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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

KEsTUcKY.-A loyal man of Kentucky
writes to one Of the Union representatives
from that State, as follows
Popular opinion, our courts of Justice,
and the Legislature, have made, of all the
offences IN the category, that Of being loyal
to the Government of the United States the
greatest crime. Any other crime may be
tolerated; but to be Union man is odious
We were invited to come forward and peril
all we had that was worth living for to aid
IN putting down the rebellion. Thousands
OF our best men went into the army of the
United States. Others, who were not able
to go into the field, gave their means to for.
ward the good cause. The rebellion has
suecumbed to force; we who survive fnd
ourselves exposed to the vengeance of our
State courts, to legislative prescription. and
to popular odium; aud when we invoke the
aid Of the National Government to protect
its loyal citizens, we are insultingly told
that the General Government cannot do any
thing, That the State government can use
their machinery to persecute men for being
loyal to the Federal government, without let
or hlndranee, is dogma tenaciously adher-
ed to by the politicians of Kentucky, and
IS acquiesced in by the authorities at Wash.
ington.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

The Washington correspondent of that
rebel and Democratic journal, the Richmond
Escanllaer, cautiously gives notice that re-
pudiation Of the Federal war depths TO be
one ofthe planks of the reconstructed South
ern platform. There is no doubt ofthat and
the circumlocution in which it is stated by
our Richmond contemporary is entirely un-
necessary. The South is for Reputation as
matter courese, and the Northern Dem
ocrats are with them. -Enel.rnge
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

THE TRATroR's Toast. The character Of
those who last night went to serenade the
President may bejudged by the circumstance
that three Of the prominent leaders Of the
crowd walked up to the bar of Willard S
Hotel, and with great parade drank the
toast 'sThe three greatest Americans
Jefferson Dauis, ARdre,c johnson, and Rob
e7t Il. Lee. - CRcn,arH GdIette.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
STATE tax on Real Estate Repeated

state tax on Real Estate Repealed.
On Wednesday, the l4th inst, the bill re-
leasing the payment of State tax on real es-
tate was finally passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature. Hereafter all real estate is ex-
empt from taxation for State purposes. The
bill reads as follows:
SECTION /. BE 1t enacted Jy the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of Pe7lnsylca-
MIA as General assembly met, and 1t Is here
By enacted by the authority Of the same,
That from and after the passage of this act,
1t shall be the duty of the cashier of every
bank in this Commonwealth, whether in
coporated under the laws ofthis State or of
the United States, to collect annually, from
every stockholder of said bank, tax of one
per centum upon the par value of the stock
held by said stockholder, and to pay the
same into the State Treasury on or before
the first day of July in every year hereafter,
commencing on the first day of July, Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and
sixty six, and the said stock shall be exempt
from other taxation under the laws of this
Commonwealth
SEC. . That in addition to the taxes DOW
provided for by law, every railroad, canal and
transportation company Incorporated under
the law Of this Commonwealth, and not ha-
able to the tax upon income under existing
laws shall pay to the Commonwealth a tax
OF three fourths of one per centum upon the
gross receipts of said company; the said tax
shall be paid semi-annually, upon the first
days Of July and January, commencing on
the first day Of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six; and for the purpose
Of ascertaining the amount of the same, it
shall be the duty of the treasurer, or other
proper officer Of said company, to transmit
to the Auditor General, at the dates afore-
said, a statement, under oath or affirmation,
of the amount of the gross receipts of the
said company during the preceding six
months and if any such company shall re-
fuse or fail, for period of thirty days after
such tax becomes due, to omake said return,
or to pay the same the amount thereof with
an addition Of ten per centum thereto, shall
be collected for the use of the Common
wealth, as other taxes are recoverable by
law, from said companies.
SEC. 3. The revenue derived under the
second section of this act shall be applied to
the payment of the principal and interest of
the debt contracted under the act of May 18th
1861, entitled, An act to create a loan, and
provide for arming the State.
SEC. f. From and after the passage of this
act the real estate af this Commonwealth
shall be exempt from taxation for State pur-
poses, Iroyided, That this section shall not
be construed to relieve the said real estate
from the payment of any taxes due the Com
monwealth at the date of the passage of
this act
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
DRIyATE OR PUBLIC SALE
IL OF
Valuable Real Estate.

