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BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Morning: June 5.
"Fearless and Free."
DAVID OVEU, EDITOR AND PttOPKl KTOE- ,
.Thc Union of lakes—the Union of hnds, j
1 lie Union of States none can sever : i
The Union of hearts, and the Union of hands, j
And the flag of our Union forever!"
PlOJi SWpCKET.
FOB GOVERNOR -.
DAVID AVILMOT,
of Bradford County.
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLIARD,
of Philadelphia. j
SUPREME BENCH:
JAME&JVEECH,
of Fayette County.
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
of Cheater County.
Delegate Elections.
The qualified voters of the American par
ty in the several Boroughs and Townships, j
and all ethers who sympathise or desire to j
co operate with it at the approaching elec
lions, (except in those Townships or Bor- j
oughs where delegates have been already j
chosen) are hereby requested to meet at the
usual places of holding elections, in their
respective districts,at one o'clock I*. M., on
Saturday tho 27th day of June iust., and :
-choose two delegates to n-preseut each dis- •
trict in a County Convention, to be held at
the Court House in Bedford, on Thursday
the 2d day of July next, at one o'clock iu
the afternoon, to nominate candidates for
the Legislature, Prothonotarv, Sheriff, Cor
oner, County Treasurer, Commissioner, Pi- ,
rector of the Poor, and Auditor; and to up- '
point Senatorial Conferees, and to do what- j
ever else may be deemed necessary to ae- ,
•cure the triumph of cur State, District, and j
County tickets, at the ensuing elections.
The principles to te vindicated, and the \
offices to be filled, are important: and it is i
hoped our fricuds in every district will all j
turn out to tho delegate elections and 1
choose their best nten to represent them, so
that the action of the Convention, aud the !
ticket which ffiay be formed, may be every
way worthy the good cause, and command
a united and enthusiastic support. The
Union State ticket is composed >f men of
pre-eminent ability; under 'he new Appor
tionment Bill we can elect both our Seua'or
, r , ■ 1 —•' - J
now existing in our ranks, proper exertion
is all that is needed to secure the election )
of our entire County ticket.
By order of the American County Com
mittee.
FRANCIS JOB DAN,
June 5 1857. Chairman.
UNION CLUB, NO. 1,
Will meet at the Court House, on Satnr- '
day evening the 13tn June, inst. Several
addresses may l>e expcc'ci. Let our friends i
from the Borough and vicinity turn out in j
gocdlv numbers.
June 5, 1857.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
A bili for (lie sale of toe Main Line of j
the public improvements of the State, was
passed at the recent session of out Legisla- \
ture. The Governor approved the bill, j
aud under the provisions he his already i
advertised the line for sale on the 25th oi j
the present month; and wc confidently trust
• sale will be effected. Jim lowest piie 1 '
at which any purchaser can buy is sever
aud one half millions of dollars; ar.d j
should the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. be- j
come the purchase! it will have to pay not j
less than nine millions. In our judgment j
this is the most important, and most bene
ficial legislation which hs been enacted for
years; aud we fondly hoped that all pur
lies would BO regard it. We believe a salt
of our public works to be tie only mean*
whereby our immense State debt can ever
be paid, and our heavy State taxes reduced,
nnd hence the magnitude of the questioD,
and the reason why every nian, and especi
ally every tax payer, should examine it
carefully, and endeavor to understand it in
all its bearings. No justice can be done
.the subject iu any one newspaper article of
rany reasonable length, and therefore we
propose to furnish to our readers a scries cf
letter* on this important subject, written
-by a gentleman every way qualified for the
task, and who has recently fully and care
fully investigated the whole subject iu all
its relations. His character for intelli
gence, and integrity, aud his opportunities
for information are such as to tuuke all his
statements worthy of the entire confidence
of every reader; and we are happy to en
sure them full and satisfactory explanation*
on every question connected wiih the sub
ject. At least some of the letters were
prepared at llarrisburg during the pembu
ey of the Bill for the Sale of the Main
Line before the Legislature, and with di
rect reference to the economy aud policy of
a sale. We will publish letter No. 1, next
week, and hope to bo able to continue them
every week regularly until the whole sub
ject is fully examined und exhausted. We
bespeak for thein a careful perusal, and re
commend our readers to hand theiu to their
neighbors, for we are fully persuaded that
no good citiien will be opposed to the rale
f the Main Line if he properly under
stands all the qneltions involved therein.
