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Who is Responsible.

In view Of the startling exposures OF fraud
made by the Van Wyck Committee, some Of
the Republican papers console themselves with
the rejection that it corruption has occurred
under this Administrator, i's own par,izans
have not hesiiaed 10 expose it. We don't see
how this mitigates the enoFmity of the frauds
perpetraied by the chosen agents Of the Coy
ernment, or relieves 1t from the just odium OF
squandeLing the public money at tune when
above all others lis disbursement should have
been jeaously guarded. In the case Of MIR.
CUMMINGS, every opportunity was offered for
the per?etration Of fraud If the object had
been to squander The public funds, no better
plan could have deem devised than 10 give him
unlimited power 10 draw upon sun OF two
millions 81 dollars. This loose and irresponsi-
bic way OF doing business invited pecolation
and considering the character of The Gisburs-
ing agent, II is hard to resist the conclusion
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From Kentuckv.

sKIRMIsH-RoUT OF = EEGEL rARTY.
Louisville, Dec 27.-A letter to the Demo-
crat, from London, Ky, says that there are on
ly 1900 Rebels a; Cumberland Gap They bave
sent their SICK to Knoxville and their pickets
extend Eve miles this size OF the Gap. There
is no news from Somerset to-day.
DR.. DUFF, Just arrived, reports Z fgbt On
Tuesday night at JosEpH CARsoN's bodse, Perry
county, between lI8 rebels and ~ Union men.
The Rebels were completely routed, with I6
wounded. The Federal force lost nothing.
TIE Rebels are pTowling through Perry.
Letcher and Ro.th'l counties robbing and
swearing the Union men to support the South
ern ConfpderacV.
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Drifting from the Landmarks.

While we have an armory of six hundred
thousand men in the field TO preserve the libey-
ty and unity of this country, there is no little
danger that :he foundations OF civil liberty may
be undermined and impaired by the very means
ostenSI5!y used for It's preservation. Assaults
upon individual rights, which in less perilous
times would have agitated the whole nation,
nave excited little more attention than the ar
res; OF drunken vagrant upon any Of our crow
ded thoroughfares. The boasted buwa.as Of
freedom, that cost ages Of patient toll and suf-
ierinL u erect, have been battered Iown by The
graceful wave OF hand, and ontrlges upon in
dlFAoal rlgh'e, similar in principle to those that
cost Charles his head, occasion scarcely a per
cepiibie ahuddsr among people who boast 10
be tha fressl on earth. when the trainers Of
cur Constitution defined and carefully Frnited
powers OF the Government, they imagined that
they had constructed barriers against arbitrary
power too strong TO be broken, 50 long at Least
as the people renamed worthy of the liberty
oequeathed to them. They adopted every pre-
caution that human foresight could devise TO Sc
cure to their descendants government free from
those arbitrary and oppressive features under
Which they saw other nations groaGIGg and suf-
iering Were The Fathers of The Republic wrong
NHeh tt'tf HlUHl9!aEO 2IbiF&fy arrests dGd lN-
pr!sonmeuis, unreasonable searches and seizures,
secured 70 every man the right Of speedy trial
BY jury, and made the ha0eas corpus a writ OF
right Were they right in all t!,ls, or are those
who presume 20 act as il these guarantees had
no existence, right? The question is not a mere
abstraction, bul one that comes home 10 every
eit'zso. II a question of personal liberty. If
the Constitution has ceased 10 become the su-
preme law OF the land, and is no longer binding
upon our rulers, we are living under an expeF-
mental government-we are a people without
law subjects, not citizens; and our future his
tory viii De that Of Nation that losl It's free
dom without struggle.
a people who ara unable or unwilling TO pro-
tect their own clearly established rights from
invasion, may exert the physical power neces-
sary to sn5iue rebellion, aad IN the end lose all
they are lighting fora free constitutional Gov
eminent. While supremely occupied with the
armed hosts arTayed against the Constitution,
the saPPpTS and miners may be quietly progress
sing with the work Of destruction, until in the
end victory is little better thaa defeat.
Patriot and UH,on.
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The colorea People AIMING.

We are glad TO see that the colored people
are moving, and ii is likely that in a few days
they viii complete strong military organiza-
tion. The coIored company in Halifax IS very
efficient, and one of the best there.-.NontreaL
Ga2stte.
The co!ored people in Canada, for the most
part, are iugiiives from the slave Sta+s-sent
thither by The Northern Abolitionists, over the
U. G. r. R. 1t says as little for the negro's
iogratiiude as for his appreciation of the bles-
sings OF ''freedom, that he should thus be show
ing an inclination TO take up arms, as it were,
to help Jeff. Davis fight his beDeiactorl
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For THE GAZETTE.


