THE HEDFORS GAZETTE.
Bedford, April 2, 8 85$.
B. F. Meyers & G. W. Eenfort), Editors.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT:
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
Of Philadelphia.
CANAL COMMISSIONER ;
WESTLEY FROST,
Of Fayette County.
JOHN H. FORNEY.
We have thus far entirely refrained from
criticising the conduct of Cd. Forney in oppo
sing the Kansas policy of President Buchanan.
We have done so, because we could not be
lieve that he was ready to desert the Democrat
ic party, or intrigue with its ememies for its
overthrow. Time, however, lias proved to us,
that wc were mis'aken and that those who
at the outset of his opp siti >n to the Presi
dent, proclaimed Tim to be untrue to the
the Democrat} - , were, iuJet t, correct. At [ res
ent it requires nc extraaiihnary sharpness cl vis
ion lo'detecft the latent poison which runs through
the Colonel's speeches and editorials and which
ho fondly- supposes will be a fatal dose to the
party whose principles be professes to cher
ish. In the beginning of his out-break against
tire President, and for some time after, the
deadly venom with which he f.tin would drug
the cup of the Democracy, was unseen beneath
the spec bus glitter of patriotic sentences, but
now it flows, black and disgusting, on the sur
face of every speech lie utters and every arti
cle he writes. A few months ago he still pro
fessed to have unabated confidence in the in
tegrity and wisdom of Mil. BUCHANAN, hut, now ,
he believes him a despot whose''Reign of Ter
ror'' makes the pure Forney shiiek with affright
at its- horrors ! His black treachery and bitter
Hostility to the party with which heMias hither
to professed to act, becomes more apparent, day
by day. It is evident now that he is ready to
join hand in hand with the fanatical enemies
of tire Union and to fight shoulder to shoulder
with the unrelenting foes of the" Constitution.
He is not afraid, or ashamed, to be found but
tling under tlie pirate flag of the Black Repub
licans. He is willing and eager to join the
men whom he has, time and again, denounced
as enemies most dangerous to the welfare of the
country, with them, and at their bidding, to
strike his treacherous blade to "tire heart's core
of the party which nurtured him in its arms.—
If people doubt this, let them read the;speech de
livered by the valiant Colonel, at Pittsburg,a
short time ago. In that speech he declared
that "a union with tiie Black Republicans, as
they were courteously termed, had no terrors
for him, when for the furtherance of a great
principle, such a coalition was necessary;" and
that he "repudiated the platform ol the late
tr* Kansas "i* concerned, and, further, lie
repudiated VViiliam A. Porter, if he put him
self on that platform." It would hardly seem
necessary to add any more evidence to this to
jjrove the apostacy ol Forney, but to show that
lie is not only beyond the pale of the Democra
cy, but that he even regrets that the "Popular
Sovereignty" for which he is so great a stickler,
ever was made an issue in politics, we quote a
nother passage from his Pittsburg speech:
"In Pennsylvania the hosts met" (in the Pre
sidential contest in 1856); " here (he battle was
fought and the victory was won. How was it
won ? Because .1 Jr. Buchanan hud iii tinlnin-
nl a modest silence with regard to Kansas, and
was in favor of the extension of the Missouri
Compromise which had been ruthlessly wiped
out in lSbl/"
. So MR. BUCHANAN was elected President be
cause he was in favor of the extension of the
Missouri Compromise! And it was a ruthless
deed to establish the principle that the "people
of the Territories shall form their own institu
tions in their own way !" Who but the most
reckless and unblushing falsifier would dare to
assert the former ? Who but the blackest Black
Republican could give utterance to the latter?
And yet John YV. Forney spits such insults as
these in the face of the Democracy, while he
claims tube a Democrat and the especial defen
der of the principle which he would have us be
lieve was so "ruthlessiy" established. Well
might the outraged Democracy say to this apos
tate,
"Thou wcat'st a lion's hide! doit' it for shame,
And hang a call's skiu on those recreant limbs."
The redoubtable Coluiiel talks about a union
with the Black Republicans for the sake ol fur
thering a great principle! What great princi
ple ? Thai of popular Sovereignty T Sure
ly, Colonel, you would no! expert the bitter
est enemies which that principle has in the
world to help maintain it ! You would not
hope for aid to that doctrine from those who
have ever tiampled it under tool \\ r e sub
it.it to you, now, whether the late Democratic
State Convention was not more friendly to Pop
ular Sovereignty than ever the Black R-publi
cans'fiave been, an 1 whether, for that reason,
you should not as a friend of that principle,
accept the platform of that Convention rather
than consort with your old enemies whose creed
ignores the said principle altogether.
