Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-06

INTO the mode OF dong business 30 she
capital ci'y, aud the greatest bank OF this
country
RAILWAYS AND p0sr OFFICE
! Until ,he French aud English companies
4 pushed raiiaas- INTO Spain, Irayel aul u4iiiio
/ were on the sloB-c0aeh slsium. When tire
R5al person nlade journey, Il was like the
/ march 81, an Amy, IA b was the retinue re-
qnire5 Tor comfort aud display. Aud as the
I railways are nos conipleted d,ily along iew
4 great routes, the mails are largely cltlitsl uf
I the diligencts and ceachcs exlFesaiv mada
4 tor the purpose. IL Is sailt aud there u no
/ reason 70 dEstelev it, that duwa 10 the year
1910, When a Spaniurl proposed TO hih,sell
/ the danger aud tod 0iu Journey, il was las
4 inyariabie enetam to o4suimon his lawyer and
make his vii his physicians ioiearn il hIs
hrgltb GgEe udsquafe q the ugsdeEFsss ~
aud tually bis i.rlest, lo couiess his siii, and
/ get timely absulutlon Ii Is not regarded
4 now 30 formidable un excursion 10 20 across
/ the kingduni, bUt the native travel iss little
/ that the lallrouds are yeTY Improbable. IL
lt were not Tor frctgh they would not be
supported az air They have, however,
! greatly increased the correspondence Of the
/ e5uuuy. AMI he late OF postage has beeu
reduced, 50 that it IS about as ivw as IN other
4 f.ur0peau Countries. But the government
/ keeps sharp look our upon the letters that
como and go. La t5aes ike Tie present,
( wheu couspiracies are snuif1d in every
! breeze, IL W0uld be quite unsafe ior ANY one
! 10 entlust secret m letter gong 10y mail.
/ 4 government spy would be sure & have bis
hand ou II aud his eye ia IL, before Il reached
I lts address The letters 10 the Post-utiica
at Madrid are held lour hours after the ar
rival of the mail, beIure theg are ready for
] q d ~ al.
4 L0nduu and Paris uali, comes ia al q n'clo X
| a NJ We must tr,ut until , o clock i. 81,
\ Iur our letters Then list uf al letters not
directed 10 some particular street and Huu-
4 ber, or 60 some Pos -ultlee box, Is posted ny
i lu the hall of the oihce-an alphabetical list.
/ Nou look over ne list and il you find letter
/ for yourself, you ask for it at the proper
/ window. Ii you are a stranger, your pass
port Is demanded. But yuu had been told
/ before canning TO Spain thar no pass poIt,
/ are required, and Now you must have one
merely 10 get your letters. la default of a
passport. yUu must IN some way establish
1 your identity THIS Is not always easy in a
! foreign e3uutry, but thea nothing j. easy IN
/ Spaiu. got no lttter irOn thc Pust-otiice
( addressed tO nae while ] was IN Spaul j
! auted rebel General, toy the name Of PRIN
/ Is u dreadful bug-buaF 10 the authorities,
/ aud all letters addressed "a NE were su, ptcted
! by the local PuSi-masteIs 10 be intended for
the General. They were therefore sent 70
! the government, or otherwise ID posed o.
| M efforts 60 recover them were successful
/ VI uch good iusy they do the people who had
to read tneuI Some OF them had hard
work, | know.
TELEGBAPIIs IN SPAIN.
Teieg.aph> are spreading over Spain, as
they arc over the world civilized or not
Spain is one Of the hst countries where they
could hecouie popular but The business 81
any kingdom that has relations with the
outside world must be armed with the
/ telegraph or il cannot hold It's own Ia
1 lraverslug wild and secluded parts Of the
| Peninsula, ! have been surpiised by Gudiug
The telegraph polss set ap aud the wre
/ stretching un over hill aud dalc. Spain l.
>iuw atd the telegraph Is not demanded
/ here b. rhe energy aud enterprise ut the
I people as j; Is elsewhere Dispatches Of
more than huudied Woids are not sent.
/ To og iruuI any pat Of the Peninsula teu
words may be sent for about twenty five
cents, twenty words for d.ty CENTS, thirty
words Tor ,eveuJytye eeutsS but the count
includes each word written by the sender,
date, address, signature, and If a word ],
1 UNDERSIGNED il counts two. Great precau
ruuS are aiken 70 insure accuracy lu trans
mission, and small extra charge is made
for delivery.
These details are TO show that Spain Is
coming on IN the race OF nations CON
mpudable progress not fast, indeed, huJ
then she Is not stationary. Her railroad,
are BOW bringing the capital into cl0ss cum.
munjUn wiJa her >eapurIS and with foreign
countries. An the chief commercial cigie,
are reached readily hy rail or by water.
Auu It is not possible 20 uI>managu Il gov
eminent much worse than hers. IL may
theu be fairly received as q itBjll that Spun
vii improve ia wealth aud intelligence aus
geueTai happiness in spite OF The most lgnu
ram, obs stiuafe aud inconsistent government
Ia Europe IL Is d mystery that the people
will ,ubmit 20 be 30 ruled aud led hat they
will see such abuses Of power pracl>ed al
them, year after year, without ara eflurt {,
assert their own rishts. or to secure for tht
geuurstisu 10 comr better stated thing
But if the old maXim is true that every
nation has as good a government It Dc
serves, We viii not diSpuleI'> just Application
to tie present population Of the Peninsula
DIR. Prime in Ne,o Kosb Ojscrrer.