Inquirer. BKBKOH# r£y*i*n- r.,188T ;..r ibe Jjn|CtiiaK,T<i reriii**'iotvsriptioas atlvvr n-ementi-,collect *wonts *°d receipt f"t the HUB*. Mr. AesKW will call upon all those *h<i arc io (•Ltoi to ut and present our accounts, he wit! •!" give th-jSC whose advance subscription? expire on the Ist of April a chanee to pay op for the next rear. Republican State Convention dAKßtsarac, April 16. 1607. Ihe "Rep blican State Convention" will meet at the "Herdic House," in Williams port, on Wednesday, the "26th of June next, at 10 o'clock, A. *.. to nominate a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, and to ii tiate proper measures for the ensuing Stase .-anvass. Aa heretofore, the Convention will be com posed of Representative and Senatorial Dele gates, chosen in the usual way. and equal us number to the whole of the Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly- By order of the State Central Committee. F. JORDAN, Chairman. GEO. W. HAMEBSET, | Secretaries. ROBUST DIXGUSOX, J rut: GETTYSBURG ASYEI'Sf GAIN* lU.INt; SCHEME. Wc some days ago received a prospectus i grand lottery scheme for th" ostem-ild purpose of obtaining funds for the erection <•! an asylum for invalid soldiers at Gettys burg, Pa. A bill authorizing the estsbnsh- at of an extensive lottery scheme, similar i character to the Crosby Opera Hou-e kt ty, seems to have been smuggled through ur last legislature, with the alleged design ■f raising funds for the above named pur pose. hut in reality, as it seems, to enable a -et of sharpers to swindle the people of the ountry out of their money for the benefit of private parties, by appealing to their patri ot wn and sympathy for our maimed veter- HUSS. This was further cloaked under the alleged favorable opinions and recommenda tion- of such men as Governor Curtin, Gen erals Meade, Sickles. Peonypaeker, Ac. Ihe CVfKmtitnr? ga-rt? iko f illotrinj account of the first noeting of the corpo rators: An alleged meeting of the corporators was held at General Collis's office, at which but. two of the corporators were personal:/ pres ent—General Sickel and Mr. Bergen. Be sides these, however. General Collis wa? I resent, claiming to represent General Ren /packer. At this meeting the principal business transacted was the election of a num ber of the ieading lottery men of the country as members of the corporation, and the wholesale transfer of ail the powers and au thorities supposed to have been conferred upon the corporation to a board of supervi sors, composed of these very lottery mana gers. The arrangement thus intended to be effected gave these lottery men the opportu nity of collecting from the people the sum ol twelve millions of dollar*, out of which about three hundred thousand dollars were to be doled out to the ostensible asylum fund, and eleven million seven hundred thousand dol lars were to pass into the hands of the lot tery supervisors—a very nice thing for them, a* the public will easily see. The whole scheme is evidently designed to swindle the people, so that we un hesitatingly advise our readers not to give a intrie penny to the enterprise. They who wish to giveof their means for the benefit • four gallant soldiers can find plenty of crippled soldiers or poor widows and orphans in every community to whom theircontribu lions can be given direct, without putting them into a gambling enterprise where riine tcnths of their contributions will go to en- i rich a set of heartless scoundrels whose chief object is to secure their own pecuniary benefit by appealing to the public -ympa thy in behalf of our brave defenders. The whole scheme is but little better than rob bery. and deserves the unequivocal condem nation of all good citizens. Our State long ago abolished lotteries as demoralizing and prejudicial to the public welfare. In an un guarded moment, and under the influence of an insiduous appeal in behalf of our maimed and suffering soldiers, the legislature seem* to have passed and the Governor to have sigircO tbc wit vre ao nor Deiieve um on a more calm and careful examination into the character of the scheme, it would have passed. We hid God speed to all enterpri ses for securing the comfort of the gallant men who have been maimed for life while defending the flag of their country asraint the assaults of traitors and rebels, but let it be done in such a manner as to secure the appropriation of the entire amount of con tributions to the purpose designed, and let not tha good cause he damaged by connect ing it with any such disreputable gambling enterprise as this. We have already too much corruption and crime all over the country : public sentiment alone can check the tide of crime that is sweeping over the land. There is no better time than now to begin. Let the people not be y-icked into the support or patronage of any lottery scheme under whatever deceptive name it may come, or however respectable the par ties whose approval i( professes to have ; whether under the narae of the "Gettysburg Asylum, "Bible House,' or any other professedly charitable or religious appella tion, rascality will be found at the bottom of it, and the best, that can be said of any of the IT, is that they are an effort to make gam bling respectable by cloaking it with some outward appearance of charity or benevo lence. POLITICAL METAMORPHOSES. The Mechiavelian and time-serving char acter of the leaders of the former Democratic party, and its legitimate offspring, the Cop perhead party of the present day, has re quired of the subscribers to their political creed some of the queerest tergiversations ever known to political history. It was an old and well known trick of Democratic leaders to advocate protection in one section of the country and free trade