The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-01-22

1 w" tlgAdio, Uy d lDISe Which udu Oeen IDdu-
dened by The sight Of blood. The Doylestown
| (Pa.) MteiIigencer has an instance of the ex-
| citement of horse from the same cause:
! Son Saturday week, serious accident
occcured on the farm of S. b. & ]. B. Larzelere,
| IN Abingdon. They had been killing hogs on
that day, and after the job was completed, a
person in their employ, with his bloody clothes
on, went into the stable by the side of team
| horse TO remove the harness. While unloosing
| the hame string the horse became frantic at the
| sight or smell of the blood, paved him down,
broke his ribs, and it was with great difficulty
that those who came to the rescue could get
over the manger into the entry and out of dam
ger. The noble animal, although of uncom-
lnoAly docle disposition generally. kicked him
self out OF harness, and knocked the strong board
partition between the stalls into fine kindling
wood. On the following morning the horse
had nat entirely recovered from his fright, and
was still so Wild that the person who Usually
takes care of him bad some difficulty in going
| through the daily morning routine. We make
| these remarks to caution ouT friends against ma
king similar experiments.
i Day AT SeA-rhe ordinary sea -dav com
mences at II O'Clock noon when all hands,
| tore and aft, !. =. IN cabin and lorecasle, get
| dinner The crew are divided into Two watch
rs, called arb2ard and Starboard watches, which
alternate in performing ordinary ship duties.
| One watch is under charge Of the first, the
other OF the second mate, when there arr two
mates only on board:-Aftrr dinner, all hands
are ordered 10 turn 10, under charge of ont. of
the officers, and labor TIL SIX O'clock, the rpgu-
lar supper hour.-Thpn commences tn, alter
natr watches from SIX ill eight is called the
dog watch during which half the crew have
liberty to so below and sleep if they phase at
eight the uext watch is called, and the other
officer takes charge of the deck I'LL twelve, mid
night another chang at foor and again at
light 10 the morning., when all hands are called
to breakfast then one watch goes below till
! dinner 50 that The whole crew is not on deck
in good weather, except from , NJ. TO P.
NJ
IL times Of emergency, however, OF gales of
wind, or anv disaster, all hands are called, not
excepting the cook and steward, and kept on
deck ill the captain o: officer considers one
watch able 10 take care of the shIpgI The man
at 4l,gs Vetseei, OF staetspan, is efanged every
half watch, or two hours, durin., the twenty
four, and is, at times, the only man in active
{ !
ted ship never has LEISURE hour in his deck
watch IN the day-tinp. The pulling and haul
ing, making, and taking in and trimming sails,
IS but s1iaIl part of his duty; every part Of
ship FROM her deck upwards is chafng and
strainngrvery moment at sea, in rain and shine,
gale or calm, and constantly requires care, at
rntion aud labor. Probably no good, expert
enced shpmastrr, al any one time, during his
longest voyage, was ever al loss for a mo-
ment to find work for his crew. Al night, the
only business of the watc on deck is to steer
the vessel, keep good lookout ahead, and bp
ready 10 make, shorten or trim sail. This is
the regular routine for the officers and crew in
ordinary merchant vessels.
EvEXlxG HoURs FOR MEcHANIcs.-Wha
have evening hours done for mechanics who
had only ten hours toll Harkrn to the follow
ing facts
One Of the best editors the Western Review
could ever boast Of, and one he most brilliant
writers of the passing hours, was cooper in
Aberdeen One Of the editors of the London
Daily Journal was baker in Elgin perhaps
the best reporter of the London Times was
weaver in Edinburg the editor OF the Witness
was stone mason One of the ablest minis !
and another was matchmaker in Banti. The
late DR.. Mime of China. was a herd boy in
Rhyne The principal fthr London Missiona- /
ry Socirty's College at Hong Kong was sad
dIer in HuntIev, and one of the best missiona-
reS that ever went to India was tailor in
Keith. The leading machiniSt on the London
and Brming ham railway, with seven hundred
pounds year, was a mechanic 10 Iasgow
aud perhaps the richest iron founder in Eng gland
was working man in AloraP. Sir James
Clarke, her Maesty's physician, was druggist
in Blantf. Joseph Hume was sailor flfst and
then laborer at the mortar and pestle IN Mon
trosp. Mr. McGregor, the member from Glas-
gov, was a poor boy in Rosshire. James
Wilson, the member from WeStbury, was a
bIoughman in Haddington, and Arthur Ander-
son, the member from Orkney, earned his bread
by the sweat OF his brow in the Ultima Thule.
These men, however, spent their leisure hours
in acquiring useful knowledge. They could
not have the eminence they did hanging around
hose and engine houses, or wasting hours away
in taverns.
FATE OF TIE DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA
1t is remarkable how few ofthe eminent men
among the discoveries and conquerors OF the
New World died in peace. Columbus died
broken-h hearted Roldan and Cobadlla were
drowned: Ovando was harshly superseded
Las Casas sought refuge in cowI; Ojeda died
in extreme poverty Encisco was dePosed by
his own men Nicuessa perlshed mlserably by
the cruelty of his party Vasco Nunez was dis
gracefully beheaded; Narvaez was imprisoned
in tropical dungeon, and afterwards died of
hardship Cortez was dishonored Alvarado
was destroyed in ambush; Almagro was gar
rnind. pizarrn was murdered and bis four