Sebfort) Inquirer. BEDFORD. ft., FRIDAY, APRIL 1!', IS'.U. R1 S3 \RSS SOrif K. Mr. ALEX. 11. AONEW i? the authorized agent tor the IxQi nn H, to receive subscription? adver ri- men ts,collect ac*Miunts and receipt lor the -cin. .Mr. .\u.\Ew will call upon all those who are in debted to us and present our accounts. . r will also ; nt those whose advance subscriptions expire > > The Ist of April a chance to pay tip for the next rear. WHERE THE TAXES HAVE CONE. About two years ago wo first called the attention of the tax-payers of the county to the gross mismanagement or gross igno rance of some of the Poor House officials. \V< have frequently referred to the matter sirwe. Some of the wise wiseacres hoofed at us as having found a uiare's nest, while ■>oiue of the officials in endeavoring to ex plain matters, confessed their incompetent ry Compelled at last to investigate the matter or have others investigate it. two or three of the party magnates, with the offi cials of the Poor House establishment, sot themselves to work last week, and after a couple days arduous labor, succeeded in dis covering deficits at d mistakes to the amount of about Ten Thousand Dollars. \\ e wore long ago convinced that there were serious leaks somewhere, but we did not apprehend i lu-y were quite so extensive as they have turned out to he. This is hut one of the county departments, and one from which hut a small portion of the county funds is disbursed. Iftbe leaks in the other depart incuts are the same in proportion, it is high time that they too should be looked after. Will not the keepers of the Democracy in this county give us an explanation of the i mount and character of the discoveries they have made in the Poor House establishment? V matter of Ten Thousand Dollars is of considerable interest to our tax-payers. Could not the Investigating Committee, In going back a few years more. find sufficient mi.-takes, if corrected, to build the new Poor House, that is so greatly needed ? —A word to the tax-payers —if such blundering lias been going on in the management of the county affairs, is it not high time the pre cnt incumbents of that department he re lieved front their duties, and men compe tent and wiiling to conduct the county affairs, placed in their stead? The Somerset Ilcrahl of last week eon tains a whole column of billingsgate over the signature "H. S." We arc sorry to have been the innocent cau.-e of this inflic tion upon the readers of that paper, but are on-oled by the reflection that as the Ibi'thl has been for a long time—so long that the m< mory of man runneth not to the contrary simply an advertising sheet, as devoid of i ditorial as its editor appears to be of decen cy. it is probable, it has not many readers. I hose few however must have been wonder tuilv startled. Thunder out. of a cloudless -ky couldn't have been more surprising. That an editor, so long editomnj ueiuucr should suddenly revive and immediately be gin to scold like a fish woman, was a phe nomenon calculated to open men's eyes. It wa> wise in him to identify himself by the initials "K. S." Wc concede, that the gen tleman has t|uite a wonderful command of language of a certain not very elegant kind, lie calls us a " coygiog knave. " Such was >ur ignorance of our own attributes that we had to consult Webster for the meaning < f this participial adjective. We half believed that he was saying something good of us. True, we didn't exactly like the knave, hut then there was the cogi/tn;/ that might, for aught we knew, redeem the whole phrase. We felt disposed to take a compliment out of the article if possible. We are sorry to have to announce that we could not. Those other elegant phrases "leash of mangy whit lits,'' "brace or" simpering imbeciles,'' "scoundrelly insinuations" the appointees to the (,'ollee tnrship and Asscssorship, we know Mr. Ashcom to be a man of intelligence and in tegrity, and we are informed that Mr. Mo- Sherry is also a very good citizen, unexcep tionable, except that he is a Democrat. W hat his course was during the war, we ~ V.. ,lr> Vnovf I'f conspicuously disloyal, and he is not the unscrupulous editor of a partisan sheet. The somewhat incredible statement of '"K, >. that he has labored for fifteen years in si 'ixiiit aitf season for the ('oiinclis viile Koad, and all at his own expense, and without his having a dollar of interest in the matter more than the poorest man in the county, is a wonderful manifestation of dis interested action. We could not have be lieved it. if he had not told it himself. Vet he must have worked a good deal more out "/ axon than in season. If I: ■ will allow a suggestion from a friend, and now that we are on such good terms, no doubt he will, may we be permitted to express tin- hope that hereafter he will labor in - uson. and quit this unprofitable work out of season; and just now, perhaps, it would be quite sea sonahle to have some explanation of' his si lent acquiescence in Senator Stutzman's repeated votes in favor of the great monop oly. and against a fair Free Railroad Law. r-Mr. Scull tells us earnestly and .rush injfly that "for more than fifteen years" he has labored for the "completion" at' the "CouneQttrille road." Itather a long rime to labor to no purpose. Mad the gentleman taken a pick and shovel and gone to work on this much abused line, he might hav.