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THR LIST I'HKMUKNTIAI. MOVI.
HP attempt* to force Stanton out by
attempting push Thomas In.
IMPEACHMENT"TUE RESULT.
ORIAT KXCITKMtNT.
ffaf ctiimii ofWoehingtotJ wcw startled
fVota their usual quiet on last Friday after
noon by the announcement that the Pres
ident had removed Hon. E. M. Stanton.
Secretary of War. and appointed Adjutant
General Lorenzo Thomas, Secretary of War
ad interim. Stanton received a letter from
the President informing hiui of this, bin
last move, and directing him to turn over
"all records, papers and other pnHic prop
erty' now in his custody to his successor.
Mr. Stanton itnutedi&tely communicated this
letter to the House of Reprerontativcs
which caused intense exeiteui'-tit and Wa
rtferred to the Oo.anuiittee on Jt' i onstrac
tion. .Mr. Covode. as a question of privi
lege, immediately moved that Andy John
SOD be impsacbcd foT high crimes and mi--
demeanors, which was also referred to the
Committee of Reconstruction. The House
then reconsidered the resolution which
had been previously concurred in to adjourn
over until Monday.
The Senate was about to adjourn when it
received a message from the President an
nouueing bis removal ot Mr. Stanton, ii
at once convened in executive session ami
appointed a Committee composed of Sena
tors Cameron. Thayer, Conn ess and • 'atteii
to call upon Mr. Stanton, and assure him
of theip determination to support him in his
efforts to maintain the laws. Tboy were
also directed to visit General Grant and as
certain the position he would maintain in
the crisis. Mr. Stanton assured them that
be would continue in office until the Seuate
would decide the matter. They were satis
fied with their conference with General
Grant. The Senate.then passed a re-olu
tion, by a vote of 29t0.G. that it did not
recognize tl;c authority of the President
to remove Mr. Stanton, and place anoth
er person in that office, without it° con
sent.
Under instructions from the President
General Thomas called on St_nton and de
livered his orders. Mr. Stanton asked time
to consider the subject which was courteous
ly extended. At seven o'clock the uext
morning General Thomas was arrested on
a warrant issued by Judge Cartel and held
in $5,000 bail, for a violation of the provi
sions of the 'leu ure of Office Act. Subse
quently however, he attempted to get pos
session of the War office, Put he fouud no
encouragement.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the Presi
dent sent to the Senate the nomination of
Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, as Secretary of
War, at least so it is said, and an explana
tion of bis efforts to remove Stanton cover
ing forty pages. Late in the day the lie
construction Committee reported in favor
of Impeachment, which, when reached by a
vote of the House on Monday, was sustained
by a vote of 126 to 47. So the Pre.-ident s
attempt to make himself the nominee of the
Democratic Convention will very likely re
ult iu his dismissal from the high position
which he has so signally discrac d. The
New York Tribune says in regard to im
peachment :
"There is no avoiding this - conclusion: no
explaining it away; no middle Conrse: Con
gress must assume the responsibility of im
peaching hiro. Not to do so in the face of
this flagrant and insolent proceeding is to be
come a partner in the crime. It is no time
to consider party influence of impeachment,
or its effect upon Presidential candidates.
We would rather see the Republican party,
candidates and ali, driven into the desert of
Arabia than to have them tremble one mo
ment in the presence of this high duty."
OIK TAX I.tWS.
We are indebted to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Co!. P. J -dan, for a copy
of the report on the Tax i~,ws of the State.
This report is made in compliance with a
joint resolution of the last Legislature ap
pointing the Auditor General Secretary of
the Commonwealth and State Treasurer, a
committee to revise, collate and digest ail
public acts and statutes regulating and rela
ting to the.system of taxation in this com
monwealth for State, county, school and
municipal purposes. The committee were
at the same time authorized to report and
'uggest the repeal of f ueh old and the pas
sage of such new acts a* might be necessary
to render the tax laws more perfect, plain
and simple. Under the authority thus giv
en the report reocommends some important
changes. The most important among these
is tho change in the collection of taxes.
Long experience having proved the inef
ficiency of the system of township collectors,
t"H# pppnrt ni'//ifnmonfin muting thft oawnfcy
Treasurer, collector, whose duty it will be
come to give notice of the time and place at
which he will attend in each toWDship or
collection district on or before the 28th day
of July in each year for receiving taxes and
upon all taxes paid on or before that time a
deduction of 5 per cent shall he made.
This law has been in opeiation in various
parts of the State for some years and hav
ing been found much more economical and
efficient than the old law, it is now recom
mended that it be made general. A great
saviog to the taxpayers of the State, we
have no doubt, will result from this change.
On the more complex aud difficult subject
of the assessment ot taxes, the report truly
says:
So manifest and universal are the inequal
ities in our present asses-ments, they viti
ate our whole system. Taxation, fo be just,
should be equal; and ?t is conceded by all
who know anything on this subject, that
this great end has never been attained.
The Uiw imperatively requires that in all
assessments made, every item of projterty
shail be valued at "the actual value thereof,
and at such rates and prices for which the
same wonld separately bona fide sell." Yet
these plain provisions of the statute, so in
dispensable to a just basis of taxation, are
unifortnlv disregarded, and it is usual to as
sess property at front one-fifth to ono-third
and one-balf its real value. That sworn
officers could, year after year, so utterly dis
regard the law, would seem incredible had
the fact not been continually demonstrated
to every tax-payer in the State. Manv
causes may have operated to effect this re
sult; but it cannot be doubted that the evils
and temptations incident to the elective sys
tern, lie at the bottom of this perpetual
fountain of injustice and wrong. It is be
lieve 1 due i .ol lor the rights ami inlet
est* ot . ur jH'opiu require- a total abolition
Of tb- t -i-nt system, and the substitution
of -. un'tomr hotter. Whether assessors
should ii--t be appointed by the courts, or by
some other authority, under such regula
tions as the Legislature uiigbt see proper to
impose, i- respectlully submitted as well
Worthy the roost serious and careful consid
eration.
