BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Pridny Morning", April 1 ISSD "mitLKSS AXD FUEK." 1). OVER-Editor and Proprietor. [CP"We clip the following call from Forney's Press, of Monday week, for a Convcntun, signed by one hundred and twenty-seven prom inent anii-Lecompton Deniocr.ts residing in different sections of the State. The signs of the times portend a lively campaign. Look out for lots of fun: CrniGcmtic Stale fouFeulioii. The Democratic eitiz es of Penn-yl vaui i arc invited to assemble in State Oonvcntb n at llatrisburg, on Wednesday, the 12th day of April, 1859. to consult upon the propriety of edopiiug measures to vindicate the uume.fame arid principles of the Democratic party, out raged and insulted by a Convention assembled at the State Capitol ou the 16th of March; To resist the high-handed attempt of '.he Federal Ad mi nisi rat ion to dictate political creeds to the jeopl ; To protest against the war of a consolidated Fcdenl despotism upon Statu sovereignty and S ate rights; To reader', the great principle ot Popular S vereigoty and non-iuterveuriou, as well in the Territories, as in the Sutes—uou-interven tion by Congress wiih Slavery in the Territo ries, and non-intervention by tUe Federal Ex ecutive with the franchises of the people of the State?; To re endorse the old-fashioned creed of the Democratic paitv, repiniuted and trampled uu der foot by men claiming to represent tho jorrly; And, finally, to proclaim our unfaltering Con fidence in Wm. F. Packer, Governor of Penn sylvania, who h.* beeu assailed aud prescribed because he refused, at the bidding of Federal di:aiioo> to betray the trust, desert ihe priu itpiej, aid falsify the pledges of tbe Uuiou State Rights Democracy. [ijrThe above call for the Democratic State (muvention, spontaneously agreed upon, (io or der that a great wrong should be instantly pun ished,) was only signed by those ui> the spot or within hall. Such of our frienJs as desire io sign the nail wiil please e nd their uaiues to the i fibre of the Press. Since tLc call was first issued in the Press, there Dave been several bund red more names of prominent D> m. crats attached to it. St. Clair Township. A won tbe gratifying results of the l.ita Spring elections, we arc happy to s'ate that old St. Clair Township, which has been wavering for a few years past, his 'urued up ull right. Tbe differences between our friends there have all been healed, and our tuture success in the Coun ty is no longer doubtful. We carried our tick et there, on Friday week by an average major ity of fifty six! and f >r Constable, Thomas W. McCroary beats H. 11 Mock, who is looked up to as u leader in that Town-Lip, tbe sung lit tie majority of nine-tw^! SJ we tiro inform d. This is well done for old St. Clair, and throws all tbe boasts of our friend John Alstadt, Esq., and several others from that Township, who so knowingly prophesied that they would hereaf ter carry that Township, to tho wind.-' So mote it be ! Rich ! —The Gasftte' s Article last wick, headed the "opposition dividing !" That moan* the Packet i tie it of this State culling a conven tion in opposition to the Buchanan convention, of a couple week* ago. Truly, Locofocoism is in a sad plight in cid Pennsylvania, and throughout the whole North. But read the Gure/fe't article it* you want to laugh. Rev. Sam'l Barnes, the new minister of the Methodist congregation in this place, will preach in that Church ou Sabbath next. Splknl.ii> Ink —that bottle presented to US by Messrs. J. M. Birndoll.tr <fc Son,of Bloody Run. It is clear, black and lasting. NI.W IIaMPsIIIKK. —The Republican triumph in New Hampshire is very complete. But this victory was not achieved without a struggle.— It became known at an early day that Pe uiooracy intended to recapture New Hampshire if possible. Large sums of tn mcy were sent thither from Washington, active cwavaeaers were employed, a thorough but quiet organiza tion was affected, and, to appease tho people, (he ilr*i nw of Btiehanatiism were repudiated. But all these tbiugs were of non-effect. The people were nut caught napping ; and the re tail is as follows. Majority, of Governor about 3500 Representatives—Republicans 190 Dcuiocra's 127 Senator* —Kepuldir-ana S Democrats 4 Council Republican* 4 Democrats 1 Congrsuieu— Republican* 3 Democrat* 0 Thi is a sufficiutly euipliattc record. The Legislature of New .Jersey on Thursday elected John (J. Ten Eyek, Keptiblicac United iji*t<*„ Senator fioiu that State, to succred Wui. Wright, Jyxsofoco. Mr. Ten Eyek is about forty-sii years of age, rcsiJiog at Mount Holly, Burlington county, in u lawyer, nod ranks high in bis profession. In political sentitneuta he is represented as decidedly Republican The Late State Contention. The members of the Convention held m llur risburg on the 16th of March were elected, with a few honorable exceptions, by the agents of the Federal Adminisfration. The gentleman who presided over it has a ton in office; tho chairman of the first comuimittee also has a sou in offioe; and the active members of the body were either dependants of the Federal Govern ment in this city or in other parts of the State. (Jondncted under such auspices, the responsi bility of the Convention rests not with the peo ple, hut with the office-holders. No men conld know public opinion better; no men were more keenly alive to the expectations and wishes of the Democratic party They could have placed themselves ou a high vantage ground they could hive reasserted principles that would have ig uoied individu >1 criminations and ambitions, and have set on example to other States; hut, while this object was as plain to their eyes as it was elevated aud noble, they allowed themselves to bo controlled by their thirst for revenge alone. The President of the U. S. having accomplish ed the ruin of the Democratic party, (so far as a single individual can do So,) has determined '0 prove to the country, that with the power which remains to him be CUD use its orgunizi tion in Pennsylvania to punish all who have re sisted his fatal policy, and to leave behind hiui a legacy which, while it unjst dishonor his own name, will, uulcss immediate counteracting steps aro taken, fill our happy Commonwealth with Lsting dissensions, it is intended by this demonstration to prove that tLc Charleston Convention is to he controlled by the same in fluences; for if a public opiuion so notorious UDJ so we'l d- fined as that which surrounds us cau b > misrepresented, it will te an easy achieve ment to take possession of a national body, from which heretofore our principles and our caudi datts have teen announced. This is the inaiu purpose sought to he accomplished by the des potic and scandalous conduct of the adherents of iho Administration ru tho 16th ult., Tho question now presents itself, whether the Dem ocrats of Pennsylvania arc ready to submit to this dictation. They have sceu their intrepid Chief Magistrate, Gov. Packer, traduced and proscribed because he couid not desert the prin ciple which elected James Purbanan, and which elected himself, notwithstanding his devoting to the in "crests and honor of Pennsylvania, not withstanding his conscientious and courageous hostility to odious special legislation, and uot. withstanding the marked ability with which ho has discharged bis official duties. They have seeu th'£ Convention of bireliugs, intent upon degrading their nolle old party into a mere eu logist vf James Buchanan and Senator lfigler, with the certainty that it is thereby destined to inevitable defeat. The Convention ignored the great national platform adopted at the Cincin nati Convention, and thus placed itself beyond the pale of tho natioual organization of the party. With a full knowledge of the disasters which havo been inflicted upon the Democracy by the fa'sc and fata! policy of the National Aduiinis : tratioD, sad of the Lei that the masses of our I State regard it with unutterable loathing, they have attempted to tie around the neck ot the party u nnlistone that threatens to sink it deep er in the political ocean than plummet ever sounded. Are the Democrats of Pennsylvania willing to submit, at tho were bidding of pen sioned satraps, to have their fame biightcd and their political prospects blasted fur years, by endorsing all the infaiui>s of this Aduiiuietra ! tioti—its proscription of the gallant Douglas, and hundreds of other true Democrats througli : out the Uuiou; its repudiation :<f the pledges of 1856; its gross violation of the usages ot the pai ty tn Illinois and elsewhere; its subserviency to the South and arrogance to the North; its : despotic doctrines us enunciated iu the Wash ington Union; its treachery to the people of Pennsylvania ou the question of the tariff, its jobbery and corruption in coal agencies, live oak contracts, navy yard abuses, and post-office printing? Are they prepared to have the purfy made the