IMforb Jnquirer. BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. FEB. 4, JBIO. Ota FINANCIAL PROSPECT. There are many people, who have a natu ral inclination to look for the dark side of evervthing. They belong to the same class that arc continually lamenting the present, and praising the good old times. These morbid croakers have, ever since the war, been predicting a general financial crash, until not only they themselves think it must and will come bnt have jiersuaded many others to fear it. There has seldom been less reason to fear any general financial crash than at the present time. All prcdiction uf this kind have signally failed of realiza tion. The best informed financial journals predict now. a year of unusual business prosperity. The currency has been con tracted quite as much as is necessary, and there is very little probability that any fur ther contraction will be attempted. Prices have been steadily declining until they have very nearly teached a point consistent with the volume of currency and the demand for labor. But with all this the prophets of evil have bad no great crash to record. Business goes on. railroads are built, great business enterprises are projected and sue cessfully carried out, our manufactures steadily increase, our people are prosperous and peace and plenty bless the whole land. The business failures, omitting those of the stock and gold gamblers in the September panic, have been less in than those of 1868, while those of 1868 were less than those of 1867, thus showing a steady im provement, than which there is no better evidence of general prosperity. Such is the general state of the country, that unless the currency and tariff are materially changed by the present session of Congress, of which there is very little probability, the prospect is that the year upon which we have just entered will be one of prosperity and that the long looked for financial crash feared by many, will not come at all. PENNSYLVANIA'S BLACK SHEEP. Of the 24 0 members of Congress but fourteen could l>e found to stand up and defy the public sentiment of the country and the plainly expressed wishes of their con stituents by voting against the abolition of the Franking privilege. Of the number, Pennsylvania had two, both Democrats, RICH.VRD J. HALREMAN of Harris burg and GEORGE W. W OODWARD of Wilkesbarre. How dare Democrats prate about extrrvagance after such performance by their leading representatives? Of the whole fourteen voting against the bill abol ishing the privilege, no less than TEX were Democrats. What a comment on their hypocritical cry of extravagance. Let our readers bear in mind, that of the 14 uicm hers of Congress who want other people to pay dear postage, that their own letters may go free, lit were Democrats: and of those ten, two were from Pennsylvania ; and of those two, one was J EDGE WOODWARD one of the lights and leaders of Penn-jlvania Jlemocracy. Shame on such perfidy ! THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE IN THE 11. S. SENATE The action of the House on the abolition of the Franking Privilege was prompt and decisive and in accordance with the senti ment of the country. Wc hope to see the Senate stand up to the work. It is a de mand of the times that this overgrown abase be abolished and it behooves the Senate to heed that demand. Prompt and decided action should be taken, and that in the dt rection of progress The people will no longer tolerate the abuse and they who un dertake to ignore or defy their wish's will be speedily removed from the po-ition of representatives. Lit u- f— wno unneces sary delay in the Senate. The sooner the work so well begun in the Ilonse is comple ted by the Senate thebetter. VIRGINIA ADMITTED. The House bill as amended and passed I by the Senate. wa< passe 1, with the amend- I ments, by the Hon--, on Monday the 94th i uit., by a vote of ' >0 to .77, and \ irginia is j now restored to the Union and lit r Senators and Representatives take their seats in Con gress. 'I he work of reconstruction is steadi ly, peacefully and successfully progressing, and the amendments with ir. Wc hope -hortly to be able to record that every -.tal is replaced on the glorion- old fl ig and that it waves over a land where slavery and political inequality, on account of race or color, have been forever abolieh-d. No sooner bad Mr. Dawes delivered bis speech arraigning Grant's administration for its extravagance and wastefulness in the expenditure of the public fund", than Con gress proceeded to abolish the franking privilege. The_ people might learn too much if Dawes' statements were spread be fore them.— llatrisburg Patriot, We presume this explains why Judge oodward voted against the abolition of the franking privilege, fie wants the covern mcnt to pay his electioneering expenses. Wo thank the Patriot for giving u.- the clew to the Judge's vote in favor of extravagance, hut we are opposed to paying the election eering expenses of any party out of the pub lic funds. The people believe that Judge Woodward and all other candidates should pay their own electioneering expenses. A FIO HI IN Cl-BA,— The Revolutionist I'ietorioitj. —Notwithstanding the difficulty ol getting tellable news from Cuba all par ties at la.-t agree that there has been a bat t.c and that the Spanish have been badly whipped. A battle took place between < ren. Jordan and the .Spanish forces under 1 uello, near (Juaituaro. in which the Span ish were completely routed and lost 100 men and thirty-six officers killed. Since the above was written the Spanish < ifficera deny the report of their defeat, hut from the character of the previous news we thick >here is good reason to believe the report is true and that the Spanish forces arc losing ground on the island. Pkrh.