ibf Bedford fnqttim. BEDFORD^ GEN. CAMERON. Many warm friends of Gen. Cameron having repeatedly urged upon the President his name as a member of the- Cabinet, it is proper to state that he has frequently informed Mr. Lincoln that all steps in this direction vrere without his sanction, and that there wac no position, in his gift he had any desire to occupy. There is the best of feeling between Gen. Cameroh and the President.—Ex change. It must be a considerable of a satisfaction (per haps) to the ' ; many warm friends of Gen. Came ron" to peruse the above pretty morceau. Yet somehow we don't understand how it is, they Jeeep REPEATEDLY urging upon the President his name as a member of the Cabinet, and he iceeps FRE QUENTLY informing Mr. Lincoln "that all steps in this direction were without his sanction, and that there was no position in his (the President's) gift, he had any desire to occupy." We should think that it would be proper under the circumstances for the "many warm friends of the General" to stop repeatedly urging him upon the President," so that he won t be obliged to be so frequently in forming him "that all steps in this direction are taken without his sanction. ' The information, pleasant as it is, in the extratct given, is not so full as we should like". "In this connection'' we should like to know what the President has been saying to Gen. Cameron about his becoming a member of the Cabinet We are told that the General's "many warm friends are repeatedly urg ing him upon the President," and "he is frequent ly informing the President that all steps in this direction are without Lis sanction." Why not inform us how many times the President has invited the General to become a member of his Cabinet ? We should like to know very mneh. We are much gratified with the assurance that "there is the best of feeling between Gen. Came ron and the President," especially as it is now something over five weeks since we have seen the same assurance in the papers ; an assurance that has gladdened the hearts of every body, who has a heart to be gladdened under the circumstances, once in four weeks, if our memory serves us, now, ever since Congress passed certain resolutions re lating to the administration of one of the Depart ments at Washington. We sincerely hope, that "the best ot feeling" will continue to exist be tween General Cameron and the President, as it has, since that time. THE VICE PRESIOENT. We find in the Pittsburgh Gazette the following editorial on the late disgraceful exhibition made by the Vice President at the inauguration. We fully approve its sentiments ; "We.have hitherto refrained from commenting upon the fact that the Y ice President disgraced himself and the nation by appearing in a state of intoxication at the time of his induction into office and inflicting upon his hearers a maudlin, drunken speech, not because we hoped thereby to hide the unpleasant fact from our readers, or shrink from condemning the grievous fault committed, but because we hoped that a little delay would bring us some mitigation of the report, and render the transaction less disgraceful than was at first stated. We have waited, however, in vain; and now that the facts are beyond dispute, we join with the Re publican press of the country in telling the Vice President that having utterly disgraced himself, subjected his party to the keenest mortification, and made his country a laughing stock in the eyes of the world, the least reparation he can make is to rcsignj After this exhibition of himself, he cannot occupy that place any longer with honor or credit. His good name is lost, and he cannot re gain it by holding on to a place he has disgraced. If he attempts to hold on to it he will thereby show himself insensible to shame, and therefore all the more unfitted for that high position. But what if he does not resign ? Then let him be impeached, or reached in some other way by the action of the Senate. In selecting its Stand ing Committees the other day, the Senate exclu ded therefrom Messrs. Saulsbury and McDougall, because of their notorious drunkenness; and if it can thus punish its own members for that vice, it can say emphatically to the Vice President that it will not have a drunkard to preside over it. The Democratic papers are welcome to make out of this affair all the capital they can. The Republican papers of the country have all con demned the Vice President most heartily, and the party, having washed its hands of this criminality cannot be held responsible for it. On this aspect of the subject we coincide fully with the following from the New York Tribune. Certain opposition journals seek to make party capital out of the alleged fall: let us see how fitly: Throughout the late session of Congress, two Senators, and two only, have been conspicuously and persistently intemperate. Both of them are of the Opposition. One of them has frequently inter rupted and disturbed the proceedings of the Senate by his drunken ebullitions. Neither of them has ever been publicly rebuked by any journal of his party. On the contrary, one has just been re-elec ted for a full term of si* years by the whole strength of that party in his State, without a whis of a Dem ocratic dissent from any quarter. And now the very journal that is most noisily assailing the friends of the Administration because of Mr. Johnson's lapse is simultaneously denouncing as prescriptive and outrageous the omission by the majority of the Senate of the names of those two drunken Sena tors from each and all of the Standing Committees! From the New York Evening Post, we make the following extract on this subject;— We have not alluded to the subject, firstly because the report had not come to us in any authentic shape ; secondly, because we are never in haste to parade matters of this sort before our readers ; and thirdly, because, supposing the reports in such cases to be true, we always hope that the offenses are ac cidental and transient, and that the poignant humil iation of the offenders will teach them repentance and self-respect for the future. Several of our most estimable public men, unfortunately, have been vic tims to depraved appetites, and have disgraced their functions and themselves by open exhibition of their vice. But we have seldom known much good to be done by denouncing their aifirmities in the public prints. Private counsel and affection, or the official care of an asylum, are the best remedies in most cases." "If it be true, however, as so respectable an au thority as the Independent alleges, that the Vice President lost himself in the presence of the domes tic and foreign dignitaries, the women, children and people gathered by the ceremonies of the inaugura tion, we entirely agree with that print, that "it is the plain duty of Mr. Johnson either to apologize for his conduct, or to resign his office," or, Hie will add, in the event of his declining the alternative, it will become the duty of the Senate to act in the premises." CONSOLIDATED.