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fANk or DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT
'.aie.iiaus n-:ll== fyr the East, West. North and
Se'''n. sad the general business Of Exchange
,fan acted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
KEN ittances promptlymade. REAL ESTATE
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EOLANK DEEDS TOR SALE CHEAP at the
ID INQUIRER OFFICE
N0y >, 1866
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

The old story of a schoolboy who spelled
Andrew Jackson, &ru Jaxen has been over
shadowed by a(genius out West who wished
to mark half dozen white shirts he marked
the first John Jones, and all the rest ditto.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

A little great man is not the meanest thing
in the world A little great mans toady is
far meaner.
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Our thinks it remarkable that, while sew
eral thousand feet are required to make one
rood, single foot, properly applied, is often
sufficient to make one civil.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

''HAvE you the Exile Of Erin here ? p
asked lady, a few days since, Of a clerk in a
book store. mo ma am, was the answer:
liant got no eggs lie; we've got prime ar
ticle of bars lie. if that'll answer,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

4 wicked paragraphist thinks ''stnfing' in
this country developes the fair as well as the
| fowl.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

NuY is woman mending her stockings
detormed Because her hands are where her
feet belong.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

Logp BUckfNGuAM was once at a dinner
where Mr.. Grubb was required TO sing. He
begged to be excused, urging that he knew
not what to sing. "Siug, I'd be a butterfly,
snggested the nobleman.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-06-14

JosHuA BuLNGS truthlully remarks that
trying to live on the reputation of dead
grandmother is just about as enterprising as
rying to hatch out rotten eggs under tin
1eathercock.'
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HIfNTINGDoN & BRoADToP RAILROAD
4 4 Lon ard after Monday, May o, 1867, Pas
scnref Trims will arrive and depart follows:
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Blaokwood's Edinburgh Maeazino,,r....

discount oftgeay per- cent. viii be allowed H.,
clubs Of four or more persons. Thus, four copie
Of Blackwood, or Of one Review, will be sent h,
one address for $3.50. -Four copies Of the r,,,,
ReTiews and Blaekwood, FOR $iS, co, and 10 on.
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''AN' will ye be after telling what kind OF
. baste ye call this, said a newly arrived
holding up a wasp between his
humb and finger.
"Och, murder Spake quick, for he's bit
no mo
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
POLITICAL ITEMS.

WHAT THE President MEANS TO Do
The Boston Post, which is said to be in some
sort an organ of Mr.. Johnson's, tells Us that
The has determined to be master Of the situa-
ton; that he has exhausted every effort at
harmony and Cancellation, and is resolved to
resist to the utmost. Mr.. johnson declared
70 party Of friends to-day that, having ex-
hausted eveIy effort at Cancellation, he should
now unhinchingly enforce every constitution
al power to save the country from impending
ruin; that the simple issue was constitutions
al government or military despotism, and he
had fully resolved upon the course he should
adopt to fulfil the plain requirements of his
othce. And 1t assures rs In terms that ''the
President has taken the war path in earnest"
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFoRM.-Accord-
ing to Radical Senator Morton, of Indiana,
the Democrats of the North are upon the fol.
lowing platform:
"RepudiatiOn of the national debt; resto.
ration of slavery, or, if that cannot be done,
payment by the nation for slaves peusioning
the soldiers widows aud orphans Of the Con.
federate army; recognition of the right of
secession, and the unconditional return of re-
bels to political power"
CosT OF RADIcAL1sM.-Says the Indian
apOlis Qnd) Herald:
"Tbe public debt is going up at the rate
of S24, 00O, 900 per month ! that is only $685.
900, 900 year! Cheap enough certainly,
for grand experiment of turning white men
into negroes, and changing the American
into an African system of Government"
"A Washington dispatch to the Boston
1cdUetter, says that President johnson has
ordered the United States District Attorney
of Carolina to prepare and Indictment against
General Sickles, on the charge of violating
the criminal laws of the United States in re-
sisting the process of the Federal courts
General Sickles claims on his part, that as dis
trict commander, he was not responsible to
jurieS and district attorneys; that he violated
no order of the President or General Grant,
and that what he did receive General Grants
appreciation.
The National LnteUgencer says:
snow the cry OF impeachment is to be re-
vived. Let it come. = = The President
can only get out of the dilemma into which
his councillors have betrayed him, by inviting
conflict between himself aud his accusers,
They can bring no charges of infidelity against
him, OF which they are not doubly guilty. In
a recent letter referring to the reconstruction
acts, Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, writes /:
''SOme of the Senate seemed to doubt their
power under the Constitution which they had
just repudiated. and wholly outside of which
all agreed that We were acting, else our whole
work of reconstruction was usurpation."
-"It is given out" that Mr.. Summer has
addressed letter to an important parsonage
earnestly warning the Radicals against Grant.
The letter charges duplicity and conservatism
upon the General, and hurls several Latin
and Greek denuuciations at his head fer his
abetting the displacement of Stanton by
accepting the Secretaryship
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
The Crisis and the Remedy.

