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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01
4 "Union with modern improvements"
White Veterans Paradlng in search
Of Employment.

A fen days ago :, procession composed of
discharged veterans, who were unable 10 pro-
cure work, marched through the streets of New
York, carrying a banner upon which was in
scribed the following suggestive sentence:
sour LIST occupation a0qs the destruction
OF the rebellion and tie ra-sstablishmeai Of The
Union acith all the .NODER.N IlEPROVE-
.HEN~TS.''
The New York Dagboot makes a brief and
succiact summary of the improvements as
follows
ga debt of three or four thousand millions
of dollars
esyTaxes upon everything we eat, drink, taste
or smell
sz-Threa or four millions Of lazy, idle non-pro-
ducing negroes
egCotton shirtings, fifty cents per yard
e-CotYee, fifty cents per pound
"a Sugar, twenty or twenty-five cents per
pound
e~Tea, one dollar and fifty cents per pound F.!
egButter, twenty-five and thirty cents per
pound
eS-Bcef, twenty-five cents per pound!
$4,000, 900 untaxed Nobility grinding the
life out of workingmen that they may roll
in luxury!
gz~Swarnls OF tag gatherers, more numerous
than the lice Of Egypt, prying into every
mans business, and eating out the substance
Of the people
rzProyost Marshals, dressed in little brief
authority, turning their inexorable wheel
of death, while tie poor wife ana terror
stricken children stand trembingly by
ezyMilitary Commissions, with their retinuo Of
piUlps, spies, informers and perjurers
eyElections carried at :he point of the hayo-
net
ez-Ballot- boxes overthrown!
cs~Shoulder-strapa in the Judges bench
es- arbitrary arrests.
es-Suppresson Of newspapers!
ea-Denial of free speech
c-Bob, Harry Smith has one Of the greatest
curosities you ever saw.
''Dont say so-what Is 1t :!
GA tree that never sprouts, and becomes
smaller the older it grows"
''Well, that is curiosity. Where did he
get it?'
From California"
''What is the name of it p
''Axletree-it once belonged to a California
omnibus" !"
Scene closes by Bob throwing an inkstand at
halt closed door.
@"Where do you hail from?" queried
Yankee of traveller.
'Where do you rain from?'
Don't rain at ALL" said the astounded JON
athan.
Neither dol hail, so mind your own busi-
ness"
esrIt is an anomaly Of these remarkable
times that our people are now at work with
| tremendous energy to repair the destruction
/ which themselves SO recently wrought in the
South
eEA young lady in California recently broke
her neck while resisting an attempt of a Young
man to kiss her. This furnishes fearful warn
ing TO youIg ladies.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
u PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY moENlN0
gY MEYERS Il MENGEL,

Al the following terms, 10 wit:
50 90 per annum, if paid strictly in advance.
SO so if paid within months $500 If not pao
within months.
rZ-No subscription taken Tor less than six months
Dg-No paper disc ontnued until all aIrearages are
paid unless al tie option of the publisher. 1t has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
stoppage Of a newspaper without the payment OF
srfearages, is prnnG fgcie evidence of fraud and Is
criminal offence.
countabe for the subscription price of newspapers,
II they take them from the post Office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
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Select iooetrp. .
TAKE THE PAPERS.

TAKE THE PAPERS.
Why don't you take the papers'
They're the life of my delight,
Except about election time,
And ten I rad for spite.
Subscribe, you cannot lose cent
Why should you be afrlid?
Foi cash thus paid is money lent
On interest, four-fold paid.
knew printers debtor once,
Baked with a scoTching fever,
Who swore 70 pay her debt next dIy
If her distress would leave her.
Next morning she was at her work,
piTested Of her pain,
But did forget TO pay her debt
Till taken down again.
"HeEe, Jesse, take these silver wheels,
And pay the printer nowi'
She slept, and slept, and then awose
With health upon her brow.
knew two men, as much alike
As e'er you saw two stumps,
And no phreUolog.st could find
A difference in their bumps.
One takes the papers. and his life
Is happier than kings,
HIS childIen all can read and write.
And talk Of men and things.
The other took no paper, and
while stro!ing through the wood,
= tgee fell down and broke his crown,
AID killed him, every good"
Had he been reading of the news,
At home ike nelghbor jim,
III bet a cent that accident
Would not have happened him.
Why toa't YOU take the papers
Nor from the printer sneak,
Because yoa borrow Of his boy
\ paper every week.
FOR he who takes tie papers,
And pays his bills when dee,
Can live IN peace with God and man,
And with the printer too.
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~LandIady (deferen:ially)-''Mr. Smith, do
YOU not suppose that the first steamboat created
much surprise among the fish when it was first
launched?"
Smith (curtly)-"I can't say, madam, whoth-
er it did or not"
Landlady-"Oh! thought from the way
you eyed that fish before you, that you might
acquire some information on that point"
Smith 1.-THE malicious vilain)-''Very likely,
marin, very likely; but it's my opinion, marm,
that this fish left IFS native clement before steam
boats were invented
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01
A DRUEKARD'S MUSINGS.

