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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
C. HOLAHAN,
ATTORS EY- A T LAW,
BntroKD. Pa.
Jan. 28, *7O-tf
t LEX. KISO. J..
A A TTO USE T-A T-LA W.
BEDFORD, Pa.,
All business entrusted to hi? rare will receire
j rompt'aod enrefa! attention Office three doors
truth of the Court House, lately occupied by J.
W. Dkkvreon. nov26
| ' IMMELL AND LING EN FE LTF. R,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, lunroao, ra.
II are formed a partnership in the practice of
the I-aw, in new brick building near the Lutheran
Church. [April I, 183-tf
A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bcnroßn, Pa.
liespeetfnlly tenders his profeseionai services
to the public. Office in the laqci it*Bui Iding.
second floor.)
asm-Collections promptly made. [April,l 68-tf.
T<SPY M. ALSIP,
Li ATTORNEY AT LAW, BinroaD, Pa.,
Will faithfnliy and promptly attend to all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford endadjoin
c g counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
J.SJ, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
if the Menge! House. ap! 1, ISoP.—tf.
T R. DURBORROW,
J . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bearoan, Pa.,
Will attend promptly to ail Imsiness intrusted to
bis rare. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
He MeO, a regularly licensed Claim Agent
an iutl give special attention to the prosecution
'lit t against the Government for Pensions,
Ba'K I ay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the ' Mengei
House" April 1.18;tf
s. l. rvssbll. towssscin
T> DSSELL A LONOENECKER,
L\ Attobsists A Corssitioss ax Law,
Bedford, Pa.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all basi
lic- entrusted to tueir care. Special attention
c-iven to collections ana the prosecution of claims
: r Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
SW-oSea on Juliana street, south of the Court
11 fuse. Apri l::lyr.
}■ M'b. SHAP.FE... • BBRB
Vi HARPS A KERR, _
A TTORSE YS-A T-LA W.
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. All business entrusted to their
ire will receive careful and prompt attention.
Pen si -ns. Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government.
Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking
house c-f Reed A Schetl. Bedford, Pa. Apr l.OXttf
PHYSICIANS.
QR. 3- F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citisens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office an i residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. UoSus. [Ap'l I,#B.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I ACOB BRENNEMAN,
J WOODBEP.RY, PA.,
SCRIVENER, CONVEYANCER, LICENSED
CLAIM AGENT, and Ex-Officio JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE,
Will attendtoal!huines entrusted into his bands
with promptness and despatch. Will remit mon
ey by draft to any part of the country. ITsely
Daniel border,
Pitt stbect, two toots west of the bed*
roan hotel, BEiroun, Pa.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Doable Refln.
ei Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Ge-lc
Watch Chains, Breast Pins. Finger Rings, be*
-jo ly of Gold Pens. He will supply to ordei
any thing in his line not on hand. [apr.2B/65
Dm wTcr OUSE ,
pbsleb :B
CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPEvS, AC.
On Pitt =:ret no d or ea.-t of Geo. R. Ortei
A i - .*# Store, Bif ri, Pa-, is now
t eeli bv wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. At
>rdert promptly filled. Persons desiring anything
in hw line will do well to give him call.
Bedford April 1.
r\ ITliiFko~k7
V . DENTIST
Office at the old stand in
BaxK BvitDrsQ, Juliana St., BEDFORD.
All operations pertaining to
Surgical and Mechanical Dentatrs
performed with care anc
WARRANTED.
Anctetketiee adanidsred, trie a fieri red. Ar
al teeth iaei ted at, pec eel, SB.OO and up
rcrd.
As I am deteimined to do a CASH BUSINESS
or none, I have reduced the prices for ArtiSc a
Teeth of the various kinds, 20 per eent.. er.d o
G< -. i fillings -S per cent. This redact, n will bi
made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all suet
will receive prompt attention. Tfebfli
w M. LLOYD
\Y . BANKER.
Transacts a General Banking Business, and make
collections or all accessible points in
the United Stales
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. GOLD, SIL
VER. STERLING and CONTINENTAL
EXCHANGE bought and sold.
U.S. REVENUE STAMPS of all description'
always on hand.
Arc ants of MercbinU, Mechanics, Farmers at
all other solicited.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS
Jan. 7,
I"t X C HANGS HOTEL.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tats old establishment having been leased bi
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor of the Mor
rUon House, has fceer, entirely renovated and re
furnished and supplied with all the modern itn
pvoi omenta and conveniences ueoersary to a first
clasf Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the firs!
four and is now spacious and airy, and the rham
bc-rs are all well ventilated, and the proj-rietoi
w:ii endeavor to make bis guests perfectly ai
home. Address, J. MORRISON,
Bxcnaacx Hotel,
Sljalytf Huntingdon, Pa
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ITEMS.
Miss SCSAN B. ANTHONY says she never
beard of so many men, io one place, being
simultaneously affected with sore throat, us
she found at Washington, in selecting Con
gressmen to speak at her suffrage conven
tion.
