inquirer.
DFOED, PA., FRIBAT, DEC. 24, 1869.
CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMY.
Senator Anthony of Rhode Island, a mem
ber of the Congressional Committee on
Printing, has made an important movement
in the direction of economy in Congression
al expenditures. It is no less than the dis
pensing with a large amount of the printing
now done by the government, among which
Patent Office Reports and the like make
very large items. This public printing is
closely allied to the Franking Privilege.
Fine books, printed at government expense
and postage paid by Government make a
very cheap kind of present for purchasing
the good will of constituents, and members
of Congress arc not tiumindful of the fact.
Such being flic case it wiil ra-i'y be under
stood that the Franking Privilege and the
Congressional printing patronage are
source of patronage for the courting of pub
lic favor which many Congressmen are loathe
to give up. They, like ArtcmuaWard who
was perfectly willing to sacrifice all his wife's
relations, are very ready to economize as
long as it don't touch their own patronage,
but when it comes to that they are quite for
getful of tbe wants of the people or the
loudly expressed wishes of their constitu
ents. This accounts for the difficulty in
getting any active measures inaugurated for
the abolition of the Franking Abuse. We
hope Senator Anthony will push his move
ment vigorously and link with it the Frank
ing Abuse also. Let us have both wiped
out without further ceremony. We hope t< >
see every Congressman who values his rep
utation as an honest man and a good Re
publican aid in the good work.
A KEIM'UIATOK KEPI DIATEI).
On Thursday the 16th, in the House of
Representative#, Mr. Mungen of Ohio,
made a speech upon the finances, in which
he boldly advocated the repudiation of the
National debt. Strange to say he received
no sympathy from any quarter. On the
contrary, every member of the House,
Democrats as well as Republicans, very em
phatically dcelaied that they would never
endorse such treasonable language, and
clinched the whole thing by the adoption of
the following resolution, which was passed,
with only one vote agains it:
Rctolvtd, That the proposition, direct or
indirect, to repudiate any portion of the
debt of tbe United States, is unworthy the
honor and good name of the nation ; anil
that the House, without distinction of par
ty, hereby seta its seal of condemnation on
any and all such propositions.
Thus defending and maintaining our na
tional pride, honor and credit. This dc-is
s'.on, coming directly from the representa
tives of the people, rill be regarded by the
other nations of the earth as the express
will of the American people, thus preserving
our credit (as it always has been) good every
where.
It is very encouraging to know that the
repudiation wing of Democracy has centered
in a single district in Ohio, and more en
couraging to know that it has.been iguomin
iocisiy condemned by both parties of this
great country.
NATIONAL ELECTIONS.
Senator Drake of Missouri, a few days
ago introduced a bill to establish uniformity
in the Presidential and Congressional Elec
tions. If tbe elections are to be meddled
with, let us have thorough work done. The
Presidential elections as now held are very
lar from giving a fair expression of tbe will
of the people. Lot us have the direct vott
of the people or such a change as shall give
each Congressional district its own indepen
dent elector. As at present arranged, a
bold fraud in Philadelphia or New Yo;k
may deeide the Presider'lal election for
either of the great states Penn ylvania or
New York with their large electorial votes,
in one way, while the honest vote of the
people may be just tbe reverse. It map be,
and drubtiess is, impossible to entir 'y pre
vent frauds, but we have the power to con
fine their effects to the smallest possible
area. If repreerri* • i n in the electoral
college is placed n a basis similar to the
Congressional and each elector, like the
member of Congress, repres nts the domi
nant party in that district, wo will he much
surer hereafter of having a President elect
ed by the people. We hope if Congress
begins the work of chancing the | resent ar
rangement of the elections it will not stop
until some such system is devised, as will
give us a popular expression of the will o!
the people in Presidential, as well as other
elections.
TUE END OF KECIi'KOCITV-
On Monday the J 6th iost., Congress gave
the death-blow to Canadian Reciprocity for
this session. The measure va., brought up
in the house and defeated by tbe overwhelm
ing vote of one hundred and twinty-nine to
forty. The Pie-idcnt's recommendat; n
had doubtless a good effect and the public
sentiment of the country has not gone un
heeded. A Canadian delegation arrived in
Washington the day lefore the meeting of
Congress for the purpose of lobbying rc
ciprocity treaty through, and opened their
campaign with sumptuous dinners and the
various measures usually employed in such
work, but the their mission has proved a
miserable failure. They will return wiser
than they came and the people of the United
States will rejoice in their depirture.
The efforts of the free-traders are jut
now concentrated on the Congressional
Committee of Ways and Mcaus, for the
purpose of obtaining a reduction of the tariff
rates. \\ a hope to see the committee act
in accordance with the President's sugges
tions en this point, and resist every move
ment for the redaction of the tariff. Noth
ing but a firm adherence to tbe protective
policy can avert a disastrous financial crisis.
More than twenty iron furnaces were buik
in Pennsylvania during the last year, every
one of which forms a nucleus around which
a new industry and prosperity is developed.
The same thing will be repeated this year if
our iron industry is properly protected.
Shall all our prospective industry and pros
perity be destroyed for the purpose ol grati
fying a few foreigners who wishio ooio mon
ey out of the pauper labor of Europe ?
A YOUNG nran named William E. Gray, a
New \ ork broker, swindled tbe solid men of
\\ all street out of half a million of dollars a
few days ago. The money was obtained by
changing SIOOO New York State bonds to
$16,000 and borrowing money on tbem as
collaterals. The cheat was not discovered
until! he had obtained about half a million
and dtcampc 1. \ igiiant search has been
made, but up to the present time the offi
cers have not been able to find hint.
HON. Jons CESSNA wil, accept our thanks
for pamphlet copies of the Post Master Gen
eral's Report, the Report of the Secretary of
War and that of the Director of the Phila
delphia Mint.
GOLD dosed in New York on Monday at
3 P. M., at 120}
FEMALE Suffrage is evidently progressing.
The teiritorial legislature of Wyoming, our
last created territory, has passed through
both houses the following hill:
Be it enacted by the Council and House
of liepresentateces of Wyoming Trritory:
SECTION 1. That every woman of the age
of twenty one years, residing in this Terii
tory, may, at. every election to bo holden
under the laws thereof, cast her vote. And
her rivhts to the elective franchise and to
bold office shall be the same under the elec
tion laws of the Territory as those of elec
tors.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage. *
It has been approved by the Governor
and will lie the law of the territory unless
Congress vetoes it, which is nqt likely. The
experiment is evidently destined to receive
a speedy trial The result will be awaited
with no inconsiderable amount of curiosity.
