Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-23

longin 10 the principle families nv the Cor
+ uers and the surroundin country happened
/ 70 be in Bascom 5 staekt up behind his bar
and providenshely they wuz all lcadin and
capt In mint time they wuz distTibu-
I'D and afore tie mob Good organize to
make the attack. a well directed volley wuz
/ poured into en- This dismayed EN-, and
/ the entire mass nv EN-, sich ez wuzn't kill
cd, fed 10 the woods. Two Nv the blood
thirsty wTetches wuz shot al the edge Of
MePelter' 5 woods By the Captain and Elder
Pennibacker, who feared that they wuz 90
IN in there to recognize and return to com
plete their dreadful work Elder Penui-
hacker hit one inhuman william with an axe.
which he'd bin wounded n the leg and wuz
found in a corner Nv his fence tryin to step
the flow uv the blood All that day q
i posse uv citizens we're engaged in Quellen
the fears uv the community by huntin down
these dangerous iacenjaries with dorgs and
KILN Nv EN-, Tor ez they exceeded Us ia
numbers we RELY trembled for the safety
Nv our wives and children.
After terrible day, the agitated togn
VIZ restored to It's Wontid peace, aud the
citizens slept ez yoosual The casualties on
our side Is not 80 large ez mite hey been ex-
pec;ed, when we consider the fearful pur.
+ pose uv the barbarians who assaled US.
Deekiu Pogram wuz seriously injo0red by q
y,.1- rrls.L .L-- q -.-s. s..l ----.- ,,-
in bis un,hiukin excitement and poor Ker-
mel McPelter's shot gun bust the second
tiE.e be fred it, takin off his thumb These
injoories sustained by our citizens may be
charged directly ty lie internal niggers, who
would provoke our peacsfy inclined people
But they suffered for IT, Eleven az them
wuz killed, and some thirty or forty Wuz
wounded The latter hey been al cared for.
They Wuz taken to the County Iufrmary
for treatment-the expense being charged
up to en- eZ a lien upon their property, wicl
viii, Of course, be sold to defray II.
Our citizens DO not boast nv vat they hey
done. They feel it w6z an unpleasant dooty
they he'd to perform, but they he'd TO DO It.
Corrupt and reckless men hey bin leadin
the colored people astray, and they he'd to
defend tbeirselres. He'd they only taken
my advice, aud not attempted to hold ther
meetin, this wood not hev happened He'd
they not hev come into the Corners with
msosie and Nashnel flag a fyin. they wood
not hev been killed And even then. he'd
they gone on quietly after the fust one wuz
Shot, and the others wuz kuockt down with
stnns, I doubt whether anything more wood
hev bin dun
They sho9dent hev held meetins. We
kin never endoor a meeting Nv uisgers. and
We never viii. Known this, why will they
persist in holdiu Of em?
The citizens ug the Corners agree anani-
mously Except Joe Bigler and Pollock that
all the blame must rest upon the niggers.
1 don't bleye in appeels to arms, but what
kin we do when We are 50 driven?
PIRoLEUM V. NAsBY, p. NJ.
lWich is Postmaster
p S.-The President needn't send sol
gers down to perfect Us, at least SO long ez
Grant is in command He'd wo General
B0sel or Hancock in command, with Ssy
mour ez President, it would be different.
Ez il Is we shel hev to perfect ourselves