THE BEDFORD C.IEF.TTE. Hcdi'ord, fc 37. G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor. C'tmciratic State i&iJmuKittcns. GOVERNOR : Win. I'nekrs** C AN" A I. COMMISSIONER : E£ti. jpfC'-L• '.'U% fefMi ?&* S V' * r ~•'/■■ • . .;. ■ •';■• •an s YE •• nan® ft£. •;- — : — f-'.v. ;,;■ &* il <&> J|g^i£:y|; p ELOQUENT EULOGY ON THE LI IK AND' CHARACTER OF REV. JOHN A. COLLINS, BY IiEV. W. LEE SI'OTTSWOOD- last Subbath morning this eminent Divine preached a Sermon in the M. E. Church of Bedford, j appropriate to the death of the late beloved Fresi- i ding Elder of this district. The large assemblage present on this mournful occasion, indicated the high j regard entertained for the illustrious deceased by the people of Bedford. The Church was neatly and ap- > propriately draped in mourning, which added much j to the solemnity of the services. Mr. S. spoke from the 11th Chapter of John, and part of the hid verse: j '•Thy brother shall rise again." We would like to j follow the Rev. gentleman, and give an outline of bis thriliingly eloquent discourse, but we feel that our pen is utterly incompetent to the task. IV e have been permitted, however, to copy his remarks which re- j late immediately to the deceased, which .Mr. S. kind- i ly furnished by re j nest: and, from these, the intelli gent reader will readily appreciate the merit of the entire Sermon : It is \v th the belief, ar.d hope.-, and feelings, that tins theine, (the resnrection,) .ii-pite-, that you, no doubt, are here to-day, and that 1 stand with sadness, and yet with joy, in this sacred desk, draped with the mementoes of death; simple emblem- of affection, respect, and cherished recollection, where often and nry lately stood the departed, whose utterances fell upon eagerly listening ears, now as sweet as the tone- j of love, and now like the clear, ringing, heart-mov- ' ing, soul-stirring, blasts of the bugle. That eleytnent | tongue shall speak to us no more in temples made with hands; we shall hear it never again, till we hear it once more and pur re, mingling with the -nngs of fhe redeemed, and the shouts of Jesus' conquerors in the courts of the Heavenly temple! The son of an accomplished mother, and of a keen and vigorou tninded lather—educated by Dr. Camahan, of George town, D. C.—a student of the Bible—an apt and suc cessful scholar where the greatest study of mankind is man"—it is not at all strange that JOHN A. COL- I.INS was a man of strongly marled characteri-tics. He was born near Seaford, Sussex Co. Delaware, .May the sth, ISO 1 ; and, with him, "the last of earth" was at twenty minutes before two o'clock, on the afternoon of the Sth inst., at the house of his friend, Mr. James H. Wood, in the city of Baltimore, in the "J'.th year of his age, and the ffsth of his min istry. He was suddenly stricken down on his wav to our late Quarterly Meeting, with a severe attack of pneumonia, anil, after a short and painful illness, jxissed away from Earth, from his mid-rut err oi u-elulness, and, with his honor- Iresh and green upon him.! ••Tranquil amidst alarms. Death found him HI the field, A hero slumbering in his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield; His \word was in his hand. Still wnm with recent light, Ready that moment at comma.id, lhiough rock and steel to smite." Even if we were competent to the task, it were needless, perhaps, to chaiacU-jixe the decea- d, for he was known, appreciated, honored, and trusted, in the private walks ol life, in the public oiiices ot his country, and above all, m the mist prominent po-i- Aons of the church of Jesus Christ. Thai was the pioper and glorious arena on which brother Coni.lN- ; won his noblest spoils, and where, in simjilii iiy , and • •ind yet to the admiration of thou-unds all over cur j land, he wore h.s greate-t trophies. With mi elocution almost luulilcs—a ready utter ance—a tine llow of language—an ui.usual talent for j simple and striking illustration descriptive power o; the first order—a deep knowledge ot man—un in- ( tellect at once ot keen and quick perception, and oi breadth of compa s and of vigorous power—an ear- j liest soul vud Withal, ahe i t warm i ilk the life and | i are of God —it is not strange that JOHN A. (,'OHLINS j stood in the foremost rank- oi our countrv s jfulpi! | orators; and wherever he went, his auditors, in crowd*, j hung enraptuied ori his lips. But r.ot alone in tin pulp.t was he "a workman that needeib not to be a-* shamed." He wa> •/<• in the church's councils— i, eve. in individual action—and on the floor ol his own conference, and on the btoader arena ol the Gen- j eral conference, (of winch he was repeatedly a mem- ' iw,) made upof the principal talent of our wide-j spread Methodism— hi debate and. in / sitters tarty he j had, perhaps, no superiors, and but few equals.