q—ntmrmmxr'w w'muni! ami A TM BEDFORD DUETTS. •■■ /"llwloril; Jnlv 38, !N,i] .%•' CE JFY BOWMAN, EDITOR AND FRCPRIETOR. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. l -f/f _ GOVERNOR; L ' * HON. WILLIAM BIGLER. " JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT: - # HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACK. CANAL COMMISSIONER: COL. HENRY S. MOT T. RYY A YODXC MAX, of nucxtryti nuablr morals, AMI agreeable disposition, between the age of 17 and IS years, will be taken at this office, to learn the Print ing Business, on favorable terms. 017 s " We learn, by a despatch liwn Harrisburg, that Gov. fJiGutn and Chief Justice CLACK expect to beat the Bedford Springs this week. | *OV. SJI^LER. CP™ The letter of Gov. BICLER, which will be I found below, is so fail of point and ia.trn*t, that it! cannot lail to command the aJllliration . nl men or all j parties, and will be received with •pjeeial lavor by the DEMOCRAC* of the State. bold, tearless, honest man, and has, jiyhiaps, a better knowledge of the affairs of PennsyivSifia than any other man in the Commonwealth. Destitute of eve- * ry thing approaching to dr mtgogtuirtn, bis public acts all bear the impress of sound judgment and un tarnished start'/tty , and in the course he has adopted in the letter referred to, he exhibits a commendable disposition to meet all the issues before the People, j whether State or National, pa-t or prc-eiit, great or j small. As high air estimate as the people have here- i tolore placed upon Gov. BHU.LK, this manly act j will tend to elevate him still higher in their ie-1 gards and affection, and DEMOCRATS, especially, will feel an honest pride in having .-,uch a man lor then standard bearer. For some weeks past, the Whig Press Lave been assuring their readers that Gov. BIOL. Bit was atraid to meet Judge POLLOCK in debate—that he was on both side* of all questions —and that he had not the nerve to defend his own administration 1 Such have been the means resorted to in order to prejudice the public against a Governor who never had a superior in the Executive Chair of Pennsylvania or any other State, and whose entire life has developed all the : # characteristics of an honest and upright man. But! they have been stopped short in their career of de- j ceptior., and their candidate now has an opportunity | to unlurl the Whig Banner to tiie breeze, torn and j tattered, and bearing upon its face the inscription ol ; "KNOW NOTHING" in lieu ot a <■• ProtertivL fair!,'," as m former days ! ! I'rohl the Carlisle Volunteer. THE IAXVASS—COKUKSPOMJEXCE. J. 11. Hration, list/ : SIR:— AS much speculation has appeared in the public press, touching the intentions ot v. Bigler, the Democratic candidate in the present canvass, for the office he has so ably and iaithiully tilled, and as very unkind and uncharitable attacks have been re peatedly made upon him in this connection, 1 have deemed it an act of justice as well to him as to the Democratic party and the people of the Common wealth, to give publicity to the annexed letter ad dressed to me for the use of the Stale Central Com mittee. The public wiii discover in this communication, another exhibition of that honesty, sincerity and fair ness of purpose, which has so much distinguished the course of its author, m the various responsible posi tions with "which the people have honored him. Gov. Bigler is willing to meet Mr. Pollock or Mr. Brad lord, or both the opposition candidates, before the jieople, and discuss the various political issues of the day—and in such discussion our cause, the cause of republicanism and truth, has nothing Our principles have only to be known and uuiWr-mh,l J to be properly appreciated. V'erv respectfully, fcc., J. ELLIS EON HAM. Carlisle, July IS, 16-74. EXECUTIVE C IIA.WIIEK, ( July (j, 1854. j" J. Till is SonJiant, Esj : PEAK Sin:—The manner of conducting the Guber natorial canvass has, 1 observe, become a topic of newspaper discussion, and 1 have deemed it proper, on that account, to place my views on the subject in tiie possession of the State Central Committee. You will remember that when travelling the State in 18,11,1 deprecated the "stumping system" as liable to manifest and weighty objections. That I em braced it more as a matter of necessity than ot choice. The opponents of the Democratic party had com menced the practice in 1848, and then again in 18-31, and there seemed to be no alternative left but to meet them in their own chosen way. A similar alterna tive may be again presented. Indeed, if the oppo sition press is to be regarded as good authority, Judge Pollock, one of the most prominent and talent ed of the opposing candidates, has already determined to canvass the State by holding a series of public meetings. 'i he Committee will, therefore, regard the demo cratic candidate as subject to the pleasure of Ins friends, as far as the performance of his official duties rtlay permit. 1 shall most cheerfully meet and ad- . dress my fellow-citizens, touching the present as|ect . of jxditical affairs, at such times and places m the ' State as n ay be deemed proper. 1 have no opinions to disguise on any subject to be in the feahnd pre pared to account.for my stewardship by speaking to our patty friendsTn the iivtia! way, or, if preferred, by mepting Judge Pollock befote the people without distinction of party and discussing political topics ]>ast and present, State and National, great and small. This 1 am willing to do to the extent of my *pare time and limi'ed abilities, and during the continuance of my health, which, thank God, i? now excellent. Very truly, your obedient servant, * \VM. BIGLER. 