THE BEDFORD (JAZKTTE. i 6iilttor<l, I?, II F. Meyers vV (J. W. P.enlord. Editor? : DEMIH HATII" STATE TH'KET. JUSTICKOF SUFKK.MK COi li t \\ A. PORTS-n. Of Philia/el/i/iiu. CANAL COM MISSION Kii WESTLEV FROST, (if Fay tie Conn!it. DEMiH'KATIE COl NTV TICKET. COM MISSION! K JACOB BEC K I EY, Of St. Cltiir fn. COUOXKK: O J FT. JOHN LONG, • Of t.Hirrt 1/ tp. roou no! sc. NIUI CTOK JOHN AMO S, 111 tied font tj>. AI I'i rOlt: JAMES C. DBVORE, (>J I.uii'iouitill y I j>. THE NKI'KS>II\ FOR A RAILROAD TO BEDFORD. We have repeatedly called the atf*'iiti> o! our people I<> llieir gr-at need of railroad com inunicatiori with Hie Eastern cities and to sup ply this need, have earnestly urged them to make liberal subscript ions to the Bedford Raii road. IIV have apjtealed to vou, friends, Lul your interests d.mand of vou. to do what you can toward bringing this euterpiiseto a success ful tci ndnatiou. 'l'lle "hard times," of which we daily hear you complain, remind you of your great necessity for a railroad and of your duty to go to work and make it. You hear that money is abundant in the cities, and yet j you lament the want of it here. \\ hy is this' ! Simply because you have no market no cheap • mode ol transposing your grain to the cities— : and, consequently, no opportunity of exchang ing the products of your laboi for their value in cash. Is this not true? Have you not. if you are a farmer, hundreds of bushels of : wheat and corn stowed away in your granaries, j which, in Philadelphia, would bring you a fair price in good current money? And have you not stored away this grain merely because you cannot sell it except on time? The effects ol financial panics are always felt doubly as long in a country where there are no railroads as where there is communication, hy i those thoroughfares, with large cities. The I reason of this is obvious. The great majority of fhe banks of issue are located in the cities.— The wheels of Tiade and Commerce are set in ' motion there. The first impulse of renewed life in business, after the occurrence of a mon etary crisis, is given by the cities. Thus, in lfci- A i T- * •' ' 1 v:llg Tniptuse, their business operations must come directly under influence, and this is ! impossible without railroads. Let us, therefore, make the lied lord Railroad, and when the next panic coines, we need not tear tlicit it will hang upon us for months and months, like the incubus that seems at present to bear us dou n. MORE "i MO.Y AM) HARMONY!" Tile Erie Con it it ut ion, a "pure and simple" Abolition j >lll nal, is not at all pleased with the •'Union" arrangement about to he effected by its party. It is quite willing to receive the help ofSwoo] e and I'lanigan, Lot thinks that "in view of the t;::t, they ought to have the pru dence to kettheir mimes from any published calls." This is snubbing the noses of the ! •'Straight Americans" with a coolness that must he exceedingly refreshing to those gentlemen, this hot v rather. But the ('oustitulion does not stop <ii this. It goes on to add insult to in jury. It *p* <.h of the "Straights" with rudest < jiilumely and denounces litem in bitter and i vehement language. It says: "The Republic alls can set it down as an cs- i tablisheil but that the Sanderson-Flanigau- Swoope facliuir. veill m v 'r keep faith in any |k>- Jilical arrangement. They are. pari iz on oner- , . iilns vnjit for amocMion v-ith men vho are gbvernedby honest motives in political action. < They have cheated u> in three campaigns, and ' it ren.uns to be seen whether R-pubiicaus will j allow themselves again to he gulled hv such tricksters. We are willing . ui.e'e with ail honest opponent* of the extension of slaverv, J and ecv-ojiwa(e to ovr throw ri.e present Na tional Administration, but we are not willin" : to join hands or associate with venal leaders who make a show ol friendship only" to betrav. f he leading politicians may make what arrange ment they phase in this matter, hut if (bey ir* •inv way ignore the cardinal principles of'Re-i publication', or i! I hey expunge from our flag the motto of "No more Stave States," th.