TUB BEDFORD GAZETTE. |
ltellor!< Feb. I 1, 1839.
R F. Meyers 4&W. Benford, Editors. |
Democratic Meeting*.
The Democrats of Bedford county are reques- :
ted to meet in Mass Meeting, at the Court :
House, in Bedford, on Monday evening of
( ourt week, Feb. 14-th. A delegate to repre
sent Bedford county in the next Demociatic
State Convention, will be chosen by the meet
ing.
JACOB HEED,
Chairman, Democratic Co. Com.
THE JYEHS.
A meeting of the entire Democratic del
egation of Pennsylvania, in Congress, was held i
in the Ways and Medns Committee Room, on
Saturday evening last, the filth inst., Hon. Hen
ry Chapman presiding and Hon. U . L. Dew
art acting as Secretary. Resolutions in
opposition to the creation of a permanent debt
and approving the recommendations of the
President concerning the Tariff, were unan
imously adopted. A spirited debate was
participated in by Hon. 11. M. PmLLirs, Hon.
Thos. B. Florence, Hon. Wilson Reilly find
others. The prospect for the passage of a
judicious revenue tariff, is becoming brighter
every day. Ifthe Opposition are half as good
tariff men in Congress as they are out of it,
there can be no doubt of a satisfactory settlement
of that question during trie present session.
Mr. Benjamin (Democrat) lias been re
elected to the U. S. Senate. ,
Col. Samuel W. Black has been appoin
ted Governor of Nebraska. "Sam" is said to
be very popular in his new home.
Destructive fires occurred on Sunday
fast, in Boston and New York. A number of
lives were lost at each.
Gen Cass is reported to have suffered
two light apoplectic attacks recently, requiring
medical treatment.
A CORRU PT BODY.
From late reports of the proceedings in the
Lower House of our State Legislature, it would
seem that the public plunder has far more po- j
tent attractions for members of that 'body, than ]
the interests and business of their constituents.
Nay, from the very hour in which it was known
that there was an Opposition majority in the
House, the only object of concern to that ma
jority has been the division of the spoils. It is
notorious that the Black Republican Sneaker j
(Lawrence) months before the meeting of the >
Legislature, was actively engaged in canvas- j
sing for the nomination by which he was ele
vated to the office which he holds. Then Ihere
was the race betweenithe score of hungry corm
orants whose palms itched so distressingly to
handle the strong box of the State Treasury.
This for some time absorbed the entire atten
tion of the Opposition patriots. Next came the
Evans contested election case, and the Opposi
tion majority puzzle their brains for a week o
ver their clear and indisputable duty to refuse
the application of the contestant, and finally
manage, as tie was a Dinch Republican, to make
vi„„ i"*y i,".... c.m Out Jars !br every day lie
had attended at Harrisburg. But the grratest
farce in all the annals of political parnzanstiip,
I,.is been in t® ot performance by the
Opposition majority during the last few weeks.
We refer to their attempts to give to a Black
Republican the job of publishing the Legisla
tive Record. This project teems anJ reeks with
corruption. For insiance it has leaked out that
a deliberate alteration was made in the proposi
tion of the Black Republican printer, after it
had been read, which would have enured
greatly to the benefit of the contractor. Over
this Record question the House spends almost
daily a portion of its time, to the exclusion of
important matters affecting the interests of the
people. The question with the Opposition ma
jority is not, how shall we serve our constituents
faithfully r but, on the contrary, how shall
we best serve ourselves and those who act with
us in politics ? The fact is that,'with a few
honorable exceptions, that majority is composed,
)ite,ally speaking, of a set of know-nothings
and do-nothings who imagine that the chief
duty of a member of the legislature, is to suck
pap from the Government for himself and his
party. More complete models of cupidity and
stupidity could not be fourd were, the State
searched fiom one end to the other. As Burns,
would have called them, they are
"A set of dull, conceited hashes,
They gang in stirks and "
will "come out asses."
EXPENDITURES OF GOVERNMENT.
A caucus of the Democratic members of Con
gress, was held on Tuesday evening oflast week,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of
changing the laws at present regulating the
revenue. A resolution was passed appointing
a committee to report at an adjourned meeting
on the Saturday following, some plan for the
retrenchment of the expenditures of govern
ment. We are rejoiced to notice this move
ment on the part of Democratic Congressmen,
as it shows that the principles of Democracy
are not altogether lost sight of in the halls of
ourj National Legislature. The President's
recommendation in his last annual message, con
cerning the observance of a strict economy in
the appropriation of the public funds-, should
meet with a hearty and practical response on
the part of Congress.
