FrlAnr Morning: December 81, 1*B :
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AGENTS TO ORTAIN SI'RSCRIPTIONS !
TO THE GAZETTE.
Circulate your County Faper.
The following named gentlemen hare been ap- J
pointed our Agents to obtain subscriptions to the
GAZETTE. Tbey are authorized to receipt for us: I
Bloody Run— Jeremiah Thompson.
Roys HiU—D A T. Black.
Monroe —Daniel Fletcher.
Coltraiv —Geo. W. Deal, H. P. Diehl.
C. Valley —D. R. Anderson. A Zeinbower.
Londonderry —James C DeTore.
Harrison —Geo. W. Horn.
Juniata —John A. Cessna, Geo. Gardill.
Srhellshnre —J E Black
Hapier —John Sill, John W. Bowen.
Southampton—Vim. Adams, John Cavender,
Westley Bennett
Union —M Wertz W. B Lambnght.
M. Woodberry —W M. Pearson, Daniel Barley.
5. Woodberry —J. I. Noble, J. S. Brumbaugh.
Hopewell —W. A. Grove, J B. Fluke.
Broad Top —M. A Hunter.
Liberty —Geo. Roades, D. Stoler.
Saxton —Charles Faxon.
St Clair— John W. Crisman, Samuel Becklcy.
Snake Spring —Andrew Mortimore, J. G. Hart
ley and M. S. Ritchey.
IV. Providence —Geo. Banghman, Homer Neice.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT !
Thad. SJevona announce* on the floor
of Cougrcss that Jeff. Davis is not
guilty of Treason!
On Tuesday, the 11th inst., Thadde
us Stevens arose in his place in the
lower House of Congress, and declared
•bathe"didnot believe that Mr. Davis
ould be tried for treason,nor that he had
en guilty of treason. His offence was
at of a belligerant, not of a traitor,
i he was utterly opposed to passing
s to hang a man, after his offence and
'he purpose of hanging him /" We
dy publish the fact that Mr. Stev
bok this position, and leave our
*rs to draw their own inference.
is no question as to the correct
n€r this statement, and it can, at
an ie, be verified.
DHOLDERS, ATTENTION!
has been introduced in
(-°ng declaring it inexpedient for
the G rnment t 0 adopt such mea
sures t, u ld p a y |h e national debt
during ]j veg 0 f the present genera
tiou. i S q U i n ts toward repudiation.
It the dt )e not p a id within the next
thirty yt w h o knows but that other
wars and; S isiy much mal-adminis
tration of. Govern mint, may place
us in the xlicament in which our
forefathers in d themselves at the
close of the volution ? May it not
be too late, v> n this generation shall
have passed ay ) { 0 institute measures
to relieve the, V ernmen! from its in
debtedness? ,y t ma y oot by that
time, the tax-y er3 btnpme restive
and continental* the bonis and other
paper representi- our deb:? We con
sider the propo.sijn to postpone the
payment of our tjonal indebtedness
as fraught with darer to the creditors,
md dishonor to thgood nane, of our
federal Govern met. "Ply as you
V is a good mottofor governments
well as for indiviuals, trt if you
l't pay as you go, j.y as son as you
i. We have livedto seffhe great
1 war fought out,ind tbre is no
1 reason why the tresen genx-ra
should not see the Cnion'ully re
'dand the debt prolucedby the
Mifted from the sntuldei of the
P3.
le resolution referredto, ws offer
u,JgeKelley,oneof themmbers
Philadelphia, and a leadeiof the
<ource W h ence jfc omes
plve 'U3e for alarm. Bond-blders
rello Splicitly upon men like telley
to f a jth D f fhg gtjveriment,
u tf Hvill find that their confluence
has be* nfep j acedt There is evfient
ly tr ou n jj eac j
in this regard. We
shall se
IOW IT WORKS!
The lUjjj Mongrels having esab
lished guffnige in Massachusetts
and havinflminatgj negroes on tleir
tickets in ler to that clasi of
voters, the> ere enabled, for a time,
to increase t\ v majorities. Thinking
that they hi permanently attached
the negroes their organization, the
Mongrels of refused, in their
nominations for officers, a few days
a £°) to give brethren the
places upon the which they de
manded. The resti was that the whole
nogrelement botyi. The Democrats,
in order still to annoy their op
ponents, nominate a negro for coun
cilman. The Motrrei majority in
Boston was roduced'rom 3,000 to about
800, and the negro tuididate for coun
cilman rah a tie witl his Mongrel op
ponent. S.,ch are te results of Ne
gro Suffrage. The pirty that bids
highest will geithe colored vote. Shall
this element be introduced into our i
elections?
CAlX'l'S TYRAXXY.
The immortal Declaration of Inde
pendence asserts this great principle:
b "Taxation without Representation is I
j Tyranny!" The people of ten States:
>■ are now being taxed hy the Mongrel;
Caucus at Washington, without being
representation in Congress.
