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Democratic State Ticket.
FOB JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
HON. GEORGE SHADS WOOD,
OF PHILADELPHIA
Democratic t'onnly Ticket.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
' E. F. KERR, of Bedford Borough.
FOR TREASURER,
ISAAC MENGEL, of Bedford Bor.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
P. M. BARTON, of E. Providence.
FOR POOR DIRECTOR,
JOHN I. NOBLE, 01 S. Woodberry.
FOR AUDITOR,
SAMUEL WHIP, of Cuinb. Valley.
KIP VAX WIXHLE AWAKES!
Fr. Jordan—the Hon. Francis Jor
dan, Secretary of the Commonwealth
and Chairman of the Radical B. H.
State Committee —has issued an address
to the people of Pennsylvania, direct
ing them how to vote at the approach
ing Judicial election. Jordan is the
Rip Van Winkle of Pennsylvania pol
itics. He started out hunting (that is,
office-hunting) one bright morning
some twenty years ago, with all kinds
of ammunition for the rusty old fire
lock with which he calculated to bring
down Democratic chickens, and fell
asleep on the dunghill of Abolitionism
whilst waiting to get a pop at the old
cock that was wont to crow so lustily
from the GAZETTE office. He has been
asleep ever since and just now awakes
to the fact that every thing is changed
about him. His rusty old gun has faHen
to pieces, his shot-pouch containssome
old ammunition, much spoiled by age
and exposure to the weather, his coat,
turn it as he will, does not keep out
the wind, which, in its Democratic
way— aequopulsatpale —strikesall with
equal force. He is wonder-stricken,
yet unlike his great prototype, he does
not seek to unravel the mystery which
surrounds him, hut ties together the
parts of his crazy fowling-piece, loads
it with his antiquated and weather
spoiled ammunition, and proceeds with
his hunt of Democratic game. Fizz
zip—bang! goes the old blunder-buss
and the dogs that slept with him on the
Abolition dunghill, run in tosecurethe
trophy of the hunter's sportsmanship.
Nix kumm heratis! The ammunition
was too old ; it had lost its strength ; the
gun "burnt prime" too long; and chan
ticleer, at whose breast the shot was
aimed, flaps his wings ut triumph, and
crows lustily, Vic-to-ry! Vie-to-ry!
Rip Van Winkle Jordan, will, doubt
less, learn, if he has not learned al
ready, that if he is compelled to go
back thirty four years to And an objec
tion to Judge Sharswood, the people
will conclude that there is no objection
at all to that most excellent jurist. .Just
think of it! Here are Jordan and his
committee, looking through the whole
record of Judge Sharswood's life, scan
ning with eager eyes every page of it,
and finding nothing until they have j
gone back thirty four years, and then |
they find him at a States Rights ban- j
quetat which toasts were given to John
C.Calhoun! Isn't it wonderful! Oh,
yes ! they find, too, that in a certain
case in Philadelphia, in which a con
tract had been made (about seventy
years before "greenbacks" were ever
thought of) that certain interest was to
be paid in "Spanish milled dollars," he !
decided that the party who had stipu
lated to pay the "Spanish milled dol
lars," must fulfill his contract, and that
he could not do so by offering to pay in
"greenbacks" instead of Spanish milled
dollars, and this, because the contract
was a special one and made long before
the passage of the "greenback" law.
From these two facts, Rip Van Winkle
argues that Sharswood is a Secessionist,
a traitor, and everything that is naugh
ty. But he forgets to say that Shars
wood was a Whig until that party was
destroyed by Abolitionism, and, there
fore, must have acted with Webster
and against Calhoun ; and, what is still
more significant, he fails to notice the
fact that the "Republicans" of Phila
delphia, endorsed the nomination of
Judge Sharswood for President Judge
of the District Court of that city, and
voted for him in a body, and this too,
during the midst of the late civil war.
With such facts to rebut the silly
charges of the political antiquary who
presides over the deliberations of the
Radical B. 11. State Committee, the
friends of Judge Sharswood can well
afford to rest secure of victory. SELA II !
THE Baltimore Sun thus disposes of
the Tennessee "election," so-called:
"Four fifths of the white voters of
Tennessee have been disfranchised and
the black men have taken their places.
* * In some counties there were
not as many white voters as there were
offices to be filled, and in others the
Governor set aside the registration
where it was not agreeable to him."
Shout, O ye glorious sticklers for free
dom and equality! Bellow till your
throats crack! Such a triumph is wor
thy of such a party!
BETTER NEWS!!
Kentucky Speaks!!
Immense Majority for the Dem
ocratic Candidate ftfr
Governor!
The glorious old State of Kentucky
h'eld her election for Governor and
Members of the Legislature, on Mon
day last. Hon. John L. Helm, Demo
crat, was elected Governor' by an im
mense majority, estimated as high as
60,000 ! The Legislature is almost u
nanimously Democratic. Following
immediately upon the heels of the
Tennessee diabolism, this result may
he taken as an expression of the indig
nation felt by the neighbors of the out
raged citizens of that State, in regard
to the Brownlow usurpation. Here is
the difference: Kentucky is governed
by white men, Tennessee is ruled by
Negroes; Kentucky goes largely Dem
ocratic, Tennessee B. H. Radical.
