THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. Bedford, Jan. l'i, 1853. CT. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor TEE MARKETS. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1865.—Flour maiket dull, witU no demand tor export. Prices ranee lor home consumption, troniSO 35 to $lO ">U— Wheat $2 lUus2 12—Rye $1 25—Corn 95 ceut3. TF" Sacrament will be administered in the Presbyterian Church of Bedford, on next Sab bath morning. Preaching on Saturday after noon, commencing at 2 o'clock, also in the e vening. The Pastor, (Mr. Davis,) cordially in vites the members of other denominations to at tend, and all others religiously disposed. W. Hamtnerslv, Esq. (Whig) has been elected Clerk of the Senate, and Henry Pettibone, Esq. (Dem.) Assistant Clerk. John H. Filler. Esq. of Bedford, was elected one of the Transcribing Clerks, a post for which he is well qualified. are under obligations to Hon. S. L. Russell, Hon. J. Clancy J one), and Hon. John Dawson, of the National House of Represen tatives, for valuable Public Documents —also to Hon. Win. T. Daugherty, and Messrs. Jordan and Filler, of the State Legislature, lor similar favors. TF* We invite the especial attention of all Preachers who favor the doctrines ol Know .Nothingwm to a "High Example " dedicated to THUM bv the Washington I nion, which will be found on the first page. It should not, howe ver, be read by Preachers only, but by the Com- municants of all Churches, who have either joined or encourage this Order. All should carefully study its contents, and then ask them selves in the presence of t lie Searcher of oil Hearts , if they are not violating the express commands of our Saviour in prejudicing one class of people against another—in persecuting men because it was their fortune to be born on another soil—in concealing their operations from the world —in putting th-ir candle under a bushel—and in declining to let their light shine by an open and manly defence of the principles they profess. How any man can partake of the lloly Sacrament who has taken an oath or made a vow to PROSCRIBE all who were not r.otix in America, is a mystery which may not be fully solved until the day of final retribution. An awful responsibility rests some where, anJ we iear the reflections of ma ny a Death-bed will be made bitter, horrible, am! despairing, growing hut of tliis reckless and persecuting spirit. If the "Example" alluded to should not prove sufficient to awaken Know nothing CHRIST inn's to a sense of the obli gations they have taken in connecting them selves with the visible church, we would direct them to another article on the first page, head ed " GOD IS LOVE ," which, we think, will scarcely fail to reach their hearts. State Legislature. The Pennsylvania Legislature assembled at Ilar risburg on Tuesday, the 2d ilist. The House was railed to order at 11 o'clock, A. M. by Col. W.VI. JACK, Clerk. Ninety-nine members were in atten dance. Nominations were made tor Speaker, and a vote was taken which resulted in the election of Hon. HENRY K. STRONG, (Whig; of the city of Philadelphia. The vote stood as follows: Henry K. Strong, 70 R. L. Wright, (Pern.) IS The Senate did not meet until S o'clock, P. M.— Thirty-one Senators were in attendance, Mr. Burk alew, of Columbia, being absent, and .Mr. l-'oulkrod, of Philadelphia, having recently died. On the 29th ballot Hon. WM. M. BLESTER, of Berks, a sound and radical Democrat, was chosen Speaker, the announcement of which was hailed all over the State with lively satisfaction. Mr. DAII SIE, so horribly sacrificed by his party last fall, be cause lie happened to he born on another soil, voted with the Democrats, much to his credit. In the House on Thursday, A. W. Benedict, of Huntingdon county, was elected Cleik, who appoint ed A. L. Heudershotz, of Reading, assistant Clerk, and James L. Rightmyer, of Reading, one of the transcribing clerks. The Sergean-at-Arms, Door keepers, .Messengers, and Pages, were al-o rho-en, all of them from the Fusioniat ranks; and the House, alter having divided the spoils, adjourned. The following, says the Reading Gazette, are some of the Bills already reported in the House: To incorporate three new banks—the City Bank of Philadelphia, the Bank of Newcastle, and the Coal and Iron Bank of Pennsylvania; to confer on COLOR ED PERSONS the right of suffrage and all the rights of citizenship, and recommending Congress to de prive WHITE FOREIGNERS of the same rights, un til after 21 years' residence in the country; to abo lish the Board of Canal Commissioners, and to pro vide for the better regulation and management of the Public Works. The object of the last named bill is simply to enlarge the Governor's patronage, by pla i tug all the officers on the Public Works at his dispo sal. The canal board is democratic, and is Lkely to remain so for thiee years, and therefore the only Wav to secure it- patronage for the benefit of the lu sionists, is to abolish it. No one has yet broached the subject of a sale of She public works, for which these same