BKDFOKD. PA., FUIDAT, DEC. 11, JSCS. RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION. We learn that the Pennsylvania Central Hail road has effected the consolidation with its own line of its two main Western con necting routes, via: the Pittsburg, Fort Wavnc and Chicago and the Pittsburg, Cin cinnati'! and St. Louis Roads. This gives the Pennsylvania Central Company a direct and continuous line of JOtX) miles from Philadelphia to St. Louis, in the very heart of the Mississippi valley, and also a direct tine of 823 miles from Philadelphia to Chi cago the great grain mart of the nation, or rather of the world. These connections give the Central company a vast advantage over any other railroad company of the country and if liberally managed will be of immense value to Philadelphia and State at large. But all depends on the spirit in which the whole line is controlled. If, as heretofore, the increased advantage and power here gained arc to be devoted alone to either pouring dividends into the greedy coffers of the company or increasing and ex tending its already vast power, Pennsylva nia will have reason to curse the day on which this new link in her chain of railroad bondage was forged and added to Ler bur then of wrong. If it is true as we stated some months ago that the Central company has obtained the control of one of the Pa eific routes across Missouri from St. Louis, it can certainly find time now to give a little attention to the interests of the State to which it owes not only its power but its very existence. For years the Central road has, as far as money and legislation com bined enabled it, done all in its power to prevent the building of roads necessary to the development of the resources of the State, unless they could be made subservi enfc to its own selfish interest''. Southern I'cunsylvania is thus debarred to day from the development of her Immense mineral, manufacturing and agricultural resources by the Southern Pennsylvania and Connells ville Railroad company. This company wan chartered, surveys were made and filed in the office at llarrisburg, and for a blind u few workmen were put upon a single point in the line, all for the purpose of occupying the route and keeping other companies from building a road that could Dot be con trolled in the interest of the Central compa ny. Will the policy of the company La changed now and will the road l>e built as u certain oracle in the Railroad and Mining Regular predicted a couple years ago? We don't believe it ever was or is now intended to build the road. For this reason we have urged and still urge our people to turn their attention to building a road that will give them direct communication with Baltimore aud Pittsburgh via the Pittsburgh and Ccn nellsville Railroad. We are loath to de sert Philadelphia and our own State, but as long as Philadelphia continues to nurture the Central monopoly, which like a vara pyre fattens upon the life blood of the rest of our State, we shall be constrained to look elsewhere for assistance in developing our own resources. We shall hail with joy a change of policy on the part of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company, but we have small hope of such a change ever occurring. , -1ft1 000 NEGRO VOTES.—Should Congress iorce manhood suffrage upon the Buitoo, 26,000 negroes in Pennsylvania will become voters —enough to control every election . hereafter—thus subjugating over 600,000 white men to the will of 26,000 negroes. 11 ill that be negro equality or white deg'ra datioD. — Huntingdon Monitor. Our Democratic cotemporaries still pro fess to have a holy horror of their negro bugbear. To calm their fears it may. be well enough to state that fear seems to have terribly magnified the danger, as, instead of 26,000 negroes who would be eligible as vo ters in case a reckless Republican Govern ment should restore them to their aucient privileges as freemen, there wouid not like ly be more than from 9,000 to 12,000. The census of 1860 showed a colored population in Pennsylvania of about 56,(XX); in the reg ular proportion of one voter to every six of the population this would give 9,333 negro votes. It is very uncertain whether the ne gro population increased or decreased du ring the v. ir, but supposing it to have in creased 50 percent we would only have about 14,000 voters. Now the fears of our Democratic cotemporary must have been terribly excited when he saw in imagination even 14,000 poor ignorant negroes *,t/guu- Ung 600,000 white men comprising the rich and educated of the land. Truly there must be some mistake, we are usually told by our Democratic brethren that the negro is poor, weak aud ignoraut, yet if" 14,000 are j elO subjugate 600,000 whites, they must be men of very extraordinary ability, phys ical, mental and pecuniary. Negroes voted m 1 ennsylvania from the Revolutionary war down to 1836 and history records, during that time, no instance of white degradation, iivi.ru