BEDFORD INQUIRER.
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BSbFORD, Pa
Fifduj Moiiifiijr, April 23 ISSS
"FEUILBSS AND FREE.*'
I). OVER—Editor and Proprietor.
POLITICAL MEETING.
There will be a mass meeting of all those
opposed to the present National Administra
tion, and the iniquitous attempt to force upon
Kansas the pro slaver) - Lecompton Constitu
tion against the clearly ascertained will of the
majority of her citizens, —at the Court House,
in Bedford, on Tuesday evening of May Court,
'May d.)
Delegates will be chosen to represent our
Representative and Senatorial Districts *in the
approaching State Convention, and several able
speakers will be present to address the meet
ing-
The Gazette, last week, introduces a letter,
with a long editorial preface,from Senator Ham
mond, the leador of the Loeofoeo party in the
South, iu which he attempts to explain the terms,
"mud-sills,'' "white slaves," ifcc. which he re
cently applied to thefiee white laborers of the
North. That paper defends him, and in this
very letter he reiterates that the white laborers
of the North are "i/aces." We have not room
to notice this letter and speech this week, hut
will give it attention in our next number, but
in the meantime we call on the Gazette to pub
lish this speech, containing the principles of the
Democratic party, which it so earnestly lauds.
WE WANT MONEY 1 —During the past
winter we sent out a great many accounts, but
vf yet have scarcely received euough iu that
time to live OD, and consoqeutly were not able
to pay some two or three hundred dollars which
we should, on the Ist of April. The approach
ing Court will afford many of our friends an
opportunity of paying us, and to those who do
not iutend to come to town, they cau send all,
or part of what i.-qdue us,by their neighbors who
are coming. *
A DIR.Tr Douon FACK. —Beef Bigler, last
week stated in the Senate, that he desired to
see Kansas come iuto the Union as a Slave
State! Bedford Inquirer.
A ditty lie, which no onu hut a dirty black
guard would have been guilty of giving utter
ance to.— Hotlidatuburp Standard
lu his speech, Bigler, who is one of the most
vontcmptiLle ilougk-faeea and lick-spittles of
the South, iiiCongress,and who so shamefully
misrepresents the sentiment of the ]>eople of
I'fcHiisy lvania, made use of those exact words,
that, he '■• had hoped to see the fraternal sight
of two States (Minnesota and Kaijsas) one a
SLAV /i STATE and the other a free State,
come into the Union together."
Now, "dirty" "hog-trough,'' who tells the
"dirty lie ?"
NEW FIRM.
Messrs. Oster, Manspeaker, & Cam, have
rtj.eiltfd out in the room formerly occupied by
flupp X,Ostcr, Intely by Maj. LUpp, a large
ond extensive assortment ot New Goods, cou
nting of ill kinds of wear for lidierf, gents,
mud children. They have one of the largest
stocks of groceries, queensware aud hardware
over brought to Bedford. Their room has been
beautifully refitted aud uow makes one of the
handsomest in town. Sec their advertisement
iu another column.
PETERSON'S COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR.—
We have rescivcd this Detector for the 15th of
April inst. This number coutiins the list of
thirty-seven new counterfeit bauk notes since
the last issue. We have no hesitation iu say
ing that this is the best work of the kind now
published, and we advise all our business men
to take it. The semi-iuontbly is §2 aud the
monthly $1 per annum.
MORE NEW GOODS '
Maj. Runp has just received an extensive
assortment of evcty kind of goods, generally
kept in a couutry store, lie respectfully asks
the oublie to give him a call and examine for
themselves. He has removed his store to
Andersou's new building, nearly opposite the
Bedford llotel, where he has the fiaeat room
in town.
COMMITTEE OF" CONFERENCE.
The House of Representatives at Washing
ton, by the casting vote of the Speaker agreed
upon a Committee of Conference on Wednesday
of last week. The Committee has several times
met the Senate Conrrittee, Mid it is said can
not agree. It is thought uo plan will he agreed
upon which will not allow the people of Kan
srs a right to vote upon the Constitution.
REMOVAL!
MURE NEW GOODS, LADIES ! —Mrs. Peugh,
has removed her store to Anderson's new
building, Easr corner, where she has just
tecoived and opened out one of the largest and
most superior assortments of Ladies Fancy
Goods, ersr seen m this place. Cali and see
lo*r stock.
