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Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-06-19
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.

Ne find the following in the Pittsburg
Post, the organ of the Locofoco party in
Allegheny County;
ave find that many of the leading DEM
ccratie journals of the East are strongly III
favor OF the proposed sale. The Pennsyl~
yauian ID discussing the subject says, 'busi-
ness, like religious belief, should be kept
out of politics. The demagogne and fa-
natlc may think otherwise, but the cool de-
cisions OF judgment aud the settled inter-
est OF mankind, are both clear as to its pro-
priety and advantage. Any attempt TO
make all other relations of life blend with
partisan tactics, must bring ruin upon the
party that adopts such unwise nelieT-f0sa
pToJecEvr OF so dangerous scheme. The
threat to make the repeal of the law, for
the sale of the Main Line, question at the
October election. should be Indignantly
met by every true Democrat. No we'll
vlsher OF our party could desire such an IS
sue, uor should the Gubcrnatorial and Le-
gisiative contest be laden with such an OBJ.
Jectionable question. Let us triumph. as
of old, upon the justice of our principles,
and spoil the trade of demagogaes BY re-
jecting all selfish issues. We shall still
continue the discussion of this subject"
The Huntingdon Globe, the organ of the
LocOfocO party of Huntingdon County, is
out also warmly in favor of the sale of the
Main Line. Indeed all the honest Locofo-
co press of influence in different parts of
the State favor the sale. They say that
under party management, the plundering
always has been, aid ever will be, so great,
that the Public Debt will never be paid
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PACKER And PROHIBITION

There seems to be a wide difference of
opinion among the political friends and en-
emies OF Gen. Packer, in regard to bis views
AID votes on the subject of prohibitory IL
4uor laws; and we have been accused of
doing him injustice. He being a candidate
for Governor, it is proper that his views
and his action on this subject should be
known: and we have therefore taken the
trouble to hunt up the record; aud we pro-
pose in this article to show that we have
uevcr done Mr.. Packer any injustice on
THIS question, but on the contrary, that he
Is a stronger Maine Law Prohbitionist than
We ever coutended for, or supposed. He
was in our State Senate in 1856. 1891
and 1852, and we have hunted up the
Journals for those years, and now proceed
to exhibit his true position to the public.
On the 18th of February, 1851, the
Senate took up and passed a bill entitled
''.8H '4d TO prohibit the safe of spirituous.
uinous and malt liquors in Washangtoa
County, and to restrain the sale of spiritu
ous liquors in the borough of Elizabeth. in
Allegheny County,
This bill was composed of nine sections
4Dd is therefore too long TO insert here
Its title shows, however, that il was a
sweeping prohibitory law for Washington
CounfS; and to make sure that the Act
Stsef vas of the same character. we will
give tie first and second sections Of II ms
follows:
SIC. /. '.That from and after the pas-
sage of this Act no Spiaifuoas riaoas or
1'ah iigsSTs, ercept for medicinal, me-
chanicat, or sacramenfai purposes, staH be
sold, rended, or disposed of in any manner,
by any person, al any place, withia the
coanfy Of Wsshiagfon."
SEC. 2. "Any person who shall vend
or dispose OF any spirituous, vinous, or
malt liquors. witLin the county aforesaid,
shall, for every such offence, be liable to a
pi osecntion for keeping a tippling house,
and shall upon conviction be sentenced to
pay such fine as is by law now inflicted nm
On persons convicted for keeping tipnlipp
Soases." See Pamphlet Laws Of 1851.
ia ge 81
Here is sweeping prohibition for you, in
'Gitcly worse than tho celebrated jug
Ls@, Of which VIC have beard so much. A
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A TRIP TO HUNTINGDON.
A DAY AMONG THE BROADTOP
MINES.