To the truthfulness of these alarming
statements nil who have ever examined the
.-tessment books of our own county can
testily-. That sworn officers do, from year
to year, deliberately violate their oaths and
the plain letter of the law the record- do
most clearly prove. Assessors aad Corn
tnis.-iouers are alike culpable in this matter,
for the latter are necessarily cognizant of the
guilt of the former. It is but a few weeks
iincc we called special attention to the eul
pable negligence of Assessors as shown in
tht published assessment report. \\ hile,
in the ComniissioncrH office during the mst
jjessioß of court our attention was calb-d to
thi 1 assessment lists of a few townships
' where, to our own knowledge, as well as
that of at least some of the Commissioners,
tho valuation of property did net average
above a tenth part of its actual value, yet
these collectors were sworn to assess prop
erty at its Innajide value. These facts may
seem astounding to many, but they are ncv
erthe less true, and the worst part of the
ease is that such things are not confined to
Bedford or any other single county, but ex
tend over the whole State. It is no wonder
the Committee recommend the abolition ot
such a isC'trious system, and the adoption
of something better. But there's the rub.
How will wo get something better? The
fault i- not so much with the law, as with
the officer- whose duty it is to execute the
law. If tho Committee will devise some
means of compelling men to show suae de
cent regard for their oath- of office, they
will uo the whole country a service. From
highest to lowest the officers to whom this
duty is dolt-gated are guilty, and no one ha
the courage to stand up in the honest dis
•barge of his own sworn duty, much less to
compel others to obey the letter of the law.
Tho present law might be made efficient
enough by creating a prosecuting revenue
officer for the State, whose duty it should
be to visit every county of the State and
prosecute every delinquent Commissioner
or as-essbr (and this would comprise ninety
nine out of every hundred,) and punish
them to the full extent of the law. If the
Legislature will create such an office and the
Governor appoint some one, who has the
grim uncompromising spirit of a Stanton,
to fill it and do his duty, we will
guarantee revenue enough from fines and
penalties to pay off half the State debt
within a year; such a proceeding would also
open th • eyes of blind officials to the bind
tng foico of an oath of office, a reform that
would be of vast benefit to the State, both
morally and pecuniarily. We hope the
Committee will specially recommend some
thing of this kind to the Legislature.
8000,000.
Six hundred thousand dollars is the com
paiatively small sum a-ked as an appropria
tion for the present school year by our ex
cell fit State Superintendent, J. I'. Wicker
sham. I*l nnsylvania has 770.000 pupil- in
her public schools and yet last year she ap
pro; Hated the miserable pittance of $355,•
000,00 for the support of the whole system
or less than fifty cents for each scholar
Can such things be in Pennsylvania? Penn
sylvania that boasts of her Common School
System? Yes such things have been, to the
disgrace, because ofthe illiberal spirit of her
legislators. We hope the time has passed
when such (lings can be. Our finance
have been in so prosperous a condition that
tlie tax upon real cs-tate was abolished la-t
winter and the repeal of the t3x upon per
-onnl property has betu seriously thought
of at the present se--ion of her legislature.
When such things can be dne, can she not
appropriate at least one dollar to each child
in attendance upon her public schools for
educational purposes? Even this is but a
miserly allowance to her children, when we
con- i ler her abundant wealth and especially
when we consider that .-ueh appropriation
;is the U— t paying investment that can
possibly he made. Why did not our wor
thy Superintendent ask at least a million of
dollars? Why should not our legislators
erant it without the asking? They are not
so saving of thepeople's money, when called
upon to appropriate it to the payment of
salaries to useless and sometimes even
imaginary appointees about the capital. It
is miud that makes the man and men that
make the state. On the intelligence of her
people depends the character of the state
they constitute. Shall not the btate then
pour out liberally, yea lavishly of her treas
ure?, for the education of her people. Shall
.-lie u->t rott.or build school houses then
penitentiaries and jails? The state may at
tempt to withhold that which i- needful for
educational purposes, but if she does it will
be required for the support of criminals.
We 3-sert without fear of contradiction that
the co-t of ferreting out and punishing crime
far exceeds the present amount ofthe school
appropriations of the state at the present
time. We have frequently poiufed out the
heavy buith.cn laid upon the poorer districts
and counties of the state by the present
school law and that increased appropriation
would somewhat lighten their burthen, if
properly distributed. Will not our legi.-la
tor- then ask the largest possible appropria
tion? The whole expense of the schools in
Bedford County last year, exclusive of the
Superintendents salary, was about $3.9S per
scholar, while her share of the state appro
priation gave about 33ets, to each scholar,
just about one twelfth of the actual cost.
With an average tax of 14 mills she was
barely able to keep her schools open 4
months. Many counties are even worse off,
and pay heavier taxes. When the people
voluntarily bear such taxes that their chil
' dren may have the benefit of even 4 months
| school in the year, why should not the leg is.
latnrc step in and lighten their burthens by
granting liberal appropriations? Shall we
j not sec a step made in advance by the pres
j ent legislature in this noble work? Shall
we not have the pleasure, shortly, of telling
our people that their legislators have appro
priated a round million of dollars for school
purposes the present year ?
