* ' : V i !:Y DM1!) OVER. 3ECRIPTY m BXPSNBIHJRBS OF Bedford County for 1860- William Sbafer, Esq.. Treasurer of Bedford County in ac count with Said C • I'jty. from the 2nd day ■{ Jan uary, 1860. to the 7th day of January, ISBI. TREASURER, DR. To rec6if€4 cf. collectors :—^ Johnß Z .i • r J }r > 7 *l* H So! man Atue.i, K->f>eweii JBSS 10 09 John Mor: -n. CnruH. Valley 40 0f Gfor-e [' Steel, I.i j rty " 1 82 Mir! } R jhe. Londonderry " 34 87 WIHi .ru Darnell aouroe 81 11 Anth my .Smith. N ipier 20 00 William Kirk, St. Clair, 78 92 Jared Hanks, Southampton " 31 00 Johtrß."Fluke. Si Voodberrv •' 4 95 Isaac M. iTi.il, Bedford Ror. 1859 250 00 Viichi.rl Fe'ter, Bedford Tp. " 662 67 Joseph Evans, Broad Top " 140 00 Michael DieJil, Colerain •* 204 73 Jacob B Anderson, Cucn:>. Val. " 198 57 David Miller, Harrism 158 12 William Young, Hopewell " 133 03} Jo in G iiespie. Juniata " 149 00 George libs'id-", Liberty '• 40 00 Levi Csrpehb r, Londonderry • 181 25 Philip Knyder. Monroe ' " 107 76 A'ora's B: .ei.-l.urn, Nw trior " 427 25 David Fore, Pre idence East 117 00 Jacob Bamdf-llar, Urov. West " 125 00 Jaeo: W. Milli r, Schedab'g barf " 58 52 Jc'm W. Ho :or. St. Clair • 424 00 Adorn S. dor, Sua' <- Spring " 93 60 Jor.n Bean-it, Southampton *859 245 64 Jr,i3n j . kis. Union " 153 72 G. B. Holsing , Wendl.erry M . •< 656 79 J 8. Brumbauxh, Woodberry S. " 562 00 A. S.'!•-• Trt. Bedford Bor. 1819 262 02 \[. Ho!; banni, Bedford Tp. - 867 00 S -tauel 8-FloJcv. Broad Top • 72 85 Sini-ei Sfr.eky, Ci'.criin " 125 00 . aiMTicl B< or, Cumb. VuU.ty • 236 00 Hn : i Wi rtz Harrison <■* 60 00 Win. Oypbev. Hi uewetl " 60 00 !.:■ : d Bitnof, Jr.niati •• 65 00 ... • R r.sisg'. *, Liber'.y " 90 00 J.d-'i Vrfiinlm. Londonderry " 140 00 d'.i red: • . S" roc '• 162 00 Jose, K'icx, J- ipier " 61 00 "vm ,v:;-ig 1 I ; v. ' 75 00 I), i.i claw : i'cov. >V. " 163 00 Jc.il>, otto. Schellsburg " 20 00 Jacob B-.'ik!. : 'i <• St. Clair 280 00 Joseph Snake Spring " 128 00 i'i.'iip rviiria- vrtan,.Southampton " 135 00 Ab; in Gr< yle, Urdoa " 71 05 llano-ph 1 ! vcr, Woodbury M. '• 261 00 J. S. Brumbaugh. Woodberry S. " 120 00 .' mount received of Samuel Davis $.33 71 Win. S. Fluke, jary funds 140 02 1). Sln-ck 1 40 U.J4. i't-ebles, on cstrajs 3 93 At't'y >f. r~nit J'lttghieiit: ajafnl*. fJtifßer, 118 4# Aoionr t or. nr. d lands 353 21 $9131 6?} OS. William Scb,;. r, Treasurer f Bedford County, Or- o amount of moneys paid to .sundry persons Drafts drawn l y C< mmissioncrs at- fellows : i? cnuiunt-- i'fii'i constables for returns, Ac. $263 28 Election board and leturn jndges • 789 00 Heart and i-rid.. ■ viewers 262 20 .ssesstnents on insurance of Co. buddings 50 70 do do Damages on roads 48 00 Am nt>' paid ss- :s ore 226 79 J. Baylor, 1 to * curt crier 26 50 Levi Agnew, c'tv.uing and attending Court House 25 70 Cii .rles Mervriue, for putUag in cellar end ciioppmg w ...d Joshua Mower repairs to Court House 4 25 iarv Morris, scrubbing commissioner's office, sec. 15 00 John Lesig for spout ston s 7 11 Henry Sellers, white washing Court room, .:. 1.4 00 \. B. C. lid lumber for repairs to Court . ot' .. • 10 40 B. F. Hariy. . t ilionery 8 22 John Borrtei. bobbles for prisoners 6 00 it, C- Reamar, oil and paints 928 For repairs to public buildings 18 77 D. 2 Trout roan holding inquest on dead .. ly <>! man unknown II 97 M. H■' Peebles, boi ling inquest on body lours; dead 3 71 BY "AMOUNT paid County Commissioner's as follows : O. Evans 67 00 j. .:. . 