Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-07
PosT OFrIs, CoNFEDERIT Y ROADS,
(Wieh is ia the State NV Kentucky
Anrfl 9, 1859

/ Efthe Demoerisy Nv the North arm sat
/ ished by this time that the ultimate inten-
I shen Nv the Ablishnist is to subjoogate em
and reduce EN- TO the level Of the Niger, the
voice Nv one risen from the dead woodent
avail nothin Yesterday the last outrage
wich chiyalrous people has been compelled
/ to bear Wuz perpetrated onto a citizen nv
the Corners. 1 shell state the case eamly:
1 The posishen Nv Assessor of Internal
Revenoo for The DeestricS NV wich the Cor
ners is the centre, hez bin held since 4.
johnson hez bin President, by Capt. Hugh
/ McPclter, late Nv MoIgan's Cavalry, G. ).
4. That he hex iiiled the posisheu TO the
satisfaction uv the citizens NV the CotaeTs
no one denies. He is distiller, in fact he
and Elder Pennbacker run the two distil
/ leries in the town. and they hev bin doen
! thririn biznis McPelter wuz Assessor, and
4 Peual4cker Collector, and ez a conscience
none nv the capital uy the Corners hea bin
/ substracted and carried TO Washington to
/ feed the Abolshon thieves there Ez 10
( tax has ever been paid on the whisky at this
/ place, Bascom hez bin enabled to continyoo
/ to sell 1t at five cents per drink, while every
where else the regular price Is ten and ht-
/ teen. There wuz other advantages in baYln
the Assessorship and Collectorship in their
hands. BY simply hiutin to EN- that it wuz
my dooty ez q Federal offs holder to inyes-
tygate their modes of doin the Government
biznis, l hev not only bin the happy recipl
/ ent Nv scores Nv two gallon jugs, but l hev
/ bin enabled at divers and sundry times to
prokoor loans Nv EN- W various amounts,
the lowest being 81, IS and the highest reach
log $50
This happy condishen Nv affairs is bustid.
1 GrabrieI Babcock, nigger-that is a half
nigger-formerly the property Of Deekio Po-
gram. and who looks enuF like the Deekin's
Oldest son Jehil to be his half brother, wuz
last week appiuted and confirmed Assessor in
the place of Captain AIcPelter, and immedi-
ately be entered onto the discharge Nv his
dooties
There are many feechers pekoolyerly ag-
gravatn in the appointment To begin
with. this Babcock was notoriously obnox
yus to the corners during the late onpleas
antnis. At the beginnin thereof he run
away from Deekin Pogram and entered the
( Federal servis. He wuz pertikerlary activ
and cusid
I His knowledge Nv the country made him
/ yoosful to the Federal officers ez guide and
a scout, and at least one Federal victory Is
chargeable direct to the information he brot
I Then his wife wuz knowd to heY hid Eve
/ Federal sojors who had escaped fIom Ander
t-'fa- kr1n A. c--il-- al - hsa,,5 =
Nv Captain McPelter at Fort Pillow, kin !
4 be wondered at that he wuz left for dead O.
kin it be wondered at that the people Nv the
( Corners wuz surprised whe he appeared
among EN- at the close Of the war, with one
I leg of and one arm stiff I? Not much Cap.
MePelter wuzn in the habit Of half doa
his work, and the appearance Of this Niger
who had passed through his hands ruther
astonished the Captain,
Doorin his absence be had learned to read
aud write, and he wuz made a teacher in the
Frscdmen's Skool wich was established in
this place, and now be Is Assessor, with
Pollock on his bond
/ e a matter Of course we dispair uv the
Republic. Wat Freedom can there be for
US with a niggcr in ofHchei posisben to tyra-
ujze over US? What man Nv culcher, Nv
educasben Nv refinement. kin afford to i've
in a community where disgustin mulatto Is
made not only cur eksl but our soopeTiorl
| Deekin Pogram said this Indignantly to
Joe Bigler, who immejitly askt the Doekin
whether or not he didn't count Babcock' $
mother his ekal thirty years ago? Wich
question was IN the presence of the
Deekin's wife, who hez temper, wuz the
( occasion Nv severe remarks between the
worthy pair Joe Biger delites in openin
old scores.
The first act'uv this Babcock, in his OIL
shel capacity vuz the shuttin Nv McPelter's
and Penni5aeher's distileries, and Bascom's
bar, on the skore that none Nv EN- had never
taken out Licensees, or even paid any taxes
There wuz the most terrific ebulishen nv
feelin at this act NV tyranny that hez ever
bin my lot to witness.
Hang the black eussi'
Down with the Afrikiu despot n'
Shouted the infuriated citizens. With
a refinement NV erooelty wich Good only be
the of spring Nv most depraved and vishus
mind, he shut up these places at seven o.
clock in the morning, before one nv the
citizens he'd he'd his morning bitters He'd
be post stponed it an hour we might hev fought
it out. for some one else wood hev prokoored
a supply before noon, and things would hev
gone on normal But there wuz the entire
populashen Nv the Corners at seven a. m,
with tbroals ike lime kilns, and nary drop
to be he'd for love or money. The skeem
wuz well considered and successful The cit
liens Good hold but fifteen minutes, and they
surrendered They gave bonds to wich they
all appended their marks to indemnify the
Government for back tackses and compel
ed Bascom to take out license. This done
the niger, who was backt up by Bigler and
Pollock, opened his doors and the multitood
surged in and wuz satisfied. To think Nv
niger holden the destinies Nv the Corners
in his hands
Ez matter Of course Elder Peunibacker
will follow next indeed he wants to resign
now, for, 'sez he, with the Assessorship in
hostile hands Nv wat avail Is it to be Collec-
tori And then how long win my head stay
on my shouIders2 Is niger to take nv
place. Already hez Bascnm raised his price
to Zoe pr drink, and notified me that Tx
ker from this time out is cash, and already
has Pennibacker and McPelter refoosed to
lend me a cent Ny Kingdum is crumblin.
The eleckshen NV Grant wnz the ueine rricb