THE BEDFORD (MZETTE.
filed ford, March I©, i *•">*.
11 F. Meyers &G. W. Benford, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET,
JUSTICE OK SUPREME CO CRT:
WILL? AH A. I'ORTEIG
Of Pit iI a d elp ft I".
i
CANAL COMMISSIONER :
WESLEY FROST,
Of Fayette County.
~~ ~ THE NEW COALITION.
Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and gray,
Mingle, mingle, mingle.
Yoa that rrnng'e mayv—- Macbeth.
Experience has shown that political parties
unable to stand on their own bottom, can never
accomplish the ends at which they aim. Ine
'•fusion" movement ol the office-hunting Abo
litionists and Know-Nothing®, in I Soli, ended :ti
the disgraceful drfVnt I both parties. In 1856
the "fusi in" trick was again tried by the op
position, but again n suited in disaster to the
candidates fur whose I -n-'fil it was intern.-J.
In 1S.)~, the glorious Democracy of the key
stone State, gave t lie coup de grace lo that mon
strous political abortion, the "1 nion i icket
scheme, routing the Abolition-Know-Noti.-
ing forces, "horse, foot and (Lagoons. Not
withstanding t 'its sad experience, however, our
opponents seem determined once more to try tne
oft-defeated "Uni in" plan,'hoping that this time
they will be able to draw upon their variega
ted platform, some who in former contests
fought under the flag of Democracy. They
are sanguine of recruits from the great Demo
cratic army —they hope to array under their
black flag deserters from our ranks; they ex
pect to swell their number with men who be
come traitors to the] Democracy,—traitors be
cause their greedy ambition cannot be satisfied
in a pure party; because they are white-liver
ed wretches that tremble before the harmless
ghost of a sectional issue; or, perhaps, because
they have been led astray, into the Dismal
Swamp of Abolitionism, by that eveiiasting
Will o' the Wisp, Bleeding Kansas. But this
new coalition can never become formidable
enough to do battle with the Democratic parly,
with any chance of success. The basis on
which it is to be built up, is the rotten Kansas
question. It is to ignore every other subject on
the political tapis. It is to be a ring-streaked,
speckled and spotted parly and is to stand on a
platform thin as gauze, the only article in its
creed beingasingle abstraction, which is likely to
vanish any minute and to pass out of sight as
noiselessly as thistledown on a quiet autumn
day. But, we say, let the movement lake place.
We areaoxious to see it go forward. We are
particularly desirous that those men who slob
us in the guise of friendship, slni! make their
exodus from our ranks. ;\ottung could give
vi Mlit'lm-n wno n:'e aTwav aUy to"le
cide against Democracy in the hour of trial,
have (he party at once and forever. We are
anxious that this projected coalition shall be
carried into effect, al >, because the incongru
ous elements which it wiii bring together can
never be concordant enough to withstand the
charge of t-he Democratic column, which, when
our wolves in sheep's clothing shall be landed
in the opposition camp, will be directed against
it in solid and irresistible plalar.x. So, vves-.y
let them coalesce. Let the "lion an.i the lamb
lie down together" and ever so many Utile c' . -
"lead them. I in* Democratic |nlv, standing
on the eternal platform of Right, with its bat
tle cry, "THE CBEATE&T GOOD TO THE GREAT
EST xrsinrm," isieady to do battle with any
enemy, be he new, or old.
COM PL! ?r! R NT A R V.
The paity fag-ends which didn't t *h ct David
Wihnot Governor of Pennsylvania, held a meet
ing at Karrisbtr-g, a few weeks ago, which
they styled with characteristic modestv, "A
State Convention." It was composed of a
small squau of political stock-jobbers, who it
seems from what has transpired of their doings,
met for no other purpose than to abuse each
other and to ' ang out a signal of sytr; athv to
dilapidated Democrats. The .abolitionists in
the "Conven! ion" are said to have been very
severe on their Know .Nothing co-adjutors, go
ing so far even as to say that "a Know Nothing
is worse than a Democrat There are about
four hundred men in Bedford county that will,
no doubt, take this as a great compliment.
Those who, Ju-t fall , were the fiends of Taac
Ifazlehnrst ought certainly t>. c alesce with the
Abolitionists after such endearing blandish
ments from the latter. "Worse than a Demo
crat U hy, it is not long since that we beard
an A bo! i til ion isl whose opini ms on party mat
ters are always considered orthodox by his own
faction, —it is not bug since that we b -art!
such a one say that he "would rather vote for
the devil than for a Democrat 1" Most it not,
then !>re, he r ry complimentary, to beconsi i
ed "r-orse than a D mocrat," by an Abolition
ist?
COM! A(I TO A CtOSIJ.