Do you in the i
NEGRO SIFFRAGF. AT EAST. |
On Friday last the lower House of
Congress passed the Senajf Bill to con
j fer suffrage upon the Negroes of the
I District of Columbia. Every "ltepub
j lican" member voted for it except the
i representatives of West Virginia, Itan
; dall and McKee, of Kentucky, and
i Kuykendall, of Illinois. Every Dem
ocratic member voted against it.
It will be remembered that last year, j
j when this subject was mooted in Con
i gress, the people of the District held an
election at which they rejected the prop
osition by an almost unanimous vote, j
This alone should have been sufficient
to deter Congress from passing this
bill. Upon the very doctrine of Abra- j
ham Lincoln that our system of Gov-1
ernmentis based upon the will of the
majority, Congress should have re
frained from enacting the measure.
But the law has been forced upon them,
in spite of their protest, and they are
p compelled to submit to its execution.
It can hardly be believed that a party
which is so fastidious a stickler for the
. most enlarged freedom, has deliberate
„ ly enslaved the white people of the
capital of the Union. We say enslaved,
' | for when the large majority of the vo
s j ters of a State are forced by those who
I I make laws for them, to submit to
s i measures which they loathe and abhor,
j | those voters are reduced to political sla
j ! very. Congress is authorized by the
! Constitution to legislate for the District
of Columbia; but it has no better right
c to set at defiance the will of the voters
" of the District than the legislature of
r any State has to override the wishes of
the people of such State. Suppose that
a Constitutional Convention were cho-
sen in Pennsylvania, and that the peo
ple, by a large majority, would instruct
\ that Convention that it should not
i strike the word white from the Consti
| tution,and in spite of this instruction,
' j that body would thus alter that instru
| ment, would not the Convention be
guilty of the grossest tyranny ? Well,
the case of Congress and the District of
Columbia, is precisely parallel. If it
be tyranny for the law-makers of Penn
sylvania to defy the will of the major
ity of the people of the State, so is it
equally tyranny in the law-makers for
the District of Columbia, to force an
odious measure upon the citizens of the
District. But let us remember that
' logic is love's labor lost with those who
are governed by party feeling, and we
' know but few men who vote with the
party which has thus enslaved the
white people of the District of Colum
bia, who are governed by any other
motive. They are joined to theiridols;
let them alone. So, good bye, logic!
' ! and let the stern reasoning of results
} j
| convince those who will not learn in
' ■ any other school than that of experi
| ence. Let the corruption of the elec
' i tive franchise, the scramble for the
' I votes of ignorant and degraded negroes,
i the resultant elevation of these miser-
I 1 able creatures to office, and, finally, a
II
i war of races, teach the lesson which
) j will not be learned even from the very
; lips of Reason.
j ; ARE YOl\ OR ARE YOU NOT?
M We put this question to every man
! who calls himself a Republican : Are
-1 you, or are you not, in favor of forcing
Negro Suffrage upon an unwilling peo
' pie? Your representatives in Congress,
* the men of your choice, have done that
i very thing. They have given the ne
' i groes of the District of Columbia the
, j right to vote, in the face of the almost
! | unanimous protest of the voters of the
■ District. Now, if you are in favor of
1 this business, say so; if you are oppo
sed to it, say so, and what is more and
better, act accordingly. You have
"beat around the bush'' long enough
on this subject. Be a mp.n and show
the world that you a r c not bound to
cling to your party when it does a great
wrong.
PUT IT AT THEM!
I Democrats, you remember that du
s! ring the last campaign our "Republic
■ an" friend?.denied the charge that their
i party is in favor of Negro Suffrage.
■ Now, both Houses of Congress have
passed the bill to force Negro Suffrage
j upon the people of the District of Co
lumbia. We want every man of you
to put this fact into the ear of his "Re
publican" neighbor. You can now jus
tify fully all that you said in regard to
this subject. The people are bound to
acknowledge that you were right. You
possess the advantage of having Truth
on your side. Make use of that advan
tage. Bring it home to every "Repub
lican" in the country.
DON'T SLACKEN THE TRACES !
It is the common practice of Demo
crats to cease talking polities as soon as
the election is over. It is thought that i
the time for work is only during the
: heat of the campaign This is all a
j mistake. NOW is the accepted time.
I You can't reason with a man who is 1
| excited, but you may reach his under
standing when his excitement has pass- }
ed away. If Democratic newspapers
and politicians would work effective
ly, now is the Ume for them to do it*
Don't slacken the traces! Pull up,'
boysi and let us all puiitogether!
MitaOHtenoM
THE MONGREL SKCEKF.RB.
The following lines were written by
Col. CHARLES G. HALPINE, of the
U. S. Army, (better known as "Miles
O'Reilly," and the friend and favorite
of President Lincoln.) They are a
hard hit at the agitating Mongrel Rad
icals:
The plotting knavea who stand confessed
Rousing a permanent war of races,
Can show no badges on the breast —
No corps hath known their faces !
Brothers are they of -'Gideon's band, - '
Who followed you down to the conquered land, |
And whose purses did wondrously expand,
i While you fought the rebels hand to hand,
Reasserting our glorious Union !
