Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-08

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ITos. PIERRE SorLE has married the beautiful
fe!iei at Robert Stuart, and the two have passed
through our lines aud gone Nofth-prohanly on
fhtIr Rayte some foreign country. The lady D.
sae owner of some property IN West tennessee,
nd took he oath under the President amnesty
grecaIDation
THE .AaMY or TIE PoroMAe TO BE REoRGA.- /
,yrp The changes Of Generals III tile Army Of
ae Potomac are not ended. 1T is said 10 be decid-
"a that General Sodgwiek can prohtably serve
esewhere and that General Meade. likewise ra-
5itllr approaches the termination OF his command
sraERA1 SMrrlI's OpTsIos OF GENERAL Nc
pfE4fAE-The prevailing impression that Gen-
,rai Badly Smith IS filed with what Count Gll-
,axrs}i cells 'AieCellansn Is entirely ;ln error
vas among the first Of the Generals on the ie-
,I,lla. after the collapse before Yorktown to de-
aoance McGe!lan officially anu unouiealiy, az IN
capable
T,fz TAX on TeBAcco.-It il now quite sure
,sat Secretary Chase Recommendation OF a heavy
tax 81 tobacco viii be adopted. The opinion pre-
eis in Treasury circles that dollar or upward on
s5;-;ts and a correspondingly high tax on tobacco.
= II vield full one half Of all the revenue we shall
re4d and to that extent the neccssaries and COM
forfs Of life viii be rehved from burdens
OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON TiHNNiNG OuT.
J)rite stampede has taken place among the otil-
e,re who have freaucnted Washington during the
-r4er nearly ali having been lInperatlyely order
e3fatha front Very few are now coming In, no
5arloaghs being granted except n cases OF great
unportance
Gar Spvrrt ALTON N (foLD--Iti Is understood in
washington that if there is delay in breaking down
No god SPECTATORS in Wall street, by letting tail
T ban tbe sllrpluscoin intho Treasury il Is only
igcqusa tba enemies Of the Gold bill succeeded by
.5er amendments IN disabling Mr., Chase from
r.resent action. Let them wait awhile.
-LTnr estimation put npon jeff Davis in
North Carolina is shown by this observation IN the
la.e rneeeh of Governor ance. he said "lfl
-. ,os,, N tIs comfy Wilkes) who had used
s,,r;re Ianrllags coward JEFF. Davis and the Con-
f;ar,.e f,0reTnrlent were TO be put Injan, ne
-,aid bsre 10 az d-ess his entire audience through
tl, prison bars.
aEs. DoUGIAs lit was denied some time
1a,.. that Mrs. Douglas was officiating rs clerk
"a the Treasury Department. The Washington
correspondent Of the Wisconsin says hoWeyr,
passing through the Treasury Department the
other day met Mrs. Stephens a. Douglas, VINO
is filing the duties of a twelve hundred dollar
eiarkship, IN that department.
RUMoas GoNcERNING MCCLELLAN The town
persists In creitine rtiIoTs that Mcclellan Is TO De
placed in command Of the detenses OF Masnng-
ton The more enthusiastic OF ms Irends are
disposed TO bet 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
s.elalous friends is in error.
Hos. T. G. FAULKNER, ex Minister to France,
came az far az Winchester with view to coming
within our lines and taking the oath. At w IN
chester he was met by his brother-n-aw Who
persuaded him from his purpose he brother
in-law is strongly opposed to the Onion ,ToVern
Enent authorities, because he was arrested short
time since and held as hostage for the safe and
syeely return of loyal citizen carried OF by the
rebels, named Dooley.
T4fz NEW IoAN.-There il the best authority
for sewing that no National Banking Association
has yet received authority to receive subscriptions
on account of the national ten-forty loan of two
hundred millions. Letters are In preparation,
however, and will be Immediately forwarded to all
she National Banking Associations which have
iaen qualified and designated as repositories and
financial agents, authorizing them TO act as agents,
in receiving subscriptions for the ten-forty loan
The compensation allowed is one-fourth OF one
per cent, out of which the cost of advertising
and all other expenses of obtaining subscriptions
must he betrayed ed-Phila. Inquirer
AID AND CosrFoRT FOR THE ENEsY-It is
stated In best-informed circles that Mrs j. Todd
White. the sister OF Mrs. LINCOLN, did pass
through our lines for Richmond via Fortress Mon
roe, with three large trunks containing medicines
aud merchandise, so that the chuckiIng Of the Re
bel press over her safe transit with Rebel uniforms
,ta,i buttons OF gold was founded ID truth Cen
eral Butler is not wont to be a respeetor of per
sons, and it is considered here legitimate in
1alry why he permitted this woman to pass the
enemy with her great quantity OF contraband pro-
perty, when he arrests all others Washington
Correspondence cfete Ne'o York TF7bame.
THE Tax on DISTILLED SPrRIrs. A Washing
ION correspondents is authorized to state that the
6iscorlance Of views in the Ways and Means Com
nittee respecting the tax on distilled spirits have
been liarnenized, and that the policy OF high tax
alton is rapidly making converts outside and inside
81 taeir room. 1t is understood that a tax OF not
ess than q dollar viii be laid ON spirits and that
the Committee viii recommend that this be laid to
take effect in May instead Of July. This viii be
zone 20 cut off the two months rope given by the
law, 1t stands TO distillers to get heavy stock
en hand 1t viii ebviate also the necessity Of ano-
taer wasteful debate over the question of taxing
letroactyely. The revenue has lost two millions
and aha.f Of dollars through the last wrangle.
TIE CATHOLIC PREss AND SLAVERY. At the
outbreak of the Rebellion, Brownson's Quarterly
review was almost the only advocate Of an Anti
Slavery policy among all the Catholic journals
ne great majority of them we're violently oppo-
sing every AIstislavery measure OF the Govern
ent, aud atcing in concert with the sultra Peace
2gtinn of the Northern Democracy. But the
erogress Of the war has wrought among them sew
e-2l conversions The Cincinnati Teie0rqph the
organ OF Archbisop Purcell, was the first to come
ever 70 the Anti-Slavery party, and to admit and
to urge the necessity Of abolishing Slavery
rongheut the United States It's example has
gecenty been followed BY The Universe, the Catho-
.e paper of Philadelphia, hitherto a violent Dem
seratic and Anti-Administratio sheet. In late
esle, this paper admits that the peace of the Re-
public demands the abolition of Slavery that the
aatonal current IN favor of abolition grows stead-
stronger aud has become irresistible, and that it
could be absurd to attempt TO oppose it. 1t
ralore gives Irish Democrats the sensible adj
to accept cheerfuilg what they are unable to
da.o. We note the conversions az signs Of the
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