ifiU&UMU. BEDFORD, Pa. 4 Frldaj Morning June 19 llS** "Feariessand Free." DAVID OVKR, EDITOR AS D 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 our Uuion forever!" UNION STVirritkET. FOR GOVERNOR: DAVID WILMOT, of Bradford County- CANAL COMMISSIONER: WILLIAM MILL WARM, of Philadelphia. SUPREME BENCH: JAMES VEECH, of Fayette County. JOSEPH J. LEWIS, (f Chester County. Delegate Elections. The qualified voters of the American par ty in 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, in their respective districts.at one o'clock P. M., on Saturday the 27th day of June inst., and •choose two delegates to represent each dis trict in a County Convention, to be held t the Court House iu Bedford, on Thursday the 2d day of July next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, to nominate candidates for •the Legislature, Prothonotavy, 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 necessary to se cure the triumph of our State, Ilisirict, and County tickets, at the ensuing elections. The principles to be vindicated, and the -offices to be filled, are important; and it is hoped our friends in 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 ticket is composed of men of pre-eminent ability; under the new Appor tionment Bill we can elect both our Seuator •and Representatives; and with the harmony now existing in our ranks, proper exertion is oil that is needetLtD-Mtfjir*, Altfltj'v&iir | mittec. FRANCIS JORDAN, June 5 1857. Chairman. UNION CLUB, No. 1. W ill meet in the Court House, on Sat- i urday night the 2,ih inst. at the riuging cf! the be'l. Mr. Jordan will deliver a Speech in favor of the Sale of the Main Line. Sev eral other addresses may he expected. A jtood turn out is desired. S. RADKBAUGH, June 19. 1857. President. PACKER AND PROHIBITION.! There seems to be a wide difference of! opiuiou among the political friends and en- ' cmios of Gen. Packer, in regard to his views i aud votes on tire subject of prohibitory li- ' quor laws; and we have been accused of doing him injustice. He being a candidate for Governor, it is proper that his views and his action on this subject should be j known; and we have therefore taken the j trouble to hunt up the record; nud we pro pose in this article to 6how that we liave never done Mr. Packer auy injustice on this question, but on the contrary, that he is a stronger Maine Law Prohibitionist than we ever contended for, or supposed. He was in our State Senate in 1850, 1851 and 1852, and we have hunted up the Journals for those years, and now proceed to exhibit bis true position to the public. On the I3tli of February, 1851, the Senate took up and passed a bill entitled C'in Jet to prohibit the sale of spirituous, vinous and matt liquors in Washington County, and to restrain the sale of spiritu ous liquors in the borough of Elizabeth, in Allegheny County." This bill was composed of nine section®, *od is therefore too long to insert here.— Its title shows, however, that, it was a sweeping prohibitory law for Washington County; and to make sure that the Art itself was of the same character, we will give tbe first and second sections of it, as follows: SKC. 1. "That from and after the pas sage of tins Act no spirituous vinous or malt liquors, except for medicinal, me chanical,or sacramental purposes, s kali be sold, vended, or disposed of in any manner, by any person, at any place, within the county of tf ushirsgton." SEC. 2. "Any person who shall vend ■or dispose of any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, within the county uforesaid, •shall, for every such offence, bo liable to a for keeping a tippling house, nd shall upon conviction be sentenced to pay such fine as is by law now inflicted up •on persons convicted f., r keeping tippling iouse*." See Pamphlet Laws of 1851 Here is sweeping prohibition for you, in tfuitely worse than the celebrated Jug L\w, of which we have heard so much A person is forbiddeu to sell nine, ale and beer, not only by the jagfull, but every oth ery other way, and by every other measui e, great or suiall. Now it seems that General Packer is op posed to all special laws, and in favor of general laws only; and, therefore, although he approved of the principles of the law here referred to, he could not support it because it did not apply to the whole State. It so happens that the wisdom of our law makers has provided a method by which any gentleman holding these peculiar views about general and special legislation, may be accommodated. They are permitted to vote against the law, and at the same time to enter upon the Journal their reasons, so that they may not be