NEW Goons!— Messrs. J. & J. M". Shoema
ker, advertise in to-day's paper, their new
Spring aud Summer Goods., They have an as
sortment that canuot fail to please the commu
nity. Call aud sec their stock', at the ckl Col
onnade Store and Post office -
The Legislature adjourned yesterday. The
bill for the sale of tho State Canals, the liquor
LiW, aud appropriation bill have all passed.—
The fate of the bill to legislate Judge YViluiot
out of office, it is thought will puss th J Senate,
its result in the House is uncertain, but we
presume it will pass. This is an aet of the
greatest injustice ever attempted in the
State. •
The weather has been wet and disagreeable
for several weeks past, and at the time of wri
ting, without any prospect of soon clearing off.
Farmers, in consequence are are considerably
behind iu their spring work.
An AfT to Incorporate the Bedford
Haltroad Company,
i StClt'N 1. Be it enacf-d by the Senate and
i House of' Representatives of tfo Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by authority of the
same That Job M.inn, 111. L. Anderson, Nich
olas Lyons, \V. T. Daugl.erty, John Cessna,
O. E. Shannon, S. L Russell, Daniel Washa
baugh, Samuel Davis, V. Steckurau, John H*-
; fer, Jostab D. Shuck, F. C. Reamer, Wm. Har
tley, W. 11. Watson, John Als>p, Isa ic Men
gle, Alexauder Kiug, P. Jordan, John Mower,
Samuel H. Tate, Joseph W. Tate, W. J'.
Schetl, B. F. Meyers, J. H. Rush, David Over-
David Patterson,Joseph Sellers, George Smith,
Wm. Chcnowith, Samuel Dufibaugh, Charles
Smith, Asa Silver, John Watson, Charles
i Coifelt, David Mortimore, Henry Hoke. John
G. II an ley, George Smousc, Win. States, M.
M. Peebles, Jacob Barudollar, James M.
Barndollai, Thomas 11. Murray, Daniel Sams,
John Nycum, David A. T. Dlaek, George Me
graw, J. C. Kveihart, Thomas King, James
Piper, George Wisbart, John Lutz. Charles
i £N ucto 3'> George W. Gump, Wm. Todd, Jolm
Siii, SamuelS. Stuc-key, Joseph Mortimere,
John M'Vicker, Isaac Clark, 'josiah Miller,
Cornelius Devote. J. M. Buchanan, John Mil
ler, George Elder, A. B. Bunn, A. J. Suively,
| John S. ScheM, Emanuel Staticr, John S.
Statler, James Buri.s, Jghu Clark, Charles
: Colvia, be and they ate hereby appointed com
j missioners to open books, receive subscrip
tions of stock and orgt-i.rxtf n company bv the
name, style and title of the Bedford Railroad
Company, with ail the •powers 2nd subject to
, nil the duties, restrictions and regulations pre
scribed by an act of assembly of this Common
wealth, entitled <*Au Act regulating railroad
companies." approved the uifieteeutb dty of
May, Anno Domini one thousand eight bun
tired and forty-nine, and the several * supple
ments thereto, so far as the same are not al
tered ami supplied by the provisions of ibis act,
Provided, That it shall be lawful for any of
' these Commissioners named in this scctiou.
immediately after the passage of this aet, to
open books tor receiving subscriptions to the
capital stock of said Company, aud 3iid sub
scriptions shall be made payable to the Treas
urer of said Company, iu twelve monthly in
stalments, the first thereof to hi paid within
; ion IJ aaTvr-revicrs fiaico, Tegll
issued by tbe Governor. And provided furth
er that it shall be lawful for any railroad com
pany whose ro id is located, or which uiay here
after be located iu the counties of Bedford,
Somerset or Huntingdon, to subscribe to the
capital stock of said Company, to unv amount
i not exceeding one hundred aud fifty thousand
dollars.
SEC. 2. fbat the capital stock of said com- J
| pany shall consist of five thousand shares of
fifty dollars each, Provided, That the said com
pauy may from time to time by a vote of the
! stockholders at a meeting called for that pur- I
, pose, increase the capital stock, if it shall le f
deemed necessary, to an amount sufficient to
\ carry out the true iutent and meauing of this
I act, of which meetiug two weeks' notice shall
! first le given in a paper published in Bedford,
| stating the object of such meeting and for the >
: purpose of completing and equipping the said
I railroad, the said company shall have the pow
. er of issuing from time to time, bonds in the
! corpCate name and under the commou seal of
said company, with coupons attached to the
same, payable at such t'uic, on such terms and
at such rate of interest, not c-yceeding seven
j per centum per annum, as they may iic:"U cx- j
pedieutjsaid bonds shall not exceed in the whole 1
the suit! of five bundled thousand dollars, and
it shall be lawful for (he said company tose
i cure the payment of said bonds and coupons to
execute a mortgage on all, or any part of, the
real property of Said company, and if the
mortgage shall so stipulate, the presideut and
directors of said company and their agents tn.y
j continue in possession aud management of the j
said property so mortgaged, without prejudice
to the security of said mortgage, and the said
bonds may with the consent of the holders [
thereof aud the directors of said railroad coiu
, puny, he converted iuto the capital stock of
i said company at par; Provided , That no such |
! bond shall be issued for a less deuoiuiuatiou \
I than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 3. That the Governor shall issue lei- !
tcrS patent to said company whenever three
j thotisand shares shall have been subscribed to j
i the capital stook thereof, aud all subscriptions
| made to the capital stock of said company,
j shall be valid, notwithstanding the party tua
i king the same, shall not at the time thereof,
| pay five dollars on each and every share sub
! scribed.
