THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.j
J
Rfdl'oi**!, 19. ISSB.
B. F. Meyers &G. AY. Beaford, Editors. |
A Bciniigog'tic I
MR. FI:. JORDAN*, ol "Buzzard Feast" noto- j
nrtv, entertained the Abolition meeting fin J
Tut-sdav night iasf, with? large number of his j
choiceiit and most audacious foUehoois. How j
any man "ho lav:, any claim to the r. eel of;
his fellows, or who has the slenderest vein of
hcrirsty imbedd d in his nature, can hove the >
biazen impudence to retail before an intelligent ?
audience sifch infamous and unmitigated falsi
ties as those of which Mr. JORDAN deiivei o
himself on that occasion, we are utterly at a loss |
to comprehend. His friends who witnessed I
his shameless disregard for truth, must have j
hi ashed for him when they saw him thus deba- j
sing nin.s. If at the filthy shrine of demagngism. j
One thing is certain, and that is it Mr. JORDAN \
desires to he considered an 'ionesi mm in the I
future, he must stick a little* closer to the lrulh j
when he un.iei takes to instruct the people on j
political subjects, than he did in his harangue j
on Tuesday •. vet: eg l ist.
Mr. JORDAN said among other things, that in ;
135S the Democratic baltl -cry was " Duchan - |
an end Free Kansas." This we pronounce A ;
DELIBERATE AND UNQUALIFIED LIB, j
and challenge its author to the proof. It is well j
known that the Democrats everywhere pro-;
claimed it to be their doctrine that the people
of Kansas should decide* for themselves, whether
they would have a Free or a Slave Constitu-i
tion. The Democrats never said that they
would make Kansas a Free State.
Mr. JORDAN further said that the Democrats
established the present TaritT regulations, which :
we also BRAND AS UNTRUE. But sixty-.
Jive Democrats, according to Mr. JORDAN'S own ;
admission, voted for the present Tariff on its fi
nal passage. The House of Representatives is
composed of 231- members, and as Go i. nut a
majority of that number, even according to Mr. j
JORDAN'S own statement, the Democrats can
not be held responsible fur the passage of that
Tariff. Besides the Opposition had control of
the House at the time that measure was adopt
ed, as is shown by the fact that BANKS, Black
Republican, was elected Speaker, and what
clearly and conclusively proves that the said ;
Tariff was an Opposition measure, is the fact
that LEWIS I). CAMPBELL, of Ohio, the chosen
leader of the Black Republicans in that House,
being the Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported the bill for the establish
ment of that Tariff. This Mr. JORDAN CAN
NOT AND DARE NOT DENY. WE
CALL UPON HIM TO DO SO BY ALL
THAT IS TRUE AND SINCERE AND IF
HE WILL BUT DO IT, WE WILL PUT
SUCH A BRAND UPON HIM AS WILL
MARK HIM FOREVER FOR THE SCORN !
QLWW'm&tVE
Another falsehood of Mr. JORDAN'S is that
concerning the stationing of the U. S. troops in
Kansas, for the purpose (as he alleges) to make
it a Slave State. Those tcops were sent there,
as Mr. JORDAN well knows, to protect the citi
zens of Kansas in the exercise of their privileges
as freemen. They were sent there to save the
peaceful inhabitants of the Territory from the
bloody hands and incendiary toiches of Mr. Jor
dan's brother Black Republicans, James 11. Lane
and Captain Montgomery.
Still another falsehood of MR. JORDAN'S, is
bis assertion that the people of Kansas rejected
the Lecompton Constitution, on the day appoin
ted by the Constitutional Convention for voting
upon that Constitution. As every bodv knows,
ttie Black Republican agitators in Kansas would
not go to Urn polls on thai day, but designedly
allowed the pro-slavery men to have every
thing in their own way, so that they could after
wards charge President Buchanan with making
Kansas a Slave State. The agitators would not
vote on that day, but got their Black R"pui>ii
ean Legislature to fix another Say for voting
upon the Constitution, which they knew was
illegal and irregular, and it was on this ia<tda\
that they polled their majority of ten thousand
against the Lecompton Constitution.
