The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, February 20, 1857, Image 2

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    THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
£?(*<! ford. R-'lCfs. CC : , &N37.
G-. W. Bcwmaiii Editor and Proprietor.
•'The In ion of lake?—the Union ol lauds,
The Union of States none can sever ;
The Union of hearts, and the Union of hands,
And the llag oi oui Union forever!" •
TfiE t'A BIRET.
Almost every day we have something new on
the subject of the Cabinet, and some write as confi
dently as though they knew exactly who the Presi
dent elect intends to appoint. This is all moonshine.
V.'e do not believe that a human being, except Mr.
BUCHANAN himself is po-teJou this subject, nor is it
anybody's business who be appoints. He alone is I
responsible. Wire-workers have no more right to ;
advise a President as to who he should choose for his :
confidential advisers, than they would have to choose
a wife for him. if .Mr. Buchanan is not qualified to j
select a cabinet, we would like to know who is.—
Himself the ablest Statesman now living, he will
cali to his aid not only the biigbtest intellects in the
land, but men whose mora! and political reputations
will command the admiration ol the civilized world.
On one thing all men and ail p irtips agree, and that
is that Mr. BUCHANAN is not only capable to be, but j
that he WILL Bid. President. This will at once es
tablish the character of his administration, and bring I
to his support that respect and confidence so essential
to a happy and prosperous state of affairs. Well:
may The people rejoice in having such a President.
During the late exciting campaign, our opponents
of the Press, and on the flump, solemnly pledged !
their reputations for truth and honor, that -Mr. 15u- .
rhar.an, if elected, would reduce the wages of the la- j
boring man to "ten cents a day,"and FORCE Slave
ry into Kansas! The Democracy repudiated both
charges as false and malicious, yet thousands o! ho
nest men were misled by the -lander, and thus in- I
d iced to vote against Mr. IL His Inauguia! wiil ;
foreshadow the chutacter oi his Administration, and !
if its sentiments do not brand these slanders upon I
their foreheads, we will frankly admit that out ;
Speakers and our Papers deceived the people. We, j
Therefore, call upon honest Freemen everywhere to ;
look to the ACTS of their new President, and pass
judgment accordingly.
HX. .')% IS. BL.UKi
"We publish, in our i--ue of to-day, from the
' Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer," .111 article in re
ft .erice to this distinguished gentleman which will j
be read with interest throughout the State, hut es
pecially in this section wl.me the Judge .< personal
ly Unowti to almost every body. The writer gives j
h 111 a reputation which is well merited, and i< such
as few men of his years have ever acquired. Stand
: gat the head of the Judiciary in this country,
Judge Black bids fair to become a Statesman of e
qual brilliancy and popularity". Sound on all the ;
great questions that have ever convuLcd the coun
try. the people look to him as one who is de.-tined to
fill some exalted post in directing the affairs of this
mighty Xation. It is no idle compliment to -ay that i
Judge Black would reflect honor on any po-ition in
The gift of the people, either at home or abroad.
Hon. Ellis Lev/is.
OCT"" It seems to be generally conceded that lion.
ELLIS Lxwis, the present accomplished Chief Jos- \
tice of Penn.-ylvania, will be re-nominated for the
Supreme Bench by the Convention which meets 111 !
Harrisburg on the 2d of March next. We sincerely
hope be may, for he is. eminently qualified for the
high tru.-T, a fact admitted by the proles-ion <6 all
parlies. Besides, he is one of the V.N: \:m Demo
crats of PenrisyTvarda—af".t,*nHtrfigh he - ne-rer !-.s
been a boisterous politician, he has ever been firm
and decided in bis opinions, and his advice ha? often 1
been instrumental in infecting much good. Let ...in
be re-nominated by acclamation,---in yi-tice to h s
merit,.
Iton'.ittatiK?.
CFTvvo of the "Three Thousand Ministers'' who 1
harangued the people from the stump and through
'lie press la-t summer in defence of Know Xolhing
isrri and Abolitionism, have recently been guilty ol
act- oi the most vile and brutal character, too dis
graceful to be given 111 the columns ola family news
paper. Last week one of them was sentenced to thiee
months imprisonment in the Blair county Jail; and.
if the other gets justice, be will go to the Penitenti
ary. Under these circumstance •, it is not suipriz
.rjg that the Church has become cold, barren, and
una!—that but few communicant* ate ever tound
i t prayer meeting— d thai the mot impressive up- 1
pea is from the pulpit are listened to with entire i:i
ditference by the masses. Tiuly we are in a lamen
table condition as a people, possessing the rov,.\i but
•iltrios* destitute of toe POWJ-.lt t>: Godliness! To
iL.; Ministers who took the blasphemous Know Xo
tiring Oath-, and the church newspapers which advo
cated the horrible doctrine, are we mainly indebted
far the luke-warmness existing among professing
< iii Ist tans, as well as the gross wickedness that i
-talks abroad in the land. The church press and the
ministers who wallowed i.l the slime and filth ol
Know Xothingisin have never had the manliness to
■otiless their error, whilst every other class of men j
have, to their credit be it spoken. How can they
expect to do good with tins curse resting upon
'hem! MayTtre Great Ruler oi in : I'mveise change
the hearts of the people for goc.l, should be the con- i
-tar.l prayer ol all true Chtiulraits. What can com-,
pare with the character of a meek and humble fol
lower of Christ? Nothing this side of Heaven.
