IMIRERJM I iIKOSICLR ••*•■ ' £?-> vv^riis^A BEDFORD, Pa. Friday MornfniE, JIX <4. IS.'G "Fearlssa and. Free.' 5 t>\.Vir> OVER, EDITOR. AND I'UOrRHTfr. TWENTY-NIX Til VOLUME. This r.apcr commences the 29th volume, nnd the 7th year. Huoe wo became connect ed with it, as editor and proprietor. V e hav'O labored hard far our party, and tiicd to publish a paper that would meet with ilio a] pr bation t-f our friend?; how iar we Lave succeeded we leave them tossy. Vic commenced poor, and frequently with in that time, have l.ardiy bad one copper to rah against another, and were compelled t j borrow money to carry on our business —as ir is one of the most expensive in exis tence. It is also well known that about :i yrnr and a half ago, wc purchased the "Chronicle." and united it to the "Inqui rer, involving ourself to the amount of §IOOO. Part of this sum lias been paid, but wc still owe §SOO, which falls due 011 the first day of April next, and we have as yet not a dollar to meet P with. We have been thus explicit in stating our private at fahs, so that those ind -hted to us may _know our circumstances, and our need of a little of the "root.'" Now we have a number of subscribers who OWt us from two years up K. six, who if they would pay us would help us out of the scrape. Oar fri.nds know our terms, §2.00, if paid within the year, or $2-30, after the year expires. To all these who owe us, if they settle between this aud February Court, we will square oil at (he rate of §2.00 a year, and to those who let It rttuovc" that time, we will have {n cx.;ct §2.50 off tiiciu We do net in tend those remarks to apply to any of those true friends cf ours who every year or two greet us with their cash and good will, for had it not been foiythetn, we eould not have got along at all. Our remarks are intend ed for all others who owe us. The past has been an abundant harvest, prices for ali kind of produce has been high, and we think there aro none bu' can rmw enure ior warvl aud pay what be owes. We most earnestly hope our friends will attend to our wants without delay. Jan. 4, I Sad. MT3S BUXKLEY'F* HOOK. This work is now before the public, and i considered one of the most extraordina ry publications of the day. It wui be re collected il.at the authoress, Miss Josephine M. 15 ankle v, was a Novice in the Mo the" House of Jesuitism in tills country, at Krn mitsburg, All. Miss Btinkler i* a young lady of spo'less ciiaracter, and of very highly respectable family, and the revela tions she make? arc true —every word true, and can, therefore, be Implicitly relied up on. Every Protestant family should have this work in their p'sacs-don, which truth fully exposes Convent Life in the United States. The work ""in bo procured at the follow ing lew rates. From :> to 10 copies, SO cts; nee dozen to four dozen, 75 cts.; and any order above this number at CO cts.— Retail price, §1.09 All orders to bo ad dressed to SOEOMO:; ANLKEtVS, M. I)., Mayor of Perth Amboy, Now Jersey. T>uring tho present year, wit: coma off one of the most exciting campaigns that has tuien place for years -thai of a Presi dential election. We hope our American friends will ti.se every effort to have this paper widely circulated. There aro a great many of our friend? who never to .k jr. American paper, who are fully able, an i ought to d.i so at oi'C >. Then, conn-along quickly, and subsetihe for it, and get your neighbor to do likewise. Oil the first page, we publish the inter esting letter of Francis P. Blair, wei' known all over the country, as the editor of the. organ of General Jackson. The letter is very important at this tiure, and coming from a Southern man and a Democrat, as it docs, it shows the hypocrisy and dough fjeeism of those i/ocnfoeo Northern men who aided in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and now labor against its res to ration. Read the letter carefully. The other day, in the House, Hanks cum? within two rotes of an election. It is thought ha will be elected in a short time. We way, if w; have room, publish the Mow Wig J.S of t";„• President and Governor Beat week; if not, we will publish only one. Dp to greaj to press, w.> ail received r.o advices from II irrrebarg. There is cow a fio> eo.it of "now rn the exrtb, an 1 the xieig.h U-l!s jioglc merrily fch-ng. — -rm <*-- CTy" A b.'ii bss b*a introducei in the 1 tnaci.s#* Legislature f.r tbe .pet chase ol f.:>- B .