development than those external. A bare
glance at these will suffice. Our tonnage,
when I first came to Congres*, was but a little
over two mill ions : now it is upwards of five
rr. ill ions, more than double. Our exports of
domestic manufactures were only eleven mil
lion dollars in round numbers; now thev are up
wards of thirty million. Our exports of domes
tic produce f staples. &c., were then under one
hundred million dollars; now they are uj>-
wards of three hundred million ! The amount
of coin in the United States, was at that time
about one hundred million : now it exceeds
three handier! million I The Cotton crop then
was hut fifty-four mi I lion ; now it is upwards
of one hundred and sixty million dollars. We
had then not more five thousand miles of
railroad in operation; we have now r.ot less than
twenty-six thousand miles—more than enough to
encircle the globe—and at a cost of more than
onetliousand million dollars. At that time,
Professor Morse was engaged in one of the
. rooms of this Capitol in experimenting on his
unperfected idea of an electric telegraph—and
there was as much doubt about his success, as
there is at present about the Atlantic cable
but there are more than thirty-five thousand
miles in extent of these iron necwes sent forth
iti every direction through the land, connec
ting the most di 'ant points, an i uniting ail
together as if under the influeuce of a common
living sensorium. This is hut a glance at the
surface ; to enter within and take the range ot
other matters—schools, colleges, the arts, and
various mechanical and industrial pursuits,
which add to the intelligence, wealth, and
prosperity of a people, and mora their course
in the history of nations, would require time ;
but :n all would be found alike astonishing
results.
This progress, sir, is not to be arrestee). It
will go on. The end is not yet. There are
persons now living who will see over a hun
dred million human beings within the present
boundaries of the United States, to say nothing
of futu-e extension, and perhaps double the
number of States we now have, should the
Union last. For myself, I say to. you, my
colleagues on this floor, that I do not apprehend
danger 'to our constitutional rgl.ts trom the
bare fact of increasing the number of States
with institutions dissimilar to ours. Tire whole
govermental fabric of the United States is based
and founded upon the idea of dissimilarity in
the institutions of the respective members.—
Principles, not numbers, are our protection.—
When these fail, we have, like all other peo
ple, who, knowing their rights, dare maintain
them, nothing to rely upon but the justice o f
our causp, our own right arms and stout hearts.
With these feelings and this basis of action,
whenever any State comes and asks admission,
as Oregon does, I am prepared to extend her
the hand of welcome, without looking into her
constitution further than to see that it is republi
can in form, upon our well-known American
models.
When aggression comes, if come it ever shall,
then the end draweth nigh. Then, if in mv
day, 1 shall be for resistance, open, bold, and
defiant. I know of no allegiance superior to
that due the hearthstones of the homestead.—
This I say to all. I lay no claim to any senti
ment of nationality not founded upon the
patriotism ola true hearr, and I know of no
such patriotism that does not center at home.
Like the enlarging circle upon the surface ol !
smooth waters, however, this can and will, if j
unobstructed, extend to the utmost limits of a
common country. Such is my nationality — j
such my sectionalism—such my pal riot icm. j
Our fathers of the South joined your fathers of
the North in resistance to a common aggression I
liotn their fatherland ; and it they were justified
in rising to right a wrong inflicted by a parent
country, how much more ought we, should the I
necessity ever come, to stand justified before an
enlightened world, in righting a wrung from
even those we call orothers. That necessity,
I trust, will never come.
What is to be our future, Ido not know. I
have no taste for indulging in speculations a
bout it. I would not, if I could, raise the veil
that wisely conceals it from us. "Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof," is a good pre
cept in everything pertaining to human action.
The evil I would not anticipate; I would rath
er strive to prevent its coming; and one way,
in my judgment, to prevent it, is, while here,
in all things to do what is right and proper to
be done under the Constitution of the United
States; nothing more, and nothing less. Our
safety, as well as the prosperity of all parts of
the country, so long as this Government lasts,
lies mainly in a strict conformity to the laws of
its existence. Growth is one of these. The
admission of new States, is one of the objects
expressly provided for. How are they to come
in? With just such constitutions as the people
in each may please to make for themselves, so
it is republican in form. This is the ground
the South has ever stood upon. Let us not a
bandon it now. It is founded upon a principle
planted in the compact of Union itself; and
more essential to us than alt others besides; that
is, the equality of the States, and the reserved
rights of the people of the respective States.—
By our system, each State, however great the
number, has the absolute right to regulate all its
internal affairs as she pleases, subject only to
her obligations under the Constitution of the U
nited States. With this limitation, the people
of Massachusetts have the perfect light to do as
they please upon all matters relative to their
internal policy; the peoplt? of Ohio have the
right to do the same; the people ol Georgia the
same; of California the same; and so with all
the rest.
