BMorb Jnprtr. BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY JISK 8, ISM. UNION REPt BLH AS STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR, MAJ. GEN. JOHN W, GEARY, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE DESERTER LAM SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. It is authoritatively announced that Gov. Curtin has signed the bill disfranchising Deserters, and that it is now a law of the land. The Supreme Court adjourned without delivering an opinion, but no one doubts the affirmation of the law. How are yon. Skedaddlers? RADICALISM. The term radical as applied to modern politics may be used to designate an advo cate of extreme measures of whatever kind, whether in favor of or in opposition to reform. The word radical is derived from the Latin radix < a root, and is proper ly used to designate measures or principles, that go to the root of the matter in ques tion, that is, go back to original and funda mental principles. In this, its true sense it may be properly applied to the advocates of any reform, who base their measures upon the great original and fundamental princi ples of right, justice and humanity as indi cated in the teachings of nature, or set forth in the inspired pages of Holy Writ. Thiß is the true and legitimate use of the term radical, hut common usage within a few years has largely increased its scope, so that it is now used as a cry of persecu tion against every progressive idea, innova tion or change in any department of life. AD who propose, in the interest of progres sive ideas, to introduce new or revive old principles, that have been lost sight of, in the political arena, to make a new applica tion of mechanical forces in the physical sciences, to discover and demonstrate the existence of hitherto unknown laws in nature, to advocate reform and progress in the intellectual world or to inculcate the legitimate development of the great moral truths laid down by the Savior of mankind, for the guidance and continued elevation of the human race toward the standard of perfection in all good, are now vociferously denounced as radicals and the measures they advocate as radicalism, alike by the designing demagogue and the ignorant rab ble. The term radicalism as thus applied is the natural outgrowth in a new and dan gerous form of the innate wickedness of the human heart. Its moving power and actu ating spirit are the same that eighteen hun dred years ago persecuted the great Apos tle of peace and good will to man, and has continued to persecute his followers and the promulgators of his doctrines to the present time, and will do so to the end. It sailed him a plotter against the jieace and security of the Roman Empire, and his followers tur bulent and dangerous citizens, and it reit erates the same epithets for a similar pur pose to-day ; yet to him and his followers, under various opprobrious appellations, ever striving in the onward and upward course, does the world owe all of progress it has over made, all of good it has ever known. Thus struggling not for themselves, but blessing their revilers and laboring for their good, noble men, imitating their great pro totype, all the way down through the inarch of ages have ennobled and made honorable each epithet heaped upon them in scorn. Each was intended to crush out the spirit of progress and suppress the aspirations of the human soul, but the unquenchable fire still burns and its enemies know it to-day as Rad icalism. It is the same ennobling spirit still --the same that actuated Copernicus when coming forth from the dungeons of the In quisition he stamped his foot upon the earth and muttered "still it moves"—the same, that actuated Luther when in defence of his firm convictions of right and truth he determined to go to the Diet at Worms thongh devils were as plenty there as tiles upon the house roofs—the same that actua ted a Huss, a Howard, a Knox, a Whitfield or a Wesley in their various fields of reform. It was the same spirit that led the people of England to persevere until they wrung from reluctant rulers one guarantee of liberty after another until they became the freest, best and most prosperous nation of the old world—the same, that ied our Revolutionary fathers of glorious memory to resist the oppression of unequal laws under British rule—the same that actuated our brave soldiers to willingly lay down their lives for the preservation of our free institutions, the embodiment of the great, progressive idea of universal liberty and the greatest attainable good for all men —the same that led good men and noble women to go forth from luxurious homes and endore the privations of camp and field while engaged in binding up the wounds of the maimed, cheering the hearts of the sick and desponding, and minis ering to the last wants and wishes of the dying—the same that now leads so many to go among the enfranchised and labor to raise them from the depths of ignorance and degradation to which long years of cruel "bondage have reduced them. All have been actuated by the same high aims, founded upon the great principles of truth and justice, viz. love for their fellow-men, and a desire to promote the moral, intellectual, spiritual and tempo ral welfare of the human race. In all her progress the enemies of truth have resisted her in every shape and form and heaped upon her all opprobrious epithets, but she has ever triumphed. Her latest enemies call her Radicalism, but it checks not ber progress nor turns her aside from her great purpose; at the end of nearly two thousand years of bittei, unrelenting persecution her disciples, like Copernicus, may walk forth upon the earth and declare of truth tri umphantly "still it moves," as each new enemy o'ercome gives testimony that— •'Truth crush'd to earth