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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-08-17
THE CLlM BER
A Campaign Paper.

The undersigned are publishing a
campaign paper entitled The Climb
er," the first number Of which was
issued on the 7th Og July inst, and
which will be continued until the Cub
ernatorial election in October.
This publication is devoted to the
support of President JohnSOn's Resto-
ration Policy and the election Of such
candidates a. are openly in favor Of Su--
tanning that policy. 1t contains six
teen columns Of matter and is filled
with racy editorials and the spicieSt
articles Of the campaign. No Conscr-
vative politician should be without it..
It will be enbelished with POR-
TRAITS OF PRESIDENT JOHN
son, Hon. HESTER CLYMER and
other eminent patriots and statesmen,
and will contain number of numerous
political Illustrations.
TERMS:
Ten copies to one address, cash in advance, s. 90
Twenty 500
Less than ten copies to one address go cts per cpy
Get up your clubs and send in your
orders at once. No attention paid to
any order unless accompanied by the
cash. Persons getting up clubs should
be particular to specify in their orders
the name of the person to whom they
wish the package addressed, Is all the
papers in the club will be sent to one
person for distribution. Address,
MEYERS 4 MENGEL.
Bedford, Pa.
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"WILL the Democrat please state
when and where General Geary de
clared himself "in favor Of negro suf-
frageY Y"-J0haStOrn Tribu3e.
The Johnstown Democrat thus an
swers the question: General Geary
declared himself in favor of negro suf-
frage at the time and place when he
accepted the nomination of the Di5un-
ion State Convention, at Harrisburg,
and adopted the platform Of that con-
vention, which ignores the President,
and endorses, praises and adopts the
views, principles and negro suffrage
policy Of the Radical majority in Con-
gress. VIII the T'ijUte man tell the
time and place that Geary said he was
opposed to negrosuffragc, although he
has frequently been requested to give
his views on that subject":"
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OUR NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS.

The Democratic Congressional Con-
ference for this district, met at Nell
vaine's, in Fulton county, on Thurs
day, 9th inst, and on the 26th ballot
nominated Hon. J. Mcdowell Sharpe,
of Franklin county. The candidates
before the Conference were Hon. A. ii.
Coffroth, of Somerset, Hon. VIM. Nc
Sherry, of Adams, and Mr.. Sharpe, the
nominee. The final ballot stood for
Sharpe, 6 for Coffroth the vote of the
Adams c0nferees deciding the matter.
Mr.. Sharpe is well known to the peo-
pie of thedistrict as an able lawyer and
an upright man. He has served two
sessions in the Legislature during which
he distinguished himself for the tidel-
ity and ability with which he served
his constituents. He is very popular
in his own county and will make an eX-
cellentrun. OF course there isno doubt
about his election.
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THE Franklin Repository has a num-
Der Of items headed "PoliticaI IntelIi-
gence, among which are the follow
ing:
-"The Democrats of York county
have nominated \. J. Glossbrennrr for
Congress, and Levi Maish and Stephen
q. Boyd, for Assembly,
The Democrats of Perry county
have nominated Thomas Adams, for
Assembly, VIM. Grier, for Register,
and +. {. Long, for District Attorney.
Two soldiers We're presented for Regis
ter, but they stood just no chance at
all.n
The meanness Of such paragraphing
can only be seen in alIits ineHable con-
temptibiiity, when the reader is in
formed that Levi Naish, nominated
for Assembly by the York Democrats,
is C0lOHel Levi Maish, late of the grand
army thatsubdued therebellion. Why
could not the ReD0stoJyhave said that
a gallant soldier has been rewarded by
he Democracy Of York county, since
it took so great painsto state that a sol
dier failed to receive a nomination in
Perry county?
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Few candid men who have carefully
watched the course of the Radical par
ty during the last year, says the Erie
Observer, can doubt that the pervading
motive Of its leaders arises from moth
ing more or less than an overweening
love of power and place, which has RI
pened into determination to perpetu-
ate the existence OF their party no mat
ter at what cost, and regardless alike
of the interests Of the nation and of the
fatal consequences which must inevi-
tably flow from their success. For this
reason they denounce the Democracy;
for this reason they legisiate. against
the South; for this reason they oppose
all movements calculated to bring a.
bout reconciliation OF the different
sections, and with this object steadily
in view they will continue to oppose
all measures for the pacifcation Of the
country. They are determined, ifpos-
sible, to keep eleven States out Of the
Union until after the next Presidential
election, hoping to secure four years
more lease of office. For this they are
to be called to give IN account. The
masses of the people have been awak-
ened to a sense OF the fact, that the res
toration of great nation to its former
condition of freedom, independence,
prosperity5and grandeur, and its per
petuity for all time to come, are of
greater importance than the preserva-
ton Of mere faction of disunionists.