And yet another of Mr JORDAN'S untruths is
hi* declaration that the Democratic party is in
favor of resorting to direct taxation for ihe sup
port of the Federal Government. We defy
Ma. JORDAN to produce any national Democrat
ic platform in which such doctrine as that is
enunciated. And yet if this hero of "Buzzard
Feasts" and Cameron orgies, had a spark offair
ness in his composition, lie would franklv
acknowledge that every far Tier, laborer, and arti
san pays at this day a higher tax on account of
the tar iff on the iron he uses, the clothes he
wears, the food he eats and the beverage he
drinks, than he would be compelled to pav if
he were directly taxed by the Government.
He would further acknowledge that the higher
the Tariff the Jess tax is paid by the wealthy
manufacturer and the more by the poor iaborer,
the mechanic and the farmer.
We have neither space, nor patience, to enu
merate all the monstrous falsities uttered by MR.
JORDAN. 0/ course he did not fail to say that
the "Hard Times" were caused by tn- Demo
cratic party. If we remember aright MR. JOR
DAN himself was a Senator tn our State Legisla
ture when the "Haid Times" commenced. He
had been in that body for three successive years
previous to the setting in of the monetary prea
sure, and if he knows so much better than
the Democratic party how to avert disaster* of
the kind fiom which we are suffering, he had
ample time in which to display hi wisdom-to
that end. Moreover bisßJack Republican friend,
Governor Pollock, was 3 office during the
same time, and the Black Republicans had i
majori'v in the Legislature several sessions
whilst the wise-acre, Jordan, was in the Sen
ate of Pennsylvania. Besides, as we have before
shown, the Opposition had control of the popu
lar branch offongress for two years previous
to the revulsion last FU. The question is, j
therefore, wt v did net th< profound statesmen
and astute philosophers, keep the "Hard
Times" from coTiing upon us 1
Rut we have already wasted more ink upon
MR. JORDAN than such a reckless falsifier as he
is worth, and we dismiss him, with the hope
that lie will yft learn to ie!i the truth before he
'shuffles o/Tthis moital coil."
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
On Monday evening last, the invincible
Dem cruts of Redford count} 1 , assembled in the
Court House, fur the purpose ol congraUtlati;.-
each other on the splendid triumph achiewd
in this county at the late election, over the coin
lined forces of the TecLless and unscrupulous
Opposition. The meeting was very large and
full of enthusiasm and good feeling. An organiza
tion was effected by calling to the chair that
veteran Democrat,
JOHN BOWSER, ESQ ,
who was assisted by MICHAEL NAUGLK, HENRY
WERTZ, P. F. LEHMAN, Er-Q., JACOB SEMLER
,
GET. W. BCYTON, THOS. W. HORTON, ESQ., and
ROBT. M. TAYLOR, ESQ., as Vice Presidents,
and IVm. Peirson, Richard Lmgdon, *l/ex-
Med rigor, Jr., as FecMarif s. J lie meeting
was then addressed by Mat. S. H. Tate, O. E-
Shannon, Esq., B. F. Meyers and Hon. Win. P.
Schell. The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted, after which the meeting
adjourned with three long, loud and hearty
cheer* for the Democratic party :
RESOLU HONS.
Whereas, the Democracy of Bedford County
maintained their ascendancy, and won a glori
ous victory,over the combined isms and fac
tions of ihe Opfwisition, at the election held on
the second Tuesday ot October last, therefore
be it
Resole?J, That we have grvat reason for
rejoicing, and that whilst we condole with cor
: unfortunate opponents in their failure to obtain
the oiiic*s after which they lusted, wo, at the
same time, are exceedingly well pleased that
j the people of Bedford county have again em
! piratically refused to endorse their anti-republi
can and treasonable doctrines.
Resolved, That, judging from the past, the
election of a majority of the members of (he
next Legislature by tiie opponents of the Demo
cratic party, will prove deleterious to the in
terests of the Commonwealth and disastrous to
! those ol the people at large; and therefore we
' regret that such has been the r-suit of the last
; campaign.
Resolved, That as the Opposition leaders and
wire-pullers, in their strenuous and unscrupu
lous endeavors to obtain votes for their candi
dates, made all kinds of promises and pledges to
the people, we intend to hold them to the fulfil
ment ol these pledges and promises. We expect
them to abolish the '"Hard
to put plenty of money into the hands of the
people, and at once to reduce the "Extra Pay"
agant fcixpendttttrev" of Government, of which
they affect such great and unbounded abhor
rence.
