THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. KcdJbni, Ag>ril 1 G. W. Bowraß.ii, Editor and Proprietor- FOR PRESIDENT, \M. J.lilES BIX'HMAI j DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Canal Commissioner, GEORGE SCOTT. Auditor General, JACOB FRY,JR. Survzyor General, TIMOTHY IVES. DEMOCRATIC MASS ! M K E T E X ©S Docsiofral* oil' f otJKiy ! Sine** vuur lafe enthusiastic Mass Meeting, | which has had such a chetuing effect npon the hearts of all patriotic men in attendance, the j Democratic State Convention has held its ses sions, and nominated a Ticket f"r State officers well worthy the support of the Democratic • party. '1 hat Convention was composed <>l men of exalted patriotism and talents, the good old ; Democratic Fires burned brightly, and the or- i ,} and ratify the doings of the late Con- ; vention. Other matters of importance to the • party and the welfare of the people require j your attendance. -"You may expect ad dresses Lv aide speakers whom you have not j yet heard. JOHN P. REED, ; Chairman Count 1/ Committee. VVM. M. HALL, Secretary. first page will be found highly inte resting. Read it. (J3P**\Ve are requested to stat- , that on next Sunday ('2oth inst.) the I!'. Rev. jlishop of Pittsburg, Dr. O'CONNHR. will adir.ini-Dr the Sacrament of Confirmation at 10 o clock, A. M. in the Catholic Church of this place. K. S'S THEIR i'ftOi'Eß NAME. When our opponents abandoned the name of W mn, they a- timed that of KNOW NOTHING, but, hav ing become ashamed oi it in a tew short months, f Philadelphia, seems to meet with general favor . not only in the city, but throughout the State. Xo one doubts either his qualifications or his integrity, and his high moral deportment and agreeable -ocial qualities have given him a warm an 1 commanding place in the affections of those who know him be-t. We trust he mav he elected hy a majority such a wi'i reflect credit upon the great city of the greatest State in the Union. S3l.3poi'tnßf 2>OiIIII3CII (• Gh?"We have on file, and will publish next week, one of the most important political Document, ever presented to the people of Pennsylvania, which ap peared under the editorial head of the " Daily Prun xylvanian" of .March I!)—being a:i appeal to thp De mocracy of "the other States of the Union on llie subject of the Presidency," and presenting "a faith ful history of Pennsylvania as a Commonwealth, and j of h.-r Pemcoracy as a Party, with a full arid fruth lul sketch of the public and political lile and servi- ] res of JAMES BUCHANAN." This great work would have been published In the Gazette as soon as it ap peared had our -puce permitted us to do so. We hope it will be cop ed into every Democratic paper in Pennsylvania. The admirable taste in which it is written, cannot fail to command the mo.-t lively interest in it* perusal. Valley Spirit. r --'('tie Chair bershurg Valley Spin/ appeared last week in an entire!}' new suit of beautiful type, and is now one of the handsomest, as it is one of the a' lest, papers in t' p Commonwealth. \Ve hope the talented editors, Messrs. OOCIPKK & DECJIKKT, will : meet an ample return for the heavy expenditure they have incurred in making this beautiful improvement. ! C7"The State Ticket, opposed to the Democracy, consists of one I!'/;/ -, one Kno'c-AVothiny, anil one Abolitionist ' Each oi' these taction, profess to be a-, hostile to the other as they all are to "f'owm Catholics,'' arid yet for the Kike of the Spoils, they are wooing each other lifc ■* * acting r doves. So dis graceful a corr.-bination has never existed in this or any other country. Can honest men sustain it ! j DEMOCRATIC GAINS AND DEMOCRATIC j TRIM CPUS. "The elections thus iar ef 1536 have terminated mo-t au-piciou.-iy lor the democratic party. Every Slate, county, or municipal election which ha- been held pas sbn.in either a large democratic gain or a i full, complete, ami overwhelming democratic tr.- nmph. According to a despatch from New Haven, received ye-terday, the vote tor governor in Connec tict is as follows: Tngharn (democrat) 32,620 Minor (know-nothing) V 3.03 1 Welles (black Rockwell (whig) 1,223 The democratic candidate, i" will thus be seen, lacks a few hundred votes of a majority un r nil hit competitor .<—the combined vole of Minor. Welles, and Rockwell only amounting to 33,072. The dem ocratic gains in Connecticut, New llamp-hire-, and Rhode Island will exceed twenty thousand votes ! But it is not alone in New England that our gains ! and triumphs have been confined. The result oi the recent county election- in Tennessee, it will be ret-- , oilected, lav exceeded the most sanguine expectations of our friends. She recent election- in Kentucky in dicate a great reaction in that State in tavor of the democratic party.