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The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08
srHAxGLIxG THE REBELLION.


The n. Y, Times, confidently asserts, as
"by nu,hori.y,'' that the mission Of the
Barnside expedition is to sever tho Railroad
connections between Richmond, and the
Gulf States on the one side, and Richmond
and Norfolk on the other, What points be
may successfully select for laodiug, in eze-
cutting these tasks are known only to him
self. 1t iya part Of the judcious plan, Of
Gen. Mcclellan to sever at once those COM
munications With the South and Southwest
which alone have rendered the stay Of the
rebel army in Virginia possible. The 5iows
which are to effect this triumphant result,
will be struck almost at the same moment.
We have every reason to believe the news
Of Gen. Burnside's success viii be followed
BY intelligence from Gen. Buell's Depart
ment, announcing that Eastern Tcnnessseis
10 the occupation Of the National Army,
and that the southwestern line Of railroad
is cut OF behind tho rebels. With all their
Communications thus destroyed, the early
evacuation of Virginia becomes a military
necessity. The question ofreinforcements,
subsistence and other supplies, is not the
only one involved. Ths main body Of the
insurgents will be surrounded, and its exis.
.ence viii depend upon fighting at once, or
disbanding at once. If it fight, it viii have
to leave its intrenchments and encounter the
Nstional army in the open Geld; or, What
j. more probable, win have to attack the
lines Of Arlington. OF either Of these COM
pu,sory measures the event cannot be dosbs-
ed and when, therefore, IL 10 declared By
those 10 the best possible position to knos
the mind Of the Gsneral.in Chief, that the
coming nonsh viii break tho back Of the
rebellion, We may understand ths psedie-
sion to BE- almost equitslentto TO the announce
men. Of mathematical certainty.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

Last sight the telegraph lines between Salt
Lake, q. T., and Bostos, Mass, were con
pecsed, and direct connanieasioa bsswses
those two points established thus piscine
Boston, Nsv York, Philadelphia, BaHsio,
Chicago, Co1soil Bls6s aad Ssis Laks il
instAasasscss eonossicasios wish each osA-
e.. Bosson snd Sal: Lake exchanged con
grssaiations and The time Of night the dif-
ference "a time being shout fsur hours
This feat ve viii vsetuse 10 say Vas ssvss
sxcellsd, and probably ssvu squailed.-
The distance = about 800 miiss.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

G. Caleb Gushing, in his speech in the
House en- Thursday, said 2 Our country
is in agony for victory, painting and yearn-
ing for it, and God grant that it may csme,
and come speedily and deliver as from all
the untold evils which gather like the dark
es. storm cloud over the future of the
United States.o
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

CT The 4'h iowa left Rolla, on the 24th
uls. When last heard from (iate a5rh) they
were fifteen miles beyond the Gasconade,
en- route for Springfield, all well and in fine
spirits. s9 - a@ #%"4 *ss =.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

r AMPS AND COAL OIL.
A.
Our are stock af LAMPS are received, and ue now
,e, s,sa, Inducements this line. THIS s the cheap
.st Iixh, now in use Best quality Gasi sio,lsaM s'o
per fstsan by r =
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

fTAliveiy composition is springing ap N
the meat line. "JAcK," announces shrough
our columns this nornisg, thss be viii not
bs upaerssld, bot viii furnish better meat
Al lower prices, than any butcher 10 town
or cary other nan."
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

Blackwood's for February is on
our table. Being the leader Of British
magazines, we look to " Blackwood's" for
a really ineligible and reliable history Of
current, events in England, as well as for
literary, scientific, and theological talen. of
the highes. order. Terms $500 year,
address, Leonard Scott & Co., 80 Gold
Street, New York. .t.-. -
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

eT The Pub.ic Schools are now all in
operation, and oil full The hard times,
and scarcity Of money, has caused the at
tendance ct the public schools of a number
of pupils who have hitherto been sent to
private institutions. san eg
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

eT Pork packing has been dull the past
week. Owing to the bad roads, but few
teams from the couutrv have came in load
ed; VIC noticed a few loads of pork On the
streets yesterday-the FIRST since the late
big storm. ta8 s g4sf ya.- s'vrs
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

