BEDFORD INQUIRER. ~ BEDFORD, Fa. Friday MuruJns, JME 10, W59. M FE\KLUSS AND FREE." D. OVER—Editor and Proprietor. People s State Convention. The Convention of the People's Party which assembled in liarrisburg OH Wednesday last, placed in nomination Hon. THOMAS E. COCH RAN, of York Couuty, fur Auditor General, and Gen. WM. 11. KEI.M, of Berks County, for Surveyor General. Mr. Coohr D was nom inated on the 9tb ballot, Hon. Francis Jordan beiug the next highest candidate, on several of tho latter ballots. There is no doubt but tllat Mr. Jordan would have been nominated, had he permitted the uae of his name at an earlier day—he only having finally consented, after many earnest solicitations from his friends iu various parts of iLe State, some six weeks be fore the Convention met, and after the most of the leading men iu our ranks had committed themselves iu favor of others. As it is, w.e think he did remarkably well, in coming out second best. So far as Mr. Jordan is con cerned, we think it is for his interest that the choice has icsulted us it has, as it places him in the line of precedence for the Governor's nomination next fall, aud his friends all over the State will make a vigorous effort to secure him that position. He ranks second to no man in the State tor honesty, integrity and talents, and would make a Chief Magistrate of whom the State well be proud. Here's for Jordan for Guvernoi in iB6O .' Mr. Cochran, the candidate for Auditor Gen eral, is an excellent man, oud will rnuko an of ficer of the first class. Ho was the candidate for Canal Commissioner in 1856, und legally elected, but cheated out of the office by the frauds in Philadelphia, as proved io the case of Mann vs. C .ssiJay, when the latter was ousted from the District Attorneyship, and Mann de clared legally elected. Next to Jordan we preferred Cochran. Gen. Keioj, our candidate for Surveyor Gen eral, was elected, last fall,at the special elec tion in Berks Coun'y, to Congress, by some five or six bundled, over the Buchaaan candi date. He is one of the most popular men in the State. No one doubts the success of this ticket by a majority of at least 80,000. MILITARY PARADE, The military parade on Monday last, at j Bloody liun, came off finely. There were four companies on the ground, the Bedford Riflemen, ] Cumberland Valley Blues, Bloody Run lode- | pendent Blues, and Ilopewell Riflemen. The whole body, iffieers and men, were as fine a looking set of meu as could he found an\ where, and some of them were quite proficient in mil itary manoeuvres. In the afternoon, they were marched to the hill back of town, and were kept there for several hours. Of tLeir marches and countermarches,forming 01" hollow squares, rifle and musket drills, &c., we are unable to speak, as the Major mouuted guard about 100 feet on each side of the battalion, which forced specta tor?, including printers, reporters, and many other poor devils, on each side of the hill, where they could only see the tops of the s-o I d i-e-r-'s heads. That M-?jor has retired on his laurels, and could never again be elected, when young America, that was ca the giounu, comes to form volunteer companies. A great many persons were in town, the ho tels were all crowded, good order pretty gener ally observed, and things passed off pleasantly, as things generally do, in Bloody RUD, WLUh is so celebrated for its hospitable citizens. CapL A. J. Sansoin, was elected Brigade luspeomr. We have not been able to ascertain who were elected to the other offices, but we be lievo Lemuel Evaus was elected Brigadier General: Alexander Compber, Coionel; Sam'l B. Tate, Lieut. Colonel; B. F. Horn, Major. Ist Lieut. Thos. Lyons, was elected Captain of the Bedford Riflemen, iu place of Capt. Sansoin, 2nd Lieut. Wm. Keeffe, was elected Ist Lieutenant, cud Corporal W. P. Mower was elected 2nd Lieutenant. The Gazette talks a great deal about whites marrying negroes. This is something we are totally opposed to, but if that paper has some Loeofoco friends that it is afraid will marry ue grees, w? do not blame it for talking so much about it. Another thing; we cannot blame it either as it is aware that about three fourths of those that uiarry negroes, belong to that party, or are the children of those who do. Proba bly tho editor, when he was in Illinois for a few inoaths, conducting an abolition paper, got acquainted with that celebrated individual who was "in the wood pile." 