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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 ,*,•