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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

THE Richmond correspondent of the
New York Herald says it has now be-
come definitely settled that the trial of
Mr.. Davis will take place at the NOvem-
Der term of the United States Circuit
Court in that city. Judge Chase has
expressed his intention ofpresiding, and
if the eX-President does not fail to come
to time, questions of great importance
will arise which will require all the di-
plomacy and ability of the Chief JUS
tice to evade and decide. The opinion
is expressed that, allowing Davis will
appear, the trial will be shirked by the
Government and the prisoner will be a
gain set at liberty on bail.
There is reason, however, to cor
rect such an erroneous impression.
Indications lead to the belief that the
trial will be proceeded with, and a
mass of the most important events dis
closed. The counsel for defence will de-
mand trial, and if the Government
urge as an excuse not ready, the Court
will express its intention to remain in
session sufficient time to enable them
to prepare failing in this aaol!e pros
eqm will then be entered by which the
discharge ofthe prisoner may beeffected.
The later is not likely, and the trial,
which the nation at large demands,
will be proceeded with.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18
THE WIDOW OF MAXIMILIA

THE WIDOW OF MAXIMILIAN.-Ac-
cording to the Belgian journals the
Empress Charlotte of Mexico has had
an interview with the duke d. d'Aumale
and the Prince de Joinville. The Queen
of the Belgians took them to her at Ter
vuren and presented them without any
previous warning. "Here, CharlHtte!
said her magesty, ''are our uncles from
England come to see you" "Ah, my
uncle Henryr cried the empress rum
ming up to the Duke d'Aumale, and
she embraced him. "And Joinville," :"
she added, embracing him also. Then
she began talking about America, but
frequently looked around as if in ter
ror, and at moments she startled under
apparently theapprehension thatsome
one was about to stab her from behind.
She spoke of the Fenian movement in
the United States, of Paraguay and Bra
zil. but said not word about Mexico.
She evidently wanted to bring the two
Princes to speak of that country, but
did not succeed. At last she left them
with a certain degree of cOldness; she
was evidently veXed that they did not
speak of what she had most at heart.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

To FIX PENCIL WRITING. Pencil
writing may be fixed almost indelibly
as ink, by passing the moistened tongue
over it. Even breathing slowly over
the lines, after writing, renders them
much less liable to erasure than when
not subjected to that process. This fact
may be of importance to persons who
may wish to carry memorandum book
for long time. In ordinary use the
pages of such book often become very
much defaced by the erasure and diffu-
sion of the pencil marks over the en-
tire surface of the paper. A trial of
the experiment will readily satisfy any
person of the utility of the idea.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

A "LOCAL'S" FIRST EFFORT.-A
Chicago paper says.
We tooka new reporter on trial yes
terday. He went out to hunt items,
and after being away all day, returned
with the following, which he said was
the Lest he could do: Yesterday we
saw sight which froze our muscles
with horror. A hackman driving down
Clark street at rapid pace, came near
running over a nurse and two children.
There would have been one of the most
heart rending catastrophes ever record
ed, had not the nurse, with wonderful
fore-thought, left the children at home
before she went out, and providentially
stepped into drug store just before the
hack passed. Then, too, the hackman,
just before reaching the crossing,
thought of something he had forgotten,
and turning about drove in the oppo-
site direction. Had it not been for this
wonderful concurrence of favoring cir
cumstances doting father, a loving
mother, and affectionate brothers and
sisters, would have been plunged into
the deepest woe, and most unutterabie
funeral expenses" The reporter will
be retained.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

How A HOG SWEATs-Not like a
horse or a man, but through the fore
leg. There is spot on each leg, just
below the knee, in form of a sieve
Through this the sweat passes off. And
it necessary that this be kept open. if
Ifitgets closed, as is sometimes the case,
the hog will get sick; he will appear
stiff and cramped, and unless he gets
relief, it will go hard with him. To
cure him, simply open the pores. This
is done by rubbing the spot with corn
cob, and washing it with warm water.
Rural World
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

CHILDREN's DRESsEs.-NOt "Solo-
mon in all his glory was arrayed like
unto' these little Ones-might be the
cunning application of the old biblical
verse, as one gazes on the fancy and
theatrical manner in which the children
ofthese crazy times are dressed and
decked. All colors, all styles, all cloths,
are mingled on the backs of the little
creatures who are so unfortunate as to
have fashionable parents and although
one cannot resist admiring the taste
and effect of some of the Juvenile adorn-
ments, the wise man land WOman)
breads the result of it all on the young
mind in later years. Cleanliness and
neatness and simplicity, to our mind,
cloathe child better than all the velvets
and colors of creation. Nevertheless, ,all
the world don't think so, and it's well
it don't. What a monotony of good
ness there would be if every parent
was wise and prudent.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITs.-The
new imitation of SO bills on the Third
National Bank of Philadelphia, Penn,
is a very dangerous affair. The eXecu-
ton Of the engraving is good, and the
general appearance of the note is like
ly to deceive. Keep sharp lookout
for them. Lords DetectOr says the
counterfeiters are at work improving
their spurious issues of National bank
notes. We have just seen "a new So
note, which presents much better ap-
pearance than any of the counterfeits of
this denomination which have hereto
fore come under our observation. Too
much care cannot be exercised in hand
ling this kind of money.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

