THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. lirdEorii, Sept. S9, 15.12. G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor. Democratic State Ticket. GOVERNOR: HON. WILLIAM BIGLER. JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT: HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACK. CANAL COM MISSIONER: CO! HENRV S. MOTT. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. ( engross— WILSON REILLY. Assembly—VV M. T. DA I GHERTY, WM. A. SMITH. Associate Judge—J NO. G. HARTLEY. Sheriff—HUGH MOORE. Protlionotary—S. 11. TATE. Commissioner—TUGS. W. HORTGN. Poor Director—WM. STATES. Auditor—DA MEL BARLEY. Coroner—PHlLlP MOSS. lilnoss of Gov. Citrlrr. Qy The reader will be gratified to learn that Gov. BIGGER has recovered from his recent se vere alHiction. On his return home from the northern part of the State, he was taken sick at Waverly, in the State of New York, and, for a long time, human skill seemed to Tail in render ing him any relief. In a council of a number nf able physicians, several abandoned the case. A change of treatment having been determined upon, however, in forty eight hours thereafter h.e was pronounced out of danger, and now en joys his usual good health, although very weak. WILSON RLILLY, ESQ. L7"This gentleman, the Democratic nominee for Congress in this District, spent a couple of days in Bedford and vicinity during the present week, and made a highly favorable impression upon our citi zens ! Democratic State tMitral Committee. The Democratic State Central Committee met at Philadelphia on the lstb iust. J. Ellis Bouham, Esq. Chairman, presided. The proceedings of the Com mittee were conducted with unanimity and spirit. The following telegraphic communication was re ceived from Gov. EIGLER: To State Central Committee. GEXTLKMKN :—My recovery is rapid, i shall BP able to ride out into the country to-morrow. 1 intend to visit Tioga and Warren counties, and then return to the city. 1 expect to give ten days active canvas sing in the East before the election. WM. BiGLER. Waverly, Sept. ISth, 1851. Whereupon the following resolution was consider ed and adopted : lle*olveil, That owing to the recent severe indis position of the Governor, and his inability to attend j to all the appflintmenG lie inav have made to address the people in various parts of the State, we call upon our Democratic friends in the western and middle counties to invite efficient and distinguished speakers to take his place at their public Democratic Mass ! Meetings. Adjourned. Whig: meeting:. CvOn Wednesday evening of last week our op t ponents attempted to get up a meeting in Bedford fur the benefit of .Mr. ROBISON, the Whig candidate for Congress in this District, but it met with little encouragement. We were riot present, but credibly informed that there were not a dozen of persons in attendance from the Country, notwithstanding Mr. Robinson had spent the best part of a week here in trying to drum up an assemblage. A majority of the citizens of the Borough, of boTh parties, went to hear him, but we beard none indicate that they were pleased with his remarks. He boldly advocated the doctrines of ABOLITIONISM, and even went so far as to declare that, if elected, he would vote for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave l.ntr, a Law that has been emphatically endorsed by all the Statesmen ol the nation, of both parties. HEM:Y CLAY was the Father of the Fugitive Slave Law, and exerted all bis eloquent powers for the passage of the Biil—a Bill which saved us, in all human probability, from the honors of civil war—and now we have DAVID F. ROBISON, a young lawyer of Franklin county, and Whig candidate for Congress, openly advocating the repeal of this great conservative and patriotic mea sure ! Every man, therefore, who votes for David F. Robison votes for a rank ABOLITIONIST ! t his seemed to be the subject nearest his heart, and be Sjmke of nothing else. The TARIFF, the great holly of the Whig Party only a sliori time since, was not even alluded to, and the VETO and ONE TERM subjects were passed by as unworthy of notice!— DEMOCRATS your PRINCIPLES are worthy your best efforts, and, as you regard your own interests ami those of your family, as well as posterity, go to the polls on the second Tuesday of October and vote the whole Democratic Ticket —for it, too. is worthy your fullest confidence and respect. democratic .lleetiißjsj. CCr" On last Tuesday, about the middle of the day, some of our Democratic friends suggested that they would like to hear WILSON REILLY, ESQ., the Demo cratic candidate for Congress, make a speech, ami proposed to call a meeting for the evening. We were of opinion thai the notice was entirely too short to get up a meeting, but they asserted that even at that short notice as large a meeting could be brought to getherasthe Whigs bad tor Mr. Itonisox, notwith standing their (laming Handbills and long notice— and such turned out to be the fact. At the rtngingof the hell a very respectable meeting convened in the Court House, (embracing many of the most influen tial Democrats from the country,) and organized by calling that veteran Democrat, ISAAC AIK.NGI.L, to the Chair, and appointing W.-u. Toon, JOII.N SII.LS, Josnru SELLERS, and WJI. CUE.NOWETH, \ ice Presi dents—and Jos.C. DIEIII. and GEO. W. G: UP, Secre taries. The object of the meeting was .