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BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Morning June 11 ISS?
"Fearless and Free."
DAVID OVER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
• •The Union of lakes—the Union of lands,
The Union of States none can sever;
The Union of hearts, and the Union of hands,
And the flag of eur Union forever
HON STATUICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR •.
DAVID WILMOT,
of Bradford Count f
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
of Philadelphia.
SUPREME BENCH:
JAMES VEECH,
of Fayette County, i
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
of Chr*ter Courty.
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Delegate Elections.
The qualified voters of the American par
ty iu the several Boroughs and Townships,
and all others who sympathise or desire to
co-operate with it at the approaching elec
tions, (except in those Townships or Bor
oughs where delegates have been already
chosen) are hereby requested to meet at the
usual places of holding elections, iu their
respective districts,at oue o'clock P.jM., on
Saturday the 27th day of June inst., and
choose two delegates to represent each dis
trict iu a County Convention, to be held at
tho Court House in Bedford, on Thursday !
the 2d day of July next, at oue o'clock in
the afternoon, to nomiuate candidates for ,
the legislature, Prothonotary, Sheriff, Cor
oner, County Treasurer, Commissioner, Di
rector of the Poor, and Auditor; and to ap
point Senatorial Conferees, and to do what
ever else may be deemed uecessary to se
cure the triumph of our State, District, and
County tickets, at the ensuing elections.
The principles to be vindicated, and the
offices to be filled, are inqnirtaot; and it is
hoped our frieuds iu every district will all
turn out to the delegate elections and
choose their best men to represent them, so
that the action of the Convention, and the
ticket which may be formed, may be every
way worthy the good cause, and command
a united and enthusiastic support. The
Union State tieket is composed of men of
pre-eminent ability; under the uew Appor
tionment Bill we can elect both our Senator
and Representatives; and with the harmony
now existing in our ranks, proper exertion
is all that is needed to secure the election
of our entire County tieket.
By order of the American County Com
mittee.
FRANCIS JORDAN,
June 5 1557. Chairman.
UNION CLUB, NO. 1,
Will meet at the Court House, on Satur
day evening the 13th June, inst. Several
addresses may be expected. Let our friends
from the Borough and vicinity turn out in
goodly numbers.
June 5, 1857.
In the last Gazette , John Cessna k Co.,
have the following article, iu which they
attempt to create the impression that we
admitted that we had tied in saying that
Packer voted for the Jug Law:
lien. Packer and the Jug Law.
Jordan's organ of last week says:
"We stated sometime siuce that Packer
voted for the late Jug Law, and the Gazette
says it is a LIE, as Mr. Packer w as not in
the Uenate at the time. This is correct , be
was not in the Seuate"
Why, then, utter so deliberate a false
hood?— Who hut the most depraved of the
iiumac species would be guilty of thus fal
sifying the public records to gratify the ap
petite for slander ? After being compelled
to admit their enormity, they perpetrate an
other in the declaration that he would have
voted for it had he been a member!
Now it will be seen from the following
article from our paper of the 29th ult., that
we said no such thing. That paper profes.
ses to great sanctity, aod fairness, and no
ones but hypocritical scoundrels would gar
ble an extract as they did that. Read our
article below again, and remember that all
the answer it has received, is the above
garbled extract. They cannot and do not
deny that Packer, whilst in the Senate, vo
ted for a Maine Liquor Jug Law. Here's
our article of two weeks ago:^
PACKER AND PROHIBITION.
The Gazette denies that Wm. F. Paekor,
the Locofoco Candidate for Governor voted
for a Prohibitory Liquor Law. We stated
some time ago, that Packer voted for the
iute Jug Law. and the Gaz-tte says that
it i* a lie, as Mr. Packer was not in the
•'et.ute at that time. This is correct, he
was nor in the Senate at that time, and we
•were only wrong in the assertion as to the
time he did vote for a Jug Law. Mr. Packer
was in the Senate only a couple years be
tore and DID VOTE KOR A MAINE UQCOR
LAW on e*ery vote in which the question
ante before the Senate , and if is fair to pre
sume, that had Packer been iu the Senato,
two years ago, hewonld have voted for the
Jug Law, and also for the present Liquor
Law. He not only voted for a Prohibitory
liquor Law, when in the Senate hut he used
his persona/ influence in its favor! Now
tho Gazette calls on its friends 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. If
the hypocrite of the Gazette wishes to pre
scribe Mr. Jordan for voting for a Prohib
itory Liquor Law, is it not the height of
hyimcrisy and meanness for Abso!om to call
on free liquor men to vote for Packer when
he also voted for a Maine Liquor Law*—
We wonder what honest Locofooo who op
poses Prohibition will vote for the Maine
Liquor Law Candidate, WM. F. PACKER?
