The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-10

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nous sum of 81, ,654 100000.
The appraised value of the south
ern railroads sold to the Government
: was 81, ,456, 1856, of which sum 50, 456, ,344
have been paid, leaving, on the first
of November last, 1854, 800, with in
terest, yet due.
The London Daily Necs hopes the
Alabama claims and other matters
''may be settled before the Democrats,
the bitter enemies Of England, come in
to office at Washington"
The ceiling of the Representatives
Hall, in the Indiana State House, fell
on Saturday night, damaging the hall
to the extent of $4,000. An effort is
being made to have the whole build
ing condemned.
Some uneaSine $ was felt in Mon
treal because of an expected Fenian
rising on Christmas day, and great
precautions were taken, but nothing
occurred. Similar uneasiness was felt
in England, but there, also, Christmas
was quiet.
"A small house inside the west end of
the Hoosac tunnel, was burned recent
ly, and the flames were carried 200 feet
into the tunnel, nearly suffocating two
or three wOrkmen who were attempt
ing to rush out.
Over three millions of dollars in
checks and drafts, which were stolen
from the messenger of the Bank of New
York, a few days since, have been mys-
teriously returned.
The French authorities have dis
covered and broken up the Fenian
headquarters at Paris. A number of
letters, plans, &C., were found which
have been forwarded to London.
Pixies new opera house, which is
to be opened in New York next week,
is said to be one Of the most spacious
and beautifully ornamented theaters in
the United States.
Gen Grant, it is rumored, has writ
ten radical letter to the President.
Congress should call for it,as that seems
to be the only way in which Grants
opinions can be discovered.-Phild.
Post (RddicGI).
The Grand Jury and citizens of
Nicol county, Ark, have petitioned
General Ord to station troops there to
protect them and their stock against
the negroes. Great uneasinesS is felt
by the whites, caused by fears of an in
surrection.
The Clarion Banner, a Radical paper
published in this State, has been dis
continued "fOr want of support"
This is a mild way Of saying, killed by
an over dose of October and NOvem-
Der.
Twelve out of tWenty-three of the
nominees of the late Radical Conven-
tion at Montgomery, Alabama, have
declined the doubtful honor of repre-
senting the Radical negro party.
Wendell Phillips kindly curses the
soul of Benjamin Franklin, "for per-
suading this people that the nOblest of
all human actions was the saving of
cents"
AS Miss Wickert was walking
along the street, in Harrisburg, some
scOundrel struck her senSelesS with a
club, and then made his escape, al
though pursued by several persons.
Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of
the SEWN g machine, has left an estate
of $618, 600, according to an inventory
just filed in the Probate Court of Fair
field county, Connecticut.
The opposition to the new Consti-
tuition in Alabama is increasing, and
includes many of tn e Radical neWspa-
pers.
Disturbance among the negroes
are reported in Greenville, Demopolis
and Camd, n, Ala, and troops have
been ordered to those points.
The ladies of Rockland, Maine, are
going to have leap year ball next
week, in which they will assume all
the privileges which the year affords
them.
"A negro shot and killed a white
man in Washington, on Christmas
night, for running up against him as
they turned corner going IN opposite
directions. The murderer escaped.
The London tailors' strike cost
them, in cash, Ell, 300; or about eighty
six thousand five hundred dollars in
gold.
Prairie chickens are SO numerous
in Iowa that they are knocked dow n
by the hunters with sticks, and bagged
by the hundred.
The New York Herald, in marked
leading editorial upon the abilities of
Gen. Hancock, sets his judgment "a
bove that of General Grant.
of the tWentythree nominations
made by the Republican Convention,
in Alabama, all but eleven have declin-
ed to be candidates.
Another effort is making to get up
an "anti-monopoly" party in New Jer
sew, and a call has been issued for a
State Convention.