voLini:..
NEW SERIES.
JACOB SEED, G. W. RUFP, J.J SCHELL.
REED, REPP & SCHELL.
BANKERS & DEALERS IN EX
CHANGE,
BEDFORD, PENN'A.
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made
and money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
REFERENCES.
HON. JOB .MANN, Bedford, Fa.
<• JOHN CESSNA, U
JOHN MOWER, "
R. FORWARD, Somerset, •
BINN, RAIGUEI. & Co., Phi!
J. WATT & Co., Pittsbur
J. W. CURLEY, &. Co..
~~<£ommotttt'ealtl) insurance (fempann.
T'MON BUILDINGS, THIRD STREET,
HARRISBURG, PA.
CHARTERED CAPITAL, $300,000.
Insure buildings or other property against
loss or damage by Fire.
ACAiNST PERILS OF THE SEA. INLAND NAVI
GATION 80 TRANSPORTATION
DIRECTORS :
BIHON CAMERON, GEO. M. LAUMAN, WM. DOCK,
JAMES FOE, GEO. BERGNER, BENJ. PARKE,
WM. H. KEPNER, A. B. WAP-FORD, W. F. MCRRT,
F. K. BOAS, J. H. BKK&VHU.L, VV. F- PACKER,
£U SURER.
OFFICERS :
SIMON CAMEROX, PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN PARKE, Vice-President,
B. S. CARRIER, "secretary.
J. W. LINGF.NFKLTER, Agent,
Bedford, Pa. Office on
Oct. 21, 18.19.-ly.
Pennsylvania Ausuvwue Compann
OF PITTSBURGH,
OFFICE, NO C 3 FOURTH STREET.
Capital And Surplus over $150,000.00.
DIRECTORS.
JACOB PAINTER, C. A. CCLTON, N. VOF.CIITLY,
ROPY PATTERSON, .1. A. CARRIER, i. G. srr.ouL.
HEN R V Sr-ROUL, A. J. JONES, G. V.'. SMITH,
WADE HAMPTON, ROB'T PATRICK, J. H. HOPKINS?
This Compaay has paid losses from The date ol
its incorporation in 1854, up to May, 185?, to a
mcunt ol $302,835, 07, in addition to regular semi
annual Dividends of fromM to 15 per cent affording
.vidence of its stability and useiuiness.
LOSSES LIBERALLY" ADJUSTED, AND
PROMPTLY' PAID.
A. A. CARRIER, Pres r f. I. G. SPROUT., Sec'y-
J. J. Lingenfeite-, Agent. Office at BedfV-.-d PJ
September 2, lSj9.-Iyr.
CESSNA! SUAYYOY-
H.WE formed a
Partnership in the Practice ol the Law. Office
nearly opposite the Gazelle Office, where one
or the other may at all tim<-s be found.
Bedford, Aug. I, 1859.
JOHX;P REED—
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDITiRn, PA.
Respectfully lenders his services to the. Public
second door North of the Mengel
House.
Dedfjrd, Aug. 1. 1899.
Oil. larriiKß—
. ATTORNEY AT'LAW, BELFOUP, FA ,
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his care. Office on Pitt street, two
doors east of the Gazette office. He will also
attend to any surveying business that may be
entrusted to him. [Nov. 4, '59.]
F C. DICKEY
fj • Law.tPittsburg, Pa.
WILL attend promptly tc all businiss en
trusted to his care.
July 1, 1859.-Iy.
piiiMiei!
9J GUNSMITH, BEDFORD, PA.
Shop at the east end of the town, one door west
of the residence of Major Wasbabaugh.
AII guns of my own manufacture warranted.
May 21/98.
QAMCEL KETTRRMAY
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
WOULD hereby notifiy the citizens ot Bed
ford county, that he has moved to the Borough
of Bedford, where he may at all times be i
found by persons wishing to see him, unless
absent upon business pertaining to hi? office.
April 16, 1858.-tf.
"ITAN 8 sTSPAYG -
JJ/\_ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, TA. j
THE undersigned have associated themselves in
the Practice of the Law, ai d will attend promptly j
Jo all business entrusted to their care in Bcdtord j
•ud adjoining counties.
