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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
President Of Grant Club.

CHICAGO. Aug. 10, 1S6S.-Hon. John c.
Dore, President Grant Club: Dear Sir: am
happy Of the opportunity afforded me TO
place my co-religionists properly before the
people, but prefer to do SO in letter, be-
cause I have not made any political speeches
for some time, and have neither time nor
inclination to enter into the arena.
Our Jewish fellow citizens are brought
conspicuously forward in this Presidential
campaign, owing to military order issued
at one time by General Grant, known as or
der No. u This order vas issued against
Jews as class, and in this way repeated
wrong frequently committed against my
race BY the non-J Jewish world.
The true Israelite has no prejudice against
any race. His faith in One God, having
been strengthened by history of forty
centuries, leads him to regard all men as
brothers, and mis- highest happiness is to be
engaged in the interests Of God and
humanity. The issues ofthe war are fully
appreciated by them, and it will be useless
to expect assistance from them in impeding
the progress of history.
The whole tendency Of strictly Jewish
efforts is to progress and liberalism, and we
cannot lez,d our aid to infict on others
wrongs which we have suffered ourselves,
and hence know them to be wrongs.
Had the nomination Of Presidential
candidate been left to Republican Jews,
General Grant would certainly not have
been their choice. But now that General
Grant is the nominee of the party, it IS pay
ing a poor compliment to Jewish intellect
and Jewish patriotism to suppose that we
can sink all beneath the weight Of personal
vindictiye revenge, or even Of holy indig-
nation. General Grant knows by this time
that Jews must not be Judged as class, y
not auy more so than Christians; that
among Jews there are good men and bad
men, as there are good men and bad men
among Christians.
Furthermore, I believe that the order re-
ferred to was issued in the midst Of com
plieated military responsibilities, its sweep
ing effect not having been fully considered,
and that General Grant regrets that the
order was ever issued.
I Indeed, know that letter from Genera
1 Grant, expressing these sentiments, has 70
/ some time been in the hands Of prominen
co-reHgi5nist at Washington city, and tha
4 General Grant objects to the publication
thereof ID this time, only on the grount
that it nsight be construed as bid for vote
on his part.
\ Very respectfully,
HENRY GREESEBAUM.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
THREE THINGS TO AVOID.

l. Avoid bad thoughts. We cannot help
bad thoughts coming into our hearts some
times; but we can help keeping them there.
As somebody has said, Eve cannot prevent
the crows from flying over our heads, but
we can prevent them building nests in our
hair." Fight bad thoughts; for just as sure
as you let them live and grow in your hearts,
they will breed mischief and misery.
2. Avoid bad words Bad thoughts are
parents to bad words, and the children are
even more mischievous than their parents.
For bad thoughts, SO long as they are con-
fined to your own hearts, only hurt you, but
bad words hurt others. They lead to an
ger, strife, and all kinds Of black sin.
8. You must avoid bad deeds. Do not
allow yourself to do an evil action. If you
know an act to be wrong, never consent to
it. Keep yourself pure. Dare to do right,
though it be sometimes hard. Remember,
Thou, God. seest me.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

ending June 9oth, 1860, and was estimated
at Sl2, 900, 000 for the year cading Jane
50tb, 1861, but probably cost more, as that
included three months Of the rebellion
The estimates aud appropriations for the
current year ending next June are SlT, 800
600. We take therefore an average of sfS,-
600, 600 for the proper expenses independ-
ent Of the war, and, deducting for the sey-
en- years, SIO5, 600 600, have balance Of
$30s, $40, $40 Is to carry up against the reb-
el Democracy.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

NEUTRALHY.-In regard to the gospel
there is no neutrality, for lst. 1t demands a
positive acceptance, and the condemnation
is upon them that do not accept it. I'd.
When man refuses to obey the gospel the
influence of his example leads others to do
the same, and he therefore stands as a
stumbling block in the way of sinners Sd.
The Lord, in his classifcations Of society
never mentions but two classes, and includes
all within these. 'fHe that Is not for US is
against us. He that gathereth not with
me scattereth abroad.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

A CAMPAIGN SONG.

