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BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MAY 25, 1866.
UNION BEI'IBLICAS STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
MAJ. GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
THE NEGRO BUG BEAR.
The history of the measures of the Cop
perhead party for the last ten years is slim
med up in that euphonious little word of five
letters— NEGßO. It will not require an
elaborate essay on our part to sustain this
position. We might it is true, ante-date at
least twenty years, but the last ten are suffi
cient for our purpose.
The generation that preceded us was
almost entirely in the interest of human
bondage, and apparently only lived to rivet
the chains of that bondage. No efforts
were spared to make the free white ican be
lieve that the Negro was his greatest social
antagonist. All the vices and deficiencies of
the Negro were portrayed and arrayed to
his disadvantage, until the vast m ljority of
the illiterate and ignorant of the land ac
corded him only the rights and privileges of
the brute. It was to tlae interest of the
slave-breeder and slave-driver that this
should be the prevailing public sentiment,
and ten thousand different interests in op
position to freedom seconded this spirit of
evil. All this had a tendency to create an
overwhelming prejudice against the poor,
weak, ignorant and helpless black man. And
let it be said to the everlasting shame and
eternal infamy of a party that strives to rule
this God-given land of Freedom, that for
the lest ten years it has from day to day,
from week to week, and from month to
month appealed to no other prejudice than
this bell-born spirit of opposition to him,
who, by the foulest inhumanity that ever
cursed this green Earth, was condemned to
to serve as a bondman, and for no other
reason than in confi nuitv to God's law, the
inhabitants of the torrid regions of the
globe, do not have the same peculiar fea
tures. color and intelligence that our fail
skinned Caucasians have.
The people, from the oldest down to the
youngest, have infused tihis prejudice against
the bondmen until the great majority of
them are Negro haters, we cannot denom
inate them anything else. Not that the
kind, generous, and hospitable Negro has
ever molested them in the least; oh no, but
•imply because he has a dark skin ; fot
which he is no more responsible than those
who hate him. He manifests every char
acteristic of humanity prominent with the
white race, he worships the same God, ex
pectß to go to the same Heaven, and it i.-
generaliy conceded that he will, yet in this
world he is shunned and cursed by those,
who in the next might find it advantugeoui
to take a Negro's quarters.
This prejudice, the great Copperhead par
ty, has cultivated with most assiduous care.
It has been their constant concern, their
entire stock-in-trade. Rick up a Copper
head newspaper, of any date since 1856,
ruu your eye over its columns, and our word
for it, the most striking headings, will stand
out in bold relief, emblazoning to the mas
ses the fact that the Negro is at the bottom
of something. "The Negro and Abolition
ism 1" were standing heads for many years,
now it is "The Negro and Universal Suf
frage !" The opposition have so long worked
upon the prejudices of the ignorant that they
cannot refrain from appealing in this man
ner. It has become a second nature to
them. At the outset of a campaign the
first matter to be determined is what use
they can make of the Negro, or in other
words the prejudice against him. They
know that the Negro is harmless and that
no one desires to give him more than the
rights of a citizen, yet the moment they
wish to carry a point, storm a redoubt, if
you please, they set up a furious shout
against the black man as if he were the hosts
of Sennacherib. If they desire to carry a
township election, a clerk, or an auditor,
and that, too, in a district which has not a
Negro within ten miles of it, they set up
this Negro straw man and pummel away at
him until they fill the eyes of the ignorant
with a sufficient amount of dust to enable
them to affect their purpose. From Gov
ernor down to auditor the tactics are the
same, Negro! Negro this, and Negro that!
\Y hen, we ask, will those Copperhead
demagogues learn that the people cannnot
longer be deceived by their hypocrisy ?
For the last four years defeat has Btared
them in the face and overwhelmed them at
every point, nevertheless they hold on to
the same old tactics with a fondness that
would be commendable were it for the ad
vancement of a sacred cause, But we are
happy to say intelligence is rapidly dispel
ling the dark mLts and the advocates of in
farny will learn to their discomfiture, that
the prejudice will soon have disappeared
and that the last hobby upon which they
have for so long based their ail will have de
parted.
CONNECTICUT SENATORSQIP.— Gen. Orris
S. Ferry, radical Republican, was on Wed
nesday last elected U. S. Senator ior six
years by the popular branch of the Connec
ticut Legislature. The vote stood: 0. S.
Ferry, Rep., 132 ; R. D. Hubbard, Dem.,
93; L S. Foster, present incumbent, 7;
Thos. H. Seymour, Dem., 1. The election
in the Senate has been postpone i for one
week, and the Democrats are Keeking to
induce three or four Republicans to unite
with them in voting for Mr. Foster, with
what result we shall see.
City Election in Williamsport-Grand
Union Victory,
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 17.
The charter election held here yesterday
resulted in the election of Major James
Woods, the Union candidate for Mayor, by
a majority of about owe hundred and fifty—
a Union gain of nearly three hundred. The
Republicans also elected eighteen out of the
twenty-four members of the City Council.
Heretofore the Copperheads had a majority
of the officers and entire control of the af
fairs of the town.
J&'Read the biographies of our great and
Sood men and women. Not one of them
ad a fashionable mother. They nearly all
sprung from strong minded women, who
had about as little to do with fashion as
the charming clouds.
THE COLORADO VETO MESSAGE.
To the Senate of the United States: _ |
I return to the Senate, in which House it
originated, the bill which has passed both
Houses of Congress, entitled "An Act for
t';e admission of the State of Colorado into
the Union," with my objections to its be
coming a law at this time.
