BEDFORD,Pa. j
Friday, Y H#rulwjr, Sfftt.>ls IS '?
JTEL.Im-- JH- .-iU f
jjJEe irless. aadFiee,lL,
avvin ovi; :, KAM> I-IUHMUETOR. J
• J-TS'-TJnion of Dke_Die Unibn of Hr.ds.
Ifcr Union f States noe c.n never t * \
Tlif Union of hearts, an i the Union of hands, !
•' And the 3vg of wnr Union foreverV*
fill jpHn i
..£> FOR (iOVSJiKOK . |
DAVID Vt'ILMOT, !
of iirmh'ord C uutihj, I
CANAL enSMtSgIOKEK:
WILLIAM MILLAVAKD.
of Pkil'idtljikia. |
SfrIUIKME BENCH : .
JAMES LEECH,
of Faydte Cuuut-j. j
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
rf Cinder Con -It . J
.Senator,
Gen. TYM. II- KOONTZ, of Somerset Co. j
Assembly,
£.\Sf'L'.t. r.vSTVF.n, Mi'Kile Wood terry, (
fl FN lIY (': ST'K\?AUT, Somerset County,
Protliorintrrj Ac..
. UN ALrifP, Bedford Borough.
Sheriff, j
JAS. S. BECKWITIT, Cote rain.
Treasurer,
GEORGE R. OSYEII, Bedford Borough.
Cntiiitti-sioror,
DAVID SPARK'S, West Providence.
Poor Director,
THOMAS IMLER, Bedford Township.
Auditor,
GEO: W. STUCKEY, Napier
. ,
POLITICAL MEETINGS.
fA t the rcqnest of a large number of voters,,
the County Committee has called meetings j
in a number of the Townships, as follows:
Bloody Kan, W. Providence Tp-, f< i
day, Sept. 25.
Hopewell, Broad top Tp., Saturday, Sept. ,
26.
Stonorstown, Liberty Tp-, Mond >y, Set t.
28. ' f I
Woodtcrry, M- Woodberry rp.,'iueßday,
Sept,. 29.
Pattonsville. S. Woodberry Tp., Wed-,
liewisvme, t urn n jp., inm.wir, uct. i.
Bleasantvillc, St. Clair Tp . Friday, Oct.
9.
St. Clairsville, St. Clair ip.., Saturday :
Oct. 3. j
Other oiectlngs will be called if desired,
but parties wixb'ng tficm are n-quested to '
confer with the Chairman of the County'
Committee, so that arrangements may be
made for speaker-. &c.
All the above meetings will be henl at ~
o'clock, P. M., except the one at J' bn
Metrgar's, which will be held at 2 I'. M.
The meetings will be addressed by Con.
W, 11. Koontz of Somerset,-and by Alex, i
King, f'ami. L. Russell, Frauds Jotdau,
and John 11. Filler, Lsqs., of Bedford.
Han i Bills vviil be f-übl at once for
all the meetings, :.ud our friends can get
thcin by calling at the office of the luqui
rcr and Chronicle.
Let out friends sec fo it that'ample notice
he given; and all of all parties are cordially
invited to attend.
By order of the County Committee.
D. WASiIABAEGII,
Choir man.
F. L. Rcssf.t t., Sccty.
Sept. 11, 1857.
Henry Kifodenffts, and Cadwalla
drr Evans.
The Gnref/ebubDsiiej on its outside as
• anding ina'ter, the oath, said to have
been administered by the Know-Nothings,
ia their councils. Bowman in his editori
als aud speeches, has sand tliat Henry Nic
odetuus adpiiutsfereJ this oath in different
parts of Bedford County. On one occa
s."Tt of this kiu), it is reported, that Nico
>• u was bustled aud rotten-egged by the
Democrats of Cumberland Valley.
Can the Democracy of Bedford County
believe that this same Nieodemus, wl/o ad
ministered this same Know-Nothing Oath,
wlm'li is published in the Cmzftie, every
•refit, was ay;.c,lilted Clerk to the Coinmis-
Mor.cys, "Est f. 11, by Cadwallader Evans
an. f letfry J-Bruner. Cadwallader Evans
i- . f.vdr oreontii.uing Henry Nicodeunm
as Clerk to tiic of Commls-iont rs. If this is
i:, the cfl.-e, we due Nli\ Evans come
out upjd ileUjV iloj Will Democrats,
wiip < j Jc.Tv'. JvpoYi-Nutliiigi-ui from the
st .ri, yotc Kir.Jvvans, wijo made Nicoibi
i - 1 'l-.i k. to i.lif..Cmuniissioncrs, and is
stiii iu favor.ef keeping huu .there? We
slow fcet, ,(
vturtnr .MwrnflThe third qnur
f :!y meeting of the' M. K. Church, wilt
'''•'■fh'iienb.j'oti hexf. Mr.
'* f aj&rVtV Dr
expected, v.if- :':ic*kte oti Suhdaf.
Be,A<js|SCLL. —J.ct every Ainegievi and
cje that he is hpasf
leu ,dajai t>efoff 4he election or he may 10.-e
lis vote. j - • <* ,•■Pa ,V I
We undursmnd tliji tlie meetings jo fur
held throngi.oni tile Coujity, Lave been well
attended. The prospects are Battering.