-initßg\ G J .cl•">; ' j h -aii-sieai, fcy '.at Gate. j "If an Attorney to the Poor House is a:: unnecessary as the fifth wheel to a wag . en, IKIW much is the services of an Attor ney worth to the Commissioner* ef the | County — Bedford Gazette. So far as we are aware, the Attorney to ih.: Commissioners is necessary, on account of the many intricate questions coming be fore them. Not so with ?ue Poor Dircct i or*, as they scarcely need an Attorney.— The Attorney to the Commissioners re- I ceives a regular salary —nothing more, we believe, whilst the Attorney to the Poor : House received, also, a regular salary, j and when be had any duties to perform, he charged EXTRA, as in tut- Milionberger ease, where the County was swindled out of four or fire hundred dollars by the i .icompetepey of the Loeofberrboard of Director. . It is known that Major Tate received t XTRA ! allowance as well as his regular salary, and IJ. A Blodget was also employed, and re -1 eeived EXTRA fees over and above the reg ular salary A the Attorney. The Ameri can Hoard has abolished the office, and : saves the salary to the county, and if they I ever should need the services of an Attor ney tliev can be procured at the price of the fees paid by liocofoeoistn over and above tho regular salary. Arc you answered ? "If the Treasurer to the PoorHmi-e >s I only worth §25 a year, how much more val uable is tho services of the Treasurei to the j County V'—ibid. | The Treasurer of the County we under stand, is bound in a sum iter three times as great a< the Poor House Treasurer, a I position twenty times as responsible, as there is scarcely eve; a dollar in the Poor House Treasury. Besides the County Treasurer has to boon hand all the time, whilst the Poor House Treasurer is scarce ly ever employed. It is well known that otic of tho last Locofoeo Treasurers, true to his party instincts after the spoils of office, , applied to have the salary o f the Ceunty Treasurer increased. It is also known that a Locofooo County Treasurer who was rob bed, had the money refunded to him out of : the public Treasury, thus making the peo ; pie to Lear the burden occasioned by bis carelessness. If an American County Treasurer does bis duty, the salary is not ' too high. Are you answered ? "If the services of the Clerk to the Poor . House is worth but §25 a year, how much should the Clerk to the Commissioners be j worth 7''— lbid. i Years ago, Vhigs faithfully performed the duties of the offices of Poor House Treasurer cud Clerk' for the salaries that they were reduced to recently. Loeofoco isro got the power, and then the salary was not high enough for the spoils-men, and I they increased them: now tho American party has the power,and they have reduced them sgain, and have as good men to dis charge tha duties as are in the Locofueo party. As to what the salary of the Clerk to the County is worth, we will leave the i Gazette ask Win. P. Schcll, Esq., and other . Locofocos who have held the office, and also examine the County Settlements of those i years, aud compare the Clerk's salary to the i Accounts published under American rule. ; The offices of Treasurer and County Clerk, Mr. Bowman will find, are worth more than that of Adjutant General was ]jst year, ain't they. Mr. Bow man, and u;e you an swered t "Will some of the K. N. Reformers' an swer, in order that tb"y may not stand in the attitude of being strangled by gnats : whilst swallowing camels with inanuni : ty V'—lbid. We have tried to do so,and we would si- '■ i so state that wo have reason to believe that ' they will discharge their duties more faith. ; fully than a certain Mr. Drane, who at j tempted to rub the State Arsenal at Harris- i I burg, and who received his appointment I from Mr. Bowmen ! or a Mr. (~'oburn, a La. cofoeo member of the Legislature from ! Philadelphia, who was concerned in the I same transaction. When Laeofoeos eetin j to office, if they can't get their salaries in- ; t creased, thev gcncralh make it tip in steal- I jh*- The Lecofocos left the salaries of the Clerk und Treasurer to the County, what j j they now arc, and it looks rather singular j : that they should wish them reduced just j ' now ! If they are too high, whose fault is •it ? Is not that party to blarae far it ? The 1 ' Locofocos tried to have even the salaries of I . these officers increased; the Americans : are content to discharge the duties for the ! present salary. Mr. B iwman advocates the increase of the salaries at the Poor House to double what they were iho American Board of Directors reduced tbem one-half, ' aud got good men to perform the services, \ making a