Lflltr frcta Ktv. Stjrfinnis Tusiiu.
Macomb PUI E,
Washington city. July 15, 1856;
To the Ed/tar oj the TV.: shingtoet Union :
Dixit bik : 1 have been edified by your recent an
■ i mad versions on the interference of clergymen with
the politics of the country. Sincerely dot prav that
the rebuke administered to the rector of the church
oi the Epiphany, in Philadelphia, may he repeated to
every clerical meddler throughout the length and
breadth ot the land. It is no wonder that the church
es in some portion oi the country have put on the
hablimeuts oi mourning hi < onsequence of the declin
ing state of religion, when the pulpit has been trans
fortned into a mere serniar arena, and the political
question* of the day have been substituted loi the
sublime themes oi our holy Christianity. 1 do not
deem it improper, however, in the present fto-Ture of
our national atfairs, for ministers of" religion to avail
themselves of every appropriate occasion to kindle
up afresh on the hearts o. their countrymen the lire
of patriotism, and io employ aii the influence with
which they are invested to perpetuate our precious
and priceless institutions.
The perpetuity of this Union is nor merely a polit
ical question which may be used by demagogue.- and
ianatics for the purpose., of p. rsonal aggrandizement;
it is thoroughly interwoven with the leligious inter
ests of our race : and sad, it deed, will it be for the
present happiness and future hopes of mankind when
" l'eoja fruit ted nun est'' -i ali be written on the
scattered fragments ol our national L nmn. All out
i.iitecedeiiis as a nation indicate, beyond a peradven
tnre, that the hand of Cod was active in our liatton
"ai organization, for centuries anterior to <>m exist
ence was the gooi'iir ss oi God engaged m laying the
foundation-ol If - glorious edifice of liberty, under
whose ample dome, we. as a nation of freemen, are
this dav permitted ? rejoice. The ind-cent levity,
T; ore fine, to say nothing of the daring impiety, with
which the demolition of this glorious structure is
-spoken of in some quarter-, should be lepiobated in
terms of unmitigated severity by every friend ofliod
and man.
C was my c od fortune to be present in the Bpic
of the United S; uteb when Mr. Calhoun, who kindly
honored nie with his .i; •unship for more than a quar
ter of a century, expaciafed on the evils (•! ccle-ias
tical disruption, in connexion v. .iii the peculiar ii.sti
t dfc uoi tne f-outh, a- tending to sectionalize the
-country, and reconcile the j>eo;>ie to the feniful idea
of dis-oliit.nii. livery -wand, however minute,
which was thus snapped asunder, served To weaken,
by so in. 1 . the bond, that held n- together in gjfH-i
--; national brotherhood, and To hasten a catastrophe
i eonteiops.ilion of winch is enough to make the
blood feci oiiti in our,t! the heart ol the patriot and
the Chisiian. Whilst, therefore, 1 rejoice in the
■titifii'i'i'yo/ tJt.l Uic.t!ylerinn Church, of which 1 am
an humble minister, J profoundly regret that some
el our sister churches have felt compelled to yield to
the idrceol circumstances, and assume the name, if
not the sect.oi.a, chaiacteri.-lics, of North and South.
No eccles.a-Tu al n ensure, having the remotest ten
dency to such a reu!r, shall ever receive my sanc
tion : on the contrary, i will, whenever occasion may
require it. entreat my brethren, l*y the memory of
our tore-athers; ly the lieavcidy inspiration which
led tfern to declare these colonies flee and indepen
dent States; by the blood which was ,-piit during the
revolutionary struggle: hv the sticce-s which,
through the divine blessing, crowned tiieir patriotism
and their valor ; by the r. h inhertunce of civil and
religious liberty which th-y have bequeath d us;
and liy the present happine-- <>, the future hopes of
mankind, [ will entreat them to itb-lrin from saying
anything, or doing anything, which might weaken
'he boi.-d-. and thereby accelerate the dissolution oi
this thrice glorious c: leilerac •. My heart is for
the t uiun, the it-hole Union, and nothing hut t'u V
-1/1 O: / .
"i -rv respectfully, your obedient servant.
SEPTIMUS TL'STIX.
A I'iv.iv. fiCAL SiuA !
Extract of a letter frorn Mr. B. 1". LEADER, to the
••■htor of the Bedford Gazette, dated
Berrien Springs, Michigan, July M. 1 SAG.
••rather, (Maj. Henry Leader) seems to be per-j
tectly delighted with the nomination oi the Cine it:-
nati <'(invention for President.' Indeed, he is quite i
enthn iastic on the question—and is doing for the i
•treat Pennsylvania Statesman all that he van. The j
, Hoys are all going with the old gentleman, ronse- i
•iiiently we shall ca-t FIVE. votes for the democratic j
nominees. Pretty good "or one family, when we j
Take into consideration the fact that in the contes •..4'|
y-l . r g a JJICT wen
Ti"e'l)emocracv her- hail the nomination df Jatneg
, the Olive branch of Peace, at(d so sayK
I.t:o.ia , t,is election that tbev are "ipMJf
Kl succe - 1 .. ; - y look M
tb>- "iy tnuu lor tne crisis, and teef ts.yjjfed
unanimity with which ;.i. wntinMtiWWlll
been received that he will lie tri'imphautly elected,
lie has been tested, and well tested too, and has pro
ven hime!f competent for any emergency* and the
people here look upon it as highly e-sential to the
a i'l lure of tlii s Gov en meet that h- should he cho-en.
S'he election djv wifi di-riose. iiowev. r, that lie i- a
i.ivorite of a large majority of the freemen of this
country."
