THE BEDFORD 6JZBTTB. Bedlerdt lurch 1 i. 185f. B. F. Mejcis & 0. TV. Beiil'ord, Editors. STATE CON VEXTtON, The coming Democrat ic State Convention will have it in i ! s power to contribute greatly to the success of the Democratic part v of Penn sylvania at the next genera! election. The first and most important duty of the Convention is to plant itself fairly and squarely upon tin plat form of the party—that plulfum on which Jefferson and Jackson stood, ami on which V,\ BUREN and POLK, and PIERCE and BUCHANAN, were triumphantly borne into the Chief Magis tracy of the Union. Ail side-is>ues, all inno vation?, should be studiously avoided. Let the Convention stand by the "eld landmarks," and all will be well. Next in degree of importance, is the charac ter of (he nominees. Men who ask office, must (politically speaking) have "clean hands."— They must not only be rro j n of good persona! character, honest, and capable of discharging the duties of the oflice to which they aspire, but they must be men of settled principles, men whose past lives have given evidence that they will pursue a fixed ai d certain line of policy in their official conduct. Every professional office-seeker should be scouted by the Conven tion. Every political huckster should be sen! home with "a fiea in his ear." We ask, the people ask, for the nomination of the best met and the most consistent Democrats in the par ty- Another and a very iinportant'olject should be the aim of the Convention, to wit, the thor ough unity and harmony of the'party. ' Kan sas" should be let alone. That question is a: dead a a pickled heiring, and it would be worse than nonsense to revive it. On tiie Tar iff"there need be no division, for there are few men in any party who do not acknowledge the present necessity of a change in the Revenue Laws, in short, there is no reason why the Convention should not be entirely harmonious, nor why it should not give us a first-rate ticket and a good, old-fashioned Democratic platform. We have no doubt that the wishes of the peo ple concerning these matters, will be properly respected by their delegates, and that the De mocracy of Pennsylvania will be enabled to present an invincible front at the polls in Oc tober next. CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES-f We observe with great pleasure that HON. It. L WRIGHT, of Philadelphia, is spoken of by some of the leading Democratic journals of this State as a suitable person to be nominated by the coming State Convention for Auditor General. MR. WRIGHT is an able and upright man, and his nomination would be hailed with pleasure from one end of the Stale to the other. For Surveyor General, we commend to the favor able consideration of the Convention, the claims u( Bedford county in the person of ISAAC KENSISGER. Mr. K. was formerly County Purveyor of this coun ty, and in the discharge of the duties of that otlice made himself numerous friends who would gladly hear of his nomination. As a Democrat, he has ev. er been consistent, turning neither to the right, noi to the left, but always following where Demociatic principles pointed the way. BLACK REPUBLICAN TAXES. The Know-Nothing Black-Republican party of Bedford county, when they were in power, as we proved in a previous article, and proved it from the/ecord, too, plunged the people over head and eats in debt, and now try to make capital of the praiseworthy efforts of the Dem ocratic Commissioners to pay off that debt.— These unmitigated demagogues, when they had the board ol Commissioners in J Bf>4< and '55, refused to assess the full amount ol the State tax, and tlius repudiated in two years SIOO9, 29 of the honest debt of the county, which the Democrats have since been forced to pay- In those same two years the State Tax of the county, was $7082,00 fur each vear, making for both years slll6-1>.!2. Of this sum the Know Nothing-Black Republican Commis sioners paid the State but $9057.41, leaving a debt upon the shoulders of their Demociatic successors of SJr7O6-7 i . This, added to their repudiation in the assessments of 185-1 and'ss, left the enormous sum ot 8.7# oo to be paid by the Deinscraiic Commission ers. This liability iias been discharged, but to gether with the misconduct of the late Know .Nothing Black Republican Treasurer, has been the cause of bringing a heavy funded debt (i. e. for borrowed money) upon the county. The people now feel the consequences of this piece of Know-Not lung-Black-Republican mismanage ment. The people are now called upon to pay this Know-Nothing-Black-Republican debt.