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TBE Brdpord GAzerrr. is published every Fri-
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squares ... fi 00 900 lfi 00
p, r ee squares - - - 800 12 00 2u 00 ;
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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
j#tne*s and dispatch. TUB GAZETTE OFFICE has
-'.been refitted with a Power Press and new type. •
iid everything in the Printing line can be exccu
,,iiD the most artistic manner and at the lowest
..ss-TRRMS CASH
AH letters should be addressd to
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Publishers.
-—3 ;
at £au\
JOSEPH W.TATE, ATTORNEY
J \T LAW. BEDFORD. PA., will promptly
I;:MD to collections of bounty, hack pay. Ac.,
-& all business entrusted to his care in Bedford j
ird adjoining counties
■ H advanced on judgments, notes, military
other claims.
His for sale Town lots in Tatesville. where a
P -\ Church is erected, and where a large School J
HJ < shall be built. Farms. Land ami Timber \
L-ive, from one acre to 500 acres to suit pur I
tbaoirs.
Office nearly opposite the "Menge! Hotel and J
3IR,K of Reed A Schell.
April 6. 1866—1y
j HOD SHARPE. E F. KERR.
Oil A REE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in j
: ecourtsof Bedford and adjoiningeounjies Of
; eon JULIANA St., opposite the Banking House of
Heed A tfichell. | March 2. '66.
j p. DIRBORROW. I JOHN LUTZ. I
DU RBO RROW ALUT Z ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW BEDFORD. PA., I
Will attend promptly to all BUSINESS intrusted to!
•H ir care Collections made on the shortest no- J
They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents j
arid will give special attention to the prosecution j
cfelaims against the Government for Pensions, !
G , K Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the!
Mengel House," and neariy opposite.the Inquirer \
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
,) LAW. BEDFORD. PA Respectfully tenders;
:. services to the public.
OS-E second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford. Aug. 1, 1881.
JOII X PA LMER, A TT()llN EY AT
| LAW, BEDFORD, PA Will promptly attend J
:.i ail business entrusted to his care
Particular attention paid to the collection of;
Military claims, office on Juliana Street, nearly J
R'ODTE the Mengel H 'use.
B-dtord. Aug 1. 1861.
FISBY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
J J LAW, BEDFORD, PA Will faithfully and
R -aptlv attend to all business entrusted to his
-RE in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military :
claims, bick pay. bounty. Ac., speedily collected. ;
Office with Mann A Spang, on Ju'iana street, j
two doors South of the Mengel House
Jan 22. 1884,
t X. KIXMELL. | J W. LINGgSFELTEIt. |
K IMMKLL A- LIXGEXFKLTER, i
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA... I
II formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office en Jut-ana street, two doors South i
of the 'Mengel House."
/1 H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
\I . LAW. BEDFORD- t> \ Will promptly at
tend to collections and all bustne-s entrusted to
hi care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three door- south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate
May 13. 1884.
J F. MEIER- | J. W. DtrKKItSOV. j
\ I KYERS A- DICKERSON, AT
} [ TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa., office!
•ntue as formerly occupied by lion. W P. Schell, I
two doors east of the Gwkttk office, will practice
n the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
•anty and tack pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. |may lt.'fifi.
11 >IIX 11. FILLER, Aftontetfut Lair,
' Bedford. Pa. Office near y opposite the Post
' ffice itpr.2o.*Bfi. —ly.
i'lntoician'. and
I) H. PENNSYL, M. D.. HDIOBY
| , Box, Pa .I U" surgeon Sttk P \ ,) tcn
i-t; his professional services tothc people ot that
plaeeand vicinity. I)ec. 22. 'rts-ly*
\Y W. JAMISON, M. D., BisOODY
1 t , kin. Pa., tenders his professional servi
•B to the people ot that place and vicinity. Office
<• door west of Richard Langdon's store.
Nov. 24. 'Bs ly
hit. J. L. MARROURG, Having
permanently located, respectfully .temlers
iio professional services to the citizens of Bedford
I viciuity.
Offi -e on Juliana street, enst side, neariy opjassite
ti> Banking House of Keel A Schell.
Bedford. February 12. 1864.
VHICKOK | J. o. MINMCH. JR.,
I\KNT I S T 8 ,
I F BEDFORD. PA.
'ffice in the Bank Building. Juliana St.
A ! operations pertaining to Surgical or sle
an-al Dentistry carefully performed, and war
tinted.
Tfums —CASH.
Bedford. January 6, 1865.
ilanlicrs.
JACOB REED. j J. J. SCHELL,
I) E E D AND SCH E L L,
IV Bankers and
DK A 1. E Its IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD. PA..
DRAFTS Houajht and sold, collection# made and
E 'UFY promptly remitted.
Dtrposifs solicited.