-v will deserve and receive defeat. We mmch to the < battle under no mongrel flag. They will find thousands ol staunch and true freemen in the j North and West who will rcpmiin'e any eva sive, unmeaning plat lot tri, no mattei v. !,o the candidates arc. " "Straight Americans" of Bedford count v ' this is the esteem in which you are held hv tile men v\ ho a>k you to mute \v itli them MI t;I coming campaign. They desire you to assist then) in fighting theii batth s and u t their news papers brand vou as PARTISAN (HEKIL LAS IN KIT FOR ASSOCIATION* WITH MEN W HO ARE HOVER NED RY HON EST MOTIVES J\ POLITICAL ACTION ' H bat can you expect from a "Union" vv ith a faction that leek, thus malignant ly disposed to ward your organization: No a i XXT Ml. Uui Opposition tr lends in So mm set county, have nominated Mr. Crone, (>. WAUKE for Assembly, amlt' U NIX I'MIKV U'IIKFR for Sheriff. These fellows may be ttooil tea//.,rs. but they'll be apt to lind on election day, that theyeau'i •tm. POLITICS IN I! LA lit COUNTY. The Straight Ameiicans and Hazh-hurst men of Blair county, arc maintaining their individ ! i al organiz.iti .11 and have nominated a County | 'Ticket of their own. The ticket is composed 1 as follows: .7 ssembftf , JACOE BIRI.LV. Sheriff, JAMES FINK. I'rot ho notary, JOSEPH BALORUK.I- Commissioner, ENOS M. Josrs. treasurer, JOHN LINOAFEI.TER. Pour Director , JOHN B. Btnni.R Coroner , VY M . Fox. . tni/ifor , J. S. XicoDi'Mi's. The Black Republicans likewise have nomi nated a County Ticket. MARTIN BEI.I. is their I ' candidate for Assembly. JOHN I'IPER, for Slier- J iff, A. S. M U ROW for Prothonotary, C. Invix , for Treasurer, and JOSEPH FLAY for Commis- I M*l. Tliev denounce the "Americans" most hitterlv for their independent conduct and call them A "disorganized and unsettled remnant of I party." IVe presume the Bedford Abolition org HI had especial reference to Blair county when it announced V\ itli such a great flourish of trumpets that the different elements of the op position WERE uniting. Afuilition organ copies several long i articles from the Daily .Yews, in which there is a most ridiculous effort made to explain a way the treachery of the latter journal to the • "Straight Americans," in abandoning its for mer national position and striking bauds with the Abolitionists. The reason of the .Yews' de- \ sertion from the "Straight Americans" is this: .1 UN I*. SANDERSON WLSO was editor of that SHEET during the las! few years and who kept it entirely FREE from the ta.mt of Abolitionism, ' during his editorship, has retired from the con- ■ j corn, ami it is now in the hands of reckless and ; unscrupulous men, who are Black Republicans of as dark a shade AS David VVilmot himself. — This accounts for the "Union" milk in the News' cocoanut. NEW HOOKS Lour. MONT. WO *s Pu;r. An Historical Romance ; 'of rlie Seventeenth Century •, By (i. 15.I 5 . I{. .lames, ■ author of "tiichelieu," anil other novels. Philadel- | plna : Chilcls and I'eterson, 002 Arch street. ls-As. ; 8 vo. pp. 150. This is one of Mr. James' best books. It is gotten up in elegant style : the typography is a I model of neatness, the binding is tastctul and durable, and tli*e work is beautifully embellished, | wifh a fine vignette title page, printed in colors, and a well executed steel engraving of the author. Messrs. Child? and Peterson have ' made "a decided hit" in the getting up of this novel and we hope their vnterprize will be rewarded by a large sale. MARY DRBWENT: By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Philadelphia ; 'J .15 Peterson and Bros. Among the female writers of America, MRS. STEPHENS has ALWAYS occupied a prominent position. Edgar A. Poe, the severest critic of his time, spoke favorably of her style ol writing and many other high literary authorities have J consideration, she displays rare powers of de-I script ion, in a style dignified, yet easy, and occasionally gives us glimpses of a rich vein i of poetry that seems to run through all her-na- J lure. —"Mary Derwent" is a book worth rea ding. |'- " - HAIMI IN SYRIA, OR, THREE YEARS IN .TERIISAI.EAI. By Mrs Sarah Barclay Johnson. Philadelphia James Challen and Sons. Of this work the Washington / nion speaks as follows : We do not remember to have seen (he names of the publisher of this book appended to any other works and we imagine they are new beginners in the exceedingly 1 difficult and hazardous business of book-publish ing : but if tbey publish no worse book than this of Mrs. Johnson's, we will guaranty their sue- 1 cess, it is the most unpretending ami simple book of travels we have read tor a Ictg time. In a pleasant conversational tone the gifted authoress gives us many glimpses of Svrian life which more stately and pompous writers have overlooked. The Military Law, Ihe West ( foster Jefferson inn corrects A great misapprehension of the new Militia LAW as follows "We observe an article going the roundsof the papers, calc ulated to mislead the public in refer-nce to the operation of the late ! military law. 1 lie Constitution provides FOR a militia enrolment and a militia tax. The previous law fixed the tax against every man .it >0 cents. IH*' PRESENT ACT DOES not change it. The fund M ated |,y thfi lax is appropria ted to meet the EXPENSES of ;fii> military depart ment and must be kept within that limit. One Brigade cannot chaw upon the funds of a not her, OL upon the Treasury ol the Slate, f., R ariv de ficiency. Tor instance, suppose CHESTER county contained a taxable population of one thousand, and the whole number wvre members ol volun teer companies, LIMN THERE would fie no tax collectable and no fund to draw upon ; they would have to do without any pay. But if this thousand paid ilmir tax, in pi eference to joining a mi'ilai v organization, THEN tlmre would fie a limd of frrsiich volunteers as might ex -1.