sebforb Inquirer. KKDFMS, PA., FRIBiI,MAI( H 2th IfifH. RIM \ i:ss NOTICE. Mr. ALKX. R. ASH* i the authorised aceot for the Isy'ißtß, to receive subscriptions adver i isomentf.collect account* nl receipt for tha same. Mr. Asskw will call upou all those who arc in debted to us and present our account*, he will also give those whose advance subscriptions expire on the Ist of April a chance to pay np for the next y ear. WHAT SHALL BE DONE? We copy below a part of a very able ed itorial article, which appeared hi the J'ith l.urgh Gazette of the lfith inst.. under the above caption. It will be perceived that the Gazette thinks the People have the rem edy for their Legislative wrongs within their immediate reach —that we can get a Free Railroad law and also a repeal of the law revoking the Connellsville charter, next winter, if we but use the means in our pow cr. And the remedy is, to discard political parties this Fall, and nnite in electing men of honesty and ability u.< e&xtiactfo Frre tilreyvd la>c men, —who will go to Harris huig determined that justice shall be done We commend this subject to the considera tion of the People. One thing is sure, it is of vast importance to the entire popula tion of Bad ford. Somerset and Fulton conn vie-. We know of no earthly subject that i.- more so. That the Connellsville Road would be made if its charter were note re torcd. we have no doubt. Such men as Benjamin Latmbeand W O. Hoghart. tes tified to this at Williamsport last summer. And it is equally sure, if the Connellsville Road is made connecting Pittsburgh with Cumberland, the Southern Pennsylvania Road will also he made. Bedford county would therefore be traversed, by the Con nellsville Road, from Bridgeport to the Ma ryland line, a distance of ten miles, and by the Southern Pennsylvania Road, through its entire width, from East to West. And also, no doubt, a road would be made from Bedford to Bridgeport, to give visitors to Bedford access Irout the Connellsville and Baltimore Iloads. This entire section of the country is pros trated and languishing—our best men are daily moving to the West. Our coal, ore, timber and water-places are worth less. We are further from market than our fathers were before railroads were invented. < >ur turn pike with its desolate lookinetavern -tands. is a melancholy monument, remind ing us. not only that we are not advancing, hut that we are retrograded. While every where else the world is going forward we are going backwards, and that, too, living, as wo do, on the best route for a railroad across the Allegheny mountains—a route that was marked out more than a century ago by the first wagon road, and, even prior to that lime, by the old "Packer's Path.". And It is alleged we have the remedy for it ? Let the People speak. The Gazette says: If any man supposes a result more favora ble to the general interests of the Common wealth, and especially to the interests of the Western and Midland portions thereof, can be obtained by going on in the tread-mill of the old political parties for one or more years longer, we beg t# say we widely differ from him in opinion. As we judge, it is useless for newspapers to get into a frenzy, and print bitter, sharp, or eloquent diatribes. No good will come of a continued expenditure of ink. and genius, and emotion in that manner. The people have an efficient remedy in their own hands. If they apply it, vigorously, and in telligently, next winter will witness the pas sage of a proper Free Railroad law, and a bill repealing the repealing Act. If they will not resort to it, or, using it do so in a listless and indifferent way, they mast reconcile them -elves to sitting down under the abuses of which they complain. This remedy is to dis card political party arrangements for a sea son, and unite in electing to the Legislature independent men of brains, honesty and cour age. Thirty such men acting in a body, out side of party hues, will be enough to control the organization of both branches of the As sembly next winter, and compel the needed legislation. It used to be said that "all roads lead to Rome." This is the only road that leads to freedom in railroad making in Penn sylvania. If the friends of that measure are prepared to take it, the way stands wider open than it will for several years to come. We have neither President, nor Congress, nor Governor, nor U nited States Senator to elect, noryet a national political policy to establish or vindicate. Only a Supreme Judge, a leg islature and the usual local officers are to be chosen. Here is the opportunity. We urge nothing. This is the people's cause, and it pertains to them to deal with it as they will. I alk that produces only another talk, enven omed leaders that breed only other editions of such, may gratify or inflame animosities, but they join no practical issue and bring nothing to adjudication. If the people will not move in this manner, or in some other that promises direct and good fruit, we elect to be counted out of acrimonious discussion. THE NEW LICENSE LAW. In another column will be found the new License Law, passed by the present Legisla ture. and under whieh licenses will hereaf ter have to be obtained. We hope to see all good citizens, having the welfare of the community in view, favor a strict enforce ment of the law. as it now stands. Where drunken or immoral and disorderly persons apply for license, we hope to see remon -tranoes against the granting of such licen se*. and if the citizens fail in this, we hope to see the Court take a firm stand and re fuse any longer to grant licenses indiscrimi nately. Drunkenness and crime of every kind are running rict over the land, and it is high time that such laws a - we have for their restriction should be rigidly enforced. If two thirds of the dram -hops of the coun try were closed and the other third in the hands of sober and respectable men, -are! respectability and the retailing of liquid poison as a beverage compatible?) our