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BEDFORD INQUIRER. (
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BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday .Morning. Jan. 27. IS6O
- AND FlttiK."
D. OVER-Editor and Proprietor.
FOB PRESIDENT IN 1860,
HON. SIMON CAMERON,
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
(Subject to the decision of the National Convention.)
PEOPLE'S MEETING.
A meeting of the People's Party of Bedford
County, will be held at the Court House, in
Bedford, on the evening of Tuesday, the 14tb
of February, next, being the Tuesday evening
of Court week, for the purpose of selecting
conferees to meet the conferees from Adams,
Franklin, Fulton and Juniata Counties, to ap
point two delegates to represent the 17th Con
gressional District of Pennsylvania, in the
National Convention which is to meet at Chi
cago, to nominate candidates for President and
vice President. Other matters of importance
will be brought before the meeting.
Several addresses may be expected, and it is
hoped that there will be a good attendance of
the members of the Party.
By order of the County Committee.
HOW THEY CONDUCT ELECTIONS IN
PHILADELPHIA.
It is a well known fact that Dr. Wiley con
tested the seat of Thomas W. Duffield, re
turned as elected to the House of Representa
tives from the Sixteenth District in the city of
Philadelphia. On the face of the returns,
•ays the Harrisburg Teleqrap/i, it was stated
that Mr. Duffield was elected by a majority of
27 votes, consequently he was sworn in aud
took his seat. Dr. Wiley presented the usual
papers, and the seat was contested in accord
ance with law. In order not to burthen the
State with useless expense, the Docto.' told
the Committee that bo only asked a recount pf
tbo votes, and if ibat did not elect him, he
would not trouble himself about the matter,
that he, however, had abundant testimony
allowing that the eleotion officers had not only
violated their solemn oaths, but had entirely
disregarded the election laws. The Commit*
tee decided to open the boxes, and the facts
alleged were fully proved. The officers had
laid the tickets cut iu bundles of five, and had
plaoed, almost invariably, a ticket of Dr. Wi
ley's among these counted for Mr. Duffield.—
The election officer had taken five of these
tickets, told the cletk to put them down for
Duffield, twisted them a little, and then threw
them into the box again. The identical tick
ets as couuted for Duffield were thus again
f> und, and told the tale that a diabolical fraud
and perjury bad been committed by tho elec
tion officers. The very first bundle taken out
of the box contained a ticket with the name of
Wiley, sod iu that way many of the tallies
put down for Duffield ought to have betD put
down as three and four only. Tho recounting
of the boxes made a change of forty votes
against Mr. Duffield, and declared Dr. Wiley
duly elected by a majority of thirteeu. The
Committee reported, ousting Duffield. We
deem i' proper, uowcsr, to M UO, iu justice to
Mr. Duffield, that he publicly disclaimed all
knowledge cf the frauds committed, on the
floor of the House; aud that the report of the
Committee fuiiy exonerated him from any
guilty knowledge.
Seme events in the life of Mr. Wigfall, the
Lew Senator from Texas, who takes Gen. Hous
ton's seat, strikingly illustrates tLe state of
Southern society, and the barbarous practices
of uieu educated under the dueling system. —
Several years ago Mr. Wigfall was a resident
of South Carolina, and a member of tho Leg
islature of that State. A difficulty arose be
tween him and Mr. Brooks, tho father of the
iate Preston Brooks and Mr. Wigfall posted
Mr. Brooks as a rascal and coward, after the
Southern fashion. Mr. Bird, a son of the
then wife of Mr. Brooks, came to town about
that time, hut in ignorance of the difficulty,
called on Mr. Wigfall, with whom he was on
frieudly terms, and invited him to bis then ap
proaching, wedding. The two gentlemen were
proceeding through the streets together, when
the placard so question attracted Mr. Bird's
attention. Turning at once to Mr. Wigfall,
he asked It he, Mr. W., was its author. Mr.
Wigfall responded that he was. Mr. Bird
then said he would tear it down. Mr. Wig
fall forbade him at his peril. Mr. Bird, how
ever, did it. A sbootiog affair immediately
followed, io which Mr. Bird was killed by Mr.