difference in fivor of tha Am°ri j can party of over §OOO. Let the tax-pay -1 crs remopber this fatft. The American I Board of Poor Directors are now collecting : in monies that have been due for years, which Loeofocoisiu never attended to, and ! which will all soon be collected, at least j that that-can be made good, and wiih all | the present reforms going on there now, we , nope to be ahlo to state in a year or two, ' that the establishment will be in good cred jit and out of debt. Are you answered. Mr. Bowman t We wish our friends who have promised us wood, would bring It along immediately. When the three brothers Abbott, Amos . and Will inn Lawrence, left the parental roof, their father gave them this injunction; "Fall no;out by tjie way, for a three fold I chord is net easily broken." i | THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. j Gur readers will no doubt be surprised to leain, that President Pierco, contrary to established usage, has delivered his Annua' , Message to Congress hcfcre the organization t ' of the House. The act was uncalled for, as it wits not of so great importance ns to allow of this uuusul course, and still further . proves tho incapacity of the man for the station. Mr arc glad the House toot the course it did on tho question, by a vote of i . of 120 to 87 refusing to its reading, and 1 finally iuid Iho whole subject on the table. ! j The following extracts on tho subject arc i from a couple of onr most valued exchanges : I • . i "President Pierce has surprised the conn- , try by bending in his annual message without waiting until the organisation of the House j had put Congress in a proper condition to ! inform hiiu of its meeting and readiness to receive any communication he might wish to make. 'J 1 o usual courre pursued by the j two Houses in first organising and then ap pointing joint committees to inform the President officially of tiw fact, is the pro- I duct of custom and not of positive law, and ! the President, therefore, in the unusua' ; I course pursued has not viol.-ued any Conati i tutionul enactment, though be lias utterlv defied loug eslablUhcd usage, and placed j both himself ami Congress in an anomalous position. If a necessity that may involve so many embarrassments forced upon the 1 President this course, it unlet he regretted, ifit was needlessly assumed he can scarcely ! escape the severe coii'leu.notion .f the coun try. The ri isons that iaduccxl him thus deliver his ino.sagc to Congress in advance ; of the organization of the II uso ure briefly stated by himself. His convictions of duty j would not permit him "longer postpone the discharge of the obligation ciijoiued by : the constitution upon the to give to Congress information of thu state of the j I'uion, ami reeouimend to their considera- : tion such moasurej as ho shall jmige n -ces- j sarv and expedient.''— B tlli-a n\ An rictn. I "As might have been expected,oxtraoruL ] nary course pursued by the I'reuident, in \ thus to rustling forward his Message, before ; the House pf Uepvesentatives has elected a pvesidi ig officer, and i"s nn'iiihers have Loen duly qualified, and therefore before Goo-' i gross bus been reillv organ bed, and in a j I condition to be officially eoinmunicatcd with ; by the Executive, illioitcda long and ani- i mated discussion in the House), in which hi? ; own political friends freely admitted it to 1 bear: innovation, but justified it under the j peculiar l ircnmstances of tire case, while th oppfi?ith.n members, jrerrernlly, opposed ; , it being read, and u'-prcc itcd the establish- ; inent of a. preccd rt which maght, in time, ' lead to a great abuse of power and serous I . mischief. For ourselves, we cannot regard it other- , wise than as characteristic of the weaknc s - . and imbecility with which all tho acts of j President Pierce are Eigualiz-d. Like a child with -x toy, or a Christinas present, j thatcanuot wiit for the return to home of I | "pa"' to ditmCr, toahow Lis prize, and must I 1 needs therefore run to meet h : in. and d:- i c-10-e tin secret b fore his return lumie, so 1 ; President Pierce, after having !:is jncsage ' locked up t'or four weeks, hvatnin r over it 1 by night and watching it by day, could no longer oat nor sleep without unlwwoming ! 