courts of Quarter Sessions would soon cease to oc cupy three-fourths of every regular term the county would be saved annually ten times as much as is now derived from liccn ces, and general good order and morality be greatly promoted. SHAD IN TTTE ST SQCIHANNA. —We learn throagh a number of our cxeLanges that since the alteration of the Columbia dam, under the Susquehanna fish bill, shad and other migrating fish are making their ap pearance in abundance. Shad were caught on the 15th inst., for the first time pince the alteration of the dam at Fairvicw, nearly opposite llarrisburg. THE PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL AND SPEAKER HALL. In many respeeta we regard the Pittsburgh ! Finn me idol as a most excellent newspaper j —unexcelled by any paper in the bitate, and | equalled by very few. Nevertheless, the greatest of men have their weaknesses, and | it does ,-eeni to us the t'ommerckil is slight ly weak in its continual harping at Speaker Hall. Yankee doodle is a most excellent j tune when played by a good band, yet it is barely posible that if a band were to come j every day before one's door, and play that and nothing else, for a whole month, one might get tired of it. We suggest that the i ('ommercinl intermit the thing just for one day and try how it goes. There is an ap pearance of vindictivenes3 as if something else than a difference of opinion about rail j roads lay at the bottom of the affair. It is ! an old trick, and one not at all to be com mended, for a newspaper to assail a public i man at some supposed weak spot in hispub | lie acts, to gratify personal piqne, or to ac complish some personal end. A newspaper j to be truly great ought to be fair and im partial. A really honest, fair and impartial newspaper is a great blessing in a commnity, the value of whieh no man can reckon. We publish Speaker Hall's Free Railroad : -jcech in our issue of to-day. It strikes us : as being a clear, forcible and satisfactory i statement of reasons in favor of amending ; the bill so as to make it what the people want—a law to promote the making of rail roads. As to whether failing to get the amendments put in the bill, it would have i been better far the friends of the free rail road law to have voted against it, as the I 'innmerriol claims, than to vote for the bill in the hope of it being amended in the I House, or by some subsequent Legislature, is a question about which men might hon : estly differ. General \\ hite, Mr. Billingfelt, | and other undoubted friends of a free rail i road law. thought best to vote for the bill as lit stood, rather than to vote it down. For ourselves, we incline to think that the ('om mercinl is right, and that it would have been better to have voted against the law, and to have depended on some subsequent Legisla ture to have made a new law in toto. \et we can not see that the difference is very i great after all. It might be. for aught we know, quite as difficult hereafter to get a new law in toto, as to get a defective anu worthless law amended. And, perhaps, there is one advantage connected with the present state of affairs, and that is, if the bill passes the House it will give Governor Geaiy aa opportunity to define his position, whereas had it been voted down, as the t \nranercinl wanted, that opportunity would not have been afforded. HUNTING TIIE TIGER. The Franklin Reponton/, comments on our discussion of the Railroad question in the following style : "TUK Bedford Inquirer is intensely disgusted with the legislature for its want of fidelity to the people, and despairingly asks—"How . lotib- shall these thin as he?" Our Republican cotemporaries of Bedford and Somerset defended the first and most flagrant act of our legislature, and they com plain now because it is tneir ox thai is gored, while they were hunting the tiger they enjoy ed the sport, but when the tiger undertook to hunt them, they don't appreciate the lnx | ury." If the Rejmgitory was hunted by the ti ger on the I*. S. Senator question, we did not play the part of the tiger. We were unqualifiedly in favor of Thaddeus Steven-, and the Reporitmy ought to know it. When ! Cameron was elected we approved of him as a good man and a friend of Pennsylva nia's interests. We do believe that what we then said is true, but it was after the contest was over, and the man of our choice i was beaten, and it could no longer influence the election. Whether the election was ac complished by fair or unfair means, wc nev er undertook to say. Col. MeClure under stands very well how those things are done ; wo belong to the uninitiated. If money i was used, as between the two most promi nent candidates, the victory was DO doubt won by the longest purse, and if the dougb ; ty C-olonel wishes to blame any one for his failure, he must blame himself for having miscalculated the trek/fit of his candidate's argument*, lie viewed the matter from an entirely different standpoint, and were directed in our choice of Stevens by a desire to see devotion to principle honorably re warded. and a man sent to the U. S. Sen ate who was above all considerations of per sonal emolument or aggrandizement, and would act upon his honest convictions of what would best promote and preserve our | national welfare. i HOW NOT TO DO IT. In the Washington news of the 21 st inst., we find an item running as follows; —" There is a prospect for the confirmation of Mey ers (Dem.), who has been nominated tor collector in the Sixteenth District, if Sculi, ; (Rep.), is nominated for Assessor in the same district. " We have seen a good deal ' of Somerset trickery and are generally pre pared for almost any kind of scaly perform ances by politicians from that section. But we do hope to see the Senate put its foot down on this kind ofbargain and sale of the interests of the Union party in this district. ' Scull was Collector formerly, and nominally edits a naper in Somerset ; the Collector's Office effectually shut his mouth as long as