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BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Fildttj .Monitnr, July 9. 1958 "FKARLESS AND FRF.K." I>. OVER—Udltor and Proprietor. ' STITE fOKVEXTION. The UniteJ American, Republican, and People's Committee of Superintendence for the City of Phi ladelphia, earnestly desirous to extend and perpe tuate that union of the elements of opposition to the present Vational Administration, which in this City has lately resulted in such brilliant success, do hereby respectfully suggest, and recommend to the State Committees representing those several elements of opposition, that they call upon the citizens of Pennsylvania, wbn are opposed to the present National Administration; especially to its despotic and fraudulent Lccompton policy, and ita wilful neglect of the just claims of domestic in dustry; and who aro in favor of the aoumreignty or the people over their owu local concerns, of American institutions as ag.iitjst the policy aud in trigues of foreign Governr.ieatr; and of adequate protection ts our home 1 ibor, to assemble iu their respective Senatorial and Representative Districts to choose delegates to s State Convention, to nice, ai Harriaburg, in the ilitli of the House of Kept resontalives, at 2 o'clock, P. M., of Wednesday iho lttii day of Jul/, 1858, to nominate candi, ilates for Judge of the Supremo Court and Cinal- Cotnoiiseioner. LEONARD R. FLETCHER, President. J. R. FLASK.ES, I GEO. A. COFFEY, > f-'ice Presidents IV. J. P. WHITE. \ M. V. B. SC umers t c J. U. LYSDALL, \Sntarus. Philadelphia, May 2d, 1858. In view of the above recommendation, aud its general acceptance-, I hereby withdraw the call for a State Convention, issued bv lue, for the Bth of July next, and earnest!/ request the American Re publicans of the State to accept it, and participate in the election of Del gates to said Convention. By order of the State Committee. I.EM'L TODD, Chairman .1. R. State Committee. Attest —EDWARD M'PHEKSOS, Sec y. CARLISLE, May 31, 1858. To the dmen cans of Pennsylvania : The above recommendation having been submit ted to me for my approval, alter consultation with the majority of the members of th American State Committee, and a largo number of the prominent Americans of the State, I cheerfully adopt it as our cull for a State Convention, and urge the mem itrs of the American party throughout the State to participate iu the election of delegates. 11. BUCUER SWOOI'E, Chairman of .dmerican State Committee. CLEARFIELD, May 29, 1858. Inasmuch as the above recommendation an J calls point out the plain road to practical, decisive and enduring victory over the present National Administration and its tyrannical and sectional policy, 1 therefore request the .Republicans of Pennsylvania to unite in the election of delegates tj tbo above Convention. WM. B. THOMAS, Chairman of tiepublican State Committee. PnitiMiHHu, June 1, WHS. DELEGiTE ELEfTIOXS AND County Convention. The qualified voters of Bedford County, tvbo ere opposed to the policy and practices of the present National Administration, are hereby requested to meet at tho usual places of hold ing elections in the several Boroughs and Town ships, (or at such other places as the several Township Committees tnay appoint,) on Satur day, tho 31st day of July, 1858, to eleot two Delegates for each Township and Borough, to represent them in a County Convention, to be held in tho Court House, at Bedford, on Tues day, the 3d day of August, next, at one o'- clock, 1\ M., to uominate a County Ticket, a candidate for tho Legislature, and if deemed expedient, to instruct the Congressional Con ferees already appoiuted. Said Delogato Elections, (unless otherwise ordered by the Township Committees) will be held between tbo hour 9 of one and fit: P. M., in the Townships, and between hours of five imd seven in the Boroughs. Bv order of the County Oomniitee. P, WASHABAUGH. Cbairmm. July 2, 1858. To ensure proper attention to tho Delegate Klectious, the County Committee has consid ered it proper to appoint the following Town ship Committees, and it is hoped the several gentlemen named will bo good enough to see to it personally, that timely notice be given, and that tho elections be duly held in each District : Bedford Borough. William Kiser, Alex. Heudersou, and John 11. Filbr, Esq. Bedford Tp. Thomas Ilea, Jacob Barnhart, and Thomas lui'er. Ooler-io: Alex. Oomph