The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-07-03
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.
Colorado Jewett is in Montreal.

Kit Carson leaves five small chill
dren penniless.
Huntingdon has more locusts than
it knows what to do with.
There have been several cases of
cholera in Philadelphia recently.
"A monument to the deceased sol
diers Of Delaware county is to be cree
ted.
1t is said that Butler will go into
Grants cabinet. No doubt he will fit
is not securely locked.
-s==s'-Eben s=' F. Pillsbury will probably
be re-nominated for Governor, by the
Democrats of Maine.
The project to build railroad
from Pittsburg to MOnongahela City
has been revived.
"A boy had his leg torn off at the
knee while climbing upon wagon in
Philadelphia.
-Surratt's trial has again been post
pOned. 1t is set down for special
term on the Dist of September next.
In the mean time he is out on bail.
"A number of clerks in the Post
! Office at Cleveland, Ohio, have been
arrested on the charge of stealing let
| ters.
The Legislature of South Carolina
is to meet on July 9th, for the purpose
of ratifying the Fourteenth Amend
ment.
Major Frank Maury, of Nashville,
was murdered in New Orleons, on
Thursday night, during an affray i'll a
restaurant.
General Grant will leave Wash
ington, for his trip to the Far West, on
Monday next. He will be accom-
panied by members of his family only.
Five distilleries in York county
were seized and closed last week for
frauds on the revenue, and the propri-
etors held for trial.
On the Catasauqua Creek, not far
from Catasuaqua, stands the stone
house where lived George Taylor, one
of the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence.
Mr.. Perry Fuller's nomination as
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
in the hands of the Senate Finance
Committee. A report unfavorable to
Mr.. Fuller is anticipated.
The Commander of the State
Guard of Virginia has been removed
by Governor Wells. Colonel Egbert,
formerly of the United States army,
has been appointed i'll his stead.
General O'NeilI has caused the
arrest of the editors of the Irish Bepu6-
Tic, in New York, for publishing a
statement to the effect that O'Neill had
been suspended from communication
with the War and Treasury Depart
ments for fraudulent claims.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, now
resident in Florida, thus rakeS up her
testimony: "The southern people are
no more inclined to resist their laws OF
foster the spirit of rebellion than Yer
mont is. They only desire peace and
the restoration of the Union"
The funeralof Heber c.. KimbalI, at
Salt Lake City, was attended by sever
al thousand persons. His Death is
considered the greatest loss since the
death of Joe Smith. The tabernacle
and public buildings were draped in
mourning.
General Scott, the Governor elect OF
South Carolina, has issued his procla-
nation convening the Legislature on
July 9th, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the omnibus bill, for ratifi-
cation Of the 14th amendment.
A man named Brown WAS murder
ed at Milan, on the Memphis and Louis.
Vile railroad, on Thursday, by three
brothers named Wheeler, who attack
ed him, for having participated in a
chariVari on the previous evening.
"A book-pedler, who has been in
Troy about two weeks trying to sell
the life of II. U. Grant, has given up
in despair. He says: 81 have been a
book agent for number Of years, and
and have never before failed to be sue
cessfuI But the "Life Of Grd1eF' aCOn't
seH. Nobody cares for Grant. His
own party rejects his "Life" with in
difference, and in many instances with
contempt"
The public debt, Notwithstanding
we have no war on hand, and the tax
es grievous and burdensome, is going
up. The monthly statement for the
month of May shows the debt to be
$2,6l3, ,753, 5G6 SO increase s., or, ,234 90.
For the Taxpayers we take it, this is
not the most delightful contempla-
ton.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is
from New York Gov. Clayton, of Ar
kansas, is from Pennsylvania; Gov.
Reed, of Florida, is from Wisconsin
Gov. Yarmouth, of Louisiana, is from
Illinois ;.Gov. Scott, of South Carolina,
is from Pennsylvania and Ohio. All
carpet-baggers. The Governor (B. b.
Eggleston,) proposed for Mississippi is
from Ohio; Gov. WelleS, to be voted
for in Virginia, is from Michigan.