THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford. Aiov. 11, t §59.
B. F. Meyers, Editor.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democracy ol Bedford county, and all
others opposed to the "irrepressible conflict
inaugurated at Harper's Ferry, are requested to
assemble in Mass Meeting, at the Court House, j
on Monday evening of Couit week, >iov. :21st. ;
Several speeches may be expected on the oc- j
casion.
O. E. SHANNON.
Chairman Dem. Co. Com.
BROWN-REITBLUA X I MI.
Public sentiment fixes the responsibility for |
the recent rebellion at Harper's terry, upon j
the chiefs, the orators and writers of the sham- !
Republican party. "Republicanism," that late- j
ly loomed up in such threatening proportions, j
all over the North, is now a by-word and a re
proach on the lips of the very men who, four
weeks ago, were ready to fall down and wor
ship at its shrine. With these facts patent be
fore their eyes, some of the small fry politicians
belonging to the incongruous Opposition, whose
bread and butter depend upon the success of
the organization to which they adhere, have
sagely concluded that something must be done
to shift the blame from the shoulders of their
party, or the next election will leave them
without a single otucia! crust wherewith to ap
pease their ravenous and insatiable appetites.—
Dire necessity, therefore, compels these politi
cal gamblers to invent excuses and apologies
for their friend and co-laborer, BROWN, and to
endeavor, by falsehood and trickery, to screen
"Republicanism" from the condign censure
which the popular verdict is everywhere pla
cing upon it. We say they are the small fry
of the Opposition politicians, who are playing
at this game of falsification and evasion. It is
their interest to do so. In fact they are com
pelled to Jo it, or perish. Their very exis
tence, as editors and aspirants for office, de- j
pendsupon their success in shielding "Repub- j
licanism" from the just vengeance of an ouha- j
ged people. Hence, we find these Lilliputian
"Republicans"—the little editors anu little e
lection-clerks and little candidates for next
year's Opposition nominations—busy in retail
ing the flattest and most palpable lies concern
ing the origin of, and circumstances connected
with, the affair at Harper's Ferry. But on the
other hand, we have the acknowledgments oi <
some of the bell-wethers ofthe "Republican" j
flock, that they were formerly connected with |
BROWN and others of his fellow conspirators.
We have the revelations of COL. FORCES, a sol
dier who fought by the side of GARIBALDI, in
Italy, and who was employed by the Massa
chusetts Emigrant Aid Society, to assist Ihe
Free State Men in Kansas, from which we
learn that WILLIAM 11. SEWARD, the great
"Republican" Senator from the State of New
York, was informed by FORCES of the inten
tions of BROWN and his Land long before they
struck their blow at Harper's Ferry and yet
this Republican Senator, sworn to support the
Constitution of the United States and placed in
the councils of the nation to assist in maintain
ing peace and harmony between the sister
states, never opened his mouth, nor put his pen
to paper, to give notice to his fellow citizens of j
Maryland and Virginia, ol the fearful peril in
which they were unconsciously involved. We
have, also, from COL. FORBES, the statement
that he made known to many other Republi
can leaders, the designs of Brown and his gang
and that he, FORBES, insisted that Brown's arms i
and equipments should be taken from hun that
his purposes might be thwarted. But, as the
sequel has shown, not a Republican orator ut
tered a syllable against the contemplated trea
son of Ossawatoir.ie Brown. Not a single Re
publican editor published a solitary line to ap
prise the people of Harper's Ferry ol their dan
ger. Not one of the myriad small fry that
turn "Republicanism" into molasses an 1 slap
jacks, raised his voice to denounce 'old Brown'
or to call him "crazy." They all ijuiiity ac
quiesced in Ihe meditated treason. Further
more, we have the acknowledgment of Joshua
R. Ciddings, a member of the "Republican"
State Committee of Ohio, that Brown was at his
house by invitation, that Brown delivered an
anti-slavery lecture in the church at Mr. Gli
dings' place of residence, and thai he (Cid
dings) addressed the audience for the purpose
of raising money jor Jhouin. Ciddings also
acknowledges giving a small sum of money to
one of Brown's sons, but, of course, denies any
knowledge of Brown's plot against the Govern
ment, though, in a recent speech at Philadel
phia, he attempted to justify Brown by every!