1 I himself to Congress, and shown: the conn- ; try what a precious document they havo : I been deprive 1 the reading of lor one loug • 1 month. The course pursued by him is I siaijilc ami childish, and, if trf.s wero all, I 1 j it might be allowed to pass xs but another ■ evidence of his utter unfitness f.r the high I place to which bis countrymen have elevated ] nun; but it may serve as a precedent, and 1 regarding it ia that light, his conduct is net I ' only arrogant and picjumptious, but dc- 1 serves condemnation and rebuke. We have j ' heard but one explanation, which, while it!' would be nojitification, might be deeuioci some sort of an excuse, aud that is, that the 1 ; M-ssage was probably forwarded to Eng- ' land at tiic meeting of Congress, and tiiere 1 was danger, in case of any kmgor delay of ! its delivery to Congress, of its reaching ih e ; ? i people of t'.iis country in tha English jour { rials that will be brought by tho next steamer ' before its .vtual communication to Con- 1 gress. j tlf the contcnls of the Massage wo have , I ! net now the-pace to speak. Wo have read ' it carefully, and, as we did trot expect much, ' we are in no way disappointed. It gives a ' : fling at John Bull, and feels the public j ' poise fur a war with Great Britain, recom- ! ' mends a still further reduction of the Tariff, 1 : and an adherence to the ad valorem Free j Trade system, and emits quantity of patriotic , 1 gas of devotion to the Union. Taken as a ' i whole, there is but one thing to commend, j ' and that is its brevity, and yet tor all it ' | contains, it might have easily been kept i within one-half its present size.— Pkiladzl- '■ ' : pkia Daily .Yews. DEATH AND VASITV.— 'The Ft. Bonis ! 1 Herald of Wednesday says:—"Sotueof our! ' j fashionable ladies, owing to an cxeess of j vanity in order to give tone and permanency i ( , to their complexion, are in the habit of j ' i taking arsenic in small doses. Within the ' 1 past few weeks two ladies of this city, mem- j 1 bars of wealthy families, and ladies of fash, i 1 ioa, Lave died very suddenly. Their nearest J ' i friends and relative* say that they wero j 1 ' 'arsenic eaters;' but in order to gti crd agniust ' ! • scandal, UiC real cause of their death has ; ! not made public? llowrever those per- I ] ! sons do not hmntatc to siv privately that at. ' | *! overdose cf a- sonic was the real cause cf j : BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. their death. Out of respect for the livine rotations, wo forbear mentioning the named of -the ladies, ami only aliude to the circum stance for the purpose of warning orhers o{ tLe gre.it danger and risk they IUQ iu ton. tinning such a dauger.ms and baneful prac tice. Vanity must, indeed, be an almost , uncontrollable passion wi'ii persons who, to gratify it, will hazard their very existense There is no doubt of the fact that tiii' practise is general among our fashionabb. 1 butterflies at least to such an extent as tc become alarming/' Tfip Speakership. The folio win" retrospective staetment, from the .V. I". Tribune, will be of interesj at this time. '•ln December, 1849, Congress met or, the 3.1 of the mon'h. The e-mcus candidate, for .Speaker were Ruber t 0 Wiirthrop, Taylor Whig; Howell Cobb, Democrat, and David Wilinot, Free Soil. The Whig cau cus refused to swallow a rabit Pro-Slavery resolution offered by Robert Toombs, and that gentlemen with Messrs. Stephens of Geo., liillard of Ala., Oabeil of Fia. and some others, backed out, and oa the ballot voted tor Mr. Gentry of Term., thus proven ting the election of Mr. Wintbron. The week wis voted away. Mr. Gentry arrived on tie following Monday, and at once wi'hdrew Ins name, and then Toonis and company waisted their spite on Mr. More head of Ky. Tlie Democrats dropped Cobb .-.nd took up William J. Brown, running his vote up to within two of a victory. Brown had succeeded iu getting some Free-Soil votes, but the- 'rick was exposed and he was dropped as led timber. Subsequently Messrs. Wintbrop rail Wilinot withdrew their names, aud i rambling skirmish ensued with no concent ration by any party. The skirmish ensued, with no concentration by any party. The next week the Whigs and Democrats held caucuses and agreed finally that a plurality of votes should be deemed at. election. The Toombs party worked hard to defeat this arringeuietit, and used up a whole day iu talking against time and ma king a disturbance generally. They w re at lengte pnt down, and the members of both parties agreed to ballot three times more, and if no choice was made by a majority of the votes, the person having the highest vote on the fourth trial should be declared the Speaker. The three trials were in vain, and then, on the sixty-fourth ballot HoweD Cobb was