fusionists earnestly contended before the election, uor, we predict, will such a proposition come from tbeir side ot the House this w inter. The only REFORM they want now, is to do away with the Canal Board, and go into a "free tight" for the offices. We shall see some strange things before the Commonwealth is many months older. OtJ~Tbe proceedings of the "Moot Court'* which will be lound in another column will be read with interest and profit. The "Opinion" embraces much valuable legal information, and very clearly indicates that its author is "booked" in his prulession. St.ntence of Jirrison, tht " Inferno! .Ma chine" ,Mrw. —The motion tor a new trial in the case of Wm. H. Arrison. the young medi cal student, convicted at Cincinnati, ot "mur der tn the first degree" in causing the death of Mr. and Mrs. Allison, by means of an "infernal machine," having been refused, ne was tailed up before Judge Flirtn, on Saturday, to receive sentence, when he addressed the court in a cool and collected manner, giving some of the reasons why he desired a new trial, and declaring that he could,, had he a chance, establish his inno cence. When lie concluded, Judge Flinn, in the presence of a crowded court room, sentenc ed htm to be hung on the 11th of May next. The prisoner heard his terrible doom, without the J'-nst apparent emotion, and was conveyed back to prison in charg of a strong guard. Ciiovcrnor's .'Alcssagc! C 7* We have received the last annual message of 1 His Excellency WILLIAM BIGLEK, ami will lay it before our readers, entire, in the Gazelle of next week. It is written with marked ability, and will be read with unusual interest. From it the people will iearn the exact condition of the public treasury —the progress made in completing our public im provements—the operations of the brushed lutes ot canals and railroads belonging to tbe Common wealth, and their management—the impolicy of selling them —the condition of the public debt the settlement ol claims against the State—the repeal of the tonnage tax upon the Pennsylvania railroad—the cancellation of relief issues—the currency—the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors—the school system and its operations—various charitable and relornuitory institutions—agriculture, and the erection of a col lege lor its improvement—omnibus Rills and Special Legislation—sale of the Slate Arsenal at Pbiladel- j phta—monument ot the Declaration ol Independence —and the promt position ot the old Keystone as a member of the tannly ot States, and the geneial prosperity of her citizens. The following are the closing passages ot the Mes- ; sage, which are worthy of being printed in letters of ; Gold: Having adverted to various subjects of con gratulation, in regard to tbe public affairs ut my own State, I may be indulged in a briet relet- i ence, also, to the happy aspect of our common ! country, and the elevation it has reached among the nations of the earth, in the light of liberty, and through the workings ot its benign institu tions. Who amongst us, and throughout this broad land, does not experience at this moment, j and at every moment, in his own condition, and i the condition of those who surround him, the in- , fluence and benefit of our happy 1 nion, and the | well considered compact by which it is sustain ed. A basis of calculation, exhibited by past, experience, will give our country a population of thirty millions in less than ten years from the present time-—of eighty millions in thirty years to come—and of one hundred millions at .the j close of the present century 1 But mere nurn-; bers are of no moment, compared with moral ! elements, in a nation's greatness. The vital ' strength and stability of the United States as a • people, consists in the substantial interest which each individual has in the permanency of those glorious institutions, which were baptized in the blood of our revolutionary struggle, and handed down to us as the sacred legacy ot our fathers. Peril, or destroy these, and we peril or destroy the share of sovereignty and equality which they were designed to secure, alike tu the richest and poorest, to the highest 1 and humblest in the land. The experience ol more than three-fourths of a century proves, I am persuaded, that the American people, in the main, truly appreciate the beneficent struc ture and beautiful operation of our republican system. We have been assailed by an insidi ous and open hostility from abroad, and have, at times before the present, been encountered both by the concealed and palpable spirit ot faction at home: vet the Constitution still stands as widely and firrnlv rivetted in the affections of the hon est masses of American freemen, as at any for mer period of our history. The more fruitful sources ofonr national pros- | perity, undoubtedly consist in the lreedom, in dustry and intelligence of our people; and in the rich natural resources of our country, united to an advantageous commercial intercourse with a wan ing world. But there is one element which we shouid cherish as more potent than all these : it is the protection and encouragement I afforded !