— Shall not the repudiators be remembered? GENERAL li'Jti A J AN. The newspapers, irrespective id partv, stiff teem with praises of this vigilant and upright public officer. Even Opposition members of Congress are compelled to approve of the General's official conduct. Mi:. HOWARD, a Black Republican member frjiri Michigan, and one of the leaders of his paity in the Douse, a few days prior to the adjournment of Congress, paid him a marked comjdimenl, siiongly com mending his cot)r#e since his induction into office. Thus honesty of purpose, "wing golden opinions from all sorts of people." ELECTION OF STATE ruEASuncit uv THE PEOPLE. —Mr. Scheli has introduced in the State Senate a bill to make the office of State Treasurer elective by the people—the first elec tion for said officer to take place at the general election, on the second Tuesday u! October next, and the Treasurer then elected to assume the duties of Ins office on the first Monday in May ensuing. The existing laws in leguid to duties penalties, &c. are to remain. THE SPUING ELECTION'S. The local elections which are lo be held in the different boroughs and townships of this county, on Friday, the IS inst., should be attended by every citizen who is interested in the proper management of the public affairs of his district. As a general thing there i 3 too much indifference manifested concerning these elections, the result of which i- very of ten the choice of incompetent men, ** hose offi cial acts give rise to needless quarrels, and en tail upon the people expensive taw-suits and many other perplexing troubles. Especially is it ibe the duty of Democrats to attend these elections. The interests of the party are Ire quently involved in the success, or defeat, of certain candidates. The enemy may be quietly trying to steal a march by electing their candi dates for Judge of Election, Constable, Assessor, Sec. All this calls for the active vigilance of true Democrats. But what should particular ly urge us to take pait in our local elections, is the fact thai,.as Democrats, we are pledged, one to another, to preserve the freedom ol our institutions, to guard the purity ol the ballot-box, and to see that the exercise of that sacred privilege, the elective franchise, in small things as well as great, brings forth the "greatest good to the greatest number." In view of these things, the Democrats of the various election districts throughout the countv, should at once make rominations for the offices to he filled at the coining elections. Let good men b>* nomina ted and it w i! 1 not be the fault of the Democra cy if bad officers are chosen. We repeat let •jooil men be nominated, and let every Demo crat stick to the ticket. Some of the hangers-on of the Mack-RepuLli can-Know-Nothing paity in this county, have lived for years on offices given litem by Democratic votes at Spring elections, io our certain knowledge, a specimen, or two, cf these office begging gentry, will be found on Friday next at their oh! speculations. Doubt less, they have made it suit lately, to do sotne six-penny favors to needy Democrats, expecting thereby to purchase their votes. Let these black Republican tricksters be watched, l'hey are the bitter enemies of every Democratic principle, the revilers of Democratic Presidents and the wholesale slanderers of the Democrat ic party- Shall such men receive the vote of a Democrat ? Shall such unscrupulous dema gogues presume, unrebuked, to buy with paltry favors, I lie vote of men they daily denounce as "swindlers" and "slave-drivers /" We hope not. Our friends in Napier and Bedford townships, who are always active and energetic, have al ready formed their tickets. Old Napier has nominated as follows : Judge of Election, FREDERICK MILLER ; Inspector, CORNELIUS WHETSTONE ; Constable, MARTIN MOVVRV : Supervisors, If. L. NICODKM I;S, JOHN VV. BOW EN; School Directors, ROBERT M. 'I'AVLOR, PETER IMLER Assessor, AMARIAII WILSON ; Auditor, Win. CRISMAN ; Town Clerk, HENRY EGCLF. A better ticket than this could not be desired. The meeting by which it was nominated is represented to have been largely attended and full of harmony and good feeling. ROBT. Nl. TAYLOR, ESQ., acted as chairman, anil G. W. Gump, as Secretary. An address was made by liie litter, urging the necessity of union and a good turn-out to Use polls. The Democrats of Bedford township, have put in nomination the following excellent ticket: Constable, F. H. BEEGLE ; Supervisors, Jacob D. FETTER, MICHAEL NAWGEL: School Direc tors, DANIEL FETTER, JOHN BROWN ; Judge of Election, SAMIEL WALTER ; Inspector, A. J. WI-EGAKVER ; Assessor, J. W. TOMLINSON ; 'Auditor, DANIEL WALTER ; Town Clerk, DANIEL DIBERT. The Demociatic invincible® of Bedford townsfiip, will be heaid from on Friday next. THE WOODBEURY MOVEMENT. We publish in this issue the proceedings of the second meeting helj by the citizens of Middle Wood berry township, on the subject ol their proposed annexation to Blair count v.