Scbfori) Inquirer.
I kpford, pa., raip.ii, . t8;0
ELECTION ot STATE TBEABIKEH.
Oo the 12 th ii>st. both.houses of the Leg
islature met in joint session to elect a State
Treasurer. Contrary to expectation R. \V
Maekey, the caucus nominee, was defeated,
and his opponent, W. W. Irwin, elected.
Fifteen Republicans refused to vote lor the
caucus nominee and supported Irwin, see
in" this, the Democratic members abandon
ed their candidate and voted for Irwin,
electing him. A great hue and cry L*
been raised about bargain and sa.e, corrup
tion, Ac. by the friends of Maekey, but
without exciting much sympathy for the
defeated candidate. We are opposed to
bolting as a ru'e, but there is a tyranny of
caucuses that'sometimes make.- it necessary,
and we admire the courage of the man, who.
trorn right motives, dares to rend asunder
the shackles of king caucus and obey the
dictates of conscience and the wishes of con
stituents. Whether the bolting Republi
cans have thus done or not, we are unable
to say, as we are too far from the scene ol
operations. We put but little faith in the
accusations of corruption, bargain and sale,
Ac..; like "stop thief,'' the criUnual is like
ly to be first to join", in the cry m order to
ward off suspicion from himse.f. Between
Irwin and Maekey we had but little prefer
cnceaDd were satisfied that either would make
a good Treasurer. We are inclined to thiuk
that unlo>s the matter is carried further and
the di-position of the public funds regula
led by law, but little good will be accom
plished. We are loathe to believe that the
bolters have any intention of causing a rup
ture in the party or in any way abandoning
it. as they are believed to be as good repub
licans as there are in.tbe Legislature. Gen.
Irwin himself is a staunch Republican, and
his election i. quite a- acceptable as that ol
Maekey would have been. However, ii
subsequent events should_prove that the
bolters have bargained with the Democrats
to the detriment of the Republicans then
their course will not only merit but receive
the unequivocal condemnation of all true
Republicans. We sincerely hope that they
will show by their future conduct that there
has been no such collusion with the common
enemy. On the contrary good results may,
and we hope will, come from this contest
If both parties, seeing the bitterness engen
dered by these disgraceful fights for the pos
sesion of the Treasury, the danger to which
they expose the party, and the general bad
repute into which they bring the Legisla
ture, will now heed the good advice which
Governor Geary has given them on the dis
position of the public funds accumulating in
the Treasury, they, as well as the tax-pay
ers of the whole State, w< 1 have reason to
rejoice that the bolt wa- made. Let us cow
have the bond of the State Treasurer in
creased to $250,000 or $.300,009, the salary
raised to a reasonable rate, and the Commis
sionersof the Sinking Fund authorized to
purchase the bonds of the State.next tailing
due, whenever a sufficient amount, of funds
accumulates in the Treasury for that pur
pose, and we will hear no more of corrup
tion, bargain and sale. Treasury rings. Ac.
Let our Legislators heed the voice of their
constituents and continue in the Treasury
Department the good work ol retrenchment
and reform so well begun in other depart
ments of the public expenditure.
THE AMENDMENTS
Mwcwsinpi ratified the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth
the loth inst.
The Minnesota House of Representatives
ratified the Fifteenth Amendment on Thurs
day the 13th, by a vote of IS to 15. It had
already passed the SenatP.
The Missouri Legislature adopted the
Constitution on the Tth iDSt —it bad been
adopted before, but informally. Twenty
four states have now regularly adoptfd, viz:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut Florida,
Illinois, Indiana. Kansas, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne.-ota. Mis
souri, Mississippi. Nevada, New Hamp
shire, New Fork. North Carolina, Pennsyl
vania, South Carolina. Vermont, Virginia,
West Virgiuia and Wisconsin. Twenty
eight are required to ratify. lowa. Nebras
ka, Rhode Island and Texas will certainly
ratify it, and it is now bclie-ed that Ohio
also will, though it was ri-jeeted at the last
session of her Legislature. The atuend
will be ratified by the tequisite number
without Ohio, unless the right of the New
Fork Legislature to repeal its ratification
is conceded, in which case that of Ohio will
be necessary. There seems new to be but
little doubt of the speedy ratification by the
requisite number.
SCL'LL VS. U.NDLAY.
The scat ot the Senator from this ui>-
trict has been awarded by the Senate to
Hiram Findlay, two Republicans Lowry
and Billingfelt voting for it, professing to
believe that Findlay was justly entitled to
it. The returns electing Findiay being
altogether irregular, we believe that ."scull
should have had the prima facie seat. As
it is, the patties who planned and accom
plished the defeat of Capt. Mullin fur the
nomination, who was really the only availa
ble candidate, can now see the extent of
the mischief resulting from their offorts to
force unpopular candidates upon the dis
trict.
N A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. — Beginning
dons a new dress and a form changed trorn
folio to quarto. The improvement in ap
pearance is great, and the improvement in
matter aud arrangement still greater We
congratulate the church on the improve
ment of its leading paper, and the editor,
our friend Dr. Conrad, on the success of his
efforts to give the church a paper of which
she has good reason to be proud. Themem
bership of the General Synod of the Luther
an Church in the Doited States, have now
a church paper that will compare favorably
with the best of other denominations. Let
them give it a hearty support. Every in
telligent Christian should be a subscriber to
and a reader of the representative organ of
the denomination to which he belongs. It is
a christian duty the neglect of which casts a
douat upon the sincerity of his profession.
If seems that the State of Maryland has
been levying a tax of 20 per cent, on the
fares of all passengers crossing the State to
Vashington, and collecting it through the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
At the request of Garrett the President of
the Company, Reverdv .Johnson, after in
vestigation, gave the opinion that the tax
was unconstitutional. Since then a resolu
tion of the U. S. Senate has declared it the
duty of Congress to prevent the collection
of all such taxes.
THE fund raised for the relief of the family |
of ihe late Edwin M. Stanton, now amounts !
to one hundred thousand dollars. *
GOLD closed in New York on Monday at !
mi
YOITNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
—We have received frara the State Execu
tive Committee of the Young Men s I hris
tian Association, a report of the Convention
hekl at William sport, Nov. 2d, 3d, and, 4th,
which it says was a grand success—2oo
delegates having been in attendance, repre
senting every association in the State except
two. Many towns in which there were no
associations, sent delegates preparatory to
organizing. It speaks in the highest terms
of the cordial welcome given the delegates
by the people of Williamsport. Many ques
tions of general interest in association work
were discussed, and much practical infor
mation elicited. The meetings were of a
highly spiritual character. A new impetus
was given to association work. Before the
convention there were but 27 associations in
the State. Since then 20 new ones have
been fully organized, and new life infused
into all the old ones. Four other towns have
begun to organize, and 26 others the com
mittee are working in, and hope to organize
associations during the winter, Copies o
the report will be mailed gratuitously, and
information with regard to the work given
by addressing any member of the Executive
Committee, which consists of Thomas K.