equality nor negro tyrranny and we believe the white race in Pennsylvania is perfectly able to defend itself now against any twelve thousand negroes that can be scared up. \\ e counsel our friend in his great trepidation to keep cool as we firmly be.ieve that the white race in Pennsylvania is as able to take care of itself now as in tmy past time. J lIKDItTtO.V OF THE PIBLIC DkBT. The complete failure of Democratic arithmetic will be shown in a few days hy the official report of the secretary'.of the Treasury. Not w... ling the extraordinary figuring up of the public finances, by Delmar and other Democratic worthies, by which they tried to make it appear that the debt was increa sing under the retrenchment laws passed by a Republican congress last winter it turns out that the forthcoming report of the Secretary of the Treasury will show a reduction of $35,624,102,82 from Nov. 1 1 G, to Nov. 1, 1868. This will leave room tor still further reduction of taxes this win ter wlu-rever they are found oppressive or interfering with our industrial interests. 10 majority in Congress persevere in ihe good work so well begun vSI? d thG Pe ° ple of ,he wbole thev I * UVe re4Hjn t0 be thankful that they have put their faith in a party that redeems its pledges take to I ranee and the general excitement spense only died away when the tele- P * a !® the assurance that Napoleon was still alive and well. The canard seems to have ongmated among some Wall street gamblers in order to affect the Gold market. IT is understood that Jenckes'S Ci?ii Ser vice Bill is growing in faVor and is likely to receive the early attention of the present session of Congress. Its passage will be one more step by the Republican party in the pathway of honest reform. JOHN CESSNA. Inasmuch as the distinguished gentleman whose name heads this article was, during the recent canvass, selected to represent the Sixteenth district of this State in the Forty first Congress, and that after a most fierce and determined effort made by the Opposi tion throughout the countfy to ciieumvent the will of the people, it may not be regar ded as inappropriate at this juncture to lay before ouf readers a brief history cf this ob ject of Demoevstie hatred. To show how teuton accomplishing their puiposo were his enemies, wo need only to advert to the fact that through them the grossest frauds were perpetrated; by them lavish sums of money were indiscriminately bestowed upon the susceptible, and eueh shining lights as General Francis P. Blair, candidate for Vice President; JohnT. Hoffman of New York, ]?. F. Pillslury of Maine, and Governor Swanu of Maryland were brought into the district to compass his defeat. Yet by his herculean energy, a : ded by his constant friends, he was triumphantly elected, des pite the corruptest chicanery and the bitter est calumny (fan unscrupulous foe. Mr. Cessna is yet a comparatively young man, aud although an indefatigable student, having been actively engaged in the duties of an arduous profession, yet he is to-day possessed of as much strength and vitality as any man in the whole country. lie, like multitudes of our great men, has risen from the commonest walks of life, his father hav ing been a very plain farmer, residing in Bedford county. Having a family of twelve children, owing to his limited means he was unable to educate any of his children at that time, except the subject of our sketch, and much of this was due to the son's own per severance. He affords a bright and en couraging example to every young man in thi3 republican country who is struggling with poverty, and proves forcibly that "Divo'U* prisoo natus ab luacb'i Nil Interest, an pauper et Infima I)e gf.nte," by his own efforts sbali be rise to h wor and success. Mr. Cessna graduated in the year 18412, at Marshall College, at that time heated at Mercersbur,:, IV, and then, as now, under the care of that eminent scholar, John W. Nevin, D. D. Alter his collegiate course, he was for a time tutor of the Latin language in that institution, an J then gave abundant promise of a brilliant career, and truly imbu-d his friend- with 'lts retex i rophetiques ( du geMit-miimmt.'' Hs then returned to his home in Bedford to cdnipfete the study of she Taw, which he had pre viou.