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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

Fifteen minutes after was hunting up the
/ parsonage who had Interested me 50 much
found him in the garden, horing potatoes.
We talked together on agriculture. His fine
language astonisa7d me. / felt that he had an
intimate acquaintance with books, with men,
with nature.
W. walked along, he showing me the pro-
ducts of the soil Presently we came TO an ar
Dor oyethun5 with grapes, and sat down 10
gelh-F.
Pardon me-, said !, 'if take the liberty of
asking, what Drought You here at so youthful an
age 2 His eyes dropped, he raised them again
As hr answered.
sRHap
That brief word In my mind it is associated
with al! the horrors Of bell.
Presently he Continued
81 have dlsgraceI an honorable name, sir -
am bringing my family TO shame, and yet
have not the nerve 10 be better man.
| was indignant at this confession He saw
+ ii and continued
do not blame mr, sir, you have not had my
trial. have fallen from high place. Elgh-
teen months ago vas lieutenant in the Navy,
SIR
SIS il possi5-n was startled, shocked
I Yes, sir, possible; a reality, SIR His lip
Juiv,red'a Iallr as he Id1d-'l have a brother
in the pulpit, ssr fine preacher, a man loved
and respected. How do YOU suppose he feels
I have rich brother in New York They have
both tried their best TO save me.
q was ruined in nv youth. There is large
oil store on thI-cornrr of NJ and streets. You
have dJoatl sSSeen It, Before his death, my
father carried ga that business. | went there
regularly after 1t was closed for the day steal
Iny from my home often from nv bed for the
purpose to carousr with three young f-lIows Of
my own age. We told stories, We drank wine
together tai! midnight, tden with the false key
/ had made, would steal INTO my home and
sleep oil The effects OF my carouse. began
tha'' sIF, when was bot ten years OF a-'. Do
YOU wonder at my bang drunkird OF these
boys alone am ilvnS. one OF them shot him
SELL a"''h1F was ",o"hed' ofnhE' aoa the thlfd
Mds i'N"S '"' h'"F"rF Only t"o m'hthS ago
ue ioUfih you Sc Is hot mUcA better oil, he
aa"r1' %'.A sicH'y sh''T,
"'I''S "rSa' - "e N"'N !, dt rs, - my
t rbfsn Raj b5sh biTta5inbI Roua drink
psariy sr,re of t,rnes. Sir. | fousht with nv
habit "a, il mastered me. The fiend had M
by the throat.
.S,raoga 70 say. once. when in liopor. I per-
i,r,sI dario5 feat. caurht a runaway
horse and. nv sheer strength. succeeded in ar
rgsf,or his mad course. Would that sone pow
er coaid have held ne 50. | was much aP-
plludei for my hproism. But better than all
, lh1 praise | heard were the sweet smiles upon
the bite face Of the girl / had saved from
horrible death. She was driving alone III Inc
city, as had been her wont for montds. /
claimed the privilege OF driving her home, as
she was most thoroughly frightened. You
H., rr-. t,t4F zrr E4r - a
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

UyThe following conversation is said to have
taken place between a New Haven merchant
and one of his customers.
sSir-Your account has been Standing for
two wears, must have il settled Immediately
To which in reply
sSir-Things usually do settle by standing.
regret that my account is an exception. II
it has been staading TOO long, suppose you let 1t
run little whlen
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

r-Peter Sharp says that his wife is equal 10
FIVE eefuIs''-beaut:-tui, youthful, awful ana
arm-iul.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

