mum itontu. BEDFORD, Pa. ( Prfdaf Oct. 2 "Fearless and Free." DWID OVKR, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, j • •The Union of lake*—the Union >f lands, • The Union of States none can sever; ! The Union of hearts. :in-l the Union ot hands, j And the flag of our Union forever!" imon rnrm KOB GOVERNOR: DAVID WILMOT. 'of Bradford Cour j. t CANAL COMMISSIONER; WILLIAM MILLWARD, of Philadelphia. ! SUPREME BENCH t JAMES VEECH, of Fayette County. JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Courts. _ .. Senator. ii.fi. WM H KOONTZ, of Swn-erset Co. j Assembly, FAM'I. .1. C.VSTNKH. Middle'Woodherry. | 'FIENRY C. STEWART, Somerset County. | Prothnnotary Ac.. JOHN A I.SIP, Bedford Borough. Sheriff, JAS. S. BUCKWITH, Oolernin. Treasurer, GEORGE R. 03TF.R, Bedford 'Borough. Commissioner, DAVID SPARKS, Went Providence. I Poor Director, THOMAS IMLKR, Bedford Township. Auditor, GEO. W. STUCKEY, Napier POLITICAL MEETIMJS. St. Clairsville, St. Clair Tp., l.'aturday, j Oct. 3. Pleasanlville, St. Clair Tp , Friday, Oct. ft. NICODEMIS and E¥A*S. In the last Gazette is a long article in defence of 'hese two distinguished persons who are piloting the Democracy of Bedford : county through the present contest. That paper nays Nicodemus "did signal service Juring the last campaign, and it was through, his instrumentality aloup, that ' Hon. JohD Cessna was enabled to expose those men who so persistently denied their | membership of the Secret Order, and who, ivt the satno time, hud taken the hi rrible oath and had never renounced it." How •oi l he enable John Cessna to make the ex pose' By basely betraying the eonfiJonce which bud teen placed in hint by the order, j After h<* was assured that Locufocoism would pay better than remaining in the American party, he .should have given up the records which he had in his charge, as | an.honorable man would have done. But < instead of doing so, he handed over these document? to John Cessna fur the purpose j of iajufllag and abusing the men whn elect ed Lire to the i ffice of Justice of the Peace, wbtch he now holds, and had not the bouor 1 to resign. Tlie Gazette -says that Mr. Evans and Mr. Brnuncr appointed Nicodemus Cleik "becautz of his retomiutuJation by many of the best Democrats in the. County." 1' this ' so? Who were theue "best Democrats in the county?" Give us the names of any of them. Who was in hi* favor from Cum berland Valley, Southampton, Juniata, Na- , I ier or Bedford Township*? Not one of them. The appointment was forced upon •the Coun.ajasioners by two or three persons 1 an Bedford- John Cessna, G. AY. Bowman and B H. Tate. It was part of the debt whivh had to be I *d for his treeeherj to the Americans. Nt know that 11. J. Brnnner, Esq., was to; \Jly opposed to ap pointing Xieoiieraus, and was in favor of W. M. Hall, Esq., but tltse men would give hire no rest uuitl he joine d with I.vans, in appointing Nieodenius. So outraged were the Democracy of C'umberian A A alley cb account of the appointment, tb*? Mr. Brunoer was condemned by every nut'O in :t, ruid on account of the genera! feeliAg agaiuzt him, he determined to texigu Hut of -£cc, hut was prevented by the persuasions I of these uun in Bedford, who were instru- ( wiental in having Nivodemu* appointed.— The democratsef Cumberland Yslley kuew that hehad Iwwti.in that Tow:tLip institu ting Kuow Nothing. couaeiL, and was driv en away by therewith bad egg*. N'tcodo (LOS now boasts tbat if Evans is elected CoremNiiiouer be wi'i bo re-appointed.— Evans also boast* that if elected, be will make the Democracy swallow N'ieodcmus j fur another year. All should remember , then., that in voting for Cadwuledcr Evans, ihev are voting to continue 11. ViecJeum* in the Clerks* office. Who caused the present hard times 1 Let -tfit pur-fde anwerat the ballot-boxes (i,o- j is in power, and no doubt will do V oen t> L *tng wages down lo fr- ! stntf u-dcy' j H. RICHER SWOOPE. livJow we copy froui the Philadelphia Morning Times, a commonication in regard to this gentleman, which epeaks for itself. Mr. CoflFey u well known 'o tnauy of <eu citizens as a gentleman of the highest re , spcctability, and what he states no one will contradict. This communication shows what kind of a man the people of Bedford eountv are asked to believe, j To the Editor oftne Philadelphia Times: A few week# ago that very Uhimportant and exceedingly meddlesome individual, yeleped H. Bucber Swoope, had the auda city to attempt