fhtlforil fetttt.j Friday Morninff.—. April 26, 1667. AGENTS TO OBTAIX M RSCRIPTIOXS TO THE GAZETTE. Circulate your County Paper. The following named gentlemen have been ap pointed our Agents to obtain subscriptions to the GAZETTE. They are authorized to receipt for us: Bloody Kim —Jeremiah Thompson. Kay's Hill —D. A. T. Black. Monroe —Daniel Fletcher. Colerain —Geo. W. Deal, H.P. Diehl. C. Valley —D. R. Anderson. A Zeinbower. Londonderry —Jnmes C Devore. Harrison —Geo. W. Horn. Juniata —John A. Cessna, Geo. Gardill. Schellshmg —J E. Black. Napier —John Sill, John W. Bowen. Southampton —Wm. Adams, John Cavender, Westley Bennett Union—hi. Wertz. W. B Lambnght. M Woodberry—Vf M Pearson, Daniel Barley. S. Woodberry— J. I. Noble, J. S. Brumbaugh. Hopewell —W. A. Grove, J B. Fluke. Btoad Top—hi. A. Hunter. Liberty —Geo. Roades, D. Stoler. Saxton —Charles Faxon. St Clair— John W. Crisman, Samuel Becklcy. Snake Spring— Andrew Alortimore, J. G. Hart ley and M. S. Ritchey. W. Providence —Geo. Baughman, Homer Neice. The new Poor House, that is so great ly needed.— Bedford Inquirer. Yes, "the new Poor House that is so greatly needed!" Why didn't your scurvy Radical legislature pass the bill to enable the Poor Directors to build a new Poor House ? AN effort was made to get a bill pas sed by the late Legislature to enable the Poor Directors to sell the Poor House property and purchase another, or if they concluded not to sell, to erect a new building for the accommodation of the paupers. By some means or oth er this bill was defeated. This is all wrong, as a new Poor House is badly needed and must be erected soon. If such blundering has been going on in the management of the county af fairs, is it not high time the present in cumbents of that department be reliev ed from their duties, and men compe tentand willing to conduct the county affairs, placed in their stead.— lnquirer. Yes, by all means! Let us have the old Know Nothing Board of Poor Di rectors, Geo. D. Shuck and G. D. Trout, Esqs., re-elected. The "deficits and mistakes" in their time, though heavy, can be overlooked. And, also, let us have J. R. Durborrow for General Tax Collector for the county, He might fork over without being sued. The Savannah Republican says the "wildest days of St. Domingo" have been reproduced in Southern Georgia, by bad negroes. Murders and other atrocities are of constant occurrence. Yes, John Brown's soul is march ing on! The Gospel of Murder taught by the Abolition Saint when yet in the fle h is being practically fulfilled by his followers. Congress has bound the white people of the South hand and foot, and the "bad negroes" have a nice time ofitintheway of hanging women and cutting the throats of infants. Glorious, Christian Reconstruction! Wondrous perfection of civilization! Who can fail to admire the wisdom, the patriotism, the humanity of Con gress ? IIOX. F. M. KIMMELL. We see that the Patriot aud Union and a number of other Democratic pa pers, suggest the name of Judge Kim siell in connection with the nomina tion for Judge of the Supreme Court. The Democracy of Bedford county, de light in honoring Judge Kimmell and would hail his nomination with joy. But we understand that the Judge will not permit his name to be used in con nection with the nomination. It will be seen that the Democratic meeting on Monday night, requested the dele gate from this county to vote for HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD, of Philadelphia. We most heartily approve the action of the meeting. The Savannah Republican reports that the condition of things in Camden and Bryan counties, Georgia, is truly alarming. In one county two negroes sentenced to death for murder and three others to the penitentiary for other offences were rescued from the jail in which they were confined by a mob of negroes and made their escape. In another county men were found hanging to the trees within a short dis tance of the public roads, and had been hanging there for several days. Such is the practical effect of the workings of the iniquitous Military Reconstruction Bill passed by the late Congress. What christian man, what lover of law and order, what decent civilized human being, can approve ol such a state of affairs? The heart shrinks with horror as we contemplate these scenes of violence and blood. Let it be remembered that upon every man who votes and uses his influence to sustain the late Congress, rests the responsibili ty for the innocent lives lost under the lawless rule to which the people of the South are at present subjected. Look well to your ballots, ye men of the North ! There is blood upon some of them,—innocent blood! Vote to ap prove the measures of Congress, and you vote to endorse the black cut throats of Georgia. Vote to sustain Stevens and his followers, and you vote ropes and daggers into the hands of ne gro outlaws to hang and butcher your fellow men. Think of it, ye thought less ! Reflect upon the horrible crimes you endorse, and contemplate the hell on earth, which is being made of the blighted South. Stop, for a