THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford, It W !.>, E s.>7.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
Democratic State iX'imimatioris.
GOVERNORi
Uetu Wm. F. SVM'&cs**
f 'AN Al. COM MISSIONEK :
Bon. \int:oii sO'iclliSatiii.
A AAV \V.
DIED,
On the Bth int. in tbecity of Baltimore, vvbere be
wa< taken suddenly ill of pneumonia, Rev. JOHN
A. COLLINS, in the ."Pith year of his age, and tiie
li-Sth of his ministry. He was tranquil in bis short
and painful illness, and triumphant in death.—llu'ii
t.iiirr Sun.
CC7"'The above sad and melancholy not ire reached
this place on last Satuiday evening, and was receiv
ed with evident manifestations of the deepest sor
row by all classes of our citizens. Having, lor se
veral years, been our Presiding Elder, and possessed,
as he was, of a peculiarly kind and social disposi
tion, he had made the personal acquaintance of rno-t
of our people— and none knew him but to love him.
When it was announced that he was to pr-ach, the
Church was always crowded to overflow ii g, and his
Sermons never failed to reach the heart as well as
the judgment of his audience. Calm, mild, and :m
--preesive, and never at a loss for words to convey his
ultras in the most beautiful and soul-stirring, yet
plain and easily to be understood, manner, he deve
loped such talents and power of thought a< fall to the
lot of few men. He stood at the very head not only
of the distinguished Coilierence o! which he was so
distinguished a member, but of the Ministry ol this
country, a fact universally conceded. The name ol
John A. Collins was familiar to the people o! every
Mate ill the Union, and his public discourses touch
ing leading questions always commanded the admi
ration of the respectable press of all parties. Devot
ed to bis calling, he cou-idered no per-o ai sacrifice
too great in the performance of the duties required
oi him by the Church. Bold, • . arles-, lioiipM and in- !
dependent, a he was faithful an 1 upright, fear
ing his Cod only, he expressed I In? sentiments of hi
heart with thai manly force and dignity which al
ways commanded the respect even ol those who dif
fered with hirn in opinion that is, of those whose
opinions were worth noticing. Opposed to all /.(■
— all bigotry— all fnnatiri mh — every thing which par
took of Abolition! <l.1 — and all the modern hi">:;■'..< of
every species, and which have -o much distuilied
the harmony of the Church as well as ihe public
generally, Mr. Collins never Jailed to repudiate
them in Christian term-, reguullo-- ol who he pleas
ed or displeased. His prayers for the perpetuity of
the Union of these States w ere such as to excite eve
ry noble impulse of the human heart, and call forth
a hearty aoiea from ail who appreciate the civil pri
viliges so lavishly bestowed upon lis by the heroes of
the Revolution through the into; p< s.; on of a merci
ful Providence. Whilst opno-ed to Abolitionism and
all political "slavery agitation," the colored man ne
ver had a better f riend than John A. Collins, and well
those who knew jiitn know t. antl hear testimony to
Ihe fact, lie never courted favor with the opulent,
and it was plain to be seen that his deepest sympa
thies were always enlisted in beliaii ol the poor. Hi>
death, although unexpected to mativ, was nut unex
pected to himself. When he last held a quartetiy
meeting in this place, which was in February last,
be not only dwelt upon the supposition from the pul
pit that that might he "the la-t time he would ever
preach to the people ol Bedford, hut he remarked, in
private conversation, that he felt that his work on
earth was rapidly drawn g lo a clo.-e, and that he was
ready and waiting the summons ol his Divine Mas
ter! So deeply was he impressed on this point, that,
in his last discourse, which was on Monday night,
at the close of the service, he r.rhorted the congrega
tion in-a powerful and a licet innate manner, and told
them that if they should never again meet on earth,
his prayer to God was that they would meet in Hea
ven! Many will carry tiie remembrance of that
sweet exhortation with them to their graves, and
the with the pleasing theme lingering upon their
lips. How many ol those who heard his last invita
tion will be found in the last Great Day among those
who have washed their robes ami made them white
in the blood of the Lamb! Will that exhortation
come up to the condemnation <1 any w ho heard it? —
Oh, melancholy thought! Vet it is to be feared that
-neb will be the lact. May his admonitions warn
those who have listened to that cheering voice which
now lies still in death to "flee the wrath to come!"
He died in the Go-pel harness, and was on his way to
Bedford to hold a Quarterly meeting, when the An
gel of Death notified him suddenly—lt i- enough—
come lip higher — and participate in the joys for
which you have -o long and so faithfully labored. — If
the unseen spirits of the blessed are permitted to ho
ver around those they loved upon earth, (and the de
ceased beaiitiiully interspersed one of his sermons
in alluding to his sainted mother, w ho died before he
knew her, with thi- idea.) then that of John A. Col
lins will olten be in our midst, lor he loved the peo
ple of Bedford as devotedly as lie wa- beloved by
them. Servant of God, rest in Peace.
The following notices of the death and burial of
our beloved Elder, aie copied from the Baltimore
Sun, and will be read with painful interest. A more
extended notice will lm doubt be given in Mm co
lumns ol the Church organ, which we hope to receive
in time for the next (i:<rtr J
t
Dentil of Rev. John A. Collins.
