VOLimfi 55.
NEW SERIES.
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SHERIFF'S S.ILFS.
By virtue of sundry writs of fi. fa- & Vend.
Exps to me directed, there will be sold at the
Court House, in the Borough of Beitlonl, on Saturday,
the 30th day of April, 1859 at 10 O'clock, A.M., the
following described real estate, to wit :
All Defendants' John King, & Thomas King's,
right title and interest, beiuglhe two undivided third
parts thereof, in and to one tract of land, containing
237 acres, more or less : about 100 acres cleared
and under fence, with a two story mansion house,
IT! tenant houses, store bouse, ware house, one iron
forge, saw-mill,coal bouse, large new bank' barn,
2 trams stables and other out-buildings thereon
erecteit—also, an apple orchard thereon ; adjoining
. lands of James Fink, Jacob Steel, John Gates, and
others, known as the Bedford Forge property.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 2£Ui acres,
*" more or less, about 00 aeres cleared and under fence,
with a log house and log stable thereon erected ;
adjoining lands ofLuciiida Piper and others—known
as the John McJlnay tract.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 5 acres,
more or less, with a log house thereon erected, on
The waters ot Yellow Creek, adjoining lands of
Piper and Fink, George, IL Kay's heirs and others,
in the name of John King-
ALSO—One tract of unimproved land, contain
ing 402 acres, more or less ; adjoining the Bedtord
Forge and otheis, in the name of Stephen Moan.
ALSO—One 1 ract ot land containing 101 acres
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of Richard Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 404 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in 'he
name of Joseph Moan.
ALSO —One tract of land containing 109 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, known
it the name of Samuel Moan.
ALSO—One tract of laud containing d'2l acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others in the
name of Alexander Moan-
ALSO—One tract ol'land containing 413 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of John Mcllnay.
ALSO- One tract of land containing 374 acres,
more or lege; adjoining the above and others, in
the name of David Piper.
ALSO—One tract of lend containing 385 acres,
more or less : adjoining the above and others, in
the name of Timothy Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 400 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in
the name of Israel Moan,
ALSO—One tract of land containing 392 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in
t he name of Zachariah Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 421 acres,
more or less ; adjoining the above and others, in
the name of John Boyd. ,
ALSO—One tract of land containing 423, Ui the
moreor less ; adjoining the above an- 1
nam* of William Davis. containing 432 acres,
ALSO—One trart.o' lhe above and others, in the
more or eiVavi.<.
r.ame of— One tract of land containing 44 i acres,
..oft or jess; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of William Piper. ,
ALSO—One tract of land containing 177 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
tame of John Hardin.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 442 acres,
more ur le-sr; adjoining the above aril or > i" the
Mime of Ignatius Hardin.
ALSO—One tiact of land containing 134 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of James Wilson.
ALSO—One tract of land containiug 2372 acres,
more or l*s-; about 11>0 cleared and under ience
with one charcoal furnace, one bloom forge, with
fourrefining lires, one mansion house, one brick
office and store house, ware house, 13 tenant houses,
r. stables, one 1)1 .cksmith shop, one carpenter shop,
coal house, iron bouse, and other out-buildings there
on creeled; adjoining lands of James Eichelberger,
on the North, Henry Gate- and Eli l'luke, on the
South and West, and Broad Top on the East—known
u the Lemnos Iron Works property.
ALSO—One tract of land in Woodcock valley—
known as the Bender ore bank, containing a
cres, more or less; adjoining lauds of Stephen Wei
tner and others.
ALSO—One tract of unimproved land, containing
.73 acres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers; warranted in the name ol 1 hofluas and John
King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 120 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of John Cheney.
