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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND NEGRO HUN.
TIERS.

FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND NEGRO HUN.
TIERS.
As far as can be judged from their words,
tue tories who are now SO bitterly abusing
the Administration, look upon the Consti.u-
ton of the United States simply as great
negro-cAtching instrument. All It's other pro.
Vlsions they discern dimly through the medi-
am OF the. articles relating TO fugitiyes from
labor. Therefore a war 90 uphold the Con>
st;tutioH, amounts in their estimation 10 a
grand military negro hunt, and Lothiug more.
II 10 not surprising, then, when a resolution
10 introduced into Congress that it 10 20 part
OF the duty of the nationsl army to return
fugitive slaves, these tories are violent IN their
abuse OF 1t. They consider that il 10 by all,
meaEs, and above ell other duties, ihe busi-
pess OF our soldiers to return negroes, aud
edase them, too, If necessary. They utterly
oppose any coercion. We have no right, they
say, TO enforce obedience to the Constitution
IN general, but if painting fugitive rushas
into camp pursued by his blood thirsty rebel
master, then IL 10 time to look out for che
Constitution. Then Is ar opportunity to save
tie Union to some purpose. This rebel is In
open war against the government. Ii must be
put an end TO. The rascal must be compelled
to take his niger, if be doosu't the oath in
accordance with the Constitution. And so
the slave 10 given up to be driven away again
to bis labor in the intrcnehmenta, or TO his
death, If the master thinks he has too keen
scent for liberty.
This 10 tho only true way to uphold the Con-
stitution-by 100000 armed and equipped
slaye-hantera. Even if the master be shot i'm
arms, his slaves must be carefully handed over
to the estate.
Il might happen that in the very midst Of
an engagement a body Of these negroes, fu.
rIous under, their long endured wrongs, might
wlckediy and unconstitutioualiy precipitate
themselves upon this ranks ofiheir masters. -
lt would net Do strange. Ii is very much after
the style of oppressed men.
But in this case il would be the duty Of the
Federal troops to break ranks at once. and
rush as grand posse conitatus to the capture
OF these misoreante, who were adding sssergile
insurrection" TO the crime of being black, and
thus shaving NO rights which white men are
bound TO respect
This il the substance of she tory diatribes
about the sAbolitioa war; ALI the interests
OF government are of no account; the paace Of
the country il Of no account; all the ordinary
system Of con iacting war 10 of noaccount; no.
thing 40 OF account except negro-huntiuR, and
that must DO attended 20 even If the heavens
fall. all this 10 simply che most disgusting
fort Of toryism. Ii ths rebels caro- for The
safety OF their negroes, let them attend 10
their obligations 20 the Constitution Let us
have no aaere OF the sIagesdriVing audacitY
which insists that tho suppression of tho great
rebellion shall be- on 90 Importance whntoser
10 comparison With negro-hunting for The benz :
nc OF the gentlemen rebels --.Norricb Covrser.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29
Bortrq.
FAREWEE.L To SUMMER.


FaaEwELL, thy moon is on the wane,
Thy last bright day ID near its close,
On rosy lips that thirst for rain,
Heaven not drop bestowa;
The cricket. Summer, sounds thy knell---
Queen Of seasons fare the well.
The flowers thai wreathed thy beauteous head
Droop, pale and withered, on thy brow
The light that made the morning red
Is dull and misty now;
Sad voices pipe, in wood and dell,
To Summer end her joys, farewell.
Gone is thy belt of rainbow sheen,
Starred with the dew drops OF the showers,
And kirtle of enchanted green
Embroidered DER with bright flowers;
The golden wand Of wonderous spell
Is dim and broken now--farewell!
There is q snmmer OF the heart
That has its moRrnful ending here;
Delights that warmed its core, depart
While ID grows dull and drear;
And sadder than the funeral bell,
Hope whispers to the soul-farewell
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29
A BISHOP AGAINST L0W.NEcKED
DRESSES.