Kev. John A. Collins, one of the mo-t' able and
popular of the Methodist clergy, di- d at the residence
of Mr. James H. Wood, No .7 Lee Street, at twenty
minute., before two o'clock yesterday aiteinoon, in
the 50 tb year of his age. John A., son of Mr. Jo
seph Collins, now residing in this city, was born
near Sealord, Sussex county, Delaware, on the ."iih
of May, I<-01. His mother, an accomplished lady,
died while he was quite young, and his lather subse
quently removed toGeorgetown, D. ('., where he was
educated by Dr. Carnahan, afterwards President of
the Princeton College. Before he reached his eigh
teenth year he was appointed to a cleikship in the
General Land Ollice. w hich lie held for a y tar or two.
lie then taught school lor lour or five years, and
married, w hen he was appointed to a clerkship in
the General Post-ollice. Tins position he field until
18.10, when he became a member <; the Baltimore
Innoa] Conference. Hi* earliest efforts in the pul
pit showed a strongly developed mind, and the fol
lowing year he wa- appointed To the Baltimore sta
tion, the most important within the-bounds of the
conference. In 1816, though hut young in the min
istry he was chosen by Ihe conference to represent
that body in the general conference then held in
Cincinnati. He filled with success all the principal
appointments within the bounds of the conference.
J 1811 be was chosen by tiie bishop as the presiding
Cider of the Baltimore district, i. which he continu
ed until IMB. He then tcok a q icrnuu crafty ;e!a i
tion in the conference, and was appointed to a clerk
ship in the Indian bureau, but resigned it before llie
close of the Year, and was chosen us the presiding el
der, which continued until his death. During las j
ministerial career he was elected by the general con
ference as the assistant editor of the CliristiaiV Advo
cate and Journal; hut that field did not suit his taste,
and he soon resigned it to retain to the itinerant work.
Since 18 m he has always been chosen u delegate to
the Genera! Conference o! the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and his action at the late meeting of that
body, in restoring order when dissolution Threatened 1
because ol the agitation of the slavery question, is
still fresh in tlfe memory of those who felt an iuter
ist in the unity and prosperity of the church. With
views stlictly conservative, a quick perception and
strong reasoning faculties, with decided oratorical
powers, he succeeded almost invariably in carrying
his point, and restoring harmony whenever discord
presented itself. In the Baltimore Conference, where
ins whole clerical life was spent, he occupied a high
position, ami took the front on all important que--
tions affecting the intere-ts of' the church. At the
late se-siou of the conference, when the question oi
the division of the body, which had agitated it lor
fifteen years, was brought up, and when there seem
ed no possibility of the accomplishment of the ob
ject, John A. Collins came forward with a compro
mise that at once settled The difficulty and consuiria
ted the separat ion.
Immediately alter the adjournment of the roiner
ence he was attacked with illness ami prostrated lor
several days, bitt he recovered and le-umed his du
ties. On Friday last he left his home, about two
miles f rom the city on theCalverton road, and came
To the city, intending to take the cars for Bedford,
Fa., on the following morning, where he had an ap
pointment to hold a quarterly meeting. il<* then
was troubled with a cough, and during the night was
attacked with pneumonia, which terminated his ex
is'cnce. As he hail lived a faithful mitu-ter o! the
church so he died.
IT mkrai. oi THE ID:v. John A. Cnt.LtNS.—The fu
neral services in connection with the demise of this
distingni-hed divine took place yesterday afternoon
at the Wesley Chapel, corner of Bane and Hanover
streets. The attendance was huge, numbering sev
eral thou-and persons. During the day the body was
lain in state at the re-idence of James If. Wood, Lee
-treet, where hundreds of the lay members of the
church, the clergy and others testified their love and
respect lor the dead by indulging in a last look upon
toe face of him iron who-e lips they had often heard
the words of consolation and wisdom. At '!, o'clock
a proce-sion oft tie clergy was formed, and the coffin
placed n a hearse, furnished by Thomas Godey, un
dertaker. which was driven to the chapel, and the
coffin borne in and placed upon a raised cenotaph in
front of the pulpit, ttie following clergymen ac'ing
as pull-hearer-: Rev. .1. McMurra v. R"v. Win. Har
den. Rev. R. S. Dashiell. Rev. G. G. Brooke. Rev.
M. Goheen, Rev. W. H. Pitcher, Rev. T. Bewail,
and Rev. J. H. fledge.-.
The coffin was of stained mahogany with silver
plate and inscription thereon, and -ix silver handle,
with nails of the same metal, plain and unostenta
tious as the life ofhim whose mortal remains it con
tained had been. The services w ore opened by the
reading of select and appropriate portions of -cripture
by 'he Rev. Thomas llildt, and the -ing i.g of tin*
lamiVar hymn commencing "Servant of God, well
done," the congregation rising. Prayer was then
offered bv the Rev. John A. Gere, and the llev. Win.
B. Edwards preached the funeral sermon, selecting
for his text the XI chapter of John and '-'Oth ver-e,
"Whosoever believeth in me -hall never die." At
the corie!u-;on of the sermon the coffin was replaced
upon the hearse and the funeral cortege, numbering
thirty carriages, moved to Mount Olivet, where his
remains were interred, and the solemn services con
cluded by the reading of the funeral services ol the
Methodist Episcopal Church over the grave.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
IX7" On next Sahbath morning, at the nsual hour,
Rev. Mr. SPOTS WOOD wi! I preach a Sermon ap
propriate to the death of that great and good roan.
