THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. Ifedford, Dee. St), 1894 G. W. Eowmaa, Editor and Proprietor vy By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that Capt. Jonx Aknot.ii has purchased the entire stock of Hardware of the late Thomas B. Miller, and is now engaged in selling at the old stand. Being ail old and good Carpenter, of course he is well acquainted with edged toots, and is, there lore, well qualified for bis new calling. THE F MIL C7" Don't forget the Ladies Tair to be held in the Court House, commencing on next Monday morning -—and, as its object is for a charitable purpo-e, give the Ladies the encouragement to which they are ro justly entitled. The Fair will, no doubt, be the point of attraction on Monday, because when the fair undertake to make a Fair, they never fail to draw the other side of the hoii-e ! "Tie Weßicr3ljc Union. r The Democratic Union, at Ham-burg, has a gam changed hands, Messrs. Geo. M. Latham ScCo. retiring, and Capt. Jacou Zkioi.kr, ol the Butler Herald, taking the chair. WeTre truly gratified to linil our valued friend Zeigler in this position, as we honestly believe him to be one of the very best men to iiil this responsible post that could te found either in or out of Pennsyl vania. The Democracy of the Commonwealth have long wanted a paper at the seat of government in winch they could place imp 'ten retiautr —a paper that would speak their sentiments comlully and lear lessly—and yet maintain a toneof dignity that would sectiie for it the respect and confidence ot the public at large. We aie fully satisfied that this desirable end has now been accomplished, and we trust the Democracy ol the Common wealth will lee! a just pride in making the neces.-ary ellutts to extend its circulation. Zeigler is an honest, high minded, courteous gentle man, and has w arm friends ill every county in the Mate. All who know hint, admire him lor his sti-orlmg vir tues and firmness of purpose, and those who may hereafter make his acquaintance, either personally, or through the columns o! the luiua, will rejoice that such a man lias become the Editor of tiie Demo cratic organ at the seat of government. Lafayette's V/aruiag. in olden tiroes The ladies used lo wear a head-dress of very unsightly shape, which they ceiled a ••top knot." The la.-tiiou lau into great extiaviiguiii.'.s, and at let gth attiactei! the attention of ihe pulpit.— It is relatedt hat, oil one occasion,a ceh orated pieacli or denounced Itiese top-knots as prohibited by .-crip- Jnre, and quoted from one of the Apo-tles the com mand. Wop iun!, come doic/i I" He (lightened some of the ladies most prodigiously; Gut some ol tiie more curious, referring to their Bibles, were eased in their consciences by finding that the whole ot the text read, ••Let him who is upon the house-top not eome ddwu." The know-nothings can beat this preacher in quo ting to suit their purposes. They continue to quote Lalavette as having once declared that '-il ev> r the liberties of this country are destroyed, i; v. ill be by Jiomssh prie-ts." lie have heretofore published I tie whole ot the letter from Lafayette in which this ex pression occurs, yet we see it again ii-i d by the know nothing organ at Memphis. We therefore remind tho-e curious in garbled extracts that Lalavette, re. plying to a Protc.-tant, said, in substance, -yor opin ion that if ever the liberties ol this country aie de stroyed, it will be by Romish priests, h a mistake '.'" This garbling beats that of ttie peaeher. fan a cause which finds it neeesuary torer-ort to such frauds be worthy ot support I Tlu rc are both point and power in the following from the Ohio Statesman a,.d Democrat. It vindi cates tie illustrious dead and admonishes the living lit one and the same time : Sox OK AN IRISH T.MK.RANT. —There WAS an A merican statesman and soldier w ho died in IS Id, and who was as well beloved by the democracy as any man who ever held honors in America. He wa-ori ginally destined for the church ; hut he quilted school to take part in the war of independence. The war over, he adopted the law as a profession, and became judge in Tennessee, as well as major general of the threes of the same State, in iSI->, as major general of the United State-, he gained a decisive victory over the English at New Orleans. In IS2I, appoint ed governor of Florida, and the next year elected member of the Senate lor 'he State of Tenne-see.— Klected President of the United States in lsdS, and again in IST2; so that he was at the head of the A mencaii government for the spare of eight years.