Mum it mm BEDFORD, Pa. K'riln Uoriiiitg JJ it 9. 18.Y5- "Fearless *n<! Free." T>UT:> OVER, EDITOR. ASI PROPRIETOR A NEW YEAR. The present number of our paper, not only commences the New Year, but the first number of Voluiuc Thirtieth; and also the first paper in the eighth vear iiiee we be rne tho editor end proprietor. This ie ior.ger than this press has ever before been -conducted by aov ope proprietor. In the past seven years we have endeavored to priut as good and readable u paper u- we were able, *nd were 'be printer aa well pniu as most other people, vc have no doubt his paper would be accordingly better than it is. We have on our list some of the best subscri" ler in the State, men who pay their sub scriptions as regular ns clock work; and then again. wc h-vc a fe* wbo are able. b u t never think of paying, ard owe us for from cne to seven years. Upon them, will, in a great measuto depend tho future usefulness of a good press in Bedford. The present veir a Governor as election takes place in Pennsylvania,and we confidently expect tlie success of our candidate, and as the present i- a favorable time, the beginning of the year, we would like to increase inr sub seiiption list a couple cf hundred, so that the benefits and influence of American prin ciples may be more widely fc!Y m our Coun ty. Will not our fiitncL exert themselves a little in our behalf? WbiLt ou the New Year, wc would state, tis a matter of information to our reader?, that our merchants, mechanics and business j u.ro, have signed tin following Card, aud intend to be governed accordingly hereaf ter in their business affairs. It is a good i resolution if it can bo strictly carried out, I and the only objection wc can find with it is, j that it includes printers a, well as others. We hope our friends may make us able to disc up to its requirements: AVI4. the undersigned, Merchants and .Mechanics of Bedford, satisfied that tbc long credits heretofore extended, operate ee uvwdy to the disadvantage of ourselves km! customers, will, on the FIRST DAY OF J A NUA~RY, 1557, adopt regular peri ads of settlement, viz: On the FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY, credit of ,ix months. "Tie reduced profits compel us to this course. Wc re-pectfullv a-.c the co-operation of Pinners. Mechanics and business men generally, in bringing about a tegular system oi business transac tion#. In COiivitlMiiD, wc wish oli our f.lends a happy New Year, health, long life, m i t Icn ty of this world*s enjoyments, sad a "bles- S' 1 abode," at the end if their pilgrima v, vi ins "other side of Jordan T:i oar p per of the 19t!i December, wc tons occasion tn refer to the u muiti<rat.ed Isoiul id the Gaz-'tte, in charging that the <>pp.i.iri in to Locofoooisiu iu the late campaign "tfbldty aeoule t that a NEGRO WAS BETTER THAN A WHITE MAN." Knowing ibis charge to be not only altogether inde fensible. but ail outrage on the intelligence ot the public, we supposed Absalom would by a silent acquiescence in tho truth of what we sai l, be willing to allow the whole wmt'er to pas-, but he is worse and more reckless than w - even supposed bin. Like the witness who testified iu court that lite bcr-e i:i dispute was sixte.n fed high, wr'ieiqhe knew he tva, only sixteen hands big! , mil on cross examiner ion persisted in 1..:; statement, s • Absalom, in the Inst issue "f his paper, s :cks u it tl.fit in the late campaign tho opposition "bo/i/y avowed that, a Negro wi9 bettor tha i a white m m." HJ nut only re-affirms the truth of this ptil psb.o falsehood, but gives a rigmarole of fiie sonic character, alm sjt a column and a quarter in ouigth, iiit.su lad, as Is says, to prove ft* charge —and snch proof' O, Ab salom! Absalom! Wo design making no an.-wer 'o the article in question, believing it most completely refutes itself. It is a compound of absurdity and folly, malignity snd baseness, leaving the reader in great doubt v hot her the pro{Kr place for its au thor would be the lunatic asylum, or the Ftate penitentiary. By no means the least falsehood is the one boasting of the great candor aud fair iibiM of the Gazette. 4nd the willingness to t eat everything and overybody justly. Yot in ihr tace of all these hypocritical profe3- MI, tii-i very article in which they n.e made, falsely charges Mr. Jordan with writing our article of the 19th ult., and therefore proceeds as usual with a tirade of faiae and malicious abuse of him, when the act is, Mr. Jordan had no more to do with writiug our article, and knew no more of its publication until after it was published, than Absalom himself. This is about t fair specimen of the candor, truth, and firns which characterizes the columns of hsr reckless Dd shameless paper, called • Bedford Gazette. Gersgres? has uot been dotng much dur- Lg ;.;e l.vi: ays. "Be sec that the pious bypoorite of the fdoestfc, is