Pa v of Members of Congress. 1
The New York Tribune, oi the 18th, con
tains an article denouncing the members ot Con
giess who voted for the bill increasing their own
compensation to $3,000. In this instance, that
paper has acted independently ot" party consid
erations, and the force of its condemnation falls
on the heads ofGiddings and a large number ot
other Black Republicans Who voted for the bill.
The Tribune givps the ayes and nays on the
passage of the bill. From the list it appears
that of the members from-the slave holding <
States, thirty voted for the hill and forty-three
voted against it. Seventy free State members
voted for the hill and filtv-five against it. Ihe
entire Massachusetts delegation voted in favor
of it. The Rhode Island delegation voted lor it
in solid column, (two deep.) Vermont and
Connecticut gave each one vote against it. In j
the delegations of all the New England States
together, the bill had a majority in its favor ol
two to one. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida and Virginia gave (mt one ;
vote each in favor of the bill. Mr. Ritchie, of.
this city, voted against the bill. Mr. Purvi- 1
ance, who represents the oo r | District, as also j
Mr. Covode, of Westmoreland, voted in favor
of it. Fpnri a fair review ol the vote, we have |
no disposition to prevent the Tribune, it we
could do so, from indulging in the following
strictures:
<>Tt was just forty years agothat the Congress
of thot day undertook to increase the pay ol
merit hers. Tliev put it up to barely a
year, which is about what they now receive,
on the average, at the oi l charge ot eight dol
lars per day. We believe they did not make
the rise retrospective, as the new act does.—
Yet this $1,500 a year demolished nearly all
who were concerned in it. Henry (.lay, who
had not had a competitor at the polls lor some
time previous, barely saved himself Irotn defeat
bv superhuman exertions, unrivaled ability on
the sltiiiipphy appealing to his gieat and admit
ted public services, and by virtually confessing
that he had done wrong, and promising to do
better. Members of moderate abilities ami or
dinary services went down before the surge of
public indignation like dry grass before a prairie
lire. The new Congress hastened to repeal Ihe
Compensation Act and go back to the eight
dollars per day, which did not look so insignifi
cant to their constituents at their lonely fire
sides as to the dispensers of millions at \\ ushing
to.n.
"But the retrospective feat ore oT the new act
is most indefensible. Every member now in
Congress virtually contracted to serve through
the last term for $720. Instead of that, a ma
jority have now voted to take to themselves
$3,000 for that service. This is not exactly
stealing, hut it is a very sharp kind ot convey
in?. See if it does not howl down a good many
of those engaged iri it! We earnestly advise
all parties not to put up members who voted for
this grab in anv of the close districts. It will
not he safA.
"Peopleof the I'nited States ! ask your pres
ent or prospective caodidates for Congress what
they think of this new Compensation Act, and
Iry to have their answers iri black and white be
fore you vote for any of them !"
It is not long since Mr. Greeley congratulated
the country on having such a glorious Congress
as the present. He might have tolerated a little
stealing in consideration of extra set vices on the
Kansas question.
Coi. Fremont's Financial Operations.
On Saturday the reports of the various de
partments in answer to Senator Bight's res iu
tion were sent into the Senate, and cursory ex
amination of the facts and copies from there
cords therein contained justify us in announc
ing that their publication will dev.dope some
transactions connected with Col. Fremont's fi
nancial and military operations in California of
the tni st astounding character. Heretofore
there has been a veil of romance—a sort of
charm—thrown around these transactions,
whereby they have ev: I ul public scrutiny : and
"while we have S.-.m ofopinion that, under the
glare of magnify d achievements and adventures,
there were covered up speculations and pecula
tions of large and small degree, yet We confess
we had no adequate conception of what seems
now likely to be unfolded in the full light of
day.
Heretofore we have hern compelled to grope
it) the dark, having on!r isolated ' i< !>• from
which we might draw inferences of presump
tions, and, therefore, however well grounded
they might hav • been, still there was room for
doubt. But in these reports the connecting cir
cumstances and facts nil appear, like the links
in a chain. Tiiev follow each other, and bring
the n.ind irresistabiy to a conclusion fata! to
Fivmont.
It has been a matter of wonder bow a young
army officer, with no known or visible means
of resources, should suddenly he enahied to es
tablish a large ";u/ic//c,"' filled with herds of
cuttle, itc., and enter into supplying Indians
with BF.UK in unheard-of quantities, and thus be
enabled, in a short time, to prefer a claim against
the government amounting to several hundred
thousands" of dollars. Equally surprising was it
that he should have money with which to pur
chase a Spanish claim of sixty-odd leagues of
land, of fabulous value, the very rocks and stones
of which, we are told, are glittering with gold!
So, also, was it inexplicable to the uninitiated,
who are ignorant of the manner in which
"claims" against the government are sometimes
gotten up, how, in a service of five or six
months, a small batallion ol men, numbering,
perhaps, three to four hundred, should incur
liabilities on account of "subsistence, supplies,
&.C., amounting to more than a million of dol
lars. But these reports and accompany teg doc
uments explain all. They unravel the rnysle
rv. Horses bv the thousand, cattle at tlip rate
of a beef a day for each soldier, and "other
things in proportion"—such are these claims,
nearly ail, il seems, certified to as "correct and
just," and "applied to the public service" bv the
immaculate black-republican candidate for Pre
sident, John C. Fremont But notwithstand
ing the skill with which these claims were got
ten up, hacked up by the certificate of Lieuten
ant Colonel Fremont, and the great influence
brought to hear in their favor, it appears that
only about $l4-0,000, or about one-seventh port
of Ike whole amount, were recommended for al
lowance and payment, leaving some EIGHT HUN
DRED THOUSAND IK)!.GARS STILL OUTSTANDING
and unpaid, ami which we are quite sure will
never be paid until John C. Fremont is elected
President.— I nion.
