SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. &o. The INQIMHKKie published E-ery FRIDAY morn ing at the following rate* : Out! YEAR, (in advance.) 18.08 " (ii not paid within six tn0.)... ?2..'est the n arket can afford. The Bar is stocked with the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose to keep a FlttfrT-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit a renewal of their patronage. • N. B. Hocks will run constantly between the Hotel and the Springs. tnayl7,'67:ly WM. JJIBEKT, Prop'r. MORRISON HOUSE, HUNTINGDON. PA. T have purchased and entirely renovated the large stone and brick building opposite the Penn sylvania Railroad Depot, and have now opened it for the accommodation of the travelling public. The Carpets. Furniture. Beds and Bed ling are all entirely new and first class, and I am safe in say- j ing that I can offer accommodations not excelled in Central Pennsylvania. f refer to my patrons who have formerly known j me while in charge of the Broad Top City Hotel j and Jackson Hoase. raay2s:tf JOSEPH MORBISON. j m IML LLAI i:o IS. P I'PP A SHANNON, BANKERS, I\ BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND PKPOSIT. | Collections made for the East, West, North and ; South, and the general business of Exchange j I -.-J.-ivcte-l. Notes and Accounts Collected and ; Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE ! bought and aoid. feb22 j IVA N 1 K!, IP IRUER, I * PITT STRF.BT, TWO DOORS WEST OF TUB asn FORU HOTEL, BKEFOKD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL- j RY. SPECTACLES. AC. Jle keeps on hnnd a stock of fine Gold and Sil- j vor Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin. j rd Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold ] Wat'h Chains. Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Hold Pens. He will supply to order ! iny *hing in his line not on band. ['JT.2B/65- I V W. CROCSE If. WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST, <>n Pitt Street two doors west ot B. F. Harry's l't g Store, Bedford, l'a., is now prepared I veil by wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. All orders promptly filled. Persons desiring soy thing ,c bis line will do well to give hiut a nil, Jiedfurd, Oct 20. '65., UI'KBfIRKOW A- LfTZ Editor* and Proprietors, THE RAINY DAY. V H. IV. LONGFELLOW. The ilj i* colfi, axj'i dark, and dreary : It rains, and the wind ia never weary : The * ine still clinga to th mouldering wall, Bat at every gu*t the dead leaves fill, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, an 1 dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; My thoughts still cling to the niotiM. ring Past, But the hipcs of youth fallNfeiek in the biaxt, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart! and ccare tcpiaing : Behind the cloud* is the un #tiM s v .iuing : Thy fate is the common ia.e f all, Into each life suu.c rain must fall, SMne days must he dark and drea y. OUT OF THE TAVERN. Out of the tavern I've just ttepped to-night: Street ! you are caught in a very bad plight. Right hand and left :tre both out of jla:c— iSkreet. you are tlruuk I —'tis a very clear eas-e ! Moon ! 'tis a very queer figuro yoti cut, One eye is staring white 't other is shut ; Tipsy, I see ; and you're greatly to blame: Old us yuu are, 'tis a terrible shame. Then the street lamps—-what a scandalous sight! None of theiu soberly standing upright: Rocking ai d swaggering—why on my word, Kach of the lumps is as drunk as a lord ! All is confusion—now isn't it odd, I am the only thing sober abroad? Sure it were rash with this crew to remain : Better go into the tavern again. THADDEIS STEVENS. His views upon the Past and Present of our Government briefly expressed. [From the Philadelphia Press] A short and desultory discourse, between M. D. G. Pfeiffer, M. D., L. L. D., some time of the German Universities; for the last fifty veals and more, and inhabitant of America; bavin# left his native country for the sake of enjoying entire freedom of thought and action, and who has Icon in j tbc habit, as he has been afforded the tip portunity, of having consultation and inter course with Thaddeus Stevens, resident iu another portion of the same country—both Mill surviving—and said Thaddeus Steven-, >l. C. [DOCTOR. | DEAR FRIEND: Sitting here in my seclu ded study, it occurred to me to consult you with the familiarity of ancient times, s to your opinion of the present prospect s of our eountry. and whether we now are likely to approach any nearer to the true principles of liberty than our fathers did under their old and constrained Constitution; and to ask you at some little length to point out the means by whi< li the great (.lot—that I heinous crime—of our Constitution as it I was, could be got rid of without fuithcrdo lay or further convulsion. [ M. C. 1 MY DEAR FRIEND: 1 shall not decline to suggest a few ideas in reply to your que . tion, although, I am quite sure, you as capable of answering them as ! am. But our ancient intercourse has inspired you ! with confidence, I see, iny ur friend, which would be better justified had I pes ess* d I the opportanitiesof deep thought and study into the law of nations, which you had be ! fore I knew you. Whatever construction shall lie si sen to j the Constitution in its present condition by this Congress, and those nearest the great events which have modified it. will be likely