THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford,. Oct. 2, l*o7.
B. F. Meyers & G W. Benford, Editors.
Democratic State jN'ominaticns.
GOVERNOR:
Gen. Win. F. Faeker,
Of Lycoming County.
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
Hon. Yimrod Strickland,
Of Chester County.
SUPREME JUDGES:
Hon. Yt'ui- Strong,
Of Berks County.
Hon. Jaines Thompson,
Of Erie County.
SENATOR,
William P. Scliell, of Bedford.
COIYTY TICKET.
BL Y
JAMES BURNS, in.,' of Bedford.
DAVID HAY, of Somerset.
Prolhonotary—SAML. H. TATE, Bedford.
Sheriff—WM. S. FLUKE, M. Woodbeiry.
Treasurer—SAML. DAVIS, Bedford.
Commissioner—C. EVANS, E. Providence.
Director—GEO. SMOUSE, W. Providence.
Auditor—JOHN VV. CRISMAN, St. Clair.
WHAT THE WHIGS THOUGHT
OF WILMOT IN 1846.
It will be remembered that the Taritfof 1842
was repealed by Congress four years after its
establishment. When this repeal was made,
the opposition to the Democratic party were as
violent in their denunciations of Democratic j
members of Congress, as they are now of tlmse j
who voted for the much abused Kansas Nebraska ;
Bill. Yet the very politicians who raved and :
swore so terribly at the passage of the Bill re
pealing the Tariff of '42, and cursed David
Wilmot so bitterly for lending it his support, are
now warmly advocating Mr. VVilmot's claims to
the Governorship of Pennsylvania. We give
below a number of extracts from the leading
Whig Journals, published at that period, which j
will show how vehement the Whig party of
Pennsylvania was in its hostility to the present
Abolition candidate for Governor;
[From the Harrisburg Telegraph, July 15,
1546, then published by Theo. Fenn who now
edits the Lancaster Independent, a Wihnot pa
per.]
"But one British Free Trade Tory
"was found in all Pennsylvania and that was
"WiilllOt of Bradford. The execrations of
"every friend of Pennsylvania, will fall upon
"and follow him, until he reaches that place
"where the worm dieth not and the fire is not
"quenched!"
* # * * *
"His (Wilmot's) INFAMOUS TREACH
"ERY should be revenged by disowning and
L • • j.™ * L L fr,n """ P P"* UTC
"NAME AND HIS DEED WILL STINK
"IN THE NOSTRILS OF EVERY TRUE
"HEARTED PENN SYLVANIA N FOREV
"ER."
[From the Miners' 1 Journal, September 19,
1546, then as now published by Benjamin
Bannan, being also at present an advocate of
Wilmot for Governor.]
"IT WOULD BE A DISGRACE TO THE
"STATE TO RETURN WILMOT TO
-CONGRESS."
[From the Berks and Schuylkill Journal, Ju
ly 11, 1846, a paper now warmly supporting
Wilmot for Governor.]
"Among those who voted for the -Id Valorem
"Tariff Bill, was Mr. Wilmot,of Pennsylvania,
i '\ I.oeofoco tree trade rene
"gatle from the Bradford dis
trict."
[From the same paper, July IS, 1846.]
"The name of WILMOT should be held up
"to the SCORN Sc CONTEMPT of every free.
"man in the state. The man who for the sake
"of party, or SOME PROMISED REWARD,
"betrays his constituents by supporting a measure
"so disastrous toNheir dearest interests, IS UN
"FITTO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
"A FREE PEOPLE."
(From the York Republican, Jlug. fj, 1846,
then edited by Thomas E. Cochran, who was
last Fall a candidate on the Jjbolition State
Ticket, and who is now a supporter of David
Wilmot, for Governor.]
"He who can hereafter cling to the skirts of
these TREACHEROUS leaders, (including
VVilmot among the class,) who can confide in
their representations, or yield to their influence,
IS UNWORTHY OF THE NAME AND
PRIVILEGES OF A FREEMAN."