misunderstood. This course Gen. Packer and another Senator named Timothy Ives adjpted. They voted against the law, and entered it on the Journal of the Senate that they so voted, not becauso of the principles it contained, but, to use their own words, "because it (the law) it not general in its operations." See Senate Journal of ISSI, vol. 1, page 250, 251. By this it became well known that Gen. Packer was an out and out prohibitionist, and could be relied on at any time to aid in the passage of a prohibitory law, provi ded its operation was only made general. liut the question was not long permitted to remain a mere matter of iuference or sup position. At the very next session of the Legislature, (1852), the Senate passed a most rigid Maine Liquor Law, an 1 General WILLIAM F. PACKER was its champi on on the floor of the Senate, and not only advocated its passage by his speeches, but voted for it from first to last, as is demon strated by the Journal of the Senate for that session. We started out with the de sign of giving to our readers parts of that law, and some of the principal votes upon it, but find our article getting too long.— We promise to resume the subject next week, and to show all these matters fully by the record, and in such manner as to prove to all most conclusively that I'acker is au ou| and out prohibitory liquor law man; and more than this, we intend to keep the Senate Journals for 1851 and 1852 in our office, to show to every tuau who doubts it, and wishes to see fur him self," that we are right, and that so far from having done Gen. Packer any injustice heretofore, we had really not told one-half the truth about liiiu on this subject. A TRU'TOHIRTIMGDOX. A DAY AMONG THE BltOA DTOF MINES. OD Saturday morning last, we took i u •- .• *" •—i-i'Kinu are iaia a little over three miles, and the balance ol the road is graded and pretty good for travelling to Hopewell, with the exception of a few miles which is quite bad, bnt there are a number of workmen now on the un completed part, who will have it in good traveling order for staging aud hacks it time for Sprmg Season. We took dinner at our friend, Mr. Jas. Eielielberger's, who keeps a most excellent house with good accommodations, at Hopewell. We then took the cars for Huntingdon and arrived there at about o'clock, I'. M. The Kail Koad from Hopewell to Huntingdon is in most excellent order. The trestle woik at Stonerstown, and beyond about which we Lad heard so much, appears to he very firm ami substantial, and iu tLe opinion ol persons qualified to judge, will remain per tectly safe, for the next five years. It i said that the Company intend to convey the earth from a mountain close by, in a ,-liorl time, and fill it up. The outlay for thi.- pnrpo.se will not. cost less than §IOO,OOO. The country between Hopewell and Hun tingdon, in many places, is hilly, but in valuable on account of the rich mineral deposites imbedded within the bowels oi the mountains. The wheat, rye and oat.' crops, along the route, all look well ant promise an abundant harvest. Many nev and flourishing towns have, as if by magic spruug up along the Kail Road, ami appeai to be thriving uud doing a healthy bu.-inesg After arriving at Huntingdon, we calle< on our friend, Whittaker of the "Journal.' His partner, Mr. Brewster, has been in tin West for several months, and that paper ii now under the sole charge of Mr. Whitta ker, who makes it quite a readable and in terestiog journal. The only fault that ii found with the Huntingdon press of hot! parties, is the severe and bitter persona warfare that they have been waging for i long time against, each other. We callc. at the "American" office and found it clos ed. Both these papers are warm and abh ldvocates ot the American Republican cause nd support \\ ilmot with considerable en ergy and zeal. We called also on ouj friend Lewis, of *ke "Globe," the Demo jratic organ of Huntingdon County, ami iound him to be quite an agreeable and gcutlcmaoly man, and his wife, a very charming and interesting lady. Mr. Lcwh was the Post Master, uppoiutud under the J Iministration of Mr. Pierce, and when wc fvere in Huntingdon, was still fulfilling tbc duties of the office, but a few days before >e was removed by the Buchanan Adminis tration, and his successor, a man who was icver ot any account to his party, appointed u his place. The only sin of Mr. Lewis, md the sole cause of his removal, is the act that he advocates the sale of the Main hme. Tbc administration, from Mr. Bu- BEDFOID INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. chanan, down to every member of tbe Cab inet, have taken a strong stand against the-, sale of the Public Works in —tbus turning their attention from Nation al affairs, to state politics. Mr. Lewis was offered to be continued, if he would stultify himself, unsay all ho has herteofore said, and oppose the sale of the Main Line, | but he would rather continue honest in his ! opinion, and labor to get the Main Line out [ of the hands of a desperate plundering crew, who are sinking the State deeper and deep er in debt every year, than to be purchased by a knavish and unprincipled administra tion. The aduinistration have determined to remove all honest democrats and appoint no man to office who favors their sale.