IN consequence of the resignation of
Judge Grier a vacancy existsin the Supreme
Court, which is likely to be filled by the ap
pointment of Edwin M. Stanton. No bet
ter appointment could be made, and it
would only be a fitting reward for the valua
ble services the Ex Secretary of War has ren
dered the country. Edwin M. Stanton is a
lawyer of eminent ability and if appointed
will well sustain'the high reputation of our
Supreme Bench. Judge Strong of Phila
delphia has been urged by his friends for
the same position, hut it is currently report
ed that the President will offer him the At
torney Generalship made vacant by the re
tirement of Hoar. Since writing the above
Mr. Stanton has been appointed by the
President.
TUB Bay of Samana, according to the
i latest reports, has been leased by the I nited
! States for a term of fifty years at the rate of
SIS,'XW per year. This news is given out
on tie >! turn of the Commissioners whose
mysterious <lt>farture some time ago created
considerable exc-itemcnt. The treaty re
quires the sanction of Congress before it can
become a bona fide transaction, but this it
will doubtless receive as it obtains for us a
most important naval station.
CLEAN affairs are still badly muddled. The
friends of Cuba report various successes of
the insurgents. The Spanish Gunboats are
still in or abcut New York harbor and it is
probable efforts will be made by employes of
the Cul Junta to destroy them by torpe
does ; three hundred men are said to be em
ployed for the purpose. The government
still scerus to be in a strange state of uncer
tainty as to the magnitude of the insurrec
tion.
Tut: Mormons are likely to find them
selves in a difficulty shortly. A bill has
been introduced in the United States Sen
ate, by C'ragin r.f New Hampshire, to sup
press polygamy and put the courts and
militia under control of tho Governor who is
appointed by the President. Brigham
will find it a rather serious business when
the government forbids his peculiar insti
tution and enforces its decrees with Uuiied
States soldier^.
IT is proposed to change the present
method of paying pensions through agents,
and make them payable at the nearest post
offiee by means of postal orders to the pen
sioners. The plan meets with favor among
me tubers of Congress and there is a probabil
ity of a bill being passed tocffect the change.
HON. JOHN COVODE has proven a suffi
cient number of fraudulent democratic votes
in his district to giTe him four hundred ma
jority over Poster, his competitor. He will
DO doubt be awarded the seat.
Gov. GEARY has issued his proclamation
declaring the payment of $1,725,537 97 in
terest on the State debt aud $362,762 09 of
the principal by the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund.
THE TARIFF QI'ESTIOX.
WE have long lecn of the opinion, which
we have seen no occasion to change, that
every nation has the inherent right of levy
ing a tax upon the introduction of foreign
merchandise, whether for the purposes of
revenue or the protection of home'indus
try, or for both of these objects combined.
To what extent and in respect to what
article* this tariff right shall be exercised
is purely a matter of governmental discre
tion. All nations roust have an adequate
revenue, and this they must secure bv
some system of taxation. The simplest of
a'l the admissible methods, the one least
objectionable, and the least likely to be
ft t a- a burden, is a tax on imported mer
chandise. The addition of protection to
this object simply makes the tax serve two
purposes at the same tin.e—tfie one being
that of revenue, and the > her that of pro
tection to domestic industry against the
c' eapi r labor of other countries. A tariff
j for the latter object, when circumstances
' require it, is, in our judgment, as legitimate
ail proper as one that mainly contemplates
th ■ O' tuer. We see no distinction in the
two cuses, so far as the right or wisdom of
ii i "-irg atsriffis concerned. They are
b th grounded in the imperative necessi
ties of national life.
Experience shows, as a matter of fact,
that the American people are the pro
ducers and manufacturers of an extended
Ist of articles necessary for their own use
and con umption,. which arc also the pro
duct; ot other countries; but which, owing
to the cheaper rate of foreign labor, eaucot
in this country at present, without the pro
tccti n of a tariff, he produced at a price
tbet will enable us in our own market to
compete with the foreign production. This
is the undeniable fact with which we have
to deal. Shall American labor then be
u, Jrrsold in the home market, and thus be
thrown out of employment; or shall it, for
the pre ent at least, be protected against
the pauper labor of Europe. We have no
objection to a free list of articles not pro
due; 1 or producible in this country; but
when wc come to those that we can our
selves create, and will do so with proper
governmental encouragement, then we be
lieve in a protective tariff to the full extent
of its necessity, in opposition to the doc
trine of free trade.
The American people have, first and \
la.-t, tried not a lew experiments upon th ; s ■
subject modifying and changing th ?
tariff according to the ascendancy of this or
that po'itieil party; and fact 3 abundantly
show that home industry and home • man
ufactures io large aDd important branches
thereof have flourished when they have
been suitably protected, and as uniformly
languished when this has not been the
case. Such a fact, as a practical guide to
legi.-lation, is worth more than a thausand
theories. Even if tho present price of cer
tain articles be increased by protection,
the people can bettor afford to pay the price
than to be undersold in their own market
by the starvation prices of pauper labor.
In the end, as Alexander Hamilton clearly
saw, and the history of beet-sugar produc
tion in France amply proves, protection
j Ibat encourages domestic production
cheapens the price rather than increases it.
Manufactures thus protected make a
market for agriculture, and agriculture
I leeds manufactures, and to a large extent
I supplies the raw material. We have our
workshops in our own country. Con
sumers and producers are brought into in
timate relations with each other; and to
both there is a great saving in the tax on
transportation. That diversity in the
employments of men which is so necessary
to public thrift is hence secnred.
The tariff question, as we presume, is
one of the subjects that will engage the
attention of Congress at its preseut session.
We do not object to any revision of the ex
isting tariff that will improve it and make
■ it more generally useful, or relieve it from
the charge of favoring eptecial interests;
yet we should exceedingly regret any
change that would materially reduce the
receipts of the Government from this
source. It served a most admirable pur
pose during the war; and, moreover, the
Government stiil needs, and for years to
couie must have, a large supply of gold,
and of this supply the tariff must be the
source. The business of the country has
adjusted itself to its rates, and unless it
can l>e improved with a high degree of
practical certainty its schedule of specific
duties had better be left to stand as they
arc. Manifestly the country does not need
a lower tariff when our imports are so much
in excess of our exports. We have a large
debt on hand, the interest of which must
be paid every year, and the principal of
which ought to be reduced at the annual
rate of at least $50,000,000; and to meet
these requirements the Government needs
its present gold receipts. The proper place,
in our judgment, to lighten the burden of
taxation is in the department of internal
revenue. Here it is most directly and
severely felt, with no benefits arising from
protection; and hence here we would afford
the relief, without disturbing the existing
tariff in its main features and principles. It
is wise to let well enough alone. —The In
dependent.
