Friday Morning*—...February 22, IS7.
AGfcXTS TO OBTAIX MWBIPTIOSB
TO THE GAZETTE.
( iralat yonr Connty Paper.
The following named gentlemen hare been ap
pointed oar Agents to obtain aubscriptiops to the
Qixcttb. They are anthoriied to receipt for u:
E'oody Run —Jeremiah Thompson.
j< y's Hill —D. A T. Black.
Monroe —Daniel Fletcher.
Colerain —Geo. W. Deal, H.P. Diehl.
C. Valley—P. R. Anderson. A. Zembower.
Londonderry —James C Devore.
Harrison —Geo. W. Horn.
Juniata —John A. Cessna, Geo. Gardill.
BeJ illxhnrg —J E. Black.
JVapier —John Sill. John W. Bowen.
Southampton —Wm. Adams, John Careuder,
Westley Bennett.
Union—yi Wertr. W. B Larabnght.
M. Woodherry — W. M. Pearson. Daniel Barley.
,V. Woodherry —J.l. Noble. J. S. Brumbaugh.
Hoyeice/l —V/. A. Grove, J B. Fluke.
Broad Top —M. A. Hunter.
liberty—Geo. Roades, D. Stoler.
Saxton —Charles Faxon.
St Clair— John W. Crisman, Samuel Beckley.
Snake Spring—An drew Mortimore, J. G. Hart
ley and M. S. Ritchey.
W. Providence —Geo. Baughman, HomerNeice.
CONFUSION* IX CONGRESS.
The architects who were engagetl in
constructing that great tower on the
plains of Shinar, found not among them
a greater confusion of tongues than that
which issues from the capital at Wash
ington; and, to carry the simile farth
er, if the former were not permitted to
accomplish their impious work, let us
hope that those who are endeavoring
to erect a despotism upon the ruins of
the Constitution, will come to grief
from the same cause.
Without waiting for the adoption of
the Constitutional Amendment, which
was as perfidious a piece of legislation
as was ever enacted, no sooner did Con
gress assemble, than schemes of recon
struction were presented by Stevens,
Ashley and other radical members.
Every one of these propositions ignor
ed, in a greater or less degree, the Con
stitutional Amendment, notwithstand
ing the oft repeated pledges of the rad
icals that it would be their ultimatum
to the Southern people. But with this
we have nothing to do, now. The Con
stitutional Amendment has gone to
the tomb of the Capulets, sent there
not by the Southern people, but by the
radicals themselves.
The plan of Stevens, which is a per
fect chaos of crudities, inconsistencies,
malice and perfidy, has gone to the
committee of the Judiciary, where it
will lie, let us hope, forever. Wicked
as Stevens' scheme of reconstruction is,
it did not yet go for enough for some
of the hard-baked radicals, who de
nounced its author because the second
section of his bill, recognized all laws
and governments within the ten
States, except such as were expressly
modified by Congress.
Ashley, the insomnious linpeaeher,
next introduced a bill, more acceptable
to many of the radicals because more
atrocious than that of Stevens. He re
constructs from the very beginning,
declaring all laws in the Southern
States null and void, before permitting
them to participate in his scheme of re
construction. Stevens' bill kicks the
rebel States into the Union without
ceremony, while that of Ashley, with
a refinement of meanness and malice,
tramples them under the hoof of the
radicals before dragging them in. Ash
ley's bill makes the Southern States
subject territory upon which he can try
at liberty any experiment in legisla
tion. Stevens holds that the Southern
States are foreign to the Union, and
that all the people are alien; and his
bill makes provision for the naturaliza
tion of all the inhabitants of the South
ern States.
We have neither time nor space to
dwell longer upon the monstrous prop
ositions contained in both these bills.
Bingham, of Ohio, and other "moder
ate" men in Congress, have not hesita
ted to denounce these propositions as
bills for destroying the Union instead
of reconstructing it. They still adhere
to the Constitutional Amendment,and
insist that good faith to the people of
the North demands that they should
adhere to this plan of settlement. But
Bingham and his friends in emancipa
ting themselves from the domination of
such crazy leaders as Stevens and Ash
ley, do nothing in the way of practical
statesmanship. The Southern people
will not have the Amendment, and it
would be a dangerous movement to at
tempt to adopt it by the States which
are represented in Congress. There is
110 way out of this Congressional mud
dle, but what the Constitution requires,
and what the Democratic party de
mands, that the representatives from
these States shall be immediately ad
mitted to seats in Congress, and shall
participate in all deliberations upon
amending the Constitution.
COXOVER.
