The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-31
For the Bedford Gazette
Five Hundred Dollars Reward !

MR. EDIToR The suboined anonymjns
letter was received BY me few days ago. lam
accused therein Of being a "Srcsssionist of the
blackest dye" and OF having attended oSeees-
sion meeting in Cumberland" Now, Mr.. Ed
itor, propose TO pay the above reward 10 anv
man, OF set Of men, mat will satisfactorily prove
That eyer attended any mestlng Of the kind IN
Cumberland or elsewhere. ! have always Beef
a Union man-did not merely become one at
the eleventh hour, like some of those who now
claim TO be such thorough Union men-but
stood up for the Union when reason and COM
mon sense might have saved It and prevented
the necessity, if there be necessity, for civil
war. As l was then, so l am now, a Union
man to the core, and as such / expect 10 live
and 10 die. II The reward ofa consistent friend
OF the Union and one whose hearts wish IS to
see our country flourish and prosper, is that be
and his family shall be driven away from their
home, then, indeed, there is bat little encour-
agemenl 10 be Union man in Bedford county
and what is rore, but little law, order or civil
liberty.-I also offer five dollars reward TO the
author, or authors, OF the cowardly anonymous
letter herewith appended, # be, or they, will
publish their names IN your paper, provided
tfey can bring the certificate Of twelve Of their
nearest neishbor' that they have heretofore been
considered honorable and sensible men.
Yours, &c,
GEO. W. GUMP.
Napier p., May 25th, 6l.
THE following is the letter above spoken of spell
IEg, &e, as IN the original
Bedford May, 1861.
DR. Sir
II is reported that you are se-
ceSsionIst Of the blacklist dye having atlpned
meeting OF that kind hen in cumberlend no;
long since. Can it be possible that man Born
and Bred and OWES his all to this free land Of
ours can lend hand to DESTROY the, constitution
OF Onr land and it the same as it came from The
hands OF Washington Jefferson MADISON & 9TH
er fathers Of our Country and more has not the
administration of afFafrs not always BE- en- 10
hands, OF the opposition 10 the prrsant admin
istraiion with "a few Exceptions) And chiefly
controlled by the very men who now are Re-
belllng-ii there were Rights of which they
were entitled why did they not give them 10
them the south and not Leave II until power
was taken from them (Sir it is only prrtext)
Now SIR the object of my writing is to inform
you that onlsss you come out and procIaime
yourself a union man $50 soon as Your family is
welIl You will be driven from your home or
Receive halter, as cravat, you must 60 10 our
friends the Rebbels Yours truly as q caution
BRoAD Tor CoAL.-The shipments Of coal
from the Broad Top mines for the week ending
22d INST, amounted to 1859 tons, being an in
crease Of 1899 tons over the shipments for the
corresponding week of last year. The Phlladel-
phia Mining Register says; "Of the 1862
tons, 4,l38 were passed upon the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad for t.dewater at the Rich
mond piers in this city, whence it is distrbu-
ted IN boats to points on New York Bay, the
Hudson river, Long Island sound, and other
waters. Large numbers OF miners from Cum
berland and Pittsbufg are arriving at Broad Top
and are put to wor! in the mines" Several
parties from the Cumberland region passed
through here lately on their way 10 Coalmont