/ was somewhat injured, ,.and not thinking il ad-
visable TO 60 on, applied for shelter at pret
ty cottage pointed out TO me. The door was
opened by the same young man who had told
me his dismal story n the N poor honse.-
At first sight we recognized each other. He
led me in, saying joyfuIy
81 have conquered
Il forgot my pain in the Joy of hearing such
news, and willingly heard what seemed like a
continuation that had not had a three years in
terval since | had listened before.
you remember the day we talked together
he said. well, have little TO say, but it
seems wonderful too wonderful for me TO be-
lieve. After you had gone, | went to work /:
but as | struck the earth, strange unearthy
feeling came over me. ] seemed tor the first
time to open my ey-s and look about me.
Good God . said ], as thought on my stu
alton Lieutenant IsIington-Lieutenant Islng-
ton pauper in the old N workhouse hoe
ing potatoes! Il won't do!
Sir, | threw my hoe as far as | could hurl II
with this right arm, and turned about, and
walked out Of that place, redeemed my name,
my character, and my Annette and now | own
this house and land, and an a happy man, thank
God
Great tears were rolling down his cheeks.
| viii not say anything about my own. The
reader can Judge whe ther | was uumoved. -
Then he told me The story of his finding Annette
an orphan and poor, earning livelihood by
her needle oi his waiting and working nearly
three years, and now they were just married.
At that moment blooming creature entered.
My Annette. said the proud husband Prtsen-
TING her. 'She has come 10 from sick neigh
bor's.
Your wife is lovely creature. No wonder
you thank Cod said ], aside, just as | retired
10 rest.
He smiled | could not blame him that the
smile was an exultant one. He had conque red
himself. God had written him "Greater than
those who take kingdom
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

DEAD HEADS on THE PRs>s.-Our railroad
friends have recently cut off many ''dead heads"
on their roads, complaining that the number
was too great. What would they say II they
were worried as we often are.
The press endures the inAicton Of dradhead-
ism from the pulpit, the oar and the stage; from
corporations, societies and individuals. 1t is
expected to yield to its interest; 1t Is required
to give strength 10 weak institutions; eyes to
The blind, clothes to the nakei, and bread TO the
hungry: 1t is asked TO cover up ln6rmltleS, hide
weakness, and wink at mProprieties; il is ex-
pected to herald quacks, bolster up dull authors,
and natter the vain; ii is, in short, to be all
things to all men; and if it looks for pay or re-
ward, il is denounced as mean and sordld.-
There is no interest under the whole heavens
that is expected to give so much to society with
out pay or thanks as the Press.-Patr'of d Ont-
on.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

Gosr. OF A SEAT IN PARLiAMENT.-In an En-
glish journal We ind it stated that it is no slight
matter, that Of fighting ones wav up to the un-
pad seats OF the English Parliament. MR.
TnAcKERAy, for instance, told M, says cores
pondrnt OF the London Times, that bis unsuc-
crssfu contest for the comparatively small bor
ough of Oxford, cost bin over E 900 sterling,
one item OF whCh-for the hire OF ''cabs and
flys''-amouutrd to fi75, or nearly 5000
costly. One fiiead OF mine wHJ stJ7a1 1s, .Eenrs
succession for county representation, losing
the first and winning the second contest. spent
upon the two more than $4,000 or 100000.
Seats in the United States Congress seldom
cost 50 much as thls, though the expense occa-
sionIy runs to high figure.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

y-"WatermilIions Here they are-fne
large, ripe watprmillons-lwo for ftp apiece, .
sung out an enterprosing countryman IN front
of our windon.
two for ftp apiece drawed uncle Fossil,
as be selected eight melons. Cheap enough
sartiny,' and he passed up halt dollar
sAll right = said the countryman, as he pock-
eted the coin and drove off.
Two for ftp apiece solIloquised old Fossi
wondering how eight melons at that rate, could
absorb the half dollar.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-12

CHARGE IT.-Dr. Thompson, mine host OF
the Atlantic Hotel, is Jolly, free-heaFtfd land
lord; bnt his witris often blunt, pointed and
misses fire. H&' had furnished hurried break
fast for some southern passengers by the cars
buslling about with all sorts OF heller skeller
sayings.
'Gtntemen, here's your breakfast. I've seen
worse
4 never did see much worse says one Of the
passengers.
The doctor was taken down. AS they rose
10 pass out, they asked what was to pay.
Fifty cents down, OF dollar when we
charge it, said the Doctor.
sWell, charge it then,' said our grumbling
passenger.
Pm sold = said the doctor. Go on, gentle
men, I'll charge IT,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
TIE Atlantic TELEGRAPH.

