THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
lfcillbrd, July I
R F. Miners & (I. W. Denfortl, Editors.
DEMOFHATir STATE TICKET.
.LIRSTICF. OF SIM'HEMF. COURT:
W l!J.!\ Y| FOKTF.K.
Of Philodrl/ibia.
CAN IT. COMMISSIONER :
WESTLEY FROST,
Of Fayette County.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
COM M ISSTON F.R
JACOB BECKLEY,
Of St. Clair Ip.
CORONER:
CAPT. JOHN LONG,
Of Liberty tp.
POOR HOUSE IM RECTOR:
JOHN AMOS,
Of Bedford tp.
AUDITOR:
J A IVi E S C. DEVOF.E,
0J Londonderry tp.
LANE, THE MIRDERER.
Our readers are well aware that this greatest
of unhung scoundrels, committed a deliberate
murder a short time ago, by shooting dead his
neighbor and friend, Gams Jenkins. I here is
not the shadow of a doubt, that Lane is guilty
of murder. No sane man who is acquainted
with the facts connected with the shooting of
Jenkins, would pronounce him otherwise. The
shooting was not done in self-defence. There
was not sufficient provocation in the conduct of
Jenkins to justify Lane in firing at him. Look
at the facts of the case. Jenkins had forcibly
tntered an enclosure which Lane had erected
about a well claimed by both parties, and was
about to draw some water from the well, when
Lane came forth from his house, armed with a
shot-gun which he immediately presented at
the breast of Jenkins, telling him at the same
time to quit the well, or he would shoot him.
Jenkins had merely time to reply to him, "No •
you won't Jim," when Lane pulled the trigger
and shot him dead. Does this show that there
was any necessity for self-defence on the part
of Lane? Does it show that he was in immi
nent peril of his life? No! It proves that Lane
committed a deliberate, cold-blooded, brutal
murder. And vet this blood-spotted wretch
has found a tribunal partial enough to his red
handed wickedness, to acquit him ! A Penn
sylvania jury would have hung him as high as
Haman, but a Court of Abolition Judges in Kan
sas pronounce him guiltless and set him free
that he may steep his murderous hands in the
Li.*,.! ~ XLern: .-
and dared not find him guilty lest Kansas would
not "bleed" any more. His existence is indis
pensable to the Abolitionists and without his
aid they would not have the ghost of a hope
for ISoO. He is the Lane, by which they ex
pect the "Woolly Horse," sooner or later, will
travel to the White House. For this reason
they preserve him as "the apple of their eye."
For this reason he can perpetrate with impuni
nity, as maoy murders as his cowardly ferocity
may lead him to commit.
Fiom this acquitlal of Lane, can be drawn
an idea of what Abolition justice is in Kansas.
Lane himself, as will he seen by the report ot
his trial, acknowledged his judges to be "Free
State" men. The Leavenworth Herald speaks
on this point, as follows :
"We had calculated on (lie event, knowing
that his position would protect him. Any one
perusing the evidence in the case cannot fail to
see that Lane was guilty of murder, and yet he
is allowed to go free. Had he been some poor
individual ofless aspiring pretensions, it is doubt
ful whether he would have escaped the ven
geance of Judge Lynch, but being the great Jim
Lane, the punishment which he well merits is
warded off. We had an idea that Lane would
never he punished, but we were not prepared
for this summary manner of his discharge."
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
The Pittsburg Union has been sold by its pro
prietors, MESSRS. J \O. H. BAILEY & Co., to MR.
J NO. B. KINNEDY, late of the Pittsburg Chroni
u/e, who has conveited it into a penny sheet
called the True Press. The Union has been
an able and fearless champion of Democratic
principles, and sorry to lose it from our
table. Its successor, the True Press , is conduct
ed with much ability and gives promise of a
high degree ol excellence. We did not receive
the number 'containing the editor's salutatory,
and, therefore, cannot speak as to his political
pjedileclions. We are under the impression,
however, that the paper is to he independent in
politics. We note, with pleasure, that consid
erable space is given to anti-Pennsylvania Rail
road articles and to the illumination of that pink
of political humbugs, GEM. J. K. MOOR HEAD
the Black R< publican nominee for Congress in
the Pittsburg district.
By the sale and transmutation of the Union,
the Post remains the only Democratic news
paper in Pittsburg, The Democracy of West
ern Pennsylvania, should now rally to the sup
port ot the "old Post" with that unanimity
which its well-tried fidelity to the party, de
serves.
