|Bebfort Inquirer. BEDFORD, FA , FRIDAY JINE29, IMiti. I SIOJf RITIBLK'AR STATE TICKET FOR GOVERNOR, MAJ. GEN. JOHN W. GEARY OK CUMBERLAND COUNTY. DISTRICT TICKET. CONGRESS, Gen. W.M. H. KOONTZ. of Somerset. (Subject to the decision of the Congressional Conference.) SENATOR, Hon. G. W. HOUSEHOLDER, Bedford. (Subject to the decision of the Senatorial Conference.) ASSEMBLY, Capt. JOHN S. STUCKKY. of Bedford. ' JOHN WELLER, of Somerset (Subject to the decision of the Representa tive Conference.) COUNTY TICKET. P R OTHON OTA R Y, J. W. IJNGENFELTER, of Bedford Bor. SHERIFF, Capt, N. C. EVANS, of Colerain. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, Capt. A. WEAYERIJNG, Bloody Run. COMMISSIONER. SAMUEL SHAFFER, of Union. POOR DIRECTOR, HENRY H. FISHER, South Woodberry. AUDITOR, JAMES R. O'NEAL, of Monroe. THE COUNTY (O\V ENT ION 1 he proceedings of the Republican county Convention will be found in another column of this paper. The Convention assembled on last Tuesday and after a brief session of two or three hours completed its labors. Great care seems to have been taken by the differ ent districts in the selection of their dele gates and the Convention, as a body, would compare favorably with any similar body which has ever assembled here. Its action was altogether harmonious, and the nominated is an able exponent of the Repub. It can party in this county. It will be our pr ovinee to present the claims and qualifica tions of each of the individuals composing it at a more advanced stage of the canvass, at present we can only add that the Republican party can feet proud of the ticket this day presented for its support. SHALL DESERTERS VOTE t The Supreme Court has sustained the de cision of Judge King, on the deserter case (lluLer vs. Barker) from Franklin county. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Woodward and su tained by Thompson and Strong, Reed and Agnew dissenting. The case has nothing to do with the constitu- j tionality of the Act of Congress; having been decided upon a point evading that, issue. It will he observed that the division of the Court is a jrolitieal one, the cause of the deserters and the decision of the lower Court being sustained by the men who could not understand how Pennsylvania soldiers, in the field battling for the national life, could have a right to vote, but who it seems can easily find law for justifying the votes of deserters. We have not received the opin ions of the Court but the telegraph informs us that the decision hinges upon the fact that the Act of Congress does not specify how it shall be determined nor who shall decide, who are deserters, and in the absence of any law on this point the Court has de clared that a judge of election is not compe tent to decide the question. This is merely an opinion of a part of the Court in the absence of law, and the defect is thoroughly remedied by the law passed by our last Leg islature, which will be found on the first page of this paper. The province of the Court is to decide upon existing laws in their application to particular cases and not to make laws where none exist. The Legis lature is the proper law making power and it has done its duty. The duty of the Court is to confine itself to the construction and application of the laws thus made. The law as it now stands remedies the defect ta ken advantage of in this case and effectually bars all deserters from voting in the future. COLD COMFORT FOR COPPER HEADS. All the hopes the Copperheads may have had of carrying the elections in the loyal States this Fall were based upon the as sumption that the President would carry with him into the Copperhead ranks enough followers from the Union party to throw the balance in their favor. Since the pas * sage of the reconstruction amendment, which is conceded as the main plank in the Union platform, they have not only begun to doubt the President, but have been teiror stricken by the fact that the amendment was passed by a full Union vote, with the exception of two Senators both of whom have been repeatedly requested by their res pective State Legislatures to resign as they no longer represent the views of their con - stituents. The party they had fondly hoped Wiis broken in fragments now looms up be fore their astonished vision compact in a united faith and buoyant with the vigor and strength of exuberant life. PUBLIC FINANCIERING vs. PRI VATE. The eagerness of the Sedfotary of the I Treasury to withdraw oar Legal Tender currency from circulation and fund it in bonds bearing interest at 5 or 6 per cent, is quite a puzzle to plain people, who are in the habit of thinking that it is more desira ble to obtain the use ofmoney without inter est than with it. Why should the nation fund $600,000,000 of greenbacks and pay interest annually to the amount of $30,000,- 000 when the people are not only satisfied with greenbacks, but desirous that they should continue incireulation. The decline in gold since the cktse of the rebellion, without regard to the currency circulation, having exploded the inflation theory, why are the people to be taxed to the amount of thirty millions a year where nocorrespouding ben efit is to be obtained. This is public; finan ciering. If the Secretary had the use at his own pleasure of 500,000, in his private business without interest, would he be in a hurry to gire his notes'for it, bearing inter est at 6or 6 per cent ? None but an idiot would think of it Why should not the same principles hold good in public finau cieri ng ? THE SITUATION LN GERMANY. Strength of the Contending Power*. f PRUSSIA. - The area of Prussia is at present 108,212 English square miles, or about equal to the " combined territory of Georgia and Florida. ■* The population according to the Census of 1864, was 19,304,843, falling but little b low that of the Northern States of the , Union. The great majority of the popula tion are Germans ; the total number of per sons belonging to non-German nationalities being 2.504,179. A considerable portion of the latter are feeble remnants of small tribes, which are rapidly being absorbed by the '. German nationality. Within the last few years the Government of Prussia made sev eral important additions to the former dominions, acquiriDgfirst the two Principal . ities of Hoheittollern, next the important 1 seacoast district of Yahde, which it purcha sed from Oldenburg, and more recently the Duchy of Lauenburg which was ceded to it by Austria tor a pecuniary consideration. It holds, moreover, possession of Schleswig and avows its intention to permanently ' annex to Pussia both this Duchy and that ot" Ilolstein. In j joint of administration, Prussia is not inferior to ony other country of the world. Its fiuances unlike those of Austria and Italy, are in a sound condition; its army discipline has long been the admi ration of the entire civilized world. The army, on a war footing, numbers 700,000, and its fleet consisted, in 1865, of 37 steam ers, 8 sailing vessels, 40 rowing vessels ; total. 