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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.
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LECT R I C
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY S
OFFICE,
Nos. 23 A 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK.
Organized under special charter from tho State
of New Y'ork.
CAPITAL $5,000,000
50.000 SHARES. SIOO EACH.
DIRECTORS.
HON. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China.
FRED. BL'TIERFIELD, of F. Bu tterfield A C
New York.
ISAAC LIVERMORB, Treasurer Michigan Cen
trftl Railroad, Boston.
ALEX ANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y'.
0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs A
Hardcastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLES, New Y'ork.
OFFICERS.
A. (I. CURTIN. President.
N MICKLES, Vice President
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Com
monwealth.) Treasurer.
HON. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia. Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea
ports of the Empire by submarine electric tele
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following ports, viz :
Population.
Canton . 1,000,000
Macoa 60,000
Hong-Kong 250,000
Swatow 200.000
Amoy 250,000
Foo-Chow 1.250.000
Wan-Chu 300,000
Ningpo...,. 460,000
Hang Chean 1,200,000
Shanghai 1.000.000
Total 5,910,000
These ports have a foreign commerce of $900,-
000.000. and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
it? canal? and navigable rivers.
The cable being laid, this company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and
trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu
nications of the Government, of business, and of
social life especially in China. She has no postal
system, and her only means now ofcommuuicating
information is by couriers on land, and by steam
er? on water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled; but
few yet realize that she contains more than a third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her eentral authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
dred ana Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate
Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write. Her civili
zation i? peculiar, but her literature is as exten
sive a? that of Eurepe. China is a land of teach
ers and traders; and the latter are exceedingly
qqick to avail themselves of every proflered facili
ty for procuring early information. It is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-dav great numbers of fleet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great seaports, were now in
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its suc
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree reDumerative to capitalists, and to our
whole people. It is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelically.
UrThe stock of this Company has been un
qualifiedly recommended to capitalists and busi
ness men. as a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New Y'ork Herald, Tribune,
World. Times, Post, Express, Independent, and
in the Philadelphia North American, Press,
Ledger, Inquirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this company, to a limited number,
may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down,
sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December 1, 1868, on application to
DREXEL A CO.,
31 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed A Schell, Bankers, who are author
ized to receive subscriptions, and can give all ue
cessary information on the subject. sept2syl
E combine style with neatness ot fit.
And moderate prtres with the best workmanship
JONES' ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE
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604 MARKET STREET,
GEO W. NIEMANN. PHILADELPHIA.
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riMIE BEST PLACE TO BUY
J choice brands of chewing Tobaccos and Ci
gars, at wholesale or retail, IS at Osier's. Good
natural leaf Tobaccos at 75 cents. Try our 5 cent
Vara and Huyanna cigars—they cant ho beat,
unelSmt
BEDFORD, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1869.
3ru-6oorts, &(■
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M. Shoemaker's Bargain Stopj.
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M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
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M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store
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Bedford, Pa., June LI, 1869.
R. OSTER A CO.
READ AND SPEAK OF IT!
COME SEE AND BE CONVINCED '
We are now receiving our usual extensive and
well assorted STOCK OF NEW AND
CHEAP SUM M E R GOO 1) S,
And are now prepared to offer SMASHING BIG
BARGAINS TO
C A S II II U Y E R S ,
In Staplr tint I Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Car
pet s, Oil Cloth *. Cotton Yarns* Carpet
Chains, Ilats, Boots, Shoes,
Clothing, Brooms. Baskets,
IVall and Window
Papers, Groceries, Queens
tea re. Tohareos, Cigars, Fish, Salt, ifr.
ft e invite everybody to rati and see for them
selves. NO TRUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
T E R M S C A S II .
BRING ALONG YOLR CASH and we will guarantee
to SELL you Goods as CHEAP as the same style.?
and qualities can be sold in Central Pennsylva
nia.
Be assured that CASH in hand is a wonderfully
winning argument, and that those who BCV and
SELL fur CASH are always master?of the situation.
juneißin3 _ G- R OSTKR A CO
171 M. FISHER AND BABIES,
J , Next Door to the Bedford Hotel.
G GOD NE W S A T LAS T.
The Cheapest Goods ever brought to Bedford.
We will sell Goons CHEAPER, by 15 to 25 per
cent, than ever sold in Bedford county.
The best COFFEE at 25 cents, but the less
we sell the better we are off.
The LADIES' HOSE, at It) cents we will not
have this time, but come at us for 15, 20 and 25
cents, and we will make you howl.