scape-go it upon which tho sins nt rec | reaut and faithless servants shall bo placed, that it may be cast out into the wilderness for destruction? Will tbey insult the intelligence of the people by proclaiming in public their ap proval of meu and of measures that in their hearts they deeply abhtu? Will they, to grat ify the vanity, tbe ambition, or tho malicious hatred of Mr. Buchanan, endorse insincere ! praises of his political vices, and strike down ( those who have honestly and manfully resisted I them? Will they tamely submit to a continu ance of the official despotism of which they i have already seen so iiiaDy hitter fruit?? Wo do nut believe i*.; for wo trust that it will be ; resisted by a g.'tat outpouring of the indigna- I tion which exists in tho manly bosoms of tho I honest Democracy of tbe State against the uiis- I erablc tyrauny whioh porsistcDtly seeks to con trol and misrepresent tbcui. Let the chains | forged by tbe gold of the Natioual Treasury 'be broken. Lot the honest sentiments of the ■ people be expressed in tones that will reverbe rate throughout tho Commouwealth, against j the corruptions that would rob the nation— the tyrannies ihut would enchain her—the niiscre i ams that have misrepresented her, aud the faith - | less officials who have betrayed her. Lot tho glorious hauner of Democracy ho rescued from the disgrace which subservicut courtiers would imprint upon it, aud from the humiliation and defeat winch tLey bve invoked; mid let tho honest voice of the party speak out in favor of au honest platform.— Forney's Press The Adherents of the General Admin istration in Session at Harrisbnrg. The indifference of hc people to tiie Con vention of the adherents of the General Ad ministration, which assembled t llnrrisburgon Wednesday last, was the result of a double feeling of contempt for its managers, and a full fore-knowledge of its policy. Nobody ex pected decent, much less 'Democratic, action. The groat body of the delegates did not come to reiterate principles, but to earn wages. They did not vote the wishes of the people, bat thaoks to their masters. They bad mostly been elected as office-holders, or by office-holders; and al though they might have averted defeat from a groat party by some unexpected concession to truth, they dared not to perform an act of mag. uaoimity, which, while it would have won for them the applause of a surprised and gratiGed people, would have lost them their places, and the smiles of an Administration which now stands a tecking infamy before the nation.— Having performed their work, and returned to i their official haunts, or fled to Washington as the only place whore they can find a welcome, let us look for a moment at tuioc of the things they have done. BEBFOEB INaUIKKH. A fair transition of the resolu'ions (adopt ed by the Convention, and published in another column,) relieved of all surplusage, would make them read about as follows : 1. That the General Administration, stand ing as it docs before this nation, covered with disgrace and convicted of . reckless recreancy to political principle, and of couduct destruc tive of public uioiais, must be, and is hereby, sustained by the dependants of the aforesaid Administration. 2. That this Administration must be suppor ted in the teeth of its outrages upou the people of Kansas, and in the face of its monstrous ex penditures in Utah. 3. That the President must be applauded for his views on the tariff question, though all aid to our languishing interests was defeated by his creatures in the Cabinet and bis echoes iu Congros. 4. That the Paraguay expedition is right beciusc inaugurated by an Admiuistiation un der which the most of us hold office, or expect to hold if. 5. Tba* bU'ier the Administration plan Of corrupting a oiviltzed Government and insult ing a united people, we can acquire Cuba, and degrade ourselves ; and, therefore, the ac quisition of Cuba is righteous. 6. Th <t the new overland uud lsthmeao routes to the Pacific are an achievement of su perfine statesmanship, costing millions of money, and offering scarcely uny facilities to cither passengers or mails. 7. That our # idea of Popular Sovereignty is to attack all who really advocate it, and to say that we are iu favor of it ourselves. 