TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THK BEDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri day morning by MEVF.RS ! NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! just received and will be sold AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Call at BLACK A BORDER'S, in Schellsburg, IF YOU WANT CUEAP GOODS of any kind ! We have no big stock of old goods at big prices. Our stock is nearly all fresh and new. Look at some of our prices : MUSLINS, from 10 to 17 cents. CALICOS, from 8 to 1"> cents. CLOTHS and CASSIMERES at reduced prices. DRESS GOODS, all kinds, cheaper than before the war. ALL WOOLEN GOODS 23 per cent, cheaper than any that have been sold this season. Gloves, Hosiery, etc., etc., etc., very low. Groceries, Queensware, Wooden Ware Ac., Ac., at the lowest market prices. If you want Good Bargains and Good Goods, call at BLACK. A BORDER S. Schellsburg, Dec. 6m3 IN T Ell IS COMING! • " PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER ! The undersigned hast just received from the Eastern Cities, a large and varied stock of WINTER CLOTHING, which he will sell very CHEAP FOR CASH or COUNTRY PROOI-'CE. All wool pants and vests as low as $3.00 to $12.00 ; overcoats, from $3.00 to $3O 00; cloths, cassimercs, cassinetts, Ac., of the best quality, and at the lowest prices; under-cloth ing, such as under-shirts and drawers, at $l.OO each; also, flannel shirts, at $1.75. He has also on hand a largo assortment of DRY-GOODS, such as ladies' dress goods, consisting of all wool delaines; calicoes, at 10, 12, 15 aud 16 cents per yard ; muslins, at 10, 12, 14 and 20 ; also NOTIONS in great varioty; queensware, groceries, hoop -1 skirts, cotton-chaia, tobacco and cigars, Ac., Ac. And a good supply of gum coats and blankets al | ways on hand. Gum blankets at $1.75. Thankful for past favors, he would solicit the I continued patronage of the public, feeling confi- I dent that he can please all who purchase at his store. Remember the place, the "Old Colonnade," southeast corner of Richard and Pitt streets. Bed | ord, Pa. ISAAC LIPPEL. novlm3 jDni-&ootb, kt. /GLORIOUS NEWS! FOR THE PEOPLE! TELL IT! EVERYBODY TELL IT! COTTON NO LONGER KING ! G. R. OSTER & CO. Are now receiving at theii NEW STORE a large and carefully selected stock of new and CHEAP Dry Goods, Furs, Clothing, Carpetings, Oil cloths, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Wall papers, Willow-ware, Queens-ware, Oils, Tobaccos, Segars, Ac., together with an extensive assortment of Fresh Groceries, which for extent and CHEAPNESS is unrivaled in Central Pennsylvania, all of which they offer wholesale or retail at prices that defy competition. Piles of calico prints and muslins from 6, 1 cents up to sublime quality. They invite all to call, see for themselves and be convinced. TERMS . — POSITIVELY CASH on DELIVERY, un less otherwise specified. Bcoford, Pa., Dec.13,'67m3. §tationmi, &t. jjjEW BOOK STATIONERY AND PICTURE STORE. The undersigned hns opened, in Shafer's build ing, on Juliauna street, a new ROOK, STATIONERY AND PIC TURE STORE. Having purchased Ihe largest stock of Books nnd Stationery ever brought to this place, at the low est wholesale prices, he flatters himself that he will be able to sell cheaper than any otherpersons cngag din the same business. Ilis stock consists in part of School Books, Miscellaneous Books, uiamuuu roeiry, Popular Novels, Also Hymn-bcoks for all denominations, Episco pal Prayer-books, Missals, Ac., Ac. Children's Story Books, Toy Books, Books on Parlor Magic, Books on Games, Song Books, Dime Novels, etc., etc. His stock of School Books embraces Osgood's series of Read'rs. Brown's Grammars, Brooks' Arithmetics, Davies' Algebra. R.aub's Speller, and all the books used in the Common Schools of Bed ford county ; also, copy-books, of all kinds. Stationery of every description at the lowest prices, will be found at his store, including Fools cap, plain and ruled Legal cap. Letter cap, Bill Paper, Commercial Note, Ladies' Note. Envelopes, of all ki ids, and sues, plain, fancy, fine white wove, Ac., Ac., Steel Pens, Pen-holders, SI ites and Slate Pencils, Faber's Lead Pencils, of all numbers. Ink-stands of the most beautiful und convenient designs, and Inks of the best quality at the lowest prices. Also, a large assortment of Kerosene Lamps, Plain and Fancy Soaps, Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos, Cigars, Pen-knifes, Pertumery, Ac. A specialty will be made of the Picture De partment. Fine Large Portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Johnson and other distinguished Ameri cans. Fancy Pictures, Stereoscopes and Stereo scopic Views. Picture Frames, Ac., Ac , will be always kept on hand. Porte Monnaies, Pocket books. handsome Port-folios, Ac. Also, Violins, Accordeonsanit other Musical Instruments; Check er-boards, Chess-men, etc., etc. Hoping to merit the patronage of the public, he has selected his stock with great carc, and is bound to sell cheap to all who will give him a cull. JOHNKEEFFE. Bedford, Dec. 13. rill-IE INQUIRER ROOK STORE.