifying it,
which were voted down by a vote of
12 nays to 10 yeas. Mr. Howard's a
menduient was then adopted—yeas 12,
nays 10, a strict party vote. The Sen
ate then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.—A message was received
from the President transmitting the re
ply of Brigadier General Whittlesey,
Chief of the Freedtnen's Bureau in
North Carolina, to the report of Gener
als Steedinan and Fullerton, which
was referred to the Select Committee
on Freedmen. The House concurred S
in theSenateamendmeutsto the House
bill regulating commercial intercourse
between the several States. This bill
now goes to the President. As passed
by Congress, it authorize.- any railroad
company iu trail.-portpassengers, mails,
freight, Ac., from anyone State to any ;
other State, and to connect with roads
of other States, so as to form continuous 1
lines for transportation of the same to i
its place of destination. The House
then took up the hill authorizing the
('levelandand Mahoning Railroad Corn
pan v toconst root a continuation of their
road from Youngstown. <)hio, to Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania. After a long dis-:
cussion the hill was passed—yeas 77,
nays 41. The Senate joint resolution j
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy j
to appoint a commission to examine a ;
site near Portland, Maine, with refer- j
enee to its fitness as a fresh water site
for iron-dads, was passed. The House |
concurred in the Senate resolutions in j
reference to the death of Lieut.' Gen. j
Scott by a unanimous vote. The report j
of the Committee of Conference on the j
"Pension" bill was agreed to, and the •
bill stands as passed by both Houses, j
The bill fertile completion of the Pitts- j
burg and Connellsville Railroad, be- j
tween Cumberland, Maryland, and
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken up j
and passed after a brief debate. The i
road is to be completed in three years, j
The bill regulating the pay of the Uni
tedStatesarmy was taken up, and pend
ing a vote was laid aside until Monday.
The House then adjourned until Mon
day next.
—Judge Erskine, in Georgia, has de
cided that the act of Congress prescrib
ing the lawyers' test ami.is unoonsti- :
tutibffal.
PUBLIC SPIRIT IN ITALY.— Private I
letters from Italy describe in glowing.
terms of admiration, and not without j
surprise, the unanimous, concentrated, ;
anrl profound enthusiasm of the whole
Italian nation—an enthusiasm too deep 1
for idle show, hut rather expressing it
self by calm and resolute self-sacrifice, |
at the near prospect of the final battles j
for national independence. "War,"
we read in one letter which has been j
placed in our hands, "is now for us a ,
certainty—peace an impossibility. It :
is a question of lifeor death for the dy
nasty and for thecountry. 1 f you could
only see what life,what movement,
what energy, the settled purpose to
have done once for all, with the ruin
ous uncertainty and precarious incom
pleteness of the present condition of
the country inspires. Every man and
every woman seems to say, "Italy ex
pects all her children todo their duty."
In another letter from a Florentine geft
tleman to a friend in England we read:
"Ah, my dear friend, if you could see
Italy now—how beautiful inspirit, how
full of life she is. There are but two
i ways before us—war against the Austri
an, oracivil war; independence or rev
olution. How I wish those countrymen
of yours who cry out against us could
see' us as we are. No more parties;
no more factions; hut one single heart
•andsoul and strength. alike for
! war. All ready to make sacrifice to
j the last penny; nay, to the last child.
; I am not speaking the language of ex-
J eitement, but the simple truth. From
! the poorest peasant to the richest noble
! in the land there is the same will; the
same obedience toduty. All are ready
ito serve in the ranks. To see fathers
land mothers accompanying their sons
to t/ie offices of enrollment might move
the heart of a lionrsicr." —London Dai
ly Xeics.
NKGKO SUFFRAGE. —The Radical
Disunionists have now boldly declared
in favor of negro suffrage. They voted
in the House directly in favor of forc
ing this measure upon the people of the
Territories, without consulting their
wishes at all on the matter. They have
made up the issue at last, and the peo
ple know exactly where they stand.
The Radieal-disunionists, witn Geary
at their head, are in favor of negroes
voting and crowding around the polls
with white men ; the Democrats, with
('lymer at their head, are opposed to
negro suffrage, and believe that this
government was instituted for the white
race. This is the issue in the pending
eanva-s.— Genius of Liberty.
