THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Itedi'ord, .J:ui. IN, INSO.
6. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
democratic County Meeting!
Tlie Democracy of Bedford County will meet,
hi Mass meeting, at the Court House in Bedford
on MONDAY EVENING of the approaching Court
to choose conferees to meet those of Fulton and
Somerset to select a Senatorial delegate to the
next State Convention and to make other ar
rangements for a full and thorough organization
of the Democratic Party ol Bedford County.—
It is hoped that every Democrat who can make
k convenient to attend will d so. Several
speeches will be made on the occasion.
JOHN P. REED,
Chairman County Committee.
[LACen. Bowman, editor ol this paper, isut Harris
burg attending the trial of Messrs. Huang and Co
lo lis, \v ho stand charged with the robbery of the
Arsenal of that place. As the trial may continue
some time, we are consequently unable to say when
fie will return.
077~0n the first page of the Gazette of to-day will
be found a part of the President's Mpssage. Owing
To its great length, and not having room for it entire,
we concluded to divide it. The conclusion will lol
low next week. We lay it before our readers with
out comment, feeling assured ttiat every unprejudiced
man will read it and at once admit its a document of |
great merit.
l'o*t master <eiierai' Report
er?" We are under obligations to Hon. JAMES
CAMPBELL, the accomplished Postmaster General,
lor a copy of his Report for 1835, and regret that
we have not space at present to publish it entire It
is generally admitted to he one of the able-t papers
ever issued by the head of that Department—con
tains an immense amount of information—and makes
many valuable suggestion* in reference to the future i
operations of the Post Office. We are indebted to
the "Pennsylvania!!" lor the following synopsis of
the Report:
"Uuder the management of Judge Cami'hki.i., the
postal arrangements of the country have been in a
continued state of immprovement, and now stand
confessedly superior to any* other port ion of their
history*. The Judge has brought hi- practical mind
to bear upon the subject in all its manifestations, and
the country is now enjoying the benelit of his keen
observation. With our postal operation-, those ot
Europe, in extent, are comparatively as nothing, and
the amount of stiperv ision necessary is almost incredi
ble. Perhap-no mail in the Union is better qualifi
ed for tiie position than Judge Cami'um.i., and none
could devote more time to its business than he has
done since he took charge of the department. Strict
in his own attention to the duties ol the office, he re
quires the same care from his subordinates—hence
the regularity and security which everywhere pre
vails in the Post Ollice arrangements throughout the
whole countiy. The amount ot labor expended upon
the Report, in order to give it such precision as it
exhibits, must have been immense.
The Postroa-ter General, with that resolute de
termination of purpose to take care of the public in
terest, tor which he is so remarkable, has called at
tention to the glaring monopoly that exi-ts, in the
Collins line of steamers, ami shows its great detri
ment to the commercial interest-of the country, as
well as its leech-like and never to he satisfied hold
upon the public treasury. That Company made a
contract with the United States originally, to carry
the mail for a certain sum to Liverpool and buck,
and bound them-elves to build five Ocean Steamers,
and maintain and subsist a Mail Agent and four pas
sed Midshipmen. For this they yvere to receive
$19,200 a trip. This was their own proposition, and
it is to be presumed that before applying lo Congress,
their estimate of expenditure and current expenses
were carefully made. But lour steamships have been
built by the Company, and one-filth ot the contemplated
expenditures for building and running the additional
ship, has been saved by the company, besides being
relieved of the support of the Mail Agent and four
Passed Midshipmen. With all these aJvuntag es in
its favor, the Collins Company have been annually
before Congress for more favors, and have actually
obtained from that body—we say nothing about the
means applied to abtam it—what the Postmaster
very properly calls "a gratuity ol about one. million
and a half of dot la rs." Weheartly commend Judge
Campell. for his firmness in recommending that no
tice be given the Collins line, that the ruinous con
tract shall cease in March next.
A flagrant wrong has been done our people by the
bestowal of this large "gratuity" upon the Collins
line. Besides the outrage upon the treasury, the
company ha- been enabled by the means obtained,
to stifle all competition. The great capitalist and
steamboat owner, Commodore Va xueituiLT, has made
a proposal to Government to build a large number of
superior steamers, arid carry the mails for one-halt
the price now leceived by the Collins line; and those
who know hun best, will he satisfied that he means
precisely what he says. So long as the contract is
maintained with the Collins Company, no other lines
ef steamers will be establishsii; but once give the
notice that competition will be received, and it will
not be a year before superior lines will spring up,
greatly to the advantage ot commerce and the coun
try. We tru-t that the Postmaster General v. ill
urge the ending of the contract with the Coilins line
iu March next, so that the country may have the
benefit to lie derived from honest competition.
We learn from the Po-trna-ter General's Report,
that the number of post offices in the United States
or. the Ist of December, 1855, was *21,771), of which
25$ are of the class the Postmasters of which are
appointed by the President.
There are 5.703 mail contractors, with mail routes
amounting to 227,908 miles. The total tiarisporta
tion lastyear ofmails was 67,401, ICO miles, cost
ing $5,315,238, a- follows:
Miles. Price per mile
Not specified - 24,879,752 5* cents.
