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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-11-13

a LII Books will be sold as low as the usual
"A retail prces-many Of them for less. A
SUPERB GIFT will be delivered with each book,
without additional expense to the buyer. Our list
of books comprises the works of the best American
and European authors, bound in various styles in
Morocco, best Turkish, Antique, Git-edged, Muslin.
Paper, &c. &c. We keep oil hand, also, STATION
AIRY, including Gold Pens and Pencils, Silver ditto
letter paper, foolscap and writing paper of all kinds
envelopes inks of the best quality, &c.
CIGARS of the choicest brands viii also be fobnd
at store, which will be sold cheaper than the
cheapest.
McCAUSLlN & SHOEMAKER.
Bedford, Sep. 4, s..
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WALL AND BLIND PAPER.
March 6.

IRON.-Bl Blacksmth's and others are inform
ed we have just received a large supply of Re-
fined Iron-warranted best quality.
A. b. CRAMER s. co.
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TO BE HID 1T DIR. H.aRRY'S.

Essence of Jamaica Ginger, which should
have place in every family, for sale at DR..
Harry,s.
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To PREVENT FERMENTATION IN CDER.-
Take pint of puIverized charcoal, and put il
in small cotton bag ;then drop it into barrel
OF cider, and the cider will never ferment,
never contain any intoxicating quality, and
the longer the cider is kept the more palata-
bic it will become. Doubtful, bat worth
trying.)
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ID. Border,
Clock & Watch Maker
AND DEALER IN JEWELRY.

Would respectfully announce to the citizens
of Bedford, and the public in general, that he
has opened Jewelry Store in the building re-
Gently occupied by II. Nicodemus, Esq. nearly
opposite the Bedford Hotel, where he will be
pleased to see all in want Of articles IN his line.
He has on hand, and will constantly keep, an
elegant assortment Of JEWELRY, and will re-
pair Clocks and Watches in the bert style. He
hopes TO receive liberal share of patronage, as
he feels satisfied be can render satisfaction to all
who entrust him with their work. His terms
will be moderate.
He has on hand Gold and Silver WATCHES,
Silver Spoons, Thimbles Butter Knives, Gold
and Silver Pens and Pencils, SC. sc.
April 81, 1855.
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mps. H. Il. HARRY

RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional SER
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt-Street, in the
building formerly occupied by DIR. John Hofus.
June q, 1853
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1t is stated that one-ftth oftheicutivated OF land
IN England is sown annually in wheat. The
average yield is given at SO bushels per acre
almost double the average of this coun-
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UgPRovERB FOR ALL AGEs.- Sorrows grow
less and less every time they are told, just like
the age of woman
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Adversely willingly undergone is the great
est virtue.
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March 6, 1887.
NOTICE,

NOTICE.
Notice hereby given that application viii be
made 10 the next Legislature of the State of Penn
syvana for the passage of an act OF Assembly autho-
rizing the incorporation Of Bank OF Issue with ge-
reral banking and dscounting privileges, under the
general banking laws OF this State, 10 be located at
the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedford and
called "The Bedford County Bank" with a capital
OF two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and with
the privilege of increasing the same 10 the OF
four hundred thousand dollars.
f. L. ANDERSON,
VIM. T. DAUGHERTY,
WAI. p. SCHELL,
A. KING,
NICHOLAS LYONS,
SAMUEL J.. RUSSELL.
Bedford, Pennsylvania, June 26, le57.-tJl
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Our plan rs 10 Insure Rapid Sale.
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800 LOCAL AND TRAVELLING

Oct, 0, 1857,
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A large assortment of Glass Preserve Jars, Just
received, at SHOEMAKER'S Colonade Store.
Aug. II. 1857.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
miscellaneous articles.
Inquiries Answered.