in another aunng trie eamc campwl fi D, o.ri pledge tneir <andidates to Loth, though they invariably turned out free traders when elected. Even one short year ago it was no uncommon thing to hear Copperhead speakers demon strate to the complete satisfaction of their followers that the negro was not only of an inferior race, but that be was utterly unfit to exercise the right of suffrage, arid it was even doubtful if he had an immortal soul. Alas for the time, labor and whiskey spent in the unprofitable work! Alas for the shortness of Copperhead foresight and the devwtion "("Copperhead leaders to (treat p, ciplr* The times have changed— Copper- I head leaders have received a new revelation. , In i tie language "Naabf' —' The nigger vi>• must be capchered," and suddenly it is i discovered that Sambo is as good as any white ...an if not a little better, and. strange MuiiVwairbill aj me wop* pefhead leaders, alias rebels, in the South, set to work with might and main to convince the negro that they, the rebel leaders, not only are now but always have been bis best friends and that his only security will be found in the ranks of the Copperhead party. We are not surprised at this, for we pre dicted at. much long ago, but it does seem a little odd that such men as Wade Ilainpton and Governor Orr should be found upon the stump appealing to colored audiences and i-Ddtavoring to make them believe that the five > ears of bloody warfare, out of which they have just emerged, for the purpose of hoi ling rhem in bondage was ail endured through love for the negro and teal for bis wciUie. They may preach such doctrine long and loud, but ignorant as the poor freed - nren may, be few are found so ignorant and credulous as to even give a respectful bear ing to Mich base and palpable efforts to de Cviv,-. Such is the pass to which Copper head-, ftr excellence, hare come down south, and it will not be long until we hear their followers in this section of the country take up the refrain. It may be a bitter pill but it must lie swallowed and therefore we warn the in to prepare for the change. Sri? - The Gazette is ever appealing to the ignorance of its readers. We presume it doe? not desire to insult them by appealing to their intelligence. The boldest and most puerile appeal of this kind is the effort to palm off the deficit at the Poor House upon Messrs- Shuck and Trout, who were directors twelve years ago. It is a well known fact that the County Auditors settle the accounts between the county and the Treasurer of the Poor House Fund and NOT THE DIKECTOAS. We believe this to he all wrong, nevertheless, it is the case and those gentlemen— Shuck and Trout—knew as little about the settlement of the Poor House accounts a? any other individual who read the published siaie uient. THE County Committee, at its late ses • >i"ti. appointed J. B. Cessna, Esq.. to rep rex nt tin- county in the Republican Con volition, which assembles at Williamsport, on the 26th day of June, proximo, to nom inate a cindidate for Judge of the Supreme Court Mr. Cessna is not instructed, but in accordance with the wishes of a large majority of the citizens of this county, will su| j rt Hon George Taylor, of Hunting don. Judge Taylor, as an able lawyer and juri-t. has but few rivals, and he -tan command a larger vote against Judge Shars wood in this county than any other maD that can be nominated. IT will be seen by an article copied from the Harrisburg Telegraph , published in an other column, that William M. Hall. Esq., ofthi- place, has been appointed, in con junction with Judge Derrickson, of Crawford aud VV ay a-- M'Velgb, E?q. , of Chester, to re vise the Civil Code of Penn'a, by Governor Geary. This is certainly a very flattering compliment to Mr. Hail as a lawyer. The dt'tic- devolving upon this Commission will ; he veiy arduous and will require several year- labor to discharge them. We con gratulate Mr. Hall upon his anpoiutment and i : "i i-sured that the duties will he most faithfully performed. THK REGISTRATION of voters in Virginia is progressing satisfactorily. Tbc utmoe* good feeling is said to prevail, and even the impressed with the necessity of submission to the law, express no dissatis faction. but acquiesce in the policy of non interference. General good feeling seems to prevail toward the colored people, and measures for their education, and moral aud social elevation are earnestly discussed. If wi-e counsels continue to prevail, the Old Dominion will speedily lie restored to more than her former prosperity. THE Harrisburg Telegraph has been doing a small puffing business, at, we sup pose, so much a bead, which it entitles "Photographic Views of the People's Rep resentatives." in which it compliments our Representatives thus "John Weller and J. T. Richards served their first term da ring the session. Both are honest Re publicans, and faithfully adhered to the in terest? of their constituents. Their re-elec tion is. conceded;" whieh would be well enough if it didn't compliment everybody else. THE editor of the' Gazette threatens to cat a copy of the INQUIRER, "dirt, wool and all," if certain figures are not as he would have then). This feat would bonothing as tonishing for an individual who has been eating DIRT, and politically existing on xrooc, all his life. We suspect it would be gulped down as a rare delicacy. The only fear we have at present, is, that some vile creature may instigate him to eat an entire edition. Our doors are carefully locked and the keys properly secured. If it hps taken the combined wisdom of the Old Democratic Party and the Copper head Party twelve or fifteen years to discov er a small deficit in the Poor House account, which, it is alleged,"should have accurred