Ikbfor&fnquircr. BKDFOUD. PA- FMDAY, DHC. I, <B6B THF PENNANYLVNIA RAILROAD \N OUR UNITED STATES SENATOR. The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 26th ult. announces that all the Republican members of the Legislature from, 'hat city have served to support J. Edgar Thompson Prc-idont of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for United States Senator. In be half of the sbidc individual the United -ftates Railroad snd mining Heaister says. "Pennsylvania wants for Senator no. a second edition of liockalew of the legal bar, but a statesman as practical in legislation as a r&iiroail is practical in transportation. And as a railroad in its operations may be said to combine and represent all the human indos tries, Pennsylvania would exhibit wisdom by i putting a distinguished railroad man in the; Senatorial office soon to be filled. \\ itb two i representatives in the 1 nited States Senate. , both versed in practical statesmanship. Peno : svlvania would have her material interests looked afier and eared for as they deserve Will she do it ? We believe she will, because she has a son ripe in qualifications lor the post, and for other reasons pertinent and | manifest." The concord of action to the Philadelphia j delegation it is said has been I n ught about by the withdrawal, of Hon. \\ iliiam 11. Kcmble in favor of Mr. Thompson. To J. Kdgar. Thompson a.a man of ability and acquainted with the interests of our state we can have no possible objection; but to J. Edgar Thompson as the President of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company we have very decided objections. Ihe espousal ol his cause by one who has grown rich enough from the profits of the State Treasurersbip j to have boasted of buying himself into the ! United States Srnatorship, by no means | obviates the objection. The Railroad and Mining Register s argument that a railroad man is wanted v.e cannot regard as a very strong one. We have the Railroad interest of Pennsylvania already represented in the person of Senator Came r on. It the rail road legislation to he accomplished by rail road men in the I . S. Senate is to be of the same character with that which generally prevails at Harrisburg the less we have of it the hetter. We believe there arc a nuin ber of others who will make quite as able and efficicut Senators as the railroad men and arc quite a 5 well acquainted with the material interests of Pennsylvania. New Voik, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have already experienced the contaminating in ffuence of railroad monopolies in their re p-dive state legislature to such an extent as ought to make them very careful not to send the representatives of these overgrown monopolies to tamper with our national legislation. However able and good the man offered for the position of United States Senator, the fact of his identification with the interests of the Pennsylvania Pail road con-tiiutes a very grave objection. The baneful influence of that monopoly in our state legislature has loDg been felt ar.d our people should be very careful not to bind any tighter the chains that already shackle every enterprise not managed in the inter est of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Our Legislature meets next month and until then there will be ample opportunity to discuss the merits of all candidates for the Senatorship. Pennsylvania does not want a man identified with any particular depart ment of her industrial interests, but one of eminent ability, with broad and liberal views, capable of comprehending the fact lliat state and national prosperity depend not on the fostering of any particular inter est, but on the building up and protecting of all, thereby securing to us a varied industry and consequent prosperity. Oue who while jealously guarding all the interests of his own state will be careful to lay no obstruc in the way of the prosperity of her sister states, one who while suiveying the whole field of state and national legislation shall do the right at whatever cost, who cannot be subsidized or intimidated but who will at all times make the greatest good of the greatest number of his fellow citizens the pole star by which to direct all his public acts. Let such a man he elected, front the many good men offered, and Pennsylvania's record in the U. b. ,Senate be cleansed from the blots of the traitor Cowan and the Cop perhead B-tckaiew and restored to its pris tine glory. STATE TREASURER. The importance of a change in the law re lating to the office of State Treasurer is be ginning to attract attention. As it stands at present the office is prostituted to the bui .iog up of private fortunes at the ex r-use of the State finances. Hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars of the money of the State are at times permit ted to lie for months in the hands of the .Treasurer, who uses it to speculate upon or to lend out, thereby pocketing the interest which should go to the credit of the State. It is asserted that in this way a hundred thousand dollars and even more per annum has been realized by the lucky individuals who are fortunate enough to get the ap pointment of State Treasurer. That such a state of affairs ought not to be permitted to continue every one can understand. The need of the State now is that the law in rc gard to this office he so amended that the Treasurer may gets fair salary for his trouble and i esponsibility and not he permitted to uso in any way the public funds for private purposes under severe penalties. A law should be passed for such an investment of surplus lunds in the Treasury that the prof its therefrom ntav accrue to the State and not to private parties. \Ya are opposed to the creation of lucrative offices bv any party for the purpose of rewarding individuals for party services. If men sock office only for j the emoluments the State will be much bet ter off if it dispenses with their services en tirely. Here is a fair field for the Repub lican Legislature this winter to fulfil its professions of economy and retrenchment and we hope it will make good its promises; it mast do so if it wishes to retain tho con •idence of the people. fhc Lebanon Courkr comments as follows on the hubject: vania\s^fd°r S ii' e Tlts - urer in Pennsyl the most, profitabfe I ??St ' ! f T' Commonwealth Vf? a P ? s,t 'T W ths wme placed * i,; v ' l!lve * loarJ lts 10 sand dollars annually * iT huadred th 1 1- thatit may not reach thi! P ° SB1 L b,e certain it is that every ~o £2 i !,U ™' v 1 rdaee retires with a hW-ro V ° - lns - of this fact, there ar' to ,! • - N ° W ' lo V,e " with the office, one of which df* M 0 ! be attention of the 3jf£ | Holf at - ,enUo ° *' that body desires to 1 do eejual justjce to members ofihe nartv or I tbeTaU i[."T* 0f doll * ra to the If 1 main as they" any,,!, 0 }%. a, t y man lo hold the office, ff .he offiw yields art income ol ono hundred thousand dollars—or anything like* that sum—to the I rca-urer, we contend that the class of men who obtain the office are munifiecDflv re