YY'hen Col. Forney was editor of the Penn
sylnmian, he held that politicians were known
by their company. In a strong < Jiioi ial on
the suoject of F-ree-Siillsm, he wraL-ai fal
lows :
"// any Democtu\, who inclines to the Free
Soil illusion, denies thnt Ihe tendencies of thai
organization arc precisely us we have described
lAem, we refer hi in TO THE COMPANY IN WHICH
THAT OUGNIZATION WOULD PLACE (JIM, IF UK
TOOK PART J.N IT ; andtol/ie NOTOAIOTA OBJECTS
of those who have been placed, by irresistible
circumstances at the head. SHOW ME YOUR COM
PANY', SAYS THE ADAGE 'AND I'L.E TELE YOU
WHAT YOU ARE'; and never was it so true as
in the case of those who lead and instigate the
Free Soil crusade against the Constitution and
the Union."
Ay, "show us your company," Col. Forney,
"and we'Jl tell you what you are." You taught
us to believe this say ing and you cannot now
complain if we apply it to yourself. You can
not complain if we say, that, because your pre
sent company is composed of such men as Sew
ard, Hale, (biddings, Grow, and others of that
ilk, you are a Black Republican, an enemy
to the Democratic party and, by your own
showing, a foe to the best inteiests of our coun
ry.
"NIMOEUONE" IN TilE LEGISLATtRE
"How quickly nature
I'alis to revolt when gold becomes her object.''
It seems that a majority of the patriotic gentle
men composing the Lower House of our State
legislature, entertain such an exalted opinion of
their services, that they feel it to be a matter of
justice to themselves to appropriate the modest
little sum o f two hundred dollars as extra pay
to each and every member of that body, making
about twelve, or fifteen thousand dollars , to be
■ taken from the Treasury for the benefit of these
I greedy legislative speculators ! We are glad
to see that DAVID HAY, the gentleman who re
ceived the support of the Democrats of Bedford
countv,'last Fall, and wh> has thus far represen
ted this district so faithfully and honestly, re
| corded his vote against this iniquitous procee
! ding ; and we are equally sorry friend?
I MR. CASTNER, gave it hissupport. m presumed
Lffowever, that the latter gentleman acted on the
| principle thaf "a bird in the hand is worth two
i in the bush," and that as his re-election is quite
| doubtful, he concluded that he would follow
"The good old rule, the simple plan
That they should take who have the power
they should keep who can."
On the second reading of the AppropMSTOn
I Bill, Mr.. NILL, of Franklin, moved to strike out
the section allowing the §"200 extra pay, but
his motion was lost by the following vote :
YEAS.—Messrs. A brains, Brandt, Dodds,
Geoige, Giliejand. Gialz, Gritinan, Hainel,
HAY, Hayes, Hodgson, Jenkins, Kincaid, Lov
jet, McDonald, Negley, Mill, N'unernacher,
I Owen,'Powell, Pownall, Price, Ramsdoll, Booth,
Roland, Rose, Rupp, Sharp, Shields, Stevens,
Stuart, Turner, Voeghtley, Warden, V\ estbrook,
j Wharton, Will, Witmer, Wolf, W'oodring, and
Longaker, (Speaker)— 4-1.
j NAYS. Messrs. A-skin, Bruce, Calhoun,
CASTNER, Chase, Christy, Crawford, Donnel
ly, (J. H.) Donnelly, (James,) Dunlap, Ebur,
Evans, Foster, Himrod, Hippie, Houtz, Imbrie,
i Irwin, Jackman, Kirkpatrick, Lauman, Law
j rence, Lloyd, McClain, McClure, Naugle,
Nichols, Ramsey, Rhodes, Scott , Shaw, Smith
j (Berks,) Smith (Cambria,) Smith (Wyoming,)
Warner, Weaver, WYlier, Wells, V\ llcox,
r Williams, Willston, and Y'earsiley,— 44.
It is plainly evident from this vole that our
I representatives at Harrisburg are abundantly
j able to take care of "Number One," and that
j lo taWf ua're ol me interest*
of their constituents. The fact is that if those
j gentlemen would drive half as sharp bargains
■ for the I 1 immonweafth as they do for themselves,
!it would not be long till old Pennsylvania
j would be entirely unshackled from the cum
■ brous debt by v Rich she is now so heai i!y op
pressed.
PROHIBITION OK SM ALL NOTES.