On Saturday morning last, we took {
;A..-4 fH~uAs are IaId .
little over three miles, and the balance OF
the road is graded and pretty good for
travelling to Hopewcll, With the exception
of a few miles which is quite bad, but there
are a number of workmen now on tbe nm
completed part, who will have it in good
travelling order for staging and hacks III
time for Spring Season. We took dinner
at our friend, Mr.. Jas. Eichelbereer's. who
keeps most excellent house with good
accommodations, at Hopewell We then
took the cars for Huntingdon and arrived
there at about u o'clock, p. VI. Tbe Rail
Road from Hopewell to Huntingdon is in
most excellent order The trestle work
at Stonerstown, and beyond about which
We had heard so much, appears to be very
firm aud snbstautiql, and n the opinion of
persons qualified to Judge, will remain per-
fectly safe, for the next FIVE years. Ii is
said that the Company intend to convey the
earth from a mountain close by, in short
ame, and ill it up. The outlay for this
purpose vail not cost less than Sl0O 900.
The country between Hopewell and Hun
Ilngdon, IN many places, is hilly, but in
valuable on account of the rich mineral
deposites imbedded within the bowels of
the mountains. The wheat, rye and oats
crops, along the route, all look we'll and
promise an abundant harvest. Many new
and hourishing towns have, as if by magic.
sprung up along tho Rail Road, aut. appear
to be thriving and doing a healthy business.
After arriving at Huntingdon, we called
on our friend, Whitaker of the "Jourpal.p
His partner, Mr.. Brewster, has been in the
West for several months, and that papcr is
now under the sole charge of Mr. Whitta-
ker, who makes it quite readable aud in
teresting journal. The only fault that is
found with the Huntingdon press of both
parties. is the severe and bitter personal
warfare that they have been waging for q
long time against each other. We called
at the "American" Office and found il clos
ed. Both these papers are warm and able
advocates OF the American Republican cause.
md support Wilmot with considerable en-
srgy and zeal We called also on orr
riend Lewis, of the "Globe,'' the Demo-
'ratla organ of Huntingdon County, and
ound him to be quite an agreeable and |
man, and bis wife. n very
aud interesting lady. Mr.. Lewis
vas tue Post Master. appointed under the
administration of Mr. Pierce, and when wo
Eere IN Huntingdon, was still fulfilling the
Iutes of the Office, but few days before
e was removed by the Buchanan Admins
ration, and his successor, man who was
ever OF any account to his party, appointed
bis place. The only sin of Dir. Lewis
nd the sole cause of his removal. is the
let that he advocates the sale of the Main
'lne. The administration, from Mr.. Blu.
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per acre in fruitful season. Fruit of all
kinds IL scarce, owing to the fact that many
persons when improving farm, made the
Improvement for speculation, so the plant
ing of fruit trees has been much neglected.
Vegetation of all kinds grows very luxuri-
ant, but one thing is certain, persons COM
ing from the Eastern States, with other ep-
idemlcs, mostly catch the disease of sloth-
fulness, no doubt from the fact that grain
can be raised with much less labor here
than among tho hills, rocks and stones in
Pa. The health of the country is general
ly good, except some cases of ague, which
is most prevalent among those who have
lately come TO the State; yet have known
many persons to have it, that were raised
here. There is something strange about
this disease; some persons come here and
very soon begin to shake, whilst others ney-
er get it. 1t is the general opinion tha.
the great amount of vegetable matter de.
caying during the fall season, produces an
unhealthy state Of atmosphere Persons
along the water, ani in the timber are more
subject TO it than on the PariIie. This
| Sput't > 70 iiupspNi'iS FSt last; towns are
springing up in every direction. Wilton
is only about one year and half old, and
now numbers about 600 inhabitants. Over
| go buildings we're erected here last season
| 1t is situated at the intersection of the
Muscatine, Mississippi and Missouri Rail-
roads. You will see Mr. Editor, it does
not take a town 40 or so years to become.
