IHlllihß Ufl (ÜBOMfIE. j
BEDFORD, Pa.
rjrJtfay Morning, *©T SO. 1555-
"Fearless and Free."
DAVID OVER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
DEDICATION.
The Methodist Episcopal Church,recently
rrected in the neighborhood of Alexander
Cotnphc.rV in Friends Cove, will be dedi
cated to the worship of Almighty God, on
Sunday, the 9th of December next, at 11
•■'clock, A. M. Services will commence on
the day previous. Ministers from a dis
tance cr; rxf.ee ted to be with us.
J. T. PHELPS.
Nov. IC, 1855.
ANOTHER GF.OSS OUTRAGE ON
AMERICAN CITIZENS '
I: appears 'but Mr. PIFRCE and his
minim, JaMES CaMPSILL, use every ef
fort in their power, !o insult American citi
rue, and foist np. n them ignorant and
criminal foreigners. The Post Ofiee at
Alum Banx, in litis county, (certainly uci
worth over $25 a year,) has had an attcn
live and obliging Post Master for the last
two or three years, Mr. joeiTU SLEEK,
who is a Democrat and appointed by the
present Administration. lie has been te
iroved, i.ewever, and the only "Large thai
has here made against him, is, that La is
iusp'de* v; holding American sct.ti.ueD is,
fcj.3 Mr. JflitON IltlifcHVAN, a German Jox.
who scarcely undcrstanus onr language,
anc who wsr convicted, fined ana imvrison
td% at last May term of our Court, for fel
ling liquor to minors, appointed in his
p.am. Tie iffice has been removed away
off to the corner if St. Clair Township, one
of the most populous in the county, and as
ao Romanist could le found to take it, a
German Jcv, the nearest thing to a Papist
to be found there, was appointed.
We hear from reliable sources, that this
outrage will be the means of adding at least
50 votes to our majority in St. Clair.
Io Redford, the person in charge of the
Post Office can neither read nor write En
glish, and as a consequence, mistakes daily
occur, persona are insulted in the office,
and no one hut a member of the Foreign
trome five or six of the offices in this coun
ty arc fuied with papists and foreigners, ig
norant and uncivil, und complaint is ioua
and universal. Is if any wonder, theu, that
pati jot hi American, in whose veins runs
Revolutionary blood, should shake of this
Foreign and Papa! thruldctt, and unite in a
patriotio band for the restoration of the
purer days of the Republic, when the glori
ous WAS aivQTON' warned his countrymen
to "beware of foreign influence?" Messrs.
Pierce & Campbell should remember that
"it was the last feather that broke the cam
el's back.'*
HUXTINGDON CONVENTIOX.
A proposition has been made to hold a
Coovcnticn of all the editors in Peunsyl
v acta, opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
i.t Htmnngttoc, on the 19th of December,
to coosult together co the line of poliey to
be pursued dnriog the approaching Presi
dential canvas*. The idea is a good one,
and we tope to see it earned oat, an-l a
good representation of ail editors opposed to
Pieroeifin there. For one, wo <xpjot to be
jy;n U\n tapis.
SC<*(NO GCMX. —The Fulton Dsn aw/
UD<l Bedford Gazette. 'Who'd a tho'T it,"
iu*t six jears ago ' TMnerx change some
times 1 Sansoiwdocs'ot wish to rurt a
uew paper In Bedford just now, cad consf
quemiy bo would make a star Serge*nt-al
Nrtus' and Bowman is the able and fear
less editor? Bih ? "How we appie? xwiui!"
> MAOAUSK for November,
has Ue-ir received. The articles tr it are of
Micro than ordinary ioterest. Tho history
vf Um war i.k .be (Vtxrra cicne, is worth
a.cre than the prW - e cf subscription. ""ho
would he witheaftho work when the jrice
< I scbrcr pi.oo .s o;!y 53 a year! Address
Letttrd Scott & 0., Til F.;:tcn S'reet,
New Ye*.
Gr.AUAM'9 ?IAT>AZT.NE for December fca*
) It i* a r.ntnbe* that can't
l a f.,c Graham . slv ays ahcod- -
Ttraw 53 par aoosffi.
Tir v-Jcmt. p. 1 I' ai' • —-T hack gi v 1 a g
IVtj was gsnefalß ohaarrsd is this place.
Mo#e a# fco and ob*r places of bu<n
nasrewee eiaaeS. Gesrt TO# in session the
wbcie day.
DALLAS PROHiBLY INELIGIBLE.
The birta of GSORO* M. DALLAS SEEMS,
iifce that of many other great moo, to t in
volved ia some obscurity. A writer ia the
New York. Tribune suggests that he cauuct
■'oostuUonally k a candidate fur President
it.eauso he eras bora out of the United
States. He sow his father A lax. J.