By Coach - - 18.859,118 01, "
By Railroad - - 19,202,169 10*
By steamout - - - -1, 159,827 14
Compared with the business of last year, there has
been an increase iu the railroad service and a de
crease in the coach and steamboat services.
Connected with the transport ion service their are
319 route agents, 29 local agents, 981 tnai! messen
gers.
Statement is made ot the failure of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad to comply with their agreement to en
ter into a contract lor the trans|>ortatioii of a daily
mail between Cairo and New Orleans. (Since the
Report was written a daily mail has been put on this
route.)
Extended and favorable notice is made of the mail
service in the Termors, across the Isthmus of Pana
ma, and on the Pacific coast.
The Postmaster General states that he has receiv
ed abundant proof- of the usefulness of the re-istra
tion system, and of the necessity of perfecting it bv
such means as experience may suggest.
The total expenditures of the department for the
last year amounted to $9,368,342 29. Total re
ceipts, $7,342,136 13.
Boring the year there was received from letters,
Mamps sold, newspapers, pamphlets. \.c., &c., the
sum ol $0,472,698. The compensation to postmas
ters, clerk heir, &c. amounted to $2,476,451 20.
'1 he expenditures for transportation have much in
erased during the last year, owing to the very great
extension of railroad service.
The business of the year 185.7 shows an increase
of 7 3-5 percent, over the business of the preceding
year.
The onerons burden imposed iqion the Department
by the franking privilege is dwelt upon at considera
ble length. Huriiig one month 77,727 letters and
693,508 pounds of public documents were sent thro'
the Washington post-office alone. If postage had
been paid on this matter, it would have been at the
rate ol $1,468,386 per annum.
ihe present rates ol postage on periodicals and
newspaper- are not deemedadequaie.
Recommends making compulsory the payment by
po-tag.* stamps on hooks, pbamphlets, circulars, fee.
tfndei the piesent system great abuse exists.
In the estimates of the receipts and expenditure*
for The current ficoal year, the sum of sl, 188,151 is
given as the deficiency to be provided for by act of
Congress.
The report states that several mail steamship lines
during the past year has generally been performed
with regularity and in an acceptable manner.
The increase of postage, as compared with the
provions year, on mails conveyed by the Collins line
of steamships, was $196,770.
The pay to and receipts from the Atlantic steam
ships are thus given, alter deducting the inland post
age :
Contract pay Mail receipts.
Collins line, $841,500 $371,3*26
Bremen line, 200,000 76,037
Havre line, 150,000 72,789
| Attention is again called to the large sums paid to
I the Collins line of steamships for the transportation
ofmails. The Postmaster General sees no reason to
change the views as expressed by hirn in his last re
port .
Mention is made of a new line of Belgian steam
ships between New York and Antwerp, and the pen
ding convention to fix the rates ol postage between
the two ports.
The rates of postage oil pamphlets and magazines
between the United States and Great Britain, on
| either side, are. for works not weighing over 2 oz.
i two cents; over two and no! over sixteen ounces, four
i cents an ounce. No pamphlet weighing over eight,
nor periodical over sixteen ounces, can be sent ex
cept at the letter rate. Books are likewise subject
to letter rate.
The report closes with the following excellent ad
vice : "The postal establisement is one in which
every citizen isinost deeply interested, and all should
aid in rendering it as perfect as po-sible. Instead of
denunciation, in trie event of mistake, carelessne-s,
or accident, as a general rule, certainly the wiser
course would be to advise the Department of the
wrong committed and leave it to apply the remedy."
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Dlcrting i' the fount) Committee.
At the call of the President, on the 7th of January,
i 1856, the Committee met at John I'. Reed's office.
: All present except Jobt: Sill.
On motion of Wit. )'. Schell, Wm. M. Hall was
chosen Secretary, and Treasurer, with instructions
to purchase a book, and keep a record of the proceed
ings ol the Committee.
On motion, Resolved, That, hereafter, the Demo
cracy of Bedford County, will hold two regular Coun
ty Mass Meetings in each year, one, on Monday of
February, the other, on Monday of August Court ;
; and that Conferees to select Senatorial and Represen
; tative Delegates to the State Conventions, shall he
chosen at the February Meeting of each year, and
Conferees to nominate a candidate for Congress at
the February meeting of each alternate year; Provi
ded, that this shall not apply to the Representative
Delegates already cho*eii to the next ensuing State
Convention.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of securing uni
formity of action, the Democracy of Bedford County
are requested to elect Delegates to said Mass Meet
ing on the Saturday preceding Ihe day ol said meet
ings; said elections to be conducted in the manner
heretofore practiced.
Some conversation having been had, as to the dis
advantages attending the nomination of the County,
and the expediency ol having Delegates elected, and
the nominations made, at an earlier date, on motion,
it u as
Resolved, That Messrs. Tate, Hall and Reed, he
i a Committee To report a plan lor a more thorough oi
: gauization of the Party, to make report to this Com
mittee.
