The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-28


i'm the Charleston (S. c. Radical City
Council, Wednesday night. A differ
ence as to the powers of the Mayor was
the cds,ls 6etti. The row was confined to
the white Aldermen; the negroes were
miracles of decorum.
A man named isaac Wilson is charg
ed in Bergen City, New Jersey, with
getting his brother, Robt. Wilson, in
toxicated, and causing him to convey
to him $4,000 worth of property
Robert died some time since, and their
is now suspicious of foul play of a still
more serious character.
The vigilance of the Spanish cruisers
is so unceasing, and their number so
large, that it is now most improbable
that any hostile expedition can reach
the Cuban coast. Reports to the con-
trary cannot be traced to any authen-
tic source.
Last year there were 1900 tons of
merchandise shipped into the territory
of Montana. This year from the most
available data, it is estimated that the
shipments will reach 4, 800 tons, an in
crease of 500 tons.
The first through passenger train
from Sacramento, with about 800 pas
sengers, arrived at Omaha on Sunday.
The travel west from Omaha is very
large.
twenty-five tons of Strawberries were
brought into San Francisco in April,
and retailed at u to Is cents a pound.
Cherries sold at dollar and half
per pound.
Judge Watts, of North Carolina, has
sentenced Gus. Baker, Jim Thomas
and George Bayline, the Wade Ditch
murderers, to be hung on Friday, the
28th instant, at Halifax Courthouse.
The decoration of the graves of the
dead at Louisville yesterday was a
most impressive affair. Three thou
sand persons participated i'm the cere-
monies.
The two Presbyterian General assem-
blies, Old and New Schools, met sever
ally in New York yesterday. Inter
esting sermons were preached before
each body.
1t is stated that two thousand adhe-
rents of Isabella are on the point of
marching from France into Spain to
fight for the restoration of their mis-
tress to the throne.
Two millions in gold are to be sold
weekly by the Assistant United States
Treasurer at New York, instead of one
million, until further orders.
The Atlantic cable company's ar
Engagements are now so complete that
their is no longer any reason why mes
sageS should not be transmitted almost
instantaneously between New York
and London.
One of the heaviest steam cutters in
the service, the Mahoning, has been
put on duty at New York, especially
to prevent the departure of expeditions
to Cuba.
Commodore McCauley, who has been
in the United States naval service for
sixty years, died at Washington, last
week.
The project for telegraph line from
Montreal, by way of Greenland, Ice
land and the Farce Islands, to Eng
land, meets with favor in the Canadi-
an Parliament. aa a
The value of fish annually caught in
the Illinois river and the small lakesin
Greene CO., ILL.,, is S25, 900, and this at
the rate of two cents a pound.
Sleeping cars on railroads furnishing
food, liquor and refreshments to pas
sengers are to be taxed as restaurants
under the internal revenue law.
Four political conventions are to be
held by the colored men before the 1st
of June-one in New York, two in
Maryland, and one in Virginia.
New York, all the year round, says
the Herald, spends on an average
$4,000 per week for musical and the
atrical entertainments.
The work on the rolling mill to be
erected by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company at Cumberland has
been commenced.
Failure to pay ones hotel bill was
decided by New York court on
Thursday to be penitentiary offence.
During 1868 the railroads of Penn
sylvania transportated 1,751 $40 tons
of iron ore and 100000 tons of coal.
The untimbered plains between the
Mississippi and the Pacific have an a.
rea of 100000 square miles.
A new revolving rifle gun, capable Of
being fred five hundred times min
ute, is on exhibition in San Francisco.
A cargo of 251 tons of hard coal was
sold at Savannah last Wednesday for
$6 per ton.
SUICIDE.-On last Saturday morn
ing, the 18th inst, a young man nam
ed Zachariah Heffiey, residing at Ber-