-tated by VVM. M. HALL, Esq., in a few eloquent remarks, when Hon. JOHN CESSNA introduced Air. REILLY to the audience, who delivered one ol the best and rrio=t argumentative speeches it has ever been our pleasure to listen to. His remarks were clear, forcible, and to the point, whilst they were divested of every thing like personal abuse. To be represented in Congress by a man like Reilly, would be an honor to any peo ple. If all the voters of this Congressional District could bear the speeches made bv Mr. Reilly arid Mr. Robison, we have no doubt that Mr. Reilly would carry the District by an overwhelming majority. As it is, we have strong hopes of the election of Mr. Reilly. PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW. XT" We will supply each District in Bedford county with Tickets for and against Prohibition, tit) that all can vote their sentiments, and we hope that every man in the County will cast his vote one way or the other so that public opinion on Hits subject may bv fully ascertained. Each voter will judge for himself as to the course to pursue. OLD MSTMORELIM) SPEAKS: L7""Old Westmoreland lias always proved herself one of the steadiest and trues! Counties of the Com monwealth, and her devotion to DEMOCRATIC Piitxcr j'LEs has given her people a name and character second to none in the Union. When danger threat ens our beloved institutions, she never fails to strike a pointed and effective blow lor the COUNTRY and the CONSTITUTION. We refer the reader with pride and pleasure to an address published by the County Committee of the "OLD STAR," which will he found on the first page of the Gazette of to day, and which appeared in all Ihe Democratic pa pers of Greensburg last week. It is from the pen of THOMAS J. BARCLAY, ESQ. and is one of the most eloquent political productions we have ever read. Kvery sentence is full of force and meaning, and, whilst we commend the views it contains to the people ol all parties as worth/ their rno?t serious consideration, we especially call upon the DEMO CRACY of BEDFORD COUNTY and of the STATE to ponder well and carefully over the startling truths it presents; and, if any Democrat has thought of tur ning his back upon the old Republican Party of the Union, let him read this great jiaper and seriously pause before he commits an act so suicidal, and man fully determine to stand by the Flag that bears in its folds that glorious Constitution which proclaims E QI'AL RIGHTS to all men. Nothing more true, than that WESTMORELAND has always been regarded with pride by the Demo cracy of the State; and whilst her brethren expect from her a good report at the coming election, each County will salute her, in return, with a vote cha racteristic ol the strong arms and generous hearts which compose the Democracy of the Old Keystone Mate. We have occasionally differed with our brethren of \\ estmoreland about MEN, but never about PRINCI PLES, ami we rejoice that in 18-34 they unfurl a BANNER which will be hailed with delight not on ly in Pennsylvania, but throughout the Union. We hope and believe that this Address will forever put an end to former difficulties and misunderstand ings, and that hereafter no reference, for any pur pose, will be made to the PAST, either in word or by THOUGHT, on either side. lu conclusion, we would just say, that the author and endorsers of this Address will live in the memo ry and affections of the Freemen of Pennsylvania whilst Patriotism continues to be the prominent fea ture of our Government. Wiriioil Invention! ifT* In order to alarm the J'ears of the unsuspect ing, a rumor has been put afloat by the Whig Know- Nothing Organization that the Catholic Church in Bedford is filled with arms and other weapons of death, and a very respectable man and good citizen asked us the other day, seriously, if such was the tact. Now, the individual who could invent a cal umny like this, is capable of committing any crime in the calendar of vice. There are no arms of any description in the Catholic Church of this place, and he who asserts that there is, asserts what be know to be maliciously false. Only a few years since, FRANCIS K. SHIM-, one of the purest and he.-t men ol the age, was charged, by the same influence , with burning Bibles and trampling beneath his feet the American Flag at a Catholic Procession in Pittsburg! Freemen of Fedford County, you repelled these slan ders then—will you not repel them again with ten fold force ? Answer the question like true Patriots on the second Tuesday of October. THE CONSTITUTION S.IFE MOM POLLVrtO.Y! ! CT.7" We publish on the first page the proceedings, in part, of the greatest Meeting ever held in Philadel phia, which took place on Tuesday night of last week. Its object was to commemorate the Anniversary of the adoption ot the Constitution of the United States. 1 he speeches and resolutions are both eloquent and Patriotic, and breath the same spirit that actuated our lathers in 1370! Able addresses were delivered oy Hon. J. E. BONHAM, Col. PAGE, At r. CADWALADKK, Air. WITTE, Gen. WALLBKIUGK, of New York, Col. FLORENCE, Air. CARRIGAN. .Mr. POWER, Mr. J. M. Rtsii, Air. TYLER, Mr. B. Rcsir, Col. RINGWALT, and others. S k' Temperance Question! 