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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-06-08
FROM EUROPE.
The ContrnentaI TroubIcs.

The London Post of May 22d contains a
Paris telegram stating that it is definitely
arranged that the representatives Of France,
England and Russia on one side, and OF
Austria. Prussia and Italy on the other, will
assemble at the Foreign Ministry in Paris,
under the Presidency Of NJ Druyn de / Hugs,
for formally opening the Conference to solve
practically the pending questions between
Austria and Italy
It is reported at Paris chat Lord Cowley,
the British Ambassador at Paris, will short
" proceed to Vienna
The London Herald says the Conference
can do nothing more than adjourn the war,
uBless one or the other of the combataDts
become exhausted under the burden of
preparations
The official Dresden Journal of May Dist
says the Congress has agreed to try all pow
ers, and would meet on the 25th
According TO some authorities Austria has
eVinced disincl!Bation to join the Confer
enee, and il was asserted that should she
persist she would be represented pro TEN.
by England and France. There is, however
no indication of any relaxation in the mill
tary preparations by the several powers, and
there was an almost universal feeling that a
pacific solution was popular Prussia has
issued decree that In the event OF war
merchant ships belonging to the enemy will
not be liable to capture on the high seas by
her war vessels but this measure is only To
apply in case Of reciprocity from the enemy.
An intrenched camp Is to be constructed
near Vienna, as point of concentration for
the Austrian army The Austrian com
mandant at Venice has issued notification
warning the inhabitants against attempting
to induce enlistments in the italian volun-
teer corps; also against melting to desertlon
These ohenses will be dealt with by martial
law. 1t was cont nu. Is asserted that Aus
tria had refused TO discuss any proposition
for the cession of Nenetia.
a Berlin telegram says it has been decid-
ed that until the l4th ofJune an army corps
will be concentrated at each of the following
places: WetzIar, Erfurt Frankfort, and
between Reisse and Glizitz. in order to
prove that Prussia accepts the Congress, the
departure of the Prince Royal and Prince
Fredrck Charles for the army has been
postponed The formation of the Italian
volunteers into regiments was commenced
on the 2lst of May.
A Vienna despatch says the alliance be-
tween Prussia and Italy binds each to sup
port the other, in case of an attack By Aus
tria, the treaty to continue till the end 81
the year. The statement that an Austrian
patrol had crossed tie Prussian frontier Is
denied by the Austrian commander.
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A COUP D'ETAT RECOMMENDED
TO THE PREsIDENT.

The Washington Union, in its issue of
May Sd, closes an article on congressional
action in the following words
''These men had better beware They
are not legal Congress, but an unconstitu
tional body of jumpers. The country feels
that the one great error of the President
was in his ever recognizing them at all, in
their selfimposed rump condition. They
had no claim for recognition as an official
body, from any honest man, or any other
branch of the government. We doubt
whether the Supreme Conrt will ever affirm
any Of their statutes to be valid. This
thing of congressional fanaticism and trea-
son ought to be done away with, The Amer
ican Congress now is the fac smile of that
rump Parliament which stank in the nostrils
of a good men, and which Cromwell kicked
out of doors and served them just right
A little Cromwellian pluck is the thing just
needed now, and there are twenty-five hun
dred thousand democrats in the North who
would back that kind of pluck with al good
deal of relish just now. The issue should
be joined at once. "
What brave words to come from those
who fed to the mountains in mortal fear of
the draft, little more than year ago
How yaliantly they talk and write in time
of peace Though towards at heart, their
hearts are none the less wicked and traitor
ous The men who apologised for and SYM
pathised with rebels, are as willing now as
ever to aid and to abet treason. They have
been the slaves of party and the tools of
traitors and are willing now in order to ele-
vate their party to power, to inaugurate
new rebellion. Though in the event of war
the boasted twenty-five hundred thousand
Northern democrats, would as before, rapidly
vanish to the mountain Businesses and the
Canadian border But let the lovers Of
peace take warning, that these ignoble cow
ards though reluctant to fight, are never
theless quite willing to stir up strife and
encourage dissension. With this hope they
are now upholding the President in resisting
the will of the people as expressed through
their representatives And in language
such as above quoted are counselling him to
assume the role of military dictator and
drive the representatives of the people from
the Halls ofCongress, so as to enable rebels
and traitors to make their own terms of
reconstruction. Let every voter remember
that these advisors of the President are
ardent friends and supporters of Heister
Clymer
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DANGEROUS FRIENDS.

