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DELEGATE ELECTIONS.

The Democratic voters of the several eiec-
ton districts of Bedford county and others who
intend to act with them in good faith hereat-
ter, are HEREBY requested to mrel on
SATURDAY, THE 18th JUNE, NEXT,
at the hour and place TO be appointed by their
respective Vigilance Committees (who are here
By requested 10 give written notice ofsuch time
and place of meeling) for the purpose of cleo
ting two persons as delegates 10 The Democrat
ic County Convention, which Is to assemble at
the Court House, in Bedford, on TUESDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF JUNE NEXT, al o.
clock, p. NJ, 10 put in nomination County
Ticket to BE- voted Tor at the ensuing election,
appoint Legislative and Judicial ConfrFees, and
attend TO such other matters as may be proper
TO be transacted for the benef: of the partly
1t is also particularly requested that active and
Earnest Democrats be elected Vigilance Com
mittees for the ensuing year and that their
names be returned TO thu President Of the Con-
vention. By order of the Dem. Co. Com.
q. H. SPANG,
May 10th, '6l. Chair man.
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ARNOLD.-On the night OF the eighth INST,
a; her residence in Friends Cove, in this Co.,
departed this life Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold, reIct
Of Peter Arnold, at the very advanced age OF
50. She was The Oldest woman OF Bedford Co..
Almost a centenarian she bad distinct recolrc-
ton OF the 5attes and prominent events OF the
American Revolution and Of the Indian hostil-
it!es in Bedford and Huntingdon counties.
She was IN many respects most remarkable
woman. She was fifty years old before she Parn-
ed 10 read. The Bible was her first book and
such was her proficiency IN reading tie sacred
pages that she knew the Bible nearly by heart
She was PROFOUNDLY religious and OF very in
inqulstivr turn of mind She embraced the
Catholic Faith at late period of her life, and
lived and died most editying pious and con-
siSent member OF the Church. She was most
highly esteemed and beloved by all her neigh
bours, whe testified their respect for her mem
ory by their large number in attendance at her
interment, Notwithstanding the great inclem-
cncy of the Notwithstanding been fortified by
all the rites and consultations of religion, she
has alter her long pilgrimage ON earth, gone to
her true country, Mount Sion, and the city OF
the living God-the heavenly jerusalem
"LookiGg on the author and fnisher of faith,
Jesus, who having JOY set before Him endured
the cross, despisng the shame, she has, Full of
years and virtue, passed from the church on
Earth 10 'ihe Church Of the first born who are
written in heaven"
R. Up.
POTTER-On the 30lh of April at her resi-
dence IN Water Street, Bedford Co., after a long
and protracted illness, Mrs Susannah Potter,
aged Fuyrars, moNths aud ~ days. The de-
ceased was for many years a resident of the
Cove. Her funeral was largely attended by the
Community and the occasion improved by the
pastor, BY discourse based on The words of St
Paul $40 die is gain" Phil /: 2l.-This is
truly SO to the Christian. Dear Mother thou
at gone We hear thy voice no more, we
would not desire to call thee back We believs
thou all gone 10 better world, where thou art
released from all care and trouble. Bot still,
I0si thou speak loudly to US from the grave,
saying "Then, be ye also ready, for in such
an hour when We think not, the Son OF man
comeih'.
g Her eyes are closed Tor ever,
Their sparkling light has fled
Their SIghtless CRIBS are sleeping
In the mansions of the dead
But angel bands have bone her,
On the wings o: light and love
TO dwell with Christ IN heaven,
In that pleSt dome above.
HELSEL.-On the 12inst. OF Consumption,
Mr.. Geo. Helsel, son OF Charles Hesel.
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Interesting from Texas More U. s.
Troops Taken Prisoners of War--Col-
Waite a Prisoner of War. &c.

