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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23

'il To order 70 furnish Coin in hand to
psrtiss vho may uish 10 buy largely, We
wll keep constantly on hand, in large
pieces, from Twenty-Five to Tairty Thoa,
sans, sand Dollars eCesA, 10 liol s4ai tlae3
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23
GOLD

! Having now Special Partner in
New York, Who is almost constantly in
the Gold Room, uswill hereafter be en-
abled 10 take advantage Of the constant
I sauctuations ia the
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23
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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23

LII The Houston Telegraph, of the 24th.
gives The following account Of the foray
upon the ordnance and quartermsster
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23

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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23
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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
a White-Rashing Committee.


Mr.. Mcclure, finding that the course of bis
party in the House of Representatives, in re.
fusing to admit Messrs. Meyers and Findlay tc
seats, has rendered them odious with the peo-
pie of this legislative district, and that news.
paper controversy with the BEDFORD GAZETTE
will not mend the matter, has caused com
mittee to be raised TO i0h,teacaSh tie conduct OF
htnlsslf and las colleagues in mi7mts. The Speak
er of the House, (doubtlsas It McClure's sug-
gestion) took good care 10 place upon the com
mistee, two abolition lawyers, whilst lie exclu-
ded, with equal care, the names of Messrs. Per-
shing and Sharpe, two gentlemen we'll acquaint-
ed with the facts of this legislative trouble, and
whose reputation as honest men and sound law
yers, is beyond the reach Of criticism. This
only proves that the purpose Of the men who
raised this committee, is not TO Investigate fair
ly and honestly the alleged frauds in this dis
trict, but to cover up the infamy of their own
conduct and that of their psrlizans, in refusing
to be governed by the certificate Of the major
ity of the return judges. OF course. the er
parte, one-sided examination which will be
made by these abolition lawyers, viii be so
managed as to throw blame upon Democrats
and exonerate the abolitiunists Nothing else
can be expected from men whose action is cor
trolled entirely by their political predictions
Nothing else can be hoped foi, when the ma
iorrty of the committee are themselves guilty
of the fraud which they are appointed to white
wash. We are, therefore, prepared 10 sec a
long-winded report from these abolition law.
gers, setting forth with the affected honesty Of
SO many sublimated patriots, the enormity of
Democratic return judges refusing to count ar
my votes mo matter how Illegal whilst we shall
not be at all astounded if our unimportant self
comes in for small share of the friendly atten-
tions Of these smellers Of ''frauds by return
judges"
But it matters not What this committee re-
ports. Oar people have experienced outrage
enough at the hands of the party in power, to
have learned that nothing is too base for that
party 10 attempt, if it be their interest so to do.
"hite-washng committees are understood and
appreciated in THE 'neck Of the woods" and
their reports are regarded with contempt and
disgust, So let them whiten their abolition
sepulchre' The people viii uncover it in due
time and all the world shall behold the rotten
ness which It concea!s, and shall ind it full Of
corruption and dead mems bones!"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
Paana Rnmnrs.

Mr.. Blair has the second time returned from
Richmond, and the "loyaF' papers are again
filed with rumors of peace Any one now
reading the Tribune, Times, and Philadelphia
Press, would think the Republican Party had
suddenly become the peace party of the North,
so full of news concerning peace do they daily
appear But, notwithstanding all these rumers
we are still inclined to DOUBT We have always
observed, that, whenever the administration
papers make so much ado about anything, there
il always a motive. 1t will be recollected that
Mr. Lincoln has ordered a draft for 100000
men, quite recently; and that draft will be en-
forced about the 18th of this month. They
know that they had promised no more drafts
to their benighted followers, and in order to
smooth down their disappointment and anger,
they sugar-coat the pill with rumors Of peace.
We do not believe that jeff Davis, or his fol-
lowers, are ''wiliing to treat for peace on the
lest terms they can get" as was recently as
serted by the Tribune. Neither do we believe
that anything like reasonable terms will be Of
fered them by the party in power. Bnt if ne
gotiations should be opened there might be
some prospect that reason would once more re-
sumo its sway. But, even then, the case looks
almost hopeless.
The two sections, maddened as they are by
the bloody strife of the past four years, will not
soon be brought to reason. The proofs of this
are already seen in the papers of both the north
and south. Neither section has yet suffered
sufficiently TO begin acting nationally; and,
therefore, putting the motive out Of the way,
it will be seen that little foundation really ex-
lists for all the rumors Tor even part of them
now ondustriously set afoat, by the time-servers
and lick-spitles Of the Lincoln dynasty Yet
we do not wish TO be understood that peace
cannot be made. But we believe that when If
is made, it will not be made through the inhu
en2e Of Mr.. Jefferson Davis or Mr. Abraham
Lincoln, but, by the people themselves; who,
becoming disguised with the corruption and du-
p!icity OF their rulers, will rise up and force
them TO make peace, and allow to each section
its constitutional rights. When the people shall
be true TO themselves, and are no longer inAu-
enced by New York and Philadelphia Abolition
daiiys, we shall look for peace soon but not
till then,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
PREMIUMS IN GthD,

