iktrfort Inquirer. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY FEK. 9, 1866 NOT UP TO THE STANDARD. That gifted political philosopher M. deToc queville in discussing the merits of the English Eccleastieal titles Bill'asks the perti nent question: ' 'Why make laws below the standard of the times?" A question most fitting and appropriate to be asked of those among us at the present time,who still prate stupidly against the abrogation of laws that are obsolete, that the tide of events has made null and void and whose only use is to cumber our statute books and remind us of the degradation to which we were once reduced. In every civilized nation, there has always existed, and still exists, a party that clings obstinately to the dead, the ef fete, the obsolete and the wroDg, sometimes calling itself conservative but oftener and more appropriately called tory. That we as a nation are not exempt from the like cal amity, witness the deceased Democracy and its legitimate heir Oopi>erheadism Neither could abide the thought of negroes becoming free, either present ly or prospectively, but they could see no possible reason why the chains of the slave should not annually be riveted tighter and the dominion of the slave-lords as often extended. The object of every liberal gov ernment should be to elevate its people by making laws not below but above the stand ard of the times, to go in advance of the masses and set up the standard to which they might gradually approach. This is the true ideal of free and liberal government. The tyrants of all ages have been those who made laws below the standard of the times and endavorcd to compress within their nar row limit, the natural growth and upward tendency of the immortal spirit of Man. All such attempts have resulted in revolutonary efforts to burst the bands that were too tight ly drawn. This is the true secret of all Eu ropean revolutions. It was left for our own age and nation to exhibit to the world, for the first time in history, the anomaly of a retrogade revolutionary effort. True there have beeu usurpations by tyrants and aristo crats with a few followers, but never before anything like a populor effort at a retrograde revolution. It was meet that such a hide" ous anomaly should be promptly destroyed and all traces of so disgusting and incongru ous a political phenomenon forever removed from our national statutes, yet strange to say there are those among us so blinded and infatuated that they persistently refuse to consent even to a decent burial of deceased slavery and its concomitants. It is sad to see so many of our people so far below the standard of the times, and sadder still to see statesmen, senators, and congressmen stoop to pander to their depraved prejudices. When will we have a people up to the standard of the times and the spirit of the age? When will we have statesmen and Senators with the integrity and courage to go in advance and place our national stan dard upon a higher level? Would that Pennsylvania had just one Senator in the councils of the nation, who would dare to do his part in so noble a work. HON. JOHN CESSNA. Since the action of the Union County Con vention of this County presenting the, name of Hon. JOHN CESSNA for the distinguished position of Governor of this great Common wealth, the movement has been almost unanimously seconded by the Southern tier of counties. Many of the warmest compli ments have been paid him by the press throughout the State generously acknowl edging his eminent services, untiring energy and ability. Among many others, we quote as an evidenceof Mr. CESSNA'S stand ingathome. from the Republican , printel in the neighboring county of Fulton, where he is probably as well known as he is in this county: "Should Mr. CESSNA be our standard bear er in the coming contest, our triumph will be easy. Of acknowledged ability, extensive experience, untiring energy and great person al popularity, Mr. CESSNA is to-day the strongest and most available candidate men tioned. And while we would impress upon the coming Union Convention the absolute necessity of selecting as our candidate, him who is strongest, we would do no injustice to either of the other distinguished loyalists mentioned. They are all gentlemen of ex perience and ability, and either of whom if elected, would discharge the duties of Chief Executive with fidelity and honor. But Ability and Experience, while they are in dispensable to a Govenor, are not all that are -equired in a canidate. To these indis pensable requsites must be added Availabil ity. In that we claim Hon. JOHN CESSNA excels." The 7th of March Convention is approach ing very rapidily; the prominent candidates who will be presented out of which to select a candidate with Mr. CESSNA, will be GEN. JOHN W. GEARY, of Cumberland, HON. W. W. KI-rcHTM, of Luzerne, HON. J. K. MOREHEAD, of Pittsburg, and iu addition to these formidable names, on the first bal lot, a large number of complimentary votes will be tendered by different districts for their local preferences; after which there will be a consolidation of all the delegates upon some two or three of the distinguished gen tlemen first named. The Military element, judging from the press, is the strongest, however it is not always the strongest ele ment in a Convention that secures success. We shall accept the nomination of that body let it be whom it may, with perfect accord, and go into the campaign determined to do up Copperheadism once more, satisfied that the Convention, in its wisdom made the best selection it could under the embarrasing circumstances which generally surround such bodies. WWe would like very much to know whether our country cotemporaries, whose circulation do not exceed two thousand co pies weekly, are taxed as manufacturers? We are compelled to make monthly returns, and pay a tax of from one to two hundred dollars per annum as manufacturers of uewspapera alone. It strikes us that it is a misconstruction of the l&w. Will our irsigh- COMPLIMENTARY. OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.