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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16
Original portrp.
Fox the GAZETTE.
OUR COTTAGE BF THE WOOD.

The world has halls aud palaces
Where richest marbles shine,
And where from golden chalces,
Is quafed the mellow wine
But with their pomp and gOrgeousness,
With all their boasted good,
They could not win me from my home,
Oar cottage BY the wood.
I've wandered where the northern hills
UpHft their bTows Of snow,
Where Auster's breath the broad sail fills,
And southern heavens glow;
Ga Alpine heights, subHne and wild,
On haunted Hartz, Eve stood
But still my heart was in my home,
Our cottage by the wood.
OFT meath the blue Italian skies,
I've gathered fowf's unknown,
Still thinking but Of those that rise
Within our garden lone,
And Of the vine that Chambers thick
About the easement rude,
And with its foliage wraps my home,
Oar cottage By the wood.
And now, my wayward wanderings DER,
Sweet cot, | turn to thee
Oace more seek my native shore,
Ouce more homewagd feel
For would fain behold agan,
The Joyous light that stool
In giory-beams about my home,
Oar cottage by the wood.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16

DANGER OF SrRAINING THE Eyes IN TwI-
LIGHT.-In the London and Edinburgh Philo-
sophical Magazine for May Is an account of
sudden loss ofthe power Of distinguishing colors,
produced by over-taxIng the eyes. A sea cap
tam, who was in the habit, when time hung
heavy on his his hands, of occupying it by
working at embroidery, was one afternoon
engaged upon red flower. and being anxious
TO finish it, prolonged bis labor until twilight
came on. and he found ii difficult to select the
suitable colors. To obtain more light, he went
into the companion way, and then continued
his work. While thus taxing his eyes, his
power Of distinguishing colors suddenly vanish
ed. He went upon deck, hoping ,that an in
crease oflight would restore bis vision. In
vain. From that time to the present, more
than ten years, he has remained color blind
Mr.. White Cooper, who brought this case to
notice, says that, after the great Exhibition of
1891, several instances came under his notice
IN which the sensiblIiy OF the retina was
temporarily blunted by The excitement to which
1t was exposed in that brilliant scene
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16

ATTEMPT To BURN THE WASHINGTON PENl-
.TENTIARY--A most daring attempt was made
on Saturday night TO burn the U. S. Penitenti-
airy at Washington, which was happily frus-
trated through the loyalty of the convicts and
the vigilance and courage of the officers. The
plot was laid by George Nelson, a discharged
convict, whose term OF sentence expired on the
9th, ult. He bad tried to persuade another
convict named Kelly, to assist him, which was
refused. He, however, entrusted his plans 10
Kelly, and on Saturday night at the hour ma
med, appeared at the east wall and attempted TO
get over and SET the out-buiIdngs on fire. Kel-
ly had previously divulged the plan, aud when
it was attempted, Nelson aud an accomplice
were taken, the former being shot in the back,
during the scuffle that ensued.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16

AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
EAST OF PHILADELPHIA, on THE CAM
DEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
NEW JERSEY.
An old estate consisting OF several Thousand OF
as If oyo4,efiUe soil has been divided into Farms
If various size TO sait The purchaser A popula-
ION If some Fifteen Hundred, from various parts
- +ho middle States and New England have settled
tbare the mast wear, improved their places, art
- r1,r5Zent crope The price of the land Is al
The low sum of from Sl5 TO $50 per acre, the son
of the best quality for the production OF y "sG1 a.
SIlsr coyi PeacAes, Grapes ard Negetabkes. II
X C0SSTDFRED TIE BEST FRUIT SOIL IN
THE Union. The place is perfectly secure from
frosts-the destructive enemy OF the farmer. Crops
of grain. grass and fruit are now growing and can
be seen. By examining the place ITSELF correct
udgment can be formed OF the productveness OF the
land The terms are made easy 10 secure the rapid
innroyement of the land, which IS only sold for
actuaE i,aprorsmeHt. The result has been, that
within the past year, some three AHlaFea h0"SeS have
been erected two mills, one steam, four stores, some
forty VINEYARDS aud peach orchards, planted and a
Ia ree number of other Improvements, making 1t a
desirable and active place of business.
THEMARKET,
&c the reader NAV perceive from its location, the
BEST IN TIE UNION,
Products bringing double the price than in loca-
tions away from the city and more than double the
,,rica in the West. Il is known that the earliest
from New Jersey, and are annually exported TO-
extent OF millions.
Iu locating here, the settler mas many advantages
He is within lew hours nde "l the great ci'les oi
New England ana Nll"''e '0t%"g 'y''..' s','S
Jrorsmf4t Of c'"j9'' o',t ,'''ll-o.'ol Z, az
lie can oGY every lI''e ne - AZ '..' ~.
price, AM seh MS r'"u", 10. ~ III
West thl5 Is Fe'ei'ed'l ''s 5's :, -
dren, G,ei"e Se'D.''' '''' . 40 e.Jgs On -, ~
and delightful ciimale, W'5'e Ie'e'S "'F - va
known. The res"lto. lts che'&s ,l'h 49, 80 - 80
the north, mas genera, D7'h ~ 'sSt0'0 ~" " ~
excellent s1a'e oi hsai,u' ,,L,
In the way oI puno'"2 anu i"I'o''" go
can be obtained az me ".i.s a - L's hri. yorJ
$l2 per 'bousH','' -. - -t;Is oso ba r,roc1rat
opened in the place, every a'''e'T ca" D7 pi1tp,sa
IN the place; good carpenters are az go',' an I
no place III the Cnlon "heIe 'u''"l'7' "''' 81"
provemen's can De iHaue 'He'F''' ,,;.L So
fhe reader VIII al once oe s''NIN 80 49,, 80
advantages here PFtsehtre, anu 's" u''l'sI,t '' ~
property has not been 'aEen Up o-lo[e' 's 49,
J., II was never thrown 'h 'ue ma 1s ; .i ''I
these statements were corIect' no one "C''u DC a.
vited 10 examine '"s 'a4 nsrolg II san Ja n1sr
ali are expected 70 10 - Iust 49,, .-I,,, tEat
cuItlvatlon' such Is me Aleill .. 'i'F n
tbey will no DOUBT meet persons ron go ~"
neighboInood; tAey van Witess .ne -
aud can judge 'oe cAa aclet .. '.s tII nols
they come VII" We" 90 80, ~ :. ra - mr.
prepared y" stdJ q '"g Us L''C -
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16

FEvHE HAMMONTON FARMER-A new
4 paper devoted to Literature and Agricul
ture. also settng forth u accounts Of the new set
lement Of Hammonton, in New Jersey, eau be subs
scrbed for at only % cents per annum.
lnclose postage stamps for the amount. Address
10 the Editor OF the Farmer, Hammonton, p. y. At
lantic Co., New Jersey. Those wishing cheap land
of the hest Quality, in OF the healtaest and most
delightful climates in the Union, and where crops
never cut down by frosts, the terrible sconrge
ol the north, see advertisement ot Hammonton
Land
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16

u Beauty and death make each other seem
Purer and loyelier, like snow and moonlight.
Gy-Always look at those you are talking 10
never at those you are talking OF.
IL~ Memory seldom fails when its Office is to
show us The sePulchres of our buried hopes.
r5@Night brings out Stars, as sorrow show
US truths we can never see the stars TIL we
can see little or naught ese-and thus is il
with truth.
1y-NeIther men nor women can become
what they intend 10 be by carpeting their pro-
gress with velvet. Real strength is tested 6y
difficulties.
GA man who avoids matrimony on account
OF the cares of welded life, is compared TO one
who would ampuate a leg 10 save his toes from
corns.
057-It may seem paradox but il is never
theieSS the truth, that hit a man on whatever
part of the body you will, the blow is sure TO
go against bis stomach.
G|PleaSure, like quicksilver, is bright and
shy. five strive to grasp it, it still eludes US,
and still glitters. We perhaps seize it at last
and find it rank poison.
Ladies who have disposition to punish
their husbands, should recollect that little
warm sunshine win melt an lcicle much sooner
than regular north-easter.
I5-Friendahip does not consist in words, in
g"rat dinners, or unmeaning smiles. Show me
the man who will break his last loaf with me,
and | viii call that man friend.
Gz~L1rd Byron once said ''You never
know mans temper until you have been inn
prisionrd on board Of ship with him, or wo-
'nan's until you have married her,"
GE~L Lord Bacon beautifully said "lf man
be gracious to strangers, il shows he is citizen
of the world, and that bis heart is no island cut
or from the other lands, but continent that
joins them"
Fear is prodigious magni6er, especial
" whereIt has been excited by any unusual
ahject. No Traveller ever saw small tiger : no
landsnan ever experienced gale at sea that
was not a t0rnado.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16
Allegheny Male and Female Seminary,
EgAExSBURG, Pa.
FACULTY.

