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Utiioe and residence on Pitt-Street, in the coil ling formerly occupied by Dr. J. 11. Hotius. •Nov. 6.1867. DE P. C Reamer, Physician and Surgeon. J? especttully tenders hi# services u. 'he citizens of Bedford and vicinity. He ®*y a. ways be found (unless professionally en- at his Drug and Book Store, in Juliana -eh. 19, 1867. \ then tor Bargains! s-T?ing etl all kin,is of Summer dress Goods at cost. p , r - OSIER St CARJV. Bedford, July 15, 1859. the Hair—Jockey Club, and new mown pomatums, genuine oz marrow, at Dr. atrt i A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., Ac—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. MY PSALM. BY J. G. WHIXTEH. I mourn no more my vanished years ; Beneath a tender rain, An April rain of smiles and tears, My heart is young again. The west winds hlovr, and singing low, I hear the glad streams run, The windows of my soul I throw Wide open to the sun. No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear ; But, grateful, take the good 1 find, The best of now and here. I plow no more a desert land, To harvest weed and taTe; The manna dropping from God's own hand Kehukes my painful care I break my pilgrim staff, I lay Aside the toiling oar ; The angel sought so far away, 1 welcome at my door. The airs of spring may never play Among the ripening corn. Nor freshness of the flowers of May Blow through the autumn morn. Yet shall the blue eyed gentian look Through fringed lids to Heaven, And the pale astor in the book Shall see its image given. The woods shall wear their robes of praise, - ..v. The South wind softly sigh. *•ur-iww, fj/n/f dawned upon the world. borne months after the wild reports bad been i confirmed beyond a doubt, there eutered the ! city of Independence two trappers who had : just returned from their sojourn at the head 1 waters of the tributaries of the Missouri.— j Snapper Jack, as he was termed, and Steve ! Hale, at first treated these rumors with iudif- ; fereoce, and eveu contempt. Not even the af- > firmations of their own companions conld eoo- j viuce them; and they started tipoD their next trapping journey, fully bdlieviug that tlie mul titudes that had left the States were sadly de ceived. Wtieu a few days distant from the j Mississippi, they met a trapper, who w.a uu old i ftrend, and who, in the short tune that he had ! been in California had made his "pile." This j fact was a convincing argument, and did really ; convince Snapper Jack that ibsre was a for tune to be made in that country. Hale, bow ever, was immovable. Even the most earnest declarations had no effect, snd he sneered at j Jack's credulity. The three trappers speat the night together, ! and the conversation that then took placo fixed ; the determination of each. la the morning, they separated, each taking different directions. i The trapper from the West continued his jour- | uey towards the States; Snapper Jack kept on ! towards California, andllale started in a uortu j west direction towards the "trapping grounds." \ ifssarlwg 1 - - tetter-faritfEm- : " selves, we will follow the strange fortunes of Snapper Jack, as he proceeded hopefully and j cheerfully on his way. Jack, although be nieut iooed it to no one, had entertained a ue.itt that gold existed in any quantity in the Wabsutoh Mountains, aud it was his determination to visit tbctn alone, and satisfy himself in regaid to it For the ! purpose of greater safety, however, bo joiued a compauy ot omigrauts, snd remained with thc-m until they had nearly proceeded as far westward as Fike's Peak. YVtiile he was with these traveler?, he wai the means of saving the company from a wholesale slaughter by the In dians. As is generally the case, they placed too great a reliance upon their numbers, aod paid no attention to the suspicions appi trance of several savages hovering in the distance during the daytime. Jack announced to tbem the startling tact that they were watched by a large number of savages, who meditated an attack the coming night; and, as a conse quence, they were fully prepared. The predic tion was true, and the whites, about miduigbt, were set upon by au overwhelming uumher of Indians, who, alter a short but terrible strug gle, were repulsed and scattered by the deadly discbarges of the rifles of the emigrants.