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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18
VOL. 80, NO. Al.
Fran the Boston Herald Oct. 22d.
| Determined Suicidc--- Extraordi-
nary Tenacily Of Life.

/ A case Of suicide occurred in this city, yes
terday, in which most extraordinary senacity
Of life was manifested The particulars, IS We
learn them, are as follows, An aged gentleman
named Charles Knapp. Wiio has been boarding
at No. ! Bumstead place fol some time past,
retired to bis room yesterday noon and made
preparations for committing suicide. He frst
wrote two letters, addressed to relative resil-
ing 10 Roxbnry. containing directions in regard
TO the disposal Of his property, and then sWal-
lowed large dose Of iaudanum. Before the
opiate had operated, be took a razor and drew
il across the rignt side Of his neck, making
CHASTITY wound but not severing the jugriar
vein.
No. satisfied with lie result Of this wound
be took large butcher knife, with which hc
tad provided himself, and cut the left of his
neck and throat, from which the blood foEed
uiost coplously. His strength still remaining,
aud, as it would seem, his reason also, he walk
ed tG table whero he bad laid loaded doublc-
5afrelled pistol, took up the weapon and fred
the contents of one barrel into his head The.
contents Of tie pistol charge entered his fore
head, between bis eyes, making belle nearly
an inch in diameter and breaking ont several
pieces Of bone, which were found Oh the aoor
0f his room. After this last effort at self-de4
structon he crawied to the spot whore be laid
thc butcher knife, seized it aud drew the blade
across bis forehead several times, indic:,Dg ter
rb.e gashes.
He now fell oa the floor, el.sping TIE butcher
knife 10 bis hands. and torrents Of blood fow-
ing from his uoana<, IN which condition be was
found BY servant whc vas seut TO call him to
dinner. Physicians were instantly summoned,
aud, Notwithstanding the combined effects of
poison, knife, and pistol, he survived until late
in ibe evening. and death which seemed reiuct-
ant st frst, came TO his relief.
Ir. Knapp had been sea captain for many
years, in which ayocation he had acquired
handsome fortune, ard had retired from active
life with the intention Of spending his remain
nag years it comfort and quite ease. lie was,
vs. uadesrtapd, ! nea7 relative Of Cn;ef Justice
SaaSg's, and has left maiden sister whc resides
~ this city. L Is thought temporary insanity
was tie cause Of this melancholy case OF self
destruction.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

\ aorrnoa is living paradox. He says
grace before coilliou. swears in his sermons
selects his texts iaiiHsren;ly FROM tha Bible,
the books Of Mormon, an almanac, or the Pre-
sideni's Message, aud IS perpetually qnarroling
for ;he saEe Of peace. Ills re ligon is joke,
aud he makes the best stery teller a chief of
the quorum. lie assumes the diguitcs but has
not the slightest respect for them; and tho
effect of his pie;y is to put him on level with
the greatest reprcba'e eff the time. la short,
be IS tho Latter Day Saint. or, in other words,
the last one you would .hiuk OF calling saint.
- Exchange.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18


SENATOR WILSON or OLD BRowN's CASE.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, made
speech ia New York Tuesday evening, in whah
he ssia:
Il was important th2t The great State Of New
York sheuii froaonaee heI judgment 10 Lam
guage not - be mistaken Ia any section OF tho
couut:y. 81 thc pfeselt time, after other States
bare spokeu, and SPOKEN glcriously, m effort
was t'eiog nladea poor, futile, miserable, ab-
cftiye effert- Q assail the cause OF republican
liberty 10 the State Of New York, BY charging
The responsibility of an insane old meu's act at
Harpers Ferry upon 275,000 liberty. loving,
Union saving, patriotic men. The effort was
miserable opc, bul il had been clntehcd at Sy
men who have bsen defeated over aud over again
by the Republican party. Cheers But who
are the parties really TO be blamed for the Har-
per's Ferry disturbancet lie had not lie Slight
est hesitation in charging he Sho!e RESPONSE
bility en- the pro-slavery Democracy of the T.
States. 1t was the legitimate fruit of the poll
icy that ruled in This country for the last few
years. |; was said by DR.. Chauuiag, xhen
speaking % ;be horrors Of the French ReVolu-
ton, that the monarchy and aristocracy Of Ersnce
that opposed than people TO madness, were res
sibie ios the horrors OF the keyoluiioa, aud not
the Insane nea who enacted tbeui. This remark
was true of tue present case, aud it has been
true il all similar eases in the world.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

