BY MEYERS fc BEDFORD. WHOLE NO. 2761. VOL 53. The Bed font Gazette. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1857. order that our readers may not forget, and be thoroughly posted up relative to the dif fered shades of the Opposition, we submit the follow in" to the dispassionate and candid minds and to every free thinking voter in the coun ty of Bedford, before he casts his vote at the ensuing election. It is no fancy scheme gotten up for political put poses merely, but the "pure and unadulterated" element of Know Nothing ism and Black Republicanism. Read, and re flect ! What is K- V Americanism i FIRST DEGREE —OBLIGATION. "You and each of you, of your own free will and ac cord, in the presence of Almighty God and these witnesses, your right hand resting on this HOLY BIBLF. and CROSS, and your left band raised towards Heaven, in token of your sincerity, do solemnly pro mise and SWEAR that you will not make known to any person or persons, any of the signs, secrets, mys teries or objects of this organization, unless it be to those whom, after due examination, or lawful infor mation, vou shall find to be members of this organi zation in" zood standing : That you will not cut, carve, print, painr, stamp, stain, or in any way, di rectly or indirectly, expose any of the secrets or ob ject* ol this Order, noi suffer it to be done by oth ers, if in vour power to prevent it, unless it be for official in-truction. That so long as you are connect ed with thi- orzanization, if not regularly dismissed from it, you will, in all things, political or social, so far as this order is concerned, comply with the will of the MAJORITY when 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, state, or subordinate constitution, the constitution of the United States of America, or that of the state in which you reside, and that you will not, under a ny circumstances whatever, knowingly recommend an unworthy person for initiation, nor suffer it to be done if in vour power to pievenl it. You further more promise and declare that you will not \O I E nor sive your influence for any man for ANY OF FICE in the gilt of the People unless he be an A- M ERIC AN-BORN citizen in favor of AM ERIC ANS BORN ruling America, nor if he be a ROMAN CA THOLIC, and that you will not, under ANY T CIR CUMSTANCE'S, expose the NAME of any member of this Order, nor reveal the existence of such an or ganization! To all the foregoing you bind your selves under no legs a penalty than that ol being ex pelled from the Order, arid of having your name pos ted and circulated throughout the different Councils of the United States a* a PERJURER, and as a trai tor to GOD and your COUNTRYi as a being unfitto be employed, entrusted countenanced or supported in any business tran-action; a* a person totally unwor thy the confidence of all good men, and as one at whom the finger of SCORN should ever be pointed. "ao help you God." f'l'his is admitted to be the oath <5 Imini-tered by the Know Nothings. Their 2d and ■iJ obligations are still more blasphemous and fear ful.) The subjoined Ticket stands square upon the a bove platform: Governor—lsaac Hazlehur*t, Philadelphia. Canal Commi-sioner—J. F. Lindermau, Berks. Supreme Judges—Jacob Broom, Jasper E. Brady. The annexed Ticket adopts this platform with the 1 additional plank that a dissolution of the Union is j prelerahle to allowing the institution of slavery to J exist in the South—and that negroes should enjoy ail i the privileges of the white race, social and political: ; Governor—David Wilmot. Canal Commissioner—William Mill ward. Supreme Judge,—Jarnes Veech, Joseph J. Lewis, j The Ticket which follows, is the child of a "(J- N10N" ot the above elements: Prothonotarv—JOHN ALSIP. Sheriff—J. S. BECK WITH. Treasurer—GEOßGE O>TF.R. Commi-sioner—l). SPARKS. Director—THOMAS IMLF.R. Aiid ito r—G F.O RG ESTUC KE Y. A great dedication of tlie Joc.kabed, or Col- j ored Odd 111 ows' Hall, in Reading (Fa), is an nounced to take place on Monday, the 7th ol , isept. inter inst. I lie ,-\u tin State Gazette learns that the far mersufM xico are sending forward large quan tities of cord fur sale in Texas. It is bought at Saiuilu, at fitly cents per bushel. It has been decided to build a new court house at Gettysburg, Pa., the Cost nut to exceed $ In,ooo, including the old court house and county building. Among the attractions of the St. Louis Agri (U tural I air wiil be trained buffaloes, imported Aia nan horses,and elks trained to go in harness one pair able to go a mile in 2.40. I he Gettysburg Railroad is now in actual pro- r es> o! construction, the work of lying the rails b-uigin progress, nearly a mile finished, and by tne Ist ot October, or soon alter, cars are expec ted to run from Hanover to New Oxfoid, Pa. T wo young females of Harrisburg eloped with same of the men connected with Eldred's Circus on Monday night last, and have not since been heard Irom, to the great distress of their parents who reside in that borough. The value of taxable property in Georgia in creased thirty millions of dollars last year! The ■.'ate tax has in consequt-nce been reduced to eight cents on one hundred dollars or about one twelfth of one per cent. '*. vvo hundred U. S. troops passed through larrisburg on Saturday for the West. They Acre from the Carlisle Barracks. ( BANK I AILCRES —The Hollister Bank of BufT -3 1 has laded; The Farmers, Bank of Provi nce, R. J., has been enjoined by the Bank bommissionrrs ol that State. SCARCITY OF SPECIE. —At Rio specie was in s -> great demand about the middje of July, that hi .