a public reply to a speech of Judge Wilurot. As a general thing, any sayings or doings of Swoope are of no more i aceonnt than the chattering* or theanticaof 'Mi ape. But his position as •Chairman of the Straight State Committee, may possibly give hint for the moment u adventitious im portance: just as a tuoukey with a torch or a razor in Lis hand is more watched than a simple monkey. In the course of his ha rangue, he made a gross and calumnious attack upon the Morning Times, and upon some of its present and former editors. As regards the charges he uiadc against the present editor of the.paper to whom Le referred as a reporter in tlio last Legisla ture, he bas since hecu forced to make an ample retraction iu -writing, which retrae > tion lia since-it-was made, been openly shown to many.persons, and oan■ be seen at any time by calling upon that gentleman.— The gentleman from "eentrdl Pennsylva nia,to whom he referred in such slander- I ous terms, was not in the city at the timeof 1 Swoope's haranguing. He bus since re turned, and within only a day or two has j seen a copy of the slander of Swoope as ; published in the Daily .Vests of 26th Au gust. That.gentleman, whose name is sign ed hereto, not only utterly denies Swoope'.- slanderous charges, hut publicly brands him as a cowardly and wilful liar. It is unpleasant for any.geu tletnan to oc cupy any of his tine cr attention with .such a creature ac Swoope. I But I desire to let this community know who this mountebank Swoope is. Not that be is really of any more account than a rat which nibbles at the bottom of a cellar wall, but sometimes we step a minute out of our way to put n foot even on a rat. So I will do now, begging pardon of your readers for detaining their attention for a moment upon such a filthv specimen of infinitesimal humanity. H. Bucher Swoope hails originally from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. How he is cs tiaiated in that place is well illustrated by a recent eon vet sat ion between a "Straightont" greeny and a very eminent lawyer, who i* m point of experience, character, and knowl edge, the heud of the Huntingdon bar. The "Straightont" was enlarging upon lluzi K burst's piospeets, much to the surprise of the old lawyer, "llazelhurst will got such a vote in such a county," says greeny. "How do you know that?" says the l.twver. "t)b, liueher Swoope says sol" says greeny. "Who— Bucbcr'Swoope?" says the lawyer. "Yes, Bucher Swcxqw, Chairman of our Committee," saya greeny "What 1 " savs the *l>l counsellor, "Bucher Swoope—Bu cher Swoope - formerly of this county—Bu cher Swoope, the dirty scoundrel! Surely you are uot soft enough to quote him' Swoope, while he lived in Huntingdon, was in the law office of John Scott, Esq., in some subordinate capacity. He took ad vantage of his position and of Mr. Scott's abscuce, to get h<P.d of considerable money belougiug to the clients of .Mr. Scott, and started off with it on a grand spree, indul ging in some very extreme drunkennesses and debaucheries at Hollidayshurg, Bed ford, and other places. He has also <wln dled his father and other people out of mou ies in like manner. He acquired, in Hun tingdon and adjacent parts, the reputation of being a most habitual and inveterate liar; so much so that in all that region his nun:* is a proverb of mendacity. The interfe rence of his relatives saved him, on some of the swindling occasions referred to, from severe consequence*. He became a stink in the nostrils of decency in Huntingdon, until at last he left the place—not. however, before hehad been publicly horsewhipped through the streets of Huotingdou, by Col. Burette! S. Wharton, of that place. As an i!lustration of this Swoope's shameless moun tebankery, he has more than once been kuown to deliver a temperance speech, and on the same evening go off and get drnnk. Spurned and whipped out of Huniingdon, Swoepc went to Clearfield county. There he tried his hand at practising law and edit ing a newspaper. But ere very long, his real character displayed itself (here. Hi* tueddiesome moontebaukery has procured hiv> more than one good thrasiring fromciti **Os O' Clearfield. However, he succeeded in ingt "stinting himself into the good graces ot *respettable and estimable family in that eounfyviwf made a matrimonial alliance wifh it. lint within a few months after marriage the father and friends of the lady took her away from aft <j'opauionship with Swoope, to her own home proceedings in divorce were begun by hen' frieuda. which have re sulted in a decree At* the Common Pleas of Clearfield county, refcetihg her from ull re lationship to Swoope. The sjtinish atrocity which forced the innocent and outraged la dy to the house of her father, I ilaro not men tion in the hearing of any decent ears.