On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of this
Meeting be published in the "Gazette."
JOHN P. REED, Pres't.
Wm. M. Hail, Sec'y.
The Protracted Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10
HOUSE. —At 1 o'clock, this morning, Mr.
Paine made ineffectual motions for Mr. Orr,
and then for Mr. Smith, of Alabama, to tem
porarily occupy the chair till a Speaker is elec-
I ted.
These were followed by incidental discussions
involving the merits ol Know-.\othingisrn,
| Catholicism, and other subjects.
Two ballots were then taken, the las*, of
; which stood—Banks, SS ; Richardson, 62 ; Ful
, ler, 27 ; Pennington, 6 ; scattering, 4-. .Necessa
ry to a choice, 9F.
Much time was consutn*d in calling the roll
on various questions, and frequent motions to
adjourn. Around the hall the members were
sleeping or dozing in their chairs, or on the so
las, others remainingon guard and rousing them
tip when their votes were required.
Several members stigmatized the scenes enac
ted as most disgraceful, and thought they would
| he willing to stay for hours longer, if they
| thought any good could be effected. They
1 thought it would be better, under the circum
stances, to go home and end the farce.
Mr. Winslow mowed that the House adjourn
until Friday.
The Democrals, on giving reasons for voting
in the affirmative, notwithstanding the resolu
| tion adopted in caucus not to adjourn or take a
recess till the election of a Speaker, said that
they thus resolved in good faith in order to give
the majority an opportunity to organize. Hav
ing had a latiguing test, th u y were now satisfied
1 of the impracticability of the experiment.
Mr. Letcher said he was perfectly satisfied of
the prospect of some colored Republicans for
I the Kingdom of Heaven, better now, than of
the election of a Speaker, of which there was
no earthly probability.
Alt*. Etheridge remarked that the Democrats
had defeated the organization by taking the
responsibility of holding 1 f0 other men in
chains.
Mr. Bowie replied by saying that the Amer
icans have the power to organize bv uniting on
the Democratic candidate for Speaker. Let
them come up and thus save the country.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, defended the Re
publicans from the charge that they are respon
sible for the failure in the organization.
Mr. Lindiey said he had seen no disgraceful
acts, hut merely exhibitions of good humor on
the part of gentlemen engaged in debate. ,
Mr. Giddings remarked, that so far as relates
fo the conduct ot gentlemen on this floor, it w as
equal to his expectations. (Laughter.) He
tendered to his friends—the Republicans—his
j thanks for their kind and decorous behavior, and
said to the Democrats that their conduct was
better than he expected. (Laughter.) As no
good could he effected by prolonging the con
test, lie voted with the other Republicans lo ad
ijourn.
The House then, at half-past 8 o'clock, ad
journed till Friday, by 10 majority.
"Lnvn AT FIRST Smirr."—As a VERY inter
esting young lady was passing down Main street
yesterday morning, she was somewhat startled
upon hearing some one behind her in earnest
entreaty that she would stop ; looking around,
she beheld a man, apparently well dressed, but
with a wild look, rapidly approaching her.—
With admirable coolness, the lady waited his
approach, and upon his resting his hand upon
her shoulder, said: "Well, sir, can Ido any
thing lor you?" "Yes, inadame, you can," re
plied the maniac. "I am in search of a partner
and a bosom friend." "Well," answered the
lady, "almost any one who behaves himself in
a proper manner could, I should think easily
find one." 'Do you really think so?" was the
rejoinder ; "then, madame," laying his hand im
pressively upon his breast, "allow ine to make
you a formal offer of my heart and hand," The
lady, not at all taken aback by so astounding a
declaration, quietly replied,"thai the street was
hardly a proper place for so important a decla
ration—that a more private one would be better
suited for so delicate a communication." Th
maniac, soothed and delighted, with visions
perhaps, of a cosy tete-a-tete with his fair in
terlocutor at some future time, said, "1 thank
you for vour good advice—good morning," am
departed with a graceful bow, leaving tfie young
lady to pursue her walk without further moles
tation.—Buffalo Jldv.
liuti. James Buchanan.
(Reason's Pictorial , published at Boston,
Ma.-*., in presenting its readers with a likeness
of the present distinguished Minister to the Court
of St. James, together with a view of his resi
dence—"Wheatland," Lancaster county, Pa.,
gives the follow ing brief synopsis ol his services
to the country since the commencement of his
political career, in ISI 4-.
"Asa statesman, he has long been prominent
ly before the country, which he has served in
various important capacities. He was born in
Franklin county. Pennsylvania, April 12, 17-
91, and is therefore in Ins sixty-fourth year.
He early studied for the law, and at the out
set of life evinced a desire for a public career,
and was actively engaged while quite young in
politics. In 'l4, he was nominated for member
ship in the house ol Representatives of the State
Legislature, and was duly elected. He was re
elected the succeeding year. As the position
was one which was not highly promotive of
financial and professional interests, he declined
another re-election He was chosen to repre
sent his district in Congress in 1820, and look
his seat in that body in the following year.—
He continued a member ol the House of Rep
resentatives until the Fourth of March, 1 S3l.