XLlst CONGKESS-SECONU SESSION.
SENATE.
On the 15th, Mr. Carpenter called up his
resolution, declaring, as the sense of the
Senate that the Spanish gunboats destined
for Cuba, should not be allowed to depart
from the Cuited States.
Mr. Sumner thought any discussion upon
this question would be premature, as the
S, nate has no information upon the subject,
other than from the newspapers, lie be
lieved, however, that in a few days official
information would be received in regard to
Cuba, and they could then act intelligently.
Mr. Carpenter then addressed the Senate
in support of his resolution. He had long
waited for some other Senator more able i
and better informed than himself to urge j
this matter. With all his warm Western |
spirit prompting in this matter, he should '■
still for once endeavor to be conservative, i
and treat this subject calmly. He did not I
wish that our Government should violate
the law of nations nor did he wish that we
should shrink from our duty by any fear of
the consequences. The President of the
United States coincided with the Spanish
Government, that a State of war did not ex
ist in Cuba; but this was not his opinion.
-Mr Carpenter then gave an account of the
operations in Cuba; the forces employed on
the part of the insurgents, the battles
fought, etc. and then discussed internal Law
relative to belligerents, quoted from -Mr. ;
Everett and others, and held that it was a
fact beyond dispute, that a state of actual
warfare existed in Cuba. He had expected
before this to hear the clarion voice of the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner)
so often raised in behalf of freedom, ring
ing out the relief of these-oppressed patri
ots. Cuba had, for many years, suffered
the most oppressive exaction at the hands
of Spain. This infant Republican had abol
ished siavery in its Constitution, and this
should entitle it to the sympathies of our
people. He understoodthat eiehteenoftbe j
gunboats wore to leave the United States :
day after to-morrow, and it behoved the ;
Senate to act at once.
Mr. Howard asked the number of the
forces of the insurgents.
Mr. Sumner, who had taken the floor,
said he did not. know. We were all in the
dark on the subject. He did understand
that the warfare now being carried on was
a guerrilla one, and that they really had no
civil government. Then he was very anx
ious to know what the Cubans were going
to do about slavery. He had heard, but
did not vouch for it, that they bad a Con
stitution for foreign consumption, abolish
ing slavery, and one for homo use, continu
ing it. ami while he was on the subject he
would say that Spain ought to be beard
from. Why does not she abolish si a v (fry ?
Mr. .Morton—Has she not affirmed if at
Porto Rieo?
Mr. Sumner —I don't know about tlftt ;
one thing is certain, Spain is a laggard. It
is a disgrace for any civilized country to tol
erate slavery. In answer to a question of
Mr. Carpenter Mr. Sumner said that there
was no question of neutrality in the matter,
and could not be until the Cubans were
recognized as belligerents.
Mr. Morrili, of Vermont, called up the
House resolution to declare the meaning of
the eight hour law.
Mr. Morrill moved as an amendment that
the eight hour law be repealed, and pro
ceeded to read an argument, in favor of his
motion. He held that the fixing by law of'
the hours of labor was contrary to all sound
political echnoray. That it would bo an in
jury rather than a profit to the working
hk n, and that the object of those who pass
ed it was to gain popularity.
Mr. Wilson said at some future titnc he
would reply to the argument of Mr. Morrill.
There wa- no immediato necessity for action
on this 'oil!, as the President had so con
strued the law as to give the full pay for the
eight hours, which was just what Congress i
wanted.
The Senate then went into Executive ses
sion, and shortly thereafter adjourned.
HOUSE.
House inch, Mr. Allison introduced a
bill to fix the number of representatives in
the House of Representatives and to pro
vide for their apportionment among the sev
eral States. Referred to the Committee on
the Xinth Census.
Mr. Shanks. of Indiana, from the Com
mittee on the Militia, reported a bill to pro
vide for furnishing, at the expense of the
Government, artificial limbs and other sup
ports to honorably discharged officers and
soldiers and marines wherever needed dur
ing life.
SENATE.
On the 10th, on motion of Mr. Morton
the Senate Wok up the bill to perfect the
reconstruction of Georgia ; providing for the
assembling of the Legislature ; the exclusion
therefrom of persons inelligible under the
Fourteenth Amendment, and permitting no
distinction of race or color ; said Legislature
to be regarded as provisional until the furth
er action of Congress. Mr. Morton's
amendment was read, requiring that the
Legislature shall be provisional until after
it has ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments and the State is represented
in Congress ; and it provides penalties for
the exercise of office by inelligible persons.
Mr. Carpenter thought the amendment
was unnecessary and pernicious. He said
that it might give to the Southern people a
good reason to say that while in a condition
of duress the terms of their admission were
dictated bv Congress. He did not want any
future Jeff Davis to bring in a bill of excep
tions, and move for a new trial.
Mr. Drake said that the rebels of the
South should be made to feel the power of
Congress; that the infamy of that Georgia
Legislature should wiped out by an act
of retribution, and that the loyal men of
that State should be represented. It must
be understood that there is a Congress of
the nation, that wielded the sovereignty of
the nation, and whose power could not be
strangled by the Supreme Court of any State
authority.
Mr. Morton said the original bill required
the adoption of tbe Fourteenth Amend
ment. That could not be absolutely com
pelled by Congress, but should be imposed
among the terms submitted to that State.
In the ease of the States of Virginia, Texas
1 and Mississippi, the condition was required
1 of the ratification of the Fouiteenth Atnend
! meat, and there should be no exception of
Georgia, for her present status was not the
fault of Congress, but resulted from her own
treachery. There was no security for the
reconstruction measures, except by main
taining the principle of universal suffrage.
And why should wc incur a risk unnecessa
rily? Those States had gone out of their
own will, but they should return onlv upon
the conditiou to which they had subjected
themselves; and now was the time to im
pose all cmditions, for at a subsequent stage
it would be useless.
Upon the expiration of the morning hour
the unfinished business, being the bill re
lating to the appellate juri-Hliction of the
Supreme Court, was taken up, and after
lengthy debate, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, mad,- a speech in
which he advocated the repudiation ol the
notional debt. After several other speeches
by Democrats and Republicans who oppos
ed Mr. Mungen's theory, the House with
the exception of a single vote, unanimously
Resolved , That the proposition, direct or
indirect, to repudiate any portion of the
debt of the 1 'nited States is unworthy of
this House, and unworthy of the honor and
good name of the Nation, and that this
House, without distinction of party, sets
the seal of its condemnation upon any and
all such propositions.
Several members doubted whether the
Committee of the Whole could, at this time,
report such a resolution to the House.