ALSO—One tract of land ccntaining -428 acres,
moreor less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of .Maria Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 374 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name ol Hannah Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 426 acres,
r-.ore or l*->; adjoining the above and others, in the
r.ame of George F- Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 400 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
l.ame of Peter Swope and John King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 70 acres,
more or l-ss; adjoining the above and others, in the
r.ame of Casper Fluck; known as the Fluck ore
ALsO— One tract of latnl containing 15 acres,
tnore or less, adjoining the above and others—known
as the Daughinbaugh improvement.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 acres,
more or less; adjoining Martin Hoover on the West
an ! others, being a part of the Dyke's tract.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 acres,
more or less; adjoining Martin Hoover on the F.ast
ond others, being a part of the Dyke's tract; and
the above described lands situate in Hopewell
township, Bedford county, and taken in execution
a> ;he property of John King and i'liomas King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing SO acres,
moreor less ; about S acres cleared and under fence
adjoining lands of William A. Mock, Anthony Mock,
ami others.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 7 acres,
more or les- ; all cleared and under fence, with a
frame duelling house, barn, stable, saw-mill ft
other out buildings thereon erected—adjoining lands
oi John Allison, John Mock arid others ; all situated
in In ion Township, Bedford County, and taken in
execution as the property of Daniel M. Griffith.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 10 acres
n.'re or less ; about all cleared arid under fence,
'i-'h a two story log bouse and log stable thereou
erected—adjoining lai.ds of James Price, Henry
Gates,and others situate in Hopewell Township,
Bedford County, and taken in execution as the
property of Thomas King.
ALSO—AIi Deft Thomas King's right, title and
interest, in and to three tracts of unimproved coal
lands, one thereof containing 427 acres, more or less,
'he name of .Mary Montgomery—adjoining lands
of John Cessna, Esq., John Ford and others.
ALSO—One other thereof, containing 463 acres,
naore or less; in the name of Margaret Montgomery
—aiijoining the above described tract am. others.
ALSO—One other thereof, containing 4.3 i acres,
fore or less ;in the name of John Montgomery—
Sfl jo:ring the above de,cribed trace anil others, all
situated iri Broad Top Township. Bedford County.
ALSO—One other tract of land containing 71
fic resand62 perches, situate on Sandy Run, in Broad
fop Township, Bedford County—adjoining lands of
Hopew ell Coal and Iron Company, James Patton,
"fiJ John Cessna—being part of a larger survey made
on a warrant to Mordecai Williams, dated August
L|th 1790. and taken in execution as the property of
1 nomas King.
ALSO— All Deft John King's right title and
interest, in and to three tracts of unimproved coal
ItUiiJsf one thereof containing 427 acres, more br
less ; in the name ot Mary Montgomery—adioiniii"
lands of John Cessna, Esq.,-John Ford, arti? Wtiers°
ALSO—One other thereof , confainjng 431: ' acre?,
more or le*s ; in the name of John Montgoune/y—ad
joining the above described* tract and others—all
situate in Top Township, Betllortl County,
and taken in execution a the property of John King.
ALSO—AII rhe right, title and interest of Deft.
Henry S. King, being the one undivided third part
thereof, of, in it to one tract of land, containing 237
acres uiore or less; about 10'J acres cleared ami un
der fence, with a two story mansion house, 13 ten
ant houses, store hopse, ware house, one iron forge,
| saw-mill, coal houses, large nevK'bank burn, 21'rame
I stables arid ojher out-buildlugs —
alfO, an apple orchard thereoh";"Siijolning tanlTs 'ot
James Fink, Jacob Steel, Johu Gates anu others,
known as the Bedford Forge property.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 2372 acres,
more or less; about 100 acres cleared and under
fence, with one charcoal furnace, one bloom forge,
with four refining firp*. one mansion bouse, one
brick ollice and store house, ware house, 13 tenant
houses, 6 stables, one blacksmith shop, one carpen
ter shop, coal house, iron house, aud other out-buil
dings thereon erected; adjoining lands of James
Eichelherger, on the North, Henry Gate-< and Eli
Fluck, on the South and West, and Broad Top or
the F.ast—known as the Lemno, Iron Works pro
perty.
The interest of Henry S. King, in the two par
cels of land above mentioned and described, is sub
ject to a Mortgage given by him to Florenci
Kramer, and dated May Si, 1838, and recorded u
Mortgage Book B. of Bedford county page 1122 Kc.
and is levied upon and will be sold subject to the
balance due on said Mortgage.