85 war vessels. The reigning King is William 1., born in 1797, who succeeded his brother Fredrick William IV., in January 1861. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Empire, as at present con stituted, is divided into nineteen Provinces, the area of which is 336,311 English square miles, with a total population according to computation, of 36,795,000 souls. This population is divided, with respect to race and language, into no fewer than twelve different nationalities, namely : Germans 8,200,000 Bulgarians 25,000 Bohemian*, ) Magvara 5,050,000 Moravians, A '■ 3,600,000 Italians, (inclusive Slovaes, J lof Latins anil Poles 2,209.000 Fri&uls) 3,050,000 Russians ....2,800,000 Eastern Ko- Slavoniane 1,210,000 maus 2,700,000 Croats 1,360,000 Members of other Servians 1,400,000 races 1,430,000 Austria is one of the great military pow ers of Europe, her army on the war footing being over half a million of men The navy however, is comparatively smali, consisting in August 1864, of thirty-nine steamers with 639 guns, and 11,820 horse-power, and twenty .-ailing vessels with 145 guna. Great efforts have been made within the last few years to raise the imperial navy to a state of high efficiency by the substitution of steam for sailing vessels, and the gradual forma tion of an iron-clad fleet of war. Austria ha.-, become a constitutional monarchy since 1849, the main features of the constitution consisting, first of the Provincial Diets, rep resenting the States of the monarchy; sec- ' ondly, a Central Diet or Council of the j Empire ; and thirdly, a reduced form of the j latter, or Partial Council of the Empire, as j it is called. The public debt of the Empire I which at the commencement of the French I revolution in 1789 was $174,500,000, had j grown in 1863 to $1,210,222,85. From 1789 to the present time there has not been I a single year in which the revenue of the j State has come up to the expenditure. The j present Emperor, Francis Joseph 1.,, was j born August, 1830, and was proclaimed j Emperor and King in consequence of the j abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand 1., and j the renunciation of his father-, Francis J Charles, December 2, 1848. He was Com- ; mander-inChief of the Austrian army in the ; Italian campaign of 1859. ITALY. The Kingdom of Italy has an area of 98,784 English square miles, with a popula tion, according to tho last census taken in the spring of J864, of 21,803,715 souls, being on an average 220 inhabitants to the square mile ; a figure higher than that of France or Germany, but lower than that of England. There has been in some of the Provinces a rapid increase of population of late years ; but the increase of wealth has been much more rapid within the last century than the increase of population. Tho great mass of the people are devoted to agricultural pur suits, and the town population is compara tively small. It has a seafaring population of 158,672 individuals, nearly all of whom are liable to the maritime conscription. The military organization of the Kingdom is based on conscription, and the standing array consists of more than 200,000 men on a peace footing, and more than 400,000 on a war establishment. The navy of the King dom consisted in 1864 of 98 steamers of 20,670 horsepower, with 3,160 guns, and 17 sailing vessels with 279 guns ; altogether, 115 men of war with 2,439 guns. Italy has a debt of nearly eight hundred millions of dollars. The expenditure is largely in excess of the annual Revenue. The reign ing Sovereign, Victor Emanuel 11., was! born March 14, 1820, and is the eldest son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia, and the Archduchess Theresa of Austria. He suc ceeded to the throne on the abdication of his father, March 23, 1849, and was pro claimed King of Italy by vote of the Italian Parliament, March 17, 1861. THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION. The German Confederation was organized in 1815 upon the ruins of the German Em pire which had been dissolved in 1806. The object of the Confederacy, according to the first article of the Federal Constitution, is "the preservation of the internal and exter nal security of Germany, and the independ ence and inviolability of the various Ger man States." The organ and representa tive of the Confederation is the Federal Diet, consisting of plenipotentaries of the several German States, and permanently located in the free city of Frankfort. The administrative government of the Federal Diet is constituted in two forms ; First, As a General Assembly or Plenum, in which every member of the confederation has at least one vote, and the larger States have two three or four votes each ; and second, the Minor Council, or Committee of Con federation, in which the eleven largest States cast one vote each, while six votes arc given to the smaller sates, a number of them combined having a joint Vote. The presidency is permanently vested in Aus tria. The General Assembly decides of war and peace, on the admission of new mem bers, on any changes in the fundamental laws or organic institutions ; but in all oth er cases the Minor Council is competent to act both as legislative and executive. At the time of its establishment the Con federacy embraced 39 members, but of these four (Saxc-Goeha, Anhalt-Bernberg, An helt-Koetlien and Hesse-Hamburg) have become extinct, and two (Hohenzollern- Hechigen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) have been incorporated with