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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

ACoNvERTED DREBEL-RECONsTRU
IN THE SOUTH meeting of Southern
men in Memphis, recently, Colonel Grace,
of Arkansas spoke as follows:
BELOW CITIZENS II am the man who
drew up the ordinance of Secession in the
Legislature of Arkansas; have been in the
field fighting against the Union for nearly
four years, but now | am conquered and
whipped man As was gallant in going
out to fight, | now propose to be gallant at
surrendering and submitting to the arms OF
the Government that we cannot whip.
have no contemptfor Federal authority now,
if | ever had. do not think there is a
manly bosom in the South but that has high
er respect for Northern gallantry than when
we went into the fight. There may be some
men in the North who think that the
South had a hand in the death ofour lamen-
ted President, but | know that the people
of the South mourn over his death, and feel
that they have lost friend The North
has maintained this conflict nobly, and the
South has nothing to be ashamed Of | am
proud Of the South-there is something In
the very atmosphere that makes men great.
So say that the South is not an Insignificant
people; and if so great people as they are
cannot whip the world, VINO cannot come 10
the inevitable conclusion that the North is
greater2 And | am not going to stultify
myself by saying | have been whipped bv
nobody. Now it is our duty to repent and
go back to this great national church-re-
pent, get absoiution, and be baptized afresh.
/ know we will receive honorable and just
terms. When | had an interview with the
President, his heart seemed to be over
flowing with love toward the Southern peo-
pie. We first went out of the Union and
threw down the gage of battle, and the
North picked it up we fired the first gun,
and took the first fort-Fort Sumpter-
which was taken back a few days ago. The
North seemed to be unwilling to fight; they
did not think we would fight, and so we
thought of them, but to our sorrow, we have
found out different; they seemed to spring
up like mushrooms from all parts of the
earth. Before this war [ never saw Fed
eral officer hardly / never felt the slightest
oppression of the Federal Government in
fact, | never thought we had one until |
went out to fight; then found we did have
a Government.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02
Terrific Explosion at Mobile.

OHICAuU, UIdy 20.
The Tribune has special dispatch from
New Orleans, dated the Goth inst, which
says: The ordnance depot and magazine at
Mobile, exploded at 2 O. clock yesterday.
The shock was terrific, and the whole city
was shaken to its foundation. Eight squares
of buildings were destroyed, and FIVE hun
dred persons were buried in the ruins. The
origin of the explosion has not yet been as
certained.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

SCHOOL OF MINES. "A school of Mines
was established last year in connection with
Columbia College, in this city, the first terms
of which during the winter have been very
fully attended The ability of the corps of
professors connected with the institution,
the advantages of its location, and the rapid
development of mining enterprise in the
country, are such as will probably enable the
trustees to render this fully equal to many
foreign schools of the kind now frequented
by American students. N 7. Observer.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02
The Last of the rebel army Surrendered.

WASHINGTON, May $3.50 p. m.
Mqjor Gen DIR
A dispatch from General Candy, dated at
Now Orleans yesterday the 25th inst, states
that arrangements for the surrender of the
Confederate forces in the Trans Mississippi
Department have been concluded. They
include the men and material of both the
army and navy. 4. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02


New CouETERFEITs.- -Peterson's Bank Note
Reporter for May gives the following among
some twenty new counterfeits issued since the
issue of April:
Bank Of New Jersey, New Brunswick, n.
j., 5s altered from ls-vig. oval portrait Of
Columbus.
Bank of Montgomery county, Pa, los and
20s, altered-vig. building and gardens; por-
trait each side.
Belvidere Bank, New Jersey, 5s imitation
wig. two houses, wagons, cattle, horses,
trees, &C.; male portrait ON both lower cor
ners; look out.
Counterfeit Postal Currency, New Issue so
cent notes. On the top of the bill the words
Furnished only by the Assistant Treasurer
and Designated Depositors of the United
States" observe the two words "of the on
the genuine there is little space between
them not so in the imitation.
so cent notes; the engraving is good, but
the guilt frame around the head is very bad.
The paper has, however, the appearance Of
common print paper, and is very wbitish.
The whole of it is little smaller than the
genuine. Six barrels on the right of Wash
ington are very iudistinct
25 cent notes; poorly engraved, on goodpa-
per, and the guilt frame around the head dom
show any guilt.
10 cent notes; very coarsely done, and the
green ink very pale.
Farmers Bank, Lancaster, Pa, 2s altered
wig. female and two cows.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

A gentleman requests us tosay that he has
ordered several hundred of the new style
JEFF. Davis Pettcoats for the Copperheads
of Bedford county. The style viii be varied
for few Of the pdtrdrchs.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02
Texas to feel the War.

