gebforb Inquirer.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1810.
V M X t'OH IRKK.TRADERS TO
CKACK.
The Free traders and their foreign em
ployers generally work together quite har
moniously, but occasionally the real of the
hireling herd exceeds their knowledge. A
case of this kind has just oceurted. S. AV.
Hopkins & Co.. a British firm manufactnr
ing rail-road iron, have issued a circular to
their trade in which they discuss the pros
pects of the trade and the present and pros
pective prices of rail road iron. It very
frankly says that there has been a large
British production of rail road iron the past
year and 040,000 tons have been exported
It further states that the prices have ruled
at about six pounds sterling per too. but
that a reduction of the American duty
would increase the demand and raise the
price to seven pounds per ton. Here we
find the British manufacturer hoping for a
reduction of the American duty on iron so
as to enable him to get about $5,00 per ton
more for his iron, while bis dupe the free
trader here is urging a reduction of the
duty so that we may get cheap iron, and
many of our people are thoughtless enough
to be captivated by the deceptive argument.
Let our people remember that however low
the price of foreign iron, (and foreign rails 1
are generally of poor quality), the moment |
our tariff is reduced the demand increases
and the foreign prices arc at once raised 1
and we are obliged to pay as much abroad j
in gold for foreign rails as we would have to
pay at home, where we can pay for them, in
ore, coal, meat, grain, vegetables and a
thousand articles that we would otherwise
have no market for. Den t be deceived by
the false logic of free traders, the true and
only sure source of prosperity is protection
to our own industries of every kind.
VERY LIKE A SNAKE
We would call the attentiou of our sena
tor and Member- to the very suspicious ap I
pearance of Senate bid No. .s, entitled an
act to authorize turnpike, plank-road and
canal companies to issue bonds, &c. Issu
ing bonds may be a very harmless proceed
ing, if that were all, but like some others of
the snake species, this one carries its sting
in its tail. In the 19th, 20th and 21st linis
it reads: ''and any such company may and
is hereby authorised to abandon for public
list such portion or jtortions of their rcntdn or
lints of Improvement as may he deemed by
such board unnecessary to be kept open for
jndjlic use." This is the dangerous part of
the bill and ought not to be permitted to
pass. Under it the Chambersburg and
Bedford turnpike company or any other
road or canal company in the State may
abandon any portion of their lines that may
not happen to pay them and reserve and
collect toll upon what pays. This would be
defeating the very object for which these
companies are chartered. Under this fill
even the Pennsylvania railroad company
may abandon the eaual from Holiiduy.-burg
to Mifflin, or any other part of the cenal,
and compel all coal and heavy freights, now
pasting through the canal from the mining
regions, to pay freights over the road at
much higher rates and in violation of (he
contract by which they obligated themselves
to keep up and improve the canal. Every
one must sec at a glance the dangerous char
acter of the bill, and we hope our members
wil! watch it closely and secure its defeat.
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
If anybody doubted the necessity for a
change in the Treasurship, as well as tor a
change in the management of the public
funds, his doubts ought certainly to give
way after reading Maekey - examination be
fore the Investigating ('••mmittee. We
have but little faith in . liese canimitues,
but this one has elicited one fact, Mjiekcy
refuses to an'wer whether he received any
consideration lor leaving SIOO 000 00 one
year in the bank of J. E U.dgwuy A Co.
He has had $1,500,000 00 for one yt ar upon
which the State should br.vc received $90.-
000 interest, but from which she Ins never
got one penny. M ..key acknowledges that
the money ha-- been on deposit in various
banks throughout the Ftalc. and no sane
mao. for a moment, supposes that nothing
was paid for its use This thing has
been done for year- it was handed down to
its from our predecessors, the Democracy
who practis dit ! r year- But Hepub'i
cans have instituted many good and useful
reforms, and there is no place now, where
it is worse needed than here. Let us have
ihe bill providing for the di>: ositi. n cf the
public funds speedily passed. A good pro
fession at the begining is not enough, we
must have the work done. We fear the
work is lagging and we hope our niembor
will spur up the laggards and push the rc
lorui along to its consummation at an early
day.
$3,033,6G1 39
The Public debt statement of February
Ist. shows a decrease of the public debt to
the amount of $3,CC5,604 39 tud iu the
last eleven months since March Ist ]sf!9 of
',O-19.971 09. Demagogues, for effect,
may raise a hue and CT> - of extravagance,
but as long as the people see the debt
steadily diminishing at the rate of from 80
to 100 millions per year, they will continue
to trust the party and the administration
that shows so good a record. Example is
better than precept. One year ago under
Democracy and Andy Johnson, MeCulloch
reported an increase of FIFTEEN MILLIONS.
Such is the difference between Republican
ism and Democracy.
TIIE AMENDMENT RATIFIED.
The Georgia Legislature ratified the Fif
teenth Amendment on the 2d inst. The
House ratified it by a vote of 53 to 24 and
the Senate by 27 to 10. The ratification is
now complete. Georgia making the twenty
eighth State. The States which have rati
tied are as follows: Alabama, Arkansas
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, In
diana, lowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota. Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Ilatnp
shire. New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania Rhode Island, South Caroli
na, \ crmont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wis
consin.
Dr. Livingstone, the great African trav
eler and explorer, is reported to have been
killed somewhere in the interior of Africa
after having completed his explorations aud
set out on his way home. The report says
he was accused of witchcraft and murdered
by the superstitious natives.
WITAT has become of the New Poor
House? There are neatly $14,000 in the
Treasury now available, aud the house is
needed worse than ever. Won't somebody
enlighten us? When will the work begin
again ? And where ?
WE are indeltsd to HOD. John Cessna
for a copy of the Congressional Globe foi
the first session of the forty-first Cougre- ,
for which ho. will ac*pt our thanks.
As SOKE of our readers may wish to know
how the parties stood in the Senate on the
Legislative Record question, we give their
names. Eleven Democrats voted to con
tinue the swindle and nine Republicans as
follows: The eleven Democrats were Beck,
Brown, Buekalew, Davis, Dancan, FIND
LAY, Lindcrruan, M'lntyre Miller, Naglc,
Randall.
Republicans—nine—Allen, Conuell, Hens
icy. Mamma. Omstead, Osterhaut, Robin
son, Watt, White.
Those who voted against it were, Demo
crats— four—Broadhead Puriuan, Turner,
Wallace.
Republicans—nine—Billingfelt, Brooke,
Graham, Howard, Kerr, Lowry, Rutan,
Warfel, StinsoD.