— Suffice it to say that tho circumstances brand Swoope as a cowardly and filthy boost, ut terly unfit, for the society or notice of any mau who claims aapwk .of .decency. Thy BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. painful matter alluded to Las made this Swoope a hissing aud a by-word in Clearfield county, lie will uever go back there to re side. By dint of a glib tongue, imperturbable | impudence, habitual falsehood and boasting, utter contempt of all honor, and the patron age of John P. Sanderson, this scoundrel has succeeded in acquiring a sort of position ! among the "straights"—a,position which he could not oceupy, if they were at all acquain ted with his character -and antecedents.— Last year he wasoue of lite conspirators who made un impotent attempt befote tht?October election to divide thu opposition in their support of the Union State ticket. And j Swoope is playing his present part just as a i ; monkey in a .show plays his—for love of pen tiie-, mischief, and notoriety. Swoope, du ring this campaign, has told persons that when he atid Hiizlehurst traveled together the expenses were §250 a week! 'lf this is not a lie, no doubt he himself spends most j of the amount in cigms, liquor, and worse j things. The ••Straights'' had better look ! to their funds. The fact is, it is wonderful j i that any body of tueu, or 'that any man of j ( the slightest pretension to respectability, or j common decency, would follow the lead, or , I allow the company of a mountebank, aw in- j dler, liar aud beast like 11. BuohefSwoope. j :'I Lave to beg your pardon for occupying your columns with any uotice of this miser able puppy, and my ouly apology for my j plain words is that tbey are true. But in- i asuiuc-h as bis present posi'tir 11 gives the fel low a fietitiors importance aud notoriety, which he lias ued to utter gross slander re spect in - :v\ i*. I have thought it due not j ou.y to . ti! ;.• to the decency of this com- i omnity 1! ■; o |><* should be put upon his j •' owu ! G tORGK A. I'UTfKV, No. 411 Chestnut St. H. Nicodereus charges, the last Gazet/e, that "certain know-nothing County Treasurtr, lias been, for two years, a delinquent to the County, nceording to his own acknowledgement." The beauti ful clerk to the Commissioners would like : to hide bis own delinquencies, which wc have heretofore exposed, by charging upon a gentleman of the highest character and | standing, that he is a defaulter. Instead of this being the case, the County owed Mr. Taylor, the gentleman to whom he alludes, at the expiration of his term, near $1,500. The sum he is charged with being indebted to the County is only S3B, for which he had given his receipt to the rouuty on the ! Treasurer's book-". This would Lave been squared off long ago, had there not been a I mistake in the account of Mr. Jesse Dick en, Collector from Seutbainptou. .Mr. •Taylor will answer this charge over his own !-signature, next week, and will show that his official acts in this case were all right and proper, the charges of the beautiful clerk to the contrary notwithstanding.— i Any dirty dog like Bticber Swoope or 11. Nicodeuvts can make charges against the best men in the laud. .1 SOLIT'O.YISM • The L ieot'icos charge the .f.ncricans and Republicans with being ./holitinsists be . cause they are iu favor of freedooi in tin- Western tcrritores—because they ate in fa vor of leaving slavery where the constitu tion left it. The Wiiiuot. Proviso is a great i bug-bear, and any men who favors it is for abolitionism. We proved from the record* a few weeeks ago that James Burns voted, , whilst a member of the Legislature, for carrying out this same Wilmot Proviso, and i they have not, neither has Mr. Bern.