BEDFORD GAZETTE.
pp.ni v •. .TT~.T.. lam a
I<, F. freyors, Editor F; Proprietor.
Democratic State Executive Committee.
A meeting of the Democratic S|ate Execu
tive Committee will be held at the Buehier
Swtse, HAfeMBBFRG, on Wednesday, January
1 IS6S, et 3. o'clock, P. M.
fcJJcßiocaUc papers in the State will please
copy.
WILLIAM H. WELSH, Chairman.
The Releasa of Masoa and Slidell.
Our readers will be astounded to hear that
the rebel Commissioners, MASON and SLIDELL,
recently arrested on board the British Steamer
Trent, by Capt. Wilkes, o( the U. S. ship San
Jacinto, and lodged 1 in Fort Warren, by direc
tion ot the Seer* taiy ot Slate, have been re
leased on.deifcaud of the government ol Great
Jlrilaip. We must confess that we feel that
our nation is humbled and disgraced by this
alavish obedience to the insolent demand of
our tttcietit enemy,—the more so because the
wurit; Worth responded, in shouts ol approbaiioo
to ih act of Capt. Wrlkes, and Congress and
the Administration itself, had given it a tjuni,
if not a direct, approval, The recognition of
the Southern Confederacy immediately after
the battle of Bull Run, would not have been a
more stinging shame than Ihis cowering before
(he'Briiish lion. But our country—sad is the
tele to tell—has beetl brought to roeh a condi
tion that our great men at Washington seem to
think that we are ur.able to "cope with so
formidable an adversary." The surrender of
Mason and Slidell may be for the best, so far
as the present interests of the Government are
concerned, but thegreat Future will look bark
and behold a dark stain upon the escutcheon of
America, which the blood of millions may be
ihetficient to erase. It was the motto ot our
fathers, "Death before dishonor," and we are
tfnworthy of the Liberty and the glorious
hames they bequeathed us, if we are unwilling
to inscribe (be same sentiment upon our ban
hen.
CONTIMKMTAL MONTHLY. —We are in receipt
nl the January number ot this new candidate
for public favor, and find it full of interest for
the general as well as the literary reader. We
observe contributions to this number Irom the
bast writers in Uie country. The COISTIKCNTAC
if under (be editorial management ot Mr- C'IIAS.
G. LELAND, (t'olace Sluper") one of the finest
spholars and most genial humorists in America.
We can lecoinmentl every thing contained in
of this book, except its political arli
cjqs whic[i are devoted to the inculcation of the
"emancipation" idea. . Emancipate yourself ol
that one sir,. Mr. Slopif, and we are with you.
Xfiotprioe of the CONTJNBNTAL is $3, 2 copies
3 copies for $6. Address J. R. Gilmore,
lif). IVeUiout st., Boston, G. F. Putnam, ">32
Broadway, New York, or T. B. Peterson and
Bypft, 303 .Chestnut s!„ Philadelphia.
THE KNICKERBOCKER. —This welt established
and popular periodioal enters upon the new year
with brighter promise than ever before. Such
wV>ters as R. B. Kimball,author of "St. Leger,"
cKartes G. Leland and F. W. Shelton, con'rib
ute to its pages regularly, and the Editor's Ta
ble, 'as usual, js laden with good things. We
can recommend the Knickeibocker as a genial,
interesting ,and*instructive work. Address J.
fif. firlmore, New York cily.
UNITED STATED HOTFL, PuiLADELrniA.—
Tfcis excellent Hotel, now under the proprie
torship and management of COL. IT. W. KANA
at\ formerly of Harrmburg, has reduced its (are
to $1 29 cents per day, and is now the cheap
en "place of -the kind in the city. The accom
modations afforded by this hotel, are just as good
as those of the higher priced hotels, whilst its
piteximlty to the passenger station of the Penn'a.
U; R. and the business part of the cily, renders
it'a favorable stopping place for visitors from
this section of the country. Col. Kanaga Is one
of the cleverest of hosts, and'leaves nothing
.undone lo make his guests comfortable. We
udviae our friends visiting Philadelphia, to give
Mm a call.
, ■ ■ FOR THE GAZETTE.