Miss Leer Buss has taught school eight
years in the old academy school at Stock
bridge, Mass., without the loss of a single
day. As she lives two miles from the school
house, she must have walked more than
13,000 miles in the time.
CHINESE STUPIDITF. —An official proda
ma!ion of the Tautai at Tungche prohibits
the erection of telegraphic poles in the Ce
lestial Kmpire, and with delightful com
placency informs the outer world that there
is no occasion for a wire in CbiDa. Poles are
inconsistent with the favor of the mysterious
Fung Shui, the invisible Chinese deity which
resides in the atmosphere. It is grieved,
and we suppose gored, by sharp points.
Tautai will have,-Done of this nonsense,
which offends the gods, and as he say.-,
cau-es the death of many worthy citiieos.
JEFFERSON DAVIS and his Cabinet officers
are being sharply criticised in New Orlvaus.
The people of the Crescent City, the genu
ine Southern inhabitants—not the new set
tlers from the North —desire to know whst
has become of the four million dollars in
Specie that was taken from the Bank of
Louisiana in the early months of the war.
They do not expect to get back any of the
coiu, but they think that the heads of the
Rebellion should let item know to what
uses they applied the money of the bank. It
is to be hoped that Jeffeascn Davis or some
of his "high toned" friends will explain.
THE Democrats of Ohio are fairly boiling
over with wrath at the political blunder into
which they were seduced by the Cincinnati
Enquirer. In voting for the "Reform"
ticket they bad to swallow, mauger ome
very intense repugnance, a batch of Repub
licans whom they were bidden to accept by
their own organ. Once in their seats the
Republicans voted for the Fifteenth amend
ment, and so went back on their mongrel con
stituents. It is said by those who ire in a
position to know, that a "Reform ' ticket,
preached by the Enquirer , will not be very
popular among the Democrats of Ohio for a
few years to come.
GAMBLING ON A VERDICT. —Tbe libel
suit of George Wilkes against the proprie
tors of the Turf. Field and Farm, afforded
an opportunity for a number of New York
sports to "go their pile" on tbe result of
the case. On the opeoing of the eourt oo
Friday, a number of bets were made. One
man bet to #IOO that Bruce would be
convicted. This was promptly covered.
When the juty went out heavy odds were
offered in favor of an acquittal, with no
takers. Those who bad previously given
odds began to hedge. After an absence of
about three quarters of an hour, the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty. Io one in
stance a prominent sporting man lost five
thousand dollars. Others lost and won in
smaller or io larger sum". Sotae sporting
men have learned tbe truth of the old
proverb that nothing is so uncertain as the
verdiet of a jury.
A SINGULAR SUlT.—There is a curious
and interesting suit just now in the Chancery
Court, in London. In 17'.<2 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
fen-ed, in 1693, 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-certaio who are the next of kin
to that Mr. Ffowks, who died some one
hundred and fifty years ago. Small as tbe
sum is there are already numerous claim
ants. It is certain'y both curious aud inter
e-ting that the Lnglisb Court of Chancery
should be now, in 1870, engaged in dispo
sing of a case of which the cause of action
transpired in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
when they were British colonies, aod in
fact shortly after tbeir settlement.
WHO WILL BE THE AMERICAN CARDINAL.'
—A letter from Rome brings the following
hint about the proposed American cord-nab
"Some of tbe bishops are so delighted at
tbe opportunity afforded them of sh wine
their proficiency io Latin, that they get on
the stump at the slightest provocation and
make long speeches. Some of our American
bishops have especially distinguished them
selves in tht manner. Archbishop Ken
r'ek, ofSt. Loui*. was most eloquent on tht
expediency of 'the Council at this moment,
and its necessity a* a regenerator of society.'
None of his colleagues bad contested this
point; hut his Grace is after a cardinal's
bat. and hoped that his oratorical effort*
might help his chane - Br the way there
seems little donbt that an Eminence will b
chosen from among tbe four following: Me-
Closkey, Spaldine, Purcell and Kenrick.
The latter counted confidently on his pro
motion two year ago, bat he was obliged t<
go borne as he came, without the red stock
ingv. As it is, the Pope, although hecaono
interfere, lest he should be aocu-ed of t
de-ire to preveut freedom of discussion
does not look favoably on all this waste o
time in irrelevant speech miking, so thai
Arehbishop Spalding will probably yet dis
tance his more wordy competitors. "
PROTECTION OF COAL MINSK*. —A bii
has been introduced in the House of Reprsen
tatives at Washington by Mr. Hay, of Illi
nois, to more effectually protect the lives c
people working in mines. It provides fo
all the details of mining. Among othe
things, that the owners of mines shall pre
1 pare a map of their mine, showing tbe shafts
slopes, 4c., 4c., which shall be deposits
with the inspector of mines provided for it
I tbe bill, which map shall be corrected annu
: ally. Each mine is to have within a spcci
fied time two shafts or slopes, not less thai
me hundred and fifty feet in width, wit!
distinct means of ingress and egress, to b<
kept in an available condition. The ventila
i tion rnu-t be at all times free and perfect
A "mining boss" is to have charge of tb
mines, and he or his assistants must entci
j the mines and report all safe before an;
I other person is allowed to enter. The;
: must also be the lust to leave the mines, am
! see that all is propetly secured. Tbe lamp
are to be under tbe super* i.-ion of a specia
deputy of the mining boss, 4e. Speakint
tubes from the surface to the bottom of th
1 mine are also provided, and everything ii
j connection with the proper working of i
I mine is carefully specified in the bill I
was referred to tbe Committee on Mines air
; Mining.
