BEDFORD INQUIRER. ________ Friday illuming, Aug. 31, 1860. FEARLESS AND FREE." ~~ 11. OVER—Editor and Proprietor. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICF. PRESIDENT, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OF MAINE. ELECTORS. HON. JAMES POLLOCK. HON. THOMAS M. HOWE. I Edward C. Knight, . II Robert P. King, 8 Henry Bumtn, 4 Robert M. Foust, 6 Nathan Hilles, 8 John M. Broraall, 7 James W. Fuller, 8 Levi B. Smith, 9 Francis W. Christ, 10 David Momma, Jr., 11 David Taggart, 12 Thomas R. Hull, | 25 Jubr FOR GOVERNOR, ANDREW G. CUR TIN. OF CENTRE COUNTY. DISTRICT A\l) (Of XTY TICKET. Foa CONGRESS. BOS. E. MtI'HERSOX, ot Adams Co. FOR STATE SENATOR, COL. S. S. WHARTON, of Huntingdon Co. ASSEMBLY, C. W. ASHCOM, Broadtop Township. E. St. SCHROCK, Somerset County. PROTIIONOTART, JEREMIAH K. BOWLES, Bedford Tp. SHERITP, GEORGE S. MULLIN, Napier Tp. COMMISSIONER, JONATHAN FICUTNER, Londonderry Tp. POOR DIRECTOR, SAMUEL SCHAFER, Union Tp. AUDITOR, D. P. ESriLEMAN, Middle Woodberry Tp. CORONER, JAKED IIANKS, Southampton Tp. JIISS IHKKTIKfi " OF THE PEOPLE. A mass meeiing of the People's Party of Bedford County will bo held at the Court House, in Bedford, on tbe evening of Tuesday the 4th day September, next, being the Tuesday eveniug of Court week. The members of the Party thr -Jfi BEDFORD IffiOTIRER. PEOPLE'S MEETINGS. A meeting will bo held at Hopewell, on Sat urday, (to-morrow,) Ist Sept., at 4 o'clock, P. M. At Bloody Run, ou Thursday next, 6th of September. At Stonerstown, on Saturday, the Btb of Sept. Hon. Edward McPherson, our candidate for Congress,will b9 present and address all of those meetings, and it is to bo hoped our friends, as well as Democrats, will turn out iu large num bers to hear him. Another £ire. —On Saturday morning last, betweeu 1 and 2 o'clock, a fire was dis covered in Mr. Law. Jamisons' stabls. Tho fire was too far ahead to make any efforts to extin guish it. Two horses, one belonging to Mr. Ja mison, the other to Mr. C. Smith, were consumed —the former was worth $175, the latter about SBO. Some hay was also in the stable. The fire was, no doubt, the work of an incendiary. We hope some efforts may be made to ferret out the villains who commit so many of tfcwse outrages, and bring them to punishmeut. - la our recent tour, we called ou Messrs. Wittsker & Nash of the Huntingdon Journal, It. Miltou Speer of the Huntingdon Union , and IVm. Lewis, Esq., of the Huntingdon Gitifre. They are all pretty olever fellows, but keep up the bitterest warfare of any other set of edi tors in the Stato. We also called on Messrs. McCruui A Doru, of Altoona Tribune, ud found them to be very clever tail saciabla-gt a tlemeu. We utade a call on our friend, llou. L. W. Hail, in Altoona, tiio other day. He is taking a very aotire part in the present contest, and makes speeches in every direction, and able ones they are too. He took ns aroand through the workshops of the Pennsylvania Kail Road Company—the largest works belonging to any one Compauy in the Uuion. Altoona baa a population of about 5,000 —tan year* ago it was a wilderness. We had a fine jaunt during the laet eight days, and visited Chambersburg, Harrisburg, Philadel phia, Atlantic City, Huntingdon, Altoona, See All aiotn: the route, and in these places, the feel ing i excellent. No one doubts the election of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtiu. We met many old friends and acquaintance* and made new ones. To Han'l J. Chapman, Esq ,of Philadelphia, and formerly of Bedford, are we under especial obligations lor his kindness and attentions. He is one of uatute's noblemen, whole-souled, smi generous to a fault. M'JOU LXTtti FEES. Sam"! 