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NEW LAW OF TEsTIuoNY.
J. w. DICKERSON,
Chm Dem. Co. Com.

The following is the act passed by
the last Legislature, permitting parties
to the record of any civil proceeding,
except in excepted cases stated in the
first section, to give evidence on trial.
The law has been i'm force since the
18th, and the general impression seems
to be that it will prove advantageous
to the administration ofjustice:
SECTION /. BE ii enacted By the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania in Gen
erdi assembly met, and it is hsredy enact
ed By the authority Of the same, That no
interest nor policy of law shall exclude
a party or person from being a witness
in any civil proceeding: Provided,
This act, shall not alter the law, as
now declared and practiced in the
courts of this Commonwealth, so as
to allow husband and wife to
testify against each other, nor
counsel to testify to the confidential
communication of his client; and this
act shall not apply to actions by or a.
gainst executors, administrators or
guardians, nor where the the assignor
of the thing or contract in action may
be dead, excepting in issues and in
quiries deUisaTa Uei non and others, re-
specting the light ofsuch deceased own
er, between parties claiming such right
by deVolution on the death of such own
er.
SEC. 2. That party to a record of
any civil proceeding, in law Of equity,
or a person for whose immediate ben
eft such proceeding is prosecuted or
defended, may be examined as if un-
der cross examination, at the instance
of the adverse party, or any of them,
and for that purpose may be compel
led in the same manner, and subject
to the same rules for examination as
any other witness, to testify but the
party calling for such examination shall
not be excluded thereby, but may re-
but it by counter testimony.
SEC. 3. That the testimony Of wit
nesses authorized by this act may be
had by deposition or commission, IS
sued, as the case may require, with
such notice to the party to be exam
| ined, and to the adverse party, as is
now or may hereafter be prescribed by
| the rules of the proper court touch
ing the taking of dispositions and tes-
! timony and commission.
JOHN CLARK,
/ Speaker of the House of Representa-
| tives.
| WILMER WORTHINGTON,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fifteenth day of April,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hun
dred and siXty-nine.
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LARGE MoUTH.-A fellow, whose
countenance was homely enough to
scare a Quaker, was lounging around
public house, when he was observed
by Yankee, who asked him if he had
not met with an accident when he was
young. "What do you mean, you i'm
pertinent scoundrel ?" why, Ididn't
mean nothin', only you have got such
an ALFRED crooked mouth, thought
as how you might have fallen in the
brook when you were boy, and your
mother hung you up TO dry"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
HooFLAND's GERMAN TONIC

is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc 1t
s used for the same diseases the Bitters in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies are en-
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure Of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the 9TH
ers are mere decoctions Of rum in some form The
TONIC is decidedly one Of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public It's
taste is exquisite Tits pleasure to take it while
its ife-giTing, exhilarating, and medicinal quail
ties have caused it to be known the greatest Of
all tonics
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

These ports have foreign commerce of $780,
GOO 000 and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
its canals ard nayigable rivers.
The cable being laid this company proposes
erecting land lines and establishing speedy and
trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the eommu-
nieatiOns Of the Government, of business, and OF
social life especially in China. She has postal
system, and her sny means now Of communicating
information is by eouriers on land, and by steam
ers water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main denseIy peopled; but
few vet realize that she contains than third
oi the human race. The latest returns made to
her central authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population -Four haa
dyeH and Fourteen millions, and tins Is more
likely to be under than over the aetua aggregate.
Nearly ali of these, who are over ten years old,
lot only can but do read and write. Her eIYlI-
cation is peculiar but her literature is as exten-
siTe as that of Europe. China is a land Of teach
ers and traders; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every profered fSell
ty for procuring early information. 1t Is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use OF
the telegraph, though il there transmits messages
in English alone To-day great numbers OF deet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission Of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great seeports, were now IN
existence il is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years OF its sue
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise eommends itself as in a greater
degree reDumerative to capitalists, and 10 our
whole people. Tt is Of vast national Importance
commercially, politically and evangelically-
E-The stock of this Company has been un-
uuanfedly recommended to capitalists and busi-
ness men, as a desirab BILE investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
World, Times Post, Express, Lilaepe'a9snt, and
in the Philadelphia North AHlerteaa, Press,
Ledger. Isguirsr, Age, BRttsttn and Telegraph.
Shares Of this company to limited number,
Eaay be obtained at 500 each, $40 payable down,
SIS on the 1st Of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments Of 81. so each, commencing
| December /, 1868, on application to
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

LIFE AND ITS END-Remember for
what purpose you were born, and
though the whole of life look at It's end !;
consider, when that comes, in what
you will put your trust Not in the
recollection of life spent in giddy
conformity to the silly fashions of a
thoughtless and wicked world, but in
that Of life spent soberly, righteous
ly, and godly in this present world.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

AMUsEMENT.-People should be
guarded against temptation to unlaw-
ful pleasures by furnishing the means
ofinnocent ones. Inevery community
there must be pleasures, relaxatIons,
and means of agreeable excitement; /;
and, if innocent are not furnished, re-
sort will be had to criminal.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