They were captains in the " Home Brigade, '
When our country needed each man s sinew ;
I In the war they drove a prosperous trade,
j And wish it now to continue.
" Our foes," forsooth, "they will not trust;
i A vulcano, indeed, is beneath the crust
j The sword once drawn must never rust,
And the South forever lie in the dust—
i They will hear no talk of Union !
j Of fresh revolts they plant the germs,
New wars are in their tyranny tendered ;
! But the Boys in Blue will keep the terms
On which tne South surrendered
| We trust the men with whom we fought,
I We know them gallant in act and thought—
i The dream they cherished has come to nought,
1 And to loyalty now by rough means brought,
We welcome them back to the Union!
WASHINGTON.
Tli> Fonsresisloiml Passage of
tlic bill o force unqnalltieil Negro Suf
frage upon Hie District of Columbia :
Congressman Koonl* votes for it: Thad
Stevens declares JcIT Davis not guilty
of Treason : Why this view I* entertain
ed by the Mongrel leaders. Ac.. Ac.
\ Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 186f.
MR. EDITOR:— The insane asylum
in the Capitol is still working away,
raging and roaring like a true bedlam,
tearing the Constitution to tatters and
trampling it under its feet. Could the
people but look in upon the doings of
their M. C's (Mad-Caps) for a single
day, they would agree with me in pro
nouncing Congress a collection of in
sane revolutionists, or a pack of knavish
politicians, plotting for their own su
premacy, at the risk of the destruction
of republican government. Such a set
of political desperadoes as compose this
Congress havn't got together since the
days of the Long Parliament, and if
they undertake to imitate that histori
cal legislature, as they talk of doing,
by making themselves perpetual, the
love of Liberty will have died out in
the hearts of the American people, if
not another Cromwell be found to
check their usurpation.
Yesterday was signalized by the pas
sage of the bill to force Negro Suffrage
upon the people of the District of Colum
bia. It was attempted to amend it by
confining the right to vote to those who
can read and write. But even this lim
itation was not allowed by the Mongrel
Radicals. Senator Cowan proposed to
amend the bill so as to confer suffrage
upon women, but as this included white
persons, it was summarily voted down.
The bill has now been passed by both
Houses, and wants but the signature of
the President to become a law. It is
naked, flat-footed Negro Suffrage, with
out limitation or qualification, and
under this law any negro, no matter
how ignorant or degraded, becomes the
political equal of any and every white
man, and the political superior of any
and/Jltery white woman in the District
of Col u mbia. Your Representative , Mr.
KOONTZ, voted for the bill. I am glad
to find that he is honest enough to stand
up for the doctrines of his party. Every
"Republican" member from Pennsyl
vania, present when the vote was taken,
voted for the bill. I wonder whether
in the next canvass in your State these
fellows will deny, as they did last fall,
that they are in favor of Negro Suf
frage? The President will, doubtless,
veto the bill, but it will be passed over
his veto. The vote, upon its passage,
stood in the Senate, 32 to 13; in the
House, 117 to 46. The Democrats all
voted against it, and also the "Repub
licans" in the House from West Vir
giniaand Kentucky. Old Frank Thom
as, of the Allegany district, Maryland,
voted for it.
Thad. Stevens declared in a speech
in the House, the other day, that Jeff.
Davis is not guilty of Treason, and ought
not to be tried for Treason! Now,
oughtn't Thad. to be hung for this dis
loyal utterance ? I wonder what people
will begin to say about Mr. Stevens!
Will they not set him down as a traitor,
too? What! Jeff. Davis not guilty of
treason! And here we have been lis
tening for six years to the thunderings
of Mr. Stevens and his friends against
Traitors and Treason, and even in the
late campaign we heard thein proclaim
from every stump that "Treason must
bepunishedand Traitors madeodious!"
Who will not be disloyal after this sum
mersuult of Mr. Stevens ? Who cannot
turn "copperhead," now that the leader
of the "loyal people" pronounces Jeff.
Davis innocent of Treason ? ButThad.
and his co-workers care not a boddle
about Jeff. Davis. The game they are
after is of a different sort. They want
to emasculate the States that wilt not vote
the Radical ticket for President , or, if
that cannot be done, they aim to kill
them altogether. Their effort to deprive
the Southern States of one-half of their
representation, by the adoption of the
proposed Constitutional Amendment,
having failed, they now talk of re
manding those States into a territorial
condition. In order to accomplish this
last, they myst proceed upon the ground
that secession was lawful, and that the
secession of the Southern States made
them independent foreign govern
ments, whijjse territory the United
States Government holds by right of
conquest. 4>f course, under this view,
Jeff. Davis clou Id not he guilty of Trea
son. But il doubt whether Mr. Ste
vens' territorial project will find enough
supporters im either House to make it
a law. I thinvt It will fail. The fact
is, that with ail their show of unanim
ity, there is little cohesiou among the
mongrels at present. I have hope that
' ■■ A I Hill
they will be unable to cling together !
till the Presidential election.