warded for their party services by one year's enjoyment of it; rsd it should then rotate to some other member of the party equally worthy and equally entitled to the plums that the party has to distribute. On the other hand, if the Xecislstnre shall think i that this view of rewarding members of the party is not a correct one, let the laws per taininf? to the office be so injendeil that the thousands of dollars now pocketed by the Treasurer from the interest on the large sums of the State's money on hand through out the year may inure to the benefit of the State's Treasury instead of the State's Treasurer. We shall have more to say on this subject." The Berks and Schuylkill Journal quo ting the above says: The above article copied from the Leba non Courier, meets our hearty endorsement. It is high time that the Legislature puts a stop to this using of the public funds for pr vate benefits All our State Treasurers, of late years, have grown rich by retaiuing as their perquisites of office the interest of the funds entrusted to their keeping, which properly belonged to the State. Let a law be passed this winter to meet the case, go that hereafter the Commonwealth will lie made to reap the benefit of a judicious in vestment of the public funds not required for immediate use. GRANT AND THE-ONE TERM PRIN CIPLE Wa learn, from the Washington corres pondence of the Tribune, with a gratifica tion which is almost personal, that General Grant is about to enrol himself at the head ofAmeriean statesmen, by recommending the one term principle in hisjinaugurai ad dress. Washington and Jackson, after having enjoyed two terms of the Presiden tial office, retired from the chait with the solemn and earnest appeal to the country to limit their successors to one. The more disinterested and self-sacrificing honor is re I served far Grant to enter upon his first term I with the recommendation on his lips that ! he himself, as well as bis successors, should ■ be limited by the Constitution to one term | only. None could doubt the purity of such an appeal. Few will demur to its wisdom and necessity. The bane of Presidents has been the monarchial grasping toward a fu ture term. This selfish interest has blurred the judgments of men who had been thought the clearest and ablest, and stained the hon or of some who had seemed pure. As a rule this "vaulting ambition has o'erleaped itself," and the President, in hopes of a sec ond term, has been led like Johnson into those very combinations which have not only made a second term impossible, but have well nigh cut short the first. Nothing strengthens our confidence in General Grant's peculiar fitness for the Presidency more than the convictions he has already expressed in an unofficial man ner, in favor of limiting Presidents to one term. Though we have pressed this principle zealously in the columns of The Spirit for roatiy years, our ambition is not to ride a hobby, but to redeem the first of fice of the Republic from personal and sel fish motives—to rescue its vast powers from perversion to the insignificant and base end of promoting the re-election of its incum bent. Whatever reasons weighed upon the minds of Washington and Jackson in the infancy of the Republic have acquired four fold force with its expansion into its pres ent empire. The President now appoints 41,(XX) offi cers, and distributes a direct patronage of nearly one hundred and fifty millions of dol lars per annum, and an indirect and collat eral patronage still greater. His power over legislation i 3 constitutionally equal to that of two-thirds of both Houses of Con gress, aud through his influence over the appropriations of that body, and the admin istration of the revenues and the laws, and the distribution of the contracts by various departments, the stream of wealth, power, and place which flows through his hands to others, is as great as was ever controlled by Napoleon or the Ctesars. Ilia influence over the Southern States must be for sever j al years like that of the hero of Marengo and Austerlitz over the conquered kingdom of Europe. The motive of the President, whether patriotic or personal, is the secret spriog which moves this vast human mech anism far good or evil. If his motive is pa triotic and disinterested, a spirit of integrity breathes through the entire body politic, quickening it from inertia, and cleansing it. from corruption. If his spirit be one of i self-seeking and personal gain, whether in abject baseness he grasp at money, or in i stern ambition he strike for power, all the i channels of official influence, like so many nerves, tingle with the thrill of his sordid I nature and reek with rottenness. Every where unprincipled parasites and flatterers i step into office over the heads of honest : men, and compensate themselves for the reputations they sacrifice in holding office under a corrupt administration by preying on the revenues and the people until they seem more like vultures than the adminis tration which appoints them. We have greater confidence in the personal power and will of General Grant to withstand and over rule these influences, than in that of any other person now living who could be sub jected to them. But constitutions should be adapted to secure the best results from the average of selfish and ambitious human nature. Those which depend on an unfail ing supplv of Patriotism may meet with spasmodic success, but must ultimately break down. We concede, too. that other influences Iteside the "ene term principle" - should supplement and aid it. Our civil and diplomatic service should be graded like our military service, so that all should reach the higher positions thoroughly prepared by experience gained in the lower, and pro motion should attend upon merit and not accident. Our present civil service is an utterly disorganized maze, which needs nothing so much as the mind of a military organiser to rpdneo if tn nrdpr "I remove you," said General Grant to General War ! ren, after Five Forks," because you do not j organize; you have no faith in your Division Generals. I give you an order which one of them should execute, and you execute, it yourself. While you, in command of one division, are thus getting whipped for waot of corps commander." Just the same lack of organization is at work in the Treasury Department. While Secretary McCulloch is investigating a seizure case in New York city, which he can trust neither the Collec tor of the Port to settle, the District Attor ney to try, nor the United States courts to decide, the harpies are everywhere robbing the revenues, and so making confusion worse confounded that the acutest moralist could not distinguish the honest servant of the Government from the tbicf. To pro vent the 41,000 office holders of the Govern ment from acting upon a tacit agreement with the President that they will extend his term if he will continue theirs, and to pre vent the entire patronage of the President's office from being used as a corruption fund to secure his re-election, by removing all who oppose his policy, and by appointing sycopants and toadies in their stead, we need not only the limitation of tho Preai dent to one term, but wc need such a Civil Service Bill as shall render the Civil Ser vice an honorable profession. "1 hold," said a genial and clever officer of the Gov ernment, a few days ago, "that our only claim to the respect of worthy people lies in the knowledge that when we accept an office with a paltry salary of $3,000, we do j uot hold our services at that base figure, j but that we intend to make $13,000 a year j ont of it, ' As be had entered upon a liko '• salary, insolvent a few years ago, has lived op thrice his salary ever since, and now ownes a thirty thousand dollar mansion, and is highly respected especially by the Treas* ury Department, his view of the matter is doubtless correct. But General Grant, hacked by the one- term principle and the Civil Service Bill, will change all that.