Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-01-28
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

HafTaght afFifcu bheTe Oh 1atufuay 10 take
charge Of be naval portion Of the obsequies
General Hunt is also there to represent the
army. All the arrangements for the solemn
occasion have been completed, and the cere
monies will be the most impressive ever
witnessed on this continent
The question Of the removal of the Ma.
tional Capital was discussed at considerable
length 10 the House on Saturday Mr.. I.o-
gan was the chief advocate Of removal ma.
king long speech in It's favor, concluding
| by saying he would soon introduce asbil
looking to that end There seems to be
considerable feeling on the subject among
Congressman, and there viii be lively times
over il before the session closes.
THERE has been fight in Cuba The
Telegraph says Sc and the New York Junta
say so; and we cannot doubt, or think Of
doubling, such testimony But who gained
| the victory is another and more important
question Both sides claim H. aud have
claimed it for some weeks Whether we
shall ever know seems involved in great
doubt. The last report-that in Havana
telegram Of Saturday-rather fayors the
insurgents claim, aud puts Puello's loss at
], 300 men.
THE election ola negro to FIJI the place
vacated by jeff Davis in the United States
! Senate, would seem to be an act Of retribu-
| tive justice, and both points moral and
adorhs a tale Nearly ten years ago Sena-
tor Davis left the Senate, and plunged into
the red sea Of the rebellion in order to per
petuate the slavery Of a race. Now one Of
! that race Is elevator to the position that be
! held and the sea- he occupied. Mississippi
repudiated JET Davis aad elected a negro
/ as his successor. What greater humiliation
can be in store for him2
TaE Commissioner Of internal Revenue has
written letter, in which he says that the
ruling under which person who makes it
his occupation to sell the products of his
own farm from stall or stand is required
to pay a special tax produce broker,
should be construed with the utmost liDer-
ality, giying him the benefit of all doubts;
/ that ii cannot ordinarily be said TO be the
| occupation Of farmer to sell his products;
/ that it is his business TO raise them and that
/ selling is an incident to the production;
that it is only when he makes such selling
! his constant business that he shall be requi-
red to pay the tax.
AT public audience of the Pope, IN came
an American lady. She got M armful of
chief OF Catholicity patiently. Your pho
toqraph, Holy Father, beg Here it is.
What more do you want ?" ~ our name at
the foot of the carte. Plus *. hesitated.
lie did not like it, but the spirit of sacrifice
came to his aid-he resigned himself he
signed the card Have you another favor
TO ash? p Holy Father, give me the pen
with which you wrote your autograph
| This time the excellent old man lost all
patience Here, madam, take the pen
holder, and-take the inkstaud also. The
American lady CONTINUES our French au-
thority) wrapped all up in an old news
Taper, opened her travelling-bag, put in the
spoil, aud departed with a low courtesy.
RECENTLY a Philadelphia man died,
wiling his entire estate for the founding Of
an Infdel Iyceum in that city. The will
has been declared null and void by the Penn
sylvania courts on the ground that it would
tend to RIGHTEOUSNESS and irreigiOn. The
laws of the State guarantee the freedom Of
religious worship. and while Christianity Is
not law, it is so far the popular religion Of
the people that it cannot be openly iusulted
in the manner indicated Judge ShaTswoo1,
recognizing the importance of sustaining re
| ligious principles, so conducive TO good
morals, closed his opinion IN the following
strong terms sit would prove nursery Of
! vice, school of preparation to qualify
young men for the gallows and young women
! for the brOthel; and there is not sceptic Of
/ decent manners and good morals who would
not consider such a debating club as a com
mon nuisance aud di-grace to the city
A PROMINENT Western member Of Con-
gress has prepared an important bill, which
/ he viii introduce in a few days, having for
| its object the establishment Of different hines
of steamship to Europe The ideas on
which the bill is framed are, that it Is abs0
/ lutely necessary for US to make a national
effort to recover our commercial supremacy;
and that, as private enterprise under exist
ing laws is utterly incapable of accomplish
| ing so great an undertaking. patriotism and
statesmanship alike demand government aid
and encouragement The bill viii provide
the establishment Of lines of steamships
from Boston, Philadelphia Baltimore and
New York each line to be subsidized. The
proposition is to diminish the expenses of
the Navy Department which now average
annually some twenty nine millions, to, say
fifteen millions per annum, and give about
ten millions Of dollars in subsidies.
The evidence Of James Fisk, Jr., on Sat
urday, 10 the gold conspiracy investigation,
is said to have been very racy. He was
profane and oratorcal dramatic and high
falutin His story was a broad farce or
roaring comedy from beginning to end.
Fisk speaks Of Coybjn as an old thief, and
photographs his character 10 a sentence:
/ When be reaches his hand for the shelf
he cleans off everything there Is on 1t,
Fisk's style can be seen in one Of his an
swers When asked what had become Of
certain twenty-five thousand dollars placed
to Mrs Grants credit, he replied: Its
gone where the woodbine twineth. He
was Bop.bdSteS EurioSo from beginning to
end, and kept the Committee in a fever of
suppressed laughter. Fisk was gorgeous
with striped pantaloons, brown velvet coat,
a square yard Of shirt bosom, half rod Of
gold chain, diamond large as walnut,
and a neck-tie Of the latest and loudest swell
pattern. Both Of them went back to New
York last evening.
A Co OPERATIVE COLONY has been or
ganized in New York, under the name Of
the Excelsior, with about one hundred mem
bers Their destination is Republican coun
! ty, Kansas, which is represented as one Of
! the finest counties in the State inasmuch
as there is some timber, plenty of stone
and a fertile soil An advance of eight
members has already gone forward, and
seven of these are skillful workers in stone,
from which it may be supposed they pro
pose to construct buildings OF this material
Their plan provides that all their work shall
be conducted on the cooperative principle,
the details of which are to be perfected from
time to time They take land under the
Homestead, each man having one hundred
and sixty acres; and whatever may be their
success in cooperation, there can be no
doubt that they win be able to secure homes
OF their own, while they will certainly have
great advantages in settling together in one
neighborhood, and in securing reduced rates
of transportation. They have already com
menced collecting library, and they intend
TO secure to themselves whatever can be de-
rived frnm this snnrcn and from schools