I saw here, a few days ago, your
friend D. A. T. Black, Esq. of your
county,who has taken out letters patent
for an improvement on sleds and
sleighs, which ought to be of use in
your snowy regions. David deserves
success, and I hope his patent will look
i to everybody as "pretty as a woman."
Congress has adjourned for the Holi
days, and so will your correspondent.
. *****
NEWS AM) OTHER ITEUS.
! —John G. Saxe is going to Europe.
—Fenian Father McMahon was onee
; curate of St. Benott Parish, C. E.
—Mrs. Jefferson Davis has returned
to Montreal, after a long stay with her
j husband at Fortress Monroe.
J —The Gazette de France is the oldest
i newspaper in existence. It is in its
: 236 th year.
I The dead duck thinks he won't be a
; candidate for United States Senator.
Everybody else thought so long ago.
—The United States government has
concluded to furnish the entire army
| with breech-loading arms.
' —Jenny land's husband has been
made Vice-President of the London
Academy of Music.
—The test oath excludes all but sixty
I of the seven hundred lawyers of New
r Orleans from practicing in the United
; States Court.
—The bakers of London are hereafter
to have a newspaper devoted to their
interests, and it is to be called by the
appropriate title of "The Staff of Life."
i : —The Alabama Legislature has re
, jeeted the Rump Amendment to the
, Constitution by a vote of 27 to 2in the
I Senate, and 69 to Bin the House. Good.
J : —Birds' feathers are now being used
f to trim ladies dresses with. They will
5 be great to go on a lark, or a robin ex
" cursion.
—Somebody wants to know why
1 flour was cheaper with gold at 280 than
" j it is with gold at 140. Let him ask the
| Rump Congress how it is.
i j —ln Massachusetts, they whip wo
. men, but are shocked at the idea of
f the slightest indignity offered to the
. sacred hide of a negro.
. —A Lynchburg paper thinks that
5 if the Southern States shall be reduced
1 to a territorial condition, that their le
f gislatures will repudiate all State debts.
Old Brownlow is represented as
"emaciated." No wonder; for several
years he has vented nothing but corro
j sive sublimate.— Pat. and Union.
• —A New Hampshire court lately
> granted forty divorces in two days.
. They seem to be opposed to every sort
I of Union up there.
) The gross receipts from premiums of
? the Hartford insurance companies for
- the month of October, as returned to
• the assessor, amount to §741,630.
L The Southern States areconstantly
s ''insulting" the Radical Rump because
they refuse to put the halterof negro
j suffrage around their necks and chop
, their political heads off.
r I
i —The Bermuda Gazette of the 27th
3 uit. says Cholera is reported to pre
-7 vail at St. Thomas, and it is said that
t j from eighteen to twenty persons were
. | falling victims to it daily.
' | —Last year the wheat received at
• j Chicago amounted to 16,424,491 bush
| els. This year it amounts to 20,045,000
*! bushels. The present high price of
' flour is thus traceable to the specula
r tors and not to a short crop.
—The cigar ship Ross Winans, built
' in England, had returned from a short |
* cruise. She encounted very stormy
r weather, but made her way through the
heavy sea at the rate of sixteen knots
*
? an hour.
1 —An effort is to be made in Congress j
" to "get the channel of Hell Gate deep- j
- ened." Ben. Butler should be on that j
■ Committee, by all means, as one noton-
ly likely to be familiar with the sub
ject, but personally interested in its
i approaches.
—Cholera cases in a state of collapse i
' have recently been successful treated by .
' injecting cold water into the veins. The
blood is thussupplied with the watery j
J particles which it loses in cholera, the j
' coagulation is dissipated and heat and i
j. circulation restored.
— THE Cincinnati Commercial foots up
$ the grand total of one hundred and
t eight houses of ill fame, and fifteen
} gambling houses in that city and adds:
, In each case, as to houses of this class,
t the Chief of Police has recorded the
name of the managing woman, and the
. number,street,Ac.
t —The Metropolitan police force, or
• ganized, under the laws of the New
■ York State Legislature, for the Govern
■ ment of the cities of New York and
! Brooklyn, consists of 2171 men, of whom
> 1808 are in New York city and 307 in
I Brooklyn. During the past year 75,638
' arrests have been made by this force
r in New York, and 21,696 in Brooklyn.
—Bernard Sprunk, the Treasurer of
' the Pennsylvania Building Association
of Philadelphia, has disappeared. Sev
eral sums have been named as the a
mount of the defalcation. It will cer
tainly reach fourteen thousand dollars.
The members, most of whom are men
1 of small means, have generally in vest
ed all theirearnings in theconcern, and
| their losses, for that reason,are the more
severely felt by them.
—Governor Swann, Lieutenant Gov
• ernor Cox and Superintendent of In
struction Van Bokkelen, who compose
the State Board of Education, of Md.,
have adopted the following: "Ordered,
that, no teacher be required to hike any
test oath, or any other oath, as a re
quisite condition to entitle him or her
to receive a certificate or to be employ- |
ed as a teacher in any of the public .
schools of the State.''
COXQBBW.
