Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-12-15

carpet-saek aud umbrella. This is evidently
not his first appearance in our county. as be
is acquainted with the names Of number Of
our citizens,
COLONEL FRANCIS JoRDAN.-A eorrespon.
dent Of the West Chester Republica,. urges
the nomination of Col Jordan for Governor
BY the next Union State Convention. He
says;
It may not be improper that the inquiry,
who is to be our next Governor should now
engage the attention of the people
Although several names have been ocea-
sionally spoken of in connection with this Of
fee, and different candidates have been some
what urged by their friends, it has hitherto
been deemed injudicious to agitate this ques-
ton, as it might have distracted attention
from the questions of great Importance inyol-
we'd in the late canvass.
That is successfully over, and the principles
upon which and for which it was conducted
are shown to be deeply imbedded in the hearts
of the people. They have again manifested
that the mere politicians whose influence may
have controlled them when the subordinate
considerations which shaped parties years ago
were to be passed upon, have no weight when
the integrity of the Union was before them;
that after the Union has been re-cemehted
with blood. they are not to be deceived into
the support of men, who, though now thinly
disguised in the garments Of patriotism, have
just laid aside the polluted clothing in which
they had been assaulting the Government
The friends of Col. Francis Jordan, of Bed
ford county, have supposed that, in all res
poets, he would meet the wishes of those who
desire that the position in which the late cleo
ton left this State should be maintained. The
interests of the commonwealth would be sub
served and advanced under an administration
of which he might be the head, and the stand
ing which she has had amongst her sisters, in
peace and in war, would continue pre-emi-
nent.
Col. Jordan is in the maturity of life, being
about forty-fye years of age,-a lawyer by
profession, he has for years held command
ing place at the bar of Bedford and Somerset
counties, amongst men of no mean legal ac-
quirements and reputation.
He served in the Senate of this State for
three years, ending with 1857, and was in the
foremost ranks then, which is to be esteemed
no small commendation when some of its 9TH
er seats were then filed by Judge Wilkins,
Charles b. Penrose, and Glenni w. Scofeld.
In the session of 1857, he ably filed the
post of Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
the most important position next to Speaker
Probably to his influence, skill, and exertions
more than TO that of any other Senator, is due
the passage in that body of the bill for the
sale of the public works.
Private considerations, much to the regret
of his constituents and the public, called on
him to decline a reelection, and he remained
in the practice of his profession until the
breaking out of the Southern treason in 1861.
Then, without his solicitation or knowledge,
he was appointed Paymaster in the army and
served with selfdenial and fidelity for nearly
three years, principally in the South eastern
States.
Upon the solicitation of Gov Curtin, about
two years ago he took charge of the Military
Agency of this State at Washington.
How laboriously and successfully he has
filed that Office, the records Of the military
department of Pennsylvania and of the Uni
ted States viii show The gratitude Of many
a soldier and soldiers widow and mother will
testify to the kind attention and sympathy
with which their desires have been met in
that agency.
From the beginning of our struggles with
the traitors, Col. Jordan has left no doubt of
his unconditional loyalty.
His experience, ability and untiring indus.
try, give assurance that the affairs of state
would be skillfully managed under his direc-
ton. Even above all these are to be placed
character for high morality and purity-aIirm
and intelligent integrity, which would secure
the Commonwealth against the wiles or as
saults of the corrupt.
The memory of none of the eminent men
who have occupied the Executive chamber in
this Commonwealth, would suffer anything by
association with the name Of Francis Jordan.
A GRAND THIEF AND ScouHDREL-John
Hammond, of Sharpsburg, Blair county, was
arrested and lodged in jail several weeks ago,
ona charge of theft, preferably Henry Fuck
of Woodberry. Hammond, while on a spree,
rided the drawer in F1uck's bar-room of
$40 greenback and several bills of less
denomination An effort was made by coun-
sci to release him from jail Esquire Bren
neman, by whom he was committed, directed
Li6erate to the Sheriff, commanding that
officer to deliver the prisoner before him.
Deputy Sheriff McCauslin took the prisoner
out in obedience to the writ, and bail was en-
tered tor his appearance at the last term Of
our Court. On the same night Hammond
stole the horse upon which Deputy Mechanism
had carried him to Woodberry, and lett for
parts unknown. He was followed to his home |
at Sharpsburg, where all trace of him was
lest. He next turned up at Freedom, Blair
county, where he sold the horse for $50; from
there he made his way to the oil regions,
where he was discovered and re-arrested. |
Deputy McCauslin proceeded to Franklin, |
found the bird safely Gagged, put on him a
new set OF irons, and returned here, with the |
clever scoundrel, on last Friday evening, /
and lodged him in Jail for a second time In /
the oil regions, we learn, he passed himself /