he could hang on to it, and until he was kicked out. he was perfectly oblivions of the treason of Andy Johnson, and the base treachery of his good friend Cowan. At the beginning of the present session of our i Legislature he was called to Harrisbnrg on urgent Roil Road business and after a vrhole winter of railroad making at Jlarris bure, (he may have made mmething but we j don't sec the railroad,) it seems the same j pressing duty has drawn him to Washing ton. We hope the Senate will never con- I sent to confirm the nomination of a dumb i dog that will"neither bark nor bite as long a he is fed. as an offset to Meyers. If we are to have a trade-off. by a!! means give us a mrflinching a Republican, as Meyers is Cop perhead. We protest against any such bar gain and sale, but if it must come, let us have a quid pro quo and not a nullity. RsjP'Mcasrs. Richards, Weller and lieagy i of the House of Representatives, will ac cept our thanks for valuable documents. i In the history of tin* World -It*at results i have sometimes flowed from causes wonder fully insignificant. In the history of the i Connelleville and Soothern Pennsylvania Itail Road, this remark may well be ■ inverted ; wonderfully insignificant re i suits have hitherto flowed from an | immense amount of engineering, dili 'ye nee and skill; not to mention the extraor dinary fact of one person having subscribed fire million* of ilollnrttof etmlt. BY the free railroad law, falsely so-called, for whieh Senator Stutzinan gave his vote, the survey of a road must be begun within thirty days and completed within nix month*. The Connellsville andiSoutbern Pennsylvania j Bond has been surveying its route for three ) year*, and don't seem to be done yet. If the Legislature permits the Southern ' Pennsylvania Rail Koad to spend three years in locating and putting under contract! the approaches of a small tunnel, by what right do they take away the charter of the Connellsville company for not having finish ed its road in time ? How Out NEIGHBORS SEE IT. — Johmto• I Tribune of the 22d inst says : Hon. George Taylor, President Judge of the Twenty fourth Judicial District, instructed the Grand Jury of Cambria county, at the re cent session of Court, that the law of the State relative to deserters must be obeyed as. long as it shall remain on the statute book, and charged the J ury that it was its duty not to find a bill against any election officers who had enforced tnat law. taSf Hon. Thad. Stevens will accept our thanks for a copy of his confiscation Bill. HARKISBt r ß<> CORRESPONDENCE. HJUUUSBT'RG, March 2-">. ISFFI. The Legislature has passed, and the Gov ernor has approved and signed, a law making it an offense for railroad corporations within this Commonwealth to make any distinction with their passengers on account of race or color, and punishing said corporations and their agents and employees for the commis sion of such offense. Any railroad or railway company that shall exclude, or allow its em ployees to exclude from any passenger car, any person or persous on account of color or race, or compel cr try to compel such person to occupy a particular part of any car set I apart tor the accommodation of passengers, shall render itself liable to an action of deb* to the aggrieved person, in the soni of five hundred dollars. Any agent, conductor or employee of a company who shall refuse to carry any person on account of race or color, or cut off or cause a car to be cut off of a train on account of any colored passengers therein, be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject j himself to a tine of from $lOO to $5OO, and from one to three months' imprisonment. J The Copperheads are raising a terrible howl ! on account of the passage of the act. but they ■ need not trouble themselves oft that score. ; The colored people are not anxions to have : their blood contaminated by the venom of any i Copperhead. A bill granting the Pennsylvania railroad | company antbority to enlarge its capital, eu.iv | wmA '■tfthtajrtfretttty wttoftti.V t Governor's views, ami His Excellency p- I proved and signed it. That great monopoly carried the day again. it serins determined j ;o rule the railroad affairs of our Common j wealth. | Onr soldiers' orphans will continue, as heretofore, to be the special object of the Srate's care, and the defect in the old law in reference to the Superintendency of the or- j J phan schools is about bring remedied by the i passage of an act to provide for the. continu- j j tince of the education and maintenance of the I destitute children of deceased and permanent- i i LV disabled soldiers and sailors of the State. ; i It provides for the appointment by the Gov jrrnortwith the advice and consent of the! | Senate) of a State Superintendent of soldiers ; j orphans, for three years, from and after the | date of said appointment, to be subject to ! removal, for cause, as are other officers ap ! pointed in like manner are now. The .Super ! intendent'S office shali be at. Harrisbnrg and j the salary shall be the same as that of the j State Superintendent of Common Schools, ! and necessary traveling expenses. The SU ; perintendent shall give bond- in the sum of' | $20,000 for the faithful performance of his | duties. lie shall have power to appoint one ; clerk, and the Governor one male inspector and examiner, and one female assistant, each ; at a salary not exceeding one hundred dollars I per month and traveling expenses to inspect ! and examine the soldiers orphan schools. | All the officers so appointed shall be honora ; bly discharged soldiers. The Superintendent shall visit each orphan school at least once each quarter, either in person or by deputy, remaining at least twenty four hours in each. The bill authorizes and instructs the Superin tendent to procure a school or schools, or home, for the children of the colored sol diers and sailors who fell in the recent war. I No contract with any parson or persona to have charge