—' The Examiner and the Chnm ich leading Baptist papers published in the city of New York have been united, and are now publish ed as the Examiner and Chronicle. They have been regarded as among the very best relig ious journals in the Country. Uniting the talent and means employed in the publication of each paper separately, the one Examiner and Chroni cle will possess facilities scarcely equalled by any other journal of its class. It is a large and hand somely printed paper ; the terms are two dollar* art* a half a year, in advanoe. The River Bed Swindle. < This swindle has taker, a new phase. Whether > the old bill has been abaudonadbecause of the 1 public indignation against it, orflkeuse the con spirators found it impossible to paSffi it in a shape to suit themselves, we cannot say; but it is certain that anew scheme has taken its place, and the in dications, are that the friends of the former swin dle will transfer their attentions and affections to this. • The new scheme is contained in a bill introduced into the Senate by Mr. Beardslee to incorporate "the River Oil Company.", It incorporates a number of corporaters under this title with a cap ital of one million dollars divided into 10,000 shares of SIOO each, and gives them the exclusive right "to dig. mine, drill and bore for iron, coal.' limestone, sand, gravel, fire-clay, oil. salt and other minerals; upon and under the beds" of the "Alle gheny and Clarion rivers and their branches North of the North line of Allegheny county. " The State reserves to itself the right to re-occupy the premises after fifteen years, if the company has in that time made over 10 per cent., and the company is to pay a royalty to the State "of 25 per cent, not annually on all of said products." These are the main features of the bill, and our readers will see that it is the old swindle in a new shape, its concocters yielding only in the matter of royalty, which they have had the kindness to in crease from five to twenty-five per cent. The main design of getting possession of the river beds for oil speculation, is adhered to, and this is the ma in point to which the people object. How much of this stock of $1,000,000 it will require to put this bill through, none but the ini tiated ki>ow. We judge, however, that the amount of "working capital" reserved will not exceed, in i proportion, that reserved in the common run of i oil companies. Who are to come in on the "ground floor?" The State should, of right; but the State is a bird for every one to pluck, and her share will be of the smallest. When the yeas and r nays on the passage of this bill are published, it will be easier to solve such problems. We protest against this whole thing of giving i up river beds for any such purposes. The State has the sovereignty over our navigable streams, and she has no right (shall we not say that she has • no power ?) to yield that sovereignty into the ■ hands of private speculators. The navigable t streams of the State belong to the people of the ; State, and the idea of giving up such streams, as t the Allegheny and Clarion into private hands, not for the public benefit but for personal aggrandize ment, and to the public injury, is preposterous.— Let every member of the Legislature who knows when he is well off, keep his hands clean of all ' such measures. Pittsburgh Gazette. * DEMOCRATIC LEADERS—DEMAGOGUES. There has been for some time past a military I commission in session at Harrisburg for the tiial p of men resisting the draft. The cafie of Patrick > Curley was called on the 25th ult. He plead guil , ty and submitted the following statement to the . Court. ! To the Honorable Commitsion : . Now, the 25th of February, 1865, I, Patrick Cur ley, waive my right to a trial on the charge and spe ' cifications pending against me. and plead not guilty ; but beg leave to submit the following statement: I was a member of the Democratic party of Clearfield county, and Governor William Bigler and Senator ' Wallace were its acknowledged leaders. On the 13th day of August, 1864, they held a large meeting ! in the town of Clearfield, some three thousand peo ple being present, at which these gentlemen made speeches, the tenor and effect of which was that no i more men or money should be furnished for the ! prosecution of the war. I was present at that meet s mg, and with others was taught to believe that it was the purpose and intent of our party to entirely ' withhold its support from the Government in carry r ing on the war. I was informed by Samuel Lowns berry and others that a secret society was being or ganized for that purpose, and was induced to attend a meeting at Jacob Hubler s, where I was sworn in f to the society by John J. Kyler. I was mis-led into 3 joining the organization and pursuing the course I did, by the counsel of Gov. Bigler and Senator YVal lace, as given at the meeting 1 have mentioned.— 1 After I was arrested and learned all the circumstan -7 ces; I voluntarily stated to Major Gable, the officer who had first charge of me, all the circumstances and facts within my knowledge, giving him the cou " stitution and forms of the organization. I was pa , roled, and while I was at home devoted my time to t assisting the officers of the Government in the dis charge of eheir duties. It is my purpose and de sire to sustain the Government, and to discharge t my whole duty as a loyal citizen of Clearfield county.