— An ardent democratic chief thiougbout life, his pre sidency was distinguished by the development of de mocratic tendencies of the spirit of territorial ex- Tens,on. He siicce—fully opposed Congress in the matter of the United States J-tank, regarding it as a monopoly in the Stale and injurious to the general in terests of the people. Jackson was a rr.au of {lonian virtues, a true patriot, and <>t uncompromising integ rity, simple and nutere. Straightforward and blunt as a soldier, AND THE SON OF AN IRISH EMI GRANT! Is there a Jackson democrat HI the know nothings ?" THF. SI JCIUK OK Mi:. GKDGK, the Railroad Direc tor.—The Cincinnati papers gives the following ac count of Mr. (ledge's suicide : "Mr. Frederick Hedge, a prominent and influen tial citizen of Covington, committed suicide under the most distresssing circumstances, in that city, yesterday morning. Immediately alter breakfast, he walked from his hou-e to the II the rail, and the wheels passed immediately across the rieck, severing his head entirely from his body. One of his arms was at-o crushed off", and his body otherwise mutilated.— 1 hose who w itne.-seif the act, and afterwaids saw the corpre, repiesent it a-a most horrible s;gbt. "Mr. (ledge was a wealthy and esteemed citizen of Covington. lie was a Director of the Covington and also oi the Northern Bank of Kentucky. The causes which may have prompted him to the act, can hard ly be conjectured. He had never, at any time, shown symptoms oi mental derangement. SC.ttioi s RAii.no.n> ACCIUKXT.—On Friday after noon a sad accident occurred on the Xorri.-town Rail road, at the Fall's Stat ion. Isabel, eldest daughter >l'the late Richard Pcun Smith. Esq., a most inter esting and intelligent girl, about ten years of age, on attempting to jump out of the cars beiore they -top ped, slipped and tell. Both her iower limbs were thrown under the wheels. With great presence of mind she attempted to crepp under the car to save herself, but seeing the wheel approaching ton rapid ly, she bad only time to draw one lirnb from under 'hem. The wheels passed over the leg ju-t below Hie knee, crushing it so badly as to prevent any pos sibility of saving it. Dr. J. E. [Jamed fortunately happened to be in the cars, and promptly applied a Temporary tourniquet, which stopped the rapid flow of blood. Several gentlemen present assisted and the young lady wa-s carried home to the residence of her mother, it was there found necessary to air.pu tut ' the injured limb.—Pennsylvania!!.. Ataxi; FACT rite OF RATER. — It is staler] that a company is shortly to be firmed in New York city lor the manufacture ol paper from saw dust and shavings. Experiments have been oi,ne into, and some of the most beautiful pa per made from these materia Is. It is estimated * hut saw-dust c m he purchaser! for $." per t on. and that the process through which it will go in the production of paper will bring the price of lite la'ter down at least *2O per cent. IMPORTANT FROM THE CRIMEA. Critical Condition of the. gillies. The National Intelligencer of the 11th inst., in speaking of the war iri the Crimea, says: Our interest in this awful drama is deepened by the lacts detailed in the annexed letter, (received yesterday,) and which seem not to have been pub licly known in England or Fiance at the departure of the steamer. The world holds its breath while it gazes on the carnage of the Ciimea. End as it may, on which side soever victory may finally declare, "it will be won at a price never before paid for human triumph. New York, Dec. 0, 18->4, The T'nion mail steamer has arrived, and you will see by her advices that nothing decisive has yet oc curred at Sebastopol. Private advices by this ar rival, however, state that a Russian corpse of 3(',- 000 men, which had been despatched from Odes-a, would no doubt be at Sebastopol previous to the 20th of November—a few days after the latest dates Iroin thence. Be-ides this, upwards of 20,000 of the Im perial Guards have been forwarded by railroad to Moscow, with orders to proceed with all possible haste l'rorn thence to the Crimea, and will probably reach Sebastopol by the Ist of December, as they took up their line of March from Moscow very early in October. This distance cannot exceed one thou sand miles, and they already had been six weeks ea route. Besides these, further reinforcements were going from other points of the empire. The .Allies were also receiving reinforcements, but they were those which were sent forward in small numbers with a view to supply the ordinary waste of the campaign. None ol those which were so ur gently called for by the Allied Commanders alter the recent bloody battles, had yet arrived, nor was it probable that they could arrive for eight or ten days more. It thus appears that it is a race between the Rus sians and the Allies as To which shall receive the earliest and largest reinforcements ; and I am very touch inclined to think the Ru-sians