Prussia, leav ing at present 33 sovereign States. They have together an area of 242,867 square miles, and in 1864 a population of over 46,000,000 people, exceeding the aggregate population of British America, the United States, Mexico and Central America, and being in Europe inferior to that of uo coun try except Russia. The federal army num bers about 700,000. Austria and Prussia belong, with only a part of their several dominions to this Con federation; Austria with a population of 12,802,944, Prussia, with a population of 14,714,024. Prussia, therefore, and not Austria, is in point of population the first German State, and this priority is still more prominent if we take into account the prov inces of both powers not belonging to this Confederation. Deducting the population of the two great German powers, a population is left for the ! other States of about J 9,000,00U, with a | Federal of about 300,000. As the record of j the votes of the Federal I>iet during the last year shows the great majority of the minor States side with or at least lean toward Austria, and it is still commonly believed, that soon after an outbreak of war between Austria and Prussia, the Diet will declare a Federal war against Piussia. All parties in Germany, Austria, Prussia, the minor Governments, and all the politic j al parties among the people, are in favor of i establishing a Central National Parliament, as a step toward the ultimate establishment of one German Empire. This point is, therefore, likely to be one of the results of the impending war. MOKTHtV BEPORT OF THE AGRI CULTURAL OEPAKTMEST— CROP PROSPECTS. The monthly report of the Department of Agriculture is published. The apprehen sions of a scarcity of crops, which might threaten compulsory economy of consump tion or warrant extraordinary prices, are groundless. From an actual analysis of statistical returns, with due regard to the usual average, product, and present losses of each State, The prospect of the Ist of June was for seven-tenths of a crop. With favorable weather and absence from casual ities before harvesting, the indications point to three-fourths of an average. The total yield of wheat in Ohio and In diana appears to have suffered most from winter killing. A prospect for 34 per cent of a crop of Winter wheat fn Indiana is suf ficiently discouraging. An increase of four tenths of the average growth of spring wheat will afford some relief and ought to bring up the average to half a crop. Ohio is reported at four-tenths for Winter wheat, with two and a half tenths more for Spring wheat than usual. A very little better prospect for Winter wheat than Indiana, and not quite so large an increase of Spring wheat will give about the same result —half an average crop. Illinois, now our greatest wheat growing State, promises seven-tenths of a crop of Winter wheat. As the Spring wheat, which is the main dependence for a crop in por tions of the State is nearly as good as usual, at least, three-fourths of a crop of that should be expected in this State. In Wis consin, the Winter wheat is reported at six and one-third tenths, with one and three fourths more Spring wheat than usual, which should secure three fourths of an average crop for this State. In lowa the appear ance ofWinter wheat is nine-tenths. Spring ten and three-fourths tenths ; breadth of the latter sown twelve and one-eighth tenths. This should give at least an average crop for lowa. In Missouri a prospect for a f'uli crop of Winter wheat is reported with one half tenth or five per cent, more than the usual breadth ofSpring wheat, looking near ly as well as usual at this season of the year. Kentucky is reported at five and two thirds of a tenth; Michigan, seven and a I half of a tenth; Minnesota, ten and five | ninths ofa tenth for winter wheat, and nine tenfb for .Spring wheat; Kansas, fourteen and one-third of a tenth for winter and twelve tenths for Spring wheat. In Pennsylvania the wheat crop is eight tenths. In New York Winter wheat, eight and four ninths tenths ; Spring wheat, nine and three fifths tenths, or about eight-tenths for tho crop as It whole In New England, except in Massachusetts; a full growth of Spring wheat is sown, looking better than an average in Maine, and a fraction lower than an average in the other States. Win ter wheat; when it is grown at all, has suf fered to the extent of one and two-tenths, and in Vermont and Connecticut three tenths. New Jersey is placed in the same list with New York and Pennsylvania at eight-tenth*, and Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia will each average about six tenths. The section west of the Mississip pi, comprising Minnesota, lowa, Missouri and Kansas taken together promise more than an average crop of wheat. The Win ter rye shared the fate of the wheat, but in a less degree. The inquiry was greatest in Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky Michigan and Indiana, Delaware, Connecti cut, Massachusetts and Vermont came next in order. Kansas, Nebraska and Minneso ta are the only. States above the average; while Missouri and New Hampshire are reported at ten-tenths. Ohio provides a little more than half a crop of Winter Barley, Vermont 6-lOth, and Connecticut, lowa and Illinois, 8-10ths. New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 10-10ths; Kansas, 13-10ths; Nebraska 13-1 Oths. The average will be #bor.t B'- lOtlis. The Spring barley, while varying in promise in different States, will average 10- lOths. The average of the oat crop is larger than usual in nearly all the States. The appear ance of the crop is in Indiana, 10-10ths; Illinois, 81-lOths ; Ohio 'and Michigan, 9- lOths ; in other States, varying from 9-lOths to 13-lOths. Rhode Island, Kansas and Ne braska arc above the average. The crop indicates an average yield. More clover was sown thau usual, and it is reported in a full average condition. In Delaware and Missouri the appearance is worst, though the increased average will make up the deficiency. Maryland and New Jersey, Massachusetts' New Hamp shire, Illinois and Kansas fall a little below the average; Maine 13 and l-6th of a tenth. Returns have not been favorable for the dairy interest. A very general falling off is observed in the coudition