F. ]. OSBORNE, A. B., Principal, Prof. OF Lam
guages and Philosophy.
VIM. s. smith Prof. Of Mathematics.
Jas, H. Miller, Adjdnct Prof Of Mathematics.
Rev B. F. Stevens, Lecturer on Moral Philoso-
wm. 4 Sterhens, Prof. of English Grammar &c.
DR.. J. Hughes Lecturer on Anatomy &c.
Mrs. T. V. Osborne, PrecePtress, Teacher Of Draw
ing French, Botauy &c.
g. F. Drott, Prof. Of Instrumental Music.
Price of Tuition for term of | / weeks.
Common English Branches 50 25
higher branches, including common, each so
Latin and Greek, each 90
German and French, each so
Book keeping and Commercial calculations l so
ORNAMENTAL.
Drawing %
tolored crayon, and water cooss, each 800
OIl painting 20
HAIR aud flowers, each 5 W
peiis work . uO
Embroidery a0
Piano music with use Of instrument 10 90
Board $ ! X per week including rent, fuel,
furniture &c This is of the best, and cheapest
institutions IN the country. The whole expense PEI
term need not be more than twenty-five collars
Second Quarter OF summer session commences
August i, 1888.
Teachers will be instructed free OF charge in the
Normal Department.
For particulars, address the Principal.
E.J. OSBORNE, 4. B.
Rainsburg, Bedford co., April %, 1889.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16
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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-12-16
NEW AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT,
TO ALL WANTING FARMS,

To AID WANING FHhNIo,
A RARE OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL
AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
FAST OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CAM
DEN AND ATL LANTIC RAILROAD,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
WHOLE NO. 1881
Is the Word q Mistake!

One Of the saddest mistakes which good
people have made is in supposing the world
to be q mistake. To these people-anG
their number is not small--the earth is but
theatre of pain and sickness, sorrow ami
death. Joy is Elusive, pleasure cheat,
laughter Ulockery, and happiness thing
lmpOssib.e. and not even TO be looked for on
this side the grave. The performance OF
all duty is the "taking up'' Of what they
cali"a cross " They are actually afraid to
be happy, under an overshadowinc impress
sion that they have no right 10 be happy in
this life. They believe that there is some
thing intrinsicslly bad in the world they in.
habit, and all the joy that proceeds from it.
They have an idea that the moral evil which
affiicts the human race has struck in. All
the sufferings of the brute creatioa-their
throes of labor, and sickness of body, and
pains of death-are SO m.ny voices pro-
claiming the fatal failure OF Adam. Human
nature itself is an awful thing. God is
great law-giver. an inexorable avenger, an
awful Judge. Being to be feared more than
loved. Life is trial--severe, unrelenting,
perpetual. All that seems good and grace
fol and glorious in the world is hollow
sham, for the deception of the uuwary and
the ruin of the unwise e.-Tfmotiy Tilcon5.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
Mr.. Scudder's Lecture

The Rev. Mr.. Scudder of HindosIan gave
a lecture in the Academy OF Music on that
country, its people, languages, literature and
religion. His descriptions of the land were
picturesque. and he did full justice to the
languages and literature, except the phil
osophic. But his notice of the Mussulmans
of India gave the same melo-dramatic idea
of them which Mr.. Bourcicsult produced in
his Siege of Lucknow; and he devoted his
account of Brahmanism to undign'fied de-
nuncatiun OF some Angln-S xnn Path :
isis who, he said lived Down East In
the course of it he Ca led Ralph Waldo
Emerson and the Rev. Theodore Parker
Polip-woss, and said that they might some
dav b. developed into complete Hindu bull
frogs. Mr Scudd re- description 81 c-sie
was effective. ana altogether his lecture
was deS. rvine OF a la-ger audience han
the $50 persons who heard It. Two or three
specimens of Hindoo aptnrss in reply. with
which be cncluGed. were the best thing-
nt the lecture.
lie vas q kigg wi young BrIhaiB
and told h,m THIS h. J.u-t z " ;.p Ms Idol
atrv. The young man IN wsf d: = am 20
more an ldo,a.sr htn spu; d. 10 worship
the idol; TO me it is only sensibls abj.r',
by means of which can more easily fix my
mind on Deity. You too have a medium.
What is the ord hri>t but just such Il
sea inia el-c b. hi h YOU rive al 'te
same rPsu i!''
Again he was preaching on total prIv-
ity and SAID: How can can thing Come
out If an uhclean!" A Brahmin in his audi
ence rose and X. la,sned: ..B ahold the lUtas
fi awer, how l. grows in the IN a."
Vt mother time he wSs preaching on
sa VAT on by attn sloEe. when Brahmin
OF mild and reverend asp ct nrose. rompii-
nen;ed him upon the fiuency with which he
spuke the ir language, and asked him If be
might be permitted IN add ore drop to the
fnl.-f wing river of NJ. S.'udder's thought
He rh n went on % s,y: You know the
fabits o: the monk v: n. mother n,onkey
never carrie: her.young; the little monkey
! Iy ng under her, fastens his tail above h"r
back and clasps his arms ana legs tightly
| around her, and so Is carried by her as she
leaps from bough to bough. AMI sd ely DE-
posit d at her pagOda far up among the
leaves. You. Sir (beggiog your pardon). are
the little monkey, saved by your faith. You
know, too, how the mother cat carries her
kitten. Its four legs are sprawl led out and
its tail hangs down fimsily between its
legs. But the old mother cat clutches it by
the neck and oarros it whittier she will
without any effort of the kitten. Sir, am
the little kitten. We are both saged-yor
by your faith. and whether will or not ,
--Kelo York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
Emerson's Nose.

