fBE pre ill) GAZETTE.
Ist'<!ioa*tf> October YSF S BS£.
B. F. Meiers & G. W. Fen ford, Editors.
THE XEWS.
Washington Irving, the great American au
thor, is lying very ill at Tarrv!own. His extreme
old age and delicate bodily organization render his
recovery very doubtful.
The "fight for the championship" between
Morrissey and Ileeraii, came off at Long Point In
land, Canada, on Thursday of last week. Eleven
rounds were fought when Moirissey wn, declared
the- victor. Hrw "civilized" we are; to be sun!
The overland mail from St. Louis to Califor
nia, is considered a "fixed fact." It leaves the or
--uief place on Monday and Thursday mornings. Let
ters intended for this route should be endorsed "O
veriand Mail." The price of postage on single let
ters is three cents. No r.ewspapeis can be forwaril
ed l>y fbts route.
Mrs. Twiggs, convicted of the murder of her
husband and .Mrs. Claik, was executed at Danville,
on Friday last. Bbe died protesting her innocence.
A Washington ietter writer s'ates that be
tween §BOO,OOO and SJOu,O;iO will be required for
the volunteers engaged in the service against the
Florida Indians, until the removal of hilly Bow
legs and his band.
The French Government ! ave disavowed the
operations of Monsieur Belly in Nicaragua. Belly's
plans were not well digested.
. Vice President BrecUenridge has written a
letter to the Illinois Democratic State Committee,
in reply to an invitation from the latter to address
the Democracy of Illinois, in which he takes occa
sion to say that he could not approve of the couise
of Senator Douglas on the Lecompton question, but
nevertheless, as the standard bearer of the Illinois
- Democracy in their present struggle w ith Black Re
publicanism, he hoped that he would be re-elected
to the Senate.
The New Yorkers are at present having a
i "sen,at ion" over anew foreign musical prodigy,
yclept Piccolomini.
to 3000. The "Hoosier State" is always O. K.
The Atlanti c Telegraph Cable has ceased to
"work." The mysterious Knglish electrician, De
De Santv, has at last ackr.nw .edged its
late and continued impractical;;!.'.y.
The result of the late elections, notwithstand
ing the defeat in this State, leaves a Democratic ma
jority of 17 over the Black Republicans in the next
Congress.
The LegUiulure of our State, is this year
largely KnowN oth in g-Black-RepnLl can and
Whang-doodle. I.ook out for favoritism io the
Railroads and Banks, and for bribery and corrup
tion generally. The K. N. B. R. W. a have .'•>
majority on joint ballot.
Hon. Win. H. English, of Indiana , the author
of the much abused "English Lecompton Bill," has
been re-elected to Congress, by nearly 2000 majori
ty! Wonder who was "rebuked" by I Lis result.
Hon. Gay lord Church, of Crawford county,
fcas been appointed by Governor Packer, Judge of
the Supreme Court, vice lion. Win. A. Porter, re
signed.
The President has appointed Hon. J. Glancy
Jones, of Berks county, Minister to Austria. This
is another mark of favor to Pennsylvania from Mr.
BCCHAN,N.
Kirr.ber Cleaver, Esq., of Schuylkill eo., a
prominent Native American politician, died a few
day sago.
Gen. Denver has resigned the Governorship o!
Kansas and is at present on his way to \V ashington.
lipnroßU cot nt\ v nnn'vw
lihUi "KU IAU r > c( * v>; V at th(l lwe electkm
2)2 votes less than JA-. PI I'.NS, JR., and 179
I.KSS THAN DAVID HAY. Still, notwithstanding
this emphatic protest of the people of Bedford
county against Mr. Williams being their repre
sentative, he (Williams) is forced upon them
in that capacity, by the people of a neighbor
ing county. We do not attach any blame to
the latter for exercising this tyrannical power
over us, for, doubtless, they believe that the
law gives them the right to do so. But what
shall we say of the men who made this law, that
thus robs us of our rights, anil places us under
the dictatorship of another county! What
shall we say of that legislator who as a citizen
of Bedford county, betrayed our sovereignty in
to the hands ol others ? \\ hat shall we say of
KUANCIS JOUDAN, who, w hen in the Slate Sen
ate, for no other purpose than to serve his own
|k>l itica 1 ends, connected Bedford with Somerset,
as a Legislative District, when he knew that
each of the two counties was separately entitled
to one member, and that by linking them to
gether, as he did, he would smother the voice
of the people of Bedford county and make them
dependent for their representative in the As
sembly, upon the will of the people of Somer
set ?