BEDFORD MINERAL SPRINGS,
The new hotel building at the Springs is
nearly completed. The Company have al
so put up two large bath houses, and have
ornamented and improved the grounds.
There have been over one hundred mechan
ics and labored constantly employed at the
Springs for several months past, in build
ing and making improvements. When all
is completed, it will be the handsomest, as
it is the healthiest, summer resort in the
Union. The hotel will be opeued for the
' reception of visitors on the 16th of Juue,
I and will continue open till the first of Oc-
I tober. The Springs will be under the gen
eral superintendence of Mr. AVillard, for
merly of Washington City, and recently of
the Burnet House, Cincinnati; bis charac
ter as a caterer, is a guarantee that his
guests will be well provided for. The Bar"
keepers and Clerks are all gentlemen, of
pleasing address and obliging manners.
Col. P. Gossler, the President of the Com
pany, is well known as a gentleman of ex
tensive business qualifications, under whose
care and superintendence all the improve
ments have been made. The Company have
been very fortunate in its selection of
President.
The BEDFORD SPRINGS, from the medici.
nal qualities of its waters, and the salubrity
of the mountain air, presents stiong claims
to the patronage of the public. Every
thing promises one of the most thronged
and brilliant seasons we have ever had .
RITRECK BV LIGHTNING.— During the
severe storm on last Tuesday afternoon, the
Cupola of the Court House was struck by
lightning. One of the heavy beams inside
was shattered to splinters, another was
cracked, a small portion of the roof of the
Cupola torn off, and part of the work on the
outride,] loosened* and damaged. Small
portions of the maiu roof of tho Court House
was also torn off. A portion of the light*
ning descended by the spouting, which it
tore a portion 4 down the chimney,
into the Prothonotary's office, and tore the
tin from the stove pipe hole in the cbimuey.
l'ortuuately Muj. Washabaugh had closed
the office a short 4 time before, and no one
was in any part of the Court House at the
time. Several persons on the
near, were looking towards the Court House,
aod were quite stuuned. Tiie Court House
bell was uninjured, although the beams
were only two or three feet from it. It is
quite fortunate that the new town clock
which is now at Hopewell, awaiting trans
portation here, was not up, or the probabil
ity is that it would have been ruiued. It
is thought SIOO will fully repair all dama
ges.
LANCASTER CONVENTION.
The Convention of anti-uniou Americans,
that portion composed of native el
ement, met on the 3d inst., at Lancaster,
and put in nomination the following ticket:
For Governor, Isaac Hazelhurst, of I'hila.
| delphia, Supreme Judges, Jacob Broom, of
Philadelphia, and J. E. Brady, of Alle
| gheny, and for Canal Commissionci, John
IF. Lindcrman, of Berks County. Only
| nine Counties were represented, most of the
: Delegates being from Philadelphia. This
| will not injure the election of Mr. Wilmot,
|as nearly all those who favored the Con
; vention would have voted for Packer, had
j they not taken up a candidate of their
; own; they will now vote for Hazelhurst.
i Besides nearly all the free Liquor Locolo
cos in the State, and they are very strong
in the Eastern Counties, will vote for Ha
zelhurst in preference to Packer, who, when
• he was in the Senate a few years ago, voted
J for a Maine Liquor Jug Law. We con
i sider the selection of this ticket the best
thing that could have been done for Wil
mot, aud the death blow to Packer.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
According to promise we this week pub
lish Letter No. 1. on this subject. Read
it, and it will inform you how much State
Tax has been paid into the State Treasury
every year foi the last twelve years, and it
will show you also where these taxes,
amounting in the aggregate to more than
| seventeen millions of dollars , have gone to,
! aud to what uses they have been appropria
ted, aud why it is our State debt yet re
mains foriy millions and upwards, notwith
standing all our taxes paid. We will pub
lish Letter No. 2. next week, and expect to
continue the publication every week of oth
ers still more iatersting, until our readers
can fully understand the whole matter. In
oruer to appreciate the writer's treatment of
the subject properly it is necessary to begin
at the beginning, ami read the letters reg
ularly iu their order. This one prepares
•tie way for others.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Mr. Isaac Mengel, Jr. lie is an excel
lent mechanic, and his Cabinet Ware, for
neatness of style and durability, cannot he
surpassed out of the cities.