* leading merchants had agreed to pay a fixed premium of 10 percent, for national gold. - ' A woman is either w-orth a good deal or not ung. if good for nothing, she is not worth U. ~lnn jealous for; it she be a true woman, she ,'' k' |y e no cause for jealousy. A man is a -rum to be jealous of a good woman—a fool to f U a '°" s of a worthless one; but is a double '°cut his throat for either of th^im sa*cth\ The memorial of Professor Silliman, and tlie Reply of President Buchanan. WASHINGTON, SEP. 2.—The following is I the memorial of Professor Silliman and forty— j two others, of Connecticut, addressed to S1 is Excellency, James Buchanan, President of the I United States: "The undersigned, citizens of the United | States, and electors ol the State of Connecti : cut, respectfully offer to your Excellency, this their memorial. The fundamental principle of the Constitution of the United States, and of our political institutions, is, that the people shall make their own laws,and elect their own rulers. We see with grief, if not with aston. ishment that Governor Walker of Kansas open ly represents and proclaims that the President of the United States is employing through him an army, one purpose of which is to force lfie people of Kansas to obey laws not their own nor of the United States, but laws which it is notorious, and established upon evidence, that they never made, and rulers they never elected. We represent, therefore, by the foregoing, your Excellency is held up and proclaimed to the great derogation of our national character as violating in its most essential particular the solemn oath which the President has taken to support the Constitution of this Union. We call attention further to the fact that your Ex cellency is in like manner held up to this na tion, to all mankind, and to all posterity, in the attitude of levying war against a portion of the I United States, by employing arms in Kansas to uphold a body of men and a code of enactments purporting to be legislative, but which never had the election, nor sanction, nor consent of the people of the Territory. "We earnestly represent to your Excellency that we have also taken the oath to obey the Constitution, and your Excellency may be as sured that we shall not refrain from the prayer that Almighty God will make your administra tion an example of justice and beneficence, and with His terrible majesty protect our people and our Constitution." THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. WASHINGTON C'ITV, Aug. 15, 1857. "GENTLEMEN : On my recent return to this city, alter a fortnight's ausence, your memorial, without date, was placed in my hands, Ihiough the agency of Mr. Horatio King, of the Post Office Department, to whom it had been en trusted. From the distinguished source whence it proceeds, as well as its peculiar character, I have deemed it proper to depart from mv gener al rule in such cases, and to give it an answer. "You first assert tfi3t "the fundamental piin ciple of the Constitution of the United States, and of our political institutions, is tfiat the peo ple shall make their own laws, and elect their own rulers." You then express your grief and astonishment that I should have violated this principle, and through Gov. Walker have em ployed an army, "one of the purposes of which is to force the people of Kansas to obey laws not their own, nor of the United States, but laws which it is notorious, and established upon evi dence, they never made, and rulers they never elected." And as a corollary from the forego ing you represent that I am "openly held up, and proclaimed, to the great derogation of our National character, as violating, in its most es sential particular, the solemn oath which the President has taken to suppotl the Constitution of this Union." "These are heavy charges, proceeding from gentlemen of your high character, and if well founded ought to consign my name to infamy. But in proportion to their giavity, common jus tice, to say nothing of Christian charity, requir ed that before making them you should have clearly ascertained that they were well found ed; if not, they will rebound with withering condemnation upon theii authors. Have you performed this preliminary duty towards the man, who, however unworthy, is the Chief Ma gistrate of your Country? II so, either you or J are laboring under a strange delusion. Should this prove to be your case, it will present a me mo able example of the truth that political pre judice is blind, even to the existence of the plainest and most palpable