The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-05-29
From the Detroit Tribune. May Is.
T'he DestituaiOn ian Michigan.

1kte DcSsEtHgEOH EEh michigan.
4 call, signed by some OF our most prominent
citlzens, appears M thiS evenings Tribune, for
meeting TO consider the best means OF afordlng
relief to the famished settlers IN the northern
counties. Dor former statements Of the deSt-
tnion and suffering IN that region have been
most painfully confirmed. We shall not speak
IN thr language OF hFprrbole, when we state
that number ot famllieS IN Gratlot, ard ad1oit-
ing counties, are PeTisl'ns Tor want OF even
the niranfSt food. THIS statement Is made on
the authority oi ihe presiding e!d"F Of ihr NJ.
T. Chufch OF that section, IN letter to the
teF. Mf. Rlahoh, oi Lansing, "Ro feia'ed Tie
iac's ~ puhiic meeting hTid IN mat pace. on
'"r niS"t ofioF' idS'
On' poor "onan' VINO Wlth mother devo-
trdneSs had given her iWo mile cGiiarth al the
l2od she couic procure, died Irw days since
10 Orat!ot county OF absolute starvation, and
hfr caiidFen, when io"nd' "trt Too weak to or
revived ana shared me mo'hrfS lai'. O'hcr
citizens nave painfully Struggled INTO clinton
county on loot, begging fof iood. Some oi
laF'F t'au iiVeu lot hu'"oer o. Gays on le+RS "a
zone, aHa me Irn'h , OF ihv!r hoaits was almost
'nsohfIaolF- ne "I.olr country 10 ,nF he"
C"'h'lT' y stripped Of looa' anu even t1oSe ~
o'sl circumstances can procure nothing 10 ear
oGt oo''ea PomPkins ana moiasses' "hlif 'he
poorer classes "hrfr ac,"ai want mas oFertaAen
men, exc "l, HniSefaoI. subsistence on FOOLS
ieF"S anu cone" odiS. IRrSr S'aiVtheniS' 20 ~
VINO nave enough 10 rai ana GF'nS' ana comfort
an aFouha U.s. seem i"cfea'o'e oo' " pans Us
catilr, until the recenI coming OF the pasture
nave dropped OH G3Y oN 0dN.
ihe people oI 'hrSe distressed regions nave
''o' ndoe Nlo"h '"elF SoHTF'ne iof ofSiOe
haIurai reluciahce, lhey nave looAea FORWARD
70 me spring 10 ailord 'hrLn reliFl oo' As yer
we nave hac no oPflA9- lhty nave now aFrl-
sFa al cohouloh WHeie lheil ian'Shihg CRIES
Tor beiP must Oe responded 10. We letI CONN
Gent mat our citizens VIII respond lieefaiiy.-
NhPn the 'nttliigehce oi thr desfhullon reach
ea Lansing puotC meeting was caHea at
once Oor worthy bofrrhor PRESIDED. me
story OF suffering was to!d oY htV. Mr. Mahoh'
Wh0 spoke nath from reliable ihlormaiion ne
had received and lIom actual observation IN lie
southern part of Hrati9' county. nose pres
"nl subscribed promptly 9@9', and resolved lnf-
Their 70 purchase htiy barrels OF hour Tor The re-
iirf oI he sufferers. l NJ subscription was Pia-
ced IN the hands OF Walter Chester, hsq., OF
thisctY: loF diShuFsai, and ne mas ALREADY nnr-
chased and sent forward supplies OF beans, meal,
Ne. ms purchase the DetFol ana Milwaukee
KaHroad mas transported Tree OF charge 10 II.
Joan 5, where committee from Lansing nave
agreed to be with teams, and convey the sup
plies ato The distressed districts, and distribute
them.
.Aei0Hchofy SUc1de 81 n foung HJe.-
Mary Caldwell. wife OF Nm. b. Caldwell, OF
10. - Leonard street, New York, committed
suicide on Monday afternoon, by swallowing
quantity OF tn solution OF SILVER commonly used
for electro-patlnE. The deceased, II appeared,
age, and bad been married but few months
when she contemplated self-destrnction. Her
husband an electro-plater by profession. but
was somewhat unfortunate in business, which
had such an effect upon the mind OF the yonng
wife that she resolved TO commit suicide Ac-
cordngly, on Monday afternoon, hen her huS-
band came home, he found deceased apparently
stupid from the effects Of drink. He asked her
If she had been drinking. when she ran toa clos
It, procured cup. and holding II uP 10 her
manner, "There, how do yon like that for
change e Mr. Caldwell 'mHiediatflv OWNED
the melancholy truth. knowing that the cup
was usually filled with solution OF silver which
he used Tor esectro-piaiing purposes, and that It
vas most deadly poINon, hr gtaSp'd his VIE
around the waist aud IN the agony OF despair ask
ed her what she had done. i ne suicide fril
iainlIng 10 hiS arms aud from thai moment she
was bereit ot all ConCl0usneSS. IN less than