JSfALSO —All the interest ol said defendant, beitti
the one undivided third part thereof, of, in and t<
one tract of land containing 200 acres, more or less;
about 60 acres cleared and under fence, with a log
house and log stable thereon erected, adjoining laud:
of Lucinda Piper and other*—known as the Johr
Mcllnay tract.
ALSO—One tract of land containing .'acres mor<
or les?; with a log house thereon erected, on the
waters of Yellow Cieek; adjoining landsof Piper arid
Pink, -aeorge B. Kay's heirs aud others, in the nau'u
of John King.
ALSO—One tract of unimproved land, containing
-102 acres, more or less; adjoining the Bedfori
Forge arid others, in the name of Stephen Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land con tail?--A * 1 " . acrt " s >
„ i <• • .i . and others, in the
mare or less; adjoining the * " '
name of Richard . . .
. I<sr * tot land containing 401 acres,
. /Adjoining the above and others, in the
more JYJoseph Moan.
" ALSO—One tract of land containing 409 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of Samuel Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -124 acres,
more or less: adjoining the above and others, in the
name of Alexander Moan.
ALSO—One tract ol laud containing -113 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others,' in the
name of John Mcllnay.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 374 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of I)av id Piper.
ALSO—One tract of land"
more iv.W" : V,
11.tin f- or l imothy Moan.
r ,ALSO—One tract of land containing 403 acres,
more or les; adjoining the above and others, in the
(lame of Israel Moon.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 392 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of Zarhariah Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -121 acres,
more or les'; oiljoining'the above and others, in the
name of John Boyd.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 429 acres,
more or les; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of William Davis.
ALSO—One tract ol land containing 432 acres,
more or les.; adjoining the above and others, in the
namp of Isabel Davis.
ALSO-—One tract of land containing 411 acres,
more or less adjoining the above aud others, in the
name of William Piper.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 477 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of John Hardin.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 442 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
nameol Ignatius Hardin.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -134 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of James Wilson.
AL^O—One tract of land in Woodcock valley—
known as the Bender ore bank, containing 236
acres; more or less; adjoining landsof Stephen Wei
uier and others.
ALSO—One tract of unimproved land, containing
33 acres, more or les--; adjoining the above and
others, warranted in the name ol Thomas and John
h ing.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -120 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, in the
name of John Cheney.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 42S acres,
more or less; adjoining the above an.l others, in tiie
name of Maria Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 374 acres,
more or less, adjoining the above and others, in the
name of Hannah Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -126 acres;
more or le,s; adjoining the above and others la the
name of George h. Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing -190 acres,
more or lets; adjoining the above and others, ill the
name of Peter Swope and John King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 70 acres,
more or less; adjoin lug the above and others, in the
name ol Casper Fluck; known as the Fluck ore
bank.
ALSO—One tract of PI and containing 13 acres,
more or less; adjoining the above and others, known
as the Daughinbaugh improvement.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 acres,
more or less; adjoining Martin Hoover on the West
pUK others, being a part of the Dyke's tract.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 acies,
more or less; adjoining Martin Hoover on the East
and others, being a part of the Dyke's tract; and all
the above described lands situate in Hopewell town
ship, Bedford county, seized and taken in execution
as the property ol Henry S. King.
ALSO.—AII Del't Henry S. King's right, title and
interest, in and to three tracts of unimproved coal
lands, cne thereof containing 427 acres, more or less
in the name of Mary Montgomery, adjoining lands
of John Cessr a Esq., John Ford and others.
ALSO- One other thereof containing 431 acres,
more or less, in the name of John Montgomery, ad
joining the above described tract and others, all sit
uate in Broadtop township, Bedford County.
ALSO—One ether tract ol land containing 71 acres
and 02 perches situate on Sandy Run, IO Broad
top Township, Bedford County, adjoining lands of
the Hopewell Coal and Iron Company, James Pat
ten, and Jobn Cessna, being a part of a larger sur
vey made on, a warrant toMordecia Williams, dated
August 1-lth 1790, and taken in execution as the
property of HenryS. King.
