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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-26

S f R 7 $ HI zrs
The next thing to q good fitting coat is a good
fitting SHIRT; which can only be obtained by
measurement, the same a: for coat
MESSRS. ONElL & DWELLY are pre-
pared to take measures and manufacture
them trial if vou want nice fitting shirt
Their place q bushes is at 50, King st. no If
" . FOR SALE.-A small BRICK
..OUSE for sale. Enquire at this Office.
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SSH=aa!2 FOR WAREHOUSE NO. IS.
a5S@ A commodious three-story Brick Ware
house, fronting west on north Union street, and
east on the Potomac River, with wide alley
on the north side, and contiguous to an extern
sive wharf, at which vessels Of the largest class
may land and receive cargo. Application to
be left with KNOX 81 SMITH,
South Union street.
The next building, Of same size will, also, be
for rent, in q short time. de 1-tf
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NT O r I & &
WASHINGTON s, ALEXANDRIA.
5sSs III rr5:..5:. -
dec 26-.t II

On and after TUESDAY, DECEMBER Is, the
Crange q Aiexauuria r. Z. Passenger Trains
viii Fun daily between ALEXANDRIA and
WASHINGTON, as follows:
Leave Alexandria, s a. H., 10a. m, p. m, 3
D. m, and P: N.
Leave Washington a. M, Il a. M, p. H.,
.. m, and 1.30 p. m:
at present, leaving Alexandria at $40 a. n, and
D. m, and Washington at q. NJ: and p: m.
W. H MCCAFFERTY,
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A man in Georgia writes to Louisville pa
per contradictirg statements recently made in
letter from his town, signed 'Veritas. be
says. there is no man Of that name IN his county.
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9eesjyedn2 sP!endid1 Ia asz s2fqs s Of
at MRS. II. ROSENBAUM'S, III, King
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TURS cleaned repaired and altered to the Ia
l. test fashions, at II RS. Il. ROSENBAU A'S:
III, King st.. Alexandria, Va. Oc 3l-tf
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JUHN I. CKEIVIIUN S?U-Vl
No. 8S, King Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL I'M
~ PIGMENTS. Hardware, Cutlery, Bellows,
Anvils, Nail Rods. Horse Shoes, Blister Steel,
Files, Rasps, Shoeing Tools, sc. Commin'g
Iron Beam Plough at factory Prices; Castings
for Titus Iron Plough kept on hand; Sash,
Doors Blinds, &c. furnished to order. Roofing
Felt, and Cement, Percussion Caps, Double
and Single Guns, Shot Pouches, Powder Flasks,
&C., Wholesale and Retail. Terms Cash. se1-tf
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THRENCH FLUTING done at
4 MRS. H ROSENBAUAI MS III, King s
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
THE SOLDIERS VOTING LAW.

Sh0ddY organs are endeavoTing to make a
little capital against the Democratic party by
charging that ''every one Of its members of the
Legislature, orators and newspapers violently
opposed the soldiers voting amendment" This
is an unbushing faIsehood No opposition was
offered to the principle Of allowing soldiers that
right, by either legislators, orators or presses,
but it was frequently stated that the law was
merely intended for the benefit of the Repub
lcan party, and that Democratic soldiers would
not secure generally the right Of vote under it
because their actions were under the control OF
officials Of the dominant party. The election
subsequently, held demonstrated the truth of
those statements, for thousands of Democratic
soldiers were disfranchsed, while the doors to
fraud were opened wide on the other side. The
soldiers themselves saw, and many now acknowi-
edge that however good the law may be, the
execution of it was gigantic fraud on the bal
lot box and a farce upon representative govern
ment.
The Democratic party, although conscious
that the whole intent of their opponents was
to carry the election last fall by fraud and force
made no issue upon the soldiers voting amend
ment. The proof of this is to be found IN the
fact that in fourteen counties, casting Demo
cratic malOrltleS, Lne amendment was duOpLeu
by Democratic votes. AS proof shat the De-
mocracy did not make that amendment an issue,
it is only necessary to refer to the fact that it
carried in the State by one hundred thousand
mao ritz! Had the Republican party that much
of majority in August, 1864 If so, then
during the three following months that par
ty lost no less than eighty thousand, for with
all their figuring and frauds they could not ex-
hibit more than a majority of about t,centy
thousand in the following November. These
facts make it evident that ''every Democratic
legislator, orator and press" did not violently
oppose the soldiers voting amendment.
A reference to the House journal will also
show that, on the final passage of the amend
ment, ninety-one members voted for and only
two against this amendment Does that fact
add any weight to the shoddy falsehood The
| truth of the matter is, that had the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania opposed the soldiers vo-
i ting amendment, IL uoutd haze been defeated.
For proof of this we have only to point to the
| fact that on the home vote in October last, the
Democracy had majority of nearly 4 thousand
votes.-Patrtot d Unim.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
RETURNED SOLDIERS.

