THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. Itedlord, July 17, isi?. •G-. W. Bowman, Editor ana Proprietor. W lial is Democracy ? DEMOCRACY represent? tbe great principle? ol progress. It is onward and out ward in its movement?. It has a heart lor ac tion and motives for a world. It constitutes tbe ; principle oi dillusion and is to humanity what tne centrifugal force is to a revolving orb of a universe. VV hat motion is to them, Democtacv is to principle. It U the soul of acting. it conforms to the providence of God. Ii has confidence in roan and an abiding reliance in his high destiny, it s.-eks the largest liberty, the greatest good and the surest happiness, 'it aim , to build up the gr. at interests of the many, to the East detriment of the lew. It renieiii- I hers tne past, without neglecting the present. It establishes the present, without fearing to provide for the future. It cares lor the weak,' while it permits no injustice to the strong, it conquers tbe oppressor, and prepares the subject oi tyranny for freedom, it melts the bigot's heart to meekness, and reconciles his mind (o , knowledge. It dispels the cloud of ignorance and superstition, and prepares the people lor in struction and self-respect. It adds wisdom to legislation, and Improved judgment to govern ment. It favors enterprise that yields to many, and an industry that is permanent. It is the pioneer of humanity—the conservator ol nations. IT FAILS OXLY wm:.\ IT CEASKS TO BE TRI/E TO ITSELF. t lie above paragraph contains, in a ictv voids, the main feature- of the Democratic Party, and to these principles the Picket which follows stands pledged, as well by their own personal feelings as hv the re o'intions of "hp-Convention which placed thcin in no- : miration. Who would not stand upon such a pUt ' >"m a A this ?—and what democrat would breaks link in the glorious chain that unites us simply be- : cause he holds a little ill-will towards some one oX' tne candidates personally? We trust, for the honor ! U oar great c.uise, that none such will he found, but >nat aii will rally under the motto, -'Principles, not men." Qemoucitie Jftatc iViunuiaUdtis. GOVERNOR **cs2. IVus* F. Packer, Of I.ycomirtg County. C Y.NAL COMMfoSIONER: lit cm. Aimrori Mri<-klaii; the MAJORITY whet) expressed in a lawful man ner, though it may conflict with your personal prefe rences, so long a, it does not conflict with the grand, -Tate, or subordinate constitution, the constitution ct the I nited States of America, or that of the state m which you reside, and that you will not, under a ny circumstances whatever, knowingly recommend •!n unwoithy person tor ...tia-on, nor suffer it to be done it in your power to ptevent it. You further more promise and declare that you will not VOTE nor give your uilliierce for anv man lor ANY* Of -1 'he "it* ot the People unless he be an A- E'l I '-' N'-BORN citizen a favor ot AMLRICAXS f; iir? America, nor if he be a ROMAN* CA fItOLIC. and that you will not, under ANY CTR- L'!. MSTAXCES, expose the NAME of any member of tfiis Order, nor reveal the existence of such an or g iy.tZatn.ii ! To all the t.regoii.g yo.i bmil cour ier- under no less a penalty than That of beir g cx 'r°m 'be Order, and of having your name pos ted and circulated throughout the ri.lferent Councils ■■ : toe United States as a PERJURER, and as a Trai to GuD and your COL NTRY; as a being unfit 10 ee employed, entrusted countenanced or -upported in y business transaction; a- a person totally unwor thy the confidence ot all good rr.cn, and as one at ■■bom the finger of SCORN should ever be pointed. v o help you God." f I his :s admitted Jo be the oath v:ministered by the Know Nothings. "Their 2d and I obligations are stiii moie blasphemous and fear- Oil.] fhc i.Homed I icket stands squaie upon the a bove plafforn;: Governor—lsaac Hazl*hurt, Philadelphia. 1 anai Commissioner—J. I . Linderman, Berks. v ipreme Judges—Jacob Broom, Jasper E. Brady. L he annexed Ticket adopts this platform with the actional plunk that a dissolution of the Union is preferable to allowing the institution of slavery to < %.-.t in the South—and that negroes should enjoy ai] t" • pr:vßages of the white race, social and political: Governor—David UTlmot. ' ma! Commissioner— William -Mil I ward, b ipreme Judges—James Veech, Joseph J. Lewis, i.s Ticket wiucb follows, ,s the child of a < leriff—J. S. BF.CKYVITH. I reasurer—GEOßGE OSTER. Commiss.on. r—D. SPARKS. Director—THOMAS IMLER. A firdr—GF.ORGE STUCKEY. t -MON SCHOOL HOI SE! TX'At a meeting of tbe citizens of Bedford Bo rough on last Saturday evening the School Directors were requested to iriv.te the qualified electors of this •'.rough to meet ar tbe court-house on Saturday the *> vh lr. t. between tbe hour s of 1 and 7 P. M. to vote tor or against a Union School House for the accom modation of a'l the children. Messrs. A. Km* John P. Heed, Jordan, Shannon, John Mower, Cessna, V.' L. Kusse.i aiii'i Crcorg#* addressed The meet i Messrs. Wm. Hartley *r.d V a |. STeckman of. tered To be Two of ten 'o übsenbe $lOO each to the audabie enterpnze. Mr. Hartley gave an interest nig aciour i ot a similar school in Ohio which be ha/1 v i-itcd. A Journeyman Printer Of good moral character will fir I employment at '.his office it application fie made soon. 1 i cert -.