— , This occurrence was a lesson to the company, 1 and no Bight after that was spent upon the prairie without a sufficient guard. Jack, as we said, accompanied them for some distance further, when bidding them adieu, he ! alone, with Lis borse, struck boldly south ward toward the Wahsaich Mountains. lie ' was a too experienced hunter to be heedless or j careless of the danger which he knew be ifad incurred by ibis proceeding; and wbeu he en- 1 camped upon the prairie, it was not until he was assured of his safety. More tbau cnce he spent the wboie tweuty-four hours without a moment's sleep, aud proceeded cautiously and slowly through the uay, watching anxiously, aud avoiding the slightest appearance of dau ger. At length, however, be reached the mountains; one afternoon, and spent the night at the bane. The grass here was rich and lux uriant, and chousing a secluded be turned bis horse to graze, intending to not disturb bun again until he iett the mouutaius. Then, takiug his "traps aud iixius," and marking the spot, he deposited them lu a sort of half cave, wtiere he judged there was uo danger of their being disturbed by intermeddling Indians.— Here, in tbio cave, he spent his first night in the Wahsatcb Mouutaius. At morn, be ascended tho mountain, and was somewhat startled when be discovered that there had been Indians very recently in tho vi cinity. ho was, however, confident that with due caution, he could avoid au eucouu'er with the us, and had really little to fear from au at tack. lie was, Lowevcr, disappointed. At noon, weary with wauderiug over the tugged wild* of the mountain, he stopped at a small, crystal stream to slake bis thirst. While driukiug, he noticed a quantity of yellow shilling panicles of sand, and ue believed at once that he had discovered the gold. Delighted with bis suc cess, be gathered a few gtums in his hacd, and holding them between his thumb aud finger, hold them up to the light to survey thetn. As he did so, several riliee cracked from behind the surrounding rocTa and trees, and a hu let whizzed directly between his thumb and ting<.r, scattering the grains to the winds. At ibe same instant, a score of yells reverberated through rbe loresf, and as many dueky savages sprung exu!iiugly toward bio). The trapper saw fhtt: hut one was directly in his way, snd taking a half aim, he sprang over his writhing body; and darted like a wonuded animal toward the base of the mountain, the whole pack ' plunging after him. He had gone bat a short distance when he found that he bad been wouuded by the fire of the Indians, and would be unable to continue bis flight for UDy length of time. He turned bis be-d, and saw the blood trickling down his thigh, and at every step it seemed as if a knife were thrust in his flesh. Finding matters des perate, he gathered all Lis streugth and made towards the point where he supposed his horse was grazing, Providence favored hiui, aud ho came directly upon him, without loosing a mo ment in the search. Springing upon his back, lie brandished his rifle oyer his head, aud giv | ing an exultant yell, galloped away. •Now catch pie, you cowardly devils,' he snouted. 'S'pose you'd like to lift ha'r, wouldn't you? How does that suit. l ' In au incredibly short space of time be bad reloaded bis rifle, and as he utiered the last words, he covered the form of the foremost In dian and fired. The wounded savage returned the fire, as he limped forward, but the aim was wild, and the bullet sped wide of its mark. •'1 hire's another of the same sort. How does that suitT The shot, however, owing to the difficulty of : aimiug while on horseback,but slightly wound ed a savage; and the trapper, .deeming it ptu dent to get beyoud the reach of Lis pursuers as 60on JIS possible, turned arid struck his horse i into a fast run. The savages, fearful of losing their prey, , fired together; yet, strangely enough, missed Jack, who returned a yeii of defiance, as he ) agaiu brandished his gnu over his bc*d. He i was startled, however, to find that, although unhurt himself by the shots of his enemies, his borse was severely injured, aud limped pain fully. The savages seemed to he aware of this, for sgain giving vectto their yells of tri- i umpb, they plunged forward anu continued the pursuit. Luckily fur Jack, the night was coming oiv, and be felt confident that, could be avoid bis ! pursuers until tben, he could elude them alto gether. Stili, his chaucet were desperate, in deed. As he reloaded his rifle, he urged his horse forward, and the animal seemed con- j somus of the danger hanging over his muster, j ttf carry bun beyond the ! reach of it. Jack turned to fire, and, as he did so, he saw that two of the foremost savages had halt ed and brought their pieces to their shoulders, and the next instant a red jet of flame sprang I from before them. As quick as lightning he | dropped upon his face, anil the bullets whizzed j over his head, pasting cieati through the neck I of his horse. The noble animal vented foith ■ a groan, seemingly as much of sorrow as of ; pain, staggered a moment, aud, as his rider leaped from his back, fell to the earth. 