SEC. 4. That the said company shall have
the right to buili anl construct a railroad from
some point, at, or near, the borough of Bed- i
ford, in the county of Bedford, with single or
double track, to couuect with any other rail
| road, or railroads, now constructed, or which ;
may be hereafter constructed, in said county,
jor adjoining counties, leading to Philadelphia j
| or Pittsburg.
i Sec. 5. That whenever any section, or sec
tions, of five miles, or more, of said railroad ;
shall be completed, the said coutpuiy may use,
i occupy aud enjoy the same us fully and in tin
same manner as if the whole of said road were
completed
SEC. 6. That the said company AN Imreby
j authorized to take, receive aud hold such r-'al
i estate in fee simple, iu payment of subsorip-t
I tious to the stock of said company, upon such
terms as may bo agreed upon by the said coui-
I pany, and the individual offcriug the same, and
| lite said company may transfer by deed or otli
• erwise, the title, or titles, to such real estato j
! or any part thereof, us may be agreed upon be
j tween the company and tho contractors for the
i purpose of defraying the cost of constructing
i and equipping said road, and if not so dispo
' sed ot, the said company shall self tire Said real
BIBFOEB ITOBIRIB.
estate for the use of said company within ten
years from the commencement of said road.
SEC. 7. That if said company stall not com
mence the construction of said road within
five years from the passage of this act, and
complete the same withiu fifteen years from the
organization ot the company, this act shall he
null and void.
(Sigued) A. RROWER LONGAKEU,
Speaker of the House of Rep's.
WXI. IF. WELSH,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved, March 19th, Anno Domini, ono
thousaud eight hundred and fifty eight.
WM. F. PACKER.
Mr. Reilly's Defeticc of the Lecottio
tou Constitution exitiuiuetl
We have received and read the full report
of Mr. Rcilly's speech on the Admission of
Kansas uuder the Leeompiou Constitution.
It was revised by himself, an-J is doubtless the
defence upou which he relieTTor justification
in supporting the bill alluded to. The speech
is nothing but a techurcal argument in favor of
the legality of the proceedings attending the
formation of the Constitution. He looks at
the subject through a lawyef*fc spectacle—not
through a statesman's, flc wastes words
about precedents and presumptions and
authority, lie rises u<>t abovo this low level,
lie takes uo expanded viewoF all the facts aud
circumstances. On the contrary he excludes
from all reference every-tbiug not harmonizing
with his hard, iiteless, professional uud con
tracted conception of the case.
Mr. Reiliy opens by declaring that lie had
hoped some honorable compromise would have
been agreed upou, to satisfy all parties; and
ili.it therefore lie has hitherto retrained from
a public expression ot bis views ou this question.
Hts hope ot a compromise involves a confession
that there was something wrong about the Lc
compton Constitution. For if is. were all right,
why compromise ? Vet he now pretends that
he considers every thing about it regular aud
legal and fair. Lurther deliberation we
suppose, has 31 eared away the obscurites which
intercepted his vision!
He bad repeatedly denounced the Lccotrir
teu Constitution on the stretfU in Chauibersburg,
and said that "is an lushest man, be ouul 1 not
support ir." Ho now gives it bis hearty
support, both fcj vote and speech ?
He proceeds, after sundry preliminary ob
seivationS confessing bis difficulties and
apologising for (::s slowness in determining to
support tbis Great Iniquity, to inquire first
whether the Legislature which called the Con
stitutional Convention was a legally elected
body; second, whether the Convention was a
legiily'-cleeted body, third w'ujtber the Con
vention was bound, by law, precedent or
Otherwise, to submit the Constitution to a vote
of tae people for ratification or rejection; and
fourth, whether ii Kansas be admitted under
the Constitution, the people oaa better amend
or abolish the instrument in any other manner,
or at any oth-r time, than that' prescribed in
the Constitution If
He believes that the Legislature were legally
ileutiitnrjtic lVanD'.
cftL mvusioa oi MisSiiumVis ou eiection-uav,
and ail the other Regularities proved to have
been practised—lite pr iof havitig been furnish
ed to a Committee ot Investigation appointed
by the last Congress. .N ; account is taken of
these lac's, a, though fraud did not taint the
whole transaction. Mr. llctlly would not
argue iti this way if lie had been defeated for
Congress by like practices. Then he would
have held that lite ciectiou was illegal, and
tn.it his opponent should be ousted from offi.-e.