You will all be waited on by ELI and the BA
BUSS, as the OLD ELI cannot do anything
himself. A great variety of Parasols. Sunumbrel
las. Pocket-books Ac. Linen Handkfs (Ladies
and Oents) from 5 cents to 25 cents. CALICOES,
from 10. 12 and a few pieces at 15 cents. MUS
LINS. from 10 to 25 cents. You all know that we
sell NOTIONS 100 per cent, cheaper than anybody
else. All Wool Cassimeres, from 50 cents to $ 1.00.
All Wool Dress Goods, from 15 to 25 cents Tick
ing, from 20 to 40 cents. Paper Collars, 10cents;
best. 25 cents per box. 4 pair Men's Half Hose,
for 25 cents. Clear Glass Tumblers, fid cents a
dozen, or 5 cents a peace A great lot of Boots
and Shoes, to be sold cheap. Queens an I Glass
ware, very low. Syrup, 90 cents and $1 00.
$1 3<J for best as clear as honey, and thick as tar.
Bakers' Molasses. 50 cents per gallon, or 15 cents
a quart. These Goods will " positively" not be
gold unless for Cash or Produce. Come and see
us, it will not cost anything to see the Goods and
Babies. N. B. All these Goods ware bought at
slau htered prices in New York
E. M. FISHER A BABIES.
These Goods we sell so low, that we cannot af
ford to sing (Auld Lang Syne.)
All accounts must be settled by the middle of
July next, by cash or note, or they will be left in
the hands of E. M ALSIP, Esq . for collection.
junl9in3
NOTI'JE.— I hereby give notice to
all persons ndbdo har'oer or trust my wife,
SARAH, on ray account, as I will not be respon
sible for any debts she may contract—6he having
left my bed and board without just cause or pro
vocation. ANDREW POTK.
Union tp. Aug 12 w3*
Ilif gtdfonl toritc.
Things to be Remembered when
You go to the Polls.
We are disposed to regard the unu
sualcalm which has prevailed through
out the present political campaign in
this State as a favorable indication.—
We believe the people of Pennsylva
nia are quietly thinking over the is
sues of the day, and preparing to vote
intelligently and independently at the
coming election. They cannot be car
ried away by a whirlwind of passion,
as they have too often been heretofore.
They will not be forced to vote as par
ty leaders may dictate; but will go to
the polls in October as freemen should,
prepared to break the ties of party, if
they believe the best interests of the
nation and the State demand it. Be
lieving that to be the present temper
of the people of this Commonwealth,
we respectfully ask each voter to re
member certain prominent facts and
political occurrences when lie goes to
the polls.
REMEMBER,
That the Union is still divided ; that its
restoration lias been delayed for the
sole purpose of continuing certain per
sons in office; that the material inter
ests of the North and the South have
been alike impaired by the partisan ac
tion of Congress ; that the burthens of
taxation have been thereby increased ;
that business in both sections has been
prostrated; and that a complication of
evils has been produced which has di
sastrously effected every producer and
consumer in the nation.
REMEMBER,
That States which have complied with
every demand of Congress, unjust and
oppressive as many of them were, are
still deprived of representation in the
councils of the nation, not only in vio
lation of the Constitution of the United
States, but even in violation of the en
actments of a Radical Congress.
REMEMBER,
That Grant was no sooner elected than
a Radical Congress passed the Fif
teenth Amendment, in violation of the
pledge given to the country in the sec
ond article of the Chicago Platform ;
that an effort is now being made to force
upon the people of this State, by fraud,
negrosuffrageand negroequality which
have been established in the South
by military violence; and John W.
Geary is responsible for the refusal of
the Radical Legislature to permit that
question to be submitted to a vote of
the people, though thousands of citi
zens, without respect to party, peti
tioned for that right.
REMEMBER,
That a host of useless officials have been
appointed to eat out the substance of
the people, who swarm all over the
land, like locusts of Egypt, while the
masses pay tithes of their toil to sup
port them in luxurious idleness.
REMEMBER,
That the Secretary of the Treasury has
made false exhibits of the national in
debtedness for a partisan purpose, de
clining to count the bonds given to the
Pacific railroad as part of it, and ma
nipulating his monthly statements in
other respects to deceive the people.
REMEMBER,
That a tariff has been so framed by
Yankee monopolists as to greatly en
hance the price of the necessaries used
by the masses, while luxuries for the
rich are admitted at comparatively
low rates of duty.