What is in store for the unhappy people
Of Texas may be seen by the instructions Of
Grant to Sheridan for the campaign about to
be inaugurated in that State. These au-
thorize him to lay waste the whole country
within the scope of his operations, in order
tocut off the resources upon which the rebel
generals in that quarter rely to enable them
to carry ON the war Amore effectual meth
cd Of bringing the enemy to a realizing. sense
of the folly of protracted resistance has not
been discovered during this contest; and
although it seems harsh and cruel, it is me-
cessary and unavoidable. 1t viii save the
effusion of blood and much suffering, to
make this struggle in Texas as short and Sc
we're as possible. Nothing less than the
same wholesome experience of the horrors
Of this conflict endured by other rebel States
will curb the naughty spirit of these Texan
rebels. Phil ~ Anaerican.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

to the canion's wide mouth, filed as it was,
with the missiles of death, to be carried away
wreck for life, mangled and bleeding, is to
be disfranchised. Reader, which do you
think is entitled to yote7
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

THE story of plot at Memphis among
the negro soldiers TO massacre the paroled
rebel prisoners is now said to be a hoax
Gen. Washburne says it is false in every
particular.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-02

BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN RIcHMoND. "A
Richmond correspondent of the Baltimore
AneerteGn speaking of the emigration to that
city from the North for purposes Of business
says:-tThe peeuniary exhaustion of the peo-
pie of Virginia is hardly yet understood at
the North. The people have absolutely no
money. Those who have been among the
most opulent have nothing left but their
lands and houses, and they are 10th to part
with these. The long established dislike of
the Southern people to part with landed es-
tate is now exaggerated by the fact that this
is alt they have left, and this is mixed also
with an indisposition on the part of many
to encourage the settlement Of Northern
men here But necessity has no law, and
much of the land of Virginia viii probably
change owners within the coming year. The
owners in the burnt district hold very high
views as to the value of their land, and ap-
pear to think that the city is to at once pass
from an exhausting war to career Of unex-
ampled prosperity.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
The English National Hymn.

We have seen il stated in exchange paper
that the French under Napoleon Ill now claim
the music OF the British national hymn, God
save the King" II was, they say, composed by
Lulli, nv order of Madame de Maintenon, for
Louis XIV, and they account for its transporIa-
ton TO England by asserting that Handel copied
il nc Versailles. carried il TO London, and passed
il of ms his own. The musi, al journals Of Paris,
in reviving this curious claim publish the words
TO which Luili composed the music. The En-
glish public sneer at this claim Of the French as
we'll they may; for the music is not theirs: wss
not composed by Luli. But, then, il is not En-
Ilsh, and was not composed by Handel It's ORR
gin is traced back TO date far anterior TO that
assigned il BY either its French or English claim
ants. A thousand years ago il inspired the
hearts and thrilled the souls of the mouutaineers
OF Switzerland IL is the Swiss national song
and its grand and sonorous melody has echoed
along the towering hills of that land-a fit Choir.
al for the majesty of nsture she the re sits en-
throned-long centuries before a note of il wa
ever heard in England. We are sure teat musi
cal antquaries know this origin of their national
hymn, but deem il patriotism, loyalty, and love
of country not to disclose their knowledge
We make our statement of the origin of thai
noble HYMN upon authority which none can sue
cessfully question--nO less u man than Professo
AgassZ, himself a SwitZer who is possessed o
the most convincing proof that the HYMN nov
known the English anthem il the ancient ma
tiODal hymn of SStzerland.-BoSt0nP Pilot.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

