THE BEDFORD (iiEETTE. : Bedforiu .lov. •£?, 1 B.F. BlsyerSj Editor. DEMOCU VflO PRESH CTIONS FULFILLED. There are few persons who 1 :>ok iiy itere.-l in the great campaign of !Boii,that h not r - member the propheci>3 ol Democratic speak ers and newspapers, that the , and their inevitable concomitant, fivri war.— ]t will be remembered, too, how t!•• i). n: r. a cv were jeered and stoked tsi, and iruv they were ridiculed and abuse;!, for oaring to prophesy as they did. But, mark the fulti!- nrent ! How signally and effectually have those Democratic predictions been tuiiilled ! How terribly are the scoff-rs rebuked and how fearfully are they punished for their jest and their ridicule! John i3rown, ofOssawata mie, and his fellow traitors stand as living proof- of the truth. The blood of the murder ed citizens of Harper's Ferry, cries from the ground, to testify ! Who, now, will dare t 0 mock and sneer, when the bloody and brutal doctrines of modern Republicanism, are held up in their proper light f Who, now, will dart cry demagogue ! or in derision, call us Union savers ! when we point out the unfading conse quences of the Republican "irrepressible con flict V' None but the politician hardened ir the iniquities of office-seeking—none but thi blind and bigoted zealot—none but those whe are reckless alike of their own and of theii country's welfare—will hereafter attempt tc sneer down the patriotism that strives arc struggles to "keep our Union sure." The madmen, the fanatics, the political speculators and desperadoes of the Opposition, may again appear in the ir role of clown and Harlequin but every honest, thinking man, who has an) desire in his heart for the good of the nation will pause and reflect before he fends him self to the further prosecution of the profitless, reckless, lumens and insane crusade of Re publicanism, against the people and the in stitutions of the Southern half of the Union. THE SALE OF THE POOR HOUSE- By reference to the proceedings of the Dem ocratic meeting, cn Monday evening last, it will be seen that a resolution was adopted by that meeting calling upon our members of the Legislature to have an act passed authorizing a vote of the people to be taken upon the question whether the Poor House property should be sold, or not, and whether, in case it should be sold, tlmre ought to be another property pur chased in its stead for the maintenance of the poor. We believe this to he a movement in the right direction. If the people desire to make any alteration in the management ot the poor,they will have an opportunity for sating so, in the event of such an act being passed.— The location of the present Poor ilou-e is cer tainly an unfortunate one for the tax-payers, as well as for the paupers residing thereat. Hun dreds of way-faring stragglers, on account of • the Poor House being situated at so public a place, yearly e it, drink and lodge at the ex pense of the county. And thes - travi ling pau pers are generally filthy and diseast J, making it impossible for the Steward, no matter how care ful and strict he may be, to keep the institution clean and healthy. This would not be the case, were our Poor House located on a goo. firm in some retired locality. Professions beggars, impostors on public charity, and othei human vermin, could no longer, with the same facility, find tbeir way to the Poor House.— Their "occupation would be gone"' in Bed fori! count v. There are other potent reasons ioi the movement inaugurated on Monday night which we may allude to in the future, beina precluded from doing so at present, for want ol room. We ate for a vote of the people on the root House question. lIIZZV FDR NEW VORK ! After all the crowing and blowing of lbs Black and Brown Republicans, it turns out that the great State of New York, which gave Fre mont 80,000 majority over Buchanan in IS.YG, has repudiated the "irrepressible conflict" ol the woolly-heads ! Jones, Democrat, has been elected Secretary of State, by about lOOd majority : Richmond, Democrat, State Engineer and Surveyor, by about 2000, Noble S. Elderkin, Democrat, Canal Commissioner, and Skinner, DemocraJ, State Prison Inspector, by small majorities. Thi3 result is, in a measure, attributable to the noble conduct of the Nation al Americans of New York, who lent the De mocracy of that state a helping hand. Put New York to the Democratic