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XHie ITOI'I.E TO KE CHEATED.
Congress assembled on Monday last.
This is the same old rump which un
dertook to impeach and remove Presi
dent Johnson, which invented recon
struction and which is the parent of all
the deviltries foisted upon the country
since the fourth of March, 1867. Its
existence is fast drawing to a close.
Three months more will finish its ca
reer of infamy. What it may be ca
pable of in its hours of doting senility,
remains to be seen. It is given out
that it will attempt to "amend" the
Constitution by proposing to the legis
latures of the States the insertion in
that instrument of a clause conferring
suffrage upon ail "men," irrespective
of race or color. Sumner is ready with
a proposition of this character, as is al
so Kelley, of Philadelphia, and, doubt
less, there are other radical tinkers
who are anxious to lie the first to put
this black patch upon the Constitution.
We have no doubt that this will be at
tempted, and we, therefore, call upon
tlie people to prepare to resist, by ev
ery legal means, this threatened inva
sion of their reserved rights.
The right to regulate the suffrage is
one which neither people nor States
delegated to the federal government
in the Constitution. It is one of the
rights which was reserved to them.
No one can dispute this truth. Even
the Chicago Platform, upon which
Grant was elected, acknowledges this
fact, by declaring that the people of
the "loyal states" must be permitted
to settle the question of suffrage for
themselves. But, now, a Congress,
elected without reference to this mat
tor, and upon the special denial of the
radical party that it was its intention
to establish negro suffrage, is about to
introduce a scheme by which the peo
ple are to ho defrauded of this sacred
right. The amendment regulating
the sutfrage, is to be proposed to the
legislatures already elected, the mem
bers of which were chosen without a
thought on the part of the voters that
the persons whom they were selecting
to represent them would be called up
on to decide a question of this charac
ter. These Legislatures are to rote
away forever thus dear anil cheridtedpop
ular right, anil the people themselves are
not to be consulted in regard to it at all.
Such is the present programme of the
radical leaders.
In our judgment the member of the
legislature who votes for the ratifica
tion of this amendment, is 110 better
than a highway robber and ought to
be summarily dealt with ly his con
stituents. He deliberately robs the
people of their undelegated right to
settle the question of sutfrage for them
selves. if he be a radical, ho know
ingly violates his pledges to his own
party, made in hi- endorsement of the
Chicago Platform. Neither statute
nor common law provides for the pun
ishment of such a criminal, because
his offence is against a natural right,
reserved by the people, and uncon
trolled by any written law. A coat of
tar-and-feathers would, however, an
swer the ends of justice.
Meanwhile, let men of all parties,
who would not sell their birth-right
for a mess of pottage, demand of their
representatives in (he State Legislature,
that they submit this suffrage ques
tion to the people for settlement. Jf
suffrage is to he conferred upon the
Negro, or the Chinaman, or the Indi
an, let (hepeople, and not the politi
cians, do it. Who will dare to advo
cate the contrary?
A .\i r rote 1.1 rz.
The Radical speakers and newspa
pers boasted throughout the late can
v ass that the poor man paid no taxes,
but that the burdensof the government
fell only upon the shoulders of the
rich, who were able to bear them. No
one persisted more in this mendacious
doctrine than the editor of the Inquir
er. On several occasions we exposed
this fallacy through the columns of the j
GAZETTE. We knew—as well as ev
ery intelligent man in the country
knows—that we were right, and tiiat
the Radical cry that the poor man paid
no taxes was but an electioneering
dodge. For the benefit of the would
be "poor man's friend," we commend
the following to the philosopher of the
Inquirer.
At Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday
last, 31 r. Chits*', in his charge to the
(fraud Jury of the District Court said :
"We admonish you, gentlemen, to
exercise your utmost vigilance on the
subject. Frauds in revenue are an evil
which the whole land cries out upon,
and frauds upon the revenue are frauds
upon the whole hotly of taxpayers, and
no one who eats, drinks, wears, or is
sheltered under any roof, however hum
ble, now escapes from taxation."
It is thus seen that Chief Justice
Chase takes the same views of the op
pression of the present system ol taxa
tion, brought about by the "rings" and
the monied aristocracy of the country,
as the Democratic party holds on this
subject. These combinations are pow
erful, aud can, nay, have already shift-
jpd too Iprgo a projection of the taxes
Of be country upon the laboring class
es. It is to remedy, so far as can be
done by the courts, this great wrong
that the Chief Justice so earnestly calls
the attention of the Grand Jury to the
frauds that are daily committed in
revenue. It is not far the benefit of
the rich and opulent that these evils
are to he ferreted out but for the good
of the humblest citizen, for no one
"however humble, now escapes taxation."
Put this in your pipe, Mr. Lutz, and
smoke it at your leisure.
A NEGRO Ot''i(E-HOM)ER.
