I F.DFOKU, PA., FMBAI) OCT. 2i>. iB6O
SPECIE PAV.HKSTS-A FREE BANK
ING LAW
At the close of the war in 1805 gold was
at 129; we then bad a paper currency of
over 800 millions of dollars with which to j
transact the business of the country. At
that time our manufacturers were flourish
ing everywhere ; every man had plenty of
money, and in spite of the war the whole
North was more prosperous than ever be
fore. Prompted by free-trade advisers
taken into their councils by Andy Johnson
and his Cabinet, Secretary McCuiioch made
his notorious Port Wayne speech in which he
insisted on an immediate and rapid contrac
tion policy in order to redu *> the price of
gold and resume specie payments. The
volume of the currency has been reduced
about 200 millions, and to day gold is 4 or 5
jor cent higher than it was in 18f-5. We
argued, and as we think demonstrated at that
time, thatcontraction, while it would destroy
our prosperity, would not bring specie pay
ments. Oar prediction has been verified
by experience. The only way to bring
about specie payments is to restore public
confidence ; cease advocating repudiation ;
pay off our debt as rapidly a* (tossible and
refund it at lower rates until our national
indebtedness is brought down to an easily
controlable amount, and lastly and most
important of all, so encourage and foster our
own manufactures as to enable them to sup
ply our own markets. Gold is not needed
at home except as a basis for currency.
The cause of its high price is the demand
for exportation to pay our foreign debts, j
When we manufacture goods of every varie- j
ty. sufficient to supply our own markets,
we will have no demand for gold for expor
tation, because we will have no foreign debts |
to pay. Then gold, not being needed or
wanted for our own ordinary business ex
changes, will uot command any premium.
But the question of specie payments is of
small moment to us compared with the
prosperity of the country. We have found
the legal tenders more convenient and in
every way more desirable in the transaction
of business. We have also learned by ex
perience that when they were most plenty,
business of every kind was most prosperous.
The contraction of the currency has caused
the stoppage of many manufactoring enter
prises and the working on short time of
many more, has thrown iaborers, in mine
and factory, out of employment or restricted
their power of buying because of decreased
wages, and the result of all is dull times
and scarcity of money. Now if the contrac
tion of the currency has no effect on tbe
gold premium, interferes with our prosperi
ty, reduces our business, and thereby our
revenue from Internal taxes, and conse
quently lessens our ability to pay our debt,
why should it be continued? If on the con
trary an abundance of paper money pro
moted our prosperity, increased our manu
facturcs, gave every one plenty of work and
liberal wages, gave the farmer high prices
for bis produce and caused a general pros
perity, why shall we not return to the policy
that supplies us with an abundance of that
currency which has been shown to bo so
necessary to our prosperity ? We think no
one will deny that such a course is the best
possible one to pursue. Such a conclusion
arrived at, what course will best secure the
object desired ? In 1865 with $807,218,196
of a circulating medium for the North alone
we were more prosperous than ever before,
f'ndor the contraction policy Inaugurated
by McCußoch we have but $046,(00,1 >OO,
for both North and South and the result is
a scarcity cf money everywhere and a gen
i i'al stagnation of business for want of a
sufficient quantity of that medium through
which our exchanges are effected. As a
remedy for these evils we believe a free
banking law, with the circulation secured on
the plan of the national banks, will be found
the safest, most convenient and mo-t elas
tic system on which to furnish the country
a circulating medium at once safe current
till over the country aud adapting its vol
urne to the business necessities of t he whole
country, and at the same time creating a
home demand ; r our bonds and keeping
the gold, payable as interest on them, at
home. Shall it be tried ?
LATER developments in regard to the late
extraordinary gold gambling in New York,
indicate that it was a purely political scheme.
From the desperate efforts mad* to entice
'■ > rant or some member of his cabinet to
identify himself with those reckless and dis
honest operations, it is believed that those
gigantic gambling schemes were concocted
for the purpose of influencing the elections
in Ohio and Pennsylvania. To such a pass
has copperhead desperation come, that for j
the sake of power, they deliberately attempt j
to bankrupt the country by causing a finan
cia! crisis in which thousands of busine.-s !
men would be broken up and thousands of
honest, worthv and industrious poor, would ;
be thrown out of labor at the begioing of j
water, and compelled to beg or starve.
Such deliberate wickedness is but little bet
ter than the rebel attempt to introduce
small pox into the Northern cities. Such
are the legitimate fruits of Copperhead rule
in New \ ork city, and of the same charac
tn wou.d be their rule, if they had control
of the National Government.
THE official returns of the State give
Geary a majority of 45% and Williams,
o'o3. the vote for Williams is really the
parly vote and shows that the party
strength ha? been fully retained, or in fact
increased over that of last year in propor
tion to the vote polled. In 1868 with a
,"!e ol n0.,,100 llartranft had a majority of i
9677, nov. Williams has 8703 majority in ;
a vote of 3i6,003 being a larger mvjoritv by j
162 in proportion to tbe vote than that of I
last year. I aking into account the fact that j
a small poll is always against tbe majority !
party, in spite ol which we have increased j
cur majority, the cops are welcome to all
the comfort they can get out of the election !
returns. If they are pleased with such j
gains, we have no cause to complain. We ;
congratulate them on their skill in figuring i
comfort out of such returns. It don't take j
much to gratify them when tboy can't do
any taller.
Y J.. is not wanted even by Tennessee j
as a i rated States Senator. He has dis- I
gracvu her 1 ung enough and on Friday she;
se.ectvd Hon. Ileury Cooper in preference l
to Andy by a vote of 55 to 51. A. J., will j
now have time to consider his ways. The j
G-ovl 1 'emocraey are disconsolate over bis!
defeat. The groans of the llarrisburgi
I-"not are heart rending. It still has faith I
in A. J's. tar, if whiskey don't cut short'
his brilliant career.
MISFORTI NKS never couie singly as our!
Democratic cotemporaries have experienced.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and lown were bad
enough for October, but now their especial
I>et Andy Johnson has been defeated. In
spite of bis most desperate and unscrupu
loas efforts the Tennessee Legislature has
given him a ticket of leave to star at home
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The following States have officially noti
fied the Department of State that they
ratified the fifteenth Constitutional amend
uicnt on the date set opposite to their
names:
Missouri March 1, 1869.
Kansas February 27, 1869.
North Carolina March 5, 1869.
West Virginia March 3, 1869.
Massachusetts March 9 and 12, 1860.
Wisconsin March 9, 1869.
Maine March 12, 1869.
Louisiana ....March 25, 1869.
Michigan March 8, 1869.
South Carolina March 16, 1869.
Pennsylvania.. March 26. 1869.
Arkansas March 30, 1569.
Connecticut March 19, 1869.
Florida June 15, 1869.
Illinois March 5, 1869.
Indiana May 13 and 14, 1869.
Now York....March 17 and April 19, 1569.
New Hampshire July 7, 1869.
Nevada March 1, 1869.
Virginia ratified the amendment last
week, but has not yet notified the State De
part meat.
