Mortf nquiter.
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY. M l BCD 4, 1870.
GOLD—BOND*—roNTRACTION.
On Saturday last, gold fell to 115 i in
New York. More thin this, last week, for
the first time since the beginning of the war
in 1861, our bonds stood at par in the
money markets of the world. This is a mat
ter of honest pride and one in which all
good citizens will rejoice. The occupation
of the Gold Gamblers is evidently gone and
the finances of the country bid fair to be
henceforth free from the raids of unprinci
pled gamblers. But there is in this low
rate of gold a practical refutation of that
class of financiers known as confractionists,
at whose head stood Secretary McCulloch.
At tbe c!oe of the war McCulloch at once
declared that the only way to arrive at spc
eie payments was to adopt a rapid contrac
tion policy. EveTy student of history, who
drew conclusions from the facts of history'
rather from fine spun theories, opposed the
the policy of contraction. The opponents
of contraction argued that a few years time
would bring us safely to specie payments
without any contraction and without a finan
cial crisis. McCulloch tried his contraction
policy until he had twice or tbrice brought
the country to tbe verge of bankruptcy,
when public sentiment compelled him to
desist Then only, was begun the work of
thoroughly revising our revenue laws
and levying and collecting taxes, so as
to, not only, meet all our expenditures, but
begin at once the redemption of our bonds.
Ever since this policy was adopted, our
credit has continued to improve until our
bonds arefo-davat par and the pet fiancial
theory of McCulloch and Greeley, that
onlv contraction and a financial crash could
bring us to specie payments, stands com
pletely exploded. With almost the same
amonnt of currency as in 1865 we have gold
at 1151 and our bonds at par. We are now
proving by a demonstration that it was not
the excess of currency that injured our cred
it, but lack of faith either in our ability or
our will to pay our debt. Now that our
ability has been proven and our will proclaim
ed in both word and deed, the volume of
currency is left oat of the calculation. With
these facts before them we hope Congress
will at once pass the funding kill; and then
if it is though*, the business of the country
requires it also pass the bill increasing the
national bank circulation $50,000.000. We
believe the country requires it, and the
sooner we get it the better. Or better still
give us a free-banking law with 3 per cent
government securities. But let us have no
more croaking about an inflated currency.
That nonsensical and mischievous idea is
now effectual]* exploded.
THE TitEASERY BILL.
The Senate on the 24th ult., had under
consideration the House bill regulating the
management of the State Treasury. The
bill requires the Treasurer to give security
in the sum of $500,000 and fixes his salary
at $5000; it further requires him to keep
the state funds in one or more banks in this
state, at the best rate of interest that can
be obtained, but not to put more than one
fourth in any one bank at any one time.
We fear from the tenor of debate in the
Senate that there is very little desire to pass
the bill and that it is merely designed to
keep up the discussion to conciliate public
opinion and finally let it go over with the
unfinished business. Such a disposition of
the bill will not answer. The people de
mand honest, straight-forward action from
their representatives and nothing less will
satisfy them. We demand a vote oo this
bill and we hope the yeas and nays will be
called eo that every man tnay be forced to
show his band. The Republican party is
in earnest in its demand for retrenchment
and reform, and will set its seal of condem
Dation on every Senator or Representative
who fails to come up to the standard. Let
us have the names of all of this class, so
that we mpy have an opportunity to leave
all sneaks and pilferers at home another
session. Trickery in our legislative bodies
is becoming entirely too common; and the
trick of discussing hi Is, tbe passage of which
the public demands, and then letting them
go over among unfinished business, or lay
ing them on ths table is becoming entire
ly too commoo. Representatives who have
neither honor nor decency enough to respect
the wishes of their constituents should be
promptly retired by an indignant and out
raged constituency. No other remedy will
answer. If constituencies permit drones
and pilferers to be renominated and sent
back to misrepresent them, they are no bet
ter than their representatives and deserve
no sympathy. They are simply a disgrace
to a Republican government. If we have
bold, intelligent, wide awake constituencies,
they will not long tolerate such miserable
nonentities as make up a large portion of
the Representatives of both parties. A
pressing want of our times is that of good,
able, upright, industrious men in our legis
lative bodies. It behooves both parties to
make an earnest effort in this direction.
YV hen that is done we may look for more
efficient legislation and less official corrtip
tiou.
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
New k ork city is perhaps the best speci
men of the effects of Democratic rule to be
found in the whole United States. There
Democracy has reigned supreme and untram
meled for years, and there we find in per
fection the ripened fruits of a purely Demo
cratic rule. The corporation, manual giving
the legislation expenditures, &c., for the
whole city government, shows thatthelawex
peoses of the City Government for the year
IS6B. were $1,233,584. The law expenses of
the Government of a little place known as tin
I aited States for the past year amounted to
but or less than one third. What
will the tax payers of Pennsylvania say to
such an exhibit? Do they want Democratic
rule here ? At the same rate, under Demo
cratic rule, we might expect our state ex
penses soon to exceed that of the general
government. After the same style we find
the expenses of Justices' salaries. The
salaries of all the Judges of the Supreme
4 ourt of the I nited States amount in the
aggregate $42,500. The same number of
Judges in Democratic New York receive for
salaries just $09,500. nearly twice as much
as the Supreme Court of the United States.
These ire but two items of the workings of
a simon pure Democracy, but the ether
ranches of the city expenditures show a
like extravagance. It is but little better
than highway robbery- Yet that is the
party that preaches economy and charges
the Republican party with extravagance.
REBELLIOUS sTiLL—TbeOopperbetda of
- laryland are advising their Registers to
prevent the negroes from voting, by leaving
their names off the registry list. They hope
thereby to make void the Fifteenth Amend
ment. They evidently want another lesson
in the way of making them law abiding citi
zens and if they persevere they will doubt
less gel it, but it will probably prove more
unpalatable even than negro suffrage.
WHAT THE riGUKEI TELL.
Our copperhead cotemportries tre con
tinually charging General Grant's adminis
tration with extravagance, but fail to give
the facta so that their readers may see for
themselves. Let us see what the facts and
figures show. In the last year of Andrew
Johnson's administration, the only one that
can in any way be compared to Grant's first
year, because tbe one follows the other di
rectly, the receipts in the United States
Treasury were $365,000,000 in round nam
bcrs, and all this was spent and the debt
increased six millions in addition, making
the expenditure in Johnson's last year
$374,000,000. The Congress immediately
preceding Grant's inauguration reduced the
internal revenue tax very considerably.