Soon after his fifth election, he declined render
ing further services, and withdrew to private
life, in 1831, Gen. Jackson proffered him the
mission to Russia, which he was induced to ac
cept. Immediately alter his return in 1834, he
was chosen to fill an unexpired term in the
Senate of the United States. Jn 1839 he was
elected lor a full term, and m 1843, was re-elec
ted to the same post. He was selected by Pres
ident Polk, in 184f>, to till the office of Secre
tary of State, the duties ol which he discharged
till the close of Mr. Polk's administration. On
Mr. Lawrence's return from England, Mr. Buch
anan became his successor. The sketch below,
of the home residence of Mr. Buchanan, is sit
uated in the "Eden of Pennsylvania," as Lan
caster county is called, it is within twenty
minutes walk of Lancaster, and about two arid a
ball hours ride of Philadelphia. The grounds—
though small in extent—ariout thirty acres—ate
beautiful laid out in groves and lawns, and
shrubbery of every description. At the foot of
the lawn is a very large spring of cool, refresh
ing water, which, singular to say, contains in so
lution little or no carbonate ol lime : while all
the springs lor miles around are more or less
impregnated with it. It is rendered a lovely
little spot lor meditation or revery, by its dra
pery of giact-ful weeping willows. Back of
the building is a pretty piece of woodland, un
der whose ample shade we could take a delight
ful alteruoon snooze, or in w hose walks a moon
light stroll would be charming. To the left is
an extensive garden, laid out in parterres. A
former resident ol VY heatland, in speaking of the
salubrity of its air, remarked, "For twelve years
we never once required the sei vices of a physi
cian, except," continued he, "on certain occa*
sions." The house itself is over a hundred feet
in length, and, tbo' large and substantial, is ia
perfect accordance with the strictest republican
simplicity. In conformity to the tastes and
character of its eminent proprietor, th - " uiv' l
in all its details, though comfortable anil neat,
is thoroughly Democratic. Wheatland former
ly belonged to Mr. Thomas Potior, of Princeton,
ami subsequently to Ex-Secretary Meredith, ol
Philadelphia. After the dissolution of Presi
dent Polk's administration in 1848, Mr. Buch
anan, then Secretary of State, desiring to aban
don the turmoil and fatigue of public life for
the quiet and genial repose of private citizen
ship, purchased Wheatland, ami, in company
with his family, consisting of his niece, neph
ew, a lady acting as housekeeper, and domes
tics, he has made it his home ever since. Here,
then, in his native State, and on the field of his
former triumphs, lie has led a life of tranquility,
occupied, when not engaged in study, either in
the exercise of a generous hospitality towards
his inends, or in social intercourse with his
family. Here he remained until called upon
by ttie President to the responsible station of
envoy to Great Britain. The peaceful look that
"Wheatland" bears about it is most inviting to
our eye ; and we should think that its illustrious
owner would sigh for a time when he may s.t
down beneath his own vine and (D tree."
Tiie Alislake of a NigtH—An Incident of
Life in Paris.
The special correspondent of" the Now Or
leans Picayune, writing from Paris in Novem
ber last, relates the following amusing occur
rence, which, be says is stictly true :
A wealthy family havethtir country seat a
bout a hundred miles south ol Bordeaux, where
they usually pass away five months of the year,
tfie period between April and October. All their
servants followed them thither. The porter of
the house in which they reside—it belongs to
them, but they only occupy ihe first floor* the
rest is let—keeps tfie keys to their suit of rooms,
and has orders to air the rooms every fine day
and to have the chimneys swept the first week in
September. The husband remained in Paris,a
month longer .than the lady, he said, that lie
might see tfie exhibition : but alter that month
had expired, fie seemed to have been bitten by
a tarantula, for lie could not keep quiet at his
estate a day, but was continually running up
to Paris, or to Bordeaux, or somewhere else.
His wife became suspicious; at last she de
termined to come up to Paris unexpectedly, and
see if he had not come to the capital, aHtiowli
he said when they parted that he was going to
Nantes. It was late at night when she reached
her house ; light was streaming from her draw
ing room and bed chamber ! Listening to noth
ing but her passions, she ran past the porter's
lodge, and in a moment (Ibr she 100 had a key
to her suit of rooms) she was in her apartment.
The dining table was covered with the rem
nants of a dainty supper, and the delicately ta
pered bottles vouched that no ordinary wine
I had lubricated the late repast. Her boudoir
was covered with ladies'dresses. Her shame
and her husband's guilt were but too apparent.
I She burst into the bed-chamber. The light
had been extinguished while she was mounting
! the staircase and examining the staircase and
boudoir. "Come, my dear fellow, come to bed
at once ; I have been expecting you above an
half hour," said a woman, while gropinc for
the matches.
They were soon found and the candle ii-rht-
Ed : the wile found a woman in her own bed !