Citizens of Bedford county ! you have pro
nounced against Geo. W. Williams and yet he
will go to Harrisburg and act as >-our represen
tative. Somerset county says you mint take
hint, no/ens, vnlens, as your representative.—
Somerset riacks Francis .lonian's whip over
your backs, and you roust obey. What a bur
ning shame, that you were thus sold, betrayed
and disfranchised by your unfaithful and un
sr (upulotis Senator I
I'bfThe Daily .Yew s doesn't ii'ue our "bit*
rooster." The Black Republicans generally
don't like him. We are sorry for it, tut that
old rooster ran no more keep from crowing af
ter an election, than the Daily .Yews ran from
lying before one —and so we do not try to con
trol inm, hut just let hi.n have his own wav.—
His propensity for crowing and that id the .Vers
for yarning, ate traceable to tlie saint* cause—
"force of habit."
WILL MIL WILLIAMS It LSI UN ?
GEO. \V. UTLI.IAMS is beaten in Bedford
countv, bv 200 majority. The p, ..! ■* of ' i.-
county have emphatically detuned that ti■ • y d■>
not desire his services a! Harrisbui-g. Will
Mr. WiHiarr.s, notwithstanding his repudiation
by his fellow citizens of Bedford county, have
the impudence to claim a seat in the next Le
gislature, as their representative? Under such
circumstances, would not any man who has
anv' respect for himself, at once quietly resign ?
FIFTY SIX AYD FIFTY EIGHT.
The aggregate v!e for President in this State,
i ISsti, wa5+60,395. Of this number, 230,-
; 710 were reo ived by Mr. BUCHANAN, and the
j remainder, 229,685, were cast for} MESSRS.
j FREMONT and FILLMORE. At the election just
i held, the aggregate vote of the Slate, was only
369,'2+6, showing a loss on the vote of 18.'>6,
of 91,1+9. The Democratic vote was 171,120;
the Abolition vote, 198,116 ; showing a Demo
cratic loss on the vote of 185G, of 59,590 and
an Abolition loss of 31,569.
It is plain, judging from 111 jse statistics, that
Penn-y hania is unchanged in her political sta
i tiis. She is still, as she has been, from her
i ' '
earliest history, a Democratic State. The
! Opposition have not made any gains ; on the
r.iher hand they poll, now,over thirty thousand
i votes less than they did two years ago. They
i heat us this Fa!! only by getting a fuller turn out
than ours, and it will, therefore, be but necessary
1 for the Democracy to bestir themselves, at the
, next election, to wrest from their foes the su
j premacy which they have just obtained.
JOiLY C. k'YOX.
W ■ have before stated that we were surpri
i sed when we saw so rank an Abolitionist as
I John ('. Knox selected by a Democsatic Gov
ernor as his constitutional adviser. We art
still nio-e surprised to find that notwithstand
ing Knox's speeches against regular Detnocrat
i ic nominees—notwithstanding his conspiracy
• with John \V. Forney' and other renegade
Democrats, to defeat the very man whom Gov.
Packer appointed to office and whose nomina
tion l.y the Democratic party was brought a
bout by the fact that he was ttie Governor's ap
pointee — we repeat, we are still more surpri
! sed to find that afl.-r such conduct on the part
of Knox, he is si ill suffered to hold 11is place as
' Attorney General and to batten upon the emolu
' ments of a Democratic Administration. Is
' Knox hi tter tiian any othef traitor, that his
treachery should thus be winked at ? Does Gov.
Packer fear his displeasure more than he does
that of the great party to which he owes his
present position ? Or, (as we have (ward it in
timated, but which we do not, and can not be
| lieve) does the Governor sympathise with the
movements of his traitorous and disorganizing
Attorney General ?
; HT" R -ad the interesting letter of Gov. Den
j ver, on the first page. The Governor's state
: inents prove w hat we have frequently asserted,
I that the Free State, or Abolition, party in Kan
sas, were the authors of the troubles in that
j Territory.
j A LITTLE HIGH. The Abolition newspapers
j have been claiming the election of their State
j Ticket by 40,000. It seems from the official
! returns, that their calculations were only about
13,000 too high !
NEW Goers —Our merchants are getting
their new goods and all who desire to invest
!
j with them can be amply accommodated. Ke
\ member the knights of the yardstick !
Atlantic MotUfdM.—Tb TK-■
. ~u,iii>-s and others ol the great lights of
American literature,are contributors to the
"Atlantic." Since the death of Putnam's Month
ly, this magazine has occupied the position of
the leading monthly in the United States. It is
published by Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston,
Mass.
Graham's Magazine. — We have a pride in
'•Graham." It is a Pennsylvania book, and as
Pennsylvanians we should be proud of it and
render it a support commensurate with our
State pride. There are other Pennsylvania
magazines, it is true, but "Giaham" was the
pioneer in its peculiar field of letters. We snv,
therefore, mv/c "Graham !"—Watson 5c Co.,
publishers, Philadelphia, Pa.
