THE BEDFORD (iiZETTE.
Bedford, December 24, 1838.
B. F. Meyers & (J. W. Bedford, Editors.
THE M;U S.
ROBERT M. RIDDLE Ksq., formerly editor of
the Tittsburg Commercial Journal , died iu that city,
on Saturday last. Mr. Riddle wa-a man of briliant
parts and fine education, lie was at one time May
or of Pittsburg, and at another, Post Master of the
same city.
Congress has, as yet, done nothing of impor
tance. In the House, shortly after the meeting of
Congress, Mr.. DKWART (Democrat) of Pennsylvania,
ottered a resolution instructing the Committee of
Ways and Means to report a bill to raise the dutie
on coal and iron. Kvery Democrat from Pennsylva
nia present in the House, voted K>r this resolution,
our own member, MR. RKII.LV, included. It is
said the new member from Perks, who rode into
office on the high tariff hobby, dodged when the
vote was taken. The impeachment of Judge Wat
rous, of Texas, has occupied the attention of the
House for some time. It is supposed that articles
of impeachment will be presented to the Senate.—
MR. PiiEnrs, of Missouri, is Chairman of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, in place of J. Glancy
Jones. An attempt was made in the Committee on
Territories to tack a clause to the bill for the ad
mission of Oregon repealing that portion of the
Knglish Bill which leijuires Kansas to have a pop
ulation sufficient to entitle it to one member of Con
gress before it can be admitted into the Union.—
The proposition was lost. In the Senate, the Pa
cific Railroad Bill has been under discussion. Mr..
GREEN, of Missouri, has been made Chairman of the
Committee on Territories, in place of MR. DOUGLAS.
Senator BIGI.ER voted to retain Mr. DOUGLAS, as did
also Messrs. TOOMBS, BROW X, and other strong
friends of the President.
——Oregon is ready for admission into the Union.
She comes with a free constitution. The Demo
crats in Congress are in favo r of admitting her, and
thus sdding another to the number of free Stairs, but
the Black Republicans are determined to keep her
eut. The reason 01 this conduct on the part ol the
latter, is that Oregon is Democratic, ard if admit
ted, would cast her vote for the Democratic nominee
in 1860.
At a late election for .Mayor, in the city of
Manchester, New Hampshire, the Demociatselected
their candidate. The Black Republicans have also
been beaten for .Mayor, in Boston.
THE STATE DEBT.
We publish an article on the first page of
this paper, taken from the Harrisburg Patriot
and Union, from which our readers will learn
that our Slate finances are in a prosperous con
dition, and that under the present administration
of affairs at Harrisburg, there is hope that a
considerable amount of the State debt will ere
long be cancelled. The Auditor General's Re
port shows the Receipts and Expenditures for
the year just closed, to have been as follows :
Receipts for 185S, $1,139,778.33
Expenditures for 1838, 3)775,857.06
Excess of Receipts $363,921.29
Such is the result of the first year of a Demo
cratic Administration. l'he Receipts and Ex
penditures ot the last year of Pollock's /Opposi
tion) Administration,'stood,
Receipts for 18.)7, $ f,090,587.84
Expenditures for 1857, 5,4.07,276.79
Excess ot Expenditures 71G.CS8 95
Hence, we perceive that under a Democratic
Administration, the Slate government is carried
on, with a surplus in the Treasury, at the end
of the first year, ot three hundred and sixty
three thousand, nine hundred and twenty one
dollars, whilst under 3n Opposition Administra
tion, it cost seven hundred and sixteen thou
sand, six hundred and eighty eight dollars
more than was received into the Treasury, to
carry on the government ! Resides,
Democratic Legislature of 1857, lowered the
taxes considerably, which would naturally les
sen the revenue of the State. The people can
judge fiom this, to what party they must look
tor a judicious and economical government.
AN ECONOMICAL OFFICER.
We find the subjoined article in the Washing
ton Star, of the 11th inst. The great reduc
tion in the expenditures of the Depaitment over
which GEN. BOWMAN presides, is no more than
what was expected by all who are acquainted
with the man and know his strict honesty and
whole-souled devotion to the interests of his
country. Will the slanderers of the National
Administration, tell the people ol this instance
of economy in one of the most important De
partments of that Administration, and thus
show that they have some fairness in their com
position, or will they continue to give but one
tide of the picture, in their cuifoniary style of
caricature and exaggeration 1 We shall >e<*.