- P. CURI.E V. 3 "Senator Wallace" is Wni. A. Wallace, Derno j cratic State Senator from the district composed of - Clearfield, Cambria &c. The AUeghenian says, "he has always been a consistent ultra Copperhead j and his voice is never raised, in the halls of legis t lature or out, except in defence of treason and re y bellion. "Gov. Bigler" is a leader of the Democ racy, and has great influence in choosing the r course of his party in this state. Such are the : men that are leading the miserable remains of the J once great Democratic Party on to its final de f struction. LEWISTOWN GAZETTE. —The last No. of the Gazette announces a change in its management.— Mr. David Over, formerly, for a number of years, the publisher of the BEDFORD INQITRER, having purchased the establishment, Mr. Over has been very successful here, and no doubt will make the Gazette an interesting and influential paper. He has been a staunch Union man from the beginning of the present rebellion; always giving the Govern ment a steady and unfaltering support in the prosecution of measures necessary for the preser vation of the Nation. When we wish him the blessing of prosperity and kind fortune, we but speak the feeling of his many friends in this county. ______________ WAR SUMMARY. The official despatch of General Sheridan, com municated in Secretary Stanton's bulletin, shows that he is accomplishing the work he was set about with thoroughness and his usual success. After de feating Early at Waynesboro' he took possession the next day of Charlottesville, the Mayor and the prin ciple inhabitants coming out aud delivering up the keys of the public buildings. Detained at Char lottesville two days by the bad weather, Sheridan employed his forces in destroying two large bridges and the railroad for eight miles toward Lynchburg. On the 6th, dividing his forces into two columns, one proceeded to Amherst Court House, in the di rection of Lynchburg, destroying all the railroad bridges, many of them long and costly structures. The other column struck tne James River at Scotts ville. destroying as it moved, all the merchant mills canal locks#and bridges on the Rivanna river. It was 4 General Sheridan's intention to cross the James nver below Lynchburg, but the enemy burnt the bridges, and the high water rendered his pontoon tram useless. Returning down the river, the James river canal was effectually destroyed. At New Can ton the guard lock was destroyed, and the swollen waters of the river were let into the canal, carrying away the banks and washing out the bottom. The dam across the river was also injured. Twelve ca nal laden with supplies of amunition, rations and medical stores were captured. General Sheri dan says he had found great abundance of food, both for his men and animals, the canal having been the great feeder of Richmond. Since the defeat of Early our forces had met with no opposition, the enemy being completely bewildered by our movements.— All tie bridges on the railroad between Staunton and Charlottesville, and for a distance of ten miles toward Gordonsville were also destroyed. Com modore Hollias, of the rebel navy, formerly a resi dent of Maryland, who deserted our service at the commencement of the war, was shot near Gordons uille, while attempting to make his escape. Gen. Sheridan's despatch is dated at Columbia, on Friday last, and was sent direct to Gen. Grant. Columbia is a small village in Fluvania connty, at the conflu ence of the Rivanna and James river canal, fifty-two miles from Richmond. It is about the same distance from Burke's Junction, the intersection of the Rich mond and Lynchburg Road and the Richmond and Danville Roads. Of course nothing is said of Gen. Sheridan's further movements, but should he suc ceed in crossing the James river, Burke's_ Junction would be a tempting prize. The destruction of the railroad there would completely sever communica tion between Richmond and Lynchburg. The work done by Sheridan is, however, sufficiently impor tant, if it is already ended. After several previous failures by other commanders, he has succeeded in reaching and destroying the James river canal, through which Lee has received at least one-half of the food for his army. He has also destroyed be yond present repair, all the Rebel railroads north of the James river between Richmond, Charlottesville Staunton and Lynchburg. Add to this that he has given Early another whipping, captured nearly two thousand prisoners and fourteen guns, and we have substantial results that must satisfy even "Cavalry Sheridan." Gen. Schofield, in a dispatch to Gen. Grant, da ted at Wises' Fork, N. C., on the 10th, states that the enemy made a heavy attack that day on our left and centre, but were decidedly repulsed with heavy loss. Their dead and badly wounded were left on the field, and several hundred prisoners fell into our hands. General Couch was only twelve miles dis tant and would make a junction with Schofield on the next day. Prisoners taken in the fight were of Lee and Stewart's corps, and they reported that the rest of Johnston's army was moving toward Kinston. General Schofield's dispatch says nothing of the fight of the Bth, in which Bragg claimed to have defeated and driven back our forces. A press despatch from Newbern states that the Rebel victory on the Bth amounted only to the cap ture of three small guns and a line of skirmishers, and that, elated by this success, on the 10th they made several most reckless charges on our entrench ed lines, and were each time repulsed with heavy loss. Our forces are within three miles of Kinston, and the railroad has been completed from Newbern up to that point. General Couch's column, from Wilmington, had communicated with General Scho field, and would form a junction that day. The reb el force at Kinston was supposed to be from twen ty-five to thirty thousand strong. Gen. Lee and the Rebel Secretary of War, Breckinridge, had been at Kinston. The Richmond papers publish a dispatch from Gen. Lee, claiming that Hampton had attacked and defeated Gen. Kilpatrick's cavaliy. Our men are said to have been driven from theircamp, their guns wagons and horses captured, but it is added the guns and wagons "could not be brought off for want of horses." We presume that the truth of the