PAV-LVP, was a native of Londonuurry,
Ireia&J, who,, at nineteen vears of age,
xuigtatvl '(• SCA.'AVL. there married uod
| started forthwith fot the West India*, where
i O r.OROE was born. K'.s father, nine mcntbs
| aftrr moved to the United States. The
| correspondent of the Tribune is doubtle-s
uiistakeu. His biographer states that lie
was born on the 10th of July, 1792, in
the city of Philadelphia. The latter state
ment is probably correct. It were a pity
to put so sudden an end to the brilliant
schemes of i-is friends for a small difference
of nine months or so, ami the distance be
tween the T.nited States and the West In
dies.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Phttny.—
Indictment for kc< ping stippling bouse—
April 30th, 1*55. Alias process awarded-
Same vs. Joseph Woljord lndictment
for getting goods under false pretences, on
j oath of John Blair. Not a true bill, and
\ Win. Blair, the prosecutor io pay costs, ex
cept the $4.00 to the county.
Same vs. Daniel Smith. —Indictment for
obtaining goods under false pretences*on
oath of John Blair. Nov. 20th, 1555
Diet. Att'y enters nol pros.
Same i. Benjamin Devore. —Indictment
fornication Jt bastardy, OP oath ot Nancy
Wigfield. Nov. 19th, -.185 ft, Deft aud
Sheriff Alsip held in 3100,00 conditioned
for appearance of dei't at next term.
Same vs. Valentine Steckmnn.—lndict
ment for kecping'and maintaining a house,
' room aud place where vinous and spirituous
liquors are sold and drank, contrary to
law of 14th April 1855. On oath of John
I hipea.
Nov. 20tb, 1855, Jury called and sworn.
Deft pleads guilty as to the felling. Ver
i diet Guilty, aud en motion in arrest of
judgment, ease ueld over until next term.—
i Held iu sum. of §109,00 conditioned for
j appearance at next to it, torsccive <en
; fence, Ac.
Samuel Draining vs. i> illian Dcrrimore,
■ i' t-.r Do-more, and JuCub Derrinure.—
Ejectment in the Court of Couuu n Plcus
! of Bedford County.
No. 72, Fcpt. T. 1855.
Nov. 22d, 185.5, & Jury called and
; sworn. Nov. 24th, 1855, verdict of Jury
; for defts.
Of the various causes tried and disposed
of, on the "civil list," the above ejectment
for a small tract of ridge land, covered
with sand stone, scrub oaks, huckleberry
bushes, Indian turnip and snake root, in
abu7idanee, was, perhaps, the most interest
ing as well as tedious. A host of counsel
wa employed—a cloud of witnesses called,
and for the greater part of two long days
the Court was diligently occupied with no
ting down testimony and deciding grave
questions cf law. The "powder and shot"
expended, it wi3 generally conceded, would
outvalue the "gameand the following
pleasant verses, thrown off at the time by a
rather humorous Solon of the H.ir, (who
was r.ot "retained") we take the liberty of
appending:
This case lias now been dragging.
Its weary length ill day ;
Ami nun, as night approaches.
It tti.l Is under way.
A s'.rong array of Lawyers,
Has bullied m the cause,
Extracting facts from witnesses* —
And fighting about laws ,
Such wrangling and disputing,
And twisting things around,
Are re illy sometimes curious-
And only to he found—
Within the Courts of Jostui.
Where Lawyers arc but nun,
And have a right to cct up
Funny capers, now a-id then.
To judge from the commotion.
We've witnessed h re to-day.
'Twoaid seem as if an ocean
Of wealth were in the way ;
jiut after ail the lighting,
Tis sorao surprise to hod,
The canac of this commotion
Would scircely pay the win i
Eipe&ae 1 by the cuause!,
JlUtul a barren xpcC ;
To fluti if it is Uaautoaa's,
Or whtther .C is not!
GENERAL HITCHCOCK.
"Tfaa oScer, who <fia Breret brigadier
Gcoeral Ethan A. Hitchcock, colonel of
the second regimtni of Lafantry, had too
ruueb frpirh To brook so loaoifest an iudig
mty offered to himself sad his comiiiander
ia chief, and threw up hie commission in
disgust. Ncboay can doubt that the Pres
ident was Attracted bjr his Secretary to
accept the .-eMgnanoo of an officer whom
the latter had so waatoniy loealted. [t
wis accepted accordingly. General Hitch
cock entered tho' army in 1817, since
which time his best energies ha e been de
rcted *o h.s C/CCtr?. He commenced his
earner a? a third lieutenant, and * cached
.BH>it the high-cat rcr.k b>sn to the ar-
Laving boe.n breveted a brigadier geno
ral far gailani and distinguished /*?■iees
ia the otoroing of "ioiino del Roy, Mesico
September 8, 1847" — Sprin?jitl<i (.VrM.)
Republican.
A? has boon noticed by all newspaper
readers, thi* gallant Brigadier GS ncral in
tie U. S. Artny, under the petty persecu
tions of the Secretary of War, has found
it inconsistent with his honor to remain lon
ger ia the army, and has constantly re
signed.