A recent writer says: There Is
many proud spirited, sensitive wo-
man, who feels herself a beggar, and
unless from absolute need, will go
without, rather than ask her husband
for money for her. Gwn use.n Poor
dears; we should like to meet one OF
this kind.
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CLEANLINESS There is IL homely,
but yet very forcible expression, that
cleanliness is next to godliness :"
meaning thereby that habits of clean
illness tend not only to health of body,
but to that state of moral feeling which
becomes man as the chief creature ol
the Almighty.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

Two lawyers in Lowell We're return
ing from court when the one said to
the other:
ssI've notion to join Rev. NJ M----'s
church-been debating the matter for
some time. What do you think of it 2"
"WouIdn't do it," said the other.
"Well, why ?'
"Beeause it could do you no possible
good, while ii might be great injury
injury to the church"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

A colored Treasury employee recent
" appointed, fell dead while engaged
i'm the discharge of his duties. Office-
holding does not appear to sit well on
the eolored folks.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad blood. Keep your blood pure; keep
your Liver in order, M keep your digestive
the use of these RENE IL dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you The best men in the country
recommend them. If years Of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
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DEBILITY.

There is no medicine equal to Hoofand's Ger
They inpart a tone and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen u the appetite, cause an
enjoyment Of the food enable the stomach to di-
gest it, purify the blood, give good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from q short-breathed, enact
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a fuli-faeed,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to child three
months old. the most delicate female, or man Of
ninety
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
MIA.
PHILADELPHIA, March Is, 1857.
find that @Hoofand's German Bitters3 is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is good tonic, nse
full in disorders of the digestive organs, and Of
great benefit in cases Of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. w. WOODWARD.
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TERMS OF PUBLICATION.


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HooFLAND's GERMAN BITTERs

is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor, 1t
is a compound of Fluid Extracts The Roots,
Herbs and Barks from which these extracts are
made are gathered in Germany. All the medi-
a scientific Chemist. These extracts are
then forwarded te this ~ country to be used ex-
pressly for the manufacture Of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in cgses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
O FFICER s.

A. C. CURTIN, President,
N. MICKLEs, Vice President
GEORGE ELLIS Cashier National Bank Com
Hs0nwealth,) Treasurer.
HON. A. X. MCCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor
The Chinese Government having Through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege Of connecting the great sea-
ports Of the Empire by submarine electric tele-
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down line Of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following port :, viz
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fuline $
of Blood to the Head Acidity Of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc-
taticns, Sinking or FlutteFing at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming Of the
Head Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the q Heart, Choking or
sufocating Sensa tions when in Lying
Posture, Dimness Of ~ Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight Dull Pain in the Head, Def
ciencyof Precipitation, Yellowness ofthe Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, ETC., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi-
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits
Al these indicate diseases Of the Lfrer or bt-
gesttre Organs, combined NTH impure blood.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

Shares can be obtained in Bedford by appIica-
ton to Reed & Sehell, Bankers, who are author
lied 20 receive subscriptions, and can give all ne
cessarv information on the subject sept25yl
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07


A ROMANCE OF THE CUBAN REBEL
LIoN.-An American citizen who
was in the Theatre of Viilanueva on
the evening of the 22d ult., and wit
messed the riot and massacre in the
streets of Havana that evening, says
that the origin of the outburst was the
shooting of a young woman. He says !:
s'A very beautiful girl, the daughter of
Aldoma, one of the wealthiest ana
most noble of all Cubans, wore upon
her left breast the American flag with
the inscription, Long live the RepuD-
lie of Cuba upon 1t. When that STIR
ring song was being sung, the whole
audience arose to acknowlege the
salute-all eyes were now bent upon
her-a low mean cowardly Spaniard
shot her with a revolver killing her
Instantly. Two American gentlemen
occupied the box adjoining Senorita
Aldoma, whose names | do not know,
but one of whom. seeing the pistol
pointed at the young lady's breast, drew
his revolver, and a second after the
spaniard had fired blew the top off the
head of the cowardly assassin. In
stantly the whole theatre was the
scene of the greatest confusion, and
the Spanish troops rushed In ano
commenced firing upon the masses o
huddled, unarmed, innocent men anc
and WOMEN"
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FROM HON. JAMES Thompson.

Judge Of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 2S, 1865.
consider . Hoofand' German Bitters'' valua-
BILE medicine in case Of attacks of Indiges-
tion or Dyspepsia. / can certify this from
nv experience of ii. L n Yours with respect
JAMES THOMPSON.
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FROM REV. JOSEPH II. KENNARD, D. D., :
Pastor Of the Tenth Baptist Church. PHILADELPHIA

quently requested TO connect my name with rec
lamentations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the practice out of my appropriate
sphere, have in all cases declined but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness OF DR.. Hoof-
lands German Bitters, / depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for general debility Of the system, and es-
peeially for Liver Com nj plant it Is l. q safe safe
il may fail bat usual L Y ly, doubt not, it
will be ye7y beneficial TO those who suffer from the
above eauses. Yours, very respectfully,
r. H. KENNARD,
Eigth below Coates Street.
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THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely Id drn, 5 hf BTs pFePaTTo%n' eF Tanes
They are no tavern H. Il preparation, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi-
cines. They are
TIE greatest kzao,r.a remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility.
JAUNDI CE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTI0NS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from DisordeEed Liver,
TmPnR TTY 0F TIE RLOOD
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
Blood Purifiers

These remedies are tie best
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
CAUTION.

