BY DAVID OVER. RECEIPTS m EXPENDITURES OF 8! 3FORD OOCJiTF, FOR 1861. ~!Lf I VM SOHAFER,Esq. Treasurer of Bed ford in acconnt with said county, from the "ih day of January, 1861, to the 7th day ef January.j TREASURER, DR. To Cash ReceivedJrom Collector* Jr John Dislier, Hopewell townsnip 1856, sll9 59 J,s t . Sin'ib, St. Uiair, 1857 620 00 ; . ,o. Vicodemas, M- Woodberry 1858 15 00; Unks, Southampton 37 23 oa Steel, Hopewell " 50 00 • i Mm Bedford Borough 1859 91 00 J' .■ L Evans, Broad Top " 5-5 10 li.t.i Anderson, Cumb'd* Valley • Ij rid Miller. Harrison • 44 48 'William Young. Hopewell " 60 00 J&'.n Gil espie, Juniata " 29 03 Userge Kaodes, Liberty •' 62 42 ; L Londonderry 35 00 tT lip Snider, Monroe • 167 42 Aor.him Blickbnrn, Napier 44 13 99 La rid Ford, Hast Providence " 39 13 Jicoo BarudOiiar, West Providence " 92 88 1 . iho iV. Hoover, St. Clair " 17 56 j cob W. Miller, Schellsburg Bor. " 7 04 jbu Fiekes, Union tp. " 98 00 J Jic >t :• Brumbaugh, S. Woodberry 4 ' 131 00; A. J. Sanson). Bedford Borough 1860 421 72 Michael Haldcrbaum, Bedford tp. " 600 00 Samuel S. Fluke, Broad Top 44 142 00 Sianon Stuckey, Goierain " 308 00' iauiutl Boor, Cumb'd Valley 226 59 H-ga Weria, Harrison " 170 00 V\ llliam Cypher, Hopewell " 245 20 1 Leonard Bittoer, Juniata '*■ 207 55 j Isaac Kensinger, Liberty " 71 71 : John IVilbrtm, Londonderry " 99 15 F tulip F-ltou, Monroe " 225 63 ' J f:ph Black, Napier *• 459 90 j lYLlium i.ysinger, E. Providence " 176 oO i r>.\vH Kitcney, VV. Piovidcnce " 115 W . v... Ouu, Scbellsburg bur. 44 68 87 ; Jacob berkbimer, St, Clair tp. •• 225 00 ; Jiseph Disbrow, Snakesptiog 210 19 i Philip Cliagaman, Southampton " 227 00 Rudolph Hoover, Woodberry X. ** 516 00 j Jacob Brumbaugh, Woodberry S. 44 152 00 I R. D. Barclay, Esq. Bedford Bor. 1861 238 99 Samuel Defibangb, Bedford tp. " 210 54 John Rinard, Broad Top " 26 00 Henry Sfafer, Co.cram " 238 99 j Henry WertE, Cumb'd. Valley " 345 00 I Hezekuh May, Harrison ' 40 001 .'amis Flak, Hopewell ** 180 00, Frederick Hilueorant, Juniata 44 50 90 Jacob Stoter; Libeny ** 66 52 Williain Bocncll, Londonderry " 61 15 John PeaneTl, Monroe " 171 00 Peter H. Sitidebaker, Napier " 85 00 ; O. A. T-Black, Providence K. " 132 52 John Manspeaker, Providence W. '* 142 83 A- K* Scbelt, Schellsburg Bor. *• 50 W John Alstadt. St. Clair •' 98 00 Michael Lutz, Snake Spiing '♦ 181 00 Hrzekiaa Barkman, Southampton •' 199 00 •'nineis Beard, Union 44 150 , Rudcl: b Hoover, W M. " 209 65 Samuel Working,, Wood berry S. •' 260 00 To amount reci-B ed from Wm. S. Flake, fines and Jury funds, 158 00 t Received from Rosann* Lehman fines 10 00 . • Thomas Young 44 50 00 . " S. H.Tate, Jury funds 100 00 " J J. Cessna, E hi . do 23 00 Tax on unseated lands 49 00 Whole amount received $9,969 27 Balance due county on last settlement 161 78 slO,lll 05 CONTRA, Ctt. WILLIAM SCHAFER, Esq. Treaturer of Bedford Connty, credit by amsuot of moneys paid to sun dry persons on drafts drawn by Commissioners, as follows: Paid Constable s for returns, 4-c. $243 56 Paid Election Boards and return Judges 558 55 Paid Assessors 634 55 Paid Road viewers 139 00 Building, repairing, viewing bridges, Ac. 87 4OQ Paid costs in Common wealth eases 1.987 16 Dr. Burch making post mortem examina tion 19 00 J ohu W. Bull holding Inquest (Huges) 10 12 do do (Eringer) 10 12 B. F. Meyers for printing 197 25 Oavid Gvtr for printing 159 25 Paid Interest on borrowed money 420 00 . 