under the administration of Messrs. Shuck and Trout, is it not about time that the whole party were kicked out "without the benefit of the clergy," and somebody placed there who can keep the accounts correct? Since there is no difference of opinion between the Gazette and the INQUIRER in regard to Mr. Blymyer's responsibility for 'he deficit which was discovered in the Poor House accounts, will the Gazette be kind to who ie rca|iOtit>ibic for it? Mr. Blymyer, it is admitted on all hands. is xor responsible. Now come up squarely and tell us wno M? The people want to know ! As m ii:.N<EiiENT Extraordinary. The Harrisburg Tdegrmph, in review of the mem bers of the last Legislature, speaks as follows of the Senator from this district: I wexriETH District — Somerset, Bedford and Fulton Covntiet —Alexander StoUman. Republican, of Somerset county. Mr. S. has served the first session of his first term. He is a fluent debator. a man of sound judgment and of great - < rvice to his COBStittteatS. The Treasury Department at M ash. ington has lately had some difficulty in ad justing the accounts of the various bureaus. We presume the Bedford County Auditors will be called in to help to investigate the difficulties. What a chance for the Poor < CTon-n llflßmalg LATEST FROM RICHMOND JEFF. DAVIS RELEASED 0\ BAIL! Hi* Bail Fixed at 8100.000 HOB.ACE 6KKELET ONE OP HIS BAIL. RICHMOND, May 1 ;i. —Jcff. Davis was produced in court this morning. Thecoun . gel for the Government were not ready to proceed. Mr. O'Uonor moved that the prisoner he released on bail. Judge Underwood said be would release the prisoner on one hundred thousand doliais bail. Of this sum Hon. Horace Greely pledged $25,000, Augustus Bchell $25,000, General Jackson $25,000, A. Welsh $25,000. Hon. W. B. Reed said he would pledge at once in addition if this hail was not acceptable. Judge Underwood said the bail was en j tirely acceptable, ami Mr. Davis was releas I ed and proceeded at once to the Spottswood House to inform Mrs. Davis of his good for tune. GENERAL NEWS ITERS. A DISPATCH from Fortroas Monroe May 11th says: Jeft' Davis left this morning in charge of the V. S. Marshal for Richmond. A Disi'ATcii under date of 11th inst. gavs: The Republicans of Westminister. Md.. have elected their entire ticket —city officers. Mayor and Council. All are''Radicals." THE Pacific's news from Europe created somewhat of a panic iu the gold market in New York on the 11th inst., and the prices declined rapidly. Gold 185 3-8. THE Commissioners of Pensions desire?, the public to be informed that uo act has been passed granting penisions to the soldiers of 1812, excepting only those disabled in the service. I ETITIOXS to Congress are circulating in I exas asking for a division ot the State, and the creation of the new State of ' West Tex a f" ? ' ie - P p oplc of the Western section claim that they have always been loya! to the 1 nion. THE Hon. Ww. I) Keliey, of Philadelphia, arrived at New Orleans on the SUb inst. and made a tour of inspection of the colored shoola, in company with Mayor Heath and other gentlemen, to day. THE Sergeant Samuel McClure of Company J, 27th Regiment, U. S. Infantry, who was killed by Indiads on the 27th of March la>t near Fort Reno, was the only brother of Cot. A. K. McClure ot Chambersburg, P3. DR. "C. S. A.," and of ycl low fever notoriety, wants to return to his native land and stand a trial in Kentucky. As a Kentucky jury would undoubtedly ac quit the villain, itis not likely that his re quest will be granted by the T nited States au tnorities. A KIOT occurred in Richmond. Va.. on 1 I hursday evening of last week, growing out ot the arrest of a negro by the police. The negro was twice rescued by the colored mob —the second time from the station house. tSevc.ol f-otlcemen were injured in the rneTee. 1 he mob was dispersed by Gen. Sehofied with a company of regulars. OVER two hundred leading uiauufneturers. from different parts of the country, attended the tariff meeting at the Aator House, X. V., on the f-th instant. It was resolved to com mence a vigorous campaign in favor of the protection of American Labor in all parts of the Cnited States. A SERIOUS Riot is threatened in New Vork City, for the purpose of resisting the execu tion and enforcement of the Liquor license laws, which are obnoxious to a large class of citizens. There is intense feeling against the Police department entrusted wtih the execu tion of these Saws, which it is feared will lead to violence and blood-shed. JAMES BK BA.VAS. ex-President, entered ! upon his seventy-seventh year on the 22d ult. I lie is in vigorous health and occasionally makes the trip from Wheatland to Lancaster, three miles and a half, on foot: and what is more remarkable, in passing over that long : public throughfare. though met by manv peo- ' pie. he scarcely ever receives the respectful i salutation of any man. Traitor sympathizers i uvi jpopular in I.ancaster county. HON. J. GLAXCT JOKES, of Berks has gone South on a "Stumping tour." to make | speeches to the colored citizens of A tricar* decent with a view of winning them over to 1 the Copperhead faith. We think with the t Reading Journal that he will find it a good : deal harder to pnll the wool over the eyes of I the colored brethern, than it is to perform the same feat with the Democratic masses of . Old Berks. NOT many years ago California was mainly i supplied with bread from the Atlantic States, i Flour commanded, at the highest, fifty dol- J a barrel. Now, flour, at San Francisco. ! sells for .