possible argument that could be'urged in his fa
vor. Again, Senator Wilson of Massachusetts,
a leading Republican, said in a speech lately
delivered, that "the Harper's Ferry outbreak
was a consequence of the teachings of Republi
canism." Another witness is the A. Y. Ex
press, the organ of the American party in the
state of New York, which boldly charges the
"Republicans" with responsibility for Brown's
conspiracy. Hence, we see that it is only those
qrubs of "Republicans," who live upon the
successof the Opposition, that attempt to deny
that Republicanism is responsible for Brown,
whilst the great lights of their party try to jus
tify Brown and admit that the Harper's Ferry
trouble was the legitimateoffspring of "Repub- j
lican" parents; whilst Opposition papers and i
politicians, tree from the taint ol negro-ism, do
not hesitate to place the blame where it justly
belongs—upon the shoulders oftbe Brown-Rr
pubhcan party.
(FF~The weather has been unusually fine,
the lait ten dayi.
COURTEOUS, VERY.
Under the caption, "BF. COURTEOUS," the
' Somerset Herald, a short time ago, asked us a i
| few facetious questions which we copied into ■
our pappr ot wprk before last and answered in
i the same spirit in which vie supposed they had
: been put. We also, in turn, propounded a few
: questions to the Herald , which must have struck
the editor of that "paper under the fifth rib," at
' feast his bile seems to have been in a very
' disturbed condition when getting up his last
issue. This punctiliously "courteous" editor
J accuses us of "blackguardism," of "dirty at
: tempts to make party capital out of unimpor
tant matters," S.C., See., and alleges that we have
reduced the Democratic majority several hun
dred in this county. Now, we would most
, courteously inform the Herald man, that he is
; guilty ot falsehood. At the October election,
' in 1856, Bedford county was redeemed to the
i Democracy, having lor several years previous
given Opposition majorities. At that election
nearly the entire Democratic vote of the county,
was polled, and the majority was 125, just 16
| lessihan it is this year. We would ask the
| Herald man, whether that looks like "reducing
; Hie majority." In 1857, during our editor
i ship of the Gazette, Packer's majority over
i Haziehurst and Wilmot combined, was 372,
i over 150 more thin Edward Scull's majority
j for Prothonotary of Somerset county, at the
| same election. Was that "reducing the
majority 1" In 1858, when we polled 136
voles le-s than this year, our majority was
still 52 more than at tiie October election in
1856. Was that "reducing the majority?" We
suggest to tiie Herald man that the less he says
about "reducing majorities," the better it will
,be for his own reputation as an editor. It
I wqpld be. well for him to remember that when
: he took charge of the Herald , Somerset county
gave an Opposition majority ot 1800 to 2000, ' and
that since his advent as an editor, that majority
has become "small by degrees and beautifully
less," until, now it lacks just 1000 of what it was
in days gone by ! Nothing would delight us
i more than to have his assistance a little while
|in Bedford, for we think that if he were to
\ publish an Opposition paper here one year,
we could roli up at the end cftbat time, at lea=t
one thousand Democratic majority. We would
just flint to fhe Herald man, with ail befitting
courtesy and with due deference to his superior
ability in reducing majorities," that if he suc
ceeds in sweeping clean before his own door and
minding well his own business, he will have
1 enougn to uo without interfering with the af
-1 fairs of his neighbors. Do you understand ?
TIIE MARYLAND ELECTION.
On Wednesday, of last week, the biennial
election for State officers and members of Con
gress, came off in Maryland. The result shows
large Democratic gains throughout the state,
except in tfie city of Baltimore, where the polls
were taken possession of at an earlv hour by
the rowdies and desperadoes of the Opposition,
and where, with the exception of'a single ward,
no Democrat, or reform man, could vote, except
at the risk oi losing his life. 'I ne Congression
al delegation stands three Democrats to three
Opposition, the same as in (he last Congress.
The Democrats, however, have a majority in
both branches of the Legislature. The Oppo
sition carried the Legislature by a considerable
j majority, at the preceding election. Jn Balti
more city, the Opposition majority is about
170001 Bedford borough might give (he same
majoiity by a similar process of ballot-box stuf
fing and shooting down of voters. Among the
persons murdered by the Opposition rowdies of
j Baltimore, at this election, was Ma. A. B.
KYLE, JR., a respected and well-known citizen.
WM. P. PRESTOX, ESQ., the Democratic candi
date for Congress, was brutally maltreated and
for a lime was supposed to be in a living con
dition.
