Inquirer. KKBFffRD Pi„ FBIDIT, IPBII- 13, 1867. < <(I ri.is lOTK K. Mr. ALES. R. tfIXBW is the autborixeti agent tr the IwQi' HSR. te receive -Hilireriptions, Mirer • isrmontH,culler: aeeecraU and receipt lor the .same. \fr. Aotmw will tall upon all tho,e rho are tn ieixeit to as and present our anconnts, he will also give those whose advance subscriptions expire on she Ist of April a chance to pay up for the next I'HK DERELICTION OF MANY OK THE I.ATE OFFICERS OF OCR ARMY There in nothing ao embarrassing and an Buying in this life of business as to be un der the necessity of attempting to transact business with men who are deaf to ail your appeals and treat your requests with silent contempt, or who. if they are moved to re spond to your demands, have been so dere lict of duty as never to have made any rec ord of the facts desired, and consequently are wholly unable to supply the much desi red information. This is an every day oc •urrenoe in the prosecution of claims of wid ows and mothers for pensions. \ kiud and excellent husband, the best of I lathers, patriotic to the last brojith . though • nr. eoald not leave his beloved family, for whom he was the best of providers, until he was drafted into the service; perhaps he doubted whether his health was -nch as to permit him to endure the hardships of the field, but he promptly reported ; a hasty ex .oiiination by a Board of Enrolment and he v ordered to don the national uniform and was harried forward to the scene of activity he tore Petersburg or elsewhere. The change, the active life, the anxiety the | '•vor-exertioo, develope a dormant disease, j bo is ordered ro the rear, put into an anibu j lanee and expires on the way to (he hospi iL The bereaved widow and orphans real- j ian the terrible reality that their hope, their j ail. has been torn from them, and for the | first time in lift they behold wan. ghastly j want approaching their humble threshold. ! V lew dollars back pay are secured promptly i through that efficient officer. Hon. E. B. I French, Hd Auditor of the Treasury. At rhe same time an application is made to rhat j superlative of Circumlocution offices, j 'he Pension Office, for a Pension. .Months roll away before any anion is eoinmuniea >d to the applicant. In the meantime the lew dollars of back pay are consumed and leb r is incurred to provide the ueeessaries j' life.. The oiiae happy family is broken ip, the widow must labor to provide suste nance for her babe: her debtors become im portunate and doubt whether she will ever ' -•eta Pension, and distress the already mis- 1 erable widow and her wretched little ones ■n every hand. Death is coveted as a re lief from the pangs and woes of this ungen erous life. At last she Is. perhaps, assured that all the testimony necessary to the sue •lessf'ul prosecution of her case is made, iiope takes the place of despair. In the iuium ui ucr anticipations comes a uemand inn be evidence of some com missioned offi •er having personal knowledge of the rime when, the place where and the circum lances under which the disease was con tracted. A year or eighteen months . have roiled away. Tho officers have been discharged and gone to the four guar- ; ITS if the globe. The Adjutant General is in plied to, he may know their post office ad- IresH. or he may not; but grant it that he does they are written to and weeks and months again roll away before any reply is oceived. if any is received: or perhaps, af ter several comruunicario ns they deign to reply that they know nothing, verily. This is uniformity the case in four applications j out of live, and in nineteen cases out of \ twenty in the applications of drafted men. The above is only one of many cases. The Government for the purpose of pro ting itself against a few frauds has allow ed the adoption of rules so stringent in the Pension < )ffiee that there is not a county in the loyal States, but has at least a dozen nch eases pending, and we can point to twenty in the county of Bedford aloue. Is it not horrible to contemplate the misery and wretchedness which is thus entailed by be dereliction of those whose duty it was o possess such information and to im part It promptly. We hope every officer who may read this article, if he has any uek requests made to him, will see to it at once that it is promptly answered, and with the I-est informal ion in his possession, as upon his immediate response may depend the happiness or wretchedness of some no bic woman and her hapless infants. PAY OF .MEMBERS OF THE LEG IKATEKE. The time was when good men were willing ;•> goto Harrisburg as members of the Leg islature and serve their constituents for three ■ ! oliars a day. The value of men and their •rvioes has greatly advanced in these latter ias - r - A a "" Pg of *•* —'*■ *•". v " t annus times increased until now it amounts t oue thousand dollars per session, or six teen dollars and sixty-six cents per <lay for an average session of sixty days. There eema to have l>een an abundance of good hiags on hand in the way of pri" v ate and local bills and monopoly legislation he past winter, bur not sufficient to satisfy he greed of these public leeches, so when he appropriation bill was reported, there was found in it a section providing for the ucroase of the pay of members to fifteen hundred dollars. After some discussion in the House, the amount was fixed at Now this may not be too much for good men, but unfortunately the number of such, that get to the Legislature, is few Besides it would have been in mneh beefier taste to have made the increase to take effect for the next session, than for the present, as it would have removed any foolish suspicion-s --en the part of those who are not capable of appreciating the valuable services of their members, that the thing was not altogether disinterested. The ayes and nays were not allec., as it was not a party question, and it eems, singularly enough to have been voted I'or with a glorious disregard of political proclivities We hope Col MeClure will hurry up his proposed amendment pro v iding that no Legislature shall increase the i av of its own members I CHE REVENUE OFFICER* FOR THE With REVENUE DISTRICT. | The President has nominated, and the Sen j ate has confirmed. Hon. Wm.