|)ebforbJnquirtr. BEDFORD. PAo FRIDAY, DEC. 35,1868. "THE TEW** OF OFFKCE BILE. Wc find quite a number of our cotempo raries advocating a repeal of the Tenure of Office bill. Andy Johnson also recommends it in bis message. It has got to bo a pretty safe thing to hold fast to whatever Andy citidemns, but leaving his resommendation out of the question, we are opposed to the repeal of this bill. There may be clauses in the bill which need to be modified but wc cannot see any necessity for its repeal. If the bill was a proper one it is still so, if it was improper it should never have been passed. We believe in tbe Senate's exercis ing its power and privilege under the con stitution of examining and approving or disapproving of all important appointments by the President, let that President be Andy Johnson or General Grant. We have faith in General Graut but we do not be lieve in repealing good and wholesome laws simply because it is likely that they will not be necesary to rest tain General Grant from doing what he ought not to do. It is well if General Grant is wise and good and pa triotic but it is no good reason why all the laws pertaining to and designating and limiting his powers and duties should be repealed. We can readily understand why Andy Johnson wants it repealed, but why they who passed it and thought it good a little more than a year ago should now wish it repraled we cannot comprehend. Such conduct whether of Congressman or jour nalist strikes us as of a very puerile charac ter. It may do for demagogues, but is sadly cut of place foi such as aspire to the rank of statesmen. As THE TIME for the meeting of the Pennsylvania Legislature draws nigh, the Senatorial question increases in interest. The weaker candidates are already begin ning to drop out, and each day witnesses new accessions to the ranks of those remain ing on the course. The latest accounts seem to indicate a concentration of' the Western portion of the State upon Gen. J. K. Moorehead, while he is also re porter! as gaining strength daily in the East ern counties. The time grows short and the vexed question will soon be settled, and the suspense of the various candidates ended. Whatever may be dene, we hope our legis lators wiil promptly repudiate every one who attempts to bribe his way into the Uni ted States Senate. Let us have by all means an honest man. We admire ability, but integrity is of the first importance. REDUCING TIIE STATE DEBT. —In these days of taxatioo it is pleasant to meet with some refutation of the idea that a public debt once contracted cau never be expected to be reduced. Governor Geary, of this State, gives notice, by proclamation, that since the first Monday of September, 1867, an! up to the 30th of November, 1868, there has been redeemed $2,414,806-74 of the public debt of Pennsylvania. On the first of December, 1867, the amount of the fund ed and unfuoded State debt of Pennsylvania was $37,704,400 77, with nearly three mil lions in the Treasury applicable in payment of the debt and of expenses. The Gover nor's proclamation now shows how much has been actually | aid off, which leaves the present debt $36,280,593 07. There is probably a large balance in the Treasury in addition, so that in another year the reduc tion is likelv to be a- great, if not greater, than has been made in the present year.— Exchange. IRON WITHOUT PUDDLING.— The Pitts burgh Gazette , of Thursday last, informs its readers that there has been some excitement among the iron manufacturers of that city in consequence of the introduction into one of the prominent mills, and with a large if not perfect measure of success, of the pro cess of making iron without the intermedi ate process of puddling. This new process yields a larger amount of iron from a given quantity of uictal than the old method, and dispensing with ptiddlers altogether, lessens very materially the cost of production. It the new process shall prove as success ful as we hear it represented to be, all other mills will be constrained to adopt it, or be underso'd in all the general markets. The public will doubtless have more information on this subject within a few days. IT seems that Robert J. Walker got a nice lump out of the Alaska business. The r-,vw,w>o w*jsvi<a <k lo din rat num tvi.. h accounted for, but it is a pretty well au thonticated fact that Baron Stoeckl finding himself powerless to lobby the bill through Congress did obtain the services of Robt. J. Walker, who put the job through in a very business like manner and got for his services the nice little fee of s2o,ooocertain ly and perhaps $20,000. Robt. J. has made some very patriotic speeches at vari ous times, but it seems, like many others of that ilk he has his price, if it is a pretty round one, for which he will consent to rob his country or his friends. 1 HE GOVERNORS MESSAGE. —It is un derstood that Gov. Geary has in prepara tion his annual message and that it will be ready by the first of January. GRANT'S popular majority is 304,794, had it not been for the gross democratic frauds in New Vork and a number of other states his majority would have been over .500,000. GOLD closed in New York on the 21st inst at 135|. BOTH houses of Congress have adjourned until after the holidays. GEORGIA IMMIGRATION. — Emigration to Georgia is said to be quite lively, A Macon paper announces that fifty Pennsylvania farmers are about to go to that State in a body, taking with them their families and a frreat part of their agricultural implements. They will doubtless do well. That is the right way to emigrate, and is just the oppo site of the plan pursued by the carpet-bag gers who have become so obnoxious to the people of the South. F ? R STEERS IN PERI .