The ladies of the Knitting Association of Bed
ford, out of the materials purchased with the
funds subscribed by the citizens of Bed lord,
knit nearly 306 pairs of socks. A few pairs
were presented by persons who were not mem
bers of fhe Association, making Ihe whole num
ber 304 pairs. £SO pairs were sent to Gen. R,
C. Hale, Q,. M. G. of Pennsylvania, and
pairs presented to the Sanitary Commis
sion at Washington City. For the 350 pairs
the sum of $67 50 cents has lately been re
ceived, whiqb is now in the hands of the Asso
cmsucc at ydi,
- A e !fI e BUM °f the Association will be held at
tJjC Jjpqseof Barclay, at 7 o'clock of the
ejynitjg Saturday, the 4th January, instant,
Be ol determining what disposition
shall be made of said sum.
~"HESTER S. BARCLAY,
Jan. 3, 1862. Pres'L
V Coral anti flltsreUanrotis.
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-. A NEW YEAR'S CHAT
BETWEEN THE CARRICR AND
PATRONS OF. IDE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
January 1, 1862. ||
FIRST PATRON— 3eli/ojnizi*<?.
'Tis New Vear'B morn ! Ah ! how 1 wish
'Twere 'Ol instead of 'tf I
One year ago 110 dire "secesh"
ilad made our Northern prospects blue.
Ona.year ago a ray of hope
for peace and union in this land,
Still shone from out the horoscope
Drawn by a driveling statesman band.
One year ago the iron lay
T.'ndug within the peaceful hills,
That goeth forth, the sword, to-day,
With which the brother brother kills. *
But vain nd foolish 'tis to sigh
For things that were, but are no more;
O'er lacteal fluid spilled to cry
I'll cease, nor war again deplore.
I'll leap into tiie whelming tide
That bears the thoughtless people on,
Nor reck into what port I ride,
So present want be from nie gone.
I'll swear the President is rijfht
,Iu tvrry thing he does, or thinks,
No matter if the furnace-light
At which he forges federal links,
Reveal utito my startled gaze.
The Constitution rent 111 shreds,
I'd talher sue the'world a-bluze
Than those in power lose their
I'll stand try N-.vard. Ah ! the fox
Of Aubtirn shall "free Warrcr." have
For traitors all, if the strong-box
Of Undo bam but yields miut eajve.
I'll cling to Cameron, prui.„e Fremont,
In spite ofahcises, slaves and facts,
I'll love with Lovcjoy, Kansas cant,
And there with Sherman, Helper's tiacts,
1 csie not what "the po vers that be"
Ordain or do, so 1 but live,
From penury and hunger free;
My stomach and my pocket give
All tone unto my patriotism ;
Hence Hale.™ Cor/>iif privilege
I care not for—a syllogism
Clear as e'er formed by Dr. Hedge.
So let the war rn*e on amatn,
l.t Britain's litTa roar and bite,
Though hecatombs of men be slain,
And millions squandered in the fight,
I'm lor the war! Twill bring me gold,
Distinction, ollice, honor, ease :
No more I'll stay "out in the cold,"
Out at ttie elbows and the knees.
Out of >th' needfulout of heart,
Out with all things but luck that's evil,
And out of patience to depart
Out of the world, the flesh and
THE CARRIER.
"The Devill"
You would have said. 'Ti 1
Your eya amazpil, bewildered spy;
Tis 1, the imp l>erime<l ami sooty,
(Not turned Kiel;, or split hooted Clootie,)
Who filings you weekly to your door,
The news sent by the printei poor.
'through me you've learned the past year's tale,
What hepp'd on mountain or in vale,
Wn.it came to pass in town and city.
To stir your wrath, or move your pitv,
ilow statesmen fools, and par'y hacks
At Freedom's tree laid slavery's axe,
How politicians planned and plotted,
Like knaves, or idiots besotted,
Kch hopeful plan of compromise,
To break up, or to neutralise.;
flow bold secession 'stalked abroad,
l'earless ol Governmental rod,
How Sumter fell itnil Northmen rose,
And brothers named each other foes,
Ilow rod-browed War his Uorms outpoured,
With cannon boom and clash of sword,
How heroes tell and fields were won,
From Lexington to sid Bull Run.
