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Gtf.
E 3>T T I S T ,
Bedford, Pa.
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SEW STORE!
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I p:i£ au Mcriber has just opened out a New
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Dry Goods and Fancy Store,
i.i the \Yeit end of the building formerly in the
occupancy of Dr. John 11. Hoiius, dec"d, and
:: T occupied by Dr. B. F. Ilarry.
lie sells SIIK pocket handkerchiefs at from 121
cents up to $1; undersleeves from 111 cents to
SJ.3O; xilii mits from 5 to 75 cts; cotton hose
ir.-u 6J up to 371 cents; good blue calico for
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vil LadleV and Gentlemen.*' Wear
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nil prices-, boots and shoes; carpets; a general
sortm-nt of Queensware and Gro
rcrleij an I a great many small articles o*f
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i'lsevrheje in this place.
11 J r.-sp ctfuiy requests all to call nd ex
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April 6, 1855.
iracie of Science.
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WASHINGTON, DEC. 10, 1855.
After numberless vicissitudes and adven
tures almost equalling those which befel the
mythological iEaeas, but with a recital of
which I do not intend to trouble you,l
have pitched my tent for a "few days"at the
capital of the nation, from whence 1 intend
to keep you advised of the dull and common
place political affairs with which politicians
are now afflicted. 1 will not recount the
epic of my life, of what I saw or heard, of
my active or passive mood, until seated at
the social hearth in Hater's back parlor, in
the presenco of appreciating and syaipatbi
ring friends, and under the glowirg influ
ence ef a generous mug of"bot with" 1 may
rein to fancy, without being subjected to the
monstrous charge of egotism. "Suffice it to
say" in the language of our "Hard Shell"
Baptist friend, I arrived at Washington
on Monday last just before 12 o'clock, and
at once inquired for Pennsylvania Avenue,
and the "National" that being the place
where, traditionally, statesman most do
congregate. Here are Horace Greely, Gen.
Webb, Gov. Reeder, Senator Wilson, Col.
Edie and other distinguished representative
men, with whom I intend to put myself on
intimate terms. Being a correspondent, an
acquaintance with great uien is the readiest
way to important state secrets.
My baggage being disposed of, I started
at once to the capital. The Hall of the
House of Represntatives was crowded ; the
lobbies and door ways and windows were
jammed with curious spectators, and not
being able to witness the scene that was
going on. I most agreeably occupied my
time, until the adjournment, in admiring
tbe magnificent paintings in the Rotundo,
commemorative of erents in our nation's
history. And here let me, in brief paren
thesis, return my sincere thanks to the un
known individ. who sympathizing in my
condition of loneliness, kindly volunteered
to act the part of a chvperoru , arrl point out
to me many objects of interest, the descrip
tion of wb ch 1 must defer for tbe present.
Most opportunely, when the house ad
journed, I met your quandom fellow citi
zen, Cel. Ottinger, who politely extended
an invitation to dins with him, which I, of
course, with equal politeness, accepted.—
Besides the suave manners and courteous
address of the Colonel, he is perfectly fa
miliar with life in tbe metropolis, and in
wardly confessing mine own .inexperience,
and having heard of the temptations, al-
I lurements, and seductions that constantly
surround the path, and trip up the heels of
I unsuspecting young men from the couutry,
j (for they are "always preferred,") I resolved
j to make him my Mentor, and take from Lis
sage lips some of tbe lessons that should
; guide me during my sojourn here. Com.
uieud me for my discriminations. The din
ner ! Hold babbling fancy, e'er you leap
to Parnassian heights in the description of
that dinner. In plain prose, it was served
up at the extremely tashionable hour of 4
P. M., in most sumptious style, and consis
ted of the choicest and best of comestibles;
and my appetite having undergone a procesa
ot invigoration since breakfast in Baltimore
at 7 A. M., I was prepared to render the
dinner more than might be termed strictly
even-handed justice. And tbe wiue! Need
I OVVD tbe "soft impeachment" that the wine
being of the best, 1 tasted it.