— Whilst we do tlt is most cheerfully, we at the >ame time w i>fi it to be distinctly understood that vve are opposed to the project of the Min dfe Wood berry folks, an.l this not because we wish them any harm, or inconvenience of any sort, but became we are directly and deeply interested, as is every citizen of the county outside of Middle Woodberry, in the defeat of that project. Our friends in .Middle Woodberry, it is pre sumed, know their own interests best, and we shall not attempt tu dictate to them on thai sub ject ; but it is likewise presumable that the remaining portion of the county, know theirs, and that they will also have their say in the matter in question. 7he citizens of .Middle Woodberry, so far as vve are concerned, shall have a fail hearing but they must not object if those opposed to tin ir movement ask the same privilege. We say to botli sides, "go in, lem ons," tut remember that one, or the other, of you, will be sure to get "squeezed." ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. i lie last session of the thirty fifth Congress, expired on Friday la-t, the 4th inst. We have neither time noi patience to review its acts, and can merely mention as some of the good which came out ol this legislative Nazareth, the admission of Minnesota and Oregon, and the settlement of the vexed question of "Kan sas." A number of the requisite appropriations for the P. O. Department failed to pass, and tii ere may be a necessity for acailed session of the next Congiess during the coming summer. An extra session of the Senate, commenced at noon on the ttli in.t., a! the instance of the Presi dent. Death or the Postmaster General.—As we were about lo go to press, we received the mournful news of the death of Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster General. He died on the morning of the Bth, of pneumonia. Removed- The Post Office, last week, was moved from its former location, to i'ne Shoe Store of A. Ferguson & Co., in "Anderson's Row." On Monday last, J. &. J. M. Shoemaker mo ved their goods into the room formerly occu pied by Geo. VV. fiupp, Esq., as a store, in "Anderson's Row," directly opposite the Ga zttte Offic-, where JOB will be {.leased to see his friends and customers. Received- Reed & Minnich have rt ceiveil a lot of New Goods, which they are selling at a very low figure. John Alsip, Esq., is in receipt of a large supply of giocenes which can't be exceli-d in quality or cheapness. VV in. Hartley, Esq , has returned from the East with a large stoci; of goods in his line.— Read his advertisement in another column. COMMUNICATIONS. for the Bedford Gazette. | SCOTT LEGION OF CENTRAL FENN'A. i Agreeably to adjournment, the surviving soldiers ol tiie Mexican War, resid-nt in Blair, and the adjoining counties, met at the Logan j House, Hollidaysburg, Penn'a, Saturday, the sth day i! March, D. If. Hotius, 2d 1 Volunteers, in the chair. In the absence of ti.e secretary, Wm. G. Murray, 1 Kb infantry, was appointed secretary. The committee appointed at the former mee ting, to prepare a constitution and bye-laws for the government of the Legion, submitted 'through John McKeage, of the voitigt-uis, a I constitution and bye-laws which was read, and jon motion was laid on the table until the next i meeting. On motion —it was resolved", I That when .w do adjourn it sisal Ibe to meet j on Saturday the 2d day of april next, in tiie armory of the HolliJaysburg Fenciblt-s, at 8 P. M., and that all the surviving soidieis of the Mexican War, whether Volunteers, Regulars, or Marines, that served in said War and recei ved an houoiable discharge from the same, are hereby cordially invited to attend, and partici pate in the permanent organization of the Legion. On motion adjourned. W.G. .Murray, 11th luf'y, , I). }f. ilofius, See'y Pro-tern. ( 2d Penn'a. Vol ) unteers, Chairman. l or t!.e Be.tiord Gazette. 11l pursuance of a previous call, the citizens of Middle Wood berry Township, assembled in the School house, on Saturday the 2(i!it ins?., at •J M. Notwithstanding the inclemency ol the weather, the meeting was large and respecta ble. 1 lie object ol the meeting was to consid- -r certain remonstrances, winch were being circulated in different sections of Bedford Oh, ! hostile to the movement of the citizens of IVlid | die Wood berry Township, in their efforts to ; be disengaged front Bod ford County and annex jed to Blair ; also a certain scurrilous, arid | fallacious article which an beared in the "3ed ■ ford Inquirer"of Felt 18th, calculated todefame i atrd insult the citizens of .Middle IVoodberrv, j and to injure their cause before the Legislature. On motion, C, ft. Bar ndo liar was chosen President, (J. J], llolsinger, and J >hn Z ink id-.o j Vice Presidents, and Franklin Kolsinger, and j J. 11. Longenecker, Secretaries. Un motion, a committee of five were | appointed by the chair, to draft resolutions, J expressive of the sense of the meeting. .