ANOTHER FlRE—About J2 o'clock on Tuesday
ii ght iast, our citizens were aroused by the crv of
tire, which resulted in the destruction of a Stable and
T"ii Pm ally. Noother damage was sustained, there
being a perfect calm at the time. How the lire or
curreJ i- a- yet a mystery.
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE-
Bedford, 39, 1
t*. W. Bowman, Sditor and Proprietor.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE!!!
"The Union of laker—the Union of lands,
The Union of Slates none ran sever ;
The Union of hearts, and the Union ni hands
And the tias of our Union forever!"
FOR PRESIDENT,
HOI JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
HON. JOHN V. KHECKINTUDGE,
OF KENTUCKY.
Electors at Jsirge.
Charles ii. Buckalew. W iisuii M'Caudless.
District Electors.
George W. Nebinger. Abraham Edinger.
Pierce Butler. . Reuben V\ ilber,
Kdvvard Wart man. George A. Crawford.
Win. 11. Witte. James Black.
JohuMcNair. Jlenrv J. Stable.
John 11. Briuton. John D. Roddy.
David Laury. Jacob Turney.
Charles Keasier. J- A. J. Buchanan.
James Patterson. William VV ilkirrs.
Isaac Slenker. Jame&G. Campbell.
Francis W. Hughes. Thomas Cunningham.
Thomas Osterhout. John Jv> atley.
Vincent Phelps.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
Canal Co mm iss toner,
GEORGE SCOTT.
.dud it or General,
JACOB FRY, JR.
Surveyor Genera/,
CO! JOHN RG WE, (of Franklin county.)
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
Congress— VVI L>ON REI LLY'.
Assembly—Col. VVM. C. REAMER.
" ('apt. G. .NELSON SMITH.
District Attorney—G. H. SPANG.
Countv Surveyor—SAML. KATTERMAN.
Associate Jndire —A. J. SNIVELY.
Commissioner—H. J. BRI NER, (3 years.)
CADVVALADER EVANS, (1 yr.)
Poor Director—GEOßGE ELDER.
Auditor—HENßY B. MOCK, (3 years.)
" THOS. W. HORTON. (2 years.)
Coroner—JOHN HARSHBA KCiER.'
Mr. Buchanan and the Old-Line Whim's!
CyO n i ab t Saturday, week, .Mr. Bkciia.\a\ was
in Bedford, and, having stepped into the house ot
Mr. SCIIELI. tor a shoit time, a number of persons
called in to lake him by the hand. As he was uliotit
to leave tor the Springs, it was remaiked by one ot
the company—"Mr. Buchanan, we will give you as
an escort Mr. Rexsuaw and Mr. Mm. [lai.ti.ky, two
o!d-!ine Whigs vvtio intend to vote tor you under ex
isting circumstances." Mr. Buchanan playfully
said in reply—"l am very much obliged to you, gen
tlemen; but I don't know that I am under any spe
cial obligations, as the compliment is to the i-aix
cij-lk ot which lam tlie mere agent, and not to jik."
This was the highest mark ol respect Mr. B. could
have paid the intelligent gentlemen to whom he was
speaking, conveying the utea that principles and not
men were the motives now piopeiling the actions ol
the old-line Whigs. An individual sitting at an ad
joining door, happened to ''overhear' a lew words
ol the conversation, and reported Mr. Buchanan as
having seriously declared, in etiect, tiiat tie did not
thank an old-line Whig to vote lor bim, and the re
suit ol this eaves-dropping is hall a column ot K. N.
tra-h to carry out the fabrication. It Mi. Bucban-
an's remark could have conveyed such a meaning, it
would have been a deliberate insult to the gentle
men he addressed. And will any one believe that
gentlemen ot' the character and intelligence 01' Mr.
Konshuw and Mr. Hartley would not have resented
the indignity at once by declining to take a seat in
his carnage/ The charge carries its own refutation,
and its authors are entitled to the appellation ol ten
cent men in every scn-e of the term !
C.7°~FORD, a rank abolitionist from Ohio, made a
speech in Bedford recently in favor of FREMONT
and against FiLMOßE—arid, whilst Fr. Jordan fv
I Co. profess to be the friends of Filniore. their organ
contains a fulsome article in commendation of the
speech of this Abolitionist, which proves the secret
I coalition between the Filmore leaders and the sup
j porters ol FREMONT. Frlmore declared in a pub
lic speech that the election of Fremont would ie-ult
in a dissolution o the 1 nion, anil yet his professed
organ in Bedford applauds the emissaries who are
strolling over the country lecturing in<. hs heliall !
Do candid men requite any better evidence ol the
"bargain" than this?