The tvbohj matter is toll in a few words.
Gen. Seott gave him i-ivo of ahsonce, the
right to do which was denied by Sec. Davis.
A sharp correspondence between Gen. Scott
and the Secretary ensued, which ha.- not
yet ben via da puhiic, but there is little
doubt tha* C-cr.grc** r.iii take this matter
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
——
ia h&bl.-, und then the f>coj<**? will find' out j
all about it. As it vat, Soircjjjrr* ij)avU
revoked the grant of ibsemje uud pes emptor
ily ordered the veteran Hitchcock back
his po--t. The exercise of a doubtful power
was thus rendered more hnniiiia'iug to his
object, by the uuuecessaiy harshness- with
which it was used. The Providence Jour
nal,, excellent authority, thus speaks t>i
General Hitchcock :
Those who know General Hitchcock per*
: sonalh', as well as those familiar with lii ß j
oareer as an officer, will sincerely regret
his loss to the army and to the couutry. — I
We had the honor of his acquaintance, and
| liave cause to feel grateful for many acts
{of kindness rendered by him. Hut his
! generous character and corteous manner
formed but a small portion of his attract
■ ive qualities. For his varied attainments
as a scholar, he bad no equal in the army.
We have often beard men of learning, who
were capable of appreciating talent, de
clare that General Hitchcock and the lute
Colonel lilies were the most accomplished
officers in the aiiny.
; THE WAT. O Y 1812—XATIONAI. OOS
i VSNTION. —We have received from the
Hon. J. 11. Southeriand, President of the
Convention held in 1855, a ca'l for the* de
'■ fenders of the country in the war of 181 , '
who met last January in the citv of Wash
[
| .ngton, to assemble there again on the ap
proaching anniversary of the battleof Xcw
Orleans, pursuant to the resolution adopted
at their last session, to which time ar.d p'ace
the Convention adjourned. As nll.lv of the
Delegates have gone to their lust accjun!
since the adjournment-, it is reeomn ended
tL-.it additional delegates be oh. -or.. Many
important propositions will le presented ro
the consideration of the Col .'cotton. Meet
ings should he Lei ! forthwith i.i the several
IJlates, !o make the neee -sary arrangement*.
A full attendance of Defecates is very de
sirable. It is the intention, we believe, to
kep up tire annual assemblages". .
801 d .—C... M Allure of the Chambers- j
burg Repository tuvl H'Aig, has said out to :
\\ ushiegton Crooks and George Eyster,
Esqrs. Mr. Eyester is oue of the Trims- \
cript, and the two papers will be united, ad- i
vocating American principles.
A Sensible Foreigner.
In the Lexington Advertiser, .Mississippi
pi), some days hack, appeared the letter from
which we make the extract below. A
challenge had been issued by the auti-
Auiericau putty to the American jarty; to
glktllAf *•• • *•.>♦ * l,\k.. . v • 1 - —.
Springs. The lie v. Jan. L. Chapman took
up the gauntlet, and in his letter on that
subject says:—
"Havingconsented to deliver an address,
on the great question now agitating the
Aoicricjus, at Richland, Sept. 7, 1 deem it
necessary to make a few remarks respecting
my position. lam a foreigner by birth, and
a resident of the South. Here I hive spent
the greater portion of ny life Id refer
ence to the American Platform I beg leave
to observe, that it bat advocates what I
have contended forduriag the last 15 years.
Professor Crawford, of Aberdeen, of tbii
State, also a foreigner b* birth, an editor of
a paper there, aud my brother editor of a
weekly and tri-weekloy paper of the South,
are exactly one with mo in opinion on the
American Platform; and I fondly hope the
| day is at hand,when every patriotic foreigner
| iu the Cnited States will adopt orv views,
i I know this will be so when we come to
commune with each other, and to prepare
I for tbS great struggle just ahead. Cur
[ sen timet;', will he. Kather than sec the
I whole country cursed by a corrup ting foreign
I influence, we shall advocate the doctrine,
i 'Americans shall govern America.* Our
j love of country will proudly sit on the
I ruins cf the love cf party. Hucii will be
our posit.on ?: the way of trial. Should
we fail, remembrance of oui deeds will
make i erois protestwiits of the living."
Foreigners and their Allies.
