BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORDTPa!
Friday Morning, JUXE 3, 1859.
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
D. OVER—Editor and Proprietor.
STATE tO\TEVIIO\
The citizens of Philadelphia and of the sev
eral counties of this Commonwealth attached
to the People's party, and all others who are
opposed to the unwise and extravagant meas
ures of the National Administration, are re
quested to send delegates, equal in number to
its representation in the General Assembly, to
a Convention to be held at HARRISBURG ON
WEDNESDAY THE Bth OK JUNE, 1859, to nom
inate candidates for Auditor General and Sur
veyor General to bo voted for at the General
Election in Dcxt October.
HENRY M. FULLER,
WM. B. MANN, Sec'y. Chairman.
A Bi ItKLE BURSTER!
Our readers are proiably aware that the
Bedford Gazette has been for several weeks
attempting to create the impression that the
Opposition in this State was in a woeful
plight, aud that a convention of the straight
out Americans was to assemble in Harrisburg
last week to form a ticket, &c.; and tbat the
party was in a hopeless split from which it nev
er could recover. The object of the Gazette
was so plain that no one could misunderstand
it. The Locofoco party, all over the North,
and particularly in Pennsylvania, is broken to
atoms, and thoy have no more show of eleeting
their ticket in the coming fall, no, not even as
muob, as they had last fall, and that delectable
sheet wishes to injure the People's Party, by
trying to create the pleasing and much hoped
for improssioD that we are in the same fix as
themselves.
The following article from the Harrisfcurg
Telegraph contains the result of the Gazette's
much talked of American convention, which
turns out to be the greatest fizzle of the day.
Won't the Gazette publish these proceedings
for the amusement and benefit of its readers?
AMERICAN STATE CONVENTION.
From announcements made in llarrisburg,
Pittsburg, and Philadelphia papers, we expect
ed that a number of delegates would assemble
this morning in the House of Representatives,
as a State convention. In accordance with this
announcement we went up to the Capitol this
morning for the purpose of reporting the pro
ceedings, but upon entering the Hall wo found
■but two gentlemen present puporting to have
been sent as delegates; one was a Mr. Colen,
of Philadelphia, and the other a Mr. Herion,
•of Newville, and we understood that these two
had agreed to postpone organizing the conven
tion until afternoon, when some more delegates
-were expected; consequently we vacated our
reportorial desk to be occupied this afternoon,
if occasion should require it. It has become
•manifest that the whole opposition is now
thoroughly uDited in the People's Party, and
that all efforts to disorganize it to raise new
factions will prove abortive and futile The
convention called for to-day will satisfactorily
prove that there is not in the wbolo ranks of
the opposition any party or set of men strong
enough to raise a faction or excito discussion.
Our union is perfect; our victory certain.
P. S.—Just as we were about going to press
(3 o'clock,) fiftecu gentlemen, said to represent
the counties ot Philadelphia, Westmoreland,
Armstrong, Washington, Greene, Crawford,
Fayette. Allegheny and Dauphin, met in the
Hall of the House of Representatives, and ap
pointed Mr. J. J. Herron,of Cumberland Co.,
as president, and J. F. Wilson, of Allegheny,
as Secretary.
After an interchange of opinion a preamble
was passed, deeming it inexpedient under the
present circumstances, to take any definite ac
tion in regard to tbo approaching State elec
tion, and agreed to the following resolu
tion:
Resolved, Tbat we still adhere with abiding
faith to the principles of tbo American party,
as enacted in the platform adopted at the
American State Convention in the city of Lan
caster in June 1857; and that we pledge to
each other our united efforts in promulgating
and sustaining these principles.
Ibe Chairman was authorized to appoint a
State Central Committee; whereupon the Con
vention adjourned sine die.
The following is au extract from the Fulton
Demoorat, and a very just hit is made at those
persons between Bedford and Bloody Run,
who wish to make fortunes 08 the Rail Road
Company in the shape of damages. They will
be remembered.
The reasons given for stopping at Bloody
Run, at this time, arc the unreasonable de
mands of some of the land owners between
Bloody Run and Bedford, on tie line of the
road. These fellows are possessed of the "dog
in the manger" spirit, and are determined that
if the Railroad does come tbfough their land,
they will either have the first cost of their
farms or refuse to release. They retniud us of
the tory in the days of the Revolution, who re
fused to give his cattle to feed the Patriot
army but who almost daily visited the Camp,
with the cry of "Beef! beef!" upon his lips.