Bishop Tmon publishes in The Buffalo
Sentinel of Saturday, letter addressed "to
the honored aud pious Christian women of the
diocese" upon subject which he has long re-
Trained to touch, though pressed apparently
by Divine impulse, Iow-necked dresses. He
discoUrses at much length upon the mcdesty oi
dress, quoting largely from the Scriptures on
the score of morality, and from the writings
of Catharine Bsecher, DR.. Ellis, and others as
respects health, and proceeds to say:
"But whatever may be the sentiment of the
learned aud the Wise, ON the danger of low
neCked dresses TO the health, and whatever
may be our wishes for the temporal happiness
OF the Christian women in our diocese; aud
whatever our zesl for the sacred missions,
which women have TO cultivate frem earliest
youth, and form, as only mother cam the
Christian life and spirit, In their sons and
daughters; yet we dare not press upon them,
in the relations OF society those rules of prus
dence, when they on their children prefer to
wear fashionable loW-necked dresses in fash
iOuable cirolos. But wa most earnestly exhort
all ladies. the very young as well 90 those OF
more mature age, not to appear in church, nor
sssiss as Catholic sacred fuuctionss nor present
themselves for the reception of the aacraments,
without having the neck, shoulders, apd breast
modestly covered. Aud We request all pastors
Of souls, and all religious ladies engaged in
teaching, 10 use every possible exerfion and
influence to SEQ that this advice be accepted
in the spirit Of charity, and of seal for that
which best pIeases God, with which n y otfer.
sd.n
The Bishop trusts lhat Christian ladies will
receive biz advice i'm ihe spirit in which It ii
given and directs that the pastors under bis
charge touch ppoD the subject in their dis
courses ~
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29

A gentleman of excellent habits and very
aIaiable dispositions was 80 unfortunate as ia
have wife Of very different character: i'm
short ona taat would get heastlY drunk
Being in company with few intimates one
of them remarked to:him. that if she was his
wife--snca all other things bad fsiled-he
would frighteR her In some way, so that she
would quit her evil habit, and proposed the
following method: that some time when dead
drunk. she should be laid iu d box shaped Iika
a cofiR. and left in that situation until her fis
should be oGer, and consciousness restored
A few evenings after, the dame being IN q
proper state, the plan was put into execution
and after the box lid was properly secure, the
party alluded to watched, each i'm turn, TO wit
ness the result. About daylight next
morning the watch heard movement, laid
himself down by the box, when her ladyship,
rfter humping her head few times, was heard
to say:
sBless me! where ann ! 90
The outsider answered, in a sepulohral tone:
"aladan you are dead aud in the other world %
pause ehsued, after which the lady inquis
red again,
"Where are you4"
s'Oh / am dead too,D said he.
Scan you tell me bow long have been
dead?"
"About three weeks
"Aa you have been longer here than have,
can you tell me where / can get a iitffe 7unls
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29
Barnum's Last Story.

Barnum is always ready with good story.
His latest is the following, which II told uf
Elias Howe, jr., who has been very active in
sitting for the war. Mr. Howe has spent
thousands Of dollars il this way, and taken no
great an interest in military affairs that be has
but little time to attend to anythiug else
One day very worthy Connections deacon
called upon the gentleman with subscription
list. de wanted Mr.. Howe to give aomethiug
towards erecting nev church.
\ "a new ahurcha' replied Howe: sab, new
church. | don't think can give anything.
because am spedding all NY spare money f6r;
the war. Cans think OF anything else.'
The deacon looked dsspondenr. Mr.. Howe
seelned firm in his determination not TO give n
."red.' At last be asked the deacon what,
the neW church was 10 be called.
The Church Of S.. Peter, sir vas the re-
ply. -
'Ah, the Church OF ST. Peter replied
Howe aWell, as 81. Peter waa the only 6pht.
Inc apostle in the lot, guess LII have to give
something. But can'i do lnseh for Sc. pc,
ter, as my time and money must BE- almost "a
tirely devoted 10 Salt Peter
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA GENTLEMAN.

