~ \mA'IUZ .>sl. NEW SEKIE.S. niu -: 4'- -" -"*~ CU" JUORS?e>IZC? THE BEDFORD GAZETTE !•- i'l'BLlSilKi) CVi RY FRIDAY MORNING BY Ml Yl-RS N BKNKORD, V the following terms, to wit: F ! .50 per annum, CASH, in advance. - 00 " " if paid within the year. $•2.50 " it not pud within the year. ■ ffTXa paper discontinued until all arr-arages are paid,noless at the option of the publishers. It has •oppae of a newspaper without the payment of ar n iages, is prim* j fir evidence oi fraud and i a grit.i.na! ofii-nee. T 'i be courts have deeded liiat person- are ac 'coui 'a' le for the suli- • rjption price of newspapers, i it they take them fiom the post office, whether they j subf.Mtbe for thtrn, or not. €) ris tn violation oL£?od" laws. "Honestv is the best policy" —honesty in our dealings with men—honesty in our opinions—hones ty in onr appearances. 11l gotten gain burns as a j living coal the conscience of its possessor and > brings him naught but misery. Hence the too fre quent exhibition ot vain ex ravagance. ilvpocrit-j cal and deceitful utterance is but the stench an- 1 sii g from the rotten ess within, and the whitened j garb which is always put on by some, serves but j superficially to cover up the loathsome and wretch- ; .1 ma c s. Yet men in order to get '.'.it which who. obtained honestly is too often but r"a lly a vexation, } seek every source, regardless of conscience, to obtain the heliish prize—not considering that conscience u the light-house in the sea of human life—and when its beacon is extinguished—ail is wrecked. Money is necessary tocairy on the affairs of men. j It i- not only right, but it is I he duty of every man, to ! endeavor by all honest means to acquire such n por- j tionof this representative of wealth a- may he neces sary for the furtherance and final accomplishment i oi laudable p irposes. But as the purpo-es, or n.ds to be obtained, should ; .iccord with the means u ', no hone-t man—no '• nan with other than selfish purposes, evil de-.gns : anil a loul h*nrt, — will rtFcst to impure -cMrrvs tor , material to erect honorable " edifices. Clear water j eat.: ot flow from a muddy fountain. So that what- ; ever may be Ins assertions to the contrary, we may ; set it down as a fixed fact, that the man who resoits j to chicanery, to di-noru-sty, deception, lying and, humbug in general, to gain mor.- or p.'.ver, tor . 1 - fy prevent him from becoming a robber, a war- , derer.—One would think from the many news-j jiHVvr advert .-crsiisol the day that a Panacea has j been found, >u man; terms, for all the disorders to | w: ich He-hand blood are heir to, that the i.'-chyn- ; ist - trea- : . Ie ha-at last been discovered; arid fur- ; fi.er—mos! . •i.o-.i- ■ ; ar es God has given you for your d-n-i.ee—Rot sty yourself by the bulwark-' of common .-eixe—if'yom own supply ol ti.is art- le .- shoG, 1-. rroiv 10 yoni neighbors, but not often, a they. too. are t illibie.— , Doe- a tradesman lU r you through the p ibiie prints ; or otherwise, goo '- at less than fir-' cost, doe- be ; tell you that he wii sell you good-a? a Jess price for . ■ all a bait,and a trap encircle-it. Get men lea in ">?-'! ' .ie truth—let them pur- • an upright and -tr.nght io. ward, honest conr-e—l< ! them throw aside the miserable trapp ngs by which they seek to case their pa=-, ge through the world.— j Stand forth, O ! ye, of little faith—do y onr duty to j God and v-'tir fellow _men —be content with that ; which results from ho.- st effort-. (' nt not, bor row not trouble, have 10 t'ear of the morrow, for U you do your duty, God will provide for you. "( on- ; -ider the lili. - ol the valley, they toil not, neither ' do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory ua- not , arrayed 1 ike one ol" the.-.e." lIFAlftl'RITIl' niLE!iiiVTli!\ AT riULAUELIMMA, its l;i(ie|H(itii€c Stjtiaio, Jll!y siti; S b.iSl Tie f- llotviijj extract from t!ie speed) of Senator fiioler a' the late Democratic Celebrii* ' tion in Philadelphia, is full of good things and we commend it to the careful perusal of our readers. It is too obvious that the eld enemies of our 1 noble party have alrea !v counted on our dissens- ! ions as a principal means of their success, in the future. They are talking confidently of a triumph in ISO'*, with no other capital (hat I can see, than discord in the ranks of the De mocracy. II jvv fir th ir expectations are to h realized wi-i dep-nd, ther-f ire. as mm h on as on them. If the Democracy be united then the hopes oftiie enemy will he vain; it we di vide, tiie}' may conquer. IJu! 1 can s"e no suf fice nt reason for the ec-'a-ies ! the opr. 