Another morn, aye, proud it dawns upon
ghe world in unsulHed beauty bringing to the
pure young mind, sweet visions OF 4 glorious
future, fraught with happiness and 10Y, when
fame shall wreathe halo round their names,
and wealth shall bless them. !, toe, dreamed
thus once; but alas. ambitious faneies all have
aad-le buried in The tomb Of the departed,
whilst must still live, exist, 4 prey to tieuas
and n target for the finger Of pity and scorn.
oh, rags. remnants OF SUMMER days, aw
more closely round ne; shut out the world that
us taunts and jeers may not go&d me - despair
with whsperings ola lifetime lest.
Within the space of ten short years what q
fearful ''ehange has come Ger the spirit Of my
dreams" Then the world was spread before
me in all IFS pristine beauty, the path OF fame
and honor clearly limned, and within my grasp.
Now all IS dreary darkness, hopeless despair
Blessed with the tender love OF an angel wife,
and the pratting cheruD, whose influence com
bined to render home a Paradise, was indeed
among the ''chosea Of earth"
Months passed-months in which the cup OF
10y brimmcl full 10 oyertiowing, and we drank
deeply of its contents; but in an evil moment
the ternDter came and dashed it in shivering
fragments TO the ground. Oh, GOD, IN thy
mercy descend ana tear from memory's page the
record of misery which followed.
Each moment found the serpent, Drink,
tightening MS coils around me; each hour my
ap!rit sanA deeper in the mire Of perdi;ion, un-
til at last, la, gwen myself, body and soul,
TO the ieHd Left alone TO struggle with a
Geld, hard world; my poor wife toiled bravely,
tc procure for herself and little one paltry
subsistence, bat in vain; and when the first
SHOWS of winter fell, these Two frail flowers,
claspod in mutual embrace, sank TO rest; their
spirits sought happier home; coroner's ia
quest. 4 verdict, "Frozen to Death. the
grave yawned, and theywere lost to me forever.
Rum! rum. Give me drink to drown re-
membrance If the snapeess shadow which
haunts my soul, crying ''gengeance!" Of the
pale wan face, stealing through my dreams,
pointing tUthc piached features OF starving
babs. asking food, and branding me Il murder
cr, Oh, Nora; angel wife, fearfully have you
been avenged; for existence is curse, and
dare not seek death
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

to our mistaken views Of duty. Let every one
of US bearing the sacred commission diligently
inquire if during the past time, az much as
lieth in US, we have promoted peace,sauietness
and love among all men True loyalty to the
State cannot consist ir disloyalty to Christ
But the best patriot and the most loya! clergy
man, is he who, by example and precePt, most
resembles 'IIim who goes about doing good"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

eEThe La Crosse Democrat says Henry Bar
nard, of that city, shut up his gambling rooms,
sold his stock Of whisky, and accepted the
ehaplaincy of an Ohio (coloredl regiment.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

eE''No man can do anything against his
will, said metaphysician. "Faith,' said
Pat, II had brother who went to Botany
Bay against his will"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

egGood feeling is a thing worth cultivating
at this time, but it will, if we only attend to
our own proper aaai.s, grow up and flourish
and blossom and bear fruit without cali yating.
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Rates Of aouertisinq.