We invite attention to the proceedings of .1
Democratic meeting held in Cambria County, I
wiiib will be found on the first page. They were j
fmwarded to us by a gentleman 111 whom there is 00
guile, and whose statement- may be relied iijron as j
correct. The time is not distant when the Derooe- I
racy of Cambria will teach tho-e wtio have been j
tv.uertng away their cherished principles, that they j
cannot do so with impunity. We felt confident that ;
Cambria would never become the apologists oi Trai
•or to the Democracy, and trie resolutions alluded!
To prove that we were not mistaken in our impres- j
-:ons. The people demand other leaders than Mi- ■
cr-ael Dan, Penlon, and Johuson, who, until very re- j
cently, have been the most foul-mouthed slanderers!
of the Democratic party in the State.
r~ -- The Johnstown !■ •> says that the Kepresen- 1
'ative Conference for thi- District passed a reso- i
<>hition "denouncing the course of tho-e Democrats 1
who have waged a war against the Hon. Henry D. ;
Po-ter and his friends, as unwise and unpolitic."' J
Phis is not true. The very reverse is the fact, 'i he \
resolution was intended to denounce the course of i
those faet:OiiLt< in Cambria headed by Dick White !
and Michael Dan Mngehan. A MAJORITY of that
.-Or fcrence look upon the course of Henry D. Foster 1
and tho-e who bolted with him, precisely as express- :
ei! in the resolutions of the Democratic meeting re- !
cently held in Bedford. If Mr. Smith doubts it, let
bun a-k them for a written opinion.
I
K7""'lhe weather lor the pa-! few days has'
leen as mild almost, as May. The ground-hog j
can now hang up.
(iliTfijsbiifij SSlfiuiiilknu.
ON" It is not a crimp, to have feet which e
j mit an odor mure uopiea-atit than that of the
i Polc-cat , hat it is certainly a great misfortune.
Our friend Rlarchand,of the Greenshnrg Repub
\ Ham, according to our recollection, is badly af
\ fee ted with this disease of the fed, and, when
| added to the visible defect in the brain, it is not
surprizing that he should occasionally write a
; bout "Skunks." ]t is altogether natural that
J be should, and we hope he enjoys the luxury!
1 Hut vve cannot consent to allow him to slan
der the generous-hearted Democracy ol \\ est
| inoreiand without saying a word in (heir de
: fence, especially as they are now without an
j organ in which to give utterance-' !o their real
j sentiments. A few years ago, a regular Con
: vent ion of that county, consisting of delegates
| from every township but one, and also a great
Mass meeting at New Alexandria, passed reso
-1 lntions highly complimentary to ns both as a
Democrat and a Public Officer; making pointed
! reference to the fact that we had declined to
' accept a handsome sum tendeied us by the Le
| gislature as a remuneration for extraordinary
' seivices performed in organizing the two Penn
i svlvani t Regiments for the Mexican war. The
Republican admits this, but charges that the
Convention at Green-burg and the meeting at
j Alexandria put upon record what they knew at
the Hue to be a lie —that, as we then belonged
to the same Congressional District, the Demo
| cracv of Westmoreland used this language and
passed the resolutions alluded to as a mere trick
or bribe to induce the Cue: tic to aid them in
j their eflbrls to obtain office, and that the tram!
s-rved the purpose, and induced us to hang to
! them like a Hessian soldier, right or wrong.
Let us see. On one occasion the corrupt junto
j at Crt ensburg attempted to foist upon the p o
i pie, fir Congress, a certain JiUtc JtlcKinnnj,
' against the expressed will of the people, and the j
Republican defended him in his traitorous con
| duct. The Bedford Gazette denounced that
j faction then just as it denounces them now,
i which prows the latter allegation as false as it ,
is ridiculous. This same McKinney was sent j
to tli- State Convention which re-nominated I
j Gov. JJIGLEK, arid, although the Governor re- j
ceived an overvvheJirnng majority on the first 1
ballot, on a motion to make the nominati n u- j
nan: nous, this beautiful representative of the !
I "Old Star" voted NO, solitary and alone.' Last
i fall he was smuggled on the ticket for Congress, ;
and.defeated in a district that should have given j
,at least one thousand democratic majority ! He
no doubt figured at the meeting on.last Monday i
j night called to justify their treacher us Mepre- j
sent a lives at Harrishurg. No wonder that the ;
masses in Westmoreland refuse to act with such j
degraded leaders: and hence it is that that time- j
honored county is now almost at the command
' of the common enemy.
If, however, tiie position assumed by the Re- j
publican be true, what are the resolutions of a
Greensburg meeting worth 7 Are they not the i
-
mere gal!-tra; s of political gatr.bl rs, designed .
to elevate acer tain class of aspirants at the ex
pense of honor, i'. - -ncy, anil truth ?
i Wili tiie hon st tinmen of Westmoreland:
admit that they were guilty of the contemptible
fraud charged upon them in the Republican !
I'kat they attempted to buy Congo ssional favor - ;
by passing resolutions only intended to deceive' 1 .
; Thev wtli not, but will spurn the .slander as
1 .
i they shortly will the men who are trying to j
! make llmm believe that it is honorable fir pub- :
lie servants to betray a solemn trust reposed in
them by the people.
Three years ago, we were not a Congressional i
District, and our sweet flavored friend of the j
Republican then wrote anil published an edito- :
rial quite as complimentary to us as the A'.-.-o- I
ht lions! Will Mr. Murckand tell his readers!
' what honorable motive he had in view at that I
| lime?
There has been no 'plausible excuse offered
tor the conduct of the bolters at Harrishurg
there can be none—and hence they and their \
■ lew supporters have deemed it nec< ss.iry toe-;
vade the true issue bv manufacturing unmean
ing slanders against those whose onlv object is •
! > promote correct principles and sustain the
: old land-marks of the party.
