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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04


80 aprons
3 childrens skirts
% women's dresses
children's shirts
90 pair pillow slips
5 chaff ticks
90 mems shirts
8 holsters
sun bpruets
A pillows
ii women's caps
10 ,ro,,,args sacka
, round jackets
cbiIaren's dresses
40 nair mems socks
ID pair women's stockings
= ,0Ssi Osir drawers
pau. pau O'4"s'e
II comforts
90 sheets
ssnnsI 9an,'sp skir,s KRIS
sbrnnds
ana gousa 'ne - Emelovnent Of bedford county /,
do certify that we have examined the above
accounts, statements and reports Of William
Leary aud George Wide!, Stewards Of the said
Poor and House Of Employment from the first
day of January. A. D. 1861, till the first Of
January, A. D 1862, aud fnd the same to be
correct.
Witness our hands and seals this lst day OF
Jan. A. D. 1862.
JOHN kEMERY.
AD0LPHUS AXE.
j. S. BRUMBAUGH.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
MENGEI4 HOUSE,
JULLayT.a STREET,
BEDFORD, PA.

IT HE subscribers having renovated and refurnisheG
i this old established House, is now prepared
TO receive guests. He invites his friends and the
travelling public to give him a call. Having new
furniture, new beds, and everything necessary to
render hearty cheer to those In want Of Temporal
ry home, he fatteTs himself that those who stay
with him. viii find themselves at the right place.
He is fully prepared TO receive visitors to the
Spring, and all having business with the courts or
otherwise.
Ample stablng and carriage house is attached to
the Hotel.
Boarders viii be received on favorable terms.
ISAAC MENGEL, JR.
April l3, 1860.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
DIR. B. f. HARRY

ID ESPECTFULLY tenders his professions
II services to the citizens Of Bedford and vi
entity.
Office and residence on Pitt-Streef, in the
building formerly occupied by DR.. J. Fl. Hoins.
Nov. &, 1857.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

A n ezcellent a, tlcIe of KEROSENE Just received
II at DR.. Harry's Drug aud Book Store.
Nov. 8 1850.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE.

r ETTERS of Administration having been grant
IL ed to the subscribers living iu Middle Wood
berry Township, on the Estate of Samuel Carper,
late of said Township, Decd all persons indebted
to said estate are notified to make payment imme-
diately; and those having claims against the same
will present them properly authenticated for set.
tlement.
JACOB CARPER
CHRISTOPHER CARPER,
Feb. IA, 1927
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

LNXTRA Family Flouf, Corn Meal and Rye
- Chop, for sale at Fasguhar's new Grocery
Aug. 3, 1861.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

E Stufs, Oils, Prints, Varnishes, Turpan-
S4@&-9 tine, Window Glass, Glassware &c. Jus
received large stock of American. French, an
English perfumery. Also a great variety of fine
Soaps for Toilet use. Tooth pastes, Hair Toncs
Hair Dyes, that viii colour various shades, from
light brown to jet black Tooth, Nail Hair, Sha-
wing, and Clothes brushes, Combs, Pocket Knives,
Pocket Books, PortmonDaifs, Segar cases, &C.,
Also have and viii keep constantly on hand
supply of Coal Oil, Burning fluid and Camphine,
with great variety of the most modern and best
STYLE OF coal oil and fluid lamps.
Pure Wines and BrandieS Tor medical use, Fla
voring Extracts and Spices fall sorts, Fine Segars
S nufis Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
Having the agency for all the principal patent
medicines in use viii keep fun supply constantly
on hand.
Also, dealer in Books, &C., consisting cf Geo,
graphical Scientific Religious, Poetcal, HistoI ical
Law, Medical, School aud Miscellaneous Works il.
connection with great variety OF plain and fancy
Stationery, Cap, Note, Post, and wrapping Paper,
Blank Books, of every size and quality, Diaries
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Note and Receipts.
10 Orders promptly filed and satisfaction guar
anteed, with regard both to price aud quality.
u Physicians. Prescriptions carefully and ae
curately compounded al all houfs of the day OF
night
Dec 9. 1859
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
DR.. F. C Reamer,
Physician and Surgeon.