Grant immediately inaugurated a reform in
the internal revenue department, and even
with reduced taxes brought into the Treasu
ry $20,000,000 more from internal revenue
than Johnson's collectors had been able to
get. Under Grant's administration, the first
year's receipts amount to $394,000,000.
out of which $80,000,000 were paid on the
public debt, leaving $314,000,000 for cur
rent expenditures or $60,000,000 less than
the current expenditures of Johnson's last
year. The facts may then be summed up
as follows: Grant collected $20,000,000
more revenue in a year than Johnson, and
expended $60,000,000 les in carrying on the
government, and was thereby enabled to pay
off $80,000,000 of t he nat ional debt instead of
increasing it $6,000,000 as Johnson did.
Tbe country therefore saved $80,000,000
the first year of Grant's, administration.
The work of economizing is still going on
and we may confidentially look for a much
greater redaction in the public expenditures
the ensuing year, and a still larger reduction
of the debt. At the same time it must not
be forgotten that the internal taxes are to
be reduced $30,000,000, thus lightening the
burden of the tax-payers. Will any one ask
for a better exhibit of one year's work than
this ?
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION. — In the ap
propriation bill reported to the present
legislature of this State, we are gratified
to see the appropriation to the public
schools increased from $500,000 to $750,
000. Some ninny proposed to reduce it to
the old figures of $500,000, but it was
promptly voted down. We presume the
increase reported is due in great part to
the efforts of Prof. Wickersham, tbe State
Superintendent, who has persistently urged
an increase every year since he has teen in
office. An increase of the appropriation is
the only way to relieve the poorer districts,
many of which are oppressed with school
taxes. The Sta'e Superintendent is aware
of this hardship, and is laboring indus
triously to remedy the evil. If our repre
sentatives from the poorer counties and
rural districts took the interest in the matter
that they ought, and co-operated with the
Superintendent, we might long ago have had
the appropriations increased to two or three
millions. It is the best expended money
the State appropriates, and intelligent legis
lation cannot fail to steadily increase the
amount from year to year, until tbe burdens
of the rural districts are relieved and our
public schools are raited to the highest
efficiency.
DIVISION OF TEXAS.— A bill has been in
troduced in Congress to divide the State of
Texas into three parts. That portion east
of San Antonio and Trinity river, containing
by the census of 1860 about 230.000 inhabit
ants, to be called the Territory of Jefferson;
that portion between those rivers and Colo
rado river to constitute the State of Texas,
which space in 1860 contained about 200,-
000 inhabitants, black and white, and all
west of the western boundary lioe of this
State, embracing by the census of 1860
about 115,000 inhabitants, to be denomi
nated the Territory of Matagorda. These
divisions arc considered necessary in view of
the present exceedingly extensive area of
the State and the incongruous character of
the population. The assent of the State
will be insisted upon to this arrangement
before its admission to representation. The
bill was referred to the Committee of Ter
ritories.
SALE OF CADETSHIPS.— The greatest sen
sation since Johnson's impeachment, was
created last week by the trial of Whitte
more, member of Congress from South
Carolina, for selling his appointments of
Cadets to West Point. The vote on bisex
pulsion was postponed and he took advan
tage of it to resign. The voice of the House
was unanimous for his expulsion. Quite a
number of other members are charged with
similar disreputable performances and sev
eral will be brought before the bar of the
House to answer. Mr. Whittemore charges
one of the Committee engaged in the inves
tigation of his case, with being guilty of the
same crime for which he has been driven
out of Congress. We sincerely hope that
every one will be ferreted out and punished.
THE FREF. TRADERS are making a despe
rate effort to caary their measures through
Congress. Every Demociatic member from j
Pennsylvania votes with them and
, against the vital interests of his own
state. Should the men, who vote
to sacrifice the people they represent to
the greed of foreign manufacturers, and en
deavor to reduce the wages of their constitu
ents to the level of foreign paupers, be per
mitted to remain in Congress ? Let Demo
crats consider this matter. Their own or
gans war upon their prosperity. How long
will they be thus doped ? Are they willing
to sacrifice themselves, their children, their
state and their country upon the altar of
party ?
THE Cops are badly disappointed in their
expectations in the case of the Hon. H. L.
Dawes. His late speech in Congress led
them to suppose he was about to join hands
with Democracy. They are still unable to
understand independent Republicanism.
They think a man faithless to his party it
he fas the honesty and courage to point out
and endeavor to reform abuses in his own
party. They cannot appreciate houesty and
uprightness in politics. Dawes opened the
New Hampshire campaign on the 26th
ult., with a powerful speech iu favor of
Grant's administration and the whole Re
publican party.
U. S. FIVE TWENTIES of 1867 are at par
in Paris and 97 in London being 4 per cent
higher than English consols. With gold at
115 in New York, there is surely great caose
for gratification at tbe prosperous condition
of our finances. Paying off our debt at the
rate of a hundred millions a year and with
our credit in London better thao England's
own. There ought surely to be little dtffi
culty in funding our debt at 4 and 4i per
cent.
DEW EEs, member of Congress from
North Carolina, seems likely to follow
Whittemore on the Cadetsbip business. A
resolution for his expulsion has been intro
duced.
GOLD closed in New York on Monday at
ip.
DEATH OF MR BI'RLIINGAME.
The telegraph announces the death of
Hon. Anson Burlingaroe at St. Petersburg,
on the 23d instant, after an illness of only
four days. The news created a profound
sensation in Europe, particularly in Paris,
where Mr. B. was well known and highly
esteemed. In this country a similar leeling
of regret and sorrow prevails. When Mr.
Banks made the announcement in theU. S.
House of Representatives yesterday, he is
said to have been affected to tears, the two
gentlemen having been bosom friends from
early youth, and the House participated in
his emotion. The death of Mr. Burlingame
is a sad misfortune to the Celestial empire
whose Envoy to the treaty-making powers
of Europe and America he has been since
the latter part of 1867. He had succeeded
in making treaties with the United States,
France, England and Prussia, and was ne
gotiating with tbe Court of St. Petersburg
at the time of bis death. Mr. Burlingame
was born in 1822 in New Berlin (N. Y).
and was, consequently, about 58 years of age.
He graduated at Harvard Uoiversity in
1846, studied law, and practiced at the Bos
ton bar; was a member of the Massachusetts
Senate, and subsequently a member of the
Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
Congress. In 1861 he was appointed by Mr
Lincoln Minister to Austria and subsequent
ly Minister to China, in which capacity he
continued to act until November, 1867,
when Prince Kung, the Lead of the Chinese
government, appointed him Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the treaty-making powers of Europe and
America. He was in a fair way of accom
plishing all the objects of his mission when
his death took place.— llarrisburg Telrgaph
A SMART mulatto member of the Virginia
Legislature made quite a sensation the
other day by declaring in debate, "Gentle
men, I have some of the best white blood
in Virginia coursing in my veins. On one
side I can claim as high and honorable
descent as any Senator in this Chamber.