Rev. JOHN A. COLLINS—a d scourse which w ill
interest our entire community, for no man ever had
more sincere and devoteiT friends in Bedford than
had the illustrious deceased—a partiality which wa
by no means confined to his own Church, but which
embraced all denominations. Loved a- he was when
living, his memory will ever dwell in the affections
of The people of Bedford. His Funeral will be preach
ed fioat many pulpits.
A'r. G?orr IJhir.irr.
[ The conduct of this gentleman, in joining the
Democratic Party, will he followed by hundreds in
Bedford County who have always regarded him a- a
; man of honor and inteerstv, And a devoted Christian,
having been a ITU--yea!er of high-standing in tiie
I Methodist Church lor The last twenty years. No
man was ever governed by a more conscientious mo
tive than was Mr. Blyrnire, in abornloriing the party
with which he has heretofore acted. Holding, at
present, the olfice ot Treasurer of the Poor House ol
Bedford county, he is liable to be removed at a: v
i moment, without the pro-pect ot receiving office at
"he hands of the Democratic Party. \ iewiug Know
i Nuthingisni as a great scourge upon the morals of
the country, and looking upon Abolitionism as little
-hort of a pestilence, he deteimined to join the true
party of the country—and, in doing so, hu- secured
the confidence, respect, and approbation of a very
I large majority of the freemen of Bedford County. A
plain, hard-working man, Mr. B. has made a charac
ter ill Bedford, and occupies a standing in society,
second to no man in the place. VVe tiuly rejoice, in
such an acquisition to tiie Democratic ranks. If
there is any man living, divested of all seiti-h ambi
tion, and who simply desires to do right, that men
:s GEORGE BLYMJRE.
C7"DK. HICKOK, who never was and never will
i bean aspirant tor office, joined the Democratic Party
as a conscientious duty, for which he will receive
the applause of all who are willing to allow a free
man to express the honest sentiments of a tree heart.
Dr. Hickok has been a resident of Bedford for a great
many years, and has always been recognised as one
of our best citizens. The Church, the Sunday School,
the house of prayer, and everyplace having for it
object the promotion of virtue and molality is the
place where the Doctor i- to be found—and we unhesi
tatingly -ay that he is one oi the most iiselui men in
the place. IDs superior skill us a Dentist has been
tested-by almost every nan and woman in Bedford,
and, should he leave us, bis place could not be sup
plied. Tiie viper N tongue can never afi ct a man
like this. '
Sermon to Young Bleu.
C7~Rev. Mr. SPOTSWOOD preached a beautiful
and highly interesting Sermon in the M. E. Church
on ia-t Sabbath evening to the young men of Bed
ford, which was listened to with mat ked attention
by a very large audience. Ala"ny of the ideas ad
vanced were very impressive,' and the whole sub
ject was enforced with great ability. Such Sermon
aie calculated to do great good.
The Daily News.
C7""\Ve have always regarded this paper as among
the mod reckless of the opposition prints in Peiirisvl
vania, and, in giving publication to many of its pro
ductions, it is only with the view oi showing ti.e de
graded -tate of morals existing in the ranks of the
Americans awl Republicans. One thing is worthy
of nute. however, and that is, that although the Ab
olition,-Ts denounce the New, as standing solitarv
and alone in opposing Wilrnot, the late municipal e
lection shows that Id,ooo out of the TJ,OUO eriemie
ot Democracy in Philadelphia are with the News, and
have declared an eternal war against sectionalism!
Wilrnot "stinks in the.i nostrils."
,j Air. Dim nr. R. A.ndeeson has been appointed
Postmaster at Centreville, in Cumberland Valley
Tow nship. He will make an ejscllr.f a*! acrom-I
udscer.
Extra Pay! 2
<Y The pre.eut Legislature, we-are compelled, in
i justice to truth, to say, is the most disgraceful that
'ever assembled at Uarrisburg; ami, as it to add *no
-1 ther leal' to the record ol their infamy, they have vo- j
j fed themselves eavh S-'OO extro pay, which, added to j
J $.50 worth of books voted themselves, will make
their pay for this session seven hundred and fifty dol
! lars! When the salary was raised to five hundred dol
lars, being an increase of about $-00, the people com
plained; and but a few months elapses until it is in
creased s".'oo more I If the people submit to this,
it will not be long until they vote themselves a thou
sand dollars or more a session. The Legislation ot
this session will prove a lusting cmse to the people,
and, instead of receiving extra pay, the majority de
! serve to be severely punished for the evils they have
j"inllicted upon the community. If they had adjourn
ed three months ago, it would have been worth mil
| lions to the tax-payers. They spent aj)oot two-thirds
of the session in adjourning and running about the
country, and, when reprimanded by the press for do
| ing so. they sai l it was nobody's business, as their
salary was fixed, and, therefore, a long session could
only allect themselves* But now it is rendered ful
ly apparent that the session has been extended for
the express purpose ol affording an excuse lor adding
two hundred dollars to their pay ! JORDAN voted a
gainst the bill, but it is evident be wanted it to pass,
for although he has rendered himself ridiculous by
spoHtiiig upon every subject that comes up, he had
not a word to say against this wholesale plundering
measure, but simply recorded his vote against it with
; he hope of saving himself from the execrations w huh
tic knew would be heaped upon him by bvs "coTrSrffu
ents at home. Those who voted for the measure
were even more honorable than tiio-e who voter! u
g a Hist it without jurying a word indei'enceoi the peo
ple'.- Treasury thus recklessly plundered. Now, we
venture to predict, that every man who voted lor
that measure will be marked by tils constituents—
and those who take the money from the Trensuiy
will stand erpially condemned with those who voted
tor the passage of the law. There can be no escape.