The ladies' Of the Knitting Association of Bed
ford, out of the materials purchased with the
funds subscribed by the citizens of Bedford.
knit nearly 300 pairs Of socks. A few pairs
were presented BY persons who were not mem
bers of the Association, making the whole num-
Der 3o4 PAIRS. 250 pairs were sent to Gen. R.
c. Hale, Q. N. G. of Pennsylvania, and 81
pairs were presented TO The Sanitary Commits
sion at Washington City. For the $50 pairs
the sum of $67 so cents has lately been re-
ceived, which is now IN the hands of the Asso-
citation.
A meeting of the Association will be held at
the house of Mrs. Barclay, at 7 O'Clock Of the
evening Of Saturday, the 4th January, instant,
for the purpose Of determining what disposition
shall be made OF said sum.
HESTER s. BARCLAY,
Jaa. 3, 1862. Pres'l
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TERRIBLE STAMPEDE OF THE HORSES.

Loss One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
TERRIBLE STAMPEDE OF THE HORSES.
ACCIDENTS, ETC., ETC.
At O'Clock tonight fire broke out 10 the
Government stables, near the War Department
where they had about 1000 horses, and harness
for most OF them. The stables consisted of ten
separate sheds, 80 feet wide, a.. &a59At 600 feet
long, in each of which were some two hundred
horses, and SO rapidly did the fire spread, that it
was impossible 10 save all the horses.
A large number of men were soon on the
ground, and commenced liberaiing the horses.
Many of them refused to leave the burning
sheds, and some rushed back, and pianging into
the flames, laid down 10 die. Those released
gathered in droves and golloped irantically all
over the city.
The cries OF those who were burning I'D as
The FIRE reached them, were the most piteous
we ever heard, resembling those of human be-
ings. OF the ten, six were entirely consumed.
Tie timely arrival Of Captain DubEEY, with
battalion OF regulars, and Lieutenant MARKEY,
with detachment of the Second and Third
Infantry, who set to work, and with the AID Di
citizens and teamsterS, tore down tcur.Sf the
stables.
No axes were 10 be had, and the half dozen
fire engines dragged to the scene, were useess for
want OF water and capacity. There were about
five hundred good draught horses burned and
about ten or twelve hundred SETS Of harness.
But little forage was lost, as they only hav. it
ground as it is used. All the stables are a total
loss. The horses were good ones aud had been
broke in 10 hauling heavy wagons,
The fire originated bv one Of the teargfers
dropping lantern into bundle OF har, and then
running out and shutting the door and ha,l1oar
"lire;" no buckets were 10 be had VIXEN the
people were aroused. One good steam FIRE en-
glGe could have saved sevenlv-fge thousand
dollars to the Government If il had reached
there twenty five MINUTES after the FIRE broke
out.
A house aad barn in the rear Of fhe stable were
also consumed, a large brick house close by had
all the fue furniture carried out and DESTROYED
by the rough usage, bat the house was unlnjUred
the people saving 1t with buckets of water car
Fled from wells close by.
The drmollshing of some sheds preventing
the fire from spreading, aud the wind bginr verv
low, is all that saved the Gre from spreadinT
several squares down 10 the Potomac, The Joss
is estimated, by persons competent 10 iujre. at
over one hundred thousand dollars.
The stampede OF horses rushing throurb tba
crowds aud around the corners caused NAM,
serious accidents, and we hear of one man re-
ported killed, who tell down while cr5ssinr the
street, near the National Hotel and was ram
pled upon by them. Most Of the horses her.
have been Caught. at the late hour We write.
the hre IS all ont, and nothing remains but lopg
rows OF charred horses and piles of clnders.
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- EBsEEs

DAVIS.-fn Camp Pierpoin,, on Tuesday
the 25th nit, or Inflammation of the brain, prI-
vate ISAIAH NJ. DAVIS of Co. F. 9th p. R.,
c aged about 90 years.
Mr.. Isaiah N. Davis, was known bp large
number Of friends in and around Brookville and
only known 10 be loved and respected. He was
one of those rare exceptions found in mankind
who devoted bis attention 10 his own affairs, thus
laying the foundation for long and permanent
acquaintance. III is respected and aged parents
who reside in Bedford County, Pa, few short
months since had TO mourn the loss of Younger
brother David Of a disposition the same as he
we are now called upon to lament. But the
grave IS IneXoTable and we are each moment.
hour and day, nearing the silent recesses of the
tomb. Bat It Is only step, short spasmodc
effort, and mortality Is changed to Immortality.
lie IS gone! The man, the SOLDIER and the Pa
TRlor is no more, death has lad its cold cIammy
hand upon our friend and taken him from earth
10 the eternal camping ground above, and he is
now under The command Of the great King oil
Kings and Lord of Lords
While we deeply sympathi8e with the be-
reaVed parents aud the numerous fiiends of the
deceased and while we mourn the irreparable
loss 0y MS early demise, We recognize In our
affection the hand OF Omnipotence, aud bow
submi$Sively TO His mandates and that not ours
but "lhy will be done o Lord" Let US, his fel
low soldiers, who are left behind, try TO emulate
hls character and by so doing we have The as
suFance that we will be true soldiers, good cit
izens and exemplary christians Peace to bI,
ashes. JpM
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FORTRESS MONROE.

FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 70.
There was no good foundation for the re-
port Tat s!tirmsh took place yesterday at
New Market bridge.
The steamer S. r. Spalding arrived from
HatteTas Inlet this morning, but brings no news
Of Importance.
The Hon. A. B. Ely came down form Nor
folk late this afternoon by Ga. of truce, hav-
ing been released IN exchange for Mr. Faux
ner. After brief visit to headquarters, he
took passage for Baltimore.
MORE BRIDGE BURNING.
Quincy, Illinois, Dec. 29.-TEa bridge
over the Fabrus aod North rivers, on lha Pal
myra Railroad, Were set on fire by the rebels
last night, and DESTROYED.
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The Release Of mason and sliloll.

Our readers will be astounded TO hear that
the rebel Commissioners, Mason and SL'DELL,
recently arrested on board the British Steamer
Trent, by Capt Wilkes, of the U. S. ship San
Jacinto, and lodged in Fort Warren, by dirvc-
ton Of the Secretary of State, have been re-
leased on demaEd Of the government OF Great
Britain. We must confess that we feel that
our nation is humbleG and dIsgraced by this
slavish obedience to the iRsolent deTand Of
our ancient enemy,-the more so because the
whole North responded in shouts oi appreciation
to he act OF Capt. Wilkes, and Congress and
the Administration Itself, had gwen 1t a quasi,
fnot direct, approval. The recognition of
the Southern Coniederacy immediately aileT
the battle of Ball Run, would not have been a
more singing shame than this covering before
The British lion. But our coUntry-sad is the
tale TO :elI-has been brought to such a condi-
ton that our great men at Washington seem to
think that We are unable to scope with so
formidable an adversary" The surrender of
Mason and Slidel may be for The best, SO far
as the present interests of the Government are
concerned, but the great Future will look back
and behold dark stain upon the escutcheon Of
America, which the blood Of millions may be
inefficient TO erase. 1t was the motto of our
fathers, ''Death before dishonor," and we are
unworthy OF the Liberty and the glorious
names they bequeathed US, II we are unwilling
to inscri5e the same sentiment upon our ban
Gers.
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FROM FORT PlCKENs.

NEW f0RN, Dec 70.
The steamship Baltic arrived today from
Fort Pickens, where she landed the Seventy
fifth New York regiment. She left Fort Picl-
ems on the 18th and Key West on tie 22d.
Matters at Fort Pickena were unchanged
De eaers from the rebel forces represent that
great distress ald di:content prevails among
the troops.
The U. S. gunboal Iroqpois has the privateer
Sumter blockaded on the port oi Cipntaegog.
The U. s, guabOat FIambeau was off the
port of Nassau, N. P, where the prlvateer lsa-
bel was in hafbor.
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Ayers Pills.

A RE you SICK, feeble and complaining Are
- you out OF order with yonr system de-
ranged and your feelings uncomfortable These
symptoms are often the prelude to serious ILL
ness. Some it of sickness is creeping 0pon YOU.
and should BE- avetled BY tlrely use of the
right remedy. Take Ayers Pills, and cleanse
out the dls7rdered humors-puTily the blood,
aud let the fluids move on unobstructed n health
again. They stimulate the functions Of ihe
body into vigorous activity, purify the system
from the distractions which make disease. A
cold settles somewhere IN the body, and Ob-
sructs its natural functions. These, if not re-
lieved, react Dpon themselves and the surround
ing organs, producing general aggravation, suI-
itring and disease. While IN this condition,
Oppressed 5y the arrangements, take Ayers
Pills, and see how directly they restore the nat
ural action of the system and with it the buoy
an: feeling OF health again. What is true and
50 apparent in this trivial and common COM
pIajnt is also true III many OF the deep-seatsd
and dangerous Glstempprs. The same purgative
effect rxpels them. Caused by similar o5struc-
tions and arrangements Of the natural functions
Of the body, they are rapidly and many OF them
surely, cured by the same means. None who
know the virtues of these Pills will neglect 10
employ them when suffering from the disorders
they cure, such as Headache, Foul Stomach,
Dysentery, Bilious Complaints, Indigestion,
DrTangement OF the Liver, C3Stiyeness or Con-
stipalon As Dinner Pill they are both a.
greeabie aud efectual
Price . CTS. PER BOX, OR FIVE BOXES FOX 81.
prenaTed by DR. +. c, AVER X Co ToyveU Mass
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70 ConsumptiVes,

