them on deck one al a time, ied their hands behind them, as Ij o irons on board to secure them I then shaped my course for The next day I put seven of, prisoners in a whale boat, with {sion and water to Jast the and delivered the balance y cargo to the former owners days afier my arrival, the priva- 3 off the harbour of Cal J. S sohr Dolphin, Capt fannor, and Br. frigate Tartan Capt Brown, made sail In pursuit of her, put night came on—she mace her s- cape. A short ume ater that, the rewof a I'rench ship arrived in their g having been captured a little to ceward by the privateer who had rds : s m to the! the other three I took with meltesed, saying, « The soul of your loa, where 1 got in two days af- brother is now burning in hell, as 1 the devils brother reiterated his entreaties, the Curate was inexorable. A few days after, the Constitutionalist died, and the brother returned to the Curate to heg of bim to perform the funeral cer- emony on the body. The Curate re- {told you belore.—~1t would be in vain (for me to take any trouble about inter- ring his body, for during the night the devils will come and carry it away, and in forty days you, yourself, will meet with the same fate.” The Spapiard, not giving implicit credit to this dia- | bolical visit, watched during the night by the body of bis brother, with his pistols loaded. Between 12 and 1 o'clock a knock was heard at the door, and a voice exclaimed—¢ 1 command vou to open in the name of the living God ; open, if not, your instant ruin is iat hand.” The Spaniard refused to iopen, and shortly after he saw enter by a window three able bodied devils, |covered with skins of wild beasts, hav- ing the usual quantity of horns, claws, land spiked tails, who set about carry- tng the coffin containing the body.— Upon this the Spaniard fired, and shot one devil dead, the others took {light ; he fired atter them, and wound- ted both, one of whom died in a few lminutes, the other escaped.—In the morning when the people went to ichurch, there was no curate to offi ciate, and it was shortly afier discoy- jered, on examining the two delunct devils, that one was the Curate, and the other the Vicar, the wounded dev- il was the Sacristan who confessed the whole diabolical proceeding, This singular case is now before the Crim- inal Tribunal of Barcelona.” ———— Post Mastcrs.—\Ve publish for gen- eral information the following extract of a letter trom the Post Master Gen- eval, dated 27th of April, 1824 : “In all cases hereafter, when Post Masters fail to give notice of dead pa- ers to ISditars, they shall account for he postage, besides being held respon. sible to the department for viclation of their official conduct.” — Times. — Wr— Washington City, Sep. 19, The Secretary of War returned to City, yesterday, ‘from his excursion to the mountains. We understand that he was very | | | | | . : aken from the ship $60,L00, manned nd ordered her tor Chiloe. On the g ata of May, a few days belore the | beanklin left Valparaiso, the Kintanea- . a ariived at that place, prize toa rench slonp of war, who had captur. " bher off Quilica. She had been to § Chiloe, bad landed her money, and >] ‘then op ber second cruise.” Caen N. Y. Merc, Advertiser. JORRIBLE MURDER OF THE . ¥ THREE BROTHERS. ; From the Clonmel ( Irish HH. rald ) 3 bont etght o'clock on Sunday nignt t, from 14 to 15 ofthat murderous a nditti, called the Rockites, attacked t ‘house between Koockgreffon and 0 Jutragh, inhabited by five brothers of 0 he name ol Kinpeally, whom they v pt 00 severely with sticks and fire- 2 tgds, that two of them died in the . | goerse of the night, and a third early it : morning ; and the remaiving two y Bile so severcly wounded that their ra (fives ore despaired of ; the two latter »- | Hst@removed —one to the dispensary at le por, the other to the county infirm re y at Cashel. It is said that the £ alls are dread’uliy fractured; ifso. here is very little hope of their recov- ry. The skalis of those that have died were litterally beaten to mummy ; ». [afd the unhappy survivors have contin ,. Jfued specchiess ever since. Not satie| r. hed with the deed of murder, the ruf ,+ Jfians took away /30 which thess onfor. ,. Btunate brothers bad for the fair of -. faracetown, to which they intended to o Jeonest day. The only reason as yet - Qessigned for this savage murder, is, . What these ill-fated brothers lately took Oo Fa from the Rev. Ur. Bell (of this Bown, to whom it was lately surren- o gered by Mes Doberty, widow of the | te | ir. N. Doherty. Some time . lev received a threatening po- tice to quit, but expecting a security 3 t - m* the dispersion®ofie the police 2 uphout the country, #nd the saluta- d Ind speedy effects of the Insurrec- 3. fA Ct, they disregarded this Rockite z acc, and continued, fearlessly, to 9 py this fmm. The murderers, Bl, it is supposed, of being heard 3 military at New Inn, and the boring detachments ofthe police, ; fire a shot, but efltcted thet iabolical purpose by beating them. fy on w minutes afer the departure © g miscreants, the police station- "New lan, arvived at the scene of mage, and found these unhappy men sechle: sand weltering inthe blood ey found, in the house the butt end of a pistol and blanderbuss the