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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

HORATIO j. MEANS, Licensed
Auetioneer, tenders his services to all per-
SONS naviug sales, or vendues. Give him call.
Residence, Black Valley, Monroe tp., six miles
South of Bloody Bun novsm3
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

We would call the special attention of gentle
men 10 our line of HATS which we boast in
price, quality and style. There is no style but
what we have.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

FSTEY'S COTTAGE ORGANS are
i still ahead of all competitors and stand un-
TiTalled in POWER, PURITY OF TONE and
BRILLIANCY and all oiher points which 60 to
make frst-cass instrument.
The "VOX HUMANA TREM0LO' is the great
est Of all modern Improvements on reed instru-
ments 1t CHARMS and SURPRISES all who
hear it hv its wonderful resemblance TO the HU
MAN VOICE DO not confound this with the
common tremoIo in use. It j. entirely different,
and far superior any other.
Fer sale wholesale and retail by
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

L. NJ. Dlt UCE-
ISM Seventh Street. Philadelphia.
- Send for descriptive circular and price list.
The effect Of ,our "Tremolo' is entirely new to
me. and is certainly the best 1 ever heard.-GEo
W MORGAN. The first 0rganist Of America.
No Tremolo has yet been invented that will in
any degree compare with this for beauty OF effect
In fact il seems to me TO be absolutely perfect
WM A. JOHNSON Pipe Organ Builder.
Esteys Cottage Organs are without superior
for exceedingly quick articulation and round tone
the essential features ii instruments OF this class
-GEo. JARpINE Pipe Organ Builder.
The Cotttge Organ is the best Of its class ever
saw, and the best adapted for church music Of any
in use. HEINTz, 0rganist, Findiay, o.
an much pleased with the Cottage Organ which
| purchased from you; it combines sweetness and
power in unusual degree, and is quite favor
ite in our family ciTcle.-BIsHOP SIMPSON.
We know no organs of tie class which possess so
many valuable qualities.-IEDEFBSDENr.
For the parlor, its sweetness is remarkable; for
the church it has power more organ-like than
anything Wc have seen.-METH0DIsT.
Persons wishing 10 purchase an organ are re
quested to examine the Estey instruments now in
use at the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches,
Bedford. Pa iul26,'67
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

Our CASSIMERES and CLOTHS
will be found suitable for old and young, rich and
poor TRIMMINGS of all qualities.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
TO THE CATHOLICS OF NEW ORLEANS
TIE NEW ORLEANS MORNING STAR.

For years It has been matter OF astonisment
not TO say humiliation that in the metropolis of the
South, with Catholic community like ours numerous
Intelligent, and truly religious there was not single
Catholic paper In English Admitting that such paper
iB in city desderatun, we intend with the ap-
proval of the Authority OF this Diocese TO
start Weekly English paper mainly devoted to the m
9 NEW ORLEANS MORNING STAR AND CATHo-
Lie MESSENGER"
For the intellectual and material departments have
chosen of faith and talent able editors, and e1
perenced managers thoroughly devoted to the Catholic
The g MORNING STAR" viii be printed in quartO
form of eight pages
Tcrms-Four dolars per annum in advance.
To prevent all failure, and to guarantee the perma-
nency of undertaking. it viii be based on Joint
stock company administered according to the laws OF
Louisiana. "a.
joint company will be composed Of stock to
the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, In
Five Thousand Shares of Twenty Dollars per share
ne-hRlf of each to be paid cash
The patronage Of the Rev. Clergy Of tko naghborina
dioceses is earnestly solicited.
The whole MANAGEMENT will be under the supervision
of committee composed of four PriestG atY1tnted by
Rev Archbishop and three layMen 10 beelectcd
by the stockholders.
APPROVAL OF THE MOST REV. A3JHBISHoP
We approve of the aforesaid undertaking, and com
mend IL the Catholics of cur diocese We appoint
Rev N. j. Perche President, and Reys Thomas r.
Smith and - Flanagan as ecclesiastical members OF
'A' IT, NJ, Archbishop Of New orleanA
The Parish Priests invited to read this pros
P0SsOS y ~ N 81 PERCHE, v. g.,
t-%ssss President of the Committee
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11

