the present outstanding indebtedness of the
State." A law authorising new State loans for
rhe purpose of redeeming the preseut over due
debt, would be within the constitutional ex
ception, and would be free from objection on
constitutional grounds.
The new loans thus authorized, redeemable
at the expiration of twenty years, with the bank
ing privilege attached to theui, would undoubt
edly sell at a high premium. The proceeds of
their sale should be applied to the payment of
the present State debt, now overdue, amounting
to more than seventeen mtiltoßs of dollars.—
Under tLis system the State loans would uo
longer be held by foreigners, and the scuti-au
nual shipments of specie, to pay interest, would
therefore cease.
The new loans thus authorized, redeemable
at the expiration of twenty years, with the
banking privilege attached to them, would un
doubtedly sell at a high premium. The pro
ceeds of their sale should be applied to the pay
meut of the preseut State debt, now overdue,
amounting to more than seventeen millions of
dollars. Uuder this svstcin tho State loans
would no longer be held by foreigners,and the
semi-annual shipments of specie, to pay inter
est, would therefore cease.
As the currency would bo limited to the
amount actually secured, the danger from ex
pansions, which have heretofore stimulated the
incautious to embark in ruinous enterprises, in
overtrading, and in extravagance in their ex
penditures, would be greatly lessened, if not
entirely overcome. As the securities would be
in the hands of a high and responsible officer of
tho Slate, with authority to sell them for the
purpose of redeeming the circulation, the pow
er of the banks to arrest specie payments at
their owu pleasure would he at HU end. The
system proposed is as near an approach tj a
specie basis as the couditiou aud habits of the
people are at present prepared for. The duty
of securing the coiumuuity from losses continu
ally aiising from unsafe currency, cannot be
longer delayed without a manifest disregard of
the public interests. The subject is thercfere
commended to your early attentim.
The report of tho commissioners appoiuted to
contract for aud superintend the erection of a
monument to the memory of citizens of Penn
sylvania, who were slaiu or lost their lives in
the late war with Mexico, will inform the Leg
islature of the proceedings had on that sub
ject. Alter receiving proposals for the erec
tion of (he monument, and the adoption of a
plau, it was determined, in view of the limited
and inadequate appropriation made for the ac
complishment of the purpose, by the last Leg
islature, to postpone the commencement of the
work uutil further legislation could be had.—
It is the opiuiou of the commissioners that
such a mcnuiuent as would do credit to the
State, and honor to the living und the dead,
cannot be built for a less sum than thirty thou
sand dollars. If the Legislature should con
cur in that opiuioD, the appropriation should be
increased accordingly.
The report of the State Librarian will inform
you of the progress made in the catalogue au
thorized by the last Legislature, aud the gene
ral condition of the Library, which has grown
to bo an institution that deserves ycur fostering
care. I would commend to your attention the
suggestions of the Librarian.
Ihe report of the Attorney Geuerai, which
will bf. l?y V—- - -••• ——opera
t loud of the Law Department of the Govern
luent for the past year. The Act of the 21st
of April, 1857, which requires the Attorney
Geuerai to keep an office at Harrisburg. and
which provides that all debt# due to theOoui
tuonwealth shall be collected by that officer,
has proved to be a highly beneficial enactment.
Under its provisions large sums arc saved
whicb were formerly paid for commissions and
counsel fees. And tbe improved state of our
liuauces is iu uo iuconsiderablo degree owing to
the prompt manuer in which outstanding claims
are collected and paid into the State Treasury.
The AdjuUut General's report, which will
be laid before jou. will show in detail the pres
ent condition of the Military Department. 1
would respectfully call the attention of the Le
gislature to the recommendations of that of
ficer.
The Militia L.w of 1858 has not been fully
tested, but it is believed to be, in the main, an
improvement on the laws in force at tbe time
of its passage. One of its best features, and
oue that should be strictly enforced, is that tbe
system is self-supporting. In no contingency
should that department bo a charge upon the
public Treasury iu time of peace.
In referring the attention of tbe Legislature
to the elaborate reports of tbe Auditor General
aud .State Treasurer, relating to the finances of
the State, which will be laid before you, lcau
not restrain from giving expression to my views
on tbe importance of a change in the mode of
xcepiug aud disbursing the public moneys.