Such is the machinery of our theory of self
government by the people. This is the great
novelty of our peculiar system, involving a
principle unknown to the ancients, an idea
never dreamed of by Aristotle or Plato. The
union of several distinct, independent commu
nities upon this basis, is a new- principle in hu
man government. It is now api ob torn in ex
periment for the people of the nineteenth cen
tury upon this continent to solve. As I behold
its workings in the past and at the present,
while I am not sanguine, yet I am hopeful o!
its successful solution. The most joyous feeling
of my heart is the earnest hope that it wiii, for
the iuture, move on as peacefully, prosper u>lv,
and brilliantly, as it has in the past. if s >,
then we shall exhibit a moral and political spec
tacle to the world something like the prophetic
vision of Ezekiel, when he saw a number of
distinct beings or living creatines, eacfi with a
separate and distinct organism, having the
functions of life within itself, all of one exter
nal likeness, and all, at the same time, myste
riously connected with one common animating
spirit prevailing the whole, so that w hen the
common spirit moved they all moved: their ap
pearance and their w .1!: being, as it were a
eef ill the middle of vtowvi-am! '.hith'er-
soever the common spirit went, thither lhe I
otbeis went, all going together; and when they
went, he heard the noise of their motion like
the noise ol great wafers, as the voice of the
Almighty. Should our experiment succeed,
such will be our exhibition a machinery of
Government so intricate, so complicated, with
so m§ny separate and distinct parts, so many
independent States, each perfect in the attributes
and functions of sovereignly, within its own
jurisdiction, all, nevertheless, united under the
control of a common directing power for exter
nal objects and purposes, may naturally enough
seem novel, strange, and inexplicable to the
philosophers and crowned heads of the world.
It is for us, and those who shall come after
ns, to determine whether this grand experimen
tal problem shall be worked out; not bv quar
reling amongst ourselves; not bv doing injus
tice to any; not by keeping out any particular
class of States; but by each State remaining a
separate and distinct political organism within
i'.seli all bound together for general objects,
under a common Federal head; as it were, a
wheel within a wheel. Then the number may
be multiplied without limit; -and then, indeed,
may the nations of the earth look on in wonder
at our career: and when they hear the noise of
the wheels of our progress in achievement, in
| developemer.t, in expansion, in g'oiy, and re
nown, it may well appear to them not unlike
the noise of great waters; the very voice ol the
Almighty— Voxpopuli! Vox Dei! [Great ap
| plause in the galleries, and on the floor.j
The SPEAKER. If the applause in the
j galleries is repeated, the Chair will order the
j galleries to be cleared.
Many 'MEMBERS. It was on the floor.
Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. One or two
| other matters only 1 wish to allude to. These
, relate mainly to amendments. 1 trust that
; every friend of this bill will unite and vote
j down every amendment. It needs no amend-
I ment. Oregon has nothing to do with Kansas,
and should in no way be connected with her.
, To remand her back, as the gentleman from
Kentucky [Mr. MARSHALL,] proposes, to com
! pel her to regulate suffrage as we may be dispo
sed to dictate, would be but going back to the
| old attempt to impose conditions upon Missouri.
Tlieie is no necessity for any census, if we are
! satisfied, from all the evidence before us, that
there are sixty thousand inhabitants there.—
, Florida was admit ltd without a census. Texas
j was admitted, with two menbers on this floor,
| without a census. So was California.
; To our friends upon this side of the House,
| let me say, if you cannot vote lor the bill, assist
|us in having it voted upon as it is. Put on no
riders. Give us no side blows. Aid in keep
ing them off. Let (lie measure stand or fall up
on its merits. ll you cannot vote for the bill,
vote against it just as it stands.
I see my time is nearly out, and I cannot so
into the discussion of other branchesof theques
tion; but may I not make an appeal to all sides
of the House to come up to do their duty to
day ? I have spoken of the rapid deveiopement
of our country and its progress in all its materia!
resources. Is it true that the intellectual and
moral development of our country has not kept
pace with its physical ? Has our poiiticul body
outgrown the heads and hearts of those who are
to govern it ? Is it so, that this Thirty-Fifth
Congress is unequal to the great mission before
it ? Are we progressing in everything but mind
and patriotism ? Has destiny cast upon us a
heavier load of duty than we are able to per
foim ? Are we unequal to the task assigned us ?