Ext met of a letter from u distinguished gentleman
in Easton to the editor ol the Bedford Gazette, da
ted July !$, 18GJ:
'•Politico! matters are warming up in Oid North
-tmpion, a id, from present appearances, trie conte-t
will he altogether a ones led 0..e, as every body is
for "Old Buck." Tie - only I,gating we nave is be
tween the Fillmore and the Fremont nicGon*. Look
out for such a majority for our candidates as were
never given before."
TU~ - ;ir ,. iii receipt of a letter front cir re.-pect
od townsman, Mai. TALIAFERRO, bearing date
Tort knelling, June 2'., ! Sio, from which we make
the following extract fur the edification of his nu
merous frier.ds. It was intended tor last week's pa
per. but crowded out:
••I am now located in inv own house, a claim fur
"which I have In. I much in cce - iry trouble. | via
nrcihly ejected from .t years ago. I now have the
pleasure to - -ay to vou, lor the information of.the
world arid '-trie re.t of" maiikirid," that 1 walked
to my i/tptim riri't in op-n day without it-kitig
; rn ission of any man. The right to wlvch I refer
;s known here by everv honest -—4-tlev to be indispo
t V v ju-t—yet the office of Indian affairs foolishly
and blindly contested ir.y right to what my money
..ill nut the ".and- tu lie.: Government, pa for. It
•mi welt -or niv intere-t that 1 came h"re—for, as
land i.. valuable, and the -ijn thebe-i in t. e country,
i was near bc'ng , mp'd hv speculators and others.
Some ot mv friends placed m niy hnm'.s tio-.r laud
warrants to be i.ed in ti, JJ ' territory, but as 1
would not e. t r iai ' for them which 1 would not for
myself, it is deemed proper to bold on for :i more fa
vorable opportunity—for the best lands are with
held from location that actual settlers may take up
claims ;or pie-emptiou, which, on reflection, is the
!.••-; for •i .• t. :: ,'.ory. 1 c'.o - by saying, and it
! • my heart grxid to i.iv it, that JAMF.S BU-
T'.IAXAN. if he live-, will he the President of
ft.. - t ; nited States." 1
THE MAHKETS,
PB:r.AT)Er.n:tA, Jniy 21.— FLOi'R market
is i • ady with a linritl- d ririnatui for export, atui
we notice s'.' s r i 12o0hiiis. xuperftue at B<i
'- >aii 50 per hbt. foi old stocK atui fresh ground.
iticJmling rOv> bl Is. extra at 23 per bbi
There is a limited tlei,;a;)d fir the supply of the
c.'v retail Ira,if w hich is limit; d at 25a§S
per bid. as ii> -jualiiy. Rve Flour is dull, with
si' sats3 73 per bb!. Corn M< - al is in lair
r.-qiiest ami M.-adv, with salcsuf 200 Lbls. Fenn
sv lvnnia at §2 b7.j per bhi.
There is a lair supply of Wheat, and with hut
a limited inquiry price- - have declined 7c. per
mi. Sales of 3,000 bu. Southern and Pennsyl
vania ted at I fjQal 33r. per bn., and prime
w hite at 160 c. Pye is duil, and held at 72c.
pei bu. Corn i- less active, and the sales small
a't>on6!r. tor good Southern yellow. lot of
oilOO bu. sold on private terms.
U7 *. ' • CD tii:rn - 'dia!elv. a * ouno man to
•.it as <alegrn*n in a litor-. Out who has had
. ... experience :n the tit.. mess preferred. For
ti rther information inquire at this office.
Jicdf rt 3 , July 23,1856.
- THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
!£<'<!fur(l, July I ,*♦*<.
ii. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
| VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ! ! !
••The I nion of lake-—the Union of lauds,
, i The Union of Slates Hone can sever ;
i The Union of hearts, and the I uion of hands,
And the flag of our Union forever!"
FOR PRESIDENT,
Ml JAMES Bimm
. OF PF.N.XSV f.\ AXI A.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
HOI. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
: OF KEXTUUKV.
OEMOCIIATIC STATE TICKET.
Cuntil ('ommissiun i'f.
GEORGE SCOTT.
. luditor (i- ti triil,
JACOB FRY,JR.
Surveyor Central,
COL. JOHN ROWE, (of Fi unklin county.) j
(Subject to the decision ot the State Convention.)
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
, ! Count y SnrveVGi YVAI. JM. HALL.
Distii<t Attorney —C. 11. SPANG.
Associate judge—A. J. SMVLLY.
Coiriiniasiuner—ll. J. HKC.XER. (3 vears.)
CADVV ALA DER EVA NS. (1 vr.J
Poor Director—CF.OßUE ELDER,
i Auditor—HENßY C. MOCK, (3 vears.)
THOvS. YV. HORTON, (2 yeuts.)
Coroner—JOHN HARSMBAitciEii."
•31 CLE BEEF & •GRASSHOPPER PIES!"