The London Times states that the four
hundred miles of cable ordered to replace
the three hundred and cighty-four which
were lost last autumn off Yalentia, have
been completed, and it is intended, in order
to make better provision for causalties,
that an additional three hundred miles shall
be at once proceeded with. The operation
will be commenced in the middle of june,
in which month, it is said, there are five or
six consecutive days during which gale
in the Atlantic was seldom or never known
to occur. The line will be Joined and laid
from the center of the ocean, the Niagara
taking her end of the cable to Ireland, and
the Agamcmnon conveying hers to America.
On this occasion the cable will not be piled
away in one huge mass, but will be dis
tributed equally in the fore, midship, and
after parts of the vessels, in coils of five
hundred miles each.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
The Siamese Twins Nowhere.

"A correspondent of the Louisville Jour-
nal. writing from Henderson, Ky. gives
the following account of "lusus Natur;e''
in that place that surpasscs all the freaks
of that occasionally whimsical laly, Dame
Nature, that we ever heard Of:
have Just returned from visit to one
of the most extraordinary curiosities ever
known in the history of the human race
\ negro woman belonging to Mr.. Samuel
Sites, of this place, gave birth, eight days
ago, to four living children joined together
by pairs in a still more peculiar manner
than the Siamese Twins. The two boys are
connected at the shoulder, and from the
hip to the knee joint, leaving the lower
joint of the legs and the feet perfectly free.
The girls are joined at the shoulder, with
this difference from the boys. that they have
but one arm issuing from the junction of
the shoulders. They are Joined from the
hip down to the foot-the two legs ending
in one foot. -
In regard to the color of the children,
nature seems to have been quite eccentric as
in their formation, one of the boys being
black and the other as white as the child of
white woman; and so with the girls
They all seem to be perfectly healthy. and
the mother is doing uncommonly we'll.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
IOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIE %, 1853.

Louisiana gangs of pagan la5orers fresh
from the bloody and 6ar6aric wars of the
African Coast, there would have gone up
from this city protest, speaking the utter
repugnance of five-sixths of the population.
The plan is, in substance, the same as
that recently so much debated, which the
French Government has authorized and is
prosecuting, through the st. Regis contract,
for providing negro laborers from the coast
for the use of her West India possessions.
But the French Government does not dis
guise the fact that it deals in slaves. All
experiments upon the contract for volun-
tary emigrants have proved failures. The
negroes can only be obtained from the ma
tive slave dealers, and are sold to the French
contractors at so much per head--lust as
they used to be sold in the old times of the
tra,le-from the barraeoons OF the Spanish
and Portuguese dealers There is no such
thing to be had on the African Coast as a
negro willing to contract, and able to con-
tract, understandingly. for free laborer.
The whole country is a drive for the chiefs,
who monopolizc the traffic, and whom the
new French market has melted to new wars
for the purpose OF getting captives to be
sold on the coast, or. made "free'' emf
grants of, by the French contractors. The
French. indeed, defend their system on the
ground that slavery-brutalized and abso-
lute-is the normal condition of the native
African, and that their free emigrant plan
is an cmancipating plan--a system, for the
withdrawing of the savage from the oppres-
sions Of his native master and making him
free man in the West Indies, after he is
prepared for the condition by some years
of preparation in state of legalized servi-
tudc. - r2th
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
Poor Old Buck.

Was ever patriot so thwarted by the
representatives of turbulent aud rebellious
people? The Army Bill. the pet measure
of the Administration. killed with as little
ceremony as truant country boys use when
they seize garter-snake by the tail and
snap off its head by single llirt of the
hand; the Lecompton bill, endeared to the
Executive by the throes which it cost and
by the tears and troopers caths which have
been shed in its defence,-this cup of balm
for the healing of the nation is upset, and
the ulcer to which it was to be applied is
not yet healed; the Volunteers bill is sad
ly mutilated in its passage through the
House; and now the Deficiency bill appro-
priating ten millions, which Mr.. Cob hasn't
got, for the expenses of "our army in
Utah." is undergoing what sailors call
rozee-its proportions are corrected, its
size lessened, its muniments diminishedl-
Poor Old Buck looks on aghast, and won
ders where the hitch is, his friends mean
while hold up their hands in holy horror at
the indignity to which his Majesty is sub
jected. The King can do no wrong; but
the Commons are rebellious. But the
worst is not come. That crown of glory
beneath which all that remains of James
Buchanan was to become beatifed, will
never sit above that oblique eye, nor take
the osseous twist out of that wry neck
The conspiracy for wrestling Cuba from
Spain will not succeed. 1t will have the
fate of its predecessors in infamy. Mark
that--poor Old Buck.-Chi. Tri6.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
The WaIdenses i'm Illinois.