P. S. Mv friends of the American party insisted
on putting me as Chairman of their county commit
tee; and as such I have been endeavoring to do some
thing to bring about the deefat of Loco }'i,roi*m l
am not altogether sure that you act cordially with
th- American party, hut, not being very well ac
j quaifited in your township, I have ventured lo put
you on the above named committee, believing one
thing at least to be ccitain, and that is that you can
not support the Cincinnati platform, or any one who
; stands upon it. Vour compliance with the rerjuest
, ol the above circular, 1 should consider as both a po
litical and persona! favor. Hoping it may suit both
I your notions of duty and propriety, i remain most
respectfully yours, &c.
FR. JORDAN.
Bedford, June 7, ISoC.
CTr'The above beautiful epistle was addressed by
FR. JORDAN to an old-line whig in Bedford County,
with the request that the said Whig would act as a
! member of the secret K. N. Committee, and aid the
Chairman thereof in '■•■ bringing about tier defeat of
Loco Foeoiem." Francis barked up the wrong tree,
however, for the gentleman so addressed will not
' only not aid him in this business, but has declared
emphatically for Buchanan and Democracy, as thou
sand, of ether old-tine Whigs are doing. The whig
thus addressed placed Mr. Jordan's printed Circular
and trriitr:u Postscript in the hands of a friend with
permission to use it as he saw proper, backed by the
; declaration tha! there are a number of Whigs in his
i immediate neighborhood who are determined to pur
; sue the same course. It will be seen that the Chair
man's professed love for the dear NATIVE and the
COLORED man is only a rtoal to induce honest Demo
crats to aid him in defeating a party to which they
have always been attached. "./•/ Pretence" of no
worse character than this would JUG a man if em
ployed in the bu.-iness transactions of life. We ad
vise Francis to be careful to whom he writes! A
| number of his secret Committee havp already repu
: dialed him and his contemptible circular; and hone>t
freemen will teach him that a "-perianal iavor" To
Fr. Jordan is a poor consideration when contrasted
| with their duty to their country.
RitSiculiug the Germans.
. 1h" I'illmore, ALIAS Fremont organ in Bedford,
devotes near a column in RIDICULING the*onest
; German - who are unable to speak the English lan
j guage plainly, The Germans who will tamely snb
j init to such indignity, by voting for such a party,
t are not lit to live in a civilized country.
K. On 111* a* administered iu
Bedford County.
DjTVVe'publish below the Know Nothing initiat
ing ceremonies as they actually took place in the
several Lodges of BEDIURD COUNI Y . ihe in- i
formation comes through a source which leaves no
room for doubt on the subject. Before an applicant i
could enter the lodge to be initiated, he was requir
ed to take ari obligation ol SR( RECY, and to make
satisfactory answers to the eight questions here
with appended:
I Are you 21 years of age?
2' Do you believe iu Ihe existence of a Supreme
Being, the Creator and preserver of the Univeise;
and that an obligation at tins time taken will be
binding upon you through life!
:i W ere you born within the limits or under the
jurisdiction of the United States ot America?
I In religions belief are you a Roman Catholic?
.*> Have you or have you not been reared under
Protestant influence?
0 Aie or were either ot your parents Roman Ca
tholics in religious belief?
7 If married, is your wife a Roman Catholic?
S .Are you willing to u-e your influence and rote
only lor native horn American citizens lor all offices
of honor or trust m the gift of the People to the ex
clusion of ALL FOREIGNERS and Aliens, and of
ROMAN CATHOLICS in particular, and without
regard to party predilections?
Having thus answered the above questions, the
new-born "American" was introduced to the Ele
phant, arid took the following oaths :
Flll ST DK( i R EE—O BLR lAT lON.
YOB and each of you, of your own free .will and
accord, in the piesenre of Almighty Cod and these
Witnesses, vottr light hand resting on this lloty I><-
j 'ilr and Cross and your left hand raised towards
I Heaven, in token of your sincerity, do sol em !y pro
mise ami swear thai you will not make known to
any person or person-, aoy ol the signs, secrets, mys
j teri'-s or object-, of Ihi- organization, unless it be to
; those, whom after due examination, or lawful jnfor
' mation, you shall find to be members of this organi
zation in good standing: That you will not cut,
carve, print, paint, stump, stain, or in any way, di
rectly or indirectly, expose any of the secrets or ob
jects of this order, nor . utfer it to he done bv oilier-,
j if in your power to prevent it unless it be lor official
j instruction. That -o long as yon arc connected with
I this organization, if not regularly dismissed irom it,
you will, in all things, political or social, so tar as
tin- order i- concerned, comply with the will ol the
majority when expres-od in a lawful manner, though
it may conflict with your personal preferences, so
j long as it does not conflict u ith the Grand, State, or
■ Subordinate Constitution, the Constitution ot the
United States ol America, or that of the Slate in
which you reside, and that you will not, under any
1 circumstances whatever, knowingly recorr.mend an
unworthy person for initiation, tior suffer it to he
done if in your power to prevent it. You further
more promise and declare that you will not rote, nor
| give vour influence for any man for any afire, in the
j gift of the People unle-s he he an American horn citi
zen in favor of Americans lorn ruling America, nor il
he be a Komnn Catholic, ami that you will not under
any circnvisione*s , expose the no-me ol any member
of this order, nor reveal the existence ol Mich an or
ganization. To all the foregoing you bind your
selves, under no le-s penalty than that of being ex
pelled Irom The order, and of having your name post
ed and circulated throughout the different Councils ol
the United States as a pttrjiirrr, and as a traitor to
: God and your country ; as a being unfit to be employ
! Ed, entrusted, countenanced, or supported in any bu
-iness Transaction; a-a person totally unworthy the
confidence of all good men, and as one at whom The
finger ol scorn should ever be pointed. So help you
God.