Arouse arouse. the standard flies,
The bugls SQUADS the eaB;
The loyal Gag floats in the breeze,
The name Of Grant sWells through the trees,
swells from the lips Of all
From high Katahdin's peaks we come,
A band Of brothers true;
From eoIorado's hills and wales,
Prom CalifornlA's golden dales,
The gallant boys in blue
Though Seymour minions cry for war,
We know their ways Of old,
They slept when Southern rebels fought,
They held the sword, bnt used it not,
Their birthright's would have sold.
Oh had they marked the warning call
Their fathers spirits gave,
Foul treason ne'er their ranks had mown
Nor honest patriots, desperate grown,
Dug their dishonored grave.
Shall We, too, bow the stubborn hesd,
In Freedoms temple born,
Tremble with knee and shoulder bent
Before bastard President
Or brooke Seymour's seournl
No once again throughout the land
Wen shout the watehword out
Our votes shall prove again to-day
That Freedom and Honor still hold away,
Still can foul Treason rout.
Arouse arouse for General Grant
And Colfax let as shout,
Wen save our nations honor yet,
Eepudiate no cent Of debt
and fling our ban ner out.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
IEeUrRER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws;
l. A Postmaster Is required 70 give notice ~
letter. returning paper does not answer the law
Ehen a subscriber does not take his paper cut Of
the Office aad state the reasons for its not being
taken; and negleai to do 80 makes the P9stmas-
ter repsoasibis 70 the publishers Tor the payment.
>, Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name another, or
whether be has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
8. II q person orders his paper discontinued, he
msst pay al arreaFages, or the publisher may
continue TO send 1t until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount, 5heker q be taken from
hs Office or aof- There can be nc legal discontin-
uence until the payment is made.
l. II the subscriber orders his psper TO be
stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con
tiuues TO send the subscriber Is bound to pay for
it, II he takes q oat Of tAe Poet 05foe. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
Tor what he uses.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers aBd periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them unealled for, is
i,riEaa foeia evidence Of intentional fraud
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

The burthen of Federal taxation nolonger
affects the masses Of the people. 1t bears
upon wealth, luxury and personal indul-
gance. As such the people viii prefer it to
the new Democratic theory Of equal taxation
which is to press upon the farmer and his
products equally with the wealthy capitalist.
VII. CONCLUSIONS.
Let the citizens, therefore remember these
focts. which are established by the most am
ple official authority, and each Of which, as
stated by US in this article, are correctly
cited, and may bd coToborated by reference
to the authentic documents.
1st. The cost in morisgpi the Rebellion
was over (our thousand millions Of dollars.
2nd. of this cost. very nearly One-half,
that is to say Gtree-ej:gatts, hare been already
paid and torerer discharged. OF this whole
forty-one hundred millions, only twenty-five
hundred millions remain unpaid, in the
shape of the existing public debt
81. The Republican party, administering
the National affairs for seven years, have, in
that period, encountered and crushed lile
most formidable rebellion ever known to a
civilized people, meeting and dfsehargdag
on The ordinary e.rpeascs ofthe Government
aud very aearly oae-aalf The cost Of the re-
beliion itself
4th. With the restoration Of peace, and
the completed reconstruction Of nearly all
the rebelhous States, the cost Of the public
service, in all departments, has been brought
back to the anti-war standard. Excluding
the extra expenses in the current year, en-
ding next June. such as interest on debt,
pensions, bounties, &c, Commissioners
Wells estimates the regular expenses Of the
nation for the gear. at $50, ssi ,0l300, which
amount and no more, has been appropriated
therefor By Congress. The last two years OF
Buchrnan's administration showed regular
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

