ftifard gmjnim. BEDFORD PA., FRIDAY, SEPT. *29, 1865. UNION STATE TICKET. TOtt AUDITOR GESBRAI^ lieu. JOHN F. HARTRANTT, Montgomery. FOB SURVEYOR eBNEKAL, Gel. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, of Cambria. UNION COUNTY NOMINATIONS. FOR THE LRSISLATURR, Hon. D. . VK,HMHO\(.. of Bedford e®. lien. HOSES A. ROSS, of Nomcntel ro. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JT. T. KKAOY. Esq-of Bedford. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, Cap*. AOAH VUnSUH, Bloody Boa. TREASURER, mCKXBHOOF, Bedford. COUNTY SURVBTOR, DANIEL SAMS, West Providence. JURY COMMISSIONS.!!, WILLIAM KIKli. St. Clnlr. COMMISSIONER, HENRY J. BR I NEK. Cumberland Valley. TOOR DIRECTORS, JOHN 8. HETRII K. yr., M. Woodberry, LEONARD BITNER. 2 yr*., Jnnlnfa. AUDITOR, JAMEB ALLISON, Napier. CORONER. < apt. AMOB ROBINETT, Southampton SOLDIERS KEAJO. We must say, that laying aside all political prejudices we are opposed to theprincipleof al lowing men to vote out of the State on any pretext whatever. We believe in the doctrines of orur earliest statesmen: that a standing ar my is dangerous to a republic. AND FUR THER BELIEVE THAT GIVING SOL DIERS THE POWER TO VOTE ONLY DOUBLES THE DANGER. —Bedford Gazette Jan. 22,1864. ASSESS THE SOLDIERS! ASSESS THE CIVILIANS ! ! See that the soldiers in the field and those at home are assessed at once. The election takes place on the I Oth day of October and you cannot be ready for it at too early a moment. See to it that every Union voter is properly assessed before it is too late! THE PRESIDENT AND THE COP PERHEADS. On the eve of an important election, the Copperheads find it necessary to adulate President Johnson, tud we should not fail to commend their conduct if it were not so ex tiemely hypocritical. The patriotic zeal with which Andrew Johnson opposed the secessionists entitles him to the ardent sup port of every loyal citizen. But the support of the Copperheads is only the homage that treason pays to patriotic virtue. They tried the same game in Maine the other day, far out-doing their brethren in Pennsylvania. They curled their hair after the Ethiopian fashion, sang John Brown dirges, spelt ne gro with one "G," and were beaten to the tune of TWENTY THOUSAND. Their tricks don't seem to help them any. They are trusted neither by the President nor the people. Their situation just now finds ilius. tration in the following fable. A wolf caught a skunk and was about to kill him, when the skunk appealed "don't kill me, I'm a wolf." "You a wolf, let me hear you bark." "I can't bark exactly right, I've got a bad cold." "But your clothes don't look like a wolf s." "Oh ! mine were sto len; these were my big brother's down South." "But you haven't a wolf's ears." "Mine were trimmed." The wolf half con vinced was about to leave, when he suddenly stopped, snuffed the atmosphere and ex claimed, "You may bark like a wolf, wear the clothes of a wolf, show the cars of a wolf, hut no wolf ever had such a bad smell about him as you," and the skunk died. THE PRESIDENT S POLICY. A great many Democratic papers are ex ulting over what they consider a division in the Union party upon the Presidents' Policy in the reconstruction and reorganiza tion of the Southern States. They &em to have forgotten that the President long ago announced the fact that his policy was an experiment and not neces sarily a finality. The Union party, as is its custom, has spoken frankly upon the sub ject commending what has seemed to it good and expedient and condemning what seemed amiss. It is by such means alone that the President and cabinet as well as Congress can be informed of public opinion. If Copperhead papers can find any consola tion in it they are welcome to all they can get. While lauding the President for any thbg they choose to think looks like a lean ing toCopperheadism, they would do well to refresh their memories and that of their readers hy publishbg the names of the whole democratic delegation b the Pennsylvania legislature, who voted against a resolution tendering to Andrew Johnson, then Military Governor of Tennessee, the use of the Hall of Representatives for the purpose of ad dressbg the citizens of Harrisburg. If they should conclude to publish them, we suggest that the name of William A. Wallace, Chairman of the Copperhead State Central Committee be put b the biggest kind of capitals. It might be suggestive to Andy about this time. COPPERHEADS TOADYING THE SOLDIERS. '•When the devil was rick,the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk ica he." \ The Copperheads in their distress are anx- j iously looking about them for a few soldiers to keep them in countenance, and it need not surprise any one that acme are found weak enough to yield to their blandishments, and to believe in their loud professions of patriotism. Out of pity for