I oat everlasting bone ,-f contention, the in
terminable Kansas question, it is confidently be
lieved, will soon be gotten out of the Uail> of
Congr and confined, as it ought to be, to the
people of Kansas alone. The wise and patriot
ic POBCR- of MR. BI . IIAN.-.N, is gaining FRIENDS
every vLy. 1 here i^no doubt, now , thai Kan
sas w HI In* admitted into the Union a' an ejjriy
period and then all will be well,"/except with
Bines Danites and the Aboidioui -■ generally.
It is now said tnat every IA-n.ocralic (.'ongress
inan from Pennsylvania, with the exception of
ME-*RS. MOXTGOMCHY and 11 u. a "TAX, will vote
10, tiie am meat ti of Kansas with the Leconipton
Coustitution. .Apropos of this matter, we afe
glad to be able to state that our own Congress
man, HON. WILSON REILLY, is as good a Demo
crat as ever he was, notwithstanding his having
been claimed by the disorganizers, and we en
tertain no doubt that his vote on the question
of the admission of Kansas, will meet the
hearty approbation of every D -mocrat in Bed
ford county.
i lie Sale of The Canals#
We have before called attention to the bill of
Mr. Jackman, in the House, for the sale or gift
of ihe balance of our State works to the Sun
burv and Eiie Railroad, of which he is a direc
tor.*" As it his received the sanction of all but
one member of the Committee ot \\ ays a .Means
i Mr. Jackman a member,) it deserves renewed
notice. According to their report, the Slate is
to make a small fortune out of the sale of these
unprofitable works, and at the same time the
Railroad Company by taking them, will attain
the m' ans (or replenishing its bankrupt Ireasu
ry ! Surely this promise is most excellent, and
if these inconsistent propositions are all relia
ble, all parties will be making a very good thing
out of nothing ! The Committee demonstrate
in the most conclusive manner that the only
proverb "ex nihilo, nihil jit"- that „nothing can
come of nothing"—is sheer nonsense. We have
no desire to be captious or foolishiy incredulous
but we must confess we cannot see it. he do
not propose to give the grounds of our ignorance
at this time, but there are one or two trilling
i matters in this connection, to which we would
like to allude briefly.
Our philanthropic and patriotic railroads have
kindly ascertained that the Commonwealth has
been year after year, sutler ing the most alar
ming depletions of its treasury, without being
at all alive to the fact ! Moreover, these
generous creatures nave consented not merely
to take these exhausting financial leeches, the
public works, offber hands, but have beggared
philanthropy by absolutely consenting to give
her something into the bargain. Not to go back
in this instance, the Sunbury Road, or Mr.
Jackman, has detected an •'enormous" wrong
done the State every year, by holding on to
these canals, and the Committee, or Mr. jack
man, state it at some $'123,000 annually !
Now, this is \he positive, but not the compar
ative or supur'uifive of wondcrtul Ihe Sun
bury Road, per Mr. Jackman, is absolutely
willing not only to accept these ruinous works,
but absolutely to give the Slate for them, three
and a half millions of dollars , within seventeen
years, and pay an annual interest ot $ i .),QOO.
Rut the superlative consists in the fact that
all this philanthropy is to proceed from a
corporation, whose treasury is utterly bankrupt,
without a nickel in tire world, and without cred
it sufficient to borrow a dump-cart ! ! 1 Borrow
ing omself into affluence is hard enough, but
this thirc of buying oneself out of debt, looks
even beyond Mr. Jackman's capacity ! As the
Chambersburg Valley Spirit save, a farmer who
found himself growing poorer every day on
account of the barrenness of his land, would
never think of getting out of trouble by paying
a liberal price for another, more valueless- than
that which he had I Rut the farmer and our
seifare not up to corporate "Ways and Means,"
and probably need enlightenment.— Pittsburg
Union.
The London Times and Kansas.
t toe L.ouoo i ones, woud* ti** uiway* >n
t following view trl ilii- u ji>niuiia wi Hit: rresiil'efii
1 and the Free-Stats in* n of Kansas :
"Then.* can i<> no doubt that the President
J much reason on his side, and thai the Free
s .dels . ave acted with imprudence and intenrj
i perance. | hey were at first overpowered bv
j the 'i'oider it a linns,' and might naturaliy re
j fuse to acknowledge assemblies elected by
violence: but when the Federal Admin id. ra*-
j lion interfered, and gave them an opportunity
of showing their numerical strength, they might
! have given up their Separatist Legislature, and
■ marshaled their forces ; ,r-a /air constitutional
1 contest. i hey are now il<nded bv the liigiiest
; authority with ti.e guilt of rebellion, and'it is
otficially declan d that their acts necessitate the
l.prestnce 10 the Territory of a large body of
j lr i )p-, wuich are much wanted t-lsew here. That
t th<*ir cause will have the sympathy ola large
j class both in their own country ami in Curope,
j we have no doubt, but that they will have to
j yield seems equally char. K'-sidauo* to the
j Central Government is the highest of crimes in
the eye ot every line American, and wh-n the
Chief of the R public calls upon the citizens to
sup; tort his authority, he wiii be respmded to
from every side. Perhaps the best solution of
the question is what (lie President proposes—
that Kansas should be admitted with her present
pro-slavery constitution, an ! -that tiro Frerseil
party should demand a convention, and en
d ivor, by Rgal irn ans, toaboliih inst ilulion
they di-testd-'—
b Tlie Democracy of illinois, who were
neaiiy all with DM „;b.s some months ag *, are
rapidly tleserting hi:n. A short time since
there was but one paper in the State in favor
of the Administration : now a majority of the
Democratic papers | uldished there support it.