The subscriber living in Monroe township.
about one mile southwest of Clearville, on
main road leading to Chaneysyille, will sell
at public sale on SATURDAY, the 10th day
Of March, 1866, if not sooner disposed of at
private sale, all that valuable real estate situ-
uate as aforesaid, consisting of one hundred
and fifty acres, and allowance, between nine.
ty and one hundred acres cleared, and in a
good state of cultivation, having thereon erec-
ted two and a half story Log House, good
board Barn, and other out-buildings. This
tract is well watersd, and contains a fine lot
of young fruit trees, enough to supply the
wants of a family
Sale to commence at 10 o'elock, when the
terms will be made known by the subscriber
fe9:ts DANIEL EVANS.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
DREss GooDs.

Two hundred pieces LADIES DRESS G00DS
including
FRENCH MERIN0ES, all colors,
ALL WOOL DELAINES do
ALL WOOL REPS do
ALL WOOL PLAIDS do
BoMBAzINES, ABPACAS, MoHAIRS, pop
LINS, CASHMERES, &c. &c. embracing the
most elegant styles we have ever offered for sale
in Bedford. A. b. CRAMER q co.
Sept. ISL sos.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
Best brands Of
best DranuS OF
CIGARS, SMOKING AND CHEWING
TOBACCO,

CIGARS, SMOKING AND CHEWING
TOBACCO.
FRENCH CONNECTIONS, 6c. &c.
The stock of Drugs and Medicines con
sist Of the purist quality, and selected wilb
great care. General assortment of
POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES.
The attention Of the Ladies is particularly
invited TO the stock Of
-PERFUMERY, TOILET AND FANCY
ARTICLES,
eonsistiHg of the best perfumes Of tho day
Cologne, Soaps, Preparations for the hair.
complexion and teeth; Campher oil for chan
ped hands; Teeth and Hair brushes, Ceinbs
Port Monies, &c. DC.
Of STATIONERY there iz fine assOr-
ment: Billet, Note, Letter, Cap, and Mourn,
ing Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Ink.
Blank Deeds, Power of Attorneys, Drafting
Paper, Marriage Certificates, &c. &c. Also,
large quantity of books, which viii b. sold
very cheap.
Best quality of COAL OH. to be found IN
the market, Coal Oil Lamps, Hinge burners.
can be lighted without removing the chimney
all patterns and prices. Glass Lanterns, ,very
neat, for burning coal oil. Lamp Chimneys
of an improved pattern. Lamp shades Of
beautiful patterns.
HOWEiS FAMILY DYE C0LORS-bo
shades being light brown drab, snuff brown,
dark brown, light and dark blue, light and
dark green, yellow, PINK, orange, royal pur-
pie, scarlet, maroon, magenta, cherry and
black.
HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC RENE
DIES.
CIGARS of best brands. Smokers can re-
ly on good cigar.
TOBACCO: Rose Smoking Tobacco, Mich
igan and Solace fine cut, Natural Leaf, TEig.
and Fig Plug.
Finest and purest FRENCH CONFEC.
TIONS.
PURE DOMESTIC WINES, eonsissiag
of Grape, Blackberry and Elderbeny, i55
medicinal use.
The attention Of Physicians is invited to
the stock of Drugs and Medicines, which
they can purchase at reasonable prices.
Country merchants S orders promptly filed
Goods put up with neatness and care, and at
reasonable terms.
J. L. LEWIS designs keeping first class
Drug Store, and having on hand at all times
q general assortment Of goods. Being a Drug
gist of several years experience, Physicians
can rely on having their Prescriptions care
ully and accurately compounded.
Bedford, Feb. 9, 1866.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
THE REVISED TAX BILL.