The State Treasurer receives and disburses
betweeu four and five millions of dollars annu
ally; and it not unfrequcntly happens that there
is a balance in the Treasury exceeding one
million of dollars. Tbe bond of the Treasur
er is but for eighty thousand dollars. lie de
posits tbe money of the State wherever he
pleases, and is paid exclusively on his own
check. The monthly settlements with the Au
ditor Geuerai afford some security that the
funds of the Commonwealth will not be misap
plied, but it is eutirely inadequate to the com
plete protection of the public interests.
Until the State shall adopt a different
system ter tbe collection, sufe-keeping and dis.
burseuient of ber revenues, the rnouey on band
must be kept either in tho Treasury vault or
deposited with tbe baukipg institutions in the
Htate. For uuny years the other mode has
been adopted. 1 respectfully recommend that
provision be made by law that uo money shall
bo deposited iu aoy bank by tbe State Treasu
rer without requiring security to bo "first giveu
to the Commonwealth for the repayment of the
uuis deposited—that all cheeks issued by the
.State lreasurer shall be eouutersigued by tbe
Auditor General before they are used—and
that daily accounts of the moneys received aud
paid shall be kept in the office of the Auditor
General as well as iu tho Treasury Depart- !
incut.
The Commissioners appointed to revise the
Criminal Code of this Commonwealth, are pro
gressing with the duties of their appoiutmeut,
uod will report the revised code before the ad
journment of the Legislature.
The various charitable and reformatory iu
stitutions, which have heretofore received pe
ouuiary assistance from the State, such as the
8-rte Lunatic Hospital, at livrrisburg, the Wes
tern Pennsylvania Hospital, at Pittsburg, the
Houses of Refuge, at Philadelphia and Pittr
burg, the Pennsylvania Training School for
idiotic and feeble-minded children, the Asy
lums for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb, at
Philadelphia, the Northern Uome for Friend
less Children, at Philadelphia—l recommend
to your fostering aid aird care. The annual
reports exhibiting a detail of the operations of
these noble and excellent charities, during the
past year, will be laid before you. I cannot
recommend appropriations to charitable Asso
ciations of a purely local character, however
praise worthy tho objects and motives of their
fouuders and supporters, or however useful they
may be to their particular localities.
The preseut coudition of tho revenues of tiie
General Government demonstrates the urgent
necessity of increased duties upon foreign im
portations. Tho people of Pennsylvania have
ever taken a lively interest in the proper ad
justment of a tariff"; aud they have with singu
lar unanimity, at all times, favored such an as
sessment of duties, as would not only produce
revenue; but furnish the largest incidental pro
tection to the great mineral, manufacturing aud
industrial interests of the country. Hud their
voice hitherto been more potential in the coun
cils of the nation, it is DO longer problematical
that much of the pecuniary distress lately ex
perienced by all classes aud conditions of busi
ness men might have been to a great extent
averted. Tho necessities of the government
aud the people, now alike demand a change —
an increase of duties—and 1 take great plea
sure in endorsing the views of the President of
the U. States as expressed in his last anuual
message, relative to the ebauge proposed 111*
advocacy of specilie duties ou all "commodi
ties which are generally sold by weight, or by
measure, and which from their nuture are of
equal or of nearly equal value, —such as iron,
of different classes, raw sugar, aud foreigu wiues
and spirits," has met with a hearty response
from the great body of the people of this tiiate.
It is to be hoped that his views on thisquestiou
will ho favorably regarded Ly Gougrcss, aud
that tire action of the federal government tuay
correspond with the suggestions of the Presi
dent.
When I was called upon to assume the Gu
bernatorial chair, neatly one year ago, in de
ference to public opinion and my own feelings,
after a rapid review of eveuts in Kansas, 1
stated, that "to the people of Pennsylvania the
admission of anew State into the Uniou—into
that Confederacy ot which she is a member
must be at all times a subject of high interest
And 1 believe 1 express their sentiments, us
well as my own, iu declaring that all the quali
fied electors of a Territory should have a full
and fair opportunity to participate iu selecting
delegates to form a constitution preparatory to
admission as a State, and, if desired by theui,
they should also be allowed an unqualified
right to vole upon such constitution after it is
framed."