— The Spirit of the Tim'*. OKOItOU. One of the first questions which will oome before Congress is, whether the Fourteenth Amendment has ever been legally ratified by the Legislature of Georgia, so as to convert the government of that State from a pro visional into a permanent one, and to entitle its representatives to scats in Congress. The amendment was passed by a body, a large uumber of wbose members were disqualified by the very terms of the ameuduient itselt from sitting in any legislature; and, having passed it, these same disqualified members immediately voted that thirty of those by whose votes the amendment was passed had never been lawful members of that body, aud, by reason of African blood, could hold no office whatever in the Bute of Georgia. If Congress respects the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment excluding perjured Rebels from holding office, it cannot allow itself to be bound by the votes of any of this class" If it respects the vote of the Georgia Legislature to the effect that colored men cannot hold office in Georgia, then it caunot count the votes of the colored members for the amendment; and so the amendment would be lost. The State of Georgia is not yet in the Union, and its government is merely provisional. In such case, Congress should see that the State Constitution is amended so as to confer equal political rights on both races. Or if Congress hold.- - that the colored members were unlawfully expelled, it should see that they are lawfully restored to their seats before the State shall be readmitted to its share in the Govern ment —A I'. Tribune. LIFE INSURANCE INVESTMENT. There is DO need of urging the duty of life insurance. Every man having others dependent upon hinr for support knows that in no other way can ho so sureiy provide for their future conilort as by securing such an amount of insurance as his income will allow him to pay for. Of course it becomes a matter of personal interest to know where the most insurance can be had for a specific sum. The National Life Insurance Com pany of the United States of America, char tered by Congress in July- J 868, makes an offer of insurance upon the ordinary Life plan at extremely low rates, the principle of its operation being that a smaller sum of cash in hand is better for both buyer and seller than a larger amount based upon the contingencies of possible future profits or dividends. For this small sum itguarantie a certain amount of insurance, the contract between iusured and insurer being too plain for any complications such as may attend the settlement of notes or dividends. This is a recommendation to start with, and if tin- Company is a secure one, its low rates will naturally be popular. For this security we find two strong guarantees: one is a paid-up capital of one million dollars, ample for all possible present liabilities, and the other is the character of the managers of the Com pany, among whom are Jay Cooke, C. H. Clark, Hon; E. A. Rollins, Hon. W. E. Chandler, and others of high national re pute. It is not alone by its low cash rates that the new National Life commends it self to those contemplating insurance, for it offers, beside, a number of novel and favora ble methods by which the insurer or his heirs tuay reap unusual pecuniary benefit from his or her investment. These new fra tures —the Return Premium (by which the amount of all premiums paid will be return ed to the heirs of the insured in addition to the amount for which he was insured), the Income-Producing, and other plans—will be explained in detail by the agents of the Com pany, whose card may be found elsewhere. We can see no reason why the new Com pany is not entitled to a high degree of pub lic confidence, HON. EDWARD MCPHKHSON.—This gen tleman, who is one of the rising statesmen of our country, has been spoken of in con nection with the position of Postmaster- General in the Dext Administration, by a Cbambcrsburg correspondent of the Erie Republican, who thus alludes to him : "Hon. Edward MePherson, Clerk of the National House of Representatives, is from this district, from which he was elected to Congress in 1860. At the close of his ser vice in the House, as a member, he was elected to his present position, in which he has maintained thtr exalted character he showed himself as possessed of while serv ing as a representative. Next to Schuyler Colfax, no officer of the House has been more popular than lias Hon. Edward MePherson. His political Manual has made the masses acquainted with him all over the land, as a clear thinker and a systematic rfbrker for the people. We have heard him spoken of several times for Postmaster General in the next Administration. If he shall be chosen to that position, the people will he served as faithfully as by Benjamin Franklin, the first head of that department. We cordially endorse every word of the above. As Mr. MCPHERSON is free from all entangling alliance", Gen. GRANT, if he desires a Cabinet officer from Penusylva nia could not make a better choice than by taking the popular clerk of the House.— Jitrlc* & Schuylkill Journal. IT is thought that Admiral Farragut will be appointed Secretary of the Navy under President Grant. The Gen. is said to be impressed with the sensible idea that a na val officer should preside over the Navy De pat tment and an army officer over the War Department GRANT'S official majority in California is 506; but a blunder about the name of one of the electors seems to be manipulated in the interest of the gamblers who have lost heavy bets on the result, so as to prevent the entire elcctorel vote from being given to the Re publican candidates. DISCOVERT OF ANCIENT COINS.