Here we have another evidence of the in
seneerit.v of Democratic professions ofecono.
my. Though condemning Republicans and
charging them with extravagance, we find
more Democrats than Republicans votine
for unnecessary and extravagant expendi
ture. Bah ! Who will believe them when
their practice coutinually gives the lie to
their professions?
MORE COIN DEMANDED.— The director
of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia has re
i commended the issue of additional small
' -iiver coins to meet the demands of business.
The government has successfully replaced
the worn out and defaced 3 and 5 cent scrip
to the great advantage and comfort of the
people, and the time has come when another
slept is imperatively demanded. The coun
try is flooded with defaced, filthy, worn out
!0 cent scrip that should at once give place
ito a com of the same denomination. The
I coinage of ten, fifteen, twenty and tweniy
j five cent pieces is advocated, the same to be
of lighter weight than the old coins of the
j -■ me values, but of the same purity so that
they can be recoincd in future into the stand
ard coins. The light weight insures tbeir
retention in the country for change, instead
of being sent abroad as the old silver coins
have been. Whether the larger ones can
! be supplied at present or not, we hope to
j see Congress promptly authorize the issue
of the teu cent coin-. The bu.-iness of the
country demands it and it will be one more
step toward specie payments.
j SRIMPIES OF LAND TO RAILROADS. —
We are glad to note a disposition in Con
gress to refuse further subsidies to rail
roads. The Pacific Railroad made a bad
precedent which has brought a hungry
hmde of railroad speculators to the doors
of Congress asking aid in lands and bonds.
Now is the time, at once and forever, to put
a stop to the custom of granting lands to
huge corporations. Every foot of land so
granted is put in the hands of speculators
and out of the reach of honest settler?
And these companies always manage to get
possession of the very best land, and leave
the swampy and barren to be offered to bona
jidr settlers. Let the voice of the people
be lifted up in every part of the land against
the abuse of large grants of public lands to
■ corporations. It is an alarming and grow
ing evil, and the most effective measures
should be used to stop it at once. We
! know this is the sentiment of the people
i an l we hope Congress will heed it.
IT will be seen by reference to the sum
! Mary of legislative proceedings that the
Legislatuae has voted each member SIOO
for postage in lieu of the frankiog privilege.
This is better than the franking abuse and
will amount to several thousand dollars less
than the franking expenses last year, but the
improvement is so small that we must recall
the gieater part of the commendation we
eave our members for repealing the frank
ing privilege. With no Record and very
few documents to send, there are but few
members whose necessary postal expenses
during a term of 60 days will exceed $-5.
One hundred dollars for 60 days allows 55
letters each day; there are not a half dozen
I members whose correspondence on public
i business will reach half that amount daily,
i In our opinion SSO would have been a liber
al allowance for each member. But as they
> are in the way of improvement we must
not, perhaps, be too exacting.
That portion of Senator Sumner's cur
rcncy bill, which proposes to adopt a free
batiking law and require all banks to secure
their circulation by purchasing 80 per cent
in government 4 per cent bonds is rapidly
growing in public favor. This would give us
an increase of circulating medium and at the
same time place a large amount of the new
pnq on d 4 percent lean and enable us to
take up the 5-20 bonds, thereby saving to
! the country a vast sum each year which
!we are now paying in interest. Let
us have the free bankieg law by all means.
Our present national cuirency is the best
1 wc have ever had. Give us also the 4 per
i cent loan and the new banks will gladly take
: tbtet hundred millions at once. The banks
alieidy established will also be glad to ac
cept the 4 per cent bonds when those of a
higher rate of interest are withdrawn.
THE United States last year expended
three hundred millions of dollars in building
bt tween seven and eight thousand miles of
railroads. It is estimated that fifteen thou
sand miles of railroad arc now under con
struction and that the expenditure this year
will be hundred millions of dollars. Shall
American laborers be paid for the manufae
tine of the vast quantities of iron necessaty
for these roads, or shall we send our gold
abroad to buy it in foreign markets while
our own people are idle? This is the ques
tion now before us. Eree-tradcrs say go
abroad and buy of our enemies, while our
own people starve for want of employment.
Protection says make it at home, keep our
ao'id and pay it to our own people, and it
will be paid back to our own farmers for
grain, flour, meat, Ac. and make them all
happy, rich and prosperous.
THE Committee of Ways and Means re
ported the amended Tariff bill to the House
on the Ist in.-t. It reduces the Tariff rates
very considerably but retains its protective
character. The Free-traders have already
begun their attack upon it. They oppose
the reduction of the tax upon those neces
sities of the poor man, such as tea, coffee,
sugar Ac., and want high duties continued
on them while the reduction is made on
manufactures, such as iron, wool &c., so as
to break down home manufactures and
throw the American laborer out of employ
ment. The bill will require several weeks
discussion.
THE exports of wheat from the port of
New York have fallen off twenty-millions of
bushels the past pear. A similar falling off
occurred last year indicating that New York
is rapidly losing her great commercial supe
riorly, which is dividing itself among other
ports as Philadelphia. Baltimore, New Or
leans, Ac.
BEDFORD COUNTY paid $3,093 21 for
scalps last year. We predict there will not
be half a? much paid this year. The hawks,
owls and skunks must have been pretty ef
fectually cleaned out last year.
IT cost the county $943 65 to support her
wayward children in the Western Peniten
tiary during the past year.
Oi'B neighbor Bergner of the Harrisburg
Telegraph quotes the following from the
Lewistovrn Gazette:
"Our Legislature, also acting under • fit
of ptofesaea economy, ia watching the spig
ot while there is a large waste at the bung
hole. It has now been in session about a
month, nearly every day of which, to the
neglect of general business, lias been prolific
with reform on the initiative Record
question. Such a record as the Constitution
requires to he published, we are sure could
be furnished, reporting and all, for SIO,OOO
or $12,000. Now let us see what the econo
mizers have done. One-third of the ses
sion is over, and taking their pay at SI,OOO,
each member has already cost the State
$.133, which, multiplied by 133, the number
of members, makes the cost of the debates
on the question of publishing a record $44,-
289 ! This is reform with a vengeance, and
reflects little credit on the hue and cry of
Republicans and tbeir Democratic allies.
Somebody must have been nodding to
1 make such a pa'pable blunder. The rocord
question may be a sore one, but such wretch
ed blundering wont help the matter. If our
members were paid by the day such figuring
would have some force, but both our erudite
friends seem to have forgotten that they are
paid a fixed salary, and that their pay would
be the same if they adjourned to-morrow or
discussed the record job till dog-days. Try
again ! Such figuring wont do.