Z3*~ V.b; copy, on tfic first page, liom Th- Ilolli-.
daysburg Cftaminni, a couple u:' well-written articles,
: which Will be read with general iutere-t. One o!
0 •
them was intended m r last week, but was crow ted
out to make 100 m lor the proceedings oi the county j
! meeting.
f "FRAM IS K. Ai-.vir- : BOX- , Esq., of Nebraska,
will be in this place about the fir.-to; March, ami
. per.-ons desirous or locating lands in that Territory |
would do well to embrace the piesent opportunity,
j Any information desired can be had by calling 011
! A. B. CRAMER, Esq., in Bedford. Fee Mr. Arm
strong's advertisement in the proper column.
UJ. Mr. ABRAHAM DEXMSOX will -ell at
public sale on the lltii oi March, the property he ad
v. illses ior a!e on the fouitb pa-e of the Gazette.
" " !
KTThe murr.er of Dr. Brunei.!., ,n New \ ork, is I
still involved 111 nwie mystery.—although ciioum- I
stances point very strongly to Mrs. (,'r WIN': HAM, and 1
Messrs. ECKEL and S\OD.-;RASS as the perpetrators.— '
The jury o; Inquest have found accordingly, and the
three have been committed to prison to await their
trial for the minder.
| I. >. M'.NA'IOKS—Hon. WII.LIA.-II M. GWIN, and]
DAVIJJ C. ROOK RICK have been elected to the U. S. !
| Senate, by the Legislature of California. They ue
both sound and conservative National Democrats,
; ur.d withal men of considerable ability.
UN"- \y,. are authorized to announce GEO. •
W. GGMP, ui Najiier township, as a candi-j
date tor tr i -• nllice of Sheriff, subject to the dc- !
cisi > n of the Democratic County Convention.
WV are autiioiized to announce WIL
LIAM A. POWELL, as a candidate for tiie
Grtice of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the •
Democratic County Convention.
fT" "Flour in the F.a-t 5U "saso .17—WheaTTTot in
demand—sales at 51 ! -a'Jl 60 — Tfye file —Corn o.'
—Clovcr-ecd $7 50.
From the Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer, Janu
ary ISO".
AX ADDRESS delivered before the PUUKNAKOS UI.ANJ
I SOCIETY OK PENNSYLVANIA COLI.KOE, at the
Annual Coinmencernent, September 17,
ISaG, by
IiOL J. S. BLM, L.L.D.
This is a remarkable production of a very re
markaMe pen. In one respect, certainly,
| Judge Black has had rare pood fortune. In
I less than six years he has made Lis peculiar
1 st% le of writing so familiar !o every profession
al reader in the Commonwealth, that by a sin
] tile paragraph hl3 opinion may he distinguished
from that of anv judge who ever occupied the
1 same bench. Possessing for Judge Gibson, the
I great light of that bench, an admiration so pro
j found, as, according to his own admission, 7
Harris, 14-, to amount almost to worship, his
.style is hist as unlike Gibson's as the latter was
I unlike Johnson's. With a vein of humor rnn->"
I ning through his whole mental texture, which
| will occasionally breakout in spite of himself,
j he is, nevertheless, as far from. Judge Ikacken
| ridge, as a gentleman is from a mountebank. —
J The most general characteristic which can Le
j truly applied to his writings is, that they are
| original. No reader of judicial opinions ever
! saw am thing like them here ,>•- anywhere, and
j he may live long hef ire seeing their like again.
: We constantly feel that he seems to say just
] what he pleases to sav, and as lie phases to .-ay
it. While no rule of rhetoric is actually vi i!a
I ted, we i'-el the utm st certainty that if he once
j took the notion, tie would, merely f r the sake
I of some short cut to a conclusion, violate every,
j rule i;i Dr. Iliad's whole system. In the choice
of words, if he ev-r stops to choose at all
which is matter of uncertainty—there is just
that preference fLr the Saxon over the Latin,
1 which causes the idea to shoot thiough the in
tellect and lodge in tie* heart of the reader, ft
is impossible to forget wjr.it is said or to get rid
of the words in which it tins been said. In the
writer's mind, it is easy to see that the idea
and nut the wends has bn 11 uppermost, ami that
the only struggle has been to get this Lira out
in any form '!.;:t would give it the fullest ex
pansion. When he aigues, he does it j list as
j peculiarly. His strength consists not so much
j in showing cue side to he right as the other
. side to be wrong. The reih/cfia n<l obsti/o ni
j i.- used without stint or limit ; and sometimes,
j before he lias proceeded the length of a sent
' ence we begin to laugh at what he is c ml at
' ting. Occasionally there are in the- very gra
! vest opinions turns of expression apparently ac
• cidental, that might make a beadle smile in t!
1 midst of the church service. He will say, fir
| example, as in Hob* vs. Rittenhouse, "'ti-vv
: lords, new laws,' is the order of the day.—
Hereafter if a man be olh-red a titi- whi :h the
j Supreme Court has decided to be good, let him
j not buy, if th judges who made the decision
are dead; if they are living, let him get an in
■ siiranceon their lives; for ve know not what a
j day or an h air may bring forth Or, as in
! Carver vs. Paul, It* Hairis, 21*2, "Every Junc
-1 tion of government may be injudiciously exer- J
I cised, but still we must trust it with somebody,
j That of vacating ran !- is as necessary .is any
j other: and while we cannot promise that eve-
I ry body's interest u ill 1 •* taken care of, we have '
: faith en mgh in <ur svst ir ! • believe tliat n
atrocious wrong will l e done. We have no
I fears that Chsnut street will be closed tip, at
least tor tlie present Or, a< in the Lank of
the C'nited States vs. the (' irnmon w* .11!h, 5
: Harns, 1 s, "The argument amounts after all
liut to tiiis : that b cause the l ank violated no
i l ive in making the assignment, it *c nutted 4
■1 • . . . 1 JT,
; privilege to v; mite toe iaw whiSh npiins-tUv*
i payment c.i'this ch 't. It is not claimed thaifc
j the act was meritorious, but onlv that it v.gsl
; not wrong. The law which commands it has}
: not been cited, but all the ing-nuity of the ar-'f
| gurnent has be. n expended r.n the iT'ort to*
prove that it was not forbidden. Good work?!
