BKffFOaD, PA., FEIDAY, APEIL 44, 1868. STATE TICKET. AUDITOR GENERAL : GEN. JOHN F. HARTKANFT, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SrBVETOB GENERAL: Cn.. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, OF CAMBRIA COL"NTT, IMPEACHMENT. On Monday the Impeachment Managers closed the testimony in the case. The evi idence being all in, there remains now, but the discussion, which will occupy several days, and then the finding of the verdict by the Senate, which may occupy a few days more. By the first ot May we may reason ably expect to know, definitely, the result of the first Presidential Impeachment. Mr. Boutwell opened the argument on behalf of the Managers, which was to have begun on Wednesday. The arguments for the defence will then be made by Stanberry ttU vl ritaibS) "Leu Ovum-VI *- half of the Managers will close the argument, and the case will be left with the Senate. Will the President be found guilty is the question now asked by every one who feels any interest in either the present or future welfare of the nation. From the most cursory glance at the evi dence on both sides, supposing that every Senator does his duty, without fear or fa vor, no one can doubt the decision of the august tribunal, before which lie is ou trial. A clear case of deliberate violation of the plaiu letter of tho law in defiance of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and the plainly expressed will of Congress and the people, has been proven agaiust him from the plainest and most incontrovertible of record evidence. The defence has not even attempted to refute the evidence. The most they have attempted has been to ex plain, not that he did not, but why he did, violate and defy the plain letter of the law, which it was his sworn duty to execute The President's copper-head friends were quito elated a day or two ago, that such ev idence had been admitted, and predicted at ODce that it was a sign that tho President would be aequk-tod This was a very rash jnmp at a most unwarrantable conclusion. The very attempt to explain why he did violate tho law, is a clear admission of his guilt, and must be so construed by all sen sible men. It is true that the President's coußSelhave been permitted to give in cvi- j dence, matter that would Dever for a mo ment have been allowed in any Court of law in the land. This leniency toward the crim inal on trial, is not to be taken as any evi dence of an intent on the part of the Sen ate to acquit him; but rather asa precaution that when he is found guilty and removed, even the most captious shall have no just or reasonable cause of complaint, that lie bad not a fuli and fair bearing. It is due alone to the magnanimity ul £tie Senate, ami uui to any merit in tbe case of the criminal. Andrew Johnson stands to day before the people of the United States, and indeed the whole wcrld, convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors, and the form of announcing tho verdict and penalty alone remains to be complied with by the Senate. In the hon est and fearless discharge of duty, its mem bers can do nothing less. If that verdict is not rendered and speedily carried into cxc cation, it will be alone because the men on whom the high official duty devolves, fail of the integrity and courage to conscien tiously discharge it. The Republican mem bers of the Senate have, to their credit be h said, differed on minor points in deciding upon the conduct of the trial, and admissi bility of evidence, wbtle the oppositon have continually voted solid. : . favor of every question that seemed to have the least bear ing in favor of the President. The only construction to be put upon conduct like this, is that one side is actuated by an hon est desire and determination to discharge their high duty impartially, while the oth er has never for a moment been able to rise Above a narrow partizan view of their duties and responsibilities. When it comes to the final decision we liavo no doubt they will be equal to the occasion, and have the courage to quit themselves, as men in their high po sition should, and consign Andrew Johnson to the disgraceful oblivion he deserves. But wo be to the man who falters, and. fails to meet tbe requirements of his sworn duty as a Senator, and a sworn Juror in the High Court of Impeachment. 'Twere better for any such that he had never emerged from the obscurity of private life. The Presi dent has utterly failed in his defence, and there will bo no shadow of an excuse for any one to votft tor tie be interested to know, that their money has been given, not to aid a patriotic cause, or a benevolent enterprise, but, to fill the pockets of a set of men, whose only object was to filch from the foolish and unwary, by inducing them to believe that they might obtain large prizes by giving a very meagre sum towards an os tensibly benevolent and patriotic enter prise. We refused to publish their adver tisement, and warned our readers in ad vance that it was a swindle. If any of them have invested in the concern and lost their money, it was because their avarice led them to disregard our caution. And now we would caution our readers generally, never to invest their money in gift enter prizes and lotteries. They are swindles ev ery one, and the truly benevolent never re sort to any such immoral means to obtain support for charitable or benevolent insti tutions. They who really and honestly wish to assist such institutions, can find plenty of places to give it directly into the handg of those who will devote it to its proper use And they who wish to replenish their own pockets, by hypocritically giving a small sum towards some benenevolent enterprise in the hope of receiving a much larger amount in return, deserve to bo cheated out uf what they give, and