THE BEDFORD GAZETTE, j
Kcdtord, \ >ril I
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor, j
0- s "E'iour in the East. $lO 75a sll and 11 lor,
extra brands. Wheat $2 00 lur red. and $2 ill lor j
best White. Rye $l4O. Corn sla $1 05.
Sale of Valuable Properly !
C7-We would call particular attention to the ad- ;
vertiaement of Col. John W. Geary. He offers,
rare chances lor capitalists. Ihe valuable coal pro
perties have much to recommend Them for ready ;
sales. Their proximity to rail roads, giving easy ac- j
ee-s to market, and being part- of the most important
Big Veins in the coal region, they present the be-t
chances for speculation we have ever been called up
on to recommend. Also, the >t. Nicholas Hotel, so
well known to the travelling public, a- the best furn
ished, and most commodious Hotel in the State, it
has also advantages to recommend it. Situate near
ly oppo-ire the proposed depot ol the Pittsburg and
Connellsville Railroad, and adjacent to the new De
pot of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, it- pureha-e j
will in a short time yield the most profitable return.
The Auti-s.ic.Mise Law.
We publish in the Gazette of to-day the much talk- j
ed of Liquor Law' as it passed both branches ol the j
Legislature—which, having been approved by Gov. ,
I'oi.i.ock, is now the law of the Commonwealth. Ihe j
Bill passed the Senate by the following vote:
y,. a - Messrs. Brown, Crnbb, Darsie, I'lenniken,
l'ra/.er. Hamlin, Hoge, Jamison, Jordan, Lew is, Piatt,
Price, Quiggly, Taggart and Wherry—l'.
Nays—Me-srs. Buckalew, Ore. swell, fry. Good-j
win, Halderninn, Hendricks, Killinger, McClintock.
Milliliter, Sager. Seller-, Stuirnan, Walton and Hie.-
ter, (Speaker)—l4.
Mes-rs. Ferguson, Prick, Pratt and Skinner did
not vote.
The I louse passed The Senate Bill—yeas -id, nays
."5,7—1 r> doJgimf. We have not yet seen a report of
the vote in tlie House. We will give it next week.
This Bill cannot be regarded as containing the true
elements of reform, and all rational tnen will agree
wijli the Pott -vii 1 e llr<risttr and Etnpurii'ia that "it
will transfer the scene of drinking from public to
private places;—in eflect, close the doors ol public
houses, and make private dwelling- the placer, tor
dram-drinking. It would have beer, infinitely better
to have restricted the sale exclusively to a limited
number of public houses,or to have piovided a prohi
bitory bill altogether. The bill as passed, will not
realize the expectations of Temperance men,and will
incur more wide-spread clamor lor repeat, than in
any other shape that the question could present it- |
self."
In reference to this Bill the Pitt-burg I man very
justly and forcibly says:
"All That it contains could have been specified
more clearly, with greater certainty, and in better;
English, if ii bail been condensed into one third ol the
space.
But our objections to the bill go farther than to it
verbosity, and to its questionable English. Ihe Ith
section requires the petition of an applicant for li
cense, to be adverti-ed according to the first section
of the act of 29th March, ISII. This very act of
18-11, is one ol those that ate repealed by the present; ,
nd it was To say the lea-t of it. very ah-urd to make
the provisions of The present bill depend on sections j
of former acts repealed by it. But the incongruity
appears more palpable, when we remember that the '
fourth section of the present act prohibit-all license
to taven keepers, while it requires an advertisement j
according to the provision- of the first section ot the
act of 18-11, which applies to nothing hut tavern j
keepers. The fust section of that act requires a pub- J
lication to be made nearest the place where such j
tavern is to be kept. The present law requires an i
advertisement according to that tirst section, hut ex
pressly prohibits the giving oi a license toauy tavern. |
The object of framing the law in its present shape j
was evidently to make it appear to be less rigorous
than it i- in reality, in order to crowd it through the
Legislature.
Every law ought to be so plain in its provisions
That men of ordinary understanding could compre
hend it at a glance. Especially should this be the
case with penal statutes. The liquor bill is framed
in absolute defiance of this principle; and seems to be
intended as a stumbling block for the ignorant, and
a source of profitable controversy to the legal pro
tes-ion.
