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BEDFORD. PA„ FK!OA\ DKC. 22, IMki.
THE CASE OF MR. KOONTZ.
The contested election case for member
of Congress from this District, has
not yet been settled, and according to usual
precedent, it will be long before the question
is finally determined: perhaps not before the
close of the present session. We do not pre
tend to disguise that there will be considera
ble difficulty in getting rid of Mr. Coffroth,
notwithstanding Gen. Koontz's clear right to
the seat. It is now said that the warmest sup
porters of Coffroth are the Republicans whom
he propitiated by his vote in favor of the
amendment abolishing slavery: and it is not
a matter for the least wonder that they should
do everything within their power, consistent
with justice, in favor of one who came to
their support in the hour of need. It is but
natural, in consideration of that vote against
slavery, that the majority should exhaust eve
ry fair and legal means to give Coffroth the
seat: but when all is done, it will be found
that Gen. Koontz has a majority of the votes,
and .we trust the question will be decided ac
cordingly.
ft I a tk4 sis* Ow ■i ■ Istw vu X3IW
lions will soon report, giving to one of the
claimants, the seat and compelling the other
to contest his right: and Mr. Coffroth may
have secured an interest among the Republi
cans sufficient to decide this preliminary ques
tion in his favor. Indeed it has been fre
quently asserted that this was part of the
consideration for his anti-slavery vote.
It may be that bribery is one of the reserv
ed rights of Republics; it is possible that it i s
necessary sometimes to resort to it to save the
government itself; but it is a fatal doctrine to
inculcate in our normal schools, or to estab
lish in our halls of legislation. It can only
be in the last resort, and for the noblest pur
poses, that the end can justifythe means: and
it is possible that this is one of those extreme
cases that occur at long intervals in the life of
a free nation. Historiaus frequently attempt
a weak palliation for the extensive system of
corruption by which Walpole kept the fox
hunting squires of Queen Anne to the work,
andthussustainedMarlboroughinhis splendid
campaigns against Louis XIV. Ma
cauley makes a poor excuse for his favorite,
Warren Hastings, in his corruption of the in
famous Impey. But neither the successes of
Walpole, nor the specious sophistries of Hume
and Macauley, nor the brilliant achievements
of some of our modern railroad kings, have
been able to make bribery a popular institu
tion in America.
It is true that when a blundering constitu
ency sends a fellow like Coffroth to Congress,
he must not be permitted to stand in the way
of wise and wholesome legislation, and impede
by his vote, measures demanded by the pro
gress of the age. and by the necessities of the
country. He must be disposed of some way
or other, no doubt: and sometimes, according
to the loose notions of political morality that j
prevail among us, bribery is deemed the short
est,easiest and quickest way. But, if it is neces
sary to reward Mr. Coffroth for that impor
tant vote, let him be paid the cash, and take his
receiptiu full, andgetrid of him and the whole
unpleasantsubjectatouce and forever. Butitis
altogether too much that the innocent people
of this district should be twice afflicted with
Mr. Coffroth to pay for that vote. Once was
too much of him in all conscience. We have
not elected him a second time, and we do not
mean that he shall misrepresent us.
Gen. Koontz is a man who will always sus
tain the right without fear, favor or hope of
reward. He is a gentleman ot ability and
acquirements. He has been an anti-slavery
man throughout life. He has received a clear
majority of the votes of this district. If, in
spite of his indisputable right to a seat
in the present Congress, he should be put
aside to reward Mr. Coffroth, no man can an
swer for the effect that will be produced, not
merely in this district, but throughout the
whole country, when all the facts shall have
been spread before the people, as they assur
edly will be. Every vote cast at the election of
'64 will be carefully scanned, and when it shall
be found, that to the minority candidate, de
feated by our brave soldiers in the field, is
given the seat, it will do more to bring odium
upon the present Congress, and reproach up
on representative government, than ary other
political act that can be imagined. But we
repeat that we are confident that justice
will prevail, and that the right of Gen. Koontz
and of this district, which he represents, will
be established.
AI'I. I) LANG SYNE.
Surely the haleyon years of jurisprudence
have returned, reminding us of the period,
when justice, was judicially administered, and
impartiality reigned in the councils of those
magnates upon whom devolved the very re
sponsible duty of selecting jurors for the trial
of all issues in fact, and for the making a
true presentment of all such matters which
might be given to them in charge. In the
period referred to, there was an officer styled
the Sheriff, whose duties being somewhat of a
judicial as well as of a ministerial character,
he was required, by an Act of Assembly,
grown gray by more than three score winters'
use, to take a little oath, by which he solemn
ly declared, in full view of the pains and pen
alties of perjury, that he would "not suffer
partiality, favor, affection, hatred, malice, or
ill-will, in any case, or respect whatsoever,
to influence him in the selecting of jurors."
But the Golden Age belonged to the past, and
it semed that Justice becoming disgusted with
the frailties and short-comings of men, hai
taken her flight to other regions. A few un
fortunate individuals, through the heat and
phrensy of partisan rancor and prejudice, in
palpable disregard of those essential qualifi
cations, grit, judgment, and brains, bein,;
temporarily placed in power, when enguged
in the selection of jurors by a wonderful for
getfulness, and short-sightedness, could only
see certain portions of our County's horo
scope, and that, too, with an eye single to the
welfare of their clique of domestic beauties.