moment, and think of these things. If you will but think, you will never, never, cast a ballot stained with the blood of mur dered women and children and black ened by the infamy of a lawless, God less and hell-born Military Despotism. BEECHER OX RADICALISM. The following objurgation upon the misdeeds of his party, is from the lips of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher : "Themenat Washington and Albany sold their country ; they sold their hu manity and their honor, and the trusts that were put upon them by their con stituents. They were debauekers of the young; they were the traitors; they that lifted the sword were not half so much traitors; they that despoiled the old banner and trod it under foot; they that fired upon the government of the United States were not so much traitors as were those vermin who were crawling under the foundations and destroying by corruption the vital power of the government." When Mr. Beecher "went back up on" the Conservatives, last fall, the Radicals took great delight in twitting the Democrats as to the defection of the reverend gentleman. What have they to say, now, in regard to his posi tion? What do they think of the testimony of this "great man" touch ing the treason of their own represen tatives in Congress? We would espec ially call the attention of the Bedford Inquirer to this latest political sermon of "the eminent divine." Do you re member, O ye fe'lows around the corn er, how you wanted to know, last fall, whether we had seen Beechcr's last let ter? Now, we have our revenge upon you. Have you seen Beecher's latest, and if so, will you publish it? WHERE THE Cill'VrY DEBT CAME FROM. Lot the Responsibility Rest Where It Be'oiigs. The quidnuncs of the Inquirer are seized with periodical spasms at the thought that the clique to which they belong cannot get into their clutches the management of the finances of this county. Their palms itch most intol erably for the handling of the people's taxes and the very idea of the Demo crats controlling the affairs of the coun ty, operates upon them, at times, like an attack of hydrophobia. Then it is that they fume and fret about the "county's indebtedness" and subjects of a kindred nature. As we under stand the pathology of their disease pretty thoroughly, we hardly ever fail in trying to check it. Just now they appear to be threatened with a rather violent seizure, but their friends need not be alarmed, as we have a few pills which we will administer in due time, the effect of which will be most charm ing. Nay, we will take the disease in its incipiency and give them a dose at once. So, here goes, and let us have no wry faces! Whence came our county debt? That's the question. Let us take the records and trace it to its source. We find that in the years 1854 and 1855 the County Commissioners assessed $1009,29 less State Tax than the quota of the County fixed by the Board of Reve nue Commissioners. We find, too, that during those two years, the amount of the State Tax assessed in Bedford Coun ty was $14,164,12, and that of this sum only $9,457.41 was paid into the State Treasury during those years, leaving a deficit of $4706,71. Add to the last sum $1009.29, not assessed, and there will be found, at the close of the year 1855, the sum of $5716.00 due the State. Xow, let it be observed that this deficit oc citrred when the opposition to the Demo cratic party had control of the Commis sioners' office, Wm. Whetstone and D. C. Long being Commissioners, and A. S. Russell, Clerk. In 1856 the Democrats obtained a majority in the Board of Commissioners and they found the county burthened with this debt to the State. The opposition had left them this legacy of a debt of $5716.00 and what was worse, there was $1,009.29 of that debt which could not, for a long time, be accounted for, as no one but the Oppo sition Commissioners themselves knew of the trick by which that amount of the State Tax was repudiated. Hence a dispute arose between the County Commissioners and the State authori ties, as to the amount of tax really due the State, a dispute which remained unsettled for years. Now, let us com pute the compound interest on the above sum of $5,716,00 from January 1, 1856, till January 1,1867 (for, be it remembered, that the State com pounds interest annually on all taxes unpaid, that is, it adds the interest for the first year to the principal, and then charges interest on the whole sum,and so on from one year to another). It will be found that at the rate of inter est charged by the State, the above sum of $5,716,00 had increased to near ly $12,000 on the first of January last! Now, it was this terrible incubus which the opposition County Commis sioners of 1854 and 1855 fixed upon the County that the Democrats were called upon to shake off. Besides, when the Democrats came into power they found the County owing private individuals for borrowed money, which indebted ness they were also compelled to can cel. But in spite of all the untoward circumstances by which they were sur rounded, in spite of the hard times