BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Fa. Friday Mwblbi, OCT- 1. ISM ~~"mRLE7S~ANI) free." D. OTIJIt-Editor ad Proprietor. "PKCPLO" STpTHKBT. SUPREME JUDOF., JOHN M. READ, of Philadelphia. CANAL COMMISSIONER, WM. E. FRAZER, of Fefyette PEOPLE'S COIH TICKET. CONGRESS, EinvALu> Mcpherson, of Ada™ Co. ASSEMBLY, GEO. W. WILLIAMS, of Bedford Co j GEO. G. WALKER, x>f Somerset Co. "J COMMISSIONER, GIDEON D. TROUT, of St. Clair, I P . j POOR DIRECTOR, HENRY M. IIOKE, of Snake Spring. AUDITOR, JAMES CAR NELL, of Monroe. CORONER, WM SHOWMAN, of Harrison POLITICAL M£ETi*m At tho request of our friends in several of the Townships, our County Committee has called meetings at the following times and places: At Clear villc, Monroe Tp., on .Saturday, Out. 2, at 2 o'clock, P. M. At Parley's School House, in Bedford Tp.. on Ttiosday, Oct. 5, at 7 o'clock, P. M. At Stoneralown, on Friday, Oct. 8, at 7 o'- clock, P. M. Other meetings, it is expected, will be an nounced in due time, and it is hoped our friends wiil turn out strong, as good speakers will be present to address the meetings. ipiß PIIWITiILEiL Wo copy the following from the Philadelphia ; North American of the 28tb. It puts the lie j direct on the assertion of the last Pedford G- i zutto, that John M. Read signed a letter con- ■ gr&tiUating George M Dallas for giving the j casting vote against the Tariff of 1842. The I Gazette cannot be believed in any assertion it makes : JOHN M. BEAD. Ou the 14th of July last, Jobu M. Read of i ike city of Philadelphia, wag ifcaDimously n jmi nated by the People's Conveo'ion, assembled at llarrisburg, for the office of Judgo of the Su preme Court. The convention passed the fol lowing resolution : ♦'Resolved, That the revenue necessary for a judicious and economical administration of the government, should bo raised by the imposition of duties up.cn foreign imports, and in laying them such discriminating protection should be given as will securo the rights of free labor and American industry;" which resolution was ap proved by Mr. Read in his letter accepting the nomina'ion. Sonic weeks ago we received a letter from a friend in the interior, 6tating that it was assert ed that Mr. Read had signed a letter to Mr. Dallas, congratulating hint for having voted for the tariff of 1846. Since then the same asser tion has been made in an editorial of the Lan caster Intelligencer, of the 2lst inst., and in other papers, and we have been informed that secret circulars, conveying the same informa tion, have been sent privately to the leading iron masters in the State. The files of the Penusylvaoiau have beon • sourcbed, and the following appear to be the j facts: On Tuesday, 28th July, 1846, Mr. 1 Dallas, as Yico President, gave his casting vote ' iu favor of the tariff of that year. On Wednesday, the 29th, a letter was wiit- 1 ten by Athanasius Ford, signed by him and a 1 nntnber of democratic citizens, to Mr. Dallas, j ap,proving bis vote of the preceding day ; to which Mr. Dallas replied in a letter dated (Saturday) August Ist; which correspondence was published in the Pcnqsjivauiaq of Wed nesday, August sth. Amongst the signatures to the letter of the 29th of July, the name of Jobu M. Read docs not appear, but there is the name of John F. Head, a respectable demo- i cratio citizen, who then resiJed in Chester • stieet, iD North Mulberry Ward, but who now resides at No. 210 Madison street, and who approves the conduct of Mr. Dallas in giving' his casting vote for the tariff of ! 46. In addition to those facts, wc are authorized by Mr. Jobu >J. Rend to say that he was not in the ciiy of Philadelphia when the letter of the 29tb of July, and tho answer of Mr. Dal las of the Ist of August, wore writteD,'and that he never saw the original of the letter of tho 29th of July, nor did he ever sign it, nor au thorize anybody to sign it for hiui. Mr. Oarcy furnishes us with the following : I have examined tho Pennsylvauian of Wed nesday, sth August, 1845, and attached to tho letter o? 29th July, to Mr. Dallas, signed by Atbaoasius Ford and others, I find the name of John F. Read, but not the name of .John M. Read. HENRY C. CAREY. BLAIR COUNTY.