THE BKIIFIllll) I.UFATE.
Itcriforri, SO, I*s*.
R F. Meyers & (!. W. Itenford, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
JUSTICE or SUPREME COURT:
YVEf.E.E A TS A. PORT Kit,
OJ Piiiiothfpltil.
CANAL COMMISSIONER
WESTLEY FROST,
Of FftytHc Co'tnfy.
DEMOCHATIC COUNTY TICKET.
COMMISSIONER.
JACOB BECKLEY,
Of SI. Clair //>.
COKONKR
CAPT. JOHN LONG,
Of Liberty Ip.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR
JOHN AMOS,
Of Be>lford fj>,
AUDITOR:
JAMES C. DEVORE,
Oj Londonderry tp.
Evan. T.uth. Church, six miles
North of Schellsbnrv, witi be dedicated to the ser
vice of the'J'rtune God, on Sabbath, the 29th Aug.,
inst.
Conference will meet at said Church on Thursday,
previous. J. A. Kl NKLI.M AN,
Aug. 20, IS-'S. Pastor.
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
A mass meet ing of the Democrats of Bed ford
rountv, will he held at the Court House, irt
Bedford, 011 Monday evening of Court Week,
August 30th. Let all who desire to hear the
issues at present before the people, fully and
fairly discussed, turn out to this meeting.—
HON. WILSON REILLY and other able spea
kers are expected to be present.
Bv order of the Democratic Co. Com.
JACOB REED, Chairman.
Democratic County Committee ap
pointed by the late Convention, is requested to
meet at the Court House, in Bedford, on Mon
day, the 30th day ol August, at 1 O'clock, P.
M. A full attendance is desired, as business of
importance will belaid belore the Committee.
JACOB REED, Chairman.
"HARD TIMES" AND THE TARIFF.
The mongrel opponents of the Democratic
party are in an ugly dilemma, just now. They
are very anxious to make the Tariff their prin
cipal hobby during the approaching campaign,
but ate a little aftaid to do soon account of their
infidelity to the tariff men, when they had the
sway in Congress to 18.Y7. They are desirous
of laying the "hard times" which we have re
cently had, to the charjeofa low tariff and yet
they are fearful if they do it, the Democrats
will retort upon them that it was by their own
act that the low tariff of which they would
complain, was established. Their recent sup
port of MR. WU.MOT, who according to the
Whig presses in 184-0, was the on!}' "free trade
tory in all Pennsylvania," also looms tip in evi
dence against their pretensions to high-tarifl-ism,
and their nomination tor Supreme Judge, of
JOHN M. REAP, who signed a letter congratu
lating MR. DALLAS on his giving his casting
vote in favor ol the reduction of the tariff of
JBl2, is a further battier to their progress on
the hobby-horse of "Protection." With all
those overwhelming facts arrayed against them,
they date not openly advocate their L , 'u tariff
doctrines, and therefore, in order to avoid ex
posure by the Democratic press, they secretly
send out their minions to talk "tariff" to the
laboring classes and covertly distribute docu
ments filled with falsehoods concerning the
principles and aims of the Democratic party. —
In this manner they seek to escape front the di
lemma in which their inconsistent and vacil
lating policy has placed them. They clandes
tinely charge thai Democratic measures have
been the cause of lite prostration of money
matters, and when asked what measures, they
look shyly about them and whisper, "/Ae reduc
tion of the tariff!" They dare scarcely speak it
above their breath, for fear that some intelligent
Democrat might overhear and expose the insid
ious falsehood.
Bui, was the reduction of the Tariff tiie cause
of 1 lie late distress in monetary affairs ? Had
it any tiling whatever to do with it? We say
emphatically, no! It was the rotten and cor
rupt system of hanking, sustained and perpetu
ated by opposition legislation, connected with
an ungovernable penchant for speculation on
the part of our people, that lay at the bottom
of the panic which last Fall shook the world of
business to its centre. Do we not all know
that there was no intimation of the storm un
til I lie Banks began to break? Do we not all
remember that there was not a cioud in the fi
nancial sky, until the Ohio Trust Company
went by the board and the exhalations of its
rottenness daikencd the hitherto unclouded
horizon? Ay, there was not a whimper about
"hard times," until the Banks and their kin
dred corporations shut their doors in the faces
at their creditors. All was prosperity until
the pel institutions of Know Nothing and Aboli
tion Legislatures, began to explode, and then
dismay and despair reigned alone where erst
while manufactures, trade, and all the arts of
industry flcurished and prospered.
And what had the Tariff to do with all this?