Z¥~ Office on .'u'ianna Street, three doors south
of the ''Mengel House,"opposite the residence of
11%. Tate. JOB MANN
Aug. 1, 1559. G. H. SPANG.
FWLIYGEYFELTER—
-1) • ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND LAND SURVEYOR.
Will attend tvilh promptness to all business
entrusted to his care.
WILL TEACTICS IN Benrop.D AND FULTOS COUNTIES.
ufOtfics three doors North of the '•lnquirer"
Office.
DR B. FTHAEHT—'
RESPECTFULLY tenders
bis professional services to the citizens ot Bed
ford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the
Gilding formerly occupied by Dr. John Hofius.
Aug. 1, 1859.
DR. F. C. REAMER ~
RESPECTFULLY begS
lve to tender his Professional Services to the
Uitizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office io Julianna Street, at the Drug
"ID Book Stores Awg. 1, 1859.
IKcdforri Hotel.
X> AND GENERAL STAGE OFFICE
The subscriber respectfully begs leave to an
nounce to his old friends and the public gener
ally, that he has leased the Bedford Hotel, a
present in the occupancy of Col. Adam Barn
hart, and will take possession on the Ist day o
April next. It is not his des rn to make jnanj
professions as to what he will do, but he pledge;
! bis word that his most energetic efforts will b<
employed to render comfortable all who giv<
him a call. The House will be handsome'}
fitted up, and none hut careful and attentive
servants will be engaged. Persons visiting th.
. Bedford Springs, as well as those attending
I Court, and the travelling community general
ly, are respectfully invited to give him a cal
and judge for themselves.
take'n by the week, month, 01
year, on favorable terms.
Ample and comfortable stabling is at
tached to this Hotel, which will always he at
tended by a caieful hostler. Also, a safe and
convenient carriage house.
| A/! the STAGES stop at this Hotel.
JOHN HAFER.
j March 16, 1855,
MRS. IT PUTTS
HAS just returned from the cities with a large
and full assortment of
WINTER GOODS,
. consisting
of Frencn Me
rino Valencias, Thib
et Cloths, of all shades, all
wool Delaine Robes, Silks of all
styles, handsome Silk Robes, with dou
ble skirts, efegant Winter Cloaks, Velvet
Bonnets, and an endless assortment of GAY
SI LIC BONNETS, trimmed and tin
trimmed, libbons and plumes, and
French Flowers, with a
general assortment oI
ail kinds of
goods.
Bedford, Nov. 4-th, 1559.
OI.IVF.R C. CLARK. SAM'LHTJIALLER
0. (. CLARK & CO.,
Flour, Feed, Grocery and Frduce
Store.
Central Street, next door above Lutheran
Church, Cumberland, Md.
A well selected stock is now open and offered
j t > families and country dealers, consisting of
!■ >mi'y Extra, avrl Superfine Flour, Corn Meal,
i C it r.ud Rue Chopper/, Short.*, Ship Stuff and Jiran.
.\ to/' Orienns, Porto Rico, AJusrovirJ * and
t.*r-prr-a, CxohA~n. rrri ,X. //. Afolasses,
Imperial, Yrutiig Hi/*on and lllor-l Tea, Java rind
Rio Cvffte of the I,at yrrali'y. All hind* of Spices.
Pickles in barrets owl jars, Cant/lcs, Soap,
Mackerel and Herring, Hater, Sugar, Soda,
Edinburg Sf Ginger Crackers, Peaches, Straw
berries, Pine Apple and Green Corn,put up in
cans expressly for family use. A etinire lot of
Liquors, consisting of Wines, Brandies, Rum
atul Whiskey, selected with care. Tobacco
and Segats of various kinds. With a variety
of other articles usually found in store.
Additions to the above stock will be frequent
ly made so as to keep up a general assortment,
and aa dealers are invited to call before pur
chasing elsewhere. All kinds of grain and
country produce bought for cash, or in ex
change fur good".
Cumberland, April S, 1559.