Resolved, Thai the Democratic parly has
always faithfully fulfilled its pledges and, there
fore, has never been compelled to change its
name, as its opponents, on account of their nu
merous tergiversations with regard to principle
and their reckie.-* violation of their promises to
the people, have frequently been forced to do.
The Democracy have been known by one and
the same name since the days of Jefferson; they
were "The Democracy," whilst battling with
Federalism, Antimasonry, Whiggery and
Know Nolhingism; they are "The Democracy"
now, when Abolitionism, Black-Republicanism
and People's-party-ism, are at one and the
same time, the convenient and synonimous ti
tles of the Opposition.
Resolved, That we re-iterate our adherence to
the pr inciples embodied in the Cincinnati Plat
form, and again acknowledge our full and un
shaken confidence in the integrity and practical
statesmanship of President Buchanan and bis
Cabinet.
Resolved, That we look upon our defeat in
this State, at the last election, as a result that
will prove beneficial to the party. Instead of
injuring our prospects for the next campaign,
it is Ihe germ of a coming triumph for the
Democracy that w ill effectually redeem Penn
sylvania from the power of our political ene
mies.
BEDFORD RAILROAD.
The Bedford Railroad Company have employ
ed JOHN FULTON, ESQ., to make a survey of
the route over which it is proposed to build the
road. MR. FULTON is a good engineer and we
are glad to hear of his selection by the company.
He will be assisted by MR. JOHN ANDERSON of
this place. We are informed that MR. FUL
TON expects to be able to make a report of the
survey in tbe course of about two months.
We have fiequentiy urged the paramount
importance of Ihe proposed Railroad, to the
people ol Bedford county. We leei that the
benefits to be derived from such a work, must
be manifest to ail. Certainly no argument is
needed with any man who knows anything of
modern history, to show that railroads are ad
vantageous to the country through which they
pass. He cannot travel fifty miles in any di
rection, without meeting the fact stnring him in
the face. \\ hy then, do not our citizens go
into the work of building a railroad, with more
spirit than they have hitherto manifested ?
Can not seventy-five thousand dollars be raised
if* all Bedford county ? especially when we are
to have a bonus of the same amount for doing
t- Friends of the Bedford Railroad, you can !
do it if you will. Try once more.
S3~A. J. COLBOKH, RQ., oi tne Somerset
Bar, was admitted, on Monday last, to the pra
tice of the Law in the several courts ol this
county. MR. COLBOEW, is a gentleman of 6oe
abilities, and iu his own county has already woo
for hiitut lfj an enviable reputation as a lawyer.
Loo# may he wave.
ARB THEY ABOLITIONISTS? j
It u denied by some of the Black Repbli- |
cans, that they hold any political sent ime it in
common with the Abolitionists. We haveslown
in previous articles that this denial is un*ppor- |
ted by the facts. We have shown that t/every
men who a few years ago were the stpporters '
of the regular Abolition nominees for president,
ate now the acknowledged leaders an/standard* j
bearers of the party palling itself "Republican i
we have shown that the newspaper organs of|
thai party in this state, have triumphantly da ru
ed that the people are now togeth
er to hear LOVEJOY, a Black Republ/tan Con- i
gressm3n, enunciate and defend the very ioc
t fines lor the assettion and prornulgatioi of
which his Abolition brother was put to (hath
by a rr.ob, twenty years ago : ve have shewn
that the Black Republican party is making war
upon the Southern section of this Union, thjt its
leaders stigmatize and denounce the peopli of
the South, merely because of th-ir exercise of
the privileges guaranteed to them by .'he Con
stitution, and that the very life's life of that par
! ty is the agitation of the anti-slavery dogma, all
'of which is likewise true of Abolitionism, and
of Garrison, Parker and Pillsbury. Hating
proved these things, it would hardly be tectssa
i ry to adduce further evidence toccmirce any
reasonable man that Black Republicarisno and
Abolitionism are identical and their ultimate
object one and the same. What fcllovs is,
therefore, addressed to the t/nreasonahh ;to
snch as are determined not to believe, thrugh
the truth Hash upon them bright and dazrhr.g
as the light of Chr stianity did upon Pau ' to
such as have steeled their heaiU and corscien
cos against Democratic testimony and would not
hearken unto the representations of a DenoCral,
: "though one rose from the dad" to testify to
i his credibility.