And from my vi-its you have learned,
Ilow in some people's hear's there burned
* A lreuzied feeling, eiuel, lieice,
As that the tigress' heart doth pierce ;
Wild, vengeful, savage, pitUets,
The pulse of mobs, the fiendishuesa
Ot fevunci, lanefir, who,
Tor want of useful work to.do,
Nurse morbid laneies in their head,
Till nought el-e .Miners them instead;
And how the wretches thus possessed,
For hantrir.ij neighbors hud a zest,
How well they wrote enonymout,
Your traito ous feelings to discuss;
llovv fiienuly trained you to "keep quiet,"
Or 'round you there would be a riot;
And availed presses should be '•gutted,"
That Presidential pleas rebutted.
And further, I have kept you posted
On all things good, old Bedford boasted,
(Nor failed to tell you of some evil,
As list fights; thefts, the fly and weevil);
How Bedford marched to Cumberland
To aid with willing, loyal hand
The town beleaguered by "Sficesb,"
And frightened utmost into "smash j"
How sentinels patroled our borough,
F.xpeetant ol the foe each morrow ;
How yrnmen sprang-froni plough to rifle,
Rebellion's horrid voice to stifle—
Yeomen, whose cry was ever pence,
While demagogues, line chatt'ring geese,
Made quarrel in the Nation's halls,
Till shook fur Freedom's temple walls;
And how while those do battle, tbeaa
Live on in snug, inglorious ense.
Or hold some office where no bullets
E'er come, but in their stead, fat pullets.
And, now, for this, all this, I crave ,
A quarter—
FIRST rATRON.
Out upon you, knave I
In vvnrs like this, no quarter's given 1
SECOND PATRON.
Here, lmy, 1 count yon down these seven.
One for yourself please stovt away ;
The rest for next year's issues pay.
CROWD OF PATRONS.
Ho! Printer's devil, ion of Faust,
Wi> come to make a holocaust
(All but the burning) of small change,
To thee. Wo hope 'twill not derange
Thy mind to see this heap of cash
Poured in thy lap, all in a flash.
FIRST PATRON.
Ye're fools! each independent piper
Must be swept off like mountain vapor ;
F.lse Government will fall by stress
Of publisher*' licentiousness.
I give no money to such cattle,
I'll save it to assist in battle ;
To purchase Uncle Sam some horses
And clothe and victual his brave forces.
CARRIER.
Get thee behind me, speculator,
I never was much of a hater,
But thee I can, and do despise,
Thou monster ol rnonstro-ities !
Friends of the printei, of the press!
Who value ease and riches lesa
Than liberty to write and speak
' What conscience bids the light to seek;
Who hope to sec the reign of terror
That rules this epoch dark with error,
Soon vahish from pur stricken land,
Before bold reason's conquering hand ;
To you I make my humble bow,
To you eternal friendship vow,
j To you I wish r.oi sigh nor tear, *
But evermore a glad NEW-YEAR.
HON. Mr ELY-HIS OPINION OF THE
REBELLION
Special Dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
BALTIMORE, December 27.—Congressman
ELY has been here all day. The Secessionists
currently report that he declares the South can
never be subdued, and that he is anxious lor the
acknowledgement ol the Southern Confedera
cy- .
I may say for him' however, that to the con
trary, he fully believes that the spirit of rebell
ion in the South can be crushed and the Union
restored.
Bbdforo Lyceum. —The members of le
Bedford Lyceum are respectfully invited to
meet at the Court house, on next Saturday eve
ning for die purpose ol reorganizing ALEX
KINGj President, J. PALMER, Secretary.
• WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.
DESTRUCTIVE! FIRE.
GOVERNMENT STABLES DESTROYED
FIVE HUNDRED HORSES DESTROYED, AJD
• 1200 SETS OK HARNESS BURNED.
Loss One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
TERRIBLE STAMPEDE OF THE HORSES,
ACCIDENTS, ETC., ETC.
At 7 o'clock to-night a fire broke out in lie
Government stables, near the War Departmeit,
where they had aboui 2,000 houses, and hanvss
for must of them. The stables consisted of Un
separate she.fs, 32 feet wide, and about 600 fc!
long, in each of which were somb two bundled
horses, and so rapidly did the fire spread, ilia it
was impossible to save all the horses.
