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THE FREE-TRADERS' ATTACK UP
ON OUR IRON MANUFACTURES
Iron is the great civiliter. Tbe highest
development of its manufacture marks the
most advanced civilisation. It- is as neces
sary to civilised life as bread, meat and
clothing. In fact the production of these
necessaries depends upon the production
and manufacture of iron. The plough, the
harrow, the scythe, the sickle, the reaper
and mower, all the implements of husband
rv. demand iron. The horse must be shod
with iron, the railroad, the locomotive, the
steamship, tbe telegraph, all the agencies of
commerce, travel and business call for iron,
manufactured in infinitely diversified forms.
Common sense must tell every one that the
nation that fails to suprly itself with so im
portant au element of civilization can never
be independent, yet to-day there are those
professing wisdom and pretending patriot
ism who would persuade us to stop our own
manufactures of iron and buy our supplies
in a foreign land. Eleven states of our
Union are now making large quantities of
iron, viz: Pennsylvania. Ohio, irgsnia,
Kentucky, Tennessee. Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin and Geor
gia, with almost unlimited Facilities for the
indefinite extension of their manufactures.
Pennsylvania stands first and manufactures
most, but all the others have large interests
in the business. Under the protection of
the past few years tbe business has rapidly
increased and we hid fair, if the protection
is continued, to supply our own market in
a few years, though at present we -till im
port large quantities. A few years ago our
importations were so great that we were
the chief purchasers in European markets.
The rapid increase of our own manufactures
of iron has so far supplied our wants as to
alarm foreign manufacturers, who are now
endeavoring to break down our manufac
tures, so that we may be still compelled to
buy of them and send our money abroad.
To this end the Free-traders have secured
the services of Commissioner Wells and
through his infamous Report, have made a
furious attack upon our iron interests. Let
no one be misled by the deceptive and cun
ningly devised falsehoods which he has made
his figures tell. Our iron interests are of
the very first importance: with them all
others stand or fall, for we have shown that
they are at the foundation of all our other
industries. On the jealous care with which
we guard and protect this citadel of our
prosperity, from the attacks of foreign foes,
depends to a large extent the future advance
ment and prosperity of our whole country.
fiCt no partisan bitterness divide us. It is
a common and a vital interest, which it is
the duty of all to defend. Let our people
petition, memorialize or send delegations to
Congress from every township in Pennsyl
vania, rather than permit British Free
traders to obtain a reduction of the duty on
iron and drive our own manufacturers out of
the markets with the pauper made iron of
our old enemy, England.
Ol K UWGKAHT INCREASE
(If over 250,000 immigrants arriving at
New York in the first eleven mouths of last
year, ovor 25,000 came to, and settled in
Pennsylvania. A larger portion than fell
to the lot of any other state except New
York and Illinois. A marked feature too
of the later immigrants, is that tbey are of
a better and richer class. Of those coming
to Pennsylvania a large portion were skilled
mechanics, and they brought with thein
$1,500,000 of capital. If it is asked, why
do they settle in thickly populated Pennsyl
vania instead of the far west? The answer
is, the demand for skillful laborers is great
er iu Pennsylvania, and the wages better
than the west can offer. And why is this?
dimply because a judicious protection in the
past few years has so stimulated inanufac
tures, that they have sprung up in every
direction and in infinite variety, so that to
day we are manufacturing millions of dollars,
worth of goods, that a few years ago we
were importing fi ai foreign countries.
The wages were lo*, our people were with
out work, while our money was shipped to
Europe to pay for what we ought to have
made at home. To day all is changed,
wages are good, employment to he had every
where, and the whole country prosperous.
Such are the results of protection to our
industry. \et there are those among us
who are clamoring for free-trade, with all
its hardships and poverty. Jjet us continue
the protection that has made us rich and
prosperous.
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DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY
The Democratic Legislature of New York
(the first for a number of years) signalizes
its opening with various bills increasing the
salaries of officers, clctks and all officials
from 15 to 35 percent. A truly Demo
cratic demonstration in the way of reform.
That is the way they answer the appeal of
New York for retrenchment. The Tribune
calls it a triumph of Democratic predilec
tions over Democratic promises. This is
in striking contrast with the doiugs of our
own Legislature. In response to the de
mands of the masses of the Republican
party they are diligently applying them
selves to the work of retrenchment. The
Democracy of New korkonthe Coutrary
at once propose to increase all salaries of
offices which they hold twenty Jive per cent
above what they were under Republican
rule. This is only a fair specimen of what
Democracy would do all over the country if
they had the power. Let the people take
warning in time. Democracy has not for
gotten its old instincts, nor abandoned its
old battle cry of ''To the victors belong the
spoils. They live up to its most libera]
construction whenever they have an oppor
tunity. Me pity New York tax-payers,
but they are only reaping the fruits of their
own folly.
THE AMENDMENT PKOGRESSING.
1 he .Rhode I-land House of Rcpresenta
tives ratified the fifteenth Amendment on
the 18th, two Democrats and all the Repub
licans voting for it The vote stood 57 to
The Senate ratified it in June last.
The Ohio House of Representatives rati
fied the XVth Amendment on the 20th by
a vote of ,i, to 55. The Senate passed it
some days before.
This makes twenty-six states that have
now ratified it. The Senate of lowa ratified
it on the 2otb.
SO I L T S. FISDLAY —On Tuesday even-
after the inauguration ceremonies, a
session of the Senate was held to choose a
committee to try the contested election ease
of Scull and Findlay The Committee con
sisu of Lowry, Randall, Linderman, Brooke,
C Mcrhout Brown and Allen : Four Republi
cans and three Democrats. As Lowry voted
against giving Scull the seat on the prima
Jacir in accordance with the>jority report,
' s regarded as hostile to Seal!.
GOLD closed at 1 20} in New York cn
Monday.
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
A special committee on the publication of
tbe proceedings of tha legislature was ap
pointed some days ago. It consisted of
White and Olmsted from the Senate and
Niles, Beans and Smith from tbe House.
"This committee has reported that under the
XV Section of tbe constitution and from the
spiiit of our institutions, if is tbe duty of
the Legislature to publish a journal of its
proceedings, that the people of the Coui
monwealth may be constantly informed of
the transactions of tbe law-making depart
ment of their government. The only prae
tical question to be determined then was
tbe form of publication to be adopted. It |
was the desire of your committee to secure
the most comprehensive, expeditions and
economical publication practicable. W bile
your resolution instructed apd authorized
| your committee to contract with the lowest
nonrible bidder for the publication of a
j journal of tbe proceedings, and to re
port such contract for the approval or dis
approval of the Legislature, they were at
the same time authorized to report any
method or plan, with the probable cost of
the same. To give all information possible,
your committee called before them all per
sons in the city of Harrisburg engaged in
public printing, and the publication of daily
newspapers. There appeared Benjamin
Singerly, State Printer. B. F. Myers & Co.,
editors of Morning Patriot, and George
Bergner, editor of the Daily Telegraph.