Simply nothing at all. But, for the sake of ar
gument, suppose it had; suppose that the reduc
tion of the tariff by Congress in the winter of
ISo /, di<l a fleet our pecuniary aflairs: is, there
fore, the Democratic party lobe held responsi
ble foi the influence supposed to have been ex
erted upon our financial matters by that reduc
tion' Not by any means. The duties which
were reduced were those imposed bv the Dem
ocralir Tuif] of !St6. The Congress which
made the reduciton was the same by which the
Black Republican, HANKS, was elected Speaker,
and which was composed oi a majority of Oppo
siiinn members, ululst the bill to lower the du
ties was introduced by Li:wi> D. CAAtrcKM., a
leading Blaik Republican, from Ohio. In fact,
as everv body knows, who is acquainted with
the history of this reduction of the tariff, it was
a lilack Republican measure and was 1 >bbied
through Congress by Black Republican wire
pullers arid corruption agents. Therefore, if
the Black Republican argument that a I nv tanfl
fvasbeenthes.ilecau.se of the "hard times,"
holds good, that party must he held responsible,
try virtue of t J • - ir own declaration, fir all the
distress and calamity that have resulted from the
lale financial d sister.
A BOLD CANARD.
Ilowman, in his tetter in the last Gazette, depre
cates the starting of a "Young Men's Christian As
sociation" in Bedford, and intimates rt.at it will do
no good. F.very body knows that these Associa
tions have done immense good all over the country.
I.orofoeoi sre, m n party i. t oppose,! tn every thins
that will tir/pantv the cans' of Christianity an t tr'h.
Christians, see this doctrine in the last "Gazette."—
lieilfnrrt Abolition Org in.
We quote the above choice specimen of Ab
olition lying, to show to what miserable trick
ery the opponents of the Democratic party
must resort, in order to keep up the prejudice
so long enterfained by the mass of their parly,
against the Democracy. It is entirely un
necessary to sav any thing in refutation of
the silly falsehood, as it is too base a coun
terfeit not to be detected, even by an inexperien
ced eye: for everybody knows that many of
the most active and zealous Christians every
where, including the very men who are stri
ving to give vitality to the "Young Men's
Christian Association," in Bedford, are Demo
crats. But, inasmuch as this unwarranted and
uncalled tor attack has been made upon our par
ty, we deem it our duty to hurl the charge in
the teeth of those who make it, at the same
time calling upon ail honest men to witness
the shame and disgrace of the demagogues who
do not blush to publish Ihrir own intamy, in
thus writing and circulating an article which
they knew to be g slanderous falsehood from
'-"ginning to end,
WHICH IS THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN
PARTY I
The Abolition organ charges the Democratic
party with opposition to Christianity, but fails
to adduce any proof of its allegation. We are
more libei al. We only charge the Abolitionists
with fostering infidel associations in their ranks
and this we are prepared to prove. For in
stance, at the Convention of Radical Reformers,
an Abolition society, lately held in the Aboli
tion State of Vermont, the following blasphe
mous and anti-Christian resolutions were a
dopted :
Resolved, That Slavery is a wrong which
no power in the Universe can make right: there
fore any law. constitution, court orgovernment,
any church, priesthood, creed or Bible, any
Chrtst or any God, that by silence or otherwise,
authorizes man to enslave man, merits the scorn
and contempt of mankind.
Resolved, That nothing is true or right, and
nothing is false or wrong, because it is sanction
ed or condemned by the Bible; therefore the Bi
ble is powerless to prove any doctrine to be
true, or any practice to be right, and it should
never be - quoted for that purpose.
How pious these Abolitionists are, to by ur>-!
"Nothing is true, orjtgfag nothing is false,
or Wrong, becg llS n j{ [ s vajjetioned or condemn
ed by the Bible !" WvKjhf it not be well fur
men belonging to an orffitpization whose mem
bers, in their public (HSUntions, adopt such
infamous doctiine as this, first to pull the beam
out of their own party's eye, before they at
tempt to extract the mote from that of Un it
brother ?
ABOLITION "ROOKBACKS."
I he Abolitionists are becoming desperate and
3re attempting to} aim offal! kinds of falsehoods
upon the public. We understand that (hey are
busy in trying to make working-men believe
that they willstaive if the Democrats are suc
cessful at the coming election. Democrats, be
ware of these bold falsifiers ! Follow them
and nail their base coin to the counter ! Work
ing-men, remember that it was the breaking of
the Banks, last Fall, which threw you out of
emploi'ment and tiie Opposition to the Democra
cy have always been notorious for their reck
less legislation in favor oi banking institutions.
MORE DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES J-
The elections in Kentucky, Arkansas and
North Carolina, have all resulted in glorious
triumphs for the Democracy. The Democratic
majority in Kentucky will be from 10,000 to
12,000! Mr. Buchanan had about 0,500. In
Arkansas the Opposition seem to have almost
entirely abandoned their organization. North
Carolina also gives a large majority for the
Democrats. Where is Anti-Lecomptonism ?
