THE BEIIFOLIL) nm%
iiay J, 5
B. F. Meyers & 0. W. I'enford, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC STATE R I LI'KE'I.
jt'STICK OF SI'PKKMK COIT.Ts
A. PORTER,
Of Vlnlrhlphhu
CAN %L COM MISSIONEIt:
WEST" L. E Y FROST,
Of ip.fi i Count i;.
I)F.LE(TATFeLE( LIONS.
Rules adopted by tie Democratic party <!
Bedfoid county, at aM. g held in IV na
ry, 185(5:
1. The Democrats ot each Covi -.up -i.a'l annu
ally upon writter. notice given, on the -M S..lur!ay
is Juu.-j j>rocec<i to elect * two ! >!••. .ste* to repre
sent the township in C. urity Coiivi nt.on, lint a! o a
Committee ol vigilance for such town-tup, ol three
persons, to serve until others are elected, whose
duty it shall he to b< hi all elections ai. l paiform
such otherduties as p itain !o iLe cilice. Keiurns
ol elections to be n,iA to ll.e County Coirtn.iHee.
"2. The Deler;;- s -i, r' ,-f: 1 shall meet in 1 • I ford
on Tuesday following tic 'M Saturday ol June, of
each year, are! put .1 riori nation a County Ticket.
They shall also elect Legislative and Congressional
Conferees to meet similarCeiiftrees from the proper
districts: aLo f wit preens to compose a county
committee for the e: sniiig year.
Pursuant to the above rules, the Democrat
ic Vigilance CVmmitlees of the several town
ship's and boioughs cI Bedford county, are here
by requested to give notice that elections will
be held in their respective district?, on SATUR
DAY, THE l9;h DAY OF JUNE NEXT, fM- the pur
pose cf selecting two delegates fiom each dis
trict to represent such district in the coming
Democratic County Convention, and to elect
Vigilance Committees for the ensuing year.
By oril . r of the D in. Co. Committee.
WM. P. S< USEE,
('hairn.-an.
ADMISSION OF MINNESOTA^
Whilst Kansas has been struggling and bleed
ing in the ruffian hands cf sectional agitators,
her sister Territory, Minnesota, has que. t!y
prepared herself for admission into tlse I nion
which event took place, in Congress, on Tues
day the 11th inst. Thus, withoufsny sliife
among her citizens, without any unnatural
feuds between those who have made her wild
forests tin ir homes, Minnesota has become what
Kansas iias vainly striv. n to be, the thirty-sec
ond Slate of the glorious confederacy. The dif
ference between the case of the former and that
of the latter, is simply that in Minr.f.-otn Rip
sovereignty of the people was allowed to be
exercised without interference from outsiders
there the people were suffered to make their in
stitutions in their own way; whilst in Kansas
the buna fi-ic citizens were continually mo
•-A...uvvciW ,'r*
ical jugglers Irom tne ivuTntend from the Sunlit
by the hot-spurs of Abolitionism and by the
fire-eaters of slavery propagandisirt. Neatly
every Democrat in Congress voted fir the ad
mission of Minnesota, whilst almost every
Know Nothing ar.d a rni i ' -r of Black 18-publi
cans voted against it, sh wing plainly enough
that the Democratic party is read;, and willing
to increase the number of free states, and giv
ing the lie most effectually to the assertion of
the Opposition that ours is a t! ; ro-s!averv par
ty."
ESI KV LAW.
"In our paper to-day will be f.und the Act
in relation to the usury laws of this Common
wealth, passed b\ the late r itten and corrupt
Locofoco Legislature. It will he seen that at
one fell swoope, ttie laws against the taking of
usurious rates have been wined out, and (lie
rich sltylocks can now grind tire poor mm who
wishes to borrow a small sum to meet his pay
ment on bis little home, at any rate of interest
he chooses to demand. The bill was of course
signed by the Coventor, a; it is a Locofoco par
ty question. It is the most in fa nous act of any
Legislature of Pennsylvania, and we call on poor
m-ui against whom this unrighteous act mostly
hears, to make a note of it, and !> -ur it in re-
meuilrance when they com" to vote next full."
jtfhus falsely and hypocritically discoursed)
Tne Abolition organ in its: !.i>! issue, striving
hard to awaken prejudice against the Democra
cy, in the hearts ol tfie poor. We are sorry
that it is our duly to expose the rascality which
dictated the article quoted above, and we blush
< : >r the dishonest creature who is not ashamed
to engage in such a dirty business as tin* writing
and publicat; nof that article; nevertheless it
is but just and fair to all parties that the pu die
shall know the truth. Now, this Usury Act
which the Abolition organ calls '-the most infa
mous act of any Legislature of Pennsylvania"
was not a Democratic measure, as the vote on
it in both houses shows, but was one of fire pet
schemes of the opposition. To the Senate, on
its final pas-age, the vote stood.
