THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. " Bedford, Bee. 16. I 8. B. F- Meyers, Editor. HELPER "REPUBLICAN IS5f." Ia our last issue we gave an article from the j Pennsylvanian , showing that a certain Mr.. Helper, alias Heifer, formerly of North Caro-i lina-, had published a booh entitled the "Im- ! pending Crisis of 'he South/' in which the j tnost ultra Abolition sentiments are expressed, I and which advocates even such a course of con duct as that pursued by John Bio wn. In that; article numerous prominent "Republicans" j were named as contributors to a fund for the | circulation of Helper's book, and the sums con- ■ tribnted respectively by each were set opposite , their several names. This statement is undt- j nied by the "Republicans"' therein named and vsill not be denied by them. Since the publi cation of the Pcnnsyltrmian's article, further: disclosures have been made which show that SIXTY EIGHT BLACK REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, endorsed Hel per's book and circulated under their frank, one hundred thousand copies of that infamous and treasonable work! Among the members who have thus disgraced themselves is JOHN COVODE, of this state, a prominent candidate for the Opposition nomination for Governor. Another of the sixty eight is JOHN SHER MAN, the Black Republican candidate for Speaker of the National House of Representa tives. Now, as Helper's book says that "NO MAN CAN BE A TRUE PATRIOT WITH OUT FIRST BECOMING AN ABOLITION IST," and that there should be "no co-opera tion with pro-slavery politicians; no fellow ship with them in religion; no '.(Filiation with them in society," and as a largo majority of the "Republican ' members of Congress endorsed and circulated that book, is not the "Republi can" party abol it ionized to alt intents and pur poses? It is impossible to deny it. The evi dence is too overwhelming. We append the oames of the sixty eight Congressmen above ■spoken of and refer cur readers to an ar'icle in another column in which they will find the character of Helper, the pet of "Republicanism," delineated in its true colors. Schuyler Colfax, J. F. Famswortb, Anson Burlingame, C. L. Knapp, Owen Lovejoy, R. E. fenton, Amos. P Granger, Philemon Bliss, Edwin B. Morgan, Mason W. Tappao, Galusba A. Grow, Charles Case, Joshua R. Giddings, T. Davis (lowa,) Edward Wade. James Pike, Calvin C. Chaffee, Homer E. Rove*-, Wm. H. Kelsey, Isaac 0. Clawson, Wm. A. Howard, A. S. Murray, Henry Waldon, Rob't B. Hail, JOHN SHERMAN, Val. B. Morton, George W. Palmer, Freeman H. Morse, Daniel W. Gooch, David Kilgore f Henry L. Dawes, Wm. Stewart, Justin S. Morrill, Samuel R. Curtis, I. Washburne, Jr., John M. Wood, J. A. Bingham, John M. Parker, Wm. Kellogg, Stephen C. Foster, E. B. Washburne, Chas. J. Gilrnan, Benjamin Stanton, Chas. B. Hoard, Edward Dodd, John Thompson, C. B. Tomkins, J. W. Sherman, JOHN COVODE, Wm. D. Brayton, Cad. C Washburn, Jas. Buffinton, Sam'l G. Andrews, 0. B. Matteson, Abraham B. Olin, Richard Mott, Sidney Dean, Gen. R. Robbing Nath'l B. Durfee, E. P. Walton, Emery B. Pottle, James Wilson, DeWittC. Leacb, S. A. Purviance, John F. Potter, F. E. Spinner, T. Davis, (Mass.,) S. M. Burroughs. Congress. In the Senate considerable discussion was e licited by Senator Mason's resolution for 11 -> appointment of a Committee to investigate the j Harper's Ferry insurrection. Mr. Trumbull ■ (Rep.) of Illinois, moved to amend the resolu tion by extending the power of Committee to! investigate the taking of arms and munitions! fiom the U. S. arsenal at Liberty, Mo., in 1854..! rhe object of Mr. Trumbull was to hamper and j •title the investigation of the Harper's Ferrv I business, but he was soon informed that the affair at Liberty had already been thoroughly inves- j tigated by a Committee from the other House. ' Mr. Mason's resolution will pass without doubt,' whilst .Mr. Trumbull's amendment will be re- ! jected. Mr. Slidell ha? given notice tbat t he will call up the Cuba bill. In the House the contest for the Speakership sfiii contiuues. The South Americans and Anti-Lecompton men still stand aloof from the other parties. fie Illinois Douglas men vol" •for the regular Democratic nominee and area mong the most efficient Democrats in the House. Haskin, Clark and Hickman, however, are with the tilack Republicans, at heart, and are fast ! beginning to show their true colors. They are purchased (raitorj—purchased by Black Repub lican support when they were candidates and their treason is not unexpected. The rest nl the Anti-Lecompton men are true to the party. A brisk fire has been kept up against the Re publicans, from the Demociatic side, and some of the former have