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/ BEDFORD ,Pa.
Friday Morning. July 8 S' '
"Fearlesfind Free."
KVVIU oven, ROITOK ANl> PROPRIETOR.
Tlu- Union of tlx- Union of lands.
The Union of Statin none inn sever;
The Union of hearts, and the Union of hand*.
And the fl g of onr Union forever!"
IMON STlTli TK hliT.
FOU GOVEKXOK:
DAVID WILMOT,
cf Bradford County
CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
of Philadelphia-
SUPREME BENCH:
JAMES VEECH,
ft Fayette County.
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
of Charter County _
PACKER FOU PROHIBITION.
BIS FRIENDS GETTING OUT OF
TDK PAN INTO TDK FIRK.
For the last two weeks we have boen ex
posing to our readers the true position of
GENERAL PACKER on the question of Pro
hibiten. We have shown by the Journals
of the Senate that in 1851 he voted against
a Prohibitory liquor law for Washington
County, uot because he was opposed to the
principle of prohibition, but because the lav?
Kits not general in its application over the
whole State. We have also proved by the
same authority that in 185*2 he advocated
and voted for a most stringent prohibitory
iaw for the whole State. We expected
these developeuients to produce sonic flut
tering and alarm in the camp of the opp<>"
Mtiun: and have been waiting with some
curiosity to see what effort would be made,
if any, to esplaiu away the records we pro
duced, or to extricam the Democratic can
didate for Governor from the dilemma in
which he is placed by a publication of the
truth. Finding it rather nn tip-hill busi
ness to lie any longer, right in the face of
the Journals of the Senate, another false
hood is started, which it is vainly hoped
may answer the purpose in this desperate
emergency. The G izette, and other papers
now assert, that even if Pucker did rote for
prohibition an alleged, he at the tame time
voted for submitting th* question to a rote
oj the people whether or not it should become
a law. If this were the true state of the
case, it might be worth something; but we
positively affirm that this excuse is not only
untrue, but directly contrary to the truth.
We affirm, aud will prove by the record,
that Gcnl. Packet uiovcd sud voted to
strike cut that section of the bill which sub
mitted the question of the adoption of the
law to a popular vote; and had it stricken
out, and another section inserted of a very
different character. We appeal again to
the Journal of the Senate.
The 15th and last section of the t ill was
as follows:
"Section 16. That the qualified voters of
the city of Philadelphia *nd the several coun
ties of this commonwealth, shall, on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next, at the place now
authorized by iaw for holding the several elec
tions, vote 3TI the acrejitatire or rejection nf
this act, by written or printed tickets cont .ir.ing
on the outside the words "liquor law," and ou
the inside the words "for the law*' or the words,
'-against the law," and tiie returns of the votes
shall be made iu the manner provided bv l u w
lor the election of Governor; and the Seer eta
n of the Commonwealth shall transmit the
said returns to the Speaker of the Senate on
(be second Thursday of January, and on said
day the two Houses shall meet in Convention,
when said votes shall be counted, and a truo
record thereof entered on the journal of each
He use; and if a majority of .iid votes shall he
lit favor of the law then this act shall go into
full force and effect at tlni time therein men
tioned; but if a majority of votes shall be
against the law tlieu this act shall be null and
>t no effect whatever. Provided that the said
election shall be held nnder existing election
laws, and by election ollicers authorized to
hold ,hj General Election in October next;
and that the County Commissioner* of the sev
eral Counties shall furnish billot boxes. blank
forms, and all things necessary for conducting
said elections.
On the 23d March, and wbeD the bill
was on iecond reading, this 15 section canto
up, and on a call of the Yeas and Nays it
was passed by a vote of 24 yeas to 9 nays.
PACKER voting yea. See ietiate Journal
of 1852. vol. 1. page 534. Here GENER
AL PACKER'S friend* Stop, and boldly pto
claitu that be voted for submitting the ques
tion of the acceptance of the law to a vote
of the people. They no doubt desire us to
stop here also; but we prefer to go a little
farther and show tip "Me whole truth , and
nothing but the truth."
Ou th£ 30th of March the Hill eante up
on its final passage, and on the question ,
4we here quote literally from the Journal.)