The I'iitsburg Post Oflke.
( OL. JAMES P. BARK, the able editor ot the
Pittsburg I ost, we see it stated, is an applicant
for the appointment of Post Master at Pittsburg.
COL. BARK has expended the best energies of his
life in tfie advocacy or the Democratic cause
and certainly deserves the appointment.
ANOTHER CHANGE
"The qualified voters ol Bedford County,
who are opposed to the policy and practices
of the present National Administration, ate
called upon by the Chairman of "the County
Committee"' (tn/:nf County Committee ?) to
elect delegates to a County Convention. —
What can this call mean ? It is not directed
to any political organization —it does not even
mention the parties which the Democracy have
lately battled with—it is addressed neither to
Americans, nor Republicans and does not even
recognize these as living organizations. Why
is this? Has the great and terrible "American
Republican" party already given up the ghost ?
Is the "Straight American" party unworthy to
he addressed by name? Or, is it because it
was feared that if the call were made to any
one. or all, of these parties that the Amalgama
tion would he troublesome to form ?
The fact is the Opposition want a now name
badly, and they are just now rummaging their
dictionaries to find one. We suggested some
weeks ago that they should adopt the title of
"JWuhit/o Party ," and we have no doubt that
the Chairman of "the County Committee," is
now holding oui suggestion under advisement.
If he is a man of taste and has any idea of the
"eternal fitness of tilings," lie will most assured
ly accept the name we propose.
When political parties are compelled to
change their names thus frequently, have we
not good cause to suspect "something rotten"
in their "Denmark?" The thief, the forger,
the murderer, as he dees from place to place,
to hide himself from the outraged law, changes
his name and endeavors to move unsuspected
through tiie world by the aid ol his hundred
aliases. So with the Opposition. They are so
fearful ol being detected in their hypocritical
trickery, that they assume a different title near
ly every year. Therefore, let men who re
spect themselves, at once cut loose from such
an organization and enlist under the broad folds
of that flag which since the days of the immor
tal Jefferson, has been inscribed with no other
name than the eternal arid ineffaceable watch
word, DEMOCRACY!
SOMERSET COIN TV-
The Democrats of Somerset county, held their
County Convention on Monday, the sth inst.,
and placed in nomination an excellent and
popular ticket. DAVID HAY, ESQ., was unani
mously recommended for re-nomination for
Assembly and the nomination ol GENERAL
BURNS, by Red ford county, fully concurred in.
We assure our Somerset friends that they could
not have pleased the Democracy of Bedford
county better than they have in presenting MR.
HAY lor re-election. He is popular, and deser
vedly so, with the masses in this county. Ilis
uniform opposition to the increase of the expen
ses of the Commonwealth— his vote against the
purchase of the Executive Mansion—his manly
—in short, ins whole legislative caieer— meet
with the warm approval, and have won for him
the high esteem, of the tax-paying citizens of
Bedford county. With Burns and Hay, should
they receive the endorsement of the District
Conference, we shall be able to give the
mongrels such a drubbing as they will not for
get for years to come.
The Somerset Convention also instructed for
JUDGE KIMMELL, for Congress. Should the
Judge receive the nomination of the Conference,
the eighteenth district will he redeemed beyond
a doubt.
The remainder of the County Ticket is as
follows :
Sheriff—James H. Benford.
Coroner—John B. Richardson.
Commissioner—Daniel Gaumer.
Poor Director—Simon Chorpenning.
Auditor—Alexander Hoffman.
TIIE GAME OF BRAG.
The Abolitionists are trying their old worn
out trick of claiming the certain election of all
their candidates. The result of last Fall's elec
tion ought to have taught them that Democrats
are not to he frightened by their bluffing, nor
deceived by their blowing. They then claimed
(he election of their candidate for State Senator
by 1500 majority and !o ! he was beaten by
upwards of 200! They also claimed the suc
cess of fheir whole county ticket, hut did'nt
succeed in electing a single candidate on it.—
Whenever they brag in this style, just ask them
whether they heard anv thing "dran" last
Fall?
The " York Gazelle."
Our namesake at York, has lately had a val
uable accession to its editorial force, in the per
son of HON. WM. H. WELSH, late Speaker of
the State Senate. We heaitily welcome MR.