'Thunder, lightning, redskins, beavers and buffers, if iSnapper Jack isn't in a light place!' exclaimed the trapper, leapiog away. TLe shades of night were now settling, jet there was a taint moon; aod it was nccessarv for the trapper to keep his pursuers at t con siderable distance, in order to be beyond their sight, ilis pursuers numbered aboift a dozen, and as ue turuad he saw that two were gaining rapidly upon bim—too rapidly, indeed, for com fort or assurance. His wound was becoming intensely painful, and be could hardly bear tbo weight of ois body for au instant upon it. The savages, feeling coriiideut that the trapper was within their reach, halted, and but two contin ued the pursuit. Jack discovered this, and took hope. Gathering his strength, he rau for ward for a short disUuce, when from the great pain he sank to the ground. The darkness had becomo so intense, that the savages were not in sight ; but in a few moments tbe two appeared, and gave a simul taneous yell of triumph, as they beheld the prostrate form of the trapper. Jack's face was turned from them; and waiting until he judged they were nigh enough, ho rolled over toward them; and before it could be avoided shot one of ibo savages in the heart. The other, with a howl of furv, leaped toward the trapper, who fell back aud fainted, for the first time in his life. The savage, thinking him dead, from his frightful appearance, jerked his cap trom his head, seized the hair in his hand, and running the keen point of tiis knife around the crown, commenced soalpiog him. This Dew pain revived Jaek, who, realizing bis danger, plunged forward, and drovo his knife to the hilt in the body of the savage. The Indian gave his death yell, and as he sprang aloft, his hand still clutched the hair of the trapper, and carried it with him, thus actually scalping him The two beings closed arouud each other, in tbeir death struggle ; and us the savage breathed out his life, Jack also became unconscious. VVbon tbe trapper came to himself, tho sun was bigh in the heavens, and he was alone upon tbe great prairie. The blood trom bis wouudod bead had flowed dowu over his face, aud, drying, had so closed bis eyes that it was ouly will) great difficulty that be opened theui. — His head seemed bursting with pain; aud hardly conscious of what he wae doing crawl ed a tew rud to the left, where was a stream of water, aud washed his wouuds. This douc ha fell considerably relieved , and placing hit cap upoa his beuJ, began really to think that it wis Lot time for him to "go under." The wound iu bis thigh pained biw little, but his scalpless head was terrible. "Ugh! you thundering devil!" hissed he, 8 he surveyed iho fallen savage, "you got enough o' ba'r liflin' that tuue, didn't yer.— Whoop!" As if seme sudden hope had sprang np in the trapper's heart, his ghastly oountcuance twisted into a sickly smile. "Spos'o w trade Uri!" As he said ibis, he stooped, and seizing the tuft upoo the savage's head, tore it off by the roots, aud then gave the body a contemptuous kick. "That ar affair, 1 calc'late, is wot hain't never beea done. Just think, a decent white man traditi' ha'r witb a thieving, cowardly, all herd copporskia! Waghi" Jack felt a strange feeling darting through hts system. Ilia pain seemed to cease, and the prairie appeared alive with Indians, ali with horrid visages, hurrying towards him.— bull of terror, he uttered a .fierce yell, aud darted away. He was delirious. Late oue afternoon, as a company of emi grants were slowly wending their way over the far plains of the West, toward California, they espied a solitary hunter in the distance approaching. They watched biuj with interest until he Came up, wbeu thov seemed at a lass to tell whether be was an inhabitant of this world or some strange phantom that their ima gination had conjured up. His bloodshot eyes protruded from their sockets, and his sunken tace was covered with grizzly Lair, while hard ly a fragment of Lis garments remained upon htm. lu reply to their questions, ho gave a vacant stare, and seemed unconscious that any persons were near him. He pen* itted himself to he handled and examined, and was as docile ' a child. When by accident his cap was re uiuved, Hie spectators shrunk back in horror.