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RADICAL POLICY.
While the Radical leaders, in Con
gress, are passionately pursuing their
schemes of revenge, which they call
"Reconstruction," the Southern people
are devoting their energies to the mate
rial regeneration of their communities.
If wise counsels shall continue to be
followed, it cannot be long until the
declaimers in Congress themselves will
be brought to perceive the utter lolly ot
their course. The dignity of the South
ern people, in the midst of overwhelm
ing calamities, is in proud but painful
contrast with the arrogant and unmanly
bearing of their enemies in Congres-.
When the rebel armies were van
quished, and, under the mild and con
ciliatory course of Lincoln and bis suc
cessor, not only the submission of the
entire Southern people to constitution
al law was accomplished, but good will
and confidence restored, Northern cap
ital lost no time in seeking Southern
investments. Northern and Southern
merchants at once resumed the rela
tions which had been interrupted by a
long war; and numerous are the in
stances of a prompt payment of debts
by Southern men, as soon as opportuni
ty came, notwithstanding their release
by a Confederate law. Mineral and
other lands, which under slave labor,
had been disadvantageous!}' worked,
came rapidly into market, and compa
nies were being rapidly formed tii rough
out the country for the purpose of buy
ing, settling and cultivating the wasted
acres of the South. The intercourse
between the two sections became so
lively, that the commercial world joy
fully yielded to the hope that in a very
short time, all material traces of a des
olating war would be obliterated. The
spontaneous and generous efforts of the
people in the work of regeneration were
accomplishing more than the most san
guine could hope from the best inten
tioned statesmanship.
This joyful state of things suffered no
interruption until a radical Congress,
to perpetuate its power, changed the
policy of forgetfulness and forgiveness
inaugurated by Lincoln, and inherited
by his successor, into a policy of rage,
revenge and hate. The radical press
and the orators of the party at once
came to the support of the new policy.
They pretended to doubt the good in
tentions of the Southern people, tosus- j
pect the sincerity of their submission,
and to call into question all their pro
fessions of loyalty. The more reckless
grew the conduct of the majority in
Congress, the more necessary did it be
come to invent pretexts to justify their
violence ; and anonymous scribblers 1
spread themselves through the South,
and although enjoying the fullest secu
rity of person, caused the press to teem
with accounts of the lawless and rebel
lious spirit actuating the Southern peo
ple. Political Bohemians, like Jack 1
Hamilton and Parson Brown low, were !
hired to traverse the country, and fill
the air with their clamors about the
wrongs done to Union men; while
presenting in themselves living exam
ples of the moderation of the Southern
people. Under the training the ne
groes have had for two years it was not
hard to provoke ruptures between the
races; the Radicals, in every disturb
ance that arose, according to preconcer
ted purpose, taking the ground that the
white man must he in the wrong.
Thus, in a very short time, have the
Radical leaders and their press succeed
ed in completely frustrating all the
good that the magnanimous and wise
policy of Lincoln and Johnson accom
plished. There is no longer a demand
for Southern lands, and many indus
trial projects, that were hastening to
accomplishment, have been abandoned.
The business between the two sections j
is confined to the merest articles of ne
cessity, and the intercourse is almost
as infrequent as it was during the years
of the war. And yet, every day we
witness the introduction of some meas
ure in Congress, to irritate, or still fur
tief; Ijpimiliate, the Southern people, j
We look to the end of all this with un
feigned ~
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
The Congressional Revolution
ists hear from the People!
lONSTITFTIOX A L GOTEKSXES T TO
nr. .haix r.iiXEO at am. h *./.aks
The regular Annual Mass Meeting of i
the Democracy of Bedford county, was
held in the Court House, on Monday
evening. The attendance was very
large. On motion of J. W . Dicker-on,
Esq., Chairman of the County Com
mittee, JACOB BOWSER. ESQ,., of
Colerain, was appointed President; 1
A. J. Sansom, Lieut. John Kecffc,
\V. \V. Barclay, Esq., John Feaster,
Hon. W. T. Daugherty, Peter Morn
ingston, Sol. Iteighard, Hon. G. M .
Gump, 1 lon. W. G. Kicholtz, Michael
Xawgel, Win. Egolf, J. A. Gump, Esq., ;
were appointed Vice Presidents; and
11. F. Smith, Hayes Irvine, 11. P.
Diehl and W. B. Lambright, Secreta
ries.
On motion of E. F. Kerr, Esq., the j
following were appointed a committee
to draft resolution's: W. C. Schaeffer,
John Amos, Jere. Thompson, John
Figard, John A. Corl, A. Zembower, :
Asa Duval, A. W.Shoemaker,Stephen
Wimer, Casper St roup, Isaac Kensig
er, Cornelius Devore, B. 15. Stecknian,
Joseph Souser, i). A. T. Biack, A. J. !
