THE BE POP BMETTfi. it RedfbrcK, ißareh £ s">s. R F. Mejm & F. W, BenfWd, Editors. j-KMOFiMTIv' STATE lICKET. JI'STICF. OF SFPUK.MF. COURT: UiLLIAAi A. I'OiiTKK, Of r'lirt-t-'j.hi.i. CANAL COMML -IONF.R •• WESLEY FROST, Of Fayette County. tTi'e' TTemockato state conven tion. The deliberations A this body at Harrisburg oil the 4th inst., resulted in the triumphant vindication ■■! PUE°IDENT BUCHAN AN and the measures of his Kansas policy, Fhe plotting di-organi.wrs and their few misguideu followers are comphlely dumb-founded by the emphatic verdict of the people in lavot of our h norcd Pres'di nt. The resolutions,!! will be seen, were adopted by a most decisive vote, only one Jeleg Je of th one hun tret and thir ty-three voting in opposition to their prisin-rp. The Conventi >n was composed ot the fiowrr of the party —of men uho have battled during a ifc-hme for the principles of the Democratic rr. ed. There was DAWSON, the distinguished advocate of the "HOMESTEAD BILL," and one of the "blight, particular stars" of Wes tern Pennsylvania. There was the warm heart ed and clear h earl eel IIOPKIN.- ; there was STOKES the "orator of old Westmoreland;'' there was 11 VG us, staunch in his Democracy and power ful in debate ; there were McCalmont and Hue HE- and WRIGHT and DAY and BUCKALEVV and HETKURN, all distinguished for their emi nent services to their party and their country ; and among the younger delegates, such gallant working-men as R.J. HARDEMAN, J. ('. EVER IIART, TIIEOPHILUS SNYDER, &.C., &r. It is not strange, therefore, that the Convention b -ring made up of such material, faithfully represented the will of the people an I gave an unqualified endorsement to the policy and measures oi our patriotic President. The nominees of the Convention are men who deserve the undivided support of the par ty. WILLIAM A. POUTEB, of Philadelphia, who received the nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court, is well known as a lawyer of great ability and as a man eminently fitted for the position for which lie is a candidate. The sagacity of Governor Packer has already tem porarily placed him in that position. JUDCE PORTER will receive the hearty support of his fellow-citizens, wherever his gr< at merits are appreciated. WESLEY FROST, of Fayette county, the nom inee for Canal Commissioner, is an active, in telligent business man, and enjoys an enviable reputation for honesty and uprightness of char his own region and will bring much strength to the ticket. MR. FROST was Marshal of the Western District, under President Pierce, the duties of which office he discharged with credit to himself and entire satisfaction to all with whom lie was officially connected. W r e heartily commend the resolutions adopt ed by the Convention, to the perusal of our readers. They will be found to contain noth 'thg hut true Democratic doctrine—nothing to which the most captious can take exception.— They are a platform on which we proudly raise our colors and from which, we confidently be lieve, the Democratic banner will wave in gio lious victory on the second Tuesday of Octo ber next. A RlDlCl'liOrS NOTION. Certain designing politicians have persistent ly urged as an objection to the Lecompten (.' >h stitution, that it contains a provision that the Governor of'- 4 he Stale of Kansas ".shall have been ol the United Stales for twenty years ana shall have resided ia the €late at least five years next preceding the day of his .election." This; they say,js Know *Yuihing •is:n! Nothing could he more tidiculous than such a conclusion. They might as well say "that the Constitution of the United States, is a Know Nothing document, because it makes wi iivity in the United StatC3 necessary to eligi bility to the office of President. A'' ;ni as this objection is, it has been made use of to prejudice Democrats against the Kansas policy of President Buchanan. The unscrupulous tricksters of the Opposition have used it with all their dark insidiousness to array ci;i/<-ns of foreign ! i ' h against the Democratic ] .rtv.— They have assiduously en !