iSilli 6 SHIES. ~ " - - ' | BEDFORD, Pa. rr iauy .Horning si.t¥ 39, ISi "Fearless ani Free." 'OAVtD l.'ill, KDITOA VN 1> t'ROl'l! I UTCR- IxioFsTATE TifSET. roll GOVKIiyOK ! DAVID WILMOT, of Vj.'U'ifoT'i County - CA.N'AL COMMISSIONL'R T WILUiM SIILLHARD, of P'liladtlyhia. j SUPREME BENCH I 4131ES YEECII, of Fayctit County- j JOSKPH J. LEHIS, of Chester Conr.t.y j APPORTIONMENT BILL. In another column we publish the App>or- ' tinnincut Uiil. It is about as fair a bill as could be pas ad, ihe Locofocos having a ; ciii-ideiable majority in the llous?. Ihe j probability is that the Locofocos will have j a m..ioritv of one or two iu the Senate, and . . ihe Americans and Republicans, one or two j in the House. Our Senatorial District, it will be seen, is composed ot ihe Counties J of Bedford, Somerset aud Huntingdon, ad j the election of a Senator cc*t fail of our ' political faith, will be certain by a myjori- j ty ol at least fifteen or eighteen haudred. ! Bedford.and Somerset elect two members! to the llfiuac, and theio again we wiil car- ■ > V our Candidates by a majority ot from 5 twelve to fifteen hundred, ibe dLocotoeus in Bedford talk much against the bill, be cause, as iht-y say, Bcuford County is enii*- tlcd to at lea.-t one member by itself, and | now tli. y have uo chance, and the bill dm- 1 franchises them. No ours talk more about ibis matter than J ho "Cessna aDd Bowman, and yet when we urged the same reasons j seven years ago, we were only laughed at. Pulton then belonged to Bedford' County, 1 and we hud stronger clutais to one luouiter, ; than v.e have now, but Bedford was cot j rare enough for them, and J-. hn Cessna be ieg iu the House, had ■Cninbitx with L.-r 1 1000 L<scofoco majority hitch.d to us, and • Itowmun applauded the act- If it vitis fair : to disjranchise us then, we presume it is equally fair to do the same thing now. We | contend that we are not disfranchised, for, 1 according to the present law, Bedford Coun ty will hive a member every year, and Sum- \ crset will have only one every year. Bed ford according to the late bill ha? been dis■ ; fianchised a considerable r.art of ihe time. Even in the late session, there was no mem ber there from Bedford County, but this ' 11 not occur again for the next seven years at least. Instead of the ]<<>cof<,cc? electing their members every vi-ar, CUTR PARTY" will now semi a goal true man to the Legislature every year from this Coun ty, and this is quite a cemaulatton 'o a? .af ter being represented by Loenfoccs it? the lioufi! for the last seven years. We intend f. have our own men there h rca''ier : .es'cii of tl.ose Loeofucos. Another consolation we derive from this aefj Is the fact that it defeats the aspirw '■tioMroi a few Locofoco pnlilic-l aspirants in these diggings. John Cesoa lua been anxiously, foe tho hist six year?, hoping and looking f.-r a e.vt iu rim Senate. This b;.l "disjramd.iset'' him! Poor fellow, ain't ii a pity ? ife will lia\e to wait an ether se-vea years and theu lie mry be as far fr un cL-e coveted goal as he is af pres et:?. \\ e really deplore tbe lauteutabfc de feat of Lis po'iticit aspirations! Then again, our fries ), Win. M.-Hall, K-q., Of the last three .r four years h-rs been look ing to the House. 1-Ls defeat for ihe uom in nion for Prothonotary will net secure hi:u a -eat in the Legislature! Then-coiues T.e brilliant and intellectual Shannon, an I, tender, would yon believe i', he, u.o, hae been looking forward to a seat in the Uuuso. \\ i.ala shame to disfranchise t'ne.-o wor thies just now—thry ought to have left Cumbria he with us still, and then it would have been all right! It really is "fun fur the hoys !ut death to the frogs.'' Wo nve stime lhar Mr. Kensinger will not now have wnv serious oppo?i:iou in his putty fa the liotuin&tion for the Lvgis!arun>. This new Apportiomuent Bill wiil add greatly to the strength of our party, and the sncecr-s of our whole ticket hereafter, u *h-s County. PACKER AND PBOIUBITION. 1 he Gi'Z'tte dt u: * that Win. F. P..ck< r, "the Lucufuco cuU'Ji.htte for Goveicor toicd for a Prohibitory Liquor Le<v. We stated some time ago, ihut Fuck r vutc-il fur tl.e lute Jog Law, ar.d the Gazelle aays that it is a lie, as Mr. Packer was rot in the ■S.'nutc at that time. 