017" At the heels,of the little Whig meeting on last Wednesday evening, week, Mr. Born, of this Bor ough, arraigned the Rev. JOHN CHAMBERS, in con nection with a Temperance speech that gentleman made in Bedford last summer, retailing ,-ome of the low siang that found its way into certain scurrilous newspapers. He did not undertake, however, to produce the endorsement of Rev. Mr. DAVIS and Rev. Mr. BENEDICT that what he asserted was true He was careful not even to allude to these gentle men, although a public announcement had been made that they both repudiate the slanders propagated a gainst Mr. Chambers jeiative to his Bedford speech. The people thought it a little strange, however, that whilst this chivalrous young gentleman was so anxious for Air. Chambers to define his position, who has nothing to do with the campaign rr.ore than anv other private citizen—be did not say a word about F RANDS R. JORDAN, (who is a candidate for Senator,) defining his position !! Now, it is well known that Mr. Jordan is one of the leading spirits in the Order ol the Foil* of Temperance, and wears one of its most glittering badges—that be nas been the head and front oi all the political Temperance meetings held in Bed ford—that he has declared that he would vote lor no man for the Legislature who would not pledge him self for a Prohibitory Liquor Law—that he himself is pledged to vote for and advocate such a law in the event of bis election—and yet neither he nor his lilends can be induced to open their mouths on this subject so far as he is convened ! This is mean in the extreme, and a reckless attempt to get votes under false pretence'. It is due to the people of the District that Mr. Jordan should define his position. This is more especially due from the fact that up to within a few months past he has always been willing to give his opinions 01. this subject without reserve! H hy conceal them from the people now ! Democratic Meeting in Scliellsburg. OC? " .Mr. REILLY, in company with JOHN P. REED, Esq., visited Schellsburg on last Monday, and in a lew hours notice a Democratic meet ing assembled, lor the purpose ol hearing Mr. Reilly speak. As in Bedford, he met the highest expectation of our friends of old .Napier. A. J. SN IVELY, Esq., acted as President of the meet ing, and PETER. DEWALT, Esq., as Secretary. Alter Mr. Reilly had concluded, a loud call was made for Maj. S. 11. Tate, the* Democratic candidate fir Protbonotary, who made a brief, but eloquent and effective address. <*Tht- De mocratic Party expects every man to do his duty." £l7" A Y orsu MAN, oI unexceptionable tnncals, and agreeable disposition, between the age of 17 and 18 years, will be taken at this office, to learn tin - Print ing Business, cn favorable terms. Tlic* Two \Y2iii; ( ,'indiilalex! CD' A week or two since we published a para graph from the Philadelphia A'tws, a leading A"o>r iVot/ung Whig paper, in which the Editor declared, in conjoetion with the Editor of the American lin tier, a Native paper, that Mr. POLLOCK Could not be elected whilst BENJAMIN Rrsu BRAOKORU remained ihe standard bearer of the latter named Purty. ~We now have the declaration of Bradford ovef his own signature, that he will uotdecline, consequently our Whig friends have no Imjflir of electing Pollock, ac cording To their own declaration, deliberately made and published. Beloiv will be found Mr. BRADFORD'S letter ns we find it in a late No. of the Daily Union of Pittsburg, to which we especially invite the attention of our opponents : The Fusiouists Baulked. CI7~ By the following letter from BENJAMIN RI 9H BRADFORD, F.sq., the Native American candidate for Governor, it will be seen that that gentleman wili not allow a lew knavish politicians to sacrifice him and the party he represenls, to advance the prospects of JAMES POLLOCK, the Know Nothing. Mr. BRAD FORD is determined to test the smcereity and strength of the Native American party that nominated him as their standard bearer without action or solicitation on bis part : NEW BRIGHTON, Sept. 11, 1854. io the Electors of Pennsyluuniu : FELLOW-CITIZENS: A vague rumor has obtained credence, to some extent, that I am about to decline in favor ol Judge Pollock. How tins report origina ted 1 cannot say, unless it is one of the spasmodic ef forts of a fioliticul organization; and as it is utterly impossible lor me to reply, through the medium of private correspondence, to all the inquiies made on the subject, I nave thought proper to adopt this mode ol satisiytug my friends throughout the State, and Irustrating the schemes of H higgery in its lust acts of desperation. Fellow Citizens: The position 1 occupy before you was unsought, and undesired by me; but having accepted a nomination at the hands of my lrtends, (conferred without my knowledge) 1 should be worse than a traitor to forsake them now in the hour of i peril. 