78 oo IF . Pc. : - 62 00 J. Feightui-r, 13 00 220 00 By amount paid Commissioners for sale of I'oor Flo'ise property. O. K. Shannon 21 00 Josepli '• Nob!.;, 6 00 John Nycam 6 00 83 00 Juhri Mower, Esq., salary as attorney to Commissioners for '59 '6O. 100 00 Bcrner Herkens, making cushins for set tees in jury box 3 50 JVrn. S. Fluke, costs in Commonwealth case, and boarding prisoners 892 03 Renmer & Way, stationery 4 02 Jonathan C. Licken, borrowed money and Latercst 636 60 Interest on money borrowed of sundry persons 438 00 Samuel Dsvis appropriation to Bedford County Agricultural Society, 100 00 For building aud repairing bridges 320 75 F. C- Hulter, binding old Dockets for i'rothonotary's office 42 25 William S. Haven, new Dockets for Pro thonotary s office 27 40 ."i. ii. Tate, Prothonotary's fees 188 71 Siulc Treasurer on deficiency of assessment 752 87 SamUel Radebangh, costs 3 72 Moneys refunded to collectors 82 39 do do do Simpson 44 18 O. H. Gaitber, auditing Prothonotary's account 18 00 G. H. Spang, costs in Commonwealth cases 42 00 J. Stiver, costs in Commonwealth vs. T. O. Mock 81 75 Supporting prisoner in Western Penitenti ary 96 22 H. Nicodemus, services as clerk to com missioners 180 00 'l. Nicodemus, costs in Commonwealth cases 34 22 B. F. Meyers, printing * 273 50 David Over, do 282 25 Pit mi rims on fox scalps 315 89} Petit jurors 906 23} Grand do 887 95 Constables attending juries 96 00 Levi Agnew, court crier 45 00 Exonerations and escapes 248 50 Uccurrent money of G-. E. Holsinge- 5 00 Tieasui cr's salary 185 00 Levi Agnew attending auditors 2 00 -Miscellaneous 55 00 County auditors and dork 70 00 A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arte, Sciences, Apiculture, &c., ike—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. Balance due couuty 161 78 9131 62 STATEMENT of moneys due to the County of Bedford, on the 7jh day of January, A D., 1861. Abram Snowden, Cumb. Yal. 1854 $39 79 J. A. Nicodemus, M. Wood'by < 78 23 John Dasher, Hopewell 1850 60 sft§ John A. Osborne, Broad Top 1857 79 90 James Smith, St. Ciair 548 04 Lemuel Evans Broadtoo 1858 227 08 John Morgret. Cumb. Valley 109 24 Solomon Steel, Hopewell " 225 20 Jared Hanks, Southampton 37 23 J A. Nicodemus, Wood'by 11. " 122 11 Isaac Mengel, Bedford Bor. 1859 91 8S Joseph Evans, Broad top 167 47 J. B. Anderson, Cumb. Valley 83 01 David Miller, Harrison " 44 48 Wd. Young, Hopewell " 90 00 John Gillespie, Juniata * 29 03 George Rhoads, Liberty " 115 44 Levi Carpenter, Londonderry " 74 72 Philip Snyder, Monroe " 167 48 1 A. Blackburn, Napier J 15 76 David Fore, East Providence 66 86 J. Barndollar, W. Providence " 109 27 J. W. Milleri Schellsburg Bor. 16 15 John W. Hoover, St. Clair 17 56 John Fickes, Union " 163 85 J. S. Brumbaugh, Wood'by S. •' 157 61 A. J. Sansom, Bedford Bor. 1869 _-462 40 M. Holderhaum, Bedford Tp • 553 62 Samuel S. Fluke, Broad Top " 319 20 Simon Stucky, Colerain " 418 85 Samuel Boor, Cumb. Valley 816 46 Hugh Wertz, Harrison " 219 70 William Cypher, Hopewell u 272 48 Leonard Winner Juniata " 3?1 28 Isaac Kensinger, Liber'.y " 91 28 John Wilheltn, Londonderry " 216 91 Plulip Felton, Monroe ■' 318 45 Joseph Blackburn Napier " 506 53 Win. Lounger, Providence E. " 249 65 D. Ritcbey. (ol L) Providence VY. " 169 55 Jonn Otto. Schellsburg Bor. " 8 b 73 Jacob Berkheimer, st. Clair '• 376 00 Joseph Di.-bruw, Snake Springs " 236 87 Philip Clingerinan, Southampton '• 324 16 Abratn Croyte, Union •• 349 12 Rudolph Hoover, Woodberry M. •' 731 57 JS. Brumbaugh, Woodberry S. '• 555 19 10034 34} BEDFORD COUNTY SS. The undersigned Auditors of said county, do hereby certify, that iu pursuance o( the Acts ol Assembly, in such rases made ano provided, they met at te Conn H "use, in the Borough ol Bedford, and did audit arid adjust the accounts between William Shaler, Treasurer of said couu ty, for the year 1860, as contained iu the lore- < going statements, and that we have exam tied ! the foregoing account ol money due to and owed j by said couuty, and that we have found the same j to be correct, as witness our banc and seals, j this the 7th davof January, 1861. JAMES C. DEVORE, DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BA UGH MAN, j i ATTEST: Auditors. J. W. LIHGENFXLIJCR. REPORT of the Auditors of Bedford County, to tiie Auditor General, January 7tb, 1861. Win. Schater, Treasurer of Bedtord County, in ac count with the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. Treasurer. DR. Tax on Real anil Persona! Estate: Aggregate amount of said tax outstand. ingatlasi settlement 57662 59 Aggregate amount of said tax assessed for toe year 1860 8127 50 Amount received cn unsealed lands 314 79 Amount due Treasurer Sohafer 13} $16005 01} CONTRA. CR. By amount paid Slate Treasurer a<- per receipt 5437 80 Collectors commissions for 1860, and previous years 340 95 ! Collector's exonerations as per certifi cate of commissioners 107 37 j Paid B. F. Meyers pubh-hiug noiice to retailers and dealers 3 00 3. F. Meyers, publishing list of retail ers 15 00 D. Over, publishing list of retaiiers 15 00 Levi Agnew, mileage as mercantile ap praiser *l2 00 Levi Agnew, services as mercantile ap praiser 20 62} Treasurer's commission on 5977.78 59 77 Amount uncollected for the year 1860, and previous years 9993 58 16005 91} Retailer's License. Aggregate amount of said licenses for 1860, as per list furnished by mercantile appraiser 449 00 CR. Cash paid State Treasurer 210 00 Treasurer's commission 22 45 Cash paid State Treasurer 216 55 449 00 ; i Tavern License. Aggregate amount of said License for the year 1860, as per return of Clerk of Court of Quarter Sespioos 650 00 CR. By cash paid State Treasurer as per receipts 550 00 Treasurer's commission 32 50 Exonerations of J. A. Snively's license % 25 00 Cash paid State Treasurer as per receipt it 42 50 650 00 Eating Houses. To aggregate amount of said li censo 110 00 CR. liy cash paid Stato Treasurer 60 00 Treasurer's commission s 5 50 Casb paid Stato Treasurer as per receipt 44 50 110 00 BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1861. V • 111 l ■IIM— I—l Mil H Distilleries. Aggregate stnount of said license for 1860 „ 50 00 CR. Cash paid State Treasurer as per receipt 47 50 Treasurer's commission 2 50 50 00 Venders of Spiriious Liquors. By the quart 75 00 CR By cash paid Stale Treasurer 71 25 Treasurer's commissiou 3 75 75 00 Billiard Rooms. To aggregate a;ut., of said licence for the your 1860 17 00 OR. By cash paid State Treasurer as per receipt 16 15 ! Treasurer's commission 85 17 00 Ten Pin Alleys. To aggregaio auiount of said li cense 38 00 CR. Bv cash paid Stttc Treasurer ss per reeeipt 36 10 Treasurer's commission 1 90 3S 00 Confectioneries. Aggregate amount of said license 35 00 CR. By cask paid State Treasurer 28 75 Treasurer's commission 1 25 Exoneration on P. Dovore 5 00 35 00 Hawkers and Peddlers. To aggregate amount of said li cense 8 00 CR. . By cash paid State Treasurer 8 00 ... 10 00 Banking Houses. Aggregate amount 10 00 CR By cash paid State Treasurer 9 50 ! Treasurer's commission 50 K) 00 BEDFORD COUNTY SS. The undersigneJ, Audi tors of said county, do hereby certify, thst in pursuance of the Act of Assembly in such cases msde and provided, they met at the Conr: House, iu the Borough of Bedford, and did audit, and adjust the accounts betweou William Sbafer, Treasurer of said couuty, and the Com aaouwealth of Pennsylvania, coutained in the ! foregoing statements. Wituess our hands and seals, this 7th day uf i January, 1861. JAMES 0. DEVORE, DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BAUGHMAN. Attest: J. W. LINGENFELTEn. February 8, 1861. A