TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BFDFOBB GAZETTE is published every Fri dy morning by METERS A MENDEL, at $2 00 per t nnutn, if paid strictly in advance ; $2.50 if pid within six months: $3.0(1 if not paid within six months. All subscript ion. accounts MUST he settled annually. No paper will be sent out of the State unless paid for IN ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at the expiration of the tiuie for which thev are paid. All AD\ ERTISEMENTS for a less terra than three months TEN CENT? per line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional • All resolute ns of Associations; coromunic lions of limited or individual interest, an'! notices of mar riages and deaths exceeding five line.-, ten cents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphans' Court and Judicial Sales, arc required by lata , to he published in both papers published in this place. IJU -Alt advertising due after first insertion. A liberal disc unt is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows : 3 months, ti months. 1 vear. . #one square - - - $4 io sf> fit) s'ut 00 1 Two squares - - GOO oon if, on Three squares - - - 8 00 12 00 20 <MI j Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 3-ilf column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 4ae column - - - - 3u 00 45 00 go 00 ♦One square to occupy one inch of space. JOB PRINTING, of every kind, doue with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has ju-t been refitted with a Power Press Hud new type, ir,l everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.— TERMS CASH. -AH letters should be addressd to MEYERS A MENUEL, Publisher*. ;Attornnu: at £au\ JOSEPH \Y. TATE, ATTORNEY fj AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., will promptly j :eud to collections of bounty, back P"Y. Ac., , , all business entrusted to his care in Bedford i ir.il adjoining counties. Cih advanced on judgments, notes, military! *r i other claims, Hts f'r sale Town lots in Tatesville, where a i ; 1 Church is erected, and where a large School j H-iu.se shall be built. Farms. Land atnl Timber Dave, from one acre to 500 acres to suit pur cir.-ers. Office nearly opposite the "Mcucel Hotel"' and B -rk of Reed A Schell April 6,1866 —ly J. MCD. SHARPE. E F. KERB. 11A It PE Ot KERR, ATTORNEYS > ' AT LAW BEDFORD. PA., will practice in :ne courts of Bedford and adjoiningcountiY-; fit- j a on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of | Reed A Schell. |March 2. '66. i V. DURBORROW. j JOHN LCTZ. | r\ v RBORRO AY ,v EE TZ , I j f ATTORNEYS AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., | Will attend promptly to all husine's sr-trusted to] tl r care. Collections made en the shortest no- i tie. Thev are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents i !id will give special attention to the prosecution ' nfcliiins against the Government for Pen.*i", : J5- k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door Sooth f the: Metigei House," and nearly opposite the In /Hirer office. JOHN PVREED, ATTORNEY at tf LAW. BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders hi; —ivices to the public. Offie second door North of the Mengel House. I Bedford, Aug. 1. 1811, fOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT *f LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend I i all basiness entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection of Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly; piosite the Mengel 11 use. Bedford. Aug. I, I*sl. T7SPY .M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT j [ j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and p: uptly attend to all business entrusted to his j care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military j claims, back pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected. [ Office with M inn A Spang, on Juliana street, j two doors South of the Mongol House. Jan. 22. 1844. F. V KIW HELL. J. W". 1,1 NPENFELTER. j KIMMELL eV- LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., Hive formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office 011 Juliana street, two doors South If the -Mengel House,'" /1 H, SPANG, ATTORNEY AT * H , LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at tend to collections re! all bu-.ne - en'ruvi-l to j his ore in Bedford and adjoining counties, office on Juliana Street, three doers south of the j Mengel House." op;-' ite the residence •'( Mr.-. Tate. May 13, 1864. 8. F. MEYERS | J. W . DII'KEKSoS. J MEYERS A- DICKERSON. A T TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. I'a.. office saute as formeily occuj ted by Hon. IT I' t-chell, , two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice ' in the several eonrts of Bedford couuty. Pensions, i b unty and t aek pay obtained and the purchase an 1 stile of real estate attended to. |mayll. 06. j FOHN H. FILLER, •AUomeyat Law, I P Bedford, Pa. Office near v opposite the Post [apr.9,'<s.- ly. iMiusuwns anil glrsttft*. PH. PENNSYL, M. i>., BIAXJPY j a Rr>. Pa.. ;1 >te surgeon jotii P. V. V..) ten- U'-r- his professional services to the jH-opie of that place and vicinity. Dec. 22. 