I must be scarce, when the mere absence ofcrim-j
j inalify in one matter is pleaded a< a license for j
' sinning in another." This being over, there j
come blows, thick and fist, which it is a- itn-h
possil I- to resist as to ward Great as is the'"
j reputation wiurfi !h. >e qualities have brought to,
their owner on the bench, it may well be doubt-'
I'd whether he has v t f imd his true sphere.— j
It circuhtslancessh iuld ever thrust him info the;
1 !i"hl of diplomacy, there will be such writing
las has rarefy ever been seen before. Wufr
: such a memory fir dales and events, such fa*!
imliarity with American and English historv,
such indescribable powers of sarcasm, such ca
pacity i r gerierali/.ati n, such quick perception
j uf reseu 1 blances and contrasts, the \v<u Id would '
ring with despatel •s, to which the HiiFemann
: letter, giving out its clari .n -notes all over i'.u- ,
! rope, would not be more than a begiuing. This ;
1 is our bumble judgment.
The lit,*:ary addr> -s of Judge Black dis
play i;i an eiuimnt degree ins intellectual;
| characteristics. The first which attracted'
; much puhiic a:?en!l mi was liis eulogy on Jack- 1
j so.-,, lip to that time he had b-.-n c!ii**tly I
i -known throughout the State, bv scraps of opin- i
; ions which had Crept into the reports of the ,b .-
; preme Court, by occasional remarks from the;
! ench, which had travelled out of bis district,}
and by the good opinion of lawyer-, from a
distance, who had occasionally tried causes be-1
; fire him. The Address of Jackson sent a thriijl
i <f pleasure through the hearts of all who i*ad j
it. It made birr, at or.ee a candidate fbr thej
Senate of the L nited States, lite Governor's'
chair, and eva-rvthing else that was going : and ;
it contributed rot a littie to make him Chief'
Justice. Still it was hut a single performance,"j
and the instances are not rare in which a man
mis written himself nut in one effort, rich and !
enough, but Laving the intellectual rid-?
! der dry. To what extent in* trad exhausted ,
' himself at that time, will sutiinentlv ap-iearf
; ll irn 'he sketch We have given of his subse- i
: qtient labors in ti..- Supreme Court,
j "Tiie next literary eilort which we rerolhct :
; ' ' have seen, was ins Ad'ire-. oef.jre the Agrj- 1
cultural Society of Somerset County. It was {
I radiant with light and beauty. For evidence;
j oi this, it would he impossible to go amiss to a- I
ny part of it. There are few who would b<*4
i isensibie to the merit of the following pas- L
' sage ;
"Without science, man, the ruler of this!
! world, would be the must helpless of ail anima- -
t. 1 beings. His Creator made him, the men- •
I arch of the earth, and gave him dominion over I
| it, to govern and control it; to levy unlimited j
contributions upon it, and convert everything I
;in It, to his own use. [hit he found hims.-lf at j
1 the head of a revolted empire. .\!l its physi-i
j cai : rces* were in a state ot insurrection against!
his lawful authority. The inferior animalsF
were his enemies. Toe storms poured their fu-r
.rv on his unsheltered head. He was terrified j
by th <* roai of the thunder, and the lightning]
scared his eve-balls. He was parched under F
1 tf** liot sun of summer, and i:t winter he was
| pierced by lilt' cold. Tin* soil, cursed jur his
sake, produced thorns and thistles. The lood
that might sustain l.:s life, grew beside the poi
j sou that would destroy it, and he knew r.ot how
to distinguish the one from the other. The
eaith hid her minerals deep in her bosom and
guarded them with a rampart of thick ribbed
rocks. The rivers obstructed his passage : the
mountains frowned their defiance upon him ;
and the forest spread its gloom around him,
breathing a browner honor upon the dangers
that beset his way. li he left the dry land and
trusted himself to the ocean, the water* yawn
i ed to engulpli him, arid the tempest came how
■ iingon his track. H** seemed an exile and an
outcast in the world >1 which he was made to
be the sovereign. Rut science comes to rescue
the powerless king from his misery and degra
dation. Gradually he learns from tier the laws
r of his empire, and the means bv which his n b-
el subjects may be conquered. From age to
age he accumulates tlie knowledge that dotl.es
him with power, and fills his In-art \x •h cour
age. Step afier step, he mounts upward to the
throne which God commissi med him to fill,
lie holds a barren sceptre in bis hand, no !on
leer. Creation, bends to do him homage.— i
! Ihe subjugated elements own him for their lord,
I yield I:iill their fealtv. and become tfie servants
jof his will. The mind surrenders its treasures ;
\ the wilderness blooms aiouml him like a new ll
\ den : the rivers and the sea bear his wealth up
■on tlmn bosom; tile winds watt his navies
; round tlie globe; steam, t! joint product of
j fire ami water, becomes bis obedient and pow
j erful slave - tbe sunbeams are trained to ho his
j painting : tlie lightning leaps awav to carry bis
I messages; ami fin- earth works with ceaseless
activity t i hri.ng forth whatever can minister to
his gratification."