It was agreed between them and the tax-payers that
thev were to receive SSOO tor the -es-iori, whether
long or short, and it will be downright dishonesty
for any member to draw more than this from the tax
es wrung Irom the sweat of the poor maws brow.—
When the ses-ion closes we will be able to tell who
was honest and who was not on this object. Mr.
WKI.SU, the gallant S> i.ator from the noble county of
York, was, we believe, the only man who raised h s
voice against the measure. He will b- honored mr
his course not only by the people of hi- own county,
but by the people uftbn whole State.
J. P. S.WDKKSItf VS. JOilX CftKmE.
Oil the If,th day of April, 1* 7. ill the town of
A I toon*, and County o, i'la.r, Hon. JOHN COVODK,
a member of Congress from the County ol West
moreland, at a meeting of a mere remnant ot what
was the "American State Council," then holding a
session at that place for the purpose of endorsing the
nomination of Wilmot, in order to abridge the influ
ence of the Doily JYcc v, which repulses Wilmot,
charged upon JOIIN I'. SAM,.:!: -ON, the llditor thereof,
That "he bad received money, or that bis debts were
paid at all events for the course be pursued during
the last Presidential campaign, and that inoirioy
what he said he was responsible for It." .Messrs.
Nichuals, F.. W. Miles, and J. M. Church, certiiy to
the tact that Covode used this precise language in
debate. Having hero thus hi untied, Mr. Sunder-on
addressed a note to Covode requesting him to put in
writing the charges he i.ad thus preferred, to which
he replied that lie "h.td no answer to nuke," The
following card from the editor-el'the News then iol
lows :
"Tally satisfied that .Mr. *i,i make
the charges agai ,t rr.e; as related by M■ .
Nici.i.ul-, Mii.-s at. 1 <.': .i:c!i, at •! .'•.•••imvirigie
lusecj tn repeat thrill t>> me in writing, tiierftiv
shrinking lr;tn the r .-s p>: J its t! i lit y v. Inch lie ifaii
pr.df-Tcd, ami having tie* without a I-gai rim
ed y f>r the viinficalii'H "f mv il arucT r {Join
th" slanders ol his foul totigue, ] now aih tdgthc
only alternative left me, f, . lino assured that "a
generous public, however adveiseh disp .s. ,i to
justify a res.-rt of this kind, will on-m it xcu
>atle, i! not entirely jo.stifi.j .!e in this case.
\\ till tin se i xi lanations <>i the dastardly con
duct ol u man, u i o holds a s-at in lite House of
Hepn seotalivesol lite (Jfitted Stiit. s, and
therefore io i.• what his title indicates—an hon
orable man i pronounce Use statement made
by John ( oviule, in the Altoona Council, re
specting myself, to be an unqualified and unmit
igated falsehood, and 1 hereby publish and pro
claim the said (. uvode to he a base bar and a
cowardly calumniator : a liat—because he has
uttered deliberate and unqualified -falsehood a
gainsi me, profes-me to utter therr. of his own
know ledge, w ! ell he had none such, and \\< ll
knew that he had not w hen he uttered tlfem :
and a cowardiv calumniator—because he m.i
iigiied and traduced mv character, in mv ab
sooce, in a manner, w hieh, his subsequent con
duct proves, lie knew subjected himself to no
legal responsibility, and when called upon io
meet the responsibility which lw had braggartly
offered, hv repeating tile same in writing, cow
ardly refused to do so.
J. P. SANDERSON.
Philadelphia. Mav (i, ISf)7."
(.very man who sustained Frlmore in Pennsylva
nia, and refused to vote for Fremont and become ab
oil tionized by Gi v. BOX-, .Jon DA NbsCo. ha ve been bran
ded as tiaitors and a® having been bribed to take the
con re they tfid, although thev wore really the only
honest men in t fie ranks of the opposition—for, how
ever nuteh mistaken in their opinions, ;i*v -were
true to their pledge. "
C7TIIE CLAIR COUNTY TRAtU* _() n
Thursday morning ofla-t week., the trial of M'SI.MM,
lor liie murdei oi NORIT.OSS, was brought lo a dose
and the jury, after being out an hour and a ijuai ler,
returned a verdict of guilty oi murder in the fist de
gree. The prisoner was thiVbrought into Court,
arid sentence of death pronounced upon him. Thus
ends a trial which has excited a deep inteiest all o
ver ihe Stale. The speeches of M*r. Tbadeus '
Ranks, Hen Stoke-ami Col. D. 11. Ilofim , ..je spoken
of as arguments of a high order.
ON "BUCHANAN CLi. B" met on lasf Saturday
night, and !iad a pleasant time. Air. GKOIO.K UI:I
--MI ND addressed the ( 'inb in a Tieat and tpreible -peech, ;
which was warmly cheered. Several row names
were then added to the iof| of honor. Whet), after
some conversational nrraiki by several of the mem
bers, the Club adjourned to meet in two weeks.
