L* No, 2420. i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ONE DOLLAR PER ASSII, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. NEW subscriptions must be paid in iuce. If the paper is continued, and net ! withiq.the first month, §1,25 will becharg il not paid in three months, §1,50; if not I it: six months, §1,75; and if not paid in be months, §2,00. All papers addressed to persons out of the finty will be discontinued at the expiration of p time paid for, unless special request is made [the contrary or payment guaranteed by some Sponsible person hers. ADVERTISING. [Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con lute a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 bts for each subsequent insertion. Ie West Branch Insurance Co. OF LOCK HAVEN, PS., fSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer chandise, Farm Property, and other Build s, and their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. n. John J. Pearcc, Hon. G. C. Harvey, in B. Hall, T. T. Abrams, irlcs A. Vayer, D. K. Jackaian, irles Crist, W. White, er Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen. Hon. G. C. HARVEY, Pres. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. j Utt. Kitchen, See'y. REFERENCES. nucl H. Lloyd, Thos. Bowman. D. D A. Winegardner, Wo. Vanderbelt. A. Mackcy, Wo. Fearon, White, Dr. J. 8. Crawford, jes Quiggle, A. Updcgraff, nW. Maynard, James Armstrong, а. Simon Cameron, Hon. Win. Bigler. Cf" Agent for Mitflin county, G. W. STEVV ,T, Esq. ap23 enmity from Loss find Diimaec by Fire, ittf tie Penis of Marine and fviattd Transportation. COIYTIN LNT A L INSURANCE COMPANY. knpo rated by the Legislature of Pennsylva nia, with a Perpetual Charter. Authorized Capital, 91.000,000. ire Nu. Gi Wbluat St. a bote Stroud, Pltiia. fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer iu.ii-e, &c., generally. Marine Insurance .("argues and Freights to all parts of the rid. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by fes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to parts of the Union, on the most favorable Bis, consistent with security. DIRECTORS. urge W. Culladay, . William Bowers, in .!. Coleman, Joseph Oat, vin V. Machette, Howard Hiuchman, GEORGE W. COLLADA Y, President. !.I.EN WILSON, Secretary. [J* Agent for .Miiiim county, Wo. P. EL >TT, Esq. feb 13-1 y INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE, [atiklin I 4 ire Insurance Compa ny of Philadelphia. Office 163 i Chestnut street, Dear Fifth, ilement of liscts, §1,827,185 80 January Ist, 1857. dished agreesibly to an act of Assembly, be in*, t Mortgages, amply secured, §1,519,932 73 il E.tate, (present value, §109,- D,)eost, 89,114 16 rks, (present value,§B3,6Bl 12,) wt, ' 71,232 97 h.tc., 64,121 56 §1,827,165 80 j 'erpelunl or Limited Insurances made on every iription of property, in Town and Country, es as low as are consistent with security, iuce their incorporation, a period of twenty it years, they have paid over Three Millions Jollar-' losses i>> tire, thereby affording ev ice of the advantages of Insurance, as well the ability and disposition to meet with mptness all liabilities. Losses by Fire. ses paid during the year 165G, $3(J1,638 84 DIRECTORS. i* N. Bar.cker, I Mordecai D. Lewis, Wagner, I David S. Brown, Duel Grant, I Isaac Lea, <?'■ R. Smith, | Edward C. Dale, > W. Richards, i George Fales. CHARLES N. B\ACKER, President. !HAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y. ffAgent for Mifflin county, H. J. WAL KS, Esq., Lewistown. marlO б.TS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS For the People, NT) THT-] PEOPLE'S CHILDREN. $ '1B) 13 il I if., AST Market street, Lewistow n, opposite the Post Office, has just returned from the city ti a large and elegant stock ol Fashionable ATS,CAPS, STRAW GOODS, . suitable for spring and summer wear, ch notwithstanding the advance of almost rylhii.g e'se ; he will dispose of at low pri ll's store has been fitted up with large ? - 'runts, so that the slock can txamineu at a glance. I'NE will manufacture to order any descrip i of hats, (having the best of workmen in his flay and an abundant supply of material,) Bid his extensive stock fail to furnish A suit t article. Parents are especially invited to [and examine his variety of Children's Hats i Laps, comprising a first rate stock, from G' they can make choice to please them i3 Ornish friends will find they are not for ltn > an <l they may rest assured of finding an ' e their taste, or can have one made at t* notice. fnankful for the patronage heretofore so lib '} f xtended to him, lie solicits his friends to I— ndebted to square up arid begin ••—and any number of visitors from this or neighboring counties, to take a look