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DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democrats and Conservatives of
Bedford county, are requested to as
semble in Mass Meeting, at the Court
House, on MONDAY EVENING,
FEBRUARY 11, fur the purpose of e
lecting a delegate to represent the
county in the next Democratic State
Convention.
Several addresses may be expected
upon the occasion.
J. W. DICKERSON,
Ch'n Dem. Co. Com.
TIIE IMPENDING STRUGGLE.
In this deeply important hour, filled
with the gravest issues that ever were
presented to the American people, it
becomes the citizen to exercise all the
prudence and moderation that he can
command. It would be vain, as well
as criminal to attempt to deceive our
selves or others. The signs of revolu
tion are thickening all around us. The
very air is rife with them. They are
seen in the steadiness with which a
partizan majority in Congress pursue
the work of impeachment, which, if it
end in conviction, must also end in
blood. They are witnessed in the da
ring attempt to overthrow the Supreme
Court of the United States, a tribunal
which was created, under the Consti
tution, to define the powers of Congress,
and to check its encroachments, when
upon occasions like the present, the
voice of moderation and patriotism
should be stifled by the spirit of party.
They are witnessed in the obstinacy
with which the majority in Congress
persist in their fatal scheme of reducing
sovereign States to the condition of ter
ritorial vassalage, and in sternly refu
sing to their citizens the representation
to which all people in a democratic
government are entitled.
It is sad to reflect that so many thous
ands of lives, and so many millions of
treasure have been wasted, to enable
a Congressional caucus, in Washington,
in the name of the sovereign people, to
destroy the Constitution under the
wicked pretext that the times demand
a change. Our sole hope now is, that
the people may yet arrest the insane
course of their leaders; but the hope is
a frail one. They will arouse themselves
when it may be too late to arrest the
calamity. Robespiore, Danton and
Barrere had seized upon the govern
ment of France, in the name of the
Convention had usurped its powers, and
had poured out upon the guillotine the
best blood of the nation, before the peo
ple ended their Reign of Terror. The
Jacobin Committee of Public Safety in
republican France was the legitimate
predecessor of the usurpation known
as the Congressional Caucus at Wash
ington.
TIIAD. STEVENS said in the House,
the other day, "I deny that Pennsylva
nia is a Republican State. She never
was a Republican State, and I wish
this Congress would take her in hand
and make her a Republican State."
Poor old Thad.! He had just returned
from ITarrisburg, where ho got only
seven votes for United States Senator.
Xo wonder he thought Pennsylvania
not a Republican State. We shall
next hear that he has introduced a
bill to re-construct the State he rep
resents.
WE are glad to see that many of the
most influential Radical journals are
out against the impeachment of the
President, and it is to be hoped that
their wiser and more prudent counsels
may prevail. In this country, the im
peachment of a President by a partisan
House, and his trial and conviction by
a partisan Senate, can end only in
bloody revolution.
THE Pittsburg Post has been greatly
enlarged and is now printed on entire
ly new type. The Post is now a first
class paper and fully deserves the pat
ronage of the people of Western Penn
sylvania. We hopethatthe Democrats
and Conservatives of that section will
rally to its support.
THE I.HESSE LAWS.
It is amazing that, when the revenue
laws on spirits, which boar so severely
upon the industry of Pennsylvania,
were upon their passage, not a voice in
protest was raised in our Congressional
delegation. Little could be expected ;
from the city members, for many of
their constituents, owning large distil- !
leries, and interested in destroying com
petition by breaking up small manu
facturers, had the power of silencing j
their immediate representatives; and j
a Democratic member of Congress had j
only to object to any Radical proposi- j
tion, no matter how injurious and op- 1
pressive, to be charged with making a!
rancorous but covert assault upon the
Union. But where were the Republi
can members from the rural districts?
Is the domination of New England in
Congress so complete, that a Pennsyl
vania member dare not ever so humbly
protest against any of its tyrannical
measures ? It is unfortunate for Penn
| sylvania, that the leader of her own
delegation is a New England man, who,
I though nominally representing the
i Lancaster district, has so voted in Con
' gress as to turn the heavy distilleries of
j that county into manufactories of eon
j traband whisky, or to ciose them up,
except such as could afford to pay an
! inspector fifteen hundred dollarsayear
| for doing nothing.