BEDFORD, FA.. FRIDAY, FEB. 11. 1870.
fortnj.
A KAKKHELL
Fiow Uowa, cold rivulet, to the sea.
Thy tribute were deliver:
No more by thee my steps shall be.
Forever and forever.
Plow, softly flow, by lawa and lea,
A rivulet then a river;
Nowhere by thee tr.y steps shall be,
Forever acd forever.
But here will sigh thine alder tree.
And here thine aspen shiver;
And here by tbee trill hum the bee,
Forever and forever.
A thousand suns will stream on thee,
A thousand moons will quiver;
But not by thee my steps shall be.
Forever and forever.
U£I>DED LOVE.
J. G. WOITTtKR.
And if the husband or the wife
Iu home's strong light discovers
Such alight defaults as failed to meet
The blinded eyes of lovers.
Why o' >1 we care to ask ? who dreams
Without their thorns of roses.
Or wonders that the truest steel
The readiest spark discloses?
For still in mutual sufferance lies
The secret of true livicg;
Love scarce is love that never knows
The sweetness of forgiving.
Uawou.s.
THE SLAVL LAW UIVEKS.
Hon. A. K. MeClare of this state, who
has been sojourning during the winter at
Columbia, the Capital of South Carolina,
has written a letter to the Ck imbtMbrtrg
under the above title, as follows:
To tkt Ed Cor# of tke Franklin FUpotitory.
The Slave Law Givers.
Here the Slave is now the Master : the
Boodman is the Law-giver. Here has been
fulfilled that singular prophecy ventured by
lefferson soon after his retirement from the
Presidency. Sp. aking of the crime of S!a
very, he said, "that considering numbers,
native and natu.ra! means only, a revolution
:>f the wheel of fortune, an exchange of sit
uation, is among possible events, and it may
become prohable by supernatural interfe
rence ! Tbe Almighty has no attribute
which can take side with us in such a con
test."
I walked leisurely along the broad streets
of Columbia, to the imposing, but still un
finished capitol of South Carolina. The
softest breeze of Northern spriog-timc greet
ed me, and the beautiful magnolia, mock
orange, firs, and other evergreens, seemed to
proclaim perpetual summer. The street*
are crowded with motley groups of whites
and blacks, and on the modest elevation that
fixes the centre of the main avenue stands
the point of attraction —the capitol with
the Legislature in session. I entered the
vast rotunda, and passed on to the legisla
tive halls, to witness the deliberations of
the novel Legislature of reconstructed South
Carolina.
Tbe Senate Hall, designed to echo the
eloquence of the Hamdens, the Rhetts. the
Hammonds, and other distinguished sons o'
chivalry, has been fitted up in a modest ele
gance and eighteen whites and fifteen ne
groes fill its chairs. As a body, it is but
little below some Northern Senates I have
seen, in point of intelligence, and among its
members are able men of both races. Mr.
Corbins th President, is a very able law
yer and debater, and peihaps the command
icg intellect of all the contributions from
the North to the statesmanship of Soutb
Carolina. He is well appreciated, too, a<
he is Senator. U. S. District Attorney, and
codifier of tbe laws, and fills all with credit
Senator Jillioo. another son of New Eng
land, is a gentleman of culture, and is State
Commissioner of Education, as well as kg
islator. Senator Leslie is an ex New York
Democrat acd ex Democratic legislator frotr
Brooklyn. He is now a Republican Sena
tor, and State Land Commissioner. Thes<
doubly or trebly hobored gentlemen are not
singular, however. There was a lack o:
white material when the wheels of govern
ment were put in motion, and it became ai
agreeable necessity for a number to accep'
multiplied office.- Mr. Moses, -Speaker o
the House, is Adjutant General; and Mr
Naele, Controller Geoeral; Mr Tomlinson
Auditor General: Mr. Elliott, Aaistan
Adjutant General, and Mt. Stolbrand, Sn
perintendent of tbe Penitentiary, are al
commissionel State officers, and member
of tbe House.
