fidfOlly anticipated Ihe repeal ofttie fugitive
slave law, besides the reject ion o{ all territo
ries which asked for admission into the Union
as States with constitutions recognizing slavery.
But statesmen of the republican party must
necessarily shape their sentiments by the letter,
t! not by the spirit of the Constitution. Yet,
sir, a very large proportion of the votes cast for
their candidate for the Presidency, were made
up of two classes, viz: first, those who are look
ing to the abolition of slavery everywhere, and
who hope to consummate this work through the
republican party: and this is the class to whom
the Senator from New Yoik, Mr. Seward, might
say, "Slavery can and will be abolished, and
von ami I will do it;" and to which the Senator
from Ohio. Mr. Wade, w oojd give assurances
of the prompt repeal of the "infamous fugitive
siave law."
The other class is composed of those who are
actuated by motives of sympathy for the fate of
the unhappy African: of those who believe that
slavery is a great wrong upon the negro, and
thai it is to be redressed and his constitution bet
tered, by the Republican party. The leaders
of that party have themselves been vigilant and
persevering to create those very impressions;
an ! if they will have the candor even now to
turn around, and proclaim unmistakeablv I hat
they do not hold the views entertained by those
classes of people, nor seek to remedy the evils
tfiey complain of, my word for it th-ir ranks
will soon he materially thinned, and those of
the ultra Abolitionists enlarged in a like ratio.
This done and they will not carry 11 Slates at
the next election. They will not then have all
misguided preachers and fanatics upon their
side, as they had in the recent contest.
The aggressions of slavery is a favorite theme
of the Senator from Ohio; hut lie has not, to my
knowledge, M". President, specifically defined
what he means by the phase. Jam not willing
to submit to any aggression from slavery; or tile
slave States, or the slave-holding people; and if
the senator will point out aggressions on the
part of either, I will join him in resisting and
repelling them. But I can discover, as vet,
none of their consequences. In what do these
aggressions consist? In what department of
Government are they to be found? ihe reverse
of aggressions is obvious to all. Tile control-
power which the slave states once possess
ed, in all departments, iias passed awav, and, I
think, forever. When the constitution was
framed, and the Union secured, the slavehold
ing States had the control ot all the branches
of the Government. Now they control none.
Then there were eleven slaveholding states and
one non-slave holding. Now there are 16 free
and 15 slave states, with six or seven territo
ries to come in as free state*: then we shall
have 2*2 free states and 15 slave states, Kansas
disputed, and with the right in Texas ot mak
ing two slave states. Surely there is nothing
in this picture to alarm the Senator from Ohio;
as an element of political power lie certainly
does not fear it. The northern Males have the
ascendency in both branches of Congress and in
the electoral college. Where then shall we
look for aggression? Is if in territorial acqui
sition? Certainly not. When our indepen
dence was established, the states north of Ma
son's and Dixon's line, as shown by the Sena
tor from Alabama, Mr. Clay, in bis speech
made during the last winter, possessed an area
of but one hundred and sixty-four thousand
square miles, and those south of the same line
an area of six hundred and forty-seven thousand
square miles. Now, the slaveholding states
possesses an area of eight hundred and eighty
two thousand square miles, and the tree states,
with the territories to become free States,
an area of over one million seven hundred
thousand square miles. Surety the Senaioi
and his party cannot be alarmed at such aggres
sion as this. And yet this charge of aggression
was a constant and fruitful subject of discussion
for the Republican party during tiie late cam-
paign.
The fugitive slave law was another. The
!av was talked of, even hy men of position in
society, as though it had no constitutional au
thority: as though it were the mere act <>i Con
gress; and that by its agency alone slaves were
reclaimed. They knew better, Mr. President.
The knew that the law on this subject is not!—
in r ; the Constitution every tiling. The law
gives no man the right to his fugitive slave.
The Constitution has done this, and the Supreme
Court of the United States has so decided; and
the law is but the execution of the constitution
al provision. Therefore, those who rati against
the law, rail against the constitution: and those
who reject anv portion of that instrument repu
diate all its blessings. The Senator from Ohio
has not hesitated t<> do this, and yet tie claims,
I believe, to be a friend of the Union. Sena
tors representing States, the Legislatures of
which have taken distinct ground against the
execution'of this law, say they are for the Uni
on and the constitutional rights of all the stales.
Now, was not this constitutional provision one
of the compacts of the Union?—was it not one
of the compromises of the Constitution ? Cer-
t.tihlv it was; and no man Iras a lair claim to
friendship for either who will not hold that it
toibe faithfully executed. Th - denunciation
of lifts law was one of the potent means of the
campaign, to swell Mr. Fremont's vote. How
much of loyalty to our people and He ir free
institutions there is i:i it I leave others to de
cide.
But Ido not wish to be misunderstood. I
am not standing here either as the advocate of
slavery or the defender of the tyuith. I speak
but to vindicate history, and particularly the
history of the late Presidential contest, which
has been so unfairly referred to. Ido not de
sire, nor have 1 ewr sought, the extension of
slavery ; and heartily do I concur with the Sen
ator from South Carolina {Mr. Butierl when
he said the other day, "I do not want the ex
tension of slavery."
Mr. Butler. I b"g to he understood correct
ly. The Senator from Maine asked me how
the remark which I made was to be construed?