WOOD'S HAIR RESTORATIVE —This
medicine is advertised in anober part of
this paper. It is recomiocuded highly.
Read the advertisement.
SANFURD'S LIVER REMEDY.— This is
said to be a certain cupe for tnanv com
plaints. Read the advertisement.
BEDFORD BOROUGH.
John Cessna & Co., make a great fuss
about changes that have been made in Bed
ford Borough, within the last couple of
years. If any change has been madß, it has
been by death, and Americans moving out
and Locofocos moving in, and a half dozen
traitors who were bought with petty offices,
and promises of office. Now, John has
been writing all the editorials that have
appeared in the Gazette for several weeks
past, and with all his flourish of trumpets
toe date turn to name ONE MAN that has
left the Americans that voted the Union
American ticket last fall. Point to one
uiau, if yon can. There has not been one
man that voted with us that has left since
then.
WASHINGTON HOTEL.
We call the attention of our readers to
1 the advertisement of this excellent Hotel,
iu our advertising columns. Mrs. Cook is
a landlady of superior qualifications, and
takes pleasure in renderiug every comfort
to her guests.
The llotel is under the general superin
tendence of Mr. Samuel Shoemaker, who
has had sevcial years experience in hotel
keeping. We take pleasure in boariug tes
timony to his business qualifications as a
Landlord and his character as a gentleman-
BROADTOP COAL LANDS.
We call attentiou to an advertisement in
to-day's paper, of valuable Coal Lauds, by
Messrs. Lemuel Evans and Louis Anderson.
These lauds are in the heart of the Broad
top coal and irou ore region, and among the
best there. Speculators will do well to
examine the lands and attend the sale. #
John Cessna & Co., have a long article,
in the last Gazette, under the head of "Fr.
Jordan, Esq in which that gentleman,
is abused at a round rate. Such men can
not injure him, however, in this community.
John wrote the article, and he cannot for
get the seat in the Senate, that he can't
get!
IMPROVEMENT.— O. Loyei, Esq., has
erected Bt the front of his resilience, a
handsome portico of cut stone, surmounted
by an iron railing of exquisite Btyle and
finish. Mr. Lover is a gentleman of taste
and public spirit.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual
examination of classes at the Alleghany
Male & Female Seminary will take place on
Friday June 19th commencing at 8 o'clock
A. M
The'exhibition will be held on tho even
ing of the same day commencing at 7 P. M.
Let our friends attend the Club meeting
to-morrow night.
THE HYPOCRISY OF DEMOCRACY.
Parson Brownslow, who has gained a
world wide fame as a newspaper publish
er, says some very severe things, but
while they are severe, they always have the
virtue of being true.
"Disguise it, as they may, the hypocri
sy of Democracy, added to their perni
cious principles,' constitutes the most
dangerous, and destructive elements
that was ever arrayed against the moral
ity, peace and harmony of civilized socie
ty. The iniquity of wicked men and
devils, never has invented and carried on
anything like it. The utter depravity
aud wickedness of the whole scheme of
modern Democracy, is every day becom
ing more apparent, and is being more aud
more appreciated by honest and moral
men. Y'et thousands and tens of thou
sands, of as good and houest men as any
in the land, belong to this Anti-American
wicked, pernicious, and corrupt organiza
tion. They are deceived, deluded and
humbugged. Thousands of this class
have withdrawn from it and look upou it
with horror and disgust. Others have
gone into the den, from the ranks of the
Whig and American parties, who were
notoriously corrupt, had no regard for
principles, and wore alone iu pursuit of
spoils. Honest men iu their ranks can
only escape now, upon a plea of political
insanity. This plea would be received
by an euligbtened ami charitable public.—
Every honest man will admit that those
who have remained in the ranks of the
party, while the organization was war
ring upon American and Protestant prin
ciples, could not be in their right minds.