0111 PROSPECTS. XT™ Wc do net believe the pro-pects of the Demo cracy ot Pennsylvania were ever more cheering than they are at present. Our opponents have abandoned • all the great issues whieh have heretofore seperated them from us, thus tacitly admitting that we were right and they were wrong. Where now is their National Bank, their Protective Tariff, their opposi tion to tbe Veto, and many other similar supports up on whichjhey have heretofore ba=ed their claim to public confidence? All gone—r.ot even alluded to— swallowed up in the one idea ot opposition to men born upon a soil foreign to our ov\ u ! O/i/ioiitioii to the Foreigner and love for the African now ,eem to be the only things worthy their attention, and upon the.-e they hope to build up a party strong enough te control the destinies of Pennsylvania!! How si'ify the idea. The Democrats nevei had a better field for disctis- than the one to which they are now invited— and we have no doubt that each City, Town, and ToWmhip'in the State will organize in such a man ner asito fcaye the truth ' JBl before every voter, prior to thesd Tffesdfiy of Oetober next. Such being the fact, who cangfoabt the re-election of Gov. 81-.LEK by an Over whelming majority 1 [C7"The planer containing tbe address of the Terup , eratrce State Committee to the voters of Pennsylvania having been mislaid or carried away, will account for it* non-ii|>pcJiranye in the Ga/ette of tlusnveek. We * will publish it as we receive another copy, ' % .iVi REV, JOHN ( IWTHSERS. - • vJfcaa-.. eminent Divine preachrafjp the PreAy terian Church, of Bedford, on la,t Sabhath eveMpg, week—in the Lutheran Church on last Sabbath—and at the Bedford Springs on the afternoon of the same day. On each occasion be had a large and very at tentive audience. ipwards of a quarter of a century, Dr. C. has been the Pastor ofa Congregation in Philadelphia, said to be one of the largest in that City. Alter hearing him preach, we are astonished that his church should be ronsrfWtly crowded during the hours of service, neither are we astonished that his fame, as a speaker, should be lamiliar to the whole country, for he certainly possesses powers in the pul pit given to but few men. His sermons are entirely extemporaneous, and hence he keeps the eyes of his hearers upon him from the moment he commences until be closes. The people who have such a man to minister to their spiritual wants, are favored ' indeed. There is another trait in the character of .Mr. j CHAMBERS well calculated to endear him to any peo- ■ pie among whom he associates. We mean his fine ■ social qualities, when out of the pulpit, which enable . him to mix with the people, and converse upon all j proper subjects without reserve or affectation. The minister who does this, always secutes the love, confidence, and respect of his charge. Some of our Whig friends in Bedford like the Temperance Address recently delivered in Bedford, by the Rev. i)r. CIIA.UDKKS, and, to give ! force to their dislike, they have taken the liberty of grossty inisreprrseulinghis remarks, by trying to create the impression that it was entirely ol'a political char- ' acter. Now, whilst it is true that l>r. Chambers is ! a Democrat in whom there is no guile, and harneveh; attempted to disguise the fact of his devotion to De- , mociatic principles, yet we venture to assert that, in a period of thirty years, during which time he has presided over one congregation in Philadelphia, no man can be found v\ bo will say that be ever ed to influence bis vote! Ve *-pr. CiiAJir.KKs knows Gov. Ciui.r.u vvll. He has known him for many years, intimately —and, in his Address, he took occasion to speak, briefly, of the high moral statu/art! which has characterized his pri vate as well as public lijr, arid said that he had it ; from the lips of the Governor, as well as by letter, ' that he would sanction any "proper 3 ' Prohibitory : Law the Legislature might pass in aeeeftltinct villi the will of the People. This is exactly what the Go vernor said in his letter to the State Temperance Convention—nothing more—nothing less—and what he has said, and will continue to say, to all who in terrogate htm on the subject. The secret of the hostility of our Whig neighbors to Dr. Chambers' Address, can be plainly traced to his bold denunciation of the new order of •♦KNOW NOTHINGS," whom be stvled a "secret sworn combination," unworthy ttie countenance or support of American freemen— but thry dare not avoir the fact. This was the rub that raised their bristles and extorted the grind ; for, whilst it is known that the "grrcar iXalional 11 h it; Party of Pennsylvania" have sold out to this fearful combination, they are ashamed to acknowledge the fact in their imperii Address of tlie State Central Com mittee. cy We publish on the lirst page of the Gazette of to-day the tirst Address of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, and commend it to our readers as one of the most forcible and convincing papers ever presented for the consideration of the people of Penn sylvania. it should be carefully _studied by every Democrat in the Commonwealth, and we trust its length will deter none from reading it. Jt holds up the ineunietcnci.cs of the leaders ol the opposition in a manner well calculatett'iu open the eyes ami awak