The act seems to provide, that the licenses gianted
under it -hall only give authority to sell liquor by
the quart or by some larger measure. This license i
does not allow the person obtaining it to keep a drink
ing house in the u-tia! acceptation of the term. He
dare not permit the liquor to be drank ou his premi
ses. What need then of a provision that he shall be
tt man of honesty and temperance, and tl.ar his ap
plication -ball be passed njion bv the Court of Quarter
T-essions ? We cannot perceive how the character ol
the vender is to prevent four or five men from be
coming intoxicated on a quart ot whiskey alter it
leaves bis bouse. Where the liquor is drank at the
bar, the character of the bar-keeper may be of some
importance; tint why, in the name of ail that is rea
sonable, should the Courts b ■ required to sit for day
and weeks To consider applications under a law like
the present ? Why should any person be allowed to
object ? What difference will it make to community
where the liquor is purchased, when it is not consum
ed oil the premises? Will it do more i.aim to mor
ality if it comes from a -mail -hop than il .t coroe
(rom a three-story warehouse ? V, ill it lose any ot
its intoxicating power because the man who sells it
i- a member of some church in good standing ? Would
u be worse when purchased from an Englishman,
German, or Irishman, than when obtained Irotn a
Connecticut pedler ? And yet the bill in question
contains the absurd feature of presuming that it is
The character of the vender, and not the character
of the liquor, that does the mischief. Ther.lnu-e that
confines the monopoly of the trade to citizens of the
United States was necessary to enable the act to
pass through a Know-Nothing Legislature. But to
preserve their consistency, they should have prohibi
ted all sales of French biandy, or champagne, Hol
land gin, Scotch ale, Irish whiskey, and London
stout.
That the Governor of The great Keystone State
should approve and sign a Bill so ridiculous in its
character—-o full of gross blunders and absurdities—
so drnnirn in it - provision-—is well calculated to fill
the public mind with surprize and mortification.
Cincinnati Election. —Papers from that
city, as late as Saturday, announce a restora
tion of peace and order. The Commercial states
that not only had certificates of election been
granted to all the Democratic candidates, but
that Mr. Earran had been sworn in as Mayor,
and had commenced his duties.
His majority is 1333, and to show that there
could have been no great amount of illegal vo
ting, as chaiged, the Commerical states that
the vote la-t October, (when the majority for
tiie Know-.Nothing candidate for Supreme Judge
was (M-25,) was only 96 less than it is now—in
other words, the Democratic vote has increased
3427, and the Know-Nothing decreased 3331,
making a clear Democratic gain of 6758.
Dissolution*
'\J " The partnership heretofore existing be
tween Messrs. Kino Mooriiitad, of Pittsburg,
has been dissolved by mutual consent, it is the
intention of Mr. Henry S. 'itisg to commence
the Produce and Commission Business, confin
ing himself chiefly to casii operations. Mr. K.
is well known throughout this section of the
State, and we recommend all having business in
his line to address their orders to him; satisfied
that all who do so, will meet with prompt at
tention and liberal terms. Mr. Kft);T is-one of
the best business men ia Fitlsburg.
THE P LATFORM FALLING!!!
DEMOCRATS, STAWD FROM UIMDER.
d7"VVf invite e.-pecial attention to the following
articles from the editor of the Chambersbiirg Repo
sitory and Whig, wbich we copy from bis issue of
last week. The writer, it will he remembered, is
one of Gov. POLLOCK'S office-holder* Notwith
standing this leading organ of the ONCE Whig party
was as much TlCK t.tu with the DARK DOINGS ot
the Know Nothings, prior to the election, as any oth
er Whig print in the State, seeing in it an element
calculated to CHEAT Democrats into the support of
the Federal Know Nothing candidate for Governor,
he NOW boldly declares the principles of the Order
to be "DESPO TIC," and thinks "the day is not far
distant when Americanism (Know Nothingism) in
its common acceptation, will be a STINGING RE
PROACH ! " Mr. MeClure further says that every
RESPECTABLE American journal in the State, and
nearly every politician of common discernment, de
mands an open American party." lie says the con
duct of the Know Nothings "is a LIBEL upon every
thing AMERICAN." These disclosures of the Whig
and Repository, together with others from seceding
members of tiie Order in all sections of the country,
must convince every reflecting man "hat the doom ol
Know Nothingism is sealed ! Like a powder maga
zine, it embraces the elements of itsdestruction in its
own household! Heretofore it had the Whig pres
in solid column with it, because it acceded to the
Whig nominations. Now, the old political hack
who direct tile Lodges, being desirous of relieving •
the Whig party of all further control m the selection .
of candidates, have found a Lion in their path they j
little dreamed of. 'I he day is not distant when the j
Democratic Party will possess more substantial pow-
than it has ever done since tiie Declaration ol In
dependence.
TIIE Hi ERICH IMB TV.