6 w. RL'pp o E. SHANNON F. BENEDICT
prpp, SHANNON&('()., RANK
IV ERS, Bedforh, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT
ELECTIONS made for the East, West. North
1! " UTH, and the genera! business >f Exchange
R 'II .is ted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
: '"IITANWES promptly made. REAL ESTATE
'"SIGHT and sold Oct. 20, 1865.
3ttisrrlUinrous.
hAXIEL BORDER,
PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OK THE BED
KI BOTE.K, BEDFORD, FA.
and deader in jewel
ry. SI'ECf ACLKS. AC.
ke ~n hand a stock of fine Gold ami Sit
. W itches. Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
-, "'i tN-sos. also Scotch Pebble Glasses. GnM
ttcb Chains. Breast Pins. Finger Rings, best
't oiity of Gold Pen . He will supply to order
"D thing in his line uot on hand.
20. \m-
UF. IRVINE,
• ANDERSON'S ROW, BEDFORD. PA.,
"tr in B'M.te, Shoes. (Jueensware. ifnd Varie-
IjfOrler* trotn Country Merchants re
•Pft.".uliy solicited.
2u. 1860.
T ) R. AN"DERSOXT
Licenwd Scrivener find 1 diiiceyiiiiccr,
*i!l '""'"ULtl, BEhFORD COC.N'TV. P< ~
the writing of Deeds. Mortgages;
sjaili*. Agreement, and all business
... ra octed by a S-.-riveoer and C •uveynn
'to publio is respectfully
S,I)C -ocdtori) Baulk.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
ftarihrarc. kt.
WM.HAHTLFA ) 8. S. MKTZGF.R
H artley & metzger having
formed partnership, on the Ist day of
April, lsr.fi, in .he HARDWARE and FARM
MACHJAER ) TIRADE. now invite the pub
lic to examine their miunmoth stock, which they
will sell at low figures, for cash. | apr.27,'6fi.
lItGN AND NAILS, at lowest cash
1 price-, at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
I)A I NTS. fresh, durable and beauti
-1 ful: Pure Liberty White Lead : Penn Treaty
White Lead; Mansion White Lead: China Gloss;
l urpentine: Flaxseed Oil; Copal and Pcinar Var
nish: Brushes of all kinds, for sale cheap, at
HARTLEY A MET'/.GAR'S
/ < BAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES,
\ $ Sneds aii.t Harvesting Implements in great
variety, and at all t riees, for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGERS
(Hi WASHING MACHINES
and the great anti-Cog-Wheel Wringer,
now on exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
Call and see this invention before purchasing else
where.
TOOTH BAKES. Gum
ii Spring Grain Drills. Improved Cider Mills,
Eureka Fodder and Straw Cutters, for salo at
HARTLEY <ft METZGER'S.
House keepers win find at
Hartley A Metzger's Store a great variety of
household Hardware : Knives and Forks. Spoons of
elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovels
and Tor.g-. Waiters. "1 ea Bells. Scissors. Meat Saws,
Carvers. Paring Knives. Brushes. Waftle Irons.
Griddles. Gridirons, Brass. Porcelain and Iron Ket
tle-. Iron Pots. Tubs. Buckets. Baskets. Brooms,
Slaw Cutters. Ac ,vc. Stove Polish. Rotten Stone,
and a hundred little "knick knacks' that we can't
afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell
what we don't keep than what we do.
rpHE CLEAREST, BRIGHTEST,
1 Best, Safest and Purest, and for these reasons
the Cheapi st Coat Oil in Bedford, may always be
had at H-.rtley A Metzger's. You who have never
used any other than the " common truck," 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, Lamp
Tops. Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired.
" j|i:REENC ASTLI3(iUA 1 X (IRA-
H * DLES. Natural bent fingers will be re
ceived bv Hnrtley A Metzger, who are exclu
sive agents for Bedford county. Order soon
1)C( IK-EYE REAPERS Mid MOW
) ERS. with all the new improvements, among
which is tlie wonderful Dropping invention. Also,
a few " Furnicr Mowers' for sale by Hartley &
Metzger. Order soun as the supply is short for
this season.
Barn door rollers. of tin
most improved pattern, track and all coin
dlete, cheaper and better than hinges, for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGER'S
I\EMI-JOHNS, for Mineral Water,
I at HARTLEY A METZGER .-
I .WISHING TACKLE—RoiIs. Hooks.
Lines, Ac., Ac Shot Gars. Powder. Shot,
Caps, Ac., at Hartley A Metzger's.
"it BEIIEA GRINDSTONES and
• )* ' and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzgers.
IJATENT WHEEL GREASE; the
best White-wash, Blacking and Scrub Brush
es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's.
/ (() TO HARTLEYdc METZGER'S
\ H to get your money back.
GEO. BLVMVEU. | JOHN" F. BLVRYER.