ROMANCE OF LIFE, An exceeding romantic episode in every day exEtenoe is related by the St. Loui? Republi can. "Three or four years ego Mrs. Odlam came to this city from Canada, in search of an uncle whom she believed to be here. $ e was accompanied by a daughter of about sixtesn, and two sons, youoger. She remains! at liar uum's Hotel at first, but when the search for 1 her uncle proved unavailing, she removed to j humbler lodgiugs, took ia sewing, and places her two boys in the osre ot a olergyuuaa. tier daughter obtained a situation to do housework. At length she returned to Canada, but finally < resolved to make one more endeavor to secure an honest living ia St. Louis. She re-estab lished herself here with a small millinery, the j proceeds of which enabled her to support her i children. All this time she bad not relinquish ed her endeavors to find her missing relative. As a last resort, she caused an advertisement | to be inserted io the Republican requesting in formation. Strange to say, this advertisement ohanoed to meet the eyes of au agent who was eagerly seekiug her. Her uncle, who had beau living for some yeurs ia Cuba, had recently ' died, leaving her a largo fortune and 67c bun- ! dred negroes. He had giveu his agent instruc tions to seek Mrs. Odlarn out. The advertise ment was instantly answered, and Mrs. Odlam has left this oountry to take possession of her ; Cuban wealth!" We should like to sea the novel writers construct a prettier romance than this. A yoang lad iu oca of the districts of this State, bad progressed with bis "eddykation," j under the guidance of a Yankeo schoolmaster, as far as words five letters. ,While under drill, oue day he cauie to the word "pipe." "What does that spell?" said the dominie. "Couldn't teii." '•Try it again." "P-Fp e." Still he couidu't pronounce it. "What do people smoke with?" said the master. The boy made no answer, but, with a bright ened countenance commeuced once more. "P-i-p-e—cigar!" | "Cast thy bread upon tbe waters, and thou shalt j ' find it after many days." r'fce English Press oh the American , The comments of British journals on Amer j Un affairs, are not all favorable to the ?ece3- tonists. We make few extracts to show i Jpw (be question is viewed iu England: [From the London Daily News."\ ! The avarice of the planting interest is the | fafecteristic most established in public opin !ip in America. The cupidity has long arri ■i ' at tbar ctage at which it defeats itself. — | life* des.-Uting their districts, and debasing ! weir neighbors io their rsge of monopoly, the [MMTeholders find themselves steeped to tba j fcs in debt. Under such eireu(ustaoces T it j supposed that t.hey woald uever part with I 113l 13 P r olec'ion afforded toslivery by the Union; ftHbey profess to ho disposed for war; in ilwf words, to he ready for tbe extinction of ijtrr commerce and the distraction of such property as they have. To account for tbs. . fie have two ex; ! ■ nations—eithr- tkc.tnr- trust to the psciiio dispavitioa cf the fertheru States, or they sincerely believe that toby could su.-'uia a war. Probably both ipsa rre true, and tbe secessionists imagine tpt i j a few weeks or nionthe th y shall have i air aommirce iu their own with au i Ip. ej power t slave unking and bvehold 'YS- *#*##* i -YVhat ia the power of trie So tub to make vp r? The whole group of slave Stites have i1%5 t?.an 50,000 white# fit to b .r arms, and i>u have 4,000,000 of slaves to coerce from $* moment of the firet beat to arms. Tbey aetiber mcau- uor exp- rience. Tua '.Seen Suites Lav? Hot nnly mncit fuller population b iji every bbcrmg tuao there is u cilixcc, rea d-to vindicate the free labor principle. There