*, dar ed to deny it, although when the charge was made against hire at the meeting in Court week, he said it was a d—d lie! Why don't theo say something about it 1 Why I dor.'t they try to clear Maj. Burn* himself 'of lying when he charged it as a d—d lie ? Is discretion the better part of valor in tl.js ' case? Should a party that supports Tlarns . Charge any ones else a.i abolitionists be cause they are in favor of the fFilmot Pio visol Come, speak ont, Mr. Btirn*, we want to hoar from yon. HARD TIMES. j IFhat has caused the present herd times? The great cry in the last campaign was, • '-elect Buchanan and peaoe and credit will be restored!" Buchanan is President, and I the wrongs and outrages in Kansas still ootitinue, and the Banks have nearly all j broken or suapcuoc ; Certainly he did not J 'restore "peace and credit!" We would not be surprised if h . ..Id jet bring us down to the TEN-CE.N rs-A-IAT doctrine he advo cated in the U. S. Senate. All ij favor of really restoring "peace and credit" will | vote for David Wtimet, and the whole State j and County tickets on Tuesday week. IVospwlfc in (he Coualf. Tue meetings hel 1 in different parts of | tho Couuty have been well attended, and , the beet of spirit has beendnuuifested. We were present at those held in Hopewell and Ftonerstown, and were well pleased at tho turn-out. AU onr friends there speak iu the most cheering tertns of our ability to give a largely increased vote. We can and will carry the whole county ticket. These meetings were addressed by Gen. Koontz. Hon. A. King and John FI. Filler, Esq.— i Mr. Orbison from Huntingdon made a very powerful and effective *peeeh at the meet ing in St jnyrstown. GEN. KOOXTSS. Gen. Koontz, left this County on Tues day l ist for Souierset. He bus been enga ged making peeclies in different Townships, and has acquitted hiuisslf with the greatest, credit. Wherever he has gone he has made hosts of friends. He deserve* as much as any man ou the ticket the support of every American and Republican in the County. We notice that the smut-machine, the Tiocofoco organ of Somerset County, is putting out all kinds of last hour lying Locofoco roorbacks. One of tbciu i* to the the offect that lie is wtnjidel! Thia is a mean contemptible slander. Mr. Kooftta, is a regular attendant at Church,-and sub scribes as largely for the causo if Chris tianity, as any uian in Somerset 'Cotrofy according to bis means. That paper said in an article referring to bis nomination on tho 26 tb ef August, that "if we are to have one of that stripe (Union) electe*! Senator from this District, we would as goon see h iirr honored with an election as any one"'. That's the opinion if held then, i>ut oo<* to suit a purposes, it is manufacturing all kinds of lies for Bedford County, as be i* • too I well knowu in Somerset County, which-are re-published here by the locefooos in their i organ, to injure hist, but it won't take, peo ple won't believe any of iteir eleventh hour roorback*. Mr. Koontz, will run the whole party streugth in this County and be elect ed by a large majority. PROTRACTED MEETING. —The quarterly moetiug in the Methodist Church is still progressing. A good many have professed conversion and ethers are anxiously seeking their soul's salvation. ißov. Mr. Guyer the' Presiding Elder, preached a very elo quent and impressive sermon on Sunday.— Her. Mr. Spottswood, our stationed preach er, deserves the thanks of the christian com munity for the deep interest he takes iu the cause of his Master. He is a solemn, elo quent and impressive preaclier, and -labors unceasingly. mp* We bail the pleasure of 'tikiug by the hand, the other day, our eld friend, THOMAS A. BOY r, Esq., our date District Attorney. Mr. B has located it) Gales hurg, Illinois, and we understand tliat he has a vry large and flourishing practice.— His fine gentlemanly bearing and talents, will secure him this aiywhere. Mr. Boyd will always bo a weooiite visiter to this place. Long may he wave 1 >EXTR 4 SESSICM OF TIIR LE(t ULATIRK. It will be seen by the Governor's Procla mation which we publsh in another column, 'that in view of the pfcsen* financial crisis, and at the solicitation of all classes in Phil adelphia and" elsewhere, lie-has ealTcil the Legislature together un Tuesday next.— The Governor will d> all he can to restore the credit of the State and bring about tb* right s - a - e of affairs. LIES: LIES'.' He hear of the utM extravagant lies in different parts uf the county 'in reUtiem'to our candidate*. D'l' believe any of them, they are roorbacks /.t out by the Molly Msgtiires, at this Ide day to injure them . Thev know that liter doom is sealed and they resort to this dtsperite glint* to help their sinking cause. Two GOOD HOTELS.—' Those kepi by nor friends Jas. Eirhelberger and K. I). tsmitb, in llopewell. They p a y evert attention to the wants and comforts of their guests.