"Shall the Bill pass 1 "
A motion was made by Mr. PACKER
and Mr. Carothers. that the SeDate again
resolve itself into Committee of the whole
for the purpose of amending the fifteenth
section, sc as to read as follows, viz.-
"Section 15. That in or ler to a*certnia the
opinion of the people cf this Oorur.: ;.wealth,
relative to tfo rented of this act. the qualified
v o'.crs of the City of I'htU. K-ljt.iia. and tueaev
err.l couiitii s of rhis Coutm nwealth, sbail, on
tne secvttd f uetday of October n':xt, at the
places now authorized by law for general elec
tions vote ltpou the acceptance or rejection <>t
this act by written or printed tickets, contain -
ing on the outside the words -'lhjnor law," and
on the iiiable the words, "for the law," or the
words, "against the law." and the returns ol
the votes shall be made in the manner provided
by law for the election of Governor, and the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall transmit
the said return* to the Speaker of the Senate,
on the second Thursday of January, aid on
said day the two Houses shall meet in Conven
tion, when said votes shall he counted, and a
true record thereof entered in the journal of
each House, and if a majority of the said vote*
■shall be against the laws, then the repeal of this
act is rtcotnvttwled to the attention of the neat
Legislature: Provided, That the said election
shall tie held under existing election laws, and
by the • lection officers authorized to hold the
general election* in October next, "d that the
County Commissioners of the several counties
shall furnish ballot boxes, blank forms, and all
thing* necessary for conducting said elections."
"On the question will the Senate agree
to the motion, the yeas and nays were re
quired by Mr. I'acker,aud were as follows:"
Yeas IS including Mr. Packer, and Nays
14. So the question was detormined in
the affirmative. See same Sen. Journal
page GO3.
On the next day the bill, as amended,
parsed finally, as stated in our artiele of
last week, by a vote of 17 to la, —Packer
voting for it.
Tois is the record in full showing exact
ly what Mr. Packer did, and what he did
not; and we umst cheerfully submit the
whole matter to the public. It is perfectly
clear that as the bill was prepared, and ai>
it passed second reading on the 231 of
March, the fifteenth section of it provided
for a submission to the people of the accep
tance or r jection of the law, and that the
law should not go into effect until the vote
was taken. Hut it is equally clear, that on
the 30th of March when the bill was about
to pass, GENL. WILLIAM F. PACKER
got up in his place on the floor of the Sen
ate, and on Lis motion had the fifteenth
section so amended as to make the law go
into effect at once without auy popular vote
upon it; and then to allow the peole to vote
upon its repeal, and the vote of a majority
igainst the law wis not to operate as a re
veal of it, bat only to be taken as n recom
mendation to the attention of the next Leg
's! a lure !
This amendment csiiieJ, and knocked
he original fifteenth section into a cocked
rat, and is just such an amendment as might
lave been expected from an out and out
Vlaiue Law Prohibitionist. Of what use a
lopular vote-would have been under Packer's
intendment, may he readily imagim.d. when
t is expressly provided by it iu substance
;hat the law sbould|Stand no matter whether
lie people voted for, or against it, but if
tgainst it, thcu the result should he I mere
recommendation to the attention of the next
Legislature. The value of this recommen
dation may he iufered from the fact that ia
1814 the Legislature submitted to a popular
rote the question whether or not the Public
works of the .State should be sold. The
people by a solemn vote decided by the de
luded majority of over twenty thousand that
they should be, and yet this recommenda
tion failed to sell the public works unti
.*t week, a period of about thirteen years-
Pont you think some folks would have got
very dry under Packer's amendment <
We have thus explained Mr. Packer's po.
sttion fully,and shown by the Journal ot the
Senate, that instead of voting to submit the
adoption of his liquor law to the people hi
made the motion, aud voted,to strikeout tL<
substance of the only section which had thi'
provision in it aud after it was stricken out, he
then voted tor the hill on its passage, Hi:
position was bad enough before, and ho
friends by trying to get him out of a bat
scrape, have only made bad worse. Th<
Gazette has promised to prove his positiot
by the Journals, but wo feel very coufidetu
it will as usual keep hack the most, imper.
tant part of the record, for in no other way
can it make out anything like a case for it:
Main Law Prohibition candidate. We hav
published the whole fifteenth section as i
was originaliv in the bill, and as Packet
had it amended. This we feel safe in say
ing the Gazette wiil not do. We also re.
publish our article of last week on this .sub
ject, so that onr leaders may fully nuder
stand the merit, of the matter in controversy
In conclusion we repeat that we hav# thos<
Senate Journals, aud will take pleasure ii
showing them to any man who wauts to set
them, and demonstatiug that 111 ail we havi
said we are fully sustained by the record
and have done Genl. I'adker no injustci
unless a publication of the truth be so con
sid-red.