disappointed in what they h ope to receive HOW THE THING WAS DONE. The trial of the contested election case in the Luzerne Senatorial District, elicited some rich things and furnished a striking illustration of the imnncr in which immense Copperhead majorities are sometimes very suddenly and unexpectedly rolled up. Sena tor Wallace, Chairman of the Copperhead state central Committee, is supposed to un derstand this business perfectly. It i= barely possible he has sent his recipe up to Con necticut. If so it will account for the ijucer anomaly of the Cops carrying the Governor and losing the Legislature, as the excess in these cases occurs all in oue or two places and docs not affect the result by districts. It was clearly proven that through the uc tivity and energy of Senator W allaee's aids they succeeded in stealing the dies of the County seal of Luzerne County and affixing the seal to thousands of forged naturaliza tion papers which were afterward hawked about the streets at $1.73 each. No doubt these forged papers have been scattered broadcast over the state and are depended ou by the Copperhead leaders to assist them immensely in their effort to carry the state next fall. A man by the name of Michael 0 Meara seems to have been one of their chief instruments in bringing in these for -1 cigners, employes u|>on the railroad, and voting enough of thorn on the forged nat nn)inti* noiwrc f_o crrv the (bitriff When the investigation began it became necessary to get O'Meara out of the way and bow it was done is shown in the follow ing evidence of Rev. Thomas Tracy before the Committee: Thomas Tracy, sworn —1 am the priest in charge of tho congregation at Clearfield: 1 did pay Michael O'Meara S3OO beiore tbe in vestigation commenced; it was in his own house at Clearfield, in the evening, about a week beforj the trial: in consideration of it he was to leave the State, and to remain absent for three months; Mr. O'Gorman, the boss of Collins on the railroad, gave me tbe money tc, give him for that purpose: I had conversations with the man who gave me the money: no other party had knowledge of the transaction that I know of; 1 had correspon dence t nth Mr. Wallace on the subject oj get tiny him to leave the State; I understand that he W:MJ to remain out until after this trial should cease: he is tbe only perspn that knew of the transaction that I am aware of: he was the only one that gave me any money or au thorized me to give any: he said, as regards hiraself, he would not give any, as it was not necessary: 1 saw O'Gorman within two weeks at Clearfield; I know James Collins, have reen him about two months ago; I do not know from whom the money came that O'Gorman paid me: the Mr. Wallace I mentioned tras Senator Wallace, the Chairman of the Demo- I cratic State Central Committee. This is but a small part of the evidence of a similar character elicited by the Com mittee iu their investigation. In a single election district in Centre county, no less than 00 persons voted on these forged nat uralization papers, purporting to have been issued at the .September Session of the Luzerne County Court. In the examination before the committee the Prothonatorv tes tified that of these 00 voters, on compari son with his naturalization record of thai date, not a naturalization paper was issued to a single person among the CO named. As a further evidence of their recklessness and desperation, one of the wit nesses brought to Harrisburg to testify in the ease was brutally murdered, in cold Uat. • Boon as he returned home nthors begged piteously that their names should not be made public as their property aud lives would be greatly endangered thereby. Such is a small part of the record of Cop perhead fraud, crime and bloodshed delib erately inaugurated in a peaceful com munity, for the purpose of carrying a sena torial district. What a comment upon the intelligence, liberality and honesty, of men who call themselves the leaders of the white man's party. Union men both white and black "arc being daily murdered in the 1 South for the same purpose and by the same party. For ferretiDg out and punishing the participators in such crimes, Andy Johnson removed every Union General in the South, and for the same reason he and his Cop perhead allies now defame and abuse both Meade and Grant. ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLA TURE. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania adjourned sine die on the 13th inst. After a somewhat protraeted session, a large number of bills have been passed, some good, some indifferent and others of a still more doubtful character. No amount of watchfulness can entirely keep out bills of a doubtful character, but there has often been too much carelessness on this point oc the part of those who have been other wise willing to do their duty. In this mat ter we think the session just closed has been a decided improvement on some past sessions. A large number of local and pur sonal bills have been passed about the mer its of which we can know but little, but in regard to the general laws passed the Re publican members can go home to their constituents feeling that they have kept their pledges and done their duty in giving them a Free Railroad Law and a Registry Bill, that will be productive of a vast amount of good, the one by increasing the facilities for building railroads and tlio other in purifying the ballot-box. The general call for retrenchment in public expenditure has not gone unheeded and in both the leg islation and administration of the affairs of the state the Republican party in the past two or three years has exercised an economy that has resulted in a large reduction of the state debt and at the same time removed some ol the most burthensome of the taxes, under which our people have labored for many years. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE ON A BURNING . ~r' l hc steamboat Sea Bird, which left Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday night, the Bth inst.. was burned to the water's edge the next morning when off Waukegan, on Lake . lichigan. Some fifty passengers ! Perished in the flames or in the lake. Only three survivors remain to tell the story of the catastrophe. On the breaking out of the fire no effort was made to stop the engine. Hie motion of the vessel made the conflagra tion so rapid that the boats could not be lowered in time, It is also reported that owing to this gross carelessness, the boat ran away from aschooner which, had the engine been stoped at the first alarm, could have approached her on the windward side within a few minutes. In consequence, the Inspector at Chicago has decided to issue an order to the engineers of all steamers on the lake, to stop their engines on the in wuL 5 re a,arm < without awaiting an v mt j* Start tl,em a ß ain without THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. In less than thirty days the Republican National Convention will assemble in Chi cago, for the purpose of placing candidates for President and V'kse President, in nomi nation, to be supported at the approaching Presidential election, bv the men who main tained the national honor, when assailed by traitor hands. Have the Republicans of the country fully weighed the great impor tance of this Convention? Let it be re membered that it will be the first Republi can Convention after the trial of our Re publican institutions, in the terrible ordeal of civil war, and all the complications grow iug out of it. The first after the over-throw of slavery; the first alter the assassination of a Chief Magistrate; the first after the apo.-tacy of Andrew Johnson; the first after a long and tyubulcnt conflict between the President and the Representatives of the people, and the first after t he Impeachment of a President. In four short years we have passed through au epoch iu our history which has developed infancy into the stal wart form of mature manhood. Tho strides which we have made have been the strides ofa giant. Are the Republicans prepared to keep pace and to realiic fully the hopes of the friends- of democratic insti tutions throughout the world? No half IT-OV 1)0 l£Hlinri>nii*e hotweer the Convention of fur years ago and I the present, will do. The Convention must act for the present and the future, without j any reference to the past. Tho truckling I politician who thinks of nothing but fatoffi oes lot himself and lriends, should be taught | that the people demand measures in accord- I j ance with the spirit of the age in which we live. It is not necessary that policy should be entirely ignored; wise measures, brimful! j of patriotism and the principles enunciated j by our forefathers four score and twelve i years ago, with Gen. I lyases S. Grant as the i nominee for President, will sweep the coun try from Maine to Texas, and from Califor I nia to Florida, without a break in the wave | of triumph. The Republican party has a bright I'uture iu store if its representative men will only appreciate tho greatness of the trust repo sed in them. They have the elements of a great nation, whose dominion almost covens a continent, to conciliate, and it can be done if only wisdom prevails in this great Coun cil. We hope to hear of no backward steps, no halting between the present and the past, but a bold and determined movement to to the front, which will Pave the Democrat ic party where it has been for ten years, merely skirmishing with our rear guard. A GRAIN OF < II LUC H POLITICS. A correspondent of the Lutheran and Missionary, writes as follows from Baltimore concerning the difficulties in the Methodist Church in that City and the manner in which the Methodist Episcopal Church South have attempted to get control oi Churches and property of the Methodist Episcopal Church throughout tire whole State of Maryland: Our state politics, in general, will be ofno interest to your readers, but I wish to allude to one fact, touching church affairs, in which all religious people feel some Tau are doubtless aware that the Metho dist Episcopal Church South has got a pret ty extensive foothold in this city, and has materially damaged some of the regular Methodist congregations. These Southern ers have sent here some of their most able men, (and they have not a few eloquent and earnest men,) and the result is, that they have established several stroDg congrega s tions. and built some costly houses of wor i ship. Hundreds of what we call Seccsh , Methodists have joined tbcm, and they are [ constantly receiving accessions from that ! numerous party. Many still remain in the ' old communion but probably only wiih the intent of doing mischief by stirring up . strife, and finally of acquiring a majority. But even with a majority they could not 1 Blienate the property, which, L believe, is i deeded, not to those who paid for it, but to the Bishop, or the Conference. The Seeesh ) have recently had a bill before the Legisla ture, which was passed, and which gave power to any five members to call a meeting , of the church, which meeting could oust the incumbents, and dispose of the property as j the majority pleased. This roused the "brethren," and the whole Methodist hive was in a state of buzzingexcitcment. Strong delegations were sent to Annapolis, an it is > now said that the Governor has withheld his I signature from the bill. I he bill passed by the Geueral Assembly, , affecting church property, excited more in terest in the public mind throughout the State than any matter of legislation that has engaged public attention for a long time. This interest has arisen uot alone from the fact that the effect of the bill would be to unsettle all church property, trusteeships, and open the door to wide spread ecclesias tical revolution, wherever five disaffected persons might be found in one church, but more especially from the fact that the advo cates of the bill, in both houses of the Gener al Assembly, as well as the multitude of paid lobbyists outside, openly and emphatically declared that it was intended to damage the largest ecclesiastical body in the State—the Methodist Episcopal Church—and promote he interests of the smallest—Methodist Episcopal Church South. 