[From the .Vorristown Free Press, July 8,
ISIG, a Journal at present supporting Wilmot,
and edited by the same man who wrote the fol
lowing:]
"Even Pennsylvania could furnish ONE LO
"COFOCO (WILMOT) TO VOTE AGAINST
"HER BEST INTERESTS."
| From the same paper, Sept., 2, 1846.]
"Wilmot, the TRAITOR REPRESENTA
TIVE in Congress, * * * has been marked
"by his betrayed constituents. * • * This
"is just. The laboring men of the North must
"no longer put their trust in NORTHERN
"MEN with SOUTHERN PRINCIPLES."
Such was the language of the Whig Press
toward David Wilmot in 1846. Then they
beslimed and bedaubed him with the harshest
and filthiest abuse. Then they denounced him
as a traitor to his couutry, as one whose "name
and deed would stink in the nostrils of every
true hearted Pennsylvania:! forever." No lan
guage was strong enough to daguerreotype their
hatred of the "Free Trade Renegade." No
punishment, in tireir eyes, could befall the
"British Tory," adequate to his deserts. What
do they say of him now 1 They laud him as
the coming Messiah of Pennsylvania's greatness
and glory. They fall down at his feet and
worship him, and stealing "the livery of the
court of heaven to serve the devil in," they
emblazon his black banner with the inscription,
"God and Humanity!" "Like the dog that re- ;
turneth to his vomit again," they embrace the
man ujion whom the sluices of their blackguard
ism had incessantly poured their filth for years
and years.
Bah! who would tallow in the lead of men so
inconsistent? Who would trust demagogues so
unsteady, so reckless, so unprincipled?
John Ahip, Esq.
The above named gentleman, it is well
known, is a candidate for the office ofProthono
tary. Personally , we have nothing whatever
to urge against his claims; politically, we have
many objections to make against him. He is
the representative of every ism that is at pres
ent arrayed against the Democratic party. He
was sworn into the Know Nothing Order in this
town, and although he tells Anti Know Noth
ings privately that he has left it, yet he has
never by any public act, given any assurance
that he has renounced its doctrines. He receiv
ed and accepted the nomination oi the Know
Nothing Abolitionists, and therefore, is the en
dorser of their fanatical and dangerous creed.
He stands before the people the nominee of a
faction whose battle-cry was last Fall and is, to
this day,' Anything to beat the Democratic Par
ty!" He is the candidate of the men who slan
ered and reviled the great and good Buchan
an, calling him "Ten Cent Jimmy" and
1 heaping upon him all the vile epithets of their
j fish woman vocabulary. He voted the Union
Electoral Ticket, last Fall, and thus identified
i himself with the sectional agitators whose fond
i est desire it is to break down the Democratic
I party. How can he, therefore, have the effron
tery to ask Democrats, to support him? How is
it that he is not ashamed to declare to Demo
crats, as he did to a certain one a few days ago,
that the man who did not vote for Jas. Buchan
an, was not a true man to his country ? Why does
| he say, when it suits his purposes, that lie is as
j good a Democrat as any body else, and that he
does not C3re a straw about any candidate but
jJohnAlsip?
Democrats, the reason of his present conduct j
toward you is obvious! He knows well enough 1
that without your votes, his is a hopeless case. I
He is, therefore, anxious to secure them. He j
flatters you like a sycophant—he electioneers j
with you in the most artful manner—he allows i
no opportunity to pass to excite your prejudices
against his Democratic opponent. His game has
been planned by the Abolition leaders. H- is
an instrument in the hands of men that hate
your principles with all their soul. His tri
umph they would consider their triumph.
Let him beware! Let him remember that it
is heaping insult upon insult to ask Democrats to
vote for him after lending his name to their ene. '
roies lor the purpose of its being used in opposi
tion to Democratic men and measures! Let
him remember that if he persists in his present
mode of electioneering, the defeat that now
stares him in the face, will be rendered still
more disgraceful and disastrous, bv his daring
to outrage the feelings of Democrats in askine
them to support him whilst he is the nominee of
their bitterest enemies, the Know Nothings and
Abolitionists!
"TEN CENTS A DAY."