After a careful consideration of various sug
gestions made, your committee concluded
there were but two practical methods sug
gested For publishing the daily Legislative
proeeedings. One was by a daily journal
prepared under a careful contract: tne oth
er was the publication in the two daily news
papers published in Harrisburg, a designs
ted number of copies to be furnished for
the use of each house, at a stipulated price
per copy, a certain number of columns to be
exclusively devoted to Legislative proceed
ings. To secure a practical result, your
committee invited proposals from the Morn
ing Patriot and Daily Telegraph to furnish
six thousand copies of their paper daily ;
three thousand each, with six columns of
Legislative proceedings, each issue to con
[ tain the proeeedings of the preceding day.
They also invited proposals from all en
gaged in the printing business in Harrisburg
for the publication of a daily journal under
a contract similar to that by which the
Record of the session of 1858 was published.
To the invitations the following several
proposals were received :
From Benjamin Singerly a proposition
amounting to about $21,240; from B. F.
Myers & Co., one to furni-h three thou
sand copies of* the Morning Patriot with an
average of six columns of Legislative pro
ceedings for S6OOO, or to publish a record
similar to the old Record at $15.75 per
page for the usual number of copies; from
George Bergner. one to furnish 3000 copies
of the Telegraph on the same terms as the
Morning Patriot, or to publish a Legisla
tive Record similar to the one of 1868 at
$14.50 per page for tbe usual number of
copies.
While your committee conceive much
plausible argument can be made in favor of
the publication of the proceedings in the
daily newspapers, yet it is submitted it is
not the mot satisfactory and faithful man
ner of publishing and preserving a record of
Legi-Ltive proceedings, and it will be ob
served from the proposals received it is not
the most economical manner
The bid of Mr. Bergner being $1.25 per
page lower than that ot B. F. Myers & Co.,
and being the lowest bid made, was accept
ed and la contract entered into with hint,
which is herewith reported and submitted
for the action of the Legislature. It is es
timated under this contract, as carefully
prepared as your committee could devise to
secure a faithful, intelligent and economical
record of legislative proceedings, a volume
of less than six hundred pages will be pub
lished. Should six hundred pages be neces
sary for the purpose, it will be observed at
the price of $11.50 per page the entire ex
pense of publishing Legislative proceedings
would amount to $8,700, which is much less
than the annual expense for that purpose
for many years past. Your committee are
of opinion the contract submitted presents
the most practical and economical method
for giving proper and authentic publicity to
the pr< c -edings of the Legislature."
This report was submitted to the House
and Senate and by both referred back to the
special committee on the 21st. This is the
exact position of the Record Question at the
present writing. The Legislature is averse
to any heavy expenditure for this purpose;
the section of the Constitution requiring
publication in some form will have to be
complied with, but the Legislature will, we
hare no doubt, do it at the least possible
cost in accordance with the wishes of the
people.
Cl'BA. —Notwithstanding we have just
had a fresh report that the Cuban insurrec
tion was at last crushed, the latest news re
ports that Puello started fiom Nuevitas on
Christmas Day with 2,700 men to attack
the Cubans at Cuaimaro. Before reaching
Cascorro be was encounterred by a force of
2,300 patriots, a part of whom were in
trenches on his flanks. After several hours
hard fighting the Spaniards were badly de
feated. having lost nearly 1300 men in the
engagement. With the remnant ot his
force l'uello hastened toward Puerto Prin
cipe, which place he reached on or about
January with only 700 men, a large num
ber having been carried off by small pox
and iomito, and 200 having deserted.
THE BEACHES OF FREE TRADE.— The
Itbirral Revenue Report shows that the
income to the government from customs on
imported goods, amounts to as much as all
that, is derived from internal taxes. Free
trade Wells wants the duties on imports
sboli.-hcd for the benefit of foreign manu
facturers, and the Internal Revenue tax in
creased sufficiently to make up the loss.
How will our people like Free trade when
it comes in a doubling of the Internal Reve
nue tax ? Yet ruch is the infamous propo
sition of the Free trade hireling Wells.
Let hitn and bis infamous doctrines be ban
isbed from our shores.
It is a significant fact that while Free
traders insist that the duty on iron is en
tirely too high and that iron manufacturers
arc making, immense profits, none of them
show a disposition to engage in its manu
facture. Tbeir professions and their prac
tice doti't agree. Free-traders are as eager
as anybody to make money but they ab
solutely refuse to attempt to make it in the
iron manufacture. Why don't Free-traders
go into the business if it is so profitable ?
They don't believe what they preacb.
I i EORGK D. PRENTICE, the poet editor
of the Louivillt Journal, died at the resi
dence of his son, near Louisville, on Satur
day the 22J inst. He was born at Preston,
Connecticut, in December, 1802, aDd was
consequently 67 years of age at the time of
his death.
NEW YORK CITY spends thirty million of
dollars for flour per year and forty millions
for liquors. It costs four millions and a
half to keep up the police, prisons and
courts.
TnE Peightal murderers, Bohner and
\ an Bordenburg, were foond guilty in the
Huntingdon court, on Tuesday the 18th,
and sentenced by Judge Taylor on the 2let.
J EDGE STRONG of Philadelphia is likely
to be nominated by the President, for asso
ciate Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
PRISCE ARTHUR, third son of Queen
Victoria, arrived in Washington on Satur
day, with Mr. Thornton the British Minis
ter.
HON. JOHN CESSNA will accept our thanks
for a copy of the Report of the Agricultural
Department for 1868
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
LETTER rxoa HABKISBURCJ.
HARRiSBraa, Pa., Jan. 23, 1870.
ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNIBHMENT.
Quite an effort will likely be made this
winter to pass a law abolishing the death
penalty in Pennsylvania. Senator Lowry
has introduced a bill to that effect, and is
preparing himself to push it with much
energy. lion. H. M. Bovee, of Wiscon
sin, was in Harrisburg this week with a
view of furthering the measure. He pro
poses to lecture on tbe subject at different
points in tbe State, from the present time
until about the first of March, unless the
desired legislation shall be obtained before
that date. It is expected that a large num
ber of petitions will be presented, asking
for tbe passage of such a law, and there is
likely to be a more than usually earnest en
deavor on the part of the friends of this
movement to make it successful.
HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
The second volume of this work, pre
pared by the State Historian, Prof. Samuel
P. Bates, has been published. It is royal
octavo in size, contains 1,359 pages, and
embraces tbs records of thirty-four regi
ments for three years and veteran service,
from the 51st to the 84th inclusive. The
history comprises an account of the organiza
tion and service in the field of each regiment,
together with a roll giving the name, age
and residence of each officer and soldier, the
date and term of enlistment, the promotions,
the discharges, the casualties, and the place
of burial of those who died in the service
where the same can be ascertained. The
work is accompanied by several maps and
an illuminated frontispiece, showing the
National and State colors, seven in number.
About half the third volume is now printed,
and it will require a fourth to complete the
history. The edition has thus far been
limited to five thousand copies, though the
work is stereotyped and the plates in the
possession of the State printer. No plan of
distribution has yet been decided upon, and
it is useless to make application for copies
at the present time. It is more than likely
the present Legislature will take some ac
tion as to the manner of [distributing the
work and provide for its speedy completion.
The history has been prepared with a great
degree of care and pains taking on the part
of Prof. Bates and his assistants, and will
constitute a lasting monument in com
memoration of the patriotism and heroism
of Pennsylvania's sons.
TIIE SCTLL-FINDLAY CASE AGAIN
The committee in this case for the Seat
as Senator from the twentieth district, and
in "which Scull, Republican, claims a ma
jority over Findlay, Democrat, the sitting
Senator, has been drawn. The committee
consists of Republicans, Senators Lowry,
Brooke, Osterhout and Allen; and Demo,
era's, Senators Randall, Linderman and
Brown. This gives the Republicans one
majority on the committee, but as Senator
Lowry is noted for voting about as he
choses, independent of party, the contest is
considered very close.
THE INACGRUATION
of Governor Geary into his second term of
office took place on Tuesday. The day was
pieasant, and the display of military and
other organizations quite imposing. Owing
to the presence of a negro regiment of
militia from Philadelphia in the procession
the fire companies of Harrisburg, some
seven in number, left the line soon after its
formation, and marching to their several
headquarters, disbanded. This action on
their part is generally condemned by the
Republicans of the city, while the Demo
crats are of course loud in applauding it
They allege that their course was prompted
by no discourtesy to the Governor, but by a
sense of injustice in being placed in the rear
of the colored troops.
The ceremonies otherwise passed off very
satisfactorily to all.
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD
as published under the old contract having
been abolished, an effort has been made to
obtain an official publication of the ptoceed
ings of the Legislature in some modified
form. A special joint committee appointed
to consider the subject reported a new con
tract on Thursday by which a Record is to be
published at sl4 50 per page, with abstracts
of debates, and the exclusion of reports of
Heads of Departments and much other cum
bersome and useless matter. Under the old
contract the Record was published at sls 00
per page, but was so lumbered up as to
make it emphatically a speculation job.
Neither House has yet ratified the new con
tract, and there is little possibility either
will—the Senate having referred the subject
back to the committee, and the House not
having taken final action in regard to it.
THE STATE TREASURY
Investigating Committees have as yet made
no special developments. The House com
mittee consists of Messrs. Adaire, Ames,
Hall, Buffington. McCreary, Ellis and Dill
of Union. In the Senate the subject has
been referred to the Finance Committee
with power to place the State Treasurer, or
any other State officer under oath. The in
vestigations are to be into the alleged frauds
and corruption in connection with the elec
tion of State Treasurer, and the improper
use of the public monies. If a tenth part
of the charges made ar d reiterated on the
streets and through the press are true the
committees will have an opportunity to
make some startling developments.
STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
This association will hold its annual
meetine for 1870 in Harrisburg, on Thurs
day of next week. The Association will be
called together at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
and the meeting will probably be held in the
Hall of the House. AH Pennsylvania
editors, publishers and reporters are eligible
to membership, and are invited to attend.
It is Loped that the experience at the As
sociation last year will enable the members
to make the present meeting of some
practical value.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, 18th—The morning session of
the Senate was unimportant.
Mr. Broadhead introduced a supplement
to the charter of the Lehigh Boom Compa
ny, authorizing the creation of flooding
dams. Passed to second reading and laid
over.
Mr. Randall, an act empowering the Gir
ard Coal Company to hold real estate in
Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Coal
Company to accept conveyance thereof.
At noon the Speaker and members par
ticipated in the inauguration of Governor
Geary, after which the Senate adjourned
until evening.
The evening session was held for the spe
cial purpose of choosing a committee to the
contested election case of Edward Scull,
Republican, against Hiram Findlay, Demo
crat. from the Somerset District. After the
usual formalities, the following committee,
consisting of three Democrats and four Re
nubiieans, was chosen, viz: Messrs, Lowry,
Randall, Linderman. Brook, Osterhout,
Brown and Allen.
HOUSE.
A motion to increase the pay of the Gov
ernor to $7,000 was lost. Bills were offered
defining rights and fixing fees of real estate
brokers, limiting actions for payment of
money founded upon fraud, repealing laws
exempting churches and other associations
from taxes, providing for the Admission of
Attorneys at law in the Courts of the Com
monwealth, making it anlawful to vend
special committee of Philadelphia member*
Other bills were reported, &a followa: To
amend charter of the United States Armor
and Steel Company; to incorporate the
Woman's Branch of the Pennsylvania So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals. The bill to authorize the Philadel
phia and Darby Railroad Company to leal®
their road property, etc., passed. A bill
to enable tbe Philadelphia Library Contpa
ny to act as trustees under tbe will of Dr.
Rash, was introduced.
In the House, a resolution relative to
Philadelphia wharves and docks, passed.
The City Park supplement was reported,
and other bills mostly of a local character
were introduced.
SENATE.
THURSDAY 20th. —Petitions were pre
sented in favor of allowing the people to vote
on licenses, and for the abolition of the
deatbpenalty.
The following are the reports of commit
tees on certain Senate bills :
Requiring persons who make up medical
prescriptions to be graduates of some regu
lar medical college -affirmatively.
Providing for tbe calling of a convention
to make general amendments to the consti
tution —affirmatively.
Prohibiting Justices of the Peace from
practising lan—affirmatively.
A communication was received from the
Governor, transmitting bills proposed by
the Civil Code Commissioners, as follows :
Creating a department of instruction for
the education of the youth and others of the
Commonwealth.
Providing for taking the enumeration of
taxable inhabitants of the State.
Providing for the support ot the poor.
The question of confirming the contract
with George Bergner for the publication of
a daily record was again taken up and dis
cusged by Messrs. White, Brown, Oster
hout and others, affirmatively, and by
Messrs. Howard, Rutan, Lowrv, Billingr'elt,
Turner and others, negatively, and was
finally referred hack to tbe special commit
tee.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, 21st. —Bills fixing salaries for
officers of State House Row, Philadelphia;
fixing salary of Chief Justice at $P,500 and
of other Judges of Supreme Court at 18,-
000; creatiug a board of control who shall
require securities of State Treasures and
select depositories for state funds; calling
for statement from State Treasurer. Tbe
resolution for a final adjournment March
17th was passed. The House bill giving
each member SIOO for postage was defeated.