supplicating friends, now and then a soldier condescends to act as President or Secretaiy of a Cop perhead meeting. We are glad to note that the instanoes are extremely rare. Not ma ny are deceived by. the promises and profes sions now made in the hour of gloom and de* spair; promises they would hasten to break on the first success. CONSiSTENT. The Doylestown Democrat , owned and ed ited by Col Davis, the Democratic candidate for Auditor General, has an editorial in de fence of the infamous Captain Wirz, who starved our prisoners at Andersonville. It asserts that the Military Commission before which he is on trial is a usurpation of power and that the prisoner has uot been fairly dealt with. Pennsylvania soldiers who sur vived the horrors of Andersonville should make a note of this.—jEt, RECONSTRUCTION—NEGRO SUF FRAGE. The opposition is extremeiy anxious that the Union party should announce itself in favor of negro suffrage in the reconstruction of the Southern States. Tha Copperheads and rebel sympathizers with the late rebel lion are impatient of any delay in hurrying back the lately rebellious states, as their only hope of restoration to power lies in a coa lition with the men who have just ceased their efforts to destroy the Union. The men who preserved the Union at risk of life and fortune don't think that rebels and reb el sympathizers are just the parties to be entrusted with power at present They think it better not to be in too much of a hurry, that they who fought through four years of bloody war to get out of the Union may profit by a short probation, say long enough to exhibit at least some slight indi cations of repentance before they are even received into the fold again, much leas rein stated in power. Great questions of State fxilicy require time for consideration, a little patient waiting now may save years of future strife and even future wars. This is the po sition of the Union Party. They wish the Southern States restored to the former pla ces as sister States as soon as compatible with security to the peace and prosperi ty of the country. They will not ask that any particular class or party be granted special privileges, but they will ask that the national debt be secured from repudiation, and that the loyal men of the South shall rule the South and be secured in all their rights. As soon as this is done, and no soon • er, they will consent to admit the Southern States to such rights as, under the Constitu tion, belong to States. THE DEAD DEMOCRACY. "Never put new wine into old bottles" is a scriptural injunction of the highest wis dom. The American people after overcom ing traitors in arms and their aiders, and a" bettors at the ballot box, cannot be guilty of the absurdity of giving the control of the issues born of the great revolution into the hands of the corrupt, effete, ossified Demo" cratic party. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The Democratic party belongs to the era of Kansas raids, Leeompton Consti tutions, the auction block and the whip. It went down, with the fall of Richmond, nev er to rise again. Let us bury it away from the sight of men. A wise ana patriotic people can never in the hour of their triumph be guilty of so gross an anachronism as to re store this party to power. Having shown during a long course of administration, their utter incapacity and unworthiness in the management of public affairs; out of pow er having failed to appreciate the heroic spirit of the people, let the Democratic par ty acknowledge its follies, retire from the political ring, and leave it to the party which conducted the country in triumph to the close of the conflict, to lay deep the founda tions of a lasting peace. The guardianship ami administration of conquests are never committed to the vanquished or the unfaith ful. Our Revolutionary fathers took care that the future should not be controlled by the tones or the cowboys. The great Re publican party, vital with energy, instinct with patriotism and love of freedom, the great party which achieved the victory, a lone can preserve its fruits. THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES IS PARAMOUNT. The Gazette threatens with the direst ven geance every election board that obeys the law, and refuses the ballot to deserters. The brave words of the Gazette alarm no one. We insist that these fellows have forfeited all right to vote. The law of the United States is paramount If the state neglected to exclude these deserters from the polls, it does not follow that the Government of the United States is powerless in the premises. The authority of the General Government has been wonderfully demonstrated of late, and it will not do now to tell us that she cannot protect the ballot box from the pol luting truck of deserters who have forfeited every claim to the right of suffrage. We warn