Glorious Kentucky! Poor Tennessee!
ttREAT RADICAL VICTORY!
Tin* Xigsers Carrj' Tennessee!
Beelzebub llrownlimN Itnyoncls Tri
umphant.
One IlitiMlred and Twenty Five Thous
and White Hon Disfranchised !
tiiorious Specimen of Radical Recon
struction.
Shout, O ye miserable Radicals!
Sound the hew-gag! Bang the banjo!
Ring the cow-bells! The cloven-foot
of Beelzebub Brownlow is again on the
necks of the white slaves of Tennessee!
As Louis Napoleon "elected" himself
Emperor of France, so Brownlow has
made himself King of Tennessee. Bay
onets in the hands of Negroes, have
enabled him to convert his ill-gotten
power into a permanent and unlimited
despotism. Only 50,000 of the 175,000
white voters of the State, were permit
ted to be "registered", whilst 57,000
negro voters were put upon the rolls.*
Brownlow's "majority" is less than the
Negro vote, showing that the blacks,
controlled by bayonets and corruption,
are the ruling power in Tennessee. Of
course, this was a foregone conclusion.
Radical reconstruction must end in the
complete Africanization of every State
in which it succeeds. Let those rejoice,
who can, over such a result. The man
who takes pleasure in such a prospect
must have a heart as black as the skin
of Brownlow's janissaries. Such a man
is a traitor to his race, to his country
and to his God.
"THE OI.D FLAG'S RACK IX TFXXF.S
,NFF!"
We find an article on Brownlow's
eoup*(Vetat in Tennessee, in a recent
number of the Philadelphia Prefix, un
der the above caption. The "old flag!"
The flag which protected negro slavery
in Tennessee, the flag for which Jeff.
Davis fought in Mexico, the flag which
Massachusetts refused to defend against
the British in 1812, is that "old flag"
back in Tennessee? Nay, is that "old
flag" which has thirty-seven stars up
on its field, emblematic of thirty-sev
en free and equal States, back in Ten
nessee? Alas! no! There is a new
flag floating in Tennessee, a flag under
whose baleful shadow the tree of liber
ty bears no fruit, the black flag of Ne
gro supremacy, upheld by the Swiss
guards of that worst of Gesslers, the
brutal, beastly blackguard Brownlow.
Talk about "the old flag!" The edi
tor of the Prefix must imagine his read
ers to be great fools, indeed, if lie ex
pects them to believe that Brownlow
ran as a supporter of the "old flag."
His banner is black as night, and the
skull-and-eross bones of Death consti
tute its only emblem. Under such a
flag, Old Beelzebub will some day mar
shall the supporters of such men as
Brownlow, and march them to that
nethermost hell, which hot as it may
be, ought to be seven times heated, to
be a fit receptacle for such ice-hearted
traitors to their race and to their coun
try. _
TRAITORS!
The Radical B. I I'd are just now re
joicing over the Negro triumph in
Tennessee. They rejoice' that 125,(XX)
white men are disfranchised, reduced
to slavery, whilst 57,(KM) Negroes are
made free and rulers of the State. Re
publicans! do you share the fiendish
malignity of these Radical demons in
human shape, who thus would degrade
and destroy your own color and blood?
It cannot be! The men who glory in
the enslavement of white people
through the political elevation of the
blacks, are traitors to their tothelr
country and to their God! Traitors to
their race, because they crush out the
political privileges of the whites, whilst
they enfranchise the blacks; traitors
to their country, because they know
that the African race is not capable. of
self-government and their supremacy
in a large portion of this country will
prove its destruction; traitors to their
God, because the Creator formed the
Negro the intellectual inferior of the
White Man, and, therefore, God's pur
pose is violated in forcing equality be
t.veen the two. Who would be a trai
tor to hi 9 race*
XOTHISG SURPRISING.
Some of the Radical journals seem to
be greatly dissatisfied with tne address
recently issued by Mr. Jordan, chair
man of their State Committee. They
are disgusted with the stale cry of
"Secession" set up by If? 111 as an argu
ment against Judge Sharswood, and
regard the whole address as a kind of
pitiful twaddle which can result only in
injury to their own candidate.
The character of Mr. Jordan'saddress,
does not astonish us a whit. We be-
came acquainted with his style, years
j ago, when he was wont to issue his pro
nunciamentos to the faithful in this
county. Did the Radical editors who
complain of his crudities know the
man, they would be willing to forgive
him. As a matter of news we give the
following opinions of Radical newspa
pers, in regard to slr. Jordan's address:
From the N. Y. Tribune.