historical facts. To these tacts let US refer: "When I entered upon the duties of the Presidential office, on the fourth of March last, what was the condition of Kansas? This Terri tory had been organized under an Act of Con gress, passed the 30th of May, 1854, and the Government in aii its branches was in full ope ration. A Governor, a Secretary of the Terri tory, a Chief Justice, two Associate Justices, a Marshal, and District Attorney, had been ap pointed by my predecessor, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, and were all en gaged in discharging their respective duties A code of laws had been enacted by the Terri torial Legislature, and the Judiciary were em ployed in expounding and carrying these laws into eflect. "It is quite true that a controversy had pre viously arisen, respecting the validity of the election ol members to the Territorial Legisla ture, and of the laws passed by them. But at the time I entered upon my official duti-s, Con gress had recognized the Legislature in different forms, and by different enactments. The dele gate elected to the House of Representatives, under a Territorial law, had just completed his term of service on the day previous to my in auguration. In fact I found the Government of Kansas as well established as that of anv othei Territory. "Under these circumstances, what was my duty! Was it not to sustain this Government; to protect it from the violence of lawless men, who were determined to rule or ruin; to pre vent it from being overturned by force; in the language of the Constitution, to "Take care that the laws be faithfully executed?" "It was for-this purpose, and this alone, that 1 ordered a military force to Kansas, as a posse comilalus; aiding the civil magistrate to carry the laws into execution. The condition of the Territory at this time, which I need not portray, FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA., SEPTEMBER 11,1857. rendered this precaution absolutely necessary. "Iri this state of affairs, would I not have been justly condemned had I left the Marshal and other officers of a like character impotent to execute the process and judgements of a court of justice established by Congress, or the Terri torial Legislature tinder its express authoiitv, and thus have suffered the Government itself (o become an object of contempt in the eyes of the people? And yet this is what you designate as forcing "the people of Kansas to obey laws not their own nor of the United States." And for doing which you have denounced me as having violated my oath. "I ask, what else could [ have done, or ought Ito have done? Would you have desir ed that J should abandon the Territorial Gov ernment, sanctioned, as it had been, by Con gress, to illegal violence, and thus tetiew the scenes of civil war and bloodshed which every patriot had deplored? This would, indeed, have been to violate my oath of office, arid to fix a damning blot on the character of my Adminis tration. "1 most cheerfully admit that the necessity for sending a military force to Kansas, to aid in the execution of the civil law, reflects no credit upon the character of our country. But let the blame tall upon the heads of the guilty.— Whence did this necessity arise? "A portion ot the people (it Kansas, unwill ing to trust to the ballot-box —the certain A merican temedy for the redress of all griev ances—undertook to create an independent Government tor themselves. Had this attempt proved successful, it would, of course, have subverted the existing Government, prescribed and recognized by Congress, and substituted a revolutionaiy Government m its stead. This was usurpation of the same character as it would be tor a portion of the people of Connec ticut to undertake to establish a seperate Gov ernment within its own limits, for the purpose of redressing any grievance, real or imaginary, ot which they might have complained against ; the legitimate Government. Such a principle, if carried into execution, would destroy all law- | ful authority, and produce universal anarchy. ; "I ought to specify more particularly a con dition of affairs which I have embraced only j in general terms, requiring the presence of a ' military force in Kansas. The Congress of the ! United States had most wisely declared it to be I the true intent and meaning of this act—the act organizing the Territory—was not to legislate j slavery into any Territory or State, nor to ex clude it therefiom, but to leave the people there of perfectly free to form and regulate their do mestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.