Subsequent events have coufirmed me iu these
seutiments. The deplorable disputes in the first
sessiou of the present Congress, —the popular
excitement resulting from those disputes,togeth
er with other proceedings iu their nature novel
and alarming, would ail have been averted, bad
the popple been secured iu "the unqualified
right ' to vote upon their domestic institutions.
I regret to be compelled to say, that, under va
rious pretences, this sacred franchise has been
virtually wittihtld.fro.il ™ r ,V '!
.uo-u w? accept The hecouipton Constitution,
made tor them by delegates representing the
minority, they were explicitly denied the priv
ilege of making their own constitution, unless
upon a condition not previously exacted. If
! they accepted the Lecoinptuu Constitution, they
eutcred the sisterhood of States at once, with
a population less than one-half of the existing
ratio of Congressional representation; but, it
. they refused that Constitution, they could not
be admitted into the Uuioo, with the Coustitu
lion of their choice, uutil they were ready to
show, by a formal census, that they had attain
ed a population equal to that ratio. The re
sults have become bistorical.
The last expressive vote of the people of
Kausas against tho act of Congress, commonly
kuowu as tho English Bill, bus for a time ar
rested Congressional intervention. Peace has
resulted alone from the votes of the people, not
from the suggestions of outside influences.—
But, during the angry feelings which this con
troversy has aroused, the theory has beeu start
ed, and insisted upon,, that it will heuceforward
be the duty of Congress to protect slavery in
the territories, if thepeople of the territories
j shall fail lo do so. The warrant foi this cx
■ traordinary assumption is alleged to exist in
the decision of the Supreme Court of the U.
; States, in the case of l)rcd Scott. Eutertuiu
ing, as I do, profound reverence for the dicis
. ions of that august tribunal, and staudiug ready
to obey them, whenever they are euunciatcd, I
have yet to be convinced that any such couslruc
tioa can be fairly given to their action in the
ease referred to. Such a doctrine, no matter
how sanctioned, or supported, will shake the
very pillars of our constituticnal fabric. It
would compel every territory to elevate proper
ty in slaves above every other description of
property, —and to establish a slave code in its
early municipal regulations;, or else it would
convert the Congress into a theatre of crimina
tion and confusion, and fill the whole country
with strife. And all this, without securing a
single advantage to the .North, or protecting a
single right of the South.
Regarding myself as fully committed to the
doctrine of popular sovereignty iu its broadest
seuse, I eau never subscribe to the theory of
Congressional intervention, as understood aud
supported by the opponents of this doctrine.—
lly popular sovereignty, 1 mean no violatiou of
the rights of the States—no assault upon the
institutions of the South—no appeal to section
al piejudices. On the contrary, 1 regard the
doctrine as the embodiment of tbe popular will
iu States and Territories, as tbe conservator of
tbe rights and tbe equality of States aud peo
ple—aud as the only means by which a vexed
and dangerous agitation will be satisfactorily
aud perpetually "settled."
A theory equally heretical bus been advanc
ed iu another portion of the Uniou. it has been
held that this government, divided into free and
slave States, as it was framed by our revolu
tionary fathers, cannot endure—that all must
become free, or all become slave. When such a
doctrine shall be enforced, the constitution will
have been sovereignty pros
trated—State rights disregarded, and the liber
ty of the people destroyed. It should meet an
indignant rebuke from every lover of his cuuu
try, and the blood-bought right of the people
aud the States to self-governmeut.
Uudor the various amendments to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania, the iufluauce of the
BEDFORD IBJODIRSR.
Executive Has been greatly reduced by the trans
fer of patronage from the Governor to the peo
ple. 'ibis ia in accordance with the principles
of self government, out it must be acknowl
edged that iu relieviug the Executive from ma.
Ny serious responsibilities, it baa diminished his
ability to maintain the rights of the State
agaiust Poderul and other encroachment, aud
has thrown a greater share of responsibility up
on the people. The extensive patronage of the
Federal Government, and the large salaries
1 paid to its officers, in comparison with those of
the State, present constant inducements to our
' citizens to overlook the State in the puisuit of
more lucrative employments under the U. Sta
! tes. It is, therefore, the more necessary that
the people should guard the sovereignty of the
State with increasing watchfulness.