Morgart, Andrew Mortirnore, \Ym.
ltock, David Howsare, IJ. F. Horn,
Francis Beard, Solomon Barley, Levi 1
S. Fluke.
Thecommitteehavingretired, HON.
F. M. KIMMELL, of Chambersburg,
was loudly called for to address the
meeting. Judge Kiininell responded
in a speech of great power, carrying
conviction to the minds of all who
heard him. O. E. SHANNON, ESQ.,
was then called upon, and addressed
the meeting in a very forcible speech,
which brought down the house in
bursts of applause. The meeting was
further addressed by B. F. MEYERS,
and after the adoption of the resolu
tions, which were reported by W. C.
SCHAEFFER, ESQ., the meet", s ad
journed with three cheers for Andrew
Johnson and the Supreme Court. The
resolutions are as follows:
Resolved , By the Democracy of Bed
ford county in Mass Meeting assem
bled j That in this crisis of our pub
lic affairs it becomes the people to speak
out in terms that cannot be misunder
stood, in regard to the character of the
public measures by which the country
is kept from pacification and in regard
to the conduct of the public men who
advocate such pernicious measures;
and, therefore, we now proclaim our
unqualified condemnation of the course
of the majority in Congress, in defeat
ing the wise and patriotic purpose of
President Johnson to restore the Union
of the States.
Resolved, That the party in power
have proved themselves to be, as they
were charged with being, a Disunion
party. Nearly two years have elapsed
since the last armed rebel bowed in
submission to the authority of the Fed
eral Government, yet, owing to the
machinations of that party, the Union
is even now, in point of fact, broken
in pieces, and the Republic is consider
ed by the majority in Congress as con
sisting of but twenfi/-siiv States.
Resolved , That the Union never was
broken in point of law, and that we
are in favor of its immediate restora
tion in point of fact. For such resto
ration the country was loaded with
billions of debt, the cities, plantations
and homes of one half the Union, laid
waste, and more precious than all, the
blood of hundreds of thousands of our
bravest and best poured out in sacrifice.
To prolong Disunion, as the majority
in Congress are doing, is to wrong the
tax-payer, to break faith with a con
quered* foe, and nioreheinous, infamous
and execrable than all beside, to insult
the memory of the heroes who gave
their lives to make our Union imper
ishable.
Resolved, That we w ill sustain Pres
ident Johnson in every proper effort to
restore the excluded States to their
places in the Union; that we believe
the present movement for his impeach
ment by the Radical party in Congress,
to be a treasonable conspiracy to eject
him from his office by fraud and force;
and that if the conspirators undertake
to drag him from the Presidential
Chair before he shall have been consti
tutionally convicted of high crimes and
misdemeanors, by the U. S. Senate, in
which every State shall lmve its lawful
representation, we deem it bis duty, as
the Chief Executive officer of the Con
stitution and the Laws, to call upon
the people to prevent by force of arms,
if need be, the overthrow of Consti
tutional Government, and in such e
vent, we pledge him our humble aid
at any timeandat all hazards.
Resolved, That the cour e of the ma
jority in Congress, in forcing Negro
Suffrage upon the peoplcofthe District
of Columbia, in the face of the fact
that those people almost unanimously
protested against it, is an act of tyran
ny which should receive the condemna
tion of every friend of civil liberty,
and proves that the party in power
have determined to confer suffrage up
on the negroes, though it be in defiance
of the popular will, so that they may
use that element to maintain themselves
in office.
Rtsolved. That the present Represen
tative in Congress from this district,
Mr. Koontz, in voting to force Negro
Suffrage upon the unwilling people of
District of Columbia, and in advocating
upon the floor of Congress the doctrine
of indiscriminate negro voting, has
misrepresented the sentiments of the
people oi' Bedford county, and we be
lieve those of a large majority of the
people of this Congressional district.
Resolved, That we call upon the peo
ple earnestly to consider the imminent
peril in which the Republic is placed,
by the exclusion of ten States from the
Union, the threatened forcible removal
of the President from office, the attacks
of heated partizans upon the Supreme
Court, the efforts of political conspira
tors to stir up insurrection among the
negroes of the South, and the general
hostility of the party in power to a set
tlement of the national troubles. In
view of this perilous condition of pub
lic affairs, we adjure the people in the
name of Our Country, in the name of
Liberty, to pause and reflect ere they
permit themselves, by mere party ties,
to be bound t< the support of the guil
ty men who have brought the Govern
ment to the very verge of destruction.
Rxsolced, That in order to make our
organization the grand centre around
which good men of all parties who de
sire that the course of the Destructives
in Congress, shall be arrested, may gath
er in brotherhood, we will stand togeth
er in perfect unity and allow no disa
greement- between individuals jn re
spect of personal or other minor mat
ters, to militate against the.lnterests of
our common cause. In this momen
tous period of our country's history, it
bccomesihe friendsof Republican Gov
ernment t >be ] erf •< tly harmoniousand
united, and the man Mho now would
sow the seed of dissension in the party,
is nothing more nor less than a traitor
to the safety and perpetuity of the Re
public.
