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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-12
PEiCE DECLARED! !!
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Swords beaten into plow shears and spears int
pruning hooks.
SSA would respectfully in S--Fzzzzn.>
y form the citizens of Bed ~aS@Y
AkzzEn& ford and vicinity, that hav- MaSS8
ing located in the old stand of John Cl aar, imme
diately east of John Briee's hotel, Bedford, Pa.
am now ready to do all work in my line, such as
horse shoeing, wagon making &c, &c, in the best
style and at prices to suit the times I earnestly
solicit liberal share of the patronage of all who
may need work in ny line. Call down and hear
the emusic Of the Anvil, " and give me trial.
April 10, 1851. VIM, COOK
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BY F. S. KEY.


OH say. can yoa see by the dawn's early light,
What 50 proudly We hailed at the twilight's last
cleaning
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the
perilous fight,
o'er the ramp. rfs we watched. were so CALAMITY
streaming
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in
air.
Gave proof through tie night that our flag was still
there;
Q say does that star-spanglsd Banner yet wave
Der the land Of the free and the home of the
On that shore dimly seen through the mists Of the
Where the foes naughty host in dread silence re-
What IS tbat which the breeze DER the towering
As It ftfuliy blows, now eouceals, now discloses
Now it catches the gIeam Of the mornings first
beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, 0 long may it wave
O'er the land OF the free, and the home Of the
brave
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of and the battles confusion
home ard country should leave us no more
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps
pollution.
4NOIcltSS COuid save tu5 uiftIHR ana SiiN6
From the terror of fight he gloom of the
grave;
And the -Spangled banner in triumph doth wave
Der the land OF the free, and the home of the
brave.
Oh thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars desola-
tion,
BIest with victory and peace, lnay the heaven
rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us
a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto ain God is our trust
And the star-spangIed banner in triumph shall
wave
Der the land of the free, and the home of the
brave.
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SHRINERS
BiLSiMiC COUGH SYRUP.
Fer Coughs, Colds, CrOnp, WhOOp-
ing Cough, ASTHMA, Bronchitis,
Splitting Of Blood, Pain and
Weakness Of the Breast, Diff
ficulty Of Breathing, &c.

From The Reu. Samuel Yingling.
BEDFORD, Nov 3, 1860
Mr.. W. E. SHRINER-Dear Sir: Upon several
occasions have used your Balsamc Cough Syrup
in my family and also on one occasion myself
when worn by frequent preaching, and with the
happiest results.
SAMUEL YINGLING.
BEDFORD Nov. 8, 1860.
w. Z. SHRINER-SIR As you are about to intro
duce your Balsamic Cough Syrup into our County.
will give you my experience with it, which you
are at liberty to if you think proper. some
two years ago box that was lost on the Pennsyl-
vania Central r. r. found its way to my store.
opened the box and found it to contain your Balsa-
mic Cough Syrup. had never heard of it at that
time but Mr.. Aughinbaugh from your state hap
pened TO be present and said it was Cne OF the best
cough remedies i'll use and happening to need
caugh medicine in my family determined to give
1t trial. and so well pleased was with its effects
that gave bottles of it to my friends all of whom
agree with me in pronouneing it the best cough
remedy they have ever met with We have used il
for Coughs, Colds, Group and Whooping Cough,
and IN every case it gave the most signal reliet.-
Yours truly,
ADAM FERGUSON.
| used in my family some of the Cough Syrup
referred to by Mr.. Ferguson, and fully concur in
the opinion expressed by him.
VIM. AGNEW.
We used Sinners Balsamic Caugh Syrup and
consider it the best Cough Medicine we ever used.
LEVI SMITH
Prepared by W. E. Shriner, Westminster Nd
and for sale by II. G. Reamer and Adam Ferguson,
Bedford Pa. E. B. Ramsey, aud VIM. States s.
Co, Bloody Run John Ny cum Il Son. Rays Hill
N. N. Koons, Willow Grove; j S. ScheIl, Shells
burg F. D. BeegIe, St. Clairsville.
Nov. 8, l860.-zz
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THE AMERICAN flag.
BY ]. R. DRAKE.