pvramid. The States that the Democracy have carried at the recent elections, have a sufficient number of e icctoral votes to make the ntrt President. Harper's Ferry isdoingthe work ! Peterson's Magazine. We are in receipt of this popular Ladv'i Magazine for December. Ti is a splendid num ber. "Peterson" has a circulation already, ol nearlv 1 Oil,ooo. For IKtiO it will contain a bout 101)0 pages of donliie column reading mat ter, Id steel plates: 12 colored steel fashion plates; 12 colored patterns m Berlin work, em broidery or crochet, and SOO wood engravings— proportionately more than any other period/an •give*, its stories and novelets ar by the lies! writers. lis fashions are always the latest and prettiest. Its price is but Two DOLCARS a year, or a dollar less than Magazine' of its class To clubs, it is cheaper still—viz: three copies for $5, or eight for SSO. To every person getting up a dub, tlt Publisher will sen 1 tw-c spier,ol j engravings of Niagara, of a size for fra ming. Address Charles J . Pr'ersun, Jof> Che-/- cut street, Philadelphia. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. Tiie Democratic masses of Bedford county assembled in the Court House, 0:1 At uulay eve ning 1 a>.t, when, on motion, the meting was organized as follows : President, COL. i\ 1). BEECLE. K Vdee Presidents, I-aac Rlengel, Sr., Jacob Aker, Jos. W. Tomlinson, Noah Tijiton, David Dicken, Richard McMullin, VVm. A. Powell, % D. A. T. Black, Solomon Steel, Jere. Thompson, J- seph i iler, John H. Bowser, iVL Reed, Esq., Francis Beard, C. I!. Kochendarfer, Asa Houser, Whetstone, Ales. McGrigor.jr. Secretaries, Henry Reimund, John Border, Alonzo Robbing, J. B. Anderson, I. Kensinger, Esq., Jesse Dicken, Jr. Tlie meeting having been thus organized, a ble speeches were irade by O. H. Gaither, Esq.. Hon. John Cessna, O. E. Shannon, E®q., Mnj. i Tate, and Hon. IV. P. Scbell. The speakers were frequently interrupted with bursts of ap plause. The speeches having been concluded, tin following resolutions weie offered by B. F. Meyers, and were unanimously adopted : Resolved , That the Democracy of Bedford county, in mass meeting assembled, reiterate their adherence to the tune-honored doctrines of the Democratic party and again renew th-ir pledges to stand by each other, through storm and through shine, in the advocacy, defence arid promulgation of those doctrines. Resolved, That in ihe Administration oi JAMES BUCHANAN, we recognize the policy of a wise statesman and a true patriot, and that we cordially and fuliv endorse its course, whether on matters of foreign, or domestic concern. Resolved, That while we are able to eulogi gise and praisejthe mea nres and men of the Democratic par'v, we are exceedingly sbrrv tc be compelled to censure and condemn the leaders and dogmas of the Opposition. VV censure the former as fanatics and demagogues wh > speculate in the humanity of the people and trade in the passions and prejudices oi classes : we condemn the latter ar harmful tc the internal peace of the nation, as subversive of the rights of (he states, an 1 as tending to tin ruin and destruction of the fair fabric of om national existence. Resolved, That the recent insurrection at fhrpei's Ferry, was the legitimate fiuit ol '•Republican" pleaching and teaching, from thi pulpit, the stump and the press; that J oht Brown has hut practirailv carried out the ide. enunciated by Wm. H. Seward, the great lea der of the "Republican" party, that there is at "irrepressible conllict" going o.i between Vive dom and slavery, and further, that negro in surrections and civil war between the Norti and the S;uth, mud an 1 will ta'-:>? pit e, s; long as the •'Republicans" carry on their cru sade against negro slavery as it now exists. Resolve.'!, That we call upon ail national peace-loving, law-abiding citizen®, no matte to what party they belong, to step forward ar. a-siyt us in battling fir the Union, the Const itu tion and the interna! peace of the country.