An excellent bust Of Emerson, the essay
ist, has been made by King, the Boston
sculptor, of which small copies in plaster
will be sold. The artist is said to have
"done full justice to the ample nasal protu-
berance that Mr. Emerson possesses, and
has sighted no pecuiia'i;y of countenence. -
Speaking Of NOSES and other features, Mr..
Emerson, in recent lecture on Manners;
shows his appreciation Of them:
avery part o. mans person testified to
his predominant feelings and sentiments-
Bot the eye, as the window of the soul, is
The best index of the prevailing emotion
II tspeaks of sickness or health. sorrow or
JOY, purity or guilt There are eyes sll In
nocence, as well as organs out of which
restless gnomes and demons reer. Some
eyes threaten like loaded and leyelled pis-
tUl, and others are as Insulting as kissing
or kicking; some have no mere expression
than tlueberries, while others are as deep
as well which YOU can fall into Then
there are noees of mark. The nasal organs
OF Julius Caesar and William Pitt were sure
indlces of their strong vii! and resistless
sway among men. The character o: many
persons can be decuded from their habit OF
walking"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
A Woman on the Sickles Case.

4 The North Iol1G Times contains letter
from lady-a sister of Lydia H. Slgourney
commenting upon an editorial in thai
paper in relation to the killing o! Key, in
which it was said that "Sickles could not
have lived had he not have taken vengeance
on the willy scoundrel who had disgraced
his name His correspondent had supposed
sthat q mans virtue was inherent, part Of
| his nature, and not simply reflection of
the virtue of his wife, But she infers from
the editorial alluded TO, that ''whe n Sickles
went to Congress, his position, his honor,
depended upon the chaste behavior of Mrs.
Sickles, his wife, and she an Ita lian at that!
The beautiful woman, captivated by the
graces of a ha nd somer man than her hus-
band, sins, is discovered and exposed; and
Mr Sickles, the only innocent person in
the affair, shoots Mr. Key, not for betray-
ing his wife, but for dishonering him!"-
This she pronoances 'egregious selfshness'
and continues as follows:
st is strange how differently our sexes
are constituted Women survive these dis
agreeabIe developments every day. |: Nr.
Sickles had hired the assignation house. and
met Mrs SwIzzles. do you think Mrs. Sic
kIe~ would have gone out to shoot the faith
less crinoline VITO had stolen her husband!
No, sir! Women do no such foolish things;
and vhyl Because. if we are virtuous we
have confidence in our virtue, and we feel
that no derelicticR of the husband can or
ought TO affect the virtue of the wife. But
suppose on some fine Sabbath morning all
the women in Washington who suspect
their truant lords should sally out, 'swords
and pistols by their SIDES" TO chastse the
dear creatures who had stolen their affec-
tons, would not this mark an interesting
epoch in history,"
The following shows what woman thinks !
of mans courage:
sand yet this man, who could not meet
the hollow she lis of humanity, that formed
his society at Washington, until he had
vim dicated his honor. must now meet the
multiiudes at his trial-hsar the coarse jeer-
ings of unprincipled Ibertines-confron,
his wife, who he magnanimous promised
not to injure'-hear again and again, with
exaggeration and minutie, the whole his
tory OF his misery revived-meet the WON
dering looks of his little one, turning from
father to mother for an explanation of this
mystery, and in alter years be tortured BY
her recurrence to the first chapter of her
life's reality! If he can do all this and dare
to meet his Maker at last, with the brand OF
1 murderer on his soul, and yet could not
meet the tallow- faced, mustached puppies
IF his club-room, tell me, in Gods name,
a what consists the superior courage of
nanhoodl"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
The General Admiral,