The Washington Organ aek., what would
the anti-American party do without the ai'J
of their foreign allies? Induct the foreign
vote from those coal in Massachusetts, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, In
dium, Kentucky, Tennessee and
and where would be the anti-Auieriean can
didates, some of whom] have been elecfedi
So far behind the Americans as scarcely to
be within sight or hearing. It Is therefor*
\a foreigners, foreigners, two-third* of
whom cannot read or write, aud many of
whom cannot speak cur language, that the
anti-Americans c wh their vie lories, wherever
they have gained any. This i* national,
truly! We caoaotVce how men of character
and standing, aud who bear American hearts
in their bosdius, can he content ro beooaao
the allies of these foreigner* against ft
party made up exclusively c 4 theft oftn
countrymen. 3>> tboy hot jpreeeire that
they are occuping a position quit* sisuilar to
that oooupicd during the Revolutionary
struggle by those who were then denotni
uutod TofUKS, a natue which, as it designated
such as wore the allies of foreigners, and
the enemies of their own countrytnen, has
become the most odtcua that can bo applied
to any muni
But why should native-born citizens op
pose Americans, or the American party. —
The cffio'i-holders and employee* of govern
ment dc so, because they arc icqnired to do
La ■ A" " ' - . *>
fft %.u pain uf beiuji removed, the feupur j
Leiug anti-Aiuevtcau to a d%ree
|'!nwst surprising tlie" jrirulencc which ilie
[Tories themselves utfhifested- toward* the
Wflfgf. But why wtocHd tfidwe not depen
dent nj.on the Federal Government for their
bread and butter become the allies of the
' foreigners amongst us? Do they suppose
that intend to do 'heui auy injuatice!—■ t
Do they apprehend it is our purpose to de
prive any one of them who lias now the
| privilege of voting, however wrongfully he i
may nave obtained it. of the right to v<Jtej
| surely Jtiby cannot suppose Tfiv*; for they j
know we have no such purpose in view.—
i 0r only object is to change the naturali
zation laws so that tbore who come among
us hereafter: shall not be entitled to ex- :
ercise the high privilege of voting, before,
they have had time to wwonieamiiewb.it an,
cjuaiuted with our constitution, laws, cm- i
torn®, manners. &c., and imbibe soiuatbing
of the spirit of freemen . la tlr> wrong)
Does it iujure utiy ojse? Does it take trout
' any iuan any right whatever ? By no means.
M ill any enlighened American say that the
■ country has not suffered great and manifold
evils from the facility with which foreigner '
, have been permitted to eiercisc the rights i
and privileges of native-bora cituetis'— r j
The fact i< too notorious to be denied.
' But in the face of this i:ic f , with a tuil
knowledge of all the evils attending it, ami
! with a view to perpetuate these evils, wo ;
' behold native-borne Americans leaguing
with these same foreigners to put down and
tram pin upon au r %merican pnrtij, whoso :
; pnrpse is to arrest those evils and place the ,
country in the hands r,f those to whom it of
right beloncs: in doing thin they cannot
; but bring down upon their own heads the t
: odium which fell upon that class ot men :
1 whose cause during the Revolution, thr-y
are imitating. Of this we give them t iir I
I warning. Tho .imrimn feeling has been I
1 roused by the events which has traus| .red
! within a few tuuiths past, to a high state of ;
1 intensity. Bet them beware fio.v the ag j
granite it. Americans do nt-t moan any
longer to be ruled by foreigners, or tliMs
woo rh'.e to ally themselves with them
against .'heir own countrymen; and t;,e
sooner these at-.ti-Americans become con
vinced of the fact, the more likely they will
be to escape the indignation which vri.i be
sure to fall upon such as jiersist in their un
natural and unpatriotic course.
The (iuciunali Convention.
Pursuant to call issued by the seceding
members of the American Convention held
at Philadelphia in June last delegates from
bcrs, assembled at Ciuciutiati on Wednesday
moruing, Nov. 21s:.
The Convention was organised by the ap
pointment of Gen. Williamson, yf IVun
sylvanta, ns President, ami Mr. iGneriuow
er, of I.iiii'iis, as Secretary.
After the temporary organization, the
following ge utlr men were appointed a Com
mittee oi Credentials: Washburn; of Penn
sylvania; Sheets, nf Indiana, Geer, of Illi
nois; Guthrie, of Ohio; and Knight of Rhode
Llaud. The Committee reported delegates
i i attendance from Otiio, Indiana, Illinois,
Vermont, L'houj Island, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and Michigan.
The follow ing gentlemen were appointed
a Comm.ttce on Permanent Organisation
Wiok, of Ohio, Kuigb', of Rhode Island:
Geer, of Illinois; Mattocks, of Vermont;
Allen, of Massachusetts; Knapp, of Michi
gan; Wise of Pennsylvania, and Moody of
Indiana.
The committee reported the following of
ficers, which was unanimously adopted.
President —lion. Thtuias, 11. Ford, of
Ohio.
Pics President* —Wis. Sheets, of Indi
ana: and ?. M. Allen of Massachu-etts.
S sectaries —W. W. Ihinenhower, of 111.;
and Richard Coulter of Pennsylvania.
Hi-Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania}
aud Mr. Sheets, of Indiana, were appointed
to escort the President to the chair.
On tahmg his seat the President address
ed the Convention.
Mr. Dawson, of Indiana, offered a resolu
tion. in reference to the XII section of the
Philadelphia platform recommending that it
be expunged, and taking the position, that
the queition of slavery wax sectioual, not
national, asd should not be intermixed with
the uuuee of the American party.
