THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Rcdfbrd, Aug. 14, 1857.
B. F. Meyers &G. W. Bented, Editors.
democratic State iV om'niaticms
GOVERNOR:
Win* F. Shelter,
Of Lycoming County.
CANA L COMMISSION PR .
Host, \iiurod Strickland,
Of Chester County.
SUPREME JUDGE :
£sosj. Win BSc*©nif ?
Of Berks County.
KSon. Thompson.
Of Erie County.
l'Ol'.\TY TICKET.
Prothonotary—SAML. H. TATE, Bedford.
Sheriff—WM, S. FLUKE, M. Woodberry.
Treasurer—SAME. I)A\ IS, Bedford.
Commissioner—C. EVANS, E. Providence.-
Director—CEO. SMOUSE, W. Providence.;
Auditor—JOHN VV. CRISMAN, St. Clair, i
DEMOt'B.ITK MEETING.
The Democrats from all parts of the county j
are requested to meet at the Court House in
Bedford, on Monday evening the 3!st inst., i
(Court Week). Several gentlemen front abroad j
are expected to address the meeting.
\VM. P. SCIIELL, Chairman. j
.Tliirik'rs in k"a!s.i.
During the last Presidential campaign, the
Democratic Party was met continually with j
the charge that the outrages in Kansas, commit- i
ted bv bands of desperadoes and assassins, were
all the natural and unavoidable consequences
of the passage by Congress, of the Kansas-Ne
braska bill. Indeed, until the Investigating
Committee made them report, the Abolition-
Republican politicians would not even admit,
that any body but pro-slavery men, were con- !
nected with these outrages. They cast the i
biame of every murder and robbery, committed j
in the Territory, upon .the "Missouri Harder'
Ruffians," and shocked the people o; the States,
with the incessant narration of horrible stories
concerning the ferocity and barbarity of South
ern immigrants. But alter the truth was bro t
to light, through the researches ot '.lie Investiga
ting Committee, it was discovered that the
crimes which had been perpetrated, instead of
being chargeable to pro-slavery men alone,
were in very many instances the work of Ruf
fian Abolitionists. Instead of but one secret so
ciety existing in the Territory, as the "freedom
shrieking" press and speakers alleged, it ap
peared that both of the sectional parties—the
ultra-Northern, as well as the ultra-Southern — :
had established organizations of that nature. — j
It appeared also, that the members of these so- j
cieties, under pretence ot carrying out their
partisan views, committed the most inhuman
atrocities, not only in fighting with each other,
but also in murdering and plundering peaceful
citizens, who did not belong to their organiza
tions, and who constituted a large majority ol
the inhabitants. Under the tasteful title of
"Blue Lodge," some of the violent pro-slavery
men had banded themselves together, whilst
under the auspices ot that Abolition monstrosi
ty, the "Kansas Emigrant Aid Society," whose
members were made to take the most fearful
oaths, Jim Lane and other reckless and fow
lers men united with themselves the rowdy
spirits of Abolition-Republicanism. The first
mentioned, ("Blue Lodge, ) has long since dis
banded, but Jim Lane and his confederates still
cling together, still fulfil their execra'/le oat.;.,
still harra-s quiet, peaceful citizens, pretending
that it ia necessary, in order to make Kansas a
free slate, that treason should be plotted against
the government, and that the regularly consti
tuted authorities of the Territory,should beset
at defiance. Out of these and similar organiza
tions composed indiscriminately of the maddest
fanatics of Aboliii aisnrq and the most zealous
propagandists of slavery, and seemingly modell
ed after, and suggested bv the secret society ol
" PC J * j
Know Nothings, grew three-fourths of the trou
bles that have made Kansas a bye-word among
men. It is an incontrovertible fact, and every
body who ha* examined the report ol* the In
vestigating Committee, knows it to be such,
that the numerous murders and robberies com
mitted in the Territory, were the work of secret
bands of marauders and outlaws. The question,
therefore, whether the furore created by the
secret society of Know Nothings, had not a '
great influence in bringing about the organiza- I
t ion of these bands, is worthy more than ordi-i
nary attention. It is certainly reasonable to;
suppose that it had.
The late revelationsof the Leavenworth mur- ;
derers, disclosing the startling fact that a com- i
pany of villains had organized themselves into ;
a society, in that place, to follow the business \
of murdering men for their money, furnish ad
ditional evidence that the barbarities in Kansas,
from which so much capital has been made by
Northern fanatics, were the work of men(?) who
are brutes and cut-throats by nature, and who
never cared a farthing whether Kansas should
become a free, or slave state. These revela
tions explain the horrible deeds of which we
were told such endless tales, last fall, and which
Abolitionists charged to "Missouri Border Ruf
fianism,'' in precisely the same manner in
which the Democratic Press has always under
taken to explain them. It was invariably the
position of the Democratic papers and speakers,
with regard to the Kansas troubles, that they
sprung from the uncalled for quarrels of sec
tional agitators, and from the plotting of
scheming villains, the banditti of the border,
whose only object was the getting of money,
and whose means to reach that object, were
the ruffian's pistol, and the assassin's knife.—
Time which proveth all things, has sustained
this position, and in view of this fact, it re
mains to be seen whether intelligent citizens
will ever again go astray, following the delusive
i ignex fatui , set oblaz- by designing and unprin- j
, cipieii political stock-jobbers.