^Meri berry oi'j Adams county, Assessor, and C. W. Ash- j loom, Esq.. Coltontor of Interoai Revenue; for the Sixteenth Revenue District of I'enn- j sylvania. With Hon. Win. McSherry we have no acquaintance, we learn that he was j an I lid Line Whig up to the days of Know j Nothingism, when he was forced over to ; the Pro Slavery Democracy. We do not' tak.- him to be one of those narrow-minded bigoted creatures, who have no toleration j for those who happen to hold opposite views I upon the great political questions of the j day, at least this ia our experience in a vast; majority of the cases of Old Line Whigs, j and, if w are light in this presumption, j the Senate did very well to confirm him. i He is a citizen of Adams county which he i at one ume represented in the State Senate, i C. W. Y.hcom. Esq,. the Collector, is a ! mi rive of this county and for many year.*, more than we can remember, has been an active politician. He re pre sen ted* this coun ty m the Legislature some eight or nine years ago. He has not been a snocrGsftd pol itician. by any means, never having held any position at the hands of the party, save one year in the Lower House, as above sra j red. He is a most excellent man and will j make a capital officer. W e do not think that the President could have bettered the appointment in any way. The appointments are acceptable to all parties, as far as we can learn. SENATOR STtTTJERAN. We have observed in the Bedford Inquirer several articles criticising the action of Mr. Siutv.mnn. .Senator from that district, on the several railroad bills before the Senate. We feel satisfied that if our coteinporary was fully acquainted with the subject, he would approve ! .bat Senators course, during the present ses j sion of the Legislature, irost heartily. The Con.ni ilsville railroad had no more abler and j active advocate than Mr. S. He made the ! first speech in its favor on the floor of the j Senate aud labored night and day faithfully j :.o insure its passage. His action on the | Southern Pennsylvania railroad bill, corapeil- I ing the Pennsylvania railroad to complete it j in three years instead of eight, as the oid bill ' provides, ought also be sustained. We know | : hat the region of country represented by Mr. I Stutzman needs railroad facilities, and we I also know tiiat no Senator or member from that district has worked more faithfully to get | *hem extended than Mr. S. If our cotempo vary knew the power exercised by othercor porntions in the Legislature he would not only admit the facts above stated, but he would give their Senator due credit and praise for having done hiß duty faithfully. The bill which Mr. Stutzman read in his ; place iu the Senate is plain in its provisions, and for tho purpose of convincing our co laborer ia Bedford that he has done Mr. S. great injustice, we publish the same in full, , ;3 follows: Ax ACT for the eomoletion of the Connells ! ville and Southern Pennsylvania railway. WHXUEAS, The Conneilsville and Southern Pennsylvania railway company was chartered by act. of Assembly, dated the 29th day of April, A. o. 18154. in which act of Assembly it is provided "That the Southern Pennsylva nia railroad company shall perfect the organ izavion of their company within three month;: after the passage of this act, aud proceed im mediately to locate and construct said road and complete their main line within three And. Wksreas, By act of Assembly, ap proved the sth day erf April, A. D. 1866, it is provided in the second section thereof hat Iso much of the act incorporating the mid j Conneilsville and .Southern Pennsylvania rail way company as limits the time for the con struction of the main line of their road vo three years from the passage thereof be, and ; and the same is hereoy, repealed : and that rhe time for the commencement of .he con struction -hereof shall be extended for one year, and the time for its completion to eight I years, from the passage of '.his act And whereas , The act of Asnembiy approv ed April Bt.li. A. D. 1866, was passed for the ; purpose of hindering and delaying the con ! struction of said railroad : therefore. Be it enacted. Ac., That so much of the j second section of the act of Aasembiy ap proved April sth, A. D. 1866, extending the time of the commencement of the construc- I tion of the Conneilsville and Southern Penn sylvania railway for one year from the pa;, sage thereof, and the time of its completion to eight years, is hereby repealed, and that j the said Connelisville and Southern Pennsyl vania railway company shall pnt. their road . under ccntract within the period of six mouths from the passage of this act. and eomolete said road within three years, and in j default thereof shall forfeit, their charter, and all rights thereunder.— Harrisburg Tele graph. With all due respect for'the astuteness of Senator Pcatniad and the sagacity of the Telegraph, still we can t see it as the Tele - i graph does. If the design of the above bill was to hasten the completion of the road by ! shortening the time, why at the same time extend the time for beginning? By the Act of April, 1 -"56. the company were compel led to begin work on the sth of the present month ; by Mr. Stutzmaa's bill it was pro- poaed to give six months more time for be ginning the work. Lamb was once repri j Handed for coming late to his work as clerk :n tEe India house, and is said to have re plied with the utmost sang frotid that if he came late he left early. So Senator Stutz man and his defenders would sav w> am cent anxious to shorten the time of the com pany for completing their road we will give theui more rime to begin. The people of this section of the dtate can t see the force of this kind of logic, however clear it may k „ >r.. diuu man and the Telegraph. FROM. ARKANSAS. N*W YORK, April 4.