-ly begun under the late Hon. S. M. Barclay. He was duly admitted to the bur in 1845, and from that time has been actively engaged in the trial of important causes in his own and t.fce adjoining counties. His quick perception to grasp the vita! points in a case, his intimate knowledge of Iftiman nature, his unflagging zeal, skill, and knowledge of the law, and his devotion to the interest of his client, have given him a prominent standing in his profession, and a most lucrative practice. Whilst he ranks amongst the ablest law yers of the Commonwealth, yet it is in the field of polities that he excels and most de lights. In the autumn of 1849 he was cho sen to the lower house of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and having been returned he was selected Speaker, though one of the youngest members of that body. He subse quently, in 1861-2. served two terms, again filling the position of Speaker, and was con fcsstdly one of the Ablest parliamentarians in the State, receiving a unanimous testimo nial from ninety-eight members of both par ties voting. He was a member of the Cincinnati Con vention of Lss6, that nominated James Bu chanan to the Presidency. He was also a member of the Charleston ahd Baltimore Conventions of 1860, was chairman of the Committee on Organization and Rules, and was the author of the "anti-unit" rule, by which minorities of delegations were permit ted to vote as they saw fit, and by the adop tion of which some thirty six votes were ad ded to the strength of Stephen A. Douglas in that convention. He had ever been an active member of the Democratic party, was in 1858 an Democrat, and iu 1800, as we have seen, supjiortcd Ste phen A. Douglas; but at the breaking out of the slave holders' rebellion, like his trusted and beloved leader, and with such Demo crats as Dix, Dickinson, Stanton, Logan, Butler and a host of others whose patriotic record fills the brightest pages of our war history, he favored a vigorous pro.-eeution of the war, aud believed in summoning eveiy power invested by the Constitution in the Government for the overthrow of armed treason. At length, in 1804, he delivered an address at Lanoaster, Pa., before the al umni of Franklin and Marshall College, bis theme on that occasion being, ' 'Khali the Republic still live ! ' In the coarse of this oration, which was published and.comment e i upon by the leading journals throughout the country, Le administered a terrible re buke to that portion of the Democratic par ti in the North which was known to be in sympathy with the Soutlieru leaders. He all the tin:; had an unwavering I'aitL in the perpetuity of our Government and the pros erv ation of our free institutions, and never doubted but that like the fablt d phoenix, which is said to have ri.-cn out of its own ashes, we would come forth from the crucial j tires of the rebellion a purer, fairer, nobler i nation. lie ardently supported the re-elcc i tion of Abraham Lincoln, and greatly con tributed to the support of tiie Union party during that ever memorable campaign. In ISGo, on motion of that great state-man, Hi addons Stevens, Mr. Cessna was chosen chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Pennsylvania, and by bis consummate tact and ability, the Union majority was greater than at any previous election, except that of 18*0. Ho has been frequently spoken of in connection with the office of Governor, and would be well quali fied to discbarge the duties incumbent upon ibe Chief Executive. In private life Mr. Cessna is noted for his social qualities and generous hospitality, and many a young man toiling up the steeps of Parnassus has he gladdened by pecuniary assistance. He is strictly temperate, scrupulously exact and punctual in all his engagements, and his whole character, pure as snow and chaste as ioe, has sweetly rounded out his life in deeds of charity. He is au eloquent, forcible speaker, poses sing a logical, analytical mind, and style freed from any excess of imagery—plain and perspicuous. Such in fine is a brief resume of the history and character of one of the representative men of Pen3ylvania, who is destined to act a conspicious part in the future annals of our country.— The Press. Tnv. third session of the Fortieth Con gress began on monday the 7tb inst, at noon. The Reports of the various Depart ments are all prepared and with the mes sage of the President will appear in a few days. THE revolution in Cuba still progresses and there is reason to believe that the pros pects for the insurgents are decidedly fa vorable. THE Government of England is again 1n the hands of the liberals. Disraeli has re signed and Gladstone has been appointed Prime Minister. John Bright has been asked to accept a seat in the Queen's Cabi net, but it is doubtful if he will accept it. Disraeli will take the leadership of the Tories in the new Patliament. He is a bold, daring but unscrupulous politician. Gladstone is a Statesman, and undoubtedly the first man in England. In learning' he htt> no compeer among English Statesmen excyyt J, .Stuart is a successful fiuaucier, and as a party leader a man of convictions, who has a ccneicnoe iu his pol icy and knows no expediency but right. The possession of such men a-- Gladstone is a Loon to any country. M e wish him sue cess in couductiug the Government ouwatd iu the way of liberal progress. TIIF.nE will in all probability be an effort made during the present session of Congress to introduce legislation looking to tbe pla cing under government control our system of Telegraphs and railways. It is to be hoped that it will at least awaken the cor porations that now control them to the necessity