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THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri
day morning by METERS A Mimnr.L, at $2.00 per
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within six months; $3.00 if not paid within six
months. All rnhsoriptton accounti MUST he
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paid,
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..-lion. Special notices oim-half additional All
-. oluti'-its of Associations; communications of
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act and J I'd i rial Sales, am required Ay law
' published <u hath papert published t,l this
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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, dbbc 'with
neatness and dispatch. THE GAZEVBFC "OFFICE has
just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, :
nd everything in the Printing line can be execu- !
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest ;
rates.— TERMS CASH
eJU AH letters should be addresad to
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Publishers, i
;>t
JOSEPH W. TATE, ATTORNEY
r* AT LAW. REbPHRD. PA., will promptly
•'tend to collections of bounty, bafk pay. Ac.,
; all bustrevx entrusted to bis care in Bedford
e: -1 oijoinn{ counties.
t?h tdvaneed ou judgments, notes, military
9>A ether claims,
it is for sale jTown lots in Tatesville, where a
: Church is erected, and where a large *chool
House shall bo built. Farms. Bird a'fin Timber
Liava. from one aefe t ADFI s.si'es to suit pur
eh ;>?rs
• 'moe nt-arly opprctic the "Kengel Hotel" and
Jkmk of Reed A Fchell.
April 6, IRFIFI— Iy
VCD SHARPS E.P.KERR.
UGIARPK A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA. will practice in
■:e courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fr on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of
Keed A Schcll. j March 2, '66.
R DL'RBORROW. I JOHN LCTZ.
Or RBOR RO W <!fc I, rT z,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.,
V- ill attend promptly to all business intrusted to
,eir care. Collections made on the shortest no-
Tiiay are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
ami will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
B k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
iltfics on Juliana street, one door South of the
Mongol House." and nearly opposite the Inquirer
edict!.
rOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
ij LAW. BEDFORD. PA Respectfully tcn'lers
it • -.-rvices to the public,
i 'Sco second door North of the Mcngel House.
Bedford. Aug. 1. IS6I.
JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT
Ft LAW. BEDFORD, PA Will promptly attend
i II business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly
o- ■ -ite the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
TDBPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
Vj LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
; iitlv attend to all business entrusted to hi?
on Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
•i.: i.e. back pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
liors South of the Mengel House
J.oi 22. 1864.
S KIMMELL. | J w. MXGESFELTER.
I/"! MM ELL & LING EX FELTEit,
!\ ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA ,
- f-rnicl partnership in the practice of
t Li* Office en Juliana street, two doors South
t- he -.Mengel House,"'
/< H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
' J.\ LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
-Ito collections and all business enfru-ted to
L .'are in Bedford and adjoining counties
:- r ;e on Juliana Sfr'-'-t. three do'-rs south of the
Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13. 1864.
8 F METERS | J. W. DICKKRSON.
MEYERS a DICKERSOX, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford, Pa., office
as formerly occupied by fl-in. W. P. Schcll,
doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
he -i.-veral courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
r.ry and back pay obtained and the purchase
.-de of real estate attended to. [mayll.'6s.
JOHN H. FILLER, AUometfai Ijw\
*7 Bedford, Pa. Office nearly opposite the Post
"Sice. [apr.2o,*66. — Ty.
I'htpsmanisi and f.cnmts.
! ) H. PKNNSYL, M. I).. BLOODY
J , Rrs, Pa., ;late surgeon 66th P. Y. V.) ten
hi- 1 professional services to the people of that
e and vicinity. Dee 22. '65-iy*
U r W.JAMISOx, M. I)., Bloody
I I rux. Pa., tenders his professional servi
-51" the people of that place and vicinity. Office
' door west of Itichard Langdon's store.
X v 21. It—lt
j vR. J. L. MARBOI'RG, Having
1 f permanently located, respectfully tenders
' professional services to the eitixens of Bedford
1 vicinity.
n Juliana street, east -ide. nearly opposite
• il.ir.kinHouse of Heed A Schell.
Bedford, Febiuary 12. 1864.
F S nicKoK. I i■ a. mxxicH. JR.,
JvEXT I S T S ,
{ f BEDFORD, PA.
'See in the Bank Building. Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Mc
il Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ted T'tii Powders M Mltk Washes, cx
tit articles, always on hand.
TFHWS—CASH
if rd. January 6. ISiij
T\lt. GEO. ( DOUGLAS* Beapeefc
1 'fully tenders his professional services to the
:4e of Bedford and vicinity.
■ sidenee at Maj. Washabaugh's.
ag.24,'66.