AMERICAN CARPETS. —It is a fact, which
the buyers of carpets arc not gcnesally aware
of. that almost the entire carpet trade of
this country is supplied by Philadelphia
! manufacturers. This trade has grown up
since 1802, and is one of the results of pro
tection. Since 1862 the business has in
creased to four times what it was at that
time. Then all our best carpets were im
ported: now the very best iu the market are
of our own manufacture, though they are
often marked and sold as imported carpets
to please the fancy of silly people who ima
gine nothing home-made can possibly be
goal enough for them.
THE superiority of the new system of col
lecting State and County taxes by thcTreas
ercr is shown by the small amount uncol
lected. l'rior'to 1809 there are but $519 70
outstanding and only $47 93 of taxes levied
and collected under" the. new system, $471 75
being from the old system and still in the
hands of old collectors.
SEVEN* thousand seven hundred and forty
live miles of railroad were built in the Uni
ted States last year, being more than twice
as much as ever was built in one year be
fore. The largest number of miles built in
any previous year was in 1856, when we
built 3043 miles.
THE report of the Cuban victory over the
Spanish forces, which we published last
week, turns out, as we predicted, to be true.
The contradiction of it by the Spani.-h au
thorities was a canard got up for effect.
Pennsylvania has to-day 5000 miles of
railroad in ruuuing order, and 2000 miles
more in process of construction, thus lead
ing all the other states in the great race of
progress.
WE imported from the city of Paris in
1808, $101,104,312 worth of fineries, con
sisting of silks, laces, buttons, trimmings,
jewelry, precious stones and other gewgaws.
A COTEMPOBARY puts the woman ques
tion in this wise: ' can you let uic have S2O
this morning." Practical that, at all events.
JUDGE HOAR'S nomination as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States has been rejuctcd by the Senate.
A PLOT AGAINST TUB COMMON
SCHOOLS.
A New York COteuipuiuiy, remarking
upon a report of the Union League Club in
reference to a I.oman Catholic plot to un
dermine and overthrow the public school
system of that State, says: Accompanying
the report is a statement so leDgtby that we
omit it—of the division that was made last
year of the public moneys thus diverted
from public to religious sectarian purpose
Out of a total sum of $528,742 47, no less
than $412,062 25, or more than four fifths
of the whole, went to Roman Catholic
schools in the city of New I ork, the number
of which maintained by this robbery of the
public purse was eighty. The following are
the figures showing the amount voted to
each religious sect:
Roman Catholics $412,002 25
Protestant Episcopal 20.335 09
Hebrew 14.4tt4 40
Reformed Dutch Church 12.030 SO
Presbyterian 8.303 44
Baptist 2.760 34
Methodist Episcopal 3.073 63
German Evangelical 2.027 24
Miscellaneous 44,085 12
Total $528,742 47
Aside from the principal involved in the
matter, these figures show the intolerable
iniquity with which the division of our
school money is certain to be made if they
are given over to be scrambled for by the
different religious sects. Against the one
church which is an orgainzation of political
as well as religious power, the Protestant
churches can never contend with any chance
of an approach, even, to equal rights in the
distribution. — Harrixbvrg Telegraph.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
LETTER FROM HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 5, 1870.
THE STATE TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
have bad State Treasurer Mackey before
them during the past week, but the infor
mation directly developed was little more
than was previouily known. Ho stated
that when he took possession of the office,
ou the firft uf May last, abuut sl, 100,1 AM)
came into his hands from bis predecessor.
A portion of this amount he deposited with
a number of banks at Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Harrisburg. To the question
whether he had received any compensation
directly or indirectly for allowing the money
of the Commonwealth to remain on deposit
in these banks he declined to answer. He
however denied having used the money of
the State for speculating or foi bis own
private purposes. The examination will be
continued next week, and Messrs. IrwiD,
Kemble, Moore and McGrath, Ex State
Treasurers, have been summoned to ap
pear before the Committee. Unless the in
vestigation develops something of more im
portance than the examination of Mr.
Mackcy thus far, the labors of the com
mittee will amount to but little.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL
has at length passed both Houses of the
Legislature and is now in the hands of the
Governor for his approval or disapproval.
The bill gives the appointment and control
of the police force of Philadelphia to a
Board of six Commissioners; those named
in the bill being Peter A. B. Widener, W.
J. Pollock. John S. Rittenhousc, George
Truman, John McCarthy and Mayor Fox,
ex officio. These Commissioners hold their
office five years, at the expiration of which
time a new Hoard will be elected, one
member from each of the five pottce dis
tricts into which the city is divided. In thi
Senate there was a majority of one in favoi
of the bill, although at the time the final
vote was taken several Senators were absent,
an 1 the bill passed by sixteen ayes to thirteen
noes'. Senator Howry voted wi'h the Demo- :
crats. and was the only Republican who
voted against the bill. In the House there
was no dodging —the vote being a stric* i
party one —and the bill passed that body
finally, yesterday, by fifty-eight eyes to
thirty-seven noes. There has been con
siderable difference of opinion among Re
publicans heretofore in reference to the
propriety of this legislation, but the re
peated unanimity of the Republican mem
bers from Philadelphia in favor of it, made
it manifestly unjust to the representatives
of the majority of the city to longer with
hold the desired enactment. The Repub
licans of Philadelphia have asked for the!
passage of the bill, and upon them rests the
respons'bility. During the week there have
been a uvrge ournber of Pbiladelphians in
Harrisburg. and it is authoritatively stated
that considerable sums of money have been
offered to defeat the police bill. One of j
the Republican members from Philadelphia
is said to be in possession of a largo number
of affidavits from policemen of that city to
the effect that they have been assessed
thirty dollars each to raise a fund with which
to defeat tho measure. Thirty thousand
dollars arc said to have been raised for this
purpose, aud twenty five hundred dollars
each offered for votes to kill the bill in the
House.
TUE LICENSE QUESTION
is a subject of petition in excess of an
other matter before the Legislature the
present sessioo. The petitioners ask fir
| the passage of a law to submit the questioi J
:of license or no license to the qualified j
• voters of each township, and that the courtt
, shall be governed in the matter by the de
cision thus made. A bill with these po i
visions has been introduced into the House
and acted upon favorably in committee. A j
special session has been fixed on J hursiay
evening next for its discussion. The fati of
the bill is quite problematical.
THE SCHTEPPE CASE.
A bill intended to meet the case of Dr.
Schoeppe, has passed the llouse alrocft
unanimously and will likely receive t|e
early attention of the Senate. It allots
writs of error in eases of murder or volun
tary manslaughter, which authorizes tie
Supreme court to review the law and tje
evidence, and covers cases now pending.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.