"Whoare yon ?" exclaimed the latter, at the
sight ol this lury, this Thisbe in G'atarina's
chamber ; and she pulled the hell with might
and main. "Who am ], abandoned wretch
that you are! I ant the mistress of this house:
the wife of hint who calls you mistress !" "Oh,
heavens! the woman is crazy," shrieked the
tenant of the bed, trying to arrange as best she
might the pillows of the bed into a breastwork,
capable of resisting the charge which evident
ly was impending. The wife had, however, bv
this time, lost he anger in surprise, as the can
dle showed the lady in her bed was above sixty
years old, wrinkled and gray, "What's the
mutter, mother !" exclaimed a beautiful girl of
twenty, who suddenly appeared, scarcely attir
ed in a piegnon hastily thrown over her shoul
ders. "Amelia, where is your father ? That
crazy woman has burst in here and insulted me
grossly. Run for vour lather : call every
body."
Rut the tone and attitude of the wife had
changed : she began to understand that this was
no tragedy, but a comedy of errors. "Madame,"
said she, "dont he so much alarmed. lam not
an escaped boarder from a luneticasvium. Al
low me to sit down in my own house ; for 1 am
indeed in my own house," added she, glancing
around the room and recognizing Iter lurmture.
"Let us explain our positions."
'1 hey entered into explanations. The lady
in bed was Ihe Countess tie , who, with
her husband and daughter, had come
to see the exhibition. Desiring, an apartment
more comfortable and less noisy than ttiose of a
hotel, an agency had given them their present
quarters. The [>orter had let it out ! lie had
rented it for S2OO a month to strangers in quest
ol quiet and comfort Excuses w< ; e made on
both sides. The next day the porter was kick
ed out ol his lodge, and as the countess and the
wile found they had a great many common
friends, the latter engaged the loniier to remain
her guests during their stay in Paris. The hus
band had gone to Nantes to purchase, as it al
terwards turned out a neighboring piece of pro
perty, which his wile was anxious he should
acquire.
A Barbarous Murder.
The \ew Haven papers bring us full partic
ulars of one of the most singular murders that
has occurred |ir many years. It is a curious
and revolting story of ignorance, superstition,
and fanatacism worthy of the darkest period of
Salem \\ itchcralt. Ihe substance ol the histo
ry is tli is :
A certain widow Wakeman, a woman of 70
years, pretends to be a Prophetess, possessed of
miraculous powers, capable of raising the dead,
and as having been sent from Heaven a 'Mes
senger" to the wicked in this world. At her
house in New Haven has been living a some
what notorious fanatical old man named Elder
Sly ;. and the house had been the place of meet
ing id a company of persons—male and female,
husbands and wives—who had come to believe
the old woman as all that she professed to be;
and that at her nod, the world would be destroy
ed. 1 his pretence had been strengthened bv
the fact that not long since one of her followers,
it is said, gave her a dose of arsenic in a cake,
believing it would have no efUct, except to il
lustrate her divine mission ; and nothing but the
fact that it was an over-dose ami soon ejected
from her stomach, saved her life. From that
time all cavil among Iter followers respecting
her power has been hushed, and her presence
has been considered by them as that of a mes
tseqger from Heaven. Among these devotees,
\dsbustus Mathews, a small farmer living in
tile western part of Hamdeti, and who has lat
terly been accused by the old woman of jwsses
sing a devil—and the incantations of the whole
party had been applied f>r its removal, at va
rious times, and in various ways. (If late, it
had been the burden oft he obi woman's mum
meries, that he was her evil genius—that he
was bewitching her—that she should die it he
was not removed—and that, in such an event,
the world would be destroyed. On Sunday
night last, these spasms were repeated, and SJ
worked upon the feais of the party assembled,
that during the night he was bv some one or
more of them murdered, in the belief that, by so
doing, the life of the old woman would tie sav
ed. and the destruction of the world prevented !
Sly has since confessed the murder, and thus the
bloody work of superstition ends.
AN AFFECTING INCIDENT. — Maj. John jVL
Gilmore, the gentleman who destroyed our
identity last summer by disguising us in a new
suit, a few days since, in company with Map
Thomas A. Maguire and John Heudrick, Esq.,
sent a thrill of joy to the (marts of some half-a
dozen young Smiths, the children of a poor but
worthy citizen of our borough. The above na
med gentleman, whose hands are ever open and
ready to relieve the wants of the suffering with
their characteristic benevolence, ordered three
line turkeys to be taken to the home of the above
mentioned young Smiths. We shall not at
tempt to describe the rapturous delight of the
children on the reception ol tiie turkeys. Most
fortunately the turkeys were not received sim
ultaneously, so great a cause of jov, breaking in
so suddenly upon their vouiig hearts might have
resulted in something serious ; but arriving, one
by one, they were sufficiently prepared for the
exigency. The happy smiles that lit up their
young faces, ar.d the shouts ol' jov "long pent
up," that escaped Iroin their empty stomachs,
made the incident one of most thrilling interest.
The scene can only be imagined ; to describe it
would be impossible.— Johnstown, Echo.
