The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-11-29
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

election of his Democratic nameSake in
Connecticut, but the Bumpers, always
alive to the importance Of increasing
their power and defeating the action of
the people at the ballot-bOX, intend to
declare the seat vacant, anyhow. From
this it is evident that the great humbug
Snowman has more honor, honesty and
respect for the popular will than the
professional plunderers who rule the
Radical party.
Helper, the author of the "Impend
ing Crisis, "a book which before the
war added fuel to the flames of AbOli-
tiOnism-has written a long letter to
the National Hatelligencer, in which he
recants from his former opinions and
strongly opposes the Radical plan of
placing the foot of the negro upon the
neck of the white man. He declares
that he never d"eamt that tAbOlitiOnism
would extend so far or produce the
evils that it has.
A respectable widow lady, by the
name of Hester AlbertsOn, aged seventy
wears, was found lying dead in the
doorway of her house in Morri5ville,
Penn, on last Tuesday morning, with
her throat cut. She had arisen during
the night, and committed the fearful
deed with a bucher knife, completely
sevcring the jugular vein. She had for
number of years been very intirm,
SO as to be able to repose only by Sit
ting upright in her chair, and the sup
position is that, tired of the painful
life of constant af1iictiOn she was DOOM
ed to lead, she in desperation termina-
ted her existence in the bloody manner
stated
Kerosene still eXplodeS when care
lessIy handled. The family Of Adam
Christman, of Franklin, Wis, recently
met with a serious accident from the
explosion of a kerosene lamp, by which
four of the members Of the family,
the mother and three children, were
injured, from the effects Of which one
of the children, little girl, died the
next morning, and another little girl
was 50 severely injured that little hope
was entertained Of her recovery.
From Mexico we learn that the
Juarez Government has rendered to Ad-
miral TegethOff a detachment of Mex
lean troops to act as an escort to the
body of MaXimilian as far as Vera
Cruz, but all public demonstrations
on the line of route are strictly forbid
den. There are indications of another
struggle for supremacy among the mill
itary chieftains, and it is thought by
some that a new revolutionary move
ment will occur before long
The hurricane which swept over
the West Indies on the Goth ult., was
the most Obstructive in the memory of
man. On the Island of TOrtOla not a
house is left standing. The plantations
were swept bare, and hundreds OLIVES
were lost. On st. Thomas and other
islands the destruction of property and
life was very great-tOO great to form
any estimate at present.
-Assassinations in Utah have been
suddenly arrested by telegram from
General Sherman to Brigham Young,
announcing to that potentate that he
will be held personally responsible for
any other murder similar to that of
DIR. Robertson's. There seems to be no
doubt of the existence in Utah of a
sworn band to assasSinate any one who
may be indicated by the head OF the
Mormon Church.
The price of wheat in England has
doubled since 1864 and is now higher
than it has been since the close Ofthe Cri-
mean war. In the first fortnight OfOcto-
Der it rose on the average fifteen per
cent. The crop is said to turn out, on
threshing, far lighter yield than was
anticipated, and French buyers are still
active in their operations in the Eng
lish wheat market.
The announcement that yellow fe-
yer is no longer epidemic in New Or
leans has sent thousands of people and
hundreds of families back to their
homes from the North. The New Or
leans papers contain encouraging ac-
counts Of the winter business prospect.
Places of amusement are we'll patrOni-
zed; the hotels are filling up, and,
as the fever has now disappeared,
the health of the city is unusually
good.
The amount demanded of the T.
nited States for the cessiOn of the Dan
ish West India Islands is stated in the
treaty to be 81 ,500, 900 in gold. Official
statistics show that one or another Of
the Islands suffer every year from a
hurricane, and it is highly probable
that the hurricanes, having been in
arrears for some time, are now paying
up.
All that a Richmond negro has to
do to secure a good berth at loafng,
with plenty to eat, drink and wear, and
pocket-money to spend, is swear that
he was discharged from work for vo-
ting the Radical ticket. Scores of lazy,
thieving darkies have been detected
plying that vocation with success
The New York independent (Radi-