Adjourned to Monday evening at half past
seven o'clock.
HOUSE.
Numerous petitions were presented from
different parts of the Commonwealth for the
passage of' a law authorising tho voters of
each district to determine whether drinking
shops shall be licensed in their localitj.
Motions to print State Librarian's, and
Auditor General's Reports and Governor's
Message were defeated on the ground that
there was no provision for postage.
The question for printing a Legislative
Record came up. A special committee has
recommended that a contract be made with
George Bergner at sl4 50 per page.
Mr. Brown (Dem.) moved to amend bv
instructing the Committee to make a con
tract with the two Ilarrisburg newspapers
(Telegraph and Patriot) to publish full pro
ceedings at a total cost not exceeing SIO,OOO
per annum.
Mr. White moved to amend by instruct
ing the State Printer to furnish the two
houses with copies of the daily journals
(embodying the business, and no speeches)
in the daily proportion of 1000 copies for the
House and 500 copies for the Senate.
Mr. Johnson, of Philadelphia, wished to
amend by authorizing the publication in the
Philadelphia Press and Post, but afterwards
withdrew the motion.
The amendments of Messrs. Brown and
White were both lost.
The whole subjeet was finally referred back
to the special committee.
Adjourned until next Monday at "I o'-
clock P. M.
XLlst CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION
MONDAY* 17th. —In the Senate various
petitions and memorials relative to such a
modification of the revenue laws as shall re
lieve maimed and disabled soldiers, for the
abolition of the franking privilege, for the
removal of political disabilities, and for
pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812, were
read and referred. The bill prohibiting the
assignment of officers on half pay to duty
cntitliog them to full pay passed. The
Virginia bill came up, and a motion to table
the Senate bill and take up the House bill
was earnestly discussed, and finally pre
vailed.
In the House, bills were introduced as
follows: To amend the steamboat passenger
act; to repeal the tonnage tax on American
vessels; for the adjournment of Congress on
the 12th of April; for the taking of oathsin
reconstructed States; for the disposition of
the public lands in certain States; making
a grant oi lands for a railroad from the Texas
line to a point near Vicksburg; to pay a
year's salary as Associate Ju-tice of tbeSu
preme Court to the widow of Mr. Stanton; to
declare void all acts of legislative, and other
State officers, disabled under the third sec
tion of the fourteenth amendment; to per
mit manuscripts and corrected proofs to pass
between authors, or correspondents of news
papers, and publishers, at rates of printed
matter; to establish a postal telegraph sys
tem. and to regulate certain salaries.
TUESDAY 18th.—In the Senate, various
petitions were presented and referred. The
Vice President appointed Mr. Hamlin a re
cent of the Smithsonian Institute, vice
Fessenden, deceased. Tl*e Virginia bill
was taken up and discussed at length, by
Senators Thayer, Nye, Stewart and Morton.
During the speech of the latter, a motion to
adjourn prevailed.
In the House, the transfer of the Navy
Yard to League Island was considered.
Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, opposing the
bill, and several bills were introduced, among
which was one to reduce the number of
commissioned officers in the army.
WEDNESDAY 19tb.—In the Senate, vari
ous petitions and memorials relating to the
Military Academy, and to the abolition of
rhe franking privilege, were presented.
Bills were introduced granting lands to va
rious railroad enterprises, and referred. The
Virginia bill was then discussed at length.
In the House, resolutions relating to offi
cers of the army acting in the Georgia Leg
islature as a committee on Elections, to in
valid pensions, and to harbor improvements,
wcro adopted. A resolution to adjourn uu
the second Tuesday in April was rejected.
Bills were introduced to amend the bank
rupt law, to provide for the Niagara Ship
Canal, and for the relief of certain officers
and enlisted men. The League Island bill
was taken up and considered. A joint reso
lution relative to the income tax was sub
mitted.
THURSDAY 20th.—In the Senate, Mr.
Anthony presented a communication from
the Governor of Rhode Island presenting to
Congress a marble statne of General Nathan
iel Greene ; and a joint resolution, offered
by Mr. Sumner, thanking the Governor,
and assigning the statue a place in the Old
Hall, was passed. A number of bills were
introduced. Memorials for the abolition of
the fraukiog privilege were presented. The
Virginia question was discussed, several
amendments being offered to the Bingham
bill. Four o'clock to-morrowwas finally
fixed upon for taking the main question on
this important subject.
In the House, Mr. Bingham asked leave
to offer a bill making it an offence punisha
ble with fine and imprisonment for any per
son to propose the repeal of the action of a
State Legislature in ratifying any proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States which was objected off by Mr.
Eldridge. Mr. Longhridge and Mr. Wood
offered resolutions respecting the treaty
ratifying power of the Senate. Mr. Kelley
made an important personal explanation.
A memorial from Utah for admission as a
State was presented. The League Island
question was further discussed.
Jan, 21, 1870. — SENATE. —Memorials of
army officers for an increaseot pay aDd
memorials in favor of the Sixteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, giving
women the right to vote were presented.
Also petitions for the abolition of the frank
ing privilege.
The Virginia bill was then taken up and
id by yeas 48 nays
ig. After a brief
ey bill the Senate
chairman of the
Bans, asked and ob-
tained leave for that committee to git during
the sessions of the House, and at the same
time no'ified the House that he expected
very early next week, probably Monday, to
report to the House the revision of the tariff,
bin, and that after its being reported and
crdcred printed, he would move, at the first
fitting opportunity, to go into Committee of
the Whole to take up bill No. 1, the revision
of the iotcrnal tax law.
A number of private bills were then con
sidered, and at the expirat ion of the morn
ing hour the House went into committee of
the whole and devoted the remainder of the
day to speech making upon agriculture,
commerce and finance.
It was agreed that to-morrow's session
should be devoted to debates only. The
House then, at 4 : 30 P. M., adjourned.
SATURDAY 22nd. —HOUSE. —Whole ses
sion taken up with speeches on various sub
jects. Adjourned to Monday.
The Erie Canal Scheme at Uarriaburg.