It will be remembered that the prin-:
cipal witness against Mrs. Surratt in
the mock trial of that lady for compli
city in the assassination of President
Lincoln, was a fellow calling himself
"Sanford Conover." It has long since
turned out that this was an assumed
name, and that the testimony given by I
this man was utterly false. On Mon-
day, the eleventh inst., "Conover" was
tried on a charge of perjury in theSur
ratt case, and icon found guilty. Upon
the testimony of this "Conover," a hu
man soul was launched into eternity,
and yet the dominant party in this
country, persist in the defence of tri
bunals which thus commit deliberate
murder in being so constituted as to re
ceive, nay, superinduce," such evidence.
TSIE NEGRO IX OUR COURTS.
We refer the public to the proceed
ings of the criminal courts of this coun
ty, and ask that it be noted how ex-
tensively the few hundred colored peo
ple in this neighborhood figure in the
calendar of crime. During the late aes
i sit<n of court, some four days of thesix
! during which the court sat, were taken
up by the Quarter Sessions in trying
colored people. We do not mention
| this for the purpose of degrading our
colored foiks in the public estimation.
We have not the slightest feeling of
' animosity toward the unfortunate Af
rican, but would gladly better bis con
dition, were it in our power to do so.
i But it is due to the community in which
: these colored people live, and it is due
i to the tax-payer who foots the bill of
1 expenses in these trials, that the cause
! 1
of the frequent appearance of the color
! od man in our criminal courts, beascer
| tained and understood. We are not in
clined to attribute to the negro any pe
culiar inherent quality of evil which
prompts him to the commission of
crime. We choose rather to believe
that his being pampered and puffed and
petted by the demagogues who expect
to make him a voter, is at the bottom
of his recklessness and lawlessness. He
has been taught to believe that he is
! just "as good" as the white man, and,
inflated with the idea that white men
acknowledge this to he the case, it is
easy for him to imagine himself just
"as good" as white men's lam. Reas
oning thus, he comes to the conclusion
that the law ought not to stand in his
way, and the result is that he ends his
career in the penitentiary, or on the
scaffold. Hence we do not hold the
colored man asblameable in the premi
ses as those white men who fill his
head with false notions of social and
political equality and thus transform
him from a quiet and unobtrusive cit
izen into the most impudent and re
vengeful of ruffians. Although no ad
vocate of the socialism which tick
les the fancy of some of the Afri
can people, that catholic love of hu
manity which every Christian man
must feel, warms our heart with pity
for their misfortunes. Therefore, we
say to them, beware of these false
guides, whose doctrines lead you into
practices that will cause you to end
your days in misery and shame. As
for the tax-payers of the country, we
have only to say, if they relish the pay
ment of bills for the trial and impris
onment of colored criminals, they can
have their desire fully gratified by con
tinuing to approve the course of the
public men who are constantly produ
cing discontent among the negroes by
inducing them to believe that they are
just "as good"as the whites.
—
THE TII>E IS TURNING!
Great Democratic Victory!
The Reading Election!
A Democratic Hajor.Trensnrer. Auditor.
('onsia'tlc. Council. Ac., Ac.
An election for city officers has just j
been held at Reading, which hasresul- j
ted in the success of the Democratic j
candidates by overwhelming majori
ties. Last fall Geary had a majority of
15 over Clymer, in that city. Now the '
Democrats carry it by majorities rang- j
ing from 325 to upwards GOO. Reading,!
although the county seat of Berks coun-1
ty, has never been a Democratic city. I
Occasionally some Democrat, by virtue j
of his personal popularity, succeeded j
in being elected to some municipal of- i
fiee in the city, but the opponents of j
the Democracy nearly always carried i
it. The present result shows a large !
Democratic gain, and is an unerring I
I
index to the political change now going ;
on among the people. Let the Demo- .
crats of Bedford county imitate their]
brothers of Reading, and organize for j
victory.
OCCASIONALLY we hear of Demo
crats who permit themselves to be in
fluenced by personal considerations in
their course at elections. They talk
bitterly about fellow Democrats by
whom they claim to have been aggriev
ed. Now there is a time and a place for
the settlement of such difficulties, but
that time and that place is not at the
polls. Let such troubles be settled at
the primary meetings and then letthem
remain settled. The Democratic peo
ple cannot permit any man, or set of
men, to disturb their councils, with
their private grievances. There is 0-
nough to be done to fight the common
enemy.
i The Boston Pout says: "A feature
of the time is the steady withdrawal < f
money from the savings banks by the (
! working classes."
URI EST ILLE JEFF. DAVIS?
