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weary Of the war.

Evidence is constantly accommodating to show
that the mass Of the southern people would gladly
return to the allegiance to the United States gov
ernment, were it not for the absolute despotism
under which they live fexas newspaper, pub
lished at Houston, called the Nacs Bulletin, has a
letter from correspondent in the Texan rebel
army, who says;
81 am sorry to say Mr.. Editor, that there are
very many of the citizens in the counties through
which | passed in favor of reconstruction; and /
told by intelligent and influential gentlemen
true southern men-that If the vote taken two
thirds of the men at home wouldyoe for reconstruc
ton.
We recently adyerted TO another southern ex-
tract which betrayed the fact that the most of the
men in Hood S army were weary of the war, and
anxiously longing for peace. Since Sherman has
occupied Savannah the people have contentedly
accepted the change, and public meeting, al
which the Mayor PRECEDED, has passed resolutions
declaring nat the people of that city gladly return
to their old national allegiance We have many
accounts from Georgia, North Carolina, and eveu
the interior of South Carolina, from prisoners who
have trayersed those regions, and who found the
people weary of the war, longing for peace, and
fully expecting the triumph of the old flag, which
they were ready to acknowledge again Under
these circumstances it is no wonder, that thesrebe
organs at Richmond are growing desperate, anC
make preposterous efforts to hold up the phantom
of European cononial yoke.-Norh Anae5cda.
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THE CoNFEDERATE FAcroNs.-Interestipg
compilations from recent rebel newspapers shows
that the fight of the JEFF Davis and anti-Jeff Da-
Wis factions is constantly growing moro sanguina-
airy. The lines between them are now strictly
drawn, and the tone of their respective organs to-
wards each other is delieiousy bitter, from a
Northern point of view. The newspapers oppos-
ed to JEFF. accuse him in the most open and vehe-
manner of being the cause of all their recent disas
ters, and they in turn are charged by JEFF organs
with destroying confidence in the ability of the
confederacy to achieve its independence, preven-
ting the full enforcement of the conscription and
encouraging desertion. 1t is claimed by the Rich
mond editors that che saltworks at Saltville can
soon be repaired, and that Hood has not lost near
so many men as the Northerniournals report. The
Richmond Wing is very merry over what it con-
siders two failures of General Butler--the Dutch
Gap canal and the attack on Fort Fisher.
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Che gfaturtl gaqllirer.
BEDFORD, Pa FRIDAY. JAN. Is. 1853.
THE eoYERNoR,s MEssAGE.

We give in FULL this week, the annual Message
ofGoy Curtin. 1t clear. buziness-like, prac-
tical. and to US, very satisfactory document 1t
viii repay careful perusal
The Governor says that theyear 1864 closes with
train ofbriliant inspiring the hope that
the Rebellion viii soon be crushed and peace re-
stored The public debt has been reduced nearly
sll7, 600, leaving it on the lst of December SS9,
979,60S less the railroad bonds received for the
sale of the public works, amounting $40, 800 600
He says that the quota Of the State for the new
call for Volunteers is c. 939, and and alluding to
the President statement that the call is chiefly to
supply defcienciessin former calls expresses sur
prise at the deficiency, and can only account for it
by the assumption that the men neyerreached the
army, although enlisted and mustered in after the
payment of large bounties by localities sending
them. He estimates that the people of the State
have in this way been robbed of twelve millions of
dollars, not including money fraudulently taken
from men who actually entered the army. The
troops sent into service from Pennsylvania during
1864 were 91,706, including 1876 re-enlisted
men, The whole number of troops from Pennsyl-
vana since the commencement of the war, includ-
ing the nipety days militia, is S86,444, besides
%, 600 militia furnished in 1862 The gallantry
ofour soldiers in the field sheds luster ON the COM
monwealth and chat their merit is appreciated is
shown by the continued liberality with which the
men and women ofthe State contribute the means
for their comfort and welfare.
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THE DOWNFALL OF THE CONSPIRACY.