Crce, Chairman, Fittsburgh; Peter B.
Simons, Philadelphia; Gen. Jas. A. Beaver,
Bellefonte; Thomas H. Rabe, Pittsburgh;
C. C. Shirk, Erie; H. A. Myers, York; E.
Frauciscus. Harrisburg.
BOTH bouses"of the Legislature adjourn
ed over from Thursday to Tuesday. The
session opened with quite a number of flat
tering resolutions that excited high hopes
that a large amount of good and necessary
work would be done; but thus far they have
ended with good resolutions. We do not
like the dilatory indications of a four or five
days adjournment so early in the session.
It oueht not require so much time to prepare
for inauguration.
TIIK LEGISLATIVE RECORD.—The Senate
on the 12th inst., passed the House resolu
tion rescinding the contract : with Bergoer
for the printing of the Legislature Record.
This completes the work of abolishing the
most gigantic abuse in connection with the
Legislature. WelCdooe ! Let us have more
of the same kind of work and the good name
of our Legislature will be redeemed.
THE Notional Intelligencer finally expired
at Washington a few days ago. The N. Y.
Tribune comments upon its decase as fol
lows:
The National Intelligencer appears to have
been gifted with a tenacity of life truly fe
line. It survived the Rebellion;"it endured
the editorship of Cowles and the support of
Andrew Johnston, and seemed destined to
outlive the decay of Slavery and defy the
tooth of Time; but at length Mr. A. Del
mar got hold of it and quickly made a finish,
of it. Peace to its ashes!
FECHTER, the actor made his first appear
ance at N'iblo's Garden, New York, on Mon
day evening, the 10th inst. Though wel
comed with hearty applause, his acting
hardly met public expectation, and the crit
ics vaguely hiDt that he will have to do
much better if he wishes to sustain the rep
utation that preceded him to our shores.
QUITE a stir has been created and a good
deal of inconvenience caused by the strike
of the operators of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company all over the country. The
gtrike was eaused by a proposed reduction
of wages. The company being one of the
most grasping monopolies of the country
gets but little sympathy.
THE COAI. Drrr.—The Committee ol
Ways and Means have refused to recom
mend any change in the rate of duties upoi
coal. It is to be hoped that Congress nit
" n the action of the Committee and
continue u> , and foster this most im
portant branch of our national industry.
POSTAL TELEGKAPIJ.
That we are behind in our telegrapl
facilities is to be attributed to the fact thai
instead of having the wires controlled by
the Government in the same manner thai
our postal affairs are, they are in the handi
and under the exclusive control of a few
greedy capitalists, organized into a mosl
rapacious and unscrupulous monopoly, thai
combines and plot 3to promote its owt
pecuniary interests at whatever cost to th<
public. There are in the United Statei
some 52,000 miles of telegraph wire in ae
tive operation, requiring, some 4000 publi<
officers to conduct the business. Of this th<
Western Union Company own and contro
some 35,000 miles of wire and over 340<
public officers. This amounts to an aluios
exclusive monopoly of the entire telegraphii
business of the country, and the franchise!
of the company are u?cd solely, and in th<
most arbitrary manner, to add to the iargi
| dividends annually declared. The most ex
j orbitant tolls are exacted, and they must b<
! paid, for the telegraph has become one o
! the necessary auxiliaries in the conduct oi
I business, and cannot be dispensed with.
There is but one way to break down thii
powerful and growing monopoly, and ex
tend to the people the benefits of the tele
' graphic system of communication, and
that is for the Government to assume con
j trol of the wires, and give to the people t
i cheap and comprehensive system of posta
telezraph.
We boast of the great advantages pos
sessed by the people of the United Statei
over those of all other countries, and in a
solemn report to the House of Represen
tatives the Hon. John L. Farnsworth, ol
Illinois, chairman of the Committee on Posl
i Offices and Post Roads, had the hardihood
! to declare that telegraphing in the United
j States was the cheapest and most reliable
'IU IMC WUIIU. AT V H TV ,
!or should know, better than this. If h<
j knows anytbiog about the relative cost ol
j telegraphing in the principal Europeac
! countries, he knows that the expense oi
telegraphing is far greater and less reliable
in the United States than in those countries
of Europe that have the telegraph as an ap
pendage to the post office system, and his
I report to the House asserting the contrary
is an insult to the intelligence of that body.
! In Great Britainta despatch of 20 words
may be sent to any part of the kingdom at
the uniform rate of 1 shilling; in France the
same number of words can be carried GOO
miles for 20 cents. And to-day a message
of 20 words can be sent from Marseilles, in
the south of Freoce, to the north of Scot
land, traversing 1400 miles and two king
doms, crossing the Straits of Dover by sub
marine cable, for about 55 cents. And yet,
if Mr. Farnsworth would send the same
message of 20 words to his wife in Illinois,
he would have to pay the Western Union
monopoly $3. A still better idea of the ex
tortion practiced on the American people by
this monopoly may be inferred from the fact
that a message of ten words can be sent
from Washington to Constantinople by the
Atlantic Cable and Continental lines for
$5.70 less than it will cost to send 20 words
from Washington to Oregon by the West
ern Union wires.— Philadelphia Morning
Post.
BLL-SHINO. —It is very well to blush wkeD
you are detected in a mean act; but you had
a great deal better blush when you think of
committing it
Modification of the Income Tax.
The New York Timet suggest* u one ol
the modifications of the income tax, that a
distinction of one or two per cent, be made
between the taxation of incomes derived
from labor and those derived from capital.
We heartily endorse the suggestion. The
income tax, as we have frequently endeavor
ed to show, is in its priociple, and its mam
features one of the justest taxes we have.
But we have always contended that its weak
est point was this very lailure to discrimi
nate between labor incomes and capital in
comes. To tax the salary of a clerk or the
wages of a mechanic, or the earnings of a
physician, in exactly the same proportion
as the interest of the invested money of the
wealthy bondholder 01 householder, is such
an obvious injustice, that its retention ob
scures in the popular mind the essential jus
tice of the income tax itself, and furnishes
an uncovered point for the assaults of its
enemies. That a man whose income depends
on his health or on the caprice or exigencies
of his employers and who in losing his in
come loses his all, should be taxed equally
with him whose income flows in with a sure
and steady current, whether he be sick or
well, idle or industrious, and who, if he
should even lose his income, could live com
fortably for years, on his capital—is wrong,
entirely wrong. But if now, Congress should
enact that the income exemption limit
should be raised to two thousand dollars per
annum, and then that incomes derived from
labor should pay two per cent, while those
derived from capital should pay three per
cent, tax, we think this gross injustice would
be eliminated, and the income tax made the
fairest in the country. Thus would labor ol
brain and muscle not be made to bear an
oppressive share of the public burdens and
thus would a very numerous class of capital
ists be prevented from eluding their just
share of these burdens, as they will be ena
bled to do if the income tax be abolished or
suffered to expire by limitation.— ffttsburgh
Dispatch.