WELSH into (he fraternity.
Greensburg Democrat has been pur
chased by Gen. James Keenan. E. J. Keenan,
under whose proprietorship and control the pa
per has hitherto been, will continue as editor.
The Democrat is a neat and sprightly sheet and
deserves the hearty support of the Westmore
land Democracy.
Justice I'orlfr.
This gentleman's high character and eminent
fitness for the Supreme Judgeship needs but to be
known to he duly estimated. Even his oppo
nents are constrained to admit it. A Philadel
phia Republican, writing to a Meadville paper,
says of him :
I hazard nothing in saying that, in most, if
not all, of the qualifications for the bench
general learning, undoubted integrity and sound
morality,coupled with amiability of manners—
few Judges have given greater promise of emi
nence than William A. Porter.
OCP'Kindnesses are stowed away in the heail
like rose leaves in a drawer, to sweeten every
object around them.
MOCK AUCTION
Now it is not to be supposed that the Republi
can party, as a party, will identify itself with
the movement in favor of Protection. Nor are
we sure that it is desirable that it should do so,
even it it were practicable. We suspect thai
in times past the interests of the country may
have suffered from mixing up the question of
Protection with party politics; and the South
ern Free Trade party tnay have carried the day
when they could not have done so but for such
mixture. Hut, however that may be, it seems
to us that, as a national party, the Republicans
cannot take ground either in favor of Protec
tion or against it. In the States, and in Con
gressional Districts, on the other hand, they
may act on the subject as the majority of the
party may find to be advisable. Thus in Maine
we see that the Republican State Convention
has just adopted one look
ing toward Protect Philadelphia, the
other day, a Protectionist meeting was held,
in which many leading Republicans took part.
On the other hand, among the resolutions of the
recent Convention of the Free Democracy of
St. Louis was one decidedly in favor of Free
Trade: and we may yet see prominent Republi
cans taking part in Free-Trade meetings, and
we may see State Conventions declaring them
selves on that side. Among the Republican
journals, too, there is and has been the same
discrepancy on this question, but it lias never
yet interfered with their hearty cooperation
with each other as regards the great objects of
the party. To be sure, we have sometimes
complained of the tone with which our Free-
Trade friends in the Republican ranks have
spoken of the ideas we have now and then
thought proper to present ; but after all it was
only a question of manners. Perfect tolerance
and freedom ot discussion and opinion are all
that are necessary. For our part, as Protection
ists, we are willing to trust to these and to the
logic of events. .Nor do we despair of seeing a
Congress elected in which even Democratic
members shall be brought by these potent advo
cates of the truth to support substantially what
we regard as the proper system. Then the
question will be settled so that all the doctrinaires
and all the Pro-Slavery men in the country
will not he allowed again to arrest the benefi
cent influence of Protection, which, after all,
is the only sure means of finally arriving at
trueand perfect Freedom of Trade.— A'ew Yo?-k
Tribune, July 9th, 1 So 3.
We admire the bare-faced atrocity of
the above extract. The article from which it
is taken, ccmmcnced'with the prognostication,
that "It is impossible not to loresee that the
question of Protection to American Industry is
to play an important part in our politics for
some time to come." Mr. Greely favors whal
he calls a "proper system" of Protection: one
"which even Democratic members shall be
brought to support:" one which w? may there
fore fairly infer would be spit upon by the high
tariff-ites of Pennsylvania. But New York
has more interest in commerce than in manu
factures, more interest in importations from
Manchester and Sheffield than in transporta
tions from Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and Mr.
Greely and the New York Republicans can af
ford to be liberal. It was the intention of the
above extract to evince a liberal spirit; but it
and even in exceptional Congressional districts,
where, owing to the presence of large manufac
tui ing interests, a high tariff will be popular,
the Republicans are advised to make it a plank
in their local platform; but in other States, and
congressional districts, where a high tariff will
be unpopular,—and here Mr. Greely had all
the western States in his eye, but did not choose
to mention them—in such Slates Republicans
must not be expected to favor Protection. And
what would be the result if a campaign thus
planned should prove successful? What would
be the action ot a Black Republican Congress
thus constituted? And even if the "proper sys
tem ' of Mr. Greely, "which even Democratic
members shall be brought to support,"should be
adopted by Congress, with the aid of Democrat
ic votes, where is the assurance that it will not
he vetoed by a Black Republican Free Trade
President, if God in his wisdom, should inflict
so great an evil upon us? But we shall, doubt
less, be spared the trial. With New England in
the lobby with bribes for "free iron," with New
York s preponderating interests in favor of for
eign importations, with the Great West in favor
of free trade, and with the thousand millions of
Rail-road capital all over the country, what, we
ask the Tron Manufacturers of Pennsylvania,
have we to expect from a protective tarilT in the
future? leaving out of view the whole South,
whose inteiests are in favor of free trade. If the
manufacturers and artizans of Pennsylvania will
study their real condition and relations, they
cannot fail to discover that their dire misfor
tunes always proceed out of the derangements
of the currency and the evils of the credit sys
tem, and that their real protective system is to
be found in a currency whose nominal and in
trinsic value, {either directly or representative
ly) are the same.