C.7*""free negio'es and Free speech" has been the
motto of our opponents in Bedford for the la<t two
years. It is apparent, however, that they r.e~ver de
s.gneil that a free white man should enjoy equal priv
lieges with the negro! When such men as Geo. Bly- 1
mire, Dr. llickok, Wm. Spidel, Charles" Adams, A
dam Ferguson, Levi Agrtfew, Jo-hua Mower, John
Smith, JohnFuol, Henry \Y;:od, Jackson Bailor, Tho-
R. Gettys, Fsq. and Thomas R. Getty*, Jr., .vc. &c.
.Ac. leave their foul a.sociation* they a re branded by
j the.se "negro worshippers'* as "insignificant crea-
I turea," destitute ol either influence or character.—i
< d. hat A biff man will be looted in inch u > j
LET THEM lifi MARKED!
| ' K7"To the surprize of the whole country, and the
| additional disgrace rrf the I'eniisvlvania Legislature,
the Senate, a lew days -nice, passed a bill allowing
Atheift* >o testily in our Courts of Justice without
taking an oath, thus establishing the anomalous
i principle that he who believes in the existence of a
Supreme Being, acknowledging his dependence upon
arid accountability to Hun, shall be required to testi
fy under oath, while he who believes in no God, and
; acknowledges no accountability of any kind, may do
so without taking an obligation thus solemnized.—
J'RANCIS JORDAN voted for this disgraceful mea
sure, bis professed "high moral char.ctei" to the
contrary, notwithstanding, thus offering a licence to
men who are willing to swear, with a malicious in
tention, to the injury of their neighbor, to embrace
the doctrines of Atheism, in order that they may be
relieved from the responsibility of an an oath.
; which is the only check that can be had to restrain
bad men from testifying falsely—for mo tof those
who have no love for God dread bis wrath, and,
when they take the Holy Bible in their hands are
frequently awed into telling the truth. Whose life,
liberty, and property will he safe in the hands of
witnesses who do not believe in the existence of God?
And yet Jordan has endorsed them as good aiul com
petent ci! izens !
The following remarks on this subject from the
Lancaster Intelligencer are to the point :
From the Lancaster Ii telligenrer, May ■>.
A\ INFIDEL MOVEMENT.
j_. TlljoJ'v'nat**, on Friday last, by a vote of 2T
lo (i, passed a hi!! through final reading for-ie
moving Ihe disaliili' v of witnesses on account of
religious belief. fuoth-T w <.fds, the bi!!, if we
are not mistaken in its provision®, (for we have
not yet s-*eri it,) contemplates the abolishment
of the rule, so wisely established by the founders
of th" Republic, which requires, n>" one of the
.qualifications of a witness, i hat he shall lie a be
liever in Ihe existence of a Supreme Being, and
ais i in (he doctrine of future rewau's and pun
ishments. The majority of the present Legisla
ture seem to be regardless of public opinion, and
are determined to cap the climax of their infa
my hv an indirect attack upon morality and the
cherished religious opinions of a vast majority
of I heir constituents. The rmx! step we sup
pose will he the establishment of a reign of ter
ror, such as prevailed in revolutionary France
—the closing of chinches, and ihe inscription
up m the gates of our cermteries that "l)>alh is
an Eternal Sleep." The abolishment of the
test before our Magistrates and Courts, i® hut
the entering wedge to a legalized infidelity,
and it wiii ie best tor every moral and chris
tian community to look well to the chaiacterof
Ihe men whom they may nominate hereafter
for legislative trusts in our Commonwealth.
IVe are, and always have been opnos d to a
nv and every kind of sectarian test, n >r wouid
we interfere in the 1 nst degree >.\ ith a man's
belief; hut we hold that ours is, in some degree
at least, a Christian government, lounded bv
the Chi is! iao lathers of the Hi public, and I hat it
is our hounden (hit v—a duty we owe to the
great Creator of all things, and to th se great
and good men and true patriots—to adhei e close
ly to the old landmarks, and n'-i'lwr l-v word or
deed throw otf any portion of our allegiance to
the (>od whom thev worshipped, and whose
richest blessing rested upon their pattiotic and
self-denviog laliors. '
rnfidi'lity and At!o ism are rife in the land,
and it is full titv.e that good own everywhere
should see to it, that Ho* law- in our statute
l ooks are no! made fir the purpose of fostering
and spreading these dangerous heresies broad
cast over the land.
- - • • . t ■ ' u
! M'e invite 'he c-pe( .ti atteut .-vn oi- the Tar
nrieis of D-'horil County to the splei. ibl R-apa-g ami
Mov ing Machine advertised by Messrs. Blym re and
ILutb v, urn! the certificate appended o. Mai. Wat-ou,
a gentleman well qualified lo judge ol it- merits.—
As it will be itnpo-sible to beat more than one farm
at a time, to try each machine, the farmeis are assu
red that these machines are guaranteed to work as
represented in the circulars, which may be obtained
at Blymire and Hartley's. Those wishing to -eciire
Machines, will please order early, that they may
have them set up ready tor harvest, wdueir w .11 soon
be upon u
Cunningham, charged w thth<* murder of
Dr. Burdell. has been acquited—o that the mystery
connected v\i!h bis death is as great now as ever!
E?*" JORDAN'S Senate re.-olutio;;3 against the Su
preme Court of the United States, remind u- of a
tumble-hug trying to up-et the Allegheny mountain
—they do!
CJ7"Mt ' F. CHILDS, from Boston, an accomplish
ed Laml-cjpe Painter, bri ging with him high recom
mendations, has commenced a coin-e o! instruction
in Paint tug in thi-place, and will give le-sons to any
who desire to acquire the art. He is stopping at i
the Washington Hotel.