POPULAR ERRORs.-Among other
popular errors are the following: That
editors keep public reading rooms
That they have plenty of time to talk
to every body. That they are delight
ed to get anything to fill up the paper
with. That they are always pleased
to have assistance in selecting copy for
the paper. That every mans own pri-
vateaxe is "matter of publicinterest." ."
That it doesn't make much difference
whether copy be written on both sides.
That editors return rejected manu-
scripts. That taking the paper places
the editor under obligations to agree
with you on all subjects. That bunch
of turnips, big peach, or some other
trifing present, worth, perhaps, ten or
fifteen cents, entities you to an edi-
torial notice worth five dollars.
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Remains of an Extinct Race.

1t may not be generally known that
the ground on which the city of Nash
vile now stands was once the site Ofan
ancient and populous town, yet such is
supposed to be the fact. Some of the
most interesting antiquities ofour State
ARE found along the lower course of
Stone river, but few miles from Nash
vile. A wide area of country there is
covered thickly with thousands of
graves of a now forgotten people. But
a few days ago several gentlemen made
some researches in this region, and
found their labors richly rewarded by
some striking discoveries. At a place
known as Schell's Spring they found a
mound Of considerable height and per-
haps 10 feet in diameter, which proved
upon examination to be nothing less
than a vast mauSOleum of the dead
The graves were found to be made of
fiat rocks, symmetrically joined to-
gether, and three tiers deep from the
base of the mound to its apex. Bones
were found in a remarkable state of
preservation, together with pottery
and shells. Very large ornaments have
been dug out in this locality, made
from shells found only in the Gulf of
Mexico. Agentleman of acknowledged
skill and authority in antiquarian mat
ters, who conducted the researches
made few days ago, estimated that
the remains which they unearthed
could not have less age than 600 or 700
years. What is remarkable, no Warlike
implements are found in this locality,
from which it is inferred that they
were peaceable race, and were prob
ably eXterminated or driven away by
the Indians. In one of the graves was
found beautiful little vase, which
had been placed in the hand of the
inmate of the tomb at the time of the
burial. Upon this little bit of earthen-
ware was the model of a diminutive
animal. The care which these people
took of their dead shows high degree
of humanity. We learn that other in
vestigations in this section are to be
made ere long. The field is certainly
a rich one for the antiquary.-NdShUiUe
Press and Times
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

HoNEY.-HOney, it is well known,
when taken from the comb is as clear
yellow sirup containing no trace of sol
id sugar. Upon straining, however, it
assumes a crystalline appearance, and fl
nally becomes solid lump of sugar.
1t has been found that this change is
due to photograph action, chrystalizing
only when exposed to light. This ex-
PLANTATION furnishes us the reason why
bees are so careful to work in perfect
darkness, always carefully obscuring
the glass windows which may be placed
in your hives. The young bees can
feed on the liquid honey only, and if
light were allowed access to it, the SIR
up would gradually acquire more or
less solid consistency, sealing up the
cells and in all probability proving fa-
tai to the inmates of the hives.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18
The Fall Fashions.

Already the female world is agitated
on the all important question of dress,
and the Horoscope, or rather kaleidoscope
of the chameleon goadess, Fashion, is
anxiously consulted by her fair vota-
ries. The revolution which commen-
ced last spring in fashions is still pro-
crossing, and the days of huge bonnets
and balloon dresses seem to be number
ed forever. The modistes, however, are
meditating a coup d etdt, although they
maintain an ominOus silence in regard
to their plans. They are determined,
if bonnets be small, that the size shall
not affect the price; for the trimmings
and material Of those fragile articles
this winter shall be the richest and
most elaborate kind. The bonnet will
not be any larger than before, but will
make up in breadth what it lacks in
height and length. The high priestes-
ses of fashion announce also the most
eXtravagant kinds of trimming on
clOaks, and where dresses are deficient
in breadth they will attach an extra
train. The becoming short dresses for
the streets have taken fast hold on the
minds of the ladies, and silk and satin
will no longer be used for street clean
ing purposes. In all these VagarieS Of
fashion there is one encouraging fea-
ture: the American ladies are gradual
ly freeing themselves from the bonds of
allegiance to Paris, and are awakening
to the knowledge that they are fully
as competent to select styles and mater
ials for dresses themselves as the repre-
sentatives of fashion in that gay city.
1t is not very creditable to be obliged to
copy from the disreputable portion of
the female world in Paris for fashions,
and the sooner our ladies assert their
independence in this respect the better.
However, let not credulous husband
imagine that the allowance of pin mon
ey may be decreased by the cOmpara-
tive smallness of the materials in dress
es which is now popular among the Ia
dies. The trimmings will more than
compensate for Indifference in size; so
that the schedule of prices will rem in
unchanged, or will, perhaps, be increas-
ed.-N. Y. Herald.
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HEAVY HARvEs. THE yield ofthis