As they wheel into ranks, the Douglas papers
furiously denounce ihem, but it has no effect.
I'll" popular cry ofth >je Democratic deserters
against their con tern pro aries as they return to
the support of the Administration is, "that they
are bought." We dislike to impute unworthy
motives to any one, but when we see such a
charge made under sucir circumstances, we can
rs t ioubt that it is made hy those whose chief
grievance is, that they can command no oflers.
MnjsviUe [Ky.,) Express.
A MI-SOI-ni SPI RGEON— During a late revi
val in the Baptist church at Lograne, a lad 17
yars o 1 !, who had acquired some notoriety in
the t wn as a theatrical performer, joined "the
church and prepared himself for the ministry.—
fie hss recently been licensed, and has entered
on his clerical duties, ami so wonderful are his
powers that the whole community is in ecsta
cies with his efforts. When he preaches the
church is crowded; persons from all the coun
try round about flock to hear him ami the oldest
veterans declare that they never before listened
to such thrilling eloquence. The name of the
"hoy [ readier" is J. B. Fuller.— Detroit Adver
tiser.
* SICKM: S AT HAVANA.—A letter (roin Havana
says :he ravages of fever and small-pox are
very great there, and have rapidlv scattered
the strangers sojourning at the place. The
fever is very severe, also, among the shipping,
and from indications the residents do
not expect tawke free from the terrible malady
during the reSt of the year.
13 veni 11 e3.
—Gov. PACKKR has issued the dea'h warrant of
William Williams, convicted for the murder of
Daniel Hendricks, near Lykenstown, Dauphin coun
ty. The execution is to take place on Friday, the
2 ISt of May next.
—The United States District Court has indicteJ
Brigham Young. Heber Kimball, and other Mormon
dignitaries for nigh treason.
—Nine hundred persons left New York for Cali
fornia, on last Saturday afternoon, on board the
steamers Moses Taylor and St. Louis.
—On Monday last, three hundred and twenty-one
families left Bangor, Maine, for Kansas.
A sharp anil wealthy farmer of Macoupin coun
| ty, 111., not many miles from Brighton and Miles'
Station, has on hand 1,500 bushels of choice wheat,
the crop of 185 d. Last year he refused $1,75 per
bushel for it. He held on for ?2. He has now con
tracted to deliver it to the railroad at 73 cents per
bushel.
A letter from Constantinople, of the 12th of Feb
ruary, to a mercantile bouse in Boston, states that
the weather had been uncommonly cold in that
vicinity, ami that 70,000 sheep bad been frozen to
death.
—Mr. Winlock, a farmer of Shelby county,
Ky., was found dead in his bed a few mornings
ago, at one of the hotels in Shelbyville. He was
an old bachelor, and possessed of considarable pro
perty.
—Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, has, it is
said, one of the largest landed estates of the South,
his farm compri-ing over eleven thousand acre:-.
—Major James Porter, an old and esteemed citi
zen of Henderson township, Huntingdon county,
died suddenly on Saturday last.
—A Boston paper notices that a Dr. Codman of
that city has made, for young a lady in that vici
nity, a porcelain nose, to be worn with spectacles,
which is of the exact shape of the original organ,
and a color like that of the natural skin.
—The artesian well of the Sutherland,-, at Paris,
Illinois, has been bored to a depth ofover seven hun
dred feet, and 33 yet no water has been found.
—The Dublin papers are teeming with enthu-ias
tic notice s of a young American actor, named I.e
land Ravenswood, who has recently appeared in that
city.
—There are five hundred ar.d fifty-six light
j houses on our Atlantic and lake coasts, each of
I which consumes about one thousand gallons of oil
! per annum.
i —The small irate of Maryland contains a 'greater
j free negro population than the mighty Empire State
! of New York by over 25,000; and exceeds Pennsyl
' vania by over 21,000.
—The Police Gazette publishes a list of sixty mur
ders which have been committed in the city of New
Tori; since January Ist, 1537.