of reforming come of the many abuses to which the public is now compelled to submit. The people are beginning to demand that railroads and telegraph com panies be made the servants of the public, as they should be, instead of the public being made their slaves. Leading men of Virginia a r e petitioning Congress to coutinue tho Freedmen's Bureau there ,as a measure of absolute necessity for the protection of the blacks until tho He construction ofthe state can be accomplished. In Texas and Mississippi they are feeling the same want and are likely to make a Semilar petition. . ! Tue Xjcw.Yokk Cut Charter election took, plaeo on the Ist. "mat, A. Oakley Ilall, Democrat was elected Mayor by about 61,avis should he tried and punished; and President Johnson long ago committed him self so clearly to a promise to pardon Davi in the event of his conviction, that it would have been infamous at any time afterward to permit him to be hanged. It was. therefore, fully determined not to hang Jeff. Davis-. Wby not at once have naid so, and assigned the reasons? If they were good, solid, and sufficient reasons, such as ought to have influenced the Govern ment, then they would have been eatisiac tery to the people, if plainly and fully stat ed. The men in authority at Washington appear to have thought it neces.-ary to treat the people as incompetent to comprehend the grave rea-ons of State which control them in the determination of this matter. Otherwise, it might as well have been an nounced in the beginning that Jefferson Davis was not to be hanged; and that point having been decided, it was not going to be tried. Very expensive lawyers have been cm ploy ed to conduct the prosecution. This is no fault of the lawyers themselves, who, we suppose, have merely accepted the retain ers which have been tendered to then. But it is clearly wrong on the part of the Govern ment to keep up this solemn faree, and pay for it out of the people's money, Use less expenditures are particularly censura ble at a time when every poor woman is obliged to pay double price. for a box of matches on account of the Government tax. The whole business is a kind of charlatanry worthy of a mountebank. There is Another reason more imperative, ami which ought to be conclusive, agait -t the continued procrastination of the prose cution of Jefferson Davis; and that rcu'-on i. that it is done in flagrant violation oft be Constitution of the United States. The crimes of Jefferson Darts was that he viola ted that Constitution. The men in authori !y viojatc the Constitution in d nyinc to Jefferson Davis a speedy trial: for the ( ' n stitution provides that '"in nl!criminal prose cutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial." The pn. jcu tion of Jefferson Davis is a criminal prose cation, and is included in the tern/ criminal prosecutions;" anil Jefferson Davit has not enjoyed the right to a speedy trial, and the Constitution has Leeu violated in his case; if ho was to bo trtod. he-should have been tried long aco: arid if he was to bo banc d at all. be should have been hari;;-" ed long before this time. The only really important question in the case is, v heather a leader of a rebellion ran be punished for treason after belligerent rights have been conceded to him. But there seems to be no disposition to raise this question in the case. Itiack Suffrage in Pennsylvania. An article in the Ifunesdale Republic, written by F. P. Penniman, Esq., gives the following account of the history and present bearing of this subject: In 1652 William Penn promulgated "The Frame of Government" of Pennsylvania, under authority of the charter granted him by King Charles 11. In this document the right of suffrage is given, without restriction, to u the frn-me.it of said province." In 1701 Penn granted what is known as the "Charter of Privileges." By this instru ment the right of suffrage was broadly given to "the freemen of each respective County." The first constitution of Pennsylvania was adopted in 1776. The convention that framed this instrument was presidodoverby Benja min Franklin. It gave the right of suffrage to "every freeman of the full age of 21 years." The men of the Revolution, while asserting their own rights and liborties against pro scription, were careful tostand fast by the cardinal idea of the political equality of all men. In 179m San Francisco to Yukohoma, twenty two days. 