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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<lcd I
The Radical press teems with de
nunciations of the late Legislature.
The members are denounced by the
very papers which urged their election,
as having been corrupt and venal be
yond parallel. Yet, we doubt not,
these same papers will urge the re-elec
tion of the very men whom they de
nounce. Weput the testimony of these
papers before the public and ask that
it be carefully conned and preserved
for use during the coming campaign.
For the present, the evidence is as fol
lows :
From the Delaware Republican.
Among the items in the State Ap
propriation bill, passed by the last Leg
islature, are six hundred dollars, paid
the clergy for prayers for the members.
If ever a body of men needed the sav
ing grace of the Church, it was those
assembled in the late State Council at
Harrisburg. They ought to be ashamed
of their meanness in this particular,
compared with their liberality in other
expenditures. All the presents ofsilver
sets, gold watches, clocks, gold headed
canes, and other costly articles, will not
save them from the wrath to come.
From the Franklin Repository.
All hail, Pennsylvania! Day has
broken in on the starless midnight that
has encircled our venerable Common
wealth. The people can breathe again.
The Legislature of 1867 is no more. It
has fought its last tight—it has won
its last stake— it has brought gladness
to over three million hearts by its ad
journment. The gallant roosters have
closed their legislative auction, and
gone home with heavy hearts to settle
their accounts with the people who in
an evil hour entrusted tnem with brief
authority. They have passed sixteen
hundred laws, "pinched" others by the
score and finally, after over three
months of legislative rioting, rotating,
pinching, plundering and pocketing,
their time has come, and they go out,
as a rule, to return no more forever.
Public bills were not considered. A
few, perhaps a dozen in all, unimportant
in their character, were passed, but
1600 private bills have been added to our
statutes, and the hugest of volumes
will be added to our pamphlet laws.
Just what has passed nobody knows,
and none pretend to know. Governor
Geary has had hundreds of bills to
dispose of during the last hours of the
session, and how many of them had
snug little serpents, hissing vipers, or
regular anacondas, coiled up in them,
he will learn only when their fangs sink
into some luckless victim and he prays
for relief. The Senate has gradually
degenerated until it rises but littleabove
the House in point of the dignity of
legislation. On Tuesday a large calen
dar of private bills was to be disposed
of, and the first legislative tribunal of
the State sat for hours passing bills by
their titles, no one knowing what the
body ofthe bills contained. True, they
had passed committees, but who knew
what had been interpolated by a stray
word or line? or who knew what hid
den serpents wriggled in them under
thecolor of fairness ? Theresat Bigham
and Ridgway in front of the Clerk to
hear the titles read, and as fast as pro
nounced by the Clerk they weredeclared
passed. Occasionally someobstreperous
Senator would interpose an objection,
but he would be bawled down by a
score of voices, saying—"let it go—it's
all right—don't stop the machine !"and,
lest his little bill might fall a victim to
the retribution of some defeated associ
ates, he would quiet down and the farce
would go on. Thus were hundreds of
bills passed in the Pennsylvania Senate,
and they now stand upon our records
as solemnly enacted laws. In the
House it was the same, only a little
more so. Instead of reading bills by
their title, they read and passed many
of them merely by their numbers.
Neither title or body of the bills were
read. Colonel Quay at one time jocu
larly suggested that they had better
pass the calendar of bills by the page,
but it was deemed necessary to read
the numbers, and thus they were
rushed through. Of course in such a
whirlwind of legislation the roosters
had a good time, but often it would be
discovered that there had not been a
fair understanding or a fair divide; that
some rooster sharper than his fellows,
had snaked a "good thing" through
without giving the rest a show. Im
mediately upon the discovery of such
a mistake, a motion would be made to
reconsider, and as such a motion was
always a notice to all the roosters that
there was something wrong, it always
carried. A hasty consultation would
follow—a little knot of first-class dealers
would bob their heads togather in a
corner, the objectionable bill would
appear all right and go kiting through
again. Thus rushed legislation for
davs, and especially the last few days
ofthe session, until theenormous nuni
berofsixteen hundred bills were passed,
and nearly all of them have been ap
proved.