The president will not interfere with the ac-
ton Oi the southern bIsroDs They my unite
with the northern Churches or not as thew please.
In reply tn the remonstrAnce Of the radicals, hs
stated that the constitution silent the sub
iect''
There must be, just now. waiIing and
gnashing OF teeth all through radlca dom -
President Johnson is doing nothing to cnnciI-
late lIge the gentlemen who hold luval-
Is and devotion 70 the African 20 be svnOny
nous They wished him To reduce the south
ern states To territories, and he refused -
They wished him to appoint provisional gov-
ernors from loyal states "a C., New England, J
and he refused. They wished him to cummiI
himself 20 negro suffrage, aud he refused -
They desired HIN to sustain military rule In
Mississippi, and be refused. They proposed
TO him 60 run the southern churches. and as
before, be refused
Daily the breach between the president and
radcilism grows wider. 1t will continue To-
grow wider until the distance between radI-
calism and President Johnson 10 exactly the
distance between che former aud the demo
cratic party. L. lacks but little of that now
and NJ it's present rate of progress, il will
not be long before it will reach those dimen-
sions.
t. complete this breach. 10 completely de-
moraliZe the radical horde, and save the
country, but one or two things are
necessary to be dane by johnson. They are
To restore the writ of h0teas corpus, aud i-sue
II new amnesty proclamation which will ex
pedite ths design Of the one now in force
This done aboIirionism will rot have a soiita-
ry plank upon which 70 float and must then
90 TO the bottom. Iu the meantime, cOnser-
vative people have occasion 90 congratulate
each other upon the rapidly with which the
country is being given back to the supremacy
and guidance vi the constitution.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
THE REACTION.

The German republican newspaper printed
reaction taking place throughout the country,
against the radical negro suffrage people ;
that the republican party must 30 down and
another party under the lead of Stevens, Sum
ner, Butier i Co take it's place. lie says:
'sReacton in the repu0 ican party particularly
slDce Johnson's administration, 10 an undisputed
tact. policy which IN the month of April OF
this year would have been pronounced treason BILE
and reality WAS so declared the occasion OF
the Sherman Johnson nsgorlatIons,i Is now followed
by administration. The
hopes OF the republicans who remained true to
their mission are nov turned to congress. Should
1t deceive them, no,hng remains but the formation
OF party with Stevens, SUNNI r, Butler, etc.
at It's head, That 1t will come TO this we fear vet
hope. We place little confidence cong ess-
Experience has taught us that the ADM aIstraIion
kitchen Is mg1ier than principles. But little
be accomplished when the people are willing To
raw their caps over their ears and trust entirely
to their representatives. The people III st be SIR
red etc, etc.
1.-The course be pursued seems to US plain
May the hIends OF freedom unite Ia awake the
public IN party Iu a sense of It's duty. It's import
ance ana Its historical mission. Nav meetings OF
the people be caiied everywhere, That congress
may be instructed through Inc people and decIs-
i've malt! be shouted To Ihe execulIve.''
The Davenport Gazette rank neg ro- Juf-
irage paper, says:
THE views expressed wor. by of serious at
tentIon. That there - increasing dIssatistac-
tion among loyal men with tue seeming reconstTuc-
ton policy Ihus Tar follow I'd Ihe recently TeUel
states, cannot be denIed. The Cause of
that dissatisfaction can be summed up ia a few
words. Belief tnat rebels are escaping just onn-
ishment, aud thaI the principles of true republi-
cansIn ale being practically ignored. The
lepuhlGaus A "a y he va :
Ge of the fundamental princi pies underlying the
whole Ui the antI-sassTy movement from 1850 TO
the present day 4. e. the mIuhond at the negro
and his right To perfect eq IaiIty with every o,h-
. e. citizen.
Conservative, unconditional union" repub-
licans can thus see the tendency OF things,
and where they must 10. They must either
/ 60 with the radical negro suffrage party or
! with the democratic union and aiministra-
! ton marty. There Is 40 halfway house
! Tney must 60 with the negro suffrage party
or with the white man's party, and the soon
| or they realize the fact the better will it be
for them and the country. Let the first step
be taken now, by beating the whole negro
suffrage tlcket IN this county.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
The Poor whites, North and south.