— ! "When Nestor spoke they listened and obeyed." i With an ardent heart, and one generous alino-t to i a fault, he was a true and devoted friend. A real J J'utri'jt, he loved his whole, country, "one and indi \ isible." But the Lett that can be said of any mortal man, we can say of JOHN A. COI.LINS—he was a simple hearted Christian. W hat arrested, in early life, when gay. thoughtless, and sinful, his way-ward steps.' One word, rich in meaning, tells the whole 1 story—MOTHER! She was gone, indeed. But, in his own beautiful thought, was not her sainted spirit near? as he, her son, thought oi her, and then thought of himself; and formed the purpose deep within his ! heart, "her God shall be my God." Thus was lie led to the Saviour. Hh Christian life was not tiniti, the Christian life oi others. Now, like Aloses on l'i-gah, he stood on ttie niouniain-top ot' religious experience, and in the cloudless sunlight, through the pure etuer, with the eagle-eye of "the full assurance of hope," he beheld the promised land stretching out beneath his enraptured gaze; and now, to try and test his confi dence in God, he wuik>*d "by failharui not by sight" in the lowlif valley where the sombre shadows rest. Jlr had hi* couliicts, but they are ended— his toils, but they are over—it's trials, but they are past— his sorrows, but his heart ha-felt their latest pang— hi. sufferings, but his aching head is foiever at rest"?— He rests in the nightle.\s laud—in "the c.ty that hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; lor the giory of God both lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof;" and where, in the additional language of the revelator, who, in the Apocalyptic vision, saw Heaven_opened, "God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes; and there shall lie no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there he any more pain; for the former things ate passed away." A moment let its linger in his sick room, and a round his dying bed! In his sickness hi-spiritual exercise- were joyoin—very devotional and elo quent. Yon have seen the setting Sun ill cloudless glory. Ihe " broadens by degrees just o'er the verge ol dayjhe dips hisorb now half immersed; and now a golden curve gives one bright glance-, then total dis appear-." Fit emblem of our brother's end ! His death ma.* triumphant' On the day of hi- dccea-e, as the Sun rose, and -hined through the lattice, lie said, in a sweet tone, to a brother, "Draw those cur tains aside, am! let me see the morning light"—he then exclaimed, "Praise the Lord;" anil among the last words that fell from his lips expressive of a hap py and exulting spirit, were the sublime pa-sages of the lO'id Psalm, commencing "Bless the Lord, 0 my -oul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name." Thus passed o:r brother rxnltingly down into the stream of death ! On the other side, no doubt, stood his brothers, gone before, To greet him. Larkm, lately called; Watts, Busey", Jones, Waters, Elliott, Knotts; ali deceased during the past year—and oth ers, Tarring, Davis, Btisou, summoned home at an eailier dale—and many more, ail fellow-laborers and part of a noble band. And among these, surely came one, the dearest of them all, with a warmer, fonder greeting, to welcome his happy spirit home— his sainted Mother. 1 cannot tell you of that meeting ! I have no conception of the scene, as they led the new-arrived to Je-us" feet, where he % -as crowned a Conquer.or forever'. His body sleeps to-day in the Mausoleum of the Cemetery of Mt. Olivet. In a little while bis remains will be committed to the bo som of the earth to await the resurrection morning. Then and there might we repeat, "our brother -Call rise aga'yi." And looking up to Heaven, say oi our departed friend, and brother, and la'e official head: >'A!I darkness thou ha-t left behind— It was not toe" they wound In dreary grave clothes and consigned To perish in the ground; "Twas but thy mantle, dropt in sight, When thou wast vanishing in light. That mantle in earth's wardrobe lain, A frail but precious trust, Thou wilt reclaim, and wear again, When freed from worms and dust, The bodies of the saints -hall be Their robes oi immortality." The members of the Church were requested to re main after the Congregation was dismissed, when t he-following resolutions vveie unanimously pas-ed: REV. JOHN A.COLLINS. \\ bereas, we have learned of the unexpecteddeatb, in the all-wise providence of God, of our late Presi ding Eider, Rev. JOHN A. Com. INS, and -orrow, but not "as others w ho have no hope," at iiis sudden de parture trom among rt-. lie-salved , Bv the membership of the Bedford Sta tion, Ea-t Baltimore Conference, 1. That the M. E. Church has lost in his death, one oi her most devoted friem!-, one of her ablest de fenders, and one of her most talented and eloquent mini-ters. '-!. *1 hat we cherish, with fondness, his memory ir. all his intercourse with us, ami shall never forget his services, official and ministerial, "as a workman that needeth not to be ashamed." "i\;at we rejoice, and glorify God that the end ot his Chi .sfian lite, u-elul and brilliant, was so peace ful and triumphant. !. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to our County papers, and the Christian Advocate and Jour i al, lor publication. Signed, in behalf of the Membership, W. LEE SPOTTSWOOD, Pa dor. toHdaassHezT .• v ■•-■> -•■ ■■• ■ -■ - .