From tho Somerset Herald and Whig
—The act of adjournment, appears to
have given more satisfaction to the
people of the State, than any other act
of the Legislature of 18G7. —Bad as has
been the character of our Legislature
for years, it seems to be generally con
ceded that the body just adjourned,
was even more untrustworthy than
any of its predecessors. Individual
promises and party pledges were set
at naught, and public sentiment defied
and derided.
From the Bedford Inquirer.
The Legislature of this State adjourn
ed on the 11th inst., after having pass
ed bills enough to make a volume half
as large as Webster's Unabridged Dic
tionary. All the Christian people in
the State should join in thanks to the
Throne of Grace that it did no more
harm than it did. Another such a
Legislature would sink us. If the Re
publican party returns, within the
next ten years, the same amount of
corruption and verality to a single Leg
islature it deserves eternal defeat.
—The Tribune's special says: Attorney
General Stanberry is said to have re
cently remarked to the District Attor
ney of Virginia that Jeff Davis must be
disposed of during the coming term of
the Circuit Court of the United States,
which meets at Richmond on the first
Monday in May.
—A number of negroes have been ap
pointed registers in the Southern States
by the military satraps. Of course,
therefore, the registration of voters will
be eminently fair to charcoal.
—Richard Perry has been appointed
flour inspector for Western Pennsyl
vania, vice Capt. W. B. Coulter, de
ceased.
XEWS ITEMS
—The New York Herald states, on
what purports to be the authority of a
gentleman who left the City of Mexico
on the Bth instant, that Maximilian,
accompanied by about three thousand
troops, was at that time en route from
Queretaro for the City of Mexico. He
was wounded in the right arm by a
spent ball in the fight at Queretaro and
narrowly escaped capture in one of the
mountain passes. The reported cap
ture of Puebla by Porfirio Diaz was dis
credited at Vera Cruz. It was regarded
by the Imperialists as a mere ruse on
the part of the Liberals besieging that
place.
—The trial of Major General Wool,
at the of suit V. D. Evans and Thomas
Rich, for damages for arrest and im
prisonment in Fort Delaware during
the war, was comra enced in the United
States District Court in Baltimore,
Tuesday. Judge Giles overruled the
prayer of the counsel for General Wool,
to be exempt from trial under the
military law and martial law. He said
it was but just for the accused to show
before the proper tribunal good and
sufficient reasons why he caused the
arrest and imprisonment of private
citizens. It goes to a jury, and will
consume some days.
—At Junction City, Kansas, on the
Bth inst., a man named William Moore,
while seated at the breakfast table with
his wife and children, drew a revolver
and shot his wife dead. An attempt was
made by "his neighbors to arrest him,
but his threatening demonstrations pre
vented it. In about two hours after
shooting his wife he obtained a pillow
laid his wife's head upon it, laid down
on the floor beside her, deliberately
shot himself through the head with the
revolver, and died in a few minutes.
Moore had for several years threatened
to enact this terible tragedy.
—A great freshet is reported in lowa,
owing to the thawing of heavy snow.
Three bridges have been carried away
on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad—one across the Raccoon, at
New Jefferson; and two others between
that and Des Moines. At Des Moines,
° large number of houses are submerg
ed, and but for the interference of a
levee made last year the entire city on
the east side of the Des Moines river
would be under water.
—Since the revolution in Hayti,
which resulted in the flight of Geffrard,
no President has been selected. The
quarrel appears to be between the mu
lattoes and blacks. The full blooded
negroes demand a full-blooded negro
President and have agreed to recall
Soulouque, the former Emperor. He
was to leave Jamaica for Port au Prince
on the 21st instant.
—Some three thousand negroes were
present at a Radical meeting at Mobile
last week. Inflammatory speeches
were made by both black and white
speakers. Most of the negroes present
were armed, and a great number of
shots were fired in the air after adjourn
ment
—Further investigation concerning
the coin and bullion captured on the
downfall of the confederacy, shows
conclusively that it belonged to the
rebel government, notwithstanding it
was claimed by the Richmond and
New Orleans banks.
—Virginia papers announce the
death of G. Paul Scherer, of Staunton,
a member of the Stonewall Brigade,
who served through the war, and who
received one of the prizes conferred
upon the five most gallant soldiers in
that brigade.
—Forty miles of the Pacific Railroad
are said to be under water. The bridg
es over the North Platte and the South
Fork are so badly damaged by the over
flow as to be unsafe for crossing.