BY ]. R. DRAKE.
When Freedom from her mountain height,
Ulfur;ed her standard to the air
She tore the robe Of azure night,
And set the stars of glory there.
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
Tine milky baldrick of the skies,
A nd stripped its pure, celestial white
Wiih streakings of tho morning light
Then from its mansion in the sun,
She called her esgle-Lsarer down,
And gave INTO his mighty hand
7 he symbol of her ct osen land.
Majestic monarch of the cloud,
" bo rearest aloft thy regal form
To hear the tempest trHmpiugs loud,
When strive the warriors of the storm.
Aud rolls the thunder drum Of heaven
Child Of the sun TO thee It's given
To guard the banner of the free,
To hove III the sulphur smoke,
To ward away tne battle stroke
And bid ITS bleEdings shine afar.
Like rainbows eu the cloud of war.
The harbingers of victory!
Flag of our country thy folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triumph high
When speaks the signal trumpet tone,
And the long line comes cleaning on,
Ere YET lhe NE Dl0od, warm ana wet
Has dimmed the glittering hayonet;
Each soldiers eye shall brightly turn
To where thy sky-bern glories burn
And as bis spfinging steps advance
Catch war and vengeance from the glance,
And wHen the cannon mounting loud,
Heave In wild wreaths the hattIe-shrond
And CORY sabIes rise and fall
Like shoots Of fame on miduight's pail,
Then shall thy meteor glances glow,
And covering foes shall sink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger Of death.
Flag o! the Seas on ocean waves
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave:
When death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly back
Before the broaGside's reeling rack,
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
triumph o'er his closing eye.
flag o. the free hearts hope and home
BY angel hands 10 valor given,
Thy stars have BIT the welkin dome.
Ana all thy hues were born in heaven-
Forever float that standard sheetl
here bTeathes the foe but falls befaye M
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And freedoms banner streaming o,er usl
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NOTICE

MRS. HALE's RECEIPTS for the million at
Iva DR.. Harry's.
Dec. q, 1860.
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Hbrugs and Books.
III. q PEGMFp
JnIiana street, Bedford. Pa,

Stuffs, Oils, Paints, Yarnishes -
sAAE tine, Window Glass, Glassware, &c pep Pso
received large stock of American. French ~
English perfumery. Also great variety ~ sau a.
Soaps for Toilet use. Tooth pastes, Hair Toni.
Hair Dyes, that will colour various shades fore
light brown to jet black, Tooth, Nail. Hair sr.
wing, and Clothes brushes, Combs Pocket knit
Pocket Books, PortmonDai,s s, Segar cases. &C.
Also, have and viii keep constantly on Isna
supply of Coal Oil, Burning fluid and Camnb;nd a =
with great variety of the most modern and has,
style OF coal oil and fluid lamps. '''
Pure Wines and BraDdies for medical moo 81.
voring Extracts and Spices ofall sorts Fine
Snuffs, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. ''
Having the agency for all the PRINCIPAL nstsr.
medicines in use win keep full supply conslantir
on hand.
Also, dealer in Books, &C., consisting re Co
graphical Scientific, Religious. Poetcal Histori icI
Law, Medical, School aud Miscellaneous WORKS -
connection with great variety OF plain and fancr
Stationery, Cap, Note, Post, and wrapping Pansr'
Blank Books, of every size and quality Diaries
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Note and Receipts.
10 Orders promptly filed and satisfaction guar
anteed, with regard both to price and quality.
10 Physicians. Prescriptions carefully and ar
curately compounded al all hours of the day q,
night. VI
Deci9, 1869.
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DIR. B. F. HARRY

D ESPECTFULLY tenders his professiona
ID services to the citizens of Bedford and vi
cinity.
Office and residence on Pitt-Street, in the
building formerly occupied by DR.. ]. H. Hofius
Nov. 6, 1857
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