The leaders of this bogus Democratic
parly, affect to have a holy horror for a
"Know Nothing," and advise the common
people to shun them, as they would land
pirates? T he same demagogues, however
walk "cheek by jowl" with an ignorant,
drunken, riotous Irishman, as uolearoed
in our country's institutions and politics,
as an uuiiuitatcd sou of Congo would be,
aud not blush at their companionship!
They will permit a raw son of Erin, redo
lent with rot-gut Whiskey, and black with
hiuises gotten iu some breach of the peace
or John Cliinamuu, too celestial in his
education to know anything o intensely
and radically terrestial as modern De
mocracy is, to go with thein to the polls
or to their tables, and into their parlors
and uot feel disgraced ? They will permit a
dirty, vulgar, uneducated Fweede, from
the dark mountains of Scnndauavia, con
versant to despotic divinity and refined
brutality; or an effiminate and brutalized
Turk, wreaking with the pollutions of
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
bis harem; or a beastly and besotted Es
quimaux; or the maneating Patigonian,
with tusks like a wild boar; or a mixed
blooded and debauohed Mexican, —any of
these, or a disgusting aud loathsome
native of Shara; —they can go to the polls
with any of these, thank them for their
generous support, and tender to them the
hospitalities of their houses, and not feel
in the least disgraced' No matter what
the color, the morality, or degredation of
a foreigner, or the depts of the infamy
of the prison from which he iuimerged,
when he set sail for this country—even
though he were the Chief of Tbuga, the
infamous compound, known as the double
extract of the hellish depravity of those
bloody marauding pirates, who come over
iu ships as balast, and pillag9 our large
towns and cities, if they are only Demo
crats, as they invariably are, these Dem
agogues who hate Know Nothings with
such undying malice, will lock arms wi'b
them, atid march to the polls, and drink
mean whiskey out of the same dirty tum
bler, and sleep iu the same lousy bed.
We have no patience with these vile
hypocrites, and their still more vile abuse
of better men than themselves. God de.
liver the country from this latter-day
Democracy aud the low-down scouudrel
istu of a set of leaders stepped to the
nose and chin iu dishonor, treachery aud
crime."
ELECTION RIOTS AT WASHING
TO*.
The municipal contest at Washington on
Monday was one of the bloodiest on record.
A general riet occurred, aud several persons
were killed and wounded. A dispatch from
Washington says that "the immediate cause
of the fuss seemsjo have been an attempt
by the Anti Kuow-Nothings to keep snch a
full possession of the polls as that no Amer
ican could approach within a stone's throw.
For this purpose they crowded the vicinity
with Irish, negroes, and ruffians of every hde
each one of whom manifested the most de
termined resistance whenever a voter ap_
proached who was adjudged, in their parlance
"A follower of the dark lantern." After
several fruitless attempts to deposite their
ballots, a number of resolute Americans con
cluded to press their way through, when the
Irish finding themselves overpowered, drew
their billies and couimeuced slashing away,
—in their drunkeness and frenzy knocking
as many of themselves down as anybody else
In tbe general melee which followed, pistols
were also fired indiscriminately,— stoues,
brick-bats, and missiles of every description
hurled violently* pell mell, in every direc
tion." The Marines w* re ordered out and
after great difficulty succeeded partially in
restoring order. Eight men were killed aud
sixteen wounded. The cartridges of the ma
rines, beyond all reasonable doubt, did the
principal mischief, since that those fatally
injured were nearly all mere lookers on and
not actual participants in the fight. An ef
fort was rnado to reuew the riot injthe eve
ning, hut it was checked by the appcatance
of the artillery from Baltimore. The Dem
ocrats carried four of the seven wards and
elected most of their candidates Harris
burg Sentinel.
81 MMARY OF THE DRED
SCOTT DECISION
We have at length finished the reading
of tbe official report of the opinions of the
Judges of the Supreme Couit of the Uni
ted States, and below wo present an analy
sis of all tbe principal points held by tbe
several Judges and ruled by the Court.
Our readers will find in it a curious illus
tration of the extent of differences among
doctors, as well as of the glorious uncer
tainty of tho law—an uncertainty the glory
of which, as it cetus to us, is not likely to
be iu the least diminished by this Dred
Scott case.