There is uo seutimeut in the hearts of such
incn for the public good, but they are thorough
ly selfish, not to say meau !
BEDFORD SPRINGS. —The Hotel at the Bed
ford Springs was opened on the first inst., for
the reception of visiters. Ibey remain under
the charge of Col. Allen, who cannot Le sur
passed as the keeper of a first class summer
resort. The prospect for a large crowd the
eomming season bus cot been better for many
years.
WHAT A SHAME!
The last Gazette complains bitterly that the
People's Party are attempting to revolutionize
Bedford County, by circulating the New York
Tribune. This is all fudge. A good many
copies of the Tribune do circulate in this coun
ty, but it is becanso the people who get it have
confidence in it, as a first-class political and
news paper. It is true, as the Gazette fears,
that Bedford County is being politically revo
lutionized, but the cause of it is the infamous
and imbecile administration of James Buchan
an. So corrupt, indeed, is it, that every North
ern State, except, perhaps, California—and
that is about doing so—has deserted that party.
It is even breaking up in the South, as the re
turns of the recent Virginia election clearly
show.
The Gazette man thinks nothing of giving
utterance to a lie, since he left the Whig par
ty, sinoo he left the American party, and since
he left the Republican party, {no allusions to
the secret money agent!) He says that Gree
ly stigmatised the white laboring man as
"Poor White Trash." He knows this to be
false. It was Senator Hammond, of South
Carolina, and other leaders of the Locofoco
party in the South that made use of such ex
pressions as these. They are in the mouths of
that class daily, in allusion to the free white
laboring man of the North, and whom wo wish
to keep free and able to arrive to competence
by keeping out of the Territories slavery—
which, when it comes into competition with
white labor, ruins and degrades it. The Loco
foco party is in favor of "nigger" labor, the
People's party is in favor of free labor ■ that's
the difference.
VIRGINIA ELECTION. —The election in this
State has, it is thought, resulted iu the success
of Letcher, Locofoco, for Goveanor, by a cou
ple of thousand ! The opposition have certain
ly elected Boteler over Faulkner, Locofoco, in
one of the districts, and it is thought they have
elected two members. At the last Governor's
election, Wise had near 10,000 majority, and
for years the Congressional delegation have
been unanimously Locofoco. They now only
carry the Governor by the skin of their teeth,
and lose one if not two tnembeia of Congress!
This is a crusher for Loccfocoism and shows
that after that party's breaking down in the
North, it is also "getting weak in the knees"
in its Southern strongholds.
Later from Europe— So Battle l'ef.
The three days later intelligence from Eu
rope, by the steamer New York, amounts to
very little. Tlitre has not yet been any battle
between the Allies and the Jlustrians. Napo
leon is at Alessandria. Prussia is taking steps
to preserve "the balance of Europe," which
means to back up Austria. The new loan re
quired by Austria is for $75,000.000 —terms
5 per cent, interest for every S7O lent. There
are some movements in lluDgary. Napoleon
is said to have written a very assuring letter to
Queen Victoria. Meanwhile England is pre
paring for war—if it must bo so.
BEDFOED RAIL ROAD.—We expected this
week to give a statement of the letting of the
Bedford Rail Road from Hopewell to Bloody
Run, but it was not furnished us as promised.
We were wrong in stating last week that Jas.
Montgomery was one of the parties. The firm
who received the contract are ColliDS, Dull, &
Co., for §04,000.
THE CROPS.—The crops throughout Bedford
County arc in a very flourishing condition.—
Never did wheat, rye, corn and oats promise to
yield more abundantly.
By a card published ID to-day's paper, it
will bo seen that Win. M. IIALL, Esq., has re
sumed the practice of the law in this place.
WAVERLET .NOVELS roa THE MILLION.— Tbat en
terprising firm of publishers, T- B. Peterson fc
Brothers, Philadelphia, has just begun an under
taking, wich cannot fail to be beneficial to the whole
reading community. We allude to the edition of
Sir Walter Scott's novels, now in the course of
publication by them, and which is to be completed
in twenty-six volumes, at twenty-five cents a piece,
or five dollars for the whole. These volumes are
printed in double column octavo, and each will
contain about one hundred and twenty-five pages.