Tiie following from the Baltimore .American,
a leading " opposition " paper of that city, will,
we have no doubt, be received as a true stafe
m°nt cl the disgraceful scenes which occurred
at the election on last Wednesday :
[From the Baltimore American.J
THE GREAT OUTRAGE. —The election yes
terday can be justly termed nothing but an
outrage against decency, against law. and a
gamst all right 3 public and private. The city
was given up to the control of lawless ruffian
ism, supported and encouraged by the j>oiice,
and approved of and urged on by the recogni
sed leaders ot the American party. Armed
bands of lawless characters held possession of
nearly all the polling places, the efforts which
the friends of'a fair and legal election made fo
preserve order were treated as acts of riot, and
; the only arrests made bv the polire were of
j respectable and well known citizens whose whole
j lives aie the guarantee of then obedience fo the
I laws. Every species of fraud, every decree of
j ruffianism, and every violation of sworn duly,
was used to defeat the expression of the will ot
the people. Bauds ot men, whose looks bespoke
their chaiactei, rode in omnibuses and carria
ges from one poll to the other voting without
check at each. The accumulated disgrace and
shame of the scene was painful to contemplate,
and we can scarcely control our own feelings to
write of it with any degree of calmness.
The reformers made a manly and determined
stand tor their rights, but it was against such
odds of organized ruffianism arid fraud as ren
dered the contest hopeless. Taunted, insulted,
and abused, the slightest demonstration they
made toward self-preservation was treated as a
breach of the peace, and they were ignomin
lously dragged to the police stations, whilst
their assailants were left to renew their outra
ges. They might have continued the struggle
to the end, but the result couid only have been
the sacrifice of valuable lives, without accom
: plishing any ultimate good. With a number of
the wards in the uncontrolled possession of their
opponents, and fraudulent voting progressing
without check at all but the Eighth and the E
leventb, the success ot the ticket was an im
possibility. Prudence as well as necessity dic
tated retirement from a contest wnich was
hopeless unless they descended to the vile prac
tices of their opponents. What course of ac-
tion it may hereafter be advisable to adopt, it is ]
perhaps scarcely possible now to say, but we
cannot believe that such great wrongs as were
accomplished yesterday will be quietly submit- i
: ted to. The court should oe appealed to to pre- j
| vent the consummation ot the illegal election j
!of some of its own officers, and the legislature
urged to reject lrom its body members whose j
certificates are stained with blood and are the <
product of unparalleled Iraud and violence.
| Whatever may be the political complexion of j
j that body, we canrtot believe it will sanction
) such means lor obtaining power as character
ized the contest of yesterday. But, whatever
may he the eflect of such an appeal, there is a
manifest duty requiring it to be made.
''ln Union there Is Strength."
In our first issue after the late election, we
took occasion to refer to the want of harmony
in the ranks of the Democracy, and to urge the
necessity of a speedy settlement of the differen
ces existing between the respective portions of
the party. We are glad to observe that the
tone of the Democratic press throughout the
State, is kindred to the sentiments expressed in
our article. The Clinton Democrat, a warm
supporter of Gov. Packer, and one of the best
country papers in the State, the State Sentinel,
Gov. Packer's organ at Harrisburg, and other
Democratic newspaper# with which we have
differed, have spoken out generously in favor ol
a re-union of the Democracy. Let this spirit
of concession and conciliation be caught up ev
erywhere by the Democracy, for in "union i
there is strength" and in division there is cer
tain and inevitable defeat.
Singular, but true.
In 1556, nothing could have been said that :
would have given greater offence to the Opposi
tion leadeis in this place, than to charge them ,
with intending to "go over" to the •'Republi
cans." Now they not only call themselves
"Republicans," but their organ-griaiers turn
out grist after grist ot editorial to dftbnd the
"Republican" party and to disprove its com
plicity with the out-Oreak at Harriet's Ferry.
Singular, isn't it ?
Who shall decide ?
The JV*. Y Tribune asserts that Gerrit Smith
voted lor Fremont. The Bedford organ of the
Ossavoatomies, says he didn't. Who shall de
cide when doctors disagree ?
[rr-Coi. Forbes,the Italian patiiot and Kansas
soldier, says he gave" full iriloimat on to the
great leader of the "Republicans," U\ H. Sew
ard, concerning Old Brown's treasonable in
tentions. The people want to know why
great "Republican" did not try tr frustrate
Brown's bloo.lv designs, by making known to
the public what Forbes told hirn.
