SPEECH OF BOS. D. F. KOBISOS', Of Feoas/Jrauiti, O i the rcsrM on reported by the Committee of Elections in /At Contested Ehctior. Case from Kansas Territory. Delivered in the House of Eeprtstnlatiits, March 17. ISSG. Mr. Robison said: Mr. SPEAKER: —During the Discussion of this question: 1 had Intended to have spoken at. tome length upon the issues involved; but when 1 perceive a disposition on both sides o, the House to call the previous q'lesti >a, and close the debate, I deem it prudent to abandon all the poiuts raised ex e-pt the legal ones to which I will now turn my attention: and I promise this House I shall n >t annoy theui with the leagth of my remarks, if I do net with the character aud My'.e of theiri. in tin po.-itions I shall take, and the arguments I shall submit. I know that it is nmah easier to speak of the bless ings of freedom, and the curses of slavery, f'aan to argue a legal proposition, when few fnet* can be adduced, and fancy and rhet oric are left entirely in tbo background.— But I shall confine myself to three point* alone, and In my opinion there arc but three altbouebothers have indulged iu the license usually granted to congressional Qiator.i— a license almost equal to that of the poef in the loftiest and wildest stretch of his imagi nation. In the first place, has Congress power to send for persoa3 and papers? In the se cond, is it expedient to do sol And the chief and third point is the relative legal position of tbo parties. Now, in reference to the power to sum mon and enforce the attendance of witnesses to testify before the Committee of Elections the negative has not been strongly urged: and one or two gentlemen r.t least on the opposite side bave admitted that power to exist in ibis body. I think, for myself, tbs.l there is such & power inherent in Con gress--absolutely vested—and that it should Iw oxoreised now, even if it. never had been done before It is said tn be a legal maxim, that where- \ *ver there i* a wrong there is a remedy. If { rue man enters into a contract with anoth- i r, and fails to portorm its conditions, the j taw will coerce every stipu!a*ion, and rc-j <juire hint to stand by his covenants, and j perforin all bis legal promises. If one neigh- j bor defrauds another, either by false to. kens or fslsopretenses, the lr.w will puDish biro for bis gnilt, and bold him responsible for his moral defections. Kreo the Itx tt lior\is of the dark when civil society was unsettled, this fundamental principle was recognised and acted upon by the semi barbarians of the middle centuries. Now, | if tiiiwbn true, we have* good starring Somebody lies been wronged here, iiither the setting Delegate from Kansas has b*en wronged by having h<3 seat con tested from day to day, and Lis mind kept in t. 3tttie of agitation and suspense daring tho wbtda session; or the contestant has been wronged by having bis scat withheld from biu>, if he is legally entitled to occupy it. Bat, perhaps, there M still a greater injury. Toe people of Kansas have sen l two dolegates to repreient them here, when they are but legally entitled tn one, and one branch or other of that population must be wronged in the present position of af fairs- Now, who is to remedy tbie evil,and ' arr.ngv this difficulty. We cannot send to the Supreme Court for a writ to <iisposes3 Iha one, ana givo the other his place. We ano'.ot call upon the President for a sle of soldiers to drive from th's Flail the one or the other. N'er tan we, like Cromwell ns any other forco than that which is pre scribed by the law and the Constitution.— Then, if the rc tried v is with us, we must l.ave a'.l the fact*, and all the evidence that can be adduced, before we can be expec ted to vote intelligently or to act honestly cr tn act honestly in the premises. The truth must be (ascertained, either hy direct positive testimony, or tbroogK the agency of a commissioner I cannot vote upon news paper reports. The gentleman from Virginia [.Mr. Smith} the other day intima* i ted to the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Washburn] that it was improperto construe tbe official conduct of the chief Executive upon newspaper rumor; end perhaps he was right; aud if so, Sow can I be expected to rare on this serious question with no other vf better testimony? Again, as to the expediency of eroding for person* and papers, is it prudent to give this p.ovnT to the Coumttteo of Elec tion s? I soy it is. The very discussion wuolt has taken place in this House shows it. The sxeited stafe of the ooruDunity, North and South, prove* if, and the official acts ■/ Governors of States, free and slave, say to os, in language too plain to l>e wisun- Ocrstood, ihat this difficulty ought to tie settled, and settled soon. Xfive we not beard, during tais debate, tha! blood ha, been- shed in Kansas for political differen ce*, and that blood fratcan*!, toot and have you not beard ihe charge that tlic gnilt was bore, and not there —each side uieven ting that the blame was with the other and neither willing >n bear the responsibil tv of tbw violation of municipal law and eomooa humanity that b-.s been enacted in that infant Territory. Has it not been ad mitted oi this ftoc.r, that societies am} .eigjss bayu been formed, and are being ♦rgauned, to aid the prop!