\ 2GRO SUFFRAGE. !X7*The Philadelphia News of May 10, savs the Black Republican Legislature of New York (the tol lowers of Gov. Seward,! have psssed an amendment to the Constitution of that State, giving negroes the right to vote, notwithstanding the Supreme Court of the United States has judicially decided that they are not citizens within the meaning oi the Constitution ! Here is Republicanism lor you. Civ Mr. Ti ssi;v, the S'//yin 11;Ittr,;t/.st, who recei ved live votes for County Superintendent, and who wa-> repulsed by his immediate neighbors at the late Spring election in Woodberry, where his party friends had the majority, does not like the IS I font Gazette. Pity, but Cannot be helped. VYe object, however, to bis measuring other people's morals by his own. B~p*HL'M£LIATiNG.—It is truly humiliating to have to contend with such an opposition as we have in Bedford. Destitute of common decency, they consider the grossest Falsehoods their ! ■t weapons. About ninety-nine out of every hundred charges they prefer against the democratic party are slander ma nufactured out of the whole cloth, never having had the shallow of an existence. We will illustrate a few cases as a sample of the whole. It was charged against the most respectable gentlemen in Bedford, last September, that they had snuaridei ed the moe.ev ol the Paul; Load tor political purpose-, a charge so rockle.-s and bare-laced that .loins Mow fin. Km;., an honorable opponent, felt constra tied 'o de nounce it as utterly false over his proper signature. At the late Spring election, they charged upon the democratic candidates for Borough offices, that, it successful, they intended to bring the water into town from Tod's spring, at a cost o "v ',OOO, a thing which never entered into the uiiml of any body, as the Up-e of time will prove. Only a few days since, they charged, in the most unqualified term-, that Gen. Packer, our candidate for Governor, had voted for the JUG LAW, although not a member ol the Legislatuie w hen the I'ijl pa.-.-- ed. We couid follow up all their charges, and show them to be equally false and maliciou— and ye: these things are countenanced, endorsed, and retail ed by certain beads of families, as a pleasant duty. Jordan well knew that iiis own vote passed the Jug Law through the Senate; that Gen. Packer was not a ; member of either house at the time; arid yet he had j not the manliness to correct the falsehood which had three time appeared in the columns of a print almost exclusively devoted to puffing himself, and used in connection with his own name. [XT*" THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS in Philadel-| phia, almost to a man, voted against the IVILMOT i Ticket at the late .Municipal election; and. fiom what we can lean, the Friends in St. Clair Town- j ship, in this county, intend to follow their example. ! Their good sense teache- them that the triumph of Sectionalism would be the signal (or a bloody and j unending civ,l war, and hence the determination they manifest to wash their hands of any association with so foul a conspiracy against the peace of the country. As they opposed Fremont, -o will they oppose Wilmot. They will hardly submit to be cheated, as they were last fall. Gtflysbnrg Compiler. [XT' 1 i.is abl • and reliable Democratic paper comes to ns this week, greatly enlarged, and clothed in an entire new suit, looking a- bright as a dollar just fiom the mint. 11. J. STAHLE, the editor, is a gen tleman of acknowledged ab lity, and his devotion to Dcmocrrtic principles has given him a high place in the affections of his patty. We hop. he may be abun dantly remunerated lor tb.s handsome improvement. C7'On last Tuesday morning we had a brisk little snow storm, which lasted several minutes. BKPFOHD POST OFFICE. CLF™ Jon x A. Mowi:v, T--st|. of Bedford, has received the appointment of Postmaster lor this Borough, in place of Mrs. A. SAIIPP whose commission lias ex pired. This is in accordance with the unanimous decision of The Democratic Party, and, of course, is i rnrlit—the people being the source of till power.—- Notwithstanding the low and scurrilous abuse heap ed upon Mr. Sunpp in his life-time, and upon Mrs. Saupp, immediately alter bis remains were deposited in the grave, whom the BUok. Republicans charged, through their organ, as an "IGNORANT DUTCH CATHOLIC, who could not write her own name." Stf., \c., Ac. we have no hesitation in saying that the office was, in all respects, conducted by her daughter in a manner creditable to her capacity, and i with as much satisfaction as is usually given in Post Offices. The vile slanders perpetrated upon the late Postmaster and Postmistress by the enemies of De : mocrary, was the hobby upon which they hung lvnow Nothing! in in this county—assuring the people that all the Post Offices were filled with "Dutch Catho lics,''" such as the Po-t Master in Bedford, whom they stigmatized with every dirty epithet to he found in the vocabulary of vulgarism, a fact known toall class : cs of our people, for this stuff was wrung in their ears .rem morning till night. There is an evident deter mination on the part of the Democracy that the P. O. ui Bedford, being a lucrative office, shall, hereafter, i be changed with the change of every Administra tion, and no matter how goo J a