THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Hertford, Jan. 1, INSB.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
Democratic lottuty Rccfitig!
The Democracy o( Bedford County will meet,
in .Mass meeting, at the Court blouse in Bedford
on MONDAY EVENING of the approaching Court
to choose conferees lo meet those of Fulton and
Somerset to pel vet a Senatorial delegate to the
next State Convention, and to make other ar
rangements for a lull and thorough organization
of the Democratic Party of Bedford County.—
It is hoped tfrrt-every Democrat who can make
it convenient to attend will d> so. Several
speeches will be made on the occasion.
JOHN P. REED,
Chairman Courtly Committee.
X?°We invite the particular attention of our
readers to an article on the first page from
the Democratic Review. It will amply repay
a careful perusal.
The State Legislature met on last Tuesday.
We will keep our readers well posted as to its
doings.
fCTNWAJ. HENRY LEADER, an old resi
lient of Bedford county, and at present a citizen
of Michigan, is spending a few weeks with his
friends in this place, looking as young and ac
tive as he did twenty years ago. Although
iie was formerly one of the most energetic
Whigs in this county, he repudiates the party
now that it has coalesced with Know Nothing
ism,just as ail good men should.
ST. HH RENTE HOTEL.
magnificent Hotel, situate in Ches
nut street, Philadelphia, (W M. S. CAMPBELL
Proprietor) is now open for tire r-c-ption of
Guests: and we have no hesitation in pronounc
ing it on-of the best and most elegantly fur
nished Houses to lx> found in the United States :
and we wotrid advise every body visiting that
city to call at the St. Lawrence, and give it a
trial.
A Shocking Case of Ministerial Depravity.
The Rev. James P. Jennings, late pastor of
the First Methodist Church at Rome, N. \.,hns
been indicted, and subsequently arrested, by the
Methodist Ecclesiastical authorities, upon a
charge of gross immorality, and is to he tried
on the 18th inst., upon charges preferred against
him. A young woman attending Fairfield
Academy is said to have been in correspondence
with Jennings, and, from intercepted letters, it
is reported that the church, the cause of morali
ty, and the peace of families, have been most
heartlessly and shamefully sacrificed. Jennings
has a family.
The girl is young—onlv 17, and of one of the
most respectable families of the town of Rome.
Her parents, and we believe herself, were ;
members of Jennings church. The family re- i
posed the most implicit confidence in him, per
mitted him to make their house his home dur
ing the absence of his wife in the east : request
ed him to watch over the conduct ol the daugh
ter and reprove her for her occasional giddiness; ,
in fact, rather placed her under his charge and
bestowed upon him a thousand expressions ol
confidence.
While they were doing this, he was compas
sing her ruin. During a residence of some
weeks at her father's house, lie bad peculiar op
portunities for carrying on his infernal purpo
ses. After the girl had been sent off to school,
h'*r reverend seducer opened a correspondence
with her. In these letters various meetings
and assignations were appointed, some ol which
were fulfilled, and some piovidentially miscar
ried. VVe are told that the style of tile letters
written bv Jennings to the girl is most disgust
ingly filthy.
The case is one of the most painful on record.
Hitherto Jennings is said to have borne an ir
reproachable character. Ife was commended
for his kindness of heart and eminent piety uni
versally.—l 'iicn (-V. V.) Herald.
O 3 "All is not gold that glitters—neither are
all Christinas who preach the Gospel—hence
the deep reproach that is constantly being brought
upon the Church, by "wolves in Sheep's cloth
ing." Some people were lid to believe that
KNOW-NOTHINGTSM was an HONEST and
VIRTUOUS organization, because certain _Minis
ters of the Gospel partook of its doctrines, and
participated in its horrihleoaths and obligations;
without reflecting that as bad men as ever dis
graced the earth have found their way into the
sacred pulpit—and the above article affords
lamentable evidence of the truth of the asser
tion. Such a minister as the Rev. Mr. JEN
NINGS could well afford to haunt dark caverns,
and urge his fellow man to wage a war of bit
ter luitred against others wearing the image of
their Maker, whose only crime consisted in the
locality of their birth-place—and do no violence
to his conscience!