Ayes, 7 Democrats and 8 Abolitionists.
Nays, 10 " "4 "
fa the House,on final passage, the vo-as arid
nays were as follows :
Ayes, ' 29 Democrats and '2O Abolitionists.
Nays, 27 ' i
There is the record ! Thirty ait Democrats
voted far the bill and thirty s-rrn against it,
showing conclusively that it was not a Demo-
cralic measure, but that a majority of the
Democratic ifiembets were opposed to it. On
the C mtrary TWENTY EIGHT ABOLITION
ISTS VOTED FOR IT AND BUT EIGHT
AGAINST IT, proving clearly that it was an
Abolition project and that its passage was effec
ted by t'i.> solid support it received ft on the
Abolition members. Of the Abolitionists who
voted for it, was Ma. S.wirrr. J. <\\ STIVER, of
tins county. Our st sat rr, ,Mu. Sctncnr., oppo
sed it.
Now, we wish it to be distinctly remembered
that the Abolition organ calls the new Usury
Law "the most infamous act of any Legislature
of Pennsylvania," and we desire it also to be
bo me in mind that {ii-cr.fi/-ciir/if Abolition menr
hers o( the last Legislature voted for that law.
and but a'M of the same party were found ar
ia ved against it. h t "jioor men (in the lan
guage of the Abolition organ) make a note of
this, and bear it in remembrance when they
come to vote next fa!!.''
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTION.
The A! tLi ion organ of Is-', week, lets off an
immense qua; I'y of g - >n the snj ct of the
late n unicipal . focti n in Philadelphia, claim
ing it as an "A vi-1.- cm; '"> victory," See.,
&c. Now, in the fu-t } 'lit-.: . tie Lec mpton
question was settled to (lie sat i.-fact ion of a!!
Democrats before that e lection faint- nlf ami
!ad t! .-thing to do with it at all. In the second
j . the Democratic candidate for Mayor, MR.
VAI x. was the late .Mayor and in his appoinl
tneiits td the police ami of other officers was
compelled to disappoint some four or five thou
sand app ! cants whose votes, of course, told in
solid column against his re-election. In the
third place the ticket opposed to the Democrat
ic ticket, was a no-party concern dubbed the
"People's Ticket," and as most Democrats con
sider themselves people, a great many of our
parly, doubtless, were humbugged into voting
it. Lastly, the highest vote cast lot any of the
Democratic candidates, was given for a man
who has from the beginning openly and avow
edly endorsed the Kansas policy ol President
Buchanan. An "Anti-Lecompton victory," eh?
You might as well call it a victory of the
iuuirieri't s. or the Spiiit Rappers!
IT"We have received a communication
from a correspondent at Bloody Run, in-this
county, in reference to the misrepresentations
of the late speech of SENATOR HAMMOND by the
Abolition organ of this place. It completeh
exposes the trickery of that paper on this sub
ject, but is entirely too long for our columns.—
Whilst we believe that there is "more truth
than poetry" in Mr.. HAMMOND'S speech, went
the same time do not consider that the r. i-y
which the Abolition organ malms about it,
is worthy of any serious attention. As Demo
crats we stand on the platform of principles a
dopted by the list Democratic National Con-'
vc-ntion—a platform that has for its tonndali m
slone the democracy of Washington, of J. Per
son and of Jack-on—and if S UNA TOR HAM
MOND, or SENATOR DOLG LAS, or JOHN W. FOR
NEY, or LAWRENCE M. KEITT, or any other
statesman calling himself a Democrat, shall
choose to entertain and express opinions not
warranted by that platform, the Democratic,
party is not responsible for those opinions.—
Therefore, we do not think it our province to!
defend MR. HAMMOND, though his cnu;e be 1
never so good, for he has enunciated doctrines j
which have never been touched upon by the !
fru'ly says tU"
quotes Senator Hammond's speech fjnly in part
and very incorrectly," and we agree with, him
that men who boast about their fearlessness 3nd
free-lorn should the lu.t to resort to garbled
statements and misrepresentation. " Truth make?
men free, falsehood, fearful."
Hun. Vm. V. Porter.
The nomination of this ardent Democrat,
amiable gentleman, and accomplished lawyer,
as die candidate of the Democracy ol this Slate
for Justice of the Supreme Court, lias given the j
most unbounded >-uislactron in all parts of the'
Commonwealth, and the responses have been
general, cordial and enthusiastic. In a late
number of the ( durobia D.mocrat, edited by;
that veteran Democrat, Levi L. Tate, we find
the f-dlowing notice ofM>\ Porter. It is both
just and pertinent : "The nomination of Wm.