First. From the best information which I
have been able to obtain, I do not consider
the establishment of a State Government at
present necessary for the welfare of the peo
ple in Colorado. Under the existing territo
rial government all the rights, privileges and
interests of the citizens are protected and
secured. The qualified voters choose their
own legislators and their own local officers,
and are represented in Congress by a dele
gate of their own selection. They make and
execute their own municipal laws, subject
only to revision by Congress—an authority
not likely to be exercised unless in extreme
or extraordinary cases. The population is
small, some estimating it so low as twenty
five thousand, while advocates of the bill
reckon the number at from thirty-five thou
sand to forty thousand souls.
The people are principally recent settlers,
many of whom are understood to be ready
for removal to other mining districts, beyond
the limits of the Territory, if circumstances
shall render them more inviting. Such a
population cannot but find relief from exces
sive taxation. If the Territorial system,
which devolves the expenses of the Execu
tive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments
upon the United State*, is for the present
continued, they cannot but find the security
of person and property increased by their
reliance upon the National Executive power
for the maintenance of law and order,
against the disturbances necessarily incident
to all newly organized communities.
Second. It is not satisfactorily established
that a majority of the citizens of Colorado
desire, or are prepared for an exchange of a
Territorial for a State Government. In Sep
tember, 1864, under the authority of Con
gress. an election was lawfully appointed and
held for the purpose of ascertaing the views
of the people upon this particular question;
6,192 votes were cast, and of this number a
majority of 3,152 was given against the pro
posed change. In September, 1865, without
any legal authority, the question was again
presented to the people of the Territory,
with a view of obtaining a reconsideration
of the result of the election held in compli
ance with the act of Congress, approved
March 21, 1864. At this second election,
5,905 votes were polled, and a majority of
155 was given in favor of a State organiza
tion. It does not seem to be entirely safe
io receive this last mentioned result, so ir
regularly obtained, as sufficient to overweigh
the one which had been legally obtained in
the first election. Regularity and conformity
to law are essential to the preservation of
order and a stable government, and should,
•is far as practicable, always be observed in
the formation ef new States.
Third. The adtuis-ion of Colorado at this
time as a State into the Federal Union ap
pears to me to be incompatible with the
public interests of the country; and while
it is desirable that Territories, when suffi
ciently matured, shoald be organized as
States, yet the spirit of the Constitution
-eetns to require that there should be an
approximation towards equality among the
everal States comprising the Union. No
State can have less nor more than two
Senators in Congress. The largest State
has a population of four millions, several of
the States have a population exceeding two
millions, and many others have a population
exceeding one million.
It this bill should become a law, the peo
ple of Colorado, thirty thousand in number,
would have in the House of Representatives
one member, while New York, with a popu
lation of four uiill!on„ h-ta hut thirty -one.
Colorado would have in the Electoral Col
lege three votes, while New York has only
ihirty-three. Colorado would have in the
Senate two votes, while New York has no
more.
Inequalities of this character have already
occurred, but it is believed that none have
happened where the inequality was so gTeat.
When such inequality has been allowed,
Congress is supposed to have permitted it
on the ground of some high public necessity,
and under circumstances which promised
that it would rapidly disappear through the
growth and development of the newly ad
mitted State. Thus, in regard to the several
States in what was formerly called the
"Northwest Territorj'," lying west of the
Mississippi, their rapid advancement in
population rendered it certain that States
admitted with only one or two representa
tives in Congress would in a very short pe
riod be entitled to a great increase of repre
sentation. So, when California was admit
ted on the ground of commercial and polit
ical exigencies, it was well foreseen that that
State was destined rapidly to become a great,
prosperous and important mining commer
cial community. In the case of Colorado I
am not aware that any national exigency,
either of a political or commercial nature,
requires a departure f>om the law of equali
ty which has been so generally adhered to
in our history.
If information suhmitted in connection
with this hill is reliable. Colorado, instead
of increasing, has declined in population.
\t an election for members of a Territorial
Leei-lature, held in 1861, 10,580 votes were
east. At the election before mentioned, in
1864. the number of votes cast, was 6.192.
while at the irregular election, held in 1865.
which is assumed as the basis for legislative
action at this time, the aggregate of votes
cast was 5.905.
Sincerely anxious for the welfare and pros
perifv of every Territory nnd State, as well
as far the prosperity and welfare of the
whole T T mon. I regret this apparent decline
: n population in Colorado ; hut it is mani
fest that it L due to emigration, whieh is
going on from th< t Territorv into other re
gion* within the United States, whieh either
are in fact, or are believed hv the inhabit
ants of Colnn<!<i to liclirr In mineral
wealth and aprienltural resourees. If. how
ever. Colorado has not really declined in
population, another census or another elee
tion under the authority of Congress would
olaee the ouestion beyond donbt, and cause
hut little delav in the ultimate admission of
the Territory as a State if desired by the
people.
The tenor of these objections furnishes
the reply which may be expected to an argu
ment in favor of the measure derived from
the Enabling act, which was passed bv Con
cress on the 21st day of March, 1864, al
though Con cress then supposed that the
condition of the Territory was such as to
warrant its admission as a State. The result
of the two years' experience shows that
every reason whieh existed for the institu
tion of a Territorial instead of a State gov
ernment in C olorado at its first organization
still continues in force. The condition of
the Union at the present moment is calcula
ted to inspire cantion in resard to the ad
mission of New States. Eleven of the old
States have been for some time and still re
main unrepresented in Congress.
