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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
What a Newspaper Does for
Nothing.

The following article should be read and pom
dered well bv every man who takes newSpa-
per without paying for IT.
The result of my observation enables me to
state, as fact that the publishers OF newspapers
are more poorly rewarded than any class OF men
in the United States, who invest an equal am
cunt of labor, capital and thought. They are
expected to do more service for less pay, to stand
more sponging and ''drad heading" TO puff and
defend more people without fee or hope Of re-
ward, than any other class.
They credit wider and longer; get oftener
chrated suffer more pecunary loss are often
pr the victims of misplaced confidence than
anv other people in the community. People
pay printers bill more reluctantly than any
other 1t goes harder with them TO rxPend a
dollar on a valuable newspaper, than ten on a
needless gewgaw; yet everybody avails him
self Of the use of the editors pen and the prin-
ter's ink.
How many professional and political repua-
tions and fortunes have been made and sustain
ed bv the friendly and unrequited pen Of the
editor? How many embryo towns and cities
have seen brought into notice and puffed INTO
notorirty by thu press? How many railroads
now in successful operation, would have toun-
dpred but for the assistance of the ''lever that
moves the world" in short, what branch of ac-
tivity or Industry, has nst been promoted, simu-
lated and defended by the press9
And who has rendered it more than miSera-
bic pitlance for IFS mighty services? The ba-
zaars of fashion and the haunts Of appetite and
dissipation are thronged with an eager crowd
bearing gold in their palms, and the commodi-
ties there needed are sold at enormous profits
though ntrnsicaIly WORTHLESS, and paid for with
scrupulous punctuality while the counting
room of the newspaper is the seat of lewing
cheapenins, trade, orders, and pennies. 1t j.
made point of honor TO iiqudate grog bill
! but not of dishonor to repudiate printers bill
r7- A western editor once apologizsd to hi
readers somewhat after this fashion:
eve intended to have death and marriage
to publish this week, but violent storm prsven
ted the wedding, and the doctor being taken sicl
himself the patient recovered, aud we are &C
cordingly cheated out Of both"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
The Logic Of ROgues.

There Is something mournful in the thought
that those faculties which are fitted to the IN
vestaaion Of science, morals, art, religion, gov
ernmeni, and all other noble subjects, should
b. perverted 10 the bassst purposes. magn-
icpnt CITY in ruins is melancholy spectacle;
but mind broken and disnanllpd bv the very
being who should have kept it in harmonious
preservation, is a still more deplorahIp sight
Whil- men continue TO abuse their rich endow
menis, there will exist an abiding necessity for
the highest forms of teaching. The old doc
rine, that "mght makes right" which has so
long been in active use, and which vet charms
and sways the ruthless, has been the source Of
ncalculable mischief The inventor of it was
in plain language, a rogue, and the reasoning
by which he sought TO Justify himself, was the
logic of a rogue. Innocence, truth, mercy and
Justice, was dsSipatrd, like the beautiful myths
Of ancient story, by his peculiar augmentation.
'.Yonder is a fine domain, and ] want It here
is a strong arm, and will take il :" Then fol-
lowed the clang of arms and the shouts of the
rioters, and all was over. save the suffering Of
the des2oiIed The only redeeuing feature in
this process was the CELEBRITY with which il as
done. But the modern application Of the doc
trne, whether illustrated bv the movements of
6Ilihusters or the doings of slave catchers, is
not entitled TO this praise. The methods now
adopted are slower, more TEDIOUS, and because
of the advance of civilization, more cruel
When the charms of virtue are depicted, and
honesty is lauded and mercy eXtoIled, the ad-
vocates Of this doctrine have recourse 10 ridIcnle
in order to meet the glowing narration, and
hush the uttprance of truth sNIight makes
right is my motto who cares for dotard moral
izers, crazy fanatics, or political parsons =
Come along with us, and we will have a Jolly
time of il 10 is the language Of thr unprinci-
Piled Who is safe in the company OF such
men Equally pernicious is that other shame
/ ful tenet, sshe world owes me living" but
/ those who make use Of il do not relate in what
manner the debt was contracted, or whether
any portion of it has ever been discharged. II
is to be observed that industrious merchants, pa
tipnt mechanics, toilSome clerks, and honest
persons of all descriptions, never resort TO this
maxim, while the idle and lazy part of the COM
munity, who never do any work, or, If any,
very little, have il as pat on their tongues as the
last new slang phrase. Here again the reason
| ing is peculiar and excessively curt-poveriy.
the premise the saying in question, the ratioci-
nation; and theft of something worse the con-
clusion. This is the logic Of rogues but how
ever plausible it may seem to be in their per-
verted judgments, the community, as we'll as
the higher law, will hold them TO rigid ac-
countability Times.
0-After funeral, in Boston, husband re.
turned to bis saddened domicile to receive Wis
its of coincidence from sympathizing friends
E"Well, how do you feel now?" asked one
Better somewhat betterl'' was the reply
gGthic Ettle L. hoo
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
4 SERENADE.
BY HENRY 3. HIReT.
From Inc Press.