THE Hon. Reverdy Johnson, in a
letter to Mr. Slogan, one of the mem
bers of the House of Representatives
from Missouri, confirms the statement
of the latter in regard to the decision
of the Supreme Court on the question
of the "test oath." Mr. Johnson states
that a majority of the Judges of the
Supreme Court decided that the oath
was unconstitutional, and that the rea
son alleged for not making this decis
ion public at once was mainly owing to
the fact that the Judge select* d to de
liver the opinion had not time before
the close of the term to prepare such a
one as the importance and gravity of
the question required. Mr. Johnson
adds that he has no doubt that the o
piuion will lie delivered at the next
term of the Court.
G EN. STON EM A X says, in hi* report
of the Memphis riot*: "Very few Con
federates were mixed up with the riot
ers, the larger portion being registered
voters." Scarcely a person in Tennes
see can be a registered voter unless he
is "loyal" and i- a supporter of old
llnwnlow and his rascally "legisla
ture." Four-fifths of the bona tide vo
ters have been disfranchised bv the
lirownlow Disunionists, for their con
nection with the Confederacy. It ap
pears from Stonenian's report, there
fore. that it was the "Southern Union
ists r of the Brownlow stripe who pre
vented the darkies from again "hear
ing off the palm." This takes much of
the "pressure" off the "reconstructed
rebels."
Two hundred and thirty-live (235)
honorably discharged soldiers of York
borough lately enrolled themselyes as
members of the Ciymer Club, at the
first meeting. The names were pub
lished in the York Gazette. The llar
risburg Telegraph discovers that////<< n
are dead and/oWf/nre deserters. Strange
that the citizens of York were oblivi
ous to these facts until so informed by
the Geary Telegraph. Evidently to
hear of home the Yorkers must come
to JLarrisburg. We would not have it
understood, however, that lying i- the
great speciality here. — Patriot it- Union.
MIWEI.I.AXEOIS vt:ws.
—General Grant has received a let
ter from General Ilalleck, in which the
latter pronounces the report of the Ft.
Goodwin massacre a hoax.
—By the latest reports from New
York Quarantine it appears that since
the transmission of previous accounts
there have been received into the chol
era hospital from the steamship I'niou
forty-live patients, and from the Peru
vian thirty-nine. There have also been
fourteen deaths—making an aggregate
of persons now under treatment of sev
enty.
The Lynchburg Virginian says: "We
Understand that there are a great many
muskets in the hands mostly of the
negroes in this city and neighborhood.
We even learn that they are forming
companies, and mustering and drilling
in the suburbs."
—.V boy, seven years of age, while
rummaging in a bureau drawer, at Al
abaster, Michigan, came across a revol
ver, and while carelessly handling it,
discharged the contents of the same in
to his stomach, causing death in about
five hours afterwards.
—A grist-mill at Middleton, New
York, appears to have been "dealing
death around the land" by infusing
lead, with which crevices in the mill
stones were tilled, into the flour and
meet which is produced! The conse
quences are quite serious.
—ln Utah, Judge Drake has denied
the right of the Territorial Probate
Courts to naturalize foreigners, and has
himself refused to naturalize foreigners
who practice polygamy as being in vio
lation of the act of Congress.
—John C. Fremont has sent an agent
to St. Louis with &}2o,fHK) to make the
first payment to the directors of the
south western branch of the Pacific Rail
road on his recent purchase.
—A man in California has madeprep
erations to hatch sixteen thousand
chickens by steam during the coming
season.
Since the "Night-Blooming Cereus"
charmed the town,
Whole swarms of bogus perfumes have
gone down.
Manufactured by Phalon A Sou, 517
Brtta'dway. &f!d Cvferytyhort)..
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
All notices under this head must he pre-paid to
insure insertion The following are the rates
Prothonotary, $5 00; Sheriff $3.00; Associate
Judge and Commissioner, $2 00 : Poor Director and
Auditor, SI.OO Tickets will be printed at $4.00
per thousand, when not less than one thousand are
desired
SHERIFF
MR. EDITOR : —Please announce A.J. SANSOJI,
of Bedford borough, as a candidate for Sheriff, sub
ject to the decision of the Dcmocatic county con
vention.