WIU.AM H. SCWARD, of New Yori, is the
"representative man'' of Black Republicanism.
He is recogr.izpd by all parties as the head and
front ofthat organization, which under pretence
of an ardent devotion to the principle o hu
man freedom, is secretly the bitter and u-'com
promising toe of that Constitution which guar
antees to a!! who live under it the rights and
privileges of freemen. Mr. SEWARD in a speech
male at Rochester, New Yoik,during tlie late
campaign in that Stale, spoke as follows :
"Shall I tell you what this collision means?
They who think that it is accidental, unnecessa
ry, the work of interested or fanatical agitators,
and 'Serefoi" ephemeral, mistake the case alto
gether. It is an irrepressible conflict b ttfeen
opposing and enduring forces, and it means
that the United States must and will, sooner or
luler, become either entirely a slaveholdtng na
tion, or entirely a free-labor nation. Either
the cotton and rice fields "of South Carolina and
the sugar plantations of Louisiana will ulti
mately be tilled by free labor, and Charleston
and New Orleans become marts for legitimate
merchandise alone, or else the rve fiekts and
wheat fields of Massachusetts and York
must again be surrendered by their fan|*ra to
markets for trade in the bodies and souls of men.
it is the failure to apprehend this groat truth
that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at
final compromise between the slave and free
States, and't is the existence of this great fact
that renders all such protended compromises,
when made, \aiu and ephemeral."
Now, what does this mean but a crusade a
gainst the institutions ol the South ? What
does this mean but that there must be sectional
agitation, internecine conflict, and, if necessary,
civil war, until either the South shall he con
quered by the North, or the Noilh by the
South ? And if it is a "conflict between oppo
sing and enduring forces," that is, between Free
Labor and Slave Labor, with which of these
"forces" will Mr. SEWARD and his Black Repub
lican followers cast their influence, or with
which of them do they at present co-operate?
Most assuredly not with Slavery, for that in
stitution is the subject that horrifies their
thoughts by day and the incubus that haunts
their visions at night. If not with Slavery,
then they must be enlisted against it. If a
gainsl Slavery, then are they identified with
that "enduring force," which urges the United
States to become "entirely a free labor nation."
And if identified with that "force," they are
"Abolitionists," for in that case it mast be
their prime object to bring about the total ex
tinction of slavery.
Of the declaration of Mr. Seward above quo
ted, GERRIT SMITH, Abolition candidate for
Governor of New York, at the late election in
that State, says in a recent letter :
"I am notsurebul Governor Seward's Ro
chester speech did more than all other tilings to
damage my prospects. It passed for an Abo
lition speech, especially because it espoused our
old .Abolition doctrine, that in the end all (he
Slates must be blessed with freedom or cursed
with slavery.'''
Here we have the testimony of the most
thorough-going Abolitionist in the Union, that
Seward, the leader and law-giver of the Black
Republicans, has espoused the "old Abolition
doctrine."' And if his evidence is to be rejec
ted, whose is to be received ? Truly, it the
prince of Abolitionists does not know what is
Abolitionism, then Satan does not know what is
sin.
But if Abolition testimony is not competent, we
can produce that of Black Republicans them
selves. The New York Times, an accredited
organ of the New York Black Republicans, and
a paper which advocated the election i f Fre
mont in 1856 and was a supporter of MORGAN,
the Black-Republican candidate fur Governor
of New York, at the late election, says of the
position taken by MR, SKWAHD in his Roches
ter speech-:
| tHe (Seward) elands betrre the country as
advocating the direct and effective intefertnee of
the federal for the Jtholiiioa of
eiavrry in the Southern Stele*.*
Anc! MR. SEWARD is not the only Black Re
publican leader that occupies this position.—
LI.NCOL.N-, the standard-bearer of that party, in
the late contest in Illinois, stands there with
him. The New Yorl;j7Vj6/ie, the great news
paper exponent of' Black Republicanism stands
there with him, characterizing his Rochester
speech as "clear, calm, sagacious, profound and
impregnable." The whole Black Republican
party stand th-re with hiin, for they are even
now rejoicing over their victory won in .New
York on this very identical position. Who,
therefore, no matter how unreasonable he be.
will hereafter have the hardihood to deny that
the Blaik Republicans are Abolitionists ? And
who, no matter t> what party he at present be
longs, will be reckless enough of his country's
dearest interests to assist MR. SEWARD and the
Abolition Republicans, in their endeavors to
bring upon our beloved Union, a bloodier and
more appalling CIVIL \V A R than has ever been
recorded in the annals of the world?