On the day appointed lor the placing in the
wheel, the names of the jurors for the ensu
ing year, as no one was privileged to enter
the sanctum, of these worthies, or even to
peer into their Eleusinian mysteries, all were
on the qui vive, to obtain a sight of the long,
gloomy list of dismal Copperheads, ere it was
suspended on the murky walls of the Sheriff s
office, till with its associated catalogue of
picked rebels, it grew heavy with the dust of
years of "Democratic'" misrule. But, ternpo
ra mutantur, d not mutamur in iUis; a better
day has dawned upon the tyrannized Lnion
men of Bedford county. By virtue of an
•diet of the Abolition Legislature, no doubt
instigated by John Cessna, who has brought
the Copperhesd party ijtq an Iliad of woes,
Mr. William Kirk, our accomplished Jury
Commissioner, lias been allowed to enter the
portals of the Commissioner's office, aud, as
a consequence, we are to-day, presented with
a Jury, who, to use the language of our Black
stone. are ''gentlemen of the best figure in
the County." No more will we be cursed with
Copperhead jnrors, but thanks to our legisla
tors. we are rid of this terrible nuisance. For
once we have a Union man as foreman of the
Grand jury, a thing which has not occurred
in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. Re
joice. ye people, for this God-send.
THE TWO RACES IN THE SOUTH
AND THE LABOR QUESTION.
There is too much of a disposition to treat
the labor question of the South and the ne
gro question asjidentical. We might as wed
talk of the labor question of the North as
an Irisli question or a German question.
Nowhere in this free land has the question
of labor anything to do with the fact that
different races exist within its limits. In
dustry is a universal duty, resting as much
ujM>n one race as another. It is the basis of
all civil and social prosperity; and every in
habitant of the country, whatever his color,
whatever his extraction, is under the same
U VK g na* ~t - to to oAmotliintf w
mere consumer—something else than a mere
drone in thel hive. He is bound to contri
bute personally in some way to the general
well being.
There were in 1860 about twelve millions
of people in the slave holding States, of
whom four millions were of Africcn descent.
The war has reduced the numbers of both
racesin about the same proportion; so that
still the colored people in these States con
stitute but about one third of the entire
population. Notoriously before the war
the great bulk of the white population of
the South had no habit of regular labor.
Those who had property had little enterprise,
and were little better than idlers. Those
who had not property —the "poor white
trash/' as they were called —instead of wor
king to acquire it spent their time mostly in
hunting or other amusements iu lounging and
in sleeping. The eight millions of whites iu
the South all combined did not do as much
actual work, from one year's end to another
as any million and a half of whites in the
North. The great cause of this was that
labor in the South was the peculiar badge
of a servile class and was deemed dispara
ging to a freeman. Southerners generally
made it a matter of pride to do as little of it
as possible. They are not to be specially
reproached for this. It came from one of
the most powerful laws of human nature —
the law of association. Slaves being despis
ed, manual labor which was the business of
slaves, must needs be despised also.
Slavery is now at an end. The great
Southern question now is how to end the
hatred of work which slavery engendered.
It is a question which has to do with both
races alike. The blacks are averse to work
because it has been exacted of them by the
overseer's lash; their natural impulse is to
make their freedom consist in being free from
both. The poor whites,though slavery with
all its perverting influences has disappeared
still find their old habits a second nature.
Judging by the accounts that are now reach
ing us, it would seem that there is as good
prospect of getting the blacks of the Sout h
to work as the whites; that, though there is
a vast amount of idleness aud vagrancy and
pauperism in both races the black- are on
the whole, making as much progress in adap
ting themselves to the new condition of things
as the whites. In many regions of the South
even now little difficulty is found in inducing
the freedmen to work steadily on plantations
when made certain of good treatment and I
fair wages. We hear nowhere of any of the
many millions of poor whites in the South
letting themselves out as plantation hands,
either for the year month or day. Why is
this? How docs it still happen that white
field hands are not found in the South when
they are so multitudinous in the North? The
old pretense that white men are unable to
endure the summer heats has been proved to
be false by the German cottouplanters of
Texas. White men cau do plantation work
almost anywhere in the great cotton belt if
they have the will. The Southern planters
themselves partially concede it in the efforts
they are even now making to encourage white
imigration from the North. The plain fact
is thas the white millions in the South don't
put their band to the plow because the old
hatred of work is still in their bones.
The most unfavorable feature of Southern
society is this inbred, ingrained contempt of
manual labor among tlie Southern whites.
It is not only a prodigious injury to tbe
whites themselves, but its indirect influence
upon the blacks is very pernicious. If the
common sentiment of the white people ofthe
South is that labor is a curse the black peo
ple must necessarily imbibe the feeling; and
it will constantly incline them to honor their
freedom by doing as little work as possible.
Here in the North, our colored people are
industrious, mot only because their personal
necessities require it,but because work is the
general order of the day and nobody regards
it as any special hardship. If the same
manly sentiment should take possession of
the Southern whites, and become the domi
nant Southern feeling, the freedmen would
probably acquire their full share of it and
perform their full part of the labor without
trouble.
There ought to be sense enough in the
South to comprehend, that the destruction
of the system of forced servile labor involves
a necessity of making free labor respectable
and indolence a disgrace. There never was
a greater chimera than to imagine that the
African race will continue to raise the great
staples of the South by their free toil, while
the other two thirds of the population are
doing either fancy work or no work at all.
If laziness is to remain the general habit of
the South, it is certain that the freedmon
will have his full share of it. The obliga
tion to be industrious applies to both races
alike. In the attempt to regenerate the
South it is of prime consequence that this
simple truth shall be brought home to all its
white population. The precepts which are
now poured in upon the freedmen with such
profusion, and the complaints concerning
their short comings that are vented so freely,
ought to be more impartially distributed. The
Southern poor whites are quite as fit subjects
for them. There can be no regenerated
South without au habituating of both races to
the greatsteady industries that are to be found
in ail civilized society elsewhere, We repeat
that the great doubt, the great concern, is
whether the present generation of tbepoog
white race of the South can be brought to tois*
that be secured and ihere will be no dan
ger but that the inferior race will readily fol
low the example.. —iV. 3. limrs-
ABSTRACT
or THE
Report ot the Secretary of the Treasury.