A. Porter, hv the Ith of March Democratic
State Convenli n, ha. given unalloyed satisfac
tion to the party. His election by a very
majority, to a permanent position on the bench
lie now occupies by Executive appointment, is
certain; and his character and acquirements give
to his constituency a promise of great usefulness,
ability and industry. He has 5 indeed, already
distinguished him-II by the clearness and force
of hi- language, and the soundness and logic of
his argument-, in the opinions lie has been ap
pointed to deliver from tire Supreme Bench. To
the Bar of P. unsyivania he is also well known,
as an able and reply read lawyer, of large
practice; a model to the professional student and
practitioner, as well as an urbane ami courteous
gentleman. Fostering an ardent love of the
Law ; entertaining sound views of the duties anil
requirements of the members of the Bar, he holds
also tire most pure and exalted notions of the
qualifications of a Judge of the Supreme Cruet.
We may rest assured that in his hands the dig
nity of the profession will not be lowered; and
that nothing will he wanting on his part to
maintain the present and past high character of
our Supreme Judicial Tribnnal." ,
INTO LINE.—The Washington or
gan of Senator Douglas has accepted the com
promise offered by .Mr. English in the Confe
r-nee Kansas bill, and now coms back to its
allegiance to th-> Democratic parly. Upon this
(he New York Herald commenls as follows :
The. Kansas Settlement among the Politicians
—.Mr. Douglas Jl aching JL)ov:n. —The Kansas,
settlement adopted bv Congress has produced
a tremendous effervescence among the politi
cians, and especially among the Douglas whig
of the Democracy. East and West, right and
left, they are coming i ;to line again. Gov.
Walker has declared that t:,e lull j osed tallies
w itii his i-st piin. i, it- <; sij i.issi-tn to lire peo
ple, and Secretary S , : the a': a'little more
fastidious, still !l - if !i do.. To be sure
they creep hack it r e:. H..jniy, crab
fashion, and intend to i, , tm- held in Kansas
to induce her people l> rj ct the Lecompton
programme but still i y concede the main
point, that '-popular sovt rwignty" to an ixieui
that will answer the purpose, has been conce
ded bv Congress. But the most rcmnikable
manifestation in behalf of the bill passed comes
from the Washington organ of .Mr. Senator
D >ug!a. That paper expresses itselfas perfect
ly satisfied. This means that Air. Douglas
wants to get back into the Democratic paifyj
but from ali appearances the Democratic party
will soon be able to get along very well wiibr
oul him, with thestaunch and steady.admini tra
tion of "Old Buck" to bring them and keep
them together. What else has Air Douglas to say?
SIGNS OF TIIK TIMES.
The Baltimore Rrpul'it in remarks, very truly
that the political horizon is dealing off. The
clouds which have been hovering over the*coun
! try and the Democratic party are passing away,
and tlie future i >ou •- cheerily an I brightly he
fere us. The adir ini-liati n< i Mr. Buchanan
bids fair to be a hilliant an ! successful one,
J riot w ithilanding t!i ■ combination which was
formWl against i! a", the very threshold. With
a calm and irui fu! heart, the President has
!o bed n th" angry elements in their wild
commotion, and has never faltned in his belirl
that ail would eventually come out right. And
| wt i' i- • that lis anticipations have been so
far r> a'.iz-d. Tie Kansts question; has been
fairly an i honorably settled. The necessary sup
plies ! ave 1 en giien io maintain the army in
eihwtive force.
Treaties have bem made with Central Ame
lican Sates which are deemed highly advan
tager-u- to tlie future interests t i the country.
The State I), partment, under the control of the
ve{< ran at.desman, (en. Cass, acquired new
lion rs in its correspondence with Lord Napier
and it- n aintenanceol the dignity and indepen
dence i.) the country. In short the skies look
bright, and the signs of the times unert inglv in
dicate the continued supremacy of Democratic
i rule and Democratic measures. The country
is safe from the machinal i ns of Black Bjuurbli
: < ans and their Know-Nothing allies,/ Aboli
tion ixcih unit must die out cs returning rea
son resumes its sway. And we rmy reasonably
hope that the fiery ordeal through which the j
| Administration and the Democratic patty have
just pn>-"d w ill s-rve but t i purify and strength
en lb m for tin- future. We breathe freer, and
j fee 1 more confidence in (be stability of the
Cnion, which, we tins', will long survive ail its
! present factious opponents.
There B -til! work to he d >n. And may we
not h j e that past differences will he forgotten,
and that in the future th- .great National Demo
cratic. party—east, west, north and south—may
be found Jinn and united, one and indivisible,
marching foiward with conscious rectitude to
the accomplishment ofthe great destinies of the
Republic. P iiladelphia . Ir_-us.
ODU>t Dnacrrat.
Among tlie gratifying incidents connected
with the recent glorious rally ct tie Democrats
in (' iiinecticut is the following notice ut 'AAm- .
ion Peiifi 11, of Portland, who made his sever, tv
first annual appearance at the polls as a Detno
cr.rlic elector : "Mr I'enfn Id was born Kith A
pril, and w ill he 93years old this month.