-t, to '-AW upon. The law fixes the rate of lay at IS|.;">Q PER day, but it does not provide means beyond the Brigade, and does riot pledge the funds of the Common wealth. The law fixes the rate of pay loriiol exceeding foil" days and encampment. JT i? not probable that ' the a mount raised in ( !. ester rounty would more titan bear the expenses of the picsent military organization, for an encampment uf three or-iour divs. But this act is a manifestation of en couragement cred table TO the Commonwealth." MONEY. — Notwithstanding the large pay ments tor 1 nited Stales Treasury notes, the specie leserves of the banks keep up, (be depos it lines increase in a faster ratio than the Joans and discounts, and everything joints to con tinued case in the money market for several months to come. flood paper is in demand in SIM commercial centre.-: of the Eastern and Mid dle Stan • at 4- to fi per c- nt. Peterson's Counterfeit Detector. The Search Question Settled. On the 10th of April la-t, Gen. Cass addres sed a letter to Lord .\apiei,on the subject ol j the claim ol tile IJiitish government to search or visit Ameiican vessels upon the high seas, saying "The President of the United States, in his annual message to Congress, in Decemhei, ISU, I denounced this pretension to detain and eyam ine American vessels as an interpolation into the maritime code oi tin- World to which the I inted Slate., would not submit. The years which have passed since this authoritive decla ration. marked as they have been by repealed remonstrances against tin-se aggressions, while tin y have added nothing to the strength ol the claim, have sei ved but to confirm the govern ment in their determination to oppose it. No change of name can change the illegal charac ter ol the assumption. Search or visit, it is equally an assault niton the independence ol nations." We regard it as (ultimate that British cruis ers in tin West India waters had exercised over American trading vessels the right of visitation: because, in so doing, the important question of the law involved in the matter was the more likelv to become of practical importance, and thus demand on the pait of the two govern ments its definite settlement. Gen. Cass, in explicit terms and with distinct reference to the j dispatch ol Lord Aberdeen, in IM~, disavowed the light of her Majesty's cruisers to vi, i! Amer ican merchant ships, declaring sue h an act to be ••an assault upon the independence of the na tion." m . 1: is not our purpose to run through the nego tiations which have taken place between Gen. : Cass and Lord Napier in this city since iho !otl> jof Aprri. It is enough to say, as we understand ■ j the present aspect ol the qu-slioii, that Lord: j Malmesbury now declines that 11. i\±. govern ment recognize the principle of international j law as J.iid down (>v Gen. Cass in his note of; the 10th Apiil, and that nothing in the treaty ; j of IS id, (the Ashburton treaty ,) supercedes thai . law. Thus, by the acts of British cruisers, this i question o) search has become one ola practi- : cal character. As such it was met by the Pres- ! ident bv the prompt denial of the right of visi j tali in, and denouncing its exercise as a viola , tion of the soveieigu jurisdiction of the United States ove- their own merchant ships, and by the dispatch to the West India of a competent naval force instructed to repel every effort to visit or search such ships. It is, then, with no ordinary gratification that we announce the final settlement of this long- j standing and troublesome dispute ay the prompt j and manly disavowal of any such right by Lord Malmesbury, and his distinct recognition of the principle of international law so explicitly laid down bv General Cass to Lord Napier. We need nqt say that this auspicious conclu sion of a subject which, perhaps mure than any | other within the range of our foreign i elation*, has excited and agitated the public mind of A rnerica, is in the highest degree gratifying to our national pride, as we believe it to-be honor able to both nations. I: had become evident to the least thoughtful observer of the two coun tries that What the United States claimed im munity to her flag upon the public waters— could not be resisted, without endangering the p. of the world: and, as this question was. presented on the basis of a violation of that im munity, the government of Great Britain had either to justify the course of its cruisers, or,y>n tj'-MMbrWVr/TWithf%w, Tai T7T> ' the American government. Lord Malmesbury in the most prompt and honorable manner a dopted tiie latter course, We congratulate the country at this most auspicious conclusion. It is thus seen how the high interests of the ' nation are prompted by intrusting to the hands ; ot such statesmen as James Buchanan, and ; Gen. Cass the discharge of executive duties.