THE BEDFORD HABITTB.
Rrdfui'd- January 2 8, 1859.
B. f. Mejtrs 4 (J. W. BcnfunJ, Editors.
Democratic licet in
The Democr at* of Bedford count v are reques
ted !o meet in Mass Meeting, at the Court
House, in Bedford, on Monday even ins °f
Court week, Feb. 14th. A delegate to repre
sent Bedford county in the next Demociatic
Slate Convention, will be chosen by the met t-
JACOB REED,
Chairman, Democratic Co. Com.
THE .A 7.1 IX.
■——The election for State officers by the Indiana
Legislature resulted in the success of the Demo
cratic ticket throughout: State Prison Director. Ca
nal Commissioner, Stare Printei, State Agent and
State Librarian, are all Democrats.
The official majority of IIOOC.FS, Democrat,
over CONSLINO, Republican, for member ot Con
gress from the sixth district of Illinois, is 1,063 !
A sound district, that!
HON. ELI SI.IFKR has been elected State Trea
surer of this State. Slifer is an old hanger-on at
Harrisburg and his Black Republican friends acted
in strict accordance with their principles 111 giving
him office.
——The trial of the Franklin county murder case
has resulted in the conviction of Daniel Funk of
murder in the second degree. His sentence is five
years and six months in the penitentiary. His bro
ther who was tried with him, was acquitted.
ject will not be successful during the present ses
sion of Congtess.
The London Times, the Emperor Napoleon
and the Spai>t*h Cortes are all "down" on Presi- ■
dent Buchanan's Message. sign, that.
CYitain ol the editors in tit is '
State, talk very of a continued uni
on of the diver* patch-work :
organization. Lite §i£' tened school-boys in j
expectation of a sound threshing, they needs:
must "whistle to keep their courage up." They j
behold, in dismay, the jarring and discordant ;
movements of their various selfish leaders; the j
ultra-Abolitionism of Seward, the intense "A
meiicanism" of Crittenden, the Protective Tar- j
iff hobby of Cameron, and tiie uncompromising j
Free Trade-ism of the New York Evening Post ;
and the Black Republicans of the Great West. 1
il ence, the endeavor of these spoils-seekers to !
forestall in the minds of the unitiated and un- {
observing of their pai ty, the impression which
they fear may be made upon them, when the j
differences and dissensions among their captains, j
shall be noised abroad. But we apprehend that j
all the thunder of their editorial drums, cannot j
drown the sounds of the harsh discord which at i
present prevails in the ''Opposition" camp.—
The rank and file will soon take up the crv,
one shouting for Seward, another for Crilten- ;
den, a third for Cameron, a fourth for Fremont,
and so on to the end of the chapter of the fac
tions, each striving to out-vie the other in his
zeal for his particular candidate and idea. It
is a plain and unobscurable truth, that the "Op
position" are at present hopeles-ly divided,
completely cut up into cliqui*3 bitterly hostile
to each other and ardently desiring each other's
defeat. In proof of this we need but refer the
reader to the recent debates in Congress. On a
late occasion, MESSRS. WASIIBURNE and (BID
DINGS, both Black Republicans, made speeches
in the House, shadowing forth as the platform
of their party, the doctrine enunciated by Mr.
Seward in his Rochester speech, viz: the doc
trine of antagonism between the A'orth and the
South. MR. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, a lead
ing Know Nothing, replied to their speeches
in fierce style. We give below the telegraph
ic report of his remarks, to which we ask the !
earnest attention of all such as still claim to be '
"Americans."
Mr. Marshall (Ky.) replied to the remarks of
Mr. YVashourne (Maine,) and Mr. Giddings.
He saiii the Republicans lost much of their
strength at the last autumn elections. Hereaf
ter the conservative inen will jefuse to coa
lesce with them. If a National ticket could be
formed on the Compromise measures of 1850,
there would be some hope of a return of a well
regulated prosperity to the country. The new
party which Mr. Washburne here led into the
field under the banner of Senator Seward, was
based on a single idea, and that was sectional,
and it could not be much larger nor more res
pectable than the Abolition party of 1852
which supported Senator Hale for the Presiden
cy. Air. Marshall denounced the Democratic
plan of "squatter sovereignty." He would not
give the toss of a copper between it and the
Wilinot proviso.
COMPELLED TO 'ACKNOWLEDGE.
