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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-11
VOL. 9, NO 2.

He had witnessed the suffering that had follow
ed, and was Mortified. Gradual emancipation,
he said, might have worked well, but freeing
four millions of slaves and turning them loose
all at once, thousands of them to perish, was
a piece of wickedness that no man with heart
in his bosom could endorse. These were the
views of a man of sense-the views of man
who entered the army a bigoted Abohtionist,
and who returns to his home a full believer IN
the principles of the Democratic party. Here
after he will act with and vote with us.
ewait till the soldiers come home" Well,
we have waited patiently, and right glad are
we to see the soldiers and to hear them talk.
They are with the Democrats, and the only men
against whom we hear them hurl their curses
are the 'Ioyal thieves" and the negro-equallty
advocates. Thank God, the soldiers are again
freemen, and cannot be approached by hire
ling Of the Government, or instructed how to
vote Ctg,lisle Volunteer
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CATHOLICS AND NEGROES.

The New York Independence is still exercised
/ f5oat the new danger with which the nation is
threatened from the growth Of the Catholic
Rharcb. 1t has been lately summing up all
f. bad qualities that are known to distinguish
RaA0lic above all other men, and it is beginning
or TO point out the modes in which we may
fscafe being given over bodily to the Pope
1Oue Of the methods of ncutralizing the power
Rni influence Of the Catholic Church, which
iho Independence approves, i3 TO oppose it with
PIE negro. The writer Of late article on this
Subject says Of the Catholics: "Bound together
fy the tic Of a common faith that allows polit-
|ea and religious headship in foreign pOten-
Raie all secrets developed through the confes-
fonal, without mental culture, they constitute
1 unit to be worked by one string in the hands
the priestly body" Now, as Brother Beecher
ICES not pull the aforesaid string, of course the
Falon is in imminent jeopardy. But the string
pay be pulled at any moment, and we be jerk
r Heaven knows where. How then shall the
PEN be ayerted Let US call upon our negro
R'etaren, We are told that they have saved
~ Republic. Let them save Professionalism on
~ continent. The writer referred to shows
r. ias can be done. ''There are" he says,
u the United States large body of men,
hltF numbers increasing as we move southwark,
Il % are as ignorant and as nneducated as the
fsa Catholics. But they have no common re-
Egols faith, nor does the confessional put them
nH their secrets in the power of any man or
Eay PRIESTHOOD" Here is first rate material to
IN with, We have numbers and ignorance,
- dnsky bosoms in which secrets can darkly
H. closely lie Moreover, 'fthey are unlike
lg catholic Irish, in being docile, affectionate
- gentle. Their love of music, their willing
T'ence, their religious aspirations, are valu-
H. characteristics" Their docility is also an
H | 'lEabie trait, and their love of music still
s'ef one, and we shall be able to organize them
Il tenth part of the time that it would require
4, uni a rollicking Irlshman. But there is one
Eu5I I point to which we would call attention,
= 4 Is u vast Importance. The writer for the
/ N N sPaaence says: ''But the Christian espee-
notes the fact that the Irish are all Catho-
> %A hostile to the Bible, all haters of Protes-
-u'.a4 while the blacks have an intense desire
"a 1aa the Word of God, are nearly all Pro
Il '49'' and all followers of Him who came to
Ii Tue oppressed 60 free OF course any
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WAIT TILL THE SOLDIERS COME
HOME"