'sifion ahotit divisions in onr ranks. They may lie "count ing v. it he t their host. 1 ney -hould not be tio errdul >s in judging by appearances: they have often been delu led nv them, and it would i; .t surprise me ii they should b" again. They are in the habit of carrying the elections h. fore the day of voting: and especially of mis understanding our family fetid?. A lamented member of the old Whig party —Michael Dan M izhehnn used to understimct Democratic di - sen.-! ns better, is! all nev-r Utrget the remaik of that gentleman on the ccca.->: n of a storn-y Stalt (' .o at Hoi: - org, ■'.!,■ ■ when the Whig? were deltghtr•! wi!!) tl'.e row. Micl.a 1 Dan ains serti tin ! • the ; >ri .rmar.ee with the gravity of de-pair; and wh o asked w hat w - the ifalt r. he replied : "d'here i mattor cnuiiuh. I never knew toe Democrats "o commence a canvass by a fight among them selves that they did not lick the U higs to death before the fight was ended." (Laughter.) And u i v .-houid i M the Democratic parti ■ reason i th re fu as j ar.iti n ? 1 roe we hear it said in a spit it of complaint ti at th*. ih dent has trade some mistakes in s !• ctin„ - officers. That may be so; but v\ho that ever :i a.i• apj mtn.ents old riot snake mist ike-? ihe tyiv'-sl i • ii in the nati n have not Ten infalli ! hi" in flits partici: : ar. n. Jackson pro. v.!y !! uli II re ti istakes in his apj ointments, than Mr. Buchanan: and were George Washington President at this day, with the countless appli ! cations tt at w u! . be before him, lie could not 1 escape complaint- similar to Ur. se matte against Mr. Buchanan. ! Then, again, it is said, fher< r are many of Mr. ; Buchanan's 'b rig rial friends" who have rec iv |ml no appointments. That i? doubtless true; but the lault is ti.eir-. and m t his. [Laughter.j i There are too many of them. [Renewed Laugh ter.] Had there been no wore" nginal irii tuls than there w< rt 1 offices to fill, th- i the Prrsi r. n! . might have come up to tins standard; hut as it is, the thing is impraciic-i'd • Men are generany prepared to conclude that the President has made a grave mistake, when they themselves are not Tfpp 'inted. |Laughter.} jam sure i alwats ' think him greatly in error when he refuses l<> appoint th< man I recommend; [Renewed I.augii j ler.j but he does that so often that it is useless Ito complain. The truth is, that the President 1 has a ppculint inclination to do as he pleases on these questions, and take the responsibility. — 1 [Laughter.] This one thing is universally con ceded—he is eminently the President. His will . usually controls great matters as well as small ones. But what are these appointments compared with tlre higher duties of his station ' Demo j ctats, bound together by great principles for pa in lie purposes, will never separate because c 1 1 appointments or disappointments. J hey wii! * i , .„ii. „,,.hi ni'ihi. \i miiin ouestion p*p£k without h> sitation. And I again n.-k. tviiy should not the Demo cracy be united ? fhe ques'i n't of admitting Kan.-as under the Lecmrq in Coii-thutim i a past issue. As to it, tilt struggle lias termina h •!. The position of our party has been taken, an 1 the responsibilities < f that measure, whatev er they may IK. are up. n us. Whatever else rem litis !tr the people of Kansas; and however • bey mav decide, the ronsequenr.es must h up on then - dv>-., and ai! > !h"i> A >uh! be content. Sine tenths, • >r more, ol >ui paity in Congrts w ill) the Democratic Administration : t the bait, tiave made a disposition of ILi; rjuesfiou: and it would not seem unreasonable that the minority should be i xpected to acquie-n ein it and sustain that disposition, and snare the r-ponsibiiilics it may impose. rhev vAou/'l do tiii-q and t'e v tc'/ do it i they ml. nd ! > he of the p- ty and t r it tn the fii'ure. Many Deri >crats thought th" r■ —a 1 o! the Missouri line an nrtu i-.