v FRIDAY t * JANUAR? 13, 183.
RELIGIOUS.
A eries of religious meetings will be held in
the M. E. Church at Trans Run, commencing
■on Saturday, 21st Jan. inst., and in the M. E.
Church at Hartley's, commencing on Saturday,
the 4th of February.
G. BERKSTRESSER, Pastor.
To our Western Subscribers.
After the first day of February next, we will
strike from our list the name of every subscri
ber outside of Pennsylvania, who will rot have
paid up his arrears by that time. Hereafter
we will not send our paper beyond the limits of
the State, unless it be paid for in advance,
ffcia role will be strictly adhered to.
The Fraud Consummated.
A.a was expected, the abolition majority in
*he House of Representatives, have denied the
people of Bedford, Fulton and Somerset their
rights in that body. By a majority of 200,
the voters within the district composed of those
counties, decided that Messrs. Meyers and Find
lay should be their representatives in the State
Legislature, whilst the same decision is shown
by the whole vote, home and army, as return
ed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by
two of the three district return judge#. This
was certainly prima facie evidence of the elec
tioo of those two candidates, and nothing shori
of an investigation by a committee raised upon
a petition for contest, could legally have rebut
ted this evidence. The prima facte case made
out so clearly by Messrs. Meyers and Findlay,
entitled them to seats in the House, until their
opponents, by tho course presuibed by law,
disproved their right to such seats. But greed
of office, personal spite and chagrin at the e
lection of Democratic representatives in a dis
trict especially carved up for the benefit of ab
olitionism, animated the majority to usurp the
pewer, without investigation, to place Messrs.
Boss and Armstrong in the seats which right
fnlly belonged to Meyers and Findiav. There
is no lawyer in Pennsylvania, who has the slight
er regard for his professional reputation, who
will eay that the Democratic candidates wcic
not entitled to their seats. There is not an
honest man in the country, who, when told that
, v\m not at
once declare that their names should have been
placed upon the roll of members. But what
care the shoddy spoil-hunters for law or hon
esty ? They do not go to the legislature for
lawful or lionest purposes. Men who are worth
a hundred thousand dollars and who have been
in higher official positions, do not go backward
to the House, for the sake of either S7OO sala
ry, or the less distinguished honor connected
with the office. They go there to levy black
mail and to steal. There is no sense of right
in their sordid 30uls. Avarice, cunning, of the
lowest order, conspiracy and fraud characterize
their secret legislate e life, though their exteri
or glitters with the false sparkles of a specious
ingenuousness, which presents them to the ob
servation of the inexperienced, as so many
taints just drepped from heaven. In these days
of civil war, when men and women are im
prisoned and expatriated for speaking ill of the
powers that be, people are disinclined, out of
every fear, to scrutinize closely, the conduct of
their public servants. This is a fact which
will be recorded in history to the shame of the
party at present in power and to the disgrace
of the American people. IVe are loth to ad
mit it, but it is, nevertheless, true. Hence, the
scoundrels who rule the roast in our national
and State legislatures, go unwhipt of justice,
and are eaeouraged to continue and to aggra
vate their crimes against the rights and inter
est sof the people. But this state of things
cannot last forever. The long, long night of
civil slavery must sooner, or later, be succeeded
by the bright and glorious day of constitution
al liberty; and when that day da wns, wo to the
conspirator# who have defrauded and plunder
ed the people! wo to the men who have tram
pled under foot the Constitution and the laws,
to maintain themselves in power!
To the people of Bedford, Fulton and Som
erset, we say, have patience. Your rights have
been wrested from you by a most outrageous
asnrpntion, yon have been basely cheated and
wantonly insulted by the abolition majority in
the House of Representatives; but these out
rages upon your civil privileges, will only
strengthen the Democratic cause and give you
the weapons with which to slay the monster
that tramples you d >wn. Be vigilant, be de
termined and your vindication is certain.
wrWhy is President Lincaln the bsst beno
fhetor of all the clergy? Why—because La
them truly apo6tolic by keeping ttum
strictly up to the orders of their Master: -'Pro
ndt neither gold, twr stiver, nor brass in your pur-
Matt. 10th ch , 9th verse. All which
have lately disappeared under the beuign rale
af our said good father Abraham.
rNo news of importance from the seat of
war.
The Governor's Message.