The conspiracy which was headed in this Legis-
lative District by B. F. Meyers and o. E. Shan
non for the purpose of defrauding the soldiers out
Of the right of suffrage under the Constitution has
most signally failed and come to grief The Leg
islature convened on the 3rd inst, at Harrisburg
and after a short discussion, by a decided vote,
admitted d. B. Armstrong and Moses A. Ross,
instead of B. f. Meyers and Hiram Findley, who
were attempted to be foisted upon the people by
one of the most transparent frauds ever perpetra-
ted upon the ballot box This was as we predict
ed month or two ago, and it could not well be
otherwise. We do not feel any inclination to ex-
ult over the result because we have from the frst
felt confident that justice would be done.
A resolution, we learn, viii be offered In the
House of Representatives, asking for the appoint
ment Of committee to investigate the fraud. This
is right and proper. and when the facts appear let
the guilty parties be brought to justice. And,
further, we hope that the Attorney General will
undertake the prosecution in person Mr.. Mey-
and his tools, in such an event, will learn that
trampling upon the laws, is not as pleasant as
'Gowny pillows are.
Mr. Meyers is evidently very sore over the eff
forts of Hon John Cessna to have justice prevail
He writhes and makes as many ugly faces as
Pinch or Yankee Notions This must be fine a
musement for Mr.. Cessna We shonld be lothe
to display our discontinue as conspicuonsly he
has lately been displaying his through his paper.
Poor fellow, we pity him, but loathe the spirit,
which prompted him to act so so selfishly.
Surely the hand writing on the wall has been
decinhered ssThou art aoeiqhed IN the balances
o,ad art found acantiag. =
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THEIR TRouBLEs.--The latest rebel newspapers
present very interesting picture of the troubles in
to which the cardinal secession doctrine of State
rights has brought its advocates. Tue Governors of
the different rebel States from their disposition to
be punctilous in regard to their peculiar rghtfu or
assumed perogatives interfere ser ously with that
unity of action and pespotism which JEFF. Davis is
desirous of maintaining. He has now on his hands
quarrel with the Governors ofMississiRpi, Georgia
and Alabama. The Richmond Wing thinks the
recent alleged peace mission of the two Blairs en
tlels the United States to be considered the most
impudent nation that has ever had existence. A
correspondent of the Charleston Courier, speaking
of the charge against General Grant, of the Rich.
mond Sentinel, that the avishly sacrifices his men,
says that ''Hood has butchered his troops as reek
lessly as ever Grant did
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A European Protectorate of the south.

The leading rebel papers forshadow the posi-
bility that therebel States, rather than yield to
the power of the Union. viii offer themselves as
quasi colonies to France or England This event
should not, if the European Powers are just, re-
suit in their recognition of the dissolution of the
Union, for it would be confession that the in sur
gents were unable to take the Southern States
from the Republic, and, therefore, foreign iuter-
ference could not have the least possible justfca
ton Hitherto intervention has been demanded
by the South, contemplated, it maybe, by Europe
on the ground that the States in rebellion main
tain successful war That ground fails beneath
the feet of demoralizedarmy and tottering con
spiracy. France and England would not dare to
violate international law, or the common justice of
the world, by assuming protectorate of the
States which would thus acknowledge that they
had no power Of themselves to withdraw from the
Union. .sWho would be free, themselves must
strike the blow. If the suggestions of the Rich
mond papers are to be adopted as the policy of
the Richmond Government, the demonstration Of
tbefalure of the rebellion ought to be the destruc-
ton Of the danger of European interference The
Press
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-13

WANT TO COME BACK. The New York Tine
has the following dispatch from Washington.
sit is rumcred that Gen. Sherman has commu-
nicated to the President that the Georgia State au
thorities have applied to come back into the u
MON, and that Secretary Stantons visit to Savan-
nah has some connection with this subject. 1t is
also believed that Secretary Stanton's visit to
Sherman will result in the inauguration of a new
nolicv in Sherman command in reference to the
treatment of negroes who may come into hislines
hereafter. Such negroes viii be armed and allow
ed TO do effective service in the Union ranks, =
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New LITERARY PAPER The new literary en-
terprise in this CITY, the New York Weekly Re
riele is an exceedingly elegant valuable sprghtly
and attractive journal. Its first issue came out on
Saturday last and its success in every respect was
proved at once The lighter TOPICS in art, espec-
tally in music, and in theatrical gossip and general
affairs, are treated with ability and vivacity 1t
gives evidence that there is abundant talent in
this city for the conduct of journal Of its cast, as
we are sure there is a sufficiently large community
Of the right kind to give it a handsome support =
Ne.C York Times, 10Th INST
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PRErARIxe 70 EYAcrArr.-

