•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,}.