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BEDFORD, Pa.
ITiduj Momlug, Aug. ill. IBsf>
"Fearless and Free."
t aVIX- OVER, IMTOU ANl' ER< TKJfcT UB |
K)K PRESIDENT;
MILMRB FILIJIOIIE,
OF NEW YORK
FOR VICE PRESIDENT;
INUKEW JACKSON liONELSON
OF TENNESSEE.
ism STAT I: TH KLT.
Canal Commissioner
THOMAS K. COCHRAN,
Of York County.
Audito' General ■
DARWIN PHELPS.
Of Armstrong County.
Surveyor General •
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE,
Of Bradford County.
COTNTf TifKET.
t'OlfiCßESiv
JOSEPH PUMROY,
of JutLiatn County
Associate Judge
WILLIAM GRIFFITH
CourJy Surrey or,
DANIEL SAMS.
Conmss'.oruTi.
ALEXANDER DAVIS, 2 year?.
JOHN BLACKBURN, 1 your
Poor Director,
JOHN MET7.GAU.
Auditors,
ANDREW J LEIGH APT, 3 ynA
JESSE AKERS. 2 yo,r.
Coroner.
SAMUEL SSIVELY.
TOINTI MASS MEETING.
The American partv ot Be l.or 1 v .>uut\
will meet st the CVart Hor.se, in Bedford,
on the evening of Tuesday the secoud day
of September next, (Court work.) "at cicnt
..'clock, for the purpose of ratifying the
County and District nomination*, an f - to
take counsel together to ensure the defeat
of sham democracy at the ensuing election.
Tho Hon- Henry D. Moore of Philadel
phia, Gen Wia. H. Kocnte of Son.erset,
and other.*, will be present to address the
meeting.
Every voter tr. '•• Coun'y i* invited to
tc present lo hear a Jul! and fur discussion
of the various questions of interest pertain
ing to the pending political canv:x3.
}>v order of the American County (JOW
mittoc.
FK. JORDAN", Chairman
Aug- 29, 1856.
AMERICAN MEETWfi
Tbu Americans of St. Clair Township
wilt bold a meeting on Saturday the 13th
of September ce*t, at 3 o'clock, I'. M., in
jPieatnintrtile. Fr Jordan, Esq., arid oth
er* will be present to address the meeting.
A cardial invitation i* extended to members
of ail parties to bo present <>u th • occasion.
Aug 29, 1856
POLITICAL MEETING.
There vriil he an American mecDr.c l*ld
: b i-ley's School House, in Bedford Town- i
pip on Saturday tl e 30th August lost.,at 2 j
u ,i. P.M. D i. Comphcr, Fr. Jordan;
E.*q , and others arc expected to address the j
meeting.
Men of utl parties ar* invited to e>irv?j
sua Leer md judge for themselves.
WHAT'S IN IKE WIND*
Locufocv papers find fault with Mr. F.il
morc, bociuse a daughter of bis was a short
'•me in a Catholic Seminary. They also
.barge Mr. Fremont vith being a Catholic,
because he xva* married by a Catholic
oriest, when lie could get no other person
to marry bitr.. But James Buchanan vie*
its Bedford, and call* on the Catholic priest,
without anything Wing said about it. There
were some half doxen Protestant clergy
men in town, not one of whom did Mr. Bu
chanan think so much of as to call upon.
V, T o would like to know what's in the wind.'
Is the Catholic vote again to be traded off!
The Locofocos have uom.nateiiCol. Win.
v TCamer, of Fallon county, and G. Nel
son Smith, of Cambria, for the legislature,
liuite a disratisfactirrt exists in Pulton at
the manner in which Joseph Eernbsrd, Eq.
was treated. According to aU former pre
.edeni-* he was entitled to a re-npmination
but his manly course in the last Legisla
ture, would net suit a few wira pullers m
Palt-tn, and he Tag *';rast aside -to mirie
way for Col Reamer, vho was no? an ap
plicant.
Ike American meetipg in St. Claim tile,
on Saturday last, was large and enthusias
tic. It was addressed by Daniel Kiddle,
Esq., in & speech of two hours ia duration,
abounding in oratory, argument and wit.—
Look out for a good report from St. "loir
and Union on the day yf ejection.
RITRi SESSION.
Oof Rfft io doubt jftft M
a joint resolution of tl.c Senate and Letter,
C'gress sdjeurned on tie 18tb of the pre.
sent month. Why then the extra session
called at tbia unusual season of the year?