Tnx N T ew York Sun , on the authority of
a private letter from an officer in Texas, de
clares that General Hancock is becoming
sickened with his unreconstructed friend
It says more specifically," It is intimated
that unless speedily re called by the President
bo will become a Radical of the most deter
mined type. General Hancock is by no means
the first officer of conservative tendencies
who has undergone a change of opinion by
an official residence in the Southern States,
and probably will not bu th - last. An in
terior view of lit, so down-iiodden communi
ties would probably also benefit some gentle
men in civil lift; and i: n.ny happen that
political invalids will b, n: fo Texas or
Alabama as con-umptit. are now dispatch
ed to Cuba or Nassau. It sec'its that the
geutle unreconstructed are not satisfied
with a soldier who merely lays aside his
uniform, but demand further humiliation.
THE Herald , quoting news from Hayti,
says; "Thisis what an infamous Congress is
"bringing about in the South." Well, wc
have yet tc hear of one outrage one riot, our
maiiile-tation of hatred front the negroes iu
the South. The white men massacred the
negro in New-Orl an? and Memphis. In
Texas the freeduten w. re slain like wolves.
They trusted in Providence, however, were
patient and waited. Suppose the white
men had been massacred like the blacks
were, what would have been said? How hard
it is for men to be just!— -N. F. Tribune.
THE PITMSHMEN'TOE LOVALTi'. It should
ever be kept in mind that the Democratic plan
of reconstruction does not contemplate, in
Senator priori'- words, that political
power in the Rebel States shall lie divided
between the loyal and disloyal but it de
mands that political power -hall be placed
exclusively in the hands of the disloyal, to
whose tender mercies the true and faithful
"people shall be consigned without redress or
appeal. We may he prejudiced, but it
seems to us that loyal white nten of the
South will find little consultation in the idea
that "this is a white man's Government,"
when under that Government they are trea
ted as if they had no more rights tiiau the
despised "niggers."— Baltimore American.
THE Republicans of this county will re
member that the spring election wi'i be held
on the 20th of March, next, and that they
can only succeed by effecting a thorough or
ganization and thereby polling a full vote.
The oppo.-itiun will spare no efforts
to carry their candidates and there is no
reason that lit publicans should not do like
wise in the face of the approaching Presi
dential canvass. Let township and bor
ough meetings be held and full tickets be
nominated at least a week previous to the,
election and then let evert' Republican vote
be brought out and polled. If this is done
the Republicans will lie prepared to to into
the r.ext, canvass in a manner that will in
sure their triumph.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
FKEH. Dot cures, in A recent lecture said:
All that lie would u-k tor the colored men
WHS fair play and bands off. There WAS to
bar of their pretending to rule the country,
ftwould be governed a- of old by Anglo- Sa-tcni
and Ai>glo-Sxon statesmen. Of bis people
there were only four millions, and he asked
tor them only their proportionate share iu the
Government.
_A PHOMISI NT member of the Virginia Cou
vorition remarked to a gentleman a f.-w days
ago that "with the Constitution ratified and
Grant elected President, the bonds of Virginia
would go up to (ar at. once. He would .vriie
to his brother in the North to purchase
SOOO,OOO of them at once."
THREE State Elections occur in the Spring.
Iu New Hampshire on the second .Tuesday of
March; in Connecticut on the first Monday of
April: and in Rhode Island on the first Wed
nesday of April.
THE President sent to the Senate the nom
ii aiion of General George B. McClellan to be
Minister to England, Hon. .lames I*. Hubbeli,
of Ohio, to be .Minister to Ecuador, and Gen
eral George li. Thomas to be Lentensnt-
G< ueral ot the Army by brevet. McClellan's
nomination had been anticipated, but the
other two were entirely unexpected.
Tiui> .-srEveJts, it is said, is only kept alive
by t-oiics and stimulants. He is carried to
the Home every day. .-V parallel case is that
of the President. He is kept alive by tonics
and stimulants and is carried to bed every
night — Chicago Tout.
IT is said that the Legislature of Maryland
will re-elect Philip F. Thomas United States
Senator for two reasons, first, as a salve to
that gentleman's feeling-, and second, lo
"make political capitai" by the act.
LIST week the Boston soup-houses fed
fourteen thousand and forty-tour persons.
One bright lad applied for soup tor his father,
mother and a boarder.
TIIF. Supreme Court of Idaho territory has
decided that greenbacks are lawful currency,
and will be recieved as lawful payment tor
taxes; and all kinds of indebtedness, public
or private, gold notes, Ac., the statute law to
the contrary not withstanding.
DEMOCRATS rule in Delaware, Mat-viand,
and Kentucky—States in which notoniy black
men are em-rely disfranchised, but where
every white Union citizen, nnd particularly
every Union soldier, is sternly excluded from
office.
THE Wisconsin ,\ RQP 'r | !>i >r are after the
railroad directors of thatS'ate. A resolution
has been adopted requesting the proper com
mittee to report what, legislation is necessary to
compel roads to convey freight ot some kinds
in the order in wl ich it is delivered ; to do local
business at the satne rates us through business:
to pansfer freight at railroad junctions, and
prevent railroads runutng iu the interest of
any particular elevators.
Tut E are one thousand rive hundred and
sixty-eight lakes in Maine, so tie of which are
from twelve thousand to twenty thousand feet
above the level of the sea. it is claimed that
no other area of c:.tent in the world possesses
so notch water power.
Pu n.ADEU'ii' A received last year si x thousand
eight, hundred and fifty-four foreign, and
twenty seven thousand eight hundred domes
tic. a total of ninety four thousuud six hundred
and fifty-four hides.
TIIE Madison (Wis.) Union, the lately
revived Copperhead organ in that city has
agaiu suspended. A few day's since it under
took to read the La Crosse Democrat out of
the party. The effort was too much for it.
The Democrat wouldn't reform, nor let any
party organ live that preached reformation.
A PATROU of fifty men has been established
along the line of the New Jersey Railroad
for ttie purpose of examining the track to
guard against accidents. A section has been
assigned to each man, and the watch is kept
op day and night.