[FROM OL'R OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
LETTER FROM UARRISBIKO.
HARRISBCRG, Pa., Jan. 14, 1870.
THE FINDLAY-BCCLL CASE.
At the organization of the State Senate
two parties presented themselves claiming
a seat as representatives from the Twentieth
Senatorial district, composed of the counties
of Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, and each
holding a certificate of election. According
to one statement, signed by three return
judges, one from each county, Hiram Find
lay, the Democratic candidate, was elected
by a majority of twenty-three votes. Ano
ther statement, signed bv one return judge,
gave Edward Scull, the Republican can
didate, a majority of seventeen votes. From
the latter statement it appears the vote of
Allegheny township, in Somerset county,
was omitted, which constituted the differ
ence in the two returns. As a reason for
this omission it is alleged that the returns
from this township were Dot received until
after the board of return judges had ad
journed, and should not therefore be count
ed. When the case came before the Senate
the whole matter was referred to a select
committee of three to examine and report
which of the claimants was prima facie en
titled to the seat. The committee presented
two reports—a majority report signed by
Senators White and Howard, giving the
seat to Mr. Scull, and a minority report
signed by Senator Davis, giving the seat to
Mr. Findlay. The question on the adoption
of the majority report involved the Senate
in a prolonged discussion. Senator Lowry,
Republican from Erie, sided with the Demo
crats, and in support of his position pro
Gaced a loiter from Kr-4tnmpy General
Brewster, addressed to himself, sustaining
his course. On the question of adopting the
report the vote stood fifteen to fifteen-
Senators Lowry and BilliDgfelt voting with
the Democrats, which determined the ques
tion in the negative—On Wednesday morn
ing Hiram Findlay was sworn in and took
his seat as Senator from the Twentieth dis
trict. Scull will, however, contest the seat.
As the Senate is now constituted the Re
publicans have a majority of three, with one
Republican and one Democratic seat con
tested.
THE ELECTION OF STATE TREASURER.
The election of State Treasurer took plac<
on Wednesday. Since the caucus nomina
tion of Maekey there has been aquiet rumoi
of a coalition between the Democrats anc
the dissenting Republicans to secure his de
feat, which would be virtually a breaking
up of the Cameron ring. This rumor wat
given additional weight from the fact thai
on Friday, W. W. Irwin, the candidate de
feated in caucus, was close'ed with Senator!
Wallace and Buckalew, though nothing
tangible could be learned of the result of th<
interview. It has since transpired thai
Irwin gave Wallace a list of the ltepubli
cans that would support him on the day o:
election, notwithstanding the caucus nomi
nation of Maekey. On Wednesday morn
ing the Democratic caucus passed a resolu
tion to support Irwin on the second ballot
in case enough Republicans voted for hin
on the first to secure his election by theii
aid. On the first ballot Maekey received
62 votes, D. 0. Barr, the regular Demo
cratic candidate, 55; Irwin twelve, and thre<
votes were scattering. On the second
ballot all but two of the Democrats voted
for IrwiD, the vote standing Maekey 63,
Irwin 66, scattering 3, not voting one. Ai
this stage of the proceedings the excitemeni
was most intense, Irwin lacking but on<
vote to secure his election, and the suppor
fers of Maekey wild over their impending
defeat. Strong efforts were made to secure
an adjournment; but all motions looking tc
lUu pußijmuvujt.uk nciu quickly mel
and promptly voted down. The third bal
lot resulted in 70 votes for Irwin to 61 foi
Maekey, thus securing the former's election
by nine majority. The names of the fifteen
Republicans who on the last ballot voted
for Irwin are as follows: Senators Ken
and Lowry, and Representatives Ames,
Bowman, Buffington, foray, Craig, God
shalk, Herr, Leslie, Mcfracken, Mcfreary,
Reiooehl, Wheeler and Wiley. Senator
Billingsfelt, of Lancaster, remained absent
from the caucus, and Senator Worfel from
the same county, refused to vote on the last
ballot.
HOW BROUGHT ABOUT.
All sorts of rumors are afloat as to the
manner in which the election of Irwin as
State Treasurer was accomplished. The
defeated Mackey-Cameronites make the
most extravagant assertions of bargains en
tered into by the dissenting Republicans
with the Democrats, and that money was
freely employed to purchase votes. There
are however no surface indications of im
proper means used, and the recklessness of
the statements made give them but little
weight. In conversation with one Repub
lican Senator who voted for Irwin I was
told that the only shadow of a bargain made
between them and the Democrats was a
statement by their leaders that if certain
Republicans who bad already defined their
position on the Findlay-Seull case; as before
the Senate, would maintain the stand they
had taken against the Cameron ring, the
Democrats would aid them in defeating the
ring candidate for State Treasurer.
INVESTIGATION.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
has been instructed, and a special commit
tee baa been appointed for a like purpose
in the House, to investigate the charges of;
corrupt means used in the contest for the
State Treasurership. Irwin declares he is
willing to tell all he knows of the matter,
and the Finance Committee is empowered
to put any State officer under oath. It is
hoped that the investigation will not result,
as is usual with such committees, in a mere
white-washing and covering up of iniqui
tous practices.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE.
Speaker Strang, on Thursday, announced
the standing committees of the House. The
most important, with the names of the
Chairman are as follows: Corporations,
Mr. Hong; Railroads, Mr. Adaire; Federal i
Relations, Mr. Craig; Mining and Manu
facturing, Mr. Humphreys; Education, Mr.
Buffington; Divorces, Mr. Stephens; 1 oun
ties and Townships, Mr. Ames; Ways and
Means, Mr. Davis; General Judiciary, Mr-
Johnson, of Crawford; Local Judiciary, Mr.
McCreary, of Erie.
GOVERNOR'S BALARY.
A bill was introduced into the Senate a
few days ago, and as it passed that body in
creased the salary of the Governor from five
to seven thousand dollars. On Thursday
an attempt was made to call up .the bill in
the House, but it was summarily voted down,
The House has also refused to print any
extra copies of the Governor's message, and
are showing considerable hostility to the
Executive. This feeling is supposed tc
grow out, in a great part, of certain it
sinuations in the Governor's message, tba< i
some members of the Legislature are not
above biibery "id corruption.
THE INAUGURATION.
The inauguration of Gov. Geary will tak
place next Tuesday noon, on the south
portico of the capital, if the weather is
favorable; otherwise in the hall of the
House. A committee of seven from each
House have been appointed to take charg-;
of the ceremonies, and an imposing civic
and military display is anticipated.
UAKRISBIEG.
The Scull vs. Fndley Election Cases.