The President issued Lis Proclamation eor.-
'."ecing CoDgteas again Lcicre the members
h a d get home, und Congress is again in
Session and no day yet fixed for adjourn
ment so far as we hare heard Why uil
this' Simply because the S< nate and House
cot into a snarl, and could not agree ujott
a certain clause in what l? called tie Aruiv
Appropriation Hill. The President and
Secretary of War ask for soive fifteen mil
lions of Dollars to support the srmy. The
Senate says voti amy have it; and the Iloue
says vou may have it. Provided, you won't
use any part of it to enforce the Border
Ruffian laws in Kansas. The Senate re
fuses to accept the proviso, and the House
insists upon i', and thus the biii cannot
pass, and the whole machinery of legisla
tion is locked f. r ail indefinite period. It
will ba remembered that the Kansas Legis,
!autre was elected lor tlietu by traudulent
votes given by citizens oi' Missouri, and
when this Legislature met it euHcted
u uiost barbarous, unconstitutional, and
bloody code of laws, which even General
Cass denounced in bis place in the .Senate
"a disgrace to ttio age." The palpable
object of these laws was to en force slavery
on Kansas against her consent. The House
in which there is an American and Repub
lican majority ha? again and again declared
the Kansas Legislature n fraud, and all its
enactments null and void. lieu ce the
House refuses to appropriate any money to
enforce these "Border Ruffian Laws of Kan
sas.'' On the contrary the President lias
declared these laws must be executed and
enforcrd, and the Senate, where alont two
thirds *o Locofcco, takes sides with the
President and insist*, on using part of the
artay tppropt iatinns to forec slavery f ' li
Kansas Lt means of the United M'ates Ar
ai\. Such i* a condensed jet a correct his
tory of this difficulty which has occasioned
the cstia session of Congress Under
these circumstances we rati hardly imagine
bow it is the Buchanier patty cati stand up
as they <!•< in the face of the country, and
deliberately 'mclare an t pretend they are
in favor of freedom in Kansas Such mon
strous hypocrisy deserves the condemnation
which it has received in lowa, and is about
10 receive in Pennsylvania, and every other
free State
MORE UFX:r ri.\.
We have frequently cautioned our friends
again-t the tricks and reckless assertions
of the B ucbaoierr. But every day brings
scinething new in this line. The r.tore re
cent fabrication go: up by our adversaries
to injnrc us is tie bold ursertinn that the
FilhnSre and Donelson Electoral ticket re
cently chosen by the American Convention
at liarrisbnrg, is composed almost exclu
sively, it not entirely of Repnblicins and
Fremont men. When this lie was started
a few davs ago, it was said there were thrt e
or four Freiu'mt men on s-.i i ticket. \ cry
soon oru half were Fremont men; then it
was stated that all were Republicans but
six or sivfn, and now ail arc Republicans.
How fulao statements will grow'
••All who to'-D it a<itfed something BOW;
And all who heard it rasdu enlargements too."
We have taken the trouble to iuvestigate
the truth of the allegation* above referred
to, and find thetn ns destitute of foundation
xs the many other slanders manufactured
and circulated by our opponents. The fact
i, there i-< one Repul lieaa on the Fillmore
and Donel-on Electoral ticket, and only
am, arid he wa* put on by mistake. When
uotiaed of his selection as an elector on
that ticket ho will no doubt decline like
arty honorable man would do under the cir
cumstances, and then hie place will be sup
plied by i sound American, and the ticket
will be complete. These are the facte, und
wa hope they will {satisfy our friends, aod
put at rest this weak invention of the ene
my, and at the same time make our friends
! a little oarefnl of what they believe.
The Convention which nominated the
Fillmore and Donelsoo electoral ticket vo- j
ted against a fusion electoral ticket by the |
deoided vote of 72 to 18. Is not the state- ;
ment then absurd that this same Conven- I
tion on th'o same day sbooid select a ticket
composed of Republicans' This is a part
of thai go mo of desperation now being
played by the Buchaniers. Having no so
lid foundation of principle oo which to
stand, they endeavor to get along by mis
leading the people from the real issues be
fore tnem, and to humbug them with cock
and tali stories like this, and the legion of
others equally absurd, and equally untrue.
Once more we caution oar readers against
all such stories emanating frorn the same
source
A MERICAN MEETING.
Our readers will notice in another ool
umn a call for an American meeting on
Tuesday night of next week Hon. Henry
D. Moore, Gen. Wm 11. Koonts and oth
ers wilt be present to address the meeting.