Wc cannot conclude this article without
congratulating our patrons on the prospect
of a better opportunity for the examination
of these questions than has ever before
ptesented itself, and at a time too when it
is important for wery taxpayer to under
stand them.
THE GAZETTE'S HONESTY.
The Bedford Gazette is in the weekly
habit of parading before the public extracts
from some of the most ridiculous ravings of
a set of disunion Abolitionists, that were
ever uttered—and attempts to palm tbem
off, as the "True Republican Platform."
New, we are no Republican, but an out and
out American, und we deem it nothing more
than right, to a large and powerful party,
with whom we are at present united, for the
success of a common state ticket, to deny
the whole batch of falsehoods. Neither
Foss,or Brown, or Garrett, or Douglass, or
any of their co-laborers, ever were Repub
licans. They go in for freeing the negro
everywhere, though it should result ;u Pis
union. They arc on a par with that class
of Southern Locofoeo hotspurs, who, ir. case
they cannot procure all th territory South
of Mason and Dickson's line to Slavery,down
to the Isthmus of Darien, fuvor the same
means of accomplishing their purpose, dis
union! The Abolitionists, so far from be
ing Republicans, oppose them more strong
ly than they do the Locofocos, and openly
profess the success of the Locofoco party
to the Republican party. The Republicans
are in favor of keeping all the territory
that was made free by the Missouri Com
promise. Jree. Tbcy want the territory for
white men, not for negroes. The Locofocos
arc in fuvor of making all the territories
in the Union Slave States! The Abolition
ists are in favor of making all Slaves free.'
These are tho principles of the three
parties, on the subject of Slavery, and any
sane man will see that the Republican
doctriue is the best, safest and most
patriotic. The Gazette is in the constant
habit of perverting the truth, and its at
tempt to place the sins of the Abolitionists
upon the Republicans, will fail, especially
as it is well known that they have uo
principles in common, and the Abolitionists
prefer Locolocoism to Republicauisnecause
as they allege, the latter party, prevents
the success of their darling wishes, by
standing between the disunionists iu both
seetioDs of the countrv
In the last Gazette, is ati editorial article
tinder the head of "the Apportionment Bill,"
frotu the pen of John Cessna. We will
give only one example of John's statements,
in this article. He says "Bedford and
Somerset, and Armstrong and Westmore
land are aiurnsi the ouly'double Hepresen
tative Districts in the bill." Now there
are eleven other double districts, and Bed
ford and t'omcrset and Armstrong and
Westmoreland, make thirteen altogether,
viz : Lehigh and Carbon, 2 members, Wy
oming, Sullivan, Columbia and Montour, 2
J"., Lycoming and Clinton, 2 do., Union,
Snyder and Juniata, 2 do., Cumberland
and Berry, 2 do., Franklin and Bolton, 2
do., Beaver and Lawrence, 2 do., Mercer
and Venango, 2do , Jefferson, and dear
field, Elk and McKean, 2 do., Crawford
and Warren, 2 do., Potter and Tioga, 2
do., Bedford aud Somerset, 2 do., Arm
strong and Wcstmorelond, 3 do., iu ail, 13
double districts, electing 27 member*, mon
than one-fourth of the whole House. Doub
le districts in many ease* cannot well be
avoided. The nLove quotation will show
that John Cessna, in hit editorials in the
Gazette, displays about as iuueh truthful
ness as Bowman himself. The sentence
above is about on a par with *ll John's oth
er statements iu the article iu questiou, and
about us correct so far as truth and veraci
ty is concerned. The Land Pirate lakes it
hard, for Le would like to go to the Senate!
ANOTHER MARE'S NEST.
The pious editor, of the Gazette, and
other patriotic moralists, are greatly horri
fied lieeoUse, as they s.,v, the Senate dur
ing the late session of the Legislature,
•'passed a bill allowing Atheist* to testify
in our courts of justice without taking an
oath?' We have inquired into this matter
and are credibly infer ued that no such
bill passed either branch of the Legisla
ture, nor was any such bill even uuder con
sideration. This is just what we expected,
ami we hope ibe indignant keepers of the
morals of the State will feel relieved.—
There was a bill passed through the Senate
by a vote of about twenty four to six, cm
the subject of evidence, nearly every Loco
foco voting for it, but it was not of the
dtiraeter above indicated, and wbetl er
I right or wrong, we will be better able to
say when we can sec a copy of if.