< vored even to bi as people of certain religious p rsuasiou-' 5 with* this faiiaciaus nh-a. It tie -• unscrupulous knaves !. ;d any conscienn at el tie y would he ashamed fo < ngage in s> mean and unmanly a business. They know that the Lecompton Con stitution makes no religious* tests whatever.— On the other hand, the Bid of Bights at tached to that Constitution declares the fullest f.eeJotn of conscience to the inhabitants of the Plate. Let the following Wtracts fr m it shut the mouths of those wily carpers forever, on this subject : u Jlll persons have a natural in J f can ble right 1o worship Almighty (fof according to the did aits of their own con- ills, j riviicgrs, or coy:citir of ■ the citizen, shall not in any wise be dirniuisht f or enlarge'! on account of his r Hgioit." attentive frier. !, 1). J. CHAPMAN, ESQ , of Philadelphia, has placed U3 under many obligations to him, for his kndness, in sending us newspapers and valuable cuments. . #> atriiable friend SANSOM, of the Fulton Democrat, will please excuse us from taking further notice of him, as his article in reply to ours ol two weeks ago, though a column and a half in length, is not worthy of a replication from us, being merely a long string of words, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." I Z We are indebted to HON. CHARLES R. BUCKALEVV, for a copy of the able of the Select Committee raised in the Senate on the Kansas qmstion. SGIIELL and BREWER, of the Stale Senate,'and tli-* House, will accept our thanks for numer ous favors. !TF*S. 0. ANDERSON, ESQ., editor of that able Democratic paper, the Philadelphia I'tnu sylwnian, has favored us with a pamphlet copy of that renowned document, the Lecomp ton Constitution, for which he will please con sider himself thanked in the "latest and most approved style." RESOELTIONS OF THE STATE CON VENTION. The Democratic State Convention which met at H urishurg on the ith inst., adopted the appended resolutions by a vote of 1i 1 to 1, 21 anti-La compton nun not voting. Our own delegate, CUL. EVEKUAET, vvbo, by the way, was one of the Vice Presidents of the Conven tion, recorded his vote in favor of the resolu tions. Mr. Sroic cs, of Westmoreland, offered an Anti-Lecomplon substitute which 'was re jected by the following decisive vote: YEAS. Mer.-rs. Abram-, Clark-', ("West moreland) CKde, Cake, Coffroth, Calhoun, Gamble, Garvin, Hugos, James, Jackman, Mc- Kihney, Madill, Noon, Or lady, Speil,Schnure, Stokes, White, Workman, Zollinger.—2l NAYS—Messrs. Ahem, Amey, Aurand Ben ton, Beans, Hienneman, Brewer, Boyer, {Clear field) Coyer, (Berks) Buchanan, Buckalew, Crawford, Crairr, Cahill, Clark, (Philadelphia) Campbell, (Luzerne) Camp' ell, (Butler) Coplin, Cross, Cassidy, Cochran, Davis, Douglas, Dun ning, Dawson, Dunn, Day, Evans, Everhart, ; Elrireil, Farrall, Feather, Gay, Grove, Giliis, Grant, Haklemar>, Ho!man, (Philadelphia) Has i'singer, Ilolman, (Ckciter) Ilugiies, Hepburn, Hopkins, Hess, lvts, j nes, Jameson, Kinraid, Keatly, Kline, Laughiin, Lockhart, Livengood, Lamb, Lowrey, Madders, Ma ser, McQalmont, McGinnis, Mclnt vre, Miller, (Northumberland) Miller, (Juniata) Miller, (Green) Mitchef, Man derbach, Martin, Morrison, Morrow, McColl ough, McGutiin, McFariand, Noble, O'Hara, Farm lee, Patterson, (Allcglieny) Patterson, (Blair) Piolett, Plumer, Phelps, Reiiy, Ring wait, Rhodes, (Lancaster) Rhodes, (Delaware) Sbellinger, Stark, S'ephens, Sellers, Stahle, Shorb, Stewart, M.I. Stewart, Wm. M.Spyker, Sloan, Shoals, Shantz, Snyder, Smyser, Stein man, Tate, Taylor, Vansant, Walton, Wheeler, Wciser, Wei !man, Williams, Wright, Wundtr and Yost—lo9 The following are the resolutions that were adopted,only one member of the Convention dissenting : repeal oft he Missouri Compromise, and asser ted in the Kansas-Nebraska act, that the people of the Territories shall have exclusive con trol over their domestic constitutions, is the only sure guarantee against the agitation of the na tion in regard to the local institutions of par ticular States and Territories. Resolve !, That by the uniform application- of this Democratic principle to the organization of territories, and in the admission of new Statis, with or without domestic slavery, as they may elect, the equal rights of all [lie States will be preserved, the original compacts of the Constitution maintained inviolate, and the har mony anil perpetuity ot the Union of the Amer ican States be ensured. RetolveJ, That it G the right of the people of any stateor territory to exercise their sove reign ] W'T, through duly chosen representa tives, and through them enact a Con stitution arid tgovernment• or they may delegate to such representatives the more limited power to prepare their form <.