shall rise again, The eternal yeari of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And die* among hie worshippers." Gen. John A, Logan, of Illinois, has re cently declared in favor of the course of Congiess and against the President. He will stump Pennsylvania for Gep, Geary- ARE THEY RECONSTRUCTED* All parties now accept the amendment abolishing slavery throughout the L nited States as right and just; with it the bitter est Copperhead no longer finds fault. This being the case, no one will deny that the recently rebellious States should be obliged to comply with the requirements of that amendment before being restored to their former rights and privileges among the State*. This is the object designed to be accomplished by the Civil Rights Bill re cently passed by Congress over the veto of the President. The necessity for the pas sage and enforcement of such a law is pain fully evident from the following epitome, given by the New York Evening Pott , of the report of the President, made by request of Congress, as to the provisions in refer ents 1 to the freednien, contained in the con stitutions and laws of the Southern States: '• The states of North Carolina, South_ Car olina. Florida, Georgia, Alabama. Mississip pi and Texas are included in the report fur nished by the Secretary of State. It will be seen that in South Carolina and Florida flogging is still a legalized punish ment for the blacks; and in the former State the law is so worked that unless a colored titan, fined for a slight, breach of law, hap pens to have money in his pocket at the mo ment of conviction to pay the tine, he will be. if the magistrate chooses, disgraced by flog ging. Let the reader imagine what would happen if our legislature should pass a law declaring that if an offender, fined to the amount of five dollars, "does not immediate ly pay the fine he shall suffer corporeal pun ishment." The first attempt to enforce such a law would create a riot: and the public voice would acquit of all blame those who should to the utmost extent resist such an iniqui tous and disgraceful enactment. And sup pose, instead of being of general application, the law should condemn only one class of men, say the shipwrights, or stevedores, or the journeymen carpenters? In South Carolina and Florida the freed uien are forbidden to wear or keep arms. In South Carolina they are forbidden to work at trades, or to engage in business, unless spe cially licensed. In Florida it is made a penal offence to teach the freedmeu or their chil dren, except a license has first been obtained. In Mississippi all freedmen who are not en gaged in labor by the year are compelled to take out a license. lu South Carolina and Mississippi "any person" may arrest a freedman whom he sup poses to have committed an offence, or to have "deserted" from a plantation; and in Mississippi the law directs that such "alleg ed deserter" shall, while his case is pending, be sent to his "alleged employer's planta tion!" In South Carolina it is enacted that the laborer shall be called "servant," and the employer "master." There are other particulars in which sever al of the States make unjust and injurious distinctions between man and man." Our readers will recollect that these are not old statutes, enacted during the exis tence of slavery, but, .new laws, recently passed with special reference to the freed men, and are attempts in direct defiance of the constitution as amended, to perpetuate in a new and more odious form the old insti tution of slavery. It will be remembered that the same legislative bodies that enacted these iniquitous laws, also elected the Sena tors and Congressmen, whom, under the workings of "My Policy" the President and the whole copperhead party are now trying to force into Congress. For this purpose, of upholding Southern rebels in their defi ance of the constitution and laws of the land, all the patronage of the government in Pennsylvania has been put in the hands of Senator Cowan to be used for securing the election of the Copperhead candidate for Governor, Hiester Clymer. All true Union men, as well as the gallant soldiers, will make a note of this, as a fact to be re membered when they go to the polls in October. A COUP D'ETAT RECOMMENDED to THE PRESIDENT. The Washington Union , in its issue of May 3d, closes an article on congressional action in the following words : "These men had better beware. They are not a legal Congress, but an unconstitu tional body of rumpers. The country feels that the one great error of the President was in his ever recognizing thera at all, in their self-imposed rump condition. They had no claim for recognition as an official body, from any honest man, or any other branch of the government. We doubt whether the Supreme Conrt will oyer affiim any of their statutes to he valid. This thing of congressional fanaticism and trea son ought to De done away with. The Amer ican Congress now is the fax simile of that romp Parliament which stank in the nostrils of a' good men, and which Cromwell kicked out of doors and served them just right. A little Cromwellian pluck is the thing just needed now, and there are twenty-two hun dred thousand democrats in the North who would back that kind of pluck with aj good deal of relish just now. The issue smould be joined at once." What brave words to come from those who fled to the tnountsfihs in mortal fear of the elraft, a little more than a year ago ! How valiautly they talk and write in time of peace. Though cowards at heart, their hearts are none the less wicked and traitor ous. The men who apologised for and sym pathised with rebels, are as willing now as ever to aid and to abet treason. They have been the slaves of party and the tools of traitors and are willing now in order to ele