He resides now, and has always resided, on the
Mine place where he was born, honored and
. r-.-peeled by all who know him. He was ad
mitted tot!, e privileges of a freeman of the colo
ny. on the property qualification, in the fall of
l?Sti. These privileges fm has never failed but
; once in exercising. Once only has he failed
to d-posit bis ballot, or Mn stand up for the
count., The rea- nof this failure was absence
from tlie Stat.— 'he made a voyage to Boston.'
\\ ith this one exception, no impediments, moral
or physical, nothing in tialure, boiiilv or spirit
ual, the man within, nor nan without, could
d-ter him from depositing his vote. He has
. lived ready for the summons—whether to the
polls, or any other duly. It is his pride and boast
; that every vote has been Democratic?, He is
' long and consistent course. All gI iV to' the
aged veteran. He is a blight example. The
town is proud of him."
j. site's .lien Turned K<;fibers in Kansas.
The following is an extract from a letter to a
mercantile ho us- in St. Louis :
FORT SCOTT, AF ril _S, IBSS.
The difficulties here are tar worse than they
have been. On the 21st a pirt vof Lane's men
commenced robbing the citizens on the Marmi
lon river, only eight miles above our town, ta
king tlmir horses and guns, and plundering their
houses of everything of value, in daylight.—
One of litem cameto tovvn, and,on affidavit, awril
via* obtained from Judge Williams against the
thieves, i Ins was placed in the hands of L ul
led States D> puty Marshal Little, who, with
(.apt. Anderson, arid twenty men of his conipa
nv a- a posse, j toceeded to arrest thern. They
came in sight ot them about eight miles from
this place, on the high praiiie, and pursued
them about one and a halt miles to timber.—
t hey then took their position in a place which
it was dangerous to approach. They waited
until the Marshal's party reached within about
'K) yards, when, without a word being said, they
hreu upon the advancing party, and kept up
firing, wounding Gapt. Anderson slightly, and
shooting Lis horse in three places killing one
of the soldiers and one horse dead, and wound
ing a third horse. The troops were only armed
with pistols and sabres, hut they wounded three
of the banditti. A charge could not he made
upon them, a> there was a creek with high banks
between the parties. The Marshal's part y then
fell back, and sent a messenger after more men
and guns, but before I bey arrived the robbers
had fled through the brush. The Marshal cap
tured„about SI,OOO worth of property that had j
been stolen from the citizens, in horses, buggies,
ViC. Eight men have been shot before this.
In consequence of these difficulties business
is at a stand still in this county: mast of tjie !
good men have been run out by this parly, and j
our town is threatened. Two companies I til
led States cavalry are here, but th. v say thev
do not fear these troops, as they can whip them :
out. Ad appeal has been made the Clover- ;
nor to declare martial law in this part of the i
(Territory. •
Siinbury atitl Erie Railroad,
j We are informer), says the Lvcoming Gazette,
that the work on the S o. ;;rv 'and Erie ]<arl
road will be resumed immediately, and energet
ically pushed forward until it is completed.
ibe completion and opening of this great
thoroughfare, so long desired and sought" flu
will be a glorious event for Pennsylvania, arid it
wri! rank a! once, in importance, an r-g the
greatest public improvements of the United
States. l\ it ir the impetus give Aby the sale of
(lie State canals to the company, the j ros; eels
of such a desirable consummation never h foie
looked so cheering.
We learn that (> v. Pack, r has given rmtic.
to the Sue 1 i IV and L'rie Railroad Company
that he will be ready to make tlm trr •% r fir ho
canals to the company on the ]f):V i.-u The
Company is also prepared to comply With the
requisitions of the- Act of Assembly." The rem!
from l\ illiamsport to Fa-ranrfsviiie, i! is said,
will be put under contract hy the first of June,'
and ti.is portion of the road is to be uMtptaed
by tire Ist of January, 1559.
At St. Paul, jib inertia, on the 4th irst., Nor
man sv . Kittson, the regular Democratic can
didate Mayor, was elected over a combina
tion of Liar k Republicans and bolting Demo
crats, by a majority of 243 votes.
I'snry Laws.
The following bill, repealing the penalties of
tin' 1 Bury laws of this Stat.-, parsed both branch
es ol tlie recent Legislature of our State, ami
is now a law of the land:
SKC. 1. Be it enacted, &.C., That the lawful
rate of interest lor the loan 01 use of mnn v in
all cases where no express contract shall have
been made fir a less rate, shall be six per
centum per annum as heretofore, and the first
and second sections of the act passed 2d March,
15.33 entitled "an act to reduce the interest of
money from eight to six per cent, per annum,"
(Purdon fbl, SK . 1 and 2,) be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Sire. 2. That when a rate of interest for the
loan or •••• of money exceeding that established
bv la v shall have been reserved or contracted
for, the borrower or d-btor shall not he required
to pay to the creditor the excess over the legal
rate, and it shall be lawful for such borrower or
debtor at his option to retain and d-duct such
excess from the amount of an\ such debt, and in
all cases where any borrower or d-blor shall
heretofore or h-r after have voluntarily paid the
whole deft or sum loaned, together with inter
est, exceeding the lawful rate no action to re
cover back any such excess shall be sustained in
.any Court of this Commonwealth, unless the
same shall have been commenced six months
from and after the time of such payment, Pro
vided always i hat nothing in this act shall affect
the holders of negotiable paper taken bona fide
in the usual course of business.