HEAVY HARvEs.T-They yield ofthis
year of 1867, in our country is one of
the most bountiful ever gathered. A
close and acute observer of agricultural
matters reports, with regard to this
harvest, that Illinois is much the larg-
est producer of Indian corn, more than
one-sixth of the whole crop of the coun-
try being grown there, and also the
largest producer of oats (morA than 20
per cent. of the whole) and of hay more
than 20 per cent. Pennsylvania takes
the lead in the production ofrye-near-
ly one-third of the whole country, and
in buckwheat over ~ per cent. New
Jersey produces more rye than any
other State, according to population.
New York takes the lead i'm the produc-
tion of barley; about 40 per cent. of
the whole country Virginia. takes
the lead in tobacco; about 80 per cent.
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey together produces two-thirds of
all the rye.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

A YEAR OF RELIGIOUS JUBILEE
1t is pretty generally known that the
present year of 1867, is the seventh
semi-centennial anniversary Of the
Great Reformation. Itisjust 250years
since Martin Luther and his colabOrers
inaugurated a revolutian that, under
God, has given us all we hold dear in
civil and religious liberty-the pure
Gospel and freedom to worship Cod
1t is proper that the trialsand sacrifices
ofthe Reformer should be remembered,
and their great work properly respect
ed. The year 1867, especially from the
31st of October, is therefore recognized
as year ofjubilee by the entire Luth-
eran Church of America.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

BURNs.-In regard to the treatment
of burns there is a great diversity of
opinion, scarcely any two surgeons "a
greeing as to the remedies. All of
them are doubtless valuable, but there
is one which has great reputation,
carrOn oil, limeWater, and linseed oil.
The great objection to it is its offensive
odor, rendering an entire ward disagree
able. When heburn is very superficial,
simply infaming or vesicating the
part, covering it up with flour, and
then placing layer of cotton over it so
as to exclude the air, makes a very
comfortable dressing. Another method
consists in applying cold water, and a.
mother warm water covered with oiled
silk and bandage. Lard, deprived of
salt, and simple cerate make pleasant
applications. The profession is in
debted to Prof. Gross for the intrOduc-
ton of white lead and linseed oil in the
treatment of burns. 1t is one of the
very best applications which can be
used, ef1ectually excluding the air, and
being always grateful to the patient.
IL all eases, no matter whether merely
the skin or the deeper structures are in
volved, white lead rubbed up with lin
seed oil to the consistence of paste or
paint, and placed on with brush, will
be found productive of great relief
There does not appear to be any risk
from the constitutional influence of the
lead, though it has been suggested, to
counteract any tendency of this kind,
that the patientshouldt take occasionally
little sulphate of magnesia. .-Nedical
and Surgical Reporter.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18
The Remains and Burial of j. wilkes
Booth.

Onr Washington correspondent gives
an account of the exhuming of the bod,
les of J. Wilkes Booth and others. The
star furnishes some particulars of the
first burial of Booths body, which
have been hitherto unpublished.-It 1T
seems from this account that the body
having been examined and two of the
vertebrae having been taken from it
by surgeons, was sent ashore from the
monitor which brought it up to the
navy yard, wrapped in a gray army
blanket.-The body was taken off in a
boat, in which was an officer of the
monitor with four sailors, Gen. Baker
and two detectives. The boat proceeded
down stream, and finally stopped at the
lower Arsenal wharf, on which the
body was placed after which the boat
returned to the monitor, leaving Gen.
Baker and his assistants in the Arsenal
grounds.
A report was put out that it was the
body of soldier who had been drown
ed, and but little attention was paid to
it. The body remained on the wharf
until after nightfall, when preparations
were made for the interment. Secre-
tary Stanton, Gen. Dyer, chief of ord
nance, and Col. Benton, commandant
of the post, were on the ground, as well
as General Baker and his detectives.
Three men of the laborers' gang were
sent for, and they were first directed to
dig a grave in one of the penitentiary
cells, but after taking up the brick
flooring they came to the granite foun-
datiOn laid in cement, and they pro-
nOunced the work impracticable. A
spot was then selected in the wareroom,
five or six feet south of the iron door
opening into the prison from the war
denis department, and they were di-
rected to dig the grave to the depth of
about ten feet.
The grave being ready, the body, en-
closed in an ammunition box, farms
case,) was brought in by four of the Or
dinance men in charge of a sergeant,
lowered into the grave, and itwas filled,
the brick flooring being mostly re-
placed, and the surplus earth removed
to another portion of the room. The
burial having been accomplished, the
windows were boarded up and the door
made secure-Secretary Stanton taking
the key with him. This key was kept
at the War Department until a few
weeks ago, when it was returned to the
arsenal officers.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