Tbey are very powerful speakers, and our
friends may expect a riqji intellectual treat.
We ht-po our Fillmore and Donelson friends
will all b present, xs ww'.l as members of
other parties.
Our friends will remember the Fillmore
and Donelson meeting to morrow afternoon
at Barley's School Hcuee Let there be a
good turn-oat
50,000 LABORERS WASXEDI
AT TEN CENTS A DA¥!!
Read the followiug extracts from a speech
of 3D. Bacbatian, in the United States Sen
ate, in 1840) in whicb he advocated the re
duction of tonges to the European standard.'
We understand the LocofocO*, in ca. s <2 Mr
Buchanan is elected, intend to put tiowtf
the price of labor to ten cents a day imme
diately. Tbey now waDt 60,C00 laborers
at ten cents a c'ay to try the experiment on '
\\ on't some of our bard fisted laboring men
apply to Mr. Uuehantiu at Whoatiand for
1 .ho situation without delay*
Here's his arguments in favor of the re
! dvclion ■
• In Germany, where tin- currency Is purely
metaiic, and the cost of everything is RhDOC-
El) to a hard money standard, a piece of bruad
' cloth can be manufactured fur tiity dollars; the
manufacture of which, in our country from the
i expansion of paper currency would cost one
hundred dollars. Tim foreign French and
German manufacturer imports this cloth into
our country ami •.oils it fur a hundred. Does
j not every person perceive that, the redundancy
i of our currency i-> espial to a premium of one
hundred per cent, in iavor oi ttie manufacturer,
j "No tariff of protection, unless it amounted
i to prohibiti >n, could cntiiucrsct these advanta
-1 ges in favor of loreigu manufactures. I would
' to licaven that I could arouse the attention of
every manufacturer of the nation to this i input
' taut subject.
• •What is the res son that, with all these ad
vantages and with the protective duties which
our laws afTord to the domestic manufacture oi
i cotton, we cannot obtain exclusive possession ol
the home market, and successfully contend for
i the markets of the world? It is simply because
we manufacture at the nominal price* ol our
own inflated currency, and are compelled to sell
at the real prices of other nations. REDUCE
OCR .NOMINAL TO THE KEAE STAND
| AKP OF FRIGES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, and you cover our country with bles
sings and benefit*.
"The comparative I.O*V I'll ICES of France
awl Germany have ntj'.rdvJ auch a stiirnlouv ,■>
tllcir niauutactures, that they are new mpidly ex
tcudingtlicin,elvis, and would obtain possession
in no small decree, even of the English heme
market; IF it WERE NOT FOR THEIR
PIIOTET f N'G DUTIES- While British Manu
facture* are now languishing. those <t' the
continent are spiiiigiug into a healthy and
vigorous existence."'
FIRE. Ar. alarm of fire occurred be
tween II aid 12 o'clock, on Tuesday 'light.
It originated in a liable occupied by Fran
cis Jordan, Esq. It quickly communicat
ed with the ten-pin alley belonging to tic
■board'uig house of Mrs. Killer. The stable
and teu-pin alloc were both entirely con*
A chicken coop underneath the
alley was also cousitiued, with a couple of
dozen chickens. Fruit trees, <dirubberj>
&c., were much inj'itid. There was a
quantity of hay in the stible, and the build,
in.s made a great illumination. It is not
known Low the fire originated
.A-.
After all the exertions that were made to
get up a. big meeting, in Schellsburg, last
week, with a favorable day, and twenty-five
persons, women, boys and men, from Bed.
ford, there wore less than 150 there. Lo
cofocoUtn, ijke the crab, is going backwards
ia Bedford County.
Tire American meeting in Coarlesville,
on last Saturday, was very large and enthu
siastic. it was eloquently addressed by
I>r. Compiler. Oolerain is waking up.
At the request of several of our Ameri- i
can friends, we ro-pnblish the American j
Platform, adopted in February la?t at Phila i
delphia. It is a Platform on which every j
true hearted American can stand.
_ t i
Tlie communication in regard to the !
Schellsburg Bucbanier meeting will appear i
in our next
For the Inquirer and Chronicle.