Of the above, Missouri, owing to a de
fective telegraph despatch sent from Wash
iugton by one of the members of the House,
inadvertently omitted the second section of
the amendment, and Kansas in her ratifi
cation changed the phraseology of the whole
amendment. It is not doubted that the
Legislatures of those States will correct
these mistakes immediately alter their
meeting. That of Missouri meets on the
last Monday of December and that of Kan
sas on the second Thursday of January next.
The I-legislature of Missouri was elected for
two years in 1863, and an election for
another Legislature in Kansas will take
j place on the first Tuesday of November.
When these two States correct the mis
| rakes io the ratification, twenty States will
> have sanctioned it. Eight more are needed,
i Seven of these are as follows;
Ohio —Legislature elected last Tuesday,
j meets first Monday in January.
Alabama—Legislature elected in Nov.,
j 1868, for two \ ears, largely Republican,
meets second Monday in November.
lowa—largely Republican Legislature,
meets first Monday in January.
Minnesota —largely Republican Legis
lature. meets first Tuesday in January.
Nebraska —legislature largely Republi
can, elected last week.
Vermont —Leti-lature largely Republi
can, elected first Thursday in September,
aud meets on Thursday next, the 21st of
October.
Rhode Island—Legislature largely Re
publican. The Senate ratified the amend
ment on the 27th of May 'ast, and the
House postponed action till January, 1870,
when the work will be finished, according
to ail our advices.
These States make the number twenty
seven.
Texas and Mississippi, when admitted,
will give us twenty-nine, one more than
necessary.
We see no possible obstacle in the way
of the ratification, unless Ohio should not
prove to have a Republican Legislature or
Rhode Island should obstinately refuse
co-operation; but we do not apprehend
either contingency. The safety of the
amendment is so assured that we look
rather for assistance from some of the
States heretofore most bitterly adverse to
it— Ph Ha. J'r'ss.
ANDY JOHNSON'S Senatorial fiasco is one
of the most humiliating catastrophies that
has ever befallen an ex-President. Never
before has an ex-President offered himself
tor, nay begged for an office from his native
State and been refused. Yet, even now,
neither he nor his friends seem to realize
the depth of his degradation. Poor Andy !
will not they who profe.-s to be his friends
UOW advise him to retire to private life and
that oblivion, whicb alone can save him
from further disgrace ?
IN Philadelphia the whiskey ring ruf
fians, Hugh Morrow and James Dougherty,
who attempted to kill Detective Jauies J.
Brooks while in the discharge of his official
duty, were found guilty of an assault with
intent to kill. The trial ended on Saturday
last The prisoners were remanded to pris
on to await their sentence. A motion was
entered for a new trial, but the verdict is
just and it is not probable a new trial will
be granted.
FRANCE is in an unsettled condition verg
ing upon revolution. Great fears are eu
cntertained of an uprising in Paris, and
a large military force is concentrated therein
to prevent or suppress any outbreak.
THE Right Hon. Edward Geoffrey Stan
ley. Earl of Derby a well known English
Statesman, died on Saturday the 23 inst.,
alter a lingering illness in the 71st year of
his age.
RESIGNATION ot Jutifee BREWSTER
lie i* Appoiuted Attorney General of
the State.
The Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, October 25 —The fol
lowing important correspondence explains
itself. Judge Brewster went to llarrisburg
this morning to have an interview with Gov.
Gear):
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, HARRISBURO,
I'A., Oct. 23, 1569. — Hon. P. Carroll
Brewster, Philadelphia, Pa. —SIR: Placing
the highest esteem in your friendship, abil
ity and integrity as a man and a lawyer, I
have the honor to tender to you tbe position
o! Attorney General of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, vice Hon. Benjamin Har
ris Brewster.
"Should you determine to accept, I de
sire you to do so without delay and notify
me both by telegram and letter, and at once
as-ume the duties of your office.
"Very respectfully,
'Signed] "JOHN W. GEARY,
Governor."
"PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 25, 1869 .—T0 Hi*
Excellency, John IV. Geary, Governor—
' Silt: Your favor of the 23d inst., tendering
to me the position of Attorney General of
this Commonwealth, has been duly received.
"1 accept the appointment with many
thanks for the honor conferred upon me
and for the courteous terms in which you
have been pleased to tender it. It shall be
my earnest effort to discharge the duties of
the office to the utmost of my ability.
"With regard,
Very respectfully yours.
[Signed J "F. CARROLL BREWSTER."
Edward M. Paxson, a well known and
able lawyer of this city, has been appointed
by Governor Geary to the judgeship made
vacant by Judge Brewster's resignation.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN FRANCE.—
Sunday has hitherto not been generally ob
served in France by a complete ce.-sation
from labor. Recently, however, a decided
movement has been made in that couuiry
by mechanics, woiking men, and attendants
in stores, to obtain a holiday on the first
day of the week, and extensive strikes are
now threatened to secure this object. This
movement is warmly supported by the re
ligious papers, who assert that the working
people desire to enjoy the privilege of" at
tending church. The first practical attempt
to obtain a holiday on Sunday has just been
made by the newspaper compositors of
Havre, who have signed an agreement Dot to
work on the first day of the week after the
| cud of October. A general measure of this
kind, it is a.-serted. will be adopted by the
compositors of Paris and the other cities of
t France, so that after Novembsr Ist news
papers will only be issued on six daveof the
week. At present the French newspapers
appear on every day of the year, except tbe
days succeeding New Year's day, August
15th, or the Fete of Napoleon. Easter Sun
day, and Whit Sunday.
Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 22.
After the vote of yesterday in the Legis
lative joint convention. John-on stands a
pretty fair show of being elected to-day aa
Senator, although his ultimate defeat is
quite within the founds of possibility. His
more sanguine friends triumphantly assert
he will be elected on the first ballot, but this
is exceedingly doubtful.
The opposition were caucusing last night,
and probably decided upon some man to
concentrate oa to-day. The trouble is. that
they embrace too many conflicting elements
to pre.-ent a bold front, and this, in connec
tion with the fact that they rartnot brine
out a strong man with a national reputation
and the question of towering ability attach
ing to his name, is very likely to bring about
tbeir defeat in the end.
LATER.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 22.
The grand Senatorial contest is ended,
and the re-u't has taken every one by sur
prise. Johnson's friends felt confident
of his success, but it appears a trap
was sprung on him, as when the vote cante
to be tak'-u Johnson received 51 votes and
Henry Cooper, of Davidson county, 55.
Intense excitement prevailed on the an
nouncement of the vote.
FKIIX VIRGINIA.
Doings oj the legislature—Elections of
United Stute Senators.
RICHMOND, Ya., Oct. 19.—1n the House
to-day a communication was received from
Gen. Canity, thanking them for the privi
lege of the floor voted hiui yesterday. The
resolution relative to the recent elections a:
the North, introduced yesterday, was tabled.
A joint resolution was offered im-inorinliz
ing Congress to grant a general amnesty, in
the manner prescribed in section thrie ol
the fourteenth amendmeut. Referred to a
committee.