en the suspicions of all right thi liking men, and re utlircns the great principles of the Democratic Party in bold, pointed, and emphatic terms. When the name of HONHAM was announced as Chairman of the State Committee, it afforded a sure guaranty that ability ami prudence of *0 ordinary cast would adorn all the productions emanating trotn that body, and we have satisfactory evidence of the fact in the first address. Ivad it democrats, and hand it to your Whig neighbors to read. C7"THE WHIG STATE CKNTKAI. COMMITTEE have issued an Address. Like the shadowy remains of Whig principles, it is the most vague and indecisive political document imaginable. Except so far as it expresses.hostility to the Nebraska bill, it is abso lutely pointless, and leaves the reader in glorious un certainty as to what are the issues presented on the Whig side for decision at the approaching elec tion. ft pa-ses by the question of selling the public works, in a few ambiguous words; speaks mildly in favor of a Prohibitory Liquor Law ; and hints at the imaginary danger of a division of the School Fund for sectarian purposes—a project which, we venture to say, has not seriously entered the mind of any sane man in this Commonwealth, and one which the Democratic party certainly cannot consistently en tertain, for the very good reason that it was under its auspices that this sectarian feature of the School Law of 1838, passed under the administration of Jo seph llitucr, was repealed ! The Address is published on the first page of the Daily Tie a-\, without a word of comment, the editors evidently feeling ashamed of the production. Use Homestead Hill. The Senate, on Thursday, after a long and animat ed debate upon the Homestead bill, and the rejection of various amendments, adopted a substitute for the original bill extending pre-emption rights to actual settlers—the same to be paid for at graduated prices, from $1 '3-3 to 25 cents per acre ; allowing States in which the lands lie to take it at the graduated prices lor purposes of internal improvement, when enacted by legislative enactment of said States, This sub stitute was agreed to by a vote of 31 to 13, and the bill then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The following are the Homestead provisions of the substitute : SECTION S. That any free white person who is the head ot a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is capable of holding land wi der the laws of the State iri which the lands lie, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be en titled to enter one quarter section of vacant and un appropriated public lands and 110 more, which may, at the time the appropriation is made, be subject to private entry, or a quantity equal thereto, to be lo cated in a body, in conformity with the legal subdi visions of the public lauds. SKCIIOS 0. That the per-on applying for the bene fit o! the eighth section ot this act shall, upon Bppli cation to the Register of the Land Office 111 which lie or she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before tlie said Regi-ter, that he or she is the head of a family, or is twenty-one years of age, and that such application is made for her or his exclusive use or benefit, and those especially mentioned herein,and not either directly or indirectly for the use and bene fit of any other person or persons whomsoever, and upon making the affidavit as herein required, and fil ing it with the Register, he or she shall thereupon be p-rmiffed to enter the quantity of land specified; pro vided, howevpr, that no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor, until the expiration -of five years from the date of Mich entry; ami until the per son or persons entitled to the lanJ so entered shall lnjf '' paid for the same twenty-live cents per acre, or if the lands have been m market more than twenty yeats, twelve-and-a-half cents per acre. "KNOW NOTHINGS." • The Philadelphia Argns, of last Friday, bold ly charges Judge POLLOCK, the Whig nominee for Governor, with having joined the intolerant order of "Know-Nothings," and challenges a denial. Now, whilst some of the whigs -'eny this charge in their private conversations, their papers are entirely silent on the subject. We do not wish to do Judge POL LOCK injustice, and, were not the charge preferred a gamst tutu in the pointed terms in which it is, we should certainly Hot aid ill giving it currency. The Argus, it will be seen, fixes the time mid the place when and where he joined, and the Editors assert that they have abuuduat-a&ntX convincing pioof of the fact. We herewith subjoin the ailicie from the Argus to which we allude, it speaks lor itself: James Pollock a member of the "Know Nothings." CIOLER LIE.IKCTKO BY 'RUN "KNOW NOTHINGS" — 'I lie IF. ix/uugtun Cum moil wealth leailis Irom Philadel phia that Governor Uigler applied lor admission into the society of Know Nothings, but was rejected.