The constitution of the U. Stales contains
the groat fundamental prinoiplo which should
govern its construotion on every question re
specting tlij extent of the Federal power.—
"The powers not delegated to the U. States by
tbe constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
j States, are reset ved to the States respectively,
]or to the people.' It is on this broad platform
I that every claim of Federal power, not grant
| ed Dy the constitution, should be sternly resist
! ed. Tbe tendency to centralization is so great,
| and the overshadowing influences of power and
i patronage so seductive that liberty cannot loog
| be preserved without the exercise of sleepless
vigilance in enforcing a strict construction of
the Federal compact. The doctrine of State
rights is the dociriuc of true liberty. Popular
sovereignty is the life blood of our free insti
tutions, aud the palladium of our safety. Ev
ery patriotic inducement to sustain those great
principles should be fearlessly held out to our
citizens, and every unauthorized ussumptiou of
power should be resisted with uDceasiug cucrgy,
and by all constitutional means.
Having now discharged the duty imposed on
the Executive, by the constitution, I cannot
conclude without congratulating you upon the
peculiarly favorable auspices under which you
euter upon the session of 1859. Few impor
tant subjects of legislation press upon your at
tention. Piudence, firmness, fidelity—a watch
ful regard for the iureiest of the Commouwealth
—a jealous guardianship of her finauces—on
the part of the government—are all that are
required, uuder Providence, to ensure the con
tinuance aud increase of our onward prosperity.
Pennsylvania may then, at no remote period,
rejoice in the extinguishment of her public debt
the repeal of the onerous and burdensomo
! taxes —a fame and a credit untarnished—a free
aud popular educational system —and an in
dustrious and loyal people, pro.-perous and hap
py-
WILLIAM F. PACKER.
Executive ('lumber, 4
Harritbuig, Jan. sth, 1859. j
PACIFIC ROAD OF TEXAS.
We gather tbe following facts from the volu
minous report of President Fowlks, just pub
lished.
The company has tweuly-tive miles of road
completed and in running order, at a cost of
§22,000 per mile, worth, therefore, §550,000;
j of laud accurring they have 256,000 acres, of
i which at the low estimate of §5 per acre, will
. produce §1,080,000, making a total of, &1--
; —.- 0 v ror the tn
| debtedness of the company—far above the
j mark as well as could he ascertained—would
j leave §1,230,000 of unincumbcied assets. —
| On the completion of fifty miles, at a corres
! ponding cost, making the amount of its value
j §1,000,000, thete will be 512,000 acres of
j laud accurring, which, at the same rate, will
* he worth §2,560,000, and the State loan of
j §300,000 making the total of the assets then
§3,960,000. This would be au ample basis on
which to build the next fifty miles at a cost of
! §1,000,000 ; and, in a like, or inther in a much
greater ratio, the means of the company will be
augiueuted as the work progreses. On the
completion of the road to the Rio Grande, a
distauce of 700 miles, at a cost of §20,000
j per mile, it would represent assets to the value
of §14,000,000; the laud accurring, 7,1168,-
000 acres, at the very low average of §7,50,
! would represent §53,860,000 ; aud the cost of
building the road being paid, there would be
i assets to the amount of §36,760,000 in the
possession of the company, aud one of the best
paying roads in the world. The road extended
to the Pacific, a distance of 800 miles from El
Paso, at a cost §30,000 per mile, would still
leave the company §15.000,000 of assets; and
1,500 miles of road completed, the auuual r
i venue from which, allowing §3,000,000 a year
| for repairs, he had roughly estimated at §12,-
i 500,000, or §15,600,000 in gross; namely,
j from 150,000 travelers, which is fewer than
i those who now cross the continent, at §7O each,
| §10,500,000 ; from freight, §3,000,000 ; from
transportation of mails, troops, subsistence ana
| material of war, §2,000,000.
Pro nosed Territories.
"Dacotab" is the western half of what was
Minnesota Territory. When the Stuto was
formed, a line was drawn thro' the middle of
the Territory from north to south. The east
ern part became the State of Miuaesota—the
western is unorganized and without a govern
ment.
"Arizona" is a coiubiuatiou of the south part
of New Mexico, with that Mesilla Valley strip
of laud which we purchased from Mexico in
1854. The latter is without a local govoru
uieut.
"Navada" is the western half of Utab,lviiig
between Salt Luke and California.