# of Kaunas to I resist their organic law; and of others iu j contemplation to maintain it? lias not the North said, there is no vitality in the en actments of that Territorial I/egislaturo, and ha* not the South just as stoutly claim ed for them all the full force and effect of the enactments of * sovereign State? All over the country this excitement prevails; I and even Governors of States on both sides ! have entered the arena, and recommended ' measures that might produce rebellion, and !in the end overthrow this fair fabric for i which our fathers fought and bled, and [ many of them died. If things go on as ! they are now, and have been going on for I the last six months, we will have a contin uation of the excitement, and the *tcrm> : once completely aroused, it, will be Lard to allav. It is not right and proper that we should settle it, wbrn it.can be done by this very Congress? I believe, that it* we send for persons and papers give botb par ties * full and fair hearing, and honesty decide between them, all diffieul ty will be at an end. Our people are a law abiding people; and when they know the right they, will pursue it, but will never submit to a wrong, until the are convinced of their er ror. If it be expedient to have peace npen our borders, it is expedient take the best plan fo bring about this result, and I know ofnoue better th-iu that proposed by the majority report of your committee Again, Mr. Speaker, we hive a presiden tial campaign just coming on. and it is cer tainly expedient that this vexed question should ncver.enter that always exciting cnflirt. Let it remain ns it is now, and vou will hear the rights and wrongs of Kansas spoken from every mountain-top and deep valley of this mighty land. In the cities, and towns, and villages of thi s Republic, men will endeavor tc make po litical capital out of this aaugerous element even at the expense of all that is sacred and dtar that portains to our long cherish ed aai much-valued Democratic instiiu- tions. Another and evident argument in favor of the expediency of the resolution offered by the . majority of your committee is the very mention of fraud. The opposition ad mits that some illegal rotes may bare been cast, both tho first LogislafuVo us '-veil as for the sitting Delegate; while the other side asserts that the whole territorial organ isation was founded on fraud-—fraud iu its ineipiency, and fraud iti i's final consum mation; and also quotes, us n mutter of law, ihut whatever fraud touches it vitiate® and forever destroys. The amount aul Dumber of illegal votes at present f can. not know. The legal conclusions of my friends, and particularly of one of my col. leagues, 1 cannot consent to. I; is very truj that, whenever fraud touches a con tract, it is void in ail its parts, and with out any legal value or binding force. Huch J s not the ca? with frauds nt the he Hot box. If one mm casts an illegal vote at the same poll where I cast my legal ono I csnno: be disfranchised by his wrong,because I was not a party to it; and this is tha very reason why we should iiave all the facts.— It may be possible that the fraud was suf ficiently great to overthrow the entire polioy of that new and beautiful Territory, and it may he that, if the polls wore purged of those that were purged of those that were illegal abundance of legal ones might be left to entitle (JeDral Wbitefield to an un disturbed scat uyon this floor. At ull events, give us the light and then we can judge; without it we will grope along in darkness without having done justice to ourselva**, or taken one step to settle ibis unhappy difficulty. The third—ami wh it I hive already said the most prominent— ipiosUca is tha legal position of the parties. The question of estoppel, as raised by tb c | honorable gentlemeu from Georg is. (Mr | Stephens,] has l>eon well argued by him, and other honorable members of this IIousc; and the position wken is this: That Gover nor Reoder; having rr officio sigued all tbc territorial bills- during his term, -ud having consented to the looality of that tnre, cannot now object to an election that took place under an organic law which bad previously received his sanction when io of fice. At the £:st Qiusb this serai to be the .**>; but let us *.- what an estoppel w, and who the parties arc, afected by it. An es toppel is simply the iibgul act of a man, of whioh bceaanot afterwards claim any legal advantage for himself. The following w*u il;a.