}. {l. Durborrow, J, S. Longnecker, P. S. Crolt, J. H. Wilkinson, and jacob Lrenniman coro-tiiuleij the committee. Alter a snort absence the committee retur ned, and made the frilowiug report, ihrowh their chairman, uhie.ii was ably stinoorled by j speeches i;r.!';i J. I:, Wilkinson and others, after which t.re resolutions were unanimously adopted : Whereas, :"i.e project of annexation to Blair Co., has been flagrantly misrepresented by rerfion j st ranees to the Legislature, and also be a public | print in tile service of those opposed to the I annexation, therefore it becomes necessary lor us, knowing as we do, these statements to ! be fallacious, and designed for ihe purpose of in ; juring our cause before the Legislature, to place ! the actual state of circumstances right 011 the ' record, and therefore, Resolved, i hat the statements in the "Bed j ford Inquirer' - of teb Ihih, ila riot contain a j single proposition based upon facts and could I only have been propagated by a person utterly ; ignorant ol the facts, or as wilful tab. ications. J Resolved, i nat we are a unit on the subject, i and that our interests in every sense, are mnni ! festiy calculated to bring about tins result, | there not being a single interest to bind us to | Bedford, v, iiiie on toe ether hand, every tiring ! to Biair. Resolved, That the report universally- circula. tec! in this County, stating in effect that we wish ultimately to estaiilis,. a new County out of Bedford, Huntingdon and Clair Counties is mere moonshine, huinbuggery, gotten up by those opposed to the project, to damage our prospects with those persons who are deeply interested with us in Clair County, and was never dreamed of in this section until its appearance in a certain public journal. Resolved, 1 hat the efibil now being made is sanctioned by the honest inen ol all parties, who labor with the honest conviction that what they ask should justly he to them, and who never expect any political aggrandize ment, or do they make it a political ""scheme. Resolved, i hat we make everv hone.-t effort to secure success in the noble prospect we have undertaken, that each and every one of us consider that the responsibility rests with equal force upon ail, therefore each is heieby constituted a committee to further the project as in him lies, and to counteract the vituperatiou and malignancy fulminated against us. Resolved , j hat we are under obligations to those papers which published the proceedings of our former meeting, and hereby tender our sincere thanks, hoping that they will still fur ther extend their good oilices, and give place to the proceedings of this day's meeting. Resolved, 1 hat the statement m the re monstrances, as to the distance being only 15 miles fioin Uedford to the Ulair County 'line, is a gross misrepresentation, the nearest point being 19 miles, and not in the direction of Middle Woodberry Township. On motion, the meeting adjourned, sine die. SIGNED UV THE OFFICERS. §? 10 V O 12 T oJ't f iC .Majority of the Select Committee appoin ted to investigate the alleged frauds in the .\ vy Department. The Black Republicans in Congress, as the i public are aware, have had an investigating i committee appointed to inquire into certain mat j lersconnected with the awarding of Naval con ' tracts. The result ol the Committee's labors, ! is, first, a correct, honest and straightforward statement by a majority oflhe Committee, sus taining the Secretary of the Navv and the j President. This majority is composed of two j Democrats and one American. Secondly, the i minority, composed of two Black Republicans, j have gotten up an electioneering document in the shape of a Report, which is tiil-d with per versions of facts and which is published at the expense of the Government, to be scattered broadcast over the land, for the purpose of ma ! king political capital. In order that the pub | lie may be fully enlightened on this subject we ■ make tooni for the following Report of the j majority : Mr. Bocock, of Virginia, from (he Select Committee to examine into the alleged Naval contracts and frauds, presented a report from the majority, and Mr Sherman, ol Ohio, presen : ted a minority report from the same Commit | | tee. j Messrs. Bocock, Groesbeck and Ready join in I a Report— First, on the management of the Brooklyn j Navy Yard : They take the position that appointment have long been made on political grounds ; that on the incoming of the present administration