{ gov, rninent, reserving to theiriseix s thn right of ratification, and that either mode of giving existence to State insti tutions is consistent with the doctrine of popu lar sovereignty and the established practice of the Stales of this Union. R'Solveil, 1 hat the Kansa-- Nebraska bill hav ing asserted and recognized the right of the people of the territories to form their own in stitutions in tb>ar own u ,y ; and the dulv organized Government in Kansas having by regular | r ee,s ; j oi j (.>- a Convention of ll,* del eg |.-s of li:— people, with instructions and powr; t" firm a Constitution j* ami such delegates having a : onnbh-d in Convention and poacted a C o , t•!u!;on under such instruction and power : su< h Constitution being republican ,ii form, am! the !• rii. v having the number of iui.abi'ants to justify it, Kansas should be promptly .adr. d ted to the Union. IIKAOIV •/, riiat the ; -nph of Kansas, under th f ifts:itcti./n < • utt i by their Convention, mav,-*at ail tin >, alter, reform or aholish 'heir government in such manner as thev mav 'MnIP prop r that the provision contained therein as to a j articular m le el altering after lie year !861, do not forbid any other mode 'he people, by reg-thr process, may choose to i opt, either before or after that time: and tins construction is warranted bv the practice of Pennsylvania and other States, and may be regarded as based upon a settled principle of constitutional law. Rf -olred, i rii.it it i-: the opinion of this Con vention that th? time has coote when the diffi- Kat . i\i. *'! to d< termini wheth^*?>•■--£— rm?m nr.- >tii! to agitate tha U tv n su'-nld be focal, . date- ■ are to b apprefiended to the Union anil toe cause of free government, by the further delay of h.-w ndmiv-.j > a - a State. Resolved, T\ at i! the Cinstitution of Kan • i;> in* acceptalil in some of its &fov.i;ions to 100 ij rity of the free state ivia' of that territory, their mm o 'inal> 5 conduct Has pro duced that result: they h ire nn cause to coni p'ain, and tlmir irnmths s!;ouI! Lefur^^^cios /vh"'.-e./ t T'ra! we have .MOtlfflfr rejson to op'o'v - that the AholitToßis's in Kansas-art ! out of it, have a ninth greater d -ire to overthrow tbe De;: .erotic party of tl*e nation, than to ameliorate the condition of the slave; and while they are bgid in their protestations a- what they call the slave power, they conceal a thirst and desire Tor political place, which thev would grasp, at the cost of the bro ken and shattered bonds of the Union. Resolved, Therefore, that we unhesitatingly do approve of the measures of Mr. Buchanan in his Kansas policy ; and are ready and willing to sustain him in all other measures of his ad ministration thus far disclosed. We entertain the belief that he will not abandon an article in the Democratic creed. Resolved , That the Democracy ofPennsylva nia acknowledge with pride and commendation the able and timely support which the Hon. Wm. Bigler has given in the U. S. Senate to the policy cf the National Administration . His wisdom in council, his logical skill and talent 11 debate, his industry and integrity, constitute him a representative to whom the interests of his constituents may be safely con. flded. R(solved, That in electing Wm. F. Packer as Governor of the State, the Democratic party have secured the services of one in every way well qualified to administer all the ullairsol the State for its best interests. With an en larged experience he combines administrative ability of no ordinary character, and we have every confidence that he will, by his advocacy of the true Democratic policy, secure the pros perity of the people and the honor of the Com monwealth. Resolved, That we recommend to the Legis lature of this State such measures of wrtbrm and econpmv as will lessen, as much as possible, the heavy burthens imposed upon the people by taxation ; and we particularly recommend such a revision of the system of banking, as may prevent, in the future, the troubles arm difficulties that the people of the State have lately encountered. THE STATEJMTION. . PENNSYLVANIA WITH THF. PRESIDENT! PO BT Cfl AND FROST NOMIS A TED! We lake the following synopsis of the pro ceedings of the Democratic State Convention, from the Gettysburg Compiler. The Democratic State Convention assembled at ilarrisburg on Thursday last. Col. VICTOR E. PIOLETT, OH Bradford. was chosen temporary Chairman. The list of Delegates was cuil d.