oboset. having 102 votes, to 100 for \Vinthr>p, 8 for Wilinot, -4 for More iioa.l slid 1 Jinn ing. By this means the Lou.e wna orgaiuz-si on the 22J of Decem ber. " * (OMiKF.SS. The President's Message wis received and lead in the senate on uhe 31st ult. I: tho House on the same day the follow ing proceedings took plase: Immediately after the reading of the Journal, Sidney Webster, Ksq., lite Private Secretary of the President. appeared, an nouncing a message from the President of the United States. Great excitement was produced, amid which Mr. Ciingman moved that it he read ia order to hear what it was. Mr. Morgan called the yeas and nays OD the motion tiiat the message be read. Ho wanted no reading till the House ho orga nize.!. Mr. (ridJingr and others anxiusly struct, pled for the floor. Mr. Ciingman did not know what the message contained, hut the President hud a right on the assembling of Congress, when in h>s judgment it was necessary te commu nicate in writing. The Constitution gives ; iiirn that authoritv. Mr. Campbell of Ohio,contended that the reading of the message is transacting busi ness, and holding that no business can be ! transacted until tho House is organized, the sending of the message in advance of an or ganization was an innovation. Mr. Ciingman said he was perfectly wil ling that gentleman shall decide on a ques tion of order. Mr. , i pr-'ceertuig.*, at times, half a dozen members d rising to apeak. _ i t,) ueat ions of order were euruesty discussed. Mr. Davis of Maryland moved to lay the • motion to receive the message on the table.— M hen the House Ins organized, aav gttiUleman t i can move to take it up. 1 Mr. Jones of Tennessee and Mi. Oir insisted t j that they had a to have th>- message read j in order thai they may know what they are vot j 'lie for. i The clerk read from the manned to effect that * j when the reading of a paper is called foi atnl s objection is made, the question must be put to 1 tiie House. Objections wore mil An id tbi cia fusion Mr. Draw said that the paper halts at tlie door; and till simple question is, shall it br received.' i Until it is received no member can c til for the 1 j reading. After further lierco debate and par -1 ! lianientary squal>i>Hng it was decided hy a vote ; of 125 nays to Si yeas, that the message sha'l . j not lie read. . i Tin: whole subject WAS then laid on the table ! by four majority. | The House then adjourned r.ill Wednesday. SB® OF THE iMjjFll. 1 j OXK WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. NEW "YORK, Dee. 28.—The American steauicr Pacific arrived here this afternoon with Liverpool dates to the 15th instant. The news is quite interesting. From 1 Asia intelligence has been received of the fall of Kars, before the Russian arms. No 1 particulars had been received but the garri i son is supposed to hav s surrendered in , ; coiweqtiflT! -e of the famine prevai ing. When ' Genetal Kcntz and another Turkish officer ' | escaped from the citv to hasten tin advance ■ of Om.tr Pacha, General Williams was j about a-ndiug a flag of truee to the Rus i siaus to uffer terms of capitulation. Noth | ing cGa was known, but it was believed i that the girrisou had surrendered, as it was | only so toe 8,000 strong, and they were too ; much reduced by famine to cut tbeir wav . through the Russians. o;nir Pacha wis ; near KwtaLs, which th Russians held in ' force. From the Crimea the intelligence is that ; the Russians had attacked the extremity of j the French lines with a force of 3.000 men and after an hour's fighting withdrew. Both armies were comfortably housed ami j provisioned. The firing still continues be tween the North and South sides olSevasto | pol. j Russia has opened a new loan at Bcriin an ! Hamburg of fifty tuiilion roubles. The Atistriau army has been reduced to peace footing. Naples lias published a convention with the Unite I dutes defining the rights of ! neutrals. The Queen of England has ma do an order lin Council authorising 146,000; Duncan, Shertnan & Co., 575, : 000. ! I Hie steamer Golden Agcwitli New York | j dates to the sth ait., arrived at S.m Fran- ' i cisoo on the 20th, au-l the ste.