SKXATOU SciiKt.r., as will be seen l y reference
to another column, has introduced in the Senatei
a bill "to prohibit the issuing ami circulation
lof bank notes of a less denomination than
'twenty dollars." We hail this as a movement
in the right diiection and ardently hope that
the Legislature will not fail to pass the bill.
There is no doubt that by prohibiting the issuing
and circulation of small notes, our currency
will be made much sounder than it is at present.
To the poor man into whose hands none but
small notes come, such a prohibition would be a
God-send, for silver would then be his currency,
and he Could jingle his small change a nd snap
bis fingers at the banks when they go into their
financial spasms and threaten ruin to their note
holders. For the sake ol the children of pover
ty, if not fir the benefit of the rich, let Mr.
Sch ell's bill be passed.
HO.V. WILSOX KKILLY.
Our truly Democratic representative in Con
gress, HON. Wins IN KCILLY, made a strong
speech, a few days ago, in favor of the admiss
ion of Kansas with its regularly established
form ofgov#rnmcnt,the Lecompton Constitution.
Of course the PliilaJelphia Press must assail
him with all its vindictiveness, for thus man
fully doing what lie conscientiously believes to
be iiis duty. II the editor of that unscrupulous
sheet desires to injure MR. REILLY with his
constituents, we can tell himthat he must send
his slanders elsewhere than among the Democra
cy of Bedford county. We shall endeavor to
lay the speech ot MR. REILLY before our read
ers at au early day.
Judge Black's Lelfer.
We give in (his issue of the Gazelle, (he el
oquent and convincing letter of Judge Black to
tiie hue Tammany Hall Administration meet
ing. We merely call attention to it, as it is a
document which "needs no eulogy."
A few weeks ago, the Abolitionists were
busy in ciiculating the report that SI: N A Ton
SCIIEIX was opposed to the Kansas policy of
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. The other day the
resolutions endorsing that policy, came up in
the Senate, ami MB. SCIIEIX, together with all
the other Democratic Senators, save one, voted
<>r those resolutions. Our Senator is right on
Kansas as he has thus far proved himself to be i
on every thinu else.
—Tbe hotel buildings at SUimaoiidaia Springs, Vir
ginia, were destroyed by tire on Saturday last. The
fire originated from a burning chimney.
LETTER OF HON J. S. BLACK, ATTOR
NEY GENERAL OF THE 11. S,
We lav before our readers tbe following
strong and pointed letter from Judge Black, andi
commend it to their careful perusal. It is
scarcely worth our while to speak of the rare
abilities of Judge Black. He is known to the
whole country as one of the first lawyers in the
Union, and is particularly distinguished lor the
powerful and ready mauner in which he wields
his pen. When he puts down a fact as law the
country may depeud upon it that it will stand
the test of investigation. But his letter speaks
lor itself more eloquently than any man can
speak for it:
WASHINGTON, March 3, IBnB.
Gentlemen : —Your letter, inviting me to the
meeting called for to-morrow evening at Tam
many Hall, finds me so engaged, that much as
I wish to accept it, my duties will not permit
me to do so.
Two months ago the Democracy, and with
it the laws of the country, seemed to be in im
minent danger of defeat on the Kansas question.
I'be President met the peril with the firmness
which became his character. He made the
law of ttie land "a lamp to his feet and a guide
to his pa:h." His conduct has already receiv
ed tiiat general approbation which an intelli
gent people always bestow upon a statesman
who stands boldly up for the right. A few
weeks of discussion has swept away the sophistry
with which the admission ol Kansas was at first
opposed; the legality of the proceedings to form
the Constitution at Leconipton is almost uni
versally admitted, and the attenuated theory
about the incapacity of the people to delegate
their power to a convention has almost disap
peared lrom the face of the earth. The advo
cates ol continued disorder in Kansas, and con
tinued agitation elsewhere, have found their
cause too weak to carry them, and to heavy to
be carried by litem. They must give it up, for
: that is all they can do.
That the public w ill may be expressed through
a convention or legislative body, properly cho
! sen; that every the people in their pi iina
| ry capacity must be authorized and regulated
| oy law ; that no government can be changed by
tumultuous and irregular exptession ol hatred
and contempt for its authority : these are vital
truths which lie at the louudation of social or
der and of all true liberty. Oilier republics
have fallen, because they did not or would not
see the distinction between a legal and illegal
expression of popular sentiment ; and if we
mean to demonstrate that our representative
system is a practicable tiling, we must take the
advice ol Washington, and steadily discounten
ance all irregular opposition to the acknowledg
ed authority of the Government. We must
obey the established law while it continues to
be the law. A majority may aiter or amend it,
but no number of men, however large, should
be permitted to break it.