11. Tate has now been Prcthouotary for three years. He has increased (he fees to dou ble, oyer the charges of Job Maun, John G. Martb*, Jus. B. -Noble, Jobn v P. Reed, Daniel Wssbabaugb, and all other Prothoeotaryi of Bedford County. This makes his term of three years, equal (o six yerrs of tbo others. He now is a candidate sgaiu, and if ho is elected it will uiake his two terms equal to twelve years. This, we think, is asking a little too tuuab of the people of Bedford County. The Gazelte publishes the ridiculous lie that Curtin should have said some harsh things about the Germans. It was taken from a German paper in Centre County, and completely refuted iu an article, which we published in last week's paper, taken from the Harrisburg Telegraph. What does the Gazette think of Sam'l U. Tate calling the Germans of our county J— d Dutch?" Ought they to voto for him? We can prove he called them this. CLUB MEETING The meoting of the Lincoln Club, ou Tues day evening laat, was a large and enthusiastic one. Speeches were made by lion. S. L. Bus sell, D. Over, and Lion. Alex. King. The feeling is getting up—our meetings are well attended, and everything foreshadows a victory this fall, for our County, District, State and National tickets. Roll on the ball.' OUR MEETING-. Let all our friends turn-out to the meeting on next Tuesday eveDiug. Speeches will be made by our candidate for Congress, by other distinguished speakers. Coma one,come 1 all. Our ticket is now completed, and a better one was never offered to the support of tho peo ple of Bedford County. Now, go to work, friends, atid elect it. You can do it. A(J RIC ULT URAL SOCI ET Y. At a meeting held at the Bedlord Hotel, Aog. 27, 1860, Valentine Steckman was chosen Presi dent pro tem. On motion Resolved, That the next exhibition of the So ciety be held on the 2d, 3d and 4th days of Oc tober, 1860, in Bedford. Win. Hartley resigned the office of Recording Secretary, and R D. Barclay was elected to fill his place. Hon. Jno. Taylor, Dan'l Heltzell, jr.. and Maj. S. Davis were added to the Committee of Ariangemems. As EACH MONTH rolls around tho demand for Lindsay's Blood Soaroher increases, owing to tbe fact that a singlo trial at ouco removes the doubts of the most incredulous, and fullv satisfies them that it is the only preparation now before the people that will in all cases do all that, is claimed for it. Tho worst cases of Cancerous Formations, Scrofula, Erysipelas, and Tetter affections give way to its potent in fluence. Thousands of persons who are now alive and well, must thauk the discovorer of this preparation that they have not ben* swept away by the unseen hand of death. The best evidence of its real value is, that the best phy-' siciaDs in the land it highly, and acknowledge the claims of the Blood Searcher upon tbo community. Sold by all tho Druggists in this oouuty.— | See advertisement iD another column. Bedford flail Road. Mr. OVER : —I bavo felt so eutireiy satisfied with the vote which I, as one of the Directors of the Bedford Railroad Company, gave in fa vor of the proposition to pay Dull, Collins & Co. something more than the $<54,000 for which they contracted to do the graduation and masonry of twelve miles of the road— -1 so conscious have I boeu that i did right—just what 1 would do again—that I had determined not to notice the artioles published in your pa per, under the head of "Bedford llailroad." My silence, however, may be misconstrued, and 1 therefore wish, in reply to these articles, to lay before your readers a plain stitouient of facts, which, 1 believe, will convince every un prejudiced luiudlff the utter groundlessness of the charges which you have made. In May, 1859, tho Directors of the Bedford Rail Road Co. eutcred into a contract with Dull, Collins & Co., by winch they bouud themselves to do the graduation and masonry of the first twelve miles of the road for the sum of $64,000 the work to be completed on ! or betoro the first day of January, 18(50, and if they did not comply with the terms of the contract, the It. It. Co. could rescind .it and either re-let the work or itself employ hands and finish it. Dull, Cdllms & Co. sub-let the work, and tho sub-coulraotors proceeded vig orously with it until more than two-thirds of it was done. As it progressed, estimates were made; and they showed that the quantity of work done, and to bo done, was considerably greater than was estimated at the time the contract was let. Dull, Collins & Co. fouud that they would lose monoy, and they quit; or in other words, they refused to pay the sub contractors, who wcro. therefore, obliged to stjp the work, luaving what would cost about $22,0U0 to complete tho contract, unfinished. What, under