I trust not. I know it is sometimes said in the
country that Congress has degenerated Ti ir
for us this day to show whether it is true or not.
For myself, Ido not believe it. It may be that
the esprit da corps may have some influence on
my judgment. Something may be pardoned to
that. Hut still I feel that I address men of as
much intelligence, reflection, talent, integrity
virtue, and worth, as I have ever met in this
Ilall; men not unfit to be the .Representatives
of this great, growing, and prosperous Con
federacy. The only real fitness lor any public
station is to be up to the requirements of the
occasion, whatever that be. Let us, then, vin
dicate our characters as fit legislators to-day;
and, with tfiat dignity and decorum which lias
Iso signally marked our proceedings upon other
great, exci ting questions before, and which,
I whatever may be said of our debates, may be
I claimed as a distinguished honor (or the pres
| ent House of Representatives, let us do the
; work assigned us with that integrity of purpose
| which discharges duty regardless of consequen
| ces, and with a patiiotism commensurate with
; tile magnitude of the subject under all its respin
! sibilities.
HOW WOILl) IT HTV E ~YVO R KED
[From the Detroit ( Mich.)Free press of March l.j
The diary of Washington, just published, in
i forms us that when lie made his grand tour
I through the northern states in 17S0, lie took
: with him "his slave Billy, his faithful attendant
| through the revolutionary war."
It is very fortunate that General IVashing
j ton did not make his grand tour seventy years
later, and thai lie did not take Michigan in his
j route, or he would hive found himself incar-
I cerated in the Stale prison for ten years because
|he had introduced his "slave Billy" into the
I State. .\or is this all. If similar laws had
j prevailed in the northern States during the rev
; olulionary war, he would l ave been marched
| off to the penitentiary ior having with him "his
faithful attendant." General Washington, ac
cording to the black-republican code, it as a
j criminal to be punished oy ten years ir.carcera
! lion.
MICHAEL PN EL AN, the billiard-player is in
training at Harlem for the great match with
Seereiter of Detroit for $.">,000. The friends of
both parties are very confident. Seereiter is
said to have made at one time a run of 140, and
at another ISO points in a carom game.
LEWIS county, in New York, seems to have
been revolutionized, politically. Last vear the
republicans had four majority in the board of
supervisors, and 700 majority in the fall elec
tions. NJW the democrats have eleven of the
seventeen supervisors.
.MRC. PCLLI incoming home late, "pretty full,"
finds the walk slippery, and exclaims : V-ver
v ry •-ing'lar : wh-whenever water freezes, it
alius fr—freezes with the si—slippery side lip ;
dem'd singular."
Executor's Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that Letters Testamentary
have heen granted by the Register of Bedford County
to the undersigned on the last Will and Testament of
Daniel Bussard, late of West Providence town
ship, deceased—and that all persons indebted
to the Estate are hereby required to make immedi
ate payment and those having claims on said Estate
wib present them duly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN SPARKS.
Mar F.v'r of Darnel I'assard, dee'd.
THE BEDFORD fiAZETTE.
Heritor*!, Alni'tli SIS, 183!).
B. 1\ Mejers & GL W. iJenfonl, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
FOR SURVEYOR GEMERAL:
JOHN ROWE,
OF FRAXKLIN.
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINA
TIONS.
We place at our mast-head, to-day, the
names of RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, of Philadel
phia, and JOHN ROWE, of Franklin, the nomi
nees of the Democratic party of this State, for
the offices of Auditor General and Surveyor
General. We hoist the flag of Wright and
Rowe, with feelings of entire satisfaction?
knowing them both to fie able ami upright men
and true and unswerving Democrats. Their
nomination will he hailed with delight from
one end of the Commonwealth to the other.—
Let us gather around our standard-bearers in
solid an.d unbroken unity,and in their
win a glorious triumph tor the well-tried ana
time-honored principles of the Democratic par
tv.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION,
This body met in the Hall of the House of
Representatives, on Wednesday morninj,
March 16th, 1859. The Convention was call
ed to order by R. B. Roberts, Esq., Chairman of
the State Committee, whereupon, Geo M.
Wharton. Esq.,of Philadelphia, was unanimous
ly selected as temporary President. The fol
lowing gentlemen were then appointed perma
nent officers of the Convention :
President—AßNOLD PLUMES.
Vice Presidents—Samuel H. Gilbert, Dr.
John A. Morrison, Robert B. Knight, John
Roberts, Dr. Wm. Grey, Jesse 13. Davis,
Jacob Van Buskirk, Peter lvemmrer, Dr.