REMEMBER,
That Grant has shown utter unfitness
for the position that he occupies; that
he has disgraced the nation by appoin
ting to the highest offices men who
gave him large presents; that he has
used his office to enrich his relations
regardless of the public interests: that
he has spent his time in idlene s at
fashionable resort*, and in "swinging
round the circle" of first-class hotels as
a first-class dead head, while grave
questions demand the consideration of
himself and his cabinet.
REMEMBER,
That the election of Geary and Wil
liams will be regarded as an endorse
ment of all the acts of the It ad leal Con
gress and of the course of Grant.
REMEMBER,
That the present contest involves the
most important local issues, and that it
ought rightly to be decided upon
them.
REM EMBER,
That the expenses of the State Govern
ment in all its departments have been
vastly increased under Geary, and the
money wrung from the taxpayers reck
lessly squandered.
REMEMBER,
That under Geary's rule the grossest
corruption and the most unblushing
bribery have prevailed in the State
Legislature. The office of United States
Senator, and that of State Treasurer
has been openly put up at auction and
knocked down to the highest bidder.
REMEMBER,
That it has become impossible, since
Geary was made Governor, to get any
bill through the Legislature without
paying for it, and that almost the en
tire time of that body is devoted to
passing the multitude of improper pri
vate acts which have swelled the vol
umes of our pamphlet laws to the most
ponderous proportions.
REMEMBER,
That Geary declined to use the veto
power to check the mighty and grow
ing end of special legislation ; that he
signed the infamous Ilerdic act, by
which a judicial district was summari
ly wiped out of existen^?, that he ap
pended his signature to a bill increas
ing the rate of tolls on the canals,
which enabled the railroad, companies
to defy competition, and thus largely
increased the cost of transporting grain,
coal, groceries, and all bulky commodi
ties; that he approved the calamity
bill, which fixes the maximum rate of
damages for loss of limb by the negli
gence of railroads at $3,000, and for the
loss of life at $-5,000; and remember
that these are only a few of the more
outrageous instances in which he pros
tituted the power conferred upon him, I
at the dictation of wealthy men and I
mammoth corporations.
REMEMBER,
That under his rule, and unrebuked
and unrestrained by him, an army of
extra pasters and folders has been em
ployed every winter, many of whom,
like Illyus, of Mt. Joy, never did an
hour's work, and yet were paid out of
the hard earnings of the toiling masses.
REMEMBER,
That Geary confessed in his speech at
Troy that he could not check the cor
ruption of the Legislature, or lessen the
waste of the public funds.
REMEMBER,
That he has been openly charged by
prominent Radical newspapers with
being the corrupt tool of the legislative
ring, and the candidate of the "roos
ters" and "pinchers."
REMEMBER,
That Geary has abused the pardoning
power so grossly, that prominent Re
publican newspapers in different parts
of the State, have been compelled to
denounce him for ♦urning many dan
| gerous criminals loose upon the com
munity.
REMEMBER,
That Radical newspapers have charac
terized Geary as a "loafer," denounced
him as "a liar," declared him to be "a
humbug," and pronounced him to be
"lacking in integrity," "the willing
tool of the ring," and "wanting in all
the requisite qualifications for so high
an office."
REMEMBER,
: That leading Republican newpapers
have charged Geary with having pack
ed the State Convention which renom
inated him with the tools of the legis
lative thieves, and that at least one
honest and distinguished member of
| that body refused to vote for a resolu
tion declaring him to be the unanimous
| choice of the party.
REM EM BER,
That Geary has solicited admission in
j to every secret Order, in hope that he
might thus make votes, and for no
other or more worthy purpose.
REMEMBER,
That Geary made a laughing stock of
himself during the Canvass of ISGG by
a very silly toast which fie proposed
while drinking lager with Germans of
Erie, that he pledged himself in favor
of a prohibitory liquor law when he
joined the Good Templars in 18G7, and
then told those that had initiated him
that he had not, tasted any intoxica
ting liquor since he was seven years
old.
REMEMBER,
That there can be no hope of reform in
the State Legislature if Geary should
be re-elected, that the chiefs of the
ring which packed the State Conven
tion have been renominated, and that
they expect to renew their carnival of
plunder if their candidate for Governor
should be chosen.
REMEMBER,
That Asa Packer pledges his word that
he will break up the legislative ring if
he is elected, that he is an honest and
truthful man, whose word is as good
as his bond, and that he will inaugu
rate an era of economy and reform.
REMEMBER.