The passage of a law last winter alio wig
parties in interest to testify in civil cans,
except in certain instances, has opened he
way to an effort for the further extensiouif
the principle. There have been seveal
| hills introduced having this object in viW,
hut the only one that has received much t
tcntiou is a proposition to allow husbad
and wife to testify in divorce cases, lie
bill has passed the Senate by a vote of l-'to j
6, and provides that the testimony of eibtr
I husband or wife may he given in his or her
own behalf in any proceeding for a diurce
where personal service of the subpeou is
made on the opposite party, or said jarty
appears and defends.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATING COMMUTE.
The House on Friday passed a re soft ion
providing for the appointment of a om
mittee of five to ascertain whether aDy cor
rupt means have been used to secure ;ke
passage of the Metropolitan Police Bill.
This makes the third committee authorized
to inquire into alleged bribery and corrup
tion in connection with legislation, aud some
of them at leat ought to he able to arrive
at something tangible.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.—MONDAY .Jan. 31. —The bill
erecting the new County of Petrolia, passed
by 30 to 10, the metropolitan police hi)
passed the second reading. Adjourned.
Ilorsv —A number of local bill" wire
read and resolution* offered none of riich ■
were acted on. Adjourned.
SENATE.—TUESDAY. Feb. 1. —A trnber
of resolutions were offered and petitiu pre-!
sented after which the metropolitiau joliee j
bill was taken up aud passed by a ite of
10 to 13, Senator Lowry being the or Re
publican voting against it. Sena hill
preventing aldermen, and justices the
peace from practising as attorneys was
defeated. Senate bills incorporating Rkes
harre Saving Banks, allowing writs oljr >r
in case of murder and voluntary mansigh
ter, repealing third sect ion of act of arch
23, relating to judicial sales
eervation of lien of mortgage so far it he
same relates to Orphans' Court salesnd
several local bills were passed finally. Ad
journed.
HOUSE. —A number of resolutions ere
offered and a number of Philadelphia eal
bills considered and one passed, hut no si
ness of a general nature was transacted.
Adjourned.
SENATE.—WEDNESDAY, F.b. 2nd.-Ae
only bill passed, was the House hill gi*g
to Senators and members, SIOO each,r;
postage. Some other hills were considd
but not acted on. Adjourned. j
HOUSE. —The metropolitan police hill
passed by the Senate was taken up
passed to a second reading after con side j
hie discussion by 50 to 37. Various re
lutions to discharge useless clerks aud o
eers, to print reports of proccedmgs k
were discussed apparently as a pastit
rather than wiih a view to any definite t
tion. Adjourned.
SENATE. — THURSDAY 3d. —The followi
Senate bills weie considered:
Supplement to evidence-law; allowi
husband and wife to testify in cases of *
vorce was passed to a second reading; a
pointing Boards of Control to manage t
Funds of the Commonwealth, postpouet
incorporating the Quakertown Bank, pa*
ed.
The Senate hill incorporating the Boai
of Home Missions of the German Reformt
Church was passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE. —The hill in the ease of P
Scbocppe pa-sed to a third reading.
The following bills were reported favor
bly :
The Senate bill making it a peual offer
for a witness to abscond with intent to d
feat the ends of public justice.
The House bill giving the right to appe
from all decisions of aldermen, without i
; ijard to the sum in dispute, upon giving i
| curity.
A bill incorporaiing the Junior Order
United American Mechanics ; also, _Gr:
Council of the Brotherhood of the Union.
The House hill reducing the commutati
tax for the First Division of the Penusylv
uia Militia to fifty cents.
House joint resolutions urging Congri
to oppose any effort to reduce the tairff
pig, or any other iron, and coal. Passed
llouse bill authorizing a vote of the p.
pie in each district, to determine whetl
dquor shall be sold, was made the spe<
order for next Thursday evening.
House bill to punish the publication
obsceDe advertisements was amended so
to apply exclusively to a class of objectioi
hie publications. Parsed.
SENATE. —FRIDAY Feb. 4th.—Among I
favorable reports from Committees were I
following Senate hills : Relating to in!
est; allowing seven per cent, and legaliz
ten per cent, by special contract; relative
fees of attorneys to certain judgments.
A resolution by Mr. White, that 3,<
copies of the Sinking Fund report be pri
ed. was adopted.
The Senate bill, allowing a wife to ter
in divorce cases, came up on third read,
and passed finally.
Adjourned until Monday evening at :
o'clock.
HOUSE. —After various efforts to re
business, by the Democratic members • j
a view to preventing the eonsideratio
the Police bill, a number of resolutions
and reports wi re offered and b.l s of a
character. Tbe Police bill was then t |
up and after some discussion passed
-met party vote of 57 to 38. Adjourns j
Monday evening. _
A WISCONSIN clergyman who has
preachiog against marriage is ascertain*
have upwards of nine wives living in A
ent parts of the country,
XLlst CONCJttEBS-SECOND SESSION.
SENATE. —Monday, Jan. 31. —The reso
lution of i he Ohio General Assembly adopt
iog the J6th Amendment was presented;
also a memorial asking the reduction of the
duty on iron and ateel rails. Mr. Morton
introduced a hill to admit Mississippi into
the Union. The currency bill was ihen dis
missed at considerable length, after which
the Senate went into executive session and
then adjourned. *
House. —TWO separate bills were offered
to admit Mississippi to a representation in
Congress, and to remove tbc political disa
bilities of all citizens of the States lately in
rebellion. Resolutions were offered increas
ing the pay of jurors in the Circuit and Dis
trict Courts of the United States, for the
redemption of one hundred millions interest
i bearing Government bonds, fixing rate of
mileage of Senators and Representatives,
requesting the President to accord belliger
ents rights to Cuba, to reduce duty on coal,
appropriating $30,000 to the relief of the
poor of the District of Columbia, and return
ing thanks to the State of Rhode Island for
statue of General Greene. Richard Sayre,
member elect from the First Virginia Dis
trict was sworn in and took his scat as mem
ber Adjourned.
SENATE—Tuesday, Feb. I. —Resolutions
were offered regulating public printing and
discontinuing publication of books for pri
vate distribution, for the suppression of
drinking houses in the District of Columbia,
and :n reference to the Red River rebellion.
Mentotials were presented for the abolition
of the franking privilege an 1 for increase of
tax on distilled spirits. The Senate then
discussed the currency bill until adjourn
ment.
HOUSE. —Mr. Hooker, member from 4th
Congressional District of Virginia, after
some discussion was sworn in. The tariff
bill was taken up and discussed at length
after which the House went into Committee
of the whole on the appropriation bill and
and adjourned at four o'clock.