[For the Beilford (Jazette.]
"I started and could not step."
"T started, and could not stop," said a little
child, as he came, panting and almost breath
less, into his mother's cottage. The parent ga
zed on the artless child with pride and joy ; but
the smile quickly passed away, and a shadow
of thought overspiead her countenance, as she
held his tiny hand in her own.
She felt (hat hers was the high and holy
duty, to guide his footsteps in the path of vir
tue ; that many unseen snares were before him,
and that he might in the bloom of youth, com
mence to tread the path ot vice and never stop.
Oh how many utter these words, when thev
find that their course of folly, has led them to
the brink of destruction !
"I started to tread the downward path to ru
in, and could not stop," exclaimed the young
man, as he was whirled around in the giddy
whirlpool, whose circling waves overe
mst engulfing him. "I started and could
not stop, said the wretch, whose hands were
steeped in the blood of his victim, when his life
was required to pay the forfeit for hiscouiseof
ciime. "I started and could not stop," said the
dttinkard, when trembling on the verge ot the
crave, where his course of folly had brought
him. Oh, what a volume of thought is con
tained in those few words, and may all consider
til—ir steps, lest they start in the ways of wick
edness, and can not stop.
A HOUR IX SEASON.
The Hanisburg Union addresses those who
were formerly members of the Democratic par
ty, but who le it it upon the calch-worcjs, "no
more slavery in the Territories now free." As
ttnr*Black Republican party lias abjured its
former opinions and principles and is about to
give up the ghost, it seems a fitting occasion
to inquire of these former members of our par
ty, where they intend to go ? We ask their
attention to the article we here copy from the
Union :
PRESENT POSITION OF FORMER DEMOCRATS OP
POSED TO POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY. —Thousands
j lif Democrats in this and other Stales who des
j pised Know-Nolhingism, abandoned the Demo
cratic party after the passage of the Kansas-
Nebraska act, because they fully believed that
Congress had exclusive control over the Terri
tories. Many of these had been life-long Dem
ocrats—were staunch in the faith—proof a
gainsl seductions of the Opposition in every
other form, whether as Federalists, Whigs,
Protectionists, or Native Americans. But im
bibing a sectional prejudice which seems to
jjleni to be sanctioned by the teachings ot the
political fathers, they could not endurethe doc
trine of popular sovereignty in its application
to the Territories, but took the alarm when it
was boldly adopted by the Democratic party,
and spurned it as the cunningly devised ma
chinery of slavery propagandists It is not too
much to say that the Democratic party was
literally decimated by the desertion of' (hose
who reasoned in this way. In the northern
part of Pennsylvania, without looking farther
north, whole counties and districts were revo
lutionized. The Opposition formally abandon
ed doctrines unsavory to these new recruits in
order that they might the more readily em
brace them. Even the old name ol Whig, and
the still more odious appellation of Know-No
| hing was dropped, and the Republican party
i reconstructed from the fragments with hut one
j great prominent idea, and that the exclusion of
slavery from the Territories by the power of
Congressional prohibition.
Where are these Democrats now, and w hat
is their position ? It is well foi them to exa
mine the attitude of the party to which they
j fled for refuge, and their own standing. They
j deserted from the Democratic ranks because it
jno longer afforded a refuge for theii peculiar
j ideal: will they continue to follow the Repub
; licans in their wandering experimental march,
j now that that party has formally abandoned the
j doctrine of Congressional intervention ? Will
j they consent to be transferred as part of the as
sets ola bankrupt political firm, to the new or
| ganization which is in a few days to be per/ect
jed and baptized the People's Party ? We put
I these questions to all those who were formerly
i Democrats, who united with the Republicans
I because tliey believed that party sincere in its
! pretended desire to prohibit slavery by the act
of Congress.