In the Senate a resolution looking to car
ty out the educational provisions of the con
stitution. was laid on the table, on the
ground that such resolutions were not with
in the provision of the Senate as now organ
ized. _ Both bouses went into an election
for United States Senators, and elected
Lieutenant Governor John P. Lewis for the
long and Judge J. W. Johnston, of Wash
ington county, for the short term. The
Wells republican conriidates, Alexander
Sharp and L. 11. Chandler, received the
votes of their friends. The election wa
ntade by a strict party vote with the excep
tion ol three Wells members, who voted for
Lewis and Johnston.
The Earthqkakc in New England.
MAINE.
ROCKLAND, Get. 22. —A shock of earth
quake was felt here this morning.
AUGUSTA, OCT. 22. —This morning at
half past live o clock, a shock of earthquake,
lasting more than a minute, was felt in this
vicinity. Nearly every one was awakened.
! Door bells were rune and buildings shaken.
It extended all along the river.
EASTPORT, Oct. 22.—The earthquake
here at 5.40 A. M., to-day was the severest
ever experienced in this vicinity.
MASSACHUSETTS.
SPRINGFELD, Oct. 22. — A slight earth
quake, la-ting twenty seconds, was felt here
at 5 o'clock this morning.
BOSTON. o<*.t. 22.—The earthquake was
felt very distinctly in Boston and the nc igh
boring country.
VY ORCHESTER, Oct. 22.—The earthquake
this morning la-Ted about three seconds, the
motion appearing to be from ea-t to west.
Movement- of lesser violence followed, about
two seconds intervening.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CONCORD. Oct. 22.—Several distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt here early
this morning. No damage was done.
CONNECTICUT.
HARTFORD, Oct. 22.—The earthquake
was distinctly felt here this morning.
The Verger Case.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 1869.—1t has
been ascertained that the occasion of the
special Cabinet meeting, on Wednesday last,
was the consideration of the notorious Yer
ger case. Attorney General Hoar had ex
pressed the opinion that, owing to the well
known defects of those sections of therecon
struction acts referring to the jiiriadinjmij ~t
die Giiluiuiu, ihc Oupteure Court wt l un
doubtedly render an opinion irt the case ad
verse to the powers of the military tribunal
before which Yergcr wastri'dand convict
ed. The result of the consultation was, id'
course, a decision to abide by the final actii n
of the court. It is generally understood
that this final action will not be promulgate d
by the court until after Congress meets. No
one pretends to deny the fact of Verger's
guilt, but both Democrats and Re;u lican
admit that he ought tobe tried by compe
tent con-iitutional authority, and conse
quently the expected dicision of the Su
preme Court will be received with satisfac
tion by all parties concerned. In this con
nection it is proper to add that the rumors
printed regarding President Giant's intcn
lion to di-regard the mandates of the court,
are proved to be f'al-e by the f.ct that it ha
been in his power to execute Verger's sen
tence at any time since tt was forwatded to
him for approval. Instead of doing so.
however, he ha.- anxiously courted the in
tervention of the judiciary for the purpose
of being governed in his actions by the high
est authority which could possibly be inter
ested in the case. It is therefoie probable
that in due course of time Yerger will be
turned over to the civil authorities for trial.
The Eatc Judicial Election in Cali
fornia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23.—The majori
ties of the Supreme Judges are for Crockett,
Democrat, supported by the Independents,
3,181, and for Wallace, Democrat, 697.
The vote was unusually light, only 13.500
being east. Owing to the rain there was
general apathy in the judicial election, and
nothing definite has betn rec ived.
It has been raining for three days, and
tl e telegraph lines are out. of order.
The returns from the interior are favora
ble to the Democrats, and the election of J.
B. Crockett and Wm. Wallace, Democrats,
for the Supreme Court beoeh. is conceded.
Late Alaska advices report rich discoveries
o>' gold in the lake country, in the southern
rait of the Territory. Prospectors say that
S2O a day can be made. The Indians are
hostile to the projected settlement of the
Boston men in their country.
From France.
PARIS, Oct. 22. —It is asserted that a
number of Deputies propose to introduce a
law at the next meetiim of the Corps to an
nul the decree of 1852. confiscating the
property of the Orleans princes. The Patrie
reports that the ultra tadicals are visiting
workshops and urgiug the men to take pari
in the demonstration of the 26th in-t.
La Presse says the revolutionary commit
tee in Paris have warned the workmen in
ihe provinces that on October 26 ib'-re will
he a general unri-ing in this city. The tad
ical journals do not approve the proposed
demonstration. It is rumored that L-dru
Itollio, Felix Pratt, \ ictor Hugo. Louis
Blanc, and other extreme radicals, will come
forward as candidates for the Corps in the
supplementary elections soon to be held in
Paris.
A duel was fought to day between Count
de Blanmont and the Duke de Fitz James,
and the latter was dangerou-ly wounded.
From Spain.
3IADP.ID. Oct. 22. —The indications now
are that the Duke of Montpen.ier will be
the successful candidate for the throne of
Sptin.
MADRID, Oct. 22 —The country general'y
is tranquil. Senor Oren-e. a celebrated Re
publican leader in the Cortes, has been ar
rested.
MADRID, Oct. 22. —The Press strongly
urges the immediate election of a King, and
suggests the elevation of Espanero to the
throne for life, and the designation of the
Duke of Genoa as his successor.
In the Cortes, the question of ordering
an election for Deputies, to supply the
places ol those who joined the insurgents, is
now under consideration.
SOME young rascal, of somewhat the same
size, complexion and build as Prince Arthur,
palmed himself off in a house of revelry in
Teronto, a few days ago, as the genuine
Prince. He was accompanied by several
other young scamps, whom he styled hia
brother officers. They ran up a hill of
SIOO and went off without, paying. But the
proprietors of the house were very glad to
have the privilege of serving them.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Vote of Slate In 1868 aad 180a.
Attn. GES. Govtsxos.