'Phis latter time can be cut down to eighteen days, and the trip has keen made in that time. Rut let us call it nineteen day-, and that makes thirty-live days IVqni Liverpool to China, via New York, while the shortest time in which the trip can now be made, going eastward, .is sixty days. It will be seen at once that the travel passing from Western Europe to Eastern Asia will pass over the I'aciCe Road. The estimates there given were made hy Lieut. Gov. Bros-, of Illinois, at a meeting of business men held in Chicago the oilier night, to consider the policy o establishing a direct trade between Chi c-go and the eiti s of Eastern Asia. He u' : - ed Chicago merchants to study at once the curst of transit ol the teas, silks arid spices of Japan and China over this great and uew line soon to be completed; and lie believed that an examination of the subject w >u!d show that the goods could be got from Asia to Chicago, at first bands, at a much less cost than they can be bought in New York. His ambition lor Chicago was that it should liccouic a center of trade, and a point of distribution for the traffic of the entire Mississippi Valley. DISASTER ON IT7E~OHIO ItIVEH. Steamboat Collision.—loo Eives Lost. Dec. 7th the telegraph brings the sad si ry of a terrible disasteron the Ohio river, caused by the collision of two steamers, the American and the United States, both mad boats, on Friday night last. Tlie collision is attributed to a mistake in giving (he signals required by passing boats. Tho United States had a quantity of petroleum on deck, to which fire was in some way communica ted, and in a few moments both lioats were enveloped in flames, and finally entirely destroyed. The loss of life was terrible, the lowest estimate placing it atscventy-five, and others at over one hundred. On board tlie United States nearly all the female pas sengers were either bureed to death or jump ed overboard and were drowned. THE Supreme Court of California deserve credit lor their prompt decision ID the matter of the contest over the elector Hoffman. The informality in the printing of his name on the ticket, they say, does not invalidate his election. This disposes of the quirk of the Secretary of State, who refused to sign his certificate. Concerning such niattcis the Democratic party have ever been mean'y precise. The law docs not insist upon that refined accuracy which never admits of mistake. Suppose John Swifflestein makes six protuissoty notes on the same day to the satue or separate persons, and, being igno rant or careless, signs his name as above written on one; on another, flans Swiffles toin; on another, John Swifflestein; on another, John Swilfl-sticn; on another, John Swefflestein, aud on another, John Swifflestem. He pays on the first, but re fuses to pay on ail the rest. His name is not common, and there may be none or lew like it. especially in the vicinity. How long do.you think the court would sustain his re fu a] to pay on account of the inaccuracy? Not a moment. Such is the law in cases of - 'itrirt errors in names on tickets, which the Secretary of State of California doubtless O'.w, or if he did not, let him learn of the Supreme Court. I itOM Lieutenant. General Sherman and General Sheridan we have an official account of the: m ount engagement of a portion of the lattcr's force, under General Custer, with several DahJs of hostile Indians in Indian Teritory, in which the latter were severely punished, irlherman says Sheridan has had ' a good initiation,' and that "his 1 tc.H'ocr will give assurance that the troops will act wi'h energy and that nothing will be done but what is right." General Sheridan states that General Custer and his command, to whom "the highest credit is due," on the 27th u'.t. surprised severs! bauds of Indians, captured the entire camp, tiding the Ohiet and over one hundred war riors. All the Indians' stock, ammunition, arms ledges, robes, and fifty-three women an I children, were also captured. Hberidan says that if ho can get one or two more good Mows at the enemy, there will be no more Indian troubles in bis department. THE terms of oflic.; of twenty-two mem bers of the Senate will expire on the fourth of March next, namely, llavard, of Dela ware, Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, Chandler of Michigan, Conness, of California, Dixon, of Connecticut, Doolittle, of Wisconsin, Edmunds, of Vermont, (re-elected), l're litighuysen, of New Jersey, Henderson, of Missouri, Hendricka, of Indiana. Morgan, of New York, Morrill, of Maine, Patterson, of Tennessee, Ramsay, of Minnesota, Spra gue of Rhode Island, (re-elected), Stewart, of Nevada, Sumner, of Massachusetts, Tip ton, of Nebraska, Van Winkle, of West Virginia, Welch, of Florida, Whytc of Maryland and Wade, of Ohio. AMERICAN MANUFACTURE OP CALICO.— The calico interest of the United States is an important one. The total product of printed goods in 1826 was about 3,000,000 yards. In 1836 it reached 120,000,000. In 1355 there were twenty-seven printworks in the United States, which produced in the aggregate 350,000,000 yards per year. This amount at an average of ten cents per yard, was worth $35,000,000. In 1854 our ex ports of printed goods amounted to $3,000,- 000. Our imports of printed cottons in 1856 reached $19,110,752. Our exports in 1857 were only $1,785,685 worth. The total production of printed goods in 1860, accor ding to the census of that year, was $7,748- 644. There aro 6,000,000 cotton spindles now in operation in the United Stales, of which ever 2,000,000 are running on cloths for printing, and produce 450,000,000 yards. TUB exportable surplus of the cotton crop of the United States for the present year is now estimated at $126,000,000 in gold; which is near to the average from 1855 to 1860. This tact indicates how rapidly tho Southern States are recovering from the losses indicted 011 them by the Rebellion. YER'B CHERRY PECTORAL, For Distant* of the Throat and Lungs, such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption. Probably never before in tbe whole hietory of medicine, has anything won so widely and so deeply upon the confidence of mankind, at tfaie excellent remedy for pulmonary complaints. 