CLUB MEETING.
The Meeting of the Ur.ioD Club, on Sat
urday night, was a large and cnthusiu.stii
one. Mr. Jordan delivered an able speed
in favor of the sale of the main line of tin
public works. Quite a number of person
placed their names to the Constitution
when tie meeting adjourned in the best 0
spirits. The cause is progressing finely ii
this r-'gion of the County.
We neglected to state last week that Col
S. J*- WHARTON, of Huntingdon Count
paid us a visit. The Colonel is a candidal
for the nomination for Senator for thi
District, and we know of no man for whori
we would sooner vote. He is an active
talented man, and would make an abl
Senator. Should he receive the nomination
his election would be certain.
LAND SALK--W# call attention to the a 1
vertiseraent of valuablo land by Mr. Gcorg
F. Piddle. The Lnd is among the best i
Union Township, and persons desiring goo
farms, should call aud see the land.
sabbatii school celebration. I
The annua! celebration of the Methodist
Sabbath School of this place, came off on
Thursday last. The teachers and pupils, ir.
the morning, arranged in the order of their
classes, formed in procession, and bearing
their flags and banners, with appropriate J
inscriptions, marched through town on their
way to Barclay's grove. There a stand, af
ter the fashion of those occupied by the
ministry at camp meetings was erected, avid
comfortable seats were provided for the au
dience. The school is very large, and there '
were a great many spectators present from ;
town. The following was the order of ex
ercises:
Ist PART.
llymn, sung by the school.
Prayer, by Rev. W. L. Spottswood.
Addrexs, by Win. Job.
Dialogue, by Amanda Sansom aud Me
linda Shuck.
livmu, by the school.
21 PART.
Address, by James Sbuek.
Dialogue, by Sumuei Jordan aud Asbury
Shuck.
Dialogue, by Emma Mann, Wilhelmina
Cromwell, and Mary Huzzatd.
ilyuin by the school.
3d PART.
Address, by John Fulfoad.
Dialogue, by eleven of the young ladies.
Music lv the choir.
4th PART.
Address by Win. Stewart.
Dialogue, by Wui. Filler and James Bow
man.
Poem, by Benjamin Blymire.
liymii by the young ladies.
Music Lv the school.
sth PART.
''David and GolUh,"' a sciiptuial scene,
in which 27 were engaged.
The following were some of the charac
ters represented:
Saul, John Fulford.
David, John Blymire. <
Win. Job.
.Ibrt'r, James Shuck.
iioliah , Josiih Gephart.
Princess , Miss Emma Mann.
The dramatic representation in this piece
was very good, and witnessed with deep in
terest by the large audience present. The
Princess, represented bv Miss EMMA MANN*
looked beautiful, and though old Goliahj
the champion of the Phillistine host, for
size and apparent strength teat some, lie
could not wiihstatid the "6ve smooth stones"
which the valmtit little "shepherd boy" bad
"gathered from the brook." The first one
hurled from his sling with unerriug aim by
the youthful Christian warrior, piprced the
helmeted front of the old idolater, aud his
huge form fell reeling to the ear'h. Th®
Pbillistines were confused, the aims of Is
rael prevailed, ami the captives of the van
quished armies were canducted by the vic
tors into the presence of Abuer, who did
look and talk very like an israelitish king.
The Priucess, Miss EMMA, was then pre
sented to the Hero, David, and the joucg
couple retired from the stage, perhaps away
from the gaze of vulgar eyes, to xeal more
affectionately, {as in old times they were
wont to do) the new-born pledges of their
love.
Many of the addresses too wers very good.
The Anniversary Address of Wui. Job. and
the addresses of dV m. Stewart and John
Fulford we though' especially deserving of
praise.
After the exercises an excellent repast
consisting of substantial in abundunib
and every variety of delicacies was served.
And not withstanding u large aud hungry
crowd gathered around to enjoy it, there
wete mote than twelve full baskets left and
taken up.
Much of the credit of this celebratiou we
couceive is due to the Messrs. Stiuck, whose
' zeal in the cause of Sabbath School Educa
tion is highly commendable. And teachers,
pupils and spectators we have no doubt will
long pleasantly remember this Exhibition
and cheerful day spect in the woods.
GREAT AMERICAN REPUBLICAN
VICTORY!
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE!
Plunderers, lour Occupation IN
bone!
