Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-07-14

THERE is good authority for contradicting
the report that G. j. Faulkner, of Virginia,
has been pardoned BY the President, who
has not yet acted in the case Therefore, all
that has been published is premature.
THE Post Office Department is now self
supporting It's profits for the last six
months of 1864 were So, ,230 SO, and for
the first six months of this year viii be much
larger
| THE whisky rations in the army have
| been abolished by order from the War De
partment, upon the recommendation of the
| Commissary General and Surgeon General.
to soldiers except by the Medical Depart
ment.
IcHAM G HARRIS, for whose apprehen-
sion the Legislature of Tennessee authorised
| the Governor to offer reward of $1,000, Is
| safely retired in that paradise OF scoundrels,
| Imperial Mexico From this seclusion, near
Puebla, he writes to the editor of the Mem
phis Bulletin, offering himself as a candi-
date for Governor.
THE Commissioner of Agriculture reports
| thar the present wool crop will be from
ninety FIVE to one hundred million pounds
Statistical returns have been received at his
department from about half the woollen
manufactures in the country, from which he
concludes that the wool crop will not suf-
fee for more than three fffths of the quanti-
! ty required for the year manufacture.
THE London E.caminer, after complacent-
| ly asserting that Mr.. Adams was for the
most part educated in England. proceeds to
| that stpo YpaY can bo f.aar 4-or,, bsaef
or bounce, flourish or swagger, exaggera-
! ton or shallow enthusiasm than the well in
formed and well bred gentleman, who, fer
tunately for both countries, has during the
last four years represented the Republic
| here.
GEN. GRIERsoN, the bold rider and raid
er, has arrived at Cairo. His cavalry are at
| Vicksburg, just returned from an expedition
through portions Of Alabama and Mississip-
| pi never before visited by hostile force.
They represent that plenty of cotton is to be
| found there, and that the coming crop is in
splendid condition.
The editor of the Nashville Dispatch has
just returned from visit to East Tennessee.
He reports the wheat crop as not looking
well. The yield viii be small. Of corn
there will be a great abundance. The stores
of provisions concealed during the war are
being brought into market, and all the ne
cessaries of life are as cheap as in Nashville.
There viii be fine yield of apples and
| peaches.
| THE Emperor of Mexico has issued man.
ifesto in regard to popular education. He
wishes the Mexicans to be put on footing
with the most favored nations in this respect,
and desires that the middle classes and the
poorer people shall have better advantages.
He leaves religious education to the priests,
declaring that the Government does not
wish to interfere with religious matters.
THE Stats Zeitaag of New York, which
has the largest circulation of any German
paper published in the United States, in its
issue of Tuesday last, the 4th of July, takes
strong ground in favor of negro suffrage
The editor says 1t is folly and perfdy to
demand that men who are free, be excluded
from the right of suffrage, inasmuch as the
Constitution of the United States does not
say word ofcolor or of race being a reason
for denying the right of suffrage.
BOUNTY TAX LAws.-The important
question as to the validity of these laws, was
decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vania, sitting in Philadelphia on Thursday
last. 1AS OOuFJ nave ueClueU CIllS question
in the affirmative, thus closing all further
controversy We presume all parties will
now go to work to pay up their taxes, and
thus finish the efforts made by our loyal
people to suppress the accursed rebellion
now happily overthrown. Washington Re
porter d Tribune
PASSAGE OF GOLD THROUGH THIS Cry.
The careful reader of the news of the day
will remember the difficulty which occurred
a short time since between Governor Brown
low and ex-Gov. Isham G.. Harris, of Ten
nessee, in regard to large amount of money
seized by the former, which was claimed BY
the latter as the property of the State Of
Tennessee. The Parson held on to the mo-
ney despite the decision of the courts to the
contrary, went to Washington to correct the
authorities, returned home, and shipped the
money to the Federal city, and it passed
through Harrisburg, on Monday 1sham
viii have good time getting his fingers
upon any of that million of gold -Hor. Tel
A ONTNTSTR AT0RS, NOr1rD