We publish, this wwk, the Gorernor's Mee
sage. It is only remarkable for the manner in
which it walks into the President and Secreta
ry Stanton. The State debt, according to the
| message, was on the first day ol December 1864,
$39,379,608,94. The Commonwealth holds
bonds from the sale of public works to the a
mount of $10,300,000 which reduce it to $29,-
079,603,94, still leaving it large enough to
make taxes burdensome—to say nothing of the
claims still outstanding and unaudited —which
will bring it up to the former standard, if not
over it.
It seems that Gov. Curtin thinks the §IOO,- j
000 voted the sufferers at Cbambersburg is too i
much to be given to one county a3 charity. |
Hew will this part of the message suit the Hon. j
Alexander Kinkyhead McClure ? He was e
lected with the expectation thai his influence
would be used to increase that appropriation,
and it is well for him, that the Governor has
nut quite as absolute sway over the legislature
' as the President has over Congress, or the poor
sufferers at Cbambersburg would cali in vain
for relief.
We are astonished to learn from so reliable
a source, that "Honest Abe" did not keep hia°
1 word in regard to recommending an appropria
j tion to pay the militia called out by the Gov-
I ernor, after they refused to come for him and
Stanton. Why did not Mr. Lincoln keep his
wotd? Was it because the people would not
regard his proclamations rather than the state
laws? This must b tlie reason—unless, per
haps, because he does not like Curtin.
But our peor Governor deserves commissera
tion for another outrage on his rights. It
! seems that Mr. Stanton won't allow him to
| commission officers in Hancock's new
I Poor fellow ! He has gradually been giving
| right after right to the War Department, un-
J til it threatens to take away even this poor
source of profit. Had Gov. Curtin acted as
I the ruler of a great State should have acted ;
1 and not handed over the State to the mercy of
> the administration, he would not now have to
1 complain of its assumption of powers which
,do not, and never did, belong to it. But thus it
j is ever with the winning sycophant, who fawns
jon power till it takes away his rights aad iib
, erties. Under Gov. Curtin this State has been
at the mercy of the administration ever since
i the war; for no other reason, than that ho al
t ways aked as a favor, what be should have de
manded as a right.
The message informs us that the quota un
der the new call for 300,000 more men to be
drafted is 66,999. It also discountenances the
i bounty law passed at the last session of the
I legislature. How will Johu Cessna like this
' view of the subject? It will be recollected that
| this was the hobby from which he made—or
' tried to make all his political capital in this coun
i tv, last fall. But Curtin
HTHire capital for the Democrats. Besides this,
it gives poor men, who are unable to pay for
a substitute, no chance to escape from bein"
torn from their homes and families to die in the
trenches around Richmond.
The Governor is of opinion that the law al
lowing eoldiers to vote should be amended
whether with a view to giving the Abolitionists
a still better chance to cheat, or for some other
purpose, we are unable to guess. But it is
certain it will not be so amended as to give
Democrats any better chance than formerly.
Taking the message as a whole it is not very
superior to Mr. Lincoln's except in a literary
and humorous point of view.—lt does not con
tain as many jokes as the President's; but in
all other respects we must give the palm to
Curtia.
0. & S. P. E. E
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Connellsville and Southern Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company, held at the office of
the Company, in Philadelphia, on Monday last
the following named gentlemen were elected
the board of Directors for the ensuing year:
John A. Wright, President; Thomas A. Scott,
Josiah Bacun, John M. Kennedy, Wistar Mor
ris, Edward C. Knight, S. L. Russell, G. \V.
Cass, D. R. Davidson, D. E Small, John D.
Roddy, Ashbel Green, A. K. McClure. The
Company intend to push the work of building
their road, with the utmost vigor, notwithstand
ing tije dog-in-the-manger policy of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Company.
"We call attention to the card of Mr.
Flcmming Holliday, with Graff, Watkin &Co.,
wholesale dealers in Boots & Shoes, Philadel
phia. Our mercantile friends will do well to
call upon Mr. Holliday and purchase their goods
from him.