DEPARTURE OF THE PRESIDENT.
On FiiJay morning last, the President and
party consisting of Sir IV. G. Ouseley, lady
and daughter, Miss Lane, Miss Plight and .Ro
bert M. Magraw, left Bedford Springs for
Washington City. They were escorted by
Messrs. Daughertv, Major Watson, Spang
and Meyers, of Bedford, Col. O C. Hartley, of
Texas, and Mr. Cowan of Pittsburg. The trip
was a very pleasant one and the whole party
seemed to enjoy it. The Piesident took his
departure, greatly pleased with his visit and in
the enjoyment of excellent health. May he
live often to return to our midst.
HENRY S. MAGRAW, E-Q., STATE TREASURER.
—Our able and efficient State Treasurer, Mr.
Magraw, u ith his family, lias been staying at the
springs for several weeks past. In the opinion
of c any, Bedford Spring* would not be Bedford
SpD.igs without "Harry Magraw."
THE ATI,ANTIC TELEGRAPH SI C
( ESSEI L!
The Queen cf England's Message received!!
I'RESIDEM' BIJCfIA NAN'S REPI.V! ! 1
The great work of laying the Submarine Tel
egraph cable, between Europe and America,
which has attracted so large a share of the pub
lic attention, for some time past, has at last been
successfully accomplished. The Queen's mes
sage to the j'i indent of Ihe I nited States, which
was the first to pass over the line, has hern re
ceived at Washington and the President's reply
has also been transmitted. The following is the
Q> DESPATCH.
"To the Honorable, the President of the I'.
S—Tie Queen desires to congratulate the
Presid-nt upon the successful completion of that
great international work in which site has taken
the deepest interest. Ifei Majesty is convin
ced that the President will join with her in fer
vently Imping that the Electric Cable which
now connects (Jreat Britain with the United
Slates, will prove an additional link between the
nations whose friendship is founded upon their
common interest and reciprocal esteem. The
Queen has much pleasure in thus communica
ting with the President and renewi ig to him
her wishes fur (tie prosperity of the United
States. VICTORIA."
Tun PRESIDENT'S REPLY.
''The President cordially reciprocates the con
gratulation of Her Majesty, (he Queen, on the
success o( the great international enterprise ac
complished by the science, skill and indomita
ble energy of the two countries. It is a tri
umph more glorious, because more useful, than
was ever won by conqueror on the field of hat
tie. May the Atlantic Telegraph Company,
i under the blessing of heaven, prove to be a bond
iof perpetual peace and friendship between the
kindred nations and an instrument destined by
! Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civiliza
-1 tion, liberty and law throughout the world. In
this view will not all the nations of Christen
dom spontaneously unite in the declaration that
it shall he forever neutral 5 and that its commu
nications shall he held sacred in the places of
their destination in the midst of hostilities.
JAMES BCCMANAN."
HON. WM. A Por.TETT.—This gentian,
: distinguished candidaffoi the Democracy of
i Ppnnsylvariia, f~y iiae office of Supreme Juuge,
is at present sojourning at tlie Bedford Springs,
j His quiet, unassuming manners, dignify d bear-
I ing and pleasing address win him hosts of
! friends wherever lie goes. Judge Porter will
probably remain here till Saturday next.
The Opposition Candidate for Supreme
Judge.
John M. Read, the Opposition) candidate for
Supreme Judge, is now sixt v-five years of age.
land consequently, if efected, will be eighty
years old when the term expires. Some thirt\
1 or forty years ago, he was sent to the Legisla
! lure bv the old Federal party from Philadelphia.
He was a warm admirer of John C. Calhoun
| and his free trade doctrines, and acted will the
Democratic party for a few years, until the
| tariff question was settled under Mr. Polk's
I Administration, which Mr. Read defended.—
He was appointed Attorney General by Gov.
: Shunk, but resigned in a few weeks to avoid
I removal for improper political conduct.
After thsf poxifirl h tvnrnvd op in politics^
joined with the Abolitionists, and declared
j hostility to everything Democratic. The city
i delegates were instructed against him. lie is
proud, dignified and overbearing in his
j —unapproachable by the commonality of men.
Those who know him best have the least regard
for him. These are his antecedents. To defeat
him with Judge Porter will be an easy and
' pleasant tusk fo* the De!J;qQ|3cy,-"P///.i/i#r r
; Post.
Gid Berks Sound to slip Corf.
jiif following resolutions were adopted b\
the Democracy of glorious "Old Berks" in their
County meeting on the 3d nit :
1. Resolve!, That the DernocraJs of Berks
county have unabated and undiminished confi
dence in James Buchanan.. A statesman ol
enlarged experience—a patriot of unsullied
purity—the exponent ol' true Democracy, we
will yield him in future as in the past, cordial,
active and efficient suppoit.