—llart's statue of -Mr. Clay, ordered by the ladies
of Virginia about twelve years ago, will be comple
ted in about twelve months.
—During the pat year twenty-six revolutionary
soldiers have died, as have also twenty-five persons
of one hundred years of age and over.
—Nebraska is our largest Territory. It will make
eight States as large as New Hampshire. Nebraska
is about one-sixth the s.ze of Europe.
—The value of buildings erected in Chicago during
the past year, is estimated at over four millions of
dollars.
—' W *ttf •.;- nnnted in Virginia
antrum.' ' car-'.—
-liev. 1. S. Kalloch left Boston on Monday,
(or fCan.<as, where he ha 3 decided to locate as a law
yer.
—.Mohammed Pacha, the Turkish Vice-Admiral,
arrived at New York by the steamer Europa.
—There i, iron enough in the blood of forty-two
men to make a ploughshear weighing* twenty-four
pounds.
—ln a communication to the Legislature of Cali
fornia, Gov. Welter stated that 25,000 dead letters
were destroyed every quarter at San Francisco,
l'he Governor's brother is postmaster at that
place.
—The Brownsville, (Pa.) Times has thrown
aside its neutrality, and anounces itself in its last
issue as committed to the advocacy of Democratic
principles.
—The farmers' Bank at Elizabeth Csty,N. C.,
is making arrangements to wind up. It has been
ascertained that ail the liabilities of the bank will be
paid off, and the stockholders will receive seventy
ceni son the dollar. Ihe estimate is made allowing
a loss ol SCU,OOO ior bad debts.
—Judge Nash, of the Boston Municipal Court, is
justly severe on garroters. He sentenced three, the
other day, to ten, thirteen, and fifteen years, i.mpris.
onment, in the State prison, at hard labor.
i be court-house at Ivittanuing, I'a., was entirely
destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Loss
s•'>s,ooo. No insurance.
—The rolling mills of Pittsburgh and vicinity,
with one or two exceptions, have resumed work,
and are now in full blast.
—The annual salary of Queen Victoria is $2,000,-
000. Out of this she has to pay the salaries of the
state officers. .
I tie last nufcber of the Independent Demo
crat, a Republican paper of Concord, N. 11., pub
lished previous to the election in that State, con
tains, in the way of documents for the campaign,
.Mr. Stanton's speech at Philadelphia, Governor
Wise's Philadelphia letter, and Judge Douglas's
views on the Kansas question as a member of the
Senate Committee on Territories.
—A negro child has recently been born in the
neighborhood of Ringgold, in Pittsylvania county,
Va. f with twenty-six fingeis and toes. It has six
toes on each foot, and seven fingers on each hand.
There are two lull-sized thumbs on each hand and
two "little" lingers. All these limbs are said to be
perfect.
—A writer has compared worldly friendships to
our shadows, and a belter comparison was never
made; for while we walk in the sunshine it sticks
to us, but the moment we eater the shade it deserts
US.
—ln treating diseases of the mind, music is not
sufficiently valued. In raising the heart above des
pair, an old violin is worth four doctors and two
apothecary shops.
—The Democrats carried their ticket in the elec
tion on Monday last, for city officers of Galena, 111.
Edward H. Beebep, Republican, was beaten for
mayor, by Robert Brand, by two votes.
—The Democrats of Rock Island, Illinois, have
won a complete victory, electing Mr. Buford, Mayor;
Mr. Bell, Marshal, and the Aldermen.
—lt is stated that there are eight hundred la
borers in Montreal out of work. A town meeting for
their relief has been held.
TORCKA VERSUS LECOMPTON. —Section four of
the Topeka Constitution reads as follows, viz.,
"SEC. 4. No Convention for the formation
of a new Constitution shall be called, and no
amendment to the Constitution shall, by the
General Assembly, be made before the year
186f>, nor more than once in five years there
after."
It will be seen, says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
that this section is more stringent than the
Lecompton Constitution, yet the Black Republi
can freedom sftriekers of Kansas voted for it en
masse without a murmur. Consistency, thou
art a jewel i Jt is altogether probable that the
Lecompton delegates wouPd never have thought
of thus limiting the power of the"people to amend
thpir Constitution, had'it not been for the To
peka precedent and the favor which they saw
extended to it by a laige party throughout tlm
Union. It is also objected to the Lecompton
Constitution that it excludes free negroes and
mulattoes from the State. In this, howiver,
they but copied the Black Republican Topeka
Constitution, which has a stringent provision
of the same character, and does not allow a
free black person to reside in Kansas. It is
singular how the Republicans can denounce
Lecompton (or containing what they had prev
iously approved in the case ofTopeka!
THE FLORIDA WAR. —The Florida Sentinel
announces that Gov. Perry has authorized Dr.
