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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
REDUCTION or THE STATE DEBT.

1t is we'll known that as long as the Cop
perheads were in power the State debt was
steadily increasing, and the debt had reached
the enormous sum of FORTY ONE MIL
LION OFDOLLARS when JAMES POL
LOCK was elected Governor of the State,
aud the Republican Union party obtained a
majority in both houses of the Legislature.
1t is also well known that Republicans
had been advocating the sale of the public
works, which were so corruptIy managed by
the leaders Of the Democratic party that the
State was losing nearly ONE MILLION OF
DOLLARS every year. Gov. Pollock, US
ing all his influence with the Legislature
finally secured the passage of a bill ordering
the public works to be sold at public sale,
and they were finally sold for seven and a
halfmillions of dollars. From that day the
State debt has been steadily decreasing IN
der Republican Governors and State Legis-
latures.
ONE MILLION SEVEN HJNDRED AND
NINETYFoUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
FoRTY-FoUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS Of
this sum has been paid this year by Gov
GEARY, State Treasurer KEMBLE, and Au-
ditor General HARTRANFT, all prominent
and able Republicans, and that without
collecting ONE SINGLE DOLLAR from the far
mer and mechanic in the shape of tax on his
Real Estate.
Such are the practical results Off Repub-
lican State Administration and Legislature.
The payment of such large sums in one year
is sufficient contradiction of all the Cop
perhead SANDERS heaped upon Republican
government.
1t must also be remembered that during
the past six years the State Of Pennsylvania
has been compelled to incur large expendi-
lures in the equipment and forwarding of
troops, for which three millions of dollars
we're appropriated THIS amount has also
been repaid by the same party, The Cop
perheads OF the North we're directly re-
sponsibe for this additional expenditure,
as they created the war under James Bu-
chanan, and encouraged it by their sympa-
thy with the South. They, and they alone,
are responsible for the State and National
debts created by the war.
We say again, taxpayers remember that
under the administration Of Gov Geary the
State debt has been reduced 81, 794, GA 80
IN ONE YEAR! Remember this on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next.-HayTisbwq
Telegraph
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
WHAT'S IN A NAME.

For years the word Democracy has been
used as a mere catch word Of party. Its
meaning, a Government Of the People, has
been utterly perverted. Instead of being
a government of the People, three or four
hundred thousand slave-holding aristocrats,
who despised the People as the mere mud
silIs of society, domineered and controlled
pretty much as they pleased nation OF
twenty-five millions. And when the People
dared to speak out and elect President OF
their own, these same aristocrats got up a
great rebellion and terribly bloody war.
And vet this sham democracy, which has
been for years a mere falsehood and delu-
sion, power of Darkness which had stolen
the livery of Heaven to serve the Devil IN,
vet leads by the mere charm of the name
MANY good men and true, who are deceived
bv designing leaders and Office seekers. The
spurious Democracy of the present day OF
which Buchanan, and breckenridge, and
Andrew johnson and JEFF Davis, arc the
representatives and exponents, bears no
more resemblance to the Democracy Of JET
ferson and Madison and Jackson than the
Devil does to an Angel of Light. In the
Judgment and opinion of Jefferson and Mad
ison, slavery was an evil speedily to be done
away with. Madison would not have the
word slave in the Constitution. And In
the Judgment of jackson, nullifer. much
more a secessioniBt, ought to be hung. He
expressed his regret, and mentioned it as
the one great mistake of his administration,
that he had not hung John @. Calhoun.
Whilst modern Democracy fosteIed and en-
couraged slavery, and wanted to make it
perpetual and introduce it into all the terri
tories. And modern Democracy originated
and advocated the doctrine of no-eoercion,
and would have permitted state after state
to secede until all were gone, if they had
pleased to CO. And yet these miserable
copperheads have the assurance to call them
selves Democrats
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

OFTEN the Democrats urge, with an air
of triumphant superiority, that Judge
Williams is an unknown man in Philadel-
phia, while every one has heard of Judge
Sharswood This may be true outside Of
the legal profession. Judge Williams,
whose opinions are so rarely reversed, is
well known, however, to the lawyers Of
every county and to the entire judiciary Of
Oennsylvania, who have so often fallen back
on his decisions as authority And across
the Alleghanies the case is entirely different.
There no one has ever heard a solitary item
about Mr.. Sharswood or of him, while
Williams is household word, and word
that at the next election viii be talismanic
Press.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

