fcVbforb Inquirer. I KDFORD, FA., FfiIDAT, DEC. 11, 1860. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The message was sent to our readers last week before wc had time to read it or com ment upon it. It is a document that will add to the popularity of the President. The argument of the special pleader tad the harangue of the political demagogue fiud no place in it. Its merit consists in its mat ter of fact, plain, straightforward style of treating every subject to which the Presi ident felt it his duty to call the attention of Congress. Each question is stated briefly and distinctly and the opinion of the Presi dent is so plainly expressed that no one is left ID doubt. These are considerations of the very first importance in official docu ments, and few, if any, previous messsages have possessed them in a higher degree. Again the message is in full accord with the spirit and principles of the party in pow er, and gives us the assurance that its good common sense will be practically carried out by the legislative branch of the Govern mcnt. If any one has feared that the Pres ident would be found wanting on the Re construction question his bold and righteous recomtncndation in regard to the Georgia Legislature will certainly set all their fears at rest. The recommendation in regard to the currency and resumption of specie pay ments cannot but meet the hearty approval of all who have not disregarded the teach ings of experience and the facts of history both in our own and other countries. Those who have most deeply studied the history of finance and the efforts of other nations to re sume, under similar circumstances, are fully assured that we are approaching specie pay ments as fast as is either advisable or prac ticable, if we wish resumption to be perma nent when it does come. In fact all that part of the message in reference to the finances is franght with the suggestions of practical common sense and stands in mark ed contrast wiili the fanciful theories of our would be financiers. Repudiators will fed small encouragement, when they find the executive placing first of all on onr li.-t of imperative duties the necessity for "strict integrity in fulfilling all our obligations;" and those, who hoped to find our chief mag istrate upholding cas'e, will scarcely relish the assurance that second only to our finan cial good faith is placed the imperative duty "to secure protection to the pa son and prop erty of the citizen of the I hited States in each mid every portion of our copvmon CMB j try, wherever he may choose io more, without reference to original nationality, religion, color or politics, demanding of him only obedience to the laics and proper respect for ike rights of others.'" The emphatic and special recommendation to abolish the Franking Privilege (abuse it were better called) will meet the hearty approval of every' honest man. Wc hope to see Con gress act promptly on this important recom mendation. There is but one point upon which the message diverges from a policy that all must approve—the recommenda tion to increase the salaries of certain offi cials. It is no doubt true that the salaries of such officers as judges of the Supreme Court and a few others are not commensa rate with the ability required nor the duties exacted by their positions; yet they are suf ficient to maintain them in comfort as long as they are content to live in that Rcpubli-1 ean simplicity that should characterize the officials of a Democratic government. Be sides, the expense of living, which had largely increased during the war, is now rap idly declining and each day the necessity for increased salaries on that account becomes less. This is certainly not the time to in crease the salaries of public officers. With this single exception we think the message in full accord with the w. :.is and wishes of the great mass of the people of all parties. If the legislation of the Congress just assem bled meets the approval of ail classes as well as the message, it will be the most popular that has ever yet assembled at the National Capital. It has been a long time since Con gress, President and people have so nearly coincided in their \iewsof public policy, and we hope it 5t.,,11 not be our lot to record any change in this respect for a long time to conic. We des'rj no more gratifying task than to contrast present harmony with past discord. Surely things augur well for the peace and prosperity of our whole country. THE TARIFF IN CONGRESS. President Grant exhibited both good judgment and sound sense in adVising no interference with the tariff at present, nor until the funding of the debt at a lower rate of interest had been accomplished. The tariff is the least burihcnsome and least expensive form of collecting revenue, while it at the same time is made to foster and build up our manufacturing and agri cultural industries. Wc hope Congress will heed the advice ol the President and if it is found at all advisable, to reduce the revenue, which we think very doubtful, lot it be done iu the Internal Revenue de partment, where, it will lighten the bar thens of die people directly and where the expense of collection is heaviest. No grea ter calamity could befall our country at present than such a redaction of the tariff as would prostrate our industry. In no period of our history has our whole coun try known snch industrial activity and such rapid progress in wealth and strength as in the past six or seven years under our present protective tariff. It would be an unpardonable blunder, and little less than industrial suicide to interfere with or ma terially reduce the rates of a tariff that has brought us such extraordinary prosperity in so short a space of time. We trust Con gress will hesitate long before it in anyway interferes with our present tariff rates. THE Tribune is still advocating a reduc tion of the duty on coal. As it can do no body any good, and may do much harm, we do hope Greeley will ecase his inconsistency and stand up squarely for protection to coal as well as every other interest that requires the fostering care of