From letter just received from the East
we CLIP the following inquiries, and append the
answers
hat KIND of country do you live in ~
Mixed aud extensive; 1t is made Up principally
OF land and water.
"What kind of weather!" Long spells OF
weather are frequent; our sunshine comes of
principally in the day time.
"liave you plenty OF water-and how got ~
good deal OF water scattered about, and ren-
orally got IN pals and whskey.
"ls 1t hard" When You have to 90 three
miles, and wade the river Ih:ce times 10 oet il.
ANY good farms to be had p Several small
patches have been fenced IN here and there,
and to be had by paying the money.
"What kind OF buildings! !" Alipgoric, Ionic,
antI-calorlc and slabs; the buildings are ch eff i,
outdoors, and SO low between JOINTS, mat the
chImneys all stuck out through the root.
"What klnd OF society !" Good, bad, imdit-
ferent aud mixed.
ANY arIstocracy!' few specimens of
the goldfish kind, and strong of the iish-market.
What do your poop 90 for living, most
y !! Some work, some laze ruuud one 5 a
"shrewd business manager aud scvera. drink
whIskey.
Is 1t cheap living there! !" Only five cents
glass, and the water thrown in
ANY taste for music I" Strong. Buza aud
buck-saws IN the daytime, and cat-lightlng
nights.
Amy pianos there % No; but have several
eight horsepower threslrng machines, and u
dog in every family.
ANY manufacturers 7" Every household;
all our children are home productions
"What could a genLeel family, in moderate
RI ~ al nnn hn
shave notes, fish, STEAL or, if hard pinched. sell
rum.
/" Are your people intelligent! !" Some know
al things that happen, and some things that do
not
=" Would they appreciate family of WE'LL
bred sons and daughters" !" Certainly. Great
On blooded stock. Would take 'em down to the
State FAIR with Wilds' " Colonel"
Dear friend Your questions are answer
ed. Bring on your " weIl-bred" =" stock Wis
conSin Chief.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
Later from India,

Fuller details exhibit gloomy state Of af-
fairs for the British. At Delhi the sole ray of
encouragement consisted III the prospect of re-
IN niOrcements from the Punjaub about the mud.
die of August. But 1t was extremely doubtful
II the Europeans could hold out TILL that time.
While some accounts say that they had been
already reinforced and were preparing gene
raj attack, others IntlnSte that the cholera had
compelled them TO give up their position and
retire to Agra. Thus much at Delhi up to the
29lh of July.
Elsewhere we find affairs quite as far from
satisfactory. While the English dispatches re-
present Agra as still securely held, the French
papers publish rumors 10 the effect that the
nuIIneers have prevailed and nassacred all The
Europeans. Gen. liaveIock's splendid march
towards Lucknow had been interrupted by the
cholera among his troops, obliging him to fall
back on Cawnpore. Plots had been discovered
at Benares aud Jessore--the latter place being
but few Alles from Calcutta. Even the Cow
orner Generals body guard had been dlsarlned.
IL Is stated generally that several regiments
had been dlsarmed, and that others were wav-
ering. AT Arrah 300 Europeans had attacked
the mutlneers, and were repulsed with the heavy
loss OF 200. Some disturbances had been AN
nounced IN Bombay. Il Is ascertained that
there were massacred at Cawnpore so officers,
100 prlvates, 100 women aud chidren-all
these belonging to the garrison--and 400 evil
ians in all sl6. .t.lt#.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
How we have been Living the Last
Ten Years.

The past ten years has been a period of n
vast external development in tEis country. The
work for the next ten yeats must be mainly tn
produce corresponding internal developmept
IN the minds Of the people. In 1917 we were
IN the midst OF war with Mexlco-a war
which was carried on aud finished wI.b far loss
pecunary suffering or embarrassment 10 tLn
country than has been caused w!thin the las,
month by the war Of the bears and The bnlIs an
the exchange. The treaty Of peace enl,rood
our frontier, giving us New Mexico and Cali
lorna and all the Intervening territory. dnc
hve hundred millions of dollars worth ot goI1
out OF the earth, built from the ground such
cities as San francisco and Sacramento-ci,ies
such as were never SO built up before. We
nave Iald more miles OF railroad than all Eu-
rope put together, and lines of telegraph wire
that Hlght almost encircle the globe.
IN the last ten years more immense and truly
architectural buildings have been erected Than
IN the previous hity. Money has been lavished
upon real estate improvements. Brovp..tono
houses marble banks, granite blocks, and
churches frescoed aud carved, and country .spots
OF Immense cost have sprung up like maoic =
The enlargement of the Capitol, in WASHING.
ton, has been the type and symbol of what has
been going OIL all through the country.
Our commerce, too. has expanded. and opr
commercial navy made itself known in the wa.
ters OF every sea. We have fathomed the
depths OF ocean as they never were falhomed
before, made charts of the winds and storms ofI
the heavens above as accurately as the currents
of The depths beneath.
There has been no success at all to equal
that of the best Americans in several of these
departments. There has been no Campaign m
war equally skltul and successful with that ofI
the United States in Mexico. No charts are ofl
equal Importance at sea to those of Lieutenant
Maury no telegraph is like that of Professor
morse. II railroad is to be laid in India, our
engineering IS brought forward as the model on
whlch II should be done; and If ships of war
ana treasure are to be raised from the bottom of
the sea by Russia, our countrymen rece,ve II,e
preference aud the contract.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
General Haskell.