--a; oe no pspe; .p. ir.ir office ' nest week. public are told that LKRICAN Ke- publican Contention" met in B| the'Jd inst. and nominated a County Tieij the resolu j Dons prove the declaration to EE, for they i ilo not even make a reference tujcamtm." It ' is passed over as one of the tbilvras, but is I not ' Here is the disgraceful fjast vear be- I ing played over again. It is \jvvn that the 1 "Americans" have a full State j in the field, regularly nominated by that pamet the Con vention about which we are spetjlfhongh pro fessing to be "American," pass fket by with the utmost contempt, and "Ke>olve. That they cordial!) and approve th. nomination oi W ILMUT," t|i republican leader, and the identical "free tjwhom the>e very same men declared, onlyj years since, "was the meanest creature that jibe earth in the character of a man." With ice they cri ed, "he stinks in our nostrils." } l'he resolutions alluded to, v.?red by Hon. S. L. Russell, who stood almo- ry and alone in Bedford at this time last ) opposition to 1 ; i!more and in advocacy or Job *tnont. Now •t would seem that he lias b all the wire- J workers of the Kilmore line t his sectional j notwithstanding they sol irotested that ! they would cut otT a riit it t hand! than attach j themselves to a sectional parry ' many of the , lank anil file will submit to he t listened, like t cattle, without their consent, re o be seen. it ha-, not been mauv years si VTiMASO.X- j R\ was the great SCARE CRO he opposition j —then \V higgery sprung up—ancpoicceeded by ; Know Noth.rigism, all monsteabeir day, but these have pa-sed away like thelew, and now 1 the cry oi IRFK N EGROES" upissolution ot the 1 nion" is the only plank toh the enemies j nf Democmsy cling. In a few uflhis delusion, j Eke its "illustrious predecessors, latle and die, and another clap-trap take its pi a l'he re is their larilf ol 1' -their tTistiiouiioi —their L'. S. Hank—their opposition to the Yeler—their Po litical Teniperanre Laws—their i bins and haul cider—their Ten O uts a Hay, sc. M-. All | dead and buried in their own com not even now honored with the slightest n-and yet the time was when all these bubb! cited a large class ol people to such an extent it almost re quired a cooper's "hooping" l< > them from 1 bursting. Every year, lor the thirty years, they have had* the country hopele ul irretrieva bly ruined; whiLt lis annual mangieatness anil prosperity during Ui.s period, ha-- ted the arimi- - ration of the civilized world. CL, Ino abolition Convention i met in Bed tord on the 'id inst. passed a re- n highly eu logistic oi 1 Of,LOCK, but no bud ] tell why, for he has certainly been the weakest rnor we have ever had. Kitner not excepted, t whv should -he v'v ilrrotites praise him? He p< cly refused to recognize either oi the Republic ar.didak s for Supreme Judge, in filling the varrpccasioned by Judge idack s resignation; ar d it i erally believ ed that he will support Hazlehurid the rest ol ' the "'American Picket" selecteilhe Lancaster . Convention! 1 hey passed another resoiuf "RF.-iteiafing ; their entire approbation of FR. JE N during hit | Senatorial term, thus justifying vote which carried the .11 (, LAW, although Ja joi ay ol* e!e ven hundred and nine ol his itnm e constilnents riccifit'd aga:nion that the Democracy have "iifariabiy" re- | jected the Catholics tor oliice—and, onto other, that they comprise the "?<•.* nun" i, thiand ! Now, we simply ask thoe who were itdueJ to take the norribie Know-Notfiing oaths, on the dound that the Democracy were subjugating trie ent}e country to ..ie control Oi the Catholic Church a tjass of people j whom they charged as being miori 4iSgeron> to our j libert.es than any other in the v*',d, to compare These things, and then answer, v A tn e r so deep a svstem oi premeditated villainy af i|i irrage ever dis graced this or any other country a.slt.it which brought into existence the organization o Snow-Nothings. ! Ponder over these admissions—t|>n xamine their oath in another column and then.c-k why this, if the Democrats have "invariably t! is County and State, repudiated the Catholics whin cndidate for office 1 CULRCII A'OTJCES, CEP" Quarterly Meeting will coir.n.ei-e in the M. L. Church ot this place on next