1t seems but yesterday that loyal ladies and
gentlemen, if we may use the expression, were
sending mittens, flannel shirts, religious tracts,
abolition newspapers and election tickets to the
''poor soldiers" The mittens and flannel shirts
were all right. The religious tracts were all
right, and were very handy for the soldiers to
have at certain times. Tie abolition aewspa-
pers were all right, for they were loaded to the
muzzle with denunciations against Democrats,
and their mission was to incite mobs, personal
violence and hate for all who differed in opin-
with the editors therof. The election tickets
were all right for they were lists of the names
of loyal towards, who dared not go to war,
but were willing to stay at home, get in office,
and assess taxes on the property of the soldiers
in the field to raise bounty that their precious
selves might be safe Of course this was all
right, for it was sanctioned by the great and
good Lincoln, and was the only means certain
poverty stricken laborers in this worldly vine
yard had to obtain a living, and dress their
families in stylish raiment, or'pay for beer, tan
gle leg whisky, or for the support Of shiftless
editors who would die but for the charity be-
slowed on beggars,
1t seems but Yesterday all this was the order
of the day. Men wrote letters 10 the dear sol.
diers and enclosed election tickets.
Pretty girls sold kisses for five cents and en-
braces for higher sum, all for the poor sol
der. Men and women cried aloud ''give, or
be damned!' Contribute, or be spotted y EN-
dorse, or be mobbed" And the poor people
gave
Now the soldiers, foot sore and weary, come
home. The men who have followed the eCh-
oes of cannon down to the gates of hell. The
men who have bathed their feet in the blood
of their comrades, as they followed the glitter
ing, flashing sabre up to shake hands with death.
The men who were food for powder and ball,
for sabre and bayonet, for horses boofS and the
tires of artillery wagons. The men who were
prayed for by hypocrites, and preyed upon by
army contractors, suffers, and guerrillas of Heay
en-, known as army chaplains, are now coming
home They come foot sore and weary. They
bring dirty looking bundles strapped to their
backs. Their clothes are travel stained. and
their eyes wander hither and thither in search
Of their once earnest friends
Taey 81: Ga the store stcE;s, and in alley WAYS,
eating crackers, cheese, raw pork, and hard
bread. They have toyed with death as boy
cracks a whip. They have dared the devil,
the works of hell, rebellion, and abolitionism,
that negroes and office holders might grow sleek
and prosperous. They have been to war
they have returned and the ones who were. once
50 loud in the praise of the soldiers, now pass
by on the other side of the street Girls give
no more kisses. Hot coffee, sweet cake and
religious tracts are no more. 1t is thus aboh
tionisna shows Its gratitude La Crosse Dem
ocrdt.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