Yes, where is Jeff. Davis? What
has become of the arch-traitor? We
see his name mentioned but rarely in
Radical newspapers. (Congress, too,
seems to have forgotten him. As for
Chief Justice Chase, we doubt whether
he is at this moment cognizant of the
fact that there is a prisoner by that
name, within the jurisdiction of his
Court, waiting to be tried for the crime
of High Treason. Come, oh! ye slum
brous watch-dogs of loyalty, awake !
arouse! Jeff. Davis remains unhung!
HALLRLSBUIIG
Detent of (lie IMllthnrsnnil Connellsville
Kail road Bill: Running of Street Cars
on Snnday s The Legislature on a Jtlu*
Uet. Ac., ic.
Correspondence of the Bedford tfftsette.
HAKRISBURG, Feb. 16
MB. EDITOR:—Since my last the
Legislature has acted upon some im
portant subjects. The bill to restore to
the Pittsburg and Connellsville Rail
road Company, the franchises taken
from it by the act of 1864, was voted
upon in the Senate and lost by a vote
of i 3 yeas to 17 nays. Those voting in
favor of the bill, were Senators Bing
ham, Billingfelt, Brown, of Lawrence,
Brown, of Mercer, Coleman, Davis,
Graham, Lowry, Stutzman, Taylor,
Wallace and White. Those voting a
gainst it, were Senators Burnett, Cou
ncil, Donovan, Glatz, Haines, Jackson,
James, Landon, MeCandless, Randall,
llidgeway, Royer, Schall, Shoemaker,
Walls, Worthington and Hall, Speak
er. The people of your county were
interested in the fate of this bill, as it
affects the railroad interests of the
Southwestern portion of the county.
The courts, however, have decided that
the Act of 1864 is unconstitutional, and
hence I cannot see why the Pittsbufg
and Connellsville Railroad Company
cannot, at any rate, proceed with the
making of the road.
On Tuesday last the special order in
the House, was the bill to permit the
people of Philadelphia to vote upon
the question of running cars or passen
ger railways in the city on Sunday.
Mr. Quigley, (Dein.) of Philadelphia,
moved to amend by authorizing the
running immediately after the an
nouncement of the result of the vote,
shouhU majority of the people of the
city \w?in favor of such running. Mr.
Wilson, (Radical) of Pittsburg, offered
as an additional amendment, the fol
lowing : " Provided , That no decision
by ballot made by the citizens of Phil
adelphia, uuder the provisions of this
act, shall take effect unless all persons
be permitted to ride in said passenger
cars, without regard to color, sex or na
tionality." Mr. Meyers, (Dein.) of
Northampton, raised the point of or
der that Wilson's amendment was out
of order, inasmuch as it involved a
proposition entirely distinct from that
of the original bill. The point of or
der was submitted to the House and
was decided to have been well taken,
by a vote of 57 to 41, a number of Re
publicans voting with the Democrats.
The question was then taken 'on Mr.
Quigley's amendment which was a
dopted, yeas 54, nays 40. I refer to
this matter to show that the "everlast
ing negro" is beginning to get a little
heavy on the hands of the Radicals.
The members have been off on a
junketing excursion to Pittsburg, and
I learn from the "jottings" of the Pa
triot tC- Union that some of them had
some strange adventures wh'lst in the
smoky city. One of them was taken
for the hero of Snickersviile and an
other for a brother of Jeff. Davis. The |
Pittsburgers must have a poor opinion i
of our legistators.
There is some talk of passing a bill
to make the Jury Commissioner sys
tem which now applies to some of the
Democratic districts, a general law.
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander," and 1 do not see why
Republican counties should be < xempt
from a rule which is enforced in Dem
ocratic counties. Whether, or not, the
majority will permit this to be done, I
am unabletosay, butthesvstem should
be either general, orshouldbe abolish
ed altogether.
The opinion is freely expressed here,
by men of all parties, that the next
Legislature wili be Democratic. The
Radical strongholds in the Western
part of the State, will break down be
fore the force of the fpet that the rail
road interests of that section cannot be
accommodated by the Legislature as at j
present constituted. Resides tiiis, the i
charges of corruption brought by the i
Curtin men against the present legis j
lature, will go far toward bringing a
bout a reaction. If the Democrats act
wisely, nominate some man of ac
knowledged superiority as a jurist
(Judge Sharswood, for instance) and j
put forward their best men for the Leg
islature the prospects are that we shall i
have a good old-fashioned Democratic
victory. LEX.
WASHINGTON.
Louisiana a Satrapy : Can a Slate rebel ?
Stevens" Military Bill : She Ureal Cock
eye* AT.. AT.