of a school shall be made for a longer period than one year, unless with the sanction of the Governor. When orphans arrive at the age of sixteen they may be bonnd out as apprentices, if so desired by them : if not, then they shall be restored to their parents or guardinns and furnished with a complete out-fit of clothes. The House has passed finally an act to at tach certain lands and tenements in Bedford township. Bedford county, and the persons residing thereon, to Bedford borough, for school purposes. Approved by the Govern or. Also, an act in relation to fishing and hunt ing in the township of Jefferson in the county of Somerset. Mr. Wetler read in place, in the House, an act relating to the last will and testament of John Morrison, late of Somerset county, de ceased. Laid on the table. Mr. Richards presented in the House a pe tition from citizens of Bedford county, pray ing for the passage of a law requiring the county from which property is stolen to pay the expenses of the trial, conviction, he., of' the person charged with the perpetration of i the crime. Laid oil the table. Mr. Stutzman read in place, in the Senate, a supplement to an act to legalize bounties paid to volunteers, and the bonds issued therefor, in certain townships in Franklin county, approved April 1, 1896, extending the , provisions of the second section thereot to the township of Ayr in Fulton county. Also, an act authorizing the directors of the poor to erect an alms bouse in the county of Bedford, and to borrow money. A joint resolution has been passed provid • ing for the final adjournment of the Legisla ture on the 11th of April. TOBY. I , It K.W.AKKS OI HON t. W. HALL, SPEAKER OF THE SENATE. In favor of a Free Railroad law, "and against the amendments made to the hill by the Railroad Committee of the Senate. Mr. lIALL. Mr. Speaker, I did not in tend, when 1 made a few remarks on this bill the other day, to occupy the attention of the Senate any further in regard to it. When repeated votes showed from eighteen to twenty in favor of it, and from eleven to sixteen against it, I supposed that the minds of Senators were made up, and that we would not be warranted in taking up time to the exclusion of other matters of legisla tion. And I should not now. had it not been for the rental ks of my friend, the Sena tor from Bradford | Mr. LANDON). Ido not rise to reflect upon any railroad corpora tion —certainly not upon the Pennsylvania railroad. I have had quite as much to do with that corporation as the Senator from I Bradford, and am quite as familiar with the region of country traversed by that great | railroad. lam well aware that it has greatly enriched Central Pennslvania —that its value lias been increased to ten times, yes twenty times, what it was before that road was con ! structed. I have never lent myself, either directly or indirectly, to any effort that was calculated to crush this railroad or impair i its usefulness. I have never opposed or ' -ought to thwart any legislation calculated to strengthen and encourage it, when such 1 legislation tended to the public w. 1 fare. But with a'l due deference to my brother Senators, ! must say that any one ; who knows the popular sentiment must know that the people of Pennsylvania are determined to have a free railroad law. But ihe people do not want a railroad law so loaded down and clogged with restrictions i that it will be impracticable even to con- I struct a railroad under it. Let the Senator go to his constituent's and I think he will find that they, as well as my constituents, 1 are in favor of afree railroad law. But they j do not. desire such a law as will be practic ally inoperative and a nullity. I hold in i my hand the inaugural address ofOovernor Geary, and the last message of Governor Certain, in which they say the people | demand a free raileoad law. Such I found | to lie the unmistakable sentiment of the ; people of Bradford county, where I addres sed a portion of them last full, and in no part of the State did I find a more determin ed and earnest feeling in favor of the move ment than in Northern Pennsylvania, where the people gave their majorities by thou sand- for General Geary. Believing, a- I do. ihai such is the general sentiment, and | that the wants of the people must he heeded ! fay their chosen representatives, in view, too, of the speech just made by the Senator from Bradford, I challenge the supporters of thi- so called free railroad bill, whoso I imperatively demand its passage, without a -ingle alteration, to discuss its merits. I opposed the free railroad bill which was in trod need last winter by my distinguished friend, the Senator from Erie [Mr. LOWRV |, and 1 gave satisfactory ieasons, the other day, fi>r my opposition thereto. It is not necessary to repeat those reasons now. What 1 demand, in the name of the people, i is a Liberal railroad law; not one in name, -imply, but in reality. Is it not deluding ' and cheating the people to call that a free i ail rood law which requires fifteen thou-and dollar- r oveiv mile of road , to ulwribcd and paid in before anything can factions? Senators know that thiselau-o will have the effects to embarrass railroad companies, and to retard and prevent the I development of the country by internal ini ! proveuients; in short, that no railroad would j ever he built under such a law? At least I tear n:. and is it not better to strikeout : -ueit provisions? ... Vouduvvii.lao.inhjKJ ; offered to this bill, which would tend to promote and encourage the building of rail j roads, the arguments advanced against it s j by its opponent.- arc equally futile and ; ] empty. And when it. is propo.