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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11


JUDGE SPALDING, of Ohio, one OF
the leading Radical members of Con-
gress, made a speech the other day, on
the floor of the House, in which he
handled Thad. Stevens without gloves.
Judge Spalding insisted that the I'M
derstanding during the late campaign
was, that if the "out-standing" States
accepted the Constitutional Amend
ment they would be entitled to repre-
sentation. Mr.. Stevens denied this,
and said he would never vote to admit
another State which did not give its
negroes the right to vote. Mr.. Spal-
ding also euIogiZed the administrative
abilities of Secretaries McCulloch and
Welles, and opposed the impeachment
of the President. 1t is said that Mr..
Bingham, of Ohio, will follow the ex-
ample of Judge Spalding. Now, to
which wing of the Radical party will
youattach hyourself, Mr.. "Republican?" ?"
Are you for Spalding, or Stevens?
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

WE publish, in another column, an
abstract of the Governors Message.
About half of it consists of one of the
old stump speeches on the "Constitu-
tional Amendment" made by the
Governor during the last campaign.
AS our readers know as much on that
hackneyed subject as the Governor, we
Concluded we wouldn't infiict that part
of the message upon them. We give
all of the document that is Of any earth
ly account to anybody.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

"In the midsto of life we are in death, y
and in the midst of triumph the Mon
grel Radical Disunion party, have re-
ceived, from the hands of their own
partizans, the death blow. The great
controversy between the Democracy
and their opponents, during the past
six years, was, as to aChetter the CO1asti-
tuition of the United States, could be set
aside by any necessity Uhdtecer. The
Democrats declared it could not be and
must not be so set aside. Their oppo-
nents insisted that it could be and
ought to be. The Supreme Court of
the United States, in the celebrated
Milligan case, have just decided in IA
vOr of the Democratic view. The opin-
ion of the Court was delivered by Mr..
Justice Davis, one of Mr.. LincOln's ap-
pOihtees, and who was an intimate
friend of the late President, and
is the administrator of the Lincoln
estate. This is q greater rjctory. for
the Democracy than If eUery North
ern State had cast q majority for the
Democratic candidates at the late e}ec-
tions. 1t cuts up by the roots the whole
MOngrel- Radical theory of the war and
brands with eternal infamy the men
who trampled under foot the rights of
their fellow citizens by supcrseding the
Constitution with military commits
sions" and mock trials by "courts-mar-
tial." The following extract from
Judge Davis opinion is enough to
make Democrats shout for joy:
"The Constitution of the United
States is law for rulers and people, E.
qually in war and peace, and covers
with the shield of its protection all
classes of men at all times, and under
all circumstances. No doctrine invOl-
wing more pernicious consequences was
ever invented by the wit of man than
that any of its provisions can be sus-
pended during any of the great emer-
gencies of the Government. Such
doctrine leads directly TO anarchy and
despotism; but the theory of necessity
on which it is based is false, for the
Government, within the Constitution,
has all the powers granted to it which
are necessary to preserve its existence,
as has been happily proved by the re-
suit of the great effort to throw Of its
just authority"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11
OvER-CRowDED LABOR MARKET.

OVER-CROWDEDL LABOR MARKET
The New York papers are cautioning
country workmen against seeking en-
ployment in thatcity, telling them that
the labor market there is overstocked,
business dull, and multitudes of work
men are discharged, while the rate of
wages is falling. Referring to this
fact the Washington Star remarks :
eve feel it duty to give the same
warning to persons coming to Wash
ington in search of employment. In
our long experience in the newspaper
business we have never before known
so many persons out of employment in
this city. 4 large portion Of the float
ing population brought here by the
war, still linger long after the demand
for their labor has ceased, and jostle
each other for a livelihood in all the
trades, and in a fierce contest for the
smallest Governmental office. De-
scending the social scale, we have some
thirty thousand colored people, contra
bands, &C., seeking employment here,
of whom it is safe to say that twenty
thousand will not average a days
work in week during the coming win
ter. The poor-house is already over
flowing and unable to afford shelter
for the swarms of vagrants and house
less ones afloat upon our streets, and
Heaven only knows what will become
Of the thousands of the unemployed
here when the severity of the winter
comes upon us.N
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