SCARLET FEVER. — We are informed by
our friend, Mr. Lewis A. Turner, of sever
al heart rendiug cases of a very malignant
scarlet fever and sore throat in Juniata
Towuship, this county, in the family of Mr.
Samuel Fritz. He has lost five children
siuce the 21st of May. Two were buried
on last Monday, and one more of the chil
dren is not expected to live. Mrs. Fritz
is also lying vety ill with the same com
plaint. The disease is confined only to the
family of Mr. Fritz.
THE NEW CENT.— Mr. A. B. Cramer
lias the credit of introducing the new cent
into circulation in this community He or
dered on several hundred. They arc a
pretty coin, and will sucn drive the old
cents out ot circulation.
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
A OOOI) SUGGESTION !
The Rev. Mr. Spottswood preached a
sermon on Slander on last Sunday night,
f The editor of the Gazette suggests tbut it
; should be framed and hung up in every
I house, and we concur with him for* once.
The convicitd libeller of the living mid
| the dead, should have one hung up in Ins
; private chamber, and another over his eli*
! torial table, to reuiiud him of his past and
! present offences, and to admonish him lor
! the future.
STRUCK IST LICNTMNO.— Last week,
■ Mr. Christian Spies, of Hopewell Town*
t ship, with three daughters, were in the field
plauting corn. A thunder 6torm arose,
and they all sought protection under a
largo tree, when they were struck by light
uing. One of the daughters was instantly
killed, and the father and other daughters
were insensible for gorue time afterwards.
They are now doing well. Mr. Spies has
• the sympathy of the whole community in
l his bereavement.
VENTRILOQUISM AND SLEIGHT OK HAND.
: —We attended, on Monday cn<! Tuesday
1 nights, the performance* of the Messrs.
Sharp. The eutortainnient was creditable.
We never heard anything to come up to
the remarkable singing of one of the geD
; tlemen. It appeared to come from the
lungs, and several parts of a tuna wen
sung at the same time by him. This alone
is fully worth the prico of admission.
REV. GEOGRZ GCYKB, is the new Presi
ding Elder in place of Rev. J. A. Collins,
dee'd. for this l>istrict. He is said to be
an eloquent man.
We hope our friends throughout the
townships will go to work and organize
Union Clubs. It is time to commence the
campaign in earnest. Our prospects in the
County are cheering—all we now want is
organization.
TIIE I'llll. IDELPKIf A DIII.Y
SUA'.
This able journal—the original and stead
fast advocate of distinctive '-Native Ameri
canism" iu Philadelphia, and an ardent sup
porter of Mr. FILLMORE in the last campaign
—is out, in strong terms, in favor of Mr.
WILMOT, and tho entire Union State Ticket-
It says, it is goiog into the campaign with
I its "sleeves rolled up,"and from the muscio
| displayed, we expeet to sec Loeofucoisui re
j oeive some pretty hard knocks. The foliow
! ing article we take froui tk The Sun" and
: Commend its careful perus d to those of our
reudeis who might thoughtlessly throw their
votes away in the support of a distinctive
itu*-""-" cUUl.ibUllUg to
i the success of Lucofocoism. Fioni what
' we can learc, however, wa are pleased to say
; that so fat as Radford county is concerned,
there is a unanimity of sentiment upon the
; subject of the support of Mr. WILMOT that
| augers well for the successful termination
;of the campaign; and when we find such
papers as "The Sun " the organ of tiic
i AMERICANS in Philadelphia, and the
Hnrrisburg Sentinel, whose editor, JOHN J.
J CLYDE, is President of the P.-nna. State
I Council, warmly supporting the Union State
' Ticket, it requires no tjreat wisdom to per
j ceive into whose hands the Philadelphia
Daily .Yews ajjd its few adherents, are play
! ing. That the AMERICANS who persist in
• running candidates will contribute mote to
the success of Lo- ofocoisui than if they
t acted with that party, none wili deny—and
, that this is the object of tho corrupt leaders,
; headed by the Daily J\ews is equally plain
l Rut to the article of the Sun:
'-We are still receiving the congratula
tions of sensible men for the course we are
pursuing with regard to Mr. Wilniot. We
take courage when we find ourselves thus
backed up by men whose devotion to the
American Party is beyond suspicion—who
have shewn their sincerity by their sacrifices
au i who have continuously labored for the
party aud never for office, and who have,
wherevet the proper occasion presented
itself, assisted toplaje iu power a competent
reliable, honest man with true American
principles, to the exclusion *f a candidate
whose reliance is placed on the mobile
vulgus, the swaying ami swayed multitude,
which constitutes the Jocoioco ranks.
