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THE PEOPLE TO BE 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, 18G7. 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 all "men," irrespective
of race or color. Sumner is ready with
a proposition of this character, as is al
so Ivelley, of Philadelphia, and, doubt
less, there are other radical tinkers
who are anxious to be the first to put
this black patch upon tiie Constitution.
We have no doubt that this will be at
tempted, and we, therefore, call upon
the 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 "lo.vai states" must be permitted
to settle the question of suffrage for
themselves. But, now, a Congress,
elected without reference to this mat
ter, 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 be defrauded of this sacred
right. The amendment regulating
the suffrage, 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 vote
away forever this dear and cherished pop
ular right, and (he 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 no better
than a highway robber and ought to
be summarily dealt with by his con
stituents. He deliberately robs the
people of their undelegated right to
settle the question of suffrage for them
selves. If he be a radical, he know
i ugly violates his pledges to his own
party, made in his 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-feat hers would, however, an
swer tile ends of justice.
Meanwhile, let men of all parties,
who would not sell their birth-right
for a mess of pottage, demand of their
representative* in the State legislature,
that they submit this suffrage ques
tion to the people for settlement. If
suffrage is to be conferred upon the
Negro, or the Chinaman, or the Indi
an, let the people, and not the politi
cians, do it. Who will dare to advo
cate the contrary?
A XI I rK LI rz.
The Radical speakers and newspa
pers boasted throughout the late ean
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
GAZETTE. We knew—as well as ev
ery intelligent man in the country
knows—that we were right, and that
the Radical cry that the poor man paid
110 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, oa Tuesday
last, Mr. Chase, in his charge to the
Grand 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 body of taxpayers, and
no one who eats, drinks, wears, or is
sheltered under any roqf, however hum
ble, note escapes from taxation."
It is thus seen that Chief Justice
Chase takes the same views of the op
pression of the present system ot taxa
tion, brought about by the "rings" and
the nionied aristocracy of the country,
as the Democratic party holds on this
subject. These combinations are pow
erful, and can, nay, have already shift- j
od too large a "proportion of the taxes
oft he country ujon 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 committal in
revenue. It is not for 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, note escapes taxation."
Put this in your pipe, Mr. Lutz, and
smoke it at your leisure.
A NEGRO OFFICE-HOLDER.
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 reeent Af
rican convention in llarrisburg, 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 Peter Smith, an African, has re
! cenlly been com missioned by the Gover
nor, as a constable, or policeman, for the
town of ITetfenstein, Schuylkill county.
The Governor, by this action, has set
; at naught the constitution of Penusyl
| vania, which, as every one knows,
does not recognize the negro as quali
fied either to vote or hold office. He
i has deliberately broken his solemn
oath to maintain that constitution, as
I well as insulted every white man in
the state, by issuing this commission.
> Doubtless, the Governor imagines that
the course lie has seen fit to pursue,
; will recommend him to the radical
j 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
i haps the Governor will find out, some
j 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 coining legislature dare
I 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.
NOW IS TIIE TIME.
Next year there will be a most im
portant political canvass. The Demo
cracy, taught in the severe school of
experience, will nominate their strong
est 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 j
once and kept up until the election.
Now is the time to work. At present
their are some cool heads in the coun- i
try. Don't wait until radical false
hoods heat them. During the quiet of j
winter, people will read and reflect.— j
Will Democratic politicians see 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 j
baneful? A little effort would place a ■
good Democratic journal in the hands j
of such intelligent, thinking "Republi
cans," as possess the honesty and inde- j
pendenee to do right in spite of their j
party. Shall this be done?
THE SESSION OF CONGRESS.—' The
rolls of the House of Representatives
WlilCtl assembled Oil Monday lu.it bear
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 Steveus of Penn
sylvania, Mann of Louisiana, and
Hinds of Arkansas. The death of
neither of these has been announced
officially in the House, and one of the
first features of this session will he the
passage of the customary resolutions
and 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 Pettis. Mr. Ste
vens is succeded by C. J. Dickey, and
either Jones or Menard will succeed
Mr.Mann, tiieeiectiou being contested.
Menard is a colored man. The Senate
rolls contain the names of 00 members,
including Messrs. Hill and Miller of
Georgia, and Messrs. Spencer and War
ner of Alabama, being an increase of
13 since 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,
Buekalew 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 <)-
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. He says he will 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
property in that State.
The (tapers say, "the Radicals are not
quite sure whether they can trust
Grant." It is only the natural suspi
cion which thieves must have of each
other.
