THE BEDFORD GAZETTE;
Iffdf'orri, TVot. 8 >.1.1.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
tCP*Our paper rs delayed one day in con
sequence of thanksgiving.
JAMES B. SANSOM, of the Fulton De
mocrat, was in town this week. He is a candidate
lor Sergeant-at-Arrns, and has warm friends in eve
ry part of the State. His chances lor success seem
to stand No. 1.
GEN. HUMPHREYS, of Cambria, is also a can
didate. He held the post year before last: and made
a courteous and efficient oliicer. VYe regret that we
have two candidates in the same District—especially
two such clever fellows.
RATHER IXSAVOttI.
K7*The Philadelphia Metes, of last Friday, gives
utterance to the following sentiment. The Xews, it
Will be remembered; is a K. N. paper—and is one aji
the number in whose "no-trils Know Xotbingism
STINKS," but still hangs to the Order! The Edi
tor must love sweet smells, e-pecially as he wishes to
add "Republicanism" to the odor of which he com
plains :
"The truth of the matter is, as we have repeated
ly asserted, Know Nothingisin is in extreme baj
odor; it slinks it the nostrils ol all who do not belong
to the Order, and of a vast number who do; ami )u-t
so long as American principles are attempted to be
curried but through the agency of Know Nothing
Councils, so long will the attempt prove a signal lad
lire."
WHO WOULD BELIEVE: IT ?
OS** By the last Cha.nbersburg Repository and
Whig (the lire eater in opposing Know Xothiiigism
last summer,) we learn that CM.. McCi.lek has
transferred all his right, title, and interest to the
Transcript, (K. N.) whose editor he so vehemently
denounced last fall, and whose paper he stigmatized
as the "little croaker. " The Colonel's valedictory
does not say a word against the midnight enemy to
his country he so lately fought, but woos it like
a sucking dove! He promises that the "tone of the
paper in future will do no violence" to the IS/t/g"
who stood by him in h.s late bold efforts to crush out
the oath-bound conspirators ! If the Repository does
'•no violence in future" to the anli-Know-Nothing
Whigs it will war the K. N's to the bitter end. but
we don't believe any sucb thing, neither do we be
lieve the gallant Colonel does. Should his declaration
prove true, however, we will take eany occasion to
make the fact known. Messrs. I.vsteu and ( nooi.sq
his successors, are polished gentlemen in their persoti
al relations, and eloquent writers, but the political
sentiments of the former, as promulgated through
the Transcript, are revolting to every principle upon
which our government is based. Ha may do better.
We hope he will.
THE JFG LAW.
[{jjr~Aa ice predicted, the jog Law turns out
to be a perfect farce. Nobody regards it—and
in nearly every case of indictment the Bills are
ignored. Those who got drunk before its pas
sage, get drunk still—and every lover of the
article rinds easy access to the Bottle. Legis
lative enactment may mitigate, in some degree,
the great evils of intemperance, but it can nev
er eradicate them, and every over-stringent act
that is passed, will only add to the genera! deg
radation emanating from the use at intoxicating
Liquors. It is moral and not political Reforms
to which we are to look for a cure to this
scourge, which has destroyed its millions, and
will destroy its millions more, because men love
"darkness rather than !i;rht." There never
was and never will be any honesty in political
Temperance movements, and we shall never
tail to oppose them with a!! the ability we pos
sess. If those .Ministers wl o have spent their
time in promulgating the horrid and wicked
doctrines of Know-Notbingism, counselling
men to take an oath which binds them to perpe
trate falsehood, had spent their time in giving
Christian advice to the poor inebriate, Temper
ance would he a thousand fold further advanced
than it is to-day. What! convert men into
Heathens, by swearing them to violate the
Constitution under which they live, and then
invite them to a Temperance festival What a
mockery
Col. MCCLI'RK, of the Chambershurg Whig,
"breathes freer" under the belief that he has
not entirely lost his reputation. \\ e are glad to
hear he has a little left, for the man who would
denounce a certain organization as the "most
wicked of the wicked"—RlDTPbLE them
whilst smarting under their D FIFE A i'—and
immediately afterwards turn round and court
them, we should suppose would he rather des
titute of any kind of reputation ! it is said the
hold Col. is to become the ORGAN the Ad
ministration at Harrishurg. If so, we may look
for verv discordant music front that quarter.
friend, TRAUCH, of the Ilollidavs
burg Standard, we are pleased to observe, has
been appointed by the Canal Commissioners
Cargo Inspector at that place. We congratu
late him upon this slight testimonial of regard,
but could have wished that lie had received a
much better appointment. Mr. T. is one of the
reliable men of the Commonwealth, and pub
lishes a paper equal to any in the country. We
hope his services will b" properly appreciated
in the future, for they certainly have not in j
days gone by, or he would have been invited ;
by-the Canal Hoard to occupy positions on the j
Portage road heretofore given to men of no in- j
iluence, and unworthy the name of Democrat. ;
The appointments by the Canal Commissioners
this year have given general satisfaction. We •
never had a better Canal Board than the pre- j
sent.