— On our first page will be found an article in regard to our Common School System. It is taken ironi the Bedford Inquirer, and is one of a series of articles, on this subject. If we are not mistaken, these articles are from the pen of that earnest friend, and indefatigable work er in the cause of Common School education, Hon. G. W. Householder, Senator from Bedford county.— Huntingdon Journal if- Atnericm. Complimentary indeed gentlemen editors. W r e are much obliged to you for publishing and calling attention to our article, and hope it will do good among your people; but not so much oblidged for the intimation that the articles are not our own. We thank you for speaking well of our Senator, but Mr. Householder is not a contributor to our ceJumns. For your own edification we will tell you that you will generally be safe in attributing editorial articles in our columns to the editors. We have frequently found our editorials, verbatim et lit ratim et punc ,tuatim et non creditatim in the editorial col umns of our exchanges. Our Huntingdon friends have credited the Inquirer but not the editor. Our friends arc at liberty to use whatever they find worthy their attention in our editorial anlnmni; all we ask of them is to give the usual credit. STATE SENATE Among the Republican Senators of the State(and never could Pennsylvania point with more pride to that body,) there is one whose course we have carefully noted for several years, and who has never disappoin ted the expectations of the people —that Senator is Mr. Householder. He is a rep resentative of the people in the true sense of the word. With enlarged views in rela tion to the wants and substantial interests of the State, his course always indicates the right side. He is one of those whose integ rity and fidelity to truth, always prompts them to regard their pledges if any are given and who never forget that they are elevated for the public good and not their own per sonal interests. Such men we need in these eventful times and such men the people will delight to honor. — Montour American. THE Duke of Mecklenburg Sehwerin, re cently nmrried to a niece of the King of Prussia, is a notorious drunkard and a rake, well known under the sobriquet of Prince Schnapps. His brother, the reigning Grand Duke of that State, having declined to pay his debts, he fled to Brazil, where lie occu pied anything but an enviable position. It was after his return to Prussia that, notwith standing his direputahle antecedents, the King of Prussia selected him as the husband of his niece, and caused the marriage to be celebrated with all the mediaeval flummery and pomp of bygone feudal ages. FAILURE OF THE FRENCH IRON-CLADS.— London Times' Paris correspondent says : "A discovery has been made at Toulon, where the iron-plated frigate Provence is undergoing repairs, which shows the danger that menaces the entire iron coated fleet of France. The Provence was fitted for sea only fifteen months since, and already a great number of her plates are nearly con sumed with rust. The Director of Naval Architecture is of opinion that if a composi tion be not discovered to prevent the action of rust, the iron-clad-fleet must be renwed every five years. MR. WILSON'S new West Point bill re quires that candidates for cadetships shall pass an examination in geography. Consid ering the views held by some graduates of that institution on the obligation of oaths, we think Mr. Wilson should add political morality to his requirements. But what ex cuse is there for enlarging the number of pupils at West Point? THE young King of Bavaria has met with a severe disappointment. He was engaged to be married to the daughter of the ex-Duke of Modena, and would by her have become possessed of a very large fortune. The re cognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Bava ria has induced the father of the fiancee to break off the match. THE severest punishment we would inflict upon those Northern journalists who ridi cule the apprehension that the Union men of the South would be in danger of persecu tion by the rebels, if National protection should be withdrawn would be to compe] them to live in a rebel country.— Nashville l*ress. ftair" A large portion of our paper is taken up with the able message of Gov. Curtin. We have o room for extended comments. The truth is it speaks for itself, and therefore we advise our readers to peruse it, instead of any clap-trap remarks that we might make. THE old adage "whistling to keep up your courage," is fully verified in the last Ga zette. Explosion of the Steamer .Wiami—One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost. CINCINNATI, Jan. 31.—The steamer Mi ami had about two hundred and fifty passen gers on board, among whom were ninety-one men of Company B. 13th United States Cavalry. The accident occurred at seven in the evening, just after supper, while the passengers were assembled in conversation around the stoves in the hall. The explo sion was of such force as to rend the cabin floor assunder, and let every person in the front part of the cabin down into the mass of fire and steam below. A great number lost their lives by jumping overboard. To tal loss of life supposed to be nearly one hundred and fifty. Thirty of the soldiers were lost. Important from Richmond. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.— The Herald's Richmond correspondence says that an effort is being made in the Virginia Legislature to declare the election of Senators Underwood and Legar illegal. Governor Pierpoint and John Minor Botts are talked of for succes sors. Both his friends and enemies are try ing to get liovernor Pierpoint to resign, the former in order that a military Governor may be appointed, and the latter that Rob ert E. Lee, or some other prominent rebel, may be elected. The Explosion of the Missouri. CINCINNATI, Jan. 31.— The steamer Mis souri had one hundred and twenty persons on board, twenty-five of whom were passen gers. The latest information from Evans vUle places the loss of life at about one hundred. The Missouri was one of the larg- INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT. Operation of the present System,— Proposed Amendments of the Reve nue Laws. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. —The official preli minary report of the Revenue Commission ers is published. The Commission have a dopted the plan of takibg p specifically for investigation those sources of Revenues which t heir own experienc J and the experi ence of other countries have indicated as likely- to be most productive under taxation, and most capable of sustaining its burdens. The result of these investigations, they pro pose to submit in the form of independent and special reports. The Commission complain of the imper fect and incorrect statistics furnished them by the Government Bureaus, and the great difficulty experienced in conducting their investigations, owing to the abnormal and disturbed condition of every branch of trade and industry since J 861. the frequent altera tions ot the tariff and the inauguration of the Internal Revenue system. Many branches ot trade and industry have been curtailed during this period from thir ty to seventy-five per cent Every advance made in the tariff and in the excise had been anticipated by every class of importers, deal ers, manufacturers and speculators, so that the government has not exhausted a single one of its legitimate sources of revenue. The Commission estimate that on the Ist of•?ulv. 1864. the date when the advances in the tax on distilled spirits of from fifty cents to one dollar and fifty cents per gallon took effect, there were made and stored in antici pation of this advance, at least forty millions of gallons, or a quantity sufficient to bUpply the wants of the country, for at least a year in advance. Of cigars, it is estimated that from seventy to eiglity millions were manu factured and sold in the city of New York aloDe. in anticipation of that tax. The stock of spices imported into the country previous to the advance of the tariff was also probaoly equal to nearly two years supply, while in the case of the insignificant article of matches, on which the tax is only one cent per bunch, the stock accumulated in anticipation of the tax, was so large that it has not even at the present date, January, 1866, beeu exhausted. The Commission then gave an account of the revenue system of Great Britain and the per centage yielded by each impost to revenue. The Commission strongly condemn our present system of revenue, and regard its diffuseness as one of its greatest imperfec tions. A system ot taxation so dili'use as the present one necessarily entails a system ot duplication of taxes, which in turn leads to undue enhancement of prices; a decrease both of production and consumption, and consequently of wealth, a restriction of ex portation and of foreign commerce, and a large increase in the machinery of collection. It cannot speak too strongly of the injuri ous influence of this duplication of taxation, upon the industry of the country. The in fluence of the duplication of taxes in sus taining prices, is also, in the opinion of the Commission, far greater than those not con versant with the subject generally supjiose. Were the prices of gold arid the National currency made at once to approximate, and the present revenue system to continue uu changed, it would be impossible for prices of most products, of manufacturing industry to return to anything like their former level. In suggesting remedies for these evils the report says: In respect to the evils arising from the excessive duplication of taxes un der the internal revenue system, and from alack of equalization between the tariff and the excise, a remedy, in the opinion of the Commission, should be sought for in such a revision of the present internal revenue sys tem as wiJi look to an entire exemption of the manufacturing industry of the I uited .States from all direct taxation, distilled and fermented liquors, tobacco, and possibly a few other articles excepted. The Commission are unhesitatingly pre pared to recommend that the change recom mended should be made gradually and ac cording as experience satisfies us of our a bility to substitute other and less objectiona ble forms of taxation adequate to produce a revenue corresponding to that relinquished. As to the manner and extent to which this reduction may be carried out, and at the same time insure to the government an ade quate revenue. The report says, as the av erage of the preseni tariff is understood to be upwards of forty per cent, upon the in voiced value of those importations upon which duties are levied, the Commission, after making all due allowance for a possi ble reduction of some duties, and an increase of the free list, think it safe to estimate the amount of revenue derivable, from customs, for the fiscal year. 1867, to be at least one hundred and thirty millions of dollars. The Commission recommended that the tax 011 distilled spirits be reduced to one dol lar per gallon, and that the existing rate of taxation on fermented liquors be neither in creased or diminished. Great pains have been taken by the Commission to advise some mode of preventing fraud in the col lection of taxes on these articles. The attention of the Committee has been especially given to the cotton product of the United States as a source of revenue. As a result of their investigations, the Committee as sutne that a tax of five cents per bale be levied on and after July Ist, 1866, upon all cotton the product of the United States, and that the same be collected of manufacturers at places of consumption, and of merchants or factories at the port of exportation upon all foreign shipments. In respect to tobacco the Commission arc unanimously of the opinion that the tax should not be laid upon leaf. With some a mendmcntof the presentlaw. and on account of the exhaustion of stock in the country, made in anticipation of the tax which is now nearly effected, the Commission believe that the government may safely rely upon an an nual levenue from this source iu the imme diate future of at