H. EIfHEIS SWOOPE^^Tt^
I t K 21insf., that lo al m mqned lio®
jiiflb. <r:i#.*r infaßous ftirAl n.">nn
pie of Petinsylvania," in which he gives the
names of some fourteen papers in this State,
as having been purchased last fall to sup
port Fremont. Among the .number we no- j
tice the name of the ''Bedford Inquirer and
Chronicle," and the amount charged as
having been received by the editor of that j
paper is §SOO. The statement, it appears,
is gtven on the strength of sn Btiidnvit by
a?>V> W. Wffdifard, a hiftd
of fife New i'riric Herald, who (dates that
he teecived the list from Lieut. Gov. Ford,
of Ohio. In this Address Mr. Swoope
states, that "there are some other names on
the above list, that for reasons perfectly
sath-fa'ttbry to uiyStlf ahd to the gentlemen
whom I heve consulted, pre not voir pub
lished." W hij are these itautes net pub
lislicdT '■
llueher in the course of h Ad
dress, eay 5 , or not the papers
abore enutuera'ed -acthnlly received the !
amounts spceitied, 1 ehi, of eours", uiiable t
to say." This sentem-e alono proves hint I
a scoundrel of the deepest dye: he Make* i
charges in one place, and in another, hetti- •
a'lv says that he don't know whether they
are true or not.
Sb fur srs the above charge has any refer- !
enee to the editor of thia paper, we pro- '
notint e it a base IE, an unmitigated false- !
Lttod, and : Its author an infamous liar and ;
sccutldieh
Our course during the last campaign is j
well known. We were an American from
first tOjl ist, as the files of our paper fully
arid satisfactorily show. From the time ot
Mr. Fillmore's nomination at Philadelphia
until the electron, we supported him j
tiifcfugiioUt in good faitli. But early in the |
canvass, seeing the hopeless division of thy
opposition elements in Pennsylvania, and
being fully satisfied of the utter impo-sibili
tv of carrying the Ktate for Mr. Fillmore,
We favoted a union of the opposition ele
ments on a fingle electoral ticket. By:
that means tfc hoped to secure r.t least a
portion of the electors from Pennsylvania J
for Fillmore and Douelson, thus throwing
the State against Buchanan, and the dec-j
tion of President into the House of Kepte
sontafives. This we conceived was the on- :
lv hope for Mr. Fiilmore, which subsequent
events have fully demonstrated. Had j
.those "straight-out Americans" in Pennsyl
vanra ; ursut'd the course last fall that we
did, Mr. Fillmore might now be occupying
the executive chair.
in rtw-*pr.ici-' "ria"nfer* J A jnCl'i EvrrgiisVl-tyq
which was tid Iressed by Me.-srs. Hazelfmr-r
and Swotqic, the latter genfleiiiah, tn the ,
cotirsc of his speech made some genera!
charges of corruption against those presses
in Pennsylvania that Supported a union ;
electoral ticket. We inmiedtatelv put •
the question to Mr. Swoopc—Was the Sud
fbrd liKjtiirer and Chroriicle in that list ?
He replied, that ",'le ttv/s hnppy to sf'th ffi,,/
the Hertford fhqnhrr (tn ! t'ftrotntle wis
not on Unit list This was said in the
presence of at least one hundred respecta
ble witnesses, who can testify to the truth
of the assertion. We presume Mr. Hwoope
has since fottnd it necessary to accomplish
some purpose not then thought of, to put
our paper in that list. We n *ccmpanied
Mr. Swoope from the Bedford Hotel to the
CVurif House, aud in conversation on the |
way tbfre, be remarked -lo us that "he did
not hhitic us for supporting the union elec
toral ticket lu-t fall, and that had "Alt been
in our ait it'tt ion in this County, he tcould
hope do w> the wry si me. thine!" To se
cure a large Vote for Ilazelhurrt, to defeat
Wihnot, and elect Pucker, is the evident
object of this hired Loeefoco eiunii-*ii:y,
u'lm trnvcls under tire guise of Amerieau-
I
i-nq in making these fsk-a charges against ,
the American press in the counties iu which
American sentiment predominates.
Now we will bind ourselves to pay the
suui of one thommul dollars, to Mr. Swoope
or any one else, who will make (lie above
charge as against us good, that we ever ro- .
eeived one dollar as a consideration for sup
porting the uni.m electoral ticket. Now
slanderers, here is a fair opportunity for
you to make your allegations good, or for
ever hold youi peaco.
Wc,appeal to the honesty and candor of
the people of Bedford County, to beiieve
no .such charges of so serious a character.
; unless clearly substantiated by positive tes- ,
tiuiauy . We think we are well enough
kiwwu i:i Bedford County, where we were ,
. raised, uu l arc willing to by the rep
utiitieu which wchavii acquiicd iLuoug our
i'eiipvv citiz^'irs.
>V. i. Scbell, Bsq.
Wo understand that tlio. iu this
counfy are electioneering for.tiiis geutleiinui i
on that if he te elected,.he
will cause the erection of a H ulrpati t.jt
•B lit rd. Tl.is is the piost
AU neee 4 s:i ; ry L -gi-1 ui.u for|!eq
. me.-ti ,n of a Jlaiiroad .to Be-Vor-i has ai
re;. dy been >c#reJ.' The has .
gr:iiit"il charters for tin- Hunting-ion u ml .
Broaotopi - r
i'V ds Va;l-y Railroad to Bedford So thai '
r.'Sehel! shoul'i lujq-eu to h ■ elect-:d, '
he wid uqt be able to accomplish auvtliing
in aduition to wMat lias already been done.