It was held by seven Judges (M'Lean
and Curtis dissenting) that the record show
ed on the part of Scott a disability to main
tain his suit. Of these Judges, Tauey,
Wayne at;d Daniel held that the fact set
forth in the plea iu abatement in the Court
below, aud admitted iu the demurrer, "that
the plaintiff was a negro of African descent,
whose ancestors were of pure African blood,
aud who were brought into this couutry
aud sold as slaves," showed him not to be
a citizen of the United States, and there
fore disqualified to sue in a United States
Court; and that the suit ought, ou that
ground, to be remanded to be dismissed fcr
want of jurisdiction. Grier aud Campbell
(making with the other three a majority of
the Court) concurred iu this remanding for
dismissal, aud such was the judgment of the
Court. Beth Grier and Campbell based
themselves, however, not on the plea in
abatement, but on the fact apparent, as they
thought, iu the agreed statement of facts
which made a part of the record, that Scott
was a slave, aud ou that ground disqualifi
ed to sue, and they both seemed to think
that the more regular course would be to
confirm the judgment of the Court below.
Such a confirmation of the judgment below
Nelson and Catron held to b the only
proper course, thus siding, so far as the
question of jurisdiction was concerned, with
Curtil and McLean, while even Grier (ma
king up, with the other four, a majority of
the Court) went so far as to admit that the
record showed a prima Jacie case of juris
diction.
M'Lean and Catrcn held that as there
was no appeal from the judgment of the
Circuit Court on the pica in abatement, the
question of jurisdiction was not before tbe
Court. Taney, Wayne, Daniel and Curtis
held, that, as the Courts of the
United States were of limited jurisdiction,
the question of jurisdiction was always iu
order. Grier, Nelson and Campbell were
silent on this poiut.
Three Judges—Taney, Wayne and Dan
iel—held that, although the Court below
had no jurisdiction and the ease must be
dismissed on that grouud, it was still com
petent for the Supreme Court to give an
opinion ou the merits of the case, and on
all the questions therein involved. M'Lean
and Curtis dissented from this view. In
their opinion, any doctrines laid down un
der such circumstances must be regarded
as extra-judicial. They based their right
of going into the merits on the assumption
that the Coqrt below bad jurisdiction, a
view iu which they were sustained by Ca
tron and Grier. Nelson and Campbell, as
they had avoided any expression of opinion
on the question of jurisdiction, did the same
on this poiot of judicial propriety; but N[el
son, by confioing himself, in his opinion, to
the sioglc point of the revival of Scott's
condition of slavery by his return to Mis
souri, seemed to concur in the view of udi
cial propriety taken by M'Lean and Curtis-
Three Judges—Taney,Wayne, and Dan
iel—held that a negro of African descent
was incapable of being a citizen of the Uni
ted States, or even of sueiug in a Federal
Court. From this doctrine M'Lean and
Curtis expressly dissented, while .Nelson,
Grier, Campbell and Catron avoided any
expression of opinion upon it.
Taney, Wayne, Daniel and Campbell
held that the Constitution conferred no pow
er on Congress to legislate for the Territo
ries, the power to make all needful rules
and regulations being coufiued solely to the
disjmsitiou o? the lands as property, and
even that authority being limited to the
Territories belouging to the United States
(i. e. the teiritory north-west of the Ohio)
when the Constitution was made. They,
however, seemed to admit a certain power
of legislation in Congress, ba>ed on the
fart of acquisition aud growiug out of the
necessity of the case. M'Lean, Catron and
Curtis held, on the other band, that under
the authority to make needful rules and
regulations, as well as by the necessity of
the case, Coogress had a full power of leg
islation for the Territories, limited only by
the general restraints upou its legislative
power coutained iu the Constitution. Nel
son expressed no opinion on this point; nor
did Grier, except the implication in favor
of the first view front his joining in pronoun
ring the Missouri prohibition of 1820 un
constitutional, though ou what, particular
ground he held it to be so docs not appear.