8. H. Tate money appropriated for wives of soldiers 250 00 ' "Wives of soldiers ou orders drawn by Board ol Relief 1,040 00 John G. Hartley for wood 81 00 Levi Dodson for pine 2 00 Charles Merwine chopping wood 65 00 S. H. Tate Protbonotary fees 185 53 L. W. Hall fees in Bedford county vs. Stiffler 33 60 O. H. Gaither auditing Protbonotary's acct. 25 00 WiliiaJiT. Daugherty do 12 00 John Mower, Esq ices, Ac, 6 78 j .Supporting criminals in Penitentiary 16 93 , E. D. W iiker tor map 6 00 j Moneys refunded to collectors 28 03 ' Paid for viewing township line* 27 00 j Paid damages for opening roads 45 00 Paid for fox and wild cat scalps 290 04 Paid to Commiseioner to sell Poor House 00 ] Paid Mary Morns and other* for scrubbing Court House, Sic. 53 00 ( Paid costs on uoseated Lands 29 37 Paid issuianas on Public Bmldu-gs 54 00 PM<i Fieight on State arms 31 Paid cejMirs to Oouit Horse 49 75 Paid cm* in last aeUiemeot 66 05 Paid Coißtuissioner Evans 5 00 " Beckley 76 00 M FeighUier 79 60 ♦* Pearson 70 00 <2. Paid Commissioner Shoemaker 12 00 Paid fox Assessment books 21 00 Paid cncurrent money 15 00 ; Paid Miscellaneous 124 50 Paid Levi Agnew Court crier 60 00 Paid Constables arte nding court 91 60 Paid Petit J uror# 814 74 i Paid Grand Jurors 359 99 Paid Tn-aiarer posUge, stationary, Ac. JO 00 * A?oew attending Auditors '4 00 l aid Ceuuty Auditor# ud clerk 70 00 Paid Treasurer's salary 185 00 0,000 00 j Staten,4 oj moneys due to t ßtdford County ' w tho C tti day of January , /). 1862} Abraham Bnowdeo Cuinb'd. Valley 1854 $39 79 Jacob A. Nicodemus, Woodberry M. 78 28 John A. Oaborn Broad Top ' 1857 79 90 ■ Junes Sruith St* Clair .. 28 00 ' Lemuel Evans Broad Top 1868 227 08 i Joha Morgret Cuinb'd. Valley 109 23 ooicnjoo w 175 50 A Weekly Pape: Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac.. Ac—Terms: Que, Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. Jacob A. Nicodctsus Woodberry M. " 107 11 Joseph Evans Broad Top 1859 62 20 Jacob B. Anderson Cumb'd. Valley •' 29 20 William Young Hopewell " 40 79 George Rhodes Libetty * 86 53 Levi Carpenter Londonderry " 17 64 I Jobn Fickes Union 65 35 ] J. S. Brumbaugh Woodberry S. " 26 61 j Samuel S. Fluke Broa.l Top 1860 120 80 Simon Stuckey Colerain '■ 110 85 j Samuel Boor Cuinb'd. Valley < 44 86 Hugh WertE Harrison •' 49 70 Leonard Bittne; Juniata '• 94 79 j Jonn Wilhelm Londonderry 95 69 Philip Feltou Monroe " 92 82 Joseph Black Napier 4 88 William Lysinger Providence E. " 49 65 Daniel Ritcbey Providence W. " 54 65 John Otto Schellsburg Borough " 17 85 Jacob Berkhiraer St. Clair " 94 82 1 Philip Ciiugaman Sonthampteu 71 99 Abraham Croyle Union " 349 12 Rudolph Hoover Woodberry Middle 215 57 J.S.Brumbaugh Woodberry South " 323 19 j R. D. Barclay Bedtoid Borough 1861 428 65 Samuel Defibaugh Bedford tp. " 665 34 Jobn Rinnrd Broad Top " 349 29 Henry Shafer Colerain " 494 21 j Henry Wertz Cumb-'d. Valley " 111 45 t Hezokiah May Harrison 266 88 James Fink Hopewell " 150 91 Frederick Hildehrand /ijniata " 349 51 Jacob Staler Liberty " 129 10 WiUiani Bonneit Londonderry " 291 75 John Penneil Monroe " 256 64 Peter H. Studebaker Napior " 412 84 ; D. A. T. Black Providence E. 191 93 John Manspeuker Piovidence. W. " 191 88 Abraham E. Schell Scnetlsburg Bor. " 41 56 i Jobn Alstadt St. Clair tp. * 5-55 99 Michael Lutz Snake Spring " 173 22 P*ezekiah Barkman Southampton 44 194 31 i Francis Beard Union 44 876 63 ' Kudolp Hoover Woodberry St. 44 796 86 Samuel Working Woodberry S. '< 468 66 SO,OOO 00 BEDrLED COUNTY, 33. The undersigned Auditors of ssmj County, do hereby certify that In purstm.ee of the Acts of As ! aembly in such case made and provided, they met j at the Court House, in the borough of Bedford, and aid audit and adjust the accounts of William Scha ! fer, Treasurer of said county, for the year 1861, as contained the foregoing statements, and that we j have examined in thej foregoing accounts of tuoncy due to and owed by said county and that we hare j found the same to be correct, j W itnesa our ban ds and seais the 6th day of Jan uary 1862. DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BAUGUMAN, DANIEL L. DEFIBAUGH, Atteit Auditors. { J. W. LisaEvrFtrEß, Clerk. Report of the