— AW.v. This of course is a fabrication of the most silly character, it will deceive no one. Governor Blgler us known to be opposed to this secret political reli gious society, and oil all proper occasions has denoun ced it as an attempt to mingle the bitterness of re ligious prejudice* in our political canvasses. The Whigs and their allies must tax their ingenuity for a more plausible invention, or they will loose their old and well-established character tor adroitness in man ufacturing lalsehoods lor all occasions. lint James Potior/ , litc Whig en.miniate for Cluvcr ?ior, is a member of the Order of Know Sothaugs. lie joined in Philadelphia, on the evening of the It>tk oj June, and made a speech on that occasion, in which he gave hi his adhesion lo all the monster doctrines of that unconstitutional organization. Jaroes Pollock, on entering that secret order, SWOKK, 1-t. lie won IJ nut vote for or apfwiul to office any man who wax nut hum to, this country. '2.7. Ilr would not vote for or appoint any man to 'pjjcr who believed in the doctrines of the Human Catho lic Church, whether born in this country or elsewhere. ad. lie would not rote for or appoint to office uuy 'mail whose father was not born m this country, and it believer in the I'rolestaut religion. These are the facts with relation to Mr. Pollock. Will he dare deny them I They are susceptible of the most abundant and convincing proof, 'i'lie tune, the place, the circumstances in connection with Ihe admission of Mr. Pollock ate all known in this city. The members of the Know-Nothing oigainzatum claim bun as their candidate, and as a member ol their order, in lull communion with all its proscrip tive ideas. if Mr. Pollock is elected, instead of the State Government being conducted on the broad, open, basis of the Constitution, and the equality ot all men under that sacred instrument, the directing hand will be controlled by the oath of a secret society, proscriptive in it.-, character, and based upon the boldest and most ultra doctrine ot religions persecu tion. Mr. Pollock is sworn to deprive one portion of our fellow-citizens of their equality of rights because they do not worship in the same maimer that he doe>; another, because they were not boin upon the soil of this country; and still another, because their fathers weie not native to the country, or may have been believt'is in a particular religious faith. This is new doctrine to be preached on the soil of old Pennsyl vania, and attempted lobe forced on her citizens by means of a sworn secret society. How w ill the hon est yeomaniy of the interior relish such an attempt to make aliens of their children, and ostracise them Irom t ire benefits of civil ami religious liberty I The Star-chamber ot Kngiand, and the Inquisitorial insti tutions of other counti ies, are justly reprobated by all lovers of the rights of conscience: but how do they differ in practical consequences from the order of Know-Nothings. To be sure, they deprive a man of life as well as liberty. That was a leature of the same barbarous age HI which their organization exi ted. The same spirit that leads a man to take an oath to proscribe another on account of his religious faith, will induce him to hum him at the stake, and the Knovv-Nothingi-ni, of 18.34, of which Mr. i'ol- I lock is u member, is identical in all its features with j the most barbarous crusaders of the middle aires. For ttie purpose of courting success, the Whig par ty and Us candidate, Mr. Pollock, have affiliated with this society, and are hound hand and loot to its bloody (nr Mr. the Whig nominee fnrfa na! Commissioner, is not a Native of this country, and hence he is to Be superceded bv Mr. Fpicer ol the Native American State ticket, and a member of the Know-Nothings. In this maimer the ticket is to be prepared for the allied forces. The question, therefore, for the citizens of Pennsylvania to deride i-, shall the fire of religious per.-ecution be lighted in this old Commonwealth, and its law s subjected to the blighting influence of a sworn secret older ! Shall the ballot box and the jury room be polluted by the presence of a spirit alien to the genius of our free institutions, and paralysing to alt the best and dear est interests of freemen-? Shall our Legislative Halls he converted into Star Chambers, where the religi ous opinions of a portion of our citizens will subject them to the unto tie }>■ of Know-Nothing vengeance? Shall tlie Supreme Bench be invaded by tin- demon, ami tiie administration of our laws subjected to lis fell and pestilential purpo-es ? All these questions are attempted to be silenced on the part of Whigs with the cry of Anti-Nebraska, and the advance of slavery by the establishment of the principle of self government in the Territorial governments of Kan sas and Nebraska. This, however, will not satisfy the people. They ask from the Whig candidate, Mr. Pollock, an ad mission or denial of the fact of his attachment to the Know-Nothing organization. Gov. Hitter is not a Mr other, nor did ht. ever out! r appl iro tton. j\lr. Pot ior!. is -t mi mher. We have given the time and place of his admission—the oaths taken by turn, which are openly at variance with the Constitution of the Cm ted Slates and that ol the State of Pennsylvhnia; and we ask the citizens of the Commonwealth of i'enna. if thev are willing to aid in electing liirn to the of fice oi Governor of this State I It is for them to de cide.