Saturday evening at early candle-lignt, when there will be j, : caching by Rev. Mr. Spotiswood, or a minister aS the Springs. The new Presiding Elder will preach on Sabbath e vening. Preaching in the Presbyterian Church by ' Rev. Mr. Sample on next Sabbath morning at half past 10 o'clock. / ! leaching in tile Lutheran Church at the same hour by Kev. Mr. ( onrad, well known a, an elo qtieu' Divine. oPreaching in the ( atholic Church at the same hour by Rev. Mr. Ileyden. Cf?" Kr.v. Sir. Kurtz, of Baltimore, will preach in the Lutheran Church on Saturday evening at ear ly candle-light. j JOB \ 41-SIP, Esq, [jy a report having been circulated that .Mr. At i sip and the editor oi this paper has had a personal difficulty, we take this occasion to say that the re- j port is destitute ol even the shadow of foundation. We have been on terms of intimacy with Mr. Alsip and his family ever since he moved to Bedford, and I not a word has evpr passed between us to mar our i friendly intercourse. In alt the relations of a noigh bor and citizen, we conside/ Mr. Alsip a gentleman: and, whilst we shall steadily oppose his election as a matter of duty to the political principles which di vide us, we expect to pass through the contest with out an unkind teeling existing between us. The de feat of Mr. Alsip would afford us no further gratifi- j cation than to see the party of which he is a promi- j nent representative Trail its black flag again in the dust, as it most assuredly will. Mr. Alsip is en- j j tirely too good a man to sutler himsell to be used by j such a miserable faction, and our only regret is that . he accepted a nomination from such discordant and ; contemptible elements—whose LEADERS were all se cretly hostile to him- and used their mightiest el- | forts to defeat his nomination. We congratulate him upon THAT triumph, at least. iC7*The travelling community are respectfully re- I ferred to the advertisement ot Mr. JOSEPH A. j i GARMAN, which will he found in the proper co | lumn, and by which it will be seen that he is run i ning a dily line ot mail coaches between Bedlord and i.atrobe, so that passengers desiring to come from or go to Pittsburg, can do so for a less sum by this than I any other ioute In a lew days he will have v; vv ; and handsome Hacks on The road, and be prepared to ! accommodate the public in the l>pst manner possible The Proprietor pledges himself to employ none hut competent and courteous drivers. Geor-e R. Oster. we are told, denies that he ever belonged to the Know Nothing organization! , i If this be true, what claim has he to their votes? Did their tearful oaths so shock his feeliijjjs as to compel him to decline the association?. If he consi dered it wicked to join them, was it not equally wicked to ask them for and accept a nomination at ; their hands >. Why George even seemed to he as hostile to the I'reemont Abolitionists before the e tection la-t fail as tvere the Democrats, and now he is the standard-bearer of a "union" of Abolitionists : and Know Nothings, thus endorsing both thp Plat : forms ' How a candidate, thus constituted, can have the effrontery to ak a democrat to vote for him, : is more than independent Freemen can weil under stand. Mr. Oster is of tliat c!a-s that is never known to vote for a Demorrat. and even at the late Presidential election he was willing to follow the ' lead of "ANV THING to beat BUCHANAN," the favorite son of Pennsylvania, and the greatest of all living Statesmen. We refer to these facts now to put Democrats on their guard, for whose VOTES Mr. Oster seems to have an especial and affectionate regard! A democrat who had been hard pressed for his "vote and influence" by this young gentleman, laughed heartily at his credulity, and assured us that he vvoabl give him a hearty support over the Left' George will be taught to ">hinneyon his own ' side" between this and the election, for Democrats . are a little too wise to be caught as the spuiet caught j j the fly. OJ" lion. JOHN LAFORTI., accompanied by his daughter and Mis, ALEXANDER, are at present st>- , journing at the Bedlord Springs, now the most in viting watering place in the United Slates. CG?~.Mr. SAJICEU KRKLTZBIRO and family arrived in Bedford a few days since, and will remain some time to enjov our pure air atal wholesome waters.