> measure: but vhen the major it v tia.l d- c ; !<-d, they sustained tlm deci-ion. [Lou l appiau> Tt Is not to be expected that D moci • "ill unsay what th v have h retotijre .-ai ! in favor of a ilit'f. rent police : : • i! is ••xpecteo that they will sustain what ! as ! -en done by the map ri ty. [Cue. r-.i DuT r- :' • ? o| opinion among-t Democrats a> t > mt-ii and o- a--:re., is n > un common tiling: hi" it hasralw avs been conceded to the majority to decide th" points of difference, and t i fix the position fihepartv. This istlie case in s'T'cii ig can 'i.i t < < for Ifice, ; . a1.,0 in ri 'liTruinir.o the peculiar -enlim -nts wloch s ich candid tes are ;o repr< --nt. When thw oiffer- noes are one • adjust'-1 by the voice ot the ma jority in our Convention, it is i■ xpected that the minority will acquiesce. \pplause.] In ad ju-'ing the difh-rences about the a !:>i;- : jn of Kansas, the Democratic. Congress, with Mr. Buchanan in the lead, wis the organ of the party. That organ has decided, and the minor ity should be content. True, all men, have a tight to leave the party and join the enemy, if they fee! requK •(! to do so by a sense of duty to the count - mocratic party, because ! il>acti..n on tlm Kan sas question, is a worse party than the Republi can, they have a right 1 > 1m us and join the latter. But, as the minor.'> thev cannot claim to control or proscribe the inn j >ri! y - [Ap plause,] But what h this Kansas n - asure, that it dioul l driven.en fiom the l).u: .citic j art ,• ? What is there so ofl'ensi ve in principle or unju-t in practice, that it z. !ri!ir ,i tolerated? View, d in a single glance, what d ; it amount to ? \Yhv, si:; ply 'b : aft-r ■> ;'eof f; ur ti nflis on the proposition to ad nit 11 iv.-ras as a f .tie, it was d- termini d, in : • c j ;in - !.. r u:. icr the ; Const itliti n which -be hod : nte.l, to extend to uer people the o; p. '■; v if deciding for B'-'n -i .vi -at tin j. d , ■ tber t*:■ ad i be come a Slate or n t. on tlu- ccui !•'i ;ns urn'-.0-o-d. Tliis is the head and fiont of the ofTeuri . if there >e an\. [Appiau? .] Sure!", no Democrat will •*j> • 1 i- party Ira r !ik- this' The p j ■ot Kac.f ir to tier'i• 1>* y vote win ilu r tliey will become a State or n i: ain a Territory; and we ;; e told that, because this i the measure of a Drr era? ~ Adn i: ;.ii r.iiy lidn.b of] ;- ular sovereignty v. 11 leave the party! [Laugh t u.i I dor ! v it-ve ifiev v ul do ai'.v s'it" ' sons, and make this tiie prt. xt,' the ma -.- 0 ill not. "The Kober se< ud thought" will : bring titem back lo the D-m cralic fold: and ; they will he of the party and for i', as her- '. fre, i hey will . f r f!ie li d,n ot the I) - m trracv f>r tl;e sad >f a I'ni in ot til > •. |A;p!.v : ]^ l or shoutJ adeci-iun which the p i pie of . ivar.sas may make, atTect the future harmony of the party. Wl d.-ver that deci-i iri ma•> ! e, it ] will n iute whully to the local afiairs r f that - pie of other *'! it- s. i I is among li' ic who voli Ii n the absolute • a imission of the Territory, as tiie best means of giv ing p. ace to the country. Whatever other? ! may think. I air, n w m >re than ever sati-lied ] that, had that policy been adopted, the feud a- I bout Kansas would, ere thi?, have lieen ended i forever. Enough has recently transpired in the Territory to warrant tins indi-f. Tii- fact tliat : many ol those who originailv op;:-' s d the Le ' compton Constitution, are now making active j • (Forts in favor ol its acceptance as prop sed by [Congress, is sufficient evidence to justify this opinion, as it is also, that the wrong doings of : the Lecompton Convention were magnified for ...ere paitizan ends. Brit enough on this topic, ' and 1 wi?ii to notice on ■ other. • It is obvi >us, Mr. President, tliat this question jof admitting Kansas into the i 'nion is not the ; only one which is to enter into the coming elec ; tion. i here is another topic which is doubt less to have an important bearing, and to which, therefore', I wish to make allusion. T shall do 1 so. not so much because it is a party question, ;as because it is one of those great questions, j which interest our whole people. It is, in the main, a Pennsylvania question: and I am not of ] those who would dr3g it into the partisan arena. But it is evident