NEw ORLEANs, May 9.-We learn BY the
Orizaba, arrived from Texas to-day, that Gen.
Van Dorm had LETT Victoria on the 9th instant
with The Mccullough regiment ard other for
ce5 TO intercept Col. Reeves command of Uni
ted States troops, SIX hundred strong, above San
Autonla
Major Lloyd Beall, Capt R w. Johnson, I'd
cavalry Capt. Wm. Blair, Liruts. Ramsour,
Fourth and How ard, Sd U. s. artillery, had re-
signed.
Capt. Lees company, 9Th infantry, had sur
rendered at San Antonia. Col Waite, succfs-
sor Of Gen. Twiggs, is prisoner of war, on pa
role.
The crops @iIi surpass any harvest ever reap
ed
Texas has made provision tor large quantities
OF brass cannon and other arms for the defense
of The State.
The Reloium consul has published note de-
nyIng The statement pnbistIrd IN New York
that he had entered into contract With the
Confederate States ior supplying them with arms
from Belgium.
The entrance Of the channel at Pensacola Bay
has been obstructed by sinking vessels TO pre-
vent the entrance of ships of war,
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Getting Dissatisfied with lhe Admlnisira
IiGu.

The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, an out
and-out administration paper, appears To be get
ting disgusted with the manner IN which thing
are. managed by President Lincoln and his Cab
met. we clip the following article from the
last number of that paper, without endorsing
its sentiments as a hole.
"The people have responded to the call cE
the President for aid. They have answered
with so much unanimiiy ard power that PAM
ic is already p1Icepiible among the less despers
ate of the rebels. Probably no rr3n connected
with the national administration anticipated
such swee9ing tornado OF patriotic enthus-
asm. But we. regret TO sav,sthe President has
not, in his turn, responded to The mighty DIR
mand OF the massrs-no more temPorizing with
traitors. The negotiations between Lincoln aud
SS5snard on the one band, and Hicks aud Brown
on the other, are Illuminating to the goverh-
ment and chilling to the people. There seems
TO be wofuI lack of common sense, decision
and energy IN the management OF affairs
Volunteers are kept without arms and equip
ments long after they are thoroughly organized,
tnlerably drilled, and ready for a call TO the
field. Pennsy troops hurry forward 10
position whence they can threaten Baltimore
and hold that rebelfious city in check, and
somebody orders them tosretre, for fear of often
ding the delicate sensibiities of Hicks and COM
pany. Other volunteers hasten to Annapolis,
and there they reman for days, without the ia-
cilities for reaching the imperilled capital
If Washington does not fall into the hands OF
the rebels, the credit Of IFS salvation viii not
'egUg TO .n- Administrations, 81, Ia he gallant
vniunieers OF Massachusetts,, New York and
Pennsy lvania. But fg the prompliud+ of the
old Bay Stat Fort Monroe would have lacked
a garrison capable OF a successful resistance 10
assault. The same determined patriots would
soon clear direct road TO Washington, fihe GOV
ernment possessed 1.-THE OF The spirit which
now annatrs the northern people. Ii Mr.
Lincoln would hold his tongue, and Mr.. Srw-
ard would consent to 70 ego an opportunity far
turning polite phrases, prthaps Inc c. urSs'of
tue gov,rp". a't su-- -
wAb
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LATEST SOUTHERN WAR NEWS.