—The Rcpublioan candi dates have all withdrawn in this Conuty, which secures the Congressman iu that District and the People's Couuty ticket. Our party is now a unit r.l! over the State, and the Locofocos are shattered aud divided everywhere. Rj'MEMUEit that from this time nntil the elector., the British Free Ti" e, lir.rd Times, Ten-CtSits-a-dny, party will have all kinds of lyiii t Zanders out against our ticket. Believe jioua of tbctn. ; THE DEBT OF BEDFORD fOUXTf! A FEW ITEMS SHOWING THE MAN NER IN WHICH IT WAS CREA TED. The people of Bedford County, of all par ties, are aware of the fact that tho debt of Bedford County is now somewhere about TWELVE THOUSAND DOLL ARS-Coun ty and Poor House. Wc propose to state a few items, many more of which vould be named, showing the manuer in which this large debt : was creuted, which caused tho borrowing of Jive thousand dollars last spring. Tlvrough tho bungling and incompetency of the preeeut Locofeco board of Commissioners and their Clerk, they nsscssed the taxes of the County too low, according to the valuation of a Locofoco board of Revenue Commissioners, to the amount of $810,25; the samo Locofoco board of Commissioners also improperly exouc | rated collectors to the amount of $277,60, and both items is piid out of the County Treasury. It stands thus. County loses iu item first, $810.25 County loses in item second, 277.60 Whole loss iu two items, $1087.85! It will thuj be seen that the present Locofo i co board sunk lo the County in only these fwo matters the large sum of 1087.85 / / / It is also well known that the present Loco foco bonrd of Commissioners, have made an ex tra officer out of the Public Buildings. His duty is to bo tinkering —wc will not call it re pairing those buildings, and drawing largo sums for, as it seems to everybody, imaginary work! . We have taken the trout le to examine this item of expenditure for tho last eight years, and tho increase oj the lust two years will as tonish and astound every tax-p iyer, belong to what party lie may. The expenses for the Lis: eight years taken fiom the official reports, staud thus: I'SSO. Materials and repairs for build- j $131.03! 1851. Di vers persons for work at Public Buildings, 31 fig 1852. Repairs and work at Public Buildings, and for materials. Can dles, 188.01 ! 18D3. Public Building®, (m ij. Whig Commissioners,) 63.79 ! 1854. E. Pennel), repairs at Court House, 225.00 McMullen & Radebaugh, (Painting,) 145.00 1865. Repairs to County Buildings, 482.66 1856. Repairs to Court House and 31136 1857. Repairs of Public Buildings, 461.18 From the abovo it will be seen i but in 1850, ! the Publio Buildings cost hut $131.03. In ! 1851, they cost only $34.68. Iu 1552, SIBB.- j 01, but in tliif year is included candles, &c., ] not included in other years, so that the Public j Buildings actually aid not costs over about ( $125 00. In 1853, under a Whig Board, they j cost only $63.79. In 1854, they cost $370,- i 00, and in 1855, $482,60, but in the accounts j of these two ycats is included, the cost of the ' alteration of the wholo interior arrangements j of the Court House, and which was cousiderci ; at the time very low. In 1856 tho repairs to i Publio Buildings cost s3ll 36' which in our opinion wai pretty salty, but worse still, last your, 1857, they wero $451.18! ! Is it not time the people should demand a change ir. the : Commissioners' office of Bedford County ! The tinkering at the Publio Buildings still ' continues, and wc are informed that at the last j meeting of the Commissioners, several heavy j checks were allowed for tinkering at the Public ; Buildings and we wuld not be surprised thut ; by the end of the present year, otl the same j rate of increase iu these democratic times, and as the expense was only $451.18 last year, it will run up to about $600.00 for the present year—a pretty heavy reward out of your pock ets, tax-payers to a man for turning his coat a year or two ago. Seriously tax-payers of Bedford^Couuty, is not this conduct of the Democratic Couuuis- j sioners outrageous! The County Buildirgsare actually not worth over about SIB,OOO. Is it not o very heavy expenditure to keep them iu order that you pay! Arc not S3OO and S4OO, and upwards for that purpose au outrageous ex penditure Who among you that owns $lB.