-.traiioi usually given to exemplify this dogma of oonxnon law: If a uun sell a tract of load for wtiich he bad no title, makes a deed to the purchaser, and receives a good or valuable ooosi lo.ratiin for it, and after wards purchases tbc same property from the rlgh'ful r-wacr, be is estopped from holding and tho same by bis fist deed, tbc law not permitting bins to take advantage of ins own wrong. Now, apply this to the present cane before us. What power bad tbc contestant (Governor Ewder) to estop 1 the people of Kansas from being reprcsco. j ted in this Congress, whaterer he uiay have done tx officio in the gubernatorial chair long before he was elected a Delegate from that Territory' l lie might cmop himself, bnt never theta. Suppose that a strangor, instead of A. 11. Iteedor, were scut here as the. Delegate from Kiasa*,—fee never hav ing participated in any of ibmr legislative proceedings, nor taken any part in the gov ■ eminent of that Territory.— would any gor,- ' tlf-mrn my that he vras estopped by the con doet of the acting governor, even if that conduct was illegal and void} Wher, then, is the difference? Whoever comes here, cotnes as the representative o* the people, and claims nothing as a personal right, and in this matter, wo are only bounk to lood to the law, there is one,) and not to the persons who may have executed it whether it be legal or illegal. It is n well-founded maxim of law that an agent cannot bind his principal ontsid o of the power given to him in his agency; and if the Governor of Kansas did go out side of the power delegated to bint how are the people responsible for suoh raal admin istration over which they had no power or control ? and by what mode of special plead ing they are to be deprived of a represen tative of si representative of "their own choice, after the exercise of their legal rights at the ballot-box, 1 cannot see. I will admit, if the whole case it rs illegal as it has becu represented here, they might have chosen a better man; but as moral icy is no test iu Washington, wo are ouly required to look at the Jaw; by it the gentlemen must either stand or fall. I canuot see the applicability of estoppel when only innocent parties are to be affected by it. lint, alter all, who is Governor Reader! The mere appointee of this Government, lie never was the agent or representative of that people until they scut him to Congress; and bv no act of Iris in the former capacity can the free people of what we hope will be a free Territory be bound in their elective choice in the slightest degree. Another legal position is taken by the gentleman from Delaware, [Mr. Ouiicn,] viz: that the contestant comes before us as a de fendant in a legal action, having no other plea except ibat of nul teil record. Now, it this were the case, the whole contest would be at an end; for the sitting Dele gate can and Las proecdcd Ins record, which m a complete answer. Rut 1 would .ink the honorable gmilenvji if, in a judicial pro ceeding, when the contest is about the le gality of * record, the defendant has not the right to doDy the jurisdiction of the court nt the same time that h: pleads the illegality or non ex : s'eii<-o of the record? — This is the position of Governor Reader.— He admits that the sitting Delegate has tuc certificate of the Governor, but utterly re pudiates the authority that it executed it ; and upon this he joins isj-ue, and not upon ihe suppositions raised by the honorable gentlemen. I feel myself bound by every tegal plea that inay be raised in any known issue; bat there is no necessity to plead what is .admitted • and neither the com mittee n>r Governor lleeder bats denied the record de J'ado, but only the authority of the official that made it. The honorable gentlemen fr-.r.n South Carolina, [Mr. Boyce,) in Kp.iukin,- of the eifcot of sending to Kansas for witnesses, says iliul one knadred willing witnesses, might bo glad to n;ak<; a trip to Washington on ejtp- nsc, when, perhaps, they Know but little about the Case. At first sight there seems to be something in this, but after all it is founded 0:1 a supposition. When we look a! the distance of tint territory, aid the kind of people who emigrated there, the probability is, we will have more trouble in proourring attendance than being overstock ed with numbers. The majority of the bona filn settlers of that Territory are en terprising men who hive gone there with their fa malic* for the purfiose of getting a house by lonest industry, and surely that object would uot bo promoted by a trip to ibo c-ipital on the pay of a Government wit. uess. This, wo all know,is not a good plac to make money. If bo hard to make both ends meet both ends meet with wages of a Congressman, I cannot ne.s much inducement to lesupt the cupidity of a distant witness to come here, upon loss than half of that pav. Plat be all this as it may, I wual J ask the honorable geufleioea if ha woold tuake the same argument in bis court at home? If a party to a suit wero to ask for a subpena or attachment to bring into open court any given number of witnesses, ho would not say, before a judicial tribunal, that it would b<l better to send to the eoKmis.sioccr to take their depositions, for they might bo anxious 10 eorae to the country to-va at tho expense of the public, for be know* ton well tho advantage of bwicg a living witness in stead of a written depo ition: and fir this very reason the Uominiiiee of Klection<l cow ask for persons at:d papers. 