The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-11-16

Kent County 92S
Sussex County 76z
Total 1895 179
Democratic majority in the State, SIG.
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Miss Julia A. Goodman, a school
marin from Massachusetts, teacher in
one Of thepublic schools in Frederick
County, Md, was last week held to bail
on the charge Of inhuman treatmentto
tWoofher pupils, each about eight years
old. 1t is alleged that these children, as
they were on their way to their homes
from school, were guilty of the heinous
and unparalleled crime Of throwing a
corns at negro hut! For this, it said,
the amiable, merciful and tender-heart-
ed Julia administered upon their backs
tifty-fOur lashesl
The Knoxville Tenn C0mD1crciaI
of Sunday states that, during the week
two negroes were pat on trial for horse
stealing. They were found guilty, and
were sentenced to ten years in the pen
itentiary. Their counsel applied for a
new trial. Judge Hall granted it. At
torney-General Thornburg remarked
that he would not take the trouble to
again go over the evidence, and atOnce-
discharged the negroes.
An old woman in st. Louis well
known through the city as "the old rag
woman" was found dangerously i'll on
Thursday, at a miserable residence,
where she lived alone, and taken to the
Hospital Of the Sisters of Charity. Up
on undressing her, tWenty-seven hum
dred dollars in greenbacls were found
upon her person, and it is reported that
she has much more money, and owns
several houses.
-Artemus Ward sometimes says a
good thing. He says the Puritans "no-
bly, fled from the land of despotism to-
q land Of freedom, where they could
not only enjoy their own religion, but
event everybody else from enjoying
his"
Coal veins, respectively six and three
feet in thickness, haYe been struck
near LeavenWorth, at a distance Of a.,
bout six hundred feet beneath the sur
face. The LeavenWOrth Conservative
thinks the supply will be sufficient for
the entire State Of Kansas.
The Virginia Alleghanies are
sWarming with game. 4 party from
Albermarle, who entered the noun
tains from Stanton, killed tWenty-oGe
deer in five days. One buck weighed
two hundred and fifty pounds.
The whole merchant feet Of Prussia
before the war consisted Of $50 ships
Of all dimensions, the greater number
of small tonnage employed in the coast
ing trade. At the present moment not
less than 0,2O2 vessels sail under the
Prussian flag or Prussian protection.
Thomas Bower, Esq, late Demo-
cralic candidate for Congress, has been
appointed Assistant Assessor of Inter-
nal Revenueof Snyder county, in place
of John BiIger, Of the MiddIGburg
Irjb2ale.
A white man named Schulz was
murdered last week in Detroit by two
negroes, at the instigati0n Of the wife
Of thevictim, she being desirOus ofmar-
rying one of his murderers. The ne
groes and the wife are in custody, and
all confess their guilt.
Some pickpocllets raised an alarm
of fire during performance at Mozart
Hall, Cincinnati, on last Thursday eve
ming, and, in the rush of the audience
to escape, made a large haul Of pocket
books and valuabIes.
On Sunday two negro lads were
playing with gun in st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,. One Of them placed the gun at,
his head and dared the other to pull
the trigger. He pOnded to the chal-
lenge by discharging the gun, instantly
killing his companion.
Daniel Dumire, ofClarksburg Vir-
ginia, set Il spring gun for thieves who
had stolen his honey. Daniel heard
the gun in the night, and on eXamina-
ton found his own brother lying stone
dead at the door.
The Meadville Daily Republican,
after brief and dazzling career, has
ceased to exist. Though an organ ofthe
Republican party, its patronage did not
warrant its further publication.
Gen. Ortega was to leave New Or
leans for Brownsville, Texas, on Tues
day evening last. 1t was confidently
asserted that Ortega would be inter
cepted in Texas by Gen. Sedgwick.
In the Mercer and Venango Judi
cial district, John Turnkey, Esq, Dem
Ocrat, has been elected President Judge,
owing to the split in the Republican
ranks.
A prisoner in an Indiana jail made
enough by OyerWOrk to establish HIM
self in business when his sentence eX- /
pired.
Another Illinois parson has lately
el0ped with a widow, leaving his wife
and children desolate. During the
war he WAS very 'Joyai''-t0 neigh
bOr's Wife.
1t is reported that Secretary Stan
ton will resign as soon as he completes
his report, upon which he is now cngag-
ed. General Sherman viii succeed him
temporarily.
A negro cook ofNashville gave birth
10 achid on the lst instant, which she
murdered, hid heremains in thestOve
pipe and got breakfast as usual next
morning.
The receipts Of the drinking-bar of
the Southern Hotel, atSt. Louis, for six
months ending October 1st, reached the |
enormous figure Of $4,000.
An old bachelor, being laughed at
by party Of pretty girls, told them:
you are small potatoes ''We may
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