A large number of men were soon on tie
ground, and commenced liberating the horss.
Many of them refused to leave the burniig
sheds, and some rushed back, and plunging irlo
the (tames, laid down to dip. Those released
gathered in droves and golloped frantically ill
over the city.
The cries of those who were burning up is
the fire reached them, were the most pit ems
we ever heard, resembling those of human be
ings. Of the ten, six were entirely consuuvd.
The timely ajrival of Captain DUDLEY, 'wiII a
battalion of regulars, and Lieutenant Map.KBT,
with a detachment of the Second and Thtal
Infantry, who set to work, and with the aid if
citizens and teamsters, tore down four of tie
•tables.
No axes were to be had, and the half dozen
fire engines dragged to the scene,were usleess frr
want of water and capacity. There were aboirt
five hundred good draught horses burned aid
about ten or twelve hundred sets ofhamew.
But little forage was lost, as they only have it
ground a3 it is used. All the stables are a tohl
loss. The horses were good ones and had been
broke in to hauling heavy wagons.
The fire originated by one of the teamsl?rs
dfopinga lantern into a bundle of hay, a'nd then
running out and shutting the dqor and halloomg
"lire;" no buckets were to be had when the
people were aroused. One good steam fire en
gine could have saved seventy five tliouiind
dollars to the Government if it had reached
there twenty five mmutes alter the fire broke
out.
A house and barn in the rear of the stable were
also consumed, a large brick house close by hid
all the fine furniture carried out and destroyed
by the rough usage, but t!>• house was uninjured
the people saving it with buckets of water cir
ried from wells close by.
The demolishing ot some sheds preventing
the fire from spreading, and the wind being verv
low, is all that saved the fire from spreading
several squares down to the Potomac. The less
is estimated, by persons competent to judge,at
over one hundred thousand dollars. ° '
The stampede of horses rushing through tie
crowds and around the corners causpd "many
serious accidents, and we hear of one man re
ported killed, who tell down while crossing the
street, near the National Hotel, and wss-tram
pled upon by them. Most of the horsed, ♦wie
ha c Loor, ou„l.t. AI the late hour -wr Wri^S
the Gro is all out, and nothing remains but bor
rows ot charred horses and pilys of cinders. °
FROM FORT PICKETS.
NEW YORK, Dec 26.
The steamship Baltic arrive] po-day from
Fort Fickens, where she landed the Seventy
fifth New York regiment. She left Fort Pick
ens on the 17th and K>y West on tiie 82 J.
Matters at Fort Pickens were unchanged.
De e ters from the rebel forces represent that
great distress and discontent prevails among
tiie troops.
The U. S. gunboat Iroquois has the privateer
Sumter blockaded on Hie jwrt of Cienfuepog.
The Li. S. gunboat Flambeau wa3 oil' the
port of Nassau, N. P., where the privateer Isa
bel was in harbor.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dae. 23/
There was no good foundation for the re
port that a skirmish took place yesterday at
New Market bridge.
The steamer S. R. Spalding arrived from
Hatteras Inlet this morning, but brings no news
of importance.
The Hon. A. B.Ely came down form Nor
folk late this afternoon by a lli.r of truce, hav
ing been released in exchange for Mr. Faulk
ner. Alter a brief visit to headquarters, ho
took passage for Baltimore.
MORE BRIDGE BURNING.
QUINCY, Illinois, Dec. 28. —The bridges
over the Fabrius and North rivers, on the Pal
myra Railroad, were set on fire by the rebels
last night, and destroyed.
#
Prom Kentucky.
A SKTRMISB ROUT OF A REBEL. TARTY,
Louisville, Dec. 27—A letter to the Otmo
eraf, from London, Ky., says that there are on
ly 1500 Rebels at Cumberland Gap. They have
sent their SICK to Knoxville and their pickets
extend five miles this side of the Gap." There
is no news from Somerset to-day.
. Dr. DUFF, just arrived, reporls a fight on
Tuesday night at JOSETII CARSON'S house, Perry
county, between 118 rebels and 47 Union nin.