From the report of Secretary McCulloch
we make the following extracts:
Siuce the ::lst day of October, 1860, since
which time no important change has taken
place, the public debt, without deducting
funds in the Treasury, amounted to £2,808.-
549, 4.57 55, consisting of the following items:
Bonds, 10-40's, 5 per c.,due
in 1904 $172,77®,100 00
Bonds. Pacific Railroad, 6
per cent., due in 1895... 1,258,000 00
Bonds, 5-20*8,6 percent.,
due in 1882, 1884 & 1885, 59,209,600 00
Bonds. 6 per ct., due in
1881 ' " ; 265,847,400 00
Bonds, 5 per cent., due in
1880..... 17,415,000 00
Bonds, 5 per cent., due in
Bouds, 5 per cent., due in
1871 f 7,022,000 00
Bonds. 6 per cent., due iu
1868....;. 8,908,341 80
Duut is* pvi txuwj due lit
1867 9,41t>,2a0 00
Comp'd int. notes due in
1867 and 1868 ... 173,012,142 00
7-30 Treasury notes, due in,
1867 and 1868 880,000,000 00
Bonds, Texas indemnity,
past due 760.000 00
Bonds, Treasury notes, &c.,
past due 613,920 09
Temporary loan, ten days
notice 99,10,,745 46
Certificates of indepteduess,
due in 1860...... 55,905,000 00
Treasury notes, 5 per cent.,
Dec. 1, 1865 32,536,901 00
United States notes 328,160,569 00
Fractional Currency 26,057,469 *2O
$2,808,549,487 55
The following is a statement of the receipts
aud expenditures tor the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1865:
Balance in Treasury agreea
bly to warrants, July 1... $96,739,905 iiS
Receipts from loans applica
ble to expenditures......... 864,363,490 17
Receipts from loans applied
to payment of public debt, 607,361,241 68
$1,472,224,740 85
The following is a statement of the receipts
and expenditures for the quarter ending Sep
tember 30, 1865:
Balance in Treasury agreea
vfjale to warrants, July 1,''65 $858,309 15
Receipts from loaus applied
to expenditures 139,773,091 2'2
Receipts from loaus applied
to payment of public debt, 138,409,168 35
Receipts from customs 47.009.583 03
Receipts from lands - 132,890 63
Receipts from direct tax.... 81,111 30
Receipts from internal rev
enue 96,618,885 06
Receipts from miscellane
ous resources 18,393,720 94
440,226,770 27
EXPENDITURES.
For tbe redemption of public
debt 138,409,163 35
For the civil service... 10,571,469 99
For Pensions and Indiana... 6,024,241 86
For the AVur Department.... 105,369,237 32
for hf> Vuvy Department.. 16,520.669 81
For interest on tbe public
debt 36,173,431 50
373,068,254 88
Leaving a balance in the
Treasury on the Ist day ol
October, 1865, of.. 67,158,515 44
The Secretary estimates that the receipts
for the remaining three-quarters of the year
ending June 30, 1866, will be as follows:
Balance in Treasury, Octo
ber 1, 1865... 67,158,51- 44
Receipts troni customs 100,P00,000 00
Receipts from lands 500,000 00
Receipts from internal rev
enue 175.000,000 00
Receipts from miscellane
ous sources - 30,000,000 00
372,658,815 41
The expenditures according
to the estimates will be:
For the civil service 32,994,052 38
For l'ensions and Indians... 12,256,790 91
For the War Department... 307,788,750 57
For the Navy Department.. 35,000,000 00
For the interest en public
debt 96,813,868 75
484,853,462 64
Receipts 372,658,315 14
Deficiency 112,194,947 20
The receipts for the year ending June 30,
1867, are estimated as follows:
From customs 100,000.000 00
From internal revenue 275,000,000 <>()
From lands 1,000,000 Of)
From miscellaneous sources 20,000,000 0®
396,000,000 ()
The expenditures accordingto the estimates
will be:
For the civil service 42,165,599 47
For pensions and Indians... 17,609,640 23
For the War Department... 30,017,416 18
For the Navy Department... 48,982,447 50
For the interest on the pub
lic debt 141,542,068 50
234,317,181 88
Leaving a surplus of estima
ted receipts over estimated
expenditures 111,682,818 I*2
During the war the laws in regard to stamps
have been, of course, in the insurrectionary
States, entirely disregarded; and as a conse
quence, immense interests are thereby imper
iled.
In view, therefore, of the recent and pres
ent condition of the Southern States, the Sec
retary recommends:
hirst, That the collection of internal reve
nue taxes which accrued before the establish
ment of revenue offices in the States recently
in rebellion be indefinitely postponed.
Second, That all sales of property in these
States under the direct tax law, be suspended
until the States shall have an opportunity of
assuming (as was done by the loyal States)
the payment of the tax assessed upon them.
Third, That all transactions in such States,
which may be invalid by the non-use of stamps,
be legalized as far as it is in the power of
Congress to legalize them.
What action, if any, should be taken lor
the relief of persons in those States, whose
property has been sold under the direct tax
law, and is now held by the Government, it
will be for Congress to determine. The Sec
retary ks decidedly of the opinion that liberal
legislation in regard to the taxes which ac
crued prior to the suppression of the rebel
lion will te nd to promote harmony between
the Government and the people of those
States, will ultimately increase the public
revenues, and vindicate the humane policy of
the Government.
The Secretary is happy in being able to
state that the affairs of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue are being satisfactorily administered,
and the working of the system throughout the
country is being gradually improved.
SLH.UAKV
of the Receipts HIUI Payments, at the
State Treasurer'* office from the Ist
of December. ISC*, to the Ist of De
cembor, 1863.
msr Birrs.