DIED AT THE CARD TABLE.-0fhcer D.
S. s. Morris, Of this city, went to New
Haven on business on Saturday night, and
on his way down stopped at a tavern in
Bethany to get warm. While here he OBJ
served four men sitting att table playing
cards, This was between 7 and s O'Clock.
On his retnrn about halfpast IL, he was IN
formed that one Of the number, man about
ffty years Of age, had just been carried
home a corpse. While in the act of playing
he was noticed to straighten out his body
gradually slipped out out Of his char on the
foor. and was taken up dead, having expired
without speaking word or receiving mo-
msnt's warning. Ii was truly feartuLly
sudden summons Waterbipg Anisi7oz"'
4
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A Bosrox PAPER tells the following story:
'sA few days since a vel dressed young man
entered brokers' Office in this city, and
said he desired to buy some bonds. He
gave the kind aud amount, and said he
Kould call again the next day. he did so,
and requested the broker to send him 5000
worth to his place of business naming 3
store in a good business locality. The
broker was suspicious, and instructed the
messenger, his clerk, not to let the bonds
20 out Of his sight until he had received
the money therefor. At the store the young
gentleman appeared, took the bonds, and,
opening desk, placed them in a pigeon
hole, and then locked them up. He called
the clerk attention to the operation, and
told him to sit down and wait while he
stepped out and cashed check. The clerk
waited until it was apparent that the young
trader had disappeared, and he then in
vestigatod tho matter, and found that there
was hack entrance to the desk, through
which the bonds had been taken and car
ried of. The name of the business man is
not known, his whereabouts are also in
Tolyei in mystery, and Boston broker Is
Sc, 0o0 out.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

The estimates ami appropriations for the
current year show still further reduction
to so, 600, 600, which is very nearly down
to the mark Of cur expenditure in the last
year Of Mr Buchanan's administration.
Large amounts have been applied 70 the re-
duction Of the public debt The last Trea-
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
kll-e.t 80 y Il 80 ~.

This item is SIS properly chargeable IN
the account, as if It had been money direct
" spent for powder and ball. The estimate
Of interest to be paid during the current
year is much reduced, being only SI26,0 ,0ea-
COO Mark that
The Ffeedntan's BareaA
The accounts in the Treasury Department
show that the total expense Of this Bureau,
since its organization, have teen but 81
6I7,000, no small part Of which has ben
expended to provide food for starYng
Southern Democrats.
Expenses Qf Reconstruction.
The Treasury accounts show that the *
penditures contingent upon the Reconstrac
ton acts Of Congress rave been s2,3A,-
7o0,56, total to June 30th, last This does
not include the proper military expenses for
the armed forces, retained in the South
ern States to regulate and restrain the rebel
allies Of our Copperbead Democracy from
cutting the throats Of their Union neigh
bors, and renewing the fight for the Lost
Cause. These expenses are already indu-
ded in those given for the War Department
proper And, as all the expenditures for
Reconstruction and the Freedmen are so in
cluded, we do not now charge them up
again in the total account We sum up as
follows:
Tot,l Erpeascs Of The Rebellion.
War Denartmeuf g. COS. .7a2. g2s o.
Navy Department .-.-..-.--.-. 5os,5AefS15 u
Interest paid debt..--....-..-.. 5sT,4ss,is9 So
1otai --..--........-.-- -; ;se3, ,9sls4aS 0B
and the $l26, coo, ,000 Of interest to be
paid this year on the debt viii more than
swell, at the end Of the current fiscal year,
the money cost Of the great Democratic re-
bellion to the terrible total Of fouT thousand
millions Of dollars How soon can we af-
ford to have another, such as they threat
en- us with?
II. AGGREGATE RECEIPTS AND EXPKNpI-
TUREs FOR THE EIGHT YEARS ENDING
JUNE so, 1865.
The Receipts for each year, from all
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RArEs oF ApyERTIsING.

All advertisements for Iees Eaan months 10
cents per line for each insertion. Special notices
eae-half additional AL resolutions Of AssOcia-
tions, Communications Of limited or indiyidal
interest and notices Of marriages and deaths, exc
aeeding fre lines, 10 ess per line AL legal noti
ees Of every kind, and ali Orphans Court and
other Judicial sales, required BY Law TO be pub
lished IN both papers. Editorial Notices 10 cents
per line All Advertising due after hrst insertion
A liberal discount made 20 yearly advertisers.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
GENERAL GRANT AND THE jew
ISH PEOPLE.