Majority Report of the Committee,
HARRISBUG, Jan. 11. —The majority ol
the Committee of the Senate appointed ti
report which of the claimants from thj
Twentieth Senatorial District is prima fad
entitled to the seat have made their report
Tlie Committee found two papers. on<
marked A, signed by John Mowry, purport
ing to be Return Judge of Somercet county
THomas Mullnix, purporting to be Returi
Judge of Bedford county, and Daniel Lo
gan, purporting to be Return Judge of Ful
ton county, giving the election to Iliran
Findley by a majority of 23 votes. The oth
er was marked B. signed by Wilson C
Hicks, purporting to be Return Judge o
Somerset county.
This paper recited the number of vote
cast in each of the counties of the disirie
for Senators. The number of votes and th
person for whom cast, in the counties (,
Bedford and Fulton, as recited therein,
identically the same as those recited in th
paper marked "A." The number of vot<
cast for the rival claimants, Hiram Findlt
and Edward Scull, respectively, in the coui
ty of Somerset, a9 recited in this paper, w
different from the recital of the vote of Son
erset county for the same parties in pap
marked "A." By this paper it appear*
that Edward Scull was elected by a majoi (
ty of 17 votes, and his election was so cert
fied.
There was no controversey as to the of
cial character of Mullnix and Logan. M
Scull claimed that Hicks was the legal r
turn judge for Somerset county, and th
he delivered to the board the only proper
and legally certified returns of the vote
that county, and that Mowry had no rig
to act as return judge in that county.
The official character of the person x>
appeared on the paper as return juos
from Bedford and Fulton, and the retw
as set forth therefrom being undispu,
the paper then signed by Wilson C. Hs
contained all the properly certified and -
cial returns from the several counties ofe
district present at the meetings of the -
trict board.
This paper gave a majority in favof
Edward Scull of 17 votes. The commic
decided that they had only to hear evide
as to which of the two persons—John M
ry or Wilson C. Hicks—was the lawful joe
of Somerset county. No evidence aas
fered by Mr. Findley to prove that >by
was the legai judge, while the evidene n
behalf of Hicks was clear. The evideccn
support of Hicks' return as the leg'oe
consisted in its agreement with the tied
returns filed in the county Prothonaijs
office, and eertified by him.
The committee therefore dccidedthtt
Hicks was the legal return judge, arthrt
the return handed in by him was the wfal
one from Somerset county; but the Jges
from the other two counties having fid to ,
sign it, it did not, in itself, make a imri 1
facie case. It was therefore deci- to
blend the two retnrns as the proper 1 le
gal course, for which the ease of (roth
and KoonU offered a precedent.
The aggregate legal returns befi the
District Board and of the several cities
appear then from the papers to haveen
as follows:
Findley .t-ull.
Bedford county 5,842 1,465
Fulton county 1.071 679
Somerset county 1,898 1,684
S,Bll 1,818
1,811
Majority for Scull 17
The Committee therefore adoptedfol
lowing resolution: —
Resolved, That Edward Scull, as sears
from the credentials and papers frr the
proper certifying officers of the Seorial
District board and county boarJs of turn
Judges for the Twentieth Senatorial Irict
has the prima facie right to the vacaseat
from that district, and is entitled take
the oath of office and occupy such a it as
a Senator of Pennsylvania for that crict,
without prejudice to Hiram Findley,lim
ing to have been elected thereto, to test
the right of the said Scull to such s on
the merits according to law. Signed
HARRY WHITI
THOMAS HOW.M
A minority report was made by fenor
Davis, declaring Findley entitled tote at.
The question was then discussed by lenu-
Wallace, Howard. Lowry, Graham lr
man, Buckalew, White and Olmsteal til
! a late hour.
Finally, by a vote of 15 to 15, the See
refused to pass the resolution declaring t
Scull, Republican, had a prima facie rk
to a seat Two Republicans— Billing,
and Lowry—voted with the Democs
against Scull.
Immediately after (he vote was Btinc
ced Mr. Findley (Dcm.), claiming to bee
Senator elect, presented himself beforee
Speaker's desk and demanded to be SWD
into office.
The Senate then adjourned.
On Friday morning, Mr. White offer®
preamble setting forth that the Senate d
refused to declare that Edward Scull b®
prima facie title to a seat in the body, d
resolution that, therefore, the contest!,
Hiram Findlay, be sworn into office, witkt
interfering with the right of Mr Scull a
legal contest.
Mr Find lay was accordingly sworn.
THE poles of a new system of telcgrn
ing are being erected between New ik
and Washington, by which means iis
claimed two hundred words per minute n
be sent over one wire. Twenty wordsre
as much as the most rapid operator by ic
Morse system can transmit, so that one re
under the new system will be able to das
much work as ten of the wires now in e.
The inventor, Mr. Little, of Baltime,
anticipates to be able to at once reduce le
rate of telegraphing to one half of preat
prices, and ultimately to make a unifm
tariff one cent per word to all distance, 'is
would draw all business correspondee
I from the mails and multiply the amoucf
telegraphing tenfold what it now is.
XL LT CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION
r uesday 11. —In the Senate notice was
riven of the introduction of a bill to au
th.rize the refunding and consolidation of
th national debt, to extent banking facili
tie and establish specie payments. The
fo'owing bills were introduced : More cf
fetfnlly to preserve the neutral relations of
th: United States. To provide for an in
crase of national bank note currency. For
fre banking on a gold basis. A bill to ex-
B opt certain articles from internal duty,
pised. The Virginia bill was discussed at
sane length.
In the House a bill for the admission of
Vreinia was reported from the Committee
0 Reconstruction, and laid over for one day.
ibill was reported from the Committee on
Java! Affairs, providing for the removal of
oe Philadelphia Navv Yard to League
lland. After some debate the subject was
hd over under the rule.
WEDNESDAY. 12. —ln the Senate, joint
tsolutions of The New York Legislature,
athdrawiog the assent heretofore given to
e ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment,
iere presented. A bill to refund and con
•lidate the national debt, and extend bank
g facilities, was introduced. After which
le Virginia bill was taken up and discussed
(length.
In the House, joint resolutions of the
ew York Legislature were presented. A
ill to repeal the act of 1862. relating to
eneral and petit jurors in United States
'ourts. was referred. The bill for the traus
:rof the Philadelphia Navy Yard to League
shod was considered during the morning |
our. The Virginia bill was discussed at j
-ngth.
1 HI" BSD AY , Id.—ln the Senate, bills were
atroduced and referred as follows: To
•rcvent the collection of taxes on property
xempt from taxation ; prescribing rules of
1 videoce in certain cases. The considera
ion of the Virginia bill was resumed.
In the House, resolutions were introduced j
j m follows: To establish territorial govern- I
aunt over civilized Indians; to provide for ;
• the reduction of expenditure and of taxa- j
tiou, and adverse to the acquisition of furth- |
er territory; The bill providing against do- |
, nations by subordinate Government officials i
' to superiors, in the nature of presents, was |
1 passed. Discussion of the Virginia bill was
s then resumed.