- We call upon them in the n ime of their conn ty, i i the run" of posterity, ia the name c every tie of family and of society, to hei put down the mad fanaticism that i r the snk of forcing freedom up i ' : • negro, would sub ject us t > the horrors of a sectional war an. to the fr-rocity and brutality of negro msu: gents and runaway slaves. Resolved, That the issue for 1830 is mad up. It fs sectionalism, in? an-*, hlo- ly, trea sonahle sectionalism, against th-* integrity am internal peace of the Union. In other word: it is Abolition Republican *.n ag-'inst the Nation ai (' ins 't vaUve Democra y. Resolved, there fore, that it is the duty of every man, ti matter what his former poll ma! predilections who looks fnrwar 1 to a peaceful, prosperou and happy destiny tor his country, to raise hi voice against and to strive unceasingly for tin overthrow of that paity which, railing itsei Republican, is nevertheless the bitterest an mo>t dangerous enemy tha vcr raised lis haa against the American Republic. The following resolution, offered by O. I Shannon, Esq., after some discussion, was als adopted : Resolved, That our members of the Legisla ture be requested, at the next session, to urg the passage of a law authorizing the question c asaieoflhePoorHou.se property of Bedfor county, to be submitted to a vote of the peop! of said county, and to authorize the purchase o another property in case of such sale betog tie terminer! upon. S* The meeting then adjourned, with thre cheers for Democracy. Local and laiscailaaeons. —The "shanty" of John O'Sullivan, one o the bands on Drew's section of the Bedfort Railroad, was burned one night last week.— O'Sullivan an J his family barely escaped wit! their lives. —Court has been in session since Mondaj last. A considerable amount of business has been transacted. —VVe issue our paper a day in advance o the usual time, in oidef to permit our hands tc keep Thanksgiving day. —On Monday la*?, we had copious shower: of rain, whilst on Tuesday the sun shone warn and bright. —VVm. M. Pearson, Esq , our newly electee Commissioner, has taken the oath of ofiice.— Mr. Pearson will make a good officer, or vv< miss our guess very much. His predecessor H.J. Bruner, Esq., wis one of the best Com missinners Bedford county ha* ever had, an; we doubt not that higher honor® await him. — SENATOR. VVir.®ov. of Massachusetts, in hi speech at Syracuse on the JStii ult., said—"Tin Harper's Ferry outbreak was Ihe consequent of the teachings oi Repubiit a:ii.> n." A caudn admission. the Italian war is n.t considered by ma- Ny well informed peisons, as over. It is (-aid that Austria and Piedmont were about making warlike preparations, and that the French ar my of occupation in Italy is about to receive re inforcements. —The Governor of Virginia cannot pardon any one convicted ol treason, except by consent ! of the Legislature. —Tile election of the Know Nothing Sheriff in Baltimore is to be contested —also that ot the Comptroller of the Treasury cf the State —on account of the frauds by the Plugs. —A secret organization has been discovered in Kentucky, having for itsobject a slave msur i rection. —An accident occurred lo a stock train on ' Sunday last on ibe Indiana Central Railroad, near Cambridge. In crossing a bridge thirteen cars were preciptated into the water, killing the conductor, a brakeman and a drover, and wounding several others. —From Nashville we learn by telegraph that G. G. Poinaexter, editor of the Union, was shot art! instantly killed, in a street affray, joy Allen A. Hall, editor of the .'Years. — LOUISIANA ELECTION.— The Democratic Governor and Stale oliicers are elected in Lou isiana by from 7,000 to 10,000 majority. Our majority in the Slate Senate will be 8, and in the House 2b, ensuring the election of a Uui ted States Senator. — THE ICON CITY COLLEGE, of Pittsburg Penna , drew first premiums for best Business Writing, at the State Fair at Philadelphia, September, 18bf>, over the Commercial Schools at the East. The superiority of the Penman ship of this Institution, has been acknowledged , at the principal Fair ot the United States, for ■ the last four vears.— Pittsburg Trun Press. | • .... A few days ago, in conversation with our ! intelligent fri*nd, Ala. BONNELL, Constable of Londonderry township, we learned the gratify ' ing fact that that gentleman has joined himself to the ranks of the National Democracy. Mr. Bonnell is a man who loves bis country belter than the party to which he lately belonged. A ''REPUBLICAN" JOURNAL ON EDWARD BATES. Tiie Delaware Republican, a regular. Simon pure Republican newspaper, publishes the annexed editorial concerning the views of Mr. Edward Bates, on the Slavery question. We quote it entire to show what the national and conservative men in the Opposition ranks, it there still be a"y such, will have to expect from their "Republican'' friends in 1860 : Mi:. BATES' VIEWS or TUB SLAVERY QUES TION. — We publish eisewhere in this pap.