How TUE SLAVES RECEIVED BRowN's
PRopcsITloN.---A negro boy belonging TO MIR.
Washington, who was taken BY the insurgents
at the time his master was, whea lie reached
the Ferry VAS offered pike. which be refused,
shen one OF the insurgents told bin be was
FREQ and should fight the whites. The boy re
Piled, 'si don't know anything about being
free was free enough before you took me,
and I'm not going uotil sec Massa Lewis
fighting and then light for him. Tbs boy
was among the prisoners in tho engine house.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

Parties lately arrived from Pixies Peak state
that fearful mortality had broken out in Moun-
tain City, carving off as many as fourteen mi
ners per week. At first the disease was sup
posed TO be mountain fever; but clese inspec-
ton showed great number OF deaths were caus.
cd By drinking highly poisonous or sirychuine
whiskey.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

John Wen.worth, Of Chicago, puts forth the
following as the latest ticket:
Motto, Popular SoverOignty--fgh it out
For President, Ossawat,amlo Bfnwn. For
Woe Presideat, Stephen A. Douglas.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

1t will must surely have great effect on the
New York election next moath, perhaps psa-
cling the political power OF that State IN the
hands of the Democracy y.-Chdfteston .ner-
caTy.
Was it With the hupo of carrying the New
Y5rk and Maryland elections, that Mt. Floyd
pocketed the latter, and old, Brown (aceerding
to the w ashington Start was placed under the
eve of The police iu Washington last Augusi'
Bait Patriot
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18
BEDFORD PA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 49, 1859

I to the same laws to show It's Limitations They
are Ehat Judge Black calls judicial remedies
aud they are left behind with the benignant
code of Louisiana. TIE constitution recognizes
aud protects the right Of one party, bot cannot
see he rights Of the other. The party who
mast needs protection is, alas. deleuceless. Ii
says yoa are the property OF A. B. or G. You
area slave. Il does not say that no master
shsll main, st4rye or kill lis slave II be takes
i lhso bis head to do SO esiudieIal remedy can
hc invoked. The bowie-knife aud pistol arc in
tAs masters hands, let him use them in right
| Psantation style according 10 his pleasure.
it will not do for Judge Black TO say that the
laws for the protection OF tae slave, wkicb we
have alluded to, are Of iitlle consequence Their
pToambes in every case assert that they are
necessary to restrain the lawiess passions aud
theeraeltS Of the masters. Neither should be
sag that they are never enforced. That IS the
worst reproaeh aimed the peculiar institution,
by such inen as Wendell Philips and W. Lloyd
Garrison.
But we have done Judge Black great injustice
10 sapposiug that he wcuid trouble himself one
noaient about the rights Of nggers. The
seruplos Of Southern legislators upon this sub
jeet can have no Qjkee IN his mind Their be-
inars1lin philanthropy, aud It gives hin no cou-
ceEn 20 see them perish under the bIighsing in-
aasace Of lhe Constitution Of the Uaited States
Judge Black uses this great charter, like Giree's
cup, TO turn men into bcasts. Under tie worst
eodg. Of the poorest slave state in tie Canfeier.
acy, though Coz many purposes, ias negro is a
chatte, yet he has some OF tho essential rights
of human being, but in Territory Of the
f[FftfnH Sfafas t1Aa-n fFs,t. ~
preme lAw, Judge Biaok daalarss that the ne-
gro IS net mau-but brute, taa he has no
mora righss than an OK. 1t is SAID of tie EA
glisA P4rliamsnt tbat Il eau 10 anything bat
nase q nan a woman OF woman man We
bad suppose ihat there WAS somehow { differ
epee between a human beiag and mere suimst4
that legislators aud Courts coald not fail to dis
tiaguisL, bat Judge Blacb, does, BY nero in
Plication, what has never yet been done by posi-
I've laR.
We have reached . point where argument bs-
q ases Impossible. ll 9 would appea. 70 Black :
eStsci54sGsss das @s fesT t;.at be Has uotins
but the color Of his skin, to show thu, he IS d
man. We will not accuse him of ignorance Of
he simplest principles Of justice. He has been
Chief Justice Of the free state OF Peunsyi.
Ho is now the highest Law officer OF the Federal
Administration. lie IS simply doing tie dirty
work Of the South aud we are glad tbl, they
have chosen such tool. He wept - see Dap,
iel Webster, who had been the uashorn cham
pion Of tie Tefd.--
"Eyeless II GAIA, a; tile mill with slayss,'
bu: we shall she'd no tears for BLACK. He i,
in his proper place, ard IS best described IN the
liaes Of his taTerI.e sufhc:
"a fellow by The hand Of natere maFk'd
QgOtel and sign'd 20 do deed Of shame
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