'I his is jorreet, he was not in the fvnate at that time, and we wi re et?!y wrong in tho assertion as to ihe time he did vote for a JugLiw. Mr. Pucker was iu the Senate only a couple years bo f. Ie and Dta VOTE FOR A MAINE LIQUOR I LAW on every tote in which the mist ion \ raws before the Scnat', and it is fair u pre- j Uifttjiad Packer bccj ia tlx Jfcttau*, : to years ago, he would have voted for the Jug Law, uud also fur the present Liquor Law. He not onlv voted for a Prohibitory- Liquor Law, whi-n in the Senate but he used Lis personal ii Jtuence in iti ! No* the Guz-tle calls on itajfrietids in Bedford County to vote for a Maine Liquor Law man for Governor, and abuses Mr. Jordan for voting for the same kind of a law. It the hypocrite of the Gttzdle wishes to pro scribe Mr. Jordan for voting for a Prohib itory Liquor Law, is it not the height of livpoeri-y and meanness for AI soloiu to call on free liquor men to vote Tor Packer when be also voted for a .Maine Liqttor Law I . We wonder what honest Locofoco who op pose? Prohibition will vote for the Maim Liquor Law candidate, Wn. F. PACKER? Cur Lale Senator. lion. FRANCIS JORDAN returned TO i.i home in Bedford, on Saturday eveniug last, lie has the hearty good will and the thanks of all ■parties, in tire whole district, for the cartiano attmtioß hefiid to their ioter esfw. Whenever anything could be done for the people of the District, as well aa of the "whole .State, ho was unceasing iu his labors until he had aecompSabed the un dertaking. His course is-mriroly approved by all his friends, for his effects ia the late Scs.-i iti, cn the leading vied important ques tions ated upon; partievdarly in the At torney Grn. ral bill, the SMe ef tho Main Luje of the Public Works hts effurts by which he helped to defeat the Locofceo House bill to away tj'3.000.000 to the Suubury and Erie Railroad, and tbe Ap portionment bill. As a member of the Senate, he stood among the very foremost, uud, in fact, was acknowledged on all bands as tbe opposition leader -of that body. lie was Chairman on the omit important Com mittees, and looked upon iu that body, and throughout tho State, as quite a rising man. We are sorry that it is Mr. Jordan's determination, made known ioag ago, no! to be a candidate fur re-clectLa. -IK3 par ty friends, aud many of the opposite party, itVr be is deservediy one of tho most popu- ! lar meu iit the districr,) regiet tt> lose the j benefit of his talents iti the Senate, aftd are i omminious in favor of returning him again ■ to that body, ami we hope this unanimity of Lis constituents may ennso liim to rs ct n.-ider bis decision, and agam serve theui j auother term. His election would be cer ! t, in by an unprecedented m j .rky in the 1 District, and add gie.t strength !o the ! ! whole County ticket. Whatever his final I det< rtniuailou nr-y be, ail his friends award |to hi.r, the plaudit, "well dona good i and faithful servant," an 1 cordially wel i come hka i;ouie again, to his fetidly and his ! cmtstitneut". | The 'Gazette, iait week says that there! has beeD a change t>f near ICK) votes in this 1 [town! Absalom is noted for his veracity, j There are about 200 voters iti Bedford, ■ and the parties have almost always been nearly equally divided. According to the i above assertion, every American and llepub : li iuri in the tows has changed very recently, j < r else how would there be a change of near j 100 vote?! Now wo know there are about ; 100 good. true Wilmct tnen in town at this 1 present time, Absalom's statement t the I contrary notwithstanding. Wo have only ; lost within the last year or two about haifa | doz -ti roost of them bought- by office and j promise of office, who the people over the i county are quire familiar with, from the fact ! that their names have been published -.1- inn.-t weekly in the Gazette for the last ume months, and who have no influence ex cept their own votes. That paper is so reckless in its bare faced lying, that nobody of character believes anything it puts j forth. This is only about on a par with all i its asf-ertiofi.v. Iu the same article it calls the opposition in Bedford nothing • br. swine. Really i s'nee its editor has become a good christian, ■he is improving very fast, iu tho use ot choice and dignified terms against a body ( of people who compose amongst their 5 giuuihcr, Fume of the best, most upright, uii v;il, and christian persons in the eomuiu [ nity. J'he mild, loving, benign doctrine of j i-bristiaAity, in him, like the seeds sown otr 1 good ground, bring forth alnrsJantly, a; ' clear'y ahowii ly tLs above, and vyiiich be | is-ucs for lb every week through the dace tie, fur the enitghterrouent and salavati n of the j couKuuuity. j TUI4 APPOiiTL'LN'.MENT BILL. We copy tho fol!o?v;ii/ extract in regard to the framing of tho Apportionment bill, I by ihe ('"tiference Coimnittec.? of the Sen i .:e and Hoirse, front tho jlarri.