Resolved, That Hon. John G.llart
lcy be and he is hereby appointed a
delegate to represent this county in the
Democratic State Convention, to be
held in June, next, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Supreme
Judge.
Resolved, That Col. J. 11. Filler and
Col. F. I>. Beegle he and they are here
by appointed delegates to represent this
county in the Democratic State Mass
Convention, to meet at the call of the
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
FACILIK DESCEXSFS AYF.RXI.
It was with classic latinity like this
that the Radicals pointed an assault
upon the Court of this district, for a
decision which was afterwards affirmed
by the Supreme Court of the State, and
approved by the unlearned, but com
mon sense of the community. The Su
preme Court of the United States has
also, by its recent decision, brought
down torrents of abuse from the same
violent partizuns. They denounce it as
opposing what they call the "spirit of
the age," and demand that it shall be
"reconstructed," which, according to
theßadical vocabulary, means tram pled
upon and destroyed. It matters not
that this great tribunal is presided over
by Salmon P. Chase, that its decisions
are illustrated by the wisdom of our
own Grier, and by the fervent patriot
ism of the venerable Wayne, who, Ab
diel-like, remained faithful to the U
nion, when Georgia abandoned the
cause. It has opposed itself to the in
sensate ragtiof the Radicals, and since
its members cannot be impeached, tiie
Court itself must be destroyed. One of
the niostdiscouragingsigus of the times
is found in the eager efforts of the Rad
icals to weaken the traditional respect
of the people for judicial decisions, up
on which so greatly depends all our se
curity for life and liberty. Without at
tempting to assail the decision of the
Court, these attacks arc confined to the
impeachment of the motives of its
members, and denunciations of their
characters. Every day that passes af
fords another evidence of the alacrity
for sinking manifested by the Radicals,
and gives a peculiar force to the Yir
gilian phrase, facilis descensus Averni.
SAD. —The Bedford Inquirer, of last
week, is out in a whole column of tierce
attack upon the Supreme Court of the
United States, and we regret to say,
there seems to be very little prospect
that this august tribunal can survive
the assault. It is more than probable
that the venerable Judges, as soon as
they learn the course the Inquirer has
taken, will resign their high positions,
and the Supreme Court of the Republic,
instituted by our fathers as the great
bulw ark of Civil Liberty, will be heard
of in tlii-: country no more forever.
( )UR Washington correspondence was
received too late for insertion.
EVERY SATURDAY.— In addition to
the excellent Serials, by Miss Thack
eray, Henry Kingsley and Edmund
Yates, this popular Weekly has nu
merous short, pithy articles on Euro
pean political and social topics, which
are of great interest to all intelligent
Americans. It also gives every week
one or more choice poems by Swin
burne, Buchanan, Jean Ingelow, or
some other of the rising poets of Eng
land ; frequently it is enriched by a
translation of some specially instruc
tive or interesting sketch from French
and German periodicals. In fact, it
contains weekly a valuable miscellany
of what is best and—to American read
ers—most attractive in Foreign current
Literature. It is published by Ticknor
Fields, Boston.
—A clerk in the loan office of the
Treasury Department at Washington
disappeared on Saturday last and has
not since been heard from. After his
departure it was discovered that about
thirty thousand dollars of 7-150 bonds
were also missing. V\ e are told, how
ever, that the absent clerk is not accu
sed of the robbery, but that suspicion
has been excited and the case is being
investigated.
—Five members of 15ee< her's church
iu Brooklyn, have been arrested and
held to bail for distilling whisky with
out paying the Government tax of two
dollars per gallon.
HAItRJSBU RG.
Xea rowto rWt- in Cars Willi Wtiiiw: Pen
alty oil il;iilrna<i Companies tor refusing;
Xegrnes seats in ilie same ears wifli
Whites: Geary anathematizes : He will
pardon noboiiy Suit Rartieai Election
officers. A c., Ac.
Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
1 1A RRISISU KG, Feb. 12
Mu. EDITOR: —I don't know that I
can send you any thing this week that
has more of the ridiculous (though se
rious in its character) than the follow
ing extract from the proceedings of
the Senate on the oth inst.:
The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m.
The following petitions were presen
ted.
Messrs. Council, White, Shoemaker,
Worthington, Cowlc-s, and others, pre
sented petitions in favor of allowing
colored persons to ride in public con
veyances.
An act to punish by tineany railroad
company that excludes colored persons
from its cars, was considered.
Mr. Wallace, (Democrat,) moved to
amend by changing the section so as to
allow colored persons to occupy scats at
the end of the ears.
Mr. White, (Radical) favored the
bill, but held that it was illegal to in
dict a corporation for a misdemeanor.