What has become of this electioneering slan
der made use of so extensively by the enemies
of Mr. Buchanan and the Democratic party?
We hear not a breath of it. Has shame at last
tied the tongues of the revilers that used it, or
are they so fearful of being overwhelmed in the
tide of popular indignation aroused by their
falsehoods, that the)- dare not open their mouths?
Ye foul-mouthed traducers of James Buchanan
—ye charlatans and hypocrites—who last Fall
strove to prejudice the mind of the laboring
man against the greatest Statesman now living,
answer what has become of your "Ten Cent
Jimmy" slander? Mr. Buchanan has been
President since the 4th of M arch last, and labor
ers still receive as high wages as ever they did, if
not higher. So it seems that the great "hue and
cry," you raised about Mr. Buchanan being in
favor bf reducing the wages of laborers, was
only a humbug—just as all your other hobbies
are—negroism included. Oh, ye mountebanks
and falsifiers! Answer, what has become of your
story about "TEN CENTS A DAY ?"
SLIGHTLY STRETCHED.
Major Tate, the Democratic candidate for
Prothonotary, said of his opponent, in a public
speech, in Cumberland Valley, a few days ago,
that he (Mr. Jllsip,) rides four political horses,
referring, when he made the expression, to the
fact that bis opponent pretends to bealwavsof
the same political party as the individual with
whom he is electioneering. That is, when talk
ing with an Abolitionist, he is an Abolitionist,
with an "American," he is an "American,"
with an Old Line Whig he is an Old Line Whig,
and with a Democrat, he is a Democrat. Mr.
Alsip, we understand, now goes about com
plaining to the people that Major Tate said that
he is a rich nabob and drives a coach and four!
We heard all that Major Tate said pn this
subject, and it was merely as abovt stated, that
Mr. Alsip rides (our political horses, the Aboli
tion, "American," Old Line Whig and Demo
cratic. The last, however, in our opinion he
will not ride much lo his benefit, as it will
throw him assure as his name is John Alsip,
especially if he continues to 'stretch Major Tate's
statements as he has done in this instance.
TELEGRAPHIC. —PhiIad'a, Sept. 30th, iBf>7.
—EDITORS Gazette: —City Banks suspended,
pay out their notes.
Pennsylvania Bank par. Interior banks three
discount—feeling better and I think worst over.
BEWARE! BEWARE!!
The Opposition will, doubtless, attempt, as
usual, to circulate false stories in reference to
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Democratic candidates and principles, immedi
ately before, or on, election day. Beware of
such fabrications! Let no Democrat be deceiv
ed by the representations of any of his political
enemies. Let every friend of our glorious cause,
be vigilant in this particular.
TURIN OUT! TURN OLT!!
Let every Democmt so arrange his private'
affairs, if possible, that he may be enabled to
go to the polls on next election day. Let there j
be "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull alto
gether," for the candidates of the Democratic
party. Now is the time to cut off'the last head j
of the Hydra of Abolitionism. Turn out, Dem- j
ocrats ! Turn out!!
THEY DARE NOT DO IT.
Some weeks ago we charged that every nam
on the opposition County Ticket , in this coun- :
ty, is the supporter of David Wilmot, for-Gov- ;
ernor. We, then, dared them, or an)' one of
them, to deny it. Sufficient time has elapsed
for them to reply, but they have given no re
sponse. They are silent as the grave on that .
subject. They dare not define their position on
the Governor question. If they did, and did it
honestly, they know very well, that not a;
Hazlehurst man in the County would touch
them. That "accounts for the milk in the co
coa nut" of their silence.
Remember,
That the opposition County Ticket is compo- j
sed wholly and entirely of Wilmot men. Re
member, also, that that ticket is the loster-chiid
ofthe men who have hitherto been incessant in I
their abuse of the Democratic party and that >
: the candidates upon it,
SAMUEL J. CASTNER,
JOHN ALSIP,
JAMES S. BECK WITH,
. GEO. R. OSTER,
DAVID SPARK'S,
THOMAS IMLER
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are the nomi
nees of the bitter and uncompromising enemies
1 of Democratic principles.
