Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-12

Senate at Harrisburg providing for the conFol- I
/ ldation ot Pittsburg, Allegheny City and the /
/ surrounding towns into 0ne'city. The congol. I
idation is 10 be perfected upon much the (
| same plan as that ased in consolidating Phil (
adelphia ia 1864.
/ AN0EG the applications for pardon now on
/ tile with the pardon CLERK in the Attorney /
| General Office, are nInetyrseven from eE
/ Jaited States Navy officers. The naval ser
/ vice seems to have been the favorite with the
1 FirgiHians, no less than fity-two out Of the
/ ninety seven being from that state
THE Legislature of Ohio has sent to the
people for decision, at the election IN DC.
loher next. an Amendment TO the COHstitu
| ton, SO as to make black men voterg, aad To
1 iis4ran0hise fpsnrfsra- II required the con
eurrence of {hree-G Gfths of tie members Of
| tho Legislature to do this deed, and yet t was
done.
RH0DE IsLASD has again elected asher Gov Z
/ ern0r the gallant Gen. Burnside. Messrs f
! Dixon and Jenckes, her two members of Con-
! gress, are also reelected. The Legislature
| VIII staad G Radical majority On joint ballot,
/ the Copperheads having but IA members all
/ told. indeed the Republican riumphs IN
| Missouri, Michigan Ohio, aud in little Rhode
Island, completely osliterafs the late Cspper
head success in C0nnecticut.
ExGLrsn holders of Confederate bonds must
| think Jonathan has more dollars than sense,
# they expect him 70 pay them back ths mo-
ney that they advanced for aiding the rebel
lion. They seem to think il possible, and
thereby they bring their own wit INTO guspi-
eion. They have taken legal counsel and
they have held a meeting, and what they Will
do next VIII be seen when it becomes visible.
Haw would they like 10 trade off some Of the
Confederate bonds FoF those Of the lrlEh Re
public?
HoE EDWARD MCPHEEsoS, the pregeut
clerk of the House Of Representatives, has
| announced that be has commenced writing
the life Of the Hon Thaddeus Stevens. Mr..
McPherson is well qualified for the task. Re
has long known Mr.. Stevens. At one tame
he edited the old Independent Wing Of Ian
caster county, paper that Ar. Stevens al
| ways regarded as his organ aud besides tor
maay years, has been Intimately acquainted
with him. The work could not have been en-
trusted to one better qualified.
III SENATOR Geo. Read Riddle, of Delaware.
died on the seth ulumo, Of pulmonary con
2 SUMPTION He was born iu New Castle, Dol
: aware, in 1871 His early life was devoted
to surveying, but having studied sW during
his spare moments from business, be was adj
mitted to the bar IN lS48 and soon after was
appointed Deputy Attorney General 10r his
naffva c0uutv which office he filed till 1850,
when he was elected 70 the House of Repre-
/ sentatiras. where he served Two terms. lie
was a delegate to the National Democratic
{ Conventions of lS44-S 50. and took ais seat
as a United States Senator III 1864. BE was
an active politician and pure and upright
man.
, Gov HAWI.ET, editor Of the Hartford
ETeSS. EHIs writes tiEtfT defeat IN connect
cut We shall be reproaehed by grumblers
/ outside. but we care nothing for that. We
have planted tbe party fairly on the rock Of
impartial Suffrage and If we had won we
should have been indebted in 40 degree to
many whose sympathy we ought to have had
IN abundant measure on such an issue. But
though temporarily checked. we are in no
sense disuayed, Of duDl0us about a anal ana
| near triumph of our principle. 81 hoover at
tempts to run a high pressure pr0-Sayery
| boat over these waters viii strike rock. We
: give notice that We have taken ''lower
| bolt aud the gripis not relaxed.
BIZ an order Of the Supreme Court Of
Pennsylvania. Major General Robert B. Pot
ter was appointed Receiver of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway IN Pennsylvania.
The General having been prssiously appoint
ed Receiver by The courts Of New York and
Ohio, thus becomes receiver Of the whole line
from the Erie railway 10 Cleaveiand and Cin-
rate the lines. to give security IN $500 GOO for
{ the faithful performance Of ms duties and
{ out Of the aet earnings Of the line. Co first
pay the interest upon the prior or divisional
mortgages On the line. and then upon the con-
soiida15d mortgage
CoxGREss has decided that our represent
atives abroad shall not 20 70 Court any more
with dresses peculiar to aristocratic Govern
neuts, and small swords dangling about their
legs but IL has reserved 4 right to prescribe
a Court uniform. IL Is suggested thal at the
! opening of the next session there viii be rais-
ed j ONT Special Committee Coats and
] I3reeches Fhis Is is thought. VIII involve
the necessity Of establishing The office of
Z Court Tailor rs Washington, but whether he
viii constitute one of the Cabinet is not ret
{ surmised HIS Exceleney ought to be a val
7 liable counselor in this very delicate matter
We would. however, suggest a plentiful use
of buokram IN he back or the coat TO make
up for lack OF backbone.
A CORRESPONDENT has seen John a. Sur
ratf IN prison and reports him as being treat
ed more Ike gentleman than as IN assassin.
Surrats remarked that he considered his es
cape to Canada neat thing, and said that
the reports Of his doings IN Europe we're
mostly true. He declined 80 say anything
about his connection with the assassination
plot. He regards St. Marie as his enemy, and
I q treaeherous fellow. Nerv naturally he haT-
ing gwen tie information which prevented
Mr.. Surrate continuing ms doings abroad
IN order thai ii might be demonstrated wheth-
er or rot mis- "dongs at home we're connec-
, ted with rEa aSgnssiIIesfion conspiracy
JHBGz SHAHKEy and Hon. Robert J. Walk
er appeared in tie Supreme Court OF the
United States on Wednesday On the behaf
, of the State Of Mississippi. The former rose
70 submit a bill of complaint. with the prayer
that President Johnson and his officers and
agents appointed for that purpose, and espe-
eiaLy General Ord, be perpetaallY eni0ined
and restrained from executing the act = tG
provide for the more efficient government of
the Rebel States, and the act supplemental
ry thereto, and that the powers Of injunction
and subpoena be issued, directed to the par
ties aforesaid, with any other relief that the
court may deem proper. fudge Sharkey re-
( marked that the bill had Been printed At
5oruey- General Stanberry said he believed it
was the general practice first to obtain the
! leave of the eeurt to file the bill This bill
, was against the U nited States, ard hedesired
TO appear at the earliest moment to object to
1t. He repeated there must be molten to
I ile the bill IN she regular way. Judge ShaT-
kay replied, that was The motion winch hem
J made EEe was aware Of the magnitude of the
+ subject, involving the important and delicate
! questIGH Of the constitution of the Congress
ST sionaI legislation. IL was of great moment
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