1 b>-- ugh along series of years, anu among most of tbe races of men it hat risen higher and higher in their estimation, as it has beoome better known. Its uniform oharacb-r and power to cure the vari ous utfections of the lungs and throat, bare made it known as a reliable protector against tbein. While adapted to milder forms of disease and to young children, it is at the same time the mest i-tfectnal remedy that can be given for incipient consumption, and the dangerous affections of the thrust und lungs. As a provision against sudden attacks of Croop, it should tie kept en hand in ev ery family, and indeed as all are aometimes sub ject to colds and ooughs, all should be provided with this antidote for them. Although settled consumption it thought incur able, still great numbers of cases where tbe dis ease seemed settled, have been completely cured and the patient restored to sound beulth by the Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mastery over the disorders of the Lungs und Throat, that the most obstinate of them yield to it. When nothing else could reach tliem, under the Cherry Pectoral they subside and disappear. Singers and public speakers find great protec tion ft om it. Asthma is always relieved and oflen wholly cured by it. Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the Cherry Pectoral in small and frequent doses. So geuerally are its virtues known that we need not publish the certificates of them here, or do more thnti assure the public that its qualities are fully maintained. 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Send for circular giving full descriptions. FARMERS! FARMER'S SONS! Experienced Book Agents and others, wanted to take this book to every Farmer in every commu nity. .Business permanent. Pays from $l5O to $2lO per month according to expericnce'and abil ity. Address, JEIGLKR, MeCURDY A CO., Philadelphia, Pa., Cincinnati, 0., Chicago, 111., or t. Louis, Mo. 21aug6m w I N D O W 8 A 8 H ! ' > WINDOW SASH! I have established an agency for the saTo of WINDOW SASH and PANEL DOORS, wt.IOHN DAVIDSON'S, in Bedford, where per eons ean at all times be .supplied with thp difler ent sizes now ir Use, or by sending their orders to me ut Sh.inkeville, Somerset county, Pa., they will receive prompt attention. J OS IAII J.WALKER. May 20:0 m ABRAHAM BLAUKBUBN'S ESTATE. Notice is hereby given that Letters Te.da mcn'ary have heen granted by the Register of Bedford county, on the estato of Abraham Black burn, late of Napier township, in said county, to the undersigned residing in said township. That those hwring claims on said estate are notified to present them for settlement, and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment. GEORGE W. BLACKBURN, AUG. F. BLACKBURN, SOoct Executors. PLOODY RUN D MARBLE WORKS. R. 11. STPES having established a manufactory of Monuments, Tomb-stones, Table-Tops, Coun ter-slabs, Ac., at Bloody Run, Bedford co., Pa. and having 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 apl 19:ly. J£ ENDEESON'S FRESH GROUND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, on hand and for sal. by 'Body G. R. OSTER A CO. (J HEAP PAINTING! 100 lbs. of PECORA CO'S. J COLORED PAINTS, (costing r< s\ o rn $124.) will Paint as much as v " " T 250 lbs. of Lead and WEAR 0 LONGER. For Particulars ad- Is EA D. dress S. BOWEN, See'y, 18sep'tm 150 North 4th St.. Philadelphia. MAGAZINES. —The following Magazines for sale at the Inquirer Book Store: ATLAN TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM'S MONTHLY LIPPINCOTT'S, GALAXY, PETERSON, GO DEY, MD'M. DEMO RESTS, FRANK LESLIE RIVERSIDE, etc. eto. ft SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement, between Directors and Teachers, Checks, Bonds of Collectors, Warrants of CoUeotors, Ponds of Treasurers, Ao., for sale at the Inquirer office. ££UY YOUR CLOTHING OF 4dec3m R. W. BERKSTRKSSER. EVERYBODY can be accommodated with I W ALL PAPER at the Inquirer Book Store. ALL THE DAILY PAPERS for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf JNQUIRER BOOK STORE, The following is a catalogue of our Miscel laneous Hooka, which we print for the bene fit of our friends who cannot get to town to sec us, we will send post paid to any address any of the following works, on receipt of price. Any work wanted, not iu our list, we will or der on the shortest notice: Ya>, t" ir<. Father Tom and the T°P® - $ I'roverpial Philosophy, fupper,- l-2o Hawthorne's Twice 1 old 1 ales, two "vols. I.EO each.. B.OG Bryant's Poems - *•;*' iialleck's Poems '• The Autocrat of the Breakfast I able, Holmes l-6? Longfellow's Poems complete - 1-50 Alfred Tennyson's Poems complete 1-60 Whittier's Poems complete - 1-00 Dicken's Works Illustrated — Little Dorrit - 1-60 Pendennis 1.50 The Newcomes 1.7-5 Martin Cbuzzlewit, (Dickens) 1.50 Hliver Twist Italy & Notes •' 1.50 Bleak House " 1.50 David Copperfield " 1.50 Pickwick Papers " 1.50 Little Dorrit " ...... 