$6. and large quantities of wheat | have been shipped at a profit to Philadelphia and New York. SENATOR SCOVKL, in a speech at Camden, N. J., a few evenings since, in favor of man hood suffrage in New Jersey and the North, said that "Gen. Grant told me ten days ago t that South Carolina would force free suffrage on New Jersey and the Middle States, and equality before the law. I told Gen. Grant we would take the healthful medicine without Rebel force." JTTKIE UNDERWOOD opened the United States District Court in Richmond on Mon- ; day. Among the members of the grand jmy j were John M. Botts, Joseph Segar, Lewis McKertzie. and five colored men. It is re ported that Jefferson Davis will be taken to Richmond on Saturday next, the government haying instructed General Burton to obey the writ of habeas corpus. The writ is returna ble before Judge Underwood on Monday. May 13. Mr. Evarts of New York will beassocia ted with Mr. Chandler in the prosecution : Charles O'Conor and George Shea appearing for the defence. A dispatch from Richmond dated Mar 13tb, says: At the African Church last night Judge Underwood said that General Schofieid had told him there was a possibility of a riot being made by the negroes to-day. and that if there was he would plant cannon and sweep the street with grape shot. He urged them to be peaceful and quiet in their de meanor. and declared they bad gained their present position by good behavior, and could gain nothing by violence and insult. Mr. ' ireeley said that he did not believe there was mnch fear of a riot, but if they assembled on the streets twenty at a place it would give occasion for interference with them, and if a telegram could bo made that there been a collision between the soldiers and the col ored people it would go all over the coun try, and hurt their brothers at some place where they were not so well protected as they are here. Host. Hekry Wiisox has lately spoken publicly to many thousands of the Southern people and explained to them his views on Reconstruction. He is doing a good work. In a recent letter from Newbern N. C., he says: "If the friends of the country, eman cipation civil rights, suffrage, and education will aid in speakers, workers, papers, and means of information, I aui more confident •ban ever that these stales will seud true men to Congress, and put proper men in control of their aflair," A tusVATiH from Washington dated May 13th says: The Supreme Court this morning dismissed the petition of the States of Mis sissippi and Georgia for an injunction against the carrying irto effect of the Reconstruction laws by VnTte'. States officers, for want of jurisdiction in the matter. A Disrascßfron. Ft- Wayne on the 10th ..J— -y great. Republican victory has been gained a the oanber Democratic MOT jty of Indiana. The Democracy are utterly routed, horse, lW- and dragoon. The entire Republican ticket pf this city is elected by majorities of frjtn 400 to 800. A Radical Republican is ebcted Mayor for the first time ; for years. | The following are the Official majorities: Sharp, for Mavor, 720: Pippeubrink, for ;.Treasurer, 334 Lindermao, for Marshal, j .792. Fisher, for Assessor, 482. E. L. Chit tenden. Dcmocrtlit nominee for Clerk, had no opposition. b*h parties voting for him. The City Council elected is four Republicans undone Detnocrtf. This city has always been considered certan Democratic by 800 to 1,- 200 majority. AT a council at Fort Dodge the 12th ult., I between Genera! Hancock and some leading i chiefs of the Kic-was. the latter declared for | peace ad promise! to allow their young men ; to act as guides tad scouts in the L nited j,States service. Gtnerai Hancock is going j south into the Indian country to see the Ca | mancbes. Arapaiioes and other Kiowas, and j w ill then start norffi to hunt the Sioux and i Cheyennes. I _ PRESIDENT JOUAIO.N has pardoned Solomon I Kohtisuian cnwviefcd of defrauding the Gov ernment by preserting taJse claims: The | course pursued by the President iu relation to | counterfeiters, swioders and thieves iu gener al is likely to mak those professions odious, i by encouraging thin to such a degree that the people will be tomjyelled to enforce anoth i er kind of law. GeytHji. PIER<A cnee a President of the L nited States, why makes his unbecoming visit to Jefferson Lavis with a foolish flourish of importance. hiE met with bad fortune. Striking quickly uj the wharf, "with a small carpet sack in his band," he was stopped by a soldier, who taught him propriety and some of the array reguktions at one time. The military experienie of General Pierce has always been unfortinate. The Americm Chapel at Rome. Mr. Rufus King, the American Minister at Rome, has written a letter, which has ; beeen published, o which he oomplains of his treatment in citmcction with the attempt at suppressing Prvtestant worship at Rome. ; In his letter he sys: "The American chapel is just where it has been all the season and not at all likely to be disturbed, it was separated from the j Legation at the special request and by the j spontaneous act of the clergyman (Rev. Dr. Lyman, and veatiiy, who desired to set up ibr themselves, ami, when the two Scotch Presbyterian congregations were notified that they must go outside the walls, I had the arm- of the legation transferred to the : building in which the Americans' met for j public worship, with the view to prevent any interference by the authorities with our ser vices. It seems to have been effectual, aud no interference has occurred or is anticipa ted. ' Of course no interference ha - occurred or j can o' or until the Pope deeiareswar against the l.u ved States. -Some of the papers in thi-count*y have endeavored to create the impression thai the facts in regard to the suppression of Protestant worship at Rome by the Papal authorities were not as we represented them at the time. They were literally -o. Not only were the Scotch pas tors, with which many