- 000 worth of property pays that much every year to keep it in repair! Wtuld not SSO a | year be j lenty! It certainly would. Thou look at the enormous increase fur the last few year 9. Is it not time it should be stopped! i After examining the items mentioned in the i beginning of this article, losses iuoured by the ' ' bungling of tho Commissioners, and the Publie Buildings, is it any wonder tho Democratic j Commissioners had to borrow $5000! The ; stroDg probability i# that they will have to bor row more money by next spring. The length of our article prevents us expo sing other acts of the Democratic Commission ers. and wo must close, by calling on every j one iu Bedford County, who is opposed to the ! way our County affairs have been tuauaged to • yote for GIDEON D. TROUT, for Commissioner. The Bedford Gaictte is guilty of FORGERY I in plaoing John M. Read's pmo to a letter ho never signed. See the last week's Gazette, j and then tee the article from the North Arner i ican at tho head i>f our editorial columns. If a fellow i guilty of FORGERY in a matter of. j this kind, would ho not be guilty in any other j ! case ! But then his FACE ! The meeting of our friends at Hopewell, last Saturday, wis large and enthusiastic, over one hundred voters were present. It was ad -1 die-cod by Messrs. Jordan and Filler. The I best feeling prevailed. BEDFORD 2WOUIRIR. THE TARIFF OF 1857, AND WHO PAS SKD IT. Our Locofoco friend?, having in vain eudeav ored to persuade the peoplo that their free trade tariff has nothing to do vviih the present hard time?, have now taken the other tack, and uublusiiingly proclaim the falsehood that the present tariff is not a democratic measure.— They acknowledge they passed the Tariff of 1840, which has caused the present crash and hard times, but attribute the whole trouble to the Tariff of 1857, tnd then deny that they passed it, and charge its passage on the Amer icans and Republicans. Now, the Tariff of 1557 was passed iu March of that year, and had therefore been in operation too short a pe riod to ruiu the country by September of the same year. The Tariff of 1846 had dona the j work. But, we here affirm, and will prove, j that the Tariff of 1857 was passed by the Lo : cofoco party, and by their votes in Congress, as j a party measure. The first evidence of this : we give in the recommendation of President | Pierce, iu his annual message to Congress, in Dec'r, 1856, in which he urges upon Congress as an " imperative " duty, the further reduction of the Tariff of 1843. Here is what he says: '•These considerations will justify a reduc tion of the revenue from customs, so a? not" to exceed forty-eight or fifty mtllioDs of dollars. I think the exigency for such reduction imper ative, end again urge it upon the consideration of Congress Here then is tho Presidential recommenda tion to reduce the Tariff of 1846 still lower, so that it irigiit approximate still nearer the great democratic doctrine of free-trade, announced in the Cincinnati Platform of the preceding June. Iu compliance with tLis Presidential and party recommendation, tho bill was prepared, arid nassed by the sun? Con gress in March, 1857, reducing the rates of the Tariff of 1846. On the final passage of the bill iu the House of Representatives, the vote was 122 iu favor of the bill, and 72 against if. And of these 122 who voted for the bill, 05 were Locofocos, 38 were Republicans and only 19 were Americans. A numter of the Re publicans being Americans also, it is difficult to classify them accurately; hut for our presrnt purpose we may add the Americans aud Re publicans together, and their total voto for iKe bill was 57. or eight votes iess than the Demo crats alone. In the House thai year there were 83 democrats, 43 Americans and 108 Re publican?, *o that no party bad a majority.— But it appears that of tho 83 democrats, 65 of t lie HI, or more than three-fourths of them, voted for the Tariff of 1858, and the otho 18, with or.e single exception, did not vote at all. They wculd not voto ngainst a measure of their par ty, recommended by a democratic President.— But to clinch this matter still more effectually, look at the 72 votes against the bill. Of these whole 7 every man is either an .American or Republican, except ONE only on? democrat, or Locofoco, in the WHOLE UNITED STATES, dared to stiud up and voto ogainst this p.rty mease to of " Progressive Free Trade." This one Looofoco is A9a Paoker, of tuis State, and wc understand be is largely interested in coal operations at Mauch Chunk, and hence per mitted his private interests to swerve him from his party fidelity. We therefore repeat that the proof is overwhelming nnd conclusive, that the Tariff of 1857 is a Looofoco Tariff, carried through Congicss on the strength of a Presi dential recommendation, and by a Locofoeo party vote. For Pierce's Message, we refer to the M' ssage and Documents of 1856-7, part 1., page 15. And for the vote on tho final passage of the bill, we refer to the Congres sional Globe for same year—Houso Pioeced ings, page 791. We have the documents, and can show them to anybody who has any doubt on the subject. It is unnecessary for us to analyse the vote in the