of pastures, ex cept in the States beyond the Mississippi. The product of niaplu sugar an 1 molass es will average nine and three quarters of a tentli ; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Delaware, ten tenths ; the other New England States nine and a-quarter tenths ; the Middle and Western States from seven to nine-tenths. Sheep took tho field last Spring in bet ter condition than usual. In some places neglect and consequent disease and death are reported, arising from depreciation in prices of wool. A medium crop of apples is indicated, though there is variation m the appearance in different localities. In New England and the extreme West the prospect is better than usual ; in the Central States worse. Peaches have suffered from Winter killing generally. In Ohio scarcely a third of a crop is expected ; in New Jersey less than halt a crop; in Delaware and Maryland six tenths. Pears will not prove an average crop. SPEAKING of the Reconstruction Amend ment, the Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth says: "I he third section is not a whit too severe It merely incapacitates such as have viola ted their oaths to support the Constitution of the United States, from holding offi- in the future. Even this incapacity may be removed by act of Congress. And" we doubt not that on the slighest exhibition of peni tence for the late wrong doing of the rebell ion, a full forgiveness will be freely accorded. Nor can it be doubted that the utter absence of'this spirit and per contra , a justification on the part of the South of their treasonable actions, has strengthened the feeling that treason must thus be made odious. We be beye that the peace and security of the Union require the partial disfranchisement proposed in the Amendment. Oaths having been violated and no acknowledgement of it or repentance therefor having been made or manifested there is no security for their sanctity remaining inviolate in the future. And the nation must punish the perjured among her servants." The Franklin Spectator says, any person arresting a horse thief is entitled to a bounty of twenty dollars and mileage, according to an old act of Assembly. This law is not generally known, but is worth knowing. THE TAX BILL. |I Summary of the Amendments Reported by the Senate Finance Committee. ; The following is a summary of the more important amendments made to the uew tax bill by the Senate Finance Committee: Cotton is taxed 2 cents per pound instead of 5 cents, as by the House bill. Cattle and produce brokers are to be taxed on purchases as well as sales. All distillers of apples, grapes, or peaches are to pay SSO special tax, even if they only distill small quantities. Keepers of hotels, taverns, inns, r eating houses, having paid a special tax, shall not be required to pay an additional tax lor tel ling tobacco, snuff or cigars, on the same premises. Persons who soli shell, or other fish, tiuntiling from place to place and not from any shop, shall be required to pay $6 only, special tax. Architects and civil engineers are to pay $lO special tax. Distillers of burning fluid and camphene pay SSO special tax. Plumbers and gas fitters pay $lO, special tax. Journeymen cigar makers and apprenti ces, as well as other persons making cigars, are to keep an account of all cigars. Gas companies, whose price is fixed by law are authorized to add the tax to the price of gas sold. Coal tar and ammoniacal liquor, produced at gas works, are free. Sulphate of parytes, free by the House bill is taxed 12 cents per hundred pounds. Reapersj mowers, Jhre.shiog machines and separators com wooden ware and mills for the manufacture of sugar syrup and molasses from sorghum beets, and corn all free by the House bill, are taxed 3 per cent, ad valorem. J he f> cents per gallon tax on wines )>y the House bill is stricken out and all wines whether made of grapes berries or rhubarb, are nut on the free list. Shoe strings are taxed 2 per cent. Heady- made clothing of all kinds, for the wear of men. women and children, is taxed 2 per cent, instead of I, as by the House bill. 1 he clause of the House bril under which bootmakers, shoemakers, tailors and dress makers, doing only custom work, did not exceed SI,OOO, is cutout and another inser ted which exempts them when their aunual product docs not exceed $2,000. The tax on smokiug tobacco, not sweeten ed nor stemmed, is fixed at J,5 cents per pound, instead of 20, as in the House bill. A new clause taxes fine cut shorts 50 cents per pound. The tax ori cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, cigars with twisted heads and short sixes, is fixed at $2 per thousand when not valued at over $8: on cheroots, cigarettes and cigars, $4 per thousand when valued at from $8 to sl2, and $lO when valued above sl2. A new clause provides that on all im ported cigars and cheroots, not including cigarettes, an internal duty shall be levied and collected iu addition to the importation duties of $lO per thousand, and stamps, denoting payment of such tax, shall be affix ed to every box or package of imported ci gars or cheroots before the same are sold or offered for sale; and auy such cigars or che roots sold unstamped shall he confiscated and the seller will be fiahle to fine and im prison m .-nr. | A new section provides that there shall lie levied collected and paid on all -ales of real estate goods wares and merchandise,, aud on articles and things sold at auction including all sales of stocks, bonds and other securities a duty of one tenth of one per cent. Han kers and brokers sales of foreign exchange and uncurrent money are exempted from tax. Companies and persons owning railroads, steamboats, stages, lion-e cars, ferry-boats, or bridges, have restored 11 them the right of which the House bill deprived them to add tfm tax imposed upou them to their j rates of fare. The House bill clause that any bank ceas ing to issue notes for circulation and deposi ting iu the Treasury lawful money to cover what it has outstanding, shall be exempt from tax on such circulation, isstiicken out and one iuseried providing that whenever any State bank or banking association has been or shall he converted into a national banking association, or has ceased to do its usual