/ < KDIUiK BLVMYER & SOX
\ I having formed a partnership, on the 6th of
March. 1866. in the ■
HARDWARE Sr HOUSE FURXISHIXG
BUSINESS,
respectfully invite the public to their new rooms,
three doors west of the old stand, where they will
Jjod an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ecer brnnghf to Bedford county. These goods
will he sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons
desirous of purchasing BUILDING HARDW ARE
will find it to their advantage to give us acall.
WHITE LEAD—We have on hand a large
quantity of White Lend, which we have been for
tunate in buy a little lower than the market rates.
The particular brands tewhich we would invite
attention, are the
Pa i t Jlit/ l.i ad.
Liberty Whit* l^ad.
(Sffii/s Eraallta II hit* Ijtil'i,
\\~n*hin!Ttoi> Wh'te Lend.
Washington Ziar Whit' ljtuil.
Xil" Yuri White Lend.
ALSO: — Frut eh Purer! ma Finish;
D- mar Varnish:
I ftra/.thei of ait in ltd <
Fin rated Oil, (pure.)
T"rprutttie and Aleohol
All kinds of IKON" and N AILS
No I CHRYBTAL ILLUMINATING COAL
OIL.
LAMPS in profusion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hardware, to give us a call, a* we have every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckles,
Kings. H irnes ami Webbing Lealherof all kinds;
also a variety o( Shoe Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins. Morocco Linings. Bindings,
IVjjf, etc.
Housekeepers will find at Blymyor A Boti s
store a great variety of household goods. Knive<
and Fork of the very best quality; Plnted Table
and Tea Spoons at all prices.
Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn
Poor Hollers, the latest improvements: Xova Soot'a
Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels.
Forks and Spades.
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing
Tackle; Brushes of all kinds. Demi-Johns; Patent.
Wheel Grease. Tar and Whale Gil, and an infinite
variety ot articles.
820.00(1 v\ ANTED—WouId like to get it if our
friends would let us have it. Less will do; but
persons having unsettled accounts will close them
up to the first of March, to enable us to close our
old books. This should be done
mayf, 66. GEO. BLVMYER a SON.
I "( U i PEB YEAR! We Want
• > | •)' M r agents every where to sell our
IMPROVED S2OSewing Machines, 'lhrce new kinds,
l iuer and upper feed. Warranted five years
Above salary or large commissions paid. Theos LV
machines s.id in the United States for less than
S4O. which are fully limited in/ Howe. Wheeler &
I! ihv*, Greyer &■ Bain. Stmgmr A- Co.. mid
Burhridrr. AH other cheap machines ate in
frill genie at*, and the seller or user are Untile to
arrest, fine, and i mprisunmeut. Circulars free.
Address, or call upon Shaw A Clark Biddcf rd,
Maine, or Chicago, Ills. [Dec. 22. '6o- ly
(.i w i A MONTH! Agent* wanted
• r t'l * for <l/ entirely arte arlirles , just out.
Addrc-s O. 1 . GAKKY. City Building. Biddeford,
Haw* ; Dec 22. 6.i—ly
1) iCIiAKD LEI.
V
Matutjactnrrr of
CAmXET-VVAItE, riIAIRS, AC.,
liKDFuKn. PA..
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep on
hand everything in his line of manufacture.
RCKEAFB, DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS. WASH
STANDS. Ac., AC.,
will be furhished nt all prices, and to suit every
taste. COFFIN* will also be made to order.
i.Jt Prompt attention paid to all orders for work.
*hop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence of George Shuck-
Julv 10. 186J. —tf RICHARD LEO.
OYES! o YES!
WILLIAM DIBERT, An TIONEKR.
The subscriber having taken out license as an
auctioneer tenders his services to all bis old friends.
Persons desiring an auctioneer will find it advan
tageous to give him their patronage.
Post office address. BEDFORD. Pa.
.Lan If. '66--dm WM DIBERT.
rpEKMS for every tleseription of Job
I PRINTING CASH! for the reason that for
everv article ire use. we mii't pay cash: and (he
cash system will enable us to do our work as low
as it can be done in the cities
\ f A.M.MOTH SALE BILLS, print
ifl cd at short notice. Large Bills make large
sales We know it to be so. TRY IT! It will
much more than pay the extra t rpease of p-int
iug. Call at THE GAZETTE JOB OFFICE
rpHE lioeal circulation of tlie BEIV
FORD GAZETTE islargcrthau that of any other
paper ID this -ction ol oountry, sad therefore of
arx the greareit inducement's to men to
fMartisb in iflf (Mumu
0 he etlctlfOTtl (fccttf.
SI.AVF.RV IN THE F.\RI.Y DAYS OF
II ASNAI 111 SETTS.
I). Appleton A- Co. have published a
volume entitled "Notes on the History
of Slavery in Massachusetts," by (ieo.
11. Moore, Librarian of the New York
Historical Society, and Corresponding 1
Member of the Massachusetts Historic
al Society. Contributors to the Hi-sto
ry of Slavery in Massachusetts will al
ways be acceptable to the American
student. The part played by that State
in forming public opinion on subjects
connected with our recent conflict, gives
singular interest to her early connec
tion with human bondage. An inves
tigation of the manner in which she
gradually adopted Abolition views,and
became their propagandist, is worthy
of the attention of our most philosoph
ical writers.