ID especffuIIy tenders his services 10
IA the citizens of Bedford and vicinity He
may always be found (uness professionally en-
gagged at his Drug and Book Store, in Julians
St,
Feb. 10, 1857.
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CHEAE7 GOODS.
MRS. S. E. sIGAFOOS,
HAS just received from the city. her usual
A Il large STOCK Of rich and handsome
Fall and Winter Goods,
Such as, Silks. Merinos, Persian Cloths, De-
lanes. Yalencies and Morientigue Sitss,


lanes. Yaleneies and Morientigue Siiss,
at 50 cents yer yard ~
Also, a large assortment Of
Shawls, Cloaks, Mantillas and Lsdies Coats,-
with rich lot Of Furs; such as Capes, Muifs,
and CnlTs-together with fashionable lot of
black SIX Velpet--biack aud .faacy Strag Boaaets
with Ribbons, Rushes, Plumes, Flowers, &c, &c.
A atel style OF WOOLEN GOOnS-Sleighing
Caps, Sontags, Wool Hoods, Scarfs, Gauntlets.
Gloves, with embroideries, Nets, Laces, &c, and
all kinds Of Fancy Goods, too numerous to men
ton. Also, large stock Of bleached and un-
bleaehed Muslins, at 6, 8, 10 and l2a cents per
yard for cash.
N. B. All persons indebted over SIR months ars
hereby notified 10 call and settle their account
without further notice. and by so doing save cosse
Bedford Nov. %, 1861. S. E. SIGAFOoS.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
Northern Light.

THE cheapest and best light in use. can be had
i by buying Coal Oil perfectly pure, inodorous
and free from smoke while burning, at 81 90 per
gallon, at Il. c. Reamer's Drug Store.
Nov. l6, 1860.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

x ERosENE LAMPS at DR.. Harry's.
IN Dec. u, 1860
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

TERMS-.4LW.AYSI IN .4DVaNCE.
One Copy, One Year, 2 90
Three Copies, for One Year, 90
Five Copies, for One Y Yeal, so
Eight Copies, for One Year, TO 90
Sixteen Copies. for One Year, 20 90
PREMIUMS FOR GETTING UP CLUBS.
Three, Five, Eight more copies make Club.
To every person getting up Club Of Three, Five,
Eight or Twelve copies, au extra copy of the Ma
gaZine for 1862 viii be given. To every person
getting up Club Of Sixteen two extra copies OF
the Magazine for 1862 viii be sent.
Address, postpaid,
CHARLES ]. PETERSON,
No. 306 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia.
10 Specimens sent gratis, when written for.
Nov. %, 1916
BEAUTIFUL Roses in bloom now, suitable Of
19 winter blooming in the house, at Lynch's Nur-
sery.
OALL and see a large and beautiful assortmen
" Of coal oil lamps. OF the latest styles just re
ceived and for sale cheap at IL. G. Reamer's Drug
Store.
Nov. IS, 1860.
BLANK DEEDS,
A superior article,fo sale at this ofie
April 8; 1859.
MFRS. HALE's RECEIPTS for the m,l.on at
INA DR.. Harry's.
Dec. q, 1860.
A Beautiful assortment Of Kerosene Lamps and
n Shades Just ,eceired at DR.. Harry's Drng and
Book store.
Nov 9, 1860
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

beautiful Roses in bloom now, suitable OF
A9 winter blooming in the house, at Lynch's Nur-
sery.
Oct.
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RECEIPTS Ind EXPENDITURES.

0t tie Poo and House Of Employment Of
Bedford Coaaty, for tie yfar ending Ja''u-
arg /, a. d. 1862.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04

Feb. "a, 1927
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-04-04
The Magazine for the Times !;
PETERSON'S MAGiZINB.

The Besf aud Cheapest n he WorM for Ladies
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
IdIeness Of the slaves.