OIN"DRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
THE subscrbers having formed a partnership
under the style of "Dock in AscLom" tor th* pur
pose of conducting a general
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
business in the establishment recently erected by
Giiltnrd Dock, in Hopewell, Bedford co-inTy,ar row
prepared to execute oiders for CAST/XCS AND
MACHINERY of everv description. 1 hey will
build to order steam-engines, coal and drilt-cars, ;
hor-" powers and threshii g marhines—;il-o, casting
of every kind tor furnaces, forges, saw, grist and
roUing mills, ploughs, water-pipe, columns, house
fronts, bracke s, itc., Kc.
They are also, now making a fine assortment of
STOVES of various kinds ol the latest patterns and
mo-f approved style-, including several s-zes of
COOK STOVES of the best make, he-.ting stoves I
for chinches, offices, bar-rooms, Ike.
A full assortment of Stoves will be kept constant- j
!y on band, and sold at wholesale and retail, at
prices to suit the times, and quality, warranted
aqnal to the best Eastern make. Machinery of all ;
kinds repaired promptly. Patterns made to order.
GILLIARD DOCK,
C. \Y. ASCHOM.
Nov. 11; 1859
npo MIL LOW NERS!—
S. D. PROAD has made Schellsbnrg his perma
rent residence, and is prepared to dp all kinds o
work in the Mill Wright line, on the most appro
ved and durable plans, and reasonable terms.
fie has on hand the most improved Smut and '
Screening Machines. Mill Brushes, Anchor Boltir.g
Clc'hs, both new and old, at city prices. Mill Burs
can be procured from him and snipped to any point.
Also—Agent for MeCormick's Reaper and Mower
for Bedford ana Blair Counties.
S. P. BROAD.
gchellsburg, Bedford Co., f
March 4, 1859. }
incrkant'iie Jusuranre (trust (fo.
CAPITAL Stock, $300,000.
COMPANY'S BUILDING, WALNUT STREET,
5. E. CORNER O" FOURTH, Pit II.A OF. t.FHt A .
LIFE insurance at tne usual mutual rates, at about
. 20 per cent less, or at total abstinence rates, at the
1 lowest in the world.
j J.C.SIMS, A. WHILLDIN,
Secretary. President.
JOHN J. SCHELL, Agent,
! Jan. 27, 1800. Bedford, Pa.
HPO BUI LP ERS.—
X The subscriber is fully
' preprred to furnish any 'quantity or quality
of Building Lumber and Plastering Laths. —
.Orders directed to St. Clairsville, Bedford
County, will be promptly attended to, by
giving a reasonable notice.
F. D. BEEGLE.
BEDFORD, PA„ FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1860.
! HUNTINGDON and BROAD TOP R. R.
ptfgQ
On and after Monday, November 14th, THE
PASSENGER TRAIN, BETWEEN HUN
TINGDON AND HOPEWELL, will I*- ,
i and arrive as follows :
Leave HUNTINGDON for HOPEWELL, at
' 7.40 A.M.
i Leave HOPEWELL for HUNTINGDON, at
10 20 A. M.
Connecting at HUNTINGDON with MAIL
TRAIN EAST AT 1. 10 P. M., and arriving
jin PHILADELPHIA at 10. 25 P. M. The
train from HUNTINGDON, at 7 40 A.! M.',
connects with EXPRESS TRAIN WEST on
j PENN'A R. R.
J. J. LAWRENCE,
Huntingdon, Nov. 15,'59. So'pt.
1 BLOODY RUN FOUNDRY I
] ) AND MACHINE SHOP.
THE subscribers are now prepared at thei
| Foundry in Bloody Run, tofiil all orders for Castings
j of every description for
GRIST *?A7) SJIW-.MILLS, THRESHL"#?
i MACHINES, APPLE MILLS, PLOUGHS an*
all things else in our line that may be needed in tjjis
or adjoining counties.
\Ve manufactureThreehing Machineof2, 4 or
Horse Cower, WARRANTED equal if not superioi
j to any made m the State. We keep constantly on
! hand a full assortment of Wood Cock, Plug and
i Hillside Ploughs, WARRANTED fo give satisLc
j tion. or no sale. Points, shares and land sides to tit
ail Woodcock, or Seyler ploughs in the county.
Farmers' Bells, Ploughs arid Castings of our make
; may be had at the store of
Wm. Hartley, in Bedford,
Sonderbaugh & Pee, East Providence Tp.,
John Nycum & Son, " "
Times being hard, we oiler great inducements to
Farmers and iMechanics to buy of us.
