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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. <Jrr said that the constitution ex-!
pressly recognizee this body s S the House,
saying that the House of Representatives
shall choose their Speaker, and ether officers.
He thought that Mr. Campbell of Ohio,rais
ed his point too soon. It. was respectful to
the {.resident, that the message should he 1
read. •
Mr. Campbell,of Ohio, replied that itwas
utterly useless to have it read unless tbev '
could do something with it after it was
real.
Mr. Stephens insisted that the message
should be read. It might contain matters
of importance for Congress to know.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, contended that
this nsseuimblage was not a Congress, and
the President oannot counnuuieete with it
till it organizes.
Mr. Giddings said this was too great a
question to he decided technically. He
wished to meet it frankly and boldly on its
merits. It was an attempted innovation on
the practise of this Government. If it was
important for the President to communicate
why did he delay so for four weeks* lie!
(Mr. G.) woulJ not submit to such proceed
ing*.
The debate eonecruing the constitutional
power of the President in'the above premises
proceeded, during which Mr. Orr said ibat
the sending of the message at this time
g . was an innovation, but the extract Jinan
s scene here presented justified the Prisidett!
t- in taking the responsibility. The question
if was shall it he received'
t- Mr. Marshall thought tho Message should
:- be received and laid on the table tili tin
■t House was organized'
o Mr. Dunn said that the sending of the
I ...
j. Message at this tiuia wis a great public in
is deucv, and should be rebuked.
le Mr. Berber thought that the House had
0 heard enough to serve for two hours' diges
tion. He had no fear that the rights of the
House will be- usurped.
Mr. Dttnn offered a resolution to the eff.-et
i that the package delivered to the clerk this
; morning, purpurtiug to U: a Communication
j hum tho President to the House, be returned
bv the cierk to the person presenting the saino,
i as the House was not organized, and therefore
1 i was incompetent to receive any communication.
- ' There was great eoi.)ii*ion throughout these
>, 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 <lie ISSUE of JEI9',OOO
in note by the Bank of England beyond the '
j amount specified by the Bank charter.
Respecting the prospects for peace, there !
are a mass of extraordinary statements, but j
| if negotiations he on foot they have not .
; progressed a. stop. It is known ihat differ
ences exist iu the English Cabinet. Lcru '
j Paliuerston and PaDinurc urge on the war, '
whilst, thereat of the cabinet supports Napn- ;
I Icon's suggestion to embrace the present ;
opportunity to make peace.
| ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGE LAW.
FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA.
NEW YORK, December 28.—The steamer
George Law arrived here this afternoon
J from Aspinwall, bringing "275 passeugers
and $1,400,0U0 iu gold, primipally con
signed as follows : —Wells, Fargo &Co ,
§273,000; Drexel & Co., §200,000; Mo
! tropniitan Bank, §180.000; I logo & Co., j
8> 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.