that our opponents intend to do this. 1 have reference to the question of the . tarilf. They intend to draw this question into i fhe next ejection, and, if possible, to turn it to ; political account. Efforts are now made daily Mo conveit th" present depressed and distressed j state of the country, not of one branch in indus lit* hut r rli ;✓*■! enr.ltul .a Freedcai cf Thought atl Opinion EEDFOItD, U, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1858, •ffrment of discontent with the Demociatic par- It'. The first effort seems to he to create the impression, if possible, in the popular mind that the present depression in business is the result of the Democratic policy ori Ihe subject of the tariff—that the revulsion under which we are suffering was brought about by a change of the rates of duties in March, 1837. Foe my own part, 1 have no fear as to the effect ol tin,; effort upon the popular mind. .No -tich deception as this can avail any party. In the piac, the allegation is without truth or f are tdd reach?s one intei -st only ! | I ran understand how the rev, nue laws of this] country might be sn framed as to affect injur;-; ns!\ ; irficular branches of industry in this • juntry, and so a-- lo give an a 1 vantage to com- j j 'fing hrune'e-s of in i i>tr\ itl other countries-. , hut 1 cannot understand how tire same reguia-j tin can prostrate the si me i derests in both s countries. This pr:>of the tariff arc difficult to trace. Nearly every leading.princi-1 pie t' it is laid down on the subject has been contradicted by experience. For instance, there j would s-cm t he no truer proposition than that ; a reduction o. tiie tale of duty woul ! increase ; foreign imp its, and that a high tariff would keep'out fort ign goods. And yet, in the face, of this theory, we nave seen the reduction of the ] tariff, in IS~>7, followed by an immense reduc- j tion inffhe amount of imports —to such an ex-j ten', indeed, that the itoports for IS.>B, under j e .. . ftwurt tariff, win p;oba:ly not exc?-ed fif ty per cent on the amount imported in 183f>, ; under a higher rate of duties. 1 know it will be s.ii i in reply, that the re iuction in tiie amount >f imports was the con- • s-equence of the it-pressed c ndition of com- : ■ncrce and general business. And this is true ,ut what does all this goto show '? Simply, that I what t.he Di-mocnts have told the protectionists • from the beginning, is tiu ■ —ti..! the influence of a reasonable taiitfor. th ■ a ununt of imports is on!v see e'.iry and nordnate, not a con ti liff.g inf] . and .'.at it ■ always subject' to the impul-i s afc w.merce and trade and of j .. lie' ~ v afj.r. s. 'i'i; ■ hi-'Fry of the tariff j pr v. s ti is : for we have , iff n had the largest ! >-xc* ss ! im pot tat i m tin !, r tiie hi_ icst rate ol j But i; tin-fact ;lt i, experience, men; w - i'i talk a • the rit■of .1 as having a di- j ii it an i reliable ?•;: ct upon the interest of the j A net ic an martufac irer. T ..is is not candid] in any man or party,and can only serve tomis -1 -a.J and dec. ive. i.. who talk about a ] ;.igh tariff as a p -nance for all ills of the j manufacturers, trifle with a great question. 1 do ti ~t m. ar, to say, by any means, that the i r.i.f of dut v has n > effei t < i far as regards the j e:i- nr igement of home i i.tustry. 1 be!i"vt* ; that it has an influence under almost any cir- j . ence; but it i- by means controlling, by no means reiiaisie. Nor d> r mean to he misunderstood •' '"'hat . 1 Fives, p.- II tins sir ject. lam not again.-! ... i;>; . ast . .f i !.; iii'j'.i '. -1 olten aril to .-.ic'i . on x lent as t! ■ r.on--i!ic> of tiie government; may require. I beii ve that the D-moc.aticj ■ i .Aline of a tariff for r. wnm , with such inc. lental aid to horr.e manufacturers as may j j-., ull fi -II a ; SI)-)N>i'j!e discrimination in *.hei; , fovor, is the wi- -t policy that can he ado] led j (applause)—t!ie only policy that can be j permanent—the best policy for the manufactu-• j-.