Taney, Wayne and Daniel hold that the
Ordinance of 1787, though good and binding
under the Confederation, expired with the
Confederation, and that the act of Congress
passed to confirm it was void because Con
gress bad no power to legislate for the Ter
ritories M'Lean, Catron and Curtis held,
per conirn , that the re-enactment of the
Ordinance of 1787 was a valid exerciso of
the power of Congress ; while Campbell ad
mitted —and iu this Catrou coucurred with
him (Daniel centra, the others silent)—that
the Ordiauce of 1787, having been agreed
to by Virginia, became thereby a part of
the compact of cession permanently binding
on the parties, and was so regarded by the
Convention that framed the Constitution.
Five Judges, a innjority of the Court—
Taney, Wayne, Daniel, Campbell and Grier
—held that the Missouri prohibition of
1820 was unconstitutional and void, while
Catron argued that it wis void beoause it
conflicted with the French treaty for the
cession of Louisiana. M'Lean and Curtis
held the prohibition constitutional and valid.
Nelson silent.
Five Judges—Taney, Wayne, DanieL
Campbell and Catron—a majority of the
Court, held that slaves were property in a
general sense, as much so as cattle, or at
least were so reennized by the Constitution
of the United States : and as such might be
carried into territories, notwithstanding any
Congressional prohibition. M'Lean and
Cnrtis held per contra, that slaves are rec
ognized property only locally and by the
laws of particular States, being out of those
States not property, nor even slaves, except
iu the single case of fugitives. Grier and
Nelson silent.
It was held by six Judges—Taney,Wayne
Daniel, Campbell, Catrou and Nelson—that
whatever claim to freedom Scott might have
had (if any which most of them denied), he
lost it by his return to Missouri. This opiu
ion, on the part of Taney, Wayne, and Dan
iel, was based on the law of Missouri, as
recently laid down by the Supreme Court
of that State. Nelson and Catron based it
on what they thought the piey.tiling return
ou the fact that no sufficient slaves or mas
ter, apreard either in Illnois or Minnesota.
M'Lean and Curtis held, per contra , that
Scott had been made free by bis residence
in Illinois and that the rules of international
law respecting the emancipation of slaves by
the law of Missouri, which law had been
improperly departed from aud set at nought
by the Missouri decision iu the plaintiff's
case; and that, ou questions depeuding not
ou any statute or local usage, but on prin- !
ciples of universal jurisprudenee,the decision
of State Courts are not conclusive on the 1
United States Courts as to the laws of the !
States.
Seven Judges (M'Lean and Curtis dissent- j
ing) held that by the facts on the record, it
appeard that Scott was a slave, notwithstand
ing his residence in Illinois and Minnesota.
It appears front this analysis that only the
following poinls commanded a majority ot
voices, aud can be considered under any
view as having beeu ruled in this case:
1. That Scott was a slave notwithftand
jtjg his residence iu Illinois ami Minnesota.
Seven Judges to two.
2 That the Missouri prohibition of 1820
was unconstitutional aud void. Five Judge
agaiust two; one silent, and one holding it
void but not unconstitutional.
3. That, under the Constitution of the
United States, slaves are as much property
as horses. Five Judges, all slaveholders,
agaiust two non-slaveholders, the two other
: non-slaveholders being silent.
The question whether auy power of leg
| islation over the Territories is given to
Cougress, by the power to make ueedful
rules and regulations, is left hangiug as if
in mid-air, four Judges denying any such
; power, three maintaining it, Nelson silent,
[ and Grier in nubibus.
We are happy to find that not a majority
! of the Court, but only Judges Taney, Wayne
and Daniel, are the iudorsers of the dis
graceful perversions of history on the sub
ject of the social and political position of
the African race, which we have done
something toward exposing.—-'Veto York
Tribune.
ANOTHER STARTLING TRAGEDY.
Elder Pratt, ttii Mormon Killed—Seduction
of a Wife in California —She Deserts
her Husband—Steals away her Children,
and is Staled as the JYuUfs Concubine to
her Debaucher.
We have to record to-day another pain
ful narrative of Mormon iniquity, seduction
and vUliaoy, followed up in this instance,
however, as it will be seen, by a summary
vengeance from the iujured husband. The
account which we publish below is taken
from the Van Buren {Ark) lutelligeoccr,auJ
gives iu brief the facts of the case pretty
i much as they have occurred. From the
I Fort Smith Herald and the New Orleans
i Bulletin we also have confirmation of the
whole story, up to the last act in the drama,
the tragic death of Elder Pratt, the Mormou
Apostle. Thus it will be seen what utter
j ruin and devastation has been wrought in a
virtuous family by the designing arts of a
saintly scoundrel and the lures of a false and
licentious faith. Here is what the Van Bu
ren Intelligcucei record* of the termination
of this affair.