lock fithe latter, a bat, and a notice signed aptain Rock, addressed to Police prgeant Brogan, of New Inn, who D~ ak ok Ny ne QEESFTECA a Wan tt BESth bis comrade, bdward Hemphill nd b haved so courageously on a former Beasion ; in this notice Brogan is atened to be cut as small as tobac- | \ if he does cezse his activity in in- firing the Rackites. On Monday an quest was held, when a verdict of Vilful Murder’ against persons un- wn was returned. Since the mur- of the ill-fated Shcas, this has the most attro€ious act of those lavious villians that still infest and ,d BRGet, this unhappy portion of our coun- he . fy : ne ek Sees a, 8. CLERICAL DEVILS. cy A letter from Barcelona, dated the sh S h ult. gives the following account ch JB8Rthe fatal result of an attempt on the to f@¥tcar, Curate, and Sacristan, to flay a- fe d——! with a Constitutionalist :— Hm ace In a village called Artes, nea ostalrich, un- EX yok 7 v - . me and administer the Sa ity | Die h- fe useless for me (0 confess him !’ ae S du] 1 bd the Curate gb why God himselt \ hat 1 “God has spoken to you in 4 God spoke 0 me during ye” rifice of the. m@s, and told me en ur €r was d SRE Mute with the horrid crime of mur- A ‘singular ‘occurrence has takenldiseases, to wit—mange, meazles, about twelve leagues from &c. A arcelona. A constitutionalist being|ceed from the filthy manner in Wh ithe point of death, his brother called hogs are too frequently kept. The Othe Curate, and requested him to|mange may be cured by sprinkling én craments. (the backs of the hogs, wood ashes, and 16 Curate refused saying—s« Your letting them out of a rainy day, after ther is a Constilutionalist, that is!putting oil on them—a more effectual 32Y, a villain, an impious wretch ; way is to wash them with soap suds, eemy 10 God and man, he is d without mercy, and it is there! But Who told you that my brother : “ Who told me 2” re- Cried the astonished Span- 19 answered the curate, with as-! d to alijient food for young much gratified with his visit to the summit of the Alleghany; and that there 1s every reason to believe their will be no deficiency of water on the sume level for the great projected National Canal. We rejoice thal there is no reasonable doubt of the practicability of accomplishing this great national object ; and hope the pe- riod ot its commencement and comple- don is not far distant. We understand that Mr. Calhoun was prevented, by the indisposition of one of his children, fiom proceeding, us he contemplated when he left home, ‘0 Pittsburg and Lake Erie ; butthe in liormation, we learn, is of a very satis- fac ory character, not only as to the practicability, but facil:ty of connecting the Obio and Lake Erie canal naviga- tien ; which, wheo completed, will ex tend an uninterrupted line of water communication from the Chesapeake othe Lakes.~=National Journal. TTT RT | LRU AL, { | AGRICY TO FARMERS. The fattening of winter hogs is a ‘matter of importance, and by proper management much may be saved. As soon as the Indian corn is fit to feed, ‘he hogs should be put ina pen. Rye, buckwheat, or corn ground together ; .xcellent slop for them—it should be made thick and given to them three ames a day ; and as much of the Indi- an corn as they will eat clean. Hogs should be fed little at a time, but oiten, anc great care taken not to stall them The list two weeks of feeding them, Indian corn and water are the best— their pen should be cleaned twice a week and their bed made of ciean straw—Swine are liable to a variety of .Istopping of the issues of the fore legs, The diseases, it is believed, pro- hich and then oil them—after this trouble keep them clean. For the meazles, thegflour of brimstone Is said to be good, For the stoppage of the issues in the issues in the fore legs, nothing more is necessary than to rub them witha cora cob, and then open the ’ or something of that Kind. . Bolted apples, pears, pumpkins, po tatoes and squashes, all make excel- inst. GEORGE BARTELMY CATHARINE BEST. county, at the house of John Freder- next, for building a rool on the bridge actoss Bald Eagle creck at John Fred- ericks. hoiled potatoes, pumpkins, &c. make] holes with the end of a koitting needle, It was i vain that thejthe cheapest: Every’ farmef Wholtownship at the house of Walter wishes to raise pork for the market, ought to have a boiler fixed up tor the purpose. be put into the orchard, that they may get the early ripe apples which fall be- fore the season of cider making com- mences. After barvest, hogs should [CommuNICATED.] MARRIED—On Sunday the 5th by the Rev. P. Harn, Mr. to Miss —— To Bridge Builders. ROPOSALS will be received by _ the Commissioners of Centre County, at their office in the Borough of Bellefonte, on Friday the first day of October next, for building a Ylat Bridge of two piers, over SPRING CREEK, in the Borough of Bellefonte, ninety-five feet in length between the abutments, with stope abutments and piers, ten or eleven feet in heighth, twenty feet wide, with a roof, JOHN ADAMS, JOHN HAYS, JOSEPH GILLELAND, Commissioners, Comm’rs Office, Bellefonte, } Sept. 15, 1824. To Bridge Builders. THDROPOSALS will be received by 5 the Commissioners of Centre icks in Bald Eagle towoship, Centre County, on the eighth