too circumstances, was tue com pany to do ? It bad the right to declare the ooutruet roaotudod, to re-let tho work, as I have stated, or to employ bauds itself acid fin ish it, and then sua Dull, Collins & Co. for uot performing tLeir contract. But t.hete was not • dollar iu ti.j treasury to pay the con tractors to whom the woik might he re-let, or to pay the hands whom the company might employ. The Treasurer of the company pub lished notice after notice, oailiug upon the stockholder* to pay up, but very little money came iu iu answer to these calls. For about soveu months no work was done, and that which had boeu douo was rapidly going to ru- j in. At this juncture Mr. Collins proposed to j tho director* that if they would pay him pro J rata for the extra work which ho would L*ve to do over and above tho quantity estimated to ! be done at the time tho contract was let, he would biud himself to puy off all the indebted ness within twenty days, and finish tbe euttre job on or before the first of December next, the amount thus to be paid not to exooed $lO,- UOO, and no patt of it to he paid until tho work is completed. TLu engineer iuformad me (hat the amount would be about six or sev en thousand dollars. This proposition was submitted to tho directors—they held throe meetings to deliberate upon it—they scut for Mr. Fulton, the engineer, and consulted him, aud after giving it the fullest cousideratiou, a majority (five) ot the seven directors present, came to the conclusion that it was the very | beat thing- that euid be dene under the I circumstances. The company had no funds tc. enable it to re-let the work, nor could it, without money, employ hands to finish it.— Tho work already done was going to destruc tion. Dull, Collins & Co. had taken tho con tarct at too low a sum. They would inevita bly have lost money. They asked the oompa ny not to give them six, seveD, or ten thousand dollars, but to pay Ibem a fair compensation for their labor, and the directors agreed to do so. Was it uot honest and right to do so * What is there wrung about it If yon or I work, we waut to he paid. But you say, a "bargain is a bargain." Dull, Collins & Co. are rich, able to pay all the dama ages that could have beeu recovered against them. It may be that they are. Whether they arc or not, Ido not know. "Before you roast a rabbit you must first oatoh it." Be fore suit could be brought against them the company must finish the work. How could that be done without money ? And if it was done, and the suit instituted, what assurance is there that the company would recover?— Who does not know "the glorious uncertainty of the law," especially where a corporation is a party t One result of such a suit is as cer tain as death, and that is, that the company would havo had to pay a big fee to its attor neys. But, you say, "it is a transparent schema to elect Mr. Sobell to Congress." Ex cuse me for saying that such an assertion is "transparent" nonsense. You don't believe it yourself. That six men, acting under the sol emn obligation of an oatb, five of them—not in* eluding myself—among our very best citizens two of the six opposed politically to Mr. Schell, should give away several thousand doU lars, which they hold iu trust for others, to elect him to Congress, is too preposterous for any one to believe. 8. L. RUSSELL. REMARKS. In the above long communication, we see very little to which a reply is necessary. Dull, Collins & Co , contracted to do the work for the sum of §64.000, and DO more or no less, they being fully acquainted with the engineer's estimates. (Jther bids we understand, some of wbicb wero lower than the proposition of Dull, Collins & Co., and by equally good men, were rejeoted, and tbeir bid taken. They agreed to take as part pay §50,000, subscribed by the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road—in fact they were paid this amount iu advance—and before thii money was ex hasted they threw up the con~ tract. They are said to be wealthy, and as Mr- Russell admits, acoording to tbe terms of the contract, tho Company could have finished the Road, and charged the loss ou Dull, Collins & Co., and if they were able, iecover it off them. But