It is a common interest of a ! l the States,
as well those represented as those unrepre
sented, that the integrity and harmony of
the Union should be restored as completely
as possible, so that all those who are expec
ted to bear the burdens of the Federal Gov
ernment, shall be consulted concerning the
admission of new States, that in the mean
time no State shall be prematurely and un
necessarily admitted to participation in the
political power whieh the Federal Govern
® j nt , w l esdß ' not ft)r tte benefit of any indi
vidual State or section, but for the common
safety, welfare and happiness of the whole
country.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15,1866.
THE VIRGINIA UNION CONVENTION.
Substitution of Votes for Bayonets.
ALEXANDRIA, May 18.
The Union Convention re assembled to
day, Hon. John M. Botts in the chair, when
Mr. Hill offered the following:
Resolved, That accepting as the settled
policy of this Convention, the resolutions
and reports agreed upon, we organize our
selves into a permanent political organiza
tion, to be known as the Union Republican
party of Virginia.
Resolved, That a State Committee, con
sisting of nine members, be appointed by
the Convention, to act until the meeting of
the next annual convention of this party.
Resolved, That the State Central Com
mittee be authorized to proceed, as soon as
in their judgment it be deemed advisable,
in forming County Central Committees in
each county of the State, the members of
each County Committee to be appointed for
the first year by the State Central Commit
tee, and afterwards by the County Conven
tion.
Resolved, That the State Central Com
mittee be invested exclusively with the pow
er to call State Conventions of the party,
and the County Central Committee be in
vested exclusively with power to call County
Conventions of the party.
After some little debate the resolutions
were adopted.
The following were reported by the Com
mittee on Resolutions, and adopted.
Resolved , That while we rejoice that both
the executive and legislative branches of the
National Government desire the establish
ment of the great principle of equality of
civil and political rights, we regret that they
differ in opinion as to the legitimate means
of gaining the same end, and we ? whose in
terests are so much affected by this question,
deem it our duty not to remain silent; there
fore, as we are unable by any representation
in Congress to take part in the national
councils, we will do all we can to bring about
the mutual wish of the President and Con
gress by initiating State action in favor of
impartial qualified suffrage, which, in our
opinion, is one of the requisites of a Repub
lican form of Government.
Resolved, That the accountability of both
the legislative and executive branches of the
Government of a State to the whole people
is the only safeguard against the enactment
of partial and unjust laws, and the only sure
protection against tyranny and oppression in
the execution of all laws, so that if any con
siderable portion of the community is denied
a voice in the election, that portion of the
people will be denied such perfect protection
as ought to exist in the right of person and
property.
Resolved, That the doctrine of the right
of secession was the principal issue of the
late civil war, and that no policy of recon
struction is safe which does not provide
against the possibility of that issue arising
again.
Resolved , That while the late rebels affect
to accept the situation, they not only hold
the same opinions still, in regard to that is
<ue, but openly advocate their views in that
respect as the basis of party action in the
future, we believe, for the purpose of ac
complishing with votes what they have
failed to accomplish with the bayonet
Resolved, That the Chairman of this Con
vention be authorized to appo nt a commit
tee of five or eight persons, whose duty it
shall be to visit the President to ascertain
hi" feelings with reference to the objects
and action of this Convention, and that this
committee be requested to get from the
President and Congress their indorsement
of our action.
Resolved, That the Union Republican
party, of Virginia, believing that knowledge
is power, and that an enlightened and virtu
ous people can never be enslaved, and that
the uiaiateuauce and perpetuation of repub
lican institutions depends materially upon
the education of the masses of the people,
therefore we are in favor of a system of free
school-, whereby universal .education may
be disseminated.
The True Reason for the Veto of the
Colorado Bill.
The apologists of' the President are en
deavoring to convince the people that he
vetoed the bill providing for the admission
of Colorado as a State, because the territory
lacked the necessary population, and because
the people thereof have given no clear or
constitutional expression in favor of a State
organization. If it were true that Colorado
is deficient in population, and that the peo
ple of the territory did not apply for a State
Government, the veto would be right But
the facts are against the President, and the
developments since the communication of
the veto to Congress, show that Johnson,
in this act, as in almost all his other official
acts, has been controlled by selfish and cap
tious motives. It appears that the Senators
elect from Coloaado were summoned, the
night before the veto was sent to Congress
to the White House, where they were mani
pulated by one of the President's private
secretaries, who slyly informed them that if
they pledged themselves to support "my
policy," the act admitting their territory as
a State would be signed. To this offer an
indignant refusal was given. The Senators
were next ushered into the august presence
of the President, when the same offer was
made them. The President of the United
States did not hesitate to make the open
bargain of crushing or elevating the people
ofa territory, giving or withholding Trom
them a State Government, as they concluded
to support or oppose the policy of the Ad
ministration. The Colorado Senators again
rejected the humilitating offer, and, cus a
consequence the Colorado hill was vetoed!.
—We doubt if there is a fact in the history
of the corruptions which have attended the
career of all Democratic Administrations,
equal in despotism and effrontery to the one
above stated. — Harrtsburgh Telegraph.
The Quacks at Work on Cholera Preven
atives and Cures.
The appearance of the cholera at New
\ ork has aroused the inventive genius of
the quacks, and we have now advertised in
every newspaper of the country, all sorts of
potions, pills, liquids, powders and astrin
gents which are recommended as either po
tent preventives or positive cures, igno
rant people and timid housewives will be
certain to be impressed by these deleterious
decoctions and compositions. They will first
quack, pill powder and drench themselves,
and after they have thus shattered their sys
tems and invoked the attack of a prevailing
epidemic, patients will call in a regular
physician, and their friends will grumble if
they are not instantly relieved and cured.