affair is that Hampton made a surprise attack but was af terwards driven off with loss. This is probably true from the fact that Lee reports one Lieut. Col. tilled" and a Brigadier General, two Colonels and one Ma jor wounded. The locality of the fight is not given further than it was in South Carolina. The Rebel papers try to make the most of the affair, but are vei7 quiet about Sheridan and Sherman. Another skirmish between General Sherman's cavalry and that under the Rebel Gen. Wade Hampton, on the 3dinßt., at a point not named, is reported in the Richmond papers. The Rebel Col. Aiken was kil led, and Hampton's Adjutant General was wounded but these are all the particulars furnished. The Richmond Examiner is informed by a Rebel officer from South Carolina that General Sherman has com. pletely devastated the portion of that State through which he passed. This officer says he has not spared a home in his track. The Rebel Senate has finally passed the bill for arming three hundred thousand slaves by one ma jority—nine to eight. The Enquirer is out in an . other editorial on Congress, and says Wigfall, of Texas, admits being engaged in a conspiracy to de throne Davis, and claims that it is being done in a legal way. He says that Hunter is to succeed to the Presidency by legitimate process. It threatens them that if they are successful in this scheme that Lee will wrest the sceptre from the conspirators and pro claim himself dictator. The tobacco captured at Fredericksburg the Rebels say was in process of be ing smuggled into our lines in accordance with an ar rangement made by the celebrated Peace Democrat Singleton, of Illinois. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. A THREE cent copper coin has been ordered by law—lobe a legal tender up to sixty cents. The three cent postal currency is to be withdrawn. A GREAT CHANGE. —The extraordinary spectacle of a black man testifying against a white person was witnessed in the Police Court of St Louis for the tirst time in the State's history, on Monday last. The white person was a woman, an ex-inmate of the workhouse. ANOTHER GREAT FALLS.— The Snake Falls, of Or egon, are exciting lots of talk among the Western tourists. The height of the falls is 200 feet, and the width 2,000 feet. When the Pacific Railroad is completed, this will become a fashionable visiting place, as Niagara is now, with a wider ranee of cu riosities, to attract the attention of visitors. ANTIMONY ''STRUCK. I '—lt is stated that in boring for oil in Wirt county, West Virginia, recently some parties struck a rich vein of antimony. The sum of $360 per ton was at once offered for all the discov erers conld supply, and at these rates their profits will rival those of the silver mines of Washoe and the oil wells of Venango. A "JUBILEE."— The colored people of New York intend having a grand jubilee on the 18th of April, and preparations are already being made for it. All the organizations among them will appear in a grand procession, which, it is expected, will be the grand est of the kind that ever was marshalled by them. They are already endeavoring to obtain furloughs for as many of the colored soldiers in the army of the James as can be conveniently spared. VALUE OF A PET CROW. —A jury in Onondago County have fixed the value of a pet crow at $75. The crow was thoroughly tamed, and could articu late several words. Among others it would sinf out "Old Bob Crouse," in a very loud tone of voice. For this offense a Mr. Robert Crouse, hired a boy to wring the neck of the offending bird, which was done, and the owner brought an action for damages and recovered seventy-five dollars. A BOT SUICIDE. —A boy named Josiah Watson, about twelve years of age, residing at Bordentown, N. J., was put out to service on a farm near that place, but went home several times to see his moth er, without permission and had been taken back. On Friday last he was refused permission to go again and thereupon threatened to hang himself. It was thought to be a boyish threat, and no attention was Said to it 5 but on going to the barn shortly after, is employer found the boy hanging to one of the beams Dy the neck, and before he was able to cut him down life had become extinct. A CURIOUS PROSECUTION is now in progress before the Recorder in Philadelphia. Three preliminary hearings have been had, and the case stands ad journed. Three or four distinguished and high-toned citizens charge an equal number of other prominent citizens with perpetrating a big coal oil swindle up on them. The facts in brief are these : Thirty gen tlemen recently purchased thirty acres of land in the oil regions at one thousand dollars per acre. Each gentleman contributed or held himself responsible for an equal share. A committee of three was ap pointed to visit the property and examine the title. The committee it is alleged, divided the whole a mount of thirty aeres into two tracts —one contain ing the usual surface indications of the oleaginous material, while the other part was valueless. The committee, it is further alleged, conveyed the oily part to an individual and allotted the other to the company. The affair ,eaked out and the suit was instituted. The case has made some stir among op erators in coal oil stocks. The prosecuting party claim that the other party must disgorge or go to prison. The other party contend that everything was done fairly and above board. TERRIBLE INUNDATIONS IN RUSSIA.