EXTRA PAY.-- One of the littlest tilings dune
in our Legislature thi- winter, was the passage
of an amendment to Hi* appropriation hill a few
duvs ago, to allow the members two hundred
dollats extra pay. When a man accepts an of
fice, lie ought to be content to serve for the
coir pc "Bi >!) previously fixed, or resign, and it
is vei v mean lur mm to accept legislative p>si- ,
li.iits and then vote Hinnst-lvm > xlra pa v. If a
thiid'powi-r would give them the extra pav it
would be justifiable, but t > v jfe i! to themselves
'is contemjitihJe. It the pay is not atiough, raise
if: hut 1 r decency's sake, let the add it i m ap
ply onlv to future Legislatur. -. It will disgrace
a-iv member to receive it even i! alio wed.—
Clinton. Demo*rnt.
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Ai'Cl STA, La.. May 5.—A trent-ndons storm
of wind arid rain occurred at Mobile and its vi
cinity on Friday a d Satirrday !a.-t. It is esti
mated that two feet of water I-*i lon a level.—
: The citv was inundated, and several persons
were diowned in the flood. I"he supply of
i drinking watt t and gas were cut off in conse-
J qtieftce. j
j i
T H E m ARRETS.
Piiii.ADKl.i'iii v, May I' 2. —We advance our quota
tions of Flour "Jo cts. per hbl. Sal"- of I.jOO btil-.
gooil bramts vveie made on Batunlay evening ats7.".'3, ,
at which figure holders are firm, with but little stock
; in which to operate. There ha- be.-n a fair demand
tor home consumption from S7.'-'a up to §*.7o for
common and fancy brands; 17:0 barrel- Rye Flour
-old at $ 1.50 ; 300 bbls. I'enn'a. t'oru Meal brought
.'>j.oo per bbl., arid 'JUO bbl-. favorite brands s ; >.bgj.
Tiie supplies of Wheat continue trilling, and it i<
wanted the stock- in the hand- of the miller- being
about exhausted. Sales ofaiid 'IOOfi hu hel- I'enn'a.
.red, part sl.found i-I.Mt per bu hellor tail and good
quality, and portion on terms rot made public. live
is scarce-. Sale, of 700 bosh'*i- at '.) ! cents. Corn is
searce and in demand at *2 cents, hut holders refuse
thi-price. O.i* are le--active ; 2,000 bushels prime
Penu'a. sold at 58 and .59c., which i- a decline.
The receipt, of Cloverseed continue small, but
1 there i- not much inquiry, 'i he last -Me of prime j
i Aa -*>. per 1 I !ha.
Brilliant Victory,
The. (Hi/ of Penn Ertd —2o of the 24 HW7.v
Democuittc— A nw-J\'ot hi ngism Rebuked—
A' fj/übl icon ism Prod rated
Ii is a most grofify i n g cirrumitanre that alt the
elections that have 1.-en bflil since Ihe Presidential
election have only served to afford additional evi
dence of the populai ity and increased confid-nre of
the coniitry in the Derr.ociatir party. In localities :
Where We were then unSucicsst'id. the majorities of I
the opposition have either been greatly reduced or
entirely overroroe, and Where we Were then Stirce-S
--tul, our strength has heen consolidated and strength
ened. l'lie municipal election in I'lulailelpi/m on
Tuesday last, forms another evidence of this gratify
ing condition of public sentiment.
Wm. V. Mc(>rath, the Democratic candidate for
city Treasurer is elected by an overwhelming ma
jority.
durnes Logan i- elected (-ity Commissioner by an
equally giatilying and overwhelming majority.
The Demorra's have elected neuily ail ol their
candidates for SielPct Council ; and nut of twenty
lour S-lerT ( ouncilmen, inelutling tho-e holditrg o
ver, J W LNTV-ONK are Democrat-. Our majority
in the Common Council will he equally decided.—
N'-ver has any party won so complete a triumph in i
Philadelphia. Never has so overwhelming an en
dorsement anywhere been given by a confiding peo
ple. The result astonishes alike friends and foes, j
and echoes the death-knell of the vagaries ol the op
position in Philadelphia.
After the re-ult was partially known, an immense
crowd ol the Democracy called upon (leu. Pierce, at j
the La Pierre flnuse, and in response to their enthu
siastic call-, he deliverer! one of the mn-t brilliant j
and effective speeches we have ever heard.
From the Voik (lax.ette.
~7 Pali Hal Revolution.— The Democrats entry
j ark II or irah ! Wit matt m/ Repudiated.—
The .Yort-'i Ward v: heel til* info Line!
Tin- result of the election for municipal offi
cers in our borough on Saturday last, is extraor
dinary and deeply oratil ving. par the first
time in about forty years, the Democrats have
a majority over all opp.siti.n, electing their
Chief Burgess, all the Assistant Bur.o-j.ses, Town
Clerk, and ail the School Directors in both ol
the Wards—thus making A ci.kan stvi:i;i'!