If this class of persons, who when th- y went
over to the Republican organization continued
stoutly to maintain that they were still Demo
crats. upholding and defending doctrines from
w IHVII ntr I/nnbl TIITTV j'Tvt , r ' ..IU.I u j .j
■ were really sincere and honest, they w ill now
j refuse to be made over to the new mongrel par
-1 ty. The Republican party is dead. The poli
! ticians who constructed it admit that its race is
run. They have worn out that id- a. "Some
i thing new or we perish !" is now their cry.—
' Not only have they ceased to agitate in favor of
: the prohibition of slavery by Congress, but they
have insultingly told their Democratic recruits,
w ho bore the brunt ol the last presidential con
j test, that they are now in favor of popular sov
ereignty, and tfiat their services are no longer
■ needed on the o!J platform.
The scenes are shifting; new actors are com
! ing upon the stage, the old mountebank's dress
has been laid aside: the veteran pei formers are
j arraying themselves in new dresses, making up
a new cast of characters in which to re-enact
j the farce of political humbug, and it remains
! for those who left the Democracy for a single
; object, to say whether they will consent to a
iritise the public, by playing the part of chorus
| and reciting any words that may be put in
j their mouths by those who are using them for
selfish purposes, or whether they will revolt at
j the base uses to which they arc to be turn. d.
I Popular sovereignty lias triumphed through
l the inherent power of the principle. It is too
l firmly implanted in the minds of the people to
be dislodged. These former Democrats must
feel the force of the truth when they see the
very party to which thev transferred their af
fections, asserting the power of the people to
manage their own domestic concerns. The Re
publican? have planted themselves squarely up-
OP this plank of the Democratic platform. In
Lancaster, Chester and othe- leading opposition
counties, the}' have not hesitated to pass resolu
tions endorsing the very doctrine that during
four years has encountered their most envenom
ed vigor, and triumphed in spite of it. And
yet tiiey have the assurance to suppose that for
mer Democrats who left the Democratic paily
only because they were in favor of the prohi
bition of slavery in the Territories, will unite
with them in overturning principles of the
Democratic party to which tliey had always
profi-ssed to adhere.
Men who have contended against protection
are now to unite with protectionists in favor of
a high tariff: men who have been strict con
structionists are now to favor large appropria
tions for ri ver and harbor improvements: men
who detest Know-Nothing proscription even
foreigners—are now to herd with the lemnant
of this paity, to aid in carrying out the "Amer
ican idea: and bitterer tiian all this, men who
turned their backs on the Democratic party he
cause it favored popular sovereignty, are now
to give the detested dogma their approval.
This is the feast to which they are invited at
the great "People's" gathering on the 14th
instant ! I'his is the degrading association to
which they have been consigned by their blind
reliance upon politicians who change their
principles whenever it suits their interests!
If they will allow themselves lobe transferred
passively, without even a nominal price paid
lor their allegiance, we have no reason to com
plain, but can only regret that a few years'
intercourse with the Opposition has transformed
i them so readily into a marketable conimod
ity.
Captain Fuller was lined "eight dollars, at
Cincinnati, for horsewhipping a woman.
There is evidently plenty ol law in Cincinnati I
but very little justice. ' I
The Acquittal of Ren. Lane.
Correspondence ol Hie Leavenworth (Kansas) Le Iger. j
LAWRENCE, Thursday, July I.
... I
The argument in the examination oi Gen. ;
James H. Lane closed yesterday evening, and
the case was then submitted to the magi (rate.-.
They adjourned the court until 10 o'clock A.
| M., yesterday, when they would announce
their decision. At the designated hour it was j
discovered thai the magistrates had not agreed, !
1 and a further postponement occurred. At noon
I there was still no decision. Two o'clock c.um-,
I and there was still none. The rumor spread j
| that the magistrates w < re unable to agree ; that
' no two of them coincided in opinion, and the
! rumor was generally credited; but at half-past
four o'clock it was announced that they had at
last agreed, and were about to render a ■ !<■■ id a.