or, Wui. Whetstone, anu Win. Dibert. Cumberland Vulley: Wm. Deremorc, Josi uh Tewell, and Philip llardinger. Harrison: John McVisiter, Esq., Martin l eightner, and James Muliic, Esq., Hopewell; Alex. Davis, Esq , Thos. N. Young, Esq., and John Gates. Juniata: Leonard Bittner, Esq., Peter It- Hiilegag, and Adam Geller. Lihersy: Alfred Entriker., Esq., D. S. Berk stresse'-, and E. A. Foekler. Londonderry: Satu'l Logue, Wm. Cook, and John Wilhftiu). Monroe: James Carnell, John L. Grove, and Daniel Evans. Napier: George H . Williams, George Stuck ev.aud James Allison, E-q., Providence, E: Geo. W. Householder, Esq., Wm. Lysingor, and Sidney It. Whitfield. Providence, W: John A. Gump, Jaeobßarn dwil.tr, Jr., and David Spirits. Scbellsburg: John K. Colvi.i, Sam'l C'orl, und Wm. A. B. Clark. Si. CLir: Henry lokcs,Esq., Win. Kirk,and Wm. M. Hancock. Southampton: Bernard O'Neal,Lewis Brown iug,and Jared Hank". Snake Springs: Asa Stueircy, Beuj. R. Ah com, and Michael Lutz. Union: Wiu. Griffith, Edmund Bedell, and Sam't Sliaffer. Woodberrv, M : John Ziok, b>q., Geo. P.. llotsingcr, and Jvob Brcneman. Wood berry, S.: Robert Rilstoa, Aiam Ke'.rir.g, and Ab-x. Stoner. Harmonious Democracy ! The bigger organ of this place takes gieat delight in publishing the fast that there ate two opposition tickets iu the field in Blair County. It does this, iu the vain hope that it may con ceal the real division in its own party, (uot in one County, like Blair, where all dissensions will be healed before the fall election,) but ail over the Union. For the edification of that paper, as well as the Lecomptoaites generally, we will publish a few extracts from papers, showing the deep settled hatred aud dissensions in this State, as well as all over fho country. We will com mence with Somerset County, where they now j have a Kilkenny-eat fight, in which both gen tlemen, Kimmcl and Coffroth, candidates for Congress, are eating each other up, and both will be floored for the nomination The Cbambersburg Transcript says; "His Houor, Judge Kimmcl, but a few years ago an Oi l Liue Whig, appears to be a candi date of the Nigger Democracy for the Somer set district. Life-born Democrats are set aside to make room for these new-lorn Demo crats with a great deal of coolness, and the disappointed are often sppeased and hushed up with the promise of future reward. Not so in this instance, however, if we are to judgo from a long letter that appeared in the last number of the Somerset Democrat, over tho signature of Mr. A. LI. Coffroth, who is also an aspirant for Congressional honors, and is not disposed ; to be choked off the track so unceremoniously, to make room for the Judge. In Mr. Coffroth's reply to tho Democrat, whieli ran up the name of Judge Iviinmcll in rather hot haste, the fol lowing languago is used: •You have done the work of the paid hire ling, and your masters now laugh at your treachery to a former fricnJ. Whether you can traduce and defeat 111 c, the future will tell.' From this it would appear tba* the Judge will have moro difficulty in reaping honors in the Loco f oco party than many other Old Line Whigs have had, wbn have strangely embraced the faith of their old political opponents. And in this connection we must do the nigger Dem ocracy the justice to say that, in their recep tion aud treatment of their old implacable ene mies—fawning on .and favoring tbem—tbey have exhibited a deal of true christian spirit —blessing thoso that have cursed them, and oven praying for others who have despitefully used them. The Judge is another instance il lustrative of this, or at least of their disposi tion to reward a former sworn enemy iu prefer ence to a long-iriod and known friend." The Gazette also copies an aiticlc from the Erie Observer of some weeks ago, io which that editor thought proper to give bis own private views, in regard to a fusion of all the elements of opposition against the Lecompton fraud, which seemed to throw some obstacles in the way of a union : his article was freely copied by the Democratic papers, und commented on, a3 an evidence of defection, a sign of disso lution, a feature of disuuion, even before an organization. As they have thoroughly digested the Erie Treason, we will give thein a new chapter from Berks couniy. The Reading Gazette., the or gan of tho Democrats of that county and one of the most ably edited papers in tho State, thus disccurses about J. Glcnoy Jones, the President's pet in Congress, who declared "that he would not hereafter vote for any Tariff measure which had protection for its principle or object."