THIS BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford) Krplfinber 17,1858. j
R F. Meyers &G. W. Benford. Editors, j
DEMOt RATIC STATE TICKET.
JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT:
WIIJJAR A. PORTER,
Of Philadelphia.
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WESTLEY FROST,
Of Fay tile County.
DEMOCRATIC COUNT V T2 K ET.
FOR CONGRESS:
HOW-WI LS 0 N HEIL LY ,
Of Franklin County.
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ASSEMBLY:
JAMES BURNS, of Bedford county.
DAVID HAY, of Somerset county.
COM MtssiONF.R:
JACOB BECKL-SY,
Of SI. Clair lp.
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CORONER:
■ CAPT. JOHN LONG,
i Of Liberty lp.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR:
JOHN A IV! OS,
Of Bed for It p.
AUDITOR:
JAMES C. DE VO RE,
Of Londonderry lp.
DE Mo(' H AIIC MEFTIN GS!
The Democracy cd Bedford County, w i• I bolt,
meetings for the purpose of discussing the issues,
•and presenting in their true light, the political
finest ions, at present agitating the public mind,
1-at the following places and times:
At HOPEWELL, Thursday, 23dofSeptem
* At RAINSBURG, Saturday, 25th ofSeptein-
C At ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Tuesday, 2Sth of
September.
Jmt PALO ALTO, in Londonderry township,
nFliursday, 30th of September.
At V. B. YVERTZ'S, in Harrison tp, Friday,
Ist of October.
At SCHELLSBURG, Saturday, 2d of Octo
ber.
At BARLEY'S SCHOOL HOUSE, in Bed
ford tp., Monday, 4tli of October.
At LOUISVILLE, in Union tp, Tuesday,
f>th of October.
At STONERSTOVVN, Wednesday, (>lh of
October.
At BUENA VISTA, Thursday, 7th of Octo
ber.
At CHENEYSVILLE, in Southampton tp.,
Friday, Bth of October.
At CENTREVILLE, Cumberland Valley tp.,
Saturday 9th of October.
Meetings will be held at other places if desi
red. Able speakers will be present at all the
above named meetings. Rally Democrats, Ral
ly'.
Bv order of the Democratic Co. com.
JACOB REED, Chairman.
DEMOCRATS, ORGANIZE!
Democrats, the time for action has come!
The enemy is again before you, daring you to
the combat. Arouse, therefore; gird on your
armor; buckle on the sword of Democracy, and
be ready once more to fly to the rescue on the
twelfth of October next. We must be active,
we must be vigilant, if we would conquer.—
The will be ours only if we fight our
foe manfully and determinedly.
The present campaign is one of great impor
tance. The result of the coming election in
this State, may determine what party shall
choose the next President. The Congressmen
elected this Fall, will hold their offices until
1861, and if the election of President should
he thrown into the National House of Repre
sentatives, as it will be if the Opposition suc
ceed in getting a majority in that body, those
Congressmen will assist in choosing the Presi
dent, and their is a possibility even that the
member from this district may have the casting
vote! llow important, then, that we shoulu
organize! How important that we should
leave no honorable means urdried to swell the
ranks of the Democracy ! How important that
every Democratic vote should be polled on
Election day ! Goto work, therefore! Let
no Demociat stand idie! "Eternal vigilance
is the price of Liberty !"
MR. McPIIEKSON AND THE TARIFF.
The Aiwlition candidate for Congress in this
district, bases his claims partially upon his
pretences in favor of a protective tariff. Last
year MR. MCPHEBSON was Secretary to the
Wilmot State Committee and spent weeks in
helping to arrange the dirty work lor the 1 REE
TRADE ABOLITION candidate for Governor.
A pretty fellow to talk about protection, surely '
PLENTY OF CANDIDATES.
In the first Congresional District, Philadel
phia, there are four candidates for Congress, th
regular Democratic, Anti-L *cumpion, Aboli
tion and Straight American. COL. FLORF.NCT
the regular Democratic nominee, we are glad t<
hear, will undoubtedly be re-elected.
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TRICT.
The Democratic Conferees of the eighteen!!