GENE. WALKER. —The situation of this re
doubtable filibuster is represented to be exceed
ingly critical. He cannot trust a native beyond
the reach of his rifles. His military chest is
empty. The $12,000 brought over by Minister
French to raise recruits was everv dollar that
(Jen. Walki-r could raise in Nicaragua, and if
the New York and New Orleans recruits, or
emigrants as they prefer to be called, should fail
to elude the vigilance of our government and
reach their destination in time to succour him,
it will require all his sagacity and valor to save
himself and his troops from immolation.
Jfl A K IS I i: II:
At the "Bedford Hotel," on the 13th inst, by
H. Nicodemus, Esq., Mr. JOHN A. HAMMERS.
to Miss E. ANDREW;, both of St. Clair Town
ship.
DIED,
At Bloody Run, Jan. 9, 185G, GEORCE,
son of Captain Win. and Annah States. Aged
three years, seven months, and twenty seven
days.
"Go to thy rest, my child,
Go to thy dreamless bed,
Gentle and undefil'd,
With blessings on thy head." BETA.
COURT PROCLAMATION.
To the Coroner, f/ie Justices of the Penc,
and Constables in the different Townshij,.,-
in the County of Bedford, Greeting.
K NOW YE that in pursuance of a precept to
me directed, under the hand and seal of thej
Hon. FRANCIS Al, KIAIMELL, President
of the several Courts of Common Pleas in the
Sixteenth District, consisting of the counties ol j
Franklin, Bedford and Somerset, and by virtue f
ol his office of the Ccurt of Oyer and Terminer
and General Jail delivery lor the trial of capi- |
tal and other offenders therein and in the Gene- j
nil Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace: and 1
JOHN G. HARTLEY and Jos. B. Nour.r., Esqs. I
Judgesofthe same Court, in the same County i
of Bedford, You and each of you are hereby re- i
quired to be and appear in your proper persons
with your Records, Recognizances, Examina- j
tions, ami other remembrances before the Judges !
aforesaid, at Bedford, at a Court of Over and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Gene-j
ral Quarter Sessions of the Peace therein to be j
hidden lor the county of Bedford, aforesaid,
on the 2d Monday of Feb. (being the 1 Ith
day,) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, (
there and then to do those things to which your I
several offices appertain.
GIV EN under my hand at Bedford, on the
18th day of January, in the year of our Lord
IS bt;.
HUGH MOORE, Sheriff.
Jan. IS, 1N56.
SURTFF SALES. 1
By virtue of sundry writs of Fi Fa to me directed,
iltrre will be sold at I tie coin t-liouie in the Borough j
ol Bedtoid, oil -Monday, Ilie 1 llti day ol February,
Jbs6, at 1 o'clock, P. M. Ilie following Heal Estate
To wit :
One Tract of land containing 100 acres more 01
les- about thirty acres cleared and under fence with
a cabin house and log stable with thieshing Boor at
tached thereon erected also an apple orchard there
on; adjoining land- of Jacob Fletcher, Philip Steele- j
man ami others situate in Monroe Township Bed lord
county and taken in execution as the properly of E
lijah flanks.
Also all defendant's interest in and to a tract of
Land containing l>o acres more or less about 10 a- j
cres cleared and under fence with a story and a half !
log house thereon erected adjoining lands ol Ilemy
Ryuurd, David Biolliar and other-; situate in Hope
well township, Bedford county and taken in execu- i
Uon as the property of Samuel Barrack.
Also one lot of ground fronting about one hundred i
feet on the public load and extending back about 350 j
leer containing in all about one acre w itn a story and
a half rough cast bouse log cooper shop and log sta- :
hie thereon erected; adjoining land- of Jacob Kcifer, I
Simon Beard and others situate 111 Middle W'oodber
ry township Bediord comity and taken in execution
as the property of George Hartman.
Also all Defendant Henry Woods his right title and
interest in and to two lots of ground in the Borough >
ol Bedford situate on the rioith aide of Pitt street :
containing a I mot 120 leet in front and running back ;
about 250 feet numbered in general plan of said Bo- I
rough as Nos 181 and 185 am! having thereon erect- j
ed a two and a half story stone dwelling house stora
house warehouse and also three one story brick ullices i
ami stone stable thereon adjoining lot ol Peter Kade
haugh on the east and lot of George Blymire on the j
west ami taken in execution a- the property ofilen- i
ry Woods.
Also all Defendant Samuel Sloan his right title
and interest in and to a tract of laud containing ilb i
acies more or !e-s about 10 acres cleared and under
leuce adjoining land- of Benjamin W. Garret-oii John
Wolf Samuel Miller and others situate in St Clair
Township Bedford county as the property of Samuel
Sloan.
Also all Defendant John Haley's interest in and i
to a tract of land containing 100 acres more or le-s i
about 1-0 acres cleared and under lence with a two
story log house and log -table thereon erected adjoin- ;
ing lands of John Miller John Wilhelm and others'
situate in Londonderry township Bedioid county and t
taken in execution as ilie property of John Haley.