The time is rapidly approaching when the
potency of the despotic discipline practised by
the Know-Nothing or American party must
pass an ordeal of no common severity. Thus
far but few obstacles, and those of a compara
tively trivial character, have interposed to test
the wisdom of a secret, oath-bound political or
ganization, and those who confidently assume
that the experiment has been sncessfully made,
and that a harmonious and brilliant future is in
store for the American party, as at present con
stituted, know little of human nature, and less
ofthat instinctive political freedom that is so
eminently characteristic of the American peo
ple. In this instance, the brief past that has a
record of the Know-Nothing organization, is no
safe criterion bv which to judge of the future.—
The institution is yet an experiment, —it is yet
.a stranger to the many embarrassing circum
stances which aim with crushing power at the
supremacy of all discipline, and which no hu
man tactics ever yet successfully defied. Its
path has thus far been one of singular ease and
maddening success. Holding at its will the
balance of power between the old political or
ganizations, it has had hut to decide where its
strength should he manifested, and an easy vic
tory was achieved. Rut such cannot long be
its position. It must now assume a standing as
one of the independent organizations ol the day,
and rely upon the merits of its measures to sus
tain it. The new-born zeal that now pervades
its ranks is but the thing of a day, and unless
bas'-d upon enduring and defensible principles,
must soon sicken its victim and recoil with ter
rible effect alike upon tin* men and measures
which called it into existence.
The American party has never yet been the
party of power. It has heralded its victories by
the score and claimed triumph upon triumph,
but it has vet to assert its supremacy, and more
than all, has v<-t to display its skill in maintain
ing it. For its success in controlling and di
recting its actions, it relies mainly upon the ex
traordinary partv obligations its members as
sume. and man v of its recognized leaders vainly
think insubordination and disaffection impossible,
under anv circumstances, because to refuse im
plicit obedience to the mandates of the organiza
tion, is to invite disgrace. Here is the rock on
which the new partv must evidently break, un
less wise counsels interpose speedily to arrest
impending disaster. It is not to be concealed
that even now, with the party still in its infan
cy and hut an auxiliary to the victories it so lus
tily boasts, the sentiment is widening and deej>-
ening throughout its members that its platform
must be shorn of its intolerant features: that its
system of government must be liberalized so as
to ignore its extra-judicial oaths and ridiculous
penalties, and that it must in ali essential fea
tures he popularized to conform to the impera
tn e demands of public sentiment, or it must i tin
a brief career anil he swept from existence by
the returning wave of popular opinion. We do
not indulge in v.iiti speculations based upon
common rumor or imagination. It is a notor
ious truth that an earnest struggle is now pro
gressing in the order, the aim cd which is to ef
fect an open organization on a liberal American
platform, and go before the world in defence ol
it. This wise reform has enlisted in its interest
tiie great mass of disinterested Americans, who
look beyond personal preferment to the general
welfare, while it is sternly resisted by every
demagogue who hopes to gain power in defiance
of the popular will, and by every new-fledged
leader who fears the loss of his presumed impor
tance. Thus far the latter class has prevailed,
and it is well understood that at the late Know
Nothing Stab- Convention at Lancaster, it for
mally established its supr-macy, and gave the
"expression oi the party in Pennsylvania in favor
of a continuance of its present pioscript i ve, ant i
repuhlican and justly odious suteiri of govern
ment.
We are aware tiiat we I read upon forbidden
ground in thus discussing plainly the position of
tiie American party : but we are used to forbid
den ground ami hope never to respect it while
we conduct the columns of a public Journal.—
We have heretofore, when we had reason to be
lieve that our opinions on this subject were en
tilled to at least common respect from those ad
dressed, referred iri candid terms to the dangers
to be apprehended from the rigid discipline and
extreme platform of the party in question : but
i/v only grew wiser bv the effort, as we were
repaid for our presumption in systematic defa
mation. Our humble suggestions therefore
were not without their uses, however contrary
to our desgin : and we can now tiaverse the
field with a better sense of its dangers than be
fore. But until this journal ceases to be itself,
it can know no difference to a sentiment that
. would proscribe it for its freedom of discussion:
: nor can it wield its favor to a political element
1 that is susceptible of the grossest abuses without
the shadow of a remedy, and that strike at our
very manhood both in and out of its exclusive
circle. We have always heartily responded to
the principle that our country needs to he
Americanized— that our political struggles have
been debased by the shameful pandering of pol
iticians to foreign prejudices, and that our kg
islation should respert only Ameriran interests:
and wh arc no less earnest now in our desire to
maintain that position than ever before. We
have steadily at rugs led and voted against near
ly every feature ot the political policy sustain
ed by ttie mass of our adopted citizens, and no
man Felt IUOI e keenly than the writer of this
article when the great American Statesman of
the West fell a ruaityr to foreign bigotry, and
with him every \ ital principle of American
progress. But in the honest and earnest sup
port of this piatorm we have known no change. ,
We cannot share the zeal that leads to infatua
tion, and would make a man and a party the
creature d one idea, ami much less can we as
sent to a svstem of [xditical regulation that
might tiring the blush to the cheek of the veri
est Autocrat. We might vote for candidates ;
designated by such political machinery, if there
by we could best attain the ends we desired;!
but the system confronts ttm professions of the;
party at the very threshhold, and is itself a libel
.upon everything claiming to be American. Its
thorough modification lias already been demand- >
ed in the most unequivocal language by every i
respectable American journal in the State, and ]
nearly every politician of common discernment,
who has no selfish purposes to gratify, has
heartily sanctioned the movement. Why, then,
has it not' been accomplished ? We answer
that the honest sentiments of the party has been
stultified by designing and ambitious men— j
men whose only hope of political success is
based upon a system of organization wherein a
few can govern and none dare question. This
is tlie vcret, and we should riot go beyond tli
limits of our own county, or it mav be our |
own town, to demonstiatate the correctness ot
our position, did the occasion demand it.