— 'Washington Union. t'OIRT MARTIAL. (17 s *A Court Martial, ordered by the President of the United States, convened in Carlisle on the 26tb March, 1556, fc.r the trial of WM. A. NEWMAN, Mil itary Storekeeper at Walertovvn, Mass., for conduct "unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,*' as set forth in letters addressed to the Adjutant General-; ol Virginia and Pennsylvania, which will be found be ' low. as copied from the official proceedings. The : following named officers composed the Court, all gentlemen of distinction and high capacity: Firevet Col. John L. Gardner, Lieut. Col. Ist Art y; Brevet Col. Joseph P. Taylor, Subsistence Dep i; ; Major George H. Thomas, 2d Cavalry. Brevet Major Wm. H. French, Capt. Ist Artillery; ! Captain William IE Johns, 3d Infantry; Cup!. Washington 1.. Elliot, Reg. Mt. Riflemen; Capt. Edward G. Beckwith, 3d Artillery; Ist Lieut. Charles Griffin, '2d Cavalry; 2d Lieut. John G. Park, Corps Top. Engineers; ; Brevet Major Samuel C. Ridgely, Captain -Ith Art y. Immediately on the receipt ot these infamous let -1 ters. The officers to whom they were addressed, cop ied and forwarded them to the President ol the I m t'-d States, to the end that their author might he brought to ju-tice. The President referred the let i ters to the War Department, where the matter met i with prompt and decisive action at the hands of the i able ar.d accomplished Secretary, Hon. JKFFF.KSON ' DAVIS, and. in the course of a few days, V\ in. A. Newman was arraigned, tried, convicted, and sen tenced "to be dismissed the service of the United States" and "his name dropped irom the rolls ol the ' army!" The accused forwarded his resignation the | moment he received notice of the charges prelerred against him, but the Administration relused to accept a resignation tinder such circumstances, determined 1 tha' te should suffer the penalty due tile offence. Gen. PIERCE is not the man either to appoint or ' knowingly keep a dishonest man in office—anti if any such yet hold places of Trust, it is because the j Administration has no knowledge of the fact. For the honor of tiie gallant citizen Soldiery o; the Union, we most sincerelv hope that the officers in the ' States named as having taken their respective quotas ' in Colt's Pistols, will he able to show that they were : prompted by other motives than the vile ami rtterce j nary proportions submitted by Wm. A. Newman. j GENERA!. OBDEKS, T WAR DEPARTMENT, AIULTAST GENERAT.'S OFFICE, Washington, April A, I Sod. I I. At the General Court Martial which convened ! at Carlisle Barracks. Pennsylvania, pursuant to "Spe cial Order-,"' No. '2B, of March 17, 1836, Irom the War Department, and ol which Brevet Colonel JOHN L. GARDNER, Lieutenant Colonel Ist Artillery i- Pres ident. was arraigned and tried .Military Storekeeper William A. ,\etrni in. Ordnance Department, on the following charge and specifications: Cll AltOK. lc C"inlnrt unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." t Specification l*t. "in this; That he, the said New man, did, at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, on the '2oth day of February, 18-36, make the cor rupt, dishonest proposition to the Adjutant General of the State ofY irgitiia,iu regard to the arms to he issued to that state hy the United States, set out in the following letter Irom said Newman to said Adju j taut General, to wit: "U. S. A:: SKA A " Watertown, 31 iss., Pub. '2O, 1836. . "To THK An.tfTAN'r GKAKKAI. OI I IKC.I.\LA. I "DKAKSU:: i Take the liberty of addressing you upon the subject of "Colt's Repeating Pistols." ' They nie now an adopted arm of the U. S. service, and the several States ran receive their quota of arm,, Irom the General Government, in these pistols 11 the ! Slate officer- choose to make requisitions lor them. Several or the Slates have already done so, viz: New' Hampshire, Vermont. Connecticut, Rhode Isl and. New York, Mas-achusetts, New Jersey, Texas, and California. Massachusetts and \ ertnont. are about to make requisitions lor more of these pistols. Vermont ha already had about SIO,OOO worth of I them, and will probably take about SI,OOO mere ios them this year. 1 consider it far more preferable ' than to receive muskets, and in iny candid opinion, ! each, and every Stare, should have a quantity of them in store, to be used in cases oi emergency, es pecially w hen they can he had in lieu of old muskets. TThope you will conclude to make your next requisi tion for Coif 's pistols, its the quota of arms due your State from the General Government. 1 think I can make it nn object for yourself, pecuniarily, to do so. j 1 am authorized by Col. Colt to make arrangements ot this nature; but, this of course, must he kept a , secret for the good n! ail concerned. If youconclude to make a rcjatsitiou for these pistols, and will in form me of the amount due your State from the Gen j eral Government, or the number of pistols von wish to have, 1 will then inform von what inducements , can he offered. Soon as I leain your address, 1 wiil ; iorward you some recommendations in the shape of , Congressional and other documents in relation to the-e arms. j "Please let me have your opinion in relation to ! making the requisition, Nc. By so doing you w ill | greaily oblige, "Your obedient servant. WM. A. NEWMAN. "Yv'-a. 11. Rim AKtisoN, "Adjutant llciieral of 1 iigiiiia." Sp rifration 2d. "In this; That said Newman did, j at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, on the 23th of February, 1836, make the corrupt, dishonest proposition to the Adjutant General of t(ie State of Pennsylvania, in regard to the arms