When 11 auus count JOT Mr. lleiliy's side, they
are very iuuoecr.t to-p!uy—when agiinsf. thev
become very ioJiguaut.
He uianlains tha.t (he Convention was a
legally-elected body, although summoned into
existence by a fraudulently-ehoson legislature,
who had no power to call the convention and
to whom the last Congress expressly refused to
delegate such a power, ami although the people
of many Couuties had no opportunity, owing
to t!;e peculiarities of the law made to suit the
case, to be represented in the body!
lie holds that the Convention was not bound
to submit the Constitution to a vote of the
people. He suys he wuuid have preferred
they should have done so. Bat he had no con
trol over it; the Convention had übsoiute con
trol, aud he is obliged to be content with their
action. He says that the people of Kansas,
it is fair to argue, were opposed to the sub
mission because the Legislature tuade no such
provision in the law calling the Convention,
and representatives arc presumed to carry out
the views of their constituents. This is a
specimen of the pettifogging of the entire
speech. l>y means of fraudulent votes iu the
border counties, iu a new Territory where
elections ere opt surrounded with the safe
guards erected m the older States a minority
party gaiu ascendancy in the Legislature.—
They knew their numerical weakness. TLey
seek to neutralize it by shrewd legal provisions
intended to protect themselves aud keep power
from the majority. Uue of these provisions is,
to prevent a direct vote of the people being
taken on their constitution. Mr. Jleiily infers
ftom these facts that the people did not wish to
vote on the Constitution aud itc therefore sus
tains the minority party in then conduct!
Was ever such imbecility uttered iu a Legis
lative body ? Did ever such transparently
dishonest special plcaliug proceed from
scoundrel lawyer feed to make the worse ap
pear the bettcf reason!
lie says further that uuny Constitutions
have bceu framed without submission, therefore
this is valid without. In ordiuary cases there
is no contest about the fashions of Coustitu
iious, tor all are moulded after otie fashion.
Where the people are unanimous iu favor, aud
this is known, a submission of the Constitu
tion may be dispensed with. lJut where tlure
is a doubt ou this point, ami particularly where,
as in Kansas, a large portian of tha people
were kuowu tj be opposed to the Slave aud
other features of the laecompton Constitution,
there was the greatest reasou for submitting
the iu.struiucut to the peopie that, they might
pass upou it. Suppose our Statu Constitution
was to be attested so as to incorporate a partv
dogma iato it. feuppose it were changed by a
Convention so as to restrict from iho right of
suffrage ail laomin Catholics and all Foreigners,
or to confer the right to vote upon all Forerguers
tuiuicdi itely upon lauding iu our limits, or to
establish a modified or absolute tonditiou of
Slavery; and suppose a party pledged to either
of these changes, had obtained a majority in
the Convention, had adopted these features or
either of tbem, and had then refused to subuiit
the instrument to a vote cf the people, who
could defend this conduct? Would it avail to
point to the act calling the Convention and say
that body could do as they pleased? Would
it avail to say that the practice of the States
had ruled on this poiut, and that it was com
petent for the Convention to nntuuit or Hot, as
they saw propel ? Woul J any of these 'picas
suffice to justify the attempt to take a stiap
judgment upon the people ? No; every nun's
common sense would see through the sophistry
—would brush away the cobweb*, end every
man's honesty would deuounce tLe unfairness
of the tiick. For just such an outrage Mr.
Keilly makes just such apologies, and the whole
lluchanati party respond "Atueu" to his
miserable twaddle:
Mr. Reilly proceeds to argue that if Kansas
be admitted ur.der Leeoiupion, the people can
alter their Constitution, as anil wlicu they
please. This opinion is in conflict with the
well knowii rule of judicial interpretation, that
where the law points out one mode of action, it
excludes all others. The Lecotnptou Consti
tution provides no mode of amendment before
1804; and in the very debate in which Mr.
licilly's speech was mad?, Slave holders
maintained that the Constitution could not b=
amended except as provided by itself. Mr.