I to be accepted, through future liu'ic, as its true meaning. It is important, therefore, that the most beneficial interpretation should bo given to it, and that it should be most liberally constructed, sons to secure all j human rights. In the changed condition of our country j and of that instrument, which, while it, as i to the old States, may not be perverted, is ' not so inflexible as to be incapable of yield j ing to the changing necessities of humanity. B-fore the Constitution was amended, I J could not agree with some of my learned | friends that Congress could intermeddle | with State laws relative to the elective fran chise in the United States. The eireum j stance of slavery seemed, while it was sub | uiittetito, to prevent it. After the amend i incut al>olishing slavery, I still doubted, and j proposed a constitutional remedy on the sth I day of December, 1865, in the following | words: "All national 1:i * laws shail he equally applicable to every ctViV, and no discrimination .-hall he made on account of l race and color.' I Since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, however, I have no doubt of our full power to regulate the elective fran-- ebise, so far as it regard? the whole nation, in every State of the Union, which, when tried, I hope will be so formed as to be b-n --eficial to the nation, ju-t to every citix. o, and carry out the great design of the fra j mcrs of the Government, according to their i views expressed in the Declaration of Inde pendence. It cannot fail to be benefieiai and conyc nient, when we consider the trouble and iu convenience whi it a citizen of one State encounters, when he travel- temporarily in to another. Instead <>f being a brother at home, he is now an alien in bis native 'and. j While he participate- in all the burthens and anxieties of the G ovt rnment. he is for- I bidden, if a non-resident, to take parr in j selecting the Magistrate who L to rule his ' destinies for the next four years, j In this there is no principle of rr/JuMicaa j justice. The Constitution of 1789 did not | carry out the principles i f "he government i which were intended by the l ath, rs, w hen | in 1776 'hey laid the foun iatiou of the Gov ! eminent on which this nation was to be \ built. Then they had been inspired with ! -uch a light from on high as never man was 1 inspired with before, in the great work of j providing freedom for the hun.au race, j through a Government in which no oppres sion could find a resting place. ' They contemplated the erection of a va-t : empire over this whole continent, which hi its national character should Is- governed by laws of a supreme, unvarying character. ' While municipal institutions might he grati lted, with self control, for convenience, it i was never intended that ore half of this na ' tion should be governed by one set of I"}*"' j and the other half by another, and eot.fh t- I ing set, on the same subject, i In- taws, the I priiicifi/i , which was to anply to the dweh > cis on the Penobscot, was to applv to those i on the Savannah and Susquehanna, else the j Declaration would have proclaimed the otic :—the people on the Pciobseo or Sosquo fianna—were horn free and equal, and those A LOCAL AND GKNEUAb NEWSHAPEH, UKVOTBD TO PODITIOS, EDUCATION, LITERATURK AN!) MORALS. on the Savannah with a modified equality; that the one had inalienable lights, among which was liberty; that the other had ioa i lienaUe rights, but perfect liberty w;-. not ' among-them. | The grand idea of those immortal men was that there were certain rights, priviie -1 ges and immunities, which belonged to | every being who had an immortal soul, none of which should be taken from him, nor ! could he surrender them in any arraugmunt jwithsoci ty. So essentia! to the r. pose of 1 the whole community s i; th it every man should possess each of these rights, privil j cges. and imiuumtk ihat he was for Lid : den by his Creator to p>art with them. He i could not sull him elf, lie could not sell his j childn n into slavery, lie could not sell his | life for price. Jleeould not surrender the right to pursue his own happiness. JKvery | attempt to do so was nugatory. Fvery in j struuicht founded vu such a contract, no matter n<>w solemn, no matter how hedged i about 1 y broad seals, no matter how stainp ; ed by State legislation and Executive up } prova), none of these things gave it life. It ' was nuft and void; it was a corpse incapable i of animation. I uui speaking now of the original dosigu ; of the fraurers of the Declaration of Inde j pendcnce, who had determined that there were certain principles which, to give i>er ! feet liberty, should apply alike to every ! mortal being. V.'ho can deny this po-ition I without laying a heavier burden upon one ' human being th tn another, without being authorized to do so by tbeit common C.ca j tor? Who can doubt that if you put -c h | power info the hands of the best men it will he abused, unless restrained by equal laws? Why should one man be more responsible to hi-temporal or eternal Governor than another, and be punished by different rules? I know that when they came to frame the Constitution, slavery having increased, they were obliged to postpone some of those universal principles, and allovtr individuals and municipalities to violate them for a while, 1 i hank God that necessity no longer exists. The law givers of America are