SECOND DEGREE.—OBLIGATION.
You and each of yon, of your own free w ill and
accord, in the pre.-pure of Almighty God and these
Witnesses, your left band resting on your right
breast, and your right hand extended to the Flag of
your Country, do solemnly and sincerely .-wear that
you will not, tinder any circumstances, disclose in
any manner, nor suffer it to be done by others if in
vour power to prevent it, the name, signs, pass
wont-, or other -ecrets of thi- degree—that you will
in all things conform to all the rule- and regulations
of this order and to the Constitution and By-laws of
this or any other council to which you may be at
tached, so long a thev do not conflict with tfie Con
st i t ion of the U. States, nor that of the State in which
you reside—that you will, under all circumstances,
if iri your power so to do, attend to all regular* signs
and summonses that may be thrown or -enf yon by
a brother of this or any other degree of this order;
that yon will support in all political matters for all
political offices. 2d d. (second degree) members of
this order, provided it may be necessary for the A
merican interest : that if it mav be done legally,
yon will, when elected to any nftirr. remove A LI.
FOREIGNERS, Aliens or ROMAN CATHOLICS
from ollice; and that von will in no rase appoint
such to oiiice. All this you promise and declare on
your honor as Americans to sustain and abide by,
without any hesitation or mental re-ervation what
evet. So help you God and keep you steadfast.
KT-Will Mr. Jottnw ifenv that he took both the
above decrees / If not, we would a= k him, how he
reconciles his oath to support the ConsTitntion of our
country, (as a Representative in the Legislature of
this State,) with tiie-e humiliating obligations resting
upon hirn. requiring hinn to disfranchise every man
who was horn in a foreign country, or who belongs to
the Catholic Church / Our glorious Constitution
says "Xn religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office or public trust under the
United States," and yet these K. N, obligations as
sume the very reverse, repudiating this beautiful
feature in our Constitution, cemented by the blood of
the IC-volution.
We would ask him another question. How does
he reconcile his desired fusion with Mr. FREMONT
with the above obligations, r.ow that it is proved
that Mr. Fremont is a Catholic. Is there not a de
gree of recklessness in this w hole business revolting
to every sen-e of propriety and fair dealing ? We
call upon nil candid men to pause, consider, and then
answer at the ballot box. In order to sustain this
declaration, we call attention to the following arti
cle- from the Daily News, a K. X. Fillmore paper
in Philadelphia, and heretofore one of the leading or
gans of the Whig Party iri Pennsylvania :
From the Philadelphia News, Aug. 20.
IMPORT AM TESTIMONY.
Proving Fremont to ben Roman Catholic! !
The following Letter ltoin the Hon. Nathan Sar
gent, well known as Oliver Old School to our rea
ders, we find in the Boston Ledger of the loth. Col.
Russell, whose testimony is here given, is a close
personal Trie nil of, and an obi companion in-arms
with Fremont. We can hardly conceive how any
thing can be otlereu of a more conclusive character
on the pieei-e point of Fremont's Romanism. We
give it without further comment: —
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 1856.
A. B. Ely. E*j. —Deat_bir: 1 have your note of
the 28th July, inquiring where Col. William Rus
sell. of Missouri, resides or may be addressed, and
asking me w hat he has said, or will say, in reference
to Col. Fremont's religious opinions ?
Col. Russell's residence i- at Ilarrisonville, Cass
Co., Mo.; but lam informed that he is at present in
Baltimore on a visit.
Col. Russell is a man who will sav what he has
said; and he has said to me that Col. Fremont was a
Catholic w hen he was in California. 1 spent an e
vening with Col. R. at Brown's Hotel two or three
weeks ago, and knowing that he had been much with
Col. F. in California, and or. very intimate terms
with him, I asked him if he knew anything of Col.
Fremont's religious views at that Time / He replied
that he did ; Ibat he was with iiinva great deal, and
in fact might say that he had slept under the same
blanket with him for eight months. J then asked
him what Col. F. wa-? He replied, a Catholic. 1
asked him if he was sure of this'/ ''Perfectly,"
he said ; and then added, "Co/. Fremont won't deny
that he. was a Catholic; every body there so understood
it, and he mode no serret of it."
Further conversation occurred between us on the
subject, but this is the sum and substance of it. 1
asked him if 1 might refer to this conversation and
use bis name? He replied, "certainly; you are at
liberty to <lo so." litil be a train said. "COL. FRE
MONT WILL NOT DENY THAT HE WAS A
CATHOLIC."
Col. Ru-sell, yon may not be aware, was Col.
Fremont's principal witness on his trial beiore the
; Court Marshal. Should Col. Fremonl deny over his
own signature that lie was a Catholic when in Cali
fornia, 1 presume Col. Russell will then speak for
himself.
Col. R. is an old, ardent, personal friend of Henry
; Clay, with whose family his own is connected, his
j daughter having married Mr. Clay's grand sou.
1 am, very truly,
Your obedient servant,
N. SARGENT.
Frotn the Daily News Aug. 23.
| EnKMOXT'S CATHOLICISM has now been so tifclitly
fastened upon him by the most indisputable te-timo
i ny, that we can scarcely find one of hi- friends pos
sessing the boldness and effrontery to deny it. At
lir-t, bis friends were vociferous and indignant; but
now they are meek arid bumble, and hope to see the
subject ignored or forgotten. It only goes to show
how debased politics can make some men, who will
stoop to deny a self-evident fact, in the face ol proof
"strong as holy writ."