government. Nothing ean be more silly than the advocacy of the reduction of the duty on coal, because the anthracite operators combined, some time ago, to raise the price of that article, as ev ery ono knows that no anthraeite coal is im ported and that a reduction of the duty could in no way interfere with the profits of the anthraeite business. Consumers of Coal at that time turned to the bituminous coal operators for relief and obtained it, and now they would show their gratitude by redu cing the duty on soft coal and injuring the business of the operators from whom they sought and obtained relief in their time of trouble. Let usjaear no more of the reduc tion of the duty on coal: it ean only work mischief. THE Fenians in Ireland are still turbulent, giving the British Government so much trouble that the habeas corpus is likely to be suspended and additional troops to be sent theie in order to preserve peace and quiet. THE Post Office Department is again ex ercising its inventive ingenuity in devising a new series of postage stamps, which like all former ones is to be '"more appropriate and elegant in all respects than any hitherto is sued by any nation in the world." As near as we are able to judge, from former efforts in this direction, the department is already suffering from inventive debility caused by over exertion in getting up the present miser able failure in the shape of stamps. Won't they have the goodness to spare ns, yet awhile, from any further infliction in the way of abortive efforts at malting a respectable stamp. REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEFT. — Governor Geary in his proclamation on the Uth, shows that Two Millions Eighty-eight Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars of the Public Debt for the year end ing the 30th November, 1869, has been paid by the Commissioners —$1,725,587,97 inter est, and $362,762.0* of the principal. Thus we see that under a Republican administra ♦ion the public debt of the Keystone State is rapidly decreasing every year. Great credit is due to the officers of the State who have had charge of her finances. GENERAL SHERIDAN poured a full broad side into the ranks of Copperheadism the other day at Cincinnati. " The man that is good enough to share my dangers on the battle-field, as willing to die there, if need be, as myself, is good enough to stand up beside mo and vote." That is a pretty bit ter pill for the men who skeedaddled to Can ada and left the negro to fight their conn try's battles. If Sheridan's opinion is of any value he thinks the negro that wore the "blue" possesses a better clahn to the bal lot than any skulking Copperhead. HON 1). J. MORRELL has prepared a bill for funding the national debt at a lower rate of interest and to adopt a system of free banking which is meeting with much favor and will no doubt be adopted before the Session closes. The first will lighten the public burthens and improve the public credit, and the second will promote the public prosperity more than any other single act that Congress can pass. We hope to see both become laws at an early day. Great diversity of opinion exists upon the question of extending the Income tax. Some advocate its utter abolition, some a redueiion of the rates and others the exemp tion of all under two thousand dollars in stead of one thousand as at present. It is impossible to predict at present what the result will be when it comes up for decision. The (Ecumenical Council assembled at Rome on the Sth inst. Some of the most eminent Bishops will oppose the dogma of the Papal infallibility. Demonstrations have occurred, both for and iu opposition to the Council, in France and Spain. THE British show a disposition to re-open ncgotiatious on the Alabama claims. The President's message may afford them a few hints on that subject when they approach it again, THF. proposition to grant government subsidies to American lines of ocean steamers is meeting with much favor as one of the most effective measures for re storing American commerce. IT is predicted that the Suez canal will prove a failure as a financial enterprise, how ever successful it may prove as a commer cial one. THE Cardiff giant has been transported to New Y'oik, but scientific men persist in treating him as a humbug of the first magni tude. THE Spanish gunboats have been releas ed, the Peruvian minister having withdrawn his objections, before the matter came up for discussion in the courts. THE Havana papers predict that brown sugar wiil be worth forty cents per jround before another year. Xl,lst CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. SENATE. The Senate met on Monday Dec. Cth at noon, with fifty-five members present. Sen ator Grimes' resignation was received, and Mr. Lot M. Morrill from Maine was sworn in. Credentials of Virginia Senators were presented and laid on the table. In the House, delegates from New Mexico, Wash ington Territory, Wyoming and Montana were sworn in and presented. A bill to pro vide for taking the census, and one to re lease pork and beef packers from tax as manufacturers, were introduced. On the 7th in Senate Mr. Sumn r, of Massachu setts, introduced a bill to amend the Bank ing act and to promote the return to specie payments. It repeals the limitation of the amount of national bank notes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to i-sue addi tional notes, equal in amount to the green backs retired, but not to exceed fifty mil lions ycailv. In the House the time was spent in dis cu-smg the President's message. In the Seuuio on the Sth, the joint resolution for the relief of persons engaged in the lale re bellion, providing that upon the final adop tion of the Fifteenth Amendment all disa bilities shall cease, was taken up and dis cussed. In the House, the bill to provide for taking the Ninth Census, to fix the number of members of the House of Repre sentatives, and provide for their future ap- I ort ion went among the States, was taken up and discussed the remainder of the day. Nothing of importance nor particular in terest was done in the Senate on