SEN*ATE.— The Committee on Terri
tories reported in flavor of the bi 11 for
thy admission of Colorado. The Com
mittee on the Judiciary was instructed
to ascertain whether any addition: il leg
islation is necessary in relation to the
succession to the Presidency, in case of
disability by death or otherwise of the
persons now designated to fill th.it off
ice. The bill suspending all payments
for services of slaves enlisted in the
United States army until the invar d of
the Commissioners has been appro' :ed
by Congress was reported from the Co *o
mittee on Finance. The bill providit ig
for negro suffrage in the District of Co
umbia was then taken up, the questioi >
being on Mr. Cowan 's amendment al
lowing females the right of suffrage. A
long debate ensued, i n which a number
of members participated, Mr. Wil
liams, of Oregon, made a vi
olent speech in favor of negro suffrage,
in which he said that "he wished the
descendants of those proud and haugh
ty families of the District to goto the
polls with negroes." He thought all
males should be allowed to vote, but d id
not favor female suffrage. Mr Morrill
declared that suffrage was not a natu
ral right, but a privilege, which could
betaken awayatanytime. Mr. Cowan,
the author of the amendment, made
several humorous speeches in favor of
it, and Mr. Wadeadvocated female suff
rage. Without finally disposing ofthe
amendment the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE. —A bill requiring the Secre
tary of the Treasury tosellfifty millions
of dollars of gold, or m< re if necessary,
was introduced but was; iftcr wards with
drawn. The Committee on the Judici
ary reported a bill requiring the Clerk
ofthe House to make a roll ofthe Rep
resentatives elect fromall the States be
fore the next Congress, and forbidding
the insert ion of the name of any person
from a State not represented in this
Congress. The bill was passed. Abijl
was introduced by Mr. Wilson prohibi
ting the counting of -electoral votes
from any Southern State until such
State shall be allowed representation in
Congress. The bill was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. A bill
was passed repealing as much of the
act of April 30, 1790, as related to the
powers of jurors. The bill regulating
appointments and removals from office
was taken up and debate- '. A substi
tute was offered by Mr. Ilale, from the
Committee on retrenchment. A long
discussion ensued and was continued up
to the hour of adjournment, but no
definite action was taken on the bill.
SENATE. —A joint resolution return
ing thanks to Mr. Cyrus W. Field for
his efforts in establishingtheocean tele
graph was introduced and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The
President was requested to inform the
Senate whether any appointments have
been made to fill vacancies existing pri
or to the adjournment of Congress on
the 28th of July, and ifso, whether per
sons so appointed have received any
pay for their services, and especially in
relation to the office of Surveyor ofthe
port of Philadelphia. The consideration
of the bill providing for negro suffrage
in the District of Columbia was then
resumed, the question being on Mr.
Cowan's amendment giving females
the right of voting. After a very long
discussion a vote was taken on the
amendment, and it was rejected—yeas
6, nays 37. An amendment was offered
by Mr. Dixon, requiring all persons j
j who have not heretofore voted in the j
j District to be able to read and write be- j
j fore their ballots shall be receivedat the j
polls. The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE. —The credentials of Hon. B.
H. Epperson, representative elect from
the Western district of Texas, were in
troduced and referred to the Committee
on Elections. The bill reported from
the Committee on the Judiciary repeal
ing so much of the statute of 1790 as
prohibits prosecutions for treason from
being made after a longer period than
three years from the commission of the*
crime was taken up. A long debate
ensued, in which Mr. Rogers, of New
Jersy, argued with great ability against
the repeal of this law. A number of
other members also participated in the
discussion, some favoring and others
opposing the bill. It was finally recom
mitted to the Committee on the Judici
ary. A bill was passed allowing the
President to confer brevet rank on offi
cers in the regular army, who have been
brevetted for gallant and meritorious
actions while serving in the volunteer j
{ forces. The bill regulating appoint
mentsand removals from office*was ta
ken up, and an amendmentwasoffered
allowing heads of Departments to ap
point their own subordinate officers
I with the consent of the Senate. This
amendment was afterwards modified
j so as to give the appointing power to
the President, and was then passed by
I a vote of 78 to 77. An amendment was
j adopted providing for the punishment,
j by tine or imprisonment, of all persons
who shall presume to hold office after
| being rejected by the Senate. The bill
| was finally laid over and made the spec
j ial order for to-day. A resolution was
J adopted calling oil the President for all
! information" in his possession in relation
Ito the New Orleans riots. The House
j then adjourned.
SEN ATE. —Notice was given that the
i bill for the admission of Colorado will
be called up to-day. The bill provi
ding for negro suffrage in the District
of Columbia was then taken up, the
question being on Mr. Dixon's amend
ment, requiring all persons offering to
vote, who have not heretofore been
voters in the District, to be able to read
and write before their ballots shall be
received. A long discussion ensued,
in which a number of the members par- j
ticipated. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made j
a speech in which he said that he would j
never vote for the readmission of the j
Southern State until they allowed the
negroes to vote. A vote was taken on
the amendment and it was rejected—
yeas 11, nays 34. An amendment was
adopted providing that any person at
tempting to bribe a voter shall be pun
ished by imprisonment for not over
two years, or by fine not exceeding two 1
thousand dollars, and any person re-!
ceivinga bribe by not over one year's i
imprisonment and shall be forever dis- j
franc-fused. Several additional amend- J
ments were also adopted. A vote was j
then taken on the bill and it was pass- i
ed—yeas 32, nays 13. On the announc-1
ment of the result it was cheered by
the negroes in the galleries and hissed j
by the whites. The Senate then ad- j
journed.
