|stbfor& fnquircr. BEDFORD, PI.. FRIDAY. DEC 20. 1!>6 COItURESS* Whatever fault may lie found with our present Congress as to the disposition of the impeachment question, there can be no > doubt but that the temper of Congress, since displayed, has had the effect of in creasing the confidence of the country in re gard to our financial coudition. While it seems to have been generally expected thai, even after impeachment was disposed of. filibustering and President making would occupy the attention of Cougre-s to the ex clusion of pressing and important business, we have all been agreeably surprised to find both Houses disposed to serious work. Ig noring partisanship and political kit, flying, our representatives, generally. V, a . >]town a desire for economy atid retrench it, at in all the departments of the government, and ■ have gone diligently to work to inquir int the condition of our finances, with a v:< v to their satisfactory adjustment. This dis position to goto work in earnest, upon the business of the nation requiring their at tention, has already had a beneficial effect upon the whole country. The rapid and steady decline In gold. notwithstanding the movemtfct for the suspension of the con traction policy of the Treasury Department, both evinces the increase of financial confi-1 denee and the fallacy of McCulioeh'* con traction theory. While the tleneral char actc-r and temper of congressional proceed ings has been thus far commendable, the i confidence of the couDtry would have beet: still further increased, if the pernicious eu-- torn of a three or four weeks adjournment for the holidays had been ignored. The trite American adage, that "Time is mon ey," is peculiarly applicable to our country in its present financial condition, and a little judicious self-denial on the part of our Con gressmen. in the way of good dinners and holiday indulgences generally, would have still further increased the confidence of the people, aud kft our representatives with clearer heads and more vieotous minds lor the discharge of the impoitant and respond Me duties incumbent upon them. PAY AS VOL GO. There is nothing more prejudicial i the business interests of a community, than the pernicious system of long and indiscriminate credits. Not the least of the evils attendant upon the credit system has been the neces sity, under which the mercantile community labored, of exacting a sufficient profit from the paying portion of their patrons to in demnify them for the losses sustained on bad debts accruing under the credit system. The wonder is, that the portion of every community upoD whom this tax is of neces sity laid, and will be, as Jong as, aud wher ever the credit system is practiced, have so long borne it with patience, when the rem edy is in their own hands. The tvar did much to relieve us of the evil, but the ten dcncies arc strain toward ituJuwiniual. credit. The power of prevention, as well as the cure, is in the bands of those upon whom the tax is to be levied and if they are wise they will uphold and sustain, in every possible way, the efforts of the business por tion of their communities to approximate as nearly as possible to a strictly cash system in all their business transaction-. In this as in many other things the influence of ex ample is much more effective than that of precept. Pay as you go is at all times and everywhere an excellent motto, and if they who are inclined to ask for credit would only remember that they must pay a heavy tax for it, they would be much less likely to in dulge in so pernicious and expensive a prac tice. A word to the wise is sufficient. An ouno* of Prevention is better than a pound of cure. THE National Council of the Union Leaeuc of America met in Washington city, on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Every State and Territory in the Union wa3 represented by one delegate from each Congressional district. It unanimous ly adopted the following resolution * Resolved, That the National Council of the I'nion League of America is utterly opposed to any departure from the sacred principles of its organization or from those of the Re ' publican party, and thai we do hereby re spectfully but earnestly and firmly urge the National Republican Convention to place no man in nomination for President of the United States in 1868, who is not in him self an irrevpr-ible guarantee that he is a true friend of the cause of I nionand liberty, the equal rights of all men before ihe law and of universal manhood suffrage. Ax the municipal election in Pittsburgh the other day, James 31, Blackmore, an in dependent Democrat, supported by the working men's Party and Copperheads, wa, elected Mayor. Part of the regular Republi can ticket was elected by art increased ma jority over that given to Judge Williams in October, but this does not deter the jubilant Cops from throwing up their hats and trot ting out their poultry iu honor of a Copper head Victory- Small favors thankfully re ceived. JUDGE WOODWARD delivered his maiden speech in the National House of Represen tatives on the loth inst, in which hcendors cd the position taken by the majority of the Judiciary Committee that the President could be impeached for mi. demeanors which were not indictable at common law; but he argued that he had committed no impeach able offences. SECRETARY SEWARD'S propensity for dabbling in real estate is likely to be further gratified by the proposition of the Spanish government to sell the Spanish West Indian possessions to us for the neat little sum of one hundred aud fifty millions. We are disposed howerer to regard the report as a practical joke upon the weak point of our enterprising Foreign Secretary. A BTLL was passed by the Lower branch of Congress on the 13th inst giving the fam ilies of deceased soldiers the bounties to which the soldiers if living would l- enti tled. This is a simple act of justice. THE proposed European Conference on the Roman question has been definitely abandoned, the leading powers positively refusing to participate in it CONGRESSIONAL. PEC. Sth— SENATE.