\t*s the coolest piece of impudence in connection with the movement to abolish the Franking privilege, was that displayed by Senator Chandler when he remarked that the people would better illustrate their sincerity by paying the postage on their petitions for the abolitiou of the Franking •ijUsc. I: any body has a claim to the privilege of the mails it ought to he the people who pay the expenses. That the ftoaio, who himsdf enjoys the privilege . tiou i e guilty ol such impudent mean ne.s in trying to hold on to this abuse is only another evidence of the necessity for abolishing il. Send along the petitions i HERE are 300,000 moro women than men m New York State, which fact is now made an argument in favor of female suf frage. The line of argument runs in this wise: This is a republican government in which the majority rule; the women have a majority of 300,000 therefore they should file. A knock down argument, aire. GOLD closed at ll'lj on Monday afternoon m New Fork. THE bill tot the transfer of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia to League Lland, was defeated in the House on the 26th iost., and laid on the table by a vote of 94 to 69. The outrageous falsehoods of Dawes' speech a few days ago were prepared with tnis ob jeet in view and in the hope of getting all transferred to New London where our ships would be frozen op half the year and where our iron clads would be eaten up by salt water. JUDGE WOODWARD displayed his Democ racy on two occasions last week in direct opposition to the interest of his constitu ents; first in opposition to the League Island Navy Yard bill, a measure of the first im portance to Pennsylvania and next in voting against the abolition of the Franking swin die. He is a traitor of the true George M. Dallas stripe. Let him be branded at once, that the people may know him. THE Record job dies hard at Harrisburg. With it must go franking and pasters and folders It will make an awful smash among a lot of parasites and pot-house poli ticians. who get the pay for their dirty work by having their members and senators pen -ion theui on the state each winter at from SBOO to $ 1000 apiece. Let the foul thing be cut loose and all the miserable leeches attached to it The tax-payers will rejoice and our Legislature will redeem its good character. THE Georgia Legislature is now in session with a fair working majority of Republicans. This makes the ratification of the X\ amendment a foregone conclusion by Geor gia. which will make the ratification com plete, denying New York's right to repeal its ratification. THE Legislature passed the Senate bill allowing each member SIOO worth of post ace stomps by a rira voce vote. Let us have the y. as and nays gentleman, on all such questions. The people want to know who's who. No dodging WHY don't our Legislature discharge the miserable beggars known as the pasters and folders? They have nothing to do and are not likely to have anything to do during the session. Why not send them home? THIRTY-EIGHT criminals were sentenced to the penitentiary on Monday last, at Chi crgo, for terms varying from one to thirty years. . THERE are no less than twenty IVnnsyl van inns in the present lowa Legislature ; seven Senator- aud thirteen Representatives. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LETTER FROM UARRISBI'RG. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 29, 1870. STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION. The second annual meeting of the State Editorial Association was held in this city on Thursday last, and was a complete suc cess. Tbe following officers were elected : President, Henry T. Darlington, of the Doylestown Intelligencer; Vice Presidents' B. F. Myers, of the Harrisburg Patriot , J. M. Laird, of the Greensbnrg Argus, and W. A Rupert, of the Conncautville Re ami; Recording Secretaries. R. S. Menamin, of the Printers' Circular and A. M. Martin of the Uorry Republican ; Corresponding Secretary, J. I. Steele, of the Ashland Ad vocate; Treasurer, E Griest, of the Lancas ter Inquirer. The most important mea sures acted upon were the appointment of a committee with the power to establish an advertising bureau for Pennsylvania news papers exclusively, and tbe adoption of a resolution urging upon the Legislature the enactment of a law providing that suits for libel -hall be tried in the county where the publication office is located, and that in civil cases the truth of the matter charged as libelous uiay be given in evidence, and if the jury i-hall find that the same was written or published from motives and for justifiable ends it shall operate to the ac quittal of the defendant or defendants. A resolution was also passed giving the officers of the A-sociation authority to make ar raugt-mcnts for an editorial excursion dur ing the coming summer. HIE METROPOLITAN POLICE RILL now before the Senate is considered one of the most important measures of tbe session. Delegations from Philadelphia are almost constantly in Harrisburg endeavoring to in fluence members one way or the other on the question. Mr. Nagle, the other day, pre-entid a very formidable remonstrance signed by thirty thousand Philadelpbians protesting against the passage of the bill. The propriety of the entire Stateattcmpting to make partizan municipal laws for the city of Philadelphia is regarded as doubtful by many Republican members of the Legis fentn, and the probabilities are that the hill will fail to become a aw. THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES to in quire into the affairs of the Slate Treasury have had their duties considerably enlarged. The House committee is au thoriz d to go back for three years, and the Senate committee to overhaul the manage ment of iho finances of the State for the past ten years. By many these investigations are considered as mere white washing ar rangements. and the hardening of the cc Hi ndu e with duties that they cannot possibly perform with thoroughness the present session would seem to give color to that supposition. THE REVISION OK THE CIVIL CODE. The commission appointed under the act of April, I £67, to revise the Civil Code, have not completed their work, nor does th ;re appear to be any prospect of their doiug so for sometime to come. By the terms of (he original act they were to have the work completed within two years, which time expired on