"Lariuaie" means the western part of Ne
braska, in which tbe fort of that name is situ
ated.
"Pike's Peak" is in the Rocky Mountain
chain, in the western part of Kansas, which
part it is proposed to cut off for the new Ter- j
ritory.
"Superior," or "Ontonagon," is the peuinsu
la betweeu Likes Superior and Michigan part
of which uow bolongs to Michigan and part to ;
Wisconsin.
The Nkv Census. — The appointment for i
members of Cougress, under the census of j
1860, will make u great change in the repre- j
seutatiou of several States, judging from the ;
votes at the recent election iu some of the |
Westaru States. Illinois, with niue members
of Congress, has given 250,000 votes, while I
Massachusetts, with eleven representatives has
given a vote withiu a fraction of that of Illi
nois. Compared with the votes of many other
States the discrepancy is still greater. The
elections at the West were, however, held un
der greater excrement and called ont a fuller
vote thau in must of the old .States.
BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORD, Fa.
Friday Morning, JAM. 14 1559.
~ y HAUL ESS AN D PR EE/'
11. OVER-Editor and Proprietor.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
We this week, to the exclusion of our usual
variety of reading matter, publish the Annual
Message of the Governor. It is ably written,
and much shorter than these documents gener
ally are. It shows the State debt to be actual
ly diminishing, and approves of the sale of the
public works, which has brought about this
happy state of affairs, although for ihe purpose
of plunder, his party always opposed it. The
Governor truly says that "The short experi
ence that we have had already, proves conclu
sively that the Commonwealth is greatly the
gainer, in a financial point of view, aud it has
been equally demonstrated that the people at
large have been as well, if not better, accom
modated by the change. It would, in my judg
ment, be a public calamity, if by the happeuing
of any contingency, the Commonwealth should
be constrained to again beoouie the owner, aud
resume the management, of auy portion of the
public improvements."
He recommends the abolition of tbe Hoard
of Canal Commissioners. On the subject of
education his views are able, and his position
convincing.
On the subject of R inks, Mr. Packer occu
pies au anomalous position for a Democratic
Governor. He advocates the system of free
banking, requiring all issues of banks hereaf
ter to be secured by the pledge of Government
or State stocks. He says: "The certificates of
loan i.-sued by the General Government, or l>y
this Commonwealth, at a value to be fixed up
on, witb the power to require additional depos
its of security, fr< m time to time, as the loans
depreciate in the market, would be as safe and
available as any guaranty which could be pro
vided."
He recoiuiueuds an iucrea.se of the appropri
ation for a monument commemorative of those
Pa. volunteers who were slaiu or lost their lives
iu the war with Mexico.
The Governor alludes to the Attornev Gen
an mil, wtucti was gotten up aud passed
through the instrumentality of the late talented
Senator from this District, Hon. Fr. Jordau,in
terms highly complimentary to that geutleman,
who is the author of the bill. 11c says: "The
rcf.ori of the Attorney General, which will be
laid before you, will exhibit the operations of
the Law Department of the Government for
the past year. The Act of tbe 21st of April,
1857, which requires the Attorney General to
keep an office at Harrisburg, and wbicb pro.
vides that all debts due to the Commonwealth
shall be collected by that officer, has proved to
be a highly beneficial enactment. Under its
provisions, large sums are saved which were
formerly paid for commissions and counsel fees.
Aud the improved state of our fiuances is in no
inconsiderable degree owing to the prompt man
ner iu which outstanding claims are collected
and paid iuto tbe State Treasury."
After discussing several other matters, the
Governor comes to the Tariff questiou, aud fa
vors specific duties on articles of foreign man
ufacture. He is in favor of socli Tariff as
will meet the wauts of the people of our State
aud nation.
Ou tho subject of Kansas, be opposes tbe
I policy of tbe general admiuistratiou in strong
i terms, and is in favor of the people of a Terri
! Tory making their own laws and constitutions.
tie uiso condemns tbe i'red iicott decision in
j strong terms.