been handled without glovej. Thaddeus Stevens, of this State, received a se vere rebuke, the other dsv, from Mr. Lama , of Mississippi. M r . Stevens aid something about timid people talking about danger to the Union. Mr. Lamar replied that talking about timid people reminded him that the "Republican" party wanted no better leader than Mr. Stevens, the hero of the "Buckshot War. ' His experi ence in leaping cut of windows, would alwavs enable him to run away from danger. Mr. Clark's resolution declaring no member eligible to the office of Speaker, who endorsed Helper's book, was still pend.ng. A number of speech es have been made on it. Mr. Sherman, the -"Republican" candidate for Speaker, **id be did not know what the book contained when be sacomapndttd U. The poor ignorant fellow! Mr. Kellogg, another "Republican," said he did not know what it was about, but supposed it was for the benefit of mankind. Of such stuff are "Republican congressmen made. An unkind Cut. The Philadelphia Daily Aews of the 7th inst., has an article severely reviewing the re cently published " \ddresr of the Republican Central Committee." The JYetcs ts the organ of the ffaziehurst, or Straight American party, which polls some 30,000 votes in this State, and therefore, has the jiower, at anytime, to defeat the "Republicans." Had the Hazlehurst vote been cast for a separate candidate, as it was in 1857, the Democratic S'ate Ticket wouid have been elected, last fall, by a plurality ot 15,000, at least. So we advise our sanguine triends on the "Republican side of the house," to look after Jos. R. Fiamgen and the Qaily J\ eics. Meanwhile the annexed extract above referred to, will serve to show the .News' opin ion of Republicanism. It is an "unkind cut," indeed. f here ran be no question that in States where the Republican party pxists as a distinct par ty, (he tone of their organs has become more ebolitiomzed than at any former period: and al t! ough they seem to think that they are moul ding popular sentiment, it is easy to perceive i Lha ; - they*are disgusting very many persons by j constantly asserting that their party is not sec -1 tiona', and that they respect the constitutional : rights of the South, while every article they ut jteris filled with malignant sneers, ridicule j and abuse of Southern people. The tone of these journals is not calculated to strengthen Republicanism in Pennsylvania, and the at tempt of Republicans in this State to make it ap pear that "protection to American industry" i 3 a principle of tnat party, will deceive no man who has an ounce of brains. Local and Miscellaneous. —FIRE IN BEDFORD TOWNSHIP.— On Wed nesday night of last week, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, dwelling house of Ma. GF.ORGE BIDPLE, in Bedford in., was discovered to be on 6re, the devouring el- I ement having already progressed so far that ' those within the house were scarcely able to escape with their lives. There was a consid erable quantity of grain and flour stored away in the house, all of which was consumed. In fact none of the contents of the building could be saved. Mr. Riddle's loss is estimated at a biut slood. We believe there W33 no insu ■. ranee on the property. —borne sudden deaths from scarlet fever, have recently occurred among the children in this place. The cases, however, that have pro ved fatal, have thus far been few in comparison with those in other parts of the county and else j w nere. Tn T.nion township, we are informed, j some seventy-five deaths have occurred from I this disease. Reaa the Thanksgiving Sermon of REV. JOHN CHAMBERS, published on our first PAGE Mr. Chamoers is weii known in this communi ty and has many warm friends and admirers among our people, who will be glad to read his eloquent"and patriotic address. It is cheering to know that the pulpit yet contains some min isteis who are ready to stand up in favor of law, order and the government, as against a wilj fa naticism that wculd rend asunder our social system and shatter our political existence from "turret to foundation-stone." The example of John Chambers is worthy of emulation. —The Somerset Herald calls the execution of Brown a "judicial murder." What next ! He suppose if the Helper of "Republicanism," should be takeu to North Carolina, convicted of stealing, and punished according to law, it wouid be some other judicial outrage. And all this because Brown was, and Help" ris a good "Republican." ! —The confession of John E. Cook, one of the Harpers t err}' insurgents, has been pubiished and is for sale at Dr. Harry's Drug and Book Store in this place. Cook implicates no other persons than those already known as connected with the