Mr. Moore has undertaken that ta-k
so far as the early history of Massachu
setts is concerned, and gives us the re
sult of his labors in a handsome octavo
of two hundred and fifty pages. Skil
fully arranged and pleasantly written,
it will add greatly to his present fame
as a historian, and we doubt net will
find very numerous readers—in Massa
chusetts, many critics.
Mr. Everett taught us to believe that
Massachusetts was always anti-slavery.
He maintained that her opinions on
that point had never changed. He af
firmed that the South and the North
had once coincided in their views, and
that whatever modification had taken
place, had been in the South, which
bad beeomemoreand more pro-slavery
because of her growing interest in the
production of cotton. But Massachu
setts had always been true to his pris
tine faith.
Mr. Moore's volume has a very dif
ferent story to tell. It destroys a very
delightful New England delusion. Mas
sachusetts has always carried herself
with such prudish dignity in the fami
ly of States, her younger sisters have
hitherto so unhesitatingly aceepted her
a-sertionsof her exemplary virtue -and
spotless character, that we doubt not
thev will enjoy with zest Mr. Moore's
disclosures of her doings years ago,
and giggle among themselves at the
pretty pranks she played when she was
a girl.
Slavery began in Massachusetts with
the enslaving of captured Indians in
tiie Pequod war. Through fearof their
escape and consequent revenge, many
of them were exported to Bermuda,
the worthy Puritans finding that traf
fic very profitable. Gov. Winthrop
mentions, that through the I/ml's great
mercy, a number of them had been ta
ken, of whom the males were sent to
Bermuda, and the females distributed
through the Bay towns, to be used as
domestic servants. There issomething
very amusing in the coolness of these
proceedings, ( apt. Stougliton (page
7i, who assisted in the work of exter
minating the Pequods, after his arrival
in the enemy's country, wrote to the
Governorof Massachusetts i Winthrop)
as follows:
"By this pinnance you shall receive
forty-eight or fifty women and* chil
dren; concerning which there is one. 1
formerly mentioned, that is the fairest
ami largest that I saw among them, to
whom 1 have given a coal to clothe her.
It is my wish to have her for a servant
if it may stand with your good liking,
else not. There is a little squaw that
•Steward Calacut desireth, to whom he
hath given a coat. Lieut. Davenport
also desireth one. to wit: a small one,
that hath three marks upon her stom
ach. Here the good Puritan captain
gives a drawing lie had taken of the
marks., lie desireth her, if it wi'l
stand with your liking. Sosamon,
the Indian, desireth a little squaw,
which 1 know not."
The expatriation of the Indians led
to the commencement of the slave
trade. A vessel, the Desire,ai IJO ton-,
one of the first Guilt in the colony,
KBJfi) was used for that purpose. The
thing was not 'lone in secret or indi
rectly, but by the authorities. Thus
we tint I in a letter to the Governor:
"Mr. Endicottand myself salute you
in the Lord Jesus. We have heard of
a division of women and children in
the Bay, and would therefore beglad of
a share, vjz: a young woman or girl,
and a boy if you think good. I write
to you for some boys for Bermuda."
The Salem slave-ship Drsirr, brought
negroes in exchange for Indians, from
the West Indes. Downing, in a letter
tohis brother-in-law, George Winthrop,
1(145j. writes:
"A war with the Narragansetts is
very considerable to this population,
for i doubt whether it be not sin in us,
having power in our hands, to suffer
thein to maintain the worship of the
Devil, which their powwows often do.
Secondly —if, upon ajust war the Lord
should deliver them into our hands,
we might easily have men, women and
children enough to exchange for Moors,
which will be more gainful pillage to
us than we conceive for 1 do not see
how we can thrive until we get a stock
of slaves sufficient to do all our busi
ness, for our children's children will
hardly sec this great continent tilled
with people, so that our servants will
still desire freedom to plant for them
selves, and not stay but for very great
wages. And I suppose you know very
well how we shall maintain twenty
Moors cheaper than one English ser
vant. The ships that shall bring Moors
may come home laden with salt, which
rnav bear most of tbeeharge, if not all
of i't."
But the colonists were not content
with transportation, they tnod their
hands at slave breeding. Mr. Moore
gives i pagean amusing unsuccessful
instance of thiskind in the case of Mr.
Maverick's negress. We must refer the
t reader who is inquisitive on this infce%
'etrting ttfpieto the Look iUr particulars.!
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JDNE 15, 1866.
By the law of Massachusetts slaves
were not permitted to be abrottd after
nine o'clock at night: they were pro
hibited from improper intercourse or
contracting marriage with whites.
