THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
E?<-4!fbt'rf. .JifSv 3,
(E W, Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
Oemcivatic State 3aiminatiom~.
GOVERNOR:
\\ 2£3, F. A'ackci*?
Of Lycoming County.
CANAI. COM.MISSIONEU :
SSou. KiricktniNi,
Of Chr-tor Comity.
SUPREME JUDGE:
lion. \\ tin. Sgroii:;.
Of Berks County.
iSosi. Jamc*i Thomson.
Of Er:e County.
€or\w\ Tit KiiT.
Prothoootary—SAML 11. LATE, Bedford.
Shoriff-—VVtVI. S. FLl'Ki], M. Wixxlbetrv.
Treasurer—SAML. DA VIS, Bedford.
Commissioner—('. EVANS. E. Providence.
Director —CEO. SMOI.'SE, VV. Providence.
Auditor—JOHN W. CRISMAN, St. Clair.
'lite OHice of Ihe Bedford Gazelle,
with Presses, T>] t >, gocd will, &e. &c.
Is oiiered I'or
The office is in first rate order, unci is, at pre
sent, in a more prosperous condition than it has
ever been at anv former period; and the county
is now reliably Democratic by several hundred
majority. In a few weeks the present proprie
tor 111 he live?) will have conducted the paper
for an uninterrupted period of TWE.\TV-FIVI:
years—a longer continuous period than has been
ifevoted to the publication of a political news
paper bv any other editor in the State. The
length of time in which we have been thus ac
tively ec:jn<rod, is our onlv reason fir offering
to sell. The "Bedford Gazette" was establish
ed in ISO"), (now in its 53d year.) and, bavins
never changed bands but oxer, is the be<? evi
dence in the world that it is based upon a sure
foundation. To an honest and or- potent De
mocrat, the opening is one of no ordinary cha
racter. The great improvements in progress a?
the Bedford Springs, in connection with the
Broad Top Rail Rend, now in successful opera
tion, must she illy add greatly to the j i.tronage
of an office so firir.lv --si.r!.?beti a? the C'izctte.
■ : " Our ! rethren of t e ; ress ill much <;-
biige by noticing.
jicßiys fLIB
l\ it! please meet in the Grand Jury Room on v u?-
uniay evening next at the nnciug of the Bell.
JOB .MANN. President.
Jons P. KKT.D, Secretary.
JET""The proceedings of the Democratic County
Convention will he found on the first page—also the
highly important Decision of the Supreme Court in
reference To the Bill lor the sale of Ihe Public
Works—and several other articles of interest.
QT?"* A fair trial of Manny's UeapitJjj and .Mow
ing Machine was made upon -evrnJ grass lots near
Bedford on Thursday anu Saturday last, by Messrs.
Bgyjiißt: St HSKTI.KY, which was -attended by many
of the farmers oi the county, all of whom expre- ;cd
themselves highly pleased with the performance,
and it is supposed several will shortly purchase Ma
chines. After a similar trial in Adams county, a
lew Jays since, the agent disposed of right -Ma
chines.
Main Line Suifi.
The Main Line was sold in Philadelphia on the
25th ult. lor " ."■OO unii i here was but one bidd.-i,
■i. ss,.. I'luuiunii, Pre .-rat* ii i oi iue i ei:us v i van ia
Railroad Company. Let the people now look out loi
homst men as members of the Legislature. or this
mammoth corporation will forge chains to bind you
to its despotic power worse than was ever conceived
by Nicholas Biddle and his monster U.S. Bank 1
Aw£'i;l Cai.'iitiity.
UN " The Canadian Steamer Montreal, was burnt
near Quebec on the bth o! June, and between three
ami four hundred persons v.eie either drowned or
burnt!
Us""" The Abolitionist- ol BeJlord held another
Club Meeting on la-1 Saturday evening— and, we are
fold, that the audience and Mr. Jordan's speech were
precisely the same as at the former meeting!
Sabbath School i cULratiou.
[£7* According to announcement, the Sabbath
t-ehooi connecteii with tne M. E. Church of this p.ace
held its annual Celebration on last Thursday, in a
beautiful Grove near town. The procession was ve
ry imposing, numbering 21S children, with appropri
ate Banners, under tne direction ui Mr. SAMUEL.
bancs, the able Superintendent, who deserves much
praise for the labor and attention be bestowed in
getting up the affair. Having arrived at the ground,
alter an impressive prayer, and a few appropriate
introductory remarks by Rev. W. I.KK beorrswoori,
the audience, which was larger than on any former
similar occasion, were highly entertained bv Speech
es, Dialogues, £tc., indicating-that the Scholars had
been trained with great care. All did so well that
it would be hard to discriminate. We may be al
lowed to say, however, that ihe speeches delivered
by Messrs. W.n. F. Joue and WJJ. 11. STEWAKT, of
tlie is," (which were o.ig/.io/,) were such as
to command especial and general admiration, not on
ly as to matter, but in the happy and effective man
ner in which they were delivered, developing the
powers Of dignified oratory in an unusual degree tor
first effort*.
The refreshments were such as to afford gener- '
al satisfaction—and, notwithstanding the irnrneitse
crowd, all were abundantly served. First, the '
children—secondly, the visitors—and, lastly, the j
teachers, Nc. ihe day was beautiful, and was one
that will long be remembered by the citizens and
strangers present.
