MIE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Beil/brdi I'eb. I*, !809.
il F. Iftjera LG. W. Ikuferd, Editors.
FORGERII TIIE LEGISLATIRE:
FLUK IIEIIEJ.ICAN HONESTY
BELOW PARI!
In ac article oo corruption in the Stat*
Legislature, we btt week took occa.-ion to
mention the circumstance of the alteration of a
(>aper cm file in the L'jwrr House, which was
the foundation of a contract lor the publication
ota Legislative Record, which contract that
btxiv was about to ratify- The facts connected
with Ibis transaction are as fvlows : During
the session of the led Legislature, a contract
was made with R. J. HaMrrrai, bf the Senate
and House of Representative., in a j,:nt act,
according to the terms of which .Mr.
man was to print tl.e Legislative Record un
til otherwise ordered hy the next Legislature.—
In accordance with the requirements of this
contract, Mr. Haldeman proceeded to print the
Record for the present Legislature, as he was
hound to do until the repeal of the law under j
which he became the printer of the Record. Mr.
llaldeman is a D> mocra', and of course the Black j
Republicans could not hare thought, for a mo
ment, of suffering him to retain Iris position.—
Tbey wanted the post for a nan of their
own, and thev* at once set on foot a scheme
to accommodate their party fri-nd. Their fii?t
step it to pass in the House, where tlmy are
largelyin the majority, a resolution declaring
the contract with Hal ieman at an end and
making a new arrangement with oue George
Bergner. This project fails in the Senate.—
But the appetite of the Black Republican spoils- j
men for the public plunder, is too keen to let j
the matter rest here. So they at once resolve,
in the House, to make a bargain of their own,
independent of the action ol the Senate, and
have Mr. Bergner to furnish them with a Record,
notwithstanding their being regularly supplied
by Mr. Haldeman. The result of this would
have been to entail upon the Commonwealth
the expense of two Records, the additional one
contracted for costing no less a sum than §44.00
per day ! But fortunately for the interests of
the taxpayers, the greediness of these Black
Republican cut-purses, ever-leapt itself. The
contract with Bergner was tor three thousand
Reco'd*, but when it came to be ratified, it
was discovered that the word "two" had been
• nierted in place of "three," betraying a base
and otrtrageuu* to swindle the State
out of the value of one tkousnna Records'
The discovery of this deliberate forgery had
the effect of causing Bergner's friends todispose
of the mutilated paper, in a most summary
mannpr, by re-committing it. Mr. Foster, a
Republican member from Pittsburg, had tbo
honesty to denounce this daring fraud, and Mr.
Rose, of Mercer,also spoke with great severity
coucerning it. But the majority of the Black
Republicans were for sustaining Bergner—
were willing to endorse even the forgery—and
when a motion was made for a committee to
investigate the matter, they were found voting
in a body to postpone it. GEO. W. WILL- !
JAMS of this county, lias been a Bergner man
from the beginning, and rated with bis Black
Republican brethren to postpone the ap|>cint
ment of a committee of invetigation. Such is
the honesty of the Black Republicans ! Such
is the sequel to all their shrieking for economy I
The people will remember them.
HEADLETN Lire or WASHINGTON. —This work
t a large octavo volume containing over 500
pages and beautifully embellished with quite a
number of steel and wood engravings—many of
which are colored. The work is printed on
good paper and is well bound in gilt muslin bind
ing. D. MOELET, the agent for this work :£
now canvassing our county fo obtain subscrip
tion!. The work is replete with useful informa
tion and no library or household should be with
out a copy. Price of subscription, $2 50 c!s.
Court has been in session since Monday last.
A large crowd of people was in attendance on
Monday arid Tuesday, but since then has con
siderably thinned out. Among the strangers
present, are Messrs. Forward, Baer and C'ol
born, of Somerset, Col. Hofius, of Hollidays
burg, and J. H/ Hopkin, and J. C. Dicken,
Esq*., of Pittsburg.
'£F"The Bedford High School will open for
the admission of scholars on the 21st inst., un
der the supervision of D. O. SHOEMAKER, ESQ.
MISS MONTGOMERY, a lady eminently qualified
for the position, will take charge of the female
department. Sec advertisement in another rol
umn.
The still-house of .Mr. L. N. Fyan, of
Juniata tow nship, in this count v, was consumed ,
by fire on Tuesday of last week. The loss of
Mr. Fyan is estimated at about SI2OO.
!Tp"The proceedings of the Middle Wood-!
berry meeting, came too late for this week's
issue. We will give tliem a place n-xt week.
Scoit Legion of Central Pennsylvania.
A eting of the surviving officers and sol
diers of the Mexican war, of the cointies of
Blair, Cambria, Bedford, Huntingdon, and
neighboring coimu-s, will be held at the Logan
House, (CorjKiral Kei ffer's) Holidays burg, on
the evening of the 22d Fehiuarv, insf., for the
purpose of organizing a "SCOTT LEGION."
