Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-05
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

AMERICANS IN MEx1Co.-Ihe Emperor
Maximillian of Mexico has not waited for our
official recognition of his own dynasty to re-
cognize the dynasty of American enterprise
and energy. He has given the contract to
establish 'reguIar continuous communication
by steam, between the Mexican ports on the
Pacific and Upper California, 70 well known
American house, that of Benjamin Holladay,
of New York and San Francisco. The con-
tract extends over seven years, and provides
for two lines of steamers, one from San Fran
cisco to Mazatlin, and one from Mazatlan to
Acapulco. with subsidy of $85, 900 per an
nun from the imperial government; and the
right of sailing under the American flag on
the first of these lines. The ratification OF
such contract is of good augury for the paci-
feation of Western Mexico; and it may be
held to put an effectual damper upon all that
we have heard of the 'cessasion Of Sonora to
the French.u Guaymas being included in the
contract as port of call for the steamers of
the first line.
The rebel Governor Milton, of Florida,
committed suicide at his residence in Marian,
ma, on the lst of April. No special reason is
assigned for the act, but it is supposedto have
been induced by despair of the success of the
rebel cause. There is no Lieutenant Govern.
or, and the Office is now filed by the Presi-
dent of the Senate. Several candidates are
announced for the succession at the election
to be held in October
Wendell PHILLIPs writes to the A1ti-
SlaUery Standard that he disapproves the
project for disbanding the American Anti
Slavery Society at the May Anniversary He
says that while Delaware and Kentucky re-
main Slave States, and before any decisive
action has been had on the Constitutional
| Amendment, it is no time to disband. He
thinks no emancipation effectual which does
not allow black men to vote.
DECREASED EXPORTS OF SPEcIE.-The ship
ments of specie from New York last week
amounted to less than eighty-f four thousand
dollars, while for the corresponding week
last year the aggregate exports footed up over
three millions one hundred and thirty seven
thousand. The influx of gold from Califor
MIA and foreign countries now average nearly
million week.
INTERNAL REVENUE DEoIsIoN.-The De-
putty Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that no income tax can be assessed
upon any person to whom such income ac-
erued, where such person died before the 1st
Monday of May, 1865; but this decision does not
authorize the refundipg of any income taxes
heretofore assessed and paid.
IT APPEARS that Junius Brutus Booth was
arrested in Philadelphia, at the house of a
relative. When placed in custody he asked
the officer: '!Do you know ifit is in regard to
that letter." No reply was made, and he was
Immediately sent to Washington. The Phil
adelphia Inquirer says he had little to say du-
ring the trip, but at one time remarked that
he "wished John had been killed before the
name" Speaking of the name of ''Aice"
mentioned in his letter, he said he merely adj
ded postscript in it to the assassin, request
ing him to give his love to her, as the lady in
question had frequently sent him such tokens
in her correspondence. Affects believed
to be an actress employed in one of the The
atres in Washington.
| HALFA MILLION OFFERED FOR JEFF. DAVIS.
Two public spirited merchants Of this city
have proposed to the Secretary of War to Of
fer a reward Of half million dollars for the
capture of JEFF. Davis alive. If the Secretary
approves, these two gentlemen viii give ten
thousand dollars each towards raising the
amount named-N Post
THERE are in Europe forty-three reigning
soyereigns. Of these, nine belong to the Ro-
man Catholic religion, but one of that number
isexcommunicated; thirty two are Protestants,
one is of the Greek Church, one is Mahom-
edan, and the forty-third is the Pope. The
exeommunicated sovereign is King Victor
Emmanual
DIDNiT SEE IT.-The Nem Orleans Banks
ed, to save it from falling into Ben. Buffers
hands The other day jeff Davis carried it
off from Richmond, and the New Orleans
claimants have about as much chance Of see
ing it again as of seeing jeff Davis.
DEcoRA, famous Winnebago chief, died
recently at Lincoln, Wisconsin, aged one hun
1 dred and thirty three years. He aided the
United States in the Black Hawk war, and
was rewarded by General jackson with a
small United States flag. He kept it as long
as he lived, and now it waves over his grave.
The AUceaire of the I'd instant says: eve
suvius is emitting strong columns of flame
with greater ferceness than was observed at
the outbreak of the eruption. The subter-
ranean rumbling sound is also louder than
before, and everything combines to induce
the belief that convulsion of more or less
violence is imminent. However, from con-
lecture to certainty there is wide gulf and
so we must hope this prophecy win have no
further fulfllment than that made months
since"
TROUBLE IN UTAH.-The Colorado NeUS
states that recently Gen. Conner established
a provost guard in Salt Lake city, for the pur-
pose of preventing disorder Brigham Young
demanded that they should be removed, and
made preparations to attack them, and was
only deferred from doing so by Gen. Conners'
turning his guns on Brigham's harem and
throwing shells over the city to the country
beyond, andtelling him if he wanted provost
guards removed he must remove them. The
guard remained, but the discomfort remained
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