Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-15

sitis Gen. Sullivan Mrs T. sasssheis disgust /
su; tile tnnfederacy cannot sp there and late
Il easle Within our lines % take the oath and 20
Na1tf- Mrs X had her child and nurse with /
itsr She Mas, however, sent back again in Dix
Hos. PfERRE SotlR has married the beautiful
aasei Of Robert Stuart, aud the two have passed
through our lines aud gone Narth7-probahy on
shsir way to some ioTeign country. 1he lady + T
sllf 0wner OF some property IN West Tennessee, /
ana took the oath under the President amnesty
Rroelainatioi-
T'HE Army or TIE PoToMAG no 81. REoRGAN-
'EEi-The changes of Generals IN The Army 81
e Potomac are not ended 1T is SAID 10 be deeid-
1t that General Scdgwiek can prohtaDly serve
elsewhere, and that General Meade, likewise, ra- |
2tlly approaches the ternlinatioiso Of his command
rsERAI. SMfrfI's IpIS4oS or GESERAL Nc
5I8hIaAs prevailing impression that Gen-
tral Bald. Smith Is filled with what Count Gu
rosFgki calls .AIcCieanisnl is entirely an error
Je was among the first OF the Generals on the Pe-
niussla after The collapse before AorktoWn TO sie-
naunce Mcclellan, officially and unofieially, as IN
capable.
TIsE Tsx OK ToBAceo.--It il now quite sure
taat Secretary Chase accommodation OF heavy
tax on tobacco vii be adopted The opinion pre-
ysiis In Treasury circles that dollar or upward on
apritS, and a eorrespondingy high tax on tobacco,
VI Weld full one half of all the revenue We shall
need and to that extent the necessaries and COM
forts Of life viii he reliyed from burdens.
4)rFrerRs IN WASHINGTON THINKING Our
(uNe stampede has taken place among the off
e,rs Who have frequented Washington during the
vinter, nearly all having been lmperatiyely order
I'D to tie front. Very few are now coming in, no
firoaghs being granted except IN cases Of great
importance.
T4E SpECu1. ALTON IN CsoLD.-It is understood in
tha cold spectators in Wall street, by LETTING ran
s.7on them the surpluseoi inthc Treasury phy
seause 5he enemies of the Sold bill sgseeaea sgg y
their amendments in disabling Dc ooase isOn
present action. l4et them wat s"i'ie
TIE estimation put as:n Jsn. pai,s e az Is
North Carolina Is shown q aso sas He sai4 s.Iff
5Ass hp'sen ~ ss'arty Wilkes who had lsed
ftt! nIan $ - forard JET. Davis and the TN
ssa~a.e EafzlTlent were 70 be put nlhr, flhra,,,gl :
t Is a9d-ess his entire audienco
W.. s1sF n-isoa bars. .
.g.e narcr .xTt was denied some time
~. tliat Nrs DOUGLAS was ofheatlng as q clerk
IS The Tseasury Department The Washington
correspondent Of the ittcofsaa says, ho"eEr, f
passing through the Treasury department the G
ofher dav. met Mrs Stephens A. Douglas, who
= filing the duties Of 4 twelve hundred dollar
elarkship, 10 that department.
lrnoas CONCERNING MCCLELLAN town
persists in creditng rIors that Mcclellan Is to be E
5aced ia command of tile lefenses Of Washing .
ton The more enthusiastic Of his friends are
disposed to bef that General Grant came from the
front Friday the 2lst ult. for the express purpose
of insisting that Mcclellan be put at the head Of /
the Army Of the Potomac. Each set OF these
r:elgons friends is in error. q
Hos. J. g. FAuLKNER, ex Minister to France :
came a. far as Winchester with view TO coming 4
pitIin cur lines and taking the oath. At WIN
chester he was net by his brother-in-law, who :
persuaded him from his purpose. The brother i
ln-law is strongly opposed to the Union Govern a
raeut authorities because he was arrested short
time since and held rs hostage Tor the safe and
speedy return Of aloyal citizen carried OF by the
rebels named Dooley.
T4Ig New LoAN.-There il the best authority P
for ssaying that no National Banking Association
has vet received authority to receive subscriptions
on account of the national ten-iorty loan of two
hundred millions Letters are in preparation
however, and will be Immediately forwarded to all
she National Banking Associations which have
been qualified and designated as repositories and
financial agents. authorizing them TO act as agents.
receiving subscriptions for the ten-forty loan.
The compensation allowed is one-fourth of one s
per cent, out Of which the cost Of advertising a
and all other expenses OF obtaining subscriptions
must be betrayed. d.-Phila. Inquirer
AID AND CosfFoRT FOR THE ESEMY.-It is i
stated in best-informed circles that Mrs J. Todd y
White. the sister OF Mrs I.ineon did pass I
through our lines for Richmond via Fortress Mon =
roe. with three large trunks containing medicines G
aud merchandise, SO that the chucking of the Re-
bel press over her safe transit with Rebel uniforms
and buttons Of gold was founded in truth Gem
eFal Butler il not wont to be respector of per-
sons and it Is consldered here legitimate In .
allry Why he permitted this woman to pass the !
eneny with her great quantity of eontraband pro-
nefty, when he arrests all others Washington | q
Correspondence ofdte 4Neso Iork TIlbuae.
THE Tax on DISTILLED SPIRITS. "A Washing i
ton correspondent il authorized to state that the =
aiscordance Of views in the Ways and Means Com
nlJtee respecting the tax on distilled spirits have +
been harnonIzed, and that the policy Of high tax
Atlon i rapidly making converts outside and inside
# their room. 1t is understood that tax Of not a
iess than dollar viii be laid on spirits, and that 4
sfe Lommttee will recommend that this be laid to =
take effect ID May instead of July. This viii be =
zone TO cut off the two months rope given br the q
law 1t stands, to distilers to get heavy stock a
en- hand twill obviate also the necessity of aBo-
ter Wastetm debate over the question of taxing a
retroactivey The revenue has lost two millions q
shd ia.f Of dollars through the last wrangle y :;
TnE CArHoIxc PREss AND SLAVERY. AT the !
outbreak OF the Rebellion, BrownsOn's Quarterly ~
eyiew was almost the only advocate Of an Anti u u
slavery policy among all the Catholic Journals -
ne great majority OF them violently oppo-
sing every AItl-Siavery measure Of the Govern 8.
eIt, and atcng IN concert with the sultra Peace y
A9tt-oH S4 tHe northern democracy. But the =
TogTeSs Of the has wrought among them sew "a
ersl conversions The Cincinnati TeleQrdph. the 81
ergan Of Arehbisop Purcell was the first to come SO
ever 70 the AntSlavery party, and to admit and 10
el to urge the necessity OF abolishing Slavery
zT0nghont the United States. Its example has -
ecenty been followed by The Jtuerse the Catho- y
e glpcrof Philadelphia, hitherto violent Dem 20
scIatic and Administration sheet In late is
ssee this paper admits that the peace Of the Re 40
slic demands the abolition Of Slavery that the II
fianaI .tfrra,,t -, fa1ror ~ IL