The substantial friends of the American
Party will never consent to have it bound a
captive to tbe ebariot wheels of loeofoco
progress—'hey will spurn every attempt
made to sell it for the private ends and
emolument* of hollow hearted, corrupted,
demagogues, to loeofoco aspirants for office
and albeit it may be true that "if has been
made right" with H Mr. Snooks, it will bo
seen that it can never be made right with
the people of the Americen party, to be dis
posed of as meat on the shambles, or horses
in the stalls, or Oougo negroes by mercenary
kidnappers. Oh no! the people of the Amer
ican Party think and act for themselves.
Who does not remember when the Native
Americans determined to support William
F. Johnston for the governorship, that the
locofocos made every effort to prevent the
eonsumattou of tlie union of forcep, which,
disuuited, were cesentially opposed to loco
misrule and folly, but were uot,on all minor
points, agreed? Woo can forget that loeofoco
money ws offered, and in eotne instances,
as was currently beiieved, paid to certain
men who were prominent as Native Ameri
can orators and ecitors, to advocate and
write for a distinctive ticket, on tbe plea
that the Native Americans could never be
come a party until they stood Ly themselves
—wbieh position, nnsjiied, is re-
ducad to this—that the American party will
never he in the asceudant until they obtain
a majority of the voters? Does this seciu
ridiculous? We intend it shall appear so.
Our object in the premises will appear
hereafter.
Let us now advance another step. When
Gen. Taylor was nominated for the Presiden
cy—when every touguo pronounced his
praise—when homely lyrics, whose burthen
was the remarkable achievements at Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Paluia, Monterey and
Buena Yista, were sounded nnd resounded
from Tallies to mountain heights, aud rung
through the streets of all our cities—when
the cant phrase "Old Rough and Ready,,
was the "opeD sesame" to all hearts not
closed by loco bigotry and hermetrically
sealed against all patriotic impulses by loco
fooo despotic pressure—then, at that very
time, when Americans of the old Native
American Party were perfectly willing to
take General Taylor on trust us an Ameri
can, without even a verbal declaration on
the subject of Native Americanism, ther.j
yes then, locofoco emissaries strove hard to
convince Native Americans that they should
have a candidate of their own, hut the lead
ing demagogues of that day soon felt the
popular pulse, aud to save their money,
inasmuch as it was predestined that they
were to lose the offices.
Thus, without formal pledges, the popu
lar American judgemeut sanctioned the nom
inations, and the Ameiican popular heart
secured the election of Johnston and Tay
lor.
Then, when Gen. Scott was nominated,
the Lccufocos did not think it worth their
while to lose labor or expend money in
hiring Hessians, pretending to be Native
Americans, to oppose Gen. Scott because
he was a Whig, although he was the reputed
am hot of the famous American document
concocted at the Astor House, New York—
no, they had, at that time, a more economical
way of accomplishing their object—they
spread the report that Gen. Scott had placed
his daughters for their education in a Roman
Catholic seminary, and while courting the
people of that Church, on one side of their
huge mouth, with the other they were hurl
ing anatfiemas at General Seott for permit
ting his daughters to be educated under the
influences referred to. This was the
chicanery, tho tergiversation of Locofoco
ism at that day. Now, these wiseacres are
trying the same game. They denounce Mr.
Wilmot, whom erewhile they upheld as a
good Democrat, knowing that he has not
swerved from the good old rules, doctrines,
ethics and tactics of pure Democracy, while
they have swung loose from all that is pure,
honest ana of report. Tfiey Know
that Mr. Wilmot is honestly eudeavoring to
carry out the views of Jefferson and Jackson
and those other real Democrats, who, well
observing the oi l landmarks of conservatism
stepped on by degrees until the platform of
Americanism is reached end mounted, as
a* this time by them and David Wilmot.—
It is not surprising then that all the true
A met ics us of Pennsylvania will support Mr.
Wilmot."
AFF AIRS IN UTAH.