now as free to act asSam-on when the fire had touched the flax. May they never again be heguiled'liy any conservative Delilah—uf fer their locks to be shorn, and their limbs to be bound by the withes of a twisted Con tituiion. The laws which were then in tended to be universal. The principles which were intended to govern the whole American nationality must now be made to cover and control its whole national action throughout this grand empire. Towns, corporations; and municipalities may be al lowed their separate organizations not incon sistent therewith, but must n •' incorporate any piinciples in conflict with those great right?, privileges, *el imuiuiiiiies. \\ hat are those riyhts, pn'vifiy**, and im munities'! Without excluding others, three are specifically enumerated. lal"<\ Wwrtg, and the pursuit f happimss. '1 hose are universal and inalienable. It follow? thai everything necessary for their establishment ami defence i? within those rights. You giant a lot or asemer.t in the midst ■ of your estate, you thereby grant the right i of way to it by ingress and egf i Disarm a community, and yon rob them of the means of defending life, fake away their weapons of defence, 1\ qo -ke away the inalienable tigl t Hi lending lib erty. This briss u? now directly to the auumcnt by which we prove titat the el< - live franchise is a RIGHT of the Declaruli . and not merely a pviviiepe, ami i- tic of t! e i rights and imiounitios pr noi act 1 by that j instrument to be ''inalienable. ' I!. a_s our fathers declared ''a? ; : ;.:m t.t is dc- I rived from the c-.-ont of tin governed; if I in Federal republics, that a—cut can be a - j Ci rt-'ined and established oiily through tin ballot, it follows that to tab:: rt'-vay that tin utu of communication, to tak<- away j ft to the citizen his great weap >nof defence, | and reduce hiui to hclplcs •? hotulage, i: ! deprivt -; hint of an inalietia! !c r'ght, Thi. clearly proves that the eb •• mo i • ranks with "life and "liberty to its .i --cred inalienable character. But while the Decimation < arly proves what the intention then Was, tho act;> ri of the Convention in framing the Con.-titution of the United States, it seemed to roe, bar tered away, for the time being, some uftfin-e inalienable rights, nnd, instigated by tin hellish in-titu.i n of slavery, >u pended rme of tlie rouuiiuents r.f liberty. Having thus shown ihat the elective franchise is one of the inalienable rights of man, without which hi? liberty cannot be defended, ami that it ] was suspended by the arbitrary Constitu tion of 1789, let us sec if that t-u-pension j has been removed, BO as to leave ou; hand? unrestrained in respit ing its full vigor, while • still acting under the Constitution. I hut right appertains to cvtry citizen. Butwhil - thi? suspension existed, the natuaal love of despotism induced e .■ mmun ties to hold that each State might fix lie qualifications, right?, and deprivations of its own citizen?. The fourteenth amendment, now so hap pily adopted, settles the whole question, and places every American eitiz n on a perf <■( equality of tight-, so far as merely national rights and qu -tiuus are concerned. It dc clares that, "ail persons born, or natural.zed in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, arc citizens of th United State.?, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or en force any law which .shall abridge the priv iii-ger aiel inmiuidtk? of citizens or the ; United States; n'r shall any person be dc prived of life, liberty, or property, without ilu ■ process of law; nor deny any person v. 'thtn its jurisdiction tho equal, protection of the laws." li' hy the amended Constitution ev ry AtU'-ricaa citiz n is entitled to equal privi j legos with every other American citizen; and j if i very An rican citizen in any one of the : States should be found entitled to impartial | suffrage with every Other American citizen in any S'ate, tie u it follow? a an incvitab! • conclusion that suffrage throughout this na tion is impartial and universal, so far as every human being without regard to race or color shall Is-found eow -rned, and so far a? it affects the whole nation. Cwn he who swears to .-upport the Consti tution iri all its part refuse r > aid in • try ing this into effect without clear direct | '-r --jory ?—a worse perjury than would have been committed hy "he who, under the old c. tiration, could n-r egro-to that oin ati uctma, and thu , fu-cd theire i l to their I lii.ii-W llJi 11. What a grand ooinpu!?ion have I . c o - i pots, re!a - Is, and murderers titislly fore, d ! upon the American Republicby th-ir iwpa j t'ent, t:oh and bloody fie:?' How they j hav.- aided the jut tin n f the nation in I pioducit'g thi? great g< •• 1 ! It w--rc wt-'l ii ! tln-v could claim some n ert' ;.-? a c--n.pen¥a | turn for .?o grc ut a i ime. Bui if evil Uitt t I come into tbc world, "woeuuto 1 ba through : whom it come h. I f< :>r that if go d doe. conn- int.> the Wo,id through Cntuptil-ion, no ' merit will be attributed to the ui.oi . i.g-c * tor?. Let no tnan now. th. n, v.' o b,.longs to this gr ' Gt)V( rtirocnt, 'lan* to stain' up j in the facts of bigh heaven and longer deny j to God - imnmrtal Icings the b'.gli. the tis i a tunable, the God granted right? wliich his BEDF()KD. Pa . FKIDAY, NOVEM Idltilt 15. 