THE BOOT ON inF. OTHER LEO.—Although
the Abolition majority in the House, on Tues
day, refused to place upon the roll the names
of Meyers and Findlay, who had the certificate
of two of the three return judges, and did place
upon the roll the names of Boss and Armstrong,
liecause of the statements contained in certain
"papers" that were in the Clerk's possession,
'bey did not find .he same d; p Vulty ir. enroll
ing the names of Messrs. Orwig and Alleman,
from the Incoming, Union and Snvder district,
who also held a certificate signed by but two
of the 'hree return judges, whilst there were
"papers before the Clerk showing that they
did not receive a majority of the votes of the
district. The case of Orwig and Alleman were
precisely parallel to that of Meyers and Find
lay. But the former are Abolitionists, and,
therefore, there WHS no trouble in the mind of
the Clerk about placing their names upon the
roll. The latter are Democrats, and "the odds
make the difference." Well, if the Abolition
ist? can a ford to make such precedents, we will
"7 to by them— Patriot $■ Union.
A Revolutionary Relio.
A revolutionary relic of great mge and value
Las recently come to light in Bedford, in the
shape of * British flag. It i 9 mado °f magnifi
cent crimsou brocade; and is about two and a
half yards long, by two and a fourth wide.—
The Saint George's cross appears between bur
squares of white and sky blue, which are sewn
into the field at the upper corner, next to tie j
staff: so as to leave the cross of the same rut- ]
terial as the field—in relief The material coro
• posing these squares is of the finest texture of j
what is called "lutestring" silk- The material ,
of the whole flag bears evidence that it was !
made to last; and its great age stem# scarcely
to have left an impression on it. It is slightly
worn at tbe upper corner farthest front the
sta fl[—otherwise, it is neither faded nor soiled.
There is but little doubt that it is a genuio3
British red ensign.
It is now in tbe possession of E. G. Morse,
Esq., of Bedford, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, who
purchased it from Mrs. Stiffler, an estimable
old lady of this borough. It came into her pos
session through the mother of her husband,
wbo was married to Anthony Nawgel. An
thony Nawgel died in April, 1819, in theGith
year of his age, and left the flag to his wife,
Sarah Nawgle, who died on the 13th of Sep
tember, 1831, leaving it to Anthony Stiffler,
from whose wife it was purchased. It is, no
doubt, the flag that used to wave over the uIJ
fort at Bedford, when yet iu the hands of King
George's troops. It seems to have been cap
tured from the fort some time iu ITTd or 177G
after the revolution had commenced —by a
company of men under the lead of Nawgel, in
whose possession it was always kept. Mrs.
Stiffler says, that her mother-in-law said, the
men who captured it used to celebrate the an
niversary of its capture, regularly—when Naw
gel's house was always made headquarters, and
wine was drunk in honor of the occasion. It
is, therefore, probably, over one hundred years
j 0 ld: and as the fort was named after the duke
i o f .Bedford, may have been presented by hnn.
The belief tliat it is tbe flag which belonged
to tbv fort, is warranted by the. manner in which
it is made, as well as by tradition among the
j oldest inhabitants. There is an eyelet worked
jj n t i, e U pper corner, next the siaff; and the
ed- T e is sewn in s,' lo ' 1 a manner as to admit of a
cold's being drawn t^ rou ®b '*• And thnsfast
i ening, it may have been jft ached to a pulley at
I the top of the staff, and elevated or lowered at
will. As a relic of the past hiV to T of llsd
i ford, it ia of incalculable value, and pLo.uld be
■ retained here by all means.
KrAyer's Anacriccn Almanac has now nm~
ved and is ready for delivery gratis at ttic A
gents to all who call for it. This number con
tains a treatise on Scrofula and its kindred
complaints, which is well worth perusal. It
also gives much general medical information,
which i- uwJoi. et-A/ Varm\fyb * trc fonipifatTon"
of jokes anl anecdotes is about the best that
reaches us, and these facts together have given
it a circulation which is ai<l to hi the largest
of any one book in the world.
A Legislative Outrage.
The Voters of the Counties of Bedford,
Fulton and Somerset Defrauded of Their
Legally Elected Representatives in the
State Legislature
At the election heid on the second Tuesday
of October last. IV F. Meyers, of Bedford coun
ty, and Hiram Findlay, of Somerset, were chos
en by a majority of the legal voters of the Rep
resentative district composed of the counties of
Bedford, Fulton and Somerset, to represent that
district in the State Legislature. The vote of
the district for the several candidates for Rep
resentatives, as returned to the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, by two of
the three district return judges, stauds as fol
lows:
B. F. Meyers (I)em.) 4,795
H. Findlay (Deui.) 4,965
D. B. Armstrong (Ab.) 4,724
M. A. Ross (Ab.) 4, "54
Notwithstanding tba indisputable evidence
of the election of Messrs. Findlay and Meyers,
contained in this return, the Abolition Clerk
of the House on Tuesday placdd upon the roll
the name? of Messrs. Ross and Armstrong,
who according to the certificate of the return
judges, had received bnt a minority of the votes
cast in the district. In order to enable the
Clerk to do this with some grace, a resolution
was offered by Mr. Brown, of Warran, (Aboli
tionist,) instructing the Clerk "to place upon
the roll the names of the persons who appear,
from the jxtpers in his possession, to have re
ceived a majority of the votes of the district."