THE NEOKOES IN KANSAS TAKING THEIR PO
SITION.— We learn from the Kansas Western
Journal of Commerce, that on Tuesday, tin 1 .'sth
inst,, a meeting of the free blacks of Leaven
worth City, was held to express their approba
tion of the action of the late Constitutional
Convention, in granting to them the "right ol
suflrage and the freedom of schools, on a perfect
equality with the white man." Resolutions j
were adopted congratulating tliir colored friends j
through out tlie country, and inviting Ibem to I
emigrate at once to the free soil ol Kansas, as a j
place where the black man lias his proper | nsi- j
lion. The resolutions approving of the doings
ol the Convention w.-ie objected to on one
ground only, and that was allowing foreigners
to vote simply on taking out their first papers.
One ofthe orators is thus reported :
"Mr. President, [ is opposed to dem 'are res
olutions— kase I is a nalin American myself, I
is: and dat Constitution gives to de
same rights as de natib born. Dal sail, 1 m li
ber will swallow. lis wiliin' for de rest to
vole same as the bailance—but de foreigners
nebber, sah, nebber ! 1 say again, sah, lisa
natib American, 1 is! I's in favor of Critten
den's bill, sah."
The remarks of the native sable orator were j
received with uproarious applause, but the roa- ;
soning ofthe speaker was swallowed up ! v that |
other great consi ierati n, that the Condition i
bad put negroes on an equality, as to lite right
of snflrage and freedom of the common schools,
with tlie white people; so the resolutions were
adopted with great enthusiasm. It would seem,
from the proceedings of that meeting, that the j
free negioes of Kansas intend to a vail them-j
selves ofthe acts and the doctrines of the Ijlack
Repnbli ans in their favor.— Cincinmli En- \
quirer.
r XT. iTCTTtn'eA—IVI rrrw-yi „ rsx-Ti
Buffalo /'.r press tells'of a warlike invention just
brought out rn ti;at city is of an extra
ordinary Character, provided if possesses all the
qualities represented : "It was tested Yester
day afternoon in a vacant building on Washing
ton street, hi tween Seneca and Exchange street-.
The piece is a beautiful little brass "gun of the j
usual shape, mounted on wheels, and so en
structed that a rotary cylinder constitutes the j
breech, which contains four charges, replenish-1
ed by means of a hopper, and fin\i as rapidly as
a man can work an ordinary levipf-irockward
and forward. The piece is discharged by electri
city, and from this results an important and
valuable discovery, which was developed afier
the completion of the piece. Jly means of the
battery and wires connecting with the cylinder
by which ignition is caused, the cylinder be
comes perfectly electrical, which keeps it cs
coot as it continually balked with ice! Some
two hundred rounds were fired vestprdav in
rapid succession, at the rale of SO "rounds ' per
minute, at the end of which time, without nsiri.r
the swab once, the breech was much colder than
when the firing commenced. The rapidity of:
the filing was much retarded by the bid quality
of the cartridge in use, but such as it was,
it was sufficient to demonstrate the complete sue- ;
cess of the invention. Even 20 rounds pel
minute would seem to be sufficient for all reason
able or unreasonable purposes for that matter •
but we entertain no doubt that with cartridges
properly prepared, the inventor's expectation
ot 60 rounds per minute will he fully realized.
V\ e understand that as soon as all arrangements
are completed, the inventors will proceed to
Washington and lay their plans before the
government. The necessary steps have been :
taken to secure European patents, and when all
is complete, and (he machine is in operation, we
do not believe that nations can hereafter atj'ord
to goto war. **
ACCIDENT FROM HORNING FLUlD.— Nancy J.
daughter of Mrs. J. E. Arnold, of Peach Dot
torn township, in Ibis counlv, ag'-d a! out 12
years, was severely burned on Sunday evening,
tli" 2f>th ult., in the following manner. Whilst
seated on a chair by the stove with a fluid lamp
in one hand, and a book she was reading in the
other, she fell asleep, and in her state of un-
| consciousness, Kt the lamp fall from her ham! to \
1 the floor, breaking the lamp, and scattering the
fluid over her clothes and the floor around"her.
j burning her clothes and different parts of ti. ;
body and hands ; one of her hands being very
i badly burred in her attempt to extinguish the j
| u-iii ' l oe ci ics of the sufferer aroused her
: , >w as a<!eep at the time, and who
-■ :/■ I a bucket of water which he attempt. I t >
! ; l!r,, ' v ,! r" !l '"T, ass! e was about rushing out ,f
the !;ou-e, U.t missed her ;he then fol!,.•••■ .r;
! >tL.- .'i LKn joining the house, whith. ; ' ■
bad ran, threw her upon the ground and
ing water on her, thus extinguished the the.