It is not to i much to ask in what departnx ;<t
of A ni'M ican or English literature better wri
ting than ti.i ; can he found. In Mr. Webster's
lecture b.-i'ore the Boston Mechanic's Institution,
in vember, ISON, —as. for example, in bis
description of the uses and -lb its of steam pow
el,—pre .ably it will he admitted that We have
las n.uch eloquence and originality, but not
more. Let the reader turn to that performance
. and sitis 1 y himself.
! ine ad Iress deliver* !at the commencement
j oi Pennsylvania College, which we had iclend-
II (1 to reach in the second paragraph hereof, v. :i!
compare favorably in freshness and nov-ltv
with any other production of judge Black's :> n.
It is impossible to do it justice in a ru-wsj ■<; er
notice. Like a great paintiiig, it is tb d 1r
study and thought rather than for description.
Its subject, "Religions Liberty," has ewj ! ••en
and \\ ill ever be a vital theme. In a iew < f the
recent movements oi' great ; bticul parties,
perhaps its enlightened diseims;..n v\a> e." .
more as ma! !e jhan at the present time. Here
we have it from the hand of an r.
i Anv man, unacquainted with the author of
this address, would, on hearing it read, pro- !
nounce it ?he w> ;!; of aD•:t ir of Divinitv.—
It displays a familiarity with th< .logical doc
trine, ecc! -mistical history and a scriptui <! im
agery, which it is literal:v imj b'e : > see
how any r. in but a prof rin a s-miiturv I-:r
preparing candidates for, tin* ministry, could
possess. \-Ve have Baxter whipped Sit the cat's
tail, and Bun van fimti-en y< •>' in ;>rt-- n—f!;e
Pilgrim's Progress and the S int's R. Bon
ner and < 'ranmer, Trel.il i.sts.® Pre si; v ten aus
.i iptists, Covenant.us and Muggletonians;—:
Philip the Second, and the Duke .-.f Alva, —
Charles tlie ninth,—J din Rogers and hi-, nu
merous progeny of doubtful nun her, — IM.irv
Fi;n r, Marv I• ver, R >'• in.-on, the Von! hs (he -
■jMppi Mfrtlll* Alps. Oiltf s, Becij
•*!: S)t Francis, X.H ier, Charles Carn . . i.- :
L'llkltiftior-, Roger Williams, and i.timer is oth
per characters, playing before us their p.u!s in
I tlu* drama of religious warfare with a tiatural
i ness equal to life its If. Hut Jf.is is t. :t all.—
; There is a vein of scriptural expression and ai
] lusion tunning throughout the address, which is
,1 r.ot the less remarkable, I .-cao.se ti,-> author*
' seems unconscious < t using it. It i- sai l "some
' very good men are disgusted at a liberality
.! excessive, that it stands nenl .il between
1 purest truth and the grass*-t error. Their right
j eons souls are vexed from day to day bv the
i fact that their government i.- gucu GRlio a< t
I care for none of tlnse things. ' Sp. iking < f
R ger VV .lii.jiu; he savs, the Puiitan fit he: .
"anxionsiv t .ok counsel ar. nig t'l-mseives how
they might destroy Idm \\ it bout incurring a re
sp .;:>ilu' it y 1.-,, great. Cb v m ole u b.iv on
purposet .catch him. \V!..o -vei" would den)
their light to punish tn.-n for having a cr< - .
, different f on, theirs should lie ba. isfi.-d. Th* v
disfninc I;,! a turn to- giving hi.u ash -Iter; •
the) cor.fi.k a!- <1 the lands of a c uigr. gati--u lb:
: hearing him preach ; to., v maligned ids ci eru
ler in everv 1 .essi' |e way ; th V• i j-' dsooed tj.,-
wind of his own wife flat even she ! r a 'iiri"
deserted l:i,n." Sp> aking of I gotrv, he soy. ,
"It takes : - adversary by tii" 1 ml and a.Tec
j tionat'dv ir>qi• ir; ~ art ti uin health, my h wi
ther? while it s'.f s birr; under t e fifth rib-.
Charles the \mth invited tfi" ha:.' g V. es
t ir.ts of his kingdom to a lova! wedding, and
took such ord.'-r l-r their entertainment (luring
!!:-Tiglit, that ti.cir rj.angl. d and iu- |.-ss bodies
i wre scattered. next morning, through all the
j streets of Paris." And again, "with unerring
1 certainty she divides the chaff fiorn the wheat, '
j hut the wheat she condemn. to th.-nnquencha
hle fire of hr hatred, while the chaff is carelui-
I !y stored away in her garn-r."
If these nhd similar allusions in which the
; address abounds, were at any time logged in bv
ohc head n.ul shoulders, it would V' >"'>* ap
: pr.'t i-ite their value. Tb-v are on the oiler,
hand introduced with a sort of unconsciousness
which can be understood only bv seeing them
iin the connection in which they stand. One
ihind is quite manifest—that the author has at
j soil,' lime in his life been a most diligent stu
d -nt oi tive scriptm >. Fie seems to have satu
rated his mind with Scriptural thought and qic
iior; to such a degree, .is to make it overflow
wifli them without his knowing it. Except
from Shakespeare, there is indeed, no other
place in which h" cool I have obtained his
strong hold of Saxon Engli-ji ; and of Sliake—
there is no evidence that he enjoys more
- than fhe knowledge which educated people gen
tra i I v'possess.