This resolution, after being slightly modified,
was passed by a 6trict party vote, ihe Aboli
tionists voting in the affirmative and the Dem
ocrats in the negative. Thus the Abolition ma
jority deliberately iintruded the Clerk to disregard
the only legal return before him, (that of a majority
of ihe return judges), and to ha*e his action upon the
statement of A PAPER sent to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth by a single return judge!
W™ cad the attention of the people of all
parties to this high-handed outrage npon the
rights of the people of Bedford, Fulton and
Somerset. Jn defiance of parliamentary usage,
to despite of law and fact, in contravention of
the plainest dictates of justice, the greedy spoil
gatherers which now infest our halls of legisla
tion, in order to get a little firmer hold upon
the pockets of the people, placed upon the roll
of the House the names of two men. who, ac
cording to the return, had not received a ma
jority of the votes of the district. Can such a
bold, unblushing usurpation be practiced, unrc
buked, in tlie legislative halls of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania? Are they so blinded
and besotted by partisan malignity and selfish
interest as to have lost every spark of manli
ness and independence ? VVhen honor, which is
said to exist even among thieves, has deserted
entirely the arena of legislation ; when "the
cohesive power ol public plunder" controls and
makes subservient to it every other interest, it
is ao longer worth while tc/scek for the pres
ence of justice, truth and right. We feel sure
there will come a day of retribution when these '
corrupt money-changers shall be driven tern the
temple of liberty ; and when that day comes,
the certificate of two Return Judges will again,
as of old, be regarded as better evidence of an
election than the statement of one; and hones
ty, law and common justice will once paore bo
cotne the standard of public morais.. May
that day speedily arrive, will, no doubt, bj the
prayer of the disfranchised people of Bedford,
j Fulton and Somerset, as well as that of every
j roan who entertains any desire or hops for the
| deliverance of our country from the rule of
I those whu-a machinations for their own flelf
j aggrandizement, have sapped tbe very founda
• tions of the edifice of popular government
: Patriot J* Union.
[From the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury ]
Letter From Harrisburg.
Convening of ttie Legislature—The counties
of Bedford, Fulton and Somerset disfran
chised— Aleck. McClure,John Cessna, Esq.,
&c.,6rc.
Harrisburg, January 3, 1865.
EDITORS SUNDAY MKBCURY: —The sokms of
our State Legislature assembled in their respect
ive Houses to-day, and organized for business.
W. J. Turreli. of Susqucliamt, speaker au in
terim of the Senate, was re-elected speaker of
that body. George W. Hainoly, of your city,
was re-elected clerk of tho Senate. A G
Olmstead, of l'otter. was chosen speaker of
the House, and A. \V. Benedict, of Hunting
don, clerk.
A lively episode in the proceedings of the
House, litis morning, was occasioned by the
1 erpetration, by the Abolition majority, of an
outrageous fraud upon the people of the Rep
resentative District composed of the counties
of Bedford, Fulton and Somerset. Two of the
three Return Judges for this district, had cer
tified the election of B. F. Meyers and Hiram
Kiudlay, the Democratic candidates. One oj
the Return Judges had signed a certificate, which
set forth the election of the Abolition candi
dates, M A. Ross and 5) B. Armstrong. The
clerk who, according to usage, presided at the
organization of the house, pretended to be
greatly perplexed in regard to his duty in this
case, and submitted the question to the House
for instruction. A resolution was then offered
by one of the Abolition members, directing the
clerk to place upon the roll the names of the
gentlemen who, from the "papers" in his pos
session, "appeared" to have the highest number
of votes cast in the district. Mr. fVrshing, of
Cambria, moved to amend by substituting the
following.*
"Resolved, That the names of the gentlemen
tvho are certified in the return of the majority
of the Return Judges, for the district eominvsed
of toe counties of Bedford, Fulton and Somer
set, to have received the highest number of votes,
be placed upon the roll of this House."