65—ly* ITT W.JAMJSON, M. D., BLOODY It . Wit. i'a.. tender-' his ptnfoMMl Wm e- -to the people of that place an-1 vicinity. Office | ••ne door west of KiehHrd Langdon s store. He*. 24. 05— ly nil. J. L. MARBOURG, Having! permanently located- respectfully tenders • professional services to the cituens of Bedtord , in 1 vicinity. Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite 'tie Banking ID-use of Reed A' Sehtil. Bedford. February 12. 1864. N.HIOKOK, . | J. G. MINNICH. JB., nENTI S T S , BEDFORD, PA. Office in the Bunk Building. Juliana sit. ; AH operations pertsiiuing to Surgical or Me- j hanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war- I ranted. Tfrms —CASH. Bedford, Jauuary 6, 1865. gankttf. JACOB REED, | J J SCHELL,] I) E E D A N,D SC H E 1- L, 1 i Banters and 1) i: A LEII S I N E XCIIANG E, BEDFORD.PA DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and 1 money promptly remitted. D< posits iofisidd. ... w. RCPP O B. SHANNON V BENEDICT J J ) CPE, SH ANNON &CO., BANK II. ERS, BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. COLLECTIONS made for the East. Wes, North] - l South. and the general business of Exchange ' u acted. Notes and Accounts Collected and Remit nuwee promptly made. REAL ESI ATK bought and sold. Oct. 20, 1865. fpigrttfarart**. | j.W'IEL BORDER. 1 r PITT STRKKT. TWO DOOHS WEST THE RED * 'ur ROT BEDFORD, FA. *ATCHTf*KER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY, SPECTACLES. AC. ID keeps on hand a sto k of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches. Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re •--1 GDi--es. also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold *M<-h Chains, Breast Pins. Finger Rings, best 'fiility of Gold Pen', lie will supply to order s "y thing in his line not on hand. Oct 20. 1865- H'F. IRVINE, , ANDERSON'S ROW, BEDFORD. PA.. !) ucrin Boots, Shoes. Vucensware. and Varie i efffr lers trom Country Merchants re 'ptstfuliy solicited. Oct 20, 1865, J) R.ANDERSON, Lk\ rated Scrivener and Conveyancer, CENTREVILLE, BEDFORD COC.VTV. P 1., 1 attend to the writing of Deeds. Mortgages, s p 9. Articles of Agreement, and all business ally transacted by a Scrivener and Conveyan ce patronage of tho public w respectfully 'Hf. 2l|c tfchfori) ©alette. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. iiarihmrr, St. WM. HARTLEY | S. S. METZGER. HARTLEY A METZGER HAVING formed a partnership, on the Ist day of April. ISfifi. in the IIA R D WAR E and FARM MACHINERy TRADE, now invite the pub lic to examine tbeir mammoth stock. whi--b they will sell at low figures, for cash. | apr.27,'66. " IRON AND NAILB,at knees! cash I prices, at HARTLEY A METZGER'S PAINTS, fresh, durable and beau hi - I ful; Pure Liberty W hite Lead ; Penn Treaty ' W hite Lead; Mansion White Lead; China Gloss; Inrpertine; Flaxseed Oil; Copal and Demar Var- j ni-h: Brushes of all kinds, for sale cheap, at HARTLEY A METZGAR'S. / IRA IN AND OR ASS SOYTHIX v.I Sneds and Harvesting Implements to great j variety, and at all i rices, for sale at HARTLEY A METZGER S. X! \ 00 WASH IN G MAC HI NFS * '' ' and the great anti-Cog-Wheel Wringer, now on exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S. Call and see this invention before purchasing else where. QPRING TOOTH RAKES, Gum i ' Spring Grain brills Improved Cider Mills, Eureka Fodder and Straw Cutters, for sale at HARTLEY .1 METZGER'S. H OUSE KEEPERS will find at Hartley A Metzger's .Store a great variety of household Hardware : Knives and Forks. Spoons of elegant quality. Ladles, siugle or in sets. Shovels ana Tongs. Waiters. Tea Bells, Scissors. Meat Saws, Carvers. Paring Knives. Brushes. Waffle Irons. Gridd'es. Gridirons. Brass. Porcelain and Iron Ket tles. Iron Pots. Tubs. Buckets. Baskets, Brooms, ■Maw Cutters, Ac.. Ac. Stove Polish. Rotten Stone, and a hundred little "knick knacks" thstwecan't afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell what we don't keep thau what we do. RRHE CLEAREST, BRIGHTEST, | Best, Safest and Purest, and for these reasons the Cheapest Coal Oil in Bedford, may always be had at H irtley A .Metzger's. You who have never used any other than the ••common tritei.'' try it, compare it! and you will always go to Hartley's. Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion, and great variety, very cheap at Hartley's, also, Wick. Lump Tops, Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired. VGREEN CASTLE GRAIN UHA s/' f DLES. Natural bent fingers will be re ceived by Hartley A Metzger. who are exclu sive agents for Bedford county. Order soon. DUCK-EYE REAPERS ami M< >\V j k ERS. with all the new improvements, among wbi b is 'he wonderful Dropping invention. Also, a few ••Farmer Movers'' for sale by Hartley A Metzger. Order -non as the supply is short for ihi. reason. I)ARN DOOR ROLLERs7of the | > most improved pattern, track and all com dlete. cheaper and better than hinge 3, for sale at HARTLEY A METZGER > DEMI-JOHNS, for Mineral Water, at HARTLEY A METZGER'S. WISHING TACKLE— Rods, Hooks, { Lines, Ac., Ac. Shot Guns, Powder. Shot. Co I -. Ac. at Hartley A Metzger's. KA REKEA GRINDSTONES and • )'■ f and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzger?. I)ATENT WHEEL GREASE; the I best White-wash, Blacking and Scrub Brush es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's. / 10 TO HARTLEY A METZGER'S \ I to get your money hack. K! I M (llllt DUE AND WAN eI ! '• 'e* *' !' z TED.