'■The Wife's Trials," a novel by Miss Pardee,
has just been issued by T. B. Peterson 5c Bro
theis, of Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia *lrgus says : Miss Pardoe
is well known to (he readers of fiction as a neat
and beautiful writer. Her "Confessions of a
Pretty Woman," "The Rival Beauties," "The
Romance of the Harem," arid numerous other
wo;!.s, are deservedly popular, and "The
Wife's Trials" will rank with the best of them.
I. is written in a chaste and vigorous st vie, and
the tale it tells is calculated to reach the heart.
The work is gotten up in Peterson's best style,
and we have no doubt will meet with a wel
come reception from the public.
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector. — We do
not hesitate to pronounce this the best work of
its kind, extant. It is a regular Douche among
Counterfeit Detectors. No business man should
be without it.—ln the semi-monthly number
before us, we are informed that "sixty new
counterfeits have been put in circulation since,
the first of October."" Terms : Month!)' edi
tion, per annum, $1.00; Semi-monthly, per
annum, $'2.00. Address T. B. Peterson
Brothers, 396 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
IMPORTANT VERDICT. —The Pittsburg and
Connellsville Railioad (Vmpanv has obtained a
verdict against Gen. IVm. Robin-- n, Jr., of
Pittsburg, tor the sum of $6099. it appears
by a >' >!etn"nt in the Pittsburg Chronicle, Gen.
Robinson subscribed lor one bundled .shares of
the stock of the com} any in 1 So7, w hen Gen.
l.nrimer was Pres dent, but never paid up. —
Piie deb nee was that the subset ipti m was made
at the instance of Gen. Larimer, with 'the un
derstanding that Gen Robinson would never be
called upon to pay it, the company desiring on
fy to have the influence of his name. It was
further contended that the slock had been trans
ferred by Get). Robinson to Gen. Larimer, and
by the lattir to the company, and that therefore
auv claim that might have existed against the
defendant was extinguished, and the plaintiffs
c> -) Id not recover. The jury however thought
otherwise, and gave a verdict against Gen. Rob
inson for the whole amount of stork, with in
terest.
PENNSYLVANIA ELEON.
.
COUNTIES. POSTER, RE,D. I RCSFRAZER.
Adams 2,246
Allegheny b,508 10,037 H,f 9,937
Armstrong 2,003 2,350 1,5 2,361
Beaver " 1,152 1,861 1,1 1,870
Bedford 2,007 1,811 2,0 1,831
Berks 9,651 5,021 9,7 5,010
Blair 1,679 2,711 1,6 2.696
Bradford 1,096 1,632 3: 1,632
I
Butler 1,981 2,531 1,97 2,527
Cambria 2,100 1,671 2,!( 1,651
i Carbon 1,263 1,167 1,2:: 1,100
I Centre 2,060 2,361 2,08 2,379
Chester 1,712 7,371 1,71 7,371
! Clarion 2,185 1,366 2,11 i,277
Clearfield 1,511 991 1,19 961
: Clinton 1,367 1,210 1,3611,239
j Columbia 1,902 1,458 1 90'. i ,136
j Crawford 2,111 3,070 2,0213,109
I Cumberland 2,811 2,50 1 2,8 302,198
Dauphin 2, ISO 3,341 2,3023,204
| Delaware 1,604 2,818 1,61(32,780
Elk 519 353 501 310
i Erie 1,921 3,233 1,529 3,187 i
j Fayette 2,52? 2,205 2,4511,117
Forest 70 ' ' 52 81
Franklin 3,060 3,385 3,085,381
Fulton 730 565 723 575
| (Ireene 1,911 812 1,777 816
! Huntingdon 1,300 2,079 1,290 ,075
Indiana 1,110 3,027 1,116 ,999
! Jefferson 1,153 1,257 1,121 238
i Juniata 1,215 1,216 1,201. ,i? 9
, Lancaster 6,066 9,92.) 5,099 ,813
| Lawrence 601 1,923 581 867
j Lebanon 1,508 2,657 1,:>09 378
j Lehigh 3,102 2.917 2,125 2^B
i Luzerne 4,196 4,742 417 4/56
| Lycoming 2,299 2,223 2,266 225
I M'Kean 516 773 555 61
.Mercer 2,120 2,825 2,1 IS 211
M.iilin 1,122 1,166 1,198 1.91
Monroe 1,121 599 1,395 11
j Montgomery 5,525 5,;>76 5,628 5,56
Montour 770 813 711 3
Northampton 3,011 2,225 3,035 2.20
I Noithumb'd 2.150 1,631 2,281 1.99
Perry 1,628 1,791 1,631 1,91
Phi!'a. City 26,867 33,395 27,589 33,01-
'Pike 497 176 498 V 0
- Potter 198 983 180 91
Schulkill 5,191 5,703 5,183 5,78
J Snyder 1,055 1,402
I Somerset 1,585 2,475 1,585 2,17
j Sullivan 48S 307 595 23
I Susquehanna 3,951 3.121 1,953 3,1(3
I Tioga 1,119 3,0S 1 1,115 3,0il
Union 718 1,285 787 1,213
Venango 1,743 1,902 1,737 1,83)
Warren 1,097 1,605 1,064 1,583
Washington 3,677 3,906 3,509 3,919
Wayne 2,12! 1,763 2,130 1,809
Westinorel'd 4,456 3,783 4.442 3,784
Wyoming 951 811 958 81 5
York 4,529 3,942 4,550 3,973
Total 171.130 198,116
171,130
Read's majority 26,986
DEMOCRATIC RAINS.