"TRAGICAL."
"It is with regret that we have to chroni
cle the homicide, committed in our vicinity
on WeduesJay last, by Mr. Hector H. Mc"
Lean, late of San Francisco, California, up
on the person of a Mormou preacher. More
than all do we deplore the melancholy affair
that led to its commission. Pratt, was a
man of note auioug the Moruious, and jud
giug from his diary and his letter to Mrs Mc-
Lean, he was a uiau of more than ordinary
intelligence and ability. He had been a
preacher and missionary of the Mormons
at San Francisco, California, where he made
the acquaintance of Mrs. McLean, whom
he induced to embrace the Mormon faith."
"She was at this time living with her
husband, Hector 11. McLean; they were
happy and prosperous until she made the Ac
quaintance of Pratt and embraced the Mor
mon faith. She is the mother ot three chil
dren by McLean, two boys aud a girl, and
seems to he an intelligent and interesting la
dy: converses fluently, aud with more grace
and ease than most ladies. About t£o rears
ago, and soon after she became a convert to
Mormouism, she made an attempt to abduct
two of her children to Utah, but was detec
ted aui prevented by her brother, who was
then in California and residing with his
brothet-in-law, Mr. McLean. She soon after
however, found means to elope with said
Pratt to Salt Lake where, it is said she be
came his ninth wile.
"After the elopement of Mrs. McLean, ■
her parents who resided near New Orleans,
wrote to Mr. McLean, in California, to send
the children to them. lie did so. Several
mouths after thii, Mr. McLean received
news that his wife had been to her father iD
New Orleans, and eloped with the two
youngest childreu. He immediately left
San Fraucisco for New Orlea&s, and on
arriving at the house of his father-iu-law, be
learned from them that Mrs. McLean had
been there, and after an ineffectual effort to
convert her father and mother to Mormon
ism, alio preteuded to abandon it herself, and
so far obtained the confidence of ber parents,
as to induce them to entrust her in the City
of New Orleans with the children; hut they
soon found she had batrayed their confidence
aud eloped with the children.
" They theu wrote to McLean in Sau Fran
cisco, who, upon the reoeipt of their letter,
went to New Orleans, and, learning from
them the above facts in relation to the affair
immediately started in pursuit of his chil
dren. Ho went to New York and theu to
St. Louis. While in St. Louts he learned
that the woman and children were iu Hous
ton, Texas. On his arrival in Houston, he
fonnd that his wife had left some time before
his arrival to join a large party of Mormons
en route for Utah. He then returned, to
New Orleans and Irom there to Fort Gibson,
in the Cherokee Nation, with the expecta
tion of intercepting his wife and children
at that point.
"On arriving at Fort Gibson, and while
there, he found letters ia the Post Office to
hxs wife, from Pratt, some of which were
mailed at St. Louis, sod others at Flint Post
Office, Cherokee Nation. Wu are unable to
give the contents of these letters with par
ticularity, but they contained the fact thst
McLean was on the lookout for ber and her
children, and that they were betrayed by
the aaoseatcs and gentiles, and advising ber
to be cautious in her movements, and not let
herself be known only to a few of the saints
and elders. McLean then, upon affidavit
made by himself, obtained a writ from the
I nited States Commissioner at this placo
for trial, and, after an examination before
theJCommL-sioner, were discharged.
"Pratt as soou as released, mounted his
horse and Icittbe city. McLean soon after
obtained a horse and started in pursuit, and
overtook Pratt about 8 miles from the city,
and shot him. Pratt died in about 2 hours
after receiving the wound. This is a plain
narrative of the facts, as we heard theui froim
the most reliable sources, which wc give to*
our readers without cotnmcut, as we feel that
we are unable to do so with justice to all par
tics. But deeply do we sympathise with'
McLean in the unfortunate coudition in
which Mormon villainy and fanaticism has
placed him."
LOCOFOOO HOSTILITY TO THE j
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
The Locofoco leaders appreciate the loss
that their party would sustain by a sale of
the Main Line of our State Works, and they
are consequently putting forth every fffort
to defeat the sale, notwithstanding tho al
most unanimous wish of the people, and the
act of the Legislature providing for a sale.