There is something senseless in all this,
which must either be provided for in time,
or death will desolate many a household,
cairy panic to many a community, and deci
mate the count 17 in spite of the efforts of
the best quarantine regulations.
As we advance into the summer season
to be tempted with its crops of' indigestible
vegetables and diarrhoea producing fruits,
let the people learn to reject all deleterious
food and rely on their regular physicians for
relief in case of sickness. Abhor all quack
ery. Swallow no medicine unless it is pre
scribed by your regular family physician.
Exercise judgment in the selection of your
food, abstaining from gluttony, practising
temperance, observing regularity and main
raining cleanliness. These are the simple
preventives of disease. It is not what is
not eaten and drank, but what a man eats
and drinks which engenders disease. Ex
posure to night dews and damps—the almost
contemptible frivolities of fashion in dicta
ting the style of dress, irregular hours,
habits of indolence and their consequence,
filth of person, are sure to bring persons
within the reacn of a prevailing epidemic.
Regular habits, regular physicians, temper
ance and cleanliness are the best preventives
of all disease.— Uarrisburg Tdegraph,
THE STATE PRISONER.
The Indictment of the Grand Jury at
Norfolk Against Jefferson Davis for
the Crime of High Treason.
THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, DISTRICT
OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT :
In the Circuit Court of the United States
of America, in and for the District of Vir
ginia, at JN or folk —Mag Term, 1866.
The grand jurors of the United States of
xkmerica, in and for the district of Virgin
ia, upon their oaths and affirmations, res-
Eectively do present that Jefferson Davis,
ite of the city of Richmond, in the county
of Henrieo, in the district of Virginia afore
said, yeoman, being an inhabitant of and
residing within the United States of Amer
ica, ana owing allegiance and fidelity to the
said United btates of America, not having
the fear of God before his eyes, nor weigh
ing the duty of his said allegiance, but be
ing moved and seduced by the instigation
of the devil, and wickedly devising and in
tending the peace and tranquility of the
said United States of America to disturb,
and the Government of the said United
States of America to subvert, and to stir,
move and incite insurrection, rebellion and
war against the said United States of Amer
ica on the fifteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-four, in the city ofßichmond
in the county cf Henrico, in the district of
Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdic
tion of the Circuit Court of the United
States for the fourth circuit in and for the
district of Vhginia aforesaid, with force,
and arms, unlawfully, falselyj maliciously
and traitorously, did compass, imagine and
intend to raise, levy, and carry on war, in
surrection and rebellion against the said
United States of America ; and in order to
fulfil and bring to effect the said traitorous
compassings, imaginations and intentions of
him, the said Jefferson Davis, afterward, to
wit: on the said fifteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty four in the said city of
Richmond, in the county of Henrico, and
district of Virginia aforesaid, and within
the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the
United States for the lourth circuit, in and
for the said district ofVirginia, with c great
multitude of persons, whose names to the
jurors aforesaid are at present unknown, to
the number of five hundred persons and
upward, armed and arrayed in warlike man
ner, that is to say. with cannon, muskets,
pistols, swords. dirks and other warlike
weapons, as well offensive as defensive, be
ing then and there unlawfully, maliciously
and traiterously assembled and gathered
did falsely assemble and join themselves to
gether against the said United States of
America, and then and there, with force and
arms did falsely and traitorously, and in a
warlike and hostile manner, array and dis
§ose themselves against the said United
tates of America, and then and there, that
is to say, on the said fifteenth day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-lour, in the said city of
Richmond, in the county ol Henrico, and
district of Virginia aforesaid, and within
the jurisdiction of the said Circuit Court of
the United States, for the fourth circuit in
%nd for the said district of Virginia, in pur
suance of such, their traitorous intentions
and purposes aforesaid, he, the said Jeffer
son Davis, with the said persons so and
aforesaid, traitorously assembled, and armed
and arrayed in the manner aforesaid, most
wickedly, maliciously and traitorously did
ordain, prepare, levy and carry ou war
against the said United States of America,
contrary to the duty of the allegiance and
fidelity of the said Jefferson Davis, against
the Constitution, Government, peace and
dignity of the United States of America,
and against the form of the statute of the
said United States of Amorioa in such ca
ses made and provided.
This indictment found on testimony of
Jas. F. Miiligan, George P. Scarbury, John
Good, Jr., J. Hardy Hendren and Patrick
O'Brien, sworn in open court, and sent for
by the Grand Jury. S. H. CHANDLER,
United States Attorney for the District
of Virginia.
A MONITOR TO GO TO EUROPE.
The continued carpings of the foreign
press, especially that of England, against
the American or monitor system ol iron
clads. and their assertions that such vessels
coula never cross the ocean, and were en
tirely useless in a heavy sea, are about to
be disapproved by a practical test. An op
portunity has been afforded by the passage
of the joint resolution congratulating the
Emperor and the people of Russia on the
escape of that sovereign from assassiuation,
and Capt. G. V. Fox, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, has been deputed to convey
the resolution to Russia and present it to
the Czar. He will proceed thither in the
monitor Miantonomah. sister ship to the
Monadnock, which has recently made such
a successful trip round Cape Horn to Val
paraiso, on her way to San Francisco. The
Miantonomah is now at Halifax, awaiting
the arrival of Captain Fox, and will soon
start on her voyage. After performing his
errand to the Czar Captain Fox will take
the Miantonomah to most of the principal
European seaports for the purpose of ex
amining the present condition of the navies
oi the Dowers. It is easy to imagine the
utter amazement that will be created by the
advent of this iron monster in Europe, not
only at her armament and complete impreg
nability, but at the refutation of the proph
esies so foudly indulged in by the friends of
broadside iron clads. The sight of such a
vessel will do much to create a wholesome
appreciation of the power of the American
navy and the genius of the American peo
ple in conceiving and eonsumatitig such a
work. It would lie well were her conmiau
er allowed to demonstrate the power of his
guns by a shot or two atone of the uu wield
ly broadside iron -clads ol England or France.