A Washington oorrespouueut of the New
York Journal of Cummerc, furnishes that
paper with the annexed statement of tho
state of affairs in Utah:
The Government is juuoh concerned in re
gard to the siatc of things io Utah, and are
engaged in the consideration of the means of
affording to the people of that Territory the
protection of law. Several gentlemen froui
Utah lire in Washington and others from
lowa, who are well acquired with Utah af
fairs, 1 find that Brigham Young has not
been expelled from the Territory, and has
neither abdicated nor fled, as was reported.
On the coutrary he i* preparing to maintain
hi* power, under tho pretext of upholding
the principles of squatter sovereignty.
My informants estimates tho population
of Utah at only forty thousand, though Gov.
Young say- that it is double that. Perhaps
it is about fifty thousand. One half the
population are foreigners. Formerly, the
proportion of Americans was much greater.
Tho foreign population is said to be some
what improved iu material condition by the
change, while that which is Ameiican, suf
fers privalioDs to which they had not been
accustomed. The foreigners are ignorant
and fanatical, and are subjected to tha
authority of Biighaui Young. The Amer
icans are more eulighteucd, especially as to
civil rights, and have become iusubordiuate
and dissatisfied, and threaten to overturn
the power of "the prophet, priest and
King."
Brigham Yoong has an army of twenty
five hundred men, under good discipline.
They are drilled every day. They are mostly
foreigners, and comprise tho most ignorant,
brutal,and fanatical of the Mormons. There
fore they are fit instruments for the purpo
ses of Brigbaui Young. They have no sym
pathy with American institutions, social or
jiolitical, and will, when let loose hesitate
at no atrocities.
At present, there is nothing like an ad
ministration of justice between man aud mau,
in the Territory. Every question is resol
ved into one, as between the parties con
cerned and Brigham Young. Of course
Judges are driveu away, the records are de
stroyed, the processes of Courts an* disre
garded, the juries are all subservient to
Young's orders, and the Territory is sub
jected to a reign of terror. Assassinations
are not unfrequent, and the seizure and
confiscation of private property is a common
occurrence. If any one, weary of Brigham
Young's despotism, attempts to leave the
Territory, he is despoiled of bis property.
That was the case with Mr. Ilockaday, a
nierehaut, who is now here.
The American portion of the population
are prepared foi an iosui rection airaitist
Brigham Young's ruie, hut thev are uot
willing, by a feeble movement, to hazard
their own lives and property. Brigham
Young is in power. He is rise legal exec
utive officer of the Territory, under federal
appointment. He lias an army under com
mand, which embraces the active military
force of the territory. Hot, if the Uni
ted States government would give them
{the Americans) absolute protection, and se
cure them in their lives and property against
the vindictive revenge of Brigham Young
and his followers, they would very gladly
aid the United States iu effecting a civil and
political revolution, and iu bringing the Ter
ritory under the restraint of civil govern
ment.
The first thing for the federai government
to do is, to supercede Brigham Young in
his office of Governor. This thy ought to
have done long ago, before the state of
things became so bad. They are responsi
ble for the calamities which are to ensue
from their delay in appointing an Anti-Mor
mon Governor. Tiie moment Brigham
Young is stripped of federal authority, he
will become partially paralyzed- He must
then quietly submit to a loss of b.s despotic
powers, or he must, backed by his army,
resist the United Slates against Brigtam,
and he and his force will be put down.
Confession of Mm- Joncs-lle Im
plicates Henry life in tiie
H liftc Murder.
The Dispatch of yesterday pablished a
confession of the notorious Bill Jones, (now
confined in the jail of Washington county,)
which was made to a fellow prisoner named
Hutchison, who reported the circumstance
<o the Jailor, and one or two others.—
llutcliison was not believed, and an ex
pedient was employed to overhear Jones, in
bis cell, while Hutchison was directed to
induce him to recount his story at an op
portune moment. An artifical ear, fashioned
after the human ear, and admirably adapted
to magnify the faintest whisper to audible
articulation, was procured, and so arranged
that every word was distinctly heard through
an almost imperceptible aperture iu the
wall.