1 shall, therefore, remuin in the field, and let the people, on the second Tuesday of October, decide by their votes who shall fill the Gubernatorial Chair of this my native State. BKN'J. RUSH BRADFORD. A Mean Trick! Although there is not a single CATHOLIC upon the Democratic Ticket—and although no Cath olic was even a candidate for any office in the gift of the people—certain men are trying to create the impression that the election of the Democratic Tick et will place the entire atiairs of the County m the hands ot tie Catholics. A more unjust and disgrace ful system of electioneering could not well be inven ted. Members ot the Catholic Church in Bedford County have seldom aspired to offices of any kind, but whenever they have filled one they have dis charged their duties just as faithfully and honestly as any other class of people. How do malteis stand in Bedford county / Mr. RCSII, the Poor House'l rea surer, is a Catholic, appointtd by an entire l'rotes tant Board—and a more honest and upright man can not be foui.il in Bedford or in the county. Mr HIL- I'EUKANT, a Catholic, holds a little Post Office on j Dry Ridge not worth attending to, which lie took, I at the urgent request ol Protestants merely to accom- j niodate the People of the neighborhood. Mr. SAUIT, a j Catholic, holds the office of Post Master in Bedford, and got his Commission from the late WHIG Postmas ter General ! ! This is the sum total ol all the offices held by Catholics in Bedford county, and the injln- j nice that appointed them. Does any lione.it man see in this any thing to alarm him / Communicated for the Gazette. Ihe year 1851 will be long remembered on ac-{ count of the lour great -ttogmi that have broken out during it. first Ihe Plague ot }\ n otv- ot/tiug im ; which threatens to bring to nought the glorious char-! tor of our libert'.e- for which our lore-lathers bled, the ' Constitution ot the I uited Stales, which secures to every man the right to worship God as he pleases. | 1 lie second I'lagne is that of the unprecedented drouth which has burnt up so vast a portion of this j country, ihe third one is The I'lagne ol the Grass hoppers which have consumed tlit* grass, and, in ma ny places, injured the grain and the corn-fields. The fourth is the Cholera which is raging HI different ! sections ot the land. These latter three Plagues have followed the Know-Nothing l'iagi/e , and may ■ well be believed to be the baleful flints we are gu thering liom 11.1- Pestilence, the heaviest I'lagtte of alt . VV hen God strikes the earth, it is more in pity j than in anger. His justice is always tempered with mercy. Not >o are the plagues that man inflicts up- ! on his fellow man. Hence when Kotal David re- ; ceived his choice of Plagues from Goil or man, he! wisely declined the latter arid preferred the former— i justly rea-oriing, that he would find some mercy in ! God's infliction—but none in man's. "Let rue fall j now, ' he says, "into the hands of God, (for His rner- ! cies are great,) and let me not fall into ttie hands of man.'' '1 he last three Plagues mentioned will soon! pass aivay, and even be turned into good by a mer ciful Providence who educes good from evil. But \ should the first Plague not be stayed, there will be an end forever to the glorious fabric of wisdom reared by the hands of Washington, Jefferson, Frank- ! I' n, Hancock, C.arfoTT, Adam-, and all our great and glorious lathers and patriots ot the American Revo lution, and ot their geiieruus arid brave co-operators, ! Lafayette, De Kalb, Kosiusko, Pulaski, and the rest ! ot !i:e-e gallant spirits that came to our rescue fioin j British oppression. Forbid it Heaven that a mid-' night secret band ol miscreants and desperadoes, i should destroy, in one hour, what it cost these great : and good men so much time, labour, treasure arid 1 blood to establish! FREEMEN, ARISE! the Ark of! American Liberty is in danger. THE k\OH-\UTHIMi SiI'EWHJ. We have already assured our friends that the pow er of this miserable faction, to do harm, (they are incapable of doing good,) is over-estimated, at least iri This locality. We have heard men who profess to be very blowing, assert with an air of confidence that they were "at least fifteen hundred strong in the Borough ot Kaston"—forgetting, in their zeal, that we never yet polled that many votes. Last Saturday they had a favorable opportunity to test their strength at Ilie Delegate I.lections; they had commenced i taking preparations a week or ten days before the tune, and 011 Saturday morning weie seen scouring the town for votes and marshalling iheir forces. What was the result I The old fine Demo crats eame to the rescue and sent the sneaking, mid night conspitators back to iheir Lodges, to tell their W lug biothers thut the Democracy was T'-o impreg nable to he conquered by such a miserable scurvy set. In Lehigh Ward they raised b'O votes out of IS-), and the officers ot the Klection assure us, thut one tourth ol these thirty-five were whigs, who slipped 111 their votes under false colors. In Bushkilt Ward they polled three votes out of nearly one hundred, while in West Ward they could'nt raisea -ingle vote! A mighty demonstration it was, truly! The poor tellows who stood around the poll-, with their Whig brethren to encourage and cheer them on, looked ex ceedingly chop-fallen as one good Democrat after another came to the polls and rejected their Know Nothing ticket with contempt. The truth is, nearly the whole Know Nothing organization is made up of W big-—the few fishy renegade democrats they have amongst them are powerless. At the October elec tion, the true Democracy ofthe County will blow them sky-bigh.