THE MONEY PANIC.
A terrific storm has swept over the monetary
world, scattering failure and ruin in its track.—
Banks that were supposed to be entirely solvent
and sound, have failed, or suspended. A gen
eral prostration of business is, of course, the re
sult, wherever the financial affairs of the coun
try have been affected by the crash.
We believe, the all Phi adelphia Banks with
the exception of the Bank of Pennsylvania,have
suspended specie payment. Likewise all the
Pittsburg banks, except the Bank of Pittsburg
i and the Mechanics' Bank.
The reason oft hi trouble in matters is
' simply the unsound system upon which our
■Banks are founder/. Let that he thorough I v
j investigated and re-modelled, and we shall nev
j er more be thrown into such a chaos of pecuni
< ary mishaps. Let the inside affairs of the banks
jbe thrown open to the light of dav—let there
■ be a monthly, or weekly, exhibit of their con
! tion, made under oath by their officers—so that
j we need not leap in the dark when we take
i Bank-bills—and all will be well.
In order that our banking system may under-
I go a thorough revision and correction, we should
I elect HONEST MEN to the next Legislature.
; And in this connexion it should be always borne
in mind that the policy of the Democratic party,
has ever been in favor of curtailing and nar
rowing the privileges of banks.
Gov. Pollock has issued his proclamation to
convene the Legislature on the 6th inst., for the
purpose of having legislative action upon finan
cial affairs, or, as some think, to legalize the
suspension of the banks. We consider this
calling together of the Legislature an en
ti rely unnecessary and uncalled for proceed
ing. The session cannot continue over a
single week, and consequently no deliberate ac
tion can be taken upon the important and in
tricate subject which is to be considered. The
result will be hasty legislation, and unnecessary
expense to the people. Surely it is high time
that venal Abolitionism ceases its reign in our
State Capitol.
Keep it Before the People.
Thai whilst David VVilcnot is the candidate
of a party which has tried its utmost to give the
negro the right to vote in Maine, in New York,
in lowa and other states; he also endorses the
doctrine that proscribes the Foreigner and the
Catholic, thereby showing that lie esteems the
BLACK above the WHITE man.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That David Wilmot in all his speeches, nevr
breathes a word about the interests of our
Commonwealth, not a syllable about our
greedy corporations, our corrupt legisla
tures, but talks only of a subject outside the
jurisdiction of the people of Pennsylvania, the
Kansas question which has been a deadand buried
issue ever since the triumphant election of Mr.
Buchanan tothe Presidency of the U. States.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the Democratic Canal Commissioners
saved to the Commonwealth, la* spring, th
heavy annual income of upward! of $250,000
by laying before the Democratic Supreme Court,
the Bill for the Sale ot the Main Line, which
proposed to repeal the Tonnagt Tax of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Compasy, which a
mounted last year to the sum abovr specified)
which Bill as far as it related to tie repeal o'
the said tax, the Supreme Court pronounced
void and of no effect.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the Democratic party has aiwavs been
opposed to the indiscriminate clattering of
banks: holding such a course to be ruinous to '
the interests of the masses and destructive of
the very basis of Commerce and Trade.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That in view of these things it i the duty of
every citizen who regards the welfare of the j
Commonwealth, as well as his own individual
interests, to vote for WILLIAM F. PACKER,. and !
the nominees of the Democratic party.
THE NORTH AROUSED!
THE DEMOCRATS OF LIBERTY
IN MOTION!!
Tuesday, the 22d of September last, was a
day long to be remembered by the citizens of
Liberty. A meeting of the people of that
township, favorable to the election of Gen.
Packer and the nominees of the Democratic par
ty, was held at Stonerstowri on that day. A
delegation of Democrats from Hopewell {which j
hy the way, was composed of a glorious set of!
i men) were in attendance at this meeting. The j
whole number of persons present was upwards
jof two hundred and fifty.' Great enthusiasm j
| prevailed, and every Democrat present felt as
sured of coming victory.
The officers of this meeting were as full
ows:
President, George F. Steel, Esq.—V ice Presi
dents, Isaac Kensinger, and John A. White,
E-sqs.—Secretaries, George Rhoads and Jacob
I Kensinger, Esqs.