The Chicago Tribune Of August u. pub
fshed the following eorespo ndenee:
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, CHICAGO,
I'll, August 6, IS6S.-Hon. Henry Greene
baum-Dear Sir: a number Of Republican
voters Of your religious persuasion have in
timated to our Committee Of Arrangements
desire to give the public an opportunity
to hear your views on the relations Of the
lsraelities to General Grant and the Re
publican party. In compliance with the re-
quest of the committee, l have the honor to
invite you to speak upon the subject, at a
Republican meeting, on Wednesday evening
August u, IN Court House Square, in this
city. Soliciting your kind compliance with
this request, l am yours truly
~
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

THE PoPE of Rome is described as always
dressed in white, when he appears in pub
lie He has, of late, taken q great deal
more outdoor exercise than formerly
About one hundred persons daily solicit
audiences from him. At these audiences, to
which often persons half crazy with religious
excitement gain access, it is very seldom that
the Pope, even under the greatest proToca-
ton, loses his temper. Sometimes when a
visitor proves too troublesome, Plus TX
rings the bell, and says to the cameriere
who enters the room, Take this man into
the fresh air. He is unweI The Pope
speaks no German, excellent Latin and
Spanish French with a strong Italian &C
cent, which is by no means unpleasant in
his rich, sonorous voice, and very pure Ital-
ian, while some of his Cardinals even speak
their mother tongue with strong local ae-
cent Cardinal Hohenlohe is one Of the
men whom His Holiness likes best Strange
to say, all the sisters and other relatives Of
that Cardinal are Prolestahts
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

sNAI1 SouL.-said crazy woman q
ron,,r;ous stingy man; Do you see ,haI
l'a psu.1ioy5, Ven could blow his soul through
i,a,ming i-,,,, bird qain into mosquito $ eye
and tbe mosquito wouldn't wink.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

Total ofexpenditares I6s, o,2l8 So
This shows a slight excess over the total
sof receipts as stated above, but, as We have
remarked, the exclusion Of all Transactions
concerning the debt from both sides Of the
account, and the omission ofthe respective
balances and deficits would reconcile the
difference.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
. W. GROUSE

n W. USE.
DEALER IN
CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, &C.
On Pit3 street one door east Of Geo. r. ostsr
Ce.s Store, Bedford, Pa, is nor prepared
% sen by wholesale all kinds OF CIGARs. AN
q Siaers promptly Sled Persons desiring anything
Bedford Oct "a '6S,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

sury report states 'tEe actual reduction
from September ] 65 to October 81, 81, .
at s266, lS5, ,l2l 43. From October 81, '65,
to August !, '6s, it is officially reported as
reduced in the sum of S2S5, Ola. 956, IS.
without throwing ont the So, POO of
Railway bonds. Let US add TO these items
the cost of the var, as above given, togeth-
er with the sums which we deducted from
tho expenditures in the Wa. and Navy De-
partments, as allowance for their average
annual cost under the ordinary conditions Of
peace e
Expenses Of rebellion proper -, 10 8, ,6s6.ss3 or
Vraiaary expenses War Depart
meat seven years estimate 49, 9i8.e0O coo 90
Ordinary expenses Navy De-
partEsent seven years estimate fo5 coo. 600 90
Ordinary expenses civil service.
&c seven years .................. 37S.400,039 II
hedueiion OF Public Debt......... 2s5,0Ii,o56 S.
s5,Os3,05l,37s 6s
add for al expenditures, Is6O-6i s4,57s,s34 ~
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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. &C.

The IsQgrsra is pabli.a-ds'orF FnrDAr nom
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-25
RETIRING SENATOR'S.
Gen. Butler on spoons.

The Herald, some tine ago, sent a repor-
ter TO get Gen. Butler's views Oh public
questions, but, by some accident, the I'M
portat topic Of spoons was overlooked. We
now have, however, another conversation
with the General by another reporter, IN
which this great subject is fully discussed
in the following language:
"Why have you not answered these serl-
GUS charges ~ asked the reporter.
Because answered Butler, eff should
entirely snuff out one of them, as 1t would
be easy to do, and then not answer the next
that my enemies should bring up, they
would Immediately say that he would reply
TO it if he could, and so construe my silence
into conviction--and life would be too short
to answer all that rebel malignity could
suggest. If any person chooses to believe
that the commanding General OF depart
ment would steal spoons, when, by SIM
ple order, he could command millions OF
money. he will so believe because his own
mind is SO constituted that lie knows he
would have stolen spoons if he had the op-
portunity.p
aBy the by, General" / interrupted,
tIwouId YOU care to tell how that charge
about spoons was Arst started ?"
Certainly" he said 'The history OF
that charge is a curious one After the fall
of Richmond, when the semi-rebel Iegisla-
ture was in session, in was reported that 1
was 10 be sent down there TO take command
instead Of Ord. One Flint--I think that
was his name--who was a member Of the
Legislature, introduced q resolution advis-
ing the people, in view of my coming, TO
lock up their spoons. The resolution, of
course, was Immediately rejected, tut it
was copied and the cry taken up by the
rebel newspapers, and has now becoms the
staple Of Democratic witagainst me, Flint,
however, its author, who was then a navy
agent at Norfolk, was soon after found de-
faulter to the Government TO large
amount, and ran away to England. BE IL
lustrated the fact have stated--he knew
he would steal spoons, as he did the Gov
ernment money. Indeed, most men Judge
Others by themselves, as it is tAeir only
standard for Judgment
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-25