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Adams 3171 2-32 20221 3i 9
Allegheny 1 14923 238*0 17858} IS3OI
Armsiruug ' 3459 .39-17 3439F 379
Beaver ! 2075 3540' 3096( 2(02
Bedford 3019} 5626 i 2404 , 2832
Berks 13921 741 0971 13531
Blair B*B3 3941 3181; 2773
Bradford 3903 76t2 53 : 3888
Bucks } 7938 0991 0505 7001
Butler 329 i' 3723 32.0 2994
Cambria i 358?; 2949 2539 3197
Cameron 441 J37 474 423
Carbon 2772 ■ 2129 1940 2625
Centre i 37i'6i 3388 31(2 3464
Chester 6655. 8850 8230 614
Clarion i 2950 1908! 17851 2931
Clearfield 3*37 1895! 1799 3015
Clinton 2765; 1932 18381 2509
Columbia 40581 2077' 1845 3714
Crawford 6390 702j 6107 4865
Cumberland 4433 3801 3514 4468
Dauphin ! 4535 019" 5060 4328
Delaware ' 2704 4010; 3532 2295
Elk j 1054 50v 475 908
Erie ! 4531 7702 i 649- 4338
Fayette 4770. 3745} 3340. 4229
Franklin 4321 4357 8688 j 4000
Fultun 1113 782 6ru 1060
Furest 848 ; 352 305 293
Greene 3374 1722 1542 2992
Huntingdon 2498 347 2525 226s
Indiana 2361 4842. 4003 2070
Jefferson 2094 2070 j 1907 2029
Juniata 1803 1407 1254 1042
Lancaster j 857t t5313| 1.3804 831"
Laurence 1716 3091; 3217 1492
Lebanon I 285.- 4207: 40'7 2"9ti
Lehigh 1 6305; 4733 4556. 0133
Luxeme : 13420 9992} 86901 OnOO
Lycoming ' 5031 ! 468" 40531 4581
M'Kean : 809 .-:<! 880 flog
Mercer 1 4171 47031 4529 3786
Mifflin 1825 185- 1040 1702
Monroe 2789 74 050 2i>92
Montgomery 890a 791- 7363 8447
Montour 108.1 119. 11:66 1555
Northampton 7.91 4452 4023 7449
Northumberland 4140 3094 3497 40no
Perry 252"! 257 243# j 2408
Philadelphia 60898 00033 51202 4rtso2
Pike 169 33- 315 10 a 4
Potter 811 1001 1334 70S
ochujltill 9.>38 8193! 7902- 8901
Snyder 1313 18051 1719 1315
-Somerset 1809 3195 2910 1719
Sullivan 810 4 I 406 759
Su-quelianna 3377 468- 4004 29-2
l'ioga 2051 54 0 4535 18.5
Union 1340 254 1788 1207
Venango 3761 4431 3507 3241
Washington 4949 4941" 4176 4652
Wayne 3397 28981 2275 2715
Westmoreland 6509 5335 1853 0195
Wyoming 1765 1549 1452 1772
York 90U6 605'. 5545 8326
Totals 1321739 331416 .<90552 285956
321739 285956
Majority 9677 -1596
Henry Cooper.
A Sketch of the New Senator from Ten
nessee.
The Senator elect, Mr. Cooper, is well
known in Tennessee. He was born in
Maury county, in that State, during the
eat ly part ot thu pre-eut ceututy, and is
uow a uian tn the prime of Itle. He is a
brother of Edward Cooper, well known tx
our leaders as the Secretary ol President
Johu.-on during his administration. He
moved to Bed lord county at an early age,
siudied law, and was admitted (o the bar.
ALer a few years his practice became large,
and he was known as one of the ablest law
yers iu ihe Siate.
About the year 1850 Mr. Cooper married,
and during I lie sauie year he first eutered
into political tile. At this time he xvas
elected to the State I>egi-la ure by a ma
jority ot some SUU roes, aOer a m si ex
citing contest. At the next elec ion be win,
opposed by ihe most popular and intbiential
man in thecountiy. and liisdeleat by seveiat
hundreds was regard, d as a matter ol abso
luie certainty. Mr. Cooper, however, en
-11-red upon the canvass with great energy
and determination, lie imparted to his sup
porteo ilio cnu<v . I'l.it Lv . s- <A, —J. !•.
re-nlt was that, upon ihe la<g. st vote ever
(tolled in Bedford uti to that time, he was
returned to the liCg slaiute by a majority ol
twenty. In politic* he was a V\ lug, and,
indeed, never has voted a Democratic ticket
that we are aware 01. W ben the rebellion
tirnke out lie did not lie-i'ate a moment to
avow his devotiun to the Union, and tits uu
alterable purpose never to give his support
to the secession cause. During the euiite
war his course was consistent xviih his
staunch Unionism, BO that he will appear
before the Senate of the United Slates with
a record as acceptable as that of Senator
Sumner.
Upon cx President .Johnson being ap
pointed Governor of Tennessee, soon after
the fall of Nashville, he tendered a State
Judgeship to Mr. Cooper, who ace pied ibe
■ >ff. r and served in that po.-itn n until 18<>6,
when he resigned for the purpose ol ae
cepling a chair in the Faculty of the Cum
berland University ot Lebanon. Several
times during his term he endeavoted to
resign, but Governor Brownlow, although
aware of his conservatism, declined to re
ceive the resignation. In one of his
messages to the legislature B.ownlow re
ferred to Juuge Cooper iu the highest
terms of praise, expressing his earnest re
gre that ihe State Judiciary should be de
prived of so pure and upright a member.
At the recent election in Tennessee Mr.
Cooper was ihe Conservative nominee for
the Stati! Senate Irom the Eighteenth dis
trict of Tennessee, and was elected by a
>arge majority.
south America.
The Earthquake along the Coast.
NEW Y T ORK, Oct. 23.—The steamer Ari
zona, from Aspinwall October 10, at rived
here this morning, bringing important par
ticulars of the earthquake a!oug the Pat- fie
coast of South America ou the Ist iust. Tt.e
small town ol Chat-as, in the department ol
Arequippa, was entirely d>stroycd.
I be governor of the city reports that the
shock lasted lour minutes ai d a hall, and
was much stronger than that of August 13,
a yea r ago. The extreme (otce of ihisenrh
quake confined itself to Chacas alone, for in
the neighboring towu it was only observed.
In the southern part of Peru, in theterrito
ry lying betwten the 15th and 20th degrees,
-ouih latitude, the more violeut shocks con
stantly continue. The rec ni violent up
hearings occurred while the moon was about
hall way fioui the earth and was set en days
old, and Professor Falb's theory has not
been demonstrated.
In Peru tin violent earthquakes had been
experienced since the fiistof the month, hut
until October is passed there are strong ieurs
in many quarters, ami rents in all the large
cities have fallen c -n-iderably.
In Balvsdor, on the Sth uit., a rather se
vere earthquake wa.- experienced in the capi
tal. which was, however, of only a few sec
onds duration.
RAILROAD SlGNALS. —Electricity is here
after to he applied to railroad switches to
cgulute the signals s > that it will be out of
the question for an accident to happen by
switches being left carelessly o|>en or iuse
etirely fastened. An instiument, similar in
character to a magnet, is applied to the up
right oHhe switch, and the lever working
switch is nicely fixed so as to operate the
magnet, which is connected by wires to the
signal box, .-otne two squares distant.
The instruments and liattetiea u-ed at the
signal station- are similar to tbo.-e found in
a telegraph office, excepting a machine for
winding up the cord connected with the red
signal flag, which; howe< cr, is veiy simple
in its construction, yet efficacious. " The red
signal is made of a piece of flannel taclied
to a square frame, which is fitted iu the
box. A glass door in the latter protects it
from the wrather. When a switch is open,
either an inch or all the way, the red signai
lowers, and when closed it raises displacing
a white back ground. The cutting of the
wire will likewise eau-e the red -ignal to
drop BO .that if the least thing is Wrong
about the switch or the wires the engineer
of an approaching train caunot fail to detect
it.
NOT enough wheat will be raised this year
in Great Britain to suffice for the consump
tion of tho people by seventy five million
bushels. To supply ibis deficiency will cost
about $100,000,000 in gold
ITEMS.