least $18,000,000. The Commission think an income tax will probably be sustained with less detriment to the country than any other form of taxation. Discrimination at present in the rato of im post levied on income under and in excess of five thousand dollars is however, unjust, being in fact a tax on the results of success ful industry and business enterprise* and the Commission recommend that this discrimi nation be abrogated and the rate equalized. They recommend that in future assessment of incomes one thousand dollars be ex empted from taxation, and that in assessing intome tax no allowance be made for house rent, or at least that amount allowed to be deducted for rental should not in any ease be allowed to exceed three hundred dollars in the future. With the changes above recommended, the Commission believe the government may safely rely on an annual revenue from this source of about fifty millions of dollars. From excise on banks and railroads was re ceived during the fiscal year, 1865, $13,- 579,959, and the Commission assume the collection of a similar amount for the imme diate future. The Commission recommends that the tax imposed on crude petroleum be repealed and that the rates of tax on refiued coal oil, petroleum, &c., be retained as at present; that the tax on spirits of turpentine and rosin should not be wholly remitted, and that no backward on export to foreign countries should be allowed. The Commission are of the opinion that a revenue of at least $20,000,000 may be here after collected from stamps on receipts of legacies. Succession duties should yield an nually $5,000,000. The Commission recommend that the tax on the gross receipts of Telegraph and ex press Companies be equalized, and are in clined to the opinion that the tax on receipts of Express Companies might be advanced to The Commission assume that the revenue derivable from the gross receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867, will con tinue as at present about $90,C00,000. They recommend that the present law, imporing a tax of $6 on every SIO,OOO. one-twentieth of one per cent, par value of all stocks sold be repealed, and in lieu of the tax of $1 on SIO,OOO or one hundreth ol one per cent, on the par value of stock be substituted. The amouut of the various estimates of receipts will make an aggregate for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1807, of $397,000,- 000. Adding the amount received in the fiscal year 186"), from various direct and in direct taxes on industry, which, excepting the amounts, derived from excise on spirits, beer, tobacco, cotton, petroleum, and naval stores, the Commission estimate it at- about sixty-eight millions of dollars, we have as the gross revenue possible to be derived from all sources under the present rates with the amendments above proposed, four hundred and thirty-five millions of dollars. Setting aside fifty millions additional for the reduc tion of the principal of the public debt a surplus will result, assuming the correctness of the estimates of the Committee, applica ble for a reduction of taxation of eighty-five millions of dollars. The Committee recom mended that the changes be made slowly and for the present to begin July Ist, 1866, or sooner. THE REVENUE COMMISSION. Non Taxation off Manufactures Reeom liiendett. W nil/i-.i U'valth to be Taxed The following is the text of that portion of the report by the Revenue Commission, under the head of the Proposed Revenue Policy of the future: In respect to the evils arising from exces sive duplication of taxes under the internal revenue system and from a lack of equaliza between the tariff and the excise, it may be urged, that the remedy for the latter diffi culty is most easy namely by increasing the tariff. To this however as a permanent measure there are most serious objections, inasmucn as the lack of equalization is not confined to the articles specified in our illus trations, but is very general and will be more and more extensive as the value of currency approximates to that of gold; while an in crease in the tariff sufficient to remedy all difficulties, would render the tariff itself al most prohibitory, or at least so high as to invite continued assaults deprive it of all elements of stability and increase the busi ness of the contrabandist. The remedy therefore for the difficulties above pointed out and illustrated save in a few striking in stances which have probably resulted from oversight in the framing of the law must in the opinion of the commission he sought for in such a revision of the present internal rev enue system as will look to an entire exemp tion of the manufacturing industry of the United States from all direct taxation dis tilled and fermented liquors, tobacco, and possibly a few other articles excepted). This the commission are unhesitatingly pre pared to recommend. As however the revenue derived from the exeisc on the industrial products of the country amounted to nearly sixty per cent of the gross internal revenue in 1863: to sixty four and a half per cent in 1864; aud to near ly fifty per cent in 1865, it is evident that a radical change of the kind recommended should not be made at once but gradually, and according as experience satisfies us of our ability to substitute other and less objec tionable forms of taxation adequate to pro duce a revenue corresponding to that veiin quished. To endeavor to remedy the difficulties growing out of the present duplication of taxation and want of equalization between the excise rnd the tariff, by specific enact ments of exemptions as has been proposed by some would in the opinion of the com mission, be impracticable and would crowd the statute book with such a detail of enu meration as would render the law exceedingly difficult of comprehension, and open the way tor more gigantic frauds than are now prac ticed. The evil is radical, the remedy must also be radical. Assuming, then that the policy indicated which we may here restate in brief to be the abolition or speedy reduction of all taxes which tend to check development and the retention of all those which like the income tax fall chiefly upon realized wealth —is ac cepted as the desirable future revenue policy of the country the question next arrises in what manner and to what extent can it be carried out and at the same time insure to the Government a revenue adequate to its necessities. Ifasis of Representation.