Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

plumber foii the benefit Of cnrpnrations,
which have no claim upon the public funds
If the State 1t was well described by
Senator Buckalew when he stigmaiized il in
the Senate a. the big steal and the Gov
srnor II entitled to the thanks OF the entire
Commonwealth for interpoSing his constitu-
tional authority to defeat IT,
A GERMAN paper publishes the following
curious statistics eoneei ming the European
railroads, a railroad train composed of all
the locomotives and cars Of the European
camnanies might hegin st Paris and end at
81 Petersburg Ii might contain 400 600
travellers, whose cars would he followed hy
400 600 freight cars The European rail.
roads pass over G., 600 large or small bridges
The rails weigh no le-s Than $50 900 600
pouBdS There are $1,000 lncomnlives
which annually consume 500 900, 010 pounds
Of coal y
THE recent action of the Senate on the
income tax has not been properly understood.
The suljoined statement Of It's nature is cor
rect;
The bill provides for the continuance du-
ring 1870 of the tax Of FIVE per cent, on in
come cenved from the following sources, TO
wil Dividends of banks, trust compauies,
savings institutions aud in,urance coulpa
Mes, dividends and interest on the bonds Of
internal improvement companies, aud sala-
res OF persons in the civil, military, naval,
nr other employment Of the United States
The other sections of the law which imposes
tax OF five per cent on the gains, profits
aud income of every citizen, have heen pust
puned for consideration, when the general
revenue Law comes up before Congress for
action
A LADY. writing from WASHINGTON, thus
describes Mrs Sprague, the wife Of the
| Rhode Island Senator: Before, US walks,
or rather undulates a slender lady Of finest
mold, with the most delicious curve of throat
and chin possible 1t recalls at once that
throat Of Ethel Newcome, that Thackeray
praised so much Add to this a yonth hfn
chetk K, that charming nose. straight in itself
while IT relieves the line Of The brow bright
/ deeT-lke eyes, and splrlIed pose OF the small
! heal. smooth white complexion, with a
| streak of 7, in the cheekS, burning like the
| fame in an opal: sloping shoulders, and
graceful hand. Such is thr presentmebt uf
! Mrs Sprague could lcarcry believe her
to be eighteen by gaslisht. | had imagined
slim cold teauty, ike most Of The society
| bellies, and this exquisite creature, with up
/ lifted head, like deer justrisen from iis
couch of fern, took one and al by blissful
surprise.
Big TREES. The Land Office is in re-
| ceipt of specimen o. cones fiom the big
| tree, Ws-hngtonea Gigantea, COLLECTED in
/ a grove about Two miles north nf Thomas
saw mill, forty five miles from Fi>alia, Cali
/ fornia. One Ofthe group, commonly knnwn
as The "Old Maid, was measured, and her
waist found to be ninety feet in crcumfer
/ ence. Thee is said TO be a still nrger one
/ in The vicinity called the General Grant"
! but the officer of the Land Bureau dill not
/ have the good fortune to fud it, An ex-
| animation made into hollow chambers OF
/ fallen trees TO distance uf four feet, showed
/ that there was an abundance Of room to ride
( to their terminus single file, wh, el. and
1 come out again. The commissioner is ln
] formed that there Is another similar grove
/ few miles distant from the one described.
\ These tlees belong 10 the same class as the
mammorh trees OF CI.ayeras. but are much
/ inferior in hight, Vigor and hesuty Nev
/ ertheless, they gre well worth the triling
fatigue and inconvenience of a visit 10
any person starting from Nl,alla.
The Democratic Journals of the country
are evidently redaced to desperate strait
for some tangible and probable ground of
opposition TO the present Administration,
since they have been driven into the ne
eessitv Of impugning the motives of Presi-
dent Grant In advising the acquisition of
San Domingo. In honmah'e contrast 10
tn sIaudrrolS insiuuttions of the journals
Of that parry generally is the following from
| the Boston Post:
Nobody who knew the President has
doubted that in urging the ratification Of
the San Domingo treaty, with whaieveF
errors Of judgment and taste in the N, th1ds
adopted, he has been actnated snely by pa
triotic motives The definite publication Of
his views in the matter has shown that there
was much 10 be said ia favorofthe measure,
Bat IT has nut uverthryWn the far weighrier
! considerations upon the other side; aud siuce
the treaty has expired by limitation, and The
resolution of the Senate against it has
proved firm and unmistskable. there seems
to be no reason for reopeuing be discussion.