—The Herald! ? Lit j tie Rm-k -pecial of yesterday, says: The j State T'nion Convention has been in session ! a'l day ami evening. A platform with resc i lotions was adopted or an ultra Radical : character approving the Congressional pb.n of Reconstruction, and read mission to the i I'nion. Resolutions condemning the President, opposing confiscation and recommending a i conciliatory course toward rebels were tab | led. i A State Central Committee was oppoin ted aud instructed to establish a State i Union Organization. The Committee appointed to wait upon Gen. Ord reported that he heartily appro ved the object of the Convention, and was j desirous of co-operating with them. The ! Convention will doubtless adjourn to mor f row. i Pending the Convention a large meeting offreedmen was held on State House Square, i Several delegates and colored speakers ad I dressed them. Great enthusiasm prevailed and no disturbance was created. Mr. Belmont still refuses to eail a National Convention of the Democratic t party although importuned to do so by ! manv leading members of that party. Re?' Nearly three millions of the Papal - loan hav< been taken in this country, mostly in Louistawii and New York, upon which i the i newest is now being paid here. BIIHtMBORfi CORRESPONDENCE, j H.IUIUNHI'HH, April 8, 1867. I The hid* for the new State loan were ope*- ' led on the Ist into. They amounted in the j aggregate, to Sill. MM, otO. or .f K(NMI,OOO more t than could be accented. This fact must b j gratifying to every Petm*ylvnniai, inasmuch ' as it is an evidence that 'he credit of the 81 ate ; is good, and capitalists are not afraid to invest j their money in her securities The old over : due bonds can now be redeemed. I notice that some of the newspapers of the Commonwealth have misconstrued the true intent af the hill relative to au met ease of tlie I capital of the Pennsylvania llailroud coutpa- I ny. It ia even asserted hv certain editors that | the bill authorizes au increase of - 40,000,000, while others say that there is to be au in ! urease to that flgure. Neither of them are I correct. The facta are these:—An act of j 1866 increased the capital of the company to j $30,000, (MX).- that passed at the present ses sion authorizes further increase of Ji-LDOO, 000, making a total of $35,000,000. The in crease just-granted i $5,000,0001 is to be ap plied by the company to the straightening of its track at certain points, by which consid erable distance will be saved, the chances for accidents diminished, and considerable wear and tear of roiling stock saved. Although rho Pennsylvania railroad is a grand monop oly that may eventually gobble up all the smaller lines iu the State, it should not be misrepresented—particularly by editors, who wield a powerful influence for good or evil. It is to be regretted that 'he Legislature has not passed an act providing for the publica tion of the State laws in the newspapers, in the various counties. The State would uot have been the loser, {as the cost of the pub lication wonld be paid by the respective conn ties,! and the people would he greatly benfit ted. The "pamphlet laws" published by the State only find their way into the bauds af- Jastices of the Peace and other * officials, while the masses are not permitted to know what the laws are by which they arc govern ed. There seems to be fa determination on the part of the members of the Legislature to do as little as possible to benefit the news papers of the State. Without rhe aid of the public Journals no man can be elected to rhe Senate or House, and it is high time for edit ors to -have au eye to business, ' and decline to support any candidate who will not pledge himself to vote for the passage of a hid pro viding for the publication of the State laws in at least two newspapers in each county. In my correspondence published in this pa per, withia the past three months, I have carefully avoided the indiscriminate puffing of individuals, believing that it is not advisable to be constantly bringing into notoriety tho- • who delight to see their names in print. 1 deem it not out of place, however, to say a word here in reference to our noble chief magistrate. It is asserted on the most relia ble authority that at the close of each Legis lative session, for years past - it has been no uncommon thing to find from fifty to a hun dred bills left in the bands of the Governor, to receive his approval or disapproval at h;■; leasure. after the adjournment. Now. affairs are managed differently. Gov. Geary hu.- -li posed of every act passed during the present session, and that, too, without any nnaeere-u rv delnv. The files are clean and when 'he adjournment takes place, all it-; onu ui. nu will have been signed or vetoed. Gov. Geary ia a man of biuouex*. Go Thursday night the I Governor j-1 ■<> : he customary reception to the Legislature at the Executive mansion. The members, without distinction of party, were there, and all re ceived a hearty welcome. The tabic-, fairly ! groaned under the weight of good thines j heaped noon them but not a don of tig-tar ! was found thereon, neither was there any ; about tiife premises. The Governor drank the [ health of his guests in a glass of cold water. I He is a practical temperance man. whose ex | ample is worthy of imitation, and not even | the enemies of the temperance cause can say | anghtr against His Excellency's noble stand, as he practices what he professes, and even when entertaining all the officials of the Cap itol be did not shrink from quietly and unos tentatiously exhibiting his love for the tem perance movement. The House has passed an act relative to the last will and testament of John Morrison, late of Somerset county deceased. Also, an act to regulate the fees ot the di rectors of the poor end house of employment of the county of Bedford. The Governor has approved and signed a bill fixing the place ot holding elections in Harrison township, Bedford count . the house of Jonathan Fe-chtner. Also, the act extending to Bedford. Fa, n. Somerset and other counties, the act regula ting fees of notaries public in Philadelphia, approved May 20, 18615. The House has passed finally an act to pex- feet title to 11*5 stents ct law! ta county, cwiu'd by the union ennl and iron company Also, an act to extend the One for the pay meat of the eiixoUmen: tax on au act to in corporate the Kay&totie coal and maniriaeiw ia company of <•■"><>•■■♦ ■"***?• 'Point. FROM MEXICO. >'*w YORK. April 4.—The HrvahCx .