— I The subscribers have just opeued a Book and Stationery Store, in the building adjoining the "Inquirer Office," opposite the "Mengel House," lately occupied by Mrs. Tate, where they are pre pared to sell all kinds ol Stationery, such as Fools cap, Congress, Legal and Record cap, Long Bill, Sermon Letter, Congress Letter, Commercial Note, best-quality, Bath Post large and small, La dies' note (gilt), Ladies' Octavo note (gilt), Mourn ing different styles. French uote, Envelopes of all kinds and qualities. Pass Books at least a dozen varieties, Pocket Ledgers, Time Books, weekly and monthly, Tuck Memorandums, twenty different kinds, Diaries of all descriptions, Blank Books, Long Quarto, Broad. L"dgers and Day Books, all sizes and qualities, Chalk Crayons, Slates, Arn old's Writing Fluids, Hoover's Inks, Carmine Inks. Ch irlton's Inks, Sand, Pocket Books, all kinds, Banker's Ca3es, Carpenter's Pencils, twen ty kinds of other pencils, a variety of pens and pen-holders, Stationer's Gum, Clerk's Indelible Pencils, Gum Bauds, Pocket-b >ok Bands, Flat Glass Ink Wells and Backs, School Inkstands, Baromerter Inkstands with Rack, Pocket Ink stands, Sand Boxes, Pencil Sharpeners, Receipt Books different kinds, Copy Books, Composition Books, Primers, A. B. C. Cards, Osgood's Spell ers and Ist 2d, 3d, 4th and sih Readers, Brooks' Primary Mental and Written Arithmetics, Mitch ell's Intermediate Geography, Brown's Grammar. Lossing's Pictorial History of the United States, Sealing Wax, Blanks, Deeds, Blotting Pads, Photo graph Albums, various kinds and sizes, Almanacs, Ac., Ac. Persons wishing anything in this lino will find it to their advantage to give tho "In quirer Book Storo" a call. We buy and sell for cash and expect to sell as cheap as goods of the same class and quality can be sold anywhere out side of the large cities. n0v,29'07yl DURBORROW A LL'TZ. 4 GENTS WANTED throughout the /\ State of Pennsylvania for the UNITED STATES L,IFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW \ ORK. ESTABLISHED IN 1850. Capital and Assets about $2,500,000. Apply to 0. HARDEN WEKPER. General Agent fox Peuna.,422 Walnut St., Phila delphia. novlsm2* r jpEKMS for every description of Job | PRINTING CASH ! for the reason that for every ariiele we use. w> most pay cash; and the cash ysleui wiL enable us to do our work as low as it can be done in the eities. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. 1867. ah? sthdlovil A MMM. We think the following very good : For the Gazette. I.inos to Ucr who'll understand ISioni. I know a lady very fair— Take care! take care ! At muling love an adept rare— Beware! beware! She'll play, and sing, and dance— Take care! take care! And steal your heart without a chance— Beware ! beware ! . Sly cupid lurks amidst her curls— Take care! fake care ! Most winsome she of all the girls— Beware! beware! She'll talk, and laugh, and blarney you— Take care ! take care ! A thing, perhaps, that you may rue— Beware! beware! Her neetared lips twin cherries are— Take care ! take oare ! Her eyes are radiant as a star— Beware ! beware ! Her form is lithe as elfin sprite- Take care ! take care ! Her stop as buoyant, soft, and light— Beware! beware! A happy mortal who'd caress her— Take care! take care ! A being divine—o ! may God bless her— Beware! beware! W. J. M. BEX. GRAM'S TESTIMONY ItEFOIIE HIE Uii'EAdHEV I IOU tUI I'EE. I have seen the President very fre quently in reference to the condition of affairs in the rebel States. When I was asked to be at a cabinet meeting, it was because some question was up in which, as general of the army, I was interested. lam not aware of any in terview with the President on amnes ty. I have occasionally recommended a person for amnesty. I thought my self at the time that there was no rea son why because a person had risen to the rank of a General he should be ex cluded from amnesty any more than one who had failed to reach that rank. 1 spoke on that point. I did not see much reason for the $20,000 clause. These are the only two points that I remember to have spoken of at the time. I afterward, however, told him that I thought he was much nearer right on thes2o,ooo clause than