•gebforb Inquirer. 7N. PA., MMO. E BISIJ IHIS NOTICE. . . T lithe aothorixed agent t' TYiimffi" dvcr ' tnuTSt tiT Aprir* chance to pay up for the next year. CO I'JIT Y CONVENTION. The Republican voters of the several election districts of Bedford County, ate desired to hold elections for delegates to a County Convention hereby called, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of June inst. Each district will, as usual, send two delegates. The member of the County Committee, together with Ike Vigilance Committee of the district, will constitute its board of election. The polls will be opened at 2 P. M. and closed at 7 P. M. The delegates thus elected arc requested to meet at the Court House, in Bedford, on THUitS DAY, THE FOURTH HAY OF JULY NEXT, at the hour of 1 P. M., for the purpose of nomina ting a county ticket, to be supported by the Re publican voters of this county next fall. Such other business as may be deemed impor tant by the convention will also be transacted. J. B. CESSNA, Chairman, J. T. KEAOY, See'y. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. Saturday the 29th inst., is the day ap pointed for holding the elections in the va rious townships for delegates to the Union County Convention. It is unnecessary to urge upon the Union men of the county the importance of these elections, and the ne cessity for sending the best men in their ranks to the convention, but it will not be amiss to say here, that while their impor tance is admitted in theory it is for the most part ignored in practice. It is too much the custom to neglect delegate elections, and leave the appointment of delegates to a few persons, so that there is no fair expression of the public will by the parties represent ing the various districts. The affairs of our county as conducted for some years past, serve to show the importance of both nom inating and electing good men for the va rious offices, who are both able and willing to discharge their duties as guardians of the public Wplfarc . TLp 10 -r nnirorw nf ty nave a deep interest in these matters for they must bear the burthen of the public expenditure. Let them take hold of the matter at the delegate elections and see that good men are sent as delegates, who will be able to place good, faithful, honest and competent men in nomination, who, il elec ted, will discharge the duties of their vari ous offices in such a manner as shall re dound to their own credit and that of the party electing them. COPPERHEAD COUNTY CONVEN TION. The Copperhead County Convention as sembled in this place on last Tuesday and put in nomination a ticket to be supported by them at the coming election. The nom inees are for District Attorney, E. F. Kerr, of Bedford; Treasurer, Isaac Mengel, of Bedford; County Commissioner, Peter M. Barton, of East Providence; Poor Director, John I. Noble, of South Woodberry, and Auditor, Samuel Whip, of Cumberland Valley. This is about the best ticket that has been put in nomination by that party for some years. All the men are sound | practical men, and will make good and reli able officers. It is evident that the coun try for once got the advantage of the town, and that the leaders here were foiled in their efforts to secure the usual creatures who are entirely subservient to tliem. We claim some credit for this deviation from the usual course of nominating men without business qualifications for the offices of Com missioner, Poor Director and Auditor. It will be a credit to the candidates put in nomination by the Kepublican party to de-. feat or be defeated by such men. We want the fight to be for principles, not men; in a contest of this kind we have everything in UUr ffevut, irhilc ow opponents could not bo worse situated if they had mill stones fas tcnod to iko noolia. AGRICULTURAL MEETING. A meeting of the Bedford County Agri cultural Society has been called for the 29th inst.,which wc hope to see well attend ed. Now that an earnest effort is being made to awaken a renewed interest in agri cultural matters we would like to sec our more intelligent farmers give the enterprise the time and attention it requires. The time spent in holding meetings, fairs, &c., is never lost, but is oiten more than com pensated for by the increased interest awakened in agricultural pursuits. No county in the state has greater need than ours of the infusion of a spirit of improve ment in our agriculture. Scarcely a farm in the county to day yields more than half what it might, while many do not yield a fourth part of what they ought. This is not so much the fault of the farms as of the farmers, and it will only be remedied when a higher degree of intelligence and business capacity is devoted to the work. This will only be done when an increased interest in their work is awakened amongst our far mers. Improved stock, better man agement of farm labor, the introduction, wherever practicable, of labor saving ma chinery, more- thorough culture, and every thing calculated to make farming attractive and profitable follow in the wake of the spirit of energy and activity awakened by meetings and fairs, where the various meth ods of culture are discussed, the products of the farm exhibited and the profitableness of agricultural pursuits demonstrated. No one will deny our need of all #beso. Let all who feel an interest in this subject and who wish to see a change for the belter, lend their influence and give a share of their time to an effort for the improvement of lieaiorot County farming. THE spirit pervading the Copperhead Convention which nominated Geo. Shars wood ofPhiladelphiafor the Supreme Bench, was suown when a resolution complimenting Genera Jheridac was introduced. 