tiou Of sober man? and did he who made it
forget that our Congressman in the olden time
in proposing to locate Government workshop
at Philadelphia had not the terrible reputation
of Simon Cameron, the Fagan of the Harris
burg lobby and ex-Secretaryof of War to contend
with, and, therefore, had some chance for sue
cess? My colleagues and | were less happy than
they in this respect.
As have said, he begged and bargained for
the influence which induced Mr. Lincoln to in
yite him to a seat in his Cabinet. 1t was now
fondly hoped, by those who have not sounded
the depths of his depravity, that, being old
and rich, he would take advantage of so dis
tingulshed an opportunity to prove that he
could be honest, and could administer trust
without turning it to his own profit, or hand
ing the fund over to his creatures, to be used on
joint account. How sadly these hopes were
disappointed is attested by the brevity of his
term of office, and the circumstances under
which it closed.
In less than one year from the day on which
Simon Cameron was installed as Secretary Of
War, Congress, though at that early day it had
before it but partial evidence of his crimes, in
dignantly drove him from that high office. Two
thirds Of the members Of the lower House were
friends of the Administration, and would gladly
have sustained each member Of it as they did
It's distinguished head
You can imagine how painful it must have
been 20 them to find themselves constrained by
duty to proclaim the fact that the first man the
head of their party had been induced to APP
point as the successor of John B. Floyd had ex-
hibited greater aptitude than be for his worst
Il,,+f ,t.e.t t.,I,1
man. Notwithstanding his boasted and reputed
millions, believes that one Of his name Is never
r,-p cough uu;i! lie has little more, and, to
s.s. ir arty and the country, the friends Of
.l.a rs n.iristralion in the House had to proclaim
ui- uIau,y and d,u,uuce bis crimes. Nor
was rhe vote by which ;hey did it, a meagre
or. Ills friends and those who would most
g,au. uave aycryed lhis disgrace from our
Sat. ..-d rally but about one-third Of the
n .-- .tiHat iHa resolution of condemnation.
- a,11g TWO to one against him,
o- tuusy ivAnian, not willing to
...q WI .I,s> og..lost .he representative Of our
State but too well satisfied OF his guilt to vote
against the resolu tyn, failed To record my vote.
In this fact. geutt men, yoa nave Ine secret
gf ";lis Gi,,f1 uIs,lod >A-os.ii~E.s hostility to
me and my friends. MT NaIborn, the post
master of Philadelphia, and others of his crea-
lures, have offered me his Friendship and sup
port if would endeayor to have that resolu-
ton expunged. My reply has inva riably been
that to stir foul matter would be to produce
stencil, have never in this or aught else en-
deavoured to propitiate him or his creatures.
No stone marks the spot where my poor remains
may finally rest, but | mean that my children
shall be able to v!ndicate my name by pointing
to the fact that Simon Cameron and his conf
dental friends were ever hostile to me.
With greatful regards, yours very truly.
WM. d. KELLEY.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
THE NEW GOSPEL.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is thus report
ed in the Hartford Comm Press
Extract from the Fourth of July Prea ching in
Windham Co..
''We are going to have religion and true
Gospel down South. They have had false
Gospel-one that took with the strong against
the weak. Now we viii have pure Gospel
one that begins with love TO God and love to
man. You may send your wares and merchan-
disc down there, but you can't send your religion.
Fact is, you can't spare it from home. 1t is
not an article Of export. 1t is plant of slow
growth You can't 90 down South and let
out civilization by the job and intelligence by
the contract. 1t will take time. The mill
will grind out some -four by and by. The
whites down there so lazy, must learn to work.
They won't stir till kicked by hunger. have
seen them in Charleston, where could not have
walked ten years ago. | think the question is,
schat wiH become of The whiteS? TIE Blacks
are Kings and Princes compared aUith tie ,Uhite
trash. don't know what they will do-the
best thing for most of them to do is TO de
1 hope they will stand some chance in the
next world-they havn't the ghost of chance
in this
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
Origiual p oetrn.
4 PAR0nY.
For the Gazette.

Il
Don't you see de black clouds rIsin' over yonder,
Where de Abolition schemes begun?
White step aside dar, DEM de lubly daIkies,
Come TO vote and for de Office
Look cut dar now, We's gwine to vote
Look out dar, don't yoU understand
Gumoo is a comin'i Gum5o is a comin'
For 10 uIe and occupy de land.
Don't you de lgh!nin fashjn' in de cane brake,
Like as if we's gwine TO hab squall
Dat's de darkey ivory, grnnin' like de monkey,
Case we's gwine 10 hab vote dis fall.
Look out dar now, &c.
Way up IN de corn-fed, when you hear de tunde1,
Dars de cannon cast in Bedford town,
For to Eb de signal, when de darkey voters
VIII be lowed to vote de white trash down.
Look OFT dar now, &c.
Sambo was : sojer, in de Unlou army
Brudder Phillips say he bore de palm;
Guarded all de big forts swallowed all de hard tack
White mans fghtin' wasn't worth a-sIam!
Look out dar now, SC.
20 you see de darkey, fghtin' all de battles,
Chawiu' sll de army ratons fine,
He must DO de voiin,' he must hold de offs,
of De white folks for to t4ge de shine.
Look oat dar now, &c.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
HOW THE MONEY GOES.

