THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.. Bedford, flay 1 G. W, Bowman, Editor and Proprietor* j FOR PRESIDENT, miJAiIES lill iiAYAN DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Canal Commission*'/, GEORGE SCOTT. . hiditor Gen era!. JACOB FRY,JR. Surveyor General, TIMOTHY IVES. i'v- . ,- 3 " CjPThe Philadelphia Daily A".w*, the greut organ of the Know Nothing* ot Pennsylvania, in its ism* of May 4, in appealing toils friends to elect their .Municipal Ticket in thai city, said: "Which ever Party carries Philadelphia nov will carry the Slate next fail, it was -o two years ago j and will be -*> again." Well, the re-tilt show- that the old National D'trn•- crutic Parly carried the city by upwards®! j<mr thon s uni majority. *o that the Stair cm test, t; , our favor, next fail, is a fixed fact, let n-, therefore, hear no nun* from the enemies of Dernneiacy about carrying the nhi lv*vstone. Their leaders piorluuti that ait : hoy * is now a* an end ! { tit)la ! /The Know Nothing and Abolition papers, a w ell as ; tic. Telegraphic w ires, would seem to in* ig rior.int of the tart that an election wa- recently held In trie great city of Ibe great Keystone tstate. -Where they notice ihe fait at all. it is put in very sn ail type, and neither the coon, the cannon, or the rever se.! Rooster i- made to flourish at the head ! r/'The Democrats have recently carried the city of s.:n Puncisco— Mil'.vaukie—l.awrenreburg and Terro llau'.e. Dniiaiia—Atlanta, Gcorg a—Snuthbiirg. Maryfami—and St. Paul, Minesota, all of which have heretofore been strongly K. N". So we go. T!!E NATIOXUa lO\Uf\Tl()\. C7~ The Democratic National Convention will as semble at ( ;nciniiat i on tire Oil ot dune, when we shall know who is to be our standard beareis in the approaching campaign. It that holy acts with the wisdom, prudence, and foresight its members are supposed to jesssess, thev will give the people an op p.jitnaity to vote tor JAMLS 111 ( 11ANAX, who i?, bv odds, the most popular, as he i tire rr ust compe tent man, now living, tor this responsible trust. Mr. P.i'CHANAN" is not asking his party to confer thi honor upon him. lie has had no agency in bringing h.s name before Ihe nor will he be personally ; •iisap,K>ui(ed snnuhi the selection fall upon another. 1 ne PEOPLI'., with a unanimity never equalled since the days of Jackson, demas.-r that he shall be nominated. First, Because he is among ihe h.-t o! tin* •>,'/ Statesmen upon whom the highest hopes o! the country have hung for years. Secondly, Because Pennsylvania, by every principle of justice and fair dealing, is eutiticil iOi the candidate. And. Thirdly, Became, under no circumstances, w ill hi- name ever again be presented in connection with the Presi dency. To disappoint th- MASSI'.S in their just exjrejeta tions on thi* subject, would be to commit an error that many yeais might not rectify. If the voire uf the I'mpl. controls the Cincinnati Convention, JAM KS BUCHANAN will b as certa.nlj' nomiruitcd as that the day of meeting arrives. LONGER A KAOH ART KING I To the Editor of Ihe Bedford Gazette. Sir:—Please publish in your paper that 1 ant no longer a member of the ki mv Nothing conspira cy, having fully sati-i.ed myself that it o ucompound •it fraud, falsehood, and deception, unworthy the s S ,p. port or countenance ol" any true American. lam sorry I ever joined it, but. having done so, 1 lee! it mv dntv to acknowledge the ;j<*t, before asking my old democratic friends to recognize me as a member of that Party, to which 1 feel more warmly attached now than 1 ever did before. The OA TH was admi nistered to me at The hour of midnight, in a kitchen in Bedford Toiviishrp. Two others were SWORN iti at the same tint:-. Each of u* were required to put our two first fingers on tl..* BIBLE whilst the sn!li was being read, which wj, very long, and the same you published in trie Gazette sometime since, a being the oath tak. n by the Know Nothings, and which was every w tie re denounced 1 y the Order as a • 'tocofoco lie."" 1 hope to be forgiven fur the crime of taking so disgraceful an obligation—an obligation Nthich requiied me to conceal r.llttie doings of these midnight plotters against tiie Constitution, and also to d uy that i lutil any connection with tiie order, which made it necessary for me to LIE a* often as 1 was interrogated on tin* subject, which was some time- fifteen or twenty times a day. This horrible system of wickedness both alarmed and disgusted me. and 1 left IheSTi a* ! have my certificate to show. JOHN GROMAN. Bedford Township. May hi', IS.'iii. TT'We have ?h* proof, therefore, that om wore ii - i:.et**d in giirrets. others ,ii fields, others in kitchens, and others in the Sons of Temperance Hall. This is in harmony with the manifesto published in the Know Nothing papers—"TAKE 'lllF.M IN ANY WHERE!" Y.'e have ai-o the proor'thzt an oath, revolting to every principle of molality, is adminis tered—and yet certain Ministers and other professing Christians have polluted themselves and their call ing by talcing it, and influencing, as far as in their power, others to do likewise, ar. influence which en- Trapped many good citizers into its serpentine fold, before the\ were conscious of what tin y were doing, s.iih. imwever, are ail "coir: ng home," and we most cordially extend to them ah. aity welcome. if any of our people desire a urrther corrohation of *'. • troths contained in tne exposure- we * ave pnb i.