* The shuffling policy of Democratic Con gressmen ou the Tariff question, is shown to the life in the following articlo from the Ga zette : We do not inteud to ir.ake any comments upon the position which Mr. Jones has here taken on the tariff question. It is his business —not ours—to explain to his constituents the honesty and consistency of tho peculiar line of policy in which be is so woll skilled, of being for and against a measure at the same time.— We copy the above merely to show the tariff men of Berks county, to whose interests he solemnly pledged himself in 1830—and whose votes made up the pitifully small majority of 530 by which ho was elected, or more properly speaking, escaped defeat—how bo is redeem ing his pledges. True Democrats may doubt whether it is ex icily honorable or proper for the candidate of their party to be elec tioneering for support among the Opposition party, under any circumstances, even though it may be thought the last resort to escape de feat. But, having done so—having bargained for Opposition votes, and given a tariff pledge as the consideration—us there is abundant aud damning proof that Mr. Jones did —which would be the more honest course?—to keep his pledge, or break it l It is very evideut that Mr. Joues has two faces on this tariff question, one to weir at home and the other in the latitude of Washing ton When he epoke as above reported, he did.not wear the old face iu which he wheedled the tariff men into his support eight years ago. But, as soon as he returns home, he will doubt less put it on again and attempt a repetitiou of the same game, notwithstanding the disguise has by this time worn so flimsy lhat it scarcely serves as r safe mask. lie will do as he Ins repeatedly done before— premise unytiung to secure his re-election to Congress. But that point gained, is it likely that he will suddenly change the whole oourse of bis political lite, ( an 1 for once, keep promises ? The reli gious revival which has sprod far and wide over the country, was not very powerfully felt in Washington ; and wo have yet to hear ii a , Mr. Jones was inide one of its cuuverts." Forney, in Friday's Press, takes a view of the political field of Pennsylvania, thus .• "Le coiuptou is at a fearful discount in Peonsylva n.a. It will not piy one dime on the dollar.— It is being rejected by all tho shrewd politi cian 9, even endorsed as it is by Congress. In nearly every Congressional district in this State the Democracy urs cither trying to get BSBFOEB IMfftUlftEH. ' riJ of the whMe record -to bury it out of sight —or else are bowing their Leeompton Repre sentatives into private life. In the Bucks and Lehigh district, Henry Chapman's renomina tion is demanded as essential to the success of the party, owing to his independent resistance of the Kansas policy of a majority of Con gress. In Chester and Delaware, the champion of popular sovereignly, John Hickman, is ad mitted to be the only Democrat that can be elected. In Montgomery and part of Phila delphia, Owen Jones is pertinaciously begging for a re-nomination, assisted by the United States Marshal for the eastern district, who is most sbamfully prostituting his office to help this double recreant into Congress for unothcr term; but we hope that the democrats of Montgomery will resist appeal. In Berks J. Glancy Jones is opposed by the very flower of the Democracy, headed by tbo English organ of that party. Even in the Tcotb Legion Mr. W. H. Diiumick is not safe, though backed by the recollection of an over whelming majority. [We hope to see Colonel A. G. Brodhead, or General W. Lilly, of Car bon, of Mr. Dreer, of Monroe, rnnniDg against this faithless Representativc.) There is little hope for Paul Leidy in the Luzerne district; little for Reilly in the Franklin district, little for Ahl in the Cumberland district ; and none at all for Gillis of the Clarion, or Dewart of the Schuylkill district. Montgomery has mado his initial battle at the West, having carried bis nomination with a rush. As to the Le compton triumvirate from this city, if there is one out of the three sent back, wc shall be ae touisbed. "Behold the picture, gentlemen tja. Ponder upon it. Act upon it; and re member the only sensible action is to with draw your beaten horses from the track, and so rave their distance and their honor." Tim Washington correspondent of FORNEY'S Press , under the date of the 24th ult., draw-< rather a discouraging picture of the discord that now prevails, to an alarming extent, iu their Democratic household, threatening its in evitable destruction and overthrow. Old Mr. Buchanan and bis bribed hirelings, it appears, have not been successful in seducing all ih? ! good men in the country from an honest and ' conscientious support of the Truth. Money and patronage is powerful, we know, but from what this correspondent says, old Mr.