§xkfr*.
!! KKKD. j J.J. SCHELL,
J) K K 1) A X 1> SC H E 1j IJ,
I V Banters and
I> KA L E IIS IN EXCHA XG E,
BEDFORD. PA.,
''RAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
y promptly remitted.
•' 'its solicited.
W mpr o E. SHASSOS P. BKXETVICT
[HPP, SHANNON AGO., BANK
i I ERS, Bei>pobd. Pa
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
'■LECTIONSmade for the East, West. North
u'h. and the general business of Exchange
ted Notes and Accounts Collected and
''anees promptly made. REAL ESTATE
sght and sold. Oct. 20, 1865.
j IAXIEL BORDER*
'■ " i tFT STREET. TWO POOBS WEST OP TUB BKD
UOTLL, Heppobd. l'x.
■UiORMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
' -tc' t/son hand a Stock of fine Hold and Sil-
■' •he.-. Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
-1 i-s -, aio Scotch Pfchhle Glasses. (sold
1 itna, Bnut Pitts, ringer Rings, hest
oi ' >ld Pens. Ho will supply to order
gi ills line t.ot or. hand.
2:i. 18tv
j \ R. ANDKRSON,
\
; < t. ,f S>-rkeiu ,• and O/nveynticer,
r.VTKEVILLE, KEiIPoRD lOUSTV, I*A.,
i to 'he writing of Deeds, Mortgages,
; Artielaa of Agreement, and all iMdaW
/"•••• voted by a Seriveeef Mid Convey am
patronage of the public is resp< ctfully
Apr! ' 6ft" tf-
2!)t tlci>fori> (Sojcttc.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
sarchtw, Sm.
REO. BLVVVEI:. | JOBS F. BLVWrBR.
/ 1 EORGE BLYJMYER A SOX
\ I having fonnc<i a partnership, rm the fitb of
March. 1866, in the
HARDWARE A- HOUSE FURNISHING
1J US IX ESS,
respectfully invite the puhlie to their new rooms,
three doors west of the old stand, where they will
find an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ever brought to Bedford eounty. These goods
will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons
desirous of purchasing BUILDING HARDWARE
Wli find it t. their advantage to give us.acftll.
it iIITE LEAD.—Wc have, ou hand a large
quantity of \Y bite Lead, which we have been for
ty.natc to buy a little lower than, the market rates
The particular brands to iVhi.-S *3 fruuld invite
attention, arp the
Pure, ft/icl l&ea.y
lA*~c?y 11 kite head.
Snow Franklin White IjCad,
Wanking ton White luad,
" dshington Ztnr. Whit* head,
Netvt Yuri White Lead.
AI.SO : — French Porcelain Finish;
He mar Varnish;
Varnishes of all kind*.
Flaxseed Oil, ( pure.)
Turpentine and. Alcohol.
All kinds of IRON and NAILS.
No 1 CHIIYBTAL ILLUMINATING CGAL
OIL
LAMPS Ih profusion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hardware, to give us a call, as we have every
thing in the baddiery line, such as Buckles.
Rings, Hames and Webbing Leather of ail kinds;
also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins. Morocco Linings. Bindings.
Pegs, etc.
Housekeepers will find at lilymver A Son's
store a great variety of household goods. Knives
and Frk Of the very best quality, Plated Table
ami Tea Spoons at all prices.
Give lisa call and we can supply you with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scotia
Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels.
Forks and Spade?
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing
Tackle; Brushes of ail kinds;- I)euii-Johns; Patent
Wheel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite
variety of articles.
#20.000 WANTED—WouId liko to get it if our
friends weuld 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
may!,' 66. GEO. BLYMYER A SON.
firing, pfrtirincs, be.
IL. LEWIS having purchased the
, Drug Store, lately owned t>y Mr. 11. C Rea
mer take? pleasure in announcing to the citiaen?
of Bedford and vicinity, that he has just returned
from the cities with a well selected stock of
DRUGiS,
MEDICINES.
DYE-STUFFS.
PERFUMERY,
TO 11. E T Ati TIC I. ES,
S TA TIONER Y,
COAL OIL, LAMPS
A SO CIDMNEYS,
It ES T ERA SDS O F CIC, A US,
SMOKING AXD CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRESCH CONFECTIONS, ire.. Src
The stock of Drugs and Medicines consist of the
purest quality, and selected with great care.
General assortment of popular Patent Medicines.
The attention of the Ladies is particularly invi
ted to the stock uf PERFIMERV, TOILET and FANCT
ARTICLES, consisting of Ihe best perfumes of the
day. Colognes, Soaps, Preparations for the Hair,
Complexion and Teeth : Camphor ice for chapped
hands; Teeth and Hair Brushes, Port Monaies, <be.
