Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-12-07

| a PETITION is on its way from Louisiana,
asking Congress to erect a territorial govern
ment and provide for the appointment Of a
provisional governor for that State
AT the next Parliamentary session amongst
other measures it is supposed, a Reform Bill
viii be introduced, the Bank Charter will be
oyerhauled, and bill for reforming the Es-
tablished Church Of Ireland will be introduced
The Alabama claims viii also be debated
THrnE are at this time in South Carolina
eleven cotton factories in successful opera
ton, running p, 200 spindles and 996 looms,
the largest one, the Kalmia Mills, having TO-
600 spindles and COO LOOMS and the smallest
one, the Valley Falls factory, having 500
spindles.
In the State Of Illinois, some time ago,
there was started new secret society, com
posed entirely Of honorabIy discharged sol
diers and called the "Grand Army Of the
| Republic" 1t is said that the organization
| already numbers in that State one hundred
| thousand men. It is fast spreading through
the States, and especially in the West and
promises to be a great power. 1t is not
political organization, but purely for the ben
eft Of soldiers and their widows and orphans.
A DEspArcH from Washington, by its APP
pagently plausible explanations, gives quie-
tus to the sensational rumors about Mexican
affairs. Napoleon's reason for not withdraw
ing his troops in instalments is reported to be
that diminished force would be endangered
by the advancing Liberals, and positive
promise is given Of complete French evac-
uation at an early day. The mission of Cen
eral Sherman is defined to be merely advise
ry, aud to issue military orders, in the event
Of a necessity, for the prompt movement of
our troops on the Texas frontier
Coz JosErH SEyERNs was sworn in last
Saturday as Surveyor of the Port Of Philadel-
phia. He takes the place of Mr. Myers-the
last of the Republican oficehoIders in Phila-
deIphia appointed by President Lincoln. Col.
Severns is a thorough going Copperhead and
has been an Editor of that persuasion for
many years All the National Offices in
Philadelphia are now filed by Coppetheads
and CopperJohnsons, except it may be a
few subordinates whose positions are of no
account
The FRESH insurrectionary movements in
Ireland have aroused the indignation Of the
British public to white heat The leaders of
opinion, instead of enjoining on their govern
ment the moderation and amenity they urged
our government to exhibit in its treatment of
the Southern rebels, breathe threatenings
and slaughter The strongest measures of |
repression have been adopted and viii be
vigorously pursued. The condemned Feni
ans in Canada viii experience the full rigor
Of the new bitterness. This is the last exem-
pliGeation of how much easier It is to preach !
than to practice.
A CoUeT was opened in Platte county, No, |
by the new Judges as elected on the radical
ticket. The Court progressed without inter
ruption all day, and adjourned until the next
morning. Judge Allen, the old Judge, early
on Tuesday morning opened Court upon his |
own hook, before the hour The Clerk re-
fused to recognize his authority, and put the |
docket and court record under lock and key |
Allen then issued an order removing Mr. |
n quad Of betvyeon thirty and forty bush
wackers threatened to kill him if he did not
deliver up the record. Moore refused te do |
so, and escaped. The old Judges adjourned !
the Court for a week, and company of arm
ed bushwackers are guarding the Court House.
refusing to allow Court TO be held by the new
judges elected.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says: The re-
cent trip to Fort Riley shows what can be |
done in a single car in the way Of saving time
and preventing discomfort. Was the Direc-
tors ear Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com /
pany the pioneer of movement by which the /
traveller, who is bound on long journey VIII |
take to his car as he would to a ship for the /
voyage? The Union Pacific Railroad Com
panv showed their Philadelphia guests that /
the thing was capable Accomplishment, and |
as General Palmer, the Treasurer ofthe Com |
pany. remarked on the trip, there was nothing
in the way Of going right through to the
Pacific except the want of railroad over a
portion of the route. As the company is now
grading its road at the rate of a mile day,
and as the track layers follow hard upon the
heels of the graders the consummation may
not be so far off as some persons imagine.