-ed to add a | section, in the New York law -imply allow- \ ing eopi-rations to connect their roads, and ' to embrace in this bill the provisions of a ; law voted for by the Senator from Bradford in 1801. we are told it is wrong to do this ! hut why? Sitnplv because nineteen Senators say the bill shaii not be changed. Aconvin eing reason. Let a law be passed allowing people to | ' build railroads wherever they choose, provi | ded they pay for tl.eni as they go, subject j to reasonable restraint*, and these are con i rained, as far as L think it necessary logo, i in the provisions of the act of 1849. A j liberal railroad law is not demanded by the I ! tM-uple of Pittsburg alone, but by the peo pie of the entire State. A law so liberie that charters can be obtained, that capita; will be invested and railroads constructed j under it without, the corporators being 1 ; obliged to come to the legislature. It is ! plain to me that a majority of the Senate differ with me in tny views. My vote- on the bill in committee of the whole as well as in the Senate, have uniformly been for what I thought was the most liberal policy. We of the minority have briefly and ex plicitly a- possible -fated the reasons for our voles. We see and know that one third ; cannot vote down two thirds. And when the bill clothed in the precise language that it came from the Railroad Committee, not changed in letter word or line, is about to pas-, we are taunted that we have been able to give no good reason for our votes, and that our efforts to amend the bill, as it came from the Railroad Committee, have only added increased strength to the majority and added a renewed determination on their part that the bill shall pass unamended and un changed, either in the sections voted on or in those which are to follow. The Senator from Bradford (Mr. LANDON | desires that the issue-shall be made, so that the people shall understand it. The Senator is clever as well as bold and as he thus declares that the bill as reported by the Railroad committee is perfect as it can be made, permit me to point out what I think are striking defects in it. First. I think the amount of capital stock per mile required is too large, and that it may tend to discourage the construction of railways. I can see no reason why the amount should be larger than is now requir ed in the general law under wliieh railroad companies are organized in Pennsylvania. If there is any good reason. I would be glad to hear it. Second. Whilst I think it is very possible there should be some individual liability elau-e for the protection of laborers and me chanic.-, I apprehend the stringent wording of tie; section might restrain theconsttuc tion of railroads. lam aware that under the general reilroad law of New York stockhol ders arc liable to the amount of their stock j not paid in, and also for the wages of labor, for a period not exceeding thirty days. J This provision of the New York law was j offered as an amendment to the section as it now stands in the bill, by the Senator : from Indiana[Mr. WHITE). And although I voted for it, it was voted down by a deei- j ded majority, the Senator from Bradford jMr. LAVDOV] being one of that majority. There is no individual liability Clause in the : charter of any railroad now in existence in I Pennsylvania, that I know of. Aud 1 re- i spectfuliy submit to the Senate, it is neither liberal nor wise, in this beginning oi a new system, to test that syßtcm by sections so stringent in their character. There is noth ing of the kind in the act incorporating the Pennsylvania railroad company. And I have heard no reason in favor of it now, save that the bill must pa.-.- ax it came from the Railroad Committee, without the era sure of a word or the obliteration of a line. And this is the fiat as well in the sections that are to be voted on as in those on which tho Senate has acted. I cannot think, Mr. Speaker, with all deference to the views of my brother Senators, that this is liberal, or that it will fully meet the wishes of the peo ple ahoui we represent Third. I believe the time allowed for sur veys and filing maps is too short. The sur vey is to be commenced within thirty days, and to be completed within six months. This is too short. The history of the rail road litigation of the State shows this. And yet the majority decline to change it. Fourth. The power which the Legisla ture reserves (in section thirteen) by special or general act, "to amend, change, modify or repeal the charter of any corporation or ganized under this act as the same was pro vided for in the thirteenth section of the act regulating the construction of lateral rail roads, approved the sth day of May, 1832," is, in my judgment, both unwise and uncon stitutional. Knwi.se. because, I fear, it will discourage investments. Unconstitutional, because the present Constitution of Penn sylvania. as amended and adopted in 1838, six years after the passage of the lateral railroad law referred to, expressly declares that the legislature shall only have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of incorporation hereafter conferred, by or under any special or general law, in such manner that no injustice -hall be done to the corporation! Will the capitalists of Pennsylvania and of the country subscribe their money to build railroads underthis bill with this provision hanging over their heads? Would the Senator from Philadelphia Mr. RIDOWAY] who is a man of means and a successful manager of one of the best pass enger railroads in the State, invest his money in building a railroad under a law giving any such power to subsequent Legis islatures? Mr. RIDGWAY. Certainly. I have the utmost confidence in this Legislature, and would be willing to invest my money, with that clause hanging over it. Mr. HALL. Well, it is really strange that the Senator, who has been here several years, never had anything of the kind inser ted in any railroad bill before. Mr. RIDGWAY. I was never requested to do so. Mr. HALL. Purely not, and why? Be cause it takes money to build railroads, and men generally are not such fools as to invest when the Legislature may repeal the law and they thereby lose the whole or a part of their investment. I also object to other clauses in the bill as it came from the Railroad Committee, which it is not necessary for me now to refer to. The |>eople understand t his question They can neither be deceived nor trifled with. If I have changed tny view-, it is because I de sire to vote in accordance with the will of my constituents, and in .accordance with what I believe to lie the wishes of nine tenths of the people of Pennsylvania. I have voted, and -hall continue to vote to make tbi* law a- liberal as 1 can get it. I trust the Senate may yet strike out some of the-r objcetional le clauses. If not. and the bill pa-scs both branches of the Legislature, as it came from the Committee on Railroads that it tnav he amended by subsequent Leg islatures. and that the system of making and con.