at him j or evening. l P u > N. J. fIIJDfSILL. | '<> Hoffman's for Tubs ' TO MII'TMAIIV ft r Chnrin ,:r 't" , lii'fk' ts to Hoffman's fur itrooins >'j lloffinan'B fur ii.iakctv decli ' IPIESOTKSIE) iPwiMMisiiniis) srs? TO BUILDERS AID CARPENTERS. L XJ 3M! BBR! Wm. B. Hoffhian & Co. ■ if AT their Lumber Yard on East Third street, Lewistown, near the Presbyterian Church, have received, and are now receiving, in addi tion to their large stock of well-seasoned Lum ber— -20,000 ft panel Boards & Plank. fronPt to 2 in. 10,000 ft first common Boards 50,000 ft second common Boards 20,000 ft li inch Boards 15,000 ft Sidings 2,000 lights of Sash, various sizes, 70,000 Plastering Lath, all sizes, Plain Siding and ready worked Flooring, i Hemlock Joists Scantling, 3x4, 4x5, 4x6, 6x6. Lap and Joint Shingles and Shingle Lath al ways on hand. fr_f=*Doors, Shutters, Blinds, and Sash made to order. All orders thankfully.received and promptly attended to. may2l IIOGA.IT JTOTJITDKY. rIE public are hereby respectfully informed that we have leased the above well known t oundry, situate on Main street, in the borough of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand a full assortment of ail kinds of STOVES, g*k-^! v ' z: Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different sizes, Egg Stoves, Mine Plate Stoves, &c. and also Iron Feme, Hollow Ware, Water IMpes, &e., and will make to order all kinds of CAST INGS. All orders sent to us will be filled with care and despatch, arid on as reasonable terms as at any other establishment in the State. We hope, friends, you will ogjl and examine our stock before buying anywhere else. You will undoubtedly save money by doing so. "DANIEL BEAIILEY & SONS. Lewistown, March 26, 1557.-y Selling Off at Cost! AS times are hard and money scarce the sub scribers wish to reduce their stock, and will sell their present assortment of eastern work, consisting of BOOTS AND SHOES, Cent*, Ladies, Boys and Yonlh-g Gaiters, Children's Shoes, he. AT COST, for cash only. All kinds of goods in their line made to order of the best material and warran ted. Also, a large assortment of Home-made Work now on hand, which will be sold at the lowest prices. The attention of the public is invited to the above, as the eastern work will be offered at such prices as to defy competition. All persons indebted to us will please call and make payment immediately, or the next notice to many will be sent through the hands of the constable. jelß JOHNSON & CLARKE. W, i (i, M'kill McVeytown, Pa., keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. CLOTHING, - BOOTS A\D SHOES, HATS A.VD CAPS, STRAW GOODS, HARDWARE, QBEEXSWAKE, CEDARWABE, Z&c&Z&Hc&ZSz, Wall and Window Papers, STATIONERY, CARrETS, DRUGGETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, LINES, OIL, LEAH, PETTY, TAR, PITCH, OAKEJI, Salt, Fish, Plaster, Guano, Cement, Stone Coal nnd Grind Stones. We are paying the highest market price for all kinds of GRAIN ; or where parties desire if we w ill ship their Grain by canal and pay them nett proceeds, after deducting freight. McVeytowg, February 5, 1857. Pennsylvania Railroad. ON and after Monday, June 22d, 1857, trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Eastward. Westward. Express, 5 14 a. m. 5 40 a. m. Fa-? Line, 10 47 p. m. 729 p. m. Mail, 404 " 304 " Through Freight, 500 " 150a. m. Emigrant, 500 " 3 25 " Express Freight, 500 " 10 15 " Local " 7 25 " 12 40 " Fare to llarrisburg, §1 50; to Philadelphia, 4 20; to Altoona, 1 75 ; to Pittsburgh, 4 70 £Ljj=*The Ticket Office will be open 20 min utes before the arrival of each Passenger Train. D. L. ROBESON, Agent. FIS K ' S METALLIC BURIAL CASES, AIR-TIGHT A AT) ISDE9TRECTIBLE, For protecting and preserving the Dead for or dinary interment, for vapits, for transport ation, or fur any other desirable purpose. For sale at the new Furniture rooms, under the Odd Fellows' Hall, by ANTHONY FELIX. New Arrangements. \FTER returning our sincere thanks to our numerous friends and customers for their continued patronage, I would inform them that 1 am still to be found at CfDIJLdD. With a desire to bring my business nearly to CASH, after the first of April our credit terms will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed Fifty Dollars. We hope still to conduct our business so that wc thai! enjoy the cood will of our numerous customers, and that the uum- Lcr mav be greatly increased. mar 12 F.J.HOFFMAN. ( < K< X KRIES.