000 other legal point has bceu raised by the honorable gentlemen froru Maryland, 1 (Mr. Davis,] that yon cannot go behind the record or adduce any proof, written or oral to attack its validity; and to sustain his po sition be read from the decision of the Su preme court of the United States in the cclcbatcd Dorr case: but he overlooked one very important paint in that opiuion, which I think destroys bis argument. The fol lowing is the opinion of the oourt: "In DorrV case, 3 Howard's Reports, 105, .Tugo Melyat), in giving the opinion of the b'uprumo (..ours, strongly sustains the position jiißt stated. That was an applica tion Cor a habeas corpus to deliver Dorr from imprisonment iia the State of Rhode laiaud, under sentence of treason i*urollfed against the State. Judge McLean says: 'Neither tbie oranv other court of the United State*, 'nr judge thereof-oan iasi e a bob as corpus to 'bring up a prisoner, who is in custody uu der a sentence or exeeution of a State oourt 'uorauy other purpose than to be nsed as a 'witoerti; and it is iinm.irter at whether the 'imprisonment be under civil criminal pro cess.' " Now, I ia cot undertake to #i mat the BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHBOMICLE. saving clause in the foregoing opinion— namely, that the prisoner can always be | brought out of confinement to testify in open j court —at all controverts the position of the : learned judge, but I do say,that it is the re affirmance of auothor priuclpal just as valu" able to the citizen as any known to the law. livery litigant has a right to have a hearing and to furnish all iba requisite machine rj to bring his witnesses into open court, aud no man is bound to say, when be applies for a habras corpus, or any other similar legal process, what he intends to prove. A party to a suit in Rhode Island might have brought Governor Dorr upon the stand, to prove that the government of that State was based upou a royal character, and not upon a republican constitution, but it was the business of the court, when the testimony was offered, to receiv; or reject it, and if received, to de cide upon its legal force or applicability to the istues involved. And this is all that is asked he-re—an opportunity to prove the all gat ions contained in the memorial of the contestant. The testimony may be rejected or if received, fo uud to be worthless, but j know of uo law, civil or criminal, human or divine, that condemns a man without a bear ing. It is said by other honorable gentle men, that hearing will l.ea:tended withgjeuj expense. This may be true; but if prin. oiple is involved, we ought not to count the cost; justice is more valuable then money, and the pcrce of our country more to be desired than an overflowing Treasury. But perhaps, after, all, the most effective and patriotic motive we can give for sustain ing the resolution of the majority of the comniitt;o is, that it will have a tendency fo purify the ballot-box, the great palladium of our country's liberty. If the political en gine be, and is to remain, omnipotent, it must be kept pure. I believe that the intel ligent rfuneiiise of a. free people lies at the very fouudhtiou of ail eur republican in stitutions—is interspersed with every layer of their superstructure; aud wbeu at last the flag of our Union ahall float from the top most height of the temple of freedom no one wishing to err.sea star, and all wil ling to lire beneath its folds—it will h" found tint the chief agency in this great work was the uncontrolled suffrages of the urcat American people. Let us, then have ell the facts, that the people of Kansas nwy be fairly represented on this floor, be the utan who be may. A WESTERN COURT S€EXE. Judge , of Missouri, was in many respects a remarkable ruiu. He stool six ■ feet two in his boot s, and was as fond of a follic as the most rattling lad in the county. He enu'd drink more lirjuor, "lift"a heavier big o'nml, and play a better game of "po. iter." than any man in his eirctif. These admirable qualifications of course rendered him the most popular man in his district.