Also all defendant Jacob Kegg's interest in ami to
a tract of land containing .'looacres more or less, a- i
bout 'JOO acres cleared and under fence with a two j
story rough-cast house with kitchen attached 4 ten- !
ant houses J double log barns and Two log stables j
thereon erected also three apple orchards thereon; |
adjoining lands of Philip Shoemaker Abraham Wei- j
s.-l and others situate in Goferniii town-hip Bedford i
county and taken in execution a- the property ol Ja- j
cob lvegg.
Al-r one tract of land containing S7 acres more or
less about 15 acies cleared and under fence with a !
-lory ami a half log house mid log barn thereon e- |
reeled also an apple orrhard thereon adjoining lauds j
ut Jacob Andeis Nicholas Lyons and others situate t
in St Clair township Bedford county and taken in ex- j
edition a- Hie property of Henry B. Mock.
Also one tract of land containing 50 acres morp or
le-s about J5 acres cleared arid under fence with a
two story log hou-e and log stable 11|C|eon erected
nl-o an apple orchard thereon adjoining lands of Jas.
O'Neal Wilson Weeks and other-; -ituate in West
Providence township. Bedford county and taken in
execution as the peoperty ol Stiles Hill.
HUGH MOOHF, Sheriff.
J-nuary 11, ISSG.
LIST or CAI'SES
Pot down for Trial at February Term, ISSO (11th !
day.)
Sarah Duffy vs. John Keeffe Exor
Catharine Sands u-e Moses Wisegarver
Barudollar and Ashcom Peter Morning, tar A- wife
John Davis Co William Ruby admr
James McVicker et al George Powell
Samuel Cam David Foore et al
Aaron Don nelson John Griffith
Jacob A Sleek Abel Dull
Archibald Casteel S M Barclay admr
Jacoli A Sleek George F Riddle eta 1
Or Win E Riechfor Samuel Winters
PattonsviHe and Woodbury TR Co Jas Patton
Same John King et al
Geroge W Figart John Griffith et al
Maria Melltlowny Samuel Williams et al
James Patton et al Ezekiah Lockart
John Xycum Plowman and Riechtor
J A Blodget Esq James Williams
Daniel Shea John Rollins
Jacob Snider David Karns
Daniel Baker Philip S Croft
David Patterson use Saint Yondersmith
Abraham Lehman S M Barclay admr
James M Reynolds Same
C Stouffer's assignee A K Galbraith
George Oats Isaac ilill
Levi Hardinger William Blair
John Adam- Jared Hanks
Robert Dick Frederick Mundwiler
William Barndollnr John M Van Horn
Chailes Merwine Joseph T Phelps
Benjamine Fink George Gelfiatigh
Peter M Cessna Afiram Resler et al
I). WASHABAUGH, Protl,.
Jan. IS, 1850.
NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned, under the name anil firm of
\\ eisel NL Foster, in the Coach and Wagon
Manufactory, is this day disolved by mutual
consent. The business of the late firm will fie
settled up by Win. Weisel, who is authorized to
collect all accounts -Nc. and pay the debts of the
firm.
WM. WEISEL,
JOHN FOSTER,
Dec. 14, 1855.
LEATHER.
FRITZ, HENDRY & CO.
No. 20, North THIRD street, Philadelphia.
Morocco Manufacturers, Couriers and Impor
ters of FRENCH Calf-Skins, and dealers in Red
and Oak Sole Leather and Kipn.
March 9, 1855 ly. I
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
All persons interested either as fi
ioni.ode,..""l
-following; narnncl persons have filt j'ti
counts in the Register's Office, and
Will he presented to the Orphan's Court'ol R
lord County, on Friday the |f,t|, ,j av ~f 4
ary next, t the Court House |„r cm.fil
at which time and place they , Iliiy
they think proper. ' ' ""-it
The partial account of John Cessna F
of the administrators of Abraham SDarL , '| )n< *
of West Providence Township, deceased
The account of Thomas Blackbuin. ad,, m
trator ol John \V. Hammer, late of St rt
Towhship, deceased. ' "
The account of F. Jordon, Esq. admi,,; .
tor, de bonis nott, &c. of Richard E. Bonn T
late ol Hopewell Township, deceased. "' '
The account of Win. N vcum, acting F v
tor of tlie last Will, <N.c. ot Leonard \ vt ■. .'
late of Monroe Township, deceased. " '
The account of Henry and Daniel HersH
~er, Executois ol the iast Will, k c ~/• '"" r '
Hershherger, late ol West Providence
ship, deceased.
The account of John M. and James M Si„iu
administrators of Robert Smith, late of St. (' .
Township, deceased. ' ' dll
The account of John VV. Hull, admi,,i stralor
of Henry Daugherly, late of Napier
deceased. ' r
The accouut of John Sparks. Esq. admini*
trator of John Blanklev, late of Monroe i T
ship, deceased. "~
'J'he account of S. L. Russell, Esq. execute
of the last Will, &c. of Elizabeth Metz, u,,
Colerain township, deceased.