Mr. Russell intimates that they may not bo responsible men and that "before you roast a rabbit yon must first catch it." If this be so the Directors are much to blame ia giving tho contraot to them, without demanding ample seouiiiy that the oontraot should be per formed, especially whsn there were other bids from responsible parties. Mr. Sobell's name is down for §U5.000, as Agent, nobody knows for whom, so that when the §50.000 Dul!,Col iIDS & 00. were already PAID, would run oat, they could be paid the balance, $14,000, and have SII,OOO left, without calling ou the stock holders iu the Coauty for anything for that part of the Road, so that Mr. Raeaeli's argument in relation to notice after notice being publish ed, and no funds raised is of no effect. They would all cheerfully pay when they see an earn est effort to complete the whclo road, and had that part of the road been completed, as per conti act, the stockholders would cheerfully have paid their stock. That this additional $25,000 is real, we have from Mr. Scbell him self, and very probably, Mr. Russell, as a Di rector, has also. Mr. Russell says that the engi neer informed him that the additional sum pre sented to Dull, Collins & Co., would not ex ceed SO,OOO or $7,000. Suppose it does not —it dots not alter the oase. They voted them a suta not to exceed SIO,OOO, and very pro bably, as they were so anxious to receive exlru ' P a y> they will make it run up to the SIO,OOO. tor one, although we are as anxious for the completion of the road as Mr. Russell, and have subscribed, according to our moans, as much stock, aud probably paid as much on it, yet had wo beou a director, we would never hava given them a present of that much money, and weaken the already small funds of the com pany, especially aftor they had failed to fulfil their first contract—what guarantee has Mr. Russell and Mr. Sohell. that they will fulsl the last? Let Mr. Russell and Mr. Sohell, and the other directors, ask Capt. Arnold, Messrs. John Davidson, J. R. Jordan, Eben Pennell, or other mechanics, if, when they put in a bid foT a building, or other matter, if they unfor tunately lose by it, whether they do not have to pocket the loss, as woll as the profits when they make by it. Dull, Collins & Co., are old Rail Road contractors, have made mouey by it, had the engineers estimates to go by, were wii. ling to abide by them, and got the contract, although other good men, bad bids, soma higher ami some lower, we believe. They deserve no sympathy, and should not have rooeivod the pree aut. This is the opinion of many of all parties iu this county. Iu regard to tbia being "a transparent scheme to elect Mr. Schell to Congress," we think we have heretofore answered that matter fully.— 1/ our surmises on that point are a mistake, we are glad of it— time will tell. We don't blame Mr. Russell with being privy to this scheme; of course Mr. Schell or his friends, would not give these reasons to him. All wo do blame Litu for doing was in signing that card When Judge Daugherty or Mr. Schell, or whoever else requested him to sign it, we do think, that bo might have said, "there, gentlemen, is ray record, I voted for it, and you may make use of it a* you best can, hut I will not allow the use of my name to a Card, whicji is gotten up, evidently to make political capital for Mr. Schell." Why Mr. Ku'gell put off writing this Card to thin lata dut>, we don't know, and for any personal allusions to as, we matter them not. We again say, wa do not blame him with being in collusion with Air. Sobell, and we bars full confidence in his poli'ical fidelity. THE EDITOR. Congressional Conference, The Conferees of the People's Party of the 17th Congressional District met at the Court ilouse, in Chambersburg, on Tuesday, the 21t iust., at 2 P. M. Hon Frauds Jordau was called to the oh&ir and Sauj'l G. Lauc appointed Sesretary. The following Conferees appeared and pre sented tbeir credentials: Adams.—D. A. Buohler, Frank Hersb, Ssm'l Durboraw. Bedford.—Francis Jordan, David Over, Geo. It. Oster. Fraoklin.— Geo. Eystor, John 11. Criswell, Sain'l G. Lane. Fulton.