ISAAC liver*, of Somerset, will be
warmly supported for next State Treasurer.—
He is true Democrat and would fill the office
with honor and dignity.
FROM NEBRASKA —A letter from Col. Man
ners to the Surveyor General of Nebraska, \
states that the surveys in that Territory have
been discontinued in consequence of the hostil- j
ities of the Pawnee Indians. They pulled up
all the posts set upon the north side of the riv- j
er, threatened to destroy all landmarks, and i
said that every man of the party who did not |
leave hv noon should be shot.
ADJUTANT GEIIUL QUESTION.:
Attempted Usurpation oj Gov. pollock
UIS REBIkE!
In consequence of the many efforts made in BED- ;
FORD COUNTY, especialt?, toprejudice usinthe eyes ;
of our immediate neighbors, for the course we adopt- i
ed in refusing to yield to Gov. POLLOCK'S appoint- !
ment of Adjutant General, made, as we conceived.
and as the fact turned out, in violation of the plain j
letter of the Lair, we trust we will not be consider
ed vain in laying before our readers, through our own
columns, a few ot the many evidences that have ap- :
peared in almost every part of the Commonwealth in i
justification of the position we assumed.
The extracts which follow were witten in endorse
ment of an article which appeared in the Philadel- i
phia Pennsylvani-an, immediately after the decision
of the Supreme Court, which we published with an
explanatory note, and are from the most distinguish
ed papers in the Commonwealth. Such tokens ot
friendship, in such quarters, are more to be valued
than ifap mere emoluments of office ; and our object
in putting tbem upon record, ut home, is merely to j
show the malicious character ot those who have i
made it their business to misrepresent this question:
We copy the above article from t'.ie Bedford tm
zctte, ot the 2d instant. In the note appended be Gen.
Bo v.mian he makes a clear and very satisfactory e.v
planation of the mueh-talked-of omission on his part
to file the requisite bond. We are glad to be able to
lay this explanation before the public, as it will place
the General right, and go far to show the flimsy pre
text ori which the present Executive sought to de
prive him ot his office.
\ Pennsylvania never had a better Adjutant General
I than Gko. W. Bowman. He has been courteous, en
' ergetic, and punctual in alt his official transactions,
and no man in the Commonwealth can say that be
ever either neglected his duties, or used his po ition
i otherwise than fairly and honorably. For the de
termined stand he took against the attempted usur
pation of power by the piesent Know-Nothing Admin
istration he deserves the thanks ol the Democracy
everywhere. It was no? tor pecuniary gain that he
refu-ed to vacate his place for a renegade, because
the salary of the office is a mere nothing; neither
via- it lor the love of popularity, as he hail already
gained more honor for his services in the office dur
ing the Mexican war. than will be attached to tiie
Adjutant General's position for a scoie of year- to
come; but it was to show to the "powers that be"
that they could not step outside of the law to reward
those Who had aided tri elevating thcin .—Harrisbarg
j Patriot and Union.
! We give place, with much pleasuie, to the above
! complete vindication of Gen. Bowman, who, as we
[last week remarked, has been an honest, faithful
and deserving otlicer. Having strictly complied with
the requirements of the law, 111 regard to his official
' bend, he i-justly entitled to his salary, and should the
! pre-ci.t State Treasurer decline to pay the money ap
propriated to his u-e hv the last Legislature, we are
! well satisfied the nest Legislature will lose 110 'ime
i in making provision for its payment. Gen. bow
: man has never been a cut no rani <>i the people's money.
! On the contrary, he has invariably refused to receive
a dollar more than his regular fees of office. Alter
! the organization of the Troops for Mexico, the Legis
lature offered to htm a handsome compensai'pn lor his
| valuable extra services, but with a disinterestedness
j as creditable as it is rare, he declined the offer.—
! Many of our Berks County Volunteers know him
personally, and vie hear hut one op nion from them
i of his courtesy as an officer, and constant efforts to
' please them in all things compatible with bis posi
■ tion.— Reading Crasetle and Democrat*
TIN: QCKSTION SETTLED.—We publish an article
' from the Petimi/ivauinn upon the Adjutant General
| case, uitlinii explanatory note from (fen. Bowman,
which settles that long mooted question, "Who l.s
' Adjutant General V'
'l'o displace Gen. Bowman was one of the first acts
; of Gov. Pollock, and this first act of a Know-Not b
! ii.g Governor was a usurpation of power. Gen. Bow
man being a clearer headed and better legal man
: than bis excellency, and being ol sterner stuff - than
Mr. Pollock and his know nothing friends supposed
| him to be, took a inanl v and determined stand against
j this infraction of the law, and has taught Mr. Pol
! lock a lesson which will be a warning beacon to him
j and all other usurpers of power,
j Gen. Bowman has tilled the office of Adjutant
: General under different Democratic Executives, with
distinguished ability, and bis manly resistance a
j gainst the attempted usurpation of power by the pre
j sent Thug Governor, is a matter of no ordinary im
portance, and distinguishes the General a a man of
ability and nerve.— Johnston Echo.