Mr. Garfield then proposed to offer the
resolution as a matter of right, but objec
tion was made, when Mr. Fitch insisted up
on resuming the floor and proceeded to make
a speech in favor of the recognition of Cu
ban beligerenco.
At the conclusion of Mr. Woodward's re
marks Mr. Garfield again offered the reso
lution rcfering to repudiation, and no ob
jection being made it was adopted by a vote
of 133 yeas, 1 nay, (Mr. Johns, of Kentuc
ky.) A largo number of' Members were
present during this vote. The House then
adjourned till Monday next.
The Ohio Legislature.
Death of a Member —The Senate a Tie
COLUMBUS, Dec. 17. —The Hon. -fuhn
Russell, ex-.Secretary of the State of Ohio,
died at Urbanayesterday. Mr. Russell was
a Republican member elect to the Senate
from the Tenth district, and his death
leaves the Senate a tie.
An e'ection to fii! the vaeaucy in the
Senate has been ordered to take place on
December 29th. The district is 6tr tigly
Republican.
OETKtHT.
Surrender of' a Robber by the Canadian
Authorities—Accident to a
Breakman, &c.
DETROIT, December 20. —The subuiban
villa of Moses W. Field, which was nearly
completed, was destroyed by fire on Sunday
morning. Loss about $20,000. The fire
is believed to have o-iginated from the fur- !
nace.
Jimmy Elliott, a noted prize fighter, who j
robbed a man named Finn at Royal Oak
some time since and escaped to Canadian
authorities into the custody of the proper
officials, was conveyed to Royal Oak to
be tried for highway robbery.
ENG LAND.
LONDON, Dec, 17. —The Alabama ques
tion is again engrossing public attention.
The celebrated "Historicus" published a
long communication in the Times this morn
ing, wherein he asserts that the European
States refu-ed to consider Jefferson Davis
and Robert K. Lee "pirates" for the same
reason that France long before refused to so
regard Benjamin Franklin. The analogy in
the cases of Paul Jones and Admiral Sero
mes, he thinks is complete, and thence goes
on to draw the obvious inferences.
The Daily Xctcs, in an article on Cana
dian matters, says: "England's settled colo
nial policy is a marriage of affection, if pos
sible; that failing, one of conveniences. No
Cabinet or conference will ever again pro
pose one of force."
The rumor that the Suez Canal would be
closed iu order that new excavations might
be made, is authoritivcly denied.
Tlic Isthmus of Corinth.
The Hellenic Parliament will shortly dis
cuss the project of cutting through the Isth
mus of Corinth. This narrow neck of land
separates the Gulfs of Lepanto and Athens,
and, uniting the Morea to Continental
Greece, is an obstacle to navigation between
the Adriatic and the Archipelago, and com
fele all vessels from the coasts of France,
taly, or Austria, to double Cape Matapan
in order to reach the ports of the Levant.
The execution of this work, by joining the
two seas, would open a new highway to nav
igation, and vessels from Marseilles, Genoa,
Naples and Messina, hv passing dinct
through the Canal of Corinth, would save
fourteen hours and a voyage often danger
ous, while those from Briudisi, Ancona, aud
Trieste, would economize twenty-four hours.
On each side of the isthmus there exist, if
not ports, at least deep bays, in which ves
sels of large tonnage daily find a safe anchor
age.
The I'apal States.
lIo.MK, J)ec. IS.—The sessions of the
• Ecumenical Council will be resumed on
•January 6. The French bishops have pro
tested against the Pope's interference in the
deliberations of the Council. The Spanish
bishops, both homo and colonial, su-tain
the Pope.
Another reason is given to day by the
<Eenmcnical Council for the adjournment
of the sittings to January 6. The bishops
were under, the necessity of abandoning the
Cathedral of St. Peter's on account of the
acoustic imperfection of the hall, and have
therefore resolved to hold the sessions here
after at another place, but which cannot be
put in order for several days.
The Council has not yet named the
seventy two members of the three com
mi-sions provided for. namely: Discipline,
Religious Orders, and Eastern Affairs. The
members of the Commission on the Faith
have been designated, but their names have
not yet been made public.
The India Rubber Manufacture.
The North American Recinr states that
there arc now in America and Europe more
than a hundred and fifty manufactures of
iridia rubber articles, employing from four to
five hundred operatives each, and consum
ing more than ten millions of pounds of
gum per annum. The business, too, is con
sidered to be still in its infancy. Certainly
it is increasing. Nevertheless, there is no
possibility of the demand exceeding the sup
ply. Tho belt of land around the globe,
five hundred miles north and five hundred
miles south of the equator, abounds in trees
producing the gum, and they can be tapped,
it is said, for twenty consecutive seasons.
Forty-three thousand of these trees have
been counted in a ttaet of country thirty
miles long and eight wide. Each tree yields
an average of three tablespoonfuls of sap
daily, but the trees are so close together
that one man can gather the sap of eighty
in a day.
Daring Outrage of Illicit Distillers in
Sontb Carolina.
WASHINGTON Dec. 17. —Governor Scott,
of South Carolina, forwards to the Internal
Revenue Office information that A. P. Tur
ner. Deputy Collector of the Third District
of that State, on the 6th inst., seized two
illicit stills, owned by a man named Scroggs,
and moved them to his house. The next
morniug a crowd of armed men surrounded
Turner's house, in Columbia, as he was a
bout to carry the stills to tho court house,
for the purpose of recovering them. Tur
ner defended himself with a pistol, and the
attacking party was well armed with mus
kets. They fired a number of rounds and
he responded with his pistol, scattering bis
assailants. During the melee Turner's
daughter, six years old, was wounded in the
shoulder.
Turner afterwards left from the rear of
his premises on horseback for assistance.
While he was absent a crowd of thirty eien
armed wilh muskets, again surrounded the
house, led by McKeloy, who demanded of
Turner's wife that the stills be given up,
which was refused. McKeloy then took his
axe and broke open the smoke houses,
where the stills were deposited, and the
crowd took them away. Tumor obtained
warrants and eaused the arrest of the r.ng
leaders, who were lodged in jail. The rest
of the party are still under arms, guarding
the stills, of which they have possession"
Governor Scott believes that a military force
is absolutely necessary in that vicinity tt en
force the laws against these parties.
From Cuba.
Simultaneous Sailing of the Ram Triumph
from Laces and the Spanish Gunboats
from Ncv York. A Naval Battle Ex
pected— What the Next Twenty Jour
Hours may firing Forth.
A SUSPICIOUS VESSEL.