AIR:-ssTas flns Old English Gentleman" "
Dows in small, Paimstto State, She curious ones
may End,
A rppling, learning gentleman. of an uncommon
kind,
his whiskey straight.
And frequently condemns hiA eyes to that ultimate
vsngeanec which Clergyman Of high standing
has assured ae lnnst be sinners fate
This South Carolina gentleman. one Of the present
time.
Yon trace his genealogy, and not far back you'll
most undoubted octoroon, or n1ayhap mustes,
and If you note the shaggy locke that cluster on
his brow,
You II find that every other hair is varied with o
kink that seldom denotes pure Caucasian blood !;
but betEaya an admixtqrs with race not par
ticularly popular juss now
This South Carolina gentleman, one Of the present
time.
he always wears full dress coat, pre-AdAmise in
spt,
With walstcoat of the loudest style through which
his rufaes lut,
SIX breast pins deck his horrd front, and on bis
fngers shine,
whole invoices OF diamond rings which would
hardly past muster with the original 5acoba in
Chatham street for jewels geu-u-Ine-
This South Carolina gentleman, one Of the present
time
he cheps tobacco by the pound, and sp:ts upon
the floor,
If thsre In not box Of sand behind the nearest
door,
And when he takes hia weekly spree, he clears
mighty track,
OF every thing shat bears the shape Of whiskey
skin, gin and sugar, brandy sour, peach and hon
ey, irrepIessble cocktail rum, and gum and lu-
seious applejack-
This South Carolina gentlsmal, one Of the present
sine.
lie takes 10 euchrs kindly, too, and plays awful
band.
Especially when those he tricks, his 'style don't
understand;
And If he wins, why then he stoops to pocket all
the stakes.
But IL he loses, then he says to the unfortunate
stranger who has ehanced TO win: "It's my
opinion you are a cursed Abolitionst, and if
you don't leave South Carolina In one hour, you
will be hung like dog" But no offer to pay
bis loss he makes
This South Carolina gentleman, one OF the present
time.
OF course be'a all the .ime in debt to those who
credit give,
Yet manages upon the best the market yields to
hVe,
Bun ira northera creditor asks him his bin 80
heed,
The honorable gentleman Instantly draws TWO
bSWie knives and pistol, dOns blue cockadc,
and deslarea thai i'm consequences OF the repeat
edaseressions Of the North and its gross viola
tion OF the Constitution, he feels that would
utterly degrade him 20 pay any debt whatever,
and SIN fars hs has at lass determined TO Sc
cEp@--
The South Oareltna gentleman, one of the present
lime.
A pretty girl was lately complaining to Qnskex
inaad that ahe bad "a cold, ald waA Borely plagued
~ hst lips Ay chaps e4Frfand "A said Obadiah,
'LAse should neEez let tao chaps Genie thy
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29

JUDGMENT FOR ANEwsPAPER ACCOUNT
Among tho recsnt decisions mt the general
term of the Supreme Court of the Albany tN.
~ district, was one in favor Of Mr.. j. Sea-
bury against Bradford o. Walt, for seven
years subscription to the CAfskill Recorder and
Democrat The New York Observer, one OF
the eldest religious newspapers in the country
says of this decision.-s'Lt 10 surprising that
so few subscribers fully understand their re-
spoDsibilities to publishers Of newspapers. Tha
law which governed in this decision 10 Law Of
Congress, and therefore applicable in every
State in The Union Many Subscribers seem
to regard the bill for newspaper the last 10
b saftted, especially the last which the laws
will enforce. Responsible men, even u1der
trifing Whins, refuse to take their papers from
the office, regardless Of arrears, and when balf
a dozen more years have been added aa arrears
at the time of stopping, think it bard % pay
the iDoreasedsbill With interest and cost Of
collection"
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29

ALL diseases speaks to US soionnly and elo-
quen,ly, except the dumb ague.
GARMENTS EoR THE SEAT or .WARe-The
breaches made BY the artillery.
bARGAIN--A ludioiroas transaction, in which
each party thinks ha has cheated tho other.
SoME people are 30 obtuse tbat one would
hardly think they could hayc 40 acute disease.
FAsicr runs most furioasi5 ahsn n guilty
conscience drives it.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-29

A Mans name passes around most freely
when il has handle DO IL.
STATES EvlDgHoB-a wretch who is pafg
doHed for being meaner than bis comrades,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12

SKIRT Moreen-Drab and white at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12
A Yankee Anecdote.