the 9th, quite a number of bills were introduced and discu-sed. but no action taken. After the morning hour, the whole of the day was spent in the House in discussing the census bill. A great diversity of opinion exists among the members as to the proper mode of taking it, the Democrats thinking they ought to have a share of the spoils. The Senate had no Session on the 10th. In the House the following bills were in troduced : One to establish uniform naturalization throughout the United States. One to repeal the law requiring farmers to take out license to sell their own products from stalls or stands. One for the sale of coin in the treasury except an amount necessary for payment on bonds. One to provide for the sale of all the eoin in the treasury except such as may be necessary for the payment of the interest on bonds. One for a reduction of the expenses of obsequies of Congressmen. And one instructing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into the condi tions under which the French cable company holds its concession from the French govern ment to connect its telegraph by the French shore, and whether there is any restriction or reservation in such concession that is prejudicial to the rights of the Government or the people of the United States, etc. The House went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and re sumed the consideration of the census bill. Mr. Kelley wanted to strike out of the 4th section the proviso, that in any city com prising more than one Congressional dis trict. the Secretary of the Interior may ap point one district superintendent, instead of one for each Congressional district. After considerable discussion the proviso was stricken out Mr. Lawrence offered an amendment au thorizing the Secretary of tho Interior, at his discretion, to call for the statistics now on schedules. Mr. Seofield moved a test question, tbat the enacting clause of the bill be stricken out. The House rejected the amendment by a decided vote. Mr. Ward presented a petition, signed by seventy-two thousand citizens of the State of New York, asking Congress to accord belligerent rights to the people of Cnba, and to recognize their independence. He asked that it be read. Mr. Farosworth and others objected to the reading. Mr. Ward then withdrew the petition, announcing that he would on Monday move to suspend the rules so as to have it read. A motion to adjourn till Monday was re jected and the House at 3:45, adjourned till to-morrow. To morrow came, but nothing of con sequence was done. In the House on the 13th Mr. Dawes moved that the Committee on Accounts be directed to report what money had been drawn from the House contingent fund during the vacation. Agreed to. Mr. Davis, asked to call up the resolution asking the President what farther legisla tion is necessary to secure better neutrality in case of war between the European counties and the American colonies. Lost. Mr. Ward, of New York, asked permis sion to present a petition from citizens of New York praying for the recognition of Cuban independence. The rules were sus pended and the petition referred to the Committee on Foreign Affa'rs. Mr. Paine offered a resolution denying tho legality of the law of 1846 retroceding the city of Alexandria to the State of Virginia, and denying the claims of Louis M'Kenzie to a seat in Congress from the Eiventh district of that State, because the citizens of Alexandria county were not citizens of Virginia, and therefore have no right to vote for member of Congress. The resolution was objected to. Mr. Cox, of New York, presented a petition from A Walker and others, ask ing that coal be admitted free of duty. It was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The House then went into committee-of the whole and took up the census bill, during the debate on which the House ad journed. NEGRO RISING IN CUBA. Discovery of the I'lot—Brutal Torture of the. Victims —Flogging Extraordinary— The Details—Progress of the IFur. By the steamer De Soto, jnst arrived from Havana, the following letter has been received in this City, viz. : MACOIIJES, NOV. 29, 1869.—0n the Ist of Dext month 4f | October, 1779, between Hog Island and the Jersey shore, in Delaware Bay, has lately been raised and a number of relies tken from tlic bulk. Submarine workers were employed, chains were passed beneath the old frame, and attached to canal boats on either side. Tbe latter were partially filled with water, the cables passing under the hull of the wreck were tighhtcned. and the water pumped out of the boats. The latter becoming buoyant rose up, and with tlem the remains of the Augusta, which wore finally towed to Gloucbester. Among the articles taken from the hulk are three ♦ld fashioned guns, a number of skulls, rem nants of the ill fated British; sixty tons of shot, used in the smooth here cannon of the time; a great quantity of Kestlidge ballast, consisting of blocks ol cast irou, and a large number of relics, which will be highly priz ed. Among these were a silver spear, marked "H. W.. 1748, a fat old bull's eye watch, with its works eaten up by rust, a number of guineas with a raised profile of George 111., and some silver coin dated 1760. The frame of the Augusta is of Irish oak, and the wood is sound and proof against decomposition. This vessel was one of the fleet, the Age the Rotinick and the Mestim being her con serts, that attempted tbe bombardment of Philadelphia in 1779.— Exchange. Sad Drowning Case In Chester—Two Young I'eople Break Through the Ice—They Die in Each Other's Arms. CHESTER, DEC. 13. On Saturday af ternoon last the-ity of Chester was thrown into a condition of sad but intense excite ment by the sudden and unexpected taking away of two niueh-loved ami highly respec ted young people, well known residents of this city, named respectively Miss Mattie Irwin and Herman Cocheran. Within the cemetery in this neighborhood is a small lake, in winter used as a skating park. Miss Irwin and Mr. Cocheran proceeded to the lake accompanied by a little girl, and glided out upon the ice. Just as the young couple had reached the deepest portion ol the lake, the ice broke beneath them, and both were precipitated into the water. Before aid could be brought to their assistance they had disappeared beneath the ice. Kvery effort was made by those who had been at tracted to the spot to save them, but owing to the rotten condition of the ice, and the want of ropes or other material, it was nearly an hour before the bodies were recovered from the water. When found they were tightly locked in each other's arms. The affair has cast a gloom over the entire city.