Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-08-19

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BEDFORD Pa FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1854.
MErrISo OF USIos CouNrY CoNaIrrEr The
Union County Committee win meet on Tuesday Of
Goart.week Aug. slst) at / clock P NJ. at the
Washington Hotel in Bedford
CIV RUPP
Chairman.
UsIoS Mass MEErfxe.-There win be a Mass
Meeting, of the Union Men of Bedford County in the
Court House on Tuesday evening Aug, slst) Of
Court week.
Let there be turn out Of all the friends Of the
linton and lovers of Liberty, Lase aud Order.
Speakers from distance win be in attendance.
G. W. RUPP
Jxo. LuTz SEC Chairman. ca. Com.
THe PuBnc SALE Of personal property Of Nathen-
iel Smith viii take place at 1oo'c A, N.
TIE Rev. W. v. Eells viii preach in the Presby-
terian church next sabbath morning at loa clock
Church will preach on next Sunday at the Springs
al lo4 o clock 4. NJ and in the Lutheran Church
At, 5o'clock P NJ.
GES. coucu visited MeConneIsburg the 10th
inst. His object was to inspect the foFtifcatons on
the mountain east Of the borough and acquaint him
self generally with the condition Of things in Fulton
County.
MEET1xG Of the Bedford County Bible Society
viii be held in the Presbyterian Churchnex Sabbath
Evening. sermon viii be preached ny the Rev.
" W Eels, the Secretary Of the Pennsylvania
Bible Society for the Western District. The public
are respectfully yinyitedto attend. The other church
Is viii be closed in the evening.
BouxrY ron THE BoRoueH.-The school directors
Of this borough have decided to raise bounty Of
two hundred dollars for recruits for the borough
quota Que bundled dollars additional has been
raised By subscription. This with the Government
bounty Of ore hundred dollars win be paid to re-
cras serving one year. Making in all four hundred
dollass.
HEARD SRox.--Lieut John J. Barcey fornly of
this plaee but now in the army, has been heard
from He was tax en- prisoner in the late raid of
Wilson's exvalrY south and west of Petersburg. He
is held a prisoner in Columbia s. c.. from which
place he has written TO his friends in this place,
who have been very anxious concerning his fate
It was1earea he had fallen in battle. He Is con-
fined in Il same prison with Major John H. Filler,
MEETiSG or THE ttDEaocRATIC CGuB. The Chair
man ofthe Democratic County Committee under the
modest yet significant som Ge pI,,ae Of MANY Dem
ocrats' st kzt issued his official mandate to AL
''true Democrats in favor Of Whoding the constita
ton and the rights e the people, 70 convene IN the
Court HtEise on Saturday evening last, for the pnr
pose of organizing a democratic club. Long after
the ringing ofthe bell summonng the faithful to as
senble, We could observe lone foilowe= ofmodern
democrac7 traeilg his footsteps tt' the conclave
of Eaen burTing to avenge outrages law and or
der" Wm Hartly Esq was chosen President At
ter some preliminary business, well known orator
proposed that they KAYE some speaking aid sugges
sd the rne of his friend on his right. Mr. Scheil
took the hlnt TO HIMSELF and opened by saying that
he did not wsht 10 hssks speech, bat had Il few
words to say about certain men in this community,
who under a secret agency from the soyernmeHF
we're constantly communicating information to tie
authorities at Washington He utterly despis,
these saeaks, who get behind posts, and trees and
peep through hey-holes to hear some tdisl loyal
preston drop from democratic lips But the gen
e4nan oaeed himself by the pleasant reflection that
the DAYS OF this corrupt and yranical administration
wers we nigh ended. and that Peace, so long prayed
for BY Vallaudigan and ils APOSTLES. would be ush-
cred H. and reveal the nefarious projects OF these
spies At home.
Aftsr kim, followed the modest President. who
IN his retiring aud deiereut:al manner, as man
the said) who had never engaged in politics, ex
pressed his settled conriction on the great issues
cheering loud applause) in the present attitude of
affairs lie would ask, What have gained by
the var (Fociferops sboutingl Absolutely nothing.
(deafening roar, of nothing. Therefore let us have
peace He was in favor of an G7nefsstiss for there
could be no peace as long as we kept..6ghting He
eat
Mr.. Shannon WAS the next speaker. In his opin
ION the question had just come to this, war or peace
Democrats or Abolitionist Every man who is IN
favor of the war is an Abolitioast. If you are in
favor of further prosecution Of the war. then you
are in favor of Abolitionsm, and all the heresies
and blunders of this Administration. and all the dis
tress that exists throughout the land and you are
favor of these internal drafts THAI come every three
months Of your lives: Slavery had nothing to do
with the war; he admitted however, afterwards that
slavery was the cause Of the waT-so much for con.
sisteney.
Mr.. Palmer made short and sparkling speech
The democratic club theu weat 10 bed or some
other place.
ssA-We record with regret, the death of Jerome
Leonard and Wm NJ. Amick, soldiers, of the Re-
public, aad members of Company D. 55th Regimen.
Peuna Volunteers.
jerome Leonard was a sergeant in the company to
which he belonged and had earned an euyiable rep
tatiou during nearly three years service, brave