The day of reckoning is at thand.
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THE DEMOCRATIC pARrY.-FrOm
the time of the defeat Of the Federal
party under Hamilton, by the Democ-
racy, led by Jefferson, until now, the
Democratic party has been the defender
of the Constitution and the Upion. y
gainst alien and seditiOn laws, anti-Ma-
sOnry, -Nothingism, New Eng
land treason, Abolition and Rebellion,
the United States Bank power and its
corruptions, the Democracy have bat
tied without fear or falteriug. That
party has, in all these trials, kept its
faith, fought the good fight, and Will
vet reap the rich reward Of its integri-
ty, Defeated, its deathand burial have
as often been proclaimed by those san
guine place-hunters, who believe plum
der to be synOnomOus with patriotism.
It still lives" to rejoice in its name
and the principles that name denotes.
Willing now, in this great crisis, to u
mite with all good men in order to save
the Constitution and the CniOu, by Il
Joint effort for 50 glorious an object, vet
It's history and its achievements, its tri-
ais andits stea fastneSS to the true prin-
cipIes of our GOvernment-the rights
and liberties Of the people and the
States-f0rbid that it should subOrdi-
nate its organization or intermit its
name. Whennationairestoratnonisan
assured political fact, the Democratic
party wi ennoble that epoch and JUS
tify The ceremonies Of rejoicing by the
great and enduring principles inscribed
on its banners.
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UNION. Or DISVNE0N.


Ihesum and substance oi IEue union
ism III ooth po"IltaI P''F'IeS' VIII soon
oe iuIiy deEelopea. Inc fadicaI eie-
ment, whether OF Northern or south
ern procLiEity' Is about 10 oe separated
from The great mass oI the people,
Ihe popular lhuiSh"Iioh IL OIo"IhS a'
fierce WIND upon the Poiitlcai Ihre9h-
lng-door, sweeping the cha1 from Jle
gram ana sitting tAe 'aFe9 ifoh 'ne
Wleat. Ihe party that IaForS proloIg-
ed Dlsunlon and whose aVo#ed pUr-
pose Is TO exclude ten states from the
Republic, can no longer retain thlon
men Wlthih lis ranks nor VIII 1t De
permittea' III ld'ure' 70 diSAoHot 'he
name OF "Ihe Union PARTY lis true
c'iaFac'tI - no" l"'iS "'9S'''9S' i L
CilarIe7 summers us lI'"1'ueu9 o'e-
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blighted even in their perfect ripeness.
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ComnIn!ie.. al the Sd. Lnwremec G,ahl
The Cholera.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 11.-Thirty-cight
fatal cases Of cholera We're reported 10
the health officers yesterday.
ST. Louis, Aug. 1i.-TWenty-siX cases
Of cholera have been reported by the
board Of health Of this city during the
tWenty-fOur hours ending at noon, six
of which were fatal.
New ORLEANS, Aug. ll.-There have
been twenty-five deaths from cholera
for the tWenty-four hours ending at six
O'Clock this morning. The physicians
pronounce it the Asiatic cholera in its
worst form. The disease is principally
confined to negrUe, in unhealthy parts
Of the city.
The weather is exceedingly warm.
The thermometer to day at 3 O'Clock 7.
NJ. was 81 III the shade.
New York Aug. I2.-0tficial returns
to the Board of itealth for yesterday
shOWa gratifying decrease Oft the cholera
in this city. Only three new cases
were reported. The mortality report
for the week, it is believed, will not
exceed eight hundred deaths from all
causes.
TWenty-eight cases and eleven deaths
are reported in Brooklyn.