— Jlarriubnrg Patriot. EROM NEW YOKH. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—1t is rumored that a Vigilance Committee has been or ganized iu this city, strong in numbers, and entitled "Law and Order Regulators." The object is said to be the execution of sum-, tnary justice on the roughs, who escape punishment through political influence, and also that some of the local authorities, in cluding certain judges, are under the notice of the "Regulators." A large quantity of arms were shipped yesterday from the Fenian headquarters in this city. Destination unknown. A large crowd was attracted to the Dela ware Iron Works, yesterday, by the report that some of the Spanish gunboats were about to leave. They are not yet quite ready, but the work is progressing with great rapiditv. Eighteen of tbevesscls will proceed to Cuba in a short time. Scnor Roberts, the Spanish Minister, arrived here from Washington, yesterday and the gun boats were informally turned over to him by the Government authorities. They will be cleared for Cuba on Tuesday. OPIUM SMUGGLING. — The San Francisco Bulletin says: "United States Appraiser Bridge has discovered, to-day one of the most ingenious methods of opium smuggling yet revealed, at this post. A lot of right bales of what appeared to be a dried medi cinal root, received on the steamer America, was found to conceal a large quantity of opium, disguised by the inspissated extract being poured upon tbe roots, where it took on the red, dusty color and appearance of the latter, and seemed to be a part of a general mass, somewhat softened, and show ing when broken, or pulled apart, a similar fracture. The whole lot was consigned to Tuck Kee. who will lose considerably by this attempt to 'play roots' on Uncle Sam." The Texas Election. NEW ORLEANS, Dec.—ll.—A dispatch from Texas states that returns of the election in that State from sixty one counties give Davis, Republican candidate for Goveraer, 9,097 majority. Twenty out of the sixty one counties gave majorities for tbe Hatnil ton ticket. GALVESTON, DEC. 12'.—Returns receive! from 13 additional counties all give majori ties forllamilton, aggregating 1,970, leaving Davis a majority, a< far as heard from, of 7,107. Flanigan, Radical, is elected Lieu tenant Governor. A large majority of the Legislature are Radicals. REDUCTION OF INTEREST.— The reduc tion of the rat* of interest on a national debt is not a novelty. In 1822 the state of the English money market induced the then minister of finance to reduce tbe interest on one hundred and fifty-six million pounds of the British national debt from five to four per cent. The holders of less than a fiftieth part of the whole sum objected. The sav ing to the public was one million two hun dred and thirty thousand pounds a year. This process having thus succeeded, it was further proposed, in 1823, to reduce the four per cent, interest on seventy five mil lion pounds to three and a half per cent, per annum. In the year 1834 the fonr per cent, interest on the one hundred and fifty six million pounds first mentioned above was reduced to three and a half per cent., which saved over six hundred thousand pounds a year more. And in 1843 the whole of the funds which bore an interest of three and a half per cent., (two hundred and fifty mil lion pounds out of the full debt of seven hundred and sixty million pounds,) was re duced to three percent,, and the holders of this stock to the amount of only two hun dred thousand pounds were the sole dissen tients. The English debt is mostly at tbree but part of it is at two and a half per cent. The same process of reducing the rate of interest has been applied to the French debt, i ITERS. A Brooklyn gentleman has invented a sys tem of language whereby conversation ntay be carried on by the sense of touch. It is intended for Uto by deaf and dumb, and may be denominated the "Mute's Whis per." Point hundred children in the Manchester m iils have been made to comply with the law of New Hampshire which requires them to go to school a certain part or the year. An evening school has been opened for the buiefit of those whose labor is necessary for their own and parents' support, and is at tended by two hundred scholars. THE Boston Advertiser repoits that at Mchiasport, Mo., in the harbor opposite the wharves, there is frequently an uphcc val. by some power altogether unknown, of vast quantities of water, mud and stones, to the distance of many feet, and with a furious rushing noise. This phenomenon has oc curred quite a number of timesduiing the summer, and one as late as a mouth ago. THE original of the expressions, "a wheel within a wheel," and "grind the faces of tho poor," are in the Scriptures. The tenll) verse of the tenth chapter of Ezekiel TOads as follows: "And as for their ap pearances they four had one likeness, as if awheel had been in the midst of u wheel," ad in Isaiah iii., 14, we read, "What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor?" THE building of theComiuercial Exchange Association, in Philadelphia, erected on the site of the old Penn Mansion, was destroy ed by fire on the 7th ins'., from the fall of a large chandelier, and the escape and igni tion of a great volume of gas. The build ing cost $230,000. Many persons in the building at the tfnie the fire began narrowly escaped death, some of them by jumping from a secoud story window. Dr. GEO. W. STONE, of Warren Centre, l'enn., writes to the Scientific American favoring the idea that the Onondaga fossil is, indeed, a giant. He says: "As plaster or gypsum