It seems that Gov. Geary has deter
mined not only to carry the load
which his Deputy Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Gara, laid upon his
shoulders in his letter to the recent Af
rican convention in Harrisburg, but to
weight himself even more heavily by
issuing a commission of office to a ne
gro, in defiance of the constitution
which he is sworn to support.
One Deter Smith, an African, has re
cently been commissioned by the Gover
nor, as a constable, or policeman, for the
town of Ilelfenstein, Schuylkill county.
The Governor, by this action, has set
at naught the constitution of Pennsyl
vania, which, as every one knows,
does not recognize the negro as quali
fied either to vote or hold office. He
has deliberately broken his solemn
oath to maintain that constitution, as
well as insulted every while man in
the slate, by issuing this commission.
Doubtless, the Governor imagines that
the course he has seen tit to pursue,
will recommend him to the radical
party for re-nomination. But we are
much mistaken if there be not men,
even in that party, to whom such a
bid for the favor of the ultra radicals
will bring nothing but disgust. Per
haps the Governor will find out, some
day, that the white men of Pennsylva
nia are not, after all, so very anxious
to take the negro into political partner
ship. If the coming legislature dare
to cheat the people out of the right to
settle the suffrage question for them
selves, the Governor will learn, to his
heart's content, what it is to stand up
on a Negro Suffrage Platform in the
Keystone State.
XOff IS rut: TIRE.
Next year there will be a most im
portant political canvass. The Demo
cracy, taught in the severe school of
experience, will nominate their strony
esl men, determined to win the fight.
In view of the coming struggle, it is
highly important that efforts to in
crease our vote should be made at
once and kept up until the election.
Now is the time to work. At present
their are some cool heads in the coun
try. Don't wait until radical false
hoods heat them. During the quiet of
wintt r, people will read and reflect. —
Will Democratic politicians sou to it
that the proper kind of reading is fur
nished, so that the people may not be led
to indulge in reflection that is false and
baneful? A little eflort would place a
good Democratic journal in the hands
of such intelligent, thinking "Republi
cans," as possess the honesty and inde
pendence to do right in spite of their
party. Shall this be done?
Ttit: SESSION OF CONGRESS.—'The
rolls of the House of Representatives
WillCtl assembled on Momhiy lu..<t lx.nr
the names of 233 Representatives, in
cluding the delegations from Georgia
and Alabama. Four members of the
present House have died namely:
Messrs. Finney and Stevens of Penn
sylvania, Mann of Louisiana, and
Hinds of Arkansas. The death of
neither of these hits been announced
officially in the House, and one of the
first features of this session will be the
pa—age of the customary resolutions
aiul the delivery of the usual addresses
by the colleagues of the deceased mem
bers. Mr. Finney was able to occupy
his seat only about a week. Ile is suc
ceeded by S. Newton Pottis. Mr. Ste
vens is suceeded by C. J. Dickey, and
either Jones or Menard will succeed
Mr.Mann, the election being contested.
Menard is a colored man. The Senate
rolls contain the names of GG members,
including Messrs. Hill and Miller of
Georgia, and Messrs. Spencer and War
ner of Alabama, being an increase of
13since the vote on impeachment.—
Of this number the terms of office of
22 will expire on the Ith of March next,
namely : Messrs. Bayard of Delaware,
Buckalew of Pennsylvania, Chandler
of Michigan, Conness of California,
Dixon of Connecticut Doolittle of Wis
consin, Edmunds of Vermont, (re-elec
ted,) Frelinghuysen of New Jersey,
Henderson of Missouri, Hendricks, of
Indiana, Morgan of New York, Mor
rill of Maine, Patterson of Tennessee,
Ramsey of Minnesota, Sprague of
of Rhode Island, (re-elected,) Stewart
of Nevada, Sumner of Massachusetts,
Tipton of Nebraska, Van Winkle of
West Virginia, Welch of Florida,
Whyte of Maryland, and Wade of O
hio.
A respectable and wealthy citizen of
lowa is in New York trying to dispose
of his property with a view to leaving
his State, lie says he vvili not live in
a State where the white men do not
think themselves any better than ne
groes. He thinks that striking the
word white out of the constitution
must cause a reduction in the value of
propertj in that btate.
The papers say, "the Radicals are not
quite sure whether they can tru-t
Grant." It is only the natural suspi
cion which thieves must have of each
other.
JSc"3Tofti ©air***, Sr&ftfcSi* #av
Rattle or Gen. CoMrr with tli- Savngpt—
I •- tof (tic linliaiix nml Kentruftton
of Tlicir Villages,—( HMiiillicv. etc.
Ix Tin-: Pi KXI>, Ixxu AN TERRITORY,
November 2s, via J lays City, Dec. I.