Mr. Koon'z, on the other hand, is fujly 3S
BEDFOTiD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
competent to secure lflji-i ilion if nccessu
aiOlr. Stfhell: a ty
108 nothing in Mr. KJkittflj
:i<Jjkc is wnrmljpn ]|avor|fof Lti RaifioaiKj
■tjppAigh Hodlonipvlifiii wojjjjjd (jflmiL-etpitlfi
j-llto inJpiieji SOUMT s <st 1
' County is warmly interested. Our friends
throughout the county will be aware of all
such electioneering tricks. Mr. Koontz
will not be exclusively the Senator of eith
er bf if* tfoftnties of Sotrrcrset, Bedford or
: Huntingdon, but he will represent the en
tire I'iftrict, ami the iuU'j'gsfs. qf all will be
.* 1 iU.t4K.*-r^i•!etl 'to. YVti'tiHiielstiiad that in j
Somerset count jj w..erc anti-slavery/enti
j menu prevail, they electioneer against. Mr. j
, Koyutz on tiic grounds of his being a Kuow-
Xothing, aud ir. Bedford County, where the
I American party is in the asoenileusy, they
j charge him with being an abolitionist. —
This i> ihc-gatnettf Lycofoooisiu, and our
i friends eatt sec that uo fair argument need
to expected froui the opposition.
Mr. Koontz is well known in Bedford ;
Couifti; be has frequently mingled with our
citizen?, and addressed meetings of our
frieyds In different parts uf the county, and
| they will eousifier it a pleasure and a duty
jto east their suffrages for him. Mr- Selwli
j is also well known, and although a cicver,
j man aud good citqsen, lie has always been a j
i hitter and most uncoiuprouiisiug Locpfoeo. ,j
m\Tifi; Tii ki:T.
| The importance of adhering to the ticket
•j put in uoinidation hy the Union State Con- |
j vention cannot be over-estimated, and we
| trust that every opponent of the shun De- .
j uiocracy will regard it his duty to give it
j an earnest and cordial support.
Mr. Wilmot, tliecaiidiibito for Governor,
is a man of rare abiii'y and unimpeachable j
; character, and eminently merits this sup-
I port on account of his personal worth. Ills
' great popalarity at home is the best cvi
i der.ee of his claims to the favorable regard
'of the peo[ 11 of the State. And it should
he remembered that deep solieiMt le is felt
throughout all the northern Counties of the ,
State, where he will receive overwindiniug
majorities, and where, heretofore, the de
mocracy carried everything before it.—
Should they he disappointed in their hopes,
ju- means of the iukewartmic<s and indiffer
ence of the American patty in the southern ;
oounfie-G they might hereafter feel inclined ■
to withhold their ai l in opp-.siwg the spe- •
cial enemies uf Americans. This is a con- j
si deration r.ot'u) he disregarded." It is well
known that it remiss a nnion of all lho ;
demon's of opposition i< d feat Locofoco
ism in this State, and to falter now may .
scatter these elements, ;>o that they may :
never be re-united. It is to accomplish j
tJUs.Etuwuxbhiat. udJOWiAW'lib) a
! on! .Ix r r!cuns, an ! urging them to support
! II :ziehtir>t
But there is another aspect of this rv-- ,
tiim, if possible of more impoit Vii<; > tli .r?
tiid one W" hafe jast referred to. We vote
i for two Judges of the Supreme C-iiirt, as
well as f< r G ivcrimi". ami, it not united,
we may give these to (Tie democracy. If 1
elected, they serve for fifteen loner years, <
during wliieft wv may look for a trnnklitig •
: subsenieiiov t • the oligarchy of the South,
whenever the occasion may demand it.
Veecii and Lewis, the nominees of the
1 Union Cohveo'ion, are not only learned
and aide lawyers, ami nieu of lofty virtue, '
but tiiey are known to be fiottnd upon the 'j
great questions held >o Saercd by tiie Atner- 1
ican party. Is it wise, then, to divide our :
strength, and allow our opponents to carry
these important offices? Have the Ameri
' cans who hesitate to support this ticket du- !
ly cilcalatod tlic consequences of their con
' duet? We entreat them not to throw away 4
their votes, but to allow the "sober second i
' thought" to incline them to a cordial union I
: with the great body of the Auiericao party, h
' and thus assist in achieving a glorious vie
! fory over Our ' ancient political adversaries.
j At the request of several Democrats of
this (J unity, who hail intended to vote for
Packer, utter hU nomination, au l before,
j the fact became.kuown that he had support-?
: ed a strong Prohibitory Mi fie Liquor L tW,
, whilst in the Senate of Dennsyiviinia, we
j re-publish our article of several weeks ago !
o.u this subject. The article speaks for
itself, aud gives the most important
( tions of the law, and also tLie vytcofo
PA UK BR on this question, with the dates
j aud pages of ilie Senate Journal, which we .
have in our possession, and will show to
any persons who may be uuxuus to exam
ine this matter for themselves. Wo have
, uo doubt, '.here will be many honest Demo- •
crats who will vote agaiust Packer on this
, question in Bedford County. Here.i* the J
article and the proofs :
PICKER FOR PROlllB! TION.
UK II) TIIE I'KOOfs:
On the d l Mireh, 1852, Mr- Carothors, j
from the Committee on Vice and iimuorali
ty> reported Henate Dill, No entitled
".'//i act to prohibit the Hi inn fact lire and
sale of intoxicatingliquors.' 1 ice Senate I
' Juurtfcilf Vial; 1. p. 8fl"5.
> Mavoli 1 S*li, nl'rtioii w;W made |n eon- ,
sidor the hiji. 'i'tns was objected to, smd
: the orders oi the day called. A motjon :
wis then m ule to suspend the orders to get
ia th ' erniimlem'idVt oi the bill. \On this
j mptio;i nays vycre called, when
the yeas were 20 and tjie nxxA 11, so the
motion \v:ts? lost, —two-thirds being neoessa
:rv to suspend the orders. Oil this tuotton
Packer voted yea. fsee Hen. Jour., Vol.
1, p. 480.