—The Washington House, at Stamford Connecti cut now being torn down, has brought to light many ancient curiosities. Among the relics already found are nineteen copper coins belonging to the reigns of the English Georges or their predecessor, Anno; also thirty-seven other copper and nine silver coins, many of them too old to tell the story of their origin. Among the silver is a piece whose history begins with the fifteenth year of Elizabeth's reign, only ten years legs than three centuries ago, and a third of a century* before a white man had traversed the realms of the old Rippowams in Stamford. Another very interesting relic is a shilling sbinplaster, printed in red and black ink. In one corner is the British coat of arms, and it is a wonder as follows; "This Bill of One Shilling Proclamation, is emitted by a Ijaw of the Colony of New Jersey, passed in ihe fourteenth year of the reign of his Majesty King_ George the third," dated March 2d, 1776. On the reverse side it bears the imprint of "Isaac Colling, Bur lington, New Jersey, 1776," and the omin ous sentence, " 'Tis death to counterfeit." It is sourounded by an ornamental border, which looks remarkably rude and clumsy in comparison with the workmanship of the present day. CONGRESS will meet on Monday the 7th instant, The Paraguayan UiUicultjr. The following note of the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy is under stood to indicate the orders which have been given to Geo. McMalnm and Admiral Davis on the subject of the Paraguayan difficulties: DEPARTMENT OP STATE, ) Washington, NOV. 17. isos. j To thf Hon. GIDEON WEI.LKe, Secretory of the Nrtmj. SIR : A DISPATCH WAS received yesterday from Charles A. Washburn, Esq., late Uni ted States Minister Ui l'uraguuy, which was written at Buenos Ayrcs on the :26'h of September last. The dispatch shows that a controversy has l>eeu carried on for some time between him and the President of Paraguay. The merits of the controversy cannot be well understood until a copy of the correspondence itself shall have been re ceived. which is now daily expected: tncan timc, Mr. Washburn's dispatch conclusive!) shows that the situation of all foreigners, in cluding United States citizens, at Asuncion is greatly imperiled, and that especially Porter Bliss and George F. Mu-terman. United States citizens, lately in some way connected with the I nited States Legation, have suffered personal violence Htid have perhaps been murdered. A dispatch has been received from Mr, Webb, United States Minister at Bio in which he states that he requested Rear Admiral Davis, commanding the South Atlantic Squadron, to send or proceed with an adequate naval force to A-unoion to protect American citizens. Mr. Webb is unable to inform the Department whether Admiral Davis would assume the responsibility of complying with this request without special instructions from the Government. The situation thus presented seems to me so critical, that I have thought it my duty to advise the Pres ident that the Rear-Admiral should be in strueted to proceed with an adequate force at once to Paraguay and take such measures as may be found necessary to prevent vio lence to the lives and property of American citizens there, and in the exercise of a sound discretion to demand and obtain prompt redress for any extreme insult or violence that may have IKSn arbitrarily committed against the flag of the I "nited States or their citizens. I have the honor to be your obedient servant. • WII.LIAM 11. SEWARD." State Agricultural College. Dr. Thi in tUS 11. Dth rifW r Chorea I'res ident. —Another farm to be Purchased. The trustees of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College met at the office of the State Agricultural Society, on Second Street, yesterday, for the purpose of choos ing a President of the College. It will be remembered that the Convention of County Agricultural Societies, which assembled here during the State Fair, altera full di cussion and in obedience to the universally expressed will of the people, recommended a change in the administration of the Farm School at Bellefonte, as absolutely necessary to make the institution effective. At the meeting yesterday there were present Messrs-. Watts, of Cumberland; M'AHister. of Centre: KGley, of Allegheny; Hiester. of Dauphin; White, of Indiana; Hon. Frank .J -rdan. Secretary of the Commonwealth; A Boyd Hamilton. K-q., Pre-ident of the S ate Agricul'ural Society, and Secretary M Kee—the last three being i-x-officio member*. After some consideration, Tbouias II Burrowcs, L. L. IX, of lgtncaster, was elected to fill the vacancy of President of the College. The Committee on the selection of a farm in the Western portion of the State, to be connected with the operations of the Farm School, reported in favor of the purcha-e of one of one hundred and thirty acres adjoin ing the town of Indiana, in Indiana county, and Mr. White was authorized to exatuim the title to the land and report to the trustees on or before the tenth day ol December next. Hon. Thomas H. Bnrrowes, who is tlin made President of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, has for many years been identified with the educational in terests of Pennsylvania, indeed with every prominent movement in behalf of popular education which has thus far proved stie ces-ful. lie was for some years State Su perintendent of Common Schools, succeed ing Mr. Hickok, and in that capacity be did much to develop the system. He was also the first Slate Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, having been appointed to that position by Governor Andrew G. Curtin. l)r. Burrowi - ha for many years ably ed ited the '"Pennsylvania School Journal. If he accepts the important position now tendered hint, the College will certainly have all the necessary administrative ability which, it is alleged, is the only thing re quired to make our Agricultural School a success.— Slate Guard. .More Indian Murders in Texas. The Sherman (Texas) Ct/uriW gives ac counts of more robberies, u.urders and de vastation by the savages in the northern counties of Texas. On the previous Satur day night a party of tw< nt\ five Indians stole several horses in Sir ill'* Bend, about 'orty miles from Sherman. Six young men followed them down the iiver, and on Sun day overtook them, about ten miles below When they came up with the ludians. they immediately charged. Discharging theii rifles and throwing them away, they diew their six-shooters, and a terrible fight ensued, lading about one and a half hours. The Indians s'ood their ground whilst the gal lant boys charged again and again thiout h them. The fight was frequently almost hand to hand. Finally both patties dr.w off and retired in sullen silence. One of the whites named Pace was killed, and one or two more of the boys-wounded. Some of their horses killed or wounded. Ten In dians were killed in the fight. A letter from Montague gives an account of a fight between one hundred Indians and forty while men on Clear Creek, which re sulted in the killing of one Indian and one white man —Mr. Fontendbtny, who wa terribly mangled, and the prairie fired ar ound him. The people were leaving their homes. A later account-ays two hundred and twenty passed on to Denton, killed John Baily, and all kinds of stock. They came up blowing their bugle and carrying a flag. The Indians took four hundred and fifty head of stock in Denton county, completely '"cleaning up'" whole settlements; about forty citizens