!IG\. J. S. KLU K.
extract the following paragraph from the,
Washington correspondence ol the Philadelphia Ar
gus, ol it late date :
'-The distinguished citizen of Pennsylvania, who
has been called to till the responsible position ot At
torney General oi t:ie I mted Males, is winurng lor
him-ell a reputation that the pioiulest statesman in j
the land might envy. He is already looked upon as ;
the abiest man who has occupied tna r position lor '
the last hit) years. ihe decis.ous tie has alrea
dy given, whether cor. fir cuing or reversing lnoe ot
hi- immediate predecessor, aie perfect models ot le- :
gal peispicuit) , power and elegance. No alien.pi at i
tu Man and bombast; no up-r tin.• v or pio.ixrty; er e
ry worn in the rig!.! p.ace, and ,he very woid lo ex
press the meaning intended t.y the writer. Uriel,
comprehensive. tere, vigoious, his decisions aie
made in peilt-ct baXon—i.ocircnmiocut .011; no ledmi
dence; (to efripty d.splay ol bgal iole; plain, simple,
GireCt 10 the point, his algUlUrnts ale lm Olltruv el 11-
ble.
Pen: sylvan ia may well b>- proud of Judge Black
He has r.ot yet hiied the una-uiri ul tlisUsvlUiA.es
and his fame. H.s name is already men .ot.-d m
Coiireciior. with a seat upon the bench ot the United
Mates Supreme Court, and m the Presidential chair.
ID >s eminently titled to fill cither '.a*,on.''
PACKER HI) PROHIBITION.
'S he Records iv\:uiiiiied!
It has become a stereotvped charge with ibe oppo
sition of Pennsylvania, that (ion. Packer, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, w hil-t 111 the Senate of
; Pennsylvania, voted for a "Prohibitory Liquor Law,"
a "Main Liquor Law," the "Jug Law," No., all ol
j which charges we are prepared to show are FALSE
! —destitute of even the shadow of truth.
We hove carefully examined the Senate Journals,
' and for a full and correct accodnt of the Senate's le
gislation, and the votes of Gen. Packer on all the
different bills presented during his Senatorial career,
we refer the impartial reader to the lollowing Ue
! cord :
As appears from the Journal ol 1850, pages and
! f>, on the Ist day of January 18-70, \VM. F. PACK
! F.K (with "other gentlemen elected to supply va
cancies," Nc.) appeared 111 tile Senate Chamber and
! presented his credentials as the Senator elected Iron,
the 12th District, composed of the counties ol Ly
coming, Sullivan, Clinton, and Centre.
His term of service then begun, and expired, as
the same record shows, with the session ending ls-7'/.
The part he performed, therefore —the votes he east
whether for or against Prohibition—must be found
recorded, if recorded at all, within the years ISA!),
lS."j 1, and 1852.
I In the Journal of 18-70, we find that three bills,
and three only, were considered and passed, to wit :
Senate bills \os. 11,217, and House bill No. 172
(being No. Slo Sen.) as follows :
The first bill, No. 11, entitled "An Act to re-tram
the use of intoxicating drinks in the counties of
■ Washington and Westmoreland, was reported Janu
ary 3, 18-30, by Mr. Lawrence. See p. 28, vol. 1,
, 18-70. This bill (with sundry other-) was commit
! ted to the appropriate committees Jan. 7, ls-30.
| See p. -71. Jan. 11, I*so, the same reported from
I the Committee on Vice and Immorality, without a-
I niendmeiit. See p. lib. Jan. 10, ISSO, the Senate
• resolved itself into committee of the whole on said
| bill ; the committee rose and the bill was reported
with amendments—the first, second, and remaining
sections were agreed to. The title being under con
sideration, the same was so amended as to strike out
the word- "ami Westmoreland," and making the
word "counties" read "county"—whereby the bill
was limited to Washington county alone. See p.
! 9.7.
On the same day, the vote on the final passage of
the hill stood yeas 21, nays 7 Packer voting in the
affirmative. p. fid.
Ma) 1, 18-70, this b.l! was signed and approved by
William F. Johnston, then Governor of Peiinsyiva
• ma. See page 10(id.
Tins bill, as above state.!, was voted for by Gen.
Packet. But what was it.' Wry. it allowed hut
ieip-s ami manuj"art liters of tit- article to iv/< '
tell itrious and sjoritvns liquors vuthin hie count it of
; Washington, and only prevented such as had no >i
i cense from Celling by less quantity than one barrel
: unless for mechanical or medical purposes. See pam
phlet Law - 1850, p. G35, sec. -3.
This as', therefore, and the above record speaks
for itself.
Jan. 22, ;5.70, bill 217 w-as reported and committed
| to the committee on Finance, being entitled "an act
ito regulate the sale o! spuitous liquors," \c. See
, Senate Journal, 18-30, vol. I, p. IS-3.
Feb. 1, 1 the same reported back to the
Senate from said committee without amendment.—
I S. e p. 20S.
March 7, 18-70, the said hill ua- read second and
third time, and postponed until next day. Ste
; p. i'JO.
Match S, 1830, the same bill No. 217, was taken
: up arid passed—no yeas or nays recorded—and there
; is no evidence that Pa.'L-i* •
t >< Ulil.
April 20, lv-,0, House bill No. 172 (being No. -1.3
i Sen.) entitled -'an act to prohibit the sale ol spirit
! ous liquors to Indians in Warren county was taken
; up and pa-sed. No votes recorded. See p. lulti.
i April 30, 18-30, the bill was returned from the
i House. See p. lo.'ili.
i May i, 1 Sou, The bill was compared, ike. See
I p. 1005.