Speeches were made hy B. F. Meyers, Geo.
H. Spang, Esq., Hon. Win, P. Schell, Maj.
Tate and Major Jacob Cresswell. After the
j last speaker had concluded, the meeting adjourn
ed, every body being satisfied that Liberty will
1 be '-all right" on next election day.
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GREAT MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY
OF SOUTHAMPTON.
On Saturday last, the gallant Democrats of
j Southampton Tp., met in Mass meeting at
j Chaneysville, in that township. The meeting
| was held in the grove adjoining the village,
where seats had been prepared for the large
crowd in attendance. Michael Mills, Esq., was
chosen President: Daniel Roland, David Roland,
Asa Houser, Joshua Pennell, James Elder,
Hezekiah O'Neal, Edward Northcraft, William
Adams, Mark Houser, Thomas Leasure, Elisha
Smith, and Joseph Barkman, Vice Presidents;
and Hugh Wilson and Trlghman Northcraft, Se
cretaries.
Speeches were made by B. F. Meyers and
Maj. Samuel H.Tate. The meeting was full
of life and vigor. The Old Guard of De
mocracy in Southampton is aroused! A glori
ous result for Democratic measures and candi
dates, w ill take place in this township, on the
second Tuesday of Ocf>. next. The good citi
zens of that region will no longer follow, to
any extent, the lead of mea.whose party organ
publishes statements branding them as "drunk
ards," "ignoramuses," &.c., kc. The large
meeting which Messrs. Jordan aud Kooutz held
of this. That meeting was composed of seven
of their own partisans (two of whom had come
lrom Monroe tp.,) and twelve Democrats! At
the Democratic meeting there were present
nearly one hundred Democrats. Hurrah tor
Old Southampton!
DEMOCRATIC RALLY AT CLEARYILLE.
The Democrats of Monroe, held their town
ship meeting at Clearviile, on Friday the 25th
ult., and organized, on motion of Matthew-
Murray, Esq-, by the appointment of David
Evans, Esq., President: Jesse Veach, Jonathan
Horton, George Vonstein, IVm. Nycum Esqs.,
Vice Presidents: and Jacob Fletcher, Oliver Hor
ton, and Andrew Steckman, Secretaries. The
meeting was then addressed by Hon. Job Mann,
in an able and effective speech, in which were
truthfully portrayed the true characters of the
various candidates before the people, as well as
of the political issues at present dividing the
several parties. Mr. Mann was followed by B.
F. Meyers, who was succeeded by Major S. H.
Tate, when the meeting adjourned, with much
good feeling. Ttie Democrats ul Monroe are
a determined hand of patriots and wili do them
selves honor at the coming election.
Democratic Meeting at Louisville.
This meeting, notwithstanding the fact that
there were no hand-bills posled for it, was
such as to reflect great credit upon the people of
Union Township. It was large and respectable
in number, besides being respectful and at
tentive to all that was said and done.
It was organized by the appointment of the
following officers:
President, John Conrad Esq.: Vice Presidents,
John B. Boyer, Frederick Stiffler, Matbias
W alter, Adam Curie, Henry Corle, Joseph
Walter and Solomon Fickes: Secretaries, Casel
ton Ake, John Shull, Michael Shaffer and
Francis Beard.
The meeting was then addressed by Gen. Bow
man and O. E. Shannon, Esq. Many of the
ladies from the surrounding neighborhood graced
the meeting with their presence. "In Union
there is strength," depend on it. A.
The Democratic Meeting at I*at
tonsvilte,
On Wednesday, was well attended. The School
House was full, and the meeting characterized
hv the same animation and lively interest that
appears to have taken hold of the masses who
are opposed to the dodging, trickery and bribery
of the opposition.
It was organized by Major Patton, as fol
lows;
Hon. Joseph B. Noble, President: Jacob Deet
er, Daniel K. Burger and Daniel Lingenfelter,
Vice Presidents; and John B. Flock, Esq., and
Christian Kochendai fer, Secretaries.