The most notable negro in the Legislator*
is Senator IVricbf. lie is a full-blooder
negro, cf medium size, with a finely cbis
eled face and haodsomely developed head
He came here with the cirtificate acd sea
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a
an Attorney at-Law. His features acd font
are fairly Caucasian in all color, and hi
speaks fluently and forcibly. He is emimn
tor his integrity, and devotes himself intel
ligently and earnestly to the advancemen
of his race and State. On the right of tin
Chamber sits a till, gaunt, full blooded tie
gro. black as mid night, with the regula
Southern negro dialect, and the awkwati
gait of a fieid-hmd. He is Senator Nash
the representative of tbe capital district
and successor to II ade Hampton. He i
quite intelligent although entirely unedu
caicd, and was. in olden times, the best ho
tel porter in Columbia. Senator Cain sit
near the centre aisle, and boasts of no dis
count on his African blood. He is a toler
able debitor, and an ardent preacher of th
Methodist persuasion. A little in front o
him, sits Senator Swails, a light quadroor
and a hasty graduate of the country fn<
schools of tbe Cumberland Vavey. He i
doubtless remembered by many of the citi
zens of Cnambersburg. He writes a beau
tiful hand and speaks quite intelligently.
Tbe hour of noon is indicated by tbe plaii
mahogany circular clock above the doot
the Senate is called to order. A very plain
jet-black, white chokered man stepped u;
on the Speaker s stand, and called the Sen
ators to their devotions. A more simple
beautiful and appropriate prayer I neve
heard, than Chaplain Adams offered for hi
; dubiou- flock, and stricken Commonwealth
Routine legislation then followed, and
turned to take a look at the popular brine
of the Legislature. It sits in the spaciou
library room ol the new capitol, tcmperar
ly appropriated to the purpose, aod a larg
gallery i- usually crowded with negroes
| watcbin.- with intense interest the maide
efforts of their respective brethren, as Law- !
makers Speaker Moses is in the chair, |
and he presides with great dignity and abili
ty. Ha is an Israelite, and an enthusiast.
From an extreme rebel be has transformed
himself into an extreme Republican, As a
staff officer of Governor Pickens, he was ac
corded the honor of hoisting the Confeder
ate flag over Fort fcjumpter, when Anderson
surrendered, and now he presides over the
first Republican Legislature. Hk father
was a rebel commissioner to persuade North
Carolina to join in secession, and now be ad
ministers Republican laws in hearty sympa
thy, as Chief Justice of the State.
The Speaker soon vacated the chair, and
a stout, finely formed negro took his place
and presided very gracefully. He is Mr. i
Weipper, of Charleston —a Michigan wail
that eatne with war and lodged, when the
army was disbanded, His face is round,
full and well-drawn. If covered with a
white skin and flaxen hair hk features would
be mre than ordinarily good. He is the
Patriik Henry of the House as an orator: i
but he want of culture mars the beauty of
his sentences He is a lawyer, and "pit" j
til the vacant scat of the Supreme Bench, :
as d-es Senator Wright. Mr. Elliot, a j
Massachusetts negro of full blood, is per
haps th< ablest disputant and parliamentary
leader 01 the colored side of the House. I 1
saw b:n lead in a desperate struggle of two :
days, ii surport of a bill that was fought
desperately by filibustering, and he man- I
ag- d | with great skill until he covered his
his eftcts with success. Capt. Small, the
hero )f the "Planter" during the war, is j
also amember. He is a stout, burly, mul 1
atto, rod his face indicates considerable in I
telligoce and great decision of purpose, i
I'ervij is a neat, slender mulatto, and bails
from Ibiiadelpbia, where bis fathea is well I
knowt as one of the most successful finan-1
cial proces of his race. The son is the De" ;
gro Bau Brummel of the House—dresses :
very i-tefuily, and parts his soft waving
hair it the middle. He is an active at.d t
influetial member and speaks well. De
Largais a dumpy, little quadroon, a fluent
but no very forcible talker, and has a pas- ■
sion fe the floor. He was a steward in the
rebel avy during the war. Cook, of
Green We. is a very genteel mulatto, and a j
quiet bt efficient member. He is the son j
of bis fvmer master, and long struggled to
free binself from bondage. He saved fif
teen budred dollars, by sixpences and sliiil-i
ings earrd after labor hours, aod offered it j
in Tain or bis liberty. Finally rebellion I
brotght "unancipatioo. and his savings gave j
bima comfortable home.
Tie House is nearly two thirds negroes, i
who went once slaves, and every possible !
sbae is to be found. There are half a dox ]
en temhers who would readily pass for
punwfcites, but they were South Carolina
slavs only a few years ago. Mr. Tomlin- !
soD,i Philadelphia Quaker, and ac offshoot
of tk Bureau, is the ablest white man on
the oor, and one of the most vigilant and
faitftil members in either branch. Close .
to bu sit Gen. Dennis and Mr. Jenks, two
of Gable political leaders of the House.
