Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-27


sill do littles but what listla they DO tbey viii
DO wall. They vii give our heavy sqlallreas
vide berth, and VII concentrate their Efforts
Ion single ahips
Hestile demonstrations Eore being made I'll
aiiaus ports Of England. 0ae was made at
Bristol 90 tie departure Of an Armstrong bst~
sIy fFon thai place Coz shipment, via Mel
bourne 10 Gaaada.
tde l9ndoie ,Af5sniag Posi- 10 sangnina that ],
sashcngh the lauTopcaa i1tsrgovsion n Mezics
F7i be csrried oes there Will eusue q Hood
-ess success, which wiil anable tbs tlsreo Psa-
eEs 70 take possession Of thosa material euar>
aaiiea which have been tho8ght necessary
fha ship Lady franklin, from L9nGaa for
SOW orE. IN bsliast, bad pnt iuto Plymouth
% Ire, aad was sunk in eight fatfoms Of va.
'er. ibs crew are suspected Of firing the
EafP seven ef them, who are said TO be
seathsroers, had run away.
Eieat af fhs crew Of tho Americas sbip
ialades we're under arEest 20 Cardiff for have
iee mafaered the mate and one of the crew.
IA9 goatiaental negs IS Of slight impoat-
aaoe.
1ao Laadan monaY marker on fhe 9th inst
a qelet Tbs best blila we're sold at a2s
Per eeal discount
American securities bad bsea forced At low
g tas, 70 aToid tie risk Of loss from an appre-
sAeasd slePpage Of dividends
British and peLtral ships to India we're iu-
aeEiRg - ED por cent fer t5e var risk, sud to
ateFdsa y is per cent Aa American
sap to b9afon had paid 80 per cent.
The following is an cztract from 4
aaa giving Sermon, prsacted ID Wbsrton
eS Pilaaalpbis Netbodiss Egisaepai
9aroh, ~ tue Rev. g .. esTraw lie psys
E4e2qusat sFi5usa to Prssi}eat llipeoia.--
tlsniag fren one EAo opposed hia fos Prssi
i will lave tbo greater weight. We are
sess ghat I'll ehe Pasors q that patriotic da-
asiioa. ia this immediate 0eiah6orEeod.
-sat'l5'5eh fllrasagb1wa tFa giseg ata sea
orally rig4tl are not as pstri9tie aad as just as
Rev G. D. o4roa
"Ibe nafian did not know ita pfeseat Es3er-
al executive. Gace he had been on ths elao-
togal ticket, Is The f5ead Of tho loved and la
msated Beasy gley. Gba or two terms his
naae appeared Ga che jo1raals as member of
the ll0ds8 Of Representatives ID the rational
congress. That was about gi the nation Eaew
2f him. But the psopls of.Ilhaois kneu lns
5etter. Among tie triaksfaTs aud deaseogaes
la the policies of tie day ghey knees bia as
h0usst Abe Lincoln. Nov h8d no beea an Or
diaary taaB hAt would h47a been 90 great dss<
tiuaiion. Ihere weye many ordinary obseufe
m9n 10 Illinois gHo 8ste as honest IS the face
ot oar. Bat he was NOT al ag3iaafy m4n-
l3s was disiigEaisha3 laggar ia thai State
aud an ioEGeafIa4 Pciiflslea. Beiae thus bata
laREec and p0iigici4u, it was s Marked Cistt aa4
ton 20 be az honest man. Besides his, they
kaeR 5in Q 5o quiet aalia6le, fnBloWog,
Storytelling, herd Forkings suocassfnt, VIC
toF.oas man lie started II tia ranks, ana
uobly fought Biz way to the position Of great
commander Of the people. Hhens therefore,.
waited standard bearer TO take the field
against the Ata Stephen A, DouglsR, they
placed their eol0Fs ia the hand of bgave<uinda
ed, hone5t-hearsed old Abe Lincoln. In tbat
great coHtess Douglas best him by the skin Of
his teeth, and at the cost Of bis princely for
tune. But so greatly did he distinguish bim-
self in tiat memorable State contest shat the
national anti.slayery extension party made him
ITS standard-bearer, and be placed that staud-
ard on the top Of the White House at Wash
lngton Even then che nation had just begun
to perceive the stuff Of which God had made
bin. 1t was not til be had taken the great
cath, in the midst Of unparalleled lii6enlties--
got till ds had begun TO exercise the functions
Of his great oiiaa With slrspge forbearauee ana
magnanimitg towards States armed snd ia
open rebellion against bis authority not untiI
be bad undertaken the difficult task Of pareng
tho departments Of the Pabiio service 81 their
perjured traitors--hot till lie had issued The
proclamation for The seventy-fye thousand
msn, to cover the Capitol, aud the Eve bund
req thousand, 10 restore tbs aathoritg of the
Consultation and enforce tho laws not till
then did this nation Distinguish Ii honest Abe
Lincoln champion Of ths ballot box, a great
defender of the poor mans right to vote, VIII
lhe vii Of Jackson aud the pure, unselish
patriotism of Washington,
This daFupop your bended knees yau ought
TO thank God for the election Of Abraham linz
e0lE. You might haye eleeled northern
.naa with southern principles, who would have
taken 6ba ballots Of Pennsylvania and given
fhaa for gun uaddiag % the traitors of South
Caroline You might have elected a skilifnl
politician with delicate hands and white neckfie,
ar accomplished gentleman and aninYeterafe liar
aud coward, who would have stood ia epesoh-
Jess fear before the bold, triumphant front Of
treason. But no, fhank God, yna did no such
ching. You elooted man Of the people, Tho
knows the rights Of the people, and who will
live or die, as God may vii, to defend and
malntain them. It saying this Of him say
no more thAu did Nsniieia Scots fuaon whose
gfatgnl country,l whsn ae placed ia his banas
bis resignation as Commander iE-Chief of tbe
national srmies Aud like Wiriela Scott 10
this, if nothing else, while speaking thus of
Mr. hnooln, lea nc say thai did not vote for