-trueting railroads in Pennsylvania tuay be as bread and liberal as in any ot.er I, her T,egi lature adopted a free railway system. New York and Ohio, on our north and west, have liberal general railroad laws, and al though it is true that Maryland refuses to permit trade and travel to pass through her borders, even to go to our National Capital, un i axed, yet this great and growing State will surely not wait for Maryland to act. I have nothing more to add, Mr. Speaker. 1 favor a free railroad law because the peo ple expect and demand it. and because! trust it may aid in the further development of our ereat and grand old State. Reconstruction in Alabama.— Immense Meeting in Selma. WASHINGTON. March 19. —A dispatch ; from Helma, Alabama, states that the lar gest meeting ever witnessed there look place | yesterday. Resolutions were unanimously \ adopted, strongly expressive of Union senti ment-. and recognizing the right of ('cngr to prescribe the terms of reconstruction and readroission of the seceded States into the Union, and therefore urging that the people of Alabama should forthwith accept the beneficent terms of reconstruction, j A RADICAL CONVENTION AT HVNTSVILI.E. ()n the fourth of March, a Convention under lead of Judge Saffold, Judge Hum phreys, Mr. J. (.'. KefTer, and other well I known citizens of Alabama, assembled at I Huntsville. The movement originated en tirely with white men, but had the support of ail the prominent representatives of the colored men. General Wager Swayne, ' autong others, addressed the Convention at i length. Of the many radical resolutions adopted, the following are the most intsres j ting; liexolced, That the rejection of the amend ment proposed to the constitution of the United States, known as the 14th Article, bv the Southern States, has induced the action upon the part of the legislative power of the Union in adopting other and more radical measures to suppress the spirit of rebellion and the political idea of State antagonism to Federal control. Resolved. That the policy of inactivity ex pressed by the opponents of CongTess. and the refusal to participate in the restoration policy of the law making department of the Union is the work of a well known ho-tilitv to the Union, and, in the judgment of this Convention, no measures compatible with the safety of republican government could be adopted that would satisfy this opposing ele ment. lit mired, That property qualification at taehed to the right of suffrage is anti-republi can and dangerous to the liberties of the peo ; Pl e " lie-wired. That we recommend to the true Union men of the different counties in the j State to hold county meetings within the next \ sixty days, and that these meetings send j delegates to a general Convention, to be held I in the State Capitol, at such time as may be ! appointed by the Executive Committee. A State Convention has been called to meet at Montgomery early in May, to take formal steps to reconstruct Alabama on the j conditions of Congress. To PERSONS otriNd M< >N" E V i TO THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD. At a meeting of the Commmissioners of lied- j ford county held at their "Bice in Bedford, on Thursday, March 14th. 1867, the following reso lutions were passed : • (COPV.) Knotted, That the County Treasurer be, and j he is hereby instructed to issue his warrants against 1 all delinquent tax collectors for the year 1866, and to collect all monies due said county, by the -th day of April, 1867. And further, Retolctd, That our attorney, E. F. Kerr, Esq.,be, and he is hereby instructed and commanded to bring suits, issue executions and | collect all monies due said county, cither from for mer Treasurers and Collectors, or monies due from other persons, prior to the Ist of April, 1866. ; A true copy. JNO. G. FISHER, COKHisstoxEit's Omen, T" Clerk. j Bedford. Pa., March 19,'67. j March 22, St. TNAKMERS who want to purchase the URKAT U GUM ROLLER GRAIN DRILLS for next seed time, should send ir their orders to HART LEI ,t MRTZGBR at once, so that they may ■-cvilro them. -Vf/i.oyi ennftdtill next S"i>f -March 15. A C ough, A Cold or A Bore Throat, RIQI'IKB IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, A*D IFL'H LD RE CHECK KD. Ir A m OWED TO cggftJiicK, Irrifal ion of I lie bang, t* PeriiisnciH Throsl DisenNe or < onsiimptlAn, f OrTEN THE RKftTLT. HKOWNN BRONCHIAL Tlt< >CHEB HIYINd A DIRECT tTSWLVttVCK TO THK PARTS, RIVE IMMCDIATi: RKMKK, For Broitfliitis. Axlhma. C'atarrli. foil siiniptiie and Mi root IHICHSCJV TROCBII ARB ' SEH WITH At*'ATB GOOD SCCCESS. M M.fIKH %>|> FI Hl.lt HPKA KKRk will And Trocleimcfolfß clearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion ot the vocal organs. The Troches are recommended and pre scribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent men throughout the country. Be ing an article of true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a test of many years, each year finds them in new localities in various parts of the world and the Tmehea are universally pronoun ced better than other articles. Obtain only "Brown's Bronchial Troches," and do not t; ke any of the Worthless fmltalian* that may b offered. Soi.N ETEBYWHKRK* N0v.30 1866 :6W pBOPOB IX& Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Scrip