- - Yet lie never lost his dignity while on Lis bench. There he was stern, haughty and dignified. The least approach to familiarity, ! while be was sitting in court, was always re i sented by a fi#e, and sometimes by iniprison i ment. Well, it happened one day while ho was | holding court, tb.it Mr. Dowtenbury,a rough, looking but independent customer, came in- ! to the court room with hi* hit on his bead ' This the Judge considered an indignity of fered to the court and forthwith ordered Mr. P'.'.Wiedbury to take off his hat. To this Mr. Pewenbury paid no atteutioo which being observed by "hi? honor," who again discovered the Incorrigible standing with l b baton his head. •'Sheriff," .-ned the court, "take tint man's hat off." The Sheriff approachm cud repeated the ! cominatd of the court. "I'm bald," sail Mr. Dcwttaburj, "and 1 can't comply." "You can,t," exclaimed the Judge, wax ing angry, "then I wilt fine you five dol lars for contempt of court. "What's that you say Judge?" replied Mr. Derzcnbury, as he walked deliberate ly up to the Judge's stand. "I say I £ne you live dollar* forcoutcmpt of oourt "Very well," said Mr. D., at he care fully pi: his baud into his pocket, and j palled put a fifty cent piece; verv well. ; hero's :.he money. M YO| owed nio four dollars and a hal' j when we quit playiug pokar iait uigut, and I the half make us even!" The Oar roared, ".he crowd smiled, and j the Judge pocketed his change without ut tering a word. , CfasjiiSeatioa of (be Alphabet. Which arc the most industrious loiters*— The Btes. Wbk-h are the raost extensive letters 1 The s?as. Which are the most egotistical letters 1— The I'. Which are the most fond of comfort. The Ease. Which arc the longest letters? The Ells. Which are the noisy letters? The OhV. Which are the eatuble letters? The PeaiC Which arc the greatest bores? Tho Teas. Whi-b are the dost sensible letters? Tho Wise. By~Real friends are 'ike gnosis and ap paritions. that mauy men talk about, but neidouj see. POPULAR LIES. Rev. L. H. Ch.apiu, in his lecture before the Mercantile Library Association, upon "Practical Life," hit off one of the ve'j popular vices of society— lyiug~*-ui a very effective manner, as appears from the l-o port in the Traveller, from which we cop? it couple of paragraphs: "Lies of action are blood relations tv lies of speech, and oral lies constitute a small aha re of the falsehoods iu tho world. There arc lies of custom and lies of fashion lies of padding and lies of while bone ; lies of first water in diamond* of paste, and unblushing blushes of lies to which a show er would give quite a different complexion; the politician's lies, who, like a circus ri der, strides two horse's at once; the co quette's lies, who, line a profes or of leger demain, keeps six plates dancing at a time; i lies sandwiched between bargains, lie* iu \ livery between republican coachos, in all ! the potnp of gold bands and buttons; lies of red tupe and scaling wax; lies fremthc cannon's mouth; lies in the name of glori ous principles that might make tin; bones of dead heroes clatter in the graves, Mala j koffs of lies, standing upon sacred du*t, and lifting their .udacioQs pinnacles iu the I light of the eternal Heaven! ; "Seed we say what an uneaay, slavish [ vanity was that which won't lot a man ap i pear a* he really is, but makes him afraid of the world and himself, and so keeps him perpetually at work with Subterfuges knu , shams. He is dissatisfied with Nature's | charter, and so issues false Stock. Oh, bow j much better for himself and the world for man to be trmq what God mad unavoidable cirouinstances have made him - to come out and dare ?av lam poor, of humble birth, of humble occupation, or don't know much! What a euro this ingcniousness would be i for social roiteauess and financial earth j quakes. How much sweeter and purer \ these actual rills of capacity ntid possession than this great brackish river of pretension blown with bubbles, atid evaporating with gas—bow much better than this splendid misery, these racks and thuinb-serews that beloDd to the inquisition of fashion, and thousands of shabby things, the shabbiest of all being those too proud to seem just 1 what they are." j TRAITS In NATURAL HISTORY. The pewer which animals is well a* ineu possess, of conforming themselves to new situations, and forming new habits adapted ; to now circumstances, is s proof of a capa- I bility of improvement. The wild dogi in ! the plaius of La Plata, burrow, because | there is no security for them above ground i against stronger beast-; of prey. In the I same country owls make tb*ir neat* iu the I ground, because there arc neither trees nor buildings to afford concealmcDt. A cler gyman ui Iceland, by flowing augelica upon a lake island, some miles from the sea, noi j only attracted gulls and wiidduoks to breed there, but brought about an alliance be tweeu those birds, who arc not upon neigh- ! bori.v