Correspondence of the Bedford Gtfzette. v
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1(5.
- MR. EDITOR:— It is really astound
ing that the p - iple of the Northern :
States are so passive under the attacks ;
of the Radicals upon constitutional
government. Perhaps it is imagined
that legislation which aims at the de
struction of States can affect only the j
South! If so, how foolish the idea !
If Congress can wipe out of existence '
a Southern State, it can do the same
with any Northern State. If Louisi- j
ana can bemade a satrapy, so can Penn
sylvania. "Oh! but," says some sap
head, "Pennsylvania did not rebel!" j
Neither did Louisiana; a portion of the
people of the latter did rebel, the State
never! A State cannot secede, it can
not rebel. Population by force of
arms, can do Inith. Is then the form of
government of the State to be destroy
ed, or are the rebellious , people to be
punished? The latter, surely. Well,
then, why don't the people intervene
in behalf of the preservation of the
States? Are they blind and deaf and
dumb? Why, the state-hood of Penn
sylvania is no safer to-day from the
ruthless hand of Radicalism, than that
of Louisiana? Already has the leader
of the infamous anti-state cabal, Thad
deus Stevens, declared that Pennsylva
nia does not possess a Republican form
of Government. True, Louisiana may
be territorialized very soon and Penn
sylvania may retain her state-hood;
but what guaranty have we that the
madness of the rabid destructives in
Congress, will not, sooner or later, rage
Northward, as it is now blighting ev
erything Southward?, The same med
icine which is now forced down the
throats of the Southern people, may
some day he commended to the lips of
the North, and. then, how will they be
able to decline swallowing the bitter
draught, havingthemselvesiusisted up
on other people taking it?
The measure known as Thaddeus
Stevens' Military Bill, has passed the
House. It provides for the division of
the ten excluded States into live dis
tricts, to he governed by military sat
raps. The courts are not allowed to in
terfere with the will of these vicege
rents of Congress, and each one of these
military commanders, is as absolute and
supreme within bis own district, as the
autocrat of Russia! Great God! Is
this Republican Government ?-The hill
was passed by a vote of 109 yeas to 55
nays, lacking one of a two-thirds vote.
It will certainly encounter a veto, and
I think will fail to beeomealaw. Should
it be otherwise, popular government
will be practically atan end in the Uni
ted States, and our boasted system will
become the butt and laughing-stock of
despots throughout the world.
A bill for the destruction of the State
Government of Louisiana, has also
passed the House. It was drawn up by
Eliot, of Massachusetts. It makes the
negroes and about one third of the
white men of Louisiana thelegal voters
of that State. Its design is to throw
the State into the hands of the blacks.
I doubt whether the bill will pass the
Senate in time to become a law, as the
President can hold it ten days; conse
quently it must be placed in his hands
ten days before tiie 4th of March, or it
will fail for want of time. It should
be remembered that the present State
Government of Louisiana, is the same
established under the auspices of.the
late lamented Abraham Lincoln,
through the instrumentality of Gen.
Banks; but the Radicals are not satis
lied with their own work, because, for
sooth, they cannot control the politics
of the State. What a set of hell-hounds
they are!
The impeachment question hangs
tiro, and I am still inclined to think
that nothing of importance will be
done in regard ,0 it by this Congress.
The fact is that theleaderof the move
ment, Ashley, is considered a fool by
his own partizans, and they want to
take the matter out of his hands. Be
side Ben. Butler wants an opportunity
to distinguish himself, and it is thought
that he will be put forward by the next
Congress as the champion of impeach
ment. The great Cock-eye wants to
get after Gen. Grant. I hope lie will
try that game; if he does he will be
"bottled up" more quickly than he
was at Bermuda Hundred. More
anon. PRY.
EDITOKIAL CONVENTION.—The Al
toona Tribune suggests the calling of a
Convention of the Editors and Publish
ers of tiie country newspapers of Penn
sylvania, at Altoona, for the purpose of
regulating the manner of doing busi
ness with Advertising Agents and for
other purposes. If the proposed Con
vention could embrace all the newspa
per publishers in the State, it might do
some good. At all events, we are in
favor of the Convention.
—Radical newspapers being now en
gaged in scraping together accounts of
all the crimes committed in the South,
and in manufacturing stories when
truth fails, the World shows that, by
the last census, Massachusetts had 12,-
700 convictions of crime for 1,231,000
population, which is one convict to one
hundred citizens; whilst Alabama had
only 170 convictions to 001,000 popula
tion, or one conviction for 5,300 people.