— Philri. Aro/is. [T7"The columns of the Bedford Gazette have al ways been open to the friends of Temperance in this county, a fact which no temperance man will deny, and they are still open. Whilst we consider that Politics and Temperaiicc should be kept .separate and distinct, we have never denied the right to those who think differently to give expression to their opinions. CT7" The people are daily pouring in to the Bedford Spiings from all quarters, and the place presents a lively and animated appearance. Among the arrivals during the present week, we notice, with pleasure, Hon. P. C. SHAXXON, JOHN SIIOKMIEUUKU, Esq., and Judge IlnruniN, of Pittsburg—Col. J. R. CRAWKORD, Col. JOHN M. GII.MOUK, and Col. WM. K. PIPER, of Illair—Mr. Jo.xi s, Mr. KCXKICR, and a son of Gen. CAM ERON, ol Dauphin—Col. CVKIAIN, ol Centre—Maj. RBYNOLPS, of Delaware—Col. 11. LACOMX, and WM. 11. CI.AKK, Esq., of Philadelphia—Mr. REM.HAR T, of Lancaster, together with many other familiar faces, whose names we cannot at this moment think of. \dams' Fxjims. E7" JAMES M. (biisox, Esq. having been appointed Agent, in Bedford, for Adams' Express, all perspns wanting articles by this speedy mode of conveyance, can be accommodated by calling at his store, nearly oppo-ite the Bedford Hotel. TI'.EITMEM or THE CHOLERA. —Mr. E. W. Lane, the well known Eastern traveller, gives this receipt of the treatment ol cholera: "If the patients have not vomited Ihe poisonous matter which is a chaiac. teristic of the disease, and which resembles rice water, give a table-spoonful of powerlul mustard in a tumbler of cold water as ail emetic. After the vomiting (whether produced by the dis ease or bv the above means) within a few minutes give a wine gla-s of brandy, with ten grains of pow dered capsicum (Cayenne pepper) stirred up. This generally produces almo-t inimediute relief: and in an hour,-rest, per-piration and sleep. In a few cases it was found necf--ary 'o give a half-dose of the brandy and capsicum, alter half an hour or more. A second half dose was never required; but should it be required, itsliay be given. To accelerate convales ence, it has been suggested that fifteen drops of a mixture o! pints ol ammonia and sulphuric ether, in equal portions, may Le given three or four times the iullou'ing day. Shameful Betrayal of t'onfidt uce. A strange case of betrayal of confidence, with an evident design of destroying the peace of a young ami confiding female, came to light, a lew- days since, in this city. It seems that on 1 rWay night ol last week, a young man of respectable appearance, giving his name as S. M. iSntlille, accompanied by a young lady, arrived in this city, by the western cars, and put up at iteilly's Hotel, on the corner of fourth and Grant streets. They look their lodgings in sep erate apartments until Sunday last, when Mr. Keihy, the landlord, being suspicious thnt all was not light, men Honed the matter to the young lady, who irarae ►diately burt into tears, and expressed a wish to speak to .Mrs. Keilly in relation to her situation. Mis. Keilly proceeded to her room, when she stated to her that she had been acquainted with SutliHe lor some time, and that immediately before coming ro Pittsburg, she vi as attached to a indies' boarding school in an adjoining State, and that on 'ihursday last he took her away from the school, representing to the preceptor of the school, that he had the per mission of her parents to take her on to her relations in Hie east ; am! that while on her journey, her sus picions were aroused, and that she then believed his intentions loviarils her were not what he had repre sented; and these suspicions were strengthened by the treatment she hud received at his hands since their arrival at Pittsburg; and expressed a desire that Mr. Keilly would protect her from his interference. Young tsutlitfe was requested to leave the premi ses, ami upon hit refusing to do so, he was given in to the custody ol an officer, and was taken before the Mayor. Sub-equently the Mayor had an interview with her, and her story to him corroborated the state ment of Mr. Keilly. The young girl requested the protection of the Mayor, upon which the Mayor in lorinec Sutliffe of the nature of the interview, and warned him that it he did not leave the city within the space of six hours, he would cause him to be prosecuted. The young man then left the presence of the Mayor, but did not leave the city us he had been requested. Alter this hearing before the Mayor, Mr. Keilly made information before the Mayor, charging the de fendant with conspiring with others to abduct the young lady from his caie for dishonorable purposes, till til ife was held to bail in $'2,000, in default of which he was committed to jail lor a further hearing on Friday next. Col. S. W. lilack appeared for the prosecution —to whom, and to Mr. Keilly, much cred it i- due lor their laudable effort* in behalf of tins much injured girl.- -Pittsburgh Union, IVi/i. PitmiATCRE BUBIAI A shocking instance of pre mature burial is related in a Manheiin journal. A woman who, according lo the official register, had died on Ka.-tcr Monday, in child-bed, was duly buried. The curate of the parish, whose house was close to the cemetery, afterwards hearing moans from that place, called a medical man and ran to the cemetery, iiut t was too late. The unfortunate won.an was. found turned on her side in the collin, weltering in her blood, but still warm, ller real death appeared to have been preceded by a severe struggle, as the coffin had been forced open, and the woman had torn her hair from her head. She could not have died many minutes before the persons arrived. The sub ject of premature burials has excited the attelit.on ol the French government, and it is proposed to estab lish dead-houses, where the bodies of deceased per sons may be kept until decomposition commences, which is now universally allowed to be the only pun evidence of death. Similar houses have long since been established in many parts ol Germany. Sixui.'i.Aß CASE.