—Old Merchants say: it is necessary to quit business in order to settle up; that many peoph are so mean, after you have credited them, that when you try to get your hon est dues from them, they will "shy off," and spend their money, or runup accounts, at other stores, and you will lose their custom. I d"u'i want to quit business. I must have inoio-y I hare been indulj-eirf. T want every man qod woman who owes nie by book account or note !• p.ty tne noir 1 don't want ihem to act mean and "shy off." Stand up to the counter like men! Pay it you can. If you can't pay, settle so n" way. I will sue oily those who don't want to pay, nd quit me because I dun them. Is * >'l concerned call at once to settle Thank ful to ' generous public for their patronage. 1 hope tl'.fv will favor the new firm of Hartley A Merzgi : who will do right. .ijir '-T i Ri -j ectfully. WM HARTLEY OKO. EH lIVRR. j JOBS F. BLV'KVFB. i 1 EI • RGE BLY MYE It ASI )N \ I having formed a partnershij. on the tith of March, lS'il'i, in the HARDWARE Sr HOUSE FUR NISHI Ml fIUSI XESS. respectfully invite the public to thoir new rooms. HtrM doors WMt of the nLI Stand, where they will li-l an huMM stock BtSks tnosi splendid ffoods ever hriuig'i! to Bedford my The-' 1- .\ill to- so! :it ihe lowest ,-oAble prices Per.-n - ■ r HARDWARE will find it to their give us a call. WHITE LEAD.—We have on hand a large quantity of White Lend, which we have been for luisate to buy a little lower than the mark' rates. The particular brands to which wo would invite attention, are the Pure Unci f.cad. Inherit/ ll'hiti Li.d. S/t'itr Fro all in White Lead. Washington White Lead. Washington Z"ie Whih Lead, Nrir lor/ White In •</. ALSO :— French Porcelain Finish : Druiar Varuish: 1%, rni.shes nL all kinds. Fla.rsted Oil, (pare.) Tnrpentine and Alcohol. All kijid s of IKON and NAILS No T CHRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL OIL. LAMPS in profusion. We would invite persons wanting Saddlery Hardware, to give us a call, as we have every thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckles, | Ring". Haines and Webbing Lealberof all kinds; also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of French Calf Skins. Morocco Linings, Bindings, I Pegs, etc. Housekeepers will find at Blyinyer A."-oil's store a great variety of household goods. Knives and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table 1 arid Tea Spoons at all prices. Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scot'a Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels, ; Forks and Spades. Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing Tackle; Brushes of ail kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent 1 Wheel Grease, Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite variety of articles. $20,000 WANTED —Would like to get it if our i friends would let as have it. Less will do; but j persons having unsettled accounts will close them up to the firsi of March, to enable us to close our old b oks. This should be done. [ mav4,'6fi. GEO. BLYMYER A SON. H j PER EAR! We want O 1 /' M ' agent* every where to sell our IMPROVED S2O sewingMciilee- Three new kinds. Ui.der and upper teed. Warranted five years.— Above salary or large commis-ions paid The ONLY niuchines Sold in the United States for less than S4O. which are fatty hren <rd hyHoire, Wheeler }<• Wilson. Grarer if Hater, Sniper if Co.. ami HnrJielder. Alt other cheap machines nre ia fcingemf ats, and the setter or user are liable to arrest, fine, and imprisonment Circulars free. Address, or call upon Shaw A Clark, Biddei'ord, Maine, or Chicago, Ills. |Deo. 22. '65 —ly I MONTH! Agents wanted at • Mr lor sir entire!// ne/r "rt ich . just out. Address 0. T. GAREY, City Building. Biddeford, Maine. jPeo-ltt, 65—ly HARD LEO, Manufacturer of CAJHNET-WARE, CHAIRS, AC., BEDFORD. PA., The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet making business, will make to order and keep on hand everything in his line of manufacture. BI REAL S, DRKSSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN SION TABLES, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WASH STANDS, Ac., A*'., will be t'urhished at all prices, and to suit every taste. COFFINS will also be made to order. attention paid to all orders for work. Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite the residence of George Shuek. July 10, 1863.—tf RICHARD LEO. \rI:RCHANTS' SHOW BILLS, }f J[ printed-In superior style, -and upon roaeona bio terms, at Tug IiKDFuaDGAitTXB offiae. U he -I'.fiHotd (iY,v?cttc. For the Gazette. EXITED. Suggested by Jean Inge/oie* poem, "Divided."' BY (? ? ? ? 