Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-15


been purchased for a cemetery in which to
bury the remains of the men who fell in that
memorable battle. The work Of interrinp il
now in progress.
The residents of North Missouri win not al.
low returned bushwhackers to live in peace.
The obnoxious parties are duly notified ofthe
fact. Rebel officers are not allowed to enioy
the proceeds of robbery and murder practiced
on Missourians, but must go elsewhere.
A suit has been commenced in Missouri bv
Union soldier against Sterling Price and
other Rebels for $50, 600 damages for false
imprisonment early in the war. The success
of this suit viii be the signal for many Others.
A steam car with a dummy engine is in op.
Grafton at st. Louis, making is miles an hour
and running without noise or smoke.
Gov. Fletcher of Missouri lately made
speech for the benefit Of those who refuse to
take the oath, and saids II intend that men
who commit crime hereafter in this State, by
undertaking to decide for themselves the laws
which are to be spit upon and trampled under
foot, shall be provided with suitable quarters,
in case they escape the hanging they well de-
serve.n
Government has takeu such precautions
that the Treasury cannot be loser to any
considerable extent by the swindles of pay.
masters in Virginia, or by any other similar
operations.
1t is thought that ultimately the Presidents
pardon viii carry with it complete restoration
of all property hitherto regarded as abandoned
and now in possessionof officers of the Freed.
mems Bureau.
Application has been made to the Freed.
mems Bureau for the employment Of 1000
freedmen in extensive coal mining operations
on James River.
1t is rumored in the South that Govern
ment tax of rs cents is levied on every pound
of cotton raised, whichis quite generally be-
ieved by the planters, who are plowiug up
cotton and planting wheat. Syrup manufac.
tured from sorghum is, according to these
reports, to be taxed so cents gallon, and the
cane is therefore being fed to the hogs.
The oil excitement has reached Tennessee.
Boring is being energeticaily prosecuted
among the Cumberland Mountains.
Gen. Lee is now engaged in writing his
tory of the war.
William Allen of Richmond, the wealthiest
man in Virginia, has been pardoned by the
President
Twenty-seven dead bodies have been re-
covered from where they were imbedded in the
mud and water by the catastrophe on the
Tennessee and Alabama Railroad, and con-
additional number are still among
the ruins
During the Rebellion our armies captured
over 300, 900 prisoners of war, beside paroEng
about 100000 more al the final surrender of
the Rebel armies.
14,844 soldiers were buried in Nashville,
Tenn, during the war.
Certain Virginia banks have been receiving
Rebel money up to the present time in hqui-
dation of liabilities due them.
Gen. Curtis has ascerEained the where
q GDnnIfon, formerly heionaa.s heioTna. fa'' OF $1eeeo
Government.
The number of Freedmen in the District of
Columbia, in charge of the Freedmen's Bu-
-eau, is 25,748.
A young lady in Tennessee is to be indicted
and tried for tearing down and trampling up
on the American flag on the 4th of July.
A man in Texas, on the occasion of his
wife visiting her mother against his wishes,
shot both the women with a pistol.
Capt. R. B. Winder, son of the deceased
Rebel General Winder, has been arrested on
a charge of being implicated with Capt. Wirz,
of Andersonville notoriety.
Dick Turner, the notorious turnkey of Lib.
by Prison, is prisoner in Richmond.
In Washington and Georgetown some citi- |
zens are willing to concede to freemen their |
rights and privileges, but the majority concur
with Judge Taney, ''that they have no rights |
white men are bound to re-
spect.
Jefferson Davis and ex.Gov. Clark, of Mis-
sissippi, commanded the 1st and End Regi- |
ments of Mississippi Rifemen in the Mexican |
war. A Vicksburg paper begs that clemeney
may be accorded them for this service.
Gov. Wells, of Louisiana, has appointed |
an agent to proceed up the Red River and
seize, for the benefit ofthe State, all the cot
ton purchased by the former Rebel Cover
nor.
Gov. Sharkey of Mississippi has taken the
lead of all the other Provisional Governors in
his efforts for restoration Of civil govern
ment, but Has been forbidden to raise local
militia, the State being declared still under
martiallaw. Difficulties have therefore arisen
which may result in the resignation of the
Governor.
The Episcopal Bishop Of Alabama instructs
lis clergymen that 1t viii not be necessary to
resume their prayers for the President of the
United States until civil authority is fully re
stored in their State. .-..---,---,---s.~.-
aias e-ossf6efable -ossSefable amount Of cotton, has
been burned.
a BIG INCOME. We hav Q now the official
of the customs revenue Of the gov
ernment through the port of New-Y York in
August The months revenue amounted,
Tin hard CASH to SIS, 100, 400, or an average
of 1888, 533 day for each of the twenty