a place here. This country is improving
very fast, it is the thought to be at least
20 years ahead Of any of the Eastern States
in improvements, according to her age
The County and Township lines are all
ranging North and South, East and West,
each Township being 6 miles square, and
land is entered BY sections. $40 acres be-
ing section, which is divided into half,
quarter, eighth and sixteenth parts of Sec
ton. We also have the Maine Liquor Law
here. although not very we'll kept in some
parts of the State. One thing more then
| shall close. The Sioux Indians have com
initted dspredations West, and battle wa,
fought near Boonsboro, in which it is sta,
ted some 40 lives were lost Having many
friends and acquaintances in bedford COun
ty and not having time to write to then
all, concluded to give them some infor
nation of this country through yorr paper
Yours, Respectfully,
JOSIAH HORN.
M,v % 1877
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IA, and not for negroes. Our friend, Capt.
Evans, is one Of the pioneers Of Broadtop,
and did more, probably, to develope her re-
sources than any other man, and we are
glad to know that in helping to make Broad
Top, it in return helped to make him-pe-
cuniarily, of course. On Six Mile Run IN
Bedford County, are number of the best
mines, as well as in other parts or this Coun-
ty, but we had not time to visit them. Ma
ay miners are at work in them, ,and they are
paving we'll. We hope to be in that region
soon again.
The next morning we walked down to
Saxton, and took the cars for Hopewell.
where we soon arrived. IIopewell is grow
ng faster than any other place on Broad
Top. An immense amount of business Is
low done there. The other day contract
'as made by gentlemen of Philadelphia, fol
putting up seventeen brick houses there
Ills summer. Besides other parties are
rccting houses. It's thought not less than
tirty buildings viii 60 up this season.
The firm Of the Messrs. Barudollar, Ash
om & Co., are doing large wholesale and
frwaIding business. An immense brick
yrd is erected close to the town, and q
c,ntract taken for making 100000 Of
bick. Many persons from other parts are
nov settling there, several from Blair Coun-
ty Our majority, our friends there tell us,
viii be considerably increased next fall
We did not meet an American or Republi-
can in the trip but who heartily supports
Wilmot. We will carry Bedford County,
and the STATE, most certainly, on the Maine
Line question, and Packers supporting q
Prohibitory Liquor Law. Everywhere thi:
tells in our favor.
On our return, we stopped for few min
utes, at Bloody Run, the terminus of tht
Plank Road. Business appears to be brisl
there. Bloody Run has improved much with
in the last few years, and will increase con
siderably yet. In regard to politics Wes
Providence Township will do her duty mex
fall, and DO mistake.
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person is forbidden to sell wine, ale and
beer, not only BY the jugfull, but every 9th
cry other way, and by every other nleasuI e,
great or small.
Now it seems that General Packer is op-
posed to all special laws, and in favor Of
general laws only; and, therefore, although
he approved Of the principles Of the law
here referred to, he could not support il
because II did not oPpiyio the rdofe State.
1t so happens that the wisdom of our law
makers has provided method by which any
gentleman holding these peculiar views
about general and special legislation, may
be accommodated. They are permitted to
vote against the law, and at the same time
to enter upon the Journal their reasons, SO
that they may not be misunderstood. This
course Gen. Packer and another Senator
named Timothy Ives adopted. They voted
against the law, and entered it on the
Journal of the Senate that they so voted,
not because of the principles it contained,
but, to use their own words, 'sbscauSe it the
law is not general in lis operations" See
Senate Journal of 1851, vol. !, page $50,
251.
BY this it became well known that Gen.
Packer was an out aud out prohibitionist,
and could be relied on ut any time to aid
in the passage of prohibitory law, PROM
ded its operation tcas only made general.