This result ir attributable to the deep seated
Union l-'e ling of our p-ojile. For two genera
tions the sentiments of a decided majora! vof our
citizens Tinve been adverse to (tie Democratic
party—sometimes on a question ol removal of
the (i o Ve|tl (lien { lieposil-S soir-lim- s II the
i expediency of a l otted States Bank, or of a pro
tective tariff*, or of the distnhuti"'i "t the pro
■ ceeds of the sales of public lands—in brief, what
ever the Democratic pad v supported, as a party,
whatever men or measures, was |i- Itv sure to
fin.! a majoritv arrayed in Vo;k Borough against
it. That, the hostility was against the Demo
cratic party, and very decided, was felt in the
days-of" National Republicanism, under which
nomenclature the anti-democratic pasty ruled
Dm borough—National Republicanism then
formed a league with anti-ma-nnery. and rarri
■• I the Borough with ease—in the palmy (lavs of
Whijggerv, in a p >ll of six, seven, eight and
nine hundred, the Democrats were beaten gen
etallv from '2OO to 300, an.t sometimes more
than tOO ! The opposition to Democtacv could
even stand Know-Xothingism, and were con
ten!, in tiud shape,to carry the Borough on sev
eral occasions. But, to the eternal honor of
our citizens, they could not consent fa b<■ rlbo
lif ionized! S . deep a regard have thev fir the
Union, and fir the constitutional rights of eve
ry h'rite in tile I nion, that they could forego
their long cherished hostility to the Democrat
ic party, rather than how down to the dark and
: dangerous spi;i{ of sectionalism. The 400
Whig maj >: i v in York Borough, wliere is it
now ?
What if? lutdiistsdA^
The Garrison \ ditim party is the onU ad
vance guard of what is called •the Republican
p.irly." Harrison, eight or ten years ago, was
but where the R-p.tplic.in party is now—and
lienc ■, where that porty is to he ten years her.ee
we can see by the following (ianison pro
i/rum me:
"We reiterate our former declaration, that they,
i object >1 the society is not merely to make 'Lib- •
ertv national arid S'averv sectional'—not to
pr- vent the acquisition of Cuba nor to restore
t lie Missouri Compromise—-nor 'o repeal the
Fugitive Slave ' ill ii ir t make Kansas a Free
State—nor to resist the admission of any new
Slave Sia'e into the Union—nor to terminate
slavery in tin* District of Cdumber and in the
Nortbereii Territories—but it is, primarily,
comprehensively and uncompromisingly, to ef
fect the immediate, total and eternal overthrow
.if slavery,-wherever it exists in American soil,
and to expose and confront whatever party or
sect seeks to* purchase peace or success at the
exper.se of human liberty. Living or dying,
our nrntto is "No I'xio.x with Slaveholders,
Relic; ioc-ly or; Politic ally."
'*ln hehnlfof the Executive Committee.
WMF LLOYD GARRISON, P silent.
S. H.Gay, Wen; .ELI PtitLLtt's, Secretaries.'
This is frank,and mania—and it is just what
all Ahoii!ionists mean—the dissolution of the
Union of the siavehohling anil non-slavehold
ing States. Daily .Wars.
A Friendly Notice.—Consiilering that the
. V. 5. If raid is a leading Fremont journal, that
it was fnetti ist in the R publican tanks last Fall
rfiml is now engaged in reorganizing the party
by getting up Fremont clubs, the following no
tice ol the Republican Legislature by the //,/■-
a!d must b" regarded as remarkable for its pecu
liar friendliness :
Just look at theconsistencyofthe.se miserable
• cotrupi, pbarisaical, nigger worshiping legisla
tors at Albany, working under the influence of
Wm. 11. Seward. They profess a great and
c mscientious respect in- th personal and polit
ical rights of the poor African: and yet th*v
have no respect at all for the rights of the mill
ion citizens of this metropolis and suburbs.—
They pass joint resolutions in favor of amend-!
lug the Constitution so as to extend the fran
chise to the colored citizens of the Slate, and
place them on a par with white men, so far as
their vote goes; and they disfranchise the en- j
lightened citizens of this metropolis, and tell
them they are n l tit to exercise the franchise,
even for their own local officers. Could impu-i
dence anil ignorance go farther?
.
.7 Strong Rebuke. —The Harrisburg Patriot
and ! nion, Montgomery WntcKinin, Easton
Sentinel, and several oth-m Democratic papers
are taking the Pcnnsyl vmian pretty severely?
to task for its ominous silence with regard to j
the sale of the Main Line to the Central Rail
road Company, and strongly hint that there has
been some weighty "vide door'' influence which j
tui - s > effectually scaled its lips to tiie enormity
of the outrage attempted on the tax-payer.? of
the Slate. Why don't the Pennsijlvnnian re-|
ply ?
Mailt Scciar. — The far yarns of-Potter coun- i
tv, Pa., are said t > have niadi this season about ;
.525,000 Ins. of maple sugar, worth ru cash ( f . n
: cents per I!)., and really worth to the f arrr v. r
12 i cents. This quantity is unusually laige.
I roaa the Washington Union.
TUG XOUTIMESTKRX DE.IIOCRMT.
We always look with feelings of pride and
pleasure to the Democracy of the Northwest
Th" history of its .struggles, its efforts, and it,
achievements is but the record of the contest
| between truth and error. They are always in
the field, and always ready for the light:* and
whether victorious or vanquished, they never
neglect their duties nor forsake their principles.
I nut party in the great States beyond the Ohio
stands as an urur.ovable barrier to resist the sur
ging wave of fa rial at ism, which has t hari
j once threatened to overwhelm the Constitution
and Ihe Union. The id-a of diwnemheritu, the
confederacy, and destroying our free system < f
government, has certainly been seiiouslv en
tnrtaiued, arid at time? flourished like a moral
upas in region;? rendered memorable by the sac
rifices and achievements of* the statesmen and
: heroes of our revolutionary era. Vet it j s t,„
: small consolation to refl.ct, that, although the
Noitli has been so long overwhelmed wiifi p O .
liticaj Abolitionism, threatening ?o destfbv
rvthing that is valuable in her history and ven
erable in our jurisprudence, it has "never been
able materially to alter or corrupt the Denm
j cratic popular sentiment ol the Northwest.