the tenth of last April. Those who arc supposed to know state that the revision is not morctLan half made, and that at the present rate of progress it will be at least from three to five years before the end will be reached. The legislature is constantly passing new laws, and the adop tion of those codified by the commission is extremely doubtful. In view of these facts a proposition will he made to abolish the Commission, and thus lop off what has thus far proved a useless expense to the State. AT LOGGERHEADS. The two branches of the Legislature are I not on the most amicable terms at the present time. Measures passed by the I Senate are quite likely to be killed in the ' House and those passed by the House are i very apt to receive their death warrant at I the hands of the Senate, For examples, ihe Senate agreed upon a plan for the pub lication of a Legislative Record, and the House voted it down by an overwhelming majority. The House passed a resolution making provision for the payment of postage, and the Senate squelched it, at least for the present, by referring it to a committee. The Senate agreed to increase the salary cf the Governor of the Common wealth from live to seven thousand dollars, hut the House refused to concur. The Sen ate has also passed several resolutions or dering the printing of extra copies of the reports of Heads of Departments, which the House at once negatived. This state of feeling has pierentcu much final legislaycn, and comparatively few measures have asyet passed both branches of the Legislature. Till NEW COUNTY OK PETROUA. For nearly a dozen years past a proposition has annually been before the Legislature to create a new county in the oil regions out of parts of Crawford, Warren and Venango with TitusviHe as the county seat. The bill has been introduced into the Senate thi session by Senator Lowry, and has already passed the second reading. It will come up for final action in that body early next week, and its passage in the Senate is well as sured. Whether it will get through the House is not quite so certain, though its friends appear quite confident of its success. As the bill is framed less than a tenth pari ol the counties of each of Warren and Venango are included in the new county, which necessitates the submitting of the question to the voters of Crawford countt only. The sodden developments of oil wealth in that region have increased litigation to an enormous extent, and the legal wants of the section embraced in the new county are such that it is almost impossible for the courts as now constituted to meet them. It is quite probable that within another year the county of Petrolla will be added to those of Pennsylvania. TIIE RECORD JOB 1 dies bard. It was resuscitated iu the Sen ate during the week nnd passed. But in the House it was not so well "set up," and after a prolonged discus.-ion was defeated by the decisive vote of sixteen yeas to sixty seven uaye. This finally disposes of a much vexed question for the present session at least. XLIsl CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. ' SENATE.- WASHINGTON MONDAY, Jan. 24, IS7O. —Mr. Hamlin presented the cre dentials of his colleague. Lot M. Morrill, j electi d for tbe unexpired term of the late' Mr. Fessenden. The credentials being read, ■ j the u-ual oath of office was administered to I Mr. Morrill. A number of petitions were then offered | and bills read relative to various subjects. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the Seuate proceeded to consider the bill to provide a national currency of coin notes, and to equalize the distribution of circulating notes, which was read and discussed by Sher man, Howe Sumner and Cole, after which the Senate went into executive session and I then adjourned, HOUSE —Under the call of States a large j number of bills were introduced and refer . red, the most important of which were, by Mr Kellogg to resume a land grant fer a ; railroad from tbe Mississippi river, opposite the mouth of rhe Ohio, byway of Little ; Rock, to tbe Texas boundary, near Fulton, ! Arkansas, and re-granting it to other parties 1 engaged iu buildirg the road. By Mr Peters, to increase salary of i the United Slates Minister to China. By Mr. Cessna, to increase the number of ! .Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, and defining the jurisdiction of Uni j ted States Courts in certain cases. By Mr. Bingham, to regulate the mode of determining the ratification of constitu tional amendments. By Mr. Chaves, of New Mexico to author ize the people of New Mexico to form a con stitution ana State government preparatory to admission as a State. By Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, to es tablish postal telegraph lines. He moved to refer it to a special committee of seven. On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, the House suspended tbe rules to take up the Virginia ; bill, as amended by the Senate. He moved that the Hou.-e concur. After an excited debate by Messrs. Bing ham, Butler, Farnsworth, Morgan, Cox, Logan, Fitch, and others, the bill, as amend ed, was finally pa. sed by a vote of yeas 136 nays 57. After a few unimportant motions the House odjourned. SENATE. FUESDAY, 25. Petitions for the abolition of the Franking privilege were presented, after which most of the day wa taken up with the discussion of Mr. Sum ner's bill providing for an increase of cir ; culating notes to the extent of five hundred ! million, and for its equal distribution among ; the several States. HOUSE. —A number of bills were intro duced. the League Island Navy Yard bill was discussed and the election ease of the ; 4th South Carolina district. Johnson of| California spoke in oppositicn to Chinese immigration, Pro.s-er, in advocacy of ana tional system of education, Ilanley on the improvement of the Mississippi and Finkel ! burg on taxation and in opposition to a pro lective tariff. SENATE.