I said that I now maintain, as T have always
maintained, that ail lines of distinction being
wiped out, I was in what lawyers rail a condi
ofiudiiTerency. I said, let the institution go
where it would : I would not attempt here eith
er to restrain or extend if.
Mr. Bigler. I think that is the substance of
the quotation I was about to read. The Senator
from South Carolina remarked : -
"I do not want the extension of slavery : I
have never contended for it. If I had the
right to vote to extend it by act of Congress, I
would not undertake to do so ; f would leave
that to the choice of those who settle the new
Commonwealth."
That is all I have ever desired. It is all the
Democratic party contend for. The Senator
from Texas. [Mr. Rusk.] if 1 understood him,
expressed the same sentiment. Is there not au
thority enough here, sir, to show that the wide
spread allegation, that we seek the extend n of
slavery hv the agency and power of the gov
ernment, is untrue ?
J do not agree nor do 1 sympathize with
mnf h that is said at the South on the subject of
Slavery.
I have read articles from the "Soothside
Democrat," the New Orleans "Delia," the
Charleston "Slandard," and other Southern pa
pers, on the subject of labor, compaiing white
with black labor, from which 1 utterly and en
tirely dissent. I have no sympathy with the
Barnwell Rhett school of publics in the South,
who talk so incessantly and so flippantly of a
dissolution of ihe Union, as though it had cost
our fat tiers nothing, as though it were worth
nothing, and its dissolution would remedy a sin
gle one of the evils complained of; and I cer
tainly have no respect for the suggestion ol Gov
ernor Adams, of South Carolina, that the slave
trade shall be re-commenced. 1 condemn, dis
card, and repudiate the fatal suggestion ; and 1
am gratified to believe that Southern statesmen
and the Southern people will do the same thing.
1 have, however, an admiration for that class o!
Southern Statesmen who declare distinctly and
emphatically that they can only remain in the
Union as equals.
There is another class of political philoso
phers, widely separated from those of whom J
have just been speaking, for whose opinion I
have, if possible, still less respect. J refer to
Garrison, Wendell, Philipps, Theodore Parker,
Henry C. Wright, Gerrit Smith, Spooner, and
similar fanatics, who, in attempting illegally to
abolish slavery in the States where it now ex- ,
ists, would dissolve the Union and aggravate
the evils they lament. Although in the-main
these acted with the Republican party in the
last canvass, vet I am not uncharitable enough
to bold the mass of that party accountable tor
the monstrous sentiments of those traitors to our
beloved institutions. And with the madcaps of
the South I would throw overboard these fana
tics of the East, and take care of the country
without the aid of either.
Mr. President, I have Wn force*! to speak n!
the hat? feeling entertained hy a ot people
in the North towards the people ol the Sooth,
and of another class i;i the South towards the
people in the North ; and the task has been by
no means a pleasant one. 1 have no sympathy
with that crimination and recrimination which
is so calculated to estrange those who should lie
friends and brethren. The people whom 1 rep
resent in part upon this floor have no sympathy
with a sectional contest. There may he some
in the ranks ol the opposition who would press
their opin ions to the dissolution of the Union ;
tut so fir as Pennsylvania is concerned, I say,
with pleasure, that tim mass of the opposition
would, if they deemed the danger imminent,
rise free from the shackles ol their leaders, to
stand hy their country. The Democracy area
unit upon the question. In Pennsylvania they
have an affection which is coextensive with all
our people, and with all ot the States of the
Confederacy. Hep creed embraces the South
as w ell as the North. She has been, and she
ever will be, just to ail. Among the tiist to a
dopt, she will he the last to disregard, the cov
enants of the Constitution and the Union. ID:
people remember well how we came to be uni
ted, and how the Union has been maintained.— !
VV'e do not forget that when our independence
was declared, southern and northern men conn- j
seled together: tiiat the Constitution was the |
joint production of the patriotism and intellect 1
ot both sections ; and that upon every battle- j
field men of the South and men of the North
stood orf-l! together under the re-splendent j
banner of the nation that they did so in the;
war of IXI2, and in the war with Mexico.— j
Are not the events of the latter war fresh in our \
mentorr ? Do ve net r- tJ.ut i
down upon the Rio Grand and at Buena \ ista, '
the sturdv volunteers of the North and of the
South, under a Southern General, gained in—
mortal victory over a hostile enemy ? V\ e do:
and we remember, too, that upon the shores of
the Gulf of Mexico, v. ending tin ir way to the
city of Montezuma*, to vindicate the honor and
dignity of their country, were found together
the Pennsylvania volligeur and the Palmetto
volunteer, under a northern General. We, of
Pennsylvania, are for a fraternity of States, and
of the people of tile States. All that we are
all that we have been —we owe to the Union.
!it is our hope in the future. Such is tfie leel
; ings of Pennsylvania.
I would n<>; be vain of my State, but 1 must
' confess, that when I (ward a prominent public
j man say the other day, "Pennsylvania is the
j heart of the Republic," my pride was excited.
If the sentiment he true, then, sir, the body pol-
J itic will be healthful. Every limb will be in
j vigorated. The heart will pulsate only in uni
; son with the best interests and happiness of the
j people of every section. The vital strength
, will he distributed alike to every part, and dls
| ease will hopelessly assail what must he so pure
land healthful. Neither fanaticism nor fi'iii uus-
terism can make any impression upon thai good
old Commonwealth. The storm of faction may
rage, but she will come out of it more erect in
her noble patriotism than ever. The more ter
rible the trial the closer her people will cling to
the Constitution, the ail; of our common safety.