American Presbyte rian-. clergymen and laymen, joined, peremp torily ordered to suspend their worship, but it was distinctly threatened that the Ameri can chapel would share the same fate. WW M.f ts •— Lhe arms of the I fc. J,e>;ation' to the door of the chapel, it necessarily had the same effete as if he had moved an army to guard it. The arms of the Legation gave it the protection of our own government as if the chapel had been "transferred to American soil. The Pope dare not interfere. But for this act ou the part of Mr. King the chapel would long sirg-e have been closed. An J even now ten or twelve Americans, ifthey are Piote-t --ant-. dare not meet together to pray and traise God anywhere within the wails of Rome but in the Episcopal chapel, which, according to all our information, is very high church at that. Tbe public have not been misinformed in regard to this matter, but there are those who are now seeking to create a false impression as to the facts in the case. Tbe facts are simply as we have given them above.—Arte jo,-/.- Obearer. A Striking Difference. I The Xewark Daily Advertiser reviews the ] following reminiscence of Washington's Presidency, and contrasts the course of Aus tria shen with that of our Government at i the present time: "More than seventy years ago, ; in the year 1792, tire then President of j these I nited States, one George Washing t n, wrote a private letter to Francis 11, Emperor of Austria, in which he pleaded, in a dignified but earnest and touching man ner, for the release of General Lafayette, who had been for several vears confined in the loath-ome dungeon in the citadel of Ol ; inula. j "'lt will,' said Washington, 'readily oe j cur to your Majesty that occasions may some times exist on which official considerations would constrain the chief of a nation to be 1 silent and passive in relation even to objects which affect his sensibility and claim his in terposition as a man. Finding myself pre : cisely in this situation atprsent, I take the : liberty of writing this private letter to your ; Majesty, being persuaded that my motives will also he my apology for it. * * * * I for bear to enlarge on this delicate subject. Permit nietoonlv submit to your Majesty's consideration whether his long imprison uient, and the confiscation of his estates, and the indigence and dispersion of his family and the painful anxieties incident to all these circumstances, do not form an assem blage of sufferings, which recommend him to the meditation ofbumanity? Allow me, sir, on this occasion, to be its organ; aud to entreat that he may be permitted to come to this country, on such conditions and under such restrictions, as yout Majesty may think it expedient to prescribe.' "The request of our chief magistrate was not so much as replied to, being treated on the other band with contemptuous indiffer ence. Irately, as is well known, the present Emperor of Austria, the successor of Francis 11, appealed to our Government in behalf of his brother Maximilian, the Emperor of Mexico, who was in imminent peril of losing ■ his life at the hand of his subjects.' Our Secretary of State promptly sent messengers to bee -luarez to spare the life of the >lexi '■an Emperor. We find no fault, as some have done, with the humane action of ."secretary Seward, for America can well afford to heap coal- of fire upon even the crowned heads of Europe. We prove to the world that republics, such as thi, are able to forget injuries and to be always gener ous. ' The Washington correspondent of thaNew York Tribune telegraphs the fol lowing cheerful intelligence as to the cause of Mr. Thaddens Stevens's departure from Washington: "It was Mr. Stevens's intention to remain here most if not all the summer, to look af ter various matters, but information obtain ed by him a few days since as to the inten tions of the cabinet and the President in re paid to the : r future policy decided him to leave. UpoD going away he expressed him self as greatly satisfied with the course ques tions were taking here, and said that he was more hopeful of the future than he had been for months," Petroleum. ' The oil fever' has been over and done with o Jong, that petroleum is now rarely mentioued by the generality of people and when spoken of at all it in with a grim smile of chagrin at past follies. But it has by no mean- disappeared as an element of trade, it has merely ceased to be a speculation and begun to be a business. Thi sis most natural. When oil was first "struck ' as a commercial product, loroed upward by the immense quantity of gas. which always seems to be in reserve waiting for fit opportunity, it spout ed into the air with a fury and volume that attracted the eyes of the world. But the pressure gradually ceased, and the noisy flood of talk and excitement subsided until the ' flowing well" has settled into a practi cal, legitimate industry, which yields accor ding to the amount of pumping applied to it. So it happens that, with ail the other mat ters of commerce, petroleum has felt its just projKirtion of the warlike rumors from abroad, and its low prices have been still fur ther depressed. Large holders of oil in the regions of its production have been storing it for better prices, until a million of barrels have been accumulated. Not only that, but iron tankage to the extent of a half million barrels more is reported, so that by holding back a million barrels the owners are mak ing a direct effort to control the market. The especial point, however toward which the largest producers are tryiDg to work, is the perfection of some process which by ac complishing a cheap and complete combus ion of the carbon, shall make petroleum a fuel superior to wood, peat or coal. This is their gTand desideratum, and as many inge nious men are working at the problem it stands a fair chance of being solved. Commissioner* to Revise the Civil Code. By authority of an act of the Legislature, Hon. David Derrickson, ofCrawford. Wayne McVeigh, ESP., of Chester, aDd William MeClay hall, Esq., of Bedford county have been appointed oy the Governor commis sioners to revise the Civil Code. In making these selections Gov. Geary ha.