' AnjL'T.iNT Gexecal BOVVM AS. —Some attempts
i have been made to create a fai-e impression in re
; 'ration to the gentleman whose name stands at the
bead; and we believe our readers have perused with
! -atisfaction the articles heretofore republished in the
1 T~nio>i, which present ttie true rharacter of the deci
sion made in his case by ihe Supreme Court. Gen.
i Bowman is a bold and vigorous advocate of Derrio
! cratic principles, and one who maintains his own o
j pinions with uncompromising perseverance. His
manly a-=au!t against Know Xothingism made him
ari object of the deadly hate of the present State ad
mir.i-tralion ; it was willing to adopt any measures,
however unwarrantable, to cru,h him. But lie has
■. triumphed over the miserable artifices of the Kxeru
j tivc, ai d stands nn-cathed and secured from calumny.
1 —Pittsburgh Union.
The Bedford Gazette, of which paper Adjutant
j General BOWMAN is editor, copies the above remaik
i ot the Pennsnlvaniau, and appends the following in
explanation ot the tiling ot his'illiciai bend. We are
! glad that thin controveisy as to who is the legal Ad
jutant General of trie State, ha- been settled by the
highest legal tribunal. At the time Gov. POLI.OCK
appointed POWER to this position, we spoke of theap
i pointrneut as being ilit-ga], and we are convinced
j that Gov. Pollock knew this himself. For the pur
j pose of tickling "Democratic Know Nothings," he
! was induced to appoint a man to an office not in hi*gift
\ to enable k. n. editors to prate about the Governor's
libeiality toward democrats who had lurned traitor
to their party to join Infidel Know Nothingisrn. This
j was the object in view when Gov. Pollock dared to
appoint Power to an office contrary to and in the face
of The laws of the State. A Greater piece of decep
tion was never attempted, but it is on a par with
most of the acts of our present weak and contempti
ble administration.— Carlisle Volunteer.
!
GEN. BOW-MAN.—In to-day's paper will be found
; two able articles from the Bedlord Gazette in rela
tion to the Adjutant Generalship, and ail w ho remem
ber the services ot Gen. Bowman during the Mexi
can war, will rejoice that he has been so fully sus
tained, not only by the Supreme Court, but bv the
calm, honest expression of PUBLIC OPINION.
Gen. Piowman has made the most efficient Adju
tant General Pennsylvania ever had, a fact generally
admitted. The attempt to wrest the office from him
has been soundly condemned. The salary of the of
fice is meagre, and does not pay him for the trouble.
We hope, however, that his back pay may be forth
coming. It is his by every lule of right and justice.
Somerset Democrat.
Wrongs of Publishers.
We have a deep conviction, that without
any inconvenience to themselves, or injustice to
honest subscribers, the Deputy Post masters
might greatly contribute to the interests of
Newspaper publishers. Under existing regu
lations the editor is simply informed that his
paper sent to a certain office, directed to A. 8.,
is not called for. The officer is generally fa
miliar with the circumstances and whereabouts
of the subscriber, and we can see no good
reason why he should not tell us whether Mr.
A. 15. is dead or alive—whether he or his es
tate, is, in the Post Master's opinion, responsi
ble or iriesponsible—whether he has removed,
and if so, to what post-office—if dead, who his
Executors or Administrators are, &.c. The
form of the blank notices now used by the Dep
uty Post Masters, could be so altered as to an
swer the purpose without any additional expense
—and we hold that the change is due to the
editorial fraternity, who, as a class, are the
best abused, poorest paid, and worst defrauded
set of subjects in Uncle Sam's dominions. If
the reform requires an act of Congress, let us
see to it, that it be passed during the next ses
sion. Editors have no little to do with making
Congressmen, and have a right to ask tor just
protective laws in return. If as we suppose, it
is within tjie power of the Post Master Geneial
to remedy the evil, we trust that our Democrat
ic brethren of the press will urge upon the De
partment the propriety and justice of issuing the
proper order immediately. Harnsburg Tele
graph.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
We have news from Europe one week later,
by the arrival, at New York on Thursday, of
the steamer Pacific. The London Times con
tinues its warlike articles against the United
States, and has managed to create an extraordi
nary excitement in England, so that it was ru
mored '.hat an actual rupture had taken place
between the two countries, and that the Amer
ican miaist°r was about to leave. The latter
report is contradicted by Mr. Buchanan himself.
When the allied fleets withdrew from Odessa,
the most of the Russian troops there were
marched hack (o Nicholaielf, and the fugitive
inhabitants returned. The liners ol the fleet at
Kinburn had left there io make a reconnois
sance of Cherson. The fort and town of Kin
burn were still occupied bv If), 000 allied troops.