DR.. Patten, a very eccentric clergyman
vas travelling in England He met fell
low of the colleges, who was anxious to
make an enquiry of the Doctor provided
he would gre no offence. The Doctor told
him to "out with it" as he guessed it
would not hurt much
Fellow-"The inquiry is this: Do you
think your present form of government
will stand, or that your people will not
soon require king?"
DR., P.-'Well. sir, that is indeed q
question that does not fall in with my pre-
elections, for am thorough Republican.
Still, | have no objections to answer your
question frankly. 1t is my opinion, to
which | have come after much reflection,
that we shall eventually have king"
Fellow.-"I was sure of it. VIII you
favor me with the reasons on which you
found your opinion? for l have no doubt
they are good ones.
DR.. P.-''I think they are good ones,
and | will frankly state them to you
They are these: | read in the Bible that
when Israel was virtuous people, God
governed them generally with judges of
their own choosing: but when they became
corrupt and degraded people, God an has
,crath gaze them Kiagi As we are rap
idly importing European manners, and cor
rupt customs into the United States. I
greatly fear that we shall degenerate until
God will treat us as he has the degraded
nations Of Europe, and give US king"
The fellow grew suddenly red in the
face, and would have made fight, but the
laugh of his ne;ghbor was so hearty, that
he had to join in it, and soon he managed
to say, ''Well you have taught me lesson
to-day that | shall never forget.
.sDr P-"And, pray, what may that
be? ,or it is very rare that an Englishman
will bdmit that he learns anything from an
And rican. =
Ftllow-'I have learned to let the Yam
KEGS alone, aud not NEEDLE with their Pc
euliar matters
DR.. P-"Thank you, sir. But allow
me to say that yeu are rather slow scholars
for we certainly taught you that on Bun
ker Hill p
Fellow-.I see that you are incorrigi-
BILE.
DIR. P-"And that's the way of our
people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12
ILLINOIS MONEY

Except the dscredited Banks, taken at par in ex
~ '0o" a' W. II. AiOAK'S.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12

4 FROG S4oRY.-The Hartford Press
prints the story about six ladies of Toledo
swallowing live frogs daily to cure them of
consumption, and follows it up with an
other
A couple of gentlemen from neighbor,
ing town, who were called to watch with a
sick person who had been given over by
the doctors and apparently had but short
time to live, after some conversation rela-
tive to the improbability Of stories of re-
covery by frogs inhaling sick person.
breath, resolved to test it. The first frog
placed at the dying mans mouth was as
dead as Julius Caesar after only three
breaths had been drawn: the second lived
some time longer and died; the third iv-
ed about half an hour, and though others
were applied none of them died. The
sick person Immediately began to mend,
and finally recovered. The parties to the
transaction, who tell the story themselves,
are highly respectable
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12
Dodge County Court.--In Probate.


In the matter of the proof of the last Will and Tesla
ment of Michael Moreaty, deceased.
On reading and fling instrumen t in writing pur-
porting to be the last will and of Michael
Moreaty, late of the Emmettin the county of
Dodge and State of Wisconsin, deceased and also the
accompanying petition of Thomas Clayton of said
town of Emmett representing among other things that
the said Michael Moreaty, lately died his residence
in said town of Emmett that the said instrument is
the last will and testament of said deceased and that
he the said petitioner aforesaid the identical Thorn
Clayton named and appointed by the said last will
executor thereof and praying that day be appointed
for hearing the proofs of said last will and stament
and that upon the proofand allowance efsaid will let
tiers testamen tary be to him issued thereon 1t or
dered that the proofs of said instrument be heard
before the Judge of this Court Monday the fourth
day of March, D. 1861, II O'Clock in the forenoon
at the Court House in the village of Juneau, in said
county And is further ordered that pu bic notice
thereof be given to the heirs at law of said
and to all other persons interested, by publishing
copy OF this order for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing in the Waterto#n Republican a
weekly newspaper, printed and published at Water
town, and circulating in said county of Dodge
Dated January 81, 1861.
LEONARD MERIT, County Judge,
hnoS & hall' froetors. CFeb. s, 35wa)
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12
81 II ltnm in 1Darpo.