May 3, 1830, the same bill No. 172, was approved
I and signet! by Wm. F. Johnston, Governor, and this
i now completes the year 1850. The above 'hree
■ hills were all lhat were considered or voted lor or
, against—and, upon the auihority of the Record-, we
a-sert that there is no evidence to show that during
. that year Genera! Backer voted either for a Prohibi
tory Li Ipi or hair—n ?ln ,< c Ltgttor I Mir — or the Jug
• La y.
We pas> on to the Journal of 1851:
Iwo bills, to w iT: No. 171 and 12'• (being House
bill 258) only claimed the attention of the Senate lor
; that year. '1 he first was merely reported and com
mitted to the committee on Vice and Immorality.—
! See Senate Journal ISSI, p. ICO and 100.
| Feb. 13, 1851, the second (bill No. 12(1) was read
j the first time. See p. 214—being entitled "An
I Act to prohibit the sale of spiritous, vinous and
j malt liquor.-, in Washington county, and To restrain
| the sale of spirituous liquors in the borough of Eliz
| abeth, in Allegheny county."
Same day (Feb. 13, 1S31) the Senate resolved it
sell into a committee of the whole on said bill and
■ reported it with amendments.
It then proceeded to the second reading and con
| sideration of the said bill, when the first section
; was agreed to.
Alter a motion by Mr. lloge and Shimer to amend
the section Nc.,a motion was made by Mr. Packer
: and Mr. ilugus to -pott-pone the question together u-iih.
the further consideration of the hill indefinitely. On
the question— will the Senate agree to the motion,
the yeas were Bally, Fernon, Ilugus, Muhlenberg
and Packer, 3. Nays—Brook, Buckalew, Carothers,
Crabb, and others, 27.
So the question was determined in the negative.
The amendment of Mr. lloge and Shimer was then
agreed to.
Fiie seel ion as amended, ar.d the remaining sec
tions and title were agreed lo ; and alter the bill was
read a third time, on the question—Shall tiie bill
pas-/—the yeas and nays were required by Mr.
Packer ami Mr.-Muhlenberg, and were a follows,
viz:
bn-—Messrs. Brooke, Carothers, Cunningham,
For.-vth, Frailey, Frick, Fulton, Guernsey, lia-lett,
Hoge, Jones, Konigmaeher, Lawrence, MtCaslin,
McMurtrie, Malone, Myers, Robertson, Sanderson,
Savery. Shinier, Stine, Walker, and Mathias, Spea
ker—2l.
Nays—Baily, Hugos, Ives, Muhlenberg and Pack
er— -7. S''e p. 2-70 and 251.
Then, F-b. 18, IS-71, the hill was approved and
-igned by Gov. Johnston. Bee p. 2d"2.
1 :v.- now brings us to the close of 18-71, and so
tar ftoin .-bowing that Mr. Packer voted for a Pro
hibitory Liquor Law, a Maine Liquor Law, or a
Liu Law, it show * just ihe contrary. It shows that
he voled against a law which was to prohibit the
safe ol intoxicating liquors in the county -ol VVa>b
itigioM, and the borough of t I znh-ih in All MhenV
Con ty— in*! the w -bun of that vote, is mfc Test
from the luct that on the Bth day oi March, IS-31,
and the ist ilay of April of the same year,
■ the Senate was still in session,) some seven r |
; more petitions from citizens of Washington court', j
; numerously signed, were presented, praying tor a .'- j
■peal ot that law—See p. 11l and oGß—and 4 n
| from the further fact that very soon afterwards, oat j
the very next session of the Legislature, the Itv, i
in obedience to the will of the people, was repeall- j
And now we proceed to the last year of his Senattl- |
al labors—the year 1852.
Feb. 21, 1852, .Mr. Carothers read in his place nd
presented to the chair, bill (No. 112,) entitled
Act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of all n
toxicutnig liquors.Committed to the cooitnifee i
on Vice and Immorality. See Senate Journal l'td,
p. .'SO.
Maich 3, 1852, Mr. Carothers. from Committeton
j Vice and Immorality, reported bill No. 119, vvitla
mendments— |t. .'lOil.
March 10, 1852, one thousand copies of bill or
dered to be printed ibr use of the Senate—seep.
•409.
March IS, 1852, a motion was made to suspend he
orders of the day for the pnrpo-e of proceedingto
the consideration of said bill. The yeas and nys
were required and were yeas 20, nays 11 Fatter;
voting in the affirmative. The rpiestion was deer
mined in the negative, there not being two-thirds in
its favor. A motion was then trade by Carson itul
(Guernsey '-that bill No. 419 be made an order of he
day for to-morrow," —yeas and nays were reqnied,
• and stood yeas 21, r:ny 12 Packer voting in thfaf
; (irritative—and thus showing that, though the ;/t
--peraitee issue of that day was considered o( frafttl •
; importance- among legislator.—who fancied fiey
j could see in it the foreshadowing of their politcal 1
graves—he had no disposition to stave it off,and vas
not afraid to meet it. See p. 480 and Ist.
March 19, 1852, agreeably to older, the Seiate I
resolved itself into committee of the Whole (on lull
•119,) arid alter some time reported progress, ami a
greed to sir again on To-morrow See p. 49G.