The State elections which have taken place
this year, show large and gratifying Democrat
ic gains over the vote of 1856.
| „AIAINE h A s f retVixhE has reduced her Re-
majority of 6,000 in ? 56, down to
3,00™
VERMONT falls from 25,000 in '56, to 15,-
000.
CONNECTICI'T, which cave 10,000 for
Fremont, is Republican by oniy 2,500.
CALIFORNIA, the first free state on the
Pacific, shows a change of 1 1,000 in favor of
Democracy and the National Administration.
MISSOURI has risen from a Democratic ma
joiity of 9,000 in '56, to 25,000 in 'SS.
KENTUCKY lias run up from 7,0)0 for
Buchanan arid Breckenridge, to 13,000.
NORTH CAROLINA, which gave 11,000
for the Democratic nominees in 'SO, now gives
16,000.
Thus says the Jeffersonian, in the North as
in the South —in the Free States as well as in
the Slave States—the people are rallying a
garnst Abolition-Sectionalism, and in support
(.•f the National Administration based upon the
Constitution and devoted to the Union. And
so it w ill continue.
The Baltimore Election.
The Baltimore Exchange in an article on the
recent election in Baltimore says :
J "The fact that Mr. Swann has been re-elec
| ted to the Mayoralty by violence and fraud is
I less discreditable to our city, than the supposi
j tion that he has been retained in ofii- e by the
j voluntary suffrages of its people. The truth
! is, that there was no election on Wednesday,
nor even the forin or pretence of one. From
the opening of the polls in the morning until
their close in the evening, in nineteen wards in
the city, they were occupied and held by bands
of armed bullies who, with comparatively few
exceptions, as the returns will show, permitted
nobody to vote who did not openly show and
vote the "American" ticket. That ticket,
moreover, was so marked upon the back with a
! blue chequered oi diamond shaped pattern, re
sembling that upon the back of an ordinary
playing card, that, however folded, it could be
recognized without difficulty in the hand of the
voter. By this means, the secrecy of the ballot
was effectually destroyed, and the ruffians who
guarded every avenue to the polls were enabled
to tell at a glance whose might be admitted,
and whose were to be excluded. Not content,
however, with excluding legal voters', opposed
to the election cf Mr. Swann, an immense
quantity,—probably not 'ess than from two
thirds to three fourths of the whole number
polled—of purely illegal votes, were cast in his
favor—not only inen but boys, frequently vo
ting—nut twice or thrice, but ten or twelve
times, —not only in different wards but in the
same ward—not at different hours of the day
merely, but half a dozen times in succession,
with scarcely an attempt at concealment or
disguise. Oilier votes were polled which Were
purely fictitious —tickets being [landed to the
judges, and received by them which were false
ly represented to have been tendered by per
sons in omnibusses and carriages, who were
unable to get out and walk to the window. In
short every trick or stratagem which fraud could
invent, and every extremity to which violence
could resort, were successfully employed for
the purpose of electing Mr. Swann."
KfsignaUon of Jntfg* Porter.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. iCth, 1858.
His Excellency William F. Packer, Governor
of Pennsylvania :
DEAR SIR :—On the first day of your en
trance on official duty, I received from your
i hand a commission as a Judge of the Supreme
1 Court of Pennsylvania. The event then con-
sicierfd possible, perhaps I should say probable,
has just been realized. I have little to say ol
the means which produced it. On receiving
the appointment, I thought that being a Ju.ige,
actually sitting on the bench and deciding on
the rights of men of all shades of political opin
ion, I ought not to write a political I- tter, nor
to make a political speech. In the first place,
I was not willing to hide my claims to the olli
c , how ever small, in the shadow ola mere politi
cal question. In the next place, 1 wa3 and
am thoroughly convinced, by reading and ie
fiection, that whenever a Judge can be elected
by reason of his sentiments on any ques.i )n ol
politics, that moment the real power of the
judicial oliice will disappear. Possibly this may
be very erroneous doctrine, very opportunely
expressed, but 1 shall maintain it, while I pos
sess a moral sense or retain a rational fjcu.tj.