CURTIN. For the first time during
his official career" the Philadelphia
Neaos is obliged to withhold from Gov.
Curtin's message "the need ofour (its)
appreciation" 1t says, also,
eve can forgive a man on account of
his ignorance, for that is more a misfor-
tune thana fault, and we can even assist
to paliiate the errors of weak minded
or imbecile creature, but we have Meth
er charity for nor patience with one
who will deliberately prostitute a bril-
liant intellect and an originally good
heart to the base purpose OF making a
trife of political capital in canvass
for high office, at the expense of
truth, honor and decency combined"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11
Mr.. JOHN III. ORTIZ retires from the

Mr.. JOHN III. ORTIZ retires from the
editorship of the Clinton Democrat, and
IS succeeded by Messrs. J. w. and w.
P. Furey. Mr.. J. w. Furey was lately
connected editorially with the Belle
fonte Fatchma7. The Clinton Democrat
Is one of the best papers on our exchange
list and both the retiring editor and his
succas. ors have our very best wishes.
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3o,622, ,052 l6
The time fixed for the redemption of
S23, ,1OS, ,626 "A of the Indebtedness of the
Commonwealth having expired, re-
commend that provisions be made for
its redemption, by making new loan
for that purpose, payable at such peri
DDS as the prospective revenues will
justify.
Since my last annual message, | have
drawn from the Treasury, two thous-
and dollars of the fund placed in the
hands of the Governor for secret SER
vice and other extraordinary expenses,
which I have expended, in payment of
my personal staff, and for other purpo-
ses, as heretofore, except five hundred
and siXty-three dollars and fOrty-elght
cents, which [ have returned into the
Treasury.
[ again recommend the passage of
general laws, when it is at all practical
Die, and in this connection, recommend
the passage of a general law, regulating
railroads now existing and the incor-
poration of new companies, so that SO
far as possible there may be just uni
fOrmity in the franchises granted and
equal facilities afforded to the people of
all sections of the Commonwealth.
There are at this time, in the various
prisons, a number of persons, under
sentence of death, some of them for
many years, and as ii has become Gus
tom that The incoming Governor should
not issue a warrant of execution in ca
ses unacted on by his predecessor, it
not unfrequentIy happens that in many
cases, some of which are recent, while
some punishment should be inflicted,
that of death may appear to the Exec
utive to be too severe.
| earnestly repeat my recommended
tion heretofore made, that provision be
made for the reception of such persons
into the penitentiaries, who may be
pardoned on condition of remaining
limited time therein.
the State Agency at Washington
shoula, in my Judgment, be continued.
1t has proved very useful In all respects
and especially To our volunteers ana
their families.
-Four thousand six hundred and nine
ty claims have passed through the A
gency during the past year, and three
hundred and eleven thousand seven
hundred and three dollars have been
collected from the Government and
transmitted to the claimant free of
charge.
The trustees of the State Lunatic hos
pital represent that it is impossible for
them to accommodate and care for the
of patients committed to them
under the laws regulating admissions
into the hospital, and earnestly recon-
mend that provision be made for in
creased accommodation.
| invite your attentiont 40 the condi-
ton of the Arsenal. lit W. TOO small
usafe as depository for the large a
mount of valuable military material to
be kept in it, and is, in all respects, in
and not adapted to its pur-
poses.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

SAD OCCURRENCE Father Acci-
de1atIy Kills His Ctild.-On Monday
last, Mr.. George Wise, of West Bethle-
hem township, Washington county,
accidently shot and mortally injured
his child, and severely wounded his
wife. Mr.. Wise was shooting hogs,
and had exploded cap, and was rest
ing his rife upon his arm to cap it,
when the gun was discharged-the ball
passing through the head of an infant
in the arms of his wife, and lodging in
her breast. The child died in a few
hours, and the ball was extracted from
the breast of the mother, and sheis like
ly torecover. Ofcourse language would
fail to express the grief of the unhappy
husband and father. 1t is another
warming to be careful when handling
firearms.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

ALFRED SANDERsON, ESQ, former
" of the Lancaster I11tellfgenceT, has be-
come part owner of the Reading ca
zette. The paper will in future be edi-
ted and published by Messrs. Getz and
Sanderson. The senior member OF the
firm, and for many years the editor and
proprietor of the Gazette. is the Con-
gresham elect from the Berks district.
Success to the new firm.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

THE Harrisburg Patriot d Union has
been enlarged and otherwise improved.
1t is now issued in the morning instead
of the afternoon. We are glad to note
the prosperity of the Patriot d Union,
and hope that its circulation may con-
tinue to increase in every quarter of the
State,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11
AGENTS TO OBTAIN SUBSCRIPTIONS
To THE GAZETTE.
your County Paper.