to he issued to I that State by the United States, set out in the fol lowing letter from sail! Newman, to said Adjutant General, to wit: "UN S. Ar.sK.vw,, "Watcrtoiru, AT/5.,., Pelt. 23, 1830. "PKAR Sitt: "1 take the liberty of addressing you upon the subject of "Colt's Repeating Pistols." They_are now an adopted arm of the service, and the several States can receive their quota of arms, due from tiie General Government, in these pi-tois, if the State • officers, will, only make requisitions lor them, in stead of muskets, or other arms. Several of th- States have already done so, viz: New [lamp-hire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Connecticut, Rhode Eland, New York, Nfw Jer-cy, Texas,and California. Ma-- snrhii-etfs and Vermont are about to make -requisi tions for more of thern, considering it far more pief erahle than to receive muskets; and in my candid opinion, each, and every State, -hnuld have a quanti ; ty o: these arms in etorr, to he u-ed in rw.i of emer ! gency. ISpcrinUy when they can be had in lien of 1 old muskets. I hope you will conclude to make the next requisition lor Colt's pistols, in preference to any otlcr arm, as the quota of arms due your State from the General Government. I think that I can I make it an object for yourself, IM:CI:.NIAIU(.Y, to do so. lam authorized hy Col. Colt, the inventor, to make arrangements ol this nature, if you conclude To make a requisition lor these arms, and will inform i roe of the amount due your State from the Govern : ment. or the number of pistols you wish, (if any.) 1 1 will 1 hen inform you what inducements can he oflT-r --' ed. The little State of Vermont has taken §IO,OOO worth of these pistols, and will probably take about SI,OOO more of' thern this year. '•Plea-e Jet me hear from von on this -object be ; ore long. 1 think you cannot fail to be interested in tfie-e pistols, after perusing the speech of Gen. James, on the subject of extending the patent, isc.. and oth er te-timornals, in their favor Irorn officers of tiie army, and navy, which 1 to-day forward to your ad ire-s in pamphlet form. "1 an, very respectfully, your obedient servant, "WM. A. NEWMAN, U. S. Anon. "ToGenl. GEO. W. BOW.WAN, "Adjutant General, Pennsylvnnla.'' To which charge and specifications the accused pleaded "Not Guilty." FINDINGS AND SENTENCE OF THE COCRT. The Court alter deliberation on the evidence before j it, find the accused as follows: Ist Specification, "Guilty." 2d Specification, "Guilty;" and "Guilty of the ; CHARGE ;" and do sentence him. Military Storekeep-1 er. William A. Aie.unaan, Ordinance Department, " "o he dismissed the service of the United States." 11. In conformity with tie* tif.th Article of War, the proreociins* of the General C onrr Martial in ti p foregoing ease have been transmitted to the Secreta ry of War, and by him laid before the President ot j the United by whom they have been confirm ed. The name of Military Storekeeper, Wm. A. Newman, Ordnance Department, will accordingly tie dropped from the roils of the Army, from April 2,155 C. Cruel and Unusual Punishments. The Nashville Union is evidently not aware that there is a clause in the constitution of lennessee which prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual i punishment for crimes, othsrwise its editors would not torture .Major Donelsoa with such inflictions as the following : "We find among the published proceedings of the Philadelphia convention a speech Irotn Major Done I >on accepting its nomination, in which he says that he left the democratic party because of the rorrup | tions of General Pierce's administration ; 'that there was no hope of promoting domestic tranquility or protecting our foreign relations under Mr. Pierce, and he had joined this organization in hope these ob jects might be accomplished and that he believed if General Jackson was living he would be where he (Major Donelson) is. When Major Donelsou had i closed, lie was followed by the Rev- W. G. Brovvn li.w, a delegate from Tennessee, who thus dtUratety complimented Major Donelsou in the course ol his remark*: •• 'With Millard Fillmore to lead, and even with i .AW/. Giddings behmd him. we could carry our State. But with this large, patriotir, GREASY Truttrssea tl ; (pointing to Donelson) the Pierce party will be tran scendental nothing. He should go home with the determination to jump higher and squall louder than | any man in Tennessee, and would open the hall at Riinxville on Monday next. It had been understood, as a iron ged, that Major Donelson would he put on the ticket with ANDREW JACKSON in big letters . and donelsou. invisible, arid then the old-line demo- I crats would think Old Hickory had come to lite again.' " , "Andrew J. Donelson the candidate of W. G. I Brownlow, and for the great tore which Brownlow has tor the name of Andrew Jackson, that 'the old line democrats might think Old Hickory had come to life again.' This we suppo-e, from subsequent i events, fell pleasau thj upon the ear o! .Major Donel son. It should have conjured op recollections to ; bleach his cheek with shame at finding himself and the name of his illustrious friend and patron made the plaything and the