Samuel H. Shannon, Charles D. Broadht-ad,
Anthony Grady, Charles Lyman, A. C. Noves,
Levi L. Tate, Edmund S. Doty, R. J. Hal 'e
man, Paul Hamilton, Peter J. Albright, VV.
11. Welsh, H. J. Myers, David Plank, Joseph
W. Tate, Samuel 11. Bell, John VV. Rohrer,
11. Lovvrv, Andrew Bruc*, J. H. Phillips,
Ilenrv Sproul, J. S. Dickey, Wm. M'Knight,
J. L. Giilis, Murray Whallonand J. O. Bui
lard.
Secretaries—J. VV. Douglass, Wm. J. Lieb,
J. S. Africa, J. 11. Bailey, I. B. Davis, R.
E. Brown, T. P. Collins, John Swan, IVm.
S. Picking, Steuhen Jenkins, A. J. Gerritson,
S. S. Secly, (.1. \V. Shandey and Jacob Con
rad.
Ma. Pli'mer, on tal.ing the Chair, made a
shoit but eloquent address, after which,tin mo
tion, a committee of fifteen Aas appointed to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
Convention. After the Committee had retired,
urn uonvenriou until T; o'clock r. m.
In the interval ofihe adjournment, the mem
bers of the Convention resolved themselves into
Mass Convention, (Mr. Plumer in the Chair.)
which was addressed by Mr. Snowden, of Phila
delphia, and Mr. llugus, of Somerset. The
Mass Convention adjourned at 4 oclock, and
the regular Convention resumed its sittings.—
Mr. Sansom of Fulton, moved that the Conven
tion proceed to nominate candidates for Auditor
and Surveyor General, which motion was a
greed to. A number of gentlemen were named
for Auditor General. For Surveyor General,
Mr. Sansom, of Fulton, nominated John Rowe,
of Franklin; Mr. Tate, of Bedford, nominated
Isaac Kensinger, of Bedford; Mr. Gritman, of
Luzerne, nominated E.1.-nund Taylor, of Lu
zerne, and other delegates nominated various
gentlemen. The Convention then adjourned
until 7 o'clock, r. m. At the hour appointed,
the Convention again assembled, when the
Committee on resolutions made their report, )oj
which an amendment was proposed, endorsing!
the State policy of Gov. Packer. This amend
ment was lost by a vote of 84 to 37. The Con
vention then proceeded to bal lot for candidates
for Auditor General, when 1L L. Wright re
ceived 89 votes, Jacob Zeigßr, 27, J is. Salis
bury, 7, and E. C. Hamlin, 3. Mr. Tate, of
Bedford, moved to make the nomination of Mr.
Wright unanimous, which was agreed to. Mr. j
Piolett, then moved that Joiin Rowe, of Frank
lin, be nominated viva voce for Surveyor Gene
ral, and Mr. Rowe was accordingly nominate!
by acclamation. Judge Black, of Nebraska,
being present, was then called upon to address'
the Convention, and the call was responded toi
by the Judge, in a speech which trigged the}
Convention till nearly midnight, and elicited
loud and frequent applause. * After wlich the
Convention adjourned sine die. We shll pub
lish the platform in our next.
HF"Some time ago, cur Senator, Mr.ochell,
read by request, in his place in the imate, a
bill which contained certain provision ami re
strictions concerning the collection, sfe keep
ing and disbursement of the public loney bv
the State Treasurer. This "bill has ben con
founded with a joint resolution reajn place
by M.a. Sen ell, proposing an ameiirnent to
the Constitution, which provides forbe elec
tion of State Treasurer by the peole. The
proposition to amend the Constitulia sons to
allow the people to elect the State Treasurer,
has caused quite a flutter among he Know
Nothing - Black Republican portions, they
having at present possession of thj Treasury
and being very fearful that theytnifhtbe oust
ed therefrom at the polls. feir shab
by attempts to bring Mr. Schell hil into ridi
cule.
We would also take this (fasion to state
that it is the custom in thaegislature, for
members (o present petitions and to read bills 1
in place, wnich are sent to them by their con- '
stituents, as a matter of course, without indica
ting thereby that the members offering the
same, are committed in favor of, or against,
them. In fact, in the press of business, when
members receive a huge pile of petitions and
bills at one time, they can scarcely give them
any examination before presenting them to the
House or Senate. While speaking of the cus
tom in this matter, we would remark that the
bill lately read in place by Senator Schell,
providing for the repeal (on certain conditions)
of the lonnage Tax, was so introduced in the
Senate, as a matter of course, because it had
been sent Mr. Scheil, by some of his constitu
ents in Huntingdon county.