-Infor ofStaiofW u re< * ,ved at the -Deportment : i tbe - ? linister 01 'be United j. tales at Lima oi the receipt by him of a bill of exchange fcr £2,000, contributed by ?1 SON F" ° W RADCIBCO - California, for the alleviation of suffering caused by the recent him .H \r ■ eru ' anJ ofits delivery bv him to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of thatcountry on d*Sh J™ the SiST^S& e t n V. to of deceased, reotmg eulogizing his character He thcHffered the resolntions usual on -IUPS " ° - Messrs. Bwkalew, Morrill ofVerSST'Sd Sumner followed with eulogies, when the Senate unanimously adopted the resolutions offered by Mr. Cameron. • IT is generally understood in Washington that Commissioner Rollins has, in compli ance with almost the universal request of the Republican members of Congress, relin quished his purpose of tendering an uncon ditional resignation, and will stand by the resignation of last July conditioned upon i the confirmation of his successor. TIIE FORTIETH COWGKESS. Third Sesion. SENATE. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Commit* on the Judiciary, reported in favor of the indef inite postponement of the joint resolution declaring certain further guarantees of re construction; also to be discharged from the further consideration of memorials asking that the election of President and \ ice Presi dent be directly by the people both of which were agreed to. . Mr. Morton introduced a hill in relation to a site for the Executive Mansion. Re ferred to the Committee on Public Build- ines. Mr. Williams introduced a bill to pro vide for the better administration of jus tice in the Territories of the I nijed States, Referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Abbott introduced a bill to provide for the payment of claims ofloyal citizens of tbe State lately in rebellion. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill to repeal the act providing for the admission of Geor gia to representation in Congress, to pro vide a Provisional Government therefor and other purposes. EXECUTIVE SESSION. At 12:15 P. M., on motion of Sherman, the Senate went into Executive session, and in a few minutes the doors were reopened. DUTIES ON COL'PER. Mr. Chandler a-ked to take uj the bill re lative to the duties on copper and ores. Mr Summer sta'ed that he desired to discuss the bill, but not thinking it would come up to day, had left his memoranda at home. Mr. Sherman said the Finance. Committee had not intended to report this bill until after tbe holidays, and had so informed the parties interested but had afterwards de termined to repoit the bill. So far as he (Mr. S.) was concerned, he did not desire to take up the bill for action until after the recess. Mr. Chandler then said he would call the bill up to morrow. POLITICAL DISABILITIES. On motiou of Mr. Warner, the Judiciary j Committee was instructed to inquire whether the bills to remove political disabili ties, which were passed prior to the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment ate now valid and of effect. SYMPATHY WITH SPAIN. Mr. Sumner called up the joint resolution tendering the thanks of the United States to the people of Spain. The resolution was passed—yeas 41, cays s—Messrs.5 —Messrs. Davis, McCrccry, Saulsbury, Vickers and Whytc. THE DEATII OF MR. STEVENS. At 1 P. M. a message was received from the House announcing its resolutions on the death of Mr. Stevens. The resolutions were read. Mr. Cameron took the floor and read an eulogy on the life, character and publie ser vices of the deceased. Mr. Cameron then submitted the usual resolutions of respect. Mr. Buckalew then followed, drawing a comparison between Benjamin Franklin and Thaddeus Stevens, and also contrasted Mr. Stevens and Lord Chatham, and commented on the striking points in the character of Mr. Stevens. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, and Mr. Sum ner followed. The resolutions were then adopted and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, December 18. —The Speak er laid before the House several Fxecutive communications, which were appropriately referred. Mr. Peters, of Maine, offered a resolution providing for printing 30,000 copies of the eulogies on Thaddeus Stevens. Referred to the Committee on Printing. PENSION BILL. Mr. Wasbburne, of Illinois, froui the Committee on Appropriations, reported the Annual Pension Appropriation bill. Refer red to the Committee of the Whole and made the special order for the sth of January. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution calling upon the Commissioner of Agriculture for a statement of the cost of the new Agricultural building for the De partment of Agriculture, how much de ficiency there is in the appropriation for that purpose &c. Passed. MILITARY PAY. Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill giving to officers in the military and naval service of the United States, who are enlisted but not mustered into the service, pay according to their rank. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. CREDENTIALS OF MENARD. Mr. Sypher. of Louisiana, presented the credentials of J. Willis Manard, colored, claiming to be a Representative from Louis iana. Referred to the Committee on Elec tions. POLITICAL DISABILITIES. Mr. Boutwell, ot Massachusetts, asked to have the Senate bill relieving certain parties from political disabilities referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Agreed to. BANKRUPT LAW. ..Mr. Wilson, of lowa, offered a resolution directing the Committee on the Revision ot the Laws to inquire into the expediency of appointing a commission, to be composed of United States District Attorneys, to make certain changes in the Bankrupt law, so as to make its operations uniform. Agreed to. PROTECTION OF ALASKA FISHERY. Mr. Starkweather, of Connecticut, offered a resolution directing the Committee on Commerce to inquire and report what legis lation is necessary to protect fur seals in Alaska. Agreed to. TAKING OF TESTIMONY. Mr. Churchill, of New Y'ork, introduced a bill to regulate the taking of testimony in Courts of the United States. Also, a bill to regulate peremptory chal lenges in the Courts of the United States. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. DETAILED OFFICERS. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, offered a resolution calling upon the Secretary of War for infor mation as to the number of officers of the army detailed in the Quartermaster's Pay and other Departments at New York, also the number of enlisted men so detailed, and whether their number could not be reduced. Passed. COMMITTEE ON RETRENCHMENT. Mr. Van Wyck, of New Y'ork, asked to present the report of the Committee on Retrenchment for the purpose of having it printed and recommitted. Agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, demanded the regular order, which the speaker said was reports of a private nature from com mittees. Mr. Julian, of Indiana, from the Com mitee on Public Lauds, reported a bill grant ing the privileges of the Homestead law to children of soldiers under twenty-one years of age, which was passed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the Com mittee on Post offices and Post Roads, re ported several private bills, pending the consideration of which it was ascertained there was no quorum present. The Speaker announced that he had se lected E. B. Washburne to act as Speaker on Monday, when he (Mr. Colfax) would be absent. Mr. Pettis, of Pennsylvania, announced the death of his predecessor, Darwin A. Finny, and pronounced a eulogy on his life and character. He was followed by Messrs. O'Neil, Ran dall and Woodward, of Pennsylvania, after which the House adjourned until Monday. • LOTTOS. —Lace cotton is a new va riety of this useful plant, now attracting the , attention of the Southern agriculturists, ut , r ?*dy been raised in Texas, and will probably be introduced into other parts ol south, l-acc cotton is reported to be superior to any other variety for poor soil or uplands, a strong healthy growth, and yielding heavily. Its strength is equal to a strain of seven and a halt pounds to oach thread, while a similar thread of the best American cotton will support a weight of only five pounds. It is said to resemble Egyptain cotton, which in England is worth ooe-fourth more than American. DEATII BED CONFESSION OF A GREAT CRIME. —The New Orle0S/Sctq/uae relates that some years ago a respectable young man, the only snpport of a widowed mother and a sister, was.clerk in a dry goods store in that city. He frequently assisted the cashier, and one day a forged note on the firm for S4OO, in the hand-writing of the young man, was preseuted at the bank by an unknown person and paid. The young man admitted the drawing of the check, but had no recollection of the circumstance 5 , and could give no explanation, lie was ar rested, tried and convicted. His mother and sister alone lelieved in his innocence. Bowed down with sbatne, and unab'e to vin dicate his honor, he died shortly after. In less than a year the bereaved mother died also, and tlie sister was left to struggle alone for a living, whieb she obtaiued by beeoui ing a seamstress. A few days ago a lawyer was called to write tbe wiil of a man at the point of death. In this will he bequeathed his property to the sister, and embodied in the instrument a full confes.-ion of the for gery committed eight years ago. He was the cashier of the firm, now grown ricb. It was by his direction the draft was pre pared. Now, after a lapse of eight years, a tardy reparation is attempted to be made. But it will not restore lifet o the dead, nor extract the bitter sting of sorrow and grief so long endure l. It is one of the strangest events which make up the story of a I" 0 - EXCITING CHASE. —About noon op Thurs day, says the New York S'tn, of Friday, a dummy used for hauling freight cars from the Hudson River Railroad depot to Thirty fourth street, was left on the road tempo rarily by Mr. llenry King, the engineer. During his absence, a lunatic named Ryne jumped on it, opened the steam valve, started off down town at a rapid rate of speed. King immediately mounted a horse and rode after the lunatic, with whom he caught up near Canal street. W hen near Tenth street a German huckster and wife named