ou; io favor vt the election of tbat pink of corruption, Jons W. FORNEY, for the high tnd honorable position of Uui t'xl Slates Senator of the State of Pennsyl vania. This is the sauie John W. Forney, that wrote a letter to a person in New Or leans, we believe, requesting him to get a certain Actor uuuied Jamison, intoxicated, and whilst in that state, to get hiiu to say that he had had improper intercourse with Mrs. Edwin Forest, so as to enable Forest 'o get a divorce from that lndy by such out rageous villany as this of the dastard For ney! (ft e are sorry that we cannot now lay our hands on this letter, but if we can pro cuic if, we will publish it soon.) Bowman knows that Forney was guilty of this vil lany, by which, through the aid of a drunk enmatt, he wished to destroy the cbaracterof H defenceless lady, which should cause the brand of IVm to be forever placed on the forehead of the villain, and yet he, Bow man, knowing all this, supports this scoun drel for United States Senator. Par no bite fratrum! One of the two is a projes sor of religion and takes the communion! Oh! Absalom, your sins will find you out! SABBATH SCHOOL. —We regret that we were net present on Christmas day to wit ness the swarding of the Premiums at the Methodist Sunday School. The Church was very full and we hear that the Scholars conJticted themselves in an orderly and be coming manner. Several of the Scholars, rehearsed a remarkably large number of verses in the Scripture during the year.— The whole number of verses during the year committed to memory by the Scholars wos 31,900' Rev. Mr. Gibson delivered soma eloquent remarks to the Scholars and the audience. The premiums consisted of several beautifully bound copies of the Scriptures, and several other religious works. [Er~A very silly article appeared ou the outside of our paper last week, on coquettes in which it says "Bedford is full of them." The article appeared without our knowing it, until the whole edition was worked oft", and was put in from some other paper and Bedford substituted, by one or two hands in this office, after we bad read the proof. Wc will take care to avoid such liberties on their part hereafter. Our opinion of the majority of the ladies in Bedford, is, that they are as free from affectation, as they are amiable, virtuons and pretty! Any one in need of a good wife, cn find the article in abundance in our beautiful Borough. THE BANKS. The following Pennsylvania Banks have within the lust few weeks, ail failed, or are reported so. None of them are purchased -j < - - - heavy discount. So lookout, now, as the banks can't stand in these Loeofcco times! Lancaster Bank, Erie Bank, Erie City Bank, Bank of Newcastle, Warren County Bank. SLAVE TRADE. One hundred and fifty two members of the House of Representatives voted on Monday week, that the s! ivo trade is shock ing to the moral sentiments of the rnlifrht ened portions of mankind, and that a revi val of it would subject the country to the reproach ar.il execration of all civilized and Christian people throughout th> world.— Fifty two Southern members dissented from the shocking to the moral seutiiucnts clause, hut were ready, all of them except seveu, to declare the slave trade uuwi.se and inex pedient, and to condemn the policy of ro pt-alitig laws declaring it t > be piracy. - There arc, therefore, only scvec members of the House who do not consider traffic in slaves to behest characterized by that un unstakaWy expressive word piracy, and who •Jo not wish it io continue an integral part of our national system, to punish it as such. This is a broad, solid landmark to go bv. It is as satisfactory a lest of strength as could be desired, between the ultra tire eating ac tion at the south, and the humane and con servative sentiment of the whole country. In the palmiest days of Washington, Jef ferson and Mudi*on, men of the bloody handed, like Messrs. Barksdale, Bennett of Mississippi, Brooks, Keitt, Shorter, Walker aud Wright of Mississippi, coul 1 have been found, ready to sacrifice the progress of ci vilization of eighteen centuries, for the cause of humanity, and the interests of their country and of their constituents, for the sake .if panderiug to the worst passions of the rac". It ueed excite less surprise that there are a< many, at the present time,than that there are so few. The administration of President Pierce has been a hot bed for that growth of all that is rank and offensive in the southern states, yet, at the close of his term of office, but seven} representatives of the sonth could be found in favor of the African blood. (EfThs past few days havo been mild and beautiful, much resembling Spring The whole of December until the day after Christinas, was extremely cold. !CF"*The Legislature meets on Monday next. If we are able, we .