Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-08-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

THE New York Tribune gives details show
ing that the Rodman gun proved failure a
the recent experiments IN England
DARCY McGEE. ii IS said, has been threat
! eaed with assassination If be makes his prom
ised disclosures concerning the Eeuiau organ
ization IN Canada.
TBE Commissioners Of the Public Charities
IN New York are about to erect building on
Ward Island for The reclamation Of drunk
ards.
THE President It Is said, proposes another
extensive swing around the circle. Beside
visiting his old home in Tennessee. he viii
visit Cape May and Saratoga.
VARIOUS rumors prevail as to how the jury
IN the SurTatt case are divided. The most
reliable report Is that eight are for acqBittal
and four for conviction.
TIE Marshal has paid out for merely legal
fees, IN the Surratt case, twenty thousand dol
lars. II is calculated the entire cost Of the
trial viii be at least one hundred thousand
dollars.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
among the colOred people Of Portsmouth, Va.
on Thursday, by the murder Of a oOlored boy
by white boy named Tyson. The latter es-
capped.
MAYOR HORROR, Of Mobile, was arrested by
the military authorities on Friday, for viola
lion Of the civil rights Law, in banishing a
negro named johnson, who had lost leg in
the Union army. Horton gave bail for his
appearance.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE has conferred the
degree of IL. d. on Stephen Colwell, Of Har-
risburg, and on Hon. Edward Mcpherson, Of
Gettysburg, Clerk Of the House Of Represen-
/ IL s.f n IL
Wedekind, late. Of Lancaster, Pa
THE Kentucky election is by some called a
Democratic victory, by others triumph Of
the rebel party. Under the circumstances, it
is not worth while to dispute about the mat
ter-a verbal distinction without any real
difference.
GEN. WAGER SwAYNE has arrived from Ala
bama and reports the Republican organization
ther every strong. The Conservatives have
called a convention, but having no unity Of
purpose, 1t is not expected that they will be
able to make any opposition that viii be seri-
ously felt.
4 report to the Freedmau's Bureau from
the Inspector Of Schools in Mississippi notices
a very thorough earnestness on the part of
the white people of Mississippi to see the
freedmen properly educated, and schools are
every part Of the State.
AMONG the documents on file in the War
Department relative to the assassination con-
spiracy is the confession Of Atzerott. who
was executed, in which he states that Booth
told him on the day OF the assassination that
JoGnie' (meaning Surrsttl was in town,
and occupied rooms at the Hern0on House.
THE colorod people of Titusyllle held a fes-
tiva on Thursday last. While all were mer-
ry and happy, few Of the followers Of An
drew johnson broke in upon the company,
beat the men, insulted the women and wan
tony destroyed the fare prepared for the oc-
casion. The Copperhead organs call this
fttn.
4 VERY lucrative business is being carried
on in the oil regions by parties who are trav-
cling through that section picking up old Junk.
The Petroleum Centre Era says it is estimated
that at least one engine day is sent from the
''regions" to other points, the principal mar
ket being Cleveland. One firm has SI00, ,OO0
invested in second hand machinery About
seventy-fve engines are now on hand of diff.
ferent capacity and varied construction.
WHAT sort of talk is popular in Kentucky,
may be inferred from the following card from
DIR. Scott, of Centerville, in that State: As
/ am informed through reliable sources that
| il is reported in this community that | was
with the Federal army during the war, | wish
to pin the lie to it by making public denial
through your paper; for | was not associated
with that army in any capacity during the
war, and defy any one to prove the contrary
| am only anxious to deny the reports because
| know that they were promulgated by some
maliciously disposed person or persons with
view OF prejudcing the public against me.