-:, an . article from the St. Louis Evening; S'.'ews which ' give authoiitatively ilie view: of.' ir. BATE ,of Mt.-s .on, on the slavery ques tion—one or two questions which many now i look upon a-; paramount to all others now agitn : ting the public mind. This article is impor tant from t. e fact, that the name ol Mr. B. has been mentioned in connection with the Presden : cy, by several of the Western papers atUchec to the Republican organization. While we agree in the mam with the positions in the i expose, and particularly with that portion ir which the rights of the North nr. 1 South art discussed, in reference to the distinction be tween slave and ether property occupying tic territories, we cannot subscribe to the doctrine as enunciated, in reference to the Fugitive . Slave Law. i f the dec! irati >n that Mr. BATES in the event of his election as President, woui: execute this law "if the army and navy wen. j equal to the task,"' means that he would com pel the citizens of the tree SMes to hunt down ; and capture the fugitive dying Ur freedom—in ether words, it lie would make us negro-catch ei s lor the benefit of Southern taskmasters—wt . totally ami entirely dissent from his views o I such Constitutional requirements, and take OCCA sbn to record our opinion, that the combine : armies and navies of the world are instiflicienl to enforce such an obnoxious provision. Nr. man holding such v lews can receive Ihe support for President ot anv considerable number oi those who reside north of Mason ft Dixon*, line. IV e hold that "the rendition <1 fugitive: I from labor" does not obligate our citizens tc i catch slaves ; but that where our legal tribunals. ! after proper investigation, may find such hboi : due, no obstacles shou id be unnecessarily in terposed to prevent such fugitive from being restored —and nothing more. We profe.-j t< abide by law, properly administered, but wt : scorn ail enactments which shock our common i humanity. We hope Mr. BATES, whos* i general views upon the slavery question, i I correctly put forth, are iri consonance with a ! majority of our people, does "hot mean what the language of this part of the exposition implies, j IVe must also disgrace with him in the assertion that "the entire Democratic party of the fret S'ates are as decidedly opposed, as even t.u Republican party, to the extension of slavery over territories now free." It is well known that manv of the leaders of the so-called Demo cracy are as confirnr-d pro-slavery as the most inveterate slave-di ivees ot the South. We confess, however, that a different fe-ling pre vails among the rank and file nl the party here, many of whom have discovered the schemes oi those who profess to lead them, and are now enrolling themselves under the Republican ban ner. Mr. BATES' VIEWS are, we repeat, liberal, but not sufficiently so, to claim from tiie free North an unqualified support. Gerrii Staiiii Insane! The following dispatch lately appeared in the JVew York Tribnne UTICA, N. Yd, Wednesday, Nov. 9. Gerrit Smith is now confined in the State Lunatic Asylum in this city. He was brougiil j here by his relatives on Monday, and is serious ly deranged. The fell spirit of abolitionism is doing its work. It lias driven some of its deluded vic tims to deeds of outrage, insurrection, murder and treason: and is destroying the intellects ol others who suffered it to gain possession of their superior minds. Will not the wreck of such a mind as induce the heedless zeal ots whose violent appeals to the prejudices of Northern men have kindled the flame of fanat- I icisin which now rages to so fearful an extreme, to pause and consider the consequences of their impious work ? "ANUNKTND CUT." '1 tie QUACK medicine dragon pic ture in hi t week's "O-ißAwatamie," WAS certainly atiap'fd is the columns oi'that paper. {Correspondence of the (tazotie.] SAXTON, NOV. 215t, ; 59. Mr. Ei 1 itor: By the following statement you will see that the coal trade in this region is still improving : Shipments of coal over the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Kail Road for the week ending Nov. ltilh, Week. Year. 3,4-23 110,760 tons Same time last year, 2,690 89,1-18 " Increase, 733 21,612 " The rebellion at Harper's I-Vrry still contin ues to be an exciting topic in our community. I clip the following from the Philadelphia Ledger, commending it to you as a good hit— in fact a fierce sarcasm— in relation to the sympathy that "Republicans" ail over the country, are now endeavoring to excite in favor of John Brown : Mr.. Hai. LET ox JOHN BROWN'S SYMPATHI SERS.