The ALEXANDRIA Gazette ssys that numorr
OF thu Mary land Guard Of the city OF Baltimore
passed Up the Otange and Alexandra Ra'ltoad
on "Wednesday. They report that over one
lhousand Batimofeans will unite with the
army OF Che Confederate States.
II is said thai lie Confederate troops at PEN
sacoIa, nutub-r.ng pf9oa5iy 10000 men, are
to be Withdrawn from then location round Fort
Pickens, and marched 10 the North. iuls con-
firms the intelligence that an attack 90 Fort
Ptckens was abandoned. 1t is stated that all
the volunteers from the extreme South are first
ordered into quarters at Montgomery, and des-
patched from thence TO the different Fendezvous
farther North.
Mr. Bouliguy, Congressman from louisiana,
who arrived in Washington on "Wednesday,
states that four thousand men have left New
Orleans ior Lynchburg, Va, and that large
bodies OF troops from various quarters are con-
centrating in that locality.
Negroes OF all classes are deprecated almost
through the entire South from thirty to fifty
per cent Property hns also fallen IN sni-
liar degree.
The Southerners do not want Fort Pickens,
unless the Confederate Government Is acknowI-
edged by The European Powers. There are
canped. Their being there Is but bait =
The entire distance from Pensacola to Wash
inglun can be passed over in five days, as there
is ran the entire distance. Some fine morning
Lieutenant Slsmmer and his garrison vii wake
up aud look Oh an empty camp.
A letter from on board one Of the United
Statrs vessels off Pensacola, disclosrs tae inPor-
.anl fact that the rebels IN possession there IN
tend, IN case they are likely to be woIsled 10
an encounter with the Federal forces, TO de-
stroy Pensacola, Warrington and the navy yard,
by blowing up and burning. This has been
ascer'alned through spies, who assert that the
powder has already been placed and the trains
laid for the purpose. Warfinglon is SAID TO be
now entirely deserted by lis inhabitants, aud
the houses are occupied bv rebel soldiers.
The Charleston (Va.l Free Press, OF Thurs
day, says We know the fact that from the
18th Of April The forces at HarpeF's Ferry have
ranged from to 5000 ,an4 that there IS no
scarcity of provisions of any kind. No stranger
visiting the Ferry can form any estimate Of the
number there, because they are stationed at eg-
ery point commanding entrance to the iowa,
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II is interesting to note the large propor,;o,
OF patriots who are ready to volunteer ior off,
cia positions in the war. Almost everv d.
We here that somebody ofers his servcee ~
fead regiment, COMPANY, or 10 act in sona
other official capacity. This, in the opin,on ot
many, seems to be the most elevated cor, =,
patriotism. Serving in the ranks with ra,;ons
and twelve dollars per month, is quite . d;G.
eTent affair from leading regiment, with
chancr tor glory and good pay. All canuo, he
Generals, Coionels, OF even Captains. Ii is
fortunate that some are willing to enlist a. ori-
VAtes.--N Y. Journal of Commerce.
DYSPEPSIA This is very distressing COM
plant, and gives the patient more suffering
than almost any other disease in fact. !, i.
combination Of many complaints in one, The
symptoms are numerous and are of the nature
Of almost all other complaints combined.
| From this fact arise the very many cases
where this desease Is mistaken for some other
and 50 improperly treated. The first symptoms
indigestion, flatuency, loss oil appetite, heart.
burn, headache, etc, if neglected. aImos,
always awaken some dormant disease and send
the poor sufferer 10 premature grave. What
you must first do is 10 cleanse the blood and reg-
ulate the bowels do this with the "Mouota,n
Herb Pills." and you can bid defiance to vs.
pepsla.
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Nrm 4 Aoprrtisrments.

nUBLiC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
BY virtue OF an order of the Orphans Court of
Bedford County, the undersigned will offer for sale
II the premises on
SATURDAY, 18th JUNE NEXT,
the following described Real estate, viz
A trsct of land con.ainng 2l2 acres, adjoining
lands of D. SnowbeIger, Martin Miller and Others
designated on the diagram attached to the procee-
dings in Partition, on DR.. w. w. Reeds estate as
part &c, - and situate in Middle Woodbury. Town
ship,
TERMS One third in hand on confirmation of
sale and balance in two equal annual payments
without interest.
FAARON REED,
EXT of DR.. w. W Reed, deed.
May 18th, '6l. At.
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a UDIrOR,S NOTICE

A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
~ The undersigned, appointed
anditor by The Orphans Court, 20 distribute the
Daniel Buzzard, decd, wi attend to the duties Of
said appointment, al O'Clock P. M, on Friday,
June 7th. at his office, in Bedford Borough, where
all interested may attend.
John PALMER,
May 18th, '6l. Auditor
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DUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

n ''N11N0 II III AtEJEA = I'd 7 II Y
by virtue of an order of tie GOrphans' Court Of
Bedford county,, the undersigned will offer at Pub
Tic Sale, on the premises, in Monroe Township, on
SATURDAY 18th JUNE, NEXT,
all the following described real estate, viz $50
acres of land. adjoining Henry Milestone, Bernard
Means heirs, Bernard Steckm4n and south Side OF
fussey's Mount in, and having thereon erected
Log House aud Shop, about 40 acres thereof clear
ed and under fence.
ALSO,
90 acres, being part of another tract (he mansion
iracD and adjoining the above--about 90 acres
thereof cleared, adjoining Henry Milestone, Ber-
naTd Means heirs and others.
TERMS made known on day OF sale.
0. E.. SHANNON,
Admir-. of Dan'l. Means deed.
May 18th, Iel. AZ.
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Catholicism and slavery both 10 be Dis
tgOEed