— Mr. K. is a member of the Firm of the most exten sive Hardware Establishment not only in Philadel phia, but in the United States; and, therefore, Mer chants it: this county will find it greatly to their ad vantage to make their purchases of him. "fhose'who' are not already acquainted with Mr. K. will find him at Mrs. FILLER'S Hoarding house. He is consi dered, and very justly, one of the most efficient and accura e business-tnen in Philadelphia. We were politely shew n through their entire establishment, i.ot long since, and found it one of the best ar ranged houses in the city. Such is the man who, but a few years since, was a favorite and sprightly little boy of this place. Virtue and integrity never fail toeiowu its possessors with distinction. LEAVING THE AMALGAMATION. rry- We ate requested by Mr. JOHN W. BO WEN, of Napier Township, to state, that although he has been a zealous WHIG all bis life, and VOTED the K. X. Ticket after the dissolution of the Whig party he cannot go ABOLITIONISM, which is now the Banner under which the leaders of his old paity ral ly. He, therefore, wishes it to be put upon record that he is tired of the Tom-foolery which, for some years, has governed the conduct of the opposition to the Democracy, and that he intend.., at the approach ing election, to vote for General PACKER arid the whole Democratic State and County Ticket, an ex ample which will he followed by hundreds of other honest Whigs in Bedford county who have been simi larly surfeited with the abominations of Know Xo thiiigisni and Abolitionism. Mr. Bowen is a man of the first respectability, and ranks among our most in telligent citizens. We congratulate him upon the noble determination at which be has arrived, and cordially welcome him to a party which is founded ! upon the Constitution and Declaration of Indepen dence. Let all other conscientious men do like wise, and they will never regret the step. Cy We would like to have an interview with the : person who left a communication at this office a week or two since over the signature of "Annie Carlton." i Riff lM {H i! Will please meet in the Grand Jury Room on Sat urday evening next at the ringing ot the B^ll. JOB MANN, President. JOHN P. REED, Secretary. ANOTHER SPIDER BITE.—A blacksmith in ; Newton Upper Falls, named Stanley, while at j work, a few days since, felt what he supposed was the bite of a mosquito upon his arm, and being very bnsy did not giv- any attention to it for several rnnntes, but finally noticed that it was a small spider, its body not being larger than a pin head, w hich he crushed and thought nothing of it. In about half an hour the part! became painful, began to swell, and turn nearly I black. He immediately rubbed the wound with ; table salt very thoroughly, till the swelling; sub- ■ sided, in a great measure, and afterward applied | poultices ol bruised catnip when the spread of the poison was checked; but a spot around the i wound, the size of a man's hand, is now a mass j of pimples, filled with matter, the ellect of the i poison.— Boston Journal. Cure Jor Felons on the. Fingers. The Sci entific American says: The past year we have known the spinal marrow ol an ox or cow applied to three differ ent persons with the most satisfactory results in retrieving pain and securing cures of th- ir fel- I ons. The spinal marrow should be applied eve ry lour hours tor two days. il ~ The following letter:! irom Judge BLACK. and (Jen. PACKER, in reply to invitations to at tend the Democratic. Celebration in Philadel phia on the 4th inst., will be read with pleasure by the freemen of Pennsylvania : VV A SUING TON, July 'J, 1857. GENTLEMEN — I feel obliged, by the invitation I have received, to join the Democratic citizens of Philadelphia on the Fourth. It costs much regret to say that I cannot be there. Not to speak of celebrating the anniversary of Ameri ! can Independence on the spot where it was , first proclaimed, a re-union with the friends who intend to assemble there would give me j inexpressible pleasure at any time or at any place. The Democratic party does well when it keeps the National Sabbath holy, and encoura i ges all others to do likewise. It is the fittest of : all days in the year for recalling the popular mind to the perilous struggles of the Revolution. | Let the people every where come up and drink in the,spirit of their forefathers. That spirit is j i life to us, arid fatal as death in its operation up on all the political parties opposed to the Con stitution. The sovereign independence of the States, j i and the freedom of the people in their religion arid business from the pernicious control of the civil government, tqgether with the gifts of na ture and the blessings of Providence, have in deed mode us a might v and a prosperous nation. If we could but know much we owe to these causes, the anniversary of the day on which our free system was inaugurated would he hallow ed in ai! hearts except those which are wholly "regardless of social duty and fatally bent on doing mischief." It is, however, upon our own great State., that the bounties of the Creator have been most profusely lavished. Situated in the happy me dium bet ween the intense cold of the northern ! winters and the exhausting