RAPID MIGRATION "A steady stream Of
migration is pouring into the United States
with unabated rapidity. The arrivals from
ireland, especially, ase unusually large, not
withstanding the active demand for labor in
that country. The dissatisfied rebels who,
after the termination of the war, went to
Mexico and Brazil, are also returning as rap
idly as possible to their former homes.
These significant facts prove that the COM
plants of Tyranny" 'despotism, " mis-
cry, and distress" with which Copper
head journals are filed, have little or no
foundation in fact; and that, despite the
high taxes caused by the rebellion, Amer
lea still remains one of the most prosperous
countries on the globe We would not CON
tinue to have an annual influx of hundreds
of thousands of emigrants if many oppor-
tunities for employment were not open, and
if this country was not found by its new
citizens to Industrious toilers richer rewards
than Europe We have still room for mil
lions more Of Industrious men and women,
and every new cargo of this precious freight
at once affords guarantee of increased
prosperity by strengthening our industrial
forces, and gives a proof Of the practical
appreciation of the superior advantages en-
joyed by the citizens of the United States.
Press.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
HOOP SKIRTS.


Aft,r more than Five Years experience and
experimenting in the manufacture Of STRICTLY
FIRST QUALITY HOOP SKIRTS, we offer
our justly eel, ora;cd goods TO merchants and the
public in fall confidence of their superiority over
all others in the American market, and they are
so acknowledged by all who wear or deal in them,
as they give more satisfaction than any other
Skirt, and recommend themselves in every res
pcct. Dealers in Hoop Skirts should make a
note Of this fact EVERY LADY WHO HAS
NOT GIVEN THEN 4 TRIAL, $40 ULD
no so Without FURTHER DELAY.
Our assortment embraces every style, length
and size, for Ladies, Misses and Children, Also,
Skirts made TO order, altered and repaired.
Ask for Hopkins Own Make" and be not de-
ceiyed See that the letter "Il' is woven on the
Tapes between each Hoop, and that they are
stamped I" ". r. HOPKINS, HANUF4CTU-
RER, 62S ARCH ST, PHfLADA.," upon
each tape y others are genuine.
Also, constantly on band full line OF good
New York and Eastern made skirts, at very low
prices.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
At the Philadelphia Hoop Skirt Manufaetory and
Emporium, No 62S ARCH ST., PMILiA.
March I5 ISG7l0mo
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

SOLDIERS, while you were in the field
imperilling your lives for your country,
Judge Sharswood was at home endeavoring
to crush the Government by declaring its
currency unconstitutional. viii you vote
for him2
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
August 23;3m.

THIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE that on the t4th
4 of August, A. D. 1867, Warrant in Bank
ruptcy issued against the estate of William
Spidle Of Bloody Run, in the county of Bedford,
and State of Pennsylvania, who has been adiudg-
cd Bankrupt on his own petition; that the pay
meut Of any debts and delivery of any property
belonging 10 such Bankrupt 10 him or for his use,
and the transfer Of any property by him are for
hidden by Law; that meeting Of the Creditors
Of the said Bankrupt to prove their debts, and to
choose one or more Assigns of his estate, viii be
held at Court Of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the
Office of John Cessna, Esq, in Bedford, Bedford
County, State OF PeRusy yaHia, before HASTINGS
GEHR, Register, on the 18th day Of September,
A. D. 1867, NJ I o'clock q. IN.
TUpS. 4. ROWLEY.
aug23:it. L. s. Marshal.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

The Gazette said something about Deser-
ters week or two ago. That class of stock
was pretty good then. We suppose it has
heard of a certain case against the election
Board of East Providence lately2 Deserter
stock is below par at present.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

The most crest-fallen set of gentry that
it has been our fortune to witness for many
months was the Cops. who had charge of
the deserter case in Court on last Saturday.
The defeat of Waterloo or Bull Run was
nothing in comparison to it. They looked
as If they had been shot at and missed. :"
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
- CIV -I.. E. 81. HRrcr.