AS an additional iaducement 10 ST. ibscribe esrIv
We shall distribute among our sub ), :rb-rs large
llst OF valuable tlemums, relying ~ on an extraor-
dnaTy large subscription list 10 com pensa(e us fer
our iberality. These premiums will onsst of val.
liable Souvenirs Of the golden wealth tf the Pacific
States, and will be as foows:-
" o any person sendlBg US One Eli lndred Paw
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS. will send chem ii nn,dlafel,
Twenty and a en- Dollar Gold Piece, California
coinage, and an extra copy Of the PACIFIC MONTHLY
for y-sr frss
US 10 any person sending Us Fifty Paving Sub
SETiheTs- we wall send, imazeGiatsky, T en- and a
rave noia! Gold Piece, and an extra COPY of the
Pacific MONTHLY for a year, f,se
u 10 any person sending Us Twenty-Five Paving
subscribers, We viii send 4aediately Five Dol.
lar @nd Iwo-aEd half ro,iaI Gold P.ece and an
eHri copy OF the PACIFIC MONTHLY for a year. free
u 10 any person sending US Ten Pa ying suescri.
oeIs we Will send, tma3saatsiy Three Dollar Gold
Ftece, and an extra copy o; the PACIFIC MONTHLY
Tor Year, free.
- To any person sending us Five Paying sub-
scrPtiohs' we VIII send an extra copy of the PAcIF-
&c MONTHLY for year. frss.
q We are. also. having made, large Quantity
Of valuable. PRESENTS and KEEPSAKES for sin
gle >ub scibers, who send direct 10 the Office.
The Presents and Souvenirs consist Of Ladi.as
Breast-P,ns, Ear Rings, Finger-Rtngs Sleeve But.
tons, etc; and Gentemen's Breast .Pins, FINGER
Kings, Sleeve Buttors, Studs, Settings for Csne
Heads. ETC., made from California and Nevada Gold
and Silver bearing Quartz and Ore-Crystalizsd
Qnartz Jewery, Commonly known as California
Diamond Jewery.) The Gold and Silver bearing
Quartz and Ore from which these Souvenirs are
made, is made from the cee ebrated GouLp * CURRY
ana ophT mines of Nevada, and will be aluabls
as memeDios, as well as beautiful in app earanes
and design. EVERY REGULAR 81 BSC RI3ER.
as above, TO the PAcIFIc MoNTHLY, will be entitled
10 one Ct these articles for every tubscrp on ra.G
lhs opposite Their names on books.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
EbEED-


SILL.-On Sunday morning, January 8,
1865, in the city of Deso:o, Missouri after an
illness Of few days. Mr.. JOHN f. SILL, for
merly of Bedford county. Pa.
The subject of this notice was, for a number
| OF years, in the employ of the ST Louis and
Iron Mountain Rail Road, and was in Novem.
Der last, appointed the general superintendent
of the entire road. He was beloved alike bv
officers and employers for his sterling integrity
and Christian department
On the announcement of his death to Mr..
Barlow, the President Of said Road, (who ia a
member Of the Missouri Legislature in session
in Jefferson city,) he issued the following order
to the assistant superintendent: Il cannot ex-
press the heartfelt grief that your announce
ment OF the death of our good and true friend
JoHE +. SILL has caused me. 4 friend who
has been so faithful, so upright, SO exemplary,
in every relation be has occupied in our frater-
nifty Who can supply the vacuum caused by
his death? | hope you will make all needful
preparations for his fnherai ceremony that shall
comport with the character he bore in lie and
the loss we have sustained. suggest that MIR.
Bush call a meeting OF rail road employers and
his friends, and pass such resolutions of respect
andcondolence as are BETTING the circumstance
Of his death | desire that the Board of Di-
ractors if convenient, attend the funeral, I
think 1t due to the memory Of SO good man,
ard the relation he has so long and so credita-
bly borne TO the Rail Road Company On he
day OF the funernl propose thn, the engines
OF all the trains be dTaped IN back, as b. It.
ting token Of our respect. Do whatever is
is right to give proper expression to that sor-
row that cannot he reprcSsed"
OFnCE Sr LoUIs x I. II. RR.
ST. LOUIS Jan. Il, 1865.
At meeting of the Board of Directors of
this company, he'd this day, the following res.
oluiion was unanimously adopted
R'sol-ed, That in the decoase OF Mr. John
f Sill, we mourn the loss OF Christian gem
tleman and an exemplary officer, whose place
we feel it will be difficult to FILL That in the
course OF many years business intercourse with
the deceased, he has constantly proved himself
an exemplary man o! reliable integrity, ability
and department; whose services, SO acceptable
20 our company, we gratefully acknowledge,
and deeply sympathIze with the community in
his demise, and tender TO his friends and rela-
tives our heartfelt condolenc in their great be-
reavement.
The deceased, when told that he must die.
said Il am not afraid to die. / have striyen
hard To be ready, knowing that the Son of Man
cometh as a thief in the night" He then ask
ed his Pastor 10 read for hin the | 9th Psalm
and pray for him. This done, he clasped his
hands and in raptures said, ''Blessed Savior
have mercy on poor sinner that puts his trust
In Thee, and blessed Jesus, receive my SOUL"
and soon after expired.
He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery
in Carrondelet, by the Masonic ORDER of which
body he was an honorable member, followed
by laIge concourse of friends and mourners.
5. A. NJ, Pastor.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03