HOUSE. —A resolution was passed al- J
lowing the Committee on Public Ex
penditures to hold a meeting in New j
Yorkduringthe present session of Con- j
gress. A concurrent resolution was j
passed, providing that when the House j
adjourns on Thursday the 20th inst., j
it be until Thursday, Jan. 3d, 1867. j
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole upon the Dificiency Ap
propriation bill for the year ending
June, 30, 1867. The paragraph appro
priating one hundred and seventy-five
thousand five hundred and eighty-two
dollars for the deficiency for work done
on Government property by the corpo
ration of Washington was stricken out.
A number of unimportant amend
ments were then adopted, after which
> the committee rose and reported the
I bill to the House. The bill was passed
'by the House as amended. Among
. .
the principal items is one of two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, to sup
ply deficiencies in expenses for foreign ;
intercourse, by which is meant the ex - 1
expenses of bringing Surratt to this I
! country and for those of his trial after-1
wards. The House then went inlxij
Committee of the Whole and took mp j
i the President's message. Mr. War d,
j of New York, made a long speech d e
' nouncing the President. At its co n
| elusion the committee rose and the
I House adjourned.
SENATE.— The bill for the admissi on
! of Nebraska was taken up and re ad.
' An amendment was offered declaring
j that this act shall not take effect uu' ess
negro suffrage shall be allowed by the
i State Constitution. A long discus.- ,ion
arose. Mr. Sherman made a speec nin
which he said that the Southern Slates
would be admitted to representation on
! their adopting the Constitutional
amend ment. After some further dis
cussion tile bill was laid aside, and the
resolution adopted by the House, pro
viding for its adjournment from Thurs
day, the 3 >th inst., to Thursday, Janu
ary :3d, 186 7, was taken up and passed
after being amended so as to apply to
the Senate also. The Senate then went
into exeeuti ve session, and at its close
adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.—' The Chaplain of the House,
in his openii ig prayer, thanked God for
the enfranch. isement of the negro in the
District, and hoped that this was but a
commenceme nt of "more good work."
A petition sig nod by Governor Wells
and certain ot. her citizens of the State
of Louisiana, t -sking the establishment
! of a "loyal Gm /eminent" in that State,
was presented and referred to the Com
mittee on tne 1 vew Orleans Riots. The
Houseconcurre d in the Senate amend
ments to the I)i 'ficiency bill. The Sen
ate bill providii ig for negro suffrage in
the District of Columbia was taken up
and passed, by a vote of yeas 118, nays
46, without de. >ate. The House then
went into Comi nittee of the Whole, and
resumed the co nsideration of the Presi
dent's message. Mr. Wentworth, of Il
linois, made a speech, opposing the
President's poli ey. Mr. Hise made a
brief speech in i iivorof the President's
course, after which the Committee rose.
Mr. N. G. Taylt >r, of Tennessee, was ex
cused from sen dug on the Committee
on the New < )r : .eans Riots, and Mr. Mc-
C'ullough, of M an,"land, was appointed
to fill the vacai icy.
SEXSIBLE T lI.K TO DEMOCRATS.
We find the following sensible talk
in the Philadelphia Aye, and we com
mend it to the attention of those Dem
ocrats who see ni to think that printing
a Democratic i taper is an easy and pro
fitable business; to those, also, who,
being in posi ti on to assist the editor,
neglect to do it; and, especially, to
that more numerous class who sub
scribe for their paper but are negligent
j about paying f or it:
" It is no in ore than justice to say
that every mi in who now publishes a
Democratic p; iper, doesa self-sacrificing
work, and, ta ken as a class, we know
of no truer oi • more patriotic men than
the Democratic editors of the North
ern .States. .Vs a body, they are far in
advance of the politicians, who, in
many instancies, are dead weights upon
them. We say, therefore, that if there
is any class of r.aen who deserve well
of Democrats , it is, taken as a whole,
the Democn die editors. We urge,
! therefore, th at Democrats generally
should try t :> understand the difficul
ties under w "hich their editors labor,
and when t aey see what advantages
the Aboliti > n press have over them,
they will fee I like taking hold and aid
ing" them with material aid in their
unequal fight.
As the X< 2\v Year approaches, let
systematic e tforts be made to give a
wide extensi jn to Democratic journals.
Active Democrats should commence
early making out lists of those who
ought to, ai d probably will take (if
called upon) either a city or local paper,
or perhaps b< ith. Let it be the busi
ness of some one to see his Democratic
neighbors, a; id urge upon them the ne
cessity of susl aining their papers. Dem
ocrats must be doubly vigilant if they
would perpetuate their principles and
, save republic an institutions from com
plete overth row, and their children
from the cm filing taxation of a money
ed aristocrac :y and monopolist's des
potism."