—WEDRESDAY, 26—James B. Howell, elected by the Legislature of lowa to fill the vacancy oeea-ioned by the resig nation of Senator Grimes, took the usual oath of office. Petitions were presented for the abolition j of the Franking privilege and for an amend- j ment to the con-tit tit ion granting female suffrage. The remainder of the session wa taken up in the discussion of the bill for tbe disposal of the Fort Leavenworth Rcserva- i tinn and the currency bill. HOUSE. —The consideration of the League- Island bill was resumed and elaborately dis cussed by Hill, Calkin, Randall, Dawes, i 1 Starkweather, Woodward and Schofield and j I finally laid on the table hy a vote of 94 to ; | 67. The remainder of the day was occupied j by the consideration of the appropriation bills during which a sharp discussion ensued between Butler and Dawes. SENATE.—THURSDAY, 27tb.—Petitions j were presented by Messrs. Ramsey, Drake. Pratr, Patterson. Conkling and Felton, for the abolition of the frankiDg privilege. John F. Lewis was sworn in as Senator from the State of Virginia. Mr. Thayer called up the hill to establish a port of entiy at Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Kellogg read from the law on the ; ] subject the provision authorizing the Secre i tary of the Treasure to abolish all such ports where the receipts do not exceed SIO,OOO ! per annum. The bill was then passed. The currency bill was then taken up and; i discussed until adjournment, j HOUSE. —A bill was offered to prevent further-ale of public lands, except as pro vided for in the exemption and homestead I laws and the laws disposing of town sites and mineral lands. Pratt, Ridgeway and Milnes, representatives from Virginia were sworn in. Objection was made to the ad mission of Porter. Mr. Farnsworth reported a bill to abolish the franking privilege which was put en its j passage at once, and after an hours discus ; sion, the bill was passed by 174 yeas to 14 ; nays. Tbe hill goes into effect on the Ist of | July. Mr. Chart-bill presented a resolution in : the case of Co voile vs. Foster, declaring Co i vove entitled to the seat. The House then went iulo committee of i the whole and Mr. Dawes continued his re marks on the appropriations. SENATE.—FRIDAY, 28. —Mr. Johnson was duly installed into his position as Sena ; tor from Virginia. _ After the offering of a number of resolu tions and some preliminary discussion the Senate went into executive session, and finally adjourned to Monday. HOUSE -pJames K. Gibson, member from Bth Virginia district was sworn in. Bill* were reported for the removal of Osage In dians to Indiana territory, also of the Kan sas Indians, for the abolition of the office of Congressional piinter, and the electi on by joint ballot of a Superintendent of Public Printing at a salary of $4,000, and for the I abolition of the franking privilege, also are mon-trance against the reduction of the duty on imported eteel. A report from the com mittee on elections declared the claimants from Georgia under the election of April 20, 1808 not entitled to their scats. The execu tive and judicial appropriations were then ; discussed in committee of the whole, up to the hour of adjournment. HOUSE.— SATURDAY, 20.—Whole session I taken up as usual with debates. ALEXANDER 11. STEPHENS is still an in valid, and still writing letters for publica tion instructing the nation exactly what it shall do to be saved. It strikes us that sitecca on political .-übjects would most be come a gantleman possessing the unfor tunate record of Mr. Stephens. In Mr. Stephens' latest gosh he thinks neither he nor the nation will long survive; bur, while he is extremely hopeful about bis own future, he is correspondingly gloomy con cerning the country's. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. MONDAY, Jan. 24th.— SENATE. Bills were introduced authorizing married women 1 to sell their property! when deserted by their i husbands, to authorise 7 per cent as legal rate of interest and not allowing oyer 12 per cent by special agreement, and increasing ' the Judges of the .Supreme Court by two to he elected in October, Rills were parsed authorizing the reduction, for good conduct, of the sentences of persons confined in pris ons and penitentiaries, and punishing the injuring and smashing of baggage. HOUSE.- The bill, from committee on joint resolutions, urging Congress not to . reduce the duty on pig iron was reported affirmatively. The Senate resolution re -toring the franking privilege was defeated A number of unimportant hills, mostly, of a local character, were introduced and re ferred to appropriate committees. TUESDAY, 25tb.— SENATE.— The following petitions were introduced: One by Mr. Nagle, from 30,000 eitizens of Philadelphia, irrespective of party, i against any Metropolitan Police hill. Nearly one half of the Senators presented petitions for the abolition of the death penalty, and in favor of allowing local dis tricts to vote upon the questions of licensing drinking houses within their limits. The remainder of the session was occupied in discussing a proposition to publish a record at $14.50 per page, which was indefinitely : postponed and, in considering a proposition to discharge the army of pasters and folders who are without employment, because of the abolition of the record and the franking privilege. HOUSE. —The Senate supplement to the Philadelphia Park hill was passed and sent to the Governor other Philadelphia bills were discussed but no action taken on them. SENATE.