Our lathers, when they made the Constitu
tion, saw that this was the point of danger. They
therefore invested the Chief Magistrate with
large powers; placed the army and navy under
iiis command; gave him the control ol all the
Executive and Ministerial ultices, and then swore
htm to use ail his power for the purpose of see
ing the laws faithfully executed. If there ever
was a period in our history when this oath
should be religiously kept, it is now. A fran
tic spirit of turbulence and disorder has spread
through the country like an epidemic, breaking
out in diliereut forms iu diilerent places. The
\..||| rajif'• V" ■ vp,.■ Mw-st
foot in New England. In Utah the Mormons
are in arms, and in Kansas there is open and
avowed rebellion Not long ago, the great
city ol San Francisco was completely subjuga
ted by a secret society which hung and banished
all who fell under its displeasure. 'The fright
ful riots at Louisville, St. Louis and Baltimore
are fresh in every one's recollection, nor can
it be forgotten that, here in the Capital of the
Nation, so late as last June, an organized band
ot ruthans were bold enough to provoke a mor
tal conflict with the public authorities. Is this
a time to give back I—Shall we now surren
der the iaw to the merfcy of its enemies? I
devoutly believe that if the Administration
had faltered in its duty, or if the people had re
fused to sustain it in sustaining the iaws, the
last chapter iu the historic! American liberty
might have been written before the end ofanolh
year.
It there be any law more sacred than another
t is ttiat which regulates the elective franchise,
and gives etiect to ttie will of the people when
legally expressed. The struggle through which
we have just passed was to save this law lrom
violation. If a portion ot the people can re
fuse to goto the polls-and afterwards set at
naught the work of those who do go, the elec
tion iaws area mere mockery.
S line of the President's opponents, finding
their technical ground 100 sandy to suppoit
them, are falling back on charges -of fraud.
What this may mean I know not.—lt is a
slander ol the Chief Magistrate, an insult to Con
gress, a libel on the Democratic party to say
that they, or either of them, ever did, or ever
will encourage, tolerate, or look with the least
degree of allowance on any species of cheating
or dishonesty. Let every election return in
Kansas, or elsewhere, be scrutinized with the
keenest severity, and if fraud can be detected,
the best rtfort the Administration can legally
and constitutionally make to right the wrong
and punish the wrong-doers, will not be wan
ting.
But I repeat my assurance that we are past
the crisis. The Administration will be sustain
ed by the deliberate judgment of Congress, by
the unbroken heart of the Democracy, by the
common sense of the whole people. Whatever
may be Mr. Buchanan's fat> hereafter, it is not
written in the book of his destiny, that he shall
ever be weakened by doing his duty on the
Kansas question. ♦ If his Administration is to
be put down, Mr. Lane and his backers are
decidedly not the men to do it.
The Abolitionists of Kansas have taken an
appeal from the ballot-box to the bowie knife;
from the peaceful,(orderly and legal decision of a
public question, to brute force, it isyour duty
and mine, and the duty of every peaceful citi
zen, to see that tiiis appeal be quashed. If a
majority be dissatisfied with the present Consti
tution, their power to alter it by legal means is
undeniable, if they refuse to do it in the legal
way, it can be lor no reason except their own
contempt of law and order. But law and order
must be preserved whether they like it or not.
Very respectfully, yours,
J. S. BLACK.
Messrs. Froment, Townsend and others.
1 he Providence (R. I.) Journal states that the
Southern planters are in the habit of sprinkling their
cotton with sand, which not only increases its
weight but injures the machinery and deteriorates
the fabric.
AN ACT
Co prohibit the issuing and circulation ol bank
notes of a less denomination than twenty
dollars.
Read by Mr. Schtll, f rom the Committee on
inks in the Slate Senate, March 23, 1S:)8.
SECTION J. Be it enaded by the Senate and
louse of Representatives of the Commonwealth
f Pennsylvania, in General Jlssernbly met,
no it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
*>ne. That it shall not be lawlul lor any bank
create, issue, or put in circulation any note,
|l, check, ticket, or paper purporting to be a
Ink note of any less denomination than ten dol
ls after the first day of August next, and ol
ty less denomination than twenty dollars after
t* first day of January, Anno Domini one
■ trusand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and any
ulation of this act by any officer of any such
ink shall be taken and deemed to be a inisde
i-anor punishable upon conviction by a fine
j < not less than, five hundred dollars, and im
risonment in the jail of the proper county not
jss than six months.
