ifiill & CIOIICIE. - BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Morninß Js n. 9. ISO*- * ■ and Fr." SAVID OVKR, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR TfcE LEGISLATURE. The Legislature met on TuesJiy last, and was organized'by the election of Mr. Tagpart as Speaker of the Senate, and Mr. Gtz was elected Speaker of tie House.— The Governor'sMessapc was then delivered. Wo have no further news of the proceed >"£*• COLD —On Tuesday morning the ther mometer stood at 3 degrees below 0 . This was five degrees colder than on any other morning this winter. The Irish on the public works in our j Borough, have been compelled to quit work J ■on account of the co'd weather. ALL GONE—Of the 26 members of j the famous Hartford Convention, every on* has passed to bis grave. [fir-According to the New York .Ex press, Stewart, the noted dry goods deals ?r, imports annually ten millions dollars worth of goods. Stephen R. Maliory, Democrat, has been re-elected Senator from Florida, by the Legislature of that State, for the term of four years ending ia 1861. CCF"A man named Adair, who was the Democratic candidate for lrcasurer of Clinton county, Michigan, at the lute elec tion has gone crazy over his defeat. He had often beeu elected to office by the Dein ■ocrale and was quite popular. Legislature of South Carolina, which has just adjourned, passed TU C, to amend the State Constitution ID such a manner as to require every naturalized citizen two years' residence in the Stite after being naturalized, a condition pre cedent to the exercise of tbe right of suffrage. _____ £7"-The WLa cousin Electors, although praveuted by a snow storm from voting on U-r ky •- IW* Wt d„r cast ' their votes,and mode up their return, wi h ■evidence of the peculiar circumstances-, of •course tbe vote of the State will be counted, ( and a precedent established for the fa- , ture. qq ie (Jourt of Oyer aud Terminer at Pittsburg, a few days since, rejected an application for a divorce made principally on the grouod that the wife was an invet erate scold, therefore a most undesirable life companion. Judge M'CLCRE remarked, that if men married sharp tongued women, they must evpect an occasional cxorlatioo, and not trouble his Conrt with an application for * severance. Bachelors should remember this decision, aud as a remembrancer, we advise them to cut this paragraph out and paste it in their hats. MRS. POR.-R NOT TO MARRY 1 MR. BU CHANAN.—The Nashville Union, doubt less hv authority, con fir ni3 the contradic tion of the report that Mrs. ex-President Jr* •! wn* about entering into wedlock with "the Presidentelect: "Our knowledge of the lady warrants ua -in saying that, though Mr. Buchanan were ton times President, there would be no tratlv in tha report. The editor was iu want of a paragraph who started it." This leaves the public reason to hope that the diary of President Polk, of which his widow is the depositary miy yet see the light. BURNING A BABY. The Zcesville,t Ohio, Courier, of the 27th of November, mentions the arrest of a man named Peter \V ard, for putting the baby of Patrick White in the fire. The mbn was held under 51000 bail, failing to give which, he was lodged in jail, ibc Courier says the only r"ou given for the fiendish act lies :n t'ue fact that White,who it appears, was brought up in the Catholic religion, bad married a Protestant wife, and refused to have the child baptised in the Catholic faith, to which Ward was a warm adherent. Kansas Ttibune, noticing the appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars, to buy seed for making experi ments ou the cultivation of Sugar cane in the Southern States, makes this pertinent Mt.|Oiry! Winder if the General Government will appropriate one fonrth of that amount to buy seed com, potatoes and wheat for the Kansas farmers next spring, to make up for the large field* of grain which vtc dc-stroyed last summer by the pio .vry ruffians, v -ier 'i* .if not the faii .tion of this eante Government. which ►i, prfj-ria , d <575,0UU lor iu*- benefit ji ti o 'Ug— ; '.utr.ers uf L.-.statu - The Newport (Kentucky) Daily .\eics ; says no oandiiiatc for any office in Newport will say he is in favor of Slavery. 