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The Conservation

We have always believed and now assert that
the Conscription law is unconstitutional. But
until it is so pronounced by the Courts, it is still
a law of the land. 1t cannot be decided upon
by the Courts until case under it is brought
before them. The people, therefore, must bide
their time However odious the law may be-
it is right to obey it until through the Courts or
at the ballot-box we may lawfully annul it
We, therefore, counsel the people to submit to
the enrolment. The time will soon be here when
we can rote enrolling officers out of employment.
Let us wait for that time. Resistance TO the
enrolment, begets military occupation. The
Abolitionsts only want an excuse for this.
They have already sent a messenger to the East,
to obtain soldiers for the capturing of a few old
women who belabored the enrolling officer in
ST. Clair township. They want you to give
them an excuse to send for troops. If they can
succeed in getting military force quartered in
Bedford county, they think the game is in their
own hands at the election. Therefore, be warned
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Threatened Invasion of Penn
sylvania.
LEES ARMY APPROACHING
Gen. Ewel1 in Command.
Fighting in Winchester and Martirsburg.
Advance of the Rebel Army.

BALTIMORE, june 14.-The Baltimore Amer
lean publishes the following intelligence from an
entirely reliable source;
An attack was made on Sunday morning on
a small force of our men at Berryville, 9 miles
from Winchester, opposite Smokers Gap, un-
der Gen. McReynold's, Of which the first Ma
ryland Regiment formed part.
They fell back before the superior numbers,
and joined Milroy at Winchester after a sharp
| engagement, of which the results are at present
unknown.
| At the same time Winchester was attacked in
front from the south by force said to be under
Gen. Ewell, Jackson's successor.
The troops making the attack at Berryyille
are said to be under Gen. Trimble.
! A third force after this encounter is said to
have captured Il small detachment of our men
at Bunker Hill and then moved on to Martins
burg.
At 4 o'clock p. NJ, to-day they demanded
the surrender OF NIartinsburg giving Is minutes
for the women and children to leave the town,
Gen. Tyler, commanding at Martinsburg, re-
fused to surrender, and an artillery fight ensucd
At 7.l5 tonight the wires were broken be-
tween Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg. What
occurred after that is not known.
A battle was also in progress at Winchester,
to-day. The results are unknown at this hour.
Gen. Miroy repulsed Ewel on Saturday,
and said he could hold oct for rcinforccments
to reach him.
No damage to the railroad as yet, and no
cars or engines are exposed to capture, as all
have been removed No less than 10 locomo-
tives and 1900 cars were brought to Baltimore
to-day.
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The President has no Dispensing Power,
Neither has anv of his Generals

We quote, from a lengthy article of the Ma
t'o@qI In'elhgeacer, the following just and sensi-
bic remarks in regard to the Statutes OF July
II, 1862. and March 8, 1868:
Loyal men who themselves respect the laws
have right to complain that violators of these
statutes are not tried under them. Neither the
President nor General Burnside has any dis
peusing power which enables them to unbnd
the sanctions of these laws, whether as appica-
bic to them or to others. Their duty is to en-
| force the laws, not to suspend or supersede
them. That it should he necessary for us to re-
state such familiar axioms only shows the strange
/ dislocation of ideas produced by the wrench
and strain of martial violence. The true doc
trine was propounded on this subject by Mr..
| Senator Irumbull, when, few days ago, he
was called to consider the question raised by
| General Burnslde's medi:ated suppression OF
| tho Chicago Times. He then said:
| "The Constitution protects all in time OF war
as well as peace. The Constitution expressly
gives the power to suppress insurrection and put
down rebellion. There is no question but that
a general has authority, but ii is question how
| lst that authority extends. There is no war
IN Illinois. Have not the people and the papers
| in this city right to discuss and criicse the
measures of this war? 1t is a right which you
claim-every one of you. There is not a man
OF you but has discussed and criticised the acts
OF the Administration. There is not man
who has not blamed the Government for certain
acts and if you deny newspapers the right to
express their opinions, then you are the subjects
Of military authority. There is civil law in
operation here. A newspaper has been sup.
pressed in your city and it is claimed that that
paper has attempted to discourage our soldiers,
opposed the acts of the Administration, and en-.
couraged resistance to the draft. Now, if that
paper is guilty of such acts its editors could be
arrested and thrown into prison. The law
should be eniorced.'
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, is an Aboli-
ZIONIST; but, having been Judge, he sinks the
partisan in the jurist, and castigates the Presi-
| dent and General Burnside as he would any
other transgressor against the law of the coun.
| try.
! --LATEST News The rebels have taken Cum
hfrland and are reported TO be marching ON this
! place.
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Rebel Reports from Port Hudson.