affair. The reason of this is, that he was merely a private in Brown's company, un til the day on which the attack was made up on Harper's Ferry, when, we believe, he was elevated to the rank of Captain, and, conse quently, was not in the secrets of the leaders of the insurrection. If John Brown had confes sed ail he kr.ew, the population of Canada would have been increased by thousands. Dr. .McLane's Vermifuge and Livvr Pills belong to that class of patent meoicines which have become almost indispensableyn every fam ily. We know them to be excellent remedies and nothing so well attests their good qualities as the fact that they are extremely popular. Ihe sales cl these medicines have increased during the last twenty-four years, from com paratively nothing, to the enormous amount of 1,500,000 boxes and vi?.! a . Fleming Bros., proprietors, Pittsburg, Pa. I!> our noticeof the Poor House appoint ments la„t week, \e neglected to state that GEORGE BLYMIRE was re-appointed Treasurer, and THOMAS R. GETTYS, JR., Clerk. Mr. A lex. Henderson, of this place, killed a hog a few days ago, which weighed some 340 pound*. Coostderaole porker, that J —The weather has been rather cold lor some time past, ice has formed on the river and our people are busy filling (heir ice-houses.— If there is no thaw for a week, what a time for mint juleps and'ice-coid-lemonades there will be next summer. "The Jong straw and the large tumbler, if you please, landlord !" —The next meeting of the Bedford Lyceum, will takep aceon Saturday evening next. Question for discussion . "Was the repeal of the Missouri Corr promise right ?" Affirma tive, S. L. Russell ; Negative, R. D. Barclay. Dechimer. Q. H. Caliber; Essayist, Joa, VV. Fatner. The Hon. Edward McPherson, member of Congress from this district, dees not hesitate to cast his vote for JOHN SHERMAN who en dorsed tlie infamous Helper book, which says (hat "noman can lo a good citizen without first becoming an abolitionist." What do .the Straight Americans of this county that voted for Mr. McPherson, think of this t From the W'estport (Mo.) Border Star. The True Character of John Brown. THE MASSACRE AT TOTTAWATOMIE CREEK. ihe Abolitionists of the North are trying to get up sympathy for Old Brown, by represen i ting him to be a worthy but misguided man, and one whose nature nature had been warped and embittered by injuries he received at the hands of pro-slaveryites. This is all stuff.— Brown can.e to Kansas, not as a peaceful settler but as a guerilla fighter. He never was driven from his property by border ruffians, as he ne ver had anv property to be driven from. All the hostility he met with wis in retaliation for his own barbarous and brutal deeds. The first murders in Kansas were those committed bv Old Brown. Reopened the bloody ball, a *1 he more than any one else is responsible for t;ie terrible scenes that marked the protracted political squabbles of the Territory. Of ail the acts in the "Bleeding Kansa.3," tragedy, the first in order of time were the murders commit ted on the night of the 2Jth of May, 1856, on Pottiwatamoie Creek. In this n assacrec induct ed by Old Brown, five persons were killed, viz: Ailen Wilkinson, Wm. Sherman, old Win. P. Doyle and his two sons, William and Drury. The heart-broken survivors of this massacre— the widows and orphans—came to H'estport and deposed to the facts of the bloody alTair be fore Esquire Goforth, and the record is row before us. Allen Wilkinson was a member of the Kan sas Legislature—a quiet, inoffensive man. Hi widow, Louisa Jane Wilkinson, testified that on the night of the 25th of May, 1856, between the hours of midnight and daybreak, she thinks, a parly of men came to the house where they were residing and forcibly earned her husband away ; that they took him in the name of the "Northern army," and "that next morning he was found about 150 yards from the bouse, dead. Mrs. Wilkinson was very ill at the time with fhe measles. Here follows an extract from her affidavit : "I begged them to let Mr. Wilkinson stay with me, saying that I was sick and helpless, and could not stay by myself. My husband also asked them to lei him stay with m°, until he could get some one to wait on me • told | lliem that he would not run off", hut he would I be there the next day, or whenever called for; the old man who seemed to be in command looked at me, and then around at the children, and replied, 'you have neighbors.' I said, so I have, but they are not here, a,id I cannot go for them.' The old man replied, 'it matters not,' and told him to get ready. My husband wanted to put on his boots, and get ready, so as to be protected from the damp and night air, hut they would