lleilly says tbat several Slates have amended
their Constitutions at a different time and in a
different muiner from that poiuted cut, aud
therefore the people of Kansas can, In the
cases referred to, the changes have not been re
sisted by a large body of the people, flenee
they have been acquiesced in. Rut suppose
the poiut had been controverted, or the question
had been taken before the State Court, and
they had decided the whole movement irregular
auu unconstitutional what fheu ? In the case
ot Rhode Island, years ago, this occurred, and
the consequence was, there was a tesort to
arms, and the intervention of the 11. S. Ciov
ernmetit to preserve tbe'pctce and sustain the
regular authorities. L)oes Mr. Reil!y wish
this scene repeated, and all the consequeuces
such a difficulty would involve ' lie pretends
to be a peace itiau, jot is pursuing the course
most likely to precipitate the diiest of
calamities. If an attempt were tuade to change
the hricouipton Constitution, there is uo d..ubt
tbat the friends of tho instrument us it is.
would resist it. There is little doubt that the
Judges, all of whom belong to the same par'ty,
woul i decide that the Constitution could be
atiu-u led ouly as pointed out within itself.—
The consequence would be that the majority of
the people who it is admitted are ujqiu.sed to
the Constitution—would he compelled to ac
complish ibis puiposc, ii at all by revolution,
and probable bloodshed. Mr. 'Reilly sees
nothing to apprehend in such a contest, lie
would so bind the majority that they can only
Irauie their insii. utious, to suit themselves
alter a severe', protracted and probably bloody
contest. lot Mr. licitlj' professes to be an
honest mm, a l>ver of his countrj', an opposcr
of outrage, and a respecter of the will of the
people i
Mr. lie illy probably has satisfied himself of
the Correctness of his cause. \\ e hope he is
not doing direct violence to the better impulses
of his naluu;.. Yet wo have reason to doubt
crre j ___ T rrts miOTI Vr, .aJL— — i uwllui
that he ha, ofteu aud publicly denounced the
j Lccomptoo Coustituiion as a fraud", aud that ir.
the tatlier stages of the contest he was confi
dently received among those who would refuse
to tauc'iou the fraud by their support. We
presume be has yielded to the blandishments of
Washington Society and Washington Politics.
We regret tor his own aud the District's sake,
j tuat he did not preserve his integrity.— (iellys-
I burn Stur.
THE TISK I H.4XGLD '
buch is the caption of au article in the
Spirit ot the itu inst., in which FORN'EV
is assailed iu the usual coarse s'yie of cur
neighbor, lor having heretofore claimed and
classified Mr. REILLV as among the horwsl
otipouculs of (he Lceomptoti fraud. Mr.
bon.NET, a- well as everybooty else, huu every
reason to point to our Representative as one
wtio would vote agsiust the admission of Kansas
under that swindle, because lie himself had so
stated his position (o every body wi'h whom
he conversed OK the subject. Mr. REILLV did
not only, in cou vet sat ion, speak, against the
Lc-comptou Constitution—Mr. .Buchanan's and
the Southern bire—■atcr'* pet measure—as a
swindle aud a lruud, and which he would not
support, aud could not, conscientiously , but
ho also stated, over aud over again, that he
had a Speech writteu out, which lie purposed
delivering iu the House c'n the first favorable
Occasion that he could obtain the floor for the
purpose, iu which his views, strengthened and
confirmed by the clearest evidence, would be
reiterated against this infamous contrivance.
Now wo find this tout j Mr. REtI.LV pushing
himself forward as a champion aud defender of
this Lecumptou Coustituiion, the saune instru
ment that but a day or two before had met
with his hearty condemnation 1 For this
shameful desertion of the right, he has received
and will continue to receive, as he justly
merits, the emphatic condemnation no', ouly of
Mr. FoiINEV, hut ot the well-informed and in
telligent portion of hi* immediate constitu
ents.
We tliiuk it is rather a left-handed com
pliment that the Spirit pays to "our talent
ed Representative,'' when it says '-the tune
is changed.' \\ e of course presume he
means Reilly's "tune " All can agree with
the Spirit, without arguuieut, that he has
"cluuged his tune" froiu a defender of the
right and of justice, to that of sustaining fraud
and villainy, and no one knows this better than
Mr. it BILLY himself, his Lecoinptou speech
ana the Spirit to the contrary notwithstanding.
Hid o.Vu conscience is his accuser.
Iu this unlooked-for, unexpected and
marvelous political suuoerset, Mr. KKILLY, of
course, has astounded friends and foes and
| eveu the moat perfect amateurs in political
! gyratious, and, us a matter of course, has
j called forth animadversions froui the people
and trout the press. FORNEY'S Press con
tained some very severe strictures upon his
I change of position—they were severe because
ijust and true —to which our neighbor replies
jby saying, (and wo presume ho knows) that
j "Mr. KKILLY is likeiy to' gain in pocket as
welt as reputation by the displeasure of the
/'/•ess." l< may be, as the Spirit says that,
so tar as his "pocket" is concerned, he will he
a considerable gainer; but as* to "reputation."
that is a debatable question, aud' the way to
decide it is to place biui before the ikibought,
unbribed people of the 17th Congressional
J'istrict uexttuli as a candidate for re-election.