TMe,sr.. BEsss 4 Co., announces
themselves ready to furnish the people with
No. groceries, at prices as 10. .. the Miss
i..ippi blockade will permit. II you want
groceries, Z. retail Or wholesale, the, are
The mes 70 caH upon. They devote their
attention exclusively to the grocery busi-
ness, aud, Of course, know how to bay the
best.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

ey The ,itor Of the Omaha Republicdn
don's seem to appreciate the eonveniences
enjoyed By stage. travellers across Iowa at
this time. He describes his "embartasioa"
ai Des Moiues 4. being Stumbled into . boz
mounted on runners.' Should think your.
self fortunate, neighbor, to end bss I"
10 ~tumble' - into. sssF $50
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

AIoLsrroxrsn n CoycsrEs. -Ths usms
has posed bill sboEsbisg ~ fssptiag
psiviisg& fAs sssss bill do ss@sssss
sssspspss psbiishsrs 70 pay pssseSs spss
shsix sxsAsssss.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

The Ne5rdskfda recommends the cys-
alton of an oeics for the inspection os wood.
Something Of a similar character might
prove Beneficial to the citizens of the Uni-
ted States, as vel as Of Nebraska. Not
exactly an inspector, but, as being more ap.
propriate, say Gre corder Of Wood"
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

fThe "Atlansic Monthly for Februa-
~ is on our table. II You want book
worth reading-interes,ing and instructive
-ga to WooLwoRru's and get the February
number of the 'sAtlantic.''
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

e Tsrty zee delegates from the various
sociesiss reprssentsd y Tie Ls6ies' Ccssrai
Aid Society Of Ohio, MT : fs~ days since
~ the rosns Of .ths Ssaisary Cona.sies
10 Ciseinsasi. They paced .resolasiss
rsqssstise sasb ns.bss pf ~ Legislatsss
70 donate one dsy's salasy . procusisx -
sessafisa for the soldiers. What respoass
shas body nads 70 .hs request " hass moi
lsarssd. .zs4s ~ y
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08

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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
THE WAR AND THE SCHOOLS.

The effects Of the present war are especially
disastrous to our public schools. During the
past few years of educational reform the great
want of our system has been, in a measure,
suppled-to wit: more experienced and skill
ful corps of teachers 1t is true, much remain
ed to be done in this rcspect but the ranks of
the profession were gradually filing up with a
bier and better teachers, and the future was be-
ginning to look brighter. The war has chang
ed all this. Our ranks are thnned out by en-
listments. Thousands of our best teachers are
ROW in the army, and more are going daily.
The draft will, Of course, take quite a number.
Teachers, always scarce, will be much scarccr
this fall-how much scarccr viii be shown when
the schools open.
If the schools are to be open as usual, they
must, to great extent, be taught by beginners.
Experienced teachers, i'll sufficient numbers, are
not in the county, nor in the state. Many who
have hitherto been pupils must become teachers.
An opening is now afforded for young teachers,
such as has not been known before and will not
soon he again Those who intend to avail them
selves Of this favorable opportunity should at
once begin to prepare for the examinations and
tor their duties in the schoolroom. Much may
be done before the schools open. Fellow Teach
? ers, be up and dong.
"Mental" seems to be at discount these war
times. Wehavn't solved all the hard questions.
Don't let our new supply Of ''pieco fractions
rust 10 idleness. -9a. ea
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
From tie Nc,cark az. j. journal.
The Blood Of the Martyrs is the Seed Of
the Church."