Their increase having been found un
profitable, was looked upon with disfa
vor. Jt did not reimburse the inciden
tal loss of service. Little negroes
"when weaned were given away like
puppies." The master might deny
baptism to his slaves. They were con
tinually advertised in the Boston news
papers for sale.
".lust arrived and for -ale. a prime
lot of negro boys and girls."
It was quite a recommendation if one
had had the small-pox; the fact was
duly put forth in the advertisement.
Boston sometimes did things about
which she has had a gooddeal to say in
the way of denunciatior of those who
more recently have copied her exam
ple, by separating negro funilies at the
auction block.
"A likely woman about nineteen
years of age, and a child of about six
months, to be sold together or apart."
Ah! Boston, Boston!—"or apart"—
and the mother is only nineteen years
old. These advertisements continued
to appear in the newspapers until after
the Declaration of Independence. Re
monstrance against such atrocith - then
began to arise, in view of the fact that
the colonists were at that moment con
tending with the mother country for
' *
their own freedom.
The same arguments were used in be
half of negro slavery in the seven
teenth century that we have been fa
miliar with in the middle of the nine
teenth. Judge Sewell, writing in 17<:H,
enumerates them as the four follow -
ing:
Firs/. —Blackamoors arc the posteri
ty of. (.'ham, and therefore are under
tlie curse of slavery.
Sevond —The niggeis are brought out
of a Pagan country into places where
the Gospel i- preached.
Third— The Africans have wars with
one another, and our ships bring law
ful captives taken in those wars.
Fourth —Abraham had servants
bought with his own money, and born
in his house.
Thus sustained, the slave trade long
continued in Massachusetts. Mr.Moore
gives (page (>(> jsl copy of the ilist ruct ions
of a mercantile firm to the captain of one
of their slave ships, KiNo, directing him
to make the best of his way to the coast
of Africa, and invest his cargo in slaves.
They show him how to proceed in a
critical inspection of the negroes before
paying for them; and he must do for
the preservation of the health of his
cargo, since on that the profit- of the
voyage will depend. They sagaciously
olwrve, ths*t all ti\Ar ri*U* lut the
death of the slaves, the underwriters
are accountable for. Gf the factors on
thecoast hemu-t beware, lest they cheat
him, since like the Israelites of old,
they do whatever is right in their own
eyes. His compensation among other
things, is to be four slaves out of every
hundre , and four at the plats' <i -aie.
They wish to have as particular infor
mation ig ran be obtained a- to the
prospect of -filingit load of New Eng
land rum, and conclude their let.or by
committing hint and his -bio to the
goodness of the Almighty Di.-poserof
all events.
The prohibition of the slave trade
was at length effected in Ma>-nciiusetts
in l7s>S. It was enacted that no citizen
of the Commonwealth, or other person
residing in the same, shall import,
transport, buy or sel! anyof the inhab
itants of Africa as slaves or servants for
a term of years, on penalty of fifty
pounds fir every vessel fitted out or
employed in the trade. Aii insurance
on such vessels to be void. That there
were Massachusetts ships at that time
at sea is obvious, for this act expressly
exempt- them.
Much interest ha- been felt <f late
vears to know when and under what
circumstances slavery ceased to exist in
Massachusetts. The fact that Daniel
Webster had not been able it few years
before his death to determine t hi- quest
ion -ati-factorily, is pretty good evi
dence that it was doubtful, in
Chief Justice Shaw made an interest
ing statement oil this point. How or
by what act particularly slavery w its a
bolished in Massachusetts, whether by
the adoption of the opinion in Somer
set's case, as a declaration and modifi
cation of the common law, or by the
Declaration of Independence,or by the
Constitution of 17*0, it is pot very easy
to determine, and it is rather a matter
of curiosity than utility; it being a
greed on all hands, that if not abolish
ed before, it was so by the Declaration
of Bights.
Mr. Moore, in conclusion on this
point, remarks:
"The reader of these notes cannot
fail to notice the strong resemblance in
the mode of the extinction of slavery
in Massachusetts and that of villenage
in England. <>f the latter, Lord Mans
field said, ill 1785, that 'vidians in gross
may, in point of law, subsist at this
day, hut the change of manners and
customs has abolished them in point ol
fact.' If the parallel may be continued
it could tie said \yith equal justice, that
slavery having never been formally
prohibited by legislation in Massachu
setts, continued to subsist in point o.
law until the year when the grand
Constitution Amendment terminated
it forever throughout the limits of the
Central States."
The reader will find Mr. Moore's
j "Note.-." full of lucidly arranged infor
' illation, much of it now published foi
the first time, and not a small part de
: rived frdm sources of difficult access.
Its style is clear,earnest and powerful;
the author's industry and ability ad
j.nurabfc; Ms book a vivacity add
pieturesquene.ss that will secure for it
general attention.—A*. I*. Com. Atlver
ti ;er.