1 In the bosom of the mountains Rose two sparkling little fountains, Where the breeze with wild flow rs wantons In the blooming month of May. Far apart tbey were and lonely, Still they sang but one song only. And the sweetness of tbeir tone lay On the brooks that rolled away. O'er the one, there hung a daisy, From a crag whose height was crazy, In the wind half bright and lazy, Swinging by a single root. But the stoim rose in its splendor. And the daisy's root so slender, Broke from its silken ties so tender. Down the swollen brook to shoot. O'er the other's brink so mossy. With his brilliant coat so glossy. That the wind gave ne'er a toss he Did not spurn with Conscious pride, Leaned a blue-bell, wild and blooming,— All the graceful airs assuming, Of a male bird when he's pluming, Ere he goes to woo his bride But. the fountain bubbling under. Tore his mossy ties asunder, Sent him down the brook to wander. To a new home on it- brink ; And away he floated sadly While the birds were singing gladly, And the waves were plunging madly. As they gave the earth to drink And he passed the dangerous rapid. In the ravine dark and vapid. Where the waves with white o'er lapped. Threw their foam about his crest; And he floated down the valley. Where the'flowers with sunlight dully, And the birds meet musically. Ere, at night, they go to rest. But they've left, the brooks forever— Ah ! 'tis thus all ties we sever. As we reach the mighty river, That flows onward to the main , And we leave regrets behind us ; For tbeir memories only bind us To the thoughts tha' ever blind us, With the tears of Sorrow's pain. And meanwhile, the tender daisy, Having passed her dangers easy. Now is lying still and lazy In the current by bis side; And the blue-bell nods his bonnet, Smiles and lisps a tender sonnet, Pledges love and faith Cpon it.; And thus wins her for hi- bride. Onward now they float together, Through both bright and gloomy weather, By the blooming fields of heather, To an Island's mossy base- Where the birds are singing lightly, And the sun is shining brightly. And the moon is beaming nightly, With a glory in her face Flow, flow on. 0 glorious river ! Let thy waters flow forever. And thy many voices never Bring tbeir sadness back to ma- Let thy waves, in graceful motion, Flowing onward to the ocean. Bear with them each sad emotion, On their bosom, to the sea. tIAV THE SOI.DIEKS ARE LOlVfi. We have never believed that thesol- j diers could be induced tosupportGeary. j They know that he is indebted to the i Philadelphia Inquirer for hi.- Military j ( reputation such a.- it is. They know | that heprofessAiltn be "alife-iotifr Dvin- j ocrat," until he was offered the nomi nation of the Republican party by Si- j rnon Canieron and .John VV. Forney. ] They know that when he inline the tool of these eorrupt ttud flhtriguelng [toliticiaiis, he t wtts ready to tin their 'bidding. They know that he has open ly declared that he endorses the acts! and the speeches of Thad Stevens.— ; Kiiowing tin se things, no right think- j ing man among the returned soldiers will vote forOeary. All over the state they are arraying then. -lv-- with the DeuKteratic party in support of Presi-j dent Johnson's policy, and in open op- j position to the radical disunionists and their bogus Military candidate for . Governor. Wherever the attempt litis been made to get up clubs among the soldiers; pledged to the support of Hiester Ciy mer and President Johnson's policy, the returned veterans have responded , most heartily and enthusiastically. In York several hundred rallied at once ! to a call of that kind, in Miillin coun ty a Clynter Chi!) has been organized j among the soldiers, which already i numbers a large proportion of that c!:i-s among its members. The I'erry coun ty Democrat comes to us this week wi tii a call for a Soldiers' Democratic! County Convention, signed by some hundreds of bona fide veterans. On i the other hand the oldicrs fail to re spond to calls from the supporters of Geary. We had an instance of their j aversion to him and his party in the j recent convention hold in this county. The meeting was ridiculously small. ( in Mifflin county a similar meeting j was an absolute failure, so much so that they had to choose a civilian to preside.; lit Perry county les- than a dozen re- ; sponded to the loudest kind of a call i from the leader- of the Radical Disun ion party. So it will be throughout the entire ! State of Pennsylvania. The soldiers; do not believe that they fought through i the war in vain. They did battle for the sacred cause of the Union, and just- j j ly regard it as an insult to be asked to j support a political p rty which boldly; avows its intention of preventing a res-; titration of the Union until the negroes are allowed to vote and made in all te j speets the equal of the white race. The soldiers will stand bv President John-! i son and will support his wise and states- j ; man like policy. They cannot be gull- j j ed into endorsing the infamous schemes ; of such avowed disunionists and negro j worshippers as Thad. Stevens and i Charles Sumner. They know that i Geary is only a miserable tool in the hands of the Stevens faction in this ] State, and knowing this they will re- | pudiate him with scorn and contempt.! The soldiers, in the language of a brave private, "ir/'J rote as they shot, jor the Union and / tot for the negro.