'lke Virgiuia eleofion, has resulted badly for the Loeofoco*. They hive elected their Gov ernor by a greatly reduced majority. The op position have gamed a congressman, and some four independent Loeofoco, candidates have been elected over the regular Looofooo uouii tces. SEVERE FROST. —On Sunday morning last, we had one of the severest frusta ever experi enced in this neighborhood so late in the season. The fruit has been somewhat injured. The peaches, cherries and grapes in borne parts of the County have been considerably hurt, whilst the apples bare uot been very much injured.— The grain,—wheat, rye and corn, bnve suffered but little. In the gardens, the early vegeta bles, and plant - have been injured to some ex tent. AGRICULTURAL FAIR —We notice that in many of the Counties preparations are making for the holding of Agricultural Fairs, the com ing fall. If our people do not wish to be be hind the age in agricultural matters, they had better be commencing the necessary prepara tions for an exhibition of lhe agricultural pro ducts, and mechanical ingenuity of the Couuty. METHODIST MINISTERS EXPELLED FROM TEXAS —All the preachers of the 31. E. Church (North) except two, have been driven out of Texas. There's Democracy and liberty for you ! Why shouldn't the members of ihut Church in the North belong to the party which is con trolled by the Southern Locofoco politicians ? CENTRAL BANK. — We learn from the Hoi lidaysburg Register that the Central Bank of Pennsylvania at that place, suspended last week, but on last Tuesday it opened and was re deeming its paper iu small quantities. There is general confidence iu its complete resump tion. BANK OF i ISCOUNT AND DEPOSITS. — Mesrs Reed, Rupp & Sehell, have opened a Bank of Discount and in Bedford. We have uo doubt that an institution of this kind will pay well in this place. PHILADELPHIA, June 9, 1859. To Inquirer and Gazette: —The People's Par ty assembled in State Convention at liarrisburg yesterday and made the following nominations. Auditor General, Thos. E. Coeiirati; Surveyor General, General ICeim. Every county in the State was represented, and the bet of feeling prevailed. D. J. CHAPMAN. IT DON'T TAKE— The hitter of that "de generate sou of a noble sire." Locofocoism may make all they can out of Jim Clay's letter. All the old admirers of his noble father despise the apostate son. We call aUeution to the Card of J. Selby Mower, Esq. Business entrusted to his care will be attended to faithfully. Read the Foregu News. The allied powers have gaiue] the first battle. Bloody work may be expected for some time to come. Several visitors have already arrived at the ! Bedford Springs. CIMERO3 FUJI PitKSIDpT, With'bat few exceptions the American-Re publican journals of Pennsylvania, says the llarrUburg Telegraph, take ground in favor of the uominatiuo of lion. SIMON CAMERON as tbo anti-Democratic caudidate for President, and from present indications he s'ands a very fair chance for nomination by the National Convention. In such au event he would rally to his support the active and enthusiastic young men cf the Opposition party, and the toiling masses of the iron-bound old Keystone, and carry our flag m triumph through the contest, by a majority unprecedented in the political history of 'Lis State. Our own views arc too i well known to need repetition, and we allude .c the subject now simply for the purpose of I introducing to our readers the following well timed article from the Jiinitch Chunk Gazette, an Opposition paper of akuowledged ability ■ and influence. That journal says: We heard the remark made during the last year, that as Pennsylvania lias furnished de cidedly the weakest aud most unprincipled man who has ever occupied the Presidential chair, the Republicans of other States would hardly trust another Pennsylvanian, and for this rea son they would not agree to the nomination of Gen. Cameron or any other Pennsylvanian.— Now this very fact that Jamas Buchanan is just the man we Republicans contended he was in 185G—only much meaner and worse —is calculated to strengthen a candidate on our side. Pennsylvania is entitled to a President of the United States. The present incumbent is not, and never was, the choice of the people of Pennsylvania, but he secured the vote by means of the then existing division in the , ranks of the Opposition aud by the utnted vote j of the deadliest enemies of Pennsylvania—the Free Traders aud Slave drivers of the South. ! Siuco iiis inauguration —since he has taken a : solemn oadi to support the Constitution of the United States, wbteii instrument he has since ; violated time and again, he has confirmed all i our predictions of 1850, that lie has nosympa j thy or respect for Pennsylvania, and never had 1 a "single drop of democratic tdood in his | veias." No, Jam?* Buchanan is not a Penu | syivanian. Is it unreasonable now to ask that we, the Republicans of Pennsylvania, who did in 1856 1 solemnly protest, aud work, and vote against this imbecile toot of Slavery, James Buchan an, should have the chance to present a candi date for the Presidency 1 We think not.