Congressional district, met at Johnstown, on th
10th inst., and nominated CYRUS L. PFHSIIINC
Esi;., as the Democratic candidate for Congres:
for that district. MA PKRSIIING is a man C
fine ability and stands a very good chance (
an election. His Abolition competitor is S. f
Blair, Esq., of Blair county.
ftjP'See notice to retailers. The Ireasurt
means what he says, and all delinquents aft<
the Ist October, next, may expect to be vis
ted with a reward of merit.
SHRIEKS OF A FRIGHTENED DEMA
GOGUE.
Air.. FRANCIS JORDAN is just now in a pila
ble state of trepidation. His article on the
Tariff, in the last Abolition organ, indicates that
he is almost ft ant ic with fear concerning the
issue ol the present campaign. He had flatter
ed himsell that by raising a Tariff excitement,
some of the good citizens of Bedford county
might be swung from their Democratic moor i j
ings, but alas ! and alack! his fond hopes were
destined to an early blight, and now, in the
overw helming gloominess of his despair, he sits
down, trembling and aghast, anil shrieks to the
|>eap!e he ha- so often deceived, to shun the
counsels of the Democratic party. The harmo
|ny and enthusiasm in the ranks of the
! Democracy, in contrast with the dissensions
| and listlessness of his own party—the impregna-
I bit* positions which the former occupy in re
! gard to the different issues before the people,
; when compared with the miserable shifts to
j which he and his fellow demagogues are com
! pel led, from time to lime, to resort —in short,
; iho whole aspect of parties and politics, cause
j him to "fear and tremble" for the result on the
twelfth of October next.
MR. JORDAN talks about having seen "many
contemptible evasions and much hypocrisy in
bis day," which we have no doubt is very
as he must have si en plenty of both whilst
engaged in cheating the Fillmore men in ISO 6.
He also says that the people were deceived in
1841, by the cry that "Folk was a better Tariff
man than Clay," who, he says, was (be "father
of Protection." Now, if the people were de
ceived, in 1814, how comes it that the country
never enjoyed greater piosperitv than when
the Tariff recommended fy James Iv. I'olk,
was in force ? How comes it that with the
revenues obtained under thai Tariff, the Govern
ment was perfectly solvent, paid off"ali t!ie heavy
indebtedness incurred in carrying on the Mexi
can War, purchased and paid Cor a large tract
of Territory, and defrayed all its reg"!?.r bhd
incidental expenses? Sorely, a me people
were deceived, it was not the Democrats who
deceived them, but the lying, unscrupulous
politicians who told them that the country
would be ruined if Polk were elected President.
But, Clay was the father of protection," was
he ? Well, let us see :
HENRY CLAY ON THE TARIFF.
"Carry out the spirit of the Compromise Act.
Look to revenue alone for the support of
Government. Do not raise the question
teclion, which I had hoped had been put to rest.
There is no necessity of protection for protec
tion Mr. Clay in the Senate, January 21,
1812, in reply to Mr. Woodbury,on the Treasu
ry note bill.
"I NEVER WAS IN FAVOR OF WHAT IS REGAR
DED A HIGH TARIFF. ..Vo more revenue should
be levied than is necessary to an economical ad
ministration of the Government Mr. Clay
to Mr. Meriweather of Geoigia, October 2d,
1813. -
"I never was in favor of duties being so high
t „ a .„wui.i iv <i pronioinon 01 articles on
which they were laid. I have thought it best
for all interests that there should be competition.
Mr. ("lav to Messrs Brenhan Bledsoe, of Geor
gia, July Bth, 1843
There ! That is the doctrine of Henry Clay
on the Tariff. "No more revenue should be
levied than is necessary to an economical ad
ministration of the Government," said MR.
CLAY. And what say the Democracy ? How
does the resolutions on the Tariff adopted by !
our late Democratic County Meeting, tally with
this sentiment of the lamented Clay ? V\ hv,
that resolution embodies his very idea. Here it j
is ; compare it with the language of Clay :
Resolved, That we are now, as we have
ever been, in favor of a Tariff for revenue—a ;
Tariff which whilst it would raise a fund suffi
cient to defray the expenses of an economical
administration oj the Government , should, also, -
with our currency in a sound condition, and
; with a judicious disciimination in favor of our
domestic interests,such as Coal and lion, afford
incidental protection to those branches of our
home industry which may require it.