—lt is rather a cool business for Jack
Hamilton's party to organize them
selves into a quasi Congress at Washing
ton, and presume to dictate laws to the
national Legislature. These fellows
were, first, traitors to tho Union, and
then to the Confederacy, were a* mean
set of scape-goats at all times, from the
Tennessee, "clerical blackguard" to the
Texas negro seller. — Boston Post.
—ls it not astonishing that it should
be necessary, in the year eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seven, to defend on the
floor of Congress those peculiar rights
of a freeman, the jury trial and the
writ of habeas corpus, against the pro
posed action of the majority of the rep
resentatives of the people?
—The Bankrupt bill has passed the
Senate and is now in the House, where
it lias been considerably amended. It
may finally pass both Houses, but its
fate at this late period of the session is
very doubtful. It is said that nearly
every lawyer in Congress is opposed to
its passage. It will deprive them of
many a fat fee.
—ln the Ohio Legislature an amend
ment to the State Constitution has
been introduced, which extends the
right of suffrage to women and removes
restrictions on color.
—Win. B. Astor, of New York, lias
recently given $50,000 to the Astor Li
brary, which was founded by his fath
er, John Jacob Astor.
—The pecuniary loss arising from the
cattle plague in England, is estimated
at £3,500,000.
COACHES*.
SEX ATE.— The bill to amend the act
providing for the safety of passsengers
on steamships was reported from the
Committeeon Commerce. Mr. Poland
asked leave to introduce a resolution
instructing the Committee on the Ju
diciary to inquire into the expediency
of proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution, first, to restrict the office of
the President to one term, and extend
the term to six years; second, to abolish
the office of Vice President, and third,
to provide for the election of the Presi
dent directly by the vote of the people,
without the intervention of electoral
colleges. The bill providing for the
temporary increase of the pay of army
officers was reported, with amendments,
from the Committee on Military Af
fairs. Its provisions will be found else
where. Mr. Wilson introduced a joint
resolution providing for a commission,
consisting of army officers for each of
the Southern States, to examine into
all claims of loyal citizens for quarter
masters' stores"{uirt subsistence supplies
furnished to the United States army
during the late war, The commission
for Maryland is to consist of Major
Gen era f Francis Fessenden, of Maine;
Lieutenant Colonel Charles 11. Tomp
kins, Q. M. I)., and Major General
James B. Negley, of Pennsylvania.
The resolution was referred to the
Committeeon Military Affairs. The
Bankrupt bill was then taken up. Mr.
Sumner made an effort to have a test
oath provision incorporated in the hill,
but failed. The bill was finally passed
by a vote of—yeas 22. nays 20. A com
munication was received from the
President enclosing the correspondence
between the Secretary of State and Mr.
Campbell, United States Minister to
Stockholm, in reference to his transfer
to Bogota. The bill providing for the
selection of League Island as a fresh
water basin for iron-clads was taken up
and discussed until 4.40 P. M., when
the Senate took a recess until 7 P. 31.
HOUSE. —The Senate bill changing
certain collection districts in Maryland
and Virginia was taken from the Speak
er's table and referred to the Committ
ee on Commerce. The Committee of
Ways and Means was instructed to in
quire into the propriety of amending
the tariff so as to provide that all goods
imported in American bottoms shall be
allowed a drawback at the time of the
passage of the bill. The House resumed
the consideration of the bid to provide
a government for the State of Louisi
ana, which was offered by Mr. Eliot on
Monday. Mr. Eliot withdrew his de
mand lor the previous question on the
passage of the bill, and offered an
amendment, which was agreed to,
striking out the section providing fora
delegate in Congress. After a long
discussion in relation to the time to be
allowed for debate 011 the bill, amotion
was made to postpone the further con
. ideration of it until to-day, but it was
voted down—yeas 4, nays 83. Messrs.
Boyer of Pennsylvania, Harding of
Kentucky, and Finck and Leßlond of
Ohio, then spoke in opposition to the
bill. A synopsis of their speeches will
be found elsewhere. A vote was then
taken and the bill was passed—yeas 113,
nays 48—more than a two-thirds ma
jority. The eredentialsof Wm. Aiken,
Senator elect from the State of South
Carolina, were presented and referred
to the Committee on Reconstruction.
The House then took a recess until 7.30
P. 31.
Evening Session— The Committee on
Banking and Currency was directed to
inquire into the expediency of prohibi
ting the sale of gold by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and of exempting from
taxation so much of the capita' of na
tional banks as is invested in United
States securities. The Committeeoll
Territories was .instructed to inquire
into the expediency of changing the
name of the Territory of New Mexico
to Lincoln. 31 r. Stevens' bill for the
establishment of military governments
in the Southern States was then taken
up, and a long discussion ensued.