As the Christian Church became powerful
through the groans and blood of her prosecuted
disciples and blessed martys, who esteemed it a
privilege to suffer and die in defence Of their
faith, so the Democracy in this bloody age, may
regard the political prosecutions which they are
| called upon TO suffer in defence of constitution
al principles and free government as the surest
evidence of the justice of their cause. A right
eous causewas never advanced by fraud, persecu-
ton or injustice--a fact too well established by
the history of the world to be denied in this
day of universal knowledge. Our rulers seem
to imagine that their case will form an excep-
ton to all others, their mission being so Just
and sacred in its character that no tyranny, IL
legal restraint or exceptional PRACTICES can re-
tard their objects or render themselves liable to
the penalty Of violating the natural and moral
laws. To preserve and restore our Constitu-
tional Governmnt is truly glorious and patri-
otto mission; but our rulers might as well at
tempt to elevate the ourang outang to the level
of the human race by proclamation rs to u
mite the people by force of arms or preserve the
Constitution by continual violation of its fun
damental principles. Those who preserve the
spirit of the Union aad the Constitution in their
hearts during this crifica! period of the nations
history, and are willing to suffer abuse, obloquy,
persecution, and even Imprisonment rather than
disown their principles. may well remember
that truth and justice are eternal. Their tri-
ifssti as as sgFe af BE driss 9dasnfqsion ef
sighted or weaE-hearted who will bow Bgfore
the storm of fanaticism, and falsely accuse their
own hearts, deny the laws of nature and curse
the GoD who has implanted in them the spirit
of manhood.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
T.yrants are Cowards.

Invariably the tyrant is coward. He must
have guards around his person, and spies every
where. In this respect parties do not differ
from individuals. Whenever we find political
organization aiming at the accomplishment Of
unholy designs-the spread of pernicious prin-
ciples, infdelity or treason to the constituted
Government, for instance-we discover in all
their actions the most unmistakable evidences Of
cowardice. Such is the present condition ofthe
Abolition and Republican parties. Engaged in,
the most devilish plots for the suppression of
civil liberty, planning a new form of Govern
ment to correspond in principles with their inn
practical, fanatical views, by which the rights
of the white man are to be curtailed and the
rights of the negro enlarged, their cowardly hearts
shrink from an avewal of their true object, and
they endeavor to shield themselves from public
Indignation by loud protestations of patriotism
and charges of disloyalty against their political
opponents. They are scared at the enormity of
the crime they contemplate, and their patrols ere
pa<taa q ss'arg se.ss 9 "a es ,arA uisn,
ghost in every tombstone. They have become
the most arrant towards, terrified with the fool
ish conceit that the Democrats are countermi-
ming against them, and wil oneday, blow them
to a place where they are not yet quite prepa-
red to 60 Poor devils! Crime carries with it
its own punishment t-Pdtraot and Union. 700
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
What has been Proven,

The events of the past year prove with 9TH
er facts, the following:
That the election OF the Republican candi-
lamity which could have befallen the nation.
That the Democracy was right in their pre-
dictions that the triumph of sectionasm would
create civil war.
That the Republican party is the natural en-
emy of free press and free speech.
That the Republican Congress is incapable of
legislating for the interest of the people:
That Republican Cabinet is the most cor
rupt of any which has ever assembled in Wash
ington.
That the Constitution may be suspended by
a Republican Presidents with the approval of
his party constituents.
That the greater the thief, the greater his re-
ward at the hands of a Republican President.
That the army could not have been SUCCESS
fully led except by Democratic Generals.
That the Republicans desire the subjugation
of the Slave holding States, and not the rcsto-
ration of the Union.
That the party in power would substitutene-
gro labor for white labor, wherever the oppor-
tunity is favorable for so doing.
That the public Treasury is not safe in the
hands of the present administration.
That New England manufacturers rule the
party in power.
That so long as the Republican party contin-
ne in power, the people must be enormously
taxed, and the laboring population must bear
the bulk of the burden.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

which they propose to reconstruct upon new
bases by violent and revolutionary means.
Such, fellow Democrats, is the army of po-
litieal Thugs and mercenary Hcssians against
whom we have to contend. To shrink from
the contest now, when the best interests Of our
country are at stake,--when 6rmness and fidel-
ity to the Constitution are demanded Of us
would be sheer poltroonery, disgraceful to the
party. We must meet tllem-upon whatever
ground they choose, with " hatever arms they
select, the ballot, bludgeon, or the knife-we
must meet them The suggestion Of force, Of
tuisut, of riot, of blooisi,ed Is theirs, ~. essrs.
We propose the ballot alone whercwith to con-
quer them-but we shrink from no other ordeal;
the choice of weapons we leave to them-with the
determination to defeat them, no matter what
the arms they use. Down with the Thugs
Down with Mercenariees Down with the Hes
sions Up, Guards and at them!"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
Robbing a Bride Of her Bed.