Or. IJryan was called toattemfhrr. an 1 a:
ed remedies by which she was rendered as i
c< in'or'aMe as could beunder the circumstances. !
lVrigfitsville Shir.
Jr IS now pretty much settled that the Dem
ocrats of Kansas are to vote, unite with the
conservative, anti-nigger free-soilers, and kill
the Leavenworth bastard on the 18th instant. 1
consider it good policy, and the prospect is, that
the thing will lie. overwhelmingly defeated,as it
ought to be. There is almost as much excite
ment on this topic, as there used to be on I.e
conij.ton. It sliows that there are some people
in Kansas who,if they lost their senses once,
have found and got them Lack again.— Cor. St.
Lotus ito.p.
FOREIGN Mills.
FOLK DAYS LATKR FROM 121 ROFE
RIVER DU LOUP, May 17. —The steamer
North American, bound to Quebec, has passed
here, with Liverpool dates to Wednesday, the
fnh io.'t.
Breadstuff's and Provisions continue steady at
firmer quota I ions.
L IN no.\, May 4.—Consols are quoted a! 97?.
[SECOND DESPATCH j
RIVER DP LOUP, May !7th.—The despatches
received by the American furnish the following
intelligence :
The steamer North Star, for Havre, arrived
at Southampton on the Isi insi. The steamer
America reached Liverpool on the 31 ins'..
The resolution relative to tire Government
of India is progressing in Parlimenf.
The resolution end using the union of the
Danubian Principaliieg has been rejected in the
House of Commons,by a large majority.
The French Legislature has adopted the
Budget.
The envoys of tbe Riding powers have re
quested a convocations Ihe German Diet, to
consider the propositjnjtfof Denmark, relative
to the Duchies. agy
LIVERPOOL, May advance is |d. on
Cotton. /
\ ERV IMPORTANT FROM UTAH.
SUBMISSION OF Tin: MORMONS.
Governor f umntings in Salt Lake City.
Flight of tits Sft in is, . Men, Women and
Children.
St. Louts, May 17.—The Republican recei
ved a dispatch late last night, stating that an
express fmm Camp Scott, with advices to the
10th it It., find reached Pott Leavenworth, brin<r
ing intelligence that the M irmons had laid down
their arm?, and that Governor Cummings had
entered Salt Lake City vtithout an escort, on an
invitation given by Ori'ham Young.
Many oft tie Mormons ha 1 gone to the .Sou
thern part ot (lie Territory, and the women and
children were preparing to follow.
i'rorn Si. Louis.
Th" h'vnsai Fvlaraudrrti—Movements of Troops
for link.
St. Lot':-, May 17.—The steamer Lucas,
from the Missouri river, arrived hist night, but
brings no further particulars of the Utah news
tiian that already t degr.iph'tl.
General Smith had not reached T .rt Leaven
worth when the Lucas left.
The Kit; ha poo nrresp undent c f the Re pub! i
ctn says that the 1.-ar.dits in the neighborhood
of Fort So>?f, Kansas, number two hundred aud
fifty, command d bv tfie notorious Captain
Montgomery, and being thoroughly armed and
mounted on line! horse? they defy the United
States tr ■ ips. They sw. ar thtyt thy never will
he 'a! en. 1 pwards of f f>o families have been
robbed and driven into Missouri.
i iie (ii?t detachment of the Seventh Infantry
Regiment, comprising 3h'Q men, left Jefferson
La ci. hs yesterday for Fort Leavenworth.
G.nera! Harney arrived at Fort Leavenworth
on the 12th inst. Secretary Harnett left for
Utali on the I.lth.
'her railroad Accident.
Ct.uvr i.axd, Miy 1:> —An accident occurred
on the L tfay. tte anl Indianapolis Railroad last
'tight. As the Cincinnati night express train,
hound north, v. i.-crossing the bridge, twenty-two
miles east oi Lafayette, i! gave way, precipita
ting tl;.> whole train into the water. The fire
man ar.d engineer were killed. Others are re
porled killed and wounded.
i'be accident happened at one o'clock this
morning. The right \\ as very dark. The high
waters had emit i mined the abutments of the
bridge. The train was running at the tale of
twenty-five miles per hour, and the engine had
reached the end of the bridge, which was nine
hundred feet long, when the whole gave wav.
Jac ;b But tenser, engineer, Mahoning,
fireman, and James L w in, conductor, were all
killed. The passengers are safe.