THE Executive Committee charged with
the duty ofthe selection of a place of holding
the Democratic National Convention met in
Washington last week for that purpose. The
Pendleton men insist on Cincinnati, or some
Western city, fueling that that is one point
gained for their candidate. Those who
represent the opposition to this gentleman
demand New York. The action of the com
mittee will not only be something of a test as
to Mr. Pendleton's strength, but very materi
ally influence bis prospects.
THE enemies of the country have no right
to administer its affairs—as well might the
attaching creditors of a fund be its trus
tees. Traitors, Democrats, insnrgents, iti
gnrrertiouisU, reliels, and disloyalist ol every
shade and hue, may as well understand ouee
and for all, that the ">?n who, six years ago,
bore the torch to the Capitol, can never
hereafter ait within its chambers.
THE Chattanooga Republicuu says that corn
is gold there at tine dollar per bushel. In
Nashville buyers are treelvofferipgrixty cents,
in bulk, from wagons, and are holding at eighty
cents delivered in the depot.
A BBLEKT visitor at a Church of England
rectory in an English Tillage, observed ihat
only oil lamps and candles were used in the
house, though gas was to be obtained in ilie
neighborhood. The reason given was tint
the gas was made by a dissenter, lie bad
probably erected his gas works in somebody';,
parish.
Titk Ohio democrats have taken a lesson
from New York licpublicons. and talk of
putting the Republican city of Cleveland into
commission, the legislature being democratic.
It rs found that the late cold snap has
seriously injured the pcaeh orchaids in the
fruit regit,u along the eastern shore of Lake
Michigan.
THE Rt. Rev. Dr. Stevens, Bishop of the
Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, was seri
ously injured by an accident on the Lehigh ,
Railroad on Thursday.
ARKANSAS votes upon the proposed Con
stitution on the 15tb of March, the polls to
be kept open five days.
PETITION'S are announced as having been
signed in England, by neifrly 14,000 persons,
praying that single women and widows, duly
qualified as ratepayers, may be allowed to
vote for members of Parliament.
A KEHBEI: of negroes were summoned, a
lew days sinje, to serve on a jury at Chat
tanooga. Teln., but Judge Adams refused to
permit them to act as such.
THE following oatrageoiH toast was re
ceutly givei i.t a dinner in Washington by a
man named Richard 1,. Ciopsey: "The
President of the United States, and to the
man that pilled the trigger that kiiied the
man that fried the nigger."
THE Rebil Democracy of Tennessee have
nominated Andrew Johnson for the Presiden
cy. Who las changed Andy or the Kehs.
THE Index, published at Fort Sanders,
Dakota, spjaks of a rurnor that an army of
two thousand Indians are matching into the
Sweet Wtir country from Idaho and Mon
tana. Thet are on the war path, aid have
burned all tie ranches north of Soda Springs,
at. the same time driving oft' the Hock, burning
the houses,(and compelling the ranchmen to
lake refugeiu the canons. *
THE Supteme Court, as is understood, ha
agreed no postpone fill next winter all decis
ions in the tsMte invoivingthe constitutionality
of the Legal-Tender act. I his iedmie because
the Secretary of the Tit-u.-urv wishes the
Attorney General to argue them, and he
cannot find time to do so at the present term.
HI'N'TISGDOK is to have a Normal School.
Some thirty thousand dollar* have already
been subscribed. The building and furnishing
will cost fifty or sixty thousand dollars. The
location will be selected in a week or two.
Any who wish to subscribe to the stock can
have an opportunity to do so by calling on
Dr. R. A. Miller.
THE temperance element of society will be
gratified to learn that Gen. Grant is addicted
to the use of no intoxicating beverages, and
in every sense of the word i.-u total abstinence
man. This statement is made on reliable
authority, to nail the malicious falsehood
started by bis enemies, that he was an habitual
diunhard.
PATRICK Duggan, the Pittsburger who wag
MI severely injured at the recent terrible ac
cident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near
Huntingdon, died of l is injuries a; Mifflin,
on Wednesday night, of la*! week. It wi'l be
remembered- that Mr*. Duggan was killed
instantly by the accident. Ihe two had been
recently married, and were on their way to
California:
TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN G EMUS —Sec
retary S'Wurd ha-ju.-t received IVoot Cow
mic-ioner Beck with a table which has t-een
care full v calculated and verified front ofiiiea!
data at Paris, and which .-howsthat with all
tlm drawbacks and >Lstacted which the
Uirited. States representatives labored un
der, they arc number una in grand prize
awarded t the Paris Exposition, and ex
ceeded every natiou except France in the
general proportion of awards to Exhibitors,
and in the proportion of gold and silver
medals and "honorable mention." Austria.
Prussia and North (I ruiany slightly exceed
ii- in their proportion f b: >nzo ii.cdalato
their numbersol exhibitors. In the gener
al average we are just double the rate of
Great Britain and her coloytgs. Taking all
tilings into consideration tins is considered,
perhaps, the most marvelous, triumph at a
competitive trial of the results of the invent
ive and industrial energies of the American
people, yet we were far Irom being fully or
fairly represented. T -king fhi* as -a crite
rion. however, the national pride may weli be
flattered by the evidence of our capacity to
compete with the world.
GEORGIA AND RECONSTRUCTION. —The
Georgia Convention on Thursday adopted
the billowing.
Whereat, Some unauthorized person has
undertaken to institute proceedings in the
SuprenieConrt of the United States, in the
name of 'he State of Georgia, ceivwa Generals
Grant. Meade and other.-; therefore,
Rtmdmi by thin I 'iiiifi ittinii, i eprexenting
the people mid the *<> Cfeii/nty of the State oj
(iettrgvt, That no person has been empower
ed by lite State of Georgia to commence or
prosecute any such suit, and the people of
Georgia, as plaintiff*, will not litigate said
suit, and demand that it be dismissed from
said Court.