Col. JACOB HIGGINS,
Capt. D. H. HOFffJS,
Cap*. WM. WILLIAMS,
Sergt. J. L. KIDD,
Corp. JNO. KEEFFER.
. Feb. 9, '59.
Grand Democratic
Dally!
Tle freemen of old Redfbrd in
Council !!
THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
ENDORSED!!!
THE DEMOCRACY OF BEDFORD IX
FAVOR OF A MODIFICATION OF THE
TARIFF, AND THE ANNEXATION OF
CUBA ! !! I
On Monday evening last, pursuant to a pub
lished call, a Mass Meeting of the Democracy
af Bedford county ass-mbled in the Court House,
in immense concourse of people being in at
tendance. The Court room was densely crow d
ed, the 'eats in the Bar were filled to overflow
ing, and the aisle in front of the railing was
literallv jammed by those who were unable to j
find seats. GEN JAMES BL RbS, of Napier,
was ctosen President of the meeting, and -was
assisted by the following gentiem*-B a* \ ice
Presidents : MAJ. SAML. DAVI-, of Bedford
borough: GEO. ELDEE, of Harrison: J.%s. C. De
vote, of Londonderry: DAM.. HTLTZELL, of
Bedford ip.: W's. ADAMS, E-Q., of Southamp
ton: WM. MELLON, of E. Providence; SAML.
BECKLF.Y, of St. Clair: JACOB B. ANUEESOS, cf
Cumberland Valley; ABRAHAM KOONTZ, of Cole
rain: and P. H. STI'DEBAKEK, of Na| ier. The
following gentlemen acted as Secretaries : W m.
PEARSON, of M. Wootiberry, COL. F. D. BEE
GLr, of St. Clair, and J. T. GCPHART, of Bed
ford fp. On m tion, a committee of one from
each elec'ion district, was appointed to draft
resolutions exnressive of the sense of the meet
ing. The Committee was composed as follow s: !
B. F, Meyers, chairman, Bedford Borough;
Fred. Schntbley, Bedford tp.; Geo. G. Gibson,
Broad Top: Abraham Weisel, Colerain: A.
Blair, Esq., Cumberland Valley; Jno. 11. Key
ser, Haniaon; Jas. McCieary, Hopewell; J. A.
Burns, Juniata; Daniel Stoler, Liberty; D. B.
Troutman, Esq., Londonderry; Geo. Steckman,
Monroe; John Whetstone, Esq., Napier; Cad
walader Evans, E. Providence; Jacob Dunkle ?
W. Providence: Samuel Griffith, St. Clair; J.
Henry Schell, ScbelUburg: D. L. Defibaugh_
Snake Spring; D. Stevens, Southampton: D.
Fockler, S. Woodbetry: Win. Pearson, Middle
Woodberry: Adolphus Afce, Union. The meet
ing was then addressed by R- F. Meyers, who
at the conclusion of his remarks, introduced
WM. J. BAER, Esq., of Somerset. The speech
of Mr. Baej was an able and eloquent effort,
drawing forth frequent bursts of applause, and
riveting the attention of his hearers from first
to last. After Air. Baer had concluded, O. E.
SHANNON, Esq., was loudly called for and the
call was responded to by that gentleman in an
address full of sound and convincing argument*
and one that carried terror to the hearts of the
few Abolitionists that had ventured into the
>,t. rrnen Mr. Shannon had finished
speaking, the committee on resolutions, through
their chairman, reported as follows :
Whereas, t he history of our Republic bears
witness that the principles and governmental
policy of the Democratic party are best calcu
lated to promote the happiness and prosperity
of a free people, and whereas from that same
history we learn the incontrovertible fact that
all political oiganizations that have ever been
arraved in antagonism to that partv, have pro-
ved utter failures in their administration of the
Government, Therefore,
Resolved, That the present National Admin
istration, by its faithful endeavors to conduct
the affairs of the Federal Government in accord
lance with Democratic principles—in recogni
zing and sustaining, as it has, th* Constitutional
rights of every citizen, North and South, East
and West—in assiduously striving to disentan
j gle our complicated relations with foreign
countries—in jealously guarding the honor of
1 our flag from the insults of presumptuous rival,
f —in zealously laboring to allay sectional strife
i j and to bind together in enduring unity the
. ; sisterhood of States—in the speedy settlement
of difficulties which were entailed upon the
, Government through the blunders and intrigues
" ; of our political enemies—in short, in the whole
■ tenor of its official conduct—deserves our cordial
and unhesitating approval.
Resolved, That the Democratic party adheres
to the doctrines promulgated by its founders, as
transmitted fo us from the times of the immor
tal Jefferson, by the hands of the great and good
men through whose patriotic labors their ascen
j dancy has bepn perpetuated.