11 would not do to vote it down, so it was proinptlv decided out of order and nothing more was heard of it Compliments to Union Generals havc always been out of order in Copperhead Conventions. If the resolution had been to compliment Robt. E. Lec or Jeff'. Davis it would doubtless have been found quite in order and promptly passed. LoNGSVKMT. the late Rebel General ha, written a letter defining his polit.od position wbic h we publish in another column. H will repay a careful perusal by tdl, T c ciallv by those of our Copperhead brethren Mohave been troubled with vrstona of tto. sTTugnf alliance vvith the Democratic party, merely because it was opposed to the Repub lican party. But as far as I can judge there is nothing tangible about it, except the issues that were staked upon the war and there lost. Finding nothing to take hold of except preju dice, which cannot be worked into good for any one, it is proper and right that T should seek some standpoint from which good may be done." While Copperhead papers throughout the North would have their readers believe that unheard ofoppiession characterized the rule of our officers in the various departments of the South, thousands of honest and intelli gent men, like General Longstreet, bear wit ness to the fact that under the Military Bill order is being brought oat of chaos and the work of reconstruction is rapidly and suc cessful being accomplished. When will our Copperhead cotomporaries have the manliness to acknowledge, like Longstreet. that their party has nothing tangible about it except the issues that were staked upon the war and lost, and that its only remaining capital is prejudice which cannot bo worked into good for any one. WHEN the Military Reconstruction Bill became a law, President Johnson declared that it gave to the Military Commanders in the several Departments "absolute power,' and gave them supreme control over affairs so far as the exercise of power becume ne cessary to secure the intentions of the law. Now he is about to nullify the law through the force of an opinion, framed by the At torney General, on the ground that the law confers uo such power as the Commanders have been exerting—although they have not gone half so far as he declared they could go, and not violate the law. The tiuth is, the Executive has deliberately set out to thwart the law and prevent reconstruction. f'it/s/ui/ r/h ('ommercial. HENRY CLAY DEAN is boldly advocating repudiation. Ho takes tho ground that the Government has no Constitutional authori ty to coerce a sovereign State against its will; that when a State wills to leave the Union it has a clear right to go; that war to retain it before going or to bring back a State after it has gone, is usurpation; and that all debts contracted to furnish supplies for such a war, arc illegal; and he, there fore, advocates the repudiation of the na tional debt. Henry Clay Dean is endorsed as a reliable Democrat by a large majority of the Copperhead press of the country. Is not the party which these organs represent, therefore, in favor of repudiation ?—/hirri burgh Telegraph. BEAUTIFY THE HIGHWAYS. —AN agri cultural journal suggests that the State should offer a premium for the township that should plant and keep in good cultiva tion or care, for two or more years, the lar gest number of fruit trees on the public roadside. Then let the legislature enact a law punishing with imprisonment any one who shall break a limb from said trees, or take from theni more than one quart of cherries or one dozen apples at a time. There is much in the suggestion.— Evening Star. THE war against General Sheridan contin ues. The most persistent efforts arc being made to have him removed because of his evident determination that none but honest and loyal men shall bear rule in his depart ment. Rebels stand no chance with little "Phil." The work of reconstruction goes bravely on under his administration. His removal by the President will be the signal for the inauguration of a new reign of ter tor. THE Copperhead Convention at llarris burg were entirely oblivious ofhis Accidency and his name seems never to have been men tioned. Alas poor Andy! The fat offices are about all filled. SAMPLES of new wheat from Middle Ten - nessec have appeared in the markets of Pittsburgh, Louisville and Cincinnati. SIGNIFICANT.—The Copperhead conven tion at Harri-burg dodged the Free Rail road question. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. DP.. J. C. HOLLAND will complete and publish, early in the fall, his new poem "Kat rina." IT is now definitely arranged that the forth coming Pennsylvania Agricnltaral Society Fair will be held in Pittsburgh. IT is announced that the Sebleswig question has been satisfactorily settled by the cabinets of Copenhagen and Berlin. HIRAM POWERS, the American sculptor, will visit his native land next autumn. He has lived in Italy some twenty years. AT a Republican meeting in Trenton, N. J., last week, Ware, a Philadelphia negro, pithily said: "Radicalism is this: if you don't give it what it jsks, it will take more." AT the anti-slaverv Convention in Boston, last week, Senator Wilson said "there was no more danger in speaking in the South than in any part of the North." THE Republicans of Lancaster county, in convention, present to the State the name of Thomas E. Franklin as a candidate for the Supreme bench. LATE Southern advices seem toindicate the speedy impeachment by the Union men of Alabama of that judicial anomaly Judge Rich ard Busteea. At its next session Congress will be called on to move in the matter. THE potato bug is destroying the growing potato crop in some parts of fowa and in Rock River region of Illinois. The pestifer ous insects swarm over the potata fields like locusts, and literally destroy the plants. THE other day, a Mr. Sims, living two of t'olom, Mori Tin COUllty, Illinois, sold his entire crop of strawberries off of forty acres of land, delivered to parties in Chicago, for filty thousand dollars. Straw berries pay < his year. QUEEN VICTORIA has resolved to devote two and a half million of dollars of her savings during the last few years for the endowment of a convalescent hospital near London. The Empress Eugene recently gave up a beautiful chateau near Lyons for u purpose similar to that which Queen Victoria is now promoting. THE example of George l'eabody, in buil ding comfortable