SeMori) Inquirer. BKBFORD. PJU I*®* l ' 10 > ,S6S THK OHfiTKttTtOinSTti. The utter depravity and recklessness of Andy Johnson and his copperhead allies is strikingly manifested at the present time. For nearly two years after the close of the war they constantly abused Congress and the Republican party because they did not, with headlong precipitancy, restore the rebel States to their former status ;n the Union. They were then in favor of imme diate restoration, and heaped abuse without stint upon Coagrcss for what they chose to call its tardiness in the work. Congress after mature deliberation and careful inves tigation adopted a plan of reconstruction much milder than Andy Johnson had be fore advocated. Scarcely was the ink dry with which it was written, when the Presi dent with bis horde of rebel and copperhend followers, began to oppose the adoption of the required measures in tfm lately rebel lious States aud do all in their power to prevent their restoration. At once all tho executive power and patronage was wielded to prevent the calling of conventions, and adoption of constitutions pryiaratory to re . . . ..UVVJIIOUMJ- in sympauiy with the rebellion were sent South at gov ernment expense to gather up aua manufac ture false reports of the condition ol the country, and of the utter unfitness of the Union men of the South to govern them selves. Wherever it was found that the work of restoration was progressing most rapidly, every possible obstruction was thrown in the way by the removal ol officers and the appointment of others either known or hoped to be in sympathy with the ob struction policy of the President. Thus the spirit of rebellion was nurtured and encour aged by presidential treachery, until to-day but a single officer originally in command of the various departments remains, every other having been removed because he per mitted the work of restoration to go on too smoothly and swiftly. The appalling re cord of this obstruction policy is carefully kept from the public as far as the prostitu tion of the associated press can control the transmission of such news. Rut murder will out, and the record of crime and blood shed that conies to us from all parts of the South is almost without parallel. I nion men, white and Black, arc hunted and shot down like wild beasts, deliberate murders arc of every day occurrence, and the deter mination of the late rebels seeins to l>c to exterminate the Union uicn of the South. Notwithstanding the notoriousness of these proceedings, not a criminal is brought to justice, not a murderer is subjected to even the appearance of a trial. This is all the result of having a degraded and traitorous executive. He has removed every efficient officer, and in every way by speeches and actions encouraged this lawless spirit. And while so doing he and his followers arc using every means in their power to prevent the restoration of these States to the Union, un less the control of their government is given into the nanus ot these niuiaeiuu- acuiuuo, who not satisfied with the horrid bloodshed, cruelty, starvation and cold blooded mur ders perpetrated during the rebellion, con tinue to mbrue their guilty hands in the blood of innocent men, whose greatest of- has been to love their country and sus tain her lawful government. Inciting to these dark deeds of blood is the daily work of the Copperhead leaders of the country while they ask to hare its government placed in their hands. MHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NON-COLLECTION" OF THE lIEV ENCESf Congress, during the war, and since its close, has at all times, promptly given the necessary legislation for providing revenue for the payment of government expenses and the interest on the nation il deb I '. Not withstanding this fact, which is patent to everybody, and despite the indu-try with which Congress has labored, since its re assembling, to reduce the government expen ditures in every department where it could be done without detriment to the public welfare, the copperhead press has constantly kept up the cry of Republican extravagance. With how much justice, is shown by the al most solid copperhead vote in Congress lieiog thrown against the passage of an act for abolishing even the smallest items in the way of expenditure. Again, the de ficiencies in revenue are not the fault of the laws passed by Congress, but because they arc not executed. Who are responsible for their execution? Not Congress, but An drew Johnson and his copperhead appoint ees, whose sworn duty it is to execute the law, and whose plain duty it is to collect the revenues as provided for by law. Why are tho most gross and palpable frauds allowed to pass unnoticed aud umntcrrered with from month to month ? Why do the liquor dealers and manufacturers daily and openly defy tho law in the face of public sentiment and before the very eyes of Andy Johnson and his corrupt and venal officials? These frauds upon the revenue are so notorious and open that the newspapers daily teem with reports of thcro, yet with the excep tion of one or two spasmodic attempts no honest effort has been made, to bring the offenders to justice. If copperhead papers were utterly devoid of all sense of shame, they long ago have ceased