18G7, immortal Father gave them. Let no one in | the past or in any future age attempt to pal ! liate his ofi'ctiue. cither ! ;-.u earthly tribunal whieiiis lo dewio between God ? j creatures, or who it to pie-.:-! his oau.sC at the bar of a higher?tribunal, venture to insult I Divine jus: e, We tu : letftfeinbcr that mo-' of Us arc I e;. -atcd from the dread tribuuci occupied by . ,j udgc who minot, he deceived hy .he : narrowest i-thmus. that ever divided ■ ne ; from •. tcruiry. ( I If every citizen of any State i, cutitleu to i all the inalienable rights, privileges aud im munities of thisjGoverunieut, an,l if cue ol those inaiietiabla rights is the right to cast ; bis ballot for every uiuti who is to take part iu the Government!' show me the man who | is so impudent as to deny that suffrage by the ballot is due lo every being within this i realm to whom Qo-d has givou irouioitaliiy. He must be an ii|pudent citizen, and ought never to profezr4M helicvu in. the existence of a Deity; lor that a world could be created and governed without, an overruling cause, is more feasible than such a proposition. What >.ou!d be the effect of conferring this just right upon every citizen in this republic according to the original intention of our lathers? If ever there was t, pot on earth where it could be tried with perfect success, and he stow perfect happiness upon all the e who are their own tulers aud their own subjects, that spot is the continent of North America. In loss than ten yeafs it will contain a sound population of more than fifty millions of people, girt around with deep and broad waters, which no force could cross without our consent. The sea girt isle of Great Britain, which was said to be cut oil from the r>-t of the world, wa? net half'so secure from its water defences alone as this conti nent. That would be a tall and a bold ad mit al, who hereafter, with a hostile intent,_ slioulii, venture this side of the Pillars of llercules. Before any monarchical nation shall again attempt to erect it? institutions on this side the isthmus of'Darien, they will find that there exists a Republic composed of tho islands of the sea, more powerful than the European portion of Great Britain not less powerful than was the Acba>an League v. hich republic we shall not blush to call an ally because a meridian tm and the tyrant > lash have planted into their color and into th ir souls the deep and inextinguishable principles of abhorrence to human bondage. A people now little understood, but in a few years of progress, with tdo tr own institutions really free, instead of being ground by the nominal f'n > ,loui but real despotism of Jamaica, will have made as long and rapid strides in tho cause of civilization as our S 'Utb rn titat,.? are now making. The seed of such an empire is already planted, and i, gennineting. It may not bo known to all 'hat the Daui-h 1 "--essions of St. Thomas, S.intu Cruz, and Sr. Jolinr'an- sustained by republican institutions—though all the leg islators and most of the executive officers, chosen hy thcuiselvea, ate colored. "They have free ft-hools and can, wi h seatvoly the exception of a single individual of the proper age. read and write, and have all of the essential icqui -itcs of a free repub lic, exept, pei hap* thtc apjrtiintinent of a fcW of if."* *?ciitiw rtfTir.t'wv Vv ,vrn: : n . when the wishes of the people arc al-., iy? t-u; ulted. Lt a tyrant attempt to place hi - foot upon .such a bombshell, and lit- will he blown, with all around him, to iu.-vitruin. Before the t'trtie suppos-d for such action shall have ariiv:-', Cuba, the o?t fertile and productive spot of :is size, vx opt peiltaps tho Delia of the Nile, will haw -mi ■ -osaturated and ri;-- with tl. • bursting prim ipl,.? •■■ffita lorn,and tc-irethi r with St. Domingo. Jlayti. Jamaica and their •i. arte r v-: w. Ibe ready to leap t arms and defend tbeii appropriate dominions, if rU'l. aid should be needed in the cause of freedom. ■ nd if they shall not then have he.is added to our own dominion by our en terprising foreign Secretary. "All ol th'.ss islands a; now free except Culm, which is niwoppi. ?,?ed hy the proud est and mo t cruai tyrant of Europe, him self o' a!, :xed . ice of swarthy Moots and slut dish white ldcod. He may as well take warning that the day is very near at hand when he must knock the shackle:- from every Uui ::ti, or have thi m torn from (hem by the s:pi.:t of liberty. She i- within ight of cm.'tu.-iputcd America, an 1 surrounded hy islands of the sea every one of which is free. The sound of the overseer's la?h, and the eric.- of the agonized slave, will not, must not be longer pcrulitted to icing';' with tl.c .?veet pjoan? to liberty which are shouted forth through every f the inhabitants of this Island Empiic wi'il have established gnvertiuie'&t* that Spain and the other European nations will willingly surrender to freedom, lest tl oy should corrupt their des ; otic lead, and hasten their own government a half ce ntury along the railroad path of Liberty. But whether such anally shall then exist or not, without boasting, this Government, counting upon her position aud power can entertain no fear of all the world beside. Traverse her tw< ty thousai d miles from the ltu?-ian po?se .-ion? around the Isthmus f Dari- n. up the Gnlf tream to the hold shore? of the Granite State, wliich, with ti: isLunlsof the Gulf, soon, Ilu and be . will be added to tin - mighty p oion, to v. bi-h they naturaliy belong; th; rice up to where the E-quimaux roam, and where v.