The Rebels were completely routed, witlnlG
wounded. The Federal force lost nothing.
The Ttehels are prowling through Perry,
Lelchof and Boethill counties robbing and
swearing the Union men to support the South
ern Confederacy.
Who is Responsible.
In view of ilia, startling exposures of fraud
made by the Van Wyck Committee, soma of
the Republican papers console themselves with
the reflection that if coriuption has occurred
under this Addminisfraiion, its own partisans
have not hesitated to expose it. We don't see
how this mitigates the enormity of the frauds
perpetrated by the chosen agents of the Gov
ernment, or relieves it Irom the just odium ot
squandering the public moimy at a time when
above all others its disbursement should have
been jealously guarded. In the case of Mr.
CuMWiNoa, every oppoitunity was offered for
the perpetration of fraud. If the object had
been to squander (lie public ijjnds, no Mtei
plan could have deen devised than to give him
unlimited power (o . draw upon a sum oi two
millions of dollars. This loose and irresponsi
ble way of doing business invited peculation
—and considering the character of the disburs
ing agent, it is hard to resist the conclusion
that fraud was expected and intended. And
this is not an isolated case, lor it seems that the
same loose system extended throughout all fjov
ernmetft transactions. A multitude ol.tiarpies
fastened their fangs upon the Treasury because
the opportunity of plunder was literally thrust
upon them. lithe Republican pßrty wish to
clear their skirts ol the responsibility for squan
dering millions of the public money, they should
not merely expose the guilty, but repudiate and
punish them, whether they occupy high
or low places. This thing of exposing enor
mous peculations and then covering the au
thors and agents with a thin coatirfg of p.il
itical whitewash, only excites derision and en
courages futu'e frauds.
The Republican party made great profes
sions ol economy when it was before the coun
try a suppliant for popular favor, and must
stand accountable for the falsification of its
promises. Read the following resolution of the
Ciiicago platform, and contrast it with the
transactions of the past nine months:
"Sixt/t —That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravagance which per
vades every department of the Federal Gov
ernment, that a return to rigid economy and ac
countability is indesnmsible to arrest the sys
tem of the public treasury by favored partisans;
while the recent startling developments of fraud
and corruption at the Federal metropolis, show
that an entire change of .administration is im
peratively demanded."
—Let thesi? political doctors take a dose of
their own medicine. This resolution could not.
be more applicable if it had been written for
the present time— Patriot and Union. *
Drifting from the Landmarks.
While we have an armory of six hundred
thousand men in the field to preserve ttie liber
ty and unity of this country, there is 110 little
danger that the foundations of civil libeity m-ij
be undermined and impaired by the verymeans
ostensibly used f<r its preservation. Assaults
upon individual rights, which in less perilous
limes would have agitated the whole notion,
have excited little more attention than the ar
rest of a drunken vagrant upon anv of our crow
ded thoroughfares. The boasted bulwarks of
freedom, that cost ages ot patient toil and suf
fering to-erect, have been battered down by the
graceful wave ot a hand, and outrages upon in
dividual rights, similar in principle to those that
cost Charles I his head, occasion scarcely a per
ceptible shudder among a people .who boast to
be the freest on earth. When the tramers of
our Constitution defined and carefully limited
powerj of the Government, they imagined that
they had constructed barriers against arbitrary
power too strong to be brokpn, so long at least
|as the people remained worthy of the liberty
bequeathed to them. They adopted eveiy pre
caution that human foresight could devise to se
'cure to their descendants a government tree from
those arbitrary and oppressive lealures under
which they saw other nations groaning anJ sut
fering. Were the Fathers of tile Republic wrong
when they prohibited arbitrary arrests and im
prisonments, unreasonable searches and seizures,
secured to every man the right of speedy trial
by jury, and made the habeas corpus a wgi' ot
right! Were they right in all this, or are those
who presume to act as if these guaiautees had
I no existence, right ] The question is not a mere
1 abstraction, but one that comes home .to every
"citizen. It isaqueslion of personal liberty. ]f
| llle Constitution has ceased to become the ou
j prern ' law of the land, ami is 110 longer binding
upon our rulers, we are living und*r an exper-1
imeutai a 1 ".• iiiiiirut ive-aie a people without
law— subjects, not citiz-ns; and oui future his
tory will be that of a Nation that lost its free
dom without a struggle.