Hoohands German Remedies counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of G. NJ JACK
son on the front Of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle All others are counterfeit.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07

PROPRIETOR.
Formerly c. NJ JACKSON q Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers eyeryTbere.
Do NOT forget 10 eraHane tie artsctefgoa eHJ
rR order 10 get tie geaztae.
may2e'68yI
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PNlA ,
Or, a half dozen for s..
Price of the Tonic, 81 80 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for 81 so.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles
Recollect that it is Dr.. Hoofand's German
Remedies that are 20 universally used and so
highly 0dsa: Taa DO ao tf. nGt aGT anyb6s i6s
else that he may sayA(ls just as good. be-
canse he makes a larger profit omit Those RENE
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
The New York herald., 1869-03-14
Cuba IN CouwrcSs.

Il Is evident the Cubans have both the SYM
pathy Of the American people and best wishes
Of Congress in their heroic struggle for inde-
pendence. Several resolutions in favor Of the
Cubans were submitted TO the last Congress-,
and on Friday again Mr. Banks, Of Massachu-
setts, introduced q joint resolution authorizing
the President TO recognize the independence
of Cuba whenever, In his opinion, republican
form Of government shall have been In fact
established. The resolution was referred TO
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, but, no
doubt, will be reported favorably and passed.
The Cubans need and deserve all the aid we
can fairly give them for they are engaged in
desperate struggle. They are Americans and
more closely identified In feeling and trade
with the United States than with Spain. II is
high time, too, that the colonial system of
European Powers be driven from the Ameri-
can Continent II is an exotic and inimical
TO our interests and republican institutions
Cuba ought 10 be free. Our government
should lose no time in recognizing the belgc-
rent rights OF the Cubans, and, in the Ian
guage Of Mr. Banks resolution, should recog-
nlse their lndepeudence ss soon "A the Rxssi-
The New York herald., 1869-03-14

RR-EsTABLIsHfNG THE SOUND DUES
pilots Of this port had once sort Of lien on
our commerce In the shape Of Sound dues.
Vessels coming or going by way Of the Sound
and through Hell Gate had to pay the pilots,
though they did not need pilots and did not
always employ pilots. Ships had to purchase
Of these worthless the privilege Of coming into
New York, though there Is common notion
abroad that we possess our freedom. The i'm
position of the pilots was abrogated by law,
and now they are before the Legislature seek
ing to have the old abuse renewed and claim
ing that its correction has robbed them Of their
bread and butter. Keep the law and send the
men who have no bread and butter to the aims
house.
The New York herald., 1869-03-14

dent 10 satisfied that they have established do
fGct0 government The Cubans should pre-
pare tor this without delay by organizing .
regular government in place Of the provisional
one, and send representative to Washingtoa
as regular minister. The insurrection has
acquired sufficient strength and covers ground
enough for such decided action. OF course
the United States must have some facts
to act upon, but will not be slow
to recognize the belligerent rights or the inde-
pendence of Cuba as soon as the facts are pre-
sented in proper manner. In the meantime
our government should send commissioners
to ascertain the true state Of affairs on the
island, for it cannot depend upon the news
that comes from Havana. Both sound policy
and humanity demand an active interest o.
the part Of the United States in the CubaA
struggle for independence.
The New York herald., 1869-03-14

FLATrERY OR DELUsI0N. Friday there
was meeting Of a clan Of men interested In
opposition to the passage of certain bad law
now before the Legislature. They met to take
steps to defeat the law, and very remarkable
are the steps they propose. They held that
money was not necessary" Here is new
thing. Money not necessary to people apply
ing to the Legislature! How, then, do they
think legislators are to liver Are these men,
who seem to have faith that there is honesty
and intelligence in the Legislature, merely fiat
tering that body, or are they deluded, or if
there really change In the character Of the
Albany magnates2
The New York herald., 1869-03-14

PARIS FASHIONS. Paris fashions letter
to-day is no less lively and interesting than
usual. But after minute descriptions of the
Empress Of the French as "one blaze of gems"
at the last Tuileries concert, and Of the latest
extraordinary toilet Of the Empress Of Austria,
which tempted Eugenie to such display Of
jewels everywhere except In her miraculous
profusion Of esprit curls, and Of the coi6ures
Of the Princess Of Metternich and OF Nine. de
Gallifet, and Of Nine. de Chabannes bridal
costumes, and Of those worn by the Princesses
Gabrielli and Prineli, Nine. Mel, Nine. de
Malakoh, Nine. Canrobert and the Comtesse
Welles de Ia valette at the first concert Of the
Minister OF the Navy, and Of the latest styles
OF Indian cashmeres and crepe de chine shawls,
our correspondent, manifestly at wits end,
makes servant announce "two ladies without
any costume And here we leave the Paris
fashions for the present.