The plan of working the cotton plantations in
the South, which was devised by Secretary Chase,
is the most stupendous for evil ever put forth by
any man with any pretenslon to craftsmanship
The slaves of the South are, in many respects
like children; they have never been educated to
think for themselves, to provide for themselves,
or to act for themselves. They wait for drec
ton, and do nothing unless they are first drec-
ed by their masters. Like children, they will
often, from heedlessness, carelessness, neglect
their tasks, and are kept to their duty only from
fear of punishment How can they provide for
themselves This is an important question, and
one which hum nifty calls upon Us to furnish a
solution. Surely il will not be expected that
such conduct as related of Mrs. French, will tend
to extricate these unfortunate beings from their
present depiorable condition. To announce to
them that they are free. that they need not labor
unless they choose to do that they brothers
and sisters, and embrace them as such, and wind Up
such an exhibition by asking them if they want
anything, and proffer all they require, without
money, price condition; is no more nor less
than saying to them that they need not labor any
more; that hereafter they are the children OF the
Republic, to be supported by the Government in
idleness Such must be the inevitable result OF
this system proposed by MI. Chase, and now be-
ing carried out by Mr.. French and his associates.
| We may expect in due course of time, if this
plan is persisted in, 10 see every free negro in
the North take his departure for the South,
where he and his family can live upon the pub
lie treasury in listless ideness. How long will
tax pa ers bear the onerous burdens laid upon
them TO furnish the means for such visionary
philanthropsts to experiment upon the slaves OF
the South, as Mr.. Chase has sent down to Port
ROYAL? How long will the hardy freemen OF
the North consent to be taxed to support liz idle
ness the slaves of the South? This plan must be
npped in the bud; it must be strangled now in
the outset, or it will bring upon US evils which
can not be measured.
We do not think we are called upon to waste
our substance to aid any Of the States to rid them
selves Of slavery. 1t is an institution of their
choosng-if it has any benefits they have en-
joyed them, and now il it presents burthens to be
borne let them bear them without complaining
Ii any State needs assistance let them make il
known. and the charitable feelings of the North
will be aroused. and the purse strings will be
opened, but we hope the Government will not un-
| dertake to inaugurate system which will saddle
upon the free citizens of the North the support OF
four millions of slaves to idieness and vice. We
hope the country will speak out upon this subject
in tones which will leave the present Administra-
ton no room or opportunity to say hereafter they
misunderstood the feelings and wishes of the
North on this subiect.-Defroa Free Press.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07

A contemporary says: 1.-The Democratic party
have been laboring for years to prevent and avert
the evils with which the country is row so fear
fully struggling. Their overthrow was the sig
nal for disruption. A reurn of the Democratic
party to power throughout the Northern States
would be the greatest step towards peace and
prosperity. The party that labored so faithfully
to prevent the evil is best calculated to conduct
the country through the evil. A brilliant line of
Democratic successes. commencing with Con-
necticut and going to the close of the fall cleo
tons, would be of more value than dozen vic
tories on the battle field. They would be of
more value because they would do what battles
can not do-assuage sectional luminosity and
pave the way to a happy reunion"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
The Case Of secretary sm,,n.

We find the following intimations affecting the
integrity of the Cabinet officer from Indiana in
our exchanges. The New York Sun of Friday
says;
The World intimates that there is something
wrong in the Department of the Interior, pre-.
sided over by the above official, and this intima
ton is partially confined by the Commercial Ii
is probably true. To those conversant with the
anteceients of the Secretary, merchants in the
iron trade particularly, and other branches gen.
orally, the appointment of Secretary Smith was
a mystery, and they expected anything he took
in hand would speedily become one. A promi-
nent Senator returned from Washington in Octo-
Der last, boldly avowiDe that there was but one
truly honest man in The Administration. and that
was President Lincoln. This was before Stan
The Chicago Times remarks upon the same
subject:
"Grave and probably valid charges are urged
against the Secretary Of the Interior" says the
New York World "for improper speculations
and other malfeasance in Office" So another
apostle of the great cause Of human freedom
has polluted his fingers. Garry out the dead.
There will be long row of collins pretty soon
Rumors of the above character have been
afoat for some weeks For the honor of Indi
ana. as well as his own. we hope Mr. smrH will
be able to viudicate himself from these grave
charges Of official malfeasance.
Since the foregoing written, we find the
following in reference TO the allegations against
Mr.. sxrra in the " ashington Star of last Thurs
day:
TUE NEWSPAPER CBARGEs AGAINST The SIC
RErARY OF THE ISTERIoR.-The New York World
having reiterated its vague charges against the
integrity of Secretary Smiths management OF
the affairs Of the lntricr Department, that gen
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
Island Fen.