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Fx TIIK FIELD, INIMAN TERRITORY,
November 28, ria I lays City, Dec. 1. —
The 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 Louis Hamilton was
killed in the first charge. Brevet
Lieut. Col. Harriet/., was seriously if
not mortally wounded. Major Elliott
is missing. One man of the 7th was
killed and 1-1 wounded. The tribe is
badly crippled.—The Indians, includ
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
complete, and will be a wholesome
lesson to the Cheyennes. Black Ket
tle, the principle chief, was killed.
The casualties are Major George L. H.
Elliott, Captain Louis M. . amilton
and 19 enlisted men killed* and the
wounded are Brevet Lieut. Col. Al
bert Harriet/, 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
ed. One white woman and one boy
ten years old were brutally murdered
by the Indian women when the attack
commenced.
St. Louis, Dec. 2. —Gen. Sheridan
has issued field orders No. (J, in which
he thanks his troops and congratulates
General Custer on his recent victory
over the Indians. The following 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.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR NEAR CORNING,
NEW YORK.— A Girl Murders a Child,
then Roasts it on a Stove. —We have re
ceived the particulars of a horrible af
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
years.—The husband is represented to
be a shiftless, indolent fellow, and his
wife has been compelled to labor to
support the family. She lias lately
been selling sewing machines, and on
Wednesday hist started on a trip
through the surrounding country for
that purpose, leaving her children in
charge of a girl named Barber, aged
eighteen years, whom she hired for the
purpose. In the evening the youngest
child cried and was fretful, when, it is
said, Barber threw it upon 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 ihey were terribly burned.
The child was too far gone to utter
more 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 their 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
2Sth ultimo.
ANOTHER TENNESSEE HORROR—
Butchery 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 iady, 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 $75,
and with this he fled. The boy, who
fortunately survived, next day told the
tale of the bloody work of the night,
and the sheriff of Fentress county, as
soon as he could be notified, started im
mediately in pursuit of the murderer
with a warrant. He passed through
Clinton county, in this State, where he
was joined by the sheriffof Clinton, and
together the two sheriffs made their
way to Hustoaville, Lincoln connty.
Here they captured the murderer at
the house of his father, even ta fore he
had changed hisclothing he wore when
he committed the terrible crime, and
which bore the blood-stains of the cru
el murder.— Louisville 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.
The editor of the Culpepper (Va.) Ob
server hns received an ear of corn con
taining 1,280 grains grown on land that
has been in corn for eight successive
years without any manure.
TStc Kccciit !)isi< rs In lin ilzcrlniul.
An official account of the terrible disas
ters which have rrcently happened in
Switzerland, the losses from which can
lie counted by millions, has 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 of Orisons, Tessin, the Valais,
Glaris and St. Gail 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 tields 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
ficially sets forth the effects of the
storm, and this description may be ta
ken as applicable, in a greater or less
extent, to the other cantons named :
"In the night of the 27th and 23th
.September, our canton was struck by a
frightful catastrophe. A volume of
water percipitated itself as a deluge in
to the valleys ofßleuio, of the Levan
tine, the Riviera, he Vernaseo and the
Maggia. This scourge was accompan
ied by the destruction of buildings and
by the fall of trees, 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
Giornice and Olivone to Biasca, 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 nourishing, 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 ami 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 ail that imagination
can picture. Thousands of fam
ilies have been struck by the calamity,
and many of them have been reduced
to the last extremity—without roof,
without clothes, without bread, and
several deprived of their fathers."
Appeals have been made to the be- J
nevolent for aid to the despoiled peas- j
an try of Switzerland, whose foresight j
could not have evaded the terrible blow j
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 lictisitli'iil Colored Liuly.
A preacher in one of the most fash
ionable churches of this city said in Ids
sermon last Sunday: "I once babtized
a colored lady in the Atlantic Ocean, ;
and although she was as black as she j
could eouvoui- utly ix*> n-he looked
beautiful." "Colored lady" is a phrase
in harmony with what are called the
advanced idea.s of the age, and with
the Africanized religion of the majori
ty of our churches. This wench also
"looked beautiful" to the admiring j
minister, lie held her in his arms as j
the cold Atlantic wave struck her vel- j
vety skin, no doubt she clung to him j
with hope, if not with tenderness. ;
Then it was that she looked beautiful. 1
Then it was that the radiant "colored j
lady" won the admiration of the rev- i
ercud gentleman. The impression 1
was so strong that it survived the !
° i
shock of time, and so indellibiy 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. His name is oftener
spoken in the pulpit than the name of
Jesus Christ, and the ribald iulidel is j
less condemned than the doubter in :
the especial excellence of the negro, j
Such vile political sinks are th"su ne
gro-worshipping pulpits.— X. Y. Ihiy-
JSook.