! JAMFS C ( LAV ELECTED TO I (INGRESS.
Nothing has transpired in the world of poli
tics since the election of Mr. Buchanan to the
Presidency, which gives us as much gratifies
| ".ion to record, as the glorious victory over Know j
; Nothingism, achieved by the gallant son of Hen
ry Clay. In a district, which, two years ago, |
gave a Know Nothing majority of SIXTEEN HU.\-.
DEED and last fall gave Fillmore a'nd Donelson,
six hundred over Buchanan and Breckinridge,
James B Clay, is triumphantly elected. Bra
i vim T all the slander and vituperation heaped
' .
upon him by his unscrupulous political enemies
—turning neither to the right nor to the left to
regard the unmanlv assaults of his persecutors ;
—he has won a triumph which will give adcii- j
i tion lustre to the sacred name of ('LAV. Let all ;
[ true friends of the 1 nion and the Constitution
| rejoice! Let Democrats and Old Line Whigs
! exult! For the home of Henry Clay is re- j
deemed—the dark shadow of Know Nothing
; Thuggery is dispelled from the fields of Ash- i
! land.
Ohio Democratic State Convention.
j This body met at Columbus on Thursday last
; and nominated H. B. Payne, for Governor, W.
j H. Lyttle, for Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Whit- ;
I man, forjudge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Mor- ;
j ris, for State Treasurer, J. Reinhart, for Secre
: tarv of State, and J. L. Backus, for Superinteo
! dent of Public Works. The Democrats of
Ohio have good hopes of carry ing their State.
KEKT6CKY ELECTWR.
The Democrats have achieved a glorious tri
umph in Kentucky. They have elected eight !
of the ten Congressmen and also their candidates ;
; for Stale offices. Know Nothingism is in its j
i "ilurrv" in "Old Kentuck."
J
i KP" We notice by the Phifodelahia Press of I
; Monday, that Gen. PACKER will shortly address]
the people of Pennsylvania at various points.—
We rei'.ierate our declaration made last week, '
that if Mr. WILMOT will meet Gen. PACKER be
fore two Mass Meetings, one for the Eastern ;
part of the State, and one for the Western,
Gen. PACKER will discuss with him the issues of >
the campaign.
Mr. V, i'niofs liiaileagc to Gtu- Packer.
CORRESPONDENCE WITII RELATION THERETO.
The tricky politician, .Mr. Wilmot, ere-whi!e
a "loco-foco free-trader," "British Tory." Ke.,
(according to Whig newspapers) now a specu- j
Sating Abolition office-seeker, having had so I
lofty an opinion of his abilities as to suppose that '
General Packer would go about with him all :
over the State to discus? questions with him
which are not issues in the present campaign,
the Democratic State Committee have taken oc
casion to hint to JMr. W ilmot that he is not
quite shrewd enough to cozen them into an en
dorsement of his well-known character, by al
low ing him to travel the State in company j
with the Democratic standard-bi*arer. Mr.
Buckalew hits the Abolition candidate some se- ,
vere blows in the subjoined correspondence.— I
Let every Democrat read it and judge whether j
the Democratic State Committee did anything :
more or less, than vindicate the dignity of the j
party in declining Wiimot's challenge, for i
how could Gen. Packer, or any other decent ,
man be expected 10 travel the State in company !
with a fellow whose name the Whig papers
used to say, would "slink forever in the nostrils j
of every true PeniisylvanianT"
AIR. WILMOT TO GEN. PACKER.
TOWANDA, July 14-, 1857.
HON. W. F. PACKER:— Dear Sir — l propose to !
spend some time, during the summer and foil, in i
canvassing, befoie the people of the State, the
principles and issues involved m the pending \
State ejection.
Party meetings bring out only that portion of
the people to whom the call is made, and the I
addresses are necessarily all on one side: where
as it is desirable that the whole people, so far as :
may be, should have both sides fairly presented j
before them at the same time.
If it should meet your views, I propose that |
we canvass so much of the State as practicable j
in company, addressing alternately the same j
! meetings. Should this meet your assent, please j
to inform me at your earliest convenience, so !
that we may arrange the times and places of j
meeting, order ot speaking, Kc., See. Very re
spectfully your obedient servant,
D. WILMOT.
GEN. PACKER TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COM
MITTEE.