— •Jerry Black, the Attorney General, has written a letter to Huntingdon to that ef fect. In liuutingdou County all men, with very few exceptions, favor the sale, and the way the Locofoeo party there will be licked up this fall will be a caution. Huntingdon is quite a business place, but did not come up to our expectations, as it has the benefit of the State works, Pennsylvania Railroad and Broad Top llailroad. With a Rail road through Bedford wo would soon sur- pas? ber. We left Huntingdon in the five o'clock train for Saxton, where we arrived in about two hours. Saxton is a new town in Bed ford County, and a railroad statiou. It ap* pears to do a thriving business. Several new buildings arc going up Messrs. Sax ton & Focbler have a beautiful store there, and appear to be selling a large amount of goods and are very gentlemanly men. We walked from there down to S toners town, about half a mile distant, and put up at the Hotel of Mr. Isaac Kay. We had first rate accommodations there. Mr. Kay sets a good table, and keeps good beds. There are throe licensed, taverns in Stoners towD, and ull well kept and doing a good business. There are also five stores in the place, selling a large amount of goods. The town has improved much since the building of the railroad, and improvements are still going on. We met our friend, Dr. lveeffe, there, lie has a very large prac tice and is considered one of th best phy sicians in all that country. We were in formed by very intelligent men in Liberty township, that the American Republican party are gaining strength aud will do much better at the next, election. The next day iir company with several ! good clever fellow s, we walked from Stoners i town, along the rail road, about five miles, jto Coalmont, in Huntingdon County.— We stoped at the public house of our I relative aud friend, Cupt. .Joseph Reed.— j The Captain keeps an excellent Hotel with j.i 1 —: ...o, ,us wire makes au ex , eellent landlady. He is doing a good i business, and notwithstanding he is an un compromising Democrat, he is a good clever fellow. Loulmout is quite a thriving place, situated in the heart of the mining region, and many excellent buildings are now be iug erected. The huge new hotel of Win. 1 . Shell, Esq., is completed and is one of the handsomest house? we saw in the whole trip. It cost a large amount of money. Col. Win. Reamer, lately of Reamers hotel on Sideling Hill, is to take charge of it, next week, and from hv* well known char acter as a landlord, we venture to predict that it will be one of the best kept IJoteis on Bioud lop. Two years ago, we believe there was but one house there it now con tains a population of several hundred souls. It will be the great place in that part of Broad Top. , | In company with our old friend, C.ipt. Levi Evans, and a couple of very clever . j and accommodating Welsh miners, as guides, lwe proceeded to the miuiug village of Miner.-ville, about one mile from Coalinont. ■ \\ e were conducted all through uuc of the l mines, a distance of nearly half a mile, • | with lamps in our bauds, through all the rooms. The coal is there in the very best ' quality, and in inexhaustible quantity.— One of our Welsh guides, who has been mining for forty years, thirty of which he worked in the mines in Wales, stated to us that the coal in these mines, was the very best in the world. Some four or five hun dred miners are now constantly employed in the mines on Broad Top, and the shipment iof coal per week, amounts to from 2,500 to 3,000 tons. It is confidently ex i pected that this will very soon become, for the extent, one of the greatest mining rcgior.s in the United .States. We were shown a specimen of the celebrated fire 1 clay, that is abundant there, and which would pay well for the working. U e returned to CoalinoDt and stopped at j the \\ elsh part cf the town. Capt. Evans, prevailed on some eight or ten to sing us a couple of hymns, in the Welsh tongue. They are among the best singers in the ; world, and the airs they sung were truly admirable. They, also read for us in the Scriptures in their owu language, which they use altogether among themselves. They are a peaceable, religious people, and nearly all of them are pious church members. They and the Scots, of whom there are a | great many in the mines, are among the i best class of Foreigners, aud were ail for- ! eiguers persons like them, there would not ! be much need of alteration of out uaturali- I zution laws. They are all intelligent, and j can read and write in their own and the English language. They are nearly all He- J publicans. Tbey wish to keep the territory j of the country for free white men to work ' in, and not for negroes. Our friend, Capt. Evans, is one of the pioneers of Broadtop, and did move, probably, to develope ber re sources than any other man, and wo are glad to know that in helping to make Broad Top, it in return helped to make him—pe cuniarily, of course. On Six Mile Run in Bedford are a number of the best mines, as well as in other parts of this Coun :y, but wo had not time to visit them. Ma ly miners ate at work in them,and they are laving well. We hope to be in that region soon again. The. next morning we walked down to "iaxton, aud took the cars for Hopewell, vhcre we soon arrived. Ilopewell is grow ng faster than any other place on Broad ; 'op. An immense auiounf of business is ! low done there. The other day a contiact i as made by gentlemen of Philadelphia, for I jutting up seventeen brick houses there i his summer. Besides other parties are 1 coding houses. It is thought not less than j turty buildings will go up this season. ! Ihe firm of the Messrs. Barodollar, Ash- J cpm & Co., are doing a large wholesale and firwaiding business. An immense brick - yird is erected close to the town, and a cmtract taken for uiakiug 1,000,000 of buck. Many persons from other parts are now settliug there, several from Blair Coun ty. Our majority, our friends there tell us, will be considerably increased next fall* W did not meet an American or Republi can in the trip hut who heartily supports Wilmot. We will carry Bedford County, and the State, most certainly, ou the Maine Line question, and Packer's supporting a Prohibitory Liquor Law. Everywhere this tells in our favor. On our return, we stopped for a few min utes, at Bloody Run, the terminus of the Plank Road. Business appears to be brisk there. Bloody Run has improved much with in the last few years, and will increase con siderably yet. In regard to politics West Providence Township will do her duty next fall, aud no mistake. SALE OF TIIE MAIN LINE. We find the following in the Pittsburg Pott, the orgau of the Locofoeo party iD Allegheny County: "We find that many of the leading Dem ocrat!:: journals of the East are strougly in favor of the proposed sale. The Peucsyl vauiau iu discussing the subject says, 'busi ness, like religious belief, should be kept out of polities. The demagogue and fa natic may think otherwise, but the cool de cisions of judgment and the settled inter est of mankind, are both clear as to its pro priety and advantage. Any attempt to make all other relations of life blend with partisan tactics, must bring ruiu upon the party that adopts fcueh unwise projecior or so dangerous a scheme. The threat to make the repeal of the iaw, for the sale of the Main Line, a question at the October eleetiou. 'should be indignantly wet by eveiy true Democrat. No well wisher of our party could desire such nn is- i sue, nor should the Gubernatorial and Le- J gi.rlative contest he laden with such an ob- j jectiouable question. Let us triumph, as'! ot old, upon the justice of our principles, ■ and spoil the trade of demagogues by re- j jectiug all selfish issues. We shall still ; eoutmue the discussion of this subject."' J be liuntiugdon Globe, the organ of the ' Locofooo party of Huntingdon County, is j out also warmly in favor of the sale of the i Main Line. Indeed all the honest Ijocofo- { co press of influence in different parts of ! the State favor the sale. They say that i under party management, the plundering always has been, and ever will be, so great, j that the Public Debt wiil never be paid 1 j MEAN! The Locofoco Council of this Borough have giv. n the collection of the Borough tsxes to Mr. Levi Agucw. They authorized | High Constable Chapman to serve the no i tices on the taxpayers and then gave the col | iettion, the per centage of which would ' amount to S3O or $lO, to Agnew. The High Constable has always heretofore been j the collector of the taxes. They also made ! a uew office in the Court House for Acnew, worth about $24 dollars a year. They j take this cburso to reward those who Lave deserted their old friends, and aro hardiv j yet warm in tho Locofoco party. No doubt ! they think tbey cae act tiius with W. T. | Chapman with impunity. He has a vote as I weli as Agnew. THE POST OFFICE, i The Post Office has at lust been taken away from the widow Saupp. Mr. John A. Mowry,the new Post Master, has re ! moved theofficeinto the Store of Mr. Job | Shoemaker. This is not in auy better or j more accessible part of the town, as it is only about one huudied yards farther up street than Mrs. Saupp's. Tne husband of Mrs.! Buupp was always a friend of Mr. Buchan an's. When Bowman and other Loeofooos j in this place deserted bin and came out for Dallas, Nr. Saupp was uue of the meu who turned the current in his favor aud compel led him to drop Dallas and raise the name of Buchanan to his mast bead. Now they turn his poor widow, with eight children ' depending on her exertions for support, out of this little county office. What base in gratitude in Mr. Buchanan aud the Locofoco party here. Truly they are the enemies of tile widow and the orphan TOWN CLOCK. —The towu clock has ar rived, and will soon be placed on the Court. House. It cost SSOO. The people of Bedford subscribed §250, aud theCommis siouers $250. j THE CLUB MEETING.— We learn tbat the meeting of the Union Club on Saturday night, was large and enthusiastic. A num ber of new nauies were added to the Con stitution. Mr. Jordau delivered a very powerful and effective speech on the subject of State politics. Let our friends through out the county organize for the coutest im mediately, by forming Union Clubs. THE COMET. —Last Saturday was the day set apart for the destrution of all things sublunary, by the comet. It didu't occur however, although we had a severe thunder storm, tbat night and many people feared the time had come. They can vest quiet for a while longer. The comet lias not yet showed his tail injtbese regious ELECTION OF DELEGATES. —Saturday the 27th of June iust., at 1 o'clock, P. M. is the time appointed for the election of Uuion Delegates, in the several election districts in this County, to meet in Bedford on the 2d day July, to nominate a County ticket. We hope our friends will attend to the matter and have a full delegation in Bedford. The Town Council, are having the streets filled up and cleaned. Ths filling in Juli ana Street, is with yellow mud, which ren ders the crossing almost impossible. More money is now being foolishly expended by the Locofoeo board, for usclessness, than ever occurred before. We received the following article from Dr. R. M. Dennig of Columbus, Ohio.' which he intends as an answer, to many letters from Bedford County to him on the subject treated of. We hope this article may convince every one of the folly of investing money in this swindling concern. V. S. GILBERT. The following letter addressed to Sheriff Miner, making inquiries conceruiug one C. S. GILBERT, wiII be read with some interest, we presume, by those who have been green enough to allow themselves to be swindled by this impudent 14 speculator " iu Western Lands, lleie is the letter : ELIDA, 111 , May 27, 1857. To the Sheriff of Ft anklin County, Ohio: DEAR Slß'—l euclose a Title Boud, as a sample of thousands sent into this county by a noted swindler, known by the name of C. S. Gilbert: known in Columbus, I sup pose, by something else. Letters from your city tell me that he is not known there, hut that some City Maps were priuted for E. S. Shipley, for a humbug City on the Des Moines River, Wapello Co., lowa. 1 have letters from the Clerk of the District Court of Mills co., lowa, aud also of, Wapello no., these counties, or wore ever recorded, and they pronounce the whole thing a humbuff. You cau see by the signatures to the Title Bond, that the names of Anderson and Gilbert are in one hand writing. Cm you find ont where these Bonds were printed, and see if the priutcrs know such a man as Gilbert. I have a number of letters from Gilbert, which I can produce when neces sary. I have written a number of letters to the Post Master and other prominent men of Cqlumbu3 about the matter, and received but one letter in reply. Address, JKfIU JOHN, Klida P. 0., Winnebago Co., 111. The following is a copy of the Bond for which 0. 