ALSO— One tract of land situate in South Wood
berjy towoship Bedford County containing one hun
dred and twenty six acres more or less about live
acres cleared and under fence and the balance well
timbered adjoining lands of John Furney, David
Brumbaugh and others, and being part of a tract of
land surveyed on a warrant in the name of t\V illiam
Montgomery and known as the John Moore ract and
BEDFORD, PA, FRID.U MORNING, APRIL 29, 1859
taken in execution as the property of Henry S, Kin®
ALSO— By virtoe of • >ysit <>f Levari. Faaias to
me directed there will be sold at the same time and
place all the defendant's interest ill and to a cer
tain tract of land situate ui Broadtop township,
Bedford County, bounded by land formerly owned by
Joseph RvenSv Jostab Horion and James Cunning
ham, &<Go. containing acres more or less and
allowance ot>ix per cent with the appurtenances, bf
in® the same tract of land known formerly as the
Abner Iloj-t'on tract taken in execution as the Drop
eity of William PaVton.
ALM)—Two lots of ground in the Town oSFCieari
ville, fronting 12® feet ftp main street and cteidir.jj
back 173 feet to an alley, wiih a two story log
dwelling house thereon erected—adjoining liit'i oi
Kev. Thomas oft the eat, ami an on
the west, situate in Montoe Township, Bedftsrd
County, and taken in execution as the property of'
Matbew Murray and Sarah Ann Murray.
ALSO —One lot of ground in Waterstreet, fronting
52 teet on the turnpiSe road and extending bacn
about 100 feet, with an earthen and stone-ware
pottery thereon erected—adjoining Mrs. Susae
Potter and ot hers.
ALSO—AII Deft's right title and interest, in and
to one other lot fronting6s feet on the turnpike
and extending back about <IOO feet with a frame
dwelling house, cabinet shop, frame stable and
other out buildings thereon erected—adjoining
the above described lot, Daniel. Bare and others,
situate in South M'oodberry Township, Bedford
County, and taken in execution as the property ol
Wm.G. Eicholtz
ALSO—One tract o! land containing 76 acres,
more or less ; about 30 acres cleared and under
fence, with a story and a half log house and log
stable thereon erected—adjoining lands of Henry
Mock, Moses Mcllvaine, Joseph Corle and others
situate in Union Township;- Bedford County, anc
taken in execution as the property of Tboma-
I.ingenfelter.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 160 acres,
more or less ; 100 acres cleared and under fence,
wiih a log dwelling house and double log barn
thereon erected—adjoining lands of Michael Miller,
John S. Hetrick and others.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 3 acres,
more or less ; u"iinproved—adjoining lands oi
Moses F. Marshall and Joseph \V. Sleek, all situate
in St. Olai* ' l ownship, Bedford County.
AT "T One tract of land containing 50 acres,
•ore or less > about 15 acres cleared and under
fence, with a two story stor.e dwelling bouse, log
grist mill, saw mill, tenant house and other ou7
buildings thereon erected; also an apple orchard
thereon—adjoining lands of Widow Reininger, Jo
seph VV. Sleek anil others.
ALSO—One trnet of unimpioved land containing
30 acres, more or' less ; adjoining lands of Will,an"
Fenrose, George (Kv andothers, and all sityate , n
-t. I Bedford County, and takrn in
execution as the property of Daniel W. Crismaa.
ALSO—AII the Defendants' interest, in anil to
a certain tract of land situate on Six Mile Run in
the Township, of Broadtop-adjoining lands of
Duval,, Uilliams, Anderson, Wilson, and others,
containing one hundred and five acres, more or
less ; being par! ot a larger tract of land surveyed
in the name of K. Foster. '
ALSO—One other tract of land surverd =-
name of Septimus thereunto
'JiX4i/ckg*. witftiste li. Broad top To wnship, Bedford
County, and taken in execution as the property of
William H. Irvine and Abraham Kotlirock.
Sheriff's Office, | WM. S. FLUKE,
Bedford, Ap'l 5,'59. $ Sheriff.
UK3RELLAS St PARASOLS.
TilF. subscriber, manufacturer of the best quality
OF
PARASOLS & UMBRELLAS
invites the attention of CASH and close buyers to
his SPRING STOCK, woich for variety and styles
cannot be surpassed.
JOSEPH FTJSSF.LL,
No. 2, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.