Keail Carefully the First Page.
DC?* The fir-t page is full of interest. Read it
carefully—but especially read the masterly and con
vincing Letter of RUFFS CHOATH to his Whig breth
ren of Maine, by which it will he seen that this dis
tinguished Whig proclaims for Buchanan, In speak
ing of theletter, the Philadelphia Argus s.iv- :
The nationality of Mr. Choate is well known, but
even those friends who knew him best were hardly
prepared for such fearless and emphatic avowals of
thorough Unionism, and such a decided and pronoun
ced step. The National Democracy most respectful
ly and heartily welcome Rufus Choate into their
crowded and augmenting lank-. What a splendid
demonstration of the truth and soundness of our prin
ciples it is, that the very llower of the patriotism,
learning, talent, and virtue ot the late Whig party is
compelled, by the mere course of events, to take re
luge under the banners of Democracy ! KutusChoate
is the peer of the pet rhetorician of Free Soiiism
Charles Sumner himself—in eloquence and learning,
and his superior in common sense and massive intel
lect. Choate's constitutional ideas and sympathies
were formed and matured under the majestic auspi
ces of Daniel Webster. Having imbibed Webster's
serene and impartial Constitutionalism and National
ity, Rufus Choate readily perceived the nairowne-s
and shallowness, and evasiveness of what dubs itself
"Republicanism." He views the slavery question
calmly and practically, from a stand point that em
braces the whole countrv within its range of vision.
Ilis unfaltering intellect always keeps itseli in rela
tion with the nation and the nation's common inter
ests. He thinks, "not as a Northern man, not as a
Southern man, but as an American." 11 it fundamen
tal thought always is that, at all hazards, at all sac
rifices, and in any event, the Union must be pre
served. And o thinks.every great mind. The Un
ion of the States has ever been, and now is, the glo
ry, the joy, the hope, the political idol of every A
tnerican patriot and statesman. That Union was
sprinkled with the blood of our Fathers, watered with
their tears, cemented ami made strong by their con
cessions and sacrifices, sanctified by their prayers,
su-taiued b\ their incessant and devoted labors, and
watched over by their constant anxiety. Every pub
lic man among lis who deserves the name of states
man has placed the Union in his heart, next to his
(rod. Not that these great ones cheri.-bed any blind
anil unreasoning love for the Union. But they com
prehended that the Union was the sole and strong
safeguard of our liberties, the copious fountain of our
prosperities, the essence of our national greatness.—
As Washington and Jefferson felt and poke, so speak
now such minds and heaits as Rufus Choate. Alex
ander Hamilton once said in private conversation,
that "to break the Union would he to break his
heart." That expre-ses the throbbing devotion of
the lathers to the Union—it expresses the de-ire and
anxiety of true and intelligent patriots now.
The tii'.e of untoward events has, at last, drifted
the Union amid the breakers so lea.ml and dreaded,
by Washington, and all our fathers. The nation is
divided by sectional party lines. The contest for
the Presidency threatens to be sbeerlv geographical.
Can the Union survive such a fearful trial/ It is
time for all wise and good men to eome to the rescue.
It is time to forget all past minor issues, to ignore
mere differences about finance, currency and public
works, and to surround the imperilled Constitution
with a cordon of stout and fraternal patriots, where
one common feeling and purpose will be "the Union,
it MI sr and SHALL, be preserved."
C3?**Di. C. X. HICXOK has fitted up a new and ele
gant room in the Bedford Hall, where he is better
prepared than ever to perform all operations in Den
tistry, having recently furnished him-elf with the
latest and most approved instruments. The Doctor
is one of the most skillful Dentists in Pennsylvania,
a fact well known and acted upon in many parts of
the Commonwealth. His work bears so strong a re
semblance to nature, that but few can detect the
difference, especially when be inserts full setts of
teeth.
[CP"WILSON RLII.Y, U-q. of Chamber-burg, our can
didate for Congress, will address the Democratic
meeting on next Monday evening.
try Rev. G. W. A run I\ba I oh. of F.mmitsburg,
Maryland, will preach in the Presbyterian Church on
next Sabbath morning and evening, at the usual
hour.
JIG WW'.
Next week we will publish the votes of Mr. Jou
lIAN and Mr. SARTUOLOMRW LAI*OKTE in favor of the
Jug Law and all its ridiculous provisions. And we
will show how Mr. Jordan refused, by his vote, to
submit the mattei to a vote of the people.
BALTIMORE, August 19, 185 G.
Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
Dear Sir:—Since my last letter to you the ball in
Maryland has opened finely, and the political horizon
continues to brighten. Full fourteen thousand Free
men assembled in Frederick city on the 71h inst. to
listen to the teachings ol Gen. Lewis Cass, and oth
er great Statesmen of the age. More enthusiasm
than was here developed has never been manife-ted.
On last evening there was a grand rally in our ci
ty. It was the greatest demonstration ever mails in
.Monument Square; there was full an acre of people.
Without exageration fifteen thousand persons were
present. They were addressed by the old war-horse
CASS, ex-Governor BIGLF.R, of your State, and o
thers. Know Nothingism and Black Republicanism,
(twin brothers) was well and severely handled.