i jolhttij. qsti total defeat bdbre the South, i.H and tbe defeat would he one toast b.disa slavery. Whether able or its# o defend themselves agamut the enemy t.:ly vt'H have invilcJ, the cotton growers m.6t give up th ir crops fo-- the sent n. Any c'.tempt at war, and any issue of it, must elerriy fos injurinus la the prospect of the cot toft supply, ' * * # # a There row. itns the project of a new olavs- republic, <w other conie ioration Hoys eoflfth gi ow, vtiJ reach under (Siora, under sin?i> a system? It is enough to say taat the ueeuiui capital is absent. Tbe soil and i . tu#try of those Siafes do not yield food for the people who inhibit ihtat, nor clothing; tb?y owe (heir roads, their iostitu iions of convenience, and defence, and trade, end even of tillage, to their Foder. l c nnoe tion. The pitiabl" e6nf;:->i.oD aaj ai ;ru: which tVi'-: x'sd rastsr iy upon the sir-ring of the Or '.••ic2o.oo of Jiidepcndenie show i; >w unprepared even the leading men arc for an isolated ex istence. They were ;it adrift as to their cur rency, their post oiliest, their iax.r, their oe- Anoes. Tkey had riot looked at the practice bilitr teforo they took the lesp, ;ind they ere doing List the same about the future. # * # # * • a , - ... vi it boot aucqnato ports, siiippiag, varic-J industry or available capital, ihey assume that tbey can provide ihe world with cotton, while all the world sees the impossibility of iri it must he remembered that there is no fresh lend for them to occupy. They have no means wi'h which to take Ouba oi i"i ac Clntrul Amsriee, even if the Nurthorn Butes did not prevent such an aUctup!: they tiro L.rrod i". on the southwest by a desert too dsstitufe of water to admit of even a railway across i s breadth. R .-<rict.-d witfi their present tors i 'ory, which is y early becoming exhausted with slave tillage, and supplied with the dearest la tor in the world, which will escipe into the free States faster than ever, tje AaturLau cot ton planters not only have no chance against other prodtieeis of cotton, but could Dot make it answer if tbev had tbe field to themselves. #"* # * * What, then, uiust wo do? We must lose no time iu promoting the growih of cotton wher ever it wili grow. J'tie obvious method is to strengthen the hands' of the (JoUon Supply Association, and of every socie:y which can satisfy us of its ability to grow what we want within our own dependencies or elsewhere.— The case is in our own hands. Australia or India could give us all we want; but not with out some pains on our parr. We mast what we can get from America while preparing our own crops; but wc must be ready to dis pense with any amount of American cotton which cannot be got to grow in an atmosphere of political and social revolution. [From the London Morning Chronicle ] "Treason against the United Slates," says the Constitution, '-shall consist only in levying war against theyj." The people of Charleston have uow deliberately levied war, and are by law guilty of treason. Declarations of seces sion might bo ui ;de 3gain and sgaiu, but ac tions are ulono taken note of by the United States law, and nothing is wanting to complete the case against the culprits in South Caroli na. They have usurped tbe sovereign *nd ex clusive right of (ho Federal G veromcnt by seizing the Custom House, ADd levying dues on vessels enteriug and leaving the harbor; they have made Direct war upon the United States by entering Fort Alouitiie and Castle Pinekney, aud though tho sergeant's guard stationed therein made no resistance, yet (hey were United States troops, und were in military pot-session of the torts. We hear of further aats committed, not. by tho authority cf tho State, but by the mob. #**• Io lie Ace of these facts, oviocing an al most insane audacity—when wo consider them as the acts of a little State of 300,000 vrbi:e inhabitants against tbe Government of a na tion of 30,000,000 —what do we see ai Wash- iogton? Distracted councils, a deserted Pres ident, hesitation and contradiction in every act dene, and in the manner or doing it. [Fron the London Star.