The st. Louis Democrat has the following
At Layers boarding house, in this city an nn-
usual merry wedding came of, on Thursday
night, and the dance was prolonged till one o.
clock in the morning. The bride and groom
then repaired to their apartment, but--sori5ile
riSus-bed and bedding had been sacrilegiously
stolen from the nuptial chamber Some vim
dictive wretch had gained felonious ingrcss at
the rear, and effected robbery unparalleled in
the history of matrimony. 1t is conjectured
that so fell vengeance could only have been de-
vised and executed by some lover of the bride.
Lives there man with soul SO dead
Who never TO himself hath said
The scamp who stole that bridal bed
Deserves to live and die unwed, a
With maidens old to punch his head.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
[FrOm the Harrisburg Patriot & Union.]
sup GUARDS! +! And AT THEM" I"

Push on the Democratic column-everywherc
push it on The Abolitiouisis and their Black
Republican allies, the guerillas and bushwack-
ers are rallying their forces for fierce contest,
more than ordinarily so-lor besides their usual
war cries, the weikin rings with fierce threats
Of something beyond moral force to subJngate
the unquailing Democracy. Like bloodhounds,
with the scent of blood in ther nostrils, they
hang with fierce baying on our track, invoking
Government prisoners and fraudulent drafting
to their aid, and melting their flnatical masses,
by brutal appeals, to mob violence. They do
no. stop even at this, but 60 TO the extreme
length of advising military organizations, TO
keep us down by the bullet and the bayonet
Affecting to doubt The loyalty of the Democra-
cy, they do not hesitate to appeal to the most
arbitrary measures to dismay them and Grip
pie their efforts. They deny to us the peaceable
exercise OF rights guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton; they have suspended the haJeas corpus
in loyal States where the administration of the
civil law has not beeen interrupted; and not
satisfied with this near approach to despotism,
they recommended to their partisans to take
the law into their own hands, and by the infiic-
ton of summary punishment, by the rope, the
faggot and the knife, to dispose of those who
refuse to acknowledge the sounlness of their
political principles or the morality of their ac-
tions. They have organized secret societies,
bound by the most infamous oaths, with pass
words and signs, to enable them to carry out
their designs, which contemplate not only the
overthrow of the Democratic party but the sub
version of the Constitution and the Union,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
Responsibility for the War.

The Dayton (Ohio) Empire charges the Re-
publicans with bringing on the war by refusing
to support the Crittendcn Compromise.
1t speaks of the war and inquiries: Who is
responsible for this terrible calamity What
men and what party are stained with the blood
of a murdered country?"
1t answers:
The REPUBLICAN PARTY its leaders and its
representatives, ARE RESPONSIBLE. They De-
FEATED the Crittenden Compromise, The blood
is upon their hands, the damned spot will
not out. Like the marks upon Cain, it remains
to show honest men now, and the unborn mill
ions of the future the destroyers and mnrderers
Of their country"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
A PROMISE FULFILLED.