-' have lately employed the protection of | the mighty walrus, on the : trait which no I hostile foot will ever attempt to tread, '.round to where the herring, tl.o codfish, i ..nd whale arc seeking to find a permanent I refuge; but no time v hich the eye of man • shall ever see, or hi? iniaaiev n depict, 1 eati ever tween tie ot Iron) the hearty euter- I prise of this mighty empire; and you b.-vo -ut ha vast, impregnable and s-a girt do •iciin a- the world never saw. If anytning | more were wanting, more iron dads than dl Europe could send to this distance cuild 1 be brought into active operation in any time !is ccr-ary for the defence of the nation, i Then take your route northward from the southern isthmus, and you ero-? -very lati t u.lc necessary lor the production of all ;b . , indu trial products of civilization. No : minetal, no vegetable that ever G d created for the wealth, comfort, orornamcnt of mat) would be wanted. Ilcr Southern cliniate, nev r more to he polluted by the unholy and in famous institution of slavery, bear* upon every hretzc the balmy odors that delight the f-etiK ?. Its roil is filed wit!; '* orniig sapphire, it? rivers run sands of'g ' ', wUh i's more ntggxl parts !ear quartz cjual to , the fabit-i Ophir, and i; -b sof • ~ If.'? i;:or north-rn cliinato is h';.l in i delight hy the loirdj sous <>f" ' Green 'and' icy mountain*," it.? mo— clad cr.inite will always he protected by the Godde ? of Liberty. How much hetti r than.the deli i i crous isle over which continually blow the soft breeze.- of spicy ('• ylon, where. Though every prospect plsases. Man alone is vile, s The ingenious arti-t of the gods, when procured 1 y the mother of Achilles to en grave coast surveys and geographical de ■ j lineatious upon his invincible shield, never depicted a laud so glorious and so variegated with gold and silver anu every precious metal, aud bewitching to the senses with the odors or God's happiest creations. Its ; enchanting products grow in id-undinec on ' every inch of her varn gated soil, and since 'j the curse of slavery is removed, ilwe do the justice which the Declaration of Indcpend j ct'C-e proposes and we now propose, will soou i contain a greater abundance of riches than j either Europe, Asia, or Africa. THE LAND DEPARTMENT OT TENN NYLVANIA. j [SjiccJal (sorrc-ffponvi-auco ot* Th j HARRISBUIUI, November 1, IBti7. The operations and duties connected with the Land Department, or Surveyor Gener al.? office, of Pennsylvania, on&of the most important departments of the State gov ernment, are but littie under tnod by the people at large. The ysti in of disposing of lands inaugura ted by William Pent! and the Propriety, and "f net?' i:y continued by the (.'ommon wealib. is one surrounded by many objec tionable features, as the lauds, instead of" having been previously . arveyed by the au thorities, and their location definitely ascer tained and afterwards sold, warrants for va cant land were granted, the surveys on which were often made years after. In many instances, for the officers of (he land department could not know what land was vacant, conflicting warrants werei.?-uod, to that in some localities several < r war rants were laid upon the same laud. This has produced much litigation throughout the Ftate, and, although titles in the cider countries hate been generally settled, there are and will continue to be for year? to come, ea?' ? for adjustment by the Courts; and in order to esta! li?h title? innumerable copies of application?; warrants, surveys, patents and other official papers are requir ed from the Land Department. Under our land system the application and tear cant are the inojitkin af tin title. and parties desiring information in regard to any tract of laud, . hould give the nanio? of tho KaiTa.itee, date of loarranl, and caunty in which it tat located , and then all :üb?, quest proceedings, as whetl, r survi y ba- be :i return, d. pa: -nted or not. and the amount due th-.- State, it not pater-ted, CUD be ascertained. Now that the real estate of the Common wealth is no longer taxed, effort? should be made to increase the revenues from al! oth er proper sources, and a very large sum is due the State on account of unpaid pur rha~- ff.r lands jietl'-nt.d, public policy demandx the prompt paymint of these claims, and tin completion of titles. The Legislature hs? from time to time within the last forty years, pa??c-l stringent laws 1 ; their c I'.ctii n, but owing to the hercu lean task itnpo cd a the dirvi-j? have been te turuv-1. When completed and entered up as liens in the several counties an addition al /'i of Jiv' dollars in each case will be charged. Many persons seem to labor un der an erroneous imprc? ion tbat when the lien? are entered up they can settle them at th - j-t ;•< etive county seat?. But this is not the fact; everything r- iating to them must be transacted through the land de partment-—the object in entering them up being probably to prevent alienation of property until this just debt, is paid the Comm -nwealth. _ The law? relating to this important de partment of the State government are .