is common in that region, petri factions in that locality would, of course, partake of the nature of gypsum. I have never seen the stone giant above referred (0, but it would take more than I have yet seen to convince me that it is not a fossil man." IN tho Alabama Legislature on Tuesday it became necessary to elect a President of the Senate pro tern. The only negro in the Senate numed Royal, and of course a radi cal, courteously Dominated the only white democrat, whose narno was Worthy. Wor thy declined the nomination and voted for his dark eotnplexioned friend, Royal. This was certainly a Royal and Worthy c >inpro mi-e as well as a very interesting affair iu the Alabama of to-day. Mr. JOSEPH M. KALLMANN, a Glasgow engineer, has invented an serial steam ma chine, which has been experimented with very successfully. It moves with wings, and is intended to rise into the air after a short race on terra fir ma, drawing behind it the tank carriage; it is to be of 120 horse bower, and is to weigh 8,000 pounds com plete. The tender is to carry ten hoars' supply of water; and with this tender and three cars the machine is intended to make fifty-.-ix miles per hour. ON the New Jersey Railroad a conductor put a passenger off the train for the want of twenty-five cents to pay his fare; and now the company pays to the mams widow— killed by that expulsion—five thousand dollars. No doubt the conductor's severity was forced by the regulations of the com pany. There is probably some rule by which in such cases the passenger's fare, if he were allowed to remain iu the cars, would be deducted front the conductor's pay. The company now finds how much that sort of severe economy costs. MAKING PEGS.—A pegging factory at Wilton, Missouri, is doing a lartre business, leaking the ribbon machine pegs. It is a great curiosity to see the manufacture. A white birch log. six feet long is put into a lathe, and ten ktiive- take off ribbons as the log rapidly revolves, just as one would un roll a ribbon. A few inom. Nts suffice to cut a log into ribbons. Each ribbon is then run through two revolving knives, which reduce one side of tbe ribbon to a sharp edge. The ribbons are wound on a reel, aud are then ready for use, after being dried. ScRAN TON, De. 10. —List evening, about du.-k, a sad accident occurred to three children of Mathias Noll, residing on Washington avenue, who were playing in the cinders dumped from the rolling mill. By some means the little ones got into the burning cinders, and before the arrival of assistance one of them was burned to death, and the other two were badly burned about the feel aud legs. At every step of the children in trying to extricate themselves, their little feet sank ahnost to the knees in • he burning embers. MR. IIILL, of New Jersey, has introdu ced a bill in Congress for the abolition of the franking privilege. The cost of the franking swiudle is §5,000,000 per annum, and it will be augmented annually until it destroys the life of the postal service, ft is one ofthe most gigantic abuses in the coun try, and may be termed with perfect propri ety a huge swindle. Congress can be occu pied with no question of more importance to the interest of the public than this, and we hope Mr. Hill will earnestly urge his bill at every opportunity, and bring the mcm beis to the record, that the country may see who are in favor of perpetuating this mon strous national swindle. A SAD LETTER. —One of the saddest let ters is that written by the mother of Her bert Field to Vanderpool, his supposed murderer, at Manistee, Michigan. After accusing and upbraiding him in the most agonized manner, she asks: 4 "l)id Herbert speak my name, 'mother.'after you struck j him the first blow? Hid he live many minutes? Was he alive when you threw him into tho water?" The effect of these graphic questions upon the murderer's mind may only be emagined. But further the desolate mother says. "Don't you dare to ever put ou one of bis shirts you stole, or use one of his hem-stitchcd handkerchiefs, or anything that belongs to him." ORIGIN OF THE OPERA.— The opera originated in Italy. Thence it found its way all over Europe, being first exclusively performed for the amusement of royal courts. Cardinal Marsaran was its patron aud introduced it into France, and Handel first put it on the English stage. It is in oratorio, however, that Handel's fame will l>c handed down through the generations. Christopher Gluek, a Bohemian, born in 1714, is to be credited with having brought opera to perfection. In 1702 he produced "Orpheo" at Vieona, and "Aloeate" in 1770 —both his own creations. He estab lished Freneh opera in Paris, while Handel did the same thing in England. Pieini was (Buck's great opponent., and stoutly upheld Italian opera against (Buck's French pro ductions. The works of Pieini are forgottcu, but those of Gluck still live. TSIE recent examination and repair of the tomb of King Henry VII. at Westminister Abbey, has led to the discovery that the oxidation of iron in buildings, even though the metal be covered by masonry, is in creased by the employment of copper bolts to secure the plates in position. The slow formation of oxide in thisca.sc had acted as an irresistable wedge, riving the fabric asunder, and threatening the entire over throw of this noble monument. The dan gerous metal has now been replaced by piates of copper; and the tomb has been re stored to its original beauty, but the lesson as to the conduct of iron when included in masonry or in mortar, even under circum stances presumably most favorable to the exclusion of air, is not one of which any prudent architect, or engineer will lose sight IT has recently been discovered that the springs of chronometers and watches, which arc constructed of steel, are frequently mag netic. Steel is at all times liable to become magnetized from causes beyond man's con trol. Watch makers are advised to test their springs as to magnetism by placing them near to a very small and truly-balanced mariner's compass. If the spring exhibits in none of its circumference any tendency to move to one pole of the compass more than the other, it may be considered free from .magnetic influence; on the other hand, ifthe North pole moves to one part and the South pole to the other, the spring is decidedly useless; for in whatever position the time keeper may be placed with such a spring, it vrill be affected by the earth 1 s magnetism. The National Finances. WASHINGTON, DOC. 12.