>v the union of the States, under an ■ adequate and stable government, lo this and ; : the virtueol our citizens, tinder the smiles ol Heaven, we are more indebted as a people, than ;to any other circumstance or relation. No one I who has studied our history, and marked the i s[ ird iti which our Lmun was formed, can avoid I tiie coviction that our government so far as con cerns the stability of this confederacy, must be ; one of opinion rather than force. Born in com promise and conciliation, it must be cherished 1 in the same spirit ; it must pres'ent itself to eve rv member of this republic in trie welcome guise iof friendship and protection —not in overbear-i ing pride, or as wielding the strong arm of pow ! er. We have before ns the plain written compact of our fathers, to which they reflecting!)' con sented and subscribed, and so hound us who have succeeded them. Its blessings and its benfits have been felt throughout long years of unexampled prosperity. II we would change anv of its provisions, let us, with at least com mon honesty and manliness, pursue the mode ol amendment which is pointed out, with admira ble precision, in the noble instrument itself.— But until this is done, those amongst us, who, from whatever motive, or under whatever pre text, either openly repudiate any of its plain provisions, or, covertly retreating under the cloak of a secret organization, seek to violate its spirit, or avoid compliance with its clear behests, dishonor the laith of their fathers, and deny their own palpable and solemn obligations.— Entertaining these views, how can any Ameri can patriot regard, with the least degree of com placency, the continued ami embittered excite ment ol one section of the country against the domestic institutions of another : or the more recent organization of secret societies through out the I'mon, based upon doctrines of exclu sion and proscription, utterly at war with our National and Stat" constitutions, and obnoxious to the liberal spirit of American republicanism? What admirer of the venerated father of his country, but must now feel, with resistless force, his solemn warnings against secret societies for political ends, as placing a powerful engine in the hands of the selfish and designing, and enab ling them not only to acquire power unworthily, but also to sap and destroy the most sacred prin ciples of our government ? Jn these reflections ii{>on certain political or ganizations, if I rightly comprehend my own motives, I am actuated by no merepartizan hos tility or resentment. Were Ito say less at the present moment, I shouid stifle my clearest con victions of right, and shrink from a duty I owe to the people of Pennsylvania, who have so gen erously sustained me in various public relations in the past. Nav, more : I should, bv silence m this regard, fail properly to reflect that con stancy and unswerving laith which our nobie Commonwealth has ever evinced towards the principles of our national compact, in reference to the freedom of conscience and universal reli gious toleration : and also to the wise doctrines of popular and Slate sovereignty, and the inher ent right of self-government. During the period which remains of mv offi cial term, I shall readily and cheerfully co operate with the General Assembly in all pro per measures, to advance the public weal ; and I earnestly invoke upon our labors, and the la bors of those who may follow us in our public vocation, the kindly care and keeping of that Gr-a' and Beneficent Being who holds the bs- | linies of nations as well as of individuals, as it ! w ere, in the hollow of his hand, and without whose continued smile there can be neither na tional or individual prosperity. VVM. BIGLER. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, } Hnrrinburg, January 3, 1 855. \ Trouble Brewiu? iu the It!. E. (liurrh. The Rev. Dr. BONO, editor ofthe New Yoik Christian .idvacate, in a late number of his paper, thus speaks of difficulties that are threat ening the M. E. Church : "We are no prophet, nor the son of a proph- \ et, yet we venture to predict that mischief is now brewing in our church agitations, convul- j sinns. and disruptions, suck as u-e have never witnessed before." And the Rev. Dr. might have prpceeeded. and informed his readers ol the cause of those "agitations, convulsions, and disruptions," in the church. It does not require the wisdom of a "prophet nor the son of a prophet" to point j out the monster that is now eating, like a can- j cer, at the vitals of Christianity. lvnow-Noth ingism is winding its serpentine coils around the church, and already the "convulsions" are noticed bv Dr. BOND, and he sounds the alarm, j Had h" the nerve to tell his church of the j cause of its present difficulties—could lie hut summon up the courage to hold up to the pub lic gaze the bloated spider that has worked its i vvav to tile lu-art of I lie church, and there de- j posited its poison—he would he subserving the j interests of his people, and