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<i<.
sed to 13 by virtue ol his contract with A ? Iron is
only a different minr.ro I. Intrinsically, Iron is morr
valuable than silver or gold, and one single {dough
share, in point ol practical worth and real utility is
infinitely more precious, than the most brilliant tiara
that ever adorned the brow of beauty. And the
world could much better dispense with nil trie pre
cious metals, than with Iron alone, and gold and
iron are equally "thing, of earth!"
Suppose further that 13, within the limits designa
ted by his contract, had thrown tip a quantity of coal
(mere carbon) would not the coal have passed to 13.
by, and under the term earth ? Or suppose it had
been Lime-Stone, in great demand, or rumble, equal
to the Parian or Italian, in quality, it still would
have been nothing but carbon and would have pas
sed to B. Pel adventure, diamonds might have been
excavated which are still nothing but carbon in its
puie and erystalized state and all ol them (not prima
tives) but of secondary formation, they too would
have passed to B under the comprehensive term
earth.
It is most 11 uly said that wtien we suffer onr hearts
to tie where our treasure is, when we are gloating
over our heap., ot gold, we art-clinging to the things
of earth >
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*