FEHHE Advertiser, having been restored to
q health in very few weeks BY a very
simple remedy after having suffered several years
with severe lung affection, and that dread disease
CoEsnmption-ls anxious to make known to bis
ieIiow-sufsrers The means of cure.
TO all who desire it, he will send = copy Of the
prescription used, Gree of charged with directions
for Pgeperlag and using the same, which the will
find suGE CuRE for CoNsUMrrloy, ASTHMA, Baox-
clHrls, t,c. The only obiec. Of the Advertiser in
sending the Prescription is TO benefit the afflicted
and p-ea1 ! rmation which he conceives to be in
valuable, an hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy, as 1t will cost them nothing, and may
prove blessn
Parties wishing the prcscn nption will please ad-
Rev. EDWARD =. WILSON,
Williamsburg,
Kings County New York.
[3 months.l
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HON. Mr. ELY-HIS OPINION OF THE
REBELLION
Special Dtspatoh to the Pliladelphia Iaqpirer

Special OlspatobtO the philadelphia Iaqpirer.
BALTIMORE, December 27.--Congressman
Ely has been here all day. The Secessionists
currently report that be declares the South can
never be subdued, and that be is anxious for the
acknowledgement OF the Southern Confedera-
cy.
| may say for him' however, that 10 the con-
trary, he fully believes that the spirit OF rebal-
ION IN The South can be crushed and the Union
restored.
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UNITED STATES HOTEL, PHILADELrHA.-
This excellent Hotel, now under the propria-
toTship and management of Cot. H. W. KAMA
GA, formerly OF Harrisburg, has reduced its fare
to 81 . cents per day, and is now the cheap
est place of the kind in :he city. The accom-
mcaailons afforded by this hotel, are Just as good
as those of the higher priced hotels, whiIs. its
proximity 10 the passenger station Of the Penu'a.
K. K. and the business part OF the city, renders
l. favorable stopping place for visitors from
this sSection of the country. Col. Kanaga is one
Of the cIeverest of hosts, and leaves nothing
undone 10 make his guests comfortable. We
advise our friends visiting Philadelphia, to give
him call
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MARRIED
[3 months.l

BERKHIMER-CLAYCOMB.-Onth4 the %
inst, at the ST ClarsvIIe Parsonage by the Rev
N. E. Giids, Mr. William Berkhmer of Union
Township, to Miss Henrietta Caycon.b, OF ST.
Clair Township.
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BEDFORD LycEUM-rhe members of the
Bedford Lyceum are respectfully invited to
meet at the Court house, on next Saturday eve-
ming for lhe purpose OF reorganizing.
KING, President, J. PALMER, Secretary.
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FIRST PATRON.

Out upon you, knave
In wars like this, no quarters given!
SECOND PATRON.
Here, boy, | count you down these seven.
One lor yourself please stow away
The rest for next years issues nav.
CROWD OF patrons.
10. Printers devil, son of Faust,
We come 10 make a holocaust
(All bur the burui1g) of small change,
10 thee We hope twill not derange
Thy mind 70 see this heap of cash
Poured in thy lap, all N a flash.
FIRST PATRON.
Ie're fools esch independent paper
Must be swept off ike mountain vapo,;
Else Government will fall by stress
OF pubishers' liceatiousness.
] give no money 10 such cattle,
I'll save il to assist in battle;
TO purchase Uncle Sam some horses
And clothe and victual his brave forces.
CARRIER.
Get thee behind me, speculator,
/ never wa much of a hater,
But thee can, and do despise.
Thou monster OF monstroslties!
Friends OF the printer, of the press.
Who value ease and riches less
Tnan liberty to write and speak
What conscience bids the light to seek;
Who rope to see the reign Of terror
That rules this epoch dark with error,
Soon vanjst. from our stricken !and,
Before boll reasons conqu-ring hand;
To you | make my humble bow,
To you eternal friendship vow,
To you wish nor sigh nor tear,
But eveTmore a glad NEw-YRAR.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TIE
TREASURY.