8. That inasmuch as the General Adminis tration sets so shameless an example of fraud and favoritism, wc are not in favor of that ex ample being followed in our own State. U. That Senator Biglcr, being the embodi ment of the genius, integrity, and cousisteucy of the Federal Administration, and particu larly hostile to jobs of every kiud, (especially all jobs relating to the post-office blanks,) we endorse hiiu as eminently worthy of support and confidence. The action of iho Convention on '.be resolu tion in regard to Governor Packer was a deli cious dessert after such a course of "funeral balto'l meats 'as the above. Thrco persons, "H? ot them a small dependent on Federal bounty bead, and auotker an eager office-hunt r fruui Northampton, where the leaders in this wretched scene. Suab assaults on the integri ty of Governor Po-.-ker, by a set of hacks in uud out of office, who are silent over the in famous malpractices of those in power at \V ashiegton, aud full of applause of the meu guilty of these criuirs, show how utterly de based auy organiz ition mu.-t become that has no guiding star hut submission to Treachery. We really congratulate Governor Packer that he received the or.ly positive compliment from the Convention. A body that soflagrauily de fies the popular will only-taints a good man by its suspicious eulogy. The two candidates no initiated—Mr. R.we, of Franklin, for Sur veyor Genera!, and Mr. Wright, of Pbiis delphia, for Auditor General—are worthy upright men. Mr. Uowe has acted as purveyor General for the last two years aud a hlf, and ( has dor.o his whole duty ably and faithfully.— Mr Wright closes bis career as a State Sou— atoi from Phiia ielphi with the present session, llis honesty is wholly bribe-proof, which is a great deal to say in tlu-se times. Rut the Oonventiou should have selected standard bearers more deserving of the rites of sacrifice. Why tie men like these to the stake 1 The Administration at Washington proceeds, it would seem, upou the theory that it is not victory, but victims, which the Democracy re quires, and therefore, Messrs. Rowo and Wright must take the chances of war. We trust, if tbey shall choose to stand upon this platform, they will auuounce the fact before the ears have started. Let us hive DO more juggling. Forneys Prrss. MORE GOVERNMENT PLUNDER. In addition to the startling uiseloaures made by the Coiumit'ee appointed to iuquire into the abuses prevailing in the Navy Department, we have tbo unanimous report of the Committee of investigation of tho accounts of the Superin tendent of t'ublic Printing. This report was made to Congress, an t exjoses a ays'em,of cor ruption aud unblushing robbery exceeding any thing heretofore existing. We give the fol lowing summary of therepor>: They say that the Looks are so negligently and loosely kept that it is impossible to arrive at any dv-fiuito knowledge of the business done in the office. The accounts, iu same instances, appear 1-nluueed when such is not the case, and considerable sums have been collected ou the Bauie, under the directum*of the present Su perintendent. The certificates issued for en graving and lithographing do not agree with the accounts kept by the parties who did the work. They exhibited tboir books, und swore they had been paid for all the work done; their hooks show the amount received by tbem, yet it appears that certificates were issued to seve ral parties for greater amounts than appear on their books. In one case tho difference is SIO,OOO, in another over S6OOO, the differ ence being against the government. The pa per accouuts do not agree. Several hundred reams are unaccounted for. TV committee say: "J bo fact llien appears to havo boon a sin gular fatality about the books and accounts connected with thes? matters. F<j W of tbem could bo explaiucJ, and none entirely satisfac tory. Tboy unanimously report that the facts show conclusively that there existed a couibi nation for compelling all contractors to pay their way for contracts; that this was tho gen eral belief auioug contractors; and the pay ment for contracts, eithtr to the way of a loan, a commission, or per ceatage, was general.