SALE OF THE POOR HOUSE. —A number of
petitions have been forwarded to Harrisburg
Irom this neighborhood, praying the Legislature
to pass an Act for the sale of the Poor House,
Mill and Farm. We understand that Senator
Schell will present a bill in accordance with
these petitions, at an early day. We believe
this to be a good movement, if properly carried
out.
A BEDFORD FREE-SOILER DOWN
SOUTH.
The Democratic party, in the long-waged
and dangeious anti-Slavery controversy, has'
always occupied a conciliatory and conserva
tive position, striving to allay the jealousies of]
sections by guaranteeing to each and all their
; Constitutional rights, and throwing itself, even ;
at the risk oi dismembermeut and destruction,
i between the gathering elans of the hostile fac
tions. noble devotion to a true and
[glorious principle, the Democracy have been
denounced as slavery-propagandists, arthe ene
mies of heeJom and the defenders of a great
moral and social v.rong. This charge has been
so often and so boldly inH, and its utter falsity
J has been so clear Iy ami irrefutably established,
; that it would be entirely supererogatory to deny
iit and disprove it here. The Democracy are
I neither for, nor against, slavery where it airea
jdy exists by sanction of law; they are willing
i to leave the qnpstion of its continuance, or abo
lition, with the people oi the States in which
;itis a legal institution. As ior new States,
j the doctrine of the Nebraska Fill, which is tiie
j doctrine of the Democracy, gives the question
of Slavery into the hands ot the constitution
makers ot the embryo State, or in other words,
into the hands of the people, who either by
their delegated power through their legally
chosen representatives, or by their own direct
will legally expressed, shall decide that ques
tion for themselves. But notwithstanding this
! unequivocal and boldly defined policy of the
; Democratic party, its opponents still attempt
; (no ma'ter how naked and glaring the falsehoods
| to which tl'py are driven by the eiTort) to set it
j before the country as the "pro-slavery party,"
J Democrats are politely dubbed "slave-drivers."
and all the imaginary horrors of the "peculiar
institution,"are set down as ofDemocratic inven
tion. Occasionally, however, some abolitionist
whose peregrinations have led him South of
Mason and Dixon, comes to the rescue of the
Democracy, and acknowledges them "moresin
: ned against than sinning." An example of
j this sort is the case of a young gentleman well
j known to the citizens of this town, (lie having
resided here during la-t Spring and Summer)
who is at present on a voyage of discovery a
mong the negroes and plantations of the South.
Writing from New Orleans to a friend in this
place, our quondam free-soiler holds the fol
lowing language:
"You know when I was with you, I was
bitterly opposed to Slavery. I must acknowl
edge from all that I have sepn that the negroes
of the South are happier—fed and clothed bet
ter—in fact, I am compelled to confess, as an
honest thinker, that the slavery of the South
is not ol that dreadlul character the politicians
of the North would make people believe. Ancf:
T fiimly believe that if the Ed. of the ''Fearless
and Fiee," and all other "blood and thunder"
abolitionists would only come to the South and
witness what I have and then return North j
and act according to 'heir enlightened judgment.
and the honest impulses of their consciences j
they would forever cease to agitate the slavery
"c.tkosfVo " ■—*. ——
NO ELDORADO- Ar-rnn.
g.eat ruror has been stirred up in the
newspapers, concerning the alleged existence
of rich and extensive gold mines in the vicinity
of Pike's Peak, a spur of the Rocky Mountains
in the western part of Kansas. We have for
some time quietly entertained suspicions as to
the genuineness of this newly discovered Opbir,
but thought it best to wait for further develop
ments before venturing an opinion on so impoi
tant a subject. It appears, however, from
the subjoined extract from a letter which we
find in the last Fulton Democrat, written to
the editor of that paper by Mr. G. W. Linn>
formerly a citizen of Fulton county, that our
suspicions were not without foundation.—
Speculators are always trying to "throw dust
in the eyes" of the unwary, and it seems that
the land-jobbers ot Pike's Peak, have only varied
the game by using goldfylust. Th*y will find,
however, that people are beginning to learn
that "all is not gold that glitters." Mr. Linn
writes as follows :
WATERLOO, IOWA, Jan. 21, 1559.