Administrators and Executors notices. - w.
Auditors notices, If under 0lnes, So 80. Sheriff
sales, S IS per tract. Table work, double the
above rates; figure work IS per cent. additional
Estrays Cautions and Notices toTTespassers, So Oo
siage notices, so cents each, payable in advance
Obituaries five lines in length, and Resolutions
of Beneficial Associations, at half advertising rates,
payable in advance. Announcements OF deaths,
gratis. Notices in editorial columns, Is cents per
line. BZ-Np deductions to advertisers OF Patent
Medicines, or Advertising Agents.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

GA prudent man advised his drunken SER
want to put by his money for rainy day. In
a few weeks the master inquired how much OF
his wages he had saved.
"Faih, none at ALL said he, 1T rained yes
terday, and it all went"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

rs Tbirty-three army chaplains we're mus
tel ed out lately. in one DAY, il Washington.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

e9-'I mourn for my bleeding country said
a certain army contractor to General Sheridan
$50 you ought to, you scoundrel," replied
Sheridan, 'for nobody has bled her more than
ven have"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

The winds are still. The lightning and thnn-
der are past. But, alas! the myriads of good
ly trees swept down by the storm can never
more lift their heads toward the beautiful sky.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

The following circular letter has been sent to
a number Of prominent gentlemen in this city,
aud we suppose it has been very generally cir.
culqtaI
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

eTIt is an anomaly Of these remarkable
times that our people are now at work with
tremendous energy to repair the destruction
which themselves SO recently wrought in the
South
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

eg''You are very handsome" said gentle
man to lady.
'.Ah!" said the lady, $50 you would say If
you did not think So
s.And so you would think" answered he,
''though should not say So
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25
TIL Il Z / LOT
Infamous Living.

The Irjjune in an article on tie sui jec
Of the course OF the Democratic party
during the past four years, among othe
things says;
50 We speak particularly Of the party
not Of every Democrat, for We have known
some of them who performed their duty
like men, but the party, its leaders and
leading journals, their conduct is tha, 10
which attention is directed. |, is fact
SO well inown ;ha. i. has become matter
OF history, that they were on the side ot
the enemy, aud opposed to the government
and tie " Lincoln hirel;ngs." Their oppo-
sition was manifested in various ways.
bu: il was invariably something calculated
to assis; rebellion and slavery"
The editor knows Of some Democrats
who discharged their duty! Does he not
know tha, Democrats organized and flied
lie first company that marched f,cm
Mani.owoc,
Does lie not know lha, nine-.enths OF
the men eulisted for the war from this
County were Democra!s9
Does he not know that the most efficient
workers in the cause of enIistnents for
tie war, were Democrats in MsLitowoc !
Does he wish to have th. people IN
0srstand that these men were enlisted or
wen. into the service 10 assist rebellion
and slavery = and that only "somo Of
them perfo'med their duty"
We sgine sbe brave boys who have
returned home after fighting maufuIIy to
uphold the Goyernmens and preserve the
Union and Constitution, will not relish
the base insinuatious and foul charges of
this striplins editor, and will give him
some lessons IN history" coutradicting
his own teachings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25
John Mitchell.

John Mitchell has been arrested BY the
Government and flung into a dungeon,
awaiting trial for high treason. We are
describing the events Of 1865, not the
events OF 1913. We are recording the
acts Of the American, not of the English
FGovernment for America has progressed
far of late days IL copying the " mother
country and can now proudly boast OF I,
national debt aud brag Ct putting down
"rebellions" q Ia -lagIutse
John Mitchell must stand in the dock
once more to brave courageous rebels"
fate. The country that, with wild raptures
Of welcome hailed and golifed him eleven
| years ago as a rebel" now consigns him
to dungeon for being "rebsl' Tle
streets that Witnessed his tIiumpha entry
eleven years ago, hsve seen him dragged
to prison for the same virtue, or crima
Whichever Americans may call it. The
Jailor Genera! this time is no! Lord Csr-
epdon; his name is Andrew Johnson
How Gng'sud snd Russia must chuckle at
al tli.
Copying the "Mothes country" Ameri
ca las been al enthusiastic sympathizer
with the ''rebels ard ebellous-every-
where but in her crl dominions. Like
the " mother country" America largely
admired rebellion against neighbors, but
not against herself. England worshipped
kossnth and murdered Lord Edward
glorted Garibsldi, and nanacled O'Brien;
was virtuousIv indignant with the King
OF Naples tos Disseminating the assassin
who sought bIs life, Wills, size herself
blew from guns the .ndiau rebels who
arose against tho regime ef the kittee
So, America also could welcome kossu,h,
but can slowly murder Davis Mitchell the
"lebel " against somebody else, is worthy
Of welcome, but Mitchell, the rebel "
against us "-ah, that is quite another
business; let him taste rebels doom
If this be the "glory" and triumph
Of America, we should like 10 know what
would be her shame and humiliation, I'M
less, indeed, it be the terrible leproach OF
aeglectiDg to disiuter and hang in chains
tue skeleton Of those wicked "rebels
whose examp!s Mr.. Mitchell has followed:
George Washington and Benjamin Frauk-
lin
America the jailor Of John Mitchell!
What next from the Gland Of tie free 2
The Star,Spangled Baoaer" is being
rapidly reconstructed Oh the model Of the
Union Jack. ."-DubIi,4 Freeman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25
More Murder by Rail.