— The contractors found it neocssary to employ certain agents at Washington to at>end to their business, and pay tbem largely beforo work. As a geueral thing, they say they did not kuow that Seaman was interested in 'he matter, but it was certain that tlmy g o t n o work until after tliey employed particular par ties. Too contractors wero ail led or forced to employ the same agents, although they had no previous acquaintance with thein. Tho paper contractors employed a public printer to act as their &S e n ( which they paid about three and aba! percent. The printer employed a clerk to do a little wo.k, at a yearly Llury of one thousand dollars, while tho printer receiv ed, for doing nothing, from „u to u-o thousand dollars per annum. Engraven and lithograph ers found it to be their interest to employ the public printer to act as agent to look ufter their itsferests, and receiro the money to bo paid. The committee report that they traced be tween $35,000 aitd $40,C00 into his band*, some SIO,OOO in others, and about $30,000 direct to Mr. Seaman, most of which last sum was giveu byway of loans, and is still remain ing unpaid. A small portion was paid by con tractors direct, as a percentage. The committee found two or three agree ment to pay money direct for contracts, two in favor of Mr. Seutuau, and one in favor of the printer, but found one including the larg est sum by reason of the refusal of one of the paper contractors. In a second case the mon ey wa< paid, not to the printer, but to other parties not known to the witness. As to the third contract, for 20 per cent, ou account of lithographing, the couiQiittee could not ascer tain whether it was caid or uot. The combination referred to existed for all contracts going through Mr. Seaman's office.— The committee say, the testimony in the ease forces them to the conclusion that some inti tncte and confidential relation existed between .Mr. Seaman and the principal parlies involved, and they were not ignorant of the action and interests of each other. From the facts found, the Committee feel constrained to submit the following resolution for the consideration of the House: Riso/veJ. That A D. Seaman, late Super intendent of Public Printing, has been guilty <f improper and illegal practices in the dis charge ot his official duly, and in violation of the provisions of the act approved the 20th day of August, 185*2, creating the office of Super intendent, and defiuing the duties thereof. Resolved, That'the testimony in this case be certified to by the Olerk of the House of Ilep resontatives, and seut to the District Attorney for the District ot Columbia, THiBSICKLETCASE. Early in the session of tho Orimiual Court yesterday the counsel retained by Dau'i E. sick les, charged with the murder of Dhilip it. Key, came into court and requested permission to in quire through the Court from the District At torney wkeu the Grand Jury would be ready to send down the bill of indictment agaiust their client, in order ih it arrangements for setting a day lor the trial might be made. A presentment bad been made several days ago, and they were desirous to know when it would be followed up by an indictment. The Judge replied to counsel (consisting of Mii-srs. Stanton, Chilton & Magrudnr. and Kitoliffe, accompanied with Mr. Sickles, Sr., father ot Dau'l E. Sickle*) that it was uot in liis power to answer the question, as the subject hid not yet conic within the cognizance of the Court, and laid altogether in the discretion of tbs District Attorney, who was the on'y proper judge of the time when to send up in lictmerits, and that therefore any motion on the i-uhject at this time could iioi be en tot taiued. Tho Court very rarely interfered witu the District Attor ney in these matters. I he District Attorney was unable to so- the propriety of the gentlemen's motion. He hid already privately apprised tbe counsel fur Mr. Sickles en the subject, but could n.t certainly inform th-nj when an lodictiuent would be found. About ooon the Grand Jury oanie into court, and, Amongst several other indictment*, hati ied iu one against D. E. tickles for murder. At twv) o clock Messrs. Siauton nod Clinton re turned into court and again addressed Judge Crawford, saying that they understood an in dictment had been found against their client, and, as his consel, claimed the constitutional right ot a speedy trial. If the District At torney was not ready to try the eao, it was his duty to give his reasons why, so as 10 enable the Court to judge ot the sufficiency of those reasons. Mr. Stanton concluded by propo-ing Monday next for the opeuiog of the em-e. Mr. District Attorney OuUl thought the gentleman a little hasty in coming into eourt within an hour or two afier the finding of an indictment and insisting on tLo Appointment of a day for trial. It was the practice of this court to leive that matter to the District At torney, who, as a sworn officer, was presumed to act in view of his official responsibility. In reply to Mr. Stantou's proposal of Monday next, whereon to commence the trial, ho could merely s>y that lie would not then be ready, and would not, unless compelled by the Court, givu bis reasons why. Whilst he fully ac knowledged the right of the party to a speedy trial, he did not admit that under that right, if an indijtment were found against a party on Thursday, the piosecuting officer is compelled to begiu the trial on tho following Friday, or the next Monday. He had no desiro to de prive Mr.