MEMpuIs, August i3.-During the
past forty-eight hours there have been
five deaths from cholera. The physi-
clans had a meeting tonight, and ap-
pointed a committee to wait on the
Governor and ask for the establish
ment Of a quarantine on the river, and
that the necessary steps be taken to
meet the scOurge.
CINCINNATI, August 13.-TheTe
were thirteen deaths by cholera on
Saturday and siXty-eight yesterday
There have been six hundred and ten
deaths since the lst Of August.
CHICAGO, August l3.-The papers
report about twenty eases of cholera. of
which four were fatal, in this city since
Friday last.
New ORLEANS, August 12.-The
mortality is increasing at the rate Of
ten per cent. The deaths from cholera
for lOrty-fve hours, ending at six
clock this morning. amounted to fifty.
CARLO, August 12.-The steamer
Continenta! which passed here last
night with detachment of the Fifty
sixth Colorado infantry, had sixty
eases of cholera. Six deaths had oc-
rIlrrn6
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GOING AMONG THEIR FRIENDS
Several cargoos of Virginia negroes
were shipped last week at Fortress
Monroe, for Boston and other New
England cities, where the Negro Bu-
reau has obtained situations for them.
We wonder if the poor white people in
our cities would apply to this Bureau
whether they would receive any atten-
ton at the hands of those divines and
"school mmms" that now run the
black machine.
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SIMON CANIERoN.-OId Wig-Wag, the
WinnebagO, has shown his hand at last
after roosting on the fence for over Il
year, and now he denounces the Presi-
dent in the most bitter terms. If Came
ron can stand it the President can, as
there is no scandal in anything emana-
ting from such a source. He was kick
ed out Df Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet for
dishonest practices, and his whole po-
li,ical life has been one Of corruption,
with a continued hankering after the
wealth Of the nation. UnscrupulOus
measures have invariably been the
means of his obtaining power, and fair
ness and honor are unknown to him.
Now that Simon has shown his hand,
let his friends tOi'0tc him, before they
arn kicked after him.
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SOUTHERN FEEING.-A c0rrcsp0n-
dent Of the New York Times, jRepub-
lican, writing from Augusta, Georgia,
says:
tell yon, because 1 know it, that the
temper. disposition and purposes Of
the people are loyal, honestly loyal
They want to Join hands with the Con-
servatives Of the North and give them
active support. Let not their patriotic
impulses be checked by i!liberal tests
as to past conduct; but let the Union
sentiment Of the people be fostered and
encouraged by manifesting a desire, as
far as possible, to forget the past and
accept present professions rs the best
proof of present and future loyalty
The Executive party furnishes the
most tangible evidence of the renewal
Of sworn allegiance TO the Constitution
and Union, and since it must bar any
Indictment for participation in the re-
belliOn, why should it not also bar any
exclusion from political fellowship for
the same reason? If the hand Of friend
ship is extended, let it be done cordial
ly. frankly, tru hfully, not grudgingly
or conditionaIy. To invite a man to
your house, provided he can swear he
is not the rascal you fear he IS, is poor
overture to cOnciliatiOn.
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FACTs.-The man who votes for
John w. Geary, votes for a Col. who
hid in a ditch at Chepultepec, and left
his men to fight without a command
er.
The man who votes for Geary votes
for a General who hired his army cor
respondent to report that he had fought
terrific battle at Snickersville-lOst
his arm, and the lord knows what all
but gave the "rebs" fearful thrashing
when there was not a confederate
soldier within two days march of him.
And beside this, the man who votes
for the coward Geary, votes also in fa-
vor of negro suffrage, negro equality,
high taxation, amalgamation, disunion,
another war, and all the evils that alb
Olition fanaticism can inflict upon our
country and race.-Dens. Waterman.
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ALEX. II. STEPHENS has resolved to
attend the National Convention. He
states that before the war all his efforts
We're directed TO the maintenance Of the
Union, and ne persisted in his efforts
until the last moment even when des-
erted by0Very Southern man who stood
by him and now he earnestly desires
t0sep the Union restored under the Con-
stitution, and says he is willing to doall
he can for that end.-The restoration
accomplished, it is his fixed purpose to
retire from public life, and he states
that henever expects or intends to hold
the position of Senator in Congress
very long, even if the seat should be
awarded him.
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THE C CABLE.
AdVices from Europe.

attempt 10 Bto'qk p the House Of Lords.