Jheditore of Bedford Counti, to ; the .Judder General, Jan. 6, 1862. Winuax SoHAfCR,-Esq., Treasurer of B edford County, in account with the Cocimomve&Th of Pennsylvania. TREASURER, DR. To aggTeg ate amount of tax outstanding at last settlement $9,993 50 , To aggregate amount of tax assessed for the year 1861 8 .156 11 : To amount rec.d. on nnseatcd lands 27 43 Due Treasurer S chafer 59 $18,187 63 COKTR.I, CR. ! By amount due Treasurer Schafer at last , settlement 13 I By amount paid State Treasurer J ptr receipts $7,486 94 Exoneration allowed collectors 149 02 Comthirsions allowed collectors 323 07 I Treasurer's commission on $7,583 75 83 Paid B F. Meyers publishing list of Retailers 19 30 Paid David Over do 10 40 ; Unsollected lor 1861 and previ ous veara 10,181 87 Retailers Luense. To aggregate of said License for Contra. I By amount paid State Treasurer $539 12 By Treasurer's commission 28 38 By exonerations 33 00 Tavern License. To aggregate of said License for | 1861, $715 00 Contra , L'r. By amount paid State Treasurer as per receipts $665 00 ! By Kinsey License forfeited 15 00 { By Treasurer's commission 35 00 Eating Houses, Dr. ; Te aggregate amount of License S6O 00 Contra Cr. .By amount paid State Treasurer $57 00 ' By Treasurer's commission 3 00 Distillers Dr. To aggregate amount of License for 2861 S4O 00 Contra Cr By amount paid State Treasurer S3B 00 By_Treasnrer'a commission 2 00 Retailert of Liquors by the Quart Dr. To aggregate amount of said Li [ cense for 1861, SSO 00 Contra Cr. ; By amount paid State Treasurer $47 60 By Treasurer's commission 2 50 Ten Pin Jilleyt Dr. To aggregate sraoont of License for 1861 S2O 00 Contra Cr. jßy amount paid State Treasur&i sl4 25 By 2'rea6urers commission 75 j By exonerations 15 ot> —- S3O 00 Billiard Rooms Dr. j To aggregate amount of License | for 1861 sls oo Contra Cr. By amount paid State Treasurer 7 12 By Treasurer's commlseiou 8 ; By exonerations 7 50 BEDFORD. PA. FRIDAY. FEB. 14.1862. Bunking Houses Dr. To aggregate amount of License for 1861 10 00 Centra Cr. By amount paid State Treasurer §9 .">0 By 5O 5O BEDFORD COUNTY, SS. The undersigned Auditors ol said connty Jo hereby certify that in pursuance of the Act ot As sembly in such case made and provided, we met at the Court House, in the borough of Bedford, and did audit and adjust the account between William Schafer, Treasurer of Bedford county, aud the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as contained in the forezoing statements. Witness cur hands and seals the 6th day of Jan oary. 1662. DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BACGHMAJv, DAN'L. L. DEFIBAUGH, At ten, Auditors. J. FF. Lisgehtelteb, Clerk. Feb,14,1863- fottri]. -f.i For the Lkqcire*. BOTTLE'S RliN FARM BY REV. J. MILTON AREAS. Pleasant moments here I've squandered, Here away from every harm, I in solitude have wandered Round this once sequestered farm. In the old and home like dwelling, There was found for me a place, Now 1 leave it; thoughts ate welling. Which my pen can never trace. Will ihey call it Poets corner, When I've wandered faraway, t in other scenes a mourner, Thai 1 could no louger stay. WiU the days be long a:rd weary. Wilt they lonesome seem to be, N iii they e'er be ad arid dreary, Will they ever think of me? Out on life's tempestuous ocean, I must drill forever fast, Till beyond the waves'commotion. Till the breakers death are past. Ofi will Souvenirs remind me. Of the place where once I stayed, Debts of gratitude I owe thee Rut they 're more than can be paid. Hours spent in calm enjoyment, Linger perhaps with sadness too, Here Irom my beloved enjoyment. Oftentimes I comfort drew. I'nrliog still though I am absent, Hurrying still its course along. Weary miles 1 might be distant, Still 'twill swell its wonted song, It will still