Ez19-scnd for descriptive cireular and price ll-r.
The effect yf your "TgENoL5' is entirely a,a
TO me, and Is certainly the bet I ever heard
Gee. ". Horg0Js. (The first Grganist OF Alnsrlra.
No TEEMeLO has yet been invented that wii' ia
any degree compare with this for beauty Of ei-e-
Ia fact it seems to me 20 be ab. olutely perfect
Wa. 4. Jyhuroa, Pipe CrgaH Bsil5cr.
EsTEI's Cottage Organs arc without a suIgFla-
for exceedingly quick articulation and round t.1e
the essential features in instruments 10. This
cIass.-Gso. ,5ardiae, Pipe Organ Buijdgr.
The Cottage Organ is the best OF its class g'c-
saw, and the best adapted for church music of any
in use.-C. HeiHtz. Organis', F.ad'ry, O.
I am much pleased with the Cottage g---a
which purchased from you; il combines sweet
ness and power in an unusual degree, audis quite
a favorite in our family circle.-BisEgp Siapsea.
We know Of no organs Of ihe class which
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dent
For the parIor, its sweetness is remarkable
the church il has q power more orsau-Ese t.-a
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Persons wishing to purchase al organ sTa -s-
questcd 10 examine the Esty instrument r.H
IN use at the Presbyterian and Episcopal Church.
Bedford July . s.- .a
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Cops. hold up their hands in holy
horror at the idea of the Republicans en-
deayoring to elect judges to the Supreme
bench whose opinions accord with the views
of majority of the people on political ques-
tiogs. They never elect political Judges!
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

SOMETIMES some would -be-very- smart
people do some very stupid things. For in
stance: the Copperhead Attorneys who
forced decision Of the Court, sustaining tho
law disfranchising Deserters, in the face OF
an election.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
CASE OF KOoNrz VS. RITCnEY ct al,
The DisfrauchIsement of Deserters,

The DisfranchIsement of Deserters,
Every one will remember what howl
our Copperhead neighbors set up this time
last year about Desertcrs not being allowed
to vote. They said it was unconstitutional
Every thing with them has been uncoastitu-
tioaat for the last six years. They called
upon their men to vote in spite of the law
They called upon election officers in town
ships where they had the boards to disre
gard the law; and they coIonizcd their Deser-
ters into townships where they knew the
election boards would disregard the law and
receive the votes Mr. Wallace, the Chair
man of their State Committee, issued a Sc
cret circular on the subject They threat.
ened the election officers with suits if they
refused the votes. The result of all this
was that they polled some two hundred De.
serter votes in Bedford County, and after
the election, to make themselves as good as
their words, they brought eleven suits
against as many different election boards in
the several Republican townships of this
county. -Four of these cases were mt AT
issue and for trial at the Court last week
and one, the case of Koontz VS. Ritchey et al
OF East Providence Twp, was tried as test
case. The counsel for the plaintiff fairly
begged the Court to charge on the consti-
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

SHEnTDAN's BAsIsHMENT. Gen Sher
idan has promptly yielded up bis authority
ia I.ouislaBa, aud goes 10 the West 70 fight
Indians. He leaves his post with the re-
speet and gratitude Of every true friend Of
the Onion for his independence aud the
faithful discharge Of his duty His admin
istrati0D has been troubled one He has
had malignant and disloyal people to deal
With, and he has used his authority in such
manner as to assert the power Of the
United States, and TO cause IL 20 he respect
ed. Under ordinary circumstances the dis
placement Of an officer from his command,
would justify belief that he had been m
faithful or weak But in the case Of Gen
elal Sheridan the country knows that he
has been removed from his Office, because
be was just, patriotic, and equal 10 what he
had to perform He IS sacrificed, because
be Is faithful he is stricken down, because
he has too Loyalty stood up. Under such
circumstances, the cause Of an officer un-
justly censured, becomes that Of every good
aud honest man. His removal being made
in the manner which has been adopted In
his case, for the reasons which have been
assigned, and by the man who has done it,
becomes a glory and triumph General
Sheridan leaves Louisiana by the fiat Of
power, because Of his fidelity. He eau
consider his bauishment as an honor
Far more true JOY Marcellus exiled feels
Than CESAR, with q Senate at bis heels.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