The Peoria Transcript speaks of the
Waldenses, clan of French Protcstants,
who settled about year ago upon tract
of 1,S00 acres of beautiful prairie land in
Livingston county. Illinois, near the St.
Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad. n
larger delegation of the same people is soon
expected from Europe, under the care of a
faithful and devoted pastor.
The Waldenses are well known in Eu
ropcan ecclesiastical history. They are
poor in this worlds goods, but rich in
every Christian grace. For centuries they
have been huntsl and persecutel for their
religious views and practices, and have
suffered not only Imprisonment and the
spelling of their goods, but even death it
Se1f
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

owned some of the best of the cotton and
sugar plantations. Some of them were ed
ucated; he did not know how or where
One planter that he did business with,
kept his books and wrote business letters
in better manner than most white plan
ters.
Between Washington and Opelousas,
a distance of about six miles. if recollect
rightly, three handsome houses, attached
to frst-rate plantations, were pointed out
to me as belonging to free rcolored men.
An intelligent man, whom met at Wash
ington, who had been travelling most of
the time for two years, IN the planting dis
tricts of Louisiana, having business with
planters, told me that the free negroes of
the State in general, so far as he had OBJ
served were Just equal, in all respects, to
the white creoles. Much the largest part
of them, he said, are poor, thriftless, I'M
ambitious, and live wrctchedly; but there
are many opulent. intelligent, and educated.
The best house and most tasteful grounds
that he had visited in the State, belonged to
nearly full -booded negro---a very dark
man. He and his family are well educa-
ted, and though French is their habitual
tongue, they speak English with freedom,
and one of them with much more elegance
than most literally educated whites in the
South They had private tutor in their
family. They owned, he presumed, hun
dred slaves a agg
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22


The Washington correspondent OF the
New Orleans Crescent furnishes the follow
ing first rate notice of Hon. William H.
Seward of New York:
| have passion for Seward. He comes
an to my i,lca of Roslih in the Wandering
.Jew-so cool. so clear-headel, so indemi-
table, SO relentless in the pursuit of his
purpose. Seward traverses the seemingly
tortuous, but really straight line, of his
ambition with the unerring certainty of
footsteps that characterize a rope-'lancer,
never missing step. and keeping his eagle
eve steadily fixed on the goal before him.
The balance-pole by which he preserves his
cquipoise, is that cool. big head that bulbs
out above his narrow shoulders. If he be-
comes our next President, and disunion
does not Immediately follow his election, l
will wager that he will so beautifully hon
ey-fuggle both South and North, that the
people will pronounce him one of the best
Presidents we ever had
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
s.Mho has got the But,on.n


1t is now three months since the Jan
uary election under the Lecompton Constr
tuition, and if certificates of election have
been issued to anybody. the public are not
advised of it. Calhoun is still draw
ing pay as surveyor general ofkansas, pub
fishing cards in the newspapers. but keep
ing his counsels and certificates to him
self.
Ii the Lecompton Constitution is rejec-
ted, or referred TO the people of Kan
sas and by them rejected, we may never
know who were elected to Office III Kansas
on the Al, of January, and it may rem ain
a problem to puzzle and divide the future
historians of the Republic.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
Arthur,s Home Magazine

Is the ladies' favorite; indeed, we regard it
equal in every respect, except size, to the
best. In the May No.. now lying before
us, the intensely interesting story Of 1.-The
Young Governcss." which was commenced
over year ago. is concluded The en-
bellishments this month consist of the Vii
lage Belle. (Stecl Plate. Colored Fashion
Plate; Art and Nature, and eight Patterns
of different articles.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

1t is stated that the Administration will
oppose the new (Leavenwerth) Constitu-
tion of Kansas. on the ground that the act
of the Territorial Legislature creating it,
was null and void. 1t is claimed that
Gov. DENVER did not return the bill with
his approval, anil that the Legislature adj
journed during the interveal within which
it was competent for him to keep it under
consideration. If the Democracy wish to
keep the Kansas agitation open two or
three years longer, we have no doubt they
can be accommodated.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