A crowd stiaightway gathered at the inagis
j (rate's oflice, filling it to repletion, and leaving
j scores outside, anxious, hut unable, to gain ad
! mission. The prisoner, Gen Lane, alien-led by
! one of his counsel, was on hand. Then follow -
led
THE DECISION OF TUI: COURT —To this effi ct :
jln making out a case against the defendant, it
was necessary, first, to prove that a murder had ■
been committed; and, secondly, by Gen. Lane,
i The prosecution had failed to establish the fust.
' The court were unanimously of the opinion
that no murder hail been committed, and, as
the Territory having failed to establish th;s pn-
I mar v fact, the only charge contained in the.
; affidavit, the defendant, Gen. Lane, was accor- ,
dingty discharged.
This announcement caused loud and geneial
stamping of feet among the crowd, and other
I demonstrations of approval, which lasted until
! checked by the court.
General Lane rose and said that he felt it due,
; and he demanded it as a right to himself and fa- i
! mily, to be allowed to enter into recognizance
for his appearance at the L. S. District Cuuit,
in the event ol an indictment by the grand ju
j ry, to answer any charge connected with the
| homicide that might be preferred against him.
' Their honors were free-Slate nren, and this tact,
! however unjustly, would be alleged to have in
fluenced his acquittal, lie desired to be tried
! by a pro-slavery judge and a pro-slavery jury :
| and he, therefore, hoped the court would ac
; cept his recognizance.
The court declined acceding to his request,
; owing to a doubt as to their power so to do after
I their decision.
Gen. Lane then retired, and w as warmly re
' Ceived by his friends outside.
The decision, though generally expected, is
not universally approved. Col. S. W. Eldridge
denounces it bitterly. He told Justice LadJ,
|ii,t liter the decision, that if he (Eldridge) was
ever brought before him, and convicted of any
I crime, he would shoot him as true as fate.
A True Heroine.
Mrs. Caroline C. Stianburg, wife of P. P.
Stranburg,of this city, was a passenger of the
Pennsylvania, which was burned to the water's
edge in the Mississippi, sixty miles below
Memphis, on Sunday morning, l'ith inst. Mrs.
S. Lett her berth just before the explosion took
j place, and when she heard the report, which
: shook every piece of timber in the boat, she
! caught hold of lies little child, which was only
i two months old, and rushed into the lauies' cabin,
|at the veiy moment that a large piece of
; uuiehnit'-rv c.-mu; lindiimr through tire floor.—
I She ran to the ( aptain M room ami told him that
I the boat was on lire, but be said she was mista
| ken, and advised her to lie calm. She said she
was not mistaken, and her manner was so ear
nesl that the captain thinking she might be cor
rect, went down to the boiler deck. Here
turned in a .short time, and remarked to Mrs.
S., "There is no danger now ; the fire has been
subdued." Mrs. S., however, would not be
! convinced : she insisted that the boat was in
Raines and told the captain to make preparations !
i fur saving the passengers. As she finished speak- ;
j m;;, the flames broke through the cabin floor, 1
; and in less than a minute the cabin was filled j
1 with smoke. She saw that the time lor action
had arrived, and she knew that her life and
I that of her chi! i depended on her own exertions,
s > she went down the private stair case, and
1 was (ultimate enough to reach the boiler deck
iin safety. Know ing that she would perish by
| fire if she staid on flu- boat, she determined to
I leave if, and run the risk of meeting her death
;by another method. Siie accordingly seized a
! board about seven feet Jong and eight or ten j
i inches wide, grasping her child with one arm
j and the board with the other, plunged into the
j river.
ihe current owing to the high stage of wa- i
ter, was very rapid, and Mrs. S. had as much
as she coui.i d > to keep herself and child a ore
the surface ; hut she proved equal to the danger- j
ous situation in which she was placed, and her j
perilous journey down the river would not have '
b'en attended with hall the danger that it was, j
if her unselfish heait had not prompted her to j
save a man who was unable to save himself.— |
j A short time after leaving the boat she saw a
i man struggling in the water, and she knew
j tiom his movements that he was too much ex- !
| hausted to save himsef from going to the bottom; 1
so she generously and nobly jeopardized her !
I iife to save his: she grasped him bv the arm, ;
| at the risk of being pulled from her frail sup- j
i port, and assisted him in getting upon a little j
! piece ot plank that was hardly sufficient to
j keep herself and child above the surface of the
I Father of Waters.
j After floating fur an hour and a half, the'
; three were rescued by some men, who, having
: heard the explosion, launched a small boat and I
! started up stream to render assistance to the ;
unfortunate sufferers. When the man who
! was rescued by Mrs. Stranburg placed his feet
in the boat, he tried to express the gratitude
which he felt for his preserver, but his heait'
was so full of thankfulness that his tongue re
fused to give utterance to his grateful feelings.