It is a matter of genera! remark that true re
ligion is in a more deplorable condition now
than it has been for the last half a century—and
seems to be daily tending downwards, growing
out of the gross recklessness of many ministers
who preach the Words of Life. Since the in
troduction of Know Nothing ism, Churches are
thinly attended—and public worship has be
come as cold and lifeless as an iceberg. We
say this in sorrow, and appeal to every honest
Christian to answer whelhes it is not true. How
could it be otherwise.
Many ministers enter the pulpit—thank Cod
for religious freedom—speak of love, as the great
controliog element of Christianity—and after
wards meet a portion of the people thus address
ed in midnight Lodges, and counsel them to
hate with perfect hatred.
Notwithstanding these "wolves" have found
places among Cod's people, there are hundreds
of ministers, of oJI denominations, who preach
the word in ils purity, and practice what they
preach—and to this, more than to any other
cause, are we indebted for what good does pre
vail in the world. No people can rank in hon
or with the true Christian—and all who desire
to be happy here and hereafter, will s> . k to be
come one with his whole heart.
fOXGUKSS,
Up to the present writing, lias not yet orga
nized, having spent one-third of the session in
a vain attempt to elect a Speaker. I his body
is composed of an overwhelming majority of
K. N's which is split into factions and fighting
lor plunder—each faction striving to place their
especial friends in a position to "make a good
thing of it," at the expense of the tax-payers,
as developed in one of their bear-fights in a late
debate, which will be found in the Gazette of
to-day. By comparing the conduct of the ma
jority in the present Congress with that of a si
milar body which met at Harrisburg last win
ter, the people can have a foretaste of what
this country would come to, should such a
curse bef'al it as that of placing Know Nothing
ism in power, in all the departments of Govern
i ment, for one Executive term. Our K. N. Le
gislature could not elect a Senator —just as a
(Congress of the "same soit ' cannot elect a
I Speaker. And why? Because their desire for
"plunder" over-rides every other consideration.
Jt is now a generally conceited lact, that the
Democratic Party is the only A'nlional Party
in existence—that it is the only party capable
of administering the affairs of this mighty Go
vernment—therefore the People will promote
their own trup interests, and secure the prospe
rity oftheir children alter them, by rallying at
once under its glorious Flag, which is the only
true standard of AMERICAN principles.
The approaching Democratic Meeting will
afford a good opportunity for discussing all
1 questions of public interest, and we hope to
see a turn-out such as will reflect credit upon
the county. Wilson Reiily, Esq. will certain
ly be present, if living and well.
Jo.® IMI ('MILii)EiL
0"~ lion. J. CLANCY JONES and Hon.
JOHN CADWALADER, two of the democra
tic delegation in Congress from Pennsylvania,
have won golden opinions for themselves since
• the opening of the present Congress; exhibiting,
in debate, a degree of Statesmanship, Eloquence
and good Sense, which has elicited the admira
tion of the democratic Press not only in Penn
sylvania but throughout the Union. Truly,
S the democratic party have reason to feel proud
of such Representatives; who, we feel satisfied,
are destined to reach much higher posts of ho
nor than they even now occupy. We congra
tulate the country upon having the services of
such men in Congress at a dark crisis like the
present, when all the horrors of Dissolution
threaten our glorious Republic.
THE riKDOMNti POWER
Has become very popular, all at once, with
tile opponents of Democracy. If a democratic
Governor pardoned a convict, no matter how o
verwheiming the Petitions, and the high cha
racter of the signers, he was denounced as infa
mous and corrupt—as trampling beneath his
feet the solemn verdict of Courts and Juries—
and the question was tauntingly asked : "What
use is tlmre in having Courts of Justice, at the
public expense, if the One Mail power is to set
aside their Judgments 1" Now, with a Gover
nor of their "own sort," all they demand is that
the convict secures "signers" asking for his re
lease; and this they deem of more importance
than the verdict of a sworn jury of disinterest
ed men. Such is k. N. VVhiggery exemplified!
JOSEPH \V. TATE, is the only
delegate, this year, (torn Bedford County to-the
Old Soldiers Convention to be held in .Wash
ington on the Bth inst.
Persons having business at the seat of the
Federal Government, would do well to call up
on him immediately.
G. N. IIICKOK, Dentist, has left town
for a few weeks, and lies requested us to say,
for the benefit of persons living at a distance,
that he expects to return about the first of Fe
bruary next.