Tbe Message is an able one—one of the best
| ever delivered by a Lccofoco Governor of
Pennsylvania, unit we liud no difficulty in sub-
I scribiug to almost every position be advances.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Tbe State Legislature met at Harrisbvrg on
Wednesday week. In the Senate all the mem
bers were iu their seats, and after tbe usual
routine of business proceeded to tbe election of
officers with the following result:
Speaker—John Oreaswell, Jr., Dour, Chief
Clerk —W. 11. Miller, Dom.; Assistant Clerk
—F. M. Hutchinson; Sergeant-at-Arms—Tha
opbilus Snyder; Assistant—Win. P. Brady;
Doorkeeper—Charles Wolfe; Assistants—J.
K. Dunbar, Geo. H. Stoever; Messenger—
Herman Yerkes; Assistant—M. Loug; Tran
scribing Clerks—Messrs. Africa, A. J. Bair,
and Wm. S. Picking.
A committee was appointed to act jointly
with the Houso to inform tbe Governor that
both Houses were ready to proceed to busiuess.
Adjourned.
Tbe Message was sent in at 12 o'clock on
Wednesday.
In tbe House tbe Secretary of the Common
wealth read tbe returns of the late election,
when tbe roll was called. One member was
absent. On motion of Mr. McCiure, the
House went into an election for Spcakor, with
tbe following result:
Win. C, A. Lawrence, of Dauphiß, G7
P. C, Gritman, of Luzcine, 32
Mr. Lawrence was declared duly elected ,
and was conducted to the chair by Messrs -
Gritman aud MoClure. Upon taking the chair
he made a neat and happy address. The usual
committees were appointed and the House ad
journed.
The House re-assembled on Wednesday, and
proceeded to the election of Clerks, when S. J.
Ilea, (Am. llep.) wa9 elected, receiving 67
votes, aud Lis opponent, Jacob Zeiglcr, 33.
Judson Holcomb, of Bradford, was elected As
sistant Clerk.
Mr. McClure read a bill to abolish tbo Board
of Canal Commissioners, which was read and
passed finally. Yeas 04, nays G.
The caucus of the American Republicans
on \V eduesday completed tho nomination for
House officers, to wit:
Transcribing Clerks—John Picking, of Ad
ams, and E. H. Koucli, of Carbon.
Sergeant-at-Arms—.John Fleming, of Wash
ington.
Assistant Sergeants-at-Arras, J. Hurley, of
Juniata, F. Gehr, of Crawford, Joshua Fleteh
or, of Franklin, and E. S. Kills, of Berks
county.
Postmaster—S. K. Stewart.
Doorkeeper—Juo. 0. Morgan.
Assistant Doorkeepers—J. B. Reese, S. Mc-
Donald, Win. Gardy, A. W. Kimmerly.
Messenger—A. D. Davis.
Assistants—James Williams, A. Heniperly>
Wui. Diehl, and W. R. RoiDer.
THE TARIFF
In the last Gazette is an article on the sub
of the Tariff, in which that paper prophesys
from a telegraphic rumor from Washington that
thero will be nothing done on tbo Tariff ques
tion this wiuter, and charges the failure in ad
vance on the Opposition. Was ever anything
more silly ? The dispatch ruus thus : that the
Opposition "have come to the unanimous con
clusion that parties and politics are so shaped
in the present Congress, that notbiug will be
effected during this session, concerning a modi
fication of the Tariff." That paper interperls
the dispatch that "they are determined that
nothing shall be effected during this session of
Congress couccming the modification of the
Tariff ' How silly ! We, for our part, have
come to the same conclusion, for these reasons:
The present Ccugress is largely Locofoco iu
both branches ; the Chairmen ot the Committees
in both branches to which tho Tariff is refer
red, are both Locofoco Free Traders. Locofo
coism is in the ascendancy in every branch of
the Government, and if nothing is done on this
question to advance the interests of the toiling
millions, that party, and that party only will
be to blame. The Opposition will uj.pul and
do all they can to have the duties on foreign
articles increased.
ILLINOIS SENATOR.—On Wednesday week
Senator Douglas was reelected by the Illinois
Legislature to tbe United States Senate from
the 4th day of March next. The vote stood—
Lincoln 46, Douglas 54.
LANDS FOR SALE.—We call tbe attention of
all those who wish to purchase ohoiee Western
and Bedford County lands, to the advertisement
of Win. M. Ilall, Esq., in to-day's paper.
Hon. Win. P. Scheil, ot the Senate, and
George W. \\ illiam, Esq., of the House, have
our thanks for valuable public documents.