On Thursday evening of last week,
was the titne fixed by the Governor, for
the Sale of the Main Line of our Public
Works, according to tbe provisions of the
act of last winter. The Pennsylvania Rail
Road Company was the purchaser for
§7,500,000, and had it not been for the
I opposition of the Looofoco party and tbe
' decision of the Supreme Court, they would
j have brought §1,500,000 more. But as it
i, the suffering tax-payers have caue for
, rejoicing. The system of wholesale plun
dering will now be stopped, the money de
rived by their sale will be appropriated to
I the payment of the public debt, and our
l taxes will,be lowered, and we will not be
compelled to pay annually, hundreds of
thousands, to keep, them up, and a set of
the most unprincipled robbing aud thieving
office-holders that ever cursed auy com
munity, in 4 office.
This sale is tho death blow of the Loco
foco party, as the offices will now be taken
from them, and they will have nothing t(
i fight for. It is virtually a loss to them ol
! from ten to fifteen thousand votes annually
It will be fe!t to that amount in the nexl
j election, and any one who hid any doubt'
of the success of Wiltnot, can now rcmovt
them, for his electiou is certain.
We say, all honor to the Americar
j Republican party, (and the eight or ter
, Democrats,) in the last Legislature foi
passing this bill, and thus relieving an op
pressed people, and for the fit niness of Gov
ernor Pollock, in carrying th* act inti
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
effect, notwithstanding the threat* and op
position of the Locofoco party.
SOMKBSETSCOUNTY
We find in the proceedings of the Amer
ican Republican County Convention which
assembled in Somerset on the 2'2d iust., the
following Resolution. It will be seen tLat
Henry 0. Stewart has been nominated on
the part of that County for the Legislature
for this District. lie will receive the en
tire vote of the party in this County. They
have also instructed for Genl. Win. U.
Kooutz, for Senator. It is needless for us
to say anything iu his praise, as he i well
known iu Bedford County, and our people
will go their whole strength for him if he
receives the nomination '
Resolved. That as Gen. Win' .H. Koontz.
has received the unanimous vote for State
Senator, that in accordance with our previ
ous custom he be and is hereby empowered
to appoint three Conferees, to meet a like
number from each of the Counties of Bud
ford aud Huntingdon, to put iu nomination
a candidate for State Senator.
Resolved , inasmuch as by the late Ap
portionment Bill, the counties of Bedford
and Somerset are placed in one district and
empowered to elect two members of the Leg
islature, aud as Ilenry C. Stewart has re
ceived the highest, number of votes in this
County tor that office, that he, and the per
son nominated by the Bedford County Con
vention, he placed upon tho ticket as the
party nominees for the Legislature.
FOURTH OF JULY.
The Bed lord Riflemen, and tiie Bloody
Run Blues will celebrate the 4th of July
iu Bedford. A dinner is to he served by
Mrs. Cook, in tbc grove of Mr. S. Defibaugb,
a half mile west of towu. J. 11. Filler, Esq. ;
will deliver the Oration. We hope all our
citizens will j <iii in the celebration, and psr
tuke of the Dinner.
For the inquirer and Chronicle. j
ALLEGHENY MALE AND FEMALE;
SEMINARY. '
MR. EDlTOR: —Having had the pleasure
of witnessing tbe second annual Exhibition
of the "Allegheny Male and Female Send- j
uary," at Rainsburg, which, according to j
previous announcement, took place on Fri- j
day evening the 19th inst., we propose ma
king a brief note of the exercises, Ac., for j
your own, and the information of your read
ers who were not there to hear and see.— |
Quite a number of persons ft out Bedford ]
were present; the general attendeneo was
large, and tLc Seminary Hall was filled to I
overflowing at an early hour.
The following programme of txct vises ;
was gone through with:
Prayer, Ly the Rev. 11. Heckcrmau, of :
Bedford.
Music—'Smith'f! March,' (Piano) by Miss j
Cornelia Conkling.
Introductory Address—by Geo. Cessna, j
"Speech of Caesar to the Helvetians," by i
0. W. Neff.
"Pre-eminence of American Institu
tions," by P. Pensyl.
i Music—"Masonic Ode," by the class.
"Love of Nature,"' by James Williams.
"The Young Soldier," by Samuel Bur
i clay.
i "Youthful Delights," by J. L. Pollock.