GEN KHAR CASS. — Genual Cass, at a late
meeting of Democratic Senators, delivered an
impressive address. He referred to his long
connection with the party now in a majority in
the Senate, how steadily it had aided to main
tain the Constitution, secure the just rights ot
each State, and preserve inviolate the integrity
ot the Union. lie dwelt upon the sad and dis
tracted spectacle now presented by the other
political combinations in the country, anu of
the eminent dangers, which fanaticism and in
temperate zeal threaten to the repose and secu
rity of society. He spoke of the weight of years
upon him, urged his political friends around
him tlm necessity, at this crisis, ot union and
harmony, to watch the coming events, and stand
together to defend the constitution from the
grasp of misguided men. Before taking his seat
he took occasion to reiterate a determination
before expressed, that he was not, nor would
he be a candidate for the Presidential chair.
A SHIPWRECKED INFANT'S ESCAPE. —During
the raging of the storm at Holies! v, on Saturday
week, in one ofthe stranded vessels, was a poor
woman and her infant. Beholding but little if
any chance of escape for herself, she yet clung
to the possibility of sav ing the life of her child.
Maternal affection is quick as thought. She
therefore forms the desperate resolution of com
mitting her child to the "mercy of the waves."
Carefully wrapped up in flannel, the child is
placed in a hamper and lowered into the sea.
A tumultuous wave received it for a moment,
and in another the hamper was hurled upon the
beach. The child is saved and "delivered to
its mother," for in a brief time after she also, bv
the blessing ofthe Almighty, is saved.— lpswich
Express,
'My wife is very attentive to the pigs, said a
gentleman the other day, in the prtsence of sev
eral ladies.
'That accounts for her attachment to you,
res|K>nde<l one of the fair damsels.
Pretty sharp joking, that.
THE MARKETS.
Flour in Baltimore $8 37 a 8 50 per
barrel —Wheat $1 90 a '2 00 per bushel
Corn, white, 70 a7l cts. per bushel: yellow,
(18 a7l cts. Rye •$! 08 a 1 10—Oats 32 a
3S cents.
Disgraceful Proceedings in t'angrcss.
We subjoin the conclusion of the proceedings
in Congress on Thursday, in which it will be
seen that the Pennsylvania Delegation figured
largely, some of them occupying a |xisition at
once humiliating and disgraceful. We have no
hesitancy in saving we believe implicitly the
statement of Mr. Millward, and public senti
ment will brand Mr. Pearce with all his cleri
cal pretensions, with direct and deliberate false
hood. He ought at once resign, and we much
mistake the people of Ins district if he is not
earnestly requested so to do.
Before the last vote was announced, Mr.
Millward, of Pennsylvania, said he had been ap
proached bv one of bis colleagues, who had pro
posed that ifhe would vote lor Mr. Banks, lie
(Mr. Mill ward) should be made Chairman of
the Engraving, or Lithographing, or Printing
Committee, and have a good thing of it. (Laug
ter, anil cries of "name him." "Who is lie V )
Mr. Millward replied—Mr. Pearce, of Penn
sylvania. (Sensation. Nearly all tin- members
rising to their feet, and much interest mani
fested in all parts of the House.)
Mr. Banks, amid great contusion, denied em
phatically that anybody had authority to offer
such a proposition from him.
Mr. Pearce— l <ienv what my colleague has
said. He has misconstrued my remarks.
Mr. Millward I could not misconstrue them.
(Great confusion, mingled with cries ol "or
der.")
Mr. Humphrey Marshall remarked that he
advised Mr. Millward to make the exposition.
Mr. Pearce—l alluded to the matter merely
in a playful manner to my colleague. (Laugh
ter."
Mr. Millward I don't consider it play, sir.
Mr. Florence—Such a thing is disgraceful
toour State, and were it in order I would at
once move a committee of investigation.
Mr. Millward to Mr. Pearce—Did von not
tell me that Mr. Banks assured you that incase
I voted for him he would give me what you
promised ?
Mr. Pearce—f did not !
Mr. Millward, emphatically—l say you did!
Hail you any conversation at all with Mr.
Banks 1
Mr. Giddings, his form prominent amid the
storm, calmly expi'-ssed the opinion that the
House had had enough of these proceedings.
Mr. Banks—No man has an assurance from
me with regard to the formation of the commit
tees. I Stand, if elected to the office of the
Speakership, perfectly free to do what is right
and proper for myself, for the House and for
the Country, and of that I am the judge, and for
doing which I would be responsible to the House
and the country : (Applause.)
