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loudly The. the Speaker thought it necessary
70 interrupt the Clerk several times and re;
quest the House 70 preserve order.

loudly that the Speaker thought II necessary
to interrupt the Clerk several times and Re;
quest the House 70 preserve order.
tsa SENATE.
Mr.. Morgan presented bill for tho erec.
ton Of ware houses in New York city.
A bill was introduced permitting produce
TO be sent from one part Of the United States
to another through Canada, which was refer
red to the committee on commerce.
A bill instructing the comptroller to Ap-
portion one-half Of the national currency
now authorized by law among States and
Territories, according to population in 1850 !;
To organize banks where there are none and
that the aggregate Of circulation shall not
exceed three hundred millions, which was
referred.
A bill was introduced regulating mining
lands and extending pre- emptions thereto. -
Individuals or associations claiming lands
must file plan Of claim and enter II condi-
tional upon paying fve per cent, Of net pro-
ducts OF the mines to the Cnitbd States
Treasury
In reporting the loan bill Mr.. Eessenden
said the Financial Committee had concluded
it was well enough as It was and proposed nc
amendment
Mr.. Sherman opposed it on the ground that
| 1t gave too much power to the Secretary ol
| the Treasury.
Mr.. Fessenden favored the bill. Mr..
Chandler approved it, and moved to amend
SO as to restrict the sade of bonds to this
| country.
| After debate the amendment was lost
yeas nays 35. The bill then eh 90 to I
The bill now goes to the President
! Wade reiterated the statement that Mr.
Voorhees, was once Secretary Of Knights o.
! the Golden Circle Adjourned.
| See fourth page for additional late news.
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that the last FIVE years have made; that has
nothing in common with the heroism and pa
triotism Of our soldiery--can succeed. These
revitalized mummies-these spasmodieplly
resuscitated fossils, true TO pro-slavery ante
cedents would make naught the war for Union
and Freedmen, and make right depend upon
the whim of rebels, and put loyal manhood
under the lash of the late traitor slave driver.
Gentlemen, it cannot be done. Those hav.
ing charge of the machine have long ago had
the irreyersible seal of loyal condemnation
passed upon them and the verdict will not be
changed. They might succeed if they could
wipe out the price paid for the preservation Of
the Union; if they could teach the patriotlv-
ing to forget ordishonor those who fell battling
for the flag; il they could teach the mother to
forget or cease to think lovingly ofthatboy who
went away so bright and proudly in his blue,
and who came not back to her; if they could
so teach the wife whose husband fell at Don
elson or Pea Ridge or Shiloh, For Vicksburg,
or Atlanta or in the campaigns about Rich
mond if they could SO teachthe sister whose
brothers. life went lingeringly and painfully
out amid the horrors and infamy of Ander-
sonville-if they could do this, their chance
for political success were better. But they
have the example of our loyal people through
those trying years to teach them how futile,
their endeavor. They see a people averse
to strife accepting bloody war to save liberty
and the unity of the country. They see a
people demanding that by the contest Human
Rights be declared and confirmed; that the
strong arm of the Government break the fet-
ters of Slavery: that treason be punished and
rebellion dealt with with vigorous hand
that LOYALTY in the South, whatever its color,
be honored and shielded, and they see this
people-citizen and soldiery-damning to
political infamy those who dare to put hem
selves in the way of the march Of Liberty
who find favor with treason and traiiors.-
While the temper of our loyal people re.
mains as it is, there is no chance of success
for this new plan of the reconstructed North.
ern and Southern rebel Democracy.
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here -
Wack spirits and white.
Blue iririts an grey,
M!naie. minyle mingle,
Aoa That mingle may
Montgomery Blair and Dean Richmond, A.
c. Dodge and Charles Mason, Northern sym-
pathizers and Southern traitors coming ont Of
their political graves, to be the self appointed
saviors Of the Republic. The fossils of the
slave regime, reviyifed by the patronage of
treason, emerging into hated life as the
Shiny spawn Of reconstructed Democracy.
These "secret black and midnight hags,''
resting in unquiet graves during the years Of
the struggle for the life Of the Nation, for the
breath Of loyalty was to them the blast o
DEATH have attempted to bargain for : nev
lease of life and political rule, and claspin(
hands in party fellowship with traitors, they
stand upon the graves Of one hundred tious-
and patriot Union dead, to turn into defea
the triumph our soldiers won, and to pass oul
country and orr loyal people under the do
minion of successful treason. The schem,
is worthy the sectors in it but will not succeed
No party or political scheme that draws u
sustenance iron the coil Of tho ttss rspahli'
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
"a la w.