Schaffer, in their wagon, attempted to cross the track, but were struck by the dummy and thrown out. Schaffer, when picked up, was supposed to be dead;_ but revived shortly after, although injured severely internally. His wife would have met a frightful death, had not officer A. C. Viger, of the Fifth ward, who was passing at that time, seized her by the dress and pulled her aside. The wagon was a com plete wreck, but the horses Were not injured in the least. Schaffer and his wife were taken into a drug store and their wounds dressed. The engineer having regained his engine, had to knock the lunatic duwn with a piece of firewood before he eowM control him. Ryan would huve been rough'y treat ed by the crowd who had gathered about the scene, bad not the officer above Bairn d secured him. Schaffer was taken to St. Luke's Hospital. WIPE MURDER AND LYNCH LAW.— On Friday evening last, after dark, our commu nity was startled by the arrival in town of a young man named Moore, who brought the report that a man named Carl Kneioman, living some eight miles southeast of town, had murdered his wile by cutting ber throat from ear to ear. and that he had conic to notify the Sheriff, as themnrderer had made his eseafio imui diately after committing the bloody deed. He stated that the excite ment was intense in the neighborhood of the crime, and that the entire population in the vicinity were out in search of the mur derer. About nine o'clock in the evening lie was overhauled near Macoupin creek about two and a half miles from this city, by three ycung men. He made no resistance, and declared that he was on his way to town to give himself up to the authorities. He was by them taken to the residence of Mr. Challaeomb, where they guarded him all night, and in the morning brought him to town and delivered him over to the Sheriff. He was at once taken to the jail. On Monday a mob assembled and took the murderer out of jail. After running about three blocks, they espied a large locust tree standing in a hack yard, with a limb projecting over into the street. Here they halted, and pinion ing the arms of their victim, one end of the rope was thrown overthu litub, anil he was hauled up. lie died without a struggle. THE NEW COINS. —Specimens of the pro posed new nickel coins, to be composed of one-fourth nickel and three-touith copper, one, three and five cent pieces, wen- received at the Treasury Department on Tuesday. The bill which authorizes the is.-ue is. in substance, the bill introduced by Judge Kol ly last winter. The one cent coin, weighing 1A grains, is about the size of the old silv< r five cent coin; the three and five con? piec*-. about the size of the present coins, are to weigh three and five grains respectively. The new coin is to be a legal tender for one dollar, except for duties on imports, and is intended to take the place of the copper, bronze and nickel coinage now authorized. The bill also authorizes the redemption of the proposed new coins, and of al! the minor coins heretofore issued by the Unit.dState-. IMPORTATION OF FISH. —The importa tion offish caught by American vessels has recently been regulated by an order issued from the United States Treasury Depart ment. The alleged product, of American fishing vessels, duly licensed for such pur pose, when brought into the Unites! States from foreign waters in a vessel other than the one in which the same wore caught, will only be admitted to free entry on the pro duction to the Collector of Customs at the port of importation by the master of theim ralti( teasel, wf ......Si'.,, j„,r said fish, sworn to by the master of the ve • sel in which the fish were caught, and certi fied to by the United States consul or con sular agent at the foreign port v. here the transhipment of such fish occurred. TUNNEL UNDER TIIE HUDSON. —It is re ported that the Erie Railway is about to construct a tunnel under the Hudson river, to connect the shores of New Jersey and New York. The plans and specifications of the work have been prepared, and opera tions, it is anticipated, will be commenced next spring. The tunc!, iti- estimated, will be completed in two and a half years. The eastern terminus of the tunnel in New Yoik city will be on Eighth avenue, near Twenty third street, and the recent purchase of Pike's Opera House and adjoining property, it is stated, was made in view of the u-e of the land for this purpose. DAMAGES FOR THE: LOSS OF A WIFF..— Some three years ago a lady, named Mrs. Elizabeth Erriekson, lost her life in conse quence of a boiler explosion onboard the steamer Arrow, while on her way down the Hudson from Yonkers. Suit was brought by her husband for damages, and the jury at the time pave him a verdict for $3,000. The owners of the boat then appealed the case to the New York Supreme Court, gen eral term, and that body on Tuesday affirm ed the decision of the court Mow, so that the money will have to be paid. PHOSPHORUS. —Much effort has been ex ponded in obtaining phosphorus from its mineral combinations, instead of from hones the usual source of supply. It is said that by taking one part of apatilo, or phosphate of lime, with two parts of sand or powdered flint, with the addition of a sufficient amount of charcoal, and by keeping the mixture at a red heat for a sufficient time, the phosphorus will be disengaged and pass over. The silicle acid, or silica, combines with the lime, setting free the. phosphori, which is then decomposed by the carbon, and the phosphorus is liberated. BUFFALOES ON THE PLAINS.