—WEDNESDAY, 26. —The follow ing bills of a general character were report ed favorably: Creating a Board of Control, the Gover nor, Secretary of State, Auditor General, and Attorney General, to attend the finan cial affairs of the Commonwealth. Allowing accused parties, if so disposed, to give testimony. The record bill of yesterday was recun sidered and passed by a vote to 20 yeas to 13 nays. The yeas were Messrs. Allei, Beck, Brown, Buckalew, Connell, Davis Duncan, Findlay, Henszey, Linderrnai, Mclntyre, Miller. Mumiua. Nagle, Gin sted. Osterhout, Randall, Robison, Watt, and White —20. The nays were—Messrs. Billingfell, Brooke, Brodhead, Graham, Howard. Kerr, Lowry, Purman, Rutan, Turner, Wallace, Warfel, and Stinson —13. Adjourned. HOUSE. —The following bills were report ed and considered: House bill making it a penal oficnce to issue fire or lightning policies of insurance except under authority of some chartered company of this or some other State. Parsed. House bill increasing the capital stock of the Decatur Building Association. Passed. Also House bill authorizing the Phoenix Insurance Company to wind UD its affairs. The Committee on Vice and Immortality | reported favorably House bill to enable the citizens of Pennsylvania to determine wheth er the general sale of intoxicating liquois ; shall be permitted. This provides that the : Court of Quarter sessions, upon petiton of j one-fourth the voters of a district, shall or i der an election to determine whether intoxi i eating liquors shall be sold. House bill to prevent and punish the j publication of obsceuce advertisements and j the sale of noxious medicines was reported | favorably. Senate bill authorizing each member to | receive SIOO worth of postage stamps, pass ed by a l ira voce vote. Adjourned. SENATE.—THURSDAY, 27.—A number of petitions were presented, among them a number in favor of allowing the people to vote upon the question of license or no li cense. The hill authorizing railroad com panies to lease and become lessees by other roads, was reported favorably. The follow- i ing hills were introduced: Mr. Wallace, authorizing the election of j i a judge of Nisi Prius, and fixing his salary : : at $6,000. Mr. White, enlarging provisions of the act which authorixes interested parties to testily, and extend the same to executors and administrators. Also an act to limit and define the pun . ishment of contempt of court. (The limit of punishment is fixed at five years, j ' On motion of Mr. Osterhout, the Finance ] Committee were authorized to extend the I | time of the inquiry into the affairs of the Sta'e Treasury for ten years back. Adjourned. HOUSE. — lhe special ordor of the day i was the consideration of public bills. The House bill repealing the third section j I of an act relating to judicial sales and the preservation of the lien of uiortages, ap | proved March 23, 1867. was passed. House hill to require interrogatories to be ! filed in ease of attachment on or before the return day of the suit, and to allow garnish ees to answer without a rule or copy being i served. Passed. The Senate bill with contract with llerg ner for the record at $14.50 per page was 5 taken up and di-cussed and finally defeated j | by a vote of 76 to 16. SENATE. —Friday, 28th.—Bills were in ! troduced for the tuonth'y redemption of State loans by the Commissioner of the | Sinking Fund in such sums as the condition of the Treasury will permit, for the appro priation nl SI9OO to defray inauguration ex- ■ penses, for an amendment to the law of li he I, suggested by the Editorial convention. The bill to form the new county of I'etrolia : passed to a third reading; an act was intro ; duccd regulating the election of county com ■ missioners and auditors. Adjourned to : j Monday evening. HOUSE. —Petitions were offered upon the | license subject, the repeal of the death pen alty, for protection of Miners and for SSOOO for an Eastern Experimental farm. A num ber of resolutions were offered hut none of | importance were passed. A number of bills . were reported from committees among others ; the House hill giving general powers to the ; courts to grant divorces, and House bib! authorizing additions to the House of j Refuge. Affirmatively. Adjourned until Monday evening next. Free Trade or Protection. When the country is asked to consider' ; which it will adopt, Free Trade or Protec I tion, let it look at the facts which now stare |it in the face. It is estimated that the aggregate amount of American bonds national, State, municipal, railway and luioiug—held in Europe, is $1,465, MX*),. (XX), the interest on which; at 6 per cent!, amounts to the- enormous sum of $87,830,- 9000 per annum in gold. And this is increasing rapidly, exchanged for goods which perish in the usiDg and which ought to be made in this country. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, the total imports were $417,351,765 in gold, and the balanee of trade against us was $l3O, 832,421. To adjust balances like this our securities are carried abroad to Europe there to remain as so maoy mortgages against this country. These Securities ure used by American merchants wherewith to puchase goods. Not a dollar in gold has been brought ioto the country in exchange for them; but, on the contrary, during the last fiscal year, ss shown by official reports, the country lost $37,483,704 through its commercial transactions with foreigners, that being the difference between the exports and imports of gold. A healthy condition of the business of! the nation cannot be expected while the country allows itself to be thus depleted. ! As well expect an animal to continue strong, vigorous and healthy while its life is being drawn from its arteries and which should flow from the heart to the extremities and from tbo extremities to the heart. Let us follow the example of Great Diitain, that retains at home her national securities. Protect our industry, check excessive importations, and bring home our bonds, and our natiooal debt will be rather a source of strength than a burden. Any other coarse would be the sheerest folly. Let Congress act for the interest of this country and its workingutcn in this matter. Chicago Journal. TUB recent offer of Mr. Ileecher'S parish ioners to raise his salary to $20,000, cannot but remind one, by contrast, of the time when he was preaching for $l5O a year, building l.is hou-e with his own hauds, feed ing his pigs, cultivating bis cabbages, and unable for weeks to take a letter Irom the poet office for want of currency to pay tfe postage HAYTI. ! Capture 'hid Execution of President Sol nave. New York Jtnusry 25th. By the arrival at this port yesterday of the schooner Sctagawa, in 10 days from Aui Cayes, wc are io receipt of Hayiian ad vices to the 15th iu-t. The day before that on which tho Setacawa left Aux Cayes in telligence was received there frooi Port au Prince that on Thursdav, the 23th mat., Salnave was captured, with 150 of his fol lowers, in the mountains between Aquin and ,) newel, about 30 wiles from Port au Priace. The ex-President was immediately taken to the capital, and Indeed in prisou. It was reported at Aux Cayes that he would be forthwith put on bis trial, and it was be lieved he would be shot. CHARLESTON, January 26.