We cannot endorse the address of the
Republican State Committee, in which
I Judge Sharswood is attacked with more
zeal than discre.ion. He is denounced
as the orator of a States rights celebra
tion held in the dark ages of 1834, as if
an act of 30 years ago could have vital
meaning now. The very toasts offer
ed by others at the dinner in 1834 are
quoted to show that Judge Sharswood
is not fit for the office of Chief Justice,
and t lie editorials of obscure Democrat
ic papers are copied in capital letters,
as proof of his sympathy with the rebel
lion. The case of Borie against Trott,
in which Judge Sharswood decided a
gainst the constitutional power of Con
gress to make paper money, is also ad
vanced as an argument against his elec
tion—a purely legal decision, which
whether right or wrong, was made sole
ly upon JudgeSharswood's understand
ing of the law. •
We submit that this is not the way in
which Pennsylvania should elect her (
chief judicial officers. Such a canvass j
should be conducted on the highest ■
ground possible in party rivalry, and i
especial care should be taken "not to j
drag in the dirt the ermine of justice.
The formal decisions of eminent judges
upon points of law ought not to be
bandied about in appeals to popular
passion. The purity and honor of the
judiciary are more than a party tri
umph. If the decisions of a court are
to be the subject of party strife and de
bated in stump speeches, we may bid
farewell to an independent and fearless
judiciary. Hold thejudgc accountable
to a political party f >r his construction ,
of the law, and we inevitably tempt j
him to sacrifice his integrity; to become!
that meanest of all creatures—a sworn
minister of justice, obedient to the die- ;
tate of politicians. It is precisely this"i
tendency which we fear the Republican i
State Com ill it tee of Pennsylvania un
consciously encourage, ar.d we would
bid them take warning by the wretched j
and degraded reputation of thejudica- i
ry of this city, in which the courts have
become the mere tools of political •
clubs.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
It is insulting to the intelligence of |
the people of Pennsylvania to say that j
in this judicial contest the Democratic
party has secession inscribed on its ban
ner. We warmly support Judge Wil- !
Bums in this contest, but we will not |
even by silence, lend our indorsement
to so utterly shameful and unwarranted
a charge as the one above quoted. It |
is a sign of bad party demoralization
when such means are adopted to a- i
ehieve success. It is uuerly wrong |
and utterly unnecessary. Such things
recoil against the men who practice
them, aiid cloud even an honest cause
with suspicion. Whatever may have
been the views of Judge Sharswood
thirty-three years ago, it is both absurd ,
and criminal to say that the right of
secession will be an issue in the np
proaching election. The Republican :
party can go into a canvass upon its
own merits and upon actual issues, j
without compromising itself by these
shabby devices, and we trust no respec
table journal in the party will lend
itself to such a style of warfare. It is
a veritable Mexican business.
A CHANCE TO MAK E MONEY.—FIVE
HUNDRED AOENTS WANTED TO .SELL
THE "YOUTH'S on PEOPLE'S HISTORY
OF THE WAR."— This is the only his
tory from a Democratic stand-point,
and can be relied on as truthful in every
respect. No family should be without
it. Also, 500 agents are wanted to sell
a work entitled li jVojoque written by
Hinton Eou-an lie/per, author of the
"Impending Crisis." This work, al
though written by a "Republican,"
and one of Mr. Lincoln's own pets, is
worthy the careful perusal of every
Democrat and honest "Republican."
It stigmatizes the ruling majority in
Congress as the "Execrable two thirds
majority of the Black Congress" that
ought to be despised and spurned by
every genuine lover of the pure Caucas
ian race. The Negro equality and Ne
gro Suffrage question is handled in an
able manner by the author. Let every
man in this county who is opposed to
Despotism, and also the social and po
litical equality of the white and black
races, secure a copy of each of these
works, at the first opportunity. With
these works you will be prepared to
combat successfully every argument
of the White and Black Negro Party
in favor of the despotic measures passed
by the Black Congress, and of its negro
equality doctrine. Those desiring a
gencies for either of the aboved named
works will please call on MR. E. W. MIL
LER, who can be found at the Mengel
House, in this place, from the 12th to
the 18th of this month. Both works
are meeting with very rapul sales, and
no young man out of employment can
do better than to secure an agency at
once.
Home and Around.
AGENTS FOB THE GAZETTE.
We haYe appointed S. J- McCauslin, of this
place, and J. W. Bowen, of Napier tp., agents to
receive subscriptions and collect accounts for this
office. They will visit our friends throughout the
county, in a short time, and, we hope, will meet
with a proper reception.
HUNTINGDON AND BROAD TOP R.R.
—SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.—TIME TABLE.—Ex
press Train leaves Mt. Dallas at 1.30 p. in., and
arrives at Huntingdon, at 4.45 p.m.; leaves Hunt
ingdon at 7.45 a. m.. and arrives at Mt Dallas,
at 10.59 a. m.
Mail Train leaves Mt. Dallas at 6.10 a. in., ar
rives at Huntingdon at 9.10 a.m.; leaves Hunt
ingdon at 6 p.m., and arrives at Mt. Dallas at
8.57 p. m.