- exhibited not only good judgment, but a full aoprcciation of the magnitude ot the task to ,e undertaken and performed. Hon. David Derrickson is by legal learning, habits of industry and powers oi application, pecu liarly fitted for the duties devolved upon him by the appointment. For ten years, from November, 1826, to November, 186'1. he filled the position of President Judge of the district composed of Erie, Crawford and Warren counties, in a manner creditable both to his head and heart; and we doub'. not he will sustain himself equally well in the new spere of labor to which oe has just been called. Mr. McVeigh, although compara tively a young man. has achieved a high reputation in his profession, and is now a conspicuous member of the bar of Chester county, where he is in the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative practice. He will bring to the work assigned him, in connec tion with his associates, a vigorous and cul tivated intellect and fine power- of ana- lysis and discrimination. William MeClay ifal!, somewhat younger than even Mr. McVeigh, is yet a thorough scholar, a sound thinker and a lawyer of acknowledged ability S'rietiy h-< -t in spirit and purpose, he will dn-genily and faithfully perform his part, and contribute his utmost to a satisfactory termination of the arduous labors necessarily a't< ml* u;von a revision of the civil code of the -Stale. We have abundant warrant in the estab lished per-onal and intellectual character of ; Messr-. Derrickson. McVeigh and Hall, that the work authorized by the Legislature, and sanctioned and directed by the Gover nor. will lie well done. — Ilarrubwy Tele graph. A Prohibitory Liquor Law. The State Temperance Convention which a-.-embled lately at Harrisburg. made provi sion for drafting a bill aiming at the sup -1 ressionof the liquor traffic in Pennsylvania. At the time of the session of the Convention, it wa- conceded impolitic to ask for legisla tive action. It was deemed best to await the workiDc results of the amended laws on the -übject of license to traffic in liquor. If the-c sesnlts show a reform and a decrease of crime :md suffering which usually and unavoidably flow from the use of liquor, then the temperance men would postpone agitation, satisfied to await future changes in public -entiment eniirely to abolish this nefarious trade. But it was proposed in this Convention that a committee should be appointed, which, in tbe meantime, should prepare a bill, to be presented to the Legis lature. the provisions of which r.re to he drawn with a view to prohibitory objects. Hon. John Cessna is the chairman of this committee, and, we understand, is engaged in preparing this bill. He is an able lawyer, and ba- had extensive practice as a legisla tor. No other man in the State could do this subject greater justice. It would be judicious if Mr. Cessna made his bill public as soon as it is drawn, that the people may have an <>pf>ortunity to consider its provis ions before ibey elect legislators to give it legal force and effect.— Harrisburg Teh graph. The National Debt. During April, the debt beai ing interest in coin has increased $41,821, 750. Of this increase $41,584,150 is in Five twenties. The amount of Seven thirties has been de creased $32,910,950, while the amount of compounds have been diminished $4,254,- 120. making a total of these securities can celed of $37,165,070, or $4.419,080 less than the amount of Five twenties issued in fund ing operations. In United States notes, there is a decrease of $1,170,562, represen ting the "contraction" for the month. Of the matured debt not presented for payment, $8'.'3. 11 8 has been liquidated. The amount of debt, less cash in tne Treasury, is $2,641, 974 leas than on April 1. The amount of coin in the Treasury during the same period has increased $8,292, 96687, and the amount of currency has decreased $490,268 28. The <4oW Certificates have increased $2,809,840. The amount of coin owned by the Treasury (t. t. the total coin less the deposits against Gold Certificates) is $5,484,127 larger than on April 1. On the first of May the amount of coin owned by the Treasury was $98,850,- 004; after paying the May Coupons, amoun ting to about $24,000,000, the total would be reduced to about $7.">,000,0o0. Wendell Phillips on Gen. Lee. In his speech before the Anti-Slavery society, in New York, Wendell Phillips paid his respects to Gen. Lee as he only can, to wit: "*I know a man, resident to day under the Flag of the Union, in the Old Dominion, Robert E. Lee, the 'chivalrous gentleman,, the model 'patriot,'the honest 'Christian' — all these epithets indorsed by the sarction of the Apostle of the pulpits in the North. Robert K. Lee, a man steeped to the lips in oaths to the United States' Constitution, and who kept them religiously, until he had : 'earned every secret of Gen. Scott, and then carried them to the headquarters of Jeffer son Davis! And after that, after a hun dred oaths heaped upon the head bf the 'Christian' of Virginia (according to Ward Beeeher), all broken the moment he was in n condition to break tbem advanta geously, we are asked to take stock in the belief in the validity of the white man's promise or oaths in Virginia." WM. LLOYD GARKISOX, the great apostle of Anti-Slavery, sailed from New York, on Wednesday