But the question was not long permitted to
remain mere matter of inference or sup
position. At the very next session of the
Legislature, 1882, the Senate passed a
most rigid Maine Liquor Law, AMI General
WILLIAM T. PACKER was its champi-
on on the floor of the Senate, and not only
advocated its passage By his speeches, but
voted for it from first to last, as is demon-
strated by the Journal of the Senate for
that session. We started out with the de-
sign of giving to our readers parts of that
law, and some of the principal votes upon
it, but find our article getting too long
We promise TO resume the subject next
week, and TO show all these matters fully
by the record, and in such manner as to
prove to all most conclusively that Packer
is an out and ont prohibitory liquor law
man; and more than this, we intend to
keep the Senate Journals for 1851 and
1852 10 our Office, to show to every man
who doubts il, and wishes to see for him
self; that we are right, and that SO far from
having done Gen. Packer any injustice
heretofore, we had really not told cne-half
the truth about him on this subject.
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will stand chance 10 get as good lot as
any other person. In addition to those
given away, viii sell limited number of
the remaining lots, and loan money to those
who wish to build. OLe person can take
any number Of lots up TO thirty"
This fellow, Gilbert, has been doing a
Land Office business in this locality, for
some months past, and if We are to Judge
from the numerous letters received at the
Post Office, making inquiries of his where
abouts, he will have warm time of it, if
he escapes the hundreds of duped indiyid-
uals who are now upon his track. A very
respectable looking old gentleman from
Audresvillc, Perry CO., Pa, called at the
Post Office, recently, in search of him,
stating that himself, and some of his friends
and neighbors had invested about $4,000
in Merrimac lots, but as yet, they had been
unable 10 fnd either the town or the pro-
prietor.
1t is supposed from the great number of
letters containing money, sent from all parts
of the United States, to Gilbe7t's address In
this city, that he must have received for
his Merrimac and other paper city lots, not
less than $4,000. Gilbert is sort of a
eWill o. the wisp;" he makes bis appear
ance suddenly, and directly he is gone, nc
| one knoSs whittier. At the present time
there are over one Hundred and fifty letters
in the Post Office, awaiting his arrival
The Post Master, Mr. Miller, very properly
declines handing over these letters to any
other person than to Mr.. Gilbert, himself
As near as we can find out, man by the
name Of Il. S. Shipley, of Woodstock, Cham
paign co O., has been acting as the agent
of Gilbert; for the book of registered letter:
in the Post Office, shows the signature o.
q. S. Gilbert by E. s. Shipley. Indeed
Shipley has acknowledged to having beer
the agent of Gilbert, but said that as e
had cheated him out of $500 or 5 100 ID
some of their transactions, he had dissolved
all connection with him.
We have but little sympathy for men who
are silly enough to risk their money in tbs
hands of such fellows; but the good name o
the City requires the exposure of thes'
swin0Iing operations. The circulars o
Gilbert, dated from Columbus, o., have beeI
scattered far and wide, all over the Unitec
States, aud they are calculated to injure tht
reputation Of our City, abroad. Gilber
has chosen this locality as the basis of hi
operations, and that is all the claim We know
of that he has to being citizen of Columbus
| We trust that the Prosecuting Attorney
or the Grand Jury, or whose-eyer cuty i
is, may take this matter in hand, and make
an example Of some of these fellows wh'
o,e .oii.ine nqnnap BIZ thsir villianou
schemes. We have rogues enough OF oul
own without being held answerable for til,
speculatlons of such seamps from abroad as
this fellow Gilbert and his colleagues.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA AND TEE
SALE OF TEHE MAIN LINE.

We find long and able article in tie
Pennsylvania of the Sth inst. favorinr the
sale of the Maiu Line, aud taking strong
ground against certain Democrats who are
opposing the sale. The article is too loug
Tor our issue to-day, but We give the clos
ing part Of it as follows
"Had the Legislature refused to pass an
act for the sale OF the Main Line, intelli-
gent public opinion would have demanded
that the three mill tax should be speedily
repealed. 1t could not have lived three
years longer. 1t was fast becoming ques-
ton OF politics, ,whether Pcnuxylyana Leg
lslature should discriminate against our own
State, aud in tavur of New York and Ma
ryland- Indeed the journals Of those two.