5 FRIDAY, 14.—1n the Senate petitions re
lating to various subjects were presented.
A resolution relating to the average cost of
e the manufacture of American pig iron in
c Pennsylvania, was discussed. The Virgin
ia bill was then taken up and debated, and,
finally, on motion of Senator Trumbull, it
was resolved to vote on the bill on Monday j
next, at 4 P. M.
The Hou-e engaged in debate upon the'
A irginia bill after the journal was read, and !
the discussion was exhaustive. The ques |
jtion recurring upon the final passage of the
' t) bill offered by Mr. Bingham as a substitute
for the bill of the committee, it passed by a
• ( 'vote of 98 to 95.
t The preamble was then adopted bv a ris
king vote. The bill was then passed as
t amended, by a vote of 143 to 49.
The biil as passed is in the nature of a |
"substitute proposed by Mr. Bingham, to I
bill No. 783.
I Joint resrilution, declaring Virginia entitled
, u to representation in €ongress :
i Whereas, The people of Yirgiuia have
, adopted a constitution, Republican in form,
.jand have in all respects confirmed to the
requirements of the act of Congress entitled
~'"an act authorizing the submission of the
of Virginia, Mississippi and
5 Texas to a vote of the people, and authoriz
. ing the election of State officers provided by
J the said Constitutions and members of Con
' gress,approved April 10, 1809." Therefore
( be it.
Rcsolreil, By the Senate, and House of
t Representatives of the United States of
America now in Congress a-sembled, that
jt the State of Virginia is entitled to represen
tation in the Congress of the United States.
The House then adjourned uotil Monday.
j, PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HARRISBURG. Jan. 11 th.—Bills were in
trodueed in the Senate authorizing esecutor g
and administrator'' to testify in theiroonw n
behalf in suits in which they are intere t.d
to decrease the number of legislative officers'
to regulate the practice of surgery in Phila-*
delphia; to authorize accused persons to
testify at their own request; to enable the
people at the next election to vote for
Attorney Gen'l and Sec y of State; to ratify
the charter of the Delaware Bridge Com
pany; to fix the salary of the Governor at
$7,000; to incorporate the Philadelphia
Warehousing Company; to provide for cer
tain avenues in Fairmount Park. Nomina
tionsfor State Treasurer were then received.
In the House, a resolution to appoint a
committee to investigate into the manner of
conducting the affairs of the State Treasury,
was adopted after debate. Resolutions giv
ing each member SIOO for postage were re
lerred to the Committee of Ways and
Means, and various amendments to resolu
tions to present each member with a library
were voted down.
WEDNESDAY, 12tb. —Iliram Findlay was ,
sworn into office and took his seat in the |
Senate. Bills were introduced as follows:
To make baggage smashing a penal offence; I
supplement to the City Park bill. The
following were considered and passed: To !
increase the Governor s salary to $7,0U0; to
incorporate the Avondale Relief Associa
< tion.
A resolution endorsing Senator Cameron's
i course on the Cuba question was referred.
The joint convention of the Senate and
House assembled, and on the third ballot.
Irwin was elected over Mackey, caucus nom
inee, by a vote of 70 to 61.
THURSDAY, 13th.—In the Senate various
petitions from citizens of Philadelphia were
referred. The Metropolitan Police Bill was
reported from Committee. Also, the bill
for greater security from fires in Philadel
nbia. Bills were introduced as follows;
Declaring 7 per cent, the legal rate of inter
est; amendatory of the act allowing parties
in interest, to testify, etc.; incorporating the
Women's Branch of the Pennsylvania Soci
ety to Prevent Cruelty to Animals, and the
overloading of the city passenger cars.
In the House the Park supplement bill
was referred. Senate bill increasing the
salary of the Governor to $7,000 was con
sidered and passed.
Both houses adjourned over to Tuesday,
Inauguration day.
DISASTROUS TORNADO.
Tornrulo at Cfiro C ity Station, Kentucky—
Seven or eight Persons Instantly
Killed—Great Loss of Prop
erty —Flood in the Ohio.
| LOUILVILI.E, January 17. —A terrible tor
, nado visited Cave City Station, on the Lou
isville and Nashville Railroad, at an early
hour this morning, resulting in the destruc
tion of life and property. Seven or eight
persons were instantly killed, including the
tankman and family, consisting of bis wife
and two children, and about eighteen per
sons were more or less injured. Quite a
large number of buildings were blown down
and the timber scattered in all directions.
How far the hurricane extended we are un
able to ascertain. The storm passed over a
portion of this city, accompanied by hail the
size of walnuts, stripping the trees complete
ly of small limb'. Several drain pipes
burstcd, tearing large holes in the street.
The river continues rising at the rate of
six inches per hour, which is faster than
has been known for ten years. All occu
pants of buildings on the levee and upper
portions of the eity are vacating their prem
ises. If the flood continues great destruc
tion to property will ensue.
The storm passed through Cave City,
Kentucky, about four o'clock this morning,
totally demolishing about fifty houses in
Cave City and vicinity, among which are
the Masonic Lodge and a church.
PROF. HALFORD, of the University of
Melbourne, Australia, may be remembered
by some as the enthusiastic introducer of a
cure for poisonous snake bites, and who al
lowed himself to be bitten by a snake and
nearly lost bis life by the failure of his dar
ling nostrum to effect a cure. Notwith
standing the ridicule to which his devotion
to science subjected him on that occasion,
he has persevered in his efforts, and un
doubted success has at last rewarded him.
He has found an antidote for snake poison
which has proved successful in the most crit
ical cases. It is simply liquid ammonia in
jected into the veins. A small syringe with
a sharp point for the purpose of making the
injection is manufactured and sold in Mel
bourne, and now few travel in the country
without one.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Tire vestments worn at Rome are descri
bed as beautiful beyond conception, and ihc
Indios say the laee upon tbem surpasses any
thing in the world. So dazzling are the col
ors of the dresses thai the bishops are liken
ed to a bed of tulips in appearance.
A MR. CARTER, who labors among Lon
don thieves, burglars and pickpockets, has
ga' bered a church of one thousand eight
hundred members. His wife instructs one
thousand i-ix hundred mothers, meeting
four hundred at a titne, who, without her
labors, would receive no religious instruc
tion at all,
WOOLWICH, England, formerly the center i
of a bu<y population of mechanics, has been !
reduced to a miserable condition by the re- j
nnn-al of the famous dockyards of that place. ,
Of the small four roomed bouses formerly j
inhabited by the shipbuilders, over 1,600 j
are vacant, and there are in the workhouse !
over 500 persons who a year ago were in re- j
ceipt of good wage?. „
A WRITER in the Milwaukee (Wis.) Sen
tinel favors corporal punishment in schools,
asserting that fear, and fear alone, will suc
ceed with 3 very large proportion of school j
children. He thinks that the fruits of a
good education, which cannot in bis estima
tion be acquired under any other system,
will be ample reuiune atiun for the momen
tary pain, the shoit lived anger and the few
spite born tears.