-bin I>uiß Potosi 1 Mexico) correspondence of March <jth aya "The Libcra.lv in front of Quewtaro. are rapidly dosing in around the city to give the amp <le* yrare to the Rmrrin*. Escofeado writes that on the dth insr. he had closed in his lines upon the city - *' Oh nana, occupying the west and southwest, along aline of elevations which' coram ma the city, aßd Trevino, withth' army *he north, occupying the west and northwest of the place. All was expected to be ready foran assault fco-dav, and in a letter to Minister Lerdo, E'- en bado states that he believes it will not re quire more than three or four days longer to finish up the work: at that point. Fie -ays that while closing his troop* around the place, large clouds of dust were observed, as if the Imperial army was retreating for Mexico, but this cloud returned towards (jneretaro as soon as it was evident that, it might be outflanked. He also states that there is the greatest discord prevailing among the Imperial officers, that they an: divided in council, and cannot determine what measures to take, and that the army is almost in a starving condition. Tub steamship Alabama brings Vera Crnz ; dates to the 2nd ult., two days Inter ;hau pre- 1 vious advices. The eity of Vera Crn-/ was in a state of seigc, sixteen hundred men with [ five pieces of artillery inside. Provisions ) were high, but there was no blockade from the sea side. There were fceseiging the city thirty-live hundred Liberals, with four anmil ! field Napoleons, but more men and guns were l daily expected. Maximilian was In (juere- j tero with ten tltousand men, and had no i money or provisions. There were twenty five hundred Liberals besieging the place. i Merida, Tucatan. was also in a -tage of aeige • but stilr communicates with Sisal. THE LAST FREE RAILROAD BILL.] The following Free Railroad bill, which j i.i p realty near what the people want. pan-od die Houwl of Rep- ; entativ ■ last week but we pre-cmo haa been rejected bj the dp a-1 laUK - .. J AN A€T to authorize tho foniiation of rail road eorporationr- SH'TION 1. —Be it nl'U'lffi by the fSrilHfa mid House of Rqirrjaitatiux uj the. Com,- moinmtlfk of fr-rn*yhfrmid, in 'lrheM M mnhhj met, wd it it hereby enactor by the authority <f dir. name. That any uaaifcerof oil i/' 1 "- of Pcmisy L.uuu. not- is-* than num. may form a company for the purpose of eon ■trueting, maintaining anil operating a rail i road for public una in the conveyance of i persons anil property) or for the purpose o! i tuaiuUiuiuu ana operating any uuineorpora i tod railroad already constructed for the like ! public use. and for thai purpose may make i and sign articles of association in which | ~iia.ll be stared the name of die company. | the number of years the same is to continue, the places from acd to which the road is to . be constructed or maintained and operated, i tlio length of aueb. r'tad as near as may be. j and the name of each county in this State j through, or into which it. is made or intended , to Ixi made, the amount of the capital stock ! of the company which shall not be leas than ten thousand dollars lor every uiiie of read ; constructed or proposed to be constructed. : and the Dumber .o' shares of which said ; capital .stock shall consist, and the name J and p luces of residence of a president, and not less than sis nor more than twelve direc tors of the company, who shall manage its affairs for the first year and until others arc chosen in their places, each sofafleriber to such articles of association -hall subscribe thereto Ins name, place of residence, and the number of shares of stock he agrees to take in -aid company, on compliance with the pvovisious of the second section of this act such articles of association shall be ack nowledged by at lease three of the directors before some officer competent to take ac- j kiiowieilguient of deeds in the county, where - the principal officer is designed to lie located, and may be filed in the office of the Secre tary of State, who shall endorse thereon the day they were filed and record the same in a bunk to be provided by bun for that, pnr pose, surd, thereupon the said article* id' as sociation -kail become and be a charter for 1 the said company, and the persona who j have so subscribed such ai cieies of associa tion. and ali peisons who shall become stock ' holders in such company, shall be a corpor ' ation by the name specified in such aiticf s of am- - .ation or charter ami shall posse® j the power.- and privileges following, to wit; First, To have succession oy its corporate I name tor the period limited in its articles of aiwociation. Second. To sac and be sued. complain ami ami defend, in any court <>f law or equity. Third, To wake and aaa a common seal ami titer the same at ptaaaora Fourth, To bold- purchase and convey -uch l'cui and personal estate as the pur poM of the corporation shall require, not -xeecdiog the amount limited in the articles ot iirt.stiC? a no n • Filth. To appoint such übordinau: offi cers and a cents as. the bceunes- of the cor poration -.hall reii'tire and to allow them a -unable compensation. riixth. To make by-laws not inconsistent with any ••xisting law for the roaimtmuient of its property and regulation <f its affairs and for die transfer of itsrtoek. s> -■ Such e.- of issoeiatifln haii filed una rewarded in the office of the secretary of State, anrii at least two tliou: and dollars of stock, ror every mile of railroad proposed to be made, is sujbsoriaed thereto, and ten per ,• ntarn paid thereon n --uti' ~*-i 11 "B to t dtreetors onu,e<] in :;!d article:- of association, nor ontii the, " & endorsed thereon, and, or an ncs.d ; h..ret.', an affidavit. made by at least three of the direct, i s named in said articles, that th, amount of stoi.fc required by this section has been in stood faith subscribed, and ten per-centum paid in cash thereon a.- aforesaid. and that it is intended in good ffiirlt a eon struct, or to maintain, and ope rare th" road mentioned in such articles >f a,.