The Challeston Courier in replying to stereo-
typed anlmadver,iJns OF the radical papers on
society in the south, ard especially that pure
~ mythical class called the "pOor whites" re-
marks that in South Carolina, and a foy5tiori
elsewhere in the south, there never existed any
poor white race" i'm the sense in which the
term is used at the north. There were POOR peO-
pie, of course that is u say, people who were
poor in comparison with their vealthier n, igh-
oOrs, but Ih"re las no pauperism. Inmates of
aims-houses were rarely natives of the stat-s-
Maintenance wus within easy reach of all and
obtained by all.
To illustrate these statements the Courier re-
frrs TO the census of lS5O-the statistics of 1860
not being accessible. By that census (Of 1850
the nrmher oi paupers in South Caro-
lima l642; while in Connecticut the number
WIS 2227, in Rhode Island $500, in New II mp
shire 5000, in Vermont 1854, in Maine 55Ua and
in Massachusetts, Is, 777-so that in each one o
the New England states the poor white class wa,
greatly in excess of tn. same class in South Car
oliua.-New OrieCutS P;cagu1s
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

being made by several gentlemen from out.
side this county, rs well as by many of our
home speakers.
Ths comments of large number Of news
papers. in regard to the mob, were anything
bat complimentary to Bsardsley and the 9th.
fers engaged in 1t. They all, speakers, and
resolutions, and newspapers, characterize the
act of Bsardsley as the act of coward. Does
the U"ion wish us to repubish some OF those
speeches aud newspaper comments! Weare
of opinion that they would damage Boards
ley considerably, but, unless he exacts q
little more deceney from his pegro-sufrage,
Maine law organ, we shall be compelled 10
bring them out. Such shameful acts as the
laying in wait for and attacking of one man
unawares, by gang of armed DULLES, though
practiced 10 some extent, during the last four
years, was never popular with decent people
of any party. It will be less SO now,-whiie
the reproduction of the evidence in this case
I've have a large pile of sworn afhdaviss and
certificates of officers and soldiers on the SUB
jec,) will not, IL our opinion, be calculated
60 add to the popularity of any who were en-.
gagged in il.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
His Eall aud the Cause

Reverend Colonel Jaqless. who, with Ed
mOnd kIFke Gilmore, was sent on an embas-
sy OF some kind to Richmond by President,
Lincoln, and VINO related divers strange Don.
versatiuns had by him with Jefferson Davis.
has, 1t seems, fallen from grace. He is now
ia prison az Louisville, charged with having
seducad "A woman IN Georgia, and having an
abortion produced upon her, during the oper
alton of which she died. One acquainted
with MS history has given some cIrcum-
stances connected wIIh 1t which, considering
Jne important part he managed for short
time TO play, may be Of interest. lie was
Appointed chaplain of the Gth Illinois cavaI-
~ IN 1851, and drew pay tor several nUntos
before 1t wa- organized. While with his
regiment IN Kentucky, his solcIrude for the
spiritual welfare Of Ma sdalen- led him to
-pend much of his time IN their company
Chat his chrIstIon Charity herein was topic
of cemmoo remark among the soldiers.
lie came back 10 Springfield and persuaded
Governor 1aIes TO give him coluBei's COM
mission. lie never raised II regiment at ali,
but after drawing pay for several months, a
sufficient number OF companies we're assigned
20 make regiment. AT Perrysville, Ky
he was accused OF cowardice, aud has shown
remarkable skill In concUctlng excuses for
leave of absence when there Was "a prospect
of d fight. For the last two years he has
been away from bis regiment entirely, uu-
der authority OF leave of absence direct from
President Lincoln. mot from the commander
of the brigade or division. running until tur
Their orders" After his return from Rich
mond, Instead oi goiog back to his regiment,
which was with SHERMAN from Chattauonga
to the sea he trayer>ed the north, making
political speeches III Indiana. Onlo aud Psun-
sylvania tor pay, and delivering lectures ia
country villages On what he saw IN Rich
mond,' al ftGy oeuts per mead, drawing
mean timr full ply and allowances. Per
haps, had the poor pitiiul scoundrsl contin.
ued In his profession, and preached the Cos
pei instead OF abllItionism, he might NJ,
have ialieu into such vicious courses. He il
| a sad example of the demoraliziug effects Of
''loy atty" on the clergy - Chicago Times.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
Negro Troops--Aow They Got thsir Repu-
tatiun.