PROPOSALS FOR GOVERNMENT PATER.- —The
Superintendent of Public Printing, Geo. W-
Bowman, Esq., on Wednesday declared the con
tracts for supplying Government with paper
for the ensuing year.
At the contract price for ISSS, there vias a
saving to the Government of $12,775 GO , a
bout six per cent, over the previous contract.
The present contract prices give a savin" to
the Treasury of $35,699 33 , about twelve°per
cent, over the contract of last year for the
same amount of paper, showing in two years a
saving to Government of $38,464- 93 under
the contracts awarded by the present superinten
dent. This great saving, reflecting vast credr*
upon Mr. Bowman, is, we apprehend, not the
only instance in which he has been able to re
duce Government expenditures in his depart
ment.
The samples upon which the contracts were
awarded, are, we are told, of a very high grade,
superior, as a whole, to any paper ever furnish
ed the Government.
CHRISTMAS
w ill be with us on Saturday next. We are re
quested to state that the stores of our town will
be closed on that day. A merry Christmas to
all our readers!
Buy AVERS CIIERRY PECTORAL FOR Coughs,
AVER'S SARSATARILLA tor Scrofulous com
plaints, and AVER'S PIU> for all the : imposes
of a Purgative Medicine
CITY WEEKLIES.
There i.; a clas>- of newspapers pub!isheti in
our large cities, known by 'hi* geuetal name of
literary weeklies, which af present are pouring
upon the reading public a perfect flood-tide of
wishy-washiness and "biglt-lalntin" nonsense.
They are pitfled into circulation bv flaming
handbills, insinuated intotlie hands of the peo
ple through the medium of" gift" lotteries, and
palmed of)' upon a gullible public, by every de
vice of humbug and trickery. Such are your
-'(folden Prizes," your "Police Gazettes," your
"Star Spangled Banners," it id cmne genus.—
They all contain the "Avenger" by Sylvanus
Cobb, Jr., and that is about all they do contain,
which is a great attraction, surely. Let Ameri
can boys and girls read Cobb's "Avenger," by
all means ! Jt will instruct them in the
mysteries of every day life ; it will teach them
how to raise up families and to better the con
dition of their kind; to be sure it will ! Jt is
not merely an idle raw-head-and-Llaody-bones
story ; it contains much sound philosophy and
much that will be of use to the general reader,
it is true that its philosophies' and useful por
tions are a little hard to discover, but if they
are not discovered, the fault, ol coursp, is the
reader's and not the writer's.
But there is a wide difference between these
trashy concerns, and the bona fide literary
newspapers. Of this latter class, however, we
find but very few, now-a-days. The "Home
Journal," published in New York City, is the
only really literary weekly that we can at pres
ent call to mind. "Harpers' Weekly" ap
proaches Hie standard, but is given too much
to pictures, to be thoioughly literary. The
Boston True Flag has pretensions iu this direc
tion, but is slightly flashy and Cobb-ish. There
is more merit in the .literature of the "New
York Ledger" (always leaving Cobb out of
consideration) than some people are willing to
give it credit for. Everett's contributions will
raise it out of the slough of milk and water in
which it has floundered since its existence.—
The "Saturday Evening Post," of Philadelphia,
has some claims to the title of a literary weekly.
It is generally, however, filled with stories of
sickly sentimentalism, whilst its other articles
are often of the stalest and most unprofitable
kind. :
These Journals all claim to be neutral in poli
tics. There are but few of them that keep a
looffrom the political arena. For instance,
a few years ago, the last named ( 'The Satur
day Evening Post") published some violent
Abolition ai tides on the subject of the imprison
ment of Passmore Williamson. It is still edit
ed by the same man t w ho J wrote those articles
and therefore, we cannot recommend it to the
support of our Democratic readers. The onlv
truly independent city weekly that we know
of, is the "Dollar Newspaper," of Philadelphia;
and, by the way, it is the host family nevvspa.
per published. We have given this rambling
sketch of our notions concerning city weeklies,
for the reason that we have no [patience with
the frauds that are constantly perpetrated in
the name of literature,* and because we are
ready and willing to do our share toward lop
ping off those enormous fungi ot our litera
ture, which, if their growth be not stayed, will
most assuredly poison and destroy the tree
from which they derive their nourishment.