Almost t tie entire press of the country has
spoken out in approbation of the course pursued
hy (JEN. BOWMAN, as Superintendent of Public
Printing. Numbers even of the leading Oppo
sition journals have awarded him credit for his
straight-forward honesty. The editors of these
papers are General Bowman's bitt. r political
foes, and yet they are compelled to acknowl
edge hirn a good and true officer. Among
th in we observe the editor of the Cambria
Tnb'/ne, which was wont to pour out the vials
ol i' 3 wrath quite copiously upon the devoted
head of the General. So much for integrity in
an office-holder.
C L \ IMTHK CUED] T.
As usual, when the Democracy succeed in
carrying a measure which retioun is to the ben
efit of the country, the Opposition now claim
that they have brought about the recent ieduc
tion of the Slate Dei>t. We should like to see
the man that coul 1 lay his hand on his heart
and make such a declaration as that. The Op
nsition have not had a majority in our State
Legislature for four years, and yet they claim
to have passed laws which have operated to re
duce the State Debt twelve millions of dollars '
''k* 10 know when tbey passed
OPPOSITION ECONOMY,
It is really astounding to observe how
particular ly anxious Opposition office-holders
are to reduce the expenditures of our State
government. To show their profound concern
j lor the interests of t lie tax-payer, we will
j briefly relate an incident that latefy took place
!in the lower house of our State Legislature.—
The scat of MR. OLIVER EVANS, a Democratic
j member from Philadelphia, was contested by
1 a Pjlack Republican, but Mr. Evans was pror.oun
: red fairly and properly elected. Now, be it
remembered that this case underwent a strict
; investigation by a committee made up al
j most entirely ot Opposition members, and be it
also remembered that the present House is
, largely Opposition, the proportion being nearly
j two of the latter to one Democrat. With all
these advantages in his lavor, Mr. Evans' oppo
| nent was declared to have no right to the seat
| which he claimed. When the House had ren-
I deied this decision, one would have supposed
j that the matter was at an end. Quite different,
; however, was the opinion of the virtuous
j Opposition. It would never do to let their
[disappointed friend go home without reaping
| some benefit fiir his patriotic efforts to obtain a
: seat to which they were compelled to decide
he was not entitled. So, presto! they vote
him /iue dollars per day for every day he
had been in attendance at Harrisburg, in his
1 capacity as contestant for the seat of Mr. Evans !
Our readers will, perhaps, remember that the
men who squander the public funds in this
I style, are the same fellows who sometimes talk
' about the "extravagant expenditures" of |
i Democratic officers.
A UN ITEB DEMOCRACY.
A recent Washington letter says : "Since
my last communication, I find the work of
uniting the Democratic party goes bravely j
on. This good work is fast destroying the j
hopes of Republicanism. Now that Judge ;
Douglas has secured his seat in the Senate
for six years longer, he cannot be driven to
act farther against the Democratic party.—
Forney is furious at this ; he sees that he cannot
use the fudge in gratifying his revenge against
MR. Been A NAN."
DEATH OF SAINI'L BROWN, ESQ.
It becomes our mournful duty to record the
death of SAMUEL BROWN, Esq., an old and high
ly esteemed citizen of this place, which took
place, at his residence, on Tuesday last. Mr.
Brown leaves a widow and daughter to whom
his loss will be truly irreparable. May he rest
in peace.
DEATH or O. C. HARTLEY, E-Q. — We learn
with pain the sudden decease of O. C. Kartlev,
Esq., formerly of this place, and later a citizen
of! exas. Mr. Hartley was highly respected
in this community and was looked upon by all
who knew him as a rising man. Truly, -'Death
loves a shining mark."
regular meeting of the "Young
Men's Christian Association", will be held this
(Friday) evening at the German Reformed
Church. An Essay will be by (X E
Shannon, R<q.
Wm. P. Schell, of the Senate, Mr.
McClure, of the House, and Canal Commissioner
Scott, will please accept our thanks far valuable
public documents.
LETTER FROM WJSHLYGTOJW
[Correspondence of the National Argus.J
WASHINGTON, Jan. !Sth, 1559.
Prospects of harmony amour* the Democracy—
Senator Douglas on the *igit track—Slid!
and Douglas friends — Huktrcn refuses
to drink to the health of Douglas—Forney
for rear on the President.
Never before have 1 seen a more favorable
disposition on the part of trie Democracy to heal
up the breach occasioned by the disaffection of
Douglas than at the present time. From pres
ent appearances, Douglas will soon again tie in
full fellowship with the Democratic Party.—
If the gap is filled up, and the union between
the Democratic part v and Douglas, and thosp of
the friends who wish the party well, completed,
it will be a death blow to the hopes of the Op
position who expect to defeat us in IS6O by
divisions in our ranks.