The amendment to the revenue laws
passed July, 18(50, requires in addition
to the already heavy taxes and license,
that each distillery shall have an in
spector who shall be paid five dollars
per day for his services, which consist
in returning semi-monthly the amount
of whisky manufactured, if he does his
duty, or in signing the blanks that are
furnished by the distiller, if he does not
perform his duty. No one but a Cape
Cod Yankee, filled with admiration of
the blue laws of his ancestors, could
have ever conceived the idea of appoin
ting an inspector to look at another
man while at work, and to receive for
his supervision, higher wages than the
distiller himself could hope to realize
for his expense and labor. If the law
was designed to prevent fraudulent re
turns on the part of the distiller, the
case is not improved by the appoint
ment of an inspector, who might be in
duced to make false statements of the
amount sold. There is, at least, just as
much danger that the inspector could
be persuaded to act fraudulently as the
distiller, and the only effect of the law,
therefore, is to increase the already too
heavy burthens of the honest manufac
turer, or to add to the temptations of
the dishonest one. .
This law is another illustration of
that tyrannical New England spirit
which is forever interfering with the
personal and domestic rights, or the in
terests of the individual. It gives the
Yankees an opportunity to domineer
over Pennsylvania, while at the same
time taking good care of their own in
terests. By their Maine-law legisla
tion they had driven out of their bor
ders all distillers, and it became there
fore any easy matter for them to tax
other people. For all their wants they
obtain an abundance of cheap whisky
that is smuggled in from Canada. In
all parts of New England whisky can
be purchased for less money than .the
revenue tax which government asses
ses upon it. The heavier the taxes and
other burthens upon whisky, legally
made, the better the Yankee is satisfied,
as he consumes none but the contra
band article. This Canada traffic is in
creasing daily, and with the immense
profits that are made on it by the Yan
kees, it will be impossible to arrest it
with a cordon of revenue officers pick
eting the entire border.
The manufacturer of whisky in Penn
sylvania, and the producer of rye, suf
fer, in every way, from this condition of |
tilings. But 'we confess that there is
little hope of remedy. The owners of
those immense distilleries in our great
cities, the reeking walls of which
frown upon every bond, and which
emit a villainous odor ot rectified dev
iltries which shock the olfactories of
the stranger, are deeply i uteri sted in
continuing the present law. It is easy
for them to appoint inspectors whose
services to them would be cheap at five
times their salary. The contraband
manufacturer and smuggler,out of their
immense profits, can afford to subsidise
the lobby to advocate the present law,
in the name of temperance and good
morals. The. honest distillers scattered
through Pennsylvania and Ohio, have
no means of influencing Congress, and
must soon go to the wall: the country
will he flooded with greater quantities
of bad whisky than ever; and the gov
ernment will not derive enough rev
'enue from its tax on spirits to pay the
officers employed in collecting it.
OUR State Legislature, during the
last three years of Radical mis-rule,
has added swarms of subordinate office
holders and employeesio both Houses.
This is the economy they promis ed the
people.
HON. WILLIAM E. dJlge, of New-
York cjty, is oue of the wealtbiestand
ablest business men in this country.
He is also a respectable and influential
member of the Radical party, he hav
ing taken a prominent part in the Pre- j
mont campaign, and been ever since j
a "Republican" of the .most strait-j
est sect. It will be remembered that j
be successfully contested the-seat of the j
Hon. James Brooks, in the present j
Congress. On Monday, the 21st inst., j
he made a speech, in his place, in the j
House, from which we clip the follow
ino- extract. We call attention to it
as showing what a change has come
over the spirit of the dream of even
the most ultra Radical Jacobin Destruc
tives :
He rose to give his reason why he
could not vote either for tl)e hill or the
amendment. He hoped he would not,
for his course on the bill, be denounced
as a renegade Republican. He differed
entirely from the general sentiment on
the republican side ot the House that
the States recently in rebellion werenot
States in the Union. Congress had al- j
ready committed itself against that
view. The constitutional amendment
abolishing slavery had been submitted i
to them bv the general government, i
and had been ratified by them in IMA j
when West Virginia was organized. j
Mr. Speaker Colfax had made a speech ,
in which he declared that Governor!