Central in h"r geographical position, and still
more so 1 hope in the Confidence and aflection
of her sister States, and equally so as to the
sources of that spirit of discontent, which at
times would seem to menace the existence of
the Government, she may best perform the high
office of the Keystone of the Federal arch, t
believe she will perform it, should the crisis
come, and that, though the controversy between
the North and lite South, so much lamented by
all patriots, may go on for centuries, she will
maintain her integrity to trie Union, and be
found standing like some impassible isthmus be
tween the bitter waves of discontent, whether
they dash against her northern or her southern
side.
PORTRAIT OK GOV. GEARY. —The Kansas corre
spondent of the New York Tribune give* t lie follow
ing concerning Gov. Geary, which shows how Ins de
termined and impartial course is rapidly overcoming
even th<* hostility of his enemies:
'•1 saw Geary this morning, and p.m quite charm
ed with him. He is the best talking n.an I have
rr.Pt, and 1 cannot but think tt+tn sincere. At all e
vents, it seems to irie ungenerous to condemn him in
advance. ■•Give the devil his due." It the "Gover
nor is u "devil," he is quite an elegant gentleman.
I don't know why I thought him a grav-headed old
man. Per hap-, his name conveys that idea. But, to
my surprise, I found him quite an Apollo—ix feet
nigh at least, faultlessly formed, a very handsome
face, jet black eyes, -traight hair, and fine whiskers
and moustache—in short, just the sort of u man to
win the love oi the ladies. No wondei the Law
rence girl- have invited him to a Thanksgiving din
ner next Thursday. My dear friend, depend upon
it Geary is doing well, lie has not, if is true, done
all we can wish; but he has done a deal more than
the other side have wished, 1 can assure you."
CET Mr. ADAM FERGUSON has opened a new-
Store in Bedford, as will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns, ile is a clever g-ntlcman anil
deserves to be liberally patronized.
THE BEWfiKp (lAZETTE.
Bedfbrd, Dee. d 6, 3 853.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor,
"The Union of lakes—the Union of lands,
- The Union of States none ran sever ;
The Union of hearts, ami the Union of hands,
And the flag of our Union forever!"
A iireat B{>'tcl2.
H7"Th" Gazette of to-day is enriched with the
speech oi Iloa. W.w. BKILEII, recently delivered in
the Senile of the United States, on the motion to
print a number of extra copies oi the message of
the President, in this speech, the Governor argues
the slavery question so fully, and exposes the dupli
city oi' our opponents so fairly and powerfully, that
we feel satisfied it will command universal at
tention, and the admiration oi' the Democracy, es
pecially, throughout the Union. The author of this
great speech is ceitaiuly one oi the most pointed
reasoners, as he is one of the most eloquent debaters
in tlm body of which he is a member. Pennsylva
nia is proud of him, and well she may be. Strick
en down by a midnight conspiracy, (although one of
the best Governors we ever had,) the people soon el
evated him to a higher trust, and a perusal of the
speech alluded to will satisfy them that they were
not mistaken in their man.
Learned Senator's taxed all their ingenuity to con
found and perplex him by asking questions, but they
did not make much by the operation, as will be seen
by his ready and happy replies.
I. S. Senator.
Ks** One of the mo-t important arts of the.next
Leglsiulore will be to elect a United States Senator
to serve for six years from the 4ih of .March next;
and, although we i.ave but a small majority in that |
body, owing to the infamous apportionment of the
S'ate, which gives our opponents the Senate against a
popular majority of thousands; yet it is quite suiti
cieiit to secure the services of a true and faithful De- j
n.oc rat.
'i here are a number of distinguished gentlemen |
named in connection with the trust, and the Legt-- i
iature will no doubt choose the man they deem most i
competent to perform the gieutest good to the conn- j
try and the party. We may be allowed to say, how- j
ever, that were we a member of that body, we would j
vote lor and advocate the election of JOHN W.
FORNEY, believing him to be the man of all others
named lor the present crisis. He riot only possesses j
ability of the highest order, but a degree of nerve \
and energy with which but few men are gifted. He j
is as familiar with the politics of Pennsylvania and I
of the Union as he is with the alphabet, and his keen i
perception would be a sure guarantee that the inter- !
ests of the people would not sutler in his hands.
With such intellects as BJGLER and FORNEY in
the Senate, Pennsylvania would again assume her
proper position in that dignified body. Let our Re- !
preservatives act wnh a wise discrimination in this !
matter, ami not he governed by personal or local fa- •
voritei-m in the discharge of this great duty, and j
they will reflect lasting credit upon themselves and j
their country.
Cf7"The Harrisburg Telegraph, the organ of Gov. J
POLLOCK, in its issue of last week, in speaking of I
John P. Sandeison, of the Philadelphia News, alleges !
that his conduct during the las' campaign was mark- j
ed with FALSEHOOD, TREACHERY, and COR- j
KUPTION." Ami this is the identical "John I'." j
who wants a black republican elected speaker of the
Senate, one too, who turned traitor To Filmore or; :
the eve of the elections and the same mail that is j
now expending all his< energies in charging Fraud
upon the Democracy, and in writing articles design- |
ed to exclude from the right of suffrage all who are i
unable to read and writi}! John retorts, and charges j
the black republican leaders with all manner of ras-j
canty, arm says iriey snxugui Mc vbm TT-rir r-rv
market. Yet these were the rotten elements which j
proclaimed "Union far the sak-> of the Union."