The allied gunboats have been up tiie Bug to
make a recmnoissance. (General Cod ring! on
lias bean appointed commander of the British
forces in the Crimea. A beliel pe varied that
the Russians meditate an attack upon the allied
positions at and about Sebastopol. Lord Pan
mure telegraphed the information to General
Simpson, and for many nights the troops slept
on their arms. It was also owing to this cause
that the advance of the allied troops was coun
termanded, and the forces recalled to their for
mer positions. The Allies are repairing and
arming Sebastopol, and keep up a desultory fire
against the north side of the harbor. An article
in the London Times savs that the main body
of both armies of tiie Allies will at once go into
winter quarters, and that the operations lor the
expulsion of the Russians from Ihe Crimea are
abandoned f>r the season. At the same time
that the allied fleet in the Sea of Azof]'destroy
ed Taman and Funagina, it made a successful
demonstration against Temriouk. The object
of the expedition was not only to deprive the
Russian troops of shelter during the winter, but
also to procure materials for housing tiie allied
forces at Cape St. Paul and Yenikale. They
des'royed and carried of! large quantities of
building materials, and found about seventy
disabled guns. From the Baltic fleet the news
is tiiat some English ships had effected recon
noissatices in the Gulf of Peroau. A number
of Russian coasting ships had been burned, anil
a steamer bad bombarded the batteries of Gamla-
Carlebv. A trifling engagement had occurred
at Bernalhem between a few Russian soldiers
and some English marines from the corvettes
Archer and Desperate, which resulted in the
retreat of the Russians, and the demolition of
the Custom House by the victors. Several of
the ships had suffered from storms. The Eng
lish fleet, which recently numbered one hun
dred and four vessels, is now reduced to fifty,
while only two French ships remain. The re
mainder of the squadron is withdrawing from
Nargen to Kiel.
HIE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
Fuller returns of the recent State elections
correct a good many of the lying telegraphic
reports ami leave the Know-Nothings, aftetf ail
their noise and bluster, very little to rejoice
over. They have Massachusetts, always an
anti-Democratic State: Maryland, generally the
same: and New-York, bv a mere plurality,
which the combined vote of the two divisions
ol tfie Democratic party far ontnumbers. On
the other side, the Democrats have triumphant
ly carried, by a clear majority over all oppo
nents New-Jersev, Louisiana, Mississippi, am!
W iseonsin.
Massachusetts.—The full returns of the
vote for Governor in Massachusetts have Ivm
received, and show the following result : For
Gardner, K. V, hi,787: Rockwell Republi
can 36.789: Wallv, Whig, 13,4-70; Beach,
Democrat, 35,018.
Tlie Daily . Jo'vertiser counts the representa
tives elected to the Massachusetts legislature a$
15° Know-Nothings, 58 Whigs, 3:2 Democrats,
66 Republicans (freesoilers,) 5 Liberals—ma
; king a united opposition of 161, and 3 majority
; against the Know-Nothings.
M ississiE-ri.— VVe have news from Washing
ton, on the authority of despatches from Jack
son, that all the Democratic members of Con
gress, in Mississippi are elected. The Leg is Ia-
I tore is also Democratic, by 30 majority. The
Democratic State ticket has a majority of 5000.
W iscoxsrx.—The last telegraphic despatch
j es represented the contest in this State as verv
j close, and favored the success of the Knoiv
i Nothings. But the Chicago limes of the 9th
! puts that matter straight by a reliable letter
from .Madison, which states that sufficient re
turns have been received to insure the re-elec
tion of Governor William A. Barstow, by a ma
jority, in all probability, equal to what it was
j two years ago.
Cn an Lit" ton Mrxictrxr. Election.—The mu
nicipal election in Charleston, S. C.. has
resulted in the electing of Miles, Anti-K. N.,
for Mayor, by 4 16 majority.
The Trite ttf a Taper.
For a mere trifle of four cents a week any
one ran become a subscriber to a newspaper
arid this amount is so small that even the poor
est can afford to take the paper. The gratifica
tion and pleasure its persual brings—even if an
occasional paragraph not exactly suited to all
tastes tinds its way into the paper—will amply
repay the subscriber for the trifling expenditure.
And yet, says the K< ading Gazettr, how many
there are, who think they cannot afford to take
a paper. Let all such, whenever they feel in
clined to throw away a penny or a three-pence
uselessly, just put it aside in a little box, or in
the corner pf their bureau drawer, and see how
soon they will have the amount of a year's sub
scription saved. A newspaper is useful to eve
ry man, and every family, and often is the
means of benefiting the subscriber to twenty or
fifty times its cost. The description of a coun
terfeit note, has saved many an one from loss.
A knowledge of the markets, has enabled many
a farmer to realize from $lO to SSO, and some
times SIOO more on the sale of his produce.—
The publication of some valuable recipe for
housekeepers or mechanics, has been worth an
incalculable sum in numerous instances we could
name. An advertisement of lands or personal
property for sale, lias assisted many a subscri
ber to purchase just what he wanted, at a price
much below his calculation. And so on, in a
thousand cases, is the newspaper of use and
j value. Who would be without it when it can
jbe had fur four cents a week—l alf a cent a
i day.