AV ILL i AMST ORT, July 18, 1857. j
HON. C. R. BUCKALEW, ( 'fiairman of State
j Committee:—Dear Sir —l have received the en
! closed letter from one of the opposing candidates
I for the Gubernatorial office, and inasmuch as it
! proposes a plan for the conduct of the campaign
j which has never before been practiced in Penn-
I svivania, and as the success of other candidates,
besides myself, is involved in the election, I have
thought it my duty to submit the communication
to the judgement of the Stale Committee repre
senting the democratic party. If it is thought
to be a proper mode of conducting the canvass,
I shall cheerfully accede to the proposition.
Respectfully yours,
WM. F. PACKER,
REPLY OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE COM
MITTEE. _
PHILADELPHIA, 'JuIy 25, 1857.
HON. UM. F. PACKER— Dear Sir — l have laid
oefore the State Committee the letter signed D.
\\ i;mot, dated the 14th insant, and am author
ized to say to you that in the opinion of the com
mittee you ought not to accede to the proposition
it contains, ihe reasons lor this opinion 1 will
proceed briefly to state:
The slavery question, which it is probable vour
opponent proposes to discuss, has verv recently
been thoroughly considered and passed upon by
the people of tliis commonwealth. The late pres
idential canvass involved the whole subject so far
as it was proper for consideration by our people,
and we can perceive no utility ir/its re-discus
sion at this time, nor any other good reason for
re-opening debate upon it. The position of our
party is well understood and requires no vindica
tion, at least by any ; xlraordiuary proceedin~
like that proposed. " 3
A joint canvass by candidates for the Gubt*t- ;
natorial office has never been conducted in lb? ;
State, rior, ive believe, in any other northern on*
and may well be questioned on grounds of ptiblc
poliev. If the practice be once adopted, it 11
doubtless continue, and party nominations he j
uniformly made with reference to it. No pattv
will venture to select a candidate lor this offce 1
who is not qualified lor the stump; and eptituie
for debate will hence corne to be preferred!to ;
administrative ability. In short, the result will
; be to confine nominations to the classed' talkers,„
i and to exclude all others. A rule of party action
j which would prevent such trenasßenj. Ftank
lin, Simon Snyder, and Francis R. Shunk from j
! filling Ihe Executive chair of this Slate must b
fa bad one, and is to be denounced rather than 1
i adopted.
We believe there is a considerable public opia- i
lion against the propriety of Executive candi-•
j dates appearing at r.ll befoie popular meetings
Ito solicit votes. This was first practised bv Win.
F. Johnston, in I'JIS, and has been to some ex
tent followed by candidates since. The good
! results of it are not obvious. It did not origi
nate witli tl)e Democratic party, nor has i: ever
j received any forma! popular or party sanc
i tion. It may therefore be considered an open
question in future practice, ami at ali events as
. forming no part of the duly of a candidate im- i
j posed upon him by his nominatiou.
While your opponent holds the office of 1V
j ident Judge there is a special objection lo the .
lcceptance of his project. The propriety of
law-judges taking part in political meetings is
j denied by our jartv, and is opposed by sound
I public opinion. By no act whatever ought we
ito sanction or become participants in a p-osti
tntion of the judicial character. Nor will a
resignation now made altogether remove this
objection. Your opponent has intentionally
held his ollice until within three months o the
election, (rendering it impossible to elect a
j successor the present year,) and il a resignation
should now take place it would obviously be
i with the intention ol resuming the ollice alter a j
I defeat for the post to-which he aspires.
The proposed mode of conducting campaigns
may possibly he suited to some ol the southern
and southwestern States, where it has been
practised, and u here population and political .
conditions oilier from ours ; but its introduc
tion here would he against solid objections, and
without any conceivable good. It is, there
' fore, a proposed "Southern aggression" upon
! the practices and policy of parties in Pebnsyl- .
; vania, which cannot be at all accepted or p-i_
! mit ted.
It is well that this question has arisen when
jwe have a candidate capable and fit for any
j discussion before the people, and, when the de_ t
j vision can he placed, without embarassment, up
: on thg public grounds which control it.
| lam, very respectfully, your ob'dt. serv'f,
C. R. Bugkalkw, Chairman. j
GEN. PACKER TO JUDGE WILMOT.
Wii.liamspoet, July 27, 1857.
llon. D. Wilmot: — Dear Sir —Your letter
of the 1 Ith instant was dulv received : and as
. it proposed a plan for conducting the Guberna-I
torial campaign which had never hitherto been :
adopted in Pennsylvania, and as the interests of j
! other candidates were involved in the result, I i
did not feel at liberty to accede to y our proposi- j
tion without first cotißtil ! '"r 'be Slate (EfjtGt-'j
tee to which the Democratic Convention has on
its part specially confided the control and man
agement of the canvass.
You will receive herewith a copy of my let- 1
ter to the committee, and also their reply, by
which you will perceive that your suggestion
does not meet their appoval, and that, tor na- i
I sons stated at length, I ought not, in their opin
ion, to accede to your proposition. It is there- ;
fore respectfully declined.
I am yours, truly,
VYm. F. Packet.