Mr. JORDAN also imagines that he has discover
ed a wonderful mare's nest in ti>p fact that the
late Democratic County Convention re-allirined
the doctrines of the Cincinnati platform and at
the same time adopted the resolution just quo
ted. He tries to show that the Cincinnati Plat
j form avows the doctrine of Free Trade, in order
to do which, he quotes that part of it which de
clares in favor of " free seas " and "progressive
free-trade throughout the world.'''' Now, there
is a vast difference between "free-trade through
out the world" and free-trade as understood in
its relations to the tariff question. What we
understand by free-trade is the importation of
foreign goods into our country free of duty.—
It is not the "free seas I ' the free commerce
of the woi Id—referred to in the Cincinnati
| Platform. Nobody ever understood it as such
; and if MR. JORDAN'S intellect were a little less
obtuse, or it is conscience not quite so elastic,
he would not have confounded the one with the
other. The Democratic party, as is wt !1
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known, has never yet committed it., if to the
doctrine ot Free Trade and it is at this day
farther from doing si than ever, lor the reason
that its i ree i rade men. such as DA\ ID WIL
MOT and JOHN M. RLAD, have deserted its
standai . and gone otiice-huating in the ranks of
the Opposition.
who desire good flour, we commend
to Mir. JOHN NELSON, of Hopewell Mills. We
j have tried it and speak—not by the "card"—
| but by the loif. Besides being a good miller,
i Mr. Nelson is a clever fellow and deserves the
! patronage of the people.
[Hr'The meeting of the "Buchanan Club"
on Saturday night lust, was well attended, full
of enthusiasm and good feeling. DN. KEY&EU,
of Pittsburg, addressed the Club, in an eloquent
and powerful speech. A number ot new mem
bers signtd the Constitution.
ARE THEY ABOLITIONISTS ?
We copy below an article from the last Som
erset Herald and Whig, which originally ap
peared as an editorial in the Philadelphia
Xorth American, the leading FREMONT journal
in this State in 1856. The Xorth American j
also supported WILMOT last I' ail ; it was the J
principal newspaper advocate of Henry for ;
Mayor of Philadelphia, and now urges the
claims cf JOHN M. EI.AU for Supreme Judge.—
It is at present the most influential newspaper
in the interest ol the so-called ''Republican,
or People's" party. In fact, it is the Dr. Fran
cia of the Opposition in Pennsylvania,—their
ruler and dictator, from whose imperial decree,
there lies no appeal. The Somerset Herald and
Whig is the organ of the same party in Sotner
j set county. We might truthfully say that it
is the mouth-piece of that party in this county,
as its humbug is echoed here regularly by the
Abolitionists. These new spapers being the ac
credited and acknowledged exponents of the
Opposition faith, whatever they publish and
i endorse, must be received as the doctiines of
their party. Therefore, the article which we
have just alluded to, proves that Abolitionism
simon-pure—tier rit-Smith-Lovejoy Abol it ion
ism—is one of their doctrines. The article
i reads as follows :
'■. ILLINOIS.—The fight wayps hotter and hot
ter in this State troin day to day. The fever
heat of 1856 was cold to it. On the night of
the 25th, Frank Blair and Senator Trumbull
addressed the assembled multitudes ai Alton on
the great issue of the day. I eri/y, the blood
of one of ike first mnrhjrs in the cause of free
dom has proved the seed of TRUTH. In that
very place, twenty-one venrs atro, Lovejov was
slain. NOW THE PEOPLE FLOCK IN
THOUSANDS TO HEAR HIS BROTHER
PROCLAIM THE DOCT ft I N Id S FOR
WHICH THAT BLOOD WAS SHED."
Every body remembers the Lovejoy riots at
Alton, and that Lovejoy was a rampant Abo
litionist. The brother of Lovejoy ailuded loin
the above article, is at present a "Republican"
!T""T.ber of Congress and one of the leaders of
that party in the State of Illinois. Therefore,
if he is now, as a "Republican," proclaiming
"the doctrines for which his brother's blood was
shed," (as the forth American has it and as
the Somerset Herald and Whig re-publishes)
then surely, the doctrines of the "Republican"
party, must be identical with those of Aboli
tionism. Out of their own mouths, therefore,
have we convicted these charlatansol the charge
which they so vehemently deny, viz : that theij
are Abolitionists.