-rs thems' Ives. (Great applause.) But it , would seem that we a r e io have the exploded j dogma of a deal party—"protection for the j sake of protection ' —and wi! i it the—-w hoie | tariff question is to be drawn into the paitisan j arena. For what purpose ? for the purpose of securing increased rates of duty to help he j manufacturer - f Sir, that awry •' the ,i a\ !"J effect the object, and it may be the motive of; all, but fdo not believe it is. I believe that j it would he the true interest of the manufactu rers of this count v to keep this que lion out of , the partisan conte-t, it passible. Ihe enemi-- of the Democracy in this State intend to use d for partisan pur] ases and n 'lung else At present, the incomes of the Guveremont j are insufficient : the revenue U not e.juil to . the expenditures : and to my mind tvit is i • conclusive reason for increasing the i.ite an?, extending the range of the tariff, i nave no hesitation in saying that 1 prefer an increase of duties to an inciease of the public dent . for 1 . am in favor of raising the revenues of the, Government by means of impost duties. Con gress, at its next session, ought to re-adjust tiie tat iff in such away as to meet the demands o 1 the treasury . and in doing that, due i?gard i should be had lo the welfare of great home ; interests—such as are peculiar to our country j and to the habits of our people ; for instance i iron, the raw material of which we have in] inexhaustible abundance, as we have of the] skill and the capital to manufacture it ; and , there is no reason, therefore, why we shouli > f j nmrlncp Suction can he stimulated, with due respect to the rights cf other interests, it ought to be done. 1 cannot understand why anv roan should en tertain any other feelings. I b.v -wn it announced that your Senator from . I'.S Stat is a free trade man. And why? Because he voted far a duty of *24- per cent on iron.— (Laughter.) That is singular logic; your Representative a free trade man because h-> voted for a tariff! (Renewed Laughter.) 1 am i t tor freetrai", but lor raising the reven ues oftiie Government by duties on feign goods. I think revenue the primary object of a tariff ; but in adjusting the rale of duties, 1 would c -nsiii r the interests ol the producer ami c in ume r, and tfie relations of capital and labor, and while taking care that caudal should maki ii? I 1 11 ror.tr;! uti mto the Treasury by taxing luxuries at a high rate, I would extend every p .s> : : 'e stimulant to our manufacturing operations. I was by no means satisfied with the adjust ment of the tariff in March, 1857. I resisted ami voted against tlm S nate bill throughout.— Idi I soon the ground that it seemed like an impulsive and ncorisi ierate change of a policy which lel be- n succeeding very well. J thought the question fl s- rved more considera tion. I did vote for th reports of the Commit tee of Conference, becau-'* by agreeing to da that I could get tlie schedule in which iron is found raised fr-m 22 to 24- p-r cent, ft was obvious, too, that a mti h low--- rate could have been carried. 1 thought it prudent to take this for fear of worse. Our p. ople must no! expect too much. So !mg as their great staples are kept in the highest class, they have ni rea son to complain of the arrangements of the duties, though they may of the rat-\ Bti', Mr. President, there is another point connected with tir> object to which 1 wish to refer ;an i that is, the influence which our system of currency necessarily exercises on the business of encouraging manufactures. It is ri licuious for the advocate of an exten ded system of paper money, inflating credit and nominal values to a destructive extent, as it does, to talk about "protection to home inter ests," "protection t> the toiling million."— Mr. President, the manufacturers of this caun trv, and the toiling millions, need protection a gainst the op- raLon of fourteen hundred institu tions that make paper money, about as much as they ilo against the manufacturer ot foreign goods. (Loud applause and laughter.) A sys tem of paper-money and inflated price is utter ly at variance with the policy of protecting your home in: rests. The one counteracts the other. Our loose sv stern of credit and su p-wabun-Lw:-' of fictitious money beget a spirit of s;."C'i'..L >n, accompanied with enhanced values, which completely counteract the effect of anv just rate >i duty. For instance what does it avail th - manufacturer that Congress a--"-sps a dutvof2b pet" cent, upon the article which he manufacture!', it credit and speculation ho so u. r u!uiv stimulated in this c wintry, that a!! the elements that enter into the production of this article, immediately become enhanced in value to such an extent, that it costs him tire addition al "2") per cent, to produce the article? The foreign manufacturer is not affected, lie brings ,n his article, and sells it at 2b per cent, increased price, because the home produ cer was obliged to put it up to save himself.