~Bucban an would hove required at least a hundred mil lions of dollars more to have kept bis party in line in all the States on his Kansas swindle.— T ho old man made good use of what ho did find in tho Treasury, but it was not near (Though.— There arc thousauds of men in the Democratic ranks that are unpurchaseable and incorruptible aud who will give the old man and his base ad visers such a rebuke, this fall, that will be ben eficial to future Administrations. As an evi dence of it, we quote from Forney's correspon dent : "Decidedly the aspect of the future is gloomy Tho Kansas affair has not united the South in tavor of the administration. It has #ivfcn new life to ihu Americans: It has excited deep in dignation ir. the Democratic ranks in the South on account of tho proscription it has given rise to; it Las not destroyed Wise, and it has divi ded the Democrats in Maryland and in Dela ware: In North Carolina D. K. Mcltae, a Democrat, is making a stump canvass for Gov ernor, and is denouncing LecomptoD: in Ten nessee F. P. Stanton was warmly welcomed and praised for his hostility to Lecoinpton, j while in Louisiana the bitterest strife is brew ing between rival factions, in Missouri the two American members of Congress, Wooison and Anderson, who voted to Lecompton, arc both in danger of being rejected by their own and the Democratic parties. In these districts anti-Leconipton Democrats are openly running. To crowo all, there is a very strong sentiment J growing up iu the South in favor of the very I principle for which Douglas has fought. I need ! not tell you of the Northern States. You can ! tell of these yourself. But it is said that Ap pleton, of the State Department, of the Union, &e., is extremely nervous about a Democratic State Convention which is to bo held in the State of Maine on the last day of June. There is some opposition manifested in Maine, though Mr. Duohanan has pretty well eared for the gentlemen who have controlled the politics of that minority State for years past, They ought [ to put thiugs right through," The sauio correspondent, wri'.os on the Ist ' inst., as follows : Mr. Buchanan will pay a visit to Bedford this season, if his health will permit. You may rely on this. Gov. Floyd will be,r him company, and Judge Black will come along af terwards. General G. \V. B.>wman is to he one of the cortege, und iu to issue orders to re elect Riley on the one hand, and to defeat Konnard ou the other. Strange news from Illinois! The paper called the Chicago Union, startc I to break uown Douglas, and conducted alternately by Loib, Grund, & Co., has deserted. ! Tin edi tor, Mr. Scade, on the 27th of Juno, announced his to the enemies of Douglas in a series of very able articles. Grund came to Chicago and fouud things in such a state that he fled in despair. Then ho came here, then to Philadelphia, and you may rest assured, unless he is soon sent abroad, with a good salary, he will expose the whole coucern. Mr. Buchanan is by no ureuns enamored of Grund. He is quite sick of him, and finds him a sad, bad bargain. Politics wax warm in Virginia ; but Wise has tho inside track. Mr. Letcher, who wants to be Governor on the anti-Wise platform, and who represents the anti-Wise feeling, is hotly opposed. His Ruffucr scrape, in which it ap pears that he was a good Abolitionist in 1847, does him no good whatever. Nimrod Strickland, of West Chester, the oldest and bitterest enemy of Mr. Buchanuu in Chester couDty, backed by Senator Bigler, another old foe of the President, and a young man called Monaghan, aro anxious to make favor with Mr. Buchanan by opposing John Hicktnau for congress. Strickland and Bigler have corresponded voluminously on this point. But the is sick of proscription. He u>ul not approve u,; B war upon Mr. Hickman, and will not give Strickland another office for ! his over-seal, quiet and cat-like tt9 j j a this : initter. He sees that if his oldf. es iu' Chester ' are to be encouraged in this work, the example : Al l extend to his old friends in Laucaster 1 county—"over tho border.'' The Chester • county office-holders and office-seekers, here and elsewhere, will get orders to let Hickman alone. He is a "dangerous customer." FOURTH'OF JULY. Tbe 2d inst., Saturday, was generally ob served in Bedford, iri celebrating our national anniversary. The Bedford Riflemen, ud the Engine Company, made a very good display.