Wigfall. A soQ of Mr.Brooks, sen., took up
the qaarrei and challenged Mr. Wigfall.—
They auet. Mr. Wigfall received Mr. Brooks'
fire unharmed, and then discharged his pistol
in the air. Immediately afterward Mr. Wig
fall received a second challenge from Preston
8. Brooks, kuown subsequently for bis assault
ou Seuator Sumner. This challenge Mr. Wig
fall declined to accep r . The quarrel, howev
er, was not allowed to subside, and to avoid
further bloodshed, Mr. Wigfall soon after
withdrew from the Btato and removed to
Tex.
How Pennsylvania Votes-
Iu the ballot tags now taking place for Speak- ;
er of tho lower House of Congress, all but
three of the twenty-five members from this
State vote steadily for John Sherman, of Ohio.
The delegation from Pennsylvania is almost
unanimous in favor of an immediate organiza
tion of the House, by the election of Sherman
as Speaker, and unitedly resist the fiilibuster
ing movements of the disunion Democrats, who
arc bent on preventing au organization if their
own candidate eanuot succeed. It is a source
of priuo to us all to see the old Keystone State
so faithfully represented on the floor of Cong
res'. Her twenty two votes, constantly cast
against tho bogus Democracy, and iu favor of
a Conservative '-nd Union-loviDg man for
Speaker, tell a story stronger than words caD
express. Messrs. Montgomery, Florence, and
Diuimick, are the ooly black sheep allowed to
mis-epicsent this State in tho struggle now go
ing on in the popular branch of the National
Legislature.
There is probably no uian in the House,
says the N. Y. Post, who has such a perfect
comuiaud of himself as Thad. Stevens. N'o
matter what the excitement may be, he is as
unruffled and unmoved as a statue. This gives
hint great power and influence. When Keitt,
Bush, Crawford and others of the border ruf
fian class of members seemed ready to lay
violeut hands upon the old man, the third week
of tho session, ho replied, in slow accents, bis
voice as quiet and smooth as ever: "You can't
provoke me gcutlemen—it is not in your pow
er to do itJ" At that moment there was not a
member withitj twenty feet of Mr. Stevens who
was Dot treuibliDg with excitement, but be
seemed to smile upon the frautic men who were
hungry for revenge upon him.
The followiug bill iu relation to the pay of
witnesse*, bus passed the House of Represent
atives, and been sent to the Senate. It is a
just aot, and ought to be passed. Persous
comiDg to Bedford us witnesses have to pay
75 cte. per day (or boarding, and only draw
624 ots. per dieui; going heiue considerably
out of pocket. Mr. Williams, cur member,
deserves the thuDks of the people of this coun
ty, for the iuterest he has taken in gutting this
passed through the House:
'Be it enacted, &c , That hereafter the
daily pay of witnesses in the couuty of Bed
ford, when in attendance upon the several
Courts of said county, except such as reside
id FHE Borough of Bedford, shall be ODC dol
lar pe*' diem."
The lion. William F. Boone, formerly of
Bedford, Judge of ike United States District
Court of New Mexico, Jicd at the residence of
his family, West Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Mr. Roobc kid just returned frO® New-Mexi
co on a brief visit to his family, ar.er an ab
sence of two years, lie served for many years
in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, aud urtci'ir
the Administration of Millard Eilhucre was a
Commissioner to Nicaragua. To the position
he tilled at the timo of bis death be was ap
pointed by President Buchanan.
PUBLIC SCUOOLS.—We are informed that
the new house for the Borough Common Schools
is about completed, and that the Directors
have concluded to open toe schools on the first
Monday of February. They have secured the
services of Mr. J. W. Dickerson, of Lanoaster
County, as Superintendent, and of Misses Isa
bella Ford, E. M. Montgomery and E. Bol
linger, as assistants.
GREAT TRIUMPH.
A' the special election held in Dauphin
County, err the I ins*., V*m. Ciurk, the Re
publican candidate, was elected by a majority
of about 1200. This is a large gain since
last tall. Harper's Ferry den't appeor to ben
efit Locofocoism very much. This is tha home
of Gen. Cameron, aud -mows that Pennsylva
nia's choice is popular where he is best known.
SENATORIAL CONFERENCE.
We are authorized to announce that the
Cuoferees from this Senatorial district to
choose a Delegate to the State Convention, to
be held at Uarrishurg, on the 22J February,
will meet at Bedford, on Tuesday, the 14th of
February, at one o'clock, P. M.
Messrs. Cameron, McPhersou and Covode,
at Washington, aud Messrs. Schell, Hall, Wil
liams and Walker, at Harrisburg, have our
thanks for favors.
The Legislature is getting along well. We
hope they will do all their business and ad
journ soon.