—The French sloop of-war Tiuiier, six days from Port nu- Prince, arrived to-day, and reports that Sal nave was sentenced to death and shot on the 10th inst. " THE LATE PRESIDENT SALNAVE. Silvain Salnave, who was executed at Port-au-Prince on the 10th inst., was a na tive of the city of Cape Haytieo, where be was born in the year 1832. He entered the a-wy as a common soldier, and gradually rose to the position of Captain of Cavalry of the North, which position he retained after the establishment of the Empire under Smilouque, although he held republican principles. When on the morning of Dec. 22, 1858, Geffard raised, in the name of the people, the staudnrd of revolt, and declared for a Republic, the Imperial Guard were at once mustered to quell what was deemed a mad enterpii.se. Owing to the influence of Salnave the whole North rallied to the cause of Geffard. and finally the Empire was over thrown and a Republic established. Geff rard, being a vain, ambitious man, used lit tle discretion in rewarding those who espous td his cause, and, among others, conferred the posiiion and title of Major in the army upon Salnave, to whose bravery, energy, and persistency, he actually owed his high posiiion. Soon there came another call for his services. Spain, having taken advan tage of the civil war in this country, sent a strong force, and declared the annexation of the Dominican portion of the island, and re established it once more as a colony. Sal nave entered warmly into the conflict against the invaders, and to his efferts, more than any one person, was due the credit of their expulsion. Feeling aggrieved by the action of President (h-ffrard in regard to Gen. Gge Longuefusse, he commenced a revolutionary movement which resulted in Geffrard flying from the country in March, 1867, and Sal nave being proclaimed President. The Re public continued in a disturbed condition, and in November last, insurgents in the South proclaimed Gen. IKmiinque Presi dent, und those in the North Gen. Saget. These movements culminated io the recent events which placed Salnave in the power of his cuemies, mainly by the defection of his own forces. In person Salnave was of very commending presence, about six feet in bight, of regular features, large, lustrous eyes, and dark complexion. He received a good education in comparison with (hose around him, and displayed remarkable sagacity and force of character in bis official correspondence. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. GEORGE WASHINGTON ROGERS sued Lu ther G. Riggs. of the Meriden (Conn.) Record, for $50,000 damages for slander. The court awarded $lO. ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS, author of "Gates Ajar," has a new novel for the press entitled "Hedged In," the same being a plea for fallen worneu who desire to reform. DAVID WATKINS, aged seventy-eight, and his wife Annie, aged eighty, died in Warren, R. 1., last week, alter fifty-seven years of happy wedded life, "and both possessed one grave." J. H. BEADLE, a Salt Lake Gentile, is stopping at his father's house in Parke county, Indiana, recovering from the beat ing the Saints care him at Corinne, and writing a book about the Mormons and their wives. Miss SUSAN Is. ANTHONY says she never hcaid of so many men, in one place, being simultaneously affected with sore throat, as she found at Washington, in selecting Con gressmen to speak at her suffrage conven tion. Miss LETT BI.FSS has taught school eight years in the old academy school at Stock bridge. Mass., without the loss of a single day. As she li-es two miles from the school house, .-he must have walked more than 13,000 miles in the time. I'OCHEFORT is an avowed infidel, and re cently said in one of his little speeches : '"The first duty of a nation which desires to be free i 3 to cast off that restraint called a religion, and which lead* fatally to slavery, when it does not conduct to madness." MR. HOPE SCOTT has the mo.t lucrative legal practice in England, averaging sllO,- 000 a year. He married Miss Lockhardt, the grandaughter of Sir Walter Scott, and his daughter by her is the only surviving descendant of Sir Walter. Mr. Hope Scott's present wife is Victoria Howard, sister of the I>uke of Norfolk, the first pier of England. THE Pope having announced that a com mission of theologians will be organized to answer questions propounded by Protestants who may visit Rome during the sitting of the council, many of the clergymen of the Church of England have delegated three of their colleagues to repair to Rome to dis cuss with the commission points ol dfference between Catholics and Protestants. THE question of suffrage is considered as settled in Tennessee, favorably to the col ored citizeus. A test question was decided in the Convention on Thursday, for suf frage, by a vote of 52 to 20. Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson, formerly editor of the Washing ton Union, and afterwards Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee, is reported to have made "a powerful speech in behalf of colored suffrage." THE old Medical Society of Washington city, whose charter it is proposed to take away because they make distinctions of race and color in their social relations, are in con siderable trouble lest the threat of some of the Radicals may be carried out. They are using all tho influence they can can to pre vent this result, and a prominent New Eog lar.d Senator has promised to champion their cause in the Senate. THE bill to abolish polygamy, now pend ing in Congress makes visible a speck of war Salt Lake war. The Mormons are re ported to have a militia lorce of 25,000 men, under command of a Lieutenant General. However, these veterans are poorly armed and the one fact of the exist ence of the Pacific Railroad renders the force practically powerless. Mormonism may die hard, but the approach of civiliza tion already shakes it to the centre. It is said by knowing observers that (Ecumenical Council will probably last at least a twelvemonth. In former times such a prolonged absence of the beads of the church from their fields of duty would have been fraught with the most calamitous con sequences. But in these days of steamers and telegraphs, a bishop can govern his people almost as well from Rome as from a nearer point. So tho ('ouncil may go on as long as its members like, without their having any qualms of conscience over their suffering dioceses. IHE Louisville Courier & Journal says that Mr. Prentice wrote a neat round hand, using always a pencil. Strange as it may seem, the father and founder of the modern method of paragraphing and the most brilliant writer ol separate paragraphs, he (lid not know how to divide an article which exceeded a single paragraph into two or three or more paragraphs. Nor did he un derstand the art of putting titles at the head of his articles. Long or short, the cut of a hand with a finger out pointed sufficed for him, and he was strongly wedded to this as an indicator; but he adapted himself cheer tolly to prevailing styles, whether he liked them or was ready with them or DOT. No less than 27,000 penny song-books are wild every day throughout France. What is still more surprising is the immense num ber of persons engaged in the trade. It is the custom of a man or a family of beggars to procure the song-books and tramp the whole country round, singing the songs in them. This attracts attention, and then they sell the little books. The singers in France number about 800,000. They may be divided into three great orders: those at fiied posts, the tramps who wander about and eing in the street*, and those who fre quent the low eating-houses. The song book which has sold the most is one con tainiog the Ftmme er acre, and 80,000 acres at one dollar and a half per acre, to a railroad company, nil being among the best land in Kansas. Tbe President, in transmitting the.treaty, calls attention to a letter fVom Secretary Cox. which sets forth the remarkable and unusual fact that the treaty was drawn up under tbe last administration by the Senate Indian Com mittee, and sent to the Interim Department, with the request of that committee that a commission might he sent out to conclude it. it was concluded in seven days from the time the order was given for the com mission tj start fioni Wabington. The terms of payment are easy and on time. Secretary Co* notified the President that he conld not approve the treaty. ITIOWER HALL!! NEW STYLES. FALL & WINTER CLOTHING. Our Stock is unusually full and complete, comprising many entirely new and desirable styles of goods manufactured into MEN'S, YOUTHS' and BOYS' READY-MADE GARMENTS of nil kinds, styles and sizes. The most stylish goods, cul 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 RCAIIT MADK CLOTHING in Philadelphia. Also a choice selection of NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS IN THE PIECE. which irill be made up to order in the REST and FIX EST MANNER for those who prefer. ALL PRICES GUARANTEED LOWER THAN THE LOWEST ELSEWHERE, AND FULL SATIS FACTION GUARANTEED EVERY PUR CHASER IN ALL CASKS. OR THE SALE CANCELLED AND MONEY REFUNDED. p®-Sample of material sent by mail when de sired, for garments either ready made or made to order. Hallway between F Bex VET A Co., FIFTH AND - TOWER HALL, SIXTH STS. I 518 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA. AND 600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 22oct3m CPHE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, OF JL PITTSBURGH. PA. INCORPORATED FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING of BONDS and OTHER SECURITIES, Ac. No. 83 FOURTH AVENUE, GUARANTEE RATES. For a Year, or leas Period Government and all other ) Coupon Securities in- ■ $1 00 per SI,OOO eluding Bank 8i115,...-J Gold Coin or Bullion, 1 25 li 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 ue, and rate subject to adjust- ' ment for bulb, 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. Tbe Company is also prepared to rent Small Iron Safes, leach furnished with a Tin Box,) inside its Burglar Proof Vault, the Renter exclusively holding the key thereof, at tbe following rates, viz: sls, S2O, S3O, SGO, $75, and SIOO per annum. Also, to Store Books of Account, Records, Valunbla Title Papers, etc., at reasonable rates. No charge less than one dollar. l'resident: WILLIAM PHILLIPS. Vice President: HENRY LLuYD. Directors : WILLIAM PHILLIPS, BYRON H. PAINTER, HF.XRY LI-OYD, JOSEPH S. MORRISON, WILLIAM REA. GEORGE BLACK, WILLIAM M.LYON, CURTISG. HUSSEY. JAMES I. BENNRT, Secretary and Treasurer: S. F. VON BONNHORST. 22oct3m AGENTS WANTED FOR >> &£ Cj in a £H < 3 ■< £s H * - By C. W. DICKERMAN, Hon. CHARLES L. FLINT, and other Practical Writers. Nearly 800 pagee on fine calendered paper made expressly for this work, from new, clear and open type, and will be illustrated with 140 Fine En }lj BRING ALONG YOUR CASH CO 02 and we will guarantee to SELL you (_) GOODS as CHEAP as the'same MAKE, " STYLE and QUALITY can be had in w 0 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. c| 0 DON'T FAIL TO CALL £-j and get posted on the CASH PRICES; te before you hay IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Bedford, NOT. 18, ISS9.:3m 1 hsvo_OT CHERRY PECTORAL, For Disease* of the Throat and Lung*, ruck a* Cough*, Cold*, Whooping Cough, Bron chiti*, Aithma, and (ontunption. Probobly never before in the whole history of medicine, has anything won so widely and so deeply npon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through a long series of years, and among most of the races of men it has risen higher and high er in their estimation, as it has become better known. Its