Some amendment seemed to be need
ed.
Mr. Wallace held that tiie duty of
the corporation was done when it fur
nished comfortable seats, and held fur
ther that the colored persons had no
right to intrude themselves upon the
seats devoted to white persons.
The amendment of Mr. Wallace was
lost by II ayes to 10 nays.
A running discussion took place as to
the wording of tiie section—whether
the language made the corporation lia
ble or merely its agents. There appear
ed to be a technical difficulty inconvict
ingacorporate bodyofa misdemeanor.
The matter was finally adjusted by a
proposition of Senator Cowles, to make
the company which shall permit per
sons to be excluded liable to an action
of debt to the person aggrieved in the
sum of SSOO. This proposition was
agreed to by 17 ayes to 14 nays.
31 r. Searight (Democratic) offered an
amendment releasing the penalty in
case any company shall-set apart sep
arate cars for colored persons, or separ
ate seats at the end of the car. Lost by
a party vote of 18 Radicals to 18 Dem
ocrats.
Mr. Wallace (Democrat) offered
the following: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
compel the admission of negroes into
berths in sleeping cars, or to punish any
one for the exclusion of persons of col
or from cars set apart for (he use of la
dies. Lost—l7 nays to 16 yeas.
Mr. Brown (Radical), of Mercer, off
ered an amendment-, as follows: jwo
vided, That nothing in this act shall be
so construed asto prohibit any officer,
agent or conductor of any railroad in
this Common wealth whose cars are now
drawn by steam power, from setting
apart certain cars for the accommoda
tion of particular classes of passengers:
Prodded further. That no distinction
shall be made on account of race or col
or.
Various Radical Senators urged the
withdrawal of this amendment, and it
was accordingly withdrawn.
Mr. Donovan (Democrat) moved to
amend by making the penalty SIOO,OOO
for excluding a negro,and imprisoning
the party who offends until Fred. Doug
lass is elected President of the United
Stares and Thaddeus Stevens Vice Pres
ident. [Laughter.] Ruled out of or
der.
MI. M'Conau*ny i iiadTFaT) movea
to refer the bili buck to the committee,
in order that it might he perfected.
The subject was interrupted by the
hour of adjournment, and was held ov
er.
Mr. Searight read an act to inflict
the death penalty upon mulattoes and
negroes who may be convicted of cer
tain heinous crimes.
The Senate agreed to adjourn from
Wednesday evening l next until the fol
lowing Tuesday, atll o'clock, in order
to visit Pittsburg. Adjourned until 3
o'clock p. in.
A FTER N< >ON SESSION.
The discussion of theact allowing ne
groes to ride in the cars was'resumed.
The bill was favored by the Radical
members, but they did not agree as to
the proper form in which to place the
enactment. The Democratic Senators,
Mr. 'Wallace and others, opposed the
bill as an infraction of the laws regula
ting society, and as breal ingdown the
barriers which separate the classes.
Mr. M'C'ANDLESS suggested that it
might be well to allow the people of
Philadelphia to vote upon the subject.
Finally the Senate, by a vote of 3
ayes to 2<l noes, refused to recommit the
bill.
The first section, inflicting S3OO pen
alty for refusing to carry colored per
sons, wie agreed to —ayes IG, noes 13.
Messrs. M'Conaughy and Shoemaker,
Radicals, voted against itont he ground
of its improper arid illegal framing.
The second section, punishing rail
road officials who offend, was agreed
to—ayes 18, noes 11.
The bill was then laid over under the
rules until to-moitow.
The Senate has since passed the bill.
So your lovers of the aromatic African
will have plenty of opportunities to
have their olfactories gratified when
they go away from home. A pretty
state of affairs, this, indeed! Hut what
else ean people expect from the party
that now controls our legislation ?
Things are about in statu quo at the
Executive mansion. Geary swears
terribly at the Erie Dispatch ami Col.
McClure, but lien. Brewster's charm
ing smile consoles him in the deep af
fliction which these recusants have
caused to fall upon him. Geary has
determined to pardon no criminal,
whose application does not cometo him
wrapped all over in red tape—except
Radical election officers convicted of
disfranchising citizens at the polls.
Legislation, since my last, has pro
gressed slowly. The Constitutional
Amendment, after being ventilated by
all the gaseous individuals in the Mouse,
has passed that body. LEX.
—.Some twelve or fifteen gangs of
marauders are said to i e committing
depredations in Texas, in the country
between the Neuces Itiverand .San An
tonio. Several persons had been kill
ed by them and property pillaged gen
erally. A Federal detachment, which
was sent after them, succeeded in kill
ing three men and capturing twelve
horses. One of the soldiers was also
killed.
—No lc-s than 47,468 children were
registered in England in 1864 as born
out of wedlock. Even this number
does not represent the actual state of
things, as registration is not compul
sory.