[CP*The V. Y. Express, an Opposition pa
per, say's Gerrit Smith is a "Republican." The
Philadelphia Evening Journal, anoiher oppo
sition paper, says that "Republicanism" is to
blame for the insurrection at Harper's Ferry, i
The small fry "Republicans" in Bedford, will
have a good time refuting this testimony from
their own ranks.
'GPbAn article from the Bedford Opposition |
organ-grinders in their last issue, under the ;
head ol "The Irrepressible Conflict," beast* ot
the triumphs of that, brutal and bloody doctrine.
Does not this show that Brown has the sympa
thies ot the Opposition in this place ?
•XP"Tn cur account of the recent parade at
this place, published in our last issue, we unin-
I tentionally omitted the name of Adjutant JOHN
| A. GUMP , A? one of (lie field officers on that I
occasion. Maj. Gump is a good officer and,
barring his politic#, *a clever fellow in the bar
gain.
THE "WEEKLY COASTITFTION."
We publish, below, the prospectus of Gen.
Bowman's ably conducted and eminently use
ful Constitution, which we commend to the
perusal of our readers:
We would earnestly invite the attention of i
our Democratic friends throughout the Union i
to the weekly edition of our paper, which we !
publish every Saturday morning and which has
I already met such marked and flattering success.>
I The "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION" is a large and
: beautifully-printed sheet, combining the advan- I
(ages of a political and family newspaper, it'
is made'up of the most important editorials,which !
are published in our daily issue; will contain
during the session of Congress carefully-prepa
red abstracts of the proceedings of both houses; !
furnishes AUTHENTIC information of the procee- |
dings of the various departments ot the Govern- !
rnent, for obtaining which we have peculiar fa- !
cilities; all patents issued are published in full; !
all changes in, or discontinuances ot postotfices j
regularly appear; and contains, besides, a large !
amount of well-selected miscellaneous news, to
gether with the latest markets and telegraphic
intelligence, domestic and foreign. The "Sab
bath Reading" published in the Daily ot Sat
urday evening is regularly transferred to the j
WEEKLY, and this is a highly interesting feature j
of the paper, and meets with great favor. !
Nothing ola sectarian character i# ajmilted in- !
to this department.
With a desite to bring before the people the
principles and measures of the Democratic par
ty, and at tiiesame time furnish them with an
acceptable news journal, we offer the paper at
a price barely sufficient to pay the cost ot pa
per, printing and packing. The terms are as
follows: For one copy, §2 per annum; three
copies for §5; five copies for $8; ten copies for
Sis; twenty copies sent to one address, $25.
Subscriptions may commence at any timp.
Daily paper $6 per annum; semi-weekly, $4
per annum. Democrats, put your shoulder to
the wheel, push on the column, and it will not
be long we trust, until you will enable us to
circulate at least a hundred thousand copies
weekly of this great paper.
'EF' Read the extract irom the speech of Hon.
Daniel S.Dickinson, on our first page. It is
eloquent and truthful. From it the Opposition
s mall jry in Bedford, may learn that the Ga
zette is u ot alone in charging the Harper's Fer
ry business upon the "Republicans" but that
we are sustained by men whose word and o
pinion are every where received with respect
ind confidence. i
! OFFICIAL TOTE OF PENSSfLVAMA.
October 11, I 8t1i).
•Auditor Gen. Surveyor Gen.
I ~ c ! | c
•G ctJ . .2
| co _ a. ~
! COUNTIES. > I| I I i
■ ".hi - i =
J w ■= ■
a I hi 1 A I £
I Adams, 2,539 2,529 2.54-7 2,520
Allegheny, 4-,720 7,934 4,72) 7,930
Armstrong, 1,94-3 2,282 1,942 2,271
Beaver, 1,131 1,756 1,132 1,748
Bedford, 2,1-47 2,011 2,150 2,009
Berks, 7,444 6,251 7,268 6,451
Blair, 1,449 2,600 1,449 2,502
Bradford, 1,639 3,743 1,651 3,733
Bucks, 5,159 5,172 5,154 5,176
• Butler, 1,514 2,075 1,514 2,087
Cambria, 1,868 1,593 1,900 1,581
Carbon, 1,640 1,491 1,626 1,513
Centre,, 2,233 2,446 2,233 2,444
Chester, 4,044 5,066 4,04-6 5,055
Clarion, 3,216 532 1,225 531
Clearfield, 1.448 1,129 1.455 1,122
Clinton, I*6oo 1,226
Columbia, 1,782 1,005 1,808 1,070
Crawford, 2,141 2,766 2,125 2,765
Cuinberlaud, 3,224 2,921 3,234 2,932
Dauphin, 2,217 3,331 2,277 3,284
Delaware, 1,280 2,097 1,261 2,11!