Under the above heading, the n. Y. Her.
aid has strong article, from which we make
the following extracts:
Over thirty millions of people to be ruled
by PurItanism and the negroes This is the
result OF four years of terrible war the sac
rlfce Of two hundred thousand lives; the
sinking Of national morality the wrecking
OF commerce; the ruin of our agricultural
interest; the imposing upon our country a
debt OF three thousand millions of dollars
The mad revolutionary element that blindiy
urges the nation to ruin still continues its race
10 halt Is death to them and yet they must
be halted. True to their ideas, and true to
revolutionary rules, they now begin to ap-
proach the second phase in the overthrow of
all government. Heretofore they have fol-
lowed single idea to its widest extreme :;
they now reduce themselves to unfolding men
instead of principles. They now strike the
name OF Sheridan as the lOudest note upon
their political harp, andwould make the coun-
try believe that the transfer of that officer to
other duties is an assault upon them
The moment has come; the revolutionary
waves which freed the negroes is now dashing
him against the common sense of the country,
to the ruin of its present interest and future
greatness. We are now threatened with a
negro Representatives from each CongressioD-
al district in the South aud the code which
is now to govern the United States may re-
ceive laws based upon ignorance instead of
education. The wave must be stopped; it
has broken the control of those who first gave
it impulse. The national revolution of feel
ing demands that it be halted, and demands,
too, that Mr.. johnson halt it. Let him strike
the blow; let him now give the country uni
versal amnesty. The negro will then take
his proper place, and in the light of freedom,
which is his right, he may emerge from men.
tai darkness. With universal amnesty the re-
construction problem will be finished at
single stroke; intelligence will replace igno-
rance, and Puritanism and the negro may
take position second to the common sense Of
the country.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
Proclamation by the President.