Lands, $ 59,521 IT
Auction commissions!. 17,048 75
Auction duties, 68,249 01
Tax on bank dividends. 205,1)11 59
Tax on corporation stocks, 1,237,0)13 is
Tax on real and personal es
tate, 1,050.200 10
Tax on loans. _ 31*5,505 Hi
Jax on net earnings or in- <.
conte, 143,073 24
Tax on enrolment of laws. 29,0*25 00
Tax on surplus fund. &., of
blanks, .>.930 68
Tax on tonnage, 388,903 90
Commntation of tonnage
tax, per Act of March. 7,
1861, 360,000 00
Tax on brokers and private
bankers, TO, > 42 4o
lax on writs.wills.deeds.Ac., 71,107 >9
Tax on certain offices, 17,318 *> ; >
Collateral inheritance tax 294,334 94
Tavern licenses, 249,645 19
Retailers' licenses. 906,848 ,3
.Sample licenses, _ I 'o
Theatre, circus and menagerie
licenses, 2,451 00
Billiard room, bowling saloon
and ten-pin licenses, 3,961 73
F.n's,o 1 We. house and
restaurant licenaes, 19,765 79
Pedlei's licenses, 2,124 o<
Broker's licenses, 8,413 26
Patent medicine licenses, 1,442 74
Distillers and brewery lieen
ccs.
Millers ; tax, 1,007 2 >
Militia tax, _
Foreign insurance agencies, 11<V> >1 Sto
Premiums on charters, D 0,7-44 02
Pamphlet laws. - ! -l R>
Sales of public property, _ 919 <3
Premiums on loans. 74,501 81
Escheats, 1,012 40
Dividends on bridge stocks, 80 00
Free banking system, 1,1->5 24
Pennsylvania railroad compa
ny, bond No. 8 redeemed, 100,000 00
Accrued interest, 13,320 3d
Refunded cash, _ I<o 71
Annuity for right of way. 10,000 00
Fines and forfeitures. 8,083 00
Fees of the public offices. 7,808 08
Cases of conscience, 800 00
Total r *8,219.080 67
Balance in the Treasury, No
vember 30, 1864, available, 1,042.203 63
Depreciated funds in the I rea -
snry, unavailable, 41,032 00
$1,988,236 63
$8,208,225 30
PAYMENTS.
Expenses of Government, 610,370 ->0
Military expenses, ordinary, 1,048 87
Military expenses per act ol
April 16. 1862, , 42,125 07
Military expenses per aet of
April 22. 1863, _ 244,100 31
Military expenses per act of
March 17, 1864, 3,375 15
Military expenses per act of
May 4, 1864, -5,000 00
Military expenses per aet of
May 5, 1864, 41.780,10
Military expenses per act of
August 10,1864, 2<>o 0
Military- expenses per aet of
August 22, 1864, 528 70
Military expenses per aet of
August 24, 1864, 11.253 45
Military expenses per aet of
August 25, 1864, 0,31<> <0
Military expenses per act of
March 22, 1865, 26.329 72
Military expenses per act ol
March 28. 180", , . HI! 00
Pensions and gratuities, 6,648 2*3
Charitable institutions, 272,989 38
Pennsylvania State Agricultu
ral Society, 2,000 00
Farmer's High School ol
Pennsylvania, 12,876 75
State Normal School, 15.000 oo
Schools of design for women, 4,250 oo
Common Schools, 338.640 2*
Commissioners of sinking fund
viz: Loans, &c., redeemed,
$1,902,767 88
Other payments, 1.075 00
1.903,842 8*
Interest on loans, 1.994,680 o,
Domestic credits. 2,362 64
Damages and old claims. 8,941 76
Damages by rebel raids iu
1862, 96 45
National Cemetery Associa
tion at Gettysburg, 11.092 (Hi
Schuylkill county riots in May.
1862, 1,089 11
Special commissioners, 78- 08
State library, 3,611 Ol
Public buildings and grounds, 38,093 68
Extension of capital building, 55,022 41
Houses of refuge, 53.000 60
Penitentiaries, - 41,755 00
Escheats, 595 77
Free banking system. 977 12
Counsel fees and commissions 500 oo
Mercantile appraisers, 885 78
Amendment to the constitu
tion, 1,659 55
-Miscellaneous, 16,165 l->
$5,788,525 16
Balance in the treasury, Nov.
38, 1865, available. $2,373,668 14
Depreciated funds in the trea
sury, unavailable. 41.032 00
$2,414,700 14
$8,203,225 30
BEPOUT Ol TIIE SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY.
Secretary Welles rehearses in his report
the immensity of the task of organizing the
Navy, and maintaining the blockade, and
the operations of our fleets toward the close
of the war. In four years the navy added
20S (steam) vessels and 43,900 men to its
rolls, beside purchasing 418 vessels, of which
313 were steamers, which on sale have de
preciated in value sl2, 700,000. The coop
eration of the navy in the capture of Wil
miugton, Charleston and Mobile will be read
with keen interest. The conduct of England
in building and equipping privateers and
blockade runners is refered to in emphatic
terms and an enlargement and perfection of
our-Navy \ ards is urged that we may be
prepared for future emergencies. There
are now five squadrons of national vessels—
on the coast of Europe (7), Brazil (10), East
India (4), Pacific (11), West India (8),.
At the highest period ot efficiency
blockading squadrons, in January last, there
were 471 vessels with 34,559 guns. Of
prizes there have been captured of all kinds
1,151 vessels, of which 210 were steamers,
rams and gunboats, 18; and 355 of all kinds
have been sunk or destroyed. The estima
ted value of those sunk and captured is over
$31,000,000. The amount of prizes con
demned up to the Ist November is $21,829-
543 96, und a number of important eases are
still before the courts. Most of the whole
has been British property.
There are on the pension roll 2,027 receiv
ing an annual sum of $248,529 50. An in
crease of the salaries of officers and clerks is
asked for. The reoourees of the Depart
ment for the fiscal year were $140,091,125
99, and the expenditures $116,781,675,95,
which together with unexpended appropri
ations and (hose for the current year, leaves
a balance tor estimated current expenses of
$142, 291,919 40, exclusive ot the proceeds of
sale of vessels, etc. The working expenses
of the navy for the year eniing June 30,1807
are estimated at a little less than twenty
I four millions.