— Every reasonable Republican must admit that we are more directly interested in tho enact ment of a Protective Tariff, and the protection of free labor in States and Territories, than the people of any other State in the Union. Re publican principles arc calculated to benefit Pennsylvania more thaii any other State, aud unless Pennsylvania interests are respected, it may be doubtful whether the Stato can be car ried in 1860. But, let the Republican party of other estate? resolve to consult the party of Pennsylvania, and for once to respect the opinions of ott/ Representatives in National Convention, ana our word for it, the 27 electors will bo secured. .Geo. Cameron, we believe, is the mm for Pennsylvania, iiis nomination would at oneo settle R Ss qaeqtiou * tb'.s EEBFOEB IWOTIRER. State. We could then safely send our cham pions out into other States as Missionaries—we were going to say to Jersey, but with Cameron as our candidate it wouldn't be necessary. Ho would carry every Northern State, with veiy good chances for Missouri, Delaware and Mary land. Fo r the Inquirer. WATEKSTREET, Pa., May 80, 1859. Mr. OVER: —Shakspeare once wrote, "there is a tide in the affairs of meu, which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." lu the latter part of last, wintcn, a few of the young men of this neighborhood concluded that this "tide" in their "affairs" was about to flow, resolved to bo led on by it to Pikes Peak. When the time arrived for their departure, all abandoned the adventure, except Mr. Wui. H. 11. llalstoti, eldest son of Robert Ralston, Esq., of this villoge. About the middle of Match, he bade his friends and acquaintances adieu for a time, and, with a light heart, and bright prospect of being amply rewarded for all his toils, he started for the land of gold.— He proceeded on uutil he reached Atchison, where he joiued a company bound for the gold en PeaK, and, after supplying themselves with the necessary implements, provisions, See., they commenced their journey over the plains.— When they arrived at Fort Kearney, Mr. Rul sum wrote to his friends here, that, their pros pects were still bright, but, after traveling about four days more, tiny met about fifteen hundred men on their way lack to the settled countries, in a lamentable state of destitution. Young Ralston and his comrades being assured by them that "'all is not gold that glitter:-," re solved to go no further; aud, in a letter to Lis father, after his return to Fort Kearney, he says: "Many who hid spent much of their time in the gold regions of California, had prospect ed the whole country, and fully sati.-fied them selves that there is no gold at Pikes Peak— not even the usual signs—and that it is a hum bugging scheme, set afloat by a number of land speculators along the Missouri river, to direct the tide of emigration thither, and to deceive j the unwary and credulous, and had left, cha grined that they had been made tin dopes or speculators 1 infatuation?. 11 And now, Win. i Ralston is desirous ihut ail who may be affect ed with tire gold mania may be made acquaint ed \vMb the facts, aud remain in a better egjjp.- try, and give no credence to any enticing re ports they may see in the newspapers, and go ibeic only to meet with disappointments. SATTER. KE( nma i.wniur 2 | There was a great gatheiing of Lcconipton i editors from Western Pennsylvania at Pittsburg two weeks ago. Thoy had been summoned j there as United States Jurors, liigler was also i there to give them instructions. The purchase was so plain, that many editors were ashamed lto admit that thoy were of tee craft. Brother ' Trough, of the Hollidaysburg Standard, was i there, of course—his last paper is evidence thai j be received fresh instructions from head <]u.rt i ers— Huntingdon Globe. CAN tr BE TUBE. — Wa Lave been credibly | informed by several gantlimen, that Hon. Win. ; Bigler has sent into this county, package* of ' w wratf xrs raC pffrMitVS having them in possession may see proper. A ; number of these envelopes have, been used, ■ thus cheating the Post Office Department out jof the amount of postage it should in justice : receive for conveying their eouteuts over the j post roads. This is but a small specimen of the | economy practiced by the leaders of the Buch anan faction. To make up for such losses to the Department, it is fair to suppose that an other effort will be nude to tax the peopld-- tho outsiders—-with a live ceut postage, it is also fair to suppose thai Bigler has extended j bis franking operation to every county in (he j State—making the sum toial saved to the faiih | ful, quite an object.