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 <i hart'te which Theresa
made notorious. This song, however, is of
German origin.
A SINGULAR SUlT.— There is a curious
and interesting suit just now in the Chancery
Court, in London. In 1792 a society, called
the West New Jersey Society, purchased
sundry tracts of land in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. One John Love was a mem
ber and held ten shares which he trans
ferred, in 1093, to a Mr. Ffowks. Strange
to say, the society is still legally in existence
and holds some seven or eight thousand
pounds, representing the value of those ten
shares. The object of the present proceed
ings is to a-certain who are the next of kin
to that Mr. Ffowks, who died some one
hundred and fifty years ago. Suiall as the
suin is there are already numerous claim
ants. It is certainly both curious aud inter
esting that the English Court of Chancery
should be now, in 1870, engaged in dispo
sing of a ease of which the cause of action
transpired in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
when they were British colonics, and in
fact shortly after their settlement.
ANOTHER BIG SWINDLE.—A treaty is
now before the Senate for the sale of 135,000
acres of the Kansas Indians' reserve at
eighty-seven and a half cents |>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.
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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
<rraTinsrß by Sartain and others. Also.a splendid
colored fruit piece, containing eighteen specimens
of the meriean fruits, colored, from life.
IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN.
Tflix book is a sure, safe and practical guide to
every Farmer, Stock Raiser, Gardener and Fruit
Culturist. By it they can double their profits
each year, and greatly increase the value of their
land. It makes the poor man rich- It makes
hard work easier. It rewards the labor of honest
working men. It is purchased by almost every
one at sight. Nearly 600 copies sold in a few
small townships, and. in many cases, hundreds in
a single township. Agents can find no better
work during the fall and winter. Farmers and
their sons can each make SIOO per month by sell
ing only three or four copies per day, while more
than double that number can easily be sold. Far
mers always make the most successful agents for
this book, and during tbe Fall and Winter it is
just 'tbe thing for them. If you wish to engage
in the business, send for circular containing a full
description of tbe book and terms to agents.
Address ZEIGLER, McCLRDY A CO.,
614 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
129 Race Street, Cincinnati. Ohio.
69 Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.
503 N. Sixth Street, Bt. Louis, Mo.
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14jan4t
JYJASONRY.—
HARRY DROLLINGER uf Hopewell, takes
this method of informing the public, that he is
prepared to execute at (hurt notice and in good,
and workmanlike style, Brick and Stone laying,
furnace building nnd repairing and all other work
in his line, in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Parties wishing to secure his service, will address
bim at Hopewell Bedford county Pa.
Soctly.
J W. KNO X ,
BUILDER 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
E STRAY BULL.—Came to the premises of the
I subscriber, redding in Napier tp., about the
Ist of August, a dark red and white siwtted BULL,
snpposed to be abodt IS months old. The owner
is requested- to come and prove property, pay
charges and take him away, or he will be disposed
of according to law. WM. BLACKBURN.
28jan3t
NOTICE. —All persons having unsettled ao
eounts with Dr. WM. H. WATSON, deo'd,
are hereby notified to call upon the undersigned
Executor and settle the same without delay.
3septf. WM. WATSON, Executor.
JjIREE TO BOOK AGENTS.
We wi'l send a handsome prospectus of our
NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE, to
ar.y Book agent, free of charge. Address NA
TIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
2 Ideci w
vl 7,7 A month made by agents selling OLIVK
QlcftJ LOOAH'S great work, BEFORE THE
FOOTLIGHTS A BEHIND THE SCENES.
The most spicy, rapid selling book out, 19,00!)
ordered the first month. Agents can secure field
and a $2.00 out-fit free, by cutting this out and
addressing PARMLEE A CO., Publishers, Phila.,
I'a., and Middletown, Conn. 2 idee
QR EAT
REDUCTION
IN
IPIRIOES
OF
DRY GOODS
TO CLOSE OUT
WINTER STOCK.
BARGAINS FOR CAS H.
A. B. CRAMEK At CO.
14jan'70
TO CASH BUYERS!
READ AND SPEAK OK IT!