sport, at such a time and in j such keeping. What would General Jackson have • thought to have risen from the dead and witnessed ■ ; such bandying of his name between Andrew J. Don elson and \\ iliiarn G. Brownlow, who no longer ago than 184.") wrote the following upon the death of that old soldier, patriot, and Christian : "'DEATH OP GENERAL JACKSON. —After a liie ot : eighty long years, spent in the indulgence of the most bitter and vindictive passions which disgrace I human nature and distract the human mind, the ex ■ istence of Andrew Jackson terminated, at his resi • d-nce near Nashville, on Sabbath, the Sth inst., at G o'clock, p. m. " * * "But still he livpd on, wrote on, and abused ahead the living and the dead; and ill ail those letters in which he spoke so freely ot his approaching dissolu tion we never could meet with any ol that forgive ne-s and charity which belongs to the (aith he pro fessed—no reparation offered to the injured arid tra~ I dared, no asking of pardon from Iho-e he had slats. ' ' derrd . j " 'We never have, in all our ups and downs in lite. witnessed a spectacle so edttying as the last few ' years of Gen. Jackson's ill-spent life '■ 'And, it the naked truth could be come at. even ' in his last moments a portion of those vile dema gogues were ahont him, stirring the embers ot his dying re-entnienf into a flame, and awakening to ac tion the smouldering ashes of that bitter it sent me til tuid depraved filidt c! ivf tie ss tehie/i made his hunt, through a long ruieer ill life, a vol ratio of furs and an govern abh passion*. The election o! this singular ' man anil vulgar hero to the presidency was the great est curse that ever yet bele! the nation. * * * 'But he is gone, to a land nf deep ■ est shades, and tve are willing to take our leave ol him. He has pa*-ed on? of our hands into the hands • of a just God, who will deal with him and by him • according to his works. We would riot, it we could, ' ■ tin a aside the. veil of the future to show his deluded ! followers and blind admirers what avails him*" [Urn ten low's 11 lug, .1 tilt r IS, 1 84 ■'. PROHIBITION. II /"IF Mr. JORDAN wns sincere in his former ■ inyielding efforts to force upon the people ■ Prohibition, in direct opposition to the will of " i his constituents, a exptessed through the bal ' 1 lot-box, how does he justify his la'.e vote in favor r j of n License Law which authorizes the Licens i 1 ing not only ol Hotels to retail Liquor, but also • j Ale and Beer houses ? Having ridden political temperance to Heath, Mr. JOB DAN and his polit ical associates now take the other track, thus . verifyiug all our predictions on this subject.— - The whole thing has been a federal trick 4o ! draw soft temperance Democrats into the mesh j es of Know Nothingism, and, for a while, the j fraud succeeded—but, like all their other nuiii > hugs, it now wallow s in its own filthiness. The Hark Laments! '' Know Nothings pretend that they have abandoned their secrecy, their oaths, their grips, &.c.—and vet they selected their Dele gates to the late mongrel State Convention in . this very way . The public had no knowledge , j whatever that Messrs. JORDAN and AUSTIN • t were Representative and Senatorial delegates, from this District, until the tfarrisbur% procerd j ings were published! Are independent Free . i men to be thus trifled with ? Mr.. BUCHANAN'S RETURN. — By the steamship ! Washington, which arrived at New York, on Surnlay, the intelligence is that Mr. Bi CIIANAN intended leav ! nig Southampton, for New York, in the steamship j Arago, on thetlth net. If this be correct, he nay be expected to reach this country about a week ftom . I this date. *j ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC I'liirtupii. —The munic.pa! ' i election which came ofi'at Chillicothe, Ohio, on the ■ : "7th inst., resulted in the complete defeat of the ' Know-Nothings and Black Republicans, anil thetii >j nrnph of the Democratic party, by an everage oui i j jority of 120 votes. Two years ago The Knnw-Noth ■ ; nig majority in the same City was about 200. The Chillicothe Advertiser says: I Taken all in all,'this is a most decided triumph j over Know-Nothingism. The order that two years \ ■ ago boasted a majority of about two hundred, and i which last year was beaten on Mayor only 4S> votes, i is now beaten on Marshall, the test candidate, 120 ' >! votes. With JAMES BUCHANAN as the Demo ■ j eratic nominee lor President. can carry the city at th a approaching November election by a majority ,! of 2"it. ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT. —Our local column ( i contains, this morning, the particulars of another se i linns accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad. After awhile a safe trip on the Railroad will come tobe re garded as a:i exception to the general ride. Fortii , i nately. iti this case, there appear, to have been no j mortal injury inflicted; while it seems like a mini- ! I cle that many lives were not taken. There certain- ' | ly was gross culpability somew here; and a searching j investigation should at once be had and summary I punishment inflicted. Of Tate, fortunate escapps have been numerous, but unless greater care be taken, we may some day soon have a dreadful tale to record, of the ivholesale destruction of human life.