them to stay away from the polls on the 2nd Tuesday of October. William Wal lace, Chairman of the Copperhead State Central Committee, said in the State senate in 1864 that "the soldier disfranchises him self ichen he takes upon himself the duties of a soldier." The law of Congress, the su preme law of the land, disfranchises him when he makes himself a deserter. We re peat the warning. A NATIONAL PARTY. "Fellow citizens, in conclusion, let me ap peal to you to support the Democratic party —the only national one now in existence." — (Speech of Captain Brodcway. August 30, 1865.) The speech from whioh the above extract is taken has been extensively circulated by the Copperhead party in this county, and this is a fair specimen of the whole speech. If the orator had added, that it was the only party represented in the late rebel army, that it was the only party to which Bounty jumpers, Deserters, Canadian refugees, Ske daddlers, Ac. belonged, the only party that favored the rebels and opposed the war, the only party that furnished arms and funds to the Confederacy, the only party that sent traitors from their Northern homes to join rebel marauders and guerrillas, that furnish ed an ex-secretary of war, an ex-secretary of the interior an ex-President and an ex- Vice-President to the Confederacy, his hear ers might have had a much better idea of the true character of the party. Paupers can vote but Soldiers can't. Last fall nineteen paupers were voted from the Bedford Aims-House, while the same men who marched them to the polls like cattle, voted to a man against the proposi tion in favor of soldiers in active service vo ting. Paupers were good enough, but men battling for the honor of their country had to stand oat in the cold. CHEERS FOR DAVIS. Last fall while the Copperheads were can vassing the county, prior to the election, they would in all the fervor of their souls burst out violent cheers for Jeff. Davis, this fall they cheer for Wm. H. H. Davis. Itcould'nt; be anything elee hut Davis, their party is so i wrapt np in that name, that while the name uf Davis is spoken it will bo used as synony mous with this later-day Pewocracy, If Megroe* are Democrats they can vote. Several years ago a family of respectable colored people resided in St. Clair township named Bradley. The father of the family was a Democrat, which faith entitled him to a vote, and annually he was marched to the polls and voted by the leaders of the Demo cratic party in that township. On one oc casion, Bradley was in Bedford, the leaders discovered it, fearing that they might loose his rote, a horse was procured for him, and he was hurried forward with all the motive power the horse could command to deposit his "Democratic" ballot. The same men who voted Bradley then are now trying to dupe you into the belief that negro suffrage is the issue. Why these fellows would vote the dirtiest negro in existence if he voted the Copperhead ticket, yes, they would vote old Nick himself to secure success. Could they induce the negroes, the ignorant ne groes as they call them, to vote the Copper head ticket, they would be the most ardent advocates of negro suffrage. But that's what's the matter, they can't do it. And now we would ask, did the voting of Bradley degrade any body in St Clair township ? Whom the Copperheads want to vote. They want Mengel Reed to vote, who vol untarily joined the rebel army, and who held out as an inducement to get into said array that he was acquainted with every foot of territory in this section of Southern Penn sylvania and would be of great service to them in procuring horses and cattle and guiding them through the country. Far mers of Bedford county, you whose horses and cattle he meant to have directed into the hands of the rebels, do you think he .is entitled to a vote ? They want John P. Reed, jr. to vote, his brother, who skedaddled to Canada to avoid the draft and afterwards killed poor Ja cob Crouse, a faithful officer. Lovers of law and order do you think he ought to vote ? They want Roland to vote, the murderer of Lieut. Josiah Baughiuan. Patriots who have passed through a hundred battles, do you think he is entitled to a vote ? They want every Deserter, Skedaddler and Bounty-jumper to vote, from lake Erie to the Delaware. Soldiers and loyal men, you who poured out your blood and treasure like water, do you think they are entitled to a vote ? Keep your eye on this class at the lallot-box. How Meyers was going to resist the counting of the Soldiers' Vote in 1562. The soldiers will recollect that the Bed ford Gazette of October 24, 1562, contained in regard to the counting of the soldiers' vote, the following extract: "THEY [the authorities] WILL HAVE TO MEET TWO THOUSAND STALWART MEN FROM THE IIILLS OF OLD BEDFORD, EACH WITH A RTFLE ON lIIS SHOULDER AND AT LEAST FIFTY BULLETS IN