—The Treasury Department held on Saturday noon, SIOB,- 065,862 in coin, ofwhich $37,083,840 were coin deposits, leaving a coin balance, belong ing to the Government of $70,082, 022. There was also a balance of $13,066,833. This shows a heavy gain since the first, not withstanding the light internal revenue re ceipts and the largo purchases ol bonds. THE Chicago Tribune announces the dis covery of the bones of a tnaetoden, or some other hueh creature, at the town of Milton, Dupage County, 111. The bones were found by a Mr. Horace Jones when digging for a well. lie was assisted by his neighbors in excavating after the discovery of the first huge portion of the fossil. Among the re mains are the bones of the fore leg; which, when joined togeiher at the evident june tions. measure 10 feet iu length. The shoulder bone or blade, a solid picoe of bone, measures 10 inches by 12 in its superficial dimensions. Four ribs were found, all of wliicb were more or less decayed at the ends. One measures 4 feet, and another 4 fett 3 inches in length. A number of huge bones, believed to be_ sections of the spine near its connection with the head, contain cavities large enough to admit a man's hand & artn. Smaller bones were picked up, some of them supposed to be the bones of the fee'. These detached joints were the rizis of a man's fist VAL.CE OF ALASKA. —Gen. Thomas has been to Alaska, and what does he find that we have for our seven millions and more of sterling coin? Ice and snow, of course, and a few abandoned cou! mines, the care of a few hundreds or thousands of degraded Aleut and Kolosbe Indiana, most of whom "seem to have no control over their passion for strong drink," ai d several millions of seals which, to be vro'th anything, must be protected by a garrison of from two to three hundred men with ar. venue steamer at a cost that will probably far exceed all the revenue that will he derived from them. As to ever settling the countiy. GtD. Thomas, looking at it with the business eye of a soldier, thinks that to be entirely out of the question—for the present, at least. The well stocked gardens* and tropical ver dure of which we have heard so much dwindle into a few radishes, potatoes and lettuce, with barley, oats and wheat that will not ripen. Perhaps some one would like to take the elephant off our bands—we might be induced to sell. THE Pall Mall Gazette of Nov. 23 states that an insurrection against the Turkish Government, produced ostensibly by similar causes to those which gave rise to the Dal matian outbreak, his taken place among the Arabs of Mesopotamia. Turkey is now reorganizing her army on the Kuropean model, and the Arabs refuse to submit to the conscription, which has been ordered in the Mahometap districts that have been hitherto exempted from compulsory military service. Some slight disturbances were caused by this order in Albania and Ana tona a few months ago; but the Arab insur rection seems to be a much more serious matter judging by the strength of the troops which have been sent to subdue it. Accor ding to the last jiccounts, the Arabs have not only beaten and driven away the recruit ing sergeants, hat have addressed a formal declaration to the Governor of Bagdad, in forming him that they are determined en tirely to liberate themselves from the Tur kish rule. Several battles have taken place between the troops and the insurgents, but the fatter still hold their ground, and are, it is said, threatening Bagdad. ALEXANDRA, Princess of Wales, has un fortunately contracted a limp from rheu matism; and now, as we hear, the liege ladies of England have taken to limping too, and "halt!" is the latest command given by fashion. That the "Alexandra limp" will find its way hither ere long is a thing to be expected, and, iudeed, it is stated to have already made its appearance on the fash ionable promenades of New York. The de sired limp is obtained simply by wearing shoes with heels of unequal bight, and the deformity thus produced is no greater than that which characterizes the "Grecian bend." The fashion, of course, will lead to a modification of most of our present dances and the invention of new ones. Lopsided waltzes will have to be devised, and in doing the "German" crutches will probably corne to be the proper thing. As the skating season is at hand, it would be a neat idea j to carry out the "Alexandra limp" on joe. We have had ever so many good things "on ice" already, and why not the limp?" The j girls of the period are capable of acting on j any of these suggestions, and they should by all means begin to have their balmorals altered at once, if not their morals. IN April, ]Bf>7, a family consisting of a man, bis wife, and their -even daughters, removed from Ohio to the Big Woods Farm, about 60 miles from St. Paul in Minnesota; the father snd mother being invalids. All the work of the farm, the clearing, and grubbing the land, the fencing, sowing, planting, cultivating, harvesting, taking care of the stock, and all other work, ex cepting splitting the rails, and breaking an! plowing the cleared land was performed by the seven sisters. Their efforts have met with untooked for success, showing what gentle, modest women can accomplish when impelled by filial affection and a sense of duty. Of their crop of last year, besides what was consumed in the fanny, they sold 900 bushels of potatoes 500 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of wheat, 250 bushels of turnips, 200 bushels of beets, 1,100 beads of cabbage, i and over §2OO worth of garden stuff. The j potatoes they sold for 50 cents per bushel. In the course of a conversation on the ! management, of this model farm, the mother, a line-looking old lady, remarked : "The i