— tie seemed literally a walking corpse ! The good emigrants came to a bait for the day, and the poor trapper was commitod to the care of a physiciaD who accompanied them— Day after day they nursed bim until they arri ved in California, where he wass'ill taken care of, and finally — thus presenting the strange spectacle of a living man who had been scalped! He related his story to bis friends; and thanking tbem as best be could, left tbem. But what is probably as singular as anything" that has been related, is the fact that Snipper Jack actually visited the Wabsatch Mountains again upon a horse. He sff rmed that be came across the two uioldering skeletons of the savages who caused hi in so touch trouble ; and in the whitened bones of out Land be beheld Ais own sci/p, and carried it with bim. But what affected him the most was, the remains of bis faithful bcrsc. fie femattftd a number of o>O!HttT"M "tfe? mountains, without encountering an enemy ; and final!)' returned to Independence, seemingly well pleased with his fortune. Whether he actually discovered gold is unknown, and wiil probably remain so until he choses to tell. Dark Side of (he Pike's Peak Picture. A correspondent of the Rockford (Illinois) Register, writes from the Rooky Mountains the following discouraging facts : The miners, and its fuet, every one bete, with very few exceptions, are the greatest liars I ever saw. Greely was here and swallowed every thing that was told him. That there is gold here, and in large quanti ties, i do not deny; but that more than one in live hundred is doing better thau a common day laboier in the States, is untrue. Some say one in a thousand is a fair average. There are three kinds of diggings here, viz : —lead, gulch and bar. The leads are in the rocks on the mountains ; they are found by the 'Blossom llock,' as it is called, or burned stone on the surface, ceasioned, it is supposed, by the heat or voloanic action of some earlier day, which opened the rock, forming a seam uow full of dirt or rotten stoue, in which the gold is found Gregory's lead has only the flour gold, and they are or were the richest found. These leads commence at foot of the mountain, and run a north-eastern and south western direction. The dirt has to be washed,| which requires considerable water, and all the j water is produced of snow as it melts, and that is nearly used up. Besides this, for some cause, tneso leads have nearly ceased to be profitable, or as they say 'lose the pay dirt.' Some dug eighteeu to twenty feet in solid rock, and have not found the object of their search. Claims that ouet sold for §20,000 CJU now he bought for SI,OOO. A conipauy from Cleveland, Ohio, camped near us aud purchased one of these claim**, paying down all they had, even to guns and moat of their pro visions. Thej work it nearly four weeeks without one oeut of pay dirt, wbcu one of their company was nearly killed by the unexpected explosion of a blast. What will become of them Uod only kuowu. tVages here aie ouly $2,50 per day, and it costs at least $L per day for board, aud work is very scarce at that. Gnlch diggings are those located in sloughs at the foot of the mountains. They cannot be worked whn the water is bigh, and when it is dry tbey have paid well when they could be worked. The bar digging* are on the banks of oreeks, and are noarly forsaken at present. It requires two or tbree u.outlis to open A lead,it may pay when opened, but no certainty of it. There are a great many sick in the mountains—five died jes'erday, and four tbe day previous; in our viciui'y, of tbe mountain fever. Our company have been sick, all of us, during the past two weeks. At a fancy fair, a sailor was strolling past a stall presided ovor by a lovely woman. Jaok stopped, lookod for a moment in breathless ad miration, then took a sovereign from his pock et, laid it 0:1 the table, aud was passing en ♦My good frie d,' said the lady, 'won't you take BLuietbing for your maneyV ♦I thauk you, madaut,* replied the tar, with another took. 'l've had more than my money's worth already.' VOL. 32, NO. 36. Seeking Informalien. 'Gen you direct me to the Hotel?'inquir ed a gentleman with a carpet-beg, of a burly Hibernian, sl.tudiag.on the steps of the railroad ; station. 'Faitb,' was thejccply, 'it's jis? I that kin do ! same. You sW you jist go up thft atrito till yon come to Tbaddy O'Mulligan's then—' 'Rut I don't know where Thaddy O'Mutii gau's shop, as you call it, is.' 