BY reference to the proceedings Of Con
gress, it will be perceived that the Civil
Rights Bill passed the House yesterday by a
vote of l22 to Al, and it is now law, and SO
TO be regarded.
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FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
LOSSES PAID.
47,2 8 s

Fire Policies issued through its Agencies for the year
closed suggestive Of the widespread and extensive
business enjoyed by the PHENIX, and the emphatic
desire among all classes for the protection Ito policies
afford
BRANCH roa THE WEST AND SOUTH,
No. a WEST FOURTH ST. CINCINNATI o.
HIM. MAGILL, Gen1 Agt.
PHENIX Policies issNed promptly, by
VIM. FULTON.
-r,sso-. TOvwa. n ~ dent "A Tt,
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FARM FOR SALE.
q go Acre8.

on ACRES under fence 20 uuef cultivation 21s
GU miles from Dowds Station, the Des Moines
vs1ey Railroad 65 miles from Keokuk Is per acre
Enquire Of HAaERMAE, RANKIN McCRARY
apf1-d2m
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11S7l nUsHEf3 chosss Dbl P{aeAe.--
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the day or week, situation in q pri-
vats family as Sesmstress, BY . competent per.
~ 90 snderstsnds cutting and fitting cloth
Hk. Anafess ANNA WARD.
sPtSHIw p q Hor $40
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WHEN 4 vx10 ID IXfKUkEk.
But here in The tseEh Of the Executive,
there was two-thisds vote in tAis bill. The
two HcaDes have I'D TIT this bill = coastitu.
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The New Polite al Hash.

What queer political compound we have
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=. voLNEX.
1hACiICAL DYER AND SCOURER,
- Third Street, between Main ard Iohn.os r.-t u
the Fed etore. "'-' =
Rsraising and.Rs-prassiax
or 0sntls0<n's cloths neatly done. The pubic NY
rely on their work being dops in ths scientific
workman-ifke manner, and punctualiy.
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See fourth page for additional latd news.
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J.. A. ESSIG,
Aain D., bet Psarth sal Rifth. Keskuk. lsua.
M ANUYACTURKR Of Ill kinds Of plain and fney
Nx 0AD1DIUD.
Also dealer IN FRUITS, NUTS TOYS, &c; which Of.
fer 1t Wholesale and retail at lowest market prices Or
dess from Country Merchants promptly filed.
aprl-dIy.
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For Sale at 4 Bargain !

mehl.dsm Keokuk, lows, Resident A 3
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-12-21

the principal items is one of two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, to sup
ply deficiencies in expenses fer foreign
intercourse, by which is meant the eX :
expenses of bringing Surratt to thi s
country and for those of his trial afte r
wards. The House then went int %
Committee of the Whole and took up
the Presidents message. Mr.. War d,
of New York, made a long speech d e.
nouncing the President. At its co n
clusion the committee rose and he
House adjourned.
SENATE.-The bill for the admissj on
of Nebraska was taken up and re adj
An amendment was offered declari ng
that this act shall not take effect I'M .esS
negro suffrage shall be allowed by the
State Constitution. A long discus ion
arose. Mr.. Sherman made speec n III
which he said that the Southern 81 ateS
would be admitted torepreSentatlo n on
their adopting the Constitute ona
afnendm ent. After some further dIS
cussiOn the bill was laid aside, and the
resolution adopted by the House,. pro
viding FOL adjournment from Thurs
day, the q 9TH inst, to Thursday, Janu.
ary 3D., 1S6 I, was taken up and passed
after being amended so as to apply tc
the Senate also. The Senate then went
into executi We session, and at its closs
adjourned ntil Monday.
HOUSE,. The Chaplain of the House
in his openiI lg prayer, thanked God FOL
the enfranch isement of the negro in tht
District, and hoped that this was but a
commenceme Mt of "mOre good work ,
A petition sig ned by Governor Wells
and certain OF. her citizens of the State
of Louisiana, skiing the establishment
of a floyal Go, Iernment'' in that State
was presented and referred to the Com
mittea on the New Orleans Riots. The
House concurre i'll the Senate amend
meats to the De 'ticiency bill. The Sen
ate bill providil ig for negro suffrage il
the District OF Columbia was taken vi
and passed, by vote ofyeas 118, nays
46, without de, 9ate. The House ther
went into Conn nittee of the Whole, anC
resumed the co nsideration of the Presi
dents message. Mr.. Wentworth, of ii
Iinois, made a speech, opposing the
Presidents poll cy. Mr.. Hise made {
brief speech in avor of the Presiden t.,
course, after VIII ich the Committee rose
Mr.. n. G. TaylC u, ef Tennessee, was eX
cused from serN ing on the Committee
on the New Or .eans Riots, and Mr.. Nc
Cullough, of NJ aryland, was appointed
to fill the vacai lcy.
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SENSIBLE Il AK TO DEMOCRATS.