In tb trwtf row is the partriarch of the
Legislauo--sn old native, white preacher,
his head Vac bed by th fiwi of more
than seven winters. On each side of the
Speaker si a bright mulatto clerk, and
close by is s. litter, the reporter. In the
gallery sit-he first negro of South Caroli
na. with h sprightly quadroon wife by his j
side. Mr.'ordoza, the Secretary of State, j
is a robu full-faced mulatto, and every
thine abo'him indicates the highest cul- .
ture. Htaiher and master wa an officer
of enstoe in Charleston, and gave him a ]
complete location in Scotland. He was
regularly dained as a minister, and was j
pastor of- New England congregation for j
some yea before the war. Gen. Howard
has urge rim to accept a professorship in j
■he Liotf University, bat he wisely pre- j
fers to fve his long oppressed race in
South (olina. He is highly respected by
all class and exerts a most salutary in
fluence ail matters pertaining to the in
terest fthe blacks. If he desired to fill
the Erutive Chair of hk State or a seat
in Coaeaa, either would be conceded to
h'ra voout a serious struggle; but for the
preseine is content to continue as Secre
tary ota'e. It is not improbable, howev
er. t! on the 4th of March, 1871, Mr.
Cardt, once the slave of South Carolina,
may ear at the bar of the U. S. Senate
to quy as the representative of the chiv
alry the first legislative tribunal of the
natio A - K - M -
CtMBIA, S. C., January 12, IS7O.
THE HEW TARIFF.
ItJtDs to have been the object of the
com-ee to reduce the burdens of the peo
ple thout materially impairing tbe rev
enu>f tbe Government, and to stimulate
coirrce while withdrawing no consider
ablcount of protection from our manu
facing and mechanical interests. Tbe
freet is greatly enlarged by adding arti
ciese product chiefly of tropical climates,
wb enter into an infinite number of our
iB.--nical and manufacturing processes.
Bus means it is hoped to stimulate direct
caicrce with those countries which pro
d what we require and require what we
puce; and to so cheapen our own produc
t ! as to give full employment anl wa.i. -
ur labor, and yet permit u- to compete
v foreign countries in the common tnar
kof the world. Tbe dot it? on spices
tbe very much reduced, with the view
ocreas'ng the revenue from these articles.
Tc duties were increased from three to
ffiundred per cent, oil ralortm since tbe
v which hid the effect of reducing our
lunate importations, and of inducing
tsmuggiing of these articles. In the
cse of its investigations the committee
atained that every variety of spices are
orted into t'uis country, and shipped in
I to the British provinces, from whieh
tare smuggled over oar hoes. The du
t>n spices will, therefore, be reduced to
st what they were before the war, so that
sr as they enter into food they may be
ht reasonable rates, and the production
oential oils, essences, Ac., from tbem,
n was a large branch of manufacture
b; the war. but has since been suspend
cay be resumed. In the same direction
is action of the committee on tea, coffee
aagar. The sugar interest of Louisiana
aa-xas grew up under a duty of three
qc-r* of a cent per pound on raw sugar,
bt a revenue measure in the early dys
oi war this duty was increased to three
a per pound on raw sugar and proper
tied on higher grades. The action of
timmittee makes an average reduction
an twenty-five to thirty per cent. The
I
doty on ten was during the war raised to
twenty-five cents per pound, and that on
coffee to fourteen cents per pound. The
committee purpose to reduce the doty on
tea to twenty cents, and that on coffee to !
four—making a reduction of twenty per j
cent * The examinations of the committee j
have disclosed the fact that the ad valorem
system operates most pn-judically to the
interests of American merchants and the
public revenue by bokiing out inducements'
to foreign manufacturers to establish agen- !
cics in this country, to which they consign
their goods at rates very much below their j
value. The committee has in all j.ractica- j
ble cages, converted the ad xxdurtm to epe-!
cific duties. The final action of the com j
mittee has been to put anthracite coal on the
free list, and to leave all other varieties as
they arc. The argument for this is that our j
coal regulates the price of provincial coal in j
our markets, or, in other words, that iffrom
strikes among our miners, or other causes, >
American ooal advances, provincial coal in- j
variably follows it, while if, from over pro- i
duction or small demand, the price of Amer- ;
ican coal recedes, that of provincial coal }
does go down with it, without at all affect- i
ing the supply. The amount of duty re-1
ceived from this source by the Treasury is
generally about five hundred thousand dol
lars per annum. Except to convert adval
orem duties into specific on ro led iron, at
rates about equivalent to existing duties,
few changes in the important item of iron'
are propo-ed. The duty on pig iron is re- j
duced from Dine to seven dollars per ton, or
about the rate of reduction on tea and coffee.
It is expected there will he much resistance !
to this reduction in the House. The duties
on cast steel have hitherto been ad valorem
at these rates, and the records of the Cus
tom House show that for the last twenty
years the higher grades of steel, of which
erest quantities have been imported, have
been almost uniformly invoiced at lower .
rates than their real values. The Commit- :
tee therefore propose to pnt a specific duty
on cast steel, which will be a medium rate
between two and a quarter per cent, the
lowest and three and ten per cant, the
highest under the existing tariff.
THE EXPOSE OF TIPPLING.
IJoic Much it Costt for the Daily Snifter of
the Toper.
Why is it that go many of the
families of the laboring men in our
and cities live in such a poor, beggarly way,
in so many damp, dark basements, and up
in su<;h close, confined, rickety old attics?