March "Jd-1, the bill was taken up for
1 consideration: and on the question whether '
tL a fir* sevtbm should pass, the yeas Stid
nays aiulsthe s 1 8^' 1 4r f
[ a vote rf
ing one of the Seas. MB Men. go!,
l, (i. 515. % h 1
The Mil wa&'urtHcr #hated it'll coiftid
ered during Rav, the
tng, as ippcat's by the stune volume ol the
Journa , at pages 5U>, 5J52, ;>'!•>, &e., r.ud
the yeai and nays were frequently called on
different sectious of the bill, and in every
instanci i'Uf. nwi'oj \\ R .M,, F. PACKKJI is
found iettofaed iti fnvirrtj the lift, and
. .'long with the names <>f the other warm
. friends Dt" that prohibitory Liquor law.
( lB-ri, fli hviil'g
j'bcml ail agA t/d to, thb'bilf came if, on its
linal paisaget ana uu Ule ijuolioli, ''ehai
| "the bitt prn-s? The yeas and nays were
! "required by Air. Crabb and Mr. PACKER,
; 'amt were follows: viz:
"VEAS. Messrs. Barnes, Curother*, ( at
! ".sou, I'jV.'tns,Fciuun, Uuerusey, llamiiton,
1 "Itarnliu,
"Murtrir, Nlalone, VAjQKEII, Robertson
| "Sanderson, and Mrifer.—l7.
i "Nay?. Messrs. BuTlev. Buekalcw, Crabb,
:"P irliufifavi, Frarity, Uaiton, Jones, Kin
"Z'r, dviinkeh MuOosiui, Mattluns, Muhlen
"buig, Myeis, Maimer, and Walker, HjH'di
"e/ LA
"Mo the quesfibn was determined In the
affirmative." See Senate Journal, of 185'-!
Vol. 1, p. f>P2.
Much is General W>t F. PACKER'S
j recoi.d in the Senate of 1852, and such are
his votes upon the subject of the prohibi
' torv liquor taw which passed the Senate
i that year, as proved by the Journal of the
' Senates which is the only uuthorizod recora
,of proceedings. Aud yet his pirtiz.H
friends, and the unpiiucipied press vvhicL
supports him for Governor, are mean enough
' and reckless enongli, to dent that he is ox
ever was iti f.ivor of ptoliibrtion, and fontnl
tlv tvhuse ail who assart that he voted fot
prohibitory liquor laws. \\ o say again ' '
have these Meu ite Journals in our oince,
aud can show them, day, and date, and
page, to any man who wishes to see them
j or Who desires to know the whole trttfh oi
tills subject. And we will here remark thai
uot oulv did Geul. Packer u.aKe spucehei
in the Senate in favor of the bill, and vot<
a? here proved, but according to the well
remembered log'o of the Bedford Gazette
he pv/i' the oast+n* vote on the final
of this manstraus Maine Liquor Law
t Fojt on looking at- the final vote, it wiil b
observed the bill passed by li yeas to 1,
nays. Consequently if Genl. Packer liat
voted nay, the bill would have been defeat
el on its finat pussago, L>y a tie vote, ant
evidently his vote fur the hill was what sa
ved it.
• But the same recklessness and duregan
■of the truth which has heretofore denl (
that Packer was a prohibitionist, jnay alsi
] deny that the bill which passed tiie Meuati
: in 1852 was a prohibitory Maine Law
1 The bit! was made tip of fifteen section*
aud is therefore too long tor publicotioi
entire, but in order that all doubt.? tuay bx
removed on this point, jind ail mouths slop
pod, we will give our readers some extract
■ from the bill as spceiuiims. A? before sta
ted, it WJS entitled, "-da .let to prohibi
hq nmiitfoLiwe and snla jot
itself correspon led with the title, we pub
lish toe first throe sections of it, as fqlloivs
S c. 1. li il etficletl, Ac. T'uit no pernor
' ,-V •-■ allowed at anV time, to m r nifartnre, oi
-til. !>_t hmivil. his ciurk, servant. orng.-Bi,
: fill'"fit.; uj mliroeii/, i't'oxica/iujt litfuare.
wn *h ■' Pi" smi ' !• spirituous, vinous, oi
m tft. Eva mixture o<"jlic namu. or any of tliem.
ir any ether iiqw-r possessing iutoxieating
,| -pi-r't.'- except i* b -rei iaft-r |>r o idf j.
: ' Si .2. fh" jiuti?"* oi the court ot'<> iirter
Sessions.tlJ *ht thm-ity tdoiiiajissioqi ;, on
:!c Inst Ma.e.bVor Joly. a-mu iliy. or .is snon
' l;ierrfitt<Tas ni?.y ; c coin'Viiieat, may uppoin:
.suit-'HI: persons e' 'Vall-siiow-t, honest. ton
jiei ate. and soiier hv' i or Miiinnf.il -
tun. .1-11 v •!! at S rrn • aven'n-it point in mch
nl tiie law isliips, hhio-ighs, and cities, within
tlie county, as t-iiey in i>* dacm expedient ami
1 proper, trihit a'titbih'er lif tu'es-. for wcr/imentat,
j mviiciuil, nucittulO'il unl o todiau/ purposes,
Axpyoa so oyiint I'traeosßS wif*Tsni:vSß.
j Such person sluli - ■ appoiutrd for fbe term of
i one year, but may In remove 1 at aitj time ut
. the pioisure of s ii.l jinlges v d eo'iin.usfojiers
' for vio'.atingthis iiet.