1t is stated that the rebel officials are now busiJ
engaged in preparing for the evacuation of their
capital that much Of the government property and
many of the employers have already been sent into
the interior Of the South, and that hundreds of fam
lilies have taken the hint and removed into Georgia
and North Carolina, 1t is said that jeff Davis has
become convinced of his inability to hold Richmond
much longer, and that the whole cityis being mined.
with the design of blowing it mp rs soon as it shall
have been abandoned.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-13

The NEW YORK Independent makes its appear
ance at the opening of the year in an enlarged
form. 1t is now we think the largest newspaper
in the country. 1t contains sermon and a star
article every week from Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er, a large amount Of information on religious top
les, a carefully prepared summary Of news, an ex-
ceIlent Washington letter and the most compre-
hensive review of the markets, of any paper that
we see Terms 81, 30 year in advance.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-13

AN IMPORTANT ORDER has just beer issued by
Provost-1narshai General Fry, announcingthat un-
der the recent call for 100000 troops, issued on
the 10th of last month. the numbers specified
actually be placed in the field. No credits are,
therefore, toabe allowed for any recruits ander
this call who were in the United States serysce at
the date aforementioned, and thorough revls-
ion of the quotas Of the various districts must now
take place.
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THE DEATH Of the Hon. VIM Lewis Dayton,
u. S. Minister to France, is announced by the last
arrivals as having taken place in Paris Dec l, by
sudden attack Of apolpexy. Mr. Dayton was
born at Baskinridge. n j., Feb, II, 1907, and had
consequently almost completed his ffty-eighth
yeafat the time of his death He was graduated
at Princeton College in 1925, and after passing
through the usual course of legal study, was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1880. After being elected to
various offices by the people Of his State, he was
placed on the Fremont ticket as candidate for
Vice President On the inauguration of Nj. Lin
coin he was appointed Minister to France. He
was man Of ability and integrity.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-13

THE RGcHNoND Eramiae,. which is telling
much wholesome truth to the rebels lately, not on
l declares that it prefers to submit to the Yankees
rather than cali for foreign help, butalso ask II
neither England nor France viii so mnch as rec
ognlze US, how would they receive such an invita-
tion as this, now that we are sinking and perish
ing under the mighty power of the Yankee na-
ton q
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1865-05-27
HEAD QUARTERS,
Trans-Mississippi Department.