Elk, 411 317 418 309
Erie 1,119 2,325 1,144 2,299
Fayette, 2,824 2,676 2,817 2,651 j
Forest, 30 37 31 371
Franklin, 3,267 3,692 3,393 3,552
Fulton, 851 716 851 715
Greene, 1,596 785 1,588 760
i Huntingdon, 1,774 2,264 1,768 2,283
j Indiana, 827 1,922 795 1,932
Jefferson, 851 1,071 805 1,070
Juniata, 1,309 1.223 1,309 1,223
Lancaster, 3,433 7,602 3,443 7,598
Lawrence, 526 1,351 420 1,339
Lebanon, 1,289 2,451 1,283 3,261
Lehigh, 3,856 3,613 3,842 3,622
Luzerne, 5,936 5,071 5,839 5,112
j Lycoming, 2.949 2,590 2,904 2,608
I M'Kean, 587 600 585 603
■ Mercer, 2,225 2,770 2,222 2,755
■Miiiiin, 1,139 1,372 1,434 1,376
Monroe, 1,777 409 1,754 435
Montgomery, 5,056 4,535 5,026 4,572
Montour, " J,154 602 1,142 618
Northampton, 4,077 2,797 4,066 2,794
; Northumberland, 2,159 1,602 2,167 1,642
Perry, 2,052 2,070
Philadelphia, 26,366 29,525 26,203 29,701
Pike, 721 135 720 127
Potter, 502 918 517 89?
Schuylkill, 4,534 4,879 4,469 4,966
Suvder, 737 1,286 709 1,322
! Somerset, 1,190 2,187 1,175
Sullivan, 525 324 507 331
Susquehanna, 2,091 2,807 2,092 2,805
Tioga, 1,042 1,940 1,031 1,962
Union, 840 1.363 826 1,375
Venango, 2,837 2,022 1,844 2,022
Warren, 757 1,139 759 1,129
Washington, 3.390 3,745 3,395 3,749
I Wayne, 1,949 1,699 1,947 1,610
Westmoreland, 4,163 3,803 4,152 3,730
Wyoming, 945 751 912 75-S
Fork, 5,203 4,983 5,265 4,911
| Total 164,544 15!,535
DEMOCRATIC PYRAMID
TEXAS,
GEOHGIA.
0 R E G O N,
F LOKID A,
INDI A N A ,
! ILLINOIS,
V MISSOURI,
ARKAN S A S,
A L A B A M A,
K E N TUCK Y,
DEL A W A R E,
VIRGI N I A ,
TENNESSEE,
LOUISI A N A ,
MISSISSIPPI,
CALIFO R N I A ,
NORTH CAROLINA,
1 SUU TII CAI!OL IN A ,
BLACK HEPLBLICAN PYRAMID
ALL
THE STATES
IN WHICH NEGROES
HAVE THE RIGHT TO
VOTE ; AND OSSAWATO
MIE BROWN ON A GIBBET
D O W N I N V 1 R G I N I A.
Not so Hard After all.
A Boston correspondent of a Republican pa
j per, himself an intense Republican, speaking
of tiie next Presidential nomination, says:
"The very delicate job t?f constructing a plat
j iorm for the Republican party which shall ac
j commodate John Bell and William H Seward,
Carl Schurz and Gov Banks, Tom Corwin and
i Charles Sumner, Eli Thayer and Joshua R. Gid-
I dings, will require great attention."
A platform that* would accommodate all the
opposition would not be so hard a matter alter
ail. Knowing, as we do, the governing mo
tive, we could give them one that would suit
all classes, colors, and conditions. As fur in
! stance:
WHEREAS, The locofocos have held all the
j offices for many years, and the sufferings of
j the opposition is intolerable, therefore,
Resolved, That we want oiiiee.
Resolved, That we must have office,
Resolved, That we will fight for oliice.