of last week, for Europe for the benefit of Lis health. On the eve of his de parture it was made known to him that sno,- 000 had been collected and deposited to his order as a tribute to his Anti-Slavery la bors. •AC-Robert W. Hughes of Abingdon. V B ., one of the most polished writers of the South, i once a preeminent secessionist, and editor of the Richmond Etamtna during the war, declares himself on the present political _po ; sition in these words; "I arow a radical change of opinion on many leading points of j politics. More especially am I wearied of the practice which the South has pursued from the beginning of this great and event ful controversy of sacrificing attainable good, attainable right, attainable justice, tor a ! good, a right, a justice for the most part j abstract, intangible, and of doubtful value." i Ex Gov. Brown, of Georgia, told the peq t pie in his recent speech at Augusta: 'We submit to it, or fight. If you don't intend to fight why sit here and growl, and find fault with the decrees of Providence? You claim the protection of the Government In claiming that protection, is it honorable in yon to be its enemy. In peace we should be friends. If you want Northern capital to aid development, vou must invite it, and in doing so, treat tboce whom you invite as your friends. You must look at things as they now are. Your old institutions are gone. Slavery U abolished. Start out anew. You must accommodate yourselves ! to the new order of things.'' S. T.—1 8 68.—X.—The amount of Plaatatin Bitten sold in ooe year is something startling Tbey would Ell Broadway six feet high, from the Park to 4th street. Drake* manufactory is one of the institutions of New York. It U said that Drake painted ail the rocks in the Eastern States with his cabalistic "S. T. —JSfiO. —X," and then got the old granny legislators to pass a law "pre venting disfiguring thy face of ngsore," which gives kirn s mono- oly. We wo not know how this is, hat we do know the Plantation Bitters SELL as no other artie'e ever did. They are ased by all classes of the eomsnaelty, and are death on Dyspepsia—certain. They are very invigorating when languid and weak, and a great apr,etiier. Saratoga Spring Water, old by ail druggists i"lri lifting the kettle from the fire I scalded my self very severely—one hand almost to a crisp. I The torture was unbearable. * • The Mexican Mus'ang Liniment relieved the pain alwost im ! mediately. It healed rapidly, and left very little ; sent. Cass. Fostee, 420 Broad St. PhUa. This is merely a -ample of what the Mustang Liniment will do. I- is invaluable in all eases of wounds, -welling*, sprains, cuts, bruises, spavins etc., either upon man or beast. Bewaieof counterfeits. None is genuine unless : wrapped in fine steel-rime engravings, bearing i the signature of G. W. Westbrook, Chemi-t, and ! the or,role stamp of Debs.s Baf.NK* A Co., New i York. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggists A (tea DE MAGNOLIA.—The PRETTIEST thing, the "eweeteei thing/' And the tno of it for the least monoy. It overcome" the odor of perspira tion softeus and add" delicacy to the skin, is a delightful perfume: allays headache and inflam mation, and U a necessary companion in the sick room, in the nursery, and upon the Utile-, rkleitoard. It can be obtained everywhere at one dollar per bottle. Saratoga Spring Water- sold by all druggists All who vaiue a beautiful bead of hair, and its preservation fr< c. premature baJdnes-and turning gray, will not !.:ii to use Lyons' celebrated Kath airon. It makes the hair rich, "oft and glossy, eradicate; dandruff, and causes the hair to grow with luxuriant beauty. It is sold everywhere. E. THOM AS LYON, Chemist, N. Y. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by alldruggist Wair Din if—A young lady, returning to hrnr ntrjr h' -•• • fimr * awjr of a few taoak^e in New York, w u hardly recognized by her friends. In f n rustic, flushed face, she had a soft, ru ;< • mplexion, of almost marble smoothnes*. and in tcad of 22. she really appear ed bat 17. bhe told them plainly shearedHspo'i Magnolia Balm, and would not be without it. Any lady can improve her personal appearance very much by living this article. It can be order ed of any druggist "or only 50 cents. Saratoga Spring Waier. soldby alldruggisis Heimstrcet's iniinitble Hair Coloring has been steadily growing i i favor for orer twenty years. It acts npon tbe absorbent* at the roote jf the hair, am* - it to its original color by de gree-. All io- c.utaneous dyes deaden and injure the Kai.. lleba-treet's te not n dye, but is cer tain iu n- r- n'.is, promotes its growth, and is a beautiful ''. tin Drussinc. Price 50 cents and $1 Sold by all dealers. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by alldruggists Lves'g ExTKtCT OF Pi RS JAMAICA liISOEB for Indigestion, Nausea. Heartburn. Sick Head ache. CholeraM orbus, Ac- where a warming, ge nial stimulant U required. Its careful prepara tion aaieuti.e parity make it a cheap and relia ble article for culinary purposes. Sold every where at 50 cit. per bottle. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggists July 20, 1866:eow:ly GOODS. The subscribers hare just opened a large and general assortment of SPRING & SI MMER GOODS BUYERS IN SEARCH OF BARGAINS are respectfully Invited to call, feeling assured we can please all in QUALITY AMD PRHE. TERMS: Cash or Produce. When credit is given it is only for six Motrins —after that jieriod interest will be charged on all account*. A. It. CRAMER & CO. May 3d. l-e7.:4t. 52R.000.000. THE NEW SIX PER CENT. PENNSYLVANIA STATE LOAN FKEE FROM ALL STATE, COUNTY A.VD MUNICIPAL TAXATION. Will be furnished in sum; to suit, on applica tion to the nearest Bank or Banker: also by either of the undersigned, JAY COOKE & CO. DREXEL A CO. E. W. CLARK 4 CO. April 26:6 m. Bankers, Philadelphia, HUNTINGDON 1 BBOADTOF RAILROAD —■<te and after Monday, May S, 1887, Pa*, 'er.ger Trains will arrive ao-J depart as follows: Maii. Exprew BTATIOSB Man. Xpm. P.M. A. M. SIDINGS A.M. P. M J L r.6.e<) l* 7.46 ■ Hantiagilrm, AS9.I6' A84.4 ; * #.17 8.85 McCnncllat'iab *.48 4.2' 4.25 8.17 Plcaeaot Grove, r.4j 4j6 8.39 8.33 Marklesbnrg. 