—A gentle man just from the plains informs the New x ork Timet that, buffaloes are to be found at this time in immense herds. At a dis tance of two hundred aitd fifty miles west of the Missouri river, on the Kansas Pacific road, he passed through a herd covering a surface of five hundred square miles, and containing probably over a million buffaloes. The uuuibui of dead buffaloes lying on the line of the road, shot by passengers as the ears go along, is very great, and the inform ant says there ia enough meat lying there at this time, easy of transportation, to feed all the pocr people of America. RICHMOND, Dec. 17.— The Rev. James \\ llunnicutt s paper, the New Nation, which stopped its daily issue some weeks ago was totally suspended to-day. The ed itor reproaches the Republican managers here with having proscribed him, and an nounces himself as a candidate for Congress from this district, in opposition to the reg ular nominee. FOKBICiPI HEWS ITEMS. THB Fr nch lunatic asylums contain over {SO,tX. patients, two-thirds of whom are be lieved to be perfectly sane, and copfiaed onlv for various infamous reasons. Jules Favre has collected u number of facts in re gard to the power of the Prefects to send any perron to the lunitic asylum cn the mere certificate of a police doctor. Among the most flagrant abuses is the custom to apply for a certificate of insanity against persons of whom their families want to get rid. A person once confined in a lunatic asylum in France is civilly dead; that is to say, he can no longer apply to the courts for protection. His only hope ot relief is an application to the Minister of the Interior, and as long as such men an Finard are at the head of that department, there is no hope of a change lor the better. Favre's revelations in regard to the abuses and crimes perpetrated at the lunatic a s ylums of France are anxiously ex pected, and are certain to create a great sensation. ANOTHER ERUPTION. —Mount Vesuvius has been iu an unusual state of commotion-for over a vear. On th*e Bth of October, IcfiT, the lava, began to flow more copiously, and from that day to the present time, the moun tain bus beenruore or less active. During all this period the instruments in the astrono mical observatory, near Naples, have been continually agitated by the trembling of the earth. About the 11th of last month, new fissures were made in the cones, and the lava now polls down and spreds itself in a broad sheet over the side of Vesuvius towards Na ples. The suioke, formed iuto an infinite number of rings or circles, surges up to the height of two thousand feet, and then spreads out into a vast overshadowing cloud. At in tervals columns of fire are seen bursting up wards to a great height, and resemblt in regu larity the flames responding to the blast of a Titanic bellows. Three new cones have al ready been formed, and a white cloud of va por marks the course of the lava stream which, having gradually filled up the deep hollows of the mountain side, is now threaten ing to devastate the cultivated land. TUB RACE OE TARTAN. —Every variety of tartan is very fashionable in London, and is rapidly becoming so in this country. It is adopted to costumes, to Macfarlane cloaks, and to waterproof suits, and now a fourth stile has coaie in vogue—worn pretty much as a Highlander wears his pluid. A long scarf shawl is required. This is folded length, wise in eight taking care that the fringe fall on the outside. To drape it over the figure, it is first, placed across the left shoulder, letting one of the. ends fall at the back, like a sush, upon the skirt. Then it covers the chest, passes under the right arm, encircles the wa ; st at the back in tho form of a baud, re crosses the front, and is lastly thrown over the right shoulder. To conclude, the end of the -haul is slipped through the part that tonus (he waistband at the back and two cuds, which sou id be of the same length, and fall oa the skirt behind. A New Dm CASK. —The medical faculty of Paris are puzzled by the appearance of a dis ease which they call writer's cramp. It is not altogether a new disease. It is marked iu old medical works as scrivener's palsy, and was Mused by fhealuiost con-tant placing of the mu ules of the lingers and hand iu one laborious position. There was also a seam stress palsy, caused by the continual use of the needle. This was also noted m* being worse than the writer's puhty, po-ribly be cause of the i teel instrument used. The Paris aggravation of the old disease is undoubtedly attributable to the electrical action of steel pens. The prevention lies in adopting some other kind of pen. The Victims ot the Ohio ltiver Disaster. CINCINNATI, Bee. 20. —The wreck of the steamer United .States has been towed to tin city. Two bodies were discovered in it this afternoon, both scarcely recognizable. One was a man, with an eagle tattooed in blue cn flic left aiut. The sex of the othr body could not be ascertained. Twelve victims of the same di-aster were buried here yesterday. Near Madison, Indiana, the body of a colored deck hand, named Jackson, was found on Wednesday; and on Friday, the body of Charles Gibson, of Pittsburg, 15 years old. was found near the same place. Tho bridge at Elmore, Ohio, on the Cleve land and Toh do railroad, was burned to day. Tho connection will be broken untilTucsday next. Discovery of Gold at Mobile. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. A dispatch was received yesterday by Secretary M'Cailocli, from an agent of the government at Mobile, statin,: that he had found a million of doll ais in gold. lie was ordered to take pos session, and to call upon the military I'or a safeguard. No answer has been received, and it is not known whether it is Confeder ate or stolen money. COAL MINK DISASTERS IN ENGLAND. — The i xj l l i. ns in the eoal mines of Great liri'ain during 1868, up to the last disaster in Novmber, caused the death of 266 per sons' The deaths from tho falling of the roofs of mines and of the coal, amounted during tlu> same period to 163, making a total td'44'.i lives lost in the British collieries. The mortality from mining accidents is much Sinai'er. in the United States than in any otic: country. — IhurUhurg Tellfgraph. GERMAN KMIIIRSTTOW. —The whole number of emigrants arriving at the port, of New York between January Ist and November yiitii. 1868, amounted to 203,953, of whom .>.'<'.l3, or 40 per cent., were Germans. Dur ing the month of November. l&Cthof 15,373 emigrants arrivrng in New York, 7,520 were Germans, the majority of whom came by w ay of Bremen and Hamburg. COMMISSIONER Koi.t.ixs' report for tho fiscal I year ending June 30, 1868, show that the total expense of assessing the revenue for the • year w.u -, $6 142.931. The total expense of collection for tho some period was $2,407,- 460, exclusive of office expenses. The total I' nss ■--inents of internal revenue were $270,- 089.89f, and the total collections were $204,- 400,615. Tin: Sert'itif has confirmed Charles 11. l'oor, If ur Admiral iu the Navy, and Va rious other appointments iu that branch of the public service. Tut-: Mexican Government has exempted gold mines front taxation. j v It. T A Y LOR' 8 O 1-1 V E B R ANCH BITTER 8. A MILD AMD AGREEABLE TONIC STIMULANT, STOMACHIC and CARMINATIVE BITTERS, EXTRACTED ENTIRELY FROM II EIIBS and ROOTS. HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IN DYSPEPSIA, GENERAL DEBILITY, and LOSB OF APPETITE; AND AN EXCELLENT CORRECTIVE FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISOR DERS OF THE BOWELS, FLATULENCE, AC. SOLD EVERYWHERE. DEPOT, NO. 413 MARKET ST., PIIID'A. J. K. TAYLOR &, CO. 2t>seply D l Y YOIR CLOTHING OF ~ 4dec3iu R. W. BERKSTRESSER. |lnv rjIHE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, FOR 1860. 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While adapted to milder forms of disease and to young children, it is at tho same time the most effectual remedy that can bo given for incipient consumption, and tho dangerous affections of the throat and lungs. Asa provision against sudden attacks of Cionp, it should be kept on bund in ev ery fiinlil▼, and indeed as all are sometimes sub ject. to'colds and coughs, all shoulrl be provided with this antidote for them. Althui-gb settled consumption is thought incur able, Stiff great numbers of cases where the dis case seemed settled, have been completely cured and the patient restored to sound health by the Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mastery over tho disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that the most obstinate of them yield to it. When nothing else could reach them, under tho Cherry Pectoral they subside and disappear. lingers and public speakers find great protec tion fioin it. Asthma is always relieved and offen wholly cured by it. 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Unaoclimateu persons, either resident in, or travelling through miasmatic localities, will bo protected by taking the AGUE CURE daily. For Liver Complaints, arising from the torpid ity of the Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stimu lating the Liver into healthy activity; For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaiuts, it is an excellent remedy, producing many truly re markable cures, where other medicines had failed. Prepared by Dr. J. C. AVER A CO., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold all around the world. icjt, Price, $1 per bet He. 4deoly is. F. 11 ARII V, Agent. ||ENPER S O N ' S FRESH GROUND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, on hand and for sals by Jfioctly G. R. OSTER A CO. §Pfttt!!ft]UoU& £NQUIRER BOOK STOItB, The following is a catalogue of our Miscel laneous Books, which we print for the bene fit of our friends who cannot get to town to see us, we will send pott-paid to any address any of the following works, on receipt of price. Any work wanted, not in our list, we wtll or der on the shortest notice: JVnrne, Price. Father Tom and the Pope .50 Proverpial Philosophy, Turner 1.26 Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales, two vols. 1.50 each ....... 