Rierpont and the Wheeling Legislature ,
were the rightful government and Leg- j
islature of the Stateof Virginia, com-,
petent constitutionally to give assent to |
the partition of the State; and the last<
constitutional amendment had been
sent to the rebel States for ratification,
and lie was confident Congress bad in
tended that it should be so sent. He
had read carefully the bill of Mr. Ste
vens and the substitute of Mr. Ashley,
and he had failed to find in either the
first thing that promised peace, concil
iation and harmony. He looked anx
iously for peace and permanent concili
ation, therefore Congress should becare
ful not to pass laws that could oniy ir
ritate the people of the South and per
petuate the hostility between the sec
tions. He was not deficient in sympa
thy for the colored men, but he kr. ew
that under the circumstances such a
state of things was in a measure to .>e
expected. Something to bring about a
better feeling between the North ami
the Soutli was what was wanted, and
at the same tiunea better feeling between
the Southern men and the freed men.
He could not see in either the bill or the
amendment anything of the kind. The
result of the passage of the bill would
be to disfranchise a large proportion of
the white men of the South, while it
would enfranchise the colored man.
Would the passage of such a law be cal
culated to create better feeling between
the North and the South ? If the Re
publican party in the State ot New
York had laid down such a programme
at the late election, lie had no doubt it
would have been defeated.
The Radical newspapers continue to
bewail the corruption at liarrisburg
as though they had really been fools
enough to expect something better.
During the campaign we warned the
people of the corruption and p*olifiga
cy that was sure to follow the election
of the Radical candidates, but our
warning was unheeded. We are glad
to see that the leading Radical editors
have at last got their eyes open. They
can cleanse the Augean Stables at the
Capital by electing Conservative mem
bers.
IT will be soon by the call in another
column that the Democratic* County
Committee is to meet on Tuesday eve
ning of Court week. It is to be hoped
there will be a full attendance. Busi
ness of great importance to the party
will be transacted, and every district
should be represented; Let every mem
ber answer to his name.
HARRISBURQ.
Till' I,csis!nlnrp i!s Slow, length
.ilon-; Tiiol'oiiHtitiiiioiial Amendment:
kblcHjicd'hes iiy Dnnurriilie N 'miiorn :
tlarr.v White repeat* liis old leeliire :
f.midon. the sophoniorio and f.owr.v tlie
homiruio: Mr. <|it ay wifer* resolution
raliiiis'ii Convention tositrike the word
"•White" out of the Constitution, Ae.
Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
I"lAintisiiUßCf, Jan. 20.
MR. EDITOR:—The Pennsylvania
Legislature drags its slow length along,
and you r correspondent eh ran icles with
er.se all that is done in that inert body.
What a sleepy set they are, these legis
lators for the people! Like the boa
constrictor, after swallowing a tiger,
d rowses over its surfeit and becomes
ti irpid in itsefforts at digestion, so these
erstwhile gay and festive fellows, gor
ged with the good things of the earn
er onian "Buzzard's Feast" [ vide Jordan
on < 'ameron, 1855) appear to be sleeping
on the fullness of their—}>oeket-books !
I .saw, the other day, a big burly mem
ber from Philadelphia, Davis by name,
(no relation to Jeff., though I am not
so sure that he doesn't deserve hang
ing quite as much as his Southern
namesake) got up, after a tremendous
effort to raise himself from his seat,
and report from tii " ('nnmittee on
Federal Relations (that tomb of the
Capulets) "ajolntresolution instructing
our Senators and requesting our mem
bers of Congress TO repeal the tax on
Petroleum." Davis had been largely
interested in the oil bubble, ancl it was
not at all unnatural in him to offer the
resolution. But it did seem to ine that
he "strained himself" in trying to
get up.
The Constitutional Amendment lias
been passed by the Senate, after an a
ble discussion of its merits by Senators
Burnett, Davis and others, on the Dem
ocratic side, who folly demonstrated
the monstrosity of its propositions and
the destructive purpose of those who
advocate its ratification. Senators
Landon, White and Lowry, on the
Mongrel side, declaimed about "trea
son" and "loyalty," but did not at
tempt to answer the arguments of the
Democrats. Landon's speech was soph
omorie in the extreme, "full of sound
and fury,signifying nothing." Harry
I White repeated his lecture delivered
in the House of Representatives, three
years ago, on his return from Dixie.
It was about as a j tropes as Landon's
rhapsody. As for Lowry, whose orato
ry is of the elcnched-fist, puffed-cheek
and sonorous voice order, he roared ,
and ripped and snorted like a veritable j
tawny "bull ofßashan."—ln the House j
the Amendment was also discussed on j
"Wednesday last, by Mr. Jenks, of Jef
ferson, on the Democratic side, and Mr. I
Mann, of Potter, on the Mongrel side. |
Mr. Jenks is an excellent reasoner and >
handled the subject very ably. Of :
couiye the Amendment will be adopt- j
ed and—that is all the good i<t will do
the Mongrels.