HIS SHOT POUCH." Wfiat a sight it would have been to be hold the skcdaddlers, skulkers, &c., march ing out to resist the authorities !! These fellows love you very much now don't they, eh? The.v have no bullets for you now but hope to induce you to take their ballots. Will you do it ? THE SAME OLD CRY. Soldiers remember that the same cry of "negro suffrage" and "negro equality" that is now raised so vehemently by the Copper head party, was used last August by the same men against the Amendment giving soldiers the right of suffrage. They profes sed to fear that the amendment would give negroes the right to vote and used it as an argument against the soldiers among their ignorant and bigoted followers. Their cry means no more now. Their record shows that they will give the negro the right of suffrage wherever and whenever they can make political capital by such a course. The Soldier vote thrown out but the Pauper vote counted. The Copperhead leaders threw out the en tire soldier vote last fall to secure the election of Meyers and Findlcy, but they made strenuous efforts, successful efforts, to get the pauper vote in. Soldiers, how do you like to be put beneath the paupers in privi leges? Remember that the men who did this are fawning and smiling upon you to de ceive you into the belief that they are your friends. Spurn them as you would a loath some disease. Out upon the soldier who can vote the Copperhead ticket. WORDS vs. WORD'S. "Resolved ; That the gallant soldiers of the Republic, who so nobly risked their lives in defence of the Union, and the Con stitution merit and will receive the undying gratitude of the American people. Living, they shall live in our warmest affections— and, dying their memories will be cherished for all time to come.—KM Resolution Dem ocratic Platform. DEEDS. On the 6th of January, 1864, Mr. Dowry offered the following resolution in our State Senate:— Resolved . By the Senate, that the thanks of the loyal people of Pennsylvania are due and are hereby tendered to General U. S. Grant and the officers and soldiers serving under him, for the series of gallant services and glorious victories resulting in the libera tion of the faithful Union people of East Tennessee from a military despotism more galling than ever was that of Great Britain. On the question, will the Senate proceed to a second reading of the resolutions ? the yeas and nays were required by Mr. Dono van and Mr. Wallace, and weTe as follows, via:— YEAS — Messrs. Champneys, Connell, Dunlap, Fleming, Graham, Hoge, House holder, Johnson, Lowry, McCandless, Nich ols, Ridgway, Turrell, Wilson, Worthington aQ d Penny, Speaker—l 6. NATS— Messrs. Beardsdale, Bucher, Cly mer, Donovan, Glatz. Hopkins, Kinsley, Lamberton, Latta, McSherry, Montgomery, Ibily, Smith, Stark, Stein, and Willaee— -16. So the question was determined in the negative. Here stands the nstine of every Democratic Senator recorded against a vote of thanks to General Grant, who brought the war to a successful close. Among the opposition we find the name of William A. Wallace, the present Chairman of the De mocratic State Central Committee, who is to-day professjpg such love tor the soldiers. Wlio tlte Copperheads are. There is no difficulty in ciphering out who the Copperheads ere, if our people will only REMEMBER", that every barn burner, who, in the deep darkness of the night, stole up to and applied tho torch to the property of Union men, is a rabid Copper head. REMEMBER, that the heathenish in cendiary, who under cover of darkuess, prompted by the spirit of the devil, stealth ily kindled the firo which consumed the house of God, if living to-day, is a traitor and a Copperhead. REMEMBER, that every deserter who fled to Canada to enjoy the protection of a foreign Government, is and ought to be a Copperhead. REMEMBER, that every skedaddler who secreted himself for months in the "pine clad hills" of the old Keystone State, is to-day a living, breathing, blathering Copperhead. REMEMBER, that every skulker who found his way to the caves of our rugged mountains, with loads of weipons, who threatened death and destruction on all hands, and then rau away frtwn his shadow, is a blatant Copperhead. REMEMBER, that everwtnan who has desired the success of the rebellion, who aided, abetted and countenanced it in any manner, shape or form is a Copperhead leader to the extent of his intelligence. REMEMBER, that tho.