Gentlemen, I am your brother! I am also tbe
colored man's brother. I represent both
races. lam an Anglo-Saxon and an Anglo-
African, and I desire to do justice to my kin
on both sides." The Southern Democracy
when dealing with the colored statesmen,
should be very careful whom they strike.
It is not every white man South who knows
his own brother. This able legislator, it
seems, has not only gumption enough to
know his friends from his enemies, but to
know who his relatives as well. The
old F. F. V. pride will crop out sometimes.
—Harrishurg Telegraph.
HON. JOHN CESSNA, of Pennsylvania
was culled to the chair last week by Mr.
Blaine when the House went into Commit
tee of the Whole on the Appropriation bill.
As it is established usage and custom that
the Speaker pro tern, shall sit during the
entire discussion of any bill, this will give
Mr. Cessna a considerable lease on the
Speakership this session. As this geutle
man is recognized as one of the best parlia
mentarians in this country, his selection is a
happy one, and one that the nation may
congratulate it-elf on.— PhiFa. Press.
THE copperheads of Maryland are terribly
sore over the prospect of losing control of
the state through negro suffrage. It is too
late now. Their own folly has brought
thetu the trouble. Treason is reaping its
just reward.
[FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J
LETTER FROM IIAItHISBLIit;.
HARRISBURG, Pa. Feb., 25, 1870.
THE COUNTY OF PETROLIA
has at length received what is generally con
ceded to be its death blow in the House, its
further consideration having lieen indefi
nitely postponed by a vote of 69 to 25.
This is one of the measures expected to ap
pear regularly each session in the Legisla
ture, and has been used for some years as
an electioneering matter in the Crawford
district. It is asserted by many, supposed
to be well posted, that its passage through
both branches of the Legislature has not
been desired by certain aspiring politicians,
as a favorable disposition of tbe question
would dispose ofao important local political
element. The vote on the bill in the Senate
and in the House presents a singular con
trast. In the Senate the Democrats voted
solid for it, and the Republicans against it
with two or three exceptions. In tbe House
the Democrats were almost unauimous in
their opposition to the measure. This
position of affairs is attempted to be ex
plained as a Democratic dodge by which
they hope to secure subs-antial advantages
in the Senate. The statement is made that
Senator Lowry. who represents the Crawford
and Erie district, made a bargain with the
Democracy of the Senate by which their aid
was secured in passing the new county bill
through the Senate and in electing General
Irwin State Treasurer, while on his part he
was pledged to use his influence in giving
the two contested seats in the Senate to the
Democratic candidates. By defeating the
new county bill in the Hou'e the Democ
racy hope that Lowry will be a candidate
for re-election on an independent ticket, a
his nomination on the Republican one is
generally conceded to be out of the question.
By having three candidates in the field the
possibility of electing a Democratic Senator
from that district isprestnted, and if ac
complished, it would probably give the
Democrats a majority in the Senate next
year. The condition of affairs in the Craw j
ford and Erie Senatorial district is exciting
considerable interest, and it is not likely
that this Democratic scheme will be suc
cessful.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
has been under discussion in the House a
great portion of the week. It has passed j
committee of the whole and is now on sec
ond reading. There is a tendency on the
part of the House to pass the bill pretty
much as reported, and the amendments
thus far made are comparatively unimpor
tant. The threat to out off the appropriation
to the Harrisburg fire companies on ac
counts of their withdrawal from the pro- j
cession at the inauguration of Governor
Geary has not been carried into execution,
and the u?ual seven hundred dollars allow
ance is made. Tbe salaries of all the officers
of the Legislature have been increased by !
two hundred dollars each, although the
final passage of the section in that shape is ;
doubtful. The most important items of j
the bill will be given after they have been \
finally acted upon by tbe Legislature.
THE DIAMOND WATT CASE,
in which Alexander J. Diamond, Democrat,
contests the seat of Wis. W. Watt, Repub
lican, returned as Senator from tbe First
District of Philadelphia, exhibits some
queer condition of affairs in the manner of
conducting elections in that city under the
Registry law. The fact that a party of
about a dozen ronghs from Baltimore voted
"early and often" in various precincts in
that District by personating others on the
Registry list has been very clearly proven.
In several cases where the persons actually
registered afterwards presented their votes
they were allowed to deposit their ballots.
The action of the election officers in snch
cases seemed to hinge upon the fact of
whether the voter was a Democrat or a Re
publican—if the former the vote was ad
twitted, if the latter, rejected. The present
indications are that the result of the in
vest'eat inn will be to allow Mr. Watt to re
tain his seat by an increased majority.
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION
by the Finance Committee of the Scnste
has developed nothing of particular irupof
tance not previously known, and is getting
to be a somewhat tedious farce to the mem
bers of the committee. Last night Thomas
B. Nicholson, the present Ca-hier, was on
the witness stand. After answering various
questions in away to ta'k a good deal and
say but little, Senators White, Wallace and
Billingfelt who have each pet schemes aud
have introduced bills in reference to the
Treasury, went into a long desultory cross
examination to endeavor tc elicit something
from Mr. Nicholson in fsvor of their spe
cial projects. It is generally acknowledged
that the whole thing will amount to nothing,
and the rambling way in which the com
mittee last night conducted the examination
shows that they themselves are not far from
the same opinion.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Srnator White's bill to provide for the
calling of a Convention to revise the Con
stitution does not appear to have many
supporters. An effort on his part the other
day to make it a special order was not suc
cc>sful, and the indications were decidedly
unfavorable to the bili. Several propositions
to amend the Constitution, introduced by
various members, are Dot at all likely to re
ceive a favorable consideration.
LEGISLATIVE SNAKES.
Several measures in enibtyo that are I'ke
ly to come before the Legi-lature, we;* a
very slimy appearance. A number of lob
byists, whose presence here is indicative of
snaky legislation, have lately been very ac
tive about the Capital, and the result! of
their efforts will probably soon appear.
Their schemes will receive proper notice in
due time.
XLls't CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.—FEB. 22nd.—A number of pe
titions were pre-ented, among which was
one by Mr. i'omeroy from the grand Divi
sion of the Sons of Temperance, of tht-Di--
trict of Columbia, a-king lor the passage of
a prohibitory I quor law.
Mr. Cockling, from the Conintittet on
Revision of the Laws, reported back the
resolutions of the Legislature of New Yotk,
rescinding their ratification oftbc Fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, with a recommendation that they
be indefinitely postponed.