!LP*The editors of the Abolition organ sadly
displeased at the large crowd present at the
Democratic meeting on Monday evening of
Court Week, and still more sadly disappointed
at their own miserable fizzle on the Tuesday
night following, are venting their spleen upon
the heads of Judges Snively and Hartley. They
say that Court was held on Monday, in order
to keep the people in town for thp rLmw.i;-
meeting in the evening. lo show the utter
groundlessness of this charge we need but refer
to the fact that Court was held on Tuesday, 100,
in the forenoon and afternoon. The Court did
no more than its duty, in attending to such
business as it found it important to dispose of.
PARADE AT SCJIELLSIJURG.
Friday last, the anniversary of Perry's Vic
tory, u as celebrated at Schellsburg, by the Bed
ford Riflemen, commanded by CAPT. SANSOM,
and the Schellsburg Black Plumed Riflemen,
CAPT. RITCHEY, the whole under the direction
of BRIGADE INSPECTOR EVANS. The military
and citizens were addressed by Mr. EVANS and
Dr. G. H. KEYSER, of Pittsburg, who, we are
told, both acquitted themselves admirably.—
The whole affair is said to have come oil very !
pleasantly. The "Black Plumed Riflemen" is
the name of a new company just started at
Schellsburg, and, we are informed, makes a
very fine appearance. Capt. Sansom's compa
ny is always nu fait.
PIC NIC AT THE SPRINGS.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School of this place,
had a pic nic at the Springs, on Thursday, the
9th inst. At an early hour in the morning,
baskets filled with refreshments for the occasion
were taken to the school room and thence to
the Springs. Shortly after, children arid teach
ers followed. The place and the day were de
lightful, and every thing "gotten up" for the
occasion was fine and pleasing. While some
amused themselves by strolling through the dif
ferent windings of the surrounding hills, others
rolled ten-pins, and some had possession of the
different bathing rooms, making the welkin
ring at every plunge they took into the water.
All returned, gieatly pleased, and feeling like
j repeating at some future time, the happy scenes
| of the day.
SHUCKING ACCIDENT.
On Thursday of last week, a little lad a sob
of Mr. Jacob Ringler, of Somerset county, came
to his death in the following dreadful and heart
rending manner:
In company with his urscle, he was coming
to this place, with a wagon-load of boards, and
when about a mile from town was about passing
another wagon going westward, at which time
he was walking in the rear of his uncle's wag
on. As the team going westward was about
coming abreast of him, the tongue of the wagon
struck him down and before the horses could be
checked, the wheels had passed over his head,
crushing it in such a manner that life was ex
tinct in an instant.
day iast week, as Mr. Frank Clem
ens, a young man in the employ of Robert
Fyan,Esq., of this place, was handling a loaded
pistol, the piece was accidentally discharged,
itiie contents striking the palm ot his left hand
and mangling it horribly.
EAGLE SHOT.
A grev eagle measuring five feet six inches
from the tip of one wing to that of the other,
was shot a few days ago, by Mr. WIN. Gracy
ol Juniata Crossings. Great country this for
eagles and "sich like."
Anti-Leeomptonites of Schuylkill
county have nominated a MR. CAKE for Con
gress. — Exchange.
It is our opinion that that Cake will be
dough about the twelfth of October : that is, if
he isn't "done brown" by WILLIAM L. DEVVART.
Our Congressional District.
A few weeks ago we gave a statement of the
vote in this Congressional District at the sever
al elections for a member of Congress. Below
will be found a statement of the vote for Gov
ernor in the District at the last election. It
will be seen that the Democrats had a clear
majority of upwards of a thousand over the com
bined American and Republican vote:
Dem. Repub. Amer.
Counties. Packer. Wilmot. Ilazelhurst.
Adams, 2363 1900 58
Bedford, 2338 1568 398
j Fulton, 817 570 9
Franklin, 3186 3058 91
Juniata, 1108 1035 20
9812 8131 576
Packer's majority over Wilmot 1681 !
" " " both 1105!
We feel satisfied that this majority, large as
it is, can be largely increased for Air. Reilly.
Fulton county will give him at least 300 ma
jority.—Fulton Democrat.
From California.
The steamer Star of the West arrived at New
York, on the 10th, from Aspinvvall, bringing
Hews from California to the 20 uli., and •$!,-
(>96,61)3 in treasure. Owing fir the laig" num
ber of arrivals from all parts of the woil i, tiie
San Francisco markets were overstocked with
goods, and a corresponding depression in trade
prevailed. The political campaign in Califor
nia had fairlv opened.