Mr. Quay (Mongrelj of Beaver, has
introduced a resolution in the House,
cal liiijg a State Constitutional Conven
tion for the purpose of striking the
word "white" from the Constitution.
1 cannot say whether this resolution
will Le adopted, but the very fact that
it has been offered, shows that what
the stump orators of the Mongrels said
last fall, viz: that the State Constitution
could not be amended, except after so ma
ny years , was false. I presume that
those credulous people Who have al
lowed the special pleading Mongrel
leaders, to pull them along by the
nose, will soon see this question in its
true light. If not, then they must be
purblind indeed.
Some of the Mongrel papers are be
ginning to denounce Gov. Geary with
great fury. The Erie Dispatch lately
had an article which applied every ep
ithet that ever entered the vocabulary
of the fish-market, to the devoted hero
of Suickersville. The Franklin Depos
itory also "breathes out threateniugs
and slaughter" against the newly in
! stalled Governor. Both these papers
; have admitted that the election of Si
i mon Cameron to the U. S. Senate would
j prove, the disruption of their party in
; Pennsylvania. Well, if they only tell
| the truth this time, you and I will for
j give them all the falsehoods (though
' their name is legion) they have ever
told. Hoping that they have not "cut
it too fat" at least this once, I remain
j "yourn 'til deth," LEX.
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SEWS AM) OTHER ITEMS.
—At the annual meetingof the Mas
sachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, res o
iutions were passed declaring that tl ie
negro can never hope to receive securi
ty in his rights to life, liberty and ha p
piuess until he is placed on a perfect
equality with the white man in the u ?e
of the ballot.
—The Chamber of Commerce at Ci n
cinnati passed resolutions adopting tlie
cental system in regard to the weight
of grain, and changing the weight of
a barrel of Hour from 196 to 200 pounds,
to take effect from the 20th of Septem
ber next. Other Boards of Trade are
recommended to fix the change tor that
date.
—The Rev. Joel Lindsley, the man
who whipped his child, three years
old, to death, last June, in Shelby,
Orleans county, is now undergoing his
trial for 'manslaughter, at Albion, in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The
excitement over the trial is great in
Orleans county.
—St. Augustine, F!a. T is said to be a
delightful residence. The Eraminerof
• hat place, speaking of the great crop
of oranges, says that 60,099 will be
picked from the grove. A gentleman
there writes that "they hang in rich
yellow clusters from trees on the sides
of the streets, and the soft air is redo
lent of their rich perfume."
—Maj. Gen. Howard, of the Freed
nien's Bureau, lias issued a circular pro
hibiting, hereafter, agents of the Bu
reau from exacting any fees or charges
for services they may render in con
nection with contracts between freed
nien and their employers.
—The wife of Delos It. Ashley, Radi
cal 31. C. from Nevada, wa. lately arres
ted and held to bail for threatening to
shoot a woman named Cunningham,
with whom her spouse was supposed
to be too intimate. Mrs. A. evidently
hasn't much faith in "grand moral i
deas" as a saving grace. We agree with
her.
—Brimstone Brownlow—so-called
Governor of Tennessee —declares that
he will not order an election for mem
hers of Congress until the Legislature
shall put the ballot in the hands of the
negroes. Thteth# "loyal" bloodhounds
are loth to do.
—OfGeary's Inaugural the Chambers
burg Repotitory says: "The phraseology
would better befit the hustings than a
State paper." Exactly; but that is not
the worst that can be said of it.
—lt is rumored that Jefferson Davis
will shortly he released on bail or
parole.
—The Committee of the House of
Representatives on Banking and Cur
rency agreed to report a bill to create a
sinking fund and retire the Federal
currency. Two members of the Com
mittee, however, who are in favor of
the principle of the bill, will probably
oppose it when it comes qp for consid
eration, doubting the propriety of pass
ing it at this time.
—Both Houses of the Missouri Leg
islature have passed resolutions urging
Congress to repeal the act appropriating
money to pay for slaves enlisted into
the service of the United States, and
requesting the passage of an act to pay
the same bounties to the Missouri State
militia as have been received by Uni
ted States volunteers.
—From Washington we learn that
the Spanish Government is understood
to have received very kindly the prof
fered mediation of the United States
in the quarrel between Spain and the
allied Republics of Chili and Peru.
—The bills establish i ng negro suffrage
in the Territories and repealing the
Amnesty act have become laws with
out the approval of the President, he
not having returned them to Congress
within the ten days prescribed by the
Constitution.