Tlie Cheyenne village of Black Kettle's
band was captured yesterday morning
, at daylight by the .Seventh Cavalry
! Regiment, under Gen. Custer, on the
north fork of the Witchela river. One
! hundred and fifty Indians were killed
and the bodies left in our possession,
and 53 taken prisoners. An immense
amount of property was destroyed,
| consisting of 51 lodges, nearly 1,000
horses and mules, arms, ammunition,
! horse equipments, robes, provisions,
etc. Captain i.ouis Hamilton was
' killed in the first charge. Brevet
Lieut. Col. Barrietz, was seriously if
not mortally wounded. Major Elliott
is missing. One man of the 7th was
killed and U woun* ed. The tribe is
badly crippled.—The Indians, inelud
! ing women and boys, fought with
| great desperation from the cover of
bushes and grass. When driven out
of the village many of the wounded
effected their escape. The victory was
I complete, and will be a wholesome
lesson to the Cheyennea. Black Ket
tle, the principle chief, was killed.
The casualties are Major George L. 11.
Elliott, Captain Louis M. Hamilton
: and 19 enlisted men killed* and the
i wounded are Brevet Lieut. Col. Al
bert Barrietz. Captain Seventh Infan
try, supposed mortally ; Brevet Lieut.
Col. T. W. Custer and Second Lieut.
J. M. Marsh, slightly, and 11 enlisted
men. Col. Benton had a horse shot
under him. Gen. Custer returns here,
will refit, and again take the field.
Two white children were re-captur
i ed. One white woman and one boy
ten years old were brutally murdered
by the Indian women when the attack
| commenced.
St. Louis, Dee. 2.—Gen. Sheridan
has issued field orders No. G, in which
he thanks his troops and congratulates
General Custer on his recent victory
over the Indians. The follow ing prop
erty was captured at Indian Village,
viz: 875 ponies, 1,123 buffalo robes and
skins, 535 pounds powder, I,osopounds
lead, 4,000 arrows, 700 pounds tobacco,
besides rifles, pistols, bows, lariats, and
an immense quantity of dried meats
and other provisions.
IIORKIULE AFFAIR NEARCORNING,
| NEW YORK. — A Girl Murders a Child,
I then Roasts it on a Stove. —We have le
ceived the particulars of a horrible af
j fair which occurred about a mile from
Corning, Wednesday last, November
25th. At the place indicated there re
sided a family named McCullough,
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. McCullough
and their three children, aged, respec
tively five, three and one and a half
year-.—The husband i- represented to
lie a shiftless, indolent fellow, and bis
wife lias been compelled to labor to
support the family. She has lately
been selling sewing machines, and on
Wednesday last started on a trip
through the surrounding country for
that purpose, leaving her children in
charge ofa girl named Barber, aged
eighteen years, whom she hired for the
purpose. In the evening the youngest
chiid cried and was fretful, when, it is
said, Barber threw it npon the floor
and stamped upon it until it was al
most lifeless. Then taking the little
one up she held its hands upon a hot
stove until they were terribly burned.
The child was too far gone to utter
inore than a faint scream while it was
being roasted. Barber then threatened
to throw it into a well, when the oth
er children, who had witnessed the
whole thing, told her that if she did
they would tell tiieir mother. The
girl then wrapped the child in a blank
et or bed-quilt, and placed it in a bed,
where it was found by the mother,
who returned home Wednesday night,
dead. The marks of brutality were
plainly visible on its little body, and,
after questioning the children, infor
mation was given the coroner.—After
an investigation lie ordered the arrest
of Barber, called a jury, and an inquest
was in session yesterday. The inquest
will be concluded to-day, and it is said
there can be no doubt as to the finding
of the jury.— Rochester [N. Y.) Union
2s/A ultimo.
ANOTHER TENNESSEE HORROR—
llutchery of an Entire Family. —A lit
tle over a week ago a frightful tragedy
was enacted in Fentress county, Ten
nessee, near the Kentucky line. There
lived in that section a family composed
of an old lady, some eighty years of
of age, and her three grandchildren—
one a young lady, another a boy of
twelve and the third a small girl. In
the neighborhood was a man named
Logsdon, ill-favored of face and of lit
tle character, who in some way became
cognizant of the fact that the old lady
had in her possession a considerable a
mount of money, the back pay of her
dead son, who had been a soldier, and
he resolved to secure it at all hazards.
Proceeding one night to the house she
occupied, Logsdon, with knife and re
volver, murdered the grand-daughter,
and left the boy for dead also. All the
money he found, however, was s7o,
and with this he fled. The boy, who
fortunately survived, next day told the
tale of the bloody work of the night,
and the sheritf of Fentress county, as
soon as he could be notified, started im
mediately in pursuit of the murderer
with a warrant. lie passed through
Clinton county, in this State, wiiere he
was joined by the sheritf of Clinton, and
together the two sheriffs made their
way to Hustonville, Lincoln county.
Here they captured the murderer at
the house of his father, even ; fore he
had changed his clothing he wore when
he committed the terrible crime, and
which bore the blood-stains of the cru
el murder.— iMuisville Courier.
If all the legal white votes in this
country had been polled, and no illegal
negro votes had been polled, the
popular majority against Grant would
be over a million. Let Grant put that
in his pipe and smoke it.