A FREE AND EASY PLACE FOR PRISONERS. —
Luke Nolan, ol Ulica, N. Y., lias for nearly a
week been on trial, on a charge of larceny.—
On the 12th instant, about noon, the Utica
Herald says, thejudge charged the jury, and
they retired to deliberate, when one of the
most extraordinary escapes we have ever heard
of took place.
During the momentary confusion in the
court, occasioned by the close of the trial, and
the jury leaving the room, the prisoner, who
sat within the bar, arose and walked out of the
Court room. The constable very politely
opened the door, and the criminal walked out
nobody saying a word ! He passed down stairs
into the street, and went—nobody knows
where. Several ol the city officers were called
to the service, and were making an industrious
but fruitless search at last accounts.
Altogether this is the joke of the season.—
Imagine a criminal sitting but a few feet fiotn
the Sheriff, surrounded by constables, walking
leliberalely out of the court room while the
jury are deliberating upon his case, and that,
too, under the very eye of a justice on the
bench ?
We understand that the jury, alter being out
five minutes, found the prisoner guilty. On
their return they could not render their verdict,
of course, as the law requires the prisoner to
be present, and they were discharged from the
further consideration of the case.
K7-A BUTCHER'S SHOP IN PARIS.—A consid
erable crowd some few days back, presssed
round a new butcher's esteblishment at the
corner of the Rue Tronchet and the Rue Neuve
des-Methurms. Upwards of thirty metres in
length, it is entirely filled up with white
marble on supports of porphyry. The counter
is also of white marble on silver cary atidi-s.
A fountain of water six feet in diameter, plavs
in the centre of the shop, and vases of flowers
and shrubs are disposed about with a certain
degree of taste. Thirty-nine persons are
employed in the establishment, which offers
each morning for saie 20 oxen, 20 calves, and
60 sheep. The great novel feature of this
establishment is that, while professing to sell
cheaper than any other shoo in Paris, it delivers
with each parcel of meat a ticket which entitles
the buyer to a share in the profits at the end of
the month. It is reported that thrifty fathers of
families are now forcing their appetites to eat
enormous quantities of meat in the idea that
they are thereby laying up portions for their
daughters.
stand up ! Are you guilty
or not guilty ?" "Faith, do you think I'd be
after doing the work of a jury, when they are
paid for it ! Let them find it out !"
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
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BY MEYERS & BENFORD,
At the following terms, to wit:
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$2..*50 if not paid within the year.
subscription taken for less than six months.
CG*"No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
pai<F, unless at the option of the publishers. It has
Seen decided by the United States Courts, that the
stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of ar
rearages, i- prima facie evidence ol fraud and is a
criminal offence.
The courts have decided that persons are ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapers,
it the) take them from the post office, whether they
, subscribe for them, or not.
Disgusted with their company.
Hubert H. Kerr, Esq.," the Harrisburg cor re
spondent of the Pittsburg Post, who was a
member of the Forney Convention of the 13th
inst., was the only man who had the moral
courage to dissent from the treason fulminated
by the parasites who composed that memorable
gathering.
The gentleman has always been a Democrat
liom principle, and has supported the men and
measures of the Democratic partv for thirty
one years, with a zeal, devotion and efficiency
that (airly entitles iiim to the nameof a Demo
crat. Believing that the men who composed
the gathering on the 13th inst., assembled at
the Capitol merely for the purpose of paying
au empty compliment to His Excellency, Wm.
1 • Packer, and that the meeting contemplated
ngthing beyond he was induced to give
countenance. But when he heard the
speech ot John Hickman, in which that worthy
took occasion lodenounce, with a venom and
bitterness of vituperation that would do credit
l the most relentless enemy of the Democratic
parly, and finding that the object of Hickman,
lorney, Packer, Knox, '■•et id omne genus
■as to an ay themselves against the organiza
tion of the Democratic party, and lo throw
themselves, body and breeches, into the arms
if the Black Repbulicans, Mr. Kerr could stand
it no longer, but at ooce jumped to his feel and
commenced to denounce both the treason and
the tiaitors. But this was too much for them.
