Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-04-24

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BEDFORD. april Is. 1855.
II. NECOBEagUs, Esq. Seq aasts 7+ss1s-
tFsT q Bedford 20. S11figTs' Ef0gzss-
nls7Ef ASSOCIATION:
DEAR STB VIII ynH please state,
For tbs information 0f the public. what
monies have been paid into the Trgas-
ury ct the Association
Yours Truly.
C. y. HICKOK. cas-
BEDFORD, A prfI l6. 1855.
DR. e. y. HECK0E. ebGfr1.g,g, BelIf0rCf
90 Sc8-5ieTs' Ak1gla7lezst -A&sgejafj02
DEAR R:-Thera hgve come into
my bands, for the 3IoauDe Associs-
ton, as follows
Fr1z Hszry p Saith, szs sf tEs Ezssa-
tiEs Cauza1itsse q s. ClaEr Fz 81 =
su- G 5. Esx8z, Esc 8El Capt LIB
Hitas EE, EgE- e EsszEiy To- - o.
Tz.1. So %
The above l. al I haze any know
edge Of. a. collected in she county, for
the baildiDg Of a soldier Mouuuent-
The amount fr1u s. Clair tp.. I have
paid back 70 9Ir. Smith. and I hold the
contribution from Liberty tp., ready
20 te returned 20 any enc authorized
10 recetve il. 81 il Is evi6eat- from the
poor responses msde to the repeated ef-
forts Of the Central CeBmittee, that
the sAonumentr7 Is nos 10 be built
Very Truly Yours,
II. NTCODE1fCS, Treas.
1LEssEs EDIroRs The above cor
respondenee wiz explain itself, and I
respectfully request that you viii pub
Iish il. not only a. due to lecommuni-
Is at large, but, also, that wrongful
impressions, the result II misstate-
ments, may thus be corrected.
Ny attention was cailedto an editor
izI article, that appeared in the Bed
f0rd Colnt5r Press Of week before
last the third one, I understand. from
Bloody Run. on the sane subject, al
though Z did not see tine others, con-
veying the impression thit, from neg
ligenea the monument has not been
buiIr, and mot owing 70 the Hant Of
mean fur, continues t5at paper, 80
far a Re cs1 understand, these were
supplied
The Pres being YES in It's iufau-
e.. it would be TOO mucA, perhaps, 70
lock for 8 mature understanding in
THAI quarter yet, Il shczid De appai-
elt, even 60 3 very ju-enTle oompre-
heHsi0n, that the sum Of $50, wOald
60 but a small way toward the erection
ofa memorial, 10 EEieh Eazgg tS0za-
azlols would be but Z poor .ribgte, and
the lowest possible estimate Of the c0st
o. which. was $500
The '- F'rsss'F perIetra-e1a most cru
el, ehough perhaps unonscioas sar-
C@m. on Bedford co-usT's apprecia-
ti0a Of the value Of tae lies and suf-
ferings Of It's heroic dead, when it .-insi-
mated that sufficient maa1s have beeu
secured 70 erect TIE 3L0SCslESE
The Central COMMITTEES Wa-e long
ago foreed e the confusion, 50 truth
fully ard tzrsely expressed by the
Treasurer Of the faId. that there Is,
on the part Of the people Of MS c0an-
". 3 general iadispositiol TO leave
standing, for the contemplation Of fU-
ture generations, any meEaa4t0 of their
gratitude To those who 30 I,eeiy offer
ed sheir lives On the aiar1f their coUu-
ty
With tle exception, pehaps, 0f some
.-Tif5Es mite, p I do nossuppose there
has haaa . single individual sa5scEiF-
tio1 in the county, that ogId, by any
process Of distortion, he made TO APPEAR
rs .Ei5eruli1g r but. If tle citizens Of
Bloody Run, oz any otlAr portion Of
our county, have ''zubscibed literally
and paid two years ago for q monu-
meat, - the Prsss sas they have,
their donations have ne-er yet found
tEeir way Into the Treanry Of the As
sociatiCn- nor have the Central Com
mittee heard Of them.
I have given the TTgasurer's state
meut Of the amount recived here. and
. if any monies have heeE paid 30 either
oF the yaricus Borough or Township
committees, which havt not been re-
+ ported here. they should, at once, be
returDesi 10 the donors zs the project
f9r which they were given, has, q
F necessity, been adand0ieEi.
It wili give me pieasre 70 forward
. 10 any one desiring tie information.
Z the names 0F these seyrzI committees.
+ 50 that money subscribed ard paid
/ for this purpose, may DC ciaimed BY
those having given IT,
ANY person IN she eoTnty % exceed
I fugIy anxious to- kn0wif the money Is
. u BE- appropriated as riey were made
% beiieye, a. the Frss asserts there
are, could Eogg ago haze had this state
meat OF the truth, p application 70
/ any one of the Central lCommittee.
C. y. HIkOE- Chm.