! MR. J. B. SAXSOM
Sir—My object in addressing vou at this time
|is in relation to tlrn statements I have seen in
i the "Democrat" and other eastern papers con
| rerning the Gold at Pike's Peak. Now, sir,
' 1 feel a little interested in this, or at least in
I the welfare of my fellow-men generally.—
i Whilst I shall notjpronounce this a golden bubble
I or humbug by any imans, I warn the people to
I beware of exaggeration. We ar-*about GOO miles
I from the supposed Eldorado, and have a pretty
! good opportunity of being posted in regard to
the richness of the gold mines. Gold is found
there, it is true,bufthe particKs are so small
that it is a question whether it will pay to
goth-r it at ail.
The excitement that is gotten up is effected,
principally, hy speculators for the sole purpose
of skinning the honest farmers and mechanics
of th east and west. Companies of"land sharks
have gone in there and laid out Towns, and as
a matter of course, towns cannot amount to
much without population, hence their efforts to
spread the report of the great abundance of gold
at Pike's Peak.
-
E:AT BEFORE THE Y. M. C. ASSOCIATION.—
On Friday evening last, at the regular meeting
of the Young Men's Christian Association, an
essay was rpad by 0. E. SHANNON, Esq.,—sub
ject, Practice arjdProfession, which was treated
in a highly eloquent and interesting manner.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN LANCASTER.—CAPT.
GEO. SANDERSON, the able editor of that sound
Democrat ic journal, the Lancaster Intelligencer,
I has been elected Mayor ol Lancaster city, over
THOS. H. BUR ROWES, the late Black Republi
can incumbent. Three cheers for old Lancas
: t-r!
£s*Turn out to the Demrcratic
meeting on Monday evening vy.t
RELIGIOUS,
By divine permission, the Rev. C. F. :
Hoffmeier expects to preach in the Stone '
j Church, at Bloody Run, on Sunday morning
i the 20th inst, at 10 o'clock, in the English lan- j
' guage.
j / FITLY SPOKHN.
Y We have observed that for ©me time past,
' a certain would-be Democratic organ in Wash
ington City, has been making a systematic ef
fort to do all the harm in its powr, to the Ad
ministration and the Democratic party. We
would respectfully admonish the editor of that
paper that but little credit is to be gained with
the Democracy of Pennsylvania, by any imita
tor of John W. Forney, no matter what his
pretensions to orthodoxy as a Demcrrat. As
for the attack upon the Democrats of his State
which this disorganizing sheet lately saw fit to
indulge in, we have hut to suggest fiat, per
haps, when certain "peculiar institutions" to
| which its editor is devotedly attached, shall
' some time or other, (as they certainly will) be
in jeopardy from the assaults of the Abolition
ists, he may not be so anxious to read us out of
the party. The following, on this subject,
; from the Harrisburg Patriot Union, is fitly
| spoken, and we endorse it with all ourheart:
"The question, have we an autocrat among
!us? is answered. We have; the Waihington
j States is that autocrat, and the Democracy of
j Pennsylvania are served with a in - due
I form, that their antagonism is preferred to their
j association. Men sometimes attain almost a
| law-giving authority in party organizations, by
: pre-eminent integrity, ability, and devotion to
| their highest interests and welfare. Rutin this
| case the rule is reversed. The same paper
| that presumes to execute the Democratic party
| one week without benefit of clergy, and the
j next week to put the Democracy of Penosylva
! nia in the pillory for defections from the true
Democratic faith, has been, and is, the expo
nent of heresies, which, if adopted by our par
ty, would sink it deeper than plummet ever
sounded. This modern thunderer ha 9 been the
, confidential organ of Walker and his lawless
band of pirates; the gross and personal assahant
of the President, seeking b}' every art to bling
him into disrepute; the adversary of every
measure of his administration; the fire-eahng
extremist; the advocate of the barbarous slave
trade, and the friend and advocate of docti nes
| the bare suspicion ot countenancing which,
| would sweep the Democratic party from Penn
; sylvania. We want no such allies, nor will we
endure such dictators. We present the Demo
; cratic party of Pennsylvania in proud contrast j
; with this faction, whose motto is rule or ruin, i
j We point with satisfaction to the services of j
Pennsylvania, both to the party and theßepub- j
i lie, in checking the mad career ofsuch reckless j
extremists, and announce that its mission in
the future is to overthrow the presumptuous ;
autocrats who presume to exclude Pennsylva
nia from the Democratic party.
BEDFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
We have before us the Annual Report of tbe
State Superintendent of Common Schools far
1553, from which we glean the following sta
tistics concerning the schools of this county.
Whole number of schools in county, 163:
number yet required, 10.: --**' y 3
nv.nir. " 1,1 ,ne par, 4 : number o> n tie
teachers, 145 : number cf female teachers, 16 :
average salary of male teachers per month S2O
- : maximum salary of male teachers, $35.00,
minimum, sl6 00 : average salary of female
teachers, sl7, 88 : maximum salary of female
teachers, $22. 50, minimum sl4. 00: number
of male scholars, 3,628, number of females, 3,0
61 : average number of scholars attending school
4870 : average cost of teaching eacii scholar
per month 54 cents. This is exclusive of Cum
berland Yal ley, which has 11 schools, making
the whole number of schools in the county
174.
TESTIMOMAL OF RESPECT.
At a meeting of the "Bedford Riflemen,"
held at the Court House, in Bedford Borough,
February sth, 1859, Capf. A. J. Sansom wa s
called to the chair, and Lieut. Thos. 11. Ly
ons appointed Secretary. Capt. Sansom, in a few
appropriate remarks, announced to the cornna
ny the death of their esteemed fellow member
John S. Grouse, of Bloody Run, when on mo
tion ol Lieut T. 11. Lyons, the following resolu
tions were adopted :
Resolved , That we have beard with unfeign
ed sorrow and regret, of the death of John's.
Grouse, our fellow Soldier, and that in his
death the company have lost an active, efficient,
and brave member, and bis country one who
would have served it in time of need with the
most courageous fidelity.
Resolved , That we sincerely condole with
the bereaved Widow and relatives of the decea
sed, in this the time of their sorrow and distress ;
unable to assuage or reach and remove the dis
tress overwhelming the hearts of these afflicted
ones, which God, who "tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb," only can do, still we desire to
convey to her and them our heartfelt sympathy,
and some small token of our respect lor the
deceased.
Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge
of mourning, in mpmnry ol the deceased, for
the space of thirty days.
Resolved, That VVilson P. Mower, Adam
Lyttie and Wm. Dibert, be a committee fo pre
pare and deliver a copy of these resolutions to
the Widow of our deceased fellow Soldier.
Resolved t That these proceedings be enter
ed on the minutes, signed by the officers
of'this meeting, and published in the Bedford
papers. A. J. SANSOM, Pres't,
TII j. n. LYONS, Sec'y.
For the Bedford Gazette.
MESSRS EDITORS:
In as much as the Democratic
State Convention will soon meet to nominate
candidates for the several State offices to be
filled at the nxt General Election, I beg leave
to suggest through your an old citi
zen of Bedford county and a true Democrat,
ISAAC KENSINOER, ESQ., as a suitable person to
be placed in nomination for the office of Survey
or General. Bedford county deserves a candidate
on the State Ticket, for, when almost everv
other county yielded ground lo the Opposition,
tier ever gallant NR! JT • nprr.oem"*
*'- p < •''MPr.h- .
J HON. WH.SON MUCAUPLE-S.— Tt is announ
! ced that this gentleman has received the appoint
!of Judge of the United States Court, for the
Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Irwin
; resigned. No better appointment could have
been made.
THE LATE OTC. HARTLEY.
The following particulars of the sudden and
untimely death of this estimable and talenUd
man, which we noticed in a former issue, we
find in the Galveston (Texa?) Civilian, of the
20th ult:
Hon. O. C. Harlley, whose death we announ
ced yesterday, was only ill a little more than
twenty-four hours, previous to his demise. He
was attacked with apoplexy just before day, on
Wednesday morning, and from the ignorance of
those about him, of the nature ol the attack,
and 4 the difficulty of procuring medical aid at
the moment, the means of relief came too late
to avert a fatal result. lie returned from the
North but a short time since, the picture of 10-
bust health, and up to the night of the attack
exhibited no signs of disease. The suddenness
of the calamity has caused a painlul sensation
in the whole community, and overwhelmed his
family with profound grief. No man was ever
more devoted or beloved by his immediate fam
ily and Iriends than the deceased : and we have
never seen a more sudden or sadder change
in a happy household than his death has produ
ced.
Mr. Hartley was born near Bedford, in Penn
sylvania, and would have been thirty-six years
ofage had he lived until March. He studied
law in Bedford, and emigrated to Texas in 1816.
