§ebW|nqutrer. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAT MARCII 30, 1866. FOR GOVERNOR, GEN. JOHN W. GEARY. I T K LEfiISLATOXS AND TIIF, NOFTU. ER.Y PENNSYLVANIA AS (ON MLUVIILE RAILROAD BILL. The strictures which we were compelled to make, as the earnest advocates of the best interest of the community in which we pub lish sn independent paper, have brought to the stand the member from Bedford. In another column will be found a lengthy com munication from Mr. Armstrong justfying his course on the passage of the bill through his branch of the Legislature. To this com- j munication we desire to reply as briefly as possible. Before entering upon the details we desire to disabuse Mr. Armstrong's mind in regard to the relations, which we infer, he anticipates we hold to Mr. Householder. To he pointed ice are not iu the interest of Mr. Householder, It is our duty to take care of the interests of the citizens of this county, and it is our business to criticise the actions of those who are elected to attend to those interests without regard to party. We were led to believe, when we were in Harrisburg, that Mr. Householder intended to fight the monopoly which was making an effort to break its plighted faith, and we said so, had we known that Mr. Householder intended to vote for the bill after the failure of his amendments, we could have done nothing more than give him credit for his efforts and condemned him, as we do now, for his vote. We have regarded the bill as a swindle from thefirst.we have not changed oar convictions, and we could not commend the action of any one who voted for the bill in any form, unless it insured us a road to this point. Whether this concession would be of sufficient weight to cause us to advo cate the measure is extremely questionable, but situated as we are, we want the road, this is every thing to as, nor does it make any material difference to us who builds it, any body who is willing and ready, will re ceive pur earnest co-operation,but this thing of being placed between Marios and Sylla is intolerable, and we will hold all those re ■ ponsible who do not endeavor, by virtue of their position, to relieve U3 of this disagreea ble condition. Mr. Armstrong says that the bill, as it passed the House, fixed three years for the commencement of the road, and adds that "at the time the bill passed those were the best terms that could possibly have been se cured." How he knew this he is not kind enough to tell us, and not having reduced the matter to the record we are not able to divine. If he felt dissatisfied, as he asserts, why did he not call out the friends of the bill and place not only them but himself up on the record? Why not make an effort to make the bill acceptable to his constituents and thereby satisfy them that he was attend ing to their interest? Could aDy one for a a single instant suppose that a Legislator, who allowed a bill in which millions were at stake, interesting every man woman and child in his district, to go by default through his House without any open opposition, was doing his whole duty? We thought not and we cannot for the present cast off the im pression. Suppose every Member or Sen ator in the two Houses, who found himself in the minority were to do likewise, what would be the result? It is ridiculous to pursue this point further. Mr. Armstrong asserts that he found "prior to the passage of the bill that it would have been useless to have asked any thing better;" we would like very much to know the arguments that were used to satisfy him that nothing could he done. "My action on the bill in question pro ceeded altogether from a sincere desire to favor, as best I could, the interest of my con stituents." How is this, do nothing and favor your constituents when their all is at stake? This may satisfy Mr. Armstrong, but it does not satisfy us, nor the citizens of this district He may have been very sin cere in saying and doing nothing, but we have heard very little sympathy for his sin cerity. The whole defence, that it was im possible to accomplish anything and that Mr. Householder did no better, is too thin a piece of sophistry to carry conviction even among the hills of Bedford county. We here assure Mr. Armstrong that we made the complaints that we did without the intention ef furthering the claims of any individual. We are free and independent journalists, not controlled by any corpora tion, individual or individuals, and while we wield a pen and can shape an idea we in tend to remain so, battling for the best interests of Bedford county. And now, in conclusion, we hope that the people of this district will see the necessity of sending men to the Legislature who will represent the district, even if it should be in opposition to the Pennsylvania Railroad. That company has had the time for the commencement of our road extended for one year, they will be before the next Leg islature asking for an extension of another year, and so on until the present genera tion has passed away. Let the whole op position to the Pennsylvania Central be aroused before the October election, and see that no man goes to the Legislature unless he stands pledged to make it fulfil its con tracts. Whenever it shows a disposition to do right we will stand by it, but we want no more slight of hand performances. We have had quite enough of them. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF DESER TERS. In Franklin county, week before last, at an adjourned session of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in an action for damages on a case stated, Judge King punished a judge of election, for refusing a deserters vote, with a fine of one dollar and costs, "i'c cilis descensus AvernL '' This is a legitimate consequence of the Judge's former decision in the same county in favor of deserters. As before stated, we believe the Judge to be radically wrong. The case is to be taken up to the Supreme Court for decision, where we have no doubt it will be determ ined in favor of obedience to 'the laws of the land, until they are either repealed or pronounced unconstitutional by some prop erly authorized and competent tribunal. A SOCIAL PROBLEM. One of the phenomena of American so ciety, that more than any other has puzzled the student of social philosophy, is the fixed regularity with which families rise to wealth and eminence and again decline to poverty and obscurity. Two causes have usually been assigned for this peculiarity of Auieri can society, neither of which satisfactorily accounts for the phenomenon. One is that we lack the orders of nobility which in most ithvr i- .antrics serve to perpetual family titles and wealth: the other, that it is the result of the abolition of the law of primo geniture, which formerly gave all the real estate of a family to the eldest son. and later, in the American colonies, gave him a double portion, thus keeping at first nearly all and afterward a large portion, of the wealth of every family in the possession of a single member, and perpetuating the fam ily wealth and rank through many genera tions. But there is a more potent cause than either of these, for the phenomenon sought to be accounted for. Let not our soft fingered, do-nothing, would be gentry be startled at the announcement! It is the false idea too often taught by precept, and constantly by example, that the nearest pos sible approximation to a life of utter use lessness is the highest attainable degree of gentility. As long as this false and perni cious idea prevails, we will continue to see | the wealth accumulated and the character established in two or three generations, by diligence in some useful calling squandered and destroyed by the would-be geuteel lazza roni of the succeeding two or three. One peed not go a thousand miles to see the workings of this miserable notion of gentili ty illustrated in families of established wealth and character, we may see it iu every community, where the daughters as gaudy, useless, silly, butterflies, and the sons as lazzaroni or debauchees are making rapid strides in the downward course, and whose posterity in another generation will be found in the haunts of poverty and igno rance, once more, to begin the upward as cent with sturdy physical labor. These arc substantial facts, however disagreeable to mauy it may be to contemplate them, and they will be continually illustrated in every community, until parents, in all the walks of life, whether higher or lower, teach their children both by precept and example, that it is not ouly genteel, but that the highest honor, as weli as, enjoyment is to be found in the diligent pursuit of some useful call ing giving either mental or physical employ ment, or both, and promotive of the happi ness and contentment of the party so enga ged as well as the community of which lie is a member. In this, anfl in this alone, we predict will be found the secret of perma nence in the wealth and character not onljjJ of families but of whole communities. THE SPRING ELECTIONS. These elections are never a test of the entire strength of a party, very frequently the unpopularity of some candidate, or sev eral candidates, or the disaffection of a few, causes the whole ticket to run below its le gitimate strength, and thus give a material advantage to the opposition party. This happens very frequently in the Republican party, where every individual is a free and independent voter, not bound by the nar row party lines which characterize those who have no other aim than the success of modern Copperheadism. And when these one-idea men, who never vote anything but the Democratic ticket, and who would vote for the merest rowdy living, against the liest citizen in the community, gain an in different advantage, a shout of triumph is set up as if the country had been saved from the worst of perils. We are led to make these suggestions on the strength of the squibs in the last Gazette. It gives us pleas ure to know that our adversaries are so eas ily satisfied. We have looked over the re turns and we are unable to see where the gain comes in. True, there was a great falling off of votes, a few more on the Re publican than on the Copperhead side, but this is nothing to make a hen's ado over. We gained a Judge of Election in Harrison and lost one in Londonderry. There was no contest anywhere save in Bedford Bor ough, where wc had nothing to lose, and South Woodberry, where we gained every tlungexcept the usual Inspector. From all parts of the State wc hear of the most fluttering success at these elections, but we do not feel disposed to come out with a tremendous flourish over so trifling a matter. When states speak, as New Hamp shire did the other day in thunder tones, these Copperheads never even make a note of it, but let them gain a township clerk on the strength of a local disaffection, and they shout like a party of Ojibways. CHAIRMAN OF THE UNION STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Col. Jordan of this place has been ap pointed Chairman of the Union State Cen tral Committee, we clip the following com ments on the appointment from the Dele ware County Republican, which we fully endorse. We are gratified that so good and compe tent a man as Col. Francis Jordan of Bed ford, has been appointed to the important post of Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, on the wisdom and en ergy of which body the success of the party in the approaching campaign must so large ly depend. No man could have been se lected in whom the masses of the Republi can party could more safely repose confi dence. His public career in the State Sen ate, in the army, and in the important posi tion he has filled at Washington, has been always characterized by a rigid and consis tent devotion to principle, and has vindicat ed the confidence of the people in his polit cal sagacity and staunch integrity. We con gratulate Col. Jordan on being assigned to the leadership of the campaign, when, in spite of the sinister auguries of our adversa ries, and the defection of men in high posi tion, every thing looks bright for the Re t publican cause. ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. —There will be a total eclipse of the moon this (Friday) evening. The eclipse will be visible through out the United States, beginning at 9 o'clock 5 minutes and becoming total 10 o'clock 12 minutes. ON THE RIGHT TRACK. The House of Representatives passed the Finance Bill known as "Sherman's Sen ate Bill" on the 23d inst. after amending it so as to limit the contraction of the curren cy to $10,OlK).(MX) for the first six months and $4,000,000 per month afterward. It is confidently asserted that it will pass the Senate without any material change. This is the first step in the direction of a fixed financial policy,and we accept it as an augury of a safe and speedy return to specie pay ments without a crash. Gold fell from 126| on the 23d inst. to 124; on the 24th. With a prompt revision of our Import and Inter nal Revenue duties, we will soon be able to overcome all financial difficulties without se riously affecting our industrial interests. CONDITION OE THE SOUTH. ! The testimony produced before the Re construction Committee, in regard to the condition of the latdly rebellious States has been in part made public and demonstrates the almost utter absence of anything akin to loyalty among the majority of the white pop ulation. The substance of the testimony is thus tersely stated by the Washington Chronicle : I. That there is throughout the South a general hostility toward the Government of the United States, and a manifest indisposi tion upon the part of the people, especially the pardoned leaders and politicians, to ac cept. the results of the rebellion. 11. That there is a disposition to proscribe Unionists, whether found in the bouth, or coining from the North, or in other words to make loyalty odious and treason respect able, and that there is an unconcealed ha tred toward thefreedmen, and a general de sire to oppress them. HI. That so far as all the elements of good citizenship are concerned, the negroes are better prepared for enfranchisement than the poor whites. They are mote loyal, more industrious, more anxious to obtain an education, and better able to taxe care of themselves and those dependent upon them. IV. That there is a wide-spread desire upon the part of the more wealthy and in fluential of the late traitors to assume the rebel debt and to demand compensation for their liberated slaves. V. That the genuine loyalists of the South are for obvious reasons against the admission of the late rebels to power, either in the State or National Govern ment, VI. That the magnanimous policy of the Government has not bden reciprocated, and that the pardoning of the leading rebels has had an injurious effect uDon the work of restoration, and has tended to discourage lovaltv. Condition of American Banks. The London Economist, of the 24th of February, a very high authority in matters of finance and commerce, ha- in it an elabo-" rate article headed, "The Sound State of American Banking at Present," in which our national system is thoroughly analyzed and exposed for the information of the peo ple of England; a eomparisou drawn between it and their own system, and the conclusion candidly and unequivocally stated that the banks of the United States evince amazing l s lidity; perhaps no banks in the world on the same scale show as much." The liabilities of the banks of the United States are stated at £s(X),ooo,ooo,and their actual ca.-h at $208,000,000, which is a little over 25 per cent of their liabilities. It ii true that both the Bank of England and the Bank of France keep a larger amount. ' On the 15th of February the Rank of France bad a little more than 37 per cent of its liabilities and on tire 14th of February the Bank of England 34; per cent. But these reserves, and especially that of the Bank of England, are the banking reserves of the whole country. The amount of specie held by the London and provincial banks is a trifle in proportion to their liabilities; it is simply tne ready money of the day The reserve in the Bank of England, to bring it into comparison with that of the American batiks, ought to fc • measured by its propor tion, not to the liabilities of the Bank of England only, but to the liabilities of the other banks of England. These, the writer says, are not known to him, but the liabili ties of three banks named by him amount to to $280,000,000, while those of the Bank of England, including its circulation, are only $210,000,000, which gives some idea of the vast tnas-es of credit which in England are secured by that single reserve in the Bank of England. The American banks hold in mere cash twentyfive per cent of their liabili ties. when together. It'the English banks were thrown together we doubt if they would hold five per cent. " But," he further says, "this comparison does not bring out the, true solidity of the American banks when measured by English examples, for in the excess of Government securities held by American banks as com pared with the English banks, their strength to an