Mr. Todd trusted that his colleague (Mill
ward) wui;!d be more guarded hereafter in at
tacking the character of gentlemen. The Penn
sylvania delegation are independent, guarded
by right and truth, acting intelligently, asking
no pledges, and was guilty of no false pretences.
Mr Millward said he was not be frightened
by being told he must be more guarded. He barf
only alluded to one gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, and that was Mr. Pearce.
Mr. Pearce rose. (Cries of "Order, order,"
"Let's hear him," "Down in front.") Mr.
Pearce said he had not been authorized by Mr.
Banks to make such a pledge to Mr. Millward,
or anybody else, although a few moments ago
he had asked that gentleman how he would like
to be chairman of the Committee on Engraving.
(Laughter.) f*
Mr. Millward asked Mr. Pearce—Did you
not sav, if it was not against my conscience to
vote for Mr. Banks, I would make a good thing
jofit ? (Laughter.) I asked you how. You
replied that I could he made Chairman of the
Printing, Lithographing, or Engraving Commit
tee. I asked, "How do you know f can he
made Chairman ?" When you responded, "I
! have just had a conversation with Mr. Banks,
who said that any promise I should make would
be carried out by him."
Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, remarked
that he had frequently met Mr. Banks, socially,
and never heard him, at any time, or under any
circumstances, make any remark which could
be construed into a pledge.
Mr. Paine thought the House ought to be
obliged to Mr. Miliward for bis revelation.—
He (.Mr. Paine) had heard Mr. Pearce say that
he had assurances from Mr. Banks, that the lat
ter would so constitute the coimnittees as to
take care of the interests of Pennsylvania. He
could prove the fact.
Mr. Pearce replied that he would be cared
for. He never had it from Mr. Banks, but
from his own colleagues.
Mr. English thought this a pr**tty familv
fight. He had voted for Mr. Richardson as a
man above suspicion.
Mr. A. K. Marshall was perfectly satisfied
that if thpse charges were true, they unfitted
Mr. Bank 3to the Speakership. In consequence
of the absence of some of the members, proof
cannot be produced. Other revelations might
also be made. He desired all further voting to
be dispensed with for to-day.
Mr. CM fax contended that this was not a
proper tribunal to investigate mere idle rumors,
uttered, perhaps, in bar-rooms; if it were, he
might repeat a rumor regarding the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, but which he did riot be
lieve to be true.
Mr. Fuller—T wish to know what it is.
Mr. Colfax—The rumor is this, that in vour
opinion Mr. Whitfield, tiie delegate from Kan
sas, is legally elected.
Mr. Fuller—l know nothing about the mat
ter, and have said nothing. It is a subject of a
contested election, and I shall examine it fairly.
Any rumor contrary to this is utterly false.—
And I shall stigmatize as "liar" any one
who authorizes any such expression.
Mr. Colfax resuming, said he had remarked
that the rumor was doubtless untrue, arid mere
ly a!lucled to it now to show how futile such
charges were. He believed other rumors would
prove alike fallacious. There was no reason
for the voting to be suspended.
Mr. Whitefield, delegate from Kansas—l ask
for no pledges, I stand on the justness of my
cause.
Mr. A. K. Marshall stated that his object in
moving a suspension of the voting was to afford
fime for reflection. He did not refer to mere
rumors, but to direct charges of Which there was
abundant proof.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, having been alluded
fo said that no member of Congress had ever ap
proached him, demanding pledges, during the
time hp was voted for as a candidate for Speak
er. He would have kicked such out of his
room.
Mr. Washburne, of Maine, did not want dark
insinuations, but wished to understand the char
ges now. He defended Mr. Batiks.
Mr. Kttnkei, of Pervosylvarsia, said the Penn
sylvania delegation had neither asked nor recei
ved pledges from Mr. Banks.
Here (his episode ended, and the House pro
ceeded to another ballot, resulting as follows:
Banks, 103 I Richardson, G7
Fuller, 31 | Scattering, 9
There being no election, the House adjourned
after a Session of five hours. Phita. Jlrgux.
The Street Fight at Washington.