-e who secretly met for the purpose of organizing resist ence to the draft in Napier and St. Clair townships, are to-day, true to their instincts, in the Copperhead ranks. The Trail of the C opperhead How we know liim. Our loyal people will have no difficulty in following this reptile and spotting him if they will only REMEMBER, that the leaders, one and all, ardently sympathized with the traitor-' ous rebels, and that they now plead for those in the custody of the United States with all the earnestness of their souls. REMEMBER, that the stars and stripes, the emblem of our nationality, was scofied at by them, torn from appropriate places, and supplanted by the '"red white and red," the emblems of organized treason. REMEMBER, that the "Star Spangled Banner," "Red, White and Blue,' &c., were forced to give way to the favorite airs of the rebels. Yes, who does not remember how night was made hideous by the sing ing of "Maryland, mv Maryland." "The Bonny Blue Flag," tic. ? All the old leaders of the Democratic party now active In ion men. The Copperheads who now hang to the old organization because they do not desire to "turn" will REMEMBER, that every 'truly loyal man has been driven from the party. We cite a few prominent names, Hon. .John Cessna, William M. Hall, Esq., John W. Lingenfelter. Esq., Moses A. Points. Esq., Henry J. Bruner, Esq., and there are any number of others which we can name. The Copperhead* contem plated general a**a**ina tion. The law-abiding people of this County cannot fail to REMEMBER, that hundreds of pistols and other deadly weapons were imported into Bedford county, and carried by the inemberfcof this same party, to shoot Union men,for no other reason than that they were in favor of suppressing armed treason. 600 Copperhead* Skedad dle. The good and true people of this neck 'o woods well REMEMBER, that no less than 600 of this party refused to report when drafted, and skedaddled to the mountains, skulked away in caves or fled to Canada. Copperhead* Mlioot at Un rolling otlicers. The soldiers who were in the front jeop ordizing all they held sacred, when an effort was made to assist them from the rear, will REMEMBER, that enrolling officers were shot at, and narrowly escaped with their lives because they undertook to enforce a national edict. The Copperhead* eur*eHin i*ter* of the Go*pel. The religious people of this community, who have been here for the last four years, will not fail to REMEMBER, that ministers of the gos pel were reviled, condemned and persecuted because they prayed for the preservation of the institutions of our fathers. The Copperheads vote in a body to exclude the sol diers from the right of suffrage. The soldiers who are now flattered and petted by the Copperheads will please REMEMBER, that the Copperhead party in a body voted to exclude the soldier from the right of suffrage, and that they kicked men out of the party, who had the manliness to disobey the order of the lead ers and vote the soldiers this privilege. •IMeyers trore a Copperhead badge. The soldiers who are appointed officers at Copperhead meetings will REMEMBER, that the men who are now flattering them, wore, during their absence in the army, the Copperhead badge, the emblem of sympathy and treason. The Gazette under date of May 8, 1863, says: "We wore, when in Philadelphia, a Demo cratic badge,—a head of liberty, cut out of a copper cent And, now, we give, notice., that we will wear whatever ornaments ice pirate.'' Copperheads run the coun ty in debt SIO,OOO. The tax-payers of Bedford county will have no trouble to REMEMBER, that the Copperhead managers of the monetary affairs of Bed ford county have become indebted to the State of Pennsylvania in the sum of $ 16,000. REMEMBER, that $755.24 was added to this debt in one day because the Copper head county Commissioners refused to make provisions to pay it. Jacob Crouse was murdered in obedience to the orders of the Bedford Gazette, Who that has read the Bedford Gazette does not REMEMBER, that Deputy Provost Marshal Jacob Crouse was murdered in obedience to the dictates of these same lea ders who said "Let that man, [the Provost Marshal] whoever he may be, make up his mind that he cannot live a peaceful life, nor die an honorable death." The Copperheads responsible for the condition of the Poor House. The humane citizens who shudder at the sight of the Poor House hav„e only to REMEMBER, that under the adminis tration of this party tho Poor House of Bedford county, which ought to be a decent asylum for the aged and infirm, has become a bye-word and a reproach. There are no grades of Copper headism. There is no excuse for acting with trea son's champions known as Copperheads, it will be REMEMBERED, that the individual who indeutifies himself with the Copperhead or ganization is as much responsible for the party as if he were a principal actor. Copperhead teachings mur dered Josiah Baughman. The shock which our people received at the announcement of the death of the much admired Lieut. Baughman will never be forgotten, but our people REMEMBER, that the life of Lieut. Josiah Baughman was taken, while perform ing his duty, in strict accordance with the s<!cret teachings of the Copperhead leaders, and that if the creature who murdered him were