— Hunt on Argut. Independent Candidate tor the Senate. To the people of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties 1 am a candidate for the ollice of State Senator. Should you elect me, I shall eadeavor to serve you honestly and faithfully. ISAAC lItTGCS Sept. >S." 1. For tin■ (ii irtte. ' I>ttcr from lowa, .Y. '2. Disadvantages—Money necessary for the far mer emigrant—Hints about travelling—l'u avoid imposition — Time to start for the West—Thutuler and wind storms in lowa Delightful season—Rainy season—Musqui toes—Rattle Snakes , tS'c., A c. GEN. BOWMAN: —'Having introduced myself in the first letter, further preliminary remarks are unneces sary. 1 will continue the unfinished matter of the first letter. Others again who come to this country undergo new untried difficulties, and after a residence of six months or one year, become acclimated and attached to the country, and would not leave it. All things then considered, you runst all agree, that it is safest for a man who wishes to pursue a fanner's hie (the noblest and happiest pursuit on earth, and to which, I expect to devote my declining years,) to come to this country with about SSOO af ter defraying his travelling expenses, it a Iriend has been found, who will render assistance in time of need, the new settler has been fortunate, but it is better policy not to depend upon meeting such, but store vonr belt with the "mint drops" and you will be independent of extraneous friendships. You will find that friends in lowa, are not friends in I'enna. To those who contemplate moving !o tiie West I will caution against bringing too many goods. What you do bring, let it be bedding and clothing. Those having plenty of money, can come when and in what ever mode they please, but those, having families and moderate means, 1 recommend horses and good two hor-e wagons—such wagons are used altogether out here. You will get wagons much cheaper in Pennsylvania than here, and horses too. Direct your course'for Muscatine or Burlington, both important towns on the Mississippi River. Those bound lor Desrooines Valley should land at Burlington, and they will have good roads leading to the interior. By travelling in this way, more than one half can be saved—not only will there be a decided saving of money, but a freedom from those annoying impo i tions practised every where along the load upon strangers. In order that you may know, when would be the proper time to stair, Uius, fioni Pennsylvania, I will state that the malignant heat of July and August is succeeded by September thunder storms and lightning, and such terrific storms, such vivid lightning, was never experienced by any Pennsylvania!! in his own State. Then comes two or three months stern win ter with all its reality. There never is much frost, though the soil freezes two and three feet deep. The bard and severe dry winds prevail, and continues to blow for week-, without much change—rendering ft, of course, lather unpleaserit to the new settler.— I think, however, that it is not so trying to the Con stitution ol" men, as the frequent alternations of wet and dry, during the winter iri Penua. Sometimes in March, but usually in April, tlie rumy season sets in—lhe roads are very bad and so continue till towards the lust of May. Any change after this time to make it unpleasant, is but an ex ception. And should high watery or any other ac cidental element impede your progress be not dis mayed, but encamp on the prune. You will have nothing to fear from foes, while thus encamping, un less you are nervous at the buzz and bite of the mos quito—these you will find in abundance, aiul direct ly after a shower, come out of the prune grass, in numbers, and attack with such formidable fury, as to frighten any but stout hearts. The women say, they don't want to go to the west to be bitten by rattle snakes, and killed by the Indians. Dispel your tears, gentle reader, my word lor it, this is only a bug bear. There are sonic such snakes in the ea-teru j art of this State—very tew in our region, and farther west none at all. During all my travels through.the State this summer, 1 have seen but two, and they were garter snake . As tor Indians, the most nervous woman in Penn sylvania—yes, but one woman with a broom stie t k j could kill all the Indians resident iri the State.— I This once numerous, but now scanty and puerile race of red men, now all dwell beyond the Missouri River. Theirvfauntiug ground reservation, some dis tance North of this, their only inheritance in lowa, wa-, 1 believe, a short time ago, purchased by our government. Go search in our State tor those dusky champions of the forest, and you will search in vain. They have gone—the Indian war whoop no more lloats upon the breeze—the council fire no more blazes—the youthful Indian no more woos hi> ilu-ky maiden, beneath the broad arms of the elm at twilight calm—the graves of their fathers have been trodden down, and the march of improvement has turned the course of events. Where once stood the proud monarch of his patrimony, brandishing his tomahawk, and steel met steel, peace and beamy reigns, and we now behold the graceful plenteous corn or the golden grain. The Red men have gone to the West—they pause riot, nor tuin their backs a- they approach that almost impenetiable- barrier, the Rocky Mountains. We behold them seeking homes amid Ihe mountain fastnesses—the number reducing—reduced toamere handful. Ere long, when thej- rind themselves upon the verge of want, (lor idleness is their nature) will with phrenzy rusk fur ther West to the only spot of future repose. Fatigue and disease thin their ranks, and, by the time she hioad, deep blue sea is reached, but a single Indian may be seen, standing high upon some crag, to pro claim that he is the last of his race, and birnsell and his voire will sink deep into the Pacific Ocean.