Whole No. 2558. BLYMYER & STANBARGER, *' MBS.OHAUTS, Star Canal Basin, Lewistown, Pa., Will purchase every description of Produce at current prices. Al.w ay a os HAND, PLASTER, SALT, FISH, STONE COAL of assorted sizes, LIME BURNERS? ' d- BLACKSMITHS' COAL. GEO. BLYMYER, dec 2 C. C. STANBARGER. ERTJIT TREES! HAVING accepted an agency for the Mor ris Nurseries, West Chester, Pa., I am prepared to order and furnish all kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Apple Trees for Summer, Autumn or Winter, Pear Trees do do do Dwarf Pear Trees, Peach Trees, Plum Trees, Apricot Trees, Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines, Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, I.awton Blackberrry, &c., &c. As the Morris Nurseries are near our own latitude, trees from them are well calculated Lr this climate. Those desiring Fruit Trees, ic., will do well to call and examine descrip tive catalogues, mhl F. J. HOFFMAN. ACADEMY. riMIE Second Session of this Institution p will commence on MONDAY, February 20th. New classes will then be formed as cir cumstances require. Particular attention will be given to those preparing to teach. Those wishing to study and practice Music may be assured of the best advantages. Miss S. E. VAXDCZER will continue to give instructions upon the Piano. Hates of Tuition, $3.00, $4.50 or $6.00, according to the grade of studies. For further information address novl7 M. J. SMITH, Principal. McALISTERVILLE ACADEMY Juniata County, Pa. GEO F. McF.IHL.hVD, Principal Sf Proprietor. JACOB MILLER, Prof, of Mathematics, 4*c. Mms.LV.VIES. CRIST, Teacher of Music, Sfc. The next session of this Institution com mences on the 26th of July, to continue 22 wctkj. Students admitted at any time. A Normal Department *i!i be formed which w ill afford Teachers the test opportunity of preparing for fall examina tions A NEW APPARATUS has been purchased, Lecturers engaged, &c. TERMS— Boarding. Room und Tuition, per ssion,sssto §6O. Tuition alorie at usual rates. sent free on application. ROISE RT W. I'ATTON, SOtTH SIDK OF UtKkET STREET, LEWISTOWX, 1A. HAS just received and opened at his es . tallishment a new supply of Clocks. Watches, Jewelry, Fancy Articles, &c., *2ich he will dispose of at reasonable prices. e invites all to give hitn a call and examine 'took, which embraces all articles in his and is sufficiently large to enable all to au selections who desire to purchase. neatly and expeditiously ' ■ended to, and all work warranted. ■ ankful for the patronage heretoforo re ? I be respectfully asks a continuance of ■ t kime, and will ondeavor to please all who ■ -o; favor him with their custom. feb2 I EDWARD FRYSINGER, ■ Ib OLLS4LE DEALER & HAXIFACTI'REft Ittl TOBACCO,IIP, &c., &C., IPiio ■ '-'rdera promptly attended to. jel6 I r 8 ■ \\ Stoneware by the set, 46 pieces ■>. 1° a Bet . at $4, $4.50 and $5, warrant o^ 80 * various other articles, such ■ scts ' ca Sets, Dinner Sets, &c. at ZERBE'S. ■ fISDIES AID iOAFEfTIOXERY Mj V mdB Bcdd t0 rotailers and parties, I ! " e ' owe 9t wholesale prices, at ZERBE'S. ■ re at Reduction in Sugars! 10 cents for Brown, and White -ugars at 11 cents, at ZERBE'S. ■Of ) KEGS NAILS, SPIKES and ■tejj. . "RADS, as good as the best in ■ toi< ' at Tei 7 low rates for cash. F. G. FRANCISCUS. Cultivator Teeth, Culti- HWi lat<3B and Dolts, for Bale by ■—- F - G - FRANCISCUS. SEEDS of every variety, some Hi ' - eu P er ior, just received and for eale F. G. FRANCISCUS. ■s2° LATU on hand and 30,000 ft. ■ F. G. FRANCISCUS. ipj&asroai© IPWS&JSSIIIISIB) mm ©IS®:L&©I§ miawiissmwsyg echefiklillSJ S>4LQ ; Mercantile Appraiser's List. following is a list of Merchants and A Dealers, and the various classes, agreea bly to the provisions of the Act of Assembly: 14th class pays $7 00 lltli 15 00 : l3th 10 00 10th 20 00 I 12th 12 50 9th 25 00 ; A antes of Retailers. Class. John Nighthart, Lewistown 14 , Anthony Felix, do 14 I Oliver Chesney, do 14 ! X. Kennedy, do 14 j E. Boohner, do 14 ' James I. Wallis, do 14 Kennedy & Junkin, do 14 John Clark, do 14 F. G. Franciscus, do 11 John Davis, do 14 j William Johnston, do 14 i It. U. Parker & Bro. do 14 1 Xathan Frank, do 9 ; Henry Zerbe, do 14 j G. W. Gibson, do 14 j William Butler, do 14 , William lloltzworth, do 14 ! Wm. G. Zollinger, do 14 John Kennedy, Sr. & Co. do 13 ' H. M. Pratt, do 14 ; It. W. Patton, do 14 E. Banks, do 14 Chas. Ritx, do 14 William Lind, do 14 George Blymyer, do 9 Thomas Cox, do 14 F. J. Hoffman, do 9 ! It. F. Ellis, do 14 | K. L. Benedict, do 