—Lancaster InteUigenc'ir. WujgN isa man thinner than a lath? When, he'a a shavin'. BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1866 THE COLORADO BILL. THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. To the Senate of the I'niter/ States: 1 return to the Senate, in which it originated, the hill which has passed both Houses of Congress, entitled "An act for the admisssion of the State of Colorado into the Union." with my ob jection to its becoming a law at this time. First. From the best information : which I have been able to obtain, I do not consider the establishment of a j State government at present necessary I for the welfare of the "penile of Colora- j do. Cnder the exiting Territorial 1 government ali the fights, privileges, I and interests of the ,'itiiens are profcec- | ted and secure 1. The qualified voters ' choose Sfaeir otpi legislators aud their own local officers, a:;d jr. re represented | in Congress by a delegate of their own : selection. They inakij and execute ; their own municipal laws, subject only to revision of Congress, .111 authority not likely to be exercised, unless in extreme or extraordinary cases. The population is small, some 'Sitirviatiiig.it so low as twenty-five thousand, while advocates of the bill reckon the num ber at from thirty-five thousand to for ty thousand souls. Thepeopleare prin cipally recent ,-fttiers, many of whom are understood to be ready for remo val to other mining districts beyond the limits of the Territory, if cireuni- 1 stances -hay render them more invi ting. Such" a population cannot but find relief from excessive taxation if the Territorial system which devolves the expense of the executive, legisla tive and juditial departments upon the Cnited Slates, is for the present continued. They cannot but find the security of persvn and property increas ed by their reliance upon the national executive power for the maintenance of law and order against the disturb an neeessari y incident to al! newly organized communities. Second. It is not satisfactorily c-- tablished that a majority of the citi zens of < 'oloradodi-ire or are prepared for an excbang- of a Territorial for a State govern in ait. In September, 18(54,iinder theauthor ity of Congress, an election was law fully appointed and held for the pur pose of ascertaining the views of the people upon that particular question. Six thousand one hundred and ninety two votes were cast, and of this num ber a majority of three thousand one hundred and fifty-two was given a gainst the proposed change. In Sep tember, IMF), without any legal author ity, the freesttHl wa-awln pr-wTtt-1 to the- people of the Territory, with the view of obtaining a reconsidera tion of the result of the election field in compliance with tile act of Congress approved Jdarch 21. 1804. At this sec ond election five thousand nine hundred and five vote- were polled, and a ma jority of one hundred and fifty li ve wa given in fiavorof Siuteorganiziuion. it ! does not seem to me entirely safe to re ceiv this In - r mentioned result, -o ir regularlyob ined, as -a{Helent root weigh the one which had len legally obtained hi the first election. It •gular : itv and conformity to law are c—em' il to the preservation of order cul stable 1 government, and should, as far as prac ; livable, always be observed in the ibr : mation of new States. I Third. The admission of Colorado, | at this time, as a Stale into the Federal Cnion, appears to ine to be iuenmpati : ile with the public interests of the country. While it is desired rbat iVr ritorios sufficiently matured should be organized as States, yet the -pirit of tiie ( (institution seems to req-.tire that I there siofjld bean approximation to ward- i-quality amoiigthe-evera! states ■comprising the Cnion. No State can ! ha vi more than two Sum tors in Con ' gres.- : tic larg-st Sta'e has a popula j tion of four millions, several of the j States have a population e.\e - ing two millions, and many others have. ..op ; ulatiou exceeding one million. 1 a population of 127,tK is the ratio I of apportionment of representatives a i niong the several States. Is this bill j should bceoine a law, the people of ! Colorado, thirty thousand in numlvr, would have in the House of llcpfesen i tativesone mcmher, while New York, ! with a population of four millions has ' hut thirty-one. Colorado would have in the electoral college three votes, i while New York has only thirty three, i Colorado would have in the Senate two ; votes, while New York has no more. Inequalities of this character have already occurred, but it is believed that 1 none have happened where the inequal i ity was so great. When such inequal ; itv has been allowed, Congress is -up ! posed to have permitted itontheground I of some liigh public necessity, and un der circumstances which promised that ' it would rapidly disappear through the i growth and development of the newly ! admitted State. Thus, in regard to the ; several States in what was formerly ! called the "Northwest Territory," ly ; ingeast of the Mississippi, their rapid i advancement in population rendered i it certain that States admitted with on ly one or two Representatives in Con j gress would in a very short period lie | entitled to a great increase of represen ! tation. So when California was ad mitted on the ground of commercial and political exigencies, it was well ; foreseen that that State was di stined | rapidly to become a great prosperous mining and commercial community. ' j In the case of Colorado, I am not a ivarb that any national exigency,ci ther of a political or commercial na ture, require.