The news from the new gold country were
more favorable.
Advices to the Mth trom the Fiazer river
country were received by the Panama, which
arrived on the iSth. The river had fallen, and
the miners generally doing better.
The Indians about llumbold Bay are exceed
ingly troublesome.
A Mr. Thomas Doyle is the or.lv passenger
known to have been lost by the recent disaster
to the steamship Oregon, which ran ashore on
Point Reyes. A collection made by certain
benevolent individuals for the relief of his lam
ilv amounted to upwards of six hundred dol
lars.
The difficulties between J. C. Fremont and
the Merced Mining Company still continue.—
The latter refuse to yield possession of their
vein, and the men who occupy it insist that
they will resist.
A fire at Sonora on the Bth inst. consumed
sl-0,000 worth of property. The Presdy terian
church was destroyed.
A large amottnt of w ire has been purchased
in San Francisco for the Placerville and Salt
Lake telegraph line.
The San Francisco papers say, during the last
ten days one thousand Chinamen have landed
vr .tJaomaa .
By this arrival there was no important news
from New Granada. We learn from Nicaragua
that Coi. Canty had attempted to take possession
of Punta Arenas in the name of Costa Rica.—
He was, however, opposed by the British Con
sul at Greytown, and the British naval officers,
who propose annexing the Point to Mosquitia.
This movement will, it is supposed, lea l to An
ther complications ol the Central Ameiican
questi#). Col. Cauty had left for Aspinvvall.
A flood had occurred in the San Juan river,
causing much damage to property on its banks.
Arm) Movements—Later from Salt Lake.
Sr. Loins, Sept. 10.
Desolches from Leavenworth, dated 7th
inst., revived per U. S. Express to Boonville,
states hat orders had been received for two
complies of the First Cavalry, from Col. Sum
ner's bmmand.
Th Salt Lake Mail has arrived, having been
twentt-one days on the route.
ThSVlormons were orderly and the Govern
ment >flicials attending to their duty.
Asj>on as the Associate Judge arrive the
trialsfor treason will be commenced. No ar
rests ive yet been made.
TMlndians are very troublesome about the
city, d have already killed several Mormons.
Oif family was massacred while moving
Soutl
Di Forney, the Indian Agent, uas out
amotf the tribes making treaties, and has tiius
far trfn successful.
Ti engineers are out locating the four posts
on tf Western division of the Mail route.
iXf A serious accident occurred on the Slu
benf e and Indiana Railroad, on Fridav even
ing. A front car ran offtbe track, when the
trailvas passing over a bridge near Steubn-
Villl The bridge gave way and two of the
carfpil a distance often or twelve feet. About
twiy persons were injured. An accident on
thef II River Railroad near North Bra in tree
is a! reported. Four persons were slightly in
jur|and several freight cars damaged. For the
pasfeek there has been at least one railroad i
accit per day.
■
■TA most unprovoked and brutal murder '
to ".face a few days since, near Mt. Pleasant
o!.| Two men were drinking at a house, 1
V.-Ja quarrel arose between them. The diffi- !
cui were apparently settled, but while walk- j
iu.Jme togetiier, one of them who was doubt-
U-JFazy with liqnor, first deliberately fired ■
oifl tvvo barrels ol a gun which he had I
uifuim, at a passing wagon, and then imine
dly afterwards shot his companion through
ilead, the ball tearing away a portion of his
b'|. The murderer was arrested.
TLSES KILLED nv EATING RUSTED OATS.
.an ad a paper that a gentleman recently
lid five horses into a field of rusted oats and
t® were all found dead tlie next morning.
li is supposed to be caused by a very minute
lit, which lives on the juice of the straw,
'jffie rust is it? poisonous secretions.
IKNESS AT THE SOUTH.—The yellow fever !
ontinues its ravages at New Orleans and
irieston. In the first named city, it lias
ilted great havoc, while at Charleston, the
■f of victims last week was seventy-three.
11 cases had been reported at Vicksbuig,
Jjff e fatal epidemic is beginning to spread in
-I;he country.
t, T Nre L>.:: ROt-'ND TeT.EO RAPI! TO CALIFORNIA. — '
We learn from ifre Cleveland Piaiudeal er, lb..'