MEMPHIS, June l2.-The Mssissippan, of
the 4th and 5th, details the fight at Port Hud-
son, and says that Kirby Smith drove Banks in
coniusion-he leaving his dead and wounded
on the field. According to that paper, Smith
was pursuing Banks on the 9th instant T'rh:s
is reiuted by the adyices from New Orleans
The above remark is added by the telegraph
ic agent, but it is devoid of truth. The latest
dates from New Orleans are by the Mississippi,
on the 6th--at winch time /; studied and enfor-
ced silence was preserved in all the papers of
that city. So silent were they as to give rise
to suspicious of disaster.-EDs. jour-
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that all the reports concur in the fact that the
Yankee losses at Vioksburg and Port Hudson
have been enormous No wonder that Grant
calls for reinforcements.
MEMPHIS, June l3.-Ihe steamer Fort Wayne
arrived here from below to-day. She brings no
later dates than the Sth. No gucrillas were
seen on the way up.
The fight at Milliken's Bend, on Sunday last,
was a sangunary affair, much larger than was
at first reported. The rebels, under McCul-
Tough, were two thousand five hundred strong,
while the Federal force consisted of three ne
gro regiments and the Twenty-third Iowa Reg
iment.
The rebels made a desperate charge at day
light, when the negroes broke in contusion but
on finding that their captured companions were
being slaughtered they were rallied, and with
great desperation drove the rebels back The
loss was heavy on both sides.
The guerillas destroyed portions of the rail-
road track near Germantown last night. The
damage was slight and soon repaired The reb-
ell forces in Northern Mississippi have all been
sent to reinforce Gen. johnson.
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The President Calls for 100000 Men fol
Six Months.
Pennsylvania to Furnish $1,000.
4 PROCLAMATlO'


Whereas, The armed insurrectionary combi-
nations now existing in several States are
threatening to make inroads into the States of
Maryland, Western Virginia, Pennsylvania,
and Ohio, requiring Immediately an additional
military force for the service of the United
States.
Now, therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent of the United States and Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, and OF
the militia of the several States when called
into actual service do hereby call into the
service of the United States 100000 militia,
from the States following viz:
From therState-,f Iasylan1 10000; erem
the State Of Pennsylvania 50,0O0 from the
State of Ono $4,000; from The State Of West
Virginia 10000; to be mustered into the SER
vice of the United States forthwith, TO serve for
the period of six months from the date of such
muster into said service unless sooner discharg-
ed, to be mustered in as infantry, artillery, and
cavalry in proportions which will be made known
through the War Department, which Depart
ment Will also designate the several places of
rendezvous. These militia to be orgenized ac
cording TO the rules and regulations Of the vol
unteer service, and such orders as may hereafter
he issued. The States cooperating will be re-
spectivey credited under the enrolment act for
the militia services rendered under this Proela-
nation.
In testimony whereof have hereunio set my
hand, and caused the seal Of Tie United States
to I've affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this 18th day
of June, in the year Of our Lord 1868, and of
the Independence of the United States the egh-
ty-seyenth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
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EXcitino News !

We give below what we have understood to
have gone over the wires since Sunday evening.
The rebels approached Winchester, Va, on Fri
day. Had a severe fight and captured the town.
They then advanced on our forces and took
Martinsburg after hard fight. The next news
was that they were crossing the Potomac in
strong force at Williamsport, Nd. They then
advanced to Hagerstown, in the meantime cap
turing our wagons, baggage trains, &c. They
then marched to Greencastlc, Pa, and burned
the warehouses supposed to contain Govern
ment ordnance.
On Wednesday last the following news items
appeared Governor Curtin issued proclama-
ton calling out 10000 volunteers to rendezvous
at Chambersburg and Pittsburg.
Transportation and travel stopped on the
Pennsylvania Central Rail Road, and 10000
men, at Altoona throwing up entrenchments
Orders given to obstruct the Broad Top Rail
Road and prevent raids into the coal region.
A rumor is ahoat of 5000 cavalry approach
ing Cumberland, Nd, with the prospect of an
advance through our valley toward Holidays
burg
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know that it is vile and scandalous name, and