The Richmond Examiner recently sup
pressed by General Grant for its outspoken
and reasonable attempts to stir up new
strife and make war afresh on the Union,
speaking for itself and it, rebellious follow
ers, thus eulogises the President for his
persistent efforts to force rebels once more
into power
1--WE have one friend, well tired and faith
full. and we should buckle him to us with
hooks of steel The Legislature and the
Judiciary are against us, benton our destruc-
ton, but, thank God, the Executive, good,
wise and brave, is for us. He exerts himself
to the utmost Of his power in our beha If.
He commiserates our condition, he recogni-
zes our rights, and he devotes all his ener-
gies to our protection.
1t is an old and safe rule to judge man
by his company. When VIC find man, be
he high or low, consorting with, not only
unrepentant, but defiant rebels and eulo-
gised by them as their best friend, we need
not hesitate with whom to class him. What
ever the Presidents past record aud profes-
sions his present acts and associations, in the
judgment of all honorable men, inevitably
stamp him traitor to the party and prin-
cipIes through whose instrumentality he was
elevated to power.
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No MORE OF THAT =" Hangman Foote"
suggests the following ticket for 1868: For
President, Ulysses S. Grant for Vice Pres
ident, Robert E. Lee. Not any of Lee !
Hereafter there will be more care taken in
the nomination of Vice Presidents, for the
Unionists take into consideration the fact,
the bullet Of Booth removed Abraham Lin
coin, and put in his place Andrew johnson.
Hereafter we shall have to secure the life of
our nominees for the Presidency, by placing
on the ticket, for Vice President, better
man, instead of, as heretofore, heading it
with a Lincoln, and ending it with a John
son. The Ticket tapered too much Nor
,istosca Herald
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R1rWe give in to-day's paper the veto
of President johnson returning the bill for
he admission of Colorado as State, with
his objections. Stripped of all yerbiage his
objections to the admission of Colorado may
be summed up as follows
|. 1t would be a Union State.
9. It would have three votes for the next
Presidency.
8. 1t would not vote for johnson.
f. No more Union States can be admit
ted until the eleven rebel States have rebel
representatives in Congress 70 decide upon
the expediency of their admission.
s. In the extension of political power
under this government. rebels must have the
the preference until they attain the control
of our political affairs, after which the ques-
tion of the extension of political power to
loyal men will be considered
The President does not use Just the Ian
guage we employ to express his reasons for
the veto but as he doubtless desires to be
properly understood, we have divested his
arguments Of incoherencies and give them
in naked English -MomJersb,Ug Reposito-
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THE FENIAN WAR /!
invasion of- Canada
CAPTURE OF FORT ERIE
Defeat If the British at Ridgway