— Washington Union A X EXAMPLE TO IJK FOLLOWED. —On Satin--; day last, at Washington, D. says tin* Ilerald, the convict and murderer Powers was duly ex ecuted according to the sentence of the law.— livery exertion had been made to induce the i President to commute bis sentence. The mo thej of the culprit had literally besieged the President, thrown herself at bis knees, and with nil a mother's energy begged the lifeol tier son. Persons of humane character, though weak in stincts, bad repeatedly solicited the like favor, and had brought considerable influence to bear. Mi. Buchanan withstood all appeals, replvin -to one intercessor who drew his attention "to tin youth of the prisoner, "Sir, nearly aii the mur ders and (times of violence so frequent of late years have been committed by such young men;" and the murderer was duly hanged". Mere is an example which State Governor.-, should read, mark, learn and iuw iidly digest.— Mere is a lesson by which they should protit.— No one can doubt but it was a ve: v painful (in ly for Mr. Buchanan to refuse to grant tin prayer of a broken-hearted mother; but be bad a duty to perform lo bis fellow citizens and lie performed it manfully. Ife proved that he was worthy of the station lie holds, and that lie bad the nerve lo do his duty, at whatever cost to his feeling--. I lis LAND BRIIIK. — !'he Opjxjsifion journals are clamoring against the IC-porl of the Kansas Conference Gornn.itlee, on the ground that it Contains an enormous grant of land to the peo ple of Kansas as a bribe, in order to accept the bill. We have already shown that the amount of land is about the same as was contained in the other bills supported by the Black Republi cans. Now hear what is said by the Leaven worth Journal , a vi dent aoti-Lecompton paper, in its efforts to defeat the English bill before the people of Kansas Keep it In-fore the people, that there is nothing offered us in the English hill hut what is guaranteed to us bv the Oiganic Act, under which we were admitted as a Territory, and what other new States have received at the hands ot Congress." [T7~~Tho lu-avy rains in the West have caused ail unprecedented rise in many of the l ivers. Recently, in Indiana, the Wabash riv er rose with Rightful rapidity, and the inhabi tants on the river bottoms were obliged to escape in boats and by swimming on horses. The Wea and Wild Cal creeks, two small streams, rose in a few hours to raging floods. I tie I oledo, Wabash, and Western railroad, a cross the W ea creek, was entirely swept away, doing damage i > the amount of $20,000. At C incinnati, the Ohio river rose at the rate of two inches an hour, and all its tributaries rose rapidly. There were thirty-eight feet of water m the channel of the Ohio,' and a great flood was expected. The track of the" Ohio and Mississippi tailr.vaJ was washed away six miles from Cincinnati. BOH.US it i: APPOINTED. Tin- President has reappointed Brooks, oi t lit- j Quincy (ill-.) Herald, a leading Douglas paper, | Postmaster at that place; also, Mr. Hmil 9 of! Jacksonville, Illinois; and Sweat, of Peoria, II- i linois, Postmasters at lliuse places. The Hr.rald ; says "Those men are all Straight-ticket Demo crats, and all in favor of the re-ejection n! Judge Douglas to the Senate: which is |he fact. Wei shall regard our own re-appointment as an ap proval, 01. the part of the President, of our gen eral course as a Democrat and an editor, as well as ol our oliicial conduct. We shall regatd it as evidence that he does not prefer the election of a Black Republican or a Know-Nothing to the I niVd States S-nate over Judge Douglas.