The fate of the gifted Haskell of Tennessee.
should be warning TO all young men. He
passed through Louisville last week, in CHARGE
OF friends, on his way to the Lunatic Asylun,
at Lexington. While on the Frankfort ca rs he
arose, and III the most eloquent and pathetic
terms appealed to The gallant Kentuckiaus
among whom he was, to protect him from the
relentless enemies he magined were pursuing
him. lie became so excited and violent thai
his friends were forced TO confine him. The
career OF this gifted but unfortunate son Of re
MUS should be knswn for the lessons which il
teaches From his earliest boyhood, saws the
Nashville Banner, he has shown himself nos.
sessed Of the highest order of talent. While
at college ! G distinguished himself as a poet
and an orator. HIS graduating speech is
spoken of by those who heard it as wor
thy of the immortal Prentiss in his paml
est days. lie served his country on the battle
held and in the halls of Congress- 1t was his
residence at Washington that confirmed upon
MIN those unfortunate habits which ii laly blast.
ed his intellect. He at one time broke the 6erv
serpent from his hands, and dashed it TO the
earth. 10 make his own reformation COMPLETE.
and aid in lifting up others who had fallen like
himself, he went through the State lecluring
on temperance. The tour was an eminenty
successful and brilliant one, his lectures beiny
fully equal to those OF Cough, whose eloouence
has electrified thousands in this country and in
England. But his old habits gained the mastery
OF him again, and his subsequent life has been
buta fearful struggle between his appelites and
his ambiiion-a struggle in which, it must be
confessed, his sappetites have generally triumph.
ed. 30 great, indeed, was HE craving for arti.
hcial stlmuants that even while delivering his
temperance lectures, he made use of drugs.
sutnclent in quantity and potency to burn out
The Vltals OF an ordinary man. There was no
SUBJECT whether ancient or modern, grave or
gay. upon which he did not converse with fin.
ency and eloquence. He passed, with the mos,
careless ease, from the profoundest disauisitlon
upon the doctrines OF the Bible, the religion of
Confucius, or the Baconian philosophy, TO the
lightest literature of the day.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
"Speak no Evil of the Dead"

is not the indiscriminate eulogy of the dead
of which the public is guilty, Of doubtful NOR.
allty! 1t is sought to be justified, indeed, on
charitable grounds The old adage, Speak nc
evil of the Dead" is quoted in its defense. But
has the adage the meaning which is generally
attributed to it If we apprehended it, it only
dlscountenances the speaking of untruths in
reference to the dead, but does not enioin sup
preston Of all mention of his errors or vices
Ii 1t did, 1t would be immoral. For 10 withhold
a part OF the truth is practically TO perpetrate
a lle Human character is made up of mixed
good and evil. To keep back the evil is to
| give false estimate of that character. The
oath which witness takes, "to tell the truth,
the whOte truth and nothing but the TRUTH
carefully recognizes this distinction.
What the adage really means is, that the
dead should have the benefit of charitable
construction of their conduct; a very different
thing from totai suppression of all mention of
what was evil in them. When the grave has
closed over man the rancor and prejudice with
which his enemies have regarded should be laid
aside; his actlens should be regarded impartial
y; he should have justice lenienly admins
tered to HIM. 1t there is doubt of his crmi-
nallty IN anything, he should be allowed the
advantage of the doubt But he should not be
held up as paragon of virtue, in the face of
facts that speak, trumpet-tongued, to the con-
trary. Public sentiment is vicious, we fear, on
the side OF too much charity. Every murderer
who processes to repent on the galIows is pro-
nounced saint. Men, whose entire lives have
oeen violation of the gold9n rule, are white.
washed after death by social circles and by the
public press: and, in consequence, one Of the
sharpened penalties of wrong doing has practi.
cally come TO be abolished.
Advantage is continually being taken ofthis
false notion, that nething but praise must be
spoken Of the dead. Evil men are hardly in
their collins, before their cOnfederates 90 about
praIslng them for virtues which they never had,
and denounclng all persons who venture on a
contradiction, rs protanlng the sancrity of the
grave Newspapers are filled with fulsome
eulogles, to which honest men dare not reply.
In the eyes Of the puplc at large, bad man
thus obtains, not unfrequently, a reputation
which one really good is denied. mIser, an
oppressor OF the poor, a cheat, liar, a knavp, |
a coward, or hypocrte gets a name in this
way, among those who did know him, for all
the virtues in the calendar. 1t Is time, we
think, that there was a REFORM True ethics |
never demand that we should practice towards |
the dead, or anybody else, the suppressio
Ueri," one Of the worst forms of falsehood.-
Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14