-ocia.i i; which affidavit -hal! be record ed with rhe articles of association as afore said. srrti„u A copy of any article of associa tion filed and recorled in pursuance of this act ,r of the record then of. with a copy of the affidavit, aforesaid endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, and certified to be a copy bv the Secretary of thi State or his deputy, -haft' fen evidence of the incorporation of -ueh company and of the facts therein sta ted. Sivt 1. When such articles or associa tion and affidavit filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of the State, the d:r -tors named in aid articlesoi association ma in i-e the whole of the capital stock is not before subscribed, open books of sub scription, to fill up the caj ital stock of the •ompaay in such places and alter giving -uch. notice aa they may deem expedient, and may eoatinne to receive subscriptions, until the whole capital stock is subscribed at the time of subscribing every subscriber shall pay to the directors ten per centum of 'he amount sntt- ribed by him in, money, and no subscription shall be received or ak a without such payment .Sceffii 5. Whenever ; lie foregoing pro usionH have been complied with, the per -ons named as corporators in such articles f a .sedation, are fully authorised to carry or effect the objects named therein, as fully •_s .my corporation nape tot ore created under | an; ; , cial act of f he legislature, and said ;orporaiioa thus created shall be entitled to j 'mereiae aii she rights, powers and privileges nri be sni' ct to an rhe restrictions and liabilities of she general railroad law jiassed the ninotee&th ffiiy ot February one thou ■uikl oijfbt hnndri'O ami forty mac. and the ■ievr; .supplements thereto, as tally and effectually as if said- powers were specially incorporated in said charter. S<rfi<,n ri. Whenever any railroad com pan; heretofore incorporated, or creaSad uid incorporated, under the provisions of hie act. ihaiLin the nimon of the director? hereof, require an increased amount of apical stock. they shall, if authorized by a uajori of the eSeck holders. tile wish the deerwary of the Common wealth a certificate e'tiutt forth the amount of ancudet ired in •rta.---. wad thereafter such company shall ac iititled to have such increased capital as ;a fixed by said certificate. 7. The nnruber of managers of any -nmpany inenrporateU in pursuance of this ict. shall be a president and not less than | six i<( , nor more than twelve (12); directors ah oil be fixed by the <-orporators thereof a! fibeir first meeting, to chaos® directors of -aid company. jSrrtMov & The directors of any railroad company created under this act shall have power to borrow money, not exceeding in a twenty do-usaaddollar- per mile, nor more than amount of capital stock, sub scribed. and issue the bonds of the company therefor, payable a, such tuue, nod exceed |i eg filiy years, after the date thereof', and j at such place and at such rate of interest. not exceeding seven per ecutum. as said di i rectors uiay deem best and may secure the payiuet l , of said bond# and interest by a j mortgige on the said road and franchises. tietUu,i St Aay company incorporated nader tits act shall have authority to con i struct iiuch branches, fmm its main line, as it may deem necessary to increase its fansi nesH and accommodate the trade ami travel of the 9k ia. S10. Pi,oadd constructed under the provisions of this act, or chartered under the laws of this t'ouiniouweaiih. shall hove the right to cross the track of any other railroad in this Commonwealth, JFocsdW. however, that the cost of making and keep on.' -uch arousing in repair -halibe borae by \ the road crossing the track of another, and provided, further, that the road so crossing j tho i ran* of another, shall keep at suen rowing as many persons a* may be requi site to give the neoeaasry signals to prevent accidooas. Sei', I I Roads oonsiracted under tho | .ro*i*ionta of EM* act shail have the right to connect, with ro*di of a similar character, within thin Commonwealth, or at the line thereof, upon such terms as may bo agreed upon by those who hava tho management g< 1 said roads. SET. 12. No director, officer or employee of any roadchartered by this act, -hall have any interest directly, or indirectly, in anv as press <i- freight, line, or other business, conducted upon -aid road not the property of said company and any violation of this provision shall subject the parties so offend ing to a fine of not less than trow nor more than SIOOO dollars. S' C.tum lAll acts heretofore passed in consistent with the provisions of this act are declared to lie nuil and void. 2 —H. R 112-1. THE NEW LICENSE LAW. The following is a certified eopy of the new License law furnished us by the secre tary of the Commonwealth. A FcuTHEIt SUPPLEMENT To an act to reffl"te the granting of Licenses to Hotels and R'ating Howies, approved March 31, I*lso. Bw l'iu-v X. /J* it otOTcs-d by the annate and House of Representatives of t/w. Cam ,lMUwealth of Prnmohunia in tivuend -hi scmhly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That when an appli cation is made to any court of quarter MSB ions of this Commonwoolth for license to sell intoxicating drinks, it shall be lawful for -aid court to hear petitions, in addition to that of the applicant, in favor of, and re monstrances against application for such license, and. in all eases, to refuse the same whenever, in the opinion of said court, hav ing due regard to the number and character of the petitioners, for and against such ap plication, such license is not necessary for the accommodation of the public and enter tainment of strangers and travelers, and upon sufficient cause being shown, the said courts shall have power to revoke any li cense granted by them; and all laws incon si-tent with rliis section are hereby repealed; Provided, Tliat the sore ties in the bond required of the applicant for license -hall be signers to his petition. risen*)N L That applications for license :o keep an eating house, beer house or res taurant - authorizing the sale of domestic wine i, molt and brewed liquors, shall hereaf ter be made in the same manner and to the -aiae authority an application for license to keep a hotel: Provubd , That the regulation in relation to bed rooms and beds shall not apply to applicants for an eating house, beer house ami restaurant license; and the tenth lection of the ;u:t of twentieth April, one i thote-aad eight hundred and fifty-eight, au j thorizing county reasurers to grant in <>- ! ting house or retail brewery hcenne. is hereby repealed. Section I. No license to keep an eating house, beer house or restaurant, under the provisions if the second section of this act. -ball be granted in any incorporated city, for a less -am than fifty dollars, nor else wh< re for a less sum than twenty dollars. eitikn i. tf any person, after the pass age , f tiii act, shall sell spirituous and vin 'us : jiioi dome-tic wines, malt-or brewed liqii. i-. wi h at having obtained a license authorizing him so to do, such person shall, on eon v;ct mo in the court of quarter sessions. • "h .1, t the first offence, in anv -um not ■ than .'dry nor more than two hundred dollars, and for tho second, or any -nueqncnt dp. .Tucli u*rram Nlial! tm BIKRI HOt I6SS than one hundred dollar.