Tlie editor of the Culpepper (Va.) Ob
server lies received an ear of corn con
taining 1,2i50 grains grown on land that
has been in corn for eight successive
years without any manure.
T'i K'o*iit Disaster* in Switzvrlmid.
An official aecountofthe terrible disas
ters which have rreently happened in
Switzerland, the looses from which can
be counted by millions, lias been re
ceived from the American legation at
the State Department, at Washington.
By a fearful rainfall which succeeded
an unusually dry season, much of the
cantons ofGriaons, Tessin, the Valais,
Glaris and St. Gall and Uri have, in
consequence thereof, been literally des
olated by inundations. The mountain
rivulets and cascades suddenly swelled
to torrents swept villages, hamlets,
cattle, roads, bridges, dikes, earth and
stone as debris upon the fields below,
which are thus rendered forever hope
less wastes. The appeal of the authori
ties of the Canton of Tessin to their
more fortunate fellow countrymen of
ticially sets forth the effects of the
storm, and this description may bo ta
ken as applicable, in a greater or less
extent, to the other cantons named :
"In the night of the 27th and 28th
September, our canton was struck by a
frightful catastrophe. A volume of
water percipitated itself as a deluge in
to the valleys of Blenio, of the Levan
tine, the Riviera, he Vernasco and the
Maggia. This scourge was accompan
ied by the destruction of buildings and
by the fall of irees. by earth and rock
slides in such a manner as If all the ele
ments had combined to rival each oth
er in the work of devastation. All the
beautiful country that extends from
Giornieeand Olivoneto Biasea, unrec
ognizable to-day. is nothing but a mass
of debris. Roads, bridges and dykes are
destroyed; houses, mills and stables
have been swept away ; the rich forests,
the fertile fields and vineyards, but
yesterday flourishing, have disappear
ed ; cattle have perished by the thou
sands, and that which adds to the con
sternation is the loss of more than fifty
persons, some surprised in their sleep,
and others the victims of their devo
tion, while attending to rescue and as
sist the drowning. Fathers and moth
ers of families have been crushed un
der the falling houses, and their bodies
swept off by the rushing waters. The
disaster surpasses all that imagination
can picture. Thousands of fam
ilies have been struck by the calamity,
and many of them have been reduced
to the lust extremity—without roof,
without clothes, without bread, and
several deprived of their fathers."
Appeals have been made to the be
nevolent for aid to the despoiled peas
antry of Switzerland, whose foresight
could not have evaded the terrible blow
which has fallen upon them, and their
cry of distress goes up not only to their
own countrymen in the United States,
but with equal force to the benevolent
among Americans and residents here
of whatever origin or nationality they
may be.
A liciiiililu! Colore*! Lndf.
A preacher in one of the most fash
ionable churches of this city said in bis
sermon last Sunday: "I once babtized
a colored lady in the Atlantic Ocean,
and although she was as black as she
could eOHVeuioatJy be, rshe looked
beautiful." "Colored lady" is a phrase
in harmony with what are called the
advanced ideas of the age, and with
the Africanized religion of the majori
ty of our churches. This wench also
"looked beautiful" to the admiring
minister. He held her in his arms as
the cold Atlantic wave struck her vel
vety skin, no doubt she clung to him
with hope, if not with tenderness.
Then it was that she looked beautiful.
Then it was that the radiant "colored
lady" won the admiration of the rev
erend gentleman. The impression
was so strong that it survived the
shock of time, and so iiulellibiy stamp
ed his memory, that he makes it the
subject of a sermon, long years after
wards. An admiring throng of refined
white people, of old men and young
maidens—are treated to the meritsofa
beautiful black wench, as something
exceeding all ordinary human excel
lence. The object of this kind of ne
gro preaching, is to educate the people
in the political doctrines of the .Mon
grel party. Hardly a prayer is now
offered, or sermon preached, in which
some admiring reference is not made
to the negro. llis name is oftener
spoken in the pulpit than the name of
Jesus Christ, and the ribald infidel is
less condemned than the doubter in
the especial excellence of the negro. ;
Such vile political sinks are these ne
gro-worshipping pulpits.—A', v. Bay-
Book.
itntialo Xorlli.
Buffalo in unusual numbers have dur
ing tlie past month, crossed the rail
road track on the Union Pacific lioadi
Ik J., between Fort Marker and Hays
City, mostly in the vicinity of Bunker
Hill. A gentleman just from Hays
City says the train was detained three
times in order to allow of the passing of
the uncounted bellowing herds which
sweep over the Plains. The herds this
season are moving north, a fact quite
unusual, as generally at the approach of
winter these animals, obeying lire laws
of instinct, migrate southward, where
the climate is milder and grass more
plentiful. The cause of the buffalo mo
ving towards the north this season is
said by old hunters and ranchemen to
be the presence of great numbers of
troops and Indians on liieir accustom
ed feeding grounds. However this
may be, there is promise of line bunt
ing the coming winter in the territory
watered by the Republican fork, be
tween the Piatte and Smoky Hill
routes, where they will be undisturbed
by the Indians, as the latter have
mostly been forced to evacuate that re
A handsome California gold nugget,
thickly veined, and nearly one-halfcov
ered with gold, was found recently in
the Lincoln tunnel, Butte county,
2,">00 feet below the top of the hill.