Too LATE.— The proceedings of the
Temperance Convention, were handed
us too late for publication this week.
They will appear in our next issue.
RELIGIOUS. —'The Rt. Rev. Bishop Ste
vens, will preach at the Court House,
next Sabbath morning and evening.
AT TIIE SPRINGS.— Gen. Geo. W.
Cass, President of the Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne & Chicago Railroad, is, at pres
ent, sojourning at Bedford Springs.
Judge McLauahan, of Westmoreland
co., is at the Mengel House.
THE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON.—
Bedford is still improving. We have
! just had a new platform erected in front
of our office. Apprehending a rush of
new subscribers and a crowd of those in
arrears calling to "square up," we con
cluded to have this done. Now, let
them come. The platform will not
break with them.
BASE BALL—MATCH GAME.— On
Thursday last, first inst., a match game
at base ball, was played by the first
nine of the Resolute Base Bali Club and
the first nine of the Bedford Base Ball
Club, both of this place. The game was
played upon the ground of the old
Mineral Spring Club, in Mr. Mann's
meadow, immediately North of town.
Both clubs played admirably, and the
contest was very close, the Resolute
gaining the victory by two runs. We
give the score below :
RESOLUTE. R.O.i BEDFORD. R.O.
Cromwell, 2. b. 3 4jll.Lentz, i.f.. 1 6
P. Reed, 3.b. r> 2A. Diehi, s.s. 3 2
F. Schell,c. 4 3lßerkst'r, r.f. 1 G
J. Mower, s.s. 4 2| W. Cook, 2.b. 5 1
J. King, p. 3 2|S. Wills, c.f. 2 4
J.N. Alsip,l.f. 3 31 Bollinger, 3.b. 4 1
J. Reed, c.f. 1 4S. Diehl, l.b. 53 0
W. Schell, l.b. 1 5j McMullin, e. 2 3
J. Russell, r.f. 1 2S. Stiver, p. 2 4
Innings—l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9.
Resolute,s, 3. 7, 3, 0, 0, 2, 5, o—2-3.
Bedford, 0,10, 2, 4, 1, 0, 3, 1, 0—23.
Fly Catches, Resolute 5; Bedford 9..
Time of game, 2'> hours. Umpire,
Dr. Wm. A. Nicodeinus. Scorers, W.
T. Daugherty, R. B. B. C.; S. B. Ly
singer, B. B. li. C.
LARGE SALE OF TOWM LOTS.— Last
week we referred to the fact that Hon. S.
L. Russell, adm'r, &c., of Eliza Watson,
deC'd, had sold a large number of town
lots and other property, adjacent to our
borough. We have sine 9 obtained the
names of the purchasers a nd prices paid,
which we give below. ' This looks like
improvement.
Nos. of Lots. Purchasers. Prices.
1, 2, M A Points, $ 850 00
3, Win Dunk ie, 340 00
4, J Gardner, 293 00
5, 6, W L Horn , 598 00
7, John Songster, 298 00
8, Geo Mard<o rff, 231 00
9,10, J J Cessna., GOO 00
11, 12, Geo Reimund, 41G 00
13, Henry Wo od, 203 00
14, John G Fisher, 223 00
15, 16, Wm McMullin, 512 00
17, 18, Jacob Barn hart, Gl5 00
19, 20, 21, 22, Hon Alex King, 1230 00
23, 24, 25, 2G, C W Ashcom, 1300 00
29, 30, John Cessna, Esq ~ 900 00
31, 32, 33, Win Hartley, 1055 00
34, Henry W Fisher, 40G 00
35, 3G, 37, 38, Isaac Mengei', 1504 00
39, 40, 41, 42, J Cessna, Esq., 1728 00
43, 44, 45, 4G, Geo Blymyer, 1266 00
47, 48, 49, 50, J5l Shoemaker, 1040 00
51, 52, 53, 54, Thos Jamison, 910 00
55, 56, 57, 58, Rev T Heyden, 1140 00
Farm, 130 acres and 65 perches,
Dr Wm Watson, 5933 48
80 as. wood land, l)r Watson, 480 00
Out lot, 8 acres and 110 perches,
Dr J Ross Anderson, 3257 81
Out lot, 5 acres and 158 perches,
John Cessna, Esq., 1508 85
Out lot, 15 acres and 87 perches,
Jacob Reed, 2611 35
Ridge land, 77 acres and 80 ps.,
Wm 51 Hall, Esq., 911 12
SPLENDID PRIZES IN GREKXBACKS.
—Over $5,000 in Greenbacks ; $lO,OOO
in Sewing slaehine.s; $9OOO in Wash
ing Machines; a vast amount of Hoop
Skirts, Alburns, Books, Gold Pens,
Pencils, Lockets, Ac., &e., to 'be dis
tributed to the subscribers and purchas
ers of the 'HOME AMUSF.M EXT.' Every
yearly subscriber gets twenty-foi ir tick
ets, drawing from $5 to $lOO each in
Greenbacks. Canvassing Agents clear
from 10 to $l5 per day raising clubs.