THE OPPOSITION DIVIDING.
There is a rumor afloat to the effect that FoV
ney and his congener renegades have called a
| State Convention for the double purpose, we
[ presume, of bolstering up the fallen Packer, and
of opposing the regular Democratic State Tick
,7~r We b a 'l this as a favorable omen. Mr.
I FORNEY labored with ail his strength during
the last campaign, to effect the election of the
Black Republican Ticket, and if he and his
fellow disorganizes are verdant enough to
throw their vote for nominees of their own,
independent of the Black Republican Know
Nothing nominations, we shall want nothing
better in the coming canvass. It is quite safe
to estimate the Democratic votes which through
Forney's apostacy, were last fall cast for the
Opposition, at thirty thousand. Should the
Forneyites retain their strength till the com
ing election, and vote an independent ticket of
their own, the Black Republicans and Know
; Nothings will sustain a dead loss of thirty thou
: saud votes. The majority of the Opposition, at
j the last election, was about 27,000; hence, if
the thirty thousand Forney men are detached
trom them, it will leave them in a minority of
3000 in the State.
As to the spirit which prompts this revolt
against the party, it is the same which moved
the traitors who last Fall gave the victory to
i the Know Nothings and Black Republicans.—
It is the spirit of doomed and desperate politi
cians—of men whose vaulting ambition over
leaps every usage canonized in the hearts of
the Democracy, and essays to trample under
foot not only the men, but the princif JPS ot the
party. It is the spirit of enmity to the Dem
ocratic orqanizntion. The true and steadfast
j Democracy of the old.Key stone, know how to
| rebuke this spirit, and they will do it. Let trait
ors tremble !
BOROUGH ELECTION.
The election on Friday last, in this Borough,
| resulted in the success of the whole Democrat
ic ticket, by large majorities. If we were
; disposed to make as much noise over this viclo
' ry as cur opponents do whenever they carry
: 3ny of their nominees for Borough officers, we
i might crow Justify over our triumph. But
!Dtn,MUiu.iu,a. v o J..j,i..rc
■ fore, we-hall content ourselves by merely giv
| ir.g the vote far tlie different candidates, adding
only that we "rather gues3" the "Buchanan
Club" has met, and its name hasn't been changed,
| either.
Democrats. K. N. Republicans.
JUDGE OF ELECTION,
, Hugh Moore, 105 | Henry Mower, 71 :
INSPECTOR,
John Cessna, 96 1 S. L. Russell, Si I
Co.NSTADLE,
John J. Cessna, 96 | Simon N'aus, Sf '
ASSESSOR,
John Boor, 91 | Jas. McMullin, 75
. AUDITOR,
11. N. Baker, Si | R. D. Barclay, 7S
TOWN CLERK,
Adam Ferguson, 87 | A.C.Mower, 73
SUPERVISORS,
Isaac Menge], 90 j
Sam'l Davis, 96 j
The candidates for School Directors favora
ble to the Union School, (.'no. BLY-.JIRE and
JOHN TAYLOR, were successful ; the former bv
30 and the latter by 22 majority.
The whole Democratic ticket for Burgess and
Council, was also elected by comfortable majori
ties. For Burgess, JACOIJ REED, Dem., had
92 votes, and T. M. LYNCH, K. X. R., 08.—
For Assistant Burgess, WM. BOWLES, Dem., had
8G votes and J. C. Keyset, K. N. R., 7T. For
Council, A. J. Sansom, Dem., had 93, Wm.
Hartley, Dem., 80, Wm. Schafer, Dem.,
158, W. W. Shuck, K. N. R., 77 and J. P.
Arnold, K. N. R., 69. For High Constable,
Levi Agnew, Dem., had 92 and Jacob Over,
K. N. R., 69.
SC ii ELLSB L RGE iEC TlO X.
Out Democratic friends in Schellsburg, a
cliieved t. splendid triumph at the election
which came, off in that Borough on Friday
last. There a hot contest for Justice of the
Peace, and the Opposition exerted all their
energies to defeat one, or the other, of the Dem
ocratic candidates. The election of M. Reed,
Esq., and the re-electhn of John Smith, Esq.,
results nt which we greatly rejuico#
BLACK REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.