We find the following sensible talk
in the Philade lphia Age, and we COM
mend it to the attention of those Dem
ocrats who see N to think that printing
a Democratic ! )aper is an easy and pro-
fitable bushes s; to those, also, who,
being in posi- tion to assist the editor,
neglect to do it; and, especially, to
that more nu merOus class who sub
scribe for their paper but are negligent
about paying or it:
" It is no III ore than justice to say
that every IN; IN who now publishes a
Democratic p lper, doesa self-Sacrificing
work, and, ia ken as a class, we know
of no truer OF more patriotic men than
the Democratic editors of the North
ern States. AS q body, they are far in
advance of the politicians, who, in
many instances, are dead weights upon
them. We say, therefore, that if there
is any class of raen who deserve well
of Democrats, it is, taken as whole,
the Democra tic editors. We urge,
therefore, tn at Democrats generally
should try 0 understand the difficult
ties under fhich their editors labor,
and when t ney see what advantages
the AbOlitiO n press have over them,
they will fee like taking hold and aid
ing them W ith material aid in their
unequal figh t.
As the N ew Year approaches, let
systematic fforts be made to give a
wide extensi, On to Democratic journals.
Active Dem ocrats should commence
early maxim g out lists of those who
ought to, an ID probably will take tif
called upon either a city or local paper,
or perhaps b. 9TH. Let it be the busi-
ness of some one to see his Democratic
neighb0rs, a. I'd urge upon them the ne
cessity of sust aiming their papers. Dem
ocrats must be doubly vigilant if they
would perpe tuate their principles and
save republic an institutions from COM
plete overth row, and their children
from the cru. shing taxation Of money
ed aristocrat " and monopolist's des-
potism."
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THE MoNeREL sKULKERs.


The following lines were written by
Col. CHARLES G. HALPINE, of the
U. s. Army, better known as SMILES
O'ReiIly,' and the friend and favorite
of President Lincoln They are q
hard hit at the agitating Mongrel Rad
icals:
The plotting knaves who stand confessed
Rousng permanent war of races,
Can show no badges on the breast
No corps hath known their faces
Brothers are they of "Gideon's band, I"
Who followed you down to the conquered land,
And whose purses did wOndrously expand,
While yoa fought the rebels hand to hand
Reasserting our glorious Union!
They were captains in the Home Brigade,
When our country needed each man 5 sinew;
In the war they drove prosperous trade,
And wish it now to continue
% Our foes - forsooth ''they will not trust
A volcano indeed, is beneath the crust -
The sword once drawn must never rust,
And the South forever lie in the dust
They will hear no talk of Union
Of fresh revOlts they plant the germs,
New wars are in their tyranny rendered;
But the Boys in Blue viii keep the terms
On which the South surrendered
We trust the men with whom we fought,
We know them gallant in act and thought
The dream they cherished has come to nought
And to loyalty now by rough means brought,
We welcome them back to the Union.
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IDEKOLDERs, ATTENTION.

Alution has been introduced in
cong declaring it inexpedient for
the ernment to adopt such mea-
sufes build pay off the national debt
curing lives of the present genera
tloh' lsquints toward repudiation.
II the oSe not paid within the next
thlrty ye who knows but that other
wars ana isibly much mal-adminis-
tratioh OF Government, may place
US in the adicament in which our
forefathers md Themselves at the
close OF the volution May it not
De 700 late, Nm this geferation shall
nave passed ay, to institute measures
to relieve the,vernment from its in
debtedness =? " NAV not bv that
time, the tax-vers bebme restiye
and continental the bonis and other
paper represent, our deb? We con-
sider the proposbn to ptstpone the
payment OF our Eional Indebtedness
as fraught with daser to ths creditors,
ina dlshonor to thgood name, of our
eoerai Governmet. "Py as you
D" is good mottofor governments
well as for indiviuals. bit if YOU
ut pay as you go, Ly as son as you
:. We have livedto seehe great
1 war fought out,and thre is no
4 reason why the lresen genera
should not see the Tnionrully re-
d and the debt produced by the
lifted from the shoulder of the
pe.
leresolution referredto, ws offer
udge Kelley, oneof the Numbers
Philadelphia, and leadelof the
s. The source whence itomes
si'euse for alarm. Bond-blders
iplicitly upon men like felley
20 kethe faith of the government,
~ l.
ou Twill find that their confidence
mas oensplaced. There is evhent-
'rouahead in this regard. We
shall Sc,
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low 1T wORKsi