followed and attempted to re cover some of thi stoek. The Indians, how ever, marched leisurely along in regular military order, making their camps at night wbh as much nonchalance as though no fins existed. On the approach of tbu whites they would form a line, and with buclc soundingjho charge at each wing, would drive the whites back. < fne old Texan stood his ground a little too long at one time, iu order to git his Indian: as the line advan ced he drew his unerring aim and got lo nian; but the line closing in on him he had a run on his horse for more than a mile, while the bullets and arrows flew fast in disagreeable proxmity; strange to say he escaped unhurt. All this occured below the line of military posts: the Indians are thick everywhere in that country, and are steal ing and murdering almost daily. The Battery Sew York. The general government lias purchased two hundred and fifty feet of the celebrated Battery ground, New York, on wh'eli it is proposed to erect a large office ind construct a basin for the reception of United Sta'es .Revenue and naval vessels. It is said that negotiations are on foot for tlie purchase of the remainder <or other public purposes The New York Tribune styles the Battery a nuisance, and congratulates the public on the sab-, and the probability that that, locality will soon put on a new lace. On ihe other hand the editor of Sloan's Architectural Be view, speaking of the Battery, says: '"Few cities are gifted with such a superb breath ing place as the Battery, and no city, save New York, would freely relinquish its jhjs session to an institution which at once ren ders it unfit as a pleasure ground fur citizen* to enjoy the everchanging, ever new scenes of moving water, bedecked with sleeping or dancing craft of every form and size, that delight the eye of the visitor to that sp„t once so much sought by our fa-hionable people. Ihe same writer advocates the demolition of the unsightly emigrant sheds, and the conversion of the entire buttery into huge bathing establishments for tbe u-e of the million. Uncle Sara having stepped in ahead, has spoiled this nice little proposi tion to provide means for cleansing the un washed citizens of Gotham. The Violence in ArLnnana. The Indianapolis Journal has the follow ing: 'Tu a recent conversation with an in telligent gentleman from Little Hock, we inquired why it was that maulers like that of Congressman Hinds were permitted to go unpunished, and the perpetrators of them to run at large in communities where they and their crimes were well known, lie sta ted that, in the then excited und prejudiced condition of the public mjnd, especially in counties where the Ku-IClux Were numer ous, it was imjtos-ible to convict them before the courts, bi cause judges and juries well knew that (loir own lives would bo sacrifle ed in attempting to bring the murderers to justice: that retaliation in kind was di-eoura ged for the reason that it might ptejudice the Republican cause, and euibatrass the northern friends of the state government, as a hue and cry would at one*; be raised by the Ku Klux and their northern allies thai the 'carpet baggers' and 'niggers' were mas sacreing the whites of the South. "H furtheran re informed u- that at the Ku Klux headquaarters in Little Rock, last summer, it had been formally determined to assassinate Gov. Clayton and all the other state officers, and that persons were selected to do the deed. The Governor had spies in every meeting they held, and always knew within an hour after their resolutions were determined upon just what they pro posed to do. This enabled him to take pre cautions that frustrated their plans, and the sU-|-iei<>li that thiy had been betrayed caused them to act witli more circumspec tion and forbearance than they designed. For'roany ni Aits the Governor and other doomed men, together with a few resolute friends, slept in the State House, keeping a sufficient number on watch to give warning of the approgeh of enemies. These preeau- tion j . e- utded with the conviction among ! the Ku Klux leaders that, their bloody ! chetnes were known to their intended vie j tims prevented the oveithn-w of- the state ■ government by tin; murder of all executive ; officers. 'The dead point of danger is now past, j and if the sssins who have wantonly shot j a member of Congress, members of the leg- j islature by tin- dozen, registering officers, I wl ite Union citizens and inoffensive negroes realize what is good for their health, they ! will make haste to leave Arkansas," Napoleon's Latest Hobby. Napoleon lias began important building j improvements in Bayonnc. They are de- j -crihed by one of the local papers as follows: "It is on the same ground on wh eh three : specimen houses have already been erected that the new constructions are to be built. | Thev will besmallerthan their predecessors, and are intended furoulyooe family.The Em peror, in order to carry out his philanthio pica! projects, is said tu design purchasing all the lots composing the block 011 which the three first habitations have been con Strueted; and, to pay the price which would serve as the e-timatc for putting it up to auction. i acb dwelling is expectel tu cost 4, j(X) francs, the tenant is to pay 300 francs a year, out of which sum lot) trances will be set a-ule as a sinking fund for the capital employed. The Emperor will give the property, it is said, to the Society of the Prince Imperty, which will select the oc cupants and collect the rents. At the end of fifteen years the inhabitant will become the owner. D, by any unforeseen event, be cannot pay the stipulated annual sum— which may be acquitted by monthly in-tal im-nt-—he will be reimbursed the 100 francs a year lie lias accumulated towards flie redemption of hi- bou.-e, with the addi | tion of three percent, interest," MR. SPEAKER'S BRIHE —The Baltimore ; Star thus gossips about the lady who was •made Mrs. Colfax on the listb uit., at Au dover, Ohio: Mi-s Wade resides with her stepmother, her father and mother both being dead. .She is the nieee of Senator Wade, who resides •it J. ffers.m, fifteen miles from Audover. Mi-- fi ude i- about thirty years of age, of t medium size, good figure daik hair, brown j eyes, and has a p'ea-iog face, indicating goodness and intelligence. All who know j nor speak of her amiability and quiet good j -ense, as qualifying her admirably to preside i at the huu-e of the Vice President elect. I Three years ago -he spent the winter in : Washington with her aunt. Mrs. Senator \V aile, at the house of Mr. Barrett, on Four ind a hall street, where Mr. Culfax also -topped; and the friendship formed at that ♦■tee p .bahly laid the foundations for the ute-f-nt more intimate relations. Mi-s Wade wn-one of tin excursion party with S i. it a- Wade and Mr. Colfax that came so ei ar In ng cut off by the Indian-on their ! !!• ekv Mountain tip. The other ladies of he tarty "re Mr-Mat'hews, mother ot Mr. (' li x: Mis.- Curiie Matthews, his sister; Mis-Sue Matthews, his cousin, and Mi.