Shreveport, La, April 81, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS No. AZ.
n The following order is published for the
H. information of all concerned:
HEAD QUARTERS, ARMIES OF THE C. s., I
11th February, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS. No. 3.
The discipline and efficiency of the army have
been greatly impaired by men leaving their
proper commands to join others, in which they
find service more agreeable.
This practice, almost as injurious in it's conse-
qnences as the crime of desertion, by the Arti-
ces of War, exposes the offender to similar
punishment, and enlbjects the officer receiving
him to dismissal from the army.
1t is therefore declared that the provisions of
General Order No. 2, of this date. from Army
their proper commands and joined others without
being regularly transferred They will receive
the pardon promised in that Order, upon com.
plying with its conditions, or suffer the c0nse.
quences attached to neglecting it.
The names of such absentees will be forthwith
reported to these Head Quarters by the officers
with whom they are serving and immediate
measures taken to return them to their proper
commands.
AS soon as practicable su inspection will be
made, and charges will be preferred against those
who neglect to enforce this order.
II e LEE, General.
II. General Orders No. 2. Headquarters of th.
Armies of the Confederate States, having been
published III this Department in General Orders
No. 36, current series, it is announced, by au
thority of the Secretary OF War; that all enlisted
men of this army who are improperly absent
from their commands, except those guilty of de-
serting to OF arrested in the act of deserting to
the enemy, or who have deserted after having
been once pardoned for the same offence or who
shall hereafter desert or absent themselves with
out authority, who shall within twenty days from
this date, voluntarily rejoin their commands, or
deliver themselves Go any regularly appointed
| enrolling officer, provost marshal. any officer
on duty, to be forwarded to their commands
shall be entitled to and receive the benefit OF the
pardon promised by she General in-C Chief, on an.
thority of the President of the Confederate States
III General Orders No Q, Headquarters Ar
mics of the Confederate States, published in this
Department in General Orders No. 36. current
series, by authority of the President, applies to
enlisted men who are undergoing Sentence, or
trial on charges, in arrest for desertion or
absence without leave. with the exceptions above
mentioned, and all men who come within the
provisions of this paragraph, will at once be re-
leased from arrest aud returned to duty.
By command of
General e. KIRBY SMITH.
S. S. ANDERSON. Asst Adj't Gen.
Mai 30. 1S65.-5l-6t.
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Azp Since fifteen days we have received no
pesitiye news on the situation of the country, ex-
espsilg that which may einfsrrsd as taking
place in our Department. An evident demorall-
zation in the only army now left US, that Of the
Trans-M Mississippi Department, has followed the
CAPTURE of our armies East Of the Mississippi.
The troops have abandoned all hope TO prolong
the Struggle and they are returning home in sue
eessive squads. The officers can no longer main
tain their command over them, and with regret
zee them abandon their flag. II is however evi-
dent that desperate prolongation of the struggle
would only retard for q few weeks or months an
evert now inevitable: the occupation Of the en-
tire ConfsderaGy. Yet we cannot but regret that
affairs were not settled more positively and une-
quiyocally: an entire and sincere capitulation or
a disciplined and unanimous resistance.
That which we learn from above induces us to
believe that some kind Of capitulation win soon
take place. ii not now accomplished. Gems. E
Kirby Smith and s. B. Buckner have gone to
Texas, without perhaps resigning their position
and without an army, or perhaps with aforce
not exceeding 10000 men, mostly Texas troops,
The duty to surrender seems to deyolve on Gen.
Harry 4. Hays, lately brigade commander in
Virginia. and we may expect to receive soon the
news OF the consummation of this act. As TO
our political future, time only will reveal it 70 us.
We must then patiently await the events and
hope for the beet
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HEAD QUARTERS,
Trans-Mississippi Department

Shreveport. La April II, /
GENERAL ORDERS No. SO.
II Paragraphs vi and VII, General
D. No. 10, current series. T NJ d, is a
ded as to extend the time for making appl
for the renewal of the details of sgricuIt,I
and of men detailed as mechanics, artjl
persons of scientific skill other than thnss11
service of the government, until the FIRST q
1865.
II So much of General Orders M. ~,
serirs, T. n D., as places the detail OF ri
tween the ages Of Is and as years, unfit 4
service, but fit for staff duty. under the dj
of the Superintendent of the Bureau 4
scrlption. is hereby revoked, and all such
will he made by the Generals OF the Rssq
By command Of
Gen. f KIRBY sMa
g. 8. ANDERSON. Asst. Adj't Gen.
May 6, le65.-49-4t.
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TO OUR DEBTORS.

We earnestly request our debtors to pay imme-
diately If not all at least portion of what they
owe us, so that we may ourselves pay those rom
whom we draw our subsistence. We do not IN
tend to hoard up what we get, but merely subsist
and become indebted to nobody, in the uncertain
times in which we live. Those who cannot pay
otherwise are notified that We accept with pleas
ure all kinds of provisions, such as corn, meal,
meat and also materials for clothing.
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HEAD QUARTERS,
TEans-Mississippi Department

HEAD QUARTERS,
Traus-Mississippi Department.
Shreveport, La, April 10, 1886
GENERAL ORDERS No. 49,
E The District of Arkansas and Wes
IL. slaua will hereafter form one commau
be known as the District of Arkansas and
Louisiana, under the command of Lien
S. B. Buckner.
II. During the temporary absence of III
eral Commanding, the command OF the
ment will devolve upon Lieut.. Gen. S. 81
ner. Communications for Department
Quarters will be addressed to Shreveport,
heretofore.
BY command of
Gen E. KIRBY SMI
s. S. ANDERSON, Asst. Adj't, Grn.
HEAD QUARTERS, TRANSMITS. ID
Shreveport April ~, lSd
GENERAL ORDERS No. 40 Il
T7HE undersigned hereby resumes c,4
IL OF the Department. II
l.. KIRBY SMITH
GelI
Mai 90, 1s55.-6l-4s.
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he forbid, recently, any junction between his
the South Carolina coast, consisting of negroes.
If in the Armagedoon, which seems now ap4
preaching Gen. Sherman once gets the South
down, it may be confidently predicted that his
politics will be more in harmony with those Of
Gen. Lee than with those OF President Lincoln.
Mr.. Lincoln has found here a very valuable
friend. 1t is possible that, before the end comes,
he will ind him still more dangerous enemy.
During the war have seen no man who seemed
to me to possess SO much of the temper of Crom-
well as Sherman Vain, enthusiastic, fanasieal
at times gloomy and reticent, at others impul-
sive and talkative, by some regarded as half mad
when the fit is on him. General Sherman pos
sesses character which, unless I am mistaken,
is of the stuff of which great and mysterious
actions in history are often made.
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Col. E. WAGGAMAN. re -sz5 s-s,s .g
Com'dg Hays and staford's Brigades.