-l.urg cor r.ej tnlentof the Philadelphia Ledger:- HAHR.-C>"U(.!, MAY 20tb. "At Lis?, the L'gislature has rubstaott ; ally'c.included its labor?, ami rc-olvcd to : ailjuarn finally on Friday tuornitig at 11 o"- , clovrk. l iie of Conference ou I iL3 Apportionment si'.bn.itted the bid they j framed, a copy of which has hern already j pnblhhed, and it was joyfully concurred in j by a !.trge mcjority of both Houses, glad to i loucludc a question containing in itself so ! many elements of discord anddissxtisfac j t'.ou. It will, asa matter of cause trueb local dissatisfaction throughout the State. Mitty aspiring politicians will, by its arrangements, find themselves estopped from future politioal cmiuence, and many points of inequality will be denounced as i rank injustice. But as a whole, it is per j hap* aa fair as it wits possible for two men I Ji'.dding opp;Df political views lo tiinkai .t. Ia reality, it was the work ot two leading i men. ' 31r. Foster, en the part of tec House j committee, composed of a majoihy *oi deni o.-ruts, and Mr. Jordan, on the pert of the Senate committee, with au opposition ma- | jority, were the men who, in a spirit of mu tual concession, agreed iipou the bill. Its i endorsement by Loth Houses is an CYI* J , d-.-nce of tLe justice of their adjustment. — j The fact that Philadelphia is given but j | four Scuators, one less than she has had • daring the last seven years, a'td two less j than her population now entitles licr to,* 1 was scloty on account of tbe qcirttftution" al restriction, which both House® decided . to be imperative. So lie good lawyers hold the opposite view, but the weight of urge- 1 went and uuthori'y is clearly *<lh the Jt-- • jority.'* T-HE P/.ANK ROAD. —Absalom says j that we wre guilty of lying ia saying in a little squib last fall, that wo intended as a , joke, that, the Locofocos had probably spent j the nrf.fliej of the pi*nk road m huyinjj up j votes 1 We don't know what has become j of that money, ucither does the nnj ?rity ef | our people, *ud a gloat many think '.Lst j there was "more truth than pcetrv" in too j squib. lt'a!o states that wc lied in stating at ; the Spr>ug election that the Lo.ofocos clcc- 1 tioncered lor tiieir ticket by saying that they intended to bring the water from Tod's ' Spring to Bedford. One of their candi dates for Councilman did electioneer for a -■eat in the Council on this ground, and if j the Gazette denies this, we will give the proof! Because tbe Gazette, whose editor professes religion, weekly teems with lies and abuse of our citi*eu, the hypocnte tries to create ihe ino ris-ion that we<oo, are, like himself, a bis", unmitigated liar. ICFTbe following h?tu-r from our llar risburg correspondent war received too late fur insertion in cur paper last week: IIA R.RISBDRTJ, May H), 1857. Mr. EDITOR: —After a long atnl Tibori etis iucuoitii n, the committee of confer ence on tho Apportionment l:as at Inst agreed to a bill, and it will be reported to morrow tuornitig, and in all probability will pn-s through both houses with but lit tle delay. When this is Toue the Senate will pass a resolution to a ijjnrt; end the indications are that Thursday of this week wiil be the day fined upon. The bill proposing to .loan the credit ef the State to the Suubury and Eric ita-.l* road to tLe amount of titrce millions of ' dollars, was under discussion in the Senate 1 this afternoou, and thcra is to bo a night session this evening for enot-iib ration of the same sutj-.-et. N*> test vote has yet been taken, but all the indications are that it will be defeated by a pretty decided ma jority. Should this be done the reeotdwi!! be all i igli-t-*-iho democratic ILuse having passed the hill, and an American Rcpnbli can Senate defeated it. Lot us pay off our immense State debt firck, and reduce . our taxes and then if we have any funds to spare for making railroads or canals, wc may safely take the mutter into serious con- j s".deration. Let us be j i t before we art * gene roots. The Governor has already signed the i bill for The sale of the Main Line of j üblio • works, and tho advertisements for tie sale ' j are already in tho papers i here ■seems :c ;be a settled conviction that a s.J-j will be effected under the bill on (he fiodi of next month, at a sum not less than nino niillious ' |of dollars. Should these expectations ie i 1 realized it is highly probable the whole . ! thr-.a mill Stale tax will be repealed at the i next sc-sion of the Legislature. If so j this will take one Column out of our tax j duplicate, and lea uso&t welcome idief te the owners of rout estate. •All the members of both the Senate and I House appear exeeceingly anxious lo get j 1 Lome, and it is no wonder, for the ses.