— The Chicago Journal, in speak ing of the prevalence ot tlie cholera in that city, re lates the following singular case: "One of our citizens was attacked with cholera on Saturday, and about 2 o'clock on that afternoon was supposed to be dead. 111 ~ shroud was prepared, and about To be placed on him. The storm came up— the windows of the room where he laid where thrown open, the cold air, charged with electricity, came rushing in, and the supposed dead man revived, and came to life. He is alive this morning, and proba bly will recover." Letter front Elou. Geo. Dallas. The following letter from Hon. George RI. Dallas, was read at the Tammany Hall celebra tion in New York, on the 4th : J coy 3, 1S")4. GENTLEMEN :—1 thank you for the invitation with which, as official representatives of the So ciety of Tammany, you have honored me, to meet with yon at the old Wigwam on the com ing Fourth of July. My engagements else where wfll prevent what would otherwise be a source of higii gratification. This gr< at anniversary finds our country at peace with all the world, though war agitate.- or alarms almost every other nation. Is not this a signal illustration of the revolutionary j>olicy which severed us from the wretched en tanglements of the European systejnis of govern ment ? How calmly and steadily do public piosperily and private happiness, on this side of the Atlantic, rule the hour; while, on the other, the struggles of guilty ambition are shak ing the foundations of social order, inflicting present misery and clouding the future with prospects of endless striff, grinding taxation, and flitter oppression. Thanks —graceful and constant thanks—to our sires of '7l>. Let us-strive to preserve unimpaired the bless ings we enjoy. Vigilance must be alive and quick. Faction assails in turn every thing that has moral or politic al value. The Constitution, early and repeatedly attacked, and sometimes glaringly violated, owes its rescue and restora tion to the Democracy alone. The Union, the mdispensibie Union, pushed to a precijiice, was hut recently backed and saved. And now, I am told, that even the principles and patriots exultingly commemorated on the Fourth of Ju ly, are, in certain places, to he depreciated and censured with sounds of sadness and drapery of mourning! Let the powerful and conservative Columbian Order promptly and justly charac terise a proceeding so utterly and fanatically un-Americaiw 1 am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your fel low-citizen and friend. G. M. DALLAS. To Elijah F. Purdy, Grand Sachem, and J B. Hetherton, Scribe, See. insincerity f Whigs. The Montrose Democrat, itself an anti-Ne braska paper, shows up the insincerity of the Whigs in the terrible line and cry they sti! 1 keep up about the Nebraska Bill. It proceeds." "Scott was nominated, and the Fugitive Slave Law endorsed. The news reached Mon trose, and forthwith the great flag was raised upon the pole, and the wildest demonstrations of joy manifested by these great haters of sla very—these same anti-Nebraska Whigs, who are now so conscientiously wedded to Northern rights that they could support none other than abolitionists, even for the most insignificant town office. We say we have no confidence m such men, in such a party or its nominees, arid the Democrat who goes with them, in this campaign, will f.nd at last how awfully lie has been cheated. They are lor the Fugitive Slave Law or against it, just as their party may-see a chance to catch the most votes. Had the Whig Convention endorsed the Nebraska Bill, the Whigs of Montrose would have endorsed it also. They desire the election of Pollock, no matter what he may say of Nebraska, and would sup port hirn just as eagerly were be for the bill and Bigler against it. Now, what is the sense of Democrats permitting themselves to be cheat ed and fooled by their hypocritical professions? We know Governor Bigler very well—have seen him under the severest trials, as well as in the brightest days of political prosperity—inti mately connected with him for months in the discharge of official duty —in the varied rela tions of social, political and official life, we have happened to have every opportunity to Observe the chdiacter of the man. And every hour spent opened but more strongly to our view, the stern, unbending integrity of his heart—the .sin cere and honest purpose of Ills character. If we were told from above that but one honest man lived on this footstool, we should as soon point to him as any person we ever knew. And when we see him villified, abused and scandal ized as we have seen for the past few weeks, we shall defend him regardless of consequences. We will not sit coolly by, and see falsehood and scandal triumph in the downfall of integrity and worth, without rebuke. We will ri>t see a man of the moral worth of William Higler, who has ruined health, sacrificed ease and comfort, as well as pecuniary profit, in the service of the people of this State— wc sav, We will not see him slandered and disgraced by a set of iinprin principled and malignant demagogues, without defending him to the last extremity of truth and justice." Oar Opponents and the Fourth of Jul). The Pennsylvnntnn mentions it as a (act not unworthy of notice, that no public demonstra tion whatever was made in Philadelphia by tlie Whig party, or anv of the organizations ul'i!ia ted with it, in honor of the recent anniversary of American Independence. At the last meet ing of the Councils,-the upper branch passed a resolution to have the