£7~We observe by the Uhambersburg papers that
Col. MCCI.L'KE, well known as editor of the Cham- j
bersburg Repository and Harrisburg Telegraph, has
commenced I hie practice of the law us 'hat place, in
company with Mr. McClejland. In all his social re
lations, Col. McClure is donsidered decidedly a cle- j
ver man and a gentleman,fand, as the publisher ot a
paper, he certainly exhibited one ot the neatest
sheets ufThe country. Notwithstanding the Col. i*
an uncompromising enemy of the Democracy, his
bold and manly denunciation of Know Nothingism
tnade hiin many warm friends '.n the ranks of our |
party. The fact that the K. X's in Bedford hate him
with a perfect hatred, i-, we think, the highe t le
commendatioti he could receive from thatxpiarter.—
In the practice of his profession, we wish him great
pro-perity—and, as we believe his "better half" (an
elegant and accomplished lady) rather holds to the
Democracy, we should not be stirpr zed- if the Col.
would eventually fall back upon that column a- the
sure support of the country. When he does we will
announce the fact in the Gazette.
E7"The Louisville Journal has made the wonder
ful discovery that the democratic votes in Kentucky,
at the ia-t election, "were increased to an unprece
dented degree." That's so, and that is what ena
bled us to carry that ol I Gibraltar ot Whiggcrv,
which refused to ite Abolitiomzed, SecHonnlizedand
Know Nothingized, under the lead of such men a-
Fremont AND I'iimore. Democratic vote*, howe
ver, increased in *orne other quarters—in Bedford
Borough and county, for instance.
{£?" Since the election, we hear nothing about the
"ten cents" a day I How is this .' Our opponents
pledged their honor, as men, that if Mr. Buchanan
were elected President the wages of labor would be
reduced to ten cents a day, and Thus deceived many
honest people who believed them. Why don't they
rr-iterate the charge now that he is elected ? Be
cause they know they are "caafcdand that his offi
cial acts will expo-e the dirtyTa:id shameful false
hood. Here is the death of another o!" their iit*sr
utrrrs over which they have liepft shouting ever since
Mr. B. was named for the Presidency.
Cf7*'The speeches and papers of the Democratic
party all proclaimed that James Bnebanun wus not
the advocate of slavery—and, it hi* official act- do
not justify the declaration, we will admit that we
practised a (rand upon the people. He will neither
advocate rior oppn-e slavery, but leave the question
where the Constitution leave- it, in the hard- of the
sovereign people. This explodes ar.other of their
Hi i:ni l.*.
CP" JA M F.S B. SANSON), Esq. will be a candi
date for re-electior. to the post he held in the House
la t winter, and we presume be will be cho-en with
out opposition from oursirie. He made a good arid
popular.officer, and the faithful manner in which he
discharged his duties in the last campaign, entitles
him to the warm regard and consideration of the de
mocratic party. We could wish him something that
would pay better.
CP"If any body is troubled with MICE, stpp up
to the General Variety Store of BLYMIRE & HART
LEY, w here, for 15 cents, you can get a trap which
will relieve you of these little depredators in a short
1 time. We jpeak from experience.
Will) IS THE LMBf—LET l?S SEE.
UJTIC r. Jordan, in his mouth-piece of last week,
denies that his praty "avowed that a negro was bel
ter than aw bite man." He modestly says "it is a
bald lie manufactured nut of the whole cloth," and
be defies Bowman or any body else to support the
assertion." We make no assertions by random,
and alw-ays stand ready to maintain any charges con
tained in our columns, when called upon to do so.
We will take Francis himself, as*"afi exemplifica
tion of the truth of this charge, he being the official
agent ol the party in this county, who even went -o
lar as to ask honorable men to support hi- profligate
political views, although against their own judgment,
simply as a matter of favor to him, the said Francis!
Now, Francis has not denied, and will not denv,
that be took a solemn OATH, on the Holy Bible, in
a secret place, in which he obligated himself to sup
port the dark conspiracy handed together and doing
business under the name ami firm of KNOW-NOTH
INGS. This organization made a positive and di
rect war upon every man of foreign birth or acknow
ledging the Catholic religion, no matter even though
he should be the descendant o! a signer ol the decla
ration of independence, or a man who had immortal
ized himseii in defence of the Stars and Stripes of
his adopted country. The good and bad were to be
stricken down alike! The main feature of the orga
nization was to degrade and di-gtace white men of
foreign birth, by denying them the right to either
vote or hold office, a fact too generally know n to ad
mit of the shadow of doubt. So far was this feeling
manifested, that foreigners, (women and children in
cluded.) w ere -hot down in the streets of Cincinna
ti, Louisville, Orleans, and el ew here, a- Though that
was all their Maker intended them for. For a year,
they were in danger of assassination if they dared
to open their mouths on a political subject.