I Civ'ft is said of Col. jXHLX C. I'RF.MOXT, the
ABOLITIt)X candidate tor President, that he once
remarked—'• Sir, J hare ii red M'te Itecfcnil
C 'tthopper Pies, hut WHltr I't iueipies sirien and
' <lttguxt in - mure th ru eit.'i- r."' When Col. Fremont
' thu- denounced Whiggery he proie sed to be a ram
j pant Democrat, and must have had in his mind's eye i
I the t rritrs* of that jurru/iar class of Whigs a portion
; O • whom compose the - l assnri a led t'jleui nod drrrn
rt/" of tlie Borough of Bedford, assuming to them
selves the leadership o. the Know Nothing Abolition
Party. If any body abroad ever leads the essays of
this model assort ition they must eonclude that the
opponents of Democracy residing near the Bedford
Mineral Springs are "some Pumpkins" in the way ot
literal// refinement —whose stomachs are well adapt
ed to eagerly partake of the kind of bare so graphi
cally described above. "Mute Beef and Grasshopper
! Pie,"as the point and seasoning to a!! the political
productions of Fr. Jordan Co.—The di-h, how
: ever, has become so nan-eating, as to drive hundreds
I of respectable Whigs in Bedford county into ihe ile
| roocratic party, a fact which will Tie fully verified
i at tiie nex't election.
TSse oi' liiKiod !
The gross slander that Mr. Bicmiaxin decla
red if he had a drop of democratic blood in his
veins lie wotild let it out, has not been uttered
duru g the present campaign, by any respectable
paper of any party. Even The malignant and un
scrupttlous Editor of the New York Tn-iitw bar too
much regard for decent appearances to insist on it.
He admits : - !<> fl • .ils". 'J"he blood-hounds oi' Ab
olitionism and Know Xothingism, however, stick to
it - .i!:ii a pertinacity which reminds us ot' the year
i when Peg Beatty figured so conspicuously,
j Mr. Buchanan himself—a man upon whose charac
[ ter no stain of falsehood ha- ever been fixed—denied
fjihutically. His neighbors of Lancaster decla
id r their hands in ;; paper which we apnctld to
uch an expression—that they never rieatd it
yd against him until many years after he should
said it —and that ii' he had said it, thfcy must
heard it or heatd of it.
MfeMßhe story is false upon its face—a broad, plain,
I palpable, manifest falsehood. "I'f. Buchanan's con
-1 stitntional coolness of bo ha vi qui-—hi< steady pru-
I dencc—and the habitual modera-fSfca.f bis language
j —make it absurd in the eyes of ant? bo know him.
j But, in addition to this, the propagators o; the ca
lumny contradict themselves at every turn. One says :
j that he made the expression in a Ith of July oration
J —another that he uttered it in a political speech—a
nother that lie said it in some private conver-ation—
| while a fourth version fixes the scene at a -upper
[ j which he gave to bis friends when he was admitted
.j to the Bar. If their story had a shade of truth it
. ! would fang Tng-ther better than it does, li there j
i I was a particle of foundation for it they would at
j Hast agree in telling it somewhat alike. It is mani
j Ic-tly the coinage of some impudent knave who wan
* ; ted an ofiice and thought that slandering Mr. Bu- •
' i clianan was a good way to get it.
' j Look at their evidence. Some ot these scribbler
■ ref-r to our deceased friend, J-i-nt \ F. Cox, Esq.,
- a - authority or their falsehood. Mr. Cox never as
serted ton - , he himself knew any thing about it. He
mentioned it once in debate as a tiling which he be- 1
Leved. But why did he believe it ? Because he md i
r.ot then know Mr. Buchanan, atnl had never heard j
. ' any conttadieticn of it. He never reaffirmed it af
; ter ttie appearance of Mr. Buchanan's letter deny ing
' i or sft<-r had a full opportunity o! knowing the
. charuetor of the evidence on which it rested. On !
- I the contrary, he then became, and continued to the i
i i day ol his death a warm and devoted friend ot Mr. ;
' j Buchanan. He was the Senatorial Delegate trom
I this District to tiie State Convention in 18 IS, and,
I i though uiiin-tructed. he was arirong the firmest Bu
i, i i aiiau n."ti in that body. Xo one car, doubt that if I
r ; Mr. Cox were now alive, he would defend Mr. Bn- .
: clianan and rebuke the slanderers who are making
, i this unwarrantable use ol his name.
f j They give us the written statement of Georch: i
j Fono. Jr., who says that Peter Shindel told him that !
i i he heard Mr. Buchanan use the oifeti'-ive words iin- I
i puted to him. Let it be remembered that Mr. Slur,- :
j die does not :-ay this himself. He makes no certifi- \
' cafe. We have nothing but Ford's word to show
' j that Shindle ever said anything of the sort. Wbo.
' i then, is this George Ford, Jr. ? He teas a leader of '
} i the Native American Party. According to his own
* account, be was entirely too righteous to live in a
' county where Catholics, and irishmen, and Ger- j
j mans had equal rights with himself! fie would have
* i been a worthy and activp Know Nothing it he had |
' i found it convenient to remain at Lancaster until the J
: secret order came up. Bu: before that time it was
: discovered that he had been engaged lor years in j
i stealing money from the General Government by 1
j means oi/orced pension certificates, to the genuine
j ness oi winch he regularly made his oath. Let the 1
I Know Nothings make the most of him. He is a i
' marvellous proper man for the use they put him to.
j | it is fit that such , s cause should be sustained by !
1 such a witness.
| Lastly, they produced Anthony McGlinn. His
| testimony was directly to the point. He is madc_.to
- ray that he heard Mr. Buchanan (he does not say
I ' yten) ir. * political speech at the Court House in
' Lancaster, with his Land uplitted, declare that '• if
he had a drop of Democratic blood in his veins he
wc .-Id t:i out. Now, consider this in connection
' with the statement ni Mr. Buchanan's next neigh
i bors in Lancaster city that they never heard of it
i until Mr. C. was a candidate for Congress the last
timp. Js if not amazing that an expression so likely
to arrest universal attention should lie noticed by m>-
■ body b'ut Anthony McGtiou? Is it iiot a most mys
terious and wonderful fact that such a sentiment,
publicly spoken in the hearing ol* hundreds, should
have been kept a profound secret from all but Antho
ny McGlinn for fifteen or twenty years? But the
mystery will be cleared away from the mind of
t},e reader when we tell him 'that Anthony Mc-
Glinn was a man of intemperate habits, without
standing or character —one of those poor tools that
knave- often make use of at a pinch—a mete Peg
Be illy in pantaloons, who could be got to sign any
thing that was written for him.