Sample copies with a prize ticket and
full directions and instructions to A
gents, sent by mail, by inclosing ten
cents, addressed to the HOME AMUSE
MENT, 78 Nassau Street, New York.
slale and Female Caavassi ng Agents
wanted in every town and neighbor
hood in the United States. [aug9wB
THE WASHINGTON LIBRARY COM
PANY of Philadelphia, go .ins credit
and support every day. The sales of
stock surpass all expectation, and the
prospect is, that the funds for the noble
object will be secured even in advance
of the time anticipated. Tin; reason
is obvious. The design is worthy and
creditable to the patriotic hearts who
are laboring to reward a too much neg
lected class. The funds- go into re
sponsible hands, and the public have
no fears that they will be mis-clireeted.
The plan adopted satifles the scruples
of the most conscientious, and has the
endorsement of eminent legal authority.
It is by its distinctive features entirely
removed from the taint of catch-penny
schemes which have so often been the
means of inposing on the public. It
gives to purchasers of its stock a full
equivalent lor the consideration paid.
All its transactions are open and above
board. It has no concealments, and
the reputation of the managers is sui h
that they cannot afford to be dishonest
in this transaction. Head advertise
ment.
RFDFOBD BY GAS-LIGHT,—SIORE
EDITORIAL EXHALATIONS.—' Wegave,
last week, a number of letters from
newspaper men sojourning at this
place, "expressive of their views" in
regard to Bedford and the Springs.
We now continue our extracts. The
following is the opinion of Y. S. Wal
ter, Esq., of the Delaware Republican,
on "thesituation" hereabouts:
BEDFORD, July 23, 1867.
Dear Republican:—On Thursday eve
ning of last week, you will remember
that shortly after the last sheet had been
delivered from our Hoe press, I bid
you farewell for a brief season, and in
company with two of our household
gods, started on a visit —which ought
to be observed annually as a pilgrim
age—for a few days, to" near and dear
relatives at this place.—Leaving the
depot of the Pennsylvania Central rail
road at West Philadelphia, at a quar-,
ter past eleven o'clock in the evening,
in the elegant cars which the Company
have provided for their passengers, we
had no concern for our safety, and the
next morning at seven o'clock found
ourselves at Huntingdon, ready for a
good breakfast, previous to taking the
cars on the Huntingdon and Broad Top
road. Our company consisted of quite
a number of ladies and gentlemen who
were on their way to Bedford Springs.
The road is about forty miles in length,
and runs through a broken and hilly
country, passing over deep ravinesaud
through heavy cuts. Timid passengers
close their eyes while the cars pass ov
er a portion of the trestle-work, which
is in several places very high, and dan
gerous looking. The Company have
fully provided against accidents, so far
as human foresight can prevent their
occurrence. The trestles have been
greatly strengthened, and the bed of
the road well ballasted. In short, we
know of no road of the same length
operated with greater care and good
judgment. The cars stop at slouut
Dallas, to which place the road was com
pleted three years ago, where carriages
are in waiting to receive and convey
passengers to the town, which is reach
ed in about an hour and a half. A sur
vey has been made for a road from this
point to Bedford, six milesdistant,and
a number of laborers are engaged in
makinga tunnel through a spur of Cove
mountain. The road will then strike
the Raystown branch of the Juniata,
and wiil require butlittlegrading. The
whole expense ought not to exceed fif
teen thousand dollars per mile. It is
said that the Pennsylvania Central has
agreed to build it. but from somecause
the work has been delayed. If the peo
ple here were half as enterprising as
those of our own county, the road
would have been completed long ere
tiiis.
The town of Bedford grows slowly.
There seems to be a want of energy
among its capitalists for which there is
no excuse. Nearly all the old land
marks which were familiar to me years
ago—l care not to tell how many—are
familiar now as they were then. —
New faces appear, but the buildings—
wiih but few additions—the roads and
conveyances, are nearly the same. The
only improvements visible to us, are the
foundation walls of a new Episcopal
church, the corner-stone of which was
laid a year ago, and the walls of a res
ervoir to supply the town with water.
Both these improvements are at a stand
still. All the public schools of the
town are concentrated in a single build
ing, which is a handsome brick edifice
of sufficient.capacity to accommodate all
the children of the town. Tne glass in
one end of the house shows that the
scholars know how to throw stones,
and the broken windows prove that
the Directors are negligent of their
duty.
The town boasts of two newspapers,
the Gazette published by slessrs. srey
ers it slengel, and the Inquirer by
Durborrow A- Lutz. The politics of the
former are Democratic, and those of
the latter Republican, and each is an
! earnest supporter of the principles of
the party to which they are attached.