The chronic troubles in DR.. Cheever's |
church have broken out again.
They are discovering coal oil in |
England. 1T never rains, but it pours
The peach crop of Maryland it is
feared will be failure the recent cold |
weather having injured the buds
The McComb. Nc Donough County |
journal, says that the prospects of the
State are good.
Volume FIVE of Macaulay's History of
England, uniform with previous volumes is
on sale at forty cents.
The Irish Times estimates the pres
ent population of Ireland at $3.50, 500
souls.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Minis
rer to England, intends to leave for Lon
don some time the present month.
Mrs. Patterson Bonaparte, of Balti
more, was among the callers of President
Lincoln a few days since.
Polly Marshall, the actress in New
York who pleased the Prince of Wales so
much, has experienced religion.
According to some of the Ohio papers
the peach crop is not destroyed in that
State.
The Markesan Journal learns that the
house Of j. Cannon, in the town Of Man
chester, about one and half miles south
of Manchester village, was entirely con-
suu,od NV fro on the D0ud nit
In Southern Michigan, Northern In
diana, and Missouri, north of the river,
the winter wheat looks very thrifty and
fourishing for this time Of year.
The whole public debt of the United
States is now $74,985, 299,28. The net
amount Of money now subject to draft in
all the United States repositories is g.
572.800.61.
The Hon. VIM. Allen, representative
IN Congress from the Piqua (Ohio) Dis
trict. within the last two months has lost
his whole family of four children by that
dreadful scourge, diptheria
The New York millionaire, Stewart,
keeps man stationed in front of his store
Oh DTOduNdyJ bO dSsIst iduISS III SlOSaILS
from one side to the other and in enter
ing and alighting from Omnibusses.
e. Doherty, while digging cellar on
his farm about one and half miles East
of Bsrlin, the other day, found lump of
almost pure native copper weighing eighty
pounds.
The convicts in the Pennsylvania
Penitentiary made an unsuccessful attempt
to escape a few days since. The plan was
to overpower the guard while the warden
was receiving a package at ths main en-
trance,
"A writer in the Cincinnati Commercial
suggests that as we Lave been in the habit
of designating the United States .Uncle
Sam for short, that upon the same princi-
pie we should call the United Confederacy
Uncle Cuffee.
Mr.. Hassaurek, the newly appointed
Minister to Quito, on the 28th ult. thanked
che President for appointing him to the
highest place in his gift-that is, nine
thousand, FIVE hundred feet above the lev
81 Of the ocean-the altitude of Ecquador.
A child was recently born in Hemp
field township, Westmoreland county, Pa,
having but one eye. and that situated in
the centre of the forehead There was no
nose, nor any appearance of nasal bones.
The remainder of the body was well form
ed,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-04-12
JOB PRINTING.

everything IN the line of Job Printing can be ex
uted with neatness and Dispatch and on reascuab
erms, at this Office.
The Carrollton sun., 1861-04-06
THE ELECTION.

At the election held on Monday last,
for Judge to preside over the Second
Judicial District of which this Parish
now forms portion, the Hon. VICTOR
BURTHE, of Jefferson Parish and for
the last eight years the presiding Judge
of the Third Judicial District, was
returned for the same Office in the
Second District.
We give below only the majority
obtained in each Parish, not having
been able to procure the full number
of votes polled at each Precinct.
Parish of Jefferson, majority for Judge
Burthe -oSS
Parish of st. Bernard, majority
for Judge Burthe- e-----------. %
IOtal- -|lo
Parish of Plaquemines, majority for
Judge Foulhouze- e------------6 $50
Judge Burthe's majority in the Dist. 60
The above is believed to be correct.
The Carrollton sun., 1861-04-06
Louisiana Items.

T The Opelousas Patriot of March
Both says:-
st. Lamdry.-Old planters tell us
they have seldom witnessed moro
promising season than the present. We
hope that they will realize even more
than they anticipate. For a year the
want of Corn has made itself felt on
nearly every plantation. This is a
production to which planters should de-.
vote much of their attention. We are
apt to labor for what will bring us mon
ey and not for that which will save us
money, and thus it is, we believe,
many cultivate cotton to the neglect of
corn. Prudence dictates a different
course this year. We should see that
next winter does not find us dependent
upon the West for grain.
ty The Greensburg Imperial of the
same date, says of the
Heather, Crops, &c.-The weather
during the week past has been warm
and spring-like. Owing to the exces-
sive rains during the last two months
farmers have been delayed in getting
in their crops. Corn in many places
is up and growing finely. We are glad
to notice that our planters have planted
more largely of this grain than usual
this year. If the seaons are at all fa-
vorable, we are sure that the grain
growing States of the North will find
here a very poor market for their corn
next year.
The Carrollton sun., 1861-04-06

Not a Ferry Pleasant State ofSoc1ety.
Saturday night must be lively night
in Savannah, at any time; ; but that of
the 23d, according to the Republican,
was particularly SO. 1t says:
Judging from the several puddles of
blood to be met with yesterday morn
ing on sidewalks in different streets
of our city, it would Indicate that Sat
urday night was one of more desperate
debauch among a certain class than is
usual in Savannah. Our attention was
particularly attracted, when passing in
front of the Marine Bank, on st. Julian
street, by considerable pool of blood,
and a trail of the same from it round
to Drayton street, for some distance.
We were unable to ascertain the
cause of it, but think that such unsight-
ly appearances should be accounted
for.