Senate, as our reader? know there was in 1857, a large Locofoco majority in it. The fact is, thero were but two Loeofooo? iu the whole Senate who voted against the rascally- Tariff of 1857. Ouly think of it; three Lo oofoco votes, aud only threo, against the Tariff of 1857, in both the Senate aud House ! And yet an attempt is made to lio the people into the belief that the Locofoco paity is not re sponsible for its passage. Shame on suah hy pocrisy and falsehood. Wo hope to see the people brand it at the ballot box as it deserves, and that the calumniators may thereby be taught a lesson they will never forget as long as they live. Commistioiier. Let the people of Bedford County look to their interests in the selection of a Commissio ner this fall. Win. Whetstone, Esq., the ouly opposition Commissioner goes out, and hence the advantage of having at least one in tho Board of opposite politics. Gideon D. Trout, Esq.,the People's candidate for that office is a first rate man, and will make an excellent Com missioner, and will do all be oan to make the County matters stand bettor than they have for a few yoars past. Should Mr Beckley, the opposing candidate be clootcd, the Democracy will have the entire Board, and they will bo able to do just as they please, and the people will have to suffer. Let tho present enormous County Debt, warn them of their danger. Now is the time to strike foi retrenchment, economy aod reform. TERRIFIC DISASTER.—The steamship Austria burned at sea, on tho 13th ult. Out of six 1 hundred souls, on board, only sixty seven es i caped. We will give an account of the disaster i in onr nex*. VcPhemn and ProtecUon! j Tbe following extract is froiu Mr. McPher son s Address totoe voters of Hits Congressio nal District, and shows plainly that he favors the interests of the farmers, mechanics and wnrkingmen of Pennsylvania : "Protection in 1842 rc-ercated American Trade. It gave a glow to every occupation and speedily raised the Nation from extreme prostration. In 1858, it would he covering the country with "blessings and benefits,'" if j the Administration of Mr. Buchanan, which is i coutroled by a jealous aad selfish interest bos j tile to the growth of Free Labor, were not de j ttrained upon trying, even at the risk of the i Nation's prosperity, the chimerical experiment j of Free Trede, with its inevitable con>tquooce, Direct Isxation. It will be pissing strange if the Workingmen of the Country—who arc most deeply concerned—do not rise in their | might to rebuke tbo policy which prefers a ; local to the general interests, which consents to I tbe domination of the less over the greater.- However the Administration :cay ignore the faet, the I ree Labor of the Country needs, de serves, and must have Protection. Whoever would refuse to give it, is nor j just, neither liberal nor patriotic. "ED WA RD Mc PHERSON. " Kellly and Free Trade! '1 he following is the Progressive Free Trade Resolution of tlie Cit camuti Convention which ( nominated James Buchanan, and which is ad vocated by Wilson Reiliy : j "Retolvtd t 1 hat there uro questions oonnect ■ed with the foreign policy of this country, which are inferior to no domestic question what ever. The lime has come for the people of the Lmted States to dtdare themselves in favor of j \jree seas, AMI I'ttOOttEssiVK FKKR Tit AUK ' THROI GHOL'T THE \\ ORLU, ami, by solemn manifestations to place their moial influence , at the side of their successful example " Let the Laboring classes of the 17th Dis- i trie', remember that the following Free Trade, and Direct Tax resolutions were passed by the last Locofoeo House of Representatives : ' Resolved, That the EXISTING TARIFF IS DEFECTIVE as being founded on the PROTECTIVE POLICY. "llesaiv*d, 1 hut the highest development of the iudu.-trial resorces of the country is to be attained by the GREATEST FREEDOM OF j EXCHANGES, which can only be thoroughly accomplished by the ENTIRE ABOLITION OF DUTIES (iN IMPORTS , and a resoit EX- ! CLUSIVELY TO DIRECT TAXATION." j Let the laboring men of the 17th ' remember that only one Locofoco from Bonn- ! syhania, (Asa Backer,) had the courage to vote j ag.iinst the above Free Tra IE and DIRECT TUT I resolutir us. The vo'e stood as follow- : YEAS — For Progressive Free Trade, 123, to wit : 07 Democrats, 39 E.isteru Republicans, and 17 Southern Americans. NAVS — Against the Progressive Free Trade, \ 72 to wit : 71 Americans and Republicans, I and ju-t 1 Looofoco—Judge Asa Backer, of Ba. Fourteen Looofooos c lodged —WlLSON REILI.Y among them! Here is the record of Free Trade Reilly.