Mr. ifpocaer, of Chic, moved that the
resciutija he referred to a committee of one
from each State, to whom all resolutions oa
the same sub jeel cbould be referred. Tim
moiwo was adopfod, end the following gen
tlemen appointed the Committee on Resolu
tions:
Bbeet:*, of Indiana, Speoner, of Ohio;
Gr, off liliaois; Mattocks, of Yermra 4 ,:
Knight,, of Rhode Island; Iv-ith, of Maasa
obttsotto} 8c well, of Frnßsyirania; Weed of
Michigan.
Resolutions in refcronoo to the XII aeo
r tloo were offered by Oov. Johnston, Mosera.
BpofcQor, Oou.tor, and others.
Mr. Moody, of Indiana, offered a resolu
tion rocoiumendiug to the National Conven
tion the repeal of all ritual tests of member
ship, Ao., leaving,all regulations tothior
gauixicioo in each State. Laid on the ta
v. nit.-*igofc bttn t riftjtmt J ,r: ;■
SfTIiMHUK BiOHOti.
Mr. Koapp, of Mieliigtio, offero l i a rcs<v
iation, which was referred to the Committee
on R^olution*.
Governor Jchnston, by .invitation, ad
dressed the CfoiVMttlon at length; lifter
which it adjourned ami, tab o'clock th.i :
mottling. |i a; j
ezcvnt> Dat.
The day was occupied to a late Lour in j
1 discussions upon the platform proposed as ■
the vi'iee of the Convention. The following ,
was finally adopted:
TliU I'I.AIFORM A* At OfTII'.
Tiie select Committee to which was re
. ferrcd various resolutions and propositions, '
1 ihuiuiy on tti subject of the differences exis- I
j ting between the North aod Sou'h on the ,
subject of Slavery, has had the same under i
;'consideration and has approved the follow
ing resolution and recommend iu adoption j
ai the proposed session of the National Coun- ;
eil to he held at Philadelphia r,n the 19th ■
of February next; in lieu of the 12th Seo- •
■ turn of the National platform aa passed in j
June ISA."> at Phiboleiphia.
Th it the repeal of the Missouri Compro- }
, tni*e vim? an infraction of the plighted faith j
of the nation, and thatit should be restored i
art 1 if 'Forts to that end should fail, I
Congress should refuse to aduiit into the j
Union any State tolerating slavery, which j
shall he formed out of any portion ot the j
territory from which that institution was :
excluded by that Compromise.
T'at this Convention protests against'
♦or descing with atiy party which demands ,
i iuo postponement or abandonment ot Anier-
ietin principles, or the disorganisation of the
i Americ.Hi party.
That this Convention recommend that the
Delegates to the National Council from the
Skates here represented, request the J'resi
. d"Ut. of the National Council tocalla meet
ing of the satne, to be held at Philadelphia,
cn the lDih dav of February next.
WMSHKKT3, Indiana,
)•!. MATTOCKS, Vermont,
f. H. BfeIW&LL Pennsylvania,
,1. M. KEITH, Massachusetts,
W. 3 WOOD. Michigan,
N. GKEU, l!liuois,
JAIfEZC. KNIGHT. R. Island, j
Committee.
The \t House of KepresentatiFes.
We find the following statistics In ref
erence to the next House of Representa
tives, in the Mew Haven Palladium, which
will bo interesting to our readers. Of the
2dd members, 87 were ju the last Congress,
•id 134 .re now members. 2 entered in
iSo4, 49 in 1353, 17 in ISM, 13 io 1849,
1 in 1846, C in 1847,2 in 1855,1 in 1844,
s ; n 1843, 2inlß U. 1 in 1829. There is
one vacancy in Illinois:
Mi. Giddiugs of Ohm, is the oldest
member, and entered in 1839. Others eu
tered in
1811 —Houston of Alabama, and Go-.de
of Virginia.
18i3 —Cbb, Lumpkin, and Stephen*, of
Georgia, CUngmati uf North Csraliua, and
Jones of Tennessee.
1844—ldayiy of Virginia.
1846—Phelps of Missouri.
1847 —Cobb and Harris of Alabama,
Richardson of Illinois, Lteua of Indiana,
Thurston of Rhode Island, an i llocook Of
V trginia.
1848— Meaeham of Vermont.
1849—Han is of Illinois, Benton cf In
d ana, 11. Marshal!oof Kentucky Fuller of
Maine, Benpeit and Mattesou of New York.
Campbell of Oliio, (Jrr of Fouti; Ca rolins,
Savage of Tennessee, and Edmonson, Mc-
Mullen, Milson and d'o-'eli of \ irgioi.i.
1851—Smith of Alabama, Msec of In
diana, Wuhbarn of Maine Miller and Dorter
of MLssuori, Haven of New York, Stuntou
of Ohio, Allison, Florence, Fuller, Grow
and Junes of Pennsylvania, Aiker. and
M Queen of South C&roliuc, Caskic,Faulk
ner and Letcher of Virginia.