It contained about five pounds of gold,
worth $lB per ounce, and its value was
about SI,OBO.
The tobacco inspections in Lynch
burg, Virginia, from January Ist to
December Ist, 1808, were 5,701 hhds.,
averaging 700 pounds each, and 8,457,-
lou pounds loose tobacco; total pounds, |
13,141,800.
SKIVS IX BRIEF.
In Marathon county, Wisconsin,
alone, one hundred logging camps,
averaging ten men each, will be in full
operation by the first or middle of De
cember. Each camp will average
1,500,000 feet of lumber, making in the
whole 150,000,000 feet as the lumber
product of one county.
All the operatives under lifecn
years of age in the knitting factory in
New Britain, Conn., have been dis
charged for three months, in accor
dance with the statute forbidding tiieir
employment more than nine months
in the year.
It is stated that there are now over
three hundred graduates of female
medical colleges in active practice in
the United States, some of whom are
in receipt of SIO,OOO per annum from
their profession.
A few nigh since T. F. Timmons,
a cattle-dealer, while passing a bridge
near west Jefferson, ()., was thrown
from his horse by a cord thrown across
the bfidge, and robbed of $7,500 by
two highwaymen.
In excavating for the foundation of
the dome of the new State House at
Springfield, Illinois, recently, the
workmen struck a bed of coal Is inch
es in thickness, at a depth of about 15
or 18 feet below the surface.
Captain Allen JJ. Snow, a veteran
sea captain, died in Boston on Satur
day. He had long been engaged in
trade with Cuba, and had made one
hundred and tliirty-oue voyages in suc
cession to the por of Cienfuegos.
The proprietor of the Charleston
Mercury announces that his paper,
suspended, is not xtinct, and will be
revived on a substantial basis.
The other day thirteen head of cut
tle were killed by grazing in a corn
field near Melrose, Wiscon in, in which
.several smut curs hud been left.
The costumes of the Indies who
promenade Broadway now surpa-s
those of the theatre in gorgeousiiess.
Such brilliancy in colors was never be
fore witnessed on the arena of fashion.
Ail tiie Congressmen elect from In
diana, including Julian and Voorhees,
have received their certificates of elec
tion.
Miss Fanuie Price, daughter of Gen
era! Sterling Price and Belle Boyd are
about to fill engagements at the Gal
veston theatre.
The liev. Br. Chapin says that a man
living in the activities of the nine
teenth century is a condensed Methu
saleh.
On the Union Pacific railroad the
cry is "look out for the Indian," in
stead of "look out for the engine."
A pretty waiter girl in New Orleans
sues one of the young bloods of that
city for breach of promise of marriage.
The newspapers having announced
everything else about Keverdy John
son, now say he has forty grandchild
ren.
Travelers say railway traveling is
slower and less comfortable in Italy
than anywhere else in the world.
F.xriliiiii Ktunor* from franco.
Gold advanced to 13(3; at New York
on Saturday, attributed in the gold
room to alleged private dispatches
from Europe which represent the con
dition of affairs in France as being
very alarming. It is stated that two
such dispatches report serious trouble
in Paris between the people and the
government, and it was even rumored
that Napoleon isdea 1. This latter re
port, however, is likely to have arisen
from the alleged failure of the Emper
or's strength, bodily and mental, with
in the last two weeks. All of the stor
ies, however, it is since learned, are
groundless, as is evinced by cable dis
patches from London. The sensation
has probably served its purpose in cre
ating a panic in commercial circles in
Loudon and a shiver in New York.
CHIME IN LIVERPOOL — MajorGreig,
head constable of Liverpool, in his an
ual report, just made, says the increase
of juvenile offenders is this year very
marked, and drunkenness has greatly
increased, while education is much
less. The whole number of indictable
offenses, however, is less than last
year, being 1,(357 against 4,7(32 in ISG7.
Of 27 eases of murder, 2:3 were for the
murder of infants. To check the in
crease of infanticide, a reward of SIOO
was offered for the arrest and convic
tion of any person guilty of this crime,
but without avail. The record of
drunkenness is the highest ever made,
being an increase over the proceeding
year of 2,.510 cases. The constable says
he is unable to account for this increase.
The two blackest hours in the week for
producing drunkenness are from ten to
twelve on Saturday night. The en
tire number of persons who were drunk
when apprehended was 1(5,770, or 2,5-17
more than last year. The cases for
drunkenness alone were 14,4(51. A
comparative statement for the last
eight years of persons dealt with by
the justices shows that education has
been grow ing less; of the 26,70:1 persons
apprehended during the year, only 222
could read and write well; there were
10,904 who could neither read nor
write.
il*tvaisive - irw in 2'fai!;t<l<tJ]!t2a.