ffF-The content plible hang-dog villain of i
IheGazette" begs leave to say that Mr. JORDAN'S J
veracity is slightly at fault, when lie says that
ue atribute the "hard times'' to the establish- '
ment of the Tariff of 1857. Our readers can 1
testily that we never made any such foolish
assertion. We have always maintained that
i the "haid times" were caused hv the rottenness
of our banks the inflation of the currency,
and a reckless system ol speculation superindu
ced by the two first mentioned evils, and not by ;
the operation of any tariff whatsoever. On j
the contrary, it was an assertion continually in i
the mouth of Mr. JORDAN, during the late cam- J
paign, that the present low Tariff was the cause j
of the "hard tones." Hut we are not astonish
: oil at that gentleman's deliberate misrepresenta
tion of our position on this subject, as falsifica
tion ofthe record, is invariably the ground
i work of his argument. Besides ,he finds him
self driven to the wall, by Senator Wilson's
.tatement, and, therefore, must needs wriggle
. himself into a new position. He finds that
he can no longer combat the overwhelming
array of testimony brought to bear against his
side ofthe case and, therefore, incontinently
i abandons his charge that the "hard times" were
4 caused by the Tariff*of 1557, at the same time
asserting that it was the Tariff of 1846 that
, did the mischief. Mr. JORDAN has discovered
that (ht people are as well informed on this
I pel subject u/hie, as he is himself, and that it
will not do any louder to insist that it was the
present low Tariff that brought about the "hard
times," for in that case his own party would
: be chargeable with thorp "hard times," they
having established that TarifF. "We, of New
England," says Senator Wilson, (every one of
1 them being Black Republicans) "used all our
: powers of oersuasion" to pass the Tariff of 1557.
j "We, 0/ New England," "sustained the Tariff
to deplete the Treasury," which made it necessa
ry for the Government to resort to a loan in
the shape of Treasury notes. He might also
have added that TIHKLOW WEED, the leader of
the New York Black Republicans, and L. D.
! Campbell, a leader ol the same party in Oilio,
i did ail in their power to effect the passage ol
the Tariff ol 18:>7, and to reduce the duty on
J iron and co il. Hence, Mr. JORDAN had better fall
j back on the Tariff of 181-5, or some other
. antediluvian measure, when seeking for a cause
| of those everlasting "hard times."
joke when you please, hut always he
careful to p ease when yon joke.
>ll TIN\ IN THE OPPOSITION SHIP !
A prominent Whig Editor repudi
ates Black Republicanism !
HON. JAM us BROOKS, one of the editors of
the New York Express, a journal well known
as the leading organ of the Fillmore party in
New York, in 1856, recently sailed foi Europe,
and in bidding a temporary farewell to his rea
ders, thus expressed himself:
"As my name is to continue upon the im
print of ihe Express during my absence in Eu
rope, I avail myself of that coming absence to
say, I am not responsible for its political course,
that 1 belonged to no party organization since
1853, and that I am not likely to belong to any,
as parties now exist.
What prompts me now especially to break
silence, is the revolutionary and anarchical
speech of the very prominent Senator from New
York, made on Ihe eve of an important elec
tion, to be approved or disapproved by his
State, and the seeming approval this great State
has given to the speech. Seeming, I say, be
cause 1 cannot feel that the State at heart en
dorses revolution, or the resulting anarchy; and
yet it cannot be disguised that the endorse
m< nt has all the force of a reality, or, that the
coming Legislature, it a vacancy existed in the
United States Senate, would re-elect hirn to
fill it. After such a State's indorsement, then,
of such a speech, I cannot as a Journalist, re
frain from saying, with a full sense of the mean
ing of these words, that, in my judgment, no
political calamity could be greater than to add
to the New York endorsement, the endorse
ment ofthe Republic, which his friends are
contriving or shaping for him. Conservative
Whig as 1 am, of the school of Clay, and Web
ster, and Chittenden, trained in their ideas of
Constitutional Law and Order, I can have no
sympathy with contemplated Civil Revolution
or Domestic Anarchy, and therefore shrink
from and repudiate all entanglements that may
lead to them."