: SECTION 2. That it shall not be lawful for
iiy person, or persons, curjioialion, or body
directly, or indirectly, to issue, pay ,
ut, pass,exchange, put in circulation, transfer, j
r cause to be issued, paid out, passed, exchan
ged, circulated, or transferred, any note, bill,
heck, ticket, or paper purporting to be a bank
t ate issued, or purporting to be issued, by any j
bank, or incorporated company, or associations ;
Arsons, not located in Pennsylvania, ot any
j It* denomination than ten dollars after the first
| da of August next, and ol any l<-ss denomina-
J tip than twenty dollars, alter the first day ol
Jpuary, Anno Domini one thousand eight huri
| drd and fifty-nine, every violation of the pro
! v.,ions of this section by any corporation, or
j t?dy corporate, shall subject such corporation to
fie payment of a fine ol five hundred dollars
nd any violation of the provisions of this sec
ion bv anv public otiicer holding any office, or
lppointment of honor, or profit, under the con
•titution and laws of this State, shall subject
such oliicer to the payment ot one hundred
dollars and any violation of this section by any
other person not being a public otiicer shall sub
ject such person to the payment of twenty-five
dollars, one-half of which in each case above
mentioned, shall go to the informer and the
other half to the county in which the suit is
brought, and may be sued for and recovered as
debts of like amount are now by law recovera
ble in anv action oldebt, in the name of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well for the
use ol the proper county, as lor the person su
ing.
[The Present Posture of Affairs iu Kansas.
The population of Kansas is composed ot the :
most heterogeneous elements. Here we have
men from alt parts ol ttie Lnited States '• many
*ven from the Old World. Issue after issue j
has been made, and party alter patty has arisen.
First it was New England versus Missouri ; limn
pro-slavery versus tree-State ; then Topeka ver- .
.-us the United States; then national deinocucy,
versus republicanism; then the people versus j
tiie Leconipton faction and fraud. With the j
Jxception ot a small pro-slavery element, the
aities at present aie lite conservative and the
radical : or the law-abidingand the lawless; asul
in its last analysis these two great parties are
found everywhere. The one, the conservative
and law-abiding, accepting ttie law and the
<U*M Li 4U.CC.irL
Zed government,and maintains that the consti
tution must be he-id in its puritv, and the
supremacy of the law vindicated at all hazards.
This party, in the United States and in Kansas,
will abide by the constitution and tbe Union ;
and will obey any law, so long as it is law. If
the law be oppressive and unjust, they will
change it in a legal way. By far the' larger
portion of the peoplejof Kansas are of the con
| servative party. In regard to the issues in Kan
: sas this party has always endeavored to accom
plish its ends in the way pointed out in the law
ol'otir land—viz : a lawful way ; and in this
way does this parly ptopose to meet the Lecomp
lou constitution.
On the other hand, the radical party is a law
less organization. it regards the constitution
and law, and the Union itself, as mere thin gs
of paper and straw, to be turn to pieces and
burned up whenever fanatics may break forth
into shrieks and bowlings. This party, or rather
taction, has manifested itself in Kansas bv de
| liberately refusing to recognise thelsoiemn com
| pact of Union and the law of the land ; and
! lound its culminating point in the Topeka con
stitution, to which lawless instrument a small
remnant of nigger-worshippers and Kansas
shriekers still cling, with the tenacity of death
to a defunct nizger.
1 his radicalism, refusing to recognise any law
not in accordance with the insane ravings of a
.blind and moonstruck fanaticism, deliberately
sets itself tiji in opposition to the solemn com
pact of Union, and the law of the United States;
and will liaternize with niggers, although our
glorious Union shall fall to atoms by such con
duct ; and this day this party, or faction, would
organize a new and insurrectionary government
if there weie no tear of federal bayonets before
its eyes.
In case of the Lecompton constitution passing
I Congress, and certificates of election being
'given to the tree-State party, the conservative,
|or law-abiding, Union-loving party, proposes
to qualify under that instrument until a new
constitution can he framed ; while the radical,
or lawless taction, proposes to organize a new
government,"or resurrect Topeka at all hazards,
and in opposition to all law. One party desires
peace and the perpetuity of the Union ; the
other desires the success of republicanism, even
at the sacrifice of peace, the people of Kansas,
and the perpetuity ol theUnion. -Kansas Paper.
A NKW TERRITORY.—A resolution was in
troduced i nto the Wisconsin Legislature last
Tuesday, proposing to cede back to the general
government all that part of the State Jving
north of the third correction line, provided
Michigan will cede back that part of her State
north and west of Lake Michigan, for the pur
pose of forming a new Territory.