vate their party to power, to inaugurate a new rebellion. Though in the event of war the boasted twenty-two hundred thousand Northern democrats, would as before, rapidly vanish to the mountain fastnesses and the Canadian border. But let the lovers of peace take warning, that these ignoble cow ards though reluctant to fight, are never theless quite willing to stir up strife and encourage dissension. With this hope they are now upholding the President in resisting the will of the people as expressed through their representatives. And in language such as above quoted are counselling him to assume the role of a military dictator and drive the representatives of the people from the Halls of Congress, so as to enable rebels and traitors to make their own terms of reconstruction. Let every voter remember that these advisors of the President are ardent friends and supporters of Heister Clymer. Ot'R consul at Liverpool writes, under date of May 18th: "Some two weeks ago I advised you of the shipment from this port to New York of some five thousand bushels of wheat. I now have to inform the De partment of State that the City of Cork, which sails to-morrow, takes as freight four hundred and ninety-eight casks of French wheat fiour, valued at one thousand and forty six pounds sterling. I think this is the first instance of the shipment of French flour from this port for the United States, and probably the first tiino flour has evor been shipped as merchandize from Eurou# to America. ' •'* ' ur DEATH OF LIEUT. GET. SCOTT. It becomes our sad duty to record the Death of this veteran soldier which occur red at West Point, on the 26th ult. Gen. Scott was within a few days of 80 years of age and had been 54 years a soldier, having entered the army in 1808. From the war of 1812 to the breaking out of the war wit h Mexico in fs46 he held a prominent rank as one of our wisest and ablest military men. From the close of bis brilliant campiign in Mexico to the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861 he stood acknowledged as the great est military genius of his age. At the breaking out of the rebellion the difficult and dangerous task, of foiling the designs of traitors, keeping order in the national capi tal and providing for the safe inauguration of President Lincoln, devolved upon him and was successfully accomplished, but his advanced age precluded his taking part in the subsequent struggle. He lived to sec the rebellion put down and the glorious stars and stripes, under whose folds he had so often led to victory, once; mora floating in triumph over every Foot of the national domain ; then full of honors and of year: he was called to his reward. In hint the world ioses v great and good man and the nation mourns a brave soldier and a true patriot. SHALL WEI FORGET f No we will not, we cannot forget. Though Andrew Johnson has forgotten these brave words the friends of the Union still remem ber aud adhere to thein : "Every era teaches its lesson. The times we live in are not without instruction. The American people must he taught —if they do not already feel —that treason is a crime, and must he punished; that the government will not always bear with its enemies; that it is strong, not only to protect, but to pun ish.'' "Let it be engraven on every heart that treason is a crime, and traitors shall suffer its penalty." "I know men love to have their names spoken of in connection with acts of mercy; and how easy it is to yield to this impulse. But we must not forget that what may be mercy to the individual is cruelty to the State."— Andrew Johnson. It was upon such a platform and because of such professions that he was made Vice President by the party through whose in strumentality the country was saved, and whose leaders he now reviles. Won by the fulsome adulations of red-handed rebels, he would fain ignore bis former deeds and in companionship of traitors, forget the glori ous record of the past. He may forget it, but it will remain in the record of history if only to show how weak a man may speak brave and noble words, and from what a height of noble patriotism Andrew John son has fallen to his present degradation. How oft we blush for Arnold's shame, but Arnold fell in dark days through sore temp tation ; to Johnson justly belongs the deeper disgrace of betraying his country's cause, when after unparallelled sacrifices of her sons, she bad secured complete and triumph ant victory. DANGEROUS FRIENDS. The Richmond Examiner recently sup pressed by General Giant for its outspoken and treasonable attempts to stir up new strife and make war afresh on the Union, speaking for itself and it; rebellious follow ers, thus eulogises the President for his persistent efforts to force rebels once more into power : "We have one friend, well tried and faith ful, and we should buckle him to us with hooks of steel. The legislature and the Judiciary are against us, bent on our destruc tion, but. thank God, the Executive, good, wise and brave, is for us. He exerts himself to the utmost of his power in our behalf. He commiserates our condition, he recogni ses our rights, and he devotes all his ener gies to our protection. " It is an old and safe rule to judge a man by his company. When wc find a man. be he high or low, consorting with, not only unrepentant, but defiant rebels and eulo gised by them as their best friend, we need not hesitate with whom to class him. What ever the President's past record aud profes sions his present acts and associations, in the judgment of all honorable men, inevitably stamp him a traitor to the party and prin ciples through whose instrumentality he was elevated to power. f®"We give in to-day's paper the veto of President Johnson returning the bill for he admission of Colorado as a State, with his objections. Stripped of all verbiage his objections to the admission of Colorado may be summed up as follows : 1. It would be a Union State. 