Circulate your County Paper,
The following named gentlemen have been ap
pointed our Agents to obtain subscriptions to the
GAZETTE. They authorized to receipt for us
Bloody Run-Jeremah Thompson.
Rays HID. A. T. Black.
Monroe-Daniel Fletcher
CoieraiR-Geo. w. Deal, ri P. Diehl
c. Fatley-D. r. Anderson. A. Zembower.
Neutrality-suspicious. G. Devore.
Harrison-Geo w. Horn.
Juntata-John A. Cessna Geo. Gardill.
Schelisburg-J L. Black.
Napfrr-John Sill, John w Bowen.
Sonthampton-Wm. Adams, John Cavender
WestIey Bennett.
Unton-M Wertz. W B. Lambrght
". Woodberry-W VI. Pearson, Daniel Barley
s. Woodberry-J. l. Noble J. S. Brumbaugh
Hope4ceiL-W. A. Grove J b. Fluke
Broad Top-M. A. Hunter.
Li6erty-Geo Roades D. Stoler.
Saxfon-Charles Faxon.
st Ctair-John w. Crisman, Samuel Beckley
SNAKE Sprtng-Andrew Mortimore J G. Hart
ley and M. s. Ritchey.
". Providenee-GeO. Baughman, Homer Neice
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11
HARRISBURG.
PRY

Assembling OF tine Legislature: Election
of Officers: State Treasurer: u. =. SEN
4aet0r: bedford and Fulton i'm Luck; The
tnaHsuratiOn OF fBse new Governor ::
The "'kSOEtOn House, etc
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

Assets in Treasury
Bonds Pennsylvania Rail
Road Company,
Bonds Phila. and Erie
Railroad Company,
Interests on bond of the
Phila. and Erie Rail-
road Company,
Cash in Treasury,
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Publicdebt Dec. l, 1866, So, ,622,O52 IS

6 per cent. loan, s4OO,63o 90
5 per cent. loan, 32,073, 1872 50
a per cent. loan, 213,200 90
6 per cent. loan, militia
ry, per act May 10, 81, 2,82O,75O 90
Unfunded debt, relief
notes in circulation, 96,625 90
Interest certificates out
standing, 1906 80
Interest certificates un-
claimed, 4,44S 3S
Domestic creditors GER
tifcates, 1l9 67
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WASHINGTON.

Congress takes N NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SfOn
enjoys itself during the absence of flAe
Rumpers---The Supreme Court knocks
Military Commissions i'm the head---
MOngrel rage thereat---FwO of the
three Branches of the Government Benz
Ocrafic---CeIeOratf0n of JacIxSOn'S Vic
tory af New Orleans. dc.
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ABSTRACT OF THE GOVERNORS
MESSAGE.

To the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania :
We have reason to be thankful to God
for the blessings of peace, abundant
crops, that industry has been rewarded
and that thus the Commonwealth has
been able to do her full duty to herself,
to the country and posterity.
The condition of our finances is as
follows:
Balance in Treasury, No
vember 30, 1865, $2,373,66S IA
Receipts during fiscal yr
ending Nov. 80, 1866, 5,S29s66s 54
Total Treasury for fiscal
year ending Nov.30, '66, S,203,33 6S
Payments for same peri
Cd have been 6,462,3Os Al
Balance in Treasury, De-
cen!brr |, 1866, LII ,O33 q
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Balance in Treasury, De-
cen!inT |, 1866,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

Liabilities in excess of
assets,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-11

DdIdIICU III ITtdoUTy NU-
vember 30, 1865,
Receipts during fiscal yr
ending Nov. 30, 1866,
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13,OS6,O33 27
22,536,O1S SO
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1,225,000 90
1,741,033 q
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26
FEMALE LABOR.