Thi< i< absolutely all tie evidence there is on the
i subject. There is not a man in the country who will
; not feel his indignation roused when he sees a man
• like James Buchanan so traduced upon such grounds,
j It must be plain to all that lie i- thus assailed
! merely because be is the chosen champion of the the
! Constitution and the trusted leader of its friends.
Well may the Democracy be proud of their candi
i date. iLs character, public and private, is impreg
nable. llis enemies go back to his earliest youth
:or matter oi accusation, and even then they have
nothing to sustain their charges except the state
ments of a perjured thief and a characterless inebri
ate.
Several of the undersigned have known Mr. Buch
anan ever since he.drsF came to Lancaster to study
law, with the late James Hopkins, and the others lor
many years past. We are al! convinced that if at a
public meeting at the court-house, or anywheie else
in this city, be had ever used such an expression, or
anything lik it. as that which has been attiibiited
to lum by Mr. Cox in the Convention —to wit—"that
| lie thanked Ins God he had not a drop of Democratic
bloo l in his veins, and if he had lie would let it out"
—some of us would have heard it. and all of us would
have heard ol it, arid it must have becomes subject of
general conversation throughout Lancaster. To the
best of our knowledge it never was mentioned bv
any person until the year ISC'-, immediately before
Mr. Buchanan's last election to Congre-.-, on the
Deinociatic Jackson ticket. As this election imme
diately preceded General Jackson's fir*t election to
the Presid-iicy, (in November, iS'TS,) and us Mr.
1 Buchanan had been for several yeais previously his
anient and active supporter he was then opposed with
II urh zeal and bitterness.
Leer since we firs! heard this story, referred bar! i
as it did To 181.", we have always believed, and stil 1
believe, that it was got up without anv foundatioi i
in .'act, J'or the purpose oi operating against Mr. I'm .
chanan's election to Congress in 182 S. Indeed, w j
have uevei supposed lhat any pcr-on acquainted witi I
his character could believe that at any period of lie [
lie would have made such a declaration as now seeiis
to be seriou-'y imputed to hint.
William Jenkins, Wm. ft. Fordnev, Renh Frazrf, i
F. A. Muhlenberg. John Mathiot, W'm. Norris, Jnji.
: Christ, Geo. Musser, Wm. Liick. Samuel Dale. Jrs. ,
: Ogilby, John 1". Sreinmaii, K. C. Reigbart. Adutri '
lleighait, I'mi j. Charnpnevs-. Jas. Iluiue-, (ieo. :f.
Krug, Wrvi. Cooper, Joim X. Lane. John Reynolds.
John R. Montgomery, Menrv Rogers, .lacoti DemnSt.
Christian Lachmari. John Boinberger, John Hois, 1
James If vans, John Miller. Henry Keller, (.ieo. M>- ,
senkop.
TJif iVE crofting rC Wj. l'S:airviESc
GAT"Our irieud- will bear in mind that t-AT! 11-
DAY the 'JGth inst. is the day fixed upon :or raising
a BUCHANAN fx BRECKINRIDGE Pole in the vil
lage of St. Ciairsville, and it is expected that there
will be such a turn out as will satisfy the enemies of
Democracy that Bedford County is certain for BU
CHANAN and the whole Deinociatic Ticket by a
handsome majority. A cordial invitation is given
by the County Committee to " all good citizens, ol
WHATE\ EU PARTY, Who love the Union, and de
sire an end to the Know Nothing Abolition agitation
wh.ch now threatens it,"' to meet with u 5 on the oc
casion alluded to, us well as all our other political
meetings. The committee further assure ail, our ad
r-.t discussion of tin? great is'-nc.- bVfnre 'R.VcotfillVV'
We desire to speak to the people earnestly and can
didly, and point out to thein, by fair argument, the
daugers which threaten the peace ol' our happy
country by the atie.ripled onialganation of aii the
rotten factions whicii ivtvv disgrace the N
The chairman or" the Know Nothing County Com
mittee of Bedlord, in telling Ins political friends that
they are not invited to this and ail the other Demo
cratic meetings, pays them a sorry compliment. If
i his party friends are " good citizens, who love tie V
ttioit," then the invitation of tiie County Commttee
includes them as fairly as the Democrats. If, How
ever. they are the r< rrcsc oi this, then we col less
the call has no reference to them. This 1- not
the lirst time that this -tereotyped chairman has ex
: hibited his contempt for the masses, hut, fortunately,
the time has passed when hone-t freetnpn cai be
made believe the moon i- made oi green cheese;and
hence we shall expect the attendance of large lum
bers of our former political opponents at the neet
• ings we Lave called in the several Townships of ied
ford County, where they will ail he treated as (en- !
tlemen, whether they endorse our sentmcnt or ot.
U'by Oppose ihe lirmocratic I'aiiy?