Mr EDITOR:-—I am a stranger in your i
county, and have been spending a few days 1
in the Broad Top regions. Leaving her !
hills of wealth behind me yesterday about j
noon, I turned my horse's head down the '
hill, intending to take the cars at Hope
well. When I got down to the road, 1 dis
covered a crowd of about one hnndred and
fifty persons, seated in the yard of a pri
vate house, and a tall slim person, with a
fine Sow of words, that I took to be a
preacher, addressing them. "Might some
body he dead?" was the first ilea that struck
me, as the gentleman was certainly deliver
ing a eulogy; but I soon discovered his 1
praises wore lavished en the noble Harry of
the West. I concluded at once that it was
a Fillmore meeting, and az that suited me
to aT, and as I am a little excitable on
that question, 1 wm not loug in making up
my mind to dismount and "pitch in;" so af
ter having my horse put up, I got back with
all speed whn my tall friend was quoting
from Daniel Webster; as I was getting over
the fence with "that's so" upon my lips,
behold my tall frieoii had got so high with
the immortal words of Webster, <: Liberty
and Union, now and forever, one and insep
arable," that be either could not get down
again, or some person palled his coat tail
and told him that would do, or bad bettpr
stop. After looking at bis documents, first
at one paper, then at another, be took a
back seat.
1 than got over the fence, and picked oat
the seat with the most unoooupied space,
and spread myself to make the crowd look
aa large as possible, wbo they commenced
calling out for Sobell. Up jumps a little
fellow, (I wish I eould give JOB a descrip
tion of hist) and my first impression was,
'♦You're a souod egg, aoyliow." He com
menced by asking the people to got over
on bis right, as the aind was too strong
from the SoutA As the wind WJ blowing
cold enough for overcoats, I thought, if
that is South I have lost my bearing, orper
hn was a "point" here that I did
not see, though 1 saw the sheets that were
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
in ibe wind, and thought there were most
too many. Mr. ScbcU then ceairneuccd 011
Fremont, and took for his test 8 Land! ill
he bad in Li* jacket calling a Fremont
meeting, and was going to prove that Fre
mont was in favor of disunion. I thought,
take care you do not lay out too big a job
fersucba small man. After going over
tin? Gerrifc Smith Platform to prove that
Fremont Fas a diauniofiiet, he commeueed
on t!le elector*! ticket and read out two o r
, three- Americans for Living a hand in form
ing said ticket, marked the."** down tin* back
with a black stripe, and turned Uiwn otcr
to the Pathfinder. Thinks I, Sri right, Sid
cheered with all my might, thinkin* that a
little noise would help bi:n along, but,
judge my surprise, wbeu he stated that it
was not worth while talking about Fillmore
as lie would to beaten anyhow, and the
Know Nothings wer* sold to the Duteh
yes, and the Duteh will take Holland I
only theu .discovered that —I was wiong
shipped 1
The next speaker was a Mr. Tate He
commeueed by singing the "Star Spangled
Banner,and the "Exile of Eriu;" not so
mueh lost after all. The opportunity of
hearing that was well worth the time, and I
would freely give my horse, saddle ami bri
dle, to be able to sing those patriotic songs
as w.-l!. • He then got on to modern Democ
racy, and I left, satisfied that they had
made more Fill mere votes than Buchanan.
BALTIMORE.
August 22,1856.
A SfEXE OF HORROR!
.Yearly Three Thousand Lives Lost!
One of the items of news by the Canada,
is, an aVful earthquake in the Moluccas,
involving a loss of nearly three tbousuud
lives. A spectator writes to an English
journal:— •
* * * * "The glowing
jiva streamed downwards with irresistible
force iu different directions, bearing with
it whatever it encountered on its destruc
tive course, una causing the sett to boll wher
ever they canto in contact. The hot springs
opened up and cast out a flood of boiling
water, which destroyed and carried away
what the fire had spared. The eta, obedi
ent to an unusual impulse, lashed the rocks
with frightful violence, dashed upon the
shore aud heaved itself with a wild haste
against the land as if it strove to overcome
the fire stream.
The frightful picture of destruction, the
horror of which was increased by the shrieks
of the men and beasts, the wild roariDg of
the tempest, ar.d the crashing of thousands
of trees torn ur> and carried away, was fol
lowed about an hoar later, by peals of thun
der which .-hook the ground and deafened
the ear. A black column of stone aud ash
es then shot up fioir. the uionotaiu to an
immense height and fell, illumined by the
glare of the lava, like a shower of fire upon
the surrounding country below, producing a
darkness that, only now and then momenta
rily broken by the flishes of lightning, was
so iutence, that people could not discern
objects close at hand, and which completed
their confusion and despair. Large stcnes
were hurled through the air, crushing what
ever they foil upou. Houses and crops,
which had not been destroyed by fire, sunk
and disappeared beneith the ashes and
stones, and the hill stream-!, stopped by
these harriers, formed lakes, breaking over
their batiks soon proved a new source of
destruction.