The Secretary offers some suggestions for
• the laying up of iorn elads; location of a Na
val Academy and for the education of sea
men. He concludes !y stating that the navy
is in a state of excellent physical ant. moral
efficiency; congratulates the country, his
subordinates and himself upon the success
of their past labors and commends the naval
force to the cherishing cure of the (lovern
iiiout as the best hope of our national de
fen.se and glory.
BhPORT OF THE POSTMASTER
GENERAL
The Postal Department has been again
more than self sustaining during the fiscal
I year ending June 30, 1865, the revenue be
ing $14,556,158,70, and the expenditures
! sl3 ,694,728,28, leaving a surplus of $861,-
430,42. Tlie service has been 8 per cent
more costly and 17 pier cent more productive
than the previous year. The average defi
i ciency for the past 24 years has been sl'-
288.028 61 per annum which had to be met
by siHJcial appropriation. The estimates of
(law 7-on-r I<vn.l liiA? <VUtfi4in(JaiO U iloH*
ciency of $1,207,457, which is more than
provided for in unexpended appropriations.
There has been an addition of 3,168 miles
of routes opened during the year principally
in the Southern States and 1,051 of the 8,-
902 old offices reopened at a much loss cost
than before and proposals have been invited
for re-establishing nearly all the old routes.
The European mail service has been con
ducted for some years on the basis of paying
to American steamers the whole of the pos
tages of letters carried and to foreign stea
mers the sea postage only/the latter amount
ing to an average of $2,970 per trip last year.
The advantages of such competition rather
than subsidizing national steamers are clear
ly set forth. Steam service with Brazil has
been established,and contracted for to China.
Free delivery of letters is now confined to
45 principal cities. A new Post Office buil
ding for New York is recommended. There
has been an increase of 25 per cent (859,262)
in the number of dead letters for the year, of
which 42,154 contained money amounting to
*244.372,97, a largeincrease upon last year.
Nearly one per cent of all letters conveyed
were ent to the Dead Letter Office, owing
in part no doubt to the irregularities caused
by the war. The law requiring the advertis
ing in the newspaper of largest circulation it
is found is very expensive and discretion is
urged in its stead.
The Money Order system is so far suc
cessfully in operation that it has issued 74,-
277 orders for $1,360J 22,82 during the year;
the tecs amounting only to two thirds of the
expenses. Sotm? suggestions for alteration
are suggested.
Contractors and others from the rebellious
States have presented claims for a million
dollar:- which are held for the action of Con
gre.-s. The two great mill stones on the
ii -k of the Post Office are the Franking
Privilege and the Overland Mail (partly mil
itary), which together cost a net outlay of
two millions of dollars to be paid by the De- |
pavtiuent.
Lt is a gratifying fact, illustrating the !
progress of education and social develop- I
ment of our country, that the average re
ceipts from the North alone during four
years of war were $3,533,845, over the whole
and of the last year $6,038,091 greater Than
the revenues from the whole Union previous
to the Rebellion!
Standing Committees of the U. S. Sen
ate.
Foreign Relations. —Mr. Sumner, chair
man; Dooiittle, Harris, Henderson, Wade,
Johnson, Buckalew.
Finance. —Mr. Fessenden, chairman ;
Sherman, Morgan, Cowan, Yanwinklc, Wil
liams, Guthrie.
Commerce. —Mr. Chandler, chairman ;
Morrill. Morgan, Howe, Lane, of Kansas ;
Foot, Nesmith, Dooiittle.
Manufactures. —Mr. Spraguc, Chairman;
Dixon, Pomeroy, Riddle, Wright.
Agriculture. —Mr. Sherman, chairman ;
Lane, of Kansas; Cresswell, Cowan, Guth
rie.
Military Aif airs and the Militia. —Mr.
Wilson, chairman; Lane, of Indiana: How
ard. Nesmith, Sprague, Drown, Dooiittle.
Xaral Affairs. —Mr. Grimes, chairman;
Anthony, Wiley, Ramsey, Cragin, Nye,
Hendricks.
Judiciary. —Mr. Trumbull, chairman :
Harris, Clarke, Johnson.Poland. Hendricks,
Stewart.
Post Offices and Fast Roads. —M. Dixon,
chairman; Raiusey, Conness Buckalew,
I'omeroy, Van Winkle, Anthony.
Public Lands. —Mr. I'omeroy, chairman;
Stewart, Cresswell, Hendricks, Grimes,
Wright, Harris. " v
f'eienti Land ('hums. —.Mr. Harris,
chairman; Sumner, Howard, Williams, Rid
dle.
Indian Affairs. —Mr. Dooiittle, chairman;
Lane, of Kansas, Trumbull, Buckalew,
Clarke, Norton, Nesmith.
Pensions. —Mr. Lane, of Indiana, chair
man; Van Winkle, Foot, Wilson, Stockton,
Yates, Buckalew, Davis.
Rrvohitionaiy Claims. —Mr. Ramsey,
chairman; Chandler. Wilson. Nesmith,
Wright.
Claims. —Mr. Clarke, chairman: Howe,
Anthony, Henderson, Williams, Norton,
Davis.
District of Columbia. —Mr. Morrill, chair
man; Wade, Willey, Sumner, Yates, Hen
derson, Riddle.
I "it toils and the Patent Office. —Mr. Cow
an, chairman; Lane, of Indiana; Poland,
Norton, Guthrie.
Public Buildings and Grounds. —Mr. Foot,
chairman; Brown, Trumbull, Grimes. Hen
dricks.
Territories. —Mr. Wade, chairman; Lane,
of Kansas, Yates, Norton, Nye, Cragin,
Davis.
On the
chairman; Sherman, Morgan, Conness,
Brown, Yates, Cragin, Ramsey, Stewart.
To Audit and Con-trot, the Contingent Ex
tu-nsfs of the Senate. —Mr. Brown, chair
man; Henderson, Lane, of Indiana, Sum
ner.
Engrossed Bills. —Mr. Lane, of Indiana,
chairman; Sumner. Willey.
Mines and Mining. —Mr. Conness, chair
raun: Stewart, Chandler, Morgan.Cresswell.