Like Popery, Slavery il incompatible with
the spirit Of the age, or, in other words, with
liberty and civilization. Their progress as at
an end, and fate or Providence seems 10 have
doomed them TO speedy destruction for The fol-
iy of their derotees. Daily Times
After civil freedom rs DESTROYED by the mon
archcal. Purrtanical, ami Republican raHy,
it will, doubtless, turn its attention TO lhe over
throw Of religious freedom. il tried TO get up
crusade against Catholicism a few years since
and in New Eng land penetrated converts with
Hiss Committees, &c. ; bot its onward progress
was ga'lanlly met by Old Virginia ,and with the
true Democratic instincts cf equal right, she
couquIed the destroyer. She fought and gam
ed one Oft the most impoIant battles fo. equal
rights OF this century, and she fought it for tie
FDrth, which had been overrun by the pesti-
lent heresy of KnowNothinglsm. The return
she gets for il is the invasion of her soil by the
very men whom she mos, serred-.N Y. Day
Book
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-TAR REED-

AMICK-W WERTZ.-On the 18th inst, by
the Rev. ]. Zinmermin, Mr.. William Amich,
% Miss AnGie Catharine Wertz, both OF 81.
CIairsrlIe.
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-REDFOR ID, Pa
B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor

GTThe Corner Stone Of ST. Marks Ev. Luther
an Church, in Friends Cove, near Bowsers mill,
will be laid with appropriate Services, on Whit
Monday, the goth inst.
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ARMS FOR TIE SoUTH.-The Nash vile
tTenn., Banner OF last "Wednesday harms that
vessel arrived at New Orleans from Europe on
toe 9th inst, with go, 900 Stand OF arms for
the Confederate States. This isays The Bannerl
rs tn Same vessel whose arrival has been Y
prctrd foT seme days and to winch attention
has been called by the New York pIess, the
san having urged the Government TO keep
S'af look oni lor her. According to the same
a"'h."'is, a7ent 6i,y bcxrs of guns and other
'nnot'oes OF "er reached Nashville by railroad
aa Tu7sday.
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The STORM is GATHERING. Though much
OF our information concerning the movements
of the military is vague and unreliable, enough
is known to make it certain that bodies Of
troops are moving from the North and from
the South towards the field of action, and are
constantly concentrating. Ii is cifficuItgto tell
which side gains most by delay though,
shoad action be os'poned for a considerable
tune, there is no doubt that the North would
be able 10 accumulate mach larger force, on
account Of our greater population and superior
facilities for rapid movement. The Southern
ers however, especially If they wait to be inva
ded and act wholly on the deiensive-perhaPs
enticipg their enemy into the interior, will gain
the powerful cooperation OF hostile climate.
But without attempting TO remark upon the
chances ot success, collision al no distant dav
is inevitable, unless kind Providence should
nterpose to prevent it. Either side would be
glad to avail itself of any special advantage
which might offer for infIcting a mortal blow.
Conflict IS most likely TO occur either at Cairo
or in tie neghborhood OF Washington city.
Military movements appear to be unusually ac-
tive IN both dIrections-.R Y. Journal O. f
Commerce.
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Who is 10 Blame =?