MR. DRAKE, who put down the first oil
well in this country, and who at one time
was worth a million, recently died in the
poor house. The first denick and engine
-till stand over the well, and are very care
fully preserved. A monument is to be
erected to i is memory, which will contain a
a room in which the engine is to be placed.
THE Democratic nominee for sheiiff in
Fond du L'tc IBada the following accep
tation speech: "Gentlemen —I have serv
, d you us sheriff one terui. I regard this
nouiina'ion as an indorsement of my official
conduct I cannot make a speech or preach,
but when this convention is over, we will
all go down to Ilupp'a uud take a drink."
AN evidence that ladies are getting their
lull share ot literary work, at least, is seen
in the fact, that four English magazines ate
now edited by ladies, while route of the best
known wiiters of fiction are of the gentler
sex. It is said i hut Sir Charles Lyell and a
prominent number of Parliament each em
ploys a ludy in the capacity of private sec
retary.
THE ladies of Dallas. Oregon, lately got
up some tableaux for the benefit of a church,
among which was one called the "'New Or
der of Things." In it the men were repre
sented as nursing babies, making bread and
talking one another to death, while the
women were chopping wood and doing oth
er out-door wotk. The picture was received
with applause.
ON Thursday night L he depot of the East
ern Rallro id, at Manchester, Massachu
setts, was broken into, and ihe sale, weigh
ing tight, hundred pounds, earned off in a
baud-car about a niiie arid a half, broken
open with u crow-bar, and robbed of its eon
tots, about S3OO. A trunk full of railroad
tickets was also taken, aud scattered along
the line of ibe railroad.
A DENVER special says the Kansas
Pacific party, including C rus IV. Field nd
Mr. Me-k. agricultural editor of the New
York Tribune, arrived there yesterday
morning, after inspecting the country be
t.ween Sheridan and Danver, and over one
I thousand miles of the eastern ba.-e of the
| Ifocky Mountains, iti reference to the ex-
Mision of the Kansas Pacific Railway and
i future business.
A FORT BENTON, Montana, telegram no
lie s the arnval of a party of miners from a
; point four bundr d and twenty five miles
tonb, they having been forced to have m
: account of the Blaokteet Indians and the
r I'usgl ol the Biiiish to sell them provi-
I -ions. The paity, consisting of nine men,
sut si-ted ten days on one grouse. The
] weather at B-nton was cold, the mercury
■ yesterday being ten degrees below zeio.
JOHN II AFIELD, who has just died in
l.ngland, at the age of 102. WHS a -oldier
i-t the time of William and Ma'y. lie was
nied an I condemned for sleeping on his
(Cist, but absolutely denied the charge,
solmerilv declaring that instead of being
a-leep, he distinctly heard the dock of St.
Paul's strike thirteen at midnight. This
fact was actually substantiated, the clock
on the particular night sinking thirteen
instead of twelve, arid the King pardoned
the soldier.
IT is -aid to have been discovered that the
newly elected Senator front Virginia, Mr.
John-ton, as well as Mr. Gibson, one of the
Representatives from that State, is still la
i oring under ihe disabilities imposed hy the
fourteenth amendment, which was ratified
| after the passage of the act of Cougres- r>-
I ievine the .lisaLilities of John-ton and Gib
i soo, as it i asserted that theact of Congress
I approved April 1, 1569, removing the di-a
, hi]ities imposed by the fourteenth amend
| ment. fail- t" embrace within its terms Mr.
i Johnston or Mr. Gibsoo.
FRANCIS HILL, of Exeter, Maine, a man
i now about eighty years old, took up wild
, iand and began farming about six'y years
| ago. II ■ live- on the same farm to day, and
| in that time be has never bought a pound
! of flour or meal of any kuid. a kernel ol com
jot grain, a potato or apple, a pound of but
I icr or cheese, of pork, beet or mutton, or
j any other natnable thing which farmer'- in
M .ine ordinarily produce from ih>-ir farms,
j HR has one of the best fauns tn his town
i and works it yet fiitn-i If.
BKECHER says; "Lazimss i- one of the
i ino.-t inexcusable of crimes, I know men
I jos in it sometimes because they have g< mus.
j If they have—which they usually have not
—lhi y arc a!i the more guilty if they arc
■ate. For, if a nnn has genius, (and that
ia term which, when properly used, mean
mi organization so sensative that it easily
tties into a state of cx-ilta ion, and produ
ces results more fruitlu! than can he produ
x-'d by ordinary mean-), the more he lias of
II ihe gr> ater is the responsibility that God
xid upon him to use it."
BELFAST, Maine, has an Enoch Ardcn
! esse. Twenty years ago Robert Steele, a
resdent then there, went to CJiforuia,
leaving a wife and one child. For a time
letter- were regularly received, but for the
li-t ten tears nothing had been h :rd from
lira. His wife believing him dead, about
live year- ago married, by which marriage
| she h-i- one child. To the surprise ot every
'fie, .Mr. Steele recently return,d and in
; quired lor his wife and child. His emotion
>n leai nil g that she was marri-d again was
very great. The son lor whom he inquired
i has grown to a fine young man and is mate
I of a ship.
GENERAL KRYZANOWSKI, supervisor of
Georgia and Florida, reports under date ol
October 12. that Jackson and Washington
counties, in Florida, aie under the control
of an arm d force, which was risen to pre
vent the execution ol the revenue laws. The
j i> ader of ibis mob, one Jam- s I'. Coker,
! Gii> is represented to be a wealthy ami in
flu tntial man, has threatened Assistant A
i -e-sor Love, of Mariana, with personal vio
; letice, and has challenged him to tight.
| That officer wiites to the supervisor that he
cn only canvass his district, at the hazzmf
}of his life, aud Asses-or Wilson writes cor
; loboratiug his a-si-tant's statement.
| IT is not true, as recently published, that
Minister Wa-hburne has applied to the
istate Department for SJS,Ot)O in gold for
: contingent expenses. The face- are. as ob
; lained from an official source, that Minister
Wasbburne, Minister Cuitin, and Mr. Mo
ran, fir-t Secretaty of legation in L radon,
rcC' ntly severally applh d to the Govern
ment to allow them each between S3OO and
S4do additional for office rem. The records
of th. F fih Auditor'.-Office show that since
Minister WashLurne ha- l en in France be
has declined to receive certain allowances
until he could legally satisfy himself that be
was entitled to them.
SINGULAR DISCOVERIES IN ARIZONA.—
Commissioner Wilson, of the General Land
Office, has ju-t received returns of the sur
vey ot the township and section lines of five
townships on the Gila river, in southern
Arizona, containing 105.252 acres of agri
cultural and grazing lan Is. beating evidence
ol having been formerly uuder a high state
of cultivation tor centuries, and abounding
■ n luitu of elaborate and sometimes magni
ficient structures, together with relics of
obliterated laces possessing con-iderable
Knowledge of the aits and manufactures;
among the most exteti.-ive of the ruins b> ihg
[ tho-e called Casa Grande, about two utiles
.-outhwe.-t of the junction of the east and
south channels of the Gila river. The.-e
township- embrace the growing towns of
Adatiisvnle and Florence, on the Fort Yuma
an>i Fort Grant wagon road-, a- well as nu
merous productive farms and pastures, well
stocked with catfle and slu-ep.