— j Asa natural consequence, Congress has also; prescribed, by the same act, that when the Ter- j ritory of Kansas shall be admitted as a Slate, it ; shall be received into the Union with or with-j out slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe j at the time of their admission. "Slavery existed at that period and still ex-i ists in Kansas under the Constitution of the j United Slates. This point has at last been fin ally decided by the highest tribunal known to j our laws. How it could ever have been sen- j ously doubted is a mystery. If a confederation j of sovereign States acquire a new territory at j the expense ot their common blood and treas- I ure„ surely one set ol tli- partners can have no right to exclude the other from its enjoyment by prohibiting them from taking into it whatso ever is recognized to he property by the com mon Constitution. But ivlien the people, the bona Jide residents of such territory proceed to liame a State Constitution, tin n it is their right to decide the important Question lor themselves whether they wiil continue to modify or abol ish slavery. To them, and to them alone, does this question belong, free I com all foreign inter ference. In the opinion of the Territorial Legislature ol Kansas the time bad arrived for entering the Union, and they accordingly pass ed a law to elect delegates for the purpose of framing a State Constitution. This law was fair and just in iis provisions. It conferred the right of suffrage on every buna fide inhabitant of the Territory, and for the purpose of prevent ing fraud and the intrusion of citizens of near or distant States, most properly confined this right to those who had resided therein three months previous to the election. Here was a fair op* partunitv presented lor all qualified resident citizens of the Territory to whatever oiganiza tion they might have previously belonged, to participate in the election, and to express their opinions at th- ballot-box on the question ol slavery. But numbers of lawless men still con tinue to resist the regular territorial government. They refused to be either registered or to vote, and members of the Convention were elected legally and properly without their intervention. The Convention will soon assemble to perform the solemn duty of framing a constitution for themselves and their posterity: and in the state of incipient rebellion which still exists in Kan sas, it is my imperative duty to employ the troops ol the United States, should this become necessary, in defending the Convention against violence while framing a constitution, and in protecting the bona fide inhabitants qualified to vote under the provisions of this instrument in the free exercise of the right of suffrage, when it shall be presented to them lor their approba tion or rejection. "I have entire confidence in Gov. Walker, that the troops will not be employed, except to resist actual aggression, or in the execution ol the laws; and this, not until the power of the civil magistrate shall prove unavailing. Fol lowing the wise example ol Mr. Madison to wards n the Ilailford Convention, illegal and dan gerous combinations, such as that ol the lupfka Convention, w ill not be disturbed, unless they shall attempt to perform some act which shall bring them into actual collision with the Con stitution and the laws. In that event they sha be resisted and put down by the w hole power ol the Government: In peiforming this duly, I shall have the approbation of my own con science, and, as I humbly trust, of my oq, Freedom of Thonght and Opinion. ; 'I thank you for the assurance that vou will nrt refrain from prayer that the Almighty God will make my administration an example of j justice and beneficence. Y'ou can greatly as | sist me in arriving at this blessed consummation, ' by exerting your influence in allaying the ex isting sectional excitement on the subject of sla very, which has been productive of much evil ' and no good; and which, if it succeed in ob ; taining its object, would ruin the slave as well as the master. This would be worth genuine philanthropy. Every day of my life, I feel how inadequate I am to perlbrm the duties of my high station, without continuing in the support of the Divine Providence. "\et, placing my trust in Him, and in Him alone, I entertain a good hope that He w ill ena ble me to do equal justice to all portions of the Union, and thus render me an bumble instru ment in restoring peace and harmony among the people of the several States. Yours, very respectfully, JAMES BUCHANAN." GENERAL PACKER THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND. It is well known, says the Lycoming Gazette that while Speaker of the House of Represent atives, in 18-19, Gen. PACKER, the Democratic candidate for Governor contributed very mate rially by bis influence toward the enactment of that now popular measure known as the "Three Hundred Dollar Exemption Act." During the winter ol 1850, it will also be remembered, a strenuous effort was make by persons who lan ded themselves aggrieved by the law, to have it repealed. Gen. Packer was then in the Sen ate, where he at once took the lead among those who opposed a repeal. A remonstrance against the law, numerously signed by his own consti tuents-, being forwarded to him to present to that body, he complied with the request, accompany ing it with the eloquent remaiks which we print below; and which the Philadelphia Sun , when publi.