All kinds of repairing done in a n-at and substan
tial manner and all work warranted. Call arid ex
amine our castings and work and judge tor your
seives. Our agents sell at foundry prices.
JOSIAH BAUGHMAN k BRO.
March 26, 1P. r .S.
Oilier.
Complying with the urgent request ol hun
dreds of their patient?,
DRS. C. M. FITCH S. J. W. SIKES,
Have concluded to remain
PERMANENTLY IN PITTSBURGH,
and may he consulted at their office,
JVO. 191 PEW STREET,
Opposite St. Clair Hotel,
Daily, except Sundays for Consumption, .'hfh
ma., Brontkins, and aft other Chronic Complaint*,
complicated with or causing pulmonary diseases, * -
rttiding- Catarrh, Heart Disease, Affeetions of the
fiver, Dyspepsia, Gastritis, J'rntale Complaint, 're.
DM*. FITCII d" FIKES, snoutd stale, that i tir
treatment of funs" •' I niton st-.r' et put
♦/.„ a'i (nis* err*'* the btoo-t and s>/*t ,n ttt.lt 1
both before find during its development in the longs, I
and they therefore employ Mechanical, Hygienic and
M'dtcinal Inhalations, which they value highly, hut
only as Palliatives, ( having no Curative effect when
used alone,) and Invalids are earnestly cautioned a
gainst wasting the precious tune of enruhility on any
treatment based upon the plausible,hnl false idea that
the 'treat of the disease, can he reached in. a direct
manner ly Inhalation," for as before stated, the seat
of the disease is in the blood and its effects only in j
tht lungs.
£g-NO CHARGE FOR
A list of questions trill be sent to those, wishing to
Consult us by letter. (April, Sf.'ti).l y
riEDFORD CLASSICAL INSTITUTE,
i >
REV. Joux Lvon, )
T. Lyttle TON LVON, A. M., ] 1 |
THE Spring session of this institution will open !
on Friday, the 17 day cf February 18G0. j
It is tbe design of the Principals, to make this i
Academy, in all respects, a first class Institution,
for (he thorough instruction of vouth of both sexes,
and to prepaie them for any profession or position
in life.
Tne high moral ai d scientific tone of the school
is well known to this community, and a strict disci
pline will be enforced.
A few boys, (the number is limited To ten,) will
be received into the family of the Principals, as 1
boarders.
The beauty of the scenery and the salubrity of j
the climate render Bedford a most desirable loca
tion Jnr such a school.
Persons from abroad, visiting at the Springs, can
be near their children during the summer.
It is desirable that pupils should enter at (he com
mencement of tbe session, and no pupil will be re
ceived for le.s than one quarter.
I S'2no per year, including boarding,
Tcrms. v washing, fuel, light, and Tuition in all
f the branches.
Terms for dav scholars :
o . rs .... j st>- —English Branches.
Per Quarter. ' rA , , c
4 §>,..00, Classical do &c.
June 10, *r9.
Gi ROGERY AND
r COXFECTIO N A R Y.
THE undersigned has just leceived and keeps
constantly on hand the following articles :
Cotlee, suear, molasses, cheese, crackers, currants,
prunes, raisins, figs, almonds, filberts, cocoa nqts,
ground nuts, pecans, Eng. walnuts, cream nuts, can
dies in variety, oranges, lemons, tobacco and cigars,
allspice and pepper, spices of all kinds, baking so
da. cream of tartar, sulphur, brimstone, canister
and keg powder, shot, caps and lead, grain and grass
scythes, whetting tools, wash tubs and boards, in
digo, extract logwood, copperas, alum and madder,
oil, poiisb and Mason's blacking, sweeping, dusting
stove, shoe and scrubbing, brushes, clothes, hair,
tooth and flesh brushes, hat and infant brushes, hair
oils and perfumery, purses and port monaies, pock
et and memorandum books, bonnet and round gum
combs, "ridding" and fine combs, brfcelets and
beads, pens, pen-holders, penknives, scissors, knife
sharpeners, umbrellas, suspenders, spool cotton and
Boss, cloct.es, small looking glasses, violins, violin
strings, toy watches, watch chains, curry combs,
ranis, horse brushes, shoe-thread, pegs and spara
bles, Johnson's Arabian Liniment, Rock and Little's
White Oil, Merchant's celebrated Gargling Oil, for
man or beast, and many other articles of a similar
nature. Tbe patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited.