Buckalew, Guthrie.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON I'RINTINCi.
On the Part of the Senate. —Mr. Antho
ny, chairman; Brown, Riddle.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS.
On the Part of the Senate. —Mr. Nye,
chairman; Howe, Cowan.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.
On the Part of the Senate. —Mr. Howe,
chairman; Howard, Fesseuden.
Standing Committees of the. House of
Representatives.
On Commerce. —Messrs. Washburnc of
Illinois, chairman, Kliot of Massachusetts,
Dixon oi Hhocle Island, () Neill ofPennsyl
vania, Longyesr of Michigan, James Hum
phrvy of New York, J. L. Thoma?- Jr., of
Maryland. Eggleson of Ohio. J. M. Hum
phrey of New York.
On Military Affair*. —Messrs. Scbeuck of
Ohio, chairman; Doming of Connecticut,
Maraton of Xw Hampshire, Rousseau of
Kentucky, Bingham of Ohio. Anemia of
Pennsylvania, Kef chum of New York,
Blaine of Maine, Sitgreaves of Kentucky.
On Naval Affair*. —Messrs. A if. Rice
of Massachusetts, chairman; Griswold of
X r ew York, Pike of Maine, Kelley of Pcnn
•ylvania. Brandagee of Connecticut. Kitl
riclge of Wisconsin, Phelps of Ma ylani,
Darting of New York, lie Blond of Ohio.
On Foreign Affair*. —Messrs. Bankof
Massachusetts chairman: RayiuonJ of New
York. Orth of Indiana. W. 11. Randall of
Kentucky, Dawson of Pennsylvania, Patter
son of New Hampshire,Newell of New Jer
sey, Cullum of Illinois, WinfieW of New
York.
Vn Elections. —Messrs. Dawes of Massa
chusetts, chairman; Schofield of Pennsylva
nia, Upson of Michigan, Marshall of Illi
nois, Paine of Wisconsin, Shelkbarger of
Ohio, McCiurg of Missouri, Kadfield of
New York,
On Ways and Mean*. —Messrs. Morrill of
Vermont, chairman; Hooper of Massachu
setts, Brook sof New York, Garfield of Ohio,
Weutvvorth of Illinois, Conkling of New
York, Moor head of Pennsylvania, Allison of
lowa, Hagan of Missouri.
On Appropriation*. —Messrs. Stevens of
It. .,.* &l,n,rtnw. ttaymolrtl of Ncff
York, Blair of Missouri. Kasson of lowa
Voorhees of Indiana, larnsworth of Llii
nois, Spaulding of Ohio, Highy of Califor
nia, Wright of New Jersey.
On Banking and Currency —Messrs. l'oni
eroy, of New York, chairman; Harper of
Massachusetts, Calver of Pennsylvania,
Buckland of Ohio. Harding of Kentucky,
Lynch of Maine. Defreet of Indiana, Ran
dall, of Pennsylvania, Hubbard of West
Virginia.
On District of ColutMa. —Messrs. Inger
soli. of Illinois, chairman; Dumout ol Indi
ana, Davis of New York, Baldwin of Mas
sachusetts, McCullough ol' Maryland, Cok
of Missouri, Walker of Ohio, Mercur of
Pennsylvania, Shankland of Kentucky.
On the Judiciary. —Messrs. Wilson of
lowa,chairman; Bout well, of Massachusetts,
Franeis Thomas of Maryland, Williams of
Pennsylvania, Woodbridge of Vermont,
Morris of New York, Rogers of New Jersey,
Lawrence of Ohio, Cook of Illinois.
On Pacific Railroad. —Messrs. Price, of
towa, chairman; Stevens of Pennsylvania,
Donnelly of Minnesota, Ames of Massachu
setts Brooks of' New York. Lean of Mis
souri. Clark of Kansas, Bidwell of Califor
nia, and Henderson of Oregon.
On ( '/aims. —Messrs. Delano, of Ohio,
chairman; Hotchkisft of New York. Wasli
burne of Massachusetts. Sloan of' Wiscon
sin. Niblack of Indiana, McKee of Ken
tucky, Ward of New York. Barker of Penn
sylvania. Thornton of Illinois.
On Public Lands. —Messrs. Julian of In
diana, chairman; Driggs of Michigan, (ilos
brenner, of Pennsylvania, Donnelly of Min
nesota. Eckly of Ohio, Holmes of New
York, Meliuerof California, Anderson of
Missouri. Tabor of New York.
On Dost Qtficeg, —Messrs. Alley of 3.1 as-
Sachu-etts. of Indiana,
Finek of Ohio, Mcßuer of California. Fer
ry <f Michigan. Johnson of Pennsylvania,
Kuykenhall of Illinois. D. Hubbard, Jr. oi
New Y >rk, Kelso of Missouri.
O" Revolutionary Claims. —Messrs. V lia
ley of West Virginia, chairman; Newell of
New Jersey, Eidridge of V isronsin, J. L.
Thomas. Jr., oi Maryland, Wilson of Penn
sylvania. Van Horn of New York, Clarke
of Ohio, Trowbridge, of Michigan. Trimble
of Kentucky.
On Public Expenditures. —Messrs. Hul
burd ot New York, chairman; Bvoomall of
Pennsylvania, Hubbard of lowa, Rollins of
New Hampshire, Jones of New York,
Smith of Kentucky, Warner of Connecticut
Plants of Ohio. Nicholson of Delaware.
On Private Land Claims.—Messrs.Thay
er of Pennsylvania, chairman; Hojehkiss of
New York. Baker of Illinois, Hayes ofOhio.
Goodyear of New York, Noell of Missouri,
Boutwell of Massachusetts, Woodbridge of
Vermont. Kevrof Indiana.
On Manufactures. —Messrs. Moorhead of
Pennsylvania, chairman; Ames of Massachu
setts. Bundy of Ohio, Tiiuihle of Kentucky
Halo of -New York. Harding of Illinois.