A BLACK REPI BLICAN JI BILEB
On Tuesday evening the great, grand
and glorious jollification meeting which the
Black Republicans had advertised for wpeks
past, came off at the Court House. We had
prepared ourselves for a spectacle quite differ
ent from that which ou that eve
ning. We had fancied long columns of grin
ning and grimacing "Woolly Heads" parading
the streets with banners floating, torches wa
ving and tranyjarencics blazing. We had im
magined thf*"*Winder of their huzzas and the
triumphant clangor of their music, the shrill
scream of their fifes and the loud rattling of
lln-ir drums. But lo ! when this great jubilee
which we had supposed would be "terrible as
an army with banners," comes to be held,
loour utter amazement, it is made up of a mad
harangue from FR. JORDAN to a "beggarly ac
count of empty boxes," in the Court House.—
"Oh' what a" fizzlt "wasthere, my country
men !"
W r e looked in vain for the rejoicing. We
listened with the greatest possible attention,
but not a single sh out could we hear. All was
.quiet save the obstreperous oratory of FR. JOR
DAN (which occasionally created a slight rattling
among the dry bones of the "Woollies") and a
periodical guffaw from MR JORDAN'S colored
friend, WILLIAM CossLUß,Esqr., who seemed to
rejoice more than the veritable Black Republi
cans themselves, doubtless having ia his mind's
eye that "good time coming" when he expects
Ma. JORDAN and his party to give him and ev
ery negro in Pennsylvania the privilege to
stand ride by side with the white man at the
fireside and the ballot box.
MR. JORDAN during the course of his pala
ver, remarked that in 1856 he "urged" both
Fremont and Fillmore, as being in favor o
Freedom in Kansas. This will be news to the
Fillmore men of Bedford County, whom he al
ways endeavored to keep under the impression
that he was for Fiilmore, and fir Fillmore on
-T- =•••* -r mo . ~,U ivi i:. j
acknowledges now, what he has heretofore in.
variably denied, namely, that he ♦ URGED
FREMONT" upon the support of the people
in 1856. He also declared that the an!i-Le
comj ton Democrats who voted the Black Re
publican ticket at the late election, were
BOUND to go with his party in th e future.—
Let the Democrats who where led astray bv the
falsehoods oi their enemies, remember this
haughty,dictatorial, overbearing pronunciamen
to of MR. JORDAN. He, furthermore, charac
terized the Old Line Whigs that voted for MR.
BUCHANAN as "SILLY CREATURES" that
were be-looled. Let the Old Line Whigs trea
sure up this compliment in their memories.
VVh-n Mr. Jordan had sweated through his ora
torii al agonies, some namby pamby resolutions
were read, after which oui friend Filler made a
few impractical rerr arks, and with his perfor
mancs the meeting closed its arduous and weari
some labors.
£7* Tim next regular meeting of the "Young
Men's Chiistian Association," will be held in
Ihp Lutheran Church, on Friday evening, the
261b inst., at 6J o'clock. An essay will be
read by Dr. C. N. Hickok; subject, "The Ne
cessity of Labor," to be followed by a discussion
on the same subject by members. Other in
teresting and important business will be trans
acted. Jill the Members are requested to be
present. The public are earnestly and respect
fully im iteb to attend.
T/"Rev. G. W. Augliinbaugh will preach
the third sermon in course before the "Young
Men's Christian Association," on Sabbath even
in?, the 21st inst., in the M. E. Church. The
public are respectfully invited to attend. The
other churches w ill be closed.
over nor has fixed the 30th of the
present month as the day fur holding a special
election in the Berks district, to elect a mem
ber of Congress to fill fhe vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Hon. J. Clancy Jones.
35f"The Detroit Free Press, ol the 10111 inst.,
says every probability is in favor of the election
of Davis (Deinocra 1 ) to Congress, in the fourth
District ol Michigan. If this is so, the Dem
ocrats have gained two members: and have
half trie delegation from that State! Huzza!