— In the afternoon, J. L. DAWSON, of Fayette, was chosen permanent President (in accordance with the report of committee on officers) and made a capita! speech on taking the'chair, which was received with immense applause. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions— Hon. 11. 13. Wright chairman—and a motion prevailed, after a lengthy debate, to make no nominations until a platform be adopted. On Friday morning, the committee on resolu tions reported a series, taking decisive ground in favor of the President's Kansas and genera! policy, and complimenting Senator Bigler and Gov. Packer. Mr. Stokes offered a substitute, objecting to the admission ol Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. A discussion of the most interesting character followed. Mr Hop kins, Mr. Piolett, Mr. McCaimount, Mr. Caasi dy, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Day, Judge Cunningham, Mr. Brewer, Judge Hepburn and Mr. Wright, made strong and convincing speeches in support of Mr. Buchanan's Kansas policy; whilst Mr. Stokes, Mr. Hugus, Mr. Coffrolh and Mr. Cal entire proceedings of the Convention—(much to the disappointment of the Black Republicans, who tilled the lobbies.) At 5i o'clock in the afternoon a vote was taken on Mr. Stokes' substitute, and it was de feated—yeas 21, nays IQ9 ! A vote on the resolutions of the committee then resulted in yeas 1 11, nays 1 ! The vote was announced amid deafening cheers, showing how firmlv our Pennsylvania President is enthroned in the hearts of the people. In the evening, the Convention proceeded to ballot for a candidate for S. Judge, when Wirt. A. Porter was nominated on the Ist ballot. Win. A. Porter, of Philadelphia 1 if) George Sharswood,Philadelphia Id Tbos. S . Deli, Chester G G. P. Hamilton, Allegheny 1 The announcement of the result was hailed with much enthusiasm, and the nomination was made unanimous. The Convention proceeded to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner. Three ball ots were taken, when Wesley Frost, of Fay ette, received a majority, and was declared nominated. BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA.—The final report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the condition of the Bank of Pennsylvania, was made to the Governor on the 20lh ult. It onlv confirms the pievious statements of the utter confusion of the accounts of the Bank, and the marvellous recklessness and carelessness that have characterized all ils transactions for a number of years. While it exonerates the late President from the charge of intentional fraud, it says that "he appears not to have taken time to reflect on the consequences of his reckless management, or the* trouble to look into the detaiisof'hisoperations, an ■!Vcnsurps his alleged ignorance of the true ail of the Bank at the time of its suspensiolg as "wholly inexcusa ble, and scarcely- less than criininr.l." There is an item needing explanation, ci $25,000 paid to some one for services in securing the purchase of the old Bank building for a Post Office, and there are evidences that bills were sold by the Bank at enormous rates of usury. But there is nothing to explain the immense deficit in the assets of !hc Bank, and the disorder of the accounts make it probable that this will never be explained. TUE AREA or UTAH. —It may liea matter of some interest to our readers to know something of fhejcomjiarative extent of that Territory of the United States, whose chief officer is bidding d; fiancelo the government. According to Col ton, the of Utah is 309,170 square miles. To engineers and a few others, this will form a better estimate by being told that it is as large as the whole (it .