-o numerous, in litany cases conflicting, end in others their application so obscure, that th. ii 'xt L 'gisbiturc hould pass a carefully revised act, covering the necessities that have grown up, and more clearly defining pr cut In,v. In doing this the Jaw-mak ing power h -uld avail itself of this sugges ti ci- of'he Surveyor General, as it re quires much experience in the department to make one acquainted with its necessities and yet protect existing rights under for tii'. r laws and customs. In the a i-e department arc many old, rue, and curious documents —some older, than the date of tho first colony under the founder of th;- provinces—and many have on them the "stamps" that formed one of our grievance? against the "Mother Coun try." Much to connect the past with the pre em is here found; much to remind one of tho hardships and perils of [he brave pio u-jer? who first made homes in our dense fore. is. cud paved the way for the high ■at- oi'prosperity and civilization enjoyed by their descendants. A regular set of bo -ks, consisting of cay book, journal, jin-t 1- dger. have been kept from the year 1719. atidat found to be in aremaikhblestate of preservation. These, together With large ' folios, in which patents have been recorded, fill the greater part of the -h< Iving of the ,? cond fl >or. From the so records we ascer tain that among the quitrents imposed be fore the lands were declared allodial was in one instance that ofonc "red rose" annually at j that the "father of his country" was at ic time the owner of land in Pennsylvania, having located a tract in Westmoreland county. A mail circular room up stairs is i:--ar!y fill d with papers of John Nicholson, E-q., at one time the owner of nearly one -ew nth of this State, and also a very large i iod-holdcr in the Southern States, arid vet v,ho wa? always harra.- Ed with debt nnd icd \ poio man. Tin development of th: State hy railroads aad the cooscq'.-uit impetu:- given to our , ; lumber, coal, and other mineral interests. ! ha -( greatly < nb.nnet d tho value o( land?, a ii w years aco scave dy worth the taxes as !pc d upon them, that the vacant motmtain i j lai :•' are being rapidly taken up, and the i -pic arc having their titles perfected by obtaining patents, and adjusting in the courts of the common wealth contested rights. This involves the Sm veyor Genera! s office :,i a heavy correspondence, and the lurmsh i-'!_' of a great many copies of official jaapers. , it,! Robert A McCoy, late private f-c-a (ary to Governor Curtin, is the efficient - chief clerk of this department, and to his ' courtesy am I indebted for the above inter esting lacts. The other clerks arc as follows: TOI.I M K (0: .VO. 15. A I. Armstrong of i'mnktin county, Wm. hyuus ot .Indium, U A C,l Iwell of Blair, Wm. H. Neybert of Scliuvlitill, L. M IJicks of Somerset, Jas. X. BlunJin of Philadel phis, A. iy hurst of' Huntingdon, X. Wilson of Mifflin, Samu•! Akoof Bedford, O. B. Voder andColliu Mct.'unly of l>au phin, Sumuel Hamilton of' I',-nver, and J. It. Shrelner of Lanca t< r. 31 . FfIIENDSIUI*. frue, URselfi.-h and nn urn .lied friend ship, emanating from u \ toe and noble heart, is but the finer and fa tter gift be queathed to mortality by the Giver of all good, and tin only tru.. -out lung balm which affords a ready relief to the ,d and aching heart, or sorrowing soul. VV hen the btfftvt beeeme* Over ladenod w.fli the cares, disappointments und sorrows of life, hovr sweet it is to ha\ea kind, trusting and uu-e!fi-h friend, to whom we may unbosom our troubled heart*, receiving solace and confidence in return, w hen unre straint! confidence will li l the heart re-t at ease, and give an asMirancs through hope that our trust will not!..; misplaced, though there may be many ] hi- and shades thrown athwart life's ruge-d pathway. * '1 o the floating mass whi h mov in the giddy circles of mock s.. ty, how few there are who know or realize the true im port of that hallowed word, F, !anhkip. With them it is hut moekery—a-convenient word with which to lull to rest the early suspicions of the poor, innocent and unwa ry. To the calm and better feelings of our ncture, friendship is a sweet sounding an them, which we all love to lisp o'er and o'er again, until joy gladdens nur hearts; but, alas, k too eft proves more deadly than the adder's sting There is nothing so foul and debasing in the human heart as tnock friendship—io -inuating assurance—that alluring, derisive and gainly smile—those soft, sweet and musical tones which defy suspicion—that which gains confidence, secure- revelations, bet proves deception. There is no agony that waits as in this life—nothing so poig nant, blighting and harrowing—nothing thaft*will - o quietly chill, yes. freeze our life's warm blood —annihilate reason, and leave our whole physical organization one laceiated, mangled and inward bleeding ma- -, or cuts the cord from every sheet an chor ol hope, as deception— Hl .- king and deluding friendship. It rend.- affection's tie apr n* and do tp ; - every nur tured hope—blights and blasts sweetest joys, every cherished tie which nurtured love and trusting friendship lias awaken- i within a rencrous, fund and trustio is art. Self interested friendship is a- frost to the budding flower —dest: .ys our early hope ; and readily blights maturing confi dcucc. Where eonlidecee reigns, .-. Ifi-hness cannot enter: where base sedfishnet* is man ifest, honor and honesty may be mistrusted. Flattery wiil veil her varnished face when true friendship sittcth at her boa.d; suspi e nis dcuied entrance where candor is bid a hesity welcome: doubt is abhorred; fiiend ship is but mutual trust, and lik. the melt . ..o-rr ll uhc, OUt'U tfCllOllV..