THE Secretary of the Navy lias requested j
Admiral Farragut, as the representative j
man of tho American nav , to take charge |
of the ceremonies afloat hich are to be
tendered the remains of Mr. l'eabody on
their appearance in tiie vicinity of Portland
Harbor on board the British man of-war
Monarch Admiral F.irragut will be assist
ed by such a staff of ufficeis as is conunen- !
surute with the importance sod gravity of |
the occasion, and b ti ting the high rank ol }
the Admiral himself.
PRINCE MCRAT, about to be tried for ex- !
ercising the royal privilege of slapping a j
magistrate's faee, was recently asked at a i
dinner party why he appeared so seldom in i
the Boi?. He replied, "My exchequer ;
limits, for the present, the number of my j
stud to two horses, and his Majesty forbids j
my appearance in public short of four.'
"Then why dosn't his Majesty make up the j
deficiency?" asked one of the guests. "Ah! ' j
sighed the Prince, "he has often promised; !
but then he has a "deficiency" of his own j
which needs making up a good deal more
i than mine."
| Two females in New Orleans were arrest
ed for a breach of the peace. "What did
! yon fight about?" asked the justice. "Mr.
i ff.," was the reply. "Where is he ?" he
demanded. "Here," responded a small,
squeaking voice from the far corner of the
room. "Here, your Honor!" Hnd a poor,
woe begone looking article made his appear
ance. "I)o you claim both of these women
as your wife?" the Recorder asked. "Well,
arry one of 'ern'll do 1" "Why do you have
two wives?" "Well, you see, when one
; gets obsfoperous I kin go to t'other, and
| she most generally pities me."
THE.Superintendent of Public instruction, j
of Indiana, submitted bis triennial report to j
the Governor last week. The number of;
children in that State is 610,655, of which
499 are colored. The amount in the school :
lund is $5,350,000. One miilion five hund- j
red thousand dollars were spent last year I
for the support of schools. There are 6,-
730 male teachers and 4,274 female teachers;
j pupil? enrolled 459,916; average attendance,
| 29,376; number of schoolhouses 8.606, four
hundred and five having been built during
the year. Five million? two hundred and
j eighty-five thousand one hundred is the
! Dumber of volumes in the township libraries.
| CONSIDERABLE interest has been mani
fested at Washington for the last week or
; ten days on the probable action of the Ways
' and Means Committee on the question of
I the duty on bituminous coal. The matter
was probably settled on Friday so far ar the
committee is concerned. Mr. Hooper made
! the proposition that the article be admitted
free, which received barely two votes. He
j then moved that a duty of fifty cents per
i ton be imposed, which was endorsed by only
three votes. A motion to place tho duty at
' one dollar per ton developed four votes for
and four against it, which was equivalent to
! its defeat. The duty thus remains as it at
present stands.
THEY have a prohibitory liquor law in
B'.airsville. passed by the Legislature two
or three winters ago. and approved by a di- j
rect vote of the people. The law has been
strictly enforced until recently, when several ;
parties engaged in a hotel and saloon bu-i-;
ness concluded that they would defy it open- i
ly. For this tbey were indicted and tried ;
! at the December term of the Indiana county j
! Court, the matter, of course, creating great I
interest and excitement. All who were in- j
dieted were convicted, and fined #1.400 in
j the aggregate, and five of them, including
! one woman, were sent to jail for fifty days
| each.
THE following abstract of the Milwaukee
' wheat trade for the year just closed, 1869.
is taken from the Witconxin: "The total
receipts of wheat for the *ame period have
i been 17,798,567 bushels. Reducing flour to
wheat we have a grand total of 21,623,777
! bushels of wheat as the receipts at the port
of Milwaukee for the year 1869. The ship
: ments for the year 1869 have been 1,210,-
210 barrels of flour and 14,271,860 bushels
of wheat. Reducing flour to wheat, we
have a grand total of shipments during the
year of 20,322 SlO bushels. There are in
store today 1,655.000 bushels of wheat,
and at the beeining of tho year there were
on hand 617,761 bushels." Milwaukee right
ly claims to be the greatest primary mar
ket in the world.
IT is reported that the coal miners of the
Schuylkill Valley are en a strike. This ac
tion on the part of the workmen is the re
suit of an attempt by the operators of the
mines to reduce wages, because coal has
fallen from $3 10 per ton to $2 74 i>er ton
at the mines for shipment. The Miners'
Union had fixed the rate of wages for mi
ners at sl4; inside laborers, sl2, and out
side laborers at sll per week, an less coal
went above $3 in price, when, for every
increase of twenty five cents per ton, five
per centum was to be added to the wages of
the operators. Now. because the price has
fallen nearly twenty five cents below tle
standard, the operators and owners desire
to lower wages, while the miners insist that
they must be paid the same amount as be
fore the decline.
SENATOR SUMNER'S bill contemplates
the conversions of the $500,000,00f> six per
cent, five-twenties of 1862 into the same
amount of five per cent, ten-forties. He be
lieves the foreign holders of the five-twenties
will accept the new ten-forties as permanent
securities in preference to being pa d off at
once. The number of America holders who
would prefer beiDg paid off at once he
thinks so small that they could be accom
modated by the proceeds of an equal a
nioutit of five-twenties placed in Kuropc at
par for coin. The remaining bonds will en
hance in value so a? to become more popu
lar, and thereby not only save the faith but
strengthen the credit of the Government
and aid in the resumption of specie pay- ;
ments. All this is predicated upon the sup
position that Euro|ean holders of five- j
twenties will prefer the new lower interest
securities to being paid off at once.
SLAVERY IN ALASKA. —Some remarkable
statements are made in the Sitka Timet
about the prevalence of slavery in Alaska
Territory. Slaves can be bought to day
from any Indian tribe in Alaska. Parents
will sell their children for three or four
blankets or a few dollars, and have no com
punction of conscience for the use they inav
be put to in the future. When one tribe
goes to war with another, a" -he prisoners
taken by either tribe are called, treated and
used as slaves. When a chief or any of his
family dies, it is the cu-tom to kill one or
more of these slaves, so that the chief or his
deceased relative may have a servant in the
other world to wait on him. As soon as a
chief dies, the slave is com polled to wa?h the
body of the corpse, and is than taken out
and thrown flat on his back and held there,
when a stick of wood is placed across his
throat and two Indians sit down on each end
of it, and in this way strangle him to death.
PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE, who shot M. :
Noir the other day, is a cousin to the Kui
peror, and second son of Lucien, Prince de
Cavino, by his last marriage. He was
horn in 1815. and has a position in the army.