1- it not a strange infatuation That, at this <ui!ifit- '
ened day. there can he found any intelligent arid ls
. interested man epposir g tiie Democracy of he
country ? Peace and Prosperity abounds througljut
the length and breadth of our glorious land, and,a,
a Nation, we enjoy blessings known to no other (o
, pie upon the face of the earth. (Jar country i- ci
( sidcred a model for the wot Id, where every man,of
good character, rich or poor, may stand upon a cn
moa platform and share the highest honors to he in
fer red by the suffrages of Freemen. Land is higv- i
.
Cattle high—Horses command an enormous pr e—
all the products of the farm and the garden find e;v
access to a ready market, and ail kinds of labor id
mechanical skill meet with sure and abundant c<t
. pensation. The people dress well look well—tl I
I fare well. How could things be bettered ? Wjt j i
human agency could make us a more pro-perous p- i
; pie than we are? And yet there are political ollic '
i see-kn g croaices constantly going about trying • i
, create the' impression that we are in a worse st* I i
j than that of Egyptian bondage—and there are rfwj: i
| who can he made believe the doleful tale in the fa f
jof the clearest possible evidence to the contrar f
; Now, we ask the honest farmers of Bedford Conn 1
■to ponder on the hints thrown out above, and thi! '
ask themselves, as good citizens, whether it is not f
-hamc, a burning shame, lor any man to find toil
with such a Government as ours. And let it be r i
j rnembered that it is to tiie Democratic Party at t
| Democratic Principles that we are indebted for ev. j
ry thing that lias made us the great and growing Nj h
j tton we are. Every important measure now apprt |>
ved by the people, has, m turn, been condemned btl
the enemies of tiie Democratic Party, as the certaia
! de-truction of our beautiful country—and yet it hav
! never yet been ruined ! tr
a:
CAT*" No answer has yet been given to the inquir,,
! as to who appointed the delegates to the late K.
and Abolition State and National Conventions—
ther have we been toid who selected the delegate ;
called to meet in Bedford on the HI st inst. to nomi n
nate a County Ticket, Sic. 'The people used to at
tend to these duties, but a secret few now contro
matters to smt thems Ives. Will freemen submit til
such indignity ? 7
i r. .lordan, Em|.
t VYe-bavc often wondered why this young gen- j
I than was selected by our opponents as their espe
c; moulh-piece and organ tor he has certainly ex- j
ijted hut few characteristics of a prudent and jti- ,
■ dons leader. As a citizen-ami neighbor we will .
■ ihirn the justice to say that he is a very clever
I iti, and discharges his dutie-, as far as we know,
• th integrity. But, as a politician, his conduct has
' iched even the lowest point of contempt and viran
-1 is, a fact which has been frequently and publicly I
ferted by many of those who have heretofore acted
I'th him. To say nothing of his vacillating course
ither buck than three years, how stands his record?
living failed in all his predictions about the ruin of
r country, growing out of the veto of tiie L. S.
itnk—the Tariffof M'2—the admission of Califor
ia the passage of The Independent Treasury Bill--
ad the refusal to abrogate the VETO power from
1 je Constitution of ihe U. S. and of the several -
tales composing tiie Union—he fell upon theexpedi
nt ol building up a great party by putting down
lie " Hum Traffic and, in violation ol trie will ol
lie people of Bedlord County, fairly expiessed at
he ballot-box, (alter having heard and read his lia
angueson the -object a thousand times.) lie deliber
itely-voted in the Senate for the Jug Law which was
ntended as one of enlire Prohibition, lint which
vas in nowise respected, because it was an assump
tion of power not war ranted by the suflr.ig*-sof those
Who had a right to decide tile question at the Poils.
j nder this Law the Licenses weie tak-ri iVoin all
: he Taverns, arid the question was thus again btought
before tiie people, who sent such a majority to the
popular branch of the Legislature as corvid not fail to
jihow their entile disapprobation of the proceeding. In
the lace ol this fact. Mr. J. continued to treat with
jontcmpt his constituents, by voting steadily against
every attempt to repeal the .lug Law, and in favor
of ail the severe nea>ures calculated to punish those
who had in any way violated its dirty provisions.
This he done up to near the close ot the se-sion,
when, all of a sudden, without giving a single rea
son tor In-, extraordinary course, lie wheeled about
and voted for a Law granting a wholesale system of
Licenses to retail Liynor by the gill and re-establish
Ale and Beer Houses—anil, after lie returned home, '
on being interrogated by the Couit on the subject,
lie gave it as his opinion that Ihe licensing ot a
I hou-e to retail Ale and Beer in the Borough oi Bed
; ford came clearly within the meaning ol the law lor
which HE HAD VOTED 1 notwithstanding '-Beer
> iion-es" hail been cited as one of the great evils
S which temperance men desired to eradicate!
Mr. JORDAN has been as much tiie cause ot the
I troubles emanating from political temperance a- any
j other fanatic on this subject in the State, a IJCI well
understood by the People—and, if his party do not
repudiate his dictation, in the present canvass, they
: deserve all the odiutn he has cast upon them in his
legislative capacity.
Notwithstanding Mr. Jordan wrote letters Iroiri
Rarrisburg expre-sing the greatest, admiration lor
FII.T.MORK and DOXEI.SON, every body knows that he
is a thorough convert to Black Republicanism, al
\ though Mr. Fillmore lias publicly declared that the
triumph ot' Black Republicanism could not laii to
result 111 a dissolution of the Union .'