to sneak of revenue fraud . en jt as clear as the light of day that ou ti.. copper head party, with Andy Johnson at its heoj rests all responsibilty for the most flagrant and reckless disregard of official duty that has ever disgraced the executive department of our government. And this is not all, but together with the utter disregard of duty in the enforcement of the plain letter of the law, in the collection of the revenue, the President and his menials in the cabinet would go on purchasing icebergs and vol oanOE, without stint and coolly ask Congress to oot the bills out of a Treasury depleted a most to bankruptcy, by the President's own criminal neglect 0 f duty. Jf Andy Johnson had been impeached as he should have been, a year ago, and removed from office, as he richly deserved to be, there would be no complaint of deficiency in the levenue department to-day because of of ficial negligence. His conduct in this, as in many other things, affords the clearest evidence of his complicity with copperheads and rebels in their efforts to embarrass the govei anient and free the nation into bank ruptcy and repudiation. If he had been half as assiduous in the discharge of his du ty, aa he has been in his efforts to restore rebels and eopj>erheads to power and to per secute the union men of the South, we would hear no complaint now of deficiency in the national revenue. COPPERHEAD CONSISTENCY. While Copperheads, in Pennsylvania and in fact in every Northern State, are busy in making hypocritical pretensions of a desire to economize in the public expenditure, their much persecuted Southern friends the chimin/, arc making a very significant ex hibit of their ideas of public economy. Ihe .Maryland rebels have incorporated into their new constitution a clause demanding compensation for their slaves. In hlentuc ky (where they did not secede because they could help the rebellion more by a quasi ad herence to the Union, and where the mur derers ofUnioo men have not been, and are not now even arrested for their crimes,) the Senate has passed a joint resolution, which will be passed by the llouse, if it has not been already, appointing a committee to re port the value ot the slaves and what mea sures are UC. „ .a —* from the general government. If the South is to be compensated for her slaves, and there is not a rebel in the South that does not demand it, and scarcely a copperhead politician in the North that would not gram it for the sake of getting into power and dividing the spoils, no sum short of $4,000,- 000,000 would be thought of. Let every one, when he reads copperhead lamentations over Republican extravagance, remember that copperhead success in 186S means, at the very least, $4,000,000,000 added to our national debt to pay red handed rebels for their.slaves, and once more to establish a Southern oligarchy. Copperhead cries of economy only indicate their longing for pub lic plunder. Their very last administration under the imbecile Ruchanan, by its profli gacy and treason, bankrupted the eountiy at a time when we were at peace with all the world. THE Legislature of Pennsylvania met on last Tuesday. The members from this district were in their seats. There were a number of candidates for speaker, none of which we were prepared to recom mend. Politics have made men so vile that there is scarcely sufficient stuff left to make an honest politician. Unless we know a man to lie honest in politics, as well as in the other relations of life, we are not pre pared to take his pledges, in favor of a cer tain measure even if he were to swear until he were black. This is a sad state of affairs, but it is none of our making, and wc only report the solemn truth. The men who are elected to fill the speakers ""chairs, will have much to do in shaping the legislation of this session and wc would like to see men elec ted who can not be induced to construct comuiitees in the interest of the railroad monopolies. Since writing the above we learn oy icicgrapu mat nuj. n. TT. turns, of Philadelphia, has the caucus nomination which we consider a triumph of the monop oly, and Gen. Selfridge, Clerk, of the House. J. T. Iveagy, Ksq. of this place was selected as one of the Transcribing Clerks. In the Senate Hon. James L. Graham, of Alleghe ny, was elected Speaker and George W. Hammersly, Clerk. THERE is probably no other ohji. 1 ON which the copperhead party is so determin idly set, as public plunder. To be sure they are continually crying "stop thief' for the purpose of warding off suspicion but at the same time their whole attention is fixed up on and all their energies exerted in the effort to get control of the public revenues in or to settle their greed for plunder. An exhi bition of their sincerity was made just be fore the holiday adjournment of Congress, when an effort was made to curtail certain unneccessary expenses pertaining to the perquisites of members of Congress, and but two copperheads could be found to vote in favor of curtailment. Such is the sin cerity of their professions. While clamoring for retrenchment in order to make political capital, they invariably vote solid or nearly so against every movement looking toward a curtailment of official prickings. JOHN BULL has the grandest scare on hand at present that the credulous old gen tleman has had on hand since the Chartists. He appears to be in a worse condition than our Copperheads, who scent a "nigger" in every wood pile, for he imagines that he can taste a Fenian in every mouthful that he eats. If this Fenian business don't soon stop, there is a probability of the old gen tleman becoming even more lean than Jona than he will nhaUo all tho flooh off of his bones. National I'nion Republican Conven tion. WASHINGTON, December ll.