— * J Ituy Ctieeve at Huffman's itfiv UiK r at~ Hotfnma's IS.J v M-'lasaee at Hoffman's Htiy Teas, 4.C., at Hoffman's THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857. m 'inßsflaiiA. Tor the Uazette. the division of worlds. From the German of Schiller. BY REV. I. J. STIXr. " Take ye the world," cried Jove from heaven to men ; " Wrong no one more, nor let your neighbor wrong you; To you 1 give It a possession, then, Divide tt brotherlike among you." The young and old reached forth the eager hand, And wondered in anxiety the sorest— The Husbandman bespoke the rich farm laud, The Nobleman the chase and forest. The Menwfet must have his store-House supplied ; The Abbot chose the wine, the best, the oldest; The King closed bridges, thoroughfares, and cried, " The tenth is mine"'—of ah, the boldest. At Inst the Poet came, a weary one. But doomed, as poets are, to disappointment; There nothing was for him—each had his own- Its master each, by self-appointment. "Ah, me!" he cried, " of all, am only I Forgotten ? Thy truest son shall nought be given ?" Upon his harp he breathed a mournful sigh, And bowed, then raised uis eyes to heaven. Then answered Jove," And wast thou dreaming then? Dost then tlnd limit? *To all did I bestow it. Where wast thou when I gave the world to men t" "I was WITH rumtreturned the Poet. "Mine eye beheld thy countenance so bright; Mine ear drank In the harmony of heaven. The soul that lost the world for heaven's light. Deserves It not to be forgiven t" "I'vegiven," said Jove, "all that I had to give. Nought now remains. Men have made their division. But, heaven is thine—the Poet here may live; 'T;.s ever free for bis admission." Lewistown, Angus' 7,1.157. aMiitilaiiia. LAYING TP FOR CHILDREN. Parental affection naturally inquires what •t can best do for the welfare of its chil dren in future years, and when the bosom wh ieh now throbs with love to itsoffspriug shall be cold in death. Many plans are laid and hours of anxious solicitude are -pent in contriving ways and means of rendering children prosperous and happy in future life. I>ut parents are not always wise in the provisions which they seek to make for their children ; nor do they al ways seek direction and counsel from God in this matter. The best inheritance fur children beyond all contradiction, is true piety towards God—the salutary truths and principles of religion, laid up in the hearts of children—a good education—good and virtuous habits—unbending principles of moral conduct —the fear of God and the hope of heaven. This is the best inheri tance for children, and which all parents should be anxious to lay up for them. — Many an unwise parent works hard, and lives sparingly all his life, for the purpose of leaving enough to give his children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relative is like tying bladders under the arms of one who cannot swim ; ten chances to (The he will lose his bladders, and go to the bottom. Teach him to swim, and he will not need the bladders. Give your child a sound education. See to it that his morals are pure, his mind cul tivated, and his whole nature made subser vient to the laws which govern man, and you have given what wiil be Inore valuable than the wealth of the Indies. You have given him a start which no misfortune can deprive him of. The earlier you tcaeh him to depend upon his own resources, and the blessing of God. the better. PRAISE YOUR WIFE. Praise your wife, man; for pity's sake give her a little comfort, it won't hurt her. Bdie has made your home comfortable, your hearth bright and shining, yohr food agree able; for pity's sake tell her you thank her, if nothing more. She don't expect it; it will make her eyes open wider than they have done these ten years, but it will do her good for all that, and you too. There are women to-day thirsting for the word of praise, the language of encouragement. Through Summer's heat and Winter's toil they have drudged uncomplaining, and so accustomed have their fathers, brothers and husbands become to their monotonous I labors, that they look for and upon them as they do the daily rising of the sun aud its daily going down. Homely every-day life may be made beautil'ul by an appreciation of its very homeliness. You know that if you can take from your drawer a clean shirt when ever you want it, that somebody's fingers have ached in the toil of making it so smooth and lustrous. Everything that pleases the eye and sense has been produc ed by constant work, much thought, great care and untiring efforts, bodily and men tally. It is not that many men do not appreci ate these things and feel a glow of grati tude for the numberless attentions bestow ed upon them in sickness and in health, but they are so selfish in that feeling.