\\ bile tha weary,monotonous balloting for
Speaker has been going on, 1 have spent rny |
lime in examining the many objects of inter- I
est in the capital which I will glance at in i
future letters occasionally during the voting
I have gone into the gaiiery of the House ;
with a list of yeas and nays and pencil in
band, and tried to cypher out who will be
Speaker. In tbe space behind the clerk's
desk, almost any day can be seen the calm
and philosophic countenance of Horace
i Greely who daily sends to the Tribune bis |
interesting accounts of the progress of
erents. He has thrown aside the old wLitft
coat which has been talked about so much
and now appears in a suit of black which
bangs on him loAsely and awkwardly. He
has a shambling, careless gait, bis pants
banging in a slovenly way about his shoes,
which are coarse brogans with the strings
generally untied. You are at once struck ;
with the honest simplicity and the shrewd- i
ness and intellect as weli, which are marked
on his brow, lie is without doubt, one of
tbe first men of tbe nation, and one whom
his country will yet be proud to honor.
Here also are Thurlow Weed, the Talley
rand of New York politicians, and Gen.
James Watson Webb, eagerly watching the
course of events, and endeavoring to shape
things so as to elect a Rep.iblicau Speaker.
As Gen. Webb had tbe honor, upon the i
birth of the Whigparty, of naming the bant- j
ling, it is Datural that he should have the j
; benefit of its dying. The chances now are i
in tbe Republicans triumphing by the elec
tion of Banks of Mass. It is thought that
the whole strength of the north will be
concentrated on him to-day. Banks was
originally a Free soil democrat but has
recently been identified with the Republi
can movement. He is besides, an Ameri
can. Mr Robison of your district early
took a decided stand in favor of Banks or
Campbell, seeingthat the prospect of elec
ting Fuller was becoming gloomier every
day, and the organization of the House and
legislation of the country needlessly post
poned. Hereon the field of action, and
closely surveying the contest, the course of
Mr. Robison seems to mc to be eminently
proper and snch as should merit the appro
-1 batiou of bis anti-Nebraska constituents,
i "Y ou must go to the country" they say "to
' bear tbe news," and although I think the
position of your member is such as to entitle
! Lint to tbe thanks bis constituents, it may
look very different at home. But as this
illustration about "the country" is rather
mixed, 1 had better drop it. To give a
I clear view of the position of your member,'
! be is regarded here as a Free Soiler without
i the slightest admixture of "dough" io his
; composition. But fondly as the people of the
j north believed that they had secured a re
■ presentation of faithful men in Congress,
j there are fears that the race of "dough
j heads" is not yet quite extinct, and some
I genuine specimens of the breed have sprung j
jup in quarters least expected. Sorry am I '
| to indulge in such misgivings on the very I
l threshold of affahs, and I hope that they
j may yet prove unfounded. If however the j
j people are again deceived and betrayed, j
; what we have seen in the past compared j
with what must follow, will be but as the I
blast of a tin whistle to the pipings of a \
moonsoon. The traitor representatives will
j sink back into their wonted obscuriety with
| with none so mean as to cherish a regret.
The votes of certain northern gentlemen on
the Speakership, give too much room for
doubt concerning them: but they have not
J waded so dtep into the slough of the nigger
j drivers that they cannot find their way out.
I I have dropped two or three times into
the Senate to see how things are progrea
[s ng among the Conscript Fathers. The j
I Senate just now seems to be the dull abode >
j of Fogyism: but when the House once gets
: into operation, there will be some lively !
! times among the grave Senators. One is
struck on entering, at the exceeding small
j ness of the Senate Chamber, the space for
spectators not being as great as in the Court
House in Bedford. My first thought, af
ter lookint: around was, Can this be the
arena in which Clay and Webster made
those wonderful oratorical displays which
electrified the world? Charles Scmncr,
Clayton, Butler, Hale and other Senators
whom 1 had not seen before were pointed
j out, but better opportunities than the pres
ent to speak of tbem will offer during the
j session. There is one peculiar fact worthy
jof notice, jus? now, in this connection. —
IY une the majority of the House consists
1 of those entertaining similar views in rc
| gard to slavery with Seward, Sumner, Wil
j son, Wade, and others of that ilk, and
j while the organization of xLe committees in
i the House wili be entirely in the haudi of
j free soil men, the Senate has coolly re
solved not to place any of these Senators
lon the important committees. Seward, and
j \V iison and Hale must stand back for sucb
! men as Bayard of Delaware, who compla
j eently reposes on his ancestor's virtues, for
j Thompson of the Camden and Arnboy
!R<H, an d Dotigc!" Var.--parieocer*A
| few years ago the "fanatics" were repre
i sented in the Senate by Hale and Seward
alone, and now they have considerably more
than a baker's dozen. There is a good time
coming!