houses for the London poor excites emulation. The trustees have receiv ed a bequest of £'30,000 from a worthy geutle inan; aud A. T. Stewart, of New York, has procured copies of the plans and photographs of the buildings. Is taking their position unqualifiedly again#* i i the Democracy of • £f,he n re n wm Insert negro Constitution, and the Democrats as a bod; are little likely to place themselves in WpOtt """ t iwmcißPto ol .11 ruimaeipbta and Mew York. The Republi can party in that important Stale is thus placed on a firm foundation, and in a position to carry the State. Ax the recent Masonic celebration in Win chester, Va., the apron worn by the. orator, William 11. Tracers, formerly belonged to General George Washington, and was pre sented to him by General Lafayette, and has beautifully wrought in silver and gold the I lags of France and the United States com bined, aud fonus by their combination die principal Masonic emblems. A number of the French residouts in New York have organized a co operative assoeia tion, which for several weeks past has sold bread to its members by exact weight, at the rate of eight cents per pound for first quality, and a proportionate price for lower grades. A large number of members have already been enrolled, and additional subscriptions are coming in. The conductors are fully as sured of the success of the enterprise," and have already determined to exteitd their field of operation by furnishing meats, groceries and all other articles of family consumption. THE Alt a California tells the following stoi. "Ah rhuric, as hts name Imports, is a native of the Flowery Kingdom. He is an artist of uo mean distinction. He has been, for some time past, a resident of California, and is so well pleased with 'Melican man. that he wants to heeome an adopted brother. Accordingly he, this morning, applied to Judge Hoffman to be made a citizen. The question as to his eligibility is a novel one. 'All tree white male citizens, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards are certainly eligible. But whether the Mongolian race can justly claim to be classed with white citi zens is a controverted point. .Judge Hoffman set counsel to work to study the Civil Rights bill, and the law bearing on the case." A KNOT of South Carolina planters talking about General Sickles's late orders, one a-krd why not appeal to the president. Another said "he did sound the President about it at Raleigh, but all the answer Johnson gave was that his hands were tied. He could do oot'i ing to cheek these military gentlemen without making more trouble for himself and for u all. I toll you, they have got him perfectly cowed. See how tender footed he was in his speech at Releigb. That Chicago nip '"a riotfa'reTo usV" hie 'fm pbieffrnent committee is to him. He looks strong, but his spine is injured." THE Californiums have not waited for the hoisting of the American flag iti Russian America, but have already dispatched the steamship Oriflamnte from San Francisco, with passengers for New Archangel and Sitka. Another steamer will succeed her in two months, and it is expected that by the time of her arrival our Government will have for mally taken possession of the new territory. The pioneers will at once begin to "recon struct" all the institutions, industries and interests of the conjitry and its inhabitants. Before the snmtner.is over they will have ex plored the summit of Mount St. Klias, navi gated the Knitehpek for at least a thousand miles, and scratched the whole surface of the territory in search of gold. Secretary Sew ard will have to hurry up his part of the work, and the Government had better at once en force definite rules iti regard to the proprie torship ol the soil, so that future com plica tions may be prevented. LETTER IK OH THAI). STEVENS lie favors a July Session of Cony, r - Th.< Opinions oj th< Attorney (> . J A'- quire further Laws. WASHINGTON, June 15. -Tii.iddcu, Se vens has a tidies,-ml the following letter to the editor of the Washington Chronicle: LANCASTER, PA.. Juno Id. I think it is proper to suggest the pro priety of having a quorum in Congress on the first proximo. The opinions of the At torney General seem to require some ex planatory or supplementary acts. | u<-e<J not point out errors' in favor of rebels, as there are many of them easily seen For instance, it is provided that to l>o entitled to be registered requires one year's residence in the State. Every man can see that this means continued residence, immediately be fore election; but the Attorney General holds that the party may take nine months when he was a boy and tlroc months now. Andrew Joh n-on. by going a mouth before the election to North Carolina, where he lived thirty years ago, could vote; so with regard to clerks, military and civil officers, NRVL FHRTVF* K F AIKSOV in the rebellion. But I will not take time to criticise. A mistake more objectionable is the fact of usurpation by the Attorney General in acting at all on the question, and erecting his decisions as binding. Officially the Attorney General has no more right to interfere than the President hud to ret-on struct, which pretension Congres- has set tled. Since it has been adjudged that the conquered States are to be treated n> sub dued territory and rebuilt without reference to their former conditions, by the legisla tive power alone, it is to be supposed that Congress alone is to be appealed to in ease oi difficulty. It is true the Attorney General is too good a lawyer to pretend to net under the Constitution, as it is well decided that ad mitting new States, and, of course, rebuild ing conquered territory, does not come with in the provisions of that instrument. His opinion is just as good as any other good lawyer's, and no better. It is the attempt to treat it as official (hat is objectionable. When he rules what shall be evidence, if obeyed, he does great wrong. Jle ha.