-a 1 • i Bow'e-. daughter oi' Sam. Bov.les, of j lie Sptin ft-Id Rr[)>(l)lic'iii. These ladies j tire said to have displayed an amount of ' -otoage at: i po--e--ioti on the occasion tit Indian attack that won for them an enthusiastic vote of admiration from their companion- and fiotu the rough mountain DR. CaosßY", of New Haven, may fairly rink among the great inventors of the worlti. For over thirty years he hu- experimented, with the usual failures, ami obstacles, and fiseoaragement- that be.-et the dating in ventive genius upon a machine to make fish hooks. This is the problem which English artisans have tried persistently to solve but it was left for a Yankee to accomplish. He ha- machines now in operation which will pour out perfectly made fish-hooks as out running (torn a reel into the machine, and on the other .-ide the fish-hook drops out completed, with the exception that it toust be tempered and colored. After the wire reaches a certain point it is dipped off the requisite length. The next operation barbs it; the other end is flattened. It passes around on revolving dies, whose teeth, form ed like the notched spiike.- ofa wheel, catch it, and bear it from one operation to the next until it i- smoothed anil filled, when it passes between roller- that give it the prescribed twi.-t and turn, and you see it drop into the receiver awaiting it. ft is bewildering to see this delicate, complex, and almost hu man machinery operate so multitudinous is it in itsparts, and yet so unerring in its work and motion. If a single part should vary the fraction of a hair's breadth from its accustonu I path, the result must be a fail ure. IIOOFUNH'S (I KIT MAN BITTERS. —We are not in the habit of noticing so-called Patent Medicines; but we have no hesitation in commending this valuable Bitters to the public. [i w eouiposed of none hut the purest and best ingredients, ani the thou sands of testimonials to its efficacy, leave no doubt that it i> the nm-t valuable specific known for the cure ol Diseases of the Liver, general Debility, Fevers, and complaints arising from a Disordered Stomach. This Bitters is entirely free from all intoxicating properties. Hooflsnu's German Tonic com bines all the ingredients of the Bitters with purr Santa Cruz Hum, orange, anise, dre. it is used lor the same di-eases as the Bitters, in eases where seme Alcoholic Stimulant i- necessary, and makes a prep aration delightfully p'ea-ant and agreeable to take. AUniHji Argus. Principal Office, 031 Arch St., Philad' a. Pa. Sold everywhere. The Rutland county (Vt.) .Journal says : ''The history of the growth of wool is very curious Fifty year.- ago not a pound of iiuc wool was grown in the United States, in Great Britain, or in any other country except Spain. In i 784 a small flock was sent to the Klecor of Saxony us a present from the Ki-g of Spain, whence the enti-e product ol.Saxouy wool, now of suen iut un n-e value. In 1809, during the invasion of Spain by the French some of the valu able crown flock were sold to ra;se money, lb- Ame i<- n Gonsul, Jar vis, at Lisbon, purchased 1,400 he id and -ent them to this country. A portion of tlii- pure and tin mixed Merino flock is -till to fie found in Ye wont at thi time. Such was the origin of *he immense flock of fine wool sheep in the 1 nited State- at the present time. OF the 658 < lections for the English House of Common-, 647 are now known. The Liberals have a majority of 115 By steamer we have account-ot the Is g lining of the elections. The Liberal pap- rs thought the rc-ult ve y gratifying, and the Daily News expressed a hope that the final result would show a majority not much less than a hundred. The last days of the elections have therefore been even better thau the first. Central America. NEW YORK, NOV. 30 —Panama advice* of November 2k states that when General Uorreoso arrived at Chiriqui he found the place adundoned. He then went to Santiago, and found that the enemy bad also aband oned that place. Proceeding to Hatello, the enemy. 400stroiiog, attacked Correoso, and a battle ensued, lasting three hours, when the enemy fled in disorder, leaving fifty - two killed, among them their leader, and many wounded, a number of prisoners, and sll their arms ami ammunition. The govern ment lost three killed and eight wounded, ameug the latter General Pedro Goita. This battle ha-put an end to the civil war in the State of Panuma. The revolutionary movement in Costa Rica has proved suc cessful, and President Castro has been de posed, and Jimenez installed in his place. LOCKING UP GREENBACKS. —A great deal has been said of late about "locking up greenbacks" for the purpose of making money scarce, and to those unversed in financial strategy the following explanation o 1 the process hv the New York Commer cial will be found interesting: The following was the mode first employ ed: Several parties would consolidate their capital to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars in greenbacks, and leaving this heavy amount as collateral security with some moneyed institution, borrow an equal amount at say seven percent, interest. That collateral, of course, could not be used by the institution. \V ith the fresh supply offunds the operators would proceed to a green back's and so keep on until they had remov ed from circulation several millions of mon ey. Stringency would follow; speculative shares would decline, and the operators would step in and reap the benefit of their sharp practice. The acceptance of green back collaterals by the banks occaisoned so much dissatisfaction and complaint that they finally abandoned the practice; and the plan now pursued for locking up greenbacks is to borrow them on railway stocks. V irginia. RICHMO.NI>, Nov. 20.—This morning, in the United States Circuit Court, Robert Ould, counsel for Jeff Davis, made a motion to quash the indictment against Davis, on the ground that the fourteenth amendment prescribes the mode of puuishnn-nt for par t ici i at ion in rebellion, which is disfranchise ment, and no other punishment is prescri bed. The prosecuting attorney moved to postpone the motion until the latter part ot the term. Chief Justice Chase decided to hear the argument on Thursduy next, LONDON ate or otherwise consumed 1,250,- 000 rabbits during the year 1867, skinned and prepared for eating. The animals were reared by the children of the peasantry of the departments Du Nord and Fas de Calais, in France, who thereby obtained $210,000. These rabhiis are sent over by the Oaterd steamer. The skins are dis|>osed of in the country to hat manufacturers. The trade is entirely in the hands of chiluren who are too yoong to be employed in field labor. LONDON, NOV. 30. —The limes of this morning comments with wonder on the rapid progress of the Pacific Railway, and, noting the extraordinary features of the road, commends the great enterprise of the American people in overcoming obstacles heretofore deemed insurmountable, ami ex plains the influence this great project will exerci.