The Fenian movement in which the pub
lie had almost ceased TO feel any interest has
suddenly loomed into Importance again.
On the night Of Thursday, May tie 3lst,
several regiments Of Fenians ander cover Of
the night by means Of tugs and canal boats,
having succeeded IN eluding the vigilance
of the United States authorities as well as the
Canadian spies, departed from Buffalo, New
York, effected a landing on the Canadian
shore and captured Fort Erie early on Fri
day morning Tune lst. They were reported
some 900 strong aud Immediately marched
into the interior, destroying telegraphlc
communication bridges, &c. On the morn
ing Of the ID inst they met force Of Ca
madam volunteers nj Ridgeway, on the lake
shore ten miles west of Fort Erie, where a
brisk fight ensued resulting in the defeat Of
the Canadians with few killed and wound
ed on each SIDE. The Canadians appear to
have been subsequently reinforced when the
Fenians retreatcd, after few slight skirm
ishes to Fort Erie and embarkins upon a
schooner, tried to re-eross to Buffalo and
were captured by the United States gunboat
Michigan and now lie in the harbor at
Buffalo awaiting orders from Washington
as to what shall be done with them. There
is great excitement all along the Border and
demonstrations are expected atother Joints,
as the whole Fenian force seems to be NOV
ing on Canada. The United States author
ities are making every effort to prevent
armed expeditions leaving the American
side and preserve the neutrality laws.
Under the direction of Gen. Grant, Gen.
Meade has issued the following order To
Gen. Barry who is in command OF the Uni
ted States forces at Buffalo, New York
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION or !
THE ATLANTIC, BUFFALO, JUNE 3.
BreDet Magor General Barry,
General orders will be sent you from head
quarters Of the department of the East, as
signing you to the command of the district
of Ontario, extending fIom Erie, Pcnna, to
Oswogo, New York, both places included,
headquarters at Buffalo.
In advance of the orders and accompany
ing instructions, direct you to use the force
at your command TO preserve the neutrality
by preventing the crossing of armed bodies,
by cutting off reinforcements or supplies, by
seizing all arms, munitions, ETC., which you
have reason to believe are destined to be
used unlawfuly; in fine, taking all measures
precautionary and otherwise, to prevent yio-
latiou Of law
For this purpose you will move the forces
under your command such point a. are
threatened, and sou will employ VESSELS
tugs, etc, such as can be procured, for
watching the river and lake shore, and tax
ing all such measures asinyour Judgment the
emergency requires. Very respectfully,
GEORGE G.. MEADE,
Major General Commanding.
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The British steamship Union arrived at
n. York on Tuesday the 29th ult from Liver
pool, with fifteen cases of cholera on board.
She reports that thirty three persons had
died on the passage, most of them from that
disease There were over four hundred well
passengers. These were transferred to the
Saratoga, and the sick passengers, some of
whom were very low, are on the hospital
ship Falcon. The Virginia S passengers,
who had been sick on that vessel, were
nearly all convalescent, and were removed.
This cholera viii be treated as that was
which came by the Virginia. The efforts
of the commissioners of qua antine at Wash
ington and elsewhere for assistance have
failed. The Peruvian has also arrived with
twenty eight cases of cholera. Thirty FIVE
of the passengers died from the disease du-
ring the voyage.
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The Sonth.

On Saturday free dinner TO the negroes
came off, near Columbus, Ga. \ large
number were in attendance. They were
addressed by ex-Provisional GovernorJohn-
son. He compared them to the descendants
of Joseph in Egypt. They had been redu
ced to slavery, aud after many years were
made free The ancestors of the negro sold
him; they were put to trial and kept so;
since thep have greatly increased in number
and intelligence; after two hundred years Of
probation, the negroes, by the fullness Of
time and the providence of God, through
the instrumeDtality of men, have gainei /
their freedom, which will remain to them
and their descendants forever he advised
them to be industrious, frugal and honest,
and to be careful about making contracts,
and reduce them to writing, if possible and
abide by them. He had seen rapid advan
ces made to a higher civilization during the
past year They should be charitable, care
for the aged, and build churches and school
houses. They should obey all the laws, and
not take redress upon themselves. The civil
courts were open to them. He advised them
to respect all the legal authorities, aud try
to bring to light all crime. The Govern
ment has declared their freedom, and viii
maintain it. Their rights would be protec-
ted. He hoped slavery would be soon re-
moved from Brazil and other countries. and
the world would then unite for the civiliza-
ton of Africa Two negroes spoke after
Governor johnson had finished.
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SHALL WE FoRGETs