COME SEE AND BE CONVINCED
G. B. OSTER & CO.
Are now receiving their usual exten
aive and well assorted
STOCK of NEW and DESIRABLE
WINTER GOODS,
And are now offering Q
j-j UNPRECEDENTED BARGAINS
m T " 0
H CASH BUYERS!
i>
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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
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all the affection which ariee from
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As it name implies, it does CURE, anddoesnot
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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<sarv
outbuildings, 3 Never Failing Springs, J Orch
ards, 2 TENANT HOUSES and a good Sawmill
Tbe above Mansion Farm is in a good state of
cultivation and is well calculated to make TWO
FARMS. For further particulars address
HENRY HERSHBBRGER,
Jjan Bloody Run, Bedford C ', Pi.
pKIVATE BALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
Tbe following lot of ground, situate in the town
of Duncaneville, Blair co., Pa., fronting on Main
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending bs'lt
ISO feet, more or less, and having thereon erected
a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base
ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Maker's Shop, frame stable
and other out-building", with fruit of different
varieties on the lot. This would be a good stand
for a Tavern or Boarding Honse, being cooreni
ent to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the
Railroad. The Ilou.se is in good repair and very
pleasantly situated, with water at the door.
Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate
Spring, one mile from the town of Bedford, with
a Log House thereon erected. Adjoining lan Is
of Chenowitb, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfelt farm, and convenientto good roads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN LUTZ,
INQUIRER OFFICE,
or J. G. BRIdAUAM,
lSdectf Bedford. Pa.
Y al^able TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers offer at private sale tbe follow,
icg valuable tracts of land, vix:
No.-1. The undivided half of a tract of land,
containing 227 acres, situate on the south-east
side of tbe Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad
oinmg lands jo Samuel Danner, James Brin
hnrst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF
COAL, one 5) feet, the other CJ feet in depth have
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract 0f230 acres near the abor ad
joining the same lands, and supposed "o cer tain
the same veins of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and a
half miles of the above tracts, lying on the North
side of tbe Harbor across the mountain, well tim
be red with oak and pine.
May 3,-tr. JOHN LUTZ.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A
HOME.
The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad
joining the CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling houses have already
been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
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 yards
from the Spring, at tbe following low prices:
1. One-half acre lot with dwelling honse and
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 SIBO, cash.
4. Half acre lot slßo,cash.
5 and 8. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon tor
SBSO, cash.
7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for SBOO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mayS.tf P.eal Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
P OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by 240,
formerly part of the Lyons' estate.
Two tracts of 160 acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Rail Road back of Oma
ha.
A tract of bottom land timbered and prarie
two miles from Omaha City.
One third of 7,000 acres in Fulton Ccnntj Pa.,
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock for
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 520 acres of land in Woodbury CO., lowa.
SO " " Franklin •' lowa.
109 acres adjoining Bedford, with honse, barn,
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 nouses,
stable and brick yard thereon.
0. E. SHANNON,
June 21,-tf Bedford. Penn'a.
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP'
The subscribers will seli all that fine farm in
Bedford township, containing ISO acres, 95 of
which are cleared and under excellent fence, and
tbe balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
lands of Cbarlcs Helsel, John Schnebly. and eth
ers. The buildings are a two and a half storv
LOG HOUSE and BANK BARN, with other
out-buiidings thereon erected. Water in every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill seat. A splec
did apple orchard also thereon. Price 94000.
TERMS: One third in hand and tbe balance in
three annual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ.
June 21, lS67:tf Real Estate Agent.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
YY FOR SALE OR RENT.
The subscriber offers this well known Hotel
property, situated on the corner of Juliana and
Pitt streets. Bedford, Pa., for sale or rent un.il
December Ist.
The building is far superior to any other in
town and is one of the. most favorably loeateJ i
Southern Pennsylvania. Persons wishing agood
Hotel Property will do well to give this their at
tention. v
For terms or further particulars adJress the
subscriber at Bedford, Pa.
3sep3m MICHAEL 1.l TZ.
AGOOD INVESTMENT.—.4 iowte md
lots for talt in tie town of HopttctU.
The subscriber offers at private sale lots No
-31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford
county Pa. Them is a good TWO STORd
PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. Ike
two lots adjoin each other and will be sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the subscriber at Bedford la.
no&tf JOHN LUTZ.
JIOR SALE.
Two dwelling Houses with valuable h-ts appuf'
tenant thereto, in Boydstown. Terms easy. I"'
quire of
J. W. LINGENFELTER.
Soct.tf Bedford, Pa-
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, at 25 cents
per novel, at the Inquirer Book Store. t!
EVERY THINGia the BOOK and STATION
ERY line for sale at tho Inquirer Book Store.