'l'herebd ram Atlanta, which has been
lying in the Delaware ever since her arrival
from Savannah, where she was captured,
was lately purchased frotu the Government,
ostensibly by Havti. Since the purchase
the vessel has been thoroughly refitted, and
is now iu good sea-going condition. The
departure of the Atlanta has from week to
week beeu delayed by some trivial excuse ;
but a few days ago she dropped down the
Delaware to Lewes. Her movements have
all along been shrouded in complete mys
tery, atnl latterly suspicions that she was
destined to be used in the interest of the in
surgent Cubans became rife.
A STARTLING COINCIDENCE.
It has been currently rumored that she
was watching the Spanish gunboats at New
York, and last evening, as if in confirma
tion of the rumor, the two following des
patches were received simultaneously at the
office of the Press :
LEWES, Del. Dec. 19.—The ram Tri
umph, late Atlanta, said to belong to the
Haytien government, went to sea at 4 15
P. M. Despatches were sect off to her be
fore she sailed.
NEW YORK, Dee. 19.—At tcu o'clock
this morning eighteen of the Spanish gun
boats. whose departure has been hourly ex
pected during the past week, took up posi
tion in the wake of the Spanish war vessel
Pizarro, which has been lying in the North
river for three weeks, and, following her,
steamed slowly down the hay. Few specta
tors were present, and there was no demon
stration whatever. Twelve unfinished gun
obats yet remain at the Dclauiater Works.
OMINOUS.
That portion of the telegram from Iwes,
which says that despatches were sent to the
Triumph nee Atlanta before she went to sea,
coupled with the New York despatch an
nouncing the sailing of the Spanish gun
boats, would seem to confirm the rumor
that the Triumph belonged to the Cubans.
THE TRIUMPH.
is a powerful vessel, built in the most ap
proved manner, and in the event of her
meeting the Spanish gunboats the latter
would have no alternative but iiigbt. Her
sea-going qualities were proved on her
voyage from Savannah to Philadelphia.
As matters now stand, it is impossible to
say what will be the next development in
this mystery. Before night we may learn
of the destruction of the modern Spanish
armada an Iwe may not. If the Triumph
is really a Cuban vessel her presence upon
the sea must play havoc with the Spanish
navy, a hieh has no man-of-war capable of
competiug with her.— Pnss of the 20th.
The Soldiers' Orphans' Department.
There is no department of the govern
ment of Pennsylvania which reflects more
credit upon all connected with it than that
which , has charge of the maintenance and
education of orphans of Pennsylvania's sol
diers. Established by Governor Ourtin in
furtherance of his oft repeated pledge to the
departing regiments of the State, it has been
fostered and extended by Governor Geary
with such faithful and intelligent care that
it has grown into a great educational system
of incalculable advantage, as it is of high
honor, to the Commonwealth.
Governor Geary's good judgement and
patriotism were manifested iu selecting one
of the crippled heroes of the war as the Su
perintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, and Col
onel M'Farland has discharged his novel
and onerous duties with a degree of faith
fulness and ability worthy of all praise. The
foundations of the system were laid by bis
predecessor, tbe HOD. Thomas 11. Bur
rowe;but the superstructure, beneath whose
kinldy shelter nearly four thousand orphaned
boys aud girls now lind protection and edu
cation, bus been reared and perfected by
Colonel M'Farland, with a patient perseve
rance, an intelligent comprehension of the
requirements of the and a rigid regard
for the honest aud economical expenditure
of the public money, whieb have been mo.-t
gratifying to all who have taken tbe trouble
to watch the course of hi 3 administration.
Wo take it for granted tbut Governor
Geary will continue this important depiart
rnent of the government under its present
efficitnt direction. Its machinery is all now
in goyji running order, and it is most desira
ble that the well digested plans of the pres
ent excellent superintendent shall be carried
into their full effect under the same mind
and hand that have devised aud arranged
them. There is always a certain amount of
restless desire to find fault with the most
unexceptionable public servants, and Super
intendent M'Farland has bad bis share of
unjust criticism and blame from those who
have been unwilling to take the little troub
le necessary to disabuse their minds of prej
udice engendered by foolish and false re
reports. But tbe soldiers' orpihan schools
of tbe State afford the highest proof of their
excellent and constantly improving manage
ment, while every detail of the financial af
fairs of the department invites the free.-t
and fullest scrutiny.
We are glad to learn that Governor Geary
contemplates the recommendation of a
measure in connection with this Depart
ment, which will relieve tho State of a por
tion of its expense, and fix a definite limit to
the duration of the system. The present
law provides for the eare of the orphans of
Pennsylvania soldiers who died "in the
war," and this law has been liberally con
strued to include the cases of soldiers dying,
from wounds or disease contracted in the
service, after the close of the war. It is
now proposed to establish a fixed period al
ter the close of tho war—say the Ist of
May, 1866 —as the latest period of orphan
age to be recognized by the State, unless the
parent died, undischarged from the service,
after that period. This will somewhat re
duce the number of applicants yet to be re
ceived, and will fix a definite point for the
expiration of the system.
lIRITISH AMERICA.
The lied Ricer Rebellion—Matters Begin
ning to look Serious.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. —The St. Paul Press
of to day publishes a letter from Pembina
dated December Oth, which says that, how
ever incredible it may appear, it is neverthe
less true that Governor McDougal is willing
to enlist even savages in order to force his
yoke upon the Christian people at Winni-
P c ?"
1 learned that McDougal's companies
were using every effort to induce the Swan
by Indians, near the mouth of the Red riv
er, to declare for Canada and to take up
arms in favor of McDougal. The writer
says the notorious Shauiuion, cut-throat and
outlaw fiend, who instigated the Sioux to
destroy the United States mail, on RufHer's
route to Montana, bad been furnished with
an outfit, ostensibly to trade with the bos
tile Sioux, encamped near Mouse river, but
with the actual intention of enlisting from
four hundred to six hundred of these bloody
devils on the side of Canada and McDougal.
1 am sorry to inform you that Richards,
McDougal's Attorney General, has com
pared the information, and, in tho presence
of several gentlemen, justified Canada and
McDougal in making use of any force ob
tainable for the purpose of subjugating the
Red river people.
A postscript to this letter says : "It is sad
news that Colonel Dennis, the Surveyor
General of the southwe.-t Territories, has
succeeded in raising and arming some two
hundred Swanby Indians, with a number of
their English half-bred relations, and that
they have garrisoned the stone fort. As
soon as form a junction with the Cana
dians, the Sioux of Minnesota at Portage la
Prairie will march upon the provisional force
at and near Fort Garry.
General Keil has called in his reserve,
who were temporarily absent, and over two
hundred men were reported at headquarters,
within a few hours' march. A collision is
hourly expected.
Another letter says a proclamation spread
by McDougal has been captured and sup
pressed.