Of Stationery, there M a fine assortment:
Billet, Note, Letter, Leaf and Mourning Paper,
Envelops, Pens. Pencils, Ink, Blank Deeds, Power
of Attorneys. Drafting Pa par, Marriage Certifi
cates. Ac,, Ac. Also, a large quantity of Books,
which will be sold very cheap.
Coal Oil Lamp Hinge Burner, can be lighted
without removing the chimney—all patterns and
prices Glass Lanterns, very neat, for burning
Coal Oil. Lamp chimneys of an improved pattern.
Lamp Shades <>f beautiful-patterns.
Howe s Family Dye Colors, the shades being light
Fawn Drub. Snuff and Dark Brown, Light and
Dark Blue, Light and Dark Green, Yellow, Pink,
Orange. Royal Purple, S irlct, Maroon, Magenta,
Cherry and Black
Humphrey's Homeopathic Remedies.
Cigars of best brantls, smokers can rely on a
good cigar.
Rose S mot ing Tohcceo.
Michigan and Solnee Fine Cut.
Natural Leaf, Twist and Hig Plug,
Finest and fairest French Con fee/ions,
PURE DOMESTIC WINES.
Consisting of Grape. Blackberry and Elderberry
FOR XEDIRIMAL I SE.
attention of physicians is invited to the
stock of Drugs and Medicines, which they can
purchase at reasonable prices.
Country Merchants' orders promptly filled. Goods
put up with neatness and care, and at reasonable
prices.
■J. L. LEWIS designs keeping a first class Drug
Store, aud having on hand at all times a general
assortment of goods. Being a Druggist of several
years experience, physicians cuu rely on having
their prescriptions carefully and accurately com
pounded. | Feb 9, '6(5 —tt
Clothing, ctr.
I>ALLY! RALLY! RALLY!
Il „ ..
Conic one, come all,
and examine
THE EXCELLENT STOCK OF GOODS
AT LIPPEL'S
CLOTHING EMPORIUM AND FURNISHING
STORE.
A rare chance is offered to ALL to purchase good
and seasonable goods, at the lowest prices, by cal
ling lit Lipped
If you would have a good suit of Rcady-Made
Clothing call at Lippcl's.
If you would have good and cheap
Ladies Dress Goods.
Calicoes.
Muslins.
Ac.. Ac.. Ac.,
Call at Lippcl's.
If you would have furnishing goods of all de
scriptions, notions, etc., call at Lippel's.
If vou would have the host quality of Groceries,
buy them at Lippel s.
Goods of all kinds, sold at the most reasonable
prices, and country produce of al! kinds taken in
exchange for goods, at Lippel's.
aep. 28,'66.
S iIJ ITHING KM P<)Rir.M. —GK<'.
1 REIMUND, Merchant Tailor, Bedford, l'a..
constantly on band ready-made clothing,
such as coats, pants, vests. Ac.; also a general as
sortment ftf cloths, cassimeres. and gents turoish
iog goods of all kinds; also calicoes, muslins, Ac.,
all of whieb w</l he sold low for onh. My room
is a few doors west of Fyan's store and opposite
Rush's marble yard. I invite all to give me a
cull. I have just received a stock of uew goods.
niHy2o.*f>o.
riAINWARE OF ALL KINDS AT
B Mc BLYMYER ACO S.
Xhe Arthur (I (b.vAetfr.
MISCEGENATION!
Negro Suffrage and Negro E
quality Fairly and Flatly En
dorsed.
M'KKCII BFiOHV HK'KIW.VX AT WEST
(HKSTlilt.
WEST CHESTER, Sept. 21, 18UH5.
During the last week the people of
West Chester were treated to two Gea
ry meetings, one upon Wednesday by
thenuasi-white wing of the Republican
party, and the other upon Saturday by
the ultra-black wing, I'he former was
the regular County Mass Meeting. It
was addressed by Curtin and Geary;
was smaller than usual, and devoid of
enthusiasm. The latter Was ostensibly
called for the purpose of celebrating
the anniversary of the emancipation
proclamation, but really to impress up
on the negroes that they are entitled to
political and social equality, and that
they must obtain it, even at the point
of the bayonet.
It is this latter meeting, addressed
by the Rev. Highland Garnett (color
ed), of Washington, 1). ('., and the
Hon..John Hickman (white), of this
place, ol which I desire to give vou an
account.