the patronage.thereof was concentrated to two or three districts. All these districts at tht ' time were represented by Demociats. The delegation ftotn the city of New York and that ; neighborhood petitioned the Secretary of the i Navy to divide the patronage among them e : quallv. Thereupon there was a zreat deal ol | confusion and controversy among the different ! members of the delegation, and between the I delegation itself and the Secretary of the Navv : j that great abuses had previously exiited at the ! yard, such as idleness, insubordination, levying | of contributions by the hiaster-workmen on tire I men, and the appointment and retention o; in i competent workmen. The Committee admit all these abuses, but - say they have not sprung from anything done j or any steps taken, by the present Secretary ol ! Hie Navy, unless this policy ol attempting to ; distribute the patronage equally be the cause oi a part ol the abuses. No complaints have been ' made to him on the subject, and no request to j redress them in most of the cases : out s > far as ; these abuses have been made known to him, tie has promptly taken moans to corrtct them. In addition to this, !:e instituted m-asur -s for ' a reform in this particular navy yard. About ; a year and a half ago he is.-uvd an order that before a man was appointed to the place of mas ter workman, he should he subjected to an ex amination as to his qualifications and character, that under his direction slrenu ms efforts were made to prevent a practice which obtain ed in the yard, of men answering to their names at roll-call and afterwards absenting j themselves ; that in addition to this, on the 1 Mb : day of December last, l.e issued an order giving power to the commander of the yaid to dis j charge worthless and incompetent men tri-a . sures of reform, ail of which wt ie very iu.por t iant. j ThefOxnmhtee repeat —Heh i I er.-.V-avored , to redress particular cases of abuse which came !to his kuowicifge. The Committee however • believe that the yard can never he managed in ; a proper n.anuer, and a profitable way tithe | government, until some regulation shall he a dopted preventing appointments in the yard : from being made on political .grounds. The Committee instituted particular exami j netion into the manner in which tire Navy ! Agent atul Naval Storekeeper discharged their ! respective duties. No charge of malfeasance against tlieni was proven ; hut it was proven ! that they had not devoted as much time and attention to their offices as the impoitant duties 1 thereof required. The second point of exa ; ination is the an thracite coal agency. It was proven that Dr. I Hunter, tiie agent, has given no s rt of atten tion to tiie duties ot the office, but lias entire ly neglected it. lie has a partner in the piof ' :is and duties of the otlice, located at Phiiadel ! pliia. But the partner has bestowed very lit j tie more time upon it than has tiie agent hiin ; self, lie has left the management ct the busi ness in the bands of a large firm of coal deal ! eis in Philadelphia under the title oj Ty ' Lr, Stone fx Co. It appears liiat whenev , er In- gets a requisition for coal he hands it o ver to them, and they superintend the whole bu siness of procuring tiie coal, shipping it, he. j fhe Committee condemn the course of Dr. Hunter an 1 his partner, Mr. Smith, but say I that iie has always been a gentleman ot staa j ding and charailer; that he lived in the j neighborhood of tiie coal region, and ha l been ! engaged in the iron business, which tended to ' make him acquainted with the different kinds !of coal ; that he was recommended to this office by leading members of the Pennsylvania ! Legislature anil other influential citizens ol Reading and Philadelphia ; that since lie has been in office there has been nothing to call the attention ol the Department to his neglect of duty. No complaint has been made by any body to the Secretary of the Navy on the sub ject. The coal is ol the very best quality, and has been furnished regularly for the use ot the Government by the firm of Tyler, Stone Is. Co., and, it appears, at TO cents per ton k-s than the Government had obtained it for up to the spring of 18JS. In 1807 the government bought coal at $T 20 per ton, and under this new agent purchased aii the time at §3 85. It is true that a large number of gentleman had sworn they could have furnished coal at a lower price, but the Committee are of the opinion that they could riot have furnished an article suitable for the Government use. As to the selection of Dr. Hunter, and his recommendation to the office by some of the aji plicanls for the agency themselves, the Com- ■ mittee say that the Secretary of the Navy had never been informed