— The Rus sian journals speak of the terrible inundations in the Caucasus. One account says : "The Laba, the Kouban, and its tributary streams have overflowed, carrying away all the bndges, rooting up enormous trees, and even dis placing rocks. The Laba had become- such an im petuous torrent that its current carried away to a* great distance everything before it The appear ance of the country has entirely changed. The rivers have left their old beds, and made themselves new ones , islands covered with trees have disap peared to the bottoms of the valleys, which are filled with stones, the trunks of trees, <fcc. The disaster is great, and will give a sensible blow to industry and newly'awakened commerce of that un fortunate country.' PROCLAMAMION BY THE PRESIDENT. PARDON OFFERED TO DESERTERS. WASHINGTON, March 10. By the President of the United States of America : A PROCLAMATION— Whereas, the twenty-first section of the act of Congress approved, on the thin! instant, entitled "An act to amend several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out of National Forces, and for other purposes, lequiring that in ad dition to other lawful penalties of the crime of de sertion from the military or naval service, all per sons who have deserted from the military or naval service of the United States, who shall not return to said service or report themselves to provost mar shals within sixty days after the proclamation here inafter mentioned, be deemed and taken to have vol untarily relinquished and forfeited their rights to citizenship, and their right to become citizens, and such deserters shall be forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of the citizens thereof, and all persons who shall hereafter desert the mili tary or naval service, and all persons who being du ly enrolled shall depart from the jurisdiction of' the district in whtch he is enrolled, or go beyond the limits of the United States with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service duly ordeied, shall lie liable to the penalties of this section, ana the President!? hereby authorized and required forth with, on passage of this act, to issue his proclamation getting forth tne provisions of this section, in which proclamation the press is requested to notify all de serters, returning within sixty days, as aforesaid, that they shall be pardoned on condition of return ing to their regiments and commands, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, un til they snail serve for a period of time equal to their original term of enlistment, Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as re quired by the aforesaid act of Congress, ordering and requiring all deserters to return to their posts; and I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall within sixty days from the date of this proclamation viz: on or before the 15th day of May, 1865, return to the service or report themselves to a provost mar shal, shall be pardoned, on the condition that they return to their regiments and companies, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, and serve the remainder of their original term of enlist ment, and in addition thereto a period equal to the term lost by desertion. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed. Done at the City of Washington this 11th day of March, A. D., 1865, and of the Independence of the United States the eightv-ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, W, H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. HEADQUARTERS, PROVOST MARSHALL, SIXTEENTH DISTRICT PENX'A., CHAMBERSBURG, March 18th, 1865. The following Opinion of the Attorney General of the Unite! States is published for the information of the peo ple ofthis District. G-EO. EYSTER, Capt. and OPIXiO.V. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OrFicK, Feb. 9, 1856. Sim In your letter of the 28th January, you ask my opinion on the legal points presented in tke letter of Gov. A. G. Curtin, to you, of date the 25th January. Governor Curtin's letter is in relation to the construc tion of the Act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1863, commonly called the Enrolment Act. He insists— -Ist. That the words "period of service," since the com mencement of the rebellion, as used in the 12th section of the Act, do not require the President, in assigning the quotas to the several States to take into consideration the whole term of enlistment of the volunteer and militia man; and 2d. That that part of the act of the 3d of March, 1863, which makes the period rf service an element in the cal culation necessary to determine the number of men due from a State, district, county, or town, has been repealed by the 2d section of the Act amendatory of the Enroll ment Act, approved 24th February, 1864. It will be more convenient to consider these questions in the reverse order, inasmuch, as if it shall be found that the repeal has been made, as contended for, the tirst point made by the Governor need not be considered. The great objects of the Enrollment Act arc: let. To declare who shall constitute the national forces: and 21. To organize a plan by which the national forces < <uj lie made available. Subordinate to the purpose of raising and organizing the national forces, the plan adopted by Congress shows a desire that the draft upon the industrial population of the several States, and the communities thereof, should be equalized as neorly as practicable. By the Ith section of the Act of the 3d of March, 1863, the United States is divided into districts, of which the District of Columbia shall constitute one, each Territory of the United States shall constitute ono or more, as tho President shall direct, and each Congressional District of the respective States, as fixed by law of the State next preceding the enrollment, shall constitute one. The Bth gection provides, that there shall be a Board of Enrol ment in each District. By the 9th section, it is provided, that if the Board of Enrolment shall deem it necessary, a District may be divided into two, and with the assent of the Secretary of War, into any greater number of Sub divisions. By the 12th section, it is made the duty of the Presi dent, in assigning to the Districts the number of men to be furnished therefrom, to take into consideration the number of volunteers and militia furnished by and from the several States in which said Districts arc situated, and the period of their service since the commencement of the present rebellion; and shall so make said assignment as to equalize the numbers among the Districts, considering and allowing for the numbers already furnished as afore said, and the time of their service. It is evident, from the face of this Act, that the several States a nd Districts had furnished a number of volunteers and militia, and for periods of service. The first duty of the President was to have the national forces enrolled; his next duty was to ascertain what num ber of volunteers and militia had been furnished from the several