See 3. That e*ch persor apptdntvd to sell
liquors as aforesaid, siuill k rep an accurateac
. count in writing of all ' e tiijiiof bought or
! nianutactiuail by him, spertfyiny llu-qidn-.tity
■ of each kiml purchased or iiiauuf.iot ured, Liie
pried of thit phrchased, tin* name of the person.
i from whom it iv.ts purchased, ami the date of
• tliy pureiiaSf , tJie quantity of each kind sold,
and the date Of the sale, its price, the name,
I residence, aid oecnpitton of the person to
( whom it wis sqid, and the purpose for whieit it
was jmrchjsed by liirn; and he shaft cause the
;wrn to ultom the title >1 mule, to sifit the xßid
. y/cfjficn.'imtit the ul (htre-jfg lie shall senii
annii;iily. if required, on a day an 1 at a piace
to'be appointed by siii judges ami evmrnis
simiers, wtereof pubiie notice siiall by aiyen in
one or mom newspapers published in the coun
' Itt.exhibitnpon his oath or solemn a-flirni ition
, Hi ■ nook r books in which said aecaimt and
*[lccfMeatinVnre kejij, to 'he, said judges and
I eonnnisiiifners, together with a ha I nice sheet
I shop'ips t\e quantity of each kind of liquor,
; bought mil sold by him during tin- period
t which ImsMnpsed since ins last exhibit, andthe
i aggregate tost aivl jiraetcds thereof} and jt it
shall apjiptr to the said judges and commis
sion -rs thit the profits of Sai Hmsfness amount
to more tUn what woul l he a fair and j list,
coiiip •Tisaton fqv transacting the samp, they
shifl fix tit amount to lie retained by linn for
, tucb coiujentniUoii, and sfiali reqaiiio him ty
; ;>iy the Mtalus to the Treasurer of the count©
for the usrT#f" the f?omm*inwcalth.
Hoc. 4 I'rovides for the givipg of a cer
f tifieaty ijsppointnteiit to the persntt nn
thoriznd 'o sell, tfw)ti ins giving bond with
; at least two securities in the peual curb of
five iiuu'L-oc dollars, couditioued for tlie
faithful oascrvuiibe of the law,&c.
Sec. 5. Imposes fines of from thirty to
1 two dollars, <fc costs, for violations
of tho aot t'cether with sundry terms of
. impi isoiiweit of not less than two, nor more
, than six modhs. •
. '
esueli arvthe first three saotions of this
. beauttfol lijior law in full, and the sub
, stanee of th fourth and fifth: and wo doubt
not they ar< niore than snffieient to satisfy
all that h tube nltni, radical, out anil out
i prohibitorv *w wis never passed in the
: cjute of M ipe or anywhere else. It uot j
; ouly prohibs the sale, under severe peual
tjes, of all jrt.s of liquors, and by every
or stniil, except "for sacra
ttionta 1 niMcinsl, machanicai, and artisti
eal purpos4" hut it absolutely prohibits
tfie uianufajture of any and all liquors, ex
cept for thi pm posea just mentioned. If
this be uotirohibttion with a veugeotiee, we
know not i<at would be. A subsequent
section givK the right of search anil the
right to biqo and destroy the liquors kept i
contrary tjllie act; and iu sbatt, the law '
seems to eot)tain in itself all the iJjESPSwtp '
thi* siibi 'Ct dat wcre.jyjß: "5?
-on--- (,!' rs w h - fce 'H : >G'■' u
apl wflich
ilo 4* thiSnds•<-'> tho
npti who th<l||iqii|i-, jot
■ |tfinljwrpolfifi*i?> Is '
\\ c have Aw given tmr readers ft frir%
and full explanation of Genl. Backers view/,
votesi and position as a prohibitory liquor
law man: anil we will await with pleasure
aueh explanations us M? paniz in Uie'i'j/
ma v Tu:.nuf act in o for ibis de'-peißte ' cmt'f- '
geney. t
But for the great length of our article we
j i'dhld finish it off with a few choice extracts
1 frt-.fii the Bedford Gazette, showing what an
L au4juu6oufijlutioul
vnd what a uarroiMtuiled, and diabolieaLj
fanaticism it exhibits, for any inno to speak 1
or vote for a prohibitory liquor liw. Me
will at Our leisure hunt these matters tquil
so, and in the mean time console ourselves
with the reflection that for the proper use
. of a few choice extracts there is lio dutihf
• "a good time coming."
TUB ]TiMOiT!AT ANl> DR. III'NRV
C. BTKWART.
*T!ie hcmocrat of Ta'st week cootains ti at
tack upon the eharaetcr of our candidate
1 for the Legislature. (Dr. MTKWAUT,) which
is unpahileli-'d in the annals of even that
■nob iB-ndy fiTseand malignant sheet. Base
and gross as It is, it needs no contradiction
here, but as it was written not for home con
' .sumption, but for circulation ia Bedford
Bounty, where the Doctor is but slightly I
known, wc address ourself to the task of not i
only asserting, but of ptovmo it a lie j
destitute of even a foundation in truth.— |
j 'fhd following paragraph contains the gist i
'' of the charge; I
°
"Another story, which did onr cause 1
some injury, was that chaVgiog that the
democratic pole at Meyers' Mills was sprrnk- {
ledbv m cabers of our party, after its erec
tion. with "holy waberi" Tins barefaced
lie, this mean, dirty, unmanly and- "uig-1
gerly" charge, cj lims parentage of that I
beautiful pink of political rascality, 11. G.