March 20, l"-52, agreeably to order the Senatf a- j
gain resolved into committee of the Whole on bill
No. 119, and after some time the committee ro-n.irid
the bill was reported With amendments—Be p.
565.
March .2, 1852, agreeably to order the Senate
proceeded to the second reading and considerstiol ol
bill No. 419, when an amendment was offered by ;
Guernsey ami Sander-on providing that all persons
who should sell liquor- of any kind should be luble
to pay all damages arising from its use, and for all j
live- lost or injured, and for all characters, moral or
political, ,Vc., which wa- r.ot agreed to—and in ia
vor of the original amendment there were yeas 10,
including Gen. Packer—nays 23—80 the que-ion
was determined in the negative. See p. 514 and
515.
On the question will the Senate agree to the irst
section the yea- were 19, nay- 1 Packer voting id
the aiiirmative—arid what then did he vote for?—
Why. the first section simply enacted that no per on i
should be allowed, at any time, "to munn i'arture or
sellli oitor possessing intoxicating properties, i-.rr.ri as
hrrcimit'tir provided Kc- That's all. The 2(1 3d
4th sth oth and ~th section- were then agreed to
without the yeas ami i av- being called—and the
record doe- not show who, nor how on-j one voted—
See p. 51 1 and 515.
On the question, Will the Senate agree to the Bth
section a- amended/ the-question was po-tported—
Sea p. 516.
March 23, 1852, agreeably to order the Senate re- !
sumed the second reading and consideration of Bill ;
No. il9, when an amendment was off-red to the
section, and agreed to, and the section as amended
passed, yeas 19, navs 13, Packer voting tor the sec
tion as amended. The 9th, 10th, and 11th sections
were then agieed to, and no record is given ql ti.e
vote. The 12th section was lost, and the vote of
General Faciei st.tuj/* . ...... i. >
no i and •; J; the ; 1 1h section then became the J2th,
and was agreed to. A motion was then made to a
rnend the bill by adding a new section, .3, and to
this there was an amendment which was lost, v i
-15, navs 18. Pari. • r >ti >; it —The original
amendment was then passed; see p. .53 1- Ij the
1 Ith section was then agreed to, no vote- called or
recorded.
On the que-tion, Will the Set ate agree to the 1 sth
section, as follows, viz:
" 1 hat the qualified voters of the city of Philadel- !
phia,and The several counties o! this Commonwealth
shall, on the 2d Tuesday of October i -xt, at the p!a
ce- now authorized by law tor holding the general e- '
lections, vote upon the acceptance or rejection of
this Art, by written or printed ticket-, containing on
the outside the words ''liquor Jaw," and on the in
side 'he words "for the law 5 ' or the words "agan-t
the law," and the returns of the votes shall be made (
m the manner provided by law tor the election of
Governor. Ai d the Secretary of the Commonwealth
si all transmit the said return- to the speaker of the
Senate on the 2d Thursday of January, and on said
day the two Houses -hall meet in Convention, when
-aid votes -hall be- counted, and a true record thereof
entered on the Journal of each house; and if a majo
rity ot the said votes shall be in favor of the law.
then th.s art shall go mro full force and effect at the 1
time therein mentioned, but if a majority of the
votes shall be against the law, then this act shall be
null and of no effect whatever."
On this section the yeas and nays were required 1
by Muhlenberg and Forsythe, and were, yea- 24,
nays 9, General PACKER VOTING FOR the SEC-
I ION, so the question was determined in the affir
mative. Ibe title being under consideration a mo
tion was made by Packer andGuern-ey to amend the
same by striking out the words "prohibit the manu
facture ai d" and by inserting in lieu thereof the j
words "re-trict the," which was agreed to.
On the question, Shall the Bill be transcribed for a
third reading? the veas and nays were required and
were ) cos Messrs. Carothers, Car-on, Evans, For- :
syth, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hamlin, llaslett, Koge.
McFarland, McMortrie, Malone, PACKER. Robert
son, Sanderson anil Slifer. 1",.
Nays, Daily, Biu kalew, Crabb, Darlington, Frai
lev, Fulton, Jones, Kinzer, Kunkle, McCasl n. Mat- j
thias, Muhlenberg, Myers, Shirner and U'alker.
Speaker, 15—-o the question was determined in the
affirmative. See pages, 531 and 0 1-5.