Postmaster Mr. .Mov- KY may make, he will have to give way to some oth !er Democrat at the expiration ol four years. The change m the office is no reflection upon Mrs. Sunpp, as it will be none upon Mr. Mowrv. She has the be-t wishes of the Democratic party for her welfare, who will, no douht, liberally patronize her in her store, where a beautiful assortment of Dry Goods and* : Hardware may always be found. Ihe widow SrATi.ru has BEEN appointed P. M. ill ; Sfhellsburg, in place of, Mrs. M.SCIIKI.I., whose com mission had also expired. \\ hiist Airs. S. made one ol the best I*. M's yve ever had in Bedford County, we have no doubt Mrs. ST AT I.:-: A will be able to give general satisfaction. Rotation in office is a sound motto, and Democracy has suffered much by not ad hering more closely to this principle in the past. f.-. '' hat has caused the great Revolution in your Borough, in lavoroi Democracy?" is a question frequently asked the citizens of Bedford. Well, as a change o! near K-0 votes in a town Lite this is no ordinary matter, it may be Weil to look into the causes wtnch have pio.luced it. We have no diffi culty in answering the interrogatory. Tne people have become fully satisfied that tne opposition to the Democratic Party is rr i.de up o! Fanaticism, Fraud, and Fui-ehood—a compound of folly, stupidity, and childish nonsense—uusuited To trie Ta-te oi men pos se-sing a ron-cietitioiis desire to do right. This a lone has turned many. The blasphemous Know .No thing oaths have recoiled with fearful effect, and this has felt a murk to be read and seen of all men and then, to cap the -heaf. Abolitionism, with all its horrors and abominations, rises to the view. The doctrine that a negro is better than all Foreigners, and better than the poor white men born upon our i own soil, (the proof for which is given in another column,) has startled the public mind—and hence it istii.it Lecioid Borough lms so strongly and emphati cally repudiated the factions which have taken the place of the Whig Party, a party blotted out ot exis tence. But the county has done equally well with the Borough. Only a few months since our oppo nents boasted tbat they had a majority of one tnon s-anil SWORN Know Nothings, and now thev aie in a pitiful hopeless minority, so much so that Mr. Jordan had to tack us to Somerset with the view of prevent ing our people from being represented at Harri-burg by a Democrat, but the enemy will tail even in this, tor we an; strongly ot' the opinion that our noble treemen will be able next tall to set aside Mie maiq rity o: Somerset, should that county o tar di-graee it-el: as to gite a majority tor the candidates of A bolitionism, which many doubt. Give us Jordan as a candidate, and we want fo surer district. Cut another reason for the great reaction in Bed ford, an-e- from the fact that the men of character and tai-nt- in the oppo- tion rank- would a- soon af filiate with swine as with those who assume the lea dership of affairs—and hence they could not hold a meeting on court-ui. k, an.! cannot even get up a little Club Meeting until ti.e return 61 the IJauoraUt i'r. .iiiidint, who was ire aniy working for Fremont !a-t fcii wh;!-f making the n*n - st solemn pledges c! devotion to hilmore! The man who will cheat his own friend—who would match under the old Car-s & Butler Flag, altered to suit Fillmore—when the party was secretly trari ferred to Fremont, is a fit person to stand at the head of the present opposition to the Democracy in Bedford. * i* lowa Flections—Ofiii '.ai Returns. The Davenport D.mccuu, of'tin- 11th instant, says : I.)-(!ay we present our readers with a full official return of the votes p.lied in the late State election, which sweej s awav the clouds "I uncertainty, respecting the loyalty-of i u to the Democracy oft lie Union, the Constitution, and to the Supreme Jndrcury of the United States. i hanh (> ■! for the ev jence it affords of the return of the people to reas >ri) to patriot ism, and respect 'or all the forms of a Govern ment baptized in file blood of heroes, L. !• ved by Freedom's devotees the world ova, and revei enced by every human being; upon the Continent of America as theAtk of the Covenant which ihe Infinite has given fo Hs creatures for their exaltation to perfect equality in political rights, low a greet- the Democracy of the States u ilh ner assurances ot boundless attachment to the Union. u e have elected Fisher Democratic Candi date fi.r Superintendant of Public Instruction, by a majority ol 505, and Parvin, for Register ot State Land Office by a majority of 502, a Democratic gain of about 9,00!) since last No vember. Owing; fo some local questions, en tirely outside of politics, the Republican candi date fur ( onunissioner oi 'lie De.stnoiiie River Improvement, is elected by a majority ol Bin. Thus has lowa come out of the struggle, and passed through a fiery ordeal of political excite ment with a triumphant return to her old De mociatic allegiance. Ihe full vote for the different offices, is as follows. F; s her,!) e m., 32,892 Dry bee, Repu!)., 32,387 FON REGISTER. Parson, Don., 32,722 Holmes. Repub., 32,220 J'o:t COM. or DI.