G. Troupe Maxwell of Tullehasse, to raise a
company of mounted volunteers, to be mustered
into the service of the United States, for another
six months' campaign against the Indians, and
that he has accepted the commission. The Sen
tinel says : We learn from the Peninsular o( the
30th ult., that three Indians were captured by
Capts. Sparkman's, Lesley's, Caiter'sand Bul
loch's companies, under the command ol tiie
former, in their late hunt in the Big Cypress.
The Indians captured were a warrior squaw and
child. The squaw claims to be the wife of
Assinwa . says that the child is Iters ; was will
ing for it to be taken ; and says that when shp
gets able she will bring in the rest of her chil
dren.
From a letter to the editor of' the Home Com
panion, we learn that the warrior referred to
above has informed the volunteers of the where
abouts of Sam Jones and Billy Bowlegs, and
says that the latter is almost ready to surrender.
Ho would treat if'heco Id see a white flag.
Sam Jones and five others will die before liny
will consent to leave the country, and the
others, being greatly distressed for want of pro
visions, which have been destroyed, are will
ing to give up, and go where they can enjoy
peace again.
The following is also from the Sentinel:
"The foreign Indian delegation, under charge
of Major Rector, will commence operations as
soon as practicable. Meantime, in accordance
with instructions from Washington, the troops
will be withdrawn from the immediate vicinity
of Bowlegs' followers, but kept stationed in the
country adjacent for a sufficient time to demon
strate the efficiency or fallacy of this pacific
movement. White flags will be at ail
occupied jkisl
LATER FROM UTAH.—A dispatch from St.
Louis communicates the Pillowing interesting
intelligence :
The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the 3d ins!., snv. c
that Mr. \Yin<ate, just arrived from Salt Lake,
which he left January 2ith, reports that there is
. no snow in Salt L ike valley and very little on
the UMHMMjM. U*. ,i!fi"i'lVr
winch liorsemeii singl 'file can pass an armv
undiscovered. The route passes between per
pendicular rocks lor thirteen miles, in many
places only three feet wid->, and in some [daces
complete!)* covered over.
The Mormons are manufacturing small can
non with percussion locks and telescopic si *hts,
to carry two pour: ! balls with as much certain
ty as a common rifle at one hundred and twenty
yards. They are also making revolvers at the
rate of five hundred per week, and coarse pow
der f>r mining purposes.
A skirmish is reported as having occur! Ed be
i tw on a Mormon picket guard and the troops, in
j which two of the former and four of the latter
j are reported killed.
Brigham Young says h'< is willing-that the
civil othcers should come into the Territory and
enter upon their duties, but if the army at
tempts to come, they will be resisted.
On the 2ith January, Voting preached be
fore nine thousand of the people, all of whom
rose, when he requested all who were in favor of
giving the troops "hell" to rise.
A letter from (.'apt. Marcy, dated Taos, Janu
ary 21, reports the particulars of the hardships
encountered and tile loss incurred durin ' the
march to Sanla Fe.
Int. ORICI.V OF COAL. —'I here are two or
three points, and thoseof much theoretical im
portance, respecting the origin of coal, on which
geological authorities are nearly unanimous.
1 iie one is, vegetable origin, formed apparantly
from the destruction of vast forests, and the
prodigious quantities of timber drifted by some
ot the great rivers of the world into the present
ocean, renders it not improbable that a similar
formation may now be going on in the
depths of certain partsof the sea.° In addition
to this, it appears probable, from the nature of
the preserved vegetables, that the climate of
the English coal-region was not merely tropica!
but ultra tropical, it is also a point of scienti
fic inference that the coal strata were deposited
in the neighborhood, and often probably upon
the verge, of extensive tracts of dry land—far
the trees that are found in coal strata are often
like those of the British submarine forests, so
far as position goes. The deposits of coal also
appear afterwards to have been elevated, and
often dislocated and distorted by forces aclitw
from below, and which are thought to have been
of a volcanic nature.
THE EUROPEAN FLEET.— The Boston SAip
pinx List publishes a li.,t of the number and
position of vessels engaged in (he United States
and the European trade, together with vessels
in the African trade, or that cross the Atlantic
from ports to or from the United States. Ac
cording to this there are ships, 68f>: harks, 325-
brigs, 90, schooners, 30; total, 1 130. This "iVj
of course, exclusive of vessels engaged in the
coasting trade.
A SINCULAR OCCURRENCE.—A wood-pile be
longing to a Air. Johnson, of Ellisville, HI.,
was discovered to be on fire a few days a'go.—
The fjre was extinguished. A short time after,
a daughter of Mr. Johnson, four years old, was'
missing. In searching Or her, one of her feet
was discovered under the wood-pile. On throw
ing ofT the wood, she was found, burned to
death. It is supposed that she was playing with
matches, and the wood fell upon her and be
came ignited by the matches.