— They are clever fellow*, and quite j"Bj bricks. Two MORE —Those kept in Stonerstown by D. 6. Bergstrcsser and 'T'jaac Kay.—- They can't be beat. BE ASSESSED. —Saturday is'the last day —attend to it at once. Ty~The organ of the Dead Rabbits in our neighbor County of Bedford, is laboring very hard to prove —by falsifying the rec ord— that General Koonti's course in iagt year, supporting the Union Electoral Tick et, and now supporting the Union State tick et, is very inconsistent, at total variance with all his former professions and goes to prove that he vcnally assisted to sell the Fillmore party. It matters bnt little to Gen. Koontt or his friends in thie county, what may be said about him fiom that source, us hero the man, the motive, and the object aimed at, are fully understood and appreciated. But for the purpose of eliciting a litiie information for the enlightenment of our friends in that reeion, we would ask the Bed ford Rabbit, how he can have the assurance to 'ike the word inconsistent in his nsoutb, having himself been within a twelvemooth, a Whig, a Know Nothing and a Locofocoor how he dare charge any man with venallj disposing of the Fiilmore party to Fremont and Abolitionism "with his own rooord of po litical rascality in this County staring him in the face, and the feet still fresh in the memories of all inru he attempted to betiay the Fiilmore par'y into the hand* of tho Locofoeos utd failing in ■♦hat attempt himself went over to the enemy and u now reaping the reward! of that treachery, having been fostered by his new allies here into the position which he BOW occupies; A worthy successor to Bowunn and a fitting monitor tor the Catholic Democracy of Bedford County, having iu bis attempt to palliate his treason to Americanism assigned as the main ground of hi* opposition to a Union with Repuhlicaiisni the oft before refuted i false hood of John C. Ftme bcng * Roman Catholic. To use 1* f* the said Dead Rabbit"* life M a perfect magazine of p? r nt) d *diot from which om Bedford fr#M 03,1 draw ammunition for broadside*" *' C E W >ll blow bis miserablo carcaas boyctd'lio hope ot fntnre resurrect ion If tbw >uk 'I"" game is worth the powder-'' —sTef Herald and Whig. BITHER SWOOPC I * TIOIIT PLACE | By the following r( ,rpoiidiMice, of which we have theoiigifiaJ r ' nr possession, it will be seen that uov. I l *® denies em phatically the charge ot *• Straight-out Brcnta SWOOP e, of hid- tempt to sub sidize the Pennsylvania , ' ie ' !tte I'resiJcntial campaign. 1 f* r J p ust as the Attoona Tribune is fteerowd, and the alledged furnishing of fist of pree*es to Dr. WOODWARD to who he paid the money is emphatically denied,id SWOOPE brand ed a slanderer and a P- SwoorE and the polishers of the Daily .Veuu are Jikely to hsf an abundance >f lible suits on hand, .rising out of this slanderous pnblicatio e notice several editors named in e list, emphatically denying the charge,and expressing their determination to fing the slanderers to account at the batf Justice. They will richly deserve all he punishment they may get. A greater ft of rogues can be found nowhere. TRIBUNE OFPCB, ) Altoya, Sept. 22, 2857. j 'HON. TITOS, ORD — Sir: —In the Phila delphia Daily Veto* of yesterday, we no | fice a couituuniatinu over the signature of ; ll.'Buober Svfope, charging us on your authority withrecciviog jrom or through you, ?42'0, frm the Republican Party, du ring the !a* campaign. The said charge is supported ">Y an affidavit of one Dr. \V . \V. WoODWiRD, who says under oath, that he received/roes you in person, the list of papers said t> be subsidized by or through you, among thicb the name of our Thp .11- tooaa Tntrmt, appears. Will you please to let u.t know os voon as practicable, wheth er you ever mid to us any money during the' Pi emonf campaign,or whether you paid money to any other person or persons for os and if sw, vkat-amount, and to whom' .An early eewtpliauce with the above request will eowfer a favor upon, Tours respectfully, M'CKUM & ALISON, 'Editors "Alteowa Tribune." MANSFIELD, Sept. 24,1857. •EnrrcTts ALTOONA TRIHCNK — Gent If •- men:-- ' Your letter of tlxs 22d surprises me I —'l do not know either of you. lam not j the author of any list ofpapers in Pennsyl vania for tfce purpote of subsidizing them, i I never paid money to either of yott during | thai Iff rwnnt f.r any other oniupaign 1 i never paid suouoy to any other person for ! you, tberefore-I cannot answer your