2. It would have three votes for the next Presidency. 3. It woujd not vote for Johnson. 4. No more Union States can be admit ted until the eleven rebel States have rebel representatives in Congress to decide upon the expediency of tbeir admission. 5. In the extension of political power under this government, rebels must have the the preference until they attain the control of our political affairs, after which the ques tion of the extension of political power to loyal men will be considered. The President does not use just the lan guage we employ to express his reasons for the veto ; but as he doubtless desires to be properly understood, we have divested his arguments of incoherencies and give them in naked English.- Chamlterxbwg Reposito ry- No MORE OF THAT.—"Hangman Foote" suggests the following ticket for 1868 : For President, Ulysses S. Grant; for Vice Pres ident, Robert E. Lee. Not any of Lee ! Hereafter there will be more care taken in the nomination of Vice Presidents, for the Unionists take into consideration the fact, the bullet of Booth removed Abraham Lin coln, and put in his place Andrew Johnson. Hereafter we shall have to secure the life of our nominees for the Presidency, by placing on the ticket, for Vice President, a better man, instead of, as heretofore, heading it with a Lincoln, and ending it with a John son. The Ticket tapered too much.—Aor ris;town Herald. GSOEGB WIEKES, the fearless editor of the Spirit of the Times is in Washington, more than ever determined in sun port of Congress. His prophecy as ta McCleHan will show that he cannot be far wrong in de claring that Johnson's policy will be swept like a whirlwind before the, anger of the masses. THE FENIAN WAR! Invasion of Canada. CAPTURE OF FORT ERIE. Defeat of the British at Ridgway. The Fenian movement in which the pub lic had almost ceased to feel any interest has suddenly honied iuto importance again. On the night of Thursday, May tie 51st, several regiments of Fenians under cover of the night by means of tugs and canal boats, having succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the United States authorities as well as the Canadian spies, departed from Buffalo, New York, effected a landing on the Canadian shore and captured Fort Erie early on Fri day morning June Ist. They were reported some 3,000 strong and immediately marched into the interior, destroying telegraphic communication bridges, such point- as are threatened, and you will employ Vessels, tugs, etc., such as can be procured, for watching the river and lake shore, and tak ing ali such measures as in your judgment the emergency requires. Very respectfully, GEORGE G. MEAD*, Major General Commanding. FROM EUROPE. The Continental Troubles. The London Post of May 22d contains a Paris telegram stating that it is definitely arranged that the representatives of France, England and Russia on one side, and of Austria. Prussia and Italy on the other, will assemble at the Foreign Ministry in Paris, under the Presidency of M. Druyn do 1' H uys, for formally opening the Conference to solve pacifically the pending questions between Austria and Italy. It is reported at Paris that Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador at Paris, will short ly proceed to \ ienna. The London lb mid says the Conference can do nothing more than adjourn the war, unless one or the other of the combatants become exhausted under" the burden of preparations. The official Dresden Journal, of May 21st says the Congress has agreed to try all pow ers, and would meet on the 25th. According to some authorities Austria has evinced a disinclination to join the Confer ence, and it was asserted that should she persist she would be represented pro tern, Dy England and France. There is, however no indication of any relaxation in the mili tary preparations by the several powers, and there was an almost universal feeling that a pacific solution was popular. Prussia has issued a decree that in the event of war merchant ships belonging to the enemy will not be liable to capture on the high seas by her war vessels, but this measure is only to apply in case of reciprocity from the enemy. An intrenched camp is to be constructed near Vienna, as a point of concentration for the Austrian army. The Austrian com mandant at Venice has issued a notification warning the inhabitants again-t attempting to induce enlistments in the Itallian volun teer corps; also against inciting to desertion These oflenses will be dealt with by martial law. It was cont mi, by asserted that Aus tria had refused to uiscuss any proposition for tile cession of Vcnctia. A Berlin telegram says it has been decid ed that until the 14th of June an army corps will be concentrated at each of flic following places: —Wctzlar, Erfurt. Frankfort, and between Keisse and Glizitz. In order to prove that Prussia accepts the Congress, the departure of the Prince Royal and Prince Fredrick Charles for the army has been postponed. The formation of the Italian volunteers into regiments was commenced on the 21st of May. A Vienna despatch sys_ the alliance be tween Prussia and Italy binds each to sup port the other, in case of an attack by tria, the treaty to continue till the end of the year. The statement that an Austrian patrol had crossed the Prussian frontier is denied by the Austrian commander. The South. On Saturday a free dinner to the negroes came off, near Columbus, Ga. A large number were in attendance. They were addressed by ex-Provisional Governor John son. lie compared them to the descendants of Joseph in Egypt. They had been redu ced to slavery, and after many years were made free. The