Not only so—after having united with an organiza
tion which required its followers to take a soienui
OATH 1 hat they would not vote nor give lh"ir in
fluence to any man, for any office in The gift ol the
people, who was a Roman Catholic or a foreigner,
Mr. J. now stands ready, as indicated by his -crib
bhngs, to go the whole hog lor Fremont, a Catholic
and the son ol" a Foreignei !! I outd political mean
ness get lower than 'his I
In thus speaking of Mr. Jordan's political wind
ings, we do it as a matter of justice to those who
have heretofore suffered themselves to be humbug
..t Wo hi. notions, and not because it gives
rned the leadership of the elements opposing the De
mocracy—being Chairman of the Comity Commit
tee—Chairman ot the Committees on Resolutions at
all the meetings—and generally the sole speechifier
—it becomes nece--ary that i: should be known what
manner ol man lie i. His conduct in reference to
tiie Temperance Qnr'tion alone ought To he sufficient
to -atisiy every reflecting mind that his personal ad
vancement is the highest theme of his political am
bition. If he was honest in his efforts, for years, to
force the people to submit to a Prohibitory Liquor
Law, against their will, how does it come that lie fi
nally found it convenient to vote for a License Law
as general in its provi-ions as any Liquor, Ale oi
Beer dealer could pos>ibly desire? It is true, he had
quite an agency in raising the rates of License upon
the Tavern-keepers, and thus preventing some of our
best citizens lrom taking out License, but no candid
man can say that tins has reduced the amount of
drinking a single gill.
1 hat Reward!
C".""No oue ha- yet called upon the County Com
mittee to claim the reward of one thousand dollars -
offered for the proof that JAMKS Brcu ANA \ ever advo
cated the reduction of Labor to 10 cents a day—al
though the charge has been asserted and re-asserted
with ail the seriousness due to truth in its cleanest
firm. Could it he believed that men laying claim
to any respectability would invent a slander so infa
mous, and then stand ready to swear that it was
tine '? \et such i- the fact. The committee, how
ever, have spoiled their calculations, and rendered
these slanderers the reproach and contempt of even
their own political friends.
Poa trait s'asiaiici^!
OF? ' Professor Ghounnti, the eminent portrait and
Landscape Painter, has arrived here. IVo may refer ;
to his work as his highest commendation. H- brings
with hirn a Portrait ni Rev. Mr. HFVUF.V, of this
place, which is considered by all who have seen it
as an excellent one, and a fair specimen of the tal
ents of the distinguished \rtist, as a Portrait Paint- j
IT. in our judgment, this likeness is S o perfect, that i
it is not susceptible of improvement, and we think
al! who examine it Will concur with us in this opin
ion. .Mr. G. will exhibit alo a magnificent painting
ol "Diana" preparing with her attendants for the
chase. This painting, ln.s own production, we un
derstand, he will offer fur sale. He j< stopping at .
the "Washington Hotel," and will he in readiness to
take Portraits at any time during his stay. ,
Byway of illustration to the painting in question, :
it may be well to subjoin a brief account of the my- j <
thology o. the Pagans re-peering "Diana." Diana '
is represented by heathen writers, as the Godde-s of j
minting. She is said to have been born at the same <
jirth as Apollo, in the i-land of Delos. To shun 1
he society of men. she devoted her-elf to hunting, t
ind was always attended by a number of chosen f
•irgins, who. like her-elf, abstained from the use of! 2
narriage. She is represented with a quiver, a spear, s
md sounding horns, and attended with dogs. She was 2
opposed to be the same as the moon, and hence she '
vas called Pha-be, or the hriiliant. Many other I
lames and offices were given to her, but vve have '
aid enough about her, to illustrate the admirable '
laintmg of Profes.-or GLOGGEK.
(E7"Otir friend, Col. JOHN M. GH.MORE, is among v
lie visitors at the Bedford Fpiings, looking decided- b
7 wet!, and quite as enthusiastic a democrat as ever.
Fium the PiiilmMphia Bulletin of 17th inst. j f
PARTICULARS OF THE**- ! c
Collision on the Nerlli Pruna- Railroad.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. |j
SEVERAL CARS IH RN'ED.
<
NEARLY FIFTY LIVES LOST!!!
About nine tnorning the apjall
ing intelligence read ■T.fUe city tt;u* a colli
sion had occurred i™n the North P.i. Railroad, ,
between the regular morning train fium Guy
nedd, and at) excursion train that Eft the city j,
at tive o'clock this morning, vv ith a large parry
of school children, with their teachers,&c.
'i'lie particulars, as far as we have been able
to glean their. Iron) reliable sources, are as id
lows :
At five o'clock this morning a special train
of tell cars left the Master street Depot with
tile schools oi St. Michael s Roman f atho ic !
Church, in Kensington. The excursion parly
consisted of between five atid six hundred per- j
sons, the greater maj nity of whom were chil
dr-'n. They intended proceeding to-Fort Wash- j
ingto'i, fourteen and a hail miles from the city, !
wh-re they were to enjoy a pic nic.
Owing to the number oi tars, and the weight
of the train, there was some delay, and the j
conductor, Air. Alfred J . Ilonp-i, finding him- |
self beliiml time, pushed forward with gnat iu- i
piditv, when towards the end ot his trip.
The regular pa~s-ng-r train tor the city left
(1 tit*oedd at fi o'clock and I S minutes. J-Hid
ing the excursion train had not y• t airived, ;
Mr. VV. Vanstavoren, the c inductor, d-termm- 1
ed not to wait for it : and his train was moving
along, when the expected train came thunder- j
ing on around a curve, at the rate ol d f mil < :
an hour. A collision of course ensued, will)
the most appall*: consequences.