heat of the southern ; summers, she has a climate where more labor , ; can be done with less fatigue than anywhere, ; else on the Western continent, and where the : : human constitution is consequently developed' 'in fuller maturity of nerve and mind. Her ho ; i irri is filled with inexhaustible treasure, and her fields teem with unbounded feitility. The: Hiuuntain and the flood—the golden grain that waves on every hill-side, and flit 1 rich fruits that blush on every tree—firm a combination of loveliness ami grandeur which the dweller in other lands can scarcely rijeam of. "Winch his eye rnu-t see, To know how beautiful this world can he." The people of Pennsylvania were meant to be worthy of the favored region they inhabit, rt.ev derive their lineage from the purest sour ces of all that is great in modern ci<- iliz uion. Tito impulsive ardor of the Irish—the steady perseverance of the English—thrifty caution of, tile Scotch—all those mingle gracefully with ' the solid sense, the patient industry, and immo vable honesty of the German character, which j forms the broad basis of the whole. .They I have ever been the first to see a great political truth—and seeing it, they stand by it with uti | shaken fidelity, in spite yf ai! appeals to their passions or their temporary interests. These qualities tit them well to be u bat they always have been, the arbitrators between the imp-to- i r -ity of tbe South, and the superstitions which j levari in many parts of New England. With such a population, and with such a soil, climate and ptoductinns, the State needs nothing but a Government tolerably well ad ministered, to make her the envy and admira tion of the world. It is surprising that such is not alw ays the o*e. Hut the recent legisla tion, like.that which humbled and disgraced us twenty-one years ago, must, it carried out, paralyze the public prosperity for a long time to come. All good citizens will submit w ith oiit a murmur to the (axes which are necessary to sustain the Government, or pay an honest debt; but it is a grievous hardship that honest labor should be robbed of the bteail it earns, in order to increase the superfluity of men whose eves already stand out with fatness. I am most trulv yours, iNc. J. S. BLACK. W ILLIAMSPOKT, PA., July "J, !8.>7. GENTLEMEN : It is with sincere regret that I am constrained to forego the pleasure of meet ing with the Democrats of Philadelphia, on the -4th instant, in Independence Square. Ihe time, the place, the presence, all conspire to ren der this annual greeting of the Democracy the most joyous of the year; reviving as it does, most vividly, the memories ot the past, and bringing like a vast panorama in review before us the scenes, the incidents, the history of this great Republic. With what proud exultation can Democrats look back upon the foot-prints ol their party. In the Hay of trial, and in the hour of peril, that party has always done its du ty. Has danger menaced us from abroad .'— ; The wars which have ensued, and which have covered this nation with glory, have uniformly been denounced as Democratic wars. Have; treasonable conventions been held at home?— Those Conventions rover rnrt under the auspi ces of the Democratic party. Has an attack been made on those great Republican princi ples which lav at the foundation of our institu tions, the equality of classes, and religious lib erty? The Democratic party was foremost in repelling that attack. Has the equality of the States been denied by a sectional party bas<-d upon geographical lines, and which made war j ion the Constitution? The Democratic party : recognizing the equality of the States, has ever i been a National party, and has sustained with j unflinching fidelity the constitutional rights of ! all. The success of the Democratic party, is ' the triumph of the Constitution. Have we not, then, in view of the glorious past, reason to rejoice ? and, looking forward, should we not renew our pledges ol loyalty to the Constitution, and resolve to continue to stand j firmly by those cherished principles which have not only elevated our party, but our countiy, to its high position ? j The past is safe—that th e future of the D.-m -ocatic party may reflect equal credit on the nation in its onward progress, prosperity and greatness is the devout wish of Yours respectfully, WM. F. PACKER. 7a,j Cents a Day—J\'ot Yet.