Resolved , That we are, we have
ever been, opposed to the creation of a large ;
funded debt on the part of the National Govern
ment, except during time of war, or the !
existence of some other exigency absolutely de- j
mands it; and we not only condemn the reckless ;
iegi lation ol the Opposition Congress which
has so lareeiy and unnecessarily increased the
expenditures of Government, but we also ear
nestly and emphatically protest against any
policy that may be pursued by the present Con- j
gress, the effect of which will be to compel fur
ther loans to defray those expenditures.
Resolved, That we cling to the v.ell-known,
well-tried and successful theory of the Demo
cratic party concerning the adjustment of the j
Tariff; that whilst we are opposed to all duties I
on imports except such as are necessary for the j
raising of sufficient revenue to carry on the Gov- •
eminent economically, we at the same time be- ;
lieve that the Tariff which has been in existence
since 1807, and which" we hold to be of "Op
position" parentage, is insufficient for that pur
ine, and n its incidental protection to home
interests, does not make the proper discrimina- \
tions: and we, therefore, urge upon Congress
its speedy modification so as to bring into the
Treasury the necessary revenue and to give
due encouragement to our domestic manufac
tures.
Resolved, That the acquisition of fhe island of
Cuba, is a question of incalculable importance
to the people of this Union, involving not only
as it does, the progress of our free institutions,
the security of our southern coast from invasion,
the safety of Central Ameiica from the usurpa
tion of foreign governments, the supremacy of
our flag in the Gulf of Mexico, fhe speedy and
effectual suppression of the slave trade, hut also
affecting in a great degree the domestic interests
of our people. The annexation ofthis island to
or Republic, would give o many article of
daily consumption in every family, many of \
the necessaries of life, at prices far cheaper;
than they can be obtained for at present. We,
therefore", declare ourselves in favor of the ac
quisition of Cuba, by any safe, honorable and
justifiable means the National Government may
see fit to employ.
Resolved , That Hox. Wm. Bin LEE. our able
I*. S. Senator, deserves our unqualified approba
tion for his faithfufj rr.anly and statesmanlike
discharge ol the duties pertaining to his office.
Resolved, That Hox. WILSON REILLT has
proved himself a true and faithful servant of
the people, and "bat we cordially approve of
bis couisp in Congress.
Resolved, That Hox. Wai. P. SCHELL, our
talented ar.d efficient State Senator, has thus
far represented this Senatorial District in a
manner that reflects credit upon himself aod
does honor to his constituents.
Rt ohrtil, That Gen. G. W. R.WMAX,
Superintendent of the Public Printing at
Washington, hv his strict inti-grity in the dis
charge of his official duties, merits our hearty
commendation, and that as citizens of Bedford
county we take both pride and pleasure in thus
according i.
Resolved, Th3t Co!. Jos. W. Tate, be and he is
hereby appointed representative delegate to rep
resent this county in the coming Democratic
State Convention.
On motion trie above resolutions were
unanimously adopted The following resolution,
offered by O. E. Shannon, E*q., *as a!so adopt e"d.
Resolved, That P. F. Lehman, D. B. Bal
der and B. I*. Movers, be, and they are, here
by appointed conferees to meet conferees from
Huntingdon an ! Somerset counties, to select a
delegate to represent this Senatorial District
in the c lining D -mocratic State Convention.
.MA R. S. H. TATE then addressed the meeting
in hi- u-ual eoq'i"nt and forcible manner, and
after he had concluded, the meeting adjourned
with three loud arid hearty cheers for the good
old Demociatic party.
ATTORNEY GENER.UTBLACK.
U'e publish with pleasure, says the Philadel
phia Pennsylvania! i, the accompanying ex
tract from a letter written by one of the most
intelligent and accomplished visitors at the
National capital. It will be gratifying, not
only to the personal and political hlends of
Judge Black, but also lo the pride ofour noble
old Commonwealth, to learn the estimate in
u hich this distinguished citizen is held. We
have heard from many quarters the highest eu
logiums pronounced u;/oti the arguments of the
Attorney General duiing the present term of
the Supreme Court, especially his great speech
in the Sutter case, which has been considered
by many good judges, the ablest and most
powerful argument made before that high tribu
nal for many years.
WASHINGTON, Jan. £B, 1339. Few places
on tlie American Continent are as inter,-sting,
to an educated mind, as the Supreme Court
room in this city v h*n the Court is in session.
The importance of the cases brought before
that high tribunal brings hither the first Leal
intellects of our country to engage in thei: dis
cussion.
Here may be seen the ablest men in the two
Houses ot Congress, engaged in the pn>ecuti >n
and defence of the interests of ft r; d
U i® otrrfctngra ooserve, ~Ktrw rtTmptegerf it#*
wordy, irrelevant t vie of oratory, so comm. r.
on the floor of the House and Senate, gives way
to thet- rse, pointed, acute logic of the skilifm
advocate.