— A bill WITS referred to th* Committee on the Jndiuiwy which iwidcs lor an appeal to the Supreme j ; <'.>urt from all final judgments of the Court i ,f< jtinn in which the United States is a ; party and the judgment is decided adverse.y 'to the United States. It was resolved that the attorney General be instincted to report how many assistant district attorneys he ha appointed, and if any had been i rejected by the Senate for any office. It w\ resolved that the Naval committee be instructed to ascertain what changes have U en mad© in the organization of the several I rt:.vy yards in the United States. A resolu ! tion was adopted calling upon the General : of the army for a statement of the number i of white voters, and also the number of reg- I i stored colored voters in the States subject j to the acts of Congress and the reconstruc tion acts. Adjourned. Ihn sL—A bill was reterred to the Com mittee of Ways and Mns to fund the in ter st bearing debt of the United States, ■md to provide for a national tax thereon, s The Committee of Ways and Means, was in -trusted to inquire into the expediency of | exempting from tax all articles the product •f hand-looms. A petition of citizens of Ashtabula, Ohio, to impeach the President, was presented. The Senate resolution, in •elation to an orduance committee, was con curred in. A resolution thatG. D. Blaekey, 1 if the Third Congressional district of Ken tucky. was not entitled to his seat, and that the oath be administered to Mr. Gollnday, j was recommitted to the Committee on Elec tions. A statement was received trom the Secretary of the Treasury showing the amount of revenue received from distilled spirits from each collection district—relerred to the Committee on Ways and Means. At ! 4 o'clock the House adjourned, j DEC, 6. — SENATE. —A resolution praying lor the repeal of the tax on cotton was rcter > red to the Committee of finance. A peti i tion from Connecticut praying for certain I legislation to secure citizen suffrage was referred to the Judiciary Committee. On motion, it was resolved to request the Secre tary ot the Treasury to inform the Senate it the unexpended balance of appropriations had been applied to any other deficiency. It was resolved that the Secretary ol the Treasury inform the Senate if Edmund Cooper assumed the office of Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury, and by what law or authority. A resolution was adopted in strutting the Finance Committee to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Sec retary ot the Treasury to contract a new loan. Two bills in reference to paying the public debt in coin, were referred to the Committee of Finance. A resolution was adopted call ing upon the Secretary of State for copies of the correspondence with the Fiench Gov erument in reference to the International Monetary Conference. Adjourned. HOUSE. —-The Speaker presented a me morial relative to bonded goods, and another pi ay ing for a repeal of the cotton tax. The bill in reference to the proposed impeach ment of the President was taken up and de bated. Adjourned. . DEC, , in. HOUSE. —Several comuiuuica tion'- from the Secretary of War were pre -cnted. The resolution on the impeach ment of Andrew fohnson was taken up, and after much debate, was lost, the vote -tan ding yeas 57, nays 10s. The bill declaring that from and after its passage the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make any reduction in the currency by retiring or cancelling United States notes i- suspended, was reported back from the Committee of Ways and Means, and, after discussion, pas sed. The House then went into a Commit tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and shortly after adjourned. S U.NATE. —The Senate was uot in SESSION on Saturday. MONDAY 9th— SENATE.— On motion, the Committee on Military Affairs ami il.o Militia was instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act declaring the rights o| volunteers. On motion, it was resolved that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to furnish the names of all iudi viduaN to whom captured or abandoned property had beeo given up. A resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire intqthe ex| e dioncy of a treaty between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. A resolution was adopted instructing the Comiuitti.-<• on Officers of the Senate to define the duties ol the Sergeant-at arms. Mr. Wilson gave notice that he will introduce to-day a bill to remove political disabilities from certain citizens of Alabama. The resolution in ref erence to recognizing the belligerent, rights of Abyssinia was called up. The Senate then went into executive session, and soon adjourned. HOUSE.