banking business, including the mak ing of loans and receiving of deposits, there shall be assessed and collected in addition to the taxes already imposed a tax of one fourth of one percentum upon the average amount of the circulation outstanding of any such State hank or State hanking association. All the provisions of the House bill rela ting to the income tax are stricken out and this tax remains exactly as in the existing law except tnat the same tax a> is levied on persons living in the United States is also levied on persons living abroad and doing businesa here or receiving profits from busi ness done hero. The exemption remains at S6OO. Section 171 of the present law is by a new clause amended so that no claim or drawback for goods exported before June 13 1864, shall lie allowed unless presented with in three months after the passage of this act. Section 6of the present law is also amended so as to provide that every national banking association State bank or State banking association shall pay fen per cent on the amount of notes of any person, State hank or State banking association used for circulation, arid paid by them after July 1, 1867. The article taken from the free list have been already indicated with two exceptions, viz; that iron bridges and castings for iron bridges are stricken " it and printing paper of all descriptions and tarred paper for roof ing and other purposes are the only kinds of paper remaining therein. The addition to the free list are: Prussiate of potash; retorts and tiles made of clay: stamped copper bottoms; india rub ber springs made exclusively for railroad cars iron, drain and sewer pipes; cordago, iopes and cables made of vegetable fibre; peat; railroad fish plates: saltpetre; wooden tanks and cisters for crude mineral oil: flour of sulphur, and all kinds of wine. The salary of Commissioner of Internal Revenue is fixed at $5,000, as by the House bill. JEFFERSON DAVIS. The *'Stern Statesman," his Wife and Family, Living Comfortably in the Casemate recently fitted Up lor them in Fortress Monroe—All Expenses Paid by the United States Govern ment—Look on this Picture and Re member Andersnnvlllc. FORTRESS MONROE, June 19. In the casemate recently fitted up in For tress Monroefor the accommodation of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis and their family, they are now living very comfortably. Their friends furnish them with all the luxuries of the season, and the Government is stinting nothing. The relaxation by the military authorities of the restraints upon the move ments of Davis is having a beneficial effect upon bis health. FORTRESS MONROE, Juno 19. The miscellaneous statements connected with the relea e or parole of Jefferson Davis, and even the much-agitated question of his failing or improving health, are fast ceasing to he a matter of discussion in this section of the country. With the freedom of the fort grafted hiuj, and the consequent relax ation of vigilance over his movements, ceas es ah the anxiety of an anticipated release or escape, and visitors sojourning tempora rily on the point would scarcely be aware of his imprisonment here. In the recently-fit ted-up casemates in the fortress, designated by General Miles for their accommodation, Davis and his family live far more comforta bly than any of the officers of the garrison, and their residence by the seaside is by no means as unpleasant us many person* might imagine, THE LATE GEN. CASS. His Life—llis Habits -His Last Illness. In the course of a long article on General Cass, in the Detroit Tribune, we find the fol lowing interesting statements : HIS LIFE. Since 1801 Mr. Cass's life has been mark ed by the strictest privacy, and his resigna tion as Secretary of State constitutes the upper boundary of a public career of fifty - six years' duration. Daring the rebellion, his sympathies were always with the national arms, and the prolongation of his days to witness our ultimate triumph lie considered among the greatest blessings of his life. His last appearance upor a public occasion was that of the reception accorded by this city to Colonel 31 ark Flanigau upon his re turn after his terrible wounding at Gettys burg. lie has remained in Detroit constantly since his return from Washington, save a short trip a year or two since to Newport and the East for the benefit of his health. His residence has been in the wing, specially built for his accommodation, upon the house of his daughter, Mrs. Canfield, corner of Fort and First streets. The old homestead has been latterly occupied by his son, Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr. In the political campaign of 1804, Mr. Cass took no active part, but at its outset committed himself in favor of General MeCleUan in a letter addressed to a Democratic meeting held in Merrill Hall, in this city. Latterly he absented himself from ail society, and also declined all visi tors, save those of his most intimate friends, and occasionally of distinguished strangers, who called to pay their respects. HFS HABITS. Probacy the most salient characteristic of the deceased statesman was his robust strength, physical and intellectual. The vigor of his constitution, inherited from hardy parents aud fortified by an active and stirring life, is attested by his longevity and the uniform excellence of his health. His personal appearance gave evidence of the possession oi great bodily strength and rare powers of endurance, llis habits wore un exceptionable. He neither used tobacco in any-form, nor even tasted ardent spirits as a beverage, and he died with a system un weakened, and a soul untainted by licen tiousness in any guise. The traits of his intellect were also of the virile type. No public man of his generation surpassed him in potent, resolute and tireless energy. Constant activity, important achieve ments. rare capacity for labor, and the American pugnacity rendered him a promi nent actor upon stage trod by some of the mightiest of earth's giants. Mr. Pass's business habits were cast in a like mold. In his dealings with others, he was always just and liberal. During his life he never sued a debtor, and in the great commercial crisis which have periodically convulsed the financial fabric, his course toward those with whom he was connected in business relations, wa. invariably gener ous beyond all common precedent. Were the recital permisahle, we might mention striking instances of this fact in our own city. Ilia great wealth was the result of early purchases of lands made in this region, and the subsequent increase in the value of his i il estate. It is estimated that at the time of his death. General Cass was worth considerably over 81,090,000. In 1864 his imam; • was returned at about $33,000. LAST DAYS AND ILLNESS. 