—Mark Dixon, Sain'l Lyon, W. M. Patterson. Juniata—D. W. Chambers, W. W. Davis, A. J. Patterson. On motion, the Convention proceed to nom inate a candidate to be supported for Congress in this District, at the ensuing election. The Coufcrees from Fulton presented the following letter from Dr. S. E. Duffield, ol Fulton, which, on motion, was received and or dered to be incorporated in the minutes of the proceedings: MCCONNELLSBURG, Aug. 20, 1860. Hon. Mark Dixon, Samuel Lyon, Esq., Wm. M. Patterson, Congressional Conferees from Fulton County. GENTLEMEN: —It is my wish that you do not present my name at the Congressional Conler ence of this District as a candidate for nomina tion. As you have been instructed both by our County Committee and Convention to vo"e for me, and instructed by them under the belief that my nomination would be conceded and confirmed, my reasons for now withdrawing may be required. You are aware, that at the first meeting of the Congressional Conferees of this District, eight years ago, a resolution was adopt ed giving to each couuty in rotation the right to name tne candidate. 1 have already contended that a restriction ot this kind imposed on any Convention was not only wrong in principle, but injudicious and impolitic, and should not have governed our delegates in making their subse quent Congressional nominations. This opinion remains unchanged, notwithstanding each of the counties composing this District has n'ad the nominee by reason of this restrictive rule, and ours now, can with equal propriety, ask a r&og nition of the same right. The acceptance of this rule heretofore, as a principle of action by the counties of Bedford, Franklin, Juniata and Adams, virtually concedes the candidate to Ful ton at this time, and if insisted on by you, should be yielded on their part, cheerfully, wil- , lingly and unhesitatingly. We have always i been true to our party pledges and faithfully ful filled pur political coutracls. lu every Congres sional, Senatorial and Legislative fight, we have been equally as zealous to secure the election of those residing outside of our borders, as we have i those residing among us. Under existing cir- I cumstanees. therefore, our right to name the can didate should not be questioned; the policy and propriety of doing so is debatable. If we be iieve in (he principles of our nartv ami vinceti (bat ,be those principles by government would be*- mote the interests of the people, then. tn orde'r to insure excess we should be willing to *arri fice personal ambition and local preference 11 dome so, wc show toothers thai our political opinions are honest and unselfish. The conies! in tins Congressional District may be exceedi -1 iv c.ose, and the loss of a member here rnav place us in a minority in the House, and subWt us again to alt the emba rasxmenis necessarily arising trom such a contingency. This bein* the case, our Convention should be freed from all restraint, and relieved from any restriction calculated to hinder prudent deliberation in ma king us nomination. My own convictions are. after a careful and interested examination oi the political field that a majority of our party friend, in the b,strict prefer the re-nommatioii of the Hon. Edward Mel herson, honestly believing that with him as a candidate, victory will be more certain il-' with any one else Candor compels rne m that this opinion is well founder). Mr. Mc; er son is a pood canvasser, cornpelent and poniiar he has increased his strength by the infers.,: : e manifested tor the success of ail the cheri-i,<\t principles o( our party; by the evidence he has given us of his legislative abilitv, and by his kind, courteous and affable bearing. sat isfied, therelore, thai his .nomination is earnestly desired by a majority of the party: that he Do cesses all the requisites for an available cainb dnte. and tint he will be able to carry our ban ner on to a triumphant victory, my sense of ; - lice compels- me to relieve the Convention horn any ercbara-.sment the presentation of my name might occasion. 'lo my political Iriends of Fulton lam under the most grateful obligations for the unaninn:.