-.uier Cor'cs i : with dates to the 9th arrived on the- 4th i 1 instant. The Genrgo Law brings San Francisco i dates to the sth iust., the same as received via New Orleans yesterday. The Indian war in tho North was rro i gressing with much violence and eonsidira- J Die disaster on both sides. Nearly all the ! Indians in the North were arrayed against the whites. A true bill bad been found against Cora | the ItaOau gambler, for the murder of Gene- i ; ral Richardson. i i*iie festival at San Francisco in honor of i I the tall of Sevastopol ended in a row. Some 1 I ten thousand persons were present. After j tl,e breaking up of the celebration a targe procession of Americans marched to the ! | Russian Consul's residence, j Murders were on the increase iu the State, j The newspapers reetn with theui. The steamer Georgia hurst her boiler at I i ctaluiue, killing two persons and wounding, ; many others, alio disaster was caused by j the carelessness of tin, officers of the boat j who have been indicted, i On the 16tb, the United States Frigate i Pdonccpalmed the French fiag C oa i I the oryette Euibuseade, in reparation fer i v thfl arrest of Oousul Dillon, who tbeu raised lt his fl ifr. The Indians t Paget'* Sound have U entered into an alliance to wapc- war with the whites. In an engagement at Pugallap d river, the Indiaus were defeated with a los* e of thirty killed. Oregon dates to the 29th ult. had l>cen received. Several engagements had taken *" place between the volunteers and the Indians in which the latter were worsted. The United States forces had returned to Delias j to a Wait orders from Gen. Wool. Governor Douglas, of Vancouver's Island had plaeeil artus and ammunition at the e disposal of Governor Mason. At the mouth of Dig Diver near Mendn t cine, on the 28th of October, a tremendous s sucle from the Ocean broke in tnd wrecked a ihe American swell Kingsbury and North 1 Rend, and a Chilian bark, ifix iires were , lost. e Dusiuess was vcv dull at San Frattcisco , ; and the prices of iuot articles had greatly j. declined, although the market closed with g a slight reaction. The closing for ilnxall Flour wis §ls; Mess l'ork §37-50 Crushed Sugar 11 cts.: Spirits Turpentine 85 cts.;. . •: Butter32ia'Js cts.; Bird 21 cfs. WASH LNGTON AFFAIRS. WASUIXOTO.N, Dec. 28.—Lord Palmers- I ton V written private letters to distiuf.uLli ! Ed gentlemen now in Washington. stating, i that the British Gevern:irnet anticipates the j dismissal of Mr. Orampton by this govern ment, I i It is reported that oertain documents ■ have been received by government from ' ' Texas, which may lead to the arrest and j ; detention of Parker 11. French, by process i 1 of law. Official information Ims been received | from the Span Hi authorities relative to the j capture of the bark Amelia, on the eca-t of, ■ llayti, on .suspicion of designing a lillihns- ! ' teriag descent upou Cuba. The doeeuments I contain evidence to provu the charge, and ' Spain expects this government to punish j those implicated, j A claim of Lieutenant General Soot t, fori seven thousand dollars, which hid been pending several years, has recently been; ; allowed by the administration, j Instruction; siiuiltrto those given to Mr. ; MeKeon were sent to Mr. McCoy, the United States District Attorney at Xcw i Orleans, to wit: that measures should be j taken r<>defeat and defeat all preparations f for the invasion of Nicaragua, aud the re-' ception of those instructions has been ac- ! I kuowlcdgcd by letters received here yester- i : day. ; A PAi.P.vm.R HIT. —In the course of; ' the lively episode on Saturday, in the j House of Representatives, Mr. Kng'ish, of i Indiana, was green enough to sneer at one ! of th-. American party, and thought it. strange that those who insisted that 4, Amer- j ieans shall rule America," could not make a Speaker. Mr. Dunn, his colleague, a' 1 • gentleman who if we mistake not, is dee- 1 tmed to bold a prominent place in Congres sional annals, very deliberately spiked the ' gun of tire indiscreet faclionist, by asking' j 'if A .urticans are not to rule America, j who shall ruleV' This was a home thaust . wUie'.i every member of the House saw and ' ; felt was well deserved and appropriate; and we venture to say, the champion of foreign- 1 ism will bo cautious how he ventures upon dangerous ground. Mr. Dunn is right; and the people of the | country will adopt his question as a motto: ! | "If the Americans shall n*t rule America, i who sua 11? 1 Iho question can be answer |ed iu but one way, and if the American j | party do not prove as Wind as beetles and ias stupid as uafural-born idiots, the q ics ; tion will be triumphantly solved iu No vein- I i ber next. —Organ. DE \TII OF THE STATE REPOR- j ' ' ER.