ne nal Mongrels having esab-
eu we Suffrage in Massachusetts,
anu 'i"Nihominated negroes on tieir
'Ae'' III Ter to carry that class of
'o'eiS' 'heyere enabled, for a time,
-'eie'''e tir majorities. Thinking
'' 'iiey hs permanently attached
'"o negroes heir organization, the
Mongrels of BoAn raf,sod IN tho;r
'io'iiiiia'iohS Tor " officers, few days
"so' ~ give thelrplored brethren the
places upon the titets which thav de.
manded. The resu was that tho whole
negro element botd The Democrats
Al ofoer SUN iurtilf to annoy their op-
po''eii's' nominate a negro for coun-
1"n' Inc Mogrel majority in
Boston was reducedrrom 2 600 m about
0OO, and the negro andidate for conn.
Gilman ran tie witt his Monprel on
po'iehe' such are tae results OF Ne
'ro Suffrage The party that bids
lighestwill gelthe colored vote. Shall
his element be introduced into opr
lections?
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PUT 1T AT THEM!
wrong.

Democrats, you remember that du-
ring the last campaign our Republic
an" friends denied the charge that their
party is in favor of Negro Suffrage.
Now, both Houses Of Congress have
passed the bill to force Negro Suffrage
upon the people of the District of Co.
lumbia. We want every man of you
to put this fact into the ear of his ere
publican" neighbor. You can now JUS
tify fully all that you said in regard to
this subject. The people are bound to
acknowledgetha were right. You
possess the advantage of having Truth
on your side. Make use of that advan-
tage. Bring it home to every "Repub-
lican" in the country.
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they will be unable to cling together
till the Presidential election.
l saw here, few days ago, your
friend d. A. T. Black, Esq. of your
county, who has taken out letters patent
for an Improvement on sleds and
sleighs, which ought to be of use in
your snowy regions. David deserves
success, and l hope his patent will look
to everybody as "pretty as woman" "
Congress has adjourned for the Holi-
days, and so will your correspondent.
PRY
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
Thad. Stevens announces ON the floor
Of Congress that JEFF. Davis is not
guilty Of TreasOnI

On Tuesday, the 18th inst, Thadde-
us Stevens arose in his place in the
lower House of Congress, and declared
that he ''Eid not 6elteUe that M. Ddris
Ould be tried for treason, nor that he had
zen guilty Of treason. His offence acas
at Of a belZigerant, not Of a traitor,
I he acds utterly opposed to passing
s TO hang man, after his offence and
he pmpose0f hanging him !" We
aly publish the fact that Mr.. Stew
BOX this position, and leave our
hrs to draw their own inference.
is no question as to the correct
ne this statement, and it can, at
ahae, be verified.
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PITTSBUR(4 AND CONNELLSVILLE
RAILROAD.--An item published few
days ago, re. :erring to the Sand Patch
Tunnel on the line Of the above road,
concluded as follows: Gas soon as the
legal questio rs concerning the Pitts
burg and Col1nellsville Railroad shall
have been decided, the work on the
road will be pushed rapidly forward to
completion" The UNITED States
Railroad and Mining Register" replies
and makes the following suggestions:
GAS the 'Ie gal questions referred to
have been appealed to the Supreme
Court of the United States, at Wash
ington, it would seem as if a final de-
cision had Overwhelmingly adjourned,
for, as the case stands before the pub
lie, it is not clear that either Of the
two great interests that are the real
parties in the suit, are very urgent for
a conclusive adjudication.
Meanwhile the development of the
Southwest portion Of Pennsylvania is
postponed. In the progress of events,
however, it's mademOre manifest from
year to year that the Pittsburg and
Connelsville Railroad Company must
look upon Harrisburg rather than Cum
berland as the principal eastern point
in its plan and programme.
With its name changed to the "Pits-
burg, Cumberland and Harrisburg Rail-
road" and its corporate privileges ex-
tended to cover the ground from Wills
Creek, at the eastern base of the Allie
gheny Mountain, (where the present
route makes turn in its course to
reach Cumberland, to the Lebanon
Valley Railroad on the east bank of
the Susquehanna river, the scheme
would be adjusted to the interests of
Pittsburg, the southwest counties, West
Virginia, etc.. because then the line
would have direct outlet to all the three
great tide water cities, and could COM
mand financial success
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DON'T sLACKEN THE TRACES

1t is the common practice of Demo-
Gratis to cease talking politics as soon as
the election is over. It's thought that
the time for work is only during the
heat of the campaign This is all a
mistake. NOW is the accepted time.
You can't reason with man who is
excited, but you may reach his under
standing when his excitement has pass
ed away. If Democratic newspapers
and politicians would work effective
~, now is the time for them to do ita
Don't slacken the traces! Pull up,
boys and let us all pull together.
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AGENTS TO OBTAIN SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO THE GAZETTE.
Circulate your County Paper.