\>w England States, New York, New Jers v, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary land, Ker'-trky and Tenh: .see. Or to compare it with European countries, it is equal in extent to Great 13:it,.!in, Ireland, Switzerland, Prussia and LVnmnk, with the islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Main, and the lonian islands added. I. UAC 'O IN CALIFORNIA. —There were four teen and a halt acres planted with tobacco in California last year, in four Afferent counlies, and the crop in one county amounted to 1,000 pounds. The tobacco raised in Los Angelos county was good, and no doubt the State might supply the home demand with good tobacco. The tobacco produced, on good soil, from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per acre, and lias sold at from 25 to 35 cents per pound. Comiiitisaic.'ition. For the Bedford Gazette, Test oath in Judicial Proceedings—Vote in Pennsylvania Senate—Mr. Schell. It is well known that all Christian and civi lized nations of the world have established the principle that, before a person can give testimo ny injudicial proceedings, a test is required as to his belief in God and a future state of re wards and punishments. The wisdom of this practice has been confirmed by ages. Without it, law and order would be a mocker}-, and mankind would be 101 l to the mercy of the vi cious and bad. Let il once be established thai the Infidel and Atheist can enter uith impuni ty upon the witness stand, we may then bid a last farewell to civil ar.d religious liberty.— The pursuit of life, liberty and happiness guar antied by our institutions, will be but a chime ra, to dissolve and fade away at the touch of impious hands. In this ase of the Bible ana Common Schools, | one would suppose that no man in his proper [senses would think of striking with one tell swoop, so vital and wholesome a test from our system of government. The great law of self preservation alone, it set ins to me, woul-l deter a sane person fioin such an act, however aban doned he might be in his conceptions of right and wrong. But it has been left to the bright era of the nineteenth century to discover, through the wisdom of a portion of a Pennsylvania Senate, that the great fundamental principle of religion, i morals and good government, which has stood the test of-all time is an error. By reference to the proceedings of the Senate of Pennsylva nia during some time last week, it will be seen that a bill was introduced to make all persons competent to give testimony in judicial pro ceedings without requiring of them a declara tion of belief in God and a future state of re wards and punishments; and disgraceful and humiliating as it is, this bill, worthy of the i French Assembly during tiie dark hours of Jn [ iidel France, when they declared there was no ! God! came within one vote of passing.' Mei ciful God ! In this land of religion, of morals, jof good sens j and propriety—who would have j dreamed that the daik spirit of Infidelity and j Atheism had made such fearful strides as to i command in the very Senate Chamber .-of tiie ; Key-stone State almost a majority ? Well may ; the wise and good be aroused to the anxious and ; prayerful inquiry, to what are we tending? As an excuse for this outrage, the specious i pretext is put forward that, in this land of free i dom, religious tests are unconstitutional, e\c. Now, it is true that our glorious constitution very properly and wisely declares that, "Con egress shall make no law respecting an estab " lisbment of leligion, or prohibiting the .tree " exercise thereof,'* and again: "No religious test shall ever be'required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the ! "nited States." But the sense and meaning of ail this is, that Catholicism, Presbyterianism, Methodism, or any other ism shall never be established by law as the religion ol this country, or that any such test shall ever be required as a qualification to office. The constitution of the United States was founded and made by men whose religious belief was firm in God and a future state of re- VV"A- - . ""V