Resolved, That, animated h)' the lore of
office and the hope for office, we will battle the
iocolocos to the death, varying our opinions to
to suit each latitude, where officp is to be had.
Resolved, That as opponents of the democra
cy, we know no east, no wj>st—no north, no
south, and "nothing else" but office.
Resolved, That as Republicans, know noth
ings—free soilers and abolitionists, we prefer
offices which yield the greatest amount ui pay
for the ieast work.
Resolved, That looking for the good of our
selves, we demand office and are determined to
have office, as without office we find it hard to
live, and still harder to die.
Here is a platform that teijs the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, and every fragment
of the opposition will, if they fell the truth,
say JiMENia it.
The question now most frequently asked bv
reflecting men, is, Where would the Haipei's
Ferry atlair have ended, if Fremont had been
elected President 1
HARI'EirS FERRY TROUBLE. (
TRIAL OF THE PRISONERS.
Brown Found Guilty, and Sentenced to be
Hung!
Cook Committed for Trial—The Trill of Cop- J
pee Concluded—Sentence of John Brown—
Speech of the Prisoner—He Denies any In- j
tent ion to .Murder, or of Treason—Brown j
Sentenced to be Hung on December '2d—
Coo pee Pound Guilty on all the Counts.
The trials of the Harper's Ft ry insurgents,
are still progressing at Charlestown, Va.
Brown's trial was concluded on Monday, and
after ha 1 1 an hour's deliberation, the jury came
in with their verdict. They found hitn guilty '■
of treason, advising, conspiring with slaves
arid others to rebel, and for murder in the first
degree. ;Mr. Chilton moved an arrest of judg
ment, both on account of errors in ttie indict
ment and errors in the verdict. The motion
v\ as argued on Tuesday, by Mr. Griswold for
Brown, and Mr. Hunter for the Commonwealth.
Without coming to a decision in the matter,
the Court proceeded with the trial of Coppee.
The evidence in his case was a recapitulation
of that on Brown's trial. Capt. Cook waived
a.u examination before the Committing Magis
trate, and was remanded for trial.
SENTENCE OF JOHN BROWN—HIS SPEECH.
Brown was brought in to the Court House,
on Wednesday afternoon, which was immediate
ly thronged.?
The Court gave its decision on the motion to
arrest judgment, overruling the objections made, i
On the objection that treason cannot be commit- 1
led against a State, except by a citizen, it ruled
that wherever allegiance was due, treason inay
be committed. Most of the Stales have passed
iaws against treason. The objections as to the
form of the verdict rendered were also regai ded
as insutiicient.
The Clerk then asked Brown whether he had |
anything to say why sentence should not be j
pronounced, when Brown stood up, and in a '
clear and distinct voice, said :
'•I have, nay it please the Court, a few ;
words to say. j
"In the tii-t place, i deny everything but :
what I have long admitted, the design on my |
part to free the staves. I intended certainly to j
have made a clean thing of that matter, as [ did j
last winter, when 1 went into Missouri and I
tlu-re took the slaves without the snapping oi ■
a gun on either side, moved them through the i
country, and finally left them in Canada. I j
designed to have done the '■sine thing again on
a larger scale. That was ail I intended : I
never did intend to commit murder or treason,
or to destroy property, or to excite or incite the
slaves to rebellion and to make an insurrection, i
"[ have another objection, and that is, >t is ,
unjust tfiat I should suffer such a penalty. Had i
I interlered in the manner which I admit has
been fairly proved ffor I admire the truthful- '
ness and candor of the greater portion of the
witnesses who have testified [in this case), had 1
so 1 interfiled in behalf of the rich, the power- I
fu!, the intelligent the so-called great, or in ;
behalfof Iheii friends, tither father, mother,
i rother, sister, wife or children, or any of
that class,and suffered ami saciificed what 1
have in this interference, it would have
been ail right. Every man in this Court
would have deemed it an act worthy of !
reward rather than punishment. This Court
acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the
law ofGod. I see a book kissed here which 1 '
suppose to be the Bible, or at least the New j
Testament. That teaches me that all things I
whatsoever I would that men shou d do to me, I i
.hould do even so unto them ! It teaches ir.e
further to 'remember thein that are in bonds as
bound with there V I endeavored to act up to S
that instruction. I say, lam yet too voung to j
understand that God if any respecter of persons, j
i believe, hat to have interfered asT have done, =
as I have always freely admitted 1 have done,
in behalfof his despised poor, was no wrong,
but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary
thai i should forfeit my life for the furtherance i
of the <nds of justice, and mingle mv blood
furtti-- with tire blood of my children and !