Otsr Indian Troubles.
The Governor of Florida has issued a call f>r I
more volunteers to exterminate that redoubta- i
hie Indian, Hillv Bowlegs. That the volun- 1
leers will be forthcoming vve do not doubt,bnt
that Bowlegs will be exterminated we tbink i
exceedingly improbable. The fact is, and here- !
in lies (He explanation of that interminable war
waged against the wily Seminole, the death or
capture of Bowlegs would be a serious calamity
0 the people of Florida. We do not know
how many thousands of dollars it has cost to car
ry on that war; but We do know (hat during its
continuance, innumerable colonels, majors, cap
tains anil lieutenants of volunteers, have been;
fed, clothed and supported at tire expense of the |
nation, and that various bills have been paid by !
Government "for losses sustained, and expenses
incurred," whose aggregate amount will r epre
-1 sent to a fraction the precise value of Bowlegs
'to the people of Florida. If the old chieftain
j should unfortunately be killed, there would be
: no more golden eggs ; and we have no fear,
j therefore, of his dying other than a natural
I death. In this connection we may arid, that
j Oregon, too has her ''little bill" of exp ri.es
| on account of Indian hostilities," and that Texas
'and New Mexico each require the services of
; an additional regiment of rn runted troops for the
| protection of their frontiers. We have an id< a
I that the object in view, if that object be a cessa
! (ion of Indian hostilities, would be quite as effec
; lually accomplished by raising a body of troops
! lor the protection of the Indians from the emi
| grants and settlers. Everybody familiar with
i border history and pioneer life, knows the pre
' ciso value to set upon the life of an Indian—it
j is to be rated entirely according to the skill of
j the marksman within the range of w hose rifle
I the unhappy savage may chance to come. Where
t there are r.o courts and sherills, muni -r ceases
j almost to he regarded a= a crime, particularly
iif the victim be an Indian, ("pun the plains
i and frontiers, the whole red-skinned race are
: viewed in the light of garrw, whom every emi
: grant traveling the over-land route to California
jor seeking a home in our western wilderness,
i feels privileged to hunt down at leisure, it n
■ absolutely hound to shoot at sight. Our Indian
troubles have almost always been provoked by
; acts of wanton aggression on the part of tin
I whites, while as in the case of the Florida war
they have invariably been perpetuated by thi ir
cupidity.— Baltimore ExcEmgr.
The Camels.
j In looking over our ('i!ifi>rriin files, we find
i that Lieut le-nle with Iburleen camels ar
rivi-,1 at L • Angelus on the Slli ( f January.
The appearance of these uncouth animals cre
ate great excitement among the people. The
animal- u'ndt r Lieutenant IF ale hav 1 a'! grown
serviceable, and many of them are we!! broken to
Ihe saddle'nd are very gentle. Tile San
i francisco Bulletin says that all the Camels
* belong to the one hump species, except one,
j y hicii is a cross between the one and two hump
i kinds. This fellow is much larger and more
i powerful thin either sire or dam. He is a
mT/Iv 1 oking hyb: id, a camel-mule of colossal
p' "j at ions, and weighs 2200 pounds. Their
ih .. - say they would get fat wh ere a donkey
w.> ; ' starve to <!a!h. The camels are now
; on their r- turn to the Colorado River, for the
purpose >f carrying provisions tor Lieutenant
IL.ah and tin military i -cort, who, it is conjec
tured, wilt p..".< trate from thence as fat as possi
i !il- into the M nan on country. Afterwards,
! Lieu!-nan! firalr wj' .no. :• by the new wagon
• ; , V,""' ' fv oitv. v vel-ify it; ail
r.ach th.* capi'al i.-f.iio the first of March, in
j order io lav Ins rejn.it belore ConT'ss.—
; Mlshur^
fonT-M\RTiu, cr col. som-m.
C.o i.i-. March 11, l-XiS.
i i iie c iUit-ma. lial iu the case of Colonel Surn
!n r was opened to-day. ihe accused was ar
j raigned two c! urges • Ist. Prejudice o( good
! order and military discipline: and 2d. Violation
I of an article of war in sending a challenge.
The accused plead "Not guilt v."
; The prosecution rests upon (lie correspon
( donee. Col. F. Lee, for the defence, testifies to
i the use of insulting language by Gen. Harney
i towards Col: Sumner during the trial at Fort
! Leavenworth.
An essential witness for llie defence had not
arrived.
Col. Sumner is defended bv Hon F. Watt--.
LATER —IO, p. m.—Harris, (') the absent
witness for Col. Sumner, arrived tiijs afternoon.
He will be examined to-morrow, which will
probably close the evidence.
Vadtral.