Thousands in our State have come over to the cause
of Truth and Justice. Old Maryland, the pride of
her people, whose escutcheon has never been black
ened by a dialge ol treason, will follow the example
of Kentucky, North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama,
Arkansas, and Texas, by casting her electoral vote
for Buchanan and Breckinridge. On this you may
relv.
A mass Reeling
Of the Democracy of Bedford County will
be held in the Conrl-House in Bedford on
MONDAY EVENING of the approaching
Court. A number of" Speakers will be in at
tendance. Democrats turn out and prepaie for
a noble defence of our glorious Union. The is
sue and the only issue before the people is:—
"Shall the Union if preserve]?"
Democratic Meeting in Srhcllsbtirg.
Old Napier, Juniata. and the surrounding neigh-'
borhood assembled in mass meeting at Schellebut g
on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 20, and presented unj
appearance calculated to cheer the b'-ait of e.veiH
true patriot. No hou-eintown was large enough to®
hold the people who had thus gathered together, and
the consequence was that they had to repair to the
commodious barn of A. J. Snively, Esq., and .-ten
this was not large enough for the occasion. v Many
were compelled to remain outside. On motto, of
JOHN S. SCHELL, Esq. theassemblage waJorgan
ized l.y calling to the chair that old veteran, May
JAMES BURNS, now in tiie 06th year of his age
the names of the othpr olficers have escaped our me
mory, the list not having been handed to us.
lion. JOHN CESSNA li.st a.ldies-ed the meeting,
in an animated and forcible speech, such as he al-J
ways makes, and which was received with great en-™
thusia-m. He concluded by introducing to the au
dience Hon. H. S. MAGRAW, formeity ol Pitts
burg, and at present Treasurer ol Pemisylvunia.
Powerful a- he has lieretofo.e proved himself m de
bate (for better lawyers and abler advocates are
few) he presented a tissue of arguments with a force
and clearness that chained his auditors to the truth
ol every thing he presented, lli- speech on this oc
casion was one ol the best of Ins lile. Among other
things be said that the Fremont Abolitlonists now
pointed to Washington as their first leader in anti
slavery doctrine; but forget or wilfully hide the tact
that in Washington's administration Kentucky and
Tennessee, tu-o M tavr titatr*, were admitted into the
Union. That they al,o hold up to view thei.nnioi
tal Jefferson as the embodiment ol their political he
re-ie- on the slavery question; but keep in obscurity
that portion of the history of his administration
which says that it was he (JetFerson) who purchased
Louisiana from the French, the territory ol wluch
then included that State, Ark.in-as, Missouri, and
Kansas and Nebra-ka. That he look it with Slave
ry attached, and stipulated, among other things, that
the right, of the A la-stefi shotthl / r protrrtrr!. and ne
ver attempted or suggested a slavery rtstiict on.
That Mr Madison signed the biii tor the admission
of Louisiana as -State—that these l athers of the a
greeineiit me now ciaimed by the abolitionists, and
that the policy initiated by them wasagainst the ad
mission of Slave States info the I nion, and its re
striction to those ol the thirteen States which bad
slavery at the time of the adoption of the Constitu
tion. Thesearnl the like pretensions of Hie Fremont
Abolitionists were -o successfully spattered toNl.e
winds by the I,sets ant history of the country, as
presented by the speaker, that we could only wish
that the whole > oinitry could have been present to
hear lor themselves.
The Sumner and Brooks affair was well answered
by charging upon J. Watson Webb of New York,
and others ol the same kidney, Hie runnier of the la
mented Ciily for vvotds spoken in debate not ball to
gio-s as those of the Abolitionist Sumner. Such
men as Webb, who now clamor so much tor the pri
vilege of debate, killed Ci'.ley for simply speaking
the truth tit them in debate, and the present "iree
dom .-hrielserv' bad not a word of condemnation to
offer ! This Webb is the negro worshipper m Jieiv
York who math' a speech at the Convention which
nominated Fremont! But this was not all. Mr. M.
showed flint FREMONT hail proved himself t lit?
"Cleat bully ami blackguard" so eloquently ap
plieil l>y bis friends to l>iook>. That l.e bad way
laid, in 1850, Mr. Foote ol' the U. S. Senate, for
words spoken in debate, and committed a dastardly
assault upon hi- person, which brought blond, as he
entered the ante-chamber, and afterwaids challenged
him to fight a duel, notwithstanding he di-claimed a
ny intention of giving personal offence in the language
u-eil by him in debate. This fact should be Thrown
in the teeth of the Frev-ihonstei s every time they
name the case of "Bully Brooks."
The reply ol .Mr. .M. to howling, bleeding Kansas
was in point. The ciy of suffering, bleeding Kan
sas come- from whom? From Fix-Governor Ritner,
Thadeus Stevens, and a few more of that sort, who
were delegates to the Convention which nominated
Fremont. These men now profess to have a holy
horror lor civil war arid alledged frauds upon the
ballot box in Kansas; not withstanding they are the
identical conspirators who originated the famous
"Burl shot Woe" for the avowed purpose of treating
lhe electiou in the good ohl S/nte. ol Pennsylvania as
though it had never occurred! The speaker drew
a vivid picture of the manner in which they ruanfac
turcil majorities of thousands in townships that could
only claim a few hundred le™ol voter-! And how
their champions fled froin the back windows of the
Senate chamber and hid among the tomb-stones ola
grave vard near at baud when the bone-t Freemen
of the Keystone appeared at the Capitol demanding
thai the Law- -boold be respected, and that the ma
jority should rule at all hazards! The worst feature
ol the "Kansas Outrages,"' a- represented by the a
bolitionists, did riot hall equal the outrages attempt-
Ed by Ritner, Stevens, ItCn. The fact sobuld never
he Inst sight of, Too, that the Abolitionists are the
amtJtmtt ol all Ihe onf'ages in Kiusa-, and instigated
them with the view of making political capital for
Fremold ! There is no security for the people but in
the election of JAMES BUCHANAN.