—Plants of Chinese tea grown in
North Carolina are now five feet in
lieightand in full bloom. Five pounds
of "bohea," made in 186-5 from the
leaves, were considered equal to the
best imported.
—lt is stated that Gen. Sherman told
a friend that he always liked to obey
orders, but he'd be d—d if he was go
ing to ride a thousand miles on a mule
to hunt for Juarez, or Maximillian
either.
—John Robinson, a colored cook on
board the ship Lady Blessingt on, was
brought to Baltimore under arrest on
Tuesday, charged with attempting to
burn the ship while on the high seas.
—"Aunt Milly," formerly belonging
to Capt. James M. Harris, Roekflsh
Gap, Nelson county, Va., died recent
ly, aged one hundred and thirty-six
years.
—Forty policemen, who did their ]
duty in New Orleans on the occasion of
the riot there last July, have been ar
rested under the Civil Rights Bill.
—Caroline James, an old colored wo
man, died in Richmond, on Friday
last, aged one hundred and thirty years.
She was only once married, and leaves
thirty-five children.
—Senator Frelinghuysen has been
elected by the Legislature of New Jer
sey, United States Senator for two
years to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Senator Wright.
—The present Radical Governor of
Connecticut has been nominated for re
election by the "Republican" Conven
tion of that State.
—Samuel Angler, assorting clerk in
the Boston Post Office, has been arrest
ed for stealing money from letters.
—A man and wife, named Coot,
were lost in the storm last Sunday
night, at Florida, Mass., and have been
missing ever since.
—The panic in financial circles in
New York continues, and several fail
ures occurred. No commercial failure
is yet reported.
—The Republican and Democratic
candidates for Governor in New Hamp
shire will make a joint canvass of the
State.
—During a trial in Louisville a weep
ing parent said he had paid between
$15,000 and $17,000 of his son's forger
ies.
—The State Legislature of Indiana
has passed the Constitutional Amend
ment.
—THE late Gen. Cass was rocked in
a second-hand sugar trough. Think
of that, ambitious young men !
New York City will realize $1,000,-
000 per year from the excise law.
The Paraguayan War.
There seems to be no prospect of a
speedy peace between the belligerent
parties in South America. The Bra
zilian army is waiting for reinforce
ments to renew the contest; a new
commander has been appointed who
has infused fresh life into the forces,
and hard fighting may be expected at
an early day. The Paraguayan army
•on the other hand, is reported full of
confidence and ready for action, when
the proper time comes. Troops were
being raised by draft in the Provinces,
a force had been dispatched to the Par
aguay River, and five monitors were
said to he in the course of construc
tion. It is stated that an insurrection
had occurred in Paraguay which threat
ened trouble, and that a force had been
dispatched to the northwestern bonier
to guard against aggressions from Pe
ru. Lopez has not been idle and has
profited by the respite to render his po
sition stronger in Curupuiiy, by ma
king abattis at all the points of easier
access, and mounting a new battery of
thirty heavy guns, facing the river.
It is the opinion of many foreign anil
native officers that Curupaity cannot
be taken without a great sacrifice of
lives.
The opening of the Amazon River
and its tributaries to the trade of all
nations is noticed in the leading Bra
zilian papers, and they claim that the
war is now urged by them for the pur
pose of compelling Lopez to act in a
like liberal and progressive manner.
This is a point well taken by the allies,
and calculated to make them friends in
all commercial nations. But Lopez
maintains that this is mere pretense on
the part of the allies, that he is not op
posed to free trade on the Paraguay ;
but that it must be instituted in such a
way as not to profit Brazil to the inju
ry of Paraguay. This is the position
occupied by Lopez on the free-trade
({nestion, and he has dispatched agents
to England and the continent for the
purpose of representing his views in
the mercantile circles there. In the
meantime, the war will progress, and
the end may be interposition on the
part of France. Such a thing has been
indiCated more than once during the
continuance of the struggle, and it may
become a fact if the war be protracted.
Short dresses are struggling severely
for the ascendancy in our fashionable
circles.
CONBRW*.
SENATE.—ZSIr. Fteeilden, from the
committee on Finance, reported, with
amendments, the Legislative, Execu
tive, and Judicial Appropriation bill.
The bill to amend the act to prevent
smuggling was taken up and passed. A
bill was introduced for the relief of the >,
inhabitants of cities and towns on the
public lands; it wag referred. Mr. Wade
introduced a bill to provide for the al
lotment of J usticesof the Supreme Court
among the circuits, and the appoint
ment of marshals of the Supreme Court
and of the District of Columbia. Mr.