The subjoined article taken from the Phila
delphia Ledger, a neutral paper, will give our
readers some idea ot the means made use of by
the Black Republicans in carrying elections
and bolstering up their party. The people of
New York city, where there are km Demo
crats to onp Black Republican, pay a direct
tax to support^his rotten organization. It may
be reasonably inferred that if such be the case
in New York, it is ihe same in other parts of
the country. Read the following :
A "METROPOLITON" POLICE FORCE. The
Senate of New York have been investigating
through a committee, the character and con
duct ot the Metropolitan police force of New
\ork city, and a very shameful exhibition they
make of it. The officers a;e appointed, like
the police of this city, from po! itical consider
ations more4han from personal character, ami
it appears that, even in this small matter of
appointment, "brokers" negotiate with the
Commissioner for the appointments, the bro
kers getfiog fifty dollars for their services, and a
hundred and fifty going to the Republican Gen
eral Committee for a fund to maintain their po
litical organization. The consequences of this
system may be easily foreseen. The Commit
tee represent the whole police force to be taint
ed,by gross corruption in its elemental organi
zation, of which (lie sale of officer, the impo
sition of political taxes, th<> forced contributions
of subordinates to their chief's, were but partial
while it was broken in its discipline from
these and other causes, and including in it,
members a large proportion of worthless and
dishonest men, more fitted in their character
and by their antecedents to be the accessories
of crime, than to trace it out to its hiding-pla
ces and arrest and expose it. Thieves and oth
er criminals exist in the police, and men were
employed whom it would be unsafe to believe
on their oaths. The Committee point out the
danger to which the citizen is exposed, in per
son and character, by having men of that si amp
acting as a police lor the detection of crime and
the at rest of offenders. The demoralization 01
public otfice is the the legitimate fruit of the
corruption of parly politics and the practice of
giving those offices to partisans as re wards for
political service.
COMMUNICATION.
VVOODBERR Y, I J A., MARCH 21, 1859.
MESSRS. EDITORS:—
There are many in this sec
tion who are just now afflicted with the
"Pike's Peak" gold mania, and who seem anx
ious to gather ail the information possible, as
regards the possibility cf "gold being found in
paying quantities," in Western Kansas. So
greatly are the public excited upon this all ab
sorbing subject, that they seize with avidity
any rumor or report, that comes under their
I observation. All seem willing to admit that
gold is found in paying quantities, in the re
gion of "Pike's Pi ak," on the western bounda
ry cf Kansas. Having been u resident of that
Territory for nearly two years, and Jiving m
close proximity to the Santa Fe Road, I "was
thrown, much of my tune, into the society of
the travellers and trappers of the mountains,
who were visiting the States for fresh supplies,
and to sell their peltries. They state that gold
has long been known to exist in small quanti
ties, in that region, and that Indians possess
large nuggets of this valuable mineral.
While on my return East, I made the acquain
tance of a gentleman in the s- rvice of the gov
ernment (Mr. Galiher, who now resides at the
head of Puget Sound, W. T.) He informed
me that he was at Pike's Peak, during the
summer of's2, and while there he traded for
two specimens .ofgold, one weighing $42, a
notlmr worth S3O, in return for which he gave
the Indians a red blanket, and some floo".
The Indians have always refused to discloss
the whereabouts of this gold, although compar
atively ignorant of its value.
I here seems to be considerable competition
between the different towns on the Missouri
River, each claiming the preference, or the
great.-st advantage, lor titling out expeditions
lor tlie mines and that the roads from their res
pective sites, are each the best, most direct and
are the test supplied with fuel, &x. Rc.
>e una tne western correspondents, (ol
which there are a host) all striving to turn the
tide of emigration, through their own neighbor
hoods. i it us v. e find Nebraska correspondents
prescribe the Platte Jiiver route, to which there
are good roads from their respective towns. St
Joseph and Northern Kansas towns, advocate
the Richmond, Martesville and Fort Laramie
Road; Leavenworth and Lawrence via. Fort
Ki!>y, and Kansas valley road: Kansas Citv and
all other towns South of the Raw, the Santa
Fe Road. A Iter reading the many conflictino
reports, on the diilerenl ;out. s, it is almost irm
pos.-ijle to come to any correct conclusion, a?