"Little Lord aud Farmer Boy," by Beu
j ton Filler.
| Music—"Oss'tan's Serenade," (Piano) by
j Miss Cornelia Conkling.
i "Recent Inventions," by T. 11. Rosen-
I berg.
j "America Her Example," by Daao Mau
' rcr "
; Music—"The Father Land," by the
class.
i "Importance of the Union," by Isaac
' Elder.
Dialogue, "Doctor and Patient," by
, Watson Shear ami P. Pensyl.
j "History," by Henry Maurcr.
Music, "Charming May," by Miss Cor
' nclia Cockling.
"Female Education," by Benton Cessna.
Colloquy, "Irishman seeking Etnploy
i meut," by T. 11. Rosenberg and James
; Williams.
"Union of the States," by Jonathan
! Cessna.
| Music, "Union Forever," by the class,
j "Value of Time and Kuowlcdge," by
j Wilson Williarnß.
"Influence of the United States," by
| Wm. Stueky
j "An Incident of the Past," by U. Wil
; liauis.
Music, "Kitty Dear," by Miss Cornelia
Conkling.
"No Excellence without great Labor,"
by William Keogh.
"British Refugees," by Joseph Evans.
"Schoolmaster," bv William 11. Clark.
Music, "I will join the cheerful throng,"
by Miss Cornelia Conkling.
"Triumph of the Bible," by J. 11. Wil
liams.
"Speech of Red Jacket," by George
Cessna.
"Duties of American Citixens," by John
WiLiams.
Music. "Hark, I hear an angel sing," by
Miss Cornelia Conkling.
"Memory of our Fathers," by J. Snider.
"Speech in favor of Ardent Spirits," bj
Samuel Williams.
"Triumphs of Learning," bv Moses
Points.
31 tisic, "Ode on Science," by the olass.
"Natural Inferior to the Moral World,"
by M. G. 31. Perrin.
Dialogue, "Farmer, Student and 31iois
tcr," by Geo. Barton, 11. Winters and Jno.
Feather,
"Speech in favor of the Declaration of
Independence," by W. 11. Clark.
Music, (Piano) by 31iss Cornelia Conk
liog.
"Progress," by Joseph Long.
Colloquy, ' Christopher and Quiz, by'Al.
} G. M. Perrit. and Q. W. Ncff.
Music, "Put with you once again," by
Miss Cornelia Conkling.
1 "Perseverance, by Hiratn Winters-
Music, "Closiug Chorus," by the class,
lite miiic, as the above programme iudi
■ I cates, wis furnished by the Ciass, (a class
, > composed of teveral young gentlemen and a
number of interesting and attractive young
ladies) and bv Miss Cornelia Conk ling, now
of Bedford, formeilv of Brooklyn, New
York.
The songs, 'I will join tho cheerful
throng,' 'Charming May," 'Kitty Dear,' aud
'l'm with you once again,' were sung
by Miss Conkling, with a piano acompaui
mcnt, in a clear, full voice, and were fre
quently greeted with rounds of applause.
The performance throughout was good.
We defer particular criticisms, but may
suggest that the introductory address by
Mr. George Cessna, aud the closing one on
•Perseverance,' by Mr. H. Winters, were
productions meritorious for tbeir marked
originality of thought, prettily w: ittcn, and
well delineated.
Many of the performers were young men
whose opportunities for intellectual culture
has heretofore been very limited, uad the
school is yet in its infancy, but we do not
hesitate to say that the Orations, Declama
tions, &e., delivered upjn this occasion
would have done Loner to older institutions
and credit to speakers of uraturer years.
To the late efficient Principal, the Rev.
John Pollock, and his accomplished lady,
we conceive much praise is due for their
success iu their efforts to mould the mirid s
and form the characters of the youth sub
mitted to their care. They ha 1 here, lite
ral///, to take tho rough marble from the
quarry, to deal with pupils whose years had
been spent in the workshop, or at hard la
bor upou their father's farms, and whose
literary opportunities were limited to the
common free schools of tho country.
The Seminary Building is a neat and
commodious edifice, capable of accommoda
ting a large number of students. Comfort
able boarding houses, we understand, aro
being constructed in town.
lii a word, we may congratulate the poo- j
pie of that vicinity upon the successful es
tablishment of the Allegheny Male and Ke- !
male Seminary, and feel sure that this last J
exhibition of its results must have been I
gratifying to its founders, its patrons and '
friends.
At the close of the exercises, and after
a brief address from the Rev. lleckerman 1
> ;
commendatory of the performance, we re
turned to the hotel of our friend, Mr.