The Black Republicannewspapers arp in
agonies of indignation, at the endorsement of
the administration, by the recent Democratic
Convention, It seems quite impossible to please
these factious gentlemen, and indeed no honest
Democrat expects to do it. They must have
setionalisms or nothing. Their ends and aims are
not national, and hence thev cannot be expect
ed to do anything which is Democratic. However
as loots would say "its of no consequence."—
The Pittsbnrg Post. .-*•
THE OCTRACE oiv MISPJOXARIES The cor
respondent ot the l/Oiulon J't/ncn, writing from
Alexandria Egypt, on the sth of February,
savs :
The United States corvette, Constellation,
after a sojourn here ot" about ten days, has tak
en Imr departure for Messina. It was atone
time thought would first steer For the
coast of Syria, in order to give the support l
her piesence to the American Consul General,
who left for Jaffa a few days ago for the pur
pose of making an investigation into the cir
cumstances attending an'outragp of a most ruffi
anly nature, of which an American missionary
stationed at Jaffa, and his family, have lately
been tiie victims,and the particulars of which
have already been published.
The atrocity has been ascribed to an outbreak
of Mahomedan fanatics, hut it seems as like
ly that it was merely an aggravated case of bur
glary, and Mr. De Leon, the United States Con
sul, will, no doubt, find the Turkish authorities
fully disposed to second him in tiis efforts to
trace out the authors ot the crime, without the
necessity of the threat that would be implied by
the presence of a ship of war.
THE UNCLAIMED PCRSE OF GOLD.—THE SAN
Francisco 1 irnes says a purse of gold was left
with the house of Bull, Baker &. Co., Shasta,
some two or three years since, which has never
been called (or. It was deposited in the name
of William Lush. The owner will probably
never call (or it having passed away as have
thousandsol others in this land of dark fates,
through the agency of accident or disease of
which there is neither note or record.
We start in life with a great stock of
wisdom, hut it grows less the further we go.
Special Notices.
A Smalo Instrument of Torture Have our lady
readers ever reflected uj,on the fact that so small an
instrument as a sewing needle has destroyed more
lives, and caused mere suffering, than the sword.
It is true, however, as the mortality among seam
stresses every where alfe-ts, and our enly wonder is
that parents will permit their daughters to grow up
Slaves to the needle, while the Groves & Baser
Sowing Machines will do better and more b"autifu 1
sewing than can be done by hand. The time is com
ing when the parent who consents to have his daugh
ters continue band-sewing, wilt be regarded as want
ing in affection for them.
Ihe Greatest Mkoicai. Discover v of tiir A i .
Dr. Key-er'.-* I'ecforal Syrnp, prepare.! by him at
110 Wood Street, Pittsburg, Pa., is surely a great
remedy, at least we believe so, from the many tes
timonials in its favor. The Dr. is a regular physi
cian of (he lt school, and knows bow to cure a
Cough without sickening, blistering or purging, a
w-ll as any man we wot of. If you don't believe us
the fir-t time you get a cold or cough go to SamuC,
Brown's, Bedford, or to the store of Colvin & Robi
son, Fchelisburg, and buy a bottle.
AI3*!TOR'S AOTICE.
I'HE undersigned appointed by the Orphans'
Court of Bedford County, to report a distribution cf
'he money remaining in the hands of David Walter,
administrator ot the e-tate of James Walter, dee'd
—hi- account upon said e-tate having been confirm
. I'd, will attend to the duties of his appointment on
Thursday, the 15th day of April next, at 10 o'clock,
A. M-, at his office in "the Borough of Bedford, when
and where all parties interested can attend.
JNO. P. REED,
Mar. 19, 1858. Auditor.
\n D noirs JfflTtCE.
TUB undersigned appointed auditor to distrib
ute the balance in the hands of Gideon tlitchew, aJ
mim-ttator of the estate of Charles Zumbrum, de
ceased, hereby notifies the heirs of all others inter
ested that he will meet them for the purpose ol st
tending to the duties of his appointment at his of
fice, in Bedford, on Friday, the 15th day of Apre,
next, at 1 o'clock P. M.
O. E. SHANNON,
March 19, 1858. Auditor.
Yellow Creek and I'attonsville Turn
pike and Plank Road Company.
XOTICE is hereby given, (hat the Commis
sioners of the Yellow Creek and Pattonsvdle Turn
p:i.e and Plank Road Company, will meet at Hope
well. on Tuesday, the 13th day or April, 180 s , at
10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of receiving stock
to bo id said road; and w ill continue from day to
day until a sufficient amount of stock is subscribed
to make said road. THOMAS KING,
HENRY K. STRONG,
JNO. C. EYERHART,
G. DOCK,
THOS. W. HORTON,
JOHN F. LOWRY,
Hopewell, Mar. 19, 1858. Commissioners.
MARYLAND SUITE LOTTERIES.
R. FRANCE & CO., MANAGERS.
Caution A'oticc.