-ioU j ; h;rs been unusually long. It. is hoped the ! ! important measures adopted wiil in the end < abundantly compensate for tho time and la- j br spent. Yours, truly, SPECTATOR, J REV. jonv A. C9LLISS. i WHEREAS, wo have received intelligence ' ! of the ucerpecttd death, it: the pioviJcnct i of God, of our late presiding Eider, Rev. ; John A. Collins and feel keenly this sad j bereavement, Theieioie, R-sotoeJ, By too member* of Bedford 1 j circuit, East. Baltimore Conference, 1. That the M. li. Cuuroh lias !e-t in Lis , death one of lr must eiiii-.ctil miuiste.s, ' j ami one of lier most eonsUiu fronds. I . That we cherish with fund reusem ' j braoco his intercourse with us, not only as | a talented minister of Jesus Christ, hut as i i a warm friend, aitd excellent Presiding El f der. •J. That -while wo mourn l.is In?-, we do i heartily rejoice that In? died the dca'h of a Christian. and that his cad was triuuipli and peace. 4. That a copy of tho*c rcsoluiioai be -en: to -lur euHiity packers, and to (he ; Christian Advocate ami Joarruirl, ior pub.i catiiiO. Sigued in behalf of (he membership, J A MET A. COLEMAN, WM. 11. STEVENS. SyTne Gerinau Deuiocr iey, of Phil adelphia held a meeting on tho oi!i of April, and Jeuounced Packer us a slivo ( holder's candidate and a man wheso rav- I jug fanaticism ou the Main Liquor Lvtr j.makes biui distasteful to the people. The j i peujte are afier Picker with a sharp slick. BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. THE BUT OP TRUE A.IIEKI ttSS-MK WILM'JT. We know we can say with honest pride, says tie Philadelphia Stat, that the bas never attempted to mislead the Ameri can party. We took very little part in the late election, for the reason that bold, designing, had men assumed the lead, who were incompetent, both in mental calibre and by political position, to direct the movements of as brave, patriotic and virtuous pai ty as was ever organized, to check tbe downward career ot' our Re public nudor the ban and control of the foreign party. It is the time now to speak and to act —it bus conic to the boar when the em uMano-' ot LoCofocoism *ro to no loony rei.ukcu —it is the precise moment when thing* sh<*u] I bo called by their rigfit names, not from motives o: hostility to individuals, itui from a disposition to see the American parly again iu the ascendant. We have therefore eonte to the conclu sion to "roll up our sleeves" and go io work i.n good earnest fer the man, who, we believe, is the man iu this peculiar crisis, to le.-ui to glorious victory ail, ail who are inside and uutsila and all over, opposed to everything which smacks iu the slightest degree of Loeofoceisia. In doing this, wo can point with just pride two glorious precedents in our political history, when tho A ait i man parly came to the rescue, and elected for the Stato of IVnnsylvairia, William P. -Jo'dXSTc:* Governor, and for (he United States, the never to be forgotten, well bclOVed Zacii- AKV TAYLOR for,the Presidency. Who does net remember the earnest support which AlLleans gave to "Oiu Ziich," "II -ugh and Ready," ss ha was familiarly called! Who will ever forget' the noble, enthusiastic conduct of Ameri cana iu forming ""Hough an 1 Heady Clubs," which brought together ull the friends of Americanism, so that, face to fac *, and heart to heart, men, al though differing on minor point®, could encourage each oti er, compare note-, and go out tae'u man a missionary, and thus was relieved cue of tlie most decided victories ever yet obtained by Americans ■ Now, then, let us take a ie.-son from the past —tri'ui the days we have just referred to—and then tiic foreign party shall be defeated iu this S:ate, and thus a noble step be taken towards' expelling from our Xutioual Councils ihe advocates and tools f .reignism in I>GO. at then is tire <hrty of sH true Americans'? Wc answer, to be up and d big—to act, ie?, act—to organize in every ward, township and precinct, that there may be r.o mistake ua to the obj. ct of :ucL orgnirieirioD", let them be called "W;m!Ot Clubs. With that good old Piotestaut name, so redolent < f Hu guenot fragrance—with the prr.ttige at taching to his none ss tho distinguished ; author of a proviso which rallied us its sm~* r'crs a ClaV and a WkST*R— wi:L his public avowal of American sentiments ] atid bis hi a nrudi :s life—with his poii:lc-<2 1 i antect Jout®, ail rst iblt.