It proves that the practice of talking array
Jrom ihe point, is not, as some have supposed,
inherent in the American Orator; but that he
assumes it for a purpose, ar.d can lav it aside
when he chooses. Among the men ol ma?*
and power who figure in this forum, none stand
higher than Hon. J_ 5. Black, the presett At
torney General of the United States.
Pennsylvania has reason to be proud of such
a son. Calm, dignified and logical, be yet j
combines with Li> arguments a forcible and
pithy eloquence, that add? greatly to the point
and weight of his reasoning.
He shows rivjt only the profound thought and
extensive reading of the thoroughly trained
lawyer, but also the refinements and graces of
the rip- and clas>ic scholar. In his hands the
: dry abstractions of the law are invested with
beauties of cultivated taste and the attractions:
of warm and sympathetic feeling.
As a spectator in the Court room, I have
bad the pleasure of hearing him discuss two
cases of a very interesting rharacter. One was
the claim of the celebrated"C'aj>t. Sutter, of Cali
fornia, to a princely domain in that State, em
bracing the cities of Sacramento and MarvsviJle,
and an immense territory of valuable land. —
The Attorney General opposed the claim un be
half of the Government. It is nit mv province
to decide the right of the case, but 1 will say
that the argument of Judge Black was a mag
nificent specimen of forensic eloquence and ]
power, and will not soon be forgotten by any :
who heard it.
The other case was from Wisconsin, touch-]
ing an a!U mpt on the part of the Supreme Court j
of that State to nullify the Fugitive Slave act, 1
and prevent its execution by the use of the:
writ of habeas corpius. lie sustained the _e_:,.**-!
stitutionalitv of the Act, defined the true limits
of the habeas corpus power, and defended the j
rights of the Federal Judiciary in a masterly j
and convincing manner. He argued the qm-s
--tion not only as a lawyer, but as a Statesman,!
: and laid down ami defended the true limits ofj
the State and Federal Courts, with a broad and S
comprehensive bogie that showed him master of j
the subject.
The arguments which I have heard from him )
have satisfied me that a more fortunate selection
could not have been made for the important
post he fills.
Hcincstcad Bill.
We have already noted the fact of the pas
sage of this bill through the House. It surely
has not been a measure of hasty legislation, for
it was first introduced into Congress a dozen
years ago by Andrew Johnston, of Tennessee.
On his withdrawal from the House of
Representatives, a member from our own State
became the efficient champion of the bill. Its
final passage, by the large vote of 120 to Tfi,
is, no doubt, in *greal measure due to the able
and persistent efforts of Hon. John L. Dawson,
while representing the Fayette District in Con
gress. And it must be a matter of just pride to
himself and friends to find the seed sown by
him is likely to yield a most abundant harvest
to (he agricultural interests of the country.—
The numerous speeches of Mr. Dawson were
widely circulated throughout the country by
the fiends of the Homestead Bill, as being well
calculated to bring about the result now
accomplished.—Pittsburg Post.
THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION—
THE DEMOCRATIC ICA RTV.
The Administration of Jame-j Buchanan, like
that of ai! the former Demi-craiic Presidents,
is unable to do any act connected with the
management of the Government, which Com
mands the hearty sanction and approval of the
Oppesition. Let it door projxwe to do what it
may with reference to our foreign policy, or
our internal affairs, the finance*, fertilorieis or
what no!, and there is one tiniveryj condemna
tion of what is done or proposed to foajjastie, on
the part of the Republican Re
publican Editors. Jo every measure of the
Administration, they see the bankruptcy of the
nation, the roiilof the couatry, and Ihe destruc
tion of our liberti-s. *0
This is thebld song. It was set to musflr in
the beginning of the Administration of Thomas
Jefferson, and has been sung by the Opposition
during llie existence of every Democrat
-1 ic Administration from that • until the present
* time : and if J-fTerson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
>on, Tan Buren, Poik and Pierce, were not ex
empt from the fierce assaults of the opposition,
Mr. Buchanan nas no right to expect that hrs
, Administration should be arc exception. Indeed
he wnuid have just cause for alarm it it were
so (bat his p>iicy anJ management of the gov
ernment met with no resistance from his j>oliti
cal opponents.
It was charged that Jefferson in his day ruin
ed the country. The same charge has hem
repeated against every Democratic successor,
Slid is now most diligently urged against Mr.
| Buchanan. The croakers are not all dead yet,
and are not likely to be soon ; and as long
• thejr exist, and as long as Democratic polity
i keeps its opponents from the possession of the
i high places of the government, the meaauies
j proposed and adopted for the administration of
' the affairs of the nation will meet with constant
opposition. Will the Ass bray teh*n be has
Train, or Ike Ox low when lie hath fodder* —
By no means *. and if our opponents had the
grass and fodder ofthe national grazing grounds
ind manger, we are very sure they would cease
to find fault with Ihe Democracy.