—Mr. llallet, of Boston, commenting on the sermons delivered upon John Brown, in :ul ges in the following comments:—"The poor child-bereft old man!" exclaims the Rev. Mr. Ward Beecber -n his sermon on slave insurrec tions. And how came he child bereft? Jn Kan sas he and his sons, going there not to settle but to light, had murdered four dp fenceless men in cold blood, dragged from their beds at Kid night! Up to that time, says the Kansas Herald of Freedom, not a hair of old John Brow n't bead, or of any of his sons', had been injured, Three months after that the man of blood wai attacked in bis turn, and one of his sons killed, Three years after that he is found conspiring with Northern Abolitionists to raise a servih | war in Virginia, and he carries his sons there, ! who, after dragging men from their beds ai midnight, and shooting dovn the mayor end o tfier citizens at Harpers Ferry , are themselves shot in the act of robbery, invasion and murder And thereupon anti-slavery philanthropy i. | the pulpit cries out, 'Poor child-bereft old man! i Mr. H. said it reminded him of a recent tria of a parricide in '"ranee. The man had crueilv murdered his father and mother, and of course ■ he was an orphan hv his own crime, just a: , John Brown is 'child bereft' by his crimes ! The parricide was convicted,and, on being cal led up far sentence, was asked by the judge rl he had anything to say. Nothing, said he, on ly I prav yon to have pitv upon a poor orphan." BROAD TOPPER. AFFAIRS AT CHARIESIO'-NI. INCENDIARY FIRES—A THREATENING LET TCR. —We find tire following items in thi Charlestown Indejendent Democrat oi Mondu A bold attempt was made about ten days ag io murder Mr. Lucas. Ife had retired to bed and had his lamp near him reading. He hi not been in that position long before he heard < i noise, and in a moment observed the flash of; j gun outside the window. He immediately i sptang from his bed, seized his revolver, anr rushed to the door. As he reached the door h , saw a man wheel hi-- horse and ride off at a fu rious rate of speed. The man had left the g open, and had little dilficulty in making his - I cape. Who be was,or what provocation ht j had for his murderous attempt, Mr. L. is en tirely ignorant of. The aiiiiir has been kej .; cret t 1 'is long in order to detect the wretc! i-houl l he attempt to repeat his h rri.l A-sign Mr. L.\s loss on his wheat will be about STIO .?evera ! barn-- and stockyards have been burn during *he pa-t fw days, and it is feared by ma n . ! .at the counti y is infested hv a band if ah i o'ition i icenfliaries. Should this turn out iob> true, and any of them are caught in the ait, i s most probable they will not have the benefit ola jury. Fit; -. —A rick of what belonging to the j Hon. Win. Lucas, containing about 450 oush j e::, was burned on Thursday morning last. It was undo:- dedly the work of an incendiary, A white man was observed by Mr. L. prow ling the field where th ■ wheat was shock- I ed, no ! it is supposed he is the individual win ' set if on fire. Oi Saturday evening last, a stable belonging ito G id. Tate, esq., together with his tw< ! carriage-horse 3, was burned. This was also tup* p-osH to be the work o! an incendiary. A ne ' gro t>,y saw a white man lurking near the pretn j- i int before the lire was discovered. Whits na:t A our citizen . had gone to the seen-' of con dagiation, a suspicious-h "king individual, vvhc has oeen wot king about the vicinity lor soon tone pa-t, attracted the of tin Tows Guard,and was arrested as the incendia ry. The negro boy wo > had seen the man nl Mr.T.'s was sent for, but lie could not identify him is being the person, although lie said h< looked very much like him. STILL ANOTHER. We learn that the barn of F ol. J. W. Ware r.f Chrke, together with 1,200 bushels of wheat and £ large quantity of provender, was consu med by tire on Saturday night lust: the work agait, it is supposed, of