Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-15
NEWS hND D OTHER ITEMS,

G ert7f the mining districts o. ANofsh1i
, ftat sFas deemed prudentto adjourn court when
as in aislary last week, The jurors were d'schafs
the civil suits continued until next term.
4~o b5Adred and ffty rebel prisoners (Louisian-
pas III Indianapolis have written 70 Governor ham
TO saw that the school Of misfortune has taught them
aen aud that they desire to take the oath and re-
iarl "a ctizenshpin Loaisiana-espeeiaily now tnat
i sae become free State.
TRg New Nlckms.-There win soon be an abun-
daas supply Of new cents. The present small mex
)! weighs seventy-two grains, and contains eighty
ger cent. Of copper and twelve Of nieke. ne new
cent win weigh only forty eight grains and will con
sst of ninety-iive per cent Of copper and five per
cent Of tin.
Labor is wanted in the slaveholding counties o.
MARYLAND A bill was before the state Senate a. Us
recent session for the appointment Of COMMISSION
era 10 ssit Europe and encourage emigration 70 'llS
ssate but the Representatives Of the large sayehol
ing counties Mary's, Charles, Prince 0eoFse
and Calvert, all voted against the bill causing Us ue
feat
Judge Thomas Taggart, of Lycoming county, Pa
recently died at his residence in Muney, at the age
Of eighty-four years. He was member OF the con
rention to amend the constitution Of Pennsylvania;
represented his county in the Legislature two sessions
served len wears as an associate judge in the courts
and filed other positions of honor and trust
Michael Savage died in North Brookfeld VI, on
the 29th ultimo aged one hundred and three years
He retained his faculties so well that within week
before his death he could walk without cane and
read without glasses Last summer he walked from
his residence TO West Brookfeld, distance OF SIX
miles. He came to this country from Ireland when
over ninety years old.
THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. News from folr y
tress Monroe gives the gratifying intelligence re laas
the Rebel Government and Mr.. Lincoln resp Cen ls
Il sanction the arrangement just made se aaers VII !.
Itlarond (,orooissioner (lnld the P 1l;,.ssch a.
BE- Immediately exchanged. Hasa,T s11rfress touroe
saws that General Grant ps ,fi e. was sere' and :.
,,L;lo tbo Rebe Conlnissioaef mon between him
regarded the prelinniaa a-sy - Satisfactory.
and General Bnilsr .g,ie. ths heroine of Gettys-
T. crsre Of Je9 ,,s, tindisdnguishable already 9,
N,rc. is said % a the Philadelphia Press who has ID
correspondent sbe soldiers cemetery at Gettysburg
eeerf 1s.sDeals have been made to the people Of :.
e. .4-r la and Harrisburg for the purpose of rails
GeiE'd E,ads TO erect monument to the memory Of
INV but yet no responses have been received m y
ebab justify the hope that this courageous and o.
Aind-hearted woman is to be remembered by her J.
or women IN
THE BuRys FAa1IY.-The London correspondent
the Cincinnati Gazette says Thomas Carlyle told n'
ne that ne was well acquainted years ago. with a e
iF- Mcdonald, of culture and ability who 70
ad been intimate with the Burns family; and that
er many yearslof acquaintance with the best liter Pi
" circles of England and Scotland he (IeDonald la
declared that nowhere had he ever known conversa an
ion more eh and substantial in literary point of da
iew, than .hat which occurred around the hearth
t0ne Of William Bngns-father of the poet. ~ ~
GREAT CoNEr PREpIcrED.-The following, says pa
English paper is extract OF letter just receiy-
d fFom Melbourne; Professor Newager, on three =
ears scientific visit from Bavaria tells us that in
500 comet shall come so close as to endanger this
'ur earth, and should it not attach itself (as one
obale Of quicksilver to anofher nor annhilate u.s. di
he sight wall be most beautiful to behold During 70
hree nights, we shall have darkness but be bath = =
ID IN the brilliant light Of the blazing train TProf ty
is, no doubt, 4reliabe gentleman. u tn
The oLD RESIDENCE or WILLIAM PExS-Tbe B,
quaint old house at the southeast corner Of Second W
N'~-N
delpha, has recently been purchased bv prooreg ne
ve citizen 1t will shortly be torn down to make a.
oom for buildings more in accordance with the pres
ant age The old house derives its chief interest &c
ne once residence of William Penn. The house
vas built for Samuel Carpenter It was occupied as
ne city residence of William Penn and family while 30
n Philadelphia, his second visit in l70o and in az
his house was born his son, John Penn, the .Arner
can, the only of the race ever born in this .,
country The house is now about one hundred and Is
,eventy-ve years Old and is the only relic of the q
Penn family - -
MIXED RAcEs.-A San Diego correspondent Of the As
afta Catyor'e'an, writes Ihe Spanish residents ~
mean those OF unaduterated blood are few in 4S
lumber: but the mixed races, undert title Of AIex Al
can, but oftener here Of Greaser are somewhat nu @
nerous The Indians, who seem to be Of the MO 89
er order, make up the largest figure in the popula
ION OF the coanty. There is so much ad;xtnr o Az AZ
reeds between the Greaser and Digger bereabo,t. "a,
nat 1t Is quite difficult decide where the Grease 2ss
'eglns or the Digger ends nor is It of any copse ia
Iuence for more worthless or miserable class IF go
human beings never encubered the earth tbev ase loV
y no use to themselves or others''
DEATH OF AN EMINENT PEyysy1v,xt,x TEo - -
oreign arrivals announce the death Of y,n H. So
lam lord Ashburon the of the distinguished Id 5e
ora Ashpqfton who made with Daniel Webster the Is
worm western Boundary Treaty. The late Lord 80
Asnourton was born in Philadelphia in 1899. his oO
otner having been American LADY, the daughter IS
y Imam bingham, noted merchant of the last I3
cntury' and United States Senator from Pennsvl 30
'' Al an early age the late nobeman returned IS