2. Resolved, That every measure ol his ad
ministration has been based on sound con
stitutional and Democratic piinciples. In Utah
suppressing rebellion and treason—upon the
ocean vindicating the integrity and glorv ot
our flag—protecting our weaker neighbors from
the attacks of seditious malcontents from within
our borders—ami lastly, but chiefly, the settle
ment of the Kansas question upon the just
principles of popuiar sovereignty, saoject,
however, to the constitution and laws. These
are acts which add true glory and renown to
us as a nation, and endear the administiation ol
James Buchanan to every law-loving, law
abiding and patriotic citizen.
3. Resolved, That in his cabinet, the Presi
dent ol the United Stales I.as the advice and
counsel of true statesmen, devoted to the best
interests of the several departments committed
to their charge, and that, as Pennsylvania Demo
crats, we point with pride to Jeremiah S. Black,
the Attorney-General, as oue in all respects tin.
equal of the great lawyers who hav. been his
predecessors.
5. Resolve'd, That the thanks of the Demo
cracy are due to those Democrats in the last ses
sion ot Congress who grappled with and settled
the Kansas question under the just terms and
conditions of the English bill, which should he
received and acquiesced in by every true Demo
crat as a final settlement of the slavery question
in the Halls of Congress and elsewhere.
The remaining resolutions endorse Clancy
Jones, Gov. Packer and his Cabinet, the
Demociatic Slate ticket, and a revenue tariff.
WHO OWNS Cmcaco?—An intelligent cor
respondent of the Cleveland Review, writ in-'
from Chicago, says : <i l should say that every
real estate man is mortgaged for five times more
than he can pay. Asa genaral item upon this
point, I will slate upon the authority of a friend,
who saw the records, that the taxable property
ot Chicago, las', spring, was about $36,000,000,
while the amount recorded upon bond and
mortgage, which it was pledged to secure, was
over one hundred and nine millions oj dollars !
Comment is unnecessary to explain the total
bankruptcy of this inflated town. Amontr the
older inhabitants there area few men of means:
but the city belongs to Eastern capitalists, who
hold it on bond and mortgage security, and who
could not in the aggregate, realize thirty cents
onthedollar if they sold out the town to
morrow."
Josi-ili Randall and the < li'tin Mission, '
| From I lie Mew lork Herald.]
I'll 11. A l)l*"l. I'll IA , Aug. !>, ISf'S.
To //re Editors of the Herald ;
A letter published in your paper of the 7th
instant, dated at Saratoga Springs, slates among
the arrivals at that place, "josi.ih Randall, one
of the Pennsylvania old-line whig suppoiters ol
Mr. Buchanan, who would have preferred to
go to China."
This is one of those flippant remarks in use,
or rather abuse, in wlikh some of the correspon
dents of the press are in the habit of indulging
themselves, without any knowledge ol the mat
ter of which they write. The innuendo that I
desired the mission to China, or any other mis
sion, has not even the semblance of truth. In
the cornmuni'v in which I live, such a statement
would !>•' laughed at for its absnr.li'y : but I
have trirnds at a distance \> ho have j;ol the
same means of know tug the truth.
A short time after the election of Mr. Buchan
an, in accordance with an invitation linn Hut
gentleman, 1 visited him at Wheatland. I nad
a full interchange of opinions with him on the
subjects connected with los coming administra
tion, in the course ofwhieh I staled that neither
desired, nor would accept of any appointment
under him ; and from that position 1 have never
yet moved. It is well known that tor some
years past I have had, and still have, judiciary
interests uoder my care which would prevent
nay acceptance of any office, either abroad or at
home.
The measures of Mr. Buchanan's administra
tion have received my most cordial support. —
In the recent d iplornafic discussion with Ureal
Britain he has exhibited himself as a dignified
and conservative statesman, and shown that a
great nation can be conciliatory without forfeit
ing its self-respect, and he has placed his country
beiore the world in an attitude that challenges
either criticism or rebuke.
I aho approve of (he course ol Mr. Buchanan
in relation to the Lecornpton constitution of
Kansas, with the single qualification that I
never would have accepted of any compromise
or modification of the principles laid down by
lain in his message to Congress on that subj ct.
But he has stood by the rights ot the South
steadfastly defended thein throughout the nolo
contest. It is time our n<",tli!oii friends should
know that no other administration of the gov-
B *om< nt Yf iii preserve our Union.
So iong as Mr. Buchanan shall preserve ibis
attitude I will adhere to him, and no longer.—
1 have no favor to ask of him . rnv motives are
entirely impersonal, and I am governed by the
desire alone to perpetuate the peace and
prosperity ol our common country.