— Pardon this deviation fioun the general tenor of these letters. Very truly and respectfully yours, Kr., VVM. 11ENRY LEAS. Fort Desmoines, lowa, Sept. 11, 1854. spi:kch of < ass. [From the Detroit Advertiser. Sept Ifi.] After the nominations were made, consisting of F. VV. Sherman for Superintendent of Public Works, Kidman for State Treasurer, and others, the follev.- ing resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That The delegated Democracy of the Slate of Michigan here affirm theii continued support 01' the principles embraced in the resolutions adopt ed by the Democratic National Covention, which as sembled in Baltimore in June, 1852; and that the doctrine of congressional non-intervention in the do mestic legislation of the States and Territories, therein embodied, harmonizes with the true spirit of our institutions, ami is the only platform upon which the Democratic party ol the Union can maintain its ascendency and preserve the Union. Gen. Cass was then introduced to the convention, and made a most telling ami eloquent speech, an ab stract of which we find in the Detroit Advertiser.— The General began by saying : The nnperversed human feeling was opposed to slavery, but, he continued, we must not sudor our htimait leeling to blind ns to our constitutional obli gations, and although slavery i- a social a>d political evil, yet, its there is no constitutional power given to interfere with it, we must let it alone. A com promise was not sacred. Life was lull of compro mi-es. As an instance of previous compromise m politics, he referred to the Tariff question. Would any one pretend to say tin- taritl compromise was ir repeufable ! Why, then, should the .Missouri com promise he? That was a mere expedient in time of political emergency. Congress i bound by no compromise hut the compromise of tiie constitution. He Thanked the convention lor its invitation, and said the more the Nebraska bill was stirred, the bet ter and brighter it would appear. Saying nothing ot the expediency of the act, it was clear that Congress had power to repeal the Missouri compromise. There were 110 compromises binding upon Congress, except the compromises of the con stitution. The Missouri compromise was a mere po litical expedient, not the establishment of a princi ple, and hud been once changed by mutual under standing, as Col. Benton said in bis letter: "If we could touch it in one point, and alter it, why not in any other, or as a whole and repeal it V' Gen. Cass cited several decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States to strengthen his argu ments. lie said the Nebraska bill was founded on the everlasting principle of the right of every seper ate sovereignty to govern itself, and he distinctly said that it any imbibing different views had got into this convention, they had got into the wrong place. We have nothing to do with slavery, and he look ed forward briefly to the time when we should say to the South—govern your own affairs as you like, and let us do the same. He thanked God that he lived in a free State. VOX I'OI'UL! There was no reason why people in the Territories should not govern themselves, make their own local laws, and define the character ol their institutions. He maintained that the Nebraska hill did not open Nebraska and Kansas to slavery—if it did he would yield all argument—but slavery could not go there unless the people themselves wanted it. A clause introduced by fit* Colleague had cut off all claims to cslabli-li slavery under the o|*rutton ol the old law whan the Territory was acquired by the United States. Slavery is not recognized in the 'territories, and is only subject to local laws—every man there is tree —no slave, no master was recognized, until the j*-o ple voted it. They may introduce slavery, it they wish—there was no doubt of that tact—but that does not aHect Hie great principle thtt every jioliti cal community fhall govern itself. Slavery might exist in Michigan in spue of Congress, if the p-ople wished it. '1 tie abuse ot a power i.-> no reason why it should not exist. He read an extract from Broiwon'g letter, who, he said, was one of the candidates for Governor of New York—he did no know that they had twenty—at Ipast more than he hoped th<* Democracy ol Michigan would have—and said the extract was ttie correct doctrine on the principles of the Nebraska bill. Finally, lie advised the convention to let no sym pathy with any section withdraw their sympathy from the constitution. Michigan, he said, had no more right to abolish slavery in Georgia than Geor gia had to establish it in .Michigan, as every politi cal community is independent in itself. After some further remarks he retired. The above is only a hriet synopsis of his remarks, as they occupied over half an hour. DEATH OF A I'KNNSYI.YANIAN.—A stranger fell in the street at Dayton, Ohio,on Saturday morning last, and immediately expired. The Coroner was sent lor, and it was ascertained that the body was that of f.zekiel Clark, a resident ot Ten Mile. Washington county, Pa., who was tin his way to Illinois, where he was in the habit ot purchasing cattle for the Kast ern market. He bad on his person two gold watches and $ 11, l-l-'J Cil—four thousand dollars ol which was in ilratts on New York. His friends were telegraph cd, and the body placed in a vault, to await their in struct ions.