8. Gilbert receives one dollar: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That I, Charles IS. Gilbert, of the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, for aud in consideration of One Dollar to tne paid by George H. Trufaut, Town of Rockford, County ot Winnebago, aud State of Illinois, do agree to give a good and sufficient Warrantee Deed, of one Lot of Land, containing one thousand, two hundred feet, situated on the Missouri River, State of lowa, within one year froui date, or as soon as the Lots are all takeu. Iu Witness Whereof, ] have this Gilt day of March, A. D. 1857, set my Han I aud i Seal. C. 8. GILBERT, [SF.AI..] Witness : G. 0. ANDERSON. [Andetson's name is written in red iuk.] , "Gilbert's new City of Merrimac, on the Missouri River," neatly done in blue, was engraved iu this City, and according to the , plan, purports to contain 75 blocks, "each ; block containing one thousand two hundred 1 teet oi laud. Each lot fronting on a street, with an alley in the rear." A picture of u steamboat running up the Missouri river adorus the cut. ()u the back of the engravtug is nea'ly printed a flaming description of the j ".Yew City of .Merrimac," containing over 4,000 building lots, valued at $BO,OOO. i "Two thousand to be given away." The Proprietor of this great City, who signs ; himself Charles S. Gilbert, Columbus, 0., ; modestly says in his circulars, "all thoso | who desire a splendid buildiug lot in the City of Merrimac, eanuot ask or expect int. to pay a Justice or Commissioner,for making out their deeds, &c.. and the law requires a consideration in a deed to make it valid; therefore each person must send one dollar which answers for the consideration, and also pays for making out the deed without further cost or expense." lie further says, "you uced not hesitate to send in names and money at any time, for if the number is all given out, 1 will either give you some of the lots I have reserved for myself, or send you back the money." The lots are taken in this way, "No 1, I reserve, No, 2, 1 give away, and so on, giving away every other i lot iu each block- the last one that sends in will stand a chance to get as good a lot as [ any other person, la addition to thos e given away, 1 will sell a limited number of the remaining lots, and loan money to those who wish to bund. One person can take auy number of lots up to thirty." This fellow, Gilbert, has been doittg a Land Office business in this locality, for some months past, and if we are to judge from the unmerous letters received at the Post Office, making inquiries of his where- j abouts, he will have a warm time of it, if | he escapes the hundreds of duped individ- j uals who are now upon his track. A very ; respectable looking "Id gentleman from ! Audresville, Perry co., I'a., called at the j Post Office, receutly, in search of Liui, j stating that himself, and some of his friends and neighbors bad invested about 82,000 in Merrimac lots, but as yet, they bad been 1 unable to find cither the town or the pro ; prietor. j It is supposed from the great number of : letters containing money, seal from all parts j of the United States, to Gilbert's address in l this city, that he must have received for i his Merriutac and other paper city lots, not i less than $20,000. Gilbert is a sort of a | "Will o' the wisp;" he makes bis appear i ar.ee suddenly, and directly he is gone, no f one knows whither. At the present time there are over one hundred and fifty letters iu the Post Office, awaiting his arrival.— The Post Master, Mr. Miller, very properly declines banding over these letters to any other person than to Mr. Gilbert, himself. As near as we can find out, a man by the i name of E. S. Shipley, of Woodstock, Cham j paign oo , 0., has been acting as the agent I of Gilbert; for tbe book of registered letters in the Post Office, shows tko siguature of 0. S. Gilbert by E.S. Shipley. Indeed, Shipley has acknowledged to having been the agent of Gilbert, but said that as G. bad cheated hint out of S3OO or $ 400 in some of their transactions, he had dissolved ! all connection with Ititn. We have bat little sympathy for men who are silly enough to risk their money in the hands of such fellows; hut the good name of the City requires the exposure of these swindling operations. The circulars of Gilbert, dated from Columbus,O., have been scattered far and wide, all over the United States, and they are calculated to injure the reputation of our City, abroad. Gilbert lias chosen this locality as the basis of his operations, and that is all the claim we know of that he has to being a citizen of Columbus. We trust that the Prosecuting Attorney, or the Grand Jury, or whose-ever duty it is, may take this matter iu hand, and make an example of some of these fellows who nmnv bx tlir villianous schemes. We have rogues enough ot our owu without being held answerable for the speculations of such scamps from abroad as this fellow