Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-11-03
DOMESTIC NEWS


weight of the men was 1412 lbs, and of the
women 1244 lbs.
The Fenian Congress is still in secret ses-
sion in Philadelphia. The Office of Head
Center is to be changed to President, which
official viii be assisted by Bureaus of Finance,
War, and General Management. The bonds
and address of the Irish Republic viii soon
be issued.
William Mackey, soldier in the wars OF
the Revolution, 1912 and Mexico, died re-
Gently D Marshall County, Illinois. At the
time of the Mexican service he was y years
old
Wooden mills are becoming a feature of
California industry. The Pioneer Mill, at
Black Point, runs 81 looms and 50 sewing
machines, employs 220 hands, and consumes
annually 200 600 lbs. of wool. Flannel and
I cassimeres are the staples.
A severe drouth is prevailing in the Dirtriet
of Columbia.
More than 200 vessels are now runnin g
from New York to various Southern ports, Of
which 20 are steamers.
William B. Kinnedy, formerly Z. S. Minis
ter at Turin, has returned to this country with
his family, after an absence of Is years.
Mrs, Symunds of Maiden, Mass, whose
husband returned from the war two months
ago, has received a dispatch from Washington
stat ing that he died at atAndersonville, and that
300 back pay was subject to her order.
James A. Dix, the principal editor of the
Boston Daily Journal for a number of year,
died on 1lth ult. in that city.
Gottschalk, the celebrated pianist, has been
creating great sensation in California by
aiding two young ladies to escape from their
boarding school.
The old telegraphic relations between the
Northern and Southern press, which were in
| terrupted by war in 1861, are restored and
there is now daily interchange of news di-
rectly from the Central Office in New York
with al the daily journals in the South.
The Workingmen's Society at Naples, Italy
Of which Garibald is President, has address
Cd letter to President johnson, expressing
sorrow at the assassination of President Lin
coin, paying high tribute to the workingmen
of America, and expressing aprofound affec-
ton for the American people. Secretary
Seward has replied in cordial terms.
The Wirz Commission adjourned sine die
on the 25th ult., after having forwarded their
verdict to the President for his action. He
was found guilty.
The residence formerly occupied by the
British Minister in Washington, has been
purchased by negro for $4,000.
The health of Gov. Morton of Indiana is
somewhat improved
The bridge about to be suspended across
the Ohio River at Cincinnati will be the lon
gest in the world, being :, 500 feet in length
1t is to be completed III a year.
Ninety-three vessels arrived at New York
on the 25th ult
One thousand FIVE hundred bales of cotton
recently passed Cairo, for Cincinnati, in two
days.
The total value of Fire Department proper
ty in the United States is $4,000, ,Oo0; the
number of fremen, G0o, 1000; number of or
CARNATIONS, 1000,
The Indians are again committing great
depredations on the Plains. As fast as the
troops are Withdrawn they follow in their
track and spread desolation wherever they
go.
The Hon. Caleb Cushing leaves fer Eu-
rope on the 1st inst. on important Govern
ment business
President johnson has appointed the follow
ing Government Directors of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad Company: Jesse L. Williams of
Indiana, Charles 7. Sherman of Ohio, Geo.
Ashman of Massachusetts, Timothy j. Carter
of Illinois, and Springer Harbrough of Penn
syvania
Work upon the Chicago lake tunnel, which
is to supply that city with wator. is to he car
ried on during the Winter
The State Constables," recently created
by the Massachusetts, Legislature, having pro
hibited the opening of barber shops in Bos
ton on Sunday, have now notified the eating
house keepers and apotheearis, to close their
places in that day under pain Of prosecution.
The domestic and miscellaneous exports
from New York, for the week ending Oct. q, /
were S5,Oo8,602 against 81, ,728, ,519 for the |
corresponding week of 1864
Col. Calvin Fillmore, uncle of ex President
Fillmore, died at East Aurora, Erie county. /
N Y, on the 23d inst, aged 80 years. He
was one of family of children whose aver
age ages were over 81
The Fenian Congress in Philadelphia closed
It's session on the 24th inst The Irish Re /
publican bonds are to be issued in denomipa-
tons of $40.
Senor Navarro, Consul General of the Mex |
lean Republic, has published card stating
that although President Juarez is dasrous of /
the introduction of American capital into
Mexico, it is untrue that he has ever sane
toned any enterprise the contract for which
was derived from Maximilian's Government. /
The War Department has ordered the re-
lease Of all persons held as deserters for eva.
sion Of the several drafts, and has given no
tice that no further prosecution viii be made. I
Gen. Sterling Price is reported in Wash.
ington seeking pardon.
The delegates of the Alabama Convention
have memoralized the President for the spee.