'O, faith, why didn't I think of that. Well, i'aen, your honor must k-ipe on till you git to the apple woman's sta-rf, > ;be corner of the brick chore: it is, and kapo that on the right, and go on till ye's git to the sign of the big vtatcti 9 and mind you dolfr'i faff down tbcrsaway then you kape on a little furder till ye 00-ne to a big tree, and after that vou turn to the rigiit or left, but by the bones of St. Patrick, I don't know which. The traveler turned in despair to a long lank Jonathan, who was standing whittling close hv, and made the same inquiry. •Maybe you're going to put up there?' quer ied Jonathan. 'Yes, I intend to!' - 'Did you come from far off?' 'Yes—from Philadelphia,' was the impatient reply; 'but can you tell me where the—' 'Got any more baggage?' said the imiiertura bls Yankee. 'No, tb: is all,' said the traveler, convinced that the only way to get the direction was to submit to the questioning. 'Going to stay long?' 'Couldn't sayy was the reply, in rather a era - ty manner. 'Rat, I'm iu a hurry, and would like to be directed—' '\V ait a minute. I reckon your a married man, ain't you?' •No, i am not; and now J won't answer any thing more till you have answered me.' 'Well, 'squire,' said the Yankee, coolly,'l'd like to oblehge you, br.t the truth is, I bare never been bere before myself.' In less tbau a minute, a carpet bag, with a man attached, was seen hurrying away from that vicinity. HOW FRAME 31 ASS HER WATT. The way? and njeass for manning tha French m&Jmm bees recuced to aa admirable iyt tain. The source? from which France derives her seamen are tbc maratiaie enrollment, volun tary enlistment, and the advancement of the •'Mourser," 'sors of petty officers, sailors and officials.) The entire sea faring and sea-coast population of the country is enrolled, and levies are periodically made. Ail men on the muster roll are liable to sea-service from the age of eighteen to fifty, though only two-thirds of the cumber are supposed to be available. The in scription list of 1855 included 162,000 men liable to seven years' sea service. The forces obtained front the inscription, voluntary enlist ment, and the "Mouses," or boys, after being collected at the various depots, are organized ruto companies of steersmen, gunners, musket eers, engineers, stokers, &0., and from these di visions, which have been thoroughly instructed and drilled, crews are embarked according to the demand. Having been trained to exercise and work together, these men readily unite in the organization on shipboard. The internal economy of the service has also been determin ed by the government, so that there may be uniformity of rule, of detail, aDd of decipline throughout; so that whatever ship a man might be drafted into, he would find the same system prevailing, and at ODCQ fall into it; would find the same system prevailing; and at once fall in to bis proper pLee. The rolls for stations, quarters, or inspection, are always the same so that men and officers should always find a uni form mode prevailing, in which they had been instructed and trained. In the discipline there is the same uniformity —the crimes being all classed and the different punishments prescrib ed. The code is net severe. QUEER EMPLOYMENT.—W heard a pretty good story the other day, which wo think mer its a wider circulation than it has get get. The story runs that same honest faced fleecier went into a fancy store in Cincinnati, in hunt of a situation. The proprietor, or head clerk, was sitting in the counting room, with bis feet elevated, con templating human life through the softening influence of cigar smoke. Our iloosier friend addressed him modestly, as follows: ♦Do you want to hire a hand about your es tablishment?' The clerk looked up indifferently, but seeing his customer, concladed to have a little fen out of him, so ho answered very briskly, at the same time pulling ont a large and costly band kerchief, and blowing Lis cose on it. ♦Yes, sir; what sort of a aituation do yon want?' ♦Well, I'm not particular. I'm out of work, and almost anything wili do me for awhile.' ♦Yes, I can give you a situation if it will suit you.' 'What is it? What's to be doue and what do you give?' ♦Well 1 waut bands to chew rsgs to makei paper, and if you are willing to set in, you may begin at once.' 'Good as wheat! Hani over your r^ge.' ♦Here, take this handkerchief and foauaenoe with it.' The Iloosier saw the 'sell, sod quietly put ting the handkerchief into hia pocket, remark ed, as he turned to go out: "When 1 get it chaicd, p'raugcr, I'll fetch it back.' When we record our angry feelings, let it bo on the euow, that the first be*m ot sunshiuo may obliterate them forever.