*' We trust the foregoing facts, from the indica tion oi the spirit it manifests as existing at Washington, will satisfy certain good uneasy people, who have manifested great alarm, lest a ! prescriptive crusade was to be made against a [branch of the Democracy. We can see no ob jection in the administration requiring that its t appointees, if not ardent friends, shall certain ;!y not lie '.he open enemies to its policy. The : Demon at ic part y are certainly responsible for tli" passage of the Confer, nee < r English Bill, h i it be good or had, and it i. not asking too much oi any Democrat, that he shall accept that act, as the deed of the majority ol the par ty representative?, empowered to act in the matter, and thr rehire binding upon very mem ber, professing to remain within its fold. Dem ocrats, whether known as friends or opponents of Lecompton, must all now yield adhesion to i the English Bill, as a measure of adjustment of j 'his question. Those who do not, certainly ; stand upon this question of Democratic policy, upon ii<i bette( ground*! ban out "opponents, fn- Mile ol this limit, of course all are Democrats, and should be endorsed and adopted, whatevei their earlier views may have been. In our own j , State, all who unite upon our Stale ticket we j ; greet as Democrats—those opposing that ticket ; we cannot honestly recognize. Pittsburs ; j I nion. Tn.ADU. Business continues very moderate,! j though thare are exceptional cases'ol activity in l every branch. Very many houses are, and | have been, doing, about their usual amount of business, and in this fact afford the best proof that their aflairs are in good condition and that , they themselves are masters of their business, j 1 n tact, it will, we think, be found to be almost j universally true, that in all branches of trade, [ those whose ability, tact anil strength are in j ordinary tones employed to drive their business, J and who do not b*t their business drive them, ! have experienced but slight falling oil' in the j amount of th.-ir t.ansacticn , n ilwitTst Hiding tin- \ severity of the panic. With other houses, it if ! becoming to be the order of'the d.iv, as it always is with those above alluded to, to have small j debts or none at all. There ha> been a very ; general cutting down of expenses, also, which j will continue to exert a salutary influence aftei j the lull tide of activity shall have again set \ in.— Peterson's Cor/nhrfe t Dflccto'. PROGRESS OF -run COALITION .VOVEMKXT.— ! Meetings have been held in Philadelphia bv tin- ' high contracting parties of Know-Nothings, : Abolitionists, and a few disafl'ectid Democrats, fir the purpose of electing delegates to a Slate convention, whose-dutv it v ill be to fullv or ganize the discordant elements, name candi dates, i;id further fir op the platform for the mongrel party. Whether the Press unites u ith : i* - 1 * n / papers of Phiia.h-lphia understand the move ment, and treat the imposture as it deserves to ' lie tr aled. 'I he co'i/i/iun will nut affect fl.e I Democratic party proper any more than did the sham American j trlv, which has died out through the countiy as rapidly as it rose. I here is neither j atii itism or principle in this miscalled people's party. It is in truth the demagogue-otlice-huiiting party, an I as such, honest people wdl turn from it with scorn.— We shall wait IJI the assembling of the Conven tion, and hope some of our Democialio cotem poiaries will tell us how many Democrats can be found .11 its composition. — Bolt. Republi can, AN EDITOR MURDERED. — .Mr. Stofer, editor of the Expositor, at Lexington, M i., was mui dered in the most infamous manner a few days since, on hoard tfie Mea:r.-r "A. 15. Chambers'," j by a man regarded as a professional blackleg, I namcii Clark. 1 Ju # St. Ljuis /Icpu{>!ioiti savs ! of the affair : * j It seems that Mr. Stofer and Clark had been' playing cards on board of'the boat, anj Stofer I had won a portion of Clark's money, after! which lie (Stofer) declined playing more. Clark was anxious to g"l his money back, and told ! St.iKr so, using threatening language toward! his adversary at the table. I'o avoid a quart el, ! Stofer left the table and went out upon the j guard of the boat, near the barber shop. Clark > followed, and asked Stofer again if he was! going to continue the game, telling him that if he did'not he would kill him, then and th. ie. j Stofer replied that lie would play no mote : whereupon Claik presented a pistol to his ad- j yersary's head, and fired. The shot took effect in Stofer s temple, and he died almost instantly. ( ink was caiiglit-and secured with ropes on board .