Benton was speedily called to order by Fornev
himself, who, it is said by those wfio stood
near him, trembled in his hoofs when Kerr got
the floor, because he knew that the gentleman
expose the traitor damp in a style that
e-'oi/Id be neither pleasant nor flattering.
lite President of the .Convention declared
x£~/>atof oet-wvai who nan tle manliness to
denounce the disorganizes to tlieir teeth. But
Mr. Kerr accomplised one object at least, and
that was to cut loose from tile parasites, and to
shew his contempt lor both the men and the
movement.
Mr. Kerr told them he would support the
candidates nominated by the legally constituted
Convention of the 16th of March; whilst the
parasites, bv theii resolutions, solemnly resol
ved they would not. Who can doubt for a
moment now, that the object of this Mass Mee
ting was not to disorganize the party, and to
declare war to the knife against its organization
and its candidates ? The men who can doubt,
after til is un-qui vocal and shameless audacity,
would not believe "though one rose from the
dead" and proclaimed it on the house-tops.
Since writing the above, we received the
following communication from Mr. Kerr.—
II irrisburg Union.
To the Editors of the Patriot and Union :
GENTLEMEN :—Tfie published proceedings
in your paper does me injustice. The tempora
ry Chairman I consider honest enough to se
lect officers, but in no instance or in no way,
have I ever acted or sanctioned opposition to
the regularly nominated candidates. I regaid
it the duty ol all Democrats to support the
nominees of the March Convention.
I was willing that Governor Packer's ad
ministration should be fully endorsed. But fur
tlietr ban that 1 could not act with the destruc
tive spirits who met to spit out their venom on
the PiesiJetit.
The address and resolutions are of such a
nature that I could not sanction. Had the
President Mr. McKinney not ruled me out
of order, at the bidding of Mr. Forney, 1 would
have shown that their aim was the destruction
of the partv. Men who are drifting into the
vortex of our enemies cannot teach me lessons.
There was nothing left for me to do but to vote
against their proceedings and withdraw my
name from their Convention.
Democrats, who have not been disappointed,
will act with their usual integrity by sustain
ing the ticket of the regular Convention.
I will here remark that I ain under uo per
sonal obligations to President Buchanan or
Governor Packer. I have sustained them be
cause the Democracy placed them in power—
disregarding petty malice from interested
sources. Truly &.C.,
STATE HOUSE, April 14th. R. H. KEP.R.
No hope for Pri.nltrs.
When Dr. Franklin's mother-in-law first
discovered that the young man had a hanker
ing for her daughter, that good old lady said
she did not know so well about giving her
daughter to a printer; there was already two
printing offices in the United Slates and she
wasn't certain the country would support them.
It was plain young Franklin would depend for
his support upon the profits of a third, and tnis
was rather a doubtful case. If such an objec
tion was urged to a would-be son-in-law when
there were but two printing offices in the U
nited States, how can a printer hope to get a
wife now, when the Dresent census shows the
number to be 15,067.
[CF"The worst kind ot fare for a man to live
on is wat-fare.
Andrew Jackson.
The following anecdotes of this stern, brave,
sell-reliant hero, are from the New York Cen
tury. We know they will be perused with
j interest :
J The first extract shows how the noble old
chief dealt with difficulties with other nations :
! The French Government, it will be remem
' bered, alter agreeing to pay twenty-five mil
lions of francs to the United States'as an in
demnity for aggression on our commerce, failed
to perform its engagements. General Jackson,
_jn tjis message of 1821, denounced their course,
and called upon Congress to' stand by him in
an unflinching demand for the performance of
the treaty by which the indemnity was esta
blished. The French Government then made
appropriations for the payment of the money,
but took offence at the tone of the message, and
demanded an apology or explanation. The
situation was serious. The money was ready
to be paid, and the only prerequisite was a
gracelul gloss in the next annual message to the
straight forward, downright tone of that which
had preceeded it. The Cabinet met and de
liberated; the draft of the new message was
laid before them; the French question was ta
ken up in its order, and there was somed'scus
sion among the Secretaries. While they delib
erate, their Chief seized his pen and wrote
a single sentence, condensed as a cartrjd'e,
solid as a cannon ball, pointed as a bavorief—
"T/ie honor of vty country shall never be s/.tin
ed by any apology from me for the statement
of truth and performance of duty ." This en
ded the debate. The sequel is well known;
th" indemnity was paid, and amicably paid.