We have never been called upor 10
chronicle a calamity attended with cir
cunstances SO peculiarly horrible as those
which characterize that announced this
morning as occurring on the Housatonic
railroad. A passenger train proceeding,
it is to be assumed, at a customary rate
of speed, and upon time, is run into and
smashed up by locomotive with which
the company were experimenting. One
car is split in two. as though it we're AL
apple; the car beyond is struck and rene.
trated, when the locomotive shell expiodes,
tearing and manning the passengers, Kill
Ing seven outri ght, and mortalIy wound
ing eleven others. 1t is useless 10 talk OF
the Lonors Of the battle field I; we have
here picture that surpasses them all.
We have not only the usual features Of a
railway collision, or Father railway
crush, but We have the concomitas, of a
boiler explosion. 1t is not enough that
the unsuspecting voyagers are ground to
atoms beneath the ponderous machinery
of the engine, or riddIed and struck fu,l
Of sp'iu;ers from shattered seats, floors,
platforms, and walls; they are subjected
70 raiC of missiles, to the flying parti.
cles Of an exploded locomotive, and boiled
to rags by the escaping steam.-N. Y.
Horid, l6,h,
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From Virginia.
New Iori; Aur Is

N6W ork, Aug. Is.
The 7rt5unc's Washington special says
that there is considerable Dissatisfaction
among :ae troops in the department Of
Virginia, 10 regard to their detention IN
the service, which has rendered an order
from Gen. Terry necessary.
Many Of the men argue thai they eu-
listed only for the war--uow that tie wax
is virtually ended, they are justly entitled
to, their discharge from The service.
Cen. Terry defines the law as Icing
wholly necessary during the war, for a
military to1ce created By the rebellion, and
the necessity for military force viii con.
s'pue unul The states reCentl y in rebellion
lave returned to their former relations to
The national government.
NhiIe Gen. Terry appeals to the troops
IN bis command not to sully their good
and we}l>earned reputation Dy misconduct
he a SO reminds them Of the existence OF
a MILITARY law, and gives them 10 under
stand tha, The crime Of dcserton and in
subordination will be as severely punished
as ii the troops were still engaged ia active
campaign.
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Characteristic Letter from Gen. Sher-
man.

Gel. ". 7. SHERMAN having been in
vited 10 be present and deliver The Annual
Address q. the approaching Wisconsin
State Fair, thus replied
UEADQ'Bs Nil. Div OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Sr. LOUIS, August -, 1865 {
DEAR SIn-l our favor Of August 1st is
received. canno, now promise to come
to Madison on the occasion of your comm :
Fair, bu; as the time approaches will
try and do so; bu. as to making an I'D i
dress, that is impossible lnever attempt
ed anything Of the kind infmy life, and
have been half amused and half ashamed
that anything from me should be oons;ru-
ed speech or address.
| confess to take deep interest in the
progress of our great and fertile West, and
could almost attempt nyth;ng to stimulate
Industry aud energy 20 t:las end !; but
your history in Wisconsin show. such
strides in that direction, that it would
seem ike spurr,ug a spirited horse to SAY
or write word on the subject to you. |
have watched also the kind and material
Of the regiments coming from the different
States, and fear may have given offence
in dwelling 50 much or those coming
from Wisconsin,; but hesitate not to re
cord my judgment that no State in the
past war has contributed nors muscle and
brain, in proportion to inhabitants, than
your young State, Aud now that these
are returned again to their fertile rraiFies
and valleys, doubt rot your future pl'o'
gress in agriculture viii be even more
rapid, if possible, than in the past.
Thanking you kindly for the compli-
ment conveyed, and hoping at some future
time to mce. you At the City Of the Four
Lakes,
am with respect, &c,
w. L. SHERMAN, Mai, Gen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25
Alarming Reports of the Cholera from
Malta