Forney, and a few of the mnlignnnls who re
volve about hirn, and who echo and re-echo his
will, are opposed to the union of the Democracy.
1 orney is for war. lie desires Douglas to arise
in the Senate and boldly denounce the Admin
istration—to carry on the war to the knife, and
the knife to the hilt, against the President. But
Douglas is too old a stager to gratify the ra>h
wishes of Forney, in his personal quarrel with
Mr. Buchanan. lie sees now that in opposing
the Administration he is dividing and defeating
the Democratic Party, and that a defeat of the
Democracy may dissolvelhe Union and destroy
our glorious Confederacy of States. Douglas
has gone far enough ; and if I can believe what
I hear, Forney can neither coax him or drive
him any farther. It is -aid that Mr. Douglas
disavows all responsibility for the article which
appeared in his home organ, the Chicago Times,
abusing the President, and that lie also disap
proves of it.
The difficulty between Slide]] and Douglas
has been satisfactorily adjusted. Mr. Douglas
dims with Mr. Slidel! at 3 o'clock to- morrow.
This I have fiom the best source.
It is said Senator Green will resign his posi
tion as Chair man of the Territorial Committee
of the Set. ate, and Mr. Douglas invited to take
his old place. I will not vouch for the truth
of this.
The acceptation by S-nator Douglas, of the
invitation to attend the Democratic Senatorial
caucus held on Saturday last, and his action in
the deliberations in that bod}-, show that he is
disposed to do right once more.
EXPLOSION AT DI; FONT'S POWDER MILL.—
A despatch dated Wilmington, Jan.'2o, informs
us that at four o'clock that afternoon one of
Dupont's powder mills, located in Hagley's
yard, exploded with a terrific shock, there be
ing a large quantity of powder in the yard at
tiie tiint*. Two of the workmen were killed.
Their names are James Gibbons and John Grant.
The shock was sensitively felt for a circuit of
twenty miles or more, and caused much excite
ment among the citizens of Wilmington.
THE BROAD TOP COAL MINES.
We are under obligations to JOHN FLLTON,
ESQ., Resident Engineer of the 11. & B. T. R.
R. Co., for an interesting table ol statistics con
cerning the Broad Top Coal Mines, which
we publish below. We also take the
liberty of publishing the subjoined letter wkicf
accompanied the above-mentioned table; ani it
which our readers will likewise find some im
portant items ol information:
H. & B. T. R. R. & Coal (o.
Engineer's Office, Sax'on, Jan.
Messrs. Meyers Benford :
Editors Bedford Gazette :
Gentlemen : I encios? a
' statement showing the coal business for tti past
year, with an exhibit of the collieries ii this
I region at this time.
# * * *
# * * rx
The increase of Coal Shipments of IS.7> over
1 that of 1S:")7, is 27,000 tons and the denand is
increasing in a larger ratio. Jhe nunber of
miners at work in 1 Sf>7, was 101: nc*v there
are 261, with house capacity for 530. Several
new openings are being made, and intensive
improvements constructed for the buiness of
the year.
The price of Coal at Huntingdon, s $1.50
to SI.BO per ton. All the mines in ths region,
are worked by drifts above water le'el, thus
discharging the water opened by wakings.—
There has not been observed up to"* this time,
any generations of deleterious gases, andaccidents
to miners aie of very rare occurence.
The steady increase of the Shipments of
Coal from this region during the past year is
the best testimonial that can be presented, as to
its very superior quality and adaptability to the
various uses of steam generation, and other pur
poses to which it has been applied.
Yours truly,
JOiiN FULTON.
STATEMENT exhibiting the amount of coal mined and sent to market in 1858, from the Colliriesin the It. T. Seivn-hUtiminous C<>al Region, with present facilities and estimate) capacity for 1859.
| i Tens tu-tt || l-> ' ■ ■/ 1 >md out oj Mines. No. of No. Capacity! Capacity ot |~~Estimated
Name j Name I Name | sent to | olilld.r tJ]oig~7Airofhefi ~t Railroad miners of with " j colliery in ; | value of
, " r . ..■■'! | o f market in m|, 0 w ., v , parts, j Total. ! siaing, at rninets' board- | to,ls per I colliery fix
/0 |,r - , r Operator. j Proprietor. I 1858. ]jr ' Fkkt. j fekt. | Miles. Feet. 1 fki.t. work. houses. ers. j day. J titles.