\ Tbe CritteDdco proposal is not one of com promise, but of surrender. It dictates to tbe ; North sack terms as only victors e;n hope to ! impose upon tbo vanquished. Had Douglas or Breckinridge been cicetea instead of Lincoln, the North could not buve been losuitad by proposals more intolerable; for tbey not only incorporate slavery wifh the Constirotion, but charge upon the North the coet of every uegro from the South. Yet these are the conditions of peace offered by a moderate Democrat—a Kentucky Senator, honestly devoted to the preservation of the Union as a paramount con sideration. The hot bloods of the Cotton States know that their ultimate acceptance is hopeless, and would scarcely suspend the se cession movement even should the news tele graphed to the Persia be correct. It is certainly true-thai the tfnioa h; s ex ercised ever the Southern States no sueii op pression as the British Crown attempted upon tue colonies. But every oemuinait;. must be judge cf its own grievances, and the imagina ry wrongs of the South will be rendered very real by the least attempt at coercion. Yv'e deplore the infatuation vhieh compels iha Cot ton States to a course go unjustifiable dan ger, us—a course exposing them |rreat peril ol servile insurrection, jptiob ttoy were #afe while in tbe Uoiot?, ajad berrying ti.em into collision v. rib the whole civ:iiz:.-'i world upon the ocean, which tbey desire tc traverse with slave ships We sympathize With our brethren o- the North iu u ri trial • f psineirle nod temper to width thcj !;rc s üb jected. But while we warn the t .uih that they rushing cn their own instruction, *a ad jure the North to do nothing in vh Lriion of the (rue republican principle, that every coin niunity is ?ts own master, and octhi. g that taay stain with blood t'as banner that will be tbe more gicrious when, with half Ds stars,its s'fip s have lost all their siairt r sigoi'd cance. Sir. flemeßs' Speech. The apeaoh of Mr. Clcmecs, of tbe Wheel ing distri.it, oi the Houtc, es \Vedu®.Wey, is spoken of very highly by slitbe S-tsrern papers. We give an extract or two: "I flpeak," said .Mr. Clemens,a South rn man, identified with all she in tor eat* of tbe South; as a If'estern Virginian; as the cnslocUn of those who were not old enough to ksuw tho perils to which they were cxp s"d by those who v. tie t. Wria.ug on the ores', o the pqular wave, bu: who wore, neveriholes?, des ined to sink iulo the very trough of the sea t:> a dvptb so unfathomable that not a bubble woniJ ever ri-e to mark tbe spot where tLey went so igaa miniviisly down. Well might thoao who bid luaugur .ted the revolution which was now-' .ik ing over the land cry cut with uj lilted Lauds for peace, and deprecate tbe effusion i>: tdood. It was the inventor of tae guillotine who wa6 its Erbtjvieuin, and the day was not Lr vu when tbey would find among thtir onu j :<r .• ri.ose who would Lava to rely upon tbo magtianiuiiry of that population whotu they had uio-t etii-rily outraged and deceived- Ho had net the i cart to cater into a detail of arguments, or n ex press the indignant emotions, which t . Ins lips for utterance. But before God, auJ in ids inmost eousicience, t3 hehsvci Unit Slavery would be crucififd should tfiis unhappy contro versy end in a dismemberment of iiit Union.