day of October JOHN ADAMS, JOHN HAYS, JOSEPH GILLELAND, Commissioners. Comm’rs Office, Bellefonte, ? Sept. 15, 1824. Creditors take Notice, THAT I have applied to the judges of the Court of common pleas, of Centre county, for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this commonwealth, and they have appointed Monday the 11th day of October next, at the court house in the Borough of Bellefonte, for the hearing of me & my creditors, when and where you may attend if you think proper. JEHU FARR, Sept. 17, 1824. General Election. El PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS in and bv an act of th: Genera) Assemb'y ol Pconsylvania, entitled ¢« An act to regulate the Gen. eral elections within this Common- wealth,” it is enjoined on the Sheriffs ofthe different counties to give pub lic notice of such elections to be held, ind to enumerate the officers to be elected : Therefore I Josepb Butler, Sheriff, do hereby make known and give public NOTIOK to the electors of the county of CEN. TRE, that a general election will be neld in said county, on the 2nd Tuesday of October next, being the 12th day of the month, at the several election districts in said county ; at which time and place, the qualified electors of said county wili c.ect ONE PERSON to represent the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Cen- kre and Clearfield, in the CONGRESS of the United States — TWO PERSONS to repesent the counties of Centre and Clearfield in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES of this Commonwealth— TWO PERSONS for SHERIFF for said counly= TWO PERSONS for CORONER for said county— ONE PERSON for COMMIS 3 JER for said county-—anc RO PERSON as AUDITOR for said county. : : The electors of said county will take notice, that the election will be held at the following places, viz. For the district composed ol the Aaronsburg, at the house formerly occupied by Christian Meese. at the hcuse of i Miles LL .¢ town of Rebersburg Walborne, in ti land the elections of such inspector The district composed of the town- Longwell, Earlystown. The district composed of Ferguson township, at the house of Robert Pat- ton. The district composed of Halfmoon township, at the house of Joseph B Shugert. The district composed of Patton township, at the house of William Davis. The district composed of Spring township and the Borough of Belle-! fonte, at the Court house in the said Boiough. The district compcsed of Boggs township, at the school house in the town of Milesburg. For the district composed of Walk cr township, at the house of William Smyth. The district composed of Howard township, at the house of John Ligget. The district composed of Baldeagle township at the bouse of Hugh White The district composed of Logan township, at the house of Anthony Kleckner. The district composed of Lamar township at the house of James Brown. For the district compesed of the township of Rush, at the house of James M’Girk, in Philipsburg. And in and by an act of the General Assembly of this state passed the 17th day of March 1806, it is directed that the Inspectors of said General elec- tion shall be chosen by bullot on Fri- day next preceding the first Tuesday in October (being the 1st day of Oc- tober) at the several election districts, t t shall be held by the respective Con stables, who are required to give at least one week’s notice of such elec- tion, assisted by two qualified citizens, chosen by such citizens qualified to vote as shall then be present. And the inspectors chosen are required to be at the place of holding the election in their respective districts, on the day of the general election aforesaid, at nine o’clock in the morning, to do and perform the duties required of them. s And I do further make known that by an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, that every per- son who shall hold any office or ap- pointment of profitor trust under the government of the United States, whether a commissioned officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent, who is or shall be employed under the legislative, executive or ju- diciary apariments of the United Staces and also that every member of Con- gress 1s by law incapable of holding! or exercising at the Same time the office or appointment of Judge, in- spector or clerk of any election in this slate. And the return judges of the res. pective districts aforesaid, are requir- ed to meet at the Court house iu the Borough of Bellefonte, on Friday next alter the second Tuesday in October, then and there to perform those thing. required of them by law. GIVEN under my hand at Belle. fonte, this 10th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twen- ty-four, and 49th year of the In- dependence of the United States of America. Joseph Butler, S/4'f. Proclamation. WHEREAS in and by an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitied # Anact to regulate the Gen cral elections within this Commeoen- wealth,” it is enjoined on the Sheriff's of the different counties to give public notice of such elections to be held, and to enumerate the officers to be elected : Therefore I Greenwond Bell Sheriff, do hereby make known and give public NOTICE to the electors of the county of Clear- field, that