CONGRESK
SENATE. —Mr. Sumner presented
twenty-eight petitions from whites and
negroes u. North Carolina, asking the
establishment of a "loyal Government"
in that State. They were referred to
the Committee on Reconstruction.
The bill to amend the various acts in
relation to naval affairs was reported
from the committee on that subject and
the bill providing for the payment of
invalid pensions was reported from the
Conimitteeon Finance. The Secretary
of the Treasury was instructed to in
form the Senate what amounts have
been realized from the sale of cotton or
other property under the several acts
of Congress, and whether any portion
of such amounts have been returned to
claimants and if so by whose authority,
what the amounts were and the names
of the claimants. The bill restricting
the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims,
so as to prevent payments for quarter
master's stores, Ac., taken in the South
ern States for the use of the-Federal
army, was taken up, amended and pass
ed. "Communications were received
from the Secretaries of War and the
interior in relation to the Fort Phil.
Kearney massacre. The 1 louse in Com
mittee of the Whole proceeded to the
consideration of the Bankrupt bill and
several amendments were proposed
and adopted. Mr. Sumner offered an
amendment providing that the Judge
shall administer the test oath to all in
solvents before proceeding to consider
their petitions. After some discussion
the amendment was rejected—yeas 10,
nays 00. The committee soon after rose
and reported the bill to the House and
it was rejected by a vote of yeas 20, nays
21. A reconsideration of the vote was
moved, but without taking a vote the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE. —A report was received from
the Committee on Indian Affairs in
relation to alleged frauds in the Indian
Bureau. The report was ordered to-be
printed and recommitted. The pres
ence of Gen. Phil. Sheridan in the hail
of the House was announced and a re
cess of live minutes was taken in order
that he might be presented to the mem
bers thereof. A bill was passed to in
crease the pension paid to Samuel Down
ing, the last surviving soldier of the
Revolutionary war. The report of the
Committee of the Whole, recommend
ing that the enacting clauseof the For
tification Appropriation bill be stricken
out so as to defeat the bill, was agreed
to—yeas 87, nays GG. A number of bills
of no general importance were report
ed from theComniitteeon Military Af
fairs and disposed of. A communica
tion was received from the Secretary of
the Interior in relation to the massacre
at Fort Phil. Kearney. A statement
of the accounts of the General Govern
ment with the State of Texas was re
ceived from the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The House in Committee of the
Whole took up the Indian Appropria
tion Hill and several amendments were
offered and agreed to. The committee
then rose and reported the bill to the
House. The House soon after adjour
ned.
SENATE. —A bill was reported front
the Committee on Military Affairs pro
viding for a temporary increase of 25
per cent, in the pay of army officers. A
hill was introduced fixing the second
Monday in October as thetime for choos
ing electors for President and Vice-
President. The bill regulating the ten
ure of civil offices was taken up, the
question being on the House amend
ment including Cabinet officers in the
provisions of the bill. Along discuss
ion ensued. Mr. Dixon stated that when
the proposed amendment to the Consti
tution is taken up he will offer an a
menumelll wmvil IS nul/Mnntinlh llie
same as the one now said to have been
sent to tiie Legislatures of the Southern
States. Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware,
madea speech in which he denounced
Mr. Dixon's amendment, and stated
that the Democratic party would not
approve of it, and he hoped that 110
Congressional menaces would induce
the Southern States to adopt it. A vote
was then taken on the pending amend
ment to the bill regulating the tenure
of civil offices and it was rejected—yeas
17, nays 28. Tee Senate then went into
executive session and at its conclusion
adjourned.
1 IOU.SE.—'The Senate bill amendatory
of the several acts in relation to copy
rights was taken up and passed. The
Indian Appropriation bill was taken up
and after some discussion was recom
mitted to be considered in Committee
ofthe Whole, with instructions tostrike
out all appropriations except such as are
necessary to carry out existing treaty
stipulations. A communication was re
ceived from the President enclosing a
list of the States which have given offi
cial notice of their ratification of the
constitutional amendment. The States
named are Connecticut, Tennessee,
New Jer.-ey, Oregon, Vermont, West
Virginia, Kansas, Missouri and New
Hampshire. A number of bills wore
reported from the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs and disposed of; among
them were the following which were
passed: Bill extending the jurisdiction
of the Court of ('laiius so as to provide
for payments for quartermasters'stores
furnished to the United States army;
bill allowing the Secretary of War to
adjust the claims of the Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandria Railroad
for its use by the United States uring
the late war; and a bill fixing the rights
of volunteers as a part of the United
States army. The House concurred in
the Senate amend men ts to the bili re
stricting the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims in relation to claims for furnish
ing supplies to the United States army,
and also to the amendment to the bill
fixing the duties of the Clerk of the I
House in preparing the list of Repre
sentatives in Congress. The bill to reg
ulate the civil service of the United
States was taken up and discussed. A
motion was made to lay the bill on the j
table, which was agreed to—yeas 71,
nays 67. A motion was then made to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
was laid on the table but was after- j
wards withdrawn. Mr. Stevens, ironi ;
the Committee on Reconstruction, re
ported a bill to set aside the existing
Governments in the Southern States
and to form tiiose States into military
districts to h<* commanded by officers j
selected from the regular army. It will ;
be taken up immediately after the
meeting of the House to-day.