-hing a character :'ot reu.jrktsMc political honesty, his tri- 1 umj h v ill be sure. Therefore, Americans, let us meet and take courage together. . lie not ft'iLk'ened by tho spies emis-ari-s and hireling flcodutis of K COfoCuisa:, .ikoie hopes of public plunder arjbr.se. on their succors in humbugging yen, and causing you to believe that y u arc acting very-spiritedly in working and voti: g so that they may waik over tho coarse into | fat. office, or be otherwise bcneS: ted . What, ho! then, for the "WIL.UCT Globs." P'JJSOSINOTHK PuKglHENr.—l lie PeiM sylvn:iian, with an eye to tho possible eh; *i.e of :n king pMiliea) capital out of ii, br> au ncuaotid iis conviction that the "National Hat_l disease" at Washington she ic sillt fit" poisoning, and that tho object w;. to poison the President, i'bo party hacks all over tho country, we notice, are catch ing up (lie ii.oer.ao conveyed in this at - uouuccraent, and the idea is fostered as much as possible that it nwtst have been the Republicans wiio thus attempted to poison Mr. Buchanan. This, et course, is not da re'. openly; bat it is suggested in a spirit as diabolical as that which must have prompted ihc "supposed po.soniug. On this gut jet wo quoto the following timely rc reui irks Irotu the -Boston '/Vol- llcr: "When a murder his been attempted, ly some unknown person, it is safe to assume mat lie hml an interest in removing '.be par ty whose lit'- was sought. There arc but tew persons v. ho can be susj?ccttd of any designs against Mr. Buchanan. Net one ot fiis political opponents can be suspected. They would us lief lie should be President as Mr. IJreel!Bridge. If choice lio-y have between tho two men, it mast be for the President liitftself. Pew Democrats can have any sutb ft-eiing toward Mr. Buchan an us would lead them te seek to kill htm, especially after so ruthless a fashion. lie had not rem* vol -any of tbein from office at tho time the poi.-oning dodge was tried on. Mr. Breckin idge is the ouly mm who has anything likt an interest iu petting a Leav euly crown ior Mr. Buchanan, and if !i* j should ha sixjpoeted of the crime, it should jbe iccollectdDthat tho first suggestion of iit Came frctMn Dcmoeratio source. Wo i cannot su>; it Mr, Jireckin. idge for a uio ' incut, a::d i jtst express our surprise that a | Democrat alijuL! have vowed his belief ir. I sotaetliiug tlkt is calculated to place the 'Vice Pre-idnt in a' very awkward p.o-ition, supposing (hat- that belief has any facts up on which to rest. "That any one attempted to poison the I'tc.fiJent is too absurd to be'believed for a in anient. Had his death been desired by any iimn, he would have ftftfnd, or made, twenty better oppoi tunitiesTnr killing hftu than existed in couseqnotice of his residence at a Washington hotel. There is n teinlen cy in llic hamsll tfiiud fo'altiibuto tiro ill nesses and deet-hs of greft-men to something out of t!:o common course. In toe old uajs, no king, statesnt&t>, or other great character could go to his rest •without the aid of vio lence, in tlic opinion of I.is •eontemporaiie*. The nonsense that is uuercd about the Wathlng'Pn sickness, in corruootidn with the pnisoafng of Mr. Buchanan, is only a relic of a fvily that used to lo common, but which thff intelligence of mankind has Caused iheru alulo.st entirely to discard." THE DA LLA9—PLARENDON TREATY, Ilus Lten virtually rejected by fit® Brit* ish according to despatches received bv Mr. Cass from Mr. Dallas the Africa. This rejection'has not Lecn accompanied, as yet, by any explanation of 1 an extensive ciiaract er, bat by the next I steamer it is expected that a full "statement of the views of the British government will he forwarded by Mr. Dallas. This unex pected uj rtinu of the treaty has created j much excitement at the White House and • i:i 'be State Department. We take the fol- ! tovrLig from the telegraphic correspondence of the New Ym-k fleratd Monday: i is believed both by the President and Gen. C..vs, that this rejection-of the Dallas (Jlatondon treaty haa been produced by u{ disposition