A correspondent writing from the neighborhood
of Island Ten says:
That the rebel stronghold will eventually be
carried scarcely admits OF "A doubt, but it is equal
y certain that it is strong enough to hold US in
check with our present force. The gunboats are
not able to cope with the batteries, and the NOR
tars have not vet done much execution. As at
Fort Donelson the heavy battery guns disabled
the gunboats, so here the same result is equally
certain. The mort,rs ought to do the work, but
their first days labor amounted to little or moth
ing, and we imagine that the great difficulty is
going to be the uncertainty of aim which attend
their use when very small point. such bat
terry, is to be reached from distance of three
miles. There is no such thing as aiming at them.
They directed by guess, and shot after shot is
thrown, one would throw stones at a mark
until they fall within the desired spot This is
called the range, and the difficulty of keeping so
rice position with boat, in current of five
miles an hour, may be imagined variation of
an inch in the direction of the boats head would
throw the shell rods aside from the mark. and
when it is considered that the conclusion OF the
discharge is such as to disable boats living along
side. AS was the case with the tug Terror the
other day. the liability of such variation will be
understood.
| We are therefore dependent upon aid from
some other source. If Gen. Pope's force shall
be got into position TO flank them, and attack
their rear, while the feet bombards the front, no
doubt need be entertained of the issue. The
means adopted to bring about that result are
nearly accomplished. Your readers are aware OF
what those measures are, and indeed there is lit
tie need of secresy, for all the inhabitants of the
vicinity cognizant of them, and that fact is
synonymous with immediate communication with
the enemy. We have been bombarding with one
or two mortars at intervals of half hour for a
couple of weeks, and have received no reply
during the greater part of that time, fact which
goes to show that are doing very little dam
age, notwithstanding the exaggerated reports we
have had of the number killed and wounded on
the other side. The stories of seeing them car
ryng off their dead and wounded are all imagi-
nation, for such movements cannot be seen with
the best glass at the distance at which the feet
lies.
The rebels have number of large guns which
are very effective against our gunboats. Our ex
perience at Fort Donelson was that the l2S-
Founders went through the iron plating every
time they struck while the Ga Founders did more
damage than the boats could long endure. The
natural inference is that close fight in the pres
ent instance would have the same result, with the
further disadvantage that, disabled, the
bouts would float down with the powerful cur
rent, at the rate of five miles an hour, into the
enemv's lines, instead of drifting away from them
as at Fort Donelson. The feet is thus in statu
quo There will be no engagement until flank
movement is made by the land forces, and ther
we ma, expect bloody fight.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
Trouble I'm the Department OF the In

We are panied to learn, on authority we can
hardly discredit, that grave and probably valid
charges are urged against the Secretary of the
Interior for improper speculations and other NAL
feasance in Office; and that there is strong like
lihood that general change in the chief officers
of the Interior Department will be necessary,
including the heads of the Patent and Pension
Offices IN Y. World.
The recent revelation of stock speculations by
the familiars Of the Secretary of the Interior,
while the news of the decision of the Govern
ment in the Mason and Sidell case was withheld
from the public, was damaging Mr.. Smith de-
mics the charges made. and demands the Worlds
authority Commercial
Of course none of the virtuous and patriotic
gentlemen connected with Mr.. LIscoLS's cabinet
would be guilty of specializing upon or taking
advantage of the necessities Of The country.
CAMERON and WELLEs. only allowed their rela-
tives and friends to impose upon them and SMITH
is as virtuous as those distinguished patriots or
any other Republicans.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07

disproportionasely great. il only requires addi-
tional weight os one hundred tons to sink her.
and should the Nerrimac run that much of her
weight upon her. down she must GO But the
Confederate vessel must have very deep water in
which to execute such maneuyer, for should she
try it in water too shallow she may send the Mon
itor to the bottom, and stick fast on top of her
unable TO disengage herself. The depth must be
sufficient to sink the Monitor clear of her bot
tom, otherwise her own weight will hold her on
top of the former, perfectly helpless, like ship
on the rocks.
The Merrimac is now hourly expected to come
out and renew the engagement with the Monitor
Great confidence is felt in the stauch little Unior
craft. and it may not be mi: placed, but should
the result of the contest be unsatisfactory to ou
cause, the above sketch of the two vessels may
show that too much was expected of her.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
what We Have To Fear.