- employed his talents more congenially ami in accordance with their natural beut and he would now Ire able to point to something more substantial. BM-. The Gazette of last week comes out with a couple of editorials in defence of Sen at. . Stutztuan. One good turn deserves another and we have no doubt Mr. Meyers feels himself under special obligations to Mr. ; St in /.man for recent favors though they i avail-< 1 him nothing. Mr. Stutzman is per fectly welcome to the Gazette's enconiums as far as we are concerned, but we wish both the Gazi tteand Mr. Stutzman to understand that wc do not consider the fact that a man pays his debts any reason why his public acts should he screened from the view of his con.-titucnts, especially when those acts are prejudicial to their interests. We would fur ther inform them that when we disapprove of a man's course we say so plainly, whether he Ibe radical or copperhead. When a public men v iolates his pledges, either express or implied,our friendship for him,whether per sonal or political, shall not deter us from in forming the public of his defection. R-V The Pittsburg Commercial is mista ken when it says that we "recently under took to question the propriety of the Com mercial*' course on railroad matters in the , State.'' We simply referred to its daily at tacks upon Mr. Hall, which appeared to partake of so much malice, that we were satisfied that they were intended for a pur pose other than the benefit of the Free Rail road Bill. We did not pretend to defend Mr. Hall's votes. We suggested there . might he a difference of opinion in regard to the objects to be attained. It is very questionable whether the Commercial itself know-exactly what course it pursued upon "the railroad matters in the State." SPLENDID REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN JER SEY CITY.—If the Copperheads have time to stop hurrahing and drinking whisky about carrying Connecticut by seven hundred ma jority. we ask their attention to the follow ing : , XKW YORK, April 10. —The election in Jer sey City yesterday resulted as follows: O'neill, IL in., tor Mayor, 1868: Gopsill, Rati. Rep., 1048—giving Gopsill a majority of 85, a very heavy Republican gain, the city generally giv ing 000 Democratic majority. Now, the Republicans did that in one lit tle town —almost as much as you did in a whole State, and about which you are crow ing as if your heads would come off. ~1 yofts -1(7/, Journal. ADJOURNMENT or THE LECISLA TIRE. 1 The Legislature of this State adjourned i on the 11th inst., after having passed hills i enough to make a volume hall' as large as Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. All the ■ Christian people in the State should join in i ! thanks ti, the Throue of Grace that it did no nmre harm thau it did. Another such a legislature would sink us. If the Repub ' liean party returns, within the next ten years, the same amount of corruption ami venality to a single Legislature it. deserves etei tial defeat. i -rrt-It i.s very seldom that you see paper purporting to be asoppositc in their views as the Somerset Whig and Bedford Gazrt/r so heartily in sympathy with each other. It ■l,l lei.ii the trrnmid that, fellows in mi - fortune have a "warm side for those whose misfortunes are similar. "A fellow feeling, makes us wondrous kind," you know ! It is reported in the Ilarrisburg T /< - , r/rajih of the loth inst., that John Mcllhen ny, eilito; and proprietor of the Gettysburg Star, died on the day previous. His dis ease was Neuralgia of the heart. He was an enterprising young journalist, and a very | pleasant companion. IIARRISBUKG CORRESPONDENCE. HARRISIURG, April 16, 1867. The Legislature adjourned at noon on Thursday last, pursuant to a joint resolution passed two or three weeks ago. The session just brought to a close was one of more than ordinary importance, on account of the groat Senatorial contest that was carried on with so much bitterness, but which ended in the elec tion of General Cameron to the seat recently - vnintcJ I>_> Eilgar Cor/an. Perhaps no cam paign of t his character ever before caused so I much personal ill-feeling in the Republican j ranks, yet it did not destroy the party, and I doubt if ever our members of the Senate sep ■ arated more determined to battle lor the j right and maintain the unify of our orgauiza | tion. There was a great struggle on the subject of railroads, which for a time threatened a breach between the Governor and the Legisla ture, but the matter was amicably adjusted. The ' ratification of the amendment to the Consti tution was an important matter that received decisive action. The revision and amend ment of the law of evidence, permitting par ties to testify in their own suits in Court, was an item of no little moment to the public. Other matters of importance were disposed ; of that I have neither time nor place to enu i merate in a single letter. An idea of the amount of business transacted during the ses sion, may be formed when I state tt,t thousand and fifty bills and sixteen joint res olutions, were passed. Nearly all these hills were either approved or vetoed by the Governor, before the adjournment. True, a large majority of the acts passed, were of a purely private character, yet they required j time and attention. I cannot see, however, j that because so much Legislation was accom plished, the members were justifiable in vo-j ting themselves a salary of $1,350. The poo" i pie sent them here to work, and if they were ! not willing to serve their constituents at the old figures, they should have withdrawn in fa- J vor of others who would have considered the former salary sufficiently large. The old adage that honesty and industry j have their reward, has been forcibly demon strated in rhe selection of Hon. James L Graham, of Allegheny, as Speaker of the | Senate. Twenty-five years ago, Graham