Many of the beads of these families receive
good wages, and get their pay every week
or month regularly. But where, in many
cases, do their wages go? Not to the bank
er, the grocer, the lutcher, the merchant
tbey go for strong drink, and beer which do
not strengthen the physical man. Franklin
taught the printers of London that cold
water was better than ale : and cold water
has lost none of its viitues in 14" years..
The cost of tippling is in the aggregate
enormous. The inquiry is often uiade. how
are so many drinking houses sustained?
Let us see. Twenty men, at 30 cents a day.
will pay one of the "tippling shops" $2,190
a year. A man who pays 30 cents a day for
"drinks" pays $lO9 50 a year. This is the
interest on $1,564 at seven per cent., at
simple interest. This sum, 30 cents a day,
amounts in ten years to $1,171 95" All this
is wasted, paid ont for "an enemy that
steals away a man's brains," and robs him
and his family of every comfort. Intoxica
ting liquors give neither strength to the ;
body, vigor to the mind, resolution to the :
will, elevation to morals, nor dignity to
character. Strong drink drags a man down
from bis high estate, depraves all his ap- ]
petites, and leaves bim in want and misery, '
the mere wreck and semblance of a man.
*" The constant use of intoxicating Iquors }
makes hard times for many a man; thus,, a
family of five persons will consume four
barrels of flour a year, or 1.056 pounds ot
bread. This is nearly three pounds a day.
Good flour can be bought now at $T a barrel;
four times seven makes s2s: and thirty
cents a day for drinks is $lO9 50, or SSI 50
more per year than the bread for a family Gf i
five persons costs. "Bat," says A, "I only ;
take two drinks a day." Very well, you pay
ihen for your drinks $73 a year, mily $45
more than you pay for the bread consumed
by your whole family, if it contains five per
son*. Tbis sum would provide tea and
coffee for them.
Here, then, we see that the man who
pays twenty cents a day lor liquor spends a
sum sufficient to supply his iamily with
bread, tea and coffee for the year. Is it
strange that times are hard, aDd men com
plain of the government, and charge that it
oppresses them with onerous taxes? The
above figures show how meu tax themselves,
and how they tax property, too.
In 1868, the Inebriate Asyium cost the
taxpayers of this city $144,472 40. bile
ihe amount of money paid by the city for
: flour for all its hospitals, asylums, and for
the relief of the poor, was only $102,573 38.
The out-door poor cost the city, in 1868,
$15KJ,23 Ci. How njuoh nf thi* eotlld he
charged to intemperance ?
The number of persons committed to the
workhouse in tbis city, in 1868, was 15,738.
The Commissioners say, "a considerable
proportion of the committals is for intoxica
tion." The police stations, the prison*,
the alms houses, the penitentiary, the
miserable homes, all tell of the work of in
temperance. It is the great curse of the
land—it feeds upon the wages of labor, and
like the horse leech's daughter, "it cries
give, give," until all is gone of health, char
acter, life.—-V'-tc Yoik Evening Post,
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. — Let the busi
ness of everyone alone, and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don't want. Lse
every hour to advantage, and study to make j
even leisure hours useful. Think twice 1
before you spend a shilling—remember you
will have another to make fcr it.—Buy low, j
sell fair, and take care of the profits. Look
over your hooks regularly and if yon find an
error, trace it Should a stroke of misfor
tune come upon you in trade, retrench, work
, harder, lut never fly the track. Confront
| difficulties with unflinching perseverance,
and they will disappear at last; though you
fail in the struggle, you will be honored; but
shrink, and you will be despised.
IMPROVE your talents in song as a means
of worship, health, and enjoyment. For
every moment thus spent you will be amply
and abundantly blessed.
HOLD yourself io restraint without put
j ting restraint upon others.
VOL. 43s NO 6.
THE FOREIGN POPULATION Ol
MAINE.
A correspondent of' the Boston Jumna
writes from Maine t inoerninjr the report o
the special commission appointed to ascer
tain what measures, if any should be adoptee
by that State to eocourage settlements it
the unpeopled townships; the commissicc
made an extended tour of observatior
through the county of Aroostook, when
nearly ail the important townships ol
Maine are situated.
Some time since the cultivation of wheat
nearly eeased in Aroostook on account o
the ravages of the weevil. Two years ap.
aa experimental crop of wheat was groWD.
It turned out well. Last year double tfct
quantity was sowed, with like good result
and this year sufficient wheat has been har
vested to feed the entire county.
The dwellers in the fertile valley of the
St. John —refugees from Acadia—are igno
rant and peculiar, but still are interesting
people. Driven from tbeir homes by tht
conquering Briton, they were wise enough
to select for their place of exile the verj
"garden of Maine "*
The farms of these --ettlers ran in narrow
strips from river to road, and to the bill:
beyond. In this way a farm a mile long L
frequently but a few rods in width. Tht
dwellings are chiefly built on the main road,
and the commission drove for fifty mile;
from the eastern boundary of the State
through an almost continuous village.