TIE WATER STREET HUMDUG.-The dis |
reputable denouement of the affair which
the "Evang elicals' concocted about Allen,
the WjGkedest Man." has worn off the
edge of,the curiosity -mongers, whose appe-
tite for sensational food is ever craving.
The New York Neps thus sketches the
latest phase:
v 1.-THE show at the noted John Aliens at
tracted but q meagre audience; two clergy
meu two or three diapidated Magdalens aud
a few strag.lers, comprising the audience
Joiln tried to get up an excitement by Singing
aud exhorting, but it was no use; since the
press has exposed aud ignored the farce, it can
not be even galvanized into n sem6lance of Vi
! taiity. At Kit Burnss place the audience
| was still fewer in numbers, and NO one present
! seemed to have sufficient heart or assurance to
endeavor to get up the old camp-meet;pg style
| of high pressure excitement that has been a
nine days wonder in that vicinity. At Shaug-
| hal Hadden's place no ATTEMPT was made to
| 90 through the old role of calling sinners to
l repentance.
It is more THAI probable thai this glorious
trio, who have CAUSED so much connection in
The community, aud obtained such an unenvi-
able potoriety for themselves, will soon So osde
into their orig; nal obscurity, and the Water
rect Revival Will be a thing of tue past, to
be occasionally referred to as peculiar episode
in the waited history of this cosmopolitan me
, | tronol;SD
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
A LBERT1NE TRANSFORMED INTO A TRAPPIsr

Some forty years ago, a pious curiosity
induced me to visit a monastery, situated
in the department of Drome, a short dis
lance from Burrelatta, and surnamed Aqua
bella, on account of the abundant and clear
waters of its magnificent river. 1t was then,
as it is now, inhabited by austere cenobites,
who in a mortal body lead truly angelic
life.
After traversing narrow passes above
which are suspended rugged rocks, and
saluting, in passing, the celebrated village
of Grignan; percbed on high mountain,
where is still to be seen the tomb of the re-
nowned Madame de Sevigne, leaped for
| joy on deserving the steeple of that con-
vent church where / was to spend few
happy days In the bosom of this pictur-
esque solitude.
The remembrance of those fortunate
hours can never be forgotten. Welcomed
with a kindness and simplicity which
reminded me of the ancient customs of our
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
HOW 1T WORKS.

The leaven in the Episcopal Church is
working through the mass of its people.
Every day new Developments are made,
showing the precarious tenure by which
Protestant principles hold the people
Books, pamphlets, and speecheseare circu-
lating and doing their legitimate work,
breaking down the prejudices which have
so long held the people in thraldom. A
prominent Anglican thus speaks in recent
publication
Let as get oar people to believe and realize
the presence Of Jesus on our affairs Ia tcng
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11

TIE EMpEEoR ALExANpEE.-The traits
of character manifested by the present En-
peror of Russia are not such as will make
him a conspicuous object in the annals OF
his country. The first Alexander, and Nj
cbolas, the late occupant of the throne,
with many vices, possessed qualities which
served &c redeem them from being unmiti-
gated tyrants. The present ruler is cruel,
weak and wholly selfish. His recentodious
act, in sending to Siberia Catholic Bishop
for refusing to do an act in direct contra
vention to his sacred duty, shows the innate
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11

and .ceayy task, but the praysys cf The saiHts
are helping 10, and faith and perseverance,
mAst aoia the day, amd Enetasd will %
deed, thought only Of themselves; ). they
cared not.for the poor; the people, with all
their fau1ts, heard mass; the Reformers
took the MAS away. The people did not
communicate a. often as it Is desirable tnat
good Christians should do; the Reformefs
never let them see communion at all, and
90 they left OF being communicants alto
gether. Persons when dying desired the
Yia<icwns the Reformers abOlished reserv-
alton, and 60 rendered the ViGticNns an
| impossibility in very lmany cases, and q
source Of trouble and vexation to Prlest
and people in every case. However wicked
q man was, there was the sacrament OF
peuance ready; the Reformers, very natu-
1 rally dislikiu1 confession themselves,
quietly shelved that sacrament and our
people, in consequence, have mo- idea OF the
meaning Of repentance, or OF seii.exa%i ma
a proaches, Christians wish to be fortified by
!, all. the rites OF holy Church but here the
4 Reformers stepped in again and aD0i1sneo
Iextreme JUNCTION. Roman Catholics ass
how can we remain in o Church whlci
, boasts of such men as these. Unr reply
simple. We are not bound by their crime.
and shortcomings. We disOwn them ane
, abhor their conduct, while we hope ant
! pray that their sins may be forgiven. Tht
> punishment Of death mistakenly but prov
3 identially inflicted ON them) possibly may 9
f some way to make atonement, through TN
One Great Atonement, for their numerou
3 misdeeds; and here tho Catholic doctrine |?
l purgatory comes IN to give US hope that
after all, they may have some portion II
that Kingdom which here they understood
) not, whose interests they greatly harmed
stained rs they were, yet an act OF tr1'
contrition at the last may have availed
, and, at the great day, saved as by fire,
may we and they stand before the throne o
God
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
MUTUAL AID AND BENEVOLENT
LIFE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA
SYNOPSIS OF CHARTER.