— The Union Republican Executive Committee, at its evening session, adopted tho following call: The undersigned, constituting the Na tjonal Committee designated by the Conven tion held in Baltimore on the 7th of June, 1864, do appoint that a National Convention of the Union Republican party be held at the city of Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, the 20th day of May next, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice Presi dent of the United States. Each State of the United States is authorized to be repre- in said Convention by the number of deiejsp.g equal to twice the number of Sen ators and Representatives to which such ■Mate is entitled in the National Congress. We invite tho co-operation of all citizens who rtj->i^ e that our great civil war has hap pily tcrminG>d j n the discomfiture of rebel lion; who would LoM fast the unity and in tegrity of the republic, , n d maintain its par amount right to defend tolu utmost its own existence while imperilled by sewt conspi racy or armed force; who are in favor an economical administration of the public ex penditurcs, of tho complete extirpation of the principles and policy of slavery, and of the speedy reorganization ofthosc States whose government were destroyed by the rebellion, and the permanent restoration to their proper practical relations with the United States in aeoordance with the true principles of republican government. MARCUS L. WARD, of New - Jersey, Chairman. •JOHN D. DEFREES, of Indiana, Secretary. GEN. GRANT ON STANTON ANI) SIIEKIDAN. The following is the celebrated private letter written by General Grant, which is now published for the first time: IIEAPQ'RS or TH: ARMIES OK U. B. 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1, 1867. j Ilia EXCELLENCY ANDREW JOHNSON, Presi dent of the United States. SIR: I take the liberty of addressing you privately on the subject of the conversation we had this morning, feeling as I do, the groat danger to the welfare of the country should you carry out the designs then ex pressed. First on the subject of the dis placement of the Secretary of \V ar. His removal cannot he effected against his will without tho consent of the Senate. It is but a short time since the 1 nited States Senate was in session, and why not then have asked for his removal if it was desired. It certainly was the intention of the legisla tive branch of the Government to place Cabinet ministers beyond the power of Exe cutive removal, and it is pretty well under stood that, so far as Cabinet ministers are affected by the Tenure of Office Hill, it was intended especially to protect the Secretary of War, whom the country felt great confidence in. The meaning of the law mnv be ex plained away by an astute lawyer, but com mon sense and the viewH of loyal people will give it the effect intended by its frauiers. On the subject of the removal of the very able commander of the Fifth military dis trict. let me ask you to consider the effect it would have upon the public. lie is univer sally and deservedly beloved by the people who sustained this Government through its IrtiiLa and I'm red by those who would Still be the enemies of the Government. It fell to the lot of but a few men to do as much against an armed enemy as General Sheridan did during the rebellion, and it is within the scope of the ability of but few in this or any other country to do what lie has done, llis civil administration has given equal satisfaction; ho has had difficulties to contend with which no other district com mander has ever encountered. Almost, if not jjuite from the day he was appointed district commander to the present time, the press has given out that he was to be re moved; that the administration was dissatis fied with him. This has emboldened the opponents to the laws of Congress to oppose him in every way in their power, and has rendered necessary measures which other wise may never have been necessary. In conclusion allow mc to say, as a friend de siring peace and quiet and the welfare of tho whole country, North and South, that it is in my opinion more than the loyal people, (I mean those who supported tho Govern ment during the great rebellion) will quietly submit to to see the very man of all others whom they have expressed confidence in re moved. I would not have taken the liberty of addressing the Executive of the United State?, hut for the conversation on the sub ject alluded to in this letter, and from a sense of duty, feeling that L know I am right in the matter. With great respect, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT. Among tho papers is a letter from Gen. Sheridan to Gen. Grant dated New Orleans, January 25, 1867, in relation to matters in Texas, and particularly