, SENATE. —Wednesday, Feb. 2.—Memo
rials for the abolition of tlic {'rooking piiri
lege and for pensions for soldier- and sailors
jof 181" were presented. The bill apprnpri
j utiug public lands to a railroad from Port
land to Astoria was taken up and discussed,
| being opposed by Messrs. Thnrmau and
itbers on the ground that it was bad policy
tnd that public lands should be reserved for
j actual settlers. The currency bill was then
i taken up, discussed and passed: It increases
the national bank circulation S4S.OtHj,(XX), to
; 1 distributed among Slates and Territories
• having less thau their proportion of curren
cy, ami also provides for the withdrawal of
$20,000,000 from States having in excess I
iof their proportion and it> distribution [
among those having less. The neutrality i
law- wore then disoussid until adjournment, j
HOUSE. —A resolution was adopted favor- |
able to the recognition of Cuba; resolutions 1
were offered relative to the treatment of j
American prisoners in Biitish jails, and for !
ihe disposition of the Cherokee lands in
Kansas. A bill was adopted authorizing
the Secretary of War to issue food and
: clothing to the destitute poor of the District
I of Columbia to the amount of f 30,090. Ad
! joui ned.
SENATE. —Thursday, Feb. 3. —Mr. Ed
munds presented a petition from the widows
of soldiers of the United S'ates now residing
in the republic of Switzerland, asking pen
,-ions.
Mr. Hamlin reported back the billamend I
:ttory of the act to regulate the posial ser- i
nice. It was moved that it be indefinitely ,
postponed. So ordered.
Mr. Abbott, a joint resolution petting '
forth that in certain States the civil author- j
it-y is inadequate to suppress lawlessness, !
aud requesting thai the Committee on Ju- ■
diciary inquire into the laws in said States, ;
with a view to the better protection of hu- I
man life, and report as to the expediency of
providing for a national police force in the
said Slates wherever the local laws are in- j
adequate to the enforcement of public order. j
Agreed to.
After a brief discussion of the neutrality i
laws by Carpenter and Sumner the Senate j
went into executive session. Adjourned.
HOUSE.—A resolution was adopted, in
structing the Committee of Ways and Mcans
to inquire into the expediency of levying a
per capita tax of two dollats and fifty cents I
lon dog-.
I The hill granting lands to aid the Minne- ;
sofa and Missouri River llailroad was re
■ ferrcd.
The resolution instructing the Committee
| on Ranking and Currency to inquire mto
j the expediency of so amending the law as to
I give all ncrsous privilege of banking on bonds
i of the United States, was adopted.
The House resumed the con-ideration of
a resolution calling upon the President for
information in hi: pos.-ession in relation to ]
tbc treatment of American citizens held in i
foreign prisons.
Mr. Butler, from the Committee on Re- j
construction, reported an act for the admis
, sion of Mississippi to representation in Con- ;
! grcss. The bill, substantially the same as
that admitting Virginia, was passed by a
vote of 134 yeas to 36 nays.
Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Ap
propriations, reported a hill to supply the ;
deficiencies in the Navy Department for the
! year ending June next. After some debute
: an amendment of Mr. Beck was adopted,
appropriating one million live hundred ,
thou-and dollars; and the bill as amended
! passed without division. Adjourned.
SENATE. —FRIDAY February 4. —Petitions I
and memorials were offered io behalf of I
Cuban recognition, for fixing equal medical j
rank of officers of the Navy, abolishing the
! (ranking privilege and asking civil govern ,
' ment in Alaska.
On motion of Mr. Sherman, the Senate
j took up the hill prescribing the duties of j
: the Secretary of the Treasury in certain
cases therein named. The bill provides j
that whenever any State shall have been or 1
may be in default in the payment of the in- 1
tercst or principal on investments in its
stock or bonds held by the United States in I
trust, it shall be duly authorized to retain
j the whole, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, of any moneys due on any ac- ;
count from the United States to such Slate, i
and to apply the same to the payment of
such principal and interest, or either, or to !
reimbursement, with interest thereon, of |
c moneys advanced by the United States on :
s- account of interest due on such stock or :
bonds. The hill was considered and passed,
ir The Senate took up the House bill to
e&boliah the franking privilege.
Mr. Sherman introduced an amendment.
>tproviding that ell newspapers may be seut
free to all points within twenty miles of the
raplaee where published. He said there was
to justice in charging the saute rate of post
age on country papers as on city papers,
de The Senate finally refused to consider the
till by a vote of 22 to 34.
qa A hill authorizing tho Secretary of War
g .o provide for taking meteorological obeerva
i tinns in the interior of the Continent, and
observations in States, so as to give warning
of approaching storms, was passed,
i, The Senate adjourned to .Monday,
i. HOUSE. —A resolution instructing the
i Committee on Military Affairs to inquire if
, any member of this or preceding Congress
had advertised his service in procuring ap
■i pointmeuts in West Point military acade
mic, or had received any consideration for
1 such appointments, was adopted.
u A joint resolution donating captured can
1 win for the construction of a monument at
< West Point, in honor of the soldiers who
fell in the late war, was adopted.
] A joint resolution for the return of evi
dence of honorable discharge of officers and
ij soldiers, was passed.
No other bills passed ; a number of reso-
I lutions were offered, after which the House
I adjourned.
t SATURDAY, 5. —Being the day for debates
: no votes were taken and the day was devo
-8 ted to buncombe.
< THE question of the use of the Bible in
i tho public schools has now cot into the
Ohio legislature, where, on Monday, Mr.
si \\ ard, of the reform delegation from
f| Cincinnati, introduced a hill prohibiting the
i reading of the Bible or the singing of hymns
!in the public schools. Oilier Western
; States are also agitated on the subject.
I Governor Fairchild, of lowa, says in his
I message : '"You cannot but be aware of the
fact that there is an element in this country
which is seeking to overthrow our common
school system. Each year it is becoming
bolder and its hostility more pronounced.
Those who are engaged in this devilish as
sault upon the bulwarks of the republic are
not true friends of our free institutions, and
should be promptly rebuked by all good
citizens. The West is a good place to try
this important question, tor there is no sec
| tion of the country freer from the spirit of
i religious bigotry.
Tbc Iron and Steel Trade.