Wilson introduced a resolution calling
on the Secretary of War for information
as to whether any officers of the army
recently appointed have failed to join
their command; the resolution was
adopted. After the credentials of the
Hon. Frederick Frelinghuyson as Sen
ator from New Jersy, had been presen
ted, the Tariff bill was taken up on the
amendment exempting from duty all
books, maps and charts, imported ex
pressly for the use of public libraries,
schools and colleges. Mr. Grimes then
addressed the Senate at length in oppo
sition to the bill. Mr. Hendricks op-
posed the amendment, and Mr. Sumner
replied, after which the amendment
was adopted. Various amendments
were offered by Mr. Sumner, which
were rejected. Mr. Wade moved to
amend the bill by increasing the duty
on linseed or flaxseed to twenty-three
cents per bushel of fifty-two pounds.
After some discussion the amendment
was amended by making the duty on
linseed twenty cents per bushel and
thirty cents a gallon on the oil, which
was agreed to. The Senate soon after
wards adjourned.
HOUSE.— After various reports of
committees had been made, M.Schenck
gave notice that he should c-all up the
Bounty bill to-day, or, at the farthest,
on Saturday. The Committee on Ways
and Means was directed to inquire into
the expediency of placing on the free
list wagons and plough harness, and al
so common bedsteads, chairs and tables.
A bill was also reported granting lands
to Tennessee to aid in the construction
of colleges for teaching agriculture and
the mechanic aifs. The bill was oppos
ed by Mr. Le Blond, and a long diseus
sion ensued, during which an exciting
scene occurred between Mr. Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. Cooper, ofTen
nessee, in which the latter gave his op
ponent the lie. The bill was amended
by providing that under these grants of
land no person who had held office in
the Southern Confederacy should ever
be a professor or tutor in any ofthe col
leges or schools. The bill was then
passed by a vote of 111 yeas to 35 nays.
The House then took up the Recon
struction bill of Mr. Stevens. Mr. Ray
mond, of New York, in aset speech op
posed tin bill, lie was followed by
Mr. Shellabarger, of Ohio, in favor of
the bill. When the latter sat down Mr.
Stevens rose and stated that on account
•of differences of opinion he had conclu
ded not to call the previous question,
and unless in the meantime, he changed
his mind, he would to-day move to lay
the bill on the table. The House then
resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, and
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made a long
speech on thefinances. At SP. M. the
House adjourned.
SENATE. —A memorial from a num
ber of citizens of Baltimore, protesting
against the passage of the pending
Bankrupt bill, was presented and laid
on the table. A bill was reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reg
ulating the appointment of Commis
sioners to the Paris Exposition. It pro
vides for a Coramissioner-in-Chief, the :
thirty Commissioners already appoint
ed, and twenty additional Honorary
Commissioners —fifty in all. Other ap
propriations are made, which, with the
existing appropriations, will make ov
ers2oo,oooappropriated for this purpose.
A bill was passed providing that the
term of imprisonment of persons con
lined for offences against the laws ofthe \
United States shall be shortened for i
good behavior. A bill amending the 1
acts relating to habeas corpus, providing
the manner of removal of certain cases !
from State to United States Courts, was J
taken up and passed. Communications
were received from the Governor of
Pennsylvania, certifying theelection of
Hon. Simon Cameron as Senator elect
for six years from the 4th of March next,
and from the Governor of West \ i rgi'.i
ia, announcing the ratification of the
Constitutional amendment by the Leg
islature of that State. The Tariff bill
was then taken up. Mr. Johnson mov
ed to strike out certain portions of the
articles relating to the duty on bitum
inous coal, so as to itnposeaduty of one
dollar and a halfaton on all bituminous
coal. After a longdiscussion theamend
ment was agreed to.
HOUSE. —A bill was passed providing
for the removal of the wreck 0/ the
steamer Scotland from New York har
bor. A hiil was passed allowing the
Government to accept the steamship
Idaho at the contract price ($600,000).
Mr. Broomall, of Pennsylvania, intro
duced a resolution declaring that the
language used by Mr. Cooper in debate
on Thursday merited a vote of censure,
but subsequently withdrew it. A bill
was passed exempting alcohol from tax
when made of distilled spirits, upon
which a tax has been paid, and ulso
camphene and burning fluid when
made from alcohol so exempted. A
number of private bills were taken up
and passed. The House soon after ad
journed.