-MOINI: IMI'ISOVEMI- NT. Manning, R. pub., 32,171 Bailey, Dem., 32,15!) vie heartily unite with the Democrat in its rejoicing at this result—a change of 9000 votes since November certainly docs demonstrate "a return oi the people to reason," and manifest an attachment to the party of the Union. The Democrats of lowa deserve ihe thanks of the paity throughout the nation for litis glorious re sult. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. ITTEWfIWi* IdE.IBOEfI&AT.< i ! The Democratic County Committee take pleasure i) saying to their brethren that the "Slat /' !) r . tturrur-y" is in the a-.eemkuit, and now occupies a irilliant and prominent position, li has been well aid. however, tnat "eternal vigilance is the price ol iberty." It therefore becomes us to he on the a ert—to he wide awake to our duty—and lo watch losely the movements ol the enemy—in order to neserve the glorious boon entrusted to the keeping .1 the great Democratic Party. Falsehood and d.~ (action are the weapons against which we—have to ••intend but, as it is the intention of the party to ■rinvii s the County even more closely than we did L ast tall, tt e v\ili Jerret out and expose their enonni ::es by holding meetings in all the Townships, so soon us a County Ticket -hall he placed in the held old thus thwart the corrupt combinations employed >V the Abolitionists to deceive and mislead the jh'o- In pursuance of their duty, the Committee beg leave to call the attention o! the Township Commit tees ol Vigilance to the active performance of their ,!utie>. and urge upon th.-m salons . doits in the .use. The THIRD SATURDAY in June, being t ■ N>th day, is th- time tixed lor holding the D legate Flections—and it becomes the duty of the Township Committees to put up written notices in their re spective D, tricls : and at the proper time, elect two Delegates to tile County Convention who will meet in Bedford on Tuesday the r>J dav of June at 1 o'- clock, I . el. punctually. It is hoped that in every instance such men will be chosen as delegates as are known to have the best interests of the party deeply at heart—men who will conscientiously act lor the general good—and whose integrity as Democrats is •.-hove uspicion. Ihe character of a Convention al ways gives -trength to a "Ticket, and it should be the pride of every Town-hip to send her tt men To represent them in so important a body. Let fair ness and candor characterize all movements touching Hie selection of Delegates. This is alike due to truth and the leeling that should ever govent the ac tion- ol brethren in our glorious cause, it will also be the-duty ol each l'ow nsh.p to elect three persons to serve as a Vigilance Committee for the ensuing vear. A careful return of the persons -elected as Delegates ami Commitlrr-wi; (with Post Office) -hould be made to the County Convention. Don't neglect this—and gel as many as possible to attend the delegate elect'on*. The offices to be filled this lad in t he County being very important, it is desired that there should be a full expression of opinion.— Th s done, a g!or ; ous victory awaits us. Then we invite vou to be up and doing—be vigilant—be ac tive— [ le prudent and all will ho well. The following named per-ons compose the Com mittees ol \ ighance whose doty it is to give notice ol and hold the elect ions for Delegates on Saturday The J()th of June. Should There he any vacancies, they can be !.:;• I by th- remaining members of the committees or by the people : i; -dl'.rri B notigli— J I' Ji ■ -d, J J Cessna, \ u lent ine ifteckman. I', ulortl I'-twn.ihijj—J T Csbhart, M Hoider baurn, John Sansoui. liio uitoji—Edward Piers on, Th is W H r lon, K( hi um isier. Coleraiu—P M Cessna, Win Ceeglc, Jodah Shoemaker. t inn!). Valley—Henry Werlz, John .May, Sam I IV hip. Hopewell— Win I hike of Jacob, Michael Fluke, James McCiearv. Juniata—lV m. Keyser, Jatnes Burns, Jr. L. X. r'yan. Liberty—Michael L. Putt, John A. White, Dar.i-I Stoler. Londonderry —John Miiler, Jr. Jacob De vore, J esse Connor. Monroe—Geo. Vonstein, Jon. H. iton, Jacob Fletcher. .Napier—Summ I YV Miller, Cornelius Whet stone, Peter Winegardner. East Providence—Peter II Carton, John C Clack, Wm Me!l >n. West Providence—.Michael Murray, Samuel Woodcock, C'apt Wm Stales. Schellshurg—J S Schel], John Kemmery, J Reninger. Southampton—YVm Moss, Wm Adams, Thos Donahue. 'St "lair—l' D Reegle, John Alstadt, John H Cowser. Union— Michael Werlz, Adolphus Ake, Pe ter M s.'s. M: : lie Wondherrv—Win McDonnald, Pa trick Burns, Daniel !' Bulger. South YV i .dherry—J C Fluke, Samuel Oster. YVm Tetwiier. R. :,;:PCtfu!!y, your Friends, Wm. P. Schel|, John Cessna, Joseph YV. 7'at", YVm. M. Hall, Samuel G. Sutler, C. M. Spang, F. D. Ceegle, C'< Co;;; mili i n. rTTE DEMQCR. ITS'! i".?'l!' ( lIAV A.N CLUB will meet in the Court House on next Sat nr. hi v eveni. gat ti. ■ ring eg of: . • bell. A full attendance i respectful!; r-<[u ,-ted, as m port ant oiformat or. will he laid before the Club. .11 IB MANN, President. John I'. Reed, Sec'v. Can Christian Aln support . .'Monism, of viorn WILAIOT is fie // •• / ' Aof ttjlvr r 'in* tfn suljoiuc•■/ JUasnhemn ■put forth its fi-'ir prominent Creed ! From the Philadelphia News, May 1.'