to-day arrested and lodged in jail for this heinous crime, he would be feasted, by the treason worshipping portion of the community. The Copperhead Barnburn ers. The loyal men of Bedford county before casting their votes on the 10th of October will REM EMBER, that the barns of Union men were burned, their lives threatened, and their families intimidated because they asked the Government to assert the suprem acy of the laws, and were willing to give to it their assistance. Copperheads burn Churches and School-houses. The God-fearing and intelligence-loving people of Bedford county will REM EMBER, that Churches and school houses were burned because men who loved their countrv, met there to worship God. DEMOCRATIC LOVE FOR SOLDIERS. The ft llowing fable embraces all the deci dedly democratic counties in this State. In the first column we give the counties ; in the second the character of the county tickets uomiuated therein: Comities. Character of county ticket. Adams Not a soldier on the ticket. Berks, Only one soldier offered as a candi date in County Convention, and he was defeated. Cautbria Not a soldier on the ticket. Carbon Centre Clarion Clearfield Cumberland Columbia Fayette Greene Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming Monroe Montgomery Northampton— " Northumberland Schuylkill VVavne York These counties all gave majorities for McClellan last year, and are all moderately certain to elect the democratic tickets this year ; yet in all these, where it was possinle for the democrats to show their regard for the soldier by giving him office, not a sin gle soldier was nominated by that party. It is only in counties that are doubtful,or where they have no power to elect that they none inatc soldiers. On the contrary, in the Republican coun ties, a fair share of the nominations has been awarded to the soldiers, and in some coun ties, such as Huntingdon and Somerset, where a nomination is equal to an election, every nomination has been given to soldiers. There is not a Republican county ticket in the Stat# that has not several soldiers on it. This is the crucial test of sincerity : and the Democrats, by refusing to nominate soldiers where tkey have the power to elect, have shown that no soldier shall get office, through their instrumentality, where they can help it. — Pittsburgh Gazette. WHY SOLDIERS SIIOILD VOTE TIIE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. An exchange thus sums up the arguments that may be urged as potent reasons why the soldiers, particularly, should vote the Dem ocratic ticket. Ist. Did we not oppose the war for the preservation of the Union, and refuse to vote a man or a dollar to support it? 2d. Did we not oppose the various drafts which were ordered by the President for the purpose of recruiting your ranks and saving you and your comrades from being destroyed by the rebel army? 3d. Did we not advise our followers to buy revolvers and to resist and shoot down the officers of the Government while trying to enforce the law? 4th. Did not many of us run away to Can ada to avoid aiding our country in lier ex tremity? sth. Did we not shoot down officers who were endeavoring to recruit your armies? 6th. Did we not denounce the war which you called a glorious attempt to save the X 'nion, as a damnable crusade, and the sol diers as Lincoln hirelings, Lincoln dogs, murderers, &c. 7th. Diu not many of us wish that you might all be shot and never again reach your homes? Bth. Did we not create riots in New York and other places in favor of the rebels, and organize secret societies throughout the North in favor of the same? 9th. Did we not declare that the President of the United States was a tyrant, a monster, a usurper, and wish some bold hand would take his life? 10th. And did we not finally by our treasonable language, succeed in bringing about the muraer of Abraham Lincoln? After such a showing as this it will indeed 1)0 strung* if the Union Soldiers refuse to vote the "Democratic" ticket. DESERTERS AKI) SKEDADI >I;E11S DISFRANCHISED! S2OO fine for taking their votes EVERY BOARD THAT RECEIVES THEIR VOTES SHALL BE PROSECUTED ! The 21st section of the act of j Congress, approved March 3,1865, provides as follows: SECTION 21. — And, be it further enacted, That in addition to the other lawful penalties of the crime of desertion from the military and naval service, all persons who have deserted the military or naval ser vice of the United States, who shall not return to said service or report themselves to a Provost Marshal within sixty days after the proclamation hereinafter men tioned, shall be deemed and taken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship, and their rights to become citizens; and such deserters shall be forever in capable of holding any office oj trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citi zens