BY HENRY +. HIRsT.
Alne, Aline, my own Aline,
The night is bright and calm
And the alder blossoms food the air
With clouds Of fragrant balm:
The nightingale sis By his nate
And sings his soul away
Night owns the hours of love, Aline,
And not thp garlsh day.
Come forth Alne, and by the stream,
Beneath the Willows shade,
Wander with me, and learn from ne
How heaven on earth is made.
Th- kiss of love, the hight OF eyes,
Would make desert grern-
Thy glance, thy kiss Paradise
An Eden Of bliss, Aline.
phIa. flag. SIT, 1851.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
Eonntain of Blood in a Cavern.

F. G.. Souier's notes on Central America deS-
cribp a wonderful pffuSIon Of fiuId resembling
blood, near the town of Vnnd, IN the State OF
Honduras II appears that there IS continually
oozing and dropping from the roof OF cavern
there red liquid, which, upon falling, coagn-
latps so as to precisely resemble blood. Like
blood, it corruptS, insects deposit their larv3 IN
il and dogs and huzzards resort to the cavern to
eat il. Attempts have several times been made
10 obtain some of this liquid for the purpose oi
analysis, but in all cases without success, IN con-
sequence of its rapid decomposition, WHEREBY
the bottles containing II were broken. nr
small cavern, or grottO, during the day, IS ViSneo
by bu7zards and hawks, at night by mufitudes
of vampire bats, for the purpose OF feeding on ''T
unnatural blood. II is situated on the oorder OF
a rivulet. which it keeps redeemed with small
flow of the liuud, which has the color, 'aSe'
and smell of blood. In approaching the grouo'
disapreeabIe odor is observed, and when II IS
reached there NAV be seen pools OF the aPPar-
pnt blood in a state of coagnlatlon. - ne PFcu-
liarities ofthis liquid are considered due to the
rapid generation in this groto OF some very pro-
life species of infusoria The California S'a'e
Journal. remarking on th4 above. observes mat
the esfero of the town Of Monterey contains a
species of blood-red infusor!a, (the larV9 OF
water inspcts,) which, at certain seasons OF the
year, smells precisely like fresh fish, or, on ex-
nosure in vessel, like putrld hsh. In some
seasons ii has been found dried 10 flakes ana Of
the intense color of vermilion.-Sclenf!pc
american.
No. popular writer, speaking OF the oce-
,o1aaranb wonders whether the news trans
J "',I - .sre.h cal, water would be fresh.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

MARRIED LIFE.-The following well timed
paragraph from the Springfield Republican, is
respectfully recommended to the attention OF
our bachelor friends:
Married life has its trials and IFS sorrows.
Tempers NAV prove incompatible and call for
forbearance. Fortune may be chary ofits favor
and enforce selfdenial. Children may be un-
grateful, and sting the poor heart that has pill
lowed them. Sickness may come, and haunt
household for years. But ask the poor man,
struggling along with his debts, and the weary
woman, toiling early and late, accomplishing
the ruin OF all her beauty and her buoyancy, IT
they would be placed apart, could competence
be given them, and all their trials be brought
10 an end. The answer would be. "There is
something sweeter in this companionship OF
suffering than anything the world can offer from
its storehousp of joys outside of it, and something
which would make even severer trials than
ours only iron bands to draw US more firmly to-
gethe.."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

UNITED STATES TREAsURY.-''Ion," of the
Baltimore Sun says, that il is generally conceded
that the revenue OF the present fiscal year, IN
cIuding the proceeds of the sale of public lands,
will reach eighty millions, or thirty millions
more than is wanted for the purpose of the
Government, in addition to surplus OF over
twenty millions from the last year. surplus
of fifty millions is goood capital for Congress
and the outsiders. II must be invested in some
way, and in the way in which it will do the least
mischief To suffer it TO accumulate 10 the
Treasury would embarraSs commercial affairs
and paralyze industry, and some mode for en-
plnying il, better than that of distribution among
the States, must be resorted TO.
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Select poetrn.
THE SCAR OF LEXINGTON,
BY H. F. GOULD.