SENATE.— The House bill providing
for tiie suspension of all awards to loy
al owners of slaves enlisted in the I ni
tcd States service and abolishing all
Commissions appointed to make sueh
a wards was reported from the Commit
tee on the Judiciary. Also, from the j
same committee, the joint resolution I
prohibiting the infliction of corporal!
punishment in the Southern States and
making it the duty of officers of the:
army, navy, or Freedmen's Bureau to
prevent the whipping or maiming oi.
any person as a punishment for crime
in "any State not represented in Cong
ress. ' A bill relating to appeals and ■
writs of error in the Supreme Court, I
which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary. The Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation !
bill was taken up and an amendment
appropriating fifty thousand dollars for
the pay of temporary clerks in the Treat -
ury Department was agreed to after a
long discussion.
HOUSE.—A bill was passed appropri
ating seventy-four thousand five hun- j
dred dollars to supply deficiencies in
the appropriation for the contingent
expenses of the House. The Select Com
mit tee on Retrenchment reported that
after a full investigation they find no
foundation whatever for the charge of I
a fraudulent sale of gold having been
made at the United States Sub-Treasu
ry in New York, and asked to be dis
charged from the further consideration i
of the matter. M>. Stevens' bill for the ,
establishment of Military Governments !
in the Southern States was then taken
up. Alter a long discussion it was a
greed that debate upon the bill should
commence at once and that an evening
session should also be held to be devo- j
ted to the discussion of this measure.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, rose and made a
statement in relation to the reported
conversation between Mr. Bingham
and himself which was published in the
Cincinnati Commercial. He said that
"after drawing up the resolutions lie
had submitted them to Mr. Washburne
of Illinois, Mr. Stevens and others, but
he denied ever having had such a con
versation as that reported by the cor
respondent, and he never contemplated
the impeachment of General Grant for
the reason that Congress could not try j
any officer of the army on articles of j
impeachment. The language alleged !
to have been made by Mr. Bingham!
that he ( Ashley) was a fool for giving
in these resolutions, had never been
uttered in his hearing. He denied the
whole conversation reported. Mr. Ste- '
vens, at a subsequent stage, denied so
much of the conversation as was attrib
uted to him, and then proceeded to tie
liver a speech in favor of the pending
bill. Mr. Brandagee, of Connecticut,
also spoke in favor of the bill. Messrs.
Le Blond and Finck,ofOhio, then spoke
against thebill, and Mr. Pike, of Maine,
argued in its favor. He was in turu
followed by Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, in
opposition to the bill.
SENATE. —A number of resolutions
were introduced and temporarily dis
posed of. Next Monday evening was
set apart for the consideration of the
joint resolution increasing the pay of
certain Governmentemployeesat Wash
ington. The House bill increasing the
t ay of the quartermaster sergeant of the
battalion of engineers was taken up
and passed. A joint resolution was
offered to transfer the contract for the
publication of the official debates of
Congress from the Globe to the Daily
Chronicle (Forney's paper). It was ob
jected to and laid over. The Legisla
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropri
ation bill was then taken up. An a
mendment was introduced striking out
the appropriation to the Daily Globe
for printing the proceedings of the first
session of the Fortieth Congress, but
was disagreed to after a long discussion.
The vote by which it was rejected was,
however, afterwards reconsidered and
the amendment was adopted. Thebill
was then passed. The bill for the ad
mission of Nebraska was taken up and
passed over the President's veto by a
vote of yeas 81, nays 9. The Senate
soon after went into executive session,
and at its close adjourned.
HOUSE. —The Secretary of the Treas
ury was directed to communicate to the
House the amount and date of bonds
issued by the Central Pacific and Union
Pacific Railroad Companies. The Sec
retary of War was instructed to inform
the House what railroad companies in
the Southern States had purchased rob
ing stock of the United States Govern
ment, the amount of stock purchased,
and the amount of money paid, Ac.,
Ac., The consideration of Mr Stevens'
bill, providing for military govern
ments in the Southern States, was re
sumed. Messrs. Thayer of Pennsylva
nia, Shellabarger and Garfield of Ohio,
and Hotchkiss and Griswold of New
York, delivered speeches in favor of
the bid, and Messrs. Shanklin of Ken
tucky and Raymond of New York, op
posed it. Mr. Stevens then rose to call
thepreviousquestiononthebill. Messrs
Eldridge and Banks appealed to Mr.