— We regret the necessity of stating t ! that T ur.es Ilepbum, E<[\, departed this ' life .suddenly on tire 25tii inst., at Phila lel- j ! phia. 11-pbttni was appointed to the office : i oi S'atc Reporter, by Governor Pollock, in ' | July la-d. He was a man of great industry i ■ ' and patient research, and admirably qualifi ed to fill the position for which he was ] ' chosen. j :GP~Ttie folio wing announcement nnpears j in some of the English papers of Decern- j j i ber 0 : I . "Died on the loth ult., at bis residence, • ; Grecian-Place, Lincoln, aged 80 vears, ! ! j Robert Butiyan,Esq.,the last mile descen- ! i . dant iu direct line from John Bunysn, the • author of the celebrated allegory "Pilgrim's : i Progress.'' * " ; ' 1)1J. C. V IIICKOK, Deutut, has Jaift town ,to IM; gone Tor a lew weeks, an has requested l us to say for the benefit of persons living at a | i distance, that he expects to he at home again i i by the Ist day of February, next. Brdi'ord County, ss. j A Tan Orphans' Court, held at Bedford, in ' ' 21 and for said County, on the 23d day of * November, 2555. before the Judges of "said 1 ' Court— i. t I On Motion of A. Ktso. ESQ.. the Court grant r I a utile on the heirs and legrl representative* of F Jacob Smith, late of Middle Wnodbcrrv 1 rownship. deceased, to wit: Rtmunah Kber- 1 • soU, widow o( Daniel Kbensole, Marv, inter- ' married with Abraham Eb.wsole, Abraham j I Smith Daniel Smith. Cattminu, intermarried ! r j Carper, Elizabeth,intermarried vvitli ! . aco > Oarpfr, B irbara, intt married with Wil- | n Uiifti Sinou.se, Nancy, intermarried \r;ih Chris- ; o j topbur Carper, Jacub Smith, Hannah Smith, ; ti ■ tram, rntvrniarried with David Stonerook. ! i' Margaret, internum>d with Samuel Hare and ;r. j John Smith; all residing in Bedford Countv— * j except John Carper and Catharine his wife, 1 j !l ° re!, me i'i Bureau COUHI.V, Illinois; r.nd i Jacob Carper an 1 wife, who reside in BUir ! County, I ennsylyaniaj to be and appear at an ! Orphans' Court, to be held at Bedford, in and ! ~ for the County of Bedford, on the xeaoird i , u °," ,y ' rk ' Venth day of February, A. Jr., 1 1856, to accept or refuse to take the Real Fa tate of said deceased, at the valuation, which . has been valued and up raised in pursuance 1 of a writ of petition or valuation issued out i : of erir said Court and to the Sheriff of said County directed, or show cause whv the same i should not be sold. " c ' IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hare |9wl| hereunto set my band and seal of i P WQNhW said Court, at Bedford, the 27tir day of November, A. D., 1356. j D. WASHABAUGH, T Clerk, i r I Jan. 4. 1860-ai | S r IPPEIIS "jVro riCE U hereby given to the taxable in i.s ie.bit.lßts of the County of Bedford, an Appeal will be held by tbeConnty Ctnrmiiu sionerr, on the days, and at the plates u-c ! tied, to wit : For St. Clair Township, on Monday the 2ls: day of .'ann-ry, instant, at the Store Hon... of Gideon I). Trout. Union Township, on Tuesday the S2d d Jr 0 f 1 January, instant, Lt the house ~f JfieiiEtt Wyant. Middle Woodberry Township, on M'edncsdrv the Lhhi day of January, mst.. in the town Jf M'otidUtrry. at the house Henry Fiuck. South WooilheiTV Township, on Thnrsdsv the 24th day u f Jaiuwry. inst., at the bocscuf Win. Snider, in Futtoeavilie. Hopewell TowntJ;:;r, on Friday the 25th day ! of Jancary, inst., at :he iior.se of John Dash r r.ibcrty 1 ownabip, on S.iturd.v t!i "'uji day of January, inst., et the hvuse of Mid,,.-; | McCabe, in StoSerstovvn. U Broadtop Township, on Monday the. 28ih d>v of Jaoiii.ry, rnj-t., at the house of Ja-,.,. Kiehelbcrger. S Providence Township, on Tuesday the 23th day vf January. at the house of , John A'ycuui, Jr. WcLt J'rovidei ee Tows.sJ.ip, on VT,ducs.lav the h'htb day of .'aim.oy, mst., at the house ~'f John A. Giui.p, in Bloody Kun. Monroe Township-, on Thursday the 21st 4. v :of January, inst.. at the ii-J S e of Davit . O'Neal, in Ciearrille, Bouiliaarptoii Township, on Friday the Ist : dry of February, next, at the house of Win ! Adams, near ChiysviUe. Color ;in Township, on Saturday the 2 1 rise i of February, next at the house of Jo.vph Y. j Corl, in Charltsvifie. Cnnrlieriand Valley Township, or. Mondsv . the 4th d iy of February, next, at the ho-jsc ,'f t M;s. f.hzibeth Hanev. m Centreviile. Loioiqiiderry 'I ownship, on Tuesday the sih da'; f FeJ.ru try. next, at the house "of Jobu . MiUer, noar ll.irri-<>n Township, on M'edmsda; the 6:h day of February, next, at the Schj.'