referring to the con dition of the freedmen and the 1 nion men in the remote parts of the State, which he says was truly horrible. He says the Govern ment is denounced, the freedmen are shot, and Union men are persecuted if they at tempt to express their opinion. This letter Gen. Grant, under date January 29, 1867, endorsed as follows: Respectfully forwarded to the Secretary of War, whose attention is invited to that portion of the within communication which rotors trt tHr ortndition of 1 men uon Freedmen in Texas and to the powerlessncss of the military, in the present state of affairs to afford them protection. Even the moral effect of the presence of troops is pacing away, and a few days ago a squad of soldiers on duty was fired on by citizens in Browns ville. In my opinion thegreat number of murders of Union men and freedmen in Texas, which not only, a? a rule, go unpun ished, but uninvestigated, constitute practi cally a state of insurrection; and believing it to be tho province and duty of every good government to afford protection to the life, liberty and property of her citizens, 1 would recommend the declaration of martial law in Texas to secure these ends. The necessity for governing any portion of our territory by martial law is to be deplored. If resorted to it should be limited in its authority, and should leave all local authorities and civil tribunals free and unobstructed until they prove their inefficiency or unwillingness to pcrfoini their duties. Martial law would give security, or comparatively so, to all classes of citizens without regard to race, color, or political -opinions, and capable of protecting itself, or until the State is return ed to its full relations with the Union. The application of martial law to one of these States would be a warning to all, and if necessary should be extended to others. (Signed) U. S. GRANT, Genl. NOTE BY GEN GRANT.— No action was had by the civil authorities upon the foregoing recommendation. THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE TENSION LIAWS. —The following comments and de cisions of the Secretary of the Interior we copy from an exchange. We hope Con gress will go to work and relieve the unfor tunates who suffer under tlic injustice of these decisions: The Secretary of the Interior has just made a decision which settles the question as to whether a distinction exists between diafted men and volunteers as to the right of pension. It has been urged by claimants and attorneys that the previous unsound ness of a drafted soldier should constitute no bar to a pension. The Commissioner of I ensions, in his decision, which is affirmed by the Secretary, says: "It is not within the province of this office to make amends, in my opinion, for any wrong done by the mustering officer or examining surgeon, in accepting a man who was physically dis qualified. The law makes no distinction in regard to persons, between volunteers and drafted men; and, in my judgment, this of fice has no authority to make ruch distinc tion." The Secretary has also decided that the three years' limitation prescribed in the pension laws applies in the case of minors, whose application had not been filed within three years from the date of death or remar riage of the mother, and that the limitation begins at the time the right of pension occurs. SENATOR SUMNER and his wife, it is stated by the Home Journal, have finally agreed on a permanent separation. The ground alleged is "the certainty—discovered only too late— that there exists between the two parties an incompatibility of temperament and opinion on certain social questions, which precludes the possibility of their living happily together as man and wife." THE Legislature of Kentucky having pas sed a resolution instructing Senator Guthrie either to proceed to the capital or resign, he chartered an extra car and will undertake the journey, notwithstanding his feeble condition, both limbs' 0 s " fferi,, g from paralysis of Seiate rnmm i° f S^, nton declare that the U Wlll report to sustain him, Z.^,l' 1 not be a R ep°blican vote against his reinstatement. It is further as serted that General Grant will then resiau immediately, his pro tempore place assuming lhat the law lorbids him from pursuing any other course. for the Inquirer. I.ettcr from the West. VINTON, Benton CO., lowa. EDITORS INOCIREB:— Being housed up, by the severity of "stern winter," my thoughts would naturally wander hack to old scenes* recollections and associations, until the con templation created a desire to have them re newed, when my eye fell on an old No. of the Bedford INQLIBEB, which gave a desire to have its visits, with which we parted some time since, renewed, the result of which is before you in the shape of a rernitance. And while I have my pen in hand I will inform you where we have "pitched our tents" for the present. If you will take a map of lowa and look up Town 85, lUnge 12, you will find it to be in the western part of Benton county, on one of the most beautiful and most fertile prairies the eye wishes to behold. This prairie is well situated for farming and gra zing. But, in common with all large prairies, is destitute of timber, and consequently fuel is a scarce article. The prunes are a