'ihe substitute was lost bv w Vote of So ays
j to 5S nays. and the or*iuat r solution was paw
' s*-d. The <dork, then, in total di-regard of the
jsacred precedents of all preceding letrislauve
j bodies, in defiance of the certificate of
a majority of the Return Judges of the dis
trict, and in direct opposition to the documen
tor v evidence before him. placed upon the roll
the ndmes of the Aboliti o: candidates, who
were shown to have received but a minority of
the votes ui the district. Mr. Sharpe, of Frnnk
| lin, made a most clear na I IOW'ICHI argument,
■■+ini Cii mt^nli-dr T fttajn! .|v oVreturn j'ih,'is.
His colleague. Alecs'- McCiure, in his effort to
bolster op tiie fraud perpetrated by himself and
bis Abolition co-conspi rotors upon tlte people
of the Bedford district, floundered about in ai-
legations of frtuifi which ho Ji'l not attempt to
prove, and tritd to mike it appear that tlie re
turn of one return ju Jge was better than that
of two. Mr. gave him a most scathing
review, and Mr. Pershing of Cami.-rii, com
plete! y tore the veil from the face of this mod
ern prophet of Khoraasan. Hot law and jus
tice and facts arc of no recount these days. Kod,
of course, to use a home spun phrase, the righ's
of the people c f Bedford. Fulton and Somerset
"went up.'* Little Jolin Cessna, of Bedford,
also had a linger in this pic. G't of gratitude
to the Democracy of his section, for lifting him
out of the dirt, he came here to help cheat them
out of their representatives in the House. The i
contempt in which lie is held here by all men 1
who have any self-respect, is most sovereign. !
Some Democrat nominated him in the Demo
cratic caucus, last, night, for doorkeeper of the
House. He got three or four votes. How are.
the mighty fallen ! From Governor to door
keeper !
"Alas! alas ! for John,
The light of life is o'er;
No more, no more, no more,
Shall bleed the public treasury,
Or McClure his dollars pour."
And what is more, noboJy cares.
Yours, truly, LEGISLATOR.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARKISBCRO, Jan. 3.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at 2 o'clock
P. M. The credentials of new members were
received.
The Democratic members, through Mr. Cly
mer, presented a protest against being sworn
into oifiee by the Speaker (Mr. Turrell), until
he (the Speaker) had been first re-elected to of
fice for 1885.
The in mbers elect were then sworn, tad W.
J. Turrell was elected Speaker,
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House was called to order at 12 o'clock
M, by Chief Clerk Benedict.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth presen
ted the election returns of the members, which
read.
The Clerk announced that there were two
sets of certificates from the district composed
of the counties of Somerset, Bedford and Ful
ton, (one set was Signed by one return judge,
and the other set by two return judges.)
The Clerk asked the House to instruct him
what course to pursue, jescrviag at the ame j
time the right which he heid as master of rolls :
to accept the certificate which he believed to j
be legal. In the case of Sheriff Ewing of j
Philadelphia, tho court held that the return
judges had no power to make bat one set of cer- j
tificates. The Clerk, rather than decide upon
the two Bets, preferred to refer to the judgment
of the House.
Mr. brown, of Warren, offered a resolution
directing the clerk to enter t the r<tls toe
names of the two member.% who, from ij>, pa
per in his bands appear to have received .he
highest number of rotes, To is would have, gv
eu ibu seats to the two Republican contestants )
Mr. Pershing moved to amend by instructing j
the clerk to enter on the rolls the names of tbe J
two membors wbo held the certificate signed bJ :
a majority (two) of the three return judges. (This j
would have given the seats to the two Demo*
cralic contestant* )
Mr. Sharp contended that it was improper
and illegal to over-ride the certificate of the
majority of the judges,
Mr. McClurc said that the powen of arrest -
j ing false certificates of return judges must rest
I somewhere. TLO paper signed by the majority
■in this case was certainly i'dse. 'loft c it was
j the proper person to take the responsibility of
j decidlr.g upon the legality of the certificate, but
■ ho had chosen to ask the judgment of the
; House, it was competent for the H >use to in
! s.ruct him not to allow the fraud to bo perpa
i trated.
Mr. Pershing said that it was the first time
that he had ever heard that two gentlemen pre
senting a certificate of a majority of the return
judges were committing a fraud when they claim
ed their seats. If the judges had perjured
themselves, there was an ample remedy against
them.