was | a butcher > apprentice in Pittsburgh. While laboring diligently for his employer, he also ■ endeavored to improve his mind, and most - | admirably did he succeed. While yet young in years he made a profession of religion, .joined the Methodist Church, subsequently became a class leader, and still later a local preacher, and while maintaining his integrity as a Christian, he has, without auy solicita tion on his part, been chosen to the high of fice of Speaker of the Senate. Let all the j apprentice boys in the country imitate the j" example of James L. Graham, and they will ' assuiedly ri-e to honorable positions among their fellow men. With the close of the present session, the j terms ol eleven Senators expired :—Messrs. | Davis, Donovan, James. Randall, Schall and j t Watts, Democrats ; and Messrs. Bigham, Haines, Hall, Lowrv and Itoyer, Republicans. It is not expected that more than one or two of the gentlemen named will be re-elected. The Republican State Central Committee held a meeting here last week, and decided upon the 26th of June as the time, and Wil liumsport as the place for holding the State Convention to nominate a candidate for Su preme Judge. There was a very full attend ance at the Committee meeting, and each member thereof was able to bring a good re port. The Republicans were never more de termined to carry the State election than now, and nothing but the grossest blunder in the selection of a candidate, can defeat the party in October next. The Governor has approved and signed a bill attachiug certain lands and tenements, and the persons residing thereon, in Bedford township, to Bedford Borough. With the present letter, my regular corres pondence with your paper closes. Should nothing oectir to prevent, 1 may have the pleasure, at some future day, of forwarding a letter for the perusal of your readers. M ith the earnest hope that your numerous patrons may live many years to read your valuable journal, I bid you a kind farewell for the pres ent. I ORY. TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE. We have received the following letter from a reliable gentleman in Texas ia regard to the condition of Mexico : VICTORIA, TEXAS, March 28, 1867. . MESSRS. EDITORS : I accidentally happened a day or two since to get hold of a newspaper dated March Ist, 1867, published in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, called the Eleventh District Monitor contain ing one of a series of communications from "Max." Headed Mexico —its wealth—its people—its government i written expressly for the Monitor). This communication contains so many mis representations of facts and does such palpa ble injustice to a poor benighted people strug giing for that great boon, a free republican form of Government, that, although out of my usual line of business to write any thing I' r publication T cannot consent to see such arti cles, calculated to mislead the citizens of my native State, pass uncontradicted, and par ticularly now that the public mind i.s being informed previous to judgment upon that vex ed "question which attracts the attention of the civilized world but more especially the United States." I From an acquaintance of 13 years with the j i Mexican people, their language, habits, prin- ; ; ciples, Ac. I have no hesitation in stating ' ■ that a more damnable system of oppression j I does not exist upon the face of the eaith j [ thau tlnit practiced by that, "enlightened, I , wealthy, virtuous" church party of which Maximilian is now the acknowledged h id . and representative. And while I do not pretend that the mass of the liberal party of Mexico is composed of I virtue, enlightenment and wealth personified, ' vet I do say from my personal acquaintance I with both parties that the majority of the sub stantial Mexicans, and by far the greater pt r tion of the masses, are supporting the Juarez Government,not because Juarez is President, hut because he is the representative of a lib although the Mexican people from time im memorial have bCen purposely kept in igeu ranee, purposely blinded by reli/E u- pn-dj diet s, made to groan under their load of taxi s. ' ruled with a rod ofiron by a despot, or rather by petty despots, who in turn were ruled by the rim reft — in fact into the tollers of the church went the entire wealth of that '"land of I the greatest promise on this > nitinent," hut with all men there is a certain point beyond 1 which they will not be goaded— so it wa- in ; Mexico. A revolution against this oppres ive , church party was commenced in L- S 2F. which ; has been growing and spreading from that day to this, and never until in the sueec- of Juarez had they obtained the reins of govern merit. Among the many liberal and libera ting nets performed by him during hi lire ■: administration (before his removal by 1 U-h ' bayonets at the solicitation of this "patriotic church party V was one permitting Protestant to erect churches in the "Heroic" nation and ( to worship God in their own form. Anothci was the nationalizing ol the church property — or declaring the property of the nation, tl. •; accumulated mass of wealth that bad 1 -EN wrung from the blinded, priest-ridden MI \I cans and like a mighty incubus hung upon the Mexican nation, preventing any public im provetnents, for with railroads and canals comes intelligence, against which this "Yii- I tuous" chvrch party is fighting. "Max" asks the question? "after Maximilliau abdicate, will peace be restored to a free, independent and happy people?" I answer, most emiduit ically. no. They will he free, in one sense, but they have been so educated