HARRISBCRG, Jan. 20.—There is every
reason to believe that a strong effort will be
made to obtain bonds of the par value of
three and one half million dollars from the
State Treasury to aid in widening and en
larging the canal from Erie to the junction
of the Ohio and Beaver rivers, a distance of
one hundred and thirty-six miles. The
canal was originally built by the State, but
was given to a company about 1843, and
since then has been operated without any
profit. Its securities, which have been
almost worthless, are held by a few capita
lists in the West, an J, if tbe State lent her
aid, these securities would increase in value
ten fold. Under a constitutional provision
the Commonwealth cannot loan money to a
private corporation, but the effort will be to
secure tbe Allegheny Railroad bonds, now
in the Treasury, and which are endorsed by
the Northern Central and Pennsylvania
Central Companies. It is proposed to en
large the canal, the lockß of which are now
fifteen feet wide, so as to admit of the pas
sage of boats of three hundred tons burthen.
Efforts are being made to interest Eastern
capitalists in the scheme, a supplementary
portion of which consists in urging congress,
at an expense not exceeding twenty million
dollars, to improve tbe navigation of the
Ohio river.
The whole project, though it has not met
with much favor at llarrisburg, has persist
ent adherents.
Foreign News
LONDON, Jan. 22. —Advices have been
received from the Baker expedition of dis
covery up to the Ist of January. At that
lime they were at Mead, at the head waters
of the Nile. All well.
FRANCE.
PARIS, Jan. 22. —Henri Roehefort's trial
was brought to an end to-day. He was con
victed and sentenced to 6 months' impris
onment, and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs.
This sentence includes deprivation of his
political rights, hut does not disturb his
position as a Deputy in the Corps Legislatif.
ROME, Jan. 22—The Archbishop of Paris
on Wednesday delivered a discourse before
the (Ecumenical Council, which was full of
wisdom and moderation. He was listened
to with religious attention, and at the close
was congratulated by many of the fathers.
A petition against the excesses of laymen
who edit religious journals has been drawn
up and numerously signed by the fathers.
ROME, Jan. 23. —At the Congregation
Council, yesterday, there was a protracted
debate on the syllabus, in which many of the
most eminent fathers took part. At two
sessions last week minority circulars were
distributed enjoining on the members ab
solute secrecy and brevity of discourse.
THE FEJEE ISLANDS.
Population increasing—The United States
Petitioned for Protection.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22. —The United
States shic> Jamestown, seventy-seven days
from the Fejee Islands, brings the following
intelligence:
The population of the island has increased
in three years from four hundred to eighteen
hundred.
A petition has been extensively signed by
the islanders requesting the United States
Government to a-suaic protection over the
entire group, counting of one hundred und
fifty four islands, sixty five of which are in
habited. The petition has been forwarded
to Washington. Great Britian had previ
ously refused to add the Fejees to her colo
nial possessions. There are about fifty
Americans living on the islands. The
•Jamestown was sainted by orders of King
Thaskamom, and all on hoard were kindly
received by the islanders. Much public
business was accomplished, and the Jamps
town sailed on her return voyage on No
vember 6. No Ametican vessels were at
the islands.
Indian Intelligence.
A letter from Fort Laramie states that
a band of Indians captured forty head of
cattle from a herder named Mills, on the
I4th inst. The Helena papers report the
arrival of the agent of the Mountain Crows
from Fort Parker, in the Yellowstone val
ley. The Indians are all contented. Gen
eral Sullv has caused the erection of a sub
stantial mill and farmhouse. It js expected
that the Indians will help in cultivating the
soil next Spring. General Auger has just
received official information from Fort Ran
dall showing that there is no doubt that
Pawnee Killer's band were engaged in the
massacre of Buck's surveying party on the
Republican rivc-r, last August. Eight
whites were killed in the first attack, and
several escaped, but were subsequently
murdered by another band of Indians.
Great Destruction of Telegraph Lines
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. —A special despatch
from Oneska, dated yesterday, says passen
gers from the West report that more than
forty miles of telegraph lines, railroad
and commercial lioes, were almost entirely
destroyed by the recent storm. A 'arge
force is assembling as rapidly as possible.
There is no commuuicatioa yet west of
Grand Island.
Legislators Asked to Kesigu
ST. LODIS. Jan. 21. —A concurrent resolu
tions has been introduced in the lower House
of the Kansas legislature, asking Senators
Ross and Pomeroy and Representative Clark
to resign, as their influence has been im
paired by circumstances growing out of the
late impeachment trial, and the disposition
on the part of oneoftbem for lavish expndi
ture. The resoltion was referred to a special
committee.
IMPORTANCE OP IRON.— The Philadel
phia North American, indignant at the
efforts being made to induce Congress to
legislate adversely to the great iron interest
of the country, makes the following protest
and appeal:
"Iron is the key of the nrotective system.
It has unlocked for us ail the giand open
ings we have made in so many diverse in
dustries. It sustained the nation through a
war of unprecedented magnitude. It has
populated regions that would else be savage
wilds. It has built our stupendous system
of railways. And this is the one great espe
cial interest that is most heavily attacked in
the hour of its greatest advancement and
prosperity. This is the one we are asked to
strike down. This the merciless monopoly
upon whose head are piled all the denunci
ations of the free traders, ijet us see where
all this shall end, and where are the men
who are going over to the enemy.
FELT HIS OWN PI. LSE, —A good story is
told by the Attica, Indiana, Ledger of a
physician of that place, who was called upon
to visit a sick man, after he had, himself,
taken a drop or two too much. Arrived at
the bedside, he fumbled over his patient a
littje and at last got hold of his own pulse,
which he felt for a little bit, and then, with
cußtomary medical gravity remarked,
"Well, there's nothiri' much matter wi'
you—only a little drink I Jis go t' bed 'n
sleep little ' n you'll all right!"
A STRONG movement is being developed
at the west in favor of creating the cities of
tbat section ports of entry, so as to allow of
importations direct to them. The western
papers allege, with much force' that under
the present system they are completely at
the mercy of Gotham, and subject to all
manner of delays and detentions in making
importations.
SEWS ITE.US.
THK
rarragut arrived there on Saturday to take
charge of the naval portion of the obscquiea.
General Hunt is also there to represent the
army. All the arrangements for the solemn
occasion have been completed, and the cere
monies will IM.' the most impressive ever
witnessed on this continent.
THE question of the removal of the Na
tional Capital was discussed at considerable
length in the House on Saturday. Mr. Lo
gan was the chief advocate of removal, ma
king a long speech in its favor, concluding
by saying be would soon introduce
looking to that end. There seems to be
considerable feeling on tbe subject among
Congressmen, and there will be lively times
over it before the session closes.
THERE has been a fight in Cuba. Tbe
telegraph says so and the New York Junta
say so; and we cannot doubt, or think of
doubting, sucb testimony. But who gained
the victory is another and more important
question. Both sides claim it: and have
claimed it for some weeks. Whether we
shall ever know seems involved in great
doubt. Tbe last report—that in a Havana
telegram of Saturday—rather favors the
insurgents' claim, and puts Puello's loss at
1,300 men.