1 hat is significant in a slave state, and the same is true of St. Louis, we think. At least no avowed proslavcry candidate can be elected eitber in the city or county. renowned Capt. RTXDERS J is at least not a snn-flowcr. Ho doeO t | not turn the same look on his god when j jhe sets tnat he does when he rises. At I j tho Nicaraguan meeting in New York, j the other evening, the illuatrioM Captaiu spoke of Mr. MARCY as a "white-livered, dough-faced politician," and called the President, a "small potato JACKSON ! What a difference four years has made in j ' the Captain's opinion of these "great j i men!"' j CAPSE FOR A DUEL.—Lieut.Gov. RAY ! siOND, of the New York Timer, recently in- I sinuattd that the great Irish patriot, T. F. 1 MEAGHER, had, by certain acts of his own, j mado au as* of himself, whereupon the Cell's i blood got up to fever heat. Meagher wrote a sharp note to Raymond, demanding a re traotion of the offensive words, or a hostile j meeting would be the consequence. To this ! note Mr. Raymond condescended to reply, j and after considerable correspondence, au : amicable adjustment of the difficulty was j brought about. Moral: Beware whom you [ call an ass, unless you are prepared to; Sghf. DEATII OP COI.. FREAZER.-WC learn with J sincere regret that Col. Reah Ftuzor, ot j Lancaster City, is no more. Wo anuoun- j eed a few weeks since, that he had hern taken to the Insane Asylum, inconsequence of exhibiting unmistakable evidence of men tal derangement and wc regret to learn now, that he died in the Asylum on Tues- 1 day last. Col. Frazor was eminent at the Lancaster ' Bar, and for many years a most prominent . and influential leader of the Democracy of that county. He had some estimable traits . of character, and a most indomitable will j and energy; and, wo believe, over-taxing his ■ mental and physical energies, is supposed j to Lave caused his derangement.— Ex. FROM Em OPE. —Tbe steamship Fulton 1 arrived at New York, on Wednesday last) i with dates from Liverpool to the 17ih Be- ' comber. She brings news of the safety of j the steamship Herman, which had put back i to Southampton for repairs. Hostilities are ' threatened between Spain and Prussia.— j Persia formally accepts the English dcela- i ration of war. The Arctic ship Resolute at j Co we*, has been visited by Queen Victoria i accompanied by the Rovul Family, the; —v ■■'!' i port, and a number of distinguished person- i ages. All the American officers who weot i nut on the Resolute have been invited to the Queen's Pa.ace, Isle ot \\ ight. ihe mar. ( ket tor breadstuff's is dull. heat has de- j ciined 2d, flour 6d, and corn 2d" THIRTY FIVE NEGROES HUNG.—\Ve find ] the following intelligeuco in the Alabama Advertiser and Gazette: In York District,South Carolina, to day, the slave excitement continues. Powder j and musket* have been found in possession 1 of the slaves. A dispatch from Columbia says fifteen 1 negroes have been killed by their owners in Perry. Escapes of slaves are numerous.— The whites in all directions are arming themselves. The New York Tribune lias a despatch from Washington which says: — 1 have reliable information from New Orleans 'bat, within a few days, there hav< been serious troubles among the slaves ia I Louisiana, and that as many as twenty ne j groes have been bung} but the newspapers ■ carefully refraiu from any mention of tLe I fact. THE SLAVERY COBB OF KANSAS TO BE PVRI'EALEX). —The Slavery Code of Kansas, | the nr'Kt crtiel, barbarous pitiless and fool i.-h lot of laws that ever blackened or red dened the statute hook of a civilized peo ple. The Pro Slavery party of Kansas, in j the folly of their madness, passed these | laws, aud conituauded all citizens ot the , Territory to swear bv theui. The merci less enactments could only be executed at the point of the bayonet, and not very well avca then. They were the cause of three fourths of the horrors that blacken the his tory "f the Territory. The Pro-Slavery party in the Territory are beginning at last to appreciate end acknowledge tbe odious uess of these laws, and to call for their re peal. A meeting was held at Tecumseb, a ! strong Pro-Slavery town, on the 25th ult., for the purpose of giving a public expres sion of sentiment on the subject, which, aiooog other resolutions, passed this one: ResoiveJ, That we believe the existing Territorial laws contain provisions that should be repealed, aud we have confidence that the Legislature will, at the next ses sion, with a spirit of justice and modera tion, correct oppressive legislation* In