of the arrangement. The previous coal agent, Mr. Tyson, resided at Rea- ! ding, and had a partner residing at Philadelphia j as the present agent also residing at Reading, ! has one at the same city. Some intimation i was made to the President on this subject ; but it was ind-tinite ; and il the President under stood anything about it, it was merely as to a division of duties, as heretofore. In the firm of Tyler, Stone &. Co., is Mr. | Bench a nephew of j\fr. Touchy ' h"L m?i king lli* arrangement v\ith Hiat firm, Dr. Ilnn ter swears that In* did so without the leant inti ; mat ion, or an y request, direct or indirect from : the Secretary of the ,\avy, that he desired him | to do so ; and so far as he knows or believes, r tite Secretary had neither knowledge or wish I upon the subject. I'he rate ol'compensation of the coal agent was fix< d during .Mr. Fillmore's administiation at the present price, and the present large a mount of compensation was in consequence of the extraordinaiy demand for coal, in connec tion with the Paraguay expedition. The t iiii d branch of the examination relates to the live oak contracts. Two dealers had live oak on hand—Svift the most. At the time proposals were issued the Government had taken steps for the construction of seven sloops of war, and the expedition to Paraguay had been'authcrized—much less time was allowed j for the delivery of the limber than heretofore | because it was wanted for use very soon.'— | Some of it, which was immediately needed was i bought up, and used by the Government before j the time for awarding the contracts. The S-c --! retary of the .Navy, in hi specifications, inserted |an unusual clause, by which he reserved to | himself the right to award the contract on the j bids ol any party, unless the price was a fair I and reasonable one ; so that if lie wished to get I 'he limber of these two men lor the use of trie government, he would show to them and to the world that he did not intend to give'them for it any thing more than a fur puce. When the bids came in under these proposals these two men who had tiie timber l Swift and J.is. Big lei,)were not lite ljwest bidders. Other- bid below tin in, and the contracts were awarded to them. Immediately after the contiacts wete awarded the contractors came to Washington and told the Secretary of the Navy that it was impossible lot them to comply with the con tract. 1 hey knew when they made the bids, that they could not get the timber in time, but relied upon getting the time extended fir the delivery. Failing to comply with their con tracts, the latter were declaied void. (Jndei the law tiie Secretary had the right to contract with Swilt 01 any oiner person, even if lie had to give a higher rate than these men proposed toiurni-.h trie timber for, arid ciiaige the differ ence to the defaulting cout.actors. But Swift came forward and furnished the timber at each and all of the yards at the lowest,price bid by any other party. The Committee believe thai tiie price was lair, aud i hat there was nothing in the traiisarti in that in any way impeached the integrity ol the officers of the Navy De partment. In ISST while Mr. Buchanan was in En gland, George PJitt, whose v. tie has some fami ly connection with Swilt. entered into a con tract or arrangement with Swift, that he (Pint) would endeavor to get contracts lor him to sup ply timber on the condition of receiving 10 per cent of tiie gross amounts of ail the contiacts. Pint introduced Swift to the Secretary of tiie Navy and other influential persons, and put him j 0 i good relations with ail his friends. Soon j af. i the Cincinnati Convention, Plitt introdu j ced Swilt to Mr. Buchanan, but merely said lhat he was an *-oi.l Line Whig," and that he | had given hun (tiie President) a cordial support. Swilt, it appears, contributed freely to the j ! Presidential election. In introducing Swift to j .Mr. i'oiicey, Piitt made a similar letnark. Phis ! was ail that was ever told to the Secretary or ; ; to the President, until some time after the con trails J r live oak —in S-pte.nber weie awar ded to Swift. home tline in October or November, while j Piitt vvas.it tiie While llu;:y, he showed the | I'irsi Jeht tiie agreement with Swift, saying that | Swift had rein*. dto carry it out, and asked ] | him :i t!i- re > >ui t he any ejection to prosecu i tin.' S.i tit fi <■ uou-fuiitilment ul'the agreement j ; el IS.H : and toe President replied he could : j see noo!jt-ction to it ; and tiiat Pint couid do as! lie pleased. It appeals that Sw.lt claims that his contract ! with Piut o>ll v extended to tiie end of tiie fast ! ad iiti n Ist rat ion. 