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from it would have been converted into the
worst OF evils, yet Senators refuse to sustain a
veto which was the rest:lt Of an act Of justice
to temperance men This is the fruits of ca
tpring TO miserable popularity, or TO dogma
right or wrong; 10 give the public an evidence
OF temperance principles.
We take il that the best course in the long
run, is for legislators 10 be governed by princi-
pies far above those which seek 10 appease the
lanatcSm OF any set Of men. Let thtn do that
which is right, and which they are always able
to show is right, and they viii never incur the
regrets which come from the p+rpetraiGn OF
error. Let them cast iSmS 10 thr winds, as
worthless chaf, without single grain ii prnci-
pie in them, and instead thereof, let them look
only 10 the enactment OF good and wholesome
laws which will promote tie happiness Of the
whole people. Such a course may not for a
time meet with the current Of popular aPproba-
ton, for the world, il seems, estimates n,rn now
only according to their standard as hulnbugs,
bat the time will come when their honesty will
be known, and their services appreciated.
II nav do well 10 throw together hetrrog"-
neous mass Of discordant political material. ele-
waited in popular by a 'plnStration 10 the hum
bugs Of the day, bat we doubt very much il
good can cone ont Of snch Nazareth. II all
the new tangled notions which have been
thrown to the surfac" Of politics, are to be made
a part and parcel of Pennsylvania law, We shall
have brautiiul time oft VIZ hope, however,
il NAV b. done. The best way 10 learn tbs
people sense, is TO teach them by experience.
Ne never saw thrown together IN one bill, as
much nonsense as the lager beer bill contained
1t wasa batch OF Inconsistencies, filter to i-t
laughed at than anything else We say this
not on account Of anv opposition to reform IL
the question Of selling ..Iager brer," bot be-
cause OF the manner in whirh the bil va.
framed and any one can So tie correctness o.
our position who VIII read tie hill From t' s.
VINO viii not read Tie bill, or, havias read It.
rei''se 10 tell community their hor"st convic-
iious, nothing can be expected. Bat the .oher
thiaaiDg men O! the State should Get If, and see
how political temperance men diddIsd them
Harrisburg Union.
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From the New York Sun.
El,0pEssEXT IN new TCRK.

Yesterday afternoon a merchant, doing buS-
ness to large extent was waited upon by a
young man, at his store, who handed him let
ter, aud immediately left. Not suspecting it
contained information OF any considerable i'm
por,ance. he continued filing an order which
he had commenced when the letter was put
into bis hands. As soon as be cot through with
his business be- went into his office and opened
the letter, and found it was from hi, wife. 1t
contained the intelligence that she had that al
tprnoon concluded TO leave his house forever,
and 1t would be OF no uSt' for him 10 attempt to
search for her, as she could not be found. The
merchant, alarmed at the contents Of thu letter,
aud fearful that she, in tit of insanity, had Ia
ken measures to commit suicide, hastpned home.
There he found the doors unlocked and no per-
son in. On the table in her room was anoth-
er note, similar to that she had sent him at the
store. All her clothing and some valuable fam
lily relics, together with small sum of money
kept in the bureau, were gone.
The thought struck him that she had eIoped,
and with view of ascertaining the fact, in a
state of uausual excitement, he went, into an
adjoining house and inquired whether they had
noticed anything peculiar going on about his
house that day. No person seemed to know
anything more than that about one O'Clock a
carriage stopped there few moments and then
drove off. They did not know who was in it,
or whether any person got ont or in. He then
related the circumstances OF his position to the
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The EaihEc!