Not only so. Gentlemen of high standing in the
rank-of black republicanism, who were known to
give utterance to the real sentiments of their party,
publicly advocated the right o! the negro to vote and
To hold office, at the very time that a systematic e!"-
tort was making to deny to white men the same pri
vilege. Rev. Dr. St 11 MUCKER, ol' Gettysburg, in
pre: ence of Rev. Mr. Benedict and a number of oth
er persons, gave utterance to these sentiments in j
Sehellsburg last summer, and prophecied that the
day va< jot di-Tant when the negro and the white
man would meet upon a common platiornt; that the
negio was better calculated to understand our sys
tem of Government than the hordes of illiterate
foreigners ushered to our shores. Here, then, is the
published declaration, by the highest authority, tha:
they considered negroes better thou white men, if
stained with -lie crime of having been born tn anoth
er part of the Creator's dominions.
But further. Mr. JOHN KING, of Hopewell, who
represented the "Americans" in the State Conven
tion which nominated the FILMORE electoral tick
et, declared on the streets of Bedford, that he would
rather see Fred. DOUGLAS, a coal-black NEGRO,
elected President than James Buchanan, lie justifi
ed a Republican Convention in Indiana in calling a
NEGRO to act as a Vice President at one oi their
meetings—and argued generally in defence of the
common rights of the negro. Mr. Win. Hartley wa
pre-er.t and heard this conversation. Other men
high up in the ranks said the same thing, and the
whole party yelled "ANY THING to beat Buchan
an."
But, to cap the climax, Negroes are allowed to
both vote and hold office in New York, and this right
was conferred upon thrm by the oat b-houiid conspi
racy above alluded to, who wouiJ deny tfie right to
Foreigners or Catholics to enjoy either one of these
privileges.
Whilst the entire know nothing and abolition press
employed at! their energies in sympathising with the
eahnlition of the poor negro, the- same instruments
iHrre employed in giving utterance to the grossest
"W •* —*-• ... 'I Ua io.,
not even a school-boy who is not posted on ail the
points stated —and, if they do not prove our ci utge,
which Mr. Jordan brands --as a lie inaiini'aetui ed out
ol the whole clotu," then two and two Joes nut
make four!
Acti*.iis speak !oui!er than words, lot we have gi- ]
ven both to sustain our position, in unequivocal ;
terms.
Francis complains "that the Gazette is filled ;
with slanders and lies against him." 1 this be true,
its editor merits ttie contempt u! all honorable r.ran. j
But we deny the allegation, and aver that the GA- ;
Zette (for whose reputation vie feel some interest j|
ha- neither slandered him nor lied about hun. This
is to the point—and if Mr. Jordan (who points to a
♦ real many defects in other people's religion,—has
a particle himself) he will l'(slX I OUT the articles
W! which he is thus treated, which we promise to re--;
publish ith his comments. Tare be assume the
task/
But Francis does not stop. lie say* the author oi
til the lies against him is a "regular rorinuiiuii ••
church member, and shocks the religions renin g
■air entire community" in exercis.ng this -acred
jrivilege. This slander and malicious falsehood, i
ielieved at all, would applv to tin* Ministry as weji
b tin- individual at v. horn it is directed, for they are
ccpressly prohibited from administering the sacra-
Oent, (arid their own judgment would recoil at the
ilea,) to tho-e who-e acts "shock the religious r.-et
hg of the entire community." We cab upon him
4r the name of a single truly religious man or wo- •
jian a- an endorser or th.s fiendish charge, or wear
he brand ol falsehood in its blackest and meanest
t>r;u.
We do not boast of our religion. God forbid that
re ever should. We are no better than we should
b. Certainly not a- good a:! i- r.ur privilege ami
nty to be, and we are sorry lor it. But we cur say
fitti a clear conscience that we have no desiie to do
ijtist'ce to any body; and during the exciting cam
sign which has ju~t closed so gloriously for the
le.mocracy, we made no charge- against our oppo
prits not jiistilied by the tacts, nor did we claim any
ting tor our candidates or our principles that we
if not prepared to warrant and dt fend now that the
lection is over.
Franc;.- fancies himself "a thorn in our side," but |
v is as badly mistaken in this as he was inbtsl
futharppton prophecy, when, raising himself on Tip
b, h<* declared, in an unearthly tone, with savage
Ink '•The Rupnblicaii Union Ticket will be e-
Futd bv at lead thirty thousand majority. DO
DIJ HEAR THAT?" Yes, responded the noble i
ins of Southampton, and exhibited their confidence
i the remark by giving such a maturity for Old
JrW as they had seldom ever given belore. A
shorn!" Why, where he spoke rr.ost they were
itaten worst. Under the secret system, he boasted
tot they had a clear majority in the county of from
at) to 1000, but alter his thorn pricked the people
ceverv school district, that whopping majority was
lunged to several hundred on the other side,
lien in the Borough, the change amounted to up
xrds of eighty votes in a single year in cur favor. <
f rniich i'or the thorn!"
r
personal scurrility is and has been the weapons (
dour opponents. Failing in argument, they invar
tlbly re.-ort to unmeaning epithets, a plain indica- '
tp of the bad spirit which rankips in their bad (
Hi ts. Ail our speakers have been compared to a- ,
mal*. ami several of our audiences to dogs, whilst j i
they claimed not only the "fin" looks" but all the
honesty,and that, too. whilst Mr. Jordan was arran
ging with the abolition committee to throw the can
didate whom he was fail ly and solemnly pledged to
support. We have denounced this low political
trickery as it deserved, and as it is viewed by the
great body even of hi.s own party.