Englishman is perfectly astounding, for fourteen sixteenths of their whole liabili ties are in Government securities and cash whilst an English bank which holds twofifths considers itself an example of caution, and many of the best banks in the country hold a proportion very much smaller," "The American banks are able to hold so large a reserve, and yet advance a large sum to the public, because their capital is so enormous An English bank does not consider it begins its proper business till it begins to deal with the property of others,. but an American bank lends mainly its own money, and so can keep almost all its customers' raoneyjin hand and tangible. The loans of the American banks are $487,500,000 against a capital and reserve of $432,000,000 —a proportion of capital to advance quite opposed to English maxims and experience on the correlative proportion of liabilities to the public to avail able reserve. No English bank lends four teen per cent, more than its own money, any more than an English bank keeps fourteen sixteenth of its liabilities in cash at com mand. The conclusion which is reached is thus summed up: ' The banks of America are in a very sound state; they have a larger avail able reserve against their liabilities than any European banks; they depend far more on their own capital, which cannot be with drawn from them, than any European banks. The inference is plain. A nation in which the banks are so sound is particu larly unlikely to suffer from a collapse of credit. In former times, in 1837 and 1857, the State banks of America kept very small reserves, and failed by wholesale: but this is not the case with the new National banks. If America were subjected to the difficul ties of 1837 and 1857. probably her banks would resist the strain. We say that the bank of England manages so much better than she used to manage that a panic now is much more likely to be rare than formerly. Just so these new American banks are so much better than the old bauks that a great annihilation of banking credit seems all but impossible," and if banking credit stands firm no general failure is likely. Individual failures may happen there as here, but no wholesale bankruptcy of ordinary traders. Of course, America must pass through the trying change from an inconvertible. But we see that in both changes she will be as sisted by a* sound system of banking, and therefore wc need be much less fearful of a momentous crash than if, as at former pe riods of danger and difficulty, her central institutions of credit has been, even when not insolvent, at least grossly deficient in available resources." Progress of Democratic Opinion. The high persona! and political esteem of the Democratic papers is not to be highly distrusted, but thev do gather new light from tne spec ted luminaries, and as the motylu move on they exhibit the most nov el developments of change. We call atten tion to an intsance of this in the case of the leading Democratic paper of the country : From the World , Feb. 'From the World 20, 1860. March 7, 1865. '•President Johnson "the drunken and has nobly sustained beastly Caligula, the his cba-acter for stea- most profligate of the diness f purpose and Roman Emperorsrais politica courage, by ed his horse to the dig the vetc he sent to the nity of a Consul —an Senate, yesterday, ofoffice that in former the bill for enlarging times had been filled the pewers of the by the greatest warri- Freeanen's Bureau, ors and statesmen of ****** the Republic, the Sci* '*Thje credit of com- pios and Cntos, and by posingdw able State :the mighty J alitls him paper ithough fame oflself. The Consulship this kild has its value): was scarcely more dis is trival in compari- graced by that sCanda son with the higher at-Tons transaction, than tribute: of Statesman- is our Vice-Presidency ship exhibited by Mr. by the late election Johnscn. His steadi- (of Andrew Johnson.) ness aid power of will,' That office has been his intepidity. sagac- adorned in better days ity aiti moderation,by the talents and ac appeai on this ccea- complishrnents of Ad sion, to conspicuous'ams aud Jefferson, advantvge. He has Clinton and Gerry, had the courage to Calhoun and Van Bu rise abort party and reu, and now to see it vindicate tkc tonsti- filled by this insolent tut ion. liiterpefting it drunken bride, in com as it has aiways here- purison with whom tofore,. been under- ■even Caligula's horse stood, he has shown teas respectable! —for that firm confidence in the poor animal did his own judgment!not abuse his own na which marls a mind ture. And to think of more thai ordinary \ that only one frail life strengt i; and a stands between this in staunch lonesty of solent clownish drun purpose which no cla- kard and the Presi mor of at organizedldency. May God bless multitude can shake.'' and spare Abraham ! Lincoln ! The tone of the World in the spring of last year, was imitated by the Democratic press all over the country, which assailed the President with a ferocity and coarseness that has na parallel in political warfare. The /We Press of Detroit joined in the gen eral censure, and was as savage as it knew how to be. In looking over the opinions of our cotemporaries, we are especially struck, however, with the most unexpected com mendations of the President by tie Roches ter Union, which stood pre-eminent as a maligner of thu President one brief year ago. We call attention to some parallel passages: From tha Rochester From the Rochester Union, February.! Union, March 11, 20, 1866. 