This lasted 60iue hoars. Abeut luid
night the raging elements sank to rest; but
on the following day about noon, they again
resumed their work of destruction, with re
newed violence. In the meantime, the fall
of ashes continued without intermision, and
was so thick on this day, that the rays of
the sun could not penetrate through it, and
an appalling darkness prevailed.
Scarcely recovered in some degree from
their fright, the inhabitants *f this desolu
ted part of Sangtr were again disturbed by
an eruption on the 16tb March, which de
stroyed many fields and a great number of
trees on the Tabukan side.
Since then, the volcano has remained
quiet, the only symptom of its working has
been the smoke rising up in all directions
from cracks and fissures in the ground.
On the other side of Kandbar, on the ex
treme north point of the Island, the appear
ance of the devastion which has been caus
ed, is, if possible, even more frightful than
what has taken place at Taruna. For here,
where formerly there were seen extensive
fields bearing all kinds of crops, and thick.
]y planted and endless groves of cocoa nuts,
we now find nothing but lava, stones, and
ashes. The liquid fire seems at this point
to have flown from the mountain with Ir
resistible force and in prodigious quantity.
Not only bas this fearful flood, as it were
buried the whole district and all that was
upon it, bat after baviDg caused this de
struction over an extent of several miles, it
1 was still powerful enough, on reaching the
shore, to form two long tanjongs (capes) at
places whero the depth of water formerly
consisted of maDj fathoms.
The loss of life has been great. It is es
timated as follows in tb& nndermeLtioned
districts: Taruna, men, women,and ohildren,
722, Kandahar, men, women, and children,
45; Tabukan* men, women, and children,
2039; total, 2806
The g-oater number met their <jathin
the gardens. They fled in all directions,
but were overtaken end swallowed up by
the fatal fire stream. S>uie tried to save
themselves in the trees, but were either
carried away with them, or killed by the
scorching heat. At Kelsngnn and Tail
aug the liroscs were fill <i with people who
were stopped on their flight by the lava
streaming duvn on all sidas, and the streams
of boiling water, and who met their death
under the bumfr.g ashes and the tumbling
hous.'S, Many who Lad rsaohed the shore
and thought themsfljv<w safe, became a prey
to the fmious waves, n*4 many died thro r
sheer despair and agiJpv.
THE SMIM l\ : LflimiKi.
Terrible Last of Life —Steamship j\ai't\lua
.Vis,ir, j- The Dead Plundered >ti
Island — Crevsae id Bayci Sara — Thru'
Thousand Dwellings Desiroyd—Dam
ogf to Ihe VropS.
Nf.W OHLEASP, Aug. 16. The calami,
ties occasioned by the recent storm which
were at first believed to he greatly r-Shg*-
gerati-d, turn out to be si-J realities. Tue
storm continued with great violence, from
Sunday uhtil Tuesday evening, and during
48 hours not less than fourteen inches of 1
ra.ri fell, by the gunge at the Government ;
Hospital, Baton Ilouge. The storm ex ten- i
Jeu up the river as far as heard from, and
inteliigauco of further damage to property !
and loss of life may be anticipated.
The los? of life at Last Islai I it is thought ■
will reach tICH'. The survivors of the dis
aster have arrived here, and they report
that. 182 bodies had It en found. The sur- ,
vivors are, '"any of them, sufferers from ]
wounds, bruises and brjken limb*. They !
tell a pitiable stoiy of their sufferings.- j
They also teport that the dead bodies were j
plundered by a set of pirates, and the bag- j
g*ge belongiug to 'he .survivors wi* mostly '
carried off by the marauders, who are said
to be the inhabitants of the island. It is
supposed that at least §IO,OOO in money
was stolen from tho pockets of the dead,
and baggage valued at $">000 was also ear- i
l ied off. The buildings destroyed are valu
ed at §IOO,OOO.
Nothing very definite Las been learned
from Grand Call.on Island, but as it was
also inundated by the flood, the loss of life
aud destruction of property there has also
been great. It is reported that thirty bodies
were found at one end of the island.—
The buildiugs destroyed are valued atssS,-
000.
