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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