1865. "President Johnson's "If the spectacle of strangling of this first;a clownish Tennessee born radical monster, politician, (Andrew which was sent io him-Johnson,) staggering from Congress at the m a State of beastly acant conreur, of auu intoxication up to the ruerous brood, design- word of God to pollute ed, one by one, to over- it with an oath sealed throw the Constitu- by lips parched and tion and hold the U- breath redolent of dc nion dissolved in the bauchery, be- a source interest of combina of national humilia tions for the nextjtion, how much less so Presidency and for the is the acquiescent or retention of the radi- half apologetic attitude cals in power, proves assumed by that por th&twehare a Jackson. tion of the press which brainsandbackbonein arrogantly claims to the Presidential chair, represent all the loy- Like everything that alty, all the religion has emanated from and all the virtue of him in the field of dis- the land?'' cussion which this measure touches, it wFrom the Rochester a calm, clear, compere- Union , March 11, hensive and condusice 18(>5. eayument against tbn "t?oraay ? rendaring permanent scheme of of the bloated ana iederal tutelage over beastly Vice President, the negro proposed by whose big drunk com Congress." menced at Nashville long before his depar ture for Washington, is too good to be lost." There is certainly much difference appa rent in the character of the above extracts, and it is all the more proper to call attention to the fact, as the exceedingly fervid com mendations of the President by the Demo cratic organs, need a dash of ice to render them tolerable by the ordinary human pal ate. If either of our Democratic cotempo raries from whom we have quoted, have forgotten what they said concerning Presi dent Johnson a year ago they will thank us for recalling it. We will observe what is manifest, that as they most fiercely abused the President- to promote their party pros pects, so now they praise him with the same object.— Detroit Triltunr. THE TESTIMONY OP A UNION MAN,— We are permitted to make the following extracts from a private letter written by a merchant who was formerly a highly respected citizen of Boston, but who has resided in Mobilo for the last twenty five years:— MOBILE, February, ISOFI, "My regular business has been ruined by the var, and during its continuance we were subject to many privations, but in contrast with thousands of others our condition was comfortable. Our severest trials were per secutiou for loyal sentiments, which we steadfastly maintained. Now that the war is over, 1 wish I could report that its asperi ties bad passed away. But this is not the case. The lenity shown by the government in pardoning so many prominent leaders of the rebellion has not been appreciated. In stead of making them humble and grateful, it has caused them to be proud and defiant; and they now talk of asserting their rights as if they had never done any thing to for feit them. "The character of the men that have been elected to represent the South in Congress is a true index of the sentiment that still exists To have been a union man is regarded almost as a crime, aud no such man could be elected to aßy office of honor or profit, and hence when government agents come South to get information of the status of our citizens, thej come in contact with the politicians who have been prominent in aiding the re bellion, and are told by them, that there are no lien of respectability, who are qualified fir office, that can take the "Test Oath." This is not true. There are sound union men in almost every community at the South bit as a class they have not been politicians it the common acceptation of that term; and tie government, if sincerely disposed to con fer office upon them, can find them out, if tley seek information in the right quarter. President Johnson has openly avowed his intention to place loyal men in office, but tlis has not to any great extent been carried out practically. But I have not time to en large on this topic. What I have stated is true, and the government has been remiss in not thus far protecting and honoring the men who amid trial and persecution, and even at the risk of their lives, have firmly maintained their attachment to the Union." UNION PARTY "SMASHING." —The cop perhead prophecy, that the IJ nion Party was going to "smash" seems to be coming true. For it is really "smashing" things, all over the Country. Commencing away up in New Hampshire, by carrying that State by over 5000 majority, being a slight gain of about 2000, it is doing the same thing all over the country. About two-thirds of the town ships in New York State have chosen their town officers. Almost everywhere there have been Union <;ains. Of the supervisors elected, returns have been received that 467 are Unionists, and 232 Democrat*. This is a gain of 34 over last year.— LaiUxuter In quirer. The Philosophy of Advertising. It is a well known maxim of political economy that desire creates demand, and that demand is the stimulus of trade. What ever, then, produces desire for the articles of trade, promote it. This theory is exem plified by tailors and milliners, whose vota ries, bedecked with well fitting garments and "loves of bonnets," ate in reality "walking" advertisements of their respect ive branches of trade. People want to know what there is to sell, and where it is to be found. This done, the desire to obtain is created, and the demand follows. When one's name appears continually in the paper he becomes known to everybody. When be advertises largely, it is prima facia evidence that he is selling largely, and that he is suc cessful in trade. People reason, that the man whose business is daily brought to their notice through the columns of the press, has many patrons, and that his large trade enables him to sell cheap; consequently, his business-house becomes popular. Every body