JOSIAII RAM)ALL.
W li il is lite Mailer r
A Republican meeting was h-Id at H'ciis!,li
ra', Tioga county, on the 21st ul!., which was
addressed by Wilmot, Crow and Williston.—
These speakers, who are all alii tried with the
most malignant form of necrophobia, of course
discoursed the error s of slavery ar.d declaimed
against the monstrous aggressions of the odious
"slave aristocracy." They are all masters oi
that species of card, which still passes current in
that benighted region. At the closeof (he exer
cises, a resolution was offered endorsing the
L nion State ticket, and after an unavailing
attempt to stifle its considerations on the around
that the meeting was purely local, ihe resolu
tion was put to vote, and met \\ it it a prompt
and emphatic negative 1 . What is the matter
with the straight-out Republicans ? Aie they
disgusted with the milk-and-water resolutions
passed by the mongrel convention because they
do not smack strongly enough of the African,
or outraged at an alliance with the detestable
"Americans?" Wilmot, who thought this
meeting of sufficient impor'ance to deseit Ihe
bench in order that it might he graced with his
pres"nce, must certainly have the most fraternal
and affectionate recollection of the straig-onght
Americans. Is this Reason ? Can any one
explain ?— Patriot an-! f'nioit.
: The Tioga . 7gifnlor, a leading Republi
can paper in YYTlmot's district, thus- discourses
| of the opposition platform :
Seme lime since we took occasion to say to
| our fusion contemporaries that the convention
would not daie to d-ai with living questions.—
Look at that platform: read it carefully ; weigh
it ; analyze it : tell us—what relationship does
!it hold to the Philadelphia Platform! Is it
| child, grandchild, step-child, cousin, or cousin
in-law I Neither. Does it affirm the full
power ot CongTess to prohibit in the Territories
! ''those twin relics of barbarism—Polygamy and
Slavery !" Does it denounce the invasion ol
personal and Stale Rights by the Died Seott
; Decision ! Die sit deal vigorously u ith one
; leading question at issue ! N.other. Ii i s
negatively Republican and posi/ive/y mild—
clever harmless. Ji might do as a toy loi
political babies, but it will nut hold up the
I weight ola great party. Jt won't do, genlle
: men.
Now AND I llEN —Alost ol our read-us w ill
I recollect the celebrated KANE letter of Pi. sident
1 oik on th-* taiill how it was abused, and
villified, and its author denounced by the
"opposition 'in Pennsylvania. Well, the other
day, in looking over the resolutions of the re
cent "opposition" Convention which met in
Harrisburg ami put in nomination that eminent
U J/ee-l ruder, John AI. Read, we were forcible
impressed with the idea that the language of the
one relating to a tariff was not new—that we
had read it somewhere before,—and the more
we pondered the more we were convinced that
it was in the Kane letter. The following is
the resolution :
Resolved, 1 hat the revenue necessary for a
judicious and economical administration ol the
government should he raised bv the imposition
of duties upon foreign imports, and in layim*
them, such discriminating protection should be
given as will secure the rights of free labor and
American industry.
Now read the following extract from the
Kane letter :
"I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such an
one as will yield a sufficient amount to the
Treasury to defray the expenses ol the Govern
ment economically administered. In adjusting
flu* details of a revenue tariff I have heretofore
mnctiaued such moderate discriminating duties
ss would produce the amount of revenue nee
fed, and at the same time afibrd reasonable
incidental protection to our home industry."
June IG, IS 14.
The "opposition" as they delight to call them
selves now, used to delight in styling the
Democratic party as "free traders," bid we
Uink it will puzzle them a little to point out
tie difference between their Harrisburg resolu
tcn and litis extract from what they were wont
tccall "Polk's free trade letter." Indeed, the
two are as nigh alike as two twin brothers.—
Erie Observer.
The Telegraph news at Bedford.
Anti S. StepfieiTs, the authoress, was at Bed
ford Springs, Pa., when the news of the suc
cessful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph was
received at flint plac. A large company were
at dinner at the liutej, and among them Presi
dent Buchanan. Mrs. Stephens says juus
t hey were ready lor dessert, a gentleman came
| breathless into (tie dining-room and requested
j the attention of all, when iie announced the
joyful tiling"!. For a moment the room was
silent as death—r.ext glistening eyes, pei r-d in
to glistening < \ and then, no 1 rigm aid'- to
repress their emotions, the whole company gave
: vent to their enthusiasm in the most tumultu
ous cheers and prolonged shouting thai was
! ever heard—the President joining in. Th"
lentil dessert was forgotten to the ecstatic eu
j joy merit ol one much greater.