He visited Washington in 1862, and those
who met him there were impressed with hi?!
celebrated likeness to the first Napoleon
That was his first visit to this country, and
he attracted considerable attention. In
French politics be has been considered more
liberal than the Emperor, and at one time
was in di-grace with bis despotic cousin for
OPPOSING his policy. They were SOOD recon
ciled, and the Prince has since been a sup
porter of the Empire. The effect of bis
killing of Noir must be injurious to the Im
perial dt nasty. The French press mat
resent the assassination of a brother journ
alist. The code of honor condemns the
Prince, and the liberals will use it as an ar
gument against the Empire.
As effort is now making to consolidate
the State of Delaware, the eastern shore of
Maryland and Aecomac county in Virginia,
into a new State, to be called Chesapeake.
The thirteen counties in the three S'ates j
make the peninsula lying between the t.'hes- ;
apeake, the Delaware river and the Atlantic j
Ocean. It is believed that these counties |
have a population and identical interests ot ;
sufficient importance to warrant their crec- ;
tion into a new State. Under the proposed j
plan, Delaware, ofconrse. loses its identity, 1
but this is to offset the objection which the j
people of Virginia and Maryland in the i
counties adjoining might have to anneia- j
tion to so small a State as Delaware, which
by compromise tiny become the larger and
more important State of Chesapeake. The
plan is not a new one; Simon Cameron, as
Secretary of War in 1861, officially, recom
mended it, and it has been discussed from
time to time ever since. The reason given
for rooveing in the matter now is that, if
the new State is to he created, it can be
ranked in the enumeration, estimates and j
statistics of the census about to lie taken as j
the State of Cke.-apeake, not Delaware.
I>R. FAYEK, an English phvgician in In- 1
dia, communicates to the Indian Medical j
Gazette an extraordinary case of the effect {
of imagination on the phyical system. lie !
savs: "On entering the hospital. I was !
told that a man had been admitted during j
the night suffering from a snake bite, and j
that he was very low. 1 found him in a state |
of great prostration—he was hardlv able to j
speak, and seemed to be in a "tate of depres
sion. He and his friends said that durine
the night, in going into his hut, a snake bit
him in the foot; that he was much alarmed
! and rapidly passed into a state of insensihil- j
ity when they brought him to the hospital. ;
They and he considered that he was dying, j
and evidently regarded his condition as hope
less. On betDg asked for a description of the
snake they replied they had caught it and
brought it with them in a bottle. The bottle
was produced, and the snake turned out to
! be a small innocent lycodon. It was alive,
i though somewhat injured by the treatment
it had received. On explaining to the man
and his friends that it was harmless, and
with some difficulty making them believe it, 1
the symptoms of poi-oning rapidly disap- j
peared, and he left the hospital as well as ;
i ever he was in his life in a few hours.
THE BUSINESS FUTURE— The Financial |
Chronicle concludes a survey of the busine-- j
! future as follows: "In view of this steady j
and natural process of reaction from infla- j
tion, we are at a loss to conceive of the i
grounds lor the vague and settled convic
tion. now so general. that the financial and
commercial arrangements growing out of
the war must sooner or later issue in gener
al panic and insolvency. There could be no
better guarantee against such a catastrophe
than the universal caution which now pre
vails. The sentiment of the country is es
sentially conservative. An expansion of the
currency would be so unpopular to the peo
ple at large, that there are few members of
Congre-s who have the daring to propose
such a measure, no enterprises can he float
ed that do not present good evidences of
soundness: AVall street brokers find it far
more difficult to promote an advance in
stocks than a decline; and upon the question
of specie payments there is a marked con
version of public opinion in favor of an ear
ly adoption of the measure. There are plain
: ndicationsof a wholesale commercial senti
ment, such as usually precedes public pros
perity, and cannot, with any congruity, be
regarded as the forerunner of panic.
PEACH STATISTICS.— The Wilmington,
(Del.,) Commercial says: An item is going
the rounds of the papers, and has been pub !
lished in this one, stating that "the State j
of California has 800,000 peach trees, or I
about five to every voter —enough to pro- J
; duce more than one hundred pounds annu- !
aliy for every person. The figures are large, j
but they are official, and are supposed to be j
correct." These figures may sound large |
to people who do not live where peaches j
grow, but they seem somewhat insignificaut j
in this latitude. California has an area of
188,982 square mile-', Delaware has an area
of 2,120, and the eastern shore of Maryland,
adjoining ber, has an area of probably about
.3,000 square miles. The Delaware Rail
road and its branches furnishe transporta
tion for the products of these two coneres
sional districts, with a united area of not
much over 5,000 square miles, and a united
population in 1860 of 257,344. In the year
18Gf> there were growing along the line of
this road (ihe greater part of them in Dela
ware) 1,653,205 peach trees. By the spring
of 1819 tbe number (counting none under
one year old) had increased to 3,959,010,
and from the large number planted lastyear
it is probable that the present number alone
the line of the road is at least 4,500,000.
All the figures except those of the above es
timate are official, made from actual couut
by the agents of the re ad, for the use of the
freight agent. Mr. A. Brown, to enable him
to make his estimates. They do not include
at all the large ore-hards, the fruit from
which is sent to market by water, and con
cerning which we have no definito data, but
which probably have one-third the number
of trees of those along the railroad.
Taking only the estimate of 4.500,000
trees along the railroad, which does not rep
resent anything like the whole numl>er on
the peninsula, and making a liberal esti
mate of the population, still these two con
gressional districts "have, instead of five
peach tree- to each voter, over fourteen to
each inhabitant; and in Delaware the pro
portion is much greater, as her population
is smaller than that of the Eastern Shore,
while probably four fifths of the trees arc in
her limits.
ITIOTfiB II A L LI!
NEW STYLES FALL & WINTER
CLOTHING.
Our Stock is unusually full and complete,
comprising many eniirely new and desirable
styles ot goods manufactured into
MEN'S, YOUTHS' ami BOYS' READY-MADE
GARMENTS ..fall kinds, styles and sizes.
The most stylish goods, cut 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.
Aim a choice selection of
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS IX THE
PIECE.
jrhich Kill be made up to order in the JIEST and
FtXEST MANNER for those >rho prrfer. ALL
PRICES GUARANTEED LOWER THAN THE
LOWEST ELSEWHERE. AND FULL SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED EVERY PUR
CHASER IX ALL CASES. OR THE SALE
CANCELLED AND MONEY REFUNDED.
Sample of material sent by mail i chcn de
sired, for garments either ready made or made to
order.
Hallway between (" BEXNET <K Co.,
FIFTH AND * TOWER HALL,
SIXTH STS. ( 518 MARKET Sr.,
PHILADELPHIA.
AND COO BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
22oct3m
JJL OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 80 by 240,
formerly part of the Lyons' estate,
Two tracts of 180 acres raeh within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Kail Road back of Oma
ha.
A tract of bottom land timbrred 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 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
Rorough of Bedford, with lime stone rook for
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury co., lowa,
go " " Franklin •' lowa.
TOO acres udjoiuing Bedford, with house, barn,
Ac., known sa the "Amos farm."