Prospect. H! B. Wigton. 111. AB.T.H.U. it C. Co. j 11766 "s^l;~ noiji ToTij 2802! 1 1 2 oj 825 100 l $3,000
„ "iV !' :ltncls - I Jlo. Do. I 15604 1015! 1861)! 2800' 1 S'.loi i)7O B'.| 15 St)! 50 9.000
v' • *H. 11. Powel. !J)o. Do. kR. 11. Powel. j 84132 242) 1816' G'Oo! ] 2878, 925 75 18 45 25, 10.000
r*.°'tompsnn. Megahan N Co. ; 11. At B. T. R. K. & G. Co. j 1862 450! 662 728 1 1841! 647' 11 ; 2 10 25; 3.000
z\°' ;• k.B. Wigtoo. 1 Do. Do. j * 4 266! 295 150! . 1711 ! ' 1 8,500
.. , r , ! ,)0 - Do. I tic' 180 • lon I i ! 1,000
1 owelton. K. 11. Powel. |R. 11. Powel. 6248 826 1781 8700 l 1027; 684 i I P 14 75! SO! 10,000
Darnel. Orluson, Dorris c Co. < trbison Don is A Co. 22765 707 i 3050 7500 2 007 112o! .") 19 100 200 1 10.000
,x, , I)av,dßlttir - 111. &B. T.ll. R. Si C. Co. & Blair. 7840 OOU 1076 470, 2116 7G2 ! 25'; <t 45- 80 5,000
Mooreuale, o. 1. Seuii-Anthracito Co. 777 Hod 350; *2227! 765
Do. No. 2.; Auuuenuan & Persing. Do. Do. J052 2'd9 896 10oi 70 .! 773 ! 12 10 40! 25 5.000
friendship. _ \V. Cummings, & Co. Ki o,n;i 206! i 2 10. 1,000
H"°k, ;B. T. Improvement Co. B. T. Improvement Co. 2277; 200 I(6<>' 450 1710 561 6 16 50j 60 8,000
liiddelshurg. ;J. A. Oshorne. Lancaster Co. 1722| 246 960! 750 1950 1000 0 10 40j 25 6,000
Hopewell. i Hopewell Coal Iron Co. Hopewell Coal & Iron Co. 269 600 "00 -200 0961 1800 12 11 40; 80; 6.500
)1 _ 1j! ; !
Fofals. 106719 kiOo 15764 28998 8 5117 11218 261 129 530 895 SBI,OOO
THE CUBAN QUESTION. —The following is the
reply of the- President to Ihe resolution of the
Senate, asking for information concerning cor
respondence which may have passed between
this Government and Spam, relative to the
pu r chase of Cuba :
To the Senate of t he United Slates :
I transmit herewith a repoit fioin the Sec
retary of State in answer to a resolution of the
Senate of the 18th instant, requesting the
President, if not incompatible with the public
interest, "tc communicate to the Senate any
and all correspondence between the Govern
ment of the United States and ttie Government
of h-r Catholic Majesty relating toany proposi
tion for the purchase of the island of Cuba,
which correspondence has not been furnished
to either House of Congress." From this it
appears that no such correspondence has taken
place which has not already been communica
ted to Congress. In my late annual message I
stated, in reference to the purchase of Cuba,
that the''publicity which has been given to
our former negotiations on this subject, and
the large appropiiations which may be re
quired to effect the purpose, render it expedi
ent, before making another attempt to renew
the negotiation, that I should lav the whole
subject before Congress." I still entertain the
same opinion, deeming it highly important, if
not indispensable to the success of any negotia
tion which I might institute for the purpose,
that the measure should receive the previous
sanction of Congress.
JAMES BOCHANA.V.
Washington, January 21, 1850.
[From the Detroit Free Press, Jan. I ]
AiimS^amaiion!
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN THEORY
REDUCED TO PRACTICE ! !
A white heiress elopes with a
Aega'o I!!
A young girl named Sarah Judson, whose
father lives on a fine property a milt* or two
from Puntiar, eloped on Saturday,, and came to
Detroit. The partner of Iter flight was a black
man, who had been in the employment of her
father for some time in the capacity of a farm
hand. The first intimation that the father had
ol the intention of the parties was conveved by
the fact ol tlyir flight. They imedialely pas"-
sed over to Windsor, upon reaching this city,
fully sensible that they never could accomplish
their unnatural designs on this side, as no offi
cial or clergyman could have been found who
would have,so far transgressed the bounds of
decency as to unite the couple, the appealance
of the gill being such as would foibid the union
in the mind ol any sensible man, tosav nothing
ol the law in the case. Some individual was
found in Canada who performed the ceremony,
however, and the two were made one. They
are now in Windsor, enjoying the sweets of the
honeymoon.