March 30, 1852, on fruition of Mr. Sander-ot) and
Carothers the Seiate proceeded to the third reading
and consideration of Bill No. 4J9, &c. On the ques
tion Shall the 15.11 pa-s. a motion was made by San
derson and ( arothers Fho? the Senate re-olve itself
into committee of the whole for the purpo-e of a
mending section 13. Muhlenberg and Fradey a
rnended by making it for the purpose o 'i sreoern! a
menlmeiit—the yea- and nays were required, and
were yea- 11, Nays 19, including PAC'KFR-so the
amendment was determined in the negative. On
the question Will the Senate agree to The motion The
yeas were 14, nays 10, including PACKER. Ano
ther motion was made by Buckalew- and Muhlen
berg. 1 hat the Senate again resolve itself into com
mittee of the whole tor the purpose of general a
mendment—the yeas and nays w ere required, and
were yea- 12, nays 26, including Packer o the
question was determined in the negative. The
question again recurring Shall the Pill pass? a mo
t on wa- made bv PACKER and Carothers. That the
Senate again re-ojve itself inm romrn Ttee of the
whole tor the purpn-e of amending the 'th ection
so a - to read a, follows, viz:
'•That, in order to ascertain the opinion of the peo- j
; pie of this Commonwealth, relative to the repeal oi'
j this act, the qualified voters of of Philadel
phia, and the several counties of this Commonwealth,
; shall, on the 2d Tuesday of October next at the
place now authorized by law for holding the general
j elections, vote upon the acceptance or rejection of
; this act, by written or printed tickets, containing on
j the outside the words "Liquor Law," and on thein
| side the words "For the Law" or "Against the Law" ;
I —and the return of the votes shall be made in the
i manner provided by law tor the election of Cover
j nor, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
! transmit the said returns to the Speaker of the Sen- ;
ate on the 2d Thursday of January, aiut on the said
day the two houses shall meet in Convention when
said votes shall be ('minted and a true record thereof
entered in the Journal of each House, and if a majo
rity of the said votes shall be against the law, then
the repeal of this act is recommended to the aiten- j
tion of the next Legislature," &c. On the question;
Will the Senate agree to the motion, the veas were >
18, nays 11, PACKER voting in the affirmative —the
j question was determined in the affirmative—See
j p. (iO2 and CO !.
March 31, i 1 agreeably to order the Senate re
sumed the third reading and consideration of bill No.
i 410, See. On the question Shall the Bill pass? the
yeas and nays were required by Crabb and Packer j
and were yeas 17, nays 15, PACKER voting yea—
so the question was determined in the affirmative;
and this bill, the 15th section of which originally
' provided that the question should be left to the PEO
: PLE— and, as modified by the amendment of fierier
al Packer that the people should "vote upon the ac-
J cepiance or rejection of this act"—was passed— See
;p. 012. The first and eighth sections, as above
stated, were voted FOR by General Packer—and tbe
12th section he voted AG AlXXl*—and also voted a- ,
gainst sundry amendments to the bill, us tbe iuiego- j
lug record shows.
i But suppose he had voted for every section, every (
amendment, and every motion, he would only have j
been voting at ia-t to leave the question ul a Prohi- j
bitory Law TO THE DECISION OE the PEOPLE!
iii this country there is, properly speaking, but one
sovereignty, and that is the sovereignty of the PEO
PLE; utni, that the PEOPLE, upon important qu s
' tioiis of tins kind, by their voices and then VOLES,
should pronounce their decision, we conceive to be
perfectly right and proper; and, to obtain for them
this power, we assc-tt, upon the authority of the re
cotds ju>t presented, is the most and ail that General
Packer did during the three year* that he was in the
Senate of Pennsylvania. His acts aie part of the le
gislative history of the State—hi> record is public—
and an impartial people, before they condemn, will
lairly examine the proofs. They will require high
er authority than the partisan statements of his poll- |
; tical foes. They will require better proof' than the
: garbled extracts circulated through the medium of a
| hoi I tiori papers, or the mere assertions of tnen who
seem to glory in doing him ir i.tiee upon this sub
ject, and delight iri perverting the truth!
We have no desire here to wage war upon our op
ponents for their past cour-e upon the subject of Pro
hibition; but we may be allowed to reier them sim
ply to an authority or two, arid suggest vvheremlhey
have been grossly inconsistent bfore we close.
Bv a reference to the Senate Journal of 1553, vol.
1, p. (IOC and 007, we find that on the oth day of A
pril of that year Resolutions Xo. 518, entitled "Re
solutions referring to a vote of the People of this
: Common wealth the snhj"Ct of a Prohibitory Law,"
were pas-, d. Every body reernhers that by virtue
of such a-law the people of this State, in the fall of
j 18-71, at the October election, voted upon the sub
ject of a Prohibitory Law ; and that the freemen ot
the Common wealth, bv upwards of 5000 majority,
pronounced against it At that election, too, it will
i. -* i cHlPlUDfrrllj IfliJl lll** Jt*n mrit *| jroc* i
very where prevailed. The Democracy and all the
conservative parties of the country were swept
down. The next session (that of found SAM.
then powerful and victorious, revelling at Ilarrisburg
in tbe Halls of our Legislation; and there, whilst in
the very zenith of his glory and strength, he, bv the
aid o! his fanatical followers, in direct opposition to
the verdict of thp people, enacted a law which was
i
; approved and signed on the 1 !th April, 1855, by Jas.
■ Pollock, the present know-nothing Governor of Penn
; sylvania; and the -Ith section of which provides:—
'■• That no Li reuse forth safe ot' Liq <ors shall be gran
j t'J to the /.-eprr ot' AXV HOTEL, iXX, or TAV
ERN," &c. See Pamphlet Laws of 1 *.*>.">, p. 220.
Let hone-t freemen in the State remember these
doings ol their mighty Highnesses, the great Know
Nothing Legislature of 1855 ' and let tbe people of
Bedford county not forget that whilst the Docket ot
election returns in the office of the Prothonotary at
Bedford, p. 127, shows that they decided against a
Prohibitory law by a majority of 11'"J votes, FR.
j JORDAN, the Senator from this District, advocated
and gave the casting vote for the law referred to—
the iniquitous JUG LAW of 1855 : \\ ith this Re
cord examined we fear not what others can do unto j
, us. They may continue to charge our gallant Stan- !
