Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-18

Ihe courts OF Elizabeth City and County
were organized on Thursday last. with
Union officers throughout.
THE shipment Of cotton and naval stores
from Newbern, N. G., are said to be laroer
than at any previous period in the history of
that place.
SOLDIERS have been placed in charge of
the postal service on recently opened roads
in the South and Of the post offices at mill
tary posts
The Petersburg City Council has before
1t a memorial to President Johhson, asking
him to have removed from the AppomataS
river the distractions placed there by the
rebel authorities.
OUTRAGEs upon c0lored men in Richmond
are becoming more numerous The pro-
scrlbed people petitioned General Terry for
redress, but thus far the General has not
been not been able I'd remedy the evil
THE Stonewall, although at the service Of
our government now, will not be brought to
the United States at present, for fear Of in
fection with yellow fever, now prevalent at
Havana
AN Alabama correspondent represents
the people Of that State as .overbearing and
imperious in their demands, having been
spoiled by the magnanimous treatment thew
have received.
IT is said that much discomfort prevails
among the troops in and about Richmond,
because the commissary and quartermaster
stores are deficient, and there is no present
prospect Of being either paid or discharged.
Several recent outrages have been attribu-
ted to them.
TyHE New York Commercials Washing.
ton despatch says it is stated that General
Howard viii not interfere in the claims of
the freedmen for pay from their late masters
since the date of the proclamation of free
dom.
The Raleigh IN. CO. Standard says, rebel
papers are appearing all over the State, and
that most of the State officers recently ap-
pointed are unable to qualify, as they can
not take the oath prescribed by Congress
A RICHMOND paper invites emigration to
the Old Dominion from the hardy popula
ton of the North. Among the inducements
offered are these: "A genial country, hes.
pitable people, easy employment, indatgeat
tdSle-8sasters, etc. "Task-masters" is
beautiful word to charm Northern white men
into the South.
The Freedmen's Bureau daily receives ac-
counts of gross outrages committed on the
colored people by their former masters In
the interior of the South, the planters ap-
pear to be determined to make as much out
OF the negroes by compulsory labor as pos
sible, before the authorities interfere.
THE assassination conspirators were land.
ed at the Dry Tortugas on the 25th ult.
When informed of their destination they
were quite depressed; but on finding good
sea breeze there, and the place pleasanter
than anticipated, they were more resigned
Mudd has been assigned to duty as assistant
surgeon, Arnold as a clerk, Spangler as car
penter, and O'Laughlin such employment
as he was fitted for.
ADYIcEs from Raleigh, n. c.. show that
In numerous instances the men nominated
to the State convention have been leading
rebels, who although they have been par
doned, are still rebellious at heart The
Union mel of the State demand the enforce
ment of the c0nfiscation laws, as the only
means of freeing them from the rule ef reh-
ell leaders and sympathizefs.
HOWELL COBB, who was in Augusta
recently, expressed an earnest desire to see
Georgia resume her former position in the
Union. Slavery he said, could never be
ro.,.eeitoted, aud he Thought it best for all to
submit promptly and willingly to the United
States authorities
Ex-Governor Brown was lately in Atlanta.
entirely recovered from his illness. He re-
garded the question of secession as settled,
and that any further agitation on that and
kindred subjects should be studiously avoid
ed. lie thinks it would be well for the Con-
vention to declare that slavery is at an end
in Georgia, without excitement or discus
sion
A Washington despatch says Paymaster
w Wllson has just returned from the interior
Of South Carolina, and reports the people
IN that section very bitter at heart against
the Union and Federal authority The peo-
pie are a unit against negro suffrage, and
retain the old prejudice against the race.
GovERNoR Pierpoint has addressed no.
tiee to the justices of the county courts Of
Virginia, saying that he has reliable infor-
nation that In number of counties in the
State persons have been elected to the Office
OF Commonwealth Attorney, Sheriff, Com
missioner of Revenue and Clerk of Courts,
and, IN some cases to Justice of the Peace
who are disqualified by the clause of the
Constitution which excludes from voting or
holding offices any persons who hate held
any office under or been member of any so
called Confederate Congress or Legislature
The justices are directed to consider all the
offices above referred to, to which persons
so disqualified shall have been elected, va
cant, and to order elections Immediately to
fill such vacancies.