not let him. They then took my husband away. * * * * "After they were gone I thought I heard my husband's voice m complaint. * * * Next morning Mr. Wilkinson's body was found a bout 150 yards from the house, in some dead brush. A lady who saw my husband's body said that there was a gash in* his head and in side. Others said he was cut in the throat! twice." j Mi. \\ ilkinson was a poor man ;of course his | widow was ielt destitute ; but regardless of this | fact, they took away some properly, including ; the only horse they had. Mrs. Wilkinson was presented at West port, iMissouri. with the ne cessary means to go to her father's in Tennessee. She had two small children. Airs. VV ilkinson's i description of the leader of the men who mur dered her husband suits Captain John Brown, | a well known character in the Abolition party.' i She says that her husband was a quiet man, and was not engaged in arresting or d.Aurbing j anybody, fie took no active part in the pro" 5 - , slavery cause, so as to aggravate the Abolition ; its ; but he was a pro-slavery man. The circumstances attending William Sher j man's assassination are testified to by James i Harris, of Franklin county, Kansas. Mr. Sher man was saying over night at the house ot Harris, when, on the 2ith of May, about 2 0 CiOck, Lipt. John Brown and a parly came t'.ere, ;and lifter taking some property and questioning Harris and others, Sherman was asked to walk out. Mr. Harris, in his affidavit, says: "Old man [Brown asked Mr. Sherman to go out with him, and Sherman then went out with Brown. I heard nothing more for about fifteen minutes. Two ol the 'Northern Army ' as they styled themselves, stayed with us until we heard a cap burst, and then these two men lelt. Next morning, about 10 o'clock. I found William Sherman, dead, in the creek near rnv house. I was looking for him as he had not come back, I thought he had been murdered. 1 tock William Sherman (body) out of *he creek and examined it. Mrs. Whiteir.an was with me. Sherman's skull was split open in two places, and some of his brains were washed out by the water ; a large hole was cut in his breast, and his left hand was cut off, except a little piece of skin on one side." In relation to the assassination of Jas. p Doyle, and sons, th affidavit of Mrs. Mahala Doyle, the widowed mother, is as follows MAHALA DOVLE'S DEPOSITION. The undersigned, Mahala Doyle, states on natli : lam the widow of James P. Doyle.— We moved into the Territory, that is my hus band, myself and children moved into the Ter ritory o! Kansas some time io November, A. D. lSn.% and settled upon Muskefo Creek,' about one mile horn its month, and where it empties' into Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin'county On Saturday, the 2-tth day of May, A. D. 18r>6,! about 11 o'clock at nighT, after we had all re tired, my husband, James P. Doyle, myself and ! six children— five boys and one girl. The eldest is about twenty-two years o? age • his name is William. 1 lie next is about twpntv years of age ; his name is Drury. The next is about seventeen years of age ; his name is John. The next is about thirteen years of aige ; his name is James. The next is about five years of age ; his name is Henry. We were ail in bed, when we heard some persons come into the yard, and rap at (he door, and call for Mr. Doyle, my husband. This was about 1J o'clock on Saturday night, of the 24-th ot May last.— My husband got up and went to the door. I hose outside inquired for Mr. Wilkinson, and where he lived. My husband said lie would tell them. Mr. Doyle, my husband, and seve ral came into the house, and said tbey were from the army. My husband was a proslivery man. Tbey told my husband that he and the boys must surrender they were their prisoners. ! The men were armed with pistols and large j knives. Iney first took my husband outolt.ie ; house ; then look out my sons—William and Drury out, and then took my husband and these two boys (Williapi and Drury) away. My son John was spared, because I ask*:l thein in tears, to spare him. In a short time after wards I heard the report of pi :ols ; I heard moaning as if a person was dying. Then I heard a wild whoop. They had asked before they went away for our horses. We told them that our horses were out on the prairie. My husband and two boys, my sons, did not come bacK any more. I went out next morning in search of them, and found my husband and William, my son, lying dead in the road, near together, about 200 yards from the house.