3.00 Bryant's Poems - 1.60 tialleck's Poems 1.50 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, Holmes 1.60 Longfellow's Poems complete 1.60 Alfred Tennyson's Poems complete 1.60 Whittier's Poems complete - 1.60 Dicken's Works Illustrated — Little Dorrit 1.60 Pendennis 1.50 The Newcomes 1.75 Martin Chuzzlewit, (Dickens) 1.50 llliver J wist Italy & Notes 1.50 Bleak House " 1.50 David Copperfield " 1.50 Pickwick Papers " 1.60 Little Dorrit u 1.50 Nicholas Nickleby " 1.50 Oar Mutual Friend " 1.50 Bartiaby Budge " 1.60 Domby & Son " 1.60 The Last Days of Pompeii, (Bulwer) 1.50 The Caxtons, " 1.50 Rich and Humble, (Oliver Optic) 1.35 Watch and Wait " 1.85 In School and Out " 1.35 Hope and Have " 1.35 Haste and Waste " 1.35 The Starry Flag " 1.35 Famous Boys and How they became Great Men 2.00 Fables of .Ksop, illustrated 1.25 Gulliver's Travels, illustrated 1.25 Fighting Joe, Optic 1.50 The Young Lieutenant, 1.50 Shamrock and Thistle " 1.50 The Bed Cross 1.50 Young America Abroad " 1.50 Edgar's Crusades and Crusaders 2.50 ItobinsOn Crusoe 1.80 German Fairy Land, Anderson 1.25 Rainbows for Children 2.25 Hints for the Nursery 1.25 Miller's Nursery Pictnrebook 1.50 Child's Picture Plav Book 1.50 The Young Man's Friend 1.65 l'oems, by J. G. Saxe, 2.60 Undine 1.25 Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, by S. Baring-Gould 1.50 Jean ingelow's Poems, 2 vol. at $2, 4.1k) 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, 0. W. Holmes 2.00 Country Living and Country Thinking... 2.00 The Chimney Corner, by Mrs. Stcwe 1.50 The Denounced or Last Baron of C-ana, 1.50 The Croppy a 1 ale of the Irish Rebellion 1.50 The Boyne Water, 1.60 The Peep O'Day and Crohoore of the Billhook 1.50 Queer Little People, by M. B. Stotre 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 4.60 Favorite Authors 3.50 Grimm's Goblins 2.00 Kathrina, Holland 1.50 Hitter Sweet " 1.50 Titcomb's Letters " 1.50 Coming Wouders expected betwee:rlßo7 and 1875, by Baxter 1.00 Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby 1.75 Good Company 5.50 Compendium of Euglish Literature, 2.75 Phn uixiana or Sketches and Burlesques 1.50 Three English Statesman. Pym. Crom well and Pitt, by Goldwin Smith 1.50 Reveries of a Bachelor 1.50 Lady of the Lake 1.75 The Early Dawn 1.75 The Lovers Dictionary 5.50 Bench and Bar 2.50 The Merchant of Berlin, by Muhlbach... 2.00 Henry the Eighth and his Coutt " ... 2.00 Berlin and Sans-Souci " ... 2.00 Frederick the Great and his Court " ... 2.00 Waiting for the Verdict 2.00 Lonisa 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 Jautiary, February, March, April and May, by.Rose Morton, each, 85 Jay's Family Prayer 9 90 Cedar Brook Stories 65 Rise and Progress ot Religion in the Soul by Philip Dodridge 75 Byron's Poetical \\ orks 2.00 Thinks 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 of Vilvorde 75 Lyrics of Life 1.00 Songs for all Seasons 1.00 Household Poems 1.00 Humorous Tocuia —. 1.00 National Lyrics each 75 liollo Books each 75 Experiments 75 Eire I 75 Sky 75 Water 75 Talk 75 Cousins in Ohio (Howit) 1.25 Gabriel of Wicknor Wood •' 1.25 Books of Fables Baldwin 1.25 Book of Animals Parley 1.25 Stories from English History 1.50 Stories from Ancient " 1.50 Stories from History 1.50 Stories from Modern History 1.50 Pioneer Series 1.50 Stories of the I'utriarchs 1.50 Stories of the Creation 1.50 Soldiers of the Bible 1.50 Tales ot 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 j Woodworths poems 1.80 Oopsley Annals 1.35 .Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by C. Kcene 1.50 Byrons Poetical Works 1.25 The Sketch Book (Irving) 2.00 Moore 1.50 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 1.65 Shakespeare.... 2.00 The Violet 2.00 Evangeline, Longfellow 1.25 Songs for the little ones. 2.50 Enoch Arden Tenuyson 1.25 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, Tautphoeus 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 liuskin 2.60 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 Southworth... 2.00 Letters from Europe J. W. Forrey 2.00 Address, JOHN LUTZ, dec 4 Bedford Pa. ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common Admin istrator's and Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages Judgment Notes, Promissory Notes, with ad without waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpone nas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office Nor 2,1886 ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common, Admin istrator's and Executor's, Deeds, Mortgagee, Sudgment Notes, Promissory Notes, with and with out waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpoenas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 1868 4dec3m 'R. IY. BERKSTRESSER. gjrg &t. { QOOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE. jjf J. M. SHOEMAKER HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE EAST AND 18 RECEIVING A LARGE AND CHEAP BTOCK OF GOODB, CONSISTING IN PART OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS Si CAPS, HEADY MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, * , CEDARWARE, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, SEGARS, Ac. &e. GIVE HIM A CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. J. M. SHOEMAKER. Bedford, Pa., Nov. 6th, 1868. B. CFA ME R & 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 COMI'LETK, AND GREAT BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFERED. Bedford. Nov. 3. 188 S. 'A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure and Instruc tion." J_£ARPER'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 BAZAR contains '8 folio pages of the size of HARPER'S WEEKLY, printed on su perfine calendered paper, and is published weekly. Critical Xo tiers of the Press. Harper's Bazar contains, 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 ers have nileil itie demand.