And he it further retained, That a copy of
this re.-dutiou b-forwarded by the President
to the .Military Governor of the State, with
the request that he have tile -ca! of the
State affixed thereto, and then forward it to
the Secretary of War.
I EXECUTOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters Testament
1J arv upon the estate of James Piper, late of
Hopewell township, deceased, having been issued
l>v the Register of Bedford county to the subscri
bers, they hereby give notice to all persons in
debted to the estate of the said deceased to make
payment. Claim* against the estate should be
presented immediateir, properlv authenticated for
settlement. ' J. J. BARN'BOLLAK.
(residing in Bloodv Kun.)
EDWARD AsIICOM.
(residing in Hopewell,)
janlihtiw Executors'
JAXECb'TOKS' NOTICE. —la-Uers testamenta
i ry upon the e-tate of Jacob Hull, late of N
1 ier tp., deceased, having been i.-' -ed by the Reg
ister of Bedford county"to the undersigned, ihey
give notice to alt indebted to said estate to make
immediate payment, and those having claims
against said estate are notified to present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN I! KI M INO EH,
janlOtCw JACOB DLLL Executors.
AROMATIC VEGETABLE SOAP.
A superior TOILET SOAP, prepared from re
fined VEGETABLE OILS iu CuinbiDatinn with
Glycerine, and especially designed for the use of
LADIES and for the NURSERY. Its perfume is
exquisite, and its washing properties unrivaled.
Foreale by all druggists. j0!y,!5,67.yl
jyjU3LIXB f MUSLINS!
Just received at the IMPERIAL PA RU AIN
STORE! N'ew York Mills, L'tiva Nonparieb
Wamsotta M ills, Williamsville, Fruit of the Loom,
Nonsuch, Semper Idem, Lousdale, Hope Mills,
Ac. Together with other first class makes in
blrache I and unbleached, at the lowest prices.
, As muslius are now advuncing wj think it a very
safo time for families to lay in a supply.
G. R. 03TER A*CO.
| Bedford, Jan.3l-lia
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EV ERYBODF— TUIES THEM.
E\ ERYBODY— USES THEM.
E\ERYBODY— BELIEVES IN THEM.
E\ ERY BODY'— RECOMMENDS THEM.
Are jou troubled by Rats, Mice, Roaches,
Ants, Ac.'/ pif-Bujr a 25c. or 50c. Bv* of—
Cost ar' s Exterminators.
"Onlr Infallible Remedies knowa." "Free
from Poisci." '* Not dangerous to the
liuroan FaunJv.'* "Rats coiue out of their
holea to die." Improved to keep iu any
climate.
Are jou annoyed with Bed-Bugs? Can't
sleep nighte! a 25e. or 50c Bot
tle of—
" Costar's Bed-Bag Exter.
A Liquid "Destroy* and prevent* Bed-
Hugs." "Never Fails."
For Moths in Furs, Woolens, Carpets, Ac.
Ac. jtJTßur a 25c or 50c Flask of—
''Costar's Insect Powder.
Destroys instantly Fleas and all Insects on
Animals, Ac.
"A sure thing." Thousands testify to its j
merits. y-0-Buy a 25c or 50c Box of— '
"Cos t ar' s" Corn Solvent.
For Corns, llunions, Warts, Ac. "Try it."
Don't suffer with Pain! A Wonderful
power of lleiling! Every family should
keep it in the bouse. Sir-Bey a 25c or 50c
Box of
"Costar's" Buckthorn Salve.
Its effects are immediate. For Cuts, Burns.
Bruises. Wounds, Sore Breasts, Piles, Ul
cers. Old Sores, Itch, Scrofula and Cutane
ous Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Lips, Ac.,
Hites of Animals, Insects, Ac.
"A I niversal Dinner Pill" (sogar-coatcd.)
30 yeara administered in a Physician's
Practice. &ti,2sc and 50e Poxes—
"Costar's'' Bishop Pills.
Of extraordinary efficacy fr Cosureties*,
Indigestion, Nervous and Sick Headache,
Dyspepsia, DyeeDtery, General Debility,
Liver Complaints, Chills, Fevers, Ac. Not
griping. Gentle, mild and soothing.
"That Cough will kill you. Don't neglect it.
and 50c. Irises—
"Cottar's" Cough Remedy.
The children cry for it—its a "Soothing
Syrup/' For Conghr, Colds, Hoarseness.
Sore Tbioat, Croup, Whooping Cough,
Asthma, Bronchial Affections. Singers,
Speakers, and all troubled with Throat
Complaints, will find this a beneficial Pec
toral Remedy.
i ""
Beautifies the Complexion, giving to the
skin a transparent Ireehness. Bottles SI.OO
"' Cos tar " Bitter Sweet
and Orange Blossoms.
Benders the skin clear, smooth and soft,
liomoves Tan, Freokley, Pimples, Ac. La- :
dies, try a bottle, and see its wenderful
quality.
i-jt,! '■ ■ Beware !!! of all Worthless Imitations.
Ji#-Ncne Genuine without "CosUr'a" Signature.
and 50c sizes kept by all Druggists.
56_51.00 sizes sent by mail on receipt of price.
JSfrs2.oo pars for any three SI.OO sizea by Ex- j
press.
J3fr-f5.00 pays for eight SI.OO siies by Express. ,
Address
HENRY R. COSTAR,
452 Broadway, N. Y.
Fer sale by HECKKttMAN A SON. Bedford.
Sold by all Wholesale Druggists in PHILA
DELPHIA, Pa., and in all the large cities,
feblir
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITORS
OF JIEDFOIID COUNTY.
Gcenor M annoarf, Esq., Treasurer of Bedford
county, in aecuuut with said county, from Jan
nary 9, A. n. 1867, to January 8, a. o.lßß'-.