wrath upon the derelict and offending Prothcn-
OtarY and Return Judges, who SO lnEraciously
refused to comply with The moaest request Of
our unpretending friend. No doubt when the
Committee bade adieu to tho sacred and time.
honOred walls of on. beloved Capite.., they
though' 'ney wers. going into a oeuighfed and
0i''o "A where Euthing but the noxio1s
"eeus . fraud and treason could grow. In
".s they were disappointed, for or their arri-
val, they found that there still remained some
honesty in this vile district, and that all honor
, and integrity had not been aggregated in sim
gle individual. A young baFrister of clever
appearance acted as chairman, while another
member of the same fraternity, and wlthal
good fellow, received the evidence, assisted,
moreover, by one of the witnesses. sour hon
| est" friend acted as prosecutor, witness, coun-
/ sci and judge, yet when one Of the Committee,
| in his simplicity, asked him whether his cLienf
would have been elected, had he received all
the votes cast, legal and illegal, he replied by
saying that he had no client, that there were
no parties to the action in the present case.
Afterwards in contradiction to this statement,
and in direct violation of every principle of
law, the Committee decided that Mr.. Shannon's
evidence could not be received, inasmueh as
he might be affected by the result.
Very little occurred TO mar the harmony OF
their deliberations, aud our conscientious towns
man, with singular naiyete, proceeded for two
mortal hours, 10 let his evidence ''drag its slow
length along" Nothing remarkable, however,
was developed from this extraordinary effort
nor could anything tangible be extracted from
the testimony of those who had been imperi-
ously summoned thither. The whole thing fell
fiat, intolerably fiat, and everybody was disap-
pointed Truly, ''the mountain labored and
brought forth a ridiculous mouse" The Com
mite went home, the Democracy remained
the former wiser, the latter unterrifed.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
THE WAR,

| Besides the army under Gen Hardee, on the
| Combahee river at Salkehatchie, there are two
other Confederate armies opposing Sherman's
movements. A forceis concentrating al Branch
vile, S. c., the great railroad centre st which
Sherman is supposed to be aiming, and it will
! be under the immediate command of General
! Beauregard. Gen. D. H. Hill is at Augusta.
! Georgia, and is gathering an army at that
place 1t is known that Sherman has halted
! for nearly two weeks at Pocotaligo and just
north of it, and when urged forward by the
! Washington authorities, gave as his reason
that the Confederate army on the'opposite side
! Of the Combahee was quite as large as his and
unless reinforced he ran too great risk ~ pen
etrating farther into the interior and going so
far from his base at Hilton Head Sherman in
this state of affairs has made n slight altera-
tion in his plan. He has stopped some of the
troops coming from Savannah to Join him /;
turned them back TO Savannah, and has begun
feint towards Augusta, to try and keep as
many Confederates as possible at that place
On Wednesday last these troops were reported
Just outside Of Savannah, moving on the road
towards Augusta, over one hundred miles dis
tant. There have been no contests anywhere
between Savannah and Charleston for a long
time.
1t is reported that Gen. Robert E Lee has
been appointed Commander-in Chief of all the
forces of the Southern States. President Da-
Wis has made the 10th of March day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer throughout the
Confederacy.
On last Thursday, the steamer Fclipso ex-
ploded her boilers on the Tennessee river, OPP
posite JOhnsonvie. She had many soldiers
on board, and over one hundred and forty lives
Were lost by the accident.
A Federal raid has begun up the Chowan
River, from Albemarle sound II is the inten-
tion to try and capture Weldon, if not too
strongly opposed by the Confederates. There
is a large Confederate force at Weldon The
Federal raiding party contains both cavalry
and infantry.
The Confederate authorities have refused to
allow a commission. consisting Of Bishop Nc
Ilvaine, Jayne. and Lee, and Mr. Horatio Gates
Jones, of Philadelphia, 20 visit the prisons in
the South and report the condition of the Fed.
eral prisoners.
The intelligence by Southern sources from
Wilmington is TO January 23d. 1t confirms
the belief that the Federal troops had given
mp the idea of attacking the city.--Age, ,7anu-
arg 80.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03