a recent sketch of iho life of Mr. Breckinridge, the author says ho began life poor and pareutiess. liather a poor start ii.it. Perhaps like Topsy he "wasn't ho rn, i he growe.d." 1 _____ ■ In Now Bedford, on Monday, 500 bar ! rels of whale oil were sold for 81 cents a | gallon. BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. BEHOLD THE FIGURES. Pennsylvania, for Buchanan, 85,0001 New Jersey, " " 17,000! Indiaua, " " "22,000! Illinois, " " 10,000! "THERE IS A NORTH" —Thus publishes,(and without a blush,)one of our Democratic exchangesand its Democratic readers we suppose have read I Us sneer at the Freemen of the North who ' are opposed to the extension of Slavery, | with gtisto and satisfaction; deeming it war ranted by tbo editor'* show of figures.— But Jo his figures warrant his sneer? Nay, I verily, they do cot; for in the face of the ; proverb to the contrary, it is most clear | that figures will lie , and that the above ti j gures do lie, most outrageously. Thus: | Pennsylvania is not 35,000 for Buehauau. {230,013 of her honest yeoutunry voted I against him, whilst only 230,t>00 of ail sorts voted for him Pennsylvania can there- , fore only be set down ut 467 for Buchanan. ' New Jersey is not 17,000 for Buchanan, but 4,746 against bint; for he received only 47,612 votes in the State, whilst Fillmore aod Fremont received 52,560. Nor i lilt- j nois 10,000 for Buchanan, but is against hint, like New Jersey, und to tho maguif {Cent tuue of 28,317: and Indiana is for j him only by the beggarly count of 1,910, instead of 22,000, as claimed above. BUT "BEHOLD THE FIGURES" j AGAIN! The New England States are against Buchanan, by a majority of 172,885 The Middle States are against him by a majority of 207,313 The North Western States, (Cali fornia excepted,) are against biiu by a majority of 121,746 Behold thes- figures, [TF""501,944 majority against Buchanan in the Free States. Verily, verily, and of truth. "THERE IS A NORTH." And there will be a greater JVorth if j Kansas be admitted into the Union a Slave 1 State—or if Slavery be extended over tcr- j ritory now free—or, if a serious attempt be j made to revive the Slave Trade. This our | Democratic friends may write in a book, it j they please. It is "manifest destiny,'*— and no number of Naturalizitions practica ble; nor frauds, nor party drill, nor aught : in Democratic power can prevent it. But j for the present, let the figures wo have giv- ; en thunder in the ears of the Slavery Ex tcusionists— "THEßE ISA NORTH." POLTGAMI IN UTAH.—We HAVE bcn ■ so much accustomed to regarding polygamy j cUcl; the that it excited seine surprise and increduli- j ty to tiear that Judge (Jarson, of the First • Judicial District Court of the territory, has ! charged the grand jury that the practice, in that rt'giuD, of having more than one wife, is iudictable, and that it is the duty of the grauu jury to bring such persons to punish ment. The fact seems indisputable, never- ; tbeless. It appears that there is no stat- j ute law, of auy kiud, iu tbe territory, rcgu- j luting marriage, the matter having been j kept as a church regulation, probably for the purpose of introducing this immoral cus* I torn, so destructive to social purity, and the | interests of christianized civilization. The i court, however, poiuts to a law agaiuot as sufficiently wide in its scope to j embrace and condemn the practice of po- I iygaiuy as a crime against society; and he : urged it as a duty of the citizens of the tcr j ritory to respect the acts of the Legisla j ;ure as the supreme authoiity, without re* | gard to the assumed dotuinat'oo of t'.ic church, which is as much subject to the laws of the country as is any citizen. Ail per sous, therefore, who are nut legally mar jried in other Stales are liable to indieinier.t | particularly, however, when two or more vHiuen are cohabiting with one man. This is the first blow at the priestly yoke of op pression in Utah— the first indication that ; tlere is no higher law there than the laws ; eavcted by the territorial authorities, which ; ;at hereafter not to be thwarted by the ' i niiidates issuing from priestly power. The i : ! fist effect will probably be to induce those I '| wo arc now living together without tbe ; | suction of tbe laws to Lurry off and get ' uwried iu some social community where suh ceremonies are considered necessary idhcur