Hutchison, at a favorable moment alluded
to the murder, and desired Jones to repeat
tLe particulars, which he did. The substance
ot which is as follows:
"The Saturday prior to the murder of
White, {.March 28th,)Bil! and hi* wife Sarah
were at the house of Mr. Fleming, in
Columbia, where they stayed that night,
and the next morning proceeded thence to
the house of Bill's father, near Runnings
villc. Ariving there, lie dispatched bis
brother Madison to Hickory, to tell Fife,
(who resided there with Charlotte Jones
till the stls of April, according to her own
statement before Mayor Weaver,) that he
(Bill) would be there that night. In the
evening, about 9 * o'clock, Bill left his
father's and proceeded to Hickory, where
he arrived about 1 o'clock in the morniug.
Fife utid bituself then sturted for \\ bite's.
When they arrived there (Monday morning,
March 30th) they spent sometime in ex
an.ining the premises. They tiid not then
intend to commit murder, but to rob White
of money which they had learned was in the
house. While near the house, they heard
foot steps and supposed ;hat White was
awak. They then went to the wood pile,
and Bill got rlie axe, and entered the house.
White was in bed at the time, and Mrs. W.
seeing them, flsd. Bill proceeded to the
bed iootu, and with his own hand* com
mitted the murder, while Fi'e searched the
house for money. Bill stated to Hutchison
that he did not know whether Fife found
any money or not, as he had never had or
seen any taken at that time. Having com
mitted the robbery aud murder, they fled;
Fife returning to niekory. Bill says that
Junes Williams had nothing to do with the
murder, aud was uot in the neighborhood
at the time. lie exonerates Levi Baldwin."
We give the above for what it is worth—
remarking that Fife most earnestly and
emphatically denies all complicity in the
murder of White. He says lie never saw
Bill Jones until he reached his father's
house, Dear Hunningsville, after the White
tragedy. Charlotte, who was questioned
by the Jailor, yesterday, apart from Fife,
says the same thing—and corroborates
Fife's statement that ho slept that uight at
Rallcu's in Hickory.— Pitts. Union.
Bv telegraph from New Orleans we learn
the final ctose of Oen. Walker's filibuster
ing exploits in Nicaragua. Ho had "capit
ulated" to the commander of the United
States sloop-of-war St. Mark's, who carried
him and the remnant of his forces to Puna
ma, whence they were transforrd to Aspin
wall, and from there brought in the steam
ship to New Orleaus. The capitulation
was of course a mere ruse to esoape the de
struction not otherwise to be avoided, and
though, as the telegraphic despatch men
tions, the Costa Rioans aro not recognized
in the document, their agency in bringing
it about i 3 none the less patent to tho world.
It is to be earnestly hoped the experience
gained in this Niearaguaiau raid will pre
serve our country from the disgraoe of com
plicity in such unlawful enterprises in the
future.
SLANDER AND SUICIDE.—A correspon-!
dcut of the Boston Traveller, writing from
Newport, Me., under date of May 20th,
furnishes the following particulars of the
sad death of a young lady:
"Miss Mary Martin, a very pretty and
intelligent young lady, ot about twenty j
years of age, committed suicide by drowu
iug herself iu the stream at Detroit, the
town adjoining this. She invited a young j
lady friend to walk with l or, aud seating !
herself on a log tear the stream, she told ;
her friend that she was abont to drown her
self, and the reason for so doing. She
took off all of her jewelry and gave it to
the young lady, saying, "I want you to
have these." Io a few moments after her
frieud persuaded her to return to the house i
telling her they would come down in the J
afternoon. They had proceeded only about ;
five or six rods, when Miss Martin caught !
hold of her friend, and dragged her to. :
wards the stream a rod or two, but sudden- i
ly releasing her hold, she ran and jumped
in. Her friend gave the alarm, and abro- l
ther of Miss Martin came to her relief, but !
too late—life was extinct when her body
was taken out. The cause for this melan
choly suicide was slander. During the
past winter stories have been circulated to ,
injure ber character. She protested Her iu- j
nocence, and but a few weeks before, while
walking r.aar the place where the was j
drowned, with the young man to whom she
was engaged, she said, (referring to her
troubles,) "If I thought there were no hap
pier days in store for me, 1 would jump in
and drown mysaif." Miss Martin was a
very pretty, modest aud respectable
young ladv, and her untimely death is deep
ly regretted. I hope it will serve as a
warning to those who are ever ready to
circulate evil reports."
From the Chambersburg Transcript.
biugular (ircumstaiicc.
Upton, May 22, 1857.