-hed, we would refer them to Vlr. GEORGE W* WIDE!., who, lor ytur-. liu- been one of t!; most pious aad consistent rDembuis of the METHODIST < HI RCH iri Bedford. He joined tne midnight or der, and left it for the very reason- set forth by ail who have renounced it, and he will say so to an)' mar. who sacks his opinion. Hi* look upon it a- a * si. of corruption, ant! is at a 10-.a to know how any professing christian can reconcile his conscience to remain in it. Mr. Witlc! ~as determined to ItO RIGHT AND FEAR NOT, and ti.eEorti w d sus- Tanu him in the virtuous effort, against all the ma chinations ot tne enemies ot TRUTH. , • Tin- K. N. S'iite Council which met at llarruhutg last v.m-k, broke up to a row, Kx- G*iv. Johnson heading lite discontents Fii'- t-*-n ot th" del 'g i- s reti: .ed t*> endorse Filtnore and Duneison !! Beantilui "union.*' THE MARKETS. Fliila.ii lphia, May 'JO. The Ada's advices hring small advance in hreadstufi's in Liverpool, which, however, have had little or no effect upon our market. The export d-mand lor Flour continues limited, hut holders are firm in their "demands. Sales of TOO barrels at st> per barrel, and 500 extra at 6 Jo. V *>r home forisiimpt iur. the range is t: >m r* to 8 50 according to quality, live Fir. 5.S (>2. Gorn Meal $d 50. Wheat from Si JN to 1 J5, accoMitur to quality. Rye 72 ft.*:. |< bushel. Corn 51* a 60. Oat? 31 a 37, MR. BUHAMX AH EFTS. Speech ot Geo. IV. Brewer, and Reply of Mr. Buchanan. At the last Pennsylvania l)>*m irratic Con vention, the following resolution was passed: "That a Committee of* five he appointed to in form Hon. James Buchanan that he is the unan imous choice ot this Convention for the next Presidency-*' The Committee, consisting of Geo. VV. Brewer, of Franklin county, Joel B. Danner, of Adams county, J. M. Porter, ot Northampton county, James A. Gibson, ol Al legheny count v, George R. Berrill ot Philadei delphia, assembled at Lancaster on Thursday, and from thence proceeded to Wheatland, the j residence of Pennsylvania's favorite son. Mr. Br-nver delivered the luilowing address : Mr. l>i . iiAs.\s: The Democratic State C'onven-j ; tiow, assembled at Harrisburg 011 the 4th ot Match i lii't, appointed a Committee, ot' which t have the : lienor to be the Chairman, toannoiice to you torroal !v, that you. continue To be, as you have been jor ; : year, the first, last ami only choice oi Pennsylvania, or l tie office of the Presidency ot t tie I nifed Slates, i We perform this duty with pride and pleasure, tie-; cause in doing so we speak tin; voice ola Conven ■ lion uiirtiiiwioas. and utter a beartleil sentiment ot the ] people undivided. The day of opposition to you has passed away, j ! and the time has come when yon are let? without a j rival ot' the popular heart. The people of your na- ! five State, alive to tie* tender and natural associations 01 birth and home, but yet more impressed by The : -ignal services and devotion of a whole life of dis'in- j smisin-d abilitv end national patriotism, would, with ■ , one voice, summon vou aitam troni tne coveted re pose of this charmed ieliremeiit to the guardian-hip of a common country, anil the vindication ot at: en- ; danuered constitution. Vour fellow-citizens, ot the loyal and ancient Com- | fiionwealth of I'enn-vlvania, realizing with intense | interest the importance and grandeur of the approacij . uij conflict important, because it will involve the happiness and pio-perity ola great Republic—-grand, ! because it w lil bear before its conquering banners the ark of civil and religious liberty—and not un- I mindful of the obligations of that duty which they: I owe to the nation and to tin' world, to mivintaintlie.se ; issues, and to vindicate their sublime truths, have | selected you from a long list of worthy and distin- ] : guished names, to lead the Democratic column into victorious battle, arid achieve for the country and j . mankind tire glorious triumph of Democratic priuci i pies. Intolerance and sectionalism are now seeking | to violate the Compromises ot the Constiiwtion, and : to dismember the sovereign States of this mighty ; cotil'edeiacy. But the integrity of the American : f riion. beautified and bound together by the electric I chain of Democratic truth, expanding along the way I of empire into power and greatness, every new link | adorning anil strengthening the compact, and every ■ new star cheering and brightening tn sky of human ! freedom, "rrmst and shall be preserved," until, n the j accomplishment of its grand mission, the citr>e in i every form of bigotry and despotism shall have been swept from the earth, and the dark habitations of, war and tyranny been turned into the lovely 'cenc |of peace and prosperity. Vour life of eminent ser i vice and of tried devotion to the cardinal doctrines ; i of the party, is the best and safest pledge of your con j tinned attachment to the Union and fidelity to the . Const it ul ion. Yours is no doubtful lineage—no un- j ■ certain record—no undistinguished history. Vour : ptiritv and Talents have dignified arid illuMiuteil eve i ry walk of life and every station of power—your firmness and statesmanship have defended and main ' Tained the National honor and National supremacy at ' home and abroad. The approaching crisis, demands the roost enlarg ' <*d experience, and the most accomplished statesman ' -hip—the highest integrity and 'he purest patriotism. ' Ali the qualifications lor the office of the Presidency, ! demanded bv the sovereign and independent State, jof ihe Union, the Democracy will find united m : you. And we complete our duty bv presenting to you a copy of the proceedings, and the resolutions adopt-' •ed by the Convention, with the firm conviction, that ! you will recognize in them The principles which you I have always maintained and defended, and which ! have secured to the country the blessings of liheity, | religious and political. mr. nccit.vx an's r.Rei.v. | Genti.f men : 1 thank you, with all my heart, for ! 