prove himself a j faithful sentinel on the watch-tower. But Dr. ; BOND, we opine, will no* reveal the cause of j present "agitations" in his church, although he , is well aware of what that cause is : he himself has been an advocate and defender of this great i enemv of Protestant Christianity, ycleped Know—Nothingisrn. He is now reaping the fruits from the thistle seeds he so recently scat tered over the surface of the Methodist denom- ' ination, and in the bitterness of his heart he is i forced to acknowledge that his church is now beset with "agitaions, convulsions and disrup- i tions," such as he "never witnessed before." Dr. BOND IS an able writer, and, we take it, n man of good judgment, but he, like many o thers, was caught in the spider's web that had been spread lor smaller insects, and forthwith he commenced to work in the harness that had been prepared for his well proportioned loins. ; With more than his ordinary zeal, lie defended the oath-bound conspiracy that now lurks in nearly every village, and which proscribes ev eiyman, however honest, patriotic, or trust worthy he IT:a V be, who refuses to bow his neck j to this worse than Austrian tyranny. He forgot for the time, his duty to his Churh, and his co lumns, instead" of containing well digested dis sertations on the subject of pure religion, were j filled with paneygyrics upon depraved Know- Nothingism, and bitter denunciations against ' the Democratic Party, and the President of the United States in particular. He rejoiced over ; the anti-Republican delegation to the Massa- j chusetts Legislature, because forty-eight of the members were Know Nothing Methodist Min isters, whilst others of them were Tntidels. Nor could he repress a loud "huzza" over the re turns of Pennsylvania, because of the defeat of Gov. BJCLKR, and the election of congressional and legislative delegations of about the same stripe as are those of Massachusetts. A flood of the waters generally brings to the surface the putrid and decayed matter that had lodged and corrupted the stream, and the political flood of I last fall brought from their hiding places and ! dens the venal and corrupt of all partus, and placed many of them in high official jxisitioris; positions for which they are disqualified, and for which they were never intended. And these were the "victories" over which Dr. Bond r-joiced so vociferously—and what are the fruits of those victories:— Agitations, con- - vulsions, and disruptions " in the.Methodist Church. These are the fruits, as the Dr. ac knowledges himself. Wv hope, therefore, that Dr. Bond will take warning, (lor (he respectable denomination whose month-piece he professes to he will not bear with his enormities much longer,) and, looking at things as they are, retrace his steps and attend to his legitimate duties hereafter.— Instead of defending bigoted and intolerant Know-Nothingism, let him rail hack from Con gress and the Legislative halls the scores ofcler gymen he has helped to send there. Let these misguided and erring clergymen again assume the duties of the pulpit —if the people can have confidence in them—and let them attend to the salvation of men's souls, and eschew politics, and especially the Politics of Know-Nothings, and Hum, but not till then, w ill "agitations, c< n vulsinns, and disruptions," cease to annov the Methodist Church. It is utterly impossible for Methodists, as a bodv, to sanction the outrages and wrong, the despotism an I deception of the Know-Nothings, and Dr. Bond should have known this. He knows it now, and we hope he will profit bv the lesson he has been taught. —Carl isle Vol unt ee r. < oiufortaUc. "Many of the 1 "tvhig journals of onr State are now heartily exulting over the election of My ron H. Clark as onr next Governor. We could share in their exultation if we did not see be fore as a clouded and portentous future. The skies have an angrv look, and no man can say what shall be the aspects of the morrow. Al ready we observe many of those who have heretofore basked in the sunshine of whig pros perity, and shared bountifully in the harvest of its better fortunes, now edging off for the camp of the know-nothings, to see what chance of provender might present itself in that quar ter. We expect this tendency to diffuse itself until about everything of the late whig partv which is essentially time serving and venal shall have gone fully over to the new array, whose prospect for future flesh pots is deemed so Battering."—-V. V. Tribune. When has it been otherwise with nine-tenths of those who composed the late whig party? Was th ere ever an ism hatched up 63' the rest less and discontented of that party, that was not immediately adopted as a plank in their platform, and blindly endorsed by the masses as well as the leadeis? fn the contest of 18")2 the whig party was defeated beyond even the hope of a re-organization on its ancient faith, and the expectations of realizing the spoils of office through the election of Geneial SCOTT having been blasted, they naturally turned their attention to an ouganization which pro mised them, at b-ast, a chance to retrieve their fortunes. At this we do not wonder. Th' leaders of the whig party were guided less b* principles than spoils. Dem. Union. An Apprentice to learn the Printing, Will he taken at the office of the Bedford (Ja- j gctte on favorable terms. Hoot Court Proceedings. A. against B.