a general election will be beld in said county, on the 2nd Tuesday of October next, being’ the 12th day of the month, at the several election districts in said county ; at which time and place, the qualified electors of said county will elect, ONE PERSON to represent the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Cen: tre & Clearfield, in the CONGRESS of the United States— TWO PERSONS to represent the counties of Centre and Clearfield in the House of Representatives of this Commonwealth— ONE PERSON for COMMIS SIONER for the said county—and ONE PERSON as AUDITOR for the said county. The electors of said county will take notice, that the election will be held at the following places, viz. hold their general election at house now occupied by John Cr Becaria townsbip. ning at the mouth of Wheatland | aod running to the Mushannon ¢ forms an election district—the ton to be held at the house of George Smell. ge of Lawsence township in the cous! aforesaid, lying on the waters of Si namahoning, beginning at the portt cast corner of Clearfield county, then west to the district line between John Canon and Hunter’s district, thence south by said line to a beach a corner J of surveys in the name of George Meade, No. 5294 and 5295, thence north all along said line to the place of beginning, the election to be held at the house of Levi Hicks in Gib township. ed of Pike township to hold their g eral election at the house o Blair, in Curwenville. election at the town of Clearfield. township shall hold their election the house of Jacob Mawre township. 8 side of Gibson township, to a line run- ning north and south and parallel with the line between the townships of 1, Gibson and Fox, and about three miles from said line between the townships 3 aforesaid so as to include the two § first ranges of surveys, the electo thereof shall hold their general eles CEO FIBRIN 3 The district composed of Brac ownship, lying north ofa line The district composed of that pe The electors of the district com] of Jam The district composed of Lawrence owoship shall hold their gene The district composed of Covingt The district composed of Fox town- 1 hip, and all that part on the west § tion at the house of James Green. And in and by an act of the Gene Assembly of this state passed the 17th | day of March 1806, it is directed that |. the Inspectors. of said General elecs tion shall be chosen by ballot on Fri- | 4 day next preceding the first Tuesday in October (being the 1st day of Octo= ber) at the several election districts and tbe election of such inspector shall be held by the respective Constables, who are required to give at least © week’s notice of such election, assisted by two qualified citizens chosen by such citizens qualified to vote as shall | then be present. And the Inspectors | chasen are required to be at the place | of holding the election aforesaid nine o’clock in the morning, to do 8 petform the duties required of them And I do further make known that | by an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, that every persen who shail hold any office or appoin ment of profit or trust under the gov ernment of the United States, whether a commissioned officer or otherwi a subordinate officer or agent, who or shall be employed under the legi lative or judiciary apartments of th United States and also that every mem ber of Cougress is by law incapable o holding or exercising at the same time the office or appointment of Judge, in. spector or clerk of any election in this state. And the Judges of the respective election districts aforesaid, are requits ed to appoint one of their number in cach district as a return judge to meet at the Court bouse in the town of | learfield, on Friday next alter the 2nd | Tuesday in October ; and the judges shall appoint one of their number to | meet at the Court House inthe Bora ough of Beliefonte on the 7th day after with the certificate of the votes given : Fos congress and members of Asseme | ly. in GIVEN under my hand at Clears | field this 8th day of Septembe 1824, and the 49th year of the In dependence of the United Stat of America. GREENWOOD BELL,Sh’ , Hatting Busincsge. Respectfully informs the citiz of Centre county, that he continues carry on the above business in all § various branches, in his sho nearly opposite James M’Ghee’s Blae smithshop in the Borough of Bejje. fonte. All orders in his line of bysic ness will be thankfully received | panctually attended to, TWO YOUNG MEN, about ig years of age, who €an come wel] commended, will be taken as tices to the above business, if a tion is made immediately. Beilefonte, Sept. 10,8824, PPU a Caution. HEREAS my wifa CATHA. WR RINE bas eloped from my] bed and board, and refuses to live Becaria township, and that part of Biadiord township lying south of an Wheatland Run, and running to the Mushaiion creek, forms an election shoats, and much The distiict composed of Potier east line becinning at the mouth of] with 1ae, this is to caution all persons not to. trust ber on my account as [ am determined not (0 pay any deb of her contracling. a DAVI Se Pi district ; and the electors thereol shall po : D TEMBLE 4 Potter townshi 8 E 3
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