We announced in our issue of Saturday, by
telegraph, that a street fight occurred in Wash
ington on the Avenue, Friday afternoon, be
tween the Hon. Wm. Smith and Mr. Douglas
Wallach, editor of the Star. The Organ of Sat
urday afternoon gives the following particulars:
Yesterday afternoon about + o'clock, soon
after the ailjournwent ol Congress, the Hon.
Wm. Smith, M. C. from Virginia, met Mr.
Wallach, the editor of the Star,oil the Avenue
near the corner of eleventh street, and, accosting
him, pronounced a statement in the Star of
the day previous in relation to himself to be
false. Mr. Wallach replied, that if Mr. Smith
made that assertion, he pronounced his assertion
false; whereupon Mr. Smith struck Mr. Wal
lach, and both combatants grappled each other
and contended manfully for the mastery. At
length they fell to the ground with a mighty
shock; and by the force of the fall, as we are
informed, Mr. Wallach's bovvte knife leil out
of its hiding place, and was thrown to some dis
tance.
When the parties fell, Mr. Wallach was up
permost, hut Mr. Smith turned him, and main
tained the uppermost until separated.
After a minute or two of severe thumping and
scratching, the heligerents were separated—Mr.
Smith with his face badly bruised arid marred,
and Mr. Wallach with one of his fingers "cata
watnpousiy chawed up."
We have not heard that either of tire parties
concerned in this fight have been arrested.
The article in the Star which led to this ren
contre, consisted of a statement to the effect
that Mr. Smith receiver. 1 the sup port-of the A
merican party at the late election in \ irginia:
the Star having assumed that Mr. Smith had
said in the House the dav previous that he
owed the American party nothing, or words
to that effect. Which assumption was not sup
ported by the facts.
From the Courier and Enquirer, Dec, 2■">.
Probable Parly Termination of the Russian
I fur
London, Dec. 7.
I think T may venture to assure you that
there is a strong probability of an early termi
nation of the Russian war. I believe that Aus
tria lias certainly submitted propositions to
France and England for its conclusion, with
the assurance, that if accepted by them and af
terwards rejected by Russia, she will immedi
ately put an end to all hesitancy on the subject
and join with the allies against the Czar.
These propositions, I am assured, receive
Louis Napoleon's approval, and he expressed
his willingness to accede to tliem: and the Bri
tish Government have, somewhat reluctantly,
adopted his course.
These proposals stipulate—
First, to convert the Black Sea into a Com
mercial one, as a substitute for the third of the
Vienna points—excluding forever the navies of
all nations from it: and
Second, the whole course of the Danube, its
mouths included, to be entirely released from
Russian control.
That tlii* Emperor of Russia will accept
these propositions ran hardly be doubled. By
so doing, lie will preserve the honor nI his
realm; lor he cannot successfully war with the
Allies with Austria also against him. Tile con
test has already told fearfully on Russia. Her
resources of men and money are ncaily ex
hausted: and, disguise it as they rnav, the Rus
sian people, like the English, would hail thr*
return of peace with acclamations of delight.—
Should peace be concluded, Lord. Pnlmerston's
resignation of the Premiership is possible ; and
in that case an immediate settlement ol all the
existing questions of difference between the
United Stales and this country would proba
bly follow, and cordial relations thus be restored
among the leading nations of the earth.
The distinguished party at whose instance
the foregoing was written, says in a hasty note :
'*l am requested—to write you in regard to
the probable termination of the war: hut even
lie is not permitted to know the almost certain
ty of that event ; and our Press is strangely be
fogged upon the subject."
Fighting Indians villi Blood Hounds.—A
correspondent of the N. 0. Picayune gives an
account of a light between Sam Jones, a noto
rious desperado of Texas, and fifteen of the Li
pan Indians. He was in his corn field when
they made their appearance, but managed to
escape with an old German into Ins cabin.