The Century relates the incident of* the at
tempt to assassinate the old warrior while he
was standing on the portico of the Capitol at
Washington, and then gives us this amusing re
miniscence :
More ludicrous than this was an attack that
never was made, the story of which the Gene
ral used to tell with a keen relish of its humor.
A certain .Mississippi politician, of some note,
opposed him bitterly before and alter his elec
tion to the Presidency. During the former
period Genual Jackson had, in some public
speech or remark, expressed his opinions ol
this gentleman, in very strong Saxon: the in
dignant politician vowed vengeance, gave out
that he meant to chastise the General the next
time he met him, published his intentions
with such assiduity, that the threat reached the
Hermitage and- of the subject of the
rned-tated chastisement. Short I r after Gene-
r * as " ,n gton. J{ e ,
known baiting place fjr travelers;' anu
standing in the door, a stage coach tilled with
passengers drove up, and the tired inmates be
;an to alight. The quick eye of the old sol
dier detected on the back seat his pugnacious
id versary. The General drew himself up, and
;tood conspicuous in the doorway, awaiting the
promised attack. The passengers descended,
arte by one, but when it came to our Mississip
oian, strange to say. he kept his seat, declined
jetting out, and was driven to the stables, where
tie quietly remained until the hour tor depar
;ure, sending into the tavern by one of the host
ers fora julep, with which he regaled himself
it a safe distance from clanger.
W r e have room for only another :
The spirit which we associate with the age
>t chivalry is reproduced in all brave men.—
lackson prided himself on his loyal devotion to
he fair sex. No hostilities or rivalries,
military or political, interfered with its dis
play. Mr. Clay's speech on the Seminole war,
ielivered in the House ol Representatives in the
winter 1819, denouncing, as a flagrant instance
if military insubordination, created a wide
ireach and very Litter feeling between thein.
The General was afterwards on his way to
Washington, to take his seat in the Senate of
United States, and happening to pass Mr. Clay's
aouse, he was asked by one of his companions
f he had any objections to stop and pay a visit
0 Mrs. Clay. His prompt reply was "No. I
lave no quarrels with the ladies," and he
lccordintjly alighted at the door and paid his
respects to the wife of the most'pmmineut of his
apponenfs and the most powerful of his de
nunciators.
Devotion Helps Intellect.
AUk nowledge relates more or less directly
to the character and works of God. All the
sciences are developments of his attributes.—
Astronomy, mathematics, natural and mental
philosophy, Soc., are but so many ways in
which the laws ot God's great empire is made
known to us. The child at school learning the
simplest combination of numbers, and the
philosopher who soars to the sublimest height
01 science, are alike conversant with the works
ol God. The intellect of the one may be to
the other as half a dozen rays to the full beams
ofthesun ; but yet, it is what God is, or what
God has done, that occupies the attention of
both.
Now, as it is God's works that occupy the
intellectual powers, so it is most reasonable to
suppose that those who come to the study of
these works, or, in other words, engage in any
intellectual pursuits, if they bring a right state
of heart towards God, will enjoy peculiar
advantages tor success. The mind, being in
happy harmony with Him will move with
vigor and power. A cheering sense ol his
favor will animate it. Each intellectual
attainment, is a new discovery of a Being
chosen already as the heart's ideal of supreme
goood; it is the perception ol'some new andlove
ly feature in the face of a friend. "Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
son ol Erin, while hunting rabbits
came across a jackass in the woods, and shot
htm, "By mv sowl and St. Patrick ! I've kilt
I the father of all rabbits !" exclaimed he.
WHOLE \mi)ER 3847.
Important Public Bills.