In holding'irp to tue public gaze the wicked and
demoralizing principle, of Know Nothingism, we a
bused no man; and thousands and tens of thousands
who were gulled into this sink of iniquity ami cor
ruption stand ready and willing endorsers of all we
i-.toi about it.
JOHN Mown, Esq. and itri .MI-LUX, two promi
nent members of the old Whig Party, having, over
their proper signatures, branded ihr know nothing
organ with gro-s and unqualified falsehood, shows
the contempt in which it is held by the honorable
opponents ol the democratic party.
If' we succeed in bringing Mr. Jordan to the proof
for the vv hole-ale charges be has preferred, we shall
have accomplished our point. If he fads, his anathe
mas w ill leooil upon his own head.
CUT" By the Pittsburg Union we learn that Gov.
POLLOCK has recently pardoned another rnati who was
sentenced to six months imprisonment or an assault
and liattery with intent to /.HI. We make no objec
| tion to the pardon, a- it may be a!! right, but il a
Democratic Governor bad granted this pardon, it
would have extorted a dreadful yell from the biggest
to the smallest cur that harks in tiie K. N. camp.
As it is, we hear not u word of complaint. Should
i Gov. Pollock pardon every convict in both our Pen
itentiaries, we do not believe the act would be con
demned by a K. N. paper in the State.
! ... - -
KlftlSitiny JrH'fM'l&S*.
Of/"" As the time is at hand for the j res.-ntat.-.n oi
I gilt-, nothing could be more appropriate than one of
Gerrvs' beautiful Daguerreotype or Amfiotype pic
tures, done up ,'n plain or ornamental vases, at mod
erate prices. We have examined some of hi. speci
men*,arid have no hesitation in saying that they vvi'i
compare favorably with any we have seen in the
j city galleries. His rooms are in the Exchange.
Give him a call.
IgXlt'lssiTC S'ifZii.
By reference to our advertising columns, it
will 1>" seen that Messrs, Evcrhart, Ashcom Uo.
have opened a new Store and established an • xteft
: sive Forwarding and Commission House, at Hope
! well, pa., which will necessarily prove a great ac
rommodat on to the citizens oi Bedford county.
. j They area!! gentlemen of high character, and de
serve to be liberally pationized.
! £T7-CoL. GOSSLER, President of the Bedford Miner
al Spring Company, invites proposals for the erection
; of two new Bath-houses, and the tomptkirrg of that
| pa;t of road near the matn-bnilding about which we
j have heretofore heard so much complaint. To those
j who design visiting our Springs, the-e handsome im
provements will be highly gratifying. The Presi
dent understands his duty, and w ill perform it.
From the New York Journal of Comn erce.
Foimftti* Volt* lr Frchifkiiti
| The annexed table contains, in effect, the whole
• vote of the United States, except a few counties,
townships, plantations, ike., which were excluded on
j s(-count of informality, or were returned too late to
i be counted, or not returned at all. Omitting these,
the total vote—
For Buchanan is 1.850.786
For Fremont 1,306,8 i 5
Buchanan over Fremont 522,071
Buchanan and Fillmore over Fremont 1 ..'i'..'!,097
Fremont and Fillmore over Buchanan 347,195
Fillmore's vote is 870,1-16
Total number of votes returned in season
to be counted 4,006.727
Fxclusveot a few votes for Gerrit Smith.
Rtii'h.inun's rn's-is larger by a quarter of a mil
foil tfan was ever before given to a presidential
i The 4'aniiit.
fJit'J 3* Jhr 4Y.s-o::rs*% .Sazry.
1 he iiiqiiest. swor to nvestigafe and decide upon
i 1 i*' uau b> whir; !-I ' !hn hi?** fir !>!< si.i;i-hT i r a*
j Alliance, conclude ' Tm ,r labor on T: ursday eveii
! "•£. sealing th'-ir v. nt.pt and transmitting it to the
| District Attorney of Stark ronntv. The document
j was transriiitteii bv telegraph v tefdav. :■ d .urn.'ti
ed Til the press h\ Mr. Robert Steveu-00, Telegraph
0;..--;il.ir tile Allegheny depot t.| the P: r I - DtlTg af, d
Chicago R# iroail Company. Thrv have found. as
will be S' en below. that John ( "herrv, the engineer
: or the C leveland train was concerned, as principal,
.hi the death ol the parties. We understand that he
ha- rot been arrested; that h"* whereabouts are
' known to the Directors of The IVttsbnrg and Cleve
-I'iiid train, am' that be expresses a willingness to give
hi.n-el: up. | protected from the violence of an ex
c te ! puidic. The following s the v rdirt :
e "We, the mid"l *'gned, jurors empilirielled anil
sworn on rh- Sih dav of December: in the year
ol the town-hip of I.extnston. in the county of Stark
I niTTI ' 'ate oi Ohio, by A. L. Jones, a ju-tice of the
peace in an ! for the township of Lexington in said
county, an I acting as coroner for the time being, to
en ; trre a .■! tin., pr- .n ' rnot make in what manner
arid !>\ whom K "g Wnt-on, Dr. P. }!. Smith, f'mih !
B. Smite. .1. t'. Mc-fnryre. Jacob iiudie. Pearson Ot
terl.alt, Nicholas G. Taylor and John Brook-, whose 5
hmties were fnunil at the railroad -tation house on
the ( (evelann and I' H-hiirg track in the town of Ai
-1 ance. .:nr| in -a ! tmwsh pof Lexington, on the e
vening of the brh day of December, in the Year 856,
came to the.r death.