INXASTRBIT. DR.
To balance in Treasury..,....., $1476 91
To amount received from A J hausom.
former Treasurer 7. 100 00
To amount of tax retejved from collector*—
Aarou Reed, Woodbwrry South 1863 910 00
Samuel Render, Bloody Run 1864 13 70
Samuel Beck ley. St Clair do 207 32
John C Black, Bloody Run 1366 24 41
Arch Blair, Cumberland Valley do 111 84
Henry VVertx, Harrison do 138 S4
jUlolphu* Ake, Union do 151 16
Saint CrhatDiu, Woodtierry South'... do 11 26
E F Kerr, Bedford Borough 1868 1418 87
Heury Moses, Bedford township _... do 1906 2U
John C Figard, Broad Top do 690 88
Jerre Thompson, Bloody Kuu.. do 10# 00
Jacob llowacr, t'eleraiu do 1144 88
Heury ilile, Cumberland Valley do 743 01
A W Shoemaker, Harrison do 283 20
James Fink, Hopewell do 2*6 62
Heury iloru, Juuiata do 685 64
Jaeoo ETANS, Condonderry do 302 49
John McClain, Liberty do 230 00
Jacob Fletcher, Monroe do 92 4a
llenry Egolf, Napier do 820 84
Uriah Mellott, Providence E do 448 36
Jos 11 11 Spaifcs, Providence W do 455 00
John Jieim-ry, Schetivfturg do 173 00
Win lirissingjer Suake Spring do 823 88
Muses lewell, Southampton ...., DO 431 43
Henry F smith, St. Clair do 1273 23
Heoiy Corl, Union ... „ do 1068 13
Solomon Barley. Woodbe-ry M do Hill (13
Martin Brumbaugh, W'oodnerry 5... do 1938 88
lieury Niuodemua. Bedford Bor 167 330 00
Isaac P Earnest, Bedford Tp do 797 30
Alex Tate, Bloody Kuu do 223 00
John C Figard, Broad Top do 327 09
Win R Ureene, C'oaldale do 102 89
David F'lcbl, C'olerain do 676 40
Tobias Boor, Cumberland Valley do 577 OU
Will-am Egolf, Harrison do 293 00
James Fink, llopewe'L do 3SB 30
Johu Gariwr, Juniata do . 697 00
Jacob Evans, LONDONDERRY do 2O(L t>o
Ueo'ge Nyeum, Monroe do 733 00
James Tay'or, Napier do 751 79
Jseob Ch.iinberlain, Providence K... do 324 00
Joseph Weaveriing, Provider.ee 1V... do 290 00
Peter Deaalt, Schellsburg.. do 91 00
Harrison Hartley, Snake Spring do 425 00
Henry Bennett, Southampton do 110 75
Joseph Ctaar, Union do 625 00
Solomon Bailey, VT'oodberry M... DO 488 73
Josiah Kitchey, Woodbcrry S do 86© 00
Samuel Siiick, St. Claii do 730 00
To money re eived from Hood Templars,
for rent 22 00
To money borrowed from Michael S
Kitchey 300 00
To money borrowed from John Sill 10CO 00
To money borrowed lroui John Keinery.. 2100 oO
To money received from J B Parqnbar,
former Treasurer 923 00
Tomuoey received trutn episcopal church
for Inel in Court House 5 50
To ii-ies in ca. e of Charleston, Smith and
Bagiey 7 00
To costs recoveied Irom Peter Foedker... 80 00
To money received for Huckster's Licen
see 213 00
To money received by sale of unseated
lauds 10 79
Total charges $34911 40
TRCASCKEB, CR.
On sundry checks drawn by the Commissioners,
as follows, viz:
Paid Grand Jurors, February term 152 58
Petit Jurors, February term . 345 09
Petit Jurors, February Special term ...... 356 23
Grand Jurors, April term 140 81
Petit Jurors, April term 310 26
Grand Jurors, September tenn 185 76
Petit Jurors, September term 367 29
Grand Jurors, November term 178 94
Petit Jurors, November term 387 02
Petit Jurors, adjourned Court 318 77
Isaac Kensinger, Jury Commissioner 125 90
William Kirk, Jury ''oißniissioner 121 CO
J G Fisher, clerk to Jury Commiscion'rs 64 30
M A Points, clerk to Jury Commission'rs 30 00
Preparing assessment book, correcting as
sessment making out aud distributing
duplicates and services at special teims V 4 00
Tipstaves 285 50
Talesmen 54 37
Coort-cner 143 09
Fox and wild cat SE.ilps 413 96
Assessors making nsvessinent returns 1010 90
Constable's returns 353 34
Michael W'eiti, Commissioner's salary... 230 90
David Howsara, Commissioner's salary... 209 10
M. 8. Ritebey, Commissioner's salary, 191 80
Peter M Hart U , Commissioner's salary... 34 00
J G Fisher, elk. to Commissioners 880 80
R Sit an; IN. Sheiiff, boarding prisoners, 983 23
K Stockman, Sheriff, carrying prisoners
to WESTERN Penitentiary 90S 00
Expenses of Spring election 262 IS
Expense- of General election 330 2#
Charles Merwn.e, services as janitor 91 25
Additional Insurance of Court House and
Jail 21 35
W S Fiuck, costs as ,-heriff 22 93
Daniel Border, cleaning and repairing
Court House clock 3 50
0 E Shannon, fees as I'roihonotary 'l5O 00
