Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-02-09

ern terminus at Connellsville ON the Ohio
river
Itis quite probable that part of this line
win be put under contract within the next
two months, at least we hear it rumored, that
this is the intention. It cannot be put under
contracttoo soon for this section of the coun-
try. s.....-..-..
Our Armies-Past and Present
THERE are in New York to day several
hundred returned soldiers, who are home
less, houselss and hungry They have no
shelter at night save the Police station hou-
ses; no food save the cold victuals obtained
by begging. 1t can not be wondered at,
while an army of nearly a million of men,
many of them foreigners and strangers, has
been disbanded by the Government, that
a considerable number should find their way
to this city. Many of them have been rem
dered destitute by sickness consequent upon
exposure; many, unable almost to speak
English, are victims of cruel imposition
many have still claims upon Government for
arrears of pay, which, when settled, will
| make them comfortable, and many doubtless
have been reduced by their improvidence
and intemp mperance. All the agencies, which
were so zealously efficient during the war,
have ceased their operations, and there is no
association to which these destitute men can
apply for aid Under these circumstances,
! the Trustees of the Five Points House OF
Industry are compelled to appeal to the
Christian and patriotic public for aid and
support These men without invitation
congregrated around the doors ofthe institu-
ton, and they have not been sent hungry
away. Upwards of one thousand meals are
dajlg given to them-meals of the most fru-
gal and economical kind and temporary
accommodation is being prepared to give
them shelter by night. The men express
willingness to work on the most moderate
| terms, and the Trustees have made arrange
ments by which those in the various section
of the Union who desire it, may help the
men who have served their country in the
hour of trial, and leave them no longer un
cared for in the hour Of triumph. Yester
day gentleman from Tennessee applied for
| twelve laborers, and Immediately able bo-
died men engaged to go with him for one
year at ten dollars month and board. If
the friends of the soldier in any part of the
country will only inclose the cost of trans
portation and description of the kind Of
laborers wanted, to the Superintendent, he
win Immediately forward fitly selected man
Tt should be remembered that many are
crippled, manned, and reduced, and that
greater charity will be evinced by authoriz
ing such to be sent than in applying for able
bodied men Thus in few weeks all these
war worn soldiers can be provided for.
Meanwhile the work and the wants of the
Institution are more than doubled. The
meals now given cost about sixty dollars a
day, and this expenditure must be continued
for some weeks. The public are urgently
invited to come and see the class of men
thus supplicants for aid at their frugal din
ner at one o'clock, and to Judge as well of
the necessity as the economy of the work
| ARCHIBALD RUSSELL, 45 Tenth Street,
CHARLES Ely, 434 Broome st.
| MARSHALL LEFFEBTs, 145 Broadway,
HUGH n. CAMP, Treasurer, l49 Pearl St.
| RADCLIFFE B. LOCKWOOD, l8 Platt St.
i WmLIAMT. BooTH, 95 Front st.
| d. LYDIG SUYDAM, 25 Waverley Place.
THEo. B. Bronson, 80 Ninth S.
Trustees.
Five Points House of Industry, n Y
January, 29th 1866.
S. b. HALLIDAY, Superintendent
CAmr q. S. C.L
BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Jan. Sth. 1866.
MEssRs EDToRs:
Since my last, severel incidents have trans
pired with US, worthy of notice, and one OF
two Of which, purpose noticing, Some four
weeks since, quite an influx Of filibustering
element made its appearance upon the streets
of Brownsville, the chief of whom was one
r. CLAY Crawford signing himself as ''Majol
General Of the Republic of Mexico and pre-
tending formerly to have been on the staff o.
President johnson; and that ne came by hi;
order etc Things for few days looked
: lively especially as he promised that in 9
/ week the 'nigs would cross the river. q
! course on making his debut, it was necessary
to show the Mexicans that he was at hear
right, by adopting their tactics, viz Procla
nations Well he let off one some four o.
FIVE colums in length, and ike a skillful ar
tilerist after the discharge of hispeice waiteC
to see the effect but alas where he looked t.
see the walls in ruins, there stood the "He.
roic City the theater and survivor of an
hundred revolutions. In fact we could set
no visible effect, as the result Of this mos
terrible broad side Since then he has at
tempted several strategic manepvers, bu
with alike effect. In fact it turns out tha
Il. Clay Crawford, was 1t. Col. OF Yankee
Regiment, and dismissed the service. on'
of the most important, aswell asfoolishtrick
was attempted on the night of the LIST inst.
l-French Tug" lay on the opposite side Of th'