will keep ahead of them, lor Nicholas has had ample time to put im mense ina<-t": of troops in notion towards the snip of war, and though the di-tance they have to tra verse over Ins immeii-e empire is very great, and with none but the old and ordinary means of trans port except the railroad from St. Petersburg to Mo com, still, when they once begin to arrive in the Crimea, they will probably do so in overwhelming numbers and in quirk succession. i see nothing in these late advices which indicate a larger reinforcement to the Allies than fifty thou sand men, and the Russian corps from Odessa will of itself be a set-off to that force, so far, at lea-t, as defrtui re operations are concerned. We may well believe that Nicholas is in earnest in this war, when he is sending from his capitol his magnificent Impe rial Guards, and that h will not leave anything to chance, so far as are concerned. The early arrival of h.a vy reinforcements to 'he Allies may save them from expulsion from the Cri mea ; but under the circumstance-of the case, and tire great likelihood that Russia probably in a few days, certainly in a few ti-rrdx, will have at leas! two hundred thousand men concentrated in and aiouml Se bastopol, leave- but little hope for th- capture of the city, for, bv the present advice-, they would not make anv attempt rn the way of as-an!t until the great boilv of their reinforcements joined them, and could only then make such attempt in case the Rus sians had not been joined by thn. reserves. A winter campaign it appears is to he the recnlr, and though, particularly at tin- di-tance, it is impos sible to predict the course of events, none of us should be surprised if the Russians a-sume the de fensive and a!tack or lie-iege the Allies. The whole army of Russia and the entire energies of the nation can now safely be directed upon Sebastopol, as the -eason renders every other portion o! the Czar's ter ritory inaccessible to nttark or molestation. 1 in tended to "have given you some remarks upon the fi nancial and commercial situation and pro-peels of things at the clo-e of th'. another week, hut am o hliged to postpone it and confine myelf to the one grojjt object of European interest the fate of Sebas topol. A HAPPY TEMPKRAMF.YT. —The Albany Knicker bocker always looks on the bright side of life'- dior ama. It has a cheering word for everp body. Here is one of its brevities: "Life is made op of champs. A moment ago a patch of sunshine rested like a smile upon our paper, and evev thin" around vva- bright; now the pag- is overcast tiv a shadow, and the -treet without looks | dull and dark. So in the affairs of life. To-day hope ! sims at our path, and the how of promise spans it as , an arch ot gold; to-morrow disappointment sit- with in the heart, ami lowering skies fall like the tresses of angels around us. There is nothing steadfast in this life—no anchor that is immovably fixed in the sands of Time. The waves of chance and circum stance- are stronger than all the cables of love, or in terest. or hope, and our barques drift forever about upon them like souls wandering unerasing!y upon the hanks of Stvx. Life is full ot vicissitudes and chan ge-, even j. the >ea is full of pearl-. llappv is that : man who can adapt himself To all circumstances, for i with him there is -either sunshine nor shadow, hut a tempered brightness, that can he compo-ed only with the rays of twilight when the sound of bells is on the air, rests upon him continually." AS IIOSEST OPISIOS. Some of the Whig and Know-Nothing pa pers are engaged in the up-hill business of un derrating the f >rce and character of the presi i dent's Message—calling it a "common-place" document, a "tarneand spiritless alTair," &c., See. The National the great central i Whig organ of the country, is of a different opinion, however, as will he seen from the fol i lowing paragraph taken from that paper on Tuesday last: "Respecting the message nf yesterday, wo aro gratified ( > find that all which was predictor! nf its unexceptionable character has been substanti ally verifier!. It is certainly distinguished by moderation of tone and a freedom from a!! ex citing ar thousands of patriotic Whigs, who have resolved henceforward to wage uncom promising warfare upon secret political parties, pledged to the proscription of religious heliel on the one hand, and to the disfranchisement ot all citizens ot forergn birth on the other. On this issue, although the message does not go out of the wav to rehearse the current arguments of the day, it assumes a position alike unequiv ocal and impregnable. The flag of the equality of the States and the equality of individuals is bravely unfurled, and all who believe in these cherished doctrines should at once rally under its (olds. Let not faction or fanaticism deceive itself, that that flag can never be permanently prostrated. When the ciilirium of the hour Has passed away, the ranks over which it waves will be found decimated, perhaps, but unbro ken and confident ; and when those who ar" about to assume command in the several States in which they have recently been victo rious, shall fall to pieces of their own accord, because there is no element to unite them to gether, then the party that stands up lor these doctrines will re-assume the power which fa naticism will have disgraced. Well is it for the country that we have now in the Presiden tial chair a citizen wh ) so boldly avows his res olution to stand by the imperilled rights of conscience and universal equality. Weil is it for the nation that this citizen dots not forget //i f? sricreJiruurnnlees of the prist, or the glori ous hopes of t/r : future. While he stands firm we have a leader; and we prophesy that the time will soon coroe when those who resist pre sent combinations will find themselves once more in tile majority in ail tile States of the Uni in. Apart from the repulsive exclusion enforced by this new order, apart from its unmanly and anti-republican secrecy, one of its achievements is calculated to inspire almost universal indig nation and alarm—we allude to its studious proseiption of some of the purest statesmen of the land, Jl (Jen. Washington were tuny alive, and avowed Siss celebrated "letter to the Catho lics'," he would he discarded at once. Jackson would4>e disfranchised because he was the son of an liishman; Jefferson would be repudiated for the pledges of Ids inaugural address; and that earlier patriot, Roger V\ illiams, would be outlawed because he dared to announce and to suffer Ibr lii- holy principle of religious tolera tion. Take the trophies ol Know-Nothing ven geance already secured. Joseph K. Chandler, <>f Pensvl vanta, a W lug of distinguished ability . was remorseie.-.siy sacrificed for his religion "in the house iif' his friends." following this connexion, look at the result in Massachusetts. Two ot the most esteemed and eiucieitt repre sentatives in the present Congress, leading mem bers of the Whig party—we mean Charles H . Upliam and William Appletnn—have fallen before this unsparing proscription. In the Democratic party, that which we note as an exception m the Whig tanks, becomes the in exorable rule.. Men who have reflected lustre upon the American character, whose experi ence, learning, and devotion to the country, have made their names "household words"— such men have fallen before the tempest of prejudice. Cut proudly do they bear them selves ! You would take them for victors, not victims. They feel that they have gone down in a good cause, and they know that their ban ner still war -s. When those who have been misled into op position to such men as these fully recover from their delusions, they will start with amazement at their own work. They willfinJ that in lo.dng tlu-ir obi and well-tried servants, thev have gained a host ol reckless demagogues —the mere traders of politics, the mere charla tans of fanaticism. It is right that all men should aspire to a station in a fiee country : but the day that sees this great nation permanently transferred to the hands of men wlso have no claim upon the people hut that of being abb- to flatter a popular prejudice—(bat day will be a dark day in our history, for it will be the start ing point in our downward career. You can not ignore high talents, long services, ripe ex perience, without wounding yourself and your country. There is no Democracy in elevating men unfit for station,simply because they have never been able, tiil prejudice took the place of reason, to attain position. TJiese are truths which it would he madness and treason to con ceal. When the men who have been over thrown in this storm of proscription shall return to their homes, and mingle with those who have aided to sweli the storm, it will not be long before they will find public opinion return ing to its accustomed channels. Their own services will be "freshly remembered" and fondly recalled ; their wrongs will he so many arguments lor their restoration to power ; ami ihe errors of their successors will arouse, in all breasts, sensations of shame and remorse. The hour will soon he here. Let us he patient.— Let us confide in the leader who avows a perse cuted principle, and stands for the right in the midst of inflamed antagonisms. The tempest is not yet over ; but there is a bright spot in one part of the horrizon, at least, which shows that the sun is not yet blotted from the heavens.