YVe shall soon have an open American par- !
ty, inviting public favor on the merits of its
principles and defying the severest criticism,
or the dav is not far distant when Americanism,
in it-: common acceptation, will be a stinging re
proach. Let those who doubt it wait and see!
Chumbersbvrg Repository and II h:g.
A SIUISCRII!KR OvERBOAItl). —lt is Well for
Editors to he "brought op standing"' once in a
while bv the more discerning of their subscri
bers. It brightens their ideas, refreshes their
deference for public sentiment, and enables them
to correct the errors into which thev are so lia
ble to (all. For the life of us we never knew
until the following delectable epistle gravely in
formed us of the fact, that we have been build
ing up either the foreign or catholic interest
indeed we have been laboring under a singular
hallucination that we have uniformly leaned
the other wav : but it is evident that a gentle
man so tboioughly versed in our language—so
liberal and enlightened in his views, and patri
otic in his aspirations, cannot he mistaken : and
we defer as complacent I v as we can while we
aflectionatalv commend him to the more con
genial rays of the Transcript. We omit the
name for the sake of the writer's* children :
Mercershurg March 29
rnr A K McClure Dear Sir at the ciosp of
my subscription for your paper wich is the first
mav I wish it to stop as I dont wish to take it
any longer at present a.- your corse of late-in
the American reform do.? not meat with my ap
probation 1 hope vou wount call this proscrip
tion he cause I cant help your to pull down the
anr.erican party and hi id up the fur ran and ro
mancathlicli party. yours
The gentleman is probably opposed to the
English language because it is of "forran" ori
gin.—<'i hambsrsburg Repository and Whiig.
!, V *ln the House, the Governor's veto of the
Pnttstown Bank has riot vet been considered.
What the real cause may be for this unusual
course of that hodv, it is not fir us to say : hut
it is clear to the most casual observer, that con
siderations not properly connected with the try a
sure have controlled its action. Independent of
the very questionable parliamentary sanction
lor such delav, there is an obvious propriety,
if not a generally accepted standard of courtesy,
that would dictate an early and final considera
tion of such a message: and until there is evi
dence to (tie contrary, the popular acceptation
of it will he anything but cieditable to the leg
islature. If the House considered the veto of
the Pottstown hank wrong, it was its duty to
pass the bill by the constitutional majority, on
its own merits, disconnected from all other mea
sures:—or, if it considered the veto right, it
was due alike to the Executive and the House
that its approval he placed promptly on the re
cord. The public will watch with interest for
a developement of the caiis- s which have kept
the expression of the House smothered, and we
hazard nothing in saving that it will require
considerations of no trivial character to vindi
cate that body fully in the estimation of the
people.. If log-rolling is Jo he the game—show
your hands, gentlemen! The press will see
that daylight penetrates the arrangement!
C kambersburg Repository and Whig.
We must be excused from kicking every
whelp into notoriety who keeps barking at our
heels. Because we may occasionally feel cal
led upon to correct flagrant falsehoods and du
plicity affecting questions of public interest, it
must not be supposed that we can follow the
<fog to its kennel, or the mousing owl to its hid
ing place.— ChambersLurg Repository <$- Whig.
Hear another Old Line Whig Paper!!
The Democrats will soon have no trou
ble in writing exposures of Know Ynthitlfrism !
SECEDING members of the Order, and the
RESPECTABLE portion of the WHIG Press
are about to relieve us of this labor altogether!
DEMOCRATS stand firm. Your principles will
soon reflect more honor upon yourselves and
our common country than they have ever vet
done. The following article is from a WHIG
Journal of the highest character in the State :
V Voice from Delaware County.
There is little danger of a majority of the
Whigs hi this count v abandoning their organi
zation, for the purpose of joining a party whose
principles are hidden from view, even it that
party does publish a bastard platform, to which
but little objection ran be made. By this means
they may deceive a few Whigs—a few may
estrange themselves from us bv the idea that
the party is to become a great national party,
but the sober, flunking portion will remain just
where they are. ]r may be, in the course of
events, that it may become necessary to fuse
with the Denoociats, who always act boldly and
above board, so that their movements are un
derstood. The K. N.'s move in secret, and ex
i elude Whigs who are not of their organization,
from all participation in their victories, as they
did at Han isbtirg in the organization ol the Leg
islature. We cannot consent to place Know
: Nnthingism in power initd we know something
:of its tendencies. Jl the Whig party is dead.
which we do not admit, our corresjjondeiit,
and thousands ot others, will have to choose be
tween something jikeold Jeti'ersoniaii
Republicanism and its opposite Know \othing-
j sn) . We are prepared to act with those, be
their predilections heretofore what they may,
who go for the greatest good to the greatest
number —who recognize a man as a man wher
ever thev may find him and who will not tram
ple upon him because fie is weak and ignorant.