A. L. DF.FIBAUGH.
June 17,'59.-Iy.
G~ 1 REAT WESTERN INS
JT TRUST COMPANY.
Capital and available assets, over $300,000
Fire, Inland and Marine Cargo risks taken on
the most favorable terms.
C. C. LATHROP, Pres'l.
JAMES WRIGHT, Sec'v.
fang. 15,*56.] JOHN P. REED, Agent.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
GREAT TARIFF SPEECH,
DELIVERED BY
HENRY D. FOSTER,
IN CONGRESS, DECEMBER 18TII, 1844.
[From the Congressional Globe.]
MR. FOSTER, after adverting to the unex
pected and hasty manner in which the bill (to
remit the duties on railroad iron) had been
brought forward, and remarking that Pennsyl
vania bad been accustomed to consider the tar
ifi'question as one to be treated on general prin
ciples, proceeded to express his regret that his
colleague [Mr. E. Joy Morris) had alluded to
the recent canvass in Pennsylvania as he had
done. As a member of this House from Penn
sylvania, as a native of Pennsylvania, he felt
proud of that great State ; and he would not
allow himself, here or elsewhere, as his col
league had done, to cha-ge the people of Penn
sylvania with acting under false or fraudulent
motives nn the subject of the tariff. If the
whig party had carried the State. Mr. F. es
teemed that part v so highly, that, before the na
tional legislature, he would not have been found
making such a charge. He knew the manner
in which the canvass had been conducted ; and
when the gentleman came fo speak of it, as it
had been carried or. in his [Mr. Foster's] coun
ty, and to declare that the people had acted un
der such influences, he had mistaken them.—
They had acted under no delusion. The tariff
qu s'ion was the one which, in the late canvass
in Pennsylvania, had deeply agitated ".he pub
lic mind. They had been told by their whig
friends there, and generally throughout the
country,that, by the election ot Mr. Polk, the
iron and coal interests of Pennsylvania were to
| be trodden down ; but he had declared to them
that the profession that the whig party were
the only friends to the protection of the iron
interest of Pennsylvania, was hollow and un
j sound, that at the last session of Congress, in
the Senate of Hie United States, the first blow
at the iron interest, had sprung from a member
1 of the whig party from Maine ; and although a
I distinguished Senator from Georgia had made a
; pilgrimage to Pennsylvania to tell the people of
\ ttiat State that protection to that great interest
j could only be looked for from the whig party,
I yet when they turned to the Journal of the Sen
atp, they found the vote of that Senator recor
ded against the tariff of 1842, and in favor of
the bill of ihe gentleman from Maine, to reduce
the duty ou railroad iron. Had he been mis
taken when lie had told the people of his State
that for a fair, equitable, honorable adjustment
of the fat iff system, they must not rely oo the
whig party alone ? What did w<U*sd£ "now a
kibe first rnovemen 4 'k* r""""" 1 <">cinn of at- ,
tacking tne great interests ol Pennsylvania,
did it come from the Democracy of the North,
the South, the East or the West? No; but
from a prominent whig member of this House.
Now, when his colleague undertook to sav ttiat
170,000 of the people of Pennsylvania had
been deluded, he told him that he did not know
that peiple. Had the gentlenran cor.finedfhis re
marks to the people of his own district, it was |
very probable that lie might have some perso- ;
nal reasons therefor. But the people of Penn- j
sylvania had had all the lights of the people of j
the wholeT.'nion ; a four horse wagon would not 1
hold all til" documents thrown into that one di-- j
Iricl by whig writers and orators.—But he was :
sorrv, as he had observed, that his colleague bad j
dtagged before this assembly, any question of!
this kind : neither he nor any other man who j
might have attempted it at the last election, had i
been successful in misleading the people itpo.n j
the question of the tariff*, or any other. The
question of protection of the iron interest, was
one deeply felt by Pennsylvania. It might not,
perhaps, be known to this House, that in Penn
sylvania alone, tlmre was one establishment, in
the Western part ot the State, where they could
manufacture railroad iron to the amount of be
tween 80 to 100 tons per week. Mr. F. also
referred to one or two other establishments
which were manufacturing to a like extent.