XT"We were unable to obtain a full list of
lb- officers of the Democratic meeting on
Monday Evening, and if any of our f.iends have
been overlooked, they must excuse us this time.
[CT'Gov. Packer has issued his proclamation
announring fhe election of John M. Read, as
Judge ol the Supieme Court of Pennsylvania,
for fifteen years from the Ist Monday of De
cember next.
!T7~The President ha, tendered the Gover
norship of Kansas to Ex. Gov. Samuel Medarv,
of Ohio. • '
THE lirTY OF DEMOCRATS.
The Albany ~irgus, thus alludes to the recent
deleat of the Democratic party, and their duty
iu the future :
"The State elections of 1858, are now p3st.
Whatever ol feeling or controversy among Dem
ocrats may have characterized thein, and weak
ened and broken our power, for the time being
in any S'ate, has gone by, and it is better and
wiser to look to the future, than to dwell on
present heartburnings or indifference. The
success of the Democratic party in ISfiO, from
this time lor ward, should be the govei ning mo
tive ot the political action on the part of Demo
crats. All minor considerations, all local con
troversies; all impulses, to punish real or fun
ded iiijuiies, should be merged in the para
mount consideration of carrying the next presi
dential election. Not mere!. the prosperity of
the Democratic party and the interests of it
members, but the higher duty of patriotism and
fidelity to the interests and honor ol the coun
try requires this action. For ourselves, we
shall endeavor to act 011 the rule which we
shall recommend to others, apd recognising no
personal or political interest, labor to promote
the general success of the Democratic cause,
and especially to build up and strengthen the
Democracy of this State, so that in the great
contest, two years hence, the thirty-five votes
in New Yoik may, beyond peradventure, be
cast into the Democratic side of the scale and
cause it to preponderate in favor ot the nomi
nee of the Charleston Convention, upon whom
soever that much coveted designation may fall.
; We think that the Democrats of this State
i should fee| a pride in relation t. the position
j of New York in the next Presidential contest,
1 which should subdue all internal jealousies,
: consolidate their efforts ami their strength, Cad
j them into harmonious and etieigetic co-upera
| '.ion,and prepare them to asseit in that great
struggle the power of this State in behalf of the
j grand national principles upon which their par
j ty is found* d.
INDIANA AM) OHIO.
Tlie Democrats won a splenid victory in In
dnanaon their State ticket, electing it hv ma
jorities varying Iroin 3000 to 5000. The I.e
gisla'ure probably is tie, arid the Democrats lose
two members of Congress.
Our loss in Ohio is by no means so serious as
we at fust supposed. We have nine members
in the present Congress. They w ere elected
two years ago, and eight of them by bare plu
ralities, the Democrats having a majortv in but
one district in the State. The muj mty was
then on the State ticket forty thousand against
us, but the opposition were divided. Now toe
op.. ilion aie united, and instead ol one we have
ma;'"! ities in six districts, ar.d in three ether di*-
tncts the aggregate majority against us is les
than five hundred ; and instead of being defeated
by 405,000 on our Stale ticket, the majority a
gumst us will not be more than 17,000. This
result is rather encouraging than otherwise.—
The ■ poositi'.ni can make rio more fusions to in
crease their strength ; and the steady Democrat
ic gains which we have been making every
year will soon bring the opposition majority
down to nothing, even if it continues united.
jn*. The Next Congress.
TIIW Washington States contains the follow
ing speculations on the political complexion of
the m-xt Congress.
"The next Congress will be Democratic to a
certainty. Our readers may rely on this as a
"In the electons which have already taken
place for members of Congress, the position of
parties stands: Democrats 19, Republicans
102.
"The Stales vet to elect are Alabama, Con
neticut, ( alifornia, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou
isiana, Mary land, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Tixas and Virginia, which
elect eighty-six rn>mbert. In the present House
they stand as.follows,
Dem. Rep. Amer.