— It tells us that Die, Democratic party still sur vives ! Washington Union. Dr.EAnrrt. ACCIDENT EXPLOSION OF A OAM RNKNK LAMF. —Notwitstanding the warnings] constantly given by the papers nil over th country, of the dreadful consequences of the careless use of rainphene, hardly a day passes hut we read or hear of serious accidents result ing from negligence of the advice given. On Saturday last, a man named Daniel Husk, resi ding in the First Ward, Allegheny, attempted to lill a lamp with the mixture. In doing so, lie ordered a son of his to Irold a lighted can dle while he paired the camphene in the lamp. The lad not being very careful, approached too near the lamp with the light, and in an instant an explosion took place. The child who held the candle, and two other children playing on the floor, were immediately* enveloped jn flames. Hetbre assistance could he rendered, one child was so badly horned that he died the same night. The other two were also so greatly in jured that, although living last night, but little hopes of tlwir recovery were entertained. The father and mother, in endeavoring to extinguish the flames, were likewise so seriously burned as to cause it tube feared at one time, that their injuries would be lata I.—■ Pittsburgh PosL C 3*" The Directors of the Poor and Home of em ployment met on last 'l'u-dny and re-appointed Jens H. Krsn, Treasurer— JAMES M. GIBSON, Clerk— P." 11.. TATE, Attorney—and appointed EMANUEL OSTER, miller—and Wi. K. -MOORIIKAD, of Union township, Steward. ro*tmaslei—&enea*.i9 Campbell's Report. We published in the Ledger this morning, the able and carefully prepared report of Post mas ter General Campbell. It exhibits the opera tions of the country, and shows how well and economically that department is administered. There is 110 branch of the public sarvice which requiresisuch latior and constant supervision.— Railroads, steamboats, mail coaches and messen gers have ail to be employed for the transporta tion of ail the mails: and the adjustment of the rate of pav for these different kinds of service is a subject of constant annoyance and regulation. The distribution of mail matters is another source of vexation to the department, and of censure on the part of the put)lic. These matters have been brought within proper regulations by the Postmster-General, so that the department now moves harmoniously with the cairying com panies and tlie distributions are mads with re gularity and speed. The safety of money tram milted through the mails is always a source of anxiety and care. The Postmaster-General sug gests a system of regulation which v. ill tend to givegreater security to letters containing money, and enable the department to trace to the pro per source the loss of any letter of value. The constant vigilance, personal superintendance, and strict econiny of the Postmaster-General, in ail the details of the department, have bro't tlie mail service into excellent working opera tion, and a large amount has been saved tlie gov ernment and tlie peopfeTn consequence. With this excellent supervision and administration it is believed, that even with the present rates of postage, which those most familiar with tile postal arrangements of the country believed to be inadequate, the revenue may be yet made to cover tile expenditure.— i J hiltt. Ledger. LAM) OF PICK nr. FORT. 7'he facts it contains, are briefly, these:— During the year ending June 30th, tloue were 7,03.1,000 acres sold for cash ; 3,4-02,000 located by land warrants, and 14,000 bv other certificates: 11,000,000 as swamp lands, and 1,751,000 for internal improvements—making a lotal of *23,*235,313 acres. For the !ast quarter, 4,780,000 acres were'disposed of, being altogether an increase of sales amounting to 5,- tioo,ooo acies over tlie previous Year, though there is a diminution of 2,000,000, including land warrant and swamp transactions tlie dif ference being caused by the fact that the most of the grants for bounty lands, swamps, railroads, .c., had previously been disposed of. The sales for the third quarter of the current calender year are tnore than twice those for the corres jionding quarter of the previous year, though the locations are less numerous, f rom the 30th Sept. 1853, to tlie 20, S-f - that the examining force he perman ently augmented, that better provision be made lor testimony in cases of appeal and a neu* rate of fees established. COMMERCE Axp NAVIGATION. Froni the Report of Commerce and Naviga tion, it appears that there have been built with in the present vear 26 !■ ships and barks, 69 brigs, 435 smaller vessels, and 121 steamboats, regis tering an aggregate of over 31-0,000 tons. The tola! registered was 5,661,4-16 • United States, on the 30th ol June, tonnage of thereof which 2,333,819 was employed in foreign trade: 2,- 622,114-, in roasting ; 1 Mi,965 in cod fishing; 181,901 in whaling, and 677,613 in steam na vigation. Abstract of the Treasury Report. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his annua! report, slates the receipts of the fiscal year end ing the 30th of June, 1854, from all sources, to he $73,;>49,705, which, with the balance in the treasury on the IsiofJulv, 1853, §21,912,- 892, give a total fir the year o| $95,492,597. The exjiendifures for the year have been $75,- 6.;1,53d, leaving a balance in the treasury on the Ist of July of $*20,137,967. The receipts for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1854, are $21,5*21,302. The estimates for the remaining three qua ters of the fiscal year are $42,500,000. The amount of public debt outstanding on the Ist of July was $47,180,506. The Secretary anticipates a falling off in the Customs, owing to the Reciprocity Treaty and short crops. The tonnage of the United Slates exhibits an increase for the years of 395,892 tons. The imports for the year are $26,321,319 in excess of the exports. The following state of tile Revenue induces the Secretary again to call the attention of Congress to the propriety of reducing the rev enue from customs. He recommends hut three rales of duty, 100, 40, and 25 percent, in place nf the eight schedules at present in use. The recommendation for the repeal of the fishing bounties are renewed. The subject of drawback duties on refined sugar is also recommended to ;he consideration of Congress. The Secretary gives a statement of the cur •oncy which makes the total amount of gold ind silver coin in ciiculalion on the 30lh of September, 1854, at $241,00(1,000, against yhich there is a total bank circulation of $204, 189,209. He expresses an opposition to the circulation of notes of small denominations. He recommends the continuance of" Ibe Coast Survey, and calls for further aid in protecting lif*' from shipwreck on the coasls, arid suggests whether the law. should not provide greater se-1 curity in the construction ol steam passenger vessels, or have them as now to the ship owners. In view of the recent frauds by Collectors of tiie Customs at Cleveland, Oswego, £cc.,he calls for such additional legislation as may be deemed necessary. The balance of the report refer? mainly to the Mint operations ami the operations ol the various departments of tile Treasury. "Awfricaus 31gsi Ku!p America." This is the captivating, yet specious, motto inscribed upon the banner of the prescriptive party which glories in the cognomen of "Know Nothings," in order to swell its lanks froin the ignorant and unsuspecting in the community.— This looks very fair and patriotic ; but did it nev er strike any one behind this rallying cry of the new organization was concealed the must aris tocratic principle ever promulgated in this free land—that within tfu* petals of this fair rose lurked and rankled the deadliest poison f Be it remembered that the whole meaning ol the motto—"■ Americans must rule America" —upon which the new party is founded, is the exclusion of adopted citizens from oilice—noth ing more. The opinion entertained by tliesepa triotic gentlemen then is, that those who will till the various offices in this Republic are the rulers and not the servants or agents, of the people—that the office-holders are our musters, and their constituency bund stages —thus ignor ing and setting themselves up in opposition to the whole theory upon which our tepu divan system is based. Was this the i lea of Jefferson and Madison, and their immortal compeers, who, fresh from the perils of the Revolution, repudiated the "divine right" of Kings to ml", and laid broad and deep in our glorious constitu tion, the foundation of civil and religious liber ty, and the inborn right of the I'eopi.b to gov ern themselves-* Was not the precious blood spilt in the "time that tried merfs souls," the price paid for the establishment ol self-govern ment and the great dogma of popular sovereign ty ? And are we to lie told now, hv this new school nf political philosophers, alter realizing, (ol over half a centurv, the proud po>ition of a representative Democracy, that the maxims of our lathers were a fiction and a failure—that u e must prepare our minds to acknowledge an aristocracy of office-holders whether they he Congressmen <>r itiliriken policemen with pow er to do us they list, beyond and above responsi bility to tin* people, who make them such ! Out upon such cringing sycophants and parasite.