-WHATETBR may be the tyranny that pre-
walls in the South, it is quite plain that in
one direction the liberty of the press has
not been checked. A paper that should
demand reunion with the North would
probably be visited by a mob and ittypes
thrown into the street; but several of the
papers, conspicuous among them the Rich
mond Wing, assail the administration with
a directness and bitterness that show a
deep division of public opinion. Such as
saults would not be permitted by the men
who have overthrow so many rights ana
disreparded the first principles of free gov
eminent. were not the assailsnts backed up
nv a strong public opinion. The opposi-
ton does injustice to the Confederate au-
tborities The faults complained of are
mt faults of administration, but of seces-
sion itself. They seem to have put forth
their best men, and to have managed an
unholy and an inherently weak cause as
we'll as the circumstances permitted. They
are but at the beginning of their troubles,
from which no amount of administrative
ability, no measure of self-sacrifce can
relieve them.
The South has put forth all her resour-
ces, and on the threshold of the great
contest her means are exhausted, her
credit worthless, and the government and
the people looking to each other for the
relief that both need and that neither can
afford. The North has not yet risen to a
comprehension of the Importance of the
struggle; and although she has put forth
immense military and naval preparations,
she finds her means accommodating with
her expenditures, and her credit rising
with every fresh exertion of it; and her
exports, without pound of cotton to
swell them, rivalling the most prosperous
year of her history. This last circum-
stance is accidental, but it is none the less
valuable. The governments abroad, whose
history we have most apprehended, are
looking to US to feed them, and are send
ing in the gold to carry on the war. The
confederate government surely is not to
blame for this, and Mr.. Nemmiuger cannot
be held responsible for it. Nature, reason
justice, wealth, power and civilization are
all against the rebel cause. Our own
blunders, which were inevitable in such
vast and untried undertaking, have been
their chief allies. But these, we hope, are
now completed.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

COUNTRY Misunderstanding says tn
only temple of true liberty in this worl
is the bar-room of country inn; an insti
tuition where you may pull off your fOrmali
ty with your boots, roll up your trowser
with your cares, and putt away at you
troubles with pipe, without any fear tn"
broom stick will draw your attention
the carpet, or dark complexioned frOwn
remind you of the injurious effect of to
bacco juice on the stave hearth. The pal
lor will do for those who are brought u
under despotism; but to q man who hH
once fed on democracy, there is no spot
the world where he can enlarge the are
of freedom with less fear of raising nm in
surrection, than in the snug, coy corn'
of country bar-room.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

"B any one State, or any porto" Of the
people of any State, choose TO place thsm'etUe'
in array against the Government Of the
Union, ! am for trying the strength of this
Government, am for dSeertaining t0hethsr
,,s hare Government or nOt-Prdetica-
Die, Efficient, capable Of maintaining its a"-
thority and ypholding the pO'oers aud inter
est, ,ohich belong TO a Government. Nor,
SIR, an. Ito be alarmed or diss"adsd from any
such course by intimations of The sPilling Of
blood. If blood is TO be spill, By whose
fault is 1t to be spilt9 Upon the sTRpOsitiOn,
maintain it tciH be Tie .fau1t Of those 'Oho
choose to raise the standard Of disuniOn, and
endeavor to PROSTATE The Government. A"d
sir. ,shen that Is done, 30 long as Il pkeGses
God 10 give me Uoice to express my senti-
nsnts, or an arm, ,orak and enfse6Led as ii
may be By age, that Uoice and that arm '0itt
be on the side cfmy country, for the support
ofths general authority, and for the mqints-
nance of the PoUers Of the UaioH.-[Speech
Of Henry Clay, August LIST, 1850.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

FOLLOWING the example of some more
formidable potentates, King Kamehamehap
of the Sandwich Islands, has issued a
proclamation enjoining strict neutrality
upon his subjects sin the bostilities now I'M
happily pending between the Government of
the United States and certain States thereof,
styling themselves the Confederate States
of America" He forbids privateering by
any of his subjects, declares that no adju-
dication of prizes taken by either parry
shall be allowed in the ports of the Islands,
and closes the harbors to the privateers
and prizes of the conteuding parties, ex-
cept in case of distress or compulsory de-
lay by stress of weather.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
ATrattor Rebuked.

The Louisville JourndI tells the follow
ing story of a rebuke lately administered
the rebel General Buckuer. The truth of
the story is undoubted:
"Buckner, it seems, making the rounds
of the section be has reduced to submission
for the moments called at house where a
young lady of the neighborhood CHANGED to
be paying visit. Having been asked pri-
vately, by a gentleman who accompanied
Buckner, to allow the Confederate Gen
eral to BE introduced to her, the fair IN
ionist premptorily declined. In passing
from one room to another, she accidental
ly came upon Buckner and his company,
when the gentleman before mention ed,
thinking, perhaps, that the gallantry of
Gen, Buckner would extricate both of
them from the situation, or possibly with
out thinking at all, stepped forward say
ing: Miss -, permit me to introduce to
you Gen. Buckner.' The General bowed
graciouslY, and in all the confidence of ir-
resistibIe station, extended his hand. Il
never said the proud girl, bowling with
the GOODNESS of scorn, take the hand of
traitorf' and passed out of the room, leav-
ing Buckner and his introducer standing in
SPECIFICS shame and chsgrin."
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
Our Troops in Western Virginia.
Another StOry--The SuherinS OF
Troops Exaggerated.