SENATE. —The Committee on the
District of Columbia reported favora
bly 011 a number of bills in relation to
affairs in that District. The bill pun
ishing larcenies of Government proper
ty by 'tine and imprisonment was taken
up and passed. The bill passed by the
House 011 Tuesday providing for a civil
government for Louisiana was received
and read to theSeuate. The Committee
011 3lilitary Affairs reported favorably
011 the bill authorizing the payment of
the rewards offered for the capture of
Mr. Davis. The same Committee re
ported adversely to the joint resolution
tendering the thanks of Congress to
Secretary Stanton, General 3leigs and
others. The bill abolishing imprison
ment for debt was reported from the
Committee 011 the Judiciary with
amendni nts. The Secretary of the
Treasury was instructed to communi
cate to the Senate a statement of the
amounts received fromfeesaiul salaries
during the last four years by Consuls
and commercial agents of the United
States. The bill extending the time for
the codification of the laws relating to
customs was taken up and passed.
HOUSE.—A communication was re
ceived from the Secretary of the Treas
ury, transmitting, in answer to a reso
lution of thcid instant, the amount of
revenue collected in Baltimore city,
and in the counties of Maryl tnd fr< in
all sources, jxeept duties on imports.
Jt was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means and ordered to be
printed. Mi*. Stevens' bill to establish
Military governments in the .Southern
States was then taken up. A long dis
cussion ensit'd, in which a number of
members farticipated. A demand
was then male and seconded for the
previous question, and the main ques
tion on the passage of the bill was or
dered by a vote of yeas 86, nays 7b. Mr.
Stevens'closed tlie debate on the bill,
lie demanded'the passage of the bill
without amendment of any kind, and
said that "as for the Constitutional
amendment ho had no respect whatev
er for it." Ileended by a violent de
nunciation of ill "g ntlemen who are
this day palliating and excusing the
conduct of the Rebels." The bill was
then read a third time and passed by a
vote of yeas lb!) to nays 55. The 1 louse
then took a recess until 7.80 P. M.
SEX ATE.--The consideration of the
League Is (aid bill was resumed by tiie
Senate and after some discussion the
bill was passed by a vote of yeas 27,
navs 17. Mr. Eliot's bill providing for
the re-estaUishment of civil govern
ment in tho State of Louisiana was ta
ken up and was, after a brief debate,
postponed until to-day. Mr. Stevens'
bill for the more efficient government
of the Southern States was taken up
and read asecpnd time. The bill pro
viding for thepayment of compound
interest notes was taken upand amend
ed by providing that the amount of
temporary certificates at any time out
standing shal|not exceed $100",000,(MX).
It was then passed.
Evening Sedion.—The, bill for the es
tablishment aid protection ot National
Cemeteries wis taken up and passed,as
was also a bil authorizing the building
of a submerged tubular bridge across
the Mississippi river at St. Louis. The
Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.—'The Postoffice Appropria
tion bill was. reported back from the
Committee on Appropriations and the
Ilousq concurred in the Senate amend*
irieuts (hereto. The House insisted
upon its amendrrtenfc* to the bill regu-1
lating the UTUHV of certain eivil offices,
which include Cabinet officers in the
provisions of the bill, and a Committee I
of Conference wjjp ordered. The bill to
reimburse the loyal States for troops
furnished during the war was taken i
up, the question recurring upon the mo
tion to reconsider the vote whereby the 1
bill Was recommitted. The bill gives J
$55 for each man furnished by the sev- j
eral States, and appropriates in all i
$115,000, INK! in five per cent, bonds not j
negotiable for ten years. After con
siderable discussion the motion to re 1
consider the vote on the bill was agreed
to. It was then referred to thfe Com- i
mittee on Ways and Means. A bill ;
providing for theorganizingandarming j
of the militia force in the United States J
was reported from the Committee on ,
Militia. It provides fortheenrollment
of all able-bodied naturalized or native
born citizens of the United States, be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years, ex- 1
cept Indians not taxed. Thediscussion
of this bill was kept up until theexpir- j
ation of the morning fcour. A com
munication was received from the Sec
retary of the Interior recommending an
appropriation of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to send commission
ers to the Indian tribes west of tiie
Mississippi. The House in Committee
of the Whole resumed the considera
tion of the Internal Revenue bill. An
amendment was ottered striking out
the clause fixing the license for all dis
tillers at five hundred instead of one
hundred dollars. A long discussion
arose. Pending the consideration of
the amendment the House took are
cess until 7.8b P. M.