1.50 Nicholas Nickleby " ...... 1.50 Oar Mutual Friend " - 1.50 Ilarnaby Kudge " 1.60 Domby & Son " 1.50 The Last Days of Pompeii, (Bulwer) 1.50 The Caxtons, " 1.50 Rich and Humble, (Oliver Optic) 1.85 Watch and Wait " 1.35 In School and Out " 1.35 Hope and Have " 1.85 Haste and Waste " 1.35 The Starry Flag 4 ' 1.35 Famous Boys and How they became Great Men 2.00 Fables ol .Esop, illustrated 1.25 Gulliver's Travels, illustrated 1.25 Fighting Joe, Optic... 1.50 The Young Lieutenant, '• 1.50 Shamrock aud Thistle " 1.50 The lied Cross 1.50 Young America Abroad " 1.50 Edgar's Crusades and Crusaders 2.50 Robinson Crusoe... 1.8c 1 Germau Fairy Land, Anderson • 1.25 Rainbows for Children 2.25 Hints for the Nursery . t „ 1.25 Miller's Nursery Picture book, - 1.50 Child's Picture Play Rook 1.50 The YouDg Man's Friend. r 1.65 Poems, by J. G. Saxe, 2.50 Undine 1.25 Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, by S. Baring Gould 1.50 Jean Ingelow's Poems, 2 vol. at $2, ..... 4.00 The .Spanish Gypsy, 1.75 The Tent on the Beach, Whittier, 1.50 Homespun or Five and Twenty Years Ago 1.75 The Guardian Angel, O. W. Holmes 2.00 Country Living and Country Thinking... 2.00 The Chimney Corner, by Mrs. Stowe 1.50 The Denounced or Last Baron ofCrana, 1.50 The Croppy a Tale of the Irish Rebellion 1.50 The Beyne Water, 1.50 The Peep O'Day and Crohoore of the Billhook 1.50 Queer Little People, by M. B. Stowe 1.50 The Lord Mayor of London, Aiusworth, 1.00 Arabian Nights Entertainments 2.00 New Miscellanies, by Chas. Kingsley 1.50 Artemus Ward. His Book 1.50 Looking Around, A. S. Roe,. 1.50 Ekkoes from Kentucky, by Petroleum V Nasby 1.60 I-'avorite Authors 3.50 i Grimm's Goblins 2.00 | Kathrina, Holland 1.50 ! Bitter Sweet " 1.50 Titcomb's Letters " 1.50 Coming Wonders expected between 1867 and 1875, by Baxter 1.00 Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby 1.75 Good Company 3.50 Compendium of English Literature, 2.75 Phmnixiana or Sketches and Burlesques 1.50 Three English Statesman, Pym, Crom well and Pitt, by Goldwin 5mith....... 1.50 Reveries of n Bachelor 1.50 Lady of the Lake 1.75 The Early Dawn 1.75 The Lovers Dictionary 3.50 Bench and Bar 2.50 The Merchant of Berlin, by Muhlbach... 2.00 Henry the Eighth and his Couil " ... 2.00 Berlin and Sans-Souci " ... 2.00 Frederick the Great and his Court " ... 2.00 Waiting for the Verdict 2.00 Louisa of Prussia and her Times 2.00 Frederick the Great and his Family 2.00 Joseph the Second and his Court 2.00 Luther's Table Talk 2.00 Gustavus Adolphus 1,00 American Songster (cloth) 50 Home Songster 50 Sailor Boys Songster 50 World of New Negro Songs 50 The Exile of Erin's Songster 50 Letter Writer 60 Boys and Girls Pet Library $1.25 Young People's Library _ 70 Good Girls Library 75 The Goloshes of fortune 75 Grand Father Goose's Melodies 75 January, February, March, April aud May, by Kose Morton, each, 85 Jay's Family Prayers 90 Cedar Brook Stories 65 Rise and Progress ot lieiigion in the Spul by Philip Dodridge 75 Byron's Poetical Works 2.00 Thicks I to myself, and Peter Wilkins... 1.25 Good Boys Library 75 London Apprentice 75 Charles Linn 75 My Friendly Family 75 Swiss Basket Maker 75 Every Day Duty 75 Martyr ot Yiivorde 76 Lyrics of Life 1.00 Songs for all Seasons 1.00 Household Poems •. 1.00 Humorous Poems 1.00 National Lyrics each 75 Hollo Books each 75 Experiments 75 Fire 76 'Sky . 75 "Water . 75 Talk ;.... 75 Cousins in Ohio (Howit) 1.26 Gabriel of Wicknor Wood " 1.25 Books of Fables Bahlwiu 1.25 Book of Animals Parley 1.25 Stories from English History 1.60 Stories from Ancient " 1.50 Stories from History 1.50 Stories from Modern History 1.50 Pioneer Series 1.50 Stories of the Patriarchs 1.50 Stories of the Creation 1.50 Soldiers of the Bible 1.50 Tales of a Grand Father (Household edition.) six vols,each 1.25 Snow Bound 1.25 Coleridge's Work, 3 vols, each 2.75 Owen Meredith's poems Lucile 2.00 Woodworths poems 1.80 Gojisley Annals 1,35 Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by C. lveene 1.50 Byrons Poetical Works 1.25 The Sketch Book (Irving) 2.00 Moore 1.60 Byron... 