— If not ciueificd, it would carry the death rattle in its throat. It remained to be seen whether treason could bo carried out with tha same fa cility wi'.h which it had been plotted. There was a holy courage among tha minority of every State that might for tha time bo overwhelmed. Lizarus was not dead, but slept; and era long the stcue would be roiled away from tbe mouth of the tomb, aud they would witness ell the glories of a resurrection." in depicting what secession is to be, he goes on to soj: "If secession were allowed to be carrio 1 out, be would show them a Southern Confederacy from which every iuan would turn baok affright ed and pale, because it would be on tha Lkody band that bis rights of property wouli have to depend. (Slavery oaunot expand rapidiy, either wnhin the Union or wivbout the Union, so loug us slaves remained at tLieir present high prices. Ttie ouiy mode by which slavery could ever ex pand was to reduce the price, and iiuve u new source of supply. That was, in fact, iho resj dhsign of the coast states. Mr. (Jiemeas, iu proof of this, relet red to ail the Southern con ventions of late years, and cited the admissions ot Messrs. Miles, Bonnaui, Moßae and (Jraw ford, iu iho House, to show that the object wd? tbe reopening ©f tho slave trade. Suppose, said be, that they do not get out of the Uu.ou, this equality which they uow claim? That its little problem in the Rale ol Three wnich will be ciphered out if these events are m;uh longer pending. The border slave States might as well he prepared first as last for tbe realization of the truth. But where was slavery to ex pand? If tbo South left the Union she would never get as much of the present territory es be couid grasp iu his hand. A war cn* thirty yoars wouid never get it back, not could there ever bo extorted from the North a trea y giv ing the satiiO guarantee? to slavery ibst it now had. Three companies of tbe United States Flying Artillery are to ba concentrated st or ccar Washington, on tho occasion of tbe inaugura tion cf .Mr. Lincoln, and Geo. Scott will su perintend the necessary arrangements for pre serving order, in case any breach of peace is attempted. VOL. 34, NO. G. Franking Priyifege. Tim fuilowUig correspondence between ibe HOD. John I). Ashmore, tho Representative from the Fifth Congression ii of Sooth Hardina, and tho acting Postmaster Genera), will convey to oor readers information import ant at this time to the Southern States claim iog to have withdrawn from the Union: ANDERSON, S. 0., Jac. 24, 1861. My Dear Sir: I have in toy possession some 1000 to 1200 volumes of 'public docu ments,' being my proportion of the same as a member of the Thirty sixth Congress. They were forwarded me in mail sacks, and are now lying in tny library. Since the date of the or dinance of secession, (December 20;b, I860) of South Carolina, 1 have aot tried the frank ing privilege, nor will 1 at'-cmpt to do so with out the special permission of the Deparnnent, To pay the postage on these books, & c ., would cost me a large sua*, and one that 1 am not prepared to eipeod. The books are of no use to me, but might be to my constituents, for whom they were intended, if distributed among them. Have I the right to frank and distribute them, under existing relations? If so, please inform roe. Having said that lhava pot used the franking privilege sioco the 20th of. December, 1 need hardly add that I shail not do so, even on a 'public document,' unless you authorize it. I cm, with great respect, truly and sincerely yours, J. D. ASH MORE. Hon. Horatio K<ng, acting Postmaster Gen eral. * POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, 1 January 28, 1861. j Sir:—la answer to your