Early on Saturday morning, "the
free Americans of African descent" be
gan to flock into town, and by noon
there were several thousand present.
The parade was then formed and, head
ed by a colored brass band from Phil
adelphia, marched through the princi
pal streets of tie- borough, and out to
the Agricultural Fair Grounds. Along
the march handkerchiefs were waved
and cheers given by many of our >chHe
citizens, persons who make great pre
tensions to respectability and good
standing in this community. After
reaching the fair grounds the meeting
was organized by calling one of our ne
gro barbers to the chair. The Emanci
pation Proclamation was then read,
and after the singing of "John Brown's
Soul is Marching On," by the colored
population, the Rev. Highland Garnett
was introduced as orator for the occa
sion. He denounced President John
| son in unmeasured terms, intimating
i in his address that Jie should like to
see him assassinated. He told the ne
grois that they deserved and were en
titled tothe right of suffrage, and warn
ed the whites to beware, should they
stand in their way of obtaining jt. Af
ter abusing: the copperheads and rebels,
he wound up with a glowing descrip
tion of how the negroes, provided the
right of suffrage-should liegiven them,
| would rush to the field of battle, should
' there hi; another war, and ask that the
"Stars and Stripes should be their win
ding sheets.
The applause having subsided and i
the bend having played "Rally Round
the Flag," the Hon. John Hickman ap
-1 peared upon the platform, surrounded
j by negroes, and was introduced as the
; next speaker. The following is the
j substance of his speech:
Mn. CIIIRM AN : I have ix'cn asked
j why I am here to-day, and I propose to
1 answer that question by saying that I
l am here because I want to lie. lam
here to lend you my countenance on
this occasion, and to say a word in be-'
half of your right to suffrage. I would
| like to call you " fellow-citizens ," but
; the Supreme Court has said that you
! are not citizens. I should like to call
I you frfloir-roters, but, as yet, the law
will not permit me to. If, however, 1
I were a young man of twenty, I believe
1 should live to see you enjoy the right
! of suffrage. In times gone by it was
customary to question your humanity,
hut that, I believe, is no longer ques
tioned; it is now conceded by every
one that you belongto the human fam
! ily. And, ha'' it not been that Andrew
Johnson is con* rolled by bad and wick
ed counsellor-, you would to-day en
joy the right of suffrage to which you
; are entitled. I am in favor of giving
equal and impartial suffrage to the ne
gro, because he is entitled to it, and lie
cause I believe that Cod Almighty has
decreed that justice must be done to all
men. Many of the colored people
here before me have a better right to
vote than I have; for I have but given
of my money to sustain the govern
ment, whilst they periled their lives to
protect it.
If the Irishman is entitled to voteaf
-1 tor a live years' residence in the coun
try, why should not the negro, who has
lived here all his life? It is said he is
not intelligent enough. I say that if
the Irishman is intelligent enough, so
is my friend Mr. Harnett. If lam in
telligent enough to vote, then so is Mr.
Harnett, for he is my equal. II lavs
! ix-en customary to say that the negro
who has intelligence derives it from the
white blood in his veins. 1 deny it.
Stand up brother Harnett. (Brother
< i. stood up amid great applause, i Show
i me where there is any trace of white
blood in him, (patting brother H. on
| the shoulder.) There is none; ho is a
genuine negro. It has taken lour years
of bloody war to destroy the body of
slavery, and it will take four years
more of war to destroy the spirit of sla
very. 117 ten that war eontfs, you will be
mlled upon to fight, and mar!: me! if
fhi it yon do not obtain your ritjht to rote,
I trill neri r ay.tot l .rrrciei mint'.
But I did not come here to make a
■ speech; I came here to show you that
i am in favor of equality before the
Jaw, and I now boldly declare that I
' am in favor of political and social equal-
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 1866
ity with the negro.
The speaker here retired amidst great
applause and three cheers fur the Hon.
John Hickman. In the morning, the
nameof WayneMcVeigh wits ruention
i ed in connection witli i lick man's as one
i ol" the speakers of the day, but for some
i reason he failed to make Ins appearance.
There can no longer be any doubt but
that the Republican party iscommit
ted to negro suffrage and equality, at
least in this conqtry; for you will rec
ollect that in the Press of Friday, Sept.
14,1866, Mr. Hickman, in a letter in an
swer to one from many of the leading
Republicans of Westchester, "announ
ces himself a Radical, h and gives his
"views upon the great questions of the
; times." The letter to Mr. Hickman
concludes in these words: "We have
heard them expressed i.e. your views)
too frequently and strongly to leave us
in any doubt as to their character, but
we wish to give them publicity, as your
many friends value them highly."—
This letter is signed by Dr. NVilmer
Worthington, Republican candidate for
the State .Senate in this district; J.Smith
Futhey, Ciiainnan of the Republican
County <'ommittee; Addison May, Win
Darlington, a prominent lawyer and
great Anti-Masin; Washington Town
send, a member of the Bar; E. B.