Were hf allowed to do so, the fate of the
ship would be forever sealed, for it would
quickly be sent to the bottom. There is
little doubt, however, that the opinion held
abroad concerning these vessels will be rad
ically changed by the trans-atlantic trip of
the Miantonomah.— Philadelphia P-ess.
Outrages in the I-'reedmen's Bureau.
NEW YORK, May 14.
The official report of Generals Fullerton
and Steadman upon the operations of the
Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, is
published. It is quite lengthly, and reviews
with vigor, the action of some of the agents
who are accused of robbery, cruelty, and
fraud. The report concludes:
Complaints have been made to us by plan
ters, that these agents of the Bureau use
the power of their position to obtain the
control of the best labor in tbeStato. There
is no doubt that some of the ill-feeling man
ifested toward the Bureau on the Dart of the
planters, is attributable to this fact. The
arbitrary power exercised by the officers and
agents of the Bureau in making arrests,
imposing fines and inflicting punishments,
disregarding local laws, and especially the
statute of limitations, creates prejudices
against the United States Government. If
the officers were all honest and intelligent,
with even limited legal information, it
might be safe to trust them with this extra
ordinary power, but in many instances the
officers do not possess the slightest knowl
edge of law. We are satisfied that the re
commendation which we made in reference
to the withdrawal of the officers of the Bu
reau in Virginia and the transference to the
officers commandings the troops of such duty
as it may still be necessary to perform in
connection with the freedmen, is equally
applicable to North Carolina.
•SL.lt has been asked, when rain falls
does it ever get up again ? Of oourse it
does in dew time.
The Union State Central Committee.
! committee met yesterday afternoon at
the National Union Club House, a large
majority of the members being present. Col.
Frank Jordan, chairman presided, and F. H.
Rauch. Esq., of Berks county, was ap
pointed secretary pro tern. The usual sub
committees were appointed and arrange
ments made for future meetings of the priu
cipal committee. On motion Wm. H. Kem
ble, Esq,, of Philadelphia, was appointed
treasurer, and the chairman was authorized
to appoint three permanent secretaries.
Messrs. George W. Hamerseley, ofGernian
town, A. W. Benedict, of Huntingdon, and
J. Robley Dunglison, of Philadelphia, were
selected as secretaries, and the appointments
were subsequently unanimously confirmed.
The proceedings of the meeting were en
tirely harmonious, and the reports from all
parts of the Commonwealth were of the
most flattering character. The members of
the committee are determined to prosecute
the campaign with energy and zeal, and are
sanguine^of electing our gallant standard
bearer, General Geary, by an immense ma
jority.—Press.
The Contrast
The Democratic journals throughout the
country are very extravagant in their abuse
of the Senate for refusing to confirm the re
cent appointments of the President. We
would invite their attention to the following
extract which we take from a speech made
byAnirew Johnson in the Senate of the
United States in 1860:
"How has Lincoln been elected, and upon
what basis does he stand? A minority
J'resident by nearly half a million votes; but
had the election taken place upon the plan
proposed in my amendmnet to the Constitu
tion by districts, he would have been this
day defeated. But it has been done accor
ding to the Constitution and according to
law. lam for abiding by the the Constitu
tion; and in abiding by it, I want to main
tain and retain my place here and put down
Mr. Lincoln, and drive bacL his advances
upon Southern institutions, if he designs to
make any. Have we not the brake in our
hands? Have we not got the power? We
have. Let South (.■arolma and her Sena
tors come-, and on the 4th of March next, ice
shall have a majority of six in this body
against him. This successful sectional can
didate, who is in a minority of a million or
nearly so, on the popular vote, cannot make
his LaJ/inet on the 4th of March next unless
the Senate will permit him."
"Am 1 to be so great a coward as to re
treat from duty? I will stand here and
meet the encroachments upon the institu
tions of my country at the threshold; and
as a man, as one that loves my country and
my constituents, I will stand here and resist
all encroachments, and advances. Here is
the place to stand. Shall I desert the cita
del and let the enemy come in and take pos
session? No. Can Mr. Lincoln send a
foreign minister or even a consul abroad -
| less he receives the sanction of the Senate?
Can he appoint a post master whose salary
is over a thousand dollars a year without the
consent of the Senate? Shall we desert out
posts, shrink from our responsibilities and
permit Mr. Lincoln to come with his cohorts
as we consider them, from the North to carry
off everything? Yes we are defeated accor
ding to the forms of law and the Constitu
tion; but the real victory is ours—the moral
force is with us."
Andrew Johnson was then as now a mem
ber of the Democratic party, and the advice
he then gave Democratic Senators is as good
now as then. He prides himself upon his
record, and here is his declared purpose,
when a Senator, to refuse his sanction to
any of the appointments of Mr. Lincoln.—
Exchange.
Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat.
REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND SHOULD
BE CHECKED. If- ALLOWED TO CONTINUE,
rritation of the Lungs, a Permanent
Throat Affection, or .an lucnrable
Lang- Dlseiwe
IS OFTEN THE RESULT.
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
having a direct influence to the parts, give im
mediate relief.
FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH,
CONSUMPTION A THROAT DISEASES,
Troches are used with always good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
will find Trochee useful in clearing the voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving
the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal
organs. The Troches are recommended and pre
scribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials
from eminent men throughout the country. Be.
ing an article of true merit, and having proved
their efficacy by a test of many years, each year
find them in new localities in various parts of the
world and the Trochee are universally pronoun
ced better than other articles.
Obtain only "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHE;,,"
and do not take any of the Worthier Imitatione
that may be offered.
Sold everywhere in the United States, and
Foreign countries, at 35 cents per box.
Nov. 10, 1565.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned in the mercantile business, under
the name of D. F. Buck A Son. is this day dissol
ved by mutual consent. All persons having un
settled accounts with said firm are requested to
settle immediately.
D. F. BUCK.
C. L. BUCK.
New Enterprise, March 19, 1866.
The undersigned having taken the stand here
tofore occupied by D. F. Buck A Son, wishes to
say to his friends, that feeling grateful for past
favors, he begs a continuance of the same, and will
sell goods cheap for cash, or on short credit to
punctual customers. C. L. BUCK.
New Enterprise, March 30, lS66:3in.
CANVASSERS WANTED, at S3OO per month.
We want reliable agents (none other) male
and female to take the exclusive agency in every
county and township in the U.S. to sell the Phot
graph Family Record, a work which every family
will buy. It is bound like an album bu ha
printed blank page opposite each photographs
for a complete record of the husband, wife and,
each child of a family; also containing marriage
certificate, and pages for military history of any
member of the family. Nothing like it ever pub
lished and no work that agents can sell so readily.
Old canvassers and others should send for circu
lars and terms. It is necessary to have copies of
the work to canvass with; price by express $2 50,
$3 50 and $7 00 (3 styles); money may be sent by
mail. Name the townships wanted. Address
BARTLES n N A CO.,
mar3o:2m 611 Chestnut st.
~|~TMBKR! LUMBER!
The undersigned has just received, and will
keep constantly on hand all kinds of DRY LUM
BER, BUILDING STUFF, SHINGLES,
LATH, and material generally kept in a first class
Lumber Yard. Orders promptly attended to
CHAS. H. ANDERSON"
b23:3m Huntingdon,Pa
JNVENTORS' OFFICES.
d'EPINEUIL & EVANS,
Civil Kngtiu-ers and Patent Solicitors,
NO. 435 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
Patents solicited—Consultations on Engineer
ing, Draughting and Sketches, Models and Ma
chinery of all kinds made and skilfully attended
to. Special attention given to REJECTED CA
SES and INTERFERENCES. Authentic Co
pics of all Documents from Patent Office procured.
N. B. Save yourselves useless trouble and
travelling expenses, as there is no actual need for
personal interview with us. All business with
these offices, can be transacted in writing. For
further information direct as above, with stamp
enclosed, for Circular with references.
janl2:4y
QEARY! QLYMER
We have Photographs, large and small, of Gea
ry and Clymer. Agents wanted to sell them.
Send 75 cents for specimen copies by mail, post
age paid. Address BARTLESON A CO.
may4:2m 611 Chestnut street.
BEDFORD HOUSE,
AT HOPEWELL, BEDFORD COUKTT, PA.,
BY HARRY DROLLINGKB.
Every attention given to make guests comfortable,
who stop at this House.
Hopewell, July 29, 184.
QROVER fc BAKER'S
Sewing Machines
WERE AWARDED THE
HIGHEST PREMIUMS
at the State fairs of New York, New Jersey, Ver
mont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mich
igan, Wisconsin, lowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Ore
gon, California, at the fairs of the American In
stitute, Franklin Institute, Maryland Institute,
Massachusetts Mechanics' Association, Penn. Me
chanics' Institute, St. Louis Agricultural and Me
chanics' Associcn, and at numerous Institute and
County fuirs, includidg all the fairs at which they
were exhibited the pa*t thiee years.
First prizes have also been awarded these Ma
chines at the exhibitions of London, Paris, Dub
lin, Linz, Pesancon, Bayonne, St. Dizier, Chalons.
And they have been furnished by special com
inand to the
tm|iress of France,
Dmnress of Austria,
Emuress of KUSNIK.
Empress of Brazil,
Queen of Spain and
Queen of Bavaria.
The Grover and Baker Elastic-Stitch sewing
Machines are superior to all others for the follow
ing reasons:
1. They sew direct frem the spools, and require
no rewinding of thread.
2. They are more easily understood and used,
and less liable to derangement than other ma
chines.
3. They are capable of executing perfectly,
without change of adjustment, a much greater
variety of work than other machines.
4. The stitch made by these machines is much
more firm, elastic, and durable, especially upon
articles which require to be washed and ironed,
than any other stitch.
5. This stitch, owing to the manner in which
the under thread is inwrought, is much the most
plump and beautiful in us , and retains this
plumpness and beauty even upon articles frequent
ly washed and ironed until thoy are worn out.
6. The structure of the seam is such that,
though it be cut or broken at intervals of only a
few stitches, it will neither open, run, or ravel,
but remains firm and durable.
7. Unlike other machines, these fasten both
ends of the scam by their own operation.
8. With these machines, while silk is used utton
the right or face side of the seam, cotton may he
used upon the other side without lessening the
strength or durability of the seam. This can be
done on other machine, and is a great sating
upon all articles stitched or made up with silk.
These machines, in uddition to their superior
merits as instruments for sewing, by a change of
adjustment, easily learned and practiced, execute
the most beautiful and permanent embroidery and
ornamental work.
PRINCIPAL OFFICES
OK HHE
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co.
EASTERN.
Boston, IS Sumner street.
New York, 495 Broadway.
Philadelphia, 730 Chestnut street.