Airs. Stranburg lett this citv about three months j
ago, ami went to C linton, Miss., her birthplace,
where her relatives reside. She took passage I
on the Pennsylvania at Vicksburg, and was for- '
Innate enough to arrive at her own house in !
tnis city, on Monday evening.— IIloomin ,r ton
(///.,) Pantograph.
DAMAGES BY THE I- conns.—The partial subsi
dence ot the waters of the western rivers begins
to reveal the extent of the damages which "the
great floods of the spring and summer have effec
ted. The American Bottom, below Alton, Illi
nois, it is said, presents an unwonted appear
ance. The bridges are wrecks, the plank roads
washed away, and the embankments gone.—
Acres and .ores of crops are destroyed, peach
tree's mined, \vood f floated away, corn and pota
toes inundated to death. The water is now
falling on the Bottom very fast, and some of)
the farmers are planting again.
ii \ it i: i i: ii :
| Al the Parsonage at I!foody Run, on tiie.Stli
lost., liy Rev. J. A. Coleman, Mr. Joseph Cess
na, ot Rainsburg, to Miss Elizabeth Filler ot
| the same place.
MPS FOR NILE.
TWO choice lots of ground, situate on main
street, in tl.e Borough of SrhelUburg, Bedford coun
ty, adjoin in™ tin- residence ot John Smith, Esq.
havirts an excellent u - A DWELLING HOPSK
i ST AHf E, therntn erected. ''
ALSO- —' Three tracts of line
lime stone l.ind, well set with timber, edntainine
one hundred aer< s in each tract, : Tiiate in Morri
j son - ( ove, Smith Woodln-rry town-hip, Bedford co
ndjo inng larnls of John K. Teeter and others. '
A I,Bo— Two tracts of timber land, situate in
the StiHwat. r I'i-trict, Minnesota, containing res
. peclively Kf'land 120 acres.
A LSO—One 11 act of uiiitc pine timber land
jco■ ■i■ rti nit Out! acre . situate on the line of the
I'.t :• lu■ ! ( onnelisville Kail Road, in Allcgherb
ti.wiish:, . S.-mrierset county, eighteen miles west of
< iimh I land, having thereon eiected a large Duel®
In g ilou-e, large Bank Barn, haw-mill, fcc
ALSO—A number of tracts of timber lands
in lirci/oni aiml Fullon counties.
ALSO—Several tracts of iron ore and coal
; land® in Bedford county, on the line of the Huntin
i don and Broad Top Railroad.
Terms easy. Apply to
'' W. P. SCHELL,
Redford, July 0, 1858.-Gw.
A 'i'Vit O-MtOß'% ii';- rtif lloilMt
A s n
j FIVE ACRES OF GROUND FOR SALF.
. THE undersigned will sell at private sale a
; new TWO-STORY FRAME DWELL!NO
HOi'SE, together with FIVE ACRES OF
OKOI'ND, situate along the Redford and Som
erset i'urnpike road, in Allegheny township
Somerset county, adjoining John Corly, Win.
liarrick arid others. The property is in good
j order, and has all the necessary out-building®
thereon erected—the property is very desira
ble for a good mechanic or laboring man, a 3
. it has every convenience and located in a good
, neighborhood. Terms easy.
MARY S PRO AT,
N. R. For further information, address the
subsetiber at Ruena Vifta, Redford county. Pi
July 9, 1858. JVj. S.
STOP & LOOK
AT tih; (atiit r
M a rg' a ins!
THE CRY IS STILL THEY COME"
| Oster, Irl;tnspeaker & Carn, Respectfully
! present their sincere thanks to their numerous
fiiends and patrons fot their kind and very lib
| l ' ra ' patronage, since opening the
Hfe.w Store.,
an ! respectiully beg leave to announce, that they
| are, now receiving and opening the
Second supply of new Summer Goods,
embracing a large and attractive assortment of
STAPLE AM) FANCY DRY HOODS
adapted to She present and approaching season,
together with a general assortment of
Groceries, Queensicttre, Cutlery, If/its, Cups
in.fc, HrnJv am! \'hnfif-i.
a large and varied assortment of D. Rodney King
<S. f os Phnadi Iphia made, Ladies, Misses and
t ( hndren s fine Roots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers
: anil Ties, &c., &c.