-Sickles of any of his rights or to keep btai in jail, but the earliest day he could fix for the trial would be Monday week, the 4th of April. He had no such object as to keep Mr. Sickles in jail, but to see that the ends of jus tice are served. Judge Crawford reaffirmed his statements of tbo morning as to the latitude of discretion ac corded by the practice of the Court to the District Attorney iu deteririioiog the proper time for trials, and had only, within his recol lection, departed from it in a single instance, and that WSR in granting the continuance of a esse to the next term. The trial of Mr. Sickles is therefore s-t for next Mouduy week. Wo understand that the delay winch appours to have ariseu in finding a bill in th3 case grew out of the circunistauce that the Grand Jury had not, until Wednesday last, ceased the ex. amination of witnesses in refereuoe to tho con nexion of another party than Mr. Sickles with the offence. NutioKul InUltigencer. Mr. Michael Walsh, a well-known demo cratic man about towo, mot with a violent death yesterday morning, in tbo upper prt of tho city. He had apparently fallen down the steps of a collar ; but he bad been robbed, and there are suspicions of foul work. Mr. Walsh was onoe a member of the Legislature and of Cougrcss ; he edited several short-lived news papers in this oity, tho ohief of which was a radical print called tho Subterranean. He was a radical opponent ofteetotalism, and look ed upon grog-shops as "the nurseries of de mocracy." He was intoxicated when iat aeon alive. —„V. Y. Tribune. Tho oldest man- in Peunsyivan ia, a Mr. Sweeny, over whom has passed 122 winters, died in Butir-r county, in this State on the 29th of February THE DEMOCRATIC UK VOLT. !l in relied upou that lite crisis of democrat ic unity has at last come, and the body, here tofore one, is uow two. There are several reu sous tor this attitude of xlcteriuination on the part of the dissenters which could not well lc stronger. The horoscope of 18t0, and the Charleston convention, is already cast, aud it requires no prophet to .-ay what will happen then and there, j'he shade of ultiaisui on the subject of Executive despotism over the terri tories, which now prevails in the Administra tion, is to deepen steadily hereafter until tho contest of 1800 has passed away. The Presi dent and Cabinet will g farther and farther that way as the Charleston convention ap proaches. Every candidate looking for its honors will do precisely the same thing.— Southern presses—whether loeated in northern cities or not—will blow louder and longer on the doctrine of endle s slavery under the con si itution, as expounded in the recent ton hours' debate in the IJuited States Senate, hy every Southern Senator, which catalogue includes Bigler, Bright, Fitch, &_•. Now It is not to to be wondered at that no small number of men who value their piinci ples, whether mistaken, held or not, should, in northern States, look on this prospect with feelings of intense loathing, li nothing else could move them to retrace their steps the prospect for themselves might und should move them. Ultimately there are te be no pestmas- I tcrsbips or consulships t 0 bestow on the wreck- , ed of this political voyage; and when these fail, when tnese fail, where shall the advocates j ot thy slave trade, and of executive despotism and eternal slavery for the territories, find rest for th'ii toet in all the north. Solf-preserva- j tion thus urges a step now while it is titre, and ' before the party, ouce „o powerful, shall'have sunk beueitb the load imposed from its central j power, and so cbecrful'y should red by the ! Uarrisburg convention. We will not believe that self-preservation alone impels this revolt. Ihere are men of vigor and honesty euough to more indepen dently. we doubt "not, and it they differ as a body from the political organization now iu the ascendant in these States, they uiay actual!