on the .part of -Lord TJlareutlea ! to take satisfaction out of the American : government for tfce sntibbago which the I British government'received or. the nulist ii!cut questmt*. If tho recent election's in Jhiglaud ti*i gou Lord Pukiierstoa it is probable that the British government would have ac- ! Oepte-i the treaty without any words. After such a triumph however is ho has had, and j with a majority of over a hundred, bis lord i ship snaps Lis fingers at the Yankee govern- ! tuent, cad is dcteruiiued to show them that ] he will not be dictated to by the President j and ?ente en any question cwuueeied with | Ctnttal America. This unexpected and siugukr r> jection of j the treaty by t!w British govepnineut, throws i all our illations with England, on the Ceo- j tral American and Chinese questions, into j contusion Lord Napier finds hituself in j quite a new position in Washington and all the good feeling cirated by tire recent din- j nets, speechifying, and the oilier attentions j shown him, has lh.r thrown to the wiuu# un- , drr his new and extraordinary movement of Lord Paluierston to revenge himself and take satisfaction cot of the American grvernmeit for the dismissal of the former "British Min ister mid the three consuls. WAMHSTON, May 3— p. m. j The Dallass-Clarem" on treaty does not go j into effect, and for this reason:* —'l'he treaty j between England and Honduras relative to J the island of llutau has not yet been ratifitd j fcy li tiduras. d v uiil this is douo some ol 1 Krs provision of ihe Dallas Ch reudott treat j j caauit properly, in the view of thfe F.igi sli povert.in lit, be accepted. I Inrvc it from ! undoubted authority that neither the Presi- j dent nor Lord Napier regard ihrs result as ; at a!i likely to interrupt the present friendly relations of the two countries. W F : do wot like to assent to the poisoning theory, so long as wc can account for the sickness, ra'ionally, in any o*ber way.— Now, Washington is one of the sickliest holes on the face of the eaith. We will not , STV tiiat it is any worse than Sierra L-one j or the coast of Guiana, but it is quite as bad j as ei her of those couurryseats of death.— > > Why the site was ever selected for the j builiingof a national capital, no rational j man everyet could understand. In Bedlam j it ought to be easy for the inmates to see | tbe philosophy of Ibe business. It would have been wiser 10 hirYe placed our capital in the L);<mal Sivamp, to hie h has some good pieces of land, and is said to be healthy— to those who arc used to if. Everybody Who goes io Washington is sure to be sick, . from the Presid nt to the porter. It used to be said that the place would improve as its "magtr.ficc ut distances" should be made to disappear, and there should he many houses built, and many people to fill them; \ but although the viity has gtowa so fast of late years as tn expect to have ono hundred thousand inhabitants at the taking of the next census, in 13G0, it is as unhealthy now US it WJS when the Congressmen who re pealed the law were used to wade through pea-SOftp mud, and to lay up -HP. unlimited amount of fever nnd aguo. $0 long as the place is such a laser-house, we would prefer to a'.tiibute what has happened to local influence, ratlmr liiau is believe we have a Brinviliers among its.— Boston Trav eller. W. P. PACKER. The Democrat in candidate for Governor, is said to be a oontraotor nu the Sanlurv and Erie It ail road, nud is very anxious for tho passage of the bill-, authorizing the giving of three nftlfious to this road by tho State. What think our Democraliu brethren, who are so opposed, to the bill, of this no tion on the part of their candidate 1 SALE OF THE MAIN LINE. The great iniss of the people of -Pennsyl vania will be glad to leum that rhcbill for tlie sale of the Main Line ot the Public Works b is received tlie sanction ofiOoveroor PoI.LOCK and is now a fan-. Ybe+o*crnor Lao already Baaed an trdvertUnieut for the [sale of tlie Main Line a! public auction at f rha Merchants' Exchange in Philadelphia-.