TIIE new-paper reporters of New Ybik
have not been able to make much out of
Father Hyaciothe, who -ecnis to keep his
wn couusel. and ilia all- g d conver-aiions
with him which have *ppened in print are
pure fancy woik. To Dr. Piime, however,
he said; "1 shall c-te>-ui it an honor and a
pie-sure to become arquiinted with all the
< hftsiian people of tliis country. I recog
n-pe the Piotestant a-well a-th- Catholic
as the religion of Christ, anu de-ire while I
sin in the United States to make myself
thoroughly acquainted widi the rebgous,
social ■ dpo itmal s'ate of things. Ji- reste
•tit Catholic— l remain a Catholic—hut I
r<s st the mbu-esof th,-Übur h." Dr. Prime
asked if while he (I'eru H aeinthe/ was in
th's country he would a dr ss public assem
blies, remarking that the public would bo
fr aly plei s d to hear his uto ranee-,
'ai her Hyacinihe r>--pond<-d ttiat lie de-ired
to remain quiet while he was here, and to
observe without being heard. Referring to
Dr. Prime's chri-tian name. "Irenseus,"
engraved (Hi ihe carte de visile. Father Hya
oiiithe said in Greek: *'lt is peace—lrene—
aud your vi-it and expressions of sympathy
have brought peace to my heart."
PACIFIC R AIL WAY ~~
GOLD LOAN.
•6,500,000.
W© beg leave to announce that we have accept
ed the agency of the
KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.,
For the sale of its
N>w Seven Per Cent.
Thirty Year Cold Loon, Free from Tax.
This Loan amounts to 1-6,5(10,000.
First Mortgage Land-Grant and Sinking
Fund Bonds,
secured upon the extern ion of the Railway from
near .-heridan. in Kansas, to Denver, Colorado, a
diatameot 2 17 miles, of which 12 mites are com
pleted. and the rest is under construction. It is
also a Mortgage upon the Koad, the Rolling Mock
and Franchise of this first-class Railway, besides
new running through the State of Kansas,
-Ind lit successful operation fur 437 Hides
west of the Missouri River, and earning already
enough to meet all of its expenses and existing
obligations, besides
More than the Interest ujnm this neio Loan.
In addition to this tlie Bonds are also secured by
a first mortgage of the
Government Land Grunt of Three Mil
lion A errs,
extending in alternate sections on cither side of
the truck, fnixi the .'With utile post in Kan.i(< to
Denver. The pr<>c*-e<lj <-f the of the>c lands
ure t> be invested by the Trustees in the 7 per
cent Bonds theiii&elve* up to 120 or iu U.S. bonds,
as
A Sinking Fund far the Redemption of t/u
Bonds.
The lands embrace some of the finest portions
of the magnificent Territory of Colorado, inclu
ding a coal field and pinery. The company also
holds as an asset another tract of
Three Millions of Acres in the State of
Kansas,
and although not pledged ug a security for this
Loan, their porsession adds largely to the Com
pany's wealth and credit. We estimate the
Value of the Company's property, covered
by this mortgage, at $23,000,(100 net,
while the Loan is merely
$6,500,000.
The bonds have
Thirty Years to Run,
from May* 1, 1569, and will pay
Seven per cent. Interest in Gold,
.seuii-aunuslly, on May 1 and Nov. I, ani are
Free from Government Taxation,
the Company paying the tax.
The PRINCIPAL of the loan is made PAYABLE in
(SOLD, in the City of New York, but each coupon
will be
Payable in Frankfort, Isondon or New York
at the option of the holder, without notice, at the
following rates.
On SI,OOO Bond in N. Y., $35 (gold) each halfyear
* 4 •* London...£7 ss. 10 " •*
" " Frankfort 87 fir. 30 krtzs., •'
The Agents of the Loan, before accepting the
trust had the condition of the Koad. and the coun
try through which it runs, carefully examined.
They are happy to give the Loan an emphatic
endorsement as a
First Class Investment
in every respect perfectly sure, and in some essen
tial even
Better than Government Securities.
The Bonds will be soldfortbe present at
%, and accrued Interest, both in Currency,
the Agents reserving the right to advance the rate.
The attention of investors is invited to these
well to-cured bonds wbicn we rccomm-nd as one
! of the most profitable investments in the market.
1 Hold and Government Securities taken in pay
! mint at their market value, without commissions,
l'ainphiet*. with maps giving full information,
sent on amplication.
D ABNEY, MORGAN & CO.,
No. 53 Exchange Place, N. Y.
M. K. JESUP & CO.,
6aug3m No. 12 Pine Street, N. Y.
p\CIFIC RAILWAY GOLl> LOAN.
Messrs. D ABNEY, MORGAN & Co., 53
Exchange Place, and M. K. jEsrp&Co.
12 Pine Street, N. Y., offer for pale the
Bonds of the Kansas Pacific Railway.
These Bonds pay seven per cent, in Gold;
have thirty years to run; are secured by a
Land Grant of Three Million Acres of the
Finest Lands in Kansas and Colorado. In
addition to this special graot the Company
also owns Three Millions of Acres in Kan
sas. which are being rapidly sold to develop
the country and improve the road. They
are a first mortgage upon the extension
of the road from Sheridan, Kansas, to Den
ver. Colorado. The road in operation now
earns more than enough net income to pay
the interest on the iieic loan. There is no
better security in the market—this being in
some respects better than Government Se
curities. Principal and Interest payable
in, Gold. Price 00, and accrued Interest,
in Currency. Pamphlets, Maps and Cir
eulars furnished on application.
13aug3m
Dlt. GEO. C. DOUGLAS will give prompt
attention to all pioleseional business sub
mitted to Ins car e.
Especial attention given to obstetrics, dis
eases of women, and all chronic diseases.
Residence at Mj. VVashabaugh's. Oliiee op
posite ISQCIRKR building. OHice hours from
10 to II A. M. and -} t.. 5 P M. ~,.13
J W. KNOX,
BUILDER OF FIRST-CLASS
LIGHT AND HEAVY WAGONS,
Invites attention to his stock of finished wairons
and seasoned wood works. Shop one-halt mile
west of Bedford. 27aug
§RAL ESTATE.
RJPWO FARMS AFPRIVATE BALR
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP REAI
ESTATE.
A FARM IN MORRISON'S COVE.
A SPLENDID FARM WITHIN TWO MILES
OF BEDFORD.