—Rev. F. A. Muhlenberg,a professor
in Pennsylvania College, atGettysburg,
has resigned, to take charge of the Al
lentown Collegiate Institute, in August
next.
—The stakes won by Tommy Chan
dler in his fight with Dooney Harris
at San Francisco, on Saturday last,
amounting to SIO,OOO, were paid to
him this week.
—Nathaniel Goodrich and Charles
Parsons, of Rocky Hill, are in the Hart
ford (Conn.) jail, charged with a series
of barn burnings extending over a
period of five years. It is estimated
that they have distroyed over $30,000
worth of property.
—There are every year in Russia 380
horse fairs held in 192 localities. The
average number of those animals offered
there for sale every year is calcuated at
263,000.
—An order has just been received by
the publishers, from California,for five
hundred copies of "Partisan Life with
Mosby," by Major John Scott, of Vir
ginia.
—A full vote of Maryland is in favor
of the State Constitutional Convention
by ten thousand majority. It will con
vene on the Bth of May at Annapolis.
—Sixteen quarts of strawberries, sent
to New York by a Norwich, Connec
ticut, fruit grower, brought seven dol
lars a quart.
—Two companies of young men have
just had a grand rat hunt near Chilli
cothe, Ohio, and killed over 15,000 rats.
—The Radical victory reported at
Circleville,Ohio, turns out to have been
a Democratic triumph by 173 major
ity.
—The Tennessee Conservatives have
nominated Emerson Etheridgefor Gov
erner.
—An association has been formed for
the introduction of silk culture into
Nevada upon an extensive scale.
—Twenty-five thousand persons from
other States and countries visited Flor
ida last winter.
—The city councils of Boston appro
priated 100,000 for a new lunatic asy
lum.
REVIEW or THE MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.
FLOUR.—The quotations are—
Northwest superfine, $8.00@8.50
Northwest extra, 9.00(W 10.00
Northwest extra family, 12.00(rt 14.25
Penna. and West'n superfine,9.oo(a 9.75
Penna. and West'n extra, 10.50(a,11.50
Penna. and West'n family, 13.00(a 15.00
Penna. and West'n fancy, 15.50(0.18.00
Rye flour, 8.00(5(8.50
GRAIN.—We quote—
Pennsylvania red, per bus., $3.15@3.35
Southern "
California, " $3.40
White,
Rye, " 0.00@1.67
Corn, for yel., (new) " $1.23(0J.24
Oats, " 77(0J8c
PO VISIONS.—We quote-
Mess Pork, per bbl., $23.50®24.00
Bacon Hams, per lb., 15@17c
Salt Shoulders, " 9(a ; 9ic
Prime '* 13c
SEEDS.—We quote
Cloverseed, per bus., at $12.00@ 13.00
Timothy, " 3.50@3.60
Flaxseed, " 3.00(g/3.05
WHISKEY.—The trade is supplied
with the contraband article, atsl@l.so
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PKEPARED OIL OF PALM AND MACE
for PRESERVING, RESTORING, and BEAUTIFYING
the HAIR, and 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 in 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.,
0et19"66yl 100 Liberty St., New York.
HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT OF
BticHir is a certain cure for
BLADDER, KIDNEYS, GRAVEL,
DROPSY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, FE
MALE COMPLAINTS, GENERAL
DEBILITY,
and all diseases of the
URINARY ORGANS,
whether existing in
MALE OR FEMALE,
from whatever cause originating and no matter of
HOW LONG STANDING.
Diseases of these organs require the use of a di
uretic.
If no treatment is submitted to, Consumption or
Insanity may ensue. Our Flesh and Blood are
supported from these sources, and the
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS,
and that of Posterity, depends upon prompt use of
a reliable remedy.
HELMBOLD S EXTRACT BUCHU,
Established upwards of 18 years, prepared by
H. T. HELMBOLD, Druggist,
594 Broadway, New York, and
104 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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A YOUNG LADY returning to her
country home, after a sojourn of a few months in
the city, was hardly recognized by her friends.