THE ELEf MOSS.
Kentucky—James B. { Jay Elected.
We doubt whether any Congressional can
• vass ' [l United States ever attracted more or
| as much attention as the recent one between
James 13. Clav and Roger Hanson, in the Ash- !
; land District, Kentucky. Theeyesolthe whole I
| nation, and especially of that portion of it which !
takes any part in politics, was directed to it i
with great anxiety. The district was strongly !
; Know Nothing, giving, two years ago, one thou- '
sand six hundred majority lor A. K. Marshall, j
j its present Know Nothing" Representative, and \
even last year, Buchanan and Breckinridge were
| beaten over six hundred by Fillmore and Don-
I eison. The Democracy—notwithstanding the
; reports ol the gallant canvass which Air. Clay
: was making, and the confident hopes of some of
: hisardent friends—generally had but little faith
!in his success. It seemed impossible that the
large Know Nothing majority could be overcome
especially when they presented as able and a_
; droit a champion of their principles as Roger
; Hanson.
'i he district has been changed since it had
been carried by Air. Breckinridge, as the coun
ty ot Owen, strongly Democratic, was taken off,
and Woodford, strongly K. V, substituted in !
its stead. Despite the great odds against him,
Air. Clay with a perseverance nnd ardor wor
thy ot his illustrious descent, entered the lists
! in accordance with the wish ot his political
friends, and has been triumphantly elected by a
small major ity. His success will do more to de
stroy Know Nothingism in the South than any
blow it has yet received. It will be remarkable
if it ever makes any headway again in Kentucky.
In every aspect in which it can be viewed, it is
more ola national than a local victory, and, as
the telegraphic wires spread the intelligence
over the Union, it will be hailed everywhere
with the greatest rejoicings and satisfaction.
The following are the majorities in the sever
al counties, as reported by the mail agent, who t
came on the Lexington train to Covington last
! evening: •
Clay. Hanson.
Harrison 198
Nicholas 109
Scott -139
Franklin 39
Jessamine 102 j
Bourbon 290
Fayette 390
Woodford l9O
Total 938 870
870
Majority for Clay o'B
A later report makes the majority for Mr. j
Clay 105, and Mr. Danby's majority for the !
J State Senate 50.
j j 7 "* lowa,Texas Alabama, North Carolinaand !
j fennessee, have ali gone Democratic by hiavy j
1 majorities. " ' i
l (T rorn the New York Evening Post.]
THE BUKDELL MURDER—THE FIFTH
ACT IN THE TRAGEDY.
j MRS. CUNNINGHAM ATTEMPTING TO I'ALM OFT A
CHILD—SHE IS ARRESTED.
The geueial report that Mrs. Cunningham, whom
every body has supposed to have been pregnant for
• months, was safely delivered of a child, who woubl
j claim as heir to the Hurdeli estate, created a good
deal of excitement throughout the city, which was
I increased by the announcement that Mrs. Ciinning
' ham was under arrest, for what cause was unknown,
j The following statement of the facts in the ca-.-,
which were procured at the District Attorney's Of
fice this morning, and elsewhere, by our reporters,
, will shed some light upon the mystery, and disclose
the history of a crime almost without a parallel in
1 this ctfv.
j l)r. Uhl has been in attendance, with Dr. C'atlin
jof Brooklyn, upon Mis- Cunningham. Dr. ! hi had
I been led to believe that Mrs. C. was soon to bear a
' child. She had presented ait the outward appearan
j ces of one about to be a mother—as he expressed it,
"growing larger and larger every week." But Dr.
: If hi remarked about a month ago that as yet there
was no positive evidence of pregnancy, and fold her
that under the circumstances he thought it his duty
to make a medical examination. Mrs. Cunningham
appeared very reluctanr, and put the matter off from
time to tune, finally she told him plainly that
she was not pregnant at all ; that she had been
playing a game, and lie (Dr. Uhl) must help her out
of it.
Dr. Uhl, previously to this time, had confidence in
; the lady, but this bold proposition took him com
pletely aback. He immediately consulted counsel,
• ami upon legal advice stated the whole matter to Dis
trict Attorney Hall. Mr. llall told him it was his
duty to carry out the matter in order to develop a
great crrrie, and supply the proof lor the criminal's
conviction. Dr. Uhl Dually consented.
lie told Mrs. Cunningham that he was acquainted
with a California widow who was, he feared about to
he confined, and it would he necessary to dispose ol
the child altogether, as the lady was going on to join
her husband in California.
Mrs. Cunninghnm was delighted. It was arranged
that neither party was to know anything of the other. I
The "widow" was to he confined at a house iti Elm
street, and the infant to be taken thence to No. 31
Bond Street.