9.43 4.0® 6.51 8.49 Coffee Ran, B.t* .4 J 7.82 8.37 RoagfcsA Keadv 8.10 3M 7.14 9.8? Core, 7.39 3.24 7.13 9.13 Fisher's Summit 7.35 3.10 4*7.33 ab 9.38 ~ . LK7 48 LE2.65 1.e7.4'. T.E 9.48 A , 7.38 4 82.55 I 8.0 4 18.08 Riddlesbnrg, 7.10 2-35 8,12 18.es Hopewell, 7.82 2.27 < 8.24 18.24 Piper's Ron, fi.46 2Ji ! 5.40 10.44 Tatasviiie, 6.28 1.47 8.5 18.55 Bloody Ron, 6.14 1.34 ! iitii ab 18.59 Mount Pallas. lb 8.18 itIJH SHOCP'3 RUN BRANCH. 1.e7.i8 IE 9.50 Sexton, Alt 7.30 A r.! ,6ft -.65 16.05 Coaimnnt, 7.15 2.45 8.10 10.18 Crawford, 7.85 2 i Ait-.20 ab 10.20 Dudley, le 7.0" ie 2. .0 Broad Top City. May 18:67. JOHN M'KILLIPS, Sopt. N' 'EW FANCY AND MILLINERY STORE LXPARALLELEI) ATTRAI'TiO.V! MRS. BORDER & CO.. (at the store lately o-copied l-y Mrs. Cam A Co have just received the best assortment of FANCY DRY AND MILLINERY GOODS that has ere been brought to this place, which they will se! VERY LOW FOR CASH : r'istLag. in part. PERSIAN TWILLS. WOOL DELAINES. PURE MOHAIR LUSTRES, DE LAIXES. CALICOS, MUSLINS, WHITE COLORED CAM 1-slt ■ SACKING FLANNELS, CLOTH FOR SACKS, Ac., LADIES' A CHILDREN'S SHAWL.-, NOTIONS, in great variety, Kid, Beaver, Back Silk, Lisle and Cotton Gloves: Lamb's Wool, Mr rir.o and Cotton Hose, for Ladies and Gentleaien Dress Buttons and Trimmings in great variety. Peper and Linen Cuffs and Collar- for ia-he, gents. Worsted and Cotton Broiding, Braids, Vt . vet Ribbons, black and bright colors, Crap- V. and Silk Tissue for Veils: Hopkins" "Own Make Hoop Skirts, all fixes; G. W. Laird's 81-x>m • Youth, for the complexion, Ac. MILLINERY GOODS OF ALL KINDS, consisting of Bonn etst, Hats, Ribbons. Laces. Pi- .- ers, Ac. %'MiLeiiery work done wn short o tice, in the neatest and latest styles. %*Call and see for yourselves before 'cayta; elsewhere. We will show ourgoods with pleasurt free of charge. 1 Jfsy lii.im.l gEDFOR I) CLOTHING EMPORII M. \fcW GOODS IT SEW PHMTX R, W. BERKSTRESSER & CO., IlaTing removed t j Schaffer's R-.-w. Juliana St.. three doors North of Lewis' Drug St->re, we are prepared to show our friends and customer? the finest atock of goods in onr line ever brought to Dedford. In READY - MADE CLOTHING we have everything that eaa be askei for, 40 per cent lower than last year. COATS, PANTS, \ ESTS and SUITS of every description. DRY GOODS, CALICOS, MUSLINS, DELAINES, SING HAMS, Ac., Ac. NOTIONS—Latent ty3e Paper and Linen Cel lar? for Ladie* tnd <ents, Necktief, Suspender?, Handkereh.cf-. The best and cheapest Hosiery in town. >k:n Braids, latent tyle? Skeletons and best quality. Ol* R C ASSI MER ES will attract the particular attention ef lover cf good, fashionable and cheap goods. In Hat- we have a line superior in manufacture to ant rvt brought to Bedford, as well as a!! leading and standard style-. Gentlemen would do well To ex aiuioe our stock. In Straw Goods we hate the late-t styles for gentlemen*' wear at gTeatlr r-- duce.i prices. These are also direct from the manufacturer -ed can be sold very low. Also, Shakers of all sixes. *•*' ALL, KVERY'BODY, aDd see for Toor=elf. Js#-NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.-Sa TERMS—Cash ox* Produce- R. W. BEKKSTRESSER A CO. NOTR E—Having changed my business rela tions I desire to close all accounts at once, either by note or cash. Those indebted will please take notice, and act accordingly. Nay .-as. R. W. BEKKSTBESSER AUDITOR'S SETTLEMENT ..f South Wood berry Township. Jacob Guyer, Supervisor, DR. To amount duplicate $457 16 $437 16 CR. By amount work and per centsge $442 36 " ** paid Auditors 4 59 " " Cash to J. B. Snowberger .. 16 39 $457 16 Jos. B. cn. wberger. Eupcrvisor, DR. To amount duplicate $452 76 " Cash from Jacob Guyrr 10 30 $463 66 CR. By amount work and percentage $562 39 $562 s9 Balance due Jos. B. Snowberger $99 33 The above is a true statemen* of the Supervi sors account of South Woodberry Township, for the vear 1866. JOHN G. SNIDER. ADAM HADERMAN, WILLIAM DELANCY, April 8, I Stif. [mayttd— 3;.] Twp. Auditors. TM PORT ANT TO BUILDERS. T. Ul RCHIYELL & CO\S. NEW PLANING MILL, HUNTINGDON, PA. Having erc.-ted a first class Mill, we art now prepared to furnish all kinds of BUILDING MATERIALS of DRY LUMBER at M-derate Prioes, White and Yellotc I'ine Flooring, Weather Boarding. Door aad Windoic Frames, Doors and Sash. All hinds of Blinds and Shutters, Brackets and Scrolls sawed to order, Wood- Moulding* of every description always on hand. Turning. Newell P.>-ts. Ba'isters, Ac." Being situated on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Canal it is convenient for shipping to any part of the State. The Senior Partuer be ing a practical Architect and Builder will furnish Plans, Specifications and IHtail Drawing for all kinds of buildings. Orders for work solicited and promptlv filled. April 26:3 m. QtTUCKEY J HAKES, IO LAW, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, AND AUCTIONEERS. Office on Main street, between Fcurth an l Fifth, opposite the Court Home, Kansas City, Mo. Investigators of Title-. Taxes Paid. Rents Col lected, Houses, Lots and Farming Lands bought and sold. Information in reference to places of business in the city and surrounding country cheerfully given. Business respectfully solicited w. h. -suns, ■, i, srrctuti. auy&tf.
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