When such men as Mr. BROOKS (who is not
a party man, but an impartial and unbiased
witness) do not hesitate to declare the doctrines
of Seward and his party to be revolutionary
and anarchical, is it not high time that ail pa
triotic, law-abiding, Union-loving citizens set
their laces against those doctrines and oppose
with all their strength the parly that upholds
them ? Can any one who ever was a Whig,
have "sympathy with the contemplated Civil
Revolution, or Domestic Anarchy," which Mr.
BROOKS pronounces to be the end and aim o I
Mr. SEWARD and his Black Republican suppor
ters ? Can any man who ever believed {in the
Nationality of the creed fo which Clay and
\\ ebster subscribed, endorse the sectionalism
which confines the Black Republican party to
but one half of the States of this Union ?
[Gf*The fellows who invented the falsehoods
concerning John Amos and Jacob Beckley, for
the purpose of defeating those worthy gentle
men at the late election, are trying their hands
at a new bafch of stories, the scenes of k which,
however, are laid at quite a respectable distance
Irom home. Their lies about Bedford county
matters, are too easily detected and they have
been caught too often telling them, to attempt
their repetition for some lime to come. So
they hash up a yarn about the imprisonment of
a "Tunker" minister, in Tennessee,
for going there and denouncing one of the in
stitutions of that State. They publish ttiis tale,
without a shadow of evidence that it is true,
simply because they expect by so doing Jto a
rouse the feelings of the "Tunkers," who are
peaceable, quiet, unobtrusive citizens, and with
whom they find it necessary to use some extra
ordinary and exciting means to diive them into
the arena of politics. Such base electioneering
as this, merits the contempt and condemnation
of all honest and respectable men. The prin
ciples of a party musi he rotten, indeed, if such
miserable tricks as these are required to bolster
them up.
Another of this new grist of Abolition "roor
backs, ' is the charge that President BUCHANAN,
in his late message, re-opens the agitation of
the Kansas question. The President's statements
concerning Kansas, are such as under that
clause of the Constitution, which requires the
Executive to give Congress information of the
"state of the Union," he was bound to make*
The President would clearly not have fulfilled
his sworn duty, had he not given a full and ex
plicit history of Kansas aflaus, since his last
annual message to Congress. But, on the prin
ciple that there is no use in "casting pearls be
fore swine," we shall at present refrain from
any further contradiction, or exposition, of the
falsehoods of the Abolitionists.
F IKE.
On Monday night last, between the hours of
ten and eleven, the citizens of our town were
aroused by the cry of "fire," and for a lime all
was noise and confusion in our usually quiet
streets. The burning building proved to be a
stable on the lot occupied by Mas. FILLER, and
owned by Judge Dougherty, in the southern
part of the town. The flames raged with such
fury that it was impossible to save the building,
and it speedily burned to the ground. Had it
not rained through the day, and had not the
roots of the adjoining stables been very damp,
there might have been a far sadder tale to tell.
As it is, the loss is not much, and we believe, is
covered by insurance. The Fire Companies
behaved most gallantly, allowing their engines
to take care of themselves ; whilst the water
works, as usual, were in excellent (?) order.
bT r. r.
The engineers engaged in surveying the route
for the Bedford Railroad, arrived at this place
on Tuesday last. They give a cheering account
of the route, representing the grade to be easy,
the average cost per mile for grading, being es
timated at about $4OOO. They make the length
of the road nineteen miles, one mile shorter than
former surveys. We shall lay a full report of
their proceedings before our readers as soon as
we shall be able to obtain it.
KEW PUBLICATIONS.
LADIES' AMERICAN MAGAZINE. —The first
number of this new monthly is on our table.—
It gives promise of a high order of excellence,
especially irt its pictorial department. The en
gravings are very fine, surpassing in delicacy
of shade and clearness of expression any we
have ever seen in works of this kind. The
literature of the book is of a description similar
to that of Graham's Magazine, which our rea
ders are aware we have frequently praised.—
By the way, we almost neglected to state that
"Graham" is defunct, and that the "Ladies'
Amei ican" is its lineal successor. The "Easy-
Talk" of MR. LELAND is continued in the new
publication, and is as sparkling and vivacious
as ever. The price is only §2 per annum.—
Address Henry White, 7 Beekman street, New
Yoik.