1 he measure was carefully concocted and shaped by hired lobbyists, the contract with whom was that they should see the bill put through with the least possible delay, and under a mask that should conceal from the public its despicable features. Hence, in the published proceedings, the only record that went to the newspapers was "A hill relat ing to Religious Corporations.'' Thus, wit h seeming innocence was announced the birth of the serpent within whose coils the Metho dist Episcopal Church in Maryland was ex pected to be crushed. IMPEACHMENT. In the Impeachment trial, on Wednesday of last week, at which time we closed our report, the Senate laid on the table Mr. Sumner's amendment to the rules, propos ing to allow counsel on both sides to print and file arguments before the final argu ment of the prosecution. Other proposi tions favoring the granting of further time for speeches than that allowed by the rules, were all voted down, as well as a motion that tho Senate meet hereafter at eleven, instead of twelve o'clock. The triai was then resumed, notwithstanding the absence of Mr. Stanbery, Mr. Evarts stating that the Pre eident's counsel would occupy the day with the presentation of documentary testimony. They then offered President Johnson's message of the 24tb of February to the Senate, in reply to the resolution of that body declaring that Secretary Stanton's removal was in violation of the Constitution and laws of Congress. On Thursday following the incidents in the progress jf the trial yesterday were not important no- specially interesting. At the openiog of tie Court Senator Sumner nub- j mitted a proposition setting forth that the Senate are th judges of the law and the facts, and thatin impeachment trials there is a freedom of latitude and xclusion of technical objecfxms, and that, therefore, all evidence offered on either hide, not of a tri vial or irrelevrpt character, should he re ceived. The proposition was laid o* the table by a vote of yeas 33, nays 11. Mr. Stanbcrry was not present, but the counsel for the defence announced their readiness to proceed with the examination of their wit ; nesses. Nearl; the whole day was occupied in the examination of two witnesses, Messrs. Walter 8. Cox and Richard T. Merrick, lawyers of the District, and engaged as eounsel for the President and General Thomas. The object sought in introducing their testimony was to prove certain facts in regard to the arrest of General Thomas at the suit of Mr. Stanton, and ah-o as to the President'! alleged purpose to get out a writ o t'auo tmrranto to test Mr. Stanton s right to the War Office and the constitu tionality of the Civil Tenure law. The Senate on Friday adopted an order that for the future the Court will meet at eleven o'clock each day. Mr. otanberywa* again absent. All the members of the Cab incnt were present, having been summoned as witnesses by the defence. The examiua -1 tion of witnesses was resumed, and several gave evidence concerning Mr. Johnson s speech at Cleveland in denunciation of Con gress. Secretary Welles was then exam in ed. His testimony was in relation to llo in formation ho had given '''V 1 w. hH the dtspo silion of troops lu Washington by General Emory. Mr.nager Butler objected to Mr. Welles giviig the particulars of an inter view lietweej the President and himself on the day of fleneral Lorenzo Thomas' ap pointment. During the discussion between the eounsel and the Managers upon the ad mission of this question, Mr. Evarts said that the counsel for the defence proposed to prove that at the Cabinet meeting of the 21st of Februtry. the President communi cated tn Mr. Welles and other members of the Cabinet the fact that he had removal Mr. Stanton and appointed General Tho mas Secretary of War nil interim. Mr. Hut ler again objected to this evidence being pu' in, and in the course of hi? argument main tained that it proved that the President had acted, in the removal of Mr. Stanton, with out consulting his Cabinet. Mr. Evarts, in his reply, said that the testimony did not shew that the President had not previously consulted with his Cahinet in regard to this step, but that he at this time communicated to them the fact that it had been taken. Chief Justice Chase declared the evidence admissable, and the Senate, by a vote of 2i> vcas to 23 nays, sustained bis decision. DEATH OK REV DR. BAIGIIKR —.Wo have the melancholy duty of announcing the death _of Re7. Henry L. Baugher. D. D.. President of Pennsylvania College, which took plate last evening about 7 o'clock. Dr. B. s iflered severely from acnte di ease for several years, under which, with the arduous executive duties incident to his profession, his system had been much bro ken; but being of buoyant spirits few other than bis most intimate friends knew how much be suffered. About ten day -ago he took a severe cold, which settled in his throat and breast, but without specially alarming symptoms until Monday evening, when serious apprehensions began to he en tertained. The disease made rapid pro grass, terminating in death last evening. Dr. Baugher has been connected with Pennsylvania College since its organization in 1562, first as Professer of Greek and Belles Lottres. and subsequently as Prcsi dent, succeeding the late Dr. C. P Krauth, and the College is largo'v indebted to him for its present ooiiimtndinc position as an educational institution His death occa sions a loss wjaVfl it -witl be difficult to sup ply Dr. Baugler was not only an aecompli.