For the last two or three years it has been
the habit of Jacobin- negro equality editors and
spouters to try to make it appear that the SOL
diers Of our armies were very hostile to Dem
ocrats and the democratic cause. "Wait till
the soldiers come home,'' was kind of unlaw-
ful threat that shoddyites and plunderers were
constantly holding up before Democrats, inti-
mating by this menace that the soldiers, after
their discharge, were to become cutthroats and
assasslns, and that their victims were TO be prom
inant Democrats.
The leading JacObins, who are as cowardly as
they are dishonest. would re; oice could they in
duce the discharged soldiers to become incendi-
aries and outlaws Such conduct on the part
Of our discharged soldiers, we repeat, would
have been very acceptable to the negro equality
stay-at home patriots.
Well, the soldiers are at last coming home;
thousands of them are already here. We have
c0nv ersed with scores of them, and on several
occasions our sanctum has been filled with
them Many who served with Sherman, and
many who served Grant, in many hard-tought
battles, are here, some minus an arm or leg,
but all Joyous because of the end of the war,
and because once more they are permitted to
enjoy the society of the loved ones at home,
and to feel that they have no foe to contend
with. Do they come home, filed with bitter
ness, and ready to menace Democrats, as the
shoddyites hoped? No, no. They talk like
men of sense, are liberal in their views, and pa
triotic in their sentiments. To man they are
opposed TO negro equality; opposed to negro
ooting; opposed to loyal There's; and are op-
posed to those heartIess rnscaIs Dho remained at
home to fill contracts, and pile up magnificent
fortunes at the erpenSe Of the soldier and Coz
ernment These are the men, these the meas
ures the soldiers are hostile to; and mark If,
they will let their resentment be felt at the prop
er time and in the proper way. Hereafter they
will vote as freemen and as they please. Ma
ny of them remarked to US ''we are now out oi
/ the army, with no one to threaten us with pun
| ishment if we refuse TO vote the ticket furnish
ed US; hereafter we vote according to our own
| judgment" That's the way they talk, and they
are in earnest Hundreds, thousands, aye, tens
of thousands, who left home three or four years
ago, rampant AbolitioniSts, return cured. They
have seen enough of abolitionism; enough OF
the doings of the leading men OF that traitor
Gus organization One man who had been 9
leading Abolitionist in his township, and whe
has been m the army for more than three years
told us that he was fully convinced tn at thf
sudden manner in which the slaves were set a
liberty was most terrible calamity to them
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SssABLE NEGRo.--A friend furnishes US the
allowing as the substance of a speech made by a
E's'o man in neghboring town, on the 4th OF July:
ag Co'0rsG Friends II belong to the same man
belonged TO when can first remember. He has
Lsays treated me Kindly, and he is a perfect gen
.sn40, and am gentleman, because have al
Nays ined to do my duty to my master. / expect
e stay with him as long as we both live. / intend
{ DO the very best for him I can, and feel that in
F'no!iog his interest [ am doing but good service
( myself.
AoT, nany coloTed people are of the opinion that
ae way 20 be gentlemen and ladies' is to have moth
'lg 70 do. Now tell you, people that will do moth
as will cut poor figure in the world after awhile,
loE they will have nothing to 90 on. No true gen.
tsnaR is lazy. If you wish to be gentlemen and
lat.es you must work, and in order TO do this sue
rss'tuiy you must have some thing to work with
soa must have home, lsnd, and means of cultiva-
'sI;. Il you leave your former masters you can't
hl7e these. l have no doubt you have all the ne
resaHes Of life in greater abundance than you can
have after you leave your masters.
Ny advice Is for you to go home, stay there, DO
Joa can to please and profit your masters, and
fieaTen's richest blessings will come upon you
/ ,1r.7tfs (N c. Democrat.
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IT A K ES!
Who Paw Then? /?

NEitO Cl hSih
The Internal Revenue derived from direct
taxation this year, will reach the enormous sum
of over TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IVho toots the blu
Manufacturers pay certain per cent tax
upon all goods manufactured by them, which
per cent. they add to the price Of the goods,
thus clearing themselves entirely-they do not
foot the niu Iectdiiets buy the goods, with
the per cent added, and add thereto the taxes
with which they are charged-so by the time
the consumer gets hold of them, he has to pay
the taxes Of every individual through whose
hands the goods pass.
The consumers pay the tares.
Who are the principal consumers Of the coun-
try7
Farmers and Lagogor8! THEY FooT THE
BILL!
This is the Revenue Tax. How is it with
the tax on personal property
United States Bonds are exempt from Nation
al, State, County, Township and Municipal
taxation.
Rich men invest their money in these bonds,
and while they draw 7-50 interest per annum
on their money, THEY PAY NO TAXES
Who pays the interest on these bonds
Men Of moderate means-FARiERs AND Me-
CHANIcs.
The withdrawal of the capital invested in
Bonds from the Tax Duplicate, throws an IN
creased burden upon the remaining Personal
Property and Real Estate.
Who owns the greater part of Real Estate
in the country?
FARMERS They pay the taxes which should
fall upon the capitalists.
To collect the Revenue Tax there are en-
ployed host of Assessors, Collectors and Com
missioncrs, who receive large salaries for their
services.
Their salaries are paid from the hard earn
ings of the Farmer and Mechanic,
Their labors could be performed by State and
County officers at less than onc-third the ex-
pense, and thus greatly reduce the taxes.
This oppressive system Of taxation was orig
mated and legaiized by the abolition party, who
propose t. make the men of moderate means
bear its burdens, while the capitalists are ex-
empt, thus creating an aIistocracy based on
wealth.
The DeGascratic party propose 10 make ev-
cry man pay his proportion of the expenses of
the Government, according to his means They
do not recognize the right or justice of creating
privileged classes, to be supported upon the in
dustry Of the land. They are opposed to the
present expensive machinery of collecting tax
es, by which a large proportion is eaten up by
oaice-holders.
If you are opposed to paying taxes for men
better able to pay them than you are-if you
are opposed to the present expensive and un-
just system of taxation, make it known at the
polls by voting against those who have laid this
heavy burden upon the working-classes.
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5rIGtt 11oetrn.
THE HEROES OF INDUSTRY.