thereof; and all persons who shall hereafter desert the military or naval service, and all persons who being duly enrolled, shall de part the jurisdiction of the district in which he is enrolled, or go be yond the limits of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service, duly ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this sec tion. And the President is here by authorized and required forth with, on the passage of this act, to issue his proclamation setting forth the provisions of this seetion, in which proclamation the President is requested to notify all deserters returning within, sixty days as aforesaid, that they shall be par doned on conditon of returning to their regiments and companies or such other organizations as they may be assigned to, until they shall have served for a period of time equal to their original term of enlistment." In obedience to the latter clause of this section, the President of the United States, on the 11th day of March, 1865, issued his proclama tion " ordering and requiring " all deserters to return to their posts; or to report themselves to Provost | Marshals for duty, on or before the I Ith day of May, 1865. That proclamation and the act of Congress upon which it was based, were published in all the authorized newspapers of the 16th District. Thus all parties inter ested had full knowledge of their rights and ample warning of the penalty that would ensue in case they neglected to avail themselves of the privilege of reporting on or before the 1 Ith day of May, 1865, The lo3d section of the general election act of Pennsylvania, ap proved Julv 2, 1839, declares that "If any inspector or judge of (in election shall knowingly reject the vote of ring qualified citizen or KNOWINGLY HECK IYK THE VOTE OF ANY EE 11 SON NOT QUALIFIED, OH CONCEAL FROM HIS FELLO W OFFICERS ANY FACT IN THE KNOWL EDGE OF WHICH SUCH VOTE SHOULD BY LA W BE RECEIV ED OR REJECTED, EACH OF THE PERSONS SO OFFENDING SHALL ON CONVICTION. BE PUNISHED IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED IN THE 107 Til SECTION OF THIS ACT." And on referring to the Penalty in the 107 th section it says that each such person " UOXCERX ED Til Eli EI X. SHALL, ON COX FICTION THE It EOF, JOE FINED IX ANY SI M NOT LESS THAX FIFTY NOR MOIIE THAN TITO HUNDRED DOLLARS." We now tell every Copperhead election officer in the county, if he receives such votes, we will prosecute him to the extent of the law. Union men are request ed to take the name of every per son voting, disqualified by the above act of Congress, and for ward the same with the name of the officer taking the vote, to the Chairman of the Union County Committee. The State Election took place in Maine on the 11th. The majority for the Republican candidates is about 15,000, Mr. Cony being re-elected Governor. Franklin Sterns, the well known Unionist of Richmond, is announced as a candidate for the Legislature. TheNew-York Republican State Conven tion will convene at Syracuse on the 20th. The Reverend Charles Fiuney, the cele brated revivalist, ha 3 resigned the Presidency of Oberlin College on account of advanced age. The State Hoard of Education of Connecti cut will insist that the law shall be enforced which forbids employing children under fif teen years of age in any business, unless they shall have attended school at least three months of the twelve next preceding any and every year in which they shall be employed, tinder a penalty of £25 for each offense. SOLDIERS READ! THE XA.7SES OF THE ttOL BIEItS HEFItAI IftElH It. E. 9lvyi-rs and O. E. Muni tion throw oui tlieKc votes to elect their Con gressman. THE MOST ASTOTNDISS Fitll OS! We copy tle following extract from the reportof the Legislative committee appoint ed to inquire into the frauds practiced up on .soldiers and leave it to speak for itself. "The great end and aim of the law were to insure, to the soldier <m duty, the exercise of that elective franchise which was enjoyed by his fellow citizens at home. The Consti tu ion of the State guaranteed this to him. The people of the State declared, by a ua jo! ity of nearly one hundred thousand at the ballot box, that he should be jtermitted to exercise this right. Whitethorn one. hun dred and thirty-nine soldiers were carrying the flag of the country, and defending her cause at the tone these votes were being coun ted, a petty tyrant, like tin■ prothonotary <f a county, by malignity or stupidity, assuming, to himself, powers and jurisdiction which did not belong to him, overturns their will, and absolutely disfranchises the whole number. Much of the evidence went to convict Mr. Shannon of load faith in the premises. He called, as a witness, Major I). Washabaugh, to prove that he had sent to Harrisburg to get these returns, or au explanation of them, so that (as he alleged) they might be count