Messrs. O'Reilly, Speed, and others are perfect
ing a sort of narrow prarre plough, with which
to lay an underground cable through the west
ern prairies, to California. This plough is to
cut a channel* say, three inches wide and three
feet deep, so constructed as to pay out from the
immediate heel of the plough the insulated wire ■
which will be in no way connected with the
plough, other than passing down through it as
it progresses, ft is expected that on common
prairie this plough may be driven from ten to
fifteen miles per day, tiliing in ami coveting:
the wire as it goes. The perfection .arrived at
in insulating wire with gutla perclta is very
great; the machinery is SJ perfect and conden
sed as to add much to the facility and security
ol such an enterprise.
A BANK "BLOWN UP."— The Bank of Mem
phis was blown up by gas on the (ith. The
Memphis Ledger says;
'■On Saturday lad the gas burner in the icon
vault was left burning. As soon as the atrr.os- j
pheric air within was consumed, (the oxygen it |
contains) the burner went out. When Mr. '
Roach opened the vault and lighted a match in- j
side, the gas, having filled the vault, at once :
exploded, sending him and Mr. Gillelarid with 1
great violence to the front end of the room,
bursting out the front doors, which had riot been
opened, and also breaking the heavy oaken bar k i
door into fragments, which, strange to tell, is
immediately behind the vault. Ihe vault itself
is uninjured.
RICH.—In England, lately, a suit for breach
of promise of marriage was bought by a fisher
man's beautiful daughter against a captain in the
English army, lay iog damages at $50,000. The
love letters of the gallant captain were so nu
merous, that they were printed for the accom
modation of counsel, making in all a volume of
one hundred and ninety-eight pages. The mat
ter wa finally compromised bv tfie* payment to
the injured lady of the sum of t--n thousand dol
lars, with the promise that the volume u! I Hers
should be burnt.
A CANAL THIKHGH THE ROGKV MORNTSIX-.
—During the recent debate in the British
Mouse of Commons on the subject of the i .mew
ing of the!{iidscii Bay Company's ia iliges.Lorci
Buriy affirmed that a communication might ea
sily be established between Lake Superb r and
the Pacific Ocean by the means of a ship canal
connecting the Saskatchewan and Columbia
rivers. 13 >th rivers tak" their rise in the Rocky
Mountains, the Columbia flowing west to the
Pacific and the Saskatchewan running eat to
Lake Winnipeg, a little to the north west of
Lake Superior. With the exception ofasin
g|e rapid (which might be avoided by a canal,)
his lordship Mated that the navigation of the
Saskatchewan offers no difficulty. With that
one exception, a vessel of considerable size can
be taken up to the tool of tile Rock v Mountains
and at this point there is a gap in the mountain
which interposes no gn at obstacle to the junc
tion of tiie Columbia and Saskatchew an, whose
sources are but a short distance apart. Thus a
direct communication would be established
with the Pacific.
NOBLE DOG.—(.'apt. Barrow, ol the steamer
Telegraph, on L:k> Michigan,had his boat run
down by a schooner, during a stormy night,about
the first ol tile month. He safely embarked ail his
passengers in the life lio.t: soon alter which his
♦ II .<] .*• tl U*- W rj.i,- it.- U I4v *t *-*!•
gling with (he raging billow s his Newfoundland
dng kept swimming 11 jse by bis side, frequently
placing tiis nose under the chin ,>f his master to
keep his head above water, and continued to do
so until picked up by the schooner's boat. Not
a lile was lost by the f- arful accident.
From Washington—lf ashing!on Sc/f 9.
1 lie receipts into the treasury 3a-t week amoun
ted tu nearly a million six hundred and eighty
two thousand dollars; ari increase over the pre
vious week of two hundred and fitly thousand:
the amount ou deposit to over fourteen anil a
half. Of the ten millions one hundred and twen
ty tluee thousand dollars in New York, seven
teen hundred and forty thousand have been or
dered to be transfered.
Large oodies of ice have been observed in the
Atlantic ocean recently. One was enormous
in size, being two hundred feet high and four
hundred feet long. At this season of the year ice
is seldom seen by voyagers, and the probability
is, (he summer within the Arctic zone has been
unusually powerful in sitting fiee the moun
tains of ice in that region.