! Mr. llali then imparted the matter to Dr. De la j
Montagnie, and engaged him to assist in the counter- j
plot, whenever the critical time should arrive. Yes. j
terday morning Dr. De la Montagnie went to Belle. :
rue Hospital, and with the consent of Governor Dalv, ;
selected a babe of Elizabeth Anderson, a beautiful
little blue-eyed girl, born on Saturday last. The I
mother kissed her babe, nr I consented to part with it j
on condition that it should he well taken care of, arid i
returned within twety-four hours.
Dr. Uhl visited Mrs. Cunningham by appointment
at haif past three o'clock in the afternoon, and told
her that he was prepared to carry out the thing at
■ once ; that the California widow was about to be con
fined at No. 100 Kim street, and she must be prepa
red to receive the little sti anger with proper ceremo
nies. Then she said .-he would be confined that night,
if he would produce the child by nine o'clock. IE
w as to come over and let her know at quarter before
i nine o'clock, and -lie would send a woman to bring 1
the child in a b.i-ket-
Xo time was to In- lost. Mr. Hal! hired a room or
a respectable lager-lieerseller at No. 100 U.lm street,
and immediate sent down sui'able furniture from his
own house, including the basket for the baby. Dr.
! ill took possession of the premi-es, and bat hardly
j got passession when Mrs. C. was seen passing the
' house and eyeing it closely.
I Policemen were now judiciously posted, and every
thing was arranged. The greatest difficulty was to
procure an "niter-birth." Dr. Montagnie :inin-i!i
atWy posted to Beilevue Hospital, and succeeded in
' getting what he wanted, a? well as the assistance of
an intelligent Irish girl, named Mary Regan, who
i was to act as nur,e to the fictitious widow. A phy
sician was also engaged to lie in bed with anight
•cap on, and do the groaning for the " widow. "
j This party arrived at 190 Elm street just in season,
j Officer Win. B. Walsh, of the Court of S-.-s-ions,
[ was posted in the street opposite, and In-p'-ctor
| avl D>U;ac n HdD'l r I"I,u phyciitin •
I w ho was to personate the "widow" assisted Dr. Man- j
tagnie in certain operations necessary to give the
j child the appearance of a new horn babe, and then I
I went to bed. Some private marks were also made
on the child's head, with nitrate of silver. A mes
senger was sent to 31 Bond street.
Shortly after Cap!. Speight saw Mrs. Cunningham
, leave her house; followed her into a Fourth Avenue
! car, where she was recognized bv the conductor an '
-ome passengers who spoke to Capt. Speight about
j iter. She was disguised in a quasi nun's rire-s. The
i Captain followed her into Elm street until she disap
peared into the lager beer saloon.
lie then returned to his post. In a few moments
Dr. Uhl came out and a-ked the officers opposite wheth
er they had seen the woman leave the house. Sin
had passed out so quietly that he had failed to perceive
her.
The officers next repaired to No. 31 Bond street,
where they learned that Mrs. Cunningham had
gone out, hut t.ari not returned, and that a man j
with a white hat had gone in. [This was Dr. Tal
lin, of Brooklyn, who was assisting Mrs. C. HI good •
j faith.]
r Dr. Montagnie at once went to the corner of the
j Bowery and Bond -trcet, where he met Mrs. (,'unning
j ham, in the nun's dress, with a large basket iri her
: hands in which le had placed the baby. She went
j into her hou-e.
I It had been arranged between her and Dr. I'M, that
! she should send in urgent ha-te to his house. Ac- j
j cordingly he had appeared arid went.
; He soon came out and walked down the street.—
i the officers then went up, by the Di-trict Attorney's ;
' direction, rung the bell, and entered. They were !
met by two women at the door, who informed them j
that Mrs. Cunningham was very sick and could not
be seen. They found her in bed with the baby by j
her side—ore.- ofth" nurse , giving her warm drink
from a dish over a lamp from time to time.
Dr. Montagnie asked if that was Dr. Btirdell's
baby. Mrs. Cunningham replied, "Certainly, whose
t-Ee could it bet" The oiiß-ers at length told tier ;
that she must be arre.-led ; that the game Was play
ed out.
She was apparently under the influence of opium, in 1
order to create artificial jtaleness. One of the nurses j
wa- taken to the station-house, and the other remain
ed at No. J1 Bond street with Mrs. Cunningham, in
charge of the otiicers.
To-day affidavits were submitted before Justice I
j Flandreau, and warrants were issued for the arrest
of Mrs. Cunningham, her nurses, Dr. Cailiri, and j
others.
At 1 o'cioek a messenger came from .Mrs. Cunning- j
ham, asking of Capt. Dilks that a nurse be furnished, !
a-she was in a very feeble condition- The reply i
was, that her daughters were with her and could at
tend to her wants.
Mr-. Cunningham is to he examiued by Mrs. Dr. ,
Blackweil this afternoon.
Gov. Daly has decided to name the baby who per
formed so important a part in this affair, "Justitia i
Anderson."