The entire sett of twenty-six volumes will be mail
ed, free of postage, to any person remitting five dol
lars to the publishers. This is an opportunity,
never before Lad, for obtaining the Waverly Novels
entire, at a price within the means of everybody ;
foi it is the cheapest edition ever published, and
for those who remit five dollars, and thus subscribe
lor the series, secure each volume for les3 than
twenty cents. The price of the EJinburg edition,
from which this edition is reprinted, is seventy-two
dollars. Very properly have Peterson & Brothers
called this the "Edition for the Million," for they
ought to get a million of subscribers to it, in this
reading nation, and doubtless will. The Abbot
forming the fourth volume of their series of the
Waverley Novels is published this day.
A STRANGE CONCEIT.—The insane often en
tertain the most ludicrous idea of their own
condition. There is a m.tn in an asylum in one
of the neighboring States who became insane
iD consequence of a failure in business. He
explains the reason of his incarcerations as fol
lows:
"I am here because of a mere mistake in
business. 1 WHS engaged during the winter in
makiug mosquitoes' wings, which I expected to
s eil in tha summer. I bad ten thoasand of
them on hand when the season onened,hut unfor
tunately 1 had forgotten to make tbem in pairs.
'J hey were ail left hand wings, and consequent
ly 1 lost the sale of them and was compelled to
suspend payment!" He relates this story with
a gravity and earnestness which tostifies to sin
cerity of his own belief in the explanation.—
Boston Journal.
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AUDITOR GENERAL.
For the Pittsburg Journal.
Mr. EEITOR: —The time will soon arrive
when tbe selection of two candidates for State
offices, to be voted for the coming October, ac
cording to usage must be made; several gen
tlemen of the opposition party being aspirants
for the responsible position, and whilst I do not
desire to offer any objection to either of the
worthy candidates, my object is simply to eall
the attention of the pnblio and members of the
approaching Convention to tho claims of Bed
ford County in tbe person of her late and most
excellent Senator, Hon.Fr. Jordan, for the of
fice of Auditor General. Mr. JordaD, as Sen
ator, was found to possess great business qual
ifications, souud judgment and spotless honesty;
in my opinion be is fully competent to dis
charge all the duties of the office with credit to
himself and benefit to the State, and whose
good qualities entitle him to as much conside
ration as any other gentleman brought to the
notice of the Convention, and would greatly
please his many friends io this section of the
State. JUSTICE.
The above is from a gentleman who is inti
mately acquainted with most of the leading
publio men of the State, lie proposed a new
name, but a gcutlemau of marked ability and
integrity.— Journal.
THE AUSTRIAN GENERALS.
The Paris Siecle gives,from the pen of M. Louis
Jourdain, an account of the Austrian Generals
under whose direction the campaigu of Pied
mont has been opened :
Ibe Dame of Gen. Gyulai, says the writer,
has already reverberated through France. We
have seen it figuring at the end of a very belli
cose order of the day, which wa9 in a manner
the preface of the Austria ultimatum. Gen.
Gyulai, now the actual Governor of the Aus
tro-Italian provinces, and commander-in-chief
of the troops iD all Lombardo-Venetia, was, in
1848, a simple General of Brigade. lie fought
under the orders of liadetsky, specially at Cus
tozza, on the 25tb of July, and unless he has
forgotten the particulars of that battle, he
should cherish some respect for the Piedinou
tese troops. Custozza is the name of one of
the villages included in the line which was oc
cupied by the Sardinian army. 55,000 At'.k
trians, commanded by liadetsky, assailed four
Piedinouteae brigades, the collective strength
of which was 20,000 men. One of these bri
gades was commanded by the Duke of Genoa.
The fight lasted from eight in the morning
till four in the afternoon. The Piedmonteso
performed prodigies of bravery; they defended,
step by step, all their positions, and retired fa
cing the enemy, whom they never allowed for a
srngle instant to break their ranks. One un
derstands how King Victor Emanuel, in bis re
cent proclamation to the army, recalled with
pride this glorious retreat. Gen. Gyulai com
manded, on ttiut day, one of the Austrian bri
gades; be kuows, consequently, what the Sar
dinian soldiers aro worth, and ho is about to
lcaru the quality of the soldiers of Franco'
Tito writer next introduces Gen. liebel :
His rank in 1848 was Colonel. After the re
treat of liadetsky across the Adige, ho was en
trusted to keep open the couimutyicatjpas of tbo
Geocral-io-Uhief between Verona and Trent by
lltvoli and the Garona. He took part with a
battalion of the regiment of the Emperor's
chasseurs in the action of Pastrongo, where the
Austriaus were beaten. He is the same, if we
are not deceived, who caused to be shot in the
fosses of Trent the patriot Italians. He found
that an easier tusk, apparently, than beating j
them on the battle field.