1 have been here just a week, and find
that the National, al §2.50 a day, with 25
cts. additional every time you look inquir
ingly at a nigger, does not exactiy suit a
man who is not comforted with Congres
sional per diem. So taking grave counsel
of my necessities, and acting under the ad
vice of my experienced Mentor, I have ta
ken snug rooms—no not rooms, but a room
—in a neat boarding house naarly opposite
the National, with every convenience, so
that if any of my constituents call rouud
this way, they will find the latch string
hanging out. But as my change involves a
new phase of Washington life, and as there
are some exceedingly interesting features
connecteifwith it, they must form part of
the burthen of my next, and I will close
this gossiping letter. In the language of
the poet, au reservoir.
11.
|
A ROMANTIC STORY.-
We clip the following from an Indiana j
paper, whose editor vouches for its truth:
'•'About twenty years ago, as the story !
goes, a man and wife (of prominence, by
fashionable position,) who had bean wedded
lpug enough to be blessed by a female babe
discovered that they did not love one anoth
er as they should, and therefore separated
fcrever. The wife took the child and
sought a hmc in an eastern city, where her
parents resided, returning her maiden name,
and giving to the child the same. After a
divorce had been agreed upon and obtained
by due course of the law, the lady mar
ried, and the little girl was sent to a rela
tive in the interior of York State, where
she lived until a few months since.
The man has continued io reside in the
! west, and being young when separated from
j bis wife, of a hale constitution, and pariic
i ularly careful to remove from his couute
, nance all traces of time's footprints, has
■ kept up a very youthful appearance, consid-
I ering his age. Being in affluent circum-
I stnnces, of good address, and decidedly
j agreeable in all the littleuicities that com-
Ibine to stamp the gentleman of fashionable
life, be was always regarded as a desirable|
prise by designing mammas. Nevertheless:
he had escaped all their snares, to thc|
great annoyauce of pretty girls and charm- ;
ing widows, who really ihocght it was the
duty of Mr. to get married. It:
might have been a settled avcrslbh Id the
sex, or it might be attributed to his early
lessons, yet it was a fact, he did not marry.
But not to be prolix, we'll cut off some
of the little unimportant items, aud proceed
to the story. During last June, a Miss J.
arrived here from the east, on a visit to a
relative, who had bean a resident of the
Queen City hut a few mouths. The second
week of her western sojourn threw h*r in
company with the grass widower of twenty
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY DECEMBER 21,1855.
years' standing, who showed by bis atten
tion that he was more than usually impres
sed by the charms of the fair stranger.—
Every evening found him at her side, and
she was thought not to be entirely insensi
ble to bis charms of person and mind. A
month glided away—a nonih of courtship,
which was carefully noted and meaningly
winked at by her relative. At length her
hand was asked in marmge, aud the matter
referred to ber connexion.
He seemed to faror the project, and ap.
pointed an interview for lbo trio the sam e
evening. They met in the parlor, when a
more formal solicitation for her hand was
made, and while the ardent suitor was wait
ing with breathless anxiety for the answer
that was to seal his fate, .the young lady
was led forward and presented to her own
father! the lover.
It is needless to add both were as
tonished; however, it has Resulted in good.
The father has aettied a liberal fortune upon
the daughter, and ere this, both are in
Paris, preparatory to making the tour of i
Europe. This romance of every day life is ;
but another instance of truth often times ,
being stranger than fiction."
AN INCIDENT.
It was late. The lamps of the ear burn
ed dimly. In one seat were a "happy
coupie" rejoieiug in a carpet-bag, two baud
boxes, a basket, brown paper parcel, and a
"sleeping cherub. Suddenly cherub—a
girl of some three years'expeiienco in this
strange world—awoke from one of those
long undisturbed slumber! that are among
the preogatives of childhood, and climbed
up so as to stand and look over the back of
the seat. Two care-worn, travel-weary and
half awake men sat director in front of the
little creature. They looked as if they
had been on board of raiirpfd cars for a
month, and had journeyed fiotu regions
about sunset. The great, fitrkuis cyss trf
tae child fell upon theirs She scanned
xvr-fi'.My tb f.i" • •'' • ->••* -ri would
have deemed her to have been an infantile
physiognomist. Presently one of them
looked at Ler. It was evident that she
rather liked him. of the two, and had about
made up her mind to speak to him; for iu
stantly her little voice was heard, as she
piped out the query:
"Does you love little girls*"
The man looked at her a moment rather
gruffly, and then replied:
"No—l don't."