-hing them, at the time, prefaced as "phil anthropic, just, arid truly Democratic." IVe neefi hardly say that they contributed largely to prostrating further efforts at repeal; and the poor unfortunate debtor and his dependent family now eojoy the protection which that humane law affutds and a sympathizing public opiniun ; sustains. Gen Packer said:— Mr Speaker, 1 do not sympathize with the prayer of the petition I have just presented, I do not believe that the law of last session will injure th e "poor and middle class" of community. I do not believe that by exempting the last three hundred dollars' worth of property to the poor unfortunate debtor from levy and sale on execu- i lion, and distress, the sheriff and constable, urged on bv a close-fisted, miserly arid heartless creditor, that you injuriously affect the interests of the poor. Sir, it cannot be true. Do you tor a moment suppose, that yoti would benefit the "pour and middle classes of community" by exposing their last article of household fur niture—or their last cow—to the tender mercy of an avaricious creditor. If Senators entertain such an opinion, let them comply with the prayer of the petitioners and vote for the repeal of the law of the last session, together with all the exemption laws previously enacted, and they will promote the interests of the poor and middle classes- to heart's content of the rich. Sir, Irom sypathizing with the petitioners, I would extend the exemption law st 11 Anther. And, permit me to say, which 1 do with all confidence, that the dav is not tar distant when it will be cairied further. The day is dawning when every family will be pio tected in their little home , in defiance of the bad conduct of an intemperate father, or a profligate husband. The day is coming, nay it in now here, when it will be concerdcd that the man with a comfortable, permanent home, will much sooner pay his honest debts than he who is almost dis tracted with impending troubles, and who is ever at the mercy of an execution. Many ot the Slates of this Union have led the way in this human- reform. Maine exempts a homestead to the value of SSOO. and in the ab sence ola homestead, personal property to that amount. Vermont exempts a homestead to the value ofsf>oo. lowa and Minnesota forty acres of land or a lot. California exempts 320 acres of land, or a lot worth S2OOO. t ie pro posed Mormon State, it is said secures a home to every family. All the States, and Territories named having acted on this subject within the past few months. Georgia, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin and Connecticut. Have long since enacted iibeial exemption laws. New York always among the foremost in popular reforms, is also pressing on iri this matter. I have be fore me the annual message of Governor Fish to the present legislature of that gr-at State, to which 1 beg leave to call the attention of Sen ators. On th- subject of homestead exemption, th- Governor says: "While it is admittedly a primary duty of the legislature to enact laws tir the punishment of vice, it is no less its duty to remove the cau ses which frequently had to the commission of crime. The impressions made upon the youth ful mind, by the gentle force of parental au thority and example, and by the associations of the family circle are among the most active and enduring of the influences which control the conduct of afterlife. Much of the vice that we are called upon to deplore, may be traced to the removal of its subject from the reach of that authority, and example, and from the in nocent, but wholesome association of a home how ever humble. The cause of morality no less than the dictatesof humanity, demands the preservation of the family circle, and the main tenance of the family home, as efiicent preven tives of vice, and sure and permanent contrib utors to individual virtue and happiness, and to public prosperity and order." I j Such Air, Speaker, are the views of the Gov- I ernor of New York. They are the sentiments of a humane and far-seeing statesman—and I ■ honor him for his manly independence in giv , ing them the weight and sanction of his official station. Sir, I go with the Governor of the Empire State. I would secure to every family a HOME and a HEART. I -would not permit the ■ covetous and hard hearted creditor to drive his 1 unfortunate debtor, naked and penniless, out upon the cold charities of an unhospitable world. The laws that authorize such a procedure, should he blotted from the pages of the statute books of every Slate in the Union—they are re pugnant to the spirit of the age, and revolting to humanity. Like the laws sanctioning im prisonment for debt, they should be repudiated by every phylarithropic legislator—they should exist but in the history of the past —an obsolete idea. It has been truly said, Mr. Speaker, that he who sells out the last little property of a wife, and family of small children, of a rash, heed less or perhaps intemperate husband and father, and afterwards with a cheerful countenance goes home to dine—goes home TO FEAST ON HU MAN HEARTS! Sir money thus obtained has a damning curse upon