The meeting was then addressed by O. E.
Shannon, Esq., and Gen. Bowman, and then
adjourned with three hearty cheers for the tick
ets, from lop to bottom, as proposed by the \
President.
Ifthere is any splitting, or breaking updone
in this country, (and we know ot some) it will
be bv the honest men of tIMP opposition, who are
disgusted with the acts of their leaders, as well
as their candidates, and who vv ill take a stand
fir all time to come on the side of Democracy j
and truth. There is such a thing as candidates '
running the thing in the ground a little.
VVoODUEiiUY. j
Mass Meeting at St Clairsville!
| GRAND RALLY OF THE DEMOCRATS
IN OLD ST. CLAIR ! !
At two o'clock of Saturday last the people
of St. Clair Township assembled in Mass meet- j
ing in the grove near the village. The meeting '
was called to order, and organized by John H. I
j Bowser, as follows:
President. Thomas B. VVisegarvef, Esq.; Vice
| Presidents, Philip Stambaugh, Adam Oster,
Joseph Brown, Peter Keib, Christian Mock,
VVm. Berkhimer, Samuel Reighard and John
Iloensline; Secretaries, B. R. Henderson, John
Herr, Geo. B. Wisegarver and Jacob H. Bowser.
Alter the organization was effected the meet. ■
ing was addressed by G. H. Spang, Esq., O. E.
Shannon and Gen. Bowman.
; A hole has been made bv the black car of
abolitionism in the ranks of the opposition in
j St. Clair. Like honest men. those who could
j not be bought nor bribed, are coming over to the
i side of truth and consistency. Let them come,
j We like to see men.nave the courage to re
nounce doctrines which they have held, when
i they hrd them tube wrong.
AN OKSECVCK.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, Sept. 17.
! ATItOCJOIS ATTEMPT AT POISONING.
One of our subscribers from Pike county in
; formed us yesterday of a most Horrible and a
| trocious attempt at poisoning in that county,
just below the line of Montgomery, and in the
1 neighborhood of Bruceville. The annals ot
: crime will hardly show a more extensive and
! diabolical piece of villainy.
It seems that a German or Hungarian, whose
| name our informant had forgotten, was on inti
; mate terms with a negro woman, the property
!of old Mr. Frazell, one of the earliest settlers
ot Pike. This man tiad once been in the em
ploy of Mr. F.,and was familar with his pre
misi-s. Some tune since he had been detcted in
gambling with Mr. F.'s negroes, and Mr. F. had
instituted a suit against him. On Saturday
evening, 12th instant, he was seen in conver
sation with the negro woman above alluded to,
at tbe well, although he had received orders
from Mr. Frazell never to come about his
■} premises.
On Sunday there were some thirty-seven per
sons dining at Mr. Frazell's house, of whom
about thirty were visitors from the neighbor
hood. Alt these became sick soon alter eating,
vomiting violently ; and the cook being arrested
immediately, on a suspicion of poisoning, at
once proceeded to state as follows:—She said
that the white man above referred to, while at
the well, had given hera vial containing arsenic,
which he instructed her to mingle with ''the
meat, ihe rn'lk, the hutter"d 'h coffee." He
was pailioolarlv desirous that it should go into
every aiticle of food, because old Mr. Fraswll
was in delicate health, and ate generally very
sparingly. The negro woman said she followed
the directions of her lover to the mark, that
'•alter the old man had taken that, he would
hardly prosecute him in that case."
The poison was administered, as we have
seen, hot too successfully. The whole assem
blage of persons w ere put under iis intluence ;
and at the last acounts six had died from its
effect. Old Mr. Frazell died about sunset of
Sunday, the day of the poisoning. His over
seer's wife and two children, Mrs. Cloud, a
widowed daughter of Mr. F., and Mr. F.'s grand
daughter, died the next day. Several others
w.-re lying in a?critical condition, and doubt
less there will be more victims of this awfully
fiendish crime.
Mr Jack Frazell, son of the old man, hap
pened to be out of meal on the day of the poi
soning, and sent to his father's and borrowed a
bushel. All who partook of this, including a
brother who had declined to eat at his father's
—having come in alter some of the company
had gut sick—were more or less alTected.