—CASH SI AT Hl'. A the owner of a lot of ground, contracted with I> to dig a cellar upon it, conditioned that 1. should have lor his service-, all the excavated EAHTII — B employed C to perform the work, w ho, whilst dig ging, found aw eosiTE of TKr.vsrui*:, a lump ot ou, evidently there lor a long time. Qrei:K —to whom does the treasure belong! 'J'lie opinion of the Court was delivered. Dec, —, is:s4, by BLODGET (JOHN A.) JUSTICE. In this rase (here is some little discrepancy between the pleadings and the facts -lated a- above. The defla tion does not state the Gold to have been a deposilr, hut to have been a lump ol NAIIVE Gold. It w ill not he impertinent, therefore, or nnpiotiiuble, to con sider the question ill both point- of view. The term ttativr would imply that the gold was disfavored in its primitive lorulr/y. Ihe word tlrpo site repudiates this construction, and implies that it was placed in the position in which it was touiid by the agency of roan! We will lir-t consider it as having been dittcorrrtd in its original, primitive locality. B, by virtue of hi- contract with A, was to have "all the excavated earth'' within cei;im defined li mits. The true question, then, i-. Does the light of title to this piece of native gold pass from A to B by virtue of the phraseology of the contract; or, i- Gold embraced by, or included in, the term Earthf Is gold a component or constituent ofEurth! Earth is an element, so is Fire, Air, and Water. —Gold is never associated with the elements, tiie, air, and water, but is an attribute of Earth alone!— We iimi that the term "Eaith, in it- primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the ma-sol the Globe." But, in its more limited -en-e. "the paiti cie- that compose the Mould or the surface ol the Globe." That this confined sense or meaning of the term Earth was not contemplated by the parties to tin contract is manliest—as no mould in this region ex tends to the depth of an ordinary cellar. And why should the Com t give a limited and narrow construc tion to the word Earth in favor of the Plaintiti" and to the detriment of the deiendantf Whv not give the term Earth that enlarged, liberal, philosophical, and geological inierpietation to which it i- entitled tiom it- immensity of space and depth! particularly when such construction harmonises with the essence and spirit of the contract! 1? is -aid by Blackstone in his Commentaries (vol. 2, page IS) thai "the word land includes not only the face, of Ihe Earth, but every thing under it, and over it, mines and minerals inclusive. It lias been said in argument, by the counse! of the Plaintiff, that the term land is broader and more extensive than the word Earth. Blackstorie, in the above pas-age, uses the term laud and earth indiscri minately! The terms are, generally, indifferently used, the or eas the equivalent of the othei! "God called the dry land earth," (Gen. 1 c.) and we find the definition of ea tthto be '• dry land opposed to wa ter." The terms have been used almost invariably as synonomous, and to give the term laud a more comprehensive embrace than the word earth, taking both words in their most extensive meaning, is un warranted by any authority; and, we are satisfied, that when this "great Globe shall dissolve, and the earth wither like a burning scroll," thme will l.e hat little land left It is also said, by the counsel for the plaintiff', that A never contemplated paying unto i> a lump •>! gold, worth $2,000, for merely digging a cellar. We have no doubt that if A had been aware ol the existence of this treasure, the contract would never have been made, and, it is equally presumable, that the Gran tor who sold the lot in que-tion to A would not have parted with it had he been conusant +t the treasure. Doubtless the grantor to A sold lor a nominal consid eration and passed the whole of his title, ••from tiip surface to the reutre of the Karth," including all "mines and minerals." Would it not, then, be absurd to say that if the sur face (oil times consisting of a solid tock.) Is culled earth, and the centre, consisting of nobody knows what —is called earth, that the intermediate space, between the surface and the centre, should not also be called earth/ A, then, w as the unqualified owner, and had a per fect title to the lot in controversy, worn the surface to the mitre , until he divested himself of a portion of ttie eaith by his contiact with B—not for cu-h, it i true, but for its equivalent, time, and la/or ' The time was expended—the labor performed, in pursu ance of the contract, and "the laborer is worthy of bis hire." Jt would be regarded as madness in the giantor of A to prefer a claim to the gold in contro versy on