Gen. Hess is the next individuality. If we
are to credit the latest Italian letters, i*. is Gen.
Baron de lless who has incurred disgrace by
having blamed the offensive movement across
the 1. icino. Ho took part in ttie campaign of
1848, in tho quality of chef d'etat Major of
31arshal Kudetsky. V ast military talents were
ascribed to him at that time. lie had not then
attained the height of his reputation.
Of Gen. Benedick, the historian of tho Sic
ele says:
He enjoys a European reputation almost equal
; to that of his celebrated colleague, Gen. llaynau
j the woman-flogger.
A CANDID OPINION.
j The following brief but forcible sentences,
i give a most vivid description of the virtues of
j the great party which has rested like an iocu
j bus upeu our country forsomo years past. Some
•of these Southern fare-eating papers have so
i much of the actual canting in them, that they
i do not care to mince matters even when speak
ing of their frieuds. It is from the Charleston
Mercury , and ought to be esteemed as good au
thority.
"We have scou nothing in National Democ
racy of late years which challenges our admi
ration, to say uotbiDg of our allegiauce.
It has 'I RII-LED with constitutional provis
! ions, DISREGARDED constitutional restric
i tious, aud set at nought positive constitutional
! injuctious.
, It Las AIDED in the passage of unjust and
unequal laws.
It lias SQUANDERED tho public money,
ROBBED the common Treasury, and to FOR
EIGN PAUPERS given the public lands.
Its PROMISES have been BROKEN,
Its PLEDGES disregarded, and
Its professions FALSIFIED.
To conclude the whole matter, National De- j
mocracy is CORRUPT, vacillating, and
FALSE- it wears the garb of sanctity that its
hideous deformities may be concealed", it woos
but to ruin, aud wins but to DECEIVE."
MEXICO WANTS MONEY—Miramon, like
the belligerent powers in Europe, wants money
to carry on the war against Juarez, aud the
Church, of which he is tbo defender, has agreed
to mortgage its property to raise the needful.
What chance he will have to obtain a loan ic
the money market of Europe, where everv
great European power is now beggiDg for mon
ey to carry on the war, time will disclose; but
with the Church property liable to be confisca
ted in some of the revolutions which are month
ly occurring in Mexioo, we should not think
the security would tempt inaDy capitalists into
the speculation of loaning any great amount,
especially as Europe will wuut all the money
it can raise for itself, if a general war ensues,
and will not be inclined to loan a State which
has treated her bondholders so shabbily.
The Utica Telegraph chronioles tho elope
ment of t. o youDg men, aged respectively 15
and 16, with two young women aged 14 years.
TERRIBLE FROM THE PLAINS.
Host Deplorable Condition of the
Pike's Peak Emigrants—Cannibl
ism.
We have dispatches this week detailing the
terrible sufferings of tbe Pike's Peak emi
grants. Truly is it a sad picture of tbe star
vation to which some of them have been re
duced. It appears that in one case a party
bad devoured the bodies of their comrades, aud
that canibalism was resorted to to save the hun
gry from perishing. In addition to the dispatch
we add the following extract from a letter dated
St. Joseph Mo., May 5:
The steamers latau and Wm. Camnbell ar
rived to-day from Omaha, with over a hundred
discontented Pike's Peak emigrants. They bring
deplorable accounts of mining prospects, and re
port terrible suffering and privation on the
plains. It is estimated that 20,000 men have
their backs turned upon the mines, betweeD here
and Fort Kearney, who will reach the Missouri
river towns within a fortnight. Mpsiof tbem are
destitute of money and the necessaries of life,
and are made desperate by reason of their des
olate condition. Threats are made of burning
Omaha, St. Jeseph, Leavenworth, and other
river towns, on their arrival, and at Plattsmoutb
fears of their carrying their threats into execu
tion are current, and some of the residents have
closed their business and fled the place. 2,000
men are reported at Plum Creek, 50 miles west
of Omaha, in a starving condition, and con
siderable excitement exists all along the river
from 4 here to Omaha. This,is without doubt, the
advance detachment of tho immense returning
throng which has crowded the Missouri river
towus tbe last two months on their western
weary way, and before the expiration of a week
we shall be overrun with returning emigrants.
In this city there is no fear of violence, but
some of the upper smaller towßs may suffer
injury at the hands of the destitute and hungry
men.