-, and, in the dia iTMion-uf the said court, lie imprisioned in th aunty jail not less than thirty days, nor ore re than ninety day.-: Provided. That ni ' huie u this act shail be construed to re peal the provisionsof rhe act of Assembly, passed March thirty first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty -ix. relating to sales by druggists aud anotheesrics. -Ef.nuN ">. That the provisions of tho first section .if this act shall not apply to the city of Philadelphia or to the county of Alleghe ny P. "l ufed, That nothing in this act shall authorize the granting of licenses to hotel and in k opera to vend vinous, spirituous and mult liquors, and to license beerhouses, earing houses and restaurants, in any locality where licensing of hotels, inns, beer houses eating houses or restaurants is now prohibi- I ted by law. JOHN P. GLASS. .Speaker of the House of Representatives. L. W. HALL. Speaker of the Senate. APPK '\ KD —The twenty- second lay of dai'h, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred awl sixty seven. JOHN W. G-RARY Ojftci of-in-. CommotiuxxUtk, | FLarrisburg, April t> J. D.. 1 >*67. j PEXXSVI-VANTA. S3 : I jj<- HEREBY CERTIFY. That the forego ine and 10 muted is a full. true and correct copy .it' the original act of the < <enerui Aa -tetuhly, entitled:"A farther supplement to in .wt t regulate the granting of licenses to hole it and eating houses, approved March 'liny first, ne chousaud eight hundred and fitxj -i as the ame remains on tile in this Oifijuft. IN TESTLUOSY W HEREOF. I have here unto tmy Hand and caused the .Seal of the Secretary 7 s office to be affixed, the day and year above written. [Saa. B. (LASER. Depiif i) K&cretetry of tk Common wcic/.tk.. THE ELECTIONS I liNNETiK TT. — The election in rhe State has resulted in the ele.-tion of English, Democratic candidate for Governor bv about Ft it< majority, and of a Republican Legisla ture. The Republican majority in the Hou.se is 30 and in the Senate I. This se cures the election of a Republican U. S. Senator to succeed Foster. For Contrress 1 Republican and i Democrats arc elected, t he former by about 2,000 majority and the lat ter by vert small majorities. M P nm.\ s.—Tin: Republicans have elect ed their State Ticket and a siua.l majority of delegates to the Constitutional Conven tion. OH id). — At the municipal election in Co ir nib us. the Union gait is 500 over the vote of lent year. At the municipal election in Cincinnati, the whole Republican ticket is elected bv 3.000 majority. At Toledo, the Union Republican Ticket, headed by C. A. King foe Mayor, was elec ted by from 300 to 500 majority. The Re pufifieans carried ten of the twelve council men —t huge Union gain. At Cireleville. Walker, the Union candi date for mayor, was. elected by t7 majority — a large Union gain. DUTTUO the Executive session ou Friday lost aiiishury, who had become very drunk, I ;ine over towards Sumner, and ASSUMED a threatening attitude, gesticulating and anuuun cinghis intention of having satisfaction out of Sumner for introducing the resolution for his expulsion. The assistant at- Arms promptly interfered, and with the assistance of one of the Senators got him into the coat-room where after nearly divesting himself of his clothing, he 'aid down upon the floor and re mained until the dose of the session, whet the doorkeeper to.jk hitn home. Tat: Legislature of Connecticut is all right, l ire new Semie stands 11 Republicans to 10 Democrats. FN the House, the Republicans will have a majority ot about 33. Last year the Republicans had a majority of 3 in the Senate and 4B in the House. The Copper head victory i only partial after all. ana does not, by ANY means* make Connecticut a Cop perhead State. Ai.BXu<UKH C. Mjjlun, at oae tfaw private 4ccretry of tha lata <Jovernur, him bean re jactcii for confirmation m Coiiecior of Inter nal Revenue in (ha Cumbria District. Tint National call- ; <i by Kentucky, to meet at Louisville on May ,7, has beoti pnon4 to the till of July. Thero- is expected to be a largo attendance, i especially from the Western States. Tat Board of Commerce of New York have widely aiiviaeii the Secretary of the j Treasury to continue the policy of contraction '■ until specie payments shall be reached. The .niiationisU nave had their day. and will soon be among the most eager to get deliverance , iK)m Uncertainty and doubt by fairly touching : botemn. A aiu. has been introduced into the State Senate at Harriahurg providing for the consol- I ldation of I'ittsburg, Allegheny ' ity and the surroundingtowna into one city. The consul- I idaiion in to he perfected upon much the f soma plan as that used in consolidating Phil- I adelphiu in LStS4. >. mo-o the applications for pardon now on file with the ponton cierk in the Attorney General's office, are ninety-seven from ex United States Navy officers. The naval ser vice seems to have been the favorite with (he Virginians, no lesß than fifty-two out of the ; ninety-seven being from that State. Thh Legislature of Ohio has sent to the : people for decision, at the election in Oc tober next, an Amendment to the Constuu- ; tion, so as to make biack men voters, and to : diclVuixuhiae r)eofMoro. ft ,-orjuired the con currence of three-fifths of the members of 1 the Legislature to do this deed, and yet it was done. Riiooi-: Island has again elected as her Gov ernor the gallant Gen. Burnside. Messrs. Dixon and Jenckes, her two •nemhei's of Con gress. are also re-eiected. The Legislature j will staad 71 Radical majority on joint rial lot. the Copperheads liaving but 14 members ail! told. Indeed the Republican triumphs in Missouri. Michigan, Ohio, and in little Rhode Island, completely obliterate the late Cspper head success in Connecticnt. Exousn holders of Confederate bonds must ; think Jonathan has more dollars