the ground of tus being ignorant of its ex istence at the time ot sale to A, or upon the ground of his not having received an adequate price. It is equally absurd to say that A. after having passed a portion of the premises to B, tor a valuable consideration, under the terms of the existing con tract, can recover from B. Suppose instead ol gold, B, in performing his con tract, had thrown up Iron ore, would it not have p Had B digged deeper than hp was warranted, by virtue ot his contract, he might have been treated as a trespasser oh initio —or had he excavated any substance lying deeper than Ins contract warranted him to go. The toit, also, might have been waived and upon a conversion ofsuch substance an action of 1 trover brought. But not having exceeded The limits i of his contract in tile appropriation to his own use, of all substances excavated by hirri, his conversion is not wrongful , but 1 til 1 y justified by the terms of his contract. Contracts, untainted by fraud, entered info and ex ecuted in good faith, where there is 110 legal disabili ty subsisting in the parties to the contract, must be ! enforced. And the mere circumstances of the party ol the first part, or the party ol the second part, de riving a greater benefit than was originally contem plated, makes no difference. Had the gold been placed on the lot of A, buried for concealment, the maxim of Cnjns ft Solum, c)-c. would not apply. The maxim only applies to the earth, or land with all its improvements, in its natur al or native stale, and certainly would not divest the true oirner ola trea ure that had been perhaps stolen from him and there concealed. In such case there would have been a legal disability in A to biing tro ver, as he bad neither a right of property nor the right of possession. Neither would A be entitled to the property against the original owner although he may have bought out the right of C, the true under. (', the finder, had the right of property and the right of possession against A & R and all the world, ex cept the rightful owner. (3d. S. N. P., title TROVER, p. lllfi—and cases there referred to: AKoVIX. Ah. TIT., Treasure Trove.) C having parted with his right to B doe, not better the condition of A. It is, therefore, the opinion of the Court that A cannot recover, and it is alike immaterial whether the gold was there in its native state or placed ihtre thro ugh the intervention of man. Judgment for Defendant. REMARKABLE CASE OF SECOND SPEECH.—A New York letter mentions the following extra ordinary incident, in connection with the loss of the Arctic : A voting gentleman lately residing in this city, fell through a hatchway in his father's store some time last summer, and was saverely injured, one side of his body becoming complete ly paralized, and alter a while he entirely lost the faculty of speech. Jll this position he re mained until the 27th ultimo, (about the time of the accident to the Arctic. 011 board which steamer it was known that the young man's father was a passenger,) when he suddenly star-1 ted up in his sleep, and exclaimed, f> the sur prise of all present, "Mv ralh*r is drpwniug!" fell back upon his pillow and died. It was the first time he had spoken lor months; it was the last forever. i'lv voting man referred to was a son of Mr. (I. (I. Smith, of New York, who was lost in the Arctic. LITER FHO.TI KFUOI'E. The steamer Asia has arrived at Halifax, bringing five days' later news from Europe.— At Sevastopol the Russians continued to make frequent sorties, chiefly directed against the French. Reinforcements continue to arrive for hnth the allied armies. Prussia declines to join the triple alliance, hut has sent an envoy to' London to negotiate a special treaty with France and England. The foreign enlistment hill has awakened angry debate in the British Parliament. The London 'limns correspon dent m the Crimea says that the siege ol Sevas topol is practicallv so.-penried, the batteries used up, and the armv exausted, though quite able to hold its position. On the night 22d Novem ber, the French troops penetrated behind the outer entrenchments of the Russians, and es tablished themselves for a time within thai {-art of the works known as the enciente; hut as there was no preparation lor a general assault, they were withdrawn. During the night ot the 29th a Russian force of 2000 men attacked a French battery defended by 700 men. The French received them with a deadly volley, and then, leaping down, charged them with the bayonet, compelling a precipitate retreat. — Some Russian deserters say that the condition of the Russian troops is worse than that of the al lies: but, ori the other hand, if appears that the South side of the {own is 100 guns stronger than when the siege began. The British have erected another [joweiliil battel v, which com- j mands every house in the town. Five thousand French troops have reached Constantinople, on their way to the Crimea. tEP"\Ve rejoice to learn that our old and va lued friend, Rev. Jacob Ziegler is not only 1 well, but doing well, as will