The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-02-16

w thT Uu4e OFlllr Sifdtiefru w HtH oui luloIii-
ant left Dixon, Portefwas regarded as likely
TO recover from his awful wound.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
Horrible Suffering.
-Four families, consisting OF four men, four
women and thirteen children, left Germany for
thp New World. On The voyage Two Of the
women died. On landing in New York, por-
ton of the large party OF emigrants on the ship
We're sent back as paupers. The four families,
having small amount Of MONEY, were allowed
10 land. Having acquaintancrs in this region,
they determined 10 reach Pittsburg.
During their journey hfhpr, they had scam
ty supply Of food and clothing altogether in
sufficient Tor the inclpmency of the srason. The
emIgrant cars were oiientimps poorly heated,
and in changing from one train to another, they
were frequently compelled to stand shiVpring
in the frosty air for hours, like SO many beasts.
The Womrn, we informed, had neither
cloakS, stiawis, nor under skirts. it is not won
derfui, therefore, that when they arrived al this
city they We're all sick, half-naked and half
starved. Their acquaintancrs, who Were also
extremely poor, received them into their houses
in Allegheny, where the ladies OF the Benevo-
lent Society found them.
The children We're the most severely AFFECTED
by the sufrrings which they had undergone
Their heads Were swrllrd to twice their natiIr-
al size, and il vas at first thought they al
tackled by the nrasles. 1t proved, however, 10
be an FrGptlve disease, caused solely by cold and
starvation. Their limbs were fr3S-bitten, and
there they lay IN agony upon the floor, without
clothing, food, bedding or fuel. The men
also groaning with pain, having denied them
selves food, in order to divide what inorse they
had amongst their Children. The women were
suffering too-their breasts and shoulders be-
ING perfectly raw and bleeding with the intense
frost.
In this condition the ladies' referred TO found
them. Every effort in their power was made
to relieve them. Physicians were called, bed
ding, clothing. food and fuel obtained, and a
room rented where they would be more comior-
table, The services OF proper attendants were
| also procured. Bot the delicate forms of the
little sufferers had experienced too severe
shock. On Sunday, the 2Sth, two of them
Were buried. Another day of last wrel saw
two more laid in the silent grave. Thanks TO
the exertion of the physicians and others, the
rest have been spared, and are now in a fair
way OF recovrry--eXcept ore of the men, who
| sreHs most heroically TO have deprived himself
of food during his journey from New York, in
order to supply the wants ofhis little ones. He
has been taken to the Western Pennsylvania
Hospital but his recovery is doubtful.
The remaining nine children have been
adopted by different German families residing
in the neishborhood.
The condition of the western and southern
roads is desperate en- account OF the snow
There has hepn no communication with Saint
Louis tor eleven DAYS. Seventeen locomotives
are either frozen or buried on ;he Chicago and
Mississippi road.
FIRE AND Loss or LIFE-Thp Harrisburg
Herald has been Informed that on Saturday
night, week, the house of Mr.. John Crum, of
Dauphn county, was destroyed hy fire. and that
the owner persisted in the flames The genet
al suppoSition is that MIR. Crum was killed for
his money. and the house fired hv The murder
pr. Mr.. Crnm's daughter was away from home
on Saturday night, and there was no one else in
| the house.
GA writer in th,. Boston Journal thinks
! that of three hundred thousand children in this
1 country who dle under ten years of age at least
one hundred thousand might survive hHt for the.
effects of saeratus. He relates story of sick
ness in boardlng-houSp at Wiliamstown,
Mass, caused by eating biscuits, puddngs, &C.,
full OF SalaratuS. Cut oitifteen boarders, ihir-
teen were taken sick, and were confined long
time: two of them died, another barely escap-
ed death, and the others recovered after severe
sickness. Prot. Tatlock and Rev. Mr.. Craw-
lord, who ale but little of the food, escaped i'll
ness.
/ .iiiiiarg.-The Adiuiant General of New
! York has announced that the Commandrr-n-
4 Chief will not dishand, at discretion, any ai-
tarv organization, but only in case he is tx-
/ prrsSly required by law TO do it. The AdiHtant
4 General also reports that the records of his Of
! fee supply no means of discovering whether a
ny regiments, hattaions, companies,
! ganized in violation of law.
/ SUDDEN DEArH.-We learn that on the morn
! ing OF the 24th of January, Mr.. Francis Friend,
! .eho resides in the Accident district OF this coun-
/ tv, left home on business which detained him
It'll next day. On his return, on opening the
door of his house, the first object that met his
I sight was his wife lying dead npon the floor,
with her cbid about two years old, lying by
| her side, nearly frozen to death. Mrs. F. was
/ in perfect hralth the day before. 4 jury of
inquest was summoned by Truman West, Esq,
who came to the conclusion that the decreased
died Of apoplexy.-- Cumberinnd .4iieghaRiaa.