than tense, if they expect him to pay them back tha mo ney that they advanced for aiding (he rebei- lion. They seem to -Junk it possibie, ami thereby 'hey bring their own wit into auapi- i eion. They have taken legal counsel and they have held a meeting, and what they will do next will be seen when it becomes visible. | How would they like to trade off some of the Confederate bonds ror those of the Irish Re public? Hon. Ed'v UTP MLPhemox, the present clerk of the Urn. ■■ of Representatives, has ; announced that he has commenced writing I the Life of the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. Mr. McPhersou is well qualified for the task. He ; has long known Mr. ntevens. At one time he edited the old Independent Whig of Lsu caster county, a paper that Mr. .Stevens al ways regarded as uis organ ; and besides for many years, has been intimately acquainted with him. The work could not have been en trusted to one better qualified. Sknatok Geo. Read Riddle, of Delaware, ■lied on the both ultimo, of pnlmunary con sumption. He was born in New Castle, Dei aware. in 1817. His early life was devoted to surveying, but having studied law during his spare moments from business, he was ad mitted to the bar in 1848, and soon after was : appointed Deputy S ttorney General ror his ; j native couuty. which office he filled till 1850. I when be was elected to the House of Repre i „-nuMiv.-.s. where he served two terms. He ■ was a delegate to the National Democratic . Conventions of 1H44-8 56. and took his seat : its a United States Senator in 1864. He wna an active poiiiieiau and a pure and upright j man. Gov Hawi.ky, ■editor of the Hartford trees, nrtif writes or tiieir iltUbasiu vonnecti cut : —We ohail be reproached by grumblers outside, but we care nothing for '.hat. We j have planted lie party fairly on the rock of | impartial suffrage, and if we had won we ihoaiil hav ite'-n indebted in no decree to ■ujtny v:i yuipathy we ought to have had in abundant measure on such an issue. But though temporarily checked, we are in no : reuse dismayed, or dubious about a final and near triumph of our principle. Whoever at tempts to run a high- pressure pro-Slavery boat over these watet-3 will stride a rock. We j give notice that we have taken a "lower holt" and the grip is not relaxed. By an order of the Supreme Court of; Pennsylvania. Major General Robert B. Pot ter was appointed Receiver of the Atlantic : and Great Western Railway in Pennsylvania, i i The General having been previously appoint- j : *d Receiver by the courts of New York and Ohio, thus becomes reciver of the whole line j from the Er.e railway to Cleaveiand and C'ra linnau. the Receiver is required to ope -1 rate the lines, to give security -.11 £200,000 for j the faithful performance of his duties ; and int of the -Ist earnings of the line, to first ; pay the interest upon the prior or divisional mortgages u the line, and then upon the eon- Aalidseed mortgage. Ccxc.itaaa has iecaied that our represent i atives abroad shall not go to Court an' more with ures-es peculiar to aristocratic Govern ments. ami annul swords Jangling about their ; legs : but it. bus reserved a right to prescribe a Court uniform. It is suggested that at the opening of the next session there will be rais ed a Joint Special Committee on C.iats and Bweehcs. This, it is thought, win in reive = the necessity of establishing the office of Court Tailor a; Washington, but whether he will constitute one of the Cabinet is not yet oiimised. His Excellency ought to be aval sable counselor in this very delicate matter, j We would., however, suggest a plentiful use >t buckram in he back of the coat to make . lp for lack oi back-bone. A ronuEscoxnEXT has seen .John H. Sur ' rats in prison and reports him as being treat- : ed more like a gentleman than as an assassin. ! BurnUr remarked that he considered his es- j cape to Canada a neat thing, and said that j j the reports of his doings ra Europe were I inostiy true. He declined to say anything I ■ about his connection with the assassination ' plot. He regards St Marie as his enemy, and | 1 treacherous follow. Very naturally, he hav- j 1 lug given the informtuion which prevented j ; Mr. Stirratt. continuing nis "doings abroad : in. order tliai it might be demonstrated wbetk ! er or not ilia "doings at home" were cannec -1 to<t with tto <w<uauaiion conspiracy. JtTDGi Shahket and Hon. Robert J. Walk er appeared in t!" Supreme Court of the j United Sttles on Wednesday on the behalf jof the Slate of Mississippi. The former rose ] to submit a bill ot' complaint, with the prayer ; ; .hat President Johnson* and his officers and j j agents appointed for that purpose, and espe- ; ctaily General Ord, be perpetually enjoined j and restrained from executing the act "to j provide for the more efficient government of j the Rebel States," and the act suppleuieata- , ry thereto, and that the powers of injunction ! and subpoena be issued, directed to the par- ! ties aforesaid, with any other relief that the j court may deem proper. Judge Sharkey re- j marked that the bill had been printed. At- ' i toruey-General Stan berry said he believed ft was the general praetiee first to obtain the :eve of the court to tile the bill. This bill ; was against the United States, and he desired ! to appear at the earliest moment to object to j i it, lie repeated there must be a motion to ■ i file the bill iu. the regular way. Judge Sbar- i I key replied, that was the motion which he now made. He was aware of the magnitude of the ' subject, involving the important and delicate question of the constitution of tbe Congres sional legislation. It was of great moment that an early (incision be arrived at, as much , mischief must result by delay. Chief Justice Chase said to Judge Sharkey: Ifou can only; now move to ale the bQI, ana it will be La or-■ der to discuss this the next motiou day. Ac j torncy-General Stansbsrry—:l am ready now !to resist the granting of the leave. Chief Justice—We do not proposeto hear argument on a motion out of the regular order The motion will be filed. Judge Sharkey—l will now file the appfication. This he "did. and the uAestion went over tiH the next motion Jute. luring Friday nest. AGTJA DE MAGNOLIA .1 -oiler. dniigtu, aspenur to m* -vdog,,,, : to bathe tha tho fact ted person, to render the j skin soft aad freih. to nllny .uflarotnaiion, to per mub lothiug, lor iiwadriebe, Jlk. lx IUM cured from the rich Southern Magsudi*, ;vn( i a ■ ,. fain ing a patronage'luiteuuprocadeated. It is S ta-.