-ill Hy the Gov ernor's Message before our readers next week. K7*"We call attention to the uew adver tisements in to-day's paper. Valuable lands for salc,.&c., Ac. GOOD PREPARATION YOR NEW YEARS. —Look ap oil harrowed articles, (especial ly Books,) and return them to their owneis, and thus oblige MANY LENDERS. The County settlement commences ou Monday next. % Senator Wilson, on Faiday, resorted to the nrguaac-utum ad homineui, in repelling an attack on his colleague, Mr. Sumner, made by Gen. Cass, and the effort seems to have been all that could have been desired. He referred to the ungenerous reference made by Geu. Cas in his recent speech to Senator Sumner, and remarked that soon he would be returned to the seat which was now vacant by the almost unauituous ver dict tf the people of Massachusetts, while the Senator from Michigan, in obedleuce to the voice of tho sovereign people of his adopted State, will be obliged to retire, and the seat which now knows him will know him no more forever. Then, said Mr. Wil son, wheu my. colleague shall have occasion to make known his views to tha Senate and the country, 1 know he will not be so un fair and uneoniplaisant as to utter an un kind word of its former occupant. This sharp and deserved reference to the vener able Senator from Michigan, fixed a!! eves upon bint, but he sat like a dumb statue. THE WIDOW'S THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. The following is the report of a case de cided at tha recent term of the Supreme Court in Pittsburg, which is of very gene ral interest. Tho decision settles the law tn a matter of frequent occurrence. We copy from the Pittsburg Union: SUPREME COURT IN PANC. The widow of a decedent is entitled to three hundred dollars out of proceeds of the sale of his real estate, in preference to a judgment creditor, in whose favor the husband had waivd the benefit of the Exemption Act of 1849. Joseph Spencer's Appeal from the Or phans' Court of Allegheny County.—Sa rah Smith took out letters of administra tion on the estate of her deceased husband, James Smith, who died September 15, 1854. In her administration account she charged herself with the proceeds of a lot of ground, sold by her under an order of the Orphan's Court, and retained credit for the sum of three hundred dollars claimed by herself as widow, by virtue of the act ot April 14, 1851. Joseph Spencer held a judgment against James Smith, the de ceased, entered January 24. 1854, on a I bond with a warrant of Attorney waiving 1 the benefit of the exemption act of 1849. : Joseph Spencer accordingly filed exceptions ; to the administration account, and contend ed that the widow was not entitled to re t 'ain §3OO as against him. The Uourt be ; low, McClurc P. J , decided differently and Mr. Spencer appealed. The case was argued by Mellan ar.d Neg i ley, for appellant, and by Hasbrouk for the ! appeller. Tiie opinion of the Court was delivered November 27, 1856, by Lnwrie, ,T.—We think that the learned President of tho Orphans' Cvart decided this case rightly. The act of 1851, allow j ing a widow to take property to tlje value ; of §3OO out of her deoeasec husband's es tate. ;s plainly a restriction on the letnedica heretofore existing in favor of creditors. It, is therefore a restriction or qualification of any liens acquired by operation of law against her estate after the passage of the act, except to far as it is excepted by tho ; act. . It is supposed that his waiver of any right ot exemption alters tho case; but we ;do not think so. His waiver of a privi lege granted by la.v to himself cannot cf : feet a right granted by law to another. It ! puts the cieditor in the same position which i he would have occupied if the husband bad no exemption to be waived. And surely ! this provision in favor of tho widow might j havebecn exacted nr.d enforced, even if 1 of the debtor himself. Tho creditor might have divested his whole estate in his liie time, but not having done so, the perspective provision in iavor of the I widow comes into operation uuu restricts his | remedy so fir as to prevent it from interfe ring with the rights granted to her. Decree affirmed at the cost of the appel lant and rocord remitted. The fa'npremj Court, at Washington was occupied during four days of tho last week, in the trial of tho case of Dred Scott, a j colored man, once a slave to Dr. Emerson, . who removed him to Illinois, and then re turned to Missouri. Dred sued for his free dom iu 1854, aud the Supremo Court of Missouri decided against him. By tho act of Dr. Emerson the title to Dred and his family was transferred to his brother in law, ~lr. Saoford, of New York, the present defendant in the case. The decision in volves the following questions: First—Whether a free black man is a I citizen ot the United llt&tef, so as to be competent to sue in the courts of the Uni ted States. Second —Whether a slave carried volun