Evening Session.— The House in Com
j mittee of the Whole resumed the con
sideration of the Internal Revenue bill,
and the paragraph fixing the license of
distillers at five hundred dollars was
stricken out. The paragraph allowing
companies to charge the tax to consum
ers was also stricken out. A motion
was made to impose a specific tax of
five dollars per thousand on cigarettes,
cigars and cheroots, and to take off the
advalorem duty thereon. Pending its
discussion the House adjourned.
SENATE. —Mr. Stevens' bill to pro
vide for military governments in the
Southern states was taken up. Mr.
Williams withdrew the amendment of
which he had given notice, as he did
i not wish to prolong the discussion of
j the bill. Mr. Johnson then renewed
the amendment ottered by Mr. Wil
> liams. The amendment, which is to be
added as an additional section in tire
bill, provides that when any Stateshall
have, by a vote of the people therein,
adopted the constitutional amendment,
allowed negro suffrage and equality
before the law and confirmed these pro
visions in its constitution, such State
constitution shall be submitted to' Co
ngress for its action thereon and if ap
proved by that body said State shall be
admitted into the Union. A long dis
j cussion arose on the adoption of this
j amendment, in which a number of mem
bers participated, and was kept up un
| til 4.30 P. M., when a recess was taken
until 7 o'clock P. M.
Evening Session. —The discussion of
the bill providing for military govern
ments iPtheSouth was resumed; and
vote was taken on Mr. Wilson's amend
ment and it was rejected. A long de
bate ensued, during which Mr. Johnson
made a speech warmly denouncing the
bill.
HOUSE. —A large number of private
bills were reported from the Committee
on Claims and disposed of. The House
then took up Mr. Schenck's bill to
equalize the bounties of soldiers. It
gives a bounty of one hundred dollars
perannum to each soldier for the time for
which he served, after deducting the
amount of. bounty received from States
or from voluntary associations. Along
discussion ensued and a number of
amendments were proposed. The only
one, however, which was adopted, pro
i vides for including in the provisions of
the bill all persons borne upon the rolls
!of the army as slaves. The bill was
I then passed by a vote of yeas 92, nays
I 09. *
—A despatch from London states that
| the Government has been advised of
the landing of two ship loads of Feni
i ans at Valentia. Sir Hugh Rose the
I 0
| chief in command of the British forces
| in "Ireland, and also Lord Naas were to
! leave for Ireland at once.
' —By the arrival at New York of the
I steamship City or Baltimore we have
j advices from Liverpool to the Cist ult.
Mr. Bigelow, late Minister to France,
and his family, were among the steam
er's passengers. A weekly newspaper
i devoted to American interests, that is
to say, to the advocacy of Radicalism,
is about to he established in London.
—A special despatch to the N. Y.
Herald reports that news had reached
Dublin that the Fenians assembled at |
Killarney yesterday morning and
marched towards Kenmare. Troops
and artillery, it is said, were dispatch
ed in pursuii.
—The following is a list of the dona
tions recently made by Mr. Peabody: j
To the poor of London, $2,250,000; I
town of Danvers, $(50,000; Grinnell Arc- I
tic Expedition, $19,000; city of Balti-j
more, $1,000,000; Phillips' Academy, j
$25,000; Massachusetts Historical Socie
ty, $20,000; Harvard College, $150,000;
Yale College, $150,090; to the South,
$1,500,000. Total $5,1(55,000.
—A clergyman has published a
pamphlet in which he informs the
world that the mysterious place called
'■Hell," is just four thousand miles
down from the surface of the earth, and
that the least spark from it thrown into
the ocean, would dry up all the waters,
and set the world in a blaze. What
nonsense.
—The value of quartermasters' suj -
plies in store at New Albany, Indiana,
is stated at $5(5,000,000. The govern
ment furnishes two steam fire engines,
fully manned and equipped, to protect
this immense amount of property.
—At the recent Wool-growers' Con
vention in
stated that there are in that State 2,000,-
000 sheep, worth $8,000,000, yielding
annually $3,000,000.
—A man in Galveston named John
De France has been sentenced to work
at the town pump for fifteen days, for
cruelty to his wife's child. De France,
some months since, married a Louisi
anh widow of some wealth.
—The coolest thing out in the pro
tective line is a petition for a duty on
imported ice. It is wanted to protect
our Eastern cutters from Blue-nose
competition in the Southern markets.
—lmprisonment for debt is to be to
tally abolished in France.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HUNT!NODON AND BW/AD'FOP B.R_
—TIME TABLE. —Express Train leaves Mt. Dallas
at 1.30 p. m., and arrives at Huotiirdon, at 4>.45 p.
m.: leaves Huntingdon at 7.50 a. ro., and arrives
at Mt Dallas, at 11.15 a. m.