In the certain prospect of a defeat far more
-disastrous, not one hair's breath of it should be
! abated.
The reverse that I as occurred to the Party is of
less consequence than we are apt fo suppose.
The Democratic party is coeval with the (>ov
eroment itself, and it" will exist so long as the
Republic endures. Within its ranks men will
always be found, who remain there only to do
I with more success the work of disorganization
! The Party itself, though depressed, is not de-
stroyed. The point of its lowest depression is
I hat from which it will, of necessity, to;
rise. At this moment, I solemnly believe it to j
be the best and strongest political organization j
which has ever existed for preserving the inter- ,
estsof the whole country.
Now to the point. lam not weak enough to
suppose that the enclosed commission has had;
much to do in causing the present political ex- I
citement. Nevertheless, it is plain that the
people'of Pennsylvania prefer another person
as a Judge of their Supreme Court. In these
circumstances, it seems to rne a simple dictate ot
delicacy andj propriety to retire from the office. !
In addition to this, I ought to state that there '
are* several important causes pending in which !
I wish to take part as counsel, and these require
immediate attention. I, therefore, enclose my
resignation. The office was tendered by you
very kindly, without solicitation on my part.
I resign it gratefully, and without, as I hope,
having brought upon it a stain of dishonor.— '
p. ss was accomplished than I could have wish
ed, but I am not conscious of an act which does
not meet the approval of my own sense of duty.
'To yourself, personally,'and to those friends who
j are sending me their sympathy, 1 beg to say,
!in a word, that there is no cause for regief. 1
| return to a profession which 1 was conscious of
! abandoning too soon, and to a position at the
' bar as honorable as that which is now relin
quished, and so much more remunerative, that
comparison is out of question. Certainly, I
ought to regaid it no hardship to exchange for
the com torts ofhome, that wandering life which
the law jf Pennsylvania compels her Judges to
lead. Ifl have any regret, it is in parting
with those pure and upright men, who will re
| mam to discharge their arduous and unrequited
I work.
t..„jy^ hin<T vn "" *—'iv "AT : po KTER.
Condition of (lie English laborer.
According to some of the British journals the
condition of a large poition ot th-- English labo
rer* is truly deplorable. They can u ith great
difficulty, ram the means ot subsistence, u liile
their social corn torts are few and far between.
Various etlbrts have been made to produce a
change, but thus far with little success. The
.\'ort/iern Times , published at Liverpool, tabes
>rp the subject in detail, and in the course of a
sympathetic article, says :
We boast of our abhorrence of negro slavery ;
we romance, we moralize, and we actually
I weep over the tales ot African suffering, but we
| can not afford a passing thought tor the millions
i of white slaves w ho constitute the n.asses of our
■ iabd.-'Og population. What arethrse in reali
i!y hut rfere animated machines ? employed
' only because it has not been possible as yet to
I discover others to supersede them. As tfi-ir
! employment lias been the result of necessity,
and not of choice, the great object of tire employ
! er has been to tax the physical endurance of the
i employee to its utmost limits, and reduce the,
j the rate of remuneration to the I >west minimum. 1
j Unfortunately, the fierce competition of trade, ;
and the unnsally overcrowded state of tire labor
Mar ket, combined to render this state of things j
apparently inevitable.
What have fbej Rained?
fThe Democratic party has been defeated; but j
to which of the opposition factions does the j
honor of the triumph bel nig? It were hard to )
tell, and still harder to determine who is to be j
the gainer by the triumph. This point and;
tfi? only important one belonging to the result :
—is well put by the Philadelphia Evening'
Journal, an independent paper, in the following j
questions, which it would be good for the honest I
and well meaning voters who were deluded into i
the belief that they would be the gainers bv a s
chinge, to consider:
•'But what can they reasonably expect from
a conglomeration cf three or more feeble and 1
mutually jealous factions, which are induced to !
unite under a common name, here and there
and now and then, without any bond of hearty;
and lasting union? Suppose they carry an elec
tion, can anybody tell who or what has tri
unphed? In the odd jumble of elements, we j
cn: not get any definite result. We can't de- S
cite whether Whigs, Republicans or Americans j
are in. the ascendant, while beyond the purpose !
of defeating ibe Democrats, there is no assurance !
tb* they will hold together an hdur, or sympa
thise and co-operate in anything. Can such a
poltical ]>of pourri of odds and ends ever come !
to pod? Can efficient power for ariy object \
whitever be looked f">r from such a source?" '
INDIAN- BATTLE ON THE PLAlNS. —lntelligence
hai been received at St. Louis, of a desperate
batle between the U. S. troops and the Camali
clits, near Wachita village, in which Lieut.