The houses are nearly all wooden and ol
a uniform pattern, low studded, with con
cave roof and projecting eaves. Indoors,
the spinning-wheel and loom occupy an hon
orable position, and here the mixed wool of
white and black flocks is made into home
spun gray clothing. A hole burrowed into
the nearest hill-side serves for cellar—a
structure of small stones aed mud in the
door-yard is their oven, and water is heated
n a large pot slung over a pole by the brook
side.
The language of the Madawaskans is
French, their mother tongue. Of the men,
a very few speak English well; many can
hold a broken conversation in our tongue,
but most of them, together with the women
and children, speak almost exclusively
French. In some localities scarcely an Eng
lish word is uttered or understood. Even
the town records are often kept in French.
At Grant Isle, while the commission were
examining the books of the town clerk, it
was impossible to prevent a smile, in ascer
taining that there had been voted the past
year for school purposes the sum of "deux
cent piastre*," certainly an unusual kind of
money with which to educate children in
Yankee land.
Travelling south from Fort Bent, along
the West Aroostook road, houses aDd clear
ings become less and less frequent: and after
the plantations of Walligrass and Eagle
Lake are passed it is an almost unbroken
solitude till the settlement about Portage
Like is reached. In fact, nearly all the set
tled part of Aroostook is along the eastern
and northern boundary of the State, and is
in shape like a scythe laid upon the ground:
ihe eastern tier of townships is the handle,
and the valley of the St. John the blade.
Inside this imaginary scythe is a vast uo
peopled country, larger than the State oi
Massachusetts, whose virgin soil awaits the
real scythe and plough of the settler.
The commission then discuss the question
of Scandinavian emigration, which they con
tend naturally flows to us. They say the
climate of Maine, especially of Aroostook,
is much like that of Sweden and Norway.
TUE ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE.
The Philadelphia Ledger savs: The anthra
cite coal trade is very dull, and comparatively
ew colleries are at work. The supply o(
coal at all the great centers is reported np
to the demand, and at Elizabethport con
siderably in excess of the supply of vessels
necessary for its dis ribution. At Port
Richmond, io consequence of the limited
production of coal in the Schuylkill region
and the demand for it on the line, the sup
ply is hardly kept up, though there are but
few vessels there and freights are high.
Still the shipments for a week past have
rather exceeded the receipts. The Reading
Railroad reports a tonnage ol £7,383 tons
of all kinds for the week ending on the 13tfa
inst., against 19,572 tons the previous week,
and for the fiscal year to the same date 343,-
>24 tons, against 230.6' i 7 tons to corres
ponding time last year, showing an increase
of 63,147 tons. The tonnage ofall the prin
cipal carrying companies for the week, so
far as reported, is 156,989 tons, and for the
new coal year 721,948 tons, against 54-5,910
tons to corresponding date last year, show
ing an increase of 176,033 tons. In the
several coal regions, and, in fact, in all the
departments of the trade, the next season's
budness is discussed with much earnestness.
In the Schuylkill region there have been
sereral informal conferences between the
representatives of the operators and miners
in reference to the establishment of a basis
for wages, but a? yet nothing has been posi
tively concluded. The former urge $2 as
the basis, and the representatives of the
miners contend for 82 25 to 82 50 per ton.
A good feeling seems to prevail between the
; .mies, and there is every reason to believe
• he t disputes will be fewer in future between
th - operators and the workmen, while the
competition between the several regions and
tbeir respective carrying companies will be
more vigorous—all which will tend to the
greatest possible production of coal, and to
the cheapening of prices. The prospect
for a large production of coal in any one year,
so early in the season, was never better than
now. There is a disposition among all
parties in the trade to work in harmony.
THE DUTY OF A MOTHER. —She should be
firm, gentle, kind, always ready to attend to
her child. She should never laugh at him,
at what he does that is winning; never ailow }
him to think of his looks, except to be neat
and clean in a'l his habits. She should
teach him to obey a look; to respect those
older than himself, she should never make a
command without seeing it is performed in
the right manner. Never speak of a child's
faults or foibles, or repeat his remarks
before him. It is a sure way to spoil a ehi'd.
Never reprove a child when excited, nor
let your tone of voice be raised when correc
ting. Strive to inspire love, not dread: re
spect, not fear. Remember you are train
ing and educating a soul foi eternity
HURRY and cunning are two apprentices of
despatch and skill, but neither of tbcm ever
learn their master's trade.
IF you wish to be good, first beliere that
you arc bad.
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LVTZ A JORDAN, Benroac, Pa.
TIIE HOOL INDVSTKY
We clip the following from the Report of
the Commissioner of Agricult'ire:
A period of depression bee been realized
by our wooi growers during the post four
years, which has been shared by all other
wool-growing countries, but which has been
greatly modified and relieved by the opera
tion of the present tariff, which has prevent
ed the utter prostration of this necessary
branch of industry in the present, and
assured its rapid recuperation in the future.