The Freeman's journal, the Irish Cath
Ollie organ in New York, continues its war
upon the administration. In an article this
week, it says of Mr.. Buchanan: gaa
''He has gone over to his enemies--he
has rent the Democratic party in twain.--
Extremes have met and the administration
steering wildly, has missed Scylla and
dashed upon Charybdis. We defeated the
sectional candidate, but we are cursed with
a sectional atninistration-th first in our
history. 1t is encouraging to remember
that it was not sectional administration
that was elected" else af =
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
Coal discovered Near Vincennes.

Th. Vincenncs Sun Of Wednesday eve
ming reports the discovery of a strata OF
stone coal, five or six feet thick, on the
line of the Ohio AMI Mississippi Railroad,
twelve miles east of Vinccnncs, or about
one hundred and sixty miles west of Gin
cinnati. The Sun says that competent
gentlemen pronounce the coal equal to Pitts
burgh diamond. M
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

EE The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian
says Senator Dcnglas can never more be-
long to the Democratic party. Grace
and pardon will be extended to the rank
and file which have been seduced. They
may return, but the head conspirator new
er.''
The Pennsylvania need give itself no
trouble about Senator Douglas. He snd
his cause arc in good hands. Instead of
fixing the fate of "the head conspirators'
against Lecompton, it better becomes these
adventurers who sailed out of tho
Democratic harbor under practical colors,
to be looking after their own necks. 4
taste of hemp at the political yard-arm
will do them good.--Iat. Democrat, .Ladi-
anopoiis d 1ssssf rff T
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

- United States. tsat asff
Those who doubt the sincerity of the ad
vocates of the re re-opcning Of this barbarous
traffic. need only read the following article.
from that conservative paper, the New Or.
leans Picoyanc, of the 5th of March:
'a TnE THREATENED AFRIcAS IMuronAr1ox
Our readers were quite startled by the
telegraphic announcement, yesterday morn.
ing. of the passage through one house of
the Legislature Of bin outkoriizing the i,s-
portafion of 2. 500 neg roes from Tie Coast
Of africa into this State. to be indentured
for a term not less than fifteen years. 1t
has been known that some such project was
entertained At Baton Rouge. and had some
advocates out of it, but it has never been
thought there was serious intention to
press it through. or any prospect fits final
success. We believe that If it had been
Supposed that there was any danger Of the
6tate's snsbdrfing IN scheme to revice The
slcre trade. By indirsetion. and bringing into
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22
A New Work on Horticulture.

Tue GARDEN; 4 New POCKET MANUAL
OF PEAcTIcAL HoRrrcULTURE; or. How to
cultivate kitchen vegetables. fruits, flowers,
AMI ornamental tress and shrubs. With
an exposition of the nature and action of
soils anil manurcs. the structure of plants,
and the laws of vegetable life and growth,
etc. FOWLER & WELLS. 30S Broadway,
New York. Price. in paper, 80 cents;
cloth, 30 cents.
No one who owns or rents square rod
of ground can afford to be withou. this best
of all garden manuals. 1t is an eminently
popular and practical work-so clear and
simple in style that everybody can under
stand it; SO convenient i'm form and size
that it can be carried in the pocket, and so
low in price that all can buy it; while at
the same time, it is thorough, comprehen-
sive, and perfectly reliable. 1t tells how
to cultivate everything belonging to the
garden; how to plant trees; how to choose
the bsst varieties of fruit how to prune,
graft, bud, destroy insects, preserve fruits
and vegetables, and save seeds; and it not
only tells the reader tchaf to do but rhy it
should be done, thus giving him new in
terestin everything. Tho chapter on the
Flower Garden is just what the ladies' are
wanting. Adapted 10 all sections-the
South as we'll as the North. 1t will be
found worth hundred times its cost to any
ono in a single season. 81
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-22

in the north and in the south, that there are
portions of the American continent. prov
inces in Mexico or Central America, where,
ultimately, that slave population which
presses hard on the poor whites of
the south may find free homes under the
protection of the government of the United