States were gnading us into a decent respect
for our interest, BY their taultiny insults
and exposure OF our suicidal policy. Every
sensible man III our State felt not only fhap
keenness OF these taunts, but ayeu ut the
height OF his wounded pride, felt the iustice
of tue castigatiou. This was working soi-
etly, but effectively, while the public road
policy OF taxation was rapidly beng devel-
orcd. Where the interest In the freedom
OF commerce. so largely exist as i, does in
Phlladelpqia, Pittsburg and several inter-
mediate places, vigorous attempts would
soon have been made 20 relieve trade OF its
shaekels; and as politics is mad. the lever
TO accomplish such a purpose, how hpg
could the party that prescribe tue business
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May %, 1857.

Do any of our high livers ever eat too
much dinner? If any of our readers have
cooks who tempt their appetite little too
far, | will tell secret that will lead them
to the enjoyment of their dinners without
visit from that gouty old gentleman -Dys-
pepsia. Take a dose of DR.. Sandforfs
Iaragorator after eating, and you will neu-
er be troubled PHh Indigestion; but on the
contrary, before the next meal time sp-
proaches the appetite will be sharpened 10
appreciate any kind of food. Jf the food
rises or sours, the Invigorator will FIX the
right at once, for there ia son.vtbius in it
uai, to use the expression Of friend, will
let man eat gravel stones, and take the
lhvlgorator and they will digest. We have
tried it in double doses, Oh one or two oc-
casions, for sick headache, aud it acts ike
a charm.
What we want to say to our readers.
young Or old, is, if anything ails you, ro
without delay and get bottle of Or.
Sanford's Invieorator, and if it don't cure
come and tell us, for We want TO see one
person that it will nor beneiit.-For sale
by Or. Harry.-June l9,-b.
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MEAN

The Locofoco Council of this Borough
have given the collection of the Borough
taxes to Mr. Levi Agnew. They authorized
High Constable Chapman to serve the no
tees on the taxpayers and then gave the col
ie,tion, the per centage Of which would
amount to $50 or $40, to Agnew. The
High Constable has always heretofore 5een
the collector of the taxes. They also made
uew Office in the Court House for Agnew,
worth about $24 dollars year. They
take this eburse to reward those who have
deserted their old friends, and are hardly
yet warm in tho Locofoco party. No doubt
they think they cae act thus with W. T.
Chapman with impunity. He has vote as
well as Agncw
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Delegate Elections.

The qualified voters of the American par
ty in the several Boroughs and Townships,
and all others who sympathise or desire to
cooperate with il at the approaching cleo
tions, texcept in those Townships or Bor-
oughs where delegates have been already
chosenl are hereby requested to meet at the
usual places Of holding elections, in their
respective districts,at one o'clock p. NJ, on
Saturday the 9th day of June lust, and
choose two delegates to represent each dis
tsict in County Convention, to be held ct
the Court House ia Bedford, on Thursday
the I'd day Of July next, at one O'Clock in
the afternoon, to nominate candidates for
the Legislature, Prothonotary, Sheriff, Cor
-oner, County Treasurer, Commissioner, Dir
rector of the Poor, and Auditor; and to ap-
point Senatorial Conferees, and to do what
ever else may be deemed necessary to se>
cure the triumph of our State, District, and
County tickets, at the ensuing elections.
The principles to he indicated, and the
Offices to be filed. are important; and it is
hoped our friends in every district will all
turn ont to the delegate elections, and
choose their best men to represent them, so
that the action of the Convention, and the
ticket which may be formed, may be every
aEay worthy the good cause, and command
a united and enthusiastic support. The
Union State ticket is composed of men of
pre-eminent ability; under the new Appor-
dionment Bill we can elect both our Senator
and Representatives; and with the harmony
now existing in our ranks, proper exertion
is oil tina. is needed to. sRGnFe v5hhtS com
mittee.
FRANCIS JORDAN,
June 1887. Chairman