It is gratifying to know, and the history of
' the country sustains the statement of the tact,
that notwthstatiding /be uninterrupted condem
nation of the policy una measures of each suc
ceeding Demociatic Administration, and the
uniform prediction that the ruinof the country
was inevitable, if' the Democratic Party was
not overthrown and forever pro>tiated vet under
; Ihe guidance of its statesmen, this nation has
! grown and prospered throughout the whole pe
riod ofour national history.
Other parties have had the temporary posse
sion of the government and far brief periods
have administered its affairs. But they have
all in turn passed away, and have without an
j exception, failed to Lave up>n the r-cords of
j the country, one solitary measure of their policy
: as a memorial of their haiing had an existence.
How different is the history ol the deri i-d. a
i bused and viilified Old D-n >cra,ic Party. At
j every stage ol our progress it has made its im
press upon the Statute bo ks of the nation, and
experience has only servec to vindicate the
wisdom and policy of the various measure*
which it ha> ti on> time to tune inaugurated, and
under the ioflu-oce of which we have attained
; our present pre-eminence as a power among the
nations ot the caah. The Democratic Party
Os a great Old Party : and its Mi-sign is to rr.in-
Mbt ti" sfiiiri 4" h.s woolffl"! Repuhiic
through th* r!Jj-nrv of Democratic Administra
tion-, apt withstanding croakers may creak, and
grumblers grtimble, in t ;e future a> they have
done in the p at. — Ohio Stntesoian.
The War indications in Europe.
The Paris correspondent ul the (Jlobt w nting
.n the ] 4-lh ul, sa) m :
"Every symptom of -.ear ; s apparent in the
HiOst varied quai ters. The bal! at the Ttiiiler
ies might pass for a revival oi that famous
nutmhl tt ''.cMuntt at Brussels, so vividly set
forth in 'Childe Harold,' forth from which the
dancers spe*j to encounter other halls. Noth
ing but stratgetic conversation was heard all
night. The Emp> ror was in high spirits, and led
oil' with Lad} Cowley, while Austiia'sEnvoy
was nowhere. The percussion cap factory is
working double tides a> long as daylight ia-ts, no
lamp or gas bein allowed on the premises. It
will be remembered that after the Orsiini ex
plosion on this day last year, government had
taken in to its own hands fabrication of cap
sules all over France. All the old steamers
that conveyed the Roman expedition in lb-19
with such ease and despatch to the Italian coast,
are being put in order, for another convoy,
and every disposable ship carpenter af Brest or
Cherbourg is sent by rail to Toulon. People at
Marseilles u-riteon the I iih that everv pirepiara
tion in the Commissariat is hastened, and the
business on 'Change has become exclusively of
a military kind, the transactions having all
reference to supplies. At Milan an additional
number of guns are mounted at the citadel,
all pointed against the- city—there is to be no
slrpet fight, but "a bombardment on Bomba's
Messina mode!. Genera! M'Mibon, it is now/
fully understood, is to be Commander-in-Chief
of the nrmee d' Itolie and of the African Con
tingent : 30,000 men are to embark forth with
and land in Italy— this was p ositivi ly staled a!
jhf ball aforesaid at the Tuilleries."
The Austrian officers on leave of absence in
Paris have received orders from their govern
ment to join their regiments by the sth of
February.
The Overland Hail.
The Overland mail, u ith California dates to
the 10th ult., arrived at St. Louis on Thurs
day.
Very rich diggings hid been discovered, at
the Gila mines, and said to have yielded in a
few instances as high as twelve to lifieen dol
lars to the pan-full of dirt. These diggings lie
fifty miles to the northwest of the Gila mines,
ind are on the south side of the river. The
country in which they are situated had been
infested up to a late period by the Tonto Apa
ches, but the whites had gone in numbers suffi
cient to deter that tribe from attacking or mo
lesting them. Water was more plenty than at
the Gila mines, and they can consequently be
worked to much more profit. One hundred
men had gone from the Gila mines to this new
mining locality.
Near Bolivar, between Springfield and Tip
ton, the coacli was stopped, about 8 o'clock at
night, by persons supposed to be high waymen.
A man stood in the road as the roach approach
ed, and asked, "JsSam aboard ?" repeating the
question several times. He had several accom
plices about, as whistling was heard in seveial
directions, as though meant for signals and an
swers. The mail coaches have been stopped
on several occasions previously, and the "boot"
has been found cot o|en. They a'e probably
keeping a lookout for Californians who are
likely to have money about them.