No Speaker eleoted yet in Congress.
BAILIE PEYTON RECEPTION.
Notwithstanding the vigorous efforts made
by many amphibious politicians to create the
impres&iou that the reception referred to was
merely a meeting of persons favorable to a
Tariff, it is the general impression that there
is another motive in view. The "Blood Searoh
er," which searches more than the
leges that it was for the purpose of fowflßph
third party to conciliate the South, while-the
shrewdest ones declare upon their honor, that
it was to intorui p< pie from ail parts of the
Union that "Dr. Liudsey's improved Blood
Soari'hei' is the ouly sure remedy for the ills
that flesh is heir to, aud the only medicine ex
tant which cleanses, purities aud promotes a
fret and healthy circulation of the blood.
See advertisement in another column.
A negro womau, named Clara Wilson, died
at Alton, 111., recently, at the advanced age of
1 2 1 year*, j|
BEDFORD ENQUIRER.
TnE LiWREXGE CALAMITY.
ADDITIOAAL PARTICULARS OF THE
DISASTER.
SCENES AMD IMCIDEMTS.
The tad and thrilling details of the great
calamity at Lawrence, Mass, continue to fill
the Boatou journals. Tbo bodies of several
of the victims have been discovered this week,
and their names, where identification .was pos
sible, were added to the sad list already pub
lished. As yet there seems to be no reason to
estimate the loss of life as being greater than
was stated by the Mayor of Lawrence, name
ly: 100 killed and missing, and IGS wounded.
Up to Thursday evening the clerks of the
company bad obtained a list of all the em
ployees, with tie exception or 100. Then
list of doad and missiug numnered ouly 74.
The investigation by the coroner has been
commenced, and tbo evidence taken tends to
throw tbe burden of blame on the contractor
who built tbe mills. Several thrilling inci
dents, recorded by eye witnesses of the sad
scenes are subjoined.
RECOVERY OF THE BODY O.F A FEMALE.
The dead bod}' of a wornm, upparcully
about 25 years old, but so shocking!)' wuuia
ted that even tbo eyes of the nearest relative
could not possibly recognize any familiar line
ament, was recovered from the ruius on Thurs
day. Her face was charred end burnt to a
depth of about half an inch, and the back ot
bcr head aud all the w*y behind the ears,
were also burnt to the bone, but otherwise the
flatnes did not appear to have reached her.—
Her bosom and lower part of her body was un
injured. fc'be had, probably, lain iu a plve
where her head alone was exposed to the
flames, aud had burnt her hiuus in striving to
protect it.
APPEARANCE OF TtlE REINS.
Nothing remains standing at the scene of
the disaster except two burnouse chimneys,
through which ran the shafting which carried
on the works in the various rooms. The wood
and timber work has pretty much ail been re
moved from the spot, aud nothing now reuiuius
hut a crushed aud mingled mass of bricks,
mortar and broken machinery. The i'embcr
tou corporation bad the ruins iu charge, and
employed about fifty men on Thursday clearing
away the rubbish. The smoke is still asccnu
iug Irtui the black heaps, and a stream from
the fire engine from Manchester is kept upon
the heated muss.
THE LIVINU LOCKING F it THE DEAD.
The City Hail w.:s tiikd with uun and wo
men, relatives and f-it-iis, lookiug for the
dead. The ories of some, tiie deep mournings
of Others, were affecting in the extreui". At
every turu the ear was greeted by some agon
ized mourner. Oue frantic mother rushed
past the officers iu charge of the door, and re
cognizing the dead aud mangled body of a
child in the mid-t of the mass, clasped£f!/cul
led it by endearing names, aud wept as only a
mother cm weep. It was a touching scene,
ludeed. All day were the living bunting for
the dead. Aias, thore were some whom none
of the living could recognize—poor i.umau be
lugs, so marred and Llackeucd and deformed
as to teseuible little but a mass of flesh and
bene, or a Leap of rubbish.
A SCENE IN ONE OF THE DEAD ROOMS.
iu one of the dead rooms on the lower floor
are spven bodies which arc iu coffins. One of
these i? 'hat of Bridget Loughrey. Her face,
though badly mutilated, was still preserved
sufficiently eu'ire to render her identification
easy.
Two boxes contain the charred remains of
bodies so badly burned thai but for the posi
tion in which they were found an ordinary ob
server would not have suspected that they
were i cteams of Lumau bodies.