LONDON, Thursday, Aug. 9.-There
is great excitement here this evening
at a supposed attempt to blow up the
two Houses of Parliament Ten pack
ages Of gunp0Wder, with fuse partial
~ burned, were found near the en-
trance to the Lord Chamberlain's office
in the House of Lords. The members
of Parliment have visions o. another
Guy Fawke's gunpoWder plot.
ITALY.
FLORENCE, August 8.-The term Of
the suspension of h0stilities has been
prolonged. The peace negotiations
between Austria and Italy will take
place at Prague. Count Bairol and
General MOnalse will be the italian
Plenipotentiaries
PARIS, August 8.-The Chcyaliers
Negra and ArtOun have returned here.
The Emperor expects, it is supposed,
partly TO retain his connection with
the present critical condition of Italian
affairs.
Closing of Parliament.
LONDON, August IO.-The session Of
/ Parliament has closed. The Queens
speech ON the occasion of the disso,v.
/ ton, returns thanks to the government
of tne United States for the action TAX
en- by it in the matter of the late Fe
nian raid into Canada. The speech al
50 expresses the Queens qualification
at the success of the Atlantic Cable
/ The rest Of the address relates to home
questions.
Napoleon has asked from Prussia an
extension Of the frontiers Of France.
The latest.
LONDON, August 1l.-An armiSticp
has been agreed upon between Austria
and Italy upon the basis Of the ce>sion
Of Nenilia 10 Italy. The Empress Of
Mexico has arrived in Paris. She seeks
aid from the French Government to
tn cause Of MaXimilian.
No answer has vet been given lv
Prussia to the French dcman for an
extension Of the frontiers OF France to
the Rhine.
Completion; or Ghe ST. Lawrence Gable.
A~PY BAY. \. 5. August lI-G:30
p. ". -LHe cable across the GuIf of st.
Lawrence was again picked up at9A.
NJ. to-day, the weather being fine. The
-p3lr-'Wus made by Mr. Charlton, and
the steamer headed for.shOre. Theca-
bic viii be landed at s this evening,
when communication via the Atlantic
Cable will be almost instantaneous be-
tween the United States and EUROPE.
From -aSpy Bay.
AsPy BAY, August u, 9 P. M.-The
cable across the Gulf of st. LaWrenctis
in complete working order.
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Joseph Inmanand wife, of Westiield
Indiana, have been arrested for tying a
yUunH girl to Il tree, where, after scOurg-
ing her with Il raW-hide whip, she was
allowed to remain until the sun blister
ed her fearfully. \ passer-by cut her
loose.
Captain William l.. CaZneau, for
merly one of the most famous of Bos-
ton sea captains, recently died at san
Francisco, Cal, aged 81. In 1872 he
survived one OF the most remarkable
shipWrecks on record, in which he was
over six months on the wreck, and all
but two Of his crew perished.
A boy in Rochester, New York,
ten years Of age, has propensity for
hurting rats and cutting off their tails.
On an average, it is stated, he captures
three a day, and after depriving them
of their caudal appendage, which he
does very quickly by the aid of a sharp
knife, he allows them to escape.
-Sedge grass, which grows upon tide
water flats is a new material for paper
in New Jersey. 1t is said to make good
paper, twenty per cent. cheaper than
any other now in use.
Miss Sarah Weldman, a beautiful
young lady of Morristown, Ga, COM
mitted suicide by hanging, on the lith
instant, and allf0 love.
A white woman who married a ne
gro, the couple living in Buffalo, n. Y, !
attempted to poison herself the other
day to escape the brutality of her hus-
band.
Negro highwaymen are becoming
troublesome in many parts oftheSouth. !
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The fish in the streams and ponds
of Indiana and Illinois are dying by
thousands.
A piece of iron in the trough out Of
which chickens drink IS said to prevent
chicken cholera.
A man was arrested in Milwaukee
for praying silently on the streets
Doubtless, it is an offence there to pray
out Of church.
Hog thieves out West hush the
squaIIing of their victims by admins
tering chlOroform to them.
The recent rains have greatly re-
vived the crops out west, and an abUh--
dant harvest is anticipated. The oaI
crop is unusually good.
Farmers i'll some portions Of Mich
i@an complain Of unusual abundance
Of red squirrels this season.
lee has been selling in Macon, Ca
at 10 cents a pound, but competition
has brought the price down to- cents.