-- The Riflemen, after parading, proceeded to the Hotel of Mr. John Hafer, where the Declara tion was read in a clear and distinct manner, by R. D. Barclay ,Esq. Johu 11. Filler, Esq., then delivered an Oration. Mr. Filler is a popular aud brilliaut orator, and his oiation was one of the best we have ever beard, abound ing in deep research, and an intimate acquain tance with our early national history. He ful ly sustained his high reputation as an orator, and all were delighted and instructed with his effort. The soldiers and citizeus theu sat down to one of the best repasts ever set before the peo ple of our town. Mr. Hafer, in getting up af fairs of this kiud, cannot be surpassed. After t lie ceremonies and dinner were over, the Riflemen proceeded to the Springs, where, by iuvitation of the President and managers, they partook of some refreshments, and then re turned to town and were dismissed. There was no drunkenness, quarrell ing, or aecideuts to mar the pleasures of the day. BEDFORD SPRINGS. In our paper to-day, will bo found the ad vertisement of the Bedford Mineral Springs Company. The season has now actively com menced. The present week visitors have com menced coming in laqp numbers, und there is now quite a crowd there. The buildings have been completed, and the grounds beautified aud adorned. These Springs are the most health ful } and the scenery the most pleasant aud de !ig'"ful, of any other watering place in the world. L"t visiters come on, there is room i enough for the aceomuiodati'm of n large num ber. BOARDING HOUSES. —To visitors to the Springs, who prefer bearding in town, we have some of the very best boardiog houses in the country. The large private boarding house of Mrs. Filler, is one of the best regulated and attended to, to be found anywhere. Sho spares no pains to render her gupsts comfortable.— The Hotels of Mrs. Cook, and Messrs. Hafer, Steckman, llorton and Brict-, are all well con ducted, every waut of tbe visi'or attended to, and they are capable of accommodating a large number of guests. In fact, we believe there is no other town in the State Letter supplied with good hotels. Assembly. Our friends in Somerset County have nomi nated GEORGE G. WALKER, E->q., for Assem bly. Mr. Walker is a first-rate man, and well qualified to fill the duties of a Legislator. lie is one of the most popular men iu that County and will run a stroug vote, and, that be will be cieoted, no one doubts. He will receive the full party vote in Bedford County, as his opponent will be Mr. James Burns, who it is well known is decidedly unpopular. JAMES M. REYNOLDS, Esq., formerly of Bedford, but now of the U. S. Custom House, New York, is at present on a visit to his old home. Jim is one of the cleverest fallows iu the country, aud makes just such an officer as the national government needs and should al ways have. ELECTION. —The election of the Bedford Springs Company, on Monday last, resulted in the choice of Col. E. L. Anderson, as Presi dent, John H. Sboenberger and N. B. Hogg, Esq*., of Pittsburg, and Job Mann, A. King, W. T. Daugherty and John Cessna, Esq?., of Bedford, as Directors. THE WEATHER. —We had several warm days last week in which the thermometer stood at 95 and 96 deg. This is the hottest weather we have had for several years. The weather tho past few days has been cooler nud pleas anter. MINERAL WATER.-— Dr. F. C. REAMER, his opened out his mineral fountain, and is now pre pared to furnish the good people with one of the coolest and most refreshing summer bever ages in existence. We speak from experience. THE HARVEST. —Farmers in this neighbor hood have commenced harvesting. The rust and weevil, have attacked the wheat in some sections. The crop will be over a half one. HON SIMON CAMERON.