Moore, editor of the American Repub
lican, and David Meeoukey, a wealthy
hanker. They ail fully and unreserv
edly endorse Mr. Hickman's views, ac
cording to their own statement, so that
further comment by me is rendered un
necessary. Our readers n lav see to what
a depth of degradation and shame per
sons of supposed respectability and
character will descend to further ambi
tious projects and low party ends.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
I.ET IIVERY (MTIIOMF I.V 3'KNVSYI.-
VlMi BEAD.
Brt.inl Trrtnu , iit of Sisters <f Charity
by Jiiiin V.. jieary.
John W. Geary, with his narrow in
tellect and bigoted nature, we have no
doubt, made a mast acceptable member
of that infamous political organization
which proscribed men on account of
their birth or religious belief. His ha
tred of Catholics did not end with the
short-lived triumph of the Know-Xoth
ing party, it adhered to him. and was
afterwards displayed in the m >st offen
sive manner possible.
One of the most intelligent, wealthy
and respectable citizens of Frederick,
Maryland, sends us the following state
ment of an occurrence, which shows in
its true light the bigoted and tyranni
cal character of the vain upstart whois
the Radical candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania. Wegiva tho facts in his
own language:
To the JSditors of the Intelligencer :
DEAR SIRS;— It occurs to me that
justice demands that the rude and bru
tal manner in which some Sisters of
('liarity were treated by John W. Geary,
should be known, in order that the
( atholie citizens of Pennsylvania may
understand the character and the spir
it of the man who appeals to them for
support at the coining gubernatorial e
lection. The facts wil 1 be Mifficient with
out any comment, though you are of
course at liberty to use them as you see
fit.
In the fall of 1861, under protection
of a pass from General Scott, some four
or five Sisters of Charity left the St. Jo
seph's House at Emmitsburg on their
mission to nurse the sick and wounded
soldiers of both armies. They had per
mission tovisitany point along the line
of contest from Winchester to Rich
mond, as theirservices might be need
ed. While traveling on the ears of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, under per
mission from the commander in chief
at Washington to go where they pleas
ed in discharge of the duties of theirsa
cred mission, they were arrested at
Point of Rocks by Col. John W Geary.
In a rude manner they with their bag
gage were removed from the cars and
left among crowds of soldiers and rough
camp followers, sitting without shelter
on their trunks by the roadside. 11 was
not until after repeated solicitations that
Col. Gearv consented to grant an inter-
view to the principal sister, a lady of
education and refinement, as were Her
a—ociates. Finally this military digni
tary jyave orders to have her led into
his august presence hv a guard.
In vain did she explain fully t lie char
itable character of her holy mission; in
vain didsheexhibit the general and un
restricted pass given her by the Com
mander-in-Chief at Washington, au
thorizing iier togo, with her associates,
wherever their holy mission might call
them, or wherever they might be need
ed to nurse the wounded and console the
dying; in vain did she beg to be allowed
to proceed as several parties of Sisters
had been allowed to do unmolested he-
fori-, over the same route; in vain did
shespeakof tlie crying wants of the
wounded, the sick, the dying soldiers
of the i'nion army, to relieve and suc
cor whom was a great part of her mis
sion ; in vain did she assure this petty
tyrant (deary) that she had nursed the
sick and wounded soldiers of all parties
in the Crimean war, without molesta
tion or hindrance, receiving from Turk
and Hu-sian no less courtesy and kind
ness than she did from Frenchman or
Englishman; in vain did she protest
with tearful entreaties against such u
sage iu her native iand, after having
traveled on a similar mission all ovef
Europe unmolested. John \\ . deary,
a bigot by nature and a petty tyrant in
his position, thrust herand her compan
ions into the cars and sent them back to
I Frederick City, on their way to the
House of St. Joseph, from which they
came.