Tie* down trmri escaped without serious dam
age, but the scene presented hv the exclusion
train was fearful,* I tie three forward cats ol
thetraio was crushed completely l< pieces, and j
the wreck, minghtig with that ol the locomo
tive, took fire, and tile fames comu.uiiu-atnl to |
the otliei cars ol the train. i In* te xt two cars 1
after the th-ee that were wrecked, outright;
took fire, arid were entirely consumed.
The inmates of the three firward cars w ere
completely ir.ix-d up with the jgr-ck,
large r: urn in-r of them were killed outjigi.t.—
There were probably fifty persons in each of
the three car-, and the lowest est in ate we heard, ;
fix the niffhberof killed at tiliy, vvhib- it was
feared that the dead aggregate would reach oni
/lundreiJ.
When our informant left the spot, every ef
fort was being made to rescue the wounded and
the bodies < t the dead from the wreck. Eve
rything was in the wildest confusion, am! it was
oi course impossible, under the circumstances, to
arrive with anv certainty at the number of the
, victims, or pretend to obtain any particulars as
to their names.
Mr. H >ppel, the conductor, escaped with
verv little injurv. Harry Harris, the engineer
of ttie excursion train, was cut to pieces and
. killed instantly, and John Pagans, the fireman,
is among the missing, and it is believed he is
under the wreck.
One ol mr reporters, on hearing (lie news,
immediately repaired to the otiii e of the con■-
paiiv. at Corner of Front and Willow- streets,
but the ten o'clock train had just left the sta
> t ' or '*
He then proceeded along the line or the road
to the outer depot ol the company, where he
(.vmm-u.'W V',v-f l?r' V.>J.-.ut. and_ Fngineer_ of the
. thou-.in s i-f excited nu-n and women.
11- was intormed that an att-mp! had been
r mad- to # ad hand-cars along the road to the
J scene ~} (i,,. accident, but they had been inline
> diat-ly surrounded he the mob, and the p.lice
ami- employees oft he roiiauiiy l;ad the ut
most difficulty HI keeping them frotn being ma
off with.
The excitement at the Willow Street Station
was also intense. Excited crowds were eager
ly inquiring for the latest intelligence from the
scene, while those who had children on the di
lated train were in the most dreadful conditio:)
of suspense.
The m-ws oi the accident Inn ing been widely
circulated, a l.irge number of persons who im
agined tii-ir friends might lie among the injur
ed, also proc-eded to the outer station.
f'nc excitement among the pedestrians, the
majority of whom were females, appeared to
increase as they reached the Cohocsink Sta
tion.
ACCOUNT BY AXOTIIKR REPORTER.
I lie locomotive Aramingo, under charg- of
Conductor William \ anslavoreii, left Fort
U asfiiisgton station, one and one-half miles be
low (.iiiynedd, at six o'clock, fourteen minutes.
1 here were only about twenty passengers on
the train, which consisted of a locomotive, a
smoking, and baggage car and one pas.-enger
car.
When the train was at the station the con
ductor inquired if the excursion tiain had arri- j
ved. A gentleman answered in the negative, j
j 1 he conductor said "they ought to he up" and j
immediately gave the word "right':" the hell j
was rung, and the train proceed,-d down at a 1
slow rate—the engineer constantiv sounding
his whistle. The collision took place about one j
hundred yards north of Dewey's Lane, and I2i
miles from Philadelphia.
1 lie up train vvas drawn hv locomotive Shack- j
amaxon, VV m. Harris, engineer, who was soli
dreadfully injured that he soon died. 1 |
I lie train was under the charge of Oooduc- I;
tor A. Hoppel, who had one ol his legs bro- j i
ken. ! .
They were going :.t n rapid rate, and as the j -
trains m.-t at a short curve, could not discern • I
tli-train coming down until they were within ! t
a lew yards of each other. f ,
Ihe up train consisted of twelve passenger I ;
cars, a baggage car, a locomotive and tender. ! t
It is estimated that there wvre over eleven bun- ! t
dred persons on this train, of which ovei-hali j i
were small children. j
The next down train left Gw vneddnt 7.22. 1 •
and arrived at the scene of the di.-asler at 7.10 !
the proper time. Conductor Henry Keyset- s
and ;he Engineers of the locomotive "Cohock- n
sink at once set to work and rendered every s
assistance that humanity could dictate. Thev t
served water, procured settees, physicians, and b
bid everything that it was possible for any men n
to do. " ~
1 lie crash of the two trains was distinctly "
heard at the Hotel at Fort Washington, and itl
for the distance of over a mile out at D.-wvy 's ! a
L 'T,j . . "
A.I the physicians in the neighboring towns : r<
were summon-d fi> the place and used their : U
best efforts ti> relieve the wounded. ! t|
The most horrible sight of all was that of the j p
burning cars—for In a K-w moments after i|
collision, the fire spread rapidly through t'j
broken remnants, burning and roasting to deal
nineteen men, urn wen and children. The
groans and wounded, and \y,Z
lield by the l#|Mut arms to the bornic
wr. ck, were ol iiMj lrr to appall the brav*
est heart. I "
A n>w of men was at once formed, and back
ets used to extinguish the flames, but they
were unsuccesfnl. A large number ?>} pe ltoi ; s
w ere taken from the wreck slightly bruise!
who made hair-breadth escapes from,
hurried t<\death. 15
The farmers in the vicinity rendered V ery
assistance in their power, except one man, w|j 0
demanded $lO lor aw agon to go a mile for a
physician.