14 | X. J. ltudisill, do 14 i Edward Frysinger, do 14 ! John B. Selheimer, do 14 j John C. Adani9, do 14 1 G. W. Thomas, do 14 | John Evans, do 14 j Samuel J. Brisbin, do 14 E. C. Hamilton & Co., do 14 It. 11. McClintic, do 14 Marks & Willie, do 11 F. McClure & Son, do 13 Staubarger & Blymyer, do 13 C. C. Stanbarger, do 14 F. It. Sterretr, do 13 James Wallis, do 14 John Levy, (coal yard) do 14 W. B. Hoffman, (lumber) do 14 Steely & Gettis, Menno 13 Fitzgerald & Lants, do 14 B. F. Gruff, do 14 Samuel Watt, Union 13 Hoar & McNabb, do 12 Wilson S. Utts, do 14 K. M. Kinsloe, Brown 13 Brisbin & Sterrett, do 13 J. & I. Kohler, do 14 Graff & Thompson, Armagh 13 W. I. Furst, do 14 Joseph Beck, do 14 John Kohler, do 14 Jacob Krise, do 14 H. 11. Gibboney, do 14 J. B. Alexander, do 14 Willis Mann, Derry 14 John Hoops, do 14 Jacob Stine, do 14 ; Freedom Iron Co., do 10 j F. W. Grimminger, Decatur 14 ; Mrs. 11. Sultzbach, do 14 i John Strong, Oliver 14 : Morrison & Burns do 14 Harshbarger & Yoder, Bratton 14 i W. & G. Macklin, McVeytown 13 William Hardy, do 14 . McCoy & Rohrer, do 14 • John Robertson, Wayne 14 John Purcell, Newton Hamilton 13 ! John Vanzandt, do do 14 ' Mills. J. M. Yeager, Derry 14 Jacob Finkle, do 14 Maclay & McManigle, Armagh 14 \Vm. Barr, Brown 14 Harrison Monbeck, do 14 F. R. Sterrett, Lewistown 11 Marks & Willip, do 11 Henry Swartzel.l Menno 14 Plank <fe Yoder, Union 14 David Ileister, Newton Hamilton 14 Eating Houses, Oyster Saloons, &c. S. B. Marks, Lewistown 8 Samuel W. Eisenbise, do 8 S. Aultz, do 8 E. Swain, do 8 James Thomas, do 8 E. Horner, McVeytown, 8 Distilleries & Breweries. E. E. Locke, Armagh 10 Isaiah Coplin, do 11 George Nolto, Lewistown 11 Jacob Fisher, do 11 11. A. Zollinger, Derry 10 Peter Houser, Decatur 11 An Appeal will be held at the Commission er's Office, in the Borough of Lewistown, on FRIDAY, May 18th, 1860, where all persons who feel themselves aggrieved can attend if they think proper, and obtain that redress to which they may be entitled by law. D. I). MUTTIIE RSBOUGII. April 19, 1860. Mercantile Appraiser. CIOMMON White Pine Boards at $1.25 per / 100 feet. F. G. FRANCISCUS. 1 i* White Pine Flooring, dry and OXv) well adapted to ordinary work; bet ter qualities to $23 for 1000 feet. apl2. F. G. FRANCISCUS. Lumber, Palings, Lath, Flooring, AT REDL'CFD PRICES I XYTISIIING to - dispose of my stock of W Lumber, &c., previous to receiving a new supply, I will sell all kinds at very low rates foreash. F. G. FRANCISCLS. DRY BOARDS and PLANK—been in the yard for over 2 years —from $16.25 to $2O per 1000 ft. F. G. FRANCISCUS. PALING. HEADED PALING— -2j feet ' $1.25 per 100 4 " 1.60 44 " 1.80 " 5 " 2.00 " for sale by F. G. FRANCISCUS. SPAIN'S Patent Churns; Common do., all eiies, at very low rates. mh29 F. G. FRANCISCUS. BKVII.S, j There are many .'evils who walk this world, Devils great and devils small, Devils witli tails and devils without, Devils who whisper, devils who shout, Devils who mystify, devils who teach. Devils who pray, and devils who preach, Hut the lying devil, who takes his perch, On tlio highest seat in the highest church, And makes his religion the means and ends For concealing his guilt and betraying his friends, I And affects a devotion his soul abhors, His morality squaring by statue laws, Is the shabbiest devil of all. The Best Wealth. The great struggle with civilized men in i this world is lor wealth. This is called 1 the prime good, the one thing needful, the great desideratum of life. So men toil for > it; sacrifice ease, comfort and health for it, 1 deceive, cheat, defraud for it. The truth { is the estimate put upon wealth is too high. ' Its value, its good, is over-rated. It is not the great good. It is not the pearl of great price. It is not the best thing man can have. It does not confer peace of mind, nor purity of heart, heartfelt happi ness nor contentment, nor home joy, nor social blessedness, nor any of the solid and enduring enjoyments. Wealthy homes are not often happier j than those of the poor and comfortable livers. Poverty is always an evil; but a fair supply of the necessaries of life is quite as apt to confer real peace, as great wealth. It is not goid nor goods, there fore, that makes men really wealthy. The j best wealth is of the heart, an enlightened mind, a loyal concience, pure affeetious He j is wealthiest who has the largest stock of | wisdom, virtue and love—whose heart j beats with warm sympathies for his fellow men, who finds good in all seasons, all