and drilled' by that "glorious" dominant party, that nec essarily much time must elapse ere they can be a happy people. And that standard of morality taught by the church of Mexico be j considerably elevated before they become an ; J honest people. The future of Mexico is ! j gloomy indeed, but upon the establishment J I ol a liberal rtnui UC by DECREES ' that ignorance that now holds the Mcsicnn a chain, bound, will disappear; AS into!li-eu. advances, the resources of the country will be developed, and in that ease one of the richest countries on the globe be restored. One strange feature of this question i- this, | that during the recent rebellion the most ! friendly feeling existed between the army of j the late Confederate States and that of the j Imperialists of Mexico, the closest intimacy i existed between the officers of the two armies. I On one occasion the Confederate forces | stationed at Brownsville, Texas, were mar shalled for the purpose of assisting the Impe rial General Mejia when threatened by the Liberals under Negreta. And upon the Con- I federacv "going up"' crowds of officers rush- I cd to the standard of the Imperial forces, and to-day the bitterest rebel sheets are advuea ting the claims of Maximilliau "The best, ru ler Mexico has had in sixty years." Jl'STll E. I ] LEAVENWORTH IS a chapter in the Luck of Western miracles. Twelve years ago tie ' spot had no human habitation. The Indians I hunted over it, and fished by the side of it. ; 1 To day it is a solid city of 25,0' it) soul.-! It ' has fine houses, thrifty stores, half a dozen ' newspapers, two or three theatres, a score ' of churches, and about three hundred grog ' -shops; in fact, all the signs of civilization! ' Reported Capture of Maxim ilian. WASHINGTON. April 14.—A report, pre- t vailed here to-day that Maximilian had r been captured by the Liberals at Qucrctaro, t but no official information has been received v confirming if. u NOUTII AND SOUTH CAROLINA. Great Destitution Among Hie I'cuple— Important Order Issued by General Sickles. CHARLESTON, April !•■. -General Sickles, commandant of Military District No. 2, em bracing North and South Carolina, has is sued orders.under date of Charleston, S. C.. April 11. i tting forth that the general des titution prevailin. among ibepopulation !' the district, renders necessary for their relief, the adoption of extra< .nlitiary measures. He therefore orders that no person shall be imprisoned for debt except upon convic tion for fraud, that judgment on decrees for the payment of money on causes of action arising bet ween December 19th, 1860, anu May 15th, 1565, shall no be enforced by execution against the property or the person of the defendant; that slier ID, coroners and constables shall suspend fir twelve months sales of property on liabilities contracted prior to December, I860; (hat all proceed ings for the recovery of money, for the pur chase of negroes are suspended; that in .-ales of property, by execution or order of court, there shall be reserved to defendants having families depending upon them, implements of husbandry, household goods, Ac., to the value of SSOO, and that the property of ab sent debtors shall not be taken under the foreign attachment prooess. The order also prohibits tbe practice of carrying deadly weapons, except by iffieer and soldiers, and makes an offender amenable to punishment by military commi- ion. The punishment of death in certain cases of burglary and lar ceny is abolished, are', authority isgiven the Governors of North and SoutU CWnljna to reprieve or pardon persons convicted and sentenced by civil couits, and to remit fines and penalties. Revenues of Pennsylvania. It may be interesting to many readers to know from what sources the largo revenue of the State of Pennsylvania is derived, now that the State taxes on real estate are abol ished. Let us (tike a few items from OIK; of the latest reports on this subject and place theui in tbe order of their magnitude. Thus for i xanq !e, the tax on corporation stocks yielded last year $1,25 J,960; tbe tax on ton nage (401,741; the commutation of the ton nage tax, s500,000; retailer-licenses, $357,- 101: collateral inheritance tax. $2*1,726; tavern licenses, $25i,4n2; the tax on loans, s27* 103; tax on emoluments of offices, $103,240; tax on gross receipts, $132,472; tax i-n foreign insurance companies, sl2*. ' 7;" *. From these low items arc collected the large amount of The bal ance of the income of the State last year was procured from a large number of other items, such as t ixc- on wills and deeds, on bank dividend.-, brokers and private bankers, auction duties and commissions, from licen ses for eating house-, billiard rooms and . bowling -alooiis, peddlers, brokers, patent n: drim dealers, and alarge variety of other | sources, including $l5O from "cases ofeoti j .-eieuce. From all these sources tbe large j sum of ut live and a quarter milli ms of j dollar.- u i collected during the year 1 -tin. It will pet haps, 1 equally interesting to • notice . on.e of the lar. r items ofexpendi I tnre i J which this it-venue is devoted. A | few of th in. ranked in the order of their j in- nitt: le, are a- follows: Interest on j loan- sl. '12,1(15; ex;.- •-•••; of Government, | si"t'. '.'i- ivlil-f ••!' !,:• Chattl Let burg .-Ulf i erer.-. I'.'V,IK'S, for charitable institutions $ 171, L common el >!s, $33-1,30*: pen j sioti- uti i gratuities. sl6-1,536; State enj i. -.1 i and ground-, $121,785: House of Refuge, ' $91.5t 'i I'cuitentarii-•,*!].,)-5. Following 1 t b eate' a numb r .v! smaller expendit ines Ti total expenditu.es, however left the | la -■ on: gin of 81,. 