'he kind terms in which, under a resolution of the late Democratic Convention, yon have informed me that f am their "unanimous choice tor ihe next Pre-- [ iiiency | When the proceedings of your Convention reached ■ me in a foreign land, they excited emotions of grati- , j tude which 1 might in vrvin attempt Jo express. This ' was not because the Democracy of my much loved I State had. by their own spontaneous movement, pia • ced me in nomination lor tiie Presidency—an honor which I have not sought but berau.-e inis nomina i Hon constituted of itself the highest evidence that, j after a long course of public services, my conduct ! has been approved by those to whom I am indebted, i under Providence, for ali the offices and honors 1 have ever enjoyed. In success and in defeat—in sunshine and in storm—they have ever been the same kind friends to me, and 1 value their continued confidence and good opinion far abort* the highest official honors i of my country. j 'i he duties of the President, whomsoever lie may , *., have been clearly and ably indicated by the ad ! r..iralde resolutions of the Convention which you j have ju-t presented to me, and all ol which, without ! reterer.ee to tho-e merely personal to myself. 1 bear- I tilv adopt. Indeed, the*, met my cordial approbation liorn the moment when t first perused them on the | other side of The Atlantic. They constitute a piat -1 form broad, national and conservative, and one emi ' nenily worthy ol the Democracy of our great and | good old State. These lesoiution* carried into execution, with an inflexibility an t perseverance precluding all hope of change, and yet in a kindly spirit, will, ere long, al lay The dangerous excitement which has for -urne | years prevailed on tiie subject of domestic slavery, and again unite ali portions of our common country j in the ancient laws ofbrotherly affection, under the (lag of the Constitution ami the Union. ftir. Buctincinii'K Kect |iio jdr! jsoecli at Caltimorc. According to previous arrangements, Mr. Buchanan leached Baltimore Monday evening fit 7 o'clock, a'lf! V.as toiled Witfl the strong ; est evidences ol high lespect. His trip from Lat.casti i to Baltimore is described as marked by u • secession ot Die most enthusiastic, popu lar <1 -mons'thti.ins. I ;>on arming at Balti : more, Mr. Buchanan was aridre-.sed bv Hon. William F. Giles in a speech of suns lngth, i ami one replete with commendationy of i.r.s ca reer in tiie councils of his country. Mi. Bu chanan replied in a most eloquent speech, which 1 vi us warmly and repeatedly appl.ioded by the immense audience. We copy the speech, as i reported for the Baltimore Son, as fallows : .Mr. Buchanan's Spsech. I ' FKLLotV-CITJ/EXS : T have eVet felt a deep j interest iii the prosperity of your beautiful city. T!ii -ot inflated in my earliest associations. I was boiti in Franklin comity, Pennsylvania, on ' the nordei - r.f Maryland : and the trade and iu j torcomse ofthat county was chiefly with Balti more. It is tlie first city 1 ever beheld. I shall never forget the impression it made upon me when a boy fresh from the country. Alter competing {fie study of the law, I bad deter mined to practise my profession in Baltimore: but when the moment arrived to abandon mv native State, I found tins to be impossible. I have never, however, tbigotten my early at tachment to Baltimore. If is a city of noble and generous hospitalitv, and of brave and true hearts. Tiie energy, enterprise, ant! public spirit of its citizens are known and admired throughout the world. Toe vie t ■< y of vour braved* f**n Ivrs in 181-1* at North Point and at Port McHenry, over a British army andnavy, caused my heart to thrill with patriotic pride and exultation. iMay it he ever thus, and may the soil ot trdedom ever become the grave of its invaders' II will be alu avs so whilst our L'nion shall endure, and whilst millions ol armed freemen are ready to rush to repel the invader under the united com mon dag of our country. Historically the name of Baltimore is a name consecrated to civil and religious liberty. Ihe charter which Lord Baltimore obtained from the British Crown more than two" centuries ago recognised the right ol the people of Maryland togovern themselves, almost to the exclusion of n-val 'authority. It was the most liberal char ter which had ever been granted by a sovereign to liis subjects. But what shall I sav of the religious Ireedom which it secured to the people ? The christian religion is a religion id charity, peace, and brotherly love. The golden rule which its Di vine Founder prescribed to all mankind was. •'Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you." Notu ithstanding this injunction from Heaven, the