— Pittsburg '• Daily Union, JACOB REED requests us to sav that he experts, in a day or two, to open one of the most handsome assortments ol Spring : Goods ever brought to Bedford. TP"Mrs. SARAH E. POTTS has removed I her store to Ihe room recently occupied by j Capt. Arnold, where she will be pleased to see j her friends. She AN-I 11 receive her new Goods jin a few weeks. The Ladies will (ind her, go ; where she will. branches of tie* Legislature have j agrcd to adjourn on the 22d inst. O J 1 Col. Joliu W. Fortify. The following complimentary nolice from ; Ihe Baltimore Sun, of the 9th inst. expresses, j in such jus! terms, our own ideas of the lale ; Clerk of Ihe National House of Representatives, that we copy the article entire. It is a well merited tribute to the worth of an able and pop ular public officer. We copy it, not because it ! is necessary to say a word in his praise, to the thousands who know and delight to honor him . in this, his own native Stale: but to make more j manifest the fact that the independent press! from other Slates, entertain the same opinion of' his ability and many noble virtues. Punt.ic OFFICIIUS. — While we have too often , hail occasion lo record the deification, n.aliens- ; ance and negligence of public officers, and to 1 comment upon the same with deserved severity,! it is highly gratifying to meet with a marked ; and significant instance of the strictest integri ty, sustained by care, diligence and promptitude iu large fiduciary trust. A paragraph m the Sun ot Monday morning, copied from the Washington Star, is the instance in point which engaged our attention. It relates to Col. For ney, late Clerk of the House of Representatives, of Whom it is said, that on the Ist inst., within an hour alter receiving an informal report of ad justment from the office of the First Comptrol ler, he finally closed his accounts by simply transferring to the United States, the balance standing to his credit on the hooks of the Trea sury, there being not one cent of difference be tween his statement as rendered and that oft he Department, though his disbursements covered transactions running through four years of offi cial service, and embraced the expenditure of over two millions of dollars. Col. Forney is generally known as a politi cian, and has been a prominent mark fr the ar rows of party warfare. Indeed, he seems to have had not only his own share, but that of. halt a dozen ot' his cotemporaries. What he may have deserved of all this we cannot tell, for we concern ourselves very little about mere parfizan strife. But when we s** e a man who has filled a highly responsible financial office, rendering up his accounts with an accuracy and an exhibition of strict fidelity, and retiring gracefully from his position with the respect which such a career of duty exacts from all par ties, we cheerfully recognize in such an event an example worthy of note, and entitled to the consideration especially of youth, whether in public or private life. How many there are at this day, who, hav ing fallen under the liirce of temptation, have fully contrasted with their condition that ot a j man retiring from official position so honorably !as Mr. Forney does. How freely would they t ke upon their selves ten fold the measuie of par tizan abuse to which Mr. Forney has been ex [Kised, could they exchange with him the sound and dignified reputation he bear? with him from the sphere of office, fir the shattered ruin which the love of lucre has unhappily entail-d upon them. There is a useful lesson in this inciden j tal notice of Mr. Forney. It presents to the ! mind the impotentv < 1 party ai-nse, w hen it is encountered by stern'.and inflexible integrity. Jlore Aid from Independent JIM. We publish below a letter from WIM.IAM SERGEANT, ES.J., which speaks for itself. Mr. SERGEANT is a son of the late Hon. JOHN SER GEANT, of this city, and has always been an ardent and (Hcient supporter of the Whig par ty. The letter expresses, in clear and able lan guage, the sentiments of many hundreds of our ! citizens, who, disgusted with the corruption of j the Dark Lantern party, only ask that we j should nominate able and competent men in or ! der to secure their votes : PHILADELPHIA, April 9TH, 1556. Dear Sir : —I wish to present, through you, j my resignation as a member ol the Committee | of Superintendence, to which position you were j pleased to appoint ine at the last meeting of the . Whig City Convention. To prevent misunderstanding, I will, in as | few words as possible, state the causes which J impel me to this course. At the fust meeting of the Convention, throughout its deliberation, to the best of my feeble power, 1 opposed the ; nomination of a separate Whig ticket, thinking i that iin less a fusion were eliecled with the Dem -1 ocrats, it would onlv be playing into the hands ' of the Know-Nothings, and so contribute to the j continuance of the misrule which now tlis— i ' r racs this city. When the Convention, how- Ii•• * * • i ever, by a large majority insisted upon the for mation of a ticket, ! remained in