Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-10-13
SOUTHERN NEWS.

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union with the northern branch Of ths
church..
Ex-Rebel Gen, Forest is runrtng i saw
milFin small town in Mississippi.
The Lexington Preabytery of Virginia
have declared that it Is neither practicable
nor desirable to unite with. h.the Northera
assemblies. "
A great revival Of religion is now pro-
crossing among the colored population OF
Richmond. The colored churches i'm the
city are densely crowded every night.
A letter writer from North Carolina, says
that unless the Government compels the
Rebels to treat the freedmen with less cru
city, there viii certainly be rising Of the
negroes and bloody retaliation there.
The President set aside Judge Wylie's writ
of habeas corpus in the Burch case, not so
much to takethese men out of the civil courts
as to deny precedent which would, If estab.
lished, open the prison doors to Wirz or any
other criminal who might choose to avail
himself of the writ. Aas- .4r-.z s.
The return Of peace has already developed
the fact that there is good deal of hard
substantial money in the South, consisting Of
| parcels put away at the outbreak Of the war
and now brought out into active service.
Bishop Atkinson, Of the North Caroiina
Diocese Of the Episcopal Church, in his recent
address to the Council of the State, urged
reunion with the Northern Church. He also
insisted that the fact of the negroes having
acquired their freedom increased the duty &C
the Church in caring for their spiritual well
fare.
In many parts of the South the negro les
sees of land have to be protected by the sol.
diers from the fury of their Rebel neigh.
bors.
Several Rebels have recently been shot in
East Tennessee by Union men, who had suf-
fered at their hands during the Rebellion.
The safety of Union men in Louisianna and
Mississippi is still very precarious. Negroes
are frequently shot down, and no one is pun.
ished or even arrested.
After the adjournment ofthe Council of the
Episcopal Church of Virginia on the 21st,
Petition to the President for the pardon of
JEFF. Davis, was presented, and received 81
signatures from the so clergymec present.
Gen. Carl Sehurz has been on a tour
through the South. He says he saw no basis
for immediate successful reconstruction in any
State.
Former disloyal citizens of Virginia, whose
property had been confscated previous to ths
amnesty proclamation, are having the same
restored upon payment of costs.
Five hundred Post Offices have been re.
opened in the South since last May.
There is great scarcity of laborers ct Gal
weston, Texas Ordinary laborers get 81 par
day.
Work is very much delayed in Baltimore
ship-yards by the refusal of the white calkers,
carpenters, painters and joiners to do any work
until the negro workmen are discharged.
A letter from the Plains says that G. P.
Parker of the 7th Michigan Cavalry, was re-
Gently tied to wagon by the Indians, sur
rounded with bacon, and burned TO DEATH
President Johnson has expressed his wish
that none should be elected Representatives
to Congress from the South who cannot lake
the test oath and certain ex-Rebel candi.
dates for that honor in Virginia have with.
drawn.
The Richmond Enquirer win reappear in
about two weeks, for the first time since the
fall of Richmond.
Three colored women are in Washington
to secure the pardon of their former master,
planter in Virginia
TLo %~,aI oF Ea,,,a,So,, S-sIi knI-a
place in Memphis, Tenn, as soon as court
martial can be organized
The pardon of Joseph R. Anderson. of TIE
Richmond Tredegar Iron works has given
rise to much unfavorable comment. He was
a graduate of west Point, Rebel brigadier
general notorious blockade runner, and the
owner of the most noted foundry in the Con-
federacy.
De Bow the Southern reviewer has been
pardoned.
Mr.. Singleton ex-member ofthe Rebel Con.
gress from Mississippi is reported to have
been specially pardoned.
There are no guerrillas in Kentucky, except
those in duress and on trial for their lives.
Upward of II, 900 bales Of cotton find their
way to heMobile market every week.
Gov. Wells has issued his proclamation call
ing for the election of Congressman and State
officers of Louisiana, for the first Monday Of
way to the Mobile market every week.
The Rebelwar debt of Alabama amounts to
$4,000, 900. 1t is held by the citizens Of the
State, and forms no part of the Confederate
debt property.