Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-05-04

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| The total loss is estimated at three hun
dred thousand dollars
WE are indebted to the Census Returns
| agricultural Department, page cxii) for
| the information that there are more asses
| in Kentucky than in any other Western
| State. This information takes load of
| our mind, in connection with the question,
how Garret Davis came to be United States
Senator from that State, although we can
not help thinking it is fragrant violation
of the Constitution to allow them all to vote.
= Ohio State Journal
No CHANGE OF BASE --Garret Davis,
of Kentucky, in opposing the Civil Rights
bill in the Senate, if it passed 1t would make
| him an enemy of the Government, and he
would work for its overthrow. 1t would
seem from this declaration of the leader of
the Democracy, who was backed up by
| Salisbury in similar declaration that the
passage Of the Civil Rights bill is not going
to cause change in the positiod of the De-
mocracy from what it has been the past fye
years Detroit Post.
THE House Judiciary Committee is hold
| ing daily sessions for the purpose of exam
| lining into JEFF Davis connection with the
conspiracy plot. 1t seems that the Bureau
| Of Military Justice have been engaged foI
year in accumulating evidence on the sub
! ject, all of which has been transmitted 10
the House Committee There does not
| seem to be any positive evidence involving
| Davis directly. The Judiciary Committee
will soon report their conclusions to the
House,
The Ways and Means Committee have at
last agreed on the Tax bill, and will report
it to the House on Monday. The Commit
tee have overcome the obstacles to the pro-
| posed tax of five cents per pound on raw
cotton, and will report that amount in the
| bill. The measure Is a very elaborate one,
and has cost the committee much time and
labor There is no change proposed in the
tax on distilled spirits It therefore re-
mains at two dollars per gallon.
Senator McDougall being aware that a
resolution would be offered for bis expulsion
| from the Senate for the language used by
him, in debate on Monday, promptly apolo-
gized to the Senate and to his. colleague.
| He seemed to appreciate very fully the indie
corum he had committed, both by the mat
| ter and manner of his apology His state
| ment was accepted in the faith it was ten
dered, and there the matter ended
ExGov. Tod, of Ohio, authorizes his
/ friends to say that the use of his name as
one of the Wee Presidents of the so-called
johnson National Union Club, is with
! olIt his authority or consent. Gov. Tod has
no sympathy with any similar organization,
| and having bcca somewhat careful in the
| selection Of his associates, does not at this
| late day propose to affiliate with the class
| of men composing the organization referred
| to.
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| with Rev. George Hepworth, of Boston.
/ said of General SherBlqns ''Sherinati Is
man to be proud Of He is impetuous, he
| is faulty, but be knows his own fault as soon
as any man And of Sheridan, he said:
He is the best man in America. He has
no peer He can WELD any force He is
pure hearted, simple hammered and truly
noble man. And of himself he said.
There were a thousand others who could
have done the thing as well as l. am
| thankful to God that He helped me to do
the work, but had | not been living, or had
the Government passed over me, there are
other men who would have won the victory
for you. =
Richmond edito $ have har1 time of it.
They have just got through with trouble
with the printers, aud ROW the propriefars
Of the Eaquires having quarreled with each
other have adopted the novel expedient of
suspending the issue of their journal until
| their troubles are ended They, therefore,
ask the Indulgence Of the public until fur
ther notice, at which indefinite period they
promise to resume the publication Of their
journal.
The recent book trade sale at New York
was one OF the largest ever held in the
country, the sales having amounted to over
$500, ,000 One noticeable feature in the
sale was the strong preference shown fer
books of the higher class These brought
good prices and were eagerly sought while,
| for cheap books, the demand was small and
prices very low This iudicaies a gratifying
advance in American literary tsste
Vallandighan called on Thad. Stevens
recently, aud in course Of conversation sta
| ted that fthe President did not immediately
begin to appoint Democrats 10 flee he could
not retain the adherence Of single Demo-
crat three weeks longer.
The Northwestern Glass Company has
been organized in Chicago, with capital
stock of $10a000, The holdings Of the
| company viii be two in number, and viii
cost S4a.0t0. Two furnaces win be opera
ted, each of which, il IS estimated, viii turn
out 4. loo boxes Of window giass per month,
The works VIII be put IN motion in July.
The cotton and woolen mandatory in the
penitentiary of Texas, instead of finding any
difficulty IN disposing of its goods, cannot
even complete Its Texas orders, its prices
ranging from three 10 ten ccistS Der ward
under those OF articles brought from the
North