GERRIT SMITH AND BRowN. Tine Syracuse
Journal learns from gentleman WHO has con-
yersed with Gerrit Smith 70 regard to The
trouble at HarPer's Ferry, that he was in no
way identified with or priVy to Browns scheme.
lis explanation Of the matter is this -
Two years ago, AIr. smith, in erdcr to help
the Free State movementin in Kansas, gave Brown
a note Of about $500, against a then IN
Ksusas Brown could not c9lloe, The uose SO
he returned i to Nr. Smith, who agreed to
give hin, at some future time, cash to the
amount Of the note After that be lost sight
OF Brown uutil ahou: the Grst of June last,
when be received letter requesting bin to
send draft for certain amount, Sl00, We
think payable 70 the order Of another party.
Mr.. Smith, ia compliance With the request
aud his fcrmar promise, promptly Forwarded
the draft, supposiug it was asbona ide firm to
whom it was addressed
lie probably believed elso that The mouey
was to be used, u least in3irao!ly, in assisting
fugitive slaves, as that was the las; "Kansas
work. that h9 knew anything about. Mr.
Smith says distinctly that he bad 40 knowledge
or the least suspicion tina; Brown was engaged
10 planning an inspIrsetion. Ihis agrees per-
fecty with Brown's statements, that be alone
originated and carried or his scheme.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18

SENATOR HALE. Senator Hale publishes a
letter, in the Press and Tribune o. Chicago, of
Monday morning last, with reference to the at
tempt Of the Herald to implioate bim ia the
Harper's Ferry trouble. he says that he shall
not undertake the task Of vindicating the 9th
or gentlemen whose names are mentioned. So
far as relates to himself, be can only reply by
denying every word aud syllable, prououncing
the whole, from begioning to end, as false,
challenging the world for particle Of testi17
mOny, either written or verbal, that sustains
the charge thus made. He never received any
knowledge or information from any ono that an
iusurrooiou or outbresk vas contemplated by
John Brown or any one else, N Virginia or
elsewhere; and pledges himself that if evi-
dence is laid before tho grand jury OF Mary-
laud OF Virginia, and they find true bill
against him, be viii 60 there for trial.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-12-20
Time of Closing The Mails.
Posr OrrIoE, Daylon. Nor. Is.

Posr OFFICE, Dayton, Nov. IS, 1859.
Until further notice, Mails will close at this
once as follows;
For New York, Philadelphia, aud New England
States. daily, except Sunday, at l1'l6am.
For Cincinnati, o., Eastern, Western, Northern
and southern States, daily, except Sunday, at
soc a m, and $50 p m.
For Columbus aud Zanesville, o., daily except
Sunday. at Ills m.
For Xenia and Yellow Springs 11Ibam.
For Miamisburg Germantown, Franklin, Ham
ilton, Eaton, o., and Connersvillo, Ind, daily,
except Sunday, at 5.3O m.
For Springfield. Urbana, Tif1n, Sandusky and
Cleveland, o., daily, except Sunday, at Q. so am.
For Richmond, Cambridge, Contreville Indian
apolis, Ind, aud New PARIS, o., daily at o. 90 M
For Greenvllo, o.. Union City, Winchester,
Auneie, and Jay County, Ind, daily, except Sum
day, at 8 so m.
For Troy, Coyiugton, Piqua, Sidney, 81. Mary's
aud Fl Wayne, Toledo and Michigan, daily ex-
copt Sunday, at $50 m.
For Union, West Milton, and Little York Tues
day and Saturday at 7.8O a m.
For townsville. New Lebanon and West Alex
andria, on Tuesday and Saturday, o. 79O IN.
For Clayton, Centre, and Ludlow, on Friday Of
each week. at 300 m.
For Centrevillc, Lebanon and Eaton, Tuesday,
Thursday and saturday, at 2 90 m.
For Vandalia and Chambersburg, 1900, Tues
day and Saturday.
For TAylorsylle Wednesday and Saturday, at
80 q IN.
E. A. KING, Postmaster.
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MUsIOI MUsIOn MUsICnl

I v, II. CROSBY is daily receiving Music
- o. the Atest pnblieations by the moSt popular
An orders from abroad will be oiled without ex-
osfS io7 Main street Dayton.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-12-20
Three New Soaps,
FROM THE
Boston lndeXiCaI Soap Co,

l. SILVER SOAP.
FOR cleaning and polishing silver, Plated,
Britannia and Tin Wares. Also; for cleaning
fine house paint, mirrors, marble, window glass,
carriage and harness mOuntings it iB invaluable. II
may be used with entire safety as Il contains Moth
ing that possibly injure the finest plate or jew
elry. Price 10 cents.
2. PUMICE SOAP.
For securing and whitening the hands. Hreadily
removes all the new dirt from the hands, and most
of the old, leaving the skin soft and delicate Far
superior to sand and poneine soaps.
Price lbcenti.
3. INDBxICAL SHAVING SOAP.
new and most delightful shaving soap, making
rich, soft lather, leaving the face free from
all roug hncss, etc.
Price 10 cents The above soaps for sale by
novH DIR. STEWART, sole agent for DAYTON
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Washington Items
WAsHIEoroN, Dec. Is