letter of the 24th iustunt, asking if you have the right, under csist'Dg relations, to frank aud distribute cer tain public documents, I have the honor to state that the theory of the Administration is that, the relations of South (Jaroliua to the General Government have boon in nothing changed by her recent aet of secession and this being so, you are of course entitled l<> the franking privilege uatil the first Monday in oesr. It, however, 3 I learn is the ease, you sin cerely and decidedly entertain the conviction that by that aet South Carolina ceased to be a racuiber of the Confederacy, and is now a for cigu State, it will be for you to determine how f ' ! " J°u can conscientiously exercise a privilege i ? exerc;s<: of which assum >a that your own conviction is erroneous, and plainly declares tb;.'. South Carolina is *<ilt ia the Union, and that you arc stli a member of the Congress of the United States. I une. very respectfully, 4 our obc-ient servant, i HORATIO KING, Acting Postmaster General. Hon. John D. A?bmore, Anderson, South Carolina- A PRAYER FOR MAJ. ANDERSON.—An In dianapolis paper says that on last Suud3y, in that city, at the closing exercises of a meetiog at one of the Methodist Episcopal Churches, Bishop Ames, astonished and thrilled the con gregation by the following prayer : " e thank theft, O! God, that while treason stai :s abroad in higu places, there is one tnxu who loves his country!—one tusn who will de fend his country's fl-jg! God bless and protect the gallant Major JJaderson and his noble bandl ,i Tho "amecs" which came up from the breth ren around, we.-e loud and enthusiastic, and when the congregation arose from their knees, smiles and tears were seen struggling in many a countenance. A KNOTTr CASE.—Not many years ago, a man appeared in Court, whether as plaintiff, defendant or witness, tradition does not inform us. Re thin as ii may, the following dialogue ensued— "What is your name, Sir t" "My name is Knott Martin, your bouor-'" "Well what is it f" "it is Knott, Martin."' "Not Martin again. Wed' not ask you what your name is not, but what it is. No contempt of court, sir." "If your honor will give me leave, I will spell my name." "K-n-o-tt Knott, Mar-t-i n—Knott Martin." "Oh, wtll, air. Martin—we see through it, now, but it is one of the most k ioUy cases wo have had before us for soroo time." WHITE GUNPOWDER. —A litter from London says : "I have heard ia the city ofjt curious iu ; vention, which concerns alike riflonaea, sportsmen, and the scientific. It's the manufacture of white gunpowder. It is made no mystery of, being com posed of yeilow potassi, chloride of potassium, loaf sugar, chry3talized sugar and brimstone. It ; possesses superior qualities over the black powdor, ; being quicker and roftre powerful in its action, and not fouling tho gan. For ihc delicate in the oltac tory netves, it may IKS added that it is without un pleasant smell. It has just been patented." N Secretary Dix has instructed the command ers of the Revenue cutters ia Southern stations if allocked, to make all the dofenoo in their power, and If they are assailed by a superior force, to run their vessels ashore and blow them up. A dead baby was recently delivered by a careless stage driver to a butcher in Ware, Mass., instead of a box of sausages. The butcher, when he recover ed from his horror, sent tho child to its friends who had already wceplngly deposited tho sausages ia the Catholic Cemetery. A church-bell, made of gluts, fourteen inches high and fifteen feet in diameter, has recently been placed ia the turret of the chaps! at Grange, Dor rowdale, Cumberland, England.
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