2.00 The Children's Garland from the best poets 1.75 True Manliness 1.25 Milton's Paradise Lost 1.50 The Humming Bird 2.00 The Rose Bud 2.00 Youth's Keepsake 2.00 The Pet Animal 2.00 Thrilling Incidents in American History 1.G5 Shakespeare 2,00 The Violet 2.00 Evangeline, Longfellow 1.25 Songs for the little ones 2.50 Enoch Arden Tennyson 1.26 The Picture of St. John Bayard Taylor 2.00 The Wagoner of the Alleghenies 2.00 Life of Luther by a Lutheran 1.25 The Family Save all 2.00 The Initials, Tautphocus 2.00 New Dictionary of Quotations 2.00 The Vicar of Wakefield ... 4.50 Poetical Works of Thomas Gray 2.50 Precious Thoughts by John Kuskin 2.50 The Gold Hunter's Adventures 2.00 My Diary North and South Russell 1.50 Life Thoughts Beecher 1.60 Don Quixote 2.00 Vivia, Secret of Power South worth... 2.00 Letters from Europe J. W. Forrey 2.00 Address, JOHN LUTZ, dec 4 Bedford Pa. ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common Admin istratur 5 and Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages Judgment Notes, Promissory Notes, with ad w.thout Waiver of exemption. Summons, Snbpone nas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office Not 2,1866 ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common, Admin istrator's snd Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages, SudgmcntNotes, Promissory Notes, with and with out waiver of exemption, .Summons, Subpoenas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 18615 NIV YOLK;HATS A CAI'S OF 4dcc.3m (R. y*. BERKSTRKSSER. iMj f seeds, Sr. QOOD NEWS F OR THE PEOPLE. J.M. SUQKMAKKIi HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE EAST AND IS RECEIVING A LARGE AND CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS, CONS/STIJ JG IN PART OF DRY GOODS, I GRO SERIES, HATS A CAPS, READY MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, CEDARWARE, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, „ SEGARS, Ac. Ae. GIVE HIM A CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. J.M. SHOEMAKER. Bedford, Pa., Nor. 6th, 1868. A B. CItAM KR A 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 ESDFORD COUNTY. THE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETE, AND GREAT BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFEP.ED. Bedford. Nor. 3, 1868. 'A Repository of Fashion, l'leasnre and Instruc tion.*' J_JARPKR'S BAZAR. A supplement containing numerous full-sized patterns of useful articles accompanies the paper every fortnight, and occasionally an elegantly col ored Fashion Plate. HARPER'S RAZAR contains 16 folio pages of the size of HA RPER'S WEEKLY, printed on su perfine calendered paper, and is published weekly. Critical Notices of the Press. IIARPBR'S IJAZAR contain?, besides pictures, patterns, etc., a variety of matter of especial use and interest to the 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; and it has, besides, good stories and literary matter of merit. It is not surprising 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 families, and its publish er? have tilled the demand.— N. Y. Post. Whether we consider its claim as based upon the elegance and superiority of the paper, its ty pographical appearance, the taste and judgment displayed in the engravings, or the literary con tributions contained in its pages, we unhesitating ly pronounce it to be superior in each and every particular to any other similar publication here or abroad. — Phil'a Legal Intelligencer. We know of no other English or American jour nal of fashion that can pretend to approach it in completeness aud variety.— N. Y. Times. It has the merit of being sensible, of conveying instruction, of giving excellent patterns in every department, and of being well stocked with good reading matter. — man and Reflector. SUBSCRIPTIONS—IB69.—TERMS: Harper s Bazar, one year $1 00 An extra copy of either the Weekly, or Bazar will be supplied gratis tor every club of Five Subscribers at $4 00 each, in one remittance; or Six copies for S2O 00. Subscribers to Harper's Magazine, Weekly, and | Bazar, to one 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 Harper's Bazar is 20 cents a year, which must be paid at the subscriber's post office. Address 4dc4w HARPER k BROTHERS, New York, yy ILLOUOIIBY'S PATENT GUM SPRING GRAIN DRILL, CHALLENGES COMPETITION. It is the only Drill that will sow grain Regularly. Has no pin? to break and can be used on rocky and stumpy fields and on the hill side with the same advantage as on level ground. As the supplv is limited and demand greater than ever, engage what you want soon froiu •HARTLEY A METZGER, the only Agents for the genuine Willoughby Prill in this part of Penn'a. Sljuly Q N. HICKOK, DENTIST, Office at the old stand in BASK BUILDING, JULI ANA STREET, BEDFORD. All operations, pertaining to Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry performed with care and WARRANTED. Aueuthetif administered, ichen dfired. Ar tificial teeth ineerted at, per eet, 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 Killings 33 per cent. This reduction will be made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such will receive prompt attention. f e b7 CONRAD MEYER, J C °I entor aa