PLTTSBUBC ; AND CONNELLBVHLB
I RAILROAD.- -An item published a few
S days ago, re. 'erring to the Sand Patch
Tunnel on th e line of the above road,
concluded as follows: "As soon as the;
legal questions concerning the Pitts-1
burgand Connellsville Railroad shall j
have been d.ecided, the work on the I
road will be pushed rapidly forward to
completion." The "United States
Railroad and Mining Register" replies
and makes tt ie following suggestion:
"As the'legal questions' referred fo
have been appealed to the Supreme
Court of the United States, at Wash
ington, it would seem as if a final de
cision had been indefinitely adjourned,
for, as the ease stands before the pub
j lie, it is not clear that either of the
j two great interests that are the real
j parties in the suit, are very urgent for
j a conclusive adjudication.
I Meanwhile the development of the
j Southwest portion of Pennsylvania is
j postponed. In the progress of events,
j however, it is made more manifest from
I year to year that the Pittsburg and
! Connelsville Railroad Company must
! look upon Harrisburg rather than Cum
i berland as the principal eastern point
I in its plan and programme.
With its name changed to the "Pits
; burg, CumberlandahdHarrisburglta.il
i road," and its corporate privileges ex
| tended to cover the ground from Will's
| Creek, at the eastern base of the Alle
! gheny Mountain, (where the present
I route makes a turn in its course to
| reach Cumberland,) to the Lebanon ;
! Valley Railroad on the east bank of j
the Susquehanna river, the scheme j
I would be ad justed to the interests of j
Pittsburg, |he southwest counties, West ;
Virginia, etc.; because then the line j
would have direct outlet to all the three j
great tide water cities, and could com-I
mand financial success."
THE UNITED STATES NAVY,— The |
United States Register for 1867, com
piled by J. Disturnell, and not yet j
printed, shows that of the six hundred I
vessels belonging to our navy at the j
close of the war, two hundred and j
ninety-four were in the service last
week. About ail the useless vessels I
have been sold. On the list now are j
sixty-three iron-elads, six frigates, and j
sixty-five ships of the line. The Gov
ernment makes the following classifi-;
cation, the rates referring to size rather j
than to the quality of the vessels :
Rates. Nos. Guns, i
First-rate ships of war, 31 686 I
Second-rate ships of war, 48 606 j
Third-rate ships of war, 60 881
Fourth-rate ships of war, 145 390 j
Total, 294 2,563
In the first-rate are placed the vessels j
of 2,500 tons and over.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CONSUMPTION CURAIJLE BY DN.
SCHENCK'S MEDICINES. —To cure consumption, the
system must be prepared so that the lungs will
beat To accomplish this, the liver and stomach
must first be cleansed and an appetite created for
good wholesome food, which, by these medicines
will bo digested properly, and good healthy blood
made: thus building up the constitution, Schcnck's
Mandrake Pills cleanse the stomach of all bilious
or mucous accumulations; and, by using the Sea
Weed Tonic in connection, the appetite is restored.
Schcnck's Pulmonic Syrup is nutritious as well
as medicinal, and, by using the three remedies, all
: impurities are expelled from the system, and good
wholesome blood made, which will repel all dis
! ease. If patients will take thete medicines ac
cording to directions, consumption very frequently
in its last stage yields readily to their action
Take the pills cleanse the liver and
stomach. It does not follow that because the bow
els are not costive they are not required, for some
times in diarrhoea they are necessary. The stom
ach must be kept healthy, and an appetite created
to allow the Pulmonic Syrup to act on the respir
atory organs properly and allay any irritation, i
Then all that is required to perform a permanent j
cure is, to prevent taking cold. Exercise aboat
the rooms as much as possible, eat all the
food—fat meat, game, and, in fuct, anything t/p
appetite craves; hut be particular and masticie
well. 2d w
PREPARED OIL OF PALM AND MAE
for PRESERVING, RESTORING, and BBAUTIFYG
the HAIR, and is the most delightful and wone.
ful article the world ever produced.
Ladies will find it not only a certain remedy
Restore, Darken and Beautify the Hair, bat al
desirable article for the Toilet, as it is highly j.
fumed with a rich and delicate perfume, indep
dent of the fragrant odor of the Oils of Palm i
! Mace.
THE MARVEL OF PERU,
a new and beautiful perfume, which in delicacy
scent, and the tenacity with which it clings to t
handkerchief and person, is unequaled.
The above articles for sale by all Druggists ai
Perfumers, at $1 por bottle each. Sentbyexprt
to any address by proprietors,
T. W. WRIGHT A CO.,
oct!9'6Byl 100 Liberty St., New York.