They bad been told by the gentleman Irom j
South Carolina [Mr. Holmes] that Pennsyiva-I
nia at one time introduced large quantities ol j
imported railroad iron. For ten years prior to j
1841, railroad iron had been admitted free ofj
duty. Then no railroad iron had been manu
factured in the Union, then no capital had been
invested in this country in its manufacture.—
But, let him toll the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, that Pennsylvania, when she did import
that railroad iron free of duty, paid twelve dol
lars more per ton than she could now manufac
ture it for. It had been free of duty for ten
vears ; foreigners then had control of the whole
market ; domestic competition there was none.
Then she had paid sixty dollars per ton for
railroad iron ; and he pledged himself here that
her manufacturers were ready to contract now,
where contracts could be made, at forty eight
dollars per ton.
MR. HOLMES interposed, and asked if he
understood the gentleman to say that the T tail
cculd now he obtained herein any quantity?
MR. FOSTER replied in the affirmative.
MR. HOLMES. Well, I will take a con
tract of the gentleman. lam authorized to do
so bv the railroads.
[Several voices: "Draw writings." Laugh
ter.]
MR. HOLMES. The gentleman will fur
nish it at S4B per ton, free of duty ?
MS. BUFFINGTON replied that contracts!
could be made, and would be willingly made,
at SSO per ton.
MR. HOLMES. The T iron?
MR. BUFFINGTON. Any iron.
The conclusion of the bargain was not heard
by the reporter ; but
MR. PHOENIX came foiward and was un
derstood to say that he would be glad to takp a
quantity of the gentleman's iron at the price he
had staled. [Laughter.]
Mr. FOSTER continued. The establishments
in Pennsylvania and in Maryland were alrea
dy prepared to make large contracts for the fur- 1
ntsning of railroad iron. But had not the gen- '
tleinan from South Carolina, who yesterday had '
, defended this bill with so much warmth, told '
them that he was willing the tariff should be so
srranged as to yield sufficient revenue for the
government, and that all he asked, and many
other gentlemen who agreed with him, was to
bring the tarifl to a revenue standara ? Was
he to understand the gentleman from South
Carolina now that he wished railroad iron to
come in free of duty I Was that the revenue*
standard which the gentleman from South Car
olina, and those who acted with him, were dis
posed to make? He was glad that the gentle
man from South Carolina had thus earlv given
them information as fo the course he intended
to pursue as to the question of the tariff. The
gentleman went for a revenue standard of du
ties : would the gentleman tell him how much
railroad iron it would be necessary to import
under the provisions of this bill, to raise reve
nue sufficient for government ? To-morrow the
gentleman might tell his friend from New Eng
land that ''the revenue standard" upon cotton
goods amounted to the same a? it did in the
gentleman's action on iron ; and he might make
a similar declaration to gentlemen from New
\ork, and from other Stales engaged in the
manufacture of salt, iron, wool, cotton, and su
gar. Although the gentleman professed to be
in favor of a "revenue duty," he (Mr. F.) should
tell the people of his State, at feast, that the
gentleman, by his action, was in favor of hav
ing foreign iron come in duty free.
All that Pennsylvania asked was a fair, hon
est settlement of this great question ; sue wan
ted it adjusted in some manner to give security ,
to her citizens. She always maintained file
doctrine that the majority were to rule, and that
their laws were made to be submitted to. From
1833 to 1842—a period during which ail her
industrial pursuits had been stricken down by
the opeiation of the compromise act— no arm
had been raised there in defiance of the author
ity of this government : but daily and hourly
they saw the whole of these interests going to
decay and destruction ; and they waited until !
the appeal made to the patriotism and good sense i
of the American people prevailed in the pas-j
sage of the tariff of 1842, under which all her j
interests were beginning to revive and look up. j
She now occupied the same position she had j
occupied be lore the passage ol the compromise
act of 1833. The principle of the tariff of 1842, 1
as far as related to the manufacture of iron, of
any description, or of every description, was
not too high.