ancestors of the negro sold him; they were put to trial and kept so; since then have greatly increased in number and intelligence; after two Jjundred years of probation, the negroes, by the fullness of time and the providence of God. through the instrumentality of men, have gainel their freedom, which wiil remain to them and their descendants forever. He advised them to be industrious, frugal and honest, and to be careful about making contracts, and reduce them to writing, if possible and abide by them. He had seen rapid advan ces made to a higher civilization during the past year. They should be charitaole, care for the aged, and build churches and school houses. They should obey all the laws, and not take redress upon thrmselves. The civil courts were open to them. He advised them to respect all the legal authorities, and try !to bring to light alt crime. The Govern ; uient has declared their freedom, and will maintain it. Their rights would be protcc | ted.. He Imped slavery would be soon re \ moved from Brazil and other countries, and the world would then unite for the civiliza i tion of Africa. Two negroes spoke after ' Governor Johnson had finished. t.ENERAL STEADMAN ANI> THE PR EE OMAN'S BUREAU. General Whittlesey, who is Superinten dent, in North Carolina, of the Freedman's Bureau, has written a reply to the charges of misconduct made in the report of Gener als Steedman and Fullerton, in which he cer tainly shows that these examining officers made imprudent haste with their work* and were in several instances more zealous to fix blame upon officers of the Bureau than dis creet and patient in their investigations. General Whittlesey sums Up his reply thus: "'They made neither a thorough, nor an impartial investigation.' They visited only six of the forty one districts and sub districts and sub-districts under the charge of this bureau. They made no inquiries respecting its finances or the government property in its possession. They say nothing about more than $2,000,000 worth of abandoned lands which were held for a season and re stored to their owners. "They make no mention of more than ten thousand cases of 'difficulty between frecdmen or freed men and whites' that have been adjusted. They give no credit to the officers who have found employment for many thousands ot destitute refugees and homes for many hundreds of orphans, and medical attendance and comforts for more than 20,000 persons. They say nothing of the protection and assistance afforded in or ganizing and maintaining 121 schools, with 152 teachers and 10,600 scholars. "The real worii of the Bureau, which has taxed the energy and the patience of all con nected with it to the utmost, they pass by unnoticed, and direct their entire efforts to the discovery offaults—and after all of their fancied discoveries, they make no distinct and open charges, but content themselves with insinuations and conjectures which seem intended to defame officers whose rec ord has hitherto been honorable, and who in no respect are inferior to the Commission ers hut in rank. In several particulars the charges made by General Steedman are flatly contradicted For instsnce. he reported, as a gross outrage practised by the Bureau officers, that they put negroes in chain gangs, byway of pun ishment. General Whittlesey replies: "It is greatly to the credit of the freed men that in but very few instances has it been necessary to make arrests for violation of contracts. The only place, so far as I have been informed, where a 'chain gang' has been organized, is Salisbury, in the tves tern district, which is described in the 're port' as 'a bright exception.' There at the time of their visit, Generals Steedman and Fullerton might have seen such a 'gang' at work upon the streets. Colonel Cilley ass ures rue that he told General Steedman that he had such an organization and that Gen erol Steedman expressed his entire appro val. "In this connection I will quote a sen tence from the conversation of the commis sioners with freedmcn at Wilmington, nhonographically reported by >lr. M. L. Williston: Stecdman—lt has been named that some of the Bureau officers have been interested in plantations, and have compell ed black men to labor for them. I have been told that if colored men would not work for theui they forced them into chain gangs and set them to work in the streets. [Cries of' Not so," 'No. no,' from all parts of the house.] Nixson—'l have never heard of one instance of the kind.' ' The concluding remarks of the 'report' under the heads of 'Evils of the System, and "Arbitrary Power of the Bureau' con tain conjectures rather than facts. It is not charged but hinted, that the assistant-com missioner made 'the most stringent labor regulations,' and has attempted to 'secure a low rate of wages, to the great detriment of freedmen.' ' Were this true, it would be difficult to see how such action would bring them into 'couipetion with citizens wfco are employing ! freedmen.' But the facts are directly the reverse of these hints. Though importun ed by citizens to make labor regulations and to fix the rate of wages, I have steadily re fused to issue any orders on that subject be yond the requirements that freedmen should be taught everywhere the nature and obliga tions ot contracts. The rate of wages, it has been constantly affirmed, must be gov erned by the law of supply and demand. In some parts of the State labor is worth more than in other sections. No rule or order would be just to all sections alike. It is proper and necessary that the opera tions of the Freedmeu's Bureau should be frequently and rigorously investigated ; it is necessarily, from its constitution, a depart ment. extremely liable to abuses. The sub ordinates and agents have in many cases ar bitrary power; they have to be greatly trusted ; it is right that their work should be strictly examined. But as this is true, it is the more necessary and important that the examiners should be careful, painstaking, exact. It is unendurable that officers occu pying such positions of trust and responsi bility should be wrongly accused of miscon duct or corruption. We hope the future reports of Generals Stecdman and Fullerton will be more carefully made; but we are sure they will receive little attention or con fidence from the public hereafter unless they are supported by evidence. The President would do well to recall these two agents and send out in their places more careful men.