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<l f r * of 'he Kidneys, stone and gravel.
In all diseases affecting these organs, whether they
secrele tco much or too little ater, or affl.cted whh
olar® the g^V! ' acl l e t an(l P 4 ' ll * sell led in the loins
over the regions of the kidneys, more benefit mav
be aenved in twenty tour hours by the „ f . „f these
med ernes than would in six months by any other
merit"! th i OinN
ment be rubbed on the small of the i.ack over the
kidneys it wiM quickly penetrate and give instant
relief; bot perseverance is necesaar? to effect
rare Six or e.;htP,lis should be taken nightly
aecord.ng to circumstances. A trial of these reme
dies writ be attended with satisfactory results
DIILOS AM) BOOKS 9
€. REARER,
1 Juliana Street, Bedford, r a .
Ie Slaad fwn'rty occupied by Or. f r
Reamer.)
\I HOLEBALE and re- Wrs>_
?***> " !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, <!ec"d.
ate ot Cumberhnd Valley, to., ail.perscns indebted
to san. Estate ore hereby notified to make im.ne
> e payment and tho-e having claims <vi!| present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
TW .a . FRANCIS A. RICE,
Dec, Id. 1559 f
_ ' Executor.
V Odicc**" l " i i'.c annual of
A of the Huntingdon and Broad
lop , lountain Rail Road and Coal Company, will be
End at the office of she Company, on Tuesday, Iba
lOta day of January, 1860, at 11 o'clock, A. M.,
when an election will be held for a President and
t-veive Directors for the ensuing year.
n ,e L „ J- P. AERTSEN,
I.ec. lGlh.-3t. Secretary.
|>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. *