legality: the next will be to have a ' lis passed regulating marriage, and making 1 itionforui in that tertitory to the admitted ciitoms of the civilized societies which eom p4e tbe other States ao J territories of the Ikon, and tbe next will bu 10 rid the poo jpjof the oppression of priestly tyranny ; wioh bu hitherto ruled iu Uuh witb a rod oiiou. IJCLLION. — A statement baring recently bri put forth that gold bullion containing Si per ceat alloy bad been passed through ll Mint, and also through tbe assay office i&ew York, without detection, Mr. Snow 4, the director of tbe Philadelphia Mint, polishes a card denying that any such ex piuieut baa been made, and insinuating 11 no metallic compound can resist the t a used in our minting establishments.— • A.'joinder from the parties making the ; s eiueut re asserts tbe fact, nnd it is per j i ntly asked how, seeiDg that the cxperi j art was made upon the Mint, without tbe k ! alioritios knowing auyt'niug about it, they 11 prep-red to make a denial of a thing vt | which they tad no cognizance? The secret process by vhicb this startling result caul} ! accomplished is said to have been discover jed in Franee and communicated to parties < here a few months since, and if, is claimed I for it that gold bullion, adulterated as high I even as ten per cent, will resist the chemi ! cul tests now in vogue at the assay office.— ; There is naturally a good deal of skepticism | in a mutter of such great importance as this ! but the assertion is made by parties whose j word is entitled to a full measure. THE TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS. I A somewhat different version of the Man | mouth, 111., tragedy, iu which the two broth ers Fleming, of Cumberland Co. Pa., were killed by Win. Croxier, a suitor to their sister, appears iu the Aurora Beacon, which states that Crozier, an honest and rcspecta ble young man, was rejected by the father, ' who was well to do, solely because he was not rich, that Miss Fleming, to prevent a I marriage, was sent to Pennsylvania, und 1 that the family wanted to get a written re j nuueiation of all claims to tier hand from ! Crozier, who remained locked in bis room I with them for five hours, before giviug his | signature to some compromise writing*— | Th-y then attempted to cowhide him; after | several blows be resisted, and a desperate scuffle ensued. One of the Flemings drew a pistol and fired at Crozier with intent to kill; their lawyer, who was present, struck the pistol lip, and the charge lodged iu the ceiling. Croxifr then drew a jack knife and instantly killed them. The report of the pistol alarmed the house; the brother of Crozier rushed to the room, burst the door open, and knocked down the elder Fleming, who opposed his passage. As soon as the door was burst open, the brother who was last wounded passed down into the bar room Sell and expired. Crozier has been discharged from custody, the act being con sidered a justifiable homicide iu self-du fence. SCHEMING AGAINST PENNSYLVA NIA. A Wasbiugton correspondent cf the N. American says of the irou interest: A formidable combination against the iron interests of Petinny 1 vmiia, has been or ganized here, mainly directed by agencies from New York, now stationed ou the ground, and assisted by iuflueuccs from Ncrth Western and Eastern States. The movement assumes as its basis, the united support of the South, and will be attempted whenever tli9 aggregate forces arc com pactly united upon a plan of action. Four or five active managers, with abun *r9 regularly engaged in j ui- JerstooJ, secured the co-operation of a fe male advocate, who his established quar ters :f which, l ti time, and long tfler wards, uecupitu s> uiocL uf trrt public at tention. 