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE. —We have received
from the publisher, the December number of
this popular ladies' book, and, judging from the
specimen before us, have no hesitation in say
ing that we believe it to be unsurpassed in its
peculiar sphere. This magazine is lo be great
ly enlarged, the coming year, and will contain
neatly 1000 pages, from 25 to 30 steel plates,
and about 80 wood engravings. In addition,
to the usual number of stories, there will be
given, in the series for 1859, three original
and copyrighted novels, viz : JILI.IAN, A DO
MESTIC NOVEL, by Miss ANN S. STEPHENS ;
THE OLD STONE MANSION, by CHARLES J. PE
TERSON ; HELEN GR.EME, by FRANK LEE BENE
DICT. Besides these, there will be contributions
from such writers as Alice Carey, Virginia F.
Townsend, E. L. Chandler Mouiton, Caroline
E. Fairfield, Stc. The magazine is edited by
C.J. Peterson and Ann S. Stephens, whose
names are familiar to all who are conversant
with the history of American authorship. In
connexion with these attractions, this woik will
contain reliable fashion plates (colored,) mezzo
tints and other steel engravings, by the b>st
artists. Price $2 a year; three copies for $5;
five for $7; eight for $10; twelve for $l5; six
teen for $2O. Published by Charles J . Peter
son, 306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
THE DOLLAR NEWSPATER. —This useful and
; interesting family journal issues a splendid pro
gramme for 1859. lis literary matter is al
ways excellent, but for the coming year the
publishers have made arrangements t to outstrip
all rivalry on this score. The "MILLER'S
DAUGHTER," by Mrs. M. A. Dennison, the
j "STEP-MOTHER'S FEUD," by Clara Moreland,
and other novelettes by standard writers, will
be given in the ".Newspaper" during 1559.
: "CHRONICLES OK THE CANE BRAKE," a series of
Original sketches of Western Men and Man
ners, will be an attractive feature in its coi
i umns. A large space is devoted, in this pa
per, to Agriculture, Horticulture, Useful Re-
I cipes, &.C., Sec. It is an excellent publication
| for the farmer. s!ooo'are offered in premi
ums to agents for getting up clubs. $3OO for
the largest list sent from any post-town; $2OO
for the second largest; $lOO for the third; $OO
for the fourth: SSO for the fifth; $7O for the
i sixth; SGO for the seventh; $5O for the eighth;
$3O for the ninth; $2O for the tenth. Price
$l.OO, per annum. Club ofG lor $5.00. Club
|of 20 for $l5 and one to getter up of club.—
Address Wm. M. Swain &. Co., Southwest
J corner of Third and Chestnut street, Philadel
; phia.
ISroari Top C oal Vermis Cum-
Coal.
Shipments of coal over the Huntingdon and
Broad Top Mountain Railroad for the week en
ding December 16 2,685 J tons.
Previously 97,219 "
Total since January 1, 89,93 d "
Same time last year 76,697 "
Increase over last year 23,237- "
Shipments Irom whole Cumberland region
for the week ending Dec. 11, 11,4-50 tons.
From this it will appear, that the Broad Top
coal-field, in its infancy,yields one fourth as
much coal for shipment as the whole Cumber
land region, which has been operated for
years. We venture to predict that before four
years shall have elapsed, the coal tonnage will
be greater from Broad Top than from Cumber
land. Cumberland must look well to her
operations.
[UP*At a lite election in the Black Repub
lican State of Maine, the Abolition vote was
divided between a 1 White Black Republican
and a Negro ! Think of it, a Negro running
for office!! Pennsylvania may witness the
same scene, if Black Republicanism ever gets
into power in her legislature.
OP*"We learn that HON. HENRY C. HICKOK,
State Superintendent of Common Schools, will
address our citizens on Thursday evening next.
30th inst., on the subject of Education. Fur
ther notice will be given by Mr. Hecke rman,
our County Superintendent, who is now absent.