By no effort. of our political enemies, says
the Chambersburg (Pennsy lvania) Valley Splr-
it, can the blame for the severance oflhe bonds
of the Union and all the ruin it has brought
upon the country, be fastened on the Democrat
c party. Their political principles never
could, aad never would have brought such DIS
aster ana disgrace upon the nation We are
most happy to fling in the teeth Of our political
opponents the opinion OF The greatest statesman
that ever Iived-Henry ClaY-as to the causes
Of the American Union.
How sadly true,and how prophetic, are these
words OF Henry Clay, spoken in the United
States Senate on the 7lh OF February, 1899,
They c, rlainiy cannot be applied to the Dem
ocratlc party. The triumph of seclionaIism,
as Clay predicted, has been the downfall of the
Republic, and every man who voted for Lincoln
deliberately aod knowingly Tor dissolution of
the UEtoD, or there Is no truth in the words o!
ClaY-he said
"Sir, am not in the habit Of speaking light
lv OF the possibility Of cissolving this happy
Union. The senate knows that have deprpca-
ted allusIons, on ordinary occasions, to that
dreful event. The country will testify that
If there BE- anything IN the history OF my public
career worthy OF Recollection, it is the truth
and sincerity Of my ardent devotion to its las
ting preservation. But we should be false IN
our allegiance if we Gid not discriminate be-
tween the imaginary and the real dangers by
which ii may be assailed. Abolitionism should
no longer be an imaginary danger.
The Abolhionists, let me suppose, succeeded
IN their present aim o. uniting the inhabitants
of the free States, as one man, against the in
habitants of the slave States. Union on one
side will beget union on the other, and this pro-
cess Of reciprocal consolidation will be attended
with all the violent prejudices, embttered pas
sions and lmplacahe animoslties which ever de-
graded and deformed human nature.
"One section will: stand IN mpnacing and
hostile array against the other the collision of
opinion WITH be quickly followed by the clash
AIMS. will not attempt TO describe scenes
which now happily lie concealed from our
view. Abolitionists themselves would shrink
back in dismdy and horror al the contemplation
Of drsolatrd fields, confagraed cities murdered
inhabitants and thp overthrow of the faires fab
ric OF human government that ever ros. to an
innate tn hape> nf civilized man.-.E Y Jour
MI - L'ag7erc0
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G5The Republicans ask Us not to discuss the
causes of the rebellion in the South, and vet
Governor Curtin, in his Message, published in
our last, does not refrain from doing SO. Mr..
Jordan, also, in his speech III front of the Bed
lord Hotel, on Monday night of Court week,
spoke, 10 some extent, Of the causes. Our at
trntion has been called to the fact, (by strong
war man, but one who looks upon the matter as
war merely for the restoration of the power
Of the Government in the refractory States) that
Mr. Jordan among other clarifying expressions
made use OF ~ regard TO the unhappy contest
between ''the North and the South" (Mr. Jor-
dan always uses these sectional trrms) said iba,
this was ''a war for kuman,ty, war for free
DOM" The question was naturally suggested
TO our warlike friends mind, Does that mean
the -AbOlitson Of Siaverg9
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u Our friends OF he Beaver Star, as well
as the editors Of some hali-dnzen other papers.
are respectfully informed thai they are vel
come to our editorials, and that all we sSk in
ret1ro for thero, is that they fnir;ab ,he rpslie
SON" IrdicstEn ihsi t7eg H2.sa't l1e.ss. 4, g
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Davis Message,
Chairman.
May 10Th, ,6l.

We publish on our first page, message OF
Jefferson DAVIS, the SO styled President Of the
SPECIALIZED Coniedera,e States. This document
sets forth in terse and succinct history, the
wrongs aud grievances complained Of by the
people of the South. Though able IN style
and eloquent and forcible in phraseology, it
contains iallacious and dangerous doctrines,
such as we cannot send forth among the people
without also furnishing an accompanying anti
dote The right OF secession is maintained by
Mr.. DAVIS, as existing under the Constitution
ofthe United States. This is fallacy that was
once mooted by the State OF Massachusetts,, and
which has been entertained by the leading pol
iticians of South Carolina since the days OF John
C. Calhoun, but which was always denied and
dlscountenanced by a vast majority OF the peo-
pie of every other State. When made an issue
IN Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, 10 1851,
tion. II the right of secession exists under the
Constitution, then that document has no bind
ing force whatever. It is simply 4 dead letter
"a bond from which the obligor can at pleas
ure erase his signature. The right of secession
is not Constitutional, but revolutionary right.
To assert it successfully, the government estab-
llshed in the Constitution must be thrown of,
aud to dc that is revolution. Let not Mr.. Da-
Wis claim the*justifcaIon Of secession by the
Constitution. Nothing but successful rebellion
will ever be sufficient to justify it, either in The
eye OF an enlightened domestic Jurisprudence
or in the light OF the law of nations.
As to the wrongs and insults experienced by
the South, of which Mr.. Davis justly complains
we believe that they could and would have
been redressed, had the Southern States remain
ed within the Union. We believe that even
now, if those States we've to return 10 their for
nter allegiance, that there would be an over.
whelming uprising in the North 10 favor of the
full protection of shelr citizens in the enjoy
ment of their Constitutional rights. Il may br
difficult for Southern people to believe this, ow
ing to the late base misGe presentation of North
ern feeling in Congress, and the semi-barbarou
conduct Of some of the people Of the Eastern
States, yet we feel well assured that what w,
say is true. We can, therefore, only say tt
Jefferson Davis and bis misguided followers
Come back TO the fold Come back and asl
your rights under the Constitution, under tb
Stars and Stripes, and ?ou viii find willin!
hearts and able hands all over the North to sus
tain you.