Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-06-19

met, have taken strong stand against the
sale of the Public Works in Pennsylvania
thus turning their attention from Nation
al affairs, to state politics. Mr.. Lewis
was offered to be continued, if he would
stultify himself, unsay al he has heretofore
said, and oppose the sale of the Main Line,
but he would rather continue honest in his
opinion, and labor to get the Main Line out
of the hands OF desperate plundering crew,
who are sinking the State deeper aud deep
er in debt every year, than to be purchased
BY a knavish and unprincipled administra-
ton. The administration have determined
10 remove all honest democrats and appoint
no man to Office who favors their sale
Jerry Black, the Attorney General, has
written letter to Huntingdon to that eff
feet. In huntington County all men, with
very few exceptions, favor the sale, and the
way the Locofoco party there will be licked
up this fall will be caution. Huntington
is quite business place, but did not come
up to our expectations, as it has the benefit
of the State works, Pennsylvania Railroad
and Broad Top Railroad With Rail-
road through Bedford we would soon sur
pass her
We left Huntingdon in the FIVE o'clock
train for Saxton, where we arrived in about
two hours. Saxton is new town in Bed
ford County, and a railroad station. 1t ap-
pears to do thriving business. Several
new buildings are going up Messrs. Sax
ton & Fockler have beautiful store there,
and appear to he selling large amount of
goods aud are very gentlemanly men.
We walked from there down to Stoners-
town, about half a mile distant, and put up
at the Hotel of Mr.. Isaac Kay. We had
first rate accommodations there. Mr.. Kay
sets good table, and keeps good beds.
There are three licensed tavcrns in Siouers-
town, and all we'll kept aud doing good
business. There are also FIVE stores in the
place, selling large amount of goods.
The town has improved much since the
building of the railroad, and improvements
are still going on. We met our friend, DR..
Keeffe, there. He has very large prac-
tice and is considered one of the best ply
sicians in all that country. We we're ia
formed BY very intelligent men in Liberty
township, that the American Republican
party are gaining strength aud will do much
better at the next election.
The next day in company with several
good clever fellows, we walked from Stoners-
town, along the rail road, about FIVE miles,
to Coalmont, in Huntingdon County,
We stopped at the public house of our
relative and friend, Capt. Joseph Reed
The Captain keeps an excellent Hotel with
~L-.---s,..';, anu ms wITe makes an ex-
cellent landlady. lie is doing good
business, aud Notwithstanding he is an un-
compromising Democrat, be is a good clever
fellow. CoalmoDt is quite thriving place.
situated in the heart of the mining region.
and many excellent buildings are now be-
ing erected. The large new hotel of Wm.
i. Shell, Esq, is completed aud is one of
the haDdsomeSt houses we saw in the whoIe
trip. 1t cost large amount of money
Col. VIM. Reamer, lately Of Realners hotel
on Sidellng Hill, is to take charge of it,
next week, aud from HIS we'll known char
actcr as a landlord, we venture to predict
that 1t will be one of the best kept Hotels
on Broad Top. Two years ago, we believe
there was but one house there it now con-
tains population of several hundred souls. |
1t will be the great place in that part OF
Broad Top.
In company with our old friend, Capt. !
Levi Evans, and couple of very clever |
and accommodating Welsh miners, as guides.
we proceeded to the miuiug village of
about one mile from Coalmont.
We were conducted all Though one of the
mines, distance of nearly half mile.
With lamps in our hands, through all the
rooms. The coal is there in the very best
quality, and in inexhaustible quannty.-
One of our Welsh guides, who has been
mining for forty years, thirty of which he
worked in the mines in Wales, stated to ma
hat the coal in these mines, vas the very
pest in the world. Some four or FIVE hmm
ired miners are now constantly employed in
he mines on Broad Top, and the shipment
# coal per week, amounts to from $500
o 2,C00 tons. 1t is confidently ex-
'ected that this viii very soon become,
or the extent, one of the greatest mining
egiocs in the United States. We were
iiown specimen of the celebrated fire
lay, that is abundant there, and which
FouId pay we'll for the working.
We returned to Coaimont and stopped at
he Welsh part Of the .own. Capt. Evans.
revailed on some eight or ten to sing rs a
oupie of hymns, in the Welsh toneue.
hey are among the best singers in tba