He had scarcely settled in Galveston, when the
news ol the battles of Palo Alto and Resca de
la Pdlma arrived and he was among the very
first io respond to the call of General Taylor
for volunteers and to fly to the relief ol the
small American army, then believed to be in
great jeopardy from a vastly superior Mexican
force.
Returning from the campaign, he diligently
resumed his profession, and in mastering the
crude and undigested mass of the laws of Texas
which were in great confusion and doubt, and
the cause of litigation and collisions ol the most
injurious character, he laid the foundation for
the admirable Digest which was afterwards a
dopled by the State, and which has been of in
calculable benefit to the public.
He served a term in the Legislature, as one
of the Representatives of Galveston county, and
was noted for the frankness and independence
of his bearing, and his refusal to enter into the
intrigues and cabals by which legisiatioa is so
ollen controlled.
For the, last eight years Mr. Hartley has oc
| cupied the position of reporter of the Supreme
i Court, and in the pains taking and methodical
j manner in which the labors ot the office have
! been discharged has given universal satisfaction,
| and given a publicity to adjudicated points ot
I law that has served greatly to simplify and re
■ duce litigation.
Mr. Hartley made no pretensions to oratory
but his reasoning powers were strong and com
prehensive, and, as a sound lawyer, he perhaps
iiad no superior in the State. H's know ledge
of the laws and adjudications of force in Texas
j was of the most ready and perfect description,
i He was a man of the most gentle and kindly
j bearing among his friends, and mild and concil
; ialory to all, though firm and unyielding, save
—*• " 1,1 U I -.•. —i .'.llt.il >n 1..* .pi. ■■>. Uil.l
rpurposes. In hiin the State has lost a merito
rious and useful servant, and Galveston one of
■ her best citizens. To his bereaved wife and
j child his loss cannot be estimated.
! THE Fill HE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
We hear a great deal I'roin the B!ack Repub
lican and Abolition journals and spuuters, says
'.he Uniontown Genius of Liberty , about the
demoralization and disorganization of the Demo
cratic party. In reply to all this we point to
the croakings of the past. There hasn't been
a year since the Abolition party became formi
dable that it was not predicted that the Demo
cratic party was disoiganized and broken op.—
And long before the Abolitionists had acquired
any respectable show ol strength, it was stoutly
atlirmed by th'e then existing opposition that
the Democratic party was disorganized and
i powerless to re-unite. It was so after the elec
tion of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe; it was
| so after the election of Jackson and Van Buren.
I It was so after the election of Polk and Pierce.
I And now, that James Buchanan occupies the
executive chair, we hear the same old croakers
piping their doleful old chorus. To all the
enemies of the Democratic party, in the name
of the past glories and triumps of that honorable
old party, we send greeting, that the Democra
cy are sure to rally in the future as they have
done in the past, and the ballot boxes, while
attesting the strength of the party, will at the
same time, place the usual temporary quietus
upon the motley voiced croakers. It is 'not
worth while to refer to the disintegrated, dis
joined and distracted condition of the opposi
tion, and commend them to a careful healing
of their own breaches, for the opposition don't
aspire to be considered any thing more than a
number of cliques and (actions, all out of joint
;as respects anything like concentration upon
well defined principles. They are the oppo
sition, but not a party. As :t has never been
customary for the opposition to gain two con
secutive victories, we have the best of reasons
for predicting a complete Democratic triumph
at the next general election in Pennsylvania
and other States, and then in 1860 when the
old national flag of the Democracy will be hung
upon the outward wall, it will infuse the an
cient Democratic tire into the bosoms of the
masses the country over, and victory, glorious
victory, will again follow the eagles of Democ
racy, and everything like opposition, Abolition,
nigger worshipping, nigger marrying, spiritual
rapping, and kindred isms will be totally over
tnrovvn and forgotten, until they come up a
gain'in the shape of old croakers all croaking.
IMPORTANT FROM SALT LAKE. —A private let
ter from Salt Lake, dated January 7, says that
Judge Sinclair had adjourned the Grand Jury
sine die, on the petition of nine members, in
which they declare their inability to proceed in
the examination of witnessess, in consequence
of the excitement and violence manifested. The
ju'j was composed of nine Gentiles and twelve
Mormons, and the factious spirit ran so high in
the jury room, that revolvers were drawn, and
a general fight was with difficulty prevented.
The letter adds that the idea of an impartial ju
ry, or justice being attached in that city, is pre
posterous, and martial law will probably be es-
Gov ParUer's VftofS.