civil government of the earth had tor many centuries impiously interfered be tween the Creator and bis creatures, and con signed to present and future punishment all Christians, of whatever denomination, who da red to worship God in a manner different from themselves. !:i an age of religious bigotry and tolerance, Lord Baltimore was the first legislator who pro claimed the sacred rights ot conscience, and es tablished fir the government of his colony the principle, nut merely of' toleration, but perfect religious freedom and equality among ail sects of "Christians, rl- was in advance of the ag-\ Out lie became the precursor of a principle which, though it has vet made little progress a inuug the nations, beyund the limits of her own favored land, is destined in (lie end to prevail throughout Christ t rnlotri. In the language of our own great historian, "-religious liberty obtained a home—its only lionie in the whole world—at the humble village which bore the name of St. Mary's.*' This is a glory which belongs to Maryland, and will distinguish her throughout all future general ions. Time would fail me were I to attempt to speak of Charles Carroll, and other revolutiona ry worthies, whose names have illustrated the history of Maryland. Our revolutionary fathers—the iron, of re nown ot the past generation—have founded a system of government for us without an equal in the histoiy of former ages. Fully to realize and appreciate its arl vantages over all other gov ernments, a man must actually witness the con dition of the laboring classes in other countries. Ours is the only country on earth where a freeman feels proudly conscious that he is equal to his fellow-man, and where the avenues of wealth, distinction, and political power are e qually open to all. It is the oriiv country where honest labor is respected as it deserves, and receives an adequate reward. It is to the Constitution and the Cnion that we are indebt ed thrall the blessings and benefits we enjoy over every people beneath the sun. How base, then, would he the present generation—how unworthy of their noble sires—should they fail to transmit this precious l--gacv to their }>steri ty ! Were this possible, which Ido not in the Uast apprehend, they would blast the hopes of those noble spirits in every land who ardently expect their own political regeneration from the effect of our example, and consign the human race to centuries of despotism and misrule. We should never betray thi< sacred trust, committed to us not only threw own benefit, but that of all mankind. Although this is my abiding faith, nothing abroad mortified me so much as the repeated and confi 'erit predictions of foreign journals tHat our Cnion was on the point of dissolution. Day after day and week after week f was obli ged to read these smiab-r predictions. Th-v were extensively believed, in consequence of the wild and exaggerated statements contained in some ol our own j inrnals. When the new s reached Europe that, after a protracted ami des peiate struggle, "a black republican" had been elected "Speaker of the House of Representa tives," many, taking thewmd literal!v, believ ed that this election would prove to be the knell of our I linn. It ought to he known to the American peo ple thai these continual threats of disunion have unpaired our national character throughout the world. Everybody, abroad as well as home, knows that our strength consists in union, and that it divided each fragment would become powerless. Power is always respected among nations. The belief in tlm European world that our L'- nion i? not stable—that it is exposed any mo ment to dissolution has in some degree depri ved us of that glorious character, the greatest, freest,most happy, and prosperous people that ever existed are entitled to enjoy. Among the despotic governments ot Europe the wish may be father to the thought, because our existence is a constant reproaeh to them, and our exam ple inspires them with terror. There are, how ever, many, very many, wise and good men in every foreign land who view our Union as the lone star ot hope in it benighted world, and would regard its dissolution as a fatal catastro phe to human liberty. Disunion is a word which ought not to he breathed among us even in a whisper. The word ought to be considered one of direful o men, and our children ought to be taught that it is sacrilege to pronounce it. Let the time ever arrive when faction or fanaticism shall drive tiie people of any State to the brink of the precipice—let them have a full view of thp yawning gulf beneath, and they will recoil with instinctive horror from the abyss. In regard to the future destiny of my coun try, f confess I am an optimist . and I have an abiding faith that a majority of the States and of the people will always eventually redress every wrong which may be committed against any portion of the country. Strange as it may seem, my fvrth was never stronger in this be lief than at the present moment. We have al ready reached and almost passed the dangerous crisis on the subject of domestic slavery. The volcano is nearly exhausted. The material fur continued agitation no 1 mger exists. And why ? Because I hold it to be quite impossible that u ny considerable portion of our people can hue continue to contest the eleinentaiy repnblicn principles recognised in the territorial ln'isla tion of Congre This