Another etffiu contained a body ou which
the fire bad committed dreadful ravages. The
legs were burned neatly off. The breast was
burned tu a large cavity reaching to the tutes
tines, which seemed burned out. The head
was entirely destroyed, and the shoulder bone
protruded through the flesh.
In the centre of the room was a mass of
human remains in one solid lump. Another
erffia <.,ints!ncd the body of a mao not yet
ldeuiifieu, bts domes eieao, and Lis body ap
parently uninjured, but his head crushed by
heavy weights, and disfigured with numerous
wouuds; and in another was a young female
whose name has not yet been ascertained.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
It is related by a gentleman who was early
c-a the spot, that at one point of the ruins he
distinguished a female voice orying in distress,
and soou another voice answered, 'ls that you,
Lizzie? Arc you hurt?' Tbe reply was
another groan, and an appeal to God's mercy
iu her behalf. Both these girls were after
wards rescued.
A vouug man who was tiken front the ruins
after a confiuemeut of some five hours, says
his feelings were of tbe most painful and in
describable nature. The groans of the wound
ed and dying met his ear at every moment.—
The shouts of the people without mingled with
the terrible sounds within. When released,
such had been tbe pressure upon his person,
that be was nearly unconscious. Uy ncer
expected to get out olive, and it is a miracle
that he did.
A young woman, aged 20 years, narrowly
escaped an awful death. Unapprised of the
fall of the building until the terrible catastro
phe itself came upon ber, she was at work in
the third starry. She ooiy knows that the
whole flooring above her was precipitated up
on that on which she stood, accompanied by a
terrible noise. She was crushed beneath some
machinery near which she was at work, her
bean being pressed against a be&u, seeuiiug,
as she described it, us if her Lead would
"spiit iu two at every moment/' Her limbs
were forced iu one direction, her arms iu
another. But oue arm cou-id be used at ail.
Every second the appeared to be
settling closer and her. She saw
nothing but death uWaitiiig her Her feelings
were those of the most agon zug nature. Site
siid that she prayed that she tuighl be
delivered from impoudmg death. Hardly had
she ceased uttering this prayer than the fal
iiug of a wall in afdistant portion of the mill
released her iwruj the imminent peril about
her. V\ ith a presence of wind that exhibited
genuine, heroism, she straggled amid danger
and jieatb, and in time reached a point w
safety, lius was ufter being in the ruins for
upwards of an hour. She was, however, more
injured than was at first supposed, as is evi
dent from her inability not only to leave ber
bed, but hardly turn her body. Her physi
cin apprehends some internal injuries of a se
rious nature.
One entire family of five persons, all em
ployed in the mill, were saved.
One little boy wandered among the work
men, sobbing for bis mother, his only friend,
who was a mctig the ruins. She was finally
rescued, and tbe meeting would have melted
the stoutest heart.
One man in the card room, hearing tbe
crash, jumped into the waste box and pulled
the lid down. The box was not crushed, aod
be was got out uninjured, Walking off as soon
as the lid was raised. One girl, who bad her
hand caught in the tuius, saved herself by
tearing out two fingers. She was otherwise
hui i.
Many of the bodies of the dead have been
claimed Hbd taken aw i) by their friends; fcu!
tho-e remaining uucianned—b< iug past identi
fication— it was found absolutely necesiary to
have them interred. A lot in tbe cemetery,
in part belonging to the city, was accordingly
set apart for that purpose, ami the bodies were
placed there. Arrangements will soon be
mad 3 for a public funeral of the persons de
ceased.
A BROTHER OBLIGED TO LEAVE A SISTER TO
BER FATE.
__ Among the most affecting of the heart
rendiug tales that we Lave listened to, is the
riory of a brother, who searching lung in vain
for a sister buried in '.ho ruins, at last found
uer locality, and so exerted himself to her re
lief, i hat Le Lad uearly relieved her from her
position, when the tire broke out, and the
flames at once surrounded her. lu her agony
she exclaimed, "1 am burning to death," and
he was compelled to bid her an earthly good
bve, and run for his life.
TWO FINGERS RECOVERED.
It will be remembered tint in oar account of
the incidents we detailed the story of Mrs.