— They don't come out with a hearty" Why, how pleasant you made things look, wife !" or " J am much obliged to you for taking so much pains!" They thank the tailor for giving them "fits;" they thank the man in a full omnibus who gives them a scat, thank the young lady who moves alontr the concert room, in short tlicy thank everything out of doors because it is the custom, and come home, tip their chairs back and their heels up, pull out a news paper, grumble if wile asks them to take | the baby, scold if the fire has got low, or, if anything is just right, shut their mouth with a smack of satisfaction, but never say to her." I thank you." I tell what, men young and old, if you hut show. ordinary civility toward those Common articles of housekeeping, your wives, it you gave the one hundred and sixtieth part of the compliments you al most choked them with before they mar ried, ii you would stop the badinage about who you are going have when number I is dead, (some things wives may laugh at, but they sink deep sometimes) if you would cease to speak of their faults, how ever hanteringly, before others, fewer wo men would seek other sources of happiness than your apparently culd, so-so-ish affec tion. Praise your wife, then, for all good qualities she has, and you may rest assured that the deficiencies are fully counterbal anced by your own.— Olive Branch. Fiom tire Brealclyu Evening Star. THE BLOODY DAGGER; OK, THE CRIMSON" WARRIOR'S SANGUINARY RKVENGK. A TALE OF TOAD HILL. BY BRAINLESS 808, JR., Author of the 'Phantom Tooth Pick.' CHARTER I. 'tlo In lemons.' —Tom Ilrer. ' 11a ! ha !' shrieked the Crimson Warri or of Hoboken, as with rapid steps lie pac ed the hall where hung the shilling ambro types of his ancestors. 'To night I'll be revenged upon the haughty Lady Adarina Scraphina D KuMurdeone, and that base sucker Don Edmund P'Quackonbust. Oh! revenge! Thou art sweeter than the nectar of the Gods, or Stewart's syrup, which in my days of youthful innocence 1 poured in lavish streams upon the smoking buck wheat cakes!' With a demoniac smile lie drew from his pocket a large —handkerchief, and carefully wiped his luminous nose. CHAPTER 11. ' Thornier ami lightning.*—ClirUtlan Almanac. The fascinating Adarina sat in her bou doir eating a round heart, which her faith ful maid, Bridget ObSuliivan, had just pur- j chased for her at the Dutch Baker's. ' I cannot imagine what detains Don Edmund' she exclaimed as she east an | anxious glance at the clock, ' by the tliun- | dor's roar and the lightning's vivid flash, 1 think we'll have a spell of weather before soon, if not sooner. However, there's no such thing as knowing anything about the weather since Meriam left us to pedes triauize around the country in u muslin shirt, minus uuexceptionables—=-the inde cent old fellow!' Some one enters the room—'tis Don Ed- i mund. ' Adarina!' ' Edmund !' And they are clasped in a fond embrace. In a voice of exquisite sweetness, like a bullfrog on a summer's night she sang— "Oli! K lOy. Is it you, dr, I thought yon would not come, I thought you'd stopped at l'opkm'o to late a plans oi" rum; Dut 1 heard your welcome footstep ami 1 knew that >ou were near. Oh! Eddy, you are sweeter to me than lager bier." 'But dearest,' she said, ' we must part, my cruel father says 1 must wed lion Greeny D'A much.' ' Fay lit) more love,' he exclaimed, ' but i fly with me to Coney Islandftend there, in a cottage made a heaven by love, we'll sell clams and all other delicacies of that love ly spot to the hungry Gothamites.' ' I cannot leave pa,' she said in a voice choked with emotion and a piece of the round heart. 'O! Calcium light of my existcuce, fly ■with me, for if ye wed Don Greeny, I'll drive a tooth pick through this faithful heart and Connery shall hold an inquest on my body !' • Simmer down Edmund,' -he exclaimed, ' I will go with you; let us depart at once; there's danger in delay.' • Aye, vile woman, there is V The Crim son Warrior was before them ! Adarina fainted. ' llt'vengc!'—Webster's Dictionary. CHAPTER 111. ' Edmund D'Quackenbust thy hour has come !' said the Crimson Warrior. 'I am the avenger ol' Don Greeny, whom you've wronged. Prepare for kingdom come.' ' I'll call the police,' gasped D'Quacken bust. 4 Fool, there is nopolice, between the Mayor and the new Commissioners the po lice are what they never were before, an honest (_on est) body.' With a single stroke of his huge dagger, he cut Don Edmund in two pieces! '—The green eyed lobster jealousy.'—Shakespeare. CHAPTER IV. The Crimson Warrier having annihilated Don Edmund, turned his attention to Ad arina and after some effort, restored her to consciousness. ' You are not Don Edmund—he had not such a nose 1' she ejaculated hysterically. 4 No, lady, lam not. Behold your Ed mund !' She gazed upon the lifeless body for a mome nt, and in a voice of intense emotion, she asked— ' Who are you that thus spills blood V ' 1 am the avenger of a wronged man, a man you promised to love and marry'—and with a smile of hatred he removed from his face a fidsc moustache — 4 Do you know me ?' 