The'locomolive Cohocksink, under charge „f
Mr. William Saultz, Superintendent of
Power, went up at ten o'clock, and brouobt
down a portion of the chad and wounded. "
The scenArffcui 'he arrival at Master si rf . P j
beggars description — the fathers and mother
and relatives of the excursii t.ists haviu.T a ,_
j semhled there to the nnniber of about two
thousand to learn the result ol the dit-adf'ul cu
j tastrophe,
Mr. John H. Ainsworth, the superintendent
jof t lie baggage department, was on the down
j train, but escapad uninjured. H- made an ah
I most superhuman effort to rescue those i . ji
; burning cars, and was particularly attentive to
j the wounded.
Mr. Stephen A. YVirslbvv, nn of the
I'-fficient Reporters of the Philadelphia p r ., .
I w as a passenger on tire down train, but 4 .-cap-.|
; without
Eleven and wMtmr and two
j children were
; Their names are unknown. caught
: under tin* side of one oi the cars ai; I r- j,; !
I alive. When we saw- the remains they | r.-
I sented a horrid spectacle. ,
The mutilated remains of lour m-n and v -
rn.-n arid a child were found under the iiu:.so!
the engine, in the ash pan.
t The remains of six other bodies were raked
out of the ashes, and placed on the g:u?s op;
'site to where the accident happened.
The killed amount to no less than thirty
nine pet sons, and the wounded to,sixty-cine.—
These numbers will probably D* increased, as
s-orne of the wounded will probably die, and
there are some whose injuries are not known.
l-'rom the Cutler, llerahl.
I3r.Ti.nK, IT July, lS5(i.
Dear Sir.— You will confer a favor on ; e fj
hv giving a place to this note.
I joined the American party some tim* age,
with the express understanding that. 1 would
not he bound to continue in it or support it 1
longer than its principles and nominee.) suited
me : and reserved myself the right to Mue
from it at anv time bv giving notice, which no
tice 1 hereby now give publicly.
1 intend to cast my vote for Pennsylvania's
candidate for President. H->n. James Buchanan,
and the whole Democratic State and county
ticket, except two personal fiKnds on the Re
publican ticket.
While 1 remained in the Know Nothing or
der, I considered my self bound to support its
nomine-#, whether they were honest or dish 1-
est, competent or incompetent, and u-nv b eg
opposed to both the principles and candidates ••!
• j the order., I hereby respectfully retire from it, ,
and take my position in the Democratic }•;-
tv-
Yerv R -spectf.il!v.
JOHN 0. JACK.
■* ff'O o Rnnks.
'i'.-.nnxTCM, July 14, 1876.
Mrssns. Enirons :—For some vears rao, jt
has been im,possible lor ir.e to act w rhtlm \V:
party, to wtiic.h I once belonged. Mv las! i-g.-
w<is given lor General Scott, from p. is.r.ul pre
ference. But the constant tendency of"the pa;-
ty to sectionalism, and ii:stigatioii-i4 I: st-fv
between the great interests of the confederacy,
with the open avowals of tin* two h 0 -
gans ol that paity, in this vicinity, the Pitts
burg Gazette and the Commercial Journal, have
been such, as to compel me to renounce all po
litical relations with them. If their principles
should he universally adopted at the North, -
great and glorious I nion, would not be vioitn
preserving—it would soon come to an end, and
he succeeded by blnodv conflicts. J have been
for fifty years a public man; prrhaps more
deeply interested in the greatness and prosperi
ty'of my country, than devoted to 11 v private
affairs—have taken part in all great puhhc
: questions, and have enjoyed the r.ir.tideniT< f
: my fellow citizens hv heing el.-cteil to fill pub
lic offices—it therefore becomes in some n;-
ore, a riuty. on my part, to make known the
stand which I take m the present conjuncture.
1 consider the DcMorirarrc PART v. find its noji;-
| inution lor President and Vice President, tl 1
only safeguard to the glorious instrtut.ons es'aa
lisbed by our fathers, and vv ill supp >rt that pa;-
. iy to the utmost of mv inllqence ami a ilily,
11. M. Rrivi-ksxriout-
THE WIIKiS OF MARYLAM>.
fhe Whigs of Maryland met in < nventioa
at Baltimore on J huisdav last ami u;ioj t'-d a se
ries of resolutions, in which thev condemn in
no stinted language the claims of Frem 1 t ir.d
Buchanan, and recommentl in -xt 1 uvj u-.t tera s
those of Fillmore. They disclaim anv connex
ion vvith any 4>f the existing political organiza
tions, and avow their purpose of maintaining
their independent position until such time as
they may deem an active reorganization aihi-
I hey call themselves vvhigs, but their
resolutions hear inherent evidence that they are
something more or son-ething less than ulo-line
vvhigs. 1 iiere is quite as much <>i the odor u!
know-not 11 ing isrn about their proceedings as
there is of vvhigism ; and if they arc not really
members of the partv which proscribes men on
account of the accidental place of their birth,
thev have shown verv distinctly that they are
ready for initiation. The men who could en
dorse the unjust and untruthful comments which
are made in their resolutions on tile pusi'i n 01
She democrats and their candidate in regard (0
our foreign policy show that they ought to adopt
some other name than that ot vvhigs. ih-y
make pretensions to a virtue which is often as
sumed to cover up partisan purpos-s— consiri'"-
tixm. They would have established a rnindi
better claim to it if they had been less ultra ami
partisan in their allusions to others who, >0 say
the least, have quite as good a title to it as their
-'model President." Judging the character ol
'hv convention by its proceedings, and by the
ihs-rice from its list of delegates of those prom
uent men whom we have been accustomed to
■egard as theold-iine vvhigs, we lee] authorized
o regard it as a know-nothing movement lor
he benefit of a know-nothing candidate for the
'residency.