1 "ntil about two years ago, General Ca-s was. to all appearance, hale and hearty, and not uufrequcntly might have been seen en joying an early morning or evening walk. A short time previous to the above date, his health began to fail, and it failed very rap idly since the cold weather set iu last Fall During the month of January lie was very ill, and sot one time it was thought that he would not live to sec tlie end of the month. At times his mind was slightly affected, owing to the very painful nature of his dis ease. but these occurrences were rare. As a general thing, be maintained his mental faculties until death relieved him of' his suf ferings. About half an hour before he died he spoke, but manifested an aversion to be ing troubled by any one. lie frequently referred to his past life, and would occasion ally relate anecdotes of I)r. Farrand. of whom he appeared to be particularly foud. Having been informed of the invasiou of Canada by the Fenians, he, upon rveral occasions, expressed his unqualified disap proval of the movement, and characterized it as absurd, unwise, and calculated to do more mischief than good. Official announcement of the death of I General Cass. WASHINGTON, June 18. The following was issued this morning: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, I WASHINGTON, June 18, 1866. F The I'residcut directs the undersigned to perform the painful duty of announcing to the people of the United States that Lewis ('ass, distinguished not more by faithful ser vice in various public trusts, than by exalted patriotism at a recent period of political discord, departed this life at lour o'clock yesterday morning. The several executive departments of the GOVT minent will cause appropriate I onqcs to be rendered to the memory of the deceased at home and abroad, wherever the national name and authority are acknowledged. Signed, WM. H. SEWARD. Northern Enterprise in the South. Some of the Southern newspapers are vigorously opposing emigration from the Northern States and the introduction of Northern capital. The lliehmond Whig says: "Alabama, within one year of peace, begins with five thousand Northern plauters. It is frightful to .think when she will end. There is not a single Southern State in which this process, this fatal process of New England colonization is not going on. We must stop it, and, from this hour, we must resolve to stop it, before it enwraps and crushes us in its ancona folds. We do not uican that it must be stopped by a resort to violence or any unwarrantable means, but by refusing, as we have the right to do so, to sell our lands or any part of them, or lease or tenant them out to radical enemies of the South." Hut light is breaking in upon the minds of the Southerners, and they say some right good things. Here is a common sense opin ion from the Memphis Argun, in regard to rhc negro: "If wo do uot educate the blacks, our late enemies will do it for us. Shall New England educate our negroes, or shall we do it ourselves? The negroes will be educated; we cannot prevent that, oven if we desired; and it remains for us to de cide whether our late slaves shall become an antagonistic race in our midst or made to feel that their truest, best friends are their old masters." Northern capital is gradually flowing into various sections of the South, imparting energy and activity into places where it never was known before. Men from the North, who first saw the Sunny South as soldiers are locating on rich farms, building cotton lactones, saw mills, iron foundries and man ufactories cf all kinds. On the coast of Georgia, over a hundred saw mills are at work on the valuable timber which there abounds. In South Carolina individuals and companies have purchased some of the best cotton lands, and in North Carolina we hear of them working the turpentine lands. Men from Pennsylvania and New York are inspecting the iron beds of Virginia, and some have already located furnaces and mills. Northern capital is also building up the rail roads, and in fact developing the South in a manner never before attempted. Generally, the Southern people arc aiding these im provements, introduced by tho men who saw the openings, while marching and fighting for the Un on. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 22. [ u pr.vate conversation the President has declared within the last day or two, that he shall have no hesitation in complying with the Congressional resolution inviting him to transmit under the seal of the Executive, the lately adopted Constitutional Amend ment to Governors of the several States. He intends, moreover, to relieve the anxiety and doubt which has been exhibited at the Capitol in regard to his action in the premi ses, by sending in a message to day or to morrow, notifying both branches of the Na tional Lcgi la tare of his entire willingness to submit to the several States the amend ment proposed to the Constitution, but at the same time disclaiming any implied in dorsement of the Congressional plan of reconstruction that may be imputed to the Executive by reason of its presentation to the people at his hands. The Senate will not he able to finish the tax hill before a late hour on Saturday. The further it proceeds the more delibeiate be comes its action upon the measure. FROM MEXICO. Yellow Fever at Vera Cruz--Troops lor Maximilian—Return of American Set tlers. NEW ORLEANS, June 22. A \ era Cruz correspondent, writing under date of the 13th. states that the yellow fe ver is raging in that city fearfully and fa tally. The last steamer from Europe brought out eight hundred troops for Maximilian The Liberals have released tweDty-eight Can federates captured near Cordova. VII work on the Imperial railroad to the City of Mexico has been discontinued for want of funds, and from the aggressions of the Liberals. The Imperialists have lost and abandoned most of their importantcitiesin the interior, and the general opinion is that the Empire will not last long. Maximilian is in great financial distress. The Americans on the Cordova settlement are disheartened, and are preparing to re turn to the United States. Tauipioo is surrounded and closely invest ed by a strong force cf Liberals. The Lib erals are very active in the neighborhood of Matamoras. THE VOTE. .Shall the Righiof Suffrage be Extended to the I'ottroons who Deserted the Government in the Hour of Need. HARRISBURG, June 21. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, sit tiiic at Wilkesbarre yesterday, rendered a decision in the-case of Iluber vs. Ilanken, error to the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county (the deserter voting ease). The decision does not" argue the constitu tionality of the law of Congress, but is chiefly confined to the point at issue, to wit, the right of a judge of election to reject a man's vote, .when the word '"deserter" is written opposite his name on the list of vo ters. Chief Justice Woodward and Justices Str-rng and Thompson decided that the ju< .I ol election could not refuse a man's vote until he had been tried and convicted of desertion ; while Justices Reed and Ag new. on the contrary, held that the judges of elect ion were the proper persons to decide the question. DARING BANK ROBBERY. Sixty-Seven Thousand Dollars Stolen— The Cashier Locked in the Vault— Escape of the Robbers. PORTLAND, ME., June 22. The village National Bank of Bowdoin ham was robbed last night by a party of men who followed the Cashier home, gagged It is family, and placed a guard over them. The robbers then took the Cashier baek to the bank, and after robbing the vaults of their contents, amounting to about sixty seven thousand dollars, they locked him in the vault, and made their escape with their plunder. They have been traced to Topshani, and it is supposed are now making for Can ada. The War Begun in Europe. NEW YORK, June 22. The London I)ai'i/ Yews says the Prussi ans have crossed the Eider, and the Austri ans have fallen back. By this means the King secures the means of exercising the sovereignty to which he lays claim in llols tein, and puts it out of the power of the Emperor to hinder him. If, then, the pub l:ci it s correctly define war as that state in which we prosecute our rights-by force, the war has begun, although not a shot has been fired THE MARYLAND COAL TRADE.—The Cumberland Civilian says that the coal trade over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,_ since the resumption of trade in April, has been greatly increased. From all the mines west of Cumberland 80,(XX) tons of coal were transported by this road in four weeks, end ing on last Friday. For the first week in last month 17,340 tous were carried, this be ing the largest week's work but one in the history of the company. In the fourth week of last month the quantity shipped was 21,800 tons, being 2,180 car loads, an increase of 2,330 tons over any previous week. The trade gradually increases with the increase of the capacity of the road. New locomotives, new cars, and the double track, which is almost complete between Cumberland and Baltimore, contribute to this work, and the amount of coal shipped this year by the road will be much greater than any previous year. The company is now able to transport 1,000,000 tons per year, and expect next year to swell their ca pacity to double that amount. J&*The Ways and Means Committee are holding daily sessions, aud hope to complete the tariff bill by Saturday. They are said to have agreed on recommending an increase of fifiy percent, on the duty on imported segars, wines and liquors, and will probably add eleven and a half cents per pound to the present tax on imported wool. An equal increase on all imported woolen fabrics would in this case be also necessary. The question of giving sixty or ninety days notice! for the proposed tariff bill is provo king discussion. The general tariff of 1843 went into oxecution from and after the day of its pa sagCt All special tariff bills except that of July, 18f>2, also went into immediate operation, though some of them were quite general in their character, and that of April 1864, was entirely so. Since the commence ment of thg war all provisions affecting our importations have taken effect from the day of their passage—that of July, 1862, of which a very short notice was given. &a?*Wm B. Reed, the great gun of De mocracy in Pennsylvania, and the ablest supporter of Clymer in the State, was promptly on hand at Richmond last week to help clear deft. Davis. He addressed the Court in behalf of his friend Davis, and boldly declared his great sympathy for that notorious criminal. After the Court ad journed, Reed went to Fortress Monroe to concoct further plans, with the arch eonspir toi and traitor. As soon as he is through with his work there he will hasten back to Pennsylvania to instruct his Democratic fol lowers here in political duties! What hon est and loyal man is there in the Democratic party who does not feol that the party is still in the hands of sympathizers with trea son? Jui>OE GBKER, after reaching Williams port, was attacked by paralysis, on the right side, so badf\ that lie is unable to attend i the Sittings of she Supreme Court Gov. MORTON, in his Indiunopolis si>eech said : "And here let me address a word to the* | young men of Indiana. You arc just ftart ; in lire, with the world all before you, where and how to choose. Beware how you con nect your fortunes with a decayed and di-- houored party, indelibly stained with trea son, and upon who e tombstone the histori an will write : ' False to liberty, false to its country, ami false to the age in which it lived. The Democratic party 'tax com mitted a crime for which history has no van/on, and the memories of nun ntr for getfitlness ;tcAotc colors grow darker from age to age, and for which the execrations of mankind become more bitter from generation to generation. THE INTERNAL TRADE OR THE UNITED STATES.