I was. I was present when the proclamation was read in Cabinet, but my views were not asked. I never gave any opinion to the President that it would be better at the time to issue a proc- Irt.nnticn Ofcf illi i* ml 11.) . I frequently had to intercede for General Lee and other paroled officers, on the ground that their parole, so long as they obeyed the laws of the United States, protected them from ar rest and trial. The President at that time occupied exactly the same grounds, viz: That they should be tried and punished. He wanted to know when the time would come that they should be punished. I told him not so long as they of eyed the laws and complied with the stipulation. That was the ground I took. It applied to every one who took the parole, but that matter was not canvassed ex cept in case of some of the leaders; I claimed that in surrendering their ar mies and arms they had done what they could not all of them have been compelled to do, as a portion of them could have escaped, but they surren dered in consideration of the fact that they were to beexempt from trial so long as they conformed to the obligations they had taken ; and they were enti tled to that; that is my view still; that was my understanding of an arrange ment which I made voluntarily. Gen. Lee's army was the first to surren der, and I believed that with such terms all the rebel armies would sur render, and we would thus avoid bushwacking and a continuation of the war in away that we would make very little progress with, having no organized armies to meet. I consid ered that like terms were given to ail the armies that surrendered after that. I will here state that I am not quite certain whether I am being tried or who is being tried by the questions asked. I have stated those views to the President frequently, and, as I have said, he disagreed with me in those views. lie insisted on it that the lead ers must be punished, and wanted to know when the time would come that those persons could be tried. I told him when they violated their parole. I do not consider that that applied to Jeff. Davis; he did not take any pa role. It applied to no person who was captured, only to those who were pa roled. The President contended that General Lee should be tried for treas on. I insisted on it that General Lee would not have surrendered his army and given up all their arms if lie sup posed that after surrendering he was going to be tried for treason and bang ed. I thought we got a very good equivalent for the lives of a few lead ers in getting all their arms and get ting themselves under control, bound by their oaths to obey tiie laws. That was the considerate vhieh I insisted upon we had rec'i ed. The President afterward Jts ■ greeii with nie on thatsubie J never claimed that the paroleg. _ meseprisoners any politi cal right whatsoever. I thought that that was a matter entirely with Con gress, over which I had no control; that simply as a General-in-chief, com manding the army, I had a right to stipulate for the surrender on terms which protected their lives. This is all I claimed. The parole gave them i protection and exemption from punish ment for all offenses not in violation of the rules of civilized warfare so long as their parole was kept. Mr. Johnson seemed to be anxious to get at the leaders to punish them. He would say that the leaders of the rebellion must be punished, and that treason must be made odious. He eared nothing for the men in the ranks—the common men. Speaking of the Amnesty Proc lamation, I could not see any reason why the fact of a volunteer rising to the rank of a General should exclude him any more than any other grades. With reference to the $20,000 clause I thought that a man's success in the world was no reason for his being ex cluded from amnesty, but recollect I afterward said to the President that 1 thought he was right in that particular lar and I was wrong. I looked on the proclamation as one which he was de termined to issue, and as a thing sus ceptible to amendment or improve ment; I have given my opinion, per haps, as to what has been done, bat I do not think I advised any course my self, any more than that I was very anxious to see something done to re store evil governments in those States. I have al ways been attentive to my own duties, and tried not to interfere with other people's; I was always ready to originate matters pertaining to the army, but I never was willing to orig inate matters pertaining to the civil government of the Un ited States; when I was asked my opinion about what had been done I was willing to give it; I originated no plan, and suggested