At two o'clock, as a tribute of respect for
the day (Washington's birth day) the Senate
adjourned.
In the House Mr. Julian, from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, reported a bid yx
lending the benefits of the Homestead law
to the children of deceased soldiers. Pass
ed,
Appropriation Hill. —The item appro
priating $37,000 lor the Interior Depart
went was agtecd upon, but theelause re
pealing ihe act establishing the Bureau of
Education gave rise to a protracted discus
-ion.
Mr. Butler offered an amendment strik
ing out the repealing clauses, and appro
priating $14,500 for the superintendent and
nece.-saty i ffii-ers of the Bureau.
The amendment was advocated by Messrs.
Banks l)aws. Buckley and Garfield.
Messrs. Farnsworih, Lawrence, Wood,
Nih'ack and Cox spoke in opposition.
The amendment was finally adopted—yeas
85, nays 56.
A debate took place on the appropriation
of S3OOO for the Assistant Commissioner of
the Patent Office.
Mr. Ward opposed the item because it
erened a new office.
Mr. Dawes explained that this office would
do away with filteeo clerks and a superin
tendent.
The item was finally passed, and at 4 15
P. M. the committee rose, and the Iloute
adjourned.
SENATE. —Feb. 23. —Mr. Howard, from
the Committee on Territories, reported, with
amendments, a bill fur a Territorial form of
government for Alaska.
Mr. Spencer off-n d a resolution instruct
ing the Naval and Mi i'ary Committees to
inquire into and report upon the exited en
cy ot abolishing ihe Naval Academy at An
napolis and the Military Academy at West
Point, and the substitution, by as-ignno nts
to duty in various colleges throughout the
1 nion, of naval and military officers as in
structors in navigation, naval warfare Jtid
nii iiary laclies. or the inauguration of some
other system calculated to relieve the Gov
ernment ot a largp expense, and enable all
who desire it to secure an education for the
army or navy at their own expense. Agreed
to.
The House went into committee of he
whole on the Legislative Appropriation bill,
and coniinued in session nil two o'clock at
which hour the question of the expulsion ot
Mr. B. I. Whittemore tor selling cadetships
Came up for action, the 11-iuse being unusu
ally full and the galleries and corridors
crowded with spectators.
Considerable parliarnen'ary discussion
took place between Messrs Poland and But
ler on the one side, and Mr. Logan on the
other, having in view the postponement of
the ease.
Mr. Poland's motion to postpone the act
of expulsion was voted down, l'eas 39,
navs 155.
The House, at 5 16 p. m., adjourned.
The next day, Mr. Logan nfle-ed a reso
lution reciting that one B. F. Whittemore
wa- influenced by pecuniary considerations
in making appointments of cadeis at An
napolis and West Point; that his conduct
has been such as renders him unworthy of
a seat in this House; that he is therefore
condemned, and that he is unworthy of the
confidence of the people. Adopted—yeas
185. nays none.
Among tho-e not voting were Messrs.
But'er (Tenn.), Golladay, Dewces, Huge
and Poland.
The appropriation Bill was then taken up.
The item of appropriation fori he Depart
ment of Agriculture, amounting in ail to
$ I -17.(XX). was agreed to.
The aggregate amount, appropriated for
the I'ost Office Department is $381.000.
The total amount appropriated by the bill
is about nineteen and a half million, of
which two hundred and sixteen thousand
dollars is not appropriated from the Treasu
ry.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE —Feb. 24 .—8i11s Gmtiilrred.— \
Hoti-e bill authorizing ihe Commissioners
of Highways to appoint iln ir supervisors.
Passed by a party vole—l7 Republican yeas
to 14 Democratic nays.
House bill regulating the management of
the State Treasury; requiring the State
Treasurer to give hoods to the amount of
$5i)0.000; fixing his salary at $5000; re
quiting him to keep the State funds in one
or more banks in this Stare at the best rate
of interest that can be obtained, wiih power
to change the depositee, hut not to place
more than one-fourth of the aggregate in
any one bank at any one time.
Mr. Billingl'elt moved to amend by re
quiring proposals to he received each month
for the redemption of the Siate loans, re
quiring the best proposals to lie accepted,
and providing that the monthly proceedings
of the commissioners shall be published.
The bill was discussed uutil the hour of
adjournment.
AM the departmental appropriations pass
ed without objection until the House reach
ed the Common Schools [5750,090).
Mr. Elliott, of Philadelphia, moved to re
duce to SSOO 000. Not agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Davis the appropriation
for public printing was decreased from $35,-
000 to $25,000.
Mr. L idig opposed the section giviug the
Mtdia Training School $20,000 for eighty
pupils. The inmates were not properly
treated. lie niovt dto amend by reducing
the appropriation to SIO,OOO.
Mr. N iles moved IO amend by increasing
the appropriation to $25 000. and the pupilg
to 100. giving one pupil to each Representa
tive. Agreed to, aud Mr. Lt-idig's amend
ment fell.
Mr. Bunn moved to amend the section
appropriating SIO,OOO to the Northern
Home. Philadelphia, by adding SSOOO for
the Jewish Hospital. Not agreed to.
Mr. Davis moved to increase the appro
priation to military claims from five to fifty
ihnu-uud dollars. Lost.
Various items ol the Appropriation bill
were agreed to, as published last week, ex
ecpt the appropriation for the Chester
County Experimental Farm, whicli was lost.
Mr. Cloud moved to give the Teachers'
Institute $3006. Lost.
Mr. Davis moved to give the School of
Design S2OOO. Lost.
Mr. Thomas, to give SISOO to repair the
powder magazine in Philadelphia. Lost.
Mr. Burnt moved to give S3OOO to the
Jevish Hospital. Lost.
The Bill was passed through the com
mittee of the whole, and will lie considered
by the House to-morrow. Adjourned.
SENATE.— Feb. 25, 1870. — Among the
bills reported favorably ftom committees
were tlp>se providing a general insurance
law, incorporating the Saunders College,
llou-e bill changing the name of the Board
of Cont rollers of Philadelphia to Board of
Education.
Hills Introduced. —Mr. Connell, supple
ment to the act providing lor the appoint
merit of interpreter of the courts of Phila
delphia. Al-o, providing thatuo person
-hall be exempt from jury duty unless he
files an affidavit (setting forth the ground of
exemption) with the clerk of the court prior
to the first day of July, which affidavit must
be approved by the judges.
Adjourned until next Tuesday morning.
HOUSE. — The House was engaged during
the morning session in completing the
general appropriation bili, the principal
items of which have been aln ady r uhli-hed.