Persons living at a distance should be extremely
cautious vf whom they order Lottery Tickets orCer
tuicates of packages of Tickets. The country is
flooded with bogus and swindling Lotteries. Every
inducement is held out to get persons to invest mon
ey in them. Capita! Prizes ot from $20.#01 to $40,-
000 head their schemes —w it'u tickets at One Dollar,
slO I Capital Piizes are ottered, tickets $-5. Ail
such, in every instance, are frauds: if money is ser.t
for t.ckets, it is-o much thrown away without the
shadow of a chance of getting a prize. Beware of
all Lotteries w here the Capital Prize is uuusually
large in comparison to the price of tickets. In eve
ry in.-tance where large prizes are offered for a small
co-t of tickets, put it down as a certain fraud.
The Kentucky s'ule Lottery for the benefit of the
a -.::.,rrmnaoernent, is tr.eorlv
Lv.tery :u ti.e I iiited titates wturb is legally decided
by the .Maryland draw ings; all other Lotteries which
purport to be decided by the Maryland Drawings, are
frauds.
THE MARVLAXD STATE LOTTERIES.
rarrhase in the Maryland State Lotteries, then
you are sure of being right. And in ordering the
M.iiy i.:i d.Lotteries, jou are sure of honest and tair
dm wings.
One thing look to, and that is, if you order
from any licensed vender in Baltimore, do not re
ceive ar;v but Managers 5 tickets and Managers'
Print.. I Certificates ol Packages. The Managers'
Certificates have the number printed, and have the
li'i . graphed signature of R. France }c Co.
No one has a right to send his individual certifi
cates, and if he does it, be sure there is a fraud at
the bottom of it.
R. FRANCE & Co.
Managers of Maryland State Lotteries.
YOUNG MAN. BEWARE!
I hereby caution ali ol my young friends who are
given to taking a liitle ol the "O-be-Joyfui." to
abstain trorn ttie cuji at onre and forever, as I have
tat- )y been made to pay deaeiy for taking a single
i drink. Especially would 1 advise them not to drink
at the solicitation of neighbors, or friends.
SAMUEL BOTTOMFiELD. .
.Mar. 19, 1 S3S.
PUBLIC SALE OF
ULUBLE lIEIL ESTATE.
I HE undersigned will otter at public sale on the
premises, in Cumberland Valley, on THURSDAY,
ti. < 23th dav of MARCH, next, the following FOUR
TRACTS OF LAND.
Ist. Ihe Mansion Tract of John Blair, dec.
containing IC.'> ACRES and 21 perches. The im
provements are, a TWO STORV BRICK HOUSF.
AND KITCHEN, DOUBLE LOG BARN, Spring
House, Granary, and other out-buildings. A PULE
ORCHARD, PEACH ORCHARD, and never failing
water on tiie premises. The land is limestone prin
cipally. There are about 100 acres cleared, under
tence, and in a good state of cultivation, with about
l-l acres in meadow.
No. 2. One other Tract adjoining the above,
with a SAW-MILL thereon, containing about 120
acre-. Twenty of which are cleared, and the bal
ance well timbered.
.No. 3. One other Tract adjoining both ol
the above tracts, containing about FIFTY ACRE"*;
about 2', ol which are cleared. This tract contains
one ol the best Milt Seats in the county, furnishing a
fall of at least twenty feet, in Evit's creek, a stream
that is mostly supplied by strong springs and is con
stant and regular in its 3cuv. A good mill is much
needed in the neighborhood.
A"o. 4>. The undivided seventh part of the
Real Estate of Henry Brant, deceased, (being his
son Jacob's share) consisting of a tract of TWO
HUNDRED ACRES, in said Valley, and having
thereon erected a story and a half LOG HOUSE
CABIN HOUSE, BARN, TWO NEW LOG HOUSES
and other out building- Also an orchard thereon —•
about liity acres cleared and under fence.
These properties lie close to the Maryland lip
and within nine or ten miles ol Cumberland, with a
good road leading thereto, where atall times a ready
market is afforded for pioduce or lumber.
TERMS:—One third in and the balance in two
equal annual payments interest.
£E?~For drafts, diagrams, or other particulars in
quire of Cessna & Shannon, Bedford, Penrra.
Feb. 26, 1858. \VM. BLAIR.
TOO TIT IC HE. —Those who want a speedy
cure for this disease will find it in Da. KEVSER'S
TOOTHACHE Remedy. Sold for *25 cents at Sam
uel Brown's Store Bedford, & Colvin 6t Robili
on's Schellsburg.
All kinds of goods sold at REED &, MIN
NTCH'S, for Cash or Produce.
Bazin's Lobin't Extract fee tbe Handker
chief, Cologne Water, isre. tor sale at Dr. Har
ry's Di ug Store.