The damage to the corn, cotton and sugar
crop, is incalculable
The flood at the Bayou Sara has occa
sioned crevasse of he levee at that place,
flooding the country in all directions. It is
reported that three thousand dwellings have
been swept away or sumaged. No lives are
knowu to be lost.
A number of vessels wore blown ashore
in the neighborhood of the Belize, and fears
being entertained for the safety of the
Steamers Nautilus and Bcrsereranct, sev
eral Cays over duo from Texas, the steamer
Texas was sent out in search of them. The
anxiety with regard to the Perseverance has
been relived by her arrival. It is feared
that the Nautilus has beeu wrecked, as the
Louisiana, from G-ilvestoo, reports picking
up ou tbo 14U>, a cabin door, that is re
cognized as having belonged to the Nauti
lus.
The various telegraph lines have suffered
greatly by the prostration of their wires,
aud for several days no intelligence could
be received or sent.
The British schooner Manchester, from
Belize Honduras is reported ashore at South
I\:iDt.
CIVIL IVJR IX K.WSAS.
Sr. Locis, Aug. 2.
The Leavenworth Journal ot' the 17th
states that 300 Free Sutlers, beaded by
Brown, had attacked a colooy of Georgians
near Qssawatoane, and driven them into
Missouri, destroying all their property. On
the 15tb, the Treadwcll settlement was at
tacked by 400 Free Soilers The inhabi
tants sent to Gov. Shannon for aid, and the
Governor called on the U. R. troops to go to
their assistance, but the troops refused. A
fight occurred on the 14th near < tssawat
omio between 200 Free Soilers and 12 Pro
slavery men. The latter were in a fort.—
Twenty of the assailing purty were killed
and wounded.
On the 16tb, the town of Leooaipton was
attecked by £OO men under Col. Lane.—
U. S troops Laving charge of Robinson,
Brown, and tho other prisoners surcadered
without firing a gun. Col. Titus was absent
at tho time His house was burned. Mr.
Claver, editor of the Southern Advocate
and another person were killed.
It is reported that large bodies are or
ganizing in Missouri, and also that the Pro
slavery men interred to bora Lawrence on
the 20tb.
MR. PUM ROY'S ACCEPTANCE.
ACAOEMIA. Augfct 15 1856.
GENTLEMEN,— I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter of tho
12th inat., informing me that at a Conven
tion of the Congressional Conferees of the
17th district, held at C-iasnberabarg, I was
unanimously nominated as the candidate ©t
the opponents of tho present National Ad
ministration and Cincinnati Platform, f
!
: therefore accept the nomination ao genor
: ouslv tendered.
Yours truly,
JOSEPH i'CMROY.
Messrs. S. E iMrffiald, A. S. Rtuttll,
John Reale, James Wilson, 11. Easton,
Committee.
4HEMIMRM,
Adopted by the National Council,
at Philadelphia, February, lS^tj,
Ist, An humble acknowledgement to
1 the. Supreme Being, for bis protecting care
vouchsafed to our fathers in their suoeess
i ful Revolutionary struggle, and hitherto
manifested to us, their descendants, io the
preservation of the liberties, the indr-pen.
deuce, and the union of these States.
2J. The 'perpetuation of the Federal
| IJnion. as the palladium of our eiril and
i religious liberties, and the only sure bul
y, xrk of American Independence.
;5,\ American* enunt rule America,* to
this eh. naiiye born citizens should be se
lected for & E State. Federal and municipal
ofliees or go, *® ,m " rnt emplevmon'., in pref
erenc to ail ot nevertheless,
•Ith. Persons ix.™ Ame r icon parents
residing temporarily a'broad, should be en
titled to all the rights iA mitive lorn citi
zens; I>ut
bth. No person should It-.- •elected for
political station, (whether of nati.'*® lir for
eign birth,) who recognizes any a!l(- t 7 l --' ic<!
or obligation of any description to any i. >l "
eign prince, potentate or u >ver, ot who re- ,
fuses to recoguize tint Federal and State ;
constitutions (each within its sphere) as par- •
amount to all other laws, as rules of politi
cal action
Oth. The unqualified recognition and
maintenance of the reserved right* of the
several States. and iLm cultivation of har
mony and fraternal good will, between the
citizens of the several trirue---. ami to this
euu non-interference by Congress with
question* appertaining ml el vto the indi
vidual State*, and non-intcrventioa by each
State wirii the affairs of any other State.