h~ seen l>v trie fol lowing card which we find in the last .No. of the Gettysburg Compiler : Mr. Editor:—Permit me, through your pa per, to return my sincere thanks to the ladiesof the Ger. Kef. Congregation, of this place, fur tile agreeable surprise they occasioned my fam ily, a short time since, in the way of a regular old fashioned pastoral donation. I will not un dertake the task ot enumerating ail the articles: presented ; sullice it l'osav,each member ot my family—and mine is not a small one, only eight : responsibilities—was nicely remembered. More over, it would fail me to sav, how many good things, in the shape of cakes, pies and sausages, accompanied the above, ail showing the thoughtfulness of tliedonars at a Christmas sea ,son. To needy ministers uch marks of tempo ral kindness are not oniv profitable in these times of high prices, but exceedingly pleasant to dwell upon. Once more I say, thank you i r all lhse timely gifts: and may the good Ljjrd supply all your spiritual need with the higher and richer blessings of bis grace. J ACCU ZIEGLER. Gettysburg, Pa. Peer Boy's IclNgp. The Printing Cfiice has indeed proved a bet ter College to many a poor l y, I.as giaduated more useful and conspicuous members of socie ty, has brought more intellect and turned it in i to practical, useful channels, awakened rnoie mind, generated more active arid elevated thought, than many of the literary collegesot ; the country. How many a dunce has passed | through these colleges with no tangible proof iof fitness ether than bis inanimate piece of parchment: himself if possible, more inanimate than his 'leather diploma ! There is something in the very atmosphere of a printing r fhee cal culated to awaken the minds and inspire a thirst for knowledge. A bov who commences in such a schoql, will have bis talents and ideas brought out : if lie ha* no mind to draw out, the boy himself will be driven out. —A etc < York (Hoke. A tl tl £ a; ED : In Wheeling, Y,u, on Thursday, the 21st nit., by the Rev. Mr. Reed, Mr. JOSEPH Hoc;?:, of the above place, to Miss REBECCA, daughter of .Mr Daniel Lea der, of this borough. At Berlin, on the 'JOth insf. by Rev. C, L. Loos, Major General A. H. COFTROTII, of So merset, to Miss KI.NOit A , daughter of Jacob K immell, Esq., of the former place. To the General and his accomplished Bride we Jenifer a hearty congratulation, with many wishes for their future prosperity. f, S KD: On Thursday, the 21st ult. in Urbana, Ohio, of Bronchial Consumption, Mrs. MARY HI NT, wife of Mr. R. M. Hunt, formerly of Schellsburg, Bedford County, and daughter of Gen. James Burns. The deceased bad beer, laboring under a bronchial affection for some twelve or eighteen months before she leit her native place ; but her friends were in hopes, that a milder climate, and change of atmos here might re.-tore her lo her usual health. But, alas! now uncertain is hie—how vain are earthly hopes and expectations! In a few short weeks al ter she had arrived at her new home, the "monster" death executed quickly his unerring work. She had gained many warm Iriendsby her mild and amiable disposition, who will ever regret her early departure. She died calmly and happily in the faith and com munion of the Pre-bytei ian Church. She has left a most kind and affectionate husband, and a large cir cle of relations and I'ri euus to mourn her untimely death. She has been called hence in the bloom of youth, to be transported, we trust, to that Heavenly Kingdom "prepared from the foundation of the world," for God's chosen people. H. V. B. GEORGE HENRY vs. HARRIET HENRY. In the Court of Common Pleas tor the County of Beford, Pennsylvania, subpo-na for divorce Irom the bonds of matrimony to September Term, 1854, No. 50.—Alias subprpiia to November Term, 1854, No. 100. On motion proclamation awarded by the Court. To Harriet Henry respondent and defendant above named. Take Notice that the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid have granted a rule upon you, Harriet Henry, respondent in the above case to show cause why a divorce should not be de creed according to the piayer of the hbeilaut, George Henry, in the above case. Returnable to February Term next, commencing on Monday the 10th of February, 1855. HUGH MOORE, Sheriff. Jan. 12, 1855. M\ FIRM M M I,CONS < The subscribers having purchased the entire Stock of Goods of Geo. VV. Horn, in the t (JV ~ ol Schellsburg, beg leave to announce \ 0 t |„ public generally, that they have now ori |, atJt j and will co Mill be to keep, a large and well lected assortment H DkY GOODS, GROCp HIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, '|,n ware, Oils, Drugs, Fish, .Molasses, and, in fact every article usually found in Country btor-.' to which they invite the attention of purchas ers, satisfied that they ran gite satisfaction to ail who give them a call. The highest price will be paid for Hides, and for all kinds of Grain. Lumber and Produce of every description, will he taken in exchange for Goods, at the highest prices. All kuitk of Leather u ill be kept