AFRAID OF INVESTIGATION.— Mr. Covode,
the attentive Republican Representative from
the Westmoreland district, iu this State, bt ought
the President's Pittsburg letter before the
House in a very conspicuous manner. We cut
the following from the Congressional Globe of
a recent date:
"Mr. Covode asked leave to offer the follow
ing resolution:
Rtsolvedy That a committee, consisting of
five members, be appointed to inquire into the
fact.-, charged by the President of the United
States, as coutaiued in his letter to the presi
dent of the centenary celebration, held iu Pitts
burgh, on the 25th day of November l ist, up
on certain individuals, of having sent money
into tho Sta'e of Pennsylvania to influence the
late eougreasioual elections in said State, in
opposition to his wishes; and to report the
uauies of the pcrsous implicated.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee—l object to that
resolution.
Mr. Covode—ls the gentleman afraid of the
investigation. 7 [Laughter.]
Mr. Miilei—l object to the rcsolutiou, if no
one else docs."
The fact that tavo democrats thrust them
selves forward to choke off the resolution,
at one time, shows that our representative
touched a very sensitive spot. "The galled
jide winces."
The accounts froui Kansas indicate that, in
spite of all the boasts of the Administration
presses over the pacification of that territory,
civil war is to be reucwed there in all its hor
rors. it is stated that that Hamilton, the
leader of the band of ruffians who committed
the horrible murder at Üboteau's Trading Post
last May, has again taken the field, and is com
mitting new outrages. The defence of the in
habitants against this invasion from Missouri
having been wholly neglected by tho Federal
: authorities, Las beeu taken in baud by the very
| (Japtaiu Moutgomory whom, according to re
| cent accouuts froui Washington,the Government
! are determined to arrest and try as a murderer
aud robber. As the Federal authorities seem
to bo powerless to preserve the peace of the
Territory, perhaps they could not do butter than
to allow Hamilton and Montgomery to fisrht it
out. Hitherto, at the moment when Montgomery
has been on the point of victory, the Govern
ment has iuterferred just iu time to save H*m*
ilton trom the fate he deserved. So far from de
teudiug the people of Kausas against fofgp ajid
violence, the only thing yet douo hs been to
prevent them from defending and righting them*
selves, it is, however, stated that in the pres
rent instance, soma energy is to be shown.
Gov. Mednry has ordered four companies
dragoons to the scene of warfare, and has call,
ed out the militia in Linu and Bourbon Coun
ties, and has sent for arms and ammunition.-
It may be that the Federal Government will end
its connection with Kansas in an honorabla
manner, but - the proof of the puddimr is
the eating. -jY. Y. Tribune. 8 10
J" or the Inquirer.
MY SUNBEAM.
1 is not at all an idle dream—
Trust me when I tell you so—
I really caught a sunbeam,
Many, many years ago.
It chanced to break upon my wav-
Just as sunlight often will, " '
I seized the golden gleam of day,
Aud I hold possession still.
But how I took the sunny fay.
To tell, maybe, would not do,
1 his much I am allowed to sav,
As a lover I did woo.
So upon my path oflife,
Ever since tliat lucky day,
My Sunbeam (some may call it wife>
Has shone a cheery ray.
Abroad the world does often gleam,
But I do not care for this,
Since in the sweet retieat of home,
Sunshine glad I never miss.
My dear Suubeani! it is to me
More than all the world beside - h
The years have sped so happily
Ever since it was my bride.
CONJUX.
BEDFORD, Jan. 12, 1859.
From the Yankee Blade.
What has Improved You so in Appearance 1
Wood's Hair Restorative. What has given
you such a youthful look ? Wood's Hair Re
storative. To what agency am I to attribute
your increased beauty, my dear madam 7 Sir
you are very comphuieutary, but I am indebted
to Professor V> oil's beautiful hair tonic. Sir,
since I saw y u last you have grown twenty
years younger, bow is it 7 A faot, my deai sir.
lam using Wood's Hair Restorative. Why,
my dear friend, you wore a scratch a year ago]
and now you have a splendid head of black
hair, to what miracle are you indebted 7 Pro
fessor \\ ood is the unracle man, his tonic did
it. lam told, madam, that, the uervous head
ache you wcte once troubled with has left you 7
Yes sir, by the aid of Wood's Hair Restorative.