— On opening, the Speaker pro ceeded to call States and Territories for bills and joint resolutions for reference, after which a resolution was adopted appointing a committee of five to which shail be referred the reports of the commissioners to consoli date the statutes of the United States. A resolution was adopted directing the Judici ary Committee to consider the expediency of amending the law requiring the taking ol the test oath. A vote on the resolution re ferring part of the President's message to a select committee on reconstruction, resulted iD favor of referring the matter. The other resolutions distributing the message were then adopted. Ihe bill declaring forfeited certain railroad lands in the Southern States, was reported back to the Committee on Public Lands. A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on Banking and Currency to inquire into the expediency ol amending the national currency law.' A resolution was adopted calling on"the Secre tary of the Navy for information as to the disposition of the lumber bought by the de partment since 1860. The Senate bill fixing the quorum of the Supreme Court at five was passed. The District equal-rights bill was passed by a vote of IOC to ;>B. A resolu tion was adopted for the printing and dis tribution through our consuls abroad of an abstract of the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Adjourned. TUESDAY, lu-h— SENATE.—j he Secre tary of the Treasury's reply relative to the appointment of Edward Cooper as Assistant Secretary was referred to the Committee on Finance. A resolution requesting certain tuformation about the Union Pacific Kail road was adopted. A resolution was adop ted requesting the President to furnish copies of all pajiers not hitherto published in t his country touching the recognition of belligerent rights by Great Britain: and also relative to depredations by the Alabama on the commerce of the United States. A bill to regulate the rights of married women in the District was referred to the District Committee. A bill to remove disabilities from certain citizens of Alabama was refer red to the Judiciary Committee. A bill was referred to the Committee dfi Finance pro viding for the receiving of legal-tenders for all debts, public and private, except when otherwise specially provided in contracts, made after July 4, 1868, and except on du ties and imposts. An amendment was off ered to Senator Wilson's bill relative to the adoption of constitutional amendments. The Senate then went into executive session and shortly after adjourned. HOUSE. The Speaker announced the several committees. The Committee on Military Affairs were instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an arse nal at Fort Rus-cll, in Dakota Territory. At the request of the Sergeant-at arms, the Committee on Accounts was requested to examine his books. A joint resolution was passed extending for two years the time al ii,V? ra 'lroad companies in Michigan and Wisconsin to entitle them to certain lands. A joint resolution was passed, au thorizing an extra edition of the Postmaster Genera! s report, with accompanying docu ments. Ihe joint resolution allowing Sena-1 I tors at(l Representatives to examine and I oopy all papers in toe Post Office Depart ment was passed. The confiscation bill was then taken up, but after* short discussion the farther consideration of it was postponed until the 21st of next January. The eon current resolution for an adjournment over the holidays, from the 20th inst. until Jan uary 6, was adopted.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY 11th— SENATE -A resolu tion was adopted tending towards the wore economical expenditure of. the contingent fund of the Houses. A discussion took j place upon the bill directing that pertain i moneys in the hands of the 1 nited States • Treasurer, received from the sale of captured ! and abandoned lauds, should be convoyed j into the Treasury, and should not be with- : drawn therefrom save by authority of the j laws. The farther discussion was ptvtpon- j ed until to day. A petition front thirty ! thousand citizens of Kentucky, aking for \ them the right of suffrage, and claiming that j a spirit of robbery, arson, and murder exists in that State, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. HOUSE. —A bill was reported back IV"in the Committee on Military Affairs tunwi nd the act of April 10. l s twi, for the establishing rules for the government of the army. A bill passed, directing the Secretary of War to furnish on application of the Governor of any State, the mu-ter and muster out rolls of volunteer organizations. At two o'clock tie House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and after the discussion of a number of important ; matters, adjourned. THURSDAY 12th— SENATE -Memorials J were presented pruritic fer impartial suff ! rage Several resolutions were r ported, and among them one fiotn the Retrench ment Committee providing that cm tracts for su[ plies for the Executive Department shall not be made for a longer period than one year was adopted. On motion, the Senate took up the abandoned property bill, but the dis cussion was postponed until to day. The resolution censuring certain parts of the President's message was postponed until Monday. The President transmitted his reasons for the removal of Secretary Stan t'>n. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. —A resolution was passed pro viding for publishing the postal convention made with foreign countries. The resolu tion directing the Committee on Commerce to inquire into the causes depressing the -hipping interests was adopted. The Com mittee on Commerce was directed to inquire into the expediency of locating a marine hospital at some suitable place in Illinois A resolution was adopted calling on the President for information as to the sale of public vessels since the war A resolution >n relerence to holding a mass meeting at S\ Louis, relative to the rights of' American citizens was adopted. A resolution was adopted instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expediency of providing that all law officer® of the Government shall constitute a part of the Attorney General's Department. A resolution was adopted in structing the Naval Committee to inquire into the propriety of locating a navy yard at Erie, Pa. A resolution was adopted direc ting the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire iuto the expediency of removing the present military establishment in New \ork to a more convenient location. The Coin mittee on Naval Affairs were directed to in quire into the expediency of extending the additional bountv act. The Secretary of the Navy was directed to inform the House whether any of the vessels sold sinee the war were captured from the enemy. A resolu tion directing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the exp lieney of re dticing the army to a peace footing was adopted unanimously. A resolution looking toward the destruction of seized spirits wu referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, as was also a resolution exempting /r-o. •■■A H iurorao.