Vi Camp and four men were Lilled. The
Uni'ed States .force was composed of two hun
dred and fifty tnpn of the second cavalry, under
Maor Van Dorn and one hundred and twelve
fritr.dly Indians, under Capt. Ross. The latter
otfii'f and ten men were wounded. The whites
capared a number of horses and took two htm
drei women and children prisoners.
I How THE OU) Wines Of Massachvsktta HO.
i Mr. Richard Y-adon, lle editor of the Charles
ton (S. C.)Coirier, in writing to hi 3 paper horn j
i Boston, sneaks of the prevailing sentiment of
! the Old Line Whigs of that city, the associates
and supporters of Danie! VYeust-r. Kufus
Choate has been openly with the Democracy
! since 1836, and Mr. Yeadon says :
| "I strongly hope and verily believe that VV in-
tbrop, Everett, theCurtises, Millard, and nurn*-
rou":other3, will incline the same diiection, and ;
at least be with if not of the Democracy, at the
approaching State elections. Indeed, on mv tel
ling Mr. Everett of the happy coincidence I had
j found between my h'-st and mys-tf, in that we
| were both Old Line Whigs turned Democrats,
] and expressing the hope that our example would
be numerously followed.be |,I-a.-1 r! I y p-otar,,. :
"Well, I have taken the firs! step myself in that
? diiection, as I addressed the Democratic Young
' Men on the Fourth of July.
Wear- not surprised at this. Th-re is no
other party for Mr. Everett, the great student
and expounder of V\ ashington s life and history
to associate with. It is a curious fact in our
political history, that nearly all the first das.
men of the old" Whig party , North and South,
the contemporaneous and personal friends of
Webst r and Clay,are now active Demounts,
ft i. the small men, the political tricksters and
traders, who are ready to join a sectional party,
whose frjumph would prove the death knell of
the Union—and th e demolition of the clteri-h
--ed hopes that oif J at'mnal progress has inspired
in the heaits oftiie lovers of freedom every
w here.— JSTevtark J our nnl.
DOUGLAS ON VERMONT. 1 was horn away!
down in Yankee land; I was born in a valley '
in Vermont, with the hisrh mountains around i
m. I love the old green mountains an i valleys ,
of Vermont, where I was torn and where !
played in u.v childhood. I went up to visit
ihem seven or eight years ago, (or the li.st tui •
in twenty old years. W hm I got there tney
treated in- very kin-ilv. They invited me to
the Commencement of their College, placed me
on the seats of their distinguished guests, and
conferred upon n,e the degree of LL. J. in La
tin, the same as they did on Old Hickory at
Cambiidge, many years ago, and f give my woid
•and honor I un UrslooJ just as much of the Latin
as hedid. When they got through conferring
i the honorary degree, they called upon me for a
speech, and"l got up with my heait full and
swelling with giatitude for their kindness, and
I said to them: ".My fri-nds, Vermont ij the
I most glorious spot on the face of the globe for
a man to he burn in, provided he emigrates
; when he is very young." [Speeches on trie
; St ump in Illinois.
POST OFFICE DErAUTMF.NT. —The following :
is a statement of the receipts anci expenditures
: of the Post Office Department lor the quarter
i ending on the 301 h of June, 1858, as exhibited
by the books of the Auditor of the Treasury for
that Department :
RECEIPTS.
j Amount ol letter postage $216."297.53
Newspaper and pamphlet do 140,,90 72
Postage for registered letters 6,661. SO
i Stamps sold 1,4-31,096.85
Emoluments 18,174.S3
Total $1,816,021.73
EXPENDITURES.
Postmasters' compensation $5.87,111.79
i Paul for ship, steamboat and way
letters 4,4 71.53
> * ' 1 - • orrienses of post offiice 2/i,954.20
$863,840 52
Net balance due the United States $952,181.21
The postage stamps and stamped envelopes
j used and cancelled amount to $1,310,557.34.
; Wiis'iini'toH Star.
Sat! Eveuf—Gored to Death by a Bull.
The Rev. Samuel C. Parker of Hinckley,
Medina county, met with a terrible death on
j Sunday morning, the 10th inst. He was seen
to go into a field in which he kept a bull, with
a pitchfork in Iris hand, for the purpose, as is
supposed, of driving the animal out. About an
hour after, a person called at his house to invite
him to preach a funeral sermon, and was direc
ted by the family to the field where they sup
posed Mr. Parker to be. On looking for him he
was found dead, trie body lossed over the fence,
several rods from where the pitchfj.'!: was lying.