purl on forever, Famed and known as Bottle's.Run, Till the angel time shall sever, Till eternity's begun. / Then these faces now tainiliar. Shall have passed from earth awayj Onward it shall flow forever. Tiil the time of times decay. But 'tis useless ; I must finish, 1 cannot my feeliags (ell, Time can ne'er my love diminish, So kind friends a last farewell. Affectionately inscribed to Mary L. fiend rick son, Bottle's Run Farm, Alleghany Co. Md. Jan. 23, 1862. A TRIBUTE TO OUR GOVERNMENT. From the London Star, Jan. 10. The Federal Government of Amerioa bas read 4 lesson to kiogs. It has acted iu a spi rit worthy of eveD its earliest and freshest days, when tbe impulse of new liberty wm still a passion and a reitgipo. PlaO?d ia a po sition of tho uttermost danger, it bad oot lost courage or composure; tried by the strongest temptation it has not swerved from the right. In surrendering the Confederate Commission ers oo the ground that tho "Government can not deny tbe justice of England's claim," the President of Amerioa has done an act of true ccur&ge, which would, if such an addition were possible, have added new dignity even to (he career of a Washington. If this be the aet of a mob Government, then mobs most sometimes reaeh to a coble oess and a spirit of justice sadly uncommon iu tbe history of Government by princes and peers. Tbe Federal Government vis subject ed to one of the severest trials possible for tho ruling power of a brave and seus'rive peo ple to undergo. Tho statesmen cf the Wash ington Cabinet were at oooe summoned to sur render on pain of instant war, and taunted with cowardice in the event of their compli ance. Bow hard it is to see the justice of a demand which is urged by one who clasps a pist Ito jour bead! How muob harder still if we are told that refusing to yield we shall be instantly shot!—yielding wo y ball be brand ed as bafied cowards: Are there not many men, high-minded and fall of honorable principle--are there not many Governments ordinarily straightforward and just—who would rather risk all than sub mit to such a demand, who would become ih capable of reoogniziug tbe jußtiee of any olasm sustained in such a manner? It is irn possible to den; that it was in this tone the utteranoes of that which too man; believe 1o be English public opinion echoed across (lie Atlantic into the ears of the Federal Govern* metit. That Government has taught tbe world a splendid lesson. Itbas been just, and fear ed not. It feared not even the imputation cf yielding to force wbat it would fain have de nied right. Calmly, in the midst of immense popular excitemeut alt around; passionless, despite the insults and the taunts which every new paeket brought from London the Federal Govern ment considered the question, decided, and, in tbe face of tbe world, repaired the error of its zealous and impulsive servant. The foun dation of tho United Statea was welcomed as the first grand recognition of huauu freedom as the central principal of government. May not this latest act of th 3 United Stales be welcomed as the first great acknowledgement of tbe principles of justice id tbe guidance cf international diplomacy? REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND Di li ECTORS 0Y THE BEDFORD RAILROAD DUMP AN! • Office of the Bedford R. R. Company, } Bedford, Pa., Dec. 31, 1861. \ The President and Directors of "The Bed ford Rail Road Company,'' would respectful ly submit to tbe stockholders the following re port of tbe affairs and proceedings of the Company during the year coding ou the 31st i day of December, A. D. 1861. The stockholders are aware of tbe fact that during the year 1860, all work upon the road, except to a small extent upon sections and two, was stepped. The same causes which op erated to discontinue tbe work during that year, preventod auytbing being doue during the first nine months of the year just closed.