it ! Entertaining these views, Mr. Speaker, I can not go with those of my constituents who de mand the repeal of the exemption law of last session; nor can I believe that any considerable number of them desire it. A THUNDER BOLT IN CHURCH. On the 23d of August, about 6 o'clock, a thunder cloud of very angry and threatening aspect swept over Colchester, Connecticut, from the VV. N. YV., and startled the citizens by a single bolt which it threw into their midst. .Nearly two hundred persons had assembled in the Fiist Congregational Church of that place, at a third service, arid were just beginning to disperse to their homes, when, as they were passing through the entrance hail and the porch, and down upon the steps leading into the church there came down right among them a crashing thunder-bolt of tremendous power, like the . explosing a bursting cannon. It followed the lightning-rod down to with in about ten feet of the ground (w here the rod seems to have bet n disconnected,) then leaving the conductor, it passed in the entrance hall, pitching tie sexton seveia! feet against a stove, striking two women prostrate, wounding and blistering them from hip fo toe, tearing one shoe from each to tatters: then seizing a girl's bon net, it passed round the wire both in front and rear consuming almost every thread upon if, nearly severing it from the bonnet, burning the flesh severely under tile chin where the two ex tremities of the wire met, and then passed down the right arm. leaving several severe injuries upon it. Others were stunned bv it, but none were killed, nor, as is believed, permanently injured. T he main current ol the electricity passed un der the flag-stones of the porch, and there sep arated into four or five branches, going in dif ferent directions under the stone steps, and so out on the ground, like so many fire-balls, in front of the church; and what is wonderful,the wholp space in the hall and porch and in front of the church was crowded with people and none seriously injured. A ROMANCE. The following from the London Court Jour nal, reminds one of a beautiful poem of ELIZA COOK, and proves romance to be as rife now as ever : "Among the presentations of her Majesty,at one of the drawing moms this season, was a young lady upon her marriage, arid about whose nuptials a story is current of more than usual interest in unromantic times. She is the daugh ter of a baronet, holding a distinguished posi tion. Among the suitois of this young lady, who is as pretty as accomplished, was one of very advanced years: but it was in vain that all the allurements consequent upon the possession of riches were set forth. The fair maiden show ed herself completely indillerent to the golden prize that lay at her feet, and in spite of the strong recommendation of "papa" it was unhes itatingly rejected. So far, therefore, every thing was perfectly natural and unromantic.— But it seems that the gentleman, alter his proposals had been declined, (ot course with the usual protestations of respect and esteem,) again sought an interview, and assured the lady that his attachment was not selfish—that he was ready, at any sacrifice, to do any tiling that would contribute to her happiness; and that, if her affections were fixed on any one whose wealth might not be adequate to his good for tune, he was ready, by a settlement ev. n to the extent of 100,000 pounds, to place her happi ness in her own power. Such a proof of disin terested attachment was perfectly undeniable, am) it is -aid that the young lady pondered so much over it, thai, lihe'the recital of Othello's dangers, it wrought a complete revolution of feeling. We do not pretend to know on what kind ot "hint" the venerable gentleman spoke again, but speak again he did, and with so much effect that the happy day was soon named, and the nuptials in due couise solemnised, and the fine bride presented on her marriage to the Qneen. The world gives, with its usual gen erosity, an almost fabulous account to Mr. "s fortune, hut if is very well known that one i tem in it is slbo,ooo railway stock, and nore than half ot which is paying six percent." O.VE of the newspapers inquires with much seeming innocence, if it j s any harmUr young ladies tosit in the laps of ages. Somebody an swers !ha': it probaujy depends on the kind of ages selected those from eighteen to twenty five being rather hazardous. An old bachelor,on seeing the words ''Fami lies supj lied" over the door of an oyster saloon, (Stepped in, and said he would like to have a wife and two children. TERMS, £2 PER YEAR. NEW SERIES VOL 1, NO. 6. | EXCITEMENT AT BURLINGTON, N. Y. SEDUCTION KY A CLERCYMAN. The citizens of Burlington were thrown into I a state of intense excitement on Friday last; by I the circulation of a rumor that Rev. William B. | Sutherland, of that city, had been guilty of the j crime of seducing the daughter of a member of his church, who was turned of fifteen years i of age. An investigation of the rumor led to the painful conclusion that it was, in all its enormi ty, too true to be disbelieved. It appears that on Wednesday afternoon last, Sutherland went to the house of the girl's father for his intended 1 victim to come to him and assist some other 1 girls in arranging some books in his library.