E F Kirr, attorney to Commissioners 100 00
Holding Special election iu Providence W 11 32
A. Alower, fur election returns from
Itainshurg Bor 2 30
J B Flock, oominUsiooer to divide Wood
bury, AL 15 00
Daniel Barley 15 00
G W Williams 16 00
Costs ID commonwealth cases 2071 98
Fees of Justices aud constables in com
monwealth ca-OS 19 95
Wood and coal, fur public buildings, aud
hauling seme 170 63
Interest on money borrowed from John
Sill ..._ 160 00
W G Perry, record books for Proth'tsry's
office 82 50
Evpre.-sxge 2 20
Seals and presses for Pruth'tary's office... 94 25
J W Oiekersoß, docket fees 62 97
Comae! Roberts, commissioner to divide
Southampton Tp 4 00
J B Flack, commissioner to divide Sontb
; ampton township 700
| Jacob Fries, erecting Hopewell bridge.... "00 00
I Harry Drollinger mason work at liope
weil bridge 3084 26
George Gibbon v, building bridge at
] Roades" .Mill 2066 66
I Work done upon bridge at Mowry's in
Juniata 70|I 00
Work du.,e upon bridge at Ftaticr's, in
Napier 19 20
Bridge EXPENSES 64 00
Bridge views 28 Oft
Road views 237 50
Josl ua Mower, cleaning and scrubbing
Court House ! 42 00
Mary Morris, cleaning aud scrubbing
Court House 37 30
William Tiuu'MSN. work done at jail 28 0i)
Josbua Mower, work done at jail 13 00
Rewards and mileage, arresting horse
thieves and prisoners 134 04
Expenses at bridge sales 49 40
Keeping prisoners in Western Peniten
tiary 412 67
George Mardorff, costs in Johnson
Barnes' case 3 75
J W Dickerton, attorney to Commission
ers 75 00
J. W. Dickereon. percentage on collec
tions 30 00
Durburruw A L.utz, advertising 603 60
Meyers A Mengel. advertising 568 30
DO do blank printing 136 SFT
Bridge plank 10 00
1 F Grove, boarding Jurors 8 00
Inquest on body of Harry Tipper 16 45
Charles Crothers, bounty and intc-evt 36 25
Plastering and spouting Fail, grading
and 'urbing pavement, sand and brick
and hauling same 121 60
Expenses at Jail 71 2tl
Revenue stamps, postage. Stationery, Ac, 62 SO
E F Kerr, services as attorney 114 50
K"F Kerr, for use of county 13 50
S I' Kerr, costs on judgment vs. collec
tors 13 75
Lumber anil plank 13 27
P Huzzsrd. table and book-case 12 sft
Repairing briage at Lyons' 6 00
Telegraphing after prisoners S 75
Thomas Hit goes, work at bridge., 20 00
Hobbling prisoners and making chains
and blacksmitbing 21 15
I Removing prisoners from Cumberland to
J county Jail.... 56 SO
1 Removing prisoners from Fulton county
to county Jail 47 2FT
Repairs in Prothouotary office..... 17 50
A A he, money overpa d on duplicates 1 00
Samuel Berkley, money overpaid on
duplicates 1 SO
Henry EG alt", money overpaid on dupli
cates , 10
llenry Alo.es, money overpaid on county
Tax 66 55
Money overpaid on militia S #7
George Mardorff, money overcreditcd on
duplicate of 11 M05e5....... 69 63
James Fink, money overpaid on militia
1 53
Solum or Shrader, money overpaid on
duplicates...... 3 95
Moses Tewell, money overpaid on dupli
•ates . 2 #
Jacob Fletcher, money ove-p 11 on ,j 0[) " '
BcsHi e ,
A BSafr, money ove paid on dupift-. j *
llenry Hite, money ore.paid on U-ajiyv '
< 4
B.riry F. Cuii b, urn-ry overpaid
St' tax ,
J Fisher, money overpaid r, a duplicate, 251
Bill of goods for prisoners, jaH and
Court Flogs# m
John Kauffuian aud J Be dams -,i
on road ° „
Plonk for bridges at Bloody Kuu '7 7J
R H'ccktiiac, Sheriff, summoning Jurors, 12: 4*
Rootling letues '
J W Tale, money wrongly paid on deed on „
Job Manu, " " • < .1
Lewis Fluck, work dme it Hopewell '
bridge 20co
(>torge avoade.?, np-raui.iu* bridro
Htorifstowa ft|
Expenses of holding appeal "
Expenses of holdiug county Institute 29 iv
Treasurer's salary JTL "
Revenue stamps, postage Ac "- 0
tia.uk B-'t€ dtUMiUtT rtTW.,/.„4, Jt ,
George Mardorff, relunduig tors ot uutv
•>(, or,
Auditors and clerk 146 6-
Cbas Merwioe, attending auditors % s "
Total credits i^TTI
Cb *fgvs .5249U 40
Credits 26U99 J1
Balance in county treasury...... $BBll 69
J/oxeys rf.e and otci'ay 10 titdfvrd county / ran
Collector., ard other., /or 1867 and '
previou* pear..
From Collector.: Slate. Co'p. Udu
JAOsborue, B. r op, '57 $76 01 S(U6 66 $
L Evans, B. Top. 'SB, 230 46 'iht 67
S Beck ley, bt.Clair '64, 848 291 *ll 33
U H Akers, Bed. B. '64, ejei .