A people who are untble or unwilling to pro
tect their own clearly established rights from
invasion, may exert the physical power neces
sary to subdue rebellion, and iti the end lose all
they are lighting for—a fi ee constitutional Gov
ernment. While supremely occupied with the
armed hosts arrayed against the Constitution,
the sappers anil miners may be quietly progres
sing with the work ol destruction, until in the
end victory is little better than defeat.
[Patriot nnd Union.
REPORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF TEE
TREASURY.
Mr. Chase, the Secretary of (he Treastirv,
submitted his annual report to Congress, on
Monday week. The repoit is very lengthy
and one of great importance, as in it we have
th expenses of the government placed before
in and the suggestions ol the Secretary as to
how the money is to be raised to meet the
indebtedness. He says the expenses of the
government, on the present army and navy
footing, for the year ending June 30, 1862,
will be $543,406,422. This amount he thinks
will he raised as follows, viz:
From Customs, lands, &c., $ 36,809,731
Loans already realized, 197,242!ft58
Loans authorized. 76.449,67b
Proceeds ol direct lax, 20,000,000
Tola), . $329,501,994.
This leaves a deficit of $213,901,428, to be
provided for This deficit he proposes to raise
in three ways. The direct taxes n| the loyal
Slates to furnish twenty millions, duties on liq
uors, tobacco and other luxuries, twenty mil
lions more, and the tax on incomes, ten mil
lions. To make up the balance he proposes
dial the government shall issue $150,000,000
in federal paper currency to take the place of
our present bank notes.
In order to raise revenue he recommends the
taxing of tobacco, bank notes,carriages, legacies,
stills and distilled liquors; and a further in
crease of duties on sugars, tea and coffee.
He thinks the war will be ended by the mid
dle of next slimmer, but still lie makes esti
mates for another year of warfare, after the
30lli of June next. He estimates the amount
of the national debt on the Ist of July, 1863,
nine hundred millions of dollars.
Tlio Colored People Arming.
We are glad to See that the colored ppople
are moving, and it is likely that in a few days
they will complete a strong military organiza
tion The colored company in Halifax is very
efficient, and one of the best there— Montreal
Gazette.
The colored people in Canada, for the most
part, are fugitives from the slave States—sent
thither by the Northern Abolitionists, over the
U. G. R. R. It says as little for the negro's
ingratitude as for his appreciation of the bles
sings n| ''freedom," that he should thus b show
ing an inclination to take up arms, as it were,
to help Jeff. Davis fight his benefactor!
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of the body, they are rapidly anil many of (hem
surely, cured by the same means. None who
know the virtues of these Pills will negl-'ct lo
employ them when still' i log from the disorders
they cure, such as tfeadaChe, Foul Stomach,
Dysentery, Bilious Complaints, Indigestion,
Derangement of the Liver, Costiveness or Con
stipation. As a Dinner Pill they are both a
gret-abie and effectual.
Pr.icK 2.) CTS. rr.n. BOX, or. FIVE BOXES FOU sl.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. AVER, Co., Lowell, Mass.
To Consumptives.
njIHE Advertiser, having been restored to
j heallh in a very few wefiks hy a very
simple remedy aftei having suffered several years
with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease,
Consumption—is anxious to make known to bis
fellow-sufferers (he me ins of euro.
To all who desire it, ho will send a copy of the
prescription used, (free of charge',) with direction?
lor preparing and using the same, which they will
find U SU,II: CURE for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRON
CHITIS, J-c. The only object of the AtlvciDser in
sending the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted,
and .-preset n rmation which hp conceives to he'in
valuable, an e hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may
prove a blessit :
Parties wishing the prescription will pVase ad-
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg,
Kings County New York.
[3 months.]
—MARRIED
BEUKHTMER—CLA YCOMB.—On the 26
iust, at the St Clairsville Parsonage by the Rev.
N. E. Gilds, Mr.William Berkhimer of Union
Township, to Miss Henrietta Clay comb, of St.