Tho Post 0loo Department states for the In.
formation oi editors subscribers aud postmasters,
that the method Of addressing newspapers 10 suh-
seribers by attaching 10 each copy ofthe paper a
printed slip containing, 10 addition 10 the name
OF the subscriber, the. date when his subscription
express, aud In some cesos the amount due there
on, matter which is No part Of the address and is
deither bill nor receipt, 1, violation Of the
postal laws, and ubjeo.s each copy 80 addressed
to letter postage.
The members Of the House Of Representatives
cannot got theis pay until the election OF Speak.
e. whose warrant on the Treasury Il necessary
for that purposes in the meantime, however, Mr..
ulassorenner, Sergeant at-Arms Of the last House.
has advanced various members sums amounting 10
the aggregate TO $4,000 or $50, ,000 which he has
generously raised on his Individual credit.
The weekly California mail, from New Orleans,
via Texas, Is resumed under the management Of
Messers. Giddings Wood, as heretofore.
WAsHmeToN, Dec. 10.
The Democratic Senators spent several hours In
caucus this morning tho subject Of public prin-
tor, but adj burned without making any nOmina-
iOn, there being conflicting We've
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-12-20
The Pacific Railroad.


NEw ORLEANS, Dec, 10.
Arrived the bark Anna Hodgman from Boston
DR.. Fowlkes, President Of the Pacific Railroad,
leaves here for Philadelpha via ofMemPhis to NOR.
row, to oonsumate new organization and place
Hon. Jno. Edgar Thomson, Of Philadelphia, as
as President, Col Sam1 Tate, Of Memphis, Land
Commissioner, and Hon. v. II. Stevenson, OF Nash
vile. General Agent Of tho company. The stock
sales reported to President FoWlkes by different
Stated 10 be applied to the construction Of the
road. Company's stock books closed with condi-
onal offers for tho whole unsold stock Of the COM
pany at par. Texas legislation Of favorable
character Is anticipated. The prospects Of tho
Company are highle satisfactory to the Orleans
stock holders, and it is regarded by capitalists as
solid really. President Fowlkes' achievements
silence and rebuke his opponents and elate his
friends, who talk Of grand public dinner in his
honor. The proposed new organization inspires
public confidence.
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THE
One Horse ShOeing shop,
THE

a few doors East of the Posr OFFICE,
DAYTON, o.
THE Subscriber is now better prepared,
a than ever to accommodate his old customers and
the public, In the
HOrse-shOeIng Business,
In its various branches. Particular attention
viii be given TO all lame horses such ap
SPLIT hoofs and bloodhound, and rnsin their feet
VIII be cured satiiactory to the of such hor5
ses, and II not, money will be refunded
ALsO-HorBes that interfere viii be shod 10 pre-
vent IL, and warranted, Cr money refunded
lie VIII PERSONAL, aul rintend all work entrustd
asks continuance OF the patronage OF his old eus
toners, and will be happy % accommodate az many
NEW ones as may favor .r. with a call.
spr2-dawly NATHAN sIFFERMAN.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-12-20

yueation Of order he raised this morning
hao been elucidased, the chair would now
decide that point
MT Lane desired 70 say few wordo on
The question which had been up if Mr.
Hale would withdraw.
Mr.. Hale--l viii withdraw any thing
Tho Senator from Oregon desires Laugh
ter.
After some debate between Mr. Lane aud
Brown Of Miss, the Senate adjourned
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-12-20
NEW TREATMENT. Il.
RIV AT b
CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL ADVICE /

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YOUNG MEN TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
DR.. AMOS and SON take pleasure in announcing
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Dr. AMOS and SON have devoted their attention
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COUN TRY INVALIDS.
Personsin an part of the world may be suoceAA.
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Address Dr. AMOS and SON, corner Main and
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NEW WORK, at the OLD STANI
No. 81, Jefferson street.

"ttia now settled that the IAeTfNe health Of Aw
men, wcinen and children, depends on the conoiut
Of their soLEsin a..
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COUN TRY INVALIDs.

Personsin an part of the world may be succeas
fully treatedby forwarding correct detail of their
case, with the remittance for medicines etc
Address Dr. AMOS and SON, corner Main and
quay atIeets, bunalO N. u Jan7-dawly