--r.to with actresses and opera -sogers. f> ■ sold by ail 'teaiers. at sl.<Ml in large hntttee, U i-t by Ukuah Bahxkh * Co., New fork, Wholesale Agents. , Saratoga Spring Wntcr, sold by ail Drugjp., 8. T -1880 -X. Person! of sedentary haiiita tronbied with weak noes, lassitude palpitation of the heart, lark >t appetilc. distress after eating, torpid liver, eon 'tipali'in, ike., deserve to suffer .f they wiH not j try the -eiehratcd PLANTATION BITTKHc. which we now recommended by the highest mod ical authorities, and warranted to produce an im mediate beneficial effect- They are excendingl-.- agreeable, perfectly pure, ted must supersede i.l other tonics where a healthy, gentle stiiaaient jr icuMiml. They purify, strengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water jjud diet. They drengthen (he system and enliven the mind. - They prevent iniaetnat ;r and intermittent fever - They purify the breath and acidity if -1m : stomach. They euro Dyspepsia arid Constipation. They care Liver Oomptaint and Nervous Head ache. They snake the weak strung, the languid iru liaat. and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They aire composed of the celebrated '(aiieavu bark, wintergrwn. saeeafraa. rests aad ueros, ; preserved in perfectly pure .it. Croix mm. For ! particulars, see oireuiar* and testimonials anond each bottle. Beware of iinp.-.tora. Examine every home See that it hat our private U. 3. stamp annul; ted over the cork, with plantation ,-cene. and oir signature on aflne steel plate >b<ie label, sjee that rar bottle is not re tilled with spurious and ileic •wi'iot stud. Any person pretending r.o —d Plantation Bitters by the gallon w hulk, f an impostor. Any person imitating thi.- bottle, or telling any other material therein, whether called Plantat ion Bitters or not, is a eriminai anoer the C. 9. Law, and will he so prosecuted by nr. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitter*, trnin la dies, clergymen, merchants. Ac., is 'n.-r e. The simple trial of a boule is the evuieni-e we present of their worth ami superiority. They are iojd by ail respectable druggists, groewrs, phy nans, aoreis. saloons, vteamboats ami country stores. P. H DRAKE & CO Saratoga Spring Water,eoid by all Druggis Hare you a hurt child orausme iionwr Use the Mexican Mustang Liniment. For cute, sprains, burns, swellings, ami caked breasts, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is awc care. For rheumatism, neuralgia, -tiff joints, sting: and bites, there s nothing iike the Mexican Mus tang Liniment. For spavined horses, the poll-evii. ringbone in.i the Mexican Liniment never tail . For wind-galls, scratches, big-head and splint, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is worth its weight in gold. Ruts, braises, sprains and swellings, are so com mon and certain to occur in every tamily. that a bottle of this Liniment is the best mvwmeet that can be tnndc. It i more certain hen the doctor—it save: time in sending for the doctor—it is cheaper than the doctor, and should never be dispensed with. •'ln lifting the keltic from the ire. it tipped over and scalded oiy hands Uaribly. 5 The Mu.'tang Liniment extracted the pain, enur ed the sore to heal rapidlv. and left, vert? little -car CHAB. FOSTER. S2U Broad it.. Phil. Mr. 8. Litch, of Hyde Park. Vt. write*: "My horse was considered worthless, (spavin, but since the use of the Mustang Liniment. I have Id him f,r Slid*. Your Liniment is doing womb-re up here." All genuine is wrapped ui steel plate engrtmri--. signed >i. IV. Westhrook, Chemist, and alw, has the private C. 3. damp of Dbxss B.ukses t Co. OTer the top. taiok e/oeelj, <r ■' be >9' Jeceiwt ty 'VoMtce et t'. -old bv all Druggists. at-b. ot cts.. -.-id 87.-0.. Saratoga Spring Water, 'old by all Druggist-. It is a most dullghttni Bur ftrosuug. It eradicates scurf and diindrutf. ft ItM-ps the head oooi and ofcon rt makos 'he hair rich, soft and gloss v. rt prevents hair turning gray and tiuling-od. It restores hair upon nnimanrroly bald head.. This ust what Lyon a Katinuron will do. It is pretty —it is cheap—iftr.-atllr. lr- is literal!;, sold y the car-luad. and yet its almost inerediiiie demand - daily Etacreastng, nnt.l there is hardly a eountry sr .re (Sat lues not keep it, or a flonil" thnt -iocs not use it. E THOMAB LTON. Chemist; f.T. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Drtiggint Wko would, not be beoiuifui.' tVUo would not add to their beauty.' TVhat gives chat marble purity and li-etligui *pt>ear:inve v obsen e upon the stage and in the city beile! If is no longer a secret. They use Hagio's Magnolia Balm. lie continued nte removes tail, tiw-Kiea, punpies. .1110 roughness, from the laea aub hands, and leaves ths complexion .-.mouth, trau-qmrent. biouunng and. ravishing. Unlike many ewunatics, it con tains uo muterioJ mjuriou.- to he -.kin. An; alii order it At you. if not on hand, at 50 cents per bottle. W E. HA'rAN. Trey. -V. Y.. t hcmis'. t:n.w Btitxm * ct>. Whntisinle tirvats, X. V. Saratoga Spring Water. sold by all Drugg-.. is Ueimstreet s nimitaole Hair U"hiring i* not a dya. Alt instantaneous dies are compost 1 'f psisr t-uwf'c, and more ir leas .teatrov tho rifedi ry and beauty of 'he hair. This is the cvguiw. Hair Coloring and lias been growing i favor over twenty yours. It restores gray hair twits original color by gradual absorption, in a most re mark title manner. It i.- also a heantt&l tair dressing. Sold in two sites- 54 cents and T— by all dealers. fl HEIMr TltBET.' bcini ' Saratoga Spring Water -old by til Drnggpsi L.xawn MxTu.tvr UIR HI;H# J VIVH.A UIM-IU —l'uv Indigestion. Xatuea, Heartburn. Sick II .ui ache, (Ihnlorm Morbus, Flai nlanoy., 4".. where a worming stimulant la required. Xu .•areful pre paration anil entire purity make it a ehaap and reliable article for culinary purposes. Sold every where, at 30 eta. per Settle. Xmi. for "I.ran - Purs. Extract. lake no other. Saratoga Spring Water, snldßy oil Druggoii. July 13th, fkOrt-eowlv
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