— X 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 Ihe 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 and 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.— W'afcA*an and Reflector. SUBSCRIPTIONS—IB69.—TERMS: Harper's Bazar, one year $4 00 An extra copy of either the Magazii e, Weekly, or Bazar will be supplied gratis for 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 fosone 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. ILLOUGHBY'S PATENT GUM SPRING GRAIN DRILL, CHALLENGES COMPETITION. It is the only Drill that will sow grain Regularly. Has no pins 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 supply is limited and demand greater than ever, engage what you want soon from HARTLEY A METZGER, the only Agents for the genuine Willoughby Drill in thit part of Penn'a. 31july Q N. HICKOK. DENTIST. Office at the old stand in Bssi BUILDING, JULI ANA STREET, BEDFORD. AU operations, pertaining to Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry performed with care and .WARRANTED. Anresthetice administered, when desired. Ar tijicial teeth inserted at, per set, 98.00 and up ward. As I ain 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 be made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such will receive prompt attention. feb7 CONRAD MEYER, Inventor and Manufacturer of the CELEBRATED IRON FRAME PIANOS, Warerooms, No. T22 Arch St., Phila., Has received the Prize Medal of the World's Great Exhibition London, Eng. The highest Prise awarded when Md where-over exhibited. Oct23:3mos [Established 1823] IC TELEGRAPH IN CHINA. THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPA NY'S OFFICE, Nos. 23 tk 25 Nasn Street, NEW YORK. Organised under special charter from the State of New York, C A PITAL $5,066,606 58,660 SHARES, SIOO EACH. DIRECTORS. Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia. PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China. FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Butturliehi A Co., New York. ISAAC LIVERMORE, Treasurer Michigan Central Railroad, Boston. ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Ameri can Express Company, New York. Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse N. Y. 0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Telegraph Company, New York. FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs A Hardoastle, New York. NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York. OH OFFICERS. A. G. CURTIN, President. N. MICKLES, Vice President. GEORGE CON ANT, Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Commonwealth,) Treasurer. Hon. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solici tor. The Chineee Government having (through the Hen. Aneon Barlinyame) conceded to this Compa ny the privilege of connectingr the great eeoporte of the Empire ly eubmarine electric telegraph ca ble, tee propoee commencing operatione in China, and laying dutrn a line of nine hundred milet at once, beticecn the following ports, vii : Population, Canton 1,000,000 Macoa 60,000 Hong-Kong 250.000 Swatow „._200,060 Arnoy 250,000 Foe-Chow 1,250.000 Wan-Chu 300,000 Ningpo 400,000 Hang Che&n 1,200,000 Shanghai 1,000,000 Total 5,91o,oo These ports have a foreign commerce of SOOO,- 000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, beside which we have the immense internal commerce of the Empire, radiating from these points, through ita canals and navigable rivers. The cable being laid, this Company proposes erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and trustworthy means cf communication, which must command there, as everywhere else, the commu nications of the Government, at business, and of social life, especially in China. She has no pos tal system, and her only means now of oommunU eating information is by couriers on land, and by steamers on water. The Western World knows that China at 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 Millions, and this is more likely to be under than over the actual ag gregate. Nearly all of these, who are over ten yeara old, not only can but (to read and write, Iler civilisation is peculiar, but her literature is as extorsive 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 Chinese make great use ef 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 exclusively for the transmission of early intelligence. 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 successful 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, me a desirable investment by editorial arti cles in the New York Herald, Tribune, B arid, Times, Post, Express, Independent, and in the Philadelphia Xorth American, Press, Ledger, In quirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph. Shares of this Company, to a limited number, may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payablo down, sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing December I, 1808, on application to PREXEL A CO., 34 Sooth Third Street, Philadelphia. Shares can he obtained in Bedford by applica tion to Reed * Schell Bankers, who are authorised te receive subscriptions, and can give all neees sary information on the subject. p.iß:omos.
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