to which is the most practicable. St. Jo. seems,
however, to have the preference at present, as
the Hannibal road is completed to that place,
and al< the north-west are using their inlluenct
for that point. Thve is not at present a town
or village, but what is receiving flaming bill:
and circulars from Chicago, Cleave] i;i<R Tole
d~>, R.C., as being on the direct route to Pike's
Peak by the Hannibal and St. Jo. road, and at
least 100 or 150 miles nearer, than by annolliei
—also, that there is connection with the East
by this route, this winter, while by all others
it is entirely cut oil, for want of provender, all
the grass having been destroyed by fire,
the Southern routes. The contest will, I think"
be between this and the Santa Fe route. The
route to tiie western line of Missouri, is in fa
vor of St. Jo., if you are anxious to see the wes
tern part of Mo. At Last three days can be
gained, but this delay will be made up i n the
different routes. The road from Kansas citv
to the gold mines by Fort Rent, is the best
ratural road, in the United States. I have
traveled 160 miles, on this road, and never
saw a Turnpike that could rival it, although
there has never been any work done on it.—
Private enterprise has built several bridges a
cross the streams, which in cases of high water
reap quite a harvest in tne shape of tolls.
Persons can start from Leavenworth and strike
the Santa Fe road at Willow Springs, or Burliti
game, without any detention, or inconvenience.
The Northern, or Fort Liramie road, is very
rough, and cattle are frequently troubled with
sore feet so much as to be unable to travel.
The distance by the two routes is nearly equal,
but as to the good roads the Santa Fe is much
the better. The conclusion to which I have
come, is that the best out-fitting posts, are Leav
enworth and Kansas City, and the best and
most practicable road the Santa Fe. The fare !
Irom Pittsburg to either of these points by the
river will be from lb to 20 dollars. By Kail
Road to St. Louis, sl9, and $lO up the Missou
ri. By Chicago, and Hannibal, frois'SSlo 32
dollars. But I must close, as I have extended
my letter already more than I intended. '
Yours Truly, ■ f
P F ' H.
MARRIED:
On the 10th iust., by the Kev.H. Heckerman,
Mr. George Slack to Mis 3 Christena Fisher •
both of Schellsburg.
On the 1 ith, by the same, Mr. George Ewalt
to Miss Mary S. Kemery ; both of Schellsburg.
On the loth inst., at the house of the bride's
Father, in Juniata Township, by John Smith,
Esq., Mr. Christian C. Long to Miss Elizabeth
Hardman : ail of Schellsburg.
DIED.
On the 14th inst., Eliel Allen, of N a „i lr
tow ; aged about 4-7 years. 1
Executors' Notice,
LKI TERSTestamentary on the last Will a , ,i r
ment of Emanuel Bas.fcr, late ot Mid,ll. Wohb?'
xy township, Bedford county, dec'd having
granted to the subscribers residing
ship Notice is therefore given to all person *
debted to said estate f 0 make |( | n •
mediately, and ,bo-e having 7lai,„, W Rpr * n n t
the, n forthwith, properly authenticated for
mp,lt - SAMUEL BASSIFR
~ „ , DAVID BOl"Eft, ' '
i Mar 25 59-fit. . .
fc *ec'jtors.
IDMINISTIIATOII'S NOTICE.-Lr
i il ministration on trie estate of Eliel Allen Ist
| oi Napier township, Bedford county, dec'd, havi-1
| been granted to tiie subscriber residnw i (1 , z ~)
, township—notice is therefore given to ail person,
indebted to said estate to make immed ia t payment
and tbose having claims will present theiu font, w „p
propeiiy authenticated for settlement.
R- H. WALKER,
Mar. 25, 1859-6t. Ad-n'r. *
>ale.
BY virtue of ah order cf the Orphans' Court of Be,,
lord county, the subscriber will sell at public s■' •
; AT THE COURT HOUSE, '
: IN THE BOROI'UII OF BEDFORD, ON s\r
| LRDAY, THE nd DAY OF APRIL, 185J,"
1 liat certain Lot of Ground, late the
property of Philip Weisel, deceased, situate on the
corner ot John Street and -Watson's addition," con
taming 77 feet Mont on John Street and running with
the public road 200 feet to an alley.
IEHMS.—One third to remain in the lit for
the use of the widow, one half the balance at th*
corifirira'ion of the sale, and ihe residue in one year
without .Merest; to te secured by bonds, r bonds
aiiU mortgage. Possession given immediately.
.. _ r . „ ABRAHAM WEISEL,
_ _ ' U ' _ Guardian.
" CAl'iiiiiih
ALL persons are hereby cautioned not to fake
| Jri alignment of a note given by the subscri
i ber with David Anderson as security, to W !n
; VVoy, on the 4th March, 1859, Gr§Sf) 50 c>
j payable sis: months after date, as T received no
; value t,r the same and will not pay unless
: compelled by law.
Mar. 25,'59. S.UI'L 11. ANDERSON.