— Among the manv false accusations brought against President Buchanan, in the late struggle for the Presiden- ! cy, none was more industriously circulated, and more prominently emblazoned on the banners; of out political enemy, than the one charging him with being in favor of the reduction of la- ■ borer's wages, to "ten cents a day. Mr. Buchanan was elected six months ago, notwithstanding this very grave arid serious! charge; has entered upon the duties of his of-j fire*, published bis Inaugural Address to the, world, "and the r*?t ol mankind," but has nev er yet, in all that time, uttered a single sylla ble in favor of the reduction of laborer's If any man was gulled into opposition of Mr. Buchanan by that silly charge, it is high time to ask himself whether lie has not been deceiv ed; and when he ascertains the fact, determine to withhold his confidence from those who so vilely deceived him.— Maryland Union. From the Union Democrat, a Fillmore Paper. The nomination of Mr. Wiimot fir Governor, has been brought about and accomplished by men who have, through intrigue and deception, managed to become the leaders and managers of the Whig and American parties. The nornitia- ' tionul Wiimot was mad w by these unprincipled leaders, with the determination to force hiin on the Whig and American parties. This is one ol the boldest games of deception we ever heard of. It is a fact That every man ougbt to know that these leaders have transferred- and sold the Whig and Ameiican parties to the support of Wiimot, who always did, and does now, de | nounce and despise every measure and princi they ever advocated. We ask where ami when, i did these self-constituted leaders receive theau thoiity to make a sale of the Whig ami Ameri can parties to a man who is the most obnoxious to them ui the State. We have po doubt, it Wiimot should be elected, the unprincipled leaders, who sold their parties, would get some i tat otfices for their treachery. We are proud to ■ see that the honest Whigs and Ameiicans will riot permit themselves to be sold like a flock of sheep. Notwithstanding the bargain and sale i has been made, signed, and sealed, vet they are manfully protesting against it. We will now examine Mr. WilmotN political conduct, so that our readeis can see his real i character. In 184-4", Wiimot opposed Henry Clay for President, who pledged himself to oppose the annexation of Texas with Slavery,and support ed Polk, who was pledged in Savor of the an nexation of Texas with Slavery. Daniel YYeb ster stated, in his speech on th.e Compromise of 1 Sot), I hat Texas had the right t-> make six slave Slates out ot her Territory. The reader will see that Wiimot labored to I ring six slave Slates into the Union at once. This fact proves | that he is not acting from honest motives on the slavery question, lire annexation of Texas with slavery was brought about by slave hold ers arid such own as Wiimot. who fought their bat'les in the North as soon as they made known what tbey wanted. In 184G the slaveholding Democracy demand ed the repeal ot lire tariff ol IMJ. The tarili was a favorite measure of the Whigs and Dem ocrats of Pennsylvania, and every member from our State, except Wiimo!, manfully opposed its : repeal. He stood firm with the slaveholding Democracy in defiance of the almost unanimous i will of the people of Pennsylvania. Wiimot, in aiding to repeal the tarili', assisted to destroy protection to American labor and bring it to a I ieve! with the pauper labor of Europe. 'I fie slave holders saw that that the working men and business men of the Free States, were pros pering rapidly tinder the tariff ot 18F2, and knew if it would he continued, it would oper ate powerfully against slavery and in favor of free labor and free States. Our readers must see that \\ ilmot was one of the prominent defenders ot slaveholders, and there is no doubt that some of them had prom ised him that they would bring him forward for President for the services he rendered them to; sustain slavery: but they have failed to do so and now he is determined to take some revenge on them by raiding a Northern sectional party. Hut there is no danger that be will make much : trouble alter the election in October. He will be so badly beaten that he will not be named for any high office hereafter. Frcn present ap- ; pearances we do not believe that lie will re ceive three hundred votes in our county. We ask tire friends of Fillmore to remember the conduct of Wiimot during the last Presi dential campaign. He resorted to more intrigue, deception and corrupt means to defeat Mr. Fill more, the nominee of the Whig and American parties, then arty other man. The plan he pur sued is as follow s: The first move he made, he worked himself into the good graces of some of the leading men of the American pas tv. Af ter he had accomplished this, he, by and thro' some means corrupted the leaders. Alter he had secured a good loot hold in the party, and had traduced a number of the leading men, then lie and those who had tiaduced, commenced the work to hreak up and destroy the American! party. His desire was to accomplish four ob jects, viz: The destruction and overthrow