But ihis is travelling further fiom the record
than we intended. The great body of this ad-,
• dress, Reminds us much mor<* of Judge Black,
than of Shakespeare or:thveEvangelisls. There
is everywhere displayed in it, that uncontrolla
ble disposition to say just what he pleases to say,
nndas.be pleases to say it, that few other men
Take these passages as illustrations.—
Thelßbnnecticut settlers resolved, tiiat they
' wouhlJive according to tlie laws of God, until
tjjiey .hid time to make hi tter. So we profess
to have taken a system formed in the councils
<>! Omniscience, which came from the hands of
lis Author round and perfect like a star : filled
. t
with all forms nf mnrnl'hpnutv, and radiant with
miracles of light: and we boast that we have
adopted this system witli such amendments as
our superior wisdom has found it necessary to
make. Again "i! it {Religions" Liberty,) be
wrong; it cannot now be mended. For those
who are not content with it,theiei,is no Imlp,
except in emigrating to some place where per
secution is not forbidden : and, even then, lin-ir
comfort may depend very much on, wh.th.-r
t!mv are permitted to indict ihe p ( rs. cot ion, or
compelled to sutler it. A British officer, just I
returned from India, was asked what he thought j
of lion hunting . ' The sport,' said lie. i\< , j
(elh-nt as long as con are liuntiug the lion : but '■
it gets rather disagreeable when the lion begins
t./ hunt you.' "
Speaking of William Pt-nn, he says. "lie
was not the verv foremost, hut he w -. union fr ]
the lore;; ■ st to disclaim all power of coercion
over the conscience. This alone, if In- hat' j
• lone nothing. e'.-e, would have marked the tall- :
ness of iiis intellectual stature : for, when the j
light ( ! a n*w truth is dawning tiptfti the world,
ds earliest ra\s are always shed uon th • loft
iest minds.'' 01 C'aheit, Pcnn, aru! Y\ ilharns.
I ire sacs. "There uas no prince or Statesmen in !
ail F.' rope, tirat was worthy to stoop duwii and
unloose the hitclmt of their shot s. Tlx irs was
the greatest irnptocene nt in the science of gov- ,
ernment that was ever made. ]t was a new :
iii of peace on earth and good-will to man. !
lit to be celebrated en the harps of angels."
Here again, is something that Robert Hal! j
would not have beer, ashamed of; "Christiani
ty lik* the oak, will thrive only in the open
Jt grows and nourishes, and strikes its
, deep into the earth, and stretches if-,
branches to the skies, and spreads litem overfhe I
plain, while the free winds are permitted to
' | ay among its h-av. and the sunshine of lieav- ;
' ii to settle on its head,"
Considering the whole case which is st
forth in tlie paper-book thus r'ni ni-he<i by Judge j
Black, we are of opinion that judgim-nt be af
firmed. I here are some points in the argiiHiei.t
that might have been omitted, and tie re an
some others which we would have -.'uteri differ
ently, hut there are a vast ritnlti'uiU which m.-ver
could rave been more strongly put !.y any li v-
Uig writer. With reference i.. the state d'l.o
!itical-parties, t > lite time at which it has ap
pare;!. atui to t'.e country in hie it it i- to .<•
read, it is a jir-aiuctioii of no oroma-v \—
ft will enlarge every readers stock of knowl
i e.lge, ami will increase the an*; w. i! •
earned reputation. Again we say, 1t juJ%- |
•I* at <7 run 1.
'T' v* "Aiaefif.tnts" !
/ flm regular (' maty meeting of our op- ;
[.•orients was iieKl in the Court-house in B*-d
-. • ri! on Tuesday evening of the late Court, and
went the whole-hog tor WILMOT and Aboli
tio isrn ! They did not even condescend to
give the !ute immaculate "American 5 ' Party a
; n-.-ii g n '.ice; believing that tie V bad succeed
ed in pulkng the v.ool sufficiently ov*-r their
ey* s to prevent them from detecting the ibet
t at they bad been transformed into abolition
ist--. Tee ! flowing, among other dutions,
was reported by M >j. L -mud Evans, Samuel
Von iersu.ith, John H. Filler, John B. C&stner.
Leu . A. Burner, and ii. R. Asiicom :
"Re-o|v--d, 'I Ut as part ot the <o: -: itiiencv so n-
I biy ieprt-seiiT. il ii. the Legi laturc by the Hon. Fr.
■ :a, we ndh approve of Geil. Sim .11 ('.OneiOll lor
I Hiat-'s Senator.''
As a c■* .um*ntary upon this resolution, we
a-iv tire candid men among our m>|*m-wte (■>
i'r id tlie following di sci'ijdion of tins same Si
mon Cameron written hv Mr. Jordan tw-> years
since and en,io; sed by the very committee who
reported the above resolution:
i\ .i'ortjattN opir.osa ©iTS'n&iiU'S'Oßi
AS PlT']* UPON RECORD EE 13. 12, 1 S >A.
"Cameron one o!' the most corrupt politicians in
the State—lns name a-- a Statesman hn> neier been
,'i --or la leg w j 11 the wont —he ijt representative
,'i Mr ; good, a lit expoii ii* o! I i. Lnlit>:..bte prin
.- p!—!ii- election would di-gr,:ce the American oi- 1
gat sent on and our native State—to .bet h i, would
in- to throw away* our self-i e.-pecr, -acri.'.i-e our in
tegrity, und violate our oath-—,he ohta.ne I ti ■ s :. am -
ii al.,>ii by 'lie (-ob.-MVL* power of plunder. ai iiie
- uper-ai• 11 , ;.-niP!\' of shamele-s and whole ale pri
v..'- briber* -be lias it'i-iared in vor ni ti;e Xetnas
ka ivan-.i- bill anil bus denounced Americans as pro-
M-liptive -in I a-iti-repabf.i-an—invite u- not to p.ir
t ike n: sn:-!i a Buzzard's Feast— even should Fattie
ro:- ri in a.s optii" ii upon these ijue.-iioua. 'iiere i>-
t character < : otigh in the mau -to impose up. n
i-rcduhty itself."