) In place of a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had
a soft ruby complexion of almost marble smooth
ness, and instead of twenty three she really ap
peared but eighteen. Upon inquiry as to the cause
of so great a change, she plainly told them
that she used the CIRCASSIAN BALM, and con
sidered it an invaluable acquisition to any Lady's
toilet. By its use any Lady or Gentleman can im
prove their personal appearance an hundred fold.
It is simple in its combination, as Nature herself
is simple, yet unsurpassed in its efficacy in draw
ing impurities from, also healing, cleansing and
beautifying the skin and complexion. By its di
rect action on the cuticle it draws from it all its
impurities, kindly healing the same, and leaving
the surface as Nature intended it should be, clear,
soft, smooth and beautiful. Price sl, sent by Mail
or Express, on receip of order by
W. L. CLARK 4 co., chemists,
No. 3 West Fayette St., Syracuse, N. Y.
The only American Agents for sale of the same.
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FRIGHTFUL EXECUTION is done up
on thousands of grey heads, by endeavoring to
darken them with metallic dyes that
SCORCH AND BLAST
I the fibres from tip to root. Ejp" Avoid these hor
rible DISFIGURING AGENTS,
and use only the great toilet staple of America,
CRISTADORO'S EXCELSIOR DVE,
which not only instantaneously produces all shades
of black and brown, but also nourishes, strength
ens and beautifies the hair. Manufactured by J.
CRISTADORO, 6 Astor House, New York. Sold
by Druggists. Applied by all Hair Dressers.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
The following Business Directory for the bor
ough of Bedford and other places in the county,
whose advertisements appear in the columns of
THE GAZETTE,) may be of service to our friends
ind patrons in the county, and is commended to
.heir attention:
ATTORNEYS AT LAW—G. H. Spang; J. P.
Reed; J.W.Tate; John Palmer; E. F.Kerr;
Durborrow A Lutz; Espy M. Alsip; John T.
Keagy A J 11. Filler; Kimmell A Lingenfelter,
Meyers A Dickerson, Bedford, Pa.
BANKERS— Schell; Rupp, Shannon A
CJ., Bedford, Pa.
BOOTS AN SHOES, VARIETIES, Ac —H. F.
Irvine, Bedford, Pa.
CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, Ac.—Richard Leo,
Bedford, Pa.
CLOTHING—I. Lippel, Berkstresser A Irvine,
George Reimnnd, Bedford, Pa.
DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac —A. B. Cra
mer; J. M. Shoemaker, Bedtord, Pa.
DENTISTRY—C. N. Hickok A J. G. Minnich,
Jr., Dr. W. W. Van Ormer, Bedford. Pa.
DRUGGIST —J. L. Lewis, Bedford, Pa.
FANCY STORES—Mrs. V. B.Tate A Miss M.
Rea; Mrs. E. V. Mowry; Mrs. M. R. Schafer A
Miss Kate Deal, Miss M. Fetterly, Bedford, Pa.
HARDWARE. Ac.—Wm. Hartley; Geo. Bly
myer A son, Bedford, Pa.
HOTELS Bedford Hotel, J. J. Shoemaker;
Mengel House, I. Mengel; Union Hotel, V. Steck
man. Bedford, Pa.
JEWELER—DanieI Border, Bedford, Pa.
JOB PRINTERS—Meyers A Mengel, Bedford,
Pa —All kinds of Plain and Fancy Job Printing
neatly and promptly executed.
PUMPS—Wm. C. Snively, Schellsburg, Pa.
PHYSICIANS—Dr. J. L. Marbourg, Bedford,
Pa ; Drs W W. Jamison and P. H. Pennsyl, Bloody
Run, Pa., Dr. Geo. C. Douglas, Bedford, Pa.
REAL ESTATE SALES—
F C. Reamer—private sale
T. 11. A N. J. Lyons, Private Sale.
Jacob Walter, Private,
C. N. Hickok, private sale.
Adolphus Ake, private sale.
Meyers A Dickerson, private sale.
John P. Reed, private sale.
STOVES, TINWARE, Ac.—B. McC. Blymyer
A Co., Bedford, Pa.
Read the "New Advertisements" in this
week's issue of THE GAZETTE.
For Administrator's, Executor's, Auditor's
notices, Ac., see "Legal Notices."
Read the advertisements under the head of
"Notices, Ac."
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! ITCH!— Scratch
Scratch! Scratch WH BATON'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 bv 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.
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