-h --ed scholar ind successful educator, but more—he wii a Christian gentleman. Em inently social genial in maoncr, gifted with unusual comsrsaticnai powers, all adorned with the graits of an earnest, active Chris tian faith anilife—he commanded the con fidence, and ton the love and esteem, of a large circle o (devoted friends. Dr. B. pos sessed pu!pi/abi 1 ities of a high order—and for many yerrs commanded a marked influ ence in the uitheran Church, ranking as one of its abhtt divines. His religious faith was an earned one, exemplified by a life of devotion to lis Master's service, and adorn ed by all goodworks. After a well spent life of active earnest usefulness, he has gone to meet Jtc Saviour he so deariv loved. on whom be lovingly leaned in sickness and health, aid WIIOK: cause he so earnestly pleaded from Jay to day, in chapel and pul pit. in the soebl circle, and in private life, during a periol nearly forty years. He died in the 64th \ar of hi* age.— G'ttj/drvry Star and SeiiHr,' !, April 15. Assassinates OF HON D'Abcy MR GEE. — The mtfder of Hon. T. D' Atcy >le- Gce, at Ottawt, has occasioned much ex citement and ijquiry. Public meeting-- to express indignation and abhorrence of the crime, have bein held in different parts of the Provinces. Last Thursday the body of Mr. McGee ttos taken from Ottawa to Montreal. Th) procession escorting the re mains to the Ottawa depot, extended half a mile. AHthe 'jhops, in the streets through which it passe<| were closed, and religious services were mid in the Romania eathe dral. The funcal took place at Montreal last Tuesday, aid was a very imposing de monstration. flags were at half mast. At St. Patrick's cihedral, Rev. Father (J Far rell pronounced# eulogy, and the Bishop de livered a shortlddress at the French parish -church. The (recession. after pausing at these two poiits, entered the Romanist cemetery, wheie the body was interred. Minute guns wire fired and bells tolled during the entiit service: 80,000 people were in the streets and 30,000 in the procession. "Thousands at they stood on the sidewalk wept aloud." l Mr. McGee iw as born in Ireland in I*2.">. and came to tii> country in 1*42, and was first a printcrand then an editor in Boston. Returned to Ireland and took part in the political evens of IS4S. He then fled the country and etgagedin editing in New York, whence he sowi removed to Canada. He represented Montreal in the Canadian Parliament in J857, and was President ot the ExecutivcGouncil from iMi4, to J867, when he was ri-eieeted to the Parliament of the new Dominion of Canada. He was Minister of Apiculture in the now Cabinet, and Commissitncr to the Paris Exposition. Mr. McGee wlote several books on Irish and Canadian topics. He had opposed the Fenian movemtnt from tbe beginning, with great bitternesi, and it is surmised that bis assassination Tas in consequence of this hostility. A man calling himself Whelan, who lived in o*ebee during 1*0;") ami IH6V, under the name of Sullivan, has been arrested by tbe detectives on suspicion of being tho assasan of 31 r. McGee. \\ helan is a Fenian sympathizer and a member of the St. Patrick s Society of Montreal. THE Union Pacific Railroad has been completed to the highest point of the Rooky Mountains to be traversed between the Atlantic and Pacific, at n distance of four bundled and fifty miles west of Omaha City. It is estimated that at least three hundred miles more will bo completed the present yeaT, when there will still remain about six hundred miles to be built to complete the railroad connection across the continent. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. W LEU AM M. EVARTS, one of the President's counsel, is the grandson of Soger Sherman. Dettixo the first three months of the year 1,190 persons wore arrested for various reasons by the police of Nashvilh- A DISPATCH from Alaska says that an at tack upon the Americans in Sitka was ex pected from the Indians and Russians. IT is estimated that Dixon's and Paine'* majority in Wisconsin will probably reach above 1,000, which is a very heavy Repub lican gain. THE Republicans of Jackson, Miss., cel ebrated the Republican victory in Arkansas by firing one hundred guns and holding a public meeting. CASKICS M. CI.AV. Minister to Russia, is still in St. Petersburg. His resignation of his post has been accepted, and Secretary Seward has ordered Mr. (,'urtin. the Secre tary of Legation, to take charge of the otfiee. TUB largest income in N'ew Hampshire is that of the proprietor of a "iruir restorer." He has got to be the richest inuri in that State in six years, by advertising. At least, it is to printer's ink, mainly, that he attributes his pecuniary prosperity. GECHC.E At. KREI) TOW.VBEXD calls Jerry Black the great e-rpectorationist. While arguing tne m.-Arate •.- i.„ muj eighteen spittoons. When he had finished the seventeenth, the .opposing counsel whispered, "We are gone up: he Iras another spittoon in reserve." •' *1 HE lion. Wilmer Worthingion, of Chester county, was elected Speaker of the State Senate on Tuesday lass, before the final ad journment of that body, in the room of Speaker Graham resigned, according to the custom of that body. COL. A. K. M< CI .< RJS, according to rumor, is not going to Mor.t.