with th.- blood of millions in this slave c jur.ti v,
whose lights aie disregarded by wicked, cruel
and unjust enactments, i submit, so let it be
done. Let me say one word further. I fed
entirely satisfied with the treatment I have re- i
c-ived ou my trial. Considering ail the j
circumstances, it has more generous than
I expected, but I lee] no consciousness of guilt. ]
I have stated from the first what was my luten- j
tiun and what was not. I never had any de- i
sign against the life of any person, nor any I
disposition to commit treason, or excite (he
slaves to rebel, or make any general insurrec
tion. I never encouraged any man to do so,
but always discouraged any idea of that kind. •
Let me say also, in regard to the statements j
made bv some ot those connected with me : I j
hear it has been stated by some of them that 1 i
have induced them to join me—but the contra- I
ry is true. Ido not say this to injure them,
but as regretting their weakness. .Not or,e '
joined me but of his own accord, and the \
greater part at their own expense. A num- i
ber of them I never saw and never had a word
ot conversation with, till the day they came to '
ine, and that was tor the purpose I have stated. I
"Now I have done."
While Brown was speaking, perfect quiet i
prevailed. When lie had finished, the Court !
proceeded to pronounce the sentence. After
a few preliminary remarks, in which he said '
no reasonable doubt existed as to the prisoner's j
guilt, he sentenced him to be hung in public, j
on Friday, the '2d day of December.
Brown received the sentence with compo
sure. The only demonstration made was the
clapping of hands by one man in the crowd,
who is not a resident of Jefferson county. This
was promptly suppressed, and much regret
was expressed at its occurrence.
The following proceedings took place on
Wednesday :
THE VF.ItntCT IN COPPEE's CASE GUJLTV ON ALL
THE COUNTS OF THE INDICTMENT.
After being out an hour, the jurv in the case
if Coppee, returned, with a verdict declaring !
Coppee guilty ou all the Counts in the indict
ment.
His counsel gave notice of a motion to ar
rest judgment, as in Biown's case.
The (Jouit then adjourned.
.
Eiroad Top Coal Trade.
Shipments of coal over the Huntingdon nnd j
I'road lop Mountain Railroad fur the week en- i
ling Nov. 2. Week. Year.
Tons. Tons.
2,682 104.,338
Nir same time Inst year, 2,4 52 83,-428
Increase 230 20,910 i
| NEW PUBLICATIONS
; Morons OF Kosbrt-Houdin! Translated * Z
edited by Da. R. Shelton McKkn™ p?"' !
adelphia, G. G. Evans. P '"'-
We have received a copy of Ihis Work fr „
J the publisher. It is a book that will u >||
, pay perusal, being both amusing and iostrue
jtne. .he exploits and inventions of Robe,.
j Houdin, are known to ail who have siud.ed n
; more abstruse oranches of the mechanic -,!!!'
and there are few persons who have not heard
ot his wonderful performances in magic an 11
erdemain. His account of MaeLl's CtS
Player, is alone worth the price of the book!!!
Mr Evans deserv-s great credit f or bun™,
this work before tfie .American public. a
Lite of Daniel Boone. —Philadelphia, G c
Evans.
The name of Boone is familiar to all vv' 0
know anything of the iiistoiy of the first settle
ments of this country. He was the represen
tative man among the Pioneeis—the Indiio
fighter whose fife seemed protectea as bv a
charm— the hunter who roamed whole
in his wild pursuits and lived whole years'
without bread or sail. The history of bis j,fe
fiere given, is not merely an account of the ad
ventures and exploits of Boone, but it is a faith
ful picture of life in the backwoods in those
primitive times that "tried men's souls." Jtie'
book is well printed and handsomely bound.
Parisian Pickings. By Julie De Maoccer
ittks. Philadelphia, J. S. Cotton ic Co.
I iiis volume of sketches and taies, the author
informs us in the preface, is intended '-to <r;ve
vivid pictures of the social manners at Pan"aii
life of the nineteenth century." Sj tar as we
are able to judge, the purpose of the writer has
been faithfully fulfilled. One thing is certain
the book is written in a chaste, pure aud piea
| sing style. Cotton &, Co., have gotten up' th e
, work in their usual lasteiul and substantial
j manner.