— lie can sell and realize the same profits he did before the rlutv was assessed. Our great misfortune, Air. President, is an uiigovernabl- inclination to high prices. We attach undue importance to the mere nominal value of tilings, ft i- i:i this way that we give the manufacturers of other countries undue advantage ovr US. Our system of currency inilates the prices of every thing ; and then, if we have a 'valance to pay to John Bull or any body else in Europe, lie demands coin—he won't take our pap r :n imv ; and when the country g>-ts right well in debt, and foreigners call on the inporters, and the importers call on the bank-', and the banks cannot pay, then we have what is called a "crisis," a "financial en ds and then down go your manufactur, g establishments, and then the Democracy "cat. Jessy." (Laughter and applause.) In this country vve will have everything run up to exorbitant rates ; men wont understand, that an article of subsistence will maintain lifejust as long purchased at fifty cents as if it cast a dollar a-Tin th' competition with the world, there - as much wisdom and success in this do Ii c v as th re would be in that of ihe merchant who sh >tihi attt mpt to make a fortune by buy ir-' with a short yardstick and selling with a im-er. (Laughter and che :s.) But I shall not detain you further with de tails on litis question. .My object was simply to declare tile views which I entertain, and to reassert my belief' that the interests of the manufacturers of this country ar- far safer in (he hands of the Democratic party, under our well known policy of a tariff for revenue, than they would be in the hands of Lawrence, Stone Sc Co No man who has been in Congress arid understands the feeling which prevails among the representatives from the South-and West, will take the hazard ol promising much on this question. Those States have them rights and their views, and they will stand by tiwrn.- Thev concieve that they are consumers of what we produce, and insist that there is to be a stan dard of equity ascertained between the ronflir linr interests! So far as 1 may have the pow er,"within the limits of due regard to the rights of other States, 1 assure vou, as your represents- Ve ilOLi: \1 tfltCß tive, your rights and interests shall be maintain ed. [Applause.] lamas much attached to iho manufacturing interestsof my native State as any man in it. I am as much concerned for the welfare of the laboring masses as those who make special pretensions to concern for them, f have more of them than most men and I think I know as much of their feelings and sympathies as any, ami 1 respect them ; and it is tor these reasons that I am in the lie' : ol repelling every attempt to impose upon ti. n false pretensions or false theories. [Cheers.l * \on have a right to consider the effects of the policy ofthe government, upon your inUr ests, and to carry out your views, as far as von ca ~ through your representatives. But b t'm • •"*' you that, for your individual prosp -ity and • ccess, you must depend o:i yourselves. *[ \p p!a ;-".j The wit of man never devised a more inischievious doctrine than that which certain politicians in this country are attempting tc 1 di.