~A-a@.AC = a L
Mr.. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury.
submitted his annual report to Congress, On
Monday week. The report is very lengthy
and one of great Importance, as in It we have
the expenses Of the government placed before
us and the suggestions OF the Secretary as To
how the money is 10 be raised to meet the
indebtedness. He says the expenses of the
goyeFnment; on the present army and navy
footing, for the year ending June 30, 1869,
will be S543, ,406, ,422. This amount he thinks
will BE raised as follows. viz:
From Customs, lands, &c, S 6.8O9. .73l
Loans already realized, 1877, a., ,588
Loans authorized. 75.t49 ,675
Proceeds OF direct tax, 10000 coo
Total, S329, ,5OI .994
THIS leaves a deficit of S2l3, I,428, 10 be
provided for This defci. he proposes 10 raise
IN three ways. The direct taxes Of the IovaI
States 10 furnish twenty millions, duties On iIo-
uors, tobacco and other Injuries, twenty mil
lions more, and the tax on incomes, ten mil
lions. To make up the balance he proposes
that the government shall issue $150,00O ,OGO
in federal paper currency 10 take the place OF
our present bank notes.
10 o:der 10 raise revenue he recommends The
taxing OF tobacco, bank notes, carriages, legaces,
stills and distilled liquors; and further iu-
crease of duties on sugars, tea and coffee.
He thinks the war viii be ended by the mid
die Of next sumner, but still he makes estl-
rates for another year Of warfare, after the
Both Of June next. He estimates the amount
of The national debt on The LIST of July, 1863,
MAE hundre4 millions of dollars.
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a LLEGHENY MALE AND
"A FEMALE SEMINARY.
Es EsAENSEUEeG, Bedford Co., Pa.
CHAS II CFpC . D-,-.t

1
Miss s. J. BRIM, Preceptress,
Miss A. L. BRIM, Teacher on Piano Forte.
This institution, under the supervision Of the a.
bove named persons, assisted by other competent
Teachers, affords fall course in Mathematics,
Natural Sciences. Languages, and Bellies Lettres.
In Music, Panting &c, il gives extended instruc-
ton. 4 he Winter Term viii commence on Jan. l3.
1852. Students admitted at any time. Habits OF
health, System, and plomptnessi views, moral, SO.
clai, and domestic, here made prominent OBJ
Jects OF tuition. That the physical powers, as
well as the mental, may be cultivated-Calisther-
ic eysrc sse are necessary-heTe the Students
meet each day for systematic physical exercise.
GLL.9U nished rooms, room rent, fuel and
tuition IN common English, per term of eleven
weeks. Extras, at moderate charges, even less
than heretofore, or than the circular calls for.
Students prepared for the highest class in col
lege.
For Circulars, or particulars, address
CHAS. H. GERE. A. B.,
Dec. 81, 1861. Ransburg, Bedford Co.. Pa
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4 THING OF BEAUTY, Is JOY FoREvea-
Who can be beautiful with sckly pale com
plexon. Keep the pores of the skin free and
the blood pure, and your cheeks will vie with
the Rose and Lily, The SkIu is formed with
thousand OF pores in eveIy inch Q surface whose
Office iti to carry Off the impurities Of the
blood-ihe acknowledged cause of all diseases
Of manlilnd-when it S dry and parched-
when il is covered with eruptions-when it IS
cold aud clammy-when there is inward lever
or intlammaffon-st is impossible for the skin
under these circumstances to perform lis proper
functions, and to carry eff the impurities from
the body designed by our Creator.
JUDSON'S MOUNTAIN HERB PILLS
remove these obslructions, and produce free and
healthy blood, remove the eruptlons from the
skin, and cause it TO brighten with the flush Of
youth and beauty. Beauty 50 much admired AID
loved. Beauty without paints and cosmetIcs-
but beauty produced by health and happiness
Judson's Mountain Herb Pills are sold by all
Miedicne Dealers.
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-BEDFORD Pa
B.F. Meyers, Editor s. Proprietor.
Democratic State Executive Committee.

A meeting of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee will be held at the Buehler
House, HARRlsBURc, on Wednesday, January
IS, 1862, a 8 O'Clock, P. M.
Democratic papers in the State vii! please
copy.
WILLIAM Fl. WELSH, Chairman.
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,@5 j EMPEOY2IENT
AGENTS W AKTED1

We will pay from S25 to SIS per month, and all
expenses, to active Agents, or give commission.
Particulars sent free. Address ERIE SFw1y.i Ma
CHINE COMrASY, R. JAMES, General Agent, Milan,
Ohio.
Aug. %, '61.