The horns and head oftho bull were bloody, and
'lie marks] on the ground indicated that the un
fortunate man was gored and pitched along by
the vicious animal from the place where the
pitchfork was dropped to the fence, and t!;<n
tossed*completely over it.
.Mr. Parker was a Methodist minister, and
had a small farm on which he resided. A wih*
and three or four children are bereaved by the
afflictive dispensation. He was much esteemed
by a wide circle of friends and acquaint snces,
and a large concourse of people, including the
Masonic fraternity, attended the funeral of the
good ma 'i, so suddenly and so sadly removed
from their midst.
FIRE IS CLEARVILLE.
A devastating fne broke out in the town of
Clearville, in this county, on Tuesday of la<t
week, laying in ashes thiee dwelling houses
, and five shops before its progress could be arres
! ted. Iwo of the dwelling houses burned, we
I 1
are sorry to learn, belonged to our friends,
Matthew Murray and Artemas Bennett, who
are heavy losers by the conflagration,
MARRIED:
I
On Thursday evening, the Mth inst., at the
residence of Mr. James Weaver, near Williams
burg, Blair Co., by the Rev. A. A. Eskridge,
Samuel S. Ffuck, Esq., of Hopewell, Bedford
( 0., to Miss Bell C. M paver of the former place.
May the happy couple be abundantly blessed
and may the bond of their union be ever bright
and substantial, even as the gold dollar that
accompanied the above notice.
papers please copy.
On the 7th inst., at the house of the bride's
resideuewfc by Rev. David Ray, Mr. Josiah
Horn, (fowWeily of Bedford County) to Miss
Sarah A. King, all of Cedar Co., lowa.
DIED:
On the 1 Oth inst., near Pattonsville, Gilbert
Francis, only child of George W. and Anna M. I
Grove, aged thirteen months and two days.
Weep not for hiin 1 There is no cause foi woe ;
But rather nerve the spirit, that it walk
Unshrinking o'er the thorny paths below,
And from earth's low defilements keep thee back:
So, when a few fleet severing years have flown,
He'll meet theeat heaven's gat e-and lead thee on!
Weep not for him !
J. />. Cramer <Sf fo„
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND
GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
B ail and Winter ft'ood*,
all of which have been purchased since the reat
DECLINE IN PRICES EAST.
! Ouf ASSORTMENT is the best we have ever offer
i ed. including all the
i . YEW EST STYLES LY EVERY DR.
PJIRTMEAT.
i Unprecedented bargains will he offered our Iriends
! am! customer- lor CASH, or PRODUCE. A liber
j a! credit w ill he given to those only, who will
| PROMPTLY setttle their accounts every January
j by Cash or Note.
'No truu'Ji- to sho v goods.— Call -and seethe
j Bargains. A. B. CRAMER & CO.
i Oct , ~"J, 13.i&-
NEW AUTUMN
AND
Wi>cT r: U fji O O OS.
OSTEit, MAXSPEAKER & CARN.
have now in store a complete stock of
SEASONABLE DRY GOODS,
embracing printed Ryadere, Pacific mul Haniiltoa
Delaines, Robes Voleritine, Robes A'Quiila, Rich
Rlack and Fancy Silks, Saxony and Pans Plaids,
Coburgs arid Merinos, in all desirable colors from
"d") cents up. plain and printed Persian Cloth,
from i-i cts up, printed Flannels, Indian
Scotch Plaid and Bay State Blanket Shawls,
Irom ffl.fiO up, glomes and hosiery, dres triin
miri<3 and fringes, merino under shirts anil
drawers, comforts and scarfs, bleached and un
bleached muslins, in all widths, from G* cti.
up, checks, ginghams, tickings, flannels, new
•tyie fall prints, from OJ cts. up, cas-imers,
cloths a rid every other article usually kep' in a well
ASSORTED STOCK OF DRY GOODS,
Together with a large assortment of Boots and
fchoes, Hats and Caps, Glass and Qneensware,
Cutlery, fresh family groceries, lee., Sic.
'■ We respectfully invite every person to call and ex
: amine our GOODS before purchasing, as we are de
; termined to sell exceedingly low for ra-.h or appro-
J veil produce. ® 18o3.)
; I IST OF JURORS, drawn for November
I \i (,:\ Monday.) ISGS.
! v GRAND JURORS.
Josiah D Shuck, George W Buxton, Jacob Reck
' lev, Jacob S Brumbaugh, Martin Boor, Morgan Cess-
I J,a,Christopher Carper, Giiliartl Dock, George W.
Gump, John Hull, Jonathan Harkleroad, Chas. Heltx
eil. Joseph IRckman, Isaac Imler, Nicholas Koontr,
Jacob Kifer, Samuel Miller, Jacob A NicoJemus,
j John Kelson, Nathan Rub -on,-Henry Keller, James
•-t.il, Joseph St.flier, Undeor. D. Trout.