The Mineral Springs are a mile and
a half South of the town. But fevV im
provements have been made within
the last three years. It is certainly the
most pleasant spot in the Union for
invalids to visit. The health-giving
properties of the water, the . pure and
wholesome air, the beautiful mountain
scenery and the pleasant drives, all of
fer inducements to be met with but
rarely at any other place in our own
State, or in any other. 1 am not able
to give an analysis of the waters, nor is
it necessary to do so in order to con
vince those who seek health, that in
this locality they should sojourn for a
time, if they wish to recuperate. There
are at present about two hundred visi
ters at the Springs, and as the height
of the season is past, it is not probable
the number will be augmented.
About half way to the Springs, just
below the road, slessrs. Robarts and
Smith have erected a large Building,cal
led the "Arandale House," for the pur
pose of a boarding house, foriho.se who
seek the virtues of the waters to be
fount! here. The house will entertain
two hundred persons, it is well provi
ded wi Lh furniture from the East, of the
latest pattern and style, and will rank
with the best houses at any of the fash
ionable watering places. The establish
ment hasjust been opened, and is not
yet thoroughly furnished. With liber
ality in its management, a disposi
tion to accommodate, and a determina
tion to discard all old fogyism in its
conduct, it must become a popular re
sort, and prove a serious rival toother
establishments for the reception of boar
ders in the neighborhood of the town.
On our arrival at the Springs, on Fri
day afternoon, we were gratified to
meet Gov. Geary, Wayne slacVeagh,
Esq., Hon. S. A. Purvianc., Air. Veaeh
of Pittsburg, John Heistand of the
Lancaster Examiner, William Watson,
M. D., whose reputation as a skilltul
physician is well known throughout
the country, and other prominent pub
lic gentlemen.
The Chalybeate Spring, a mile and h
half North of Bedford, is about to be
come a rival to the old Mineral Spring.
slr. Chenoweth has erected a hand
some boarding house at this place, and
the grounds around the Spring are be
ing improved. The waters, like those
of the mineral spring are heavily char
ged with iron and sulphur, and are
without doubt, health-giving. With
proper care and attention this cannot
fail to be a favorite resort for invalids,
and persons who seek recreation from
business.
The crops in this county, promise
well. Nearly all the wheat is cut and
on shock, where .it tvill remain for a
week of two, protected from the weath
er by a ample cap sheaf. This is a cus
tom with the farmers here—a custom
which always betokens slovenliness or
want of proper knowledge of farming
operations. Corn is small and almost
a failure in all the low land owing to
the heavy rains with which this part
of the .State was visited about planting
time. Oats and potatoes will be abun
dant.
I write this hasty letter from the spot
where in my youth I received the first
rudiments of learning—what was on e
known as the "Bedford Academy." i
The good man under whose charge I I
was placed, has long since been trans
latecf to another sphere, and has left
behind him many, beside myself, who
will ever revere his memory, and hold
in high respect his many virtues.
[As to the broken windows of the U
nion School House, we would just say '
that our borough folks concluded last I
spring, to elect as Director that great
advocate of reform, John Cessna by
name, who promised to set every thing
to rights in double quick time. The
people of the borough thought they
had "a soft thing of it," and so they
had; but it appears that under the great
reformer's administration, things are e- J
ven worse than formerly].
llere we have number two of "Trav-.
eler's" "Jottings by the way," as prin- ]
ted in the Somerset Democrat. "Trav- j
eler" has so much to say about our town j
and county, that we feel constrained to j
transfer his letter bodily to our col
umns. Hear him:
Bedford is neither a handsome nor a
homely looking town. It is the coun
ty seat of Bedford county. The prin
cipal business street is at the northern
extreme running parallel with the
| Juniata.—Julianna is the main cross
street. Bedford has some splendicf
residences. It has four large Hotels
and several boarding houses. The
'Mengel House' is kept by that prince
of landlords, Isaac Men gel, Esq.,
who is the Democratic candidate for
County Treasurer. The "Bedford
House" is kept by Joshua J. Shoema
ker. a very agreeable, polite andgener
j ous landlord. The' Washington House'
i is kept by W. Dibert and the "Union
i House - ' by Valentine Steekman, Esq.,
a very honest man. Judging from the
number of Banking houses, Stores,
Groceries and Restau-ants Bedford con
tains, it must be quite a business place.
Judge King the President. Judge of
i this district icsides here. Heisspoken
of as a very able and impartial Judge,
! but has very bad politics. O. E. Shan
i non, an able lawyer and an energetic
I Democrat, is the Prothonotary. Ro
! Bert Steekman, Democrat, is Sheriff,
and George Mardorlf, Democrat, is
j the County Treasurer. E. F. Kerr,
j Esq., is very ably and satisfactorily
performing the duties of District Attor
ney, and is the Democratic candidate
: for the same position. His opponent is
I M. A. Points, Esq., who a few years
since was celebrated for the bitter
Democratic speeches.he made, but Mo
i ses is now frank enough to acknowledge
that "it pays him better to be aßepubli
i can than a Democrat." Harry Fisher
is the County School Superintendent,
and John G. Fisher is clerk to the Coin
misioners. They are brothers and
i both Democrats from Berlin in your
1 county. The "Bedford Gazette" is the
able and fearless organ of the gallant
; Democracy of the county and is edited
and published by Meyers & Mengel.