Intense excitement exists, and if it comes
to bloodshed, Dr. Scbutz, Dr. Brown and
James Ross will be the first victims, they
having from the first advocated the Cana
dian policy and abused the Hudson Bay
Company.
CHICAGO BUS a tux rate fixed at $1 50 per
§IOO. The total valuation of real estate in
that city this year amounts to $211,171,-
420. The personal property is assessed at
$54,650,940.
SAN DOfIINUU.
Details of the Expedition of the Steam
Frigate Albany—Lease of tlte Hay of
Samana.
NEW YORK, December 20.- Details of.
the expedition of the Stcatn Frigate Albany
showed that she anchored on November 17,
in the harbor of St. Domingo. The fol
lowing rooming the United States Com
roie.-ioners, General Babcock, General In
stalls and General Sackett of the United
States Army, landed and met President
Baez and his Cabinet, when negotiations
were favorably commenced. With the
Potninician authorities one week was ex
hausted in diplomatic harangues, when the
cautious Baez arid the cabinet bishops and
laymen, or the twenty-four were taken by
the Albany to Bari, thirty miles distant, to
consult with some inferior official regarding
the important subject. Baez and his suite
were left there and the frigate, alter a short
excursion up a pleasaut river near by, re
turned to St. Domingo. The following day
twenty-four hours afterwards. The character
of the negotiations and their successful com
pletion with an interchange of treaties and
necessary documents was announced on the
first and second of December.
The ordnance on board the Albany, con
sisting of a battery of eight guns, both
mountain howitzers and nlks, the latter
adapted to coast defense, one thousand
breach loading muskets, several thousand
stand of small arms, and a large amount of
every character of auimuniiion, was landed
and turned over to an official deputized by
Baez; these, with ihe $150,000 in gold in
possession of United States Commissioners
on board, then p >id to the Dmuinician au
thorities was the fi,.-t installment necessary
to secure the grant iu question. The pre
liminaries tlius satisfactorily settled, and the
payments agreed upon having been made,
the Albany, with the Cjjnmissioners and
one of President Pa- z'.- staff, sailed to the
Bay of Samana to tskc formal possession of
the waters and pcmnsulaiu the name of the
United States. On the 6th of December
the I'ulted States flag was hoisted on the
Island of Carencro, in the Bay of Saniana,
amidst general joy on the part of the inhab
itants. The lease of Samana as already sta
ted is for fifty years, for $150,000 in gold
per annum, and the heavy freight that the
hold of the Albany contained.
The Herald states that the Government
of St. Domingo has negotiated a loan for
nearly $4,000,000 in gold, for the repayment
of w hieh the revenues of the ports of St.
Domingo and Puerto Plato to the amount
of 58,000 pounds per annum, and the royal
ties produecd from the exports of guano
from the Idand of Alta Vela, and the du
ties from coal and uiahogony from the Pe
ninsula of Samana are pledged.
Still Another Terrible Mining Dfsnster—
Two Houses, with their Oc
cupants, Cave in—Tea
Persons Killed.
MAUCH CHUNK, Dec. 18.—At StocktoD,
two miles from lluzlcton, about five o'clock
this morning, the earth over a mine which
has not lieen worked for fifteen years gave
way. One block of houses was swallowed
up so quickly that two families living in
them bad not time to escape, except one
girl, who had fled front the bouse but not
tar enough to escape from falling. She fell
on the houses and was rescued. Thoie
families living in an adjoining block had
just time to escape when the whole block
went down. There were ten persons swal
lowed up with the hou es. George Swank,
his wile and four children, and Mr. Bctch,
his wife, child and mother were the unfor
tunates and are htsli in the miue and must
certainly he dead. The Hazelton steam fire
engine has been throwing a continuous
stream on the mines since daylight. The
firemen are doiDg all in their power. A
rope has been extended round the hole and
all persons are excluded from the immediate
vicinity. The trains are running from
llazleton every hour to the scene of the dis
aster and will do so until the bodies are all
recovered, which will be some time yut, as
it is still dangerous to enter on the work of
rescue, the earth still continuing to fall in
and enlarging the cavity continually. The
excitement is very great and increasing.
Families in the vicinity are moving out of
their houses, fearing they will fall in. It is
the general opinion that other houses will
fail in. There is also danger of the mines
taking fire. Messrs. Kerr and Linderman
arrived at the scene of the disaster this af
ternoon. They ars sparing no pains to se
cure the bodies as speedily as possible.—
Harrisburg Patriot.
Resignation ol' Judge drier.
It is said that Judge Gricr's resignation
was delivered to the President on Wednes
day evening, to take effect OD the first of
February. Judge Hoar's nomination was
to the vacancy occa-ioned by the death of
Justice Wayne, and now there will be an
other one to fill. Mr. Stanton is warmly
supported by some, and bitterly opposed by
others, and the name of Judge Strong, also
of Pennsylvania, is mentioned. The fol
lowing is the letter of the President accept
ing the resignation of Judge Grier:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Dee. 15, 1869.
To the lion. Robert C. Grier :
Your letter containing the tender of the
resignation of your office of Associate .Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, to take effect on the first day of Feb
ruary next, has been received by me to
day, and your resignation is accordingly
accepted, to take effect on that date. I sin
cerely regret the increasing physical in
firmities which induce you to retire from
the Bench, and with the assurance of my
personal sympathy and respect, desire also
to express my sense of the ability and up
rightness with which your judicial duties
have been performed. In looking upon
your long and honorable career in the pub
lic service, it must be especially gratifying
to yourself to remember, as it is my agreea
ble duty and privilege on this occasion
thus distinctly to recognize, the great
services which you were able to render to
your country in the darkest hour of her
history, by the vigor and patriotic firmness
with which you upheld the just powers of
the Government, and vindicated the right
of the nation under the constitution to
maintaiu its own existence. With the hope
that your retirement may be cheered by
the knowledge of public gratitude, as well
its by private affection, I remain, very re
spectfully, yours. U. S. GRANT.
GENERAL .NEWS ITEMS.
THE Reformed Church Synod, in session
at Philadelphia, have voted in favor of
striking the word "German" from their
title, and have officially declared the title to
l>e "The Reformed Church of the United
States of America."
We advise girls to go West if they want
husbands. The excess of men in Ohio is
40.000; in Michigan, 40,000; in Kansas, J5,-
000; in Missouri, 12,000, and in California,
143,000. On the contrary, there are 50,-
000 more momon than men in New Eng
land. and nearly the same excess of females
in Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey.