Betsey Kelly, who was held fast to tlie ruins
by two fingers of her right hand, while all the
rest of btr tody was tree. The fluues ap
proached so rapidly that sue could not be re
leased. So wnu one maddening aud desperate
effort, she extricated herself as the fl.mes
were upon her. She was saved, aud is now
doing well, but her two fiugers were left be
hind iu ilie burning ruin. Yesterday after
noon as the workmen were engaged in separa
ting two heavy timbers which were joined to
gether, they noticed a small piece of matter
fill out as the beams came apart, aud the
piece being picked up, proved to be the two
fingers which were torn from the hand of Mrs.
Kelly. Their appearance was most horrible.
Tbey were blackened with smoke and dirt, but
arc very little burnt. Bveu the finger nail*
are still perfect. Ot.e can perhaps judge ol
the agouy she endured iu effectiug her escape,
when we say that with the fingers came out
the chords of her baud, extending to a length
even above the wrist. These chords are now
attached to the fingers, and arc not burned at
all.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Contributions for the relief of the sufferers
continue to be made. It is estimated by Mayor
Saunders that the nccessaiy outlay for the suf
ferers will be nearly §2 000 per week. The
mayor, in a letter addressed to the citizens ot
New York, says :
•'Three thousaud mouths would DOW be cry
ing for biead, were it not for the generous aid
of the public. \\ idow.s aud orpbaus, aud
parents made childless by this terrible calami
ty, are thrown upon the mercies of the world.
What wre shall do, or how we eh-dl eventually
get through, Godouly knows. Jhe evil is not
for a day, bat fur a generation. Little child
ren, who in some iostauces have not only lost
father and mother, but elder brothers aud
sisters, are to be brought up, fed, clothed and
educated. Scores of ad alls are maimed and
crippled for life—umuy will linger along lor a
little while, and then die. Bach and all must
be provided for and made comfortable. The
knowledge that warm hearts ure everywhere
sympathizing with us helps to lift the cloud that
is shutting us up iu the darkness almost of des
pair."
The members ot the Suffolk Club, Boston—
a private association of geuilemen—have for
warded §2.000 to the mayor of Lawrence, to
be appropriated to the relief the sufferers there
by in..- I its calami?®.
Air. (ieorge G. Evans, of Philadelphia, a
book publisher, but in early life a Lawrence
factory boy, has contributed §I,OOO to the
fund.
Tbe Printers' Union at Boston has made a
donation of §IOO, and the Boston Corn Ex
change §SOO.
THE CO&ONEIt'S INQUEST—IJIPUttTANT EVI
DENCE.
The evidence on the iuquest thus far shows
that whatever may havo beeu the carelessness
or inefficiency of those actually eugaged iu
erecting tbe Pemberton mill, the proprietors
spired uo means to render the edifice safe.—
One of the iron pillars winch bad boon broken
was exhibited, ami was full of flaws nd blow
boles, and the assistaut cugineer stated his be
lief that tl o breaking of one of these imper
fect pillars caused tbo crash. According to
tbe assistant-engineer, 31 r. Benjiuiin Coolidge,
who superintended the work constantly while
the Pctiibertou mills were building, under the
chief engineer of the Essex Company, the
fouudatiou of the mill was perfect, Hie walls
were 6uflicieutly strong and there was no possi
bility of tbe building falling except by the
breaking of tbe pillars which supported the
floors, and be seems to have Luu no very lively
apprehensions that such an event as that was
likely to occur.
lIOW THE UUINS TOOK FlftE.
John Crawford testified before tho coroner,
on Monday, as follows :
I know how the fire took ; it was between
nine ana len o'oloek ; 1 was there helping to
assist; my daughter was in the ruius, and 1
was looking for her ; 1 got part way into the
weajiog room and was stopped by the rums ;
time of the fire I was on the ruios, when
a young man catuo up and asked mo to hold a
lantern , 1 held it for about ten minutes, when
somebody asked for it, took it and went down ;
he catuo b*ck and paid there was a deep hole
there which wcDt down to the oard room ; be
went down again and I said, "For God's sake
be careful or' the lantern he went down
further and 1 said, '-Fur God's sake don't go
there with that light , lie went, ho.vever. and
in goiup down, strueii the lantern on some
timber ou. the right hand side ; when l:e struck
the luDterS it broke and immediately fell; I
shouted "fire." and stooped down to pull him
oat; he wis on fire himself, and the fire was
spreading like gunpowder.
A DAY OP HUMILIATION AND PRAYER.
Tuesday was a day of deep solemnity in
Lawrence, Mass. There was a general snspen
*i<>n of business, all tho churches were open,
and services held in them appropriate to a day
of humiliation and prayer, in view of the late
horrible catastrophe.