Gilbert and his colleagues. tor the Btlfurd Inquirer and Chronicle. WILTON, MCSCATIXK COCXTY, IOWA. MR. EDlTOß: —Permit ma, through the columns of jour paper, to write a few things with regard to the state of affairs in I lowa Having been raised iu your county j and resided iu that county until about tuo ! years ago, when I removed to Johnstown, j Cambria Comity, after remaining there du ! ring the summer, in the fall I started for I lowa, and landed in Cedar County, on the 14ih Jan. 185G, at the time when the ther | mouieter stood from 25 to SO deg. below : zero, which was a very discouraging time i to he in a strange couutry (as ail work was ;at that time laid aside.) I boro up under those discouraging circumstances until the I latter part of February, when winter sub sided aud the weather moderated, so that persons could begiu to work to some extent jat least. 1 then euguged in farming, was I found team, seed, farming u'euv.ls and ' boarded. 1 was to have one-third of all i the grain 1 raised. I sowed about 20 acres of wheat which yielded about ] G bushels per acre, (there is n<> tali wheat sown iu this j country.) 1 planted some 22 acres of corn, j ploughed it five times, it yielded about 75 | bushels |er acre, although last season did ! uot produce more than about half the crop jof corn and wheat. The farmers haue a I good growing season, as lui summer was a | very dry nue for 'his State. During the ! mouth of March, 1 purchased 25 head of | hogs at §3,G2i per l.ea 1, 100 bushels cru j at §20.0U which kept them until I had u.-w | corn. 1 fed my share of the corn to them | although they did uot fatten well, last fall, ias their was so much rain and mud. 25 weighed 4900 lbs. W inter commenced j here the 2d Dec. which has been a very ; cold oue again. There has been much suf ; fering here both by man aud beast, many j persons have frozen to death iu this state | during the past cold weather, and the , amount of stock that have died through the | long and severe winter has been very great. | This is a very pleasant country, during the | summer season, to pass over the large* and 1 beautiful Prairies when the foliage is in full bloom, is a great sight to the eye of inau. Although the winter has been very long and severe, and we have felt the bleak and chilling winds sweeping o'er the prai ries tor more than 5 mouths, yet the last week has brought the dawn of another sum mer, and there is now great preparation making for fencing, breaking prairie, build ing &c. The drouth last season has been a drawback, owing to the scarcity of graiu wheat is worth from §I.OO to §1.15 per from 50 to 75 ets. per bush., oats, 75 cts., aud very little in market! Money is worth from 10 to 50 per ceut in terest. I knew of a case last week in which a tuun give 10 per cent for one week fur a small amount. Land rates from §8 to §GO per acre. Prairie $8 to §2O, im proved land from §ls to §4O, timber laud from §3O to §GO, inferior timber land can be had at lower prices. The land lieie is generally level and I tree from stones except along the bluff's j near the waters, and these are mostly lime- | stone. The soil is dark, from 2to 4 feet deep. An averege crop of wheat in this county, is said to be from 20 to 30 bushels per acre in a fiuitful season. Fruit of all kinds is scarce, owiug to the fact that many persons when improving a farm, made the improvement for speculation, so the plant ing of fruit trees has been much neglected Vegetation of all kinds grows very luxuri ant, but one thing is certain, persons com ing from the Eastern States, with other ep idemics, mostly catch the disease of* sloth fulness, no doubt from the fact that grain can be raised with much less labor here than among the hills, neks and stones in Pa. The health of the "ountry is general ly good, except sotne cases of ague, which is most prevalent among those who have lately come to the State; yet I have known many persons to have it, that were raised here. There is something strange about this disease; some persons come here and very soon begin to shake, whilst others nev er get it. It is the general opinion that the great amount of vegetable matter de caying duriDg the fall season, produces an unhealthy state of atmosphere. Persons along the water, ani in the timber ate ntoro subject to it than on the Paritie. This country is improving very fast; towns are springing up in every direction. Wilton • is only about one year and a half old, and • now numbers about 600 inhabitants. Over i 60 buildings were erected here last season. ■ It is situated at the intersection of the | Muscatine, Mississippi and Missouri Ratl ! roads. You will see Mr. Editor, it does ! not take a town 40 or 50 years to become j a place here. This country is improving I very fast, it is the thought to be at least ! 