Tiie account of Jacob S. Brumbaugh, admin
istrator of Jacob Biddle, late of South Woodbu
ry township, deceased.
The account ofFinlev Magrew, and Wn
Hull, Executors ol the iast Will, &. c . of Mary-
Hull, latent Napier Township deceas-d.
The account of Elias H ile and Geur<re S|j„ er
Executors of the last \\ ill, &.c. of George SlhW
late ol Cumberland Valley Township" decea*-'
ed.
The final account of David S. Lon.>vnaker
Esq. administrator of Jacob Keagv, late of Mid
dle Woodbury Township, deceased.
I he account of John Cessna, E-q. administra
tor of Peter J. Miller, late of Mouore Tou nslie
deceased.
The account of John Griffith, Guardian of
A finer Griffith, of St. Clair Township.
The account of Samuel Cam, E-q. Trustee to
make sale of the Real Estate of Sunoa Ciaar,
late of Union Township, deceased.
The account of Hugh Moore, E-q. adminis
trator of James Moore, late of West Providence
Township, deceased.
D WASHABAUGH.
Register.
Jan. IS, 1556.
BEDFORD COUNTY, SS-
At an Orphan's Court field at Bedford in and for-aid
County, on the l'Jlh day of November, A. I), ls.jfi,
betore thp Judges of the -aid Court—
The petition of the Trustees of the Methodi-t F
pi-copul church at Bueua Vista, in Napier lown-h.ji,
was read and fib-il, representing, That, in build;:,g
-aid Church, a debt was contracted, which lernam
due and unpaid, to the amount of about SSO; That it
has become necessary for -aid Trustees to liquidate
said debt; and further, that they have procured a
more suitable and commodious building and church
property, by purchase, in fScheil-burg, and in order
to relieve themselves of the aforesaid debt, as well
as to raise the amount of purchase money still due
and owing on the property purcha-ed in Schell-burg,
being about SSOO, it will be necessary to sell and dis
pose of the said lot and church bulling at Buena Vis
ta, and praying Ihe Couit to make a decree, autho
rizing thprii to make sale of said premises, tor lie
purpo-es afore-aid, and also to make a furl her decree,
directing !he proper application of the purchase mo
ney arising from said sale to the liquidation of sa:>!
debts and the balance remaining, ifany, In be applie
to the only proper use and benefit ol the aforesaid
Church.
Whereupon, on motion of G. 11. SPANG, K-q..
the Court grant a rule upon all per-ons intere-te-i
to he and appear at our said court on the second
MONDAY 11th day of February next, and show
cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the |r
tltionres should not he granted by the Court.
IN TESTIMONY wheieof 1 hereunto -et my
hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, this2*tli
day of November. A. 1). 1855.
D. WASHABAUGH,
I'othoneUny.
Jan. 11, 1555.
Adjourned Sale of Lots
AT THE
TOM \ OF SIX TON.
llctl ford County, l'a.
The Sax ton Improvement Company will-ell at
public Auction, on 224 January, 185(3, at the new
town of Saxton, a lage number of excellent building
lots. The Town is located at the junction ot the
main stem of Huntingdon and Broad Top .Mountain
Rail Road leading to Hopewell, and the Branch rim
ing up Shoup's Run.
Arrangements are now being made toward trie con
struction ot a Turnpike Road from this place to Mar
tinshurg and Woodbury, in the rich agricultural
valley ot Morrison's Cove; and on said day a turn
pike Meeting will he held at the Junction House in
-aid town. Anil arrangements are also making to
supply the town with Fountain Water from a
spring having an elevation of from 40 to 50 ieet above
the village.
A Hotel is now completed and furnished. Term
will be made known on day of sale.
Plans of the town may be obtained on application
to, or by addressing
JAMES SAXTON.
Presitlent of the L om/weij
at Huntingdon, P".
Jan. 11, 1855.
NEW FIRM.
The undersigned have ibis day formed a pn.
nership in the Carriage-making, and h.nrk-
Smithing business, under the name and firm "
WEISEL & Co. We will endeavour bv prompt
ness, attention, and the character ol our uork,
to merit and obtain a fair share of custom.--
Our stand is the one heretofore occupied hi
Weisel &. Foster, immediately East of town.
WM*. WEISEL.
MICHAEL WEIsF.L,
JOHN WEISEL.
Jan. 18, 1556.
ELECTION:
The Stockholders ol the Sherman Valley
Broad-Top Rail Road Company, are lurry
notified that an election for ofiicersol said cw
pany will he held at the house ol Ihon.a-v :> r
rison, in Waterford Junction, Pa. on
day of Jan. lSs(i,atone o'clock, P. M-
Bv order of the hoard of Commissioners-
GEORGE HENCH,
President of the board oj Cor
don. 4, 1856.
NOTICE TO ASSESSORS.
Those Assessors who do not receive their
pulrcates before the 17th day of January,
notified to call or send by some responsible |
son for them. I will send them if f" 'h I
nity offers, as soon as they at>* ready.
A. S. RUSSELL, Clerk
Jan. 4, 1856.