Stevens not to press a vote at this time,
and Mr. Banks stated that he thought
by a few days deliberation a measure
could be brought forward in which the
President the peopleand Congress could
unite. He opposed Mr. Stevens' bill
in its present form. Mr. Stevens then
demanded the previous question on the
bill, but the House, by a vote of yeas
(51, nays 98, refused to second the mo
tion. Mr. Kasson, of lowa, offered a
substitute, and Mr. Ashley of Ohio an
amendment to the original bill, which
were ordered to be printed. Several
Executiveeommunieations were receiv
ed and were ordered to be printed.
PROF. FULLER'S PANORAMA.—On
Friday night last, Prof. Fuller gave an
interesting and instructive lecture on
Bible Incidents, illustrated by beauti
ful pain tings, and also on the Solar Sys
tem, the Evils of Intemperance, Ac.,
Ac., which were made highly interest
ing by the aid of Magic Lantern. The
performance was excellent and very en
tertaining, especially to children.
—A terrible hurricane on the Ist of
February swept over Ouachita and the
adjoining parishes, causing great de
struction and loss of life. A telegram
from Cincinnati reports that the break
ing uj) of the ice iias caused great de
struction of property on the upper and
lower waters of the Ohio Kiver.
—The Delaware House of Delegates
rejected the constitutional amendment
by a vote of 1"> to (5. The bill a Mowing
negroes to testify, and making the na
ture of their punishment for crime the
same as that inflicted on whites was al
so defeated.
—The Washington daily Star sug
gests "the organization of'minute men,'
to be sum moned at a moments' notice,
for the purpose of defending and sus
taining the President of the I nited
States in the exercise of his high official
prerogatives.,"
—Thirty or forty skaters were recent
ly drowned by the giving way of the
ice upon a lake in Regent's Park, .Lon
don. About two hundred adults and
children went down with the ice.
—The Lower House of the Maine
Legislature has refused, by a vote of
45yeas to <>7 nays, to sanction the Sen
ate bill to allow white persons to in
termarry with negroes.
lt is stated, on the authority of Mr.
Colfax, that the extra session of Con
gress, beginning on the 4th of March
next, will last for at least two months.
—Large quantities of herring frozen
in solid masses are coming to New
York from the Newfoundland banks.
—The Queen of Spain recently took
oti' her slippers and gave them to a
poor barefooted woman.
Judge Woodward declines a nomi
nation to the Supreme Court.
—The Senate Finance Committee
have not yet disposed of the gold bill.
SPEC I A L NO TICES.
HUNTINGDON- AND BROAD TOP U.K.
—TIME TABLE.—Express Train leaves Ml. Dallas
1.30 p. m., and arrives at Huntindon, at 4.45 p.
m ; leaves Huntingdon at 7.50 a. m., and arrives
8t Mi Dallas, at 11.15 a. in.
Accommodation Train loaves Huntington at 4.04
p. in., and arrives at Saxton, 5.45 p.m.; leaves
Saxton, at 943 a M an j arr ; re g Huntingdon,
at 11 22 a m jnnlß.
DR. SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP.
This great medicine cured I)r j H Sohencki the
proprietor, of Pulmonary Consumption, when it
had assumed its most formidable aspect, and when
speedy death appeared to b e inevitable. His phy -
sicians pronounced his case incurable, when he
commenced the ise of this simple but powerful
remedy. His health was restored in a very short
time, and no return of the disease has been appre
hended, for all the symptoms quickly disappeared,
and his present weight is more than two hundred
pounds.
Since his recovery, he has devoted his attention
exclusively to the cure of Consumption, and the
diseases which are usually complicated with it,
and the cures effected by his medicines have been
very numerous and truly wonderful. Dr. Schenck
makes professional visits to several of the larger
i cities weekly, where he has a large concourse of
I patients, and it is truly astonishing to see poor
! consumptives that have to be lifted out of their
| carriages, and in a few months healthy, robust
persons. Dr. Schenck's PULMONIC SVRCP, SEA
WEED TOXIC, and MANDRAKE PILLS, are generally
all required in curing Consumption. Pull direc
j tions accompany each, so that any one can take
them without seeing Dr. Schenck, but when it is
convenient it is best to see him. He gives advice
free, but for a thorough examination with his Re
spirometer his fee is three dollars.
Please observe, when purchasing, that the two
likenesses of the Doctor, one when in the last stage
of consumption, and the other as he now is, in per
fect health, are on the Government stamp
Sold by all druggists and dealers; price $1 50
per bottle, or $7 50 the half dozen. All letters for
advice should be addressed to Dr. Schenck's prin
cipal Office, No. 15 North Sixth street, Philadel
phia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents—Demas Barnes A Co.
New York; S. S. Hance, Baltimore, Md ; John D.
Park. Cincinnati, Ohio; Walker & Taylor, Chica
go, II!.; Collins Bros., St. Louis, Mo.