—Constitutional Amendment Passed by the House. Adverse lteport to Extension of Reci procity Treaty. WASHINGTON, January 31, ,'1866. BASIS OF REPRESENTATION AMENDMENT. The Joint Committee on Reconstruction this morning held an important meeting, during which it was agreed that the Consti tutional amendment proposing a new basis of representation, should be so modified as to strike out the words relative to levying direct taxes, so that the objection heretofore urged in the House, that under the amend ment as it originally stood, there would be taxation without representation, would be removed. This was almost unanimously agreed to in Committee, and was reported to the House by Mr. Stevens, this afternoon when after an hour's speech by him, the previous question was ordered and the amend rnent was passed by the requisite two thirds vote, being 120 to 46. The following is a correct copy of the amendment as it passed: Resolved , liy the Senate an I House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the follow ing article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by threefourths of said legisla legislatures, shall be valid as a part of said Constitution. ARTICLE. Representation shall be apportioned among the several States which muy be included within this Union according to their respec tive numbers counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed: Provided, That whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race or color, all persons therein of such race or color shall be exclu ded from the basis of representation. The Republicans who voted against the amendment are as follows: Messrs. Baldwin Mass- Eliot, Mass: Hale, New York: Jenc kes, Rhode Island; Noel], Missouri; Phelps, of Maryland; Randal, of Kentucky; Ray mond, of New York; Rousseau, of Kentucky Whaley, of West Virginia. MR. STEVEN'S SPEECH To day was severe on the President for the late manifesto of his views through the Associated Press, and also very bitter on Mr. Raymond. THE RECIPROCITY TREATY. The House Ways and Means Committee had before them to day the Droposition of the Canadian officials to extend the time for the repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty. The Committee believe that Congress would re ject such a proposition, and owing to the short time in which to try it, they are averse to reporting in favor of it. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Eelate of GEORGE W. BA DOLE T, latt of Monroe totCHihip, dec'd. Notice is hereby given that letters of Adminis tration have been granted to the undersigned, by the Register of Bedford county, on said estate. All persons indebted to said estate will make im mediate payment, and those having claims against the same are requested to present them forthwith for settlement. ASA M. WILLIAMS, Jan. 26, 1866. Administrator. Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat. Rk<J IBBS IjnOUIATB ATTEHTIOS AXD SHOULD ITK CHECKED. Ir ALLOWED TO COKTIHUB, Irritation of the Lnuffft. a Permanent Throat Alfrrthm. or an Incurable Tuna Mmeane is orrun mm RESULT/ BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES having a direct influence to the parts, give im mediate relief. FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH, CONSUMPTION k THROAT DISEASES, Troches are used with always good success. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Trochee useful in clearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs. The Troches are recommended 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 efficacy by a test of many years, each year find them in new localities in various parts of the world, and the Trochee are universally pronoun ced better than other articles. Obtain only "Bnowtt's F.BOSCHIAL TBOCHEB," and do not take any of the Worthiest Imitatione that may be offered. Sold everywhere in the United States, and Fortign countries, at 35 cents per box. Nov. 10, 1865. SHERIFF SALES. By virtue of a Writ of vend, exponas and Sundry Writs offl. fa., to me directed, there will he sold at the Court House, in the Borough of Bedford, on Saturday, the 10th day of February, A. D. 1866, at ten o'clock A. M., the following rtroca\ vi • A tract of land containing 123 acres more or ie*s about 60 acres cleared and under fence, with a two story log house, and new double log barn thereon erected. Adjoining lands of John Swarts, Daniel Davis and others, situate in East Provi dence township, Bedford county, and taken in ex ecution as the property of John Sleighter. One lot of ground in Clearville, fronting 59 feet on Main street and extending back 173 feet to an alley; adjoining lot of John L. Grove on the east, and George Weimer on the west, sitnate in the t-own of Clearville, Monroe township, Bed ford county, aud taker iu execution as the prop, erty oi" Isaac Mickseel. ALSO. One lot of ground (unimproved) containing 20 acres, more or less, adjoining land of Noah Diehl on the South, and others, situate in Napier town ship. ALSO, another lot of ground (unimproved) con taining ten acres, more or less, adjoining land of Joseph Souser, sitnate in Napier township, Bed ford county, and taken in execution as the proper ty of Isaac Flegle. JOHN ALDSTADT, Sheriff. January 19, 1866. T IST OF GRAND JURORS JLJ Drawn for February Term, 2d Monday, I2th day, A. D. 1866. John E. Satterfield, Joseph Taylor Foreman. Josiah Elder, R L Replogle Westley Bennett David Fluck John L Grove James McFerren John Fletcher of B John R. Jordan David Mann Lewis A May Abraham Herman Edwin Wright Josiah Ott Leonard Bittncr Horatia J Means I A Pearson Tilman Northcraft Francis Beard John G Hartley Alvey Boylan Alex W Shoemaker. Jacob Anderson LIST or PETIT JI'KORS DRAWS FOU SACS TCJCX. M L Hetrick Joseph II Griffith Jacob Deremer Michael HuldciWuiu 80.