How it :s p;s>iiilp for conscientious men to ri con
(•!*• these conflicting opinions, i beyond all ,
c-.-mprfiic: si .n. \Ve doubt whether a rational
tt.nn c uid !-• found in th>• State who win;!.l b*'
u iSling to stow tii.it !m beljered ('amoron's c
.'(•ction w is i.ot carroi! lav corr.r. f nouns, and
yet. I.i tin* face ot thus fact, the lean- is in tlm
ranks of tlm opposition rejoice over the hateful
a'.-'initial!'>:i —the Buzzard Feu*!!
v ■>. ..jCg Fjjv yN s" 3 i*;*o
" V v _, v. £ ii. %t *' i. 'i Vk Ft i J u w". -i O
The Company are now erecting an additional ilo
tt-1 i.-;;.ld;i,e. new ainl extensive I'at lis, and ornament
ing and in proving toe grounds. The total cost oi'
the property, including 1300 acres of land, with these
improvements, ami Furniture'for the Hotels, will be
about $2.;0J0 U0
Of ibis <.-inn there is to remain on mort
gage lor ten years, at C. per cent,
for ' " $ 100,000 00
To be represented by stock,
which ;> all taken but a
bout §lO,OOO, t >O.OOO 00
- $230,000 00
Sources of Revenue—
Rent o! Hotels (offered) Sto,ooo 00
Reel's from i'.atlmjk Farina, 5,300 00
Sale of water, estimated to
net lirsl year, 8,000 (10
"T ' $19,300 0()
li tere-t on mortgage, SO,OOO 00
5 jier cent, on $i -0,000 stck. 10,100 00
$lO,lOO 00
Surplus applicable to contingencies, $3,100 00
Arrangements have been made for sending water
daily, in gla--. alter April I t, to the principal citi --
of the I rut.-it States: and it is thought the revenue,
from the sale of water alone, will in a short time
exceed $20,000 per annum.
OITTGF.RS:
President—PHlLlP GOSSLER.
H rcc iors—S. Morris \\ aln, J. Edgar Thomson.
E. i . Wattson, Philadelphia—Espy L. Anderson,
H m. P. Sehell. Win. T. Daugherty, Bedfoid.
Secretary and Treasurer—S. I„ Russell.
Feb. 20, 1837.
. . •
SNAKE SPRING MILLS.
i his mill is now iti lir-t rate running order, ar.il
prepared to accommodate the public with Flour and
nieul eijual toany other in the Statp. Farmer.- will
please give us a cull, anil judge ior themselves.
JOHN A LSI P.
Feb. 20, 1 SAC.
I'uf: !-v - r Mri.s'-iXK— I'.vcry evidence p| iK .„ tl( ,
jroitd a doubt Il.at Hurley'- Sur-apariiia will
most iir.et eiate disease. Jj thoroughly cleans,*
blood from all impurity, ami imparts tone ami vi*or
t( Tr.r COTlstitlltioß.- \ r ic/xsburtz Se-t/t/'jti-l.
The above popular and valuable remedy, can b
ordered front any extensive wholesale Eastern 1
Stole.
Da lit-} % Magical fain llxtrarlor.
There never has been a discovery made In ."later
Medica, whereby pain can be so qmrkty ai!ay, ( |
; and wheie parts in a l.iub state of inflammation Clill *
!he so rapidly reduced to ti.e lr natural state, nor
| where wound* and so rescart lie so thoroughly
j rapidly heated, and decayed parts restored without
I eitt er scar or defect, than with DALLEY'S M xci"
CALPAJN EXTRACTOR.
In Cuts. \Y i.nds, Sprains and Bruises—casualties
to which children are constat Ay subi— the act
of the genuine DALLEY SPAIN EXTRACTOR,'.'
J ever the same ! Hon much Pain and Suffering nrav
; tot thus he prevented! Moreover, Life iNel! j.
ten deperident upon having at hand the genuine D\|
■ LIA IX I RAt I OR, ii!.d for particulars of which I
j respectfully tefer to my printed pamphlets, for the
: truth ol which I hold myself responsible.
No rase of Ifmrs or Scalds, no matter how severe
' ha* ev -r yet, in any one instance, resisted the all
power Jul. [uiin-subdiiing und healing qualities of i- e
DALLEY'S PAIN EXTRACTOR.
No Pain Extk.vctgi: is Okxiink utiles the box has
upon it ii Steel Plate Engraved Label with the . ..
natures of V. V. CLiCKENER & CO., proprietors
and 111 XRY DALLEY, manufacturer. Ptoe
cents per box.
I CZ7™All orders should b addressed to C. Y. Click
ner and Co.. S! Barclay street, New York.
Feb. 20, 18"i7 — 2m.
HAIR i i E—lt makes rio difference how gray or
red, or rusty the hair or whisker- may be, nor l,o\.
j much they may have been injured by bad dyes
BATCHELOR'S Hair Dye will make them a beauti!
lul am! lively black or browm without the lea>: mni
iv. And will never fade or turn rusty. Warranted.