A i\>r m:\<: SCNXR. IN STAT:; PKISON — A
CHILD IN SEAI; UI OF ITA FATHER. —One even
ing !a>; week, just as the bell of (he Sing Sing
prison v\ .1 j ringing '-ail right," and most of the
officers were about taking their departure from
t!ie institution, a littiegirl about seven \rarsol
age entered the wardens, office. On being ques
tion!.! as to her name and errand, she said that
her name was Agnes IV , and thai she
had "c.jme all the way from New York to see htr
father, who her mother had told her was in
prison at Sing Sing." The intelligent and mourn
ful looks ot the child soon enlisted the sympathy
ot the warden and other officers, and it was at
once decided to gratify the hopes of the little
heroine.
Hut a difficulty at once arose—there being
no less than tour con victs bearing the same name
as the lather, hut this difficulty was soon over
come by the little girl herself.
She said that her father was a cooppr by
trade, and it became apparent at once that the,
J -employed in the "shookshop" was
the looked-for fatht r. He was soon brought
from his celi to the office, and the scene which
tookplace betweenlheconvict fatherand hischild
will not so an he forgotten by those who wit
nessed it. Accustomed as the officers are to
affecting scenes between the convicts and theii
r■! :'i v,• J, i',is was too niudft for their feeling,
and a !> ar stood in the eyof many of those
st '(it ht arli-d int n.
im- story ot hfiK Agnes {o lit-r father was
( • it !. ; mother was very goor, lived ou! at ser
vice, and c i:;.! not come to see him, so she
djoug t >!.e would come !:i rselj ■ (hat she hit
New York that morning without one cent of
" '■ • > --■ wa.!v ,! through ttye city till she came
' uliojd that some boys told her passed
' ' •* '■■>% Sing : that site crept in one of the
■•■ .i • • : 11i h rselfaway, and when' found hv
,:u * 1 : 'or, he allowed hei to ride all the
• iV "1' 1 ' 1 'thing, and that some of the hoys
1:1 'I 1 ;; • 11 vi ■ ! d.l U r the way to lite prison."
Ai l r some tiiri< with her father,
' ' I ■' 1 ' : token care for t!• night hy one
u ' ' ' '/. us, and the next morning a lady of
our village accompanied Iter to New V rk, and
placed her in an asylum devoted as a home to
the children of the destitute, where she will he
taken care of, and propel]y and kindly treated.
!i • "See advertisement ol Dr. San lord's Liver
Inyigorator in another column.
DiZO:
On the 12th John Clair, ol I>e Iford Borough,
aged SS y ears 3 months and 22 days.
On the 13,! i John Lutz, of Snake Sprit!" !
I owi]ship, aged So years J. months and 12 days). 1
May, Jacob Amich, Merchant, of St,I
Clairsville, aged 32 years 6 months and S davs. I
JW AR R I ER:
, At ,hp residence of Adam Barnhart, by Rev.
i' . Benedict, Mr. Daniel Zimmers, t j Jibs
Mary Ann Cotvan, of Alloona Blair Countv.
Bedford Markets.
conr.ECTtD WEEXI.Y BY J. M . SHOEMAXEE.
El °" r ' ® Butter, ]<;
. iieaf. per bu. ff,' I'-ggs, per doz. 09 it
Bye, " r,O cls.
Buckwheat, per bu.'id " Lard ;Q
Barley, r, II Onions, per bu. 37i
Oats, Q., Corn, < jo it
Potatoes, " 37J
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
TUESDAY, May IS.
The Flour market continues dull. There*
ceiji's are modi-rate and fhp stock accumulating-.
1 here is very little demand for shipment, and
the only sales reported are 800 bbls superfine a
Si fn> per bbl: 000 bbls Flxlra at $4 75 to.ss„
and some Kstra Family at $5 25 to $6 25 accor
ding to quality.
In If ye Flour or Corn Meal, nothing doing,
but prices remain without change.
I lie demand for Wheal continues limited, and
prices, ra'.her favor the buyers. Sales ol 1500
to 2000 bushels at $ I to §1 08 for Red, and
$1 10 to $1 22 per bushel for White.
Rye is held at 06 cents.
Cats are dull. Sales of 1600 bushels Tenua.
at 38ic, and Delaware at 37 to 38c.
ATTENTION, MARKSMEN!
J 0 H X B ORDER,
GUNSMITH, Bedford, Pa.
Shop at the east end ol the town, one door west
of the residence ot Major Washabaugb.
Ail guns of my own manufacture warranted.
May 21,'58.-ly.
BEDFORD
M 23 chine Bfa© p I
TMIL subscriber would most respectfully announce
J ro the farming community, and public in gener
al, that be still continues to manufacture at his shop,
in Bedford, Pa., the following farming utensils, of
the very best material, and in the most workman
like maimer, viz:
FOUR AND SIX HORSE TUMBLING
SHAFT POWER MACHINES,
w.th large open cylinder*, six slaves, and spikes
screwed in, and improved Straw Shakers attached.