— JPccnin a Past. A TOWNSHIP OF ISLANDS. — The town ship of "Put-in-Bay," Ottawa county. Ohio is wholly made up of delightful and fertile gems of Lake Erie, comprising five islands. The hief of the group contains fourteen hundred acres, ami lias a resident popula tion of five hundred. The smaller islands are proportionally important. They have horses, cattle, carriages, manufactured arti cles, goods and stocks, etc., valued at $130,- 054, 25, and the agricultural products include wheat, rye, barley, corn, sorghum, etc. The culture of the grape and the man ufacture of wine is the staple of this group of islands. The vineyard contains four hundred and twenty two and one-fourth acres, which produced last year one million one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and one pound of grapes, and thirty-three thousand eight hundred and five gallons of wine. Kelly's Island lies just outside of this group, and last year produced one million eight hundred and sixty-five thousand four hundred and eleven pounds choice grapes, and eighty thousand four hundred and ninety-six gal lons of wine, making the product of the grape two millions, nine hundred and eigh ty-three thousand, six hundred and twelve pounds of grapes, [equal to fifteen hundred ions,] and one hundred and fourteen thou sand. three hundred and one gallons of wine. The Put-in-Bay islands are sixteen miles from Sandusky, or directly in the midst of Luke Erie, and are fast becoming a favorite resort for health and pleasure. Kelly s Island is ten miles front the same city, and Johnson's Island, famed as a rebel prison, is about three miles from the same point. The fishing in the vicinity of these Islands i reported as being very superior. MR. -JOHNSON'S own State totally repu diates his unfortunate policy. Here is what the Nashville (Tennessee) Press & Times says: "Thecontest between the President and the neople is virtually settled; the latter are destined to be the victors. The North ern States, with over 25,000,000 of people, will go in a solid column against the pro gramme dictated to them from the Execu tive Mansion. We rejoice for the sake of the South, who has so bright and glorious a career before her, under the humane and enlightened control of peace republicanism. It is for her interest, as regards immigration capital, manufactures, education and gener al prosperity, that the policy of the Presi dent shuuld be signally defeated," ONE OF THE PARDONED SPEAKS He Rejoices at Lincoln's Assassina tion—The Democratic Party Endorsed and Defended. CRESTLINE. OHIO, May 29. An ovation was yesterday given to L. P. Milligan, the Knight of the Golden Circle, who, with Bowles and Horsey, was tried in Indianapolis, eighteen months ago, and con victed of treason. Milligan was sentenced to death, but President Johnsou commuted his punishment to imprisonment for life. A few weeks ago he was released from further punishment. His friends and neighbors of Wells county, Indiana, tcndcied htm a for mal reception, and after taking time to pre pare an elaborate oration, the affair came off yesterday at Bluffton, the county seat. A welcome address was delivered by Dr. Brown, his law partner, to which he respon ded in a written speech of an hour's length. It was in large part an uninteresting and historical and philosophical disquisition of the theory and practice of human govern ment ; hut he reserved space enough in which to manifest his Copperhead malignity against all who have anything to do in ore serving the Government and preventing nim in his effort to overturn it. He attributed to New England puritanism the origin of all the evils of the land, and described the Yankee soldiers as the merce nary, unprincipled, thieving instruments that executed its designs. He characterized them as foreign soldiers, quartered upon the people of Indiana and other States. The power of the majority was more vast than that of a single monarch, for no one man could possess, in a high degree, all hu man vices—not even a Lincoln, a Brough or Morton. Among the greatest sinners against God's righteous will were these individuals, and though he was not prone to believe in special providences, their fate was otherwise unaccountable. One had been summoned to the bar of retributive justice with his sins unrepented of. Another, cov ered all over with the mildew of debauchery and wrapped in exhalations from which buz zards would turn their offended noses, car ried to the grave the impress of infamy, while there yet remains one of the Godless trio; but the plague is on its westward inarch ; his limbs are smote with the blood of crime, and tremble under their load of corruption. Still he prayed that the Gov ernor might live long enough to realize in this world, rather than in tne next, that God is just. Thus the reckless old man raved against the men who saved his neck from the halter (bat was its due. He renewed his adhesion to the Democratic party, and exhorted Ills hearers, in the precise language he had used on a former occasion, to maintain the organ ization of the party, though cowardly men may have shrunk from the boldness of its truth, and attempted to corrupt its ritual and interpolate its constitution. THE SOUTH. 