Takirig a Copper Cent from a Chili's Stomach
—On .Monday last, a little girl about three
years of age, daughter of Mr. Phillip Potsdam,
living near the corner of Fifth .and Sycamore
streets swallowed a copper cent, of the old c lin
age. Ihe child suffered considerable pain, but
al! efforts to remove the cent bv cathartics or
emetics proved unavailing. The coin, however
was skilfully taken f-om the stomach by a phy
sician, by the use of an instrument inserted in
the mouth.— Cincinnati Gazette.
j Is" Ibe New Orleans papers contain the de
! ,a ''s of the advices from Mexico, of which we
i have been previously advised by the telegraph.
| I lie capture of Tampico by the Liberalists was
j furthered by the disorder and revolution among
I its citizens. General VIDACRRI seems to be on
j the high road to success being ah >ut to effect a
; favorable financial transaction. He was march
j ing against the City of Mexico.
MONSTER RELIGIOUS MEETING IN MEXICO.
1 he St. Lous Republicin has the following :
We learn that an immense number of per
j sons are in aU.-ndance at Mexico, in Adrain,
on the meeting being held there at tins time bv
; the Christian Baptist Church.
I "It is estimated that not less than three thou
j sand persons were present at sunrise on Sunday
| morning last. I'o accommodate the immense
j crowd arbors were made on each side of the
I church, with sats. so that persons outside ol
the building, as well as inside, can participate
, in the worship.
4 * I lis is what is. called a district meeting,
s being an assembling of the ministers of the
church at a certain point within the congression
al district, and their meetings are always attrac
tive, as the best talent of the church is assem
bled on such occasions."
BICHIM CM B
vvil! meet at the Court House on Saturday
evening next, the ISth inst. A full attendance
is requested. Turn ont. Democrats!
O. E. SHANNON, President.
I UMBER FOR SALE —White and
fl j Yellow Pine Boards, Plastering and Shin
gling Lath and bills furnished to order by.
REED & MINMCfI.
SIZE OF ANCIENT CITIES
Nineveh was fifteen mi'e long, nine wid
and' forty miles round. lis walls were
hundred feet high, and broad enough for three
chai iots to be driven abreast. Baby lon comprised
sixty square miles within its walls, which were
three hundred feet high and seventy thick.
The city was entered by one hundred gates of
1 brass. The temple of Diana, which was two hun
dred years in building, was four hundred Let
! high. The largest of the Egyptian pyramids is
four hundred and eighty fret high, and one side
of it is six hundred and sixty-three feet in length ,
the base of it covers eleven acres. The stones
of which it is constructed are nearly tliiity feet
long, and three layers are two hundred and
eight. The number of men employed in its
| erection was three hundred and sixty thousand.
The labyrinth of Egypt consists of three thou
| sand chambers, and twelve halls. The ruins
:of I'hebes in Egypt are twenty-seven miles
round. It had one hundred gates. Carthago
and Athens were each five miles round.
MARRIED:
On Sabbath, Sept., f>th, by D. B. Trotitmafi,
; fNo , Mr. J ..,vph If. Burns, to Miss Dvlila Bt-aU,
all of London :ci\ Township.
Ayer s barsaparillj
Jl * A compound remedy, in which we have labored
*■ ' the most rite. alterative tin t e:>n
On the 4th irist , by James Cessna, Eq., Mr.
0. P. Cessna, of Ohio to Miss Amanda Vickroy
; of Cumberland Vall-y tp., Bedford co.
At the Pattonsville Parsonage, on thp Bth
inst., by the R v. Wm. M. D-atrick, Mr. John
Ross, of Mai ia Forges, Blair countv,to Miss
Elizabeth Spiece, of Piper's Run, Bedford co.
On Sabbath, Sept., fish, by Lemuel Evans Esq.,
at (lie house ot Adam Riuard Esq , Mr. \Villiarri
Forn.an, to Miss Barbara Moggie, both of Liber
ty T nvnship, Bedford co.
By David Evans Esq., on Sabbath morning
August '2'Jd, 1858 Mr. Daniel Evans, of Snake
pr r Y.i' !• y, to Mis Mary Lowery of L >a
:! sr. ierrv Township, all of Bed!">rd co.
By the Rev. J. A. Co! n an, at tin Paisonage
iu Bloody Run on the evening of the Sih inst.,
Mr. Jeremiah Baughwan, of Bloody Run to
Mi Sarah H. E-belman, of Ray's 11:11, Bedford
count v.