most delightful place to live iu tho summer, but a rather dreary place to pass the winter. There is nothing at present to break the force of the storms; but this will be remedied to a great extent, in the course of some years, when the groves aud timber belts already planted, and still being planted to a great extent, will receive a good growth, this, too, will make a more pleasing landscape than at present. lucre Is more energy and enterprise iu this country than there is in the east. It is no uncommon Miing for u village like your Bed ford to be commenced and built up in eight or ten years. Wo still have thousands of acres of the most productive soil, all around us, waiting for some ono to plow and sow it, when it will present them with such a har vest as will make glad the heart of man. There is also room for thousands of mechan ics and tradesmen to make and manufacture the numerous articles of merchandise which we receive from the east in exchange for our agricultural products. While there are numerous openings for in dustrious and energetic men, yet it would not be advisable to urge them to come out here; for there would be a great many disappoint ments. There are a great many persons now here who are dissatisfied and discontented at heart, aud yet they may not be willing to ad mit the fact. I'ionecr life is far from being Paradiu. And none should think of becom ing pioneers unless they are able to put up with its ups and downs. 8. B. KOKA VOUR. GUUbUi M.us ITiWk ADMIRAL PARBAGCT'S fleet has arrived at Gibralter. THE Papal army is to be materially streng thened. FRAKI IS. the Fenian Head Center, has been arrested at Dublin. PROMINENT manufacturers tell us they do not expect a speedy revival of business. ALL the mills and factories around Fair mount. Philadelphia, are discharging hands. P. M. GEN. RANDALL makes no effort to conceal his Grant sympathies. CHARLES DICKENS will continence a course of six readings at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, on Monday, January 13th DK. GIHON of Philadelphia has been ap pointed private Secretary to his Excellency, Governor Geary, vice J. R. Dunglinson. CONGRESSMAN SHEI.LABAROKR, of Ohio, bus LOON obliged to go home on account of sick ness. THE remains of Maximilian has arrived at Havana on the Ist, on board the Austrian frigate Navara. THE term of office of Governor Pierpoint. of Virginia, expired on the Ist inst., but as no provision has been made in the way of a successor, he continues ta hold the position. DR. HEWITT, the venerable and beloved pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg, died suddeuly at his residence in that city on Monday the 23d ult., aged 7<i years. MINNESOTA has already sent to market this year about 7,1KK),0u0 bushels of wheat, and nearly as much more is supposed to be in farmers' hands. The production is less than in 1860. Gov. Cox. of Oh io, has ordered a special election to be held in the Bth Congressional District, on Monday, January 24th. for the election of a successor to the late Hon, C. 8. Hamilton. J. BCCHANAN CROSS, the noted forger, was brought before the Superior Court in Chicago on the 3rd inst on a writ of habeas corpus, and remanded to the Penitentiary to await the resnlt of an application for a new trial. A SAV FRANCISCO dispatch of the Ist says the track of the Central Pacific Railroad is laid from Cisco to Summit, and through the great tunnel, over 7,000 feet above the sea. l'he first passage car went through the tunnel on the 30th ult. THE Ohio Legis'ature convenes at Colum bus on Monday, January 6th; and the inau guration of Gov. Hayes will take place on Monday, the 13th. The latter occasion will, no doubt, be one of considerable interest. WILLIAM CCI.I.K BRYANT is writing three poems for the New York Ledger, for which Mr. Bonner pays him three thousand dollars. This is the largest amount ever paid to a poet. DR. HENRY HAHBAFGH, Professor of Theol ogy in the Mercersburg Seminary, and editor of the Mtrcersburg Ueriete, died at his resi dence on Saturday last. CHAS. 11. PARKER, a conductor on the Penn sylvania Railroad, was stabbed and killed on Monday, near Johnstown, by a passenger who he was attempting to eject for non payment of fare. A portion of the Arlington estate lias been cultivated as a Government farm the past season. Three hundred and seventy six acres have been rented to forty-eight freed men, chiefly heads of families, in lots of five or ten acres. THE State Prison of Massachusetts, has not only sustained itself, but earned $21,000 over all expenses. The number of commitments to the State Prison last year was 128, being less than the average of 38 years. The cost of maintaining the State Militia amounts to $150,000 a year. A new insurrection in favor of Santa Ann has broken out in Yucatau, and appears be supported by many former officers of th Empire. It seems almost incredible than the ex-Dictator, who but a -few weeks ago barely escaped with his life, should onee more disturb the peace of his native country. THE First National Bank of Bay City, Michigan, failed on the 3d inst. Its affairs are reported to be in a rather bad condition. The deposits amount to about seventy-five thousand dollars. THE Alabama Reconstruction Convention, on the SOth