—Joseph Potts, of Cincinati; formerly of Pitts
burg, died in the city of Nice, Italy, on the 17th of
January. He was travelling for the benefit of his
health. Mr. Potts was a bachelor, of considerable
wealth, and leaves two married sisters in butler.
Pennsylvania, Mrs.Geo. J. N. Purviance and Mrs
Major Ileed.
• —A brother of Gen. Bern, the Hungarian patriot
is in Canton, Mo., where he is stopping for a tew
days. He is on his way to visit bis relatives in
lowa. Thp Canton Reporter says he is covered with
scars acquired in thirty-two years' service in Eu
ropean wars.
13r c t) 11110 .•
The Hudson Cement Company, of Jerspy City
whose business, in consequence of the hard times,
has been suspended alt winter, resumed work last
week, giving employment to übout 100 men.
'l'be newspapeis of Central Indiana are filled
with arrests of counterfeiters. Among them is a
woman. The whole State seems to be iufested with
counterfeiters.
—Martin's s tore, at Millersville, Laucaster coun
ty, Fa., was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday •*
night. Losi about ST,OOQ, Insurance $l,BOO.
The Legislature *of Lousiana has passed a law ;
abolishing capital punishment, and the substitution
of hard labor lor lite in the place thereof.
The shipments of cotton frem Memphis du
ring the month of February comprised about 40,000
bales.
—Col- E. V. Sumner left \Vatertovvn,N. Y., Tues
day morning, to join his regiment, Ist cavalry at
Fort Leavenworth, in accordance w tth orders from
i head quaiters. His command is among those de
! tailed for C tab, and will probably set out for that point
as soon as the grass gets growth enough to afford feed
j-o r the animals.
• Miss Isora Reese, aged about eighteen, was burn
! Ed to death near (Jallatine, Ttnn., last Monday week
I by the ignitiou of her clothing. She wore hoopsi
and it was found impossible to extinguish the tlames.
In her fright she ran from room to room, uttering
| the most piercing shrieks.
—The Hon. WiFliatn L. Jackson, Lieutenant Gov
: ernor of Virginia, who was originally nominated
to that office by Wise, and unanimously
elected by the" General Assembly, is now a can
didate for election by the people to the same olfice.
—A serious accident occurred to Mr. John Weaver
! of West Milford, Passaic co., N. J., on Monday.
; He was hunting with his son, when the latter's gun
was accidentally discharged, and the whole load was
lodged in his father's leg, rendering amputation ne-
S cessary.
—Three slave boy belonging to Robert VV. Hol
land, one to Mrs. Hannah Lee, and a girl of Henry
\V. Archer, Hartford county, Md., ran away on Sun
ay week , and ma de. tracks for Pennsylvania.
—Colonel Benton is confined to his bed with can
cer of the stomach. He is working upon his Abridg
ment of the Congres, iorial Debates as steadily as
ever, and hopes to live long enough to finish it.
it is said there are a hundred attorneys in Cin
! cinnati who have never had a case even before a city
magistrate—an encouraging pro-pects for new limbs
j of the law.
A package containing $lO,OOO in notes of\ir.
ginia banks was stolen Irom a desk in the Farmers'
& Planters' Bank of Baltimore, on Saturday. A re
ward of $1,500 is offered for its recovery.
A new Hebrew synagogue was dedicated at
! Memphis, Tenn., last Thursday, with imposing
' ceremonies.
A butcher in Lancaster, Pa., has just made
two sausages, one seventy-six feet nine inches long,
weighing sixty-three pounds, and the other seven
ty-five feet two inches long, and weighing fitty
eiht pounds. Under what auspices he madea mark
et lor the elongated accompaniments to buckwheat
1 we are not informed.
IMPORTANT LAW —The Act of the 19th of
April. 1 S \M, which was in force in Philadel-
I liia and Luzerne counties only, commonly
railed the ShetiflV Interpleader Act, has re
centlv Been extended to the whole State, by an
A<t of the lt is almost verbatim
( ■ ~"v v ■>. t ; I 'I"- ( mils of Uiiiiaii' lpliia iiavr
adopted the English piactice under it. This is
one of tlie most im;iortarit and salutary laws that
has yet been passed by the present Legislature.