- with which vhey have instructed you, in my ta vor, and I can assure them, through you. • hat this evidence of their regard for my political ad vancement; is as sincerely felt, and as fully a: - precialed, as it I was now enjoying all the ben efits their best wishes could hope for. Very truly yours, S. E. DUFF!ELD. Col. D. W. Chambers then nominated Hon. J is. M. Sellers, of Juniata. Geo. Eystsr, Esq., nominated Hon. Edward McPherson, of Adaius. The Conference proceeded to ballot, when Hon. Edward MoPberson received 12 votes and Jas. M. Sellers 3. On motion of Col. 1). W. Chambers, the nomination of Hon. Edward McPherson was made unanimous. Geo. Eystr-r, Esq., offered the following res olution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That this Conference appreciates the magnanimity whioh prompted l)r. S. E. Duffield to withdraw Lis name from the Con ference, for the patriotic purpose of securing a harmonious effort; and that we acknowledge our indebtedness to Litu, while we cheerfully concede his merits and his claims. On motion, the Chairman of the Conference was instructed to appoint a oummittee, con sisting of one member from caeh county, to apprise llr. MoPberson of his nomination. The chairman appointed Messrs. Davis, of Juniata, Ciiswell, of Franklin, Over, of Bed ford, Lyon, of Fulton, aod Buchler, of Ad ams, as said committee. Ou motion adjourned. FRANCIS JORDAN, S. G. LANS, Seo'ty. Pres't. Senatorial Conference. The Conferees of Huntingdon, Somerset and Bedford counties, met at the houe of Mr?. Filler, in Bedford, on Tuesday, 21st inst. Dr. Win. Burcb, ot Bedford 00., was called ti the chair, an J Dr. H. K. N?ff, of Huntingdon, was chosen Secretary. The representatives from Huntingdon coun ty in th# Conference, were Messrs. James Ma guire, Henry Grsffins and Dr. H. K. Neff.— Froui Bedford, Messrs. Jacob Brenneman, Dan'l Sams and Dr. Wm. Burch. From Som erset, Messrs. Joseph Cuuuuios, J. W. Parker and C. Kooser. On motion of Mr. Cummins, the Conference proceeded to nominate candidates and to bal lot. Alexander Stutzmau, of Somerset, Col. S. S. Wharton, of Huutiugdou, ami Sant'l L. Rus sell and J. E. SatUrfisld ot Bedford co., were pnt in nomination. Oo the I6tb ballot, Col. S. S. Wharion hav ing received a majority of the votes cast, was declared nominated. The nomination was then made uoauimous. The following was passed by a unanimous vote : Resolved, That wo heartily endorse the nom inees ef the ' Chicago CouveOtiou— Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, for President, aui Hanni bal Hamlin of Maine, for Vice President; the nominee of our Citato Convention, Col. Andrew G. Curtin, of Centre county, for Governor; and the nominee of tais Conference, Col. 8. 8. Wharton, for State Senator. That we hereby pledge to our National, Stats and District Tick ets, the unanimous and hearty support of our selves and our constituents; and will do all in our power to roll up for them such a majority as will forever after be a source of gratifica tion anu pride to the people of this district. WM. BURCH, Prest. H. K. Neff, Sect'y. Don. Ed. McPhersou He-nominated. Everything seems to conspire for the good of the peopla and to work out the oomplete overthrow of the so-called Democratic party. In another column vro publish the proceedings of the Congressional Conferees who met in Chambersburg on Monday last, by whiob it will be seen that Hon. Edward McPherson was unanimously re-nomiuated for CeDgress. This announcement will be hailed with satisfaction by the entire District, and in no part more than in Adams County. Having served hia oonit't uents with distinguished ability during the last Congress, ho will return at the opening of the next session with his conduct fully and cordi ally endorsed, and better able to attend to their wishes. His name will add strength to the whole ticket, aDd place victory—certain victo ry—within our grasp. Our tioket is now com plete. A bettor one was never presented to tbo people of Adams county for support. All that we have to do now i to elect it. Friends, see to it that this is done.— Gettysburg Star and Banner. Bedford Classical lustitute. The 2d school year of this Institute will open on Monday, Sept. 3d,^1860, in the brick House of Mr. JautiesoD, nearly opposite Mi Fyan's. Terms as before. KEV. JOHN LYON, Principal. Bedford, Aug. 24, 1860.