The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-03-07

Will they decide for the Union and the toiera-
ton Of negro slavery, or for Disunion and Abo-
litionisn7
ewe publish in common with cur contem-
poraries generally, as a matter Of news, the mes
sage of the Rebel President.
/ eg-There seems to be some concealment a.
bout our loss at the siege of Fort Donelson.
The rebel loss in killed and wounded is put down
at 1000. General cClernand's division of our
army lost upwards of three hundred killed, a.
bout logo wounded and $50 missing. We have
seen no statement of the loss in Gen Smiths
division
egThere is some prospect of an overhauling
of the Congressional apportionment made for
this state last Winter. 1t turns out that Penn
sylvania Is entitled to "a instead Of % represen-
tatives and, therefore, the log-rol6ag Of the Re
pubicans daring last session, viii be investigat-
ed, and we hope, corrected in accordance with
the dictates of common deeeney and honesty.
ng-Neither A s. Johnston nor Bushrod
Johnston were taken prisoners at Fort Donel-
son. II seems that Floyd and Pillow cut their
| way through our lines after most desperate
straggle-Gov Harris, of Tennessee, has not
| ordered the Tennezseans las reported) to lay
down their arIns.-Conficting reports prevail
in regard to the alleged Union feeling in Ten
nessee.
egThe weather he's been very variable, 20
far during the present Winter. Snow, sleet,
hail, rain, wind, sunshine "a very slight sprink-
ling of the last seem continually to vie with
each other for the mastery On the mountains
the "natives" areoceasionally entertained by the
music Of lively thunder storm. Even the ele-
ncnts seem to be engaged in civil feuds.
F8-EVe have been neglectful in not referring 10
the original matter which for some weeks past
has graced the first page Of our paper. We
have recently published poem and romance
from the pen Of Dir. c. \. uIcKoK, of this
place, which have been admired very much by
the readers of our paper. This week we give
some verses, entitled "Nature's SimiEtudes,"
written by young friend whose modeSty, we
think in this case, cheats him Of the praise he
deserves for his excellent effort The "School-
master Abroad has also "broken out in q new
place ard Is quite entertaining.
eyPennsylyania Dutch is becoming quite
popular in our current literature A poet Of
considerable merit (I2ey H Harbaugh) has writ
ten several very fine poems in this devoted lin
90. We observe, also, that the Local Of the
Harrisburg Patriot j. Uftoa, gets up some of
his Items in the peculiar vernacular. We
studied it (tIlc ycrnacular) from the age Of u
months till we were seven years old, VIXEN we
fell into the hands of pedagoeue who intro
duced Us TO the English Alphabet in venera-
bic copy Of the Omitted States Spelling Book"
and from that date to this we have been rather
rcniss in the cultivation of our mother tongue
But if we ever meet the Dutch poet of Leba-
non or the Dutch editor of Harrisburg (by the
way he's the first Dutchnan named Jones we
ever heard Of we will give our opinion, in choi-
cest Pennsylvania Dutch, either orally or in yvii-
ting, Of the performances made by them sever
ally.
BRIGHT AND WEIGru,-Our IMP having had
an unusual quantity of id on his satanic stom-
ach, becomes slightly melancholy, and, of course,
poetical Result:
A wondrous thing-how shall pen it7
Has lately happened in the Senate
They've sent the Hoosiers back their Bright,
To have his seat filed mp Alright.