That Henry W. Williams, the Radi
cal candidate for Supreme Judge, did
not scruple to sit in a case where he
had a direct personal interest in the de
cision, something never done before
by any Pennsylvania Judge, and that
he is pledged to administer the office
of Judge in accordance with the views
of his party, and not according to law
and justice.
REMEMBER.
That Cyrus L. Pershing adds to great
ability the in >st inflexible integrity
and the most incorruptible honesty,
| X
I and that ho will administer justice
i without fair, favor, affection or parti
aliiy.
REMEMBER,
That you are in duty hound to vote as
sound judgment dictates, regardless
of party, and that, If you do so, you
cannot conscientiously support John
W. Geary and Henry W. Williams
at the coming election.
Judge Packer and his Taxes.
To a modest man, like him whose
name heads this article, the publica
tion of the following facts is most dis
tasteful,J>ut Uiey are forced into the
light by the constant, malignant and
willful falsehoods of unscrupulous Rad
ical newspapers and irresponsible Rad
ical speakers. Failing to find any as
sailable point in Judge Packer's pri
vate character, and conceding that his
wealth is the result of industry, they
now resort to a most unjustifiable and
malicious attack upon his integrity as
a tax-payer. They do not stop to ask
if the assertion is true, but upon the
reckless charges of a small sheet, pub
lished in the borough of Maucli Chunk,
and one individual of as little authority,
they base this disgraceful and flagrant
violation of truth. We will see, "how
plain a tale shall put them down."
It is alleged that Judge Packer sought
to evade the payment of taxes, legally
assessed against him, and that he only
paid them on compulsion. We will
now show that this allegation was con
ceived in falsehood, presented to the
public in a spirit of partisan maligni
ty, and adhered to with a persistency
that finds no parallel save in the low
est depths of defamation.
In the winter of 1866-67 Judge Pack
er, being then Vice-President and the
largest stockholder of the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad Company, determined to
make the city of Philadelphia his resi
dence,as the duties ofhisposition in the
company,the ill-health of the President,
and his own private affairs made his
presence a necessity—almost continu
ously—in this city. This fact was well
known at the time to many of his per
| sonal friends and business acquainten
ces. He made efforts to purchase asuit
able house during that winter and
spring, but finding none to suit him,
he made hisjresidenceat the Merchants'
Hotel, where he had during the past
ten years, spent much more than half
his time.
In the spring of 1867, the assessor of
Mauch Chunk called on Judge Pack
er for a statement of his property for
the purpose of assessment, and was
then informed of his change of resi
idence, remarking that the taxes on
his personal estate would be paid in
Philadelphia, but that his real estate
in Muuch Chunk would be assessed
there as usual. The assessor very
properly, made his return, assessing
only his real estate ; but the county
commissioners, without notice to
Judge Packer- added his stock in the
the Lehigh Valley Railroad to the as
sessor's return.
When the collector called for the
payment of taxes thus assessed, he was
informed of Judge Packer's entire wil
lingness to pay the amount due on his
real estate, hut objection was made to
the payment of any tax assessed by the
county commissioners on his personal
estate, as he was a resident of Philadel
phia, and was assessed there.
At this point, the Commissioners of
Carbon County consulted counsel, as did
also Judge Packer. The latter con
sulted Hon. W. A. Porter, lately one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court,
and Furman Sheppard, now District
Attorney of this city. Both these gen
tlemen advised Judge Packer that he
was not legally bound to pay the tax
es assesse 1 in Maueh Chunk on his
personal property; that he had the
same right to chose his place of resi
dence as all other citizens had, and
Philadelphia his residence, he
could be assessed for taxes only on his
real estate in Maueh Chunk.
After receiving this opinion, Judge
Packer stated to the counsel of the
Commissioners and of the borough that
he proposed to pay the taxes rather
than endure the annoyance of a law
suit, even although his counsel advised
him that he could not be compelled to
pay. He. proposed (hat if he could be as
sured that no difficulty would arise in the
future from this cause, that he would pay
the taxes for 18G7. The counsel for the
Commissioners advised them that they
could not assess Judge Packer for an
other year, and that any attempt on
their part to do so would be fruitless,
and they then received the taxes with
that understanding and upon that a
greement.