: dard-bearer with having voted for and advocated a
: Prohibitory liquor law! They may continue to af-
firm that to th>' pas-age of a "Main liquor law" he
j lent bis -upport. They may ; ssert as loudly and as
j long a- they please (as is done by the abolition press
: here and in other parts of the State) that he voted
tor the JL'G LAW , pu-sed two years ajter he left the
hr'eiiate for the more pleasant walks and duties of
private life. The people knoir better; they will not
believe it. Their puerile slanders of General Pack
er w ill prove as unavailing as their efforts of 1552 to
burlesque the generosity of Franklin Pierce by the
declaration that "he had once bought a stick ot can
dy for a boy;" and that "when his services were re
i quired by his country," the hero of Mexico "fainted
and fell from his hor-e."
They challenged us then, before the election, to
name a single State that Franklin Pierce would get:
whilst the sequel showed that alter the election you
could hardly name one btate that he dld'nt get! It
will be as idle and unavailing as the cry last fall
that it JAMES BUCHANAN, the present President
of the United States, should be elected, the "wages
o! the laboring man would be reduced to 10 cents a
day." Villitication and slander is the trade they
like best to exerei-e. Let them go on exulting in
their ill-gotten GLORY. Tbe 2d Tuesday of Octo
ber will repel all their assaults in the triumphant e
b-etion of (ien. PACKER and the entire Democra
tic Ticket.
CyAt a dinner given to Hon. Wsr. B. REED, in
Philadelphia, a few days ago, a sterling leller was
read florin the distinguished Attorney General of the
United States, Hon J. 8. BLACK, from which we quote
the paragraph below:
"He is faithful to the Constitution, lor he never
persecuted any holy for his religions faith, nor joined
himself by an impious oath to any hand of higot s\ and
his eloquent voice has been raised at al! times against
the efforts of those who would ej-ritr discord ami ha
tred between the Stoles, upon subjects which the Con
st;tut:on g.ves to each State the right of settling for
itself."
in Virginia, the millers adhere to the rule of
last vear, and refuse to buy for future delivery.
Puri bases of new wheat I'm July delivery have
been made in l'l t dei wksburg al $1 jO.per bush-i
vl. I
K7 Tin' Daily .Yews says "Mr. WILMOT'
is now, and has been for sutrie weeks in Phila
delphia, visiting the taverns, drinking houses,
and restaurants, endeavoring to seduce from
their piinoples men belonging to the Ameri
can party." Add this to his blasphemous and
habitual habit of swearing, and Christian men
are offered a pretty candidate in the person of
"Free Trade" Wihnot!
GP"The following letter will be interesting to the
friends of the writer in Bedford county:
Bloomiiiglon, Marion Co. 111.
Gen. Bowman: 1 wish to inform you that we ar
rived safe at tins place, and like it w. 11. We art- in
goo I health. 1 put out about lot) acres in wheat,
oats, and corn this spring, with one team. The fall
wheat is a failure, but there is any amount of spring
wheat, and it generally looks very well, tl rhe har
vest turns out as well as the grain look- it will ave
rage about 30 bushels to the acre. It i- estimated
by some that this county has sown between twenty
and thirty thousand bushels of wheat this spring. 1
have out 30 acres in wheat, and brother Daniel has
out about 133 acres, and there ar some farmers who
have treble that amount out. The spring here was
late anil rnld, hut we have fine growing weather
now, and every thing looks prosperous. The mark
et i- good, and some thing - very high, on account of
the late spring and the fact that the wheat had to be
; re-sown. Flour is §4 per F.irrei. corn and oats <'■_>
cents, Potatoes St b'-i, butter has been '-'5 cents per
pound, but has fallen to 12 cents.
Please send me the Bedford Gazette regularly.
Your l'rieii I,
M. S. SILL.
From the Pittsburg t.'nion.
TESE I.VSI'RT'ETIO.Y.
We 'give in our columns, this morning, tile
• opinion of Chief Justice Lewis, and trie decree
of the Supreme Court iti t lie motion f>r a pre
| liminaiv injunction to restrain the sule of the
Main Line < ! tin* Public works, under the pro
visions of tiie Act <>t Assembly "1 the IGth May,
1857. Had the decision been in In*, r of the
legality of a sale to the p< rins\ !\an i Railroad,
we should have been bound to a; quo-sce in it,
and respect it as the law of the land, while at
the same time, we should have de< ply regretted
the consummation of the \vi mg which the Le
gislature had sanctioned. Hut n .w tl at we have
in autfidrative det ree against the sale on the
j terms proposed ! v the act, we congratulate the
jaeople i f the State, that the tremendous sacri
fice involved in the scheme has been averted
/orthe present. Put tlie matter will not cat
i here*, and it now becomes important to guard
against the probable efforts that will be made
hereafter to surn-nder !',> interests of the Stale
into the hands of powerful corporations, fir a
mere nominal price. We have seen the Com
n. m wealth on the eve of one of the most suicidal
i ao's that has ever been recorded in the hsstory
jof public fhlly an ! extravagance. We have
s>* i! *i Legislature swayed from the path ofduty
>y tie* power and influence of railroad money,
and the sophistry of railroad agents. We have
seen a portion of the Democratic press, from
mistaken r improper motives, arrayed on the
side of c mporative power, assisting it to traniph*
•in the rights of the people; and having seen
j all thi>, we know that the contest is no! yet en
ded, and that the danger is only removed for a
: season.