- at li i< pvX - pose is sousht through artful praise. The sum of life consists of trifle.-, and friendship of small matters; like a mighty edifice, if the atoms of whichit is composed crumble and waste away, that grand struct ure will soon moulder into dust. It tak. s time to learn and unravel the character of a true friend—one that is worthy of our trust, and whom wc will not despise. Those who make the truest friends very seldom, if ever, attract, or win the admiring gaze at first sight; but they win admiration and esteem through the enactment rf tri fling courtesies, which, by slow degrees, win our kindest regard and utmost confidence. Those who are friends at heart extend kind forbearance toward the erring. ; t:d hj acts silently teach consideration. Thev are generous and courteous, and scorn to stoop to mock the feelings of others, or harshly (i o-ure the short comings of their friends. With a meek and gentle heart they will -hare our joys, and will gladly bear a part of our sorrows. They never forget that all, like them selves, are but mortal, aDd deserve the kindest svmpathy of a common brother hood. Friendship opens the Hps in confidence, while indulgence beams from the eye. Tlx re is no love of boasting; the heart is made glad with kinduess. There is a sweet communion of hopes and aspirations, ler v nt breathings of the heart, and a pleas ant interchange of affection's treasured se crets. We placidly listen to the voice of complaint, and gently whisper words of C)m fort. Thus our natures are blended into one. Of all our aspirations, hopes, fears and sor rows, each bear a proportionate part as we hand in hand traverse the rugged path of ife. Though death will separate all, yet the true friend will long live in our memory after the false and treacherous will have been forgotten. KISSING A KONG THE LINE. The Boston Post has a brief osculating .lit: le which, though neither very good nor true; wc copv because it is on a popular subject: . . The varied emotion- excited by young 1 die- in leading cities, along the line from I? tston to St. Louis, as kisses are caught or -tolen from their sweet lips, are expressed in something like the following manner: A 80-ton girl says with assumption of indig nation -"Sir, I declare .-uch a liberty as that i. beyond ail bounds of propriety and gentlemanly manners. I —" she isstopped by another, which isn't resisted very badly. The New Vork girl says—"lndeed, 3lr. Brown, your conduct is a little familiar, if not ardent. I've half a mind to ask what y.rti take me for? ' The reply of Brown is that he takes her for something niee and sweet, and a sharp rapid smacking ensues. The Buffalo gill says, with marked positive ne-s of manner, but which equally marked insincerity—"Wretch, thief, put that right back: I wouldn't lose it for the world. She not only don't lose it, but gets (as she wants) double principal and interest. The Philadelphia cirl says—"So, you think that's dreadful smart; you wouldn't have done it if I had been looking—no, indeed:" but she makes it a point not to look. The Baltimore girl says —"Repeat the insult if you dare, sir !" and exposes her face that it may he done easily and often. The Wash ington girl remarks —"You'.ve been and gone and done it have you; now cipher out how much better you feel, and calculate when you'll get another chance." The Chicago girl says —"Confound your impu dence -do you take mc for a New Yorker. T'd have you know there is a spice of dancer in that little matter." The only danger that she apprehends is thakyou won t cut and come again. The Cincinnati girl says - t ' Bid vou ever—no, I newer—you men are perfect monsters." Affects tears and imjig iiation. but is assuaged by a duplication of the old dose. The Louisville girl says— "You've, done it sure, and well. If there arc any more of the sort, please help your self. If you can sta d it, I can." The De troit cirl says—"Meio Jerusalem; what a naughty, funny man ! Better yon look out how yon take one, two. four more, before twine goot mother comes." The St. Louis girl says— "Oh, go along with your non sense; you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You can't do it again. A tiOOI) LOVE STORY. An Ohio paper tells the following novel story: A young couple planned an elope ment, the girl descended from her room on the traditional ladder, hut at the gate they wi-rc met by the father of the girl and a minister, by whom the young couple were escorted to the parlor, where, to their sur pri-e, they found all their relatives collected for the marriage ceremonies, which took (.'ace at. once. It was a neat paternal freak but not near as neat as that of a "fond pati ent we know of. He heard his daughter and her fellow plan an elopement. The next day the old man waited upon the young one, and addressed him thus: " You're a fine, brave youth, and I don't object to you as a son-in-law. Here's a hundred dollars to aid in the elopement. May jou live happily in the same house, and may no accident occur to throw the least, shade on the sunshine of your life. All T request is, that yov elope with my daughter—she's a mighty nice girl, you know, hut somehow her mother and I could never travel smoothly with her. wo don't know her good points—elope with her to such a distance that she won't return to her loving father and mother anv more. Good bye, sonny, and may you be happy. There was an elopement that evening of one. The young man was unaccompanied. He thought everything couldn't be right when the old cock was so anxious to get rid of the girl. The father looks upon this act a< a very neat bit of strategy for one who had never been on 31'ClelIan's staff. A Dni NKAUD'S WILE.