'ilie pisfner is null connected in tLc county wL ra be formerly resided, and be sxprcsea bis Brm conviction that be will get ofl okar, on tbc score of heated blood aud the absence ot tnal.oc prepense, lie is at present lodged iu jail tor safe keep ing. WALKERS PROSPECTS. Little inoio than oue year lia passed away tuuee Gviicral Walker tirsl set fool on Ntcatagiiao >oil, us the professed liberator and friend of the people of that seuri-civil ized counti v. And while ttiany of the naked, greasy, flirty, natives of that por tion of the huOiiuble giobe, and many of our brethren of the Southern States, may look npon him as such, wa of the Free North can regard him as nothing more than a freebooter, or to use a coiucd word, a iFillibuster.' Thousands of deluded uieu have rallied to his standard under the im pression that by so doing they were render ing a service to the inhabitants of that coun try aud pushing forward the cause of civil and religious freedom, ucver for one mo ment doubting tbut such were the objects of this Nicaraguan revolution, But alas, at too late a dav those wuo have survived the pestilential climate and escaped unscathed Mie dangers of 'gritnvisaged war,' have as certaiucd that such never were the objects of tlis expediton, hut that on the contrary the real object was to make the people, if possible, lucre abject slaves than they for merly were. That such were and are now Walker's intentions wo have no reason to doubt. The recent ruptaro betweeu himself and his minister to England warrants the assertion. No sauo man can for oue mo ment doubt that the object of Walker is to extend the area of human slavery over that couutry. To speak ofhini as being auytliug less than a slavery propagandist at once de notes a lack of common sense. Who that is conversant with his career ccn endorse his actions! It is evident that he invaded Lower California with the intention of con verting it into slave territory. Again: by what manner of right did he dure to murclt into Lower California or Nicaragua/ Sup pose the people were in a state of revolution and were incapable of governing themselves it did not necessarily follow that this up start had the right to take advantage of their defenceless position and march into their country at the head of an turned baud aud proclaim himself President! "T . .**■ - n 1 —— Km lueu turn in, and be now on! y retain* posses sion of the iransit Route, or in other words twelve luiles of country—about euoweb tor his men to stand on, and ere long he will bo driven iron) this position, for wbeu might and right are combined victory inevitably follows in their tram. So mote it be! ♦•THREE CHEERS FOP. J. W. FORNEY.' 'Throe cheers, we arc told were givet for Mr. John V>. Forney, at the Bucbatm banquet iu Funeuil Hail, in response to i reference made to that personage by a Jis. tinguisbed ex-\\ big, who cotuplimcnud bin with the title of u "great leader:" If Mr Foraey is a "great leader," who are tin Democracy V minor g.d! Not the niiht est reference was made by the Whig appre ciator of genius to either the great Sicklei or the greater Sanders, or tbe grcateat Ityau ers, perhaps because their State did not fol low the example of Pennsylvania, but oh stiuately voted for Fremont. Perhaps Mr Fnrney's eminence as a man of letters [to Mr. Roberts] secured to him tbe honor oi this special mention in Bostou. Wi Siok cs is popularly supposed to be a man of let ters, (from the post office,) and Sanders used to write Red Republican letters from the London (xmsulaie to tbo revolutionists of Europe, thus interfering with the local af fairs of countries with which 0 woro at peace, uud ou the best of terms, too. Such oversights ought not to he allowed. It may be that Mr. Forney's place as head of that kitchen cabinet which is yet in nuoibus, en titles him to special mention, but tbeu Sand ers and Sickles may i Ja v fc scullion's berths iu the same depuitnicnt of the government, and therefore it would be good policy for a*i office-seekers to remember that in tboir flowing enp*. If th cy would have eau d'or flow into their own pockota fiota that nation al Pacta]us, the water .shed of which is at asbington. Laurie Lisklater, though ou- J au under servant in King James's titch -7' * b!e to do a uobkman with t-ie King which none of bis patrician friends could or would effect for him. Let the sj-otis.hunters lay this to heart, and whi! c bowing their knees before tbe "chief cook and bortio washer," forget not the turnspits. Fbero will then be a complete bond of gyin . pa thy between the idols and their worship pers, which it would be a very fine to iw. as no one could doubtj.he sinoeriiy of Ltic devotions offered up. -Z£r. PitILADELPaiA. AND New YoitK.-Frouj the papers of those cities, it that Christinas was productive of 4 W-e 'ou.u b*r of riots and uq.-perat'i ajsuhg, I n 1 hiladcipbia number* of per so us vrate bad ly beaten, stabbed, a U ,I OIW y duag . nauieU butchered in cold blvoi by Oh kuifo. Nut^er^ cuwtijitrt aud atrocities were also ptrpetra tert i New York. The Philadelphia Ledger thas speaks 0 f the reign of iawlfawes* tlai prevails in ihai i'T : .