of the American party, the death knell of the Whigi party; the defeat of Fillmore, and the building up of a Northern sectional party, of which he was determined to be the Fader in Pennsylva nia, and be the nominee of said party for Gov ernor. He has accomplished his object so far. We would like to see a Fillmore man look us in the face, and say that he can vote for Wii mot. STItlKi: BACK. The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Compa-j nv has purchased the Main Line ol the Public Works, notwithstanding the decision of the Su- j preme Court of the State setting aside the tax repealing feature of the bill authorizing the . sale, li is intimated that the Company expect ; to push another bill through the Legislature, which will, by some unexplained "hocus po-j errs," relieve them from taxation. In view ol this, the York Gazette says: "and while every: man in the Commonwealth is required to pay : a tax for his house, for his land, liar his person- ! als, we hardly think any voter will be willing to cast his vote for a candidate for the Leg is Ia- : tore, whom he does not feel sure he may trust ; to vote against any exemption in favor of a Le- ■ gislature-corrupting corporation. [CP"LE 1" US EXACT A PLEDGE from every man who rlairns our suffrages, be he Democrat, Know- : Nothing or Black Republican, that he will vote j against every proposition to repeal or reduce the tonnage tax upon the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, and in favor of the fullest taxa-j tion on their property. In their recent effort happily foiled by the Supreme Court, the Penn ! sylvania Railroad Company, corruptly and dis honestly aimed a blow at every tax payer in the State. Let tax-payers remember this in all time to come—and so long as the management j ■ of the Company continues to be in the hands of 1 those who have proven themselves to be utterly corrupt and unworthy, let them hi- vigilantly watched. The people, interposing the shield of the Supreme Judiciary, have parried the foul | blow aimed at them—LET THE PEOPLE NOW STRIKE BACK, until the corporation,j to which their representatives have given what power and life it possesses, learns to know and appreciate its true position. Corporations, par- ; ; ticularly if powerful and wealthy, seem to boj acting upon the impression that they are ni ters, and the people subordinates. They mult be taught differently—and the sooner they r e~ ceive the first lesson the belter." For the Gazette. The. itft of July in Cumberland Valley Cel ebration ut Centrerille—Military Parade— Larue Croud of Citizens and Soldiery— Oration by .Major S. H. TATE— Public Dinner—Great Enthusiasm, tec. eye. Mr. Editor : —The 4th was a great day in Cumberland V alley ! The attendance was large some four or five hundred people from the Val ley and county around, were at CenPrevMle i 0 witness and participate in its appropriate cele bration. The Cumberland Valley Blues, commanded by Capt. Nottingham, were called out at an early hour and continued on parade, at suitable intervals, during the day. Trie handsome dress —dignified arid gentlemanly deportment and military skill and decipline of the "Blues" elic ited general admiration. About the middle of the day, a procession was formed and citizens and soldiery took up I their line ol march to a pleasant grove near town. After arriving at the place appointed, the assembly was called to order bv Dr. P. S. THOMPSON, and a meeting organized by the se lection of the following officers: President —Samuel Whip, Eq. Vice do. —Elias Hite, S. Elliot, Geo. Hortz 11. Hertz, T. Donahoe and James Cessna, Esq. Secretaries —Tho-. Fisher, J. Simons, J. [Fu ller and Geo. Bennett. The Declaration of Independence was then read in a clear, distinct and forcible manner bv Dr. P. S. Thompson. The President next in troduced thp orator of the day, MA.T. SAMCEY. 11. TATE, of Bedford. His address occupied marly an hour in its delivery—and for elegance ol diction, historical interest and correct moral deductions, equalled any address of the kind we have ever listened to. The crowd—entire ladies and gentlemen old and young, were out to hear it and as many of its stirring tones, and eloquent touches M! upon patriotic hearts the speaker was greeted with frequent rounds ol applause. i Alter the address tiie procession was again formed—and all hands repaired to town. A suitable Dinner uas prepared for the occasion by .Mr. John May—and all whom inclination or appeiite admonished bountifully partook. To our jovial, good-looking friend, Sergeant Simons, we were indebted for much of the fun and pleasure we enjoyed. He is (like Shakes peare's Yorick) "a fellow of infinite jest and most excellent fancy"—a prince in his ivav socially, as all who ever met him know. In a word, general kindness, good-feeling and enthu siasm ruled the hour: and the eighty-first anni- I versary of American Independence will, we : have DO doubt, be long and pleasantly remeot berrd by (lie large audience of ladies and gen tlemen w ho were present at Ccntrevillc to u it ness and join in its glad celebration. *8 V IS IS I I I>: On Sabbath morning. 