The subject of adequate compensation
 for female labor has engaged the attention ofphilanthropists for several years. Tn
 time has been when woman was rated yer, low Tn the social scale, and when her voca ton was considered to be that of drudge
 ln society. Civilization has placed her up on the higher level, and that respect whicl
 belongs to her sex is now, almost univer
 sally accorded to her. But there is yet one
 great wrong practiced towards her which
 should be forthwith righted. We allude tc
 compensation for labor. The general stan
 dald of female labor is lower by more than
 one.half than that of males. A journey
 man tailor, for instance, will receive two
 dollars for making a pair of custom pants.
 while woman for making the same, and
 making them equally we'll, will be allowed
 but seventytive cents or dollar. This is
 manifest in justice. Take another instance
 that of teachers in our public schools A
 male is allowed from one to two thousand dollars per annum, but a female for what she can teach equally well, is fortunate If she gets four hundred dollars year. We 1 to not say that the male receives a cent too | much for his valuable services, but we can not help thinking that the female is inad- equately paid. The labors of the one are a lal to the labors of the other; both are occupied the same number of hours, and while the responsibility of the male, may be greater than that of the female, still no one supposes that the male could be hired to do the work of the female for the wages she receives.
 Go into your factories and it will be as- certalned that the same rule applies
 Women do not receive on an average, more than q n1l T x1-b1
 same work receive on an average, three dollars per day. The former cannot get board for less than four dollars per week, which leaves them only the miserable pit tance Of two dollars with which to procure clothing and whatever else they may i'm peratlvely need. And many, very many of these arc widows whose husbands have laid down their lives ill defence of their coun- try. and who, besides, have little ones de- pending upon them. Failing to earn a hvlng by honorable employment, is it any wonder that so many plunge into the vor tex Of vice, and soon become the pariahs of society. AS a general rule, women are equally industrious with men, and eoually Willing to work, even when they receive less wages. For those who have fallen, there are institutions established to reclaim them and mauy are doubtless reclaimed But tle number who fall would be far less if they were allowed an adequate compen- sation for their services. Here is the s >urce of the evil, and IS where the refor- nation should begin. Mans inhumanity to man bears DO comparison to man inhu manity to woman In theory We accord to woman very nigh place in society-she is the charm of the social circle, and Q foun- T poverty compels her to labor for subsis- tence we are too apt to place her on a low CT level from which she too readily finds Q ''lower deep. ."-tStandcra
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26
RARE INSTANCE OF DEVOTED FRIENDSHIP

The four unfortunate Misses Morgan, who were burned to death by the dreadful accident on the railroad, near Cincinatti, on Thursday morning of last week, were ladies of education, and refinement, good
 ness and responsibility, and, as we have already stated daughters of the late Benja- min Morgan, formerly of the firm of Price
 X Morgan, merchants in Philadelphia and afterwards president of the Bank of Louis iana, at New Orleans, and interested in large sugar estates. At the time Messrs.
 Price & Morgan dissolved partnership. they
 mutually agreed that in case of pecuniary
 misfortunes or loss befalling either of them
 the other,if still in good circumstances, was
 to share his property with the unfortunate one. Many years afterwards Mir. Chandler Price failed in Philadelphia, and Mr. Ben- iamin Morgan transferred to him fine TOW
 of buildings on Tchoupitoulas street, New Orleans. Some years after, and about the
 time of MT, Morgan death, the latter be- came much embarrassed by endorsements. MT. Price having iii the meantime accu- muated another fortune. after the death of his old partner, reconveyed tho same valu-
 q bie property on Tchoupitoulas street to MT. Norgan's children. This is one of the
 rare instances, in this life, of faithful, hon
 orable and undying friendship, and quite
 as extraordinary that all four of the daugh- ters shonld be killed at one fell swoop, a 1 thousand miles from home.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26