He would sfßte it a" a reproach to the A
inerican character, that, in his own State, for
eign railroad iron had been laid down within
•J* inches ofhe finest beds of iron in th world.
Such iron abounded in Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Tennessee, and New Jersey ; and yet foreign
railroad iron had hitherto bern" imported, and
laid down on all our railroads. He wanted to
see the tune arrive when, by the perfection of
machinery, by the increased skill and by the in
creased capital of Pennsylvania, they would be
j able to successfully compete with foreigners
| without any protection at all. He knew"that
; the time would come ; but he would tell gen
| tiemen from the South that it never would"ar
rive unless adequate protection was given to
i our great interests in t he beginning. To show
[ the beneficial effects of protection, he would
mention that in IS3S, *39, and *4d, when rail
road iron was brought in free of duly, and when
it was imported largely in all the States, it rose
up 50 and 60 per cent : but now, since the tar
iff of 1840, it can be bought 12 per cent chea
per than it was in 1835 '39, and '4O. He was
reallv sorrv to see his friend from South Caro
lina [MR. HOLME.-] fall into the arms of a coali
tion, which he believed had already begun be
tween some of the gentlemen of the South and
of New England ; but let him tell the New
England gentlemen, that if they deserted Penn- j
sylvania, and threw themselves into the arms j
of the gentleman from South Carolina, they '
must not expect the aid of the former when j
their own interests are in danger. Pennsyiva- j
nia voted for and with them in the protection j
of their cotton and woollen manufactures; and j
he would ask them who it was that passed the !
tariff of 1842, by which such ample prWe?)ion '
was afforded to the important interests ol New- i
Eogiand ? When— let him ask the gentleman
ot New England—did Pennsylvania ever falter
on the question of protecting domestic industry?
Why then, when an attempt was made to strike
down at one olow her most important and vital
interests, should it be countenanced by those to
whom Pennsylvania had always given her sup
port? Why was it, when Pennsylvania was
alone singled out from all the other States, and i
her interests set up as a mark to b shot a', that j
he iound some of his friends from New England
joining in the attack? If they were disposed!
to desert Pennsylvania now, let them not here- j
after say, whatever the action of Pennsylvania j
mav be in regard to a tariff, that she has cI-'st- j
ted Ihem. It the majority of that Home thought j
the duty on railroad iron, or any kind of iron,
was too high, why, let it be reduced in a gen
eral bill; but when they were asked to strike
down this important interest, not for the sake of
the farmer, or the mechanic, but tor the sake of
large corporations, then he hoped they would
pause and consider whether they would be con
sulting the interests of the country in adopting
the measure. He was glad that thus early in the
session a prominent member of the whig party
had brought forward a measure that would show
the people how far they were willing to pro
tect their interests, while they would exempt
from taxation wealthy incorporated companies,
and impose its burdens on Ihe industry of the
country. He wanted to know, and Pennsyl
vania wanted to know, if there was a disposi
tion in that House to strike down her most im
portant interests, while the interests of other
portions of the Union were U ft untouched : and i
he wanted the vote on this bill to decide that 1
question. As he observed before, he trusted
there was no disposition in any part of the House
to sanction a measure such as this. Had the
WHOM: M WISER, 389.1.
introducer* of this m-asure given, or could they
igiip, anv" reason why railroad iron should come
in tree ot dutv, in preference to cotton or wool
•en goods ? Had they given any reason why it
! "honKl come in free in preference lo cotton bag
ging ? He knew (hat he might listen in vain
,f j? good reason that could be given for the
passage ot (his bill. It might be that this ques
tion would come up in a general bill while he
was a member of the House, and then he would
be ready to meet it on its merits : but if the tar
-1 uas 3tfacked in this manner in detail,
according to what the gentleman trom South
Carolina [Ala. HOLMES] avows as his cherished
policy, where would it end? To-day the at
tack was on railroad iron, and next week the
! assault might be on woollen or cotton goods,
i hen salt, and next the sugar of Louisiana and
| |" ad 01 Missouri would be attacked in detail.