ed. But, unfortunately tor him, hi> witness testified that a full and satisfactory explana tion had been discovered and made to him. These returns were duly copied, certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and said copies handed to Mr. Shannon on the day before the meeting of return judges. Again, after the argument before him on Friday morning, in the prothonotary's office, he declared that he would go home and de cide the question and prepare his certificate. Before he started it was proved, by several witnesses, and especially his own clerk, that he sent for B. F. Meyers. Esq., one of tin-at torneys for General Coffroth. and one of the candidates for the Legislature, that he did not go home, as he declared he would, but carried his papers up stairs, and then had Mr. Meyers with him from an hour to an hour and a half, until the whole business was pitted. He absolutely refused, even after demand in writing, to make copies of those returns, or of any returns, and made out only a gen eral table of all the returns in bis own way, leaving nothing whatever for the judges to do. lie added up all the returns, then sub tracted such as in his view were not' such re turns,' 1 and made one. general certificate for the aggregate. Not satisfied to stop here, but disregarding or forgetting everv sense of propriety, he went before the board of re turn judges in person, and made a speech of some length to prevent them from re ceiving the two returns which he had rejec ted, (certified copies of which were sent by the Secretary of the Commonwealth,) and argued to the board that they had no right to receive any paper whatever, except such as he gave them. This effort, strangely in consistent with his allegation that he had sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth for copies and explanations, in order that these returns might be counted. After the argument closed before the board of return judges, upon the suggestion of the attorney for Gen. Koontz, the room was cleared 3n order that the the judges-might decide for themselves. Scarcely had this been done, when it became apparent that some of those who had been counted uj>n to aid in carry ing out this infamous fraud were alarmed Ity what they had heard in the argument; when Mr. Shannon again comes to the rescue; and having been sent for by a few of the more faithful, actually remained with the board until the whole work had been eonsumma! ted. The following is a list of the Bedford c mntv soldiers who were disfranchised. 1). "W. SNOWBERGER, M. Woodbury. GEO. NICE AM. St. Clair. MATTHIAS SMITH, Bedford. ADAM SHUSH, Ea.-t Providence. A. HARTLEY, Bedford. ZJLCH. GLAKK, Snake Spring. A. POTE, Middle Woodbury. J AC. CASHMAN, do GEO. F. MORTZ, Cumberland. E. KAY, Hopewell. SAM. SMITH. Bedford. E GRIMES. do I>. SMITH, do WM. SWARTZ, S. Woodbury. AMOS M ORAY, Bedford. S. C. MULLIN: do A. P. MILLER. Harrison. SAM. DAVIS. Hopewell. WILLIAM BRANT, Harrison. J. M'pOWELL, Monroe. G. W. SLARKKY, Colerain. E. V. WRIGHT, Napier. ENDS ELLIS, do J. W. GROW DENT, Cumberland V. A. J. I)A\ IS, Colerain. G. C. RKNZER, Napier. A. LENHARD, Snake Spring. W. L>. GILSON, Bedford. JOHN AUMALL, Juniatta. J. SMITH, do F. HILLEGAS, Monroe. J. WARD. do. SAM'L STRAIGHT/., AARON CORL, St. Clair. FRED. CLAYBORN, Union. J. S. GINODKN, Cumberland. W. J. BRANT. M. MILLER, Southampton. J. MANSPKAKER, E. Providence. JOHN WAN FIELD. SAM'L F. BURKART, Harrison. DANIEL B. BULGER, M. Woodbury. LEVI STEPHY, do JOHN HEMES, do DAVIDS. JOHNSTON, do DAVID B. BULGER, do LEVI CRAMER, d<. DAVID F. KKAGY. do GEORGE G. GIBSON, Hopewell. JOSEPH ROSS, <b. JOHN li. FLECK, do JOSEPH GATES. do SIMON COLLEGE. do JOSEPH FRY, do JOHN R. OAKS, Liberty. JOSEPH C. LONG, South Woodbury. WILLIAM U Elt il 'l/rz JOHN M DONALD, do ADAM CONNER, Monroe. ALEXANDER SKIPPER, Broad Top. JOB S. AKERS, Monroe. JACOB CRAW FORD, Sonthampion. JAMES A SHADE, South Woodbury. JOSEPH L. DOUGHERTY, do ABRAHAM M. MAY, Monroe. WILSON L. SAMS. do JOHN ROBISON. (011 age)do WILLIAM FAULKNER, M. Woodbury. LAFAYETTE BURNS. do GEORGE KKAGY. do WILLIAM FREDERICK, d.. JACOB COLLEGE, do JOSIAH T. BARIvLKY, do JOHN. A. SLICK, St. Clair. J. W. HANN. West Providence. JESSE PECK, East do DEMOCRACY KNOCKED IN THE HEAD. Nothing proves how completely the Democ racy arc beaten at the late State elections in Maine and Vermont. In the first State, very strong resolutions were passed endorsing Johnson, the paymeut of the national debt and the soldiers. Yet they were beateu worse than ever by 20,00*) majority. In Ver mont. they have not a single Senator and but half a dozen members of the Assembly. Thus it will be in this State. The Union men sup port the President, and the loyal Democrat do likewise, leaving the secesh copperheads out in the eoid. Lancaster Inquirer.
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