girls are not proud of the hard work they 1 have had to do to got the farm started, but j they are not ashamed of it. We were too poor to get together and live in a town. We 1 could not make a living there, hut here we have become comfortable and independent. We have tried to give the girls a good education. They all read and write, and find a little lime to read books and papers." rpOWER HALL!! NEW STYLES FALL & WINTER CLOTHING. Our Slock is unusually full and complete, comprising many entirely netc and dcsirahle styles of goods manufactured into MEN'S, VOl THS* nnd ROYS' READY-MADE GARMENTS of nil kind ft, ntyle* and sizc.H. The most stylish goods, ait in the latest fashion as well as plainer and more moderate styles, suited to all tastes, and better in ' STYLE, FIT and WORKMANSHIP, than any other stock of READY MADE CLOTHING in Philadelphia. Also a choice selection of NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS IN THE PIECE. '.'ltich trill he made tip to order in the lIEST and FINEST MAN if EE for thoee icho prefer. ALL PRICES GUARANTEED LOWER THAN THE LOWEST ELSEWHERE. AND FULL SATIS FACTION GUARANTEED EVERY PUR CHASER IN ALL CASKS. OR THE SALE CANCELLED ANI) MONEY REFUNDED. Tif Sample of material tent by mail when de sired, for garments either ready made or made to order. Hallway between ( BEXNET & Co., FIFTH AND TOWER IIALL, SIXTH STS. ( 518 MARKET Sr., PHILADELPHIA, AND GOO BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 22oct3m M. BLYMYER & CO. WILL INTRODUCE THIS SEASON several new patterns of cd OK mo, PARLOR, and HEATING STOVES, which they will sell AT CITY PRICES, FOR CASH 1 Oar terms will be CASH, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, and at most, only a short credit will be given. We desire all persons having unsettled accounts with Geo. Ely my or, Geo. Blymycr A Son and B. M. Blymyer A Co., to call and Settle on or before the Ist of October, as after that time the books will be left with H. XICOTIEJIVS for settlement. ISsepSm B. M. BLY MYER 4l perches neat meas ure, 140 acres cleared and under fence, about 20 acres being good meadow, the balance being well timbered. The improvements are a two story log DWELLING BOUSE, DOUBLE LOG BARN, and other buildings. Also a large Or chard of Apple, Peach and Cherry trees. Also, a good Sugar Camp. This property is about two miles west of Pleas antville. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock of said dav, when the terms will be made known. ROBERT BLACKBURN, Tenets* for the eale of the reai eetateof Jacob Viet I, dee'd. 26nov4t ORPHANS' COURT SALE OF REAL ES TATE.—The undersigned Trustee, appoint ed by the Orphans Court of Bedford County to sell the teal estate of Robert Glessen dee d, will sell at public sale, on tbe premises, on WEDNES DAY the 22nd day of DECEMBER, ISO 9, the One undivided half of a tract of land, situate in Londonderry twp., in said county, containing 78 acres, 145 perches, about 45 acres cleared and un der cultivation, with a dwelling house thereon erected, adjoining lands of John M. Buchanan, Christian Albright's heirs, and William Porter's heirs. Terms cash. Sale will be opened at 12 o'clock M. of said day, when due attention will be given by JACOB L. ALBRIGHT, 26nov4t Truttee. TJRIVATE SALE OF VALUABLE HEAL ESTATE. The following lot of ground, situate in the town of Duncansville, lilair cm, Pa., fronting on Main street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending back 180 feet, more or less, and having thereor, erected a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base- ! ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black smith and Wagon-Makci's Shop, frame stable . and other out-buildings, with fruit of different j varieties on the lot. This would be a good stand i for a Tavern or Boarding House, being conveni- ! ent to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the | Railroad. The House is in good repair and very i pleasantly situated, witli water at the door. Also, A* lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate ! Spring, one mile from the town of Bedford, with j a Log House thereon erected. Adjoining lands j of Chcnowith, Amos, Shannon and others. Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the i Colfelt farm, and convenient to good icads. For further particulars apply to JOHN LUTZ, I.sqrißKß OFFICE, or J. G. BRIDAHAM, lSdectf Bedford. Pa. J3ARM AT PRIVATE SALE. The subscriber offers at private sale a good farm of 102 acres, lying on the south side of Dry Ridge, within 21 miles of the line of the Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad, adjoining lands ol Jos. Ling, Leonard May, Peter F. Lehman, Esq., and others. The improvements are a two story LOG HOUSE with kitchcm attached, a log barn and other outbuildings. The land is well watere d having a good well and two never failing springs. There is also a fine young apple orchard of 100 bearing trees, besides cherries, plums, peaches Ac. Sixty acres are cleared and under fence and tbe balance well timbered with white and chestnut oak. A largo quancity of Chestnut oak bark can be cut on tbe land and find a ready market, as there are several tanneries in the neighborhood. For further particulars address ABRAH RITCHRY, West End, Bedford co., Pa., or JOHN LUTZ, ISfeb.tf Bedford, Pa. A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH CORNER! NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP! The subscribers will sell all that fine farm in Bedford township, containing 180 acres, 9! of which are cleared and under excellent fence, and the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining lands of Charles Uelsel, John Schnebly, and oth ers. The buildings are % 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 seat. A splen did apple crehard also tlicreon. Price S4:GOO. TERMS: One third in hand and the balance in three annual payments with interest. JOHN LUTZ, June 21, 1867:tf Real Estate Agtnt. T ATEST STYLE -LJ WINTER JOODS. Mrs. E. V. Mowry has just returned from Phila delphia and New York, and has opened a stock of the latest styles of MILLNERY and DRESS GOODS, FANCY NOTIONS Ac. She has also on hand a fine assortment of fura, and ahoes all of which will be sold at a very short profit. 