— They were buiied the next day. On the day of the burying, f saw the dead body of Drury. Fear of mysell and tlie remaining children, induced me lo leave the home where we had been living. We had improved our claim a little. I left and went to the Slate of Missouri. her (Signed.) MAHALA X DOYLE. Witness, T. J. GOFOKTU. mark. STATE OF MISSOURI, j Jackson County, j ss. On the seventeenth day of June, A. D 1859, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Counly . ar.d Jtate aforesaid, Mahala Doyie, whose na.ru* I appears to the above and foregoing statement, and makes 03tb according to law, that the a ! bov,J an(l foregoing statement is true as therein set forth. Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written. THOS. J. GOFORTH, J. P. [SEAL.] Toe testimony of John Doyle confinm® that of his mother generally, and we only copy a few paragraphs : "I found my father and brother William ly ing dead about two hundred yards from the house. I saw my brother lying dead on the i ground, about one hundred and tifly yar is , from the house, in the grass near a ravine. His j fingers were cut off, and his arms cut off. His I head was cut open. There was a hole in his .breast. William's head was cut open, and a : hole was in his side. My father wa9 shot in j tiie forehead and stabbed in the breast. I have i talked often with Northern men in the Terriio i ry, and these men talk exactly like Eastern and j Northern men talk—that is, their language and j pronunciation were similar to these Eistern I and Northern men with whom we have j uiiked. An old man commanded the party.— ; He was dark complected, and his face was slim, j We had lighted the candle, and about eight of ; .iiem entered the house. There were some out ! side. The complexions of most of the eight I whom I saw in the house were of a sandy corn j piexion. My father anJ brothers weie pro i s,iVer y men, and belonged to the law ar.J order i P art y> ,> Such is old R'oivn ' If ever a man ric.hly I deserved hanging, it is this noarv-neaded villain | and cut-throat, .he blood of his victims has long enough cried out for justice and satisfaction. The Infamous Helper. It will be recollected that during the Kan sas debate we had several evening session*, at j one of which, that of the 20th of March, I was ; not present in consequence of indisposition.— | The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) |on that occasion delivered a speech, which, in , consequence of the great press of business up , n | the Globe , was not published until Friday .Ist, and my attention to it was not called until Sat urday. Among olher points made by the Sen ator, he seeks to give a faithful account of southern society—slaveholders and non-slave holders ; and as 1 presume he could not testify from personal observation and knowledge, and j as 1 suppose he preferred it, he introduces as reliable testimony exlracts from a book, enti tled "The Impending Crisis of the South," said ! to be written by a "Mr. Helper, of North Caro lina." Being informed as to this author, I am tin- J wiiling that such testimony shall go upon the j ; permanent legislative history of the country i | ai coming irom North Carolina, without pla- j | cing in the same form the character ofthe wit- j | ness. It is due to North Ca olina, it is due to j | the Senator trom Massachusetts, it is due to j the Senate and the country, j .rticularly the people of the non-slaveholding States, to ex pose to public contempt the author of a work whose position, whatever it is, probably greatly depends upon his representing himself as "of North Carolina." I feel a becoming pride that the woid ot a sorlh Carolinian is so generally considered reliable ; and, therefore, the more imperative is the duty to mark emphatically, as I propose to do on this occasion, anv one that hails from that State who slandets h"r so- ' ciety and writes in a book to deceive anJ de- ' lude others. The Senator from Massachusetts is a striking example of the dupes, thus made by this catch-penny book ; and the delusion is so strong that, without inquiry as to the char- 1 acter oi the witne.is, it is placed in permanent ' form a* evidence from North Carolina as to the j slate of southern s >cietv. 