What then is our plain duty, but to prepare
for the slrnggle ? We are on the eve of the e
b'Cti >n ufanother Legislature. Shall we choose
men who iiave advocated the policy, to use their
own language, of "giving a" ay the public
work-," or shall we < lect I >n>t. upright men,
who have tlie interests of the Comrn nwealth
a! heart, arid are proof against the seductive nits
of lobby pursuasion ? The question whether
corporative privileges once granted are to go
Oil, nu ever enlarging', fut-x.-i Mr' n-ih-ning,
gaining accession of power at every ses-iin of
the L g : s'ature, innst he answered soon, or else
its deei-ion will no longer rest with the people.
We are not the op: merits of railroads. We
have iri-d in our humble way to foster and en
cmrage every .-i.tr rprisp which prnn is**d to in
; crease the trade, the growth and prosperity of
i the country. We have a prid* in our noble im
provements, i ut when we ilet ct in anv corpo
ration. however gn at, or ! owevcr useful, a
thirst for power, and a design to grasp tin* re
s mrces of the Slute when we find it perpetual
ly striving for wider dominion and r intent with
nothing hut dragging S mat us and Representa
tives, Governors, Judges and the State itself to
ruin in its tiain. we think it is time to speak and
call upon the people to awaken.
TRE.ISW STALKING ANNE.;!) AT XOO.Y-
I> l¥.
The p* -iti ITS assumed by the Black Republi
cans have of themselves a strong, direct, and
natural tendency to treason, in the form of dis
union. All true patriots have denounced every
sentiment and movement pointing in that di
iection. But treason to the Union has a lodg
ment in the black-republican breast, and is nut,
consecpieutiv, clearly manifested Lv the more
anient, or weak and incautious in their ranks.
' ......
They £i\<' encouragement in Ih-ir s; eeches ai.J
papers to a less politic class, who serve them in
(heir hour of need. They agree more or less
fully in sentiment: but, as policy demands, their
professions are somewhat variant. But they
r< specti veiy sail in the same direction. The o
! pen disunionists recently held a meeting at
Worcester, Alassachus'lls, and took bold ground
in favor of disunion. Thev are hut one step in
advance of the regular Black Republicans of the
Fremont stamp. The Worcester convention
passed resolutions derlaratory.of tin ii principles '
and otj. cts, some of which we copy below.— I
l'hey are hut little ahead of the open opinions
of Air. Banks, who is known to have calculated
'tile vaiu.- of the Union,' and to have at rived at
the conclusion, in a certain contingency,to "let I
the L nion slide." The members of this con- 1
t vent ion will doubtless give him their heart v
support for Governor, as one of the means of
: eventually attaining the great object which
they have in view. These avowed treasonable
intentions go wholly unrehuked bv the republi
can press, and doubtless for the reason that it
j approves of the purposes avowed. We invite
! the serious attention of all lovers of the Union
; to the following, found among the resolutions!
passed at Worcester :
11 Rfsolveif, Tha' the necessity of disunion is
written in the whole existing character and con
| dition of the two sect ions of the country; in their
social organization, education, habits, and laws:
in the dangers of our white citizens in Kansas,
and erf our colored men in Boston: in the wounds
of Charles Sumner, and the laurels of his assail
| ant: and 110 government on earth was ever
strong enough to hold together such opposing
f >rces.
"Resolvfl, That this movement does not
merely seek disunion, but the more perfect u
nion of the free States by the expulsion of the
slave States fiorn the confederation, in which
they have ever been an element of discord, dan
| ger and disgraqe.
■•Resolved, That it is nut probable that the;
ultimate severance r the Union will he a „ Mt
ol deli ie rat ion oi d.s sSMOn> l)Ut l!ia , a loncr
riod of deliberation an discussion must precede
it: thus we meet to be; n
•• /< '',-o/iv■//, I hat In ceforward, instead 0 f
regarding it as an objej un j Q anv system of
poucv that ;t will lea I tqhe separation of the
Mates, we will c iai m that o b e the highest of
all recommendations and U g,>aty*t proof of
Statesmanship: and will su|- )or ,, politically or
r.iii-r c. is**, such men and injure? as appear to
tend 111 v.st to this result."
The (ifopn
A letter from Georgia says t e , t they are in
the midst of their wheat harvest,md that
as to quantity and quality, it is t.<. best ever
had m Georgia. An average of > a ts will be
harvested.
A letter from Troup county, Geogia, June
18th, speaking of the neighboring coti.try ti ieie
and in Alabariia, says :
"Wh. ai is now being harvested, an/ said
by all persons to be the very best ci.p e \vr
made in this latitude. Oats, Rye and larley
are equally as good, and a much larg.,- cr ,J.,
than usual sown of all these smaller giam?.—.
New wheat has been selling freely at §| , )er
bushel, but buyers have now quit the mark *
1 believing that it will soon rule lower, say i i
.to SO cents. Corn, though backward, looks re
markably vigorous of stalks and color."
1 Cotton is not looking so well in Georgia or
; in Mississippi, hut pretty well in Alabama o*n
; era 11 y.
Visiters from North Carolina bring fiatterino*
accounts of tlie wheat crops, but sing a different
tune fur th.* corn, which is represented a- small
and sickly as yet.
An lowa correspondent writes, June
that wheat promises an average yield; that corn
oats, grass. &c., look promising fur an abundant
v ield: and fruit of all kinds plenty, except pea
ch's. Number of stock hogs, about as last year.
But few potatoes planted, owing to the'bigh
price of seed. Corn selling at 75 cents, and scarce
and wheat $1 50; potatoes s2a2 25 per bushel.