ONE of the resolutions of the Copperhead
meeting deplores the idea that the Su-
preme Court shall be placed in accordance
with the political sentiments Of the ma
iority;" as if those hypocrites were not NOV
ing heaven and earth to elect Sharswood Tor
the very purpose of keeping that body in
accordance with their Infamous sentiments.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Gazette has published Judge Shars-
woods opinion on the constitutionality Of
the greenbacks, will it now publish the let
ters of Gems. Longstreet, Buckner, and
jeff. Thompson?
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Republicans viii secure the next As
sociate Judges in this county, in all proba-
bility, since the Cops. have come to the con-
clusion that they are opposed 10 political
iudgas
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
. 9 9 9 9 9 !
K,r.-nrt from HIS opinion in the Case of
FBorfe VS. Trotf.
JTDGE sHARSwOOD ON LEGAL
TENDERS.

II
R0rte VS. Trotfs
nOn the whole, then, I am Of opinion that the
Drovison of the act Of Congress Of February 2Sth,
1852. declaring the notes issued in pursuance oi
that act to be Law full money, and fegdt tender
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
s0This renders il unnecessary that should CON
slider the other question which has been made' as
to the effect of the special agreement to pay IN
lawful silver money of the United States am
in favor of entering Judgment tor the pialntin
but as a majority of the court are Of a dlnerehl
opiuion, Judgment for the defendant -CoPie"
iron, The IpAilade{DAfa Age Fl 23d of FehT""fy'
1854, where the opinion is published IN iull'
II NAV also be found in the Legal i"fef"Je"eer
Of March Is, 1864, page %.
In the same copy of the Age is carefully pre-
pared eulogy of the judge and this opinion !
which is the following
"Judge sHARswooD reasons upon and decides
the case as if he were some lofty spirit sitting Tar
above and out Of the contentious and strites OF
the world"
Wal not the holders of greenbacks and Govern
ment bonds consider the judge as quite too oleva-
ted and ETHEREAL for such earthly honors as seat
on the Supreme Bench
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Copperheads are really in a condition
of snakes singing themse Ives to death
Their candidates are the men who formerly
opposed al their old principles They ac-
oept as leaders old anti-Jackson hacks and
broken down "Old Line" Wings OF
course while acknowledging such men as
their leaders, the Copperhead Democracy
must endorse the doctrines to which such
demagogues have clung for years, and
thereby sting themselves to death. Truly
the road Of the transgressor is hard.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Copperheads are talking about Leg
isIative reform Do they remember the
Democratic Legislature of 1852 and 1853?
They talk of reform, indeed we would just
as soon think Of hearing that they had re-
nouneed JEFF. Davis and his friefds
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

ANDREW JOHNSON is a candidate for
the Copperhead nomination for President.
What say ye, admirers of JEFF? Can you
set Jefferson aside for Andy? That will be
hard To do.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

PATRIOT, please remember # Judge
Sharswood had been on the Supreme bench
with the two Copperheads already there,
the draft would never have been sustained,
the bounty and currency laws would have
boen declared unconstitutional and the re-
bellion would have proved a success instead
ofa fa;lure
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE severest rebuke Andrew johnson has
yet received is that given him by a Mr.. Lang
stou, colored orator of Ohio, who has
gained much celebrity not only as an advocate
Of his race, bat as a vindicator of his country.
The President desired to use this man to hu-
initiate Gen. Howard, Chief of the Freed
men s Bureau. Langston, as our readers
know, was sent for and offered this position;
but he was too honest and patriotic TO allow
himself to be used by bad man as an instru-
ment to humiliate good man.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Copperheads are determined to be
satisfied with anything in opposition to the
Republicans. When Helm, a confirmed,
Conscientious REBEL is elected Governor Of
Kentucky, they swing their hats and cheer
themselves hoarse over the victory as
they term it and again, when Haight, a
conscientious and confirmed Unionist, who
acted with the Republicans during the war,
is elected Governor of California, they set
up the same vociferous cheering They
would do the same for JEFF. Davis or his
Satanic majesty, or any other OF the wor-
thies now opposing Republicanism.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
SALE OR TRADE.