-, „ CIS./" The House, after receiving c- isinnunk-ations from the departments, went into a (loDimii tee of the w hole, and soon after adjourned. FRIDAY 13tb—St NATE. —A bill from the Committee on Printing relative to printing the Paymaster General - report was passed. The Committee on Territoric ■ reported back, recommending its pas-age the bill to regulate the selection ofjurors in the Terri tory of Utah. The bill exempting from tax cotton grown after 1867 was postponed til! Monday. The House bill to regulate bnun ties was pa-sed. The House resolution on adjournment was pas-'-d. The biii to raise the value of legal tender note-to par was referred to the Committee of Finance; after which the Senate went into executive ses aion, and son after adjourned till Monday. HOUSE. —The Committee '<N distributing rewards to the captors of J, ff. Davis was di rected to report as soon as possible. A res olution was adopted insttueting the Com mittee on Ways and Mean- to inquire into the expediency of amending the revenue laws. Statements were then pu-sented by the Speaker from the departn, tits s ; i , which the House went into Committee of the Whole, and uiscusscd tlv .a; imp h m tu pro'e it, and at half past four adjourned till Monday IMPORTANT FROM CUBA. Culm and Porto liico sold to Vncb Sam fur 8 15O.0tJG.0U0 in (johl— What is thought of the bargain in Cuba —.1 sjirculatiou on the strength of it. HAVANA. Dec. 12, VIA LAKE CITY, Dec. 13, 1867. —We have further and authentic news from Madrid in relation to the sale of the Spanish West Indian possession- It conveys the important information that the Spanish government had made a formal of fer to the American Minister at Madrid. Hon. John I*. Hale, to sell the islands ol Cuba and Porto Rico to the United States for one hundred and fifty mi.lion- of dollars in gold. The terms of sale ate as follows: Fifty million dollars in gold are to be paid down in ca-h on the signing of the treaty and the formal delivery of the island to the authorities of the United Slates. A second fifty million dollars in gold to be paid one year thereafter. The third instalment of fifty millions in gold to be paid at the end of six years. Tfle public heart is beating with anxiety at the announcement, and great excitement prevails, as the extinguishment of slavery will be one of the consequences of this sale. It was hoped by some that Spain would abolish the institution in time to save her national pride. The acquisitions made by the United States from Russia and Denmark, that of Louisiana from France and of Florida from Spain herself, arc now referred to as prece dents that leave the national honor of Spain in this bargain unassailable. The sharp scent of Yankee speculation is instanced by the fact that an American com pany has already, on the strength of the above reports, purchased Guajaba Island, near Nuevitas. They intend to colonize it, and are about to put thirty thousand acres, of it undercultivation. Thus the last hopes of slave traders are gone. THE WEEKLY FINANCIAL STATE MENT. The fractional currency received from the Printing Ilureau of the Treasury Depart ment for the week ending on Saturday list, amounts to $524,000. The amount forward ed hence was as follows: To the Assistant Treasurer at New York, 8100,000: to the United States Depository at, Baltimore, $K>, 000; to the 1 nited States Depository, $25.- 000, and to the national bank-, $133 075 total, $358,675. The United States Treasury holds in trust for the national bunks at this date the fol lowing: _As security for circulating notes, $341,107,750, and for deposits of public, moneys, $37,917,950. ' The national hank no ten issued during the week were $246,870. and the total amount issued to date ia $305,284,501. Front this ut to be deducted the currency returned; in cluding worn out notes, amounting to 15,- 528,737, leaving in actual circulation at this date *290,755,824. The fractional currency redeemed and de stroyed during the week amounts to *37,1,- 100.' The receipts frotn internal revenue during the last week were *2,354,000; to the fiscal year commencing with July, *04,947,W0. GEDEKAL NEWS ITEMS. THE receipts of customs for the week end ing on the Ith inst. were $2,245,400. On Peter t'arlv. right, the preacher about whom so uiony anecdotes ate told, is eighty three years old. THE President will tend to tbt INMATE his j veto message of the hill atriki: g the word " white 7 ' out of the District laws THE Commissioner of Agriculture in mak- ; iug arrangements I .r the importation of a j promising variety of spring wheat, to he test j ed at different points nest spring. THE Paris correspondents state that the Austrian Emperor, at the grami dinner given him by Napoleon, picked chicken bones with his lingers. Important, if true. CONGRESS has agreed to adjourn from the 20th inst. to the Gtii of January, in order that the member and servants of the House may enjoy the holidays. THE new capiiol at Albany has beta com mence.f Its estimated c ; ! is over 54,000,- 000. but it will cost twice that sutn before | finished. THE first Lutheran?