r' ,tr! phnienfs, .The e/eat and good Washington who pfesnUil over TTie convention which framed the constitution has truthfully said, "Let us with caution indulge the supposi tion that morality can be maintained without religion ." Those men who talk about morali ty "without religion," are fearfully mistaken. There is no such thing as morals and honestv of purpose without a profound reverence and belief in a Supreme Being. "Religion, in a comprehensive sense," savs Noah Webster, "includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of bis will to man, in man's obligations to obey his commands, in a state of rewards and pun ishments, and in man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of ail such moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a bHicf in a divine law-giver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion." It would be well for the people cf the Key stone Suite, who have at heart the maintenance of our laws and system of government, found ed as they are upon religion, to frown down all such movements as the one alluded to. I o those men in th? Senate, who stood up and manfully repelled the blow aimed at the life blood of society, all honor is due, and I am particularly gratified to find among such, the Senator from the Bedford district. From my knowledge of the character of Mr. Scliell, how ever, 1 feel confident that tie will always be found on the right side, for he is a gentleman, who in ail his actions, is ever prompted by those manly virtues which adorn and embellish the character of good men. • B. WASHINGTON, March 9, 1858. THE SEA SERPENT CAUGHT. —The captain of ffo English vessel recently saw I fie sea serpent, o.T St. Helena, and he gives a graphic account of the appearance of that sea monster. The captain of another vessel, instead of indulging his imagination, took measures to capture the creature. It was hauled on board, and its head was covered with snaky-looking barnacles. On closer inspection, i! was foun 1 to be a gigantic sea-weed, twenty feet iong, and four inches in diameter, ttie root end ot which appeared, wh n in the water, like the head of the animal, and the motion given by (he sea caused it to seem alive. Both captains arrived about the same time in England, and published their different accounts ot the adventure, r.'eu Steamboat Dtiracd. NEW ALBANY, March K —The steamer R. J. L- ckwood, a new boat just finished, commanded J\ ( apt. Lim toe, while rounding out from our wharf, on an excursion trip to the wood yard, took fire in the watchman's room or cook house and was all in flame:; in a short time. A bout sixty or seventy-five ladies and gentlemen were onboard. The pi!,t stood at his wheel and succeeded in running her into the Kentucky shore, where every person jumped ashore, narrowly escaping, in safety. The boat swung around, and floated down the Kentucky shore" 2000 or 3000 yards, and sunk. We under stand that there was no insurance on the boat which is a total loss. MARINE LOSSES FOR FEBRUARY The TABLE oi marine losses for the past month shows an aggregate of 36 vessels, of which 11 were ships, 4 were barques, 5 were brigs, 13 were schoon ers, 2 were steamers, and 1 a steam-tug. The total value of propeity lost was $ 2SL3OO' Brevities. —lt is raid that when Thorns Ritchie was editor of the Washington Union, inkstands wiue placed all over his house, and even in his gar den, ?o that he Could write down his thought. l ! whenever they came into his mind. By tins means the veteran editor preserved what other men would have lost. —Lately, a young lady, seventeen years of age, named Louisa Ann Walker, residing in the town of ."Vassau, Rensselaer county, \•.V., suddenly fell dead in her mother's arms. A moment before she was in the full bloom of youtli, health and beauty. —The Bishop of Oxford, England, has pro mulgated an order to the clergy, to grant no authorization of mariiage to any parties who have been divorced, while the former husband or wife is stii! living. —William Jones, Jr., tritd ami convicted fur the murder of Samuel H. White, at the list term of the Washington County Court, has been granted a new trial. The Court did not assign any reason for granting the motion. —A