The subscriber will sell at private j'ale, on
very reasonable terms, and at reduced price*, the
following described, very valuable real estate, viz :
A TRACT OF LAND *ifafed in Morrison's
Cove, about one mile from Lafayettesville, and
four miles from Wood berry, in Mild © Woodberry
twp., containing 102 acres, more or less, about 45
acres cleared and under fence, with one arid a
half story log house, log barn, blacksmith shop
and other out builuing*. adjoin ng lands of Jackson I
Stuckey on the east, Christ. Kouhenderfer on the ;
north, John Kcagy on the west, and Ignatiue
Brant's heirs on the south. This can be made
one of the neatest and most pleasant little fartii
in the Cove with very iit tie expense. There is an
abundance of water, plenty ot truit and splendid
timber ujon it—all that is necessary to make it
desirable.
ALSO.
A MOST EXCELLENT TRACT OF LIME
STONE ANI) RIVER BOt'IOM LAND, within
two miles of Bedford, containing 226 acres, about
150 acres of which are cleared and in a high state
of cultivation and the balance well timbered.
There are excellent new buildings erected thereon
with a well of never failing water at the door.
There are two orchards of choice fruit upon it.
75 acres of meadow. (River Bottom) can be culti
vated with trifling expense. The upland is in a
good state ot cultivation, well set with clover and
under good fence. There II sufficient limber up OR
ir to pay for the fartn several times if thrown into
the Bedford market. Apply to
J. It. DURBOKKoW, Attorney at Law,
7maytf Bedford l'a.
yTALUABLE TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers offer at private sale the follow
ing valuable tracts of land, viz:
No. 1. The undivided half of a tract of land,
containing 227 acre, situate on the south-east
side of the Broad Top Mountain, lyiug partly in
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad
oining land* jo Samuel Danner, James Erin
hurst and Wish&rt's heirs. TWO VEINS OF
COAL, one 5J feet, the other 6£ feet in depth have
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract 0f220 acres near the abov j re
joining the same lands, and supposed o tor,tain
the same veins of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and a
half miles of the above tracts, lying on the North
side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tim
bered with oak and pine.
May 3,-tf. JOHN LUTZ.
TOTS AT PR IV ATE SALE.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A
HOME.
The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad
joining the CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling houses have already
been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
buy a cheap and most desirable Louie, as the lots
lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spt ing
Park, on the road, and not more than 120 yards
from the Spring, at the following low prices:
1. One-half acre lot with dwelling house and
other out-buildings, garden and fruit trees, an
the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash.
2. Half-acre lot S!SO, cash.
3. Half acre lot SIBO, cash.
4. Half acre lot $1 SO, cash.
5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon lor
SBSO, cash.
7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for S6OO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHN I UTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
150 FARMS FOR SALE
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
FROM JIM) TO 15.0(10 ACRES IN A FARM.
PRICES RANGE FROM iOcta. AN ACRE to S4O
The North Carolina Land Company have two
millions of acres of land which they are prepared
to sell at the lowest prices. These lands in the
aggrega e cover every variety of soil, and pro
duce in abundance every graiu and fruit known
to our country. They are the cheapest and the
best ever offered to emigrants. Parties desiring
to locate will be taken from New York to Raleigh
North Carolina and re'urn for $24 first class fare,
and for sl6 second class
Persons desiring to purchase will do well to call
on the undersigned agent of the company, and
examine descriptions of land" offered for sale.
J. R. DURBORROW,
Agent of North Carolina Land Company,
26junefim BEDFORD, PA.
Tjl OR SALE OR IKADET
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by 240,
formerly part of the Lyons' estate,
Two tracts of 160 acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Kail Road back of Quia
ha.
A tract of bottom land timbered and prarie
two miles from Omaha City.
One third of 7.000 acres in Fulton Crunty Pa
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO. Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock foi
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury Co., lowa.
80 " 41 Franklin •* lowa.
109 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, barn,
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, a farm of 107 acre* in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 houses,
stable and brick yard thereon.
0. E. SHANNON,
June 21,-tf Bedford, Pcnn'a.
pRIVATB PALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
The following lot of ground, situate in the town
of I)uncan-ville, Blair co., Pa., fronting on Main
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending back
180 feet, more or less, and having thereon erecied i
a large two story BKICK HOUSE, with base
luent and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Makex's Shop, frame stable
and other out-building*, with fruit of different
varieties on the lot. This would be a good stand
for a Tavern or B"ardii:g House, being conveni
ent. to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the
Railroad. The House is in good repair and very
pleasantly situated, with water at the door.
Also, A* lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate
I Spring, one mile from the town.of Bedford, with
a Log House thereon erected. Adjoining lands
of Chenowith, Auios, Shannon and others.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfelt farm, and convenient to good loads.
For further particulars apply 'o
JOHN LUTZ,
INQUIRER OFFICE,
or J. G. BKIUAHAM,
ISdectf Bedford, Pa.
A KM AT PRIVATE SALE.
The subscriber offers at private sale a good
farm of 102 acres, lying on the s uth side of Dry
Ritige. within 2$ miles ofthe lino of the Bedford
and Bridgeport Railroad, adjoining lands of Jos.
Ling, Leonard May, Peter F. Lehuian, Esq., and
other*. The improvements are a two story LOG
HOUSE with kitchen attached a log barn and
other outbuildings. The land is well watere u
having a good well and two never failing springs.
There is also a fine young apple orchard of 100
hearing tree*, besides cherries, plums, peaches
Ac Sixty acres are cleared and under fence and
the balance well timbered wi*h white and cnestuut
oak. A large quancity of Chestnut oak bark can
De cut on the laud and find a ready market, as
there are several tanneries in the n< ighborbood.
For further particulars address ABEAM KITCHKV,
West End, Bedford Co., Pa., or
JOHN LUTZ,
I9feb.tf Bedford, Pa.
E N D E RTOIFS
FRESH GROUND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
on band and for sale by
Ifioctly G. R. OSTER * UO.
-ileal {Jrstaif,
pUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
and PERSONAL PROPERTY.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
the subscriber will sell at public tale, on the
preinnte,
ON FRIDAY, THE 2irn day of OCTOBER,
' 800, all the Heal Estate, late of David Patterson,
deceased, in Bedford township, Bedford county,
nnd being
FIRST— -THE MANSION TRACT, containing
80 acre* and lt>6 perches and having thereon &
Stone Dwelling House, double Log Barn, two
Tenant Houses, and a large frame Grist MilL
This property is situated in the midst of a rich
agricultural country and the Mill is located upon
lb© Juniata river, a never failing stream of water.
SfcCiNO—A FINE FARM adjoining the above
containing acres and perches, ard having
thereon erected a Log House, Double Log Bern,
and other buildings. This farm is in a good
-tat© of cultivation and located in a pleasant
neighborhood—ii about two iniles from Bedford,
in nearly all cleared and under fence, and con
rains large quantities o Iron Ore.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, ail t v e PERSONAL
PROPERTY of deceased, not yet sold, consist
ing of Horses, Cattle, Grain of all kiode. wagon*,
plows, horse gears and all kinds of farming uten
sils.
TERMS OF SALE.—ReaI estate, one-third in
hand at continuation of sale and ba anco in two
equal annual payments without interest.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M.
JOHN CESSNA, Administrator
ITsep of estate of David Patter-on, dee'd
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.