From the JV". Y. Express of Tuesday Evening, j
Directly after the child was taken into the house j
by Mrs. Cunningham, the latter was heard to scream j
and cry as if in the most excruciating pains. These j
sham cries were heard by the officers, who were j
then waiting outside on the sidewalk, and who soon j
afterwards proceeded to perform their duty.
When Dr. Uhl arrived in the room, he found Dr. j
Catlin and Mrs. Cunningham's sister. Mrs. Cun- j
ningham was apparently i:i the agony of labor pain, j
The child, which had been washed and partially dres- j
sed, was exhibited to Dr. Uhl. Bloo'l-stained clothes, |
ive., were also disposed about the room as if a geri- j
uine birth had taken place. A nurse was sent for j
from Second avenue, and came in just as Dr. Catlin !
was di-posing of the bed clothes. The nurse eondo- i
Ed with the supposed mother, and things being prop- ;
erly arranged, Dr. Uhl went home.
Dr. Uhl says that when he first agreed to aid Mrs. j
Cunningham, and it was agreed that Dr. Catlin j
should officiate, being in a happy mood at the time, j
and doubtless believing that she would ultimately j
succeed in recovering all the prope-.ty left by Dr. j
Burdell, Mrs. Cunningham remarked that she had j
Dr. Catlin completely in her power, ;nd could use i
j him as she liked, or language to that effect. It j
i might no! be amiss to state here that Dr. Catlin
! was the physician who attended the latt Mr. Cun
i ningham during his. last illness in Brooklyn, some
t years ago. His death was sudden, ahd since the Bur- I
■ deli murder many have been -o uncharitable a to ex
! press a belief that Mr. Cunningham did no-, die a
i natural death.
Should Mrs. Cunningham be convicted of the -rime
laid to her charge the penalty will be very serous, '
j as will appear by the following section of the Revi- j
sed Statutes, applicable to her case:
"Every person who shall fraudulently produce an
infant, talsely pretending it to Jiave been born ofpa -
lents whose child should be entitled to a share of
any personal estate, or to inherit any real e-tate.
with the intention of interrcpini;; the inheritance ot
any such real estates or the distribution oi any such
personal property from any person law fully entitled
thereto, shall, upon conviction, be punished by
imprisonment in a State pri on not exceeding ten
I years."
BY TELEGRAPH—'T the "Gazette."
.New York, J/ugusf 12/.V, 1 Sf>7.
Monriniut the celebrated French horse
; won the "good Avood cup." Pryor and Pry
dress catne olb oth and (sth best. Fourteen
horses ran for (lie prize.
BKIHMY CLUB.
I lie "Buchanan Club" will meet at the Court
House on Saturday evening, at wii icli time
i pteparatory measures will betaken for canvas
sing the county. Several addresses will be de
livered on the occasion.
i HOW THE KANSAS REVOLi TIOMSTS
EVADE PAYING THEIR TAXES.
In a speech at Quindaro, Robinson, who claims
to be governor of Kansas under the Topeku Iree-
State constitution, stated the f.J'ou ing a- the
plan of operations which his fact ion had deter
mined upon:
"Kise [Walker] attempted to collect taxes dis
people woulil refuse to pav them. They wuukl
be obligt il to proceed in the usual way—lo ad- i
vertise the property, to gel customers to buy i',
j and theai to sell it. .No free-State man would
i buy the property thus advertised. He ventured
to say that no pro-slavery men would dare to
j come into Lawrence and bid for such proper; v. J
i [Cheers.] But if they did so—if Walker placed
1 troops enough to protect them—the free-State
j rrn-n would bid lor the property till it went so
: high that it was worth more tiian its value and
j the tax too. Then they would, perhaps, lie un
, able to pay for it! There was no law to prevent
men from bidding tor property, even if they had
Ino money to pay for it! [Laughter.] A thous
and would be prepared to do this, so that before
Walker got through with Lawrence the next
presidential t lection would come off. [Laugh-'
ter.]',
THE TRANSFER OF THE Prune WORK?. —The
la.it act of the drama was finally executed, this
morning, by the signature of A. G. Cur!in. Esq.,
j Secretary uflhe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
j to the deed conveying the Main Line or Public
Improvements to the Pennsylvania Railioad
■ Co.mp iriv.
The deed as executed this day, is written on
parchment in a bold and plain hand, handsomely
bound in Turkey morocco in folio form. The
book containing the deed, contains also a hand
s.truly embellished title page, decorated with a
beautiful cojt-of-arms and oilier suitable devic
the act providing for the sale of the Main Line,
ami the prQclamatir: ofthe Governor offering the
same lor sale, are also bound in trie book and
finally, the receipts of the purchase money and
bonds to the amount of seven millions and a ball,
signed by the proper accounting officers.
Destructive (ire at Johnston—the Cambria Rot
ting . i hit burnt down. Jutiriafuicn, Pa,,'.
Aug. 3.