7 th. The recognition of the right of the
native born md naturalized citizeus of the
United State*, permanently residing in any
Territory thereof, to frame their constitu
tion ami laws, an I to rogula'e their doiaes
tic and social affairs in their own mode,
subject only to the provision* of the Fede
ral constitution, with the privilege of ad
mission into flic Union a Leu ever they have
the requisite population for one representa
tive in Congress. Provided always, that
noue bat those who are citizens of the Uni
ted Sta'cs, under the constitution and laws
thereof, and who have a fixed residt-uco iu
any such Territory, ought to participate in
the formation of the constitution, or iu tbe
indictment of laws for said Territory, or
State.
Btb. An enforce aunt of the prisicipic
that no State or Teiritory ought to adaiit
others tbun citizens of the United State.-; to
the right of suffrage or holding political of
fice.
9r!, A change in the laws of naturaliza
tion, making a cor.linned residence of twen
ty-one year*, of all not hereinafter provi
ded for, an indispensable requisite for citi
zenship hereaft.tr, and excluding all pmpera
and persons convicted of crime, from land,
jug upon our shore-*; but no interference
with the vested rights of foreigners.
10th. opposition to any union between
Church and State; no interference with reli
gions faith, or worship, and no test oath*-
for office.
11th. Free and thorough investigation
into any and all alleged abuses of public
functionaries, and a strict economy in pub
lic expenditures.
12th. The maintenance and enforcement
of ail laws constitutionally enacted until
such laws shall be repealed, or shall be de
clared null and Void by competent judicial
authority.
13th. Opposition to the reckless and un
wise policy of the present administration
in tbe general mausgeuient of our national
affairs, and more especially as shown ia re
moving "Americans" (by designation! and
conservatives in principle, frotu office, and
placing foreigners and ultraists in their
places, as shown in a truokliug subservien
cy to the stroßge;-,and an insolent and oow
ardly hravado towards tbe weaker powers,
as shown iu reopening sectional agitation by
tbe repeal of the Missouri Compromise, as
shown in granting to unnaturalized foreign
ers the right of suffrage in Kansas and Ne
braska; as shown in its vacilitating course
ott the Kansas and Nebraska question; as
shown iu tbe corruptions which pervade
some o! the departments of tbe government;
as shown m disgraoiog meritorious naval of
ficers through prejudice or caprice, aud as
shown in the blundering mismanagement of
our foreign relations.
14ib. Therefore, to remedy existing
evils, and ptevent the disastrous consequen
ces otherwise resulting therefrom, we would
build up tbu "American party" upen the
principles hereinbefore stated.
15th. That each State Council shall have
authority to amend their several constitu
tions, so as to abolish the several degrees,
afld institute a pledge of honor, instead of
other obligations for fellowship and admis*
siou into the party.
16th. A free an t open discussion of all
poHticil principle* embraced in our plat
form %
THOMAS H. ' LAV
We Lav_• two favored by a friend, say *
the N. V. Kiprees, with the perusal of some
letters received by hlt from Tims. 11. Clay,
Esq., a son of th" dtateemwr of Ashland,
and from which we are permitted to m>k.
the following extracts'.
♦'July, ISSC.
Permit me to return to you my grateful
I thanks for the kind mention vou make in it,
ot my honored father. Had he lived. lam
confident he would now be of the American
| Party, probably controlling under OoJ" s
| providence, its action
Relieving ir to be the ouly National and
j Conservative Party of the country, I shall
cdLere to if so long as it preserve its intep
riry.*'
• *
"August, ISoG.
I am pleased to learn from you that Mr.-
h'il lino re's prospects arc so bright in New
\ 'rk
lu regard to the Presidential election
in +CON' ueky wc • ntertain DO fear-. Ken
tneky uill be as she alwava Was been,nation
al :ui 1 out live. Bv her vote in No.
vernier shy will retake .sefctionr-lisiu ami
vindicate her own integrity/'
MiRiMED.'
In Prieuds Cove, on 'lie 21st. int. bv iL
Rev. C. F. Hofi'iueier. dir. JACOB K KOO, F>
j Miss Evt: MCEI DOW.NFV, both of tie
■ above place.
At the bouse of Err kid C August
[ 14th. IbAO, bv the Rev W. 15. Br -I,tell,
! EtJirrr, MfctX/L, of Snake .Spring
V;U'EJ. 10 MISS RF-81-'CA COOK, of \Yt
i l'rovi'.'*Oce township.
LILD.
Ou Saturday, A ugirt 2 Hit. at her resi
dence iu Bedford. Mt*s fkl vntjtßKT I)avu>-
hon, in the t'Ctli year of her age.