5f,7,6500f surplus to be ' app'ied to tbe reduction of' the State debt. Professor Agassiz's .Museum The report of Pro:-- -.-or Agassiz. director Caiilb: t'l - -"", for Tti"- pa.: yc~ r* v fiaKt 1 ! ii fi.M -sachu- t - legislature. The p: inei; ul work if the ye r " as the reception , and arrangement of the immense collections u.aO" in Brazil by Fr fe -or Agassiz yet | there are .-till about sixt kegs and ca.-es not unpacked. In the ch of fishes no L | than fifty thousand sp<"-inien.s were actually ' count.-1. representing over two thou-and two hundred specs . t\ i thousand of which I are probably new to . nee. The various 1 depart in tits of the in t ution have not been .-utb-ted to langui.-h ho .. ver, and eonode in : hi- additions and r. eh nge were effected. A it wis deemed I e.-t ...begin the 31 u.-euiii i in a -mall building, and Marge as it- warit iie iea-'tl, the pre.-cn! building has become I full to overflowing. The coßecrion of rep ! til - i • .obablv the largi -t in the country, ..nd compare favorably with those of t':- ' 1 orld. I hat of fishes exceeds any ■ c.v existing I'XEE ding those of the Briti-h .Museum tud dardin ties Plantes tk".i to ether. The number of species of 1 tin da -of vertebrates is more than nine (leu jnd. No nr.t cum i- richer in its cd | lection >!' radiate- Certain branches of riarti".-1 history hat j been fostered, to the n. . •: others, i t order to fill wants not •uppli Iby qth : to uin and to avoid mistake often i d 1 . -eh institutions ! rcpeatfng each nth r. ILVUIUSIiUUG. I'ioceeilings ol Legislature. I'ree Itiiil roail liill Lost in tbe Senate.—The Monopoly Again 'triumphant. II vttuisitt I i April 10, 1867. Mr. Bigham move to consider tlie genu ine Fi''- Railroad bid, which wa- lost by j tin- billowing vote: \ EAS. —Bigham. lit own of Lawrence, Brown of Mercer. ( - man, L'uwles, Davis, Graham. Lowry, Tajior, Wallace, White, Hall, 12. NAYS.- Harnett, Connell, Donovan, l'isher. filaiz, Holt t s Junes, London. Mu- I Candles*, MeCuiiuughy, Randall, llidgeway, linger, Selinll. Searight, Shoemaker, Stutz nian, Walls, Worthipgton, 19. So the free railroad bill fails ibis session. Senator Graham was unanimously uonii ! intcd lor Speaker in he Republican caucus. J'RO.II MEXICO. .Nr.v, \IIRK, April 14. —Mexican letters i he headquarter- of the Liberals in root >f Qucretaro, to March 22d and San Loui- to the 2btli, contain details oftlie re cent engagement at Celnya. The complete route of the Itnperalist is again confirmed. I Several roads for escape are .-till open for -Maximilian, and the icople of Qucretaro aid him liberally with supplies. The be -legei arc al.-o suffering for food, and the conte.-t turns on tbe question of which ar my will lie starved out first. E cobedo is con-id red incompetent fi>r iiis position. A portion of Coaliuil.. is again in rebellion under tbe leadership ol Gen. Ilerrcra, who propo cs to erect the Lrzuana district into a separate State. TrouSe is apprehended troin this movement, as the insurgents might < asily move onSapDo, and the Liber al General Ortega. \\ K -oppose the largest price ever paid for a_ course of popular lectures in this coun try, if not in any other country, was receiv ed by Prof, Agassiz for pis recent course in New 4 i'i k on the natuia' hi.-tory of Brazil, lelivered under (he auspices of the Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. The l ric demanded by, anl jiaid to him, was five hundred dollars for each lecture, or three dollars for tie course of six lec tures. '1 aking the tinv: he devoted to each lecture—that i- to say an average of one hour and forty uiinuUs, it thus appears that he received live djllars a minute for j every minute he .-poke -which is a salary 1 equal to that of an ordinary Emperor. The j Association which engaged his services did | not lose by the operatioi, but on (lie contra- j rv received a very handsDtne surplu- for itx treasury. Mr. Bancroft says the audiences were the largest he everknew in attendance j upon any scientific leettres. GLINGUAL NEWS ITEMS. HON. MTER Sntoesß, M. C., has had placed in his hands, for return to the owner, a stolen ring belonging to Jeff Davis. Pa ESS INO the linger on the upper lip, just below the nose, will make the severest pre monitory symtoms of a sneeze pass off. A IHSI'ATCU from Philadelphia Bays: 'I he plasterers are still on a strike for higher wa ges, Slid intend to hold out. JKPF DAVIS says that the late Connecticut election was one which that State could well be proud of. Precisely what the rebel sym pathizers hereabouts say. THE returns of the New York census of 1805 have recently been published. They indicate a slight decline in the population of j the entire State, as well as of the leading city as compared with the returns of 1800. I A special dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, to the Cincinnati Gazette, under date of the Ist inst, says- The Statesman forced the negro suffrage issue at the municipal election in this city, and the result is a I'nion gain of r ,502. A WATCH has been manufactured in Paris w hieh is wound up by simply opening the case to note the time, ft only requires to be opened once a month to keep it always going, and it i perhaps the nearest approach to per • petual motion yet invented. ' Cor NT BISMARCK has sent an energetic note to Pans, demanding of the Emperor Napoleon his reasons for arming, lie says Prussia holds France responsible for the consequen ' ees of such a step and asks the instant ces- sation of warlike nrenaratious. 