30C gv ( XKXi'ixTi.i) iti'.nr.l.l.lON.
county is the last place in
the world where we would expect to
find dissatisfaction on the part of Re
publicans with the action of the Dis
■union Rump at Washington. Wilinot
has there reigned supreme for years,
t and the handful of Democrats of that
county who earnestly contended for
the doctrines of the lathers, were fre
quently beaten by a majority of four
thousand.
We are greatly pleased to see that
Truth is asserting its power, even in
the benighted county of Bradford. A
meeting of member- of the Republican
party, favorable to the policy of Presi
j dent Johnson, was lately held at To-
I vvanda. This meeting derives its im
! portanceas much from the character of
| the actors in it, as from the numbers
I who attended, and the enthusiasm that
! pervaded it.
' The President was Col. Allen Mc
j Kean, a son of Hon. Samuel McKean,
; formerly United States Senator from
| Pennsylvania. Col. McKean has been
I ait influential member of the Republi
i can party from the date of its birth.—
j He hits been the Pjothonotary of the
; county, and member of the Legislature,
i Among the otner prominent pttrtiei
pants in the proceedings, we notice E.
W. Smith, Esq., and Hon Henry W.
Tracy, who was twice elected to the
Legislature of the State, and wa- the
late Republican member of Congress
from the Bradford district.
We clip thefollowing resolution from
the V ! 'oeeedings:
Ilinohed, That in the opinion of this
i meeting neither of the conventions
j which have as-cinbled at Harrisburg
and )tlaccd in nomination, candidates
for Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, have succeeded in noni
j inating a candidate who-c political rec
! ord. antecedents, and present surround
ings will justify the loyal men, who
'approveand sustain the President, in
giving either of them at present a hear
ty support. Therefore they recommend
thecallingofaconvention of the frieml*
of the President to put in nomination
a candidate for Governor of this Com
mon wealth whom they can more cheer
fully and consistently support.
Jn pursuance of this resolution Sen
atorial and Representative delegates
were appointed to a convention to nom
inate a third candidate for Governor.
The meeting also declared that they
were "unalterably opposed to com pro
. iftiistUft with tmitors by l>?irt*rinvr 'uni
ver-al amnesty.' for 'universal stif
, frage,'" and appointed a committee to'
establish it Johnson paper in Towanda.
X'igilitnce committees were also provi
j ded for to act in every district of the
! county.
We have seen nothing lately more
significant than the proceedings of this
i meeting. It is in vain for theDisunion
i-t- to undertake to convince thinking
people ihe: Hie war was fought to keep
them in power, and not for the Union.
When such a meeting, composed of
-uch men. is held in Bradford county,
it mean- something. The Union men
in the Republican party, find there is
no place for them in the Rump led by
Stunner and Stevens. They are every
j whereon the revolt, and "will fight it
; out on that line," till the present l>i--
itnion leaders at Washington are driv
en from power.— Johmiomi IHmocrat.
A FIGHT WITH A LIONESS. —In
I Wonibwell's menagerie, in Stirling,
England, recently, D'Avey, the lion
hunter, entered the den with the per
forming group of litiiis, when one of
the lionesses, turning round upon bint,
seized him by the left leg. D'Avey
-eived his rifie and brought it down
with full force upon the lioness' head,
; breaking the stock of hi- rllle in two
and freeing himself from th. grasp of
the lioness. At the next performance
the lion hunter again entered the den,
, when the lion est, immediately fiew at
hint a second time. D'Avey wasann
ed with a heavy stick; a severe strug
gle ensued as to who was to be master,
! the lioness repeated Hying at D'Avey,
! and he meeting her : t each charge and
I driving iter back, until she finally set
j tied down in a corner completely eow
j oil and subdued. i)'A vey cscajied with
j no further injury than a slight flesh
! wound and a torn dress.
Yorxo Amkrii'a —A lady,teaching
her littledui iiter,four yearsold, poin
ted to something in the hook, and
asked— *
"What is that', my dear?"
"Why, don't you know?" inquired
the child.
"Yes," said the mother, "hut I wish
to find out if you know."
"Well," responded the little miss, "1
do know."
"Tell me then, if you please." slid
the lady.
"Why, 110, insisted the little one,
with an arch look ; you know what it
is, and there is n > need of saying any
thing more about it."
An Ex iekimkxt. —"Dennis,darliiit,
oeli, Dennis, what is it you're doing?"
"Whist, Biddy, I's trying an experi
m nt."
"Murder! what is it?"
"What is it did you say? Why it's
giving hot wather to the chickens I
a-cD, So thtry'ii Ltoaftbdr laying bailed
Jjggj!"
VOL. 61—WHOLE No. 5.352.
Til IT MIMMIIKS* fOXVEXTIOn.
A TrrttiHpareiif ntnl Impudent Swindle.