What a contrast is afforded between the
Know Nothing Administration of POLLOCK, and
the Democratic Administration of Gov. PACK
ER ! The former flooding the country with the
rotten currency of irresponsible banks, and legis
lation for prn ate monopolies, materially assis
ted in plunging us into last years panic-whilst
the latter severely frowning upon every attempt
to invade the powers of the constitution, has
sent bill after bill back to the House with his
veto! In times gone by there has been far too
much of this private legislation—and it rejoices
our heart, as it undoubtedly does that of the
people, to see a Governor having firmness and
integrity to stem the torrent of corruption.
We hope he will go on as he has begun, and
utterly annihilate (be very principle, until our
Representatives, actuated by higher motives
than self-interest, shall feel that they too, indi
vidually, have a responsibility in the discharge
of their functions. — Clinton Democrat.
A COMPLIMENT TO] TIIB DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
—Mr.HVashburne, ol Maine, one of the leading
and most noted Republicans in the House ol
Representatives, in Lis late violent and section
al speech passed the following compliment to
the Democratic party. He said :
"Let us, Mr. Chairman, learn wisdom from
our opponents. Look at the Demociatic party
and note its policy. It has held possession of
the Government, wilh shoit inttenuptions, for
more than a quarter of a century ; not because
it has been always earnest and has dared to
trust itself. Jt has never paid court to its oppo
nents, or stooped to speculate upon their weak
nesses and divisions ; always hold and uncom
promising, it has never doubted its own suf
ficiency and invincibility, and so it has ever
been a mighty power in the laud."
Mr. Wdshfcurne, with all hi; bitterness a
gainst it, ha.l to confifs that no other political
organizations stood by its principles so bravely
and unflinchingly as the Democratic party.
REVENUE OP CUBA. —The official returns ol
the Island of Cuba, both land and sea, for the
month of November, says the New Orleans Pic
ayune, have just been published. They add up
for the former §559,016 ; for the latter §762,
326—total §1.321,313 for the month mention
ed. The total income of the island from both
sources for the first eleven months of the past
vt ar amounts to $16,573,198, upwards of six
teen millions and a half of dollars. The income
of the island for the same period last year was
$15,862,283.
AMALGAMATION. —An AGED lady giving her
• name as Mrs. Lee, yesterday appeared before
Justice Hovl, and had a warant issued for the
arrest of a mulatto man named VViiliam Foiley.
! She stated that Foiley had destroyed her happi
ness by marrying her daughter Maty Ann, a
very pre,ty white girl, making an oath to the ef
fect that the girl was eighteen years of age,
when she was but sixteen, i'he girl however ap
pears to he verv well satisfied with*her redoubt
able colored husband, and is determined to "stick
to him like a mud turtle to an African's toe."
Foiley gave security in the sum of S2OO for his
appearance. Columbus (Ohio) Statesman.
Do Sot Fancy Yourself Sick.
! - Th" general health of the human body can
j usually he decided on bv the patient himself.
It is not every little trifle that needs medicine.
Rut there are diseases that require immediate
attention on account of ttie dangerous results
/-i. r\-• . i.0... ■ anions these a"e
conahs nn-l edds and the various' ptnmonary
hain that attend our ever varying climate.—
For these maladies a:i unfailing cure will be
found in DRI. KKVSER'S PECTORAL SYRUP. —
Sold in botthsat fifty cents and Si each, at
Sam'! Brown's, Bedford, and Colvin's, Schells-
I burg.
DIED:
On Saturday evening the sth, irist., after a
j short illness, at his residence in Friend's Gove,
Mr. Fredrick Smith, aged 64- years, 1 month
I and 23 days. It is our painful duty to record
j the rather sudden departure of this good
father, neighbor and friend. The deceased was
i a native of Fr. nd's Cove. His depaiture is a
I severe bereavement, net only to bis now eiJlic
j ted and much esteemed consort aui lati.e.i ss
I chidren, but a!.-o to the whole Cove, ol which
I he was obliging and ust iu! an n en.! er.
; The writer has been acquainted with him for
; about three years and he can say, to know him
was to love and respect him. He was always
. kind and k benevolent, constant in visiting the
| sick and the afflicted : as a christian, he was
j exemplary and consistent in profession.
! Thus have the wife and children los- an
| affectionate and kind husband and father, and
the church to which he belonged, (Lutheran) a
! warm friend and member. But to bis praise be
it said, he was a true christian friend to his
I brethren of the G**r.Jß. Church, who worshiped
|in the same church. His seat was seldom va-
I cant. But he to the many mansions in
; his* father's house.