'l he next and hist branch of inquiry was in re- I la*, ion to tiie awarding of contracts lor tiie sev. > t-n s!oo; s-of- var ordered at the >ust session o; ■ Congress. Tberw were seven contracts in all and in awarding five i f them, it appeals that no j political or any other improper influence was' resorted to by Ihe different bidders; that the | proposals We: s advertised according to the fa-v, i that the leading establishments in New York i Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and ILmloni ! ; presented imis Iji eacii and ail of the engines ; i | and that the contracts were in every instance ; awarded to estabiisiimenls of high reputation fori undoubted mechanical efficiency. These bids ! t tier- i t iei red to a board of engineers, consisting i I v i *" ' 01 tne Lngitieer-iu-chtef, and three Chief Engl-! neers, and the contracts were given out accor- i ding to tile report ol the Board—in some cases ! unanimous, and m others on tiie :ecoinnu nda- j tion of the majority. Mr. Mai tin was a member ; of this Board, ami is the inventor of a boiler! which was i„.eluded in the piansofall the hid- i ders except two, whose plans were decided uti j by the Board o! which he was a member ; and tne plans which did not include his boiler were rejected by every member of the Board. All ol tiie plans, for real competition, includ-d Martin's boilers. The Committee find, under the state of the case, that no preference could have been given to any plan by Martin on thai score, but suggest thai n wou.d have been bel ter it tie had not been put on that Boaid. One of tiie contracts was awarded to Mer rick & Sons, i'heir bid was next to the lowest of sev en. One was only four thousand dollars lower, and some buis about fi.ity thousand dol lars higher. It iuilfw appears that the jiian ol the bid which was lower was condemned bv every member ol the Board, and the plan oi Merrick h, Sons was approved by every mem ber of it. Meriick <Sc Sons are not politicians and nevei undertake to influence their work men. Two of the three incline to the Opposi tion. Id connection with this, a letter from Colonel Patterson to the President (recommen ding tiie linn, not for this particular contract for they bid tor many) was exhibited, but it iuiiy appears from the testimony generaliy and the statement of the Secretary ol the Navy, that lite President took no part whatever m it made no recommendation of this or any other contract during his administration ; but merely in the course of business, as was shown by the testimony, referred this lett- r by the common and usual endorsement to the Navy Depart ment, to winch the subject pioperly belonged ; the practice being to reter business to the proper Department. When persons are implicated in the investiga tion by committees, witnesses are summoned at their request. As to the charge against J. Clan cy Jones—in the 'annexed.minority statement he, being out of the countiy, could have no : knowledge nr nolificalion of !ln> liif-cliaror.-, TJi<'r*loic. , fat av !,. „ '/ j ri"d, the evidence being altogether e* j Ute committee think it vvotihi he w ror.' <''' l> pronounce or form anv opinion i • ' >i " ject. " i H/i " 'J he committee come to the one ltt>i.„, (! J the action of the Secretary of the Nav-' i been'judicious and useful—ii, a i i. t i. * , l:Sl * actuated only by a d-.sire to get the "" clurwry at the | O WHt piacli._ai.le ( ",'j would not venture or desue to clian-'.. 0 the contracts which he has made. The Tom milieu rep rt r. soiutens to ,1 [ following effect. 1. That testimony taken in the hvesting. ' proves the exwt-nce of glaring a Sus-~ j",' Brooklyn Navy require the inte •. tion of legislative reform: that it i< due . ] lice to declare that these abuses | nVH i' | slowly and gradually growing u; course of years, and tliat no particular \'l ; minis' ration should have the entire blame. of. 2. That th" coal agency Ur som- time r I>t • has b®en in the hands of persons wholly ia. j cieut and grossly incompetent, arid that' ,> f ,',,, j is needed in the regulation? whirl) e X :,. ■ the subject : and that there u no pru.f which i traces jny knowledge ol such im-fii i- ncv ar.d i incompetency to the responsible autho.iii' , , in Washington. | 3. While theCummittee will never sat ciion jor approve, on the part ol any offi :er of the ! (Government, any favors to contractors, vet it file Secretary ol the Navy di-J contemplateanv favor to Swift, lie did not design 1 . !■,.,• ~v \ j to the detriment ol the Government, hat tii-t !in all he did in this matter he !;e.,; ~(.A . ; iVs m j vie W the good of the pub!).. an I 'th- ii,u r. .