Kit Halo "levins' North,
Buffalo in unusual numbers have dur
ing the past month, crossed the rail
road track on the Union Pacific lioad>
E. -J., between Fort Harker and Hays
City, mostly in the vicinity of Bunker
llill. A gentleman just from Hays
City says tiie train was detained three
times in order to allow of the passing uf
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 the laws
oi 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 their accustom
ed feeding grounds. However this
may be, there is promise of fine hunt
ing the coming winter in the territory
watered by the Republican fork, be
tween the Piatte and Smoky llill
routes, where they will be undisturbed
by the Indians, as the latter have
mostly been forced to evacuate that re
gion.
A handsome California gold nugget,
thickly veined, and nearly one-halfcov
ered with gold, was found recently in
the Lincoln tunnel, Butte county,
2,500 feet below the top of the hill.
It contained about live 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, ISGS, wore 5,701 hhds.,
averaging 700 pounds each, and 8,457,-
100 pounds loose tobacco; total pounds,
18,141,800.
NEWS IS 1181 EE.
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 fif'een
years of age in the knitting factory in
New Britain, Conn., have been dis
charged fur three months, in accor
dance with the statute forbidding their
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 nights since T. F. Tinunons,
a cattle-dealer, while passing a bridge
near west Jefferson, ()., was thrown
from his horse by a cord thrown across
the bridge, and robbed of 5 57,500 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 B. 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 thirty-one voyages in suc
cession to the por of Cienfuegos.
The proprietor of tiie Charleston
Mercury announces that his paper,
suspended, is not xtinct, and will be
revived on a substantial basis.
The other day thirteen head of cat
tie were killed by grazing in a corn
field near Melrose, Wisconsin, in which
several smut cars had been left.
The costumes of the ladies who
promenade Broadway now surpass
those of the theatre in gorgeousness.
Such brilliancy in colors was never be
fore witnessed on the arena of fashion.
All the Congressmen elect from In
diana, including Julian and Voorhees,
have received their certificates of elec-
Miss Fannie Price, daughter of Gen
era! Sterling Price and Belle Boyd are
about to fill engagements at the Gal
veston theatre.
The Rev. Dr. Chapin says that a man
living in the activities of the nine
teenth century is a condensed Methu
saleli.
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 fteverdy John
sou, now say he has forty grandchild
ren.
Travelers say railway traveling is
slower and less comfortable in Italy
than anywhere else in the world.
Exciting Humors front France.
Gold advanced to 1363 at New York
on Saturday, attributed in the gold
room to alleged private dispatches
from Europe which represent the con
dition of all'airs in France as being
very alarming. It is stated that two
such dispatches report serious trouble
in Paris between tlie people and the
government, and it was even rumored
that Napoleon is dead. 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
London and a shiver in New York.
CRIME IN LIVERPOOL. —MajorGreig,
head constable of Liverpool, in his an
tral 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 -1,657 against 4,762 in 1867.
Of 27 cases of murder, 23 were for the
murder of infants. To check the in
crease of infanticide, a reward of §IOO
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 2,519 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 16,770, or 2,847
more than last year. The eases for
drunkenness alone were 14,451. A
comparative statement for the last
eight years of persons dealt with by
the justices shows that education has
been growing less ;of the 26,702 persons
apprehended during the year, only 222
could read and write well; tiiere were
10,901 who could neither read nor
write.
Extensive . ire ill
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.— At 6 o'-
clock P. M., a tire broke out in the
lower story of a large building on Mar
ket street, about Sixth, occupied as a
wholesale drug store by T. Morris Pe
rot & Co. Almost instantly the flames
enveloped the whole building, and in
less than a quarter of an hour not a
particle of it remained except walls.—
The Are 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.
Tiiis was the most destructive fire that
has occurred here for some time.
The following are the sufferers by
the tire: Morris Perot & Co., drugs,
total loss; Kilburn A Gates, furniture,
total loss; Gellers & Bros., cloth, total
loss; Win. W. Paul, boots aud 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 5250,600. The total loss will pro
bably reach $500,000.
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Ballou'h MaoaCIN'E. The Janua
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received. The tahty of contents is unu
sually interesting, <mbracing several
finely-illustrated articles, including "A
Happy New Year,* by Mr. Shiilaber,
and sixcuts illustrative of the "Humors
of a Political Campaign," together
with choicestoriesiand fine poems hy
such writers as Cammilla Willian,
August Bell, Jane (J. Austin, James
Franklin Fitts, Mrs. M. A. Denison,
Mrs. It. 11. Edson, Geo. 11. Coomer,
and a new serial for young folks by the
popular Horatio Alger, Jr. The won
der is that so much excellent Matter
can be furnished for §I.JO. Elliott,
Thomes & Talbot, Publishers, lioston,
Mass.