— Ue dodged the vote ou these Free Trade reso- J lotions, and if be had v..ted at all ho would ! have voted for Fret Trade and Direct Taxes, ! along with the balance of his party. He is [ weak in the the knees, and as he deserted the i people of the district at the bidding of the i Bresidcnt ou the Lecoinpton question, he also goes with his party in favor of Free Trade. \ oters choose ye between Edward JWiP'ier son and Protection to Pennsylvania interests, and Wilson Reilly and Free Trade and Direct Taxation. POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR. The people of this Couuty should not ne glect the office of poor Dilector. The only op position member now in the Board ? George D. Shuck, Esq., goes out this fall, and it is of the utmost importance that we should Lave at least one good man there as a watch. Ilenry M. lloke, Esq., our candidate is one of the best men in the County, and ought to be elect ed, if tho tax-payers will look to their own in terest. Johu Amos, the opposition candidate, is well known about Bedford where ho resides, to bo totally unfit, both by disposition and edu cation, and as that Institution is largely iu debt, the people will see the importance of Mr. Hoke's election as a Director. COL. FORNEY.—The much abused Johu W. Forney, late democratic candidate for the United States Senate, continues to pour hot shot into tie broken ranks of the Lecompton Sham democracy. ID a recent catd ho pro claimed his determination to prove, at an ear ly day, against Buchanan and bis Cabinet, all the charges made in his recent Tarrytowu speech, which we published week beforo last.— Uis proofs and vindication of himself are now announced to be forthcoming in the shape of an address to the Beople of the whole couutrv, and some rich revelations aro expected. The harmony of modern democracy is refreshing to behold. LOUOFOOOI3M IN MAlNE.—After * most terrific fight iu the good old Democratic State of Maine tho Locofocos lost their Governor by only ahout IQ.OOO, lost the whole six members of OoDgress, and it is reported have suceeded in electing one out of the 33 members of the State Senate. Well done, Maine ! The tickets will be voted ou two slips of pa per this election. The candidate for Supreme Judge on one piece of papor, and all the other candidates from Canal Commissioner down, on another. On our first page will bo found a very good Sermon, by the Rev. R. F. Sample, to the Young Mens' Christian Association of this place. Mor<* FabririiiiouN. We have the most reliable authority for sla ting that Gen. B'.trus, the Locofoeo candidate for Assembly, is circulating A report over this t county, to the rffei'l '!<<• f ihf?i*e is souio un'Ur }.,standing or arrangement autorg the votots of Somerset county, under which Walker and j Uny ato there to receive the votes of both parties. After asserting this f.tlehy<>d, the Genera! then appeals to Bedford county Amer icans and Republicans not to submit to it, but j to resent it by voting for liiut, the sud Gen. Burns, as a Bedford county man. We feel it to be our duty to here brand this story of the j General sas an unmitigated fabrication from . beginning to cri i, and call upon our friends ev | cry where to repudiate it atid author by cv | ery honest uteans in their power. It seems our candidate for Assembly in 3otu | cr.set county, Mr. Geo. G. Walker, had heard jof this game of deception; mid be last week | sent us for publication a card bran ling the j whole matter as a malicious falsehood. We j did not then publish the card, thinking Mr. Walker had been misinformed, and having a better opinion of Gen. Burns than to think him j capable of so contemptible and dishonorable a I trick to get a few votes. But, it seems we were mistaken, an! Mr. Walker was rightly iu- ' formed, and we thotefore publish hit card, as ' follows: A CARD. Having learned that a rumor has been start ed in Bedford county, to the effect that some arrangement has been made between David Hay and myself, or our friend'', by which we are to be supported by both parties, to the pre judice of the Bedford county candidates, I ' hereby declare and pronounce tho whole story j a malicious fabrication from beginning to end, i and untrue iu the whole and in every pait; and f I call on my Bedford eoun'y friends to staud j by me uninfluenced by any such slanders and assure them of fair and honorable treatment at my hands, and ut tho hands of our party friends in Somerset county. GEORGE G. WALKER. "A ellersburg, Sept. •Such aro the mean- resorted to by our oppo