And whilst the distressed family, the church
' and the neighborhood mourn their loss, they
| have this comfortable assurance, their loss is hu
gain* "I know that my redeemer liveth," was
i his emphatic answer to the writer, and calmlv
j and quietly and prayerfully he met the messen
ger of death. Weep not for tne, w hen I am
i gone, when I am gone. <_'. F. H.
~ 7 '' ~'~ x " 1 ■■■■*** ■*- * awe Musi,mm- ■„ MM
r |^ii rnpike C'osiipufiiy CSection.—
; JL I lie Stockholders of the Bedford and
Stnystown Turnpike Road Company, are hereby
notified, that the Election for managers of the
i company, will be held at the* house of
James Frasher, in Schellsburg, on the first
Monday, seventh day of March next, between
the hours of one and three o'clock, P. M.
Stockholders, please attend.
PETER SCfIELL,
F*'b. 11,'59 Sec y
SSO SiKWAIiD2
At a recent meeting ol tbe Burgess and Town
Council ol the Borough of Bedford, it was unani
mously resolved, that the above reward ofsoo will
j be paid tor the detection and conviction of any per
| >on or persons who may be caught in the act of nia-
I liciously settine fire to any budding or buildings
wilhin the limits of said boiough.
Bv order of the Board,
JACOB RF.F.D,
Chief Burgess.
H. NICODEMVS,
Clerk.
Feb. 11,*59
j llcdical t'u-pnrlner!liip.
THE undersigned have associated themselves
in the practice of Medicine, j n the village of
St. Clairsville. :\ight call? promptly attended
j to. Offics opposite the St Clair Inn!
WM. A. VICEROY,
G. W. STATLER.
j Feb. 1 !,'59.
ELECTION
-An election for five managers of i| p
Chatnbersburz and Bedford Turnpike R oa j
company, will be held at -the Public House of
Miss Eliza Cooper, in McConnellsburg, on M on .
day, the <th day of March, next, at I o'clock
p. M. vv. H MCDOWELL, WY. '
Chambersburg, Feb. 11, 1859.
CAF TIO\.
I have purchased fh •f . I'owi e . | a t<> the p ro n
e. ty of Jeremiah Morris, and sold a t Sheriff's
•sal-, viz : One roan mare, one black mare and
one two horse wagon, al! of which I shall leave
in the possession of said Morris, at my option
and 1 hereby caution all other persons azains'
meddling with the same.
E**b. 1 Ith. EVANS W A RTZ W.A LD ER
Bedford Hsill Road.
NOTICE U hereby given to the Stockholders
o: the Bedford Rail Road Company, that an
election will be held at the Court Ho'use, in the
Borough of Bedford, on Saturday, the 19th day
of February, next,, between the hours of 12
4 o'clock, P. M., (o elect a President am'
twelve Directors, fo conduct and manage t j )e
affairs and business of said Company for the
ensuing year. D. WASHABAUGH
E. L. ANDERSON, '
JOB MANN
N. LYONS,'
O. E. SHANNON,
F. JORDAN,
J. VV. TATE,
W. P. SCHELL
JOfiN ALSIP,
Committee,
ATTENTION, RIFLEMEN !
You are hereby ordered fo nrnet for Parade
on Tuesday, the 22U day February, at 9 O'clock
A. M., in full Winter uniform (with Plume)
and 10 rounds of blank cartridge. A full
attendance is desired.
By order of the Captain
WILLIAM DJHERT, O. S.
I > ECEiPTS \\ EN PEN BITI RMS OF
n \< the Chambersburg and BeJGrd Turnpike
R ail Company, for the year ending January
12, 1N59. " y
To balance at last I By expenses, $1,890 02
settlement, $2,910 00 j Dividend paid
1 oreceipts for j since last
tolls, 3,590 10 j settlement, 494 po
Unpaid divi
-0,031 00 deiids, 2,086 22
$1,471 11
4,171 M
Available
balance, $2,059 80
Feb. 4, 09. 1. B. KENNEDY, President.
T'The Managers of liie Ctian.bersburg and
Bedford Turnpike Road Company have declar
ed a dividend of 14 per cent., on the capital
stuck which is now payable,
fek 4, '59. W. 11. McDOWELL, Trea?.
NOTICE.