The Indians soon surrounded the house with
hideous yells. The old man had hut little am
munition, and was, of course, conscious that ev
ery shot would tell. When the Indians would
attempt to break in the slight door he wouid
shoot, and while he was loading the German
would keep them at bay, by pointing an un
loaded gun at them through the crevices of the
house. They managed in this way until the
outside of the house was bristling with arrows,
aimed at them between the logs, and the old
man's powder had given out. At this moment
the Indians retreated a short distance to hold a
council. The besieged availed themselves of
the chance to get the assistance of a dozen of
bloodhounds that were confined in an out
building. Under cover of the two unloaded
guns, Mr. Junes liberated the dogs. Here was
a reinforcement the red scamps had not calcu
lated upon, and in the twinkling of an eye five
of the Indians were on their back. The ba
lance caine to the rescue, and soon shot all the
remainder of their arrows into the dogs, and
beat a refreat, bearing their wounded, beating
off the dogs with their bows, their buckskins in
tatters, and blood streaming from every one of
them. After the fight the field exhibited one
dead Indian, three d- ad dogs, sundry pieces of
buckskin, mingled with clotted masses of Indi
an flesh, hundreds of arrows, and pieces of
bows.
A FIVE-HIXDBED-DOLLAR BlßLE. —Among
the many costly and really beautiful works of
art offered for sale, (savs the Philadelphia Ledg
er,) there is nothiug in the book line that ap
proaches in richness the $:i00 bible exposed in
Peterson's window, 102 Chestnut street. The
paper,, printing, binding, and, in fact, the whole
finish of the book, it is believed, exceeds that of
3JIV other i,n the world. The ornaments are
solid gold, and very heavy. This book is worth
some little trouble to see. It will be exposed
where it now stands all the week.
Two DRAB CHILDREN* Forxn IN A RAIL
KO.UJ CAR.—On Wednesday, after the emigrant
train from the fast on the Pennsylvania Rail-'
road had changed cars at Altoona, the conduc
tor, on looking into a car which had been left
behind, was horrified to find the dead bodies of
two children, aged reppecfive|y about three and
five years. The matter was telegraphed west,'
and it was ascertained that the parents of the :
children were poor German emigrants, who left 1
them unburied frorTmecessit v. The citizens of
Altoona had the unfortunate babi > decently bur- ~
ied. The young* st is supposed to have died:
from exposure while teething—and the other
from fever.
'Small thanks to you,' said a plaintiff to one
of his witnesses, 'for what you said in this
cause.' 'Alt, sir,' replied the conscious witness, ;
'but just think of what I didn't say.'
APPEALS.
Notice is lu-rehy given to the Taxable inhah-!
itants of the County of Bedford, that an appeal
will beheld bv the County Commissioners, on ;
the days and at the places specified, to wit :
For St. Clair Township on Monday the 01st i
day of January inst. at the Store House of Gid
eon I). Trout.
1 For Union Township on Tuesday the 22d
day of January inst. at the House of Michael
W rants.
For Middle Woodberry Township on Wed
nesday the 23d day of January inst. in the
Town ot Woodberry at the House ot Henry
Fluck.
For South Woodberry Township on Thurs
day the 24th riifv of January inst. at the house
of William Snider it: Pattonsville.
For Hopewell Township on Friday the 2f)lh
day of January inst. at the House of John Dash
er.
For Liberty Township_on Saturdav the 20th
day of January inst. at the house of Michael
McCabe in Stonerstown.
For Broad Top Township on Monday the
2Sth day of January i/.st. at the house ol James
> Eichelfierger.
For East Providence Township on Tuesday
the 29th day of January inst. at the house of
John N vcuin Jr.
For West Providence Township on Wednes
day the 30th day of January inst. at the bouse
j of John A. Gump in Bloody Run.
; For Monroe Township on Thursday the 31st
day of January ins!, at the house of David O'-
Neal in the Town of Clearville,
For Southampton 'Township on Friday the
Ist day of Fehiuarv next at the house of Wil
liam Adams m ar Chenevsville.
For Colerain Township on Saturday the 2d
| day of February next at the house of Joseph F.
Corle in ( harlesvil.'e.
For Cumberland Valley tow nsh'fp" on Monday
the 4-th day of Febttiary next at the house of
Mrs. Elizabeth llaney in Centreville.
For Londonderry Township on Tuesday the
{ sth day of February next at the house of John
Miller pear Bridgeport.
For Harrison Township on Wednesday the
i 6th day of Febrnaiy next at the School house
near Jonathan Feightners.
For Juniata Township on Thursday the 7th
i day of February next a! the house of Lewis A.
Turner in Buei?a \ ista.
For Napier Township on Friday the Bth day
j of February next at the house of John M. Rob
ins HI in Schellsburg.
