The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-06-26
A SINGULAR GIRO C5IsTiNcE.

Says the PottsylIe R.gisler The family +
an old resident Of this borough was auakenre.
day or tao since, by cries Tor assistance pro-
eeedlng from an attic room in which female
domestic slept. A member Of the family has
tened op stairs 70 the giris room, and found Der
literally covered with blood and in faintinc
condidon. The door, The wall and the floor
We're covered with blood. She had her left
arm tightly ciasped around the wrist of her
right arm 10 check the blood which was spirit
ing from partially severed artery. Alarmed
at The scene before him, the young man who
lFst reached toe apartment called for additional
assistance, which soon grrived 81 the person Of
the head OF The family. The girl then tainted
iroD loss u blood. 4 physician was umedi-
atrIy sailed IL Untii his arrival the prisons
present did al! they could 10 check the hrrror-
rage by means Of bandages, etc. Fortunately.
they succeeded in measure, and a subsequent
surgical operation 2avrd the poor gHi's Iift.-
5ar was however, ieh in an exceedingly weak
condition. aud careful nursing was necessary to
restore her. Inderd, the physician stated that
II assistance had not been promptly rendered,
Or il lbr girl had taatrd before her condition
was kuova in two or three minutes she would
have aird 10 death.
Itappears that the girl, for sorae cause. arose
from her bed oopen the attic window, and in
tie dark her hand slipped, going throrgba pane
ot glass A portion Of the glass partially sew
erred an artery ia her wrist. She was not a.
ware Of the accident, uatI she felt the warm
blood sPirting over her, and she had barely
strength and presence OF mind to totler 10 her
room door, unlock and open Il, and call for as
s>taHce, lehen she tainted from exhaustion as
stated The poor giF's situation, it nay b. i'm
a-jnrd, was truly terrible, and the alarm Of the
family at what at first was a fearful mystery,
was equally severe. Had The girl died alone
and unbpard, and been found next morning wei
teriRg in her blood, and the room bespaurred
from one end 10 the other, it would at TIE first
blush appeared a CASE Of murder, and the feel
iggS Of the family would have been far from en-
yia5!e. And vet cases less conclusive have
sent to the scajiold many innocent persons. The
girl has not yrteutirrIy recovered from the II
trcls cl the accident.
The setting free Of The eagle in RochessprN.
!. grows richer wiih every new devrloPmen.-
The Union saws be has been in the possession of
farmer in Cptario county for several moa'ils
and became niSchievous, DESTROYING The fowls
ana committing several utPrcGaiiouS upon ms
property. The owner could not give away the
bind, nor could hr dlire him away; 50, through
mercy, rather ttaa kiil him. ha was brought
there and sold symPahizirg citizens. When
the committee sci him iie, on the cnpola of the
ccHfshousa, they bad to use clua 10 start him
90 his nisht. He alizhted again as soon as he
saw ben-roos,. fle is aGIHbuster's eagl-.
trlesraphjc dispatch from St. Louis states
that Sir George Gore and suite returned 10
that city on lhr l2th inst. from years hunting
expedition at the head waters Of the Missouri.
Thry report ;hat the country was never in
worse condition respecting the Indians. The
SanieeS and Sioux were committing atrocities
against the whites, and since the removal of the
troops from Forts kandala and Lockout the IN
dams 10 the neighharhood have assumed hes
tile attitude. \ party Of troops had marched
against the Santees.