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 3.— At 6 o'-
clock P. M., a fire broke out in the
lower story of a large building on .Mar
ket street, about Hixth, occupied as a
wholesale drug store by T. Morris Pe
rot A Co. Almost instantly the dames
enveloped the whole building, and in
less than a quarter of an hour not a
particle of it remained except walls.—
The lire then extended east and west,
destroying on either side large build
ings, occupied by dealers in bats,
shoes, hardware, furniture, etc. The
losses are very heavy. It is reported
that a fireman fell from the roof of an
adjoining building into the flames.
This was the most destructive fire that
has occurred here for some time.
The following are the sufferers by
the lire: Morris Perot & Co., drugs,
total loss; Kilburn & Gates, furniture,
total loss; (Idlers A Bros., cloth, total
loss; Wm. \V. Paul, boots and shoes,
and Graff & Jarden, damaged by
water; E. A. Eagle & Co., wholesale
grocers, and Doyle, Supplee & Walker,
do. The stock of Perot & Co., was val
ued at $2.50,000. The total loss will pro
bably reach $500,000.
rKKtOJHAI,.
B.\ LUM'S M ,\<; AF.INE. Tho Janua
ry nuinlxT of this f*celk>nt monthly i.s
rtHteivfxl. Tbf> tabid <f eoriti-iita is unu
sually < mhracinpt -evtral
finely-illu-lrabd articles, including "A
Happy New Year,* by Mr. Shillaber,
and sixeuts illustrative of the"Huniors
of a Political Campaign," together
with choice storied and fine poems by
such writers as Camnnlla Willian,
August Bell, Jane <. Austin, James
Franklin Fitts, Mrs. M. A. Denison,
Mrs. It. B. Edson, Geo. 11. Coomer,
and a new serial fqr young folks by the
popular Horatio Alger, Jr. The won
der i.s that so much excellent : latter
can be furnished for $1.50. Flliott,
Thomes & Talbot, Publishers, Boston,
Mass.
THE Musical World for December is
received and contains the following
choice new music: "Florence Mc-
Bride," a charming song and chorus,
by S. B. Charles. "Bummer Rusts in
the Heart," a be autiful iraliad, by J.
It. Thomas; and "Pleasant Evening:
Waltz," by dairies Seyfierth. In ad
dition we find a large amount of valu
able and interesting reading matter,
"Vox Humana," "IrishMusic,""Ro -
sini's Death," "Musical Hints for the
Million," and scraps of musical new-;
fromali parts of the world. We can
commend the Musical World to our
readers as one of tire best journals of
the kind extant and advise all who
art; not already so, to become subscrib
ers at once. Price one dollar per year.
Specimen copies can be had of the Pu! -
lisiiers, S. Br-dnard & Sons, Cleveland,
Ohio, on receipt of ten cents.
PKTKKSOX'S MAGAZINE fur Janu
ary is already on;; tile most brilliant
we have cvc r seen. The superb Color
ed Berlin Pattern alone is worth twice
ihe price of the Number. Then there
are two Steel Engravings; a double
sized Colored Steel Fashion Plate; and
more than fifty Wood-cuts of Fashion-,
Etmlroideries and other Patterns. The
stories are of the highest class. We do
not see how any lady can do without
"Peterson." Now is the time to sub
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To clubs, four copies for SO.OO, with a
premium engraving, "The Star of
Bethlehem," to the person getting up
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with both the engraving and an extra
copy for premiums. Specimens sept
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nut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
LADIES' REPOSITORY. —This excel
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its mechanical execution it is not ex
celled, while its literary articles are of
the highest order. New features are
promised for the year 1809. Now is
the time to subscribe. Published by
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New York, at $3.50 per year, in ad
vance.
The first snow of this season has
proved unlucky for tiie deer in the
woody section of Wisconsin. A man
in the town of Empire killed six re
cently.
The New York Times thinks that
"popular lecturing is not half as profi
table a business as bricklaying or car
driving."
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
Corrected, every week.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.
FLO Fit.—The quotations are—
Northwest superfine, $5.75(56.00
Northwest extra, 0.50(uG.75
Northwest extra family, 7.25{ 5.25
Penna. and West'n sup., 0.00 <7.00
Penna. and West'n extra, 7.00 tß.no
Penna. and West'n family, 8.59 a 10.50
Penna. and West'n fancy* 11.00 ~ 13.00
Rye floor, 8.00 8.50
CiRA IN.—We juote—
Pennsylvania red, per bus.,
Southern "
California, "
White, "
Rye, " 0.00(3:1.50
Corn, for yel., " I.2<H" 1.21
Oats, " (A 70c
PROVIKIONS—We <inote —
Mess Pork, |HT bbl., $28.50(529.00
Bacon Hams, per lb., 20(a21c
Salt Shoulders, " 12c
Prime Lard, " 17c
SEEDS.—We quote
C'loverseed, per bus., at $7.25(5 7.75
Timothy, " 2.,50(5:2.60
Flaxseed, " 2.85(512.85
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Neirsly/es of Fall Clothing.