The Musical World for Decern Iter is
received and contains the following
choice new music: "Florence Me-
Bride," a charming song and chorus,
by S. B. Charles. "Summer Roses in
the Heart," it benutifu! ballad, by J.
R. Thomas; and "Pleasant Evening'
Waltz," by Charles Sey fieri h. In ad
dition we find a large amount of valu
able and interesting reading matter,
"Vox Human#," "Irish Music," "Ro -
sini's Death," "Musical Hints for tlx-
Million," and scraps of musical new:,
from all parts of the world. We can
commend the Musical World to our
readers as one of the best journals of
the kind extant and advise all who
are not already so, to become subscrib
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Specimen copies can be had of the Pub
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< )hio, on receipt of ten cents.
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE for Janu
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we have ever seen. The superb Color
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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 Fashions,
Knulroideries and other Patterns. The
stories are of the highest class. We do
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The first snout of this season has
I proved unlucky for the deer in the
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| 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 weed.
PHILADELPHIA, Pec. 8.
FLOUR.—The quotationsare—
i Northwest superfine,
I Northwest extra, G.50(5G.75
! Northwest extra family, 7.25( 8.25
| Penna. and West'n sup., G.00("7.00
: Penna. and West'n extra, 7.09 ' 8.00
i Penna. and West'n family, 8.59 " 10.50
i Penna.and West'n fancy* 1 1.00(5'.13.00
i Bye flour, 8.00@8.50
GRAIN. —We quote—
! Pennsylvania red, per bus., $1.90@2.10
i Southern "
J California, "
White,
Rye, " 0.00(51.50
Corn, for yel., " 1.20(5 1.21
Oats, " (a 70c
PROVISIONS.—We i note—
Mess Pork, per bbl., $28.50(a 29.00
Bacon Hams, per lb., 20(5 21c
Salt Shoulders, " 12c
Prime Lard, " 17c
SEEDS.—We quote
Cloverseed, per bus., at $7.25(57.75
Timothy, " 2.50(5 2.G0
Flaxseed, " 2.55(5 2.85
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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF
VALUABLE COAL PROPERTY.--The un-
I dersigncd, adroiliistrafor of the estate of Or, ||
: V. Brainwell, dec' l, will sell at public sale,
the premise#, on Tuesday, the 20th day of bc
! cember next, the undivided bn!f of a valuable
J farm and coal tract combined, situate in the
; len nship of Broad Top, county of Bedford. Pt,
: on 6 Mile Run, about one half mile from Huii
j ltoud, containing 114 acres and 66 porches of land,
adjoioining lands of the Hunt, ana Broad Tor, \[
j R. It. and Coal Company, in rigid of T J. ij„ r .
j ton, 'and of Cunningham A Co., Phelps A Co., Ah
i ner S. Horton and VVm. Anderson. This is a Vat
: uublc coal tract, having thereon all tbo seams of
: coal on the mountain, besides an abundance of
! Iron Ore—bolh crop out; land smooth and ii.
j provements good, with an orchard of choice fruit
i thereon. Lying in close proximity to the rail
road, it is a valuable property for Coal miniu
j Should purchasers so desire, the whole can be?,lit
j together and the Executors of the lion. Peter
' Si-belt will join in a conveyance upon receiving a
; reasonable bid, and if desirable, will give the u?u
al Orphans' Court terms. Terms of the Bratflwejj'
Moiety, cash. The undersigned will meet ?.y
I persons desiring information at the house of Gee
! W. Figard, in CoaMale, on the _'6th and 29th of
I December. Sale will be opened at 1 o'clock, P
u. Title indisputable.
dee4,'63wi4 JNO. P. REED, Adin'r.
j / vIIPHANS' COURT SALE.—By
' \ / virtae of an order ->f the Orphans' Court Ih,-
j undersigned, executor of the lst will
! ment of Jacob Hippie, late of Middle H'„ 0 i'berry
township, dee d, will sell at public Vcudue. on the
j premises, on Tuesday, the 2bth day of December.
. IS3B, the following describe 1 valu tide real estate,
j vis : A tract of land situate in said township!
known as the Mansion tract of said decedent, con
! tuining eighty-one acres, more or less, ah mt
i twenty acres of which arc cleared and in a g.,,1
! state of cultivation ; well fenced, the balance well
timbered, with a story and a-half log dwelling
: house, a small substantial bank barn and other
; necessary outbuildings thereon erected. There is
i excellent running water at the doer; also gome
I floe fruit trees.