Their superiors for strength and speed are not made
in this or an}- other county in the Slate.
Four Horse Tumbling Shaft and Strap Power Ma
chine with cylinder open or shut, as may be desired
and sliakero! the best kind, lor convenience, ease of
draft, and perfect working. This machine has no
superior anywhere.
THREE HORSE MACHINES, of the same kind.—
TWO AND THREE HOUSE. TUMBLING SHAFT
POWER MACHINES, a very convenient ana excel
lent machine for small farmers, with or without sha
ke!?. lULL SIDE PLOUGHS, of a very
superior pattern to any in u-e in this country
;/e 111 -.1 Doable Shovel Ploughs, teitk steel shovels.
I Pec team's New York FIVE-HOED STEEI. POINT
EXPANDING CULTIVATOR—-Roger's Pittsbur
piiterit STEEL TOOTH EXPANDING CULTIVA
TOR, for working corn, or seeding in grain, Fanning
Mills, Horse Rakes, Lever Cutting Boxes, Harrows,
Wheelbarrows, made to order. All the above arti
j'-"= on I'and, and sold on reasonable
terms.
Repairing of ail kindsof Machines, whether
made here or^elsewhere, done on the shortest notice.
(fa tings iur all my Machines and Ploughs
made at ttie Foundry of Mr. Michael Bannar., in
1 dtord. and will compare with any made in the
State for strength and durability. BLACKS.MITH
JNG done to order. All my work warranted to give
satisfaction.
From a pa-t experience of twenty years in the
Machine business, I feel confident that I can give
entire satisfaction to ail who may favor me with a
call. Call and examine my work before you pur
chase elsewhere, a? 1 am determined to pirate all.
Horses, gra-n oi all kinds, lumber and iron, will
be taken in exchange for work.
PETER H. SHIRES, .
Bedford, May 21, IS5S—6m. Machi&ist.
. LD.ULYISTRAITOR'S XOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
administration have been granted to the undersign
ed by the Register of Bedford county, upon the es
tate of Michael Lutz, late of Snake Spring town
ship, deceased—all persons, therefore, indebted to
saul estate will please make immediate payment, and
(Eosgftsaving claim* against it will present them
duflp authenticated for settlement.
MICHAEL LUTZ,
r May 91, 1858. Adm'r.
. 7 />. 1/AA 7 S TR. lTOfx SXO TICE.
LETTERS of administration bavin" been
granted by the Register of Bedford Counfv to
the undersigned, upon the Estate of Eliza
b. t!i Stiffhr, late cl Napier township, deceas
ed—all persons knowing themselves indebt
ed lo said estate are requested to come for
ward and make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the Estate will present
them properly authenticated lor settlement.
JOHN ROAVZER,
May 21, ISOS. Administrator.
OfT. ■ %
Alias Subpoena on Libel for Divorce.
Charles 1. Blake A In the Court of Common
v * Pleas of Bedford County,
Margaret Blake. ) No. 39, May T., 1855."
May 31, ISoS, on motion of (5. H. Spang,
Esq., Samnc-1 .1. Castner, Esq., was duly appointed
( onitmssionrr to take testimony and report the same
to the coint in the above c^ e -
ATTEST — Py the Court.
S. 11. TATE, Proth'y. .
NOTICE. —I he undersigned Commissioner,by vir
tue o! the liiregoing authority, hereby gives notice
■that he will attend to the duties of his appointment
on Monday, the 11th day of June, ISTs, at his of
fice in the town ot W'oodberry, Bedford comity, Pa.,
"lien and where all parties interested mav attend if
they think proper. SA.M'L J. CASTNER.
May 21, ISSB. Commissioner.
NOTICE IS LIBELTQR DIVORCC.
( barb s i. Blake, ( In the £Vimn;on PUa? of
vs - - Bedford County,
Margaret Blake. [ No. 39 Mav Term, 182)8.
\\ hen as C!r!. sP. Blake did prefer
lion to the jwbg' sof the couit of ComQfion'Plfis'
cd the I 'tinly of Bedford praying for the can***'
lnerein set forth that he.be divorced from the
hoit is cf Matrimony entered into with Margaret
Blake, wo therefore command yon as we before
commanded you the said Margaret Blake, that
laying aside all other business and fNftrses
whatsoever, you he and-appear in your proper
person before our Judges at Bedford On.th.e Ist
.Monday the 30 day of Aug., next, to answer the'
petition or libel of the said .Chat les T. ftlake,
and show cause why the sard ChrrlesT. Blake,
your husband should not he divorced from the
bonus of Matrimony agreeably to the act of
assembly in such case made and provided and
hereof fail not.
. ♦Sheriffs Office, | AVM. S. FLUKE,
limpi d, May 21,'58. j ' Sheriff.