The Band then strtn k up - 4 G > I save (lie
Queen" and ••Had to the Chief."
: Mis. Stephens adds that Pr. -i hrd Pucliar.an
j enjoys the miwt nulounded popnlari'v at JP d
| lord Spring?.— lltrii ll rihl.
THE I'-I:- OF A TI:LI;'; a A nit.—The \.■ u V- >i ii
j Tribune instances a case in out history in w hicli
j the telegraph would have been (>l great ne :
; On the iSth of June, 1H12,0U1 Government
|d. clared vv ar again- 1 Gi-a' Or if a in, under the
j inspiration of our young.-r, more ardent and h.-s
j experienced Republican politicians of that dav.
J ovi rruling t !•<• judgment of their older compa
triots, who had endured and still remembered
the trials and sufferings of our It evolutionary
struggle. Vv*e had many cans s ol complaint
against Great Britain; but one of th** most prom
inent and palpable was based on in r Or b-.s in
Council by which our tiade v. i'h the Orritir.ei.t
I had h- en most ..uting -onslv harassed an 1 crip
| pled. Tioae Qnit r- in Council /iu<J In . u rt
! peiletlbefore we '/ clared wur, though the but
was unknown —in other words, ha i the Atlan
tic Telegraph tin nt xisted, it is quite pndabie
that war would not have b en il>. hired, li:at
further negotiab ns vvou! I have been !.u i. ar. i
an amicable redr'ss of gi ievanc s .attained, sav
ing t a each co.)n(x, tliousand-, ol precious lives,
and hundreds of millions ol dollars.
Another chapter in tfn- hisloiv of the war of
1812 afloids an liiustration eq> ally striking.—
The battle of .\< w Orleans was I nglit on the
Bth of January, yet articles of peace ha.l been
1 signed at Ghent on the 24-th of December lif
| teen days before. The news of this peace did
j not reach here till the I Itli of February, I >rtv
j nine days after it had been signed by the Com
missioners. II the nr. anic an.l iand t legiaph
j hud existed then, w hut a chain of events would
j have been broken.
F'tazv-r Rivjr.
I riie Cincinnati C uiiirn ixird sivs: —We I irn
that a [arty of adventitious young men are -or
ganizing in this city, with the intention to gu
to ttie l iuZ'T Kv r Gold Diggings. Having
seen the elephant in all Ins golden glorv, vve
are disposed to set Frazer river down as some
thing of a humbug. The Hudson** Bay C >m
! panv have long been anxious for a city in the
i IF itisti Possessions ol .North America to rival
j Sao Francisco, and being acquainted with the
! "dodges" of wideawake California!)* in bui 1-1-
i ing up new town.-, have resorted to an experi
j ment to depopulate Califoiuia and establish a
j city, which will not have much influence upon
! pioneer mineis. The green ones mav be sedu
i I "
I ced. Our young men who want golden adven
j lures would make a surer thing ol it lv going
jto California or Anz niu. I'lieie'll be nine
j disappointed men, pioportionatelv, <• \ tiie Fra
• zer river regions, than were ever seen in Cali
fornia.
CliilOlS LIBEL USE.
Ihe A ork, Pa., papers having published a
rcjMiit sometime ago itiat ttie cliob ra was pre
vailing in i olumhia, the editor of the Columbia
| S/iy, in his la-l issue, ret .lioter! by stating that
i the psora or itch had suddenly broken out in
; York; and that such was Us violence that hun
. haj died Ir uri its elTects. and others were
fleeing IrOtT! tie place in every direct i Ml. Wi
knew the thing was a hoax at a glance, and
j ii.-nce treated it as sucli, in our coiuiffns, but
j many other papers were imposed upon, and
j published it as a really startling story. l imre
| was consequently much excilenn-ut in York,
i which assumed various forms until Friday,
I when Samuel Wright, editor of the S/ttj, was
I arrested and held to hail (or libei, in the sum
;of eight hundred dollars. This C the ti. si in
| stance to our knowledge, where a man was ar
rested for libelling a town, though, we see no
good reason why a town may not have lights
at law, when slandered as well as an individ
ual.