- -This distinguished gentleman, and Senator, arrived at the Bedford Springs on Tuesday last. ILLINOIS POLITICS. —Toe llepuhlioaus of Illinois seem to bo thoroughly united in favor of tho ILn. Abraham Lincoln, as their candi date for United States Senator to succeed Judge Douglas. Out of the hundred Repub lican county conventions which Inve been held in the State, resolutions iu his favor have been adopted by uiuety-five. Mr. Lincoln was al ways a leading Whig during the existence of that party, and is a reliable man. ILLINOIS. —Mr. Douglas' home organ, The Chicago Times, gives a list of fifty-nine jour nals in that State which repudiated the Lecotup ton lest, two non-couimittal, and six who 'go in' for Bucbauau. Of tho latter one is edited by a Postmaster, one by a mail agent, one by a Lecomption nominee, ouc bqught for $417, ac.d two owned by Postmasters. Tho Editors of the two yet non committal expect to be ap pointed -I OSTNIIGFGF THE NEXT PRESIDENT. Below we copy an article on Ibis subject from | the Danville Democrat: '•Several leading papers, we observe, bare suggested the name of Gen. Cameron. nf this State, in connection with -he next Presidency. They do so on the ground, (hut he combines the elements of strength and avuilubiiity needed to carry us through the election successfully, and that bis personal popularity wiil secure the "Old Keystone" fur the Opposition in 1860, as did Mi. Buchanan's in 1856 for the Democ racy. There is much force in thin suggestion— -1 ennsylvania was the battle grouud iu the last Presidential campaign. Every inch was hotly contested. Money, labor, and all the oratori cal powers that could be commanded, were brought into requisition trom every State in tbo Union, to influence the vote of Pennsylva nia ; aud all, too. for the obvious reason, that without Pennsylvania neither party could be victorious. But notwithstanding these extra j ordinary efforts of tho Demociacy, the persoual | popularity of Mr. Buchanan, coupled with a uaturul aud commendable Utate pride, was, alter all, the great lever by which tbo victorv was obtained. If this was tho case with Mr. Buchanan, bow more can we expect a similar result with Mr. Cameron, whose pertonai pop ularity among tho people is proverbial, and whose whole life has been devoted to, and identified wi:h the interests of the misses.— 1 bis is clearly shewn by his repeated successes over party rules in his election to the United Slates Senate. he has always been the uuwaveriug friend of a protective tariff, which question will again enter prominently int# the next Presidential coutest. Under these circumstances, wc urc not surprised that his uame is brought forward in influential quar ters for the high office of Chief Magistrate of the Kepuolic—for, with Cameron in the lead, Pennsylvania may be set down as pretty safe for the Opposition,— and "as Pennsylvania goes, so goes the Union." E\ER4LCAffIEKOW Ibe Boston Iruvcller y in the COUXJO of an article in relation to the next Presidency, al ludes thus handsomely to Gwcral CAMERON, one of the Penna. Senators : Thero is another Pennsylvanian, of opposite politics to those of Mr. Dallas, whose name has been mentioned in connection with the Presi dency, and who is a sort of Felix— his luck having been surprising. A few days since, the New York Herald spoke of Mr. Cameron, the same gentleman who got ahead of Col. Forney in the last Senatorial contest of Peunsvlvania, as a man whom the Republicans might find it necessary to nominate, or "some such man" we thiuk its words were. The idea is a shrewd one. Mr. Cameron is an abler man than most of those men who have been President of late years. He belongs to the State where, una by whose people, the next national contest, human ly speaking, will be decided, as the last con test was there decided. He stands well with the people, and has nevor had his name associ ated with auythiug that could be raked up to tits damage. His experience in public life bis been considerable, and bis familiarity with af fairs is such as to allow us to believe that lie would be as successful as some others have been who made very fair chief magistrates. Wheth er ho will be nominated is for time to deter mine, but the mention of his name in connec tion with the general subject is by no means an insignificant fact. The custom, for such we must regard it, of restricting a President to one term no man having been re-elected since 1832, or nominated for re-election since 1840 —has