ON MONDAY, NOV. Ist, 189, the undersign
ed, adtn'r of the estate of John B. Kochendarfer.
late of South Woodberry twp., dee'd, by virtue of
an order of tbe Orphans' Court of jßcdfoid county,
PH., wiil sell at public rale, on the premises, the
following described real estate, situate in the
township of South Wood berry, aforesaid, a (join
ing land*'of David Keplogle, Jacob Brumbaugh,
Jacob Speebt, D. I*. K r ei sole an 1 Samuel H.
Kochendarler, coutaing 60 acres and 142 perches,
runre or lees, about 50 acres cleated and under
fence, the remaining 12 acre* well timbered, with
a new two-story frame LO* HOUSE, new bank
barn with wagon shed and other out-buildings
thereon erected. There is a well of good water
and a GOOD APPLE ORCHARD thereon, also
a cistern at the houte and barn. iSale to com
mence at one o'clock, p. m., of said day, at which
time the terms will be made kn<>wn.
JACOB KOOHEXDARPER,
Bocfc Adui'rof John B. Kocbeodarfer, dee'd.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE of valeb e REAL
ESTATE. By virtue of an order of the Or
phan's Court the subscriber will offer at Public
Sale, on the premise-, ON THURSDAY. NOVEM
BER 4th, 1*69. alt the Real Estate la'e if George
Deitrich, dee'd. in Harrison Twp., Bedford Co.,
being A TRACT OF LAND lying aboti' three
quarters of a mile North East of Buffalo Mill* on
the line of the Bedford and Bridgeport Rat'r a i
containing 185 acres, more or leas, one hundred
j and twenty acres being cleared and under fence
! and in a good ste of cultivation, twenty acres
i being meadow, and the balance well timbered.
I with chestnut oak, black oak and white oak tun .
ber. The improvements are A TWO STORY
; LOG DWELLING HO USE, with kitchen at
( tached, a bank barn and other out-buildings, a
I 'a'gc apple orchard, a good supply of small fruits
i ana a good sugtr camp. The property is eonve
i nient to mill, churches and school houses. Sals
j to commence at one o'clock P. M. # of said day.
TERMS.—One third in ca-h and the balance in
two equal annual payments. Any person wishing
i to examine the property can do so by calling on
W iiliaui Deitrich, on the premises.
DAVID MILLER.
Soct Administrator.
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER!
| NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP!
The subscribers will sell all that tine farm in
Bedford township, containing 18G acres, 9.5 of
which are cleared and under excellent fence, and
the balance. 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
. lands of Charles llelsel. John Schnebly, and oth
ers. The buildings are a two and a half story
LOG HOUSE and BANK BARN, with other
out-buildings thereon erected. Water in every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill s eat. A splen
did apple crchard also thereon. Price I4UOO.
TERMS: One third in baud and the balance in
three anuual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ,
June 21, ! S67:tf Real Estate Agent.
PROCLAMATION.
V_/ To thr Coruner, the Justices of the Peace, and
Constables in the different Townships in the
j County of Bedford. Greeting: KNOW rE, that in
pursuance of a precept to me directed, under the
j hand and seal of the Hon. ALEXANDER KING,
President of the several Courts of Common Pleas,
i in the 16th District, consisting of the counties of
' Franklin. Fulton, Bedford and Somerset, and by
j virtue ot his office of the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and General Jail Delivery for the trial of
capital and other offenders therein, arid the Gen
eral Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace: aud
G. W.Gcmf and WILLIAM G. EIOHOLTZ, Judges
of the same Court in the same County of Bedford,
You and each of you. are hereby required to be
and appear in your proper persons with your Re
cords. Recognizances. Examinations, and other
Remembrances, before the Judges aforesaid, at
Bedford, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer ani
Genera! Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of
the peace therein to be holden for the county of
Bedford, aforesaid, on the 3d Monday of Nov.,
being the. 15fA day, 1669, a* 10 o'clock :n the fore
noon of that day, there and then to do those
things to wh.ch your several offices appertain.
Given under my hand and seal the 15th day of
October, in the year of our Lord, 1869.
ROBERT PTECKMAN,
Sheriff's Office, ) Sheriff
Bedford, Oct 15, 1869. j 4w
QOOD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS !
| THE following kinds of
' T H E S II I N G M A C II INKS
CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA
CHINE SHOP OF
P. H. SHIRES, BEDFORD, PA.
TU Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-POW
ER Threshicf Machines with all the latest and
best improvements.
ONE AND TWO-HORSE POWERS.
The Two-horee Machine with two horses and
fourhands will thresh from 100 to 123 bushels of
wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day.
ONE-BOBBEMACHINEB
with three hands, will thresh from SO to T5 bush
P*r day.
Two and four-horse TUMRLING SHAFT Ma.
•bines, also, four-horse STRAP MACHINES,
STRAW SHAKERS ofthe mo-' approved kind at
tached to all Machines.
ALL MACHINES WARRANTED.
REPAIRING of all kinds of Machines done on
the shortest notice.
Sk.HORSES, PIG METAL, GRAIN and
LI" M BER taken in payment.
fciJ-Earmers' wanting Machines, will do well to
give me a caii.
PETER K. SHIRES,
Proprietor and 3ftinu/'ac'
A GOOD INVESTMENT.—A home and two
tote for note in the town of Hopewell.
The subscriber oilers at private sale lots No.
31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell. Bedford
county Pa. There is a food TWO STORY
PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. The
two lots adjoin each other and will be sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the subscriber at Uedfurd Pa,
nostf JOHN LUTZ.
\\ T ANTED.—AGENTS to sell a thoroughly
It domestic article, wanted in every family.
Exc'usive terriiory given. Business plea-ant and
respectable. One ugFnt sold 361) in one small
town: one. IDOO in five towns; one, 31 in calling
on 33 fatni ies: another. 36 per day for days in
succession, upon which he made sl2 per day: and
others do cquallv as well. Send for eircular.
' LITTLEF!ELD A DAME.
17-ep!t 102 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
poll SALE.
Two dwelling Houses with valuable lots appur
tenant thereto, in Boydstown. Terms easy. In
quire of
J. \V. LINGENFBLTRR,
Soct.tf Bedford, Pa.
4 ROHITECTCKE.
General and detailed plans and drawings, for
churches and other public building, private resi
dences Ac., furnished short notice and at rea
sonable prices. C. N. HICKOK.
29janly Bedford, Pa.
£>rCKLING & FAMILY VINEGAR,
Superior White Wine & Cider \ iuegar,
of FINE FLAVOR, STHESGTB ASD PURITY.
For sale by (i. R. OSI ER 4 CO.
20atlg3'O
MARRIAGE CERTIFCATES.—On hand and
for sale at the Inquirer office, a floe assort
ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and
Justices shou'd have them.
N'OTICE. —All persons having unsettled ac
counts Wilh Dr. W'M. H. WaTSON, dee'd,
are hereby notified to call upou the undersigned
bxecutor and settle the same without delay.
Jseptf. WM. WATSON. Esccutor.
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, Rt 25 cents
per novel, at the Inquirer Book Store, t!