COUNTERFEITS. —We happened to notice in
the hands of an individual last week, three ten
dollar counterfeit bilis on the Chambersburg
Bank. These notes are a very good imitation
of the genuine bills, and very well calculated
to deceive any one who is not a good judge ol
paper money. The notes had an old appearance
and the signatures of Messrs. Lesiv and Cul
bertson were correctly spelled and'pretty accu
rately copied. Our country merchants, and
even some of our town merchants have been
"stuck" by this counterfeit. The best plan for
those who are not very expert in detecting
counterfeits, is to compate all the notes of this
description with one that they know to be gen
uine and the deception will at once be apparent.
LARRABEE, Dem., has a majority in the Third
district of Wisconsin of 1600 ! In the second
Washt>urne, Rep., has about 1500. The Black
R-publican majority in the State is legs than
3000. Fremont carried the State by 20,000 in
18 56. The Democracy of Wisconsin have
done well in the recent election.
Another Hit it ess to the Truth.
W liife the imbecile opposition fo the Demo
cratic parly in the Southern States is growing
i more rancorous and uncompromising day by
; day, says the Richmond South, the leading
minds of the old Whig parly at the North are
1 coining nearer and nearer to the only partv in
j the country which preserves a semblance of
, nationality. One alter another of the old vet
eran contemporaries of Webster, Calhoun, and
Clay, have taken position alongside the Demo
cracy, even when they have not been able to
gain their consent to identify themselves open
ly and unmistakably with that party. In illus
tration olthuL ftfeptement, a long and illustrious
list of be.cited, which will be rec
ollect jJcrfy person familiar with the
day.
The latest i the kind, is that of the
Hon. Robert-CTWiW-brop, of Massachusetts, who
in the recent election in that State, gave his first
vote for a Democrat, in opposition to the noto
rious Burlingame. Some days previous to the
election Mr. Wiiithrop announced bis intention
to give such a vote, in a letter which he wrote
declining to participate in an effort to resusci
tate aud revive the old Whig party of the Slate.
It sharply rebuked the fanaticism of the times
and avowed the belief that the country had
been seriously injured in all its interests by the
continuance of the controversy concerning
slavery and by the elevation to places of honor
and profit of mere anti-slavery agitators, whose
only merit consisted in their readiuess to de
nounce slavery and slaveholders.
We attach no undue importance fo this testi
mony to the patiiotism ol the Democracy, when
we adduce the fact to show that national, con
servative and patriotic statesman in every sec
tion of the Union are looking to the Democrat
ic party, and to that party alone, to preserve
the country from '.he ruin which sectionalism
woulJ oring upon it. That is the only pur
pose for which we use the name of Robert C.
Winthrop to-day, and in that behalf it speaks
volumes. In all else Mr. Winthrop may be,
what he has ever been, an opponent ol the De
mocracy, but his letter and his vote the other
day have but one interpretation, and that savs
the Demociatic party is a patriotic, national
political organization, equall opposed to section
alism in all parts of the country, and as such
deserving the countenance and support of every
true lover of the Republic. This is the calm j
deliberate opinion and judgment of a sagacious j
Whig statesman, one whom in other days the I
Whigs of Massachusetts and of the Union deli- j
ghted to honor, and whose word ought still to j
be worth something with those who likepolili- |
cal faith and practice.
It is by no means an insolaled instance which I
we thus f ar.ide. Mr. Winthrop has been slow
er than others of his compeers to announce thes* 3 ;
convictions, and we have singled this out from
many others only because it was of recent oc
currence. There isa very general concurrence j
among the leading Whig statesmen, not a lew
of whom have openly identified tbemsel ves j
with the Democratic party, and we submit that
all these examples teach most unmistakably that
the true policy of every lover of the Constitu- ;
tion, as bequeathed to us by our fathers, is to !
unite himself with the Democracy, at least un
til the Black Republican part)' has been utterly -
defeated. While that factious hand of section
alists continues to threaten the peace and integ- j
nty ol the Union, all attempts and projects lor '
the formation ol new parties are not only fool
ish but criminal. All such movements can ef- |
feet no good object, and are likely to eventuate
to the injury ol the whole nation. Sooner or
later there must come a direct issue between;
the fanaticism of the free Slates and the conser- j
vatism of the country at large, and there will I
probably never he a better tune than the pres- i
enl to have the cause tried and decided.