Baltimore, 181 Baltimore street.
Brooklyn, 235 Fulton street.
Rochester, 48 State street.
Buffalo, 329 Main street.
Troy, 343 River street,
liarrisburg, 17 Market street.
Providence, 2 Howard building.
WESTERN.
Chicago, 101 Washington street.
Cincinnati, 5S West Fourth street.
St. Louis, 124 North Fourth street.
Detroit, 62 Woodward avenue.
Milwaukee, 13 Newhall house.
Cleveland, 171 Superior street.
Daytoi., 346 Third street.
Louisuille, 5 Masonic Temple.
Lexington, Bradley's block.
Memphis, 303 Main street.
Nashville, 66 Chu'ch street.
San Francisco, 329 Montgomery street.
FOREIGN.
London, 150 Regent street.
Liverpool, 59 Bold street.
Melbourne, 24 Swanston street.
For sale by B. M. Greene, Huntingdon, Pa.
April 27, Cms.
g J. WILLIAMS,
SO. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILAPEPLHIA
manufacturer of
VENETIAN BLINDs AND
WINDOW SHADES,
The largest and finest assortment in the city at
the Lowest. Cash prices.
STORE SHADES MADE AND LETTERED.
ap6:2m.
WHO? WHO? WHO?
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
We have a correct and striking photograph of
the next Governor of Pennsylvania, which we
will send by mail for 25 cents. If we mistake the
man, the money will be refunded immediately af
ter election next October. Is it Geary or Clymer?
Write and see. Address
BARTLESON k CO.,
may4:2m. 611 Chestnut street, Phila.
rjlius WAY.
The Books of J. B. Farquhar, Esq., are in my
hands for collection and settlement. Suits will
be brought on all unsettled claims on his books
from and after the first day of June next without
respect to persons.
H. NICODEMUS.
Bedford, May 11, 1866, 3t.
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
All pbrsons are hereby cautioned against
trespassing by Hunting, Fishing, and in every
other manner, upon the premises of tho subscri
bers in Bedford township, as they are determined
to enforce the law against all not complying with
this notice. HENRY DIBERT,
way4:3t WM. PHILLIPS.
INSTATE OF NA THAN H. WOLF, dee'd
J Letters testamentary having been granted by
the Register of Bedford county to the undersign
ed Executors, living in St. Clair township. All
persons indebted to said Estate are hereby notified
to make immediate payment and those having
olaians are requested to present them properly au
cnenticated for settlement.
JOHN WOLF,
THOS. McfOY,
apl6:6t Executors.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS OF THE
BEDFORD COUNTY OIL COMPA
NY.—Persons who subscribed to this company,
by a resolution of the Board of Managers, are re
quired to pay tho first instalment, fifty per cent of
the amount subscribed, without delay. The par
tics employed to sink the well are on the ground
and ready to operate Bud the money must be forth
coming. By order of the Company.
GEORGE W. GUMP,
mar2:3m President.
WANTED— AGENTS—To canvass for the
"Soldier's Individual Memorial." Great
inducements offered than by any other published.
Agents have an entire monopoly in the territory
assigned them, as there has been nothing of the
kind yet introduced. Meets with universal appro
val, is ornamental, also a record of value to those
who have served in our country's defense, and to
friends of deceased soldiers. For circulars, Ac.,
address, enclosing stamp, B. C. BAKER, Colum
bus, 0., Lock Box 978. Apl. 13, Imo.
AGENTS WANTED! .
To sell the Great American Puzzles, the
cheapest and mo.t wonderful puzzles of the age.
Agents can readily make from $lO to $26 per day.
I will give any agent SIOO if he will sell 50,000.
Send 30 cents for sett of puzzles. All orders sent
by mail free. PHILIP HILL, Importer of Fan
cy Goods, 259. Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ladies' Needle Book, containing 100 of
tho best Needle. Sent by mail on receipt of 50
cents. April 13:lmo.
DISABLED MEN, ATTENTION i
Wanted, one or two men, in Bedford and
vicinity, who have lost either an arm or leg, to sell
Wadticorth'i Water Proof Arnica Healing Plat
ter, the beet and cheapest Court Plaster in the
market. From $5 to $lO per day can be made.
Address with 25 cents for sample and full infor
mation, A. F. BELCHER, Box 45, Philadelphia,
Pa. N. B.—All agents ard peddlers would find
it to their interest to answer the above. Ap.l3:3m.
WANTED! Agents. Male and Female at $75 to
$l5O per month to sell the Celebrated
Common Sense Family Sewing Machine
PRICE SIB.OO.
This Machine will do all kinds of work equal to
the high priced Machines, and is the only practi
cal and reliable Cheap sewing Machine in the
world. Send for discriptive Circulars. Address,
SECOMB A CO, Chicago, 111., or Cleveland, Ohio.
Anril 27 Im.
W*. HARTLEY g. g. MET ZGER.
HARTLEY & METZGER
Having formed a partnership on the first day of
April, 1866, in the
Hardware & Farm Machinery Trade,
now invite the public to examine their
MAMMOTH STOCK,
which they will sell at low figures for CASH.
IRON AND NAILS at lowest eash prices at
HARTLEY <f-METZGERS.
PAINTS, fresh, durable and beautiful pure Lib
erty White Lead, Penn Treaty White Lead,
Mansion White Lead, China Qioss, Turpentine,
Flax seed oil, Copal and Dcmar Varnish Brushes
of all kinds for sale cheap at
HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
GRAIN A GRASS SCYTHES SNENDS,
and Harvesting Implements in great varietv
and at all prices, for sale by HARTLEY A
METZGER.