visits it. Let the entire first year's profit in a given series of years' business, be judiciously used in advertising, and the manager is worth infinitely more at the end of the second year, than if he had remained hid in his corner, and trusted to chance,'for the visit of an occasional customer, who might stumble into his unknown place of business. THE NARROW PATH TO THE SENATE. — 1 There was some discussion a few days ago in the House of Representatives, as to the re moval of some unsightly objects from the old hall. Among other things, a double fence which somebody has built across the hall ex cited the wrath of members. It is so high, that it seined to be the opinion that nobody but "Long "John Wentworth" of Illinois could look over; Thaddeus Stevens insisted that it was built to keep the colossal model of the statue of liberty from breaking out. It was finally determined to have it removed but not before Mr. Schenk, lately an unsuc cessful candidate for the Senate from Ohio, had made the following amusing application of the proposition: "My friend from Illinois [Mr. Wasli burnej suggests that this railing, being upon either side of a path leading from this end of the Capitol to the other, ought to be preserved for the benefit of ambitious gentle men who desire to go from this House to the Senate; and 1 suppose he intended to express his entire sympathy with me in my failure to effect that object. I wish to con sole him as well as myself by saying that, whatever may have been his experience, it has been ascertained that a straightforward path is not the best by which to reach the Senate; and perhaps on that account it might be better that some change should be made in the direction given to that railing. Perhaps if the fence were made so low that one eould ride upon it, and be on the fence, occasionally, it would lie an advantage to aspirants to senatorial honors. [Laughter. ] I shall not be movod from my purpose by any suggestion of the gentleman from Illi nois on that point." Fai.unu Prices.—' Toe hearts of thous ands of consumers of goods are gladdened with the gradual but sure decline in prices which is noted from week to week in our market reports. People with smali incomes now find it easier than it was a few months ago to make both ends meet. Gold has fallen about nine per cent, since the Ist of March, and coal, provisions, dry goods, clothing, and all the necessaries of life are following the downward tendency of gold. Everything favors the poor man but rents, and with thousands of vacant houses offered for sale, all over the city, by owners anxious to realize, rents must before long bow to the same unerring law. The price of real estate is falling with the rest. The auction prices of houses and lots are not so high as a month ago. Every step towards a return to a spe cie basis, although it may cause some stag nation ol'l>uiilno at prcusont, will certainly he welcomed by the great mass of onr peo ple. — Philadelphia Ledger. The attcmt to assassinate Seward— Confession of an Assassion. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 20. — A man named King, who was arrested a few days ago for a theft, recently committed in Ohio, has confessed to Harris, a recently confined Government detective, that he (King), and not l'aiue, was the man who attempted to assassinate Secretary Seward. This conver sation being rejieated to .Major General Jeff. 0. Davis, who temporarily commands this department, Davis telegraphed to Washing ton for parties who were acquainted with the facts of the assassination conspiracy, to come and investigate the affair. King is identified here as having been a rebel spy during the rebellion. FALLING PRICES.— The hearts of thous ands of consumers of goods are gladdened with the gradual but sure decline in prices which is noted from week to week in our market reports. People with small incomes now find it easier than it was a few months ago to make both endsineet. Gold has fal len about nine per cent, since the Ist. of March, and coal, provisions, dry goods, clothing, and all the necessaries of life are following the downward tendency of gold. Everything favdls the poor man but rente and with thousands of vacant houses offer ed for sale alfrtver the city, by owners anx ious to realize, rents must before long bow to the same unerring law. The of real estate is falling with the rest. r l he auction prices of houses and lots are not so high as a month ago. Every step towards a return to a specie basis, although it may cause some stagnation of business at present, will cer tainly be welcomed by the great mass of our people. WAR CLOUDS IN EUROPE.—AS Austria declines to concur in such a settlement of the Schleswig-llolstein question as would give the duchies to Prussia, it is anticipated that the latter Power will appeal to arms, the ultima ratio regum , and declare war against Austria. It is said that all the Aus trian troops in Bohemia have been ordered to Attona, which is the principal city of Holstein, close to Hamburg, and that Prus sia has ordered three army troops to be got ready for active service at once. If Austria gets involved in a war with Prussia, the annexation ofVenetia to the Kingdom of Italy may be expected, almost as a certain ty. — Phil. Prezs. "A DEMOCRATIC" orator add rosing an audiance in Indiana, declared he was happy to admit that ministers and school masters were all opposed to "the great Democratic" party. In his opinion ministers and school masters were at the head of all the mischief produced in the world for the last hundred years, and the "Democratic party could do without them." The "orator" is eorrect. — TTariabvrg Telegraph. A LETTER-WRITER from Charleston, whose position