FORSALE. The Board of Commissioners now '>ffer for sale 320,000 acres of Agricultural College Land Scrip, being the balance of the Scrip granted t the Com mon wealth of Pennsylvania for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges in this State. Proposals for The purchase of this Land Scrip, addressed to "The Board of Commissioners of Agricultural Land Scrip," will be received at the Surveyor General's office, at llarrishurg. until 12 o clock, M., on Wednesday, April 1", I*6". This land may ic located in the State or Terri tory, by the holder? of the scrip, upon any of the unappropriated lands (except mineral Hindi) of the United States, which may be subject to sale at private entry. Each piece of jcrip represents a quarter section of one hundred and sixty acres, is issued in blank, an l will be transferable, without endorsement w formal assignment The blank need not b • . i until the scrip is presented for location and entry, when the party holding it can fill the blank and enter the land in his own name Bids must be made as per acre, and no bids will be received for les- than one garter section. The Scrip will be issued immediately on the payment of the money to the Surveyor General. On all bids fr a less quantity than Ifi.ffOO a' res. one-third •; 'he purchase money must be paid within ten d* -. and the remaining two-thirds within thirty days after notification of the accep tance of the hid or bids by the Board of Commis sioners. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, Surveyor General. For the Board of Commissioners, Uakrisßi ua f February 27, 1867. March 8, ts. A DM IN 15 TEA TOE'S NOTICE. K'tnte of Franklin &>ntt L dr, d. Notice is hereby given that letters of administra tion of the estate of Franklin South, late of Spring township, ucc'd., having been granted to the undersigned, by the Register of Bedford co n all persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment, and those having claim- against the same will present them properly authenticated for settlement. fel>22:fiw M IRV ANN SOUTH, Admr. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Estate of II- nry %n. . W Notice is hereby given that letter? of adminis tration hare been granted by the Register of Bedftrd county, to the nndersigned, on the estate of Henry Key ; er. leceased- All persons iadwh+ed to said r-r*(e •.to make iumi'- the Register of Bedford coaaty, upon the estate ot Solomoe Spark*, tale of Wesi Providence township, Bedford County, deceased, all persons indebted to said estate arc hereby no tified and required to make immediate payment, and those having claims are re-;nested to present them for immediate settlement. SILAS H. SPAR lvS. March 8, Do. :tt Executor KXEtT TOR'S NOTICE. Ertate of WiUmm Cornel', deed. The Register of Bedford county having granted letters testamentary to the subscribers, Executors of the la.- ; will ml testament of William C-ornell, late of Xli ir ti wnship, Bedford ccunty, dee'd., all persons having claims against the e.-tatcof said decedent are re . c-ted to make known the same to them with wit delay and those indebted are de sired to make i nmediato payment. DANIEL H. CORNELL, OLDKON WILLIAMS. Executors, residing in said township of Monroe. March \ „t. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. . Eeta'e of li'm. Staht, late of Bedford Bar owrjky rfff'ti. Letter# of Administration, having bceo gran ted to the undersigned, residing in Bedford Bor ough. by the Register of Bedford county, upon the estate t PS m. Stnhl. late of the Boroigb of Bedford, decen#ed, .-ill persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified and regaind to make immediate payment and those having claims are requested to present the in for mime liate settle ment. PETER H. ;5 HIRES, SAMUEL STAHL, March l:6t Administrators HX ECU TOP'S NOTICE. Letter# t t.naicntary having been granted | to the aoL-.-riber. bv the Register of Bedford eo., ; on the estat- ot Henry Harclcrode, late of Cole i rain town-hip. dee'd. all persons indebted to said ; estate will make Immediate payment, and thore I having daira? will present them duly authenti- j ; -rated for 'ctflcwent CHARLES HARCLER'iDE, Executor of Henry Harden ale, dec ill March 8, 1 it'iT.ttU ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. Entate of Chiiip O'.Ye el, deo'tl. Letters t administration. having been grant evl to the undersigned by the Register of Bedford county, upon the estate of Philip O'Neal, late of Monroe township, Bedford county, deceased, all persons indebted to said estate are hereby no tified and required to make immediate payment, and those having claims are requested to present j them for immediate settlement. ELIZABETH O'NEAL, March N 13'i*c61 Administratrix. ETXECUTOR-S NOTICE. A Entate of Jonepk Riddle, late of I'm'on tp., ■ decerned. j Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary : have been granted to the undersigned, by the Register of Bedford county, on said estate. All • persons indebted to aid estate will make itume ! diate paynu t. and those having claim? against I the -nine i i- requested to present them forthwith i for settlement. WILLIAM BERK HIMKK, Executor March loitit with tho Will annexed. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of Christian Hoffman, deceased. LeUW of Administration npon the estate of ' c'hristian Hoffman, late of Middle Woodbcrry tp., I Bedford county. Pa., deceased, having been grant ed to the undersigned, by the Register of Bed i ford county. VII p rsons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment, and those having claims ! against the estate are requested to present them \ properly authenticated for settlement. CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN, JOHN L. HOFFMAN, March LA;FIT Administrators. A ! DM IN .