The large majority of the people of our county
; are of this character. Some ti-w of them may
he led awnv for a lime hy the novelty of a po
litical monstrosity—they may, liir a time even
he induced to sanction doing e\ il that good may
come of it, but their "sober second thought"
will lead them back to sound political republi
j catiism.— Delaware Republican.
From the Pennsylvania!!.
We copy from the Lancaster Examiner and
Herald jA Wednesday, the Whig organ of that
county, the following proceedings ot the Knovv
; Nothing Grand Council, recently held in Lan
| caster citv. YVe do not know how the minutes
were obtained, but they will be read with in
terest :
= From the Lancaster Examiner Ik Herald.
Proceeding* of the State <!'aiid
< omit-ii of Kito-\olliciigs !
The Supreme Order of t lie Star Spangled Ban-
pursuant to notice, met at Fulton Hail on
Tuesday morning, April 3d. 'I he attendance
wgs slim, only <>S delegates appearing. In the
absence ot the President, 0. 11. liffany, Jacob
L. (jossler, of Philadelphia city, was called to
| the chair. Gifiord, of Philadelphia, Secretary.
Alter the formal opening ol the Council, the
credentials of delegate* were read, and u ill)
one or two exceptions approved, and the dele
gates recognized and admitted to seats.
The first business in order was the considera
- tinn of the minutes of the Pittsburgh Convention,
i which alter an animated discussion, character
' ized bv the most violent personal crimination*,
were approved hy a vote of IS to lfi, lour dele
gates refusing to vote. Brother Freeman, of
1 Philadelphia, at this stage of the proceedings,
rose and stated, that he had been informed the
;oom thev were then occupying was not as se
cure as it should be; that outsiders by posting
themselves in the entry, could hear all that was
said, and that thus their proceedings would be
made known immediately ; lie would therefore
call upon the delegates from the city of Lancas
ter to inform the Council whether the iniorma :
' lion he received was correct 1
Having taken his seat, Jesse Landis, Ksq.,
arose and in a speech of considerable length dis
tinguished for purity of stvle and beauty of dic
tion, assured his wort bv friend and brother, that
he had been misinformed, —that no person could
possibly hear any thing that was said in the hall,
and that no miserable eaves dropper, forsaken by
good men and detested hv bad ones, could learn
anv thing, bv hanging around that door or peep
; ing through Hint key hole. Jesse having been
safely delivered of his speech, sat down looking
as dignified and wise as an owl. The opinion of
Jesse was corroborated by statements from Shul
! er Richenbach and Hess.
The Treasurerof'the State Council, having been
called upon to report the condition ot the Treas
ury stated, that the funds belonging to the State
Council were all exhausted, that there was not
a cent in the treasury, and that therefore he had
thought it useless to submit a written report.
He further stated that during the last month no
money had been received hv the tlrarid Cotin
' cil from subordinates, and that he hoped before"
HIP Grand Council adjourned, they would make
some arrangement whereby funds would be
madeavailahle to meet pressing debts, contracted
bv the Council during the last Gubernatorial
election. On motion of Secretary Gifiord the
subject was indefinitely postponed.
No other matter being before the Council it
adjourned to meet at 2o'clock in the afternoon.
A FTKP.XOON SESSION, 2 o'clock, P. AL
Council met and opened in regular form. Sfi
members answering to their names.—Tile Pres
ident,O. H. Tiffany, being present, took the
I chair. The committee on credentials reported
that after mature deliberation of the matter sub
mitted to their charge, they were of the opinion
i that all the delegates were entitled to seats, with
the exception of ex-Governor YY r m. K.Johnson.
i in whose case they were unable to agree, they
therefore asked to he discharged from tle further
i consideration of the subject. On motion the
report was received and the committee dis
; charged.
An ineffectual attempt was now mad- to pass
a resolution, recognizing the right ol Mr. John
son to a seat, which led to a protracted and ex
citing de,hat' j . The Cameron men were evi
dently determined to prevent his admission,
notwithstanding C. professed himself friendly
to it. This was all gammon, however, for there
. were already too many aspirants for the I .S.
Senatorship present, to be agreeable to his feel
ings.
On motion of Brother lYlcCalmonl, the Coun
cil then went into Committee o| the YY'hole, on
the state of the Order in Pennsylvania. Bron
s >n, ofClaremonl, in the chair.