is such as to give weight to his statement, says men are appointed to office as a recompense for services in the late Con federate army. No man can be put on the police of that city who has not served in the rebel army. What kind of loyalty is to be expected where the price of office prefer ment is treason. — Ilarrisburg Telegraph. THE NEW YORK LEADER, perhaps the ablest of all the copperhead organs in the country, and certainly conducted most shrewdly, is out in a plain common sense article in favor of negro suffrage. It was the Leader that advocated the Abolition amend ment of the National Constitution, and now it candidly advises submission to the result ing measure of suffrage to all classes of citi zens. The Nashville papers are full of news item* pointing to great social disturbances and lawlessness throughout Tennessee. In Faycttcvillc a lady was dragged from her horse and horribly treated by some unknown person. In Chattanooga a white girl was shot while cooking supper in one of the camps. In the Jackson Whig of the 10th inst., we also find the following: "On last Saturday night a negro staggered up to Mr. John Fry, and told him that he was stabbed to the heart, and fell dead. It is not known who did the deed. We learned on yesterday of another murder, where a negro boy was knocked on the head by another negro and instantly killed." An Alabama planter, writing to Congress mail Dlow shows the effect of emancipation at the South. "I am happy to state to you that our free negroes are doing finely, We have no trouble with them. They have all gone to work manfully. They give an impetus to trade that we never before had. I nave sold Jack Peter's negroes more goods this year and last year than I ever sold Peters, and he owned four hundred and fifty negroes.| So you see the free negro system is working well with us," There was rare force iu the truthful ex pression, a few evenings ago in Baltimore, of that surprising popular orator, Senator Nye, of Nevada, when he said: "These peo ple, five years ago, defied the power of the Government to keep them in the Union. Now they defy the power of the Government to keep them out of the Union." Ifa Copperhead charges that the friends of Gen.Geary favor negro suffrage, you can re tort promptly and resistlessly, by telling him that the Copperhead candidate for Gover nor, Heister Clymer, has committed himself by his creed to the policy of conferring the right of suffrage upon every rebel, high and low, that tried to destroy our glorious Un ion. Attorney General Speed has now about completed his report on pardons. It will appear that 'from 12,000 to 15,000 rebels have been pardoned under what is known as the $20,000 clause, and an equal number under other exceptions, making in all 25,- 000 to 30,000. The death of a German veteran who serv ed under the great Frederick in the seven years war, is announced. He died at the respectable age of oDC hunered and twenty, at the hamlet of Slaude, in Upper Silesia. His name was Laurence Ilalaez. A criminal who has just been committed to the Wisconsin State prison for burglary, confessed that he accidentally killed a young colored girl, for the murder of whom anoth er has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. It is believed that his story is true. Agassiz goes on from victory to victory in Brazil. He will need a squadron to bring home the fish and creeping things. The last reported census footed up 970 different fish es, of which 700 are new species, and 15 are of new genera; and he is still fishing. The World* special says:—A gentleman in Washington has sued Major General Ter ry, commanding in Richmond, for trespass and injury committed against him and his family w! lie sojourning last summer on the Eastern shore of Virginia. A Washington special stales that it is be lieved that the person in confinement there on suspicion of his being the notorious Quan trell, will shortly be released from custody, the evidence taken having failed to establish his identity. The President has had under considera tion for some time the issuing of a peace proclamation, proclaiming the rebellion for mally at an end, and the Union restored. It is expected that it will be published to the eouutry at an early date. The Loan hill, as passed by the House the 22d inst, is known to be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury. This is an en dorsement of European bonis to the amount of one hundred millions. The House Judiciary Committee have agreed to report an amendment to the Con stitution preventing any person who held office under the United States, an 1 who was engaged in the rebellion, from holding an office under the United States Government hereafter. .Toy is one of the great panacaes of life. No joy is more healthful or better calculated to prolong life, than that which is to be found in domestic happiness, in the company of good and cheerful men, and in contempla ting with delight the beauties of nature. A Man is not educated until he has the ability to summon as an act of emergency, all his inemtal powers into vigorous exercise to effect his promised object. THE Pittsburg Gazette truthfully remarks that the Democratic platform was written with two ends in view—to console the rebels and spite the blacks. Loyal white folks have little attention accorded to them in it. Geu. .Tames S. Negley is announced in the Pittsburg Chronicle as a candidate to repre sent the 22d Congressional District of Penn sylvania. He appears early in the cam paign. The Civil Rights Bill Vetoed by the President. WASHINGTON, March 27—H P. M. The President has returned to the Senate the civil- rights bill with his objection. The veto message has not yet been read. A c ough. Cold, or Sore Throat, REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND SHOULD RE CHECKED. IF ALCOWED TO CONTINUE, Irritation of the I.IIIIKN. a Permanent Throat Atfection. or (an Incurable Luns Disease IS OFTEN THE RESULT. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES having a direct influence to the parts, give im mediate relief. FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH, CONSUMPTION ± THROAT DISEASES, Troches are used with always good sneeess. SINGEBS AND PUBLIC SPEAKEBS will find Troches 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. Bo ing an article of true merit, and having proced their efficacy by a test of many years, each year find them in new localities in various parts of the world, and the Troches are universally pronoun ced better than other articles. Obtain only "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES," and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered. Sold everywhere in the United States, and Fort ign countries, at 85 ocnts per box. Nov. 10, 1865. JJENSIONS! PENSIONS! Pensioners aro requested to forward their Pen sion Certificates to us and we will fill up and send them proper blank vouchers which they will sign and execute before a Justice of the Peace and re turn to us to enable us to draw all pension monies due them from the Government up to the 4th of March A. D. 1866. We will remit all monies thus collected promptly by check or otherwise without further trouble or expense to the Pensioner. DI'RBORROW & LUTZ. Claim Agents, o*r2: Bedford, Pa. CCIDBNTS WILL HAPPEN Hndthrcfore you ought to INSURE 15 THE PROVIDENT LIFE INSURANCE: ANI> Investment Company of Chicago, Railway Travelers, Insure yourselves against Accidents Railroad Officers and Employees, Insure yourselves against Accidents. Boatmen, Masters and Sailors of vessels, and all Travellers by water carriage, Insure yourselves against Accidents. Coachmen, and all who Travel by Stage, Insure yourselves against Accidents. Hotel Keepers. Merchants and Professional Men, Insure yourselves against Accidents. Machinists, Builders and all Mechanics, Insure yourselves against Accidents. Farmers and all others, We earnestly entreat you not to suffer a moment"* delay, but avail yourselves of the first oppor tunity to insure against death, and con finement from your regular duties. For a trifling sum we will insure you for from SSOO to SIO,OOO in case of death, and pay you from $5 to SSO per week compensation, if you are disabled from business. C. HOLLAND, Sec'y. Di:i:bobbow A Lctz, Agents. febß ]y£USIC STORE. MUSICAL INKTBUMENTS, B. M. GREENE has opened his Musio Store, one door west of W. Lewis' Book Store, where he keeps constantly on hasvd STEIN WAY A SONS' and GAEHLE'S Piano Manufacturing Company's PIANOS, MASON A HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS and CAKHAKT, NEKD HAM A CO.S' 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, which per sons at a distance wishing, can order, and have sent them by mail at publisher's prices. Pianos and Organs Warranted for FIVE yeare. 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 York 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. dccß:ly | > EMEMBER A. B. CRAMER & CO. are uow selling all kinds of DRY GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH OR TRADE. j EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John McVieker, late of Harriton toicuthip, deceased. Letters Testamentary having been granted to the undersigr%l by the Register of Bedford coun ty, all persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment, and those haviDg claims against the estate will prtsent them; properly authenticated for settlement. DUNCAN McVICKER, March 2:6t Sehellsbarg, Pa,, ATOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS OF THE i> BEDFORD COUNTY OIL COMPA NY.—Persons who subscribed to this company, by a resolution of the Board of Managers, are re quired to pay tho first instalment, fifty per cent of the amount subscribed, without delay. The par ties employed to sink the well are on tho gTound and ready to operate nod the money must be forth coming. Bv order of the Company. GEORGE W. GUMP, mar2:3m President. IQGIi PHILADELPHIA 1 Q£*£ lOUU. WALL PAPERS. loUU. HOWELL & BOIJRKE, manufacturers of Paper Hangings and Window Shades, Corner FOURTH A MARKET Streets, PHILADELPHIA. N. B. Always in Store, a largo stock of LINEN AND OIL SHADES. aaar2:.lm ESTATE OF ELIZA WATSON, dec'p. The Register of Bodfordcounty having grant ed letters of administration with the will annexed upon the estate of Eliza Watson, late of Bedford Township, deceased, to the subscriber residing in Bedford Borough, all persons having claims against said estate are requested to make known the same to him without delay and those indebt ed arc desired to make immediate payment. S. L. RUSSELL, feb2:!:fit Adm'r c. t. a. IX th Or pliant Courl of Bedford County. Fit ate of John N. Lane, deceased. The undersigned, Auditor appointed to mako distribution of the money arising from the parti tion ann valuation of the real estate of John N. Lane, C a tc of the eity of Lancaster, Pa.) deceas ed, and secured by recognizances in the Orphans' Court of Bedford county, will meet the parties in terested, for tho purposes of bis appointment, on Monday the 16th day of April next, at his Office in the Borough of Bedford. G. 11. SPANG, mar:23 Auditor. rjAHK MASON A HAMLIN CABIITET QBGANTS Forty different styles, adapted to sacred and secular music, for SSO to S6OO each. Fiffly-one Gold and Silver Medals, or other first premiums awarded them. Illustrated Catalogue free. Ad dress, MASON A HAMLIN, Boston, or MASON BROTHERS, New York. March 9: lyr. THE INQUIRES JOB POMS OFFICE. Be