Accommodation Train leaves Huntington at 4.04
P- m., and arrives at Saxton, 5.45 p. m.; leaves
Saxton, at 9 43 a. m., and arrives at Huntingdon,
a t 11 22 a m. janlg.
' PN. SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP,
This great medicine cured Dr. J. H. Schenck, the
proprietor, of Pulmonary Consumption, when it
had assumed iu most formidable aspeet, and when
speedy death appoared to be inevitable. His phy
sieians prononnced his ease incurable, when he
commenced the ise of this simple but powerful
remedy. His health wag restored iu 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, be 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. Scheuek
makes professional visits to several of the larger
cities weekly, where he has a large concourse of
patients, and it is truly astonishing to see poor
consumptives that have to he lifted out of their
carriages, and in a few months healthy, robust
persons. Dr. Schenck's PULMONIC Svnirp, SKA
WEED TONIC, and MANDRAKE PILLS, are generally
all required in curing Consumption. Full direc
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
likenessej 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 A Taylor, Chica
go, 111.; Collins Bros., St. Louis, Mo.
3dw
PREPARED OILOF PALM AND MACE
for Pit KSEHVING, RESTORING. HUD BEAUTIFYING
the HAIR, and is the most delightful and wonder
ful article :he world ever produced.
Ladies will find it not only a certain remedy to
Restore. Darken and Beautify the Hair, hut 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
THE MARVEL OF PERU,
a new and beautiful perfume, whioh in delicacy of
scent, and the tenacity with which it clings to the
handkerchief and person, is unequaled.
The above articles fur 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
ocnts, 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 safe to take internally. Full
directions with every bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Depot, 56 Cortlandt Street, New York. feblow7
ALLCOUK'S POROUS PLASTERS.—
LAME BACK.
New York, Nov. 23, 1859.
T. ALLCOCK A 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 single plaster cured me
in a week. Yours respectfully.
J. G. BRIGGS,
Proprietor of the Brandreth House.
I CUKE OF CRICK I.N THE BACK, AND LUMBAGO.
Lyons, N. Y.. July 4, 1862.
Messrs. Allcock A co.:—Please send me a dol
i lar's worth of your plasters. They have cured mo
i of a crick in my back, which has troubled me for
some time, and now my father is going to try them
| for difficulty about his hear!.
L. H. SHERWOOD.
Dr. Green, No. 863 Broadway, New York, in
! forms us he sold, on Monday, June 22d, 1862, two
: plasters two a young woman suffering very severe-
I ly from lumbago. Oa Thursday she called to get
: two more for a friend, aud then stated how the two
she had purchased on Monday had relieved her
\ immediately after putting them on, and cured her
I in two days ot a most distressing pain in her back
and loins. Sold by all Druggists. feblsml
THE HEAD OF A COMET, according
to Milton, is rendered tenfold more terrible by its
"HORRID HAIR,"
j and there are thousands of fiery human heads
which might be rendered charming by simply
| changing their tint to a mellow brown, or a per
j fectly natural black with
CHRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE,
It is ridiculous to carry into society a grey, sandy
or carrotty 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. feblsml
LET THERE BE LIGHT.—The under
signed has for sale township and borough rights
for Dr. Vaughau's LIGHTNING LAMP, which
was patented on the 6th of November last, and is
pronounced the brightest and cheapest light at
presence known to science. Those wanting rights,
can obtain them by addressing the undersigned at
Rainsburg, Bedford county, Pa.
feb22ml C. F. HELTZEL.
ITCII! I TCIR! I TCII ! TTCII !— Scratch
Scratch! Scratch! —WHEATON'S OINTMENT will
cure Itch in 48 Hours.
Also cures Salt Kheuin, 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 •
ml IE Local circulation of the BED-
I FORD GAZETTE islarger than that of any other
paper in this section ol oountry, aud therefore of
ers the greatest inducements to business men to
fdvertise in its columns.
MERCHANTS' SHOW BILLS,
printed in superior style, and upon reasona
rms. at Tnic BEDFORD GAZETTE office
LETTER HEADS ANIL BILL
HEADS, and ENVELOPES for business men.
printed in the best style of the art, at THE GAZETTE
JOB OFFICE. .
YFRY V ARIETY AND STYLE
J OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low
rates at THE BEDFORD GAZETTE office. Call and
leave jjur orders.
rpERMS for every description of Job
| PRINTING CASH': for the reason that for
every article ice use. we must pay cash: and the
cash system will enable us to do our work at law
as it n be done iu the cities