1 want to disabuse the mind of the Senator from Massachusetts, and those who read this book, as to the reliability of the authority on which he relies. Who, then, is this Mr. Hel per, of North Carolina, relied upon in the Sen ale of the Unitpd Slar.es as evidence from the South of ihe state ot's authern society ? I speak from authority that c innot be doubted. Hinton Rowan Heller, the author of the "Impending Ciisis," is a native ot Davie coun ty, North Carolina. His first appearance in active life was as a clerk of Michael Brown, a ' merchant in Salisbury, North Carolina. Mr. Brown is an elder ofthe Presbyterian church ; and after Heller removed to Salisbury he also joined the Presbyterian church, and, so far as ! was publicly known, conducted himself with propriety. After living with Mr. Brown sev eral years as clerk, it was understood at Salis bury that he formed a co-partnsrship with Mr. Coffman in the book business, and left for the North (o lay in a stock of books. II" did not return as expected, but shortly thereafter went J to California, and there, or shortly after his re- i turn, wrote a book called "Land of Gold." He returned to Salisbury about 1854, where he remained some time without any apparent business. In the summer of 1857, as is repor ted and believed, he procured surety lor, and obtained money. He, however, about that lime, ! left for the North, where he now resides, never since having leturned to North Carolina. After ' leaving North Carolina, he changed his name : from Heifer to Helper ; and it was disclosed j last year that while a clerk for Brown he pur- ' loined from him three hundred'dollars, and! altei an exposure by Brown, Heifer, making a i merrt of necessity, himielf publicly a handbill which £ have before me, this thiev- ' ing on bis part, and excuses it upon the ground ' that he was enticed to the act by some ambigti-! j ous expression ot a friend of Ins that it was i allowed tor clerks so to do ; and the further ex- J cuse that it was an indiscretion of youth, ai-j though, at the time, he was in fuil standiug in | tiie Presbyterian church, and, as he says him j ®''lf, was seventeen years of age. It is" due to the Presbyterian church to say that this man is not now a member of that church, j .Now, sir, when and why he altered his name i I know not, except he defines Helper—one who J helps himself from the purse of others without i 'heir consent : and therefore concluded the J change of name appropriate to his character.— j He is a disuonesf. degraded and disgraced man, and although—much to be regretted —a native :of the State, yet he is an apostate son, ruin-d in fortune and character, and catering to a j diseased appetite at the North, to obtain a ; miserable living, by slanders upon the I.anJ of his birth : and I deeply regret that the Senator Ironi Massachusetts lias, by a reference, so dig nified the cr-a'ure as to rend-r necessary this exposure. Such is Mr. Helper, ol North Car olina, author ot the "Impending Crisis of the South," alias Mr. Heifer, once of North Caro lina, but who has left the land ofhis birth for the good of (lie Stale. Now, sir, I would respectfully suggest to the 1 honorable Senator from Massachusetts to append ! a note to the edition of his speech, giving the true character of the author of tnis took upon 1 which he has relied : so that the read, rs ot his { speech may not be, as he has been, so ton itting ly misled b authority so degraded and unrelia ble.—Speech. of Senator [from the Huntingdon l T r.iou.] Joseph R. Flauigeu. Independence and fearlessness, when guided by a 1 ive cf truth, are noble qualities; but a reck lessness of ail honor and an utter tlisregaid cf everything that dignifies human nature, or c m- i stiluses moral character, so tar from being t:ue independence, are utimi.dukeable evidences ol ; tiie olackguard and scoundrel. In the Philadelphia Daily „Veu?s of last Sat- ! orday, we find another atlack upon the Direc tors of the Broad 'lop Railroad Company, j Joseph R. Flanigen, the abandoned editor "of i this filthy sheet, fas f,r several yeais got his' ' bread by abusing honest men, and now, like a j Jog to his vomit, he returns to his work of de- I traction. Living as wvdo un ler the very shad !ow °f Broad fop, an i having constant oppor- ! tunities of judging of the m inner and anility 1 with which the Railroad is nonaged, we (eel unwilling to remain silent under this abuse, or to permit to go unrelated slanders that aie c m- ' ctived by a mind that never had an honest thought and brought forth by a heart that nee- I er drew an honest breath. Some weeks ago, we had to ask the pardon of our readers for stir ring the slime that surrounds Joseph R. Flan igen, and we now have to repeat that request, while we hold up to their view the moral pro- i portionsoi this censor of private honesty and official integrity. "The duty of a journalist L ! a stern one, and 11 faithfully performed, will ! permit of no compromise between right and | u rong. \Y . will make Joseph R. Flanigen feel the force of his own words. Mr. L. r. Watson, the President of the Broad : Top Company, and the speiial object of F:mi- j gen s malignity, is a gentleman of unsullied : moral cnai n.ter, of honesty of purpose and ac- ; tion,and of excellent business abilities. Through i a monetary crisis such as we have never known ' here before, lie stood wtth singular Jevotedness : by tlie interests oi tffe Road, earnestly giving is tile aid of his energy and means.