Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-26


for the session just closed.
The Hon, A. K Mcclure viii summer
on the Rocky mountains, whittier he leaves
early next week, for the benefit OF the health
Of an invalid member of his family. BE will
be accompanied by his wife. Virginia City,
Montana, is their ultimate destination, which
they expect to reach via Salt Lake, Den
yer, &c.
FORTUNES FRoLIc "A young man named
Lawrence, who has lately had to sue in an
Illinois court of law IN .forma pauperis, be.
cause he could not give security for the costs,
has just fallen heir to an estate in England
worth 5000, 600. He is described as an
aimable young man, who lately supplement-
ed divorce from his first wife by marrying
widow
| LATEST South American adgices state that
Curupaity has been again bombarded by the
Brazilians, who have also destroyed the forti
fcations and town of Santa Maria. A Bra
zilian army was preparing to cross the upper
Parana river and operate against Ascension.
The Paraguayan General Diaz died Of wounds
received in the action of February 2. Quiet
prevailed in the Argentine provinces, Gener-
nj Metere had assumed the Presidency, and
issued hostile manifesto.
THE United States Senate adjourned on
Saturday. Messrs. Sumner, Henderson and
johnson offered resolutions proposing active
aediation on the part Of our government in
the affair of Mexico. Senator Cole proposed
friendly interference on our part between
France and Prussia in the Luxembourg diff
Guilty. All these Intervention resolutions
we're tabled.
PETROLEUM has been discovered in Italy,
and four different associations hare been
formed for working contemplated wells. The
King of Italy is said to take great interest
in these petroleum discoveries, and the Ital-
ians, will no doubt soon rejoice in shoal of
bogus oil companies.
AT the Waterford, New York, Arsenal, the
Gatling gun, which is fred off by the turning
of a crank, and is said to keep forty six hun
dred balls in the air all the while, is now on
exhibition. The gun is to be used against the
Indians on the frontier. There were a good
many of these contrivances in General Nc
Clellan' army, but in no force. 1t was con
| tended, however, they had not fair trial.
CONSIDERABLE amounts of Mexican bonds
have been negotiated in New York within the
past year, at seven per cent, semi-annual in
terest, which falling due within the last few
days sent the bonds to protest, to the dissat
isfaction oSthe holders. The negotiations
we're at rates ranging from ten to sixty cents.
The decline Of cotton in the foreign mar
ket, together with the duh trade at home, are
having depressing influence on dry goods.
Prices of all but the leading staples are weak,
and the market still points to lower figures,
though the jobbing houses continue fairly ac-
tive. We see it stated that several leading
houses in New York are retailing foreign
goods at prices below the actual cost of trans
pUrJauon.
AFTER the Revolution had ended, in 1888,
our country covered s2o,68O square miles,
In 1860, by various acquisitions, this had
grown to 3,Ol0,277 square miles, and now,
by the Russian cession, 1t is 8,49l, ,55 square
miles The Republic has extended to more
than four times its size eighty-four years ago,
a fact which should receive honorable men
ton from our Fourth Of Jnty orators.
The citizens of Little Orange township,
Vernon county, Missouri, on hearing of the
murder Of Gen. Joseph Bailey, the sheriff Of
the county went in pursuit Of the murderers.
One of them, Tom Ingram, was caught, turn
ed over to a vigilance committee, and the
next morning his dead body was found swing
ing from the limb OF a tree
A LETTER from Jefferson county, Tennes-
see, tells the following story Of the late fresh
ct in that State: The Holstein river was
eleven feet higher than ever known before,
causing great destruction Of property Twen-
ty-six buildings, eleven of them residences,
went down the river in one day. One lodged
on McBee's Island. Mr. McBee visited it as
soon as possible and found child in bed up
stairs. The child was thought to be about
six months old, and was nearly starved,
Nothing is known Of its parents, who they
are, or what became Of them.
The following incident is related in a Paris
letter San American who is now here, and
who claims to be the most adroit man in the
world in the handling OF the musket and bay
onet, went the other day to seek an engage.
ment at the Paris Circuses, Offering to fight in
the arena with wooden bayonets) against
FIVE Of the best musket men in the French
army, all at once, one against FIVE. The di-
rector Of the circus said, No, can't do that;
but if you will dress up as a French soldier
and whip FIVE soldiers dressed up as Ameri-
cans, III give you an engagement The
Yankee retired in disgust, aud at last accounts
was still swearing"
The Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee have agreed that one OF their
number should remain in Washington perma-
nently, and act as Chairman of the Executive
Committee in charge of the Southern Repub-
lcan campaign. Representative BroomalI is
to act during the month of May, General
Schenck in June, and Senator Chandler in
July.
An unsatisfactory feeling prevails in Eng
lish trade circles, amounting to general dis.
trust. Dealers and capitalists are timid, hav-
ing had their resources in some instances Sc
riously impaired and this knowledge, says
the London Neps, combined with the general
/ slackness of business and with the d;fficuItv