An effort was made by Mr. Miller, of
Philadelphia, to increase the salary of the
Supreme judges to $7,000 each. Which
was lost.
CUBA.
Insurgent account of the. Winter Campaign
—Disastrous Spanish Failure.
JACKSONVILLE, F a., Feb. 25.— Qui. Va
ronn transmits the following information to
the Cuban Junta in New York: The Span
ish Winter campaign came to a disastrous
end at Najasa, on the 28th of January. The
Spanish retieated to the towns. fMega
lions from the unarmed classes of the Cuban
army are begging lor arms to attack the
towns. Ce-pedes has appointed Gen. Que
sada and Col. Adolf Narnna to an impor
tant loreign mission. They sailed from
Cuba in the midst of the enemy's cruisers.
They arrived at Nassau, and ate now at
Jacksonville, and will lie in New York some
tune between the 26th inst. and the Ist of
March.
HAVANA, Feb. 26.—Telegraphic comniu
nication has been established ftetween Ha
vans and Ciogo de Avila. In the Cinco i
Villas district operations against insurgent
bands are exceedingly aetive.
GEN. QUEBADA AND HIS VIEWS.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 27. — Gen. Quesada .
and Staff of the Cuban arnty pa--eil through ;
ibis city on Saturday, from Florida. The
General is in excellent health, and is very
cheerful in regard to the cause. He repre- .
sents the Cuban army at 20,00(1 men, but
rajs they are in need of arms.- He says
they will succeed whether aided or not.
FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Seven Killed —thirty Wounded—A Thou- .
sand Narrowly Escape.
OXFORD. MISS., February 26.— A fearful
railroad accident occurred about two miles
south ol this place vesterdav alternoon. It
appears that a trestle bridge gave way, pre j
eipitating an entire train down a precipice
of fifty feet. The train consisted of an en
gine, tender, one freight, one express, ao<!
four passenger cars. The latter contained
about a hundred passengers, seven of whom
were killed and about thirty injured in va-
rtotis ways
The train was just ahead of a long ex
cursion train, with about 1,000 pas-enger*
from the North, en route for New Orleans,
to attrnd the Mardigras festivities. For
tunately the latter stopped in time to save
it from destruction. The mail train would
not have gone ahead, had not the excursion
tra n hem detained some twenty minutes
at Humboldt. This little delay saved a
regiment of lives probably.
The wounded by the aecident have been
brought to this city, and surgeons are ar
riving from the surrounding countiy, to at
tend them. Our ei'izen- will doeverythin?
in their power to make them as comfortable
as possible. The engineer, fireman and ex
press agent were killed. The other four
killed were passengers —a lady.-two gentle
men and a lad.
Lay (relegation.
Lay delegation in M. K. Church has re
ceived the necessary three-fourths vote to
-t-cure its adoption. The vote is a- follows:
Conference! /'or. Ayaintl. Total.
Previously reported, 3-1 2311 60!) 3122
North Carolina 13 .... 13
Texas 22 .... 22
South Carolina 28 .... 28
Louisianna 20 .... 26
Mississippi 15 .... 15
2618 608 2226
which is within a trifle over 200, the neces
sary three-fourths vote.
UENfcRAL NEWS ITEMS.
A CEMETERY in Pennsylvania contains
seven graves, side by side, in which repose
the lifeless remains of a man and his six
wives. When the first wife died the third
was three years old, and the filth an infant
of twelve months; while the last wife was
not burn until the year following the death
of the first.
VALUE OF A POUND STERLING. —Acting
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Douglas
lias decided that in cases where sterling
bonds are sold abroad, secured by mortgage
on property in this country, the stamp duty
i hereon shall be at the rate of $4 84 in go d
lor each pound sterling. This decision
affects a large number of American railway
bonds bold by European capitalists.
THE FRUIT CROP.— According to the
Norfolk Virginian, the cold snap of the
past few days in that region has de-troyed
the vitality of the peach and aprtc it blooms,
which had put out under the influence of
the warm weather duiing the past month.
Fears are entertained in other sections of
the country for the safety of the fruit crop.
THE FA RE from Chicago to Sacramento
and San Fran i>co, by either of the rou'es
to Omaha and thence by the Union and
Central Pacific, has been reduce d from $133
to sllß. Tto-re is a correst>onding reduc
tion on the Pullman train, which is said to
he better punotiiz-d than formerly, though
there is a falling off in the whole amount of
travel over the Pacific road.
THE steamer Emma, No. 3, from New
Orleans to Cincinnati, struck a snag on the
uioining ol Saturdav 19 h ult. whileinchute
35, fifty miles above Memphis; and while
slow y sinking, site went end over enough
to upset the stoves, which caused her to
take fire, consuming in a short time all
above the water. The loss of life is estima
ted to be between 30 and 40.
INCOME TAX. —There is a strong probabil
ity that the efforts being made to -eeure an
increase of the amount of income to be ex
empt from tax will be successful, and $2,-
000 wili be the amount decided on if the in
crease is tuade. This wib relieve from the
operation of the tax an immense number of
persons receiving small salaries, to whom
the tax as at present applied is very
burdensome.
THE "Home for Aged Men," just open
ed in Boston, covers forty thousand square
feet between Worcester and Springfield
streets. The estate was purchased of the
city for fifty thousand dollars, and paid for
by private subscription. The carpet and
furniture dealers of the city have furnished
the building with all the articles necessary
to uiakc a pleasant and comfortable home
for aged men. The present number of old
gentlemen is twenty, and there are accom
modations for thirty uiore.
PAYMENT or PENSIONS.—The United
Sta'cs Pension Agents, under sanction of
the Department at Washington are now sen
ding Government vouchers, carefully pre
pared, to each pensioner, enabling him to
collect his own pension with the least possi
lie trouble and expense. On the receipt of
the voucher, the pensioner has only to aign
it according to directions, and return bv mail
to the agent, when a check on the United
States Treasury is immediately returned.
A pensioner can thus, for a few ceDtb. re
main at home and collect bis own pension
without paying an attorney or claim agent
from two to fifteen dollars to collect his
pennon" or "prepare bis papers." Every
pensioner, to draw bis pension, is rquired.
by oruers from Washingten. to have his
certificate in hit own pOMenitm. Any per
son withholding a certificate should tie re
ported to the Government agent. Under
this arrangement, if a pen-inner is fleeced,
it would seeeu to be from choice.
A HANDSOME BEQUEST.— Even a miser
may do a good thing when death takes him
bv the throat, if at no oth<-r time. Gorge
Fox, a miser, who died recently in Third
avenue, New York, has will's! his property
\alued st $400,000 to the United States to
lie applied to the patment of the national
debt. Three nieces and nephews, now
living in a tenement house in Brooklyn, are
contesting the will.