For Srheilsbnrg Borough on Saturday the
9th d-av of February next at the house o! John
M. Robinson in Sub-Hsbiirg Borough.
For Bedford Borough on Monday the 18th of
February next at tbe Commissioners Office in
Bedford.
For Bedrord Township on Tuesday the 19th
lav of February next at the Commissioners Ol
fice in Bedford.
When and where all persons or corporators
I feeling themselves aggrieved at the enumeration
and valuation of their taxable property and ef
fects made pursuant to the several Acts of As-
I semblv in such cases made and provided are re
quested to attend and state their grievances for
redress according to law.
JOHN CONRAD,
DAVID C. LONG,
WM. WHETSTONE.
Commissioners.
Attest A. S. RUSSELL, Cleik.
Commissioners Oflice,
Jan. -4, 1850.
NOTICE TO ASSESSORS.
Those Assessors wiio do not receive their Dn
pnlicates before the 17th day of January, are
notified to cali or send by some responsible per
; son lor them. I will send them if an opportu
f nit y offers, as soon as thev are read v.
A. S. RUSSELL, Clerk.
| Jan. 4, 185(5.
BEDFORD COL'NTV, SS:
At a Court ol Common Pleas held at
B>*dferd, in and for said Countv, on the loth
day of November, A. D. 1852, before the
Judges of said Court:
On motion of O. E. Shannon, Esq. the Court
grant a liule tijion the heirs and legal represen
tatives of Thomas Vickroy, late of St. Clair
township, deceased, to wit : Dr. William A.
Vickroy, George Vickroy, George G. Geftvs
ami Mary his \\ ife formerly Mary Vickrov,
Moses F. Marshall and Matilda his wife, for
merlv Matilda Vickroy, Louisa Vickroy, and
William Hancock, and Charlotte his wife for
merly Charlotte Sleek, and Edwin A. Vickroy,
to he and appear at a Court ol Common Pleas to
he held at Bedford, in and for said County on the
2d Monday 11th dav of February next, to ac
cept or refuse to take the Real Estate of said
Thomas Vickrov, deceased, at the Valuation
which lias been valued and appraised in pnrsur
ance of a Writ de partition:! facienda issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford
County, and to the Sheriff of said county direc
ted, or show cause why the same should not be
sold by order of the said Court.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of said Court at
Bedford the 24th dav of December, A. 1). 1555.
D. WASHABAUGH, Clerk.
Attest : Hugh Moore, Sheriff.
Jan. 4, ISofj.
ELECTION:
The Stockholders of the Sherman Valley and
Broad-Top Rail Road Company, are hereby
notified that an election for officers of said com
pany will be field at the house of Thomas Mor
rison, in Waterford Junction, Pa. on the 17th
day of Jan. I85(i, at one o'clock, P. M.
Isv order of the board of Commissioners.
GEORGE HENCH,
President of the board of Com.
Jan. J, ISSG.
STIUY HEIFER.
Came to the premises of the subscriber l.v"
in St. Clair Township, Bedford County' -,t'" S
the last of Align..,, 1855, a muley |,l'
a White back and Red sides: about three Y
old; no marks. Tin- # wn, r i a !*
' cone f°?ward, prove peoperty, p av charge* a ,
take her away. 5 '
1 ♦. *.♦ JO,IN
: IIOISES FOB KENT.
Il.s tor r™i, „„
j terms, four brick dwelling houses, a || i n „.
i repair, handsomely located, and well fiyjY-.j
Possession given on the L>t ui April ne XI
N. L?ONS
Bedford, Dec. 2S, 1855.
FOR SALE,
A MCI. >l. AND LOI in Bedford, and •
| valuable SAW MILL in Shade Township So
merset county. '
The subscribers will sell, on reasonable
| terms, at private sah-, a comfortable duvllY
I house and lot of ground pleasantly situate
! the borough of Bedford.
! Also, they w ill sell, on reasonable terms u
! valuable tract of land in Shade Township S,-
; morsel county, containing 390 acres. Vi r
; land is well covered with cherry, poplar, while
j pine, spiuce, and other timber, and lu> a fine
water power with a good Saw Mill thereon e
! reeled. For further in,oima,ion inquire ol
MANN & SPANG-
Dec. 28, 1555.
NOTICE.