know that it is vile and scandalous name, and
think that some Democrats will hate ii so much
that, rather than be called by it, they will leave
the party. The Abolitionists think that they
can thus create division in the Democratic
ranks, which, of course, would rebound to their
benefit. Those persons whom they style "War
Democrats are to be operated upon in isway.
They hope to array the ''War Democrats" a
gainst their old party, by calling prominent
Democrats "Copperbeads' and s'Secessionists." !"
They do not remember that they insult the in
telligence of ''War Democrats" by thus endca-
vorng to prejudice them against party with
which they have always acted But this Abo-
liton trap will catch nobody who has his eyes
open They may cry Copperaeadi CopperdeadA
till they see snakes in their own boots, but they
can't fool Democrats by any such transparent
trickery as this You had better give it up,
AIessrs. Abolish! Your Copperhead game is a
bout played out.
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PUBLICSALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTHTE.

BY virtue of an order of the Orphans Court of
Bedford Co., the undersigned will offer for sale, oe
the premises, two miles south of the Borough OF
BLOODY Run, on Saturday, 1lth day of July next.
ell the following described properly of Samuel H..
Tate, Esq, late of the Borough of Bedford, de-
ceased, (known as he Wigfoos property to wit:
TRACT OF LAND,
adjoining lands of Joseph w. Tate, ESQ.,, on the
west and north, Thomas RTtchey on the east, John
Buzzlrd and hers on the south, continuing 3s a.
cres and l46 peIches, or ess 80 of which
are cleared and under good fence, about acres are
meadow, and number of apple and other fruit
trees thereon. The improvements are a double
Log Dwelling House, Stable and other out build
ings.
TERMs.-One third cash, at acknowledgment of
Decd the balance in two equal annual payments
thereafter without interest Sale TO commence at
10 O'Clock on said day.
U-For further particulars inquire of the under
signed.
H. NICODEMUs,
Bedford, June 10th, 1863. Admir-.
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Delegate Elections.

Pursuant to rules adopted by the Democratic
party of Bedford county, at their regular meet
ing held in February, 1856, which rules are
now in force, the Democratic Vigilance Com
mittces Of the several townships and horoughs
of Bedford county, are hereby requested to give
written notice that elections will be held in their
respective districts, on SATURDAY, THE
2Olh DAY OF JUNE, NEXT for the pur-
pose of selecting two delegates from each dis
trict to represent such district IN the coming
Democratic County Convention, said Conven-
ton to meet in the borough Of Bedford, on
TUESDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF JUNE,
NEXT, at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, for the purpose of
putting in nomination County Ticket TO be
composed Of one person for the office Of Assem-
Llv. one person for the Office OF Prothonotary,
one person for the Office Of Sheriff. one person
for the office Of Treasurer, one person for the
office of Associate Judge one person for the
office of Commissioner, one person for the Of
flee of Poor Director, and one person for the
Office of Auditor, and also to appoint three
Confcrees to meet similar Conferees from Som
erset and Huntington counties to nominate a
candidate for Senator The Democratic voters
of the several townships and boroughs, are also
requested to attend to the election Of Vigilance
Committees for the ensuing year, which COM
mittees will be chosen ON the same day on which
the Delegate Elections are advertised to be held
Return of the result of these elections, will be
made to the undersigned, on the day of the
meeting of the County Convention.
BY order of the Democratic Co. Committee,
j. w. LINGENFELTER, Chm
MAY p, 1868.
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The Defence Of Pennsylvania.
Pr0cIQmati0n of G0cern0r Citrti1