We learn that Henry I>. Foster aud Chas.
K. Buckulew, two leading Locos of the
State,have been engaged as counsel by tho
patty, to obstruct the ioteutioo of the law,
and to endeavor to retain the works in the
bauds of that corrupt, plundering organiza
tion. It has beeo proven, over and over
again, that the*e works are an anual, absolute
loss to the State of from one to two millions
of dollars, which sum goes iuto the pockets
of corrupt baugeis-on about the works, who
are pensioned on the State for the purpose
of doing the dirty work of the party; and
yet, in the face of this, these L icofocos jliav©:
the hardihood, iu the light of day,Jto persist
in factious efforts to prevent the State from
getting rid of the incubus. If any other
party were to be guilty of such a btgh-band
ed attack >u the interest ot the State, for
the benefit of thieving peculators, in would
be hooted froui existence;but Locofocoistn is
so notoriously based on the "adhesive pow
er of public plunder," that such conduct on
the part of its members is lookedupor.es
but consistent witii its vitality, and is borne
with lameness aud patience. This is truly
a wonderful world we live iu; and not the
least of its wonders is thejfact that a party
! like Locofocoism can find honest men giving
| it their support — Lebanon Courier.
LOVE.— An instance has been related by A *
l trader, of an ludian sq jaw, whose busbaud
j was so passionately enamored of her that,
; sirtiug one day opposite to her in bis wir
--i warn, gazing on her supposed beauty,he sod
i peuly started up, aud seizing her by the nose
j with his teeth, while he, without opposition
or remonstrance, permitted it, bit it off. On ,
r her desiring afterwards to know the cause
! of such treatment, he said he thought bor
j too beautiful, that lie was apprehensive some •
others might love her, but that now, though
he could still love her as much as before, .
j yet others might not. At the same time
acknowleditig that he never had the least
cause for jealousy.
I HERE'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR Goon
AND CHEAP HARDWARE! —This is the com
mon expression of all those who desire any
thing in this iiue. Capt. Arnold is a me
chanic, a Carpenter , of thirty years stand
ing, and one of the best that ever shoved a
plaue in Bedford, aud he knews from expe
rience which is the best kind of edge tools,
aud also i f other hardware, lie lays in
his stock himself, and does not bring on
any of your worthless articles. For cheap
ness he cannot be surpassed in the place,
and if any ones want hardware they should
call ou him. lie warrants what ho sells.
His store, one door East of the Rising Suu
House.
May 22, 1857.
HERMAN'S TINWARE cau't be beat.—
His shop is a few doors West of the old
Globe Hotel. He is an old and good me
chanic, and makes all his work himself, SDJ
sells cheaper than anybody else. All who
want tinware will save money by calling on
him. He follows no other business and
pays all his attention to making and selling
good, substantial, aud cheap work.
May 22, 1857.
It lias become an established f.ict that I)r.
Sanford's lurigorator will cure Liver Com- .
| plaint, Jaundice and General Debility. Many
people, personally known to us, whose word
van not be doubted, have given their certificates
to prove this, and with such a mass of evidence
who can doubt.
It is truly the invalid's friend, and will give •
relief when all other remedies fail, and in some
instances that have come under our observa- -
tion it seemed the means of snatching its vic
tim from the grave, we wish all our readers who
need medicine would try ont bottle, lor it willj
surely give relief. For sale by Dr. llarrv.—
May '-'9-b.
" WOODLAND CREAM"— ,I Poma.Lt for beauti
fying Ike Hair. —highly perfumed, superior to
any French article imported, and for half the
price, tor dressing Ladies' H lir it hs no
equal, giving it a bright glossy appearance—
It causes Gentlemen's Hair to curl in the most
natural manner. It removes dandruff, always
giving the ±lair the appearance of being fresh
shampooed. Price only fitly cents. None
genuine unless signed
FETRIDGK d- CO., Proprietors of the
'•halm of a TtournnH Flowert."
For sale by all Druggists. f27eowz.
Flour in Baltimore, $7,50 aud $7,62,
Wheat, sl,Bo.and $1,90, Rye $1,15, Corn,
90 eta Flour in Phiadelphia, from $7,50
to $8,50, according to quality.