"The .Soldiers 1 Convention," so call
ed, held in the Academy of Music on
Tuesday was without question the most
impudent Abolition swindle ever at
tempted by that infamous party. But
few soldiers of any merit were in atten
dance at it: the great body of it being
composed of bummers and loafers some
of whom on Tuesday evening display
ed their valor in Lager Beer Saloons
by abusing the bartenders, and refus
ing to settle for their beverages. These
fellows,
"Who never set n stpiadron in the field.
Nr the divisions of a battle know
More than spinster,"
have the inconceivable audacity to
speak for the thousands of meritorious
soldiers scattered throughout our State.
This convention was not only an Abo
lition gathering, but it was of the gen
nine Radical stripe, as will lieseen by
the following resolution which it pass
ed almost unanimously:
Rt'sofverl, That the loyal majority in
Congress deserves our gratitude, that
radical evils require radical remedies,
and that the nation should take no step
backward in its march to the grand
destiny that surely await unfaltering,
persistent adherents to the cause of e
qual freedom.
The drawer of this resolution prefaced
it with a speech. "He said there was
not a word in the resolutions offered by
the Committee endorsing Congress.—
Soldiers were indebted to the loyal
members for support, and it would no't
do now to go back on those members
for ANDKKW JOHNSON or any other
man."
But the action of this miserable gath
ering in excluding and insulting Dem
ocratic veterans who were regularly e-
Jocted, was in keeping with their usurp
ing partisans in Congress expelling reg
ularly elected DemocraticCongressnien.
In order to give our readers an idea of
the infamy of these Abolition creatures
we will direct their attention to the
course pursued in regard to the delega- ;
tion from ('tint iter land. 'ten. Geary's ;
: own county. In pursuance of tin- call j
for a County Convention of Soldiers, j
the meeting took place, and as we learn !
from the Carlisle Volunteer, ''about one .
hundred and fifty from the rural dis- j
tricts were in attendance." "It soon i
became evident," says the Volunteer,
"To the astonished followers of Sum- (
iter and Stevens, who had expected to ;
have everything their own way, that
out of about one hundred and seventy j
delegates present, fully one hundred
and fifty of them repudiated the nomi
nation <>f John \V. <;siry, and <mthus
iastically favored the election of llies
tcr Clymer. Five delegates were elect
ed to tin Pittsburg Convention, every
one of whom is an ardent supporter of
Mr. Clymer: and resolutions were st- .
dopted denouncing the radical disu
nionist.- in Congress, declaring that the 1
Southern States are entitled to immed
iate representation, avowing their op
position to negro sulirage, and endors
ing the policy of Andrew Johnson and
the nomination of 1 Hester Clymer.
The delegation elected from 'umber
land county, came on to the Conven
tion, and here is the way they were
treated. This is their own statement
which wo have in their own hand writ
ing:
in pur-nailee of a call by Maj. Gen.
Uaiiranft. for a soldiers' Convention,
the soldiers of Cumberland county met
in convention at Carlisle on Monday.
! the 'Jstii of -May, 1SI! to select delegates
to represent them at Pittsburgh, on
Tuesday the sth of June follow ing. —
Ther. were in attendant at this Con
vention about one hundred and eighty
honorably discharged soldiers, many of
whom had been veterans, and who se
lected as their delegates Captains A. S.
Woodburn, S. C. Wagner. W. P. Fluid,
J. A. Graham and Isaac 11. Graham.
These delegates in accordance with the
wish of their fellow soldiers came to
this city, pre- nted their credentials to
n'h'it pta/iorti'rj tot)- << Yonct'utioii and
w ere ruled out in the following dis
graceful manner:
"After the temporary organization a
committee of one from each Congres
sional district was elected on creden- I
tials. When the fifteenth district,
which embraces Cumberland county
was called, instead of reading the com
mittee men named by the delegation,
the Secretary read the name of Colonel
i Speakman, who was neither named or
| selected by the delegation. This com- (
! mittce on credentials was chosen by
! those who seemed to have the wires
set, and who were playing upon them j
for their own use, or to the interest of a
j political faction. When the commit
tee reported they gave seats to a self
constituted delegation, thus excluding
those whom thesoldiers of Cumberland
j county had chosen to represent them,
i or in other words to those who had
been defeated in the Carlisle conven
tion, and this for the simple reason
that the bonafi<b delegates would, not '
| pledge themselves to support Geary
I running upon a Thud. Stevens platform,
t This report of the Committee was ae
| copted by the convention ; the duly e
j lected delegates were deprived of their
' seats, without further inquiry. This,
Mr. Editor, is the action of a party
which proclaims itself the "soldier's
friends." This circumstance fixes one
thing beyond cavil, and that is so far
as they can hoodwink and gull the sol-
II diersthey vociferate loudly in our prais
es with laudable zeal, but as soon as the
~ soldier "assume*., the province of thick
-1 iag add acting Aft bimdblf, I tefy Im
mediately turn him the cold shoulder
and treat him* with insult. The Re
| pjblicansof this State especially, have
! played this game ever since the break -
1 i .ig out of the reliellion, of sailing in
to power and position on .he hard earn
ed merits of the soldier, but we think
after this last crowning act of treach
ery and duplicity to him, that they
will be unable even in their degenerate
ranks, to find men solosttoevery prin
ciple of honor and consistency, as to
attempt again the exploded farceof the
"Boys in Blue."