'NN'Ns'fNNSV'S'" ~ NN'SN'''S'
HARRsBURG, June l2-The following proc
lamaton has just been issued:
Pennsylvania ss::
A. G. CURTIN
In the name and by the authority of the Com
monweath of Pennsylvania, Andrew q. Cur.
tin, Governor of the said Commonwealth.
PROCLAMATION.
Information has been obtained by the Wal
Department that a large rebel force, composed
of cavalry, artillery and mounted infantry, has
been prepared for the purpose Of fmaking u raid
into Pennsylvania.
The President has therefore erected two new
Departments-one in Eastern Pennsylvania,
commanded by Major-Genera Couch, and the
other in Western Pennsylvania, commanded by
Major General Brooks.
| earnestly invite the attention of the people
Of Pennsylvania to the general orders issued by
these officers on assuming the command Of their
respective departments.
The Importance of Immediately raising sui-
ficient force for the defence of the State can
not be overratcd. The corps now proposed to
be established will give permanent security to
our borders.
| know too well the gallantry and patriotism
of the freemen of this Commonwealth to think
it necessary to do more than commend the mea-
sure to the people, and urgently urge them to
respond to the call Of the General Government
and fill the ranks of these corps, the duties of
which will be mainly the defence of our homes,
firesides and property from devastation.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this twelfth day Of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Com
monwealth the eighty-seventh.
BY the Governor.
tSignedl ELI SLpsEg,
S6c'rv of the Commonwealth
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Reported Capture of Milliken's Bend by
Kirby Smith---The Garrison at Vicks-

n6pOfJeu Udpturo OF MllllK6nS D6nQ Dy
Kirby Smith---The Garrison at Vicks-
burg.
WASHINGTON, June l2.--The following ex-
tracts are taken from the Richmond Dispatch
of the l0th:--
JACKSON, MISS, June 9--Gen. Pemberton
has sent word that he can hold Vicksburg, and
Gen. johnson is to take his time to organize
and discipline his forces.
MOBILE, June "a special to the Tribune
from jackson, dated the Sth, says there are ma
ny rumors the most reliable of which is that
Gen. Kirby Smith, instead Of being at Port
Hudson has taken Milliken's Bend, and cut off
Grants supplies.
1t is reported that Jackson's cavalry have
cut their way to Vicksburg. jackson has evi-
IDENTIFY done something.
Heavy firing is heard from Vicksburg. Grier-
son is believed to have been driven five miles
from Clinton, La
MOBILE, June "a special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register, from jackson, 8th,
says: ''A courier from Vicksburg reports cheer
ingly. Our men are fatigued, but in good spir-
its. Our loss is a little over five hundred -
Col. Marks, of Louisiana, is mortally wound
ed Waddelrs battery lost twelve killed and
twenty-three wounded. Nine trains of troops,
believed to be from Rosecrans army, arrived at
Memphis on Saturday. There is merely gar
rson at Memphis"
JACKSON, June 8.--A scout Just from Vicks-
burg, reports all working we'll The men are
in good spirits, but are somewhat wearied from
lying in the trenches and exposure to the sun.
Grant is now slowly advancing by building par
alles, which are four hundred yards from the
outer works. There has been no general assault
for ten days past. There is plenty of ammun-
tiun and provisions and Vicksburg and the SOL
diers and citizens are confident Of the result
Our entire loss during the series of assaults
does not exceed six hundred. There was hea-
Wy firing with muskets and artillery yesterday,
and artillery to-day.
| MOBILE, June 9.--A private dispatch from
Jackson, Sth inst, reports Vicksburg all right,
Kirby Smith is in possession of Milliken's Bend.
Our dispatches from the Southwest still con-
tnue to be of the most cheering character The
brave garrison of Vicksburg is as confident OF
success and determined as ever, and Kirby
Smith, with ten thousand men, is said to occupy
Milliken's Bend, some twenty miles about Vcks-
burg, on the right bank of the Mississippi, and
to cut off Grants supplies 1t will be noticed
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A Fighting Conperhead,

General Grant, who has SO calamity led our
troops against the rebels in Mississippi, is of
the political persuasion known as Il copper
head" A recent telegram from Washington
stated that General Grant was the only Union
General who allowed certain "copperhead pa
pers" to be sold within the lines-the papers
alluded to being the Chicago Times and Gin
cinnati Enquirer. The intention Of this dis
patch was to disparage General Grant and
his army, for reading Democratic papers. But
they fight well for all that.-New Hauen Regis
fer
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The New Military Departments in Penn
sylvania.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJ'T GEx'Ls OFFICE, !
WASHINGTON, June 9, 1868.
GENERAL. ORDERS, No. 172.-1. The De-
partment of the Monongahela will embrace that
portion of the State of Pennsylvania west of
Johnstown and the Laurel Hill range of noun
tains, and the counties of Hancock, Brooke,
and Ohio, in the State of Virginia, and the
counties of Columbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont,
in the State of Ohio.
Major General William T. II. Brooks is as
signed to the command Of this Department !;
headquarters at Pittsburg
2. The Department Of the Susquehanna will
embrace that portion of the State of Pennsyl-
vania east Of Johnstown and the laurel Hill
range Of mou ntains
Major General Couch is assigned to the COM
mand of this Department.; headquarters at
Chambersburg-
BY order Of the Secretary of War.
Z. ID. TOWNSEND, Asst Adit Gen.
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Advance Of the Rebels.