With chsrub smile, the pralting boy,
Who on the veterans breast recines,
Has thrown aside his favorite toy,
And round his tender finger twines
Those scattered locks that, with the flight
Of tourscore years, are snowy white;
And, as scar arrests his view,
H. cries, "Grandpa, what wounded you 10
"My child, It's fyr-and-6fiv years
This very day, this very hour,
Since, from a scene of blood and tears,
Where valor fell by hostile power,
saw retire the setting sun
Behind the hills of Lexington
While pale and ifelvss on the plain
My brothers Jay for freedom slain
"And RE that fight, the first that spoke
In thunder tones to our land, was DER,
Arid the clouds of fire and smoke,
fit my garments wet with gore
IT'S since that dread and wild ARRAY,
That trying, dark, pveniful day,
From this calm A APril eve so far,
wear upon my cheek the scar.
"When thou to manhood shalt BE- grown,
And am gone in dust to sleep,
May Freedoms rights be still thine own,
And thou and thine in quiet reap
The unbIighted product of the toll
In which my blood bedewed the soil
And while thos- fruits thou shalt enjoy,
Bethink thee Of this scar, my boy.
"Bnt, should thy country's voice be heard
To bid her children fly to arms,
Grid on thy grandsire's trusty sword
And, undisnaypd by wars alarms,
Remember, on the battle field,
l made the hand Of God my shield,
And Be thou spared like me, to tell
What bore thee ur. while others fell"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

IIn'the City of Providence, was large au-
diencp collected in the walls of the old theatre.
The performance had reached the crisis wherein
the dreadful villain of the play was to he shot
the fatal pistol was even pointed at its victim
The house was wrought up to the intensrst ex-
citempnt, and all was still as death.
At this breathlpss period a highly respectable
citizen in the stage box arose, and addressing
the hero of the pistol, while his wife sat by his
side, her cheeks ashy pale, and thum thrust in
each ear, said -'Mr. Duffy, Mr. Duffy, Mr..
Duffy, don't shoot the villain just yet! For
loves sake desist! .uehifnble's afraid of a
gun. Wait till we retire from the theatre ~
The gun didn't explode, but the audience did.
Duffy waited, but they couldn't.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

A MoTuER's CoUNsEL.-Forty years ago
mother stood on the green hills of Vermont,
holding by the right hand son, sixteen years
old, mad with the love of the sea. And as she
stood by the garden gate sunny morning, she
said :-"Edwin, they tell me-for ] never saw
the ocean-that the great temptation of the
seamen's life is drink. Promise me, before you
quit your mothers hand, that you will never
drink. gave her the promise, and | went the
broad globe over-Cacutta, the Mediterranean,
San Francisco, the Cape of Good Hope, the
North Pole and the SOUTH saw them all IN
forty years, and never saw glass filled with
sparkling liquor that my mothers form by the
garden gate, on the green hillside of Vermont,
did not rise before me, and to-day, at the age
of sixty, my lips are innocent of the taste OF Ii
quor.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

rrThe Mayor OF Newport, opposition Gin
cinnati, receives for his official services the ex-
traordinary sum Of fen dollars per annum
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