THE election of a negro to fill the place
vacated by Jeff. Davis in the United States
Senate, would seeiu to be nn act of retribu
tive justice, and both "points a moral and
adorns a tale." Nearly ten years ago Sena
tor Davis left tbe Senate, and plunged into
the red sea of the rebellion in order to per
petuate the slavery of a race. Now one of
that rttee i elevated to the position that be
held and the sea* he occupied. Mississippi
repudiated Jeff. Davis and elected a negro
as his suece-.nr. What greater humiliation
can be in store for hint?
THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
written a letter, in which he savs that the
ruling under which a person who makes it
his occupation to sell the products of his
own farm from a stall or stand is required
to pay a special tax as produce broker,
should be construed with the utmost liber
ality, giving him the benefit of all doubts;
that it cannot ordinarily be said to be the
occupation of a farmer to sell his products:
that it is his business to raise them and that
selling is an incident to the production;
that it isonlv whew he makes such selling
his constant business that he shall be requi
red to pay the tax.
AT a public audience of the Pope, in came
an American lady. She got an armful of
rosaries blessed. "Is that ail?" said the
chief of Catholicity, patiently. "Your pho
toeraph, Holy Father, I beg!" "Here it i-.
What more do you want?" "Your name at
the foot of the carte.'' Pius IX. hesitated.
He did not like it. but the spirit of sacrifice
came to his aid—he resigned himself; he
signed the card. "Have you another favor
to ask?" "Holy Father, give me the pen
with which you wrote your autograph.
This time the excellent old man lost all
patience. "Here, madam, take the pen
holder, and—take the inkstand also." The
American lady (continues our French au
thority) wrapped all up in an old news
paper, opened her travelling-hag, put in the
spoil, and departed with a low courtesy.
RECENTLY a Philadelphia man died,
wilting his entire estate for the founding of
an Infidel Lyceum in that city. Tbe will
has been declared null and void by the Penn
sylvania courts on the ground that it would
tend to licentiousness and irrelieion. The
laws of the State guarantee the freedom of
religious worship, and while Christianity is
not a law, it is so far the popular religion of
the people that it cannot he openlv insulted
in the manner indicated. Judge Sbar<wood,
recognizing the importance of sustaining re
ligious principles, so conducive Jo good
morals, closed his opinion in the following
strong terms : "It would prove a nursery of
vice, a school of preparation to qualify
young men for tbe gallows and young women
for the brothel; and there is not a sceptic of
decent manners and good morals who would
not consider such a debating club as a com
mon nuisance and di-grace to tbe city.
A PROMINENT Western member of Con
gress has prepared an important bill, which
he will introduce in a few days, having for
its object the establi-hmeut ol different lines
of steamship to Europe. The ideas on
which the bill is framed are, that it is abso
lutely necessary for us to make a national
effort to recover our commercial stipremaev;
and that, as private enterprise unJer exi-t
--ing laws is utterly incapable of accomplish
ing so great an undertaking, patriotism and
statesmanship alike demand government aid
and encouragement. The bill will provide
the establishment of lines of steamships
from Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New York ; each line to besubsdized. The
proposition is to diminish the expenses of
the Navy Department, which now average
annually some twenty-nine millions, to. say
fifteen millions per annum, and give about
ten millions of dollars in subsidies.
THE evidence of James Fisk. Jr., on Sat
urday, in the gold conspiracy investigation,
is said to have been very racy. He was
profane and oratorical, dramatic and high
falutin. His story was a broad farce or a
roaring comedy from beginning to end.
Fisk speaks of Corbin as an old thief, and
photographs his character in a sentence:
" When he reaches his hand for the shelf
he cleans off everything there is on it."
Fist's style can be seen in one of his an
swers. When asked what had become of a
certain twenty-five thousand dollars placed
to Mrs. Grant's credit, he replied: "It's
gone where the woodbine twiueth." lie
was BomLnstes Furioto from beginning to
end. and kept the Committee in a fever of
suppressed laughter. Fisk was gorgeous
with striped pantaloons, brown velvet coat,
a square yard of shirt bosom, half a rod of
gold chain, a diamond large as a walnut,
and a neck-tie of the latest arid loudest swell
pattern. Both of them went back to New
York last evening.
ACo OPERATIVE COLONY has been or
ganized in New York, under the name of
the Excelsior, with about one hundred mem
bers. Their destination is Republican coun
ty, Kansas, which is represented as cne of
the finest counties in the State, inasmuch
as there is some timber, a plenty of stone
and a fertile soil. An advance of eight
members lias already gone forward, and
seven of these are skillful workers in stone,
from which it may be supposed they pro
nose to construct buildings of this materia).
Their plan provides that all their work shall
lie conducted on the co-operative principle,
the details of which arc to be perfected from
time to time. They take land under the
Homestead, each man having one hundred
and sixty acres; and whatever may be their
success in co-operation, there can be no
doubt that thej ill lie able to secure bona*
of their own, while thev will certainly have
great advantages in settling together in one
neighborhood, and in securing reduced rates
of transportation. They have already com
menced collecting a library, and they intend
to secure to themselves whatever can be de
rived from this source, and from schools
and churches.
IRON CLAD MONSTER. -The irou-clad Ru
pert, the keel-plates of which have just
been laid at the Chatham (Eng-) dockyard,
is attracting attention in Great Britain in
consequence of the fact that the ramming
power of the ve.-sel is to be made much
greater than its gnn power. The desiguer
aims at building a vessel which as a simple
ram, shall be able to encounter the most
formidable iron-clad ever constructed. The
dimensions of the Rupert are: Leugtb, 250
feet; extreme breadth of beam. 53 feet;
mean draught, 22} feet, and burden, 3,159
tons The construction of the vessel will be
according to the following plan: Along the
broadside will be built a shield of armor pla
ting twelve inches thick, bolted to twelve
inches of teak timber backin, with an inner
skin of iron plate one and a quarter inches
thick. The lower edge of the armor plating
will be five feet below the water, and the
upper edge two feet above. The armament
will consist of two eighteen-ton guns.
These are to be mounted eleven feet above
the water, in a single revolving turret situa
ted far forward, and are not, as formerly, to
be placed on turn tables in a fixe i turret. A
heavy armor plated wall or breastwork,
forming an eliptical enclosure around the
turret, and extending one-third the ship's
length, is to be built on the bow deck about
two feet above the water, and is to be cov
ered with a flying deck. The ram bow is
spear-shaped, the sharp angle of the stem
being about eight, feet below water, and ex
tending twelve feet in length from the up
right portion. The propelling power
rpOWKR HALL!!
NEW STYLES FALL & WINTER
CLOTHING.