heart nor my tongue will fail me OF this occa-
sion. l know some ofyou say preachers ought
not to talk about money, l am making you a
speech on "human charity" and that, too, at
the request of one of your biggest men, and
you've all come out to hear me and if you are
weighed in the balance and found wanting,
why, don't blame me for it, for it is not my
fault, but your own sin; and all have to say
about it is, if you don't repent and do better,
and serve God more honestly, the devil will get
every one of you, my beloved brethren.
Here the venerable speaker stopped to wipe
off the perspiraton from his face, as it was the
close of "the second section of his great
speech.1
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
Who shall Take their Places 2

The men of our Augustan age have nearly
all passed away. Clay, Webster, Calhoun and
! Clayton have gone. OF their cotempnraries.
MIR. Buchanan and Gen CasS are the only re-
malnIng distinguished representatives. fl has
d"upiIe~s ut'rn occurred to our readers, saysnn
exchange, 80 Inquire fer the growing men of
u" preSrht-th0Se who shall, IN COMING times
NIL the Vacancies winch time Is constantly ma.
khig. Al hrSt the response viii not be en-
CouT"Rin@ bat we must not forget that every
crisis Produces, if it Guts not create lis apccrI
nero. The men OF our generation are apt to
believe that poserIty has dcgenerated too
eager 10 elevate all their own great ones lnrn
gods aud 1t Is habu common to ed aye t.
deprectate his juniors.
Looking over he vast rxpanst ol our To- owed
Union, we can see hundreds OF mcn 1T to sray-
pie with the future aud It's responsibilities. 10
name them would be InvldIoUs. They are not
all potltlclans, nor otiice-se kers, ard many
nav" r'i yer G"&ur 10 aspire 20 representative.
POSITIONS Bll Inrv ~iI DC ready when want
'd' ME li'ie - So however, ~, .,ror.
'dht duly ""t",Nc> un"u III trscgrr~ nf he
rSIH4 &'arte!.or. oar yuu}h sit. Ia q a.. rauc4.
TED ~ Ia.n c.fttrt. Inc path. i B. ,.iirctIun
are os'n ~ .#.,'~ "n all ,',.s--r r.u.Attu, to
every Po."5 o. ,t.. c"n3t-. aud ull,.nuc a !d:r
he'd 10 ~ y yarr-t ut .ucituallor Our pup.
Ic sctro.~ nsl i:u..n 90 cu',r. \ tlous,.4
ne" '''"c"it. o-ui't"anIc1!, - .u'.,ic. prls.,
sI0ni'--dre >ptcdu "u, Dr!aIc thr.u fro.n Hhica
to Gu Use. Lpl = Your! America -"e 10 II |
hef"r'' 1t lS too late Ih- 4reaI i,.u;s ue stiiI /
InIloA, even wmrn tn! are fading Il Inr port
ans "i t"t grave, diu npt TreI tutir earb .~ptrI-
tons with such rtcn rera,ls Of lone. anu such |
inspiring hopes Of emineuce, as are now freely
offered 10 their counrrymen aud ucsct ouants.-
Southern Argus
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
;. Kn0ck.uoWn E.rcLlnent.

" on and your temperance tU~ks nave been
Iecluflng and writing upon the suoirct ever
since can remember, and there Is a. much
liquor drank now as ever"
Such Is the argument Of noted swIll t,h.
with which he expects to work wonders and
induce s"incbudy to THINK as he does, and sav
no more against DRUNKENNESS. It the arGu.
ment was pursued, It nIg HI lea" one INTO >rra4ep
mtr'cactcs. The Gospel ms been eteadlIy
predc l@d ever siuce was heard lh. ' zee 81
one cryI"g IN the wilderness. prrppre We IL,
way 1T tn Lord, make nis palns strlIy!it. =
Ihe Stvluur OF men was cruc fled aurIed a.
arose itOm the dead. HIS truths nlv, tpr
heralded over the ear h III all earnretnps> Tor
eighteen huudred years-and get, ne worIu
abouhdS With sn and InIquuy, more perhaps
Than When the great torc-runber cXciaImed-
~ generation nt vIpers, who hath warned Won
TO iiee from The wrath 10 come !" The prcac!,.
ing OF ~" Curious Gospel produces all the
Wlckedness cursing the land, aud never beats
back lis black toe! Tne argumenj i clear u.
the veriest lob ielly! Let all the preacher,
turn pedlars, estab'Ish great groceries IN all III,
church ed'ices, burn Bibles and destroy IN.
religious press. What is the use of preachIno
and al that, IT 1t don't make every man de.
vout Christian " c. Age.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14