EDITOR GAZETTE :—Please announce ISAAC D
EARNEST, of Bedford township, as a candidate
1 fur Sheriff, subject to the decision of the D uio -rat
| ic county convention.
I MR. EDITOR Please announce WM. KEYSEK,
! of Juniata township, as a candidate for Sheriff.
; subject to the decision of the Democratic county
! convention.
MR. MEYERS:—PLEASE announce D L BEFI
BAUGH, of Bedford township, as a candidate f, r
, Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic
| county convention.
We are authorized to announce ROBERT STECK
MAN. of Bloody Run. as a candidate for the off. - e
■ of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democrat
| ic county convention.
j MR. EDITOR .—Please announce THOMAS C
' REIGHARD, of Union tp., as a candidate f r jhe
i office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Deni-
I ocratic County Convention,
j EDITOR GAZETTE You are authorized to an
nounce HUGH MOORE, ol Bedford tp.. as a can
-1 didate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the
j Democratic County Convention.
WE are authorized to announce GEO. W. HORN"
of Harrison tp., as a candidate f-r Sheriff, subject t,
the decision of the Democratic County Convention
We are authorized to a< nounce IJKN V FLI KE
of .Middle Woo lberry township, as a candidateCr
Sheriff", subject to the decision of the Dewocrati
! county convention.
MR. EDITOR Please announce GEO. STEEL
| of liopewe'l township, as a candidate fur sheriff
subject to the nomination of the Demooratic Com,,
ty convention.
We are authorized to announce JOHN C. FI
-1 1 GARD, Broadtop twp.. as a candidate tor Sheriff,
subject to the decision of the Democratic county
; • convention.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
MR. EDITOR : —Please announceF. D BEEGLE,
: of St. Clair tp . as a sui'able person for the office
j of Associate Judge, subject to the noinina ion of
| the Democratic County C-nvention.
WE are authorized tq. announce GEO. SMOI'SE,
Jr., of Snake Spring tp., as a candidate for A- -,
ciate Judge, subject to the decision ol the Demo
cratie County Convent! n.
We are authorized to announce JOSEPH SEL
LERS, of Bedford township, as a candidate for
Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the
Democratic county convention!
MR. EDITOR :—Please announce GEORGE W.
i GUMP, of Napier township, as a candidate for As
sociate Judge, subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic county convention.
We are authorized to announce JOHN C
: BLACK, of Bloody Hun, as a candidate for Associ
[ ate Judge, subject to the decision of the Democrat
ie county convention
CO M MISS 10 A' ER
MR EDITOR:— Please announce Joseph Souser
of Napier township, as a candidate for Commis
sioner, subject to the decision of the Democratic
| county convention.
We are authorized to announce John S. Brum
baugh. of S. Woodberry township, as a candidate
! for Commissioner, subject to the decision of the
J Democratic county convention.
We are authorized to announce David How-tire.
; of .Southampton township, as a candidate for the
1 office of County Commissioner, subject to the de
• cision of the Democratic county convention.
We are authorized to announce Jonathan Bow
ser, of Coleraiti township, as a candidate for Com
j missiooer. subject to the decision of the Democratic
| county convention.
We arc authorized to aiiDounee Dar.iel P. Becgle.
• I of St. Clair township, as a candidate for Commit
sioner. subject to the decision of the Democratic
county convention.
. I POOR DIRECTOR.
WE are authorized to announce HEXRV M r| S'Kv
1 j of Bedford tp., as a candida'e for the office of Poor
■ ■ Director, subject to tbe nomination of the Dcmo
> | cratie County Convention.
MR. EDITOR :—Announce the name of Isaac
j- j Grazier, of Napier township, as a candidate for t he
| office of Director of the Poor, subject to the deei
-1 j sion of the Democratic county convention.
• i We are authorized to announce Michael Diehl,
- j of Colerain township, as a candidate for Poor Di
: rector, subject to a nomination Irum the Detuo
j cratie county convention.