Tho Bolletiu of the American Iron and
Steel Association puts the product of pig
iron in the United States, in the last five
years, its follows: In 1865; 931,000 tons,
net; 1868, 1,603,000 tons; 1869, 1,900,000
tons. During the last eighteen months,
sixty-five new blast furnaces have been
erected. Nineteen of these were in Penn
sylvania. Thirty years ago the entire pro
duct of pig iron in the United States was
but 50,000 tons, and the largest furnace was
only capable of producing 1.500 tons an
nually. In regard to steel, the Protectionist
has the following:
"Within the last six years it has been de
monstrated that the steel-producing qualities
do exist in American iron, and many of our
best edge-tool manufacturers and machinists
testify that steel, both cast and rolled, made
in Pittsburgh from American iron, is fully
equal to the best English makes.
"The steel-producing capacity of the
works in and around Pittsburgh alone i- es
timated at soventy-five tons per day. This
industry may, therefore, he deemed an ac
oomplished fact, and, brief as its history is,
it has already exercised an important in
flifnce in controlling foreign prices."
It. is shown that American axes, shovels,
spades, hoes, A., have entirely taken the
place of foreign tools. Nothing equal to ;
them in shape or finish is made abroad, and :
they are now largely exported. American j
butts and hinges of all kinds are cheaper and
better, and entirely exclude all foreign
goods. In cutlery of all kinds, the medium
American qualities, of which the largest
hulk enter into consumption, ara cheaper
and better than those of foreign importa
tion; only the very low and worthless grades,
or the very expensive and luxurious stvles,
can now be imported.— Pittsburgh Evening
Chronicle.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
THE New York Legislature has a member
in it that has served thirty years without a
break.
There is at least one sign of cold weather I
now. The Kansas river is frozen over for j
the first time in many years.
AT Duluth. Minnesota. $lO counterfeit |
notes of the Albany City National Bank are
in circulation.
IF "beauty draws by a single hair," how
irresistable some of the women must be who I
wear a bushel-basket full.
A WISCONSIN minister the other Sunday
warned young ladies that the first step to
ruin was a yard of gay ribbon and an ostrich
I feather.
THE Mormons, if wicked, are very sharp.
| They are organizing a corps of women lec
turers, who sweetly sing the glories of the
! "institution."
IT is thought that an effort will be made
! this winter at Des Moines to put in motion
the necessary proceedings to give the women
of the State of lowa the right o( the bal'ot. !
A CHICAGO paper complains that "hell is j
too frequent a subject with the eeclesiastics j
of that city." The subject is too homely for
that town.
AN I.NDFFANA paper says it is a singular
fact that religious revivals arc alwavs the i
most successful during the short and dark,
; days of the winter months.
Thf. FITNESS of a name was never more j
beautifully shown than in Congress a few
I days since, when Shanks moved an ap
■ propriation for additional legs to maimed
j soldiers.
A RAILROAD watchman in Ohio fell a
j sleep on the track rite other night, with his
lantern in his hand. The lightning express
came along, tossed him upon the cow
| catcher, and carried him to the oextstalioD,
with only a broken leg.
A TRENTON husband, disapproving of his
! wife's receiving presents, tore from her back
i and into shreds a dress which a rnalo friend
j had given her. The Judge before whom
the assault was tried advised them to "patch
it up between them."
TIIE SPRINGFIELD Journal says: "In!
many parts of this State the winter wheat is
represented to ho almost entirely killed out
by the alternate freezing and thawing, which
have characterized the winter."
THE WIFE of a Tompkins county, (N. Y.)
farmer died on Saturday; on the Sunday
; following he married his servant girl; on
' Monday the newly widded pair attended
the dead wife's funeral: on Tuesday the new
wife gave birth to an heir.
A MEMBER of the New Orleans police,
when on the stand testifying against a man
I he had arrested, was identified as an escaped
] murderer, and sent back to serve out his
life sentence in the penitentiary.
! M iss EUNICE REDMAN, of Jackson county,
Indiana, awoke one night and saw a fellow
! climbing up to her window on a ladder.
About the time he got to the top, she pushed
- the ladder off, and the neighbors picked up
! a burglar with a broken leg.
A TROY hotel keeper boarded a clerical
looking gentleman two weeks, on the
strength of his piety and a copy of the ten
commandments which he carried pasted on
, his valise. The other day the brother left
to call on another minister, hut he has not
j returned yet. The valise has been broken
open and found to contain a fine assortment
of oat straw.
TIIE reduction of the duty on pig and
scrap iron will be opposed by Messrs. Dick
: ey. Coke, Covode and others, and if neces-
I sary to prevent the reduction of the duty ou
the staple productions of Pennsylvania they
will vote against the kill, which has really
j but a verv poor prospect of becoming a law
j at this session.
DR. CHOATF.. Superintendent of the Mass
aohusetts Lunatic Hospital, says that the
excess of insane women over insane men is
becoming mote and more marked. He at
tributes it to the fact that more lunatic men
die. Men are made insane by physical cau
ses, while women succumb to subtle moral
I influences, not threatening to life, but in
j tractable.
"JENNY LIND," the elephunt belonging
to the Van Authurg Menagerie, wintering
at Connellsville, Indiana, got on the ramp
age the other day. and slaughtered a zebra
and one ol the "sacred rattle." The mena
gerie men had great difficulty in preventing
Jenny from "going thiough ' the eDtire es
tablishment, hut she was finally brought to
terms by a few prods with a spear.
IT is stated that the peach trees through
Delaware and other sections ot the countr>
famous for the growth of that luscious fruit
are reported as having an abundance of bios
sorns, ntid if nothing happens there will be
a fine crop. The Peninsular Fruitgrowers'
Association, which meets next month, in
tend giving the subject of peach-growing es
pecial and minute Lttcotion.
IN 1859, the amount of money received at
the Pennsylvania wells lor petroleum, was
less than $50,000, and in 1869 the sales net
ted $28,350,000, of which $26,000,000 we re
received in Pennsylvania, $2,000,000 in W.
Virginia and Ohio, and $350,000 in Canada.
The value of the refined petroleum and its
products exported fiom the United States
in 1869, reached $40,000,000, and the trade
employed over 200 vessels exclusively, lor i
this purpose, and shipped SSO cargoes to all
parts of the world.
PATER.SON, N. J., is the great centre of
silk manufacture in America. Thtre are
now in its vicinity sixteen factories, running
seventy-five thousand spindles, employing
thirty-live thousand hands, whose wages
amount to five hundred thousand dollars.
Philadelphia has twenty factories, employ
ing four huodred men, fifteen hundred wo
men and girls, whose wages amount to two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Capital
employed, one million live hundred thousand
dollars. Such facts will be new to many ol
our readers.