President Tiffany arose, and delivered rather
an eloquent but tart and unpalatable address.
He argued no success to the Order, hut rather
its rapid declension and ultimate downfall, from
the fact, that not one-tenth of the subordinate
i councils in the State were there represented.
I That even those that were represented, were
j distracted hv dissensions and want ol harmony,
which boded no good. He had since the last
general election visited many parts ol the Slate,
I and truth and justice compelled htm to sav, that
the Order was fast sinking by its own weight ol
corruption. The actsot the present Legislature
were characterized hy such a degree of stupidity
venality and recklessness, that the only wonder
with him, was, that the people had tolerated it
jas long as they have done. He hoped, however,
. that now, with all these things before them,
the rock on which they will surely split full in
view, that thev would betake themselves to the
proper remedy in time, —that all would pass out
iof that hall more firmly resolved than evei to
be true to the ORDFR and their OA'l HS.
Alter the professor had taken his seal, dele
gates from Harrisburg, Chester, Philadelphia
. and other places, gave an account of the 'order'
in their several districts. All had the same sto
ry, the outsiders knew too much—the novelty
of the thing was gone and members were grow
ing restive under the guidance of the Grand
i Council. The mass of their constituency had no
confidence in their leaders—and the cry of Sam
and Americans must rule America, had lost its
charm and with the charm its potency. There
must new features he Introduced—more degrees,
in which if it he possible more awful arid bin
ding oaths and obligations must be administered.
If this be not dorv—the only alternative is an
open organization. None of the delegates from
Lancaster ' it v, ventured a word in this "expe
rience meeting." Dickey had chewed the tot
ter end of 3 persimmons and could not bluster
and bellow like Slavmakers bull: iless was a
slecp, Jesse was meditating a prayer, while
Walt and Forecht and the 'old governor' were
sitting in a corner evidently engaged in calcu
lating a Know-Nothing almanac for 185(5.^
From the County some of the representatives
seemed willing to arise. John Schaeffer was
there, looking as amiable as he did tbe morning
he discovered Stouffer was elected Register.
After which Council adjourned to meet at 11
o'clock on Wednesday morning.
WEDNESDAY MOIIMM;, 1! o'clock.
Council met pursuant to adjournment, J. 11.
Church in the chair, and after the usual exami
nation, the Rev'd Mr. Ranklin of Westmore
land addressed the Throne of Grace, asking the
Divine blessing upon their deliberations, and
invoking the aid of Jehovah in the furtherance
ol their sublime, patriotic and religions cau-e'
Tbe Committee on amended Constitution, re
ported progress and were continued, alter
which a motion was adopted bv a vote of .'>7 to
81, declaring Gov. Johnston entitled to a seat.
During the forenoon the Governor came into
the Hall and was cordially greeted by his friends:
lie appeared, however, to manifest but little in
terest in the proceedings.
The morning session was taken tip by the
i ending ni'several reports, none of which par
took of a public inteie.sf, and in listening to
speeches from various delegates. Alter quite
a frothy declamation from a Philadelphia broth
er, our old friend and e\-Slieri!f, Adam Rear,
ni Peacock, rose arid asked permission to say a
few words. Adam appeared in the veritable
old over coat and spectacles, which he wore
twenty-five years ago, when in company with
Fetin, be was teaching tbe good people of Ear!
township and Nnv Holland, how poor Morgan
was hood-winked and cable-towed, and killed
dead 'is a si one, bv which the bloody Masons
who were handed together by the "awlntest"
oaths, which the Grand Master made them take.
The hour of adj nirnment having arrived the
Council adjourned until 3i, P. M.
A !*Ti:r. NOON SESSION.
Council met and opened in the usual form.
After the transaction of some unimportant Imsi
ne.-s. Uiother Small ol \ ork, seconded bv Broth
er Jeff'eries of Chester, offered a resolution to
this effect :
ID sol red, That this State Grand Council dis
approve and discountenance all measures hav
ing tor their oi joi t, the abolition of the secret
features of our Order.
Scaicely bad Secretary Gilford read this reso
lution, than apes feet hurricane ofhisses, shouts,
huzzas, \c., broke foitti. Every man jumped
to his fee t, and such confusion ensued as has
never been witnessed since the tower ot Babe!
was abandoned. Threats were made, oaths were
sworn, fists were doubled, vengeance threaten
ed, and as Cameron, Johnson and others, left
the ro'i n in disgust, the President pro tern, an
nounced that the Council stood adjourned sine
die.
Thus ended this great fizzle, of which T have
endeavored to give you an important sketch,
and thus tr.iv the same confusion ever attend
men, who in oath-bound conclaves, combine
to rob their I'd low men of their rights and privi
leges, but
■ •Soon will Their glnrv fade,
O ! the mean work they made!