It applies in all case.,- where execution is issued
against, ami l-vy is made upon property as the
property of A., but which is claimed by lb, in
which case B. giv.-s notice lo Ihe Sheriff that
the property does not belong to A., but that it
belongs to him, B. Whereupon the Sheriff
asks for a rule from the Court whence the ex
ecution was issued, to call before said Court the
party issuing; the process and the party making
the claim, that said patties, may try the title in
the property and that the Court may decide to
whom it belongs. This is a much speedier and
more satisfactory way, and less hazardous and
expensive to both the Sheriff and the parties,
than the old method of allowing the Sheriff to
sell, and then prosecuting him for trespass.
Trout IVashiugtou
V ASIIIN'GTON, MARCH 27.—Intelligence has
just been received here from Kansas tot he date
of March 16, that all the leading men of both
paities, and indeed the people generally -there,
with a lew violent exceptions, are now in
| favor of admission as a State under the Lecomp
i ton constitution. They are tired of the game
of opposition.
The Republicans are at the present time in
great tribulation. The Anli-Lecompton Demo
crats and South Americans insist upon Critten
den's amendment to the Kansas bill,while the ul
tra Republicans of the Uiddings school denounce
the whole arrangement. Thus matters stand.
.Negotiations are now going on to effect an ad
justment upon some basis. Greelv and Thur
low VY eed have been sent for to come on imme
diately.
According to the plan iaid down by the War
Department for the service in Utah, I am infor
med there will be, by July ne.xf, about five
thousand five hundred troops in that Territory,
amply supplied for an active campaign. Shoufd
it be necessary, this force will consist of about
one-third cavalry, sixteen guns of artillery and
Ihe rest infantry. Three-fifths of this force has
yet to be sent. Russell, the contractor for
transportation of this army, will employ three
thousand five hundred teamsters to drive wagons
carrying the supplies. This will give some
idea of the magnitude and cost of the underta
king.
fS AKKIED:
On Friday evening, March 19th,by Rev. W.
Lee Spot(swood, Mr. John J. Wolf, to Miss
Ruth Mauspeaker.
On the 25th March, by ih Rev. H. ll*cker
man, Mr. David Eishrodt* to Miss Mary Over,
both of Bedford.
DIED:
On the 27th March, Susanna, youngest
daughter of John S. Kilchey, Esq., in the 11th
year of her age.
On the 27th March, Mrs. Sophia Palmer,
daughter of Mr. John Metzgar, of Dry Ridge.
Or. the 21th tilt., Mrs. Hannah Ferguson,
wife of Joseph Ferguson, aged 39 years, 5
months and 1 davs.
The deceased was beloved and respected for
her many virtues and died the triumphant death
of a true Christian.
X c tu Ct i) t) ertis£ in cn t s .
LIST OF RETAILERS
Of foreign and domestic goods wares and mer~
chandiseof Bedford county for the year
f' Class. Licence,
il D rough, Bedford Borough, 11 $7
A B Craftier & Co. do 12 12 oo
Nicholas l.yotw, do 14 7 w
v>eorge W. Hupp, do la jo 00
Heed and Minnich, do 13 jq
Samuel Brown, do 14 7
Samuel Shuck and Co., do 14 7 {)
Hubert Fyau, do 14 7 (JO
J and J M Shoemaker, do 11 7
Saiah E Polls, do 11 7
LaacLippel, do 14 7 (j U
Colin /.oyer, do 14 7 po
Agues Saupp, do 11 7 (jf)
John Aiuold, do i t 7 (m
Wm. Hartley, do 14 7 or t
George IHyrmire, do 14 7 o<j
Dr. B F Harry, do 14 7 00
Dr. F C Keamer, do 14 7 no
Adam Ferguson, do 14 7 00
A L Delibaugh, E. 11. do b Cod
Jacob Buhuger, E. 11. do b spo
Bedford Township.
Jacob Barnbarl, 14 7 00
John S Hitchey, Distillery, 4 5 00
Broad Top.
Barndoliar and Kverhart, 12 12 00
Fluck arid Eicheiberger, 13 10 00
L'olerain Township.
N C Evans, 14 7 00
A C James, 14 7 00
J and J M Shoemaker, 14 7 00
Cumberland Valley Tp.
Jacob Anderson, 11 7 00
Thomas Fisher, 14 7 00
Daniel K Anderson, 14 7 00
Thomas Grot*den, 11 7 00
East Providence Tp.
John Nycurn, 14 7 00
D A T Black, 11 7 00
Loderbaugb and I'ea, 11 7 00
Hopewell Tp.
John Da-her, 14 7 00
llcnry S King, 14 7 (JO
Harrison Tp.
Valentine B Wertz, It 7 00
John W Smith, 14 7 00
Andrew J Snively, 14 7 00
Juniata Tp.