— Dull, C diina <Sc Co., to whom the contraot for the graduation and Masonry of the first twelve miies or sections had bsou awarded in 1859, after doing a considerable amount or work, relinquished their oontract, and the Company owing to tho refusal of a large ma jority of the stock subscribers to pay their subsoriptions, being without means to prose cute the enterprise, it seemed, for a while, that all hopes of carrying it through would 'have to he abandoned. 1; bad trieuds, how ever, who would uof, and did not, givs it up in despair, although the difficulties surround ing it appeared to be uyauruiouutabie, uud the piuepeot was a very gloomy one, the worst fea ture of it being that the persons who would "be most benefitted, and who at oue time were anxious for the success of the project had ta ken a position of hostility to n. Nc'.biug of interest transpired iu the business of the com pany until the 24it of June lost, ou which day a compromise or settlement With Duil, Collins & Co., was affected, and all connec tion between them and tho Company then ceas ed. At that lime, and soon alter, six ct the non-resident directors, who had been elected in January last, resigned their places, aud the vacaucies were filled by (he appointment of citizens of tbe connty who were known to be friendly to the improvement. About the first of September last through tbe influence and invaluable exertions of Win. P. fcchsjl, Esq., who may with truth be called the lather of urn Bedford cf the Bedford Rail Road, and to whom when it is completed, the people of Bedford aud its viciuily, will be more indebt ed for any advantages it may biiug them, than to ail others beside, an arrrangemmt was made witn the Pennsylvania Rait Road Com pany, by which, uis believed that tbe firoi iwcive miles of our road item Uopewtli to a point near the turnpike about a utile and a half west of Bloody Run, wtil be finished and put in complete funding order, Toe details ot inis arrangement cannot now be givtn, as the contract nctweea the two companies bus not yet been iuily consummated. Tne impor tant provisions of it are briefly these: The Penu'a. R. R. Co. is to pay to tbe Bedford R. R. Co. the auui of s]3,ouo, iu cash, of whicu $3,000 are to be applied to lbs payment in part.of the $6,000 which by tbe settlement above mentioned with Dull, Collins & Co., our company agreed to pay them. The reniaiuuer §15,000, is to he expended in finishing the (graduation and masonry of those twelve miles. I The Peno'a. R. R- Co. is also to furnish the i inODS'' to complete the entire superstructure, smir*?- turnouts, Wktersuuowi, turu-tabie, &o. °Tbe Bedford (Jo - oD I',*"' *^l? issue, exeovte add deliver to the Jr. M* Cq? two hundred bonds for §SOO each, with cou pons attached—tbe principal tberoot to be paid at the end of the twenty years fxoui the \ date of said bonds, and the interest, at the rate of six per cent, per annum, to he paut semi-auuuttliy. These houfis aie to he secur ed by a mortgage of said tweivo miles ot rail road, real estate, &e. ko. The Bedford R. R. Co. is also to exeeuta a release to tne P. R. R. Co. uuder and by virtue of the act entitled "Ad Aet for the commutaiioo of tou age duties." Of the above rnentiimod sum of SIB,UOO, the sum of $13,000 has already teen received by our coiugauy, ot whicu the turn of §3,000 has been paid upon the judg ment of Dull, Coiiins & Co. Soon after tbe foregoing arrangement was made with the P. R. R. Co., it was determin ed by the board of directors to let the con tracts for the completion of tho graduation and masonry of tbe first twelve sections, and a letting was accordingly advertised, aud on (be 25th ot Sepieuibor larf, tbe coutraets were awarded, as'follows, viz: Seotions 