MESSRS. EDlTORS.—Believing an ac
count of the following singular occurrence
would he of interest to your readers, it is at
your disposal:
As a son of Mr. Jacob Rinebart, (resi
ding Dear this plucc,) a lad about twelve
years old, was passing along the bank of
West Couoeocheague Creek, his attention
was attracted to a boy, still less than him
self, preparing baits for his hook and lice,
as he was fishing. W'heD Dear him, the bey
suddenly manifested great alarm, and fell
back into the Creek. Young Riuebart, with
unusual presence of mind, immediately pro
cured a pole, aud thrust the end of it iuto
the water where the hoy bad fallen in, and j
although he was so ucep io the water as to j
be out of sight, yet he took bold of it, when \
young Rinebart drew him to the shore, lie j
bad scarcely got him to shore ere he per- i
ccived whtit was the cause of the little fel- j
low's alarm, which was, that a large Black j
Snako, about four and a-ha!f feet in length,
had wrapped itself tight around the boy's |
body. For'unately Le hud been using a
knife for cutting baits, which he dropped j
when the zn tke first attacked hitn. Picking ;
it up, young Riurhart immediately applied
it to 'tis snakship to relerse the little fellow I
from his coils, hut so tight was it fastened j
around his body, that be had to insert the '
blade fittwise between the snake and the !
body of the boy, and then turned the edge,'
aud by a vigorous cut, severed it in two- ,
In doing this, however, he did not escape j
being hiuiseif hit in the finger, withou', how- ,
ever, hoing much injured therefrom, as the :
inflauiation produced from the bite, was j
slight. The snake had wrapped itself near
ly twice around the body of the boy. This
is certainly a very singular ciicumstance,
oni owing to the preseuco of mind of young
Riuehart, the lad was saved from a prema
ture death. Yours, truly. G. C,
"THE OLD WAR lIORSE."
It G amusing to see with what relish the
Spirit publishes a letter from that prince of
egotists, Hon. jasper e. brady. The "friends
and admirers" of Brady in this latitude are
"few and far between," and if his influence
in other quarters is not greater than it is
here, we have hut little to fear from the
shake of his "long booy finger." There is
one thiug, however, in this letter, that we
are pleased to see, und that is, that Brady
has at ]:*sl discovered that his is but a "pu.
Ny opinion," when brought into contact witt,
other men's. When he was a resident of
Franklin County, ho had presumption
enough to assume any position, and would
uo more have hesitated to aocept a seat ou
the Bench of the Supreme Court of the
United States, or measured opinious with
Chief Justice TANEY, than he would have
to accept a position in the Town Council
of our Borough. But as wo grow older \vc
grow wiser, aud it appears that Brady has
been instituting a scrutinizing self-examina
tion, ami has discovered that his is but a
"puny opinion"—that's right Brady; "know
thyself." It is never too lato to learn—
but we think you have manifested an unu
sual amcuut of stupidity aud want of apt
ness, for you are just now learning what
our people knew long ago.— Chambersburg
Whig.
HIGH PRICES FOR SLAVES.—The Milton
(N. C.) Chronicle says that the following
high prices were paid at Yanceyvi!le, last
Saturday for staves :
Miily, forty-nine yonrs old and bed-ridden,
SI.200; Maria and two small children, $2,-
I 505; Mary a id two auiall children, $2,402.
[ Sold on a credit of six months.
Tux NATIONAL HOTEL SICKNESS.—The
journals in all sections of the country are
discussing the strange sickness of the
National Hotel. The inijority incline to
the opinion that it eras a case of poisoning.
A Utica conespondent of the New York
Times, in alluding to the prevalent suspicion
of an attempt to poison President Buchanan (
remarks:
"Happy for our repu'atiou, i have it iu
my power to disprove this charge of an at
tempt to poison the Piesident elect, based
upon the assumption that the disease fi-st
made its appearance upon his arrival at
Washington. 1 reached that city on Saturday
the 24th of January. I weut immediately
to the National Hotel. Within twenty-four
! hours alter my arrival 1 was taken sick,and
j had all the symptoms that others are said
• to have had who were taken down sub
■ sequently with that disease. And it was
: not uutii four weeks had elapsed that I was
i out of the hands of a physiuiau.
" T he day alter I was attacked, another
i gentleman of this city was taken ill in the
! same way, and almost immediately after.