"After having heard evidence extensively and ex
arn ned ?h hoilie-, we do find that tbedeeea cd came
to their death by violence, and that sr.! I bodies have
upon them numerous wounds, (being mangled in a
shocking manner and in such a state a' to he out of
tlie power ol ih s jury to describe.) inflicted ai I
caused l>y the passenger train on the U!eve]aund and
Pittsburg Ra'lroad running north over the crossing •
ol the Pittshing. 1 oit Wayne and Chicago Railroads
, at A i ance. at the t me that the third pa-senger
t rain irorn Pit T burg was going west on side cross rig, :
and which roll - on the jury find caused the immedi
ate death of sail! persons whose bodies wre fournt
as a'orcsftid. And we, thejnry, do further find that 1
one John ( herrv. the engineer ol said train on said j
( level;,ml an.l Pittsburg Railroad running north was j
concerned in the perpetration of said outrage, vio- M
!enc rind death as principal. f ■
"fi'ven under our hands at the r'trte nnd place '
•aid inquisition above mentioned, December lGib,
IS.'.fi. _ .*.
Fred. !'. X. Pik;:ce, 11. I.Arom.iN,
K\us T.. Woo:*, Abraham Ammbrmav,
John Batteiisiiit.i., T. S. Stanley."
From the Toronto Colonist, Dec. 5.
fiscal Elei'oiftn).
The IVreck of the Schooner .A'inborn at Fort
Hope, Canada.
The wreck of this vessel on Wednesday last was
attended with los-of life under singularly painful
circumstances. In endeavoring to make the harbor!
she struck on the -hoal to the east of it, and immed.- .
ately careened over. It wa* blowing a terrific gale >
at the time, and the frost was so severe that every
rope glistened like so much crystal. The hands first
took shelter under the bulwarks on the quarter deck,
hut these were soon carried away, and they were o
bliged to take the mainsail boom, which was literal
ly covered with ice. Hundreds upon hundreds of
people w ere looking from the shore at Point Hope, a- (
bout two hundred yards distant, at the painful and
de'perate struggle of the brave tars clinging To at
spar as it w as swayed about by the storm and wash
ed by the *urf. At length a jolly boat, with Cap
tain Woods, of the Annie Maude,' of Port Hope, in '
command, put out to rescue the freezing and surf- '
beaten crew.
A cheer rose from every voice as the boat gained
the deep water, and was gallantly cre-ting the waves
to reach the schooner. But after repeated and al
most superhuman efforts to bring the boat alongside,
•'■■■•■'■r 1 !.<■ attempt. V,r ,t,„
; • '<mbl i*>*spetf, or dashed to p.ee # against the
I , every eye when "the brave
boat. wtieb bad agaui and again, until she was near
ly Titlell with wafer, and wa- literally covers w
t e. ;vor-il to -make la-t" was seen making ior
land. Tin- poor sailors, who were motionle,. durin
the druggie of the boat to reach them, again waved
their hand- from the boom, tor oil- last eftoit to . aVp
them. The feelings o: the hundreds 0 f spectators
at tins tirnje are wholly indescribable.
In a sbdrt time, however, another boat with a
fresh crew put out, a.ni.l cheers whirl? -tran-elv
mingled with the w Id -form. Glonouslv did Their
j mount the swell*. which now threatened to sweeo
; the poor sailors oil' the boom. Wave alter wave jh,.!
j created, as hearts beat high that witnessed the.,
and as hopes sunk and rose • they disappeared be'
Tweeu and eoou ro.-* above the swells. At lei th
, they reached the schooner, and one vast cheer wa<
| heard as they made fast to the davitt. The crew ~
the boat, with the exception of two men climbed in
fo the schooner to help the half frozen sailor, offthe
boom. (Toe was handed down; but ere a >eroi 1
Could be lowered a fearful swtei almost hid the hour'
another came and she di-appared, and the poor -ui
lor who had jo>r been handed down to what was 1- *
last hope of safety, was tie only one of the three
that was ever seen, lie rose, struggled with the
breakers, caught a rope, vva- hauled on the deck of
(hp schooner, and was in a few minutes afterwards
frozen to death. A cry of despa.r now ro-e from ev
ery one.
The brave crew of the boat were added to the
crew- of the schooner, at:d wilder and wilder still ra
ged the storm. From a point of land above thu
schooner, a scow was -et adrift, in the slender hope
that it might float to her. Itstianded <n a few sec
onds afterward-. Fiom the Grand Trunk wharf
which was to the windward, their best boat was'
floated off, but its fate was like their hopes— it soon
sunk. At la-t a brave old sk'pper—honor to his
riamennd tohis heart—said he would runke one more
eflnrt to save them, or he would peris), ,n, the a 't%
tempt. Daring, desperate as was the resolve, hi* Cv
boat vva- manned by sailor- and fisheimen in a few
seconds, ai d literally arnii! cheers and prayers, they
pii-hed her : nto the bo ling surf.