At Fort Kearney, May cilh, tho correspon
dent of the St. Jo v epU Journal says that not
!•? Wagons belonging to returning
i ike s 1 eakets passed the Fort during the week
previous. The disappointed gold-seekers are
selling their outfits for almost a song. They sell
their Hour at from §3 to S5; bacon at 10 cts.;
horses and cattle they sell for almost nothing,
ur.d wagons and handcarts they give away.—
There are some returning who have not a cent
to take them back, while those who have any
thing are hurryiug back as fast as they can to
keep from being robbed by the rest.
ST. LOUIS, May 23.—A private letter dated Paci
fic city, lowa, reports that a party of starving Pike's
Peakers had attacked and captured one of the out
ward bound trains near O'Fallon's Bluff. During
the melee, D. C. Oaks, the conductor, was killed,
and Mr. Griffith, the newly appointed postmaster at
Auraria en route to take charge of the office, was
hung by the desperadoes.
ST. LOUIS, May 24 —The regular correspondent
of the Democrat, writing from Denver Ctty on the
9th inst., recounts the deplorable condition of affairs
on the plains. Many of them are dying from star
vation, while the others are subsisting on pricklv
pears and wild onions, fonnd along the road.
The stage agents reports picking up a man named
Blue, who was reduced to a skeleton Irom starva
tion. On recovering, he gave a m.-st lamentable
account of his adventures, fie started in company
witn two of his brothers for the mines. One o 1
them died on the road, and the remaining two wore
so far bordering on a state of starvation, that they
ate kit body. Another died, and he in turn was near
ly devoured by the survivor.
A man named Gibbs had readied the mines in a
starving condition, and expressed the opinion that
bis party, nine in number, Dad all perished. Many
graves were seen along the route. Much property has
been destroyed or abandoned on the road.
The writer ol the letter before referred to says
the number of departures from the mines is about
equal to the arrivals. About five huudrcd ol the
returning emigrants reached St. Joseph on Saturday, J
all of whom confirm the previous accounts of the
sufferings and privations on the Plains.
LATER FROM MEXICO- MOVEMENT
| FOR THE RECALL OF SANTA ANNA
j —ILLNESS OF GENERAL TWIGGS
j NEW ORLEANS, May 26.—The steamer Ten
nessee, has arrived, from Vera Cruz the 23J.
and with dates from the City of Mexioo to the
19th inst. The Mirauiouists have got up a
movement for tho return of Santa Anna.
General Well was marchiug to the attack of
Tumpico.
The condueta, which wa3 to leave the City
of Mexico on the 24:b, for Vera Cruz, would
hive several millions in specie.
The English residents of the capital had
made strong representations to Mr. Otway, the
English minister, relative to the Tacubaya mas
sacre.
Mr. Ilargous, of the New York house which
has just suspended on the Tehuantepec Com
pany's acceptances, is ou board tLo Tennessee.
The Coatzacoalcos will not sail to-morrow, she
having been attached, but it is believed that
matters will be arranged her off in a few
days.
Uan. Twiggs, U. S. army, was at the point
of death at Sau Antonio, Texas.
THE CROPS IN THE WEST.—Tho Chicago
Tribune, of the 20th ult., says:
"Wo present this morning a large number
of letters from different portions of tho West,
giviDg a mo*t cheering aecouut of the pros
pects of the growing crop. A glance at the
map will show those who are not familiar with
the geography of the West, that they refer to
a wide extont of country, all lying North of
the latitude of St. Louis. Our advices from
Southern Illinois are equally encouraging.—
In a week or two the harvest will have fully
commenced there, and we hope soon to an
nounce that the orop is safely gathered. One
of the editors of the Press and Tribune visited
Madison, Wisconsin, la9t week, and all aloDg
the lino of the St. Paul and Fond du Lac aud
1 the Milwaukee and Mississippi roads the wheat
looks finely. Most of it was Spring, of which
a very wide breadth has been sown in this sec
tion. Preparations for corn also appeared to
bo very extensive. Accouuts generally from
Wisconsin agree that the prospects were never
better for au abundant crop.
SCRIPTURE LAW.—John Graham undertook
to justify Sickles in the killing of Key by quo
ting from the Bible, but be did not refer to
the Epistle of St. J r ames, chap, ii., verses 10
and 11, which reads thus:
"Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet j
offend in one point, be is guilty of all. For he ;
thai, said, Do uot commit adultery, also said, 1
Do not bill! Now, if thou commit no adultery, [
yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor
of tho law."