terms elsewhere. Both perceived that ihccew plants affuided better shelter from the wind nud rain than anything tuey had seen before; there was room euongli for both, and neighborhood produced so tnob good will, that the gulls protee'ed the weaker birds not only against the ravens, who are common enemies, but against another species of gull also, which attacks the duck'd nest. A change more remarkable than either of the-e, is that wbinh the common hearth cricket has undergone ia its very eoastitu tiou as well ah in nil ways of life, since meu bailtbttiit houses and inhabited coid climate*. The field cricket ia North Amer ica, which buries itself during the wintor ten inches deep, and there lies torpid, be gun about a hundred years ago to avail itself of the works of man to take up its abode ki the chimneys. This insect even likes man for a bedfellow, uot with any such felonious intention< as sre put it* execution by smaller and viler vermin, but fur the sake ot warmth. Tho Swedish traveller, Kslm. eays that when he and his compan ions were forced to #iep in uninhabited places, the crickets got into the folds of tbeir garments, so that they were oblige i to make some suy every morning, and search carefully before they could get rid of them. rwo species of swallows have domestica ted themselves with man. Wo have only lb it which builds under tho eaves in Eng land, but in North America they have both the house swallow and tho chimney swal low; the chimney not being made use of in rummer, they take possession, and keep It sometimes ia spite of the sniohe, if the fire in not very great. Each feather in the birds tail end* m a stiff"point, like the cud of an awl; they apply the tail to the side of the wall, and it assists in keeping them up, while they hold on with tbeir feet. They make a great thundering noise all day long by flying up and tlown in the chimneys.- Now as the Indians had r.nt so much as a hearth inarie of masonry, it is an obvious question, eays Kalm, where did these swal lows build before the Europeans came, and erected honsee with chimneys! Probably, it is supposed, in hallow trees, but certain ly where they could; and it is thus shown that they took the first opportnuity of im proving their condition. Cy A uian who put# asidu his religion because he is going into soeiety, resembles 'a person taking on his shoes because he is , to wa'k upon thorns. PUBLIC SALE OF 1700 ACRES of Valuable Broad Top Coal and IRON ORE JLAXD, AND ONE HUNDRED TOWN TIOTB IN THE TOWN OF COALHONT. A Pl BLII .IICTION '\\J lI.L be held at Coalmont, Huntiogdon Vv Couutv, on the iluntiug'lon and Brosd- Tvp Railroad, on ! N'EI)X£SFUR urn jwf or .SPRIL, [ rext, when and where the following Lands will ! be sold: ! LANDS IX ToD 11'., HUNTINGDON CO- One hundred choice building Lota in the j town of Coalmont, each 60 by -150 teet. j A valuable tract of Cual Land, situate on the j Porks of Sharp's Run, adjoining Coalaiont, I containing about voU acre*, more or iocs, it i* j composed of Ave survey*, part of Benjamin i Pen. Xstbau Lavermg, J. S. Stewart. Evans : St Hamilton, Evans, Hamilton and Anderson, jit has five coal openings. It is the lire! ecu! ! land reached by the rall-rosd. and is only 2? miles from the Pennsylvania Rail Road at Huntingdon. A Tract 01" Coal Land situate on Trough Creek and Sharp's Run, near Broad Top city, ! adjoining lands of Jesie Cook. John M- Canits, | and Broaityp Impro-.eineut Company, known 1 as the "Roads Tract," containing abotit lb4 j acres. ni"re or less. A Tract of Coal Land, situate on Trough 1 Creek, adjoining land- of Bro idtop Improve i aient Conipauy, E. L. Anderson, Houc's heirs j and others, krio#ii e.s the Si.oomaker Tract, j containing 4i 1 acres, with allowance. This tract can b ruined on the eastern slope 1 of Bro. dtop. | LANDS IN fefeOAfctOP TP. BEDFORD CO | A tract Coal and Ote Lsnd. siiurte on C t mile Run. near rail-road, adjoining lands of Curfuitn's heirs. As&Duvall, 'Thomas J. Mor ton, add Septimus F-utter) known as the <Jo ■iah Horton Tract," con'.atning abofet lu7 acres, more or less. A tract of Coal and Iron Ore Land. snT-'tyed ' to ■£. Foster and Mr*'. P. Sche.i, situate on I Sandy Run, about three mile* from Hopewell, : adjoining lands of John ft. l.kne'.t helri, Ricb j rd D. VVood, and John Dcvereuk, contulni-g ! 