(he boat, li be delivrted over to the authorities at L 'xingfon. I tit: (lOt.n 1f i. Miiuc ix IOWA. I lie Dubuque Herald sjieaks of'the gold excitement in lowa as not promising any golden results. It >avs : A number of mischievously inclined persons have on various occasions procured quantities of brass filings and strewed them in Ihe places where they expected gold hunters to find them among the sand. Among the specimens al on exhibition at the oliice of'the Emigrant asso ciation is a sample said to be from Eagle Point, which has been labelled thus; "Brass filings from some place and black sand from some other place, Presented by Mr. No sell thai time. A number of supposed specimens ol gold have been discovered to be nothing more than stiaw colored mica, whose shining appearance is cal culated to deceive a person of limited observa tion en such subjects. STRUCK I;Y LIGHTNING. —On the 20lh inst., as Mr. John C uinp and family, consisting ol himself, wife and infant, and a daughter nbiiut seventeen or eighteen veats old, were on their home In Chambersburg, Pa., from a Dunker meeting, the daughter was instantly killed bv lightning. The family was in a one horse wa gon, the young lady occupying a hind seat, and it is said her clothes were literally torn into shreds. Strange as it may seem, the other occu pants ol the wagon escaped without sustaining any severe injury, although severely stunned" J lie horse attached to the wagon was prostrated b_\ the shock, but afterwards recovered. From ilie St. bonis Democrat. Itnriniig, of* slu* 3Vh sv!v an so. i Retailed Irroftßi of the Catastrophe. InriiJfu/s ( (hirttried wit tithe Vrngett tj We are iinij.-i many obligations to our es i tented fellow citizen, Hie II >n. Washington i king, who came 11 ;• on the Diana I ;i<t ev.-uing | lor an account id ttii terrible disaster which 1 has almost monopolized the public attention for ! the lad two da vs. Quite a mistake orcuried to the aimnniio meut that Mr. Kms cam* upon the I'nnsvl ! vania. lie left New <h !■ ans on the Pi.ina and di.l i nt>t reach tin- scene ol the hnrritde catastrophe | until six hours aliei the explosion. (Mi Si: or i 11!. ! MM. ISION. The tiisi fireman <•! tie Pennsylvania had I been on iu-i since In r l.ist 1111 . II- states that : they hail pud cleaned out the lire l.ed and <t.n ted tire, w hen the explosion took place. He ;.i --; tributes the cause to a warn of water in the 1 boilers. There were two explosion? in quick succession, lie was blow n into the water un: ■ the suit' ol tile boat. Tin: EXCLUSION'. Tile boat separated hum a line drawn across the boat lioin the barber shop and pantry. — Those who wen- in the forward part were ail j moieor less injured those in the aft paction were scarcely touched. A double stateroom was divided bv fl partition of (tie boat: those m ; the forward beittix were lulled, those in the. 'rearward were not in the hjsi injured. Cap!. Kluiefeltei at the moment was in the burin r i shop, tindei-uiiug the process <>l being shave.!.; and he was nut banned in the least part tenia! A passenger stated to Air. King that tin- b ai was so£iowded (I at lie bad to sleep up in "taxes," in a room willi four beitiis. witti tin watchman. He being in the rear berth, was saved, but as lie lay in bis berth para!yz-iC with terror be saw bis room mates in tin* two . beiths opposite go down into tiie rivej- tiudei the , confused mass ol wreck. MAN AXD IIT< wtrE KERNED TO DEATH. A man and his wife were precipitated from their stateioom upon the mass below, at the same i li ne a laige poition oftlie wreck was suspended ' over them. I • [>on tins a boiler was ttirown, ' and while those above were endeavoring to res cue the pet sons beneath, the w hole pile was j enveloped in flames, and the unfortunate couple i were soon burned to ashes. \ !'!> 1 1.1 ELL IN OF Wit EL E LIV KIKE. I'he survivors floated down the river about hall an hour bet ,re ati v assistance came to their relief. When a flu-boat was cut loose frohi its moorings by a parly in a lug cabin, ami the tioat ilt ifted down the stream; iuckilv it came in contact with the wreck, and in a lew moment.-. lit was filled to overflowing. About Id") or ; 1 10 got on the flat boa! and pushed aw ay front I the w reck, leaving 50 thereon. It was the in j lent ion lu let the flat-boat float ahead to a tow j head not far oil", and alter discharging hei fi• ight, sho-e her out and allow her to again i tio.it towards the wreck. Uut before thistould ! h- accomplished, some barrels of turpentine in ; the hold ol the wreck ignited, and in a few mo ments the whole mass was a sheet of flame.— Fiery one ol the fitly left upon it was in a short time reduced to ashes. It was thought tiiat there were about 30 la sion. None u! them >.v,-re injured at that time, hut on t lie wreck thai was consumed by fire! there were many ladies. There were no ladies on the FrKhee. Tbeie ,u ' ( afholic piiest.s l.a llv burned. One died before the Diana left the Frisbee. orrn cf.s OK THE IIXIT. i he first engineer was asleep in his berth, and >o badly scalded (nut be died soon alter- . wards. Mi. k nig did not see bun. I dot, mate, and first clerk, w-re in tiie pilot ! bouse and all were blown overboard. The pilot lias not been heard Irom since. The mate j was very badly scalded, and can scarcely sur vive. The mate and fiist clerk, with a flat boat pilot from F luisvilie, swam to a temporary flat erected for the purpose of affording assistance to caitie that might be washed away by t) tt? iio ni. Jhe latter has reached the Diana, and states that lie left the first clerk upon tie flat.] since w Inch time no new s has come'to hand of him. At tiie point of disaster, the l iver is at least two miles wide. Ihe whole country is suh meiged. There was no hope for the liest of swimmers. The river swept with tremendous force through lite chute and bottoms, and in a very short time all that could be seen of tie ruin Uiis i smouldering mass resembling burning brush half smothered by water. ( ATTAIN SCiUiEOX, OF TIIE DIANA. 