Benjamin Kegg, where we sojourned,?lor the
night.
In the morning, Rafter breakfast, and ha v.
ing taken a general survey of the village—
we drove over to the residence of Mr. Wm.
Cessna, (to which place some of our party
bad gone the night preceeding) at the dis.
tanee of about two miles.
The road lay through a retired and pleas
ant country, and as this was our first visit
to the southern part of Friends Cove, we
may suggest that our first impressions were
entirely favorable. The 1 arm of Mr. Cess,
aa is handsomely located, and highly im
proved, possesses a fertile soil and Sne
springs of limestone water, and is altogeth
er one of the prettiest homes we have seen
for years. The mountains seem almost to
encircle it. To the south (and just in the
rear of it) "Martin Mountain," (so called
rises tip in sullen and majestic grandeur,
like some huge sentinel placed there to
; protect and guard the southern en'rance to
the vale. To the east and wes', "Terrace''
aud "Dunnirtgs" mountains arc seen stretch
ing out far to the northward, whilst the
beautiful valley of the Cove, to-day tb e
happy home of more than two thousand
souls, lies quietly embosomed between
' them.
From this point we began onr journey
homeward. The morning was delightful—
the coolness and verdure irreeistably pleas
ant. And as we pursued our way through
the valley our ears were frequeutly delight
ed with the morning songs of birds, and we
were fanned by the pleasant flutters of the
mobntfiiu breeze. The eye was everywhere
gladdened with the sight of luxuriant grain
fields, and broad acres of scented clover,
resembling in appearance bright carpets
spread out, of scarlet hue. The wayside was
ftequently skirted with the flowering laurel
and variegated here and there with the fra
grant primrose, 'eldest daughter of the
spring.' All the senses at such times are
gratified, and all care banished from the
heart.
Our drive was along (he road inclining
eastward from Barclay's mill, and which is
said to pass through the heart of the val
ley.
But our journey through the cove, (like
this letter,) came finally to a close: and as
the sun approached his meridian, we lound
ourselves once more on this side the gap of
the mountain#, and from the heights of
"Red Bank," looked down npon the quiet
pleasant village of Bedford. 11.
June 24, 1857.
WILLIAM F. PACKER.
This gentleman has been in pnblio
office almost a life-time. Twenty years
t ago, he was editor of a paper in Lycoming
county. Since that time, fie ins had ne
regular business. lie has done nothing
but hold office, and live off the fortuue he
acquired by his offices. He has been col
lector of tolls at Wiliiauisport—a Canal
Commissioner—a contractor—a qniet, pars
ner in snndry jobs of work on the cauals—
Auditor General tinder Porter, the most
1 corrupt Administration Pennsylvania ever
saw—a member of the House of Represen
tatives, and member of the Senate. When
a candidate for the latter office, such was
hi standing at home, that he ran almost
1500 votes behind his ticket in that Sena- j
tonal District.
Mn Packer is a man in tho vigor of life,
rather good looking, and plausible in his 1
manners. lie makes a fair speech, and is
a good wire-puller. For many years, he i
has aimed to be made Governor. There |
is one mystery about htui. No one can [
tell where uud how he made his tuouey. — 1
Ilia offices have never been lucrative; and
his salaries could not have yielded such
profits. There is little doubt, tnat part of
the Seventeen Millions ot direct laxes
the people have been paying within the
last twelve years, has gone into Itis pocket
by some under-grouod avenue burrowed by j
the "Canal rats" with whom he has asso-!
ciated. A man with his antecedents, with
his associate*, and his bearing, is an un
safe person to entrust with the important
duties of the Executive chair.
//: was one of Porter's Cabinet. No
one who feels at home in such company,
should be entrusted with power. The ,
people do not want the horrible scenes of j
that dynasty rc-eoacted, to their loss, aud
shame and confusion.— Gettysburg Star.
DC/*" John P., Sanderson of the l'biladel- ;
phia .Yews, it will bo perceived, is not to be j
allowed to play second fi ldlc for pay to the j
Democratic party without being exposed, j
The following questions bit pretty hard.
I: was generally believed that he received j
a largo sum of money last year for the part !
he played to elect Buchanan, and we believe
he done it. Without the straight American
vote going for Fillmore, Fremont would now
occupy the White House. Next week wc 1
will publish more of this man Sander son s j
doings.
To John P. Sanderson, Editor oj the !