289 acr"u with allowaace. i A small tract of Coal Land, near the -bc.ve | tract, adjoining lands of Samuel Pleasants and i Jacon Suiith, containing about 18 acres. LANDS IW WELLS TP., FUI.TOX CO. A tract cf Coal and Ore Land, in name of j fViHUm Gray, on Kays llill. adjoining lands I of the Br cidtop Improvement Company, and [ Tames Pa:ton, containing f6 acres, i A tract of Ore and Timber Land, in the I iuma of Abraham TVright, adjoining the above ' tract, partly on R tys till!, and purtlv in j Ground Hog Valley, about o miles from Hope i well, containing 246 acre*. All tbi above tracts .A coallaud are sup. I posed to cout-yn the fatness "Cork Vein." ; They will be sold according to net nieasure | ment. For tnore particular information apply to Levi Evans. Esq.. Coalmont. tt'tn. Foster, ) Broadtop, and Thomas IV. Horton. Esq., : Ifop'-'WeJI. The subscriber will be at Coalmont fo- two days previous to the day of sale, arid will ex hibit a connected draft of the whole Bioadtop coal field, and separata drafts of tha tracts of fered for sale. Alltricts and b>ts rem lining unsold (If any) on the day of sale, will iie otfmxt st private aale on the day following. of sale will be made known on the day of sale. IJ* The passenger train leaves T1 untingdr.r. for Coalmont daily, t 8 s. n>. k 2 p. to.—Re turning at 12 m. and 4 p. m. WJI. P. 81RELL. March 21, 1856. j Omen. C. V. M. P. Co., j Feb. 28, 1h.16. is hereby given that tii-: Board of i-N Directors of tin* Comp tny have this day levied an assessment of ft pe.- c? . on all pre miuin notes belougiog to trie C.tipiay aul iu force oti tire sixth diy of February, ISoS, ex cept, on original appHcitious approval from Nov. 2d, ISift ti.l the said sixt-h day of Febru ary, ou which tl>ere is assessed 3 per cent.-- And on 11 premium notes expiring between said dates, and not renntvod, 3 per c.-:it. The nierubtrs of this Company are hereby required to jay their savcrxl rmounts so assessed to the Tieasuier or nutliorired r. Ce-iver of this Board within thSny days of the publication of this notice. Arrrsv—JOilX T. GREEN. March 28,1K66 —3r. To Dyspfp'Je and Nervous Suf ferers. friHE *ul*cril>e*' who has suffered all the JL horrors of Irnhgestion, is anxious to im part the ostv method of cure to invalid simi larly affected. Address Dr. W J. HULUN, SckelUburr Brdfvri Co. Pa. TKACHKRS ABSOITATION. A HeCbtid meeting of Teachers, Directors, and the friends of ILlocution, will be held in Bedford, od Tuesday ti.e tLM dav of April next, for the purpose of organizing a County Association. T. R. G KIT 73, Cowi/y Sup't. March 28, 1856. Til E Partnership heretofore exis'ing between the undcrsigued, trailing under the name and firm of Sassom A Gephxrt, in the Dry Goods business has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. AlljcrSons indebted to said firm are requested to have their Recounts settled np by the Ist of May. The Books and Ac count* will t© fonnd in the hands of A. J. Sannum until that time. A J. SANSOM. WM. GEPHAP.T, April 1, 1856. The undersigned will continue the business ia the room lately occupied by Isaac Lippel on the corner of Juliana and Pitt Street's, oppo site I)r. F. C. Reamer's Drug and Bcok Store, where he will be fcappv to see nil his friends. A. J. SANSOM. ESTATE OP SOLOMON HO LEI R, DEO'D. LETTERS Ti JrAKXKTAWY to the Estate of Solomon Hollar, lite of West Provi dence Township, dee'd, hating been gr'autcd by the Register of Bedford County to the un dersigned, notice is hereby given that ali per sona indebted to said Estate will be required to make immediate payment, and those hav ing claims will present them properly authen ticated for settlement. HANNAH H'JLEAR, jExrm.'nx, PHILIP V. HOLLAR, Extcutor. Wes; Providence Township, t April 11, A. I)., 1856. f DR. W. K. RIf!TITER, having made an assignment of his property to the under signed, for fbe benefit of his creditors, notice is therefor© given to all persons Indebted to said Dr. Richter to make payment to the un dersignod immediately, and those having claims are hereby required to produce them immediately for settlement. JACOB BERNHARD, JONATHAN HORTON, *l>KffV6J. April 11. 185 C. j Clothing and Dry Gcods Store. THE nbaerltera ait: j*t rtctiviig & r, * handsome and eheup sssoiiriutt cl 1 L.i j V Y MJiDL CLOTHING and LRY (JGGLs, 1 their store In the tm 1 forcer cl.'Bedloid iiall,* ' constating in part of Coats, Pants, Vests. Shii t - Satin Stocks,' Handkerchiefs, Boot* and Shots, ! Hats and Caps, and ali other articles usual; / kept in Ready Made Clothing Stores. Also a good assortment tii IkY CCOLS. : combating of Calico, iiuut. de Lair.e, Shawl# Alpacas, Trunks, Carpet .Sacks, tic., Ac : 4:1 of which thoy will ae|j as cheap as caii be pre. oamlelaewii'-re in Bedford, for Cash or Conn try Produce. They request all their friends in towns),,) 1 country to giro theiu a call, ami see and cxanf. | iue their st#ei f"r themselves as they comithi jit a pleasure to show their goods, whetbn per sona wish to prchasc or not. •SOXNAIiOhN u CO. j Bedford. April 20, 1855. Notice lo Tresspassers! IfIURUHY warn any persona from Luut iup, fishing or wtLerarwelrwpa*iiug on | my prim is©#, ns I am determined to enforce ; the law apaiust ail without respect to per sons, *0 offending. Tue subscriber has a special grant for Lis dam. HIRAM y. ROHM. Cole rain Tp. Feb. 29.1 85G-e. NOTICE TO COLLECTORS? It is abaolnttly