DOUBLE- IIE A DEII iIIKDfIOISAI.
Hon. Mr. Slidell, United States Senator
j from Louisiana, in replying to an invitation to
! be present at a Democratic festival at Baltimore,
thus shows up the inconsistency of Know-Noth
ingism :
"Look at Massachusetts: there Abolitionism,!
religious persecution and the most galling sys-'
tern ol social espionage and despot ism, under
the garb of temperance, go hand in hand.—
From the pulpits, instead of the meek and per-j
suasive toueg of Christian pastors, inculcating
'the pure and unpretending morali'v of the Gos
i pel, peace on earth and good will towards men,
! are hurled Ihe defiant and angry denunciations
|of wily demagogues and excited partisans.—
I May God long avert the day when the mon
strous cemhination of the politician and the
priest, whether Protestant or Catholic, shall find
luvor with the masses of the American people!
There the 1,100 anti-Wbiaska preacheis thun
der forth their anathemas against the abomina
tions ol the lewd woman of Babylon, the type!
ol the Scarlet Prostitute of Rome. But what
.-ay their affiliated lodges in Louisiana, where
Catholics form so large a portion of the consti
tuency ? They 'roar you as gently as sucking
doves.' 'I here, forsooth, opposition to Catholo
cism is no part of the Knovc-JVothing creed.—
They assert boldly, and attempt to prove that
j religious proscription is not one of the watch- j
j words of their order. Tin y appeal to their
j ticket, and point complacently to their Catholic
■ candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and Treasurer, as conclusive refutation of the j
j baseless slander."
Thus, it seems that whilst the Hindoos of
j Massachusetts appoint boorish committees to
ransack the apartment in Catholic female senii
! nanes, and insult the lady teachers, their bietli
j t en of Louisiana select Catholics as their candi- j
| dates for the highest offices in the State ! and ;
j why I because a majority of the people of Lou
isiana are Catholics, and they wish to secure !
their votes.— Philadelphia jlrgus.
CCTTINO A House's THROAT— Jirrest of the
Cut-Throat—Bloody Conjlict, and rescue of
the Prisoner. —Yesterday afternoon, the atten
tion of High Constable Scott, of Allegheny,
was attracted by a large ciowd on Ro boson
| street, and on making inquiry he learned itut a
! man named Robert (or "loafer") Bell, in corn- j
| pany with two others, had assaulted a wagoner, j
i who fled and took refuge in a house : and that i
j _ O
; Bell, being chagrined at the escape of the man,
: bad vented his malice by cutting the throat ol
j the horse with a dirk-knife.
Officer Scott started in pursuit of Bell, and
I surprised him while sitting on lite bank of the
| Allegheny river, below the outlet of the canal.
Bell had his knife open in Iris right hand, and
on recognizing the officer, fie sprang to his feet,
and attempted to slab hirn. Scott ran back- I
wards until he could draw his mace, when he
tapped Bell on the head, and knocked him
down. The blow was so slight tiiat Bell so >n
recovered, and made a second attack, when a
• - i
tremendous blow Irom the mace brought Imn
senseless to the ground. The officer then took j
i the knife, and called upon the citizens to aid !
; him, as he did not u ish to injure the man fur- ;
titer.
The crowd refused to assist, and b gan to
j mutter about the biutality of the constable.—
, During the brief time that here elapsed, Bell
again recovered, and though bleeding profusely,
! he made a desperate attack upon the officer;
with a paving stone, was struck with tiie mace
and felled a third time. On recovering, Bell
agreed to go to the lock-up peaceably, and they
started together ; but before they had proceeded ,
the distance of a square, the prisoner attempted
'to escape, and was again knocked down. The
crowd here began to sympathize with the pris
oner, and w hen the officer started with him, he
was assailed by a volley of paving stones, none
of which took effect. He vi as then beset in the
rear, his ariris were held, and the prisoner per
mitted to run. At this juncture he drew a re
volver, and presented it at the breast of the
ring-leader as be was about hurling a stone,
! when the white-livered villain screamed most
piteously, "Oh, for (mil's sake don't shoot
don't shout—we'll throw no more!" But
j "snap" went th- pistol, the barrel of which had
sliglitlv turned, so as to prevent the hammer j
j from falling upon the cap. The dastardly whelp,
! finding himself still alive took to his heels and
all tiie rest followed closely on his - trail.
On turning to look tor the prisoner, the offi
! cer was mortified to find that lie had got beyond
; his reach.
Bell was seen on the west Common, about:
1 dusk in the evening, covered with blood from
i head to foot. He is a notorious villain, anil
i has been for many years. He will, no doubt,
vet be taken, and we hope those who assisted in j
his rescue will also meet with merited punish
ment.
The man who owned the horse became so j
terrified on witnessing the affray, that he fl ii,
and has not yet made known his name, ft is
thought that the horse will die. Pittsburgh
Union.