.. Ah VssrniMagc t;f Traitors. The New Vork papers are tilled with reports of tiie Annual Meeting of the American Anti-; Slavery Society, now being held m that citv, and which is attended i V Garrisons, Burleigh,' Phillips, Fro!liinghaio, Joss, Purvis, Higgin-on, iuincv, Abbv, Kelly, Fo.-ter, and otln-is oflike Character. the proceedingson Wednesday ate a rare specimen of fanaticism and treason. Rev. Yndrevv Y. Foss, ol N. Hampsliire, opened the revolutionary movement by a speech, in which i !.e denounced our Revolution;!! v Fathers as j scoundrels, and spoke of the Su\ iour of mankind j and of Si. Paulas traitors. YVe annex a few I ch ice extracts /torn his speech, and s mie otheis, j as reported, to sh >w tile exit nt these madmen j a; e going : Jin. FOSs' OPINION Ol WASHINGTON. He thought thai their fathers in the Revolu tion, in forming this Government, had done I a very wrong and wicked work, and their chil dren were now reaping th" finds of their wick edness. They entered into a compact v\ ith the j slave power, and they knew that it was wrong, i But they said that it was better to consent to the enslavement of a whole rare, than to fail in the work of the Union ! George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the eider Adams, and every man of them had on that occasion acted Jrsuit ically. They acted on th" principle that the end sanctifies the means. II the spirits of these ! men were present here to-day (and i! would be j a better place for them to he than singing Psalms in a seven by nine heaven.) they would confess \ that they hud done wrong, and that he (the! speakei) was right. If the Angel Gabriel had done what their fathers did, he would he a! scoundrel for it. Tht ir fathers placed within ! the Constitution a provision for the rendition of fugitive slaves, and therein did a wicked thing. SENATOR WILsON. If this Union were dissolved slavery could j not exist a single year. For that he had thei testimony of Mr. Arnold, of Virginia, and many oliier Soulhren men on the floor of Congress.— : For that he had also the testimony ol Henry j Vv i 1 son ; but that gentleman had s i rnn iiv different ways iu his lib- (hat he (Mr, Fuss) ; hml ii gun at lute t<> have little confidence i , ! what ;M,-. Wilson said. * If the Uu ion were dis. >lve.|, the slaveholders would of I necessity einarieipateTfieir slaves, to make them fi ienils, otherwise thev would see the knife at ; in eir throat and the halter at their neck. * lie drew (! ) him) pleasing picture of the day when there should he a servile insurrection throughout the land. The dissolution of the Union, however, he looked upon as the quitt i est way ol settling the question. He would have them not pay any attention or obedience ; to the Fugitive Slave law or anv of tin* act - af fecting the slave; and if that did not diss !ve the Union, he would let it ban *-. hale and utr.so.v. Old they red, he asked, fee! ashamed of tIt •*ir . representatives in Washington 7 Did they not I eel a.hameii of Hanks, and Wilson and Hale? Hale ' ad his body j . Untied in tine National Ho tel and his s ail [>oisontil in Congt>s. ha.l loved John P. Hale, but he coo i rot fail to i-- htske him for the descent he had made in Con : gress. At all events,) he confessed, Congress would spoil any man. Charb'.s Ssinn-i' was the only man from the North who st iod there true to principle ; hut tie got his head broken -r it. W ASHtX'fiTOSf. CHRIST AXD ST. tWUL TRAITORS He (Mr. 1 iss) desireil to I a)e Ir- .son.— When government becomes oppressive, there is no name under Heaven by which man can he saved than the name traitor. George Washing ton was a traitor, Jesus (Jurist was a traitor, the Apostle Paul was a traitor, to nppr. s..ve gov ernments and infid.-ls to false churches, ami tie (.Mr. rojs) was a traitor to this oppressive gov ernment and an infidel to a pro-siavery church. Tii;: trsto.v t.v i in; w.w. Octavius C. Frothiogham said ; He believed thai this Union effectually pre vented tiiem from advancing in the least degree toe work of slave's icdempvi ei. Di-onioii is j> spiri'.ual procr s. it must be begun, .-dd, :.nd potentially compl-ted in the u.md before r. k commenced as a tact. Ftu'v could :.reak from i! internally wit!) no greater convulsion than vvo ii,i arise from passing on- state ?< m per to anot'.t'r. 1; e M l-,rung oh irorn the sav age idea of money making would be a step lead ing ! wards (i.ciuton. Let such ...i int inal disunion h- efiect* d, a: 1 t >■ di*s>!ution of toe ! ot.d , would fivilovv as a matt r f course. G>d Ibunx.-d, said he, tins iua! disunion a .r< a:'y exists. (Slight applaus.-.) Vim Not threii peo.fe were beginning to see ha! the South : w.t; J;v. uii j.,. j them by the system ol iabor ■ -ii-- by i' He:, of liu:; in rights. Thev w.iti to in...,e that gulf ol division !■••;< r. Tiev w aideo it t i be ii; id erst >ud that there could ire no 1 naiou between light and darkness. They must cherish a conviction which could not live and ! breathe in the same atmosphere with the slavv i Imli.t-rs Ii tin v would a the ignorance nig! e„ ~i which : m crime <•! slavery sb .1- ovvs it, they must withdraw from if. In no ! iiiper i . ma.igris' or animosity toward the ' 'v • ... ejs tie. <1 this he done. As to the Word ••I .ion, ' they a'! knew it was but a political eatebwu.