California. . *
The nomfe,' pf passengers arrived at >a
Francisco to IS5*. was 40,739, of nrhom 33.-
079 were men, 5,788 worm-n, and;f,S7*2 cfuJ
- <ir- n— a n> ! gatr, f 1 i.745 over &|ar!<ire-
The ijnniW of ve*,.'!s arrive,i at Sro Francisco
j io 1858 was 1,441, of 457,5*27 10n*—114.321
ton* from domestic Atlantic p >**!, 159.336
tons from domestic coast ports, and 193,542
tons from foreign potts. The treasure expori.rf!
' from San Francisco in ISSS, was § >0,099,434:
in 1867, $48,376,697 : in 1856,
The gold deposit? at the I;. S. B.anch Mint
San Francisco in 1858, were 964,790.90 t.-zt.,
against 1,067.593.85 ozs, in 1857 ; the silver
, deposits in 1859, were 96, 950.05 ozs. Tne
; value of exports other than treasure, trom San
Francisco in 1858, amounted to $4,770,163. —
There was a falling off in the experts to New
York ol $>74,000 as compared with the year
1857. There was also a decrease quite contra
ry to expectation, in the exports to Russia in
Asia and America. From the great efforts
| >aid to be making by Russia to open the Amour
river country, a -peedy increase oft ade in that
direction had been anticipated. Of lumber
Shy-eight cargoes, or 18,035,000 feet were
exported to fireigri countries Irom P 'get S-mnd
and Humboldt Bay. The agricultural inter: st?
d the State are represented as veiy prosperous.
Cattl j , grain and fruits are grown wdh en
couraging success; and in vine culture, the ■
i success already attained is regard d as a sure
guarantee that the product of the vine in grapes,
j raisins, wines and biandtes, will soon be second
to no other interest. The population of the i
State is estimated at 690.000.
The Tariff.
The PhilaJelphia-.frgiM concludes an edi
torial on the present political phase of the
Tariff:
What are thp eleven Republican members of
Congress from this State dung now to ?-cuie
protection for Pennsylvania enterprise and in
dustry ? It is true that Mr. .Morris ru.> r. ad an
essay, and published if-, in favor of th-- doctrine
of protection, b.th. re their 7. *1 has stopped,
and they have found employment in silly
investigations of the management of (h.reni
i ment workshops,and in more siiiv denunciation*
-la Democratic Administration. Will such
conduct satisfy our people? Will fhev he.
satisfied to see j>>litic-a.I animosi'v ca' if\ il
- spleen, when questions of vital importance to
men of ail creeds are .pending in our national
councils? We think not. Our people, inpnl
>ive as thv may he at times, are * int-li-gent
j and patri t'c to permit ti>e interests and honor
jof their State la be periled in this rr.nnn-r.
j and we much mistake them if they on cot ca!i
the Republican members of Congress to a se?i >■:?
reckoning. Led us hear no more, then, about
Democratic insincerity on the tarifl que>iion :
tr.e facts a r " before the country, and they sp *ak
I lot themselves.
THE TEAGEDY AT JACKSON TESXESSCE A
RANK ORNCER MCRDEKEO AND THE BANK
ROBBED.-CAIRO. Feb. I have jost learned s rne
of the particulars ;>f a mot atrocious murder
that was perpetrated at Jackson, Team, on fast
Th r- ,iv night. On tliat evening about 8 o'-
clock, Mr. George Miller of Tennessee, at J lck
.Mr. Mr Knight, President of the Cank, re
turned on the evening tiain Ir>m Memphis,—
On b-ing answered in the negative he left th-
I ho!H and went m Ih- diiection of his rt*-m
which adjoined the bank.
The n xt morning he did n >t appear at break-
U-t, nor was the Bank opened, at the usual
lour. His unusual absence alarmed his friends,
who mile d.ligerit s-arch for him. Failing to
gam intelligence of him, it was determined
after dinnr to lorce the door of his room.—
On entering they frond his cojit and hat. They
then passed through a door which lei! into t!ie
Rank, where they found trim murdered in the
m'-st shocking manner. He was s atrd in a
, chair, resting en his left side on a table, with
the check-book before him, and the pen till
grasped in his hand. He had be n -truck twice
I with the cancelling hammer- one blow ha\ .ng
Deen given on the back of the head, an i the
other on Ihe right side of the h. ad. Two or
three leave? had been torn from the check-book '
■ and either destroyed or carried awav. The
Bank w as robbed of sotne $16,000 in coins, an.t
a very considerable quantity of small com hit
scattered over the fl *ir. The murderers unbar
red the front door and passed out and poll-d 'he j
door too after them. As vet no arrest? have
been made, or has any one been suspected. .Mr.
Miller was a very worthy and exemplary
young nan, and was aiwavs exceedingly
, careful not to admit any* one into Banks 3l
, improp-r hours. From th- fact the check-;
j book being on the table it is probable some on-.
gained admittance under the pretext of getting
a check.
HAVE WE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY AMONG r> ? !