1 wards, the member of Congress from this
district was prostrated witL it, and is not
yet able to leave his Louse. These are ill
: clear cases of that disease, and yd .Mr.
J Buchanan did not reach Washington until
' the Uiil week, ou Tuesday evening, after
:my arrival. This shows conclusively that
the disease appeared before his appearance
thero. These facts the public ought to un
derstand that unjust surmises may bo
avoided in future, and our fair reputation
in this respect be preserved."
TJ-Lloyd Garrison, and his band of era.
zy abolitionists, met in convention in New
York, recently, and repeated their fanatical
ravings about the negroes. They were par
ticularly severe ou the Republican party,
asserting it to be the worst foe of abolition,
inasmuch as its object was to maintain the
Union iu its purity aud guarantee to every
State complete control over its domestic in
stitutions. These abolitionists and the I<o
cofocos pull with remarkrble unanimity to
wards the same point, oaly at different ends
of tiie rope. The abolitionists can see no
virtue iu anything but abolitionism; the Lo
cofocos can see no merit in any policy thst
does not concede entire dominion to slavery.
Either of these persisted in, would undoubt
edly lead to an estrangement of our people
aud a dissolution of tha Union. The abo
litionists say the Republicans are as much
in favor of slavery as the Locofoeos; the
Locofocos say they are as great abolitiouists
as the abolitiouists themselves. Truth says,
the Republican party occupies the gold
j mean, being neither in favor of the abcli
; lion of slavery cor the abolition of freedom
j —willing to concede to slave States tb
i right to keep their slaves; but determined
1 to secure to free territory the inestimable
j boon of Liberty.— Lebanon Courier.
REMOVING THE WIDOWS.—The p.-ossn
j Po3i Master General lus uo sympathy, it
j seems, for the few widows of deceased Post
j Masters, wham hi i'oiul in offi.-e, when he
j assumed the duties of the Department evsr
j which he presides. Out they must go, no
I matter bow faithful and capable, to make
j room for seme hungry applicant in the sLapo
• of a man, who has a tote to caat or. election
! day. A short time since, Mrs. SAUPP, l'oT
Mistress at Bedford, Pa., was removed, and
| John A. Mowry appointed to fill the vican-
I oy. The husband of Mrs. S., who deceased
: a few years ago, did the President good ser
; vice politically, when the friends of Mr.
j DALLAS in Western Pennsylvania were
about to tak 1 the wind out of his sail. But
these acts of kindness were forgotten—the
widow's "term of office had expired," and
a change w..s necessary. The Bedford
Gazette, a rampant Democratic paper, FJIVS .
"The office was well conducted, but routi n
in office being the motto of the Democratic
j party, she had to Lr removed." This business
| of removing a woman, with seven or eight
i sit ail children, from a petty post office, is
I crrtaiuly not very creditablo to the bachelor
' administration of Mr.Buchanan.— Delaware
j County Republican.
AMERICAN G ÜBE UN A TORI AL
CANDIDATE.
We were informed yesterday that it is now
regarded ascertain that Col. JOHN W. GEA
RT, late Governor of Kansas, will he nom
inated by the Lauc-aster 'Convention as the
j American caudtdttc for Governor. He bus
beeu consulted ou the subject, and consents
to accept the nomination. It is stated fur
j ther that a very large number of dLaffected
j Democrats throughout the Skate favor the
i movement, and have expressed a willingness
; to support Col. GEARY in pteference to the
j Democratic nominee Gen. PACKER, whom
| they regard as an exceedingly "fishy" Dem
j ocrat, in many respects, he having on severs 1
j occasions betu instrumental iu the detest ot
; regular party candidates in Lis couuty aod
| distiict. Iu addition to we learn that
j the Liquor aud Bevr dealers will cimcen
' trate tueir cutire strenght against Gou
| PACKER, iu consequence of his advocacy
) and support of a Prohibitory Liquor Law
! while a member of the State Senate. It
; seems to be a fixed faot, therefore, that we
' are to have another triangular couiest, —
J and when the Campaign fairly opens a lively
| time may be anticipated,— fiarrisburg Sen
j tint I
I SEVEN AT A BIRTH.—Late news from MEX
j ico brings the very important item that on
! the 20(U ult., a Mexican woman of the oap
j ital was deliv t red ®f sewn male children at
oiu birth.