BLIN DS AND Si I ~
Cheap for Cash.
B.J. WILLI AAi S,
No. SG North Sixth Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Is (he largest Manufacturer of
w 1 4 \ a on it
AND DEALER IN
WI .V D O IV SHADES,
OF EVERY VARIETY.
He is tbe Originator ot all New Styles and has a fine
5 _ Stock to be sold at Rg,lure.i Price v.
Luff and oilier colors of Linen Shades, Trimmings,
Fixtures, &e.
STORE SHADES Painted to order.]
J. VV. invites citizens of thi County to
call before purchasing, and as-ures them that he can
sell a better article for the mvn*y than any oth?r
Establishment in the United States. [mar27,'s9-J:n
Auditor's Notice.—The undersigned ap
pointed auditor to distribute the fund in the bands
of Daniel Shock, administrator of Samuel Cart
wright, late of Middle Woodberry township, dec'd,
will attend to the duties oi said appointment, at his
office, in the Borough of Bedford, on Friday, the
29th day of April, next, when auff v here all inter
ested may attend. J. VV. LIN'GENFELTFR
-Mar, 18, 'SO. Auditor.
Auditors Notice, —The undersigned ap
pointed auditor to distribute the balawee in the twunis
oi Daniel Hdtzell, administrator of Jacob Heltzeli,
dec d, w ill attend to the duties ot said appointment,
a - his oihee, in the Borough of Bedford, on Wednes
day, me r nnuay or April next, where all persons
interested can attend.
J- W. LiNGENFELTER,
Mar. IS, 1859. Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE—At an "orphans'
Court held at Bedford the ISth dav of February, A.
D., IS-'D, on motion of O F.. Shannon, Esq., John P.
Reed, appointed auditor, to distribute the money re
man .tig in the hands of John C. Vicbroy, adminis
trator o: the estate of Susan Bruner, dec'd-
The auditor will attend to the duties of the above
appointment at his office, in the borough of Bedford,
on Friday, the 15th day of April, next, at 10 o'clock
ot said day, when and wheie all parties interested
can attend. JOHN p. REED,
Mar. IS, 'SO. Auditor.
EXECUTOR'S SALE Of
Meal Estate.
THE subscriber, Executor oi Ihe last Will and
I Testament of John Ciaar, late of the Borough of
j oediortj, deed, will stii at public sale, on
/ h tr& lay, t'te iih Jay oj Jjnril, next,
■ at the iate residence of sa id deceased", the house and
r .ot of ground occupied by him, in said Borough, be
i mg lot fto. PJt in the piau of the town, adjoining
the School Hou-e lot on the East, Isaac Mendel, Jr.,
on the West, the iiaystown branch on the North,
and \v est Pitt Street on the South; containing GO ft.
front on I'itt Street and running back to said Rays
town branch. Having tbereon erected, a one story
log and weather boarded dwelling house, black
smith shop, log stabie and other oul-buildins.
ALSO,
at the same time and place, the out-lots of said de
ceased. numbered I'd and 50 in the manor of Bed
ford, situate about If miles from Bedford on the
west side of the road leading to the "German Coil
tier." adjoining each other, and lands of Hugh Moore
Jacob Martin's heirs, John Sproat, (late Wrn. Slai
ten,) John Brideham and others, and containing a
bout 13 acres and 57 perches. °
Terms.— One third in hand and the balance in
two equal annual payments without interest, to be
secure.! oy judgment notes, or notes and mortgage,
at the option 01 the subscriber. Possession given
as soon as the term, are complied with.
„ , JOSEPH CHAR,
Jft arch 11 , 18.39, Executor.
THE Harvest" ICING,
Price slls Delivered in Bedford.
A XEYV REAPER AXD MOWER.
Manufactured by b icky Brothers,
Baltimore, Md.
The Harvest King is an adjustable cam and
dilfers essentially in construction from all other
machines in the market; its simplicity of con
st! uclion, admits its being put together and
worked by any ordinary field hand, and ren
ders it less liable to get out of order, it cuts a
swarth ot SJ. tect, has levers for raising ajpt
lowering, and throwing out of gear, it was suc
cessfully used during the harvest of 185S, and
was awarded the first premium by the Mary
land Institution, in November last. For sale
by W m . Hartley, Bedford. Call at Hartley's
Hardware Store and see this Machine.
March 18, 1 mo.
SURVEYING.
O H. GAITHER will promptly attend to all
surveying business that may be entrusted to
hirn. Ollice on Juliana street, iwo doors South
of the Inquirer otiice.