SMOTHKRI".!) IN A TutMc.— Tilt* "story ol
I (eiievia -has been re-enacted in Brooklyn,
; W\v York, by a little German bay named
George Pick tier, Ihf son of a widow who sudden
ly disappeaied on Friday fast, and was missing
i until Monday morning, when his dead body was
found in a large trunk or chest in the bouse of
his mother. On Friday wlmn the mother was
absent, the deceased was at play with a compan
ion, and evidently got into the trunk to conceal
himself, when a self adjusting lock closed the
j lid upon him, and he was smothered. During
I Saturday and Sunday the friends and neighbors
j looked in every direction to find the boy, but
; without success. On Monday morning themolh
|er was induced to open the CHEST I JV a strong
I smell which seemed to emanate from it, expec
ting to find the body of a rat, but to her astonish
ment she found the body of her missing son.
fiii f.KAPK CHOP, 111 and about Cincinnati, is
regarded as almost an entire failure. The ber
ry is attacked with a species of rot, which
proves fatal in all cases. The value of the
grapes raised in Ohio is much greater than is
geneiaily supposed. Within a radius of twenty
five miles ofOincinnati it is computed that there
are twenty-five hundred acres of ground devo
ted to the culture of grapes, "in favorable
seasons the average of wine per acre is two
hundred gallons—equal to half a million of
gallons a* the whole crop for the section descri
bed, worth fresh from the press $.>03,000.
I he loss will he severely felt, this year especial
ly. Money is much needed in that r.gi in. and
Wine always commands the cash.
POLITICAL EMANCIPATION OK JEWS.— Alter
twelve 3 ears of anxious and obstinate controver
sy between the heridetary and elective branches
of the British Parliment, the bill for the remo
val of the legislative disabilities of the Jews hss
been passed, and, ere this, has become a law.
A Jew may now qualify by it and bold a seat
in the House of Commons wfthou being obliged
to confess Christianity, o: take an objectionable
oath.
!L\ el low I ever is alarming! von the in
crease in New Orleans.
RECORDER.— Mt Felt-r Hummel, the Vrr
efficient and obliging Recoider of our Cf , uv . V
i I as published a notice of gr. at importance t ' -q
owner 4 *, purchasef*, or sellers of r ,,| ___
S\ <■ learn from if thai i4 hy an act of the J . ~j v "~
j lure of I>..•nnsyivania,-no title /or Krai Fslab
j perfect ami secure, unless it b recorded VVl| J'
\six moTillisnfl<r its Execution, if it V'
within this Stale : or within Twelve Month "-,
execute.! OH! of Ihe State, hi the office
dirig of {)• eds for the county where the | Hn :
lie : other" =e, ev. rv such de.-.l or c .iivvy i, u •
si a!! he adjuflg.-tf fmndttf-ftt and void t-nr
so' - qrr. nl ; mrUsef or n.y tgage,. | or V;l |„ able
- fr rati •?% linlthf rJijrh #T-
R , . 1 1 \ -HILV
. e ncormd a- aforesaid, [e f.re the yimm
l-eforHlOrr Of >:, id ilee.f or COtlfeJstire „ 4 t .'
so' v .pent fin-rhris'ef or ISiOrteji J'
-ha! claim. /fa nvrg Keystone.
\ P i I.KH Ti TAMMST.— A curious tvilTl^
:. en contested b, ; , r e the probate court ofCli.V
lore county, .. 11. ('apt. John Town, | a t,.
Keep... Her i<-.,l h1 s estate I the eldest son (vet'
m-.' on.) of !,i> IWs-uts: or if there were no smn
t > the e! i. .I daughter :in (3 se either sen l,a'
neither son nor laughter, after the time w|,en
such a bless.ng i- po>si!iie in th,. course of nature
he then lee-Yves .'lis parti II of the est.it,. bin,
-self. Ihe plea of insanity was set 111) aJaiii,t
the will. : ,? til:* will u as sustained.
A F I:I.EI:!. ATI •> R.u I:n DEAD —The CEL.-hra
t'U racing sta: ;:i "Am nai l , r " was Lifted by
lightning, on Thursday hi 5!..,,, the plantation*,!
his ow lit r, Air. Charles \. Men iu ealher, aiiout
'■ it milts horn (Mrksvilfe, T.-nn. "AmSa- i
- w inner of the <rr.-al Alabama stake
1 '4, ami iiis lime is about the
t on r- cord.
' '•> • ' 'T; ' ( itop or I s.)S. [f, conversa
tion. k, ui'!: gentleman who has my
recently l-avelfei: over nearly the u hole cottun
grouing section of Fnite.J States, .-ays the
•< iI ■ •• i i lies,lav, lie expressed the
pinion tin,', if prr s r:t prospects are veiified,
tie cr ip will be "y >mi all precedent in rjuali-
IV. The idea o| a deficit of 400,000 p a | ( . s m
tie resulting from high water-, he
cmisi ■ !,',! a't ijether if. lusivv, and maintained
:i a! in- In . been in no country of that section
where pres-nt anticipations did n tJ t fix th
quantity of cotton grown above what could be
i g it hered.
A TKIBn K OF RESFFiT.