7be Legislature passed important supple
ments to the Exemption Law and to the Li
cense Law of the State, which have been ap
< proved bv the Governor. They are as follows :
AN ACT relating to the granting of licenses to
hotel, inn or tavern keepers.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
°J Pennsylvania in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the. authoaity of the
same, That it shall be lawful for the several
courts of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth
to hear petitions, in addition to that of the
aoplicant, in favor of and remonstrances against
the application of any person applying to either
of them for a license to keep a hotel, inn or
I tavern, and thereupon refuse the same, when
ever, in the opinion of said court, such inn,
hotel or tavern is not necessary for the
accommodation of the public and entertainment
of strangers and travelers : and so much of the
sixth section of the act of Assembly, relating to
the sale of intoxicating liquors," passed "the
twentieth day ot April, 180S, as is inconsistent
herewith, is hereby repealed : Provided , That
the several courts of quarter sessions empowered
to grant licenses shall have an exercise of such
discretion, and no other, in regard to the
necessity of inns or taverns, as is given to said
courts by the act relative to inns and taverns,
; approved 11th March, 183+ : ' Provided furthe,]
\ Lhat nothing in this act shall apply to the city
of Philadelphia.
w. C. A. LAWRENCE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JNO. CRESS WELL, JR.,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine.
WM. F. PACKER.
AN ACT relative to the exemption of three
hundred dollars, and the widows and chil
dren of decedents.
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That the widow or children of any
decedent entitled to retain three hundred dollar's
out oi such decedent's estate by the law of this
Commonwealth, and every person entitled to
the exemption provided for in the act, entitled
"An Act to exempt property to the value of
o! three hundred dollais from levy and sale on
execution or distress for rent, approved the ninth
the same, or any part thereof, out ot any bank
; notes, money, stocks, judgments, or other §n-
I debtedness to such person ; and that in all cases
j hereafter where properly shall be set apart lor
! the widow and children of any decedent, the
same shall be appraised and set apart to said
widow and children by the appraisers of the
other personal estate of said decedent.
W. C. A. LAWRENCE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
J NO. CRESSWELL, JR.
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the eighth day of April, Anao
Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine. WM. F. PACKER."
DEATH OF THE OLDEST MAN IN PENNSYLVA
NIA.—We learn from an exchange that Mr.
Timothy Sweeney, died in Fairview township,
Butler county, recently, at the advanced age of
one hundred and twenty-two years. The
deceased was born in the year 1737, in Cara
tian, parish of Ardfeit, county of Kerry, Ire
land, and emigrated to this country in 1837,
being then one hundred years old. He was
never known to have an houi's sickness even up
to the day of his death, but was always re
markably stout and healthy, having the full
use ol all his faculties to the last, with a delicacy
ol hearing and a quickness of perception that
werereally miraculous in one who had journey
ed so far beyond the allotted bounds of eaitbiy
existence.
OHIO COM INC. RICIIT. —We gave a lew days
since a list of Democratic victories in Ohio.—
There seems to be a complete revolution going
on in that State, which will most likely wheel
into the Democratic line :n the great contest of
ISGO.—J\\ y. ~Vews.
Mr. Forney is holding a
convention on his own account in Pennsylvania,
I assisted by sore-headed Mr. Hickman, and sun
dry Black Republicans; and, strange to say,
neither Forney nor any of his followers s.*em
to be suited with "the Administration." This
perhaps is not so stra-nge as the amount of im
pudence they exhibit in calling their meeting
'•the Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania."
This is equal to the Black Republicans celebra
ting Jeflerson's birth-day.— Hartford Times.
[tp* The Senate of our State Legislature
elects one-third of its members each year, two
thirds, or twenty-two, holding over. The po
litical complexion of those who hold over at
this time is as follows: Eleven Democrata,
eleven opposition. Of the retiring Senators,
six are Democrats, and five opposition.
[TP"The repoit from all sections of the coun
try is that the winter grains are in good condi
tion, and prospering finely. The prospect for
a heavy harvest of wheat is very good, and fall
barley and rye seems to be flourishing upon the
same general principles.
OP" "I say, Mick, what sort of potatoes are
those you are planting !" "Raw ones, to ba
sure—your honor wouldn't be thinking I would
plant boiled ones."
is a jackass like an elephant! Be
cause he can't climb a tree.
VOL. 2, NO. 30.