100 much credit cannot be given to Captain Surgeon of the Diana. Piompl to obey the call ol humanity, lie spared no time, no exer lion in rendering all the assistance in his power and put his boat back fifteen or twenty miles in order to rescue any of the survivors." In:, I AT. i cr.—Some of the Opposition papers aietr*, ing very hard to again make political capital out ol the tariff question, but take good care not to tell their readers that we are indebt ed to tiie late Know-Nothing and Black Repub lican Congress for the present low duties, of which tin y complain. Why did they not let the Democratic tariff of IS Hi alone?" It aflbr ded ample and adequate protection and our Made, manufactures and commerce flourished under it lor ten years. The Opposition are chargeable for that which they try to saddle on the Democracy—they made the present tariff, am! if there is anything wiong about it, let the people understand to whom doing th- injury belongs. As long as the Democratic tariff of ISI-fl was in existence, ail was well. L>-t the people take warning Irom the past, and beware ol the promises the mongrels may make oil this subject now . Eibton Sentinel. A New ( I:NT PIECE. — \\ e have seen a speci men ot a new coin of one cent denomination, just from the mint at Philadelphia. Something of this kind is much needed, to take the place of that abominable abortion, the one cent coin of's7. The new cent piece, like the other, is of nickel, and of the same size : it has the head of an Indian girl upon one side, and the words, I nited States of America, with the date. Upon the reverse is a wreath, surmounted with a shield, with a bunch of arrows entwined at toe bottom, and the words one cent in the mid dle of it. The workmanship, as well as the design, is beautifully executed. We do hope that the Uoveniment will adopt it. Boston Post. C U) 3t)U£i tt S e !llf II t s yon SALD, on 3 I£.YI)IC* —A I'iirm. within on,. mile 011 ike R a ii f! oai | and two miles ol" Stonerstow,, u fhe i>rr.ad l'i|> Tfial r ion, con lain in* about acres, being good hnto.rt Un t ..bout one-hall de„ • e.l and the baHlnc- Well timbered. 11,.. f. lrrn , s Y, improved, and a Hue -i„.iir oi' excellent lute,- Hie horn--..,|. 0 Itvn good orchard-of I tees on the piei, : j,< ... " A LSI), D.o w. !l toow-i. Tav,.,,, Stand ami Store Hoii-e „ Ibe tr v.ll of '.t'oodberiy. situate on lot No. on ,|„ I 1,1 fy til) feet, now in i|„. r t.'paucj' ol William I'jeison. ALSO, DC acres oi land in Dallas County. | owa ALSO. • J'.'lt acre; of land in Mmitgo'iuerv County f o iv , ALSO, ''ire- „f land in Harrison tbbfiir, lowa ALSO lib acre* in Moriisi n County, MHiTir-ot?' ALSO I.ot mis ui block i; in tiii: < !v ol Omaha, Ne|r i 'l'eiritoi v. All heal I lie Kail Road, and presenting good opin-, lunities loi mii-atmeuts. R, , , , F ~ SHANNON Bedford. July 2, JN.N. j The '•/ light of Search" V\ ILL not be (Ji-ni. .| to 3ny one wishing io j,., r chase a new coi.t at LoyerV ° Emporium of Fashion! where has juM been received n large aiu! elegant as mii Invent of gentlemen's dies, am! furnish:, ,.7 cun-isting, in part, ol CLOTHS, ( ASSIMERE>. VLSI INtiS, CRAVATS, CLOVES, N.<\, ail ol \i inch are offered to the public at a low figure Clothe* made to oni~i on short notice. Call aii.l buy one o! t!io,e beau'iful coat- made oulv by ' ' ' ulin I.oyer, Merchant Tailofl, 0 i the finest fa 8 h ion al> I K 1. listing goods, both plain and fancV. 1 uto Bedford ever brought t(> Neatly cloth. <-ye people'' civiL. Bedford, duly a, lSi-S. PEBLIC SALE OF liKAL KSTATM, AT KAY'S HILL, BEDFORD COUNTY, PA L\ virtue of an order of the Orphans' (,'oint i.( Medford county, the siili.-criber will sell at public >i!c on the premises, at the public house ol U'm. ts'iell. on Ray". llili, in Last Providence township, on I riJny the (ilh day of . Jaffa if, next, ;! •* undiluted interest ol David and Catharine Man speaker. in the Ileal Estate ol which Jacob Snell die ! "i'.e,l, being the same upon which the said Win. Sr.elf now resides, containing ONK HUN DRED ACIIES, more oi less, lying on each side ol Hie turnpike, and having thereon erected a lar*e lAVO-sl'Oin FRAME no; SE, FRAME STABLE and other buildings. . Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. leim-—Cash, at the coulirmatioi of sale. O. E. SHANNON, July 2, I's.'iS. Guardian, Ac. .wrier or I.\'QV/SITIOJV. THE heirs and legal representatives of .Mrs. Sophia M.r.rcr, late of Coleiain township, deceased, viz: I'.liza. intermarried with Elijah Weaver, in the S:ate oi Ohio, Kebec.-a, intermarried with Joshua Killer. N.inry, intermarried with Jacob Hoss, m IV ood County, Ohm, Saiah, intermarried with Eman uel J. Diehl, at Elizabeth intermarried with Levi Kegg, are hereby notified that an inqui-itibn to val ue ami aipjrai,!' the iml e- <-• -r ' J.-'-i. -.... - house and lot in the tow of Rains! urg, adjoining Joshua Filler and others, will be held oil the premi ses, on Monday, the .lilh day of July, in-t., when and w here all may attend who see proper. Sheriff's Ollice. ( WM. S. FLI'KE, Bedford, July 2, j" Sheriff. JYORIPE or LYQmsmojr. \\ HEREAS William I urns, late of South ampton townships Bedford county, died -eized ol the following described real etsate.'viz: The Man-ion Tract containing about four hundred and seventy a acres, aumming lan.is of Thomas Leasure, Joseph Bennett, George Bartbejoiv, John Bennett and oth ers— one other tract containing about one hundred and fifty acres, adjoining lands ofHezekiah Tewell, George Tewell, David llowsai! and others. One other tract containing about fifty acres, adjoining hinds ol Westley Perdew, the next de sen bed tract and others. Also the undivided one third part of a tract containing four hundred and seventy four acre, or thereabouts, adjoining lands of Joseph Bennett Westley Perdew. and the last above described tract, all situate in Southampton township, Bedford count v. Leaving issue eight heirs. To wit: Win. M. liams. Isaac liams, John liams. now deceased, leaving two children, Mary and Sarah liams, the last of whom isa minor and has no guardian, Richard liams, (who i> now in Allegheny county, Pa,,) Moses and Aaron Dams the petitioners, and tacob and Henry liams. all except Richard residing in Bedford counlv. Notice is therefore given that in pursuance of a wiit oi partition or valuation to tne directed, 1 will proceed to hold ail Inquisition or valuation on the MI: I premises, on Wednesday, the Osth day of July, is.*,-., when and where all parties interested may at ted if they see proper. Sheriff's Office, f WM. S. FLL'KE, Bedford, July 2, '55 \ Sheriff. .\'(J77CF OF LYQUISIT/O.Y. WHEREAS Mil hie! Putt, late of Liberty township, Bedford county, died seized of the foil oil ing described Heal Estate, to wit: two tracts of land situate in Liberty township aforesaid, one tiact tlieieot the mansion, containing one hundred and thir ty seven acres and allowance, with a dwelling bouse, barn, grist-miil, saw-mill, and other improvements thereon erected, adjoining lands of Henry Putt, Fackler and others—one other tract, containing ten acres, adjoining the above, with a tenant house and stable thereon. Leaving a widow named Elizabeth, and issue ten children, viz: Jacob, since dead, having conveyed Ins share to the petitioner, Sirnuel, residing in Illi nois, Catharine, intermarried with Wm. Ftgart, the petitioner, William Putt, Elizabeth, inlermai ried with Hemy Savits, Mary, intermarried with George Russell, Joseph Putt, Rosanna, intermarried with David Russell, Sarah and Susan Putt, the last nam ed yet in her minority. Notice is therefore given that in pursuance of a writ of partition or valuation to me directed 1 will proceed to hold an inquisition or valuation unsaid premises on Wednesday the Ith dayuf August, I s >- Siierili s Office, ( WM. S. FLI K.F., Bedford, July 2,' oS I FheritL SotMlOO Krit-Si Yl suited. THE School directors of Bedloui Borough will receive proposals from this dale to the loth oi July, inst., lot Three Hundred anJ Fifiv Thou sand Brick, one half to be delivered this fall, and the other half next spring, not later than the Ist of June. Clay to be furnished by the Directors if desired, but every thing else by the maker of the brick. [July '2, IST>B | Auditor's .\otire. I be undersigned appointed bv the Orphans < ourt in and for the county ol Bedford, to distribute tbe money in the hands m John Cessna, Esq., ad ministrator ol the estate oi .Abraham iqiarks. ilec'J. amongst creditors and heirs, will attend to the du lie- of said appointment on Thursday, the 22d day of July, at his office in the borough of Bedford, .it H>o clock, A. M. ol said day, when and ivheic all parties interested can utters 1. JOHN P. REED, July 2, ITWS. Auditor.
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