'If the people Of the North wish to build
up strong and lasting Union, let them
eonide more fully than they have done to
the honor Of our people These arc not.
as would naturally be imagined, The words
Of some faithful loyalist at the South, whose
devotion to the country has been rcpulsed !;
some Petigru or Maynard or Darant, some
john Minor Bolts, or Judge Paschall, or
Gov. Brownlow. They are the words Of
Wade Hampton, who fought himself into
all the prominence he possesses, in the
eause of that honorable people who violated
their oaths of allegiance, robbed our Trea-
sury, stole our arms, scattered our Navy,
and then tried to break. up our Govern
ment; of Wade Hampton, who refused to
be bound by the surrender of his eomman-
der, and clustered of continuing the fight
indefinitely, but afterward skunk into the
acceptance of a parole; of Wade Hampton,
who boasted that the revolutionary plank
Of the Democratic platform was his work,
and now, frightened at the consequences Of
his own folly, tries to sneak out oft by
audacious falsehood. Confide more fully to
your honor? No, wen trust the honor of
less conspicuous traitors and less ffagrant
falsifcrs firsts-zNeie York Tribune
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-25
Giants or Olden Times.

In one of his recent lectures, Professor Slliman.
the younger, alluded to tho discovery of tho skele
ton Of an enormous lizard Of eighty feet From
THIS the Professor inferred living specimen OF
such magnitude has been found that the species
which Il represents has degenerated The yeritv of
his position he rather singularly endeaYored to en-
force by an slusion 20 the we'll known existence of
giant in olden times The following list is the
data Upon which this singular hypothesis is based
Thu giant exhi bited st Rouen in $780, the Pro
fessor says, measured nearly eighteen feet.
Gorapins saw giant that was ten feet high.
The gaat Galabra, brought from Arabia to Rome,
under Clandius Cesar, was ten feet high
Fannxnl, who lived in the time of Eugene III
measured eleven and half feet
The Ohavalier Serog in his voyage to the Peak
TenerHe, found in one Of the Of that noun
tain the head of the Gunich, who had sixty teeth
and was not less than ffteen feet high
The giant Farragus slain by Orlando nephew Of
Chsriemagne was twenty-eight feet high.
In 1914 near st. German, was found the tomb of
the giant sorent who was not less than thirty feet
Ia 1893, near Rouen, was found skeleton whose
skull held bushel of corn, and who was nineteen
feet high.
The giant Bacart was twerty two feet high; his
thigh bones were found in 1903, the river Mo-
deri.
In 1923, meas the castle in Dauphine a tomb was
found thirty feet long, sixteen wide and eight high
Oh HhANA NSs Sut IN gray ssvho bu0oo NoA0s lAStO-
lochus Rex" The skeleton was found entire, twen-
ty-fve and fourth feet long, ten feet across the
shoulders and FIVE feet from tho bresst bone to the
back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1916, was found the
skeleton OF giant thirty feet high and in 1869 an
oiher Iortj -four feet high
Near Bszrino, in Sicily, in 1916, was found the
skeleton OF giant thirty feet high the head was
large as hogshead, and each Of his teeth weighed
five ounce.
We haze no doubt that there were "giants in
those days. and the past perhaps more prolific
in producing them than the present. But the his
tory of giants during the olden time was not more
remarkable than that Of dwArfs, several of whom
we're even smaller than the Thumbs and Nuts of
our own time.