Au Irishman'* Sufferings in South
Carolina.
The Northern newspapers have recently re
published a brief paragraph from the Charleston
Mercury , announcing iu a very nonchalant style
that a workman engaged on the State House,
in Columbia, S. C., was recently seized by a
tuob, on account, as was alleged, of holding
j anti-slavery opinions, and that be received tbir
| t.y-nine ia-hee, and w-s tarred and feathered,
! ainl escorted not of the St - .;?? !
1' look a very lew lines to tell this story, ac
cording to toe style of flie Southern press; for
it is a trait of Southern chivalry, first to prac
tio* cruelty, and then to suppress the facts.
We have seen this unfortunate iuau,and heard
his siory, and looked at bis wounds. His Dame
is Jauies Power, lie is an intelligent young
| man, about twenty-ibree years of age, a native
lof Wexford, Ireland, and a stone cutter by
| trade. He went trpm Philadelphia to the South
; and obtained employment in Columbia, where
| he had workui lor nine months.
Too ouiy opinion ho ever expressed against
slavery was that if CuUssd a white laborer in
the SoUh to be lo'iltei up'>l as an inferior and
degraded man. But this was euough! The
remark was reported to the Vigilance Commit
tee. (composed of twelve members,) who iuim
diateiy ordered the police to arrest him. Lie
was seized two miles away from town in ai
tempting to escape, lie was brought back an
put in a cell, where be remained for three days,
during which time he was denied the use of pee
aud ink, aud all uomuiuuieatiuu with his fricuos
outside.
At length he was takeu before the Mayor.—
tour persons uppeured and bore testuuouy to
the remark which be had made. Ttse evidence
was conclusive, lie was returned to prison,
aud kept locked up tor six d.yg Daring th's
lime, he was allowed only two scanty meals a
day, arid the food was carried to hito by a ne
gro. He was tbeu taken out of jail in the eus
ioviy of two marshals, who said io him.
'•\cu are so fond of niggers, that we-are go
ing to give you a Digger escort."
lie was led through ihe main street amid a
great ctowd, hooting aud ycliiug, the marshals
compelling two negroes to drag him tnrougli
the puddles and muddy places of tue street,
and of the 3:a'o House yaru! As ho was taken
past the Slate House, three members of the
Legislature, including the Speaker, stood look
ing and laughing! The crowd gradually in
creased until it tuiubeted several thousand per
sons, Leaded by a tioop of horse.
Aiter a march of three miles out of the city,
to a place called the ".lauction," the procession
was stopped, aud preparation undo fur punish
ment The populace cried 4 Bran J him!' 'Burn
him!' *3pike him to death!' and made threats
agaius! his life by pointing pistols at his head
aud floui ishiog sticks in his face.
I'be Vigilance Committee ordered biui to strip
liiu>selt Hiked, aud forced a negro to assist iu
taking off lus clothes. A cowhide was then pot
. to the negro's bauds, who waa ordered to lay
ou ilurty-iiiue lashes twenty-nine, as re
ported,) and to diaw biood with everv stroke.
Utir informant describes the pain of this iatlie
tiou os exceeding iu severity auything which he
ever suffered beturc. His back sud tower limbs
are still covered with the scars of the wounds.
A bucket ot tar was thou brought, and two
negroes were ordered to rub it upou his bleed
iug skin, and to cover biiu from head to waist.
ll; hair and eye-brows were clotted with tar.
Alter this part ot the ceremouy was concluded
be was coveted with leathers, iits paotaloons
were then drawn up to bis waist, but he was not
allowed to put oti bis shirt or coat, tie was
conducted iu this expo9.d condition, amid the
shout of the populace, to the railroad train, and
was put on board the negroes' car. The engi
neer blew a coutiuuous whistle to signalize the
peiforuiance.
A citizen of Charleston on the train, who saw
the poor fellow's uutiappy condition, stepped
into a neighboring hotel, before the starting of
the cars, AND brought a CAN .f eoff>e and SOUK*
biscuit to leneve tue suttftrcr'a 's'P?nes. ft
w.is a Uitielj gu>, auii giaicluily received, But
the Southern chivalry gathered around tbc
Southern geutkaun, aud threatened him with
summary vcugcauco it bg repented bis geueroa
ity. lbe exasperated crowd detained the train,
aud called tor more tar aud feathers, for a fur
ther iufliction upou their bleeding victim. More
tar was brought, but more feathers eouid not
he found; aud alter fresh tar was applied, -.otton
was stuck upon it tustesd.