1 THE New Orleans Picayane, in an article on negro suffrage, says with great force: "It is ridiculous for any one to pretend that he is lowered or disgraced by going to the polls with a negro, when he crowds in at the gen ' era! delivery with him to get a letter at the post office." HON. GEOROE EVANS, died in Portland, I Me., on Friday night. The deceased repre sented his State eighteen years in the House of Representatives, and six years in the Uni ted States Senate, with credit to himself and • State. He was a man of distinguished ability especially in financial matters. THE election in Baltimore on the 16th inst. on the question of the state constitutional ' question and on the question of running street I passenger cars on Sunday in this city, is pro ' gressing quietly and earnestly. The result ' on both questions is doubtful. The vote will , be large. The most admirable order prevails. THE enumeration of children in Philadel „ phia, made by the police, shows the following results: Boys 70,f,74: girls 71,843 —total 1-12, ! -517. In public schools 70,419. In private schools 12,70' J. In parochial schools 11,863. At regular employment 20,902. Not at school j or employment 20,534. t THE Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned at r 12 o'clock noon on Thursday last. Sixteen - hundred and fifty-two bills, and sixteen joint c resolutions were passed. The Free Railroad f bill was defeated—also the bill fixing 7 per cent, as the legal rate of interest. Hon. .j James L. Graham, of Allegheny, Republican, was elected Speaker during the recess. V Tut: Xational Intelligencer says it is aseer r tained that the amount stipulated in the treaty n for the purchase of the Russian possessions . in America, is ten million two hundred thou sand dollars in gold, within ten months after the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty. The ratifications are to he exchanged at IVash ingtoii before the thirtieth of June, or the treaty fails. g YVII.I.IAM AND MARY COLLEGE, in Virginia, is to be rebuilt, and help is wanted. It is the c oldest college in America, but was burned e down during the war. Thomas Jefferson, . .lames Monroe. John Marshall, Winfield Scott Peyton Edtnond and John Randolph, L. \V. Tazewell. John J. Crittenden and others well ,[• known, were graduates of the college. '• viifjßj*'VSr tho detection aud~arresfot ""the c murderers of Xoali and Abram Zook, two :t citizens of this State who were foully dealt i- with last October, in Mississippi, has failed :t to pass, a Democratic member, at the last I I moment, objecting it off. It would seem that - the ilias of the Pennsylvania Democracy on y reconstruction coincide with those of the J Mississippi brigands. ■' I in: 1 uiori Pacific Railroad Company, is .in us brunch, applied to the government !l on Wednes day, for a commissioner to ex&ni ' ino the seventh section of their road, extend- I. ing to tin- Saline river, forty-five miles west n of Furt Riley. They are laying the track at s the rate of a mile and a half a day, and ears c -v: 11 reach tlie town ofSalina. fifty miles be , yond Furt Riley and four hundred and sixty ■, eight miles west of St. Louis, on Saturday. '' THE Richmond (Va) Examiner accounts for the explosion in the Clover Ilill mines as 1 follows: I'he coal is mined in chambers, • which are closed with doors, when the men • are on, of them, to prevent the escape of gas I' into other parts of the mine. The door of one of these chambers had been removed. ' 1' is -qq o-ed that as the mule driver passed e this chamber the gas was rushing out, took it fire from the candle in his hat, and exploded J with the lamentable results already given. s I'm Senate and Legislature adjourned their sc.--ions on Thursday last. The amount of business done in the passage of public and private bills has been immense. In future, " the Legislature willnot be bored so much by the passage of these private bills, as a great many of them can be referred to the courts. There were no bills of very general interest v acted on. The ratification of the Constitu tional Amendment was the most conspicuous act of the whole session, and one that will re ' dound to the credit of every member. , THE Democratic press all the land over have been pretentiously calling on the colored , population to note the tact that the Ohio Legislature refused to submit to the people a , vote on striking out the word "white" from 1 their Constitution. Will these same papers inform their colored readers that the Ohio Legislature has rescind' ! their action, and sent the question to the people? Will these papers note, too, for their own consideration, that this step was taken before the result of the Connecticut elect lon had proved its neves •"Vy and oujurod tlo pno,3agc \fC tlic aiUUlld s mcnt before the people? i Astringent law against prize fighting has t just been passed by the Pennsylvania Legisla - tare. It makes the penalty for engaging in a • prize fight, or taking part as second or bottle bolder, a tine of not more than SI,OOO, and r solitary imprisonment not exceeding two , years. Every person being present at the . fight, and encouraging the same, or laying , any bet or wager on the result thereof, wheth j er present or not, shall be considered a par | ticipant therein, and asgivingencouragement ! thereto, and may, at the discretion of the ( Court, be punished iti like manner. THE Supreme Court room was densely I crowded on the 12th inst. All the judges 1 were present. The Mississippi injunction . case was before the Court on a motion to file the bill. Attorney General Stanbery made a lengthy argument in opposition to the motion, denying the original