Declaration ol Independ ence read in the Hall where it was originally adopted, and the Common Council concurred in [t, but it was afterwards re-con.sidereal by the Select Council and laid on the. iahlr.. The cause of this retrograde movement was not explained. But it is not unfair to presume that the glaring contrast between the [xditica! attitude of the Know-Nothing rulers and that of the sages and heroes of'7fi rebuked the former too strongly. Or perhaps they consider it inconsistent (i>r the new political order of "Americans" to celebrate the adoption of a document like the Declara tion of Independence, which was signed by a n umber of foreign ers. BIGLEU IN YOBK. — The York Democratic Press savs : From information icit-ti !v dil igent enquiry, we fee! warranted in saline that Governor HIGLEK will receive the (nil vote o( the Democratic party in York county, 'i'he Demociavv in t! is region have no r a> n to re gret the confidence which they placed in him three years ago. We make this statement he cause an eilort has been marie to create an im- pression abroad that there is a great defection in our county, for tin- purpose of deceiving the Democracy in other counties. Terrible Railro'id . Iccidrnt—Frightful Leap of an Engine an I Baggage Car. Yesterday afternoon, a terrible accident oc curred on the Ohio and Mississippi lfailroad, at a distance of about fifteen miles beyond Leban on, 111. The construction train was passing out to the end of the road as far as it is con structed, laden with five or six car loads of the heavy T rail, and when passing over the Gghl hundred or a thousand feet of tru.ss>*l work which crosses Shoal ('reek Bottom, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the timbers gave way, and pre cipitated three or four of the cars, with a num ber of laboring bands, upon the ground, some fifteen or sixteen feet beiow. The smash up was terrible. Some fifteen qr sixteen persons were badly injured, one of whwn died a short time after the accident, and u-as brought to Cassey vilie, arid buried last riight. A boy was picked up fro'fn beneath some eight or ten ol the heavy rails, but to the astonishment of all, was not dangerously injured. He happened to (all in the mud, the softness of winch preserved his life. The locomotive escaped injury. W hen the engineer saw the trussel work begin (ogive way, he opened all the valves in a second, which shot tlie engine clear over the tailing timbers, and also dragged over one of the bug gage rats. We have heard nothing as vet in regard to (lie persons hurt bv the accident, but fear that fatal injuries have been sustained by many of them.— St. Louis Inh/lip tit er, Jul a O 7 J •> SVAKi: F.ISMYVi'IOX. The St. Louis [ferrtfd gives an account of the fascination, resulting in death, by a laige black snake, of a little girl, about thirteen years of age, named < .'M w:.\. For a long time, the girl was observed to be in ill health ; and when food was given her, she would always go.out to the creek to eat it. On returning, she invariably complained of being hungry ; and if more food ways handed her, she would again return to the creek. A short time ago, her father followed her, unperceived, and was horrified to see, as soon ♦ site took her seat, a huge blnckmake slowly raise its head into her lap and receive a piece of bread from her hand. Whenever she attempted to take a bite the snake would com mence hissing, arid the child, trembling like a leaf, would promptly return it to the snake. The father made some noise which frightened the snake, and the little girl ran off home. She refused to answer any questions. Next morn ing she took another piece", and started to the creek. The father followed with a gnn, and when the snake appeared, shot it. The child was seized with spasms, squirming and writh ing like the snake, and died the same moment the snake did, in great agony. The Herald vouches for the truth of the foregoing. SINULLAK A.\r> FATAL ACCIDENT.— WE no ticed on Wednesday the death of Jan.o Riven berger, employed by the Central Kail road Com pany to attend the bridge over the Irondequoit creek, a few miles east of Jhis city. The man ner in which the accidept happened was curi ous, and it may be many years before we hear of a death in a similar manner. We got the particulars of the affair from Coroner Quin, who held an inquest in view of the body of the deceased. The express train which hit this city for Syracuse on Tuesday morning were somewhat behind time, and running at a high speed—nearly a mile a minute—when the ac cident happened. As the train crossed tile bridge alluded to a stick of beach wood weigh ing twelve pounds and three quarters fell from the tender, striking the side of the bridge. It then flew along the coarse of the train twenty six feet, where Air. Rivenberger was 'standing, striking him upon the head, crushed the skull upon the brain, producing almost instant death. This did not materially check its force, fur it passed thirty feet further, struck in the sand, and then bounded twenty-six feet further still before it came to a rest, malting a distance of eighty-two feet which it tiivelled afler .it left the tender, striking threeliiiries in its course, and what may appear stranger still, it was ahead of the tender when it came to a fiaaf st-ip. as three witnesses 1 estiTied who saw the affair. I he whole look place in a second of time, ami when the spectators ran to |t>r Kivetihergcr he was apparently lifeless. '1 tie verdict of the jury in the matter was, that deceased came to his death from an accidental blow received from a stick of wood which fell from the tender of the engine called "Nathaniel Thayer," run ning on the i\ew York Central Railroad Koch. Union. DESERTION, INTEMPERANCE AND DEATH.