is nothing more than the power possess ed tiy t!ie people of every Stale since the world began. It is the foundation, the elementary principle, of a democratic republic. Without a cheerful submission to the will of the majority, no democratic government can exist. VVe have thus reached the end, or, to use an expres sive Americanism, tin- finality of our legisla tion on thi suhj./cf. What man in the I'nited States who values j his character will rise among his fellow-citizens ' and seriously urge the repeal of a law decla ! ring that the majority shall govern 1 None— ; not one. I repeat, we have reached tire finali ty of the ijiiestion. We have arrived at the el ementary principle of freedom, that the major ity shall govern—a piinciple essential to liberty, and as unchangeable as liberty itself. .Alter the tempest has passed away it requires some days liir the v\ aves of the ocean to subside; j fc'S after the agitation in the public mind tor ma ny years on the slavery question, it will re quire some time before this shall cease. Thai ! it will do so, except among those fanatics who I are governed by a higher law than the consti ; tution, 1 feel an abiding confidence. And is it not high time that the agitation on ; this question should subside and llm intellect l and energy ot the American people be directed to other objects f Our foreign relations demand their serious attention. Our meicanfile marine is now the largest in the world, and our iner ; cantile vessels cover every* sea; but wlieie is I the navy to protect them ? I o be sure what we have is composed of the ; best and htavist materials: hut we have too little ot it,although we do not require anything i like sir large a navy as that of* (Beat Britain oi France. The first commercial people m the world, we are but a third or fonrth-iate naval power. Never have [ been so convinced as J during my residence abroad of the wisdom of the maxim oi the Father of his Country, that the best mode for preserving peace is to he piv i pared for war. J beg to return to the gentleman who address ed me on tile part of the councils, and to your self, Judge Gibs, mv sincere thanks for the : manner in which von have respectively p.-i for med the duties intrusted to you ; and 1 need J not say how gratified [ am at the reception w hicll has been extended to ft e bv the people o< all parties in this beautiful city—a city which, irf addition to the recollections 1 have j already alluded to, is endeared to me by the fact that the first political speech I ever made ; in my lite was made i:i appealing to my fellow citizens at home to raise volunteers to defend it | against the foreign invader, which I followed bv | enrolling my name ui the ii s t of those who of j fered to march to its defence, and with them 1 | came here to oiler mv humble services. Now as to Maryland and Pennsylvania, j f hey are both rapidly blotting nut Mason and j Dixon's line. The enterprise of your sons lias j penetrated our State in every direction, and j you are reaping the rich fruits of that enter prise from tile valleys and the mountains ol the Keystone State. We rejoice in yi,r prosperi ty. The day has passed when any jealousy should exist between us—a jealousy alw.r, - in jurious to both parties. I once more return to von and to the citizens of Baltimore my sincere thanks for your gener ous welcome. Whatever may happen to me in the future, I shall always esteem this one of tile proudest davs of iny life. ft is almost impossible (says the Sun) to con vey the impression produced bv the delivery o( the above speech bv Mr. Buchanan. His venerable appearance, his fine athletic form, the clear, ringing tones of his voice, \\ hicli were heard by the immense audience that listened to him, rendered the scene a most imposing one. He was frequently interrupted bv cheers, and when lie closed hundreds rushed forward to take him by the hand. I Last evening, in company with the cif v roun j cil, he attended the opera, where he was sainted : with the most rapturous applause. At midnight he was serenaded at his quarters by the band of the Independent Blu-s. The following eloquent and p-ifiiof.r letter from Hon. JOHN CADVVAI, ADKK, of Philadelphia, will be read with interest throughout the Common wealth. AH, however, will regreT to hear ol" hisdeter mination not to be a candidate for re-election toCon gres, for Pennsylvania has never had a more compe tent Representative of her interest, than she has had , in the person of JOHN CADWAT.AUER : Ihtlinulioii of lion. John (athvalatlfr. WASHINGTON, May L*2lh, 1S")G. 1 give to the democrats of the fifth Congres sional district this early information that I do not desire a re-elect ion, in order that they may be enabled to make timely arrangements for the nomination of another candidate. At the election of 185 kmy democratic con stituents were able to resist successfully the flood of intolerance and prejudice in whose short lived torrent our party was unfortunately, for a season, overwhelmed in other districts f'.rairi ly democratic. At atsv oth-r time, the post of ! a representative in Congress, liow-wr honora ble, would have had no attractions for me. J bad always been an ardent and energetic sup porter of democratic organization as the means ot sustaining those democratic principles on | whose maintenance the security of our constitu tional frame of government is dependent. But, having never entertained a desire for political office or distinction, 1 had been contented with a constant performance of my duty, in a pri vate capacity, in the ranks- of the parte. There was then however a widely spread conspiracy for the subversion of democratic principles.