Wm Keyser, 11 7 00
Hillegas and Mowry, 14 7 00
Lewis N Fyan, 14 7 00
Liberty Tp.
David S Berkstresser, 11 7 00
Lewis Putt, 14 7 00
John Cypher, 14 7 00
Steel and Enlrican, 14 7 00
Jacob Fockier, 14 7 0Q
John Heoiner, Fating House, 8 5 00
Londonderry Tp.
Jacob Devore, Jr., 11 7 00
Burns and Tharp, 11 7 00
Thomas J Porter, 14 7 00
.Monroe Tp.
Daniel Fletcher, 14 7 00
James R O'Neal, 14 7 00
.Yapier l'p.
John Wayde, 11 7 00
Peter Hillegas, Distillery, 4 5 00
West Providence.
Murray and Brother, 11 7 00
Jacob Barndoliar and Co., 14 7 no
James M. Barndoliar, 14 7 00
Thomas Hitchey, 14 7 00
Fisher and Barnett, It 7 00
Nicholas Koontz, il 7 00
Schellsburg,
B F Horn and Brother, 14 7 00
A B Bunn, 14 7 00
F. Statler and Son, 11 7 00
Col vin and Robison, It 7 00
John S Schell, 14 7 00
St. Clair Tp.
F D Beegle, 14 7 00
G B Amick and Brother, 14 7 00
George Hinesliug, l-l 7 00
Vi moii llershman, It 7 00
Thomas B Smith, 11 7 00
John H Schell, 14 7 qjj
Southampton Tp.
John Cavender, 14 7 qq
William Lashley, 14 7
Kirk and Fletcher, ] 1 7 oq
Kice and Miller, 14 - 00
Union Tp,
John M Walters, 14 7 qq
.M. Woodberry Tp.
Jacob Brenneman, 13 10 00
C W Richetson, 14 7 00
Simon Beard, 14 7
Michael Pote, 14 7 00
John Wisegarver.E, H. 8 5 00
S. Woodberry Tp.
Piper and Scott, 14 7 00
S ROster, 14 7 00
George Kauflman, 14 7 00
1) F Buck 14 7 00
, f, 1 beegle, 14 7 00
NO 1 jCE is hereby given that an appeal will be held
at the Commissioners otfice in Bedford, on Saturday,
the 6th day of May next.
LEVI AGNEVV,
Appraiser of Mercantile Taxes
for the year 1838.
Notice cf Inquisition :
WHEREAS Philip Crissman, lale of
Union Township, Bedford County, died seized
of the following described Real Estate, to wit:
One tract of land situate in Union township,
being the Mansion tract containing one hundred
and eighty acres, or thereabouts, adjoining Fred
erick Oster, John Ake and other lands ofdec'd.
Oue other tract situate in said township of
Union, adjoining the above, and lands formerly
owned by Michael Shimer, Henry Mason and
others, and containing about one hundred and
eighty acres, and one other tract situate in said
township, containing about four hundred acres,
adjoining lands of Jacob Weisel, George Riddle
and others.
Leaving a widow Susanna, and issue three
children to wit: Henry, who died in 1833
without issue, leaving suiviving him. Eliza
beth, who has since died, leaving a husband,
Jacob Oster, and issue three children to wit :
Josiah, Samuel, and Mary Oster, all under the
age of tit years, and Mary Crisman, of whose
interest John Cessna Esq., is purchaser, and that
said heirs all reside in Bedford County.
Notice is therefore given that in pursuance'
of writ of partition or valuation to me directed
I will proceed to hold an inqusition or valua
tion on the said premises, on Wednesday the
2Sth day of April 1858. When and where
all parties may attend if '.hey see proper.
Sheriffs Olfice, Bedford. ) WM. .S FLUfcE,
March 29th, 1858. j Sheriff.
Yellow Creek and Pattonsville Turn
pike and Plank Hoad Company.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Commis
sioners of the Yellow Creek ami Pattonsville Tarn
pike and Plank Roail Company, will meet at Hope
well, on Tuesday, the 13th day of April, 18.18, at
10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of receiving stock
to build said road; and will continue from day to
day until a sufficient amount of stock is snb>cribed
to make said roaih THOMAS KING,
HENRY K. STRONG,
J NO". C. F.VERHART,
G. DOCK,
TIUIS. VY. HOKTON,
JOHN F. LOWRY,
Hopewell, Mar. 19, 1853. Commissioners.
100 PAIR Ladies Kid and Morocco Lace
Roots, a superior article at
mar 12,'58. KEED & MLNMCIES.