General Sickles, as the military command.
err of District No. 2, embracing the States of
North and South Carolina, undertook to set
aside or suspend the judgments entered by
even the U. S. Courts. This was an act of
such daring surpatiOn-making in his own
right tho military, superior to the highest
civil authority of the gOvernment-that the
President at once displaced the impudent
usurper, and has issued his notice of procla-
nation to all future offenders. He states at
length the general and well known prinei-
pies of the government in this matter, and
concludes as follows -
Whereas, Impediments and obstruction,
serious in their character, have recently been
interpOsed in the States of North Carolina
and South Carolina, hindering aud prevent
ing for time proper enforcement there Of
the laws of the United States, and of the
judgments and DEGREES Of a lawful, court
thereof in disregard Of the command Of the
President of the United States and
Whereas, Reasonable and well-founded ap-
prehensioDs exist that such ill-adyised and
! unlawful proceedings may be again attempted
there or elsewhere; now, therefore,
/, Andrew johnson, President of the Uni
ted States, do hereby warn all persons against
obstructing or hindering in any manner what
soever the faithful execution of the Consti-
tuition and the laws and do solemnly en-.
| join and command all officers of the Govern.
meut, civil and military, to render due sub.
mission and obedience to said laws and to the
judgments and DEGREES of the courts of the
| United States, and to give all the aid in their
| power necessary to the prompt enforcement
and execution Of such laws, DEGREES, judg-
ments and processes; and 1 do hereby enioin
upon the officers of the army and navy to as,
sist and sustain the courts and other civil au
] thorities of the United States in faithful
administration of the laws thereof and in the
| judgments, DEGREES and processes of the
courts of the United States; and call upon
! all good aud welI-dispOsed citizens of the
United States to remember that upon the said
Constitution and laws, and the judgments
DEGREES and processes of the courts, made il
accordance with the same, depend the pro,
lection of the lives, liberty, property and hap
Piness of the people, and expect them ev
erywhcre to testify devotion to their country
their pride in its prosperity and greatness anC
their determination to uphold its free institu
tiOns, by hearty cooperation in the efforts
of the Government to sustain the authority
| of the law, to maintain the supremacy of the
Federal Constitution, and preserve unim
paired the integrity of the National Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
- necessary sbsence frOm hong Since

S-A necessary absence from home since
our last issue, AID the desire of those in our
employ to enjoy the shows and pic-nies with
which our community, has recently been ia
vored, must constitute our apology for the
hack of editorial matter this week, which We
trust is in part compensated for by the local
and general news which We present
We might, without much consideration, in
dulge in our usual style of showing up our
local politicians, but to our mind there are
more important questions to be discussed,
which require the most mature reflection and
which need to be handled with the greatest
caution. There is danger ahead, and unless
our judgment is greatly at fault, We are on
the eve of events, which are to startle the
country with another and devastating revolu-
tion. The persistent and reckless determi-
nation of the present dominant party of the
North to perPetuate its power by placing the
liberties of the South at the mercy of au un-
licensed negro suffrage, is rapidly aud surely
fastening a collision between the two races,
which human agencies now seem powerless to
avert. The question is only one of time, and
as necessity, cannot be far distant.
The people of the country are evidently
thinking, and the result of. this application
of the public mind to the condition of affairs
will open up realization of the dangers which
surround them, for the cry is already being
raised, that what has been lost by the sword
must be, regained through the same instru>
mentality. So intense is the bitterness, and
so irrecOncilable the hatred now existing be.
tween the contending forces for the mastery,
that the most trivial outburst of popular in
disnation may be famed to. a flame that will
spread its blighting effects from one extremity
of the land to the other, and out of which we
shall emerge with our liberties regained and
the Constitution restored, or else as the sub
jects of some military despot upon whom for
tune may cast the mantle of favoritism.
There is no compromise. The iron hand
of destiny holds this governmsut in its grasp,
and its present mongrel character is to be
changed, and shaped, and moulded, through
another ordeal of carnage and OF blood, and
in which will be forever settled all those inn
POrtant questions of government which the
last struggle left undecided The test will
then be surely applied whether we are indeed
fitted for the enjoyment of constitutional
republic, or whether our conflicting interests
require the imposition of depotic form in
which all power shall be vested in one man,
and he military prodigy whose genius shall
attract to him all the rival and discOrdaut
elements, to light his path to imperial pOmp
and power. One or the other of these fates
awaits Us, and so near at hand is the joining
of the issue, that the mutterings of the storm
are distinct and perceptible.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

