Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-01
8eofao enquirer.
ITEMS.

Mekutoneeutzoeorts, aud other tribes with
equally simple nomenclature.
THE following joint resolution, to allow
owners of homestead to deduct the intercs,
paid on mortgages thereon from their X
come returns was adopted BY the National
House Of Representatives on the 18th inst.
Il is now in the hands of tho Finance Com.
mittee Of the Senate, who viii, Ii is hoped,
report on it Immediately. Be it Resolved.
&c, That the mortgagor Of homestead
EheTeon he resides is authorized To deduct
from his income for taxation the amount Of
interest paid on such mortgagein each year
The measles for the last month, has been
an epidemic in the town Of Sterling, Illinois,
aud surrounding country. Like the merei
less savage, the disease has spared neither
age nor sex. Parents OF forty or fifty yield
ed to the malady. and lay by the side Of
their fevegish youngsters. The complaint
seemed to be unusually contagious. Once
IN family or neighborhood, all who had
hitherto escaped were sure to be down in
the legal number Of days after exposure.
In some districts, schools were closed, and
in others so thinned that operations might
as veil have been suspended.
THE House Military Committee favors
expulsion from West Point Of all cadets
shown by the recent investigations TO have
been Improperly appointed They also pro-
pose introducing resolution condemning
all persons engaged in securing such ap
poiniments This may seem severe and
unjust to the innocent Youths who are to
suffer, but We are told that the sins Of the
fathers shall be visited upon the children,
and it may also be justifable as a measure
Of justice to these candidates whose claims
On the score Of merit were ignored in favor
Of corrupt influence
CUBA has her trsitor-GeneTal Napoleon
Aiango. Holding an important command
IN the revolutionary army, he surrendered
to the enemy, and is now busy with Captain
General DeRodas about the restoration Of
peace which is an cuphemism for com
pietely crushing the supporters of the pa
triot cause. Whether Arrange was bribed
by Spanish gold, or Is treaeberous for
the mere love Of treachery, or has quarreled
with the Cuban leaders, Is not yet deter
mined Arango's name is prejudicial to
him. NapoIeons have a habit Of serving
popular liberty scurvy tricks, even when
they have sworn fidelity to It.
TIE appearance of United States troops
and the Congressional talk Of recoDstructing
the State have had a good effect in Tennes-
see, her citizens are holding public meetings
at the State Cspitaf and memorializing Con
gress upon the condition Of public affairs.
There seems no doubt that the reports of
outages IN that State are exaggerated, they
always are 10 such cases; bat they have a
foundation in truth; and to the removal Of
every justifcation-even the slightcst-for
Congressional interference rather than to
public protest, the citizens Of Tennessee
c2ght T. devote themselves. Acts speak
louder than words the annihilation of a
single Ku-Klux-Klau Is worth score Of
resolutions.
The revolution created in The manufac-
ture Of steel by the improved patented pro
cess Of Bessemer, has effected wondrous
changes in the price Of many articles into
the manufacture Of which steel enters large
ly. The patent for the process expired a
short time since, and the invention is now
the porperty Of the public But it seems
that Bessener's ingenuity was not wholly
exhausted in the discovery Of that single
famous process. He has just made another
discovery, by which all the waste material
that, by the former process, could not be
converted into steel. can be converted. As
this waste was equal to thirty per cent. he
claims that be stiIl has the advantage of
those who are now privileged to use his first
patent, from the fact that be underseIs
them. In order to compete with him they
must now purchase his second patent, or
nay a royalty for the right to use It. His
income from the royalties derived from his
first patent, have for some years past been
SIX hundred thousand dollars a year.
\ BILL TO reorganize the system Of gov
erning the indians has been completed by
the House Committee 1t proposes to
colonize them all in one territory, under
three classes, a general, superintendent to
have charge Of each class, and no more
/ treaties to be made With them. Iu regard
to the colonization scheme, it set remains
TO be seen whether it viii work or not.
Some time ago a system Of putting the
/ tribes on reservations was instituted, but II
does not seem to have worked very well.
owing to the difficulty Of getting them ou
the reservations, The same difficulty Of
catching the hare presents itself in the
colonization scheme But there Is no uuos-
ton about the expedioncy Of abolishing the
treaty system. It is an anomaly legislation
to make treaties with the inhabitants Of our
own land-our own citizens, in fact, and the
system has long been a vehicle for abuses
and swiDdles that win only cease with it.
abolition
INvEw OF the sending Of message to
the President by Governor Senter, Of
Tennessee, requesting that United States
troops mar by placed at bis disposal to pre-
serve order in that State, it Is Interesting tc
refer to the action Of the Government when
= similar request was made IN September.
1868, by a joint select committee Of the
State Legislature. The Legislature passed
a resolution appointing the committee. with
instructions to ask military assistance, and
their communication TO the President was
referred TO Major General Schoield, then
Secretary Of War, who, on the 18th Of
September, addressed a reply stating that
the necessary instructions had been issued
to General Thomas. and also stating that