Mr. Shnrpe contended that the paper signed
by the one |udge was legally no ret urn, us com
pared with toe certificate signed by the majori
ty, which was the only i'g .l record.
Mr. McChuro w:\ju: 1 the impropriety of the
Legislature becoming a party to the wrong of
manifestly tie thai ing the will of the iu j o-ify of
the people ; for the will of the people would
certainly be defeated if the certificate of the
two gentlemen was admitted, win# had receiv
ed hut a minority of the vote of the three coun
ties.
Tho certificate signed by one return judge
gives the vote as follows i
A bohtloH. J Drvioerutia
Mosea A.. lioss. 5,000 B. F Meyers, 4,573
Dli Armstrong,s,9ol) j ll.Findley, 4,500
The certificate signed by two judges gives tbo
vote a follows :
Abo/itiou. I Democratic.
Moses A. Rosa, 4.7 Mj B F. Mayers, 4.795
I.) B Armstrong, 4,7-4 j II Find ley, -I,B' 5
The motion t; Mr P.os'iiog (r- quiring the
clerk I" acknowledge the certificate signed by
the imjoruy of the judges) was ius: by it vote
of 35 uvea to 58 iiavs.
Mr. Thomas suy.p t ted the original motion
of Mr. Blown, (ro itis'rm: the c'eik to acknowl
edge the members who hud received the high
est number of votes,) and this motion was a
gtecd to.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER.
Mr. Guernsey nominated A. <. Olinstead,
of Potter.
Mr. Spangler nomiuatsd Geo. A. Qiig'ey,
of Philadelphia.
Mr. OI instead was sleeted Speaker, the vote
being
A. G. Olrostead, 60
G. A. Quigler, 33
Mr Olmstead being conducted to the chair by
1 . Messrs Quigley an 'J J>rowr), was r worn, an i de- ,
j livered a lu>rt speech, thanking the members
i for the honor conferred, and stating that he
! entered p°n the dii'ci.arg* of dutijs pertaining
to the office with a full npnr'iatiosi of the till- •
| ficnlties afid with very swiious appr.hernt
! that tie miyi.t not he equal to the requirements
lie pledged to them, however, a fined hetoruti
; nation to act faithfully, fearc-ssly and iiup.tr- .
' ilailv, end if trrori >vere coiiiiuuteil, they would .
| he those of the undcrsta'nd.'ng and not of intra
] !
!ly enforced. In no State were the interests of j
the people so varied as in Pennsylvania, and j
j iiiess interests ehould not be antagonistic', out j
j should "e made to bleed harmoniously, 'in j
i ;hr coal and iron of the grand old State >d !
be n added a new product which hi fair fo |
excel the rest. 'J L> j te products would dentin i f
the special attention of the Legislature. A~l
gain thanking the members, ho took his seat. J
j 1 lie members were all then cither sworn
I or affirmed, and tho usual resolutions wra a
dopted informing the (Jovernor and Senate that
the House was organized. Adjourned.
F.VEMS(i SKSSION
Iho House met at o'cicck for election of;
officers. i 1
OFFICERS OF HOL'SF.
Speaker—A. G Olmstead, ..f Potter.
Clerk—A. YV. Benedict of Huntingdon.
Assistant Clerk—Av. 11. Dcnnistoi., of Alle
gheny.
Transcribing Clerks—Caleb Walker, of Phil
adelphia ; A. D. Harian, of Chester; Joseph
W illison. of Allegheny; Thomas J. Kerr, of
Washington.
Postmaster—Alexander Adair, of Philadel
phia.
Sergeant-at-Arms—Charles E. Idell, of Phil
adelphia.
Doorkeeper—James T. McJunkin, of But
ler.
Messenger—Asa Nichols, of Bradford.
In addition to the above are four Assistant
Sergeant-nt-Arms, four Assistant Doorkeepers,
four M-sscngers, and one Assistant Postmaster.
Adjourned.
RK\T.
The house in which 1 now live.
J""- O. E. SHANNON.
FLEMING HOLLIDAY
WITH
PAUL GRAFF, WM. 11. Wfimrr,
ISAAC WATKIN, I*HOS. SAPPINGTOS.
CRAFF, WATKIN & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers In
BOOTS !ND SHOES,
No. 4?6 Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
January 13, 1863—1y.
REMOVAL.