The possibility of General Grants being a
candidate for the Presidency has exerted and
is still exercising singular influence upon
party politics. The radicals Gas says the
Wheeling RcgiSter) dOnt's want to nominate
him and yet they fear that, unless he is made
their candidate, he will be nominated By the
opposite party, They are therefore employ
ing their subtlest strategy to evoke from him
some decided expression of opinion that will
ruia his chance of obtaining the conservative
nomination. When this has been done and
Grant has committed himself fully to the
radical programme, they can then afford to set
him aside and nominate man who will suit
their purposes better.
a short time ago, there was chance Of
Sheridan's becoming the radical pet and a
formidable rival to Grant for nomination to
the Presidency. Grant Immediately espous-
ed Sheridans side of the quarrel with the
President and thus smothered his rival with
caresSes. and Sheridan is not now considered
enough of martyr to render his chances for
the radical nomination very Rattering.
1fGrant should see and avoid the trap the
Radicals have prepared for him, maintaining
the same position of quasi neutrality he has
so long held, either the radicals will be COM
PEELED to nominate him, or he will be put
forward as a conservative candidate by sort
OF philadelphia Convention" movement. en-
gineered and controlled by conservative Re-
Pubhcans. That portion of the Democratic
party that clings rather to principle than to
expediency will doubtless have candidate of
Its own in the field. The contest Will then
become triangular fight, the chances of sue
cess resting mainly with Grant, and the least
of all with the straight-out radical nominee.
The vote that the Democratic nominee
will receive will depend very largely upon
the candidate himself There are men in
the Democratic ranks, such men as George
ii. Pendleten for example, who would be able
to command the solid and undivided vote of
the party Ifone of these be nominated, the
conservative republican vote being given to
Grant, the Democratic nominee will doubtless
be elected.
Should Grant commi: himself fully into
radical hands aud openly espouse their princi.
pies, his chances for the Presidency will be
ruined forever. Having once destroyed his
power as a rival, they will very summarily
and unceremOniOusly dispense with his ssr-
vices as leader. The wire-pulling and
strategy now being employed for this purpose
are the most notable movements now going on
among TIE politicians If Grant is ont
generated and disposed of in the manner
indicated. it is probable that the radical nom
lnation will be conferred upon Chase, or Col
fax, or some other advanced" and "earnest"
advocate Of the radical faith.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
Amnesty Proclamation.

This eagerly anticipated document mado
Its appearance in the city papers of yester--
day. 1t is too long for publication in our
present issue, aud we eau only state that after
referring, in lengthy preamble, to the for
mer proclamatiOns by President Lincoln and
himself, President johnson proclaims "full
pardon and restoration fall privileges, immu-
mites aud rights of property except with re-
gard to slaves, to all persons directly or indi-
rectly participating in the late rebellion, ex-
cept in cases of legal proceedings under the
laws of the United States, on condition that
every such person subscribe to prescribed
oath. The exceptions to the benefits of this
pardon are -
First-The President of the sO-called Con-
federate or Rebel States, Vice President and
all heads of departments, all agents abroad,
all army officers above the grade of Brigadier
General, all naval officers above grade of Cap.
tain, all Governors of States supporting the
Rebellion.
Second-An persons who treated in any
way, otherwise than as prisoners of war, per.
sons employed in the military or naval ser
vice of the United States.
Third-All persons in civil, military or ma
val custody, or legally held to bail, before oil
after conviction, aud all persons engaged di'
rectly or indirectly in the assassination of the
President of the United States, or in any plO
or conspiracy in any manner Herewith con
nected.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
The. Strength of the Rebel Army.