The new tax BILL as it is drawn By the
commission appointed to investigate the In
ternal revenue system, will recommend many
changes, Of which the following are the most
important;
|. An exemption of all incomes below
$1,000 from the income tar.
2 A reduction of the tax on distilled
liquors from 50 to SO per gallon.
3. A remission of all taxes now levied on
wearing apparel.
4. a repeal Of all taxes now levied on
pig iron $2;40 per ton, coal six cents per
ton, and crude petroleum 81 per gallon.
5. A repeal Of all tazes now levied on
books, magazines, and pamphlets; leaving
the present taxes on paper, leather, &c. un-
touched.
6. A reduction by one-half the duties now
levied on home manufactures generally.
7. a repeal Of all taxes now levied On re-
pairs of engines, esrsa carriages, ships, &C.
s. A repeal Of all tsres embodied in
schedule A of the internal revenre act of
last session, except those on billiard tables.
8. a reduction Of the tax now levied on
brokers, sales of stock from IS per $1,000 to
81 per $1,000.
TO- An increase of the tax on raw cotton
from 2 TO 5 cents per pound.
These notifications are proposed to take
effect on the 1st day of July next or at the
commencement of the next fiscal year.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
SCHOOLS AND NEWSPAPERS.

They maintain, sir, to the infamous dis
grace Of the American Congress and people.
thirty three day schools, eight of which are
maintained exclusively By contributions
from eolored citizens Of the Districs the
remainder by the contributions, eked out
contributions, from the generous people Of
the North; and every dollar OF their million
and quarter dollars Of rem estate and per
sonal property IS taxed for schools 10 cdr
cate The Children Of the whltc people Of the
District, the fathers Of many Of those child
Ten having been absent during the war tight
ing for the Confcderacy and against our
Constitution and flag. Who shall reproach
them with being poor and ignorant, while
Congress, which has exclusive jurisdiction.
in that jurisdiction has till last year robbed
them day By day, and barred the door of the
public school against them? Such reproach
does not lie in the white man s mouth: at
any rate no member Of the Democratic par
ty ought to utter it. They take in, as the
subscription lists of tine two papers show.
more than twelve hundred copies each af
ternoon Of the National Republican. and
over thirty-tive hundred copies each morn
ing of the Daily Chronicle
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02
SIGNIFICANT FACTS.

The following pertinent facts, with regard
to the colored people, wero stated by Con-
gresham Kelley in discussing the suffrage
bin for the District Of COLUMBIA. We com
mend them to the attention of those who
find fault with the bill.
Are they in rags and filth and degrada-
ton? The tax books of the District will
tell you that they pay taxes on 81, $50, 600
worth Of real estate, held within the limits
Of this District On one block, on which
they pay taxes on fifty odd thousand dollars.
there are but two colored freeholder's who
have not bought themselves out Of slavery.
One Of them has bought as many as eight
persons beside himself, a wife, and seven
children. Coming to freedom in manhood.
mortgaged for q thousand or fifteen hundred
dollars as his own price, he has earned and
carried to the Southern robber thousands of
dollars, the price extorted for his wife and
children, and is now freeholder in this
District.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

liz who labors for mankind without care
for himself, has already begun his fmmortali-
ty.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

= IL III w L.
Having purchased the Drug Store, lately
owned by Mr.. ii. G. Reauer, takes pIeasgrs
in announcing to the citizens Of Bedford apj
vicinity, that he has just returned from As
cities, with well selected stock of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES.
DYE STUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
STATIONERY,
COAL OIL,
COIL OIL LAMPS,
and CHIMNEYS
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

K INGsFoRDts CELEBRATED CORN
IN STARCH, FAHNEST0CK'S FARINA
and H0MINY, just received and for sale at the
bargain store Of q. A. w. 0STER.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

ESTRAY.
u Came to the premises of the subscriber,
residing in st. Clair township, on or about
the first of August, 1865, a stray BULL,
about 2 years old, without any marks. Color,
brindled and white. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove property, pay charges
and take him away. SAM'L CLARK.
Feb. 0, 1S66.-9t
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-03-02

- A LARGE quantity--in sacks and in barrel
--wholesal and retail---at Bloody Rum Station.
oct1s.'64-1y# JOHN w. BARND0LLAR.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04
House Wanted.