an incendiary. Ttis makes th- filth conflagration which ha occirred in one week in a radius of fifteer mild, taking Charlestown as the centre. Thi fact needs no comment at our hands—all om citijpns will, we hope, be on the alert. Shoutc any of the incendiary villains be caught, w< hop? that, instead of sending them to jail to bt dealt with according to the slow process of out they will be tied to the stake and tbt sum? elements applied to their villanuus carcas ses yhhth tney have been applying to the prop ertyof our citizens. EXAMINING TRIAL. Th examination of Hazlitt alias Harrison one ot!lie Brown band, belpre the county court yesteidav, resulted in the prisoner being.sen on for further trial. Through his counsel, Law son Bit!-', esq., he made a waiver ofthe exam inatid), but th- court being ofthe opinion tba he c;,.aid do this only in term tirneol thecirsui court the waiver was denied. AN ANONYMOUS LETTER. Thi Kanawha (Va) Star says: The following letter was taken from the post office of thi: piacebv the clerk of this county-, on Fridav nightjlast. The post mark of the letter wa: "Xe{ York city, Oct. 2d, 1859." The letter was eddresspd to the "Clerk of the court Chait-stown, Kanawha county, V a., and was evidfitly intended for the clerk at Charlestown of JffFerson county, instead of the clerk at Chasestown, Kanawha county, l'he letter lias beentorwarded to Gov Wise : * OF TIIE COURT, Charleslown, Virgin in,— c i : Yo i had better caution your authorities to bttareful about what you (do) with Ossawot tsmi Brown; so sure as you hurl one hair of hi.; ea.l, mark mv word—the following day, yuuvillsee every city, town, village,south of Mason am' Dixon's LINE in FLAMES. VVF are determined to put down slavery at a!! odds. Forcibly IL it must, PEACEABLY IT if can. Be lieve me when I tell you the end is not Y T— by a long odds. AH of US at the North sympathize with the MARTYITS OF HARPEIL'A FERRV. Geriit Smith's Insanity, sJltempt fo (lorn mi I Suicide. J From tbo N. Y. Evening Post.] With regard to the insanity .it' Gerrit Smith, the CFtica Herald of vesterdav says : "We are greatly pained to learn that Gerrit Smith, the free-hearted, but sadly erratic phi j lanthropist, became on Monday last an inmate ot the New York State Lunatic ASYLUM, where it has BEEN found necessary to place him, on aeount of marked insanity. We learn that he is very violent, and has exhibited a disposition T J commit suicide, arid that an attendant Keps constant watch over him to prevent him from laying violent hinds upon himself. This re sult, WE hear, is attributed to the connection ot Mr. Smith's name with the Harper's Ferry AF- I fair, though many will legard it as th conse i TJUE-ICE ot a long seated and marked disease." Mr. Smith is said to have an hereditary pre disposition to insanity His lather, Peter J Smith, though the possessor of an immense es tate, and surrounded by every circumstance of prosperity, was subject to fits of profound des pondency, during which he was under the im pression that he would die a beggar. Unlike his noted son, he was exceedingly : sharp in his bargains and money aflairs. It is I also said that the late Peter Sken Smith, THE brother of Gerrit, 'was for SOME time an inmate jof a lunatic asylum, though, when he died, HE I was generally regarded as in possession of Ins j rea> >n. Gerrit Smith has lost all his children I but one, the wife of (J I.'Miller, of Peterboro. : A NEPHEW of Mrs. Smith, 'Yd. Fitzhu'h, was | the captor of THE fugitive Cook, a fact which | greatly disturbed the mind of Mr. Smith. John Cochran, a Democratic politician of this citv. I another nephew of Gerrit Smith, has also, by J his speeches, purged himself of any complicity : in tii" Harper's Ferry affair. THE ALARM AT CEARLESTOWN. HARPER'S FERRY, NOV. IS.— THE messenger sent to Cna? lestown, last night, was detained 1 outside of this town over two hours and a half, I before 'HE guard would permit his departure, 1 and lie was also detained till 4- o'clock, on his I return. j- A- very large fire occurred during the night j about four miles from Cbarlpstotvn, and the • military were ordered out, expecting an attack, j but none was made. The particulars of the fire could not be ascer | tained by the messenger, but they will probably I BE ASCERTAINED on the arrival here of the tram ifrom Winchester. RICIIM I.ND, Nov. IS.