GOVERNMENT HALES OF Goi,D.--The
Secretary of the Treasury has directed the
Asei-tant Trea-urer at New York to con
tinue the sale nf $1 000.000 in gold, and the
purchase of SI,OOO 000 in bonds, during al
ternate weeks, throughout the month of
March, on account of the sinking fund, so
that at least $2,000,000 of gold will be dis
posed of next month. He has also ordered
the purchase of $1 000.000 of bonds in each
alternate week ef March for speculation.
TrtE PRESENT popu'ation of the United
States ha been variously "guessed" at from
40,000.000 to 45.000.000. and more sanguine
patriots talk of 50,000,0(10 now and 200,
000,000 within generation or two. A
carefully prepared estimate by the Tribune
gives 40.800,000 as the probable population
on June I, 1870 when the ninth census is
to be taken. This is an increase of over
9,000,000; certainly very creditable under
the circmstances of a decade of war and
political dissensions.
The introduction of the A'sike, or hybrid
clover, as a forage plant for bee, is becom
ing very general thioughout the country,
but more especially with apiatians. The
three plants upon which bee keepers now
mostly rely, are the mu-tard plant, buck
wheat and alsike clover, a decided prefer
ence being given to the latter. It comes
info bloom about the same time as the
white clover, and when cnt for hay is rapid
ly succeeded by a second crop which affords
the bpes fine pa-turage until frost. The
fact of yielding as fine a crop of hay a the
red clover gives it additional value. Five
pounds i* the quantity necessary to seed an
acre.
W HEX the fact is taken into consideration
\ (hat fully one-ha'f of (he lands belonging to
: the Government were granted as subsidies
to the Pacific ltai road Company, the peo
| pie will be glad to learn that there is to be
an end to the business of granting these sub
sidit-a to railroad corporations. The few
men who engineered the Pacific road bill
through Congress, and who were the origin
ators of the project, have all become im
mensely wealthy—in fact they are said to be
the richest men in America—and have, we
understand, without an exception, retired
from any further participation in its man
agement, They could well afford to do this.
ROBESON CRUSOE'S ISLAND. - The island
of Juan Fernandez has been purchased by an
eriterpii-ing German, who has exported
thither a considerable colony of his country
men, and supplied them with suitable im
plements of agriculture. The popular
notion of the island, derived from Robinson
Crusoe, is a very incorrect one. Jaan
Fernandez is a long, rocky island, about as
large a* Staten Island, lying four hundred
miles off Valparaiso, on the coast of Chili.
If things have not deteriorated since
Selkirk's time, the German colonists will
have pleasant quarters —a climate so good
that the tree- and grass are verdant all the
year round, and a soil so fertile that every
thing thrives luxuriantly.
THE CROPS. —The last monthly report of
the Department of Agriculture shows a large
reduction in the prices obtained for the pro
ducts of the farm. It asset ts that the fall
in wheat has marked an area in the history
of prices of this grain. In the New England
States, where the prices in 1868 ranged from
#2 to $2 42, the averages now range from
$ 1 40 Pi $1 83. In New York the reduction
is from $2 08 to $! 37; in Ohio, from $ 1 65
to $1 03; in Illinois, from $1 20 to 76 cents;
in lowa, from 95 to 52 cents. The price of
com has fallen in New England from the
average of $1 42 to that of $1 03; Pennsyl
vania. from $1 to 92 cents; while in Ohio
the price has increased from 60 cents to 72
cents; Illinois, from 43 cents to 57 cents,
and iu iowa from 37 cents to 50 cents. The
price of corn has increased throughout the
West, except in Minnesota, Nebraska and
Kansas.
THE CANCELLATION OF REVENUE
STAMPS. —The Internal Revenue Bureau
has directed that after May 1, 1870. all ad
hesive stamps used upon instruments, docu
ments. writings and pa|>ers, mentioned in
Schedule B of the Internal Revenue Laws,
shall be cancelled by the person affixing,
eirher by writing upon each and every stamp
in ink, the initials of his name, and date,
year, month and day which the same is at
tached or used, or by cutting or cancelling
the same by a certain machine approved by
the Commissioner. The regulation has
been made on account of the extensive
frauds alleged to have been committed by
washing, restoring, and using the internal
adhesive revenue stamps which have once
been cancelled by the "ribbon stamp ma
chine." The Commissioner orders that
alb-r May 1, 1870, no other method of can
cellation than that 3rst mentioned above
shall be recognized as legal or sufficient.
THERE HAS been held at Birmingham,
England, a Conference of the LatP-r Day
Saints which was called at the instigation of
fifteen Elders from Salt Lake. City, who are
at present pngaged on a mission to different
di-triets in England. The presidents of the
various districts read reports of the prog
ress of Mormnnism in the midland counties,
all of them being extremely favorable to the
spread of Mormon religion and the rapid
growth of the Society in that country.
From these reports we gather there are ten
thousand numbers of the sect in the British
isles, who are divided into twenty-one Con
ferences, presided over by an Elder. The
stiiking fea'ure of this meeting, however,
was the addresses of the American Elders,
who urged upon the Mormons in England to
maintain their religion, and who expressed
the firmest faith in President Young; they
a-sured their hearers he was a prophet, and
the best friend of man on earth. They also
described in glowing language "the City of
the valley in the Mountains," but, curiously
enough, not one ofthem once mentioned the
subject of polygamy.
A REAL MERMAID.—A correspondent of
the Delhi Gazette , writing from Benares, on
December 19 says: "Some Mohammedans
of Bengal hava recenrly brought here a mer
maid preserved in a case. It exactly resem
bles a fish covered with scales in the lower
half, and a monkey having a head and two
arms, with fingers and nails, in the upper.
Of course, it is a curious thing to look at.
I was quire astonished to learn from some
of my friends that a real mermaid, exposed
in the chouk of this city, could be seen on
paying a single piece. So, 8s this filled my
mind with great curiosity, I went there,
yesterday, sttd saw that it was all true, and
that a man. sitting at the door, with a bell
in his hand" was inviting the pa-sers-by to
that spectacle. I, with two Irieiid-s went
in, saw the animal, and lelt it with my own
hands. I couldn't make out anything
fictitious in it. On inquiring of the man
who was present there, 1 was informed that
it was a real mermaid, found in the sea near
Japan, and that a man bought it for five
hundred rupees at a public auction in Cal
cutta. He further told me that another of
the same sort, but as big as a matt, was
sold there for fourteen hundred rupees. The
length of the one I saw here was about a
foot and a half."