A twelve year old negro has been
creating quite and excitement yWhlP-
ing his mother and all her friends.
-Lieutenant-GeneralS Sherman thinks
there is going to be a general Indian
war.
The French Empress has just pre-
sented to the Imperial Library OF paEl'
a large Bible of the thirteenth century
INN
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RADICAL DOCT


On Wednesday evening, the first of
August, Jack Hamilton, of Texas, a
disciple of Stevens, Sumner, Forney &
Co., made disunion speech in Har-
risburg. His doctrine was of the most
radical and revolutionary character
He declared that
CONGRESS HAD TIE RIGHT TO
BLOT OUT STATE LINKS, IF 21ECEsSA-
RY, AND RE-MAP THE COUNTRY AS IT
THOUGHT PROPER"
This sentiment was received with
round applause. Congress is acting
rapidly on this programme, and in a
little while, unless the revolutionary
plans Of The Radicals are stopped,
estate lines will be bIotted out, and
instead of a u1ion Of States we will
have a consolidated Empire.
Mr.. Hamilton is also sound on the
negro question. He said to his audi
ence:
- You sent yo'0' sons to .fghtt for the
Union, for liberty, Gad for all; and IN
that yOu had the md1!h00d 10 J1ciHole the
poor Hegro.'
This was likewise applauded.
What say our soldiers to this senti-
ment? Did they risk life and limb for
the negro? Let them answer the see
ond Tuesday OF October.
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GOV. CURTIN madea speech at York,
on the 9th inst, in which he said,
"They (the Democrats) are in great dis
tress because IRE are ereJy Ichere goiagto
aLowtheRegr0 to rote. ISayV the South
,conts him to rote, Hea cnHae on 1oj,h yolo
lrooL. There isno possible objection to it,"
Republicans, what do you think of
that?
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The Louisville .J6umal truthfully

The Louisville Jom7ldl truthfully
says ofBroWniOW "SOme0f the papers
call ParSon Br0WnloW 'h0t-headed.' ,
He isn't hot-headed at all. The whole
Of his seeming hot-headedness is amere
show, trick, sham, an imposture, a
make believe, thing got up as sim
pie matter Of calculation. BroWnloW
is far more anXioust0 be ethoughta fiery
and impetuous fighter than Christian,
but he is as little the one. as he is the
other. He is a hypocrite both as to his
Christianity and his hot-headedness."
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Go WITH THEM you want to be
taxed to support the negroes Of the
South in luxurious idlcness-go with
the Radicals. If you are anxious to
pay fora swarm of useless Of1ire-hold-
ers to engendeF and perpetuate discord
between the Southern negroes and
their empiOyers-go with the Radicals.
Ify0u think the families Of ''freedmen
should be supportedoutofthe Treasury
while the widows and orphans of white
soldiers who fell in the war for the I'm
ion are left to provide for Themselves
go with the Radicals. you think
negro soldiers ''bear the palno in sup
pressing the rebellion-go with the
Radicals. Ifyou want negroes 10 vote
in Pennsylvania-go with the Radicals.
II you want eleven States stricken
fromthe flag Of the Republic go with.
the Radicals. Ifyou want wealth pro-
tected at the expense Of labor-go with
the Radicals. If you want agitation
and strifeprolonged, business paraIys-
ed, and the country bankrupted go
with the Radicals.
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KENTUCKY!
First G:un for a Restored Union!
The Democrats Sweep tfsc state by L p-
wards of 35.O0O Majority!


The campaign opens gloriously.-
Kentucky has Just voted, and the De-
mocracy have carried the State from
$4,000 to 10000 majority. This is in
deed a cheering sign. Last year the
Democrats carried the State by only a
bout 500 majority, showing a gain of
25,000 at least. Now, let New Eng
land do her worst. We have a good
basis upon which to build our pyramid
Of Democratic States-Kentuclcy-the
home of Clay and Of Crittendon.
Prick mp your ears. you RAIDS unlucky,
And hear the news from old Kentucky
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WHEN the leaders of a party change
its name and its principles, is a mem
Der bound to change with them? Pom
der this question, Republican" read
er, and decide according to your consci-
entiOus convictions.