This splendid steam-frigate, built for the
Emperor of Russia, is receiving the last
finishing touches, the machinery and boilers
being all on board. The riggers, carpenters
and decorators are busy in getting her ready
for sea. Her engines and entire machinery
are said TO be the best finished as well as
the most expensive ever put on board any
vessel in the United States, costing some
100000. lRstead Of white oak gun-car
riages, which the contract called Tor, Mr.
Webb, her builder, has substituted more
costly mate-ial-mahOgany, of winch all
the frames are composed, the axies only
being white oak. and tie trucks iignumyiie
She vii. be ready for the engineers trim
trip in few weeks. After being CAREFUL,
tested she will proceed to Cronstad' to take
her position as the flagship ei the Russisr
navy, where, We have no DOUBT, she vii
do nonor fn her American bui ders and en-,
gineers.-Scientjfc American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12

GlrPeter the Great was sensible cid
fellow. and knew bow to rule his subjects,
as the following arecdo;e, related by Prof
Jaeger, ia his work on North American In
sects, saJws:
The tact the study Of nature tends di-
rectly to the civilization OF a nation was
we'll understood. more than century and
halt ago, D. that ingenious, self made, man
Peter the Great. of Russia. He conceived
:he idea that lore tor this department of
science would contribute much towards the
civilization and refinement OF HE barbarian
subjects, and accordingly he estab ished, at
an enormous expense, large museum Of
natural history al ST. Petersburg; and in
order to induce his dram loving subjects To
go there. he ordered glass of brandy to be
presented to every vsito:."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12
Sslftt 4oe'rp,
The Oberlin Rescue.
tFrom the New York Evening Post

(From the New York Evening Post.)
Simeon Bushnell was convicted at Cleveland
Ohio, of the crime of aiding John, an allege'
slave, to escape through Ohio to Canada, and 4
'egsin his freedom.
Where is the charter freedom gave
GLANDS where speeds Ohio's food
Which guarded from the foot of slave
The soil once wet with patrio, bioodi
Was it for this our fathers bled,
And left their graves as patriot mounds
From transatlantic master fled.
Here tremb ling crouch. like whining hounds
Is il crime on freedom s soil
To aid the man " DO would be freef
Shall we denounce far-distant spoil,
OErselses hunt men TO slaveryl
Ye pilgiims to Old Engiands Tower,
Who freeze before the axe ami wheel
Rude relics now OF brutal power
The dungeon, screw. judicial Ste el:
Go TO your own proud prairie home,
Your home of boasIed liberty;
And standing meath The heavens br DAD dome.
See bloodier tools Of tyranny.
The soulless Judge, indictments, law.
Inventions framed with cunning skill
Far dead ier than the links which gnaw
And chafe the freeman's tameless will.
ne plalns tndt nealn ref armies SHOOK
Are now the hunting grounds for men;
Unclaimed the flowers. the wind. the brook
There men are forced to slaves again.
On, men! roll back this cursed tide;
Assert the manhood God once gave
STAND on iree ground its crown and prize;
Be something more than SlayeryIs slave!
All honor to that hero band.
Your thorny crown is rosy bright;
Hor md Srrdn afa md
Judicial martyrs to The right ]. D. ).
NBw YoRK, April. 1859.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12

ASHES FOR PoTATaEs RUFUS Brown, of
Chelsea, Orange county, Vermont, says that
in an experiment tried by him the gain in
the crop of potatoes by the use of ashes at
the rate of a teacupfull to the hill, was about
bushel and half of potatoes for each bus.
of ashes used. The kind of potatoes was the
English Pink-Eye, and yield 200 bushels to
the acre. The ground was planted May 7,
with the ashes in holes, and little dirt
over them. 1t was plowed and hoed June IS,
the rows being four feet apart and hills three
feet. The ashes cost l2a cents bushel,
and potatoes sold at 35 cents, returning GIll
so cents bushel for the ashes emp loved.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-12

BISHOP TRUsTIYG IN A SIGx.-Th,
facts in regard to the breskins up OF q
Methodist Conference in Texas, the expui-
sion of Bishop James, have tiready been
made public, but there is oae inciGsnt in
the affair which is not generally known -
When the Bishop was cornefed By the mob
be res ,rted f9r aid TO tire tiasonic sign -
Rev. I. Biack!ord, in report Of the Con-
ference to one OF our Methodist exchanges.
says:
"fhs Bishop h al, in the hour of ex'remi-
ty. given ne " ,sorc sign. the raoble dis
Tsed, ani the Conference WIS permit ed
tU close lts session."