1 hoy are the only proper arbiters to decide
1 this question, aud tbev will do it - effectually,*
;if not according IO MR. REN.R.YG liking WE
Anticipate at least a triumphant viitdtc?ktion oj'
tiutb and justice.— lOjwsiloiy mid Tianscript
| "PURCHASE OF MOUNT VEIIN'OX.
A correspondence w published in tbe Rich
mond paper*, between "A Southern Matron"
ftinl John A. Washington, Esq., tiie prypiietor
; of Mount Veruou, the former announcing that
that'flte bill before the Legislate ro to aid the
ladies in the purchase of ibis property Lad
J lailed to pass, and asking him to dispose of it
to the Mount Vernon Assoct .Hon. Sir. "W.
consents to this urraogemenf, as will am *ur
from the following reply
MOUNT VKKNON, Match 10, 185 S.
To Southern Matron."
MADAM:—Your letter of March 12th has
been received, iu which you inform me that the
i bill providing for the purchase of Mou.it Ver
| uoa by \ irginia, has been defeated iu the
House of Delegates, and in the nam Q and on
1 behalf of the Mount A ernori Association, you
renew your otf< r to purchase this place.
lleietoforc, 1 luve otify been willing to dis
pose of Mount A cruon to tho United Slates or
to Virginia, as 1 believe that iu the hands of
; one or the ether it would bo better protected
j and preserved ftuu in the possession of any
S individual or association. The events of tho
! past seven tears, however, seem to indicate
j that neither \ irginia, nor the United States
■ wish to acquire tho place. Under the circum
stances, and believing that after the fwdhigh
est powers iu our country, tho women of the
land will be the safest—as they will certainly
bo the purest—guardians of a national shrine,
1 an. williug so far to comply with your re
quest as to await for a reasonably limited peri
od cf time the propositions you wish to make
Ito me on behalf of the unsocial ion ovei which
you preside. Ainl I assute you, that unless
! these proposals aro inconsistent with what I
j oelicve to be my duties upon the occasion, 1
! shall be inclined to give them the most fav-ua
j hie consideration.
With assurance* of the highest respect, 1
liu\9 the lienor to he, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. WASHINGTON.
IV'RCHASE OF MOUNT VERNCX.— The Rich
moud Whig sa)>
•'*\\ e are happy to announce that on the Cih
instant, iu the presence of the two j ..riles, and
the counsel of the Association and the propri
etor of Mount \ eruou, u contract was formally
entered into before a notary, between J aim A
Washington, Esq., and the Regent of the As
j soeUtioti, tor the purchase of the home and
grave of Washington bv the Association." *
j —~
I _ Mr. RKII.LV'S Si'KHCN.—The Spirit of the
i fth inst , gives u synopsis of Mr. RKILLY'S
l.ocouiptou Speech, and of course commends it
as an unanswerable production- The Veaifers:
jof tho Spirit could arrive at a better judg
♦ ment in the matter if it will go to the trouble
j to publish that other Speech—Reilly vs. Reilly
—the anti-Lccomptou Speech which this
gentleman had already Written out, but fw
! want of an opfH>r:uaify, did not deliver. If
' l! >ri 'SPtW' has not the room for it. and Mr.
riiet.ly Will turnuli us frith a copy —we : r ■ ...
I he has the manuscript yet—wv will publish it.
Doubtless It ia the uiost unanswerable area
i ment of the two.
lleiily ir, u perfect self-sharpener—a good
deal like the Ohio Temperance Lecturer, who
! could lectin ein favor of ihat question or
against it, as occasion required, and was firsi
i rate on eith'-r side. Reilly vs. Reilly , or
Reilly the Seli-sharpner.
Now, if l -our talented Representative" was
in the habit of geUing c litile t4how-rouic
, yoa-so," we might suppose that some wag,
urged thereto by the Attorney General, who is
fond of a j ike, slipped his anii-Lecoiupton
Speech out of his pocket aud replaced it by
I Lecoiiiptou, and the gentleman, next morninv,
supposing ail was right, drew the document
forth, laid it upon lils desk, and
spouting. \\ ell, when once commenced, of
| course it had to go through, and thus against
i his own convictions and iu aiteet oppo-iti'-u to
his own inclination, he was made to advocate
the swindle! We say this may have been the
case, bui do not vouch for its being so. Se
vosilory and Transcript.