tarily with his master to his homo, is a free man by virtuo of such temporary resideuee; and, 1 iiirdiy—Whether tho eighth section of the Missouri act of 1820, prohibiting slave- BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. ry north of 36 dog. SJO mm., is oonstUu- : clonal or not. Several eminent lawyers were engaged in I the case, and among them George T. Our- j lis of Boston. The decision will not be made for several weeks, probably not until the end of the present term of the Court. Fathcw Ma the w, the renowned Apostle ! of Temperauee, died at Cork on the 9th of December. His career has been remarkable* and his influence atuoDg his countrymen in Groat Britain aud America wiil long be felt. Theobald Matbew was born in Thonmstown, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1790. He i was left an orphan at au early age, adopted by an aunt and educated in Kilkenny Academy and at Mayoootb. He was ordained to the priesthood at Dublin, having pre viously emered upon his philanthropic labors among the poor. The curse of whiskey, brougiitso fearfully to his notico among these wretched people, roused hitu to un wonted enthusiasm, and he determined upon a crusado against the demon of Alckohol.v Adopting the principle of total abstinence, he commenced a series of meetings, and soon awakened the latent enthusiasm of the Irish nature to his assistance, meeting with a success beyond the wildest hopes. lie j •raveled from town to town througti all the Island. His spotless fame preceded him, and his progress was one triumphal maroh. The authorities unbent their dignity to do him honor, and the people followed anu crowded around him with adoration. He administered the pledge to thousands at a time; at Nenagh to twenty thousand in oue day, at Galwvy a hundred thousand in two days; between Galway and Lougbrea to nearly two hundred thousand. From Ireland he went to England, where even the phleg matic Baxotis were infected with a corres ponding enthusiasm. Thence he came to the United States, where to shake hands with the Apostle of Temperance and receive his medal with a pledge of total abstinence was 'lie highest ambition of every worthy son and daughter of the Emerald Isle.— His warm reception and gratifying success in this country are well remembered.— Through all this Herculean labor he. never amassed a cent for himself, but was constant ly iu a state of personal poverty. When he began his good work lis brotbef was the proprietor of a largo distillery. He sup ported Theobald uutil bis wonderful success had tuiusd the distillery, and reduced the owuer to banktuptcj. To meet the wants of the good Samaritan, the British Govern ment settled an annuity of j£3oo upon him, which sum was just sufficient to pay the premium upon an insurance policy held by j his creditors as security for their claims.— I Since bis retain to Ireland, the weight of r ' \ i '-xc labor l'""** compelled his partial withdrawal from pub lic life, and his name has been less promi nently before the public. In personal ad dress l- ather Matbew was courteous, benev olent and winning in the highest degree.— The news of his death wiii be received with profound regret by every true friend of man throughout the world.—vVVio York Tribune. We publish to-day some interesting letters in relation to Kansas. They go to show that while the struggle is yet by no means oxer, there is still every reason to hope that by firmness and perseverance we shall yet succeed in saving Kansas to Freedom. The j poiiey adopted by Gov. Geary, and es pecially the removal of tho infamous and unscrupulous Leeouipte, must be set down ; as a triumph over Border-Ruffianism only i second to that which the Free-State settlers i achieved when, with arms in their hands, they replied the tide of Missouri inva sion. Iu a struggle by brute force for tbo possession of the Territory, the Border j Ruffians had great advantages. Tlicy had j Missouri close at Hand for their base of operations, whence at a moment it was easy to draw any number of men which their i necessities required. It was, theiefore, t plainly tor their interest to bring the ques tion to the test ...of arms, and President Pierce, by leaving the administration of the Territory to alternate for several months between Shannon and Woodson, gave them full opportunity to try their hand at that j method. They tried if, hut, thanks to the j Sharp's rifles, against the introduction of j which into the' Territory such a clamor has i been raised in certain quarters, they failed. But for those Sharp's rifles and other arms j in the hands of toe Free-State men, every i individual of them would before now have' been swept out of the Territory; but as the | Border Ruffians, and still more the General Government, have found out at last that the ; I 1 ree-Nit'itc men are both abe and wiiiiug to : defend