We are authorized to announce the natneof Si
| mon Brumbaugh, of Middle WoodberrJ townr-bip,
t j as a candidate for Poor Director, subject to the tie
. 1 cision of the Democratic county convention.
SPEC IA L NOTICES.
'
Cholera, Diarrhoea, and Dysentery!
|—A cure is warranted by Dr. Tobias' celebrated
| Venitian Liniiuent, if user, when taken by persons
)of temperate habits.. This medicine has been
i known in the United States over 20 years. Thoas
j ands have used it, and found it never failed to
cure any complaint for which it was recommended
I and all those who first tried it, are now never
I without it. In the Cholera of IS4S, Dr. Tobias at
j tended 40 cases and lost 4, being called in toulate
j to do any good.
Directions. —Take a teaspoocful in a wine-glass
: of water every half hour for two hours, and rub
; the abdomen and extremities well with Liniment
To allay the thirst, take a lump of ice in the
mouth, about the size of a uiarble every ten min
utes. It is warranted perfectly innocent to take
internally. Sold by all druggists, price 40 and
80 cents. Depot, 56 Courtlandt at., New York
mayll.'66.— lm
A Single Box of Brandreth's Pill*
contains more vegetable extractive matter than
twenty boxes of any pills in the world beside; fifty
five hundred physicians use them in their practice
to the exclusion of other purgatives. The first
letter of their value is yet scarcely appreciated.
When they are better known, sudden death and
continued sickness will be of the past. Let those
wno know them speak right out in their favor. It
is a duty which will save life.
Our race are suhjeet to a redundancy of vitiated
bile at this season, and it is as dangerous as it is
prevalent; but Brandreth's Pills affurd an invalu
able and efficient protection. By their occasional
use we prevent the collection of those impurities
which, when in sufficient quantities, cause so much
danger to the body's health. They soon cure Liv
er Complaint. Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, P.iin in
Head, Heartburn, Pain in the Breast-bone, sud
den Faintness and Costiveness. Sold by all re
spectable Dealers in .Medicines, [may 11 ,'6f> -lut
TRANSFORMATION. —SThe supersti
tions of antiquity are onty "food for laughter at
the present day, and yet this is an age of
MiracJec.
accomplished with the aid of science. For exam
ple : grey, sandy or red hair is
Changed in Moment.
tq the richest conceivable black or brown, by a
simple application of
Citstwloro's Hair Dye,
Manufactured and sold by J. Cristadoro, t> Aster
House, New fork. Sold by Druggists.
by all Ilair Dressers.
To CONSUMPTIVES.—The advertiser.
having been restored to health in a few weeks by
a very simple remedy, after having suffered for
several years with a aeverclung affection, and that
dread disease. Consumption—is anxious to taake
known to his fellow-sufferers the means of uure .
To all who desire it, he will srtnl a copy oi " ie
prescription used (free of charge), with the diree
tionsfor pr-paring and using the same, which
they will find a sure CrRK for CoNslM!'Ti".v.
ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, COLONS COLPS. and
Throat and Lung Affections. The only ohj y' l
the advertiser in sending the Prescription is t0
benefit the afflieted, and spread information which
he conceives to be invaluable, and he hopes every
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost tbetu
nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by K"
turn mail, will please address
Ktsv. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg!). Kings Co , New Y'oik
Jan. 5, "66—ly.
ERRORS OK YOUTH. —A (Scnth'llUlU
who suffered for years from Nervous Debility- J re*
mature Decay, and all tbe effects of youthful in
discretion, will, for the sake of suffering I . l '
ty, send free to all who need it, the recipe and an
reotions for making the simple remedy by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertisers experience, L in do so bv addressing
JOHN C OviDEN.
No. 13 Chambers St , New York
Jan. 5, t)6—ly.
STRANGE, BI T TRUE.— Every young
lady and gentleman in the United States can beu
something very much to their advantage by re
turn mail (free of charge,) by addressing tbe un
dersigned. Those having fears of being humbug
ged will oblige by not noticing this card Other,
will please address their obedient servant,
THOS F.CU.rP.VIAN.
45Jl Broadway) Sow \or
Jan-, ffj 'tfff-ly.