no plan for civil government; I only gave my views on measures after they had originated; I simply expressed an anx iety that something should be done to give some sort of control down there ; there were no governments there when the war was over, and I wanted to see somegovernment established, and wan ted to see it done quickly; I did not pretend to say how it should be done, or in what form. I will state here that before Mr. Lincoln's assassination the question about issuing a proclamation of some sort and establishing some sort of civil government there, was up, and what was done then was continued af ter Mr. Johnson came into office. I have recommended for pardon Gen Longstreet, Gen. J. G. French, George H. Stewart, P. D. Roddy, Gen. Lee and Gen. Johnston. I was in favor of the North Carolina proclamation giv ing that State a government. I was in favor of that or anything else which looked to civil government until Con gress could meet and establish govern ments there; I did not want all chaos left there and no form of civil govern ment whatever \ I was not in favor of anything or opposed to anything par ticularly; I was simply in favor of having government there; I did not pretend to give my judgment as to what it should be; I was perfectly willing to leave it to the civil depart ment; 1 asked no person what I should do in my duties; I was willing to take all the responsibility and did not want to give my views as to what the civil branch of the Government should do; I cannot say positively that 1 have ever heard the President make any remark in reference to the admission of members of Congress from the Rebel States; I have heard him say—and I think I have heard him say twice in his speeches—that if the North carried the elections by members enough to give them, with the Southern mem bers, a majority, why would they not be the Congress of the United Slates. I have heard him say that several times. I mean if the North carried enough members in favor of the ad mission of the South. 1 did not hear him say that he would recognize them as a Congress. I merely heard him ask the question, "Why would they not be the Congress?" 1 heard him say that 111 one or two speeches; do not recollect where. The President alluded to the subject of the legality of Congress frequently on his tour to Chicago and back last summer. His spe dies were generally reported with considerable accuracy; cannot recol lect what he said except in general terms, but I read his speeches at the time, and they were reported with con siderable accuracy. I dul not dissent from tiie North Carolina plan of reconstruction, at the meeting of the Cabinet in which it was discussed. I did 11 t intend to dictate a [dan. I did not think I expressed any opinion about it at the time; i looked upon it simply as a temporary meas ure until Congress should meet and settie the whole question, and that it did not make much difference how it was done so that there was a form of government there; 1 think I was pres ent at the time by an invitation of either the President or the Secretary of War; I suppose I was free to express my views; 1 suppose the object was that I should express my views, if 1 could suggest any change; I did not think I wasaskeil my views; 1 know tiiat if I had been asked the question, 1 would have assented to that or al most anything else that would have given stable government there; in ref erence to the opinion, I know it nev er crossed my mind that what was be ing done was anything more than tem porary. I understand this to be the view of the President and of every dody else. I did not know ot any dif ference of opinion on the .subject. lie was very anxious to have Congress ratify his views. Mr. Lincoln prior to his assassination had inaugurated a p ilicy intended to restore those gov ernments. 1 was [.resent once before VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,423. his murder when a plan was read. The plan adopted by Mr. Johnson wassub i stantially the plan which had been in augurated by Mr. Lincoln, as the basis ! for his future action. 1 no not know i that it was verbatim the same. (•BEAT AMERICAS SHOW. Bondholder to his wife. —Now, my dear, we will ride out and see our show. It is so nice to have a show of your own, and such a show as never was seen before. Go slow, driver, so as not to jolt mad am and I! You wonder, my dear, where I get all my money. 1 will tell you now.