1 & 2, to James Hefuet at §2117 60 " 3,4 fit stoJ. M. Campbell at 562u 00 " 8 fit 9toJ. M Campbell u 1757 40 " 6 fit 7to Thos. B. Keating at 1946 00 f " 10, 11 &12 " Keating at 423 00 | * Making tbe sum of §11,865 00 The work to be dooe will cost more than tbe above sum, but, it is believed, that tbe §15,000 received will be suffioiont to com plete tbe graduation ail masonry, not includ ing tbe trestle work, if it ia to be considered as graduation. | The contractors have been at work npou the several portious of liie road allotted to them, sud tbe work done amouuts, according to tbe estimates of the engineers, to tbe sura of §3,724, of whtch the sum of §3,254 bas been pai-i to them. This does not include the work done during tbe present month, as the esti mates of that month have not been received, i owing to the illness ot Mr. Butler, aesistapt engineer. Tbe sum of §749 58, has also been paid to the engineer corps. Sections 1, 10, 11 A 12, are completed, and ready for the su j perstructure. Some of the other sections are , nearly finished, aud the foundation of the biidge will be ready for the timbers in about j four week*, and although tho whole work bas j not been progressed as rapidly as it should i have dood and as was required by the terms ; of the contracts, yet tbe hoard confidently ' expects that tho graduation aud mast'sry will be completed in tiuie to have the superstruc ture put on so as to nave the road in running order no later thau the first of June, proxi mo. The engineer of the B. R. li. Co. bas ads vertised for proposals for tbe cross-ties, and the contracts for them will no doubt be made early ia next month, and if oo difficulty or delay arises with regard to the trestling,"con cerning which Mere is a difference of opinion between the two companies, bat which it is believed, will be easily reconciled, we ean see uo reason why the work should not be coin* pleted on the above uatued day The financial conditiou of the eouipany is exhibited by tbe report of the treasurer, a copy of which is heieto attached. The Piesideut and Directors deeply regret that the company could uot avail itseif of the oeiiefits of tne act tor the commutation of tou uage uutics, hut its uitcr inability to obuia Me uieaus to grade, as required oy that act, five in ilea at each end of our road, denroycd ail hope of securing the advantages of that law. The completion of the first twelve miles of j our road, being now, as we believe, a fore gone conclusion, the question uaturaliy arises, will it De extended to Bedford? How that i questiou shall be answered depends entirely upon the citizens of Bedford county. If ifiey will put their shoulders to the wheel, and give to the cuterprito that aid whioh its iuipur;aucu da-erves, there cau be no doubt that, iu a short tiuie, tho Bedford Rail Road will be "n ac complished fact." By order of the Board, S. L. RUSSELL, Pres't j Extract *rom Treasurer's Report, Accompany ing the above The Treasurer received during the year ending Dee. 30, '6l, §13,991 97 Paid out on judgment, engineer j iug and incidentals, 8,027 52 Leaving in tho Treasury §5,964 45 The assets of company consist in some 573 shares of stock subscribed in tbe county, and a number of tracts of laod subscribed, in cluding one tract bought. The domestic debts of the company amount to §8,178 46. To tbe above balance in tbe Treasury should be added §5.000, due from tne Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, and which since making report has been paid into the Treasury. JOHN P. REED. Treasurer, TBE LONDON TIMES ON THE RECEP TION OF MASON AND SLIDELL. ihe following is tbe article of the London Times on tbe reception-of Messrs. Mason aud Slidcll, comparing "these two fellows" to ne groes, and otherwise complimenting their "worthless booty [tram the London Timet, January 11.J A turn of the wheel, which the American Cabinet has managed to make as sudden as possible, brings us a new question. The four American gentlemen who bave got ns into our j late trouble, and cost as probably a million a piece, wiif soon be in one of our ports. Any day and hour we may expect to hear of their arrival at Liverpool, and fijfir journey to tbe metropolis. Like cuo J**t of their oow5 t '?