Happy is it for that region that 'die miserable
pleas ol p .lineal expediency haw failed to make
any lasting impression upon its inhabitants
j The late act of the legislature will, we are as
sured, s .on be repudiated with patriotic indig
nation by the honest masses which it proposes
to array against the authorities of the general
government. This act of treason, originally sinr
gest.-d and indirectly consurnaled hv the very
men who have lately disfranchised and subjumt
ted the great city of New York, is one of those
reckless attempts in the line of revolution which
invaiiahly ami fortunately, at once,develop the
weakness and mark the decline of a political or
ganization founded in venality and supported
uv corruption. We rejoice to beliese that
there is a Democracy in Ohio—as in Indiana,
Illinois. lowa, Wisconsin and Michigan— true
to Ihe sovereign rights of life States ami to the
perpetuity of the Union. To that-Democracy
we look w iih abiding confidence, knowing that
in the hour of utmost peril its strength will be
renewed, and that it will shake off the incu
bus of Black Republicanism a cleanse' itself
from t lie foul leprosv of
young and the strong, Vp. herself
fit uii the dust of her and bv iie r
sj.int and success is filltfig fi'i*yds with
ghi iness arid hope. And the llpurji? not far
distant when the D-'iuocracv of
west will stand in one solid column aw) turn
hack the turbulent stream of fanatacisrn and
priestly error to its native fountains beyond the
Hudson. The- Tiibune and the Liberator wjU
then he supplanted fry the Bible and the Con
st it ution. There is a loyal attachment to the
Union and a deep love of country in the VWsJ
which will wage a war of extermination
moral, leligious, and political bigotry, whether
rocommended by priestly example or the flimsy
sophistry of whining philanthropy.
The majestic Mississippi hinds together, with'
a chain st;onger than iron, tlie no.tfiein and
soßfh-rn porti >ns ofthat part of the confedera
cy. The North w.-st will n-ivr consent either
to a peaceable or forcible separation from the
mouth ofthat mighty river. The extremes are
bound together bv the laws of nature, and bv
immutable decrees of fate. The people who in
habit that great valley which lies between the
..AL'i'gheriy anrl the R ickv mountains, and which
extends hum the latitude of perpetual flowers
to the region of perpetual frost, are too wise
n .t to the advantages of tlu-ir jmution, and
too sagacious, and too patriotic, wot to preserve
them unimpaired. They mav not accurately
estimate—indeed, no one can the full gran
deur of its-future distil v. but enough has al
ivadv bi'erj develop -d to jus! ify the most extrav
v>jy-aut ariticipati r:s r.f its raj id incr*asein |>of>-
matiou, wealth and [>ower. Wiiere its inhabi
tants are now estimated by tHfiusands, it is
scarcely too much t<> sav that tlievatull soon be
numbered hv millions: and when its vast out
spreads of lands of unequalled fertility are all
brought into full cultivation, they can feed the
world. The spirit of manlv independence,and
rive of freedom which insjd're those people is
the great cause of their progress. And when,
a! no distant day, 111- plough shnllmgrk the
vast acres of its beautiful [>la: n > ap 1 i"'
deltas : when its citi-s, its
ge> are multiplied in the future, as tbFv have
been mnltipli ii in the past; when St. tjjf'
gr -a! centre of rommei c** .N business shall
a- it will, to the (iimensii nsofN.w \ rk: when"
!.ridges v .all st.au the great rivers, and railmads
checker the land; when its n auv universities,
its c J leges, and its r aiious seats of learning
pi-tv shall have impressed their jv.werfni influ
ences njion the rising generations:'then a poten
tial demociatic voice and a moral power wiii
go out from the politically healthy, robust, teem
ing n.iilions ofthat valley, strong enough, per
haps, to control the destiny of the whole confed
eracy, but which wili certainly make them
selves felt to the remotest limits of the repub
lic.
And it is pleasing to reflect that the great
majority of the people are loyal in heart and
soul: and impelled, as they are, by moral and
physical causes—hv the suggestions of their in
terests, hv the promptings of their hopes, and
hv th' incitement "j their patri >tism —the whole
weight of their influence will always he excited
in favor of order, peace, and indestructible uni
ty. The-v have too deep a slake in the com
mon inheritance, too profound A love for oim
free institutions, too proj.er an appreciation f't
the inestimable value of our I. ni n, thecomH
tn? i m, and the unequalled blessings of our fee
j system of government, to permit fanatacisrn,
madness, or f>ll vto destroy them. I hey "t
never cease to watch and to circnnivert those
enemies who are plotting against their rights
and their peace, well knowing that "eterna
vigilance is the price of liberty. '
ki; .\ c \'s FOUNDRY*
The subset ibers beg leave to announce to tl ,r
citizens of Bedford County that they continu'
to carry on the above establishment in .Mid' l **
Woodherrv, it) all its various branches, and are
1 prepared to till all ordeis in their line on t .v
shortest notice arid most reasonable terms. Ihe\
will sell castings by the ton, or thttn to
seli on commission at fair rt s. Persons cbsi
ring castings either on con.mission or otherwise,
will address the subscribers at VYoodberri, '*
ford county.
We make the Loop and self-sharpening
Plough, and warrant them. I hey call a.>u
had on commission.
ABRAHAM KEAGY ,N CO.
May 15, 1557 im. *