States, and the periods of their service since the commencement of the present rebellion; and then from what Districts in the several States they came, that he might eqnalizc the numbers among the Districts of the several States, considering and allowing for the numbers rlrcady furnished ,\s aforesaid, and the time of their sci viee. Under the Act of the 3d of March, 1863, it is plain that he had no right and power to cut up a District into counties, townships, precincts or wards, in order to equal ize the draft therein. The authority given in the 9th sec tion to sub-divide a District was for the purpose of facili tating or expediting the enrolment, and with no reference to equalisation, It might, und doubtless did happen in many Districts, that one well defined portion ofa district, as a county, township, or ward, had furnished greatly more than the number due therefrom, whilst other parts of the same District, equally ♦ell defined, had furnished few or none, thereby making a draft upon the District necessary; and yet, under the Act, it was not in the pow er of the President to make the draft otherwise than equal over tha whole District. This was unjust and op pressive. In order to correct this flagrant hardship and injustice, Congress, by the 2d section of the Act of 24th February, 1864, and which is amendment of the Aet of 3d March, 18g3, declared that the quota of each ward of city, town, township, precinct, or election district, or of a county, where the county ißnot divided into wards, towns, townships, precincts or election dist.icts, shall be, as nearly as poseible, in proportion to the nnmber of men resident therein liable to military service, taking into ac count' as far as practicable, the number which has been previously famished therefrom. It is earnestly insisted, and most ingeniously argued, that this 2d section of the amended Aet repeals so much of the 12th section of the Aet of the 3d of March, 1863, as makes it the duty of the President to take into considera tion the period of service of the volunteers and militia from the several States. The argument in favor of the repeal rests wholly upon the words of the amendatory Act—"the number which has been previously furnished t ierefrom." It is insisted that ••number," as here used, means an arithmetical count. I cannot so understand it The Act of the 3d March, 1863, had prescribed a mode by which the number of men due from the several States, and the Districts of the several States, should be ascer tained; and that mode required, not a single connt but a consideration of the period of service of men previously furnished. Congress used the word number in the 2d section of the amendatory Act, understanding that the mode of uount prescribed In the original Act would be preserved. There are many evidences noon the face of the amend atory Act which ..how that it was not the intention ef Congress to change the mode of eoant prescribed in the original Ant. ~'*l% The amended Act does not undertake to say how the quota of a State or District is to be ascertained. In as certaining what number is due from a State or District the President must pursue the mode prescribed in the 12th section of the original Act—he must take into con sideration the period of service; and yet, under the con struction insisted upon, when he c-omcs to equalise the | draft, as authorised to do by the amended Act, in the Districts, he must be controlled by simple numbers. It cannot bo that Congress intended one mode of count for the States and Districts, and a different and wholly ia -1 consistent one for the Sub-divisions of the Districts. la ' extricable confusion would result. 1 From the language used in various parts of the amend atory act it is evident that Congress did not intend to disturb the mode of count prescribed in the original act. For instance, in the Bth section of the amendatory art, it ■ is said that the town, ward, or township shall be creited ' by hi* tervicee, and in the 7th section, "the period for r which he shall have been drafted," all going to show that I time of service was held to be an element in the count. Nor do I think that the argument in favor of the repeal 4 aided by the language of the Ist section of the act, en titled "An act further to regulate and provide for the calling out of the national forces," approved 4th July, 1864. The act says that "any such volunteer, or in case of draft, as hereinafter provided, any substitute shall be credited to the town," Ac. Congress meant that the cred it should be given according to the mode of count pre scribed in the act of 3d March, 1563. The whole purpose of the 2d section of the amendatory act was to enable the President to equalise the draft in the several districts, surely not to have one mode of count in ascertaining the quotas of the several States and dis tricts, ami another mode for equalizing the districts. Be sides, it is hardly to be considered that Congress would thus incidentally strike from so important a statute a fca. ture so prominent and equitable. 1 am, therefore, of the opinion that the mode of ascer taining and assigning to State* and districts their respec tive quotas, as prescribed in the 12th section of the act of the 3d July, 1863, is not repealed, and that the same mode must be pursued in equalizing the draft among the sub divisions of each district Next comes the question, what is the mode of count prescribed in the 12th section of the act of 3d March, 1683? It is very plain that Congress regarded that a consider ation of the period of service would change the rule from a merely numerical one. Koine credit was to be given for the period of service as* well as for the man. Congress has fixed various periods of service, and States and dis tricts, and fractions of districts, had furnished meD, for these periods of service. Now how is the credit to be given? Before proceeding to answer the question; it may be proper to state, that it is insisted that the words "period of time" and "time of service," as used in the 12th section of the act of March 3, 1863, mean something different from term of service. It seems to me that the phrases mean one and the same thing. When the word terw ia used in reference to time, it