-, a fair excuse, however, under tne invitation of commanding generals. I have said this much with great relac tanee, but findinc my colleagues indifferent to the question, I have not been able to n frain. I fear, lest it should be thought I obtrude my opinions too often in public mat ters, but my anxiety relative to reconstruc tion iuu-t lie my excuse. With great re spect, your obedient servant THADDKU STEVENS. DAVIS AND COWAN.— The New York Day Book. the leading organ of the Demo cracy in the \ 'nited States, is out in a strong article favoring the nomination of Jeff. Davis and Edgar Cowan, as the Democratic candidates for President t.nd Vice President of the United States. The Day liook says: Mr. Davis's imprisonment has been cruel and infamous, but on the whole, its result has been a great_ triumph to himself person ally. He has vindicated his position most nobly and heroically, and comes out of his prison without a stain upon bis houor. If BE will u'jw C-JUIU out for a restoration of the Union upon the white batit, we do not see how the Democratic party could do better than to nominate him for President in iffbs. Put on Edgar Cowan, ol Pennsylvania, for \ ice President, and we do not see why this would not make a White Man's ticket that would sweep the North, restore the Union, and at once inaugurate "the era of good feel ing- The idea of nominating Grant and Lee has been suggested in some quarters, but Davis and Cowan would be infinitely more appropriate. —Lot it be Davis and Uowau, the lirst the bloodiest traitor of the age, the last the meanest renegade of his times. Telegraph. VIEWS OF UEN. LONE STREET. He mill act With i Faroes Negro Suffrage North and South -Dcmocracii Dead. The New Orlsane Republican of tlm 6th I®, ISR3FA! _('ot fhc fitrPSSfWo, you remark that "'our efforts at reconstruction will bo vain and useless uulvss wc embark in the en terprise with the sincerity of purpose which will command success." The spirit which inspired the above para graph, together with the fact that thous ands of brnve solders are still ready to fol low their loader vherevcr he may see fit to call them, has ontoldcned me to extend you an invitation to attend a mass mcetAig in Lafayette Sqiare to morrow evening at which lion. Ileniy Wilson, a distinguished leader in the Rerabiican party, will address the citizens of Ntw Orleans. As soldiers we rem opposed to each other during the late wtr, hut as citizens may we not wisely unite it efforts to restore Louisi ana to her femur position in the Union through the nartynow in power, and which in all probability viH retain power for many years to come? I'you accept I shall be glad to hoar your view; on tbo condition of pub lic affairs. Respectfully, yours, Ac., John M. G. Parker. .sew ORLEANS; La., June 3 18(17. ./. G. Darker, Rip; MV Dear Sir: —Yur esteemed favor of the 15th ultimo was tlily received. I was much pleased to Havel the opportunity to hear benator Wilson! and was agreeably surprised to meet such fairness and frank nes- iu a politician whou I have been taught tj behove uocompromis ngly opposed to the white people of the South. I have maturely considered your sugges tion t<> "wisely unite in efforts to restore Louisiana to her former position in the Union through the party in power. 1 ' My letter ill the Cthof April, to which you re for. clearly indicates a desire for practical reconstruction and reconciliation. Practical men can surely distinguish between practi cal recoil-traction and reconstruction as au abstract question. I will endeavor, howev er with renewed energy, to meet your wishes ib the matter. The serious difficulty 1 apprehend is the want of that wisdom which is necessary for the great work. 1 shall be happy to work in any harness that promises bear the mantle iff .Mr. Davis or the mantle of .Mr. Sumner, so that 1 may help to bring the of "peace and good will toward tuen. ' i I.all -ot out by assuming a proposition, that i bold to be self evident, viz: The high est of human laws is the law that is estab lished by appeal to arms. The great principles that divided political parties prior to the war were thoroughly diseu-.-ed by out wisest statesman. When argument was exhausted resort was had to compromise. When compromising was unavailing, disett-.-ion vva- renew, d, and ex pedient- v ore -ought, but none could be found, to -nit the emergency. Appeal was finally made to the sword to determine which of the claims was the construction of constitutional law. The sword has decided in favor of the North, and what they claim ed as principles cease to he principles and are become law. The views that we hold cease to be principles because they are opposed to law. It is therefore out duty to abandon ideas that are obsolete and conform to the requirements of law. The military bill and amendments arc peace offerings. Wc should accept them as such, and place ourselves upon them as the starting point from which to meet future political ts-uis as they arise. Like o her Southern men, T naturally sought alliance with the Democratic party, merely because it was opppscd to the Re publican party. But as far as 1 can Judge, there is nothing tangible about it, except the issues that were staked upon the war, and there lost. Finding nothing to take hold of except prejudice, which cannot be worked into good for auy one, it is proper and right that 1 should seek some stand point l'roin which good may be done. If I appreciate the principles of the Democratic party, its prominent features oppose the enfranchisement of the colored man, and deny the right to legislate upon the subject of suffrage, except by the-States individually. These two features have a tendency to exclude Southern uieu front that party, for the colored man is already enfran chised here, and we cannot seek alliance with a party that would restrict his rights. The exclusive right of the States to legislate upon suffrage will make the eafranshisement af iiu. blacks, "V"titer for butter or for worse, a 'fixture amongst U s. ft appears, therefore, that those who cry loudest against this it \f order of tilings us a public calamity are those whose principles would fix it upon u without a remedy. Hence it becomes us to insist tfiat suffrage should be extended in ail th States, and fully tested. The people of the North should adopt what they have forced upon us: and if it be proved to be a mistake, they should remove it by the reme dy under republican principles of uniform laws upon suffrage. If every man in the country will meet the crisis with a proper appreciation of our con dition. and come faiti., up to his rcsponsi b.lities, on to morrow the sun will smile up on a happy people; our fields will again begin to yield their increase; our railroads and rivers will teem with abundant commerce; our towns and eities will sound with the tumult ot trade, and we shall be invigorated by the blessings of Almighty God. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient -orvant, James Lonostkket. FROM WASHINGTON. Tic Sue, at/ Trial. -Th< Attorney (/aur al - Oupiuion.—President trill Restore Rein I Official*.—-Earnest Call jor Inly S --.ion of Congress. —The Pe sulent's < '"II for August a Ruse.—Petition for Rebel Gen. Long street's Pardon. WASHINGTON, juqe 17. —The jury in the the Surratt case is, on the whole, much bet ter 11 KIIJ it was supposed possible to get lor this case. The gentlemen are, with perhaps one <>r two exceptions, of first-class standing in the city. Politically the jury is conser vative, though not prominent in polities. Only one or two are Catholics. The evi dence is likely to be fairly considered. .Judge Fisher is ntill confined to his bed. Nathaniel Wilson, Assistant District Attor ney, opened for the prosecution. Mr. Brad ley, t'nr defense, said they would reserve their opening remarks for the .Jury. The Attorney Cultural to-day personally mailed copies of his opinion on the powers of military commanders in the Southern States, agreed on in Cabinet yesterday, to the lending journals of the country. East and \V..t lie declined to allow and Syno pi- or the fnil opinion to be telegraphed in advance. The tenor of it is however, well known, and it is freely held in administra tion circles to-day that the moment it is spread before the country, the President will issue orders revoking every order issued by Cups. Sheridan and Pope, which displac ed civil officials of the State and cities with in their respective commands. It is seemingly conceded in Republican quarters to day that there will be a July ses sion of Cougross. T|>c Vhroniclr has issued a double-leaded two column article, which has been sent to alt of the Republican mem bers, calling upon them in the most positive language not to fail to be present at. the meeting in July. It declares that the re ceut telegram forwarded t < ) , c^ rtal '\, j?" r T.! B that an extra session would bo call in Au eust bv the Executive, was sent by the President's sanction, and that it .s a jnere ruse to prevent aJu y session I;he Re publican (Jongroswonal Committee a. rep resented as recommending a July wss'on A paper is in cireulahon here, and ts being numerously signed, asking the I resident to pardon Gen. Lonsstrcct. , , General Granfrejurncd tins morning, and was busily occ'pmd at the hcadqumtcrn of tin a. my tlo-n* the arlim day An agen : f or the Pacific Railroad, Cali fornia' -lit, has arrived in Washington to obtain trough the Freedmcn'a Bureau, the servic 9 °f from one thousand to five thous and colored laborers or. that road, offering t)*m steady employment and high wages, '."here are thousands of colored men out of employment in this city. The Southern officials are congratulating themselves to-night on the promulgation of Attorney General Stanbery's opinion. They believe that soon after the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday an order w ill be issued revoking the orders issued by Generals isheri dan and Pope-displacing them from the of fices they held under the States of Georgia and Louisiana. FROM SEW ORLEANS. Adjournment of tde Radial Republican Stale Convention— The Platform Adopted NEW YORK, June 17. —The Herald '* New Orleans special says: The Radical Repub iican State Convention adjourned nine die, <3l in-lay night after indorsing the following platform: We advocate and will enforce perfect equality under the law to all men without distinction of race or color; (indorse the acts of the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congress will reconstruct Loui-iana upon the Congressional basis, and send to Congress only true and loyal nlen. Nominations for offices to bo made only of those who will en force and protect equality and the right to hold office, irrespective of race or color. We will insist on perfect equality, without distinction of race or color, in the right to vote; and enter the jury box without any ed ucational or property qualifications being required; also on the right to practice all professions; to buy, sell, travel and be enter tained, an.i to enter into any and all civil contracts. We will advocate the granting of immediate assistance by the General Gov ernment for rebuilding thelovees._ _Wc will also advocate emigration, and division of lands of the State, as far as practicable, into small farms, in order that the masses of our people may be enabled to become land-hol ders. Wcwill advocate the rejieal of the I we will demand as a right; mat all legislation I lie abolished and taxes laid on all the pro ! ductive wealth ofthc Union. Let the products j of agriculture, mines and manufactures be | equally and fully taxed. We will advocate equality in schools and the enforcement of the eight hour system, except in cases of special contract. We will insist on a thor ough revision of the laws of Louisiana that they may guarantee equal justice to the black and white alike. We pledge our selves to aid the Government in paying the last dollar of the public debt. The platform further condemns Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation, believing the dis franchisement of rebels to be the highest duty of the General Government, and favors the maintenance of an adequate military force in Louisiana to see the laws enforced and life and property protected; declares that no man is to be supported for office who will not boldly and openly pledge himself to, make an equal distribution among white and colored alike, of all offices to which be may have the power of appointment. As the newly enfranchised citizen constitutes a majority of the party, at least one-half of the nominations Tor elective offices shall be taken from that class of citizens. No dis tinction to be made, whether the nominees or appointees were born free or not, provi ded they are loyal, capable and honest. The party will always discountenance any attempt on the part of any race or color to assume practical control of any branch of the Government to the exclusion of any race or class. FROM MEXICO. CajAari of C'tmpeachtj by flic Liberal*. WASHINGTON, .June 16.