Philadelphia -Yews —Slß : —Did you not re- i
ceivo a large sum of money from the Loco- j
foco last fall to be applied to the purpose
of defeating the American party in IVnn- >
sylvania?
Did you not write to Mr. Young, the editor
of the Clarion Banner last fall to goto Phil--,
adelphia immediately, statiug that you had
important business for him? Did.you not
ask him to name his price to do the work
you had alloted for him? Did you not tell
him that he might as well make a specula
tion as not? And did he not reply that ho
was poor and needed money as much as any
man, but tbat ho could not be bought? Did
you not tell him that he was the strangest
man you ever saw? And insist upon him
naming a price? Did you not at night, when
separating from him, request, him to call
next morning? Did you not, when he
called next morning, repeat your solicita
tions, that he would U3tne his price, stating
tbat he had now an opportunity of making
uioney, and when he again refused, did you
uot repeat that he was the straugest man
you ever saw? Did you not have an under
standing with Messrs. Church and Broom
1 of Philadelphia that they would create divis
i ion in the American Convention at Altoona,
; that you might agiinplay your diabolical
i game of treachery' And do you not now
I feel the reuiorsc of a guilty conscience, and
| the condemnation ef a justly indignant
j country , as a burthen too heavy to be easily
| borne up by ill begotten wealth?
l'lease answer these questions, that the
; people may know whether the editor of the
"Daily News" has a conscience or not;
aud if he has, whether it bo made of gum
elastie, or of adamant. Yours with due con-
tempt.
Tbo honest people of Pennsylvania.
To John P. Sanderson,
Dealer in Loeofoco trickery.
[Blairsvilte True American.
MR WILMOT'S MORALITY. —The Union
of yesterday republishes from tbo Somerset
Democrat a statement that Hon. DAVID
WILMOT is a profane swearer; that ' lie
clothes himself with blasphemy as with a
garment,'' that "age, instead of correcting
this habit of profanity, has rendered it more
inveterate, and more of this sort. Docs the
Union believe that statement or series of
statements? and if it does, does it oppose
men in its own party "whoclothe themselves
with curses"? aDd does not the Union fear
that if it could make its readers helievo what
it endorses from the Democrat that it would
make Wilmot more votes in its own party,
than by urging his true merits as a just
judge, as so upright citizen, as a man of
kind and humaue feelings?
There arc plenty of men iu this city who
know that the statements of the Somerset
Democrat are false. We met a reverend
gentleman yesterday, who resides at present
in this county, but who is well acquainted
with Judge Wilmot, having lived beside
him for many years. Of him we inquired
into the reputation and private character
of our candidate, and he freely stated that
they are above reproach/ that, in his daily
walk and conversation, he is noted for hii
uprightness, suavity and correctness, and.
that any such charge as is here made against
him is entirely without foundation. Perbapst
it was unnecessary for us to write the above.)
as everybody knows that one of the principal,
engines of the pro-slavery party is the as-'
persion of private character, but as such
baseless slander serves to show tbo total
disregard which that party has for tho truth,
wc set the fact over agaiust tho falsehood
and leave the publio to judge between
them.— Pittsburg Gazette.
The days, now, according to the almanac
GKN. WALKER.— AS this expelled BEN*
of Nicaragua, who has ruthlessly slaugh
tered his thousands in the attempt to place
himself in power, is now being I'jonixcd on a
tour through the United States,a glance at
his personal history may not be uninterest
ing. Walker's father emigrated from Scot
land to this country in 1820, and settled in
Tennessee. Walker himself, was born to
IS2+, and at an early age manifested a rov
ing disposition. He commenced studying
successively in three professions of Law,
l'hysie, and Divinity; and graduated in sotno
ot them. He travelled a year in .Europe;
j returned to this country, and became tha
; editor of a newspaper i u New Orleans;
thence proceeded to California, where ho
became editor of a paper in San Francisco,
where he got up the Sonera Expedition.
This proving unsuccessful he eutered into'
arrangements with Castillo, and departed
on his Nicaragua Expedition, which his re
sulted in sending him back again to th
states.
N. P. HANKS FOR GOVERNOR. —The llE
pnblieans of Massachusetts have nominated
N. J'. Hanks for Governor, Oliver Warner
for Lieutenant Governor, and 1 bornas P.