jurisdiction of the Court, and Robert.). Walker spoke in its support. On the conclusion of the argument in this case, Charles O'Conner moved for leave to file a bill in the Georgia case. The Chief Justice said the Court would take the motions under advisement, and if further argument was desired, counsel would be notified. SENATOR SUMNER has at last introduced his resolution for the expulsion of Saulsbury, arid will on Saturday try to press it to a vote, with the probability that he will carry it through. Saulsbury lias been very drunk for several days, and staggers in and around the Senate Chamber until he has become very offensive and disagreeable. It was resolved in caucus last winter to expel both McDougall and Saulsbury, hut their friends interfered and promised reformation that has not been i realized. Repeated warningshave been giv -1 en Saulsbury, lately, but all to no effect, and Mr. Sumner has finally decided to press the : Seuate to rid itself of one whose daily con- I duct is loathsome aad disgraceful. The Republican State Convention of New York, berbre adjournment, adopted resolu tions instructing the delegates at large to sup port an amendment to the constitution, giv ing suffrage to colored citizens. RIDS were opened on Monday last for the twenty-three millions of dollars State loan. About one million at five par cent, was bid for at .par, and about thirty-one millions at six per cent, were bid for from par to i per cent, premium. The bids exceed the amount wanted by about eight millions of dol lars. Drexel & Co., Jay Cooke A Co., and Clark & Co., get about sixteen millions at a premium ranging from 1-20 to 1-16 per cent. A KEcEXT Washington dispatch says: The registration in the first three wards shows two thousand six hundred and seven whites and three thousand live hundred and seventy-eight colored voters. Many whites, in addition to those disfranchised on account of their treason, refuse to register, and will lose their votes. Of the white vote about thir ty per cent, will be Republican, and vote with colored men, thus securing an over whelming majority, where one year ago no Republican tickets were in the held. A TELEGRAM from Richmond, \ a., an nounces the death in that city ot George W. Randolph, ex-Confederate Secretary of War. Mr. Randolph was by birth a \ irginian, and by profession a lawyer. lie was an original Secessionist, and at the outbreak of war he raised an artillery company, and by his skill and gallantry, soon reached the rank ot'Briga dier-General. Jefferson Davis called him to his Cabinet in 1862. His administration of the War Office was short, a difference with Davis resulting in a resignation. 'I n.. Kir luuond Times, after alluding to the Copperhead rejoicing at the North oyer tKo Connecticut election, gives the following ad vice to its readers: "The people of the South would act unwisely, we think, if they were to jump to the conclusion that the result in Connecticut really indicates the disintegra tion of the Radical party. It is a mere straw —a cheering sign—a patch of clear sky amid dark and menacing clouds, and nothing more. Practically, it will in no way change or effect the character of the Fortieth Congress. In til after the next Presidential election that body will control the purse and the sword, and its leaders will bo Stevens and Rutler. A PRIVATE letter received in Boston, dated Port au Prince, March 14, confirms the over throw of the late Government of Hayti. Two attempts of the revolutionary party were made—the first on the 22d of February at the Capital, which was suppressed by President Geffrard, and the leaders of the insurgents, Prospero Klie and his son, were killed. A second attempt a few days after, made at St. Murcus. was successful. President Geffrard, finding that public feeling was strong against him, sent in bis resignation, and on the 13th of March embarked, with his family, on board of a French man-of-war for Jamaica. Anew President would be shortly elected. A WASHINGTON paper has the following item : "The colored citizens of the District of Columbia are making great preparations for the celebration of the Pith ol this month as the anniversary of the emancipation ol the slaves in the District of Columbia. Invita tions have been extended to colored societies in Alexandria, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, to be present and join in the pro cession proposed to be held on that day. Among other organizations that have signi fied their intention to be present are the col ored Zouaves of Baltimore, and the National Soldiers' and Sailors' l'nion League, colored. All the societies and organizations of colored ! men of Washington will join in procession.'' THE total vote for Governor in Connecti cut, last Monday a week, was 84,829. of which ' English, Democrat, received 42,709, and ' Hawley, Republican, 42,120 —making Eng < lish's majority .W. In 1863 the total vote was 87.-l<>7, of which llawley received 43.794, and English 43.1 Hawley's majority, "41. ' The gains of the Democrats were for the most part made up in the cities of Hartford and Jlaveo-, ".Lore a laiao fvueia" *" , c . polled, which is always more or less framlu , lent. The only way to neutralize the Irish t vote is to give the ballot to the colored man. 1 The one would go far to offset the other, i When that is done white Americans will have i a controlling influence in politics, but not un , til then. THE Hon. James A. Bayard, who has just been appointed by the Governor of Delaware to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Mr. Riddle, has al ready served thirteen years in the Senate, and it is a carious coincidence that it was to fill a vacancy caused by his resignation that Mr. Riddle was appointed in IH6 4. His ; father. James A. Bayard, was a Pennsylvania!] by birth, but a resident of Delaware, repre senting that Slate in Congress from 1797 to 1801, and in the Senate from 1804 to 1813. He was appointed Ministerto France in 1801, i and was afterward Cotnmsssioner to negotiate > the treaty of Ghent. The present Senator was born in Delaware, and graduated at i Princeton College. He is a lawyer by pro ; fession, and resides in Wilmington. In 1 *-"> 1 lie was elected Senator, and was rechoscn in 1857 and 1803. 