— Pit's. l'ost. ADDRESS OF 1,01. RILLED. OCT"After our paper was ready for press, we received an Address from Gov. Bigier to the People of Pennsylvania, in the Argus and Penrisylvanian, of Philadelphia, which will command the admiration of every candid man in the Commonwealth. It gives an honest ac count of his stewardship to the present time, and sets forth, in pointed terms, the principles by which he will tie governed in the evciyt of his re-election. We will publish this great State paper next week, and ask the People to LOOK FOR IT! CT7TIIF. VV'i;l:.\r Cnor I\ GKKAT BRITAIN. —Gen. Webb 111 ii le'tei from Kliglainl to the New York Con-in and lliiifiu'rrr, writes "that the wheat crop, now being rapidly secured without Ihe slightest in jury from the occasional showers which have lallen in certain districts ami -s|ij^htly retaided the work, is not only the greatest in extent, but the ri.o-t pro ductive per acre that has ever been produced in the United Kingdoms.'' K7-POTATOKS IN 1 NIT.A\II. —The Belfast Mnrrury says, "itie magnitude of tbe crop lor 18-54 is certain- It very much beyond that ever before known in this country, laking a low average, we should .-ay that the gross value of Ireland's potalo lands this season cannot be under 4.1.5 000,000." In land contains now not more than six millions and a halt of inhabi tants, and the potato crop for the present year is es timated to he worth 70 millions ol dollars, or rather moie than ten doiars lor each man, woman or child. C Mrs. Khzabctb Benton, wife of Col. Rpnton, who died at VVa-hington on Sunday evening, was 00 years of age. For several years-he has been pro-- tiated. having been deprived of utterance and of all her energies, but she bore her sufferings, it is stated, with unexampled fortitude and christian resignation. A writer in the Intel!igturrr says: The ruling feeling in Mrs. Benton's heart, ami strongest to the last, was her devotion to her hus band. Of late she has sat constantly by his side when a! his labors at home, and indeed their lives may be -aid to have been insepernble, for she has made her home wherever bis business has called him. Bhe wa- reconciled to part with him on his late return to Mis-ouri, because -lie was too weak to accompany him, and knew that his duty required his presence at home. When -he felt the approach of the cri-is which terminated ber life, she led her daughter to the vacant chair in which her hii-band worked, and, by look and gestures, made it apparent that she required iiis recall. It was too late. Bhe walked to the bed in the next apartment, from which she was never able to rise again. The Erie War. The Jlftorney General of Pennsylvania vs, the Erie and A'orlh Ens/ Railroad Company, r>i:ciu:i: OK TIIK SIIMIKME COKKT, Sept. 7, 1854 Opinion of Chief Justice Black. This cause came on to be heard before the supreme court, on the bfll of complaint on the answer of the defendants, and on the proofs and evidence taken by both parties, and was argued by counsel. And thereupon it appears to this court, that the defendants have built, and do now use and maintain a certain railroad, known as the Erie and North-East railroad, of which said railroad, a part is within the present limits of the city of Erie, and upon certain streets thereof, and another part is upon the bed of a certain public road, known as the Buffalo road in Harbor Creek township, Erie county: and that the said railroad in those parts thereof, is a public and common nuisance : It is, therefore, ordered, and adjudged and decreed, that the defendants shall, on or before the expiration of four months from this date, break up so much of their said road as lies upon the said streets, and upon the Buffalo road, and remove the materials thereof, so as to leave the said streets and road in asgood condition as they were in before the construction of said railroad. And it is further declined and adjudged, that the said defendants are hound to make the bor ough of Erie, with such limits as it had in 184-2. the western terminus of their railroad. It is, therefore, decreed and ordered, that the said defendants shall, within four months from this date, change the route aod construction of their railroad accordingly, and make their western terminus at what was the eastern line of the said borough iu 1812, or within the same bor ough. And the s.iiil defendants shall re-con coristruct their railroad to supply the parts here by ordered to be broken up, according to [dans and specifications to he by them made, and to he submitted to and approved by this court, on full notice to the counsel of the commonwealth, and not otherwise. And defendants shall pay all lawful costs, to be taxed by the pruthonotary. Three Aleu in a Well. At 8 o'clock, this morning, a well adjoining Hanna's paper mill was suddenly filled up, bv the gravel from the sides caving in. William arid Archibald Robinson, father and son, en gaged in digging the well were at the bottom —a voung man by the name of W. Shipley Spence, in company with another by the flame ot [hillock, were setting near the month of the well at the time. Young Spence was carried in with the gravel; Bullock escaped. Spence was heard to groan—eflbrts were made to reach him hut workmen were compelled to suspend until a frame work was made for their protec tion. The two Robinson's are buried to the depth of feet—Spence probably not more than half that distance. They are all dead, doubtless—or will he before they can be reach ed, which will require from one to two days.