RELIEF NOTES OF 1841. —\\ e learn
from tabular Statement appended to
the Auditor General's Annual Report,
that 896,020 of the so-called "Relief
Notes" that were issued by the banks
of this Commonwealth as a loan to the
State, in the year 1841—twenty-six
years ago—are still unredeemed. The
original amount of these notes issued,
was 82,220, 205. Two dollars were re
deemed during the year last past. As
the sight olVi "Relief Note" is now ev
en nirer than a piece of gold coin, it
may be presumed that the amount re
ported as still in circulation has been
destroyed by the natural wear and tear
of paper money.
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. .10.
FLOUR. —The market is very dull,
and prices unsettled —
Northwest superfine, $7.00(0,7.5©
Northwest extra, 8.00<9.00
Northwest extra family, ll.OOp* 12.25
Peona. and West'n superfine,B.oo("B.so
Penna. and West'n extra, 9.(hj(" 10.00
GRAlN.—There is little demand for
Wheat, and prices are nominal. We
quote—
Pennsylvania red, per bus., 82.60( 2.8S
•Southern " ;s.uopi3.lo
White, " .4.25("3.30
live, " 1.35(1.40
Corn, for yel., (new) " $0.80("0.90
Oats, " 56(0 58c
PO VISIONS.— Prices are unsettled. J
Me<s Pork, per bbl., $20.00 d? 23.50 j
Bacon Hams, per lb., 16(21c
Salt Shouklers, " 13(,l.'!;c i
Prime Lard, 13c j
SEEDS.—We quote
Cloverseed, per bus., at $9.00(<£10.001
Timothy, " 3.00(03.05 j
Flaxseed, "
SIS g I I
JOHN W. BOWEX ESQ., is a regular
ly authorized agent for this paper, and
will visit our friends throughout the
county, for the purpose of making col
lections and taking subscritions. We
hope that his calls will be responded
to in the proper spirit. We have some
$6,000 on our books, $l,OOO of which we
need very badly to pay a debt we owe
in bank. ] f ac t we must collect, and
if mild measures will not answer our
purpose, we will be compelled to resort
to harsher ones. There are many per
sons who pay promptly. To such,
thanks! There are more who do not*
To such, duns, and finally writs. We
desire to oppress no man. We are wil
ling to be liberal to those who are in
straitened circumstances. But if me
do not heed our request to settle, if they
treat our call for payment with con
; tempt, they have no further claim upon
our generosity. We have given away
: enough in our business to keep a small
| family five years. If we are to contin
i ue that sort of work, we want those
who can pay to come forward and do
i it, and those who can't, to step up and
settle. Of course, we don't refer to
those who do pay. If this be not at
tended to soon, we will see whether
! "some things can't be done as well as
| others."
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CONSUMPTION CURABLE BY DR.
SCHEXCK'S MEDICINES.—To cure consumption, tbe
system must be prepared so that the lungs will
heal. To accomplish this, the liver and stomach
must first be cleansed and an appetite created for
good wholesome food, which, by these medicines
will be digested properly, and good healthy blood
made; thus building up the constitution. Schenck'a
Mandrake Pills cleanse the stomach of all bilious
or mucous accumulations; and, by using the Sea
Weed Tonic in connection, the appetite is restored.
Sehenck's Pulmonic Syrup is nutritious as well
a,s medicinal, and, by using the three remedies, all
i mpnrities are expelled from the system, and good,
wholesome blood made, which will repel all dis
ease. If patients will take theie medicines ac
cording to directions, consumption very frequently
in its last stage yields readily to their action.—
'Pake the pills frequently, to cleanse the liver and
stomach. It does not follow that because the bow
ols arc not costive they are not required, forsome
t.imes in diarrhoea they are necessary. The stom
ach must be kept healthy, and an appetite created
t.o allow the Pulmonic Syrup to act on the respir
• itory organs properly nnd allay any irritation.
Then all that is required to perform a permanent
• jure is, to prevent taking cold. Exercise about
the rooms as much as possible, eat all tbe richest
food —fat meat, game, and, in fact, anything tbe
appetite craves; but be particular and masticate
well. 2d w
PREPARED OIL OF PALM AND MACE
for PRESERVING, RESTORING, and BEAUTIFYING
the HAIR, and is the most delightful and wonder
ful article the world ever produced.