Oat SU/ok it unusually full >nd eomjtlete,
cum bribing macj eulirtiy new and iUxirabU
styles of goods manufactured into
M K.VS. VUUTH.S' an;l BOWS' KEADV MADE
AItMV. KTS of all find i. tti/lee "ml e ire#,
Tti' most .itjjlish rut m the hilr.-t
ashitm as well as plainer ami more moderate
tlyUt, suit a d to all tastes, and hotter in
SXYLK, FIT and WORKMANSHIP,
than any other stock of READY MADE OLOTBINO
in Philadelphia.
Alto a choice selection of
NEW FALL ANlt WINTER GOODS IN THE
PIECE.
K> kick icill he made up to order in the JIKST and
FINEST MA .WE It for thone 1 rho prefer. 4IL
PRICKS GUARANTEED LOWER THAN TIIE
LOWEST ELSEWHERE, AND FULL SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED EVERY PUR
CHASER IN ALL CASES. OR THE SALE
CANCELLED AND MONEY REFUNDED.
Sample of muter ia I tent by mail when de
tired, for •jarmente either ready made or made to
order.
llalfway between f BKNXET k Co.,
FIFTH AND t TOWER HALL,
SIXTH STS. ( 518 MARKET Sr.,
PHILADELPHIA
ASH 600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
22oct3m
rpHE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, OF
A PITTSBURGH, PA.
INCORPORATED FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING of
BONDS and OTHER SECURITIES, Ac.
No. 83 FOURTH AVENUE,
GUARANTEE RATES.
Government and all olber I
Coupon Securities in- - $1 00 per SI,OOO
eluding Bank Bills, J
Gold Coin or Bullion, 1 25 " 1,000
Silver Coin or Bullion 2 00 " 1,000
Silver or Gold Plate, under seal,
on owner's estimate of full val- I 1 00 " 100
oe, and rate subject to adjust- 1
ment for bulk, ou a basis 0f.... >
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, Oath furnished with a Tin
Box.) inside its Burglar Proof Vault, the
Renter exclusively holding the key thereof,
at the following rates, viz: sls, S2O, S3O,
S6O, $75, and SIOO per annum. Also, to
Store Boobs of Account, Records, Valuabla
Title Papers, etc., at reasonable rates. No
charge less than one dollar.
1 "resident:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
Vice President:
HENRY LLOYD.
Directors :
WIIJ.IAM PHILLIPS, BYRON H. PAINTER,
HENRY LLOYD, JOSEPH S. MORRISON,
WILLIAM REA, GEORGE BLACK,
WILLIAM M.LYON, CURTIS G. HUSSEY.
JAMES I. BENXFT,
Secretary and Trea.turer:
S. F. VON BONNHOEST
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A VER S CATHARTIC PILLS.
XTL for purifying the blood,
Perhaps no one medicine is so universally re
quired by everybody as cathartic, nor was ever
any before so universally adoptod into use. in
every country and among all cla-ses, its this mild
but efficient purgative PILL. The obvious rea
son is, that it is a more reliable and fur more ef
fectual remedy than any other. Those who have
tried it, know that it cured fbem : those who have
not, know that it cures their neighbors and friends,
and all know that what it doe? once it dots al
ways—that it never fails through any fault or
neglect of its composition. Wo have thousands
upon thousands of certificates of their remarkable
cures of the following complaints, but such cures
are known in every neighborhood, and we need
not publish them. Adapted to all ages and con
ditions in all climates ; containing neither calo
mel or any deleterious drug, they may be taken
with safety by anybody. Then sugar coating
preserve- them ever fresh and makes them pleas
ant to take, while being purely vegetable no harm
can rise from their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on
the internal viscera to purify the blood and stimu
late it into healthy action-—remove the obstruc
tions of the stomach, bowls, liver, and other or.
guns of the body, restoring their irregular action
to health, and by correcting, wherever they exist,
such derangements as are the first origin of dis
ease.
ilinule directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which
these PILLS rapidly euro :---
For DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION, LIPT
LESSSKSa, LANGUOR and LOSS OF APPE
TITE, they should be taken moderately to stim
ulate the stomach and restore its healthy tone
and actiot.
For LIVER COMPLAINT and its various
symptoms. BILIOUS HEAD A CHE, SICK
HEACACHE, JAUNDICE or GREEN SICK
NESS, BILIOUS COLIC A BILIOUS FEVERS,
they should be judiciously taken for each case, to
correct the diseased action or remove the obstruc
tions which causa It.
For DYSENTERY or DIARRHtEA, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For RHEU.MATI.-M, GOUT, GRAVEL. PAL
PITATION OF THE HEART, PAIN IN THE
SIDE, BACK and LOINS, they should be con
tinuously taken, as required, to change the dis
eased action of the system. With such change
those complaints disappear.
ForDROPSTand DROPSICAL SWELLINGS
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For SUPPRESSION a large dose should be ta
ken as it produces the desired effect by sympathy.
As a DINNER PILL, take one or two PILLS
to promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigorates the system. Hence it is often
advantageous where no serious derangement ex
ists. One who feels tolerably well, often finds
that a dose of these PiUs makes bim feel decided
ly better, from their cleansing and renovating ef
fect on the digestive apparatus.
AVER A CO.
DR. J. C
Practical Chemist,
B. F. IIARRV, Agt. lOdo Lowell, Mass
II A I 11 V I G O R,
FOR THE RENOVATION IF THE HAIR,
THE QBE A T DESIDERATUM OF THE AO E
A dressing which is at once agreeable, healthy,
and effectual for preserving the hair. Faded or
orai/ hair it noon reetored to it* critjiual .olarand
the gloat and frethnm of youth. Thin hair is
thickened, falling hair cheeked, and baldness
often, though not always, cured by its use.
Nothing can restore the hair where the follicles
are destroyed, or the glands atrophied aod decay
ed. But such as remain can be saved lor useful
ness by this application. Instead of foaling the
hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean
and vigoronj. Iti nrcaslObikl uee will preveuttbo
hair from turning gray or falling off, and conse
quently prevent baldness. Free from those dele-
terious substances which make some preparations
dangerous and injurious to (ho hair, the Vigor
can only benefit bat not haxm it. If wanted
merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable. Contain
ing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil white
cambric, and yet lasts longer on the hair, giving
it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by
DB. J. C. AVER A CO.,
Practical ami Analytical CMcmiete,
LOWELL, MASS.
Price SI.OO.
B. F. HARRY. Agent.
jyjASONHY-
HARRY DROLLING KR of Hopewell, take?
this method of informing the public, that he is
prepared to execute at short notice and in good,
and workmanlike style, Brick and Stone laving,
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.
Boctly.
J \V. KNO X ,
BI'ILDER OF FIRST-CLASS
LIGHT AND HEAVY WAGONS.