— You know that tin box which I kee, in the bank? That is full of United States Bonds. My fortune is in bonds. I draw $OOO,OOO a year in gold as inter est, and as I have no taxes to pay, ol course we can enjoy all this style. You see this first cage? That is a farmer—one of our slaves. He is a working tool of ours—a well meaning man carried away by the negro gag, ciazy on that subject, but entirely wil ling to devote his Mays to labor to paj taxes to support me in idleness. I pay no taxes—he is willing to pay them all. and to pay interest in gold on my pile of bonds. " What does his wife do ?" Aii, my dear, she works hard—wash es milk-pans, churns, rubs, scrubs, patches and darns—sells eggs, butter, chickens and turkeys to us to get a little money to pay back to us as taxes.— Sometimes she weeps and mournsover her lot, but we must not hear her, my dear! The next cage contains a returned soldier, a mechanic. He was a nice man, went to war, fought, lost a leg. came home and is now working to pay taxes to support the government and to pay us nabobs. 4 • Is that right ?" Pshaw! my dear! Don't ask such fool ish questions! Might maaes right,you know! Hewa a poor fool, lie believed all us Radicals said, and was so engaged lighting for his country that hedid not notice how nicely us good, loyal, stay at-home Radicals, by the aid of our loyal, speculating Congress, wound tin bands about him. lie had a brother in the army—killed on a raid for the cot ton our cousin made so much mone\ from, you know. He is now working to redeem his home from the mortgage we put 011 while he was gone, and to raise his portion of the $300,000,000 a year in gold we bondholders demand a interest. You know poor men always work flic best when they are in debt! That is why a national debt is a national bless ing ! Drive on slowly! " Who is that poor woman f" Oh, she is another one of our victims. She had a husband, he went to war, took a cold while on a raid for cotton, mules and silver ware for the benefit ot Curtis, Logan, Butler, Banks, and other thieving Generals, and at last died in a hospital. His wife, or his widow, is now working to support the children.— The government is rial good to her— pays her a bounty—a few pence a day. As us bondholders pay no taxes, and it does not cost us one cent to support the government, we are willing all the women of America should hare bounties, so long as they pay them themselves from their own earnings and do not force us protected bondholders to pay them.— Let them have bounties—by all means —and our interest is payable in gold! Drive on, slowly ! " 117/0 is in dud cage 4 t That, my dear, is a poor miner—he is digging gold for us bondholders. Don't disturb him—don't say anything till we pass him, for the returns from Cali fornia and Montana lead us to fear a little trouble from such fellows. But here is a cage, iny dear, which is nice. You see those orphans at work? They are our slaves—their fathers died in battle, and us bondholders support them. To be sure we don't pay for their support, hut we levy taxes on the fann ers, miners, mechanics, widows and children of the country to support these institutions. We mix up these things, taking care to draw our interest in gold and to sandwich our claims between bounties and orphans, and so the wil ling people of America toil oil! Ain't it nice, my dear, to be smart, and run this show t > suit a few of us bondhol ders ? Never mind that cage, my dear!— Driver, crack up the horses a little!— Touch that off one a little on the flanks with tlie whalebone ! That cage is full of fallen women, vic tims of political preachers, members of Congress, government officers,lecherous old deacons and.others of the God and morality party. They were once good girls, good women, but they fell during the war. But they pay taxes to support us bondholders—they furnish amuse ments for our manly sons—they add to the revenue, and their cages are stills which gather gold from infamy, and that gold buys the laces you wear, my dear ! Drive on, Jehu ! " What cage is (hat ?" A very pretty one, my dear. Hold on, driver. Don't you hear the music ol machinery ? The victims are the fac tory opera lives of New England—slaves to wealth, toilers to support us. We work them early an 1 late—pay them in greenbacks, while our interest is paya ble in gold. They work more hours each day than ever did the slaves of the South. They live poorer, and work harder. We raise their wages once and then lower theiri three times—they work ! at the sound of the whistle or tap of the bell—march to their boarding houses in long lines, likeconvicts, eat from board- I ing house tables and make excellent ; slaves. If they knew their strength | they would upset their cage, but the . sturdy negro there with his rod, keeps | them in very nicely. It isa very nice show, my