- that ever imigrated to this country, cime to New York in the year -4621. Jacob fubricius, who came there in 1069, was their first denominational preacher, j Wiscovsis las paid over, nine thousand i do'lars bounty this year for wild animals, j whose skins übne are sufficiently valuable to | lead hunters ti pursue them. THE Austria! and Mexican ink--ions arc I begging for oceupauts. Since Mr. Greely re j signed the Austrian mission it seems bard to get any one to put on his rejected robes. THE Democracy of Ohio ate to meet in State Coil vent ton on the Sth of January, to select candidates f >r State officers ana ap pointed delegates to the National Conven tion, to make * Presidential nominee. THERE is little doubt but that the Senate will restore Stanton to the position of Sec retary of War. but it is understood that Mr. Stanton asked only a vindication of the law, and does not desire to resume the office. THEOOOKE PtRKi-tt left a thousand sermons and lectures unpublished. Among them a series of lectures entitled, "Great Ameri cans. ' They are to be edited and a selection from them printed. IV. 15. MttoSti:. editor of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, has been convicted of libel ing lion. Wm. 15. Mann. District Attorney of that city. The libel was written by one A. F. Hill, of Fayette county, as he admitted on the witness stand. FBACTIOSAI. currency printed for the week, $524,000; shipped, $358,675: national bank notes issued >246.870: total in circulation, 52H9.754.824; Imctional currency redeemed and destroyed, § 73.4'.5>. DPl: ixt. the late political canvass in this Commonwealth the lie publican State Com mittee promised a banner to the county that should at the election return the largest Re publican gain. The banner has been awarded to Wayne county. A FRIEND saw Senator Pomeroy, of Kan sas a few days since, hauling lumber with a mule team. The Senator showed his friend with pride a 52-scre lit id ol wheat that he had plotted himself. He has 1,700 acres ol l u ,„l to a t....i„ THERE are over twenty-thousand Southern ers who claim New York as their home.' So states the New York correspondent of the At'anta <!eo. Opinion. This accounts for the great growth of Copperhead majorities there. • Tut. heart o: a A i-vaoeiu farmer was lately mode glad by the discovery of a large number of Mexican, American ai d English coins, while digging in his field, and then his hopes were dashed by the further discovery that they were counterfeit IxDI INA has already taken the first steps to ward the great < ontes. of uext year by calling a Republican State Conv, ntion on the 20th of Fembruary for designating candidates for Presidential Electors and the appointment of delegates to the National Republican Conven tion. THE report that the Govern nit nt in tends doing away with p (age stamps is an error. On the contrary, stamps of an im prove.' design and finish ar? to be issued. It would he sin.; !y impossible for the |n stnl de partment to lurt. -h the innumerable styles of envelopes, aire;.;ly stamped, now in general ' use. Tut. plate girt-- for the I reiv-ury extension was imported frotn France, at a total cost when delivered at New Y'orfc of $4,269. The lowest bids the supervising architect could get in this country to furnish this glas were $9,732 and $'.t,250. Probably the difference is to be found mainly in the item of labor. ■ DICKENS has realized $20,000 from his j four readings in Boton. and it is estimated j that during bis stay in this country his entire j piofits will rem t $200,000. lie devotes him- ; self closely to bit work, and has three new papers in pre; ant ion, one of which i to be put.b-hed in the .K/ati//c. He will read hi "Christmas C'aro " at Boston on Christmas eve. alter returning from New York. Ot.u f 1 ui/.ot is y very hearty eater, drinks a bottle of claret fo* dinner, and walks every afternoon five or six miles. Old Aubor, the composer, on the contrary, is exceedingly temperate, anddri tks nothing but water, inn he rides a good teal on horseback. Both Gnizot and Auber work at least eight hours a day. not w-.tbstandrnc:their eighty odd years. Nt M;t C. llt.'-kok, late Superintendent of Common Schoois in this State, has been ap pointed by the District Court Controller of the Public Schools of Philadelphia for three years. An exchange remarks that this is another in stance of the democratic tendency of Ameri can institutions. Men whose hearts are right do not consider that thry are demeaning themselves by taking a lower office after hav ing held a higher. SAYS a Boston paper: "Mr. Die-ken's pen has been busy from the moment of his arrival in this city, lie has at least three papers on which he is hard at work. One is to see daylight first in the Alia id ir Monthly, and the others at home. He has been sought almost incessantly. Cards by the bushel, in the aggregate, have been sent him; and notes soliciting his autograph have fallen or rather flown to him. as it were, in showers. Of course these impertinences have gone un answered: iu fact, have not even reached him at all. His assistants are doomed to the task of seeing the purpose of the bi'lets, and are authorized to dispose of them in the waste basket. THE Boston Commonwealth thus describes Mr. Dickens: A short, tbinnish gentleman, of about fifty-five years of age: bald from the j crown of his head to hi- forehead, above which was gathered his side hair, brushed forward over his ears, set off by a moustache and a rather long and wide imperial; a black dress-coat, with lappel