When John I. Ford attempted to reopen his
Theatre at Washington and 20 on with bus
mess which had received the appreciation and
theSpatronagc Of President Lincoln, the War
department stopped him. After waiting rea-
onable time, Mr. Ford made formal demand
for the restoration of his property, which be-
ing refused, he employed counsel and was about
10 bring suit aginst the Secretary Of War for
damages This seems to have brought that
distinguished individual to a realizing sense OF
the responsibility he had incurred by his arbl-
trary and unlawful proceedings. lie made
haste to 10 Justice to Mr.. Ford, but he did 1t
in a way that vii .shSrdly meet the appreciation
Of the people. aaeBead of turning the Theatre
over to its owner and allowing him to do as he
pleased with it, the Secretary, Of War has a
greed to pay him fifteen hundred dollars per
month for it till the first of February next,
when, If Congress refuses to buy it for one hlaAS
dred Thousand dollars, it IS to be given upSre
him.
Thus, at the very moment when the last dol
lar of the last loan authorized by Congress has
been received and expended, and when the "a
bIest fnanciers in the country are unable TO
see where the money is to come from that will
be needed to carry the government through till
winter, the Secretary Of War contracts to pay
a rent amounting to eighteen per cent. per an
mum on the exaggerated value set upon this
property He also agrees to recommend the
purchase Of the property for the use OF the
government when II is certain, no matter what
NAV be said to the contrary and by way OF
excuse for the proposed robbery of the treas
ury, that it is not worth the money asked for
it.
The seizure of the Theatre when it was on
the eve of being re-opened by It's owner, was
an outrage for which the Secretary of War can
render no sufficient exeose: Still less sufficient
will be aay@excuse be may attempt to render
t5g sad1.ing on the empty national treasury tht
large amount be has agreed to pay for a proper
ty with which he mad no business to meddle.-
Lancaster Intahgsacey.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
WHY z

Tax farm worth a thousand dollars $50,
and exempt 100000 in bonds?
Mr.. A has $4,000 invested in a grocery
store one week before the assessor calls. Mr.
b. has 100000 in money. Mr.. A. puts his
500, 900 in bonds the day before he meets the
assessor, and thus escapes paying an honorable
tax of three hundred dollars. He also draws
seven thousand dollars interest, making an in
crease of ten thousand dollars!
Why?
Because all desrotic and aristocratic Govern.
ments seek to win the interest of the wealthy
in favor of the Government against the labor
of the poor.
Beware of the scorpion for he will sting
The wealthy bondholders want the negroes
to vote, for with their money they expect to
control that vote hereafter
If a poor man votes for negro suffrage and is
in favor Of exempting the wealth of the bond
holder, he will find that be has been working
out his own damnation.
When an Abolition politician, who has been
twisting and hunting office all the days of his
life, tells you he won't want Office, tell him
he is liar and the truth is a stranger to his
tongue
What IS tie use Of a man being humbug-
ged2
When you hear any leading Abolitionist tel
ling how he loves foreign citizens, ask him why
he mobbed them and helped to burn Catholic
churches ten years ago2
These things are worth considering and think.
ing over.
1t will show the record Of the opponents of
the Democracy in a bad condition.
To give the negro the right of suffrage will
not free the factory girls of New England who
are forced to work sixteen hours day, for from
two to three dollars week and board them
selves.
1t will not make shoddyites pay poor women
more than sixpence for making shirt.
Why don't some of the ofice-holders herea-
bouts who have been enjoying themselves for
four years, while the ''brave boys' were in the
front to save their scaps resign in favor Of those
boys?
They won't.
Calico and everything else is dear, while the
produce of the farmer brings a mighty small
price.
This was brought about by the Abolition
rule.
The time was when small amount of NOR
ey would pay for large amount of goods, and
taxes were very low;
This was when Democrats managed the af-
fairs of the Government.
Now it takes a large amount of money to
buy small arnount Of goods, and taxes are E.
normous.
The Abolihonists rule now.
The thing is plain, and blind man can't
help but see it.
Unless the people come up to the work and
help the Democracy redeem the country, there
will be little left to redeem except tax titles
Fremont Messenger
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
rs PyBLlsHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
nv MEYERS IL MENGEL,