67 7 12
Add already elected 49 102
116 109 12
"In the States y-t to elect the Republicans
may gain two members in Connecticut, and the
Democrats will, in ail probability gain six mem
bers from the South Americans in Kentucky,
Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Ma
ryland. Such a result will make the next Con
gress stand : Democrats 120, Republicans 111,
South Americans 6, which will give the Dem
ocrats a majority ot three over all ; and if tlm
fourth district in Michigan has gone Democrat
ic, as reported, the Democratic strength in the
House will be J 21, and a majority over all of
five."
j i IIK ATROCITY CONSUMMATED. —The boy Kod-
I gers was vesterday murdered in the r>tv of New
, iork according to luxe. Since the judicial
murder ot poor Donneliy at Freehold, N. J.,
we have heard of nothing so revolting in atro
city as the hanging of this young man yester
day. the Black Repcblican Goverrmr of that
Slate, who could freely pardon a gang o* rut
; lians who perpetrated a horrible ouiiage upag|
a defenceless u Jinan, refused to interfere in ®
case of this unfortunate victim.
To shield this callous-hearted public function
ary, the mist despicable falsehoods have been
trumped up against this much-wronged voun*
man, which are copied at foil length by one o"f
the pa >ers in this city this morning. The boy
Uodgers was not a member of a rowdy gang of
juvenile ruffians ; he was inveigled into a rum
hole the night of the unfortunate occurrence,
and being made intoxicated for the first time in
his life, committed the act in a moment of phren-
I zy, without malice or premeditation ; lie was
not arrested—he was secu e'y concealed by his
friends, but his mother induced him lo "give
up, believing that he would be acquitted after an
examination, as he had not intentionally com
mitted a crime. Greatly to her astonishment
ar.d that of every body else, he was convicted
of murder in the first degree, and yesterday en-
Jed hi* life upon the gallows. What must be
the reflections of Gov. King, the judge and jury
when they look back upon this tragedy, we will
not venture to describe, VVe wouid not ex
ceauge situat.ons with them for a warantee deed
of the whole surface of the globe PMla. Ar
gus, 13LL
SORROWFUL.—A woman, formerly O I New
ark, N. J., but who, for the past year, had been
living in Chicago, a few days since started
with a sick child in her arms, to return to New
ark. When near Cleveland, Ohio the child
died in her arrrs, The mother, disconsolate,
and far from friends, with scarcely money
enoagh to reach ho ne, rather than Jrave her
babe among strangers, continued on her journey,
and reached iNcwark. -taring tirritd th d-ad
tnfani in her arm* the entire dwUnse.,
Kansas Election.
On a careful examination of the return ! rf
y !l' l/, ; r ays the Kansas HtmT,
<>J breeJom,-we find the conservative Pre* \i
men and the Democrats, have twenty four JJ!
"f h.rty-n.he members. These two nan?
will be able lo 3d lojwh-r to p.,,. nt T'"
•nd by , h .
Abolitionists, and will che. rfullv co-operate
rrepane.., k filthy code of" laws
I► i Mtory It Blown and Nemaha countie Ssh .„
have Herted a mode,ate man, and Marshall
shall have elected another, as we presume ■
the case, then th • conservatives will havtwen?
.-ix in tin- Legislature. U'e are satisfied W ;,S
the result in the Territory, as u-e know our
friends wt.l he, 3 ,.,| vve '.rust our radical our**
n nts will find equal causes lor rej .icing.
Doii't 'lake Thru.
In the Novemh r number of Peterson•,
Counterfeit Detector the following Hanks ar *
set down as "Doubtful Pennsylvania Banks
Business men an J all others should refuse to
oive the r notes ;
Rank of Crawford Comity, M-advi!!?
Central Bank of Penn'a, Hoilidavshurg.
McKean County Hank, Sbamokin.
Tioga County Bank, Tioga.
Warren County Bank, Warren,
T/ A hestntit street gambling establish
ment was broken into by the Philadelphia pj.
lice on i uesday, and there was a great "hurry
fo and fro" among the crowd of surprised play
ers. One gentleman crawled into an ash ' box
several others jumped out through a back win
dow, and lacerated their legs by failing , ntu „
skylight, while a stout gentleman undertook to
conceal his entire person by crawling into a
tli.ee-perk coal-scuttle, from which he"was fish
ed out by the coat tails, hall dead Irom Bight
The officers arrested the proprietors and brought
aw ay a fine gambling apparatus.
