Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-12

tual Ieaehers, by the 9TH section of the Normal
Il School law of 1857.
j BEAUREGARD'S PROCLAMATION.
The following is the text of proclamation
to the people of Virginia By General Beaures
gard:
A PROCLAMATION.
10 the People Of the Counties of Loution,
Fairfar and Prince William
A reckless and unpriDcipled tyrant has inya-
ded your soil. Abraham Lincoln, regardless
OF all moral, legal, and constitutional restraints,
mas thrown bis abolition hosts among you, who
are numbering and imprisoning your citizens,
conhseatlng and destroying your property, and
committing otner acts OF violence and outrage,
too shocking and revolving to humanity to be
enumerated.
All rules of civilized warfare are abandonsd.
and they proclaim by their acts, if aot on their
banners. that their war cry is, "Beauty and
Booty. All that is dear to man--youT honor
and that of your wives and daughters- vour
fortunes and your lives, are involved in this
momentous contest.
In the name therefore, of the cousti,utad
authorities of the Confederate States-in the
sacred cause Of constitutional liberty and self
government, for which we are conteuiing IN
L, ". Il.
gard, Brigadier General of the Confederate
States, commanding at Camp PIckens, Mannas.
sas 1unction, DO make this my proclamation
ana invite ana enJoin you by every consideration
dear TO the hearts OF freeDen and patriots; by
the name and memory of your revolutionary
fathers, and BY the purity and sanction of ,onr
domestic 6resi3es, to rally 10 the stan,,.:s9 -
your State and country and hy every me aas in
your power, compatible with honorable warfare.
to drive back and expel the invaders from your
land.
conjure you to be- true and ioyal 20 vour
country and her legal and cons ttutionaI .utbor-
ity, aud especially to be vigi.ant of the move
ments and acts of the enemy, so as to enable
you to give the earliest authentie information
at these headquarters, or to the officers under
his command.
desire to assure you that the utmost pro
lection Ia my power will be given to you all.
Signed, G. T. BEAURE6apn
Brigadier General COMMANDING.
Ohiclal-Thomas Jordan,
Acting Assistant Ait General.
Now, after reading the above, we are bound
to say, that whatever Brigadier General Beam
regard may regard, clearly he has no regard
for truth. This may appear blunt {, a sseentle-
man of refined southern msnnersp bn, ws
cannot help 1T, and would not if we could.
We mean just what we say. The above. as
an ofhclal document deliberately written and
published, will long stand on record TO show
the else incredulous world that sscbiyalroua
gentleman and brave soldier" as this man was
once called, when he becomes rebel, is NO
better than his fellow rebels that is be becomas
mean liar; OF, if he is still better, it is orIv
10 hak kkor- md l.
the great Arch-Rebel and Liar of old wss
standing over him, when be wrote that procla-
matioD, he must have been we'll satisfied vith
the proficiency of his follower.
A Word FROM Ex-PREsIDENr VAN Bu-
REN.-The Ddndury (Coan.) Times says that
very recently two citizens of that village, ind
ing themselves 10 the neighborbood of Kim
derhook, took the opportunity to call on the
eighth President of the United States, Martin
Van Buren,. They found him md home and
glad to see them. After the introductory scene
one of the visitors explained to the seer Of
kinderhook that he had long cherished des
sire to see the man for whom he had cast his
first vote for President of the United States
The conversation naturally turned in tho direo-
tiOn IF the present unsettled state of the
country. Mr. Van Buren, remarked that he
had recently an interview With Ex-Presldept
Pierce, and that neither could see anything
hopeful, or indicating prospect of an imne.
diate settlement of our national difficulties
'sAs for myself, said be, 81 do not expect 10
see IT, but our Government must be sustained
st whatever cost" Mr.. Van Buren is 78 yesrs
1f age, and although his step indicates that he
has considerably passed the zenith of life, and
his round and wellsdeveloped head is frosted
Thero the hair is left, his eye retains the Ere
aud twinkle. that has always told Of busy
brain,