-) a departure from the law of equality, which has been.so gen erally adhered to in our history. If information submitted in connec tion with (his bill i- reliable, Colorado instead of increasing has decreased in population. At an election for mem bers of a Territorial Legislature held in 18G1, 10,580 votes were east. At the election before mentioned, in 180-1, the number of votes east was 0,102; while at the irregular election held in 1865, which is assumed as a I asis for legisla tive action at this time, the aggregate of votes was 5,005. Sincerely anxious for the welfare and prosperity of every Territory and State, us well as for the prosperity and welfare of the whole Union, 1 regret this apparent decline of population in Colorado, but it is mani fest that it is due to emigration, which is going out from that territory to oth er regions within the United istates, which either are In fact or are believed by the inhabitants of Colorado to be richer in mineral wealth and agricul tural resources. If, however, Colora do has not really declined in popula tion, another census of another elec tion under the authority of Congress would place the question beyond doubt, and cause but little delay in the ulti mate admission of to ■ Territory asa State, if desired by the people. The tenor of th'-se objections furnishes the reply which may he expected to an ar gument in favor of the measure, deri ved from the enabling act which was pa.—c:i by ( migrt— on the 21st day of March,•lß6l. Although Congress then supposed that the "om'ibon of the Ter ritory was such as to warrant its ad mission as a State, the result of two years' experience shows that every rea son which existed for the institution of a Territorial instead of a State Govern ment in Colorado, at i - first organiza tion, still continues in force. The condition of the Union at the present moment i> calculated to inspire caution in regard to tin admission of new States. Eleven of the old States hqve Ik h for sum time, and still re main, unrepresented in Congress, it is a common interest or" all the States, a> weil those represented as those un represented, that the integrity and har mony of the Union should be restored as completely a.- possible, so thatali ' those who are expected to hear the bur thens of the Federal Government shall be consulted concerning the a amis-ion of new Sintes, and that in the mean ■ time uo new State shall be prematurely and an necessarily admitted to a par ticipation iu the political power whirl for the b nefit of any individual Stat: or section, but for the common safety welfare and happiness of the u hob country. ANDREW JOHNSON. Washington, D. ('.. May 15,18GG SOMI; of the NEW York papers )iav< a hi- a ten from Washington statinj. thai the government will lose heavily . by the operations of speculators in eot ! ton at Memphis, Tennessee. Last sum mer sloO.itoo iu gevi rmn; sit fund- weri placed in the hands of a certain party which were used up in the purchase: iof cotton. The cotton was sent fort! for sale, and before the govern mcnt realized anything at ail from ih< transaction, the consignees failed a;a the government lost the whole annum —principal as well as prospective pro! ■ iii". - WiiiLK tlit' war was going on ami the Disunion Ai)o!ition:s> were gal't ering fortunes to themselves out of the : necessities of the (iovernnu at, their ! cry to the Southern people was— 4 " v . . I tthail emue into the Union!" Nowsims | the cessation of war lots stopped ; u s i plunder supplies. their • .y lias euung -<i to "V< u .*'/'•'come into the Union!" : Ain't they a nice set of fellow- to ride | a free and Intelligent peopleand to make i h'.ws for them "iJKn VETO." —Due of our gerimui i t'eliow citizens,says the Kintira fiui-.lte, ' got agitated on the President's veto i message. theothorday, arid tints reliev ! Ed himself: "'I dinks d'-r President is ! right. Dese eight years and potter, hai I 1 gebt house, and nefer hat a purcau in j mine hlaceyet. and Igot along.situs.- as i good a> if i hat one. Mow day wants I all de go'ored Peoples to haf a purcau j and dux de poor white People to pay i for him. I stands by der President." J IT is re.purted upon good authority, : say.- tin* Washington correspondent of tlie Now York Tout's, that thejudieiary committee* have conic to the conclusion thai theevidence produced before theni docs not warrant the charge that Jef ferson Davis is guilty of complicity in the assassination of Mr.'Lincoln. AN editor declaims against the im modesty of tilting hoops, inasmuch as they ex j>ose too n i uch of the extrem it ies of the iadies who wear them, ami then exclaims:—"We grieve for the good old days of Adam and Eve." We don't think that the wardrobe which Adam and Eve started life with would be much of an improvement on tilting hoops. Tin. President has i--ueu an order di recting the arrest of all officers of the Freedmen's Bureau interested, direct ly or indirectly, in the cultivation of farms in the Southern States. AN orchardist Of New York uses coarse manure as mulching for irurt trees and has plunia evory year-- - VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5.351 From the Genius of Liberty. JOH\ W. BF.IRV VM) THE SOI.IUEKS or THE ttKXICAS WAR. Kond! Rend! ! Read! ! : John W. Geary, the candidate of the Radical Abolitionists for Governor of Pennsylvania, was elected