10 The Editor Of the Ne1 York Tribune.
SIR.-YOur Issue of June 26rh, containinO-
an article from your Washington correspond
ent on the strength of the rebel armies IN the
field, has only recently come into my hands.
and have examined it with great deal off
interest Its details correspond in generaH
with my own information and belief, except.
where an attempt is made to supply the miss
ing muster.rolis of Lees army at the most i'm.
Portant and interesting period Of the wax
Why are those rolls missiDg2 Who mutila-
ted the record in abstracting theml Until
1t Is satisfactorily shown TO the contrary. L
shall never believe that the Army Of North
ern Virginia at any time exceeded &c. 900
effective men and at ssTemI important De.
RODS know it was shout 30 600. to VT. a.
near as | am able to saF Eirst Bull Run.
28,OOOj ADtietam, 81, 600; fredericksburg.
3Z,OOO. As these are candidIy-entertained
impressions, on the best data have. If YOU
or any Of your correspondents know more
about 1t, on irrefragible data, / would gladly
and deferentially accept the information.
venture to correct your correspondent in,
small, perhaps unimportant matter, TO wit.
the Confederate force at Mobile at the. CLOSE.
OF the war, which he estimates at $40, 100
was the inspector general of that district
and can inform you that the force defending
Mobile when it was attacked by Generai
Candy was about ] 900 strong; this included
city battalion and three regiments Of re-
serves, robbed from the cradle and the grave;
OF the seasoned aud quasi regular troops
there were about s, 1000, including some dis
mounted cavalry and several batteries which
had lost their guns at Nashville.
would add that when Taylor surrendered
TO Candy he bad, as far as l am. Informed,
about 1900 troops in the field !; whom 1000
we're infantry, discounted cavalry, and artil-
iery, under Maury, and about the same num-
Der OF cavalry under Forrest The. other
1000 believe liberal allowance for piekets
and other outlying squads in the southern and
western part of this department
As you perceive, make no pretsDee of
superior information. except within my own
speciality, and write more in the spirit Of
one desiring information than Offering TO
school others.
Very respectfully,
J.. Fl. CUMNUNs,
Lieutenant Colonel late C. s. A.
Warrington, August 26, 1867
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
THE PAsr WEEk uns nnn. Of rrea,lu n,nra 1

TIE PAST WEEK was one of greatly more
than ordinary excitement to our people.. and
if its results has added nothibg to the pro-
ductiEe fund, it has afforded an opportunity
for all classes to participate. The first grand
exhibition came off on Tuesday, and since
the days of old John Brown have we had no
such excitement or greater crowd than was
induced by Barnum and Van Amburg's Me-
nagerie and CastelIo's Circus. The entrance
into the town and the appearance of the pa
geant as it traversed our streets, was really
grand, and elected the most enthusiastic
plaudits. As to the exhibition itself, the spa.
ciOus tent was so density crowded, the intensi>
ty Of the heat so great and American citi>
zens of African descent so largely prepoud.
Grating, that We simply took 'tsight" at the
elephant and his unique associates, and then
left. We have heard the performances, how
ever, very avOrabIy spoken of, and the feats
of bareback Workmanship performed by Mr..
Fish, never excelled. From this point the
caravan proceeded to Snickersville, LoudOun
county, and We congratulate our friends be.
yOnd the mountain, they will now have some
more pleasurable, and we opiue, equally pro-
fitable excitement, as negro registration or be-
ing surfeited with the perusal of "orders" from
Headquarters, Military District, No. l."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

DEATH OF AN EMINENT MAN.-The Tai.
labassee FEoridian announces the death of ex.-
Governor THOMAS Brown, in that city, on
the Gath ult, in the SD year of his age
Governor B. was native of Westmoreland
county, Va, but about the year 1916 emigra-
ted to this county with his brothers, William
and james, so long and favorably known to
our people, and embarked in mercantile pur>
suits. This he pursued with entire success
for some years, but after a visit to England
he removed to Florida in 1926, then just rec
ognized as Territory of the U. S. By his
extraordinary attachments, spOtless character
and discriminating judgment, he soon became
the idol of the people, in their private walks
or public councils. Upon the admission of
Florida into the Union in 1915, he was elect
ed to the Legislature, aud in 1S4S, after an
animated contest, elected Governor of the
State. Among all the public men of the
country, he seemed to be the favorite friend
and counsellor of the distinguished Clay, and
his warm advocacy of that eminent states
anyserved to give to him not only State but
National reputation. AS he lived loved,
hOnOred and respected, so he died universally
lamented. He leaves large number of i'm
mediate relatives and friends in this county
who most sincerely mourn his departure.