IT is currently reportei that the British
Government have been notified, through
Mr. Motley, of the readiness of this Gov
ernment to reopen the Alabama Claims
question at once, for settlement here, and
that Secretary Fish, after consultation with
a majority of the members of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, has drawn
up the principle points of the new treaty
which, it is believed, will be acceptable to
England, as well as to the Administration
of President Grant.
BURGEON GENERAL BARNES reports that
the health of the army has been remarkably
good during the past year, except at Key
West, where the yellow fever carried off 18
men. The average mean strength of the
army during the current year was 36,820
white and 4,263 colored troops. The number
of deaths reported was 473, or thirteen per
thousand of mean strength. The medical
corps as at present organized is highly ex
tolled, and is believed to be the best in the
world, considering the manner in which the
troops are distributed.
PEN NSYLVANIA PIG IRON.—A petition,
signed by over eight, thousand citizens of
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, against
any reduction of duties upon articles that
can be pr id need in this country, has been
laid before ;he Ways and Means Committee
by Mr. Cakt. At least a score of new fur
naces have been erected in Pennsylvania
alone within the last two years, and while
their operators claim to be able to do a re
munerative business under the present
tariff? a reduction of twenty per cent, while
the price of gold is receding to par, would
closo half of them, old and new.
A FEW nights ago a train of some twenty
cars was duboeodiog an inclined plane on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Nanticoke,
when the cable attached to the train broke,
aod the cars moved at a fearful rate of speed.
A man and woman were on the ears and
jumped off. The man fractured a leg and
the women was seriously injured, but the
jump saved their lives, as the train smashed
several cars and a house at the l>ottom of
the plane.
THE M ethodists have just completed their
statistics for this year, and report 10 bish
ops, 8,830 travel'ine preachers, 10,340 local
preachers, 1,114,712 lay members, 184.226
probationers, churchesaod parsonages worth j
$54,115,297, 184,596 Sunday school teach-i
ert, and 1,179,984 scholars. In each of
these figures there is an advance of from 2
to 10 per cent., except that the bishops re
main the same, and the probationers show
a decrease of 10.624. The increase of
membership has been 140,000 less than the
number of probationers last year. The
deaths would not amount to a quarter of
this cumber.
mOWER HALL!!
NEW STYLES FALL & WINTER
CLOTHING.
Our Slack is unusually full and complete,
comprising many entirely new and desirable
styles of goods manufactured into
MEN'S, YOUTHS' and BOYS' READY-MADE
GARMENTS of nil kind*, i ttylce nnd rites.
Tbe most stylish goods, rut 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.
Alto a choice tclec'ion of
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS IN THE
PIECE.
which will be mode up to order in the REST and
FINEST MANNER for thee who prefer. ALL
PRICES GUARANTEED LOWER THAN THE
LOWEST ELSEWHERE. AND FULL SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED EVERY PUR
CHASER IN ALL CASKS, OR THE SALE
CANCELLED AM) MONEY REFUNDED.
tr Sample of material tent by mail when de
tired, for garment! cither ready made or made to
order.
Halfway between ( BKNXET A Co.,
FIFTH AND - TOWER HALL,
SIXTH STS. ( 518 MARKET Sr.,
PHILADELPHIA.
AND 600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
22oct3m
ORPHANS' COURT SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
The undersigned Administrator of the Estate
of John Corley, Jr., late of Juniata township,
deceased, by virtue of an order of the Orphans'
Ccurt of Bedford county, will sell the real estate
of Baid deceased, at public outcry, on the premi
ses, in said tovnship, on THURSDAY, the 30th
day of December, A. D. 1569, to wit:
No. I. MANSION TRACT, composed of two
tracts of iand, on-containing -4 acres 37 perches,
patented to Mrs. M. Straney; tbe other containing
11-7 acres, being port of No. 12 church lands,
leased to Geo. Ritter for 99 years, renewable for
ever, subject to the payment of an annual rent of
$7.-3. Aoo.it 80 acres cleared, with a fine dwel
ling bouse, barn and other improvements tbeieon
erected: adjoining lands of Michael Ilogan, Jacob
Beltz, Alvey Boylan, Peter Keagard, Bastian
Wolf and James Leisure: watered by the Juniata
River.
No. 2. Part of a tract of land warranted in the
name of Jeremiah Woods, containing 265 acres,
79 perches, about 170 acres cleared and under
cultivation, having a dwelling house, barn, and
other improvements thereon erected, with an ap
ple orcha-d thereon, adjoining lands of Adam
Geller, lands in the name of James Daily, John
Harvey and Martin Gray.
No. 3. Composed of foar parcels ot land, con
cainiDg $7 acres, 35 perches, about 35 acres under
' cultivation, with a house, stable, A small orchard
thereon, adjoining lacds of Peter Hitlegae, Abra
ham Skelly, Lewis Hashizer, Henry Belts and
and others. These lands are all favorably situa
ted. with conveniences of roads, schools, Ac.
TERMS—One-third to remain in hands of the
purchaser for use of widow during her lifetime;
one third down at confirmation of sale, and the
balarce in two eqnal annual payments thereafter
without interest.
Sale to be opened at 10 o'clock A. M. of said
day, on tho mansion place in Juniata township,
when due attendance and all particulars will be
made known by FREDERICK HILLEGASS,
26nov4t Administrator, j
/ORPHANS' COURT SALE OF
\J REAL ESTATE.
The undersigned Administrator of the estate of
PETER MOW RY, late of Napier township, dee'd,
will sell at public sale, by virtue of an order of
the Orphans' Court of Bedford County, THE
F A R M of which said deceased died seized, on
TUESDAY, the 2Sth day of December , A. D. 1809,
to wit: ALL THAT FINE FARM situate in
said township, on the Sb wnee Cabin Creek, con
taining One Hundred and Eighty-nine acres and
36 perches, adjoining lands of Jofin A. Burns,
Charles Colvin, John Dollard and others: about
150 acres cleared and under cultivation, having
thereon erected a dwelling house, barn, and other
improvements. This is a beautiful tract of land,
fire meadows, creek bottoms, and upland, near
the village of -Sehellsburg, convenient to churches
and schools, and agreeable neighbors.
TERMS —One-third at confirmation of sale,
the balcnce in two ecual annual payments there
after, without interest.
Sale will be opered at 11 o'clock A. M., when
due attendance and full particulars will be given
by JOHN A MOW'RY,
26nov4t Administrator.
pRIVATE SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
The following lot of ground, situate in the town
of Duncansville. Blair co.. Pa., fronting on Main
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending back
180 feet, more or less, and having thereon erected
a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base
ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Maket's Shop, framo~stable
and other out-buildings, with frnit of different
varieties on the lot. This would be a good stand
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
pleasantly situated, with water at the door.
Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate
Spring, one mile from the town of Bodford, with
a Log Honse thereon erected. Adjoining lands
of t'henowith, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfclt farm, and convenient to good loads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN LUTZ,
IxqcißKß OFFICE,
or J. G. BRIDAHAM,
iSdectf Bedford. Pa.
JjIARM AT PRIVATE SALE.
The subscriber offers at private sale a good
farm of 102 acres, lying on tbe south side of Dry
Ridge, within 2j in ies of the line of the Bedford
and Bridgeport Railroad, adjoining lands of Jos.
Ling, Leonard May, Peter F. Lehman, Esq., and
others. The improvements are a two story LOG
HOUSE with kitchen attaehed, a log barn and
other outbuildings. The land is well watcre J
having a good we'l and two never failing springs.
There is also a fine yonng apple orchard of 100
bearing trees, besides cherries, plums, peaches
Ac- Sixty acres are cleared and under fence and
the balance well timbered with white and chestnut I
oak. A large quancity of Chestnut oak bark can ;
be cut on the land and find a ready market, as '
there are several tanneries in the neighborhood.
For further particulars address ABRAM RITCHEV, I
West End, Bedford eo., Pa., or
JOHN LUTZ,
lOfeb.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 ISO acres, 05 of
which are cleared and under excellent fence, and
the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
lands of Charles Helsel, John Sehnebly, and oth
ers. The buildings arc a two and a half story
LOG HOUSE and BANK IIARN, with other
out-buildings thereon erected. Water in every
field, with an excellent Paw Mill seat. A splen
did apple ere hard also thereon. Price tIOOO.
TERMS: One third in hand and the balance in
three annual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ,
June 21. LS67:tf P.eal Estate Agent.
T ATEST STYLE
WINTEL COODS.
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 fnrs, and shoes all of
which will be sold at a very short profit.
20oct3m
MONEY OR NOTE.—AH persons indebted to
John S. Sproat A Co. for brick, or F. Ben
edict for lumber, must close their accounts by the
10th of December, or snit will be brought.
JOHN S. SPROAT A CO.
19nor3t F. BENEDICT.
A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Deed,
on tbe best parchment paper, for sale at the
Inquirer office.
2Uat {SMt.
yr ALUABLE TRACTS 0*
LAND FOR BAL K .
The subscribers offer at prir.Ue sale the follow
ing valuable tract a of land, via:
No. 1. The undivided half of a tract of land
containing 227 acres, situate on the sonth-oast
side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in
Bedford and partly in FnlUin county, and ad,
olning lands jo Samuel Banner, James IJ rin -
hurst and Wiahart'a heirs. TWO VEINS OP
COAL, one H feet, the other 6J feet in depth have
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract of2Bo acres near the abo - ;
joining the same lands, and uupposed <• cm ti 0
the same veins of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and a
half miles of the abore tracts, lying on tho North
side of the Harbor acrosa the mountain, well tint
bered with oak and pine.
May 3,-tf. JOHN LUTZ.
1 OTS AT PRIVATE SALE.
A HARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUT A
ROME.
The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad
joining tbe CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of t'nem dwelling houses have already
been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
buy a cheap and most desirable home, as the lots
• lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring
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 boaee and,
other out-buildings, garden and fruit trues, 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 $l3O, cash.
5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon tor
SBSO, cash.
7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
! trees, and in a good state of cultivation, teij'un
j ing the above lots, for SBOO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
1 yards out of Bedford, will find thia offer worth
: serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
j jpi OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 80 by 240,
formerly part of tbe Lyons' estate.
Two tracts of 180 acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific 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
j 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 for
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury 00., lowa.
80 " " Franklin •' lowa.
109 ncres adjoining Bedford, with house, barn,
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 houses,
stable and brick yard thereon.
O. E. SHANNON.
June 21,-tf Bedford. Penn'a.
THE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, OF
JL PITTSBURGH, PA.
INCORPORATED FOR THE SAFE KEEPING of
BONDS and OTHER SECURITIES. Ic.
No. 83 FOURTH AVENCS,
GUARANTEE RATES.
For a Year, or
less Period
[ Government and al! other I
Coupon Securities in-J- $1 00per$l,000
eluding Bank Bills, j
Gold Coin or Bullion, 1 25 " 1,000
; Silver Coin or Bullion, 2 01 " 1,000
Silver or Gold Plate, under seal, )
on owner's estimate of full val- ' 1 00 " 100
ne, and rate subject to adjust- I
ment for bulk, ou a basis 0f.... J
Deeds, Mortgages, Valuable Papers gener
ally, when of no fixed value. $1 a year each,
or according to balk.
Wills, SO. which premium covers the re
mainder of the life of the maker.
The Comftpny is also prepared to rent
Small Iron Safes, (each furnished with a Tin
Box,) inside its Burglar Proof Vault, the
Renter exclusively holding the key thereof,
at the following rates, viz: §l-5, S2O, S3O,
SOO, $75. and SIOO per annum. Also, to
Store Books of Account, Records, Valuabla
I Title Papers, etc., at reasonable rates. No
charge less than one dollar.
President:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
Vice President:
HENRY LLOYD.
Directors :
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, BYRO* 11. PAINTER.
HENRY LLOYD, JOSEPH S. MORRISON,
WILLIAM REA, GEORGE BLACK,
WILLIAM M. LYO.V, CURTIS G. HCSSEY.
JAMES I. BENNET,
Secretary and Treasurer:
S. F. VON BONXHORST.
22oct3m
pSTABLISHED 1350.
LAWRENCE D. DIETZ&CO.
IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN
NOTIONS,
FANCY GOODS,
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
Ac., Ac.
308 W. BALTIMORE STREET,
Between Howard and Liberty,
loctotn BALTIMORE.
EO. THOMPSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
No. 908 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, tiie 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 ivtsr
branch of the trade, for the particular benefit of
the great number dissatisfied.
PANTALOON CUTTING, AS A SPECIALTY.
is announced; which is an art not obtained by
imitation, bnt through close study, experience
and practice.
Those desiring easy and stylish Pantaloons, are
invited to give this method a trial. Soct-lui
| Q USH I N G S & BAILEY,
BOOK SELLERS AND
STATIONERS,
282 Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, MP.
The Largest and Best assorted stock in the 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
i binding and ruling. 20ang8m
HARRY DROLLINGKR of Hopewell, takes
this method of informing the public, that he is
prepared to execute at short notice and in good,
and workmanlike style, Brick and Stono laying,
furnace building and repairing and all other work
in his line, in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Parties wishing to secure his service, will address
him at Hopewell Bedford county Pa.
Sootly.