1863 Dowell of Alabama, Greenwood
of Arkansas, Maxwell of Florida, Seward
of Georgia, Allen, Knox, Norton and
Washburn of Illinois, English and Miller
of Indiana, Cox and Elliott of Kentucky.
Benson of Maine, Bank and Deft itt oi
Massachusetts, Barkdaie and Wright of
Mlssissppi, Oa rather, Lindley and Oliver of
Missouri, Peuningkm and Vail of New
•Terser, Flagler, Morgan, Oliver, Priagle,
Sage, Simmons and Wheeler ef New York,
Craige, f'urycar and Rufliu of North Caro
lina, Ball, Harlin, Harrison, Nichols, Sapp
and Wade of Ohio, Packer aud Ritchie of
Pennsylvania, Brjce, Brooke and Kuitt
of South Casolica, Kthur;dge,Readj, Smith
and Zollikoffer of Tcuoessee, Bell of Texas,
Smith of Virginia.
18.V4—Taylor of Tennessee, and Lewi*
of Virginia.
California, Connecticut, Delaware, lowa,
Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Now
Hampshire and Wisconsin, send sit new
members.
Alabama scads 2 new and 6 old members
Arkansas •• 1 * 1 *•
Georgia 4 44 4 "
Illinois " 2 " 6 ** "■
Indiana 44 6 •- 5 44
Kentucky 44 7 " 3 "
Maine " 3 44 3
MisWssippi 44 3 44 2 "
Missouri 41 1 • 6 "
Nuvv Jeraey " 3 44 2 "
Now Y'ork 41 23 41 10 41
N. Carolina" 4 4 * 4 44
Ohio 4i 12 ' 9 4 <
Pennsylvania 8 *' 7 44
R. Island *.•. I 1 41
Tennessee * 4 3 " 7 41
Texas, •' I " 1
Vermont •' 2 44 1 44
Virginia "1 44 12 44
As seven! States are maiming the right
to the Speakership through their respective
party organs, it may be interesting ro see
'•rl.ut Mutes have and what have not been
represented througli cboioe of a Speaker.
Gonnce-icut has had one Speaker, Jona
than Trumbull, for one trm: Georgia,
Howell Cobb, one leruu; Indian-, John W.
Davis, one term - . Kentucky has h*4 lb re# f
Speaker*, for nino terms, ri: Henry OLy
six terux, John White one term, Linn Boyd i
I two term*; Ma#aachu*e:t* three, Theodore ;
; Sedwick one term, Josef h B. Varaum two j
; term*, Robert C. Wiotbrop one terur New
i Jertey, Jobnethen Dayton, two term*: New.
! York, John W. T*yK)r, two term' North
Carolina, Nathaniel Macou three terms ,
SootL Carolina, Langdon Cbw, one tern)'
j Tennewee, Jobo B11 cire term, James K
Polk two terms: Virginia ha* had four ;
j Phillip T. Bai'oonr one term, Andrew
i Steeecaon four, R. M. T. Hunter and John •
| V. Jon**, one term each. these. States, !
| Kentucky baa furn>*b< <t the pretest number
i • three Spvkers for time terms.
ARRIVAL OF THE IWAUA. j
HALIFAX, Nov. 23. J
The steamship Canada from Liverpool j
! with dates to the 10th lust.. arrive! at >ne '
j o'clock this afternoon,
i tren. Canrobert is in Stockholm charged 1
j with a mission to biing Sweden into the ul
i liatice- Sweden is required either to assent ,
i or refuse.
It is reported from Berlin that Russia has
recently made a confidential intimation to
Prussia uud Austria of her wi*b to reucw
negotiations and tlut Bnurqttency has ie
tnrned to Vienna with fresh in>trtJcfi<>ns to
meet the contingency of proposals frnut Rus
sia. it is further repotted that Piiuee
Gort*?hakoff, a diplomatist Horn Vicuna and
Russia Ministers from other court- arc cer
tainly to weet the I'nr at Warsaw iu the
middle of November, wltCn the question ui
the renewal of negotiations will be settled.
The Kinpcrior Ot Prance i also favorable to
a rnewei.
A French camp of ityX'O is b ing formed
iu
The rni- or* of battels near Siaipheropnl
have turned out to be false.
At Sebagtopol, it is said, that the Russian
projectile* reach almost every spot, in the
city. A desultory fire is kept up on both
sides. The allies say the "Russians are ma
king preparations for retreat.
General Lavailtaut has been appointed
French Governor at Sevastopol. General
Campbell taking offence at the appointment,
Oodiinton asks leave to return.
The French troops are to be garrison Kin
burn, the English having returned to Sebas
topol on the 3d.