*" and really differ. Wc welcome an indepen dent aud genuine party, whatever its doctrines —if those doctrines are sensible and sensibly maintained, liiis new democratic party has not yet given us its entire platform, and as to the positive fide of its doctrine, we do not kuow what we sb <ll be compelled to suy. Its negative declarations are more easily foreshad owed, and tor so so much it is easv to say that thore are no dissenters from such opinions.— 1 he whole country demands that the doctrines ot the Cabinet, the Senate majority, and of the President, as now engaged iu the service of these two, arc fit only to b" put down Let all join in piitung these down, and as th baleful bjackness settles away toward Coar'esion, let us kindle as much light as possible hereabouts, to the end that that particular policy of evil may not come back to rule over us agsin. From the. Juniata Sentinel. 41DIT0K GE E'tlL. It is with pleasure that wo perceive by the annexed communication, which wo copy fr< m the Philadelphia Inquirer , the nauio of our es teemed fellow townsman, 11n. Jamf.s M Sel lers, mentioned in connection with the efflre of Auditor General. So man in the State pos sesses superior qualifications for this responsi ble station. A proper discharge of the duties of this office requires men of sound practic il sense and judgment. These qualities Mr. Sel lers possesses in a very eminent degree. We do not believe that the name of any gentleman 10 the State wou-d ad J more strength to our ticket than tout of Mr. Sellers, and political policy, as well a* regard for public interest point to him as the proper person. Another consideration is the 'claims whioh this section of the Stato Jus for the office, aDd we recommend this to the Convention. We believe we have never had a candidate for the office of Auditor General from this section of the State. Let our claims be regarded, .;nd the people will uiiire in support of Mr. Sellers with unanimity and cordiality, and will bear ample ana hooorsolc testimony to bis personal worth and eminent fituess for tin poMMon it is pro posed to essigu to him Let us have biin as our can iidate, and it will awaseu an enthusiasm throughout the whole State that will tell with effect io October next. Annexed is tuo Inquirer's communion lion, lo the truth of every word of which wo bear rec ord: To Me Inquirer: The opponents of tho pi ev en-. Administration wiii soon meet in Conven tion, for tho nomination of candidates for 'he offices of Auditor aud Surveyor General, -od as the nominees of the Convention sre likely to be elected by a majority of the people, it is time that wo look around for"the most suitable una aviibiblj candidates to piaee its nrtnitja ti a. A along ilio>c spokVu of tu connection with the nomination of Auditor Genera!, we have (ho name cf the Hun. J.tm-s M. Seller-, of J miata County, mentioned. This w-.-uld be a capital noiuinatioD. Mr. Sellers was tcice elected Prothonotary of Juniata County on the J big ticket, when the rest of the Democratic ticket succeeded, and in the fall of J 854, he was elected by a large majority, by the Ameriean llepubiioan? to the State Senate. In both these positions, .. well as in every ether he has occu pied, lie has acquitted himself well and ably, and With entire satisfaction to his constituents. Ho possesses overy qualification for the post of Auditor General, aud ids nomination would, no doubt, not ouly satisfy all the elements of the Opposition in the State, but be ratified by Tiie People. VV. O. Hickok.of llarnsburg, has received a patent for on improved machine for cntting hav and stnw. Sec advertisement of Sanford's Diver Invig orator. T H K~MA K KJ£TiT PHILADELPHIA. superfine at $6,875, aud extra at $6,50a6,02.—Rye dour firm nt $4,37, and coru meal at $3,875. Wheat dull, ama!! sales of red at $1,50a1,60, and white at $1,T5a1,85. Ryu hasdeclined to 96 cents. Corn also lower—sales of yellow at BTaBB cts. Oats worth 54a5S cts. Cloverseed dull at $5.25a5,50. -Flaxseed wanted at $1,75. BALTIMORE, March 23.