The above will be sold .in lots, or all together,
! to suit purchasers. Terms—cash, unless pur ha
I cr. prefer payments with interest.
Sale to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M.
FREDERICK CARPER,
i deoiwf Executor of Jacob Hi op!'-, b ■'•!
"TTALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT
j > PRIVATE SALE.
No. 1 contain? 81 acres in East Providence tp .
well timbered, J mile from the Pike at K tys 11111.
; No. 2. 200 acres. 75 acres cultivated, balance
j well timbered, good mill site, 6 miles south of
t Bloody Run
No. 3. 112 acres, 80 acres in good state of culti
; vatioi), good buildings, 3 miles south of Bloody
[ Run.
No. 4. 134 acres, 80 acres cleared, 2 miles from
j Bloody Run.
No. 5. 123 acres. 50 acres cleared, balance well
I timbered, underlaid with Iron Ore. 4 miles south
of Sexton.
[ No. 6. House and lot on Main street, Bloody
! Run, in a good business part of the town.
No. 7. 2 lots on Spring street, Bloody Run. near
Rail Road Station.
All of tbo above are valuable properties and
will be sold on reasonable terms, or will be traded
I for good property here or in the west, by
EDWARD F. KERR.
nov27u;3 Bedford, Penn'a.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.—By virtue
of an order of the Orphan's Court of Bedford
| County, the undersigned will ofier at public sale,
on the premises, on Friday, the 18;h clay of De
cember. 1668, the following valuable Real Estate,
: viz: A tract of land, in Juniata township, ad
joining lands of Francis Hainan, George Walker.
; John Luraan and Daniel Harrier, containing loj
; acres, neat measure, about IOU acres cleared and
I under fence, about 15 acres of which is good mead
ow. The improvements area stury-and-a-halflog
i house, spring house, double log barn 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 mill
| thereon erectvd. 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
\ BARGAIN!—A Farm of 12-3 acres
T\ one mile northeast of Bedford, with SO acre?
: cleared, balance in good timber, 20 acres recently
j limed, 25 acres of fine clover sod. two never-faif
ing springs and an abundance of other running
. water, a good fruit orchard, new barn, leg house
I and outbuildings, well adapted to grazing or grain
growing, will be sold at a bargain Enquire ot
JOHN S. SPKOAT.
or J. W. DICKER:-OX.
| novl3wa Bedford, Pa.
; ¥7' ARM FOR SALE.—We offerlor
; JL Sale, a farm in Napier tp , containing 108
acres. 60 cleared, under fence anil in a goo Iftate "t
cultivation, the balan ;e is well timbered with
: good bark timber. The improvements are a new
; two story house, (wcather-bonr ied), a good log
house, stable and other outbuildings. There is an
j orchard of choice Fruit Trees on the farm. This
i farm adjoins lands of John Shurtzer, David Bor
der uud Asa Stuekey. This farm must be 5..1.1
| between this and the first of January. Term.- :
j one-third in hand, and the balance in two eaus!
| annual payments. MEYERS A MENGEL.
novl.ltf
| jpOK SALE OR TRADE.
2 tracts, of 160 acres each, within three miles of
a depot on the Union Pacific Railroad, lurk of
j 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,
i near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore. coal and tins
! bcr lands in West Virginia.
Also—32o acres of land in Woodbury co., lows
j ALbO—Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
j borough of Bedford, with limestone rock for kiln
i or quarry, on the upper end of eaeh.
ALSO
80 acres in Franklin Co., lowa.
Also.
5 lots of ground, in Bedford. 60 by 210 ft . fornier-
I ly part of the Lyons' estate.
0. E. SHANNON.
jun2l,'67yl Bedford, Pa
XT ALU ABLE LAND FOR SALE
T —The undersigned offers for sale the follow
I ing valuable bodies of land :
I Tim EE CHOICE TRACTS OF LAND.
containing 160 acres each, situated on the Illinois
! Central Railroad, in Champaign county. State of
Illinois, 8 miles from the eity of Urbana. and one
: mile fn-m Rentual Station on said Railroad. Two
of the tracts adjoin and one of them has a never
| Idling pond of water upon it The city of Urbana
I contains about 4,060 inhabitants. Champaign
j the greatest wheat growing county in Illinois.
Also — One-fourth of a tract of land, situated
I in Broad Top township, Bedford county, contain
i ing about 45 acres, wit h all the coal veins of Broad
I Top running through ; r.
Also — Three Lots m the town of Coalmoat,
I Huntingdon county.
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