29oct3m MONEY OR NOTE.—AII persons indebted to John S. Sproat A Co. for brick, or F. Ben edict for lumber, must close their accounts by the 19th of December, or suit will be brought. JOHN S. SPROAT a CO. 19aov3t F. BENEDICT. MARRIAGE CERTIFCATES.—On hand and for sale at the Inquirer office, a fine assort ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and Justices shou'd have thorn. A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deeds on tho best parchment paper, for sale at the Inquirer office. 2D#t (folate. yALUABLE TRACTS OF LAND FOR SALE. The subscribers offor at private sale the follow ing valuable tracts of land, vis: No. 1. The undivided half of a traot of land, containing 227 acres, situate on the south-east side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad oining lands jo Samuel Banner, James Brin hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF COAL, one 5 J feet, the other 5 j feet in depth have been discovered on this tract. No, 2. A tract 0f230 acres neer the abo , e.. joining the same lands, and supposed 'o tu tsin 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. AT PRIVATE SALE. A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HO HE. 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 home, as the lots He immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring Park, on tbe road, and not more than 120 yards from tbe Spring, at the following low prices: 1. One-half acre lot with dwelling house and other out-buildings, garden and frait trees, an the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash. 2. Half-acre lot SIBO, cash. 3. Half acre lot SIBO, cash. 4. Half acre lot SIBO, cash. 5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house, brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon lor SSSO, 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 LUTZ, mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa. Jjl OR SALE OR TRADE. 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 Rail Road back of Oma ha. A tract of bottom land timbered and prarie two miles from Omaha City. One third of 7,000 acres in Fulton Ccunty Pa., including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands near Fort Littleton. Over 4,000 acre* of valuable ore, coal and tim ber lands in West Virginia. ALSO, Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining tbe Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock for kiln or quarry on the upper end of each. Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury eo., lowa. 80 " " Franklin •' lowa. 109 acres adjoining Bedford, with bouse, barn, Ac., known as the "Amos farm." Also, a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp. Also, Sis acres near Bedford, with 2 houses, stable and brick yard thereon. O. E. SHANNON, June 21.-tf Bedford. Penn'a. RRLLE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, OF i PITTSBURGH, PA. INCORPORATED FOR THE SAFE KEEPING of BONDS and OTHER SECURITIES, Ac. No. 83 FOURTH AVEXUK, GUARANTEE RATES. For a Year, or less Period Government and all other") Coupon Securities in- > SI 00 per SI,OOO eluding Bank Bills, J Gold Coin or Bullion, 1 25 " 1,000 Silver Coin or Bullion, 2 00 " 1,000 Silver or Gold Plate, under seal,") on owner's estimate of full'val- ( 1 00 " 100 ue, and rate subject to adjust- j ment for bulk, on a basis 0f.... J Deeds, Mortgages, Valuable Papers gener ally, when of no fixed Talue, $1 a year each, or according to bulk. Wills, $5, which premium covers the re mainder of the life of the maker. The Company is also prepared to rent Small Iron Safes, (each famished with a Tin Box.) inside its Burglar Proof Vault, the Renter exclusively holding the key thereof, at tbe following rates, vin: sls, S2O, S3O, S6O, $75, and SIOO per annum. Also, to Store Books of Account, Records, Valunbla Title Papers, etc., at reasonable rates. No charge less than one dollar. President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS. Vice President: HENRY LLOYD. Directors : WILLIAM PHILLIPS, BYRON H. PAINTER, HENRY LLOYD, JOSEPH S. MORRISON, WILLIAM REA, GEORGE BI.ACK, WILLIAM M. LYON, CURTIS G. HUSSBY. JAMES I. BESXET, Secretary and Treasurer: S. F. VON BONXHORST. 22oct3m pSTABLISIIED 1850. LA WRENCE D. D IET Z &C O. IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN NOTIO N S, FANCY GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c., kc. 308 W. BALTIMORE STREET, Jietween Howard and Liberty, loctSm BALTIMORE. IT* o. THOMPSON, 5L MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 808 Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. Especial attention is invited to this commodi ous and beautiful establishment, the exten sive stock of seasonable and desirable goods al ways on hand, the reputation obtained as a lead er in fashions, and the great facilities possessed for the fabrication and prompt dispatch of all orders. Although eminent in the prosecution of EVEUY branch of tbe trade, for tbe particular benefit ot the great number dissatisfied. PANTALOON CUTTING, AS A srariAtTV, is announced: wbieh is an art not obtained by imitation, but through close study, experience and practice. Those desiring easy and stylish Pantaloons, are invited to give this method a trial. Boct3m Q U SHIN 6 3 & BAILEY, BOOK SELLERS AND STATIONERS, 262 Baltimore Street, BALTIUOUB, MO. The Largest and Best assorted stock in tho city of SCHOOL, LAW, MEDICAL, DENTAL, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. General, Bank and Counting House Stationery of all kinds. Blank Books made to order in any style of binding and ruling. 20aug6m jyjASONRY.— HARRY DROLLINQER of Hopewell, takes this method of informing the public, that he is prepared to execute at short notice and in go a, and workmanlike style, Brick and Stone laying, furnace building and repairing and all other work in his line, in Bedford and adjoining counties. Parties wishing to secure his servioc, will address him at Hopewell Bedford county Pa. Soctly.