When tbo train started for Charleston, the
mob hade him good-yye, and told biui it he
reached thts city he should receive one huudred
and thirty lashes! At every station bctweeu
Columbia and Charleston, the engineer blew a
prolonged whistle, and gathered a mob to add
fresh iuaults to the wounded man. At length,
ou arriviug he was met by the police, conveyed
to prison, and detained in his cell for an entire
week. Here he received for the fitst time, soap
and water to wash off the tar, aud oil to soften
his sores. A mob several times threatened to
break into the prison to carry bun out into the
street, and m ike s public spectaule of htm a
second tiuic. Bui he was kept closely ooufined
A physician called to biui, to examine bis wounds
and told him tbat his case was a mild one, com
pared with tbat of a man who was then lying
in the City Hospital from the effects of 500
lashes, which had almost put an end to his
life!
On Saturday morning at seven o'clock, the
poor workman was taken from prison, and 000
ducted qu;etly on board tbe steamer for New
York, tie arrived in this city on Monday last,
where he is still staying, recovering from the
effects or uis iil-treatmeut, and looking tor
work, which wo hope be may find — Ji. Y. iw.
Uependrnt.
Rev. Alexander Clark, Editor of the ' School
Visitor,' says :
"We have had ample opportunities to know
that tbe entire faculty of the Iron City College
is composed of competent uud faithful instruct
ors, that every inducement announced in the
widely diffused advertisements of this institu
tion, is promptly carried out, iu the course of
study and discipline by which this college bas
won its present reputation*"
The Irrepressible tonfliet Doct riue.
In the House of Representative*, on the 29tb
nit., while Mr. Pryor of Virginia, was speaking
upon the position of the North and Republican
party, as represented by Senator Seward and
Hon. John Hiekman Representative from this
State, Mr. McKnight interrupted hita with the
question: "Do I understand the geatleuran to
say that Win. ii. Seward is the author and origi
; nator of the irrepressible conflict doctrine?"—
Mr. Pryor replied at considerable leDgtb. Mr,
McKnight subsequently again interrnpted him,
: and the annexed disoussion ensued :
Mr. McK,light. Does the gentleman rstnem-
I bei that, m 158, a manifesto was i.-ued to the
| country, dtawn up and prepared by J, M , U (J.
| Call.one, of South Carolina 1
Mr. Pryor. } do.
Mr McKnight. signed by all the met*,
bers of the Virginia delegation in both Douses
lof Lougrtbs, in which the doctrine of "irre
pressible conflict" was promulgated l
Mr. Pry or. That I deny.
Mr. McKnight. Permit me to read two sen
tences only.
Mr. Pryor. I should Lave no objections to
the ge title man reading the whole address, for it
is a very good one; but ] cannot yield for that
purpose uow.
j Mr. McKuight. I w.JI consume only a IUO*
uteut. 1 will reay only one or (we sentences,
j I quote that manifesto from the secunJ volume
i ol lboinas 11. Beaton's ltiirty Years jn ijjg (j,
[ 3. 3enste," page 734.
"We, whose names are hereto annexed, ad
j dress you iu discharge of what wo believe to
: tie a solemn duty on the uiost important sub
let. ever presented for your consideration, ff'e
| allude to the conflict between the two great Sfc .
j Horn of the Union, growing out of a difference
I f jetting and opinion in reference to the. re
j (nitons existing between the two races, the Ku
| opean ml African, which inhabit the south
| <ru section, and the acts of aggression and en
croachment to which it has lod. The conflict
Commenced not lung after the acknowledgment
of our independence, and h is gradually increas
ed, until it has arrayed the <*reut body oj the
Jforth against the South on this rrosl vital sub
ject. In the progress of this conflict, aggres
sion has followed aggression and encroachment
eueroaooment, until they have reached a point
wbeu a regarJ tor peace aud safety wiil not per
mit us io remain longer sileut."
My object tu reading this is to show that to
Mr. dewaid has beeu given honor uure thau is
due. Tho following are the names siloed to
/that mauife.-to.
•'Missis. Atchison, of Missouri; Hunter aud
Mason, of Virginia: Calbonn and Butler, of
Sou h Carolina; Dowus, of Louisiana; Foolc
aud Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; Fitxpatrtex,
of Alabama; Borelaud and Sebastian, of Ar
kunsus; VVe.-cott aud Yulee, of Florida: Atkin
son, Bay ley, Bedinger, Boeoek, Beaie, W. G.