Invites attention to his stock of finished wagons
and seasoned wood works. Shop one-half mile
west of Bedford. 27aug
MA Kill AGE CERTIFCATISS.—On hand and
for sale at the Inquirer office, a fine assort
ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and
Justices should have tboip.
at a speed of
even hundred
lupert wi!l also
ire and aft sails
(?staU.
pUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
the nndersigned will expose to sale *t out,!,,
tiuo, on FRIDAY, the ihh day of February
IbTO, on the premises, in Bedford towerbir. a
DESIRABLE FARM adjoining land, of Job!//
Hproat, Jonathan Diebl, Jacob Shsrtier, S,ian
Carney and others, containing Pi) acres, *;, &•
acres cleared and tinder fence, 10 acre? of which
is good meadow. The irnproyements are a one
and a-half -tory log dwelling bouse, log Urn r,
other buildings. Alao a large orchard of cho;: ■
apple, peach and cherry trees. The above farm
is in a good neighborhood and within a in
Bedford.
Sale to commence at !0 o'clock.
J. W. LfNGENFKLTER, Adm'r
21jan4t of Mr*, Georgian* R. Reamer, dec' i
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.
The subscriber offer* at private tele, a g>,J
improved farm rituatod in Scmkc Spring T*,
Bedford Co.. Ha., trro mile* from Mount Dal ~
atation, on the Huntingdon and Broadt -p r(1
road, containing 230 ACRES of good lime-:
land, about ISO acres cleared and under
fence, over 800 panel* of which an post
the balance of the land is well timbered 7 n .
improvement* are A GOOD LARGE FARM
HOUSE and Large Back Bam and all BC 'J'
out building-, 3 {fever Failing Soring*. 3 n r ,
ar.is, 2 TEN ANT HOUSES and a g„...j Sawnu:;
The above Mansion Farm is in ag .~A
cultivation and is well calculated to rr.as<! TW'i
FARMS. For forther particulars addrc-
HEN RY HBRSHHERGER,
Tjan Bloody Run, Bedford 1 p 4
JJ RIV A TBBALEOF ~
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The following lot of ground, eituate in the -
of Duncansville, Blair Co., Pa., fronting r . Ma
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and eitending b*.'
ISO feet, more or lee*, and having thereon en >
a large two story BRICK HOUSE, w,:t ...
ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame B
smith and Wagon-Maker's Shop, frame ,
and other out-buildings, with fruit fc.
varieties on the lot. This would be a• :. ■ v
for a Tavern or Boarding House, being . r
eat to the Rolling Mill and Nail Fact-rv, an..'
Railroad. The House is in good repa r and n
pleaeantly situated, with water at the j -
Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the I
Spring, one mile from the town of Beif.r i,
a Log House thereon erected. Adjoining lac.
of Cbenowitb, Amos, Shannon and other-.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining t:
Coifelt farm, and convenient to good roads.
For further particulars apply to
For a Year, or
less Period
y"ALUABLE TRACTS OP
LAND FOR SALK
The subscribers offer at private sa
ing valuable tracts of land, vis
No. L The undivided half of a tract
containing 227 acres, situate on the sou:
side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying part
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and a
oining lands jo Samuel Banner, James £
hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEIN
COAL, one 5J feet, the other fc-et in depth L
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract 0f230 acres the abov
joining the same lands, an l supposed -o cor
the same veins of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and
half miles of the above tracts, lying on the Nori
side of the Ilartor across the mountain, well tiin
bered with oak and pine.
May 3,-tL
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A HAKE OPPOK TUX ITY TO BVY <
The subscribers will sell a Dumber of lots ad
joining the CHALYBEATE S PRCS'(J PROP
ERTY in Bedford township.
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling hooces have already
been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
bay a cheap and most desirable home, as the lots
lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring
Park, on the road, and not more than 120 yari
from the Spring, at the following low prices:
1. One-half acre lot with dwelling house an
other out-buildings, garden and fruit trees, an
the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash.
2. Half-acre lot SISO, cash.
3. Half acre lot 1180, cash.
4. Half acre lot slSo,cash.
5 and 8. Half acre lots with dwelling hou:
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon !
SSSO, cash.
7. Contains three acres corcred with fru.t
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for S6OO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
varus out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
LI OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by
formerly part of the Lyons' estate.
Two tracts of 160 acres caeh within three mil.
of a depot on the Pacific Rail Road back of Om
ha.
A tract of bottom land timbered and pra
two miles from Omaha City.
Oue third of 7,000 acres in Fulton Ctunty Pa.
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber land
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tin:
her lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-fire one acre lots, adjoining tli
Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock fo:
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury ee., lowa
SO " " Franklin •* lowa.
109 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, bare
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 horn
stable and brick yard thereon.
June 21.-tf
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP!
The subscribers will sell all that fine farm in
Bedford township, containing 180 acres, 95 • t
which are cleared and under excellent fence, and
the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
lands of Charles Helsel. John Scbnebly, and oth
ers. The buildings are a two and a half story
LOO HOUSE and BANK BARN, with other
out-buildings thereon erected. Water in every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill scat. A splen
did apple crchard also thereon. Price SIOOO.
TERMS: One third in hand and the balance i
three annual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ.
Real Estate Agent.
June 21, Is67:tf
WASHINGTON HOTEL
II FOR SALE OR RK.VT
The subscriber offers this well known Hotel
property, situated on the corner of Juliana and
Pitt streets, Bedford, Pa., for sale or rent on.;!
December lst-
The building is far superior to any other .a
town and is one of the most favorably located in
Southern Pennsylvania. Persons wishing a g 1
Hotel Property will do well to give this the.r at
tention.
For terms or farther particulars address the
subscriber at Bedford, Pa.
Seeplim
A GOOD INVESTMENT.— A hotue ami
lot* for tnle in tke totcn of Hopnccli.
The subscriber offers st private sale iots No
-31 anil 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford
eonntv Pa. There is a good TWO STOKI
PLANK HOUSE erected on the ono lot. Thi
two lots adjoin each other and will be sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the snbscribor at Bedford Pi
noitf JOHN LVTZ.
SALE.
Two dwelling Hcmaea with vaJaahle lots Jpo r
tenant thereto, in Boydstown. Terms easy. I c
quire of
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, at 25 cents
per novel, at the Inquirer Book Store, i!
IJIVEKY TUINO in the BOOK and STATION
■JERY lice for sale at the Inquirer Bookstore-
JOHN LCTZ,
INU'IRER Orrtct.
or J. G. BRIDAIIAM.
Bedford, Pa.
JOHN LUTZ,
HOME
0. E. SHANNON,
Bedford. Penn
MICUAEL LUTZ
J. W. LINGENFELTER,
Bedford, Pa