Dreadful Explosion on the Central Railroad,
Gu. -
We regret to record a frightful disaster that
occured on the Central Railroad, near station '
U2J,, about 2 o'clock, P. M, Wednesday lat.—
We have taken special pains to get the (acts,
and the following slatement may be relied on. j
The engine, Maryland, attached to sixteen cars,
and on her downward trip, stopped at the sta
tion above named, for wood and water. Soon *
after starting again, her boiler exploded with a
terrible crash, killing instantly the engineer and 1
fireman, and seriously scalding the braketnan on j
the tender. The road in the in mediate neigh- :
borhood of the accident was torn up for some
one hundred yards, and several cars damaged—
to what extent we have been unable to learn.
The locomotive was thrown forward at least
one hundred feet from the point where the ex- |
plosion occurred, and landed crosswise on the j
track. It is said to be a complete wreck,
though built of the best material, arid perfectly ; ;
sound before the accident. It was ma mi factor- ■
ed by Baldwin, of Philadelpdia, and been in i .
the service of the road about four years.
The enginerr.an, whose name was Kelly, was ,
found lying by the side of the locomotive: j
while the fireman, Mr. Barns, was blown high |
in the air, and fell about two hundred yards in ,
advance of the train. The name of the brakes- j ]
man, we learn, is Michael Slienahan ; though ,
severely injured, hopes are entertained lor his ,
recovery. He was also blown dp and lodged ;
on the third freight car from the tender. j (
From the most reliable information v could
gather, it would appear that this frightful ac
| cident was caused by the carelessness of I he en
gineman, in allowing the water in the boiler to
become exhausted, and then turning i a stream
;of cold water upon a highly heated furnace.—
|He has paid the penally with hi# life. The loss
i to the Company is estimated at some <s>li,OOU.
A Remarkable Man.
A correspondent of the Kentucky Statesman
; gives the following sketch of an old citizen in
Paiaski county, named Elijah Deny, who is
perhaps the oldest man in Kentucky :
''He was one hundred and eighteen years of
age on the 10th of September, and is as active
as many men of foi ty. He works daily upon
a farm, and throughout his whole life has been
an early riser. He informed the writer that
he had never drank hut one cup of coffee, and
! that was in the year 184*8. lie served seven
years in the war of the Revolution, and was
wounded at the siege of Charleston : he was al
so at the siege ol Savannah, and in the bat'; .•
Eutaw Springs, lie was also pns nt at \
|'battles off Jamden, K ing : s mountain, and Men* s
Corner. He served under Colonel Marion, and
was an eye witness to the sufi<-rings arid death
of Colonel Isaac Hayne, of South Carolina, an
early victim to the revolution. He is spright
ly and active, and would be taken at any tune
to be a man of middle age. He is a strict nem
| ber of the Baptist Church, and rides six mil' s
|to every regular meeting ol his- church. He
: has lout sons and five daughters—all lining—
the eldest being now in his sevnd v-eighth and ;
the youngest in his fii'ty-fir-t year. Such is a
bi ief sketch of this aged soldier and republican,
who is perhaps the only surviving soldier ol
Francis Marion, Sumptor, an'd Horiy."
DOMESTIC TKAGEDY. — At C hicago, on VVed
• nesday evening, Edgar E. Ing> rsull shot his
. wife dead w iln a pistol, and th>-u immediately
i killed himself Willi the same weapon, He was
I tbiity years old, and she was scarcely twenty.
: They ha-i been married five y-ais, and he had
treated her so cruelly that she left bun and
; sought refuge with friends. He induced her j
I te take a walk with him that evening, having
I premeditated the crime. They ha\e a child
; eighteen months old. Her name was Manner, !
; and she was man led at the age ol fifteen, at
| Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He, though ol un- j
; happy temper, was a tunpeiate, industrious
: man, and provided handsomely for his home.
ATTEMPT TO Dnsraov A RAILKOID TEALW— .
i A fiendish outi.ige was comn itftd on tfie Bos
; ton ami Eowefl Rami.ad, Satuiday afternoon,
. 10th inst. The Nashua I eight train which left
j this city 24 o'clock was thrown from the track
I in Woburn, in const qm-i ce of a lail whith hat!
i been spiked across thetiack 1 The engine was
1 badly broken, antl'the engineer, Mr. Chase,of
Lowe||,and the fireman, Mr. Hinds, were se
riously, if not fatally injured. The obstruction
evidently intended for the passenger train which ;
! leaves Boston at 3 o'clock. Such offences de
mand the utmost rigor of the law, and we hope
no pains will he spare;! to discover the perpetra
tors of the deed, and bring them to juslice.—
Boston Post.
THE "COLORED <THZE\S , 'OFTHE FBEE
STATES.