31 ajor Gilbretb, sent by Gen. Howard to investigate the Memphis riots, has made a partial report on the subject He says: The civil authorities have not taken the slightest notice of these terrible riots, and -cem to regard them as simply a skirmish between the police and the negroes. It was certainly a very one sided skirmish, as from the testimony no resistance was made by the negroes after the first night. The citizens have been advised to hold a meeting and de nounce the conduct of the mob, but still they either neglect or refuse to do so. The papers of .Memphis are at the root of the whole matter. They have incited riot and murder for months, and this is only a legiti mate result of their inflammatory and incen diary articles: and these poor whites, be tween whom and the negroes a feud has al ways existed, have seen but their tools. The Norfolk Day Book renews its com. plaints of the robberies, thefts and indecen cies committed there, and speaks of the dis graceful conduct of many boys and young men, members of respectable families, who forgetful of the decencies of life, and what they owe to their own position, to their fami lies and society, are constantly guilty of out rages and almost crimes, which, originating from the source they do, make us blush for very shame at the necessity of recording them. A band of outlaws went to the house of a man named Gunter, in Overton eouuty, Ten nessee, one day last week, and on some frivo lous pretext took him into the woods, strip ped and were unmercifully whipping him. I lis daughter seized a hatchet, rushed to the -pot. ami succeeded with heroic bravery in killing two of the ruffians and wounding oth ers. She and her father have since been driven from the county. POLY(JAMISTB REFUSED NATURALIZA TION. —The Union Vedette , the loyal paper published at Salt Lake City, contains a decision made on the 2#th of April, by .Judge Drake, of the United States District Court in Utah, denying the right of the Probate Courts of the territory to issue nat uralization papers, an I determining that all naturalization certificates issued by such courts were merely void, and conferred no rights of citizenship whatsoever. Applica tion being then made to the District Court itself, the judge firmly refused to grant a certificate to any man who was living in polygamy, on the ground that it was contra ry to the act of Congress, and that any man who persistently refused to obey the laws of the I nited States was in no wav entitled to citizenship, or any ot the benefits accruing therefrom. The British steamship Union arrived at N. York on Tuesday the 29th ult from Liver pool, with fifteen eases of cholera on board. She reports that thirty three persons had died on the passage, most of them from that disease. There were over four hundred well passengers. These were transferred to the Saratoga, and the sick passengers, some of whom were very low. are on the hospital ship Falcon. The Virginia's passengers, who had been sick on that vessel, were nearly all convalescent, and were removed. This cholera will be treated as that was which came by the Virginia. The efforts of (he commissioners of qua -antine at Wash ington and elsewhere for assistance have failed. The Peruvian has also arrived with twenty eight cases of cholera. Thirty five of the passengers died from the disease du ring the voyage. A PENNSYLVANIA:* WANTED.—George Wilson, supposed to be a resident of Penn sylvania, was enlisted by Captain William Kenny, of Company B. Bth Ohio Infantry, in June, 1861. Just before the battle of Gettysburg he gave the Captain a check for S6O. During that memorable engagement Wilson was killed. The Captain is now liv ing in Cleveland, Ohio, has the check and says there is souie back pay and bounty due the soldier. Wilson once informed a com rade, while on picket guard, that he was born in Pennsylvania: that he had lieen ab sent from home over six years, and that his parents did not know anj-think relative to his whereabouts. Captain Kenny is desi rous of sending the check to his friends, if they can be found. THE establishment of the fact that oil wells could lie worked in Venango county, was owing to the enterprise of Col. E. L. Drake, who spent all his means in showing the way by which hundreds of men subse quently became rich. During the hey day of petroleum prosperity it was talked of giv ing him a valuable reward by subscription, but nothing was done. It is now proposed to petition Congress for an appropriation to Col. I >rake, as one was made twenty years ago for the heirs of Robert Fulton. It is a disgrace to those who made fortunes by the Mile of lands and wells at enormous prices in i the oil regions, that Cel. Drake remains 1 poor. Cleveland Herald. CONORESS having decided that Captain Fox shall retain high Departmental rank on his mission to St. Petersburg, there will bc be such a display of United States men of war in Cronstadt Harbor as has never before been witnessed in European waters. The iron clad Monitor Miantonomah, the Colora do, the Ticonderoga, the Canandaigua, the Kcarsarge, the Chattanooga, the Shamrock, mounting one hundred and twenty heavy guns, and manned by picked crews, will form a squadron well fitted to display the stars and stripes. These vessels have all been fit ted out witli great care and ate supplied with the most approved patterns of boat howitzers, anchors and other appliances for which our navy has so deservedly high a re putation. * THE CONSCRIPTION IN EUROPE. -A Paris letter writer says: "Between the Bospho rus and the Baltic a grand conscription is proceeding; there is not a landed proprietor a simple shopkeeper, a stolid mechanic, a wind beaten