1 Sth inst. by John Smith, Esq. .Mr. Joseph S. Baughman to Miss Elizabeth Mangas, all ot' Schellsburg. OT7~ We copy the following interesting obituary notice from the Presbyterian Banner of Pittsburg— ami. although it relates to one who was not a citizen of tiiis county, the fact that those near ami dear to dec"cl reside iri our place, suggests the propriety of affording their friends an opportunity to see how bright and glorious the end of a faithful believer in Christ: DIED, At his residence, Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa. Mr. JOHN SAMP OK, in the 60ih year of his age. Mr. Sample became a communing member ot the Presbyterian Church eaily in life. At the age of t wentv-eight, he was ordained ai.d installed an elder in the Shaver's Creek Presbyterian church, Hunting don County, Pa. and in four different churches, with in the bounds ot which he has successively resided, he was called by the* people to serve his Master in the office of Ruling Elder. Mr. Sample was a devoted Christian, a man of earnest prayer, ar.d one who al ways took a lively interest in alt that pertained to the prosperity of the Church. As a ruler, he was al , ways ready lo co-ojierate with his pastoi and breth ren in the eldership, in carrying forward every good work. It is speaking much to his praise to -tatelti fact, that his feelings were all enlisted in lavor or thai wholesome discipline which is so necessary lor the preservation ot the peace and purity of the ( burch. He was long an active laborer in the Sabbath School, j arid w as also a zealous promoter of the cause ot tem perance. The prayer-meeting, as well as thesanc tuary, was to him the loved place of sweet commu nion with God. Mr. Sample's disease was hemorr hage of the stomach, Irom which lie suffered about two months. Soon niter his attack he wrote to his i son, the Rev. Robert F. Sample, ol Bedford, Pa.,that he did not expert to recover. That son. in a letter I to the writer of this notice, furnished some very m tere-ting p.iiticulars concerning the closing scene ot his father's life. He says: " For two weeks before his death, he very often expressed a de>ire to depait and he with Christ, lie said he did not wish to have ; life extended, but left the issue with God who would do right. His views of Christ and Heaven were re ' markaply lively and attractive, so that he waited im patiently the coming of the Lord. The morning be fore he died, he spoke with regret ot this, his impa 'lence; he said he ought to wait arid suffer, until the I.i.'d saw fit to remove him; and immediately added, all tt.° days ot my appointed time will 1 wait, till my j change come. He olten spoke ol the goodness of the Lord; the preciousness of Christ; the safety ot those w ho had at the foundation of their hopes the Korkot Ages; and especially of the preciousness ot the pro j mises of a Saviour—all ol which are yea end amen, and so wonderfully adapted to every condition ot lite. He wonderd that he had ever doubted Christ, since I first he felt a Saviour's love; hut he added, we carry with us an evil heart of unbelief, even to the grave. The last words he uttered, with sufficient distinct ness to be understood, were, " All will be well; conic : Lord Jesus, come quickly.". He gently tell a-leep I in Jesus, without a gioan, a sigh, a struggle; and as quietly arid peacefully as the sou then sinking to its re-t below the western hill-, he pa-sect into the sha dowy vale." In a letter to the writer, commenced on his sick bed, and left unfinished, he related an in teresting fact. "When Robert F."—the minister mentioned above—"wasfour years of age, he was ta ken dangerously ill of inflammatory croup, and Ins case was pronounced hopeless. J went to my close., then my tan-house, to plead with God on behali ot my boy." He then goes on to state that then and there he entered into a solemn engagement w-ith the Lord to train up that boy for the Gospel ministry, it God would spare his child and accept the offering. The prayer was heard, the promise was faithtully kept, and the Church of Christ is now enjoying the faithful and successtul labors of that son, devotei to God so early in life. Mr. Sample, as a shock of corn fully ripe, has been gathered into the garner of the Lord, having done a good work for the Church in his life, and in his death left behind another testimony of the comforting in fluence of the Christian religion in that trying hour.