ult., passed an ordinance declar ing the war debt of the State, and all liabili ties created directly or indirectly in aid of the war, null and void. THE colored societies of Richmond paraded , on the 3rd inst. in the celebration of the , Fourth anniversary of the Emancipation. Addresses were delivered by Governor Pier pont and others. The day was also observed in Charleston, South Carolina, by a general parade of the negro societies. MRS. A. K. M'CLCRE and son arrived at home on Saturday evening last. They left i Virginia City on the morning of the 11th ult., and came by conch to the western terminus 1 of the Pacific railroad. Col. M'Clure expects | ' to start East about the middle of February, i and, unless delayed by accident, will arrive by the Ist of March, YACCHEXS GREELEY, the father of lion. Horace Greely, editor of the New York Tribune, died at his residence in Krie county Pennsylvania, on last Christmas day. He was native of New Hampshire, followed the occupation of a fanner. 86 years old at the time of his decease, and always sustained a high reputation of honesty, integrity, and in dustry. Two handsome monuments are now in the course of erect ion at Harrisbnrg, Pennsylva nia: one in honor of the Pennsylvania sol diers who fell in Mexico, and the other to commemorate the valor of those citizens of Danphia county who were slain in the recent civil conflict. The former is built at the ex pense of the State, the latter by subscription in the county. MAJOR CHAMBERS MCKIBBON, who has been acting as Inspector General, although, not on General Meade's staff, applied for permission to accompany him to his new command, and (Icneral Grant promptly gave his consent. THE Committee on Foreign Relations have determined to demand ol Great Britain, the rolense of Father McMahon, of Indiana, cap tured in Canada, and convicted as a Fenian raider. Fancy the Dismay. Which iroultl prevail in thousand* oj House hold*. If D should be suddenly announced throughout the United States, Canada', the tt est Indies and Spanish America that no wore H >. 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Is an eight page paper, independent in politics, and contains forty-eight columns of matter,embracing the latest news by telegraph the most reliable market reports, the latest cable telegrams, the fullest local reports, with the latest news by mail, including the most interesting personal and political items, full telegraphic market reports from all points of importance, Hast and West, and much other matter of an entertaining and instructive character. The IHspatr.h is furnished by mtul at $H a Year, or may be had from our agents at fifteen cents a week. Send for a specimen copy. THE WKKItt.Y DISPATCH. —OttLY $1 A YKAK ! ! J In issuing their Prospectus for 18<i8, it affords the Publishers gratification to be able to state that their weekly, like their daily, en ters upon the new year under very flattering auspices. It has been enlarged to nearly double its former size arid now contains j Thirty two Column* of matter printed on bold copper faced type making it one of the hand somest. as it has long been one of the cheap- ! est, if not the cheapest, weeklies in the coun try. It contains all the latest news of the day— -1 olitical. Commercial, and General, and as an entertaining and acceptable Family Xcirx l>a/ier is not excelled by any paper in the htate. Xhe weekly JJinpatch is furnished to single subscriber at $1 00, or in clubs of ten to one address at SI,OO each, with a free pa per to the party getting up the club. Subscribers may remit us by mail, either in bshs or by Postoflice order, which is the safer mode. Postmasters receiving subscriptions r the JJupateh, either Daily or Weekly, are authorized to retain twenty per cent, on our published rates, for single subscribers, or ten per cent on our club rates. Address J. 11. POST EH & Co., Publisher, lil aud ij'J Fifth Street Pittsburg, Pa. N ew eook, stationery AND PICTURE STORE. ! Th> undersigned has opened in Shaffer's building, j Juliana srreet, a XEW BOOK, STATIONERY AND PICTURE BT<RE. Having purchased the largest stock of Books and Stationery ever brought to this place, at the LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES, lie flatters himself that he will lie able to set! CHEAPER than any other person engaged in the same busi- j ness. II is stock consists in part of SCHOOL BOOKS. MISCELL A N EOI IS BOOKS, STANDARD POETRY. POPULAR NOVELS, Also HYMN BOOKS for all Denominations, EPISCOPAL-PRAYER BOOKS, MISSALS, Ae. CHILDREN'S Story Books, Books on Parlor Magic, Books on Gaines, Song Books, Dime Novels, etc. His stock of SCHOOL BOOKS! Embraces Osgood's Scries of Readers, Brown's Grammars. Brook's Arithmetics, Davie's Algebra. Raub's Speller, and all hooks used in the Com mon Schools of Bedford County; also COPY. BOOKS, of all kinds. STATIONERY! of every description at lowed prices, will be found at his store, including Fools-cap, plain and ruled. Ledger Cap, Letter Cap. Bill Paper, Commercial N ■<. Ladies' Note. 1 WKLOPES of all kinds and sines, Plain ami Fancy', Fine White Wove, etc , etc. STEEL PENS, Pen-Holders, Slates and Slate Pencils "f all numbers. Ink Stands of the most Beautiful ami Convenient designs, and INKS of the best 'jualiry a' the lowest prices. Also a large as- rtment of KEROSENE 1. A M PS . Plain and Fancy Soaps, SMOKING andCllKM ING TOBACCOKS,Cigars, Pen knives, PERFUMERY, ct.. A speciality will be made of the I'lCTl K 1-1 I) EPAKTM EN J . f ac Large Portraits <f Washing-ton, Lincoln, Johnson and other distinguished Americans, Fan oy Pietnrew, Sterr scopes and Stereoscopic Views, Picture Frames. Ac., Ac., will be always kept on hand. Porte Monnaies, Pocket-Books, hand - -me Porte-F'oliocs, etc. Violins, Aceordcons and O'her Musical Instruments, Checker-Boards, Chess-Men, etc. Hoping to meet the patronage of the pnhlic. he has selected his stock with great care, and is bonnd to sell cheap to all who will give liiui a call. JOHN KKEFFE. Bedford, Dec. loth, lvfi7..