The London Times says that our Secretary j
of tho Treasury "has wovon some curious fi- !
naucial webs." We guess tbey are very much i
like other Cobb-webs.
The French Regency.
The Moniteur of the 10th contained the fol
lowing decree, a telegraphic summary of wbtoh
we published io our late editions:
"Napoleon,
* "By the grace of God and the national will,
Emperor of the French,
"To all present and to come, greeting:
''Wishing to give to oar woll-beloved wife
the Empress marks of the great confidence we
repose in her,
"And seeing that we intend to take the head
of the army of Italy, we havo resolved to con
fer, as we do confer by these presents, on cur
well-beloved wife, the Empress, the title of
Regent, that she tuay exercise its functions
during our absence, in conformity with our in
structions iuid orders, such as we shall have
made known in the general order of the ser
vice that we shall have established, and which
will be copied into the Book of .State.
"It is our desire that our uncie, Prioce Je
rome, the Presidents of the great bodies of the
State, the Privy Council, and our Ministers, fce
made acquaiuted with our orders and instruc
tions, and that in no case shall the Empress be
able to depart from their tenor in exercising
the functions of the Regeut.
"We desire that the Empress shall preside
in our name over the Privy Council and the
Council of Ministers. Nevertheless, it is not
our intention that the Empress Regent shall be
able to authorize by her signature the promul
gation of any senatus consultum uor of any
State law, save those which aie now pending
belore the Senate, the Legislative Corps,
the Council of State, and we refer '1 this ;e
--spect to the contents of those ordcig Mid in-*
struetions that are meut'Cned above.
"We commaD f i our Minister of State to
the present letters patent to the
Senate, who will cause them to be copied into
the register, and to our Keeper of the Seals,
the Minister of Justice, who will cause them
to be published in the Bulletin Dos Lois.
'driven at the Palace of the Tuilleries, May
3, 1859. J
"NAPOLEON."
"By the Emperor's command, the Minister
of State.
"ACHILLE FODLD."
Another decree confers on Prince Jerome
the right of presiding, in the absence of the
Empress Regent, at the Privy Oouncil and the
Couucil of Ministers.
Serious Accident in liridgevilie—
Bridge Gives Way.
i On Saturday evening, 14th inst.. about sunset as
j Mr. George Ilelm was crossing the bridge which
j spans Chartiers Creek, (known as Ramsey's Ford
ing, on the Pittsburg Turnpike,) the timbers gave
| wa J' precipitating Mr. Helms, wagon and wheel
I hoises, a distance of some twelve or fifteen feet, in
; to the water aud di ift wood which had lodged against
j the middle pier of the bridge.
| Fortunately, at the time of the accident, Dr. Hays
! was an eye witness of the disaster, and with com
| meudable alacrity leaped into the water, about four
j feet deep, in search of the unfortunate man, who for
; the time being had disappeared under the water.—
The Dr. informs us that in a few moments Mr. Helms
emerged from the water, among the singletrees of
the wagon, and between the horses. At this critical
I juncture the Dr. seizrd him and dragged him out in
! a helpless condition, and almost in a state ofinsani
! ty. He was immediately taken to the hospital mau
| sion of the Dr., wnerc his wounds were examined
! and dressed. His injuries were found to be serious
—llis arm being broken, besides flesh wounds and
internal injuries the extent of which is not known.
Wc may here say that Mr. Helm is one of the old
est teamsters on the road, and has the reputation of
driving the best six horse team on the road. At the
time of the accident he had in his wagon eight thou
sand pounds of merchandise. Mr. Helms informs
us that this is the fourth bridge that he has broken j
down between Washington and Pittsburg.
This bridge was considered unsafe for some time ;
by the people in the vicinity. The eastern portion I
of the bridge gave away whilst the western half re- j
mains firm. The bridge in falling, did not go down j
in a body, but let itself down on one side—thus i
turning the wagon up side down, and throwing the I
contents into the water, rendering the escape of Mr. j
Helms almost miraculous. The horses, too, after !
much difficulty, were extricated from their perilous ;
situation with little apparent injury. The other i
four horses took fright at the cracking of the tim- j
bers, and detached themselves from the team just !
in time to save them from beiDg drawn into the vor- I
tex below. Within half an hour of the occurrence
of the accident, there assembled at the scene over
fifty peraous, who extracted from the ruins the fil
iated cargo.— Pittsburg Dispatch.