, The "Bedford Inquirer" is the organ
I of the Radical disunionists, and is edi-,
l ted and published by Durborrow &
' Lutz.
11. Nicodemus, Democrat, and J. W.
; Lingenfelter, renegade Democrat, are
I Justices of the Peace. Bedforu lias ve
-1 ry able lawyersandeminent Physicians.
This is the home of that venerable Dem
ocrat, Hon. Job Mann, who for many
years served the people with distinction
in various positions. Major Lawrence
Talliaferro, an old and faithful officer
of the army, resides here. Alaj. T. is a
Democrat and a good talker and can
interest his hearers for hours with the
history of his early campaigns.
To strangers, the finest looking and
I the most imposing personage -ecu on
j the street, is Col. Joseph W. Tate. He
I dresses very elegantly and sports one of
i the finest moustaches that ever adorned
' a face. In the humble judgment of
I your correspondent, Col. Tate looks like
j a Roman Senator. It was about Col.
i Tate the radicals last fall sent out the
I Telegraphic despatch stating that at a
; Democratic meeting Col. Tate said that
! "Scotland had her Bruce, Rome had
] her Brutus and America had her Booth,
and that a more magnificent rnonu
, ment would be erected to the memory
of Booth, than ever would be raised to
that of Abraham Lincoln." This was
sent out for electioneering purposes;
andsince the election both sides laugh at
the silly report. The report was sent
abroad to slander Col. Tate and injure
the Democratic party .—The most insig
nificant looking personage to be seen
I upon the street is John Cessna, the ren
egade Democrat and ingrate to his for
mer friends.
The public buildings are good. The
I Court House, on Julianna street, is.of
moderate size and pleasantly located.—
j The new Union School House is very
I large and is supposed to be the best
: building for that purpose in Western
Pennsylvania. The cemeteries are
beautiful. The New Cemetery about
|a mile North on the Hollidaysburg
| road, will be a lovely place. Dr. C. N.
llickok is displaying his fine taste in
, laying out the grounds and in having
I them properly adorned.
The Chalybeate Springs are about
I one mile on the Northeast of the town
I and are owned by Col. John Hafer. I
have heard the water spoken of very
| highly and the place described as be-
I ing very handsome. W. Chenoweth
j has fitted up a very large and com mo
i dious boarding house. Quitea number
i of persons regularly visit this celebrated
| summer resort.
On my way to the Bedford Mineral
Springs I passed the splendid house
' recently erected by Robarts & Smith,
called the "Arandale House." Jt is a
i large building—in length eighty-six
| feet, in width forty feet. The halls are
; large and the rooms are commodious ]
1 and well ventilated. The Bedford
' Springs are two miles south of Bedford,
i need not give your readers a desorip-1
| tion of this celebrated watering place,
—indeed I could not do justice to the ,
subject if I attempted it. The corafor-1
: table buildingscan convenientlyaccom
j modate hundreds, if not thousands, of]
visitors. The water has more medicinal j
qualities, cures more diseases, and
quicker, than the water of any other
! Springs in the United States. Ihe
Mineral springs are at the ba-e of the
mountains on the east bank of Shovel 's |
run. The Sulphur spring is near the ]
old Anderson Mill on the west bank of
Shover's run, and near the road. The
large and commodious bath houses are
directly east of tho main hotel and in
the same enclosure. The mountain is i
ascended by circuitous walks and on
the top of it is a fine arbor. From the
top of the mountain the whole valley
around Bedford can be seen. The sight
is peculiarly interesting and grand.—
There are about two hundred visitors,
now at the springs. Among the no
tables is Governor Geary, whom Thad
Stevens dubs an. "unhappy failure"—
and it is true, he is a miserable failure.
No man was ever elected Governor or:
thjs State, who was so unfit for the po
sition as John W. Geary.
From the Springs 1 travelled along
the road to Cumberland and stopped
for a short time at Centreville, a small
town in Cumberland Valley township.
This little village has many incidents
connected with it to interest the trav
eller. Here it was that Hanndml died.
Hannibal was the name of the largest
elephant ever exhibited in this coun-
try, and it is said he atq twpnty-two
bushels of oats and five hundred pounds
of hay, and drank seven barrels of wa
ter per day. He died in 1865. He was
exhibited in Bedford the preceding day
and was ■ n the way to Cumlierlaiitl
when death paralyzed his monster
limbs. His death is described as hav
ing been intensely exciting to the spec
tators. The terrible struggle he made
in the throes of death were terrific be
yond description. But he, the strong
est and mightiest of the animal king
dom, had to yield to the mandate from
on High, that all is "born to die."
His remains are buried here. 1 am
told it took eleven men one whole day
to ijlig his grave. It is rumored that
his grave has been opened and some of
his ivory stolen.