-tf 1 I R A R D LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, <F PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL ASD ASSISTS, JANUARY 1, 1867, 55,85' 56. Mutual Insurance Combined with the Security of a Capital. The (iirurd Life Inturance Company watt char tered in 1826. and is therefore one of the oldest, as well as most substantial companies in the Uni ted States. It effects insurance for the whole of Life; upon the nonforfeitable or ten year plan, or for any term of years. It also issues Endowment Policies. Premiums may be paid Yearly, Semi-annual!} or Quarterly. All the insured for whole of life, (including those on the ten year plan,) participate in the profit* of the ettmpany. Those insuring in the Girard may always rest assured that their best interests will be protected. All whole of Life Policies of several years stand ing, are purchasable by the company, or may be commuted into a policy for a smaller amount, without any thing more to pay—therefore the in sured need not fear a loss in case they are not able, after several years payments, to keep up their policies. • Tintt usees or additions to policies ore 7NT.fr ere ry Ore years, trithout any increase in the premium. he profit* are absolute. Its premiums mod era te. Itspririleyes liberal. It has paid many losses, and has never cuHtestetl a claim. For books and circulars, free of charge, send to the H'<mo office, No. 408 CHESTNUT St., Phil a. Or to anv of its agents. THOMAS RIDGWAY, Pres. JOHN F. JAMES, Actuary. ORRIN ROGERS, General Agent. 823 Walnut Street, (up stairs.) J. T. KEAGY, Agent, marls:l yr Bedford, Pa. TAOR SALE. I We take pleasure in offering to the public the following tracts of excellent land lor sale at very reasonable prices. Persons wishing to buy will do well to consult us before purchasing, and those having lands to sell will find it to their advan tage to avail themselves of our reasonable terms No. 1. North-west fractional one-fourth of the North-west one-fourth of section 6, in township SO, North of range 4, Cedar county, lowa 39 87-100 acres, Prairie land. Price SBSO. No. 2. N. E. one-fourth 8, in township 85, range 45. in Monona county, lowa. 160 acres Piairie land -Price S9OO. No. 3. N. K. one-fourth of the N. W. one fourth section 22. in township 33, North of range 22, ii Pine county, Minnesota. 40 acres timber land. Price S2OO. No. 4. A good farm, situate in Pleasant Valley, Bedford township, five miles from Bedford, now in the occupancy of William H. Nycum, contain ing 100 acres, more or loss, about sixty acres cleared and under excellent fence, 18 acres of bottom meadow, ami the balance well timbered, with a splendid double dwelling house, barn and other out buildings. A well of excellent water near the door: also, a good young orchard. This is an excellent opportunity to procure a good farm near Bedford, convenient to chnrches and good schools. Price S3O per acre. PUR BORROW A LUTE, Real Estate Agents, Feb. 1, 1867. Bodford, Pa. U B L t C SALE OF VALUABLE REAL fWTi* By virtue of the U,t Will .ad T„, Isaac C*ppiU, )at ~r St. Clair 1,1,1k '!"" f county, deceased, the ,uW r iU, „Tn sale, on ■Saturday, January 11 th, lfcf* *ll that TRACT OK LAND bein, ,t ' farm of said deceased adiolnin. f J" James. formerly ££ * J*. tarry and other,, and coLUinioe , f 6 " 6 " 4 and twenty-seven acres; about eefenT/^'" Ulw4 Ay-five acre, are cleared and „„,i er *?. about iz acres being meadow Thll <* dwelling ho nee, on thTJH,, log barn end other out building, A,, d ' JSi * water at each set of building.. "*^ 4 ' ' j ■< on the premier, two good apple considerable and fair variety of Cberr, p 1 eaeb. and Pluin tree, *e., and ie t ,' one of the beat fruit farms in th. '' 4 try. This land lies on the North-West side !fft Chestnut Ridge," ia well adapted to j] grain, and is very productive. Four ICI , ( , acre, of this property is detached from the eion place, and will be sold separately. The in the ground is hereby reserved ' TERMS: One-third of the purchase money in hand .i Istnf April neat, when the deed will he 7„ J* and possession given, and the balance isT e.,ual annual payments without interest ■ secured by Judgments or Mortgage. t ih„' „■ of the subscriber. The purchase ia quired to pay 20 per cent, of the hand uL when the property ie struck down. <,]. , 7 mence at 10 o'clock a. u. ' WILLIAM W. CCPI'ITT Eve. December I.sth, 1M7.