— A correspondent of the London * one* ta speaking of _ the useiessness of the blocxaoe of the Chilian coast to bring that nation to terms with Spain puts the case as follows; Suppose England and the United States were at war. If we could blockade the American porta, North aud South on the Atlantic and Pacific, we should not only deprive ourselves of cotton, but cut off the whole of onr American trade exports and imports both; but we should not put a hairs breadth nearer bringing the Americans to terms for the United States have all the necessaries of life in such profuse abundance that America is more necessary to Europe than Europe to her. EVIDENCES OK RECONSTRUCTION. —The Loyal Georgian, a newspaper published in Augusta, Ga., in its issue of the 25th, cays that the colored school children in Autcri cus, in that State, were denied the right of carrying the United States flag in a proces sion at a May party. The widow la Jy (white and a resident) who teaches the school was informed, a few days before the time set for the party, by several citizens, that if she attempted to march her pupils through the town or to carry the United States flag, she and they would be shot! She appealed to the Mayor for protection, who gave it, so far as the procession was concerned, hut she wax lot allowed to carry the flag, the symbol of her country's glory and power! second section of the new consti tutional amendment will not only prevent the Southern States from obtaining repre sentation based on frcedmen who are not allowed to vote, but it will likewise prevent representation based on a white male popu lation ostracised by the propertyqualification. Thus such anti-republican and aristocratic laws as were maintained up to the time of the rebellion in South Carolina wili be counteracted; and. while every State wili be allowed to regulate the question of suffrage for itself, noDe will be permitted to increase its influence in the national council? by a class of citizens whom it debars from partici pation in its Sections.— Press. BORAX IN CALIFORNIA. —The borax of commerce hasheretofore been chiefly manu factured from boracic acid, abtainod in Tus cany. Borax has also been found in limited quantities in Thibet and China. A very abundant deposit of native borax has been deposited at Clear Lake, in California and it ts of remarkable purity. 4 s taken crude from the earth, it is said to be superior to the best English refined borax. Clear Lake is about two miles in circumference, aud be ing .'■urrounded by high hills, it serves as a reservoir for the water that falls in the rainy season. WHEAT HARVEST IN SOUTHERN ILLIN OIS. — From a gentleman who has just returned from a business tour through the Southern counties in this State, we learn that the wheat harvest is now in full progress in that section. The yield is generally good and the grain full, plump, and of the best quality. The quantity of ripe wheat fields to be seen while passing over the country from the Mississippi to the Wabash valley is unusually large, and the crop will no doubt turn out well. Some of the farmers are already selling their new wheat to deal ers at prices ranging from $2 (XI to $2 35 per bushel. — Chicago Journal 21s#. 80L..v. correspondent of the St Louis !!>•- publiaiti reports that Northern capital is pouring into East Tennessee es peei.iliy at Knoxvillo aud Chattanooga. New houses and factories are springing up in every di rection. Many farms arc purchased by far mers and army officers. The tide of Nor thern immigration seems to have set in to wards that section. Several extensive steam saw mills iron foundries and a large cloth manufactory are projected at Chat tanooga. THE Conkling-Fry Investigating Com mittee have closed the evidence, and Mr. Sbellabargcr, the Chairman, is engaged in writing the report.. There has been a good deal of important information elicited in regard to the manner in which Fry carried on the Provost Marshal office, and also in reference to the bounty jumping business generally. Most of the evidence will he very damaging to the head of that bureau. It is understood the report will be severe on Fry. THERE was one Clymer soldier iu the late Soldiers Convention at Pittsburg. He was requested to retire, which he did. The Philadelphia Age found vent for its indigna tion in a column article on this treatment of a VETERAN. The "veteran "it seems was a twenty day militia-man, and never saw a battle. — Miners Journal. coroH. COLD. >IT NOKI: THROAT Requires immediate attention and should ho checked. If allowed to continue, Irritation of tin- I.niijr*. a Permanent Tliroat Affection, or an Incurable I.uii£ Disease IS OFTEN THE RESUI.T. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL. TROCHES having a direct influence to the giro im mediate relief. FOIT BRONCHITIS. ASTHMA, CATARRH, CONSUMPTION A. THROAT DISEASES, Troches are used with always good success. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Trorhex 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 prated 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 F.BONCUIAI, TROCHES," and do not take aov of the Wortitcn Imitation* that may be ofic .eJL Sold everyiiUei. .. TOE United States, aud Fort ign countries, at 35 cents per box. Nov. 10, INli-J. riIOWN LOTS IN BEDFORD ± AT PUBLIC SALE. There will be exposed at public sale, under a recent enabling net of the Legislature, on SAT URDAY, July 7, r.t 2 o'clock P. M. upon the premises, the TOWN LOTS owned by IBE Epis copal Church, in Bedford, lying 120 feet front en Pcnn street and being 210 feet in depth. Terms, • >ne fourth cash, r. mninder. in six months. The lets wili be sold on tit--, or in parcels, to suit pur chasers, provided the U tola be sold, jui.e 22 Br UTTUEIT OK THI: VKSTKT. ADMINISTRATORS- NOTIC E Estate of JVtt.Y AXE, Esq., late <J m I'uion township, decern" •!. Letters of administration on said estate having Inten granted by the Rcgish r of Bedford county to the subscribers, residing in said township, ali persons having claims or demands against the said estate are requested to present them properiy authenticated for settlement, and those indebted are notified to make iuv.u bite payment. liillN T. AKK, Al' >i IL. 11ULL, ; juu22:6t® Administrators.
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