providences and all men. The generous ' man who pities the unfortunate; the pure ■ man who resists temptation; the wise man ! who orders well his life; the loving man | who clings closely to his family and friends; i the studious man who seeks instruction in j all things, are the truly wealthy. Religious Wants of a Busy Life. Social action, material enterprise and ag gressive discovery, which arc the grand characteristics of modern society, bring along with them the hazard of an irrelig ious self-reliance, skepticism about all that is invisible and impalpable to sense, and a feverish propensity to judge everything by its show and its returns. So the bulk of our enterprise outgrows its strength ; and in the pride of all his pushing schemes, and marvelous machinery, man comes to esteem himself little less than a critic of Revelation and co-partnership with the Al mighty, whom the Church of Christ ought to consider herself much beholden to if he condescends to say kind things of her, and whom God himself cannot fail to covet as an ally for so much business and motion, if indeed there is no other God than the sci ence that perfects the engiuc, and the mo tive power that turns the factory wheel. — As long as you preach to such a man about his stupendous capacity, and stimulate his arrogant activity, he hears, Hut tell him of the deep things of God, of self-renun ciation and repentance, of a cross and a consecration, of silent worship and a sol emn faith, of resting in the Lord, and waiting patiently for him—and you seem to clash against his glorious career of ag grandizement. All the more do we need this deep and stiller element in our piety. We want not only to work, hut to believe that God in Christ works, and with might ier forces than we; works through and by us, or without us, as he will; and that wc are at best but inapt and incompetent in struments in his hands. ' lie still and know that I am God !'—let our loud inarch of audacious civilization hearken to that. —J" I - D. Huntington, D. D. THE PATCHED OLD LADY. The church wad fashionably full. From choir and altar went up loud voic ed praises to God. The organ rolled out its mighty tones from lungs of brass. There was a fluttering, rustling motion, as of the moving of myriads of silks; the gen tle breath of hundreds of fans, while soft, white feathers, and rings, conspicuous un der their gloves, and trcmulons laces, and faint, sweet odors, attracted the eye, and regaled the senses. The preacher was in his pulpit—more like a throne it was with his hangings of lustrous damask, its tassels and fringes, and cushions of crimson velvet. The Bible be fore him looked heavy with gold, and its splendid leaves flashed at their edges as they were turned over with reverent touch. The pastor's wife sat in the firstppeaw —a delicate, pretty-looking woman, well-dressed and much admired. From there, all along, even to the door, beauty and wealth sits intent on listening to the rich tones of the pastor. Farther along still, in a corner pew, very near the entrance, sits an old and faded woman. Her bonnet and dress are black, but quite shabby. Her gloves are mended and her old shawl patched. Her face is meek, sweet in expression, though^very much wrinkled. Her posture denotes'great humiliation, but as she listens to the words of hope, a tear now and then steals down THURSDAY, WAY 3, 1860. ? the deep 1 arrows, and the pale orbs wash i ed with much weeping, are reverently liffc ; ed to heaven. 4 Did you notice that old woman in the door seat V asked Mrs. Dix, slightly shak : ing out the heavy flounces of her dress. | 4 No, I did not; who is she ?' was the re ply, eliding with a question, j 4 Some poor old thing or other; she seems like a christian, though. I suppose we ought, some of us, to speak to her.' 4 She gets out of church so quickly/said i another lady, overhearing the conversation, | 4 that no one can catch an opportunity to | say a word. She's dreadfully poorly dress j ed too : what a magnificent sermon we had | to-day V 4 Splendid—O, did you see our new coiu ! ers V | 4 You mean the lawyer's folks—yes ; I'm j glad he's taken a seat with us. What a beautiful family he has!' 4 Beautiful indeed ! and dressed in such ; exquisite taste. Nothing is less gaudy but perfectly genteel, and very rich.' 4 They say he is immensely wealthy ; he eauie from Boston, llis father died a year ago, and left him a hundred thousand dol lars. How they did listen ! I hope they will be under conviction before a great while.' 