HOUSE WaNted.
WANTED to buy or rent in the upper part of the
wv city, house worth from 1880 to S350O suitabl
for man and wife. Address ''H, Box 1871.
Sept 2f-d2w. f IN .SE.B
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04

m DREADFUL ACCIDENTs.-In another column
will be found an account of the sad accident
which occurred yesterday, by which one man
was killed and two others badly injured, ahd
the overturning of stage coach, by which sew
sral persons narrowly escaped death. Every
d..v We have to chronicle frightful accidents,
cause,t by railroad mismanagement, runaway
horses failing bricks, fires, bursting boilers,
upsetting o. boats, &C., by which families ore
left destitute md penniless. Many laborihg
men are unable TO get their lives insured
AGAINST death by disease, but could afford to get
Insured against accident. The Travellers In
surance Company, of Hartford, for FIVE dollars
year. will insure one thousand dollars, n hicf
will be paid the heirs Of the assured in case hi
death is c,,nsed by an accident, and he die
within tbrea mo ~ths after said accident; an'
in case the assured is 4. "'0', ~ 80 .s. l.
they agree to pay him five !. 20 ~. e
?, .-ii, ~ 70 iaiu up 50 long, -'uesi
the time he is unable to attend to his bp>
Policies for three and five Thousand dollo-. l,
the same proportion. 40 144uE sl..
John e. Dow & Son. 176 Fore Street arc
agents for the Travellers" and have ;ssue,l
over five hundred policies in this city. rang;np
from one to ten thousand dollars, and have nai5
several compensation claims from ten To five
hundred dollars EACH ie- lEt
We advise all persons exposed to injuries. es
peciaily our laboring felow-citizens. to take ont
q policy i-.- che 4" travellers Immediately.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04
SEE notice of saloon for sale.
ssThe One rIan Power ". Co.v,... .,..

he one Man Pewer vs.. Cengress.''
The address of Hon. Charles Sumner deliy-
cred in Boston on Tuesdey evening as the op-
emng lecture of the Fraternity course, is re-
ported in full in the Boston papers We select
such Of the more interesting portions as we
have space for: ..,. -.,......
IRREvERsIBLE GUARANTEES MUST BE HAD.
The question at issue is one of the yastest ev-
er presented for practical decision, involving
sn1 ane name name and veal OF this Republic at home
ana abroad. 1t is not q military question: it is
question of statesmanship. We are to se-
cure by counsel what was won by war Fail
ure now will make the war itself failure; sur
render now will undo all our victories. Let
plighted faith Of the Republic will be broken;
the national creditor and the national freed.
man will be sacrificed; the rebellion itself will
Haunt its insulting power; the whole country,
in length and breadth, will be disturbed; I and
the rebel region will be handed over to misrule
and anarchy. Let Congress prevail and all
this will be reversed; the plighted faith of the
Republic will be preserved; the national credi-
tor and the national freedman will be protect
ed; the rebellion itselfwill be trampled out for
ever; the whole country, in length and breadth
will be at peace; and the rebel region no long
er harassed by controversy and injustice, will
enjoy the richest fruits Of security and recon-
ciiiation. To labor for this cause NAV well
tempt the young and rejoice the DID,
And now, to-day, I protest again against any
admission OF ex-rebels to the great partnership
of this Republic, and renew the claim of ir-
reversible guarantees especially applicable to
the national creditor and the national freed
man; insisting now, as did year ago, that it
is our duty, while renouncing indemnity for
the past, to obtain at least security for the fu-
ture. AT the close of terrible war, which has
wasted our treasure, which has murdered our
citizens, which has filled the land with
funerals, which has MANNED and wounded null
titudes whom death had spared, and which has
broken up the very foundations of peace, our
first duty is to provide safeguards for the ftl-
ture. This can be only By provision, sure, fun
damental and irrepealable, which shall FIX for
ever the results of the war-the obligations of
government-and the equal rights of ali. Such
is the suggestion of common prudence and of
self-defense, as weH as of common honesty
To this end we must make haste slowly. States
which precipitated themselves out of Congress
must not be permitted toprecipitate themselves
back. They must not be allowed to enter those
halls which they reasonably deserted, until
we have every reasonable assurance of future
good conduct. We must not admit them, and
then repent our folly. Those words, once used
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04
THE STATE,