it, and cast my vote for different persons, in the hope tfiat a portion of those nominated might be incor i poraled with Ihe Democratic ticket. Desira- I hie as such a fusion was, it lias not been efi'ect ed. The contest now is essentially between ; the Democratic and Know-Nothing parties, i The former, whatever may be its faults, is an j open constitutional party —the latter with its i grips and pass words—its oaths and secret meet | ings',opposed to the constitution, and the whole [ spirit of our institutions. This being the issue, it has not cost me a moments reflection which side to espouse—l intend to devote myself as energetically as possible to the success of the Democracy at the approaching Municipal elec tion, and h-st my position upon the Committee of Superintendence might appear inconsistent with such a course, I respectfully resign it. Very trulv. Yours, YVM. SERGEANT. AIIRAIIAM W. JUVENAL, Esq. WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ALL TRIM: DEMOCRATS. I —The Circleville (Ohio) Watchman doses an admirable written article, headed "Plain Talk for Plain Men," as follows: "Here th**n, let the patriotic take his stand. Let him stand fast with the unbroken columns of the national Democratic army, and iu No vember next he will be one of the sharers in the glory of a victory which, though gained in peace, will yet be more splendid and enduring than any which have immortalized the blood stained fields ol the Crimea." FRENCH LOVE OF SCANDAL. —A French pro vincial paper contains the following paragraph: "A trial took place at our Assizes. It prom ised rich food for scandal. All the ladies of the town bedecked themselves in their smartesl toilets, and crowded to the court house. On S' ein"- this, the president judge rose and said : 'Persons here assembled as spectators are not aware of the nature of the cause. T therefore invite all decent women to withdraw.' A pause took place without a single female mo ving to retire from her seat. Seeing this, the judge again rose and said : 'Officers of th** court, now that all the decent women have re tired, turn out the remainder.' " K. X. Troubles! ja K. N. members of Congress trpnt the rank and file if parly lik#so many v old bouts , preferring Democrats lor most of the p important appoint meats at th-ir command, as j r will bi* seen by the following extract troin a : J letter to the editor of the Hurrisburg Telegraph,; " dated Washington City, March 9, ISSG: ( One of Mr. FORNEY'S Democratic clerks, re- I t: moved by Gen. CLLLOM, has been restored to | \ office; and as things go here, it would not sure prise me in the least if all who were removed , \ should he re-instated. As lor those opposed to ! the Administration, they stand very little chance of getting any position here. For in-] stance; the Committee on W ays and Means j have elected a Locofoeo as tlmii clerk, §ISOOj . a year. The Conrunitteeon Claims, ditto. The i Committee on Militaiv Affairs, ditto; to say nothing of ttie election ola Locofoeo as Public ! 1 Printer, and the re-election of a Locofoeo as ■ Sergeant-at-Arms. Alio! which isexceedingly j c encouraging to such as would have been thank- j ' ful foi any one of these places, and who are ; expected to labor zealously to overthrow the 1 present administration in the m xt Presidential | election ! J have never been considered as a very proscriptive man, hut 1 should be glad 1 for once in my life to belong to a party which will not consider it it * first duty to provide lor 1 and take care of its bitterest opponents. Tlieiestored clerk above mentioned has not i ' been out of employment at all, having been at j once provided for, in the Pension Office, and his j ' place there will now be given—to a Whig, . American or Republican ? By no means : but to some other D niociat. The doctrine ol the , ; Democrats is, "lie that doth not provide for his household, is worse than ao infidel while t ours is, "Take care of your enemies ; your friends can take care ;>i themselves." niILADLLPIHA It Ft! 01 RVTSC NOMINA TIONS. Democratic Convention for the City ' of Philadelphia, convened on the 9th nist. and, I with great unanimity, placed in nomination the following Ticket, one ol the very best ever | presented to the freemen of thai city : | For Mayor—Richard Vans. For Solicitor—Win. A. Porter. ; Foi R-ceiver ol Taxes—Peter Ambruster. For Controller—Stephen Taylor, j For Commissioner—James M. Ledd v. Tlie following preamble and resolutions were then adopted:— Whereas, the members oft he Demci at ic Par | fy have at all times deemed it proper to express j their opinions upon questions ot public policy, 1 | and especially so to do on those stated occasions i when they are assembled through their Repre- I sentatives to place in nomination candidates for i whose election the sufTiages ol the people wdl ] be asked, and Whereas, at the present time above all olh -1 ers, an unreserved expression of their opinion is demanded, as well by reason of the mal-atl- ' ! rniiiistiution of municipal affairs during the pas! j two years, as in consequence of the illiberal and I pio-criptive jolitical creed ant! policy of the party now in power; and Whereas, the Democratic