cowardly murderer of the Baltimore
policeman is known out of his native city. Th
j Washington Star savs he is the nmr'person
| "who hecdfd the rr.no in t|,e ehctim riots of
, i9>7, armed with a large tomabauk, which h
! blandished among the terrified voters in a man
ner to dtive m.mv from the ground, lie i|
,be recognized by most of our readers who were
i present on the occasion above referred to
| who will never forget tns bull head, short-crop-'
I ped hair, iron-toed boots, long legs, and the
j devilish weapon with which he clove his <vav
among trie legal voters of Washington, scatter
ing them before him like so many affrighted
' sheep.'*
SIN..; tun RAILROAD ACCIDENT. —On the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, about 13 mile*
from Mitchell, a singular accident happened
lest night. The middle car got off the track
and crossed a bridge, breaking every tie on tht
mad, and in that condition went a quarter of®
mile. No one was hurt, but aii were very
much frightened. The train was going at th#
rate of half a mile per minute when the acci
dent occurred, which accounts for the off-jf
tbe-track car being dragged a quarter of A mils
before tiie locomotive could be stopped. It was
certainly very singular that this middle car
should thus go along off of the track without
displacing the car behind and the car before—
Such an accident may never again happen
without throwing the whoie train off the track,
and wounding or killing sombo!V.— Lou i* villi
Courier.
I .vDEsoK' t.'N n. A lady correspondent ef
the New Orleans Picayune utters to:s Mmect
touching the slaves ;
"I have reason for believing that the free t*.
~ro-s employed on our finest steamers av
stewards, are nearly all trained and paid to us*
their influence a! all times, and in all conveni
ent places, to prevail ii|>op our servants to ab
scond, They meet them at Cairo, and from
that point defy all efiorts made to recapture. I
lost a valuable man in this way, enticed nwav
by the steward of the Diana—a negro who has
been engag-d in this way some years—and at
this moment I have .n my possession a card of
his house, ; i Chicago, where he receives hit
colored friends—they paying him well for bit
troubl", as a matter of course."
Mil. JONES'S CONFIRM ATION.— A rumor Fa
j gained currency that Senator Douglas would
' oppose the confirmation of the Hon J. Glaocv
] Jones as Minister to Austria. A Washing!™
J correspondent of the New York Timet notice*
i this report, and writes that "the intiinsl"
j friends of Mr. Douglas, residing in IVa-dungf;..,
i say t ;i at he will wage no vvat tipou anv p-op-r
j appointment of Mr. Buchanan."
i BLOODY DOING*.— ON the 20th of JA-t Sr ~
; (ember, Eidr.-d Ward shot William IV. Smith
id. a!, in Shreveport La., ami inrUi>ii\ ileJ.—
He was hotly but ineffectually pursued, and a
large reward offered f or his apprehension. Th
next night he was recognized, in Wondvjl]*,
Texas, ami s-veral inert attempted to arrest him,
I Which (hey affected, hut not until he had shot
JJoh'i F. Bai nes through the heart, and danger
■Busly wounded John F. VVaiker. Ward war,
lf, badiy wounded, and was safely lodged
iin Shreveport jail, although an attempt was
made by the citizen* to Lynch him.
THANKSGIVING DAY. The States which cel
ebrate Thanksgiving dav on the 25th, srs
Maine, \ ermont, New Hampshire, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland,
Mississippi, A labama, Missouri, lowa, Min
nessota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Wis
consin. New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania stand apart, and celebrate the JSth; an t
yet notwithstanding the array of names on th>
other side, these three States contain more than
one-fourth the population OF the Union, to say;
nothing of the mateiiil interests.
CAI.iron.NIA ELECTION. —TIie official vole OF
California shows the following Democratic,
majorities: For Supreme Judge, 8,401 ; Stale
Controller, 16,526. A pre'tv good day'S work
for the Democracy of the Golden Slate.
GREAT SHOOTING — MR. John Turner and
Mr. R, A. Barnewell, two crack SPORTSMEN,
made a trip lo Womelidorf, Berks county, A
bout 96 mile* from Philadelphia, on a gunning
excursion. They WETE out five days, and re
turned to Philadelphia with 395 patridges, 5
woodcock, a number of larks, 27 rabbits, AMI
several other specimens of game.
A GREAT shaving match against lime, was
recently performed in England, near J>eds.--
A "Professor Carrodtia," attended by three TFT
therera and five strappers, engaged to SHAM
seventy nyen in siatv minutes; and succeeded In
performing the task TUTT RNMUTES within TH*
specified ti-na.