A i a meeting of I lie members of I lie Presbv
■ ian ' rigregnti,j: of ScheJJsburg, in conn-c
--ti m Wit!. ||,e Storm Church, the fdlowing res >-
l.ii ns were ii: a:!im"i;s ! v adopted, viz;
lie.- dved, That whilst we humbly bow to
the will of IJIM in whose hands all our de>ti
ni-.- are, ami ne ekly say, "Fattier tfiy will be
d mi", we a! the same 11 Tie deeply mouin the
di-per.sai !• m v* : : ii Iras taken from our mid-!
.M.:-. JI:MIM.\ WII.I.IAMS, cons >rt of our belov
ed Pastor, one who, though but a short tune
with us, we f iad ieai tit". J to love ami revei t* nc e
lor her humble, unassuming ami genuine piety,
as well as hr amiable disposition, her gentle
bearing, ami her meek and quiet spirit by
i w Inch she attached many hearts and won tie
kind regard ol all who became at luaintej with
Iter.
ii. - J!VI d, i iiat w as a congregation, as well
as in !iv i i ially, d > most sincerely ami de-ply
sympathise with our beloved Pastor, Key. Dari
ie] Willia r.s. as well as with the fiiendsand rel
ative- of the d ceased, in them present b-reavi
ment: at the sartie tune vve are consoled with
the assurance that the one we monrr. for is now
; resting on the bos mi of the dear Saviour whom
she so faithfully served, ami would av to those
who are mourning Irrr loss— "weep not for me,
weep |br yourselves.''
iiesd.ed, That a copy of the above he f,r
waided to the relatives of (he deCM—d and that
the me lie published in the Philadelphia Pres
hy (e; :an, Prestjy t.-rian Partner, and in onrr ouri-
A I i ! " "• J A ■?. J,! li\S, Chairman.
J MIX S. or A ft.*!*;, S c'v.
i i>3 tts: ry.
At A .-,|,)\V Ciei k, i.I this it unity, on Mnn
day e veniug, August 9th, Mrs R icliel Kav,
m itfier of the late G irge |{. tyiy, decM, aged'
9.) y ars, I month an ! <l days.
The subject ol this mice was one oflheold
e-l inliabitanfs ol Ff-'dforJ county. She was
born in York rgmty in tliis State, but emigra
ted at an early period within the limits of this
county where .-he resided until the dav of Iter
death. The dec-ased was ab nil |3 years old
when Km revoluti marv war broke out, and fre
quently t .'k pi asure in relating events that
happened during that eventful ep ich; particu
larly such as occurred in the neighborhood of
her birth place, where she -till dwelt at that
time. Dmi ig the In-; is' months of henlife
I she was c.i 1 1 d upon, in the Providence of G KI,
to undergo severe trials in the death o| her sun,
in whose family she ha ! I mg lived and ol which
! she continued a nemVr til! the dav of her
death, and subs 'quently in t| t . fot.il d-.(ruction
by fire, on la-t (Ihrtstmis m e-ning, of the man
-ion house, at which tmie sue barely escaped
being burned to d-ath, all her euithly wealth
lieing consumed in one short hour bv the de
vouring element. Pile deceased was a worthv
member of the churi h I >r many years, an t died
in the tiiiinq.hs ol the gospel, having fati'-n a
sleep in Jesus. Her lift-1,-ss remains were con
signed to their final resting place in the ceme
tery ol the ti Titian ifelormed Church oj Yellow
Creek, amid a large concourse of bereaved
liiends and sorrowing acquaintances. • Pre
cious in the sight of the Lrdis the death of
liis saints. IMo.x ruovir i: v.
At the residence his son, near Bedford,
on lite (>th ot inst., Joseph romlitison, in liis
S7th year.
MARRIED,
On the 12,|, irK , , )V , { .. v y Benedict, Mr.
John UVstley Hartzell to Miss Mary Smouse,
both of Snake Spring tp., Bedford co.
(<n tue2 ith inst., at the residence <>l VYirr..
P. Hays, in South VVoouberry, by Jno. B. Pluck.
Esq.. Mr. John Mdlnav to Miss Mary Ann-
Abbot, both of Hopewell township. - "
At the house of Jacob Brown, on 111-' 1-t
'list., by Rev. Henry Seifert, Mr. Jacob l)ell to
Miss Elizabeth Brown, both of R.-dCmlco.
Bedford Markets,
CORISFCTEX) VVKKKI.V BY .1. A 1. JJ , MIOEM ACKK.
Flour, >•' KulUr, Iv>J t-ls
Wheat, per bu. too Eggs, . e r doz. S •
ttye, < 51) ct-s.
Buckwheat, per bu. 10 " /.aid " to "
Barley, " r,u Ohiunt, tier bia a7j' 4
Oats, " 2.*> <• Corj), '<• 10 "
Potatoes, 37 *