It is, indeed, strange that Judg*
Packer, rich as the Radical papers rep
resent him to bej should not have the
same right that the poorest man in
the State . s, to decide whether Mauch
Chunk shall be his residence, or some
other place. The true secret of all this
fuss is that Judge Packer paid such
immense taxes, as the following state
ment will show that the Mauch Chunk
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authorities were loth tologsehirp:
In the year 1865 the total amount of : /
taxes levied fur the borough of
Maueh Chunk wag $71,815 88
Of this amount Judge Packer paid ... 50.186 48
For 1866 the total taxes were 63.548 23
Of this amount Judge Packer paid... 44.106 57"
For 1867 the total taxea were 54.625 53
Qt this amount Judge Packer paid... 33 373 70
Total amount levied for the three
yearn ending December 30. 1868 189,987 14
Total amounts paid by Judge Packer
tor the three years ending December
30, IS6B, nearly 67-100 and over § of
the whole 127,750 75
Subsequently to these assessments, a
Republican Legislature passed a bill
exempting the stock of corporations,
in the hands of the individual stock
holders, from taxation for State, coun
ty or local purposes. Under this act,
approved by Governor Geary, on the
third day of January, 1868, Judge
Packer's railroad and other stocks, in
common with the stocks of all oth
citizens of the Commonwealth, became
non-assessable and exempt from taxa
tion. Thus the revenue derived from
Judge Packer's personal property, as
well as that from every other citizen
in the State, was remitted by the act
ola Rupubliean Legislature, approved
by a Republican Governor. And yet,
one would suppose from the character
of the assaults made on Judge Packer
by the Radical press and Radical
speakers, that he is a dishonest man
for not nullifying the act of January
third, '6B, and forcing the Commis
sioners of Carbon county or Phila
delphia to accept what is not due to
them, and which a Radical Legislature
and Governor said should not be as
sessed or collected.
What difference, then, could his
change of residence have made to the
county and borough after the passage of
this law ? Very little. In 1868 Judge
Packer was and could only have been
assessed for his personal salary, mon
eys at interest, and some other small
items. This was done in Philadelphia
where the Judge has since resided and
voted. In Mauch Chunk he was-and
is still assessed as a non-resident on
his property taxable then. Thus it
will be seen how a simple statement of
facts emasculates the tissue of Radical
falsehood of its design, and vindicates
an honorableand worthy citizen.
But this is not all upon this subject
of taxation. On the representation of
irresponsible and subordinate revenue
officers in this city, Thomas J. Bing
ham, of Pittsburg, and the Hon. John
A. Bingham, orators imported and
hired by the Radical State Committee
| to canvass this State for Geary and
■ Williams, knowingly concealed from
; the public the amount of State and na
; tional taxes paid by Judge Packer
iu the First Collection district
in this city. They falsely and mali
ciously assert that the records show
the payment of only sß.jo, and this is
taken up and published throughout
the length and breadth of the Common
wealth as truth. Nothing can ho
more utterly and intentionally false,
as all per. ons who pay tax on their in
comes well know. The very printed
scedule furnished by the United States
Reveuue Department, upon which tho
return of incomes is made, shows to
the credit of every stockholder the a
mount of tax withheld by a corpora
tion on the dividends declared, which
amount would be added to the divi
dend, if not withheld as a tax of the
corporation. Thus the tax so with
held is paid on the incomes from
these dividends by the corporation, on
the nature of the trustee for the stock
holder. The amount thus paid is part
of the profits due Judge Packer on the
earnings of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road, and if not paid by them, would
be returned, aud accounted for by him.
What, then, is the amount paid by
Judge Packer, to the United States
and the State, on his income from his
interest in the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
and the taxes on the tounage and gross
reciepts of his proportion of stock ?
In the year 1886 it amounted to $ 86,219
In the year 1887 it amounted to 66,111
In the yoar 1868 it amounted to 104,208
Making a total in three years of $256,538
After refuting succinctly and iu
detail this base calumny of the sup
porters General Geary, we ought to
expect a measure of atonementof their
great crime, by a retraction of their
falsehoods, and the publication of the
truth as it is. Public decency, which
has been shocked by the false accusa
tion—common honesty which has been
wantonly outraged—public character,
which has been ruthlessly assailed,
and the repudiation of the citizens so.
malignantly traduced, all demand
that this base and wanton deception
should have a full and and public re
traction in every Republican paper,
and from the mouth of every Repub
lican speaker; from Governor Geary
and Daniel Kalbfus, down to John A.
Bingham and Columbus Delano, the
imported orators from Ohio. Wheth
er such magnanimity will be evinced
or not, Judge Packer, will outlive all
the slanders that have been heaped
upon him, and find his triumphant
vindication in the suffrages of the
honest men of the Commonwealth.—
Philadelphia Aye.