— The following is a translation of the official report of the capture of the city of C'auipcaehy by the Liberals:. Mexican Republic, Government and Mili tary Commanderg of the State of Cam peachy. I have the satisfaction to inform you that our troops occupied this city early this moaning, of which wc are now in full possession, and also of the last armed laun ches which the traitors held under the cover of their batterios. So soon as the general in chief of the forces in this State shall have tvnkhed me a detailed report of this glo rious victory, I shall have the pleasure to transmit it to you. We are now busily en gaged in preparing for the immediate dis patch to you of a formidable reinforcement, which, when united to the forces under your command, will contribute to strike the final blow to treason in the State of Yucatan. Independence and liberty. P. GARCIA. FRANCISCO CARVAJAI., Secretary. To the Governor and Military Commander of the State of Yucatan. Merida. CAM PKACHV, .June 1, 186". Mineral Kesourees of Missouri.—lmpor tance of St. Louis. The following extract is from an interest ing article by Paron in the Atlantic Monthly for June: lias the reader ever taken the trouble to observe what a remarkable piece of the earth's surface the State of Missouri is? Surface indeed! We beg pardon; Mis souri goes far enough under the surface to furnish mankind with one hundred million tons of coal for thirteen hundred year,-! Think of 26,887 square miles of coal beds— nearly half the State—and some of the beds fifteen feet thick. With regard to iron it is not necessary to penetrate the surface for that They have iron in Missouri by the mountain, Pilot Knob, 581 feet high and containing 360 acres, is a mass of irou; and Iron Mountain, six miles distant from it, is 228 feet high, covers 500 acres, and contains 230,000,000 tons of ore without counting the inexhaustible supply that may reasonably be supposed to exist below the level. There is enough iron lying loose in that region for a double track of railroad across the continent. The lead districts of Missouri include more than 6,000 square miles, and at least 580 "points" whore it is known that lead can be profitably worked. In fifteen counties there is copper,and in seven of these counties there is copper enough to pay for working the mines. There arc large deposits of zinc in the State. There is gold, also, which does not yet attract much attention because of the dazzling stores of the precious metals farther west. In short, within one hundred miles of St Louis, tha following metals and minerals arc lound in quantities that will repay working: Gold, iron, lead, zinc, cop per, tin, silver, platina, nickel, emery, co balt, coal, limestone, granite, pipe-clay, fin clay, marble, metallic paints and salt. The State contains 15,600,000 acres of land. Eight millions of these acres have the rich soil that is peculiarly suited to ihe raising of hemp. There are five millions of acres among the best in the world for the grape. Twenty million acres arc good farm ing lands adapted to the ordinary crops of the Northern farmer. Two million acres are mining lands. Unlike some of the piarie States, Missouri possesses a suffi ciency of timber land, and most of her prai ries are of the rolling variety. Above the city of St. Louis the Mississippi is naviga- ble lor SOU miles; below it,, for 1,345 mk. Twenty miles above the city, the Missouri pours >1 its turbid flood, navigable to a point nct-rly 3,(X)0 miles fwm St. Ijouts. Two hunured miles below the city is the mouth of the Ohio, which gives bt. Low* river commUMcation with ihtUburgh, 1,-W miles distant, and with the oil and coal re gion of Pennsylvania above Pittsburgh. The navigable tributaries of the Mississippi, 11,000 miles in length, place within reach of the city every town of much importance in a valley of 1,200 square miles, destined to contain a population of 3WL000.000 of peo ple. A tnousand miles of rtatooA in the Htate connect the city with the VV estern sys tem of roads, chief among which is the rail- , road to the Pacific. 5V hen that greatest work of man is finished in 1870, St. Louis, which is 1,060 miles from New York, and 2,300 miles from San Francisco, will be as manifestly the natural capital of the 1 nitcd States as it is now of the richest portion ol it. In 1800 St. Louis received and disposed of a little less than four and a quarter mi.l ions of bushels of corn. In 180.