The following named gentlemen have been ap-
pointed our Agents to obtain subscriptions to the
GAZETTE They are authorized to receipt for us:
Bloody Rxm-Jeremiah Thompson
RAYS HsLL-D. A. 7. Black.
Monroe-Daniel Fletcher.
CoLerGin-Geo. W. Deal, Fl. P. Diehl.
c.. VaHey-D. R. Anderson, A Zembower.
LondoMderrg-James G Devore.
H4rrison-Geo. W Horn.
.T,sniata-John A. Cessna, Geo. Gardill,
ISchedsbu,g-J E. Black.
NGpier-JOhn Sill, John W. Bowen.
SoNthampton-Wm. Adams, John Cavender,
Wesley Bennett
Uj,son-M. Wertz. W B Lambught
~ Woodberyy-W VI. Pearson, Daniel Barley.
p s. Woodbevy-J. I. Noble, j S. Brumbaugh
HopesoeH-W. A. Grove, J B. Fluke
Broad Top-M A Hunter
Li5erty-Geo. ROades D. StoIer.
SaztoA-Charles Faxon.
ST CiGir-John W. Crismsn, Samuel Beckley
Snake Spring-Andrew Mortimore, ] G.. Hart
ley and NJ. s. Ritehey.
". PrOridenes--GeO. Baughman, Homer Neice
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On Friday last the lower Houseol
Congress passed the Senate Bill to con-
fer suffrage upon the Negroes of the
District of Columbia. Every "Repub-
licann member voted for it except the
representatives of West Virginia, Ran
dali and Mckee, of Kentucky, and
Kuykendall, of Illinois. Every DEM
ocratic member voted against it.
1t will be remembered that last year,
when this subject was mooted in Con-
gress, the people of the District held an
election at which they rejected the prop
osition by an almost unanimous vote.
This alone should have been sufficient
to deter Congress from passing this
bill. Upon the very doctrine of Abra-
ham Lincoln that our system of Gov
ernment is based upon the will of the
majority, Congress should have re-
Trained from enacting the measure.
But the law has been forced upon them,
in spite of their protest, and they are
compelled to submit to its execution.
1t can hardly be believed that party
which is so fastidious stickler for the
most enlarged freedom, has deliberate
| ly enslaved the white people of the
capital of the Union. Wesay enstdUed,
for when the large majority of the vo-
tiers of a State are forced by those who
make laws for them. to submit to
measures which they loathe and abhor,
those voters are reduced to political sta
Uery. Congress is authorized by the
Constitution to legislate for the District
of Columbia; but it has no better right
to set at defiance the will of the voters
of the District than the legislature of
any State has to override the wishes of
the people of such State. Suppose that
a Constitutional Convention were chO-
sen in Pennsylvania, and that the peo-
pie, by large majority, would instruct
that Convention that it should not
/ strike the word 1Chite from the Consti-
tuition, and in spite of this instruction,
that body would thus alter that instru-
ment, would not the Convention be
guilty of the grossest tyranny? Well,
the case of Congress and the District of
Columbia, is precisely parallel. If it
be tyranny for the lawmakers Of Penn
sylvania to defy the will of the major
! ity of the people of the State, so is it
equally tyranny in the lawmakers for
the District of Columbia, to force an
odious measure upon the citizens of the
District. But let US remember that
logic is loves labor lost with those who
are governed by party feeling, and we
know but few men who vote with the
party which has thus enslaved the
white people of the District of Column
bia, who are governed by any other
motive. They are joined to theiridols !;
let them alone. So, good bye, logic I!
and let the stern reasoning Of results
convince those who will not learn in
any other school than that of expert
ence. Let the corruption of the elec-
tive franchise, the scramble for the
votes ofignorant and degraded negroes,
the resultant elevation of these miser-
able creatures to Office, and, finally, a
war of races, teach the lesson which
will not be learned even from the very
lips of Reason.