4 What! are they not religious ?' 4 Bless you, no. They are very nice, moral people, though—better than profes sing christians, I'm told, but then far from being pious.' 4 Sister Dix, we must cultivate their ac quaintance. What a field for doing good.' 4 O ! yes; great indeed. Did you notice what elegant hymm Looks they carried ! Turkey morocco and gilt—every one of them, down to the smallest child.' 4 1 noticed that. 1 think they have paid our preacher quite a compliment. There are so many men of talent in town.' And so they wended their way down the church steps, talking of the new acquisi tion. That evening the eloquent preacher said to his wife, 4 my dear, I had very attentive listeners in the new family who took a pew last week.' ' T thought so,' was the reply. 'We Tll ust call upon them immediately.' 'Certainly, I shall be ready at any time.' The next day little Minnie, the young est daughter of the pastor, came home, ad miring a beautiful bunch of flowers which she held in her hand. ' .See, mother —-just see —how beautiful! The old lady called me in again to day, and took these from her little garden.' ' I can't think who it is that gives these flowers to the child/ said Mrs. Ivors, the pastor's wife. ' O ! she's a real nice old lady, mother. She says she loves father, and thinks he does a deal of good. She had a writing desk, and was writing when she called me in, for she had a pen in her hand. She says she hasn't been here a great while. I asked her if father had been to see her, and she said no, but she didn't expect it yet awhile—she knew he had a great deal of calling to do.' ' Who can it be, husband V ' I can't think, I am sure,' was the re p!y. ' Father, won't you go with me some time?' asked little Minnie. ' Certainly, I will,' said the father. ' She kisses so nice,' said the child, art lessly. ' She don't make a fuss about it, but is so neat, so different from almost all old ladies.' A few days after this, Mr. Ivers was out on a collecting tour. It was for an impor tant object, for which he had volunteered to work, and give his time. He drove around town, little Minnie beside him. 'Oh ! what a splendid house !' said the child, clapping her hands, as they stopped before a stately mansion. ' Who lives here ?' ' The new family, dear, that sits in the pew behind us. Don't you remember those pretty little girls ?' ' Yes, but I didn't like'em,'said Minnie, ' because they didn't smile to me when I smiled to them, but tossed their heads so.' ' You shouldn't notice such things, Min nie,' said her father, helping her out of the carriage; 'perhaps, as they are city folks they want to be introduced.' ' I didn't,' replied Minnie significantly. They went up the marble steps, and were soon seated in the great parlor. The lawyer's wife and daughters came in— were polite —talked of the weather —the so ciety —several little nothings, but not a word of their chiefest thing, personal piety. (.) ■ how cold, unprofitable, and barren, was the conversation. The minister felt con gealed ; little Minnie fidgeted, after trying in vain to make the little girls talk. The older young ladies sat looking very inter esting, but scarcely opened their lips.— However, when the minister opened to them his mission, and said he did not ex pect over five dollars from any one sub scriber, the lady immediately took from a silver porte monaic, a new rustling bank note of that precise amount, and handed it with a smile to the clergyman. The visit was ended. ' How good the sun does look!' cried Minnie, springing from the last marble step. 'I was so cold in there.' <So was I,' echoed her father in his thoughts. 4 O ! there's my dear old woman's house; that used to be a shop you know. Now, you must go and see her/ So, true to his promise, the minister sprang out, and Minnie, all eagerness, led him in. An aged woman, very neat and smiling, arose from a desk where she was writing, and welcomed them warmly. ' I am not busy you see/ she said laying down her pen, and forthwith she began to talk of the last sabbath sermon, with a beauty of language that quite astonished the pastor. 4 It is very strange I have not seen you before,' he said. 4 1 knew you had enough to do with such a Urge flock,' she replied. 4 But where did YOU sit ?' 