Is. others write of those who fought
On many bloody field,
Of those whose daring deeds were wrought
With a sword, and spear and shield;
sg. will write of heroes bold,
The bEaveSt of the brave,
Who fought for neither fame nor gold,
Who fiji an unmarked grave.
Heroes who conquered many a field
OF hard and sterile soil,
Who made the sturdy forest yield
To unremitting toll;
Heroes who did not idly stand,
But dealt such fearful blows,
That acres broad of worthless land
Now blossom ike the lose.
The heroes Of the plow and loom,
The anvil and the Jorge,
The delivers down among the gloom
OF yonder rocky gorge;
Heroes who built yon lofty tower,
md forged its heavy bell,
Waieh faithfully proclaims the hour,
And marks its fight so well.
Heroes who brought from every cline
Rich argosies Of wealth,
Heroes Of thoughts and deeds sublime,
Who sPuEned what came by stealth;
Who won a guerdon fair and bright,
And left no bloody stain,
No hearth PrOfaned, no deadly blight
Upon Gods vide domain.
These worldwide common workers crave
No laurel wreath of fame,
No monument above their grave;
They toiled but for name
Among the lowly ones who plod
Their weary way along,
With fifth and confidence that God
C0yscte,h every wrong.
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NEW SERIES.

Christian would espesially note such fact in
pitting the negroes against Catholics. The
characteristics Of both parties as here set forth
will make the struggle as protracted and ma
lignant as the most earnest Christian could de-
sire. Our only anxiety is now to learn who is
to pull the string, when everything is ready
Not Brother Beecher, we hope. The Catholics
may be very dreadful people, but for all that
we would not like to see several million black
puppets worked for the benefit of Plymouth
Church, BrookIyn.-BalE Gazette.
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gg~T There are some who write, talk, and think
so much about vice and virtue, that they have no
time to practice either the one or the other.
GZ~Time is the transient and deceitful iatterer
Of falsehood but the tried and ha friend of truth
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Address Of Bishop Andrew to the Meth
odists of the South.

The following is the next text of the pasto-
raj address, just issued by Bishop Jas o. An
drew, the most eminent ecclesiastc of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South.
Dear Brethren The events Of the last few
months have placed both the Church and coun-
try in greatly altered circumstances, and hence
it becomes necessary to adapt ourselves to our
altered relations. Our hope of obtaining dis
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The Internal Revenue derived from direct
taxation this year, will reach the enormous sum
of over TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

KNEW HIS PLAoE-A lady sent her
servant 1--WE will not mention where he
came irony for a new velvet mantilla,
which was at her dressmaker's. "John," "
says she eff it rains take coach; / had
rather pay the hack hire than have my
mantilla wet" When the man handed
her the mantilla it was ruined, the pa
per which covered it being saturated
with water. Why, John" she said,
az told you to take cab if it rained."
Z" So did mum; but sure, you wouldn't
have your footman aridin inside. Igot
on the box wild the driver
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

WATERFALLS OF HEATHEN ORIGIN ur
lady readers may be surprised TO hear
that the present styles of wearing the
hair in nets was practised by the wild
Ksrens, in Burmah, more than thirty
years ago. In letter which DR.. Judson
wrote thirty-four. years ago, he said
"0n one Karen lady counted be-
tween twelve and fifteen necklaces of
all colors, sizes and materials Three
was the average Brass belts above the
ankles; neat braids of black hair tied
below the knees; rings of all sorts on the
fingers; bracelets On the wrists and arms;
long instruments Of some metal, perfo-
rating the lower part of the ear by an i'm
mense aperture, and reaching nearly to
the shoulder; fancifully constructed bags
enclosing the hair, and suspended from
the back part Of the head, not to speak
of their clothing, constructed the fash
ion and the ton Of the fair Karenesses.'t'
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

ANEoDoTE OF PETER CARTwRIGHT.-
An anecdote was told at the recent SEES
sion of the Methodist Conference, of
that venerable apostle of Methodism,
Peter Cartwright, which happened not
long since, and which is too good to be
lost He was called during visit to one
of the parishes in his district to admins
ter the right of baptism to an infant, and
taking the child into bis arms he inquir-
ed in his usual slow and sure manner,
" Madam, what is the name of the in
fdnt?" Jefferson Davis" replied the
mother. Uncle Peter stood a moment
COMPOUNDED, when showing the child in
no gentle manner towards the mother,
he exclaimed in not the most pleasant
tone he could command, "Take the
THING awayr and placing 1t in the arms
of its mother left the house without
baptizing it, thus refusing to .counten-
ance sympathy with the rebellion even
in so small matter as that.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