Lieutenant Col. of the 2d Pa. Regiment of volun teers in the war with Mexico, upon the I organization of that Regiment in the City of Pittsburg. William B. Roberts, t of thi> county, was the Colonel coni manding and died in the city of Mexi-; co. After his death, Geary was pro- ! moted to the Colonelcy. The Fayette ; Volunte rs were attached to tin- Regi ment, and known as Co. H. Thejf dis tinguished themselves for gallant con duct and intrepid bravery in all the im portant engagements'from Vera ( re.z to the city of .Mexico, including the bloody assaults upon the gates of that oily. They continued in service until | the end of the war, and were honorably discharged. The survivors, upon their ; return home, were received with well j earned and highly distinguished hou- j ors by their fellow citizens. Here at! the County Meat, they were honored by 1 a splendid reception, participated in by ; tne of ilie county generally, as j well a- by the ladies, who greeted their return with all that delicate attention and refined taste peculiar to their sex. j At Couneilsville, also, they were the recipients of a handsome ovation, the heartfelt tribute of the citizens and la dies of that place and vicinty. The reception al Couneilsville took place on Saturday, July loth, 1848. Theroeep- j tion speech was made by I>r. James < Cummlngs, and the response by Ser grant Petor A. Johns. Alter tlie deliv ery of the speeches, and partaking an elegant dinner prepared for the occas ion, the returned soldiers met togetie r and unanimously adopted, a preamble and series of resoluriou-, which show up the character of John W. Geary in such a light as would render bis elec tion as Governor an ever-lasting dis grace to the State of Pennsylvania.— These resolutions, it Will l>e seen, were unanimously adopted by true and tried soldiers, by men who knew Geary well, and by men who did not hesitate to proclaim their estimate of his charac ter, and that too not in tender, dainty sentences, but in wed expressed and forcible language. The testimony of these proceedings,gainsadditional force from the fact that it was uttered at such a timeand under such circumstances as to exempt it entirely from any impu tgKon of political influences. The pro ceedings w : published in the papers of this county, by request of the sol , .!•-. • the uTtii of July, Is is, and ' here Ihey are. Again we say, read, rea i. read. i he following preamble and Resolu tion were ofi'ered by the returned vol unteers. of Company li, _d P an-ylya . nia Kegim-. nr. and unanimously adopt- I 1 by the meeting: WHEREAS, The discharge and arriv al home of the remaining members of the Fayette Volunteers has again placed them in the position of c '.izensol the I < V-Minc ii:w altli 01 Pen tsylvania. and i euahc-i hem u> speak and assert- their I rights, they now embrace this occas ion, the first opportunity sine their re turn, to express their deep and abiding I indignation the conduct of John \Y. Geary, since he was elected to the com mand of the 2d Pennsylvania Regi ment, at the City of Mexico. The said John W.Geary procured his election by a mere plurality of votes, by latss hoodand lb-re;.-:ion while he wasprom isiiigto give Company il the privilege of e. ting their own officers according to tilt laws of the State of Pennsylva nia. in-, the said Geary, bargaine*l with, others or vote- promising and giving appointments in said company 11 to men i un other companies who might answer bis peculiar purposes. The laws of Congress of tlie 13th of May, 1 > 17, calling for Volunteers for the war with Mexico, has this provision: S;:<ti>n •">. And beitb ■". nor enacted, that the said VoluMcm so olfering tin ir services shall be a ■ ■ -pted by die President, in eonipanes, battalions, squadrons and regiinems, whose offi cers shall be appointed in tin* manner prescribed by law in the - vera! State and territories to which such compa nies, battalions, squadrons and regi , ment shall respectively belong. ( The said Geary, while he availed hitn . self of this law to get himself into a high office, refused tlie same right l< company H, which legally and proper , ly belonged to them. Therefore, f lb-sot red, Thai, we, the remaining ■ members of tlie Fayette County Vol i unteers, view the conduct of the said i John \Y. Geary towards company Has - an outrage upon their just rights, as i cured to tliern by the laws of Petinsyl- vania as well as the laws of Congress. The whole course and conduct of the said Geary being inconsistent with tin character of a Gentleman or man of hon or— it was treating u> as a set of men who did not know their rights, and who could not appreciate them—it was ! corrupt and mercenary in ail its hear ! ings, characteristic of a tow andymed ia creature, hunting and seeking popu | larity for courage and patriotism that \ he never earned , by bargaining with supple tools and mercenaries, one of 1 whom at least was a notorious black* j leg. Resolved, That the arrest and trial of i Ist Sergeant John A. Cummings, by a I Court Martial, for daring to assert his .rights and those of his company, iras ■ a 6ase and cowardly c-x&rcise, of usurped I authority omiKo part -a/lba isedd John W. Geary— after he, the said Geary, had surreptitiously suppressed the ordt r of the