party, undismayed ! by treason in Imr own ranks, and by the bitter | opposition of unprincipled opponents, has stead- I favtlv resisted the inroads that have been at ' tempted upon the Constitution of the country, j and the common rights of humanity, and has I f:on. first to las! uttered but one speech and f< it ! hut one feeling upon the issues that have been ! presented t therefore Resolved, That the Democ racy of the city of; I Philadelphia recognize in the present adminis tration of civic affairs an niter oblivion of the ! interests of the citizens, which, has manifested | | ilselfby imbecility in the conduct of the nvn in j | office, inefficiency in all branches of public ser ! vice, and a reckless expenditure which has led j to an unexampled increase ot taxation and of • public d"ht, and an entire prostration of public I credit, i'he whole community cries aloud fur change before their ruin shall have been eom j pleted. Resolved. That every citizen to whom the fair fame oj'the city is dear, and who is anx ' ions for the removal of the system which, while • it i> pressing heavily upon the industry and 1 material intVrests of the community, is lapidly demoralizing the whole body politic, is invited 1 1 to unite his efforts with tin* Democratic paity in achieving a deliverance before it is vet too j late, and to place in office men, whose past con duct and associations give a sure earnest of their 5 ability to remedy the evils which 3re now de-] vastating the city throughout its \v hole extent, j Such men will he found in the candidates whom j this Convention ofier to the people lor their sup- [ port a! the coining election. Resolved, That as Democrats we hold in ab horrence tlie proscriptive doctrine which char- j acteiize our opponents —doctrines alike inhu man, anti-republican, and subversive of the gov ernment under which we have so long flour ished ; ami that we will array ourselves as one 1 man, in combatting at all times, ami in ail pla ces, political opinions, the object of which is to deprive adopted citizens of a right to take pait in the government under which they live, or to touch, in the least degree, the constitutional guarantee that assures to every man the uncon trollable right to worship A Imightv God accord ing to the dictates of his own conscience. RAM.RO.VD ACCIDENTS. —the train that hit j Pittsburg on Tuesday evening last was thrown from the track by the breaking of a rail, near Lockport, about GO miles West of Pittsburg.— ] Two engines were attached to the train, which ; contained 300 passengers. All the cars except j two were shattered, yet none of the passengers j were seriously injured. One of the engines j left the track, and striking the stump of a tree, j was forced upon end, the stump going through j the bottom of the car. j We learn that the night line on the Phila delphia and Jersey city Railroad, due at Nor folk at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, did not j arrive till hall-past ten, in consequence of the ] engine running off the Mack four or five miles below Trenton, but doing no injury to the pas- j sengers, though scalding and severely injuring the engineer and firemen. The accident was i i caused by a horse on the track, which had been J; turned loose over night, and which was drag- I ! ged by the locomotive several yards, and killed, j , I'he engine was turned upside down, and near- j Iv ruined, and all except the two hind passenger j cars ran off the track. Telegraphic despatches j were sent to Philadelphia anil Trenton, and a locomotive train arrived to their relief about S : o'clock when the passengers were transferred. RESUSCITATION FROM APPARENT DEATH.— , The Rockport Register gives the particulais of ; a singular case of resuscitation after sut)nrw„ death in that city ; A child had, to all appearances died an( was laid out in its little winding sheet unon hoard in an upper room, while tlie other Lpa* rations were going forward (or the f uil ' Ihe sexton was notified and the grave du?' Some time alter the father went into the room where the child was, and was astounded at h,, calling hiin by name, and complaining that o did not lie good. Of course the little suffer,l was supplied with a better bed at once, f; j' j evidently fallen into a trance, from which a was awakened by a hard bed and cold air. ' .lOW OF ASK. From a report of a lecture by Mr. Wriu'rir in the Portland Transcript, we make the follow ing extract : Joan was l orn in 1411, the daughter of a poor peasant in the province of Lorraine. was taught to sew and spin, but not to reaff and write, and to the last of her career she could not sign her own immortal name. v;h„ was a gentle, beautiful, bashful child, deeply imbued with religious feelings. Her t. was the concrete Romanish of the tinie,"ai vv as learned at her mother's knee. This'reli gious teaching instilled into her soul, became tile life of her whole being. She lived ill an internal world with saints and angels, and this inward life became dearer and nearer than her outward existence. She was a poet, as well as a devotee, and the greatest that France ever had. She was indifferent to tli- pastimes of youth, and spent much time in prayer to