A shade of disappointment and surprise
was instantly dagutrreotyped upon the
countenance of the child, but passed away
when she replied:
"Yes, you do."
The man routed himself, and took anothe r
look. He was evidently both puzzled and
interested, and he said, "How do you
know?"'
And she replied, "'Cause you look as if
you did."
This thawed bint out some, and he said.
"I have got a littlo girl at home."
The little questioner now evidently felt
she was on the right "track,'" and after a
look that showed that this intelligence pre
sented a new and unexpected view of the
affair, renewed the conversation earnestly
and the following colloquy ensued:
"Docs you love your little girl?"
"Yes."
"Is she a real good little girl?"
''Sometimes she is."
"Is she naughty sometimes 1 "
"Yes."
"Does she go down in the kitclieu when
she hadn't ought to?"
"Y'es, sometimes."
"Does she cry when you talk to her, aud
tell her she is naughty?"
"Yes."
do you whip her? *
"Sometimes."
"When she says she is sorry, do you whip
her Hun.'"
"No, never."
The little creature's eyes danced and
sparkled at this, and drawing conclusions no
doubt from her own experience, she ex
claimed:
"I'sc real glad, I is."
Theu looking at the other man who had
refused to answer the question she had put
to him, she said to her newly-made friend
with a look of wonder:
"That mart wont speak to me! Does he
love little girls?"
The man had a heart somewhere, and he
thawed out. Rousing himself, lie extended
his brawny hand, and said:
"How do you do, sissy!"
And the little creature, not altogether at
her ease, replied:
"I'se pretty well, how is you?"
By this time all within heariug of col
loquy were moved to tears; the eyes of the
parents of the little prattler were full to
overflowing, and those who were neatest
heard one of the men she questioned sty to
the other:
"She's a little witch."
And so she was. Iler blooming beauty
and her infantile artnessness were powerful
enough to break through the roughness, the
weariness, the reserve and the indifference
of these travel-worn men of the worfa, and
to melt them to tears.— Auburn American.
SOCIAL HALL SKETCHES.
'Talking of animals,' said Smashpipes,
some are very iristictive indeed—up to
anything.'
' AA'crry smart, indeed, are some beasts,'
growled Old Hurricane, 'l've fought tbe
tiger myself, day in and day out, without
getting tbe better of him.*
'AA'e had a cat in our family once,' pursued
Stat light,'who used to come regularly for
pieces of cheese. We thought at first she
ate 'eta. But we found out better. She
■ used to strew "em round promiscuously where
! there were were rut boles, and lie in wait.
I When the rats came out, attracted by the
! smell, she'd up and at 'em
j 'Our, cat,' said Smoothly, triumphantly!
: 'used to go to the cook to have her cheese
toasted. She found out that that way she
could beat your Grimalkin by seven rats an
hour. MI-CAT inirr omnei' 1 "
•Shines among them,' replied the Colonel,
translating. 'And talking of Shining and
starlight, puts uie in mind of what I observ
ed one shiny night in Broadway.'
'There was a man who, when the stars
were ail out above, and the munincipal stars
j were complaisant below, used to rig tip a
: telescope wherewith to study -astronomy, at
sixpence a squint,
j 'One nTght, as he was getting under, way.
j I saw two Irish gentleman, taking an obser
; vation of his movements. Both were po
: liceiuen.
+ 'Samey, ye devil,' said one, what in the
wurrold is yon fellow after wid his maeiia
nory?t '• ————
< Whist, ye spalpeen,' whispered the other,
j sure an' can't ye see that it's an air gun,
cannon that he's got. He's afther sbootin'
j stars, he is.'
j 'Had'nt we bether be gettin' out ov the
way thin?' inquired bis friend.
'Sur<-, au' it's not us,' was the answer.
'Didn't ye niver near of shootin' stars''
'By lime the telescope uiin had arranged
i hi? instrument and squinted through it up
at the stars. The policemen gazed up like
wise in wonder Just then by an odd
chance, a large meteor shot down the sky.
'Bedad he hit it—he's fetched it down!'