J C Black. B. Run, "65, 7 77
A Blair, C. Valley, '6O, 46 00
J C Fignrt, B.Top, '66, 25 (jj
J Thoutnson.B. K., '66, 43 86 77 70 12 .0
Jac Bow cr.Co'e'n. '56, 3+6 92 o~ ou
•F H II t-park r,i'.W. '56, 269 70
JKemcry.S hells'g's6, -12 93 II 89 5 50
H. Curl, Cniou tp, '66, 26 61
UNi odemuSjU.B., '67, 870 $3 25 aO
EF Kerr, do. '6O, 249 37 16 2:
I D Earnest, B. tp. '67, 084 16 43 50
A Tate, B. Ran, '67, 165 67 8 66
$1163 £8
J C Figsri, Broad Top, 1867, 165# 49 i 3 Q
David Diehl, Colerain, do 454 14 28 uC
Tobias Bosr, Cumb. Valley do 487 99 55 it
Wra Egolf, Harrison, do 185 02 37 J#
James Fink, Ilopewell, do 20! 27 19 y>
John Garber, Juniata, do 38 14 59 00
Jacob Evans. Londonderry, do 595 30 27 09
J T Shirley, Liberty, do 404 78 44 00
George Nycuui, Mon-oe, do 119 42 35 no
James Taylor, Napier, de 4'.'4 .78 27 50
J Chamberlain, Prur. E.. do 278 31 15 60
Jos Weaveriing, Prov. W., do 187 58 20 50
88. Flack, Sax ton, do 130 60 j8 50
Peter Dewalt, Scheiisburg, do 140 51 3 „ft
H Hartley, Snake Spring, do 306 00 2 a5
H Bennett, Squtborapton, do 540 46 51 6ft
Joseph Ciaar, Union, do 327 34 36 60
Sol. flarby, Wuodberry M. do 158 756 33 ift
Joe Ritchey, Woodberry, S. do 996 63 42 Ou
Sami W Sleek, St. Clair, do 617 28 65 Oe
[♦Bounty.] $12581 2# s'39 14
Amount due ou County tax..... $12531 26
do do (State tax 1109 88
do do Militia t0n.... 8 9 04
do -lo Bounty tax 296 *4
do do from J. B. Farquhnr,
former treasurer 87 97
Total due county $14,914 :f
J/oaey otred County
John Sill, on note 3000 "0
John Keinery, en note 2006 it
Total indebtedness SSOC t'C
Bedford Couoty, SS.
The undersigned auditors of said count;. d
certify, tbatpin pursuance of the Acts of A-sembir,
in such cases made and provided, they met a:
the Court House in the Borough of Bedford, and
did audit and adjust the accounts of George Msr
durff. Treasurer of said county, for the year. A.D.
1867, as contained in the I ongoing state to
and that they have examined the foregoing ac
counts due to and owed by said county and tlist
they have found the same to be correei
Witness oar hands this 10th day of January.
A. 98. 1808. JAMES VATTISCLY.
JOHS l>. LLC AS,
S. WHIP, Auditor,.
Attest: W. C. ocHAErrr.B, Clerk.
7o the Auditor General of Penn.ylvauia:
GEORGE M AROOREF, Esq.. Treasurer of Bel
ford county in account with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, from January 9, 1867, to Jaßuarv
8,1'6>:
Treasurer. CR
By receipt of State Treasurer 3500 f
do do do 3600 04
do do do 702 06
do do do for annui
ties 260 Ot
Associate Judges' salary 579 j
Treasurers' per eentage £5 22
SSOOI 72
Merchants' License*.
Treasurer, DR.
To aggregate amount assessed for the
year 18C7... 910 09
Treasurer, CR.
By Treasurer's per ventage 15 50
Durborrsw A Lutz, advertising
list of retailers, 14 70
Meyers A Mengel, do 14 70
By receipt or State Treasurer ,50ft 00 574 9ft
Balance due State $556 10
Tacera License*.
Treasurer, DR
To aggregate amount assessed for 1567, $515 Of
Treasurer, • CR.
By Treasurer's per centnge, 25 7c
By receipt of State Treasurer 60ft 00
Credit by balance $lO 7.
Eating House*.
Treasurer, DR
To aggregate amount asessed for 1567-. 8;- Of
Treasurer, CR.
Bt Treasurer's per ccutage 4 t
Balance due Slate s7'' W
Banking Hotues,
Treasurer, DR.
To aggregate amount arscssed for 1967... 20 C'"
Treasurer, CR.
By Treasurer's per rentage i 1 f
Balance due State 819
Treasurer. DR.
To balance in County Treasury ..... '3ll 8*
Treasurer, CR.
By sundry payments to Commonwealth
on indebtedness Bic f - -
Net balance in County Treasury i 624 f
Bedford County, SS:
The uudersigned Auditors of saw County 5c
hereby, certify that, in - pursuance ol tue A - -■
Assembly, in such cases ma.lc and provided. tbv
met at the Court House in the borough 01 Bea
ford and" did audit and adjust the Account- be
tween George Mardorff, Treasuier of said count;
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as ecc
tained in the foregoing statements
Witness our bauds this 9th d*y of January,
IS6S. JOHS St. LUCAS.
JAMES MA TTtSGL 1 .
S. W HIP. Auditor,. _
Attest: W. C. ScHAKFrKB, Clerk. fca.Gt
p A INT INO.
G. A. UILO UXTTHt.W I-. SHSEI
HIIvD & SPIDKL
Re-pectfully infurm the public, that bavins ' f-'
ed a partnership, thev are now prepared to at 4.
kinds of PLAIN and FANCY FAINTIN' • 4
PER HANGING. Ac. Bign I'amtiug, •' *
kinds of Wood Imitation execoted be*-: ! ' '
Prices moderate. The patronage of the
is solicited. We refer to Judge King, Vt m. list
ley. 0. K. Shannon, S. L. RusselL )•!'
EXECUTORS' NOTlCK.—Letters tetaniB'
ry upon the estate of JOS. '"'V !
Bedford tp.. deceased, having been granted to tk f
undersigned by the Register of fcediord county
they hereby give notice to all persons indebuu
said estate to make payment, and those :.av .uk
claims against the same will prevent tbeni po-V
erly authenticated tor settlement.
JNO. F. SPROAT.
J. T. OBPHART.
WM. SCHAEFFKK,
jan. 17:0w Extceitors.