Mr. M. was followed bv GEO. \V. BOWMAN and
Mr. SHANNON. The spech of M-i'- S. was both inter
esting and amusing, and was well received. The
meeting then adjourned with tremendous cheers for
Buchanan, Breckinridge, the S'ate ami county ticket
and the speakers.
The Young Men's "Glee Ciob" of Bedford enter
tained the crowd with several beautiful and patriotic
-ongs, which were highly applauded.
Many OI.D i.iXF WHIGS w ere present on the oc
casion, and gave ns their re-pecttnl attention. To
this honorable class of men we look lor a strong sup
poit in this campaign, and we are satisfied we shall
not look in vain. Democrats and old-line Whigs
s'and upon the same platform, our old differences
bav nig pa-sed away. I Fir are Brethren.
MEF.TI.XG AT HOPEWELL, AUG. 21.
It is needless to sav that the iron and coal region,
with their mines and hard-fisted yeomanry, were out
in their strength on this ocra-ion. Bioadtnp was
fully repre-ented, r.s was Liberty also. The latter
township came with music and banners. Wagons
with their loads of voters came in with Flags strea
ming, and shouts for Buchanan, Breckinridge, L>e
mocracv. the State and County Ticket and the C
niou. When the train from Stoner-tou n came up it
brought score-of good men and tin-. It was esti
mated that 100 persons were pre-ent. At the hour
of I o'clock the meeting was organized by the ap.
pointment of the following officers ;
Pre-ident: James M'Jlheny—Vice Presidents, A.
Kensinger, William Fluck, Frederick Oaks, Joseph
Morrison, A-a Duval), Samuel Hammei, Francis
Glove. Henry Gates. Sr. and Jacob Fluck. Secreta
ries—'J'. Crisman, William Avers, fx Samuel Fluck.
Able and eloquent speeches were then delivered
by Col. JOSEPH W. TATE, Hon. Wn. P. SCUKI.L,
Mr. IRISH, of Schuylkill, anil Major SAMUEL H. TATE,
which were received with enthusiastic cheers. Na
tive and adopted citizens each lo the other pledged
themselves to support Buchanan, Breckinridge, the
State and County Ticket and the Union. Hopewell
will do her whole duty and no mistake. So look out
for the train.
MORRISON'S COVE RESPONDS.
If zeal he a test of honesty of opinion, which, to a
very great extent, it undoubtedly is, we have every
rea-on to congratulate onr-elve-, as Democrats, on
the meetings of Friday and Saturday last at
WOOD BERRY AND PATTOXSVILLE.
Whilst, as to numbers, they were highly re-pecta
hle, the spirit manifested indicated the firm belief of
the Democrats of the Wood berries in the injunction,
That "It is good to be zealously affected always in a
good thing."
At Woodberry The meeting was held at the house
of Mr. Henry S. Fluck, the speakers occupying the
porch, and the audience seats in the yard. William
McDonald presided, assisted by John Stoudenhonr,
Jo-eph Barley. Jacob C. Brumbaugh, Henry S. Fluck,
Dr. Oleig, Daniel Bailey, Patrick Burns, and John
Wisegarver and Joseph B. Noble as Vice Presidents,
with Di. Smith and John Potter as Secretaries.
The meeting at Pattonsville was in the large and
comfortable school-house at that place. Major Jas.
Patton presided, with Samuel O-ter, William Spiel
man, Jacob Eversole, William Tutwiler, and Wm.
S. Fluck as Vice Presidents, and John B. Fluck and
William Grove as Secretaries.
Addresses were delivered at both meetings by
Messrs. SHANNON, O. C. HARTLEY, HALL, and Jos.
VV. TATE. The issue made by the Black Republic
cans was fully and fairly discussed, the speakers
planting themselves tirmlv on the platform that the
people of every State and Territory ought and must,
both of right and expediency, determine for them
selves, at the ballot box, their own local institutions.
This was treated by all the speaker.- as the only real
issue before the country.
It is worthy of remark that in the v n
Wooilberry eight FREMONT Flans weie , g ® ° f
lrom dwelling houses of persons *w ho a tew'lT"'? 1
<H|^ were c.jisHleredSiden, M.ppo.ters 0 , FdiJrV
■PTT the rout-e of his remarks at Pal| o i,s V ,iu .7%
■ IIANNON adverted Jo this defection of tie Fit
...en to the Hi ark Repabl .carts. and telated a r ° f< '
Saturn he had that day held with Mr i„t,„ ~" v,t -
Bedford Forge . i„ whirl, Mr. K„ g adnntl",
feelings were lor Frerftonr, and that rhere wj, r
moit men upon the Filt.m.e electoral lu-ke*, .
iml her. that be was at l.bertv T.> ... ' d " !