be fore the war and the heavy bounty tax during the war, the Democratic County Commissioners have paid off the County" 1 s indebtedness to the State, and in the course of another year will pay off ev ery debt the County owes. It is true that in order to do this, they have been compelled to be a little rigid with Col lectors. and found it even necessary to sue J. R. Durborrow, Collector for Mid dle Woodberry tp. But they were de termined to rid the County of debt, and, therefore, could not stop to consult the convenience of individuals. All we ask, now, is that the responsibility for the County's late indebtedness to the State, be placed where it belongs, at the doors of the Opposition Commis sioners of 1854 and 1855, and that the credit of paying off that indebtedness be given to the people who paid the taxes and the Commissioners who ap plied those taxes to the proper pur pose. '•WHERE THE TAXES HAVE GONE." The Ex-Tax Collector for Middle Wood berry "fills his Foot in it** Ajptiii ! The Bedford Inquirer , of last week, contains an article under the caption of "Where the Taxes Have Gone," in which occurs the following language: "Compelled at last to investigate the matter or have others investigate it, two or three of the party magnates, with the officials of the Poor House establishment, set themselves to work last week, and after a couple days ar duous labor, succeeded in discovering deficits and mistakes to the amount of about Ten Thousand Dollars The above is false in several particu lars. 1. There was no compulsory 11-in vestigation." A settlement was had between the Poor Directors and Mr. Blymyer, late Treasurer of the Poor House, to which both parties assented. Nobody acted in thecapacity of a "par ty magnate," but Mr. Blymyer had his attorney and the Poor Directors had theirs. The settlement covered the whole of Mr. Blymyer's time as Treas urer, (which commenced in 1856) and was made in the most thorough and careful manner. 2. Mr. Blymyer's in debtedness to the county,as'ascertained by this settlement, does not amount to Ten Thousand Dollars, as stated by the Inquirer. The sum which Mr. Bly myer owes the county is $7,000, just $;3,000 less than the Inquirer's figures. So much for this subject. The Inquirer asks: "Will not the keepers of the Democ racy in this county give us an explana tion of the amount and character of the discoveries they have made in the Poor House establishment?" We are not "the keepers of the De mocracy," nor of any other party, but we will answer this question to the hearts' content of the demagogues who propound it. The "amount" of "the discoveries" (ye gods! what English !) is gis-en above; the character of the same will appear from the following: Mr. Blymyer, in his annual statements to the County Auditors, received from Collectors, made numerous mistakes in tfie amounts with which he charged himself. (It must* be borne in mind that this settlement extended through ten years and that the interest upon the sums with which Mr. Blymyer failed to charge himself, is very heavy.)— These mistakes were all carefully cor rected and Mr. Blymyer cheerfully ac quiesced in the correction. When the amount due from the latter to the coun ty, was ascertained, he at once gave ample security for its speedy payment, and the whole matter was settled satis factorily to both Mr. Biymyer and the Poor Directors. The Inquirer seeks to make capital out of the errors committed by Mr. Blymyer. It dares not say that those errors were wilfully or dishonestly made, for its editors know as every body in this community knows, that Mr. Blymyer Is a man of undoubted in tegrity. But it seeks to bring odium upon the- Democrats, by laying the re sponsibility for these errors at their doors. Now, what are the facts con nected with Mr. Blymyer's appoint ment as Treasurer to the Poor House? Who gave him that office? Why, Mr. GEORGE D. SHUCK, of Bedford bor ough, and Mr. GIDEON 1). TROUT, of St. Clair township. These two gen tlemen formed the majority in the Board of Poor Directors in 1856, when Mr. Blymyer was appointed, and it was during the three years of Mr. Shack's term that a large proportion of those errors occurred. In fact it is, in a great measure, the interest upon the deficits in Mr. Blymyer's account du ring those three years, that swells his indebtedness to the county to so heavy a sum. Now, we say nothing about the integrity or capacity of Messrs. Shuck and Trout, but as the Inquirer is so anxious to place the responsibility for Mr. Blymyer's mistakes upon the Democrats, we have thought it well enough to remind its editors that two prominent gentlemen in their own par ty are about as deep in the mud as any body else is in the mire. The fact is, that the poor, miserable demagogues of the Inquirer , have, as usual, "put their foot in it." They dare not say that the county has lost a single cent by Mr. Blymyer. They know him to be an honest, upright man, that his mistakes were not of a wilful or fraudulent character, and that he will repay the county every nickel he owes it. And what is more, they