The brother of the girl came on the next
day, arriving here on Sunday, and, ascertain
ing their w hereabouts, went to her and implored
her to return. She was contented, however
loved her ebony half—was happy in his'arms,
and could'nt think of going back. The emo
tions of a brother at such a sight can better be
imagined than described. Some men would
have blotted out their disgrace with a single
blow, but he had been taught that it was no sin
against God or man that his young sister should
repose in the embrace o! a negro, and at the
same time calmly look him in the face and sav
that she was contented, lie went home as he
had comp, alone.
The giil is about eighteen years old. The
family are said to have occupied a position in
society which was first class, and the blow is
consequently a terrible one. The father is
rich, and the girl an heiress, which makes it
very nice for Hie Abican of her choice. The
matter has caused an intense excitement in the
neighborhood where the parties are well known,
the giil having been born and brought up where
her parents reside. It is difficult to imagine
any train of circumstances by which a youn-*
and intelligent girl could be brought to form a
connection so repugnant to all the \et
the fact exists. A more complete retribution
lor the crime of fanaticism we never heard of.
The least we can wish is, that the father, un
doubtedly well cured of bis belief by this time,
may be able to save his young daughter lrom
the terrible future v hicli now opens to her.
The Free Press S3ys the father is a ' ; red-hot
Abolitionist,"and has always advocated amal
gamation, and the gii I has been reared under
the demoralizing influences of sfcch abhorrent
principles.
Further particular*.
The Free Press of a later date gives further
particulars of the affair:
The late rumpus in the family affairs of the
Judson,caused by his daugh
ter's running away with a negro, has excited
the talkative propensities of his neighbors, who
give publicity to numerous little incidents
which go to show what makes up men of his
creed. Some time snine. as i u v.......
man was engaged to marry the girl S.uah, the
heroine ofthe nasty elopement, and returned
home from San Francisco, California, for that
| impose. His father and (he Judson family
were neighbors, and the pious Judson, having
quarreled with the young man's father, the
cause of the dispute being two bushels of ap
ples, refused to allow him to attend his son's
wedding. The young man, naturally indignant
at such consummate meanness, coolly pocketed
a gold watch which he had given his affianced,
and informed the amiable Judson, that if his
father could'nt come he could'nt come himself.
This is the case of disappointed love which the
old hypocrite now avers is the cause of his
daughter's last freak, to account for which it is
only necessary to take the further statements of
his neighbors, who say that the n-gger Joe was
treated in the family in the same manner as the
children: that he ate with them, slept in the
same room, and went to churchVvith the family,
being in all respects exalted above any decent
white laborer in the vicinity. The son openly
avows that the affair is a just retribution for the
detestable course which his father has always
taken in tiiis respect. According to the asser
tions of those w ho knew the latter well, lie has
often avowed his prelerence to having his daugh
ter marry a negro than a Democrat. If his pre
sent imbecile hatred to everything in the shape
of a nigger, brought about by the ruin* of his
daughter through himself, is any indication, tie
has changed his mind.
The modern Oihello came near falli-ig a vic
tim to the treachery of some wags who were
entrusted bv ttie girl's father with a message
from him. When lie prevailed upon his daugh
ter to return home with him, it was bv the ex
ercise of arts that might be expected from such
a source, viz: promises that the negro might
come and see her whenever he chose, and stay
as long as he liked in the exercise of his mari
tal privileges. When he got out of reach how
ever, he sent back word that he would shoot
him if he ever came. Those who bore the mes
sage reversed it, and informed the love-loin
darkey that he was to go to Pontine the next
day, w hen he would be once more received in
to the arms of his Dulcinea. They calculated
there would be some fun in case be could be
persuaded to go, for although no body imagin
ed that her family had spirit enough to touch
him, even should he march into their midst, yet
it was well known that the people in the vi
cinity for miles around were so incensed that
they would have hung him on the spot, had he
showed himself. Like the frogs in the fable, it
would have been fun for the wags, but death to
the nigger. He took the bait and packed up his
portmanteau, but, as he was about to take the
cars the next morning, was shown the Free
Press, by which he was informed the true state
of affairs, and enabled fo save his black skin
from a roasting.
The style of living which the young woman
was introduced to on the first day of the hon
ey-moon is worth noticing. Her sable lover,
in pursuance of an intention to set up house
keeping, brought some dishes and old furniture,
and the two moved into a board shanty in the
back part of Windsor. This was in the negro
quarter, which, it is needless to say, comprises
several quarters of the whole town, and was
surrounded by about fifty more negro shanties.