— No true democrat apprehended the possibility of a final overthrow of these principb s. But the immediate prospect was temporarily discoura ging in the opinion of many even of those who relied most confidently on the ul/ininfe stability of 'our polilical institutions. Nat row-minded lietronists were a-sociated for the political dis franchisement of the whole body of our natural ized fellow citizens on account of their foreign birth, and for the proscription of a large por tion of them on account ol the religion which Biey professed. These intolerant liictionists ev erywhere exaggerated boastfully theii numbers, j For the purpose of undermining democratic '! organization, they had formed combinations with bands of agitators by whom constitutional rights of !he slaveholding states of the I nion were menaced. At such a crisis, active resis tance of the crusade in which the conspirators ! against democratic pi inciples were thus enga ged was a duty ol paramount obligation. Con siderations of private interest became subordi nate ; and sacrifices of mere personal inclina tion were to he disregarded. In receiving the democratic party's nomination as their candi date at such a period, 1 was honored with a manifestation of their confidence of which the remembrance will always be attended u ith feel ings of the deepest gratitude. Subsequently, my democratic constituents have sustained my course in Congress in a man ner uniformly the most encouraging. This un interrupted continuance of their kindness, which I have constantly endeavored to deserve, might warrant a confident belief that, if I desired an election for a second congressional term, I would, according to former usage in the district, receive a re-nomination from the democratic parly as their candidate. Such a re-notnina tion would lie equivalent to a re-election. I would not retire Iron? public j>olitical wrvice at a season of danger or doubt or difficulty in the pathway of the democratic party. I would therefore have desired to receive a re-nouivna tion il the reasons to which f have referred a having induced me to become a candidate in 18:>4. were still in lorce. Indeed, if those rea sons were still operative, a sense of duty would imperatively prompt the desire. But fortunate ly the reasons no longer operate. I took my seat in the House of Representa tives of the pres-nt Congress, as one of'a united hand of Democrats, whose number did not ex ceed, if it equalled, one-third of the whole number of members. But, more than a v-ar had eiaps< d since the congressional election at which the greatest portion cf the atili-d-iTiocrat ic majority had been chose it. At the slate and municipal elections which had inlet vened, the anti-demncrulic factious had generally been de feated. I hey w ere, froßi this cause, c!..piii'id ami disorganized in all parts of the country where they were not altogether dispersed.— 'i he resting point of their last !m;>e was their apparently overwhelming majority in this House ol Representatives, With an '.iriogant show of reliance upon Ibis expected majoritv, they dis regard tlie statesman like advice of a democrat ic President, and proclaimed a revolutionary defiance of opposition from a democrat ic Senate. Presenting the alternatives of submission or an archy, they threatened that, in case of a rejec tion id these measures ny the Senate, thev Would stop the work of the machine ol government by withholding the supplies of money required liir its support. The democrat ic minority therefore expected to be engaged m a suvw.ssion of desfmrnte strug gles for lite preservajiiHt of the institutions of nur coinitry again.M repeated assaults of an over bearing factious majority in tins branch of the legislature, constantly persevering in efforts to carry these threats i?tdo effect. But, piovidential'liy, no igh struggle of a se rious character has wcitri ed r and none of such a charaiter is likely h> occur. As in previous rases ol attempts to form anti-democratic leagues, irreconcilable di.-agreenienls ore wired aniotig our political opponents in this ('ingress. This confusion in their counsels has hitherto preven ted them, as it will nnqxiest ioitahly continue to prevent them, from acting with conceit in sup port of any one oT the pernicious measures which the Democrats were united to opjmse.— l'he democratic minority present as they have always presented, and will continue to present, an unbroken front. Their disheaitened oppo nents are not united upon any one of the anti democratic measures of the faclions through w hose temporary combination at the poi'ls in Is.> 4 Kiev were elected. Their abortive efforts are altogether incapable of producing results.— Tne mountain may hare been in labor, but it has been unable to firing forth even a mouse.— In support of any one of their leading antr-dem ocratic measures, there is no longer any proba bility of a vote of even a bare majority of the Hoii-e: ami there is no possibility of such a majority as would be of the least political sig nificance in opposition to the vote of the Sen ate. Wi.ile th- fiist session of this Congress is ap proaching its terminali mi, our opponents irt the I louse of R. j ivsentat ivm have doubtl-.