Such i* the language all over the country, aud
there is no fiction or imagination about it, read
er. Wood's liair restorative is an houest and
truly medicinal, as well as seientifio preparation,
aud will Jo all this. Try it and see if wt are
not correct.
Caution. — Beware of worthless
as several are already in the market, called by
different names. Use none unless the words
(Professor Wood's Hair Restorative, Depot St.
Louis, Mo , and New kork,) are blowu in tho
bottle. Sold by all Druggists and Patent Med
icine Dealers. Also by all Fanoy and Toilet
goods dealers in the Uuited States and Cana
das. See advertisement.
Sec advertisement of Sanfords Liver luvig
orator.
MiIPIILXED.
In St. G1 .ir Township on the 26th ult., by
Thomas Oldham Esq., Mr. WM. MOCK to Miss
SARAH BLACKBURN, both of said township.
On Tuesday, the 11th inst., by Rev. R. F.
Sample, Mr. JOHN W. BEF.LER to Miss ELI
ZABETH OUIGER, both of Bedford township.
DIED.
On the 23d ult., FRANK, iufant sou of John
and Emuurine Minnick, aged 1 year, 6 months
and 5 days.
Iu the vicinity of Pattonsvilie on the morn
ing of the 29;h of December, HARRIET OLIVIA,
daughter of Adam and Lethe ADD HadermaD,
aged 9 months and 13 days.
CtllllT PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Honorable FRANCIS M. KIM
MELL, President ot the several Courts of Com
mon l'l-as in the couDties composing the 16th Ju
dicial District, and Justice of the Courts of Oyer
and Terminer, and General Jail Delivery, for tho
trial of capital and other offenders in tho said Dis
trict—and A. J. SNJVELV and JOHN G. HARTLEY,
Esquires, Judges ofthe Couits of Common Pleas
and Justices of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
and General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all capi
tal and other offenders in the county of Bedford
have issued their precept and to me directed, for
holding a Court of Common Pleas, and General
Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer and Terminer at
Bodford. on MONDAY the 14th day of February,
next. NOTICE is hereby given to all the Justices
ot" the Peace, the Coroner and Constables within
the said county ofßedfoid, that they be then and
there in their proper persons, with their rolls, rec*
ords, and inquisitions, examinations and other re
membrances, to do those things which to their offi
ces and in that behalf appertain to be done, and
also they who will prosecute against the prisoners
that are or shall be in the Jail of Bedford county,
to be then and there to prosecute against them as
shall be just.
WILLIAM S. FLUKE, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Bedford, Jan. 14, 1859.
Dr. Johu Compher, 1 No. 25, February Term, 185 V.
vs. I in the Common Pleas of Bed-
Ellen Compher. ) ford County,
Alias Subpoena on Libel for Divorce,
Notice is hereby given to the Defendant in ha
above stated case, that a Subpoena, and alias
Subpoena on Libel for Divorce has been ifued; the
last of said writs is returnable, 2d Monday, 14th
day of February, next, and that the said Defendant
is required to appear on or before said day and
answer to the complaint of the Plaintiff as provide*}
for by act of Assembly, and hefein fail not.
WM . S. FLUKE, Sheriff.
Jan. 14, 1859.
Reuben Gates 1 No. 26, February Term, 1859, In
vs. v the Common Pleas of Bedford
MaryC.Gates.
Alias Subpoena on Libel for Divorce.
Notice is hereby given to the Defendant, in tbe
above stated case, that a Subpoena, and alias Sub
poena on libel for Divorce, has lieen issued; tfie
last of said writs is returnable 2d Mor day, 14tli
day of February, next, and that the said Defendant
is required to appear on or before giid day and
answer the complaint of tlip Plaintiff", s prorM*4
for by act of Assembly, and fierein fail not
WM. S. FLUKE, Sheriff.
Jan. 14, 1859.
Administrator's Notice.
LETTERS of Administration liaving been grant
ed to the subscrilier living in Napier Townsljip, on
tbe Estate of James Smith, late of St. ClairTown
sliip ; all persons indebted to said Estate are notified
to make payment immediately, and those having
claims against the same will present them properly
authenticated for settlement.
MAHLON H. SMITH, Jdm'r.
Jan. 14, 1859.