The occupants of these, quite taken by surprise,
turned out en masse, and the bridal calls of the
young wife consisted of an indiscriminate rush
of darkeys of all ages, sexes, colors and varie
ties. The only room she had was filled with
these odorous visitors from morning till night,
who gazed at her with open mouths, while little
ehonies climbed upon the roof, peeped in the
window, and stole her corn bread. It is esti
mated by competent Windsor authorities that
she received a thousand calls the first day.—
How she got through with her receptions is un
known, but, considering the fact 111.it she had
been brought up in decency, it is natuial to
suppose that her stomach must have rebelled
occasionally, notwithstanding the inculcations
of her fattier, who believed them good enough
for her until they actually got her.
The storv winch the parent circu'a'ed, to the
efiVct that she was insane, and that h? should
put her in an asylum, is all bosh. No insane
asylum would admit her, as she lias given not
the slightest sign of insanity.
[From the Chicago l'rtss, January 18.]
IMPORTANT DECISION.;
DEEDS FIIOM PRE-EMPTORS. —The Supreme
Court of Minnesota has decided that a deed
made by a pre-emptor, at any time before the
entry and receipt of his duplicate ceitificate
from the District Land Office, i 3 a valid deed,
and conveys the fee simple to the purchaser.—
The case before the couit was this :
Anson Northrop in 1855 pre-empted forlv
acres and a fraction in Minneapolis, embracing
the St. Anthony Falls water-power on the west
side oj the river, now of immense value. He
sold and conveyed this property by a warantee
deed to Isaac Atwater, who re-conveyed the
property again to Hon. Robert Smith, of Illinois
and others, composing the Minneapolis Water
Power Company. After the issuance of the
patent, North nip again made a deed of convey
ance to George A. Camp, who accordingly en
tered into possession of certain lot- in Minnea
polis laid out a portion of the property pre-emp
ted. Smtfli brought a suit in the Distriit Couit
to ejpet him, and gained the cause in that
Court.
The case was appealed to the Supreme Court
with the result above stated. It was contended
by tli" defence that the conveyance by Northrup
to Atwater was void under ti.eacf. of Congress
of 181-1, which declares that any assignment or
transfer of pre-empted land before-the actual
i-suanceof the patent shall be absolutely void.
The Courts held otherwise, au.l the Minneapo
lis Water Power Company was put into full
possession of its valuable property.
DEATH OF THE VICTIM OF A LI:C;AL Er.-
noa.—A Paris correspondent gives the follow
ing sad history of one Lesiner: The 30th of
Juue, ISIS, he was tried, convicted, and sen
tenced to the "hulks" for life, as being guilty
of murder anil arson. He was in the hu'ks
treated as a convict for seven years, w hen it
was discovered that he was innocent ot the
crimes, the true culprit having confessed his
guilt. The government did everything they
could to atone /or the error : they made him
chief commissary ot administrative inspection
of the southern railways, and gcve his fathet a
tobacco seller's place : but seven years of agony
seven yars spent in conscious innocence and
proclaimed guilt, are 100 heavy trials for human
nature, and the unhappy man died a day or two
ago, only six-and-thirty years old, and only two
years since his liberation. Instances of these
mistakes are not unfrequent in France, where
the criminal piactice is very imperii ct, and Tie
judge is made the prosecuting Attorney. l>ut
tne r rench hold it is better that ten innocent
should suffer, than one guilty man should es
cape.
Sn\r>:.\G NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS TO
EUROPE.— Persons who send newspapers and
pamphlets to Europe, should he careful not to
inclose them in wrappers; as it subjects them to
letter postage, generally s> high that the papers
are refused by the persons to whom they are
directed. A gentleman just returned from En
gland, informs us that he saw baskets of Amer
ican papers an.d pamphlets in one ol the English
Post-offices, which had been throw n aside on
this account. If the newspapers are tied around
w it It a piece of twine cord, they will go as well
as if in a wrapper, and the postage is then the
ordinary price fir newspapers. The fact that
many papers and pamphlets tail to reach per
sons in England and France, to whom they are
directed, may he accounted for in this way.
.'7 JVegro Running for Represenfuiive in
Alaine. — An election for Representative, to fill
the place of Win. Chase, resigned, took [dace in
Portland Ale., on the 1 Stli inst. Veal Dow the
great temperance ami negro-equality champion
and a colored man named Peter F-ancis, were
the principal competitors. There being but an
indifferent selection of candidates, comparatively
few votes were cast ; but (tie people generally
preferred the white man to the Republican of a
darker shade, and so "temperance and freedom"
triumphed lv a majority of 772 votes. How
.Veal Dow could have conscientiously lent him
self to defeat so rare an opportrnity for the
practical elevation of the colored race, we can't
conjecture.