Elliott for Attorney General. The resolu
tions which were adopted by the State Con
vention which made these nominations ad
here to the Philadelphia Platform—regard
the I'red Scott decision as a usurpation of
judicial power for political purposes, an in
sult to tbo memory of the Others of tho
country, and in violation of the plainest
natural and constitutional principles of law;
a perversion of history; an encroachment
upon the rights of the States, and a delib
erate Mow at the freedom mid rights of man
ami pledging the party to an untiring, un
compromising opposition to the existence
and further extension of slavery.
There are occasions when even the heal
thiest people need medicine, the changes 0*
diet, of tho weather, and hundreds of othev
causes, produce a laxity in the system tha
needs correcting, or in other words, the lir
er becomes slightly deranged, and needs a.
stimu.ator. It all who find themselves itr
this situation will try Dr. Sanford's Invige.
rator, they may he sure of relief, as we ran
testify to its efficacy in curing Headache,
Indigestion, Sour Stomach, and other ills so
common in a family. It acta, as a medioiue,
easier and better than any d-ne ->f pills we
ever swalled, and is so mild that the smal
lest infant can fake it.—For sale bv Dr-
Harry.—July S -b.
Tin CJiarlestown Murcvry (Locofoeo
insists that the .Mormons hare a right to de
mand that Utah shall be admitted into the
Union as a State, in spite of their "polygamy
and church government" neither of which,,
it argues, arc in conflict with the Constitu-
I tion and Laws of the Uuitcd States. Tha
; -IMrcwy in this, is wise. It sies clearly
; enough, that if Congress have power to ei
; elude a State becaue of its local law of
Polygamy, it may because of its local law of
! domestic Siaverr.
1
ANOTHER AMERICAN VICTORT The
| municipal election iu Norfolk, Va., on
Wednesday, resulted in the choice of Finley
terguson, Esq., as Mayor, and the snccess
iof tho "American" ticket generally. Mr.
Ferguson s majority is 67. The election
J passed off quietly, except a siight distur
' tianae at one of the precincts, in which a
j "Democratic" voter fired a pistol at an
| opponent, but we have not heard that Presi
j dent Buchanan ordered cut the I*. S. Ma
; rines to shoot down American citizens.—
! Had the rowdy who fired the pistol been
! a " American, the Marines would have
j probably been culled out.
e ndwie those of our friends in a
state of sinclc blessedness, who would wiu
the idol of their hearts, and enjoy that do
mestic felicity know only those in married
life, to restore the hair on their bald pates,
change tL grey locks to their original col
or, make them glossy as silk, by using Pro
fessor Wood's Hair Restorative. It is now
the standard remedy for all diseases of hair
and skin.— Ohio Statesman —For sale byt
Dr. Hurry.—July 3-!>.
M KlM.— The lJlair County Whig says
,'The wife and sister of M'Kitn visited him
last week. Wi th an uplifted hand, and
calliug on God to witness if, he protcstod
; his innocence of the killing of Norcioss bo-
I fore them. He is certainly a man of iron-
I nerTc, when death is staring biru in the face,
j and a lie upon his lips.'
Adjudge Wilmot has challenged Wtn.
t. Packer to meet him on the slump, and
discuss the principles of tho two respec
tive parties, and the issues before tho peo
ple at the ensuing campaign.
AMERICAN VICTORY.—On Friday, 19th
in*t., on the fitih trial, the Americans suc
ceeded in electing their candidate, Mayor
*>f JloiT .Providence, P. I.
US, I , * ro P'- oud if' fine, a fair trial th.
Clerk. d 0 " of S ,vo satisfaction, the purchaser may rcy
_____ turn them and get his money back. Give them
a tri.il, and you will save Money, as thev have
not yet been surpassed, if equalled.
lL\i. Dec. lU, 1856. ULYMIREjt HARTLEY.
T l l GROWivUS.~The uiidersign
ment of A ud call the attention of person* de-
Reef, annus of planting this spiing. to his fire lot of
des, apple trees from 5 to 10 fe. t high, of the inot
approved varieties, will be sold in quantities to
hun.Pred! rato8 > h > th *
' e s Bonsc ' uh bing together and ordering br
the thousand will be liberally dealt with for
Shn d" N?.;"° r lrc,,S - A,9 ° a ,ow " Pach > Apricot.
"v.; ■' vctarini.' iir.'pes, Gooseberries, Raspberries,
!® . &c " All articles labeled and carefully packed
, 0 lrr - v af iy any distance at the small cost of
ibergcr material. 1 ears, Plums and Cherries are ret
y brnds small. For further particulars address a few
leisure tines to
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