The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-01-24
Eotal ano Hlisfellansous.

ma before the committee 10 try the contest ed
election case of Cessna VS. Householder. In
our opinion ii is unanswerabk.
-. We had the good fortune, few nights
ago, TO be guest at the Cross Keys Hotel, Nc
Connellsburg, kept by our obllging friend,
GEN. w. c. McNULTY. II you want good
fare IN McConntllsburg, stop at the Gross Keys,
and IT you want good reading from the same
place, subscribe for the Fulton Democrat, pub
lished by ]. B. SAMSON & Bro.
80. .DEATH OF NICHOLAS LYONS, Eso.--lt
becomes our painful duty TO record the death
of NICHOLAS LYONS, ESQ, which took place at
his residence in this place, at o'clock, A. M,
Of Tuesday last. On Saturday previous to his
death, Mr.. Lyons was IN the enjoyment of his
usual health, but was suddenly thereafter strck-
en- down BY congestion oil the brain which rap
idly tended TO fatal issue. The deceased was
very useful citizen, having been for many
years leading merchant, and owning very
large landed estate in our borough and various
parts ofthe county. A man of great kindness
OF heart and afablliiy OF manners, he attracted
to his side many warm and devoted friends to
whom his loss will occasion the most poignan!
and lasting regret. "Afler Iife's ftful fever"
may he sleep well.
....The nimitable, "gay and Incompara-
BILE" Jones, who gets up The locals for the Har-
risburg Patriot and Union, than which locally,
politically and generally there is not better
paper in the state, recently ''got off" the fol-
lowing joke at our expense, which we copy
at the risk Of losing Jones' good oplnlon of our
modesty:
EDlToRTAL VisIToR.-We had the extreme
felicity OF meeting j. H. Meyers, ESQ.,, the able
editor OF the Bedford Gazette, yesterday. Mr..
Meyers is a scholar and a gentleman, and no
doubt understands the dead languages, although
We did not sound him on that question He is
rather good-looking, too, but, unlike tallybelv
Lewis the Huntingdon Globe, and Traugh of
the Holidaysburg Standard, he is not eternally
and eyerlastingly Dragging about it IN the col
tumns of his paper.
Comnent is unnecessary. Besides, we can't
do justice TO the subject. We will only observe
that we are sorry for our friends of the Globe
and Standard, but considering the misnomer in
the above, :hey are hardly more to be pitied
than ourself Here might have been the ba-
sis upon which to establish reputation as an
sable edltor," '"gentleman and scholar" as
well as ga rather good-ookiDg" man probably
acquainted with the dead languages. But fate
would have it otherwise. Jones would give
US the wrong initials. We can but exclaim
with the poet:
| s1 never had piece OF bread.
| Buttered over thick and wlde
Bat, if it ever chanced to fall,
| IL fell upon the buttered side."
-. We congratulate the people OF Bedford
County upon The success of Mr.. CESSNA in the
| contest made by him for the right of our county
to separate representation in the House of Rep
resentatives. II was purely Constitutional
question, and, therefore, nothing Of personal
nature could be connected with it. We regret
that so good man as Mr.. Householder should
be The victim OF FIR. Jordan's "gerrymander;'
but the "RepublIoan" leaders IN this borough
can blame robody but themselves, in the prem
ises, as we doubt whether Mr.. Cessna would
have been candidate had they not unresery-
edly assured him OF their support and we do
moi think that any other candidate would have
had the ingenuity, energy and pluck to make
the contest.
....IN JAlL.-Lest the story might be per-
verted, or misunderstood, we forthwith proceed
10 relate little incident which occurred on our
way home from Harrisburg, few DAYS ago.
for'the sake o! variety, We concluded 10 take
Chambersburg on our route, and accordingly ar
rived at that place on Friday evening. Now,
It SO happened that the Sheriff of franklin
county gave supper, as is his custom, in honor
OF his distinguished guests, those grim nquisi-
tors who 'condemn" real estate in order to re-
lieve the suffering soil Of too heavy hens. up
on invitation we proceeded, IN company with
young legal friend, to the place of feslvity,
finding there assembled the vii and wisdom,
the very poetry and music Of Chamoersburg.
After supper (Which was excellent indeed) the
company adjourned to az adjoining room, (once
the scene, it is said, OF some of the prison ex-
ploits OF the notorious David Lewis,l where
some of the talented smusicaners' of Cham
bersburg sung the "Star Spangled Banner"
"Gldeon's Banc," and other sou-inspirng and
patriotic ditties. In the midst OF these enter
tanning performances, aud while our whole in.
terrst was engaged with the songs and the s,ng-
ers, we were suddenly startled by the swinging,
grating sound of the huge, thick -panelled, IRON