Ladies will find it not only a certain remedy to
Restore, Darken and Beautify the Hair, but also a
desirable article for the Toilet, as it is highly per
fumed with a rich and delicate perfume, indepen
dent of the fragrant odor of the Oils of Palm and
Mace.
THE MARVEL OF PERU,
a new and beautiful perfume, which in delicacy of
scent, and the tenacity with which it clings to the
handkerchief and person, is unequaled.
T'ne above articles for sale by all Druggists and
Per fumers, at $1 per bottle each. Sent by express
to nny address by proprietors,
T. W. WRIGHT A CO.,
oetl9'66yl 100 Liberty St., New York.
To OWNERS OF HORSES AND CAT
TLE.—TOBIAS' DERBY CONDITION POWDERS are
warranted superior to any others, or no pay, for
the cure of Distemper, Worms, Bots, Coughs, Hide
bound, Colds, Ac., in Horses; and Colds, Coughs,
Loss of Milk, Black Tongue, Horn Distemper, Ac.,
in Cattle. These Powders were formerly put up
by Simpson I. Tobias, son of Dr. Tobias, and since
, his death, the demand has been so great for them,
i that Dr. Tobias has continued to manufacture
j them. They are perfectly safe and innocent; no
1 need of stopping the working of your animals.
Thoy increase the appetite, give a fine coat, cleanse
I the stomach and urinary organs; also increase the
inilk of cows. Try them, and you will never be
! without them. Hiram Woodruff, the celebrated
| trainer of trotting horses, has used them for years,
I and recommends tbem to his friends. Col. Pbilo
P. Bush, of the Jerome Race Course, Fordham,
N. Y., would not use them until he was told of
i what they are composed, since which he is never
without He has over 20 running horses in
i his charge, and for the last three years he has used
na other medicine for them. He has kindly pcr
■ mitted me io refer any one to him. Over 1,000
! other references can be seen at the depot. Sold
:by Druggists and Saddlers. Price 25 cents per
box. Dtpot, 56 Cortlandt Street. New York.
j nov3ow7
INVASION! —Do you wish to have
your hair cauterized from the scalp? No. Then
beware of the new brood of Nitriolic and caustic
Dyes got up by nostrum-mongers, who bear the
same relation to the responsible Chemist that
PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS
bear to bonest merchantmen. Remember that the
experience of years, and the very highest scientific
endorsements, guarantee the superiority of
CHItISTADOItO'S HAIR DVB
over every other in use. It is purely vegetable,
infallible and instantaneous. Manufactured by
J. CHRISTADOKO, li Astor House, New \ork. bold
by Druggists. Applied by all Hair Dressers,
janliul
Contagious Disease.— Water must
be adapted to the nature of the fish, or there will
be no increase; the soil must be adapted to the
seed, or there will be small returns; and the hu
man body must contain impurities, or there will
be no sickness. The man whose bowels and blood
have been cleansed by a few
BKANDRETITS PILLS
may walk through infected districts without fear.
• : The life of the llesh is in the blood. To secure
health we mnst use Brandreth s Pills, because
but from unhealthy accumulations in the bowels
or the blood, which Brandreth's Pills remove; ihis
method is fallowing nature, and is safe, and has
stood the tkst ok TIME. See B. Brandr* th in
white letters iu the Government stamp. Sold by
all Druggists. jamiml
Itch! Itch! Itch! Itch!— Scratch
Scratch! Scratch !— Wbeato.Vs Oixtment will
cure Iteh in 48 Hours. ,
Also cures Salt Kheum. Ulcers, Chilblains, and
all Eruptions of the Skin. Price 50 cents. For
sale by all druggists By sending 60 cents to
Weeks 4 Potter, solo agents. 170 Washington street
Boston, it will be forwarded by mail, free of post
age, to any part of the United States.
tnnB,'66.-ly.
Huntingdon and Broad Top IL.H.
—Time Table —Express Train leaves Mt. Dallas
at 1.30 p. m., and nrrives at lluntindon, at 4.45 p.
m : loaves Huntingdon at 7.50 a. m,, and arrives
at Mt Dallas, at 11.15 a. m.
Accommodation Train leaves Huntington at 4.04
p. m . and arrives at Saxton, J. 45 p.m.; leaves
Saxton. at 0.43 a. m., and arrives at Huntingdon,
at II 22 a. m. jaulB.
r\II. GEO. B. KEJ-LEV,
\f having permanently located in ST. CLAIKS- v
ViLLE, tenders bis professional services to the
citizens of that place and vicinity nov2'6Byl