The .Surgeon General at Frederick, a
high-toned gentleman, ami a native of
Philadelphia,hearing of the manner in
which the Sisters of Charity had been
treated by Geary, and fearing the dam
aging effect which such brutal conduct
would have upon the many thousands
of Catholic soldiers who were fighting
in the front ranks of the army, at once
despatched an orderly to Gen. Banks, at
headquarters uear Poolsville, with a let
ter eontainingastuternent of the conduct
of General Geary, which letter will be
found officially recorded on the books of
the Medical Director. The Adjutant af
ter ridingall night, returned to Freder
ick withanimperativeorder, command
ing General Geary to escort in person and
place safely on the .Southern side of the
Potomac the said Sisters of Charity, and
to give to them every assistance to aid
them in the discharge of their sacred
mission of mercy. With what grace he
could after his brutal conduct, Geary did
escort them beyond the Potomac after
having endeavored to himself upas
superior to the Commander iu-( "hief.
Any soldier who wa- under Geary at
Point of Rocks at the time alluded to
will rememiier his treatment of these
Sisters of Charity. lie will not dare to
deny one word of the above statement.
If he should the Medical Director and
the Bisters will testify to the entire
truthfulness of what is here written.
The above facts have been furnished
in the shape in which theyappear, as
wehave stated, byoneofthe wealthiest,
.most intelligent and honorable men in
the City of Frederick. They show what
a mean and miserable bigot John W.
Geary is. We hope our cotemporaries
will give the statement a wide circula-
Stliis-tisisf tiif Trull).
The editor of the Independent, who
has been in full consultation with his
party, says:
'' No lending Republican in Congress
means lo ad.■nil the ten w<:ting States
simply cm the adoption of the constitu
tional amendment-. These States are to
be admitted on 110 conditions short of
the equal political rights of their loyal
citizens, without distinction of race. A
reconstruction of the Union 011 any oth
er basis would be a national dishonor.
Until the rebel States can come back 011
this basis, they shall not come back at all."
This is a frank and free admission.—
TheSouth inay adopt furry constitution
al amendments—but can never be read
mitted into the Union until negroes
vote there.— X. Y. Express.
<;KN. OKA VI OX THE WITXHS M AM).
A Ktrorbrtt'lt ur
The Philqjlclphia imday Mercury
has the following among its special tel
egrams from Washington:
Washington, Sept. ±l.— Gen. Grant
denies the reports put in circulation
concerning his preferences as regards a
vote in your State. The General says
"his record is that of a soldier, and he
has condemned the practice of officers
making political capital off of the rec
ords of the army." It is not in accord
ance with his way of doing things.
The General regrets exceedingly that
his name has been mixed up with local
politics. The report, as published, is a
tissue of falsehoods. Gen. Grant never
made use of the language attributed to
him. He is a warm supporter of the
President's policy, and is doing all in
his power to influence every one to the
same way of thinking.
The niNitiiioiiists.
Henry Wilson, United States Sena
tor, addressed a Radical meeting in In
dianapolis on Saturday night, and said
that the promotions of such men as
Granger, Custer and other soldiers who
attended the Cleveland Convention
would not be confirmed by the Senate.
A preacher named MeMullen followed
in a speech in which he said, that the
assassination of President Johnson would
not be a very serious calamity.
This is the precise style of the Rev.
Mr. Hunnicutt, one of the Southern
loyalists, traveling with Hamilton and
Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow, by the way,
in his Cleveland speech, last week dis
coursed of his future state as follows:
If God, in His providence, should
call me off, I have 110 fears of the con
sequences beyond the grave, if the
books have been correctly kept in the
upper world, as I have no doubt they
have been, there will be a small bal
ance in my favor.
And such is the blasphemy which
finds applause amongthe Radicals.—.V.
Y. Repress.
Uviil S;>irit of ! !".■ Radicals I awards
••Foreigners."
The real spirit of the Radicals tow
ards theadopted citizens, though of late
hidden for a few weeks under their at
tempt to curry favor with what they
call "the Irish vote," is developed in
all its natural beauty by a recent visit
of an Irish delegation to the President.
Says the N. Haven Journal 1 Radical):
"This is the first attempt in our his
tory of a foreign organization to rule
America, and the meeknc— of the Pres
ident, under the insult offered him, will
only hasten his ruin."
They Must he Kducatcd to it.
The working men who vote the Re-
I publican ticket—at lea.-1 many of them,
I cannot be made to believe that their
leaders really intend to place them on
lan equality wiih the Negro. They will
I come to it by degrees. Their leaders
are good "levellers," as witness this
speech of Horace Maynard, at Athens,
i Tenn., 011 the Hist of August:
And I tell you, gentlemen, that in a
j short time all this complaint about ne-
I gro equality will be done away with.