Clair Township.
-- OIED--
DAVIS.—In Camp Pierpoint, on Tuesday
the 2r>th ult., of Inflammation of the brain, pri
vate ISAIAH M. DAVIS ot Co. F. Bth P. R.,
C aged about 26 years.
Mr. Isaiah M. Davis, was known bv a laige
number of friends in and around Brookville anil
only known lo be loved and respected. He was
one of those rare exceptions lound in mankind
who devoted his attention to his own affairs, thus
laying; the foundation for i long and permanent
acquaintance. His respected and aged parents
who reside in Bedford County, Pa., a lew short
months since had to moutn the loss of a younger
brother (David) of a disposition the same as he
we are now called upon to lament. But the
grave is inexorable and we are each moment,
hour and day, nearing the silent recesses of the
tomb. But it is only a step, a short spasmodic
effort, and mortality is changed lo immortality.
He is gonp! The man, the SOLDIER and the PA
TRIOT is no more, death has laid its cold clammy
hand upon our friend and taken him from earth
to the eternal camping ground above, and he is
now unrier the command of the great King o(
Kings and Lord of Lords.
While we deeply sympathise with the be
reaved parents and the numerous fiiends of the
deceasd and while we mourn the ii reparable
loss bv his early demise, wo tecogmze in our
affliction the hand ot Omnipotence, and bow
submissively to His mandates and that not ours
but "Thy will be done O Lord." Let us, his fel
low soldiers, who are behind, try to emulate
bis character and by so doing we have the as
surance that we will be true soldiers, wood cit
izens and exemplary christians. Peace to his
ashe'. j t p.
lAycr's Kai'nparii! a
b a concentrated extract of Pa-a „
OCOftbill.J „ i;h •h.'i'.SjJi
gr.-a Bllerativo powar a, la afford an
antidote f. v dfeeas** Sarsaparilla is renm i
dire. Such a remedy is surely wanted bvMh '°
who suller from Strumous complaints and
on- which will accomplish their cur,? '
f/IM\ e ol immense service to this lar.- e
our afflicted fellow citizens. How comnl ?
this compound will do it has been proven h 7
experiment on many of the worst cases to J.
found in the following complaints;
* Scrofula and Scrofulous Complaints En,
hurts an t Eruptive Diseases. Ulcers P,™ 7~
Blotches, Tumors, Salt Rheum, sLu £°>
Syp/nhs an,l Syphilitic Affections, J|f e . 1
Disease, Dropsy, JVeurnlgii, Tic Dot or tux in
bilily, Dyspepsia and Indigestion,
Rose or St. Anthony's Eire, and indeed 11.'
whole class of complaints arising from Impuritl
oj the /Stood. 1 H
This compound will be found a great
ter ol health, when taken in the spring, to ex.
pel I lie foul humors which (ester in the blocker
that season of the year. By the timely exnel
s:un ol them many rankling disorders are i,hv
ppd in the bud. Multitudes can, by ibe aid of
this remedy, spare themselves from the endu
ranee of foul eruptions and ulcerous sores, thro'
which the system will strive ti rid itself of
corruptions, it not assisted to do this throuak
dm natural channels of the body by an alt tr " a .
tive medicine. Cieansc out the vitiated blood
whenever you find its impurities bursting thro'
the skin in pimples, eruptions, or sores; cleanse
it when you find it is obstructed and sluggish in
the veins ; cleanse it whenever it is lou" and
your feelings will tell you when. Even where
no particular disorder is felt, people enjoy bet
ter health, and live longer, for cleansing the
blood. Keep the blood healthy, and all is well
but with the pabulum of lile disordered, them
can be noolasting health. Sooner or later'some
thing must go wrong, and the great machineiy
of life is disordered or overthrown.
During late years the public have been mis
led by large bottles, pretending to give a quart
of Extract of Sarsaparilla fur one dollar. i\h s t
of these have been frauds upon the sick, fur
they r.ot only contain little, if any, Sarsaparilla
but often no curative properties whatever!
Hence, bitter and painful -disappointment has
followed the use of the various extracts of Sar
saparida which flood the market, until the name
itself is justly despised, and has become synon
ymous with imposition and cheat. Still we
call this cornpuhd Sarsaparilla, and intend to
supply such a remedy as shall rescue the name
Irnm tho load of obloquy which rests upon it.