No we viii not, we cannot forget. Though
Andrew johnson has forgotten these brave
words the friends of the Union still remem-
Der aud adhere to them:
Every era teaches Its lesson. The times
we live in are not without instruction The
american people mast be tGugAt--f they do
not already feel-tl,at treason IS crime
and must be punished, that the government
will not always bear with its enemies; that
it is strong, not only to protect, but to pun
ish. y
"Let 1t be eagraco on erey heart that
treason IS q CRIME, and traitors shall suffer
its penalty. +"
II know men love to have their names
spoken of in connection with acts of mercy !;
and how easy it is to yield to this impulse
But we must not forget that what may be
mercy to the individual is cruelty to the
State. ''-Andrelo johnson
1t was upon such platform and because
of such professions that he was made Vice
President by the party through whose in
strumentality the country was saved, and
whose leaders he now reviles. Won by the
fulsome adulations of red-handed rebels, he
would fain ignore his former deeds and in
eompanionship of traitors, forget the glori-
Gus record of the past. He may forget it,
but It viii remain in the record of history if
only to show how weak a man may speak
brave and noble words, aud from what a
height of noble patriotism Andrew John
son has fallen to his present degradation
How oft we blush for Arnold shame, but
Arnold fell in dark days through sore temp
tation to johnson justly belongs the deeper
disgrace of betraying his country's cause,
when after unparalleled sacrifices of her
sons, she had secured complete and triumph
ant victory
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ONE or ruE pARpoNEp srEAKs
He Rejoices at LincoIn's Assassina-
tion-The Democratic Party Endorsed
and Defended.
URETLTNE. ONO, Nav 20.

He RelOices at LInc0In's AssassIna-
tion-The Democratic Party Endorsed
and Defended.
CREsTLINE, ONO, May 20.
An ovation was yesterday given to Il. Z.
Milhgan, the knight of the Golden Circle,
who, With Bowles aud Horsey, was tried In
indianapolis. eighteen months ago, and CON
victed of treason Milligan was sentenced
TO death. but President johnson commuted
his punishment to imprisonment for life A
few weeks ago he was released from further
punishment His friends and neighbors of
Wells county, Indiana. rendered him a for
NAL reception, and after taking time to pre-
pare an elaborate Grafton, the affair came of
yesterday at Blufton, the county seat
A welcome address was delivered by DR..
Brown, his law partner, to which he respon-
ded in written speech of an hour s length.
1t was in large part an uninteresting and
historical aud philosophical disquisition of
the theory aud practice of human govern
ment; but he reserved space enough in
which to manifest his Copperhcad malignity
against all who have anything to do in pre-
serving the Government and preventing him
in his effort to oyerturn it.
He attributed to New England puritanisn
the origin of all the evils of the land, and
described the Yankee soldiers as the merce-
nary, unprincipled, thieving instruments
that executed its designs. He characterized
them as foreign soldiers, quartered upon the
people of Indiana and other States.
The power of the majority was more vast
than that Of a single monarch, for no one
man could possess, in high degree, all hu-
man vices-not even Lincoln, Brough or
Morton. Among the greatest sinners
against God 5 righteous viii were these
individuals, and though be was not prone to
believe in special providences, their fate was
otherwise unaccountable One had been
summoned to the bar of retributiye justice
with his sins unrepented of. Another, COW
cred all over with the mildew of debauchery
and wrapped in exhalations from which buz-
yards would turn their offended noses, car
ried to the grave the impress of infamy,
while there yet remains one of the Goddess
trio but the plague is on it's westward
march his limbs are smote with the blood
of crime, and tremble under their load OF
corruption. Still he prayed that the Gov
ernor might live long enough to realize IN
this world, rather than in the next, that God
is just
Thus the reckless old man raved against
the men who saved his neck from the halter
that was its due. He renewed his adhesion
to the Democratic party, and exhorted his
hearers, in the precise language he had used
on former occasion, to maintgin the organ
ization of the party, though cowardly men
may have shrunk from the boldness of its
truth, and attempted to corrupt Its ritual
and interpolate its constitution.
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PoLYGAMIsTs REFUSED NATURALIZA-
TIoN. The Union Fedette, the loyal paper
published at Salt Lake City, contains a
decision made on the 26th of April, by
Judge Drake, of the United States District
Court in Utah, denying the right of the
Probate Courts ofthe territory to issue nat
uralization papers, ana determining that all
naturalization certificates issued by such
courts were merely void, and conferred no
rights of citizenship whatsoever Applica-
ton being then made to the District Court
itself, the judge firmly refused to grant a
certificate to any man who was living in
polygamy, on the ground that it was contra
ry to the act of Congress, and that any man
who persistently refused to obey the laws of
the United States was in no way entitled to
citizenship, or any of the benefits accruing
therefrom.
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DEATH or LIEUT.. GEN. scoTT.