themselves, that, method of operation i is not likely to be again resorted to. The struggle is now reducod to a contest, I not of anus, but of capital and laboi. ' Whether or not Kansas shall be a Free j State wiil depend upon the fact whether the ' Free-State men shall continue to maintain ! that ascendency in numbers and capital i which they already possess. In the matter j of fighting and intrusive vioionce the I Missourians had their turn. The present | contest is one in which the advantage lies, • or may lie, if wa will fcJ t ourselves, wholly I with UJ. As matters now stand, it is hardly to be I imagined that, the existing bogus Legislature of tho Territory can fc o employed to fix o! ivery upon it, against the determination to the contrary of a decided majority <.f the i inhabitants. Kansas is not yet a Free ! I State, but to make it so it is only necessary that Hie same efforts should be perse reringly continued by which it has hitherto beeu j j saved from the grasp of the slaveholders. The coming Spring will decide the ques tion. Having failed to drive out the Free- State men by foree, the Missourians will I doubtless now make an effort to outvote 1 them, by throwing tho next Spring a great ! body of bona fide immigrants into the Ter ritory. We, on the other hand, must meet and outvote them by a still greater body of immigrants from the Free States. Shall it not be done! Will not our capitalists freely take hold ofaD operation which, at the point at which it has now arrived, promises pecuniary profits as well as political tri umphs?—JVew York Tribune. FROM THE WASINGTON CORP.ESPON- I DKNCE OP THE TRIBUNE. — Mr. Bigler's written speech seemed to be the starting ! point of interest. But it is now very much | doubted if it possessed any real significance touching the poiiey of the uew Administra tion.— Indeed, he disclaimed yesterday doing any'thing beyonu speaking for himself. He wears the appearance of a civil gentle man. but if his moral tone be high, his posi tion arid conduct in the debate belie him. In fact it is of no use to expect grapes of throns or figs of thistles. The Northern doughface is an unmistakable type of man whose characteristic are ever the same. Are they not writen on the hearts of all men? (Lan the Ethiopian change his skin l or the leapar his SPOTS? Mr. Ilale thrust a flambau in their faces yesterday which great | ly exercised Mr. Pugh of Ohio, who de uionded if he meant him, Mr. Hale dis I claimed, as of course he must, saying he ) meant nobody in the Senate. Courtesy ! demanded as much as this. Anthony could ! say in his oration over the dead body of ; Caesar: "Brums is AN honorable man, for jwe are ail honorable men." Brougham called the members of the House of Lords 1 "honorable," though with more truth than : grace he snccriogiy added: "Honorable by courtesy." There mark has been made le ' fore: Seperately you are very good fellows, ! "but colectively a precious set of serum ' drels." Thus we presume these individual disclaimers to be very satisfactory to the parties concerned. In a moral aspect Mr. J Bigler was very badly damaged by Mr. ' Hale, who called upon Mr. Butler of South i Carolina to rebuke him for his superservi : cable efforts ou the side of slavery, which Mr. Butler had to do, though R.ot without great reluctance; and when he bad fi:iLsh°d C".t up and left the Senate. It was a very hold, but most triumphant parliamentary J stroke on tho part of Hale, and must have i made MR- Bigler, who seeins a sensitive man, wish hiaiself dowu in the toes ot ins BOOTS. HE fared no better in another point of view at the hands of Trumbull, who dc ; monstrated his obtuseuess in his construc tion of Dunns' bill, TO which, however, he was doubtless led by the comments of that prince of uiisrepicsenters, Douglas. OTRTHE St. Paul Pioneer contains the particulars of a shocking affair. It appears that a party of Sioux Indians recntly eap tureu a Fliippewa, near Glcneoe, and after deliberating upon the matter took him to a point, on Buffalo Crock, and burned him to death by a SLOW fire- They first tied tim to a stake, then applied the blazing faggots to his person. It is supposed that this outrage was committed in revenge of a Ducotan wo. man last fall. [fF*A Washington correspondent, in des crioing the recent debate in the Senate on the President's Message, says: "For the credit of the "Old Keystone" I regret to have to record that during the progress of the discussion in the Senate, Mr. Hale literally hewed to pieces our dis tinguished Seuator, Mr. Bigler- He has thus far had the good sense to say but little; but, beiug unwilling longer to hide his light tinder a bushel, be was — that he caught a Tartar. His Democratic trieuds gave him but a little consolation. THEY allege that he was served right — that he should have ; taken one of his size, and net risked a 1 hand-to-hand encounter with so jovial, skill- j ful and overwhelming a debater as; "Jack ! Hale." " A DEPLORABLE PICTURE OP NICARA GUA.