No inconsiderable element of the northern
i fusion is the enthusiastic manner in which the
free negroes assist the twin treasons of abolition
and bigotry. In such Slates as confer the right
ol suffrage upon the blacks, the latter are to a
man against the democrats: and the know
nothings of Connect icut, Maine, Massachusetts,
and New* Hampshire, inaugurated their suco-ss
a year ago by still further increasing the facili
ties to''colored citizens," and by buiidinjr tfie
most offensive barriers between all white men
who intended availing themselves of the bene
fits of our naturalization laws and the right of
voting. file gratitude oi the lorrner has known
no bounds, especially as there is reason to in
duce them to hopes that political equality can
not long he conceded without elevating them to '
a social 1< vel with their benefactors. As an
evid.-rice of the orthodoxy of the Massachusetts
Afn< ans on the Seward and know-nothing
platforms,, the following resolution, which we
find in the Boston Post, will he interesting.—
1 he meeting was held in Boston, at tile Twelfth
Baptist church, and the resolution was offered
by the colored leader, Dr. Rock, and adopted
by acclamation of his brethren :
"Resolved, That the recent aggressions of
the s'ave power, in the admission of Texas, the
passage of the fugitive slave act, the admission j
of slavery into California, the burning of'Grev- '
town, the rendition of two unoffending Massa- I
elms-Its citizens into slavery, the repeal of the
Missouri C unornmise, the murderous outrages
on the persons and property of northern five- '
men in Kansas, mid 'lie scandalous DT civ MI of
Juiigt Kane in the Wheeler slave ens , nil call
aloud to /he freemen of the A'ort'i to fom <> '
great pot it i> nl purl p fully committed, oithaot
concealment and without con pro misc. to free
dom.
And now for the rap-sheaf to this colored ;
column, furnished in the following extract from !
ihe Express, the know-nothing organ at Cleve
land, Ohio, which rejoices over the assistance
rendered by the negroes to the dark order at
the . lection in that cilv :
"The colored population generally voted for
the fhnencori ticket day before yesterday. In f
this they showed good judgment, and they will '
have no occasion to regret their action. They !
rejoice with us in Sam's frit/moh over a weak, I
corrupt A'ebraska ad mi mist rat ion: the colored,
people ore natives, and much better citizens I
than the hords of Catholic Irish who are yearly J
floating to our shores." |
The free negro ofOhio is "much better" than j
the alien-born citizen! This is "American j
doctrine" in Cleveland. It goes even further j
than the doctrine of the know-hothing Massa
chusetts house of representatives, which has i
passed a hill asserting the equality oi negro chil- j
dren with the children of poor white persons, j
whether native or foreign-born.
U ; ,J lVlns. SWISSHELM ON BABY SHOWS. —Mrs.
Sw jssheim has been to a "baby show," and
rather intimates, if wr can understand her, that
she don't quite like them. Here is what she
savs, at any rate :
"The poor dupes of mothers are to be pitied
ratiier than blamed. Some of them are decent,
innocent women, who have no definite idea of
ti'e light ill Which they place themselves, and
most are tup nearly idiotic to be accountable. 1
But it is not right that humanity should be de- j
graded thus in these persons; nobody expects any i
respect for humanity from Barnum. The par- ;
ties reallv to blame for these exhibitions are the '
city authorities uho grant these licenses, and '
people of ordinary sense who go to see any- |
thing so totally devoid of attractions. Ugly?'
stupid women, and ordinary. vnWlv 1
children are no great rarity"i"n tf iC'r,' ', ,
lie;, anybody who gives a quarter to see a P! ,
them deserve, a pair of donkey's , ar . '
; exhdof ion is akir, to the old mo'flel- artis( ' , fh "
and when Baroim and Wood v, sl * V '•
bring shame an the mothers of it by one ,7.1 '°
shows, the sons of H/at* city shtftld <, .y
safely past the soburhs on a'pair • f rail/" 01
Astonishing effects of oneToUie, in n 0
voted case of Dyspepsia.
PN ILA DELPHI A, Mart fc 20 JJW*
Dear Sir—During the last |j t , VVi !, '
iieen afflicted with Dyspepsia, in \u m ,. st J* Ve
vated form, and have used, without r ,.\./? ra "
any benefit therefrom, every remedy recmr'*
deel for.hat diwa.se. I„ fact, I was
badly that on many occasions 1 was , r
r tanserof dying from so fiord ion in cm"'
tjie ru-.t* of the ris. ~f matter ,n my thro.,, a y
ail my efforts or r• f 1.-were it va -. j '
■ a<- m meed, through tb ■ ;, <
s vetal of my friends, to try "H0.,::, ,'e r
man Bitters," and ] assure you the arnoit-'i "
relief f have received, from the us.-of only ',. '
bottle, is astonishing, and compels
that I would not he without the Bitters foi a T'
money, as I am now, through their im. •
.rig better health than i have known fj r
years.
Very respectfully yours,
ELIZABETH GAUL
No. 12 Carter's Alley
To Dr. C. M. Jackson.
See advertisement.