05r"*Tbe chief reasou why Mr. Reilly supports
tho Lecouiptou Constitution, lie says, is because
it will take the question out of Congress, and
because the people of Kinsas can alter tho con
stitution at any time after admission. This
now is denied by Southern supporters of the
bill. They are in favor of the Constitution be
cause it ties ttie bauds of the people until 1864,
and then requires so many couditions prior to
effecting a change as to make a change almost
impossible. One of these conditions is that if
one-third of the,voters aif the State either vote
against proposed amendments or dc not cots at
all, no ameuduieut can be made.
Rut, as we have said, Southern supporters of
the Lccouipton Constitution deny tint any
change cat: be legally made in that instrument
before 18G4. Aud Mr. Green, of Missouii, in
his report to the Senate frcui the majority of
the Committee ou Territories expressly denies
this right, for he uses this language:
• • lloicertr fries out its provisions may />> orr to be,
they [the people] cannot change it, without resorting
to rccilutiou, until 1864."
There is no doubt, that the State Court would
so decide, and the people would be compelled
to live under a Constitution unacceptable to**
them, or to uiukc a change by revolutionary
means, such an were uttcuipted years ago :u
Rhode Island. Deniocruts (!) say it is l ight
thus to bridle the people, aud keep them from
governing themselves. Knaves only can hold
such atrocious sentiments. — Gettysburg Star.
municipal Elections.
HAQERSTOWN, April 12.—The muncipai
election held bete to-day resulted iu tho elec
tion of the whole Amerioau ticket.
I>. G. Mum ma, American, for Mayor, reciev
ed 80 majority, and the Ameiican council tiek
ot received an average majority of 121. The
mijoiity for.Govoruor Hicks iu liagerstown was
81 over Col. G oomc.
ALBANY April 14. Mr. Perry, Anti Le
couiptou candidate, was ele-oted Mayor of this
city yesterday by 140 majority. The City
Council is almost equally divided.
ELIZAB RTUTOWN,' April 15. —At a charter
charter election held here to-day, the whole
uuti-Lccoinplon ticket was elected by 200 ma
jority.
The two Pittsburgh Democratic papers,
formerly Lecoinpton, are in favor of Mont
gomery's amendment.
THE MARKETS,
f Wheat in Baltimore, 102 t<> 100 c t. f,, r r „:
105 to 110 for ortEiiiary to fair w bite, an,} ]•_>,.
to 125 for good t*i prime do. Corp, white. (Ji
aOB ets. y< llow, 05 aOB ets. Rye, 70 .. Tj'...
- , Oats, 40 a 43 c'S.
Philadelphia mark?**, about the tame •
r ees. ''
t -j ' ii i _
" MARRIED.
' Oa '1 liiii allay, the 16th itlH,, bv lie i: V. (J
* C. Prob.-t, at the residence of >he bride's f ut
1 or,near R oody Run, Pa., Mr. Mielmt-iF. U, r j.
man, of Woodbury, to Miss Amdm J.
. On the 15th inst., by the Rev. IE H-ckt:'
s man .Mr. Ciiaru-s Ruos to Miss'llauiiab W-r ;*
„ itiger, both of Woodbury Bedford Co. Pa.
On ihe 14ih itist., by the Rev. E. R,
Mr. Daniel lmler to Miss Sarah Stumhau
, both of Bedford tp.
j Ou the 15th in-."., by the R.-v. H. U,,- K ,
man Mr. fieury Earnest of Bedford t;., i„ )],
- Ilauuah Diehl of Charlcsville.
t On tho 15th itist., by the Rev. J. A
f kleiuau, Mr. Wiiliam E .gats to >lis Mary
1 j Larger all of Napier tp.
: | died.
J Iu Schelisbtirg, oil the I3th itist., Tin v-
As u. R. MCEADDUN, Esq., ill the 37 t <, Ve< . r
. ot hid
■ The deceased was l.oin iu Cumberland <_'
t 1 Pa , hut became a re.-ident of this county aloi
-11 SCUI>5 CUI> "g l -'- Asa man he was highly esteem
ed tor iiin intellectual and social quali ies. H
, loved his frieuds and relations dearly am .
i j : " J d urbane to all, tßus winning foi
, j suit, tho respect and entire eontideiice of a
[ who knew him. lie was first elected euaiit;
1 Superintendent of Bedford C u . which dfere't
. , declined on account of the ina-hquate s..:r
lie then removed to .MvCottuelUburg, wbere L e
was eh eted to the office et Prothonotary, It" --
j i ister and Recorder of Fulton Co. which u'ntf .
1 hu di-vbarged with credit to himself and sato.