The plan proposed by the Mutaal Aid and benevolent
Ist-Each pe,soi upon enrolling bpsef herself as
a member, shall pay into the Treasury membership
fee. if between the ages OF
16 TO 30, inclusive the sum
81 TO 40, .. ..-..--.--..-....--.l y
Al to 80, ..-..--..--......--.!
81 TO co. .. ..-...--.-...-....-..--. .
2dA Life Ipsr,spce Policy is issued for sum eqnas
to dollar FOX each enrolled member appearing on tno
OF the Association tbe decease OF said member
But In event stall the aiioaIs DO paid said policy
exceed 5000. =.
3d.-on the death of any member, an assessment .I
made upon each policy hole for dollar and TWEEN
ty-ve cents, payable nj the Office OF the Association
within thirty days after notification thereof by public
ton in daily newspe published in the city oil New
Orleans, in English and one In French, Tor Ave consecp
| tive days. r.,
zth.Should the number of members exceed five
thousand the assessment OF one dollar and twentyfs
cents will be reduced in proportion TO the number OF
/ mcmbers exceeding five Thousand.
5th-Shoud any member fail to pay the assessment
time specified he forfeits all previous payments oil
credits
6th-An Accommodations from whatever source such a
forfeitures interest etc.. shall be credited upon tn
books the Association to the members pro b
| withdrawn in lieu of assessments. au23 3m
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
CARPET WAREHOUSE,

CARPET WAREHOUSE,
--...s....cHAR TREs srREEr.le
CARPErINGSxEuyiish aud American OF an Kinda
FLOOR, Earphsie aud Enamel OIL CLOTHS.
WINDOWISHADES,Ta Table and Piano Covers.
CRUMD CLOTHS, D,ugget Linen, T'eG.
GUITARS. Laces. Eeps, Wo-stel, Damasks. etc.
FUENTrUEE COVERING Linen and Cotton
Stripe. etc.
COHNICES. Bands Pins etc. aul7 ly
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
GROCERY STORE.
GROCERY STORE.

Corner st. Andrew and Magnolia streets Kelers Row.
The undersigned would respectfully inform his friends
and the public that he has removed his Grocery store
Magnolia and St Andrew streets, kelers Row, WHERE
sm WIZ gppea on nana HTge % n NOT
cheaper than any other Grocer in the city.
ie r. CANNON,
jyIs em Keilers how.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
lanes j. JONES.

JAMES J. JONES.
u PAYER, FLAGGER, AND CRATE SETTER,
Pays particular attention to Edgng and Concreting
Garden Walls.
Resideuce-Co,per st. And,eG apd Laurel streets.
Orders LEFT Office o. ete MoGSING SrAa will DO
promptly attended ~myi7 1y
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28