-iila to reside, after all, but will stay East. It is said be is to become the editor of a new Republican daily paper in Philadelphia: and, further, that he is to be tire Chairman of the Republican State Com mittee for the ensuing year. REV. U. L. BAIOBEB, D. D., President cf 1 Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, died i 'ast Tuesday evening. lie bad beeu Presi | dent of the College lor 18 years. The de ! ceased was the father of Rev. L. H. Haugher j until recently pastor of the Lutheran Church I in Norristown. MB. ILI-KKXS is advertised to -tart ou his return voyag- t ( England on the 23d of April ■Shakspeare'a birthday. Mr. Dickens lias favorite days. He started for thi# country on the Hth of .November, I.ord Mayor's day. I ulikc moat peop'e, Friday is a favorite day with him. Many men will never begin any work on a Friday. Dickens regards Friday as his lucky day. TUB Richmond Dispatch says: It seems to be generally understood among those who ought to know that Mr. Davis will certainly be tried at the spring term of the United States Circuit Court, which commences on the first Monday in May. A venire of sixty men has been ordered. j TUB Legi.-lalure, previous to adjournment, repealed the liquor law of last session; known as the Police bill, l ite repeal of this law gives us the act known as the Buckalew law, vhich is the severest license enactment ever passed. The law prohibiting the selling ot liquor on Sunday, is stili in force. I SERGEANT BATES has carried the i'nited States flag from Vicksburg to Washington without being shot at. Wonderful aebiev meut! lie wjs m, re luekey than many other sergeants of whom wc know. Rates also carried a Rebel horn made by a Rebel prison er at Elmira, New York. No doubt he blew it very loudly. Gov. WELI.s, of Virginia, in his inaugural says that be is a thorough Republican and in favor ol universal suffrage. lie advises the adoption ot the new Constitution, and says it.is the only sure way of speedily bring ing peace and quiet to the .State. The Rich mond press is not much better pleased with Wells than it was with Pierpont. THE election of William A. Leech, for Register of Wills, of Joseph Magary, for Cler c of the Orphans' Court, and of John F. lialiier, for City Commissioner, that has been contested for some time and hanging in Court, was decided by Judge Allison in the Common Pleas, in Philadelphia. The election was held in October last. The Democratic noutiuees were returned as elected. The defeated can didates challenged the result, ami carried it into Court. The decision is against the con teet&nti. THE New York Jfa aid's last "sensation" is that there is a Radical conspiracy on foot to extend the term of office of the Presidency to ten years, to strip the Supreme Court of j its power, to pass upon the constitutionality of any act ot Congress, to elect Grant, in doubtful States, by the bayonet, and an un limited inflation of currency by meaii3 of the National Banks.— White >.r. To I BLOW WEED makes an important announcement in the New York Commercial, to the cfleet that no considerations whatever could induce Mr. Seward to remain in office a single day alter Mr. Johnson is removed, if removed he is to be, by the impeachment court. The importance of the statement cousists in the getiernl belief that when Mr. Seward goesali his Custom House, Postoflice, and Internal Revenue appointees will have to go too. THE second annual meeting t>F the Penn sylvania Reserve Association, will be held at Pittsburg, May 30. when all the surviving members of the corps, who can make it con venient, are earnestly invited to attend. All who intend to participate will notify Major John C. Harvey, recording secretary of the association. I.N York, Pennsylvania, the citizens have voted, by one hundred and seven ly-tlirce roa jority, against authorizing the corporate au thorities to buy two steam (ire engines, lor the fire companies of the town. The people of York seem to desire to cling to old habits, and have not acted in this matter very wisely. No better investment for the protection of property can be made in a town than the pur chase of a steam fire engine. SENATOR WALLACE, Chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee. Ex-Senator Cowan, and other worthies, met at Harris burg last week with a view cf bringing out Gen. Huuoock for the Presidency. Johnson favors the movement. Pendleton, all agree, will make no sort of run. Our own view is that since the Connecticut election. Ex-Gov. Seymour of that Stale is likely to dislauce all competitors in the New York Convention. I A National Temperance Convention will be held in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 29) 1868, to which are in vited ul! religious and temperance organiza tions. Each organization will be entitled to seven delegates, of which the presiding officer and secretary shall be two. the other five to be appointed by the body. Tilt liireetor of the National Bureau of Statistics has just received the first retnrus from the United States Customs District of Sitka, iu the Territory of Alaska, for the quarter ending December 31, 1867. Four vessels arrived during the quarter. The im ports which amounted to $3,973, consisted of 179 tons of coal, tiOO pounds of apples, 16 bushels of calibages. 2.173 proof gallons of spirits, 20 auteo bottles of spirits, and 10 dozen bottles of cbatnpaigne. During the quarter, 187 passengers departed, but none arrived. Arkan a has ratified the Anti-Slavery amendment—elected two 0. S. Seualors and three Representatives to Congress, all Re jiui/Ucaim, and is virtually buck into the Union las a staunch Republican State. Her Con gressmen are already at Washington and will |be admitted at once. With Johnson, the Great Obstructionist, cut of tbe way, jtbe 4th of July will findthe Southern States all restor ed. '■ Evsav Fhtladciphian will be glad to learn by tbe Mayor's authority, that after alt of the nb i, u b and anxiety of two years, League Islam! i (ixuilly s„r.