[CP"A suspension bridge just erected over the
St. John River, at Grand Falls, C. IV., by Air.
Tomlinson, and which had ju>t been opened to
(he public, fell on Saturday last, in consequence
of the chains snapping. The local paper says
three teams were lost, and two men seriously
injured. The bridge was suspended over the
chasm on chains, and fro o the description given
bv eye-witnesses, it bids fair to prove a most du
rable structure. The contract price was .£T,
500, but it is said to have cost considerably
more. The cause <">f the disaster was most prob
ably owing to the contraction ofthe iron during
the severe cold last week.
The Best Cough Remedy Known. —There is
no doubt about the fact that Dr. Keyser's Pec
toral Cough Syrup is one of the most remarka
ble cough medicines, now offered to the public.
Old cases of lung disease, bronchial, and every
variety of lung disease, have yielded to its won
derful j owers, and we therefore feel no hesita
tion m recommending our readers who rnav be
afflicted in that wav to try it. There is very
little cost attending the purchase of a bottle,
which even though it should not cure, it will
do no harm. We know Dr. Keyser to be a
regular physician: conscientious in the discharge
ol his business, and our readers will find it safer
to trust such a man's statements, than hundreds
of those who are unknown to || )e community.
Sold by Sarn'l Brown, Bedford, and Colvin's,
Schellsburg.
MARRIED :~
On the 20th in>t., by the Rev. 11. Hecker
man, Mr. William Fisher, of Schellsburg, to
Miss Susan of Napier tp.
; New- rr.oM EUROPE.- We havehitere,,
j and important news from Europe bv ,h' ?
I *" Vork „f ,1.,
Washington, with the English date, tl „ ■- o!
; At the ,\W V„„.l-v.,,-., , heT
Emperor Napoleon rmde a threatening /' ,
! to the Austrian Minister, which alt,add
; attention ft,e reports growing out of ,£ *
| fair caused a name, and a decline of one „
cent, on the Paris Hour, and a bait r .
on Consuls at London. The Emperor', J**!'
were ' I ri-grt'l llial „ ur •"
your government are not so good ai thev
but 1 request you to tell your Emperor that dt,'
• personal feelings for him have not changed "
; The emphatic tone of the Emperor, and' his f"
, irralcd gesture, attracted the attention JT
assembled diplomatic corps. At Vienna -,i
a panic prevailed under the rumor that ''
would send tioops to Belgrade. Italy conV*
lies unsettled, and Lombardy ir. particular.
news from ail parts is pregnant with alarm
The steps taken in Lombardy are almost tar'*
mount to a state of seige. The Spanish m j r ".
istry have declared that Spain would never J.
Cuba, and protested against the itisuiiin* | lV '.
pothesis to the contrary implied in Preslj.V,
Buchanan's message. Clozaga introduced
motion in the Cortes supporting the
, declaration, and it was unanimously afiirrr,- *'
Spain has obtained full satisfaction from
co in the Tampico affair. R triors prevail''f
the discovery of a formidable conspiracy atO*
cow. Numerous arrests 0 f parties said to"'
implicated fiave been made in Cracow. \p ■, J °
quiet in Servia. The Bombay mail of
9, bad reached England. The news iuclud. i •••
account of a large army of rebels having b.e"!
defeated by the cornmander-in-chiel. The a-'
rie. ty was slowly but elfVc'.uallv thinning X
ranks of the rebels, giving promise of an ear'v
p-ace. '
LATER FROM HATTI.— We have just received
tie ti; st i trivial bui let in of the army of t , v .
ti-n Emperor. It gives a diary of the
trients of the army from December 28ih to Jan
j 3d, but contains little* worthy of repeti'.iui '
i On t tie 3 Jih a small French boat, manned by
! four men, and bringing M. Ciesca to Gonavef,
J was seiZ'*d, and tin* arrested persons detaiaej
: until evening, and tlien allowed to coatiau#
| its course.
j On the 2d January the Emperor inspected
j the army. On the 3d the Emperor visit*, d th
I ramparts constructed during the night, av| wa
! -übseduently told that the insurgents, win c
| cupi.il a position on the river Maut-Roia;. j
. fieri, hating their ammunition,
j f.be Imperial troop- then occupied tln enc
' uated position. The most perfect order renins
t and the army exhibits no signs of disaffection.'
fbt* bulletin ol course treats the revolution
j of which we have heretofore had only the in
i surgents accounts, from the Souloqoe point of
; view, a.a mere temporary riot, not enda:: vr
i ing the stability of the empire.