— It is stated tha" immediately after I the surprise of Granada, "tho city was plundered, its inhabitants were insulted, and many otthein were arrested and impris oned. One of these, Don Chamorro, was compelled to see the sack of his home, his fair young WILE in the power of merciless j freebooters, who cut her nugers to take off 1 her rings, aud subjected her to other out rages. The unhappy husband was thrown 1 into prison, and threatened to be shot at every moment, and HIS wife at last died of her sufferings." This is, indeed a lament able picture of the conduct of the filibusters, and it correct, the miscreants who were en gaged :n such inhuman cruelties deserve the execrations of civilized maukind. — Phil. Inquirer. " MARRIED, AT tho Gerir.au Rst imed parsonage, IN I- riefids Cove, on \\ etluosJay the 24th of December, by the J'ev. 0. F. Hoffuieier, Mr. Levi KEGG, to MISS Mary Elizabeth Mower, both of llainsburg * ON the 2 1st ttlt., bv Thomas Oldham, K-q.. Mr. Joseph WALTER, to Miss Elizabeth ' Limst, nil OF Union Tp., Bedford coun ty, Pa FIUV ATE S ALE OF RE AL ESTATE, i —The subsettber offers for aale the valuable Farm on which !>e now reside*, situ - ate in Cumbertind Valley Township, Bedford Couuty, Fa., about four miles South of Bed ford Spring", on tht* tnun toad leading to Cum berland, containing one hundred acre r, more or less, of limestone land. about 45 acres cleared and under fence, the balance good timber land, and all capable of cultivation. The improvements are * good two story leg Dwelling Home, with kitchen attached, good seller underneath, good spring housi . table aud other necessary out-buildings, a first rate never failing limestone spring at the door. A good orchard of choice fruits, and ivattr in all the fields exeept one. A strong mountain stream runs through the place. A good site for a lan yard on the property. It is desirable that this Farm he sold immedi ately, therefore it would be necessary that per sons wishing to purchase should call and ex amine it soon. Possession given on the tlrst of April next, and a good title made. Terras to suit purchasers MRS. NANCY HUNT. January, 2. 1857. TO PHYSICIANS.—An eligible lo cation for a Physician, can be obtain ed by purchasing the property, of the subscrib er, who has retired from practice, and is about to remove to the west. The property consuls of a neat two story frame residence, with a good office, attached, good stabling and other convenient out-build ings. Also, three lots adjoining, containing about four acres in the whole. The above property (if not sold privately be ! fore that time,) will be offered at public sale on [ Saturday, January 17th, 1857. Information repecting terms can be had by [ calling on, or addressing, DR- JNO-GETTY. Marfinsburg, Blair Co., Pa. January, 2, 1857. PUBLIC SALE.—The subscriber will offer at public sale, on the premises, j on Friday the 15th day of January, 1857, the | following valuable Real Estate, to wit: A tract of land containing 153 acres, more or ! !cs, situate in Liberty Township, Bedford County, Pa., one half mile west of the Hunt ingdon and Broad Top Rail Road, within two miles of the Junction of the Road at Saxton, and three miles from the Riddlesburg Coal Mines,—adjoining lands of George Rhoa'ls. James Clark and othvs- About luO Acres of i this land is cleared and under fence. I The improvements are a good two story log ! house, with kitchen attached, a good double log lam, spring house, and other Accessary out \ buildings. A good spring of never failing ! water at the door. There are also two good ! thriving orchards on this place. Possession i will he given on the first of April, next. TERMS.—One thousand dollars in hand at I the confirmation of the sale, and the balance in ; three equal annual'payments thereafter. Sale I to commence at 1 o'clock. P. M. of said day. ' January, 2, 1857. JACOB SNIDER. V}I!BLIC SALE.—By virtue of (be j JJr lfst will and testament of .John Alli ; son, late of St. Clair Township, Bedford coun ty, deo'd. there will be exposed to public : sale on the 14th day of February next, a cer | tain lot of ground in St. Clair Township, ad -1 joining land of Wm. Barefoot. Robett Callfhen, • and others: containing twenty acres, patented land, about teu seres cleared and under fence, ; with a one and one half story log dwelling i house, and one frame stable, thereon erected; : a good well of water near the door, one apple orchard of good grafted fruit, and some other j fruit trees. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock on said dar, when the conditions ol sale will be mode j known by THOMAS G. WRIGHT, j January, 2, 1856. Executor; iHWHttEJE HEM) OP STRAY CAT- Jk TLE—Cauie to the premises of the 'subscriber, living in Middle Woodburv Town ship, Bedford county, about the middle of last November, one black and white spotted Steer, with the right ear of?', a peace out of the left; ■ one red and white spotted Heifer, with the right ear off; they are both suppo sod to be be tween two and three years old. Th other a red Heifer, came about the fiist of August, supposed to V. about ten months old. The owner or owners are requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take them away. FREDERICK. KADFF.MAN. January 2, 1857. titminlstrator'!) Notice. IETTERS of Administration having hen J granted to the subscriber, living iu Pteas antviile, Bedford Co., on the Estate of Samuel Wright, late of said Township, dee'd, all per sons indebted to said Estate are hereby notified to in ike payment immediately, and those hav ing Claims against the snice will present them properly authenticated for settlement. January, 2, 1857. J. !l. WRIGHT, Jdm'r. Last notice—The books of tb7suh scriber are in the hands of Sheriff Al sip, \\liero all persons indebted are earnestly requested to call and make payment, ou or be fore the first of March next. All who neglect ties uotice, tuay expect to find their accounts in the hands of Henry Niedemus, Esq., for collection, without respect to persons. No longer indulgence cau be given. Bo look eat and save costs, or blame yourselves. January 2, 1856. E.M.FISHER. n i: w r i r in SOPEWELIa. , THE subscribers trading and doing business : under the firm of Baindollar, Lowry, A Co., would respectfully inform th.-ir friends, and the j public generally, that they have opened at the above piace, and are daily receiving a large } stock of Merchandise, consisting in part of ' Muslins, Ticking. Osenbcrgs, Drills, Cassimeres i Satticctts. Cloths. Flannels, DeUtncs, French | Meriuos, Silks. Calicos, Hats and Caps, Hard- ] ware, Qiieensware, Boots and Sines, Groceries 1 of all descriptions. Also a large assortment of i Ready made Clothing, all of which will be sold upon as short profits as cau bo had in th cauu I Lv- G. K BARXDOLLAR, j JOHNF. LOWRY. I JOHN C. EVEKIIART, C. W. ASHCOM, Doc. 25, 1556. EVEKHART, ASHGOJI fc CO. FORWARDER "•> COMMISSION j MERC HAN TS—HOPE WELL—PA. The subscribers doing business under the Finn of Everhart, Asbcorn At Co.-are no v ! prepared to store and ship Flour, Grain, and ! all kinds of Merchandise, upon reasonable terms. ' i. i'i>l' °" hands, Plaster, Fish, Salt, i Rock 1 owder, sc. ( to which they invite the wt-' f lention of Merchants in the county, and 'rag- I lut , rS L Tlu ' '''tfhest cash prices paid tor F„Pr. i and Gram, tuat the Eastern Market, willaffiord 1 JNO. C. EVERL ART C. W. ASHCUM, JNO. F. LOWRY, Dec. 26, 1856- BARN DOLLAR. TO CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS wid be received at the office of humne L. Russell Esq., Treasurer of the 3<l d-v - l'" Company, until the 7 Be erection of two 1.a..r houses, egeii one hundred feet long . " iml specifications will be ready for ex- 1 aM pROPn lh " ]at of J#lW 7 ""• j 0 . . OSALb will be. received also until the i Mst tost., tor the graduation—masonry, and j stoning O. about one tourth ot a mile of road.— ! All need fill , ..formation will be supplied at the ' QQSSLKR, President. Bedford, Dc, 26: 1856. Attention Riflemen f * 1 TTOU tire ordered to parade at your usual i JL plaee of training, on Thursday,the Btli I of January next iu winter uniform, with plume, lat 10 o'clock. By order of the CVplain. WX. RUCHE F, O. S. I Dec. 26, 1856. I . . SHOE, Glansware, aod VARIE'IY irje: • | J ADAM FERGUSON HAS just opened, next door to Mianick's, on Juliaua street, a large assortment of Shoes and Boots, of every kind, size and des cription. Also an extensive assortment of GLASSWARE, including cake stands, preserve dishes, cake baskets, hall lamps, tumblers, Hi go beer glasses, window glass, card receivers, terra cotta, &c. Also silver cake baskets, and a va riety of other articles in that line. He has ! also on hand the best kind of tobacco and cigar*, j cheese and crackers, carpet bags, Misses satch ! els, Gentlemen's c.ines, shotguns, Gentlemen's land Ladies'gloves, of all kinds. Hosiery off all descriptions, and a variety of other articles, not necessary to mention. Having bought bis shoes and glassware, in ; larger quantities, than is usual forcouDtry Mer chants, be can sell at reduced prices. Dec. 19, 1866. PlBLIl' SALE. TIIE subscriber will offer at Public Sale, at his residence in Bedford. D Saturday the 3d day of January, 1857, the following personal property, to wit: Two thrashing machines, one strap power, the other tumbling shaft power, with shakers attached, both gotten up under the latest im provement; east iroD lathe, calculated to lurn ir nor wood. The abeve articles warranted- Also, lumber* three barrels ol cider, a ctout cutter, one new one horse sleigh, one set dou ble string