4 Good heavens! Y'ou are Don Greeny.' 4 Aye, Ada! Don Greeny in whose pres ence you formerly appeared so happy; to whom your words were words of love, but whom you ridiculed when absent, while your smile was given to that base thing who lies there, dead as the Woolly Horse!' 4 Oh! may heaven shower red hot pea nuts on your devoted head, may your chil dren grow up and become Aldermen or Members of Congress!' 4 Spare them such disgrace!' he mutter ed ! then picking up the gory dagger, he plunged it into— We shall publish no more of this inter esting story in our columns. The continu ation may be found in this week's Sledger. For sale, in all parts of the United States and New Jersey. (For the edification of our readers, we have ascertained, at an immense expense, the fate of the lady Adarina aud the con clusion of the tale. The Crimson Warrior merely plunged the dagger into its sheath, and left the false Adarina in disgust. He subsequent ly attempted to hang himself with a string of sausages hut signally failed. D'Quackenbust, who was 4 cut in two pieces,' was re-healed by a box of Killein sure's Ointment, and after taking a dose of pills and two barrels of Cod Liver Oil, was pronounced out of danger. He mar ried the Lady Adarina, and the}' are at present engaged in cultivating cabbages aud other choice vegetables, in the neigh borhood of Toad Hill.) ft-vYGn Lynchburg, Ya., there is a lad proverbial for being a bad speller. The school that he attends has among its many rules and-regulations one that requires the scholars to spell a column in the dictionary and 44 give the meanings," just as the school opens. Well, this lad was 44 foot" of his class. The next day the first word was admittance. This lad had been walk ing around sight seeing, when his eyes fell upon a eirens bill, which, among other in ducements to draw a crowd, had 44 Admit tance twenty-five cents; niggers and chil dren half-price." Our young friend spelt the word and learned it by heart. Next day, strange to say, the head boy missed, and the next, and so on, until it eauie to our particular friend, v. lu> was in the meantime all excitement with the hope of his getting 41 head," being sanguine that he was right. Here's the result: Teacher —Boy. at the foot, spell admit tance. Boy—Ad-mit-tance, Admittance. Teacher —Give the definiton. Hpy—Twenty-five cents; niggers and children half price. A Suggestion. —A Grahamite suggests the following for the million in these hard times, lie says it can, at the option of the consumer, be taken as a bread or ar a pud ding. 41 Cut up four laths in a peck of saw dust. When well mixed, bake it by ; placing a napkin containing it in the sun for -half an hour. Serve up with sauce made by soaking a cedar shingle in a pail of water." Our Nic Burying Ground. —First Old Woman— 44 What does the minister say to our new burying ground '" Second Old Woman— 44 lie don't like it at all; lie says he never will be buried there as long as he lives." First Old Woman— 44 Well, if the Lord spares me, I will." fl@-llenry B. Hirst, of Philadelphia, has written a piece of poetry on Mr. Bu chanan, in which he invokes him, in set tling the Kansas and other dificnltics, to Arm.' „'•> forth n.ikej to the fight! Don't do it, Old Buck ! don't violate all the laws of civilized warfare. Kill the en emy legitimately if you can, but dont scare them to death.— Prentice. m 9 m • . N —, upon being asked wheth er he was not seriously injured when the St. Leonard steamer's boiler exploded, re plied that he was so used to being blown up by his wife that a mere steamer had no effect upon him. A young lady says that, 44 if a cart wheel has nine felloes attached to it, it's a pity that a girl like her can't have one." California jury in a suicide case lately "found the following verdict: 44 Wc, tbe jury, find that the deceased was a fool." Hollyhock thinks it 44 rather queer" that the rising of a little quicksil ver in a glass should make the weather so awful hot. is a solemn thing to be mar ried," said Aunt Bethany. 44 Yes; but a great deal solcmner not to be," said tlic lit tle girl her niece. popular writer, speaking of the proposed oceanic telegraph, wonders wheth er the news transmitted through salt water would bo fresh Boys," said a colored individual, disclosing a small coffin which lie carried along Broadway under his cloak — 44 Boys, don't laugh—Fs n funeral " New Series—Vol. 11, No. 40. A Clergyman Suspended. —On Wednes . 