facings of watered satin ; in the upper left-hand button-hole a | pink and a white flower: a low cut vest, with j : diamond studs to shirt-bosom, white cravat, and gold watcb-guard; black pants. The whole appearance that of an active, volatile, ; dapper Frenchman, w ho had seen some cares, l he lines of which were well traced on his face. VSPLEXDID ARTICLE of Blank Bee.la on the best parchment psper, for sale at the Inquirer office. yALVABU TRACTS OF LAND FOR ii AL K . The euhwriWm -.Her t prtvmo te the follow ing vuluabla traeta of !nd. vix No. 1. The undivided half oi a tract of land, containing 22V wore*, rituale on the 1-OBth-OMt sido of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in B< dlord and partly in Fallon county, and ltd - joining lands of Samml Banner, Jam v. IJrin hnr.t and Wiihart'* heire. TWO V'KJNS OF COAX, one 51 feet, the other t I feet in depth have been dia'Ot ered on this tra' t. No. 2. A tract ofiS# acres near the above, ad joining tire ratne lands, and supposed to. contain the .ante veins of coal. No. A tract of tun acres, within two and a half mile* of the above tracts, on tlio North lido of the Harbor Heroes the mountain, well tim bered with oak and pine. May 3,-tf. DURBORROW A LUTZ. j_j AI! 1> W A 11 K. A NEW HAM) AT THE BELLOWS. AT Till: OLD STAND OF BLYMYER a- SON. The undersigned having purchased, the entire stock of (!. I'I.YMYER A SON, and having added thereto by FBESH PURCHASES !in the Ea.t. Kespeettully announces to the pub i He th.'t he is now prepared to sell at l-.wc-t < 'ASH PRICKS, or approved COUNTRY PRODUCE. Everything in the.ilardwate line, sach a? CARPENTERS', JOINERS', CABINET ASO SHOEMAKER TOOLS, am. FINDINGS, CROSS CUT AW. SAW .MILL SAWS, GRIND ft TON ES, avd FIXTURES, SADDLERY of all ki..-, NAILS, by the kegg or pound, WAGON, FIRE, STRAP IRON, NAIL ROD, DOUBLE A.xd SINGLE SHEAR, BLISTER vxn CAST STEEL, HORSE SHOES, by the kegg or aiuall onantitier, DOUBLE WD SINGLE BITTED AXES, CUTLERY OF EVERY" DESCRIPTION KNIVES v\ o FORKS, very cheap. the very beat POCKET KNIVES, PORTMONIES am, POCKET BOOKS. SILVER TEA A*D TABLE SPOON'S in sett-. BRITAIN IA WARE in -ette, tray*, Ac. PAINTS. < i |>, \M> VARNISHES, ■ II indow Gliif, ail rirce. Lamp* and Lamp Chitu- I ney, ti fudca and Al 'i!r A Ware. IV,:h Boards | Churns, Manilla Rope, Halter' Bed-Cords, and 1 Twine, Bru-bes of every description, Shoe Black - J ng, Shovels and P-rk-, Grain Shovels, Chains ! of all kinds. Sau-uge Cutter- and Staffer*, Sole and Kip Leather. Ac. Also, VERY BEftT FRENCH CALFSKINS. Buffalo Robe*, and a genetal variety of ir-" da kept in a first elans Hardware store. Our object .'bail be to be governedby the golden rule, "to do unto other.- as you wish to be done by," we inteud t ■ sell at fair rates, and bv fair dealing h'.j>et,-merit a continuance of the patron age bcituwe i up n BLPMYfR A SON. THOMAS M. LYNCH. Nov.! :3mo. SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF BEDFORD! The subscribers will sell, at private sale, all that SPLENDID FARM situate in I'leas.*mit Valley, Bedford township, tive miles from Bedict d, now in the occupancy of W il.iara H. Xycain, i nt&iniug 1 O ACRES, more or Jess, about Sixty Acres cleared and under excellent fence. 18 acres of bottom meadow and the balance well timbered, with a splendid D OUBLK DW K LLI N G 110 USE. Darn, and other out-buildings. A well of excel lent water near the door: also, a good young Or chard. This is au excellent opportunity to procure a HOOD FARM near Bedford, convenient to Churches and good Schools. PRICE. S3O PER ACHRE. DURBORROW A LI T/., July 19:tf Real Estate Agents. OLOODY RUN STILL AHEAD! FRESII ARRIVAL OF FALL & WINTER GOODS. AT fll.AKKft CHEAP CASH STORE. CALL AND EXAMINE THE STOCK. Hats, Bonnets, Ribbon?. Flowers, Ornatutm; . Millinery Hoods, Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Trimmings, Butte ne, Hosiery. <3 lores. Notion*-, Taney Hoods. Ladies' and Shoes, Gro eerie# and Dry Qoods, a full assortment of Con fectionaries, Ac. Ac. Also, just received, a large stock of RKAI)Y-MAI)K CLOTH 1 NO, which is being sold at wholesale prices. MILLINERY WORK DONE To ORDER. Thankful for former liberal patronage, we hope to be able to merit a continuance of the same. Please call ;jnd see our new stock, and remember our ttrins arc CASH. CHARLES BLAKE. Bloody Hun. Sept. 27:3iu. ALL KINDS OK BLANKS. Common Admin istrators und Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages, Judgment NwU-. Promissory Notes, with and | without waiver of exemption. Summons Subpoe j nas and Executions, forsaV at the Inquirer office. ! _ Nov 2.18i;r. 4 LL KINDS OK BLANKS, Common, Aduiiu i ix Utrator'a end Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages, | Sudguient Notes, Promissory Note-, with and with . out waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpoena* I ud Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 1|66 (J ASH BUYERS TAKE NOTICE AND SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS! NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS! .n ST RECEIVED, A T <i It LAT LI RED VC E D PRICKS! AT J. M SHOEMAKER'S STORE. Hat ing just returned from the East, we urn now o{Mining a Large Stuck of FALL and WIS TKR GOODS, which hmc Wen bought for C.. h at New Prices, and will be -old CHEAP. Thi Wing the Lilly FELL STOCK of Good. brought to Bedford tbi MUen, persons will be able to *uit themselves better in Style, Quality and Pr ice than at any other More io Bedford. . The following comprise a few of our price*, viz: CALICOES: 10, 12, 11, I"), 16, nud the bent at I*. MUSLINS 10, 12, 15, 16, lb, 20, and the best at 22. ALU 'A 001. FLANNELS from 40 cts. up. FRENCH M FRINGES. ALL WOOL DE LAINES, COBURGS, Ac. Men's