Adyices at.the State Department from
the American Consul at Malta. state tna,
tie cholera is raging there to fearful
extent. Communication with !he ada
cent Islands has been suspended. A stric.
quarantine has been established at Malta,
and other precautions have been adopted
to stay the progress of the disease
Quarantine is also rigidly enforced at
Odessa 10 consequence of the maIiguity Of
the epidanlic at Constantinepl Malta is
in constant communication with England
by lines Of steamers, and i, is possible that
the contagion may now spread rapidly
westward. Our Consuls at Trieste and
Messins have also sent dispatches. The
Consul at Messins says, under date Of
July 9Th, that the government Of Sicily
has 0ecreed that no vessels coming tEoD
Egypt or other ? aces where cholera ex-
isis, shall be admitted to the port. Sup
plies, if needed will be taken on the roads
several miles away. On the o0,h Of
June, however, the French mail steamer
Copsrnie, from Alexandra, came into the
port before the authorities had time to
prevent her, and the people becoming in.
furiated set fire to the Health Office The
public health g. Messiua was good but
many families have lef, the city in alarm.
Several cases Of cholera were reported at
Malta.
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dated
RALEIcH, n c., Aug II, 1865.
Since | wrote 70 You on the llth uls.,
have been to Wilmington, but found it
little too hotfor me. The negroes are
having happy time there just now, bat
am afraid that determination, ike that
of The Indians, Will be his fate in the course
Of a few years. lie is too inprovident,
and The poor man fom the North and
Europe viii soon root hi!n out, now that
he must take care Of himself He is free
now, like "Massa and Missus;" which is
good thing for the country, but is gen
orally thought that he has served his pur-
pose, AID must pass on and clear the way
to those who arc naturally mere induatii
Gus and intelligent. The war has been in
vain. 1t has set the negro free, but wh at
better off is he now than before can't
see, excep. N few minor particulars. |
don't think, however, that slavery was
right, but thera was nc need of those who
didn't own slaves to trouble themselves
about that 50 much as to be willing to
sacrifice single life. A half million Of
human lives have been lost either tor or
against slavery, when the fact is the negro
is not worthy Of single one being lost,
either for or against it. They never struck
blow except when made TO do g. IL the
Federal army; and although they wanted
their freedom because they had heard so
much Of the good thlrgs i! would bring
them, yet it is but justice to them TO say
that during the var, a more orderly or
we'll behaved set OF humau beings was new
er seen. And DO man dared to tell one
of them, for fear OF treaoLery, that lie was
Union man or that he had any sympathy
for him and lis fellow -bondsmen. Now
that he is free, much good mayit it DO him.
May it change bis treacterous heart, and
if possible bis good r-notLingness gen.
orally. 81. .-. .s-,
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JEFF. DAVIS CHTLDRES.-Three chil>
dren Of Jeff. Davis'-two boys and q girl
arrived al Albany on the 18th instant,
on !he steamer ST. John, and stopped at
the Delavan House for 3 few hours and
left on the Renesselaer q Saratoga r. Il. !,
for Montreal They were accompanied
BY the mother of Mrs. Davis, a white
servant girl, and man servant. The
Evensng Joarnal says: . 4 large crowd
was attracted to the Delavan House,
where quite an interesting scene took
place A number Of women went in, and
amid tie most extravagant professions of
delight and affection, repeatedly kissed
the children"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25

FKEEHoLDEKs IN IRELAND-A recent
British parliamentary return gives the
number of freoholders in Ireland, register.
ed On the 1st of January, 1864, distin.
gushing the 10, l20 and $50 freeholders
aDI giving the number Of each in the sew
erai COUNTIES Norry las the smallest
number Of ESQ treeholders, 33, and Cork
the largest, 72S. Kilkenny has the small
lest number Of 600 freeholders, II, and
Dublin the most. $40. In southern coun-
ties there are 10 sI0 freeholders, and in
one county Che Kings there are no $50
freeholders. Tie total number offreehol-
deIs 10 all Ireland is 9,453 Of which 125
are GI0, 1927 f20, and $3.50 $50 tree>
holders.