The extensive Rolling Mill belonging to the
Cam! ria Iron Company, near Johnstown, and
occupied by VYoori, Morrell .V Co., accidentiv
took fire and was destroyed on the evening nf
Saturday, Ist inst.. causing; a loss which has
been estimated at $60,000 or $70,000, upon
which there are insurances in various Philadel
phia Companies, to tlie amount of about $70,-
000.
Very fortunately there was no wind at the
time, and no other building or any part ofthe
properev was injured, except the Rolling Mi!!,
which it is believed, can be so far re-built or re
paired us t > commence making mils by the first
of S'-ptem! or.
Banks Discredited.
,YVur York , August 3.
An extra from the office of Thompson's Re
porter says:
The following; Batiks are thrown out, anil are
not purchased at firmer rates o> quotations, viz:
Merchant's Exchange Bank, Bridgeport, Ct.,
City Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio ; Sandusky (fitv
Bank. Ohio: Union Bank, Sandusky City, O. :
Canal Bank, Cleveland, Ohio.
ELECTION DAY IN LOUISVILLE.
We copy the following fiom the Louisville j
Democrat of Tuesday morning last:
"The election yesterday began peaceable, and
in the four middle wards continued so till the i
close; but in the first ward, when about one
third ofthe voters have to elect the know-noth
ing candidates, it was neces-ary to inspire some j
terror lest the voters should come out when j
(here would be no chance. So the plug-uglies;
rallied, knocked down a few foreigners, & that,
of course, ended their voting. Similar exploits!
were performed in the eighth ward, for the same
purpose, and with the same effect. Five or six
bullies fell upon one Irishman, and brutally beat
him until he was rescued by YV. Lagan.
"We had hoped that the reign of terror was!
over in this city—was at an end after all the j
professions; hut the law here in the upper and j
lower wards is in abeyance: and out of about i
fourteen hundred votes in the first ward about j
half were polled. In this ward most of the j
Germans reside. There are in this city over j
7,1)00 legal voters, and there were but about ;
J,700 polled yesterday: ieaving nearly 3,000 I
unpolled. The people at a distance will con-|
elude at once that there w something; wrong
here; either Louisville has lost her population,!
or her people have some extraordinary reason fori
not voting. In our opinion, a majority of the
legal voters are against know nothingism to-dav,
and would rejoic to be rid of it.
"VY hi Ist we had a quiet election in the mid- i
die wards yesterday, a man who was looking on !
in the first ward, at the Lafayette engine-house,!
informs us that no foreigner after dinner dared ,
to go near the prills, lf'he ventured to the polls
to vote, he was attacked before or after he voted, i
Our informant is well acquainted in the ward; !
he saw gangs of rowdies, strangers to him, htir- ;
rahing for the Baltimore rip-raps."
- -
Death of James C. Dobbin.
It is with sincere regret that we chronicle the j
death of this distinguished man. He died at j
his residence in Fayetteville, N. C., onTues-i
day, Aug. 4th. He distinguished himself in
Congress and was Secretary ofthe Navy tin--
der President Pierce. Peace to bis ashes !
-0 Sacks of G. A. Salt, for /ale at SHOEM MIKE'S j
Colonaile Store.
Aug. 11, IS.'7. I
AC tU 3. b0 t r 113 C 111 C•t S.
BEDFORD CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
AND '
FES 71A LE NE7ES\ A *£ y.
itlalc aitri Jemale Departments Distinct
Rev. GEO. W. AIGHIMJAIUU, A. M., Principal.
.Mrs. Geo. W. An:i\ u';;i, Preetptrts..
-Miss COBNEUIA A. EVAETS, Music, French, Draw
j mg, &C.
Mrs. LRCY SPOTTSWOOD, Oil, Painting and Shell
Work.
Miss Mary lIl'i.EX SMITH, Assistant.
IHE duties of this Institution will be resumed on
. lon.juy, Aus. list Owing to the limited accom
modations o! tiie Seminary Building, the number of
juijiils Will he limited. It is important ilierelore,
i! at applications for admission be made at an early
day. those who enter before the expiration of halt
the quarter, wall be charged for the whole quarter
those who enter after the expi rat ion of hall the quarl
ter, will be charged for half the quarter. No deduc
tion made for ab-euce except in cases of protract,,/
blness.
ill tlii- school Students are prepared tor the higher
classes of any College, or to enter at once upon*7be
active duties of life. Whilst special care is taken
To torrr. in our pupils habits of order, ,trict punctual
:!i! and thoroughness , their Physical, Moral and So
cial Education is not neglected.
The government of the school is designed to be
parental. It is the aim ofthe Principal and his asso
ciates to excite in their pupils a love of right doing ;
and to awaken within thern some proper consciou—
ne> -oi the dignity of humanity. Parents may rest
a- ured that any gro-s delinquency on the par! oi
their children will be reported to tbem immediately,
should circumstances require it, or the diseiplne of
the school fail to accomplish the desired reforma
tion.
TERMS per quarter of 11 weeks, including Board,
Tuition, Furnished Room, Washing, Light and Fuel
S 10,00 —one-hall' in advance.