The deceased united \snli the i'resbyte
r'.un Church of Jiooto.-d, Aug. 15th, 1919,.
and for thirty-seven years evinced the sin
eerity of her prof<"> '<n by a c-otisistent
cliriott&n life. Her \**t .<icl:resa was brief,,
but very severe.. .-'eon it became evident
to her friends and in that aer disso
lution was just at hand. -She was calm,
and resigned to the wii! of Heaven. Sin
knevv it Was better to depart and he with
Christ, i'o her, death had no terrors—il.o
grave no gloom. .She talked fuuiiliarij ot
the change she soon expected to experience,
and "gave commandment cnc-crning ' her
burial. Faiili looked beyond the deep da mi
vault, and up to the house not unrip with
hands eternal in the heavens. And as th :
summer"* sun from a cloudless sky. when
storm* are orer, sink* calmly and tKii dev*
ly toils rest below tins western hill*, so Se
renely she passed isi'o the tliadovv vale.
Our very hopes belied our fears.
Our t'e. is our hopes i relic.i:
We thoncht her dying when she slept.
And slccpinjj when she died.
r. q. r.
Ou the 20th in-t. of I*ropy, Mr*.
Mary IJovtseh, consort of John JJ >w,*cr,
aged TO years, 10 month* and 2 days. She
died in peace, and the hope of finding a
better world in Jesus.
Near Leitersburs, Waslunaion. Co. Md.,
Mrs. K msec A Fto.tA, sister of the Rev.
W. B. Bachiell,of Bloody Run, Fa.
Fremont and barton :! !:
A meeting of the fr'o uds of Fremont and
Dayton, will be held at the Court House on
Wtsducsdav Evening (Court Week,) Sept.
31.
All who arc opposed to the spread of sla
very in our national territories, and in fa''or
of restoring the GuTemiuetit to the princi
ple* of Washington and Jetfer-mn art invi
ted to attend.
Several speakers will be present.
Aug. 29, 185C.-lt.
WAKfTISJD!
A pood stout B >y, about 18 years old, to learn
A the Tanning Business. Applr imme (lately.
A up. 29,1850. 3. 3UUCK, St Co.
FllSifl
[ Vfm Atiwod punetr.Alj uwt t® ®l! i*- I i
, tr\led t.j .. AMM T tsi'i SHwi, pwacgul. tvcA.'aiod. A-. *-xi j
art te ;iti :m *rvi. 'ron •Q*' w wi-< *:
• Cut|H niM.ttraU l , ttd nil e jsratiisw wantuK, t
tr Tina. UC VARIABLY CASS it
OT.•. wi r.e. -.,<**. r* *v.
.
Confeefioinwrj Establishment.
J. IV. Jtouhm. s'rd! continues to keep on han't
Candies, nuts, fruits, cakes and beer, at his oil
stand a few doors West of Brir.e's Tavern.—
Thankful for past favors hf solicits the patron
age of live public.
Aug 22. 180t>.
PLAKK KO.il> SKITK E.
"VfOTICC is hereby given that the oth and
is last instalment of the stool subscribed to
the Hopewell and Bloody Kun Plank and Turn
pike Road, wid be due and payable at the otfic*
of the Treasurer on tbo 23d of August, inst.
Suits w i!i t immediately instituted for the
collection of all subscription.* unpaid alter tint
dav. By order of 'he Board of Manager*.
JNO. MOWER. Treasurer.
Bedford, Aug. 15,1856.
FOR SHE.
THE subscriber will sell at private sale, a
▼alliable Fartu of Jlratrato liuievtouj land,
situated in Middle Woodberry tp., Bedford
county Pa., containing 190 acres, about 125
acres cleared and nuder good fence, and in a
high state of cultivation, the balance ia well tim
bered, with s good two Story House and a latgo
back building attached, .tflao good bank barn
with thrashing floor, tenant bouse, waab sad
spring bowse, and si! other cut luißdings requir
ed on a fkrna. Also s never failing spring ot
Brat-stone water noar the boHdiaga. Any par
son wishing t purchase such a property wjU do
well to n*li on the subscriber living on tbo
premise*. SAMUEL BUCK.
Aug. 8,1806.
MOBE SBOES A\i> WAITERS.
JUST Received at Shoeaiaksr's Colonnade
Store. Ladies, Misrrs, ChildrMi* and Oot
shoes. .\ndalo I.vlv-s and f7epc* f. obcrv
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