8-aT'A Paris letter by the la-t steamer says : The Emperor is said to he exceed ingly disgusted at the backwardness of all the work upon the grounds and in the build ing, and everybody connected with the af fair seem-. to be in an ill humor. Exhibi tors are disgusted because their places are not ready for them, and many express very little confidence in the justice of the awards of the juries, which they assert have been very essentially "packed,'and I have heard it positively asserted that "medals" can be had for a fair equivalent. Still this is prob ably the result of jealousy on the part of unsuccessful exhibitors. A Cough, A Cold or A Sore Throat, REQRIBK IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, ANI) SHOULD HE CHECKED. IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, Irritation of tlie a Permanent Throat Disease or Consumption. IS OFTEN THE RESULT. RROWXB liIiONCH lAL TROCHES HAVING A DIRECT INFLUENCE TO THE PANTS, GIVE IMMEDIATE BEI.IEP, For Bronchitis, Asthma. Catarrh. Cori siiiuplivc ami Throat Itiseasea. TROCnt - APE I SET) WITH ALWATS COOD SUCCESS. SIM.EItS AMI IMB Fit SPEAKERS will find T, v ii.-eful in clearing the voice when taken bel'nrc Singing or Speaking, and relieving the tlt rout after an unusual exertion ot the vocal organs. The Troches arc recommended and pre scribed ly Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent men throughout the conn'iy. be ing an article of true merit, and having proved their efficacy hy a test of many ycni-. each year finds them in new localities invariou- parts of the world and the troches are universally pronoun ced hotter than other articles. Obtain only "brawn's Bronchial Troches," and do not take any of the Worthless I. stations that MAV be offered. SOLD EVERYWHERE. N0r.30 1856 pan j A D MIX IST RA TO R'B NOTICE. ; X Y I ctters of Administration having been grant ed to the undersigned, by the Register of Bedford county, upon the estate of John llowrzer, late of Napier township, dec d, notice is hereby given to alt persons indebted to said estate to make imme diate payment, and tiiose having Pleas* ol I vs. J county, No It;i\ id Little. 1 April Term D*) j Alias subfo.ii, J on libel t'.r Divorce. And. nmv, Feb. 16, 1867, the Court, on m>. ... ;of J. \V. Lingenfeltor, Esq., grant a rule on I>. -I , Little respondent in the above ease, to show cau-c j why a divorce n vinculo matrimonii should i ' |be decreed The said rule returnable on Monday | the 22nd of April, IBtJ7. O. E. SHANNON. ATTEST: Protlionutary. ROBERT STEI KMAN, Sheriff. To It A i in LITTLE ind ALI UAKTIE- ISTERK-t- Not . c i- hereby given that the undersign'l I ("oini.i -i". er appointed by the Court to take ' timoiiy in the above case, will attend to the du - ol his - lid appointment at his office in Bed: on SA I" RDAY, April 20, lsc.7. ; ,t ten o'clock, M.. when nil interested can attend it they th.i proper. M. A. POINTS, M arch 21'. r mmi^gioncr. FTVW SIKN LICENSES.—N"tic* i.- herebygn X t the following per-ons have taken petition* t'r Tavern License, anil that the will be presented to tlie Court ! Quarter Se-- at Bedf rl. for allowance, on the 22d d.; i April next: Valt iuiia- Miller, Londonderry township. L i- M ill;!, Clearvilie. John r. a, Centervillc. Lnrf ui i i- all. Schellsburg. Bernard O'Neal, Chaneysville. Jn>. j;. toner, Bloody Run. Charlt Bush, Palo Alto. J. \ aleutinc Bcsscrer, Stoncrstown. Jos. Mortiiuore, Snake Spring tp. Cath. Tricker/Stonerstown. I George Weimer, Bloody Run. | Isaac F. Grove. Bedford Borough. Valentine Steckuian, Bedford Borough, j John L. Grove. Bloody Run. Joseph Fuller, Buena Vista. John AMstadt, Plcasantville. A. J. Pcnnell, Rainsburg. Joseph Cessna, Harrison tp. Geo. .M. C dvin, Schellsbuig. Thus, I'rlec, B road top township. I A. G. Allen, Bedford Springs. J. M. Shoemaker, Bedford. Henry Weaver, St. Clair** itle. Geo. W. Fignrd, Coled lie Borough. John Kcighard, (Half Way House,) lin tp Peter Aini k, St. Clairsville. j Tobias S: - ler, Saxton. BATING HotSK. '"urn. . . I.art & McMullin, Bedtbrd bm Ibu i-1 lc, Bedford Borough. lohn • Minnich, do do. A. * i t-cbroyer, Bloody Run. A.T. Kegg, '• •Lis. Hammond, Bedford. W . A. (irovc, Hopewell tp. Rachel Naugle, St. CUir.-villc. Daniel Stover, Woodberry. Phitieas A. Runyati, Bloody Run. Min 11. Allen, \Y. Providence tp. March 2, !807. O. E. SHANNON. '>• |_JAKDWARE HOUSE FFRNKHLNG (10018 GEO. BLYMYER & SON Have just received a full stock of all good longing to their trade. GARDEN TOOLS <>f all kinds; Shovels, Hoes, Rakes, Spado.-. WOODEN WAIU2 | buckets, Tubs, Churn-, Baskets, Ac. Silver-Plated H are, I'ovhtt !:<>/.>■ TOILET SOAPS, all kinds. BROOMS, URUSIIICS, OIL-CLOTII>. COAL OIL LAMPS AND COAL OIL WHITE LEAD, all grades. VAKNI-llI"-- LINSEED OIL, TURPEN J INK, WHALE-OIL. lit OA, X.I ILS and O LASS. Please call and see our stock. M c k-ep 1 full assortment of tvery-thing iu our line ol ' i -" nes.B. and will sell at a reasonable profit Sign of the MILL SAW. AprUl2.it