! Mtewart the Blng Ugly nominee fur the
| j Legislature, He was the only mom be r of
that party in the coupty degraded enough,
so steeped in falsehood and iniquity as to I
imagine it and give it the.start, and otbeis,;
better reputed for honesty and truth, gave j
it that iaipnta? which his reputation would
i havo prevented him from doing '
Having made this charge against Dr. ,
j ST KWAtiT, and thus maligned hitn, the
I article continues in the aame strain of
' gvossness, to denounce liiin as ,-t liar, "ut
' I terlv unworthy of any man's support.'*
i The fact that Dr. STEWART did not and
, ' could not have started the storv that, "rhe
1 Democratic pole rais-ed at Meyers' Mill, was
: sprinkled with holy water," is within the
I personal knowledge of tlie senior editor of
. ' tliis pnper-MShd the writer of thi? article—-
' as well as .n score of others at Meyers'
; ■ u l h^ rs ;i m, aiTd
• some tiuie after dinner, we in company witii
■ Dr. STEWATTT, left to ad dress a meeting of
our political friend.* at Boaihontas, which
is some six miles distant, .tfler we wrt
up the moo at ain .ow distant*, we ?:ur the
: Irish delegation from the Sand Patch Tun- ,
rtel inarching info the vi!lu?e in procession.
Dr. STEWART and onrs-df bnth made,
speeches sit I'lealuMttn oi that evenitig,
and when w closet il teas so dark in the j
hots' tad tv codd not distin-eiihft t'f j
I faces of a portion f the mlience. Harmg j
six mil < ut oi'-ontiiin rea l to drive, it was. >
of course, a 1 ate honr in the night, when wo ,
got back to Meyer*' Mill, and most of the
Inbahifaj.ts In ! gone? to' fed. Oh fh©
foiiowing morning tlie sfory of the pole ;
sprinkling was told us by two different
gentlemen, whom had s">n Dr. !
Stewart sincethe niiditte ofthe previous dity. j
, The fact of the Doctor's being in iVeabin- ,
t:is fill a Jato hour in tlie evening, can he ;
i establi.si.ed by more than fifty of the voters
of Greenville towifthip; some of whom are |
Democrats, while u:i equal number perhaps, j
'of those present at. Mayers' Mill on that j
i day, can testify t!.at the story of the sprink
ling v as in circulation during that evening: j
and what is more, several h tntlenun, with j
much better charade) s for truth and vracity i
than the editor of the Democrat is possessed, j
of, assert that the story is uol and thai |
t'f yfa w the pole sprinkled.
Of the truth or falsity of the story , wc a' i
present care nothing; but wc published it at
tue time it occurred, on what wc then
thought aud still think, sufficient authority,
and dm Democrat did nut then even dure
to deny ir, let alone cliargc it as a falsehood
upon Dr. STEWART.
In this community, where the Democrat
is kf.own, its slanders injqru no one, but as
we before remarked, this lio was invented
for circulation in Bedford County., therefore
we have gone to the trouble of .shewing its
utter impossibility, as well m improbability.
The commuuity iu which Dr. STEWART re
sides, and where for years lie has practised
his profession with great acceptability, is
noted iu this County fr its high toned moral
and religious sentiment, and die fact that he
received not only a uearly uuanimous, but
;.u uuusualjy heavy vote at the primary
election, proves the estimation in which he
is held by Lis neighbors, as well as the utter
and outrageous falsity of tho Democrat's
chargo against reputation. We add
only, for the enlightenment of our friends
iu Bedford, that charges similar to this
brought again-I Dr. STEWART, have been
made bv the Democrat against nearly every
prominent American in this community, and i
that we could readily name a score of our
most reputable citizens—men, the 1 itcbct
of whoso shoes the editor of the Democrat is
uot worthy to unloose, whose good names
. 7-.".-,;. ■ —-
I have been atdpferiwit times a* grossly t§fiig
ned by tlufppTsc! dfAjtg- .
nant S^'j
Hjp .J
The fri-nds of DavLi WII.MOT throngh
out the country, who hie!uJo all the sincere
: iipponeaU of the present pro-?hvery admiu
istration, should feel that now i- the tine
f 'ft>rthAn^<^Re v at work in the cause of Frec
! ilotn. Their bountiful crops are uow gar
nered, ami as one way of doing their dutyf
I ami showing their thankfulness, they sbtuhi
Cb.Uit' -
■ otW' iticpd*ij|'vnglvjpt, tiio <i||iity,iid
' wherevi r in Vetpi-y iviijim 'ins may chance j
to be read, lAVt r.refher, if tliey have not
already dorse it . app dot jh if vigilance com 4
tiiittm s, tiiskcfru: their' poll lists arid prepare
ful!y for the e'oetioTi tJAy' tintf only' abo fit a
! month itt the Inthre. let Ihc:n agree upon
' times and places fofhllffg ißCffßigk,where
1 addresses tipoi> tll/f subjects which ate oft
! paramount interest' May be iHttiver'cJ, and
! whefe each may strengthen 'the othef in the 5
J work whttih tfVcry good Later of shutu-de
' im-craey must have at n'carf. will the
1 tnetiibt-rs of the Count/ tAsttihntfee arrange
' with sub-eorniiiitfcesin the' vinous fown
■ ships, fo fiave" genera! ii-viee given in caolit
i locality, and speakers can doubtleS? he pro-.
! cured in tbe city of elsewhere to present the
claims of our candidates to the suffrages of
' the people. We sec thai Qti'r friemls in vu-
I nous parts of the State are waking up tp tbe
issues of the day, and that they intend to
' marshal their full strength in October on the
; side of the right. Shall All -glieny couuty
'he behind in such a glorious contest? It
needs unanimity <>t action and a full tiirn
! out at the polls, to tescntjour State from
the clutches of the pro-slavery harpies,
i which so long have fed upon her. A good
' blow* struck in*l'etitisyUaula will he heard
throughout the length and hreadtli of the
land twill divide and dishearten the odd* and
ends which will stick to democracy by tho
• cohesive power of plunder, and bp the most
' effective movement ever yet made towards
| rescue of tH 1 Federal JAiltiit ulstraijon from
; the hands of the anstoeracy ot slave-drivers
' amil th-ir t0..15, which now hold Hie n.vcu
live. I, -gil:itive and Judiciary d.-pur'tmelits
'of the government in their iron clutch.