Rhifiia •}.
In this place, on the '29 th lilt., at the residence
of her son-in-law, the Hon. Samuel L. Russell,
MRS. ELIZA MONTGOMERY, of Harrisburg, aged
about 55 years. She had been in delicate
health for some months ; but had come upon a
sliuit visit to her daughter, anticipating a pleas
ant time, and hoping to be benefitted by the
influences of our Springs. But, Provi
dence had.ordere/ it otherwise: and she died
after a short illness, away from home, and yet
surrounded by her children, who like minister
ing angels, gathered aiound the couch of their
devoted and much loved parent. Shp had been
a most exemplary member ol the Methodist
Epispoca! Church lor many years, and gave to
all Hi-highest evidence of tile soundness of her
faith by h-r holy walk and conversation, and
by the truly christian performance of ail the
sacred duties of sister, wife, and mother. Weep
not tor her, but foi those ol her household whose
loss is irreparable.
In tlii- Borough,on Tuesday evening, the 7th
inst., in the 'i >ih }ear of her ag -, Mrs. Marga -
et Davis, wife of Mr. John Davis, of St., Louis,
Mo., an j daughter of Elijah Adams, Esq., of
Bedford. I tie subject of this notice was re
markable, for goodness of heart and sauviiy of
manners that endeared her to a large circle of
acquaintances. It has been said of tier with much
truth that she 'never spoke ill of a neighbor.' The
world ol fashion had no charms for her, she
c!io-e rather, to "shine" around her own fireside
as ici/e and mother.
The crowning act of her life—the theme of
general remark, was the filial affection she ex
hibited and the sacrifice she made, to tender the
declining years ol an ag.-d parent, peaceful and
happy. Altlio' riot a member of any churcfi,
she died in great peace, having experienced the
consoling influence of Divine mercy a few Java
before her Death.
Oh ! Death where is thy sting,
Oh ! Grave where is thy victory,
3nnonnt e m c n t.
To the Independent Voters oj Bedford and
Somerset Counties:
Thankful for the former partiality of my fellow cit
izens <,f I his Legislative District,* 1 am again a can
didate lor ASSI'.MHI.Y and shall remain so until the
dosing ol the Polls on next election day. Should I
be so fortunate as to be le-eDcted, I pledge myself
to lulfi! thftr i t reposed in me, hone-fly and to the
best of my ability. SAMPKLJ. CASTNER.
| Wood bet ry , b.-pt. 1, ISoS.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
' f Sout/i Fifth Street, below Walnut.
The Twenty- Third se.ssio •> of this Institution will
; open on MONDAY, OCTOBER I Ith, 1858.
I he following are some of its a (vantages :
P is :he only In-titufion in the City which furnish
j ns its Students with il.isp.ta! tickets ami material
lor dissection wt i n.n r err .koe. The cla-ses are
examined daily by the Profes-ors, who take a perso
i nai interest in the advancement and welfare of every
| Student.
A limited number of young men of restricted
| means will be received as beneficiaries, paying but
j S'iO for a full course of Tickets. In all cases, the
I son - ol physicians and ot clergymen have preference.
I An announcement containing every information
| will be sent tree, on application to.
U. HOWARD RAND, M. D.
Sep. I, , ,">S. Dean of the Faculty.
PUBLIC SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
I ii\ virtue of an order of the Orphans* Court of
I>"ford county; the undersigned will self at
; public sale, on tlie premises, in Bedford town
| ship, on in,lay , the sth tlay of November,
j next, all the following described Real E-date,
to wit: A Tract of Land u i!h GRIST-MILL
and DWELLING HOUSE, thereon erected,
containing JIjACRES and 2S PERCHES and
allowance also acres of meadow ground,
adjoining lands of John Holderbaum's heirs,
John S. Ritchey and others.
lerms:— CASH, al confirmation of sale.
DANIEL HELSEL,
adin'r of the estate of Jacob H.-lsel, dee'd.
Sep. 17, 18f>8.
OTICE TO ASSESSORS—The Asses
i t B °FB elect are hereby notified to meet at
the Commissioner's office on Thursday the 14th
of October next, to receive their instructions,
books &.c.
Sept I Tih 1858 H. NI CO DEM US
Clerk to Gomm's.