*, who are unworthy to breathe the free air of t his free land who have not learned the first les s ins of Republicanism mil who are not enti tled to the proud name of American citizens. There is neither point nor force in the appli cation of tiie precept that "Americans shall rule America," and it only falls from tiie lips of tur bulent and base demagogues, as a cheat to de lude their gullible followers. Americans have alwavs, and always will rule America, as long as our laws, National and Slate, remain as they are. So long as the elective franchise is extend ed to the poor as we|| as the rich—so long as th- doctrine ot "no taxation without representa tion," is as> rted and maintained—so long as re ligious tests are kept from our statute hooks— and men are left free to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, with "none to molest or-make them afraid"—we rn-ed not tremble for tie subversion of our liber ti--s, and Americans will continue to rule A merica, thro' their Accredited omenta, be chosen from nil the w all.* of life, and from all religious persuasions. But il in an hour of'madness arid lolly, the people, inflamed by Sectarian pr- in dices and bigotrv, (the most dangerous to tile pence and tranquility of a Stale,) should intro duce the (badly I pas tree nf'Kuow-Notbingisrn and Religious proscription into the councils of the nation, to overshadow the land, and blast and wither the wholesome ptestine vigor of our institutions, from that moment we may date the downfall of the Republic.— Pennsylvnni'in. Horrible . tjj'air—Murderous slsxaull upon a WiJ:, and Jltt empttd Suicide by Hie Husband.— At in early hour this morning Officers Prickett and Shear were atf racked to a house in Moore, near Front, First Ward, by the cries of a female for iie!|>. Lpon hastening to the scene, they found that a man, named John Martin Rudolph, a shoemaker by trade, had, in a tit of inania-a potn, committed a mnrderous assault upon liis wife with a pocket-knife and a pair of scissors, with which lie had indicted eight severe stabs, the most of them in th* abdomen. After thus attempting to kill his wife, he attempted his own life, and slabbed himself in fourteen differ ent parts of the body. The poor woman had with difficulty made her way to the front of the house, and notified the oliieers, by her cries, of" the terrible afiair. The (acts of the case, as we learned them, are these : Randolph is quite an intemperate man, and for some weeks lias been drinking to ex cess. Last evening, he was quite merry and sang and conducted himself in a manner that showed something was wrong. Me sharpened his pocket knife, and put a point to a pair of scissors, and thus armed, laid down. In the night he became noisy and his poor wife and children would have lain fled from the house if she could have known where to take refuge.— About ~ o'clock this morning, he made the as sault described. When the officers reached the house, he charged the wife with stabbing bim, hot it was plain that i: was all bis work. The injuries sustained bv the wife are expected to prove fatal, but he is not si badly hurt. Butb of therri were taken to the Hospital. The unfortunate parents - have two children, a girl of eight years old, and a bov ol six.— Their appearance showed aw ant of comfort in the hosebold, which every household does in which rum exercises its fearful sway. The girl told the story of Iter father's crime and mother's wrongs, with an artlessnes that brought tears to the eyes. Being asked if herself and brother were the only children, she replied that she bad a brother, (here her sobs choked her utterance) but she continued; he is - dead now. These children are suddenly left without a home, or any one to look after then), but a kind neighbor, who took them in charge (or the time being. The invisible spirit of rum has here done the devil's work sure enough. The con templation of so much crime and wretchedness as this fearful case discloses, is enough to make one desire its speedy banishment from the iaru). Pennsyl v anion. Great Fires in Philadelphia. Cn the morning of Tuesday last, the city of Philadelphia was visited by a tremendous con flagration. Cornelius, Baker & Oo.'s Chande lier and Gas Fixture Factory was entirely de stroyed, together with about fifteen or twenty houses. The factory was located on the north | • "V" Bth, w , frre originated, , tip the flarr.es ;ri . the adjoinu* hhddiuHs carrying !u aro.inu. i tie Jps.s is estimated at about §|--" Another rielrmtiy,. con at on occurs 1 i f fnflp : The fire the fo.tith storvuV.i*'' five story It ivas tota, together with th* > joining huihi.W west, and the large |-, n ; easf, at the of Cheinot and Fifth *f r ', —as also the block of buildings on Fifth m. ► running north to an alley* half way to \U t i\ The Old state flonse, on the Gin snot street, was at on- time in great ■ hut through 1 lie exertion of the fireniPß%-' saved fioir; destruction. The large at.d ficenl building, erected by the firtn of£. (j v •. J. Riddle, at the corner of Fifth and HiiA streets was serionslv damaged. Til— principal sufferers are W. H. SafF>- who kept an extensive Curtain store; t;, 0 . .' J. lleiikels, of the Cabinet and Furniture m.v. ufactory ; Wm. Car!vl, Curtain store; }] j Walker, Piano and Music store; Thon.as \V Price, Bookbinder, ice., Staym-n K Brother*' .Musical Instrument store; E. F. Hensel! Sie' erica! Instrument Manufacturers : Lacey ft I' lips, Harness Manufacturer*; and George \y Smith, Gentlemen's Furnishing Store." buildings on Fifth street were owned h v .V- Fctterell those on Obesnnt !