JOKE FOR SELFISH HUsBANDs.-Lord Ell
enoorough was once about TO 90 on the cir
cu'' when Lady Ellenborough said that she
should Ike TO accompany him. He re-
pied that ne had no objection, provided
she did not cucumber the carriage with
oand boxes, which were his adherence. Du-
ring the trst days journey, Lord Peterborough
happened TO stretch his legs, stuck his foot
agalhSt something below the seat. He discover
/ eo mat 1t was band box. Up went the win
COW and out went the handbook The coach.
man stopped, and the footman thinking that the
oand-hox had tumbled out OF the window by
| some extraordinary chance, were going to pick
II up, when Lord ElIenborough furiously called
on "Drive on" The band-box was accordiniv
irft by the ditch side. Having reached the coun-
" Town where he was TO offcate as Judge, Lord
EHenoorongh proceeded 10 array himself for his
appearance in the Court House. "Now.D said he
where's my wig-where is my wig?'' "My
Lord" replied his attendant, "it was thrown out |
OF the carriage window
SUIcIDE IN PITTsBURG.-Mrs. Margaret Ste |
venSon, committed suicide at her husbands res
Idence on Water street, near Liberty, Pitsburg.
a lew days since. The deceased who was mar
RED several months ago, had difficulty with
her husband on Wednesday last about his bring
ing his step-brother and wife TO live with them.
she opp osing ii. On expressing his detern-
nation to bring them into the house Mrs. Ste
Venson went up stairs, procured a quantity of
The solution Of corrosive sublimate, used for kill
ing vermln and drank ii. The poison soon com
menced to operate on her, and being enciente. {
labor pains were brought on. DR.. Murdoch was
called in, and did all in his power TO alleviate
he sufrrlngs of the rash woman, but she only
fingered until Sunday, when she died. {
A COMET APPROACHING BOTH TO THE EARTH :
IND TO THE SUN.-A circular from the editor of
he Astronomical Journal announces the dis +
overy, by Dr. Peters, of the Dudley Observa-
ory, Albany, OF faint comet 10 the constplla- {
ION Camelopardalus, which has neither nucleus
lor :ail, and is without any well defined out /
me- From his observations of July %, 26,
nd -, DR.. Peters has computed parabolic ele- n
1entS which show that the comet is approach
1g both TO the earth and to the sun, and has a 9;
hance to become of a splendid appearance near
} The time Of its perheion, at the end of Aug n
st OF beginning of September. By comparing
l+se elements with those computed for the or hi
turn during or about this year-as D'Arrests, N
e Vico's, Charles VS., or his own thirteen years
omet. 81
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

0yWhy is the bridegroom, more exPe'''e
than the bridre .pn awav. wb;,s
Because the bride is alyssoId
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

T-A gentleman who recently put up at
log tavern in Wisconsin, was awakened by
Young man, who commenced serenade thus
"Oh, Sally Rice,
I've called you twice,
And yet you lie and snore
| pray you wake,
And see your Jake,
And ope to him the door. or wndcr.
Don't care much which, for
It makes but little difference
To either you or /
Big pig, little pig,
Root, hog, or die"
0rMaster Gibbs is a phenomenon. He ia
only two years DID, and yet draws pictures OF
all possible kinds. He does il with stream or
molasses on his mothers table cloth.
-A "Country editor" who turned out 10
fire while visiting Chicago, had his pocke.
picked, losing $40 in money, and bis free pass
How he got home is not stated.
ga Nantucket paper denounces hooped
skirts, which considering the relations of that
community TO wholebone, the Boston Herald
says, is the height of ingrattude.
GAN Exchange in speaking of celebrated
singer, saws "Her voice is delicious-pure as
the moonlight, and as tender as a three shilling
shirt"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

Town of Ossa awatamie, Kansas, has
-zea destroyed by tornado. Only one house
was left standing. The wreck wa. complete.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

LORD LYNpHURsT, a WIG Boy.-WheD the
English statesman was about five years old, and
Boston bov, seeing his playmates sporting their
Liberty Tree flags, he became desirous opposes
ing one himself The father, as might be sup
posed, not wishing TO see his child display the
rebel standard, refused to grant the favor. But
being constantly imporiuned by the future Lord
Chancellor, he reluctantly accrded to his request,
and gave him the obnoxious banner, with the
liberty tree on one side, and significant motto
s'Hard Times" on the reverse.--Bosfon 1rdr.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
GEMS.