third ! interrogatory, "What amount and lowborn?" I have been informed, sad believe the devil is'the futberof lies, but like other great inventor* Ire is likely to lose much of t his reputation by improvements made upou him by melt acosMMiunics'tou as H. Bi> ! CHER Swoopt Ims furnished, and such ac 'affidavit as one AT. \\*. WOODWARD has sw.irn to and published in '.he Philadelphia •Afrttw I?i haste, Til OS. H. FORD. BANK PANIC IN IPAILADELPHIA! sriO'CTMox 'dr spkcii; PlY ■w I:xt • The Philadelphia Bulletin of Friday evening last say*: The Bauk-Wf -Fcnnsylvtiiu this uioru ing determined to suspend specie pay ments, end the anuouuCein*nt caused con siderable commotion in the streets. A ruu was commenced on several of the other Bank*, but they met the demand promptly and paid oct the Specie u* fast as •possible. The official notice of the suspension of the Bank of Pennsylvania is as follow*. •'BANFT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ) Philadelphia, Sept. 25,185.7. J '•This Bank, having been compelled to temporarily suspend specie payment*, the Board of Directors assure ail persons liav iug claims agaiunt the Bank, whether of discount, deposit, crotherwUo, that no loss can possibly occur. By order and in behalf of the Board of Directors. THOMAS ALLIBONE, President." The suspension of the 'Pennsylvania Bank, the run upon the other Banking Institutions, and the genera] distrust which exists, has completely unsettled tho Stodk market, and prices of all descriptions are Itnrer and unsettled. The feeling through out was most gloomy, and at the cloee there were no fixed quotations. 11l Ex changes there is nothing doing aud trade iu all departments is temporarily suspen ded. We are requested to announce that the notes of the Bank of Northumberland will hereafter be redeemed at the Hank of the Northern Liberties. There was a heavy run on all tba Hanks in the city. Their counters were beseiged all day with depositor* and note holders, and tuuch excitement prevailed in the sicecte. As long as tie Backs continued to pay, however,it wont off good hutnorodly. The Qirard, Cc:nwetcial,City Bank, and some others paid oat specie only for fives and tena, larger notea and checks being refnsed for the timo being. p: ILADELFHIA, Sept. 26, A. M. -•/ II the Hanks in the city suspended specie payments this morning. This was unanimously resolved upon at a meeting of the Presidents of all the Banks yesterday afternoor.. The suspension is designed to be only temporary, and number meeting is to be held this afternoon by the saiuc officers, to d*vi*e such further means for an earlv resumption of specie payments as the exigency may demand. The llarri.-burg Bank suspended on Saturday lis', and we learn that all of the I'ittsburg Banks fallowed, with two excep tion, the I'i'taLurg and Mechanics/ We have no doabt tlve auwe policy will be adopted by uB the Cdtmfry Batiks throughout the State, and the suspension of specie;puyincuts become general. How Proofs of Seoresy. Tlie DeiMcntt of last Week bbntaiu* the proceedings of the •Lncofoco Senatorial Con ference, which assembled at Boti ford, tin tlie 31-st of AngMt last, and'placed in nomina tion Win. P. SclieM, Eqr, the candi date of the Democracy of 'this district for State Senator." Gn looking over'the lint of Conferees, wo observe that J. T). Roddy, ('r. W. Benford, and'Obas. HefJky represented the "terrifi ed" of this'Cotm'ty in the (Conference, ft lias been suggested to us to inquire where these gentlemen obtained the power to aet as conferees,or at what meeting they obtairr ed their afppointmerft as sucb. The same question was propounded to An'old locofotfo rat on the street comer the other day, who promptly replied, "they wei-e appointed at the meeting at February Court." Why said hi* interrogator, the State was nrit dis tricted at that time. "Oh, it was at the April Court I meant," war. the quick re sponse. Ah, indeed! said the pershftent querist, you went to work esfrly, as the new districts were -not even made at the rime of otir April Court. Now, tell the truth, said our friend,were not Roddy, Benford, and tleffiey appointed (it the secret meeting held in John D. Roddy a buck office] Where upon the aforesaid loco suddenly "dried up," and bad nothing more to say. One thing is eertaiu, ths loeofOCOS oT tbi* County have held DO public meeting since the present Seuatmial district was formed, and if these Conferees acted by virtue of any appointment, it could havo been receiv ed only from the secret Convention held in Roddy's back office. Can the Democrat tell where these Conferees were appointed. 