%• : of the service. j f). That in the letting ol contracts f. r the I const Mict ion ot steam machinery ! r the ~s e :of the Navy, during tile present Asiir.sr:is!ia- ; tion, nothing has been shown which calls f, r . the interposition of the Congress ol the tdo ted States, hut it is manifest tße n.:. r ,t hea l of the Navy Department has displayed a very laudable /,eaf jo secure ihe grea'.e>t amount of speed and efficiency attainabl • tj j.i Vessels. '.L/ 3 * The Republican party is u queer institu tion. bone (,! i - leaders advocate rVee irade ; some of Horn are rampant f or a Protective i' ; , r iti. Some ol them want Cuba : some of them | don t. A!o iof Ihe fit- publican members of : C ongress voted against Oiegon—a portion voted jin favor thereof ! ilence it is evident they • have no s>-lti< J policy on any subject—not • e veil tile '".Nigger question, for members ad vj cate aggressive measures .gainst Slavery, while S their most p.iiiic champions disclaim any iu lentiou to interfere w itn-the institutions of tbe South. It this be n.! i iious - divided against ; itse.'t," vv ticie shall we find orie.— Ktie Obsf.r . err. BL Cl] AN" AX ilii ~ VN ill meet at the Court House on Satur day evening li lt t> nominate a ticket for the coming huroeg.i election. lire v Democratic voter in the i .rough, v.hetner a member of the ( tub, or not, is invited to attend. ' O. E. SHANNON, Pres't. Trees! Trees! A-. r. 't 'HE subcriber has ..n hau l a quariii ' ')• ol f'uit trees, which she tti'besto I °' on reasonable terms, in ! ts to suit j uichasers such as, early and late ap- pie> ami p. agio's a!sa I.t of .choice g.ape vines, cheap for cash, or connfry produce, i Mi-r. 11,b"9. MARY IV. BROWN. 9'olal^es. A very small quantity of Prince Albert an.] Buckeye potato s, new vaiirlies, and s.ii ! to be j Very hue, can be l.a iat Hartley's. Tty them. IS S S 9 9 PZ<Z p ] ,1 J Jk* L \Ji & s.-j s 2.-' \jf L Jib* . H.' RDWA ar. iRO M, PA! MT S, GILS, i VA UN ISH, KA KM I MPLE.M2N FS, ,Nc. M iLLL'JM IIJUT LEY ! DA\ ING just irtnrned liuni ti.e 11:,:, i< now receiving the I ngest stock of ge i; ra! lurdwau, Cutlery, Bntihtt, Oils, Paints, Irou, , ever ottered to the people of.Bedford County. Ibe Store is enlarged ti.o goods art- x.eu—the laVsC p.tterus an.! best quaht}— parchaseU lor at reliable bou-es. NO AUCTION TIIASiI. -dr.! \N ii ratiLcri ,:s Kepttseutcd. j . en.-, <ieti rii:iupj to sell cheap, anil believing that I the credit system of tied font county is ruinous to ; a " classes excepting t.i vy .ir,, justices, s.. : .lis and I con.-tables, 1 i:ai e adopte.l the toiknricg T'^RtVtti l upon which 1 will suctetd or :ai!.viz; CASH, or | appiove.. I! .1 !e or pioduce, except.r.g t,> tiiose ot.lv, i who will pio.nptly -ettie, either b> „„tt. or ea*A on | '.tie Ist of July a.id 1-t January, ot each year. To ; all -uch 1 otfer great inducements, and witl try to please them, a..d give them tiie worth ol their mon ey. The custom ol tho,e who hny with but a faint l probability of paying is not wanted. I Hereby return my sincere thanks to mv torr.ier customers, and c-uiiiesily desire iheir patronage. Determined to seil as cheap (fieighi. considered) and keep as good ware, us any other establishment tti the State. Jne public ate invited to a careful pe nisul ot my catalogue, in which is enumerated un der their proper heads the article- always on hand. builders and ait in want ot any thing m my line wi'l lind it to their advantage to examine my stock. March 11,1359. EXEii'TOIi'S SALE OF Meal listafe ß I HE subscriber, Executor ot Urn last Will and lestament ot John Claar, late of the Borough of Bedford, dec d, will sell at public sale, on V kurmLty, the Ilk rJay of Jtui!, next, at tiie late residence of sa id deceased, the house and lot of ground occupied by him, in said Borough, be ing lot No. 191 in tiie plan ol the town, adjoining the School House lot on the F.a-t, 1-aae Mange!, Jr., on the West, the Kaystown branch on the North, and est Pitt Street oil the South; containing ( 9 ft. lront on l'itt Street and running back to sa:<! Rays town branch. Having thereon erected, a one story log and weather boarded dwelling house, black smith shop, log stable and other out-buildings. ALSO, at the same time and place, the out-lots of said de ceased, numbered 49 and r>o in the maneu of Bed lord, situate about 14 miles from Seaf'ard oil tlv west side ot the road leading to Ihe •■Herman Cor ner, ' adjoining each other, and lands of Hugh Moore, Jacob Mai tin's hetrs, John Sproat, (tate VVm. Slai- Ken.) John Rr-.dei am and others, and containing a bont iu acres and 57 perches. i erms.—One third in hand and the balance in two equal annual payments without interest, to be secured by judgment notes, or notes and mortgage, at the option ot tne subscriber. i > ,j--ession given as soon us the terms are complied with. JUSLPiI CL \ AR, March 11, 1559, Executor.
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