IGf PalpHation of the Heart, Nervous Di s -
I eases, Liver Complaint, Neuralgia, D V s pi .p Ma
J Cost 1 veneris and Plies, are all rebeled and cut.'
ed 111 an incredible short space of time, by (V~
ter's Spanish Mixture, the great tonic and pu ,?-
fn rof the blood. It contains not a particle 0 f
Mercury, Opium, or any noxious drug; is
feet I y haimless, ami has cured more than fiy
hundred cases of disease.
We can only refer the reader to certificates
! a few of which may he found in another column'
and all of which are detailed in full around the
j bottle. It is the greatest of a!! Spring and Fall
Medicines, and possesses an influence over the
: blood 11 uly remarkable.
See advertisement.
On the night of the lllh inst., in this 80-nuoh at
ibe resilience ol her daughter .Mrs. John Miller" 'dp.
parted this life, ELIZABETH SAC rr, mother of the !a>
Andrew Sanpn in the 7.lth year of her age. 's> ie
was carried off by no disease, except what is u ;ri .
' dental to the increa-ir.g infiimities of advancing a-e
The deceased v\a= disT uguished for her piety arid re
ligious habits. Her freqn-nt reception of the sacra
ment- and tier con-tan! attendance at Churrh in a '
j season-, even tinder the weight of vear, will be Inni
remembered by her friend- and cherished as well
grounded liope3 of hpr acceptance with Gm| and of
her passage to a blissful immortality. '-Thon has*
made known to rne the ways ol hie. Tbon shalt lid
me with joy, with thy roimlei ance; at tfv ri°bt
hand are delights even to the end." R. ] p.
LAW NOTICE.
W, J. BAER, Attorney at Law:
WILL practice regularly in the Courts of
Bedford County hereafter. He may, durino*
Court Weeks, be consulted at his room at the
Washington Hotel.
Nov. 23, 1355.
SECOND ARRIVAL.
The subscriber has just received, and opened,
a second supply of FALL and WINTER GOODS.
embracing every slyie and variety, which he is
selling on the most farvorable terms. Call and
see, and judge for yourselves.
GEO. IV. RI'PP.
Nov. 23, 1855
STAY CATTLE.
Came to the premises of the subscriber, living
in Bedford township, some time about the mid
dle oi October, three head of cattle—two are
beiFrs, and one a steer—the steer has on a bell
—all have a slit in each ear. The owner is
de sired to come forward, prove property, pay
charges, and take them away.
JOS. VV. TOMLIXSON.
Nov. 23. 1855.
'Eiie 1 siiversity's
FAMILY REMEDIES,
Issued under the seal, Sanction and Authori
ty of the University of Free Medicine and pop
ular knowledge, Chartered hv the Stale ol Penn
sylvania, April 20th, 1853, with a Capita! of
SIOO,OOO, mainly fur the purpose of arresting
the evils of Spurious and Worthless Nostrums;
also, for supplying the community with Relia
ble remedies wbetever a Competent Physician
cannot or will not he employed. This Institu
tion, (located in Philadelphia No. 6*B Arch
Street, where applications f r new Ag-nci- >
will !><* r cen eJ,) has purchas- i fr.-Ti IV. J 1
R. Row and, his' Celt! ia(ed K. '
Mixture, Known lor lip ward of fwenfv-Dve
years as the only sure and sate ctue for FEVER
and AGUE, ice., and bis inestima'le Rvtfie !Y
for Bowel C iTipiaints, Rowand's Complied
Syrup of Blackberry Root, which highly im
proved and Popular remedies, logeth*r u;!!l
The University's Remedy tor Complaints of the
Lungs; The University's Remedy for Dis
|"psia or Indigestion : The University's R' n j"
ody for Costive Bo we is ; Also the University s
Almanac may be had at the Branch Dispensa
ry.
For sale at the Store of Dr. Blair, in Cum
ber land Valley.
Nov. 23. i 855.
NEW CABINET MAKING SHOP.
The subscriber would beg leave to announce
to his Iriends and tin* public, that lie has com
menced the
CABINET MAKING BUSINESS
in his new Shop nearly op|>osite Ihe Store -
William Slates & Co., where he is prepared to
accommodate the public with Bureaus, Tab! o,
Stands, Secretaries, Chairs, Cubboards, Ben
steads at every price and style. IBs lum*
turn will be made of the best material, aini Iron
his long experience at (he buisnrss, he let Is ><■'
hesitency in warranting his Ware to be strong
and durable, and no pains shall be spared to fin
ish it in the latest style. He hopes by >l rl "
attention to his business, and a desire to please,
to merit a liberal share of public patronage.
ID** COFFINS made on short notice ami
Liberal Terms, and his H -arse will be ready '■
convey them when dt suable.
MORT2 KLOHRL-
Bloody Run, Nov. 15, 1856.
Waited.
Eight Scbool Teacher, la take charge ol
schools ol Bedfortl Totcnshiji. Per-ons '
be employed, as Teachers, will meet the Boau ®
i'ouuty Supenuteodent at Hater s Hoteh 011
November. ,„„ r^
THOMAS lILOHt-s,
SecrrUnjl*
Oct. 13, lflo.