St Catharine and St. Margaret. The disturbed state of her country kindled her devotion into a flame of self-devoted patriotism. Her inter na! world became endowed with external exist ence, and her visions pushed themselves into voices, and shapes, visible to her entranced eys. Ibe sense saw what the soul wished At 13 years, walking in her father's warden she heard the voice ol the Archangel Alictael calling upion her to go to the succor ol'the kirn-. Then came voices naming her the deliverer of France. No historian doubts her faith in the reality of what she saw. The most modest and bashful of women she resisted long this inward impulse. The news of the siege of Orleans at last decided her. Then commenced that course of entreaty with the governor which at last forced his common sense to yield to the tierse tency of that sense which is not common. She was permitted to go to the dauphin at Chalons, 150 leagues through a country occupied bv the enemy. She detected the disguised dauphin, told him he was the tiue heir, and assured bin, heaven had sent her to see him crowned in the i city of Rhejrns. Alter much hesitation her aid i was accepted. Her work now was to relieve Orleans and to see the dauphin crowned in the city of Rheims, then in the hands of the Eng lish. Her inspired earnestness spread enthusi asm around and many believed in her powers. She was bailed as a saint. She reformed the army—converting the soldiers from marauders into crusaders, and changing the camp into a ' camp-meeting. Her name went before her, ami fought her fatties in the armies of the English. Jt was a .superstitious age, and they said, if she is of God, it is. impious to fight against Tier—if of the Devil, how can we pre vail against all France lacked by Satanic pow ers ! With 200 men she entered the city, with ; out opposition Irom the English. Great was the jov of tlie besieged. Religious ceremonies were performed, and then tame Ihe atiack.— Her militai v skill consisted only in resolution and audacity. Sim mounted the walls ol the English tints, and though struck down hv an arrow, she again ascended, and struck I-TUT into the English, who thought her dead. They began to see visions in their turn, and decline! that St. Michael appeared in the air cheering on the Frenrh, Tn seven days the English burned their forts, raised the siege anil reheat ed. Two months after, Rheims opened it gates, and the king was crowned. J an s tad: was done—her vision accomplished. She asked to he allowed to return to her mother and the care of her (locks. Policy dictated a refusal and she was still retained to sustain the cause she had saved. Tlie only few ard she asked was that Iter native village might not be taxed, which it was not for 300 years. But she no longer fell that she was doing the work of God, and her heart w as not in iff work. The saint was sinking into the soldier, when she was saved by captivity. She was ta ken prisoner bv a Burgundian soldier, and sold to the English for 10,000 livres. Their joy knew no bonds. Ihe hated "white!! at last in th-ir hands, and they prepared f> glut their vengeance. Charged with f'.csv and sorcery, she foil into the hands ol theo logical wolves and foxes, who exerted ad • malice and ingenuity ol their mean natures to entrap Imr, without success. Her simpuf-O and truthfulness evaded all their snares. Hav ing persecuted her from a heictic t 1 ' . these infamous creatures persecuted her Imin a Catholic to a heretic, that they might conff iui her to the stake. She was burned in tl.e i. ■ of Rouen on the 10th of May, 1431. F'" was consummated one of the daikst <■>■■■ > recorded on the page ot history, which, a. blazons on the eve, across the interval ol centuries, throws a lurid glare ot intanw • the narr.es o! those who perpetuated d. ■- , l" beautiful simplicity, such angelic deO'i 'j was never before, nor never hereafter win witnessed on earth. Victorious over j ■ tion, peerless among women, the name of • 311 of Arc will perish not so long as beaut\,. tion and goodness shall be cherished axi-p rnen. A 11 n 1 K w : , On the 24-th of February, by the Rev. J. Heller, Mr. Samuel F. Slump t Mi Matu .. Kel ley, both of the neigliboi hood ol goners town. On the 20th of March, bv the same, Mr. John Rice to Miss Marietta Millei, h 0 "- neighborhood of Mailinsburg. Markets. , PHILADELPHIA, April 12.—1 lour : standard brands held at $7 per bb! " ' '' ' _ j-;..- both holders and buyers awaiting advices > rope by the Canada; there is a steady e . supply to the city trade at s7u< •<"s lor co good brands, and $7 75.* 25 lor extra and family. Rve Flour steady, with saie - Corn Meal in fair request: sales n?i S'i for Penna. There is but little > 0 jH-inoe and the demand limited ; small sales ol ai |j ve red at $1 60a 1 70, and white at $ 1 steady ; sales 700 bus at 90. torn ma' prices unchanged; sales Oa'OOO bus ye o _ afloat, and ">7 ill store. Oats steady, • bus Penna at 38. Cloverseed in deniaiu. sales at S'J 2da9 50 per 01 pounds. witu BALTIMORE, April 12.— Floor is firm J " - WBFA T sales of 1,700 bhls Howard street at 5-> " • forl |S firm and unchanged at previous quotation . . rather better : sales of white at 'Oaa. at s.''asß.