'lay morning, the 30th ult., the Presbytery i oj Allegheny, of the Cumberland Presby terian Church, met in Westminster Col lege, Allegheny city, Pa., pursuant to ad journment on duly 17th, to perform the painful duty of trying one of their brethren on two separate charges of " improper eon duct," which were entertained against him at the preceding meeting erf the Presbyte ry, and were as follows : 1. That he acted improperly in entering Miss Henderson's stateroom at such an un seasonable hour. ■*. 2. That he acted improperly in having the names " Rev. Simpson and lady," entered on the register of the steamer Arctic. The Presbytery, in trying the case, used the utmost care and caution, and every op portunity was afforded Mr. Simpson to es tablish his innocence. Rut he could make no defence against the charges preferred, and admitted to having been in the same berth with Miss Henderson, on board the lowa. Miss Henderson testified that Mr. Simp son was lying in her berth, but it was at her urgent request, as she was afraid to stay in the room alone. However Miss Henderson denied that her " guardian" ev er made any improper advances. The session of the Presbytery was lengthy and tiresome, being prolonged until four o'clock on Thursday morning, when by a unanimous vote Rev. J. T. Simpson was indefinitely suspended from the Gospel ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, haying been found guilty and in dieted. The. entire investigation was eon ducted with closed doors. Hanging la/ Wholesale in Texas. —The Texas indianolian, of the 11th ult., has the subjoined picture of the lawlessness preva lent in that remote State. It exhibits a sad addition to the violence, rapine, mur der and lynching, alarmingly in the ascen dant almost throughout the length and breadth of the land: "We learn that a row oceured a few days since, on the San Antonio road, near Vic toria, between the Mexican and American teamsters, in which three or four of the Mexicans were badly shot. It grew out of a long existing feud between them; the American teamsters having, we understand, determined to drive off the Mexicans, whom they most cordially hate, because they haul goods from the bay at extremely low and ruinous prices. Rumors constant ly reach us from the upper country that the Vigilance Committee are raking the country fore and aft, and swinging every horse thief .and murderer they can find.— A gentleman who came down the road a few days since, states that he saw a dozen bodies suspended on one tree, and on auoth er five. A great many of the desperadoes have passed this town on their way to New Orleans, not considering it healthy to re main any longer. If the Committee con tinue, the country will soon get rid of the scoundrels that have so long infested her border." Killed by a Bean. —On Saturday 16ih ult., the infant daughter of 31 r. Garret Schncller, of Richmond, Indiana, swallow ed a bean which lodged in her windpipe. Medical aid was called in immediately, but it could not be extracted ; it was found to have made its way toward the lungs. For a day or two after the accident the child seemed as though she could not live from one hour to another. She then became ap parently quite well, and was playful. She continued so until Saturday the 25th ult., when while seated on the floor engaged with her playthings, she was suddenly seized with a fit of coughing, and strangled to death in a moment. It is supposed that the bean was thrown up from the lungs in coughing, and lodgiug in the windpipe caused her death. She was a fine healthy child, about ten months old. fiSyThe Hon Thomas J. Rusk, whose death was announced in last week's pa pev, was a native of South Carolina, and uot more than sixty years old. lie went to Texas while it was a provencc of Mexi co; took an active part in the movements directed towards separation from that re public ; was ong of the signers of the Dec laration of Independence; served with gal lantry in the wars; was chosen Secretary of War, and afterwards President of the Re-, public, -r After the annexation to the Uni ted States, he was, together with Gen. Houston, elected to the Senate, and has since then been twice re-elected. His third term would not have expired till March 4, ISG3. One of the Comparisons. —An itinerant minister was one day preaching to a" pack of hardened sinners," when he made use of the following original and rather strik ing simile: 44 My hearers," said he, " I can compare you to nothing but a pack of knotty hick ory nuts; the gospel is the.wedge, and— throwing himself in the attitude of a back woodsman—by the grace of God I'm the : .beetle to ii-r-1 v-e info you !'' t\yA gentleman having lately been cal -1 led on to subscribe to a course of lectures, declined, " because," said he, 14 my wife gives me a lecture every night for uotli iiio-."
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