Tt becomes our sad duty to record the
Death of this veteran soldier which occur
red at West Point, on the 10Th ult Gen.
Scott was within few days of so years Of
age and had been 81 years soldier, having
entered the army in 1908. From the war
Of 1912 to the breaking ont of the war with
Mexico IN fS46 he held a prominent rank
as one ofour wisest and ablest military men.
From the close Of his brilliant campaign in
Mexico to the breaking out of the rebellion
in 1861 he stood acknowledged as the great
est military genius Of his age. At the
breaking out Of the rebellion the difficult and
dangerous task, of foiling the designs Of
traitors, keeping order in the national CAPT
tai and providing for the safe Inauguration
of President Lincoln, devolved upon him
and was successfully accomplished, but his
advanced age precluded his taking part in
the subsequent struggle. He lived to see
the rebellion put down and the glorious
stars and stripes, under whose folds he had
50 often led to victory, once more floating
in triumph over every foot of the national
domain then full of honors and Of years
he was called to his reward In him the
world loses great and good man and the
nation mourns brave soldier and true
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Our consul at Liverpool writes, under
date of May 18th: Some two weeks ago
advised you of the shipment from this port
TO New York Of some FIVE thousand bushels
of wheat. now have to inform the De-
partment of State that the City of Cork,
which sails tomorrow, takes as freight four
hundred and ninety eight casks Of French
wheat -four, valued at one thousand and
forty six pounds sterling. / think this is
the first instance Of the shipment of French
-four from this pert for the United States,
and probably the first time -four has ever
been shipped as merchandise from Europe
to America
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-06-08

THERE was johnson meeting at the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, last Sat
urday evening, which was well attended by
Copperheads and curious Republicans
the J Johnson men were very scarce, so much
SO that no officers were named for the meet
ing. JOS. r. Flannigan, of the side door
DAILY Neaos, engineered the affair, called the
meeting to order and read the resolutions.
The speech-makers of the evening were
Cowan. of Pennsylvania, and Doolittle, Of
Wisconsin-two recreant Senators who have
been censured and asked to resign by the
Legislatures of their respective States for
treachery to the Union party.-Reddiag
Journal
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a TOWNSHIP OF ISLANDS The town
ship of 'Put-in-Bay, Ottawa county, Ohio
is wholly made up of delightful and fertile
gems of Lake Erie, comprising five islands
The hief of the group contains fourteen
hundred acres, and has a resident popula-
tion of five hundred The smaller islands
are proportionally important. They have
horses, cattle, carriages, manufactured artl-
ees. goods and stocks, ETC., valued at $780,
o54, 25, and the agricultural products
include wheat, rye, barley, corn, sorghum,
etc. The culture ofth grape and the man
ufaeture wine is the staple of this group
of islands The vineyard contains four
hundred and twenty-t two and onefourth
acres, which produced last year one million
one hundred and seventeen thousand eight
hundred and one pound Of grapes, and
thirty-three thousand eight hundred
and five gallons of wine Kelly's Island
lies just outside Of this group, and last
year produced one million eight hundred
and sixty-fve thousand four hundred and
eleven pounds choice grapes, and eighty
thousand four hundred aud ninety-six gall
lous of wine, making the product of the
grape two millions nine hundred and eigh-
ty three thousand, six hundred and twelve
pounds Of grapes, equal to fifteen hundred
IONS, and one hundred and fourteen thou
sand, three hundred and one gallons fwine.
The Put-in-Bay islands are sixteen miles
from Sandusky, or directly in the midst of
Lake Erie, aud are fast becominga favorite
resort for health and pleasure. Kelly $
Island is ten miles from the same city, and
Johnsou's Island, famed as rebel prison,
is about three miles from the same point
The fishing in the vicinity of these Islands
is reported as being very superior.