The French force from Eupatoia while on
receoiiuoissaut-c fell in wiih >* targe tamo of
Russians and offered battle. The Russians
I retreated after exchanging a few rounds
! artillery. The French afterwards burned
; several towns and villages on the route and
' • v awcncU CM HlipaiUllU.
Odessa advices say thai Tod'lebein is faT
making it deleusibit*. It is reported that
Odessa will he dismantled and the gnus sent
to Nieoloff.
Gen. Coder? is posted bptweud Km burn
and Kherson.
'Jibe Czar has returned direct-to St, Pe
tersburg.
It is i*ported froci Odessa tiiat the allies
hau effected a landing near Pereko;. The
Russians were hastening ft> impose thcui.
The report:® douoted.
St. Petersburg dispatches say that the
Crimean army have provision? for tight
months: A Vienna papepsaya that the Rus
sian strength in the Crimea is one hundred
thousand.
ASlA. —Omer Pacha has opened friendiy
relations with Sohnaiyl. Si iiai Pacha is to
be stasioiied at Erz.rown with tie imperial
Gu;ird whenco he would thre.ui-r. the ilu?-
shins, besieging Kars, Omer cohutuenued his
march for Kutai on the 20th with 22 bat
talions.
Advices from Prussia mention the dcpirt
ure of ambassadors fbi St. Petersburg.
V I ESN A, NOV. 9th.- -Dospatcher received
from the Turkish embassy, state that the
bombardment of Niekoloff commenced on
the 29th Uetobor and continued the whole
of the follow lug day The result is not
known.
CONSTANT! NO PI E, Ofrt, 29.—The Sultan
has aDueuiiced his inteutimi of visiting Lon
don and Paris in the spriug.
KNOLAND. —The excitement respecting a
war with the United States has quite subsi
ded. Th? leading journals are ashamed of
the panic are atteiuting to excuc and let
themselves gentiv dowu by attributing the
preteuded hostile attitude of Am riea to au
election ruse on the part of the I'resiueut
and Cabinet. Intelligent Englishmen in :i!i
ranks express themselves paitiodand bum:!,
iated by the whole affair.
Pr.Aivo*.—Another false report has been
circulated of an attempt to assassinate the
Kuipcror.
The monthly statement of tbc Bank of
France it is stated, is not unfavorable in its
general character, although it show# a dimi
nution of X 1,000,000 notes in circulation.
The carraspwideat of the* Jxiudou Post
•ays uc doubt a revolutionary movement has
broken Out iu Sicily. Several Insurgents
bare been captured :nd shot. Arrest were
also made at Palermo.
J Advices from RUSSIA show a more vrar
i like fee+inp.
CUMBERLAND. Xov. 21.
The death warrant of Frederick Miller,
convicted of the doable Hjurddr of IV.' T.
P. C- Had el audllunry Graeff, was received
hero yestertliy and read t< tho prisoner to
day iu the presence of the Rev. Mr, Mcyor,
his spiritual adviser. lie * >y ha says ha is
ready to tlic. Ha made some important ad
mission* to-day in regard to several swind
ling operation* in Pittsburg and Somerset
county, Fa. .He seem* moie penitent now
j til in on any former occasion sinca Lis r
--. rest, and the presumption is by those wao
I visit him Iu hie cell that he will make a fiifi
[ tfoniwiou as the day of his execution draws
! nearer, winch is ,-et for Friday, the 4th
; day of neEt January-
- •
ir.vuHisni'RO. Nov. 23.—<>1, A. K. Mc
i Cluru, late editor of the < tamTiersburg U.*-
! pository and Whig, has purchased an inter
, est in the Morning Herald here, the organ of
' the Hfate administration, and will tanas.ici
1 ated withSter.han Miller tn it- tuat,ag IMI;eT .
J. J. t'ly d, L*q., retire* from the establish
ment.
PHJLABILI HIA, Nov. '2Z--Dr Jj . ,
was released from prison tbi* morning, bal
ing been pardoned by Oomnur Poli4k
, lie ha* been in j risou for t Lit tc-eri ID r •! ,
\\O\DERHT. S2IAKL' STORI.
Singular Ocr.ulcr PeJusio.i. - Jl t;r ,. i
a good deal of e*.citcwn?.:n Rockm®!,*,.,
County, X. C. on aefov.at of s *nsfee h*\-
tug been seen which has a human head.-.