ten. he at the bottom Of this perpetual
fountain VT iujustiee and wrong. il i be-
liCyed lua regasl Tor the rights aud lnies-
ests 81 ail4 paapia eqliTes totM Abolition
oil ttie nsput system, and the Substitution
of .omei biag better Whether assessors
should ng,t l,e appointed by the courts, or ay
some other authority, under such reguls-
tions as the Legislature might see proper @
impose Is respectfully submitted as well
worthy the most serious and careful consid-
Grafton.
To the truthfulness Of these alarming
statements al who have ever examined the
assessment books Of our own county can
testify. That sworn ofIcers do, from year
to year, deliberately violate their oaths and
the plain letter Of the law the records do
most clearly prove Assessors asa Com
nissioners are alike culpable in this matter,
for the latter are necessarily cognizant oi the
guilt of the former It IS but q few weeks
since we called special attention to the cui
paBls negligence of Assessors as shown 10
the published assessment report. Whlle
h fho Commissioners Office during the last
segsioa Of court our attention was called 70
tho assessment iists of few townships
where, to our own knowledge, as well as
that of at least someof the Commissioners,
tbe valuation Of property did net average
above tenth part Of its actual value, yet
these collectors we're sworn 10 assess prop
erty at its bona tide value These facts may
seem astounding to many, but they are new
erthe less true. and the worst part Of the
ease Is that such things are not confined to
Bedford or any other single county, but ex-
tend over the whole State. It IS no wonder
the Committee recommend the abolition Of
such "a. .iarious system, aud the adoption
of something better. But there the rub
How will We get something better1 The
fault 1. NOT 50 much with the law, as with
the officers whose duty it is to execute the
law. If the COMMITTEES win devise some
means OF compelling men to show some de-
cent regard for their oaths Of Office, they
will 90 the whole country service. From
highest 10 lowest tile officers to whom this
duty Is delegated are guilty and no one has
the courage 10 stand up in the honest dis
charge of his own sworn duty, much less to
compel others to obey the letter Of the law.
Tho present law might be made efficient
enough bg creating prosecuting revenue
officer for the State, whose duty it should
be to visit every county Of the State and
prosecute every delinquent Commissioner
or assessor land this would comprise ninety
nine ont Of every hundred, and punish
them to the full extent Of the law If the
viii create such an office and the
Governor appoint some one, who has the
grim unconp promising spirit ofa Stanton,
to Gil it aud do bis duty, We viii
guarantee revenue enough from fines and
penalties to pay off half the State debt
within year such proceeding would also
open the eyes of blind officials to the bind
ing foIce Of an oath Of office, a reform that
would be Of vast benefit to the State, both
morally and peeuDiarily We hope the
Committee viii specially recommend some
thi8g Of this kind to the Legislature
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28
OUR TAX LAWS,

We are indebted TO the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Col f. !, -dan, for a copy
Of the report on the Tax Laws Of the State.
This report is made in compliance with a
joint resolution Of the last Legislature ap-
pointing the Auditor General Secretary Of
the Commonwealth and State Treasurer, a
committee to revise, collate and digest oil
public acts and statutes regulating and rela-
ting to the system of taxation in this com
monwealth for State, county, school and
municipal purposes The committee were
at the same time authorized to report and
suggest the repeal Of such old and the pas
sage Of such new acts as might be necessary
to render the tax laws more perfect plain
and simple. Under the authority thus Civ
en- the report recommends some important
changes The mostinportant among these
is tho change in the collection of taxes.
Long experience having proved the inef
iciency Of the system Of township collectors,
the report recnnrnutands raating the caouty
Treasurer, collector, whose duty it will be-
come to give notice ofthe time and place at
which he viii attend 10 each township or
collection district on or before the 2Sth day
Of July in each year for receiving taxes and
upon all taxes paid on or before that time a
deduction Of per cent shall be made.
This law has been in operation in various
parts of the State for some years and hay-
log been found much more economical and
eficieutthan the old Law, it is now recon-
mended that it be made general A great
saving to the taxpayers Of the State, we
have no doubt, viii result from this change.
On the more complex aud difficult subject
Of the assessment OF taxes, the reporl trnly
says
So manifest and universal arc the inequal.
tiles in our present assessments, they VIII.
ate our whole system Taxstion, TO be Just
shonld be equal; and II is conceded by all
who know anything on this snbject, that
this great end has never been attained
The law imperatively requires that 10 all
assessments made. every item Of property
shall be valued at the actual value thereof,
and az such rates aud prices fer which the
same Wonld separately bona .Jlde sell Yet
these PLAIN provisions OF the statute, so IN
dispensable to just basis Of taxation. are
uniformly disregarded aud it is usual 20 a.
sess properly at from one-ffth to one.third
and oGe-balf its real value That sworn
officers could, year after year, so utterly dis
regard the law, would seem incredible had
the fact not been continually demonstrated
to every taxpayer in the State. Many
causes may have operated to effect this re-
suit; bat it cannot be doubted that the evils
and temptations incident to the elective sys.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

The Republicans Of this county win re-
member that the spring election viii be held
On the 2oth Of March, next, and that they
can only succeed by efecting a thorough or
gauization and thereby polling full vote
The opposition viii spare no efforts
to carry their candidates and there is no
reason that Republicans should not do like
wise IN the face Of the approaching Presi-
Dental canvass. Let township and Dor
ough meetings be held and full tickets be
nominated at least a week previous to the
election end then let every Republican vote
be brought out and polled. If this is done
the Republicans will be prepared to 80 into
the Eext canvass in manner that will i'm
sure their triumph.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