Extraordinary Circumstance.
| A Man Dtinc. Twice —A man died in the Seven
teenth Ward a day or two ago, who might ba said
to have died once before, and been recalled to life
by a singular circumstance. lie had suffeted for a
long time from consumption, and grown weaker
and weaker, and more and more attenuated, until
he could not stand or speak. He felt that ho had
but a few days to live, and made every preparation
for approaching dissolution. His wife watched
beside him, and one morning be beckoned to her to
put her head to his lips, when he whispered, 'I am
going, Jane/ and took her hand.
A slight spasm passed through his frame ; a dead
ly pallor overspread his face j his eyes rolled up
ward, and the rattle of death was heard in his
throat. At that moment his wife screamed, and he
started up with new vigor, and asked faintly; Why
did you do that? Why did you not let me die in
peace ?
From that moment he began to recover and grow
stronger, and in a month was enabled to leave bis
bod an i work at his trade. He lived lor nearly two
} ens after that strange event, but finally was at
tacked with a return of his old complaint, aud died
after an illness of three months.
This is a very singular instance, but entirely
true, and would seem to show that the soul of the
dying man was called back by the voice of a living
heart, lingered foi a while longer ere it left a kindred
nature to battle with the world aloue.— Cincinnati
Enquirer.
REMARKABLE ICE STHATCM.—A correspondent
gives the following account of a remarkable ice
stratum at Brandon, Vt;
The latter part of last November, Mr. Andrew
Twomhly, of Brandon, Vt.. commenced to dig a
well near his house, situated about a mile from tbe
centre of the village of Brandon, on a tolerably
level plain. Having excavated to the depth of fif
teen feet, through sand and gravel, the workmen
came to ground frozen solid, through which they
continued to excavate the further distance of fif
teen or sixteen feet before getting through tho
frozen ground.
At the depth of forty feet, sufficient water hav
ing been obtained, the well was stoned in the usual
manner. Tho character of the earth was the same
throughout the whole distance, viz : coarse grave 1
and sand—tbe frozen portion interspersed with
lumps of clear ice. At the time the well was dug,
the surface of the ground was not frozen. Ever
since the well was dug, up to the present time, ice
forms in the well and incrusts the stone at from
fifteen to thirty feet from the surface, and the sur
face of water, which is thirty-five feet- below the
surface of the ground, freezes over every night.—
On several occasions, when the bucket has been
left in the well under water over night, it has been
/om,d necessary to descend the well, and, with a
hatchet, cut the ice in order to extricate it.
Letters from Gen. Pierce say that be will
probably remain another year abroad, in con
sequence of the improvement of hia wife's
health.
"ALESSANDRIA."
This place, the rendezvous of the Sardinian
army, whither the King has gone to take com
mand, is probably destined to play an import
ant part in the coming war. It is a fortified
city, Dear the eastern frontier of Piedmont
whose guns bristle towards the Austrian terri
tory. It stands in the midst of a sterile plain.
It is the great stronghold of Piedmont, and is to
the Sardinians what Gibralter is to the Eng
lish, or Sebastopol was to the Russians. Dur
ing the reign of tbo French in Italy, its formi
dable fortifications made it one of the strongest
places in Europe, but these were subsequently
demolished, leaving only the citidel. Within
the past few years workmen have been busy ie
reconstructing them, in anticipation of the
evcuts now at hand. In the surrounding plain
two miles distant, is Napoleon's celebrated
battle field of Marengo. Alessandia is garri
soned with several thousand troops, and being
connected with Turin and Genoa by r&ilwar,
any number cau be readily concentrated there.
To capture it would be a crowning glory to the
Austrian Generals, and to lose it a deep hu*
miliation to Sardinia.
SICKLES' COUNTRY HOUSE AND OCCUPANTS. THE
New York correspondent of the Boston Journal, ia
describing the country seats that line the Bloom
ingdale road between New York anfi Harlem, says:
r ° D ® of , tboso commands eUontion from all who
f' ? A, 1 ' , , 18 " ea l *.' vonteenth street. It seems
Hon iau?i"?r Bnd taste ' and *
all ti-a • , ?' 'Ctids, elegance of scenery, and.
* e that wealth and liberalitv CSL
Comm rtn d, can hricg peace and jov, this "house
must be th 3 residence of purity and domestic
felicity. The Louse is a large wooden edifice
painted a dark Golor. The grounds are large sad'
commanding ; they are laid out with ereat taste;
the tiees, the vines, the floweis,the staging
the large green-houses and eoaservatories, the
graveled walk, the shade trees,, the hand of care
seen in all things, indicate the thrift and wealth of
the owner. It is the country residence of lion.