Adjutant Geo. of this State, (is sued by direction of Governor Shunk,) directing him to till all vacancies in the 2nd Regiment of Pa. Volunteers by e lection—taking advantage of his stolen authority to cover up his worse than base motives , and to injure the hard earned fame of a brave and gallant offi- On motion of Peter A. Johns, it was Resokeel, That all the harm we wish Col. Geary, is that bis disgrace nn'y fol low hiui through att the. fanes and ave nues of life, and that he may never die or get old. HOW YANKEES TREAT NEGROES. The correspondent of tlie New York Herald , who is traveling with Gener als .Steedman and FulScrton, continues .o expose the peculation and oppres sion which characterises the conduct of uch Northern menus have undertaken o cultivate plantations in the* South. He says; In nine cases out of ten where we have come across a plantation poorly cultivated, the negroes hardly worked and miserably fed, that plantation has been leased for a year or two by a man i from Massachusetts. We met with a marked case of this 1 kind on WaUuiaiaw Island. Driving j over a plantation we halted at a store i round which a group of forty or fifty j squalid negroes were gathered, receiv ing their day's wages. There were no i coniractson this farm. Thehands were ngaged from day to day at fifty cents a "task." The sUnekeeperwas paying them when we came up, and was giv ing them, not money, but tickets for provisions. He explained that he oft en hud no money Wherewith to pay diem, so he gave them tjieir earnings in goods. We inquired the prices at which the stores were sold. We found that corn, which sells in Charleston market at a dollar and thirty cents a j hi .-hel, and is worth in Wadnmlaw Is land, with transportation added, eer , ilnly ies- thanu dollar and fifty cents, | v. as being deled out to them at three 'oiiar- a bushel. Twenty-five cents was charged for a package containing twenty-two biscuits, uch as might be bought in New York three for a cent, and every thing else w as in proportion. ouuld there be anything still due to the negroes, after they had purchased ; ti;<- in ■ -ary meal and bacon, there were beads and cheap jewelry—sure to attract the negro's eye—displayed in the-to. - to absorb the baiance of his earnings. Thus, while they were ap parently paid fair wages for their work, more than half their earnings were ev ery day taken back from them in the -uapeof profit on the goods in which they were paid in lieu of money. Gen. Steedman asked who leased the plan tation. He was told Mr. Underwood, of Boston. This Mr. Underwood does not ro:-ide on the plantation. It is man-j aged i>v his storekeeper (also a erner, with the assistance of a resident, to whom five hundred dollars a year is , jinid for his advice. The poor creatures employed on the farm gathered round . (fen. Steedmau and bitterly complain ed that their day's work barely sufficed to provide for them more than their . 'lay's provision-. It was evident that a-things are going on, when winter . . onies they wiii be left penniless and f •"JMViug. On l.disto island we came across a . . .milar cas'-. in which another North i erner wi:- involved. Some nee roes . commenced the cultivation-of an unoc . copied plantation. In March iast up . came a New York Dutchman and told f ihem he hml leased the farm, and they must contract with him. They repli ed, reasonably enough, that if he desi . red to contract with them he ought to j have done so in January, before they . had commenced to lay down their erops. . The man went away, and the freedmen . resumed their work and toiled early , and late for their own benefit as they supposed. A day or two -ince, when . they were hoeing their cotton and when j ay cessation of labor would destroy r : i tiieir prospects, up came this same , i eitchman, bringing with him six or t o ven negro soldiers, and compelled the ire edmen, at tiie point 01 the bayonet, to sic n a contract to give him one-third , of their cotton and pay him an exorbi tant ren* for tin- cabins in which they lived. Thee -n tract- signed, the Dutcli .. man went away, leaving them no copy , of the document, and giving them no nroof tiiat the plantation had ever been . restored to its former owner or that he ~ had leased it. IT i- reported that a Johnson Repub lican meeting w ill soon he held in Bos ton. A I'ATRIOTIC little chap began his j .ravers the other night with "Now I lay me down to sleep, shouting the battle cry of freedom." X THE following is a postscript to an - Irish letter: bear Mike—lf you don't I get this letter at all, write and let u^j, - know it, and 1 will raise the devil with - tiie Postmaster. PROVOKING— To go to bed early and dream that you have more money tin n you want, and wake up in the morn ing and find yourself only an editor. Ugh! THE leported rinderpest at Panama, proves to be a disease resulting from the use of grass by the cattle. The dis j ease is not contagious. ! DEATH comes to a good man to re j i lieve him ; it comes to a bad one to re lieve society. A NEW steam wagon for common roads lias just been tried at Quincy, 111., the papers say, with fair promise of success. /VA efforJ.Lsjjeing iuade to postpone , j the urai<4,, Jy&ucu>e. uujul falU
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