— It having be.-n previously understood that sev eral were to meet there for that purpose. The girl not responding to tiie inVitation, Sutherland sent again, and this second invitation she unfor tunately obeyed. On reaching Sutherland's house he invited her into the library, when site was surprised to find heiself the only female present. He immediately commenced his ad j vances and familiarities, \\ ith tier, drew her in !1o a chamber and there succeeded in overcorn i mg her, after which the outraged child haslen j ed home to I lie fiouse of her patents. On Thursday she related 1o her mother the | particulars of the shame that fad been practised upon her, and the mother immediately waited ( upon one of'the dearons of Sutherland's church, and related the circumstances. He immediate ly called in a brother deacon, and the two went directly to Sutherland's house, where they in formed him of the charge made against him.— j Sutherland admitted that he had taken many ] liberties with the child, but denied the charge jof seduction. His whole conduct and manner, i however, was such as to convince the two that i he was guilty, and they informed him at once | that all further intercourse with him as a pas | tor of their church, was at an end. In the tnean time, the father of the girl was ! made acquainted with the atrocious crime which had been perpetrated on the virtue of his child. His exaspiration became uncontrollable, and arming himself for the purpose of making a summary vengeance on the destroyer, started in pursuit of him. But an intimation to Suth erland that his life was in danger enabled him to escape over the back fence of his garden, on ly a few minutes in advance of bis justly indig nant pursuer. This clerical hypocrite is about thirty years of age, and has been in charge of a church at Burlington since last year. He went there from Lodi, near Jersey City—but where he has now gone, no one can tell. 7'he victim of his arts is barely 15 years of age, and has borne asi unblemished character. Her family are also of unimpeached standing, and enjoy the respect and esteem of all who know tftern. The ex citement was so great, on Saturday night, that if Sutherland could have ben found he would surely have been tarred and feathered. A CAMEL LOAD. —The Government camels now at work in Texas, carry 600 pounds of corn at a load, and travel three and a half miles an hour, without difficulty. Their great value is not so much on acconnt of greater strength than the horse, but on account of their ability to make the jornndci del mueilo , across some of the desert plains of western Texas. A BRAVE LADY. —The Florida peninsular of the Bth ult, has the follow ing: •'On Tuesday evening last, two men entered the yard of the lady in question—her husband, who is a volunteer officer, being absent—and, upon being hailed by the lady, who scorned her threats, and persisted in prow ling about the pre mises, until both were wounded by pistol shots fired by the lady. One received a ball in thv hand,and the other in the a r m." [£F~"Boy," said an iii tempered old fellow to a noisy lad, "what are you a holWin, for when l£am going by?" "Humph," returned the boy," what are you going by for when 1 am hollerin." KlSSlNG. —Speaking ol kisses, the following is the last rumor of the "comet striking." Friends are in the habit of warmly greeting their acquaintances upon the arrival of the pass enger trains at some of the railway statbn houses. It was only the other day that a young gentleman jumped from the cars at this place, rushed through the crowd toward a lady, seized her hand and gave her a hearty kiss; the report startled a country lass hard by, who exclaimed to her "feller," "Massy, Josh! what on airth'sgen way not he keers?" A CUNNING OLD LlAß. —Napoleon once said rather disrespectfully, of bis father-in-law, the Emperor of Austria, "Francis is an old granny. Some friend repeated the remark to Maria Lou ise. The empress sought an explanation from Talleyrand "Monsieur Tallevtand, v hat does that mean, an old grannvj" The conning dip lomatist, more polite than conscientious, answer ed with his most serious air—"lt means, ntadame it means a venerable sage. Brown is a married man. A few day* since he thought of taking a trip to Paris. One of his friends meeting him in the street in quired: "Well Brown, my boy, when are you ofi?" "To-morrow." "Don't take your wife with you?" "No! it is a voyage of pleasure." "queer fish" in St. Louis, in allu sion to the "bill for the benefit of married wo men, before the Missouri Legislature, asked if they had better not do something for the benefit |of the single ladies, and not trouble themselves about other men's wives. By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pas* current for the merchandise of heaven.
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