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 <!e;-o! of the Coving
ton anil Lexington Railroad, ami was observed to
cross and recross the track several times. About 7
o'clock, one of the street engines of the company pas
sed from the locomotive-house towards the depot.
Mr. G. was then standing near the track, and scorn
ed earnestly watching for the approaching train.—
At the moment the locomotive came opposite he
quickly threw himself U|K>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 a</ cipiimlnm appeals. Jt is an unam
bitious and perspicuous account of public affairs,
announcing an unprecedented state of prosperi
ty and progress at home, and of peace and amity
in our relations abroad. It totally disappoints
ail those who hoped or expected to find in it
any infiamatory appeals about Spain, or any
"Young America" doctrines of progress and
manifest destiny, whether looking to acquisi
tions on the Mexican Gulf, or in the illimitable
Pacific. Indeed, had it not been fir tbe god
send of our exploit at (Jreytown, of which the
President certainly makes the most, he would
seem to have been embarrassed for any stirring
topic for the head of "foreign affairs." Ilappv
for the country that this is so! It is a new
thing, and certainly a subject of congratulation,
to find the message of a Democratic President
so free Iroin appeals to the passions of the coun
try, so simple, clear, and unostentatious in its
exposition of the administrative concerns of the
Government, and so commendable for the just
ness of sentiment touching international rights
and duties with which the Message opens."
The Reports.
The reports from the Heads of Departments
are all ofl satisfactory character, arid show
that the Chiefs fiave made themselves thorough
ly acquainted with the duties of their stations.
Postmaster General CAMPF.FM.'.S report is
very long an! very able. It will he gratifying
to learn that under his efficient management,
the revenue of the Department, for the current
year, shows an increase of nearly a million of
dollars over that of 18.73. From it we also
learn (hat the number of Post Offices, now in
the I nited States is 23,H2.o —being a net in
crease during the year of 1,228. The number
of Postmasters appointed during the year was
8,(il8. Ot these, 4-JSf) were appointed to fill
vacancies occasioned by resignations, 1,977 bv
removals, 320 deaths, 291 hy change of nardes
and sights,and ! r BP2 on establishment of new
offices.
An Appeal to all Liberal Miuti*.
President Pierce has spoken for the Deirro
cratlc party, in his last aunual message, on the
great questions of the clay, and he has also spo
ker., f>r 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 <t. 1854, 9,38 1,104
acres were surveyed, chiefly in Wisconsin,
lon a, Minnesota and Florida, and 8,199,1117
acres were brought into market. This is exclu
sive of the surveys in California, Oregon and
Washington, amounting to 1,(586,171 acres,
which have not vet keen proclaimed for sale.—
The Commissioner savs, 011 an average, full one
third more business has been done this year than
in the preceding: of the 2(1,543,700 aens em
braced by the land warrants now issued 22,-
235,880 acre s have been located—leaving only
4,307,880 acres to he satisfied.
PENSION OFFICE REPORT.
Thp whole number of pensioners, June 30,
1553, was 1) ,867. Annual amount payable to
I hem $1,070,059. Same, June 30, 1854, li.-
065, and annual amount payable to them, 81 ,-
17*2,651 63. Number of Revolutionary Sol
diers on tfie roil, June 30, la.iS, i " Jmi
-30, 1554-, 1,096. There hgve he. mi taken from
the rolls of th" Army Pensioners during the year
ending June 30,1 sfji, hv death. 6f3 ; by trans
fer to the Treasury Department, as unclaimed
pensions, S73—total, 1,526. Of the New Pen
sioners fir the year ending Sept. 30, 1554, *2-fare
reported dead, and 38 transferred to the Trea
sury Department as unclaimed pensions.
PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
The Patent Cilice Report states the arreara
ges iri business in that office have he. ii well
pushed forward by ir.cr'sing the number of ex
aminers. Since the Ist of January 1,600 pat
ents have been issued and the whole number
for the year will reach 1,900, or double thai of
1*53. The principal recommendations of Mr.
Mason ar>- 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<lvo-.|
and assisted by Dr. Benson, of Aewpoit. Tin
fluid was situated in the h it side oftl.e ciw,
arid consequently the h< art was much displaced,
so much so that it could he distinctly felt i.eat
ing, tsVo inches upon the right of the sternum,
or medium line of the hodv. Tt, limvever, grad
ually receded during the operation, and after
the entire evacuation, was found beating in
nearly its natural position. The patient imme
diately b-'jem to amend, and is at present doing
well. His case has for some time past been
considered hopeless, but there is now a prospect
of his recovery. Portland (.Vc.) Jlrjits.
LJAT'QI'RATJOX OF GOVERNOR POLLOCK.—T>
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.