$ the quan* tity was loss than one millien and a halt oj bushels, which ( however, in 1865 increased to a little more than three millions, end in 1866 the quantity so received ana deposited was 7,233,071 bushels. St. Louis did a lar ger business in 1866 than in any year of Us existence, now more than a quarter ola cen tury The taxable property of the city in 1863 was less than $200,000,000, but at the close of 1860 it was *400,000,000. The Ore lit Crops— The Coming Harvest. The Journal of Commerce , in reviewingthe crop prospects, is certain that never before in the history of this country have the crops given such promise of plenty. We quote: The hay crop, one of the most valuable, is novr beyond the reach of any ordinary ca lamity, and the yield will be unprecedented. Our city readers can hardly understand what au immense gain this is to the country. Luring the last season the farmers in many rural districts saw the bottom of their hay mows for the first time in a score of years, and forty to fifty dollars per ton were often paid in the verv heart of agricultural districts largely devoted to grass culture. The crop of 1860 was put down in the census at a lit tle over nineteen million tons; that of 1866, bv the Agricultural Bureau, at 21,778,627 tons, valued si $317,661,837; but the yield of 1867 is likely to be over thirty million tons, a gain whose importance can hardly be overestimated. The wheat crop of the United States for 1866 is given by the Bu reau at 151,999,906 bushels, valued at $333,- 773,646. The yield this season is still sub ject to more contingencies than the hay * " U uaAtmnfi more universally cheering and ikruiaDic iu the largest estimates than ever before in our experience. The same is true of the corn crop. The yield of Indian corn for last year was given at 887,946,295 bushels, valued at $591,666,295. For this year the promise now exceeds twelve hundred million bushel.-. Other grains and most of the fruits are equally promisinc. The effect of such a supply upon the finances of the country will be almost magical, unless counterbalanced by the gros-e.-t mismanagement of national affairs. We have seen a statement in print, intended to show that it made little differ ence to the country whether the yield of any specified crop was large or small, since the price was enhanced by scarcity, and as much was obtained for a small return as a large one. This sophistry is too transparent to need refutation. The relief to all classes of laborers and producers to be found in the overflowing abundance now promised never came at a time when it was more sorely needed.'' How or K JOURNALISTS ARE PAID, — Sometime ago. in a sermon to members of the pr< the Reverend Doctor Talmadge said there were many journalists in this city living on the most stinted stipends, martyrs to the profession to which they felt them selves called. The reverend gentleman was about right. The following are tbe average salaries per week paid the editors of the leading papers of this city: The Press, eight editors, twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents, the Ledger, five, thirty dollars: the Age, three, twenty-five dollars; the Bulletin, four, twenty-five dollars; the North American two, twenty dollars; the German Democrat, three, twenty dollars; the Telegraph, three, including oyster critics, eighteen dollars; the Daily News, one, ten dollars; the Eric Press, two, thirteen dollars; the Inquirer, five, twenty-three dollars; the Abend Post, oue, twenty dollars. As to reporters, the Ledger employs four, at an average salary of twen ty dollars and eighty cents; the Press four, averaging twenty dollars and twenty-five cents; the Inquirer four, averaging nine dol lars and eighty-five cents. — Philadelphia Evening Pout. J M PORTA NT TO BUILDERS. T. BURCHI3TELL & CO'S. NEW PLANING MILL, HUNTINGDON, PA. Having enctej a first class Mill, we are now [prepared to furnish all kinds of BUILDING MATEKIAI-S of DRY LUMBER at Moderate Prices, White and Yellow Pine Flooring, Weather Hoarding, Door aad Window Frame*. Doors and Hash. All kinds of Blinds and Shutters, Brackets ami Scrolls sawed to order, Wood- Mouldings of every description always on hand, Turning, Ncwol! Posts, Balisters, Ac. Being situated <Ol the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Canal it is convenient for shipping to any part of the State. The Senior Partner be ing a practical Architect and Builder will furbish Plans, Specifications and Detail Drawing for all kinds of buildings. Orders for work solicited and promptly filled. April 26:3ia. IAOE SALE. —The subscriber offers at Private Sale the Farm on which he lives, between Bedford and "The Springs," containing 145 ACRKS of Limestone land; 10(1 acres in cultiva tion, the rest excellent Timber. Improvements are the Mansion, built in 1860, containing ten rooms: a tenant-house, barn, carriage-bouse, ice house, wood-sbed, smoke-house, spring-house, Ac. Also a never-failing spring of best soft water, with running pump at barn and mansion; several hundred choice young bearing fruit trees; three hundred bearing grape vines, foui years old, one hundred of who h arc Delaware?. This place will bo found a most desirable residence, or it would be admirably calculated for the establishment of a boarding-liouse for summer resort. The view is very fine: the supply of cold, soft water, is ample and excellent for baths of all kinds, and it is three fourths of a mile from the celebrated Bedford Mineral Springs. Pr,ce $14,000 —in reasonable payments. \ portion of the land is worth S2OO per acre—could be sold in lets at that. 1 f desired I will divide the place and sell the mansion house with ten or twenty acres separately. Apll:.im W. M. HALL. "T7IARMER MOWERS." I. A few of "The Farmer" Mowing Machines may be had by ordering soon from HARTLEY A MKTZGKR. It is the CHEAPEST and BEST single Mow, r ever invented. All Iron nud Steel. Call and see them at the sign of the BIG PAD LOCK. [may 24. I7OR HARK.—A good ROCKAWAY BUGGY, marly ncv. i- oflcred for sale on reasonable terms. For further particulars inquire at this office. luayolnit. - - UIIKENCASTLK (iRAIN CRADLES for I' ) the harvest of 1 *67. Look out for them and engage what you want in time at Hartley A Metiger's, FARMER'S DEPOT. [may24. A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deeds, on. the het parchui cut paper, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 18KU L FLANK DEEDS FDR SALE CHEAP at the ) INQUIRER OFFICE Nov 2. 