* We doubt whether o*jr city ever was so badly disgraced, as by the license and dia- orderly conduct which were allowed to pre vail on Wednesday night. From an early hour in the eveniug till daylight, gangs of young men paraded the principal thorough fares, dressed in ridieulous costumes and Uikit g discordant sounds upon such instru ments as they could gather. Half madden ed with the villainous liquors they had im bibed during their frequent visits to the tav ern, and undisturbed in the streets bv auy show of authority of a restraining character they went on from one act ofiicense toan other till ti-e night's Saturnalia ended in slabbing and in murder.—These facts are disgraceful to the police administration of the city, and prove that, notwithstanding tho groat expense of its organisation and the effective means placed in its hands f or maintaining pcaee at every point of the City, our poiice is really not lobe relied on Aud in another article the Ledger savi: Gangs of yoiiug men paraded the streets half intoxicated, and it was s much ass persou's life was worth to attempt to re monstrate with them, or resent the red# | conduct tbey were guilty of. Three per -1 sons wore stabbed during the night, oca fatally, aud another probaly so. WARNING TO \OUNO LADIES. At the late Southern Commercial Con vention, (Jol. Crocker, a delegate from Vir ginia, deprecated the practice of sending Southern girl* to Northern schools, and made the alarming announcement thit,ou the evening previous, lie bod heard no lent than seven yonug tren dec-are tbaitbcv would never marry a girl WHO had heeu ed ucated north of Mason's & Dixou's'lioe.— We hope this will not be petsislcd in, as it would ci uipel ibe chivalry to remain bach elors, or inairy ignoramuses. The South em bruvos who wade this declaration should remember that they have no schools ;a the South provided for the educt ion of gins, and not doom the unfortunate fair l day* of Jaßairj j 1566, ana first day of January 1856. It *# T"i"i"T* ,* ~ ■ toa iioMcr ol s iut Company by transfer o! stoet v! the Company, froia and alter tue first *r, i'J.iCJ Saliiy of 4 Uat~kerptrs do sic.s' Managers, 1 reasnrera, aadSec'ty, do-Pd I Repairs, and Gatobousy, Jo 4oU ; tJ j Ihvidead m tdc, first of January 1857, and payable ' 7ai ,00 bslat.ee in Treasury, including bid wouey, :;9,65j ,ISW*I Tbe stockholder* we btre'uy aotiflei, ibi; dividend?, will ho paid by ttie subscriber, *aJ lion. Michael Ztrnorman, as soon as the boots are fixed. And that the electleu of mimger?, tor tbo Company, will be field on tbe first oieu day of raarcli uoxt, at the house of Jartes 1 raacr ia Scbcl'sburg, between one sad four o'clock. PETER SCtlELL,Treasurer. SeiieHsbiirg, Jauuiry, ISoT.-St. BKDFOKD OQUNTV BS.—Ta tLo Orphau'a Court of BedtWd C'oudiv. i At an Orphan's Court boU at Bedford, n of Job J4ana, Jioq., ss.'uvioj administrator of sauiuel M. Barclay, dec'd, ' read a'-fi tiled, sitting forth that under proceed ings ia partition, in said Orphan's Court, the | real estate of John Neynolds, dee'd, was sp j praised, and taken by the hens, at the j piaie . uient, who severally entered into recojnirinert j as is show- by Orphan's Court Ooc-kct No. 6. : |wgea 17 Sec. J hat said recognisim < nave oil j Deep satisfied, but tbutcatisfaction has not been ; entered thereon; and praying the Court to grant | a Rule upon said heirs to ap]>ear at next term W i show cause way said recognisances would no: bo marked satisfied. \ liereupou on motion, of Samuel L-Buisrll* £*e? I. hen*Colore extended him by a fcisenu pub lic; tenders bis thanks, antf be would respect fully inform thorn that ha haa recvivod *nd 1 opened a new una choice let of Cnofectwus, | nniung which are candies, nuts, fruits, kc.— I llealao keeps Groceries, such aaSugar,Ooffi*. 1 Tea, .Molasses, Cheese, Candle*, ior . Also all descriptions of Cakes, and will serve IVediting and other parties, eh short notice; With conlec •ion* and cakes. He has ojionod op and refitted his fine Ojster Saloon, in a superior where lie will ho al ways neatly to serve his friend* and the public with j>oI fresh Oysters, His stand is opposite the Old-Fellow's Building, where he feels efiafident mat i!oe who give him a call will not go arty pointwd JOH* i, UUTiU* Jan. , lifiT.