.The probabilities are now that the day of this
trial draws near. The conservatism of the coun
trj-, without respect to the former party affilia
tions is rallying around the Democratic stan
dard, and thus arraying itself for the day of bat
tle. Here and there an impracticable person
is found, resisting this tendency ofthe+wses and
frantically striving to keep himself
aloof from the prevalent political influenced;
but such disorganizes cannot stay the progress
of events. The blindest man must see that De
mocracy or Black Republicanism is to be the
only option afforded the people of the country,
and between these every man must in some
sort mate an election. Whether ostensibly
connected with the one party or the other, it is
infallibly cert ain that whatever.influence he can
exert will enure to the benefit of one of hese
twain, and it may as effectually co-operate with
Black Republicanism by being withheld from the
Democracy, as if directly given to the ad voca
cy and support of Black Republican men and
measures.
From Washington. Difficulty between Con
gressmen English and Montgomery, iNc.
W ASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 18.—A diflicuity
occurred this morning between Congressmen
English, of Indiana,and Montgomery, of Penn
sylvania, on Pensylvania Avenue. The two
members of Congress happened to meet for the
first time in this session, when Mr. English,
extending his hand, said, "How are YOU, Mr.
Montgomery ? " Mr. Montgomery w'itheld his
hand and uttered insulting expressions like "I
don't speak to puppies;" whereupon Mr. Eng.
lish struck him severely over the head ,breakiug
his cane to pieces by the blow, and knocking
Montgomery into the gutter, but not entire
down. Montgomery, on rising, hurled a brick
at English, striking him on the boot, but
inju-y to him .Mr. English states to his friends
that he was entirely unarmed, and was not a
ware that Mr. Montgomery had any ill feeling
towards him up to the time of the rencontre.—
Mr. Montgomery , as to strength and size, is su
perior to Mr. English.
AT HOME. —The Hon. Wilson Reilly was
called from Washington, last week, on account
of the ilinesss of his daughter, which it was sup
posed was about to terminate fatally. This
young and accomplished lady met with a dL
tressmg accident at Washington last winter, by
her clothes taking fire and severely burning her
person, and from the effects of which she° has
been suffering ever since. Her system is de
bilitated to the last degree of prostration, and
her life lias been despaired of for some time past.
We are rejoiced to learn that some slight im
provement has taken place in her condition with
in the last few days, and we trust it may go on
until she is once more restored to her family and
society, of which she was a bright ornament.—
Valley Spirit.
REDUCTION OF THE STATE DEBT. —The
State Treasurer, by advertisement in the Phil
adelphia papers, invites proposals for buying
from the bidder $lOO,OOO of the per
cent loans. k
A Ikl F. Statkmcxt. 'l*l ost afflicted with
disease of the lungs and bronchial organs u-,||
find a remedy of great power in thnt best of all
medicines compounded by Dr. Ceo. 11. lu vyrof
140 Wood siren, Pittsburgh, Pa., called "<-fVc
toral Syrup. It reaches at once li e seat of dis
cone, and hundreds have been cured by it after
| every other remedy has failed. Most of what are
caded patent medicines,--t,?il for want of proper
j adaptaion of the ingredients, which do not reach
the disease. This is not the case with Dr. Kv
-; S'-r's remedy, every bottle of which iscompoun
j dad by hirrwelf trnd whh tiie intenlion fo aRe
; viate bad case S> anc j to cnre m j|j of)e3
j hers of our citizens can attest the truth of our
j statement in this respect. Price 50 cents aifl
•■sl per bottle. S ild by Sam'! Brown, Bed/Vj .
- and. at CoJvin's, Sthellsburg.
WHAT THEY SA Y
IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ABBEVILLS, S. C., Aug. C'l lire
Messrs. BARREL, HERRING & CO., '
Gen,lemen-The close attention
a (burs have require,! s.nce the fire, has hitherto pre
verted us from writing to you about the Safe P
On the occasion of the fire 19th July, by which we
suffered a large loss, out store, With a number of other
buildings was consumed. The Safe, of your manu
facture,which we had in the store, was exposed
i a most intense heat, as is well attested by the ehVr !
| on its strong iron frame, which, from its flaked a a
; scaly appearance, looks as though it had been hear
;od for a long time in a furnace. The Safe wirk
heaps of molten glass r nd kegs of nails, f lts J
mass, .ell into the cellar, surrounded by burning ma
terials, and there was suffered to remain fas tt
contents had been removed before the fire reacted
os,) until the 2d cf August, 11 days afterward,.
ihe difficulty in cutting it open with the he r
tools that could be procured, convinced us of its
power to resist the attempts of burglars, and when
it was opened, we found the interior, to the astonish
ment of all, entirely uninjured by fire.