PETIT JURORS.
John Amos, Fnd'k Berthimer, Jacob Barkmai?,
Daniel Barley, Alexander Croft, George Cauffman,
: David Barns, SamuelC'anriiek, Joseph Chamberlain,
! John Conr p, John Ditrner, Adam Easter, Peter E
! wall, Daniel Fletcher, Solomon Feigbt, Jacob Hi-
I nish, Adam Ketterrr.an, Charle* Harfcl-road, Henry
IckcS, Joseph Long, Peter .Moses, Michael .North
crnit,'Bern art! O'Neal, Jacob Oster; Thomas Piper,
John's. Kitchev, David Ro and, William Kobuon,
• M.chael Smou-'e, John Smith, David steel, WRham
States, Jame-, Smith, Jacob Stuckey, liob't M Tay
; Tor, Benjamin Valentine, John H. Wilkinson, Vk'm,
! C. Wisegarver.
WHAT THEY SAY
J N
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ABBEVILLE, S. C., Auj. 21, 18-51.
Mrs rs. FARREL, HERRING & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Gentlemen—The close attention which otir own
affairs have required since the fire, has hitherto pre
vented us from writing to you about the Safe.
On the orras:cn of the lire 19-h July,by which we
suffered a large loss, our store, with a number of other
b isldin"s, was consume-!. The Sale, of your manu
.m.Hi w
on its strong iron frame, which, from its Baked and
scaly appearance, looks as though it had teen heat
ed for a long time in a furnace. The Safe, with
heaps of molten glass and kegs of nails, into a
m fell into the cellar, surrounded by burning ma
terials, and there was suffered To remain, fas the
contents bad been removed before the fire reached
■is.) untii the 2 I of August, 1-1 days afterwards.
The difficulty in cutting it open with the best
tools that could be procured, convinced us of its
power to resist the attempts of burglars, and when
it was opened, we found the .i.terior, to the astonish
ment of all, entirely uninjured by fire.
This test has so fully convince I ns of the capabili
ties of your Safes, that we would not part with the
one we have in u-e tor a large sum, were we debar
red the privilege of getting another.
Respect full V yours,
K. H. W'ARI)LAW & SOX.
"WHIEKERANDO"
HB
(WARRANTED to force the Moustache and
Whiskers to grow strong ar.d luxuriant in on#
month wl.eie there was none before. It vri 1 i
not stain or injure the skin. Price one dollar.—
Sent to all parts o! the ronntrv- M
Address, DR. S. I'. SHE!.DEN, N- York City. B
October 20, IS3S-6in BHSfi
FARREL, HERRING & CO."
130 IVainiit Sired,
P // I L A D E L P 11 I A,
Only Makers in this State, oi
filer ri n sr'u
PATENT CHAMPION SAFE,
THE MOST RELIABLE SECURITY FROM
FIRE NOW KNOWN.
Oct. 2!), 18-3 S.
REGISTER'S .VOPICE.
ALL persons interested, are hereby notified that tba
follow ingnamed accotintanf s.have filed their accounts
in the Register's office of Bedfoid County, and that
the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court in
and lor said county, on Tuesday the iyth day of No
vember, next, at the Court House in Bedford.
The account of S. L. Russell, Executor of the last
Will hie., of Mary Ann Davidson, late of Bedford
township, dec'd, who was administrator ot Marga
jet Davidson, late of said township, dec'd.
The account of Anthony Smith. Executor of the
la-t will of Hannah Ilatiey, late oi Cumbetland Valley
Township, deceased.
The account of Philip Evans, Guardnia ot Harris
son Evans, of Monroe Township.
The accounts of Jacob Kifer and David Boyer
Executors of the last will and of Christian Wine
brcnner, late ot Middle Woodberry Township, de
ceased.
The account of Simon Karn and Jeremiah Wiechr.
Executors and the last will and of Charles Weicht,
late of \\ est Providence Township, deceased.
Register's Office, ( SAMUEL H. TATE,
Bedlord Oct., I.oth 180-S \ Register.
JUST RECEIVED AT REED St
MINNICH'B.
A FI.YE ASSORTMENT
of new and desirable Fall and Winter goods,
comprising Cloths, Cassiineres, SatinetU,
Jeans, Sc.,
Ladies Dress Goods Cobuigs Marinoe Fran
caise, Lyonese Cloths, Alous. DeLains Calicoes,
and an Extra article of Black Silk.
BOOTS & SHOES,
a very supreme article.
ALSO GROCERIES
Sugar, Coffee, Syrups, .Molasses, Adamantine
Candles, a prime article of chewing Tobacco
all of which will be sold cheap for cash or
produce.