1t is becoming fashionable at the present day
for persons making no pretenslonS to paefg,
much less Christianity, 10 form themselves INTO
Chrisfian .4sSociatioas-wh others whose
every day walk and conversation repudiate the
teachings of Holy Writ make The Bible cloak
to cover iuiquity of the deepest dye! That
nen should pretend TO make the Bible their
.eTert- Book" who can daily and deliberately
utter the most profane oaths, even in ordl-
nary coaversation-wh are seldom fever seen
in the house of God-who violate the Sabbath
with perfect impunlty--who scof' at every
form Of religious worship-who riot in intem-
pprance and the debaucheries which necessarl-
ly follow this deplorabIe We've repeat, that
such men should proclaim the Bible as their
textbook is species OF tblasphemy too horrible
for contemplation-and yet it is fact which
cannot be successfully denied that just such per-
sons as we have described are TO be found in
every community in the land heading associa-
tions professedy for the sole purpose OF protect
ing and promulgating the doctrines of the Bible
and thousands of honest and good men seem
to be following their lead without stopping to
consider the awful consequences they are trea-
surfing up 10 crush their dearest hopes IN dy-
| ing hour Let men 90 to Christ's Church to
! learn of the Bible-of Holintss-of Heaven
and eschrw all political organizations wearing
the livery Of Heaven TO serve the Devil in!
The Philadelphia News, in triiling with this
sacred subject, says, sthe doctrine that the BIZ
! bic ought to be recognized as the textbook OF
the American Statesman does not seem to be re-
| Iished by Loco Focosm.' Now, were we to
Judge of our opponents love of the Bible by the
gross reckIessnrss Of the editorial columns of the
.Nevs, we might well exclaim that the doctrines
of the Bible had little TO 90 with their meda-
tions-but we would blush to make SO uncha-
ritabe declaration. No man, let him be De-
mocrat, Wing, Know-Notlling, Antimason, or
even member of Christian association, sire
Iishes the doctrines OF the Bible" unless the ho-
! ly Spirit has passed upon his heart and renewed
! his nature, and this will manifest itself IN the
| hte of every man who has thus passed from
death unto life All others who profess to love
| the Bible, are, in the language of Scripture,
'sHypocriteS," let them belong 10 whatever par
t ty or church they may. Oh let not the Bible
become a hobby for politicians TO tribe with
and let none claim to be its friend whose daily
! department denies its teachings.
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APPOINTMENTS.

Gov. Pollock has made the following appoints
nents: ANDREW 6. CURTIN, of Bellelontr, Secrela-
ry OF the Commonwealth THos. T.. FHANkLlS, of
Lancaster Attorney General joHN NJ. SULLIVAN, of
Butler, Deputy Secretary OF the Commonwealth |;
HeNRY G. HlcKoK, Of Lewisburg, Deputy Superlnten-
dent OF Common Schools.
Mr.. Curtin is the grandson Of Andrew Gregg, long
time member of each branch of our National Con-
sreSs, and Secretary of the Commonwealth under
Gov. Heister. Mr.. Franklin il sound lawyer, who
held the same Office under Gov. Johnston, aud
whose appointment satisfies the conflicting elements
in Lancaster. Mr.. Sullivan long time Clerk
of the Senate, and Is very worthy competent
man. Mr.. Hickok, il editor of The Lewisbnrg Cr0pa-
c2r aud nntil the last campaign, acted with the De-
nocratic party. He is a brother OF Dr.. Hlckok, OF
tins place.
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GOV. poLLocK's INAUGURlL.

20 We publish to-day the Inaugural of
His Excelency, JAMES PoLLock, Governor Of
Pennsylvania, together with beautiful and ap-
propriate prayer offered up on the occasion by
the talented and gifted CooKMAN, of the NJ E.
Church, to which We invite the attention otour
readers. They will be found on the fist page.
As we are neither disposed TO praise or cen
sure the Executive in adUancs of his official acts,
we leave the public to make their own com
,npnts, and to compare his subsequent conduct
with the avowal made on the day of his induc-
tion into office. Mere Professions in these lat
ter days amount to but little, whether OF poli-
tcal or religious character. The only true
way to Judge man noac is by his .4C7S, and
by this standard we will be governed in our
criticisms upon the present Chief Magistrate;
always, we trust, employing respectful and be-
coming language when dissenting from his
views.
1t is lamentabe fact that majority of the
ofice-seeking Politicians, of all parties, seem to
consider it a Uwtae to SANDER and traduce all
who stand opposed to them; and men who would
not condescend to do an unworthy act in the
business relations of life, on any account, vio-
late the most solemn political pledges without
the slightest hesitation-a state OF affairs which
is fast tending to destroy all confidence between
man and his fellow man. This is to be regret
ted, deeply regretted, and it is high time that a
vigorous effort were made to stay this pestlen-
tia political epidemic.
The enthusiastic Democrat of to-day, who has
heen fed and attened By his political associates,
becomes the bitter enemy to all his former pro-
teSsions tomorrow, merely on account Of some
disappointment in obtaining office; and SO with
the ciaasorous disappointed Wing and Know
Nothing, who finds that all his Patriotism and
loUe of Country are narrowed down TO 4 love OF
self, growing out Of an nordinate thirst for Of
fee Under such circumstances it is no won
der that good men are disinclined to take part in
the political treachery which has found its
way into party organizations.
If Gov. Pollock '-takes the Constitution for
his guide" and meteS out ''eguai and exact jus
tice TO Ill.,, we VIII esteem 1t plea sure 10
commend his administraton-and we most sin
cerely wish he may be able 10 redeem the sacreG
Pledge wifh achicl he closes his Inaugural.
The following paragraph, which we quote
from an able aaticle in late number of the
Harrisburg Union, contains sentiments worthy
the endorsement Of every Democratic paper in
Pennsylvania
''Mr. Pollock is Governor of this Common
monweaith. Although politically opposed TO US, we
shall show him fair play. TO misrepresent his
official acts for the sake of obtaining political
trumph to abuse the public mind in order to rem
der nam and his administration unpopular is mean
ness which we are above. We know certain
editor in this place who pursued this course with
Gov. Bgler, but he affords bad political ex-
ample Gov. Pollock has to fear from the iul-
some adulation, OF crawling sycophants, than the
bold and manly course of political opponents
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ICorrespondence Of the Daily Nears. ]
DDENGS AT THE CAPITOL.
HARRlsnrpa, JannarY l9th, !