uniform character and powertoenre the various affections of the lungs and throat, have made it known as a reliable pftector against them. While adapted to milder forms of disease and to yonng children, it is at the same time the most effectual remedy that can be given for inci pient consumption, and the dangerous affections of the threat and lungs. Asa provision against sudden attacks of Croup, it should be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all arc some times subject to colds and coughs, all should be provided with this antidote for chem. Although settled Consumption is thought in curable, still great numbers of cases where the disease seemed settled, have been completely cured, and the patient restored to sound health by the Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mas tery over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that the most obstinate of them yield to it. When nothing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pectoral they subside and disappear. Singers and Public Speakers find great protec tion from it. Asthma is always relieved and often wholly cured by it. Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the Cheiry Pectoral in small and frequent doses, So g nerally are its virtues known that we need not publish the certificates of them here, or do more than assure the public that its qualities are fully maiutained. AVER'S AGUE CURE. For Ftrcr and Ague, Internittrnt Fever, Chill Fever, Remittent Ferer, Dumb Ague, Period ital ot Riliou* Ferer, &c., and indeed all the affection which ariee from malariuut, marth, or mia*matic poieun*. As it name implies, it does CURE, anddoesnot fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bis muth, Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous substance whatever, it in nowise injures any pa tient The number and importance of its cures in the ague districts, are literally beyond account, and we believe without a parallel in the history of Ague medicine. Our pride is gratified by the acknowledgments we receive cf the radical cures effected in obstinate eases, and where other reme dies had wholly failed. Unacclimated persons, either resident in. or travelling through miasmatic localities, will be protected by taking the Ague Cure daily. For Liver Complaints, arising from torpidity of the Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stimulating the Liver into healthy activity. For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, it is an excellent remedy, producing many truly re markable cures, where other medicines had failed. Prepared by Dr. J. C. AVER A CO., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold all round the world. PRICE, SI.OO PER BOTTLE. 2-ldeclv DR. B. F. HARRY, Agent. yyASHINGTON HOTEL. This large and commodious house, having been re-taken by the subscriber, is now open for the re ception of visitors and boarders. The rooms are large, well ventilated, and comfortably furnished. Tbe table will always be supplied with the best the u arltet can afford. The Bar is stocked with the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose to keep a FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit a renewal of their patronage. N. B. Hacks will run constantly between the Hotel and the Springs, may 17,'89:1 y WM. DIBERT, Prop'r. pAINTING. The Subscribers respectfully inform the public, that they are prenared to do all kinds of PLAIN and FANCY PAINTING, PAPER HANGING At., at shortest notice, in town and country. And all kinds of Wood Imitation ear fully executed. Price moderate. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. Shop on corner of Pitt and Richard Sts- M. P. SPIDEL, A WM. MINNICH. 9apr1869 lyr T ATEST STYLE AJ WINTER HOODS. Mrs. E. V. Mowrv has just returned from Pbila delphia and New York, and has opened a tock of the latest styles of MILLNERY and DRESS GOODS. FANCY NOTIONS Ac. She has also on hand a fine assortment of furs, and shoes all of which will be sold at a very short profit. 29oct3m WHAT EVERY ONE BAYS MUST BE TRUE, and they all say that G. It. OSTER A CO. keep decidedly the BEST FAMILY STORE in Bedford. No misrepresentations to effect PALES. GOOD GOODS at LOW PRICKS marked in plain figures. lOdeclm SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement between Directors and Teachers, Checks Bonds of Collectors, Warrants of Collectors Pond of Treasurers, Ac., for sale at the Inquirer office. HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER and all other Illustrated papers for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER, and all other Illustrated papers for aale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf NPHE CROWDS OF CUSTOMERS who daßv I visit G. R. OSTER A CO.'a spacious new store, must convince every one that itlsthe RIGHT PbAOH to dee). lOdoelgi Ileal pUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of en order of the Orphans' Court ! the undersigned will expose to eele el publican-' tion, on FRIDAY, the 11th day of Februarr 1870. on the premises, in Bedford township * DESIRABLE FARM adjoining lends of Jbn S Sproat, Jonathan Diehl, Jacob Shertter. Susan Carney and others, containing 90 acres, ebon; 7t> acres cleared and under fence, 10 acres of which is good meadow. The improvements are a one and a-half story log dwelling honee, log barn and other bnildings. Also a large orchard of choice apple, peach and cherry trees. The above farm is in a good neighborhood and within a mile ol Bedford. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. J. W. LINGENFELTER, Adm'r 21jan4t of Mrs. Georgian* R. Reamer, dee'd. Y ALU ABLE FARM FOR SALE. The subscriber offers at private salt, a good improved isrtu situated in Snake Spring Tj, Bedford Co.. Pa., twe miles from Mount Dallas' station, on tbe Huntingdon and Broadtip rail, road, containing 230 ACRES of good limes! .. land, about 180 acres cleared and under g,,., fenee, over 800 panels of which are post let,'.' tbe balance of the land is well timbered. To' improvements are A GOOD LARGE FARM HOUSE and Large Bank Barn and ail nece