dear! And now we will see the fun! The keeper will, with Ids great steal hook, go a round and draw out theserip they earn ed while we have been looking at them, and it will serve to buy wine and game for our dinners, pianos for our house, silks for you, and more Bonds for me! Watch sharp, my dear 1 You see how the poor victims act as the hook draws out their earnings! Loan a little back, for some of them have seen us and talk of— Repudiation. Great God ! But that word makes me tremble! Now we can watch them unobserv ed ! See the farmer hold his aching back as the hook draws out his earnings! See the widow weep and look with tearful eye upon her dying child as the hook brings to us the little she lias earned ! See the laborers rush to the drunk ard's cup as their earnings are snatched away! They say they might as well spend their money for beer and whisky as to support us bondholders, so we will enact laws that they shall not spend their money, but give it all to us! Hurry up, Mr. Keeper—rake out all you can—load my carriage and we'll be off to drink the wine and enjoy the lux uries us bondholders purchase with the money hooked from the victims that make up our show. Kiss your fingers to the victims, my dear! They work better if we notice them a little Wave your embroidered handkerchief to the cage we hastened by that the inmates may see our style and treat our sons with more attention. Bub a littleot that imported cologne over in y face—the sight of sweat on the faces of our victims makes mine a little sticky! Don't put your feet up so far lor we arc aristocratic, now —protected pets of Radicalism and must act dis creetly ! A lad from the ''Green Isle," whose occupation is that of blacking stoves, fire-places, and stove-pipes, bearing upon his arm a pot of blacking, with brushes and other implements of his trade, addressed a denizen of the city, who was standing at the door : "Has your honor any stove to polish this morning? I'm the boy fo~ that business." The person addressed not being of a courteous manner, gruffly an swered: "G > about your business."— Pat moved a few steps off, to be out of the reach of a kick,anil replied: "Your honor would not be worse for a little polishing yourself, I'm thinking." THE finest idea of a thunderstorm ex tant is, when Wiggins came home tight. Now, Wiggins is a teacher, and had been to a temperance meeting, and drank too m&ch lemonade, or some thing. lie came into the room among his wife and daughters, and just then he tumbled over the cradle and fell whop on the floor. After a while he rose and said: "Wife, are you hurt?" "No." "Girls, are you hurt?" "No." "Terribleclap, wasn't it?" —The Chicago Tribune says that in central and southern Illinois the small streams are exhausted, the grass is dried up anil cattle have to be driven long distances to find water and pastur age; and the same is true in lowa, Ne braska and other States. If the win ter sets in without heavy rains, there will he great difficulty in keeping stock alive. —A schoolboy, at Northampton, Massachusetts, had his arm broken in three places, last Tuesday, by being pushed from his scat by a comrade. —Fitz Greene lialleck's last words were, "hand me my pantaloons, M try," uldressed to his sister. She turned to the other side of tiie room to get them, and as she did so he expired. —Nine of the government camels, imported at a heavy expense a few years ago, for beasts of burden, have been sold to a menagerie. —Tennessee owes $35,f>62,333, and has not the means to pay it. Taxes are al ready so high that they are driving capital and business from the State. —Owing to tne continued drought, the farmers of Washington county, Va., have not yet finished sowing wheat, and some have not even finish ed plowing. —The last valuation of property of the State of Ohio is §1,140,00b,000, near ly one-half enough to pay the national debt. —The upper portion of East Tennes see is represented to be full of grain, wheat and corn, waiting purchasers and a rise in the rivers. —A colored preacher claims one thousand dollars damages for being e jeeted irom the street ears at Terre Haute, Indiana. —The negroes in Georgia, aregrumb ling since the election, because they "don't see nothin ob de franchise what was gwain to be gub us." They sus pect their white managers for cheating them. —The Illinois Central ltailroad Com pany is said to he obliged to bring wa ter for its engines to one of the water stations a distance of fifty-four miles. —A fellow has been arrested in Lon don for acting as a trainer ol youthlul thieves, it was shown that lie had a school,and gave rcgular lessons in log ue ry.