HARRISBURG, January l5th, lcJ9.
Dear Nelrs The Inauguration ceremonies have
ended, aud the nimepse crowd OF military and cit
izens whrh for the last eek, hTopged our streets,
having quietly gone home, the representatives OF the
people will now be prepared 10 commence vigorously
The work of legislation. The Executive and Secre-
tary are greatly annoyed by applicants for office, and
Notwithstanding the frequently reiterated boast OF all
successful politicians, that they actudted by mo-
tves OF purest patriotism alone there IS evidently as
much greed among the friends oil this administration
as ever characterized either OF the old parties. Hor
the several Inspectorshps and other Offices for your
city alone, there are sand 10 he lot less than Ave
hundred applicants who either IFre IN person, or
are represented by industrious friends.
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He MARX e e s

PHILADELPHIA Dec. 22.-TheTe Is a good de-
mand for Cioverseed, and the advance noted ye>ter-
day fully mauaned. Sales of 300 bushels al s. per
"a lbs. IRON wagons, and 81 p from receivers hands
There Is no new feature 10 present IN the Flour
market. The export dpuland continues limited and
only 3al00 barrels standard hrands sold at 81 per
barrel, and 100 barrels Baltimore City Mills at s. 80
Small sales are making Tor home consumption from
50 up TO TO- according 10 quality Rye Flour Is sea-
dy at S6 50, and Com Meal al 81 81 per barrel.
GRAlN-Wheat continues dali al 06 per bushei
for good red, and 50 IS for whte-la5G bushels
were disposed of IN small lots these figures, aid
400 bushels poor Southern white al 81 90. Rye
scarce and wanted at last quotations Corn
not active-Sales of SEQ bushels yellow at 70
CENTS in store, and $500 bushels, aeoai al the same
price. In Oats nothing doing.
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QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