>v Mr. Gm.. j ] wards. All insured to some extent. Several of the firemen jyere dangerously m juted by the falling of waify timbers, kc.'aitd it is feared that one or two'lost their lives. 11 ith the above fires are supposed to be the work of incendiaries. CjF~VVe invite attention to the valuable M il p r(i . perty advertised for -ate by .Mes-rs. Herb & Bcel~i; T!:e Treasury Full, On the Ist instant, according to the report o f Auditor Genera] Ranks, there was in the Sty,. Treason - , of available funds, ONE Ml[ LION" TWO irC/DPFI) AM) FORTY THOUSAND NINE fICNDURO \vp TWBNTY-FfGfIT DOLLARS AND SEVEN TY-TWO CENTS. It thus appears that there is a full half mil lion of dollars in the Treasury now, than was at this time last war. A Costi.v II >\ob. —The ( harlot!" V.'hh says that in the late contest in th- Richland District, S. C., (in which the city of C'llund.a is situated,) between Messrs. Preston and Ar ams, for a seat in the State Senate, t>> which the former was elected hy something < wr one hundred votes, Mr. Pieston expanded a' ,tu SIO,OOO, and Mr. Adams about $30,0)0. St RMtYIL CPERATIOX 0? Tilt: CL.'X-T—Di p 1 ar• inthe heart i:r a Living TJ ody.—On th 3d of the present month, Mr. Alphnnzo JjtcU ford, of Palmyra, Ale., hart his chest tapped, ar.J the almost incredible amount of nine pints of fin id, in ail its characteristics resi mbling rt;>, taken therefrom ! The operatinn "as perform ed bv Dr. J. C. Manson, of Pitfsfield. a inauguration of the Governor elect will TAKE place oil Tuesday, the Ifith of January, aid not on Tuesday, the 9th, as stated by many of our exchanges. SOMKTIHX'; \: \v.— A medicine. tinder the NAME nf DR. KKYSER'S PECTORAL SYRUP. !.a h-eo ;i --trodncejl here fur the cure of Coughs, Cob)-, Hoarse ness, Bronchitis, and Pulmonary diseases. Jt is highly extolled by* citizens of Pittsburg, i, easy to take, and co-ts but half a dollar. Prepared bv Dr. George H. Keyset - . Wholesale Drue gist. lin Woc.it street. Pittsburg. Pa. For sale a? Rnpp Jv Osfer's in this place, and Colvin & Robison's Scheßsburg. THE MARKETS. New YORK, Dec. 10. Flour, {sc.—The Flour market is h.eavv, and ian; - ' parcel- are offered to sell, hot without submitting '> lower prices. Southern Flour is dull and drooping. Rye Flour and Corn Meal nominally as last quoted. Grain—Wheat is firmer, with a good demand. Rye steady, SI.-10 a $1,42. Corn market is ihdi, and prices drooping; sales were made at 94 a !)•"><■. Oats are held tirm at 53 a .18, and with a firm mar ket. FuiI.ACRLrHIA, Dec. 19. The Flour market has undergone no change. Sup plies continue to come in very slowly, and the stock is becoming still further reduced. Standard brands are held firmly at $9 per barrel, but there i~ very little pxport demand, and the onlv sales reported are 400 barrels at this figure. Sales m small lot- !o r home consumption, at $0 a $0,25 p*T bairel for goo! brands. S9,SO a $lO for extra, and fancy lots at high er figures. In Rve Flour and Corn Meal nothing d - ing—we quote the former at $G,7f) a $7. and the latter at $4 per barrel. GRAIN—The market continues bare of Wheat, and it is wanted at an advance of.3a4e per bush"! ° n our last quotations. Sales of 1800 bushels fair Dela ware white at $2.10 a $2,12 per bushel, and 100 in ferior red at $1.45. Rve comes in very slowly ar-' commands $1.25. Corn is scarce—small -alosoto l yellow at $9 a 90c, and 2,000 barrels new to arrive at $7 cents. Oats are uncharged—a lot of good ?i - - ther i, in store, sold at 53 cent- per bu-hel. o'■ mm* ■ F at - *' ' In this Borough, on Tuesday of scar let fever. EFIIOKA TAYLOR, infant daughter ol ReT JOSEPH T. Pnsi.rs, Pastor of the M. E. Church, a -' ( ' 2 yrs. 3 mos. and 10 dys. Thus has another gem been transplanted from this world of trial ami of sorrow to it- home in Heaven, and however rrtnch the parerls may mourn it- 10-s. they will find abundant consols tion'in the declaration of Christ—"Sutler little rh: - riren to come unto rne, and forbid them not, for oi sucli is the kingdom of Heaven." Dearest DORA, thou hast left us— Here thy loss we deeply feel; But r t!S God that hath bereft lis; He can still our sorrow heal. Yet again we hope to meet thee, When the day of life is fled. Then in Heaven with joy to greet thee, Where no farewell tears are shed.