J. B. FARQDHAR has removed his store to the
Colonnade immediately opposite the Nicholas Lvo->s
stand. All hia former patrons and the public gen
erally, aie invited to call end see bim.
January 6, 1863.
STRAY SHEEP.
Taken up trespassing on fh premises of the sub
scriber, on Green Ririge, Monroe township, some
time in December last, eleven head of SHEEP,
some have both ears cropped, some have one ear
cropped and others no mark at all, one of them is
black and one has a mottled face. Th owner is re.
quested to prove property, pay charaes, nr>d take
them away or they will be sold areordin- fo lew
Jan. 13, 18G3. JOSEPH BARNS.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned appointed auditor to report a dis
tribution if the balance in the bands of J. VV. I.tng.
' ni- Her. Esq., udmioiniator of Ihe estate of J W
Rollins and Elizabeth Rollins, de'd., will attend
foi thai pu.pose at his office in Bedford on Mpi 1„y
:h- 6th of Fehiuary next, it 10 o'clock, A. M
when at d where all parties interested may attend
if they think proper,
I?- M. A. POINTS, Auditor.
-
HOOVER-^BOLINGER.—O the 22nd
of Dececcber, by laa3C Kens'iager, E-q, Mr.
Jonathan Hoover, to Miss Cntaarioe Bulioger,
both of Liberty township.
OCRLEY—OTTO.—On Now Year's day,
by Rev. N. H. Skyks, Mr. Juiues A. Corley
to' Mi* Eiien Otto, both of Juniata township,
Bedford co., Pa.
PAIR—DULL.—Dn the sar day, by
same, Mr. H<zckiah Fair, of Berlin, S<.®ret
co., to Miss Eve Dull of Bueaa Vista, Bedford
co., l'a.
i 15FAF.—WALMER—On tbs sth inst., by
the tame, Mr. Dennis Beal, of Wslleraburg,
| Somerset co., to Ali-s Kate Walker, of \Yot
! Lad, Bedford co., Pa.
J -" i i ii i ii' -r-i* —>'-rum. "TTriimij
iou.seeramuaaseKae
| PlilL'PS —On tho sth inst., Mrs. Anna
Margaret, wife of Air. William i'hi-.ps, and
ik.ug.iter of Adaru 8.-.rahart, d.-c'd., jf iteuf rd
towns!dp, aged 35 years, 8 ur-.ith* and 5 uaya.
J How inysi .rious aro ttie w ays of provideuce,
j they are past finding out, far his paths aro in
the dcvp Wtun tiie aged mid infirin and thus#
WHO have fuiiy arrive lat toe allotted spaa of
human lift, are removed hy death, ve bow
with u:Cvk sub:ni-.s; mu • lie will of (Jro.l. Or
wl en he removes the titiin child, who, tike tko
t. in.a; bud , .s. ;*g:ns to roveni its beauly and
fj.i <d :ts f: tgiiiriee around, wv say, m re.-igna
j lion to his wi.l, -'Early lost, c4iiyaved." But
j when tiiosc in the u.iiist of lite, mid health
| and usefulness are suddi nly cut down, then wo
j are sad an i atllicted and enqui.e, **\Viy 13 it
i U Lord t" Airs. Philips was suddenly reinov
-11 ed in the midst of her days and Irotu the midst
1! of her large and interesting family, in her
) death not only her family, but also l>er church,
of whi h she was a pi jus and consistent mem
ber for the last Seventeen years of her life, arid
; l her entire community, have licen brought to
lut urn. She was iruly u christian woman. It
. seuii'.-'t to those well acq tainted with her, that
Ler whole nea: t was full ot that warm lovo
j•ii at manifests itself in (lie exercise ot the chris
| liau gruci-s 1111- many virtues justly entitled
j 1 Ik r to that high esteeui in which she was held
.i by all. La:ge was the concourse of peoplo
. | who came, through the inclement weather, to
. j pay tlnir last tribute of respect to her ui<-.rtul
i remain*. Alay the Lord comfort the bereaved
family. Our loss is her gain. PASTOR.
Sheriff's Salt*.