— though not any more hoo ! est than manufacturing bogus three cent p : eoes. ! -ib. SCCCESBFCL SCIT FOB FREEDOM IFF A WHITE GIUL.— A most interesting suit wig j completed on Saturday in the Fifth Distrkt j Court, Judge Eggleston presiding. It was the ; case of a suit for freedom from slavery, the 1 plaintiff being a white girl, sixteen or sevente® j years of age, with a complexion bordering cn ! the brunette, named Alexina Morrison, and tfc i defendant, a slavo dealer of Jefferson OiO, • named Juuies White. The girl, about a yev i and a half ago, ran away from White's slave yard, where she had betD several months, a:£ : was protected by some citizens of Oaroctofl ' who she informed that she had been kidnappei j from Arkansas, and sold into slavery, thougij she was born free aud of white paren's. Atj appeal to the Jefferson Puri e h Court was madd, tut the j'ury did hot agree on a verdict, and thf! venue was changed to New Orleans. The tria| in the Fifth District Court occupied three Jays! chiefly employed in the efforts and argument! of counsel on boiii sides in regard to the adj mission aud rejection of evidence. For thoo. it was one of the bloodiest and fiercest ever fought. Jn dispari ty of numbers the resemblance is also rciuark a Ir. Napoleon I. had then only 10,000 men, two-thirds of whom wire new soidier.?, who bad never seen a shot fired; and with these he was to arrest the desperate march of an army of 120,000 veteran Auslrians. It was neces sary for him to divide this little hand to save it from being cut to pieces before he could re ceive reinforcements, With characteristic ra pidity he moved from point to point through Louinardy; with lightning glance bis eagle eye perceived the movements and combinations of t!io enemy under M las. lie knew that, a great and decisive batle must soon take place, for Me las wus rupiulv concentrating Lis army j frotu ail point?. To Lawns and Mural he is- • sued the following brief out remarkable or- J den "Gather your forces ' the river Suadeiia. j On the Sth •r 9 b .t the latest, you will have i on your bands 15,000 or 18,000 Austrian?.— i Meet them au l cut them to pieces; it will be j so many enemies less upon our nanda on the i day of the decisive battle we are to expect with the entire army of Meias." The prediction turned out true Au Aus trian force of 18.000 strong advanced ami j posted themselves strongly c-n the heights of Montebeilo, with batteries planted upon the hill sides which swept the plain. It was of the greatest, aiomeut that tub body should be jre vented from combining with the other vast ■ forces of the Austrian.?. Lamms met theui with only 8,000 men lot ti.ey rushed on U> Frenchmen, under Napoieon, met 40,- 000 Austrian?, including 7.000 cavalry und 200 pieces of caution, which irresistibly swept Napoleon's troops before them, till Dessaix, *o anxiously expected with his reserve of 0,000 men arrived, and charged when tbo battle was deemed iost. The tide was turned. The Aus trians were overthrown with terriblo slaughter. Twenty thousaud men ot both sides lay dead on the field. Dessaix, the greatest general Napoleon ever had, was among them, ahe First Consul wept, and suid the battle was dearly bought.— J\. Y. Herri J. 1 THE OFFICE LIS IN THE WAR. The telegraph tells us that au unusual uum- j ber of officers fell ou the side of 'he Jreuoh m the recent battle of Monte be Ho, and the in- : ference has been drawn from this raot, tnat tins ! French officers ii that action must have exposed themselves with uncommon audacity under the inspiration of the near presence of the Lsnpe ror. It is quite probable ihst ttiis may have been the case; but the tatality in quesuon may be accounted for, perhaps, in a less romantic uiauuer, by tho eonsiicratioQ that the breech officots are more signally distinguished on the field of battle by their uniforms than the Aus | trians. The Attstrians long ago abaudou ied the use of the epaulette, which has always j been the "shining mark" that death, like slan ' der, is supposed to love, and which the I renon : insist upou retaining. Tbe Aaairiun officers formerly went into action wearing white cloak* wliich marked them out conspicuously st.,ou ! the grey coated masses of their moo. tut tba j fearful execution done upon tbem by the Sar ! dinian riflemen in the war of 1548—9, led tLc . Government to discard this garment else; and no officers are now so well amalgamated with . their men in appearance before tbe enemy as tho Austrian. The French officer* tn cum par. isoti stand out in e clear relief upon their ! companies as did tbe scarlet eoated und gold | I -ced British captains in the (lays of ottr own Revolutionary war. wV. Y. Times. .. THE ItS MOf