The Philadelphia Ereaing Journal of June Is,
says: The advanced guard of General Lee has
driven the Union forces from Winchester to
Martinsburg. The advance is said to number
10000 men. This places the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad in jeopardy. Gen. Couch is for
tifying Chambersburg. 1t is believed that the
State will have to depend entirely upon herself
for her defense.
Ii is reported that the rebels have passed thro'
Hagerstown, on their way to Columbia, Penn
syIvana, ten thousand strong cavalry The
telegraphic operator at Hagcrstown has fed.
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Proclamation of the Governor.
lity Thousand Pennsylvanians Called for to
Repel Invasion.

HARRISBURG, June l5.-The following Proc
llmaticn has just been issued, and should be
vide spread, as early as possible.
4snm3irania, So:
lnethe name and by the authority of the Com
monEealtl of Pennsylvania, AndrewG. Curtin,
Governor of the said Commonwealth,
PROCLAMATION.
The State of Pennsylvania is again threaten
ed with invasion, and an army of rebels is again
approaching our border. The President of the
Umtad States has issued his proclamation, call
ing Upon the State for fifty thousand men.
BOW appeal to all the citizens of Pennsyl-
yaflia, who love liberty and are mindful of tie
history and traditions of their Revolutionary
Fathers. and who feel that it is sacred duty
to guard and maintain the free institutions of
our country, who hate treason and its abettors,
and Who are willing to defend their homes and
fresises, and do invoke them to rise in their
might and rush to the rescue in the hour of inn
nineht peril.
The issue is one of preservation or dcstruc-
ton 1t involves considerations paramount to
all matters of mere expodency, and all ques-
tions of local interest all ties social and poii-
cal, all Impulses Of personal and partisan char
acter sink by comparison into significance
1T IS now to be determined by deeds, and not
by words alone, who are for US and who are IL
gains: us. That it is the purpose of the enemy
to invade our borders with all the strength he
can command, is now apparent. Our only de-
pendence rests upon the determined action of the
citizens of our free Commonwealth.
npw, therefore, call upon the people of Penn
syvaha, capable Of bearing arms, to cnro! them
selves in military organizations and to encour-
age al others to give aid and assistance TO the
efforts which will be put forth for the protection
of the State and the salvation of our common
country.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this the fifteenth day
OF June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Com
monwealth the eighty-seventh.
y. s. ANDREW G. CURTIN.
BY the Governor, ELI SLIFER,
Secry of the Commonwealth
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Wives, Mothers and Sisters, whose Husbands,
Sons and Brothers are serving in the Army, can
not put into their knapsacks more necessary
or valuable gift than few boxes of HOLLO-
WAYS PILLS AND OINTMENT They
insure health even under the exposures of a
soldiers life. Only 25 cents box or pot. 2l9
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A Sincere Patriot.

The editor of the Bedford Inquirer, refuses to
counsel the people to refrain from violence a.
gainst the agents of the Conscription, and tries
to ridicule us for doing so. He wants anar-
chy-the smoke of burning barns is incense to
his nostrils--the crack of the bush-whackers
rifle is music to his ears. He loves carnage
he revels in blood--he delights himself in ashes
and desolation. Why? Because he hopes civ
il trouble in Bedford county, will bring about
the intervention of the military and then the
people will be subjugated to the rule of the
Jacobin party. A sincere patriot is he, truly.
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He'd

SMITH-DIEHL-O the 1lth instant :,
by the Rev. II. Heckerman, Mr.. William II.
Smith to Miss Catharne Diehl, both of Bed
ford township.
AUTHORIZATIONS the 10th, bv
the same, Mr.. j. Henry Hutton, of Chambers
burg Pa, to Miss Emma j., daughter of the
late Hon. John Taylor, of Bedford