Never wish thing done, but do il.
One to-day is worth two to-morrows.
Never accuse others to excuse Yourself
He that hath no money needeth no purse.
Few things are impossible to skill and in
dusry.
The best mode of revenge is not to initiate
the injury
One often regrets saying too much, but sell
dom of saying too little
Lazlness travels SO slow, that poverty soon
oeertakes her.
No man Irving should say an i'll word against
the doctors
Next to my friends, l love my enemies, for
from them first hear my faults
Neither believe rashly, nor reject obstinate.
ly.
Nobody can stand in awe of himself too
much.
Society, like silk, must be viewed in all il.
or its colors will deceive us.
The world makes US takers, but solitude
makes us thinkers.
Thou canst not joke an enemy into friend.
15it nsn,5Fs thqs1 on oFRpaIFesi III f~iA-A ;-.-
ssNo, l don't know, 'cept it makes the ground
strong for de corn."
"No, I inst tell you; when de corn begins
10 smell De manure, it don't like the 'fumery,
50 it hurries up out of de ground, and gets up
as high as possible: so it can't breathe the bad
air."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

AFTER funeral, in Boston, husband re-
turned to bis saddened domicile to receive vis-
its of coincidence from sympathizing friends.
swell, how do you feel now?" asked one.
"Briter-somewha better" was the reply;
'thIs little promenade has done me good"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21

ErAn honest farmer bpiog asked why he
did not subscribe for newspaper, "B1cause,
said he, :.my father when he died, left me
good many newspapers, and have n"'
them through yet"
The Kanzas news., 1857-09-19
Where will they get Husbands.

1t appears by the last census that the ex-
cess of females over males in the State OF
Massachusetts is 80, ,O56. This excess is
partly accounted for by the tendency among
the sons of the Bay State TO emigrate to 9th
er parts of the country, and by the resort of
native and foreign females to the factories.
In Lowell alone, the excess of females over
males is 8,G88. One thing is certain, Mas
sachusetts cannot furnish husbands for its
marriageabIe female population, and Lowell
especially, we should think, would be an
excellent place for bachelors who wish to get
mated.
Kanzas can furnish husbands for the
.'extra'' females of Massachusetts. From
our Office window We can see about forty
bachelors cabins, each of which should
contain female, and doubtless would if
the could be obtained.
The Kanzas news., 1857-09-19
County Seats and voting Precincts.

County Seats and Voting Precincts.
agnes City, was established by the last
bogus Legislature as the County seat of
Breckenridge and Wise counties. 1t is sit
uated near the head of Rock Greek, on the
Santa Fe road, near the northwest corner
of Breckenridge county. It contains a
blacksmith shop and dwelling house, both
unoccupied. This is the only voting pre-
cinct established in these two counties by
claw
Columbia, two miles southeast of this
place, is the County Seat of Madison and
Butler counties. 1t has been supposed by
many that it was in Breckenridge county,
but it is not 1t is about one mile south of
the north line of Madison county. This is
also the only voting precinct established by
claw for Madison and Butler counties
The election law requires that 'tall cleo
tions shall be held at the court house of the
county, where one has been erected. If
there be no court house, then it shall be the
duty Of the county commissioners to name
a house in such county where the election
shall be teld; and if such commissioners
fail to name such house t,centy days before
the election, it shall be the duty of the Sher-
iff to name such house. In either of the
last two cases, the Sheriff shall give notice
of the place of holding the election by
written advertisements. set up in at least six
public places in such county, or by adyer-
tisement in some newspaper published in
such county, at least ten days before the day
of the election: Provided, that the County
Commissioners may, from time to time es-
tablish such additional election precincts as
may seem to them necessary and proper.
''The County Commissioners shall ap-
point the judges of election, in each county
or voting precinct, at least ten days before
the election at which they are to act; and if,
at the hour for the opening of the polls,
such judges are not present, then the voters
assembled shall have power to elect others
to fill the vacancy or Uacanc,es thus occa-
sioned''
The Kanzas news., 1857-09-19
Important from Washington.

A dispatch from Washington to Forney's
newspaper, The Press, at Philadelphia, da-
ted August Esd, has the following in regard
to the Kanzas Bogus Constitutional Conven-
ton:
s'The work of the Convention will, it is
said, be quickly done. 1t will probably be
submitted to the people on the day that a
Legislature is elected, and the chances are
that the Constitution will be in Washington,
with member of Congress and two Sena-
tors to back it, by the first of December
1t is supposed that the Constitution, like that
of New York and Pennsylvania, viii be
silent as 20 slavery. This programme will
prevent an attack on Gov Walkers nomi-
nation in the Senate. He can resign, and
may come as Senator from the new State.
Rest assured, there is some hope that this
will be carried out. s."
This is probably from good authority, and
throws some light on the question. The
statesman of national reputation has an
eve on the Senate The air of Kanzas does
not agree with him. a Washington atmos-
phere is Just suited to his lungs.