V. e invite special attention to our
assortment of clothing for the
FALL AND WINTER SEASON. We have an unusu
al!.? full and complete assortment now in
store, to which we arc making large addi
tions each day of new styles, as they are
recoivcd. We have also a
CHOKE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OP PIECE
Goons, which will be made up to order in
our
CVSTOM DEPARTMENT in unsurpassed style.
SPECIAL NOTICE. —StyIe, fit, and workmanship of
our garments surpassed by none—equalled
by few. All prices guurauteed lower than
the lowest elsewhere, and full satisfaction
guaranteed every purchaser in all cases, or
the sale canceled and money refunded.
Half tray between \ BENNETT A Co.,
Fifth and > TOWER HAI,L,
Sixth Streets, 1 OIS MARKET ST.,
PHILADELPHIA,
AND 600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Octlfiy 1
DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS, and CA
TARRH treated with the utmost success by J.
ISAACS, M D. , and professor of Diseases of the
lt.y e and Far in the 9 Tedical College of Penn
sylvania. 12 years experience, (formerly of
Leyden, Holland), No. 805 Arch Street Phi] i.
Testimonials can be seen at his office. The medi
cal faculty are invited to accompany their pa
tients, as he has no secrets in his practise. Arti
ficial eyes inserted without pain. No charge for
examination. july3,'6Byl
A CARD.— A Clergyman, while re
siding in fcouth America as a missionary, discover
ed a sate aud simple remedy for the euro of Ner
vous Weakness, Early Decay, Diseases of tho Uri
nary and Seminal Organs, and the whole train of
disorders brought on by hateful and vicious hab
its. Groat numbers have been cured by this noble
remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the af
flicted and unfortunate, I will sena the recipe for
preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed
envelope, to any one who needs it. FREE OP
CHARGE. Address,
JOSEPH. T. INMAN,
Station D, Bible House,
scplSm.l* New- Yori- City.
BRIDE AND BRII>EG ROOM. —Essays
for Young Men on the interesting relation of
Bridegroom to Bride, in tho institution of .Mar
riage,—a Guide to matrimonial felicity, and true i
happiness. Sent by mail in sealed letter envel- !
opes free of charge. Address, HOWARD ASSO ■
CIATION. Bo X P., Philadelphia, Pa I
aug2S OSyl
£aUs.
4 DMINISTRATOII'B BALK OF
j\ VALUABLE COAL PROPERTY. Tho un
.lerstgned. administratornf the estate of Or I[.
V. Br.i.'i! well, dee' 1, will sell at public sale, on
the premises, on Tuesday, the 29!h day of De
cember next, the undivided Lalf of : valuable
tar in and coal tract combined, ."ifuiitc in tie
township of Broad Top, connty of Bedford. Pa.,
onb Miie Run, about one half mile from Rail
Ro id. containing 114 seres and W perches f land,
s-ij Joining lands of the Hum and Broad Top M.
11 11. and Coal Company, in right of T J. Mor
ton. land of Cunningham A Co., Phelps A Co.. Ab
ner S. Ilorton and Wm. Anderson. This is a val
uable coal tract, having thereon all the senilis of
coal on the mountain, besides an abundance of
Iron Ore—both crop out; land smooth and im
provements good, with an orchard of choice fruit
thereon. Lying in close proximity to the rail
road, it is a valuable property for coal mining.
Should purchasers so desire, the whole can be sold
together and the Executors of the Hon. Peter
Scnell will join in a conveyance upon receiving a
reasonable bid. ar.d if desirable will give the usu
al Orphans' Court terms. Terms of the I'ramwell
Moiety, cash. The undersigned will meet any
persons de.-iring information at the house of Geo
W. Figard, in Coaldale, on the 28th and 29th of
December, hale will he opened at 1 o'clock. P.
?.!, Title indisputable
dcc4,'6Bw4 JNO. P. REED, Adnt'r.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.—By
virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court, the
undersigned, executor of the lst will and testa
ment i Jacob Hippie, lute of Middle Woo iberry
fowl lip, dec d. will sell at public vendue, on the
premise.-. on Tuesday, the 29th day of December.
loaS. the following described valuable real estate,
viz A tract of land situate in Mid township.
; known a* the Mansion tract of said decedent, con
! taining eighty-one acres, more or less, about
twenty acres of which are cleared and in a good
state of cultivation ; well fenced, the balance well
timbered, with story and a-haif log dwelling
house, a >tnsll substantial bank bam and other
! necessary outbuildings thereon erected. There is
1 excellent running water at the d<>r also some
fine fruit trees.
The above will be sold in lots, or all together,
to suit purchasers. Terms—cash, unless purcha
er.- prefer payments with interest.