Two lots in the City Of Omaha Nebraska
Two tracts of 100 acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Rail Road back Of Uma-
ha.
First tract Of bottom lands timbcrcd and pra-le
two miles from Omaha City.
One third eff !,oeo acres in Fulton County E5-
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber laa's
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,GG0 acres of valuable ore, coal and TIM
Der lands in West Virginia.
Also, lot of ground (ahou. one acTcI "'
Willow Tree, in Snake Spring Township eH
Chambersburg AMI Bedford fa-aE .ac, three w'
East Of Bedford, with frame dwelling Aua.',
cooper shop, stable, &c. thereon erected
Also, 52O acres Of land in Woodbury. Co., Iow7'
o. L. SHANNON,
June 2l,-tf Bedford Pcnua.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE President finds it as difficult for him
to manage General Grant as General Lee
did, and means soon to get him out Of the
War Office Having sixty days in which to
work unhindered by Congress, he shows a
disposition to use his opportunity to the
utmost.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

Mr. Secretary Seward, it seems, is pro
Tossing renewed regard for civil liberty and
the Republican party. For two years past
he has not been wont to put those two
things IN conjunction Has the light Of his
primo dawned afrcsh on bis AGED eyes?
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

If you want greenbacks to be legal ten
der for all debts contracted during the war,
vote for Hon. Henry w. Williams for Su-
preme Judge and not for Judge Sharswood
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
VALUABLE FARM
AT PRIVATE SALE

The subscriber wishing to move West, will sell
the Farm wbercCn he now resides, situated on the
waters Of the Raystown Branch Of the Juniata,
in Napier township. Bedford county, Pa, ten
miles west OF Bedford, and p miles south Of
Schellsburg, containing 3T7 acres and S per
chcs, gith large double Log House, weather
boarded, large double Log Barn, with other out
buildings, thereon crCcJ6d- Also, good Tenant
House aH the upper end Of the Farm About 24O
acres are cleared and il a good state Of cultiva-
ton the balance well timbered. About ESQ acres
of This land Is Of the best Sandy Bottom, good for
either wheat corn or grass. The balance Is slate
land, very good ijr Whcat The Drove Road
passes by the door. The track OF the Southern
Pennsylvania Railroad passes through the farm,
within a short distance of tho house. There is a
fine young orchard Of choice fruit near the house;
also, good sugar camp on the farm, and water
in nearly every heId. Any person wishing to
purchase a No , farm will do well to look at this
one, rs it Is or the best for either grain or
stock farm in This part of the State. Persons
wishing 90 look at the property can DO So by call
ing ON the subscriber living the premises,
q. ". W iLLIAMS.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGANS

Are still ahead Of all competitors and stand
uuriyalled in POWER, PURITY OF TONE and
BRILLIANCY, and all other points which ga u
make a FIRST class instrument.
The .'VOX HUMANA TREMOLO" is tire
greatest Of all modern improvements CD reed
Instruments. Il CHARMS and SURPRISES az
who hear IT, by its wonderful resemblance TO The
HUMAN VOICE. Do not cUntUuud this r5ra
the common tremolo in use. L Is entirely diLe--
ent. and far superior 10 any other.
For sale wholesale and retail by.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

THE Gazette asks "who is Sheridan ?"
We refer it to one Jubal A. Early. Per-
haps he can answer the question.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

DOES the Gazette want to know whether
we are in favor of Negro Suffrage?
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

AT the Vermont election on Tuesday the
Sd inst, Hon John b. Paige, Republican,
was chosen Governor IN place Of Paul Dill
liDgham, by from eighteen to twenty thou
sand majority The Legislature is after the
established pattern; the Senate is all Re
publican, and the House nearly so. Fifty
one towns elect 47 Republicans and A Demo
cruts Last year Gov Dillingham; had -,
SD majority; in 1860 he had Is, T29 major
ity; in 1864 the Republican majority was
is. .977 on Governor, and p, 972 on Presi-
dent. The Legislature last year was Sen
ate, 30 Republicans, no Democrats. House,
225 10 Is.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

TUE opinion of Judge Sharswood in the
case of Borie VS.. Trott, where that original
secessionist undertakes to wipe out the OBJ
legations of the United States Government
by declaring them unconstitutional, has
been published in the Gazette. IF any one
supposes that we have misquoted it, let him
read for himself