Another StOry--The Suffering OF
Troops Exaggerated.
Eps. Con- In perusing the columns of
several newspapers published in our State,
we notice several very distressing accounts
of the condition of our troops now in
Western Virginia, especially of those on
Cheat Mountain. 1t is reported that we
are nearly destitute of clothing, food, &c.
1t appears, from facts lately come to our
knowledge, that these reports originated
in the reports taken home by some of our
high officials, now at home in Ohio on fur.
Tough. What spirit it was that prompted
them to overstep the bounds of veracity
in their .sDig yarns" of our doings, we
know not; but this we do know, our con-
dition has been grossly misrepresented.
An officer of the 25th Ohio Regiment,
we hear, reports in such manner of our
suffering in this wilderness, that the friends
| and relations of the troops are suffering
the most anxious suspense, lest they hear
of the death of a friend by starvation or
cold. Another man in high position in
the 32d Ohio regiment reports that he has
known it to rain 48 consecutive hours,
when the rain froze as it fell, and many
drenched and frozen soldiers dropped dead
at their posts, or were taken to the hospit-
al to liuger few days and die.
He reports further that the men are
poorly fed, ond that we are in suffering
condition generally.
These things are all untrue. The man
who can thus willfully report what he
knows to be untrue, and thus unfeelingly
Earrass the minds of our friends at home,
should not be sheltered from the
punishment he so richly deserves
If these men would stay with
their regiments, and attend to their duty,
instead of strolling over the State, sowing
the seeds of dissatisfaction, by bemoaning
imaginary hardships, they would serve
their country better. An ardent love for
ones country removes all the hardships
which a fruitful Imagination may see; and
we may we'll Judge the dagree of disloyal-
ty in a mans heart by the amount of sac
riice he is willing to make in behalf OF
his country.
Please state to our friends that we are
doing finely, have plenty to eat, and suf-
ficiency of clothing to keep us warm. The
troops on the mountains have all been
paid, and every one has plenty of money.
We are determined to hold our position
during the winter, if we have to live on
one half the food we usually get.
Tile private soldiers are all willing To
make great sacrifices for their country.
]. II. W., oath Ohio Reg't.
Cheat Mountain Pass, Oct. 80, 1861.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
The -Unionists IN North Carolina

The Union men of Hyde county North
Carolina, held mass meeting Mt Hattera $.
tobnrc6 on the 18th ult., to denounce the
rsbellion and express their love for the
Union. a long declaration of grievances,
lreciting the ourages committed by the
rebels, was unanimously adopted. 1t con-
cludes thus:
They have suspended the laws and their
execution, without warrant or necessity,
and permitted the prevalence OF anarchy
and disorder.
They have COMPOUNDED the legislative,
executive and supreme judicial powers OF
government, which ought to be forever
separate and distinct.
They have permitted the interference OF
persons from outside our boundaries IN
regulating our internal government ana
police, the right of which belongs solely
and exclusively to the people of the STATE.
They have welcomed armed invaders
from other States to assist in the subjuga-
ton of our citizens.
They have secretly promulgated, and IN
some instances openly proclaimed, their
purpose to confer official honors and emol-
uments, and peculiar privileges, upon
certain set of men separate from the COM
munity; to restrict the light of suffrage to
few; and to substitute a life tenure of
public Office for the term fixed by law.
They have practically annulied the car
dinal axiom of popular government and
initial postulate of our Bill of Rights, that
all political power is vested in and derived
from the people only.
Wherefore, from these tyrants and pub
lie enemies we now dissever ourselves, So
ciallv and politically, forever. And with
full and lively sense of the respousibili-
tics which our action devolves upon US, and
reverently invoking the aid of Almighty
God, we pledge to each other, for the main
tenance of this solemn compact, our lives.
our fortunes and our sacred honor.
MARBLE NASH TAYLOR, Select
CALEB B. STOWE, Committee
WV. O'NEIL,
Hatteras. Hyde Co., N. c., Oct Is, 1861.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
Cnntnin Craig.