Liberal men wondeied.
Contempt for these leaders made !
Contempt lor the whole hriuade
Numbering less than one hundred."
An Act to Repeal the Tavern License.
SECTION 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That from and alier the first day ol Oc
tober noxt it shall be unlawful to keep or main
tain any house, room, or place, where vinous,
spirituous, mall or browed liquors, or any ad
mixtures thereof, are sold and drank, except as
hereinafter jvrovuled : and all laws or parts ol
laws inconsistent with the provisions ofthis, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That it any person or persons
within the Commonwealth shall keep for sale,
and sell, or in connection with anv other business
or profitable employment give, receiving there
for any price, profit, or advantage, by any mea
sure whatever, and at the same time voluntarily
afford a place or any other convenience or in
ducement bv which the same mav he used as a
beverage, any vinous, spiritous, malt, or brew
ed liquor, or any admixture thereof, he, she or
they, and any one aiding, abetting, or assisting
therein, shall be doomed guilty ola misdemean
or, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to
pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and under
go imprisonment not exceeding one month ; and
for a second or any subsequent offence, shall
pay a line not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and undergo imprisonment not exceeding three
months.
SECTION 3. That if any two or more persons
conspiie or act together by which one may sell
and lh~e~bther provide a place or other conveni
ence (or drinking, with intent to evade the
provisions ofthis art, each one so offending up
on conviction shall be punished as provided in
the second section ot this act.
SECTION 4. That it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or keep fur sale any vinous, spiri
tuous, malt, or brewed, liquors, or any admix
tures therol in cases dot hereinbefore prohibited,
in a less quantity than one quart, nor without
license granted bv the court of quarter sessions
of the peace of the proper county, on petition
presented for that purpose, to be advertised ac
cording to the first section of the act of the
twent v-ninth of March, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-one, supplementary to the va
rious acts relating to tavern licences ; but no
such license shall be granted to other than citi
zens of the United States, of temperate habits
and good repute for honesty : Provided, That
no certificate shall be required or published as
mentioned in the act herein referred to : Pro
vided, That no license tor the sale ol liquors as
aforesaid shall be granted to the keeper of anv
hotel, inn, tavern, restaurant, eating house, oys
ter house or cellar, theatre, or other places of
entertainment, amusement, or refreshment.
SECTION N. That the said court by their
rules, shall fix a time at which applications for
said licenses shall he beard, at which time all
persons making objections shall be heard.
SECTION 6. That it shall not be lawful for the
clerk of said court to issue any license as afore
said, until the applicant shall have filed the
bond hereinafter required, and the certificate of
the citv receiver or county treasurer, that the
license has been paid to him.
SECTION 7. That the appraisers of licenses
under this act shall he appointed as provided by
existing laws, except in the city of
I'lii'i, where mi passage of this art, a r( i
thereafter at the beginning <>f every year t'|,i
reputable and tempi-rate j>-rsons stiall
|K>I nteil by the court of quarter sessions t„
di . . y * ' •!\r
filers in spirituous, vifcons, n. a | t
bt**wed liquors aforesaid, and of distillers ar 'i
brewers, and to do and pi form all duties
enjoined by law not inconsistent herewith ■ u
said appraisers shall be citizens of the I ',,,,. 1
States, in no manner connected with or
ested in the 1 icjuor business, and Shall be (
pensated as now provided by law.
SECTION 8. That no license shall be ■/rant,a
without the payment to the receiver ofta\e,,i
the city of Philadelphia, or to the treasurers
the other comities of the State tor the use oft|„.
Common Wealth, thiee times the amount nmr
lixed by law, to be paid by venders of spirit n
ous, vinous, or malt liquors, or brewers and di
tillers: Ptovided, That no license shali 1,,
granted for a less sum than thirty dollars.
SECTION' 9. That the bond required to beta
ken of all persons who shall receive a license t,
sell spirituous, vinous malt, or brewed liquor,-
or any admixtures thereof, shall lie in one thou
sand dollars conditioned for the faithful observ
ance of all the laws of this commonwealth 1?.
lating 1o the business of vending such liquors
with two sufficient sureties and warrant of at
torney to confess judgment , which bond shall
be approved by one of the judges of the court of
quarter session.* ol the pace of the proper coun
ty, and be filed in said court : and whenever a
judgment of any forfeiture or fine shall have
been recovered against the principal therein, j(
shall be lawful for the district attorney of the
proper county to enter judgment against the ob
ligors in the said bond, and proceed to collect
the same of the said principal of sureties.
SECTION 10. That every person licensed to
sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, as af re
said, shall frame bis license under glas--, and
place the same so that it may at all times he
conspicuous in his chief place of making sales
and n<> license shall authorize sales by any per
son who shall neglect this requirement, n r
shall any license authorize the sale of anv spir
ituous, vinous, or malt liquors on Sunday.
