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

A National Temperance Convention will
be held in the city OF Cleveland, Ohio, on
Wednesday, July %, 1868, to which are in.
vited all religious and temperance organiza-
tions. Each organization will be entitled 70
seven delegates, Of which the presiding officer
and secretary shall be two, the other five to
be appointed by the body.
THE Director Of the National Bureau Of
Statistics has just received the first retnrns
from the United States Customs District Of
sitka, in the Territory Of Alaska, for The
quarter ending December 81, 1867. Four
vessels arrived during the quarter The iul-
ports which amounted to S3,973, consisted Of
10 tons Of coal, 600 pouRds Of apples, lG
bushels Of cabbages, 2l73 proof gallons Of
spirits. % dozen bottles Of spirits, and 10
dozen bottles Of champagne. During the
quarter, 1s7 passengers departed, but none
arrived
AeKASsAs aas ratified the Anii. Slavery
amendment elected two o. S. Senators aud
three Representatives to Congress, all Re,
puJljcaas, and is virtually back into the Union
as stauueh Republican State Her Con
/ gressmen are already at Washington and viii
be admitted at once. With Johnson, the
Great Obstructionist, cut Of the way. the 4th
ofJuly viii fndthe Southern States all restor-
ed
! EFEEY PhiIadelphIen viii be glad to learn
{ by the Mayor authority, that after ali Of the
trh bub aud anxiety of two years, League
! Island Is Gnaiiy secured as a Uniled States
/ Naval Station, and that nothing is wanting to
perfect the matter, but the formal deeds Of
conveyance. This closes the contract on
the part Of the city. The government then
has to perform lis part and to improve and
nse the Island.
! PAWT Of the impeachment Managers think
favorabIY Of the proposition to have the
/ speeches Of the Managers who cannot be
heard in the Senate delivered in the House
in Committee Of the Whole, before the case
is closed In the Court; but it is probable that
the matter viii not come before the House as
a measure reported by the Managers. 1t is
understood that the arguments OF all the
/ Managers who choose to make them shall
90 before the country in some form.
OxE Of the best signs of the times we have
seen Tor many day. Is the evidence in
Republican journals all over the State, thai
they viii not support Dad men for Office who
may manage by tricks and money to get
nominations. The Republican journals of
Philadelphia are eviBcing determination
on this subject. which viii be emulated for
good everywhere. The newspapers aud the
/ people must make common cause against
| political jobbers.
TuE Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial in description Of
the impeachment trial, says that Mr.. Curtis
is man without smile or a triae. Somber
is his vesture, purple is his color, he isYery
much ike Daniel Webster in stature, face
and manner. lie seldom walks IN anybody 5
company-but with a slow, deliberate stride,
leaning on a cane, he comes alone to the
Capitol, ponderously mounts the steps, wipes
his forehead in the ante room, and, entering
the Senate, sits in a condition Of vigilaut
retirement. He exchanges no words with
his legal brethren. If he is introduced to
anybody. he shakes hands with thai gravity
that Webster used 20 revel IN. He weighs
about i9o pounds. perhaps more. Nature
gave him a good, large Websteriau head, and
bis face is a fine old liver color