'lhis test has so fully convinced us of the canabili
ties of your Safes, that we would not part with the
one we have in use for a laTge sani, were we debar
red the privilege of getting another.
Respectfully yours,
U. H. WARDLAVV h SOX.
FARREL, HERRING & CO.,
130 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Only Makers in this State, of
Herring's
PATENT CHAMPION SAFE,
THE MOST RELIABLE SECURITY FROM
FIRE NOW KNOWN.
Oct. 29, ISoS.
MARRIED:
At the Parsonage, in Patlonsville, on Thurs
day evening the 16th inst., by the Rev. Win.
M. Deatrick, Mr. Francis F." Little and Miss
Catharine Kreps, both ol Patlonsville.
APPfiAli.
Notice is hereby given to the taxable inhabi
tants of the county of B-dford, that an appeal
will be held by the County Commissioners, on
the days, and at the places s-pecified, to wit :
For Liberty Township, on Monday, the 10th
day of January next, at the house "of George
Tricker.
Broad Top Township, on Tuesday, the 11th.
at the house ol James S. Beckwith.
East Providence Township, on Wednesday,
the 12th, at the house of D. A.T. Black.
Monroe Township on Thursday, the I3lh, at
the house of Mrs. Ritz.
Southampton Township, on Friday, the 14th,
at the house of William Adams; Esq.
Colerain Township, on Saturday, the 15th,
at the house of Joshua Filler.
Cumberland Valley Township, on Monday,
the 17th, at the house cf Jacob B. Anderson.'
Londonderry Township, on Tuesday the 18th,
at the house of John Miller.
Harrison Township, on Wednesday the 19th,
at the house of V. B. Wertz. * ' -
Juniata Township,'on Thursday the 20th, at
the house of Joseph Fuller.
Napier Township, on Friday, the 21st, at
houseofj. M. Ribison (in the Borough of
Schellsbuig.)
Schellsburg Borough, on Monday the -54 th, at
the house of J." M. Robison.
St. Clair Township, on Tuesday, the 25th, at
the house of Gideon D. Trout.
Union Township, on Wednesday, the 26th,
at the house of Micha-1 Wyant.
Middle Woodberiy Township, on - Thursday,
the 27th, at the house of Henry Fluke.
South Woodberry Township, on Friday the
2Sfh, at the house of A. & J. S'oner.
Hopewell Township, on Saturday the C9lh,
at the house of John Dasher.
West Providence Township, on Monday, the
3lst, at the house of Philip Steckman.
Snakespring Township, on Tuesday, the Ist
day of Febuary next, at the house of Daniel. L.
Defibangh.
Bedford Township, on Wednesday, the 2d, at
the Commissioners, office.
Bedford Borough, on Thursday, the 3d, at the
Commissioner, office.
V\ hen and where all persons and corpora
tions feeling themselves aggrieved at the enu
meration and valuation of their taxable proper
ty and effects made persuant to theseveial acts
of assembly, in such case made and provided,
are rebuested to attend and state their griev
ances for redress, seconding to Law.
Attest: ) H. J. BRUXER.
H. Nicodemus, Clerk. ' C. EVANS,
Commissioners' office,) J. BECK LEY,
Dec. 24th, ISSS. Commissioners.
PU BLICSALEOF
REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Bedford County, the subscriber will sell at
Public Sale, on the premises, on Saturday the
22d of January, next,
A HOUSE AND LOT OF GROUND,
late the property of Mrs. Sophia Mower, dee'd ,
situate in Rainsburg, Colerain Township, Bed
ford county, being the 14th Lot north from the
public square, on East side of main street, con
taining 82i feet in front and running 198 feet
back, adjoining Joshua Filler on the north, an
alley on the East and South, and main street
on the west. The improvements area two sto
ry log house, with a large number of good fruit
trees on the lot. such asapples, plums, cherries,
and pears, &c.
terms will be C3sh.
EMANUEL J. DfEHL,
I Adm'r.