-d. It answered in America as the : word "loyalty" answered in monarchial cnun tri'S—a wid vv.jich induces people to look up | M ihems. hvs as j ano'.s, vv hen they are noth ing hut flunkeys. BLACK REPUBLICANS Jllh.ge by their *lds that NEGIOES ARE BETTER THAN WHITE MEN! HERE IS PROOF POSIT]EE ! I'rom the Washington tdiiuru Popular Ilighls isi 91as>arhsr(ls. Massachusetts has produced able statesmen, pr< Sound jurists and scholars, and men of great business, activity and energy. Her people have converted her sterile soii into pimUiclive fie! is, and her mercha: ts have carried the stars am! strijk-s to every quarter of the g' be. Her s o.s have contributed much to the settlement of 1 .be far West. These tarts eoi.tiast strangely i.rnl unnaturally with iier single disregard of pop'- ar rights aryi resistance ol lb s- inpuC-s and influences wtiicii are breadiv spreading tie .itssitigs of our institutions and of popular liber ty. Her Hi rt has been to circumscribe the a r*a of liberty and iiheial institutions to the small est compass, ami r--strain popular influences within the control of (hose whoropport tier Pe culiar (•••!.!u )1 tl. ;inas. A select few seel; {.• control the destinr-'s of States, and array her a gairist the popular movements of the age. Her cause is now guid-d hv a class of third-rat men, who are seeking to airav her against her sistei Slates and their institnti >us, for the pur poseof creating within iier borders all absorb ing preju dees which shall perpetuate their j row er. iue ijiumj bant election of Mr. Buchanan, and the growing approbation bv the f>.-ople ol the principles upon which lie was elected, a larmeil the leaders of Black Republicanism : hence their ready professions 'of svinj atuv with toe American party, who reailv hold th.-m in cotil mpt, and despise their principles and ino- Ii ves of ac.!i in. Assuming that none hut persons born abroad are incapable of reading and writing, they rush ed into a constitutional provision | inhibiting all who coiild not do j from voting, hoping there by to attach the American party t > tneir politi cal car. They have engrafted this provision into their constitution, and henceforth those u hose | ip-nts were unable, or for any cause, i.aii not taught them to read and write, wheth er native or adopted citizens, are to be excluded from enjoying the elective franchise. To make sure of excluding adopted citizens who may he well ami highly educated in their native lan guage, the rest rid ionists require the elector to read the constitution, which, of course, is in En glish. Ii is lioped that they can continue their control in Ih<- State a little longer bv this illib erality to those who cannot read the English language and write. This as a local expedi ent is easily demonstrated. In New York, where the Black Republicans now have the con trol of the legislative power, instead of attempt ing a constitutional amendment to cut off the large adopted-citizen vote, which would be fatal to their continuance in power, they have moved in favor of allowing all negroes to vote, whether they, can read or write, or have the capacity to take decent care of themselves. In this State tie. y despaired bringing .Die American party in fo their ranks, and hence Iftey seek to ill! their lines with negroes, whether educated or not. While M,iiusefls excludes ail German, Iris!;, French, Italian and Spanish, ami others w ho cannot read English, although highly .'do led and polished in manner, tlx* New York Black Republicans take to their embrace the A i rican, who cannot read or write, however low, degraded, and loathsome. In hot!) States the waning fortune of this mushroom party, have m.n ort tubed its leaders Ibat low stratagems must I e r*sorted to, or th. ir rule ls a{ an en t |— mi; ate the;n, and secure in their place those do mestic and public virtues which improve the condition ot nr.an and tend to elevate the insti tution, under which he lives. But when we hm.unce their disregard of the enact menu oi ' and setting the national laws at defi ance. they make an answer to which "republi cans'" must find it difficult to reply. Thev point :o the course of that party in regard to Kai-as and the fugitive slave law, and a-k, m >th an air of triumph, if it is more wrong tor them to re sis! lav.s than it is tor the w hole "republican" party t<> r • sist the laws we have named ? They sa> that a political [ arty t xists in manv of the Slates, which claims to include in its ranks a rt.iij rity of the volt rs in the Union, the \>rv e .ence of whose political faith ami professed creed is resistance to the statutes of Congress. They allege that this party based its organiza tion, first, upon opposition to the enact merit, and then up m resistance to the fugitive-slave law, and subsequently upon opposing and resisting t ie law organizing the Territory of Kansas, and s 11 ing up the Top ha movement and mock or ganization as an independent government wor thy of their support. They point to a Presi dential nomination and organizations in sixteen States to sustain this opposition to the laws of (. rsgress. Although the .Mormons can cite 'hi- !r id and striking precedent, involving so '•rg< an pretending a party, we cannot admit tha* it forms a justification fur their unlawful treasonable acts. The reference to it, as a '•is!if, -ation of the atrocities in Utah, cannot he : ecejvt-d for th.it purpose. St ii i, it can not fail • present, in a s!roug light, the treasonable pre ; lent t > which they point, and make manv a • • !