- men, tboy believe themselves to be or Immense importance to their cause, whatever it may be. Neither side can give England the smallest j credit for understanding, or wishing to under stand, or having the capacity to uuderstand, Ibe rights of their case: and so nothing will serve them but there must be somebody always 'dinning into our ears some details or plati tudes to which tho speakers attach a special value. Federalist after Federalist, Confeder ate after (J mtcdcrate, has arrived in this coun try iu the full persuasion that if he was once permitted to occupy the attention of Lord Pulmerston or Lord Russell night and day for a fortnight, or to fill a page of the Times ev ery day for that period, England would at last begia to Lave an mkling of the e*so, ana would rush to the aid ct tho Federal or the Confederate cause. These two Commissioners j and tbeir Secretaries are not uulikely to think even more of tbeir importanoo than other si milar arrivals, having witnessed in their own persons tu rabid anxiety of tbeir Nottberu j oußUtijawii not to lot theui ba seen or beard l To the sedate English mind tpi* rid'ciiloM rivairv for (be exclusive j mou of the Brjtiab en* is only an olfiar version . of what is often witnemsd in our nsrterias.— VOL.-35. NO. 7. A. fearful uproar of word*, screams and blow* reaches the mother, who hastens to allay tbo tumult. Whoa she arrives sue find* all con fusion, and Master John and Mater_loro each with a tale of outrages and provocation, each resolved to have the word, and afraid of noth ing so much as that the other should get a tearing. The parent sees enough to be sure that both were abundantly in the wrong, but thut it is impossible to adjudicate between tbem. The general impression in this country is that both sides in the States have acted as ill as could be, and that it is not for England to decide which of them bears the paltu for iofolance, outrage, treachery and folly.— However, Messrs. Mason and Slidell will not bo easily persuaded but lh*t they can throw much mote light on the rapture, and cn its bearings upon our interests. If we will only be so good as to shut both oar eyes and our ears to everybody and to er tr y thing else, and take for gospel all that tbey say, we shall at last be in a condition to form an opinion on tbis quarrel, aud ihe only opiuiou we can pos sibly come to is that we must immediately re cognize tbe Southern States, send a fleet to break up the blockade, sweep the Northern commerce off tbe fea, and floally assist to in augurate Mr. Jefferson Davis in whatever city of tbe whole Union be would prefer for that purpose. How, then, are we to receive these illustri ous visitors? Of course, ibey will be stared at, Mid followed, and photographed, and made tbe subject of paragraphs. There is no help for that. Mr. Thomas layers cannot walk tbe streets with a friend, or ask the Mayor for permission to put up a booth in a niarket-piaee, but the crowd immediately conclude tbe rough, bard-visaged, ill-faVored pair to be ihe Con federate Comiuissinars. Messrs. Mason and Slidell, with their two Secretaries, though not 60 handsome and graceful as tbeir country m&u Bloudin, would certainly fill tbe Crystal Pai aee if they proposed to address tbe visitors there on tbe merits of tbeir cause. Bat, for tbe benefit of the disoriwinatiog, —for the guidance of the minority that prefers at least