Alter we had written the above, our inform
ant, Mr. J. M. Johnson, of Pike, called on us
again, and gave us the name of the prisoner,
which is Comiska. Mr. J. further states that
the infuriated people of the neighborhood have
burnt the negro woman, and will perform the
same service for Comiska on next Monday. * In
the meantime he is salely lodged in jail at Troy.
He neither denies nor admits anything.
WHAT DO THESE THINGS AIEAX I
We find the following in a late nun ber of the
New York Evangelist:
"V ermont, one of the most purely agricultu
ral States in the Union, exhibits sad evidencttof
religious indifference. The annual report of the
general convention in that State, discloses the
following fait, published in the Congregational
(N. H.) Journal:
"More than 20,000 families in Vermont hab
itually neglect all public worship ; only about
one-fifth of the people in the average attend
upon evangelical worship, and four-filths of the
inhabitants on each returning Lord's day are
absent from the sanctuary. What do these things
mean? Making all due allowance for the ne
cessary absence of those who, in the Provi
dence of (Jod, cannot be present, there ought
to be at least three-fifths instead of one-fifth of
the people at pubic worship. Where, then, are
the 150,000 souls that ought to be in the house
of (Jod every Sabbath ? What are their thoughts
and deeds on God's holy day V'
The Boston Courier has the following com
ments on the above:
"The New York Evangelist (a religious paper
inclining to anti-slavery) ought not to ask;
"What do these things mean ? as i{ the reason
were not perfectly obvious. That abolitionism
would inevitably lead to such a sad result has
been preached upon the house-tops. The
Courier, with other conservative journals, has
never ceased to urge entreaties and warnings
upon the subject for a year past. Many of the
clergy, with a z--al quite surpassing their re
ligious ministrations, have entered into aboli
tionism in the pulpit, directly or indirectly; and
out of the pulpit have too often set examples of
partisanship to their people. Abolitionism is
not religion ; but, like all other fanaticism, it is
an absorbing delusion. The human mind can
not be' full of one engrossing topic and find room
for another. The consequence is that abolition
ism in Vermont, and else* here, has excluded
Christianity. The process of operation is—first y
lukeuarmnw, then neglect ol religious or
dinances, tljen disbelief. And yet the New
York Evangelist, adopting the report of the
convention, innocently asks, What ,to these
\ things mt/tn V y
THE FEELING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
VVe take the following from the Ferry iPenn
svlvania) Democrat :
"Wherever Gen. Parker has addressed a
democratic meeting, the peoplpfiave turned out
i in great numbeis to greet him, and manifested
the liveliest enthusiasm. On the contrary.,
wherever Mr. Wilmot has appeared, the meet
ings were dull, and the turn-out remarkably'
1 small. At Holltdavshure, Huntingdon,
! Chanihersbitrg, recently, their meetings were
: hut lizzies. What <fc these signs betoken?
Do they not plainly point out that Gen. Pack
| er is to he our next governor, and that the peo
! pie are heartily sick of this everlasting slavery
j agitation, auri desire to give the men who are
lat the head of it a merited rebuke? Penhsyl
j vanians are too loyal to th" Constitution 11 place
in their gubernatorial chair a black-republican
i agitator."
! The Philadelphia Argus savs :
"IVII mot appears lobe making poor headway
in the west. His abolition harangues dies not
please the people, and he meets, therefore, with
| so much coolness and indifference that he has
abandoned some o| the appointments made for
! him tospeak. He was announced for Clearfield
and several other places, which he has failed to
| meet, having evidently become sick and dis
j heartened with his prospects."
DO BANKS MAKE MONEY PLENTY?
One of the arguments urged in favor of our pre
sent paper money system, is that the Banks make
j money plenty. When do they make money
j plenty—in a season of scarcity , panic, pressure,
;orin a season ofexpansion and abundance? If
I the Banks have the power to make money plenty,
they have the powei to make it scarce whenever
' it is for their interest or their convenience to do
: SO.