MINISTER CURTIN has made a report to
Secretary Fish in reply to the request ofthe
President that he would inquire into the
condition of the Jews in Russia. The
report states that great ameliorations have
recently been made in regard to the Jews,
and that many privileges have been granted
them, such as gratuitous concessions if
lands to agriculturists, subsidies for expenses
of colonization and settlement, and exemp
tion from taxation and military duty for a
certain term. They are also entitled to
domicilatioß in any part of the empire; and,
if possessing the requisite qualifications, arc
admitted to exercise public functions, to
enter the medical service of the army, and,
in some cases, are admitted into the class of
"notable citizens." New measures are being
discussed for their advintaee, and alto
gether Russia has shown by her treatment
of them that she has well earned her right
to a foremost position among the enlighten
ed and liberal nations.
HOME COMPETITION has reduced tl e
price of steel rails from $225 down to $%, )
38 per ton. Very properly regarding the '
superior advantages of an ample supply
from domestic sources, the officers of some t
thirty or more of our principal rail wajs
have petitioned Congress, not onlv to retain
the existing admlnriim duty, but to add a
further rate of S4O per ton. Would these :
acute DutsDCSS men take this decisive step. I
if they were believers in the free trade dog- :
ma that a customs tax is always added to (be
price of the article and mu.-l ba so much of
an additional burthen upon the domestic
I consumer? One such fact overthrows a
world of fallacies.
THE FOLLOW!NU is from the Galveston
(Texas) JVttcs, of January 27: ''The friends
of the gallant Commodore Leon Smith will
regret to hear that he was murdered by a
drunken Indian in Alaska, as announced by
telegraph this morning. No particulars an
given beyond the fact of the homicide and
the hanging of the Indian. No more chir
alrous gentleman was enrolled in the service
of the 'Lost Cause' than Leon Smith, aswill
j be attested by his comrades in arms who
! participated in the brilliant attack on the
j Federal forces at Galveston, the result of
which was the capture of the Steamer Har
riet Lane.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT declares
that "'the right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be DENIED or abridged !
by the Lbiited States, or by any State, on 1
account of race, color or previous condition
of servitude;" and a genius, editor of an
obscure Kentucky paper, advises the Legis
lature of that State to enact a law providing
that '"no person shjll TIE elector in this Com
monwealth who has wool or kinky hair on
his scalp." and that anv person that shaves
or otherwise removes the wool or hair from
his head, so as to deceive the judges O F :
election, shall be indicted and punished, as
provided by law, for fraudulent voting.
SENSIBLE TALK.— President Grant ha> j
given Senator Johnson, of Virginia, a real
sensible talking to. The Senator called on
the President to thank him for his aetion
in securing the re-admission of the Old llO
minion. After saying "You are welcome, ;
Senator," the President continued in sub- I
; stance —"Virginia will do well if she keep
| on as she has begun: but she mut not slide j
j hack like Georgia and Loui-iana. Her nat- j
| oral resources are creat, and they will be :
J developed if \ liberal form of government is ]
I maintained. Look at some of the Eastern J
j States and portions of Penniylvania, where J
I every river and creek is made nse of for man- |
I ufacturing purposes. Virginia can do like
j wise it she tries; if her people forget all j
j about chivalry and go to work. And yet
; there are people who say Pesident Gran!
I cannot make a speech.
A TERRIBLE bill for Mormons is that in- J
j troduced iu the House of Representative' by
; Mr. Cullom. It proposes simply to deal
! with the Mormons a outlaws, and with such
|as arc guilty of concubinage, bigamy or
I polygamy as criminals, subject to a tine for j
! each offender not exceeding a thousand dol
i lars and to imprisonment in the penitentiary
j not exeeeding five years; and the United I
| States Marshal is to have power to call upon
' the United States army to enforce the law.
i The news of the introduction in Congress of I
-uch a bill will create a commotion at Great ;
Salt Lake Ctv and if it does not bring to •
the Prophet Brigham Young a new revela J
tion touching a new emigration of the saints j
wo shall be somewhat disappointed. At all J
events, the ISSUE DOW before the Mormon
dictator is whether he shall abandon poly
gamy or abandon Utah, and he must soon
maki- his choice.
WHEN poor Salnave was caught and tried
and shot all in an afternoon, he pleaded the
| case of Jefferson Davis, hut without effect,
j After pleading a very unmanly precedent, it
I is to be said for the credit of Salnave that
he met his fate like a man. His name will
not go down to history in petticoats. And
now comes the news, through Democratic
channels, that a measure will soon be car
ried through Congress to restore to General
Lee a portion of bis property captured at I
Arlington; the same which Andrew
Johnson, when leaving the Whi'e House,
ineffectually attempted to turn over. To
point the contrast the latest telegrams from
Paris report the rumor that a motion will be
made in the Corps L°gi-]atiff to restore the
Orleans PROPERTY taken by the Government
in 1848. Napoleon objects, however, and
the prospects of success are slim.
THE locksmith who altered the key with j
which the Berlin Schoeppe opened the safe
of Count Blakcnsee, was .confronted on
Saturday last, with Dr. Schutppe in his cell
at Carlisle. On entering the cell the lock
smith surveyed the persons present, until
his glance finally fell on the prisoner. After
examining him int- ntly for some time the
vi'itor exclaimed, "Yes, you are the linn." !
When asked wbat he mean:, he said: "You
arc the nnn who came to our work 'hop in
Berlin, and had the kev altered. You re
member that you carefully pointed out the
places for me to file off; that you a-k"D ME
when the key would be done, and that 1
answered at three in the afternoon." I
Dr. Schirppe declared that he did not
know the locksmith, and said with an earnest J
tone that hi' visitor would have to rn ke
eood bv an oath what he had uttered. The
locksmith said he would do what lii' eon
science required. Later the vi-itor said that J
he recognized Schoeppe not onlv by his out
ward appearance, but by a ceitain peculiar
ity of voice, and that the prisoner had be |
haved in the same manner when first con
fronted with liitn before the examining mag
i-trate of Berlin, as he did in the present
interview. This makes the muddle mop.'
complete.
Pisrdkntmtf.
_____
AVER'S CHERRY PECTORAL,
For Disease* of the Throat and Lungs, suck an ;
Cough*, Cold*, Whooping Cough, Bron
chitis, A-thma, and Consumption.
Probobly never before in the whole history of j
medicine, has anything won so widely and so
deeply upon 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 hieli j
cr iu their estimation, as it has become better |
known. Its uniform character and power to care :
the various affections of the lungs and throat,
have made it known as a reliable protector against i
them. While adapted to milder forms of disease ;
and to young children, it is at the same time the
most effectual remedy that can be given fur inci
pient consumption, and the dangerous affections
of the throat and lungs. As a provision against
sudden attacks of Croup, it should be kept on
band in every family, and indeed as all arc some
times subject to colds and cough?, all should be
provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled Consumption is thought in
curable, still great numbers of cases where the j
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- j
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,
Bo g nerally are its virtues known tha* we need
not publish the certificates of them here, or do
more than assure the public that its qualities are
fully maintained.