Lapiuin ISAAC H. GBAIIAM,
" A. S. WOODBUKN,
" W. P. FLUID,
J. A. GKAHAM,
" H. C. WAUXKH.
UM>KI\U AT THK VHIi SOK OF IT.
Some people in tlu* North appear in
dined to put the worst face upon ev
rything which occurs in the southern
dates. Affairs there are bad enough ;
die South has always been a frontier
and, in which the laws were less re
q>octed, and violence more frequent,
han tiie more thickly setJed and
freer East. Hat it is of no use, but on
iy mischievous, to insist that the whole
>fthat region is lawless, depraved,and
irretrievably given over to violence. —
fhe southern states are, by our own
.wt, part ofthe Union ; we are determ
ined they shall remain so: and as we
mean they shall live in the same house
witli us. it seems only -ensible and pru
dent to try to make the best, instead of
iiie worst, of our companions.
Those people who see in the Memphis
riot, and in every other occurrence of
that kind, a proof that the southern
people ought not to be represented in
c ongress, and that the greater number
of them ought to be disfranchised —as
though that would make them content
ed or peaceable—remind us, in their
indiscriminate suspicion and dislike, of
an old story told of the people of Corn
wall in the hist century. A ship was
wrecked upon the Cornish coast, and
it happened that the only one ofthe
crew saved alive was a monkey. Jocko
was taken to a lire, dried, and warmed,
and thereupon strictly interrogated as
to his nativity, where the ship belong
ed. whither she was bound, Ac.. Ac.
lie made such answers as he could,
which his questioners vainly tried to
understand. No one in that region had
ever seen a monkey: they took his
ehatterings and grimaces to be some
foreign lingo; and finally it was de
termined to have him regularly exam
ined, ami his case decided on by a jury.
Jocko was once more rigidly question
ed by a magistrate in presence of the
jury; he made answer, as before, in a
tongue none of the natives understood.
Thereupon, tied hand and foot, he was
locked up in the jail, while the jury
deliberated upon his case. It did not
need a Jong time for the twelve wise
men to agree upon a verdict; they de
clared 'lie is a Frenchman and a Papist
—hung him.' And accordingly Jocko
was hanged.
Lt SUtUILS 11* ilv.it hpm *wl tl.uru O
Northern journal or Congressman is in
dined to think of and treat the south
ern people—or at least a considerable
part of thorn—much as the Cornish
jury treated poor Jocko. We do not
think it the wisest method.—A". YEv
ening Pod, 11-'jj,
4 • A!.<>u r Middling."—Old Rev. Mr.
R . was one day attending the fu
neral of one of the members of his
cnureh. when, after praising the many
virtues of the deceased, he turned to
the bereaved husband and said :
"My beloved brother,you have been
culled to part with one of the best and
ioveliest of wives—"
Up jumped the sorrow-stricken hus
band, interrupting the tearful minister
by sorrow fully saying—
"O. no, Brother It., not the best : but
abeout middling—abeout middling,
Brother R."
Evkky woman has a right to be what
age she pleases, for if she were to tell
her real age no one would believe her.
THE best toast of the season, was, we
believe, given by a typo, a short time
since, viz: "Woman—the edition is
large and no man should be without a
copy!"
1 K there is a heaven on earth, it is on
a >oft couch by your own fireside, with
your wife <>n one side, and a smiling
baby on the other; a clear conscience
a dozen cigars, and a knowledge that
you are out of debt, and don't fear the
taiior, or sheriff, or th? devil.
THE Editor of a country paper in
Wisconsin says that he felt called upon
to publish Father Lewis' sermon on the
"Locality of llell," as it is a question
in which nearly all his readers were
deeply interested.
YOUNG men, live temperately—goto
church—attend to your affairs—love all
the pretty girls—marry one of them—
live like men, and die a christian.
"SONNY, does your father take a pa
per?" "Yes, sir, two of 'em. One of
'em belongs to Mr. Smith and the other
to Mr. Thompson. 1 hook 'em both
off the stoop as reg'lar as can be."
WHEN they want to Inghtcn a negro
down South they tell him the"Freed
-1 men's Bureau" is after him, and he
will flee faster than if chased by a pack
! of bloodhounds.
WHO is it that is in two situations
at once? A lover; for when he is beside
: his fair one he is beside himself.
t
lll 1
j THE editor who kissed hissweethcart
• saying "please exchange," is believed
not to have exceeded the proper "iiber
tv of the press."
■ ■ ■ —BM
MANKIND should learn temperance
from the uiooa—the fuller she the
raiaHer oftir Uiiiaid.