COMING RUIN.-Some European AS
tronomerS pretend to have discovered
the fact that the Earth is gradually ap-
preaching the Sun, and that lis only a
matter of time when our planet will be
destroyed by the heat. The fact that
the climate has greatly changed all
over the world is accounted for in this
way, and those who are easily scared
are looking for the grand catastrophe.
1t is consolation that when it does
occur we will be likely to know it.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

FRIED POTATOEs.-Pare and cut
the potatoes, let them stand in cold wa
ter over night. In the morning shake
them in dry towel till perfectly drain
ed. Then drop them into very hot fat,
enough to float them. The fat from sheep
suet is the best. Shake and turn them
until brown, keeping them very hot.
Dip out with skinner and then salt,
little. If properly done they will be
crisp and delicious.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

THE NICKEL MINES.-NOW that our
specie circulation is based so largely up
on nickel, it may be interesting to the
reader to know something of the locali-
ty and character of the mines whence
this material is taken. The few facts
about to be quoted with reference to
them are taken from a newspaper pub
lished in the vicinity of the mines, the
largest Of which are situated in this
State. "FOurteen miles from Lancas-
ter" says the journal in question, care
the Gap mines and smelling works.
These mines were discovered many
years ago, and about the time of the
revolutionary war were worked for
copper, but were soon abandoned, the
crude of machinery of that period being
ill-adapted to working them properly.
Two generations had passed away, and
the circumstance had been forgotten,
when about fifteen years ago the mines
were reopened by company of capt.
talists from Philadelphia, since which
time they have been steadily worked
They were reopened with the view OF
obtaining copper, but the ore was soon
discovered to be richer in nickel, a
more valuable mineral, and since then
they have been worked for that metal
exclusively. In all about one hundred
and fifty men are employed at the
mines and smelling works."
The nickel produced by these mines
is nearly all used by the government in
the coinage Of its small pieces, in all of
which, from one penny up to the five
cent piece, large admiXtnre of this
metal is used.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE.-The
proposed cable from France to the u
nited States is said to be in a fair way
to be successfully laid. The prelimin-
ary sOundings, began four months ago,
are announced by the Paris newspapers
to be completed, and they state that
the cable will be laid from BreSt to ST..
Pierre Miquelon, in Nova Scotia, it
having been nascertained that the bottom
ofthe ocean along that line is favora-
ble.-FrOm st. Pierre it will go along
the coast Of New Brunswick, and the
shores of Maine, New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut.-The i'm
mersion of the cable, now making in
London, is to begin next May, and the
Great Eastern is to be employed to lay
it. 1t is hoped that month will suf-
flee for the work, and that in July, 49,
68, telegraphic communication will be
opened.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

SPLATTERINGs.-" "Breathes there a
man with soul so dead, who never to
himself hath said, | will my local paper
take, both for my own and family's
sake? If such there be, let him repent,
and have the paper to him sent, and if
he'd pass happy winter, he in ad-
vance should pay the printer"
We refer the above to the public.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

AN EARLY WINTER.-The weather.
wise predict an early and cold winter.
The beautiful display of the Aurora
BorealiS few weeks ago, is said to be
an indication, and besides the beavers
and squirrels are said to have commenc-
ed work earlier than usual in making
provisions for their Information.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

MORE COUNTERFr rITS.-Counterfeit
$40 notes on the Fourth National Bank
of Philadelphia, and the First National
Bank of Indianapolis, Indiana, are in
circulation, and counterfeit $l0's on the
First and Third National Banks of
Philadelphia are said to be numerous.
Look out for them.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-10-18

To PREVENT FLAT-IRONs FROM
STIoKING.-Irons are apt to stick to
starched articles. To prevent this lay
a little fine salt on fiat surface and rub
the iron we'll over it. This will make
the iron smooth, and also remove
SmOkineSS