General Benton, the soldiers candidate for
governor in Iowa, III late speech, after abiding
to the 'p:ure of battery nv his men,at the bat
tie of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas, eays:
"What WAS the indignation OF his men when
they saw in tn printed letters of these CORES
pondcnts glowing account of the bravery Of
the colored troops in storming this battery, and
ignoring the very existence of his regiment WHO
reAli, captured il, by not mentioning it's
Lre-euce there. But this indignation was still
further increased, when, by some ones orders,
these very guns were cent up TO st. Louis and
exhibited there at soldiers fair with certain
battlc-hags AS trophies of the bravery of certain
colnred troops who said to have S.ormed
and tux, them at the battle Of Jenkins Ferry,
when in fact there were no bartle hags there, aud
the whole work of taking the guns was done BY
his own regiment, which was not even mention
ed"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

One of the strangrst political phenomena OF
tn" age Is. that those fanatics who claimed to be
unconditional Unionists during the war, now
the only men who oppose restoration of the I'm
ION. Tue gre { mass of the southern people are
earnestly honest IN their enicayors - return to
their former constitutional obligstiops. They 40.
sired TO approve Themselves peaceahle law abid
ing and enduring Union men All their efforts
are met by tae rabidis,s and negro.suffragists,
by a persistent clamor against the restoration
of the old Union, and an unceasing opposition Of
the thing they Formerly pretended to love- We
be restored, aud the noble action of President
Jahnson viii be Sustained. L t not these f,uat.
ics claim the title Union longer; tb,y are
any thing but in favor of the Union
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

Mex to eating and sleeping, the bath may
be rauksd among she very foremost OF the
necessaTi-s and supp"rts of life. IL is If lar
higher consequence, and more general utility,
than any kind of manual exercise, gymns-tic.
yr sport IL affects the system more power
fully than these, even IN the very pDinIs
wherein their excellence consists ard II l.
applicable in Il th .u-and circumstances where
they are not IL does not supersede, bur il
ought tn me before, these other practic--
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04
SEWING MACHINES,

~ eau fIOCS when You are tod by any
- one that hey have as goOi Sewing Machines
Tor sale as any one, etc. the Singer Is the
oldest and most reliable machine and best
IN use, will do All kinds OF work from the
finest to the heaviest thai any tamil ever wants
done, and Will last lifetime # properly taken
of. | have been agent tor other machines
aud have got rid OF them. Please give me a call
and examine Tor yourselves.
Sewing neatly done To order.
also have machiue t~Tst an I thread for sale.
Any one wishing to purchase please give me a
cali. W. r. NORRIS, Agent,
next door TO }abcock's new hall, up starr, on
Illinois street.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

'Arrah ma Pogue" has been suppressed by
orders ot tie governments IN the Eugirsn thea
tr-s. No play Ia allowed I" be presented Oh
the Blush boards unless first -ubniJtsl 70
the fhcial censor. That percentage year or
two since struck nut the name Ut Washington
whore it occurred ia one If Billy Florence =
plays. IN the ground thai lac was a rebel
against England
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

The soldiers told that the democrats, and
they alone. opponents of the soldiers voting
law. That law We have before stated was de-
cided to be unconstitutional aud void bv Judge
" W. IsOell, prominent republican, elect by
that party to the bench in this district,-thus at
frmng the very grounds upon which democrats
opposed VI, viz: it, u G ,n-tituIi"nality.-Iot sa
Stdte Press IowL Cuy) Sept 20 1865.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

An ISDIcATIoS.-A despatch from Washington
says the president has ordered the government
advertising To be Withdrawn from the Republican,
tue aiicai ptp". there aud has given il % The
Constitutional Union, the democratic organ.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-04

The man who deliberately and boldly asserts
that Thomas Jefferson, ~h-n he pc med the sen-
tmrnt that all men were CREATED equal, hid the
negro III his mind, is either an idiot OF knave 4"
AI.dresc Jol.ason