Also, a farii 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.
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, at 25 cents
per novel, at the Inquirer Book Store, tf
1 AVERY THING in the BOOK and STATION
NERY line for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. !
PTEWLANFOUIS.
paiVATE SALE OF
VALUABLE lIEAL ESTATE.
The following lot of ground, situate in the town
of Runeantville, Blair co, Pa., fronting on Main
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet anil extending back
180 feet, more or less, and having thereon erected
a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base
ment and kitchen, end good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Maker's Shop, frame stable
and other oat-buildings, with fruit of different
varieties on the lot. This would be a good stand
for a Tavern or Boarding House, being conveni
ent to the Boiling Mill and Nail Factory, and the
Railroad. The House is in good repair end very
pleasantly situated, with water at the door.
Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate
.Spring, one mile from the town of Bedford, with
a Log Uouse thereon erected. Adjoining lands
of Chenowitb, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, If acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfelt farm, and convenient to good toads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHX LUTZ,
IXQriacß Orricr,
or J. G. BBIIJAHAM,
lSdectf Bedford. Pa.
yALCABLK TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers offer at private sale the follow.
Log valuable tracts of land, vis:
Xo. 1. The undivided half of a tract of land,
containing 227 acres, situate on the sooth-east
side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad
orning lands jo Samuel Banner, James Brin
hurst and Wisbart's heirs. TWO VEIXS OF
COAL, one 5J feet, the other 6$ feet in depth hare
been discovered on this tract.
Xo. 2. A tract 0f230 acres near the abo ,- d.
joining the same lands, and supposed -o coi tain
the same veins of coal.
Xo. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and a
half miles of the aboTe tracts, lying on theXorth
side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tim
bertd with oak and pine.
May 3,-tf. JOHX LUTZ.
pOTS AT PRIVATE SALE.
A BARE OPPORTCSITY TO KEY A
HOME.
The subscribers will sell a number of iots ad
joining the CHALYBEATE SPRIXG 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
fie 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 house and
other out-buildings, garden and fruit 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.
6 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden end fruit trees thereon for
$-iO, cash.
7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for SSOO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHX LUTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
RPHE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, OF
i PITTSBURGH. PA.
INCORPORATED FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING OF
BONDS and OTHER SECURITIES, Ac.
No. 83 FOCRTH AVEVTB,
GUARANTEE RATES.
For a Year, or
less Period
Government and all other "|
Coupon Securities in- V §1 00 per SI,OOO
eluding Bank Billa,— J
Gold Coin or Bullion, 1 '25 " 1,000
Silver Coin or Bullion, 2 00 " 1,000
Silver or Gold Plate, under seal, 1
on owner's estimate of lull val- ' 1 00 " 100
ue, and rate subject to adjust
ment for balk, on a basis 0f.... j
Deeds, Mortgages, Valuable Papers gener
ally, when of no fixed value. $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 furnished with a Tin
Box,) inside its Burgiar Proof Vault, the
Renter exclusively holding the key thereof,
at the following rates, vix: sls, S2O, S3O,
SSO, $75, and SIOO per annum. Also, to
Store Books of Account, Records, Valuable
Title Papers, etc., at reasonable rates. No
charge less than one dollar.
President:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
Vict President:
HENRY LLOYD.
Directors :
WILJAAM PHILLIPS, BYRON H. PAINTER.
HENRY LIJOTD, JOSEPHS. MORRISON,
WILUAM REA. GEORGE BLACK,
WILLIAM M. LYON, CCRTIS G. HCSSKY.
JAMES I. BENS FT,
Secretary and Treasurer:
S. 1-. VON BONNHORST.
22octSm
SARS APARILLA,
FOR PURIFYING TnE BLOOD.
The reputation this excellent medicine enjoys,
is derived from its cures, many of which are truly
marvellous. Inveterate cases of Scrofulous dis
ease, where the system seemed saturated with cor
ruption, have been purified and cured by it.
Scrofulous affections and disorders, which were
aggravated by the scrofulous contamination until
they were painfully afflicting, have been radically
cured in such great numbers in almost every sec
tion of the country, that the public scarcely need
to be informed of its virtues or uses.
Scrofulous poison is one of the most destine
live enemies of oar race. Often, this unseen and
unfelt tenant of the organism undermines the con
stitntion, and invites the attack of enfeebling tr
fatal disease", without exciting a suspicion of its
presence. Again, it seems to breed infection
through the body, and then, on some favorable
occasion, rapidly develop into one or other of its
hideous forms, eiiher on the surface or among the
vitals. In the latter, tubercles may be suddenly
deposited in the lungs or heart, or tumors formed
in the liver, or it shows its presence by eruptions
on the skin, or foul ulcerations on some part <f
the body, llence the occasional use of a bott e
of this SARSAPARILLA is advisable, even when
no active symptoms of disease sppear. Persons
afflicted with the following complaints generally
find immediate relief, and, at length, cure, by the
use of this SARSAPARILLA. St. Anthony's
Fire, Rote or Erysipelas, Tetter, Salt Rheum,
Scald Head, Ringworm, Sore Eye*, Sore Eart,
and other eruptions or visible forms of Scrofulous
disease. Also in the more concealed forms, as
l/ytpeptia, Dropsy, Heart Viteate, Fite, Epilepsy.
Xturalgia, and the various Vlcerout affections of
the muscular and nervous systems.
Syphilis or Venereal and Mercurial Diteatc
are cured by it, though a long time is required
for subduing these obstinate maladies by any med
icine- But long continued use of this medicine
will core the complaint. I.eucorrhcra or IVA'f".
C'terini Ulceration f, and Female Diseases, are
commonly soon relieved and ultimately cured by
its purifying anil invigorating effect. Minute Di
rections for each case are found in our Almanac,
supplied gratis. Rheumatism and Gout, when
caused by accumulations of extraneous matters
in the blood, yield quickly to it, as also Liter
Complaints. Torpidity, Congestion or Inflamma
tion of the Liter, and Jaundice, when arising as
they often do, from the rankling poisons in the
blood. This SARSAPARILLA is a great resto
rer for the strength and vigor ot tht system.
Those who are Languid and Listless, Despondent,
Sleepless, and troubled with Xervous Apprehen
sions or Fears, or any of the affections symptom
atic of Weakness, will find immediate relief and
convincing evidence of its restorttive power upon
! trial.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. AYER A CO.,
Lowell, Mass..
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
pMr Sold by all Druggists Everywhere.
j 17 dec I y J -
jy^A^ONRY.—
HARRY DROLLINGER of Hopewell, take'
this method of informing the public, that he is
prcpared to execute at short notice and in good,
and workmanlike style. Brick and Stone laying,
furnace building and repairing and ill ether work
in his line, in Bedford and adjoining counties-
Parties wishing to secure his service, will address
him at Hopewell Bedford county Pa.
Soctly.