3.1 w
PRI IWRKD OIL OF PALM AND MACE
for PRESERVING, RESTORING, and BEAUTIFYING
tin; HAIR, und is the most delightful and wonder
ful article the world ever produced.
Ladies will find it not only a certain remedy to
Restore. Darken and Beautify the Hair, but also a
desirable article for the Toilet, as it is highly per
fumed with a rich and delicate perfume, indepen
dent of the fragrant odor of the Oils of Palm and
Mace.
THE MARVEL OF PERU,
a new and beautiful perfume, which iu delicacy of
scent, and the tenacity with which it clings to the
handkerchief and person, is unequaled.
The above articles for sale by all Druggists and
Perfumers, at $1 per bottle each. Sent by express
to any address by proprietors,
T. W. WRIGHT A CO.,
octl9'66yl 100 Liberty St., New York.
CHILDREN'S LIVES SAVED FOR 50
CENTS.— THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN DIE ANNUALLY
OF CROUP. —Now, mothers, if you would spend 50
cents, and always have a bottle of Dr. Tobias' Ve
nitian Liniment in the house, you never need fear
losing your little one when attacked with this com
plaint. It is now 19 years since I have put up my
Liniment, and never heard of a child dying of
croup when my liniment was used; but hundreds
of cases of cures have been reported to me, and
many state if it was $lO per bottle they would not
be without it. Besides which, it is a certain cure
for cuts, burns, headache, toothache, sore throats,
swellings, mumps, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery,
spasms, old sores, and pains in the back and chest.
No one once tries it who is ever without it. It is
warranted perfectly safo to Lake internally. Full
directions with every bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Depot, 56 Cortlandt Street, New York. feblow7.
ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS.—
LAME BACK.
New York, Nov. 23, 1859.
T. ALLCOCK & co.—Gentlemen : I lately suf
fered severely from a weakness in my back. Hav
ing heard your plasters much recommended for
cases of this kind. I procured one, and the result
was all I could desire. A sincle plaster cured me
in a week. Yours respectfully.
J. G. BRIGGS,
Proprietor of the Brandreth House.
CURE OF CRICK IN THE BACK, AND LUMBAGO.
Lyons, N. Y., July 4, 1862.
Messrs. Allcock A co.:—Please send me a dol
lar's worth of your plasters. They have cured me
of a crick in my back, which has troubled mc for
some time, and now my father is going to try them
! for difficulty about his heart.
L. H. SHERWOOD.
Dr. Green, No. 863 Broadway, New York, in
forms us he sold, on Monday, June 221,1862, two
i plasters two a young woman suffering very severe
' ly from lumbago. Ou Thursday she called to get
: two more for a friend, aud then stated how the two
j she had purchased on Monday had relieved her
; immediately after putting them on, and cured her
! in two days o\ a most distressing pain in her back
and loins. Sold by all Druggists. feblsmi
THE HEAD OF A COMET, according
i to Milton, is rendered tenfold more terrible by its
"HORRID HAIR,"
and there are thousands of fiery human heads
which might he rendered charming by simply
changing their tint to a mellow brown, or a per
fectly natural black with
CHRISTADORO'S HAIR DVE,
It is ridiculous to carry into society a grey, sandy
orcarrotty head, when five minutes would render
it as attractive as Nature could have made it in
her happiest mood. Manufactured by J. Christo
doro, 6 Astor House, New York. Sold by drug
gists. Applied by Hair Dressers. feblaml
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! — Scratch
Scratch! Scratch ! — WIIEATON'S OINTMENT will
cure Itch in 48 Hours.
Also cures Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, and
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.
funß,'66.-ly.
fIIHE BEDFORD GAZETTE is the
best Advertising Medium in Southern Penn
yl vania
KEY HAY OF THE MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.
FLOCK. —The market is very dull,
and prices unsettled— _
Yortii west superfine, ¥ t .UO(< i .OO
Northwest extra, 8.00(I9.00
Northwest extra family, 11.00( 12.25
Penna. and West'n superfine,B.oo( 8.50
Penna. and West'n extra, 9.00( 10.00
GRAlN.—There is little demand for
Wheat, and prices are nominal. We
quote— T
Pennsylvania red, per bus., $2.G0(<52.80
Southern " 3.00(3.10
White, " 3.25(1' 3.30
RYE " I.3SQ'L.K)
Corn, for YEL., (new) " $0.80(10.00
Oats, " 50(oSc
POVISIONS.— Prices are unsettled.
MESS I*ork, per bbl ., $23.00(1 23.50
Bacon Hams, per lb., ,1°
Salt Shoulders, " 13(a,13Jc
Prime Lard, '* 1< Q 5
SEEDS.— We quote
C'loverseed, per bus., at
Timothy, "
Flaxseed, -3.2a(53.J>