nents to deceive the Tutcrs of thW county, aud *' e ' ld P a ou !" frienJti io every township will see to it that this falsehood is oxposod, and that our men vote undc-tstandingly, and repudiate Geu. Burns as he deserves to bo repudiated for tbts contemptible aud dishonorable trick. The whole story is incredible on its very face to ev ery man who knows David Hiv, and his rela tions to our friends there. He last f)l per mitted himself to be ran as art independent candidate for the Legislature, ag an obi line WAig, ami by great professions of old line be got a uumber of their votes, to ge;ber with the entire Locofoco vote, and was thus elected over Dr. Stewart, our candidate in that county. When the said David Hay, old iino \\ big, weut to llarrisburg, be voted all the time as an old line Locofoco , aud be is uow the reguNr nominee of that party, and the tdea that our friends in that county should in any way support Hay, is more than ab surd. He Is the last man who could expect any such favors. DEMOCRATIC TIMES. How do the people of Bedford county like these great Democratio times, which arc now upon us, and" which we are now enjoying or en during as well as we can? They are the gen uine articles, and no mistake. We have a de mocratic President, a democratic Governor, a democratic Congress, and a democratic Legis lature, and democratic national and State laws, administered by democratic offieo holders; and these times are the gcuuine fruits of democra cy, practically iu force upon the people . n l the country. How do you like theiu? If they meet your approbation, and you consider every thing right, vote for their continuance, by sup porting the democratic ticket at next election. If, on the contrary, you do cot like these dem ocratic times, and desire a change, for the bet ter, vote for tbe other ticket, and the other candidates, and other principles, to ibe end that you may bavo other and better times. COL. PAVIP H. Hones.—We are glad to see that oui old friend, Col. Hofius, has taken the stump in Blair County, and is now actively engaged for the campaign. The old li/u IV/iigs all over the country are eoniing into the move ment. ARK VOI ASSESSED ! Let every voter see that he is assessed. If you are not, after to morrow you will be too late. Attend to it at once. IRON CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, I'ITTS BURGH, PA.— Number of students attending this Institution is now 300— than treble at any similar school in tbo country. It is a model, well furnished counting-house of four large halls, 20x40, 23x80 22x70 43x80 fert, and is conducted by a Faculty of fourteen ex perienocd teachers and practical business men. The course of study being the roost through and practical—Teachers of writing iiltviys ob taining the meuals here, also in eastern and western cities—Low prices of board and tuition —Healthiest city in the Union—Success of its graduates—Best location for gaining situations cause this to be the largest Commercial School in the Uuion, making it the most desi rable College for business men in auy part of tho country. For Circular and Specimens ot Writing, address F. W. JENKINS, Pittsburgh, Pa.— Pills. Gazette. A line of railroad from St Louis to tho bor ders of the mineral region in Northern Mexico, is talked of. The streugest kind of a hint—a young lady asking a gentleman to see if one of her rings will go on his little finger. t ehell*burg. As it is never to 0 l.te to rend justice, and as wc had tho pleasure of b e j r \, j present on the occogiou referred to, if y. >u } aliow ma a little space in tho columns of vmi paper, I will attempt, now, to do it my,"" The new oowpsay recently formed in Sche'l burg, dtJ remarkably well, considering the nr" portunittes it had in drill exercises. Thi. its fiist debut before the publio ;r uniform I Capt. hrTcriEY performed his part w!l 11 1 is well posted in the tactics a la mihlaire tf r | orefieally as well as practically. ' j The uniform is composed' of u lhrht ti ; cloth frock coat, beautifully trimmed wifh black j braid, and mounted with Uncle SauAs Lutton j —stamped with the American eagle tb j tional and appropriate en,blent of out countrv" I antaloous of the same. A blue elo'L c V adorned with a black plum* and a p!af e ontL front, bearing the letter R.," completes the COStU!ir : . V ne They style themselves tho "Black Plum,d Riflemen, a title well selected, ond significant ;as well as appropriate. Upon the whole, th „ v j looked well, and could not but elicif adm,y" • tton. l " j The company at present, I believe, numbers ' !D The opt fr ng , ra -mbers. lhc Bedford Riflemen, under the com mand of Upt. BANSOM, who kindly partieina ted with their "brethren in-atms" on 'he occa sion, rnado a very handsome appearance. Tfapv are well drilled. ' ' B it I must not forget to u tie • here the ecn t.ernan (Mr. John U. King.) i a whose shop the uniforms of tbc new company were go'tcn or He certainly deserves much j.rai.e for the ex pedition with which he turned ~ff ,be work assisted by his sou Krastus, and Mr. J. Koip-* pie. They man afooturcd for ty - t!, ree su : t- fo- W 6 °K m -r suit., a dnv. We should think that Mr. King h,d i„ opera tion a forty-horse-power engine to do the work, judging from the rapidity with which ir was performed. The work was a J! jS;c we n too no "alighting" about it. But, M r . King is a tailor as ,3 a tailor, and is proverbial for neat ness as well as desp vc'i. If he can't give his customers "fits," tuere is no use trying any where else A skillful, scientific, whole scal ed man is Mr. King, and we wish him abun dant success in tho future. In conclusion the day piU9c .d off vbry pie tsandy, without any drunkenness or quar relling, end iu the evening, after tbe perform ence; of the day were over, all quietly dis persed to their home. OBSERVER. •Bep. 28, 1858. We esrewm it a pleasure, resting upon our absolute knowledge of its merits, to recom mend Prof. \\ nod's Hair Restorative as the best article of be kind with which we ere acquainted, and one which has done, under our own observation, all that it claims-and it claims everything implied in its name. Thts article, in short, will restore gray hair to its original color, and adds to its growth and beauty wherever any blight or disease has checked that growth or marred that bcanty.— Ibis has been proved in our family within a few weeks, md in numerous other cases related \?r U i' wit k° ut 'be knowledge of the proprietor. e j * e oCl 'y to dd that this most valuable article is for sale by tbe proprietor, at No. 312 Hroaaway. (-actio.*. Beware of worthle.-s imitations as several aro already in the market, called fey different names. Use none unless the words (Professor Wood's Hair iWor-tirc TWot, St Louis, Mo., and New York,) are LI„wo in' the bottle. Sold by ail Dugfists nod Patent Medicine Dealers. Also by all Fancy a_d Toilet goods dealers in the United States and Canadas. A'ew York -Veto#. How TUB PTTOTECTIVE TAHIFF OF 1842 tf .AS BKOKKN DOWN.- In a volume of Essays enti tled "Men aud Things," by .James L. Baker, of London, recently published by Orcssby.Niebolls & Co., we end the names of a number of sub sui iibers m 1844, to a fund to be used for the pnrpose of disseminating free trade doctilne. especially in the United States. About foer buudred and fifty thousand dollars are said to have been subscribed and the London Tune s admitted that under this foreign pressure the tariff of 1842 was repealed. Before the next Presidential aleetiou three now States additional to those voting its 1856, will be admitted, viz: Minnesota, already in tue Union, with Kansas and Oregon to ootne in yet. In 1856 the whole number of clcotoral votes was 296; with the above mentioned new Sttes, the whole number in 1860 will be 306. Of this cumber 154 will be required for a ma jority. And of the 306 electoral votes 120 will belong to tbe slave Stats, and 186 to the free Stat&s. The majority of tbe north over tbe south is thus shown to be 66. BEDFORD FOOT AT PRIVATE SALE. THE subscribers offer at private sale until Tues day the 16th day of November next, and it not then disposed of, will on that day sell at pub outer}*, on the premises, alt tbe fixtures belonging to their Foundry, embracing a good nix-horse Steam Engine, Fan, Cupofa, two Lathes, together with a great variety of patterns, tor Thrashing Machines, Siovee,Pioughs.saw and Grist Ju.i!l gear ing &c., See., and Flasks for the s.me, si fficlent to do almost any kind of work usually dona in a Country Establishment. A good business has heretofore been done In this Establishment, and it being the only Foundry In Bedford makes it a desirabls opening to any person wishing to engage in tho business. Teirns will l>c made to suit purchasers. D. WASHABAUGH, MICHAEL BANXOX. Oct. 1, 1858. PICKLLYG VWEGJIR. I>IXE Cider Vinegar just received—also ynouhl Candles Extra quality. Oct. 1, 1858. A. B. CRAMER A Co. JUST RECEIVED, AT Shoemaker's Colonnade store, a large assort rncnt of Coffee, Sugar, Syrup, Molrwcs, greet and black Teas, Starch, Spices, Indigo, Candleij ! Rice, &e.. which will h.* sold resy cheap. I Aug. 27.