The oath annual exhibition of the Oxford
County Agricultural Society will be held on
the Society's grounds between South Paris and
Norway Village, October 8, 10 and II, 1866
Mr.. G. G. Gilman of Mt Vernon sends to
the Farmer the dimensions of large hemlock
tree, recently sawed by'him at his mill in that
town. 1t was peeled eighty-nine feet from the
stump, and measured eighteen inches in diam
eter where it was cut off at the top. The butt
log, twenty feet in length, made 1876 feet of No
1, one inch, square edged, boards. There are
few such monarchs of the forest now standing
in the older settled portions of the State
The ladies of Calais have organized mis-
sion Sunday School, and have petitioned to the
city Government to enforce the law and COM
pei these children to go to Public School, that
they may receive instruction in at least the
rudimentary branches of an English education
and through their association with other chill
dren be induced to labor in some honorable
way for their support, instead of growing up
in the present sad condition to be the pests Of
sobriety in future.
"A horse belonging to David Richardson, Of
Presque Isle, and valued at $500, died in Ban
to be shown at the horse fair held this week.
Rev. HIP. Torsey of Kent's Hill Semina-
ry has received, as a present from his young
lady pupils, full set of Appletons Cyclopedia
valued at 800.
The Machias Union says that three vessels
in that port, from New York, have within two
weeks past discharged seventeen thousand
bushels of corn; besides -four
The Union says: "Weir-fshing has beer
good at Cutler for two weeks past. Some
good catches of herring have been made. The
fish are smoked or pressed for OIL"
The Farmer says the hop crop has, on the
whole, been good one this year. One field is
mentioned where the crop was estimated at one
ton to the acre, which at fifty cents pound
would produce the snug sum of one thousand
dollars per acre.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04
VARIETIES.

"a striking instance of the way in which
the Presidents policy works is found in the
fact that prominent army officers in the South
do not know whether or not martial law is still
in force there. Major-General Wood, when
lately questioned on this subject, said that he
did not know; that in cases which were refer
red to Washington, sometimes the supremacy
of the city authorities and sometimes that Of
the military was sustained. tom51 ID
Among the sensational paragraphs about
the French Exposition is one describing a novel
guillotlne said to be invented by a compatriot
OF Blsmark 1t is capable of cutting off six
heads per minute, and eight il properly han.
died. The machine is worked by steam. and
the knife, instead Of falling straight, cuts with
a rotary movement. The new guillotine can be
taken to pieces and put together again in ten
minutes; the engine works the wheels. and the
machine can steam to the place of execution
and take the body up to the cemetery affair
wards. This model is respectfully recon-
mended to the attention of President johnson
--.ln consequence of representations by Gov,
Patton that many thousands of persons in Al.
aDama are suffering for want of food Secretary
stanton mas modified the order of August %
SO as to permit the issue of government rat;ons
IN tnat State. letter from Gen Howard
says: 1T is proper to notice that in Alohon,,
according to the last report, there woro ,,,ouo
than two whites credited with rations !, ana
colored person." oA'
The Harrisburgh Telegraph estimates tb ,+
the corn crop of Pennsylvania will reach tb;s
year nearly 100000, that the average Weld
per acre viii be in the neighborhood of thirty
three bushels, although in some localities as
many as one hundred bushels will be grown
On single acre. There are several counties in
the state where the average product will be
over forty bushels per acre.
The third son of the Emperor of Russ;a
the Grand Duke Alexis, following the examnle
of his uncle, the Grand Duke Constantine has
entered the navy, where he is now cadet,
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-04

PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNIoN-The
proceedings of the monthly meeting of this
Association may be found in our columns this
morning. 1t is the object of this organization,
to keep alive, by association, old acquaintan-
ces and memories, and to cherish friendships
by personal relations. IL search out and help
the destitute soldiers and sailors who are una
BILE to provide for themselves and their familie
and to secure to all the members whatever
personal good such an association can devise.
1t is proposed to have series of lectures
during the approaching season, and there can
be no doubt that such acourse will prove prof
liable to the association as well as interesting
to the public. We hope to see the plan carried
out and trust our citizens will encourage it
literally. -.