•: engaged in it ! urn with shame, especiai ; win it they (nilv contrast their own acts with t! of the tini v rsally-condemned iM onions. 1 v have set a precedent in opposing and re 'iag the laws, now followed by tin m' which lie y a arret look in the face without deep mor tilii oti a and a shrinking dread. li e >ry will place all who resist constitution al la v. ui the >ame fooling, holding those who wilfully do so, for mischievous ends, to th strictfs! account, at least morally arid politi ca!!v- The "republican" leaders knew that t \ were v i dating,or urging other* to do so, the laws of C'ofgrtss constitutionally enacted, lor political i-meet, and fiir no other purpose.— They are JU.W SER king to th wait the ixecution ( t tin' fugitive-.-lave law in the Slates, and to continue difficulties in Kansas. Their object is to divert altentiori from their unconstitutional and tyrannical acts, wherever in power, and to keep up) sufficient excitement to enable them to continue their ascendency as long as possible. I b'-ie are the hading motives with the Mormon leaders, who follow their pernicious example. Ai I well-iuforrned and reflective people, who appreciate and o'.iey the laws, and desire peace and harmony and the perpetuation of our insti tut? Ms, must strongly condemn the leaders and authors of the illegal acts of lth t!ie Ni>rmons and "republicans," end visit upon both the pen alty ot their deep and lasting displeasure. The people are now daily inflicting this penalty up on tin-in, and wiil continue to do so until they are expe|]ed from power in ail quarters of the country. Tur. I:.:••;[>!:!, Mwvi H:XT. —We observe, with pleasure, that the action of the State Senate in favoi of infidels is attracting geneia! attention, and eliciting the condemnation its iniquitous character deserves. ine Philadelphia corespon dent of the Baltimore Jlmcrican, notices it as follows : Our L< gislature is now engaged in treading in the footsteps of that of .Massachusetts, by giv ing to Atheists the right to testifv in courts of ju.-'ice. '[ hns do we gu on in the work of break ing down iiie guards and privileges of Christian s 'Ci'-ty, secured and fostered !>v the wisdom of centum s. We demand of the Christian believ er in future rewards and punishments, the adiii ' ■ >nal st curity o{ an oath, but allow to the God ies- skef.tic the premium upon his impie v of taking his word unfortified bv anything of the kind. Hedoes not Tar or hope anything in file fuHue, his interest demands a falsehood here, he cannot he punished for peijury it he mocks at an oatli ami declines to swear, so he is invi ted to place his unfortified word against that of a man who backs his by all fearful sanctions of revelation, and a privilege is thus extended to the unbeliever for scorning the religion of his countrymen and fellow men. The Senate of Pennsylvania lias, it is stated, adopted this "pro gressive" step by a vote of 2t to t>. 7-7 A TP yen . J On TliP 1 !th inst. iri the Catholic Church of this Borough, by the Rev. V. Tamchiua, Mr. THOMAS 11. .MR I:K AY, (Merchant.) of Bloody Run. to .Miss MAUY, daughter of ttie late Mr. Dominic Cook of Bedford. 077" Accompanying the above notice was a large arid elegant bride's cake—rich and delicious—just such a cake as might have been expected to come from the hand- of MARY, whom we most truly con gratulate upon her union with one of the most wor thy young gentlemen in our county. We likewise congratulate Mr. M. upon entering into a lil'e-pait neiship with a lady worthy in the highe.-t degree to be his wife. That prosperity may attend them in all their undertakings, i 5 our sincere wish. On the i'fth in-t., by the Rev. H. Wilson, Mr. Samuel Ickes to Miss Elizabeth Anderson, both of Bedford County. TII 2 liIARKETS. Pn !t.Ai:i.riUA, May I*.—The flour market is dull, but prices i -main unchanged. There is no inquiry for shipment, and the -ale- are confined to 1 and 500 till!-, mixed and good brand- to the trade at $7.3 • and 7. I. per bid., and Extra Fancy lots from 21, up to t v.\>. Nothing doing in Rye Flour or Corn Meal, and quotations are, as before, s!.o.'f, for the former, ami S'f.Svij lor the latter. 't here is a moderate inquiry for Wheat, and prices are n: i otair.ed. Sales i•' .'f,ood tu. prune Jersey red at $l.BO per bu.; small lots ofPenn'a.al the same fig ure; 800 bu. whiteat sl.S(i afloat and in -tore. Rye comma) ds SI. The receipts oi Corn have decreased and there is little afloat unsold. Sales of 3,000 bu. yellow at SO i ts. Oats come forward slowly, and command 08 and 50 cts per bu.; 1,000 bu. Mercer Po tatoes sold at $1.40. The receipts of Cloverseed aro small, and it com mands s7per 01 lbs.