— One ot those melancholy episodes in life which so often come within the observation of the denizeris of a large city, w here wealth and poverty, crime, goodness, and all that is amia ble, had or indillerent in the different phases of human life, follow each other as in a panorama, occurred yesterday morning. For sometime past a woman named Bridget Powell has been residing in a house on Race street above Clay alley. She was married, but lier husband some time since deserted her,since which she has been known to indulge continu ally in the baneful practice of intoxicating drink. On Friday night when last seen, she was observed, by a light which shone from her room, staggering about, evidently under the moral and physical poison which she had been imbibing. Yesterday morning the attention o 1 officer Snow field was attracted to the house, tvhich he entered, and there, upon the bare Hoor, lay the vivid corpse of the wretched wo man, while a beautiful child, a little girl, some two years of age, was unconsciously sitting, playing with the yet luxuriant tresses which lay in wavy folds upon the cold bosom of her whose spirit had flown to another, and i! is hoped (for IOT) a happier world. The remains of considerable personal attraction still lingered like a sunny gleam upon the depths of the blue sea, ere en wrapt in the sable armour of night, in the form and lineaments of the departed.— But a few years since she was known as a bright and beautiful girl. The example, it is saiii, of a dissipated husband, corrupting and brutalized her, and hiy desertion—for she loved him, degraded as they both were, with a wo man's devoted and single minded love—drove her to a still more reckless course, She must have died in the lethargy of A ro mance of misery ! — Cincinnati ETffuircr. "Coming Evruts Cast their Shadows Re fore." The Enquirer, at Cincinnati, in its issue of the 4th inst., furnishes the following: A little girl, about ten" years old, daughter of Mr. Oberiand, a resident of ttie Eighth Ward, as the clock was striking twelve on Saturday noon, exclaimed mournfully toher mother, "to morrow at this hour I shall he in heaven." There was something so sad and plaintive in the tone in which she uttered this, that in spite of the parent not being of a superstitious nature, it made an impression upon her mind, which she found it inijioasible to throw off. At din ner she told her husband of the circumstance, and he endeavored to ialiv the child, tut with a sweet anil sad smile, in which, however, no fear was manifested at the coming prospect, she repeated her conviction of her speedy dis solution. It was now the father's turn to (eel a depression of spirits, which overshadowed him the whole day, so much so, that in the evening, meeting officer Young, watchman of that Ward, he 11 J M hiin of the child's singular prognostica tion. Up to this time, the little girl had enjoyed exceedingly good health, but during the night the parents were aroused by her complaining bitterly of pains in her hack and head. As early as possible a physician was called in, who prononnced'her in a high state ofbillious fever. Not withstanding all that human aid cufild ef fect, she expired at noon. Iter fata! prophecy' was fulfilled. Wash for the Hair Mi:. Km Ton : I observe a large nnmi>er of patent preparations advertised, warranted to promote tfe growth and beauty of the hair, pre venting its turning gray, restoring it, 6tc., most of which are absolutely pit judicial to health. Now, with your permission, ! will give you a recipe which is in the reach of all, which will preven tkhe hair falling out or turning grey, and besides tt'i.il pi event its becoming offensive. It is simplV'CaMfle soap and water applied once a week in warm weather and about once a month in cohl. This preparation cleanses the hair, removes dandruff, great sweat, and other impu rities, and, besides promoting health and com fort, it removes all oflensive odors from the hair.— Pennsylvania Farm Journal. UJ7" We are authorized to announce Maj. 5.e.11 1:1, 11. TATE, of this Borough, as a candidate for I'ro thonatory subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. . k~ \V> are authorized to announce W.u. M. KK).. ol Bed Ion!, a- a candidate for the Legislature, * .e Democratic County Convention. R A R R I K 15 : (On t!ie Ith ins*, at Bloody Run, Bedford countv, T'a. by the Rev. Mr. Beclitel, Mr. IIKVKV CROI IT:, to M-*.-, EJIJIA SriKKl.Ktt, all of tins Borough. f " % •PS K IP: In St. Thomas, Franklin County, I'a., on Friday ELIZABETH Ai.sie, (mother of John Alsip, Esqßtaeritf of Bedford County,) in the 71st year of her age. The deceased was a most estimable lady, and was beloved by all who knew her. She had been afflict ed for nearly 20 years, which she bore with true Christian fortitude—never complaining or murmur ing. She died in full assurance of her acceptance with Ood, and her remains were followed To the erave by an nnmeiisfttoncour.se of citizens. lVaco to her. a - lies DR. V.\ THOMPSON _ Having permanently located at Centreville, Ifotttatd tjifeuitv, Pa. oilers his Professional ser vicesTrtTmWTfrzeas of the surrounding Coun try. OtficeMjfml Residence at the Half-Way House. A \ July 28yt1%51.—2m.