Al the following terms, TO wit;
81 90 per annum, If paid strictly in advance.
62.50if psid within months $500 If not paid
w.lhin months
L7~lio subscription taken c: less than six months
EENo paper discontinued until all aTrearages are
vs.d unless the option of the publisher. 1t has
Been decided by the United States Courts that the
sloppsge of a newspaper without the payment of
srearages, il grima facie evidence of fraud and is
s criminal offence.
Uy-The courts nave decided that persons are ac-
ronntabe for the subscription price of newspapers,
if they take them from the post office, whether they
sabacnbe for them, or not.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

Nor TRUE.-It is fes trne that the Democ-
racy of either State IL large. or any county,
voted as a party against the. law allowing the
soldiers TIE right to vote, Fourteen of the
strongest Democratlc counties an the State went
strongly in favor of the amendment, while some
abolition counties voted against it. There was
no settled policy in regard TO the law. Every
body voted es he thought best on that subject.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

ONWARD The tide Of freedom still rolls on 1;
seventy-fve ladies of color, with as many ''lit-
tie nigs" left this State yesterday en- route for
the north. These faithful disciples of old John
,hev are not careful, will wake up
asr.,i,s tpd fad themselves in old
53-4s a4-- -aoalierlng in the grave - Lous-
alLe Zen
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

es-At Los Angeles, lately, a jury, in an as
sault and battery case, rendered the following
liberal verdict: 'We, the undersigned jury find
the defendant a little guilty, and recommend
him to great deal of mercy of the Court"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

eg-An Irishman being asked why he permit
ted his pig to take up his quarters with his
family, made an answer abounding with satiri-
cal nairete. ''Why not? Doesn't the place
afford every convenience that a pig can re-
duire 90
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

es~The Democrats of Philadelphia have nom
mated ex-Judge Lewis, Col. James Page and
James Campbell for the City Council.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

syThe Siamese twins, having lost their prop
erty in North Carolina by the rebellion, are a
bout to again exhibit themselves in the North
eIn cities.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

egrArtenus Ward says when he hears the
song, "come where my love lies dreaming" he
don't 90. He don't think it would be right
Artemus is a good boy!
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

eyThe age of young lady is now express
ed according to the present style of skirts, by
saying that eighteen springs have passed over
her head.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

egLast week one hundred and ffty-fve chill
dren died of cholera IN New York city.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

e9-A gentleman is one who combines wo-
mans tenderness with mans courage.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25
CHANGE In Sentiment.

Parson Brownlow delivered lecture on sla
very, in New Orleans about eight years ago,
from which the following is an extract:
''The Southern portion of the Methodist
Church was doing more for the temporal and
eternal welfare of the negro, than all the
shriekers out of HE'LL the pious abolitionist
would enter the church on Sunday, face as
long as moral law, descant upon and bewail
the miseries and wrongs heaped upon the down
trodden son of Africa, and on the following
day, in his picayune grocery or candy store
would, if he could, swindle Louisiana negro
ont of the pewter ornament on the head of his
cane, and do it in the nane of the Lord. When
l get to heaven, continued the reverend gen.
tleman, where | expect to 60 after my death,
if find regular built abolitionist there, l
shall conclude he practiced fraud upon the
door-keeper, for in my opinion, Kansas agita-
tor and freedom shrieker has no more business
in our Fathers kingdom than Commodore
Paulding had in Nicaragua when he captured
the fiIlibusters."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

''Now, will prove very briefly that a Sc
Cessionist is as great an Abohtionist as Sum-
ner. Both the secessionists and the disunion-
lists are for breaking up this Union. I will
state this argument in a syliogsn, thus An
ABo4IrIoNIsr IS DIsUNIoNIsT. A disunionist
IS a secessionist. A secessionist is a disunion-
ist. A Disunionist is an Abolitionist. There
is not a particle of difference between them."-
Andq johnson. Jane 2a. 1865
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

GA youth of S5 married maiden of Is
in Xenia, Ohio. last week
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-25

eEPunch says this is by brute: Why is q
beard like common sense Because no woman
possesses it.