180 ft AGUA DE MAGNOLIA A teilet 'leligbt. Hupcrior to any cologne, Urol to battle the the face and perron, to remlrr the aklii xoft and Irefb, to allay inflammation, to pr tuwe clothing, for headache, Ac. It ir manufae ■ iircil from the rich Southern Magnolia, and i- 01, luining a patronage quite unprecaden'ed. It i- a favorite with actreuea and opera ringera. It i fold by all dealeri, at JI.OO in large bottler, and by DKXAW BABXM <t Co., New Vork, W holer ale (Saratoga Mpnng water, -old by all Druggirt S. T. -1860 X. Persona ol sedentary habits troubled with wrk nees, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack .f appetite, dirtrees after eating, torphf liver, c.,n itioation, Ac., deserve to suffer if they will >r try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTKUs. which arc now recommenced by the highest med ical authorities, and warraated to produce n ,V Mediate beneficial effect. They arc exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must stprrredc all other tonics where a healthy, gentle af'woiU.at , required. 1 hey purify, strengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. 7bey are an antidoteto change of Water and diet. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miannatic and intermit (#( fever*. They pnrify the brewth and aridity *1 (he stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Con-tipstior,. They cure Liver Complaint and Nevvow J4.Mil ache. They make the weak strong, the languid brif liant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer They are composed of the celebrated Catisaya. bark, wintergrcen, sassafras, roots sod herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of impostor*. Kxamioe every b See that it ha* our private L'. .S. rtauip uumuii ted over the cork, with plantation scene, an l our signature on afiDC steel plate side label. S <■ that our bottle is not refilled with spurious and deb ■ terious stufi. Any person pretending to sell DU.i.tlon Sittuio Xrj tkiv m/fi'JH >, tn.li., 1 ~i Any person imitating thi- V-ttle, <.r selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or Dot, is a criminal under the U. S. Law, and will be so prosecuted by us. The demand for Brake's Plantation Bitters, fr-m la dies, clergymen, merchants, Ac., is incredible. The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their worth and superiority. Thcv are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physi cians, hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. F H DRAKE & CO. Saratoga Spring Hater,sold hv all Druggist.- Have you a hurt child ora lame horse!- l'c the Mexican Mustang Liniment. For cuts, sprains, burns, swellings, and caked breasts, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is a Mirs cure. For rheumatism, neuralgia, still joint-. :i; _• and bites, there is nothing like the Mexican Mu-- tang Liniment. For spavined horses, the poll-evil, ringbone and sweeny, the Mexican Liniment never fails. For wind-galls, wraKtiov lig hcA-i nod splint, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is w -rth its weight in gold. Cute, bruises, sprains and swellings, are* • com mon and certain to occur in every family, that a bottle of this Liniment is the best investment that can be made. It is more certain than the d-o-tor—it raw timc in sending for the doctor—it is cheaper tb in the doctor, and should never be dispensed with. "In lifting the kettle from the fire, it tipper! over and scalded my hands terribly. * [ The Mustang Liniment extracted the pain, cau; cd the sore to heal rapidly, and left very littlt scar. CHAS. FOSTER, 120 Broad st-, Phil Mr. 8. Liteb, of Hyde Park, V't. writes: "My horse was considered worthless, (spavin,) but since the use of the Mustang Liniment, I have sold him for flat'. Your Liniment is doing wonders up here." All genuine is wrapped in steel plate engraving , signed (J. W. Westbrook, Cheiuist, and also bis the private 1". S. stamp of DKMAR BARXKSA CO. over the top. Look , U/M' /y. find b derriretl by CWfltrr ettt. Sold by all Druggists, at 20, jtl cts.. andfl-Wt. Saratoga Spring Water,told by all Drugge t.. It is a most delightful Hair Pre lag. It eradicates scurf and daudruiV. It keeps the head cool and clean It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy. It prevents hair turning grny and falling off. It restores hair upon prematurely bald beads. This is just what Lyon's Kathsiron will do. It is pretty—it is cheap—durable. It is literally sold by the car-load, and yet its almost incredible demand is daily increasing, until there is hardly a country store that doc? not keep it, or a family that does not use it. E. THOMAS LYON, ChcuiLst, N. Y. Saratoga Spring Watrr, sold by all Druggist e Who would not be beautiful. Mho would ti"t add to their beauty! What giv - thai ularblc purity and distingue appearance wc observe upon the stage and in the city belle! Uis no longer a secret. They use Ilagan's Magnolia Baliu. Its continued use removes tail, freckles, pimples, and roughness, from the face an I hands, and leaves the complexion smooth, transparent, blooming and ravishing. Unlike many cosmetics, it con tains no material injurious to the skin. Any Druggist will order it for von, if not on band, at 50 cents per bottle. W. E. HAG AN, Trov. N. Y., Chemist. DEJUS BARNES A CO. Hholesale Agents, A'. Saratoga Spring Water. sold by all Dm re t ilcim.-trr.et's inimitable Hair Coloring is not a dye. All instantaneous die are composed Innar cntic, and Wore m It-.- , stroy llic vitali ty and beauty of the hair. This is the ori " Hair Coloriug. and has been growing in i 1 r over twenty years. It rest - res gray liair '• original color by gradual alunrpri u. in a most re markablc manner. It is also a beautiful hair dressing. Sold in two sixes—so cents and $1 all dealers. C. HE] M STREET, Chemist Saratoga Spring W ater. sold by ill Draggi : Lyon's Extra, t or l'rt.i .Iykvica Gin- is —for Indigestion, Nausea, Heat (burn. Si k Head ache, Cholera Morbus. Flatulency. A.-., where •> warming sUmuleut is tcptir l Its careful pre paration ard entire purity mass it a cheap and reliable article for culinary purposes. Sold every where, at 50 "tts. per bottle. Ask for "Lynn' I'uro Kxtract," Take no other. Saratoga Spring Water, dd by ull Druggie July 13th, 1306, cowl,}.
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