THE GREAT ANXIETY which is felt for the
fate ot the steamship "City o Boston" has
suggested a means of hearing fiont vessels
in distress at sea, in the carrier pigeon.
It is said that, had this steamer kept ou
hoard two flocks of pigeons, one fledged in
Europe and one in America, we might long
since have received tidings of her. We
have some doubts on this matter. Audu
bon records an instance of one of these pas
senger birds shot near New York, with its
crop filled with rice, and as the length ot
time in which they entirely decompose food
is twelve hours, he inferred that it must
have accomplished the distance of between
three hundred and four hundred miles from
the rice fields of Carolina, in six hours.
Accepting the inference as fair, the flight
was exceptional, and does not justify the
belief that they could fly from mid-ocean to
either contineut. The average flight of the
carrier pigeon is held not to exceed thirty
miles to hour. But the bird could hardly
maintain this speed for mora than four
hundred miles, because, while its powers of
digesting food are rapid, ius loss of strength
when deprived of food is equally so, and
unless its supply of rice could be replenish
ed on the way, it would break down. The
experiment, however, is worth the trying,
and as the expense of maintaining pigeons
on ptfl'-enger steamers would he inconsid
erable, it should certainly he made. Beyond
all question, in case of disaster within souo
dings or on the coast, pigeons would convey
inrelligenoein the quickest way to the nearest
land, and enable expeditions to be fitted out
immediately for the relief of the sufferers.
A YER'S CATHARTIC PILI.S.
xA- FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD,
Perhaps no one medicine is so anirersslly re
quired by everybody as cathartic, nor was ever
any before so universally adoptod into use. in
every country and among all classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative PILL. The obvious rea
son is. that it is a more reliable and far more ef
fectual remedy tban any other. Those who have
tried it, know that it cured thetn ; those who have
not, know tbat it cores tbeir neighbors and friends,
and all know that what it does once it does al
ways—that it never fails through any fault or
neglect of its composition. We have thousands
upon thousands of certificates of their remarkable
cures of the following complaints, but such cures
are known in every neighborhood, and we need
nut publish rbern. Adapted to all ages and con
ditions in all climates ; containing neither calo
mel or anv deleterious drug, they may bo tak-n
with safety by anybody. Then sugar coating
preserves tbetn ever fieeb and makes them pleas
ant to take, while being purely vegetable DO harm
can rise from tbeir use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on
the inlernal viscera to purify the blood and stimu
late it into healthy action---remove the obstruc
tions of the stomach, bowls, liver, and other or.
gsns of the body, restoring their irregular action
to health, and by correcting, wherever tbey exist,
such derangements as are the first origin of dis
ease.
Minute directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which
these PILLS rapidly cure :---
For DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION, LIST
LESSNESB LANGUOR and LOSS OF APPE
TITE, they should be taken moderately to stim
ulate the stomach and restore its healthy tone
and actios.
For LIVER COMPLAINT and its various
symptoms. BILIOUS HEADACHE, SICK
HEACACHF, JAUNDICE or GREEN SICK
NESS, BILIOUS COLIC A BILIOUS FEYEKS,
they should be judiciously takeu for each case, to
correct the diseased action or remove the obstruc
tions which cause it.
For DYSENTERY or DIARRH<EA, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For BBEUMAI I M, I.OUT, GRAVEL, PAL
PITATION OF THE HEART, PAIN IN THE
SIDE, BACK and LOINS, they should be con
tinuously taken, as required, to change the dis
eased action of the system. With such change
those complaints disappear.
ForDßOPaYand DROPSICAL SWELLINGS
; thev should be taken in large and frequent doses .
i to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For SU PPRESSION a large dose should be ta- !
ken as it produces the desired effect by sympathy. '
Asa DINNER PILL, take one or two PILLS
! to promote digestion aud relieve the stomach.
An occasional d sc stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
j and invigorates the system. Hence it is often
I advantageous where no serious derangement ex
i ists. One who feels tolerably well, often finds
' that a dose of these Pills makes him feel decided
iy better, from their cleansing and renovating ef
fect on the digestive apparatus.
DR. J. C. AYER A CO.,
Practical Chemist,
B. F. HARRY', Agt. lOde Lowell, Mass.
YY ALL PAPER.
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Several Hundred Different Figures.
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Largest kit ever brought to Bedford county.
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Largest lot erer brought to Bedford county.
Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county,
for sale at the
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for sale at the
for sale at the
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CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD.
CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD.
CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD.
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HA I R VIGOR,
FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE HAIR.
THE GREA T DESIRE R A TV if OF THE AGE j
A dressing which is at once agreeable, healthy,
and effectual for preserving the hair. Faded or !
gray hair it toon retlored to ilt original color and |
the glott and frethnctt of youth. Thin bair U j
thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness ■
often, though not always, cured by its use. j
Nothing can restore the hair where the follicles
are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decay
ed. But such as remain can be saved for useful- j
ness by this application. Instead of fouling the
bair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean
and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the
hair from turning gray or falling off, and conse
quently prevent baldness. Free from those dele
terious substances which make some preparations
dangerous and injurious to the bair, the Vigor I
can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable. Contain
ing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil white
cambric, and yet lasts longer on the hair, giving
it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by
DR. J. C. AYER A CO.,
Practical and Analytical Chemittt,
LOWELL, MASS.
Price 81.00.
3decly B. F. HARRY, Agent.
DICKENS' NOVELS, full sets, at 25 cents
per novel, at the Inquirer Book Store, tt
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters ot
administration having been granted to the
subscriber by the Register of Bedford county, on
the estate of Nathan Robison, late of Southamp
ton township, deceased, notice is hfcn-by given
to those indebted to said estate to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated for
settlement. HIRAM ROBISON,
I lfeb* Executor.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.— A houtc and two
tutt for talc in the town of Hopewell.
The subscriber offers at private sale lots No.
31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford
county Pa. There is a good TWO STORY
PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. The
two lota adjoin each other and will be sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the subscriber at Bedford Pa,
noStf JOHN LUTZ.
TUU BEDFORD HOTEL
-1- FOR SALE OR RENT
The subscriber now offers t' is well known Hotel
for Sale or Rent. Possession given at any time to
suit purchaser. Tbe bui'ding is in good repair,
baring just been thoroughly re-fitted. For furth
er particulars apply to
JOSHUA J. SHOEMAKER.
26novtf Bedford Pa.
POR SALE.
Two dwelling Houses with valuable lots'appur
tenant thereto, in Boydstown. Terms easy. In
quire of
J. W. LINGENFELTER,
Boct.tf Bedford, Pa.