wear, CLOTHS. CASSIMERES, SATINET'J'S, JEANS, AC. 800 I S <V SHOES—In this article we have a very extensive assortment for Ladies, Misses, Children, Men and Boys, at all prices. HATS—A large assortment of Men's and Boy's Hats. CLO l UINO —Men and Boy 's Coals, I'auts, and Vests, all sizes and prices. PARER COLLARS —Shakespeare, Lock wood, Linen-lined, Ac. COl 1 UN CHAIN —Single and double, white and colored. GROCERIES—Coffee, Sugar, Syrup,?. Green and Black Teas, Spices, of all kinds, Dye Stuffs. Ac. LEA I HER —Sole Leather, trench and City Call Skins. Upper Leather and Kip, Linings. Ac. Ac. tie will sell Good* on the tame Teru.. that wc have been for the la-t three month-, CASH OR NOTE i with intercct inut dale. No bad debt* euntr.vt ;J, an! no extra charges to good paying custotn < erg to make up losses on bad paying customers, i or customer* that nerer pay. Cash buyers a!- i way* get the best Bargains, and their aecocnt i* | always settled up. N. B. IO per cent, waved by buying yout j good- at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S. t'ush and Produce Store, No. I, ANDERSONS* ROW. Juue i'e, 1567:6 m ' DENTISTRY! A EKAI.TIFI'L SET OF TEETH 1< iR TEN DOLLARS! DR. H. VIRGIL PORTER (l-ATK or SEW Votut CITV.I D K N T IST. w. u:d re-peetfully inform hi* numerous triend* and the public gc ncrallr, that he ha- located per uinneutlv 1-1 BLOOD) Rl N, where be may be found at all tidie- prepared to in-ert from " B e to :h to a fuil *et of hi* EKAUTIFI L ARTIFI CIAL TEETH on new and improved atmospher ic principle.-. The THI I'M I'll OF MECHANICAL DEX- T/T/Ri 111 II HE It for the basi- of artificial teeih. Tbi- discovery which ha* met with such uni versal approval throughout this and other eoun tri's. I: a- •eemingiy placed ARTIFICIAL 7EE TH at the di.-posal of all who require thetn. Dlt. /'OUTER is now inserting the most RE A T/l / /. and DK RABLE at price* ranging from TEN TO EIGHTEEN DOLLARS! per *et. Temporary sets inserted if desired. All operation warranted. -M- Teeth extracted without pain bv the ue of XITRoIS OXIDE cr I.AL'UH/XG OAS. Tin- is no humbug, but a positive faet. Gas admit i-tered fie-h every day. As the Gas ad minister. -I 1 \ Dr. Porter i- prepared io accord ant"' with ti.e puritviug method of Dr. Strong, of New ti.iien, Ct.. and Prof. .SUiman late Professor of Chemistry tu Yale College) be has no hiiita tion in asserting that it is attended with no dan der wbntever. Persons desiring the seri ices of a Dentist would promote their own interest by call ing upon Dr. Porter, as he is deteriuiucd to spare no eflort to please the most fastidious. Dr. Por ter'- in Jc ol operating will at all time- be of the mildest character, avoiding the infliction of the slightest unnec. --are pain, and carefully adapted to the age. constitution, health and nervous con dition of the paticut. Vyi- Special attention i* iuv itrd to Dr. Porter's scientific method of preserving decayed and ach n-- teeih. Teeth blackened and diseased, cleans ed to appear beautiful and white. H. VIRGIL PORTER. DENTIST. Bio o'ii un, Penn'a., Match 28, 1567.-ly. /" 1 1 li A R I) u LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL \NII ASSETS, JAMAKY 1, ISG7, S2. tao,!!a.i oft. Mutual Insurance Combined with the Security of a Capita). Tlie Gir.ird Life Insurance Company was char tered in 1526, and is therefore one of the oldest, as well a* most substantial companies in the Uni ted States. It effects insurance for the whole ol Life: upon the nonforfeitable or ten year plnn, or for any term of years. It also issues Endowment Policies. Premiums may be paid Yearly, Semi annually or Quarterly. Alltb' iMWiitl for whoh of lift , (including those on the ton year plan,) participate to the profits of the company. Thoec ii.mring in the Girard may always rett, as-ured that their beat interests will be protected. All whole of Lite I'nieiv- of several years htand ing. arc by the company, or may be commuted into a policy tor a .-mailer amount, without any thing more to pay—therefore the in sured need nt fear a 10-s in ease tbey are not able, after several year* payments, to keep up their policies. H'tHtibtt i r addition* toyoh'tiV# made firry 'ivr voir*, without arty inerru*e in the premium. 11* profit* ure abfilnte. ft?premium* moderate, ft* i rih } Hi" rat. ft. host paid many lessee, nt.i hut nerer eon tutted .• c/ i'm. For books and circulars, free of charge, send to the Home office. No. 4OS OitiSTM T St., Phil a. Or to any of its gen'<. THOMAS HIDGWAV, Pres. JOHN F. JAMES, Actuary. OK It IN ROGERS, General Agent. 323 Walnut Street, (up stairs.) J. T. KEAGY, Agent, mar 15:Ivr Bedford. IV 628. '"""• ""T WILLIAM T. HOPKIh s "01- K Own MAKE," Aftr mw. than Five y e „, eiperimenting ID tb OMDafeeture ofT It tf-rtJ FIRST QUALITY HOOP -ur juMty elebrteJ gu„d. mer,.W ta pt,W,e m f.ll*u.M we , uf ibeir roperioniv ~!tr n.i others iis the AtocrutjU) market and i,. P „ hy al , wh „ M they (five more wWefMstioo th.r, , Skirt, and re.'omii.tß'i th-m-glv.,. m .v.rv . " I'"' 1 - ' H""P o,ro WJ , olk^ note ok this fet. EVERY LADY WHO H*% SOT CUES THEM A TRIAL, SHOTLD no so wrriiorr N ETHER DELA Y Our* a." Ttinei i every *tyl, length unti iie, for Ladies, Wj*.e, and Children, Ai •Skirt* made to order. alters i end repaired ' Ask for "Hopkins Own M,," and I* r ,„t de reived. See that the letter 'ii' i* woven ~a tb% Tape* between cash ID ..p. ar ,d that tbev stamped " H - T. HOPKINS, JFANC'FACTF REV., MS A U<H ST., PHIL AD A.," n p<m eoeb Upe. No others are genuine. Alto, e'.nsVeotiy ou band a foil line of c<ivi New York and Eastern made Skirt*, at very low privet. WHOLESALE AND BET AIL. At the Philadelphia H-:p Skirt Mar. tfactory and Emporium. No. 828 ARCH St.. I'HXL'A Mareh 15, ISAT.IOBM 