The Herald quoting news from Hayti
says; 'Ihisis what an Infamous Congress is
bringing about ia the South. Well we
have yet to hear Of one outrage one riot, one
manifestation Of hatred from the negroes in
the South The white men massaered the
negro in New Orl aas and Memphis In
Texas the freedmen were slain like wolves
They trusted in Providence, however, were
patient and waited Suppose the white
men had been massacred like the blacks
we're, what would have been said? How hard
tits for men to be justly + Tribune.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

TIE New York lSlm, on the authority Of
a private letter from an officer in Texas, de-
clares that General Hancock IS becoming
sickened with his unreeonstructed friends
Il says more specifically, It's intima,ed
that unless speedily recalled BY the President
be win become Radical Of the most deter
mined type. General Hancock is BY means
the FIRST officer Of conservative tendencies
who has undergone a change Of opinion by
an official residence 10 the Southern States,
and probably viii not bo ths Inst. An in-
terror view Of these d0wntoaden communl
ties would probably also htneGt some gentle
men in civil htei and # may happen that
political invalids viii * ,nt 70 Texas or
Alabama as oonsumptiyl alonow dispatch
ed to Cuba or Nassau !, seems that the
gentle unrcconstruoted are not satisfied
with soldier who merely lays aside his
uniform, but demand further humiliation.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

THE PuNIsuNENToF LOYALTY 1t should
ever be keptiumind that theDemocratic plan
of reconstruction does not contemplate, in
Senator Mor;on's words, that political
power ia the Rebel States shall be divided
between the loyal and dislogal but it de-
mands that political power shall be placed
exclusively in the hands Of the disloyal, to
whose tender mercies The true and faithful
people shall be consigned without redress or
appeal We may he prejudiced, but it
seems to us that loyal white men of the
South win hnd little consolation in the idea
that this isa white mans Government,
when under that Government they are trea
ted as if they had no more rights than the
despised niggers. - Baltimore Amaaaa.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

GEORGIA AND BEC0NsTBUCTI0N.-The
Georgia Convention on Thursday adopted
the folloaiDg
HAeress Some Unauthorized person has
undertaken TO institute proceedings IN the
Supreme Court of the United Suites. iu the
name of the State Of Georgia reySustfeneTals
Gram, Meade aud others; therefore,
Resoired Ly HT Goarutioa, rfpreseltiHg
NE pegpte md the sOrf -oIgRtyQfthe State 81
Gsorgtq, That % person has been empower
ed by the State Of Georgia 10 commence or
prosecute any such suit, and the people Of
Georgia as plaintiffs. will not ltjgate said
suit, and demand that it be dismissed from
said Court
And be II further rcso1red. That a copy of
this resolution be forwarded by the President
to the Military Governor Of the State, with
the request that he have the seal Of the
State affixed thereto and then forward It to
the Secretary Of War
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28

TRluMPH OF AMERICAN GENus Sec
retary Seward has just received from Com
missioner Beekwith table which has been
carefully calculated aud verified from Official
data at Paris. and which shows hat with al
The drawbacks anu Obstacles which the
United, States representatives labored uU-
der they are numt9r one in grand prizes
awarded st the Paris Exposition, and ex-
eeeaed every nation except France in the
general proportion Of awards to Exhibitors,
aud IN The proportion Of gold aud silver
medals and honorable mention. Austria,
Prussia and North Germany slightly exceed
as 10 their proportion n bronze medals TO
their numbers Of exhibitors in the gener-
al average we are just double the rate Of
Great Britain and her colonies. Toking all
things into consideration tliis is considered,
perhaps, the most marvellous, triumph AT a
competitive trial of the results Of the invent
i've and industrial energies Of the American
people; set we were Tar from being fully or
fairly represented. Taking [1iis as "a crite-
ron, howeyer, the Rational pride may well be
hattered by the evidence OF our capacity TO
compete with the world
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-28
MUsLINsl MUsLINsl

Just received at the IMPERIAL BARGAIN
ST0REt New York Mills, Utica Nonpariel,
Wamsatta Mills Williamsville, Fruit Of the Loom
Nonsuch, Semper Iden, Lousdale, Hope Mills,
&c. Together with other first class makes in
blcachel and unbeached, at the lowest prices.
As mnslius are now advancing We think it very
safo time for families to lay 10 a supply
G. r. 0STER SEQ,
Bedford, Jan.3l-lm