--S already abandoned their last hope of able to com bine the various antr-democratic elements of their nominal majority lor any effective purpose of concerted action. Should thev h mad e nough to pass a vote withholding necessary ap propriations, they must know that such a vote will he the seal of their immediate political doom. Before the commencement of the sec ond session, the already decomposed factions hv which this nominal anti-democratic majority was elected, will have l.cen poliiicallv annihi lated. Our triumphant success in the Piesideh tia! contest which wis? intervene is no longer at all doiditlnl. The election of a House of Representatives with a democratic working majority for the next Congress i> equally cer tain. There is no district of Pennsylvania in 'which the candidate of our party can, with more security, rely upon a decisive majority than that which I now represent. .Montgom ery county never, in the darkest hour of sup posed peril, (leseited the democratic standard. In Philadelphia, w here the late anti-democrat | ic organization, with a sudden growth, attained • a sickly rlevejopement, followed hy as rapid a decay, it was, at the recent municipal election, rooted up,and now lies utterly prostrate. I nder present circumstances, therefore, J feel myself at perfect liberty to consult my own inclinations as determined by considera tions of personal interest and convenience which induce me to decline a renominatnn. In adopting this course, J do not by any means withdraw- from political service jo (be district. A retired representative may occupy, at home, a useful position by facilitating inter course between his former constituents and his successor: shielding the successor fiom unde served censure during bis absence a! the Seat of < Jovernmenf, and protecting the constituents against any inattention of the representative to : their interest. In these and other modes, J : hope to he able to render senices not aitog. th -1 er useless. JOHN CADWALADKR. A I'cai'fiit Adventure. The .Missouri Republican, in a letter from a Kansas correspondent, has the follow ing : "At. St. Joseph I saw Mr. A. T. Gorman of New Yolk, who had just come in from the i mountains in such n State of prostration and af ! diction as could only have been occasioned I y such exposure, hardship and suffering as, pn ' haps no other man ever survived. In compa ny with a Canadian Frenchman, and two Kvn tuckians he left the country of the Blackfeet Indians last fall to join Culverson and party at Fort Pierre and accompany them to the States. They arrived at Fort Pierre two days after Cnl verson's departure, and hastened 011 after, in the hope of overtaking him. On the third day one of those snow storms known only in those bleak and elevated regions opened upon them, ft came down in solid masses to the depth of fiur ieet, and was Mown about by drifting winds, leveling uneven places, penetrating and tilling i their wagon and clothes and obstructing Iheii i progress. Evening was approaching and they resolved to make one effort to reach a more pro tected piace before the night set in. They ur ged their horses forward, but had not proceeded ! more than a lew hundred yards—Gorman being mounted on one of the teamsters, and his com panion* in the wagon— when suddenly he felt himself precipitated, he know not how far, into an abyss of snow. He was completely covered ! over, and could not tell which way to turn, i He struggled on, however, making a slow and ; tedious way, until he came to the surface— he a hundred yards from whore , He looked around fur his companions but ther tliey nor the wagon could be place where they fad fallen into the<m ! " smoothed oyer ami j.r, sented a plan.- . r * SI He cried aloud forthnr., hut was ~n l v ed hv wild and wailing winds. * A feeling of dread and if. sedation an,l i came or.. r a „d He was about tVv ,'Ji j? 5 "" sed to That death which seemed mev'itahl, T" rea h had the C n|d penetrated | )is f lain '„ !\ * U ness was covering the skies; the .. ' winds whirled tf.e still falling *,,ow nisiy ; he was alone in a vast, unknown country, with,, proven* i.o ' shelter, without arms or ammunition' anri'°>-'' was fearful to lake a step any direction V lie should again be buried in some His manhood was subdued, he e pt like a i f the memories of fm happy home, and mother, came fresh upon him; he Ue tt , many anxious hours, the miserably y, ar . , his unknown fate would cause lu-r • "if )„'• only s. nd her one word of ath ct he could die in peace ; but that could not ' ' and he must rouse himself, He offer,. > prayer lor heavenly aid; he arose and",',' forward through the darkness and the " If- sometimes f-|| from exhaustion,and f/lt dined to rep, se; but be knew that on* meMA paii.se would be fatal, and he s ;, on. ]he next day he saw some bushes uj gave him hope of r-st and warmth, but he reach, d them he found, to hi* dismay t l ,! the n,atclies in his pocket were wet and's'ioii and could not l,e eg,,bed. His feet had U ; '', so sore and swollen from constant wallcin" a s V burst the soles from his shoes, and he wascc,. ' jel ieil to crawl and tumble himself along. he woiked himself slowly hut unceasin-dy through the next night and day, becoirnn'r more faint each hour, ami suffering a tiiousa