The editrial correspondent of the New York
Express, writing from Washington, SAYS:
"'We have more to fear from the radicals
than the rebels was the remark TO me yester-
day, from one of the ablest Republican members
OF Congress. There many of the same
school of politics, of the same opinion, in both
houses of Congress. but the apprehension is that
they not i'm the majority.
Wendell Phillips, in his abolition harang1e
on Friday evening, thought the President had
opened the door an inch by his recent message
and r solutions to Congress, and Phillips now
wanted it opened so wide, he said that "a coach
and six horses could drive in, with William Lloyd
Garrison as the driver Ii needs no living
prophet or ghost from the grave to tell US where
such journey would end, and the fact that men
of such revolutionary opinions now find their
way on the floor of the Senate Chamber against
the rules of the Senate, and that their bills of
performance are posted within the very walls of
the Capitol only shows that the nation is passing
from one extreme to the other. Have the Goths
passed out of the Capitol for the South, only that
the Vandas should enter it fromthe North2 1t
is not vet too late for the true friends Of the Gov
eminent 20 rise in their power and crush out both
the war of rebellion and the demon of ianati-
cism."
We have no doubt of the truth of the remark
that . We haOe more to fear from the radicals than
The rebels" The army now able to and will
attend to the rebels of the South; let every pat
riot who is not in the army see that the fanatical
rebels of the North who are endeavuring to I'M
dermine the Constitution and destroy the Union
are foed in these traitorous schemes Con
sentative Republicans, do you not see that WEN
DELL PHILLIPs IS becoming the leader. the God
of the radicals of your party? See the alteration
bestowed upon him at Washington See how
the leading papers of the party over the country
applaud and sustain him? Do you not see a
significance in these things? Are you Milling 10
Be inside passengers in the Abolition coach "tcith
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON as the drirer?" These
are questions to your conscience. and which you
must soon answer at the ballot box. Will you
answer them as becomes men and patriots, OF
will you. taking counsel from your prejudices
still cling to organization. the greater portion
of whose leaders are already abolitiouized. and
if they had their way, would destroy the Consti
tuition and tie Union, in order to carry out theil
/ fanatcal sehemes2
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
Aboiltion,sm Aiding the Rebellion

A very intelligent military officer, who has
been in the service in Western Virginia Ken
lucky and Tennessee, and who has taken pains
to advise himself as to the sentiment of the peo-
pie in those sections of the country, expressed to
US his convictions that abolition legislation in the
present session of Congress had done and
doing more efficient work in fostering disunion
ism in the South, to widen the breach between
the two sections than all the efforts of the seces-
sion leaders and the rebel armies. The unceas-
ing agitation of the negro question in Congress
for party purposes eliminating it has in the
passage Of the bill for the abolition of slavery in
the District of Columbia by the Senate and Mr..
LIScoLN's resolution favoring general emancipa-
ton, is weakening not only but is destroying
the confidence of the Union men of the
South in the declarations and pledges
of Congress that the war was to be
prosecuted alone for the restoration of the
Union. without interference with or intention to
impair the constitutional rights and institutions
of the States. No practical good can be accom-
plished in the present state of public sentiment
by the abolition Of slavery in the District Of Co.
lumb;a. 1t will not give freedom to a slave, ex-
cept the inirm and worthless, and they will be
come charge upon the government for their
support if emancipated. And this is but the mi
tiatory measure among the series which will be
adopted by the present dominant party for the
freeing of negroes and thus strengthening rebel
lion. The people of the Northern States do not
want horde of free negroes thrown upon them,
neither are they willing to be taxed to ransom"
the worthless portion of that population. The
true policy of the Government is to let the
negro alone, to cease the agitation Of the
slavery question, and prosecute the war for
the restoration of the Union and the
ence to its effect upon the seryile race In word
the best way to destroy secessonism Is to put
down Abolitionism- If the people of the South
can be assured that non-interventon with slavery
settled policy of the Government, secessionism
viii disappear like the dew before the morning
But if Abolition legislation prevails in
Congrers, we may overrun the South by our
armies. but we shall only cast down hostile PEG
pie ready to turn upon us whenever the oppor-
tunity offers, and the attempt to keep them in
subsection will probably result in national bank
ruptcy. Abolitionsm developed secession; Abo-
litiOnism is now aiding rebellion, and We can not
hope for peace and Union until this originating
cause of our national troubles is deprived of its
power 70 do further mischief