—I leave to society a ruined character, a wretched example, and a memory that will soon rot. I leave to my parents during the rest of their lives as much sorrow as humanity, in a feeble and decrepit condition can snstaio. I leave to my wife a broken heart, a life of wretchedness and shame, to weep over my premature death. 1 give and bequeath to each of my chil dren ignorance, and low character, and the remembrance that their father was a low brute. THE REASON. —At a certain college, the senior class was under examination for de gree-. Tho professor of natural philosophy was badgering in optics. The point under illustration was that, strictly and scientifi cally speaking, we see no objects, but their images depicted on the retina. The worthy professor, in order to make the matter plain er, -aid to the wag of the class: "Mr. Jack son, did you ever i dually see your father?" Bill replied promptly, "No, sir." "Please explain to thccommittec why you never saw your father?" "Because," replied Mr. Jackson, very gravely, "he died before I was bom, sir." XOAH was probably the only person who went to sea for fear of being drowned. Ot a FLOWERS may be blighted, our pic lures destroyed, our ornaments stolen ; but our beautiful thoughts are with us always, under all circumstances of riches and pover ty, health and sickness, SUC-CCSB or disappoint ment. They are more safely and surely our own than any jewel we can possess; and what ; , A(UI r ->-o nun Vr• gj tl.om oit nrl share them with others without the least fear or grudging, because neither friend nor enemy can rob us of them. GUEATSESS OK Misn.— A Corsican. the leader of a gang of banditti, who had been famous for his exploits, was at length taken and committed to the care of a soldier, from whom he contrived to escape. The soldier was tried, and condemned to death. At the place of execution, a man, coming up to the commanding officer, said, "Sir, I am a stranger to you, but you shall soon know who I am : I have heard that one of your Boldiers is to die for having suffered a prisoner to es cape: he was not at all to blame: besides, the prisoner shall be restored to you. Behold him here —I am the man. I cannot bear that an innocent man should be punished for me, and I come to die myself." "No," cried the French officer, who felt as he onght the sublimity of the action, " thou shalt not die. and the soldier .-hall be set at liberty. Endeavor to reap the fruits of thy generosity: thou deservest to be henceforth an honest man." UELIOION is but another word for the mind, according to what it is, acting iu the spirit of iove toward God aud toward men. IT is doubtful whether there beia the world many things more useful than a well-balanced mind. To secure the balance it must have an equal smattering of pros and cons on all subjects of thought. The best work of the world is done by men who have a craze, a twist, a bent tor it. No MIND so bright but drink will befool it; , the happiest it will fill with misery ; the firm est health dissipation will Bhatter ; no busi ness so thriving thai whiskey cannot spoil. IK you want to get at the circumference of a man, examine him among men ; but if you want to get at his actual diameter, measure him at his fireside. JOHN (i. SAXE, writing of what he saw in Europe, savs: —" I saw more pretty girls in Dublin than in London ; and many more in London than in Paris. The sweetest voice I ever heard in conversation came from a German woman who sold beer and bisquits in the suburbs of Gotba. with smiles benignant enough to turn cakes and ale iuio ambrosia and nectar." How VICTORIA REPROVED A FLIRTING DAUGHTER. —An anecdote illustrating Vic toria's admirable good sense and strict domestic discipline, is related by one who witnessed the occurrence. One day, when the Queen was present in her carriage at the military review, the princess royal, then rather a wilful girl of about thirteen, sitting on the front seat, seemed disposed to be rather familiar and ecfriuetish with some young officers of the escort, ller Majesty gave several reproving looks, without avail "winked at her, but she wouldn't stay winked." At length, in flirting her hand kerchief over the side of the carriage, she dropped it too evidently not accidcntly. In-trntly two or three young heroes sprung from their saddles to return it to the fair hand, but the awful voice of royalty stayed them. "Stop gentlemen," exclaimed the Queen, "leave it just where it is. Now, my daughter, get down from the carriage and pick up your handkerchief." There was no help for it. The royal footman let down tb.f steps for the little royal lady, who proceeded to lift from the dust the pretty piece of cambric and iaco. She I lii-lii d a good deal, though she tossed iicr head saucily, and she was doubtless angry enough, but the mortifying lesson may leave nipped in the bud her first impulse toward coquetry. It was hard, but it was wholesome. llow many American mothers would be equal to such a piece of Spartan discipline?