ittt l AUD THE JfAS- S 4CIII'SETTS 4M850.1l EXT. J he Democratic presses which are crying out j against the receftt amendment of the €otutiftj | lion of Massachusetts, says tbe Dctirit Tribune ] are tiuite oblivious of the fact 'bat tbe unfal j tering Democratic .State of South Carolina i adopted a i.vr three years ago in reference t tt naiur.ilisa'ion, precisely similtn —iu fact that i the Massachusetts bill is almost a literal cor;v jof the South Carolina proscription. Nobody I deemed the Democracy of the nation respensi | blc for the action of a single State, except so tar as that State was a type of tbe society and government aimed at in the Cincinnati platform —which it undoubtedly is. The Drcd Seo't decision is there the great text-book of law ami ; morals, resulting in ap oligarchy only one re move from monarchy, and infinitely meant r j and more detestable, lint we i 4 adoption of the State Constitution. The bill was p.sacd by Corigrts* tn he session oflßsC ';7. As it came froui the House of Ripr'str- Utivts, (then in tbe bauds of tbe Republicans,) i: authorized ..1! persons to vote on the funda mental law nidvr which they were to live, win had been permitted to vote under the lairs if the Territory — including foreign born residema Vt ho had Utu two years in tbe Uuttcd S:*te, und ii :d declared cu oath their intentions to be come citizen®. W Lea the bill csme to the .Sen ate a Democrat from North Carolina.(Mr. B'gg®) moved te insert 'be following: "Provided, That only citizens of the United States shall be pctuaued to vote at 'be ehotioa provided for by this act." The vote ou \'m B g.s' amendment was as follows: YEAS— Messrs. Aditus, Bayard, lied of i'-ou., Benjamin, Bifgs, Broadbead, Browr, Bu'ler, OUv, Crittenden, Evans Fish. Fi'zpat rick, Fo.'te, (Skyer, Green, Houston, iluuter, Iversou, Johnson, Jones of Tr-au., M ison, Reid, Rusk, 8 .idcli, Thompson of liy., and Thomp son or N -VT .jorscv. NAYS —Messrs. Allsti, liiler, Bright, Cass, €■ ilamer. Dodge, Douglas, Dorkee, Fessen ien, Fitch, Foster, Jones of IOWA, Nourse, l'u;j!,Sewar J .Stuart, i'oombs, Triiubu;!, Wade, Wciler, Wilson and Wiight. For tin' Amendment —Demociats 22: Amer t l. 3\ the Dernocracv Jove for eigners just as a dry)man loves a horse, and their toleration of foreign voters is measured precisely by their ability to get work out of them. .Vhere they are strong enough to get along without them, as iu South Carolina, they ciippie their political power by amending tha naturalization taws. Where they apprehend on apostasy from the pro-slavery faitb, as in Min nesota. they el ow them cut of the public COUD oiis. Of course the category of meannesses would nut be complete without charging Know- M . tbingisra and proscription upon the llerut licwcs.—Hirrisfrurg Telegraph. REXARKABLE RACE BY RAIL—STAKES §275,0^0. — I'romL. it. Rucker, superinten dent of vbe Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, tha Cleveland Leader obtains the following parti culars of an exeiiiug r ice, in which tho steeds were iron h*rses and the stakes greater than have ever beta kaown or. any track. Mr. Rucker had the facts from John XL Campbell, Esq., superintendent of the M. S. and N. I.' R. R. One day last week, us. the eastward bound express tiakj reached Lsporte, Indiana, a passenger sieppeOotf while the engine was" being replenished wfa wood and waier, and walked back and forth ou the platform, and continued to walk until the sounded. -—*— —— Wrda*>~..- ... A few minutes after the train hud gone a sta tion man saw the pedestrian, and going up to him, asked, in a surprised tone : '•What the - are you doing here?" Tho man started, opened his eyes, and look ed around bewildered. 'J he fact was, he had been fatigued and dropped asleep while walk ing. Rousing himself he asked : "Why ! Where am 1?" "Where are you ? At Lapwta.'* "Where's the train I oatuo onV> "That left ten minutes ago." "Ten minutes ago and left me 1 1 go on that train. It is a question of life and desvh with me. Can you get me to it ? Have you got an engiue hore ? Where is the Superin tendent t" . The section master had an office near by, an I the two-WCUt to find thatoffijial and to procure ! au engine. * The traveller stated must go on—could not delay—and offered the I officer $230 if he would put him on board the ! train. The strange dornaud and strange on ! caused the station master to hasten to do ;he ooulJ. The Src was not out in J (he that had drawn the train to that t' ! bargain was settled—a draft traveller ! for the §250, and in ten minutes the tra * started, with en engine to ovoruko he flymg express. After rushing on for rh rty o-t i miles some conneotion ga*o way OJt I gino. The engine wa, jstoppod-tbo engineer