— Stmbenville Herald, Sept. 4. The ri*ld ol (he sth, gives the following further particulars; Workmen continued dicing energetically during last night, the well at the paper'mill ,f. search of the three bodies that had been burn!) by the accident of yesterday. A boor 10 o'cUr 1. at night, they reached the body of the elder Robinson, some twenty feet from the top, at „| strange to relate found him still living, an'd able to converse. Owing to the difficulty of n|,. ing a curbing, lor protection, lie was not extri cated until 10 o'clock to day. He |mrti H ,| however, in the morning, of a cup of coffee With the exception of a little space about hi, facp, he was completely surrounded by fj,,. earth. How he was preserved is rather a my.-, tery. Within a distance often feet further, lh> |a "l borers will reach the bodies of tlie two youixr men. Of course, hopes continue to be enter . i tained as to their recovery, if not smothered -' by the clay, they may Vet be found surviving e i and supplied with air from a pipe which reaches * from the bottom of the well into Hie bed of the j river. Crowds continue to come and go, and ' much interest is manifested as to the result of " • further excavations. f; A SNAKE WITHIN A SNAKE.—A short time n since .Mr. IV. \\ . Hinkle, while mowing fii 1 a field on bis farm heat this place, encountered h a black snake over five feet in length. As the s animal reared, Mi. 11., by a dexterous blow - from the sythe, severed his head from his br, who were born in Ireland; ami James i Wilson, who was horn in Scotland. Of the re maining five, at least two Benjamin Franklin i ami John Morton, were children of foreign pa rents; so that MX out of the tune signers ol the i Declaration of Independence from this State did not possess the Know-Nothing requirements, atul four of them were downright foreigners E3 5 El): fo this Borough on Wednesday the 20th inst. JOHN FKANKLIN. infant son of John and Caro ; line Il.ifer, aged 17 months and 20 da\s. ! "Beneath The sod, in sweet repose, 1- laid a mother's deare.-t pride; ; A flower that searre bad waked to life, And lisht and beauty, ere it died. God in bis wisdom has retailed The precious boon bis love had given ; And though the casket moulders here, 'lite stem is sparkling now in Heaven." In Stiiellsburg, oil the "JOtb in-t., NATHANIEL 1 I'm i.vs. infant sou of Nathaniel Horn, aged 1 year,.'! months and 7 days. "They laid him gently Jown to rest, 'Midst roses' sweet perfume, W ifh bands clasped sweetly on his breast Within the -ilent tomb. With deep humility and prayer, Oh! iet our sail heart- crave The peace and joy of. Heavenly love Beyond our Nattcy's grave." TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS. Seller) Proposals will he received at the Com missioner's (jliice ol Bedford County, tip fo Fri day the 12th day of October next, at (i o'clock, P. M., for the erection of a Wood Truss Bridge ! over Dunnirigs Creek, at the lording on the road hading from Philip Zinuner's to Charles Smith's. Said proposals are to be according to the plan and specifications to be seen at tie 4 i Commissioner's Office. WILLIAM WERTZ, FRED'K TURNER, JOHN CONRAD, Sept. 29, TS:)+. Commissioners. PROPOSALS" FOR WOOD. Sealed Proposals will be received at the Corr j missioner's Office of Bedford Countv, for fur | nLsbing I flirty-five Cords good White or Chtst , nut Oak Wood, for Ibe use of the Public Huild ■ mgs. Twenty Cord tube delivered at tlie Jail j and Fifteen Cord to be delivered at the Court j House. Said wood to be ranked at the above , places. The lowest auj best bidder to have I the Contract. "Five Cord to he delivered at : each place within two weeks after the Contract ! is given out, balance to be delivered bv the Ist of November. By order of the Commissioners. A. S. RUSSELL, Clerk. Sept. 29, 1 Sb-i. MIT ICE. All persons indebted to the estate of Henrv Miller, late of Bedford Township, deceased, will make immediate payment—and those hav ing claims will present them proper I v authen ticated for settlement. JOSJAM RICHLY, Sept. 29, 1554-. Administrator, NOTICE. The undersigned appointed bv the Orphan's Court of Bedford County, to examine into and report the facts, in the matter of the application of Nicholas Kegg, to said Court, to have the re cognisance entered into by him to Joshua Kegg, one of the heirs of John Kegg, deceased, ninrk ed 'satisfied, will attend to the duties of said ap pointment at tlie office of Jpo. P. Reed, in the Borough of Bedford, on Thursday, the 12th day of October ife.xt, at 12 o'clock, when and where all persons interested can attend if they tlunk proper. JNO. MOWER, Sept. 29, 1554. JJuditor. ~~~ INFORMATION WANTED. If there are any persons in Bedford or the ad joining counties who had a son or brother by name of Samuel AtcGriger who enlisted in the army of the United States sometime about Octo ber, ISf>o, at or near Columbia, Pa. they are requested to make known the fact to the under signed, and they may h.gr of something to their advantage. A. SAf PP. P. .If. Bedford, P. Sept. 29, 1854—Gt.