SECTION" 11. That any sale made of any spir
ituous, vinous, or malt liquor, contrary to the
act. shall he* taken tone a misdemeanor; and
upon conviction of the offence in the court of
quarter sessions of the proper county, shall he
punished in the manner prescribed by the sn
ood section of this act.
SECTION 12. That the provisions of this art,
as to appraisement and license, shall not eMt-c
to importers who shall vendor dispose of >aii|
liquors iu the original cases or packages as im
ported, nor to dulv commissioned auctioneers
selling at public vendue or outcry, nor to brew
ers or distillers selling in quantities not less than
five gallon*, rior shail anything h-rein contain
ed prohibit the sale by druggists of any admiy
tures of intoxicating liquors as medicines.
SECTION 13. That it shall be the duty of ev
ery constable of every town, borough, town
ship, or ward, within this Commonwealth, at
everv term of the court ot quarter sessions uf
each respective county, to make return on oath
or affirmation, whether within his knowing,
there isanv place within his bailiwick kept arid
maintained in violation of this act: and it sin.l
he the especial duty ol the judges of tin* saM
courts to see that this return is faithfully made;
and if anv person shall be known to such con
stable the name or names of any one who shall
have violated this act, with the names ol wit
ties* wiio can prove the fart, it shall be hisiiu
tv to make return thereof on oath or affirmation
to the court : and upon his wilful failure so to
do, he shall he deemed guilty of a misdemean r,
and upon indictment and conviction, shall he sen
tenced to imprisonment in the jail <>t the cani
ty for a period not less than one nor : . re ff sn
three months, and pay a fine not exceeding Sflj
dollars.
SECTION 14. That this act shall not interfere
with anv persons holding a license h-i -ton-re
granted until the time lor which the same u>
granted shall have expired, nor shall any liens*
which mav he granted before the first day ol Je
iv next authorize the sale ol said liquors or
mixtures thereof after the first dav of OrtoM
next, contrary to the provisions ol.this ait.
Approved—Jlpril 13, 18.").").
J.]MPS POLLOCK
AN JMRRENT HORSE-THIEF. —ON thenijlt
of tlit- l9lh of March, as wt* l-arn inm; -
(reeiisbtirg .tfrgust, a valuable horse was stn'"
from Mr. Johnson Beacom, ot Ponn tovvnsw;,
in Westmoreland county. Mr. R<*acoiti a:iv. -
tised his loss, and offered a reward ol t
dollars for the recovery of the animal. A f fU
days ago it was returned to Mr. IS. by a v
irian, a relative, who claimed the reward. I>-"
fore the owner determined what course to J •
sue in the matter, a Gentleman arrived in pur- t
of the thief who had stolen the same h'-rsH
him. Tim young rascal who stole Mr. fieac'j'io
horse rode him a few miles west of tins c;t)
and sold it for thirty-five dollars. On lu< "
turn to Westmoreland, seeing the advert is--
merit offering the reward, he retraced hissi<|-.
and stole tlie horse from the man to whoiiir
sold it a few days before, delivered the awr
to Mr. Beacom, and very coolly demanded n
twenty dollars. We are sorry to add that I"
♦•scaped before an officer could be procureu.
Jl A IS IS I I? l>:
At Berrien Springs, Michigan, on the -
nit., bv tlie Rev. Mr. Grainger, Miss Mint !•
youngest daughter ol Maj. Henry Leader,'
merl v of this place, to Air. Toi> ECLIOTT,
South-Ben,!, Indiana.
that we make the above announcement, "
take ttiis opportunity to tendei our thanks
the happv voting couple for the kind in vita
to he present at the "marriage festival.
have always had a desire to tie f ,!V > e
MOLLIE'S wedding, and know of nothing
could have afforded us more pleasure tha..
have been there to participate in the f>> •
of the occasion. But, alas 1 for us, we be!- -
that class of men usually denominated 'Prm>" •
and of whom it is said to be uneonstif"^ 3
to enjoy any of the pleasures of this world
learn, however, that the affair passed oii -
fully, and much to the jov of the young I
and GROOM. May they LIVE long toerrjov
state of "double blessedness." I: - F ' "...
In Schellsbiirg, on \Vedne*<fciy Morniae. " vy
inst., by the Rev. T. K. Davis, Mi:.
STATLER and Miss ANNIE F.. SNIVEI.Y.
"Happy they ! the happiesr of their knr
Whom geniler stars unite; and in one M " ,^ pt j,"
Their hearts, their fortunes and their being-
On the l'ith inst., by the Ilev. H. Ileckei-n-
AARON CHRISTMAS;. ol Cedar Co.,
SHARINK DKAP., of Juniatta 1 ownsbip, H" 0
On rbe same day, by the same. Mr. • '
TO Wis F.I-iz v A\PER-ON, all of Bedford to ftl