SPR INC TOOTH RAKES, GUM SPRING
Grain Drills, Improved Cider Mills, Eureka
Fodder and traw Cutters for sale at HARTLEY
A METZGER'S.
AA WASHING MACHINE and the great
YO.UU AIIRI Cog Wheel wringer, now on exhi
bition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S. Call and
see this invention before purchasing elsewhere.
HOI SE KEEPERS it'tW find at Hartley A
Metzger's Store a great variety of house
bold Hardware, such as Knives and Forks,
Spoons of elegant quality. Ladles, single or in
sets, Shovels and Tongs, Waiters, Tea Bells, Scis
sors, Meat Saws, Carvers, Paring Knives, Brush
es, \\ affie Irons, Griddles, Gridirons, Brass Por
celain and Iron Kettles, Iron Pots, Tubs, Buckets,
Baskets, Brooms, Slaw Cutters, Ac. Stove Polish,
Rotten Stone, and a hundred little "knick knacks"
that we can't afford to enumerate. It would be
easier to tell what we don't keep than what we do.
rr\IIE CLEAREST, BRIG HE ST, Best, Safest
JL and Purest, and for these reasons the CHEAP
EST COAL OIL in Bedford, may always be had
at Hartley A Metzgarta. You who hare never
used any other than the "common truck," try it,
compare it ! and you will always go to Hartley I
Metzger's. Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion,
and great variety, very cheap at Hartley A Metz
gar's, also, Wick, Lamp Tops, etc. Coal Oil
Lamps repaired.
JTA GREEN CASTLE Grain Cradles, Nattmd
BJ" bent fingers will be received by Hartley A
Metzger, who are exclusive agents for Bedford
county. Order soon.
BUCKEYE Reapers and Mowers with all the
new improvements, among which is the won
derful Dropping invention. Also, a few "FARM
ER MOWERS" for sale by Hartley A Metzger.
Order soon as the supply is short for this season.
BARN DOOR ROLLERS of the most improv
ed pattern, track end all complete, cbeper,
and better than hinges, for sale at HARTLEY A
METZGER'S.
DEMI-JOHN'S for MINERAL WAFER, at HART
LEY & METZGER'S.
FISHING TACKLE, RODS, HOOKS
lines etc, etc. Shot Guns, powder, .-hot, caps,
ect. at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
X A BE RE A GRIND STONES and fixtures at
OUILARTLEY A METZGER'S.
PATENT WHEEL GREASE, THE BEST
Wbite Wash. Blacking ADD Scrub Brushes in
town at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
GO TO HARTLEY A METZGER'S TO
get your money back.
FTIA AAA DUE AND WANTED. OLD
Y IU,UUU Merchants say: itis necessary to
quit business in order to settle up. Thai many
people are so meat), after you have credited them
that when you try to get your honest dues from
them, they will "shy off" and spend their money
or run up accounts at other stores, and you will
lose their custom.
I don't want to quit business, I mast have mon
ey. I hav e been indulgent, I want every man and
woman who owes me by book acct. or note to PAY
me now. I don'T want them to act mean and
"sby off." Stand up to the counter like men, pay
if you can ;if you can't pay, settle someway. I
will sue only those who don't seem to want to pay
and quit me because I dun them. Let all con
cerned call at once to settle. Thankful to a gen
erous public for their patronage, I hope they
will favor the new firm of HARTLEY A METZ
GER, they will try to do right.
Respectfully
W. HARTLEY.
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS IN A
BLAZE.
Fort Bedford Silences Opposition!
The subscriber has purchased the building gen
erally known as "Washington's Headquarters,"
for many years occupied by the Hon. John Cess
na and fitted it up in a neat style for the reception
of a
FANCY STORE
which she has just opened. No efforts and ex
pense have been spared to make this the
'•Fashionable Bazaar."
All the
LATEST STYLES
whieh grace the Eastern cities, (she having just
returned from the East) will be found here, con
sisting of
Millinery and Fancy Dress Goods,
Ladies' Kid Gloves,
Balmorals,
Hoop Skirts,
Sack Coats
and Shawls ;
A splendid article of
Hand-made Ladies'
Misses' and
Children's Shoes,
with a great variety of
Notions,
Dress Trimmings,
etc., etc., etc.
The services of an Eastern lady, of
VAST EXPERIENCE
bave been secured, who will be pleased to exhibit
our goods to those who favor us with their pat
ronage.
OUR MOTTO IS
Quick Sales and Ready Profits.
TERMS exclusively cash.
E. V. MOWRY.
April 27, 3mo.
"PRIVATE SALE
X OF VAXITSIiE
TIMBER LAND.
THE subscribers, agents for Mary Ann Wilson,
will sell at private sale, a tract of
100 Acres of Valuable Timber Land,
situate in Shover's Valley, Cumberland Valley tp.,
adjoining lands of George Love, Ilemmings, and
others, surveyed and granted on a warrant to
Margaret Roff. This tract is within easy reach
of Bedford and in the hands of an energetic per
son would afford an almost inexhaustable supply
of wood for the citizens of the town. There are
several acres cleared and under cultivation and a
large portion of the balance can, without much
labor, be made productive. The timber is of an
excellent quality, much of it being poplar, and
convenient to saw mills. Terms will be made
easy. DURBOKROW & LUTZ.
April 27, 3mo. Agents.
THE SALEM LEG.
Under the Patronage of the United States
Government. Models ot this superior log may be
seen at the Agency of the SALEM LEG COMP
ANY. No. 33 South SEVENTH Street, Philadel
phia.
Call and see them, or send for a circular con
taining full information. Apl 27. Im.