made the Presidential question a perma nent oue fur all parties. Kvery fourth year we ate to see some new men brought forward, and the other three years are passed in discus sing who they shall be. This change was wrought a corresponding charge in our modes j of polities, the full effects of which we are vet to learn. W ELI. SAID —The Iln-risburg Telegraph < refused to publish a communication from a cor- i respondent, recommending a candidatefor office ! and makes the following very appropriate re- ! marks : - "Wo feel dUposed to oblige any of our friends, political or otherwise ; but we cannot lend our columns or influence to any man's political interests who i too peuurious to pat ronise a journal of bis party, although botb wealthy and ambitious. There is too great a disposition on the part of politicians to make of journals stepping-stones to political favor, without a thought of the patronage which is necessa'ry to give power to the influence they invoke. Indeed, nine-tenths of those who glide into position up the waves of politics, do it through tho influence of their local journals, to which they have scarce contributed the pittance of a year's subscription. They seem to thiuk it is a duty which a journal owes to every individual constituting a party, to fur ther their claims, without thought of recipro cal obligations which the assumed position of each imposes." A DEVIL INCARNATE.—A wretch, named Arnold, murdered Lis wifo near Jessamine, Kentucky, last week, under circumstances of horrid brutality. Bhe bad left him fur his cruel treatment and instituted a suit fur divorce and alimony against him. He watched her one day as she went with another lady to pick stoawberries, and followed her—demanding that the suit should he withdrawn, lie then threatened to kill her, and drew u revolver, when the woman in company fled. Horror stricken, she promised to live with him. He replied by telling her that she was lying, and immediately fired at her temple. She instantly sprang to hiui and begged for mercy. He re fused. She then appealed for time to pray for her murderer. This boon was granted, and a brief time speut in prayer for her husband, her children and herself. Arnold then grasped her with one arm, inexorable to all her supplioations for mercy, fired at her three times, eaoh ball taking effect in thj head. The face was most fright fully disfigured by the wound and powder from tho pistol. Not eonteut with this, the incar nate fieud mutilated her person with a knife, and then piling brush upon it, left the scene. Meanwhile, the woman who fled told the story, and Arnold was put sued and arrested at his mother's house in the act of writing his will. Dor the Inquirer WOODBKHKY "LOCAL." VVOODBEKRV, July 5, J Mr. OVER: The last few day* have com pletely saturated the earth will, wholesome ruins, and vegetation (corn, &c.,) has ril reived an impetus which will toll favorably It the coming autumn. I niD sorry to notice that thoweevii has made its appearance htre wiii,,y tbe last two weeks, and bas fearfully datn a J e .j the wheat crop; indeed, ir, some instances al most cut ire fields hare been blighted, I think the crop will not average a third of a full one Hay up to this time has been cured in vor good condition and in large quantities. The heavy rains here on Friday night were accompanied by terrific lightning and thunder the f..rnwr doing more or iess injury i n various' sections. Tbe heaviest loss sustained, a s far as beard trom. was sustained by Daniel Miller who had three Lead of horses killed. T about §3OO. Tbe "Fourth" was celebrated here on the 31 by the Sunday school scholars, teachers, friends AH interested assembled at :he Metho dist Church at time o'clock, formed and march ed to the grove below town, where tbe Decia iat ion of Independence was read by Master \\ m. \\ iikinson, in a creditable manner,-fol lowed by speeches from Messrs. Durbotrowaud Rev. \\ iikinson. A sumptuous repast was then offered up, of which all partook, evincing the highest imaginable satisfaction and delight The evenirg was spent in sociil gathering ut various private houses. c The citizens of Martinsburg "got. up" a pic nic party, which was highly creditable. \ large number of ladies and gentlemen were present, and all appeared to e j.y themselves with "j .ys ecstatic trial," harmoniously, soci ally, delightfully. The military c mp.iny turn ed out, "armed and equipped for parade," tud made a very good appearance. About "'wo o'- clock in the afternoon, the uitilierv e^rr , .