20 years ahead of auy of the Eastern States j in improvements, accotding to her age. I The County and Township lines are all ! ranging North and siouth, East and West, j each Township being G miles square, and j land is entered by sections. 640 acres be ing a section, which is divided into half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth parts of a sec tion. We also have the Maine Liquor Law here, although not very well kept in some parts of the State. One thing more then I shall close. The Sioux Indians have com mitted depredations West, and a battle was fought near liootisboro, in which it is sta ted some 40 lives were lost. Having many friends and acquaintances in lledford C.iun ty and not having timo to write to theni all, 1 concluded to give them some infoi matiou of this country through your paper. Yours, llespectfully, JOfcilA.il HORN. May 23, 1857. I)o any of our high livers ever eat too much dinner? If any of our readers have , cooks who tempt their appetite a little too far, I will tell a secret that will lead them to the enj lyment of their dinners without a j visit from that gouty old gentleman —Dys j pepsia. Take a dose of Dr. Sand ford"* • Inwgorator after eating, and you u-ill ner ' er be iroulte.d with indigestion: but on the | coutrary, before the next meal time ap , proaclics the appetite will be sharpened to appreciate any kind of food. If the food rises or sours, the luvigorator will fix the I right at once, for there ™sit.iiig in it mat, to use the expression of a friend, will let a man eat gravel stoues, ami take the j luvigorator and they will digest. Wchave tried it in double doses, on one or two oc ! casions, for sick headache, and it acts like a charm. W ha? we want to say to our readers, young or old, is, if anything nils you, g> without delay and get a lottle of Dr. j Sanford s luvigorator, and if it don't cure | come and teII us, for we want to see one person that it will not benefit.—For sale | by Dr. Harry.—June 19,-b. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.—It seldom occurs, that we notice, under any circumstances, patent medicines restoratives, or any thing of the kind, tor we have a prejudice against most ;ot them. Rut candor compels us to invite attention to the advertisement of Prof U nod's Hair Restorative in the last column at the bottom o' the third page of this pa per. We are too juvenile to require any thing ot the kind, hut scute instances of its Use have route to knowledge which aim .st assure us that, it is a sovereign ieutedv against the hair becoming prematurely gray. It is not a "Hair Dye; ' but upon its appli cation as directed, the effect is produced on the skin, which brings out the orginaf, na tive colored hair, without stiffness, and gives it a g!os.-y and natural appearance. We have seen persons who have used it, ani they aro much pleased with it. Examine the advertisement—[.Uiijottn Republican. —For sale by Dr. llarry.—June 19,-b. THE PESSSYLVAM U AM) THE SALE OF THE MUX EIXE W c find a long and able article in tl e Pennsylvania of the Bth Lust, favoring the sale ot the Main Line, and taking strong ground against ceitain Democrats who are opposing tiie sale. The article is too loug lor our issue to-day, but we give t lie clos iug part of it as follows : '•Had the Legislature refused to pass an act for the sale of the Main Line, intelli gent public opiuiou would have demanded that the three mill tax should be speedily repealed. It could not have lived ihree years longer. It was l ist becoming a ijue*- tiou of politics,whether a Pennsylvania Leg islature should discriminate against, our own State, aud ju favor of New York and Ma ryland. Indeed the journals of those two. States were goading us into a decent ro.-poct for our interest, by their tauating insults and exposure of our suicidal policy. Every sensible man iu our State felt not ouly th*. keenness ot these taunts, hut evou at the height of his wounded pride, felt the justice of the castigatiou. This was working qui etly, hut effectively, while the public road policy of taxation was rapidly being devel oped. Where the interest in the freedom of commerce so iargely exist as it docs in 1 hiladelpipn, Pittsburg aud several inter mediate places, vigorous attempts would soon have bccu made to relievo trade of its ahttokeL; and as politics is made the lever to accomplish such purpose, how bug could the party that proscribe tuy business
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