The previous boats having been too small to live
in the s,. a near the schooner, ths la-t vves a large
am! heavy boat ; and for a long time if was nne dead
struggle to keep their own with her. She rose no
bly to the waves but she made little or no headway,
every nerve of the brave crew was sjrained, bat
they' could only defy the storm : they coold not gain
upon it. At last as the cries o! those who were on
hoard the schooner were growing wilder or, the
beach, and the poor sailors were seen freezing on
the boom, there appeared a lull of a few seconds
and one vast effort brought the boat under the stern
of I he schooner.
A cheer ro-e from her crew. Men, women and
children, as they nil had but one heart, broke out in
to a wild scream of ecstacy and hope on shore. The
poor frost-bitten crew were safely handed down
into the boat, and as she ore-fed the waves and bore
them triumphantly to the shore, it seemed as it
ail human sympathies were ab-orhed in one in
tense feeling of admiration of those who had beha
ved with all the generosity of sailors, arid more than
the nobility of most men. The name o, the Cap
; r<Tn who commanded the last boat vva- Stephen
Woods, of the Annie Maude. He and his crew de
serve far more than this trifling tiibute to their bero
; ism.
DCSFATIIiKS KRM KANSAS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. C.
A sppc-a! messenger ha- arrived from Kan-as
; bringing de-patches from Governor G-arv. in relation
; to the releasp of Hayes, and other matter* at i-sue
between himself and Judge Lerornpt-. which* are
submitted to the consideration of the Administra
tion.
The despatches reiterate the declaration that the
Territory continues in a peaceful condition.
A IIKAVV LOSS. —Speak in? of Sam's Josses,
or supposed losses, in tin- late contest, the Geor
gia Federal Union says:
"The enemy's loss amounts to nothing.—
They staked nothing, expected nothing, and
got nothing. Nothing added Jo [milling is noth
ing. Nothing taken from nothing leaves noth
ing. Blessed are they that expect nothing, for
they will hot he disappointed. Sam's case stands
about thus: No North, no South, no East, no
West ; no honor, no office, no money, no sym
pathy, no nothing
LAX A?TKR RANK NOT::S. The Lancaster
Inlaw! Daily says the hrok--rs of tint citv are
paying s<) c> t- on the dollar for the n- t-s of
the Lancaster Rank, and that in transaction nf
iiadf Kif-y are taken at even hiiMVr rates. The
Ra<k i<- already redeeming a considerable a
mo'.l:lTl'f I'S notes in circulation, by receiving
iiii'in i:i payment of debts due it.
To r 1 "?'?'! pTflpci
i o iit tj.. uiiCj.
PROPOSALS will be received af Tie-office of Sam
n-1 J . Ro<-i, ! >'].. Tr a-uri-r of The Bed for J Mine
ral Spring? Company, until the 3.1 <!av of Januaiy
next. ;or the erertion of two frame Bath-homes,
each one hundred feet long.
Plans and specifications will be ready for exami
nat'on on anil after the tsr of January rex'.
Prop i itN will !,> *,. receive) unti! the list in
stant, jor the graduation, masonry and ston.r g. ol a
bont one fourth of am !e of Road. All need'iil i.n
iormation will be supplied at the Treasurer's office.
P. GOSdt.rß,
Pec!ior;!, Pec. 20, 18-10. Pre.-i.teKt.
NEW FIRM AT HOPEWELL.
The sobsc ribers, trading and doing business
tinder THE Firm of RAR.\D"I.L AR, Lowi: V k> Co.,
would respectfully it.form (heir friends and the
public gep.eru! iv, that thev lave opened at the
above place, and are daily rec< ivinr, a 'arge
stock or Merchandize, consisting in part ol Mus
lins, Tickings, o>en'-.< rg, Drills, Cassittwres,
Ivittiuc-tl*, Cloths, Flannels, D-!anrs, F -nch
M rinos, Silks, Calicos, liats S. (kips. Haui
, ware, Qtiin-nsware, Boots fx. Si. ts, ami C: -cer
: ies of a!! descriptions.
Also a large assortment of readv-tnade Cloth
ing, all 1 i" which will be sold upon as short pro
fits as rati be had in the country.
Goo. R. !?\RMOI.I.AK, J"to; F. I.o\vr.v,
JOH.N C. BVEUHART, C. W. ASHCOU.
Dec. 23. I S:"6 —1 y.
| EVERIIART, ASHCOM, CO
* Forwarding and Commission AJcrdiairts,
J HOPEWELL, I\l.
The subscribers doing business under the } it m
of EVERIURT, A-noou, x. Co., are now predat
ed to Store and Ship Flour. Grain, and all kit tis
ol Merchandize upon reasonable terms.
Fhey also keep on hand Plaster, !• isb, Salt,
Rock Powder, ike., to which thev invite the
attention of Merchants in the country and Far
mers.
The highest rash prices paid for Flour and
(Jrain that the Eastern Market \\ ill afford.
Jon.v C. EVF.RHACT, GEO. E. BARXDOLLAE,
C. W. A sncou. JOIN F. LOWRY.
■ Dec. 2U, 1 So6—ly.
IVoliee.
The hooks of the subscriber are in the hands
of Sheriff A Isip, where all persons indebted are
earnestly requested to call and make payment,
on or before the first of March next. All who
ndglect this notice, may expect to find their ac
counts in the hands of Henry Nicodeuius C>cj
(or collection, without respect tu persons. Mo
longer indulgence can be given. So look out
anil save costs, or blame yourselves.
" E. M. FISHER.
Dec. 23. ISSG.