From the centre of Indiana, where we saw,
fire other day, thousands of hogs feeding ui the
rich fields of clover, a corresponded writes as
follow s :
"1 have resided on Fort Harrison Prairie far
thirty-seven yea s, and have hern a close obser
ver of the seasons and crops. I have never
known a more favorable appearance for a laree
and abundant crop of everything. As to the
growth, it is fine beyond conception; and every,
tiling that is capable of hearing a blossom or hud
from the shortest twig to the tallest tree, seems
to try to excel in its abundance. If the season
continues favorable, it seems as tl sough the
Western world will groan under the weight r.f
it- productions, and its granaries will he filled to
repletion."
In Alabama the coin varies from half a leg to
a little over kr.ee high, and is looking well.—
Should it not he cut off hy drought when rr.atu
; i::g tre will be plenty raised to meet the oi
dinary wants of the country.
( i tlie rains, Noith arid West, we read that
the oldest settlers in Minnesota never witnessed
anything to compare w :th tliem. The night of
tlie l-lth, tiie quantity of water that fill wase
quivolent to nine inches. Great damage vvas
done to property along the rivvrs an i streams.
In Michigan and Notthern Ohio and P-tin-vl
, vania, considerable property has been destroyed,
and tlie protracted wet and cold weather are
disheartening to the farmers.
INDIGESTION .vxn Loss OF APVKTITE.—It is the
greatest ioiiy iri the world, for people to be ever com
plaining o; Indigestion and lo— of Appetite, when
; the remedy is so easy of attainment. Every trail
comes naught with testimonials of the extraordina
ry efficacy of CMCKENKK'S SW <;AK COATED YEC-ETA
RR.E PrRRATtVE PILLS, in the various di-eases which
<*: ;n a -ordered |late of the bavvefs. Ma
ny Ml. -t*r. ol the Gospel. Professors and jdndenis
incur F niver-ities, Arti-ans, and numerous others
- vv ho lead sedentary lives, have experienced their
beneticipl effects, and are constantly volunteering
their testimony in its favor. In fact, the number oi
recommendatory letters has accumulated so rapidly
ol late, ti.at, i! it was necessary to answer them a. ,
Dr. Clickencr would be compelled to employ a pf
c:a! amanuensis for that purpose. They ail. howev
er. concur in one opinion, to wit: That tie Ciiclt>> ■'
Pi 7lv tie most flp'ov lie remedy they hove cvf trted 7
and the only one onions many irhirh they eon toe vi'it
a certainty of relief and without any aggravating
svn proms. At this sea on of The year, especially,
:t is highly .mportant to keep the bowel- in a heal! y
condition, in order to avoid, or ameliorate, at lea-l,
the numerous ailments which are induced by sudJe
changes in rhe weather,
j July 3, IS37—2w.
TEE MARKETS.
PNU.ADF.I.PtttA, June 34. — The Flour market contin
ue- decidedly languid, there being little or no EXPORT
demand, and the retailers and bakers are PURCHASING
only to supply their immediate wants. Shipping
brands aie offered at $7 !7-I per barrel, without find
ing buyers. ICO hbls. of Rye Flour sold at $1 73.
Torn Meal is scarce and firm at $1 per barrel ior
Pennsylvania.
There were but few samples of Grain displayed on
the tables at the Corn Exchange, and the transac
tions were unusually limited. Wheat is wanted by
the millers, but the market is nearly bare. Snnait
sales of red at $1 S-al 00, and white a' S3 03 per
bushel; 1,000 bu-hcl- pnn.e Delaware red-old at £0 -
00. Rye continues to command $! 10. Con i- in
good demand.and prices are lav! cents higher—sales
of 3a6.0(Kl bushels velfovv at 00 cei t=, part in store.
In Oats no change—a -ale of Pennsylvania was made
at 3ii?. cents per bushel
CINCINNATI, June 27. —Flour rather dull and prices
tending downwards—sales of 700 bbl-. at $4 fiOafi ft
for superfine, and s'! 73 for. extra; receipts lair.
J5 A R2 2-? 8 E E>:
On tho 29thiult. bv Rev. F. Benedict, Mr.
Joseph Berkhimer and Miss Mat v Earnest, both
of Union Township.
DIED,
Near Hopewell, on the morning ol tlw *2fith
i of June, JOHN Etrnrr.nKßoEtt, aged 53 ye3ts,
2 months and 1 day.
On the 2Sth ult., F.mma Jane, infant daughter of
Benjamin and Sarah Garret-on, aged 0 mos. and 14
days.
"Our sweetest joys here vanish all,
Ami fade like hues at even;
Oni brightest hope- l.ke meteors fall;
There are no tear- it: Heaven."
STRAY HEIFER.
Came to the premises ol the subscriber, living
in Union Township, sometime last fall, a dark
red Heifer, between '2 and 3 years old; right ear
ofT; no other marks. The owner is desired to
come forward, prove piopeity, pay charges,and
take her away.
CASELTON ARE.
July 3, 1.857.*
JUST RECEIVED—Boston Tea and Tic
Nic Crackers, Swiss Cheese, Sardines in Oil,
London Pickles, Mackenaw Trout, &c.
A. B. CRAMER cN CO.
READ THlS!—Extra quality Chewing To
bacco, superior flavored Havana Segars.
A. B. CRAMER -N CO.
Bedford, July 3, 1557.