Daniel fc. Sickles. The present occupants of that
splendid residence are his guilty wile and her bro
ken hearted mother.
THE BEDFORD SPRINGS.— WhiIst in Bed*
ford a few days since, we paid this celebrated
watering place a short visit, and were particu
larly struck with the great improvement the
place is undergoing. The looses are being
paiuted and furnished in good style, and the
ground# are receiving a thorough Cleaning op..'
There are one or two 'eytsores r about tie
place yet, that we nope too see removed at no
distant day. One of these is the old dilapida
ted mill, and another is the unsightly appeui
,nce of the old dam. \\ e have uo desire to
criticise harshly, but we must say that tbeso
looked mean enough wbeo compared with the
elegant and tasteful houses, and the general
arrangement of the grounds. Mr. Allen, the
geutlemanly Superintendent, is already on the
ground, aud informed us that the Springs will
be opened for the reception of visitors on tha
Ist of Juno.— Fulton Democrat.
Lucifer, Le of the matches, is "one to the
other worll. lie died lately- we mean honest
oonn Walker, cheuust, of Stockton, England,
ana inventor of lueifer matches—in the tonn
of his fame, at the ripe age of 78. A journal
ot the neighborhood, uoting this important
man's demise, remarks that the match discovery
was made by him while experimenting with
\arious chemical substances, and for a consid
erable time he realized a handsome income
from the sale of his matches in boxes at Is.
6d. each. Unfortunately for Walker, though
fortunately for others, Frof. Faraday, being m
the North, heard of the invention in passiDg
through Stockton, obtained a box, which he
took witu him to London and adverted to it in
oue of his lectures. Some thinking minds
were set astir by this, and the discover; was
made which has since become world-known.
i Tub Faraca Akmt lv Sardinia—France has
i promised to send Sardinia two hundred thousand
. soldiers. On the Ist of 31 ay it was estimated one
hundred and twenty thousand French were in Tu
j rin, composing four divisions. The following
shows the composition of the French army of the
j Alps :
Thirteen divisions of lufantrv comprising
25 regiments, each 1,300 strong, ° 65,000
Seven divisions of cavalry, consistingof 28
regiments, each 900 strong, 25 000
Forty batteries of artillery, 240 guns, ~B,'ooO
Thirteen companies of sappers and miners, 2,000
Military train and commissariat, say 3,000
l t 103,000
1 he r ronch Imperal Guard is estimated at thirtv
two thousand men.
The London Times declares that this great Eu
ropean war is commenced by three destitute, neces
sitate and almost bankrupt powers. We can form
some idea of what their necessities are likely to bo
from the following statement of the loans which
they have recently put in the market:
F ranee, $100,000,000
Russia, 60,000,000
Austria, 80,000,000
Prussia, 45,000,000
Sardinia, 25,000,000
$260,000,000
Sardinia has succeeded in obtaining her loan,
but the other governments will find great diffi
culty, if not an utter impossility, in procuring
theirs.
NEW USE FOR HOOPS. —It was discovered in De
troit recently that eight servant girls, belonging to
one of the large hotels of that city, had been for
some time in the habit of stealing hams, legs of
mutton, glass and crockery ware, bed clothing,
table linen, provisions, and no end of small trump
ory, and conveying them from the bouse under
cover of their petticoats, by means of largo togs
attached to their hoops. In a receiving shop they
had accumulated a large quantity of abstracted
property, and one of the girls confessed to an at
tempt to carry out half a barrel of beer in the
above manner, but failed tor want of a second half
barrel to balance her '-patent extension" on the
other side.
PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND —England bc
gitis to feel that it is necessary to be prepared
for tho coming storm, if it should burst in tho
form of war. She is looking to her naval and
land defences, making at Woolwich large
quantities of shot, shell and guns for siege
trains, aud exercising her naval brigades and
marines. The militia are to be called out at
once; 10,000 new men invited for the navy at
j£lo bounty, and it is supposed that, iu an
emergency, iu a very short time she will have
an army of regular troops of 120,000 men.
Within the past two weeks upwards of thirty
young Germans have left C'inciDnata for Eu
rope, for tbe purpose of taking a hand in the
coming imbroglio between their countrymen
aDd the French.