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,367
Some months since it was said that the
negro would not he suffered to testify
in your courts —that his oath would not
be granted him. Rut how stands the
matter already? He is not only permit
ted to testify in your courts with impu
nity, hut there is every evidence that
he will soon be on a social equality with
the white man in your Stale. Yes, gen
tlemen, in a short time he will marry
and intermarry in your families. It is
a little objectionable to-day, but you
will soon get over this, and the perse
cuted negro will be welcome in your
parlors. This will be the result of the
political and social changes of the next
few months.
AIIIIKF.SN OF TIL K DEMOCR ATIC STATE
< EXTIt A E CO M MITTKE.
DBMOCBATIC STATE COMMITTEE ROOMS. )
S2B WALNCT ST.,PHILADELPHIA. <
To the People of Pennsylvania:
The Democratic party in its platform
of principles, adopted at Harrisburg,
on the sth day of March, IS6O, resol
ved
1. That the States whereof the peo
ple were lately in rebellion are integral
parts of the Union, and are entitled to
representation in Congress,hymen du
ly elected, who bear true faith to the
Constitution and laws, and in order to
vindicate the maxim that taxation
without representation is tyranny,
such representatives should be forth
with admitted.
2. That the faith of the republic is
pledged to the payment of the national
debt, and C ingress-hould pass all laws
necessary for that purpose.
3. That the white race alone is enti
tled to the control of the government of
the republic, and we are unwilling to
grant to negroes the right to vote.
Upon tills platform we placed our
candidate for Governor, and with these
principles we confidently look for suc
cess in this contest.
Our opponents in their Convention,
held at Harrisburg, on the 7th day of
March, 1 StUi, also, adopted a platform,
and nominated a candidate. The prin
ciples they enunciated appear to be lost
sight of, and the proposed constitution
al amendment takes their place as the
rule of Radical orthodoxy, and to it
their candidate gives his unhesitating
support.
Negro equality and negro suffrage
are theessential element-in that amend
ment. By it the negro is made the e
qual of the white man in all his "priv
ileges and immunities." The right of
Pennsylvania to make laws to regulate
the migration of negroes into the State
is denied and she is deprived of her
just share of representation inCougress
unless her Constitution be amended
and the negro allowed to vote.
The Radical candidates for Governor
and for U. S. Senator; their leaders of
public sentiment; their speakers and
their newspapers are open advocates of
this amendment, and their practice ac
cords with their profession, for they
mingle with the negro in social inter
course, in political conventions, and in
public processions.
We hold that the negro is not the e
qual of the white man, and, whilst we
accord to him freedom and protection
of person, with the right to enjoyment
of the fruit- of his labor and aid in in
tellectual advancement, we affirm that
our own race is entitled to control the
entire machinery of the government.
SiistaiUi this amendment, and you
give the negro the right to aid in gov
erning you; defeat it and you maintain
your own right of sovereignty.
Everyman who rotes for Geary or for
a Radical candidate for Congress, rotes
as distinctly for negro suffrage and negro
equality as if they were printed on his
ballot.
DEMOCRATS OF PENNSYLVANIA!
Power is no longer against you, but
ranges itself upon your side. Oppor
tunities for fraud do not exist. Aid
comes to you from the ranks of the en
emy. No Democrat who voted for Me-
Cleilan votes against you now; your
brethren are aroused from the Lakes to
the I lelaware. A change of five per
cent, upon the vote of ISfii will sweep
your opponents out of existence. You
can count it in every election district
in the Commonwealth: audit' you will
but execute the details of your organi
zation, success is certain.
Faith in your principles, courage in
the contest, and a determination to
poll every Conservative vote, are the
only requisites to an assured victory.
By order of the Democratic .State
Committee.
WM. A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
GEN. BUTLER, who, we believe, in
tends to slump Pennsylvania for Gen.
Geary, indicated his preference for ne
gro suffrage, last week in this emphatic
manner:
"Had the negro been armed, the re
sult would have been far different.
We armed him with the musket when
he was tit to use it; shall we not arm
him with the ballot ! There is a preju
dice against the negro on the question
of labor. When the labor-saving ma
chinery was introduced into England,
the laboring classes rose and destroyed
it, because they thought it would take
away the work that brought them
bread.
"Suppose we were only looking for
expediency. The States must come
back. We want a loyal constituency
in those States. Where will they come
from ? .Is a matter of self-protection, as
j a matter of economy, the negro must hare
I a vote."
(ASTF FOR THE BEACH NALDIKB.
Promises for •!)' White Soldier.
fc:too Extra Bounty for the Black.
8100 Extra Bounty for the While Soldier#
Congress, in 18G6, voted the black
soldier S3OO for extra bounty, and ap
propriated the money to pay it.