And ".ve think we have ground tor believinr it
has virtues which are irresistible by the ordina
ry run of the diseases it is intended to cure.
Prepared bv Dr. J. C. AYER & Co., Lowell,
Mass. Price $1 per bottle; Six Bottles in one
package, $5.
Dec. 27, 18C1.—2m. *
$T eu) 21 t> t) extiaem t tit s.
ALLEGHENY MALE AND
FEMALE SEMINARY,
RAIKSniJEtG, Bedford Co., Pa.
CHAS. H. GERE A. 8., Principal,
Miss S- J. BRTM, Preceptress,
Miss A. L. BRIM, Teacher on Piano Forte.
This institution, under the supervision of the -
hove named persons, assisted by other competent
Teachers, affords a full course in Mathematics,
Natural Science?. Languages, and Belles Lettres.
In Music, Painting, &c., it- gives extended instruc
tion. The Winter Term will commence on Jan. 13.
!Bi>2. Students admitted at any time. Habits of
health, System, and piotnptness, views, moral, so
cial, and domestic, are here made prominent ob
jects of tuition. That the physical powers, as
well a ? the mental, may be cultivated—Calisthen
ic exTc'ste arc necessary—here the Students
m c et e'eh d*y for systematic physical exercise.
dhOQ K( ) Will pay for board, including fur
nished rooms, room rent, fuel and
tuition in common English, per term of eleven
weeks. Extra?, at modera'e charges, even less
than heretofore, crthan the circular calls for.
Students prepared for the highest cl.iss in col
lege.
Eor Circulars, or particulars, address
OHAS. H. GERE. A. 8.,
Dec. 21, 1801. Rainsburg, Bedford Co.. Pa.
PUBLIC SAfjE
OK VALUABLE REAL ESTATE'
THE subscriber will offer at public sale, on the
•premise?, in N pier township, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Ist,
The following valuable property:
The "Wonders Tract," belonging tothe estate of
Thomas McCroary, dec'U., containing
137 Acres and 101 Perches,
with th" usual allowance, hiving thereon erected
one Two Story Log Dwelling House, a Double Log
Barn, anil there i? also a good orchard of fruit trees
thereon ; about 75 acres are cleared and under fenes
and 5 ucies in good meadow ; adjoining lands of Her
bert Otto, Solomon Soter, Daniel Hess and others.
TERMS will be made koown on day of sale.
HENRY TAYLOR, Ex'r.
Jan. 3, 1862. of Thos. McCreary, dee'd.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICF,.—
J i_ Letter a of administration having been'
granted to the subscriber on the estate ot Miranda
Kiddle, dee'd., hllperons indebted to said estate are
hereby notified to make immediate piymcnt, and
tliosa having claims against said estate will present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN W. CRISMAN,
Jan. 3, 1862. 6t.' , Adm'r.
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HiGHHLY IMPORTANT TO THE LADIES.
I> O W N E IS 9 S .
PATENT >HEMMER AND SHIELD
FOR IIAND SEWING.
Is pronounced by all who have used it "just the
thing" for those using the needle, as it completely
protects the finger, nnd makis a neat and uniform
iicm while the opeiutor is sewing.
One hnlf the labor of sewing is saved by using this
Remarkably Simple ami Novel Invention,
No lady should be without it. It Is also "just tb*
thing" foi girls to use learning to sew.
lis remarkable cheapness brings it within reachor
the million. Sample sent by mail on receipt of price,
25 CENTS.
Descriptive Circulnrs furnished on application,
A liberal Discount to the Trad*.
Enterprising Agents (wanted iu eveiy town and
county throughout the United States and Canada,)
will find most profitable employment in selling this
useful article, a? it meets with ready sales wherever
offered—has no competition—and profits arc very
large.
$l5O Per Month can be Realized.
Address, A. H. DOWNF.R,
412, Brondviui/, New York,
Putenteo and Sale Proprietor.
N. B.—General and exclusive Agencies will
granted on the most liberal terms.
January 3, 1862. [3in.]