But do the Banks make monpy plenty, free
' gratis, for nothing? Not by any manner of means.
They are not so benevolent and patriotic as that.
Those who use their promises to pay, have to pay
| real value for them. Paper, which has no intrin
sic value except what it is worth by the pound
tor rags, costs the public as much as gold and
j silver. There is not a greater fallacy extant
than that contained in the idea that Banks make
money plenty. They make real money scarce bv
j locking it up in their vaults.— rfrgus.
WHAT BLACK RHPCBLICAXISM THINKS or
Poon MEN. —The Black Republican candidate
for State Treasurer of Ohio is Alfred P.Stone,
the >aine gentleman who once made use of the
j following expressions :
"Every laboring man ought to wear a red
| patch on his back, so that he could be designated
; from respectable people."
At a public supper, he gave the following
toast:—"WlNE—A luxury, thank God, none but
I tlie wealthy can enjoy."
Such aristocratic llunkeys always meet with
favor from Black Republicanism—the same
party that would place a negro on an eqnaiity
with white men. Getysburg Compiler.
WHAT NEXT? WHY NOT?—We SEE il stated as
a (art in one of our exchange papers, that the
Chicago Ledger, a full blooded Black Republican
advocates the nomination of some negro for the
Presidency in 1860. What next?
Why not? Why should not "birds of a feather
flock together?" why should there be the slight
est hesitation or repugnanceon the part of white
negroes to voting for niggers of anoth> r color-
Let the|ant;-slavery fanatics nominate a "culled
pusson" as their next candidate bv all means
i There would be "an order of nationality" about
it peculiarly lefreshing—especially in warm
weather.— Phila. Argus.
D<> NOT CONDEMN HASTILY.
Be patient wilt) your erring brother, tor God
is very patient with yon, and it is your duty
to imitate your Father in Heaven as much as
possible. For one or two acts that may be
proved to the wrong, do not condemn and cat
out forever a beloved brother. You may not
understand the whole case, and if you were
faithfully and prayerfully to visit that brother
as Christ has labored with vou, he might be
saved. We cannot always see into the heart,
and our judgment would perhaps be condemned
as often as approved by our Saviour. Instead
ol casting stones at an individual, we would
often, if we knew and felt as Jesus does, sym
pathizing, say to the erring, "Go and sin no
more." We are called upon to exercise not
judgment so much as meicy and love.— Jeremy
Taylor.
Gift and Retail Rook Store!
NOW OPENED TWO DOORS WEST OF THE
WASHINGTON HOTEL BEDFORD, PA.
NEW AND VALUABLE BOOKS TO BE DIS
POSED OF IMMEDIATELY!
Our plan is to Insure a Rapid Sale.
VLL Books will be sold as low as the usual
retail prices —many of Ibem for less. A
SUPERB GIFT will be delivered with each book,
without additional expense to the buyer. Our list
of books comprises the works ol" the best American
and European authors, bound in various styles, in
Morocco, best Turkish, Antique, Gilt-edged. Muslin,
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letter paper, fools-cap and writing paper of all kinds,
anvelopes, inks of the best quality, K;c.
CIGARS of the choicest brands will also he found
at our store, which will be sold cheaper than the
cheapest.
McCACSLIN & SHOEMAKER-
Bedford, Sep. -I, 57.
H ASHIYGTOY HOTEL.
MRS. COOK would announce to her trieuds,
and the public, that the Washington Hotel is.
now fitted up in superior order for the accom
modation of guests, and she hopes to continue
to receive a liberal share of custom. Persons
visiting the Mineral Springs will find io the
Washington Hotel a comfortable summer re
treat—and no pains will be spared to please all
who patronize the house.
(0 s * A young gentleman of high qualification
and courteous deportment has charge of the es
tablishment.
lIP"The best of Stabling is attached to this
Hotel.
(Tp-Tcrms as moderate as any other hoose in
the place.
(r?-Dailv Mail Stages from Alaquippa and
Cumberland—also tri-weekly Lines from Rol
lidaysburg and Pittsburg stop at this Hotel.
Bedford, April 25, 1856.