Com'dg Hays and Stafford 70 Bngades.
Colonel The sad hour has arrived when we,
who have served in the Confederate army SO long
together, must part, at least for time; and the
saddest circumstances connected with the separa-
tion is that il occurs under heavy disaster to
our beloved cause. But to you, Colonel, our
brother officers and soldiers of Hays and Staf-
fords brigades, desire to say that you carry
with you the proud consciousness thatin the esti-
nation of your commander YOU HAVE DONE
YOUR DUTY Tell Louisiana, when You reach
her shores, that her sons in the Army Of North
ern Virginia have made her illustrous upon every
battlefield, from the first Manassas to the last
desperaE blow struck by your command at Ap-
pomatn@ Hill And tell her that as in the first
SO in &e last, the enemy fed before the yalor of
your charging lines To the sad decree of an
inscrutable Prominence, let US bow in humble
submission, awaiting His will for the pillar of
cloud to be lifted. For you, your gallant officers
and devoted men, / shall always cherish the most
pleasant memories. And when / say Farewell,
it is with full heart, which beats an earnest
prayer to Almighty God for your future happi-
ness.
.zz.r c.. A. EVANS,
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Office.

nWING TO the difficulty of procuring mate
" rials of prime necessity to his profession,
the undersigned hereby notifies the public that,
from and after this date. he will work exclusively
for cash. His prices will be most moderate.
Those who are indebted to him are requested
to come forward and settle; he will receive in
payment all kinds of provisions.
j. JOHN, Blacksmith
Opelousas, May 13, 1865. 50--2t.
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From the NatcAitockes Times Of May lath.
LOUISIANA TROOPS IN THE ARMY OF
VIRGINIA.

BY the arrival Of the Flag Of Truce Boat b. l.
Hodge, several of the heroes of Lees army re-
turned to their homes, after an absence of foul
years in the seviee OF their country. From them
we were enabled to CLEAN several incidents coil
nected with the surrender. 1t is universally ad
mitted that never during the whole war did Gen
Lee appear more calm, more majestic. more great
than i'll that trying hour of surrender. Attired
in splendid uniform or grey, wearing the gold
sheathed sword presented 70 him, he stood Sc
renely dignifed, awaiting the arrival of his com.
pesisoY. the commander of One Hundred and
Thirty thousand men,
The throng Of officers and men was great; on
the approach of the Federal officer charged with
I the acceptance of the surrender, the weikin rang
With cheers. while the Federals fairly turned pale
aud were struck with awe, on nearing the hero
and patriot who, with handful Of men, had
bsfaed their legions for years, and eventually
was starved out but not defeated in battle.
Our own Louisiana troops, the remnants Of
Hays and Staford's brigades, commanded by
Col. Waggaman. Of The 10th Louisiana, closed
The drama ID their characteristic style. Depoyed
as skirmishers and ignorant Of pending negotia-
iions, they charged the enemy's lines. captured .
battery Of four guns and were driving the enemy
before them, when a staff officer finally brought
them to halt BIZ the unpleasant and rather nn-
expected order: Ground arms! Gen. Lee has
surrendered"
Every Lonisianian must feel proud OF sach
coantrymen, and troops on this side ought to
emulate 30 glorions an example.
Annexed we publish the addressesof Maj Gen.
Gordon. commanding I'd Corps, a.. n. Va, and
Gen Evans, commanding the Division, of which
the LouisiaEiians were part. These addresses
speak for themselves. On taking leave Of the
Corps, Gen. Gordon again embraced the oppor-