1— Somerset II raid a net Whig. PROCLANATIOV In the name, and by the .luthoriiy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , 1, JAMES POLLOCK, Governor of the said Common wealth. A PROCLAMATION! Whereas, a serious fiuancial revulsion ha* occurred, reuniting in the suspension of specie paymentß by the Ranks of this nud other States of the Union, and the failure of many long estahliehed commercial houses leading to the destruction of confidence-, and and to the general embarrassment and de pression of trade, and threatening to affect disastrously the credit of the Commonwealth and the great industrial interests of the peo ple. . Ind If hereus, an occasion so extraordi tary requires prompt and efficient action to relieve au alarmed and suffering couimuni tv: Therefore, I, James Pollock, Governor of the Cotuuionwealth of Pennsylvania, by virtue of the power* ("{inferred on He by the constitution, do horcbj couveno the Getter- : al Assembly of this Commonwealth, and re quire the members of the Senate ami House of Representatives to meet in their j tive houses in the Capitol at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, ikt tixlh day of October, J. D., 1867, . At 12 o'clock at noon of that day, then and : there to take into consideration, and adopt such measures of relief in the premise ass tbeipresent exigency may seem to them in their wisdom to demand, : ln testimony whereof, 1 -have hereunto set uiy baud, and caused the Great Seal of tire Common wealth to be affixed, at Harris- | btirg, this 28th day of September, in the year of our Lord, ISf 7, and of tbo -Indepen dence of the United States the eighty-sec ond. •by the Governor. Andrew G. OBMNN, Socrttary of the CommoxKiaith. ItKM f riov OF TUE STATE DEBT. 'Our readers will observe by the procla mation of the Governor, in our advertising eolnmns, that the Commissioners of the "Sinking Fund report a reduction of the State Debt for the last three year", through that source, of ON* HI I. LI ON, FORTY-TWO THOCRAND, RIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN DOLLARS AN SIXTT-FOPR CENTS 1 ($1,042,857 6*') This is gratifying information to the tax payers of the Commonwealth, tell* well for the wisdom of the enactment establishing the Sinking Fund, and reflects great credit upon Gov. POLLOCK and hi* administration, through whose judicious ntaiiagf went of the financial affairs of the Government this aus picious result has been accomplished. Take this reduction in connection with that effected by the sale of the Main Line of the Public Works, and we have the follow ing exhibit: i Ry the Sinking Fund, $1,04-,357 64 By sale of the Main Line, 7,500,000 00 $8,552,857 64 llcre aehocrmg result, indeed, and one • that is well calculated to rejoice the heart* 1 of our honest taxpayers, and encourage ihetn to look forward to an early release from 'ho onerous taxation to which they hare been so long subjected. And it is especially worthy of remark, that this gratifying re sult has boa brought about Under the pres ent AMERICAN IIEPUMTCAN STATE AD MINISTRATION. Let the same wise an J ju dieiou* policy be continued and fdlotved up by the sale of'tbo balance of the PubUo-ltn ! prdveiuent* iu the'b inds of the Stat.-, and the ahulitiun of that iuk of political cor ruption, the Canal Hoard, r.nd tLe whole Mt*te tax uiay be safely repealed at ouce, and the-people be assured of the gradual but 'final extinguishment of the entiro Statu | debt. But this consummation, o devoutly to be wished, can ondj be arrived at by fho election of competent an J honest public offi cers. Let tiie people have a care that they vote only for such mtu as legislators and executive officers. llarrisbirr g ■ KLECTION FRAUDS-FIFTY TRUE; HI4.LS. The Grand fltrry yesterday re tit mod up ward* of fifty tfne bills agaitist the election officers, for the fraud* perpetrated by them iu October, 1836'. W-e trust that these parties will uow learn that they cannot pre fect! to resign their situations under the City and Genetal "Government, and assume tlie ditties of election officers, and cheat aDd defraud the public with impunity. WerO these men properly punished, we ought hope to see a •re'uniing tA' fair elections.- The Distiict Attorney has presented tucse cases as speedily as he could, owing to f • fret that the papers have been seattered and nti-dafid daring the late investigation.