4 1 have been in the last pew but one, on the left side; your sexton showed me that one, and I have, ever since I have been here, sat in it. It is however, so incon venient that I believe, as 1 have made up my mind to attend your church, I shall hire a seat farther up.' The pastor's cheek burned, lie remem bered the old, solitary woman in the poor seat. 4 Father is getting money for the mission aries; don't you want to give some ?' asked the minister's little daughter very inno cently. 4 Yes dear—l'm sure I do. I've just twenty dollars of my annuity left. I was wondering how I should dispose of it, for you must know I have taken to the freak of giving it away in my old age. I can support myself by copying. Till the Lord takes away my strength, all my money be longs to him.' 4 ls not this too much said the pastor, taken quite by surprise. 4 It's the Lord's/ said the old lady; 'do with it for him, as it seemeth to thee good/ The visit was one of prolonged, of unex pected interest. The old lady repeated parts of the history of her life. She had been a wealthy, learned and ambitious wom an. Her place had been in courts, and about royalty. But terrible reverses bad chastened and elevated her and she had brought ambition, learning, and what little wealth she had, and laid them at the foot of the cross. Never did the pastor enjoy a richer intellectual or spiritual feast. The wealthy lawyer and his family con tinued for many months to attend the so ciety under Mr. Ivers, then the summer came, and they flew like birds to a water ing place. The church was never richer for them, but while the old lady, who had attracted no attention beyond a little curi osity, remained on earth, her worldly wealth, and her godly walk and conversa tion were full of untold benefit, and caus ed more than one thoughtless church mem ber to blush for their want of interest in the patched old lady who sat in the poor seat. Mammons A 12 LING OAD 2 SPRING. The bin burd sits on a swingin limb Singin—joyfully singin.— All natur jines in the corus loud To the Spring which are a springing. The grass are growin, the flours are blowin, The peach tree buds is swellin big. The ladies is dressin in their finest sattin, And the tres is puttiu on their summer rig. How i wish i was a swingin burd On a grate big blue ja limb; I'd sing the praises (in the sweetest layses) Of Spring, if i bursted with the vim. THE Er.XD. The Papal Bull of Excommunication. The text of the bull of excommunica tion launched by the Pope against the Sar dinian Government is published in the for eign papers. That is the only govern ment named in the document, hut others are glanced at in the passage, ' All those who, in the remotest degree, have partici pated in those deeds (the absorption of the Romagna into the new Kingdom of Cen tral Italy,) and also the successors in their offices are liable to such revocation, retrac tion, abrogation, and abolition of the above mentioned sins, to do so personally, in re ality, and in truth, and to give the full satisfaction they owe to the Holy See, and under no pretence to be released and freed, but to always remain bound by it until they are worthy to obtain the benefit of absolution; this we declare by the present letter.' The document is of formidable length. Is this excommunication to be re garded as a corrob oration of what Lord Macaulsy says, in bis essay 011 ' Ranke's History of the Popes,'—'She (the Church of Rome) still confronts hostilo kings with the same spirit with which she confronted Attila ?' A laughable hoax seems to have been successfully practised by some wag in Paris on the Siecle, in anticipation of the Papai bull, —namely, sending it the grotesque malediction in Tristram Shan dy, which Dr. Slop reads while ' my Uncle Toby' whistles ' Lillebullero.' Some of the other Paris papers fell into the trap, and republished the Siecle's version, un conscious of the deception. A Tragedy in Earnest. —In Wilming ton, North Carolina, on Saturday evening, Joseph S. Canady, a young mechanic, who had just purchased a dirk, while jesting with a companion, playfully struck his own New Series—Vol. XIV, No. 26. breast with the knife, crying. 