.! i near Jo- atliun Fcightner s. Juniata Township, on Tlrurs-iay the Tth dsx j of February, next, at the house" of Lewis \" ' Turner, in Buena Vista. I Napier Township, on Friday the Bth div of j f ebruary. i.cxt, nt the house of John M. feohi j son. in Schellsburg. fr Scheiisonrg Borough, on Sattrdav the ; 3th drv of February, next, at the houk of Jfhii .^f. Kolijjfon, ia SchHUbmg. Bedford Borough, on Monday the 18th dv "f Febrn try, next, ut the Commissioiieri' Of fice, iu Bed lord. , Bcdtoi J Township, on Tuesday the 10th d-v <>f February. next, at tlrs CsmniiissioncrV Oh ' fie-. } n Bedford. | . y !l ':: where all persona and coiporrtb rs i feeiiag th-mselves ngrievt-4 at the incnurst; • i valuation of their taxable property a- d effects, made pursuant to th several Acts f | AssemWy, in such care s made and providv h ; are requested to attend and state their griev ; a trees for redress according to I*w JOHN CONiIAI). DAVID C. LONG H'M. M'HETSTONE. rsr, Commit/ionn... A S. IlrssELt. Clerk Commissioners' Office, I Jan. 1, )855. ( Atlfiitibii Kifletneu ! CW \ Oi* are hereby notified to appear or j parade in \.j,,;er iliiporm with f>' n, < i a ol I weh e ri'U' tl - (It renrid je. ~u TUEBI4 \ i ;t ,e Nib .1 ay ot January. 1856 A toil turn : out i- de-ired. By or-ler of the Cantaio. VM KEEFFK. O. 5. Dec 28 1855 improved Damuerrfolyptc 4 DF, who wish to iiavc a good liketiasscf - * themselves or of their frielids. can ; w be iccohtcrodrted at the'-Excbange ßail ' immediately aliove the Store ol Mr A *?.. Crauier. where Daguerreotypes of ali sis •> ir'- done up in rbo most beautiful stvlc i*v Tl r - MA S R. GET" I i'S, JK. Takes Viogiy ur ia group,-s. Person* taken alter decease. Ladi s and Gentlemen are rer|ie-.t.'iil]v hc :- te* to cu,l and ex.iuone the sneciiuert. T ung la,;;, bring in that "venerable father and that watchful iru tber, and secure a likcnss to-day. lor te-tnorr ,*•. it :.: iv be tco >te _ Mother iwing on these little m,'u. w p. cmhrg locks at.a sparkling c\ea. they via mumv p.-n --t> pictures, and ihcu should death remove ti. -j you can exclaim, ••Rose to their rest, yet we would not ream ' them. Hick to this world of sorrow and pain, Gon • to their rest where no ill c-ili Letail then.. 5 et w • have their hkttiess both pcrtect sua plain." • ♦ld lockets, singie and doubir—c!s.> f:n.-y cases censt mtly or: hand. Instructions given In the Art and apparatus fiirnislied on reason a hie terms. Bedford, D -c. 21, 18i"k>. Jifitfs FOB THE PEOPIE.' .vfi.ittv.vL or xi:w AXB cnz.vr uc< ns AT J Kitfp's COLONVAM STOSE. 1 he subscriber has just returned from tic Eastern Cities, and is now receiving .and open ing a large assortment of splendid Gtx 'is. se lected with care, an.Lsuitable to tin; sc„s;>r>: comprising LADIE#' DiAtss GOODS of the !:• ■cist stylos—Silks, Merinoes, Cashnteres, i '-rsian I will. Alpacas, Delaines, ti. Biaze and Wool I'Uids. Inserting. French worked Co!.,;rs utrd uti U r Sleeves, Siik and Gum Belts, ('hubs of :rl ; ii;ides, t'- simors, plain and farcy Satimttr, Jeans. I weeds, (.ivcrooats. Buffalo Over-Lcea f r Ladies and Gents. Guru Siroe* and 8adcl. Boots an i Shoes, a large assortment. Hard ware and Qnetns-.vare. GROCERlES—Comprising Rio. Java, Ta guira Coffee—Sugars of all description?—By nips and Molasses—Rice-—'Tobacco—Sperm Oil. Ac.. Ac. Bring on your Cash and Produce tn Rrrn's .STORE, where yoit will find all your watts, t the lowest c-'Sh prices. Bedford, Dec. 21, 1850. Stray Steer. CTAME to the plantation of the subscriber, ' v living in Union To vnship. Bedford County, sometime in Juno last, a Ken STBES,nuppos.-J to be about two years old. with a notch oat of the lower part of the left ear. The owner u requested to cm forwarJ, prove propirty, pav charges, and take him awav. Dec. 14, '65. DANIEL *STINEMAN- Tarnpike Kleriioii, rpt'lE SN.ekhoiders in the Somerset and Bed- X ford Turnpike Rout Company, will t iks notice that an Election wjd beheld at the hoas of Joshu i I'almcx, in Allegheny townahip. oi the seventh day of January next, to elect oni President, six Manager* and a Treasur-jr, to conduct the affairs of the said company t:i; en uing your. BENJAMIN KIMMEL. FresidJiht. Dec. U, 1955. "THE GOOD TIME COMING," BT T. 8. ARTHUR. Trioau who wish to hear- something of that long-expected day, should read tins book. It is having an inrmousc sale; s'H.k) enpte* lavtug tveeu ordered in advance of publication- Wo send a copy by mail, post-paid, on ro ceipt of tne price, $i J. \V. BRADLEY, 48 North Fourth Street- Philadelphia, l'a- Doc. 21, 1951.-o N. B. Agents wanted to sell ttii# and othrt popular bona*, in all parisof the UnRcJ ''titc- Send fvr cur iNst ana term* to Agwirts.