Passenger Railway Company i-> about being organized in Baltimore. —A bill has passed both houses of the Tenn essee Legislature allowing further time of two years for the general government's acceptance of the Hermitage lor the site of a military school. —J. P. M. Epping, of South Carolina, lias been appointed consul of the United States at Elsinore, in Denmark. A funeral discourse on tfie late Bishop Waugh was preached at Lancastt r, Pa., L t Sunda_v, by the Rev. Dr* Hodgson. —The will of Colonel Daniel Fuller,of Fran cpstown, N. 11., leaves upwards of-SBO,O >0 to relatives'of the testator j the whole of his for tune having b> en the result of a profital: !e wor k ing of a freestone quarry. —The F/ench Senate lias unanimously ap proved of the law for exacting from candidates at elections, a declaration of allegiance to the dynasty of Louis Napoleon. According to Jtidge Russell, of New York, persons having no license are not indictable for selling liquor on the Sat bath. The Sund ay law he seems L) think, only applied to licensed houses ! —Air. P. M. Morgan, a merchant hai'ing from \ euatigo county, Pa., was robbed of 900 while stopping at a hotll in Pittsburg, on Tues-> day. The thief is unknown. —The Indiana (Pa.) Ilegtsier says that the small-ppx is prevailing to some extent in Canoe townsl in, near the borders of that county, and that several persons have died of the epidemic. Miss Sarah S. Lewis, the New York school teacher, .who was so severely burned in that city < n Wednesday noon, has since died from her injuries. N.-il McCaliister, an obi citizen of Alleghe ny county, Pa., was killed on Tuesday last by b. ir.g thrown from his carriage. Hon. Edward Everett is to deliver his ora tion on Washington before the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the 2:2 th in.-t. V v. ihl c U v killing t.birt v-eight pounds, was < . i_;ht in Unity township,' Westmoreland co., a few days since. Henry U ar! Beecher, it is reported, is going to California. ! he prettiest lining f r a bonnet is a smil ing face. Philadelphia contains no less than two hun dred and ninety-five, churches. Why are husbands like dough ? Because the women kneed I hem. —V, ell, said a carpenter, "ofall the saws that ever 1 saw, I never saw a saw saw as I saw that saw saw." —Tt is sail that Ex-Governor JVlatteson of Illinois, will be a candidate for United States Senator from that Slate, in opposition to Judge Douglas. —Courting is an irregular active transi j five verb, inriicalivp mood, present tense, third I person, singular number, and agrees with all the girls in town. Chief Justice Nelson, of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, has become insane, and is re moved to the McLean Asylum. The Mormons are getting sho;t of provis ions. i he Democracy of California antl Connec ticut are will) the Administration on the Kan ! sas question. There is a rapidly growing sentiment in Kansas in favor of immediate admission under the Lecompton Constitution. j —! he Vv rong Man Nominated.—E. C. Scranfon, nominated by tire sraight-out Amer icans of Connecticut for the otlice of Governor, declines to accept, and states that lie shall vote the Democratic ticket. —Freeman Hunt, editor of the Merchants .Magazine, died at New York on the 32 inst. —Tt is estimated that India is worth to Eng land at least $33,000,000 per annum. —Several clergymen in Ohio have recently resigned their charges, for the purpose of emi grating to Kansas. —ln the town of North Hampton, N. H.. re st !es a mai h n lady, eighty-seven years of age, who has never enjoyed good health, who lias never in her lifetime been outside of the limits of that town, which, by the way, is only four miles square. Mr. i homas Martin, a printer, formerly of Baltimore, and lately editor of a paper at Lock Haven, Pa., died at Gettysburg-, 28th nil. * • News FROM THE PLAIN?. ST. Loom, March A correspondent of the VVestport RcpubH rrn states that Air. Kitchen, from New Mexico, brines intelligence of a desperate liMit between flie Pawnee and Nerafohoe Indians', on Pawnee Fork ; ten of the former were killed and many wounded. Mr. Kitchen reports meeting a larce number of Camanches and Kiowas, who ex pressed the best feelings toward the whites, and that the trains would not be molested. The Indians in New Mexico are quiet. MR. JOHN W. FARMER has spent $7,000 in liis free eating saloon, No. 47 I.udlow street N. iwhich iias been opened six weeks to the poor gratis, and expects to spend $5,000 more be fore he closes it. This is a remnrkabU affair. Mr. Farmer is not a rich man. PUBLIC SJILE OF THE Hi VII) 80S MOPE 11T I. IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court ~| Bedford county, the subscriber will expose to sale by public outcry on SATURDAY, the 27th dav of A3 ARCH, A. I). 