MAGAZINES. —The following Magaxines # or
sale al the Inquirer Book Store: ATLAN
TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM'S MONTHLY
LIPPINCOTT'S, GALAXY, PETERSON, GO
BEY, MD'M. DEMORKSTS, FR/NK LESLIE
RIVERSIDE, etc.etc. ft
fTYRIIE BLUE, WATER PROOF and PARLOR
-L MATCHES.
Wholesale and retail at
1 licb3m G. R. OSTER A CO.'S.
EVERY THING in the BOOK and STATION
CRY line for sale at the Inquirer Book Store.
seal Estate,
ORPHANS' COURT RALE
OF
VALUABLE FARMS.
In pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Bedford County, the undersigned Admiuistra
tor of tbe estate of Christian Albright, late of
Londonderry tp., deceased, will sell at public sale
on tbe premises, situate in said town.hiu. on
TVESDA Y, the 22 d day of March , A. D 187 c,
the following described valuable Farms, to wit.
No. 1. MANSI"N PLACE, containing |3g
acres and 112 perches, about 125 acres cleared
and uoder cultivation, baring thereon erected a
Dtt ELLING HOUSE, bank barn, blacksmith
•hop, spring house, and other outbuildings, ad
joining lands of James Mattiugly, John Start-',
Alex. King and others.
No. 2. Containing 282 acre* and 52 perches,
about 150 acres eteared and under cultivation,
with a DWELLING HOUSE, bank barn, and
other outbuildings thereou erected, adjoining
lands of Jacob Wilt, John Low.y. Wm A. Por
ter's heirs, John M. Buchanan and others.
These very desirable propertb s are favorablv
located on the line of the PITTSBURGH 4
CONNELLSY ILLK RAILROAD, uear the Cum -
berisnd market, and in a very pleasant neighbor
hood, convenient to churches and schools, with
facilities of springs ijid running water.
1 ERMB—One third in hand at confirmation of
sale, and the remaiuder in two equal anmal pay.
ments thereafter. '
Persons desiring information, or view of the
premises, are invited to call upon the subscriber
or Juc. P. Reed, of Bedford. '
JACOB L. ALBRIGHT,
25feb4t Administrator.
pUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of an nrderof the Orphans Court,
the undersigned will excise to sale at public
auction, on SATURDAY, March 19, l§7o.
on the premises, in Harriaon township a
DESIRABLE FARM adjoining lands of
Daniel Earnest, Hez. Miller. Hugh B. V.'eriz
and others, containing 140 acres, about 70
acres cleared and under fence, 20 ac.es of
which is good meadow. The improvements
are a Two Story Log House, a Log Barn and
Other buildings. Also, a atrial! Orchard of
choice apple trees. The above farm is in a
good neighborhood and within a mile of
Blaek'a Sieam Tannery. Sale to commence,
at 10 o'clock.
JACOB FICHTNER. Adm'r
2ofeb4t of Thus. Cook, dee'd.
yALUABLE FARM~FOR SALE.
i The subscriber offers at private ssle. a good
improved tarm situated in Snake Spring Twp.,
Bedford Co.. Pa., two miles from Mount Dallas
station, on the Huntingdon and Broadtip rail
road. containing 230 ACRES of good limestone
land, about ISO acres cleared and under good
fence, over 800 panels of which are post fence,
tbe balance of tbe land is well timbered. The
improvements are A GOOD LARGE FARM
HOUSE and Large Bank Barn and all necessarv
out buildiues, 3 Never Failing (springs, 3 Orcli
ards, 2 TENANT HOUSES an-i a good Sawmib.
Tbe above Mansion Farm is in a good str'e ot
j cultivation and is well calculated to make TWO
| FARMS. For further particulars address,
HENRY HERSHBKKGEK,
' 7jan Bloody Run, Bedford Co., Pa.
pRIVATK SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
I
I he following lot of ground, citaate in the town
of Duncan.sv-ille, Blair co., Pa., fronting on .Main
street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and exteodiog back
180 feet, more orle6s, and having thereon erected
a large two etory BRICK HOUSE. with base
ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Makei's Shop, frame stable
and other out-buildings, with fruit of different
varieties on the lot. 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 Chenowith, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfelt farm, and convenient to good toads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN LUTZ,
INQUIRER OFFICE,
or J. G. BRIUAHAM,
ISdectf Bedford. Pa.
yALUABLE TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The tuhicribera offer at private sale the follow
ing valuable tract, of land, via:
No. 1. The undivided half of a tract of land,
containing 227 acres, situate on the south-east
side cf the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly iD
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad
orning lands jo Samuel Danner, James Brio
hnnt and Wiihart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF
COAL, ne 54 feet, the other 64 feet in depth have
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract 0f230 acres near the abo? d
--joining the same land*, and supposed -o certain
the same vein* of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acre*, within two and a
half miles of the above tracts, lying on the North
side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tim
bered with oak and pine.
May S,-tf. JOHN LUTZ.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A
HOME.
The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad
joining tbe CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling houses have already
been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
buy a cheap and most desirable home. a. tbe lots
lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spt ing
Park, on the road, and not more tban 120 yards
from the Spring, at the following low prices:
1. One-haif acre lot with dwelling honse and
other out-buildiogs, garden and fruit trees, an
the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash.
2. Half-acre lot SIBO, cash.
3. Half acre lot SIBO, cash.
4. Half acre lot SIBO, cash.
5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
briok yard, garden and fruit trees thereon for
SBSO, cash.
I 7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lot*, for S6OO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serions consideration.
JOHN I UTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by 24t',
formerly part of the Lyons' estate,
Two tracts of 161) acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Rail Road back of Oma
ha.
A tract of bottom land timbered and prane
two miles from Omaha City.
One third of 7.000 acres in Fulton Cmnty Pa,
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lanl
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-6ve one acre lots, adjoining the
Borough of Bedford, witb lime stone rock for
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury co., lowa.
80 " " 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.
O. E. SHANNON,
June 21,-tf Bedford. Penn a
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP!
The subscribers will sell all that fine farm in
Bedford township, containing ISO acres. °[
which are cleared and nnder excellent fence, an
the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining
>ands of Charles UeUel. John Schnebly, and oth
ers. Tho buildings are a two and a half story
LOG HOUSE and BANK BARN', with other
iut buildings thereon erected. Water id every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill seat. A
did apple yrchard also thereon. Price 94004).
TERMS: One third in hand and the balance in
hree annual payments with interest.
JOHN LUTZ,
June 21. 1867:tf Real Estate Agent