To OWNERS OF HORSES AND CAT
TLE.— Tonus' DERBY CONDITION POWDERS ar
■warranted superior to any others, or no pay,
the cure of Distemper, Worms, Bots, Coughs. Hide
| bound. Colds, Ac., in Horses; and Colds, Coughs,
Loss of Milk. Black Tongue, Horn Distemper. Ac.,
! in Cattle. These Powders were formerly put up
I by Simpson I. Tobias, son of Dr. Tobias, aud, since
' bis death, the demand has been so great tor them.
| that Dr. Tobias has continued to manufacture
| them. They arc perfectly safe and innocent; no
need of stopping the working of your animals.
They increase the appetite, give a fine coat, cleanse
the stomach and urinary organs; alsoi icrease the
milk of cows. Try them, and you will never be
without them. Hiram Woodruff, the celebrated
trainer of trotting horses, has used them for years,
and recommends them to his friends. Col. Philo
P. Bush, of the Jerome Race Course, Fordbam,
N. Y., would not use them until he was told ot
what they are composed, since which he is nevet
without them. He has over 20 running horses ir
his charge, and for the last three years he has usee
no other medicine for them. He has kindly per
mitted me 10 refer any one to him. Over 3,00'
j other references can be suen at the depot. Sol:
by Druggists and Saddlers. Price 25 cents pe
box. Depot, 56 Cortlandt Street, New York.
nov3ow7
ALLOOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS.-
BEST STRENGTHENING PLASTER IN THE WORL.
ALLCOCICS POROUS PLASTERS
solve an d assuage pain by calling forth theacri
humors from parts internal to the shin and gc
tral circulation—thus, in many cases, positiviy
evaporating the disease.
JAMES LULL, M D f
There is nothing equal, in the way of a plaste,
to the Porous Plaster of Mr. ALLCOCK. Ever
thing is pleasant about them. They are the pla
) ter of the'dav, and a fit type of our present a -
j vancement in science and art. In Asthma. Coug.,
| Kidney Affections, Gout. Rheumatism, and locil
deep-seated pains, they afford permanent relief.
J. F. JOHNSON, M. D., on '-Topical Remedies."
From a personal knowledge of these plasters, we
can state that they are decidedly preferable to any
other in use. Wherever relief is to be obtained
by the use of a plaster, we should recommend
them. A. INGRAIIAM. M.D , Ed. N. Y. Mentor-
Agency, Brandreth House, New York. Sold by
druggists. novSOml
MARCHING ON ! J— Constantly AD
vancing in publie favor, throujhout the United
States, the British Colonies and Spanish America,
and needing no
FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS
to proclaim its success, that standard article,
CHRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE,
is now far ahead of any preparation of its class.
People of Fashion at length thoroughly under
stand the terrible consequences entailed by the
use of metallic and caustic preparations, and admit
the superiority of this famous vegetable Dye. Man
ufactured byJ. CHRISTADORO, 6 Astor House, New
York. Sold by all Druggists. Applied by all Ilair
Dressers. nov3oml
To CONSUMPTIVES.— I The advertiser,
having been restored t" health in a few weeks by
a very simple remedy, after having suffered for
several years with a severe lung affection, and that
dread disease. Consumption—is anxious to make
known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge), with the direc
tions for preparing and using the same, which
they will find a suro CURE for CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, COUGHS COLDS, and all
Throat and Lung Affections. The only object ot
the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to
benefit the afflicted,-and spread information whiah
he conceives to be invaluable, and he hopes every
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost thctn
nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by re
turn mail, will please address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON.
Williamsburgb, Kings Co.. New York.
Jan. 5, '66—ly.
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.— Every young
lady and gentleman in the United States can hear
something very much to their advantage by re
turn mail (free of charge,) by addressing the un
dersigned. Those having fears of being humbug
ged will oblige by not noticing this card. Others
will please address their obedient servant,
THUS. F. CHAPMAN,
831 Broadway, New York
Jan. 5, '66—ly.
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! — Scratch
Scratch! Scratch —WHKATON'S OINTMENT will
cure Itch in 48 Hours.
Also cures Salt llbeum, Ulcers, Chilblains, anl
all Eruptions of the Skin. Price 50 cents. For
sale by all druggists By sending 60 cents to
Weeks A Potter, sole agents. 170 Washington street
Boston, it will be forwarded by mail, free of post
age, to any part of the United States,
fund, '66.-ly.
ERRORS OF YOUTH.—A Gentleman
who suffered for years front Nervous Debility, Pre
! mature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in
i discretion, will, for the sake, of suffering huniant
j ty, send free to all who need it. the recipe and di
i rections for making the simple remedy by which
: he was cured. Sufl'ereis wishing to profit by the
• advertisers experience, can do so by addressing
JOHN D. OGDKN,
No. 13 Chambers St., New York.
! Jan. 5. 66—ly.
ANIEL BORDER,
PITT STREET. TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEDFORD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and btl
er Watchee, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Ke
jned Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses, told
Watch Chains, Breast Pius, Finger Rings, best
quality of Gold Pens. Ho will supply to order
any thing in his line not on hand.
Oct. 20, 1865- _ _____
rriHE BEDFORD GAZETTE is the
I bqst Advertising Medium in Southern Penu
ylvania