—Silos of Howard OTIOET flour at $5,25. Wheat drooping. Corn firm white advanced to 77i79c.i yellow to 83a8.V.v Provisions du'.!. MARRIED. On the 20th day of Fcbraary, at tho foot o a steep hill, in St. Clair Township, by Abraham U. Hull, Esq., Mr. SAMUEL CRISSMAN to Miss ELIZABETH CLAYCOMB, both of St. Clair ip DIED. On I he 20th ult., Mrs. ELLEN SCHELL, sortof Hon. Peter Schell, of Sehellsburg p a . in the 71st year of her age. J In* estimable woman is deserving of incia ihan a mere passing notice in b-r decease She was a daughter of one of the oldest sei tiers of western Pennsylvania, Mr. ler, aud lived in her youth amidst the scfaer iu'ident to border life. She was married to Hon. Peter Schell iu 1806, aud discharged the du.ies of a kiud and uffectiouate wife and mother for 5o y ear-. She was a friend to all and wis universally beloved; and, during her whole life, she deservedly enjoyed tiie highest esteem, not n.eiely of her fiieuds aod relative*,, but also of. the entire community in which sha* lived. She wi sr. meuiler of the German Re formed Church from ber youth, and always adorned her p'rofesaioo of piety by a consis tent lh<>. Her last illness the bore with her usui! patience and fortitude, never murmuring, at the dispensation of Provideuce, but meekly* submitting to the will of GoJ. She oommiltatb herself to his mercy in Christ, aud trusting t: the ffi:acy of that blood which flowed from Calvary, gave herself up into the hands of t! a Biviour aud expired, leaving a life of evi dence of her acceptance with God, as an over flowing fount iiu of comfort to her family ststh. friends, who mourn her death. Loug will ilie community in which she lived, and the chmch of which she was a member feel their loss in her departure: long will the aged Lusband feel disconsolate, and loD" k;1! her children fondly cherish the memory of tueir affectionate njoh"t and mouilor in the Lord; but we trust that what may be their loss i- her eternal gain. Virtue aod religion were her ornament* in life—peace scd hcjo her comforts iu death. H. J LIST (IF KETIHMS Of f oreigii and Domestic goods, wares and iter. chandise of Bedford County, for the rear 1859. BeJJord Borough. Class License. Oster, Monspeaker Jf Corn, 13 lij tow A-B. Cramer St Co., 13 10 0a Nicholas Lyons, 14 7 (*> Keed Sc Muinieh, 13 10 ocv John Alsip. # 14 7 00 Miss M. Fetterly. 14 7 00 Samuel Shuck H Co.. 14 7 00 Kcbeit Fyan, 14 7 oo- J. 4- J M. Shoemaker, 14 7 00 Sarah ¥.. I'otts, 1 4 7 00 Isaac. Lippls, 14 7 oi Colin Lover, 14 7 qo- Agnes Saupp, 14 7 o•> John Arnold, 14 7 oo Win. Hartley, 14 7 c o i George li;yui re, 14 7 ij.j. Dr. B. i'. Harry, 14 7 (xv Di. F. C. Reamer St Co., 14 . 7 00 A. Ferguson St Co., 14 * 7 00- A. L. Deflbaugh E. H. b 5 0(M Jacob Bohiuger £. H. 6 00 Bedford Township. <Jha 15. Furncy. 14 7 John S. Ritcbey Distillery, 4 15 00 Broudtop Township. John F. L.-wry. 14 7 00 Co/eratn Township. A. C. James". II 7(4) X. C- Evans, 14 7 00 J. & J. M. Shoemaker, 14 7 00 Cumberland Valley Township. Jacob Anderson, 14 7 00 John May Jr., 14 7 00 Daniel K. Anderson, 14 7 00 Thomas Grott.len, 14 7 00 East Providence Township. John Nycum, 14 7 00 D. A. T. Black, 14 7 00 Hopewell Township. Henry S. King. 14 7 w Harrison Township. Valentine B. Wertz, 1-4 7 00 Johq W. Smith, 34 7 00 Juniata Township. Win. Keyt>er, 14 7 Oo Iliilegas 4- Mowery, 14 7 00 Lewis X. Fyan. 14 7 00 Liberty Township. Lewis Putt, 14 7 00 John Cypher. 14 s 700 Steel 5c E striken, 14 7 0,-, Jacob FockL-r, 14 7 po Londonderry Township. Jacob Dovore Jr., 14 * pp Thomas J. Porter, . 14 7 pp .Mongol Township. Daniel Fletcher, 14 7 00 James K. O'Neal, U 7 p;> .Yupier Township John Wayle, 14 7 0O Peter Hillogas Distillery, 4 25 00 West Providence Township. Jacob Barndollar 5c Co., 13 10 00 James M. Barndollar & Son, 18 10 00 Thomas Kitchey, 14 7 CO Snake Spring Township. Xichol. Kontz, 14 7 Oil Schelisburg Borough. B. F. Horn A Brother, 14 ; pp A. Bunn, 14 7 00 E. Sutler k Son, 14 7 00 Colvin 4c Uobison, 14 7 00 John S. ScheJl, 14 7 00 A.J. Snively, 14 7 00 John Smith, 14 7 00 Miller 4 BUckbnro, 14 7 00 Duncan McVicker, 14 7 00 St. Clair Township. F. D. Boogie, 14 7 00 G. B. Amick, 14 7 00 George Hinesllng, 14 7 CO G. D. Trout, 14 7 00 John 11. Schell, 14 7 00 Southampton Township. Kirk A Fletcher, 14 7 00 Henry O. Lsshley, 14 7 00 Union Township John Walter, 14 7 00 Middle Woodberry Township. Jacob Brenneman, 14 7 00 C. W. Kicketsou, 14 7 00- G. K. Barndollar, 14 7 00 Ahrahnm Bechhoefor, 14 7 00 South Woodberry Township. Piper Sc Scott, 14 7 00 S. It. Oster, 14 7 (X) Georgo Kauffram, 14 7 00 D. F. Buck, 14 7 CO D. Beeglo, 14 7 (t> Notice is hereby glvsu that an appeal will be b'-'hi at the Commissioners office, in Be.if>.rdoy Saturday tU.s 7?h day of May next. LEV! AGNEW, Appraiser of Mercantile Tax-.*, for the year 19J$ April 1, 1559.
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