1858, at the late dwelling house , • Bedford township, of Margaret Davidson, dece ~! i all the interest, being the undivided one half part 0 f the -aid Margaret Davidson, decea-<-,J, in the loliuvv , ing described Real Estate, situate in the said town ' ship of Bedford, viz: Ist. Ill':- MA NSION IRACT, lying on tlye | south side of ftio turnpike road, and west ni. and ad. joining the borough of Bedford, eontainii •' about 1 Hfll'l \ -I U'O ACRES, all cleared and under fence ; and having thereon erected a BRICK DWELLING HOI Sii. two and a half stories high, TWO SMALL i BRICK HOU-US, A BRICK BAIIN, and other otit j buildings, with a never failing well of excellent w ter in the yard, t here is, also, an orchard epan the ' property, and altogether it is one of the mo-t denia ble places in or near Bedford, j ~'h A Tract of Lanrl on both FrfesT of the < umberland Valley road, containing about 10 acres ! avirg a : mall bou-e upon it, now 'occupied by Da vid Dr'-ming, with about 13 tr.e ?e. m . '-r being woodland, adjoining lands off!. 1). ! > .11' chuck, Jo? ■; h S Hers, Henry Doisey and oth !ers. 1 Vitus":—One third ni the purchase money at the confirmation of the -ale, one third on the Ist day of April, I'--59, nod the remaining ore third on the" Ist nay of April, tS'iO, without interest, the payments to be secured by judgment bond's. IV .session, except one field, will be given on the !- day of April iS-S. to commence at 1 I o'clock, P. M. s. L. RUSSELL, adm'r •/> ' nis nun of Margaret Davidson, dec. kN. B. At the same time a I place the rubscriber, y virtue of the power given hi:n in the will of Ma ry Ann Davidson, dee'd, will sell the intere=t of the j said Mary Ann Davidson, in the the above described j properties, said interest being the other ondiv de-i half thereof. Term® made known on day of <=ate S. L. RUSSELL, Ex'r d !•, la-1 Will and Ten's .rrmt of F-!). 26 1858. Miry Aon Davidson, Her. Slow to save Alone}}' ATI . * j ALL persons who are in want M go i and ve ry ch-ap Chairs and Cabinet : r ......... r .-A can now Lav- an • ppari,;. | - r niiy of saving money, by 1 calling on the subscriber, and - 1 cting =uch articles as they may need fro n a j large stock now ori hand which will be sold lower ■ it. - me can Iwfv-ugi.t .i I ■ country, j \ou who are about to commence housekeeping will do vve'i by calling on mo as there will be great redactions made in suits of Furniture. You will see tho truth of the above statement by looking at the following list of price-. CM \ I RS FROM -$l 30 to 30 o<| per set BEDSTEADS, 2 30 " 13 00 TABLES, 2 30 " 20 00 BUREAUS. 10 00 " S3 00 •• CUPBOARDS, 500 12 t;0 j WASHSTANDS. 150 600 " i WrtRK STANDS, 100 500 j CANDLE STANDS, 100 300 All other articles in proportion. All articles war ■ ranted. ISAAC MENGF.L, jr. February 19, 1858. IB road Tod COSUS AT THE COOK COLLIEUY!! AT HOPEWELL, ; KNOWN AS THE COKE BANK"' : THE undersigned would hereby notify the pti! e i that he is engaged in the coal & mining business, at j the Broad Top coal mines, one half mile from the I town of Hopewell. In order to insure speelysa'a ;he will sell it at Ihe mines at cents per bushel, j and delivered at Ilopewell, at 0 cents per bushel. j Persons wishing coal will find it to their advantage j to give lam a call, a= the coal is o. the first'qnali'y ; and the terms per Ln-he! less Than it can be obtained j O.i trlscv. lit*-, . Til. ci>Wcrll,or oon at alt times be ; found at his oliice at Hopewell, by persons desirous 1 of purchasing. Dec is, ; 3:-3m. RICHARD LANGUOR. 15.1t .\ii% S n U(;U j§> OF JOHN T. HOGG. SOMERSET, SOMERSET (<* : MOUNTPLEASANT, WESTMORE'D" \ = (