a respectable idol, and that does not wish to throw away its confidence and applause, we may as well observe tbat Messrs Mason and Slidell are about ibe most worthless booty it would be possible to extract from tbe jaws of tbe American lion. They have long beeo known as the blind and habitual haters and revilers of tbis cooutry. They have done more than any otber men to get up the insane prejudice against England which disgraces tbe morality aud disorders the policy of tbe Union. The hatred of tbis country has been tbeir stock in trade. Oa tbis they have earned their political livelihood and won their position, just as there ere others who pander to the lower passions of humanity. A diligent use of this bad capital his made them what tbey are. and raised them to tbe rank of Commis sioners. It is through tbeir life-long hatred aud abuse of England tbat they come here ia their present conspicuous capacity. * The nation coder whose flig they sought a safe passage across the Atlantic—the nation tbat has cow rescued them wtth all their might from tbe certainty of a dungeon and the chances of re taliatory murder, is that against which they have always done their best to exaspetate their countrymeu. Had they perished iu tbe cell or oa the scaffold, amid the triumphant yells of the multitude, memory would have suggested that tboir own bitter tirades bad raised the storm, and tbat their death was on ly the natural and logical conclusion of their own calumnies and sophistries. So we do sincerely hope that our country men will not give these fellows anything in the shape of an ovation. Tbe civility that ia due to a foe in distress is all tbat they oan claim. We have returoud them good for evil, and, sooth to say, we should be" exceedingly sorry that they should ever be ID a situation to choose what retoru tbey will make for the good we have now done them. They are here for their own interest, in order, if possible, to drag us into their own quarrel, ami, but for'- thu unpleasant cootiugeuoies of a prison, ra ther disappointed, perhaps that their detention has cot provoked a new war. VVben tbey stepped on board tbe Trent tbey did not trouble themselves with tbe thought of the mischief tbey might be doing ao unoffending neutral; and if BOW, by any less perilooa device, they eould entangle u in the war, no doubt they would be only too happy. We trust there ia no chance of their doing tbis, for, impartial aa tbe British public is iu the matter, it certainty has no prejudice in favor of slavery, which, if Anything, these gentlemen represent. What they and their Secretaries are to do here passes our conjecture. They are person ally nothing to us. Tbey must not suppose, because we havejgone to the very vergo of a ! great war to rescue them, that therefor* they are precious in our eyes. We wcnld have done just as much to rescue two ot their own negroes, and, had that bceu the object of the rescue, the worthy Fompey and Caesar would [have bad just the same rights to triumphal | arches and municipal address as Messrs. Mason ! Slidell. So, please, British public, let's have none of these things. Let the Commis sioners come up quietly to town, (and have their say with anybody who may have time to llateu to theui. For our part, "we oannot sou how anything they Lave to tell can turn the. scale of British duty and deliberation. Tber® ; have been so many cases of people and cation# i establishing an actual independence, and corn* pelting the recognition of the world, that all | we have to do is what we have done before, up to the very last year. This is now a aimnie matter of precedent. Our statesmen sad lawyers know quite as much on tbe suljeot a* Mucsrs. UmDoa mxd Siidall, nd are in no accii iof their hrorjuatioa or advice.
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