—Six companies oi military re underarm® ready 'o start for Char'es ; town at a moment's warning. None have Mi \y r{ - VV A SUING TON*, NOV. JS— A company compri . ,mg eighty-seven i nfantry ami ntleme.i lei Ah vindria for Charlestown, by the early Irair ila the Relay II aos-*. 'apt. DAll'ey's company of 60 men ami foti: guns wer.t by a SEPARATE train on the Miriassi; road via Straushurg. From THENCE they ire t< march IS MILES TO WINCHESTER. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF 2SOO : The free States will be entitled to votes m 'fie Electoral Uollege as follows : M aine ------ 8 J Michigan 6 i New Hampshire - f> | Indiana - 13 Vermont Illinois - 11 : Massachusetts - - 13 1 Towa - - 4 I Rhode island - •!> ' Wisconsin f> | Connecticut - - - 6 | California - - 4 i NEW York - - - - 3"> | Minnesota F J New Jersey 7 | Oregon -3 j Pennsylvania - - 27 ! Kansas 3 Ohio-" 23 | Total IS€ The slave States will be entitled to votes in : the Electoral College as follows : I Virginia 15 I Louisiana (j Delaware 3 j \rkansa? fi Maryland 8 j TENNESSEE 12 N- rt'l Carolina 11) j Kentucky LK South Carolina S | Missouri J] Georgia 10 I Florida Alabama 9 1 Texas 4 Mississippi 7 j Total 12F Total vote of free Stales 186 Total vote of siave States ]2C Majority for free States 66 Aggregate vot J for free and slave STATES 306 Majority necessary to elect a President 15-1 TIIC WAR ON Tin: SO I THE EN; BOR DER. CO RT IN AS HOLDS THE FJO GRANDE CAPTAIN TOBIN'S COMPANY DEFEATED. NEW ORLEAN®, Nov. 19. —The Indianoh Courier , of the 12th iust., says that an expresi from th" sherifFof Nueces count v had arrived reporting that Cortinas, with 1500 RNPN am nine cannon, has full poss U sion of lite Rir Grande from Brownsville to Rome, and his foi ces are scouring all the surrounding country All the mail communications west of the Nue. ces are said to be cut off. Corpus Christi, I: not threatened. Captain Tobin with 100 men from Corpu; Christi has been defeated, and it is feared thai his ret reat is cut off. The reports are conflicting and probably ver\ much exaggerated. The latest reliable accounts ARE by new Or leans merchants, who left Brownsville on tht 4th inst., when affairs were stiill unchain ged. Gen. Twiggs telegraphed to the Governmenl yesterday, in relation to the matter. Arrest of an Alleged Insurgent at Alexandria, Va. WASHINGTON, November 19 The Alexan dria ( \ Q.) Sentinel , of this morning, says a inar was arrested in that city yesterday, having been recognized as one ol Brown's men in tht Harper's Ferry riot. He was committed tc jail to await further identification. NEW JERSEY ELECTION. — The full returns of the late election in New Jersey, give the fol lowing result for the State Legislature : Dem. Opp. Straight A. Senate 12 S 1 House, 30 28 2 Democratic majority on joint ballot, 3. " on the side of Freedom." ihe a hove, sa y s the Omaha JVrbrnnkmu 0 f November :iih, is the concluding portion'ofa :ienration head 111 the last Republican over an article on the result ol the bte ejection. That our readers may know how near fhe Repnblj croi.a have A hoi it ionized Nebraska, we 3np Pn j i: e f blowing abstract iroin the official canvass, ■ showing Democratic majorities i rorn 399 tl ' I,sti 4: OfTUCfAL VOTE or THE TERRITORY. DELEGATE. Estabrook, Democrat - - - - - 3 100 Daily, Republican ------ o ($99 TREASURER. IVyman, Democrat - - - - - - 3 11G Sweet, Republican ------ o AUDITOR. Jordon, Democrat ------ 3 953 D^Pu y 2^119 LIBRARIAN, Luce, Democrat ------- 3094 Davis, Republican ------ 2,742 SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Harvey, D-mocrat - - - - - - 3 t JO9 Kellorn, Republican ------ 2,714 THE LIGHTS OF .If AURtl.it WOMEN CX DER THE ACT OF ISIS. Jin important decision. —The case of Andrew B'-ar's Administrator vs. Elizabeth Rear, his widow, on account of its novelty, elicited con siderable interest when tried in the Common Fleas before bis Honor, Judge Long. The po ; sit ion taken by the defendant, that no recovery c.ui . be bad because the action was founded on contract between husband and wife, wa3 sus tained by Judge Long, and affirmed by the Su preme Court, ihe points established are 1 The act does not enable a married woman | to contract with her husband, for the pavment of money advanced by turn tor the nnprove -1 men! of her separate estate. 