TPQuarterly Meetings in the al. E. Church
OF Bedford, and the Mount Smith Church about
three miles north of Bedford, will commence on
next Saturday. Rev. John 4. Collins, the
Presiding Elder, is expected to preach at Mount
Smith on Saturday evening and Sunday morn
ing, and in Bedford on Sunday evening. The
public are cordially invited 10 attend. All who
love sound doctrine as well as eloquent preach
ing can have their desires fully gratied by sit
ting under the sound of the voice Of john A..
Collins, and we have To doubt the people will
turn out in great numbers to hear him, as usual.
10 By reference TO our advertising columns
II will be seen that Messrs. A. b. CRAMER q
Co. have removed their Store to s'Exchange
Building,'' where they have fitted up one OF
the finest Store-rooms in the place, and to which
they invite call from their friends and custom
ers Cramer is emphatioaly business, as well
as a very clever and accommodating man, and,
consequently, he enjoys the confidence OF the
people in an eminent degree.
Fr Notwithstanding tSe tenunciations OF
Gov. BIcLER, especially in this quarter, tor his
refusal 10 ssa the Logfr Beer Bill, we are
glad to perceive that Mr.. JORDAN hadthe
Independence to sustain the Governors VETO,
as will Be seen by another article in to-dayS pa
per. IF the Governor was in error Mr.. Jordan
is equally so-and it now remains TO br seen
whether his friends will cenSure bin as they
did the Governor
GIVE invite attention to an Opinion deli
vered by JoHN a. BLoDcEr, Esq. which will be
found in another column. 1t embraces much
useful information, and is written in style that
will command the approval Of every intelligent
reader. MIR. b. possesses vigorous mind, and
ranks with the abrSt Of Lawyers. He would
make prompt Judge.
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lady Of tie house, and she informed him, on r.
lecion, that for the last several weeks At differ
ent tnlrs, shr had noticrd a carriage stop al the
door, and man alight and 60 INTO The ho,s.
stopping ihele short lime, aadihcn reiufnu1
TO has carriage. He Was advised 10 go iatn tI
other adjoining house and make inqulfts there
He did SO. and then lparnrd very nearly th.
whole fact Of thls singular procerdinL They
stated that the man noticed by their nrie hbor Ia
enter his house had been Introduced to them bv
his wiir as Mr. William Thornion, OF Charles
ton, 5. C., as a relative Of his family, pdtip-
up at the Howard House, and visiting different
connpctnins and acquan.ances in this city
The injured man immediately Went 10 the tr-
graph offce, aud adj despatches forwarded t.,
Boston and PhlladeiPhia, describing both par
ties, with directions TO the police 10 stop then,
both if III The car. He has always lived plea
sanly with his wife. and keenly feels the wrono
str las done him. H. is one Of the oldest bro.
vision dealers 10 The city, as we'll as one Of the
wealthieSt. and is determined 10 make an exam
pie ofthe parties if il BE- possible.
| LamentaRe Occarreace-.4 Sfudcnf Of .Nt9i-
cine Burnt 10 Death and another seriously In
/ jued.--A5out 2 O'Clock his morning, fire
/ broke out in the boarding house of fIls. Ed
wards. on the sop,h sd. of Ch,sn,t strrs .,'s,.
| Thiteenth II ori,r;nated IN ths basement ~
was d;s.nyar.dl l,. a.. ottI,.. ,,oI;o :, ,b.,,
who alarmed the house BY this time the house
was filled with smoke, and The fire had made
considerable progress. Besides the servants
| in thp honSr thrre were an old lady naiard
Jones, and her son, a Frenchmaa named Sem
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Important sFoveRasent.

In the Senate, on Friday last, Mr.. Kinger, of La
baHon, offered resolution instructing the Committee
Militia 10 inquire into the expediency OF reporting
a bill disbandng all volunteer companies in the State,
and forbiddlng the formation of new ones, of which
two-thirds of the members and officers Ameri-
eaa 5syN citizens. The resolution gave rise TO an in
terestng debate, but finally passed by vote of II
10 10, as follows
YEss--Mes>rs. CTabh, Ferguson Flenniker, Fra
zer, FrIck, Haldeman, Hendricks, Jordan, KIIinger
Lewis, Mellinger, Price, Quiggle Sellers, Shuman
Skinner and Taggart---l7.
NAYs-Messrs. Browne, Buckalew, Cresswell
Darsie, Goodwin. Hamn, Hoee, Mc'Clintock, Piatt
Sager, Walton, Wberry and Hiester, Speaka--l3
ILLINOIS LEGIsLATCRE.--The Illinois Senate have
passed resolutions instrncting the members OF Con
gress from that State against change in the natural
lzaiion laws-yeas IS, nays 6. Col. Morrison ad-
dressed the Senate for hour and twenty minutes
In favor of the resolutions.
an Apprentice, to learn the Printing,
Will be taken at the Office OF the Bedford Ga.
zelte OIL favorable terms.
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REMOVAL The undersigned respect
fully inform their friends and customers that
they have removed their Store 10 Exchange
Building, where il will afford US plras1rt to or
fer Goods OF every description, at the lowest
prices, TO all who may favor us with call
A. b. CRAMER & co.
HRl-F PRIcE!-Remnants OF De- Lanes
and other Goods on hand, which we are selling
at about halftheir value
A. 3. CRAMER & CO.
Jan. 26. Erciange Buildias.
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In this Borough on the 10th nsf., of Cronp LLIa,
NJ. daughter Of Daniel j. & Ellen ShncS, aSs'
years, aud days.
''See Israefs gentle Shepherd stands
With all engaging charms,
Hark how he call, the tender lambs
And folds them in his arms"
In this Borough on the 22d inst, atso OF .'S'r a
JoHN WILLIAM, eldest son of A. J. X harT'e' -
SON, aged years, months and Is days
ss'1is God that lifts our comforts high
Or sinks them in the grave,
He gives and blessed be his nane,)
He takes but what he gave"
In West Brownsville Washington County =" .. or
the 18th inst Mr. CHRISTIAN SNlpER, ior"yI' ras
Bedford county, in the list year of his age T., !,
well known in Bedford county, and beloved .
who knew him.
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HARD TO CHoosE.-A doctor and military
officer became enamoled of the same lady. a
friend inquired of her which ofthe suitors she
intended TO favor. Her reply was, that it was
difficult for Ter to determine, as they were both
su,h killing creaturcSi
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r1OEGI T,gsreaE!