EXTRA CHARGES.
Music, §lO 00
T'-e of Instrument, 2 00
French, 3 Oil
Drawing and Painting in Water Colors,
each, 5 Oo
Oriental Painting, 0 00
Grecian Painting, 3 00
Oil Painting, 10 00
Ornamental Needle Work, 3 00
Shell Work, 5 00
TERMS FOR DAY SCHOLARS.'
Elementary English, $t 00
Higher, „ 4 On
Classics, 6 25
Bedford, August 1 1, 1 8-j7.
COURT PROCLAMATION.
To the. Coron.fr, the, .Justices of the Peace,
an I Constables in the (liferent Townships
i the County of Bedford, Greeting.
KNOW YE that in pursuance of a precept lo
me directed, under the hand and seal oi the
Hon. FRAA'CIS M. KLIIJIELL, President
of the several Courts of Common Pleas in the
Sixt' enth District, consisting of the counties of
Franklin, Bedford and Somerset, and 1 y virtue
of his office ofthe Court of Oyer arid Terminer
u-, : General Jail delivery for the trial of ca; i
ta! and other offenders therein and in the C ii<-
ral Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace: and
JOHN* G. HARTLEY and A. J. SSIVELY, Esqs.
Judges of the same Court, in the same (' lunty
of Bedford, You and each of you are hereby re
quired to be and appear in your proper persons
v.'i vour R< cords, R cognizances, Examina
tions, and other remembrances before the Judges
af iresaid, at IJedlord, at a Court ot Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Gene
ral Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace therein to be
holden lor the county of Bedford, aforesaid,
on the last Monday of August, I being the 31st
day.) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
there and then to do those things to which your
several offices appertain.
GIVEN under my hand at Bedford, on the
1 lib day of August , in the year of our Lord
15;57.
HUGH MOORE, Sherr?.
Aug. 11, 1557.
NEBRASKA TAKEN:
SO,OOO RUSSIANS SLAUGHTERED!!
TIN ANI) COPPERSMITH DC Si NESS!!!
THE subscriber having commenced the above
busire.-s in Pattoi -He. D = ri! county, would
pectively inform the public, that he is prepared to
furnish
TIN COPPER AND SHEET IRON WARE,
on the n; i-t aecommodaiing terms—ALSO, Stove
Pipe at 1-2 cent- per pound: and spouting at tl rents
CASK per toot, this being cheaper than can be HAD at
any other establishment in the place or neighborhood.
Having a thorough knowledge of the business, ami
determined lo spare no pains to plea-e all who may
give him a call, be hopes to receive a liberal sluie
ola generous public.
Aug. 14, '57. CHARLES T. BLAKE.
PUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
THE nnder-igned will offer at Public Sale. o:i the
premises, at the r- ience oi" George I>. Vi isegarver
in >t. Clair township, on WEDNESDAY, the 1< ih
ot'September next, the real estate upon which saiii
George resides, consisting of the "Bixler prnp -rt . '
and 50 acres adjoining, lately bought of .'otin W.
Crissman—in all containing 171 acres and allowance,
o. Patented land, 50 of which is good Bottom land,
and all in a hwh state of cultivation—about tot)
acres cleared and under good fence.
The improvements are a Log House, Double Log
Barn and other out-building-.—Terms easy to suit
purchasers.
JOHN CESSNA,
G. B. WISEGARVER.
Aug. 1 t, 1857.
rlie SlO anil Sls Single and Double
Threaded Dm [tire Family Sew
ing Machines.
AN Agency for the sale of these Machines, may he
secured on liberal terms, for the county ol Bedford,
by a personal application to the Sub-cnbers. at their
oiiice, S. E. Corner ot Cth and Arch St., Philadel
phia. No one need apply without sufficient capital
to conduct the bu-iness properly, and who cannot
bring references as to reliability and capacity.
The peculiar adaptation of these machines, for all
purposes of family sewing, w ill command lor them a.
ready and unlimited demand, wherever they are ol
fered for sale.
JOHNSON & GOODELL.
Aug. 14, 1857. •
Stray Slog- 9
fAME trespassing on the premises oi (be sub
scriber, residing in StClair township, Bedford eountv
sometime in April last; a large white sow, both ears
cropped. The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take her away; oth
erwise she will be disposed oi as the law directs.
Aug. I t, '57. SAMCELM. SLICK.
A large assortment of Glass Preserve Jars, just
received, at SHOEMAKER'S Colonade Store.
Aug. 14. 1857.
Just received at SHOEMAKER S ( oionade Store
a large supply of Groceries.
Aug. 14, 1857.
Notice*
All persons indebted In the J-stat" of \\ M.
F. HORN, Sate of St. Clair township, .Bedford
county, deceased, are requested to make imme
diate payment, and those having claims against
said Estate will present them properly authenti
cated for settlement.
ANDREW HORN,
July 10, 1857.' Adm'r.