By virtue of sundry writs of Venditioni Fxponaa
and f.evau Facias to me rlireeteii. theie wit; be sold
at tbe I,'ouit House, in th borough of Bedford, oa
Sa't.rdaj the li'h day of Febroasy. A. D. ISSS, at
10 o'clock, A M., the following rml estate. v:e;
1 be folio .vin- describ-d building and lot of ground
of Ja tnes Clos-in. owner and eontiactor, viz; test.
tail) fnmr or piauk dwelling house one story ar.d a
hull' high, situate in fh. township o< St. I'Uir, ia
the village of Pleasant vilie, in the county afores id,
font iiting on tront tret ana in depth rixteea
f''t at 'I the lot 01 curtilage a( pertaining, taken in
execution as tt.e property of James Cioseirt.
! Al.Sd—One tract ol :anri containing on,- htndred
i iri'i more or less, about 3u acrts cleared and nn
i ,s: t ate. with a story and a half lost hot.se, log
; barn thereon erected, situate in vVe-n providence
I township, Bedford coir ry, and taken ,n execution
I as 'he prop rty of Frederics Friend.
I /*LhO—One io' of ground t\ 1h a dwelling boa**
anil other cut buildings thereon crer e !, situate ia
■ the borough of Bedford, adjoining lot ol loin. Mil.
j . pr .wd 1V aflu i>9| fltt
; Aycet, ai d taken in execution as the property of
: Ma tin Miller* 1 3
I „ , J °yN ALOSTADT, Shenff.
Bedford, January 13, 1e64,
j Estate of Robert CSrier, dee d.
! Br.pe, R3 Ccrn-fT, s-s •
At an Oiphans' toort held at B-dfsrtf, in and
1 tor i tie erunty of Bettor, 4 , on the 31st day a f J O .
venber, A. D. :564 b-tore the Judges ol th- said
C.TBit. on mo;ton of John Palmer, tb"ci;it grant a
,ruie on the heirs and legs', representatives or Hub
et t Klder, late of Middle Wood berry iown,hip, de
ceased, to wit: Josith S. E'der. 2 1. George Elder
3d, M>. ry, wife of John Farlenhaugb, 4th, rtrirv s!
Klder, Jth M Uliani S. Elder, 6*u, Isaac Elder. 7ih'
I'aniei S El-'t, h'h. Robe" S. Elder, 3th. .Matilda
Khter, loth, Elitr. Wh Elder, a minor, and Hannah
E.der, v>ioow, :■ a p d apfo ar at an Orphans' Court
to be held at Bedford, ID and or the roi:n:y of
ford, on the On ' Monday, day) of F* binary
rurxt. to accept or r-_ m.*e 'o take ihe real eia'e of
sa. . occeusni at th* vaiu-t'ion which b=s oeen val
ued and appraised in p-prsu .mc® of a vrri; parti
tion or valuation issued cat 01 our said Court and
to the Sherirt of saic coun fy directed, or show cause
why the satne should rot be soid.
in testimony whereof I rave hereunto set my
hand and 'he ; ea! of the said Court at Bedford, tb
21st day of November A. D. IS6I.
O. £. SHANNON, Clerk.
Attest— John Aldstadt, Sheriff. [lan. 13.
C. N. Hickok, J. G. Mmswii, I*4
DEMISTS,
BEDFORD, PA.
Office in the Bank Building, Juliana Sh.
All operations, pprtaiuing to Surgical or Mechs
ical Dentistry carciully awd faithfully performed
and warranted.
TEEMS—CASH.
Bedford, January 6, 1865.
NOTI C E .
All unsettled accounts upon our books most he
closed by ca-h or note, January 2, 1565. This is
the only notice we shall give.
A. B. CRAMER & CO.
December 30, 1864.
WM. W.PAUL. D.J. HOAR.
H. L. HOOD,
WITH
W.U. XV. PAUL & CO..
WHOLESALE
SOOT & SHOE
WAREHOUSE,
623 Market St. & 614 Commerce St. *bve s| wfc
P H 1 L A DE LPHU.
December 16, 1861—ly.
. FELIX HEYMAN ~
WITH
Arnold, lYusbnum IVirdlinger.
Importers, Jobbers, and Wholesale Dealers Is
CLOTHING,
Clothe Cassim:-res, Tailors' Trim
ming?, &c.
Not. 333 Market S reef, and 27 North Fourth Strait,
PHILADELPHIA.
P.FKFRS gr"at inducements to Wholesale Dealers
/ t'om tL.- Country, in quantify, quality, style,
prices ar.d terms.
Merchants, Failorsand Dealers visiting Pb!sdel
p> ia, will find 1, ,0 their advantage to call and ex
amine stock and learn pi ices before purchasing else
whe - Pec. 9, UHM-iy