This question is promptly and well answered
in the following paragraph, which we c!ir>
from the Buffalo Po*t:
j "Some of ||i„ hlatant Opposition and tV?-- !
j hearted Democratic presses of the country are
tickling readeis by propounding the "above
interrogatory. Children are said to be pleased
with a straw, even, and so we suppase we ought
not to deprive the Opposition of the meagre:
crumbs of comfort afforded them in this inno
cent pastime. They will find out when the
j ballot-! X'? are closed j n iB6O, that there is a
Democratic party among us, and a successful
i one, too. The glorious pat history of this
( county is but a record of the triumphs of the
j Democratic party, it has already contiolhd
| '.he (Government of thp United Slates Ihrre
: fourths of the time during; its existence, and we
venture the prediction that it will continue to
do so. Surviving the ignominy heaped upon it
by incompetent designing men—outliving the
assaults of open enemies and secret f>es—the
Democratic party will in 1860 lake the fi-dd
under the banner of its time-honored principles,
and, despite the bowlings of its adversaries, it
will again achieve victory."
MAN CFAC7TRB OF TURTLE SOCF.—A Key
| West (Fla.j correspondent of the Charleston
[ Courier, says the manufacture of green turtle
soup there during the past year has been con
siderable. One firm alone manufactured 200,-
000 pound*. He adds :
i'heir business employs ten vessels and about
fifty men. They have besides ten engaged in
their lactory. During the summer and fall
| Ihey have shipped to London, Havana, N w
! Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, Montreal, and
other cities about 900 dozen cans, of two pounds
each, of the value of sf,ooo. The business
inav be considered in its infancy. It will ex
pand, and no doubt become an important a-ticle
in our txpor'
I 111 K\n Of THE IVoel'l To BE U!;s Vryß _
Hie \-warb .Journal say? ; Mem*. Abraham
Flav-if aod J. Decker, 'Second AdreMwts, o(
this cily, have isximl a circular called "Vi-
Tim * MeM' rig- r," containing twut v-eig>,t r .
umos of argtoftn nf* mj figures to demonntra'-
that ttiraerom) coming of Chris! wifl tie do-in
rbe Passover of ffj- prfrnt year. Mr. Fiat, it
was an anteot Millenie during the excitement
>Hf Sf3. when the '•'big tent" wa? erct-d ir ,
the southern |>art of tin? ciy, and nott*irh,>aßd
irtg various disappointments iu hn calculajions
*:nc c >nc '*n!- g the s. c W comrng 0 f
.M -csiah, he apji! at? ?tii| t-j chcgto hw petuiiL
• belief with r.-mv-kabfe tenacity, ft is und. r
stucxl fhat in 184.3. u!--n fhe.'ndof the itjrhy
was "s ire to take pUce," Mr. F. *acr:6ed some
valuable real estate and a prosperous bakinir
! business. _ "
AN AVAH.ABI.b CANDIDATE. —)I th re be a-*
w ho think that M *. Frern >nt cannot run as *,.[}
KQW a- tie did in 1856, the following .l-m froiu
the MaiipiTxa Democrat may serve to enlighten
them ;
"On lid, Fremont wass-en par?
through Quartzbr.rg, and take his way down
the Stockton loaf, m a buggy at a ratiirng sp eP H.
This, >f course, exci'ed the ruriosity of lb- peo
ple M *hat plac-, hot i f.re ar.y runcltision
could !>.• arrived at, a? to ibe probable cms"
the under bheritf f ore irt view a!soat fo!!sf)ee '
' On b- ir g questioned a- to ihe cause cf hurrv
the - thcer replied thai he i.ad no time to
a- he was ia haste to overtake Kr.mont -
Wtiether b aifecterf the arre-! we have not vet
h-arm*rf. It • pr-< ; able how ever, that the Coh>-
ne| i.a too much star! of I.in:. The Gdoriel is
! at J I ) catch w hen Segeis a g<>,j .
J-~ G vertior Pack- rf a- granted a f. | a r; J
uiici.".,;::: na! pur.in . ' > ('. M. Donovan, th*
es im-mber of tile L giiliture c.oavicted of s -,
assault an.l battery on I. M. Church, member
of the House fro.'Ti Fl iistlejjthia.
'lr A precious youth, named Smrise, # Vv:t
tlriifeen years •>! !, has been lodged m th-
Btrtks county jail i>r hnr<--s!-*#lij|g." He s ;
four hors v tiiim two weeks. Sharp practice
that far a iid of b;s \ ears.
U'brrr itifrr is a Utfl berg is a Ti'ar.