OEThe Philadelphia .Neps of Monday last
copies paragraph from an ''exchange" in
which belief is expressed that the present Le-
gslature will elect Cen Cameron to the Senate
of the United States: in reply to which Mr..
Flanigen delivers himself Of the following signi-
fcant Threat, which members would do well
to observe:
s<EEE uould like TO see the present Legi$Ia-
iature make the .9TIE.NPT TO Justify oaJ
Satct action"
This looks as if something terrible was brew
ing in the ranks of our opponents, not on the
subject of ''Americans ruling America" but on
the special subject of mho shall rule the l. S
Senator Question II is very evident that all
the asprants fcar the General.
u The Penna. Senate could not proceet
to business on Saturday last for want of a quo
rum-neher was the House in session
BE-The Know-Nothings of New Hampshire
have nominated Rev. John Moore, Universal.
ist Clergyman, as their candidate for Governor
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State Temperance Convention.

A CORE spendent Of the Daily Ncms, writing from
Harrisburg under date of January 10, 1855, thus yi
cuies the action of the State Temperance Convention
then in session. How do these sentiments accord
with the Temperance professions made by that Jour
nal prior to the election
The State Temperance Convention which has been
in session during the present week, in the German
Reformed Church, dlourned stHe dir, yesterday
There not much OF interest IN the proceedings.
Mr.. Williams on, of Huntingdon, made one TWO
amusing speeches, and with this exception the rest
was dull and common place. A of resolutions
was adopted, calling the Legislature TO pass a
prohibto.y liquor law in defiance OF the decisive
negative given by the people. Some of the orators
urged that the Irish, Germans and Catholics general
ly voted against prohibition and for This reason they
appealed TO the Legislature 20 give them pFohibi-
tory liquor law
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CY@1he President has seat in message 10 Con-
gress, accompanied by letter from the Secretary of
War, in relation 10 the Indian hosrilltes. Ii repre-
sentS that vigorous measures and more men will be
required al to protect the overland engrants 10
California and settlers along the route. The presi-
dent proposes 10 call out volunteer force of 5000
mounted men. The message. &c. referred 10
the Committee on Military Affairs, W no will doubt
less report bill without delay in accordance with
the wishes of the Executive
The American patriot. (Clinton, La.) 1854-1???, 1855-10-27
TO FOREIGNERS.

We would call the attention Of adoptee ~
zens to the following literal land toAsran'%l
ion of Thomas Green Davidson, as exprS1
in the address he signed in 1s+l. 1t mus
recollectcd that Mr. Davidson was only NJ
teen years younger than he is now, ana WV
not be likely to give hasty opinion:
"Ir THE REAL STATE OF THE CASE couD
AscERrAINED, IT WOULD BE FOUND THAT -,
THE ELECTIONS IN THE UNION ARE GovERS'''
FOREIGN VOTERS, HOLDING TIE BALAS''
POWER IN THE VARIOUS STATES, AND vol''
THE MACIIISATIoSs or THOSE WHO coSTkoI,u
MAY DIRECT. ATTHE LATE PRESlDhSS,i.rrr
ELECTION, nS40) ALL THE CANDLE
FOR CTFiCE WERE COMPELLhD, 80
CRAWL IN THE DUST AT THE az az
OF FOREIGN vAGABONDS, WHo % %,
SECURED ALMOST UNLIMITED Poe'
NyPH THE RAI,IOT RDXES