-ur O (J as a United Stales Naval Station, and that nothing is wauling to perfect tbe matter, but the formal deeds of conveyance, This closes the contract on the part of the city. The government theu baa to perform its part and to improve and use the Island. Part of the impeachment Managers think favorably of the proposition to have tbe i speeches of the Managers who cannot be heard in the Senate delivered in the House in Committee of the Whole, before the case is closed iu the Court; but it is probable that the matter wilt net come before the House as | a measure reported by the Managers. It is { understood that the arguments ot ail tbe i Managers who choose to make them shall | go before the country in some form. | Oxe of the best signs of the times we have | -bc-ii for many a day. is the evidence in I Republican journals ul 1 over the State, thai j they will not support bad men for office who 1 may manage by tricks and money to get | nominations. The Republican jonrnals of j Philadelphia are evincing a determination j on this subject, which will be emulated for ! good everywhere. The newspapers and the people must make common cause against political jobbers. Tiie Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial in a description of the impeachment trial, says that Mr. Curtis "Is a man without a smile or a trifle. Somber is his vesture, purple is his color, he is very much like Daniel Webster in stature, face and manner, lie seldom walks iu anybody's company—but with a slow, deliberate stride, leaning on a cane, he comes alone to the Capitol, ponderously taouuts the steps, wipes • his forehead in the ante room, and, entering the Senate, sits iu a condition of vigilaut retirement. He exchanges no words with his legal brethren. If he is introduced to anybody, he shakes hands with that gravity that Webster used to revel in.. He weighs about J'JO pounds, perhaps more. Nature gave him a good, large Websterian bead, and bis face is a fine old liver color. j QRPHANS' COURT SALK. By i ittue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bedford county, tbe undersigned, Guardian of tbe minor children ol .1A CO It DIBERT, de-caotd, will expose and sell at public sale, on the premi se*, on SATURDAY, AI'RIL 2a, 1&8S, the fol lowing valuable real estate: \ TRACT Oh I.AXti in Bedford township, i adjoining Wm. Hammond, Rachel and Sarah , iiautfinan, Adam ShOTer and others, containing ; 11. acres: having a two story Log lfou-e and Double Log Barn, net so apple orchard thereon. Fale to commence at IU o*cloek-of said day. A pn. ,1: It MM PHILLIPS, Guardian. f -X THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI- I TED ST/ I'ES. Fin Tn. Wemski District of Pissivlvasu. iX BANKRUPTCY. AT BEDFORD APRIL 13, 18(58. The undesigned herein give notice of his appointment as Assignee of FREDERICK BEN EDICT, of Bedford, is the county of Bedford, ami htateof Pennsylvania, within said District, j who has been adjudged u bankrupt, upon his own I petition, by the said District Court. M. A. POINTS, Assignee. To the creditors of sai l Bankrupt. apritTSt IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI- I TED STATES. ; I 'on tub W ehtbbn District or PeasNVtvAMa, IN BANKRUPTCY, AT BEDFORD APRIL, IS, is#s. The undersigned hereby g:\es notice of his ap intuient as Assignee ol DANIEL METZUER, : of Harrison Township, in the County of Bedford. ; end State of Pennsylvania, within said District, I who bas bvpn adjudged a bankrupt, np™ his own petition, by the said District Court. M. A. POINTS. Assignee. To the creditors of -aid Bankrupt. npr:l7 3t IX THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE INI i TED STATE®. Fop. Tits. WfsTKRv District op Pkxxsvt v vsia IN BANKRUPTCY. AT BEDFORD, AI'RIL 13, 1868. The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap pointment as Assignee o< ISAAC F. GROVE, of Bedford, in the county of Bad lord, and the .state of Pennsylvania, within said District, who has been adjudged a bankrupt, upon his own petition, be the fiiid District Court. J- K. BOWLEG, | To the creditors of said Bankrupt. apr:l7 3t MAXWI.LI, KINKKAD. w tTII „CHAi: 1,15*5 lIENDEIISON A SON, ( rsT.ißi t.-nsn 1838.) Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in HATB, CAPS, FURS AND STRAW GOODS. No. 112 Mavkct st., above 4th, rnar27;".ui PHILADELPHIA. / lAI TION,—AiI persona are cautioned against \ hunting, 6shtng. A-. n|mn env of my tand, as I aut determined to enforce th law against all -ai h offenders. i.apHCOi, HENRI MOSES. \I7AN I KD—An Agent in this County for the > -YEIU KS GLAXO Ml TV A I LIFE IS .B 7ItA AVE CO. This is the oldest Mutual Or ganisation in the country. Handsome compen sation git en. Address STltOi D A MAR-TON, General Agents, A) ribhfit No. 32 North Fifth St, Pbila. I \ BEER'S WALK AS TED TKKSH A XI) I / VhWrjM; GARMKX SXtbS, and a full assortment of Spades. Spading Forks, Hoes. Bakes. Shovels. Ac. Ac., can he bought at HAKT LEV A MKTZGKR'S very low for cash. mr2otf rpilE St/l JOH ,V VItAXKLIX nit VHAU- I HEHSBVRO COOKING STO VE. —This celebrated stove is now off, red to the public by HARTLEY A METZGAK. Agents for Bedford o *unty, who have ou hand a full supply for wood or coal, - tr.nrkOU" ftShfiA 01V/UD I Of BOOTS and SHOES of every description and best manufacture. Just received and for sale 2i per <*■. rhe-rper than heretofore. The ROOT and SHOE department of G . R . 