bells, one set new harness, o"# set. blacksmith tools, one teu plate stove, one coal i stove, one large meal chest, together with a la-ge I number of otter articles not necessary to i enumerate. TERMS —AII sums above ten dollars, six months credit; all sums between five and fen dollars, three months credit; all sums under five dollars, cash. Sale to commence at 19 o'clock, A. M... of said day. wnen due attendance will be given bv ' WILLIAM RIIrCHEY, Machinist. ' Bedford, Dec. 19, 1856 CORN SIIELLLK, FODDER CUTTERS, AND COII N .MILLS. ~IT;"E warrant the above Machines to work as : V t represented, and if after a fair trial they do not give satisfaction, the purchaser may re- I turn them and gei his money back. Give tb<;n | a trial, ar.d you will save money, as they have not yet been surpassed. •,{ cvaaalled. Dec. 19, 1856. 81-VMIRE At HARTLEY. BEDFORD ISK.II SCHOOL. Tlie undeisigned would respectfully annourcc to th" public, that be will open in Bedford, on the first Monday ot November r.est, a high s:hovl in which all the branches of a liberal , sdueation. Eugl sh and Classical,will be taught i It is designed to establish in Bedford a perrum , euf Institution of a high order, Male ami Fe mate. The Male aud Female departments will ; he distinct, sr> soon as tbe necessary arrange | m"nts can be effected. In this school students will he preparedfor the higher classes of any College or to enter at once npon the active du ies of life. Special care will be taken to form in the ju ples habits of order strict punctialitv, and thor oughness. consider those as valuable et met.is ol character, and indispensable to sound learn iDg. The physical, moral and social education of the pupils, wiil receive that attention which their importance demands. There wiil be three grades. To tbe first be | long the common English branches, such as Reading, Orthography. Writing. Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Intellectual and Mora! Philosophy. Rhetoric. Logic, Botony, Ancient Geography Arc. The tuird rubrxces all the foregoing together with the Latin and Greek languages. The Modern languages, Musie. Drawing, Painting and Ornamental Needle work, will oxtra studies, and for each there will be -s'ra j charges. EXPENSES. Tuition for the first grade per q.ixrter, 5f 09 " S 'eeud • 5 f') " third " 6 25 The charges for the extra studies will he pub | lished at an cariy day The opportunity is new offered to the citi zens of Bedford and vicinity of having estxa * lished in their midst a ?oho.j y ( ~ I high order. The enterprise, on the nroad t>oJ ttomprehensivc basis here indicated, wiil be at tended necessarily with much labor and ex | pense. It is hop d. therelore. that all those a-iio Tee! interested in the education of r.> | young, will com ■ up liberally to the support of j the School. Rev. G. W. AUGIIIXBACGH. A. XI. I Oct. 24, IS>56. Bedford 31 in era I Springs Associa tion, NOTICE is hereby given that proposals will bo received by the Directors of said n?so -1 ciation, at the office of the subscrilter, in Bed : ford Pa.,until Wednesday the 24th in at.,forth" leasing lor one. two or three years of the Hot, I I buildings and furniture at tbe Bedford Springs, i including the new building now being erected j the bathing houses, billiard table, bowline si loon, garden, lot) acres of pasture land .and sin ■ bling. The right t:> sell the water will be re ! scserved. S. L. RUSSELL, Secretary of the Association. j Dec. 12, 1866. w HOERRESS, IPBOLSTERER. i WOULD announce to the citizens of Befi t f ford and vicinity, that be is prepared to do all work in his line, in the best style. a*d reasonable terms. MATRASSES, with or without made in a superior manner, equal to the best made in the city, and to this branch of his business he would iuvite especial attention. He may i>e found at the shop of Michael XVais el, a snort distance East of the Borough, or at his residence, nearly opposite the dwelling of Dr. Watsou. Bedford. Dec. 5, 1856 3m. SIIAD, Mackrel, and Herring, for aale at iHOEM AKEK'S Colonnade Store. tSct. 3, 1856. LAST NOTICE! SAVE COSTS I ! ALL persons indebted to the late firm o ROPP It OSTER, by Book Account, Note or otherwise. ar.horeby notified to make imme. diate payment, and by so dning, save costs. Bedford, Sept. 19, 1356-2 in. TWO Jettrneymen Tailors will l w empiovon by the subscriber, if application bo tua.de im mediately—constant impioyrnent and g..n i w^ wi " b S lven - 0. LOVER. Bedford, Dec. 12, 1866. Dr.i. p. Fields, IJESFSCTFULLY informs the citizens of JT~ 1 unfitly'on, Bedford and Blair counri that he has located a medic#! office half mj ; „ trom Oisaville, Huntingdon Go. Pa., who hopes to reeeivo a gomi share ot ptih!!c f, - P. S. I will be found at PaUonsvilic, or; h arst Tuesdays and Wedaeadavs of - A, P. FJKLDiS, ' Nov. 14, 1856,-c*
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