AVER'S AGUE CURE.
For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever, Chill
Fever. Bcmi'tent Fever, Dumb Ague, Period
ical O' Bilious Fever, <{-c,, and indeed
all the affection* tthiek ari*e from
malarious, marsh, or miasmatic
poisona.
As it name implies, it does CURE, and does not
fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bit
inuth, Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous
substance whatever, it in nowise injures any pa
tient The number and importance of its cures
in the uguo 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 ct'the radical cures
effected in obstinate cases, and where other reme
dies had wholly failed.
Unacclimatcd 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 Bili'ius Disorders and Liver Complaints, it
is an excellent remedy, producing many truly re
markable cures, where other medicines bad failed.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. AVER A CO., Practical
and Aua>\ tical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold
all round the world.
PRICE, si.ou PER BOTTLE.
24decly DR. B. F. HARRY, Agent.
. dsUU.
PCBI. L 0 SALE
OF VALUABLE SEAL ESTATE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphau' Court,
| the undersigned will expose to sale at public aue
: tion, on FRIDAY, the IKb day of February,
| 1870, on the premises, ic Bedford township, a
DESIRABLE PA RM adjoining lard, of Jobs ,S.
j .Nproat, Jonathan Die til, Jacob Shartier, Susan
j Carney and others, containing Hi) actes, .boat 70
acres cleared and under fence, 10 acres of which
jis good meadow. The improvements are a one
! and a half story log dwelling house, log barn and
j other buildings. Alto a large orchard of choice
a;'[ile, peach and cherry trees. The above farm
j is in a good neighborhood and within a mile of
Bedford.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
J. W. LINGENFELTER, Adm'r
21janit of Mrs. Georgiana R. Kramer, dee'd.
y ALU ABLE FARM FOR SALE.
The subscriber offers at private sale, a good
improved (arm situated iu Soake Spring Tap.,
Bedford Co.. Pa., two mile, from Moaut Dai's,
station, on the Huntingdon and Bruadt.p rail,
road, containing 230 ACRES of good limes ton
laud, about ISO acres cleared and under g< „i
fence, over 800 panels of which are post fence
the balance of the land is well timbered. Toe
improvements are A GOOD LARGE FARM
HOUSE and Large Bank Barn and all neci- .-ary
out buildings. 1 Never Failing Springs, 3 Orch
ards, 2 TENANT HOUSES and a good Sawmill.
The above Mansion Farm is in a good state of
cultivation and it well calcu'a'ed to make TWO
FARMS. For further particulars address,
HENRY SKBSHBEKGER,
Tjan Bloody Run, Bedford Co., Pa.
| jpKIVATB SAtE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
The following lot of ground, situate ic the town
of DuacansriHe, Bialr co., Pa., fronting on Main
street (or Turnpike) 7a feet and extending back
180 feet, more or less, and having thereon erected
j a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base
ment and kitchen, and good collar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Maket's Shop, frauie stable
; and other out-buildings, with fruit of different
• varieties on the Int. This would be a good stand
for a Tavern or Boarding House, being conveni
ent to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the
: Railroad. The House 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 lands
| of Cbenowitb, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, Id acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
j Colfelt farm, and convenient to good roads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN LUTZ,
IsQi iRER Orrtct,
or J. G. BKIUAHAM,
j lSdectf Bedford. Pa.
YTALCABLE TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers offer at private sale the foil""-,
j ing 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 the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad
j -lining lands jo Samuel Danner, James Brin
| hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF
COAL, one 5$ feet, the other 64 feet in depth have
| been discovered on this tract,
i No. 2. A tract of 230 acres near the ab > r cd
joining the same lands, and supposed -o certain
•he 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 the Harbor across the mountain, well tim
be red with oak and pine.
May 3,-tf. JOHN LUTZ.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A BABE OP FOB TV SIT Y ~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
j been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
buy a cheap and most desirable home, as the lots
ie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring
Park, on the road, and not more than 120 yarda
from the Spring, at the following low prices:
1. One-half acre lot with dwelling house and
other out-buildings, garden and fruit trees, an
the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash.
2. Half-acre lot SIBO, cash.
3. Half acre lot $l9O, cash.
4. Half acre lot SIBO, cash.
5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden und fruit trees thereon for
SBSO, cash.
j 7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for S6OO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
, serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mayS.tf Real 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 Ccunty Pa.,
| including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands
near Fort Littleton,
i Over 4,000 acres of valuable or*, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-five oue acre lots, adjoining the
j Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock for
kiln or qoarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acre? of land in Woodbury co v lowa.
80 44 44 Franklin lowa.
109 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, barn,
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 houses,
| stable and brick yard thereon.
0. E. SHANNON,
i June 21,-tf Bedford, Penn'a.
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP!
The subscribers will sell all that fine farm in
Bedford township, containing KBO acres, 95 of
which are cleared and under excellent fence, and
the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
! lands of Charles Helsel. John Schaebly, and oth
ers. The buildings are a two and a half story
LOG IDUJSE and BANK BARN, with other
out-buildings thereon cre -tcd. Water ir every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill seat. A splen
did apple crchard also thereon. Price S4OOO.
TERMS: One third in hand and the balance in
: three annual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ,
June 21, 1867:tf Real Estate Agent.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
IT 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 nn.il
December Ist.
The building is far superior to any other in
town and is one of the most favorably located in
Southern Pennsylvania. Persons wishing a good
Hotel Property will do well to give this their at
tention.
For terms or further particulars address the
subscriber at Bedford, Pa.
3ep3tn MICHAEL LUTZ.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.— A Iwi and two
lots for ,ate in thr Intra of Hopcccll.
The subscriber offers at private sale lots No.
31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford
c.njnty Pa. Thero is a good TWO STORY
PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. The
two lots adjoin each other and will bo sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the snbscriber at Bedford Pa,
noitf JOHN LUTZ.
SALE.
Two dwelling Houses with valuable lots appur
tenant Ihereto, in Boydstown. Terras easy. In
quire of
J. W. LINGENFELTER,
Soct.tf Bedford, Pa.
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, at 25 cents
per novel, at- the Inquirer Book Store, ti
ijU'ERYBODY in want of WALL PAPER ex-
Jamincs the atook at the Inquirer Book Store.