. cried both the paddies in a breath. 'Sure,
an' that's the greatest shootin' I ever saw
;n all me life" But a sense of duty at once
prevailed, and one of thctn at once rudely
accosted the man of scieoce.
'Ye'll jist. stop that niw, Muster, uv vou
piase. The night's dark enough now, and
plinty—av ye go on shootiii* atari at that
I rate, sorra tbe man will find his way aboot
I tbe strate.' And the telescope man had to
pack up and be off.
Aud there was a dead silence of atuaze
■ ; ment at the immensity of the Colonel's
: an veracity, and the puffing of cigar smoke
was all the sound we hearJ.— Phila. Bul'e
| tin.
Anecdote of Gen. Jackson,
At the south-west, the people delight to
spin yarns of Gen. Jackson: of his daring,
love of justice, aud the prompt way of ad
ministering "that article," when he found
.it necessary. I was on the Mississipi last
snuimer, when I ueard the following story,
I ; which, never ueviug seen iu print, I send
j you for the benefit of the readers of the
spirit of the Times:
j The General, then Judge Jackson, was
holding court— longtime ago—in a shantcc
at a little village in Tencssee, and dispen
sing justice, in large aud small doses, as
seemed to linn to be required in the case
j brought before him. Ouc day during court
3 a great bulking fellow, armed with pistols
_ ; aud bowie-knife, took it upon himself to
parade before the open door of the Shantee
I Court House aud d—a the Judge, Jury,
j and all there assembled, ingood sot term 5 .
I I "Sheriff," sung out the Judge, in an aw
j j ful tone, "arrest that man for contempt of
Court and confine him."
e Out goes tbe Sheriff, but soon returned
I with word to the Judge that he had found
p i it impossible to take the offender,
j "Summon a posse, then," said the Judge
! "and bring him before rue!"
Tbe Sheriff put out again, but the task
j was too difficult; he could not, or dared
t not lay hands on the man. nor did any ol
1 'be posse like the job any better than h<
• did, as the fellow threatened to shoot tht
. i first "skunk" that came within ten feet o
i
e 1 him.
ol At this, tbe Judge waxri wrathv, to nave
! his authority put at defiance before all tbe
i good people of the vicinity, so he cried out
| from tlic Bench, (it was literally a bench,)
J "Mr. Sheriff, since you can't obey my or
' ders, summon me, sir, yes, summon me:"
! "A'ou, Judge!" exclaimed tie Sheriff,
auia zed.
"les, me, summon me! By the Eternal!
| I'll see what I can de!"
"Well, Judge, if you say so, though 1
j don't like to tlo it but if you will try, why
' I suppose 1 must summon you.
"A'ery well," said Jackson, rising and
walkiug to tbe door, "I adjourn this Court
' ten minutes."
The ruffian was standing a short distance
from the Shantee, in the cent re of a crowd
of people, blaspheming at a terrible rate and
and flourishing his weapons, vowing death j
and destruction to all aud singular who ,
should attempt to molest biin.
Judge Jackson walked very calmly into
the centre of the group, with a pistol in his
hand, and confronted him:—
"Now," said the Judge, looking him
straight in the eye, "surrender, you infernal
I villain, this instant! or, by the Eternal, I'll
, blow you through!"
The man eyed the speaker for a moment, '
' without speaking, and then let fall his weap- I
| ons, with the words: "There, Judge, it's no j
; use, I give in," and suffered himsdf to he i
. led off by the Sheriff without opposition.
11 He was completely cowed.
1A few days after tbe occurrence, the man
was asked by one of his comrades why he ;
knocked under to one man, when he had
; before refused to allow to be taken by a
1 \ whole company: and His reply showed the
: estimation ia which the daring and deter- |
: mined spirit of Jackson was held tbrough
■ j out the country.
' "AY by," said he, "when he catne up, I i
looked bim iusthe eye, and by ,1 saw
shoot, an l there wasn't thooi in nary other
! eye in the crowd, arid so I says to. myself I
says I hp's, it's about time to siae small.—J
and so 1 did.
-
! KAIXTUCK AND THE FIDDLER.
| On board the steamer Indiana on one of j
' her trips down the Mississippi, were a large
J number of good natured passengers. They
were seeking to while away hours accord- ;
' | ing to their several notions of pleasure, and :
would have got on very well but for one
' annoyance. There happened to be ou board i
'i a hoosier from the AYabasb, who was going
down to Orleans, and he had provided him- ;
' | self with an c>ld fiddle, and placing himself
where be would attract notice, scraped
j away.