*• s'minate at thts time, to wit : that the mass of the people, ncciia;i:cs and laborers, are to look the measurers of government for their individual pj jsnerity. We haw already witnessed the fruit of this vicious sentiment in the shape ol combinations of men in our large cities to demand bread of the Government. Were such a doctrine to he generally r<-c- -ived in our country, I should re gard i! as the very baue of our whole republi can system—an endless source of discontent and disloyalty, tending directly to (he over throw of our republican system of government; to give place 1a anarchy, confusion and agrariaa istn. The people siiould have ail the aid the G jvernment can properly give them ; and thev should be expected to sustain a party or a man who would not neglect them ; but after piotec tion to life, liberty and property, they can have but little protection besides, lint, the people of Pennsylvania are a proud people and a just people. They will demand her rights as a member of this Confederacy ; (hey would dis dain to ask more ; and when this is granted, it will be idle for demagogues to attempt to ex cite discontent, or raise a whirlwind that they may ride into power on the storm. There is one other topic on which I wish to say but a few words. VVe see it alleged by the opposition press that the Democratic Ad ministratis at Washington is a prodigal one that the expenditures of the Government are very great—greater perhaps, than they ought to be. But it would puzzle any man to find°an instance in which any of these leading oppo- I nents of the Democratic party in Congress voted against any appropriation, unless, indeed, it was one absolutely necessary to keep the Government iu motion. [Laughter and ap plause.] On all the wild schemes of expendi ture and old claims, you find them constantly in the affirmative. [Laughter.] Why. the idea of electing a man like Mr. Seward, though talented and worthy of respect as he is, in cider to protect the treasury, would excite nothing but laughter amongst those who have witnessed his career. He is a leader in the opposition, and he does not hesitate to vote for all kinds of expenditures. In conclusion, fellow Democrats, let me hope that you will sustain the party organization as heretofore—sustain its principles and nominees. Our State ticket, composed of men worthy of the stations for which they are presented, and competent to til! them, is entitled to your heart v support. [Senator Bigler retired amid hearty and re peated cheers.] A ( ,ooi) TEXT, HI T NOT or THE BIBLE. —That was a strikingly intelligent person, wTo called upon a ,-ign painter to have a Sunday-school processi m banner painted, and said ; " We're g un" t > have a tearin' time with our Fourth o' July Sunday school celebration, and our folks wants a banner." "We!!." naturally enough responded the painter, "you to have one. What will you have painted on it !" "Wal, 1 d'n know . we ort to hev a text o' skripter [minted onto it for a motto, hadn't we ?" "Yes: that's a very good idea : what shall it he ?'" "Wal, I thought this would be about as good as any: '/><= sure you're right, then go ahead?'' It is fair to conclude tiiat he had not "searched the Scriptures" attentively. HELLISH TEETH IN OLO TIMES. —The prim itive method of abstracting teeth in Sc-anton is thus described by a correspondent of the New York Express "One end of a firm hemp string was fastened mi >n the a.hing member, while the othes, se . cure!y lied ..round a bullet purposely notched, v.i> [ tit i.i tit.'barrel if an old ilint-lock musket, ' .idee! with an extra charge of powder. When all was tvf, iv, the desperate operator caught hold of the gun, and 'let drive.' Out flew the t ioth, and away bounded the musket several feet. This mode of extricating teeth became the chosen an 1 only mode practiced in this re gion for many years." DREADFEL ACCIDENT BY LIGHTNING. A young man by the name of Rudolf Cotton was killed by a -troke of lightning, on last Saturday, it the house of Widow McKay, in Indiana, opposite Carroll! n, Kv. The electric fluiJ struck a scythe in the hands of a perron near bv, and glancing along it entered the hat of Cotton, and pas-ing through I.is body shivered a stone on which lie was standing into a thou sand fiagmenls. lie feil dead. Two daugh ter-, uI Mr.:. McKay were struck insensible by the shock at the same time, and liie car-rings of one of the ladies were melted from her ears. The girls are not expected to recover. Cotton and one of the ladies were to have been married shortly. STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT O . THE WESTERN RIV ERS. —The following are given as the main losses on the Western rivers for the six month? nding M.av IS, 1 S.HS ; Steamers burned, If> ; exploded,+: snagged, ft collisions, S total, 3d, total lives lost, tit'- VOL 1, NO. 51