-tian Kegg C B Kochendorfer Peter Imler William Gillespie John A (lump- Geo Zimmers of A Asa 8 Stuckey Peter Arnold George Smith James Allison Wilson .Sparks Henry H Fisher Thomas Spear Solomon Shroder Peter Clingerman Stephen G Wright Isaac B Mock A J. Woodcock Eben Pennell A J Snively Robert Keremer William Rashly Alex J Price llenry Gates Lemuel Evans Adam Weaverling Peter Koons Alexander Ritchey Thomas Way Hosea Hudson Henry Pluck Duncan MeVicker Michael H Diehl John Boyer Draw a and certified at Bedford, this 20th day of December, A. D. 1565. ISAAC KENSIJTGER, WILLIAM KIRK, Jury Commissioners. Attest: Jonx G. FISHEH, Clerk. I IST OF JURORS J for Special Term, 3rd Monday, 19th day of February, A. D. 1866. Samuel Dubbs Jacob Roads Danl Longeneckcr John S King Philip Berkstresser IV W Shuck Tobias Boor Christopher Osborn William F Woy AVm S Klder Jesse Geller David Foor Andrew Crisman John Filler David Dickey Jeremiah Thompson Grundy F Ake Thomas Johnson Frank Growden Jacob S Brown Geo W Williams Jeremiah E Black Lewis B Waltz John W Crisman Jas T Mattingly B. R. Ashcom J 11 Wilkinson Levi Biddle William Boor James M Snowden Daniel Walter John Amos sr Richard McMullin Jacob Pee Jacob L Albright Isaac Mcngcl William Young James Barefoot Drawn and certified at Bedford, this 20th day of December, A. D. 1865 ISAAC KENSINGER, WILLIAM KIRK, Jury Commissioners. Attest: JOHLT G. FISHER, Clerk. J>TIETIONS FOR TAVERN LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that the following per sons have filed their applications for tavern li cense, and that said applications will be present ad to the next Court of Quarter Sessions to be held at Bedford, on the 12th day of February next, for allowance: Isaac Mengel, Bedford borough. Jas L. Prince, Saxton. Jacob T. A D Wcaverling, Bloody Run bor. Jonah Ritchey, near Pattonsville. Sam'l R. Bottomfield, Bloody Run. D. A M. Ott, Bloody Run Borough. Wm. M. Pierson, Woodberry. Abel Dull, Juniata tp. David Weimer, Clcarvillc. A J. Pennell, Hainsburg. janl9 0. E. SHANNON, Clk. LIST OF CAUSES Put down for Special Court to be keld at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford, in which Hon. Alex. King, President Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, has been heretofore concerned as Counsel. To be tried by the Hon. George Taylor, at Bedford,commencing on MON DAY, the 10th day of FEBRUARY, 1666: Joseph Baily vs. Jackson Stuckcy. Simon Walter vs. MoCormick A llelsel. Thos. B. Keating vs. Bedford Rail Road Co. Sarah Fisher vs. David Karns. James M. Reynolds vs. Adam Carn. Hetty Miller vs. Samuel Smith. Fluck A Evans vs. Dr. Asa Duval et al. Jacob Oster vs.Jlendersoa A Sleek. Benj. R. Henderson vs. Jacob Oster. Sam'l Clark vs. Mary Gordon's Adm'r. Hunt. A B. T. R. R. Co. vs. Sam'l Cam's Ad'r. Same vs. Jas. A. Anderson. Same vs. John G. Clark. Same vs. John W. Crissman. Same vs. William Dunkel. Same vs. Thos. Knox. Same vs. Hiram Lents. Same vs. John Stone. [Certified,] 0. E. SHANNON, jan!2 Prot'y. LIST OF CAUSES Put down for trial at February Term, 1868, (12th day.) Win Fahner vs. Wm Overacker. Margaret Drhew vs. Patrick Drhew. Plumiuer A Gates vs. Wm Karns. Theodore Kinton vs. Jas Mortimore et al. F. D. Beegle vs. Wentz k Feather. Dan'l Armel vs. Jno. C. Riffle. Bloody Ran School dist. vs. West Prov. S. dist. Mary Etta Smith vs. Geo. White et al. Saiu'l Vondersmith vs. Wm. Lyon, Esq. .Jas. Foley vs. J. V. Besser. Jno. Black k Co. vs. Oath. Fricker. County of Bedford vs. Durborrow k Tohnson. Certified, Jan. 15th, 1866. jan 19 0. E. SHANNON, Prot. PULLE LIBERTY WHITE LEAD— preferred by all practical Painters! Try it and yon will have no other. Manu tured only by ZEIGLEB, & SMITH, Wholetale Drug, Point and Glu*i D<alert. No. 137 North THIRD Street, PHIDAD'A., t"eb2: IT jyj C. FKTTERLY, nu jwrt returned from the east with a large and elegant assortment of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, French Morinoev, all wool Delaines, Bombazines PUds, Sack Plaits, AtpWcaee, Mohair and a varie ty of other dress goods. Calicos, Muslins, Beaver Cloths, Cloaking and Water Proof Cloth, Shawls, and Cloaks of the latest styles. Furs, Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Iress Caps, Woollen Caps, Scarffs, Embroidery, Dress Trimmings, Velvets, Balmorals, Hoop Skirts, all styles. A handsome assortment of Dress Buttons, Zephyrs, Germantown Wool, Ladies' and Chil drens' Shoes, and a variety of toys and other no tions too numerous to enumerate. Thankful for past patronage, she hopes for a continuance of all her old patrons in the future, dee.22:3m jyj-DSIC STORE. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 11. M. GREENE has opened his Music Store, one door west of W. Lewis' Book Store, where he keeps constantly on hand STEIN WAY A SONS' and GAEHLE'S Piano Manufacturing Company's PIANOS, MASON A HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS and CARHART, NEED HAM A CO.B' MELODEONS; Guitars, Violins, Fifes, Flutes; Guitar and Violin Strings. MUSIC BOOKS—Golden Chain, Golden Show er, Golden Censor, Golden Trio, Ac. Ac. SHEET MUSIC.—He is constantly receiving from Philadelphia all the latest music, whicb per sons at & distance wishing, can order, and have sent them by mail at publisher's prices. Pianos and Organs Warranted for FIVE years. Those wishing to buy any of the above articles are invited to call and examine mine before pur chasing elsewhere. My prices are the same as in New Vork and Philadelphia. Circulars of Instruments sent promptly upon application, with any additional information de sired. B. M. GREENE, Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa., One door west of Lewis' Book Store, or, Dr. C. N. HICKOK, Bedford, Pa. decß:ly jgSTATK OF STEPHEN TI CKER, dee d. The understgned having been appointed by the Orphans' Court of Bedford county, Auditor to make distribution of the balance in the hands of E. M. Alsip, Esq., adm'r of Stephen Tucker, dee'd., hereby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the duties of his appointment at his