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
<!er and spirit manifested by them in their deli
berations, the ability and fearlessness displayed
hv them in repudiating the evil spirit ot Kttiw-
Sothingism, and all other Factions and Fan a- i
ticisms, entitles thern to our gratitude, and their ,
work to our entire respect.
Let us, then, again meet in Grand Mass j
Meeting, our united counsels, refresh j
ami nourish that patriolic feeling so happily a- j
roused at the late meeting, as evinced in the j
glorious result of the late Spring Election.
Turn out, then, Democrats, one and all.— j
Come from our fair hills and values, and let us
reason as becomes Freemen on
MONDAY EVENING OF VENT COJ BT,
(May ">,} 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, <i
we knew they would, thev row style themselves
AM ERICANS, notwithstanding their principles bear
no more resemblance to Americanism than a ground j
hog does to an Alligator! The tact is they are legi- ;
tmiately entitled to but one name, to v. it:—Fl-DF R-
A LlSTS—and this is the appellation that should al
ways be given them by Democrats. If, however, it
is*preferred to given them Their mongrel title, let it
he Federal Abolition Know Nothing Republicans.— ,
We hope-the Democratic Press will never *p-nk ol
'.his dark-lantern conspiracy as an American Party.
To do so, is to allow them to place us in the position
of anti-Americans; whilst our principles PltOYl. ns
To he the oldv political party worthy to bear the
American name. Let the opposition to Democracy
be. known by their real name, and no other.
WJL A. t'OR I Est. ESQ.
[E7~ The nomination of Wm. A. Porter, F.sq. liy
the Democratic Convention as Solicitor oj the city
r>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.