Th nimap. was on!/ seen by a sen of >[ r
U. B Stone. Ho first saw it at Lis fiber's
turpentine *tiil. His father to whom '
attempt*.! to point the monster, was never
able to see ij though i! e hoy declared that
it was utidwr bis feet. Severs! ,
! were mr.de by the boy i.> j),oot 1 in,, but th
, different gum be used w< uJJ m-v r ex'.;, K ; e
when pointed in the direction of the snake
j though rhey would fire if tarred another
way. The father ifr a let tar to the Mad.-
son. N. C., Demo err, t savs:
"Some of my neighbors came in ngtau t0
see the ana's*; an ! to see it' tbev ooul i find
any mark, so * *p tinkling ashr* all over
the Still House and in the hole where it al
ways e.ime in, and we tied mv son. fast go
he could not make the track himself, in any
way whatever, and then we left hiui tied, in
the Still House, by h'mself: ami went awav
and if was but a few moments before ho let
tie know that the snake was in the Still
House.aga'n and we went to see if there was
any mark- and behold! there was a mark as
broad as my hand where it came in an.i
1 went ot, Ttd they wetrn confirmed it m,
something. I did not suffer Alfred to gra
about ti.e >tiii il.mso but a little tar w!,?n
--e.v-r he goes there lie is sure to scr it an j
it also appears to him in different pnrt? >f
[ the farm, hot not so as it (fobs at the Sthl
' House; and he was tojd to talk to it, and i;
would tell him want it wanted, and he ..vs
be asked it in the name of the Liriwiu.
did it want, and husiyi it said that it wan-
J ted to destroy the Stilling, and sneak ettaff
o then to be convinced, I tied Alfred in
; the Still house gaiu, and he wis told m
wear clover in his list, and then he could
; see what it was, and while he wa* tied in
; the Still House he bad clover in his hat, rota
be sav; the snake come and peeped intb
' house, having a face, eves, month ton
tu>d all precisely like a man be perfectly
knew, and all but the head was precisely
like a rattle nike. and j{ scared Li in pio
digiously Then on Sunday last. tiSth Oct.,
there was a great many persons who oaiuetn
mr ItfUisp. who t!j rc.ilir v <f t ; f
mark of ihp snake, came to Kt if ihey could
find the mark, and i tied Alfred agiin. in
order that they might bu convince!, all ,f
thorn respectable mei, saw ihe mark dis
tinctly, and were convinced of the-mark of
the shake/'
Ttis truth ot the s:tcrjjnnt nan: t'u-.c j !r.
the farmer's letter to the IVrfinCj-:,t, i* at
tested by. dozen of the prominent men of
Rockingham county, who sir.- the rimfc i r
the snake in the nshe*. atid knew that r!-t
hoy was tied toe closely to have made it
himself. The Petuoorat a<a that the t>-.
is very much alarmed, nn.i th health i> fast
giving way under the mental effect* of tiii*
horrible delusion. This snake hid, fair to
rira! tie great Silver Lake serpent.
Sr 1' ERtNTI: XDE N T <>P -IRE HlSTlSd
rxx and BROAIUOD RAILROAD.—J?*-
It. MeClure, 1 laq , f >T eover-il vpjir< iii the
employ of the PcMin'a Railroad Compact,
hn ben appointed to this n'svonsikde y •
The Company h v leer, exeoed'.iipl e for
tunate jh the Sel'VlitiA of por*u s to £i! the
several offices.—Huntingdon (obe.
~y"The Methodist Church has suffered
heavily by the fever at Norfolk. She Lai
lost more of her ministers than anv othkr.
The Rev. Anthony Dibroli, V oruion Ks'i
"dge, and Stephen \\ . J me? have all died-
MARRIED:
At Juniata Crossings, on the 20th inst.,
by Rev. G. V*\ B ints', Mr. Apr an A>t
MOROKKT and Miss SARAH MCILYAINT.
both of Bedford Co., Pa.
Oti tat 2*Hh nit.,by Lemuel Evans, Ep,
Mr. JAOOX: N. BROADSTONE and Miw M
RT I#TNN, all of Broad top township.
On the evening of the 22d. at the Lu
theran Parsonage, by Rev. F. Benedict,
Mr. IRVK.n IT PtX.E, and Miu !>0;:A L
ScftLAtlOKR, both of Srirt>ret, Pa.
Oi the l'hh insr., by I>r. J tines Wil
liams, Mr. Wm. P. MANN, fornh r!v <>f 'his
place, and Mis* ANN KIRKLEV, F Ma
chaaicsbnrg, Champaign Co., Ohio.
Oa the 22d Inst., bv Rev. H. Iferlter
man, Mr. HENHT 11. VdfiSTL and Ml"*
KVK ANN HERSKHRROI R, both of Red
ford township;
PIBD.^
On ,rtbe 15)ch lust Airs. MAR(U:I* t
ICKEB, daughter f James 1,. Andaremn
Kstj., of lied ford township, aged ID years
AND 7 months.
At i ellow linnoweii Tewoebip'
Pedford Co., ciu Wodnea lav the *llth iut.
Mr. frSORtJK fcf/vo, aged 26 rears.
Th.s is the fourth tiin'o death ha< entered
this bereaved family and taken one ft" u
its Uiidet. Ila. bus left an aged feMier, two,
brothers .ami two affectionate austere to
i*>3**n bi.tloss."
M-'j we all take warning from hie MidJclt,
thu'h, and remember the worde of oar £*"
viour. ' IJti ye aieo r**dy, for in euob en
hour- as ye know hot, the eon of toau JOtn*
eth."