y deaths from hnngei, tbiist, frosted limbs. \„r'. feet, wvaiinesa and drowsiness, when he des cried a hut a short way off. Suddenly revi ved, like a candle flickering in the socket he sprang arid ran forward a few steps and icrr'am ■■d for help, and fell senseless in the snow Some Indians at the hut saw and heard hitr, and went and biought hinr. in,and used all their restoratives upon him; hut it was several days before he returned to consciousness.arid six lon - Weeks before he left his bed. He lust several of his toes and is otherwise permanently iniu red, but, through the assistance of some gener ous gentlemen of St. Joseph, he will beeuabiei] to reach home. His companions have never been heard of. The piace where they perished .Mr. Gorman as certained to be about thirty milts from where the steamer White Cloud lies; but t!,e snow w as Still deep in tile gulches when he left there. He gave their names, but I legret that they have escaped my memory. Yours, &c., X. Corre-pondenve of the Evening "ViiionnJ Argus.] WASHING TON, May ]!f, 185 G. The ITm. J. Clancy Jones replied to-day, to the speech of his colleague, (Mr. Fuller,) and it w is a very brilliant and effective effort, proviig Mr. Jones to be one of the most able debaters in ttie House, and one in whose bands tile in terests of Mr. Buchanan c< nld not he moresaf - ly placed. His mariner of speaking wasv.ty convincing, his stvle clear and effective, ami m 11.is, occasion he attempted no eulogy upon Mr. Buchanan's public services, hut directly tat: • issue raised by Mr. Fuller as to Mr. B.'s consis tency, his antecedents, and his devotion to the principles ol the Democratic party. II- pronounced the record produced as to M-. Buchanan's Free Soil proclivities entirely r:.- true—that he did not report the resolutions which Mr. Fuller averred he oilerrd—that lie did not preside at tile meeting, and that he Dri er saw them until th v appeared in the papers. It Mr. Ruchanau was charged with being in favor of them, thev wete answered bv bisvoffs while in the Senate. One of them was to pre vent the circulation ot Abolition dormm-fits through the mails: another to extend the Mis souri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean.— His defence of the Fugitive Slave Law—his v v on tlie admission of Arkansas and Michigan into the r nion— his endorsement of the Comprcrr ise measures oflSnO, and his endorsement oi the ii solutions of his own Slate on the 4th "I March last. He further claimed as a proof of Mr. Buchanan's, consistency and identification with Democratic principles, the letter he wrot • in 1850 to the Democracy ot Philadelphia, in which he declared that th v .Missouri Hnthu' /jfissci mcny : took ground for popular sover eignly, and laid the foundation for the princi ples contained in the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The whole of Mr. Jones' remarks were list ened to with profound attention, and evidently cieuted great sensation throughout the House. The PftuiM lvaniau—Who Owu> aiid lilta Controls il ? Letter writers and others have errasionalh" *•- reriipd themselves ahour try mlerest in. and pe r ""'" at control over the Pennsylvania**, and pre!einh*d give the public tacts in relation thereto. Among alt ers of this class, the writer of a Letter in the Nen York ll ru/U of Sunday, the LV'h ins'., purportm.: be wutien in lliis city, states Unit I'toel Justice LEWIS, Senator BHILKII and JOHN RICK are largely t. * terestcd in the pevntiiary concern, fas the ri >r teruis it), "and hence they have a vote why* ! course ot the paper is to be determined.' I tus, *• " all like statements are utterly untrue. It the put lie or any person be conceined about such in."-e.s, they can only be to know the truth, ami it is ttns.- I ain the only and exclusive proprietor ol this P"i" r - I alone control its columns and determine i ; * coins'", political and otherwise, ami have done cosinre r came sole jnoprietor, in March, ISW. Nenhft n the gentlerneri above named have ever, by * ote ot any other manner, controlled, or -hared vritii mt the control of this paper or in its political comse. In a word, the vmum is, a, it purport be, edited by Edward CJ. Webb, Esq., hut own" controlled in every re.pert by me. and by irte"-)• There is no eonflrcting interests in. n r d' v ";'' l 1 sponsibilitv about this joiirnal or its course in su, port ot Mr'. Bi CHANAX. 1 alone am interested in j one, and J only have determined and am respen 1 for tlie other. . I take this occasion to state ako. that the aieou given in the letter of the pretended opinions aa' linal judgment of th> gentleman named i" re 'F' ; , ing the memoir of Mr. BI'I-HANAN, is iintrne. a., and like statements in that letter, so tar as t ie) late to his paper and myself, ate pure n"?*\Ye take great pleasure in tran>lerri? 0 " columns tlie following notice ol ourhandsumv accomplished young friend, GEO. KTSTE'-, F-q of the editors of the Chambeisburg Rrpo*' 0 1 TrriHseript, and tender the parties a hear') "' ■> t ulalion: n A K IS 5 E i>: At Welsh Run,* on Wednesday morning. 11 in-t., bv Rev. Mr. Cramer. GEOIUIS Chainhersburg, to M v::v Cli vie, el Jest i.aii c IV'in. Craig, dec^l. At Pattonsville, South Woodberry, on the 1-n by Samuel Burger. Esq.. Mr. JOHN A A'" l ■ Snake Spring Valley, to .Mis- SLSAX MIUUK, South Woodbetry tuwit-tify-
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