-TRAITOR'S NOTICE. /.'stole of Juki i 1 tanker, deed. The Register of Bedford county ha linggr.ifited ; | letters of administration upon the estate, of John . Dasher, bt r ~! Hopewell tp. dee'd, to the subscri ■ ber- residing in said township, ail persons in i deb ted to said estate are hereby notified to make ; immediate payment, and those having claims against it are requested to present them properly | authenticated for settlement. JOHN B. FLUOR, WILLIAM It DASHER, Mar. ■*, i-tfir. Administrators, j I ADIKS CALL!—Make a/inA/ouo.'Or little I A at HARTLEY A. MKTZti ER'S. where I yon will find a very select asmrtment of choice FLOWER SEEDS. Also, fresh and re! able ' 4'oinMnef with tl<- earltjr >f a Capital. The <3irard Life Insurance Otnpany was char tered ID 1826, and W therefore ONE F the olrte-r. as well a# most substantial companies in the Uni ted Stater. It affect a iaisranet for the win/if of Life; upon the nonforfeitable or Una year plan, or for any term of years. It also i*saes Endowment Policies. Premiums may he paid Yearly. Semi-aniiiia 11} or Quarterly. AH flit insured for wtiol* of Ufe % (iixd inline those on the ten year plan.; ptrtieipatK in the profit* of tits nrmjimiy. Those insuring in the G irard may alway- rcet assured that their best interests will be protected. All whole of Life Polities of several years stead ing, are purchasable by the company, or may be commuted into a policy for a smaller amount, without any thing more to pay—therefore the in sure I need "t fear a less in ease they are not able, after several years payments, to keep up their politic*. Boti-It " - or additions to policies ore made every Hre yea m r without any in the premium. It* profit* arc absolute. ftßpremiums moderate. It* pricifcgz* fibtral. It has paid many and ha-; never contested a claim. For book i and circulars, free of charge, send t the Home office. No. 408 CHESTNUT St., Phil a. Or to anv of its agents. THOMAS RIDG WAY, Pres. JOHN F. JAMBS, Actuary. ORRIN KOiiBSS, General Agent. 32 > Walnut Stre t, (up stairs.; J. X. KBAGY, Agent. marl&lYf Bedford. Pa. N"0 MOKE B ILK Bf I!' S ! NO MORE GRAY LOCKS' 1 >i*. LE, stops the Hair from falling out. and speedily res tores Gray Lock* to their original hue and luxu riance. It operates on the secretions and tiiis th- glands with new life and coloring matter. Thiu. dead, faded or gray hair wili always be brought hack by a few applications, to its youthful abunoabcc, vitality and color. It makes the hair soft, glossy, fragrant, pleas ant to the touch and easy to arrange. Dry. wirv and intractable locks become raoi-r. pliant and disposed to remain in any desired position. A.a Hair 'Dressing it ha* no equal. The - . - arc enormous and it is a universal favorite wi'h oM and young of both sexes. i?old by Druggists throughout the foiled.State . Address all orders to ZLEGLLK A SMITH, SOLH Paopaturons, N v. 16,'ffr-lyr. 137 North lbird St., I'hil*. 028. HOOP I KIRTS - 028. NEW SPRING STYLES, "OIK 0 J MAKE," I embracing every New and Desirable aire. rtyle , and Shape of Plain and Trail floor S K HITS. —2, 3 ; i 4, 2|. 2 3d, 3, 3 1-4, 3 1-2, 3 2-4 and 4 Ydk, ' round, every length and size WaLt; in every rcs ! peet FIKST QUALITY, and eepeciaLy adapted to meet the wants of FIRST Of. vss and in- st fashion- I able Trade. ! "Our own ruakc." of Iliwp Skirt>, arc lighter, ! uiore elastic, more durable, aud lOIALV < HLAPKR, than any other make oi either Single or D able Spring Skirt in the Ameritan Market. They are AIRA-VTELi in every respect, and wher r n troduced give universal satbt.i; ; on. Th .y are now being extensively Sold by Ketoilers, and ev ery Lady should try them. Ask for "Hopkin s Own Make." and see that cash Skirt is STAMPED "W. T. flu FN IN S MAN- I FACTLREB, 42s ARCIi Strc.tt r PHIL'A." No others arc Genuine. A Catalogue c 'Blaming Style, Size and Retail Prices, sent to any ail dress. A Uniform and Liberal .Discount ail we i to Dealers. Order- by mail or otherwise, prompt ly and carefully Siied.—Wholesale and B tail at Manufactory and Sales-rooms. No. 02? ARCH Street, PHILAD A. Skirts made to order, altered and repaired. I TERMS, NET CASH. ONE PRICE ONLY. WIN. R. HOI'KINS. j 3lar*h 15, lSfi7.Torao 1)UBLIC -ALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. I By virtue of an order of the Orphans* Court of j Bedb rd uunty, the undersigned Executor of the ; estate of Solomon Sparks, late of West Providence town-hip, deo'd.. will offer at public -.tie on the •en - . n SATURDAY, MARCH sh. 17, j the following described real estate, viz: No. I. A certain tract of land known as the j h'tttc -r mansion tract, situate in West ln.vidence : wnsbip, Bedford county, containing 125 acres <rd canty, the under.-:..rue I. Gaanlkin of the mil. lib ren of Henry Miller, in, late of Cuiu bc ..t;d Valley township, deceased, will offer at i u - •' on t..'_ premisa SATURDAY. , the ih day of .March, ISC 7, the following de scribed r- i! estate, viz: A SMALL TR VCT OF LAND in Cumberland \ alley ' n r.-hip. Bedford county, Ta., containing two acr and sixty-five perches, with a story and a half Plan'; House, a Srill H- use, also one story and a half high, with two stills and ther articles necessary for a distillery thereon erected, adjoin ing lots of Elizabeth Hancy and I>. R. Anderson on-the North, Bcni. F. Brunei . the South-West, also lots tf Jacob Anderson, Kni Deremore and lohs McMullin. TERMS. —One third in hau l at confirmation of i sale, and the balance in two "equal annual pay j ments. Sale to commence at M lock A. M. of said ■ lav. HENRY ROSE, Guardian. I Match l:4t FJPIIOMAS MHIWTNR MAN L'FACT ft I;K OF I CABINET WAHE.iC., BEDFORD, PA. The undersigned having purchased the Shop, Tools. Ac., of the late Win. Stahl, dee'd, i- now prepare I to do all kinds of CABINET \V>KK in good style and at the shortest notice. at the OLD STAND in West Pitt stwt. Jfc£r~ Having a HEARSE, he is *Uu oired to furuiih COFFINS ar I ATTEND FUN MR \ LS. THOM VS MERW ; ;• i: March! 5:3 ui. ADMIN ISTRATOK'S NMTIC Enhtte *'J ifhn If. T'/ftprr, (It "X-4. \ Letters of AJmini-ti7.dt niaXK DEU.D- FUR SALE CHEAP At the I IJ iNQt I RER OFFICE i Nov J. ISfib