The Wheeling IntcLligencer, of Tuesday.
had a pretty severe article on Capt. Craig
management of the Quartermaster's De
partment. Capt. Craig bought gre';
many horses in this county, several month
ago, and, we believe, although the partie
from whom the horses were purchased
have made every effort to realize thei
money, he has not yet paid for them
Such men will speedily destroy the credi
of the Government. 1t seems to us tn
Captaiss case needs attending to.-Betmon
Chronicle
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

A dispatch to the Philadelphia Pres,
states that Gen. Mcclellan has, through
means not made public, informed himself
very infinitely of the movements of the en-
envy, the number and strength of their bat
teries at and in the vicinity of Manassas
Junction, the number of guns they have
mounted, and the strength of their army.
he is guided in his operations by full
knowledge of all their important move
ments.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
"B1LLY WILSON'S" REpoRr.-The official

"BILLY WILSON'S" REPoRT.-The official
report of Col. Wilson, commanding the
Zouaves on Santa Rosa Island, is not
strictly copied after the most finished dis
patches of martinets But it has the mcr-
it of making known very clearly his
circumstances. Among other things he
says:
"They are exhibiting my hair and head
in Pensacola; the reward is already claim
ed; also an old flag which l nailed to a
flagstaff on the 4th of July, which has been
hanging there ever since; nothing left,
however, but the stars. The ladies have
cut it up in pieces, and have it pinned On
their nosoms as n trophy Every one in
Pensacola has my sword and uniform.
must have had large quantity of hair,
and plenty of swords and uniforms. They
say if was to be taken alive was to be
put in n cage and exhibited"
He closes thus:
1--WE lay upon our arms every night. l
have slept but very little this week. L
don't feel well. have got the diarrhpa.
We will want 800 uniforms.
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM WILSON,
Colonel Commanding"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

TIE printing Office of the KanaDha Val
ley Star, at Charleston, Va, has fallen into
the hands of the Government, under the
cOn6scation act. The editor, who is now
one of the ragged and bare-footed follow
ers of the rebel John B. Floyd, proposed
to run his type into bullets for the rebels ;
but before he could accomplish his pur-
pose he was forced to run himself into the
monntains.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08

tbs Ohio river, from Wellsville to Pitts
burg, was covered with ice to the depth of
an eighth OF an inch on Monday night.
The above, from the Cleveland Leader,
of yesterday, is pretty good thing in the
way of a fabrication, but here is some
thing, from correspondent of the Iu-
dianapolis Journal, in the way of lie,
which beats it several degrees:
Western Virginia has the name OF hAV-
ing three regiments in the field. Being
somewhat posted l would remark that out
of 1000 men in one of these, $50 are Vir-
ginians; the rest are from Pittsburg, West
err Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
The other regiments are about the same.
You will see lying around country towns
scores of great big, ugly, awkward, stand
up-Rnd-call-your-mo fellows,
who are Virginians, but not in the army.
We dislike to use SO harsh a term as the
word lie, in our paper, but nothing else
will do even partial justice to such para
praph as the above. The correspondents
and editors of the prominent Western pa
pers seem utterly incapable of doing West
ern Virginia justice. Their correspond
ents have disoredited the whole newspaper
business in the monstrous and malignant
peryersious of fact, with which their letters
have teemed. As we have before stated, and
as we state again, there are in the field now
over 5000 Western yirginians. And when
we say Western Virgiuiaus, we don't mean
Ohians, or Pennsylvaninns, or IndiAnians,
or anybody else but Western Virgiutans.
They constitute the bulk of our ten regi-
ments, the balance being made up from the
neighboring border States. While we con-
cede and have always, that in our ten reg
imenIs there are several hundred soldiers
from other States. yet we want it borne in
mind that good many of our men-our
Western Virginians, who enlisted early in
the WARFARE in other regiments in other
States. Like other States, we have all
kinds and all nationalities represented in
our ranks. And every practical man knows
that this the way States make up their COM
plements. Why it is then, that the CORE,
spOndents, who are supposed to be intelli-
gent men, should take such q malicious
delight in misrepreseuting and dtsparaging
the Union people of Western Virginia,
passes our appreciation of not only good
fellowship but common justice. If wri-
ter for our columns could be convicted of
such gross perversion of the truth, he
never should have a chance to repeat the
libel.