! truth is, the General is a quick. wiry, expe
 rienced old hero; and it didn't take hin long to rout the Barnabee boy, who was Tn reality coward, as all bullies and ty rants ever have been. and always vii
 be.
 l don't approve of boys fghting; don't defend Johnny; but if the General wants an extra ration or two of preserved pear, he shall have it.
 l am we'll aware that socially speaking, Johnny is Black Sheep. I know that have brought him up badly, and that there ls not an unmarried man or woman i'll the United States who wouldn't have brought him up very differently. It's great pity that the only people who know how to manage children never have any! At the same time Johnny is not black sheep all over. lie has some white spots. His sins if wiser folks had no greater!-are the re- suit Of too much animal life. They belong to his evanescent youth, and Twill pass away but his honesty, his generosity, his bravery belong to his character, and are enduring g qualities. The qnickly crowding years will tame him. A good large pane of glass, or a seductive bell knob, ceases in time to have attractions for the most reckless spir- 1t. And l am quite confident that Johnny Will be great statesman, or valorous SOL dier, or, at all events, 8 good citizen, after he has got over being A Young Desperado.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26

E3@ On motion of MT. Bucalew of Pa. the nse of the title Honorable" will here- after be committed in the journal of the laiIy proceedingsof the Senate.-Conqres- sionni Proceedings.
 The accession of such characters as But Ter Brownlow, Ashley, and other has made Congress very different body from the honorable Congress- of other days We incline to believe that the Pa. Senator is ght--Hnyfoyd Times. sr.
 An, yes! ''A very different body from the honorable Congress of other days" Tn your honorable Congress of other dsys," whose memories the Times rolls under it's tongue; and for whose return it hankers, boasted your Hon. MT Davis, who sat in the Sen ate and plotted treason, your Hon. MT. Breckenridge who played the honorable part of spy before he went openly into re- bellion,- your Hon. MT. Brooks, whose honor was of that refined and delicate tex ture, that it required a bullying and bru- tai assault upon an unarmed man to sus- tain it,-your Hon. MT. Wigfall, who w.s nothing if not drunk, k,-vour Hon. MT. Mir. Keitt, who made the Hall of Represen. tatives beer garden, and continually dis graced it by scenes of drunken yiolence,- and all those other Honorables, too nu. merous to mention, who adorned the honorable Congress of other days" !" But the Times should not. be dis couraged because these its especial friends and models, are no longer in the places that once knew them. It may still find it's pets and patterns of honor in Congress, repre- senting Democratic constituencies. There is the Hon. MT. Morrissey. the prize-fght- CT and p1aro- -dealer-the Hon, Mr. Ben Wood. the lottery dealer and gambler-the Hon. MT. F. Wood, saved from State Pris- on by the statute of limitations, and oth- CTS not so prominent, perhaps, but equally meritorious as models. With these, and such as these of its own party in Congress, ! hadn't the Times better think twice, before it assents to the disuse of the Honorable. |" If electing these men to Congress does not
 make them '' Honorable, !" nothing does. and the Hon, Mr. Morrissey-let us remind the Times-has boy, for whose especial
 beneft,he has sought, and now wears the title.--Norwich Bulletin. '-
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26

ssg> We hear great deal from Demo- cratic sources about negro supremacy, and even Virginia has been instanced as one of the states where this '' 'atrocity" has been perpetrated. The Richmond Whig gives a few figures on the subject which very ef- fectually dispose of the bugbeaf:
 Before the late election, the number of registered persons, white and black, was 22l, ,754. Of this aggregate, 116,992 were whites and 104, 7S2 blacks, giving white majority of 12, 2l0, The vote for the con vention was l4,835 whites and 2,5O7 blacks. The vote cast against the conven- ton was 61, ,249 whites and 63S blacks. Az gregate vote cast, 169, ,229, less by B, 525 than the number registered Of the 52.- 525 registered votes not cast 40,S9S were whites and ll,627 blacks. Of the IA, ,835 whites who voted for a convention. it is safe to assume that not more than 5000 are radicals, who will vote for radical con. stitution. Five thousand white radicals added to the l04,000 registered blacks give lOO,O radical aggregate.
 cit IS believed that the whole radica strength has been registered. To offse this, we have 1882 white conservative. registered, and from 15, to 10000 to be re gistered, which would give us conserva tive vote against an offensive radical con stitution of say from 125, 900 to 13O, ,00O | 1t not plain, then, that 1t is in our power If we all register who are entitled to regis ter, and all vote who are entitled to vote to defeat any constitution framed unde the present reconstruction laws which shal not be agreeable to us?'