A sufficient quantity of carpet wools, not
produced in this country, has been admitted
from abroad at how rates of duty; a suffici
ency of most grades of clothing wools has
been produced at home and sold at lower
prices than when foreign wools were admit
ted at nominal rates, and so impetus has
been given to the production of combing
wools, which will not only greatly benefit
the textile interest, but improve the quality
and quantity of muttou in the markets of
the Uod. Dissatisfied with the present
receipts and gloomy over future prospects,
many farmers have sacrificed a portion of
their flocks during the past year. It is
estimated that four millions of culls were
killed for pelts and tallow. American agri
culture. in all its branches, is peculiary sub
ject to periods of elevation and depression
from the impulsive action which stimulates
over-production at one time, foDowed by
panic abandonment of tbe temporarily un
profitable pursuit. Tbe wool interest has
often suffered, not merely from ordinary
causes of fluctuation, but more disastrously
still from tariff changes, frequent and ex
treme as unexpected. It i- essential to the
welfare of this important industry, that the
present moderate schedule of duties should
be continued without modification.
CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP.
Friendship, founded on the principles of
worldly morality, recognized by virtuous
heathens, such as that which subsisted be
tween Atticus and Cieero. which tbe last of
these illustrious men has rendered immor
tal. is fitted to survive through all the
vicissitudes of life; but it belougs only to a
union founded on religion, to continue
through an endless duration. The former
of these stood the shock of conflicting opin
ions, and of a revolution that shook the
world: tbe latter is destined to survive when
tbe heavens are no more, and to spring fresh
from the ashes of tbe universe. The former
possessed all the stability which is possible
to sublunary things: the latter partakes of
the eternity of God. Friendship founded
on worldly principles is natural, and though
composed of tbe best elements of nature, is
not exempt from its mutability and frailty:
the latter is spiritual, and therefore un
changing and imperishable. The friendship
which is founded on kindred tastes and con
genial habits, apart from piety, is permitted
by the benignity of Providence to embellish
a world, with all its magnificence and beauty,
but will shortly pass away: that which has
religion for its basis will ere long be trans
planted in order to adorn the paradise of
God.— Robert HaV.
A METHODIST DOG.
THE following curious dog story is vouched
for by a paper in Montreal:
"A gentleman owns a dog that has some
remarkable instincts. On week-days be ha?
all the passions and propensities of other
dogs, but on tbe Sabbath his peculiarities
and sectarian sentiments come out. He
knows when this day comes. He is not the
same dog as on other days. He indulges in
n<s pastimes, encourages no company, and
seems to say. in actions louder than words:
"Six days we may play and do all our sport.'"
The family are Presbyterians: the dog is a
Methodist. On Sunday mornings he at
tends the family to the Presbyterian house
of worship, and then holds on his solitary
and unbroken way until be comes to his own
church, which is a little further on. He Las
a particular place up-stairs where he sits.
No belle or madam of fashion, who sweeps
up the aisle of a popular church, and finds
a plebeian in her pew, can give a more de
cided expression of displeasure than this
dog if he finds any one iu his seat. He
seems to attend to the service, and to give
dogmatical beed to the words spoken. An
example to many professing Christians, he
may be seen on his way to church iu foul
weather as in fair; not a hall day hearer
other, while his denominational preferences
ire as well known as are those of bdv one in
ihe city ' — Evangelist.
PROTECTION AGAINST WOMEN —Accord
ing to the Albany correspondent of tbe Buf
falo EXIIV- the followiog bill is to be offer
;d in the New York Legislature: Section 1.
Any female of chaste character, under the
i_rc of seventeen years, who shall, with evil
ntent, wioningly, winsomely and wilfully
iecoy and seduce from his domestic duties
t married man he being the father of a
"amily and having children over ten years of
ure.l and by artful wiles draw him away
Voni his family, shall, on conviction, be
leemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
je imprisoned in a he use of refuge for not
ess than two days. If, on tbe trial of such
f-oung and artful female, it shall be shown
bat die married man so seduced and enticed
iwav is a minister of the gospel in good
-landing, the offender shall in like manner
x sentenced to not less than one hour nor
more than two hours in the county jail.
THE pig iron makers of Columbia held a
invention last week and endorsed a memo
■ial to Congress, requesting that the prcs
>nt duties be raised one dollar per ton on
>ir iron, and three dollars per ton on rails,
■craps, boiler iron, and ail other desenp
ioos of manufactured iron, and that a di
ed tax be imposed of OBe dollar upon all
vg. bars, rails, plates, and other descrip
ioas of iron manufactured in the country,
:o compensate for the loss of revenue on tho
mportation of foreign iron.
WHEN hearts are filled with holy affections
iad home is happy, then do the yonng dwell
n a charmed circle, which only the natnrafly
lepraved would seek to quit, and across
vbich boundary temptations to error shine
:-ut but feebly. ______
THE tale-bearer, says Dr. South, and the
:ale-hearer, ought to bo both hung up to
gether, back to back, the one by the tongue,
the other by the ear
DON'T cherish your sorrows: when God
breaks our idols in pieces, it is not for as to
put tbe broken bits together again.