mariner, anywhere, who is not moved to terror or enthusiasm. Now, if ever, the great adjustment of differences in Europe is about to be instituted. The im mediate parties to the outbreak are Italy and Prussia against Austria, but when these great opposites clash together, there will be these minor quarrels to be satisfied." THERE was a Johnson fneeting at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, last Sat urday evening, which was well attended by Copperheads and curious Republicans—but the Johnson men were very scarce, so much so that no officers were named for the meet ing. Jos. R. FJanuigan, of the 'side door' Daily News , engineered the affair, called the meeting to order and read the resolutions. The speech-makers of the evening were Cowan, of Pennsylvania, and Duohttle, of Wisconsin—two recreant Senators who have been censured and asked to resign by the Legislatures of their respective States for treachery to the Union party.— Reading Journal. THE famous life size equestrian i>ortrait of General Scott ordered by the Common wealth of Virginia in 1857. which they re fused to accept when the Genera! declined to become a traitor for tbem, is clothed now at his decease with additional interest. It was painted by Edward Troye, a native of California, an artist of considerable note. The Genera] sat for the picture at West Point, and selected Chapultepee for the scene. It is the largest equestrian portrait ever produced in this country, and is now iu the Capitol at Washington. At the request of General Howard, with the exception of the Departments of Texas and Arkansas the commissioner-hip of the Freedmen's Bureau, has been placed in charge of the several District Military Com mandants. General Grant has shown his confidence in General Howard's former Assistant Commissioners, by giving them the entire military charger No MORE TROOPS FOR MEXlCO.—Sccre trry Seward received dispatcher- by the last mail from Minister Motly, containing full assurances ot the government at Vienna that no more Austrian troops will be sent to Mexico. A portion of the old Harrisburg bridge was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. The loss was about SOO,OOO, besides a total interruption of vehicle travel with the Cum berland Valley. The railroad bridge, a short distance below, narrowly escaped. Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat. REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTESTIOX AS!) SWUI BK CHECKER. If ALLOWED TO COSTISL'E. rrltntlon of the I.mifjs. a PcriiMmnt.' Throat AflVrllon. or >u liirnrable Lung Disease IS OFTEX THE RESULT. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES having a direct influence to the parts, give im mediate relief. FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH,. CONSUMPTION & THROAT DISEASES, Troches arc used with always good success. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Track ft 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 ted Wtter than other articles. Obtain only *'BROWX'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES," and do not take any of tho Worthies* Imitation* that may be offered. Sold everywhere in the United States, and Foriign countries, at 35 cents per box. Nov. 10, 1865. GEORGE BL.TMVER JOHN F. BLYMTER Having formed a partnership, on the 6th day of March, 1866, in the HARD WARE, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, respectfully invite the public to their new rooms three doors West of the old stand, where they will fiud an immense stock of the most splendid goods ever brought to Bedford county. These goods will be sold at the lowest possible prices, most of them at very reduced rates. Persons desirous of purchasing BOLDING HARDWARE will find it to their advantage to give us a call. We have on hand a large quantity of WHITE LEAD Which wc have been fortunate to buy a little low er than the market rate. The particular brands to which we would invite attention ara the Pure Buck Lead, Liberty White Lead, Snow Franklin White Lead, Washington White Lead, Washington Zinc White Lead, New York White Lead. Also, French Porcelain Finish,Demar Varnish, and Varnishes of all kinds, FLAX SEED OIL (PURE.) TURPENTINE and ALCOHOL, All kinds of IRON AND NAILS. Mo. 1 Crystal Illuminating Coal Oii, antl Lamps in Profusion. We would invite persons wanting Saddlery Hardware to give us a call, as we have everything in the Saddlery line, such as Buckets, Kings, Horns and Webbing Leather of all kinds. Also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of French Calf Skins; Morocco Linings, Binding, Pegs, etc. HOUSEKEEPERS will find at Blyinyer -and Son's Store a great variety of Household Goods, Knives and Forks, of the very best quality: Plated Table and Tea Spoons at all prices. f,Give us a call, and wc can supply rouwi'H am Door Rollers, the latest improvement. No va Scotia Grindstones, better than any in use- Shovels, Forks ar.d Spades. GRAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES and SNATHES, Fishing Taekel, Brushes of all kinds, Demi-johr s, Patent Wheel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite variety of other articles. $20,00(1 WANTED. We would like to get it if our friends would let us have it; less will do, but persons having UIR settled accounts will close them up to the Ist ef March, to enable us to close our old Books. This should be done. may I:tf GEO. BLYMYEK A SON. WHO? WHO? WHO? OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. We have a correct and striking photograph of the next Governor ol Pennsylvania, which we will send by mail for 25 cents. If wc mittake the man, the money will be refunded immediately af ter election next October. Is.it Geary or Clymer. Write and soc. Address BARTLEtiON A CO., may4:2m. 611 Chestnut street, Phila.