HIE public are hereby notified that I have
purchased the foilowiug items of properly, lev
it d on and sold by E. Bedell, Constable of Uni
on township, \iz: One red cow (with white
back), one two horse carriage and harness, one
roan mare, one two ho.-se wagon, two calves,
(a year old next spring) one bay horse, all of
which were seized and taken in execution as
the prop. rfy of John Harshbarger, at the suit
ofF.p. Beegle, t)ie of Job Mann, which proper
iy f permit the saiJ John Harshbarger fo retain
in bi< n w'-•*-* —y r ,! autre.
f t ?b. f, 'hp. JOHN ALDSTADT.
Closing On( Cheap ! !
OXE MOXTH OF B.IRGjIIXS BEFORE
T.IKLYG STOCK !! :
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
Cash Supers
All kmds of Winter Dry Goods reduced, v-z:
Ciilnirgs at .50 cents, worth 75.
Merinos at 18| anil 25 cts. worth 25
and 371- cents,
Alpacas, Silks, Delaines, Shawls, Rib
bons, Dress 1 riminings, Shirts and
Drawers. Comforts, Flannels. Lin
scys, Satinetts, Cassinierts,
Cloths, Hoots, Shoes, Gai
ters, Ac., Ac.,
AT BARGAINS. FOR CASH
OSTF R, MA N'SPEAKER & CARN.
Bedford, Feb. 4, 1859.
RECEIPTS L\l) E\PE\DIT(H£S
OF BEDFORD COUNTY, FOR 1853.
SAMUEL DAVIS, F.-q., Treasurer of Bedford
County, in account with said C ;uuty, from January
-Ith, 1838, to January 3d, 1539.
TREASURER, DF?
To risk received from Col!fetors:
John L fl:ll, Juniata tp., ISSI $lO 60
Jae. A Nicodemus, M VVoodberrv, 10 00
John Alstadt, St. Clair, * 1853 3 4S
B VV (arrelso:i, Bedford borough, 18.35 26 75
F'.lias Gump, Colerain tp., = n 2,-, 75
John Da>her, Hopewell lp., k 25 00
Henrv F.golph. Napier tp., if 15 00
Henry Horn, Schellsbttrg borough " 22 19
Simon Beard, M..Woodberry* tp., 44 21
Jacob Smith, Bedford borough, 18.57 267 50
John A Osborne, Broad Top tp, 199 ,50
Adam Barnhart, Bedford tp, " 303 81
Samuel James, Colerain Tp, •• 211 00
Henry Rose, Cumb. Valley tp, J69 70
Jonathan Feightner, Harrison Tp, " 13,5 00
Alexander Davis, Hopewell tp, 160 00
Jonathan Hurley, Juniata '< 112 84
John B Zook, Liberty, 32 0%
Noah 1 ipton, Londonderry tp, ■< 190 20
William Carnell, Monroe, tp, 328 50
Philip Cuppett, Napier tp, 178 20
A. Morgart, E. Providence tp, " 116 72
William Masters, VV. Providence, " 222 00
Daniel Horn Schellsburg bcr.. 23 00
James Smith, St. Clair tp, 51 42
Amos Ash, Southarnptoii tp, 4 71
I. M. lrofer, Union tp, tc 101 46
Simon Beard, M. Woodberry tp, " 41.5 00
Henry S. Fluck, S. Woodberry tp, •• 491 21
Daniel J Shuck, Bedford bor., 1858 166 00
Lemuel Evans, Broad Top tp, " SO 00
Jacob Reighart, Bedford tp, < 361 00
John Shoemaker, Colerain tp, < 238 60
John Morgnn, Cumb. Valley, tp. •< 111 00
John F1 Miller, Harrison tp, 60 00
Solomon Steel, Hopewell tp, • .35 00
Henry Horn, Juniata tp, 133 00
George F Steel, Liberty tp, < 65 00
Michael Bone, Londonderry fp, i 123 91
Anthony Smith, Napier Tn. if 82 00
Chris. Felton, Jr., K. i' vidence ff 135 00
1 bos. Ritchey, VV. Providence tp, f ; 275 00
Emanuel Sta'tler, Schellsburz bor. 75 00
John Smo-.ise, Snake Spring tp, 228 99
William Kirk, St Clair, tp, << 192 50
Jared Hanks, Southampton tp, f 47 50
Isaac Pressell, Union tp, ff 162 00
Jac. A Nicodemus, M. Woodberry ft 535 00
John B Fluck, S. Woodberry tp* ff 320 00