FoR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN --IT0tc nany Of
them can redd ii MI lister Editor: VIII u X
cuse me If pen U z Of or lines. ; let U
no I've lst rate lux O. have found the gal that
MS my |, g. may Dpend she's Mira and more
* all, I've got married aud keep house ,. u
10 sed would tell u all about my wife when
got l, u now I'm going ,. Wal, sur She ,
C3-sone for me,--lhat Is. | don't desRve her.
but bless my *f* I've got her. Shes not one
If Ur NJ L beaded wimmn that > otten ,
be found; she's not young, nor old; she's
Iast AA. She's chok full of fun, but no van
/, full of Il but not , swift, plenty Of grI
without N Y. Her MS II bright but not =
sharp, shes moderately plump q. not much
. Is Z l.. u need not think this = my wife
Is Atra, for | no can't lad her m this OF
The country. 1t did not take the long to pop
the Il didn't edge along by : {, like some
tlmid thing, but kun righ : the question in less
than second. Says |, "WllI i 81 me low
ing we!" She said Yes sir f." Then
says she, "Wil U B , me Q en-, huz y
~ SEE |, YeIh'm, "--sJ we , became l-LtEe
Illustrated
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
4SS&%---

THE MORMONs.--lt Is Impossiblc to predlc.
the manner III wGlch The United States troops
VIII be received Uy the Mormons. The Desert
NeICS Is puInlcf fous, and YET lndeiiuItc-belny
got up, onubtes-. partly fl home ntlueGce
and partly Tor general circulation. Brigham
Young exhibits all The phasrs OF his ianatIcism,
" from grave TO gay, # ON lively to severe" IN
rapid succession 1t is SAID, however, that the
reports Of 5 sermons IN the Netcs are nothing
Ink" the original IN bIlterness aud recklessness
OF language towards our government. lie EN-.
Ploys one style IN his oral ullrrances to the
faithful, anu quile aeoiher IN the reports in-
tended tor the Atlantic States Tins warlness
leads us TO hope that he will Sre the folly OF
resisting the U. S. troops, and will gradually
reform those practices to winch our Govern
ment justly takes exceptions. Ii our officers,
securely established in Utah. shall conduct
themselves prudentIy while uploIdlng the
United States laws and the good order of the
community, there is reason to hope that the
trame-wOrk of this great deueion will gradu-
ally crumble of Its own weakness, and pass
away by force OF that common sense which no
folly can completely eradicate from human ma.
ture.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-14
Choice POetru.
0CTOBE Err

Solemn. yet beautiful to view,
Month Of my heart lhou dawnest here.
With sad and faded leaves to strew
The summers melancholy bier,
The moaning Of the winds hear,
As the red sunset dies afar,
And bars of purple clouds appear.
Obscurmg every western star.
Thou solemn month"; hear thy voice;
Ii tells my soul of other days,
When but 10 live was 10 rejoice,
When earth was iovely TO my gaze;
., visions bright D, blessed hours
Where are their living raptures now!
ask my spirits wearied powers
task my pale and fevered brow!
look TO Nature, and behold
My LIES dim embiems rustling round,
In hues of crimson and Of gold
The years dead honors on the ground;
And signing with the wipds feel,
While their low pinlons mnrmur by,
HOW much their sweeping tones reveal
vi life and human destiny.
Whom springs delIghtsome moments shone,
IVY NSile III Eepnyfs from Inc West
lhey bore the wood. .arN's melting tone,
They stirred The blue llrks CLASSY breast;
Through summer, faInLng in the heat,
They fingered IN The forest shades;
But changed and strengthened now. they beat
In storm. O'cr mountain. glen, and glade
How like those transports OF the breast,
When life is fresh and Joy rs new;
Soft as tho ha!cyon's downy nest,
Aud transient all, as they are true!
Iney SlII the leIves in that bright wreath
Which Hope about her forehead twincs.
Till grlei hot sIg'is around il breathe;
Then pleasures lir It's smile resigns.
Alas . for time, and death, and care
What gloom about our way they fling!
Like clouds IN aulumns gusiy air,
The burial pagan. Of tie sprng.
The dream that each successive ye.r
Seemed bathed IN hues of brighter pride,
Al last like withercd leaves appear
And sleep in darkness, side by SIDE