The white veteran gets §IOO extra
bounty, and Congress appropriated NO
MONEY to pay it. $2,000 EXTRA
PAY for Congressmen, in cash: no
money for the white soldier. Seven
millions IX CASH, for the Freedmen's
Bureau, and no money for the white
soldier. *
No white soldier gets more than SIOO
as extra bounty. Every negro soldier
gets S3OO extra bounty.
Many of the white soldiers served
threeyears. None of the negroes ser
ved more than two years.
GEARY IS FOR CONGRESS AND
THE NEGRO.
CLYMEK is for Vie. President, the
Convention and the White man.
Geary calls his fellow soldiers, "Shys
ters and Cowards, Skulkers and Hos
pital Bummers."
Geary says: "I am not prepared to
deny the Right of Voting to the Col
ored Man."
The Torch unci Turjrvutiite Way to !'*
Constitutional Amendments.
From the New York World, Sept. 24.
Greeley is making a feeble effort to
represent himself and his fellows of the
Radical party as having a civil war
forced upon them by President John
son. Poor innocent lambs!—(sheep,
perhaps, would he a better word for the
"just once" hero) —see how the'tender
hearted and long-suffering disciples of
the Torch-and-Turpentine gospel strug
gle desperately to avert further trouble.
Forney, at Lackawanna, there threat
ened a Torch-aud-Turpentine war un
les- the Southern States accept the con
stitutional amendment—'which the Her
ald join- in trying to force upon them.
'Hiis is his language:
"If the Southern people do not ratify
this (negro-equalization) amendment,
or if they defeat it, what then? I think
I see by the glitter of your eyes, and I
know by the throbbing of my heart,
that if they should ever he guilty of
this new infatuation, the war that
would ensue would establish this fact,
that that which has passed was as hut
child's play, or as a pic-nic, to that
which will come. The army that will
go to the Southern country willgo there
to stay; it will not be an army of inva
sion but an army of migration; it will
not go there to revenge, but to extir
pate. Brownlow's remedy will indeed
be tried; there will be three columns,
the one to kill, the second to burn, the
third to divide the plantations among
the men that go down the second time
to avenge the insulted flag of our coun
try. I see this sublime resolve in the
glitter of your eyes, and i feel it in the
throbbing of my heart—l feel it every
where—l hear it in the trumpet voice
of destiny. That we shall not prevail
against these men is to expect that God
is dead."
Sent isiieilts.
At a Radical meeting in New York,
last week, John Cochran said, "that
those before him who had been mus
tered out of service were now called
upon once more to prepare to take up
the musket for the maintenance of those
principles for which they had fought
for four years."
The speaker was loudly applauded
by the audience, his warlike strains ev
idently touching a sympathetic chord
in the breast of his hearers. When he
exclaimed: "Woe, woe betide that peo
ple which forgets its debt of gratitude
to the negro race," cheers and applause
greeted the sentiment. The concluding
portion of his remarks was to the effect
that the service rendered to the country
by negroes during the war entitled them
to the right of suffrage.
Gen. Barlow, the radical candidate
for Secretary of the State ot New York,
also declared in favor of negro suffrage,
and demanded that the Republican par
ty should come square up to that work.
Horace Greeley addressed the meet
ing, and -aid: He wanted a Govern
ment under which all loyal men, re
gardless of color, should have equal
rights, lie was going to tight it out on
that line, and he hoped all true Amer
ican- would take the same stand. Mr.
Greeley was loudly applauded.
A series of resolutions were r&uland
adopted. They were essentially a rep
etition of the Syracuse platform, with
the addition of one in favor of negro
suffrage.
*rhe American Republican says that
"Black is the loyal color at the South,
as white is the disloyal." This is not
complimentary toßrownlowandßotts.
The same paper in a later issue ad
vocates negro suffrage, and says that—
"THE BLACKS IN AN EMINENT DE
CREE SAVED TIIE COUNTRY DURING
THE WAR."
Let us see about this:
White troops in service, 2,154.311.
Negro troops in service, 180,000.
There were just twelve times as ma
ny white troops in the service as there
wore black ones, and yet the negroes,
we are told, "saved the country."
The wh i te soldiers are asked to endorse
this infamous sentiment by voting for
Geary.
NEAR Bellville, Texas, lately, three
men had a desperate tight with a mon
ster rattlesnake, fourteen feet long and
six inches thick! They killed him. He
had forty-two rattles, indicating that he
was forty-five years old.
A SQUAD of negroes was lately im
ported into Bellefonte and put to work
on laying down the water pipes. The
disunion contractors refused to employ
white men. Elect Gen. Geary, and that
I will be the result in all parts of the
State.