know now, that for those mistakes the Poor Directors of their own choice are just as responsible as those elected by the Democrats, and that to the Demo crats belongs the credit of ferreting out the blunders committed as well during the Republican administration of SHUCK and TROUT, as during the terms of their successors. All the capital the Ex-Tax Collector of Middle Woodberry will be able to squeeze out of this sub ject, he can stow away, without dis comfort, in the corner of his eye. GKAXD DEMOCRATIC Jl' 151 LEE ! Celebration of the Victory in Connecti cut ! Speeche*. Resolutions, and Great Enthn siasm! The Democrats and Conservatives of Bedford county, assembled at the Court House, on Monday night last, for the purpose of celebrating the great tri umph of Constitutional principles in Connecticut. The Court House was well filled and the best feeling prevail ed. The Democratic Brass Band, un der the leadership of L. Defibaugh and Prof. Hettiey, enlivened the occasion with a number of beautiful and spirit stirring airs. On motion of .T. W. Dick erson, Esq., Chairman of the Demo cratic County Committee, DANIEL FLETCHER, ESQ., of Monroe tp., was appointed President of the meet ing. H. W. Fisher, Esq., then moved the appointment of the following Vice Presidents, which was unanimously agreed to, viz., M. Reed, Esq., Geo. W. Diehl, J. B. Fluke, Esq., Thos. Fisher, J. T. Gephart, Leven Shipley, George Vonstine, Simon Brumbaugh, David Imler, James Sill, John D. Lu cas, John H. Keyser, Peter Koons, Jos. W. Elder, John Filler, Adolphus Ake, Jacob Walter, Esq., Chas. Fax on, Esq., and Isaac Kensinger. On motion the following Secretaries were appointed: R. M. Berkstresser, Capt. S. B. Tate, Lewis Saupp, John Wills, and Jonathan Brightbill. On motion the meeting was then ad dressed by B. F. MEYERS, of the GA ZETTE, in a speech congratulating the Democracy upon the victory of their brethren In Connecticut and exposing the fearful tendency of the doctrines and legislation of the Radical men in Congress. O. E. SHANNON, Esq., was then called out and in a speech of much vigor and eloquence, entertained the crowd until a late hour. The speak ers were frequently interrupted with bursts of applause. W. C. SCHAFER, Esq., then offered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted, after which the meeting adjourned with three cheers for redeemed Connecticut and the Na tional Union Democracy: Resolved, by the Democracy of Bed ford cou n ty, i n Mass Meet ing assem bl ed, that we send greeting to the Democrats of Connecticut, hailing, as we do, the result of the late election for Governor and Members ofCongress, in that State, as the dawn of a better day, the bright breaking of the morn which will soon give place to the glorious effulgence of the noonday of restored liberty and a country rescued from a long night of misrule and tyranny. Resolved, That it is meet that Radi cal Fanaticism should find its first re buke in New England, the land of its birth-place, and that as the Destroying Fiend passed from the extreme North to the South, so we hope that the An gel of Peace will lollow in the track of desolation, re-building the waste places and making glad the hearts of the peo ple. Resolved, That the example of our brothers in Connecticut, inspires us with renewed hope and courage, and teaches us that it is only necessary to cling to the Right, with faith in the cause, in order that the Wrong may, in the end, be overturned. The Democ racy of Connecticut have survived fif teen years of uninterrupted defeat, and haveat last triumphed over the enemy who has met them on so many fieldsof battle. Let us "trust in God, and keep our powder dry," and all will yet be well. Resolved, That the large Democratic gains in the Spring elections through out the North and the admission of the Radicals, that the Negro vote is neces sary to insure their success, are incon trovertible proofs that a large majority of the white people of the Union, are opposed to the party which now rules in Congress and throughout the North ern States. Resolved, That we protest against the exclusion of Ten Sovereign States from the Union, against the striking of Ten Stars from the flag of our Country, against the formation of a satrapy of one half of the Republic, and in the name of those who perished to savethe Constitution, we announce our unqual ified and unalterable opposition to the destruction of that sacred instrument, whether by armed revolution, or by the passage of unconstitutional enactments by Congress. Resolved, That the Delegate to the Democratic State Convention from this county, is hereby requested to vote for the Hon. George Sharswood, of Phila delphia, for the nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court, and to use all honorable means to secure his nomina tion. —The Washington Leader— negro Radical —has closed up. Another of a similar stripe—the Enfranchised Citizen —is about to be born. THE LATE LEGISLATERE. Radical Opinions of the Same. "Another Such a Legislature Will Sink us." The Saving: Grace of the Church Xoc