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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- <it rices, and no
person eon of right be, compelled ! afi rid, erect,
cr support any place.of worship, or v) .in! in
any ministry against his CO.'isen'. .Vu hit. - in
authority can •in ant/ case what*vrc infer pre
with i ic rights of conscience, and no prefer
ence shell ever be. given to any religions r dab-
It git me. at.
"The ci vd > 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" \ =
( <IN2- FLLSYILLEr FAYETTE CO. '
UNIONTOWN, <• (7
BROWNSVILLE, < ) §
NEW BRIGHTON, BEAVER CO. \ P
Deposits received, Discounts made, Drafts bought,
j 'old and collected. Bank notes and Specie bought
: and so! I. Stocks, notes, and other securities, bought
i am! sold on Commission. Correspondent and col
lections -olicited.
Aug. 21, 1557.
PUBLIC SALE OF
HOLE REAL ESTATE.
; IHE undersigned will offer at public sale on the
! premises, in Cumberland Valley, on THURSDAY.
the h day of MARCH, next, the following FOUR
! TRACTS OF LAND.
| Ist. The Mansion Tract of John Ei.air, dec.
! containing 1G : ACRES ami 21 perches. I'iie irn
; provemrrts are. a TWO STORY I-RICK HOUSE
AND KITCHEN*, DOUBLE LOG BARN*. Spring
J House, Granary, and other oat-bnildings. APPLE
; ORCHARD, REACH ORCHARD, and never failing
j water on the premises. The land is limestone prin
cipally. There are about 100 acres cleared, under
; fence, ami in a coot! state of cultivation, with about
j 11 acres in meadow.
No. 2. One other Tract adjoining the above,
i with a SAW-MILL thereon, containing about 3-0
j acres. Twenty of which are cleared, and the bal
ance well timbered.
.No. 3. One other Tract adjoining both of
i the above tracts, containing about FIFTY ACRES;
: about 21, of which are cleared. This tract contain*
one oi the best Alii! Seats in the county, furnishing a
fail of at least twenty feet, in Evil's creek, a stream
that is mostly supplied by strong springs and is con
stant and regular iti its .'low. A good mill is muen
needed in the neighborhood.
No. 1. The undivided seventh part of lis*
! Real Estate of Henry Brant, deceased, (being hi*
I son Jacob's share) consisting of a tract of TWO
j HUNDRED ACRES, in said Valley, and having
; thereon erected a story and a half LOG HOUSE
CABIN HOUSE, BARN, TWO NEW LOG HOUSE;
j and other out buildings Also an orchard thereon—
j about titty acres cleared and under fence.
These properties lie close to the Maryland lite*
j and within nine or ten miles of Cumberland, with a
! good road leading thereto, where at all time* a reaJy
tna* ket is afforded for produce or lumber.
TERMS: —One third itt hand and the balance in two
; equal annual payments without interest.
drafts, diagrams, or other particulars in
quire of Cessna & Shannon, Bedford, Petin'a.
Feb. 20, 1858. WM. BLAIR.
A CARD.
The Subscriber would respectfully announce
to itis friends and customers that lie lias associated
with him in the mercantile business J. (I. Nliri
nich of Bedford Bur. and that hereafter the
same wiil be conducted under the firm of if ed
& Minich, at the old stand, lie takes this op
portunity of returning itis thanks fir the p3.*t
liberal support awarded him by his friends, an,!
solicits a continuance of their favor for the new
firm. He respectfully calls upon his friends
6" customers to settle up their accounts as soon
as convenient, pay or no pay, as it is very
desireable fo have his old books closer!.
Very respectfully, JACOB REED.
Feb, 3 IS3S.
TOO l liJlCHE. —Those who want a speedy
cure for this disease will find it in Da. KEIWJR'S
TOOTH A' :us Remedy. Sold for '23 cents at Sam
uel Brown's Store Bedford, & Colvin & Robrn
on's Sehellsburg.