; Made and sold, or applied, (in lone private rooms) a i
BA i ( 111.LOR t* W.g l actory, 203 Broadway, New
York. None genuine except W -,i . A. Batch ku>ii is
o:t The label. >old by L>r. Reamer,. Bedford.
Feb. 20, ISO 7— Irn.
We see by the Court records that the two counter
le.tt-rs. White o: Buffalo, and Lawrence ot Eppu •,
N. H., have been placed under ten thousand doliar
bonds, enrh, for making and selling, imitations of
Aye,-"- Cherry Pectoral. This i- right. If the law
should protect men from in position at all it certain
ly should protect them fiorn being imposed u; on l>\-
a worthies* counterfeit of such a medicine as A yens
Cherrv Pectoral. We can only complain thai the
punishment is not ha! enough. 'I be villain, who
would lor a paltry gain, deliberately tiale with
ii : eailh of his fellow man, by taking from their
I ps t e cup of hope, when they are sinking, and
—Us' tui ng a ial-eiiomi—an ii'ter delusion. should he
p ioished at Last a- severely a- he who counterfeit-
Itie coin oi his country.— (rrctH Co. Damur, C rroU
h,n. HI.
Feb. 20. IS,>7—lm.
To Motiieiis. —The difficulty which every mother
experiences in administering medicine to inlants, is
• ntirely obviated by Dr. Clickener's preparation,
called t he f tigar-('oated Purgative pill. The piii .-
eocrns'cil with line white -ttgar, so that it resembles
and tastes I ke a sugar plum, which i.o i-a.td ever
yet fetused to swallow. Ft i worms tins i-an a-'ir
<'d remedy, ar ri it has been used with excellent effect
in case- of te.thing. The matron of the Farm School
writes to Dr. Clickeuer, that she has used for some
time, his Sugar-coated Pill in both these complaints,
and always with entire success.
Feb. 13, 15.77.—2w.
(r>~N<> iir.MP.EtL—II. ii. lILTZ'S CELEBRA
TED Tr tl< r Wash, is the oi.lv sat ■ ar ; sure retriedv
ever discovered for eurmg the Tetter, Ringworm,
and a!! eruptions ol' the Bkm. It is -o ufalbble a
reinedv, that a perfect cure in all rases ol Totter i:
guaianteed, i: attentively applied. In ordinary cases
one Lottie will besuilicent to perfect a cure. In bad
cases, with a Tetter ol Jong standing, more will be
required. Pi ice c uts per bottle, For -ale at Br.
11. F. Kcamei's Bedford. April 27, 1856-ly.
PUT!I.IC SALS OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of n;i order of Ihe Orphan's Court
of Bed find county, tin* undersigned wi.l oiler,
at public -ale, on the premises, m the IE;
ol Bedford, on
rrEDS. JV.ihe 17M Jny of M. JRCHnexi,
all the right, title and interest of Divid li*illv,
dee d, in and Lr LOT No. ISS in the Borough
of Bedim.!, with the a; purter.ances, foundedon
the not tii by lit" Raytown branch of the Ju
niata River,on the south bv Pilt street, on the
east by John Alsip, and on the west by proper
ty occtti i>'d by lie,). Funk's heirs.
CIA Terms cash at confirinatioti of sale.
O." E. SHANNON.
Feb- 20, 1857. . hinir.
JTULIC SALE
Or A VALUABLE TRACT Of LAND.
B \ virtue of ati order of the Orphan's C'wirt
in and lor the countv of Bedford, the uttder
r-.gned wiil exp se to sale on
SJITI RDJIY the 21 vf d>>j nf M.IRV 11, 15.17,
or. the premise?, at• act of Land sttua!** partly
in Juniata Townshij , Bcdfird c unty, and patt
in Allegheny Township. S uiiers- t coutil v, enn
latntttg IS:", seres and allowance, wan anted in
the name of Jacob .Mover, ndj fining lands of
tleotgo and VVilliatn I'razi-r, Fred-wick Gloss
l-reorier and others, having titercon erected a
Cahirihouse,and aboot sfiacres cLared and un-
A<r cultivation. This Tract has a fine erowth
ol white Pine at.d other Timber thereon, choice
Fruit of every vari ty, and three acres of first
rate i.,i"t low.
1 Terms ti ai!e known on -day t f ami
'.vilJ be reasonable. Due aitendance will !* gi
ven by
JOSEPH DULL,
Guardian of the minor children of Win. Suetly,
deceased.
Feb. 20, 1857.
PUBLIC SALE
OF THE
VICKROY REAL ESTATE
AT
ALL Ai BANK IX BEDFORD COIATY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
By virtue of an order of Court to me direct
ed, aiter proceedings in Fiirtition, I will expose
to public sale, on the premises at Alum Bank,
iti St. (flair Township, on
MOd.-D. iy, the. 23d day of MJIICH next,
tile Mansion Property of Thomas Vickroy, de-
C 'asecf, containing 219 Acres and 102 perches:
also at the same place and at the same time, a
Tract adjoining the nlmtv, called "Sugar Rat
ion:," and containing S7J acres.
'The first tract has tun Dwelling Houses and
a large Barn thereon erected: also two larg"
and excellent nnple orchards thereon, and con
tains about 100 acres of cleared land.
The n!i'.er is not cleared, but contains a
body of heavy timber with a large Sugar nm/>
Mh-*reon. Tfiis propertr is watered by Dun
ning's Creek, and lav- in such away a to ren
der every foot of it tillable, lot productive
ness the land is not surpassed. !t is the ac
know ledgej garden-spot of Bedford county,
and must be sold on that da v.
IIUGII .MOORB,
Feb. 20, 1557. Skerif