' The fellow couldn't play any more tba a
; setting ben, and the horrible noise disiurL
:ed Lis ftilew passengers. A Frenchman,of ■
delicate nerves and a fiue musical ear, was
especially aunoyed. lie fluttered, fidgeted
and swore at the fiddler. It was no go—
"he would music just as long as he pleas
- 1! ed."
1 - i
. At last a big Kentuck'.an sprang from
'■ his seat, saying, "1 reckon I'll fix him,''
{ and placing himself by the fiddler he com
, tnenced braying with all his might. The
. effeet of this move was beyond all deierip
tion. Old Kentuck brayed so loud that he
drowned the screeching# of the fiddle, and ;
amid the shouts of the passengers the dis
comfitted booster retreated below, leaving
i tbe victory to the unequal contest with tbe
, Kentuckian and his singular impromptu im
itation of Balaam's friend. The delight of
- the Frenchman knew no bounds, and quiet
1 was restored for tbe day.
t During the night the Iventuckian left the
, boat. Tbe next morning after breakfast
1 the passengers were startled by the discor- j
} dant sound of their old tormentor. Hoo
sier had discove r ed that the coast was
s clear, and was bound to revenge himself on
e! the passengers. Loud and worse than ever
-! screamed the fiddle. The Frenchman, just
s seated to read his paper, on the first sound
e rose aud looked anxionsly around, siirug
t j god his shoulders, and then shouted, "A are
sJ is he ? Queek ! qupok.' ilon D:eu A are
0 is Monsieur Kentuck, dc man vat play on
c ; de jackass ?"
> i
i PaAYEß.—Prayer was not invented; it
-1 was born with the first sight, the first joy,
f ; the first sorrow of the human heart: or rather
man was bora to pray;.to glorify God, or to
d j implore him was his only mission here below;
d all else perishes before him or with hiai;
but the cry of glory or admiration, or of
e which he raises towards the creator, does
not perish on his passing from the earth: it
k j re ascends, it resounds from age to age, in
d the ear of the Almighty, like the reflection
if of his own magnificence. It is the only
le thing in man whioh is wholly divine; and
te which he can exhale with joy and pride; in
1 f ; an homage to Him to whom homage alone is
(i ut . —the infinite and eternal B-ing. Li
e ■ *iarfin?.
VOL. 28, NO 51
PUBLIC SEE
OF VALUABLE REAL EST ATE
BY virtue of an or&tt of t)vc Orphan's Court,
of Bedford County, there will be exposed
to sale by public ootcry, on the premises on
Friday Ike '26 th, day of JJetetnber, tsif., all that
valuable (arm, lab: the property of Allen Cot -
ly.dic'd, situate in Napier tp, about 2i miles
North-We* of containing*
163 Acres
of patented lands, the improvements are :
A large Two Story log dwelling bouse, with
Stone kitchen attached, targe double leg bum,
grainery and other out buildings, about 120
acres cleared, under good leuct and in a big::
state ofcultivation, the balance is web timbered
There are < n this fhrtit about 20 acres of good
meadow. There is alto a large apple orchard
of choice fruit together with an abundance ol'
peaches, pears plums, cherries Ac.
There is also a well of never tailing water near
the door, and several good springs on the farm.
The aboTe property is well worthy the notice
of purchasers.
j KII.MS made known on dav of sale.
URIAH CONI.LY.
iSAJAU COMAS I'.
Adair's of Allen Coa'ey, dye'd.
P. S. Any person wishing to examine the
, property before the dry ofsaie will please call
I "Q Uriah Conic residing on tire farm.
December 7, 1855.
mm SALE;
OF UI.FABIE I! t:U. F.STATE.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Bedford County. the subscriber will ex
pose to sale, by public vendue or outcry, at tier
Court House iii, the Borough of Bedford on
Saturday the bth dry of January,.l. D. IPSO.