SLEEPING IN CHURCH "A ministervof
the Kirk, in good old Scotland, once
discovered his wife fallen asleep in
the midst of his homily on the Sabbath.
So, pausing in the steady, and possibly
forth with this personal address, sharp
and clear but very deliberate: "Susan,"
said he, / dinna marry ye for your
wealth, since ye haed none. And l
dinna marry you for your beauty-that
the hail congregation can see. And if
We haze no grace, hae made sair bar
gainR Susan's slumbers were effectu-
ally broken up for that day.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

How TO APPRECIATE WIvEs.-A gem
tleman residing in Syria was exceed-
ingly surprised on once entering
the house of leading priest, to find him
engaged in washing the linen of the
household; and on inquiring the reason
of such an apparently unclerieal occupa-
ton, the reverend papa replied; "I do
this to save my wife labor, that she may
live the longer; for you know, oh, Kyrie,
that the law of our Church does not per-
NIT me to have another, and / wish to
keep this as long as can" Some of
our fair countrywomen may think that
a similar statute elsewhere, embracing
the laiety as we'll as the clergy, would do
good
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

A New STYLE OF BEGGING" The
Flaneur writes in the London Star: :.
Here is delicious example of new
kind of begging A friend of mine who
had advertised the birth of his child in
the Times, few days afterward received
the announcement cut out and neatly
pasted on card, with an ornamental
lowered border and text from Exodus
=" Take the child and nurse it for me-
printed at the bottom. Accompany
ing it was the following letter:
viii the happy and the prospecting
crown their joy by contributing some
thing TO a struggling parish2 A miser-
able church, too small for the people;
a wretched school, which needs rebuild
ing; q considerable debt on the parson-
age house these and other matters are
pressing in village where there are no
resident gentry. The living worth less
than goo
"Any donation, however small, will
be acceptable Address
But mol / will not print the address
of this clerical MicawberP
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15
@6e AaiGa anaenat,
FRIDAY DECEMBER Is

English travellers say the most doleful
ditty in Italy is the banditti.
1t doesn't take bald widower long
before he is brought up to the scratch.
A child thus defines gossip: It's
when nobody don't do nothing and
somebody goes and tells of it"
A cotemporary pronounces this an era
of violence. The women are more
killing than ever.
My wife, wish you would try and
keep your temper" sMy dear husband,
/ wish you would try and get rid of
yours"
VERY FUSNY.-In the thriving little
kakee county, there are, as appears by
the last census, 1892 inhabitants, l,ll6
males and 1,ll6 females exactly, includ-
ing one old negro mar and his wife.
The good people o. Bourbonnais are
monogamists, and arrange the increase
cf population accordingly. In Utah,
according to Mr. Greeley's statement,
the proportion of female to male births
is about FIVE to one.
A Coroner in Arkansas, of the Dog
berry persuasion, after impannelling
his Jury, said: Now, gentlemen, you
are to determine whether the deceased
came to his death by accidence, by incl
denee, or by incendiary" The verdict
was that "the deceased came to his
death by aceidence in the shape of
bowie knife"
Reeve, the English actor, was in the
habit of taking great liberties with his
audience. he would interpolate dread
fully; nay, when he forgot his own part,
he would coolly improvise his share of
the dialogue without the slightest refer
ence to his fellow performers. On one
occasion he was acting the lover to Mrs.
plump little actress, in q
scene where she holds out her hand to
Reeve, with this speech:
Scan you refuse anything to your Pau
line?"
Reeve, looking at her plump hand,
cried out.
Paw lean? Paw fat, l call it."
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15
SINGULAR sUIoIDu.-The Illinois State

Journal publishes the following:
On the 29th uIs boy aged about IL
years, whose name is not given, living
with Mr.. Norman d. Barker, in Laona,
disappeared from his home, and was
not seen again until the Saturday eve-
ming following, when his body was found
in secluded spot in the woods. From
the appearance of the body, he had at
tempted FIRST to shoot himself with en-
old pistol The charge, which was of
shot, struck the forehead, but did not
penetrate the skull. He then took his
pocket knife and cut his throat, sever
ing the arteries but not the windpipe.
After cutting his throat, in which he
made not less than three gashes, he shut
up his knife and replaced it in his
pocket, and falling from the log where
he was seated, bled to death. No cause
IS assigned for the rash act.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15
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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-15

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