- ; on Thursday the 25tb of June next.. We have uo doubt that a sale will be effected, and the people relieved of the burden "which f has so long been pressing upon thew bj,tbe ' intent inn of these wdrk*. It is umletstood that the Railroad Uumpauy is wiMtitfr to assume the "oosessioq of the works on the* conditions named. Ttrt Sinking Fuf.d V.iil thirs rcivivo regularly, from a re- I spoiiMble party, u liantLouie annual sum, and ! I the pubiio debt, ttow over forty anil ion of j i dollars, will be certain of a speedy dinrinu- j I . ■ tion—a desideratum which experience has demonstrated that it would he vain to expect while tha works are in the bauds of the leeches who lor so many rcng years have used them for their personal aui political .xggrandizemeut. The works included under the term "Main Liiic/' are by the second section defined to be, the Phiadelphia and Columbia Railroad, tlie Canal from Columbia to the junction at Duncan's Inland, the Juniata Canal from thence to HcDidaysburg, tie Alleghany- Portage Railroad, including the uew road to avoid the inclined planes, aud the Canal on the west of the mountains from Johnstown to Pittsburg, "with all the property thereto appertaining or in anywise connected there with." The third section mates it lawful for any parties or company new or hereafter to be incorporated, to become the purchaser for any sum not Jess tliau seven and a haif mil lions sf dollars, and iu the event of a sale to individuals, gives them tlie right to-assign and trausfer their tight tinder nwch purpose , to any Railroad or Canal' Company -created | by the laws of this Cumtuocwea Lis, on com- j phauce with the terms of said sale bv the i State and <4ie payment vr security of the j purchase monqy to the Commonwealth; j and should any association of individuals • become lite purchasers, us afores aid* 'he ! Governor is autiorized to grant them letters j patent under the name, style au.l title of j tha Philadelphia aud Pittsburg Railroad j and Canal Company. No bid is to be an. ; c-pted unlets the party or parties, purchasers pay out) hundred thousand dollars irt cash or State bonds on the d;ty of sale, which is to j be forfeited in case of nen compliance with ! the terms of talc. It is fun her provided j that if lh■Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1 shall Lecome the purchaser*, chey shall pay j nut less than nine millions i>f dollars, t>f 1 which s'!oo,-000is tu be dttposite j with the bid, and the entire payment is to be made i:t J five per cent, bonds of the Company, the j interest of'wiiich is to t>e paidsemi-annually. ' Of thew bonds, §IOO,OOO will fall due July 1 31.-t, ISSS, and §IOO,OOO annually there- j after till-duly 81st, 1890, when §1,000,000 j will fall due, Hud §ioo,ooo annually there- i after till the whole is paid. Upon tha ! execution and delivery cf the bonds, the State agrees, in consideration of fho extra j two millions, that tha said Pennsylvania Railroad Company* and tho HaiTtsbitrg, Portsiueli'.b, Mount Joy uud Lancaster Railroad Company slnll be forever discharg ed from the paymeht of ail taxes 'npon ton- j nage < v frcigl t carried over -aid roads, and ; also rek-rsed from ihc n-i inent of State tiixe.s '! . t oa its capital stock, bonds, dividends, & • The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is fur- > ther to bo allowed to purhasc or lease j the Ilarrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy j Lancaster lload, to straighten or improve i the Colombia Road, and to extfend the same to tlie Delaware river iu tie City ef Phila delphia, and to deepen and improve the Ca- | nal portion of said Mum Line as to them may seem proper. Tlie remaining sections prescribe that the ; parties purchasing shall keep the works in | good repair, provide the necessary motive power, lock facilities, aud keep flic road : and canal forever as a public highway, for : the use of all persons or companies desirous of using (he same, they paying fair charges i add rates of toll which shall trot exceed the ratrsof toll prescribed in thu charter cf the j * . i Pennsylvania Railroad Company; and that; the rates of toil charged upon the canal shall j not be more than eighty .per centum of those j presoribcd : in the charter of tlie Union Canal Company. -It is also nroriJed that the en- j tire proceeds of the sale of said Main Line shall be paid to the Sinking Fund, and ap- j plied exclusively to the payment of the Bute Debt. —II t rrisburi> Seni in el. IDTI VNTVTIOrt FOTt Ex- PfcKSIDEN* PlKtics:.