PEscE--The true result OF tire Blair mis-
sion" is given as follows in the ;elegrsms Of
Saturday; but, as the official stamp is want
ing. the public viii await further advices:
That Jefferson Davis is willing to wave all
formalitfes and send to Washington, OF receive
from there Commissioners TO treat for peace
upon the basis of separation. Tie President
of the United States. on the other hand, is
willing TO give LeariRg to any person Of in
hueroe who may come from the States in re-
bellion, with or without authority from Davis,
TO treat fer peace on the basis of submission
to the Union. OF the above facts there is no
doubt. ."-Pat. q iJnloa.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03

srIn view of the fact that under former
drafts large number Of persons liable to mil
itary duty left the locality in which they were
enrolled for The purpose of escaping conscrip-
ton, bill has been introduced into the Legis-
lature calculated TO restrain evasions of pend
ing draft 1t declares that all persons who may
leave their homes or enrolment districts for the
purpose of avoiding military service, or who
may conceal themselves or refuse to report after
having been notified of their being drafted, shall
be deprived of their right of citizenship within
the commonwealth, and ''shall be incapable OF
inheriting any estate under the intestate laws
OF the commonwealth, or by contract acquiring,
possessing or disposing Of any real or personal
estate within the same. Any officer of election
knowingly receiving the vote of any person SO
escaping military service shall be liable to in
dictment for misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be fined in sum not less than ono bun
dred dollars and be imprisoned for term not
less than one month. Any person assisting,
harboring, or in any manner aiding in the es-
cape or concealment of the persons described
and provided for by this act, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction Of
the same shall be liabIe to fine and imprisonment
for not less than three mouths 49, Dem. Standard.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
Abolition Star Chanbsr,


One day last week the peace-loving citizens
Of our ancient town were somewhat surprised
at the novel intelligence that select delegation
d1puted by our Solons at Harrisburg, and in.
vested with Plenary powers to discover certain
alleged fraudulent election returns, had arrived
fresh from the Legislative halls. Considerable
anxiety was mantle sted as to what this high
commission might perform during its stay a
mcng LIS, and it may be that some of the more
timid were slightly alarmed at the presence OF
this august assemblage, for this feeling was en-
hanced from the fact, that it was well known
that certain honest individual, we U known in
our vicinity. had, en- more than one occasion,
vowed certain vengeance towards various off,
cials IN oar county In fact bis pious soul
could not endure the thought that such fiagi-
hoas and unblashing fraud, as he honestly be.
heSee, should remain uncovered sad unpunish-
ed tie raved, he threatened. he inpreeated,- -
more peevish, cross. and splenetic,
Than dog distract or monkey sick"
lie went down TO tho Legislature, and there,
IN snpplaat tone, earnestly invoked the Abo-
htioR disploasure, and besougb: them, for his
sake, tc pogr forth the YiaIs Of their deyonring
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
Wa EM sED-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the Presbyterian Church. on Wednesday, the
lst inst, by the Rev. L. f. Sample Lieutenant
William 7. Barndollar, Of Bloody Run, to Miss
Kate E. WasIabaugh, Of Bedford
Observation-Disclosures the 29d
ult., by Rev. d : Banks, Mr.. John Gresnough.
of North Point, Bedford Co, TO Miss Elizabeth
Z. Mkillip, of Fulton Co, Pa.
ROWE-ROHLAND-Att The residence OF
the brides father, in West Newton, Pa, on
the 2oth nit, Mr.. John Il. Rowe to Miss Eliza
J. Rohland
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
Credits on Drafts,

Lately, Provost Marshal General Fry has
written a letter to the Governor Of Minnesota,
in which be makes the following explanation OF
the system OF credits allowed on former drafts,
viz:
Gas 1t would be unjust and Illegal to require
district WHICH had filled its quota under the
last cali with three years men to furnish as
many men under the present call as an equal
district which filed its quota under the last
call with one year men, the former having fur
nished three times the number of years of SER
vice which the latter hal furnished, it became
necessary to estimate the number of years of
service which each State, district and sub Dis
trict had furnished respectively, so that in as
certaining the required number for each district,
in order to obtain three hundred thousand men,
each locality would receive full credit for the
number Of years of service furnished under the
last call, or excess carried {orward and credited
upon that call, previous calls being filed with
three years men, or enlstments reduced to the
three years basis"