Sawyer of Wisconsin, Hubbard of Virginia.
Hubbelt of New York.
On Agriculture. —Alessrs. Bidvrell of Cal
ifornia, chairman; Grinnell of lowa. Scill
well of Indiana, Baxter of Vermont, Hitter,
of Kentucky, Trowbridge of Michigan, llub
bell of Ohio, Lawrence of Pennsylvania.
Bergen of New York.
OH Indian A fairs. —Messrs. Windon of
Minnesota, chairman; Mcludoe of Wiscon
sin, Dennison of Pennsylvania, Hubbard of
lowa, Clarke of Kansas. Henderson of Ore
gon, Hart of New York, Bliss of Illinois,
Van Horn of .Missouri.
On, Mtlitia. —Messrs. Smith of Kentucky,
chairman; Harding of Illinois, Backland of
Ohio, Hale of New York, Noell of Missou
ri, Phelps of Maryland, Farquhar of Indi
ana, Perry of Michigan. Boyer of Pennsyl
vania.
On Territories. —Messrs. Ashley of Ohio,
chairman, Beaniun of Michigan. •). 11. Rice
of J/aine, Gridcr of Kentucky, J/arvin of
New York, Strauss of Pennsylvania, Hill of
Indiana, J/oulton of Illinois. Starr of New
Jersey.
On Revolutionary Pensions. —J/essors.
.l/clndoe of Wisconsin, chairman; Price of
lowa, Boyer of Pennsylvania, Goodyear of
New York, Unson ol j/ichigan. Brandagee
of Connecticut, Washburn of -fessachusetts
Walker of Ohio, Holmes of New York.
On Invalid Pensions. —Messrs. Perham.
of Maine, chairman; Stillwell of Indiana,
Taylor of New York, lfriggs of Michigan,
Van Aerman of New York, Lawrence of
Pennsylvania, Sawyer of Wisconsin, Benja
min of Missouri, Harding of Kentucky.
On. Roads and Canals. —Messers. Bea
man of Michigan Chairman; Yanhom of
New York, J. H. Hubbard of Connecticut,
Rousseau of Kentucky, Wentwoith of Illi
nois, Davis of New York Miller of Pennsyl
vania, Defreesol Indiana, Finck of Ohio.
On Patents. —Messers. Jenches of Rhode
Island chairman; Myers of Pennsyluania,
Chanler of New York J.II. Hubbard of'Cou
neeticut, Broomwell of Illinois.
On Public Hiuldings and Grounds.- —
Messers J. H. Rice of Maine, chairman;
Starr of New Jersey,S. F. Wilson of Penn
sylvania,Le Blond of Ohio,Latham of West
V irginia.
On Revised and Unjrnidtcd Business. —
Messrs Sco field of Pennsylvania chairman;
J. F. Wilson of lowa, Ash ley oi Ohio A. H.
Rice of Massachusetts, Porneroy of New
York.
On Mileage. —Messrs Anderson of Miss
ouri chairman; Marston of New Hampshire,
Plants of < >hio, (i rider of Kentucky, Kuyketi
dull of Illinois.
On Accounts. —Messrs Rollins of New
Hampshire chairman; Brootuall of Pehnsyi- j
vania, Eckley of Ohio, Kerr of J ndiana Ward
of New York.
Coinage, Weights and Measures. —Messrs
Kasson of lowa chairman, Wiufield of New
York, \Y ilharns of Pennsylvania, Bunbv of
Ohio, Dawes of Massachusetts.
On Expenditures of the State Jkpcsrtment
' i■ i ot NRdne, chairman; Brom
welLoi Illinois, Randall of Pennsylvania, Hart
0 /i %,• ' Shellabarger of Ohio.
On expenditures of the Treasury Depart
ment.—Messrs Marvin of New York chair
man, C ulver of Pennsylvania. Hill of Indiana
Cullotn of Uliuois, Hitter of Kentucky.
On Expenditure* of the War Department.
Messrs Demintr of Connecticut chairman;
Sloan of V iseonsin. Miller of Pennsylvania.
K N Hubbcll ofNew York, J. C. Hubbell
of Ohio.
On J.jpendiiurett oj the -Vfi cy Department
.—Messrs J. Humphreys of Xew York chuir
man? Julian of Indiana, Mouiton of Illinois
Vf artier ofCoimeeucut. Dawson of Pennsylva-
I nin.
On Expenditures of the Dost office Dcjrurt
meat. —Messrs Raker of Illinois chairman:
Myers of Pennsylvania, Dariieg of New York.
Kgglestou of Uhio, Rogers of New Jersey
On Expenditures of the Interior Depart
ment. —Messrs Dumout of Indiana chairman:
Strouse ofi'eim-ylyaiiiajienjninia ol Missouri
Allison of lowa, Ife Kee of Kentucky.
On Erf/rndu'vres on Public BuUdings.~
Messrs IstlDgyear of Mkiiiganchairnian, Bald
win of Massaehusetftif Dtxtm of Connecticut
Jobn§on of Pennsylvania, VV. H. Randall of
Keutucky.
Joint Comnitlee on Library. —Messrs Bays
of Uhio chairman: Kelley of PennavlvaniL
Hubbard of New York.
Joint Committee on Printing.—Messrs
Laffiin of New York chairman: R. W. Clarke
of Ohfo. Latham of West Virginia.
Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills. —Messrs
Cobb of Wisconsin chairman: (ilossbrenner
of Pennsylvania.
tided Committee on Rules. —The Speaker:
Messrs E. R. Washburne of Illinois. Ranks of
Massachusetts,Dawson of Pennsylvania, Ray
mond of New York.
Select Committee on Bankrupt l.air.—Mes
srs Jenckes of Rhode Island chairman; Spaul
ding of Ohio.F, Thomas of Maryland.Chand
ler of New York, Thayer of Pennsylvania,
Blow of Missouri, Lynch of Maine, Thornton
of illiuois Alley of Massachusetts.