• faction to the public.
j At the expiration of his term of office, Li,
► health was so shattered a.s to be unable to
. I tend io any business whatever, he then returt.-
; ! e-1 to iJeheflsburg that he might die in the mid.-:
{ of his relations.
As a Christian, he was a member of the tjer
; man Refoitned Church, though modest in ii
| piofessious and uuassuuiiug iu Lis ways, yet 1.
j piety was sincere aud heart felt. He loved li s
; Church aud all her institutions. In his ;a : ;
sickness Lew is called upon to suffer muvbau.
| lotig, all of which Le bore with a perfect
; nation to the will of God; lnqueutly eoininei,.-
ing himself, Lis affectionate w.fe, ami Lis 4 li -
tic cLildran to llim who eau snstriu and cor.-
ifort Loth the dying and the bereaved: and aftt
a long pern,d of suffering, feeling that Lis u.-
paitu.e was now at Land, he said, ''Come, cou-c
lAord," aud departed in peace.
Ou the 15:b inst., Mrs. EYE ANN PUNSYL
aged 25 years, 1 month and 5 da\s.
1 in* subject of iLi- notive wis woitby of u.or
tT.ati a mere passing remark, fsha was au excel
lent young woman, an 1 *w s highly estoeiutti
! by ail who knew her for the amiable qualities
siie possessed, ller remains were followed !u
the grave by a large coticouise of people.
lY'ie was a incmbcr of the German Reform'
Church, atid a sincere Ciu'istlati, always adoiL
ing Lor profession bv a consistent example.—
Her siiEnes.*.', wlitch vis one of inveL sufferim
and protracted tor several year.-, she boiewi;,
|au entire submission to the will of God. "8.
is not de-d but slv pcth.'"
Ou the 15th WESLEY, ..u of Jobn Merit-1
more, of Suake spring toWusttip, in the v
year of his ;ig.
At i ine Hill, .somerset Ca., mi Satitrdc
the IIIFI'., EI.!ZAEI;TU ANN, daughter.*
iiON.s and Maria iuiucr, li ycais, 1!
uionths .-iiid 22 di\s.
irwprs
C2-OOUS
FOR
Spring* and Niiiiauier.
1858!
OSTER, HlaWElKEft k CMR.\,
A BNOI NCto their fri *nds and the puLf'
that they are now receiving fruui J'l il.id. ij
am! New York, and opening out in their newlv
ted up room formeily, l\* Kupp it if.*
an entirt IT
Sew sud Brilliant Stock
Of desirable new style, Frencn, British and As
DRY OOOISS,
embracing a large and general assortment o: sn-
A\'L> FANCY ARTICLKS, Comprising in put,
K1 II FANCY DKLSS SILKS. UICH
O LOSSY BLACK SILKS. MADONA
AND LAVELLA CLOTHS, IfOBF A
QUILI.A, OK SIDK STKIPES, DF
LAINK ROBES. ORGANDIE KOBKS.
BINGHAM KOBKS, LAWN KOBKS.
FKKNCH DCCAI.S, LAWN'S 4. i"
CrINGHAMS, WHITB AND PRINTED
FKKNCH BRILLIANTS JACONETS ■
AND LAWNS NKW SPKINtiSTYLES M
BE LA INKS, C RALLIES, GINGHAMS
AND FEINTS, BROAD CLOTHS,CAS-
S1 MERES, SATINETS, JEANS. COT
TONADES, bee., &e.,
' Together with a choice assortment of
Frcsli Family Groceries,
Quoenaware, Cutlery, HATS, CAPS and BON
NETS,
ISOOTS, SHOES and G4ITEIIS
Hiving purciia.-td our goods LOW FOR visit,
are prepared to offer GREAT lNnecExzXTs t i ''-
BUTERS. Wc will sell exceeding!}*
CHEAP FOR CASH,
OR .vrrROvEW i?" MONTHS' cEniT.
(Jonie and see for yountclTes, and be convince"
whether you wish to buy or not. No trouble a
. show goods.
Cfy"All kinds of proJucj taken in exchange b ;
goods.
Bedford, April 2J, ISeS.
Kletliun of Trustees.
"JVT OTICE is, hereby given, that the annual c!
J-Ttion will !a- lul 1 for the trustees of the BEDL™
liatl Ars ciatioti, st the Odd Fellows llail, in t lt
; Borough of 8.-dfortl, at one o'clock P.M. on M" 3 "
day the thiid lay of May next.
15v order of tin; Trustees
i FR. JORDAN, Sec't
-1 April 23, 18.jt.-o.'
A Horse for N.iic.
TUB S übsorlber wishes to sell his flno r.iNi. efl
bone, Ben—a:.t aoid for any fault.
A. .U. BIVANS.
Or 1 aus, Alleghany O'Uatv M.