The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-02-23

selves. Every stage read, well the road we
travel through life is beset with invisible dangers;
and TO require Them TO be discovered aud asodrd
would require the drverto walk his horse every inch
Of the road. No passenger would agree 10 that. He
ould prefer 10 take his chance oi concealed PERIL
rather than not be SET down possible al he
end of HIS journey. wagon would happen
To be found IN the track where this lime wagon was
found once ten thousand times; and when the
chances ten thousand TO one 10 favor OF safety,
there no careIessnpss. Ii that be the defendants
driver would seem TO be guilty Of no want Of elrcum
specfion. Ii does not appear that his horses
unmanaephe, that he did not manage them skill
fully. No accident would have happened bnr for he
bad before observed.
have thus, gentlemen, id down the law Of the
caze and have endearorrd 10 assist you III the APP
pljraton Of it 10 the testimony. To The prn-
cipe belongs 10 the Court, aud you bound by it
when staed---but TO apply il IN the ies,tmoney be-
longs 10 you; but, though YOU rot hound TO ac-
cept the Courts assistance, you will not rashy r.
iprt il. TO you belongs the Ia k OF lndglng eredi-
bllity Of the wiinessee-and, where you cannot re-
concile it, OF believing these that appear TO be most
truthful.
Should you think proper TO give damages, you viii
say how much ! suggest, however, that yon ought
not to so beyond eompen>atioE. Ia the very worst
that be taken Of the drivers condnct, there
does moi appear to have been waEton and wicked
carerssness. 10 call for punishment Of his employers
But tie whole subject belongs 10 you.
Fl. A. RocEaFIELD, late Treasurer of one of
the Know Nothing Lodges-to be more explicit
and in his own words, ''Freasnrer OF Lodge No.
q, OF the Sires of '76, since named Council No.
u Of thp Sons OF the Star Span4ird Banner, -
OF Lancaster city, comes out in the papers IN
exposition Of the OfGrr for eXptliiag him be-
cause be darrd to vote the Wing ticket last fall.
He is Induced 10 the exposition because he was
expelled, disgracrd, published in the Councils
as traitor, aud fiae Of ore dollar imposed up
on any member who should mention ms name
in meetng.-Phiiaaeip&iq &e~s.
An ATTEMPT TO Snoor Mas. BIsnor.-Tbr
police using every Effort to ELECT the arrest
OF the person who Oh Monday evening entered
the dwelling Of Mr.. Bishop, No, 99l Broad
way, and fred a loaded pistol at his y if, as she
was performing on the piauo, out fortunately
without effect Sour' Of The most efficient Of
ticerS in the department have The matter in
hand, and seem contdanl 81 success. 1t APPEARS
that Mrs. b., previous 10 her marriage, had
engaged her hand totWo gentlemen besides her
husband, and one OF thrs1 was So eXasprraied al
her, because size Disappointed him. that he pub
licly threatened that She should never becomr
tar wife OF another; aud at her wedding,
which took place in Grace Church, strong
force Of police we're in attendance, her friends
being apprthenSiye that hr would make an al
tempt upon her life as she was entering the
building. Two days prevl9ns 10 her marriage
pistol was fred through inlow she was
sitting in the parlor of her uncle, at Tarrytown,
~. J. TribuRe 18th.