Select Committee on Freedmen. —Messrs
Eliot of Massachusetts chairman; Kelley of
Pennsylvania, Orth ot Indiana, Bingham of
Ohio, Taylor of New York, Loan of Missouri
Grinnell of lowa, Paine of Wisconsin, Mar
shall of Illinois.
Death of Hon. Thomas Corwiu.
This prominent and distinguished gentle
man breathed bis last in Washington at half
past two o'clock yesterday afternoon. In the
midst of a joyous gathering of friends he wa
stricken down with paralysis on the evening
of the loth inst. Mr. Corwin was born in
Rourbon county, Ky, July 2J, 17'.<4. He rose
from humble life studied law and was admit
ted to the Rar in 1817. — Phila. Inq. Dee. 19.
CITY NOTICES.
IRON CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGH
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NATIONAL TCMSFLBAPU INSTITUTE.
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J. 0. SSIITH, A. M., > Principals.
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!/ College Building, t or. of Peuutk St. V air St.
id " " Odd Fellow* Building ~>th t.
3d " " Xo*. 26 and 2S St. Clair St.
All RIVALS FOS TIIE WEEK KSrOSG DEC. f, lsfij.
J 'l' l'atton, Ilartstuwr., Orawforu eo. Pa.
J S Yanvoorhis, Motumgahela City, Pa.
J It Henry, Hartstown, Crawford co. Pa.
J It Ptitler. Ilanrwnsburg "
VV M Mossman. Jamestown, Mercer eo. Pa.
J S M ail in, Diujuesuc bor. Allegheny eo. Pa.
S. S. Glass, Remington, " '*
A D Boob, Ebensburg, Lawrence co. Pa.
T J Ohl, Buck horn. Col. Co. Pa.
I' B"Ca!houn. N Jackson, Mahoning co. 0.
A S King, Unity, ( 1. Co. 0.
X Purdnn, Chillooothe, Ross co. O.
D Rex. Wintersvillc, Jeff. at>. 0.
W J Gilmore, WiKiinaUirg, Allegheny co. Pa.
T P Lardin, Tarcntum. "
J II Loekhart, Sharon, Mnv.c: co. Pa:
T H Gray, Yonngstowa, Mahoning co. 0.
l> D Jones, " "
J A Walters, chippensburg, Pa.
F 0 Powel, Ebcusburg. Pa.
K B Ciouse. Manchester, Pa.
FSander, Allegheny city. Pa,
K II Tullis. K Fairfield. Coi. eo. O.
J R Donnelly, Wcstley, Venango co. Pa.
W C Shields. Kent, Ind. Co. Pa.
J N Ballard, West Newton,' Alien co. 0.
J It Rets, Ada, Hardin co. 0.
J W Shaw, Oil 1 ity, Venango co. Pa.
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RtyllUKs JXKEPIATB ATTENTION ASP SHOULD
r.i; ciiKcKdi). IF ALLOW to TO COSTISLE,
Irritation of the l.nngs. n I'eriii.uum
Throat Affection. or an inrnrable
I.it UK' Idwan'
IS OFTEN" THE KESI LT.
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
having a direct influence to the parts, give-im
mediate relief.
FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH.
CONSUMPTION i THROAT DISEASES,
Troches are used with always good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when
taken before Singing or S]wmking, aud relieving
the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal
organs. The Troches are Tceoinmended and pre
scribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials
from eminent men throughout the country. Be
ing an article of true merit, and having proved
their efficaey by a test of many years, each year
find them in new localities in various parts of the
world, and the Tri.ehe* are universally pronoun
ced better than other articles.
Obtain only "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TKO< IIKS,"
and do not take any of tho Worthier* Imitotion*
that may be efi'cred.
Sold everywhere in the United States, and in
Foreign countries, at 3o cents per box.
Nov. 10, 1^6.).
| >EMEMBER
A. B. CRAMER A (0.
are now selling all kinds ol
DRY GOODS
AT
REDUCED PRICES*
FOR CASH OR TRADE.
TOBACCONISTS.
Dw. CHOUSE A CO.,
. WHOI.KSALB All) RKTIIL
TOl IACCON ISTS,
One door west of the Post Office. above Dauiel
Border's jewelry store, Bedford Penn'n., are now
prepared to sell by whole sale orrrtoi'l all kinds of
Tobacco, Cigars and gnuif.
Orders fur Cigars pi* inptly f#< I. I*< rsons de
siring anything n tlieir line will lib well to give
them a call.
Bedford, Oct. 2ft. 'ftfi.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTR :
Estate of DAVID SfYEJtS, !■>:<
atti toiriwh ip, decemert.
Letters of administration on said u : 'e having
been granted by the Register of Bed I> , • ounty to
the subscriber, residing in said tur..-hip, all
persons having claims or demand- a , nnst the
said estate are requested to present the.' properly
authenticated for settlement, nnd tho-e indebted
arc notified to make immediate payment.
LEONARD BIT XKR,
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ARRETS WANTED.
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Nothing can cyan) this work in interest ot subject
matter, or in the sparkling, graphic style in which
the author delineates his experiences. It furnish
es a greater variety ot incident, and gives a better
"inside view" of the adventures ami vicis- tnde - "f
war, than any other work,
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doeSTtt Hartford, Conn.
I VT DTK V. Of INQUISITION.
_i x By virtue of a writ of Partition or Valuation
issued out of the Orphans' Court of Bedford coiu
ty, and to me directed, as Sheriff of said couo'.v. I
will holdau inquest upon the real estato of Adam
Oil lam, late of Monroe township, deceased, intes
tate, on the premises; on TUESDAY, the 9th day
January, ISfifi. Said real estate consists of a
tract of land situate in Monroe township. Bedford
county, containing two hundred and seventy four
acres, more or less, with appurtenances. That the
children, heirs, and all persons are notified to at
tend if they think proper, at the time and place
before uieutioned.
deot*:4t JOHN ALS'i'ADT, Sheriff.