-j-y were engaged in firing several salutes after the ; reading of the Declaration of Indejcndecco, j when by some tinfofS' en citeuti s-uncc, the j cannon was discharged while in the act ol Ic j ing reloaded, tearing off the hand of a young j man named Ljsinger, and lareiating the band lof another. It is presumed that the aeddcDt resulted from not having jrnpeily swabbit the cannon. The Malone aud Wilkes ease, for the abduc tion of Miss \\ ilkes, had a hearing before Esq. Campbell, on Saturday, whioh resulted ic bit.d ing M done over for bis appearance at the next term of the Blair County U^urt. S. S. The President and His Dinners. "ludex ' —the industrious and observant cor respondent of the New York Tribune— who enlightens the readers of that journal, in re gard to men and affairs at Wash ngton, thus accounts for the President excluding his politi cal opponents from his dinner table : "The papers seem to be very increduloci about the exclusion of Republicans from the Presidential mahogany. When Mr. Glnnov Junes made the annuncement in the House, Lo epoko by the oarj, for, piobably With half a dozen exceptions, the fact is as much undisput ed, as it forms a numerable era iu ti c hospi talities of a mansion, from which political per sonalities have hitherto been proscribed sinco the foundation of the Government. Mr. Col lamer, Mr. Hale, nod one or two others of the Senate, were on the favored roll. All the rost were on the black list. As the Administration started with professions of retrenchment and reform, it was doubtless designed to illustrate the principle iu the immediate practice of the \A Lite House. Kvery body knows, who Las been unfortunate to go tluough th.it chilling and tedious cernicnial, that the dinners are "feeds" of thirty or forty plates, including some very unseemly Ch-ithum street fiuery. They are generally served by Gautier at about §5 a head on State occasions. Now aggregating the Republicans of the two Houses, and allowing for the select few who were called, and it will be seen that about $535 were saved to the Executive exchequer in this single item for one session. Extend tLe practice to the cud of the term, and $2,140 would be economized for an ovation in Kaucaster ou the sth of March, 1 SGI. This estimate is exclusive of wine, which at a moderate price for moderate drink ers, would run up some S4OO more for tbo whole term, adopting $1 per bottle as the average cost. The President only intended to prove by his personal experience that reform was practicable, and to show the Secretary of the Treasury how the finances might be ad ministered with judicious discrimination. No body is uugenereus euough to suppose that ho could he actuated by any other motive, und it has excited paiuful emotion in court circles, to discover that some other construction ha* been placed upon a policy whiuh was suggested by the purest considerations of coqimendahle eeououiy" It is pleasant to observe some show of rc trencLment about \\ ashiugton, although it may redound only to the pecuniary advantage of its occupant. The goverutncDt funds not being Mr. Buchanan's private property, are given over to the care of the political leeches, who subsist on and grown rich by their democracy. Our President knows how to tako caro of Number One, if be is ignorant of the science of government aud destitute of the gcod breed ing which marks a gentleman.— Pitts. Gaz. AN OI.P JOKER.—If Mr, Buchanan wore uot so heartless and careless with regard to the rights and wants of the people, we eould laugh at his jokes. In a sccerit message to Qongress he said : 'The habit of ex'ravagant expenditures, fostered by a large surplus in the Treasury, must now be corrected, or the eonntry will be involved in serious financial difficulties.' This after running the expenses of the Gov ernment up to a hundred millions, and the treasury empty. Ilis facetious namesake, Geo. Buchanan, never perpetrated a richer jest than that. P-rcntiee, of the Louisville Journal, says: 'tOne of tho Administration papers iu Penn sylvania speaks very despondingly of the pros pects of its party in that State. It ovideutly thinks them blue as indigo, as blue as the sky, as blue as a Highlander's naked legs uj the winter, as blue as a dead man's nose, almost as blue as Mr. Buchanan's old federalujjt*."