Letters of Administration having been granted
to tbe subscriber on the estate o, Mis. Phehe
K efe, (widow of John Keeffe, deceased } | a fo
I of Bedford township, in the county of Bedford
' deceased—all persons indebted to said esfot,'
i will he required to make immediate payment
and those having claims are requited t 0 p re .
: sent them properly authenticated for sett foment
WM. KEEFFE, "
Administrator.
Dec. 28. 1855.
! BEDFORD COUNTY, SN:
A, an Orphans' Court held at Bedford
in and lor the said county, on the 19th cay of
November, A. D. 1855.
. j On motion of JOHN P. REED, E-q., foe
i Court grant a Rule on the heirs and l-gal r~
. \ preservatives (if John Lafi'ertv, late of Juniata
, i township, deceased, to wit : Moses Latferty, re
: siding in Juniata township, William, residing
I | in Allegheny township. Somerset Co., IVnr.a.
Rebecca intermarred with Hugh Schafer, resid
ing in Juniata township, Lydia, intermarried
with Richard KanoufT, residing in CVio (fordo
[•; County, lowa, John Latferty, residing in
| Juniata township, to be 3nd appear at an Or
. i phans' Court to fie field at Bedford in and fir
i the County of Bedford, on tire second Monday,
the 1 Ith day of February, A. D. lS5(i, to ac
. cept or refuse to take the R- al E>tate
. of said deceased at the Valuation, which
j has been Valued and appraised in pur
! suance ot a writ of partition or valuation issued
out of our said Orphans' Court and to theSher
. iff of sard count v directed, or show cause why
, the same should not be sold.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have here
unto set mv hand and seal of said Court at Bed
. ford the 27th dav of Noveniber, A. D. 1855.
D. WASH ABA UGH, Clerk.
Attest—H>gir Moore, Sheriff.
r i Dec. 28, 1855.
1 CROMER'S Thrashing Machines fir eiti,-r
2, 3, or 4 horses for sale very low at REEDS
1 (.'heap Store.
Nov. 26. 1855.
NOTICE."
1 The partnersh p heretofore existing Mween
' the undersigned, under the name and firm"!
" Weix-l N. Foster, in the Coach and Wagri
' Manufactory, is this dav disolved by mutual
consent. The business of the late firm wall b*
settled up irv Win. Weisel, who is authorized to
collect a!! accounts Bcc. and pay the debts of the
firm.
WM. WEISEL,
JOHN FOSTER,
Dec. 14, 1855.
FINAL NOTICE.
All persons knowing themselves indebted t>
the late firm of SA.\-O\l & MILLER, either by
note or Book account, will do well to Ira**
" them settled by the first of January, 155., al
ter tlrat time they will be place in the iiatnis •
a proper oliicer for collection.
' A. J. SANSOM,
Surviving Partner.
Dec. 7, 1855. 3f.
BOOR BINDING STOKE.
The subscriber would respectfully inform the
' Public that ire still continues to carry on the
; BOOE 3IADING,
in No. Bof the Franklin Buildings CLarr •
. : hurg ; where all binding entrusted to his ta.e
. | will be punctually attended to, and boutm w,.
r | neatness and care.
He still continues to keep on hand a P n '-
, sortment of RIXIGIOIHISTORICAL ML I " •'
nous Blank and School Books, Stationery
which he will sell on moderate term-.
THOS. w. WKIGHT.
Dec. 7, 1555.
' " LEATHER.
FRITZ, HENDRY & GO.
~ No. 29, North THIRD street, Plulade
I i Morocco Manufacturers. Couriers am " i
, ters of FRENCH Calf-Skins, and dealers m .
. i and Oak Sole Leather and Kipp
|! March 9,1855 —!y.
ATTENTION RIFLEMEN?
are hereby notified to appear or. P® #i
winter uniform with pom pool i, and " . nuW v,
cartridge, on TUESDAY the Mh day ol
- IS.3G. A full turn out is desired.
, By order ol the ra,^ :FFJ s > 0. *•
Dec. 2S, 18A-5.
CORN ana, BUCKWHEAT MWIO'
sale by "•
Dec. 7, 1555. .
IF you want cheap Goods call at
• sides. . ~p p
A new- Buggy for sale by G. •
Dec. 7, 1855.
r Important Notice.
All persons having unsettled acco"" '
; the late firm of Rupp & Osier, art "-I
| and most earnestly requested to
. i up without delay.
! Oct. 26. 1855,