J lie Jbllowing descrii-ed Real Estate, late the
property of Solomon Filler, deceased, viz •
A LOT OF GROUND,
i in the lb.rough i f Bcsiford, being lot X. IS,
j in the plan of said Borough, vltuate on Juliana
I Street, containing ftti feet in front on said street,
j and running b-ick 240 feet, having thereon erec
ted a tfrst rate commodious
FIiUIE BOARDING HOUSE,
Frame SaMe, Ice HotMfe, fcn Pin Alley and
I other buildings. This property is handsomely
j located on the street, leading t the Bedford
Springs, and is a very desirable one—particular
ly to a person wishing to keep a private Utar
i 'ling house, for which purpose it bis Uh*u used
j for -eve-al tvuigt!. The building is sufficiently
; large u ooeonnuiidr.te fifty or aixty bsardttrs,
and is insured fur foaryears froiu the 234 day
S of September, ult. „
TERMS—bash at the eonftrroaiionof the sale.
S. L. RUSSELL,
i Ex'.cn'or fihe last Will, of Salomon. t'U
i-raK,
I December 7th. 1855.
FINAL NOTICE."
A LT, persons knowing thernsoives indelited
XIl. to the late firm ofSaxon* A .Vu.i.E.t, either
I oy note or l-ook account, will do well to have
them settled by the Ist of January 1556. After
: that ticie they will tie placed ih the Lands of a
j proper officer for collection.
A. J.SA.VSOM.
Surviving partner.
Dec. 7:L 1855.
ILLEtrIIE.W MALE ANl# FEMALE
SEMINARY.
THIIE ?-eona session of this institution will
j J commence on Monday January 21st. 1856.
| The session will be divided into two quart, r*
j of II wei ks each without a vacation.
} Rates of tuition as follows viz;
J Common English {>er quarter $3,00
! To which will be added for
j Kacb higher branch 75
Each Ancient language 1,25
The entire amount ol tAie above not to
• Exceed six dollars
EAIRA>,
Diawing and Painting of the different varieties
from $3 to 8,00
Lesson on Piano, lO.eri
Vocal music 2 ieasons per Week l,bo
| Incidentals, 50
Boarding can be secured on reasonable term".
By. order of THE TRUSTEES.
Kainsburg, Dec. 7, 1855.
Howard Association,
PTTIL.WEI.PRU.
Important inuouncmn
TO all persons afflicted with Sexual disease?
such as Sentinel Weakness, lmpdtel.ee, Con
horheea, Gleet, SypKHia, Acc., fce.
j The Howard Association ot Philadelphia, m
j view of the awful destruction of human life anu
: health, caused by sexual disease*, and the de
i eeptions which ate practised Uf on the unfortii
j note victims of such diseases by Quacks, have
directed their Consulting SnrgeOA, ss a charita-
Ht act worthy ot their name, to give mtduai
I >idcice gratis, to ail persons thus afflicted, (Male
i or Female".) who apply by letter, with adesrrip
j tion of their condition, (age, occupation, hab
its of life.) he., ana in cases pt extreme pov
| erty and suffering to J'umish intdTcinu free of
: charge.
The Howard Association is a benevolent In
! Uitution. established bv special endowment, for
I the relief of the sick and distressed, affiiited
| with '-Virulent and Epidemic Diseases," and
its funds can be used for no other*purpose. 1'
j has now a surplus of cleans, whveh the Prirec
j tors have voted to advertiae the above notice.
! It is needless to add that the Association coni
i rnands the highest Medical skill of theage.ar.d
j will furnish the most modern treat mem. Val
; uable advice also given to sick and nervoea fe '
; males,afflicted Womb
. complaint, Costiveneas, I.encorrl o a. he.
I Address, (post-paid.) Dr. Geo. R. C.nMr.
j Consulting Surgeon. Howard Association, No.
i 2, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Fa.
By order of the Directors.
EZRA D. HEAUTWELL, /Vcaw'twi.
Geo. FaißCnan. Secretary.
.1 une 1, 1855.-zz
STRAY HEIFER.
CAMK to the premises or the snbacritier.
living in Monroe Township, about the mid
die of November Ixst. a red and white heiffir,
supposed to be rising in two years old, oo
' mirks. The owner is ruauosted to come for
w inf. prove'propbrtr pay charges and fake hst
away.
LFWIS BOONS.
j Doc. tb, 1855.
WANTED
TITHE AT, Rye. Com, Oats and Buckwheat, in
VV payment for subscriptions, for the
1 hirWt market pricea will he allowed.and to be
I ,!eft at any of the mill* in the neighborhood.--
Also, about 30 cord of good wood, ▼on t
sum- of our friends bring on thcae artscW.
THE EDTTOiI