at the Store for sale. p;j Vt , us a call. A. J. SNIVELY, JAMES Bl R.NS, Jr. Jan. 5, 1855. BEDFORD COUNTY. SS: At an Orphans' Conrt held at Bedford. j n and for the County of Bedford, on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1854, before the Judges of the said Court On motion of JOHN P. Rcr.n, Esq., the Court grant a Rule upon the heiis and legal represen tatives of John Stoler, late of Liberty Town ship, deceased, to wit : Abraham and Philip residing in the County ol Whitney and State of Indiana; John Stoler, and Susan, intermarried with John Clapper, residing in Ashland Coun ty, Chio: Catharine, intermarried with Isaac K nsinger, Mary,intermarried with Davidßark shesser, and David Stoler, residing in Liberty Township, Bedford County, to be and appear at an Orphans' Court, to be hulden at Bedford, m and for said County, on the second Monday (twelfth day) of February next, to accept or refuse to take the real estate of John Stoler, de ceased, at tiie valuation, winch has been valued and appraised in pursuance of a Writ of Parti tion or valuation issued out of the Orphans' Court of I'edl'ord County and to the Sheriff of said County directed, or show cause why the same should not be sold by order of the said Court. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have here unto set mv hand and the seal of said Court, at Bedford, the 6th dav of December, A. D. 1854-. D. VYASHABAUGH, A TTKST : Clerk. HI GH MOORE, Sheriff. Jan. o, 1855. BHJFORD COUNTY. SS: At an Crplirns' Court held at Bedford in and for the County of Bedford, on the 24-th dav of November, A. D. 1854, before the Judges of the said Court On motion of.A. KING, Esq., the Court grant a rule upon the heirs anil legal representatives of Dr. William Watson, late of the Borough of Bedford, deceased, to wit : I\farrar^t, intermar ried with Dr. Samuel Smith, residing in Alle gheny County. Maryland ; Dr. William B. Watson, John Watson, Mary Jane, intern with Alexander Kin®, Louisa H., intermarried w itli Espy L. Anderson, Susan, who was inter married with Jarr.es Brown, since deceased, leaving issue one child, Eliza Brown, a minor, of whom William H. Watson is guardian, Eliza H., intermarried with Edward Harrison, all re siding in (he Conntv of Bedford ; Isabella A., intermarried with George Smith, residing in Allegheny County, Maryland : Anna, intermar ried with John P. O'Neal, residing in the Citv of Philadelphia, Percival, since deceased, with out issue, and Laura V., intermarried u ith John C. Brashear, residing in the City of Washing ton, to be and appear at an Orphans' Court, to he held at Bedford, in and for said County, on the 8.1 Monday (!Bth day) of February nest, to accept or refuse to take the real estate ot said Dr. Win. Watson, deceased, at the valua tion, which has been valued and appraised, in pursuance of a writ of Partition or valuation issued out of the Orphans' Court of Bedford County and to the Sheritf'of said County direct ed, or show cause why the same should not lie sold hv order of the said Court. I\"TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have here unto set u.y hand and (hp si*al of said Court at Bedford, the 6th day of Nr>v*mher. A. D. 1554-. D. WASH ABA UGH, ATTEST: Clerk. 111GH MOORE. Sheriff. Jan. 5, lSfirt. LIST OF LETTERS * REMAINING in the Post Office at Bedford, Pa-, Dec. njsf, 1851. fCZ" Persons calling for letters in tins h-t will please say they are advertised. Anderson James A Miller Absalom Anderson John Mc Daniel Joel Blackfard James Moodhart Edwin Blair William MeFerrm Wni Brand Samuel Miller Simon Burkey Isaac Miller Noah Barndollar Jacob .McLeary David Bridley Alexander Mastuire Ternre Buchanan J Hon Marshall F Barnshisels Elizabeth Mortimore James Buchanan 11 G Mower Wayne Bernes Susan Mickle William Barnhart .loseph Pencil David Chestnut John Price Alex Claney John Points Moses Carr Samuel Reed John J Clark John Russell Ann Mrs Davis Eliza Mrs Riding John Deifibaugh George Rodger? Wm Davi-on Wm Suter David I. Dobson Mary A MCs Shirley & Brothers Diehl Michael Shnll Joseph Dunn James Schab John Elleberger Ann M Miss Smith Cri-tian Mrs Fluke Wm S Schley G Furgeson Susan A Smith Casper Flanegan James Suter Lew is Flickinger John Thomas C K 2 Fitzgeraiil Cornelius Thompson Sarah Mis Furgeson Joseph Werick Valentine Feather Mary A Miss Wheelin Mary Miss Fi-her Christian Wissinger Saiah Miss Gardner David Wearer S G Gorden Francis 2 Wilson Joseph B Games Andrew VVil-on Rebecca Mrs Gorden Mary Mrs Zimmers Samuel Gleen Margaretfa Miss Huff Hannah Hartman Mary Mrs Hoag Jos G Hay David Horn G W Hardman Levi Llavins M Leipheimer Moritz Livingstine M Lysinger Wm ANDRIS SAUPP, ?• Bedford, Jan. 5, 1555. NOTICE. Letters of Administfttion having been grant ed to the undersigned on the estate ot Abraharr Sparks, late of West Providence Township* Bed lord County, all persons indebted to said es tate are requested to make immediate paymefl —and those having claims will present then' properly authenticated iirr settlement. SOL. SPARKS, JOHN CESSNA, Jan. f>. *1 diiinistrutoi s*