! I'lt IKS us OF FrF.KDOM AS i> Or* I OS
! STITI TIOS'! Sll.U.t \VK 1!F. IT AM AT
wop.ic is THIS tioon FHirit! lr so, sow
• (s the timkT— Pifhi'urg fjnSute.
' Terrip.t.k Disaster.— <-/.<>♦* of Slesmtr
. Cert*rul .im-rim.—S m rkr *ntn trnl lives
! supposed to I* hat.— l Ohaiu.f.ston , frpt.
! ] 7—The fiteaniersldp Thomas Swiitm, from
New Y.tiV, arrived here this morning with
. . Lo* • Hl r .._* .1.0- i* -r
1 fire steamship < Ywrtral America, from tkiii
f'trnia.
The Thomas Swart r: 'poke on'the loth in
t slant. about 1-5 miles r>?rtli ot'Capc llatter
i &s, the Norwegian barque Kloiso- which had
on board 40 of the powngemof the Steam
ship t'infra 1 Anirie-r. ■ The passengers
■ Mated tint tin' America foundered on the
i 12tb irmfnrtt. with TlA* nustongrr*. of whom
■ only sixty were •sived 1 Tlntro tw mithhig
. aiit of fire crew or of the specie.
} 'J'lte treiuendtni* gale iti wbieto the Cghtlal
' Atueriru funntlened eotnnwniOed on Thursday
t ovi-tii- g, the lW:h inst. The next -day at
1 2 o'clock hip 'prmigti l. ak,aod tvdwftlj
statidingalf tlvc efforts ofdlapt. Hern (bur,of
the F. S. N:rvy, ntd hi* nfitow,*the water
gaincf rapidly. At this ju'nttore t'spr. T.
\Y. H.rdger, with great to>bies, and, at
the saute tithe, extraordinary deei-ion. prr-s
--c-ice of niind and ski 5 !, organized a Company
! among the passengers, who commenced bail- '
1 ing the sltip, fh n engines having stopped, and 1
the pnmps hsving been tendered entirely
• uielcss. Jn emu 'jnt'tree of the nrsctilnery
! stopping, lite ship, felt off in - the trough <>f
i the sea, and lay pvAr'bti one side, aHowing 1
the water to flow-in rapedty. *t'he batling 5
t under the direction of Fctil. Hadgcr, went
1 on vigorott'ly, diff'-rt-ni gangs passing rp '
' wit!) tbe water in buckets. Ac.,'tlMotigb tlic
hatelritaxs. About six o'cl tele in
! noon, the foronmt was cut awav to relieve .>
lite ship, end the water did not increase fur i
r-B\'flr#i hours; but the passengers, by inivl
niprirt, were worn out by the labor or getting
up the writer. l T p to this time- all litiHtU
are represented as having werfcid marrfttlfy.
Matters remained u this condition until 4
o'clock on Saturday morning, the I*dth,when
the gale somewhat abated, but the ftsk con
tinued very heavy. The bailing now was
renewed with great activity, pork barrel-",
ft"., being rigged, nbd the water drawn up
through every hatchway, but the water.gain,
ed rapidly; it became evoidtnt that the ship
must sink, and assistance was aijxiousjv
looked for.
I KKSCL'E PV THE UWEK AND fIfIULJjUKN.
! As noon as It was asoertainod that the
I ship must tnn|c, signals of distress were
I Hoisted, and at 2 o'clock a sail was disoov
j ered to windward—at 3 o'clock tac brig
i Marine, of Boston, eatne to tlie usaisstance
of the sinking ship. Two of the steamer's
: five bonts were lost in gutting them down,
i and those remaining were placed-the wouiu
j and children* with four nieu to ro# and one
ito steer in eieh. In the lasl bbat that loft
the ship there were only two tvomen, and,
the boat was then filled with men, and
among them was the First Engineer. The
ofifurts of the passengers to keep the steam
er afloat was vigor usly going on—at 5
o elock the brig was five or six miles to lee
ward and it was impossible to got nearer to
the steamer—and the boats could not get
ulyftgsidc. The otbin floor was now
anl'lhe bailing went on with
w\ pidit.jp— th 3 sfcrn bud voice
Bof ®pt iin Sanger be rig beard in every part
•Sof tfe sjiip |eneo the almost hopeless
p4l*eiigc the to save the lives
of those on board.. A schooner was spokerr
and tho captain promised to lay by the
steamer ail night, but being short .of sail,
she drifted far to leeward. The bailing
continued till 7 o'clock when the water had
reached the upper saloon deck, and thou
rftiifc Wor|c offsetting out the water ceased—
no' vfeascl or boat in sight
Wl>Kl.V'4|f THSC IM.-FATF.O SHU'.
Men mi/itmrri before the ship went down.
| rockets \ytj-j i wheel house
ii! the u-it if way of indicating the sinking
curttlfithn of a ship - and then the moment
of terror arrived. At 8 o'clock, pvcrv person
- gut what be eoiikl to "save hiuielfi 'J'wo
waves svmj)t etrtifcly'orcr the steamer,will
■ 'shrieks of d-.'p iir burst frbfn flie 1 ?}< of the
1 Trepelcsv crowd tliut thronged the decks: tbe
sea yawned, and tire ffiating castle, with
! nttihy n struggling being, went down in the
■ • fmrrfnl vortex.
