Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-10-27
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The President on the 1lth released on pa
role the following late Rebel officials Alex.
II. Stephens, President George A.
Trenholm, Secretary of the Treasury; John
III. Reagan, postmaster General; John A.
Campbell, MISUNDERSTANDING of War; Gov
Clark of Mississippi.
The members of the South Carolina Con
veution have been pardoned.
Gov Borman of West Virginia has or
dered the arrest of certain seditious persons
in Jefferson county who persist in electing
delegates to the ''0ld' Virginia Assembly,
claiming that the county belongs to that
State.
Women have "haId' time in Nashville,
Tenn. Scarcely day passes in which the
Recorder does not impose fine on half a
dozen men for beating females. The brutes
are fined $50-the extent of the law.
In Georgia the freedman Bureau is
making every effort to provide the Freed
men with work and M rations are to be al
lowed those who refuse an opportunity to
labor, nor will they be allowed to remain in
the cities during the Winter.
Texas is rapidly regaining her former pros
perity. Civil authority is assuming control
post-offces are being opened, and genera
confidence is felt in Gov. Hamilton.
The Texas press disapprove of the recent
Unpublished letter of Mr.. Reagan, favorins
negro suffrage.
Gen. Humphreys was inaugurated Gov
ernor Of Mississippi on the 10th inst.
The habeas corpus is still suspended il
Kentucky in military and naval cases, al
though civil law has in other matters beef
restored.
The North Carolina Convention has laic
on the table the resolution prohibiting tn,
assumption of the Rebel State debt.
The reply of President johnson to th'
South Carolina Delegation indicates tha
JEFF. Davis win be tried for treason, but thai
he may be pardoned after conviction.
Railway communication from Georgia
Alabama and Tennessee, via Knoxville
Lynchburg, and Alexandria, is now complete
with the North, and freights are very mod
crate.
The teacher.ofthe colored school at Green
vile, Tenn, was forced to leave by the citi.
zeus as soon as the United States troops
were withdrawn.
All persons in East Tennessee, who have
been arrested by the civil authorities for
acts committed by them while in the FEEDER
al army, have been ordered to be released.
The negroes of Alexandria, Va, have
built l20O dwellings during the last four
years, and contributed 5000 for religious
and educational purposes.
After the passage of bills by the different
States protecting the negroes, all matters
connected with their civil status will be ta-
ken from the control of the Freedman Bu-
reau.
The President has received petition
signed by 5000 Georgian women, praying
for the release Of JEFF. Davis.
The residentsof Prince William county,
Va, have petiioned that the U, 5. troops
may not be Withdrawn
The Freedmen Bureau of Louisiana hai
notified the negroes of that State that unless
they show themselves disposed to labor they
will receive no assistance from the Govern
ment.
The Mississippi Legislature on the 18th
inst. ordered the Stars and, Stripes to be
placed over the State capitol. Itwas strong
ly opposed by some members.
The Tennessee Legislature has authorized
the admission of negro testimony in the
courts.
The North Carolina Convention has deci-
ded to submit to the people the ordinances
forever prohibiting Slavery, and declaring
Secession null and void.