-W4 ' SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE ~ WITHIN A FEW MILKS OF BKbFOKb The subscribers will sell, at private sale, all SPLENDID FARM. situate in Pleasant Valley, Bedford tow t . . five miles from Bedfcr d, now in the oeeepanc;'/ William 11. Nycum, containing 100 ACKt> more or less, about Sixty Acres cleared s ! under excellent fence, 18 acres of bottom Best | and the balance well timbered, with a spin,, DOUBLB D WELLINO HOi;g>- j Barn, and other out-buildings. A well of tl .■. ! lent water near the door; also, a good youse j chard. This is an excellent opportunity to proem HOOD FARM near Bedford, convenient Churches and good Schools. PRICE *3O PER ACHRE. DURBORROW A LITZ, July 19:tf Real Estate Agent,. ■YRALUABLE TRACTS OF LAND FOR SALE. The subscribers offer at private sale the (• ing valuable tracts of land, v it: No. 1. The undivided half of a tract of at I containing 227 acres, sitnate on the s vW. I side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying card, - I Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and si- I joining lands of Samuel Danter, Jame? Bris. I | hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF f COAL, one 5J feet, the other 6{ feet in depth hr ( ' been discovered on this tract. No. 2. A tract 0f230 seres near the above i r joining the same iands, and supposed to routs: I the same veins of coal. No. 3. A tract of 4ft" acres, within two udi half miles of the above tracts, lying on theSa •side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tit bered with oak and pine. May 3,-tf. Dt'RBORROW 4 LITZ. OHIO IN AND HISTORY OF THE BO ; 1 OF THE BIBLE. BY PROF. CiLYIS K. STOW. n. P. A work of reai value, and an almcst indi.-:c j sable companion of the Bible, showing what 2' 1 Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it. t 1 swering all the objections to its autheat; • 3 urged by modern infidels,and tracing the seta.-, J ty of each book up to its inspired authors, r-'g a i a vast amount of information heretofore: ■ . J j op in verw rate and costly volumes, makiagw |j , of tho most popular hooks ever published. 1000 AGENTS WANTED, i Experienced agents, clergymen, ladies, PW 3 j teaekrs and other* should send at once for im- 1 i iars giving further information. Addre=< ZEIGLEK. McCURDY A CO. I 501 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Fl £ Sept.27th 1567, 4mo. gOMETHIXG YOU NEED. CLEAVER S WONDERFUL LINIMEHI IT IS EFFICACIOUS AXD CHEFS!'. \ Ir you have a cut, old sore, frost-bite, tetter. eS any ailment requiring outward applicat J y.jj should use it. If your horses or cattle have cuts, kicks, sprain;* grease, scratches, or old sores, you should use i'JK for you can get nothing be'ter oither for TOUTS-.. ® or horses, and cattle. You can procure it of store keepers, and des. ers, in patent medicines throughout the county Manufactured only by JAS. CLKAYEE. 1 Hopewell. Pa., Nov. 8-3 m. AGENTS WANTED, for two of the best *ld A ing subscription book, every published. Or® entitled " Mysteries of the Neapolitan Covens 5 by an Ex-Bent I - 'ine Nun, a true account ofa inner life of the convents—the unost thrilling it® interesting work Lefore the public. The ! entitled " The Cottage Cyclopedia," a gen o;: tellectual wealth, and wanted in every fw?||? complete in one large octavo volume of over >|p pages, illnstrated. Send for circular if ten? which arc very liberal. A. S. HALE, A CO.. H Dec. 13, '67-w2 Hartford, Coti ESTATE OF A APT. GEO. SMITH, DE( J Letters of Administration, caw lntn>' f 1 iiniiexo on the above estate having been rr- i i to the undersigned. All persons indebted! T i estate of said decedent will make paymcc:.-| y those having claims present them without is v I j nov29-6w GORG E W. SMITi ' | Residing in Fulton County • 1 OYES ! O YES! O YES!—The under- J having taken out auctioneer license 1-tSB himself in readiness to cry sales and auct •: ' "J the shortest notice. Give him a call. A*-~ j him at Rav's Hll ■, l!e.dford county. Pa. WILLIAM GRACE <j| Octlß:.Siu 4 LL KINDS OF BLANKS, Conuu m. Atonfl iA istrator's snd Executor's, Deeds. Mnr:n-' | SinlgmentNotes, Promissory Notes, withsuiv ■ "Jl out waiver of exemption, Summons. Subi wnd Executions, for sale at the Inquirer ofite m Nov2, ISM rpo ASSESSORS—AII Assessors h | A yet received the duplicate assessment' v* | blank notices, had better eomc or send an-i - | them at once, so as to be ready for the appeals j a December 20th. wl BLANK . —We have on hand a full >!: •! "j | all kinds of Blanks. Any one in cK " M them will find we have a complete H jDELLS! BELLS! BELLS! The largest stock of SLEIGH BELLSui I ;J| CHEAP, at LYNCH'S Hardware Store, W}".' J 01J Stand, Sign of Rig Saw. ! 1 SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of tietween Directors and Teachers, 1 Bonds of Collectors, Warrant- of Collector;. - M of Treasurers, Ac., for sale at the A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank the best parchment paper, for s Inquirer office. 3 CONSTABLE'S SALES.—We have ncatlj executed lot of blank Con. c t*H e * v 3 Constables in need of any kind >f Blaok? g supplied at the Inqmiret office. • J A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF IM MKNT and Promissory Notes, cither -sj.Sjj without waiver of exemption, for s- ' >h office nOTS ;; I
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