! He was not in lavor of going behind the bushes
! and attacking (he tariff in detail. If it could
j not be sustained as a system, why, let it go down
; and if that policy which the country had cher
j ished above all others couid not be sustained in
ail its parts, he was for letting it all fall togeth-
THE SIEGE OF U;H \ IRFZ \
THE CAUSE OF THEJCAPTITRF. OF THE MEX
ICAN STEAMERS.
AMERICAN VESSELS OK WAR FIRST FIRED INTO
BT THE MEXICANS.
Washington, .March 20.—Commander Minor
oFthe Gulf Naval Squadron, telegraphs to the
Naw Department, Irom the Southwest Pass,
' that Gen. Miram m corcmenced the siege of Vera
Cruz on (tie 5th v arid that on the sixth, General
I Marin appeared before the city with two stea
mers. These steamers not showing color?,
Commander Turner, of the Saratoga, with de
tachments from the Savannah and Preble, "pro
ceeded in steamers Indianola and Wave, to the
auchorage of Clen. Marin's sl-amers, off Anton
Lizardo, to ascertain their character. Upon ap
proaching. one was moving off, and a shot was
• fired ahead and the Indianola was sent to over
: haul her. Tne hail of the latter was answered
j by the Gen. Miramon with a fire of guns and a
i volley of musketry. The Saratoga then fired a
| broadside, and thp action became general. It
j resulted in the capture of both Gen. Mann's stea
mers, with himself and a large number of mea.
j The prizes were ordered to New Orleans.—
The Preble is soon expected, with Matin and
the bulk of the prisoners on board. The loss is
slight.
The language held at the Navy Department
concerning Miramon's vessels which have been
taken off Vera Cruz by our navy is, that they
were p'ratical in their character, as they show
ed no flags, and were not recognized as Mexi
can by the Juarez government. The vessels
could not have been captured under any instruc
j tions to resist a blockade bv them, as they, did
not make an attempt at blockading.
FURTHER DETAILS.
New Orleans, March 20.—The following de
rails of the encounter in the Gulf of Mexico be
: 'ween the Home Squadron and Marin's Havana
j Expedition have been received.
As has been before stated, Miramon eommen
cee the siege of Vera Cruz on the sth day of
| March.
i On the next day, two steamer? appeared be-
I (ore the city, showing no colors.
The United States sloop-of-war, Saratoga,
with detachments from the Savannah and Preb
| ie, on the steamers Indianola and Wave, were
I ordered by Commander Jarvis to proceed to the
anchorage of the steamers, and ascertain their
character.
Upon nearing their rnchorag®, ofTAnlou Li
zardo. one ol the vessels moved off. A shot
was filed to bring her to, and the Indianola sent
to overhaul her.
[Another despatch says, Capt. Turner sent a
boat with a fiag, to demand the nationality ot
the steamers, when *the boat was fired upon
twice. The engagement then commenced.]
The Indianola's hail was answered by a shot
from the steamer Gen. Miramon's guns, follow
ed by a volley of musketry, whereupon the
Saratoga fired a broadside into her, and the ac
tion became general, but was soon decided in
favor of the Americans.
The engagement was a spirited one.
Commodore Marin and his men were taken
prisoners and placed on board the U. S. fcSloop
of-war Preble.
The engagement took place by moonlight.
The Mexican steamer made every exertion to
escape.
They had passed by all the foreign squadrone
and the Castle without hoisting their flags, al
although ordered to do so by a shot from the Cas
tle and other signals.
The English. French and Spanish fleets did
not seem to notice this tact.
The Saratoga, being towpd bv the Indianola,
took Marin by surprise in opening fire upon his
vessel.
In the engagement three Americans were
wounded, one mortally.
The Mexican loss is reported to have been
fifteen killed and thirty wounded.
When the action commenced, Marin hoisted
the Spanii h flag.
The prisoners corroborate the report in rela
tion to the steamers having cleared from Hava
na as merchantmen, and hoisted the Mexican
flag only after they left Havana. They after
ward* mounted six guns each.
It is stated that Mnainon had paid $55,000
or the two steamers.
T.UE Richmond Dispatch says that homespun
! clothes are becoming so fashionable with busi
ness uien'in Virginia, that the factories in differ
ent pads of the State find it impossible, with
their present facilities, to fill the numeroua
orders that pour in upon them.
VOL. 3. NO. 35.