—Possessing in an eminent degree the confidence of the stock holders, without solicitation and even against ins desire, he has been again and again re-elec- ■ ed. And yet tti.> man is to be daily traduced by a fiend in human shape, who fattens upon i plunder and revels in detraction. Nor does th venom of Ins heart stop here. With that im- ! pudence and presumption which always show ; a Jack of brains, he attacks the whole Board, and j like the blind copper-head in the i! g-davs, he j belches his slime at every approaching obj-ct. j Abandoned socially, his moral bankruptcy bar j brought linn to cfesuitr. and as the sun givps { some ot ois b. ightesl flashes in his expiring mo- ; ments, s> his efforts at defamation become stronger as his steps in vice grow deeper, i We have remained silent on this subject as I i long as our sense of justice would permit, and we must row be pardoned for speaking of this ' creature flanigen as he deserves*. \\ t propose to Hay him rigidly in a short series of articles, and to expose the motives which promr>t his reckless assaults upon private character. fiiend, Capt. S. S. Fluck, of Hope- j well, writes us that a deer was killed in Broad : font p., a few days ago, by Mr. IVm. Lock-j j ard, which weighed 'dOGlbs. The skin, when! dry, weighed lOLbs. Broad Top is ahead in the deer line. meetings have been held in Bos j ton, Philadelphia and Hamburg, to rebuke the j sympathizers with John Brown and to reaffirm j Northern respect for Southern institutions. The meetings are unusually large, [C7 Ciov. Chase, ofOhto.is out in a declaration ii the effect that he had no knowledge of Old Btown's intention to create an insurrection a mong slaves, but admits that he contributed mo ney in aid of "freedom," in Kansas. The Gov ernor does not tell if he intends to leave the country for Canada. HEALTH IS WEALTH—(JOUT, RHEUMATISM, &- c - —Disease is indiscriminate in the selection .of its victim— the king possesses no more im j munity from the twinges of gout or neuralgia in his weather-proof palace, than the beggar from the attacks of rheumatism in his time'hat tered hovel. Wealth of itself can neither cure sickness nor preserve health—else it would be j a monopoly of the rich—on the contrary the gouty or rheumatic millionaire would wtllWlv ' exchange half his possessions for the robust con stitution of the dally laborer. To the millions whose subsistence depends on toil, health is i truly wealth, and the loss of it entails on them j the misery and sufferings which are the bane of , poverty ; but the cheapness of Holloway's Pills and Ointment obvia' e this evil by placing them wi.hm their each of, all who are exposed to the direful effects ol the weather. n M°" W n T ' S , Pll L V ND OwniMT.—"Messenger. In M H ISor_ ?***> " !a| l dealer ,n Drugs, /flfiigL jpLmd Medicines, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, Oils, Paints, Varm.be, Turner . t, ; ,e ' ,ndw Glassware, ,y c . j"', received, a arge stock of Amer.can, French '.ai Engl.sn perfumery. Also, a great variety of fir Soaps for toilet use. Toothpastes, Hai- T or Hair Dyes, that will color various shades fr™ I ight brown to a jet black, Tooth, Nail, Ha- r ShA ving d Clothes brushes, Combs, Pocket Rni've," Pockv, Books, Portmonnaies, Segar cases, Ac. ' -ALSO— Have and will keep constantly on hard, a sannly of Coal Oil, Burning fluid and Camphine, With a great variety of the most modern and best stvk; 0 * coal oil and fluid lamps. Pure Wines and Brandies for medical use, Fit voring Kxtracts and Spices ofai! sorts, Fine Se ga l, Si.utE, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. * Having the agency for ail the principal pat-nt rr.e 'icnies in use, will keep a full supply constantly on hand. 7 -ALSO— Dealer in Books, Ac., consisting of Geographical Scientific, Religious, Poetical, Historical Law' Medical, School and Miscellaneous Woiki, In con nection with a great variety of plain and fancy Stationery Cap, Note, Po-t, and Wrapping Paper, tank BOOKS, ot every s, Z e and quality, Diar.es, blank Deeds, Mortgages, Notes and Receipts. ujc-Oiuers prompily tilled and satisfaction e Ua r. aritewl, with regard both to prire and quality! C£F"Pl:y3icians' Prescriptions carefully and accu rately compounded at ail hours of the day or night Dec. 10, 1859. ' 8 -VO 7'/CEOFL\Q UISITRKY, I WHEREAS, Benjamin Ridgway, late of Southamp ton lownshi , Bedford County, dee'd., died seized oi Ihe ioiiO A reel e-late, to wit : One tract ol land containing 258 acres and a'low ance, mot- or les*, surveyed on a