Brown, Mead, 14. A. lh"mpsou, of Yugiui*;
Dauiel V er.atde, of North Carolina; Burt,
Holmes, Kheit, Simpson, Woodward, of South
Carolina; W a i| io<tj Iverson, Lumpkin, of Geor
gia, BJWJOC, Gtyle, U .rrts, of Alabama; Lt
Sere, Morse, of Louisiana; 14. VV. Johnson, of
Arkansas aud Stanton of Ky."
1 do not xuow thai Mr. Bocack who siguod
that mauiresto is the Mr. Boeock now in
this House.
Mr. Pry or and several others. Exactly tho
Same.
Mr. Mofvitght. Tuon, can it be possible that
geutleman who support a res-alutiou denouncing
.Ur. Sticrmau ic-r signing a particular document
aud for favoring this irrcpres-ible conflict doc
tviue, can v o ;e for a gentleman who has sigued,
endorsed, and promulgated the very same doc
trine? [Great utsorder and deteudiug cries of
"Ordeifrom the Democratic benches.J
Mr. Pryor. I oaunot allow the geutfeman,
under a talse, hypocritical pretence, to inject a
fltgittous speech luto mine.
Mr. McKaigbt- 1 understand the geu iemao
to yield mo the fljor.
Mr. Pryor. For a special purpose, I field
ed it, hut you h-ive violated that purpose. It
is aaother violation of eugagemeuts and eove
uaot* by uorthern llepreseutatives. [Hisses
from toe Kepuoiicau side, and applause from
tfie Demociatic beaches and tho galleries]
The tollowing Act has been introduced into the
iiotiso at iidrrmbafg, by it. Walker, one
ot our Representatives.
An Act to incorporate the Paloaltoand Gladdens
Ktiu Kail Koad Company.
SUCTION Ist. bt it enacted by the Senate aud Hmse
of llepresen'aves of the Commouvceuilh of Pennsyl
vania in (Mineral -dssembly met, and it is horcbv en
acted by the authority of the same, that Chariot
ifoyinau, Cornelius Devore, Jonathan Fichtuer,
Francis Jordan, otßediotd County, and David Har.
Michael Hay, rt'm. 11. Koontz, J. L. Kennell, Jest*
Beai, Jonathan Etureick, Kiuhard Marts, iloDry
Martz, J. W. Briuham, J. S. Witt, Israel Euierick,
and Harmau Lossly ot' Somerset County, be aud
t.iey are here.'j- incorporated aud constituted a body
politic and corporate, under the name, style and
title ot the Paloaito and Gtaddeus Knn Kaii Road
Company, with ait the lights aud privileges, and
subject to ail the conditions aud restrictions con
ferred or imposed hy the Act regulating Kail Koad
Companies, approved the 19th day ot Feb. 1819,
and the several supplements thereto.
SUCTION Jud. That the said Kail Koad Company
ar hereby authorized to construct a Kail Uoid from
a p ml on the line of tiie Pittsburg and Conneli*-
viuo Kail Koad, neat Puloalto, in BedtorJ County,
along Gladdens Run, to any point in Somerset
County, aud to connect with any Kail Koad now
made or hereafter to be made, iu Sotueiscl County
btcxios did. That the capital stock of said Com
pany hall be three hundred thousand dollars, di
vieed ta shares of Fitly Dollars each, with privileges
to increase the same from time to time, to an
amount sutticient to complete their Koad ami pro
vide the same with all the necessary cars, locomo
tives, machinery, depots, water-stations, kc.
BEDFORD LYCEUM.
Tbe Bedford Lyceum will meet at the Court
House oo 3aturday evening next, at t>4 o'-
clock. The pobliu are invited to attend.
Declaimer—G. H. Spang.
—O. H. Gaitber.
Questiou for regular debate:
"Was Coin. Paulding juatifiablaia airestiog
Gen. Win. Waiter V
Affirmative—T .L. Lyon.
Negative—O. E. Bbinaon.
B.IL. KUSBELL, Fieat.
JNO. PALXIF.U, SEE'ty.
MAHRIBD.
On tbe 12th inst., at tbe groom's father'*, by
Abram H. Iluil, E-q., iMr. HARRISON FKASU
ER to Miss MARY .JANE COWKN, NIT of UoioD
township.