I here are ras-s of Pulmonary disea-e, ir
'!•'. h the pati.-u's 1 se hope, and are f-arfal
><• I a cure, f6. r- i< no need ol ihi* wbea such
a rem dy as Da. I> ysgr.'s PEOT ORAL Svni>
i .:t he ; ad, whit ti has cured hundred? of cases
of i'ltvg disei?.'., even in alvanced stages
ftiere i? son ehi:.g |Hciil,a/iy sxutiiag about
'•'■ is n>- u< in-, and it .?ee>r> to meet, and dori
meet erery in ircati n in ?!;e various dlsturban
i - • i ;he puin-'n arv apparatus, > common in
ourcitnaie. Dn. KEY-O.K says that fie has
cijr-J ra-a Mi'ii this remedy, after the best
physictatis had filled. His establishment i-it
140 Wood street, Pittsburg. Pa. The P-e'crd
Syrup is s>! : at 5 Jets. an-J -sl. at Brawn's
Bedford, an.ri G- ii: .-. S heilsuu-g.
Cl7-A 9n:ri?n nffiv-r writing irom Teh-ran ;-■ i'-A
I.oiidon T.t-S-" remark* - \ Cathartic P I
Tran-e ' y -'A . car. (D?. ,'.t.
rs. u: Lowe!!, Mass.) Lis cnreil the Shah of a h-v-r
Comp .: r.T --.a! threa'-i.e.! his life Tim sinif
.- .*. z- m iht 1- expevted, renters lb- Amerirani
imr. ry jNipnGr here, ie we F.i:-ih are orer-
TX..!bUe.< our o.vn icbolnt b> ' !t- tiij
f:wiie< which h' empioyi, and Iho* it is in ever*.
Sk g : i do :r-e tabor, 'tier, the -nousioe Amerirart
pulih-ir mark nprn ir an! Ulce the reTirJ. DJC*.
Ayer ;s id •: /e j i,-,- j,,a { >or* Rnii ;{> retainers -S
Wot itou'ti 8 j r -de.-te ! •> him on agi !■! soud vox,
or lOaii-cr.d hilled sword, white not tire name e\er.
r>: -- y. Cr.ri-loso:. or liro'.e—;sje great t.ghli bv
whicii he sbiiiec, 1 Kfiow-I. " —.Yete Y. ri S i "Jay Ti
yr.
DIED:
(tn tue , hof F-b , in-*., K HLY Rem. eld
est etui i of \Y.n. t*. and Margaret Mickle,aged
13 years.
The day of her <'-p,vinre wa* a!-o th- anr.i
, ' r;a*\ .f iirr birth. ':v! ? '•- -n thougbti
crowd the (i.iud on an occasion like the one re
corded above. Lite an.s D-at|i go hand in hand
logeth.-r. The ftt-ar dcpari-'d was one of the
mosi atli ctionale and duiiful children— -bedient
to ii> r parents, arui kind ; a her brother, ? steps
and friends. A f-w* da?? benre h-r departure,
and b fare feli dis-ave had d-struvejlier irate -
iect,sue expressed an anxious wish to be with
her Sa>iiMir in IT-aven. L-t not n-r frieoJt
mourn a> those wlm have no !i>p-*, tor ti;eir USJ
is her eti rnal gain.
?o T V, Kiftiy Una. v breer-s,
G'ntly o'er our FMU.V l>y !
1.0. .-t,p ?! timber-. !inib-rs s**etlv ;
Solllv. Xepityrs, pa-5 ber by."
f'n th- Rlst.uti., \WA .MvRGAErT, c-*>narl
ofjohnson M-f-r, r B i tp., ar-j awu t
3J v ar*.
MARRIED:
On the Bth, in trie presence of a large sad
pleasaut party of friend? and neighbors of the
bride, hv the Rev. H. If-ck-rman, Mr. IViilisti
: McCleiia nd of Friends Cove, io Miss Sarah A
daughter of Mr. E i waicf K rr, of lS'est Provi
dence tp.
On Thursday, thp 10th in?', by Rev. R brrt
F. Sample. ,Mt Thomas Amicb to .siiss ILttte
Claar, both of Pleasant Valley.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
B\ virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Be iiord county, the subscriber will offer at
; public sale, on the premises, in Harfison town
ship, Bedford county, on MONDAY, the lo'h
I day of March next, the following Real Estate,
late the property of Henry B *!iz, dee'd, vir:
~ITR.ICTOF.LIXD,
i situate in said township, a tjoining ianJsoi Ssl
omon Leydig and Waltman on the south
and east, and Jacob Hilligas on the north
west, containing about EIGHTY FOL*R ACRES.
The impmvementft are a two-st >ry and a half
l<og Dwelling II ute, in good rtpai",
log stable with a threshing floor, and otherout
buildings. Theie is also a goo;i young appl**
orchard ujK>n the property, and the place i
well wateri-rt with some as fine springs 3* can
be found ab*ut 60 acres are chartd an! m
a good state of cultivation, tie land being near
ly all new. The re.-idue i? well timbered—
the place is about halt a mile from the turn
pike. Possession given on . tire Ist ol Apn'-
Terms made on thy aav of sale.
' JOHN STLU
jJJmr.