office in the borough of Bedford, on Saturday, the 3d day of February, A. D. 1566, at 10 o'clock A. M S. JL. RUSSELL, Auditor. Jan. 19, 1866. rjnHE NEW VORK WEEKLY MAGAZINE, OF 48 Pages, 48 Pages, Is published in season to be received in nearly all parts of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, on every Saturday of its date. It will be devoted to POPULAR LITERATURE, SCIENCE and ART. It will contain: The best popular Tales. The best domestic Stories. The best Sketches of Travel. The best papers on Popular Science. The best short Popular Essays. The Best Poems, Biographies, Ac. Ac. It gives MORE AND BETTER FOR THE MONEY Than any other Magazine ever published. Its selections embrace the best articles from Dickens —Chambers —The Coruhill and other leading for eign Magazines, published fresh on the arrival of each steamer, and a great variety of original mat ter by the best authors. Was begun, January 13th, How I Made a Fortune in Wall street, and HOW I GOT MARRIED. A splended, original and true story, written for the NEW Y'ORK WEEKLY MAGAZINE, by a gen tleman of great experience, who knows all the ins and outs, and who will give more information about the straight and crooked ways of that cele brated street than has ever been published. To be completed in a few weeks. As the magazine is stereotyped, back numbers can be supplied at ten cents each. All news dealers should have the MAGAZINE, but when they arc not accessible, we have the following—cash in advance — TERMS: One copy, one year S4OO One copy, three months 1.80 Two copies, one year 7.00 Five copies, I year and one extra to agents.. 20.00 Specimen copies sent by mail on receipt of teu cents. ITS SUCCESS.—This Magazine has so exactly met a great public want, that ■JO,OOO copies are now printed. with every prospect of a vastly greater edition as soon as the public is generally aware of its merits. Address, O. 11. BAILY A CO., Publishers N. Y. Weekly Magazine, No. 7 Beekman St., New Y'ork. feb2 NOTICE. All persons interested are hereby notified that the following accountants have filed their accounts in the Register's office of Bedford County, an 1 that the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court in and for said county,on Tuesday the 13th day of February next, at the Court House in Bed ford, for confirmation: The final account of Adam Weaverling, Adm'r of the estate of Jacob Weaverling, late of West Providence township, dec'd. The account of Levi Ilardinger, Adm'r of Jona than C. Dicken, dec'd, who was Executor of the last will, Ac. of David Dicken, late of Cumber land Valley tp., dec'd. The account of Jeremiah Baughman, Adm'r of the estate of Jonathan Snider, late of the United States Army, dec'd. The account of Frederick Mowry, Adm'r of tin estate of Henry Mowry. late ef Juniata tp., dec'd. The account of Atriel Koontz, Adm'r of th estate of Charles Koontz, late of Bedford town ship, dec'd. The account of James Sill, Adm'r. of the estate of Peter Berkheimer, late of St. Clair tp. dec'd. The account of J. B. Cessna, Esq., Adm'r of the estate of Jacob H. Orris, late of Bedford twp., dec'd. The account of Andrew B. Snowberger, Adm'r. of the estate of Polly Replogle, late of S. Wood berry tp., dec'd The account of John Zook, Esq., Adm'r. with the will annexed of Maria Zook, late of Middle W oodberry tp., dec'd. The account of Edmund S. Blackburn, Adm'r. with the Will annexed of Jos. 0. Blackburn, late of Napier tp., dec'd. The account of Jacob Fritz, Adm'r of the estate of Matilda Fritz, late of Juniata tp., dec'd. The final account of John S. Grove, Adm'r. of the estate of Isaac Grove, late of Monroe town ship, dec'd. The account of Wm. S. Elder, one of the Ad ministrate s of the estate of Robert Elder, dec'd. who was guardian of Charles A Matilda Nieode mus, minor children of John A. Nicodcmus,dec'd. The account of Thomas Jamison, Adm'r. of the estate of Lawrence Jamison, late of Bedford Bor ough, dec'd. The account of Philip Snider, guardian of Geo. W., Leonard N., Eve Ann and John W. Snider, minor children of John and Sophia Snider, dec'd. The guardianship account of Jacob Long, guar dian of Nancy Jane, Louisa and Henry Longen ecker, minor children of Mary Longenecker, late of Middle Woodberry tp., dec'd. The administration account of Wm. Jackson Kerr, Adm'r of the estate of Mary Kerr, late of Harrison tp., dec'd. The account of Jacob Kegg, Adin'r of Rachel Kegg, late of Colerain tp., dee d. Tb# account of Josiah Mowry, Adm'r of the estate of Johnß. Mowry, late of Union tp., dce'd. The account of David M. Replogle, Adm'r of the estate of Geo. Sharp, late of Middle Woodberrv tp., dee'd. The second account of Jas. M. Barndollar, Esq. one of the Executors of the la3t will Ac. of Jacob Barndollar, late of Bloody Run Borough, dee d. The second account of Jacob B. Williams, Ksq., one of the Executors of the last will Ac. of Jacob Barndollar, late of Bloody Run Boreugh, dec'd. janl9 0. E. SHANNON, Reg. ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE. Estate of AXX ELIZABETH NI CODE MVS, late of Kapler township, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letter* of Adminis tration have been granted to th undersigned, the Register of Bedford oounty, on the said estate. All person* indebted to said estate will make im mediate payment, and those having claims against the same must present them properly authentica ted for settlement. DAVID MILLER, Harrison tp. f Jan. 26, 1866, Administrator. MACSPON SILVER MINING COMPANY or NEVADA. Organized under a Special Charter from the State of Pennsylvania. LOCATION OF MINES, San Antonio, Nye county, Nevada. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 800 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. Pa. CAPITAL STOCK #1.000.000 20,000 shares -PAR VALUE, 460 EACH. Present Subscription Price, S4O pr share. ALL STOCK UNASSESSABLE. OFFICERS. FKS3IDENT, Gen. A. L. RUSSELL, Adjutant General o Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa. TRKASCKBR. Hoa. ALLISON WHITE, Philadelphia. Pa. SECRATARY, JAMES H. PAYNE, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa. SUi'EKIKTENDEXT OF MIXES, A. L. CURTIS, Esq., San Antonia, Nevada. BOARn OF IRECTORS, Hon. JOSEPH CASEY, Justice U. S. Court of Claims, Washington, I). C. Hon. JEREMIAH S. BLACK, York, Pa. Major General JOHN W. GEARY, U. S. A. General A. L. RUSSELL, Harrisburg, Pa. General E. M HI DOLE. Carlisle. Pa. Hon. WM. P. SCHEI.L, Bedford, Pa. General T. J. JORDAN, Harrisburg, Pa. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Philadelphia. Pa. DANIEL PEIERS, Esq., Trenton. N. J. CONSULTING MINEROI.OGtST, EUGENE N. RIOTTE. Esq., Austin City; Nevada. This Company has been organized for the pur pose of prosecuting the business of Silver Mining on a thoroughly legitimate basis, devoid of all at tempts at speculation. Their property comprises six (6) separate, distinct, Silver-bearing Ledges oi Lode? in San Antonio Mining District, Nye county, Nevada, in the richest portion of the cele brated "Reese-river Region," and admirably loca ted in every respect for profitable mining. These Silver Mines are known respectively as the CA:- SAR, CICERO, SHAKESPEARE, SHAY and CCRTIS, PALESTINE and MACEROX LKDCES, and the prop erty of the Company consists of an original loca tion of 1,000 feet along the course of each vein, or a grand total of SIX THOUSAND FEET OF MINING GROUND. The Secretary of the Com pany has visited these mines in company with several experienced miners and mining engineers, and given them a thorough examination. Full particulars in regard to their inexhaustible wealth and resources will be furnished on application at the Principal Office, 809 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, where also can be seen the richest cabinet of sil ver ores, silver bullion, 4c., ever exhibited in the Atlantic States. Abundant evidence of the most satisfactory and conclusive charecter has been fur nished the Board of Directors in regard to the wealth and permanence of the mines. Tie title to the property has been subjected to the most I careful examination, and found to oa perfect ia particular—of which fact the highest official en dorsements have been obtained. The Company have secured the services of a thoroughly experi enced Mining Superintendent (a resident of Ne vada), who is already engaged in the extraction of ore from the mines. As soon as the working capital of the Company is secured, the ereotien of permanent and efficient reduction works will be commenced. The six silver-bearing ledgca belonging to this Company range in widtli from three to fifteen feet, and assays of average ore from near the surface range from one hundred to or er one thousand dol lar* per ton tn eilrer. No other Silver Mining Company has yet been organized in the Atlantic States with such an ab solute assurance of success, and those who are for tunate ctiougk to seeure stock in the MACEDOX [SILVER MINING COMPANY will rerpa muni ficent reward, in the shape of early aud unexam pled dividends, aad the consequent rapid enhance ment of the market value of the Stock. A full Prospectus of the Company will be issued previous to January Ist. SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS Now open at the GENERAL OFFICE, 809 CHESTNUT Street, Phila. Subscriptions received by REED i. SCIIELL, 1 P , RUPP, SHANNON A CO. J t>auKer *' jano:tf BEDFORD, PA. | )EMEMBER A. B. CRAMER & CO. are now selling all kinds oi DRY GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH OR TRADE, Y ALUABLE ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE. One lot of ground in the center of Bloody HUB fronting on Main street about sixty-five feet, and I tinning hack three hundred feet. One of the very best business locations in Bloody Run. Also ten acres of wood land, adjacent to Bloody Bun, lying on the Bedford Railroad, containing first elass iron-ore. ami having thereon a never failiug spring of water. For particulars apply at the store of Mrs. S. E. MANN, Bloody Run, or of Dr. 11ICK A K. Bed ford, Pa. declo.3m IMPORTANT NOTICE. We are now sanding hills to all persons whose indebtedness to B. F. M'NI EL, for subscription, exceeds fifty cents. We hope the persons receiv ing bills will promptly remit the amount and re lieve us from the unploasarit duty of adding costs, which we shall be obliged to do if payment is any 1 longer delayed. DI'RBOKROW A LUTZ. decS PROCLAMATION. To the Coroner, the Justices of the Peace, arid Countable in the different Toirnthip* in the Couuty of Bedford, Greeting: KNOW TB that in pursuance of a precept to ute directed, under the hand and the seal of the Hon ALEXANDER KINO, President of the several Courts of Common Pleas in the Sixteenth District, consisting of the counties of Frankiin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset, and by virtue of his office of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery for the trial of capital and other of fenders therein and in the Genoral Court of Quar ter Sessions of the Peace: and W. G. EHH OLTZ and JAMKS BURNS, Jr. Esqs., Judges of the same Court, in the same County of Bedford, you and each of you are hereby required to be and appear in your proper persons, with your Records, Recognizances, Examinations, and other remem brances, before the udges aforesaid, at Bedford, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Geueral Quarter Sessions of the Peace therein to be bolden for the couuty of Bed ford, aforesaid, on the Second Monday of February (being the 1 1th day,) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, there and then to do those things to which your several offi ces pertain. Given under my '.and at Bedford, on the 19th of January, iu the vearof our Lord, ISW6. JOHN ALSTADT. Sheriff. Sheriffs Office, Bedford, Jan. 19, tSfifi. jjRESS GOODS Two hundred pieces LADIE'S DRESS GOODS including— FRENCH MERIXOES, all colors, ALL WOOL DELAINES do ALL WOOL REPS do ALL WOOL PLAIDS do BOMBAZINES, ALPACAS, MOHAIRS, POP LINS, CASHMERES, Ac. Ac. embracing tha most elegant styles we have aver offered for sale ia Bedford. A. B. CRAMER A CO. Sept, 28, 1865.
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