During the past year Lynn has manufac
! tnred mo- e than I <3,000,00J pair of shoes. The
* shoe business ol Massachusetts is valu-d at sio
- 00 ),00 J a year,and one-half tfie shoes made in
. this State are manufactured in Lvnn—so the
I thriving city of Lynn annually manufacture*
; $20,000,000 worth of shoes. Lvnn is not!.
| be beaten in the shoe business, sats the Hnor
\!cr.
j The . 7 H>i Caliform t is ir.formed tint
: tln-re has been found within the lunr a( !t.
J town of Molcano, in Amador county, a marble
quarry which promises to equal that of Carrara
Tilt- yniir IS a Very large one, being 2,000
; feel long, and 150 feet d ep. Much of the mar
j ble is equal to the fi rs t class Carrara in tough-
I ne.-s and fineness of giam, and w hitenessof c I
! or, and there is an abundance of the r. Ik equal
! in quality to the s-cond class Carrara.
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■' _ JURY LIST, """
DRAWN fur February Term {I 4-th dav,) 1859.
| B>-diord Borouzh—Genrge Stiffl-r.
I Bed ford ] p—Dr Geo W Anderson, Jeremiah Bowie,
] Geo K Lvsinger, Fred'k Schnebly.
j ltroad Top—Jacob Rinehart.
j Cumb Valley—fesse Ash, Nicholas Boor, Samuel
■ Elliolt, John C Vickroy.
Harrison—Adam F Miller.
| Juuiata—Jos L)tn), Ksi]., \\ rn iv.y.cr, Peter f
j l.ehtnan, Esq., Jas Burn-jr., Lew is F Ferrer, Al
j vey Boy lan.
j Liberty—"Daniel Staler,
j Londondeiry— Win Cook, Joh-i F.vans.
j .Monroe— Wm Delibaugh. Maitin F.vans.
j M Woodberrjr—Daniel Buyer, John Zvole, Esq.,
| Jeremiah Mentzer, John Keith, Samuel Hare,
j Napier—lter.ry Taylor,
j St Clair—Samuel Griffith, Michael Miller.
So hell-burg—Ab'm A Bu'nn.
j S \V oodberry—Samuel N.codemus, Robert Ra!it-s,
i Adam Kettering.
Southampton—Mark llowsare.
Snake Spring—John Smoiue.
i t ll ion—U in Be. kheimer.
GRAND Jt'RORsT
Bedford Bor—Henry Ketmund.
Bedtord !p—Michael Holderbaum.
Broad Top—Geo W Figani.
Colerain—Chas Pencil, Jon HarklerooJ.
Cumb Valley—Lewis May.
E Providence—Jacob M Barnet, Chsa McLaugh
lin.
Hopewell—James Firik.
Liberty—Geo Fluck.
Napier—John Whetstone, Philip Cnppeff.
M Woodberry—Jas Madara, Henry S Fluck, Rea
ben Mock.
Monroe—George Steckman.
Southampton—Geo Tewell, ANx Fletcher.
Scbellsburg—Duucan McVicker, Esq.
West Providence—Solomon Williams, Jos Ftrfa'r,
Thomas H Murray.
L'nioti—Michael Weyanf.
AVTICE.
The following persons have filed their petitions for
Li-cense in the Clerk's Oifice, to be presented to the
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Bedford
County, oti Tuesday, the !s:b day of Febuarjr
next.
Shannon Mulfin, Bedford Tp.
John B. Castner, Broadtop "
Fredrick Hildebrant, Juniata "
Joseph Gondon, " "
David Hagey, Liberty "
William Dibert, E. Proviriencs
Phillip Steckman, W. Provieenc*
P. G. Morgart, "
Frederick Berkhimer, s f . Clair "
Clerk's Office ( ?A.M L 11. TATE.
Jan. 2S, IS.iO \ Clerk
I)rugs ami Book^.
DK. F. C. REAMER & S. J. WAV,
— T F> H <vr furmerf a partnership
the DRUG and BOOK£*jlm
fLi r js IN ESS, win con-acSr
stautlv keep on their estabitsn
tnent in Julianna Street, a complete assortment
ol Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stufi's, Paints, OiK
Window Glass, Varnishes, Brushes of all kinds,
Patent Medicines, Lamps, Perfumery, Fancy
Soaps, &c. &c. together with an extensive col
lection of School and Miscellaneous Books,
Blank Books, Common and Fancy Stationery,
See. which they offer at greatly redueed ptr*
ce for cash. Bedford, Jan. 21, 1839.