On the Esd day Of February, 1861, the
New York Tribune published the following edi-
torially:
whenever it shall be clear that the great
body of the Southern people have become con-
clusiEe!y alienated from the Union, and anxious
to escape from it. we shall do our best to for
ward their views"
For months past the Tribune has been doing
its ''sest to forward the views" Of the rebels.
The rebels have no brigade in their service SO
valuable to them as the New York Tribune and
its Abolition echoes. L Uhca, New FORK, Obser-
Ger.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
5eleft pustrp.
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the rivera
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
Splashing and padding with hoofs Of goat,
And breaking the golden lilies afoat
With the dragon-fy on the river
lie tore out reed, the great god Pan,
From the deep cool bed Of the river;
The limpid water turbidly ran,
And the broken lilies a dying lay,
And the dragon-fy had fed away,
Ere he brought it out of the river.
High on the shore sat the great god Pan,
While turbidly flow ed the river;
And hacked anl hewed as great god can,
With his hard bleak steel at the patient reed,
Till there was not sign of a leaf indeed,
To prove it fresh from the river.
He cut it short, did the great god Pan,
Wow tall it stood in the riverD
Then drew the pith, like the heart of man,
Steadily from the outside ring,
And notched the poor dry empty thing
In holes, as he sat by the river.
"This is the way" laughed the great god Pan,
Laughed while he sat by the rivcr,)
"The only way, since gods began
To make sweet music, they could succeed"
Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed,
He blew in power by the river.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, o, Pan!
Piercing sweet by the river!
Binding sweet, O great god Pan!
The sun on the hill forgot to die,
And the lilies revived, and the dragon-hy
Game back to dream on The river.
Yet half beast is the great god Pan,
f.. To laugh as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out Of a mani
The true gods sigh for the cost and pain
For the reed which grows nevermore again
AS reed with the reeds in the river.
MRS 15l:otYNii,s
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
BEDFORD, Pa, FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5, 1862.

But l couldn't git another word on politics
out of the Kernel that day. He seemed to
keep up more Of thinkin than I'd ever
seen him before. We all got home to the
White house safe that mite, an, on the hull,
the trip had not only bin pleasant, but prof
liable, for it will lead to some great change
in few days. Yours, till deth,
MAJER JACK DOWNING.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

MORALITY VS. PLuMs.-A Western paper has
u, ,ae following atrocious advertisement ITO
hent-A house in Melville avenue, located inn
@ediately alongside of a fine plum orchard,
rom which an abundant supply Of the most
peiclous ~ fruit may be stolen during the season.
plums."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

DANCING THEIR RAGS oFF.-Two unsophisti-
Gated country lasses visited Nbo's inNew York
during the ballet season. When the short-skir--
ted, gossamcr-clad nymphs made their appear
ance on the stage, they became restless and fd-
getty. ''Oh, Annie !" exclaimed one soto roce.
''Well, Mary?" at amt nice l don't like it."
ssHush." 81 don't care, it amt nice, andI won.
der Aunt brought US TO such aplace" s.Hush,
Mary, the folks will laugh at you" After one
or two filings and a pirouette, the blushing Miss
said ''Oh, Annie, let's go-it amt nice, and
don't feel comfortable" ''Do hush, Mary" re-
piled the sister, whose own, face was scarlet,
though it wore an air of determination, 't's
the first time ever was at theatre, and sup
pose it will be the last, so an jtst gong 70 stay
L out, II they dance ere,g rag Of ten backs" '
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

agrA SEVEN YEAR OLD Roy lately made use
Of profane language. On being Ieproved by
ms parents, and directed TO ask Gods forgive
ness he retired to his room, and was heard 10
say, 80 God, am very sorry Isaid that naugh-
y word, and won't say so any more; but please
hurry and make me growiup TO bela man, and
'hen can swear as much as | alto, like pa,
and nobody will notice what / say"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

=. 9SHERIDAN, speaking of hisstay at hotel,
Hoserved: 81 called for a bottle of wine that my
: ,S,nalord might live. abstained from drinking
" f'ias might live, too"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05

EDITED az SIMON sYNrAx. ESQ.

Cy-Teachers and friends of educat are resprct
fully requested to send communications to the above
care of " "Bedfo,d Gazette.''
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-05
Negro Equality,

A few days since couple of young men
were working in the harvest field for Repub-
lican living about two or three miles west OF
town, and, when called in to dinner, were put
to the table to eat with negro, when the young
gentlemen politely informed the said Republican
that they would wait until the sable individual
was done, whereupon they were informed that
if they ''did not like to eat with a negro they
could 90 home-that the negro was just as good
as they were" The young men started to leave,
but the negro-cquality-individual, fearing his
crops might suffer, had them return, when the
negro was compelled to wait until they had fin
ished their meal That was the last day those
young men worked for that man.
Democratic Herald, (Frahkha, Ind.)