is, according to the lexico graphers, very nearly the synonym cf period. The dif ference betwixt them; if any, is too uncertain and shad owy to believe that Congress meant by the use of one something different from what is understood by the oth er. But the words period and term, both occur in after parts of the acts now under consideration. In the 18th section of the act of 1863, the termyjf service is spoken of and the term of re-inlistment, whilst in the 7th section of the amendment act, it is the period for which he shall liaVe enlisted, and the period for which he shall have been drafted. Thus it will be perceived, that upon the very face of these acts, CongTessused the words as mean ing the same thing. It happens to in the act. that nei ther word may be used, and the same idea intended, as in the Bth section of the amended act, where the language is "shall be credited by his services." Regarding then "period of service" and "term of ser vice," as meaning thd same thing, any argument predica ted upon a difference must be disregarded. And thus we are brought back to the question, how is the credit to be given ? Must the credit l>c for the time of actual sendee or the period of enlistment ? j I think that Congress intended by the words "period service," to give credit for the time of his enlistment. When a mnn enlists in the service of the Government for one two, or three years, his services are due to the Gov ernment for that period, and during that period his ser vices are withelil from the industrial pursuits of life. The act speaks as though there was a certain and fixed period for the services of each man, and yet, if any period or time is taken, other than the term of enlistment, by some system of averages or-guesses, a rnle must be fixed. To do so would violnte the certainty contemplated by the act. I am, therefore, of the opinion that the President must, under the act, give credit by the whole period or term for which the mar. enlisted. Whether this is the rule which should have been adop ted by Congress, whether it does not operate unequally, and whether it is exactly just or not, are questions that cannot be now considered. It is familiar to all, that spe cial eases of hardship will occur by the application of any general rule, nevertheless the law, as written, must be pursued and enforced. Very respecttully yonr obedient servant JAMES SPEED, Attorney tien'l. To tkc President. (marl7lt) ORPHANS' COURT SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bedford County, the subscriber will sell at public sale, on the premises, in Snake Spring township, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of MARCH, 1865, all that \"A i.C.I It CK TRACT OF of which JACOB SHI SS died seized, containing 210 ACRES, more or less, 75 aeres of which are cleared land, and in a high state of cultivation. Tin acres of this land is meadow and the balance is well timbered. The improvements an-a Log House, Log Barn, and other necessary buildings; also an orchard of Choice Fruit Trees, containing a rare selection of Plums. There is also a never failing Spring of excellent water. Thig very desirable farm is in a good community, and possesses tunny conveniences to which we would invite the attention of purchasers. THE TERMS will be made known on the day of sale. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day. DANIEL SHUSS, Administrator feb24 of the estate of Jacob Shuas, dee'd, QRPHANS' COURT SALE Valuable Real Estate. By virtue of an order of the Orphan's Court of Bedford County, the subscriber will sell at public sale, on the premises, in Napier township, on SATURDAY THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 1885, all that Valuable Tract of Land, Of which WILLIAM N. BLACKBURN died seized containing 100 ACRES cleared and under fence' about TEN ACRES of which is GOOD MEADOW the balance being WELL TIMBERED. The improvements are a large Log II on NO. Rouble Lo* Burn. Tenant House, and other necessary buildings; also an ORCHARD OF CHOICE FRUIT TREES. This farm adjoins lands of David Lingenfelter, Robert Mackburn, Thomas P. Stndnbaker, Nathaniel Carson, and others, and is two miles from Schellsburg, and con venient to Mills, Churches, and Schools. 1 ERMS.—-One-third of the purchase money at thcoon firmation ot the sale, the balance in two equal annual payments, with interest, Sale to commence at 10 o'clock of aaid day. EDMUND S. BLACKBURN, Trustee for sale of real estate of William N. Blackburn, dee'd. febl7:st VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE! IN Hopewell Township, Bedford county, near Wishart'i Mill, on Yellow Creek, about four miles from Hone well Station on the H. A B. T. R. R., and within six miles of the Broad Top Coal Mines, which affords one of the best markets in the country for all marketing a farmer can pioduce. It contains Two Hnndred Acrea good limestone land, about One Hnedred and Fifty acres of which are cleared and in a good state of eultivatioa— convenient to schools and churches. It is now occupied by Henry Clapper, who will giv, parties calling any information desired in regard to the land. For fur ther information, address R. B. WIGTON, M -to -to.. President Glamorgan Iron Co., Nor. 18, 186 L Huntingdon, Pa. XT. m. 7-80 LOAX. JK M V . By authority of the Secretary of the Treeaary, the un dersigned ha# assumed the General Subscription Agency for the sale of United State# Treasury Bote#, bearing (even and three-tenth# per cent, interest, per annum, known aa the HEV EX-THIRTY LOAX. Thc.