— They have been collected, fo"-nher ttiih the requisite proofs, and tee indict menu have been afl found. We look with Cotifidencn to the action of the District Attorney and the Court t- protect us against a repetition of fhe fraud*.— Daily Am. HERMAN'S TINWARE can't be beat.— His shop is a few doors W of the oh! Globe Motel. He is *u old and good me chanic, and makes afl Iris work himself, and sells cheaper than anybody else. All whs want tinware will save money by calling on him. fte follows tro other hnsitiCJS and pays all his attention to making and selling good, substantial, and -cheap work. May Zi, 1857. I'jiF*.J Pomade fi- 'reap fyirre the Hair.— highly perfumed, sVperior to any French article imported, and for half the price. lor dressing Ladies' lJ.iif it has no tquAi, it a bright glosßV apfiiarirfce It cauc& (itutlcnifir* flair i curl tu the most natural iftaftfier. It removes dandrutT, always gsVing the .liSr "tfie appfrferanco of being fresh shampooed. Price only Titty cents. None genuine unless signed FETKIDGK 4" CO.. Proprietors of the *•B.iita of a Tiousand Flcir.tu." For sale by all Druggists. fJTeowz. I Sltat Arrival of FILL AND WINTER WW THE undersigned has just . the Eastern Cities, with a large -?/;■ . and IVinter Goods, and is no r jat CHEAP SIDL. a general assoitnient of new stv'.e f all and Winter Goo Is. comprising L idles" Dress Goods in part Cwrco veils. Satin striped and Plain Do Lains, Barre I Cashmeres, Thibet Cloths, Al pacas, Do B lite, Calicoes. Ac. For Gentlemen end Boy*' Vvealr, Cloths, CUa simeres. Cawittetts Vestings. the. Boots. Shoes. Hits, Bonnets, Woolen and Hag Oarp" r Floor Oil Ci-th. iyrup iTot isses. White and Brown Sugirs Grotsn and Black Teas, Groceries of all kin Is. Queonswuro, Tubs Buckets, Btooms d-.-. ll.iriiw.irc— Shovels, Forks. Knives and Forks, Spoons, fee., and all artirl s usually kept in sto'es. All kinds ofPr since laaeu in cxcbxrgd f>-r goods. The totrdersigned will *e'l cheap for cash. prodtfee. and hopes by fair dealing lO'rcotiso his usual share of patronage. G. W. HCPF. Oct. 2. 18-. T. Lreat Arrival of FALL AM lI'ISTE R GOODS. JUST received and on hand, the best'as sortment of BOOTS and SllOi.'S that could be selected for the citizen* of Bj.iford. and strangers visiting the place. 1 door south of rfinnick's Confectionary Store, on Juliana Street. Mens' Grained Water-Proof long legged Boots. Men*' thick sole eastern inadn loug legged lloots. Mens' Kip ana coarse Heavy Boots, Gents' Fine Calf double sole Boots, Gents' 'lxford Ties, Gcsts* Congress Gaiters, Mens' Heavy city rUadb Brogans, Ladies' Morocco Boots. Ladies* Goal Meet Boots, Womens' Cdf heavy winter Boot*; Misses' and Cliildrens" Boot* in variety, Boys' Boot* of all kinds, size and description. CAPS, in variety, will he always k*|t <H hand. Persons wishing ts purchase good Boots and Shoes will please give me a call before buying elsewhere. ADAM FERGUSON. Oct. -j, ixdr. ATTEATIOA KIFLEXOt .Vol" are hereby ordered to parade at your usual place of training, on WEDNESDAY, the 'Jlst oay of Octohet, at 8 o'clock, A.M., in full winter U'dform, with plu ue and pompoon, and 12 rounds of cartridge, tor TIVODAW PARADE. It is earnest iy'r.-i|U-)t ed that each member *i 1 appear on purado with bis arms, buttons and accoutrements clean and in good urder. Other companies are expected to I*- with us on the occasion, and a full turn out is dcairgd. ' By order of the Captain. M M. KITCME Y, O. S-. Oct. 2, 18A7. "NOTICE. IN the matter ot the exceptions to the ic | count of S. 11. Tate, Esqr., Adm'rol the Ei • late of Michael B- Slritwr, d -c'J. The undersigned, appointed by tiio Orphan*' ; Court to examine the exception* and report i an account, will sit tor that purpose, at hi* of- I flee, in Bedford, on Wednesday, tlm 14th day : of October, inst., at 10 o'click, A. M., when ! and where all persons interested mav attend. JNO. MOWER, Oct. 2, IS.iT. Admlnisirator's Notice. LBTTERS of Administration on the estate , of David T. Chauey, late of Monroe Township ' dee'd having been granted t> tie subscriber, ' residing at ClMrvfUa, iniaid to.vi>hip. nolloc |is hereby given to all perrons indebted to a.id estate to moke payment without delay, and ! those having cltims against the estate ire re ! quired to present the same duly authentic tied i fur settlement. JOHN L. G'tO'/K, AlaiV. Sept 18. !'.!.
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