4, T;t oi.'e rat burial Mcnt!"
Ft try, however, sneeeeded in the off,it
to keep afloat, but they soon drifted apart,
(•ami Were CniiijM'lled to i-ohfcnd alone with
.1 tl.c hetrvy roll ng surges that threatened
I every inumcnt to overcome them.
At half jsist oire o'clock, Sunday tnortt
! ing, tho Xorwegiaii Irark Ellen, (htpisin
: Joliiwton. from Eelize, borwrd to England,
t whiie running before the wirnl under full
| iail. was surprised hv the cries of human
t h'-ingw. The Captain iimuediwtely rounded
to tmd hove his hnrk Imek. and commenced
! rcsefilng tlie sufferers, smd succeeded, •b\
ij 10 o'clock A. M. in getting 4'J on board
t After ptitiently waiting fill 12 o'clock, and
seeing nothing but pievew or drift-wood, the
i vessel ebunged her ewtirsc for the wares'.
' p*-r. which pravetl to be that of Norfolk,
and arrived-off O.ape 11 entry on Thursday,
;rt 7 o'clock, I'.- 31.
Tho hntcvt \fw? —Tito Survivor*
at Xorlolk-
WASHiNirroN; Sept. 20.
, , Despatch from Norfolk, received by the
■ ' Petersburg 'Expri>s, says that the brig Ma
i rinc.arrived at a laty l*mr on Friday night.
The. fsissengoi> tbiuk that others have been
Mvcd, us they saw several lights in the dis
tance ou tiie faiai njgiit i>f tlt' disaster.
( Tire re are also strong hopes of the safety
of Capt. Herndoß; who was on the wheel
house when the (leutrul America went down
and was last seen tiiugitig to a plank and
struggling tuaufuliyfor his lite.
The apprehension that Senators 'iwinti
and llrovierick ou the steamer is un
1, founded,. They were not passengers.
me ?iaii.ic Ua ' 100 on board—4l males,
•2 fctualea and 27 ehUdrcn.
! The lis; of saved row stand as fellows.
' , Jv iie Saxony, at fsavannah, f>
]>y the Ellen, at Norfolk, 41
Isy the Marin", at Norfolk, 100
Total saved as far n known: I4f>
Tiic wlmielnuMibgr of passengers and crew
reported at Havana wis ;<2. Surod as
; above so far a knowu 1-0. Yet missing
and suppnied to be lost 413.
!
trict hare nominate j a 3lr. William SeheU
of Bedford county, as their candidate for
' State HofuitoT. We are hot acquainted with
William, nor dh we know on what lie bases
his-hopes of election, (if ho has any) but of
or? thing We feel hssiifcd, that after the elec
tion he will have the title of L. L. I), con
ferred on him—in Mctllnre's acceptation of
i the term—i.e. licked like d— .
lion. Koontz will go to Harrisburg folhe
time t lot'D mrj-uity.— f lintritgtlon Jty.tr
ntrj.
lUut.v.tiV's TfxwAttT: can't lie bent.-
1 lis shop is a few doors West of the •hi'
tiiobe liut' l. He is an rdd ami good lue
i chapfc, and makes all his work bin.self, an-.i
softs cheap r tlinyt anybryly else. All who
want tinwnfe trill sav6 tiuffloy by calling ote
him- He follows no other business and
pays all his r.ttpution to making and selling
goad, substantial, and cheap work.
'' 3i:.y 2-j; 1 r*i.
.■" IVTOfiuve-Citi in''—.t Pomade for Lwli
fyine lhe Hair. —liighly pcri'miud. Mi|>criu>r to
| any Frem-.lr. fijported. and for hulf the
1 price. For droshiiig Ladies' II lir it has tie
I crimil, firing a tMgtrt glossy apjiearance—
' I* cansiiv t;titlcTutm*.Hair In eurf in lher: -ef
i- *! '"*. U removes (tandruir, alw ~ ♦
. e IV '".- 4air tiie npjx-.iranco Of l>eing fresli
t
; genuine nil less .signed
1' E Tit II>CiK i Cf).. dVoprii->iw-of the
ef a Tionitif f'uutri. :
lor tsU,> jiy a (j Drugjisrs. l'dTvoov.
Al DilOft'S XUT/rE.
1 lie tinderaigried, <iypointei l>y.tf*e C mrt of
Common l'ica in and to,- ihe Conntv ol Hed
. • to "'port a distribution amongst creditors
uj the ipoi-j lu the hands of Joseph 11. No
'• 'if i - s ";i"/yst!Mtorof.the Jpattonsville and
wm.d.H-rrj'l nrnpike Tload Company, wit, at
tami w the iiutn uf Ins 'appointment on !Vd
iiesdiy, the tjtliday <|f October nest, at JO
o clock "T xaTd d.iy.-vtf pfs o(ft,-e tft fhe ft >r
"tih at amil i i, wl i n 00-i wliuee all iwtsons
ariend with due proofs of their
resptrtfrc fftnmh. .honl'd be full',
ttH, |,
. W.Sv.^V-SW>.
■in*,*vau,n„,
' M 6j MH -lffia'" T
IdMimirJioi * \otice.
n the c2,ue .
of Bflvflft. Bffii%;W<*dHfmiroe Towiit'rn
•lee'd havtug (*> i panted to tfce'substrilxjr,
real ding at Clearvill.,, iti *i t township, notice
is hereby given to at! persons indebted to said
estate to ipftke imj-metit without delay, and
those having cliims against the estate are re
quired to present the same dulv authenticated
fpr settium-vrnt.
dpu.v L, GBOVK.
Sept. 18, 1857. ' A '""' r -