2 'i ne purpose of the act was to protect the wife's property again-t the husband and his ; creditors, not to enable her to enter into con tracts with respect to it, as though she was a Jeme sole. • 3. The proviso that nothing therein contain ed "shall be construed to protect the property of such married women from the lability for debts contracted by herself," applies to debts contracted by her before marriage—from liabil ity for whi; h the husband is thereby exempted. ; Lancaster Express. Gov. >\ he AS A PENMAN. — A letter-writer from Richmond gives the following information in regard to Gov. Wise's rapidity of penman ship : * "Gov. Wise in the character of a scribe, surpasses, perhaps, any man living. In point of rapidity he ran only be paralleled in short hand, while his writing is almost as legible as ' print. I had occasion some time ago to copy some writing of his, and I did so," page alter page, u s lie produced them. I started when he was two pages ahead, and though he had to compose while I had merely to copy, at the clooe of tiie tenth page he was still two in ad sance. At this stage lie was called oil' to , dinner, and I availed myself of this opportuni ty to procure a peculiar style of pen, which I thought would facilitate the operation. We both sat to work again simultaneous; and though he stopp d occasionally to mend his pen (he writes with a quill pen.) and now and then walked rapidly round the room, whike I mean while wrote with all the rapidity of which [ was capable, be wound up at the end of the 29th page with the two pages, in advance which ho had at the start. I understand he thinks nothing of answering 25 or 30 letters a day, or rather within the three or four hours he spends in his office, besides attending to oilier duties and receiving visitors, who occupv much of his time. What a reporter he would make I" EVEN THOSSE who are in the enjoyment of perfect health frequently have need to have recourse n> tonics as preventives ot disease. We are never 100 well armored against the assaults of "the ills ttiat fesii is heir to." isovh an ir.vigorator they rr a;- find Hosteller's Bitfets—a medicine that can not !>e taken regularly without giving vitality and ci isticitv to the system. At this season, particu larly, Ihe strongest man is not proof against the malaria, in certain sections of the country. In all cases 01 fever and ague, the Bitters is more potent than any imount of quinine, while the most danger i on. ca.es of bilious fever yield to its wonderful properties. Those who have tried the medicine, will ne"°r use another, for any of the ailments which the Hostetler Bitters profess to subdue. To those who have not made the experiment, we cor- I diatiy recommend an early application to the Bit ter?, whenever they are stricken by diseases of the digestive organs. Sold by druggists and dealers, generally every where. CCF'See advertisement in another column. STRAY CATTf^C. CAME to the premises of the about the 9th, instant. 1 head of young cattle, one, a red mt>- ly steer with a white belly, one steer with a black head and sides, short horns, and white hack and tail; the other two are heifers, one a black miily, the other with white horns, brindle head, neck, sides and legs: nil supposed to be two years old next Spring. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pav charges and take tiiem awav. Juniata Township, j November 25, 188, | THOMAS SPICER. Tsic Assessors OF the several Townships of Beiford county, will meet at the Commissioners' otuec, on Sat urday, the 10th day of December, A. D. 1559, to receive their Duplicates, instructions, &c. H. NJCODEMUS, Nov. 22df'1859.-2t. Clerk. PERLIC SALE OF~ REAL ESTATE. WILL lie sold at Public vendue on the pre mises, on Saturday, the lQth day of December ! next, nil the right title and interest of the un dersigned, in ana to a certain tract of Land situ ate in Colerain tp., Bedford county, known w Hie "George Feight Saw Mill Tract," adjoining Jacob 11. Bowser, Henry Diehl and others, containing K4 acres, more or less, with a dwel ling House, Saw mill, Stable &c., thereon erec ted. Terms one third in hand, and the remainder 111 two equal annual payments. Possession to be given 011 the Ist of April next. MARY FEIGHT, SARAH FEIGHT, CAROLINA FEIGIIT, LOUISA FEIGHT. Nor. 18,1859. /~IHEAP COATS, PANTS AND VESTS, <* \ -.ii'J the times, at Shoemakers' Cheap Storm Nov. 4lh, 1559.