<e Notes are issued under date of August 15th, 1964, and are payable three years from that time, in currency " or are convertible at the option of the holder into U. g. 5-80 SIX PER CERT. BOJYDS. These bond® are now worth a premium of nine |er eent., including gold interest from Nor., which mates the actual profit on the 7-MO loan, at current rates, inda ding interest, about ten per cent, per annum, besides It# exemption from State and municipal taxation, which add* from one to three per cent, more, according to the rate levied on other property. The interest is payable semi annually by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off and sold to any bank or banker. The interest amounts to Oae cent per day en a SSO note. Two cent* " " " SIOO " Ten " ' " SSOO - 30 " " " SIOOO $1 - " " SSOOO Nctes of all the denominations named will be promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions. This is THE OXLY LOAX IX MARKET now offered by the Government, and it is confidently ex pected that its superior advantages will make it the GREAT POPFLAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE. Less than $200,000,060 remain unsold, which will pro bably be disposed of within the next 00 or 96 days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been the case on closing the subscriptions to other Loans. In order that citisens of every town and section of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the loan, the National Banks, State Banks, and Private Bankers throughout the country have generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the notes for which they receive orders. JAY COOKE, SUBSCRIPTION AGENT, PBii.ADßi.rHia. BcßsnniPTio;s WILL BE BECEIVED by the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HOLLIDAYBBURG. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ALTOONA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HUNTINGDON. NATIONAL BANK OF CHAMBERSBURG. feb24:3m PUBLIC SALE op Valuable Real Estate. By virtue of an order of the Orphans* Court of Bed ford County, the undersigned Administrator and Trustee for the sate of the real estate of John Metigar, iate of Juniata township, Bedford county, deceased, will sell at public outcry, upon the premises, ON SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH NEXT, all the following described property, to wit: .A. TRACT OF L.AJUTX) Situate in Juniata township, Bedford county, adjoining land# of John Tred well, on the north: Alexander Shoe maker, on the north-east; Ellen Showman and Daniel Metigar, on the east; Emanuel Palmer, ou the south east: Leonard May and John Kerr, on the south; and Frederick Hildebrandt, on the west; containing 404 ACRES AND 34 PERCIKS, About 175 acres cleared and under fence, with a two sto ry and a-half BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, TENANT HOUSE, LARGE BANK BARN, and STABLE, suffi cient for stabling 46 horses, with other out-buildings thereon erected. The above described property being a finelocation for a Hotel, and being situate within two miles and a-half of the line of the proposed Southern Railroad. Sale to commence at one o'clock of said day. feb24 . JOHN ALSIP. Administrator. QRPHANS* COURT SALE Valuable House and Lot. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bed ford County, the subscriber will sell at public sale, on the premises, in the town of Woodberry, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1865, all that VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND# Situate on Main street, being sixty feet in front and ex tending back one hundred and ninety feet to an alley, adjoining lots of Samuel J. Castner, Esq., on the north, and Methodist Episcopal Church, on tbe south, and known as lot No. 27 in the plan of said town, having thereon erected a large two story, rough-cast frame DWELLING HOUSE, with basement and necessary out-buildings. This house and lot are situated in the flourishing vil lage of Woodberry, in Morrison's Cove, and contiguous to both Church and Schools, and possess many, other superior advantages. TERMS.—One-half of the purchase money at the con- Urination of tho sale, and tbe balance on the first day of April, 1866, with interest. Possession given on tbe Ist day of April, 1865. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock p. m. of said day. J. R. DURBORROW, Administrator feb24:4t. of fhe estate of Margaret Bulger, dbf'd. EXECUTORS* NOTICE. Letters testamentary upon the last will and testament of Joseph Hewitt, late of Nnpier township, deceased, hav ing been issued to the by the Register of Bed ford county, all persons having claims against the estate are notified to present the same for settlement, and those indebted are reauested to make payment immediately THOMAS MeCOY. JAMES ALLISON, Feb. 10, 1865. Executors. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letters testamentary on the estate of Evan Swarti walter, late of Monroe Township, Bedford county, dee'd., have been granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to said estate in any way what ever are hereby notified to make immediate payment and those having claims against said estate are requested to present them properly authenticated for settlement. EMANUEL BWARTZWALTER, Feb. 3,1865-6t Executor. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letter? testamentary on the last will and testament of Jacob Snowberger, lata of Middle Woodberry township, deceased, having been granted to the subscriber, residing in said township, notice is therefore given to all persons indebted to said estate, to make payment immedietelv, and those having claim will present them without delay, properly authenticated for settlement. _ , , „ JOHN B. REPLOGLE, Feb. 3, 1864-3t Executor. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. of administration upon the estate of ALEX ANDER WARSING, late of Bmadtop township, deceas ed, having been granted by the Register of Bedford county to the undersigned, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate, to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims will present them properly authenticated for settlement. febl7:6t JOHN MAJOR, Administrator. ELECTION. An election for fire Managers of the Chaaabersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company, to serve foT the ensuing year, will be held at the publie house of S. S. HAYES, in MeConnelsburg, on MONDAY, the 6th day of March, at 1 o'clock, P. M. T. B. KENNEDY, febl7:St President. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letters testamentary upon the lest will and testament of Michael Fetter, late of Bedford township, deceased, having been istned to the subscriber by the Register of Bedford county, all persons having claims against tha es tate are notified to present the same for settlement, and all persona indebted are requested to make payment im mediately. J. W. JOMLINSON, Feb. 10, 1865, Executor:
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