Another incident is connected with
the history of this vicinity:
Several years ago as the coach came
lumbering along from Cumberland and
below Centrevillo the horses oecame
suddenly frightened and made a fearful
spring forward, and the coach bounded
as if it had run across a large log. The
driver on looking back, saw i very
large snake lying across the road. Two
passengers were in the stage,—they •
both got out and went back wi:li the
driver and found a monster serpent,
supposed to have been a boa-constrictor.
The driver picked up a large stone as
the snake was moving off and was a
bout throwing it, when the head of the
snake, with distended jaws and hissing
tongue, rose ou the in-ide of the fence
more than ten feet above the highest
rail. This so frightened the party
that the stone was dropped and all
three made for the coach and went to ,
Centreville as fast as the horses could
take them. The snake is supposed to
have taken refuge close by in one of
the holes in Evitt's Mountain. Ilehas
often been hunted, without success,
but his track has frequently been seen, .
and in Whip's meadow the shed-skin
of a monster snake hies been found.
Cumberland Valley was for a .ong
time the banner Democratic township
of the County but she has now to 7ield
the palm to the 'State of Southampton.'
Southampton gives a larger Democrat
ic majority than any other towaship
in the County. The people of Cum
berland Valley are very kind and in
telligent. The Andersons, the Flairs,
the Cessnas, the Boors 'he Masons,
and others are noble democrats aud up
right men. Samuel Whip, the Demo
cratic candidate for County Auditor
lives in this township and he is one of
"nature's noblemen." He is honest
and industrious, and will be elected by
a large vote.
The Democracy of Bedford are alive
and will do a good work this fall. A
truer, nobler, or more* energetic class
of Democrats never lived upon the face
of the earth than the gallant and lion
hearted Democracy of Bedford county.
THE FALL TRADE.—The Philadel
phia North American of Saturday last
speaks thus encouragingly of the Fall
'trade prospects: Though at this mo
ment wholesale business is extremely
dull, and the Commercial world is en
joying its vacation, yet we find a much
more cheerful feeling than we have ob
served formany monthsagone. So far,as
our reporter can feel the commercial
pulse, there exists general gratitude for
the absence of apprehended pestilence,
great thanks for the plenteous crops
harvested and yet to be harvested and
a lively hope for and belief in the trans
action of a healthy and properous trade
in the corning season. Manufacturers
in all the various lines have all they can
do*in preparation for the coming de
mand. In stoves and hollow-ware, fur
niture, leather, the textiles and iron,
the. e is no dullness whatever. The
summer holidays are likely this year
to be short. There are a good many
southern and western buyers now at
the contiguous watering places, and we
hear in some cases in which salesmen
at watering places have been recalled
in haste to attend to customers already
on the spot.
Pi: HE WATEB.—NO water ought to
be drunk which is contaminated by
leakage or infiltration from sewers,
cesspools, or foul ditches. When pos
sible, the water supplied in towns, or
derived from surface wells, ought al
ways to be filtered before use. A cheap
filter can be made by taking a large
common earthen flower-pot, plug the
hole at the bottom (not too tight) with
a piece of sponge, then strew the bot
tom of the pot with powdered charcoal
one inch thick, over this put a layer of
clean sand, over that again an equal
quantity of coarse gravel and a few
loose, small stones: now set over a jug
or bottle and fill it up with water ; # tho
water which drops through the bottom
will be found cleansed from its impuri
ties and sweet to drink. This filter is
admirably adapted for use at sea, being
easily made and kept in order. It is
said that water front a stagnant pond
may be sucked through charcoal with
impunity.
THE Richmond Enquirer says "the
papers from all parts of the South bear
the same testimony; that under the
management of the demagogues and
office hunters, the population of the
South is arrayed race against race. A
thousand maledictions will light upon
the wretches who have brought about
fhe great evil, full of sorrow to both
races, and involving the destruction of
the blacks.
In the contest ol races, the weaker
will go to the wall. The lesson of his
tory will go for naught, if the result of
a forced antagonism of races is not fa
tal to the colored. The Enquirer cites
an instance of the growing abuse. A
meeting of negroes in Mecklenburg
county, for instance, lately passed a
resolution that any colored person wno
might not vote the Radical ticket
should leave tiie country in thirty
hours. , „
A general system of challenging
whites has been re-coin by the
political committees. \\ here is this to
end ?
GEXEKALSK KHES, Commander of
the Carolinas, lives in great state in
Charleston. He appears on the
streets on pleasant "afternoons in a
carriage, driving four splendid blade
horses with elegant silver mounted
harness. He generally has his daugh
ter beside him, and a servant in livery
behind. This splendid establishment
attracts the unbounded enthusiasm of
the negro population, it issaid. Well,
if the people are willing to throw away
their money for such things, it's ail
right. We think, however, that .they
will get tired of it before long.
PRINTERS' INK has made many a
business man rich We ask yon to try it in
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