Pencil Sketches. By Miss Leslie. Phil
j adelphia, J. S. CottJn &. Co.
'I he late Miss Leslffi stood in the front rank
jof the female writers of her time. She was
; the author of useful and practical books, as well
j as a writer of fiction whose works have always
, maintained a respectable position in literature.
Ihebouk before us contains some of her be*t
| tales and sketches.
j
. i te Atlantic MoxriiLv. B >.4oa, Tick nor
and Fields.
As will be o'j? -rved by Its- above, the "At
antic Monthly" has passed into new hands,
M-ssrs. I icknor an i Fields succeeding the fhr
itii-r p:. ilishers, Phillips, Sampson & Co. Tick
nor and t ie]Js are well known to the readißo
j public, as a highly enterprising and successful
| firm, and we have no doubt that under their
auspices the "Atlantic" will be k"pt up fully to
'Hs old standard. Phe November nurnoer is ex
cellent,
i
1 - - ■
RAIL ROAD I'.OTICE
THE subscribers to the capital stock *of the
Bedford Rail Road Company, are notified to
pay to the Treasurer, in Bedford, the fourth
instalment on each share of stock subscribed
by them, on or before the 22d day of Novem
ber, instant.
JNO. P. REED,
Nov. 11, 1859. Treasurer.
MILITARY NOTICE.
Brigade Inspector's Office,
Bedford, , j *,^9.
The board of o'ih-ers of the first Brigade 15th
Division, P.M., will meet at the House of Col.
John,Hafer, in Bedford . on Tuesday, the 7th day
of December, next, to audit and adjust tae Militarv
; claims for the year,lST). "Mary
LK.Mf EL EVANS, Brigadier General,
A. J. SANSO.M, brigade Inspector.
Nov. 11, 1859.
NOTICE
All persons are hereby cautioned Iron pur
chasing, or in any way meddling witu, or re
moving any property bought by us at Consta
i ble's sale, on the 2d day of Oct., 3559, sold as
1 the property of Jacob Syster, in Liberty tp ,
consisting of 2 Horses, 3 Cows, 6 Young Cattf,
li->gs, Grain in the ground, Corn, 1 Wagon,
Plows, Harrows, and all the household and
i kitchen furniture and Farming utensils and
i/her articles (see Vendue List.) We have left
the above enumerated property with an i in the
possession ol said Def't during our pleasure.
STEEL & ENTRIKEN.
Nov. 11, 1859.
,?eSeveral Hundred
Asparagus plant-;, two years old, will be
sold cheap. For information inquire ai this ol
fice. [Nov. 11, 1856.]
BEDFORD LVCEIAI.
There will be a meeting of the Bedford Lyce
j urn at the Court House, on Saturday evening
■ next, at 9i o'clock P. M.
The public are invited to attend; the Ladies
; especially are requested to oe present.
Declaimer, Dr. John Connpher.
Essayist, Dr. N. ilickok.
j Question for debate, "Was Revenge, or
i Avarice, the ruling passion in the character el
J Shy lock 1'
Affirmative, John H. Filler,
Negative, O. H. Gaither.
A. RING, President.
R. I). Barclay, Sec 'v.
" COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE.
Elizabeth Ros, "] In the Coii£*,of Com
bv her nex' friend | mon Pleas of Bedford cm,
William Mower, j Alias Subpoena "ion Li
vs. | bel tor Ofoofce.
William Ross. J
The undersigned appointed commissioner to
take testimony in the above case will attend to
the unties of his appointment at his office, in
Bedford borough, on Saturday the J9th day of
November, 1859, at 10 o'clock, A. M., when
and where ail parties interested may attend.
O. 11. GAITHER,
Commissioner.
Nov. 4, 1859.
O/|F.^AITILEKR
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA.
'ILL promptly attend to all business en-
V t trusted to his care. Office on Juliana
| street, two doors south of the Inquirer office.
| He will also attend to any surveying business
that may be entrusted to him. Nov. 4, 59.
NOTICE is ' hereby given that fhe undersigned
will apply at next Nov. Court, for a discharge iront
his ottice, as admr. with the will annexed, o! Maj.
8. M. Barclay, late of the Borough of Bedford,
dee'd. JOB MANN.
Nov. 4th, 1859.