Sale to commence at 1! o'clock, A M.
FREDERICK CAI tPER,
dee4w"4 Executor of Jacob llipplc, dee d.
ffALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT
*1 PRIVATE BALK.
; No. 1 contains St acres in East Providence tp .
! well timbered, i inile from the Pike at Ravs Hill.
No. 2. 200 acres. 75 acres cultivated, balance
well timbered, good mill site, 6 miles south of
Bloody Run.
No. 112 acres, HO acres in good state of culti
vation, good buildings, 3 miles south of Bloody
Run.
No. -1. 134 acres, 80 acres cleared, 2 miles from
Bloody Run.
Ho. J. 123 acres. 50 acres cleared, balance well
; timbered, underlaid with Iron Ore. 4 miles south
of -ax !i
No. 6. House and lot on Main street, Bloody
; Ren. in a good business part of the town
No. 7. 2 lots on Spring street, Bloody Ran, near
; Rail l'oad Station.
All of the above are valuable properties and
will be sold on reasonable terms, or will be traded
for good pr iperty here or in the west, bv
EDWAKD F. KERR.
nov27tu3 Bedford, Penn'a.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE OF
VALE ABLE REAL ESTATE.—By virtue
of an order of the Orphan's Court of Bedford
County, the undersigned will < tier at public sale,
on the premises, on Friday, the IHth day of De
cember, 1868, the following valuable Real Estate,
viz: A tract of land, in Juniata township, ad
joining lar.ds of Francis Human. George Walker.
John Luman and Daniel Harrier, containing Ib'J
acres, neat measure, about 109 aeres cleared and
under l'cnee. about 15 acres of which is good mead
ow. The improvements area story-and-a-halflog
house, spring house, double log b trn and other
necessary buildings. Also an apple orchard
j thereon.
Also the one undivided half of the following de
scribed tract of land, adjoining lands of Francis
Hainan, Daniel Harrier and Daniel Sbroyer, con
taining 70 acres, neat measure, having a saw milt
i thereon erectrd. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock
of said day. NATHAN KEGG,
1 Trustee for the sale of the Real Estate of John
: Kegg, dee'd. nov26w4
4 BARGAIN!—A Farm of 125aci
l\ one mile northeast of Bedford, with SO acres
1 cleared, balance in good timber. 20 acres recently
| limed. 25 acres of fine clover sod. two never-faif
i iug springs and an abundance of other running
water, a good fruit orchard, new barn, log house
i ar.d outbuildings, well adapted to grazing orgrain
growing, will be sold at a bargain Enquire ot
J' TIN S. .8 PR OAT.
or J. W. DICKER-ON,
i novLlwo __ Bedford, Pa.
lUUYRM FOR SALE. —We offer for
I Fule. a farm in Napier tp , containing 108
acres. 60 cleared, under fence end in a good f tute r 'f
cultivation, the balanre is well timbered with
good bark timber. The improvements are a new
two story house, (weather-boarded), a good log
house, stable and other outbuildings. There is an
orchard of choice Fruit Trees on the farm. This
farm adjoins lands of John Shartzer, David Bor
der and Asa Stuckey. This farm must bo soi l
between this and the first of January. Terms:
: ono-third in hand, and the balance in two equal
; annual payments. MEYERS A MENGEL.
! novl3tf
jpOll SALE OR TRADE.
2 tracts, of 160 acres each, within three miles of
a depot on the Union Pacific Railroad, back of
Omaha.
1 tract of bottom land, timbered and praire, two
miles from Omaha city.
One-third of 7.000 acres in Fulton county. Pa.,
including valuable ore, mineral and timber lands,
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
. bcr lauds in West Virginia.
Also—32o a eyes of land in Woodbury co., lowa
• ALFO—Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
I borough of Bedford, with limestone rook for kiln
■ or quarry, on the upper end of each.
ALSO
SO acres in Franklin Co., lowa.
ALSO.
5 lots of ground, in Bedford, 60 by 210 ft , former
ly part of the Lyons' estate.
0. E. SHANNON,
jun2l. 67yl Bedford, Pa.
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE
T —The undersigned offers for sale the follow
I iic: valuable bodies "1 land :
Tin: EE CHOICE TRACTS OF LAND,
j containing 160 acres each, situated on the Illinois
Central Railroad, in Champaign county, State of
Illinois, 8 miles from the city of Urbana, and one
mile fioin Rentuul Station on said Railroad. Two
of the tracts adjoin, and one of them has a never
Riling pond of water upon it Theeityof Urbana
i contains about 4,0 C inhabitants. Champaign
j the greatest wheat growing county in Illinois.
ALSO — One-fourth of a tract of /ami. situated
in Broad Top township. Bedford county, contain
I ing about 45 acres, with all the coal veinsof Broad
: Top running through it.
ALSO — 'Three Lots tit the town of Coalmont,
: Huntingdon county.
Jan 26, '66-tf ' F. C. REAMER
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