necessary that the cce.tr jty ol Bedford tbould Lave Ujolov. SLe : oWss the lato Treasurer SI4SO 87. T! . CotsmisSHjpers are determined that thev will not increase the t-xe? at. long as ti;ev can avoid it; they are equally determined 1 that the Collectors SiiAX-L pay up. \\ rits cf ; ©seen turn will be issued at dice against ail ; delinquent collector* of 1854 and previous j year*, for balances remaining after ihe loth .of March next, aud oc the collectors cf' ■ 1855 just * soon as tbeir 25 mrntba I a\e expired. Bv Order of the emmnLsioners B OVER, Treasurer. i Feb. £9,1856. SETTLiTTi 7 rH£ aubscrilwr, having disponed of his Store in Bedford, is desirous of closing up hie, 1 bocks. All persons Indebted ?u hiin are tequcs • ted to act tie up immediately, li La hocks will be. ' la itiD iiiads olMr. Job M. Shoemaker, till first ; July next. He is thankful Jo Itia friends for the ivrv 1 getnro3 support they | m v e yielded him Mnc'o | bis commenceraent ia this place aud cordially j reccoicrßends Mr. Job M Shoemaker. as a young nia.ll or gocd business habits, of strict hui esti . ; capacity and integiaiy. and who will not fail t*- I gite general satis Jut lion to my customers and . tbcpuolic. ! EI.US M.. FISHER. March 14 IS'.as m. NOTICE TO COLLECTORS. Collectors oi the Poor Taxes arc notified | that Execut otis will at once again*;. | all delinquent eolicctots of '54 and j>rcvi • otw ye.as, for balance* remaining aftei the 1 l&tbof Mnrcb next, and on the coilpcunt | for 1855 just as soou as. slteir 15 111 r> nth a. ; have expired. By order of the Erectors GEO. W. BLYMIHE, Treaauier. j Feb. •*>. 1856. ! lifttik oi:r .n s.tyt: tosis. j f Dx-oks and Not** nfPots-r ttadefai.eti, j A arc lefs mmy ban-C-s tor colh.-ction. P.. sen* "roßid <io wll to bll bd idle at once or j cost* wilt be added 10 SAMUEL K Aits;BA-MB. | March H, IPSC-i: j ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. EFTHP.S of Adminiitration have bnu ; granted to the* i-Mbscriber on the e.tarc i of Jranuel \\ . Bhiukbarn, late of S-itUair Township, deed. Ail persons indebtedti* sin. est ate are noted t> make iJi.ite i puyiueut and tlmsc bavittg claims ogdenialitis j agtiijs-t it are requested to make know it the I saute without delay to the mibseriher living, i at Pleasantviile i:> St Clair TowusLtp. SAMt'EL BI.At'KLVIIX. Feb. 25, 1846-f FIBLIf SSI ii • L.\F a School House in -S'upier Towiiiiij' near* I\) Audrtw Homes and other.'". To be *old at i I'utilic S.u'e or outcy o> S.iturdav tj U2J d.iv I .-f March inst. tire third of the pu:chao money in hand at thu rcaiilimatlon ot the Sale, j one third in six mouths, and the rctnaioiug o:: third in one year. By order 0/ the School Bircctcra, J. \V. HULL, C. WHETSTONE, WM. ROCK, HENRY ALBAUOH, P. KINSKY, J. R.' iIOWRY, MarvE 7, 1856. IMPORTANT TO MILL ©HfSSKIW I TTTOODWARD'S Improved Saiat ! tV it.g Machines, Mill Bushes. B. Itiay Cloths j and Bran Dusters, of tin most improvtO pLci; i Mfil Screws, Corn and Cob Grinder*, ir\ unt, | Bridges for Mill Spindles, rertnWe Mills, warranted to crind ton buaiielr per hour, Si.) liuns and Mill Burrs nimfcu to order. Also, StOTcr's Patent Corn Kiln ard Grr.ic i'rjer— a valuable invention. The above articles aro kept constantly on hand, and can in* obtained at any time, trout S. P. BROAD, at SeheUiburg, Bedford County, who is also agent for Bedford, Sometset, uud aojjiuicg counties. Mill wright work done at the shortest notice, and on the moat reasonable term*. February IS, 1866. McCORMICK'S Reaper and Mower ftp sale by S. D. BKDAP at Schellaburg, Pa., agent for Blair and Bedford counties. February 15, lfiffi. Admlnlfttrator's Notice. LETTERS of Administration having granted to the subscriber, livjng in South Woodbcrry Township, on the Estate ot 11.-nry HetricJc, iateof snhl Township, dee'd, all per sons indebted to said EsUieare hereby notiti.>l to iimkn payment immediately, and those h-i.- ing claims against the aamowill preoeut them properlv authentiratod lot sctthjiuent. March 28. DAVID C. LO SG.M^'r Executor's Notice. LETTERS testamentary having boen granted to the subscriber, on the Estate of John | Smith, late of Union Township, doe'd, ail parson* indebted to said Estate are lieret'j notifled to make payment immediately, ard those having claims aguinat the s.ime, wilt prcaent thcta properly uu-bentioatd tor a<t- Uement. PETER SMITH, cf Vnio% Tf., JOHN ARE, of Si. Clair Ty., March 21, lHod* * Exccuiort. MC m THE Partnership brretofoio exivting tiHween iha trnderalgnoii, under fhe nam,- and 61m of Wolscl J. Foster, in tho Coach and Wagon MarmCic. ory, 1* tiiia day disolwed t.y mutn&i consent- Tho busiuct* of the Jato Ann w ill W settlci upbr Wm. Wtda.*!, wh D author lard t<> collect n accounts, Re., end j ay the dM* tha firm. WM. WF.IST.L, JOHN FOSTER, Dec. tl. 18. r .5. -r.M
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