0S TE R A CO. has become a leading lentute ha their business, and is now THE PLACE to get GOOD as well as CIII.AP BOOTS and BHOKS, as they have tbe LARGEST and RRST a*i>urtincnt in town. m Kf,ot i K,KTj ' ■* WM.T. HOPKINS' "OWN MAKE" „ t "KKVoTOKK SKIRTS, iir tbi best, and Chenpt Low Priced)[ op Sk r . in the market. Trail Skirt., 25 tpring ft Ml spring*, <1.20: and 40prjng,$M.,. PUiaSkirt 6 taper, 20 rpring., 80 rente: 25 rpring, #5 ' ::0 rprings, *1.15: and 34 ajiringa, 11.25.' wrr., ted ir every reepect. "Our OWN Make" of "UNION HKTHT- " Eleven Tape Trail*, from 20 to 50 sprin-M i to 82-50. Plain. Six Tapoe, 20 to 50 •prinr. i. ~ t's cent* to s2*o. Th**<• skirte are better' than those aold by other establishment* as fir** el a,, good*, and at much lower prices. "Our OWN Make" of CHAMPION SKIRT, 'are in every way auperior to ail other Hoop Ski,., before the public, and only have to lie exaui or worn to cunt incc every one of ibe fa. ■ *\; ufacturod ot the.beat linen-hniehed Eneliih v t ># i Springe, very enperior tapee, and the k t T l e of metalio fastening, and manner of securing th •urpaae for durability and excellence any oC Skirt in tbi. country, and are lighter. more c' will wear longer, jgtve uiorc satisfaction, and really cheaper than all other*. Every lady sh'" tyy tfcem They are being .old extena'ively ! . : Merchant* throughout this and tbe ad ofmi -.tales at very moderate pricea. If yen wan, ,v.I i hut, ak lor " Hopkin's Champion Skirta" u you do not find them, get the merchant w.th wh'm | von deal to ..,.|er theui f> r y or direct to u-. Merchants will End our diS.re,. : grade* of Skirt, exactly what tbey ne-il and : especially invite them to call and exaiie'e o„ extensive aesortincnt or nend lor VV'ho'esale Pr cc . List. ! To be had at lletail at Manufactory, an lof tb, Retrai! trade generally, and at Wholesale of tb ' Munutaeturer only, to whom ail orders should be ; addrvsted. 1 Manufactory and Saleroom, 028 Areh steer ; between lit and 7th Sis., Philadelphia. March2o:lom WM. T. HOPKINS. NEWS FOR THE FARMERSY THE following kind, of IT II ESHING MACH IN K CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA CHINE SHOP OF P. H. SHIRKS, BEDFORD, PA. XL* Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-PO'.v ER Threshing Machines with a!! the latest ink best improvements. ONE AND TWO-HORSK POWERS. The Two-horse Machine with two h"r*es an i four hands will thresh from 100 to 125 bushel, wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day ONE HORSEMACHINKS with three hands, will thresh from 40 to 75 bush per day. ' Two and focr-horse TUMBLING SHAFT Ma. i chines, also, four-horse STRAP MACHINE - STRAW SHAKERS ofthe ino" approved kind a*. j tached to ail Machines. ALL MACHINES WAnKANIED. REPAIRING of all kinds of Machines done on [ the shortest notice. j asu HORSES. PIG METAL, GRAIN and : LI MBER taken inpayment. Farmer*' wanting Machines, will do well tu give me a cail. PETER IX. SHIRES, Proprietor and Mine/a- J J E 8 T I 8 T R Y. DR. J. G. MIXNJCH, DENTIST, Successor to Dr. H. V. Portkk, In Harris' New Building, BLOODY Rl'X, PA. Ail operations on the natural teeth, such as FILLING, REGULATING,EXTRACTING, A performed in the best style. ARTIFICIAL TEETH Of all kinds, and of best materials insert* operations warranted. TERMS—CASH. ' Mar7,fiS:Cm ! Q xTnTc ko k I> K N T IST. Office at the old stand in Banc Br ilbixo, J: ' ASA STRtBT, BEDFORD. All operations, pertaining to Surgical aad Mechanical l)tnt : - pcrlortned with care in i W ARRANTED. .4 uatsiAef ire administered, when dteited. A tijicial let th inserted at, per set, 18.00 e W xrard. As I am determined to do a CASH BUSINESS or none. I have reduced the price? for Artificial Teeth of the various kinds. 20 jwr cent., and Gold Fiilings 33 per ceDt. This reduction *. made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all ■- ■>, will receive prompt attention. lei " UMBER! LUMBER! MUNSOX, JONES A CO., PHILLIPSBURU, Pa W O R K K I) L U M BKR. oftvwy kind for e*!t. Flooring, Sa.b, We&tb I warding, Ac. Inquire of F. BENEDICT. Agent, at J. \V. Lingcnfelters office, Bedford. V \ feb2l:3m. SELLERS A FOLWELL. O WHOLES ALB CONFECTIONERS AND FRCITEHS. No. 161 NORTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Orders promptly attended to. feb.'iu. INSTATE of JOSEPH IIKXRY S.VYDI J deceased.—Letters lestamcntaty having been granted by tbe Register of Bedford county, to the undersigned, Executor of the la.-t Will an 1 I tamcnt of Jos-ej h Henry Snyder, late of S- ur: amptou township, dee'd*. all persons indebted : said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment, and Iboge lia\ ing claims against the estate will present them properly authentica'<"x for settlement. XATIIAN EOBISON, Ex r mar 27. of tbe last wiil Ac. of Jo?. 11. Snyder SIOOO~ KFWA^T~ Just received at THE NEW IMPERIAL BAR GAIN STORE, a handsome iMortuett of NEW SPRING GO OD S ' As goods arc now advanciug daily and n> will be much higher, we think FAMILIES CANNOT BUY TO SOON feb.2Stn2 G. R. OSTKR ,k CO. \y ASH IMi TON IIOTEL. This large and comuiodions house, iiaving be re-taken by tbe subscriber, is now open f.-r tbe re ception of visitors and boarders. Tbe rooms ire large, well ventilated, and comfortably furTht ; The table will always be supplied with tbe be*' the it arket van afford. The Bar is stocked w;tu the choicest liquors. In short, it is utv puiporc to keep a FIR>T CLASS HOTEL. Thsniticg the public for past favors. I respectfully solicit renewal of their patronage. X. E. Hacks will run constantly between the Hotel and the Springs. inayl7,'#7:lj W.M. DIBEKT, Pror'r. OA INT ING. o. A- ign Painting, auii . > kinds of Wood lirtitathrn executed beantifu'i Price* moderate. Tbe patronage :e ' i and Wood Engravings. In one large Octv ■ vi- • ( nine. Price $C> 59. The only edition pub'id, in America, condensed by Dr. Smith's own We employ no General Agents and offer extra in ducement* to Agents dealing with us. Send b r descriptive circulars, and see onr terms. .?. B BURR A CO., mm 6 Publishers, Hartford, Ct. MARRIAGE certifcates.—On hand and for sale at tbe hfqmirer office, a fine assort men tof Marriage Certificate;*. Clergy men ami •Tastier* should have them.