warrant in his name dated 27:1. February, J797, adjoining the j Maryland line, Andrew Colt in. and o tne, s> tad , lt . j uate in said Township of Southampton, leavin" U j sue eight children, to wit : Prise.Hi, intermarried ! with Jorin R. Dye, residing in .Monroe County Ohm. whose interest is owned by Petitioner, Jacob j bernhard, Esq., F.lizabeth, intermarried with Peter Beaver, residing in the same county and State Ma ; ry Ann, intermarried with Enoch Dye, residing in I same county an I State, whose interest al-o belong, to Petitioner, James Ridgway, Nancy Dye, residing in same county and State, Joseph Ridgway and Ben jitnin Ridgway, residing in Monroe County, Ohio ; ai ro the issue of Amos Ridgway and Rachel Ed ward-, to wit : Harriet, Nancy, Mary, and Annie, caihlren oi Amos, residing i.i Washington county Ohio, and Benjamin resid-ng in M -nroe county', Missouri, Elsie, Nathan, Edward, .Mary, Rache'l Catharine, Elizabeth and Angelina, residmo in Uaahington county, Oh lo , children of Rachel Ed warns, deceased ; Notice is, therefore, hereby given that in piiru a::ce ot a writ of Partition, or valuation, to me di rected. 1 will proceed to bold an Inquisition, or va.uation, on the premises, on Wednesday, the ISta day of January, nexr, when and w here ai* intere ted may attend, if they see proper. Sheriff s Olii.e, Be ll I WM. S. FLCXE. ford, Dec. 16tn, 1859. | Sheriff". appjiai^: NOTICE is hereoy given to the taxable inhalr tar.ts of Bedford county, tnat th* a • ais will b held by the C omn issioners, at the Comm-.sioner' orf.ee, .n the Porough ol Bedford, on the davs s-r --etfied, to wit : * !• or the Township- of Hopewell, St. Clair, Unbr, Middle and South Woodherry, on Monday/she s.h day of January next. F-r the Townships of East and West Providence Snake pring, Liberty, Monroe and Broad Ton on i uesJay.Jfhe 10th day of Jan., next. For the Townships of Colerain, Cumberland Vat ley, Harrison, Londonderry and Southampton, on Wednesday, the 11th day of January next. For the Town-nip- of Bedford. Juniata, Napier and the Boroughs of Bedford and Scbell-bur-, on Than day, the 12th uay of January, next. When and where all permt.s.or corporators, fee!- ing th'inselves aggrieved at the eui.cneration and valuation of th*ir taxable property, are requested to attend and state their grievances! for redrtas ac cord;"g to iaw. Attest : "j C.EVANS, IE NICUDEMI.S, Clerk. J. BECK! CF, Commissioners' Office, ' \V. NE I ' AhhihV, December loth, 1553. ] Cotnrrdssioneri, TIIrISLY WOTICiT r s>pgS!s as PisbKisSaed I M\ BOOKS will be rea-.ly for settl-mei t on, cr before the Ist of January, next. All interested will please take not ice and square their account! by CASH or NOTE, lam in debt lor many of ;ne goods roid. Ihe debts must be paid, and though 1 an is till .o those who have allowed me to make a percentage of! them, they will please prepare in time to help foot the city accounts of WM. HARTLEY. Dec. 16, 1559. Notice to Collectors of 1959. iiE. Military Board ot Auditors of the Ist Bri- PV D,vlslon P* M., will meet at the House oi ( el. . ohn Hafer, in HedforJ, on tbt 4th day of January, 1860, at 10 o'clock A. M., at which time the Collectors of Taxes for 1859, will please be present with theii exonerations, Ac., for said year, properly authenticated, in order that th Board of Auditors may adjust and make all abate ment! ot ihe Military I axes of said year. A. J. SANSOM, Brigade liip?cfor. Bugade, 16th Division, P. M. Dec. 10, 1859. Notice to Creditor?. LETTERS testamentary having been granted ! >f the Register of Bedford county, to the un designed, upon the Ks tate of Frederick Rice, e payment and tho-e having claims AIL KOAD ELECTION.—An A 1 Election will be held a? the Rail Road Office i" Bedford, for fne election of a President and 12 directors lor said Company,on Monday, the 9fh day ot . auiiury, 1860, between the hours of one and four ° clo ck, P. M., ol which the Stockholders will taks notice. JNO. P. REED. Dec. ICth, 1899. Secretary. iDMINIST RAT Oiks NOTlCE.—Lettera of admin istration having been granted to the subscriber, re-iding in Napier Township, upon the E-tate of John Ellis, late of said tow nship, deceased, he call* upon all persons indebted lo come forvva'd and make payment immediately, and alt having claims a gainst the estate, are requested to mane the same properly authenticated for settlement. HENRY TAYLOR, Dec. Ifl, 1559. Administrator. Notice. ALL person* knowing themselves iod bted to tha subscriber on Note or Book account, or otherwise, are hereby notified that their accounts will be pl ced n the hands of tha proper officers for rcllsctwi unless paid by tha first of February, r'xt. MICHAEL LI7TZ. Dec. 16, 18.19. *