44 Lay on Macduff !" llis friend told him that, he had stabbed himself, lie stated be had not, but upon looking at bis breast per i ceived the blood, when he uttered 4 *Good ; Lord !" and, falling backward in the door ; way, died almost immediately. It is sup- I posed that when he struck hiin?elf with the knile, he intended to do so with the handle, as lie had often done before, re peating dramatic quotations, and 41 suiting the action to the word." Another Southern Stoic Decision. —A case has been decided in the United States Circuit Court of Alabama, at Mobile, in which the main question as to the validity of the title of a purchaser of ne groes illegally brought to this country and sold to him. The court decided that the offence was not indictable under the laws of the United States. It held that feder al jurisdiction extended over slaves pre cisely as in case of any other property, and so long as unbroken merchandise arrives in unbroken bulk, the federal jurisdiction extends over it; but so soon as the cargo is broken and the merchandise dispersed among the several purchasers, it can only be reached by process ol" the State Courts. Hence, whatever laws Congress may enact against the original importer of African slaves, they cannot be made to apply to the purchaser who acquired the property within the limits and by the laws of an in dividual State. According to this, a negro is not like other property, stok-n menhouilite, but only becomes so when it escapes into free states. Verily niggcrdoiu is hard run even in Judicial decisions. TERKIM.B < 'AI.A MITY Three l't rsons Burmd to Dtath. —On the prairie, about ten luiics west ol' Amboy, 111., a farm house, owned by Mr. Kelley, caught fire on Saturday night, and was burned to the ground, consuming three of its inmates. — This terrible calamity can only be account ed for by the igniting of live coals in an ash pan, which was placed near a back kitchen. Ahout half-past nine o'clock on Saturday night, Mr. Kelley and his wife, who slept on the first floor, were aroused from sleep by the noise of the burning kitchen. This is about all the account of the matter that can be given, save that the children, a young lady of sevcuteen, two boys of about nine and six, were awakened and brought down stairs, only to he smoth ered in the smoke and consumed in the de vouring flames, so that nothing but a lew bones were left. Mrs. Kelley's account of the affair is that she went up stairs, arous ed the children and young lady, told thciu to follow her. and that they did so until they got into a bed room, intending to get out at a window; that the flames cut her off from the children, and knocked her down insensible; she did not recover un til she found herself sitting on the ground near the house. Mr. Kelley and his son, a young man who was quite sick, narrowly escaped, they hardly know how, consider ably burnt. Every article of clothing, bedding and furniture in the bouse was destroyed. The funeral ol the three that met so sudden and untimely a death took place at Dixon on Monday afternoon. The father, mother and sou who so narrowly es caped arc at Dixon, where they havo friends. — Amboy (111.,) Times. Male and Female Butchers. —Aterriblo affair happened recently at Shellbark, Tex as. A Mr. Stephenson sold a piece of land to General Bishop, and after the purchaser had made improvements on the land Ste phenson wanted to get it hack for the sawo amount he had been paid for it, but hia proposition was refused by Bishop. This incensed Stephenson, and accordingly he, with his wife, son,.and daughter, went to General Bishop's house, where they found young Bishop sick in bed. The wife and daughter held the sick man down while young Stephenson literally cut him to pie ces with a knife, killing him almost imme diately. While this was going on, General Bishop knocked out the eye of the elder Stephenson with a hatchet. The Stephen sons were arrested. Prepared for Accidents. —A gentleman in this city, who takes an occasional drive with his family, always goes provided with powder and ball to shoot his horse in the event of a runaway. This is a singular, but certainly a very wise, precaution. He got the idea from a gentleman residing a few miles out of New York, who, driving home one night last summer, with his wife and two chifdren in the carriage, was pla ced in imminent danger by an unmanage able horse, which had taken fright at a lantern on the roadside. In attempting to hold the affrighted animal the lines broke, and the horse dashed off at a break-neck speed. Fortunately, the gentleman be thought himself of a revolver in his side pocket, and, drawing it, shot the horse through the head. The animal staggered and feil. The occupants of the carriage were thrown out, but escaped without seri ous injury.— Lafayette Courier. A coal vein was recently discovered in Amador county, California. The stratum is ten feet thick, and equal in hardness and quality to the Peacock coal in Pennsylvania. Several tons have been teeted and found good.
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