ela'ation he saw p.cpe,|w'S
roTTPIng, It, reply I P a remark tmm M, HTITI \
touching this 1 0.i,:, .Mr. Ktr.g >a,d that th'e Fa., ' ''
men only asked 7 electors, and that thee ,n,
,asked. Mr. KM g, it will he remembered
legal* to the Co.iver.fior, whichs..|*ei..- . L." °"" f
Fllmore Klectoial TickeJßr; roi . S ''%'S
Iniie charge that this lg
with the Abolition frt nds of Fiemmi, we ii IV'
penal attention To the following extra,-,* V"
oi the leading K.N. -American''
vania, the Ural the Organ ol Gov. Pollock a- Vt'
seat of Government :
"THF. FM.I.MORE Electoral Ticket in Penn-ylvani
contain- Hie names of at least two men wl„, ' a ,,. '
porters of Fremont. These are G. W.\, „
of the Filteenth, aud Caleb N. Tavlur ci ti
en it. District. There arc also otheruVVonll!
Ticket which seem to u,, from the antecedents
persons named, extremely unreliable for 1
bit we await further developementx. Jt
while, however, to bear in mind that the ''
tion which nominated this Ticket refused to •V ~
resolution requiring the elector- to pledge w
selves to Fillmore and DotivLori."— llarrtshttr- V
rgraph, Aag. 21.
The Philadelphia Tint's says that yesteiday Wl >
mentioned that Messrs. Youngmaii, Taylor at i p
lips, who were nominated upon the Fifhnore Khctn"
ral Ticket in this Elate bad left Fillmore and", tt .' r , e
out for Fremont. We mentioned also Mr. Gutij
editor of a German paper in Lehigh county
was a delegate in that (Fillmore) Convention ,
done likewise. To-day we add to the list the r an*
of L. S. Outfield, Fillmore Elector tor ihe Sev'et
teenth Corigiessiona! Di-ttict. How long will it i,e
until the whol£ twenty-seven are rallying tor 1 ....
rnont I Not long we tiiluk— Pit Libit rg JJu?ltt J v „ .
at, Aug-
I'olc Raising in Inien,
The Democrats of Union Township and the sur
rounding neighborhood will hold a Mass Meet;i,
Louisville, in said Township, on Saturday next at
o'clock P. M. when a splendid Hickory Pola win (,
rai-ed in honor of the Democratic nominees. V
SON RKILEY, Esq., the Democratic candidate for Co: -
gre.s, and several other speakers will he present to
address the people. The Newry Brass Band will ah
so be in attendance. A good time is expected.
.12 AR£t ii: :
At the house of Ezekie] Cook, on 'he 1 Jth insf. hv
Rev. W. Braiishavv Buchtell, Mr. Samuel Nlixel ,
Snake Spring Valley, and Mis- Rebecca Cook. <
West Providence Township, Bedford enmity.
In Friends Cove, on the 2!-t inst by the U*v ('.
F. HofTmeier, Mr. Jacob Kegg to Miss Eve Mcl. -
dowuey, both of the above place.
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DIED,
On the 19th in-t. LAURA MAKUAUKT. danjl ..T
John and Caroline Hafer, after an illno- ol upa
ol three years, which she bore with great palierre,
aged C 5 years 5 mouth- and ".'7 days. Mre uae*M
teliigent and interesting child, and a lavoriie •'■. t
who knew her. She ba- exchanged a woiid Pl'" r "
row for a home in Heaven, and although she mat
come back, her friends are invited lo go to net-
At his residence in Philadelphia, on the i- ■
ol disease of the heart, Mr. JOHN II- Horn'*
41st year of his age. He was a kind and tfe*®
husband and father.
"Alas! how hard to bend to tale's decree,
And, uniepining, pait from one like thee.
Fond tears of sorrow on-thy grave we shed _
And mourn thy loss till memoir se|; he if'.* ■
Near Leitersburg, Washington count).
REBECCA FLORA, sister of Rev. V\ . B. !ate:
Bloody Ron. Pa.
On the 20th inst. of Dropsy. Mrs. .Mary h 1 "
consort of John Bowser, aged 7U years, id " ' 1
and 2 day-.
Vniualitc Tannery Jor
The subscriber oilers for sale I;is v; - u y "
Tannery, situate in .Napier Township,
County, Pa., within five miles norlh ol Sclm
burg, in the finest bulk region in the State.—
The tract contains G acres, with a two st-/
Dwelling house thereon erected, first ia!<*
Mill, Tan House Go by 22 feet, 2 roon>—
ishing shop, and beam shop. '1 here are Ho-:
away vats, 4- laches, 2 limes, 2 baits, 1 1"
There are all the necessary out building'
property. Possession given on the 1"
next. For further particulars address '
scriber at Scliellsburg, or Col. Joseph tt. 11
agent, Bedford, Pa. Any quantity cfhatk
be had at from $1 75 to $2 per cord, ra>lb
ABRAHAM DENNI> oV
Aug. 20, 1856—Gm.
Vermin Destroyed-
Warranted free from Poison. S. L ,,, <-
nine RAT, MOUSE and ROACH
had at Dr. B. F. Harry's New Drug X
Store.
Aug. 20, 1856.
CAST IRON BOOT JACKS. ,
ON hand, and for sale, a very super. • ••
of Cast Iron Bout Jacks. Call r
GFO. PIA M !Kl "
Julv 11, 1556.