Having puichased our goods al (he very low
est possible t .\.®ir jirices, we are prepared to ol-
L-r greater inducements than ever. Come in
and see—we will take great pleasure in show
ing our goods, whether you wish to buy or
| nut - [Redford, July f>, *58.-3 m.]
/> e dfo rd tip r i ngs.
I HfS well-known and delightful Summer Re
: soit Will be open for the reception of Visitors on the
1' tliol June,and kept open till the tst of October.
1 he new and spacious Buildings elected last year
are now fully completed, and the whole establish
ment has been furnished in a superior style, and the
accommodations will be of a character not excelled
in any part of the Cnited States.
1 lie Hotel will |>e under the management of Mr.
A . G. A I.LI-.N, whose experience, courteous man
; ners, and attention to hi® guests, give the amplest
assurance ol comlort and kind treatment.
I he ( ompany have made extensive arrangements
to supply dealers and individuals with "Bedford Wa
ter by the barrel, carboy, and in bottles, at the fol
| lowing prices, at the Spring®, viz:
1-or a barrel (mulberry) s.l oo
Do. (Oak) ' 300
v Do. (mulberry) 300
i Do. (Oak) 2 00
Carboy, 10 gallons 2 23
; Bottles, li pint, per dozen i 30
I he barrels are carefully prepared, so that pur
ii.aseis may depend upon receiving the Water
fre h and sweet.
AL communications should be addressed to
till: BEDFORD .MINERAL SPRINGS CO.,
July 9, 1 8 - ;. Bedford County, Pa.
LIST OF TETTERS ,
REMAINING i the Post office, at Bedford,
I enn a., July Ist, ISSS. QTlFPersons call
ing for litters in this list will be particular to
say they are advertised.
AKtadt John K, Borr'bv S. C., Beaid Dame!, Ben
net Artemas, Bowman John, Borlan Patrick, Buck
ler Calhoun, Bowman William C., Beaver Daniel,
( raw ford 1-. J., Carver .Mary, Carson Daniel, Don
nelly Alex.. Esq.,2, Eailass W liliam. Major, Pluck
George, Griffith Jesse, Geraty John, Giles IE M.,
(Lies E. C. Mrs., GrayhiM John, Gallahcr William
.McKee, F.sq., Henry John, Header Jacob, Harbaugh
John, 2, Hunt Elizabeth, Ho'.ionMary .1. Miss, Itiel
inan W ainwright, 7, Kline Zenas, Koons Isaac. Kir
by \\ illiam. Leasure George.M., LongeneckerSam'l,
Maiken William, McCleary Mary Ann Miss, Me
( icaij John, McGirr, Rosana .Mi-s, Mo®s James
Mr®., Me Earl in John, Mavkband James, >, Nailer
George Mrs., Ogden Perry, Pierson Elder, J., Probst
G. ('. Rev., Pa 11 nig John, Reichart Hilmine Miss,
lieed James, Robbinson John. Stoner Samuel W.,
Lilly H. J., Single Absalom, Sohr Ifemy 11. Esq.,
See per Alex., Snyder J. 8., Shartzer Elizabeth Miss,
Speck Henry, Smou®egr George, Vonsycle Geo. VV.,
Wheelock, Oshorn N Co., Wilßar T.ovina Miss, Wil
liams Mary .Miss. Welsh George H., Weight Aaron,
Zimmers Annie E. Miss.
Bedford Pa., \ JNO A. MOJVRY,
July 9, 1858. J p yj.
. TDM. /. \ 'is TRJTTO R'S JWTKE.
NOTICE is hereby given thai lefters of
administration have been granted to the undersign
ed by the Register of Bedford county, upon the es
tate oi Henry Shnters, late of Liberty township,
deceased—all ]>ersons, therefore, indebted to said
estate will please make immediate payment, and
those having claims against it will present them
duly authenticated for settlement.
THOMAS, NOKKIS,
oi James' Creek, Huntingdon eo.. Adin'r.
July 9, lsriS-Ct.
SUMMER COATS,
Cheap for cash anil of an t xcdlcnt rjuaf
iy, lor sale It REED N iMINNP IFS.