-e on the commerce of the world. WE have from Washington a remarkable stat'-ment of the steadily increasing cost of our successive Indian wars. The Peace Commissioners propose to give one more trial to the difficulties of their task, failing in which (as they evidently anticipate) they mean to unite with Gen. Grant in urging the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department. ATTORNEY GENERAL EVARTS has given it a-hi-opinion that the Eight-Hour law cannot govern the price to be paid for a day's labor, which must depend entirily on the value of the work rendered. The law -peaks only of the hours of labor, and is silent on the measure of wages, which is left wholly to the discretion of the employer. M ARK K I N. Pnii.AtiEt.rniA. Nov. 30.— There is a de cited improvement in the flour market, and for the better grades of extra family advance quotations 25c barrel, with ihe demand mostly for this description. The traditional prejudices which have existed against spring wheat flour are no longer recognized and most of the bakers now prefer choice brands of ibis description, to the low grades of win ter wheat fan.ilv—sales of 4'HI barrel* lowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota, at $8(8 75; 1,00 barrels good Indiana at $lO 25; some Ohio at $10(6 10 75. and fancy at $11(613. Rye flour is better and commands $7 50('8 60. Corn meal-no further sales have been reported. The wheat market remains without quotable change, and the only sales reported are small lots of red at red and amber at $2 15, 200 bushels Ken tucky white at $2 45. Rye cornea iu slowly, and commands $1 55(2)167. Corn —the mar ket is very hare of old yellow, and commands SI 25. There is a good demand for new, and 2.000 bushels sold at sl(s 1 10, according to dryness. Dats are in fair request. You may be too late. Be warned In time. Diseases like Indigestion and Dyspepsia arc not to he trifled with. There is snch a thing as being too lat in these matters. Inflsmation, or Schirrhus I'ancer, or some other dangerous disease may ensue, when all restora tives, no matter bow potent, would be ineffectual. Do not delay tben. When the symptoms of Dys pepsia are first experienced resort at once to the great restorative medicine, H OS TETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, and you will be safe. But few disorders involve greater suffering, and, if not in itself immediately dangerous, it is the source of many deadly maladies. Even if it did not teud to greater evil, the mental and physical misery it produces is alone a sufficient reason why no pains should hn spared to prevent or cure it In no country on the face of the globe is it so completely domesticated as in our own, where it is found in nearly every household. Hosteller's Stomach Bitters are universally conceded to be the sovereign remedy for this annoying disease, as they act directly upon the digestive organs, correct and tone the stoinurh, and give renewed v itality to the system. Acting delightfully upon the nerves and soothing the brain, rendets them efficacious as a mental medicine, as well as a ge nial stomachic. If taken as a preventive, they will be found particularly well suited to the dis ease- arising from the unhealthy season of au tumn, and their use will prevent the creeping, un pleasant sensation otten complained of when the chills are stealing slowly upon the patient. 1m •J lltjHtsltury of Fashion. gkom-i and Instruc tion.'" J.J Alt PK R'S BAZAR. A supplement containing numerous full-sized patterns uf useful articles accompanies the paper every fortnight, and occasionally an elegantly ool ored Fa.-hiun Plate. IIAR' J ER'S BAZAR contains *ls folio pages of the size of HARPER'B WEEKLY, printed on su perfine calendered jiaper, and is published weekly. Critical Notices of the Press. HARPKR'S BAZAR eontai. e, besides pictures, patterns, etc., a variety of matter of especial use sud interest to tbe family; articles on health, dress, and housekeeping in all its branches; its editorial matter is especially adapted to the circle it is in tended to intended to interest and instruct; aud it has. besides, good stories and literary matter of merit. It is not surjnising that the journal, with such features, has achieved in a short time an immense success; for something of its kind was desired in thousands of latuilies. and its publish ers have tilled the demand.— X Y. l'ost. Whether we consider its oiaim as based upon the elegance and superiority of the paper, its ty pographical appearance, the taste aud judgmeut displayed iu the engravings, or the literary con tributions contained in its pages, we unhesitating ly pronounce it to he superior in each and every particular to any other similar publication here or abroad.— Phil'a Leyal Intclliyeneer. We know of no other En glish or American jour nal of fashion that can pretend to approach it in completeness aud variety.— X. Y. Times, It has the merit of bciug setifitile, of conveying instruction, of giving excellent patterns in every department, audol beiDg well stocked with good reading matter. — H'ufcAmun 'and He/lector. SFBSCRIPTIONS—IB69.—TERMS: Harper's Bazar, one year $4 oo An extra cupy of either the Magasi e. Weekly or Baser will 0e supplied gratia lor every club of five Subscribers at Ot) each, in one remittance; or Six copies for S2O 00. Subscribe.s to Harper's Magazine. Weekly, and Bazar, tonne address "for one year, $lO 00; or two of Harper's Periodicals, to one address fos one year, 7 00. Back numbers can be supplied at any time. The postage on Harpers Bazar is' 2 eeuts a year, which must be paid at the subscriber's poet office. Address 4dc4w HARPER * BROTHERS, New fork. pfcfrtiiwrotM. QOOD NKWB fOH HIE PEOPLE. J. M. SHOEMAKER HAS JUST RETURN EX) FROM THE EAST AND 18 RECEIVING A LARGE AND CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS, CONSI TING IN PART OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS k CAPS, READY MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, CEDARWARE, QUEENSWAKE, TOBACCO, SEGARS, &C. &E. GIVE HIM A CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. J. M. SHOEMAKER. Bedford, Pa., Nor. 6th, 1868. B.CB A M E R I CO! HAVE NOW OPENED, AND OFFER FOR SALE, AT VERY REDUCED PRICES, THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEGANT STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS TO BE FOUND IN BEDFORD COUNTY. THE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETK, ASD GREAT BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFERED. Bedford, Nor. J, IS6S. GENTS WANTED il TO SELL THE EMINENT WOMEN OF THE AGE; written by Messrs. Partem. Greeley. Higginson, Hoppin, Abbott, Winier. Tilton, Mrs. E. C. Stan tpn, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood. Ac. An elegant .ctaro Tolume of 63(1 pages, illus trated with H SUPERIOR STEEL ENGRAVINGS. 'this volume comprises 47 carefully prepared sketches, written expressly for this book, smong whom are Margaret Fuller, Lydia Mwria Child, Jenny Lind, Florence Nightingale. The Cary Sis lers, Gail Hamilton. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anna E. Dickinson, Ristort, Rosa Honheur, Mrs. ii. B Stuwe, Camilla Urso, and Harriet G. Mai mer. The New York Tribune speaking of the pub lishers, says; So thoroughly have they done their work, that their volume, in paper, type, binding, engravings, above all in the excellence of its subject matter, goes far to remove the re proach so often urged against subscription books —"only made to sell." Agents are meeting with unparalleled success in selling this book. One agent ia New York sold 125 in one week. One agent in New Hampshire sold 12 in five hours. One agent in Massachusetts sold 8 in seventeen calls. Fordescriptive circulars and sample engravings address S. M. BUT I S A CO., 6no4t Hartford, Conn. \U ILLODGHBY'S PATENT GUM SPRING GRAIN DRILL, CHALLENGES COMPETITION. It is the only Drill that will sow grain Regularly. Han no pinn to break and can be used on rocky and ntuaipy fields and on the hill side with the sane advantage as on level ground. As the suppiT is limited and demand greater than ever, engage what you want soon from HARTLEY k METZGER, the only Agents for the genuine Willoughby Drill in this part of Peun'a Sljuly Q N . II IC K O DENTIS T, Office at the old stand in Bank Bi ildikq, Juli- ANA BTRKKT, BEDFORD. Ali operations, pertaining to Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry performed with care and WARRANTED. Anre.thetice admini.tered, when derived. Ar tificial teeth ineerted at, per eel, 98.00 and up. ward. As I am determined to do a CASH BUSINESS or none, I have reduced the prices for Artificial Teeth of the various kinds, 20 per cent., and of Gold Fillings 33 per cent. This reduction will he made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such will receive prompt attention. feb7 BLOODY RUN marble WORKS. R. H. SI PES having established a manufactory of Monuments, Tomh-stones, Table-Tops, Coun ter-slabs, Ac., at Bloody Run, Bedford Co., Pa. and baring on hand a well selected stock of for eign and American Marble, is prepared to fill all orders promptly and do work in a neat and work manlike style, and on the most reasonable terms All work warranted, and jobs delivered to all parts of this and adjoining counties without extra ap!l9:ty. J_[ E N I) E R S 0 N 1 S FRESH GROUND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, on hand and for sale by ,B ®°tly G. R. OSTER A CO. CONRAD MEYER, Inventor and Manufacturer of the CELEBRATED IRON FRAME PIANOS, Wareroome, No. 722 Arch St., Phila Has received the Priie Medal of the World's Great Exhibition London. Eng. The highest Prixe awarded when and where ever exhibited OctSStkmoe [Established 1823] gelogtaplw. J£LECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN SHINA,. THE EAST INDIA TELEGR.OH COMPAy. NY'S OFFICB, Nos. 23 Jt 25 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. Organized under special chsrter from the Bts,. ef New Y ->r\, CAPITAL $5,003,903 50,000 SHARES, SIOO EACH. DIRECTORS. Hon. ANDREW G. Cf.'RTIN. Philadelphia PAUL S. FORBES, of Rus-ell A Co., Chins FRED. BCTTKRFIELD, of F. Butterfietd A Co., New York. 1.--AAC Li\ ERMORE, Treasorer Michigaa Central Railroad, Boston. ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Ameri can Express Company, New York. Hon. JAMES NOXOV, Syracuse N. Y. O. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Telegraph Company, New York. FLETCHER WESTRAI.of WesiEaj, Gibba A Hardcastlp, New York. NICHOLAS MICKLBS, New York.. OFFICER-. A. G. CCRTIN, President. N. MICKLES, Vice President. GEORGE CONANT, Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bar.k Commonwealth,) Treasurer. Hon. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solici tor. The Ckine.ee Government having (through the Hon. Anton Hurliugame) conceded to thie Compa ny the privilege of connecting the great ecaporte of the Empire by eubmarine electric telegraph ca ble, tee frropoee commencing operatioue t China and laying down a line of uine hundred miUe at onee, between the following port*, vie: Population, Cantos 1,000,003 Macoa 611.0H0 Hong Kong 250,003 Swatcw 201>,000 Amoy 250,000 Foe Chow 1,250.000 Wan-Cbu 300.000 Ntngpo 400,000- Hang Chean _].200,000 Shanghai 1,000.000 % Total 5.010,000 These ports have a foreign commerce of $'.100,- 000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, beside which we have the immense internal commerce of the Empire, radiating from '.hose points, through its canals and navigable rivers. The cable being laid, this Company proposes erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and trustworthy means communication, which must command there, as everywhere else, the commu nications of the Government, of business, and of social life, especially in China. She has no pos tal system, and ber only means now of communi cating information is by couriers on land, and by steamers on water. The Western World knows that China * very large country, in the main densely peopled; but a few yet realize that she contains more than a third of the human race. The latest returns* made to her central authorities for taxing purpo ses by the local magistrates make her population! Four Hundred and fourteen Million!, and this is more likely to be under than over the actual ag gregate. Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old, not only can but do read and write. Her civilization is peculiar, but. ber literature is as extersive as that of Europe. China is a land of teachers and traders; and the latter are ex ceedingly quick to avail themselves of every proffered facility for procuring early information. It is observed in California that the Chiuese make great use of the telegraph, though it there trans mits messages in English alone. To day great numbers of fleet steamers are cwned by Chinese merchants, and used by them exclnsively for the transmission of early lute tigence. If the tele graph we propose, connecting all their great sea ports, were now in existence, it is believed that its business would pay the cost within the first two years of its su< cessful operation, and would steadily increase thereafter. No enterprise commends itself as a greater de gree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole people. It is of a vast national importance com mercially, politically, and evangelically. The stock of this Company has been unquali fiedly recommended to capitalists and business men, as a desirable investment by editorial arti cles in the New York Herald, Tribune, World, Timet, Foil, Erpreee, Independent, and in the Philadelphia Sorth American, Pre,., Ledger, In quirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph. Shares of this Company, to a limited numbc;, may be obtained at *SO each, $lO payable down, sl3 on the let of November, end $23 payable in monthly instalments of $2 30 each, commencing December 1, 1S8, >n application to I REXEL A CO., 34 South Third Street, Philadelphia. Shurei can te obtained in Bed lord by ap|>lea tion to Reed A Cchell Bankers, who are authorized io receive subscriptions, and can give all neces sary information on the subject. sep: 1 8. Amee.
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