1JO! FOR TDK FAIR' SAVE four MONEY GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! Tbe undaigqed having mulct very impor tant discovery in Photography, it- now enahledto reduce the price f all kind- of picture* 25 ptr cent. Ice* tban former price*, and i* willing to give hi* euttomer* the benefit of such discovery A First Class Picture can now he bad for 25 cents, made of the la *: material and put up in tbe tno*t substantial manner. Photograph Albums in great variety, and cheaper than van be had at any other place in the county. A large a** rtioent of GILT EVA.WES, ROSE WOOD PR AMES. FA SOY GASES, CORD AND TASSALS FOR FRAMES, suitable f, any style of picture, at reduced prices. A superior lot of Gilt and Rosewood Moulding for Frames, just received, very low. Perrons desiring a good likeness of tbemeelve. will piease call and examine his specimens hef,, re going elsewhere. T. R. GETTYS Bedford, Sept. 27:3u0s I CHARD V. LEO A CO MANUFACTURERS QF CABINET WARE CHAIRS, &>■ BEDFORD, Pa. The uudcr-igned being engaged in tbtfabinet. making business. will make to order and keep on | hand everything in their lioe .f manufacture. I Bureaus, Dressing Statute. Parlor and Ex tension Tables. Chairs, Bedsteads, li'ashslands. dec. Ac. I will tie furnished at all prices, and to suit every j taste. They have also added to their stuck, Fren' h Cottage Suits. Marble Top Tables. Cane Chairs. . Sofas. Tete-a-Teles, AC. Ac. Ac. Eastern manufacture. 1 Having purcased the -tock and tools of Tb . i Merwinc. (late Win. htahl's) they have added the | same to their manufactory. I COFFINS will also he wade to order, an l a I HEARSE always in readiness to attend funeral*. I Prompt attention paid to all orders for work, j AY*. Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opp-. •:>. the residence of George Sbuek. aug.23-.3m RICHARD V. LEO t CO r PHE QUAKER CITY | 1 BUSINESS CO LI*E GE , I CORNER FITII AND CHESTN UT SREETS. PHILAD L P H I A . I The most complete and thoroughly appointed I ' Commercial School in the Country. j ft.ducted up-.-n the be-t system of Instruction. I and offering advantage* of the highest order in | every Department. IMPORTANT TO YOUNG MEN j Win, desire Succe-s and Proli tion in Busine*,- Life. I PRACTICAL EDUCATION roit TH* TIMES. | The Commercial C -ir.-e embrace# Book Keep, ing. Commercial Ca' u ttionr. Penmanship. Co r - respomler ce. Bu-iness For-.-:*. Custom# of Trade, C mi. er-ial Law. th- Art of Detecting Counter feit M< aey, Ac. This Course may be completed in three months. DIPLOMAS A*ar<ied t" Graduates, under >eal and by author ity of law, this being a regularly INCORPORATE!) C'OLLEGE, and the only one with similar powers in the S.ate. or in the United States. OTHER BRANCHES, Telegraphing, the Higher Mathematics, Engineer ing. Surveying and Navigation. BOOK KEEPING. In the Department of Account* this Institution is wholly unrivalled. The treaties un this sub ject. published hy th proprietor, is everywhere ackn- wledged to he the best and most complete work extant, and beinr composed almost exclu -ive'y of sets obtained ttoui Actual Business, pre sents a course of instruct:, n such as can be secur ed by no other system. It -.ks for sale, and sent by mail to any addre*.-, unon receipt of price, $.".50. YOUNG MEN Inv ite ito -end for circulars, or visit the College ft i further information. L. FAIRBANKS. A. M. Pnsi'DM. I . L. MfciitUAXT, Secretary, may3l:sm /~1 OOD NEWS FOK THE FAKMEES ! b THE following kinds of T II E S II I N G M A C HIXES. CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA CHINE SHOP OF - P. 11. SHIRES, BEDFORD, PA. 1 i.t Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-POW ER Threshing Machine* with all the latest and best improvements. ONE AND TWO HORSE POWERS. The Two-horse Machine with two horses end four hands will thresh from LOO to bushels of wheat or rye, and twice as touch oats per (lav. ON 1: H (IKS EM ACHIN ES with three bands, will thresh from 60 to 76 bush per day. Two ttii i four-hor?e TI'MBLING SHAFT Ma chines. also, f STKa\P MACHINES, STRAW SHAKERS of the mo approved kind at tached to all Machines. ALL MACHINES WARRANTED. Rl PAIRING of all kinds of Machine* done on the ahor.*"st notice. HOUSES, PIG METAL, GRAIN and LVMHER taken inpayment. roiers' wanting Machines, will do well to give me a call. PETER K. SHIRES. Proprietor and Mamm/ac'r. 4 FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH A CORNER! NOW IS THE TIME TO LI V CHEAP The subscribers will fell all that fine fariu :ii Bedford township, containing 180 acre?-. U5 "i which arc cleared and under excellent feuee, and the balance, 95 acres, weil timbered, adj 'iniug lands of Charles Heifcl. John Schnebly, and oth ers. The buiidioga arc a two and a halt story LOG HOUSE and LANK BARN, with i.her out-buddings thereon ere ted. Water in <r>ery field, with an excellent u Mill -eat. .\ -.dca divl apple crehard ah • thereon. Price S4OOO. TERMS; One third in hand nr.d the balance in thrtc annual payments with interest. DURBUKUOW A LCTZ. June 21, ISf7:tf Real Estate Agents YyASHINGTON HOTEL. This Ergc and commodious hou-c, having been re-taken > y the subscriber, is now open tor the re ception of visitors and hoarders. The roojos aro large, well ventilated, anl comfortably furnished. The table will alw.i v- be suji plied with the be= r the n tti-ker can afford. Tbe liar is stocked with the choicest litpiors. lu short, it i? uiy purpose to keep a FIRBT CLAB> HOTEL. Thanking the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit a renewal of their patronage. N. B. llacks will run constantly between the Hotel ** d the Springs. may 17.117:1 ▼ WV DTTPT?T T>V ,*,•
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