The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-10-21

said notice what officers are to be elected J. JOHN
ALDSfADT, Sheriff OF the county Of Bedford, d,
hereby make known and give tbs public notice (.
the electors of the county of Bedford, that Genera
Election will be held in said county, on the
TUESDAY (sta) DAY or MOVE .RBER, 1904
at the several election districts, VIZ:
The electors of the borough Of Bedfor and to,g n
sup OF bedtord TO meet al The Court House in sal,
borough.
The electors of Broad TOP township 70 meet Al
the school house in the village Of Coal pale.
The electors OF the borough of Bloody Run d
meet at the house OF Daniel B. OFT in sal borough
The electors OF ColeraiG township 10 meet al TIL
mouse OF y etuckey IN Rainsburg, in sid to wnship
The electors of CumbeElana Valley township Il
meet al the new school house erected on the lane
owned by John Whips heirs in said township.
he electors OF Harrison township TO meet al
school house NJ. 5, near the dwelling house of Hen
~ keyseT, IN said township.
The electors of juniaia township TO meet at K av.
ser's school house, in said township.
The electors OF Hopewel township 10 meet al the
school house near the house OF John Dasher in SAID
township.
The electors Of 5}fendeFry township to meet at
81 viii permit Gen. Mcclellan to carry out
hS campaign. He shall leave sufficient force
tcdefead the works before Washington. lie
slnll embark $4,000 men from Annapolis, and
then. unless the batteries on the Potomac, which
y,u assure me win necessarily be abandoned
ae Withdrawn or slenced, l shall reserve my
authority to embark other troops lie then
sad, Il have determined TO div ide Gen. Me
Qellan's army into four corps, and | shall ap-
pint The commanders Of them And after
wards lie promoted the four officers who had
opposed General NJ Clellan's campaign, three
0. whom he appointed to the command OF corps,
and with the exception OF Generals Franklin
sad Smith, who have been the subjects Of con
slant annoyance aud indignities since, the Others
hsge alt Jesa dismissed from the army
The Peninsular campaign was proposed by
Gen, Mcclellan whilst commandegin Chief OF
tie armies OF United States, and was intended
To be made with the forces then under his COM
land in Eastern Virginia, estimated at over
200, ,006 men. It was SO accepted by the Pres
ilent, and the movement was commenced upon
that basis General Mcclellan had scarcely
left Washington to take he Geld, when the Sec
Tetary Of War relieved him of all the armies
no. under his. Gen McClellens immediate
and assumed command Of them him
self The troops left In northeartern Virginia
were placed under command OF Mcdowell,
Banks, Fremont and Sisel. each being indopen-
dent Of each other, and of General Mcclellan,
and all subject to the order OF Mr.. Stanton
ing place. the Conlederates concentrated theirs
until, on the 26th day of June, Gen. Mcclellan
found himself before Richmond with s., 600
men Gnclud;ng MCalrs division,J and was at
tackled by the concentrated Confederate force
Of 70, 900 al the very moment when M'Dow-
ell, under protest withdrew his assistance from
N M'CleIlan, by the orders of the President and
Secretary Of War
a. o. Grant tliI not
That Of Charlottesville in which the o6.u
altie5 of that army were estimated at 10000
lnel, aud which but for the ProvidentiAl kill
inc Of Stoacwai Jackson would have been an
nihilated, was planned by the President and
General Hooker or to use the Presidents own
words, BY ''Joo and l." of which the Secretary
Of War aud General HaIeck were kept pro
foundly ignorant, and was not commenced IN
til May ,, 1852; whilst that of the Peninsula,
for the delay of which AI'CleIlan was SO much
censured, was commenced on the 25tL Of March
1862, forty days in advance Of either of the
others.
Why this bitter euulity ard persecution Of
Gen. Mcclellan, why in the beginning of March
was the President pressed to death TO remove
him, even before he had made his first trial IN
command Of the Army of the Potomac? Why
did distinguished member of the Senate on
the 7th of March, write ne: The cry against
Mcclellan is increasing every effort IS being
made to crush him?" What possible chance
had Gen. M'Clellan TO succeed, when his own
government did everything in their power to
embarrass his movements, and break him down
One would think his task sufficiently onerous,
laborious, and responsible, when, without ex-
perience, after the first disastrous route at Bull
Run, he reorganized the armies Of the United
States aud was preparing TO fight them with
ont the additional conviction being forced upon
him at every step that his own Government
were determined ''to crush him"
Judge, you and met within ten days after
the dreadful battles before Richmond, You at
tackled Gen. Mcclellan with q bitterness and
feeling that Ill becomes Christian gentleman.
| then begged you not to break down General
Mcclellan until you had given him fair trial,
and until You had found better man, an3
challenged you to name better general.
now do the same thing, and appeal to the rec
ord Of the past thirty months and to the rivers
Of blood that have flown since to sustain what
/ then asserted ! refer You TO the opinions of
foreign officers, and assure you that among
the old officers of he army | shall be fully sus-
tanned.
The preference Of Gen. Mcclellan for the Pen
nsular campaign and the condemnation OF
the Presidents plan have been fully sustained.
The families and friends Of the 100000 men
lost south of the Rapidan since the 4th of May
last proclaim it everywhere, Mr., Stanton told
the country at that time that he had hun
dred thousand men more than he wanted, and
now he tells you he wants q hundred thousand
moro mea.
Gen. Grant crossed the Rapidan with all
array variously estimated from 100
pe M afterwards added Buffers, 40, 600
He was rejn+orcsd. 40, 600
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