—The Vicksburg (Miss) W'i'gf states that §9(5,000 was subscribed in that I rily; in one day, the sth of May, to purchase a plantation fur presentation to Kx-Pie-i --i dent Pierce. The plantation in view was ; held at §IOO,OOO, aud the §I,OOO wanting | would no doubt be readily made up. Ducky j Pierce! Generous Mississippi! The gen j tlomen contributors would huve done better, i however, by appropriating that SIOO,OOO to paying off the repudiated debt of their State. To be just before being generous, is a good motto. By The Senate'ot" this State, prevents to I the adjournment if the legislature, elected ; David A. Finney,-of Crawford, American j Sptaket, over Wat. 11. Welsh, of York, on ' the .hisi ballot. • THE API'OUTIO.IHEST BILL. The Apportionment Rill for Senators and Representatives, as it passed the LigiJ-iture, is as follows " SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. The City of Philadelphia. 4 Chester aud Delaware, 1 Montgomery, 1 Rucks, 1 Lehigh and Northampton, 1 Berks, I Schuylkill, 1 ; Carbon, Mourrte, Pike and Wayne, I •Bradford Susquenatjua, Sulli-.'au and Wyo ming, 1 Luzerne, 1 Tioga,-PAter, M'Kean and Werren, 1 Cliutun, Lycoming, Centre &. Union, 1 Snyder, Montour, Northumberland, and Co lombia, 1* Cotrfberland, Perry, Juniata Jt Mifflin, 1 i Dauphin and Lebanon, 1 I Lancaster, I Y,rrk ' ... 1 ; Adams, Franklin and Fulton, 1 Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon, [ Blair, Cambria and Clearfield, | Indiana, and Armstrong, 1 Westmoreland, and -Fayettts ] W a.s hi rig ton & Green, 1 Allegheny, 2 Beaver aud Butler, I Lawrence, Moreer and Venango, 1 j Erie, and Crawford-, 1 ! Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk, I Y\ hole number cf Senators, 3-J R tf It tS K X T.VTI V E Its TRICTS. Philadelphia City, 4 Philadelphia County, ( dd.) Id Delaware County, I 1 Chester, y Montgomery, o Bucks, 2 Northampton, 2 Lehigh aud Carbon, 2 Monroe and Pike, 1 Wayne, 1 Luzerne, 8 Susquehanna, 1 Bradford, 2 Wyoming, Sullivan, Columbia aud Mon tour, 2 Lycoming and Clinton, 2 Centre, 1 Mifflin, 1 Union, Snyder ar.d Juniata, 2 Northumberland, 1 Schuylkill, 8 Dauphin, 2 Lebanon, 1 Berks, 3 Lancaster, 4 York. 2 Cumberland aud Perry, 2 Adam", 1 Frartklin and Fulton. 2 Bedford ar.d Somerset, 2 HnTitfngdou, 1 B' a rr> 1 Cambria I Indiana-, I Armstrong unJ Westmoreland, S -Fayette, 1 Green I-, 1 Washington, 2 Allegheny, 5 Beaver wad Lawrence, 2 Butler, 2 Mercer and Venango, • 2 Clarion and Forest, 1 Jefferson, Clearfield, Elk and M'lvran, 2 Crawford an i Warren, 2 Eric, 2 •Potter and Tioga, 2 Whole number of members, 100 'Following a Puaxtom. —After all that has been said to discourage it, there is to be, to a certainty, one tuoro Expedition to the Arctic Seas, to look ait r Sir John Franklin,——whom uo sane man ttow can doclt h.-s begtr de id and dona for years past. T he London Thucs, which has a.I ateug done lest to discourage tlie scheme, now makes a gent rims -appeal to tho sympathies of the British public, on bchaif of the heroic Lady Frank-It:!, —in aid of bc-r | "forlorn hope. ' Pearl AJ.vxia.-~tiift Paterson -'X. J.) Guardian says that -arnite au excitement recently existed in the upper part vif that city. Berne parties a few weeks Vince, rn examining the ment "f thoficsh water clams which so abound in the brooks iu thai "Vicinity, discovered a pearl of uncommon size ami beauty. Upon further searching, others were secured; and the fact becoming, known, quite a number of townsmen get wild upon the discovery. About three hundred hare been found, one as big a? a j marble, for which two hundred dollars ha been refused, i of the quelr speculations f tho ; day is noticed in the Newport (Ky.) *Yews 1 which v; A prnjaositiiev is iu contempda j tion to buy the laud and negroes owned by slaveholders in Kentucky at their present : and if three fourth* of the slhvc holders in the State will agree to soli, tlie • purposed eourpany will advance a run ot oirOfmy equal to one-half ef the estimated I value of both, an 1 in one year after, pay the whole balance. Tlie slaves v. .11 be set tree and the land sold at an advanced price, in view of the Bute becoming free i one ye:i r ' after tire first payment to the masters, and 1 the State becoming set tied with rc*l ;isd>istri | cos, enterprising tree people. *" | Wft.MOT ax Amkrig vn.—Tho Pltt'ad ■ Duify Sun says it bs" snflioien- evideuco that Wtt.VoT is a grrnd Aiueih-ui, and j thinks tho siuun evidenoe will satisfy the great body .if Americans throughcul tint State. I'he San is the organ of th "Gld Guard" Natives of Philadelphia. ' Aukrigavism in Texas.—'The Louis > ville Journal states that Gen. Sam. llhasloa I is the American crodtd-.te fur G-rveruor ot 1 Texas, and that all tho en tho si is in ot to t . olden tiiuo is awakening in-hi* hub4i.
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