The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-09-15

J. ELLIS BONHAM, Chairman.
GEORGE c. WELxER, secreta1y.
James Pollock aud the knoW-Nctiings.
The fact that JAMES PoLtocK-the abolition
lawyer candidate for Governor, having joined
the Know-Nothinss, paintedy remarks the
Doylestown Democrat, is coming down aud re-
acting on him with a crushing effect among The
steady farmers and working men all over the
country. In BeFks county the Wings who are
| Germans, are deserting PoLLocK IN flocks, and
are determined to vote for BlGLEG, and the rest
OF the Democratic ticket. They are plain, hon
/ est men, and do not approve of a candidate for
4 the responsible and dignifed Office OF Governor,
trucking to sectarlan prejudces and joining
midnight secret political conclave. bound to-
gether by the most horrible, proiane, and dis
gusting oaths. Ii will be small day for Penn
sylvana, when the people debase themselves
SO much as TO elect such man their Governor.
! We ask the people 10 refer back to the earlier
| Governors, and ascertain ifthey went down on
/ their knees, into oath bound midnight political
sectarian conclaves, for the sake of the persecu-
! ton OF portion OF our people, and obtaining
/ the votes of others Did the great and good
/ WILLIAM PENN, the founder OF the infant colo
tny, do so? No Hew driven from England
/ by the same kind OF persecution, with which
jaws Pollock, has now connected himself
! Did Tuos. LLOYD, EDWARD SHlPPEN, W1LLiAM
KERN, JANEs LOGAN, ANTHoyy PALMER, RoB-
ERT HuNrER MORRIS, JoHH PENY, RICHARD
! PENN, THos. WHARTON, and BENJAMIN FRANK
LIN, all OF whom were provincial Governors,
join any midnight secret, political sectarlan con-
! claves to obtain votes for the Office? No. Not
one Of them e6er stopped so tow as that Did
THOMAS MIFFLIN, THoMAs McKEAN, SIMON
SNYDER. WILLIAM FINDLAY, JOHN ANDREW
SHULzE, or FRANeis r.. SHUNK, ever meet
midnight conclave, bound together by biasPae-
nous oaths, for the purpose Of obtaining votes
| No, never, They would have considered it
! disgrace 70 have been seen in the company off
! such men JAMES Pollock will be ashamed of
1 it, too, in less than three days after the second
! Tuesday in October. Ia fact, he sees already,
that he has been rather fast, in the matter, and
keenly regrets his haSty action in the affair
He well knows that it is dragging him down
with rush that was not expected, while biS
opponent, Col BIGLER, occupies high ground,
and is gaining strength daily.
/ a Car ExTRAoRDINARy.-A gentleman liv-
ing at Elk Run, in the lower end Of Fauqnier
Has Tie SJOu ~ JOSSeSs tHF
most remarkable grin.alkin yet known, OF the
cat kind. lis body is Of unusual length, lis
! legs like those of bench-leg'd wise. The fur
is of reddish color, the whole beautifed with
black spots and Streaks of different figures; they
are long IN the back and round on the belly and
Jaws Black stripes run across the ears, which
are very long and tipped at the ends with blue
turf OF hair. lis physiognomy is fierce and lis
l., O. - =, IL,
cile, and, like Wormley's very sensible cat,
never says word, though he answers readily
tbv the wag of his al) TO the name ofssBily.''
His Masters house being infested with
snakes, which had been bred in neishboring
stone fence, he took it into his head 10 tschew
such game as rats and mice and make war upon
The snakes. all of which he soon destroyed
Having acquired taste for this kind OF sport,
be extended the field OF his operations, frequent
ly making excursions more than nile distance
from the house, and, returning each and every
dav with snake, ranging from two to seven
feet in length. He has continued this practice
for eight weeks On one occasion he returned
to the house much fatigued, perfectly wet and
covered with saliva. 1t was supposed he had
encountered one of those large but rare serpents
known as the goobat This turned out TO be
true, for the day thereafter Mr.. Harvey B.
Rails found the snake dead, and signs of q
dreadful conflict on the sand. Most or nearly
all the wounds had been inflicted on the back of
the neck. The weight of the horrid serpent
was fourteen pounds eleven ounces.
This class of serpents is native of Eastern
Virginia, with very large head and great
jaws. The mouth is armed with cutting crook
ed teeth, among which are two longer than the
rest placed in the fore part OF the upper Jaw
A around the mouth there is broad scaly
border, and the eyes 50 large that they give it
terrible aspect The forehead IS covered with
large scales. Each side of the belly is marked
with large square spots of chpsnut color, in the
middle of which is spot perfectly round, and
FURNISHED as gold. They have been known to
swallow small pigs, mask rats, opossums, sc.
They avoid The sight Of man, and consequently
are rarely seen. Indeed, the existence OF the
goobat has been doubted by many.
The cat still continues his war upon the
snakes. These facts may not gain credence at
distance, bu. they are SO well known and
aitested, that no one in the neighborhood doubts
them for moment WarTeaton Flag.
An experiment has just been successfully
made in France Of employing swallows to carry
letters, as pigeons were used some years back,