THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
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New A.dvertiseraents.
Sheriff 's Sales, by G. Miller.
License Notices, by D. Caldwell.
Register's Notices, by Et'. Glazier.
. Prospectus of Littell's Living Age.
.oiy- Mt. 'Vernon Saloon, by John Wearly.
. Notice to Boatmen, by J. J. Lawrence.
Are-Improved Breed of liorses, by A. 'Lewis.
.may Mountain Female Seminary, by I. G. Grier.
Select School at Marklesburg, by A.B. Brumbaugh.
tki?.. The Paris Mantilla Emporium, by J. W. Proctor &
Co., Philadelphia.
Shades, Cords, Tassels and Dalley's Fix
tures, for sale at Lewis' Book & Music Store.
DEATH OF POSTMASTER GENERAL BROWN.-
A. V. Brown, Postmaster General, after an
illness of several days, died in Washington
on Tuesday last.
Hon. Joseph llolt, Commissioner of Patents,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.-This
body assembles at Harrisburg to-day, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the of
fices of Surveyor General, and Auditor Gener
al. The feeling of the great majority of the
party is, that the Convention will make no
platform that will endanger the success of
the candidates. If true friends of the party
have control of the Convention, we may ex
pect good results—but if politicians, who are
Democrats only for the plunder, should force
upon the party an objectionable platform, we
would not give much for the chances of suc
cess of the Convention's nominees. Wehope
for the best.
The Post Office Bill.
Some idea of the importance of the post
office appropriation bill may be formed by
the following synopsis of its contents :
For inland transportation of the mails, $12,633,000
For compensation of post-masters, 2,375,000
For compensation of clerks,
Miscellaneous expenses,
For deficiencies and arrearages for the present
fiscal year,
Total,
It is by far the heaviest of all.the appro
priation bills, to such magnitude have the op
erations of the Department arisen under the
present and the late Administrations. It is
remarkable that though the bill passed at the
last session provided nearly the same gross
amount of $20,000,000, the arrearages for
the - very fiscal year covered by that bill
amount to nearly $4,000,000. But in addi
tion to this there is paid $700,000 for the Cali
fornia and Oregon mails via Panama, and
$280,000 by way of Tehuantepec.
Pennsylvania Legislature
[Correspondence of The Globe.]
MONDAY, March 7. SENATE.—Petitions
and remonstrances presented: Two of citi
zens of Pennsylvania, praying the enactment
of a law to prevent the surrender of any hu
man being as a slave ; for the new county of
Ligonier ; one for the abolition of the office
of County Superintendent. Bills in place :
one relating to fees of Registers of Wills and
Recorders of Deeds; relating to appeal from
the judgments of Aldermen and Justices of
the Peace; authorizing Courts of Common
Pleas to appoint trustees of sales of real es
tate in case of partition.
Housr.—Petitions and remonstrances: six
from Cambria county, for the repeal of the
tonnage tax ; seven of citizens of Clarion
county, for a law submitting the continuance
of the present Common School system to a
vote of the people ; one from citizens of Dub
lin township, Huntingdon county, against
being annexed to Fulton county ; two from
the townships of Jackson and Shirley, against
any change in the manner of collecting taxes;
two against fishing with seines and nets in
the Aughwick Creek; several for the aboli
tion of the office of County Superintendent.
Bills reported: relating to fees of Justices of
the Peace ; relative to distribution of the pro
ceeds of real estate sold. by the Sheriff; rela
tive to Courts of justice.
TUESDAY. SENATE.—Petitions, Scc.: two
for the passage of a law prohibiting fishing
with seines or nets in the Aughwick creek and
its tributaries ; one of citizens of Mount
Union for a law declaring the streets of said
town public highways; two from Huntingdon
county against any change in the manner of
collecting taxes in said county ; several for
and against the repeal of the tonnage tax.—
Bills reported : requiring notice of sales of
real estate by executors and other trustees to
be given by handbills; providing for the
challenging of jurors in civil cases; relative
to the limitation of actions ; requiring pay
ment of road and school taxes by electors at
the township elections; relative to the parti
tion of real estate in the several Courts. The
'bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Orphans'
'Wart in cases of testamentary trusts, passed
finallY. A bill relative to the publication of
the opinions of the Judges of the Supreme
Court in certain cases, passed second reading
HOUSE.—A bill repealing certain road laws
in the township of Jackson, in the county of
Huntingdon, passed finally. A bill to incor
porate the Media Bank of Delaware county,
was lost on . third reading, yeas 28, nays 55,
also the supplement to the act incorporating
the Mount Joy Savings Institution, by a
1 vote of 16 yeas to 58 nays. A long debate
ensued in the consideration of a further sup
plement to the act incorporating the Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad, in - which the
propriety of inflicting a tax .upon tonnage
passing over the road was discussed.
WEDNESDAY. SENATE.—Prayer by Rev.
Martz. A. bill attaching the farm of Samuel
Gladfelter in Taylor township, Fulton county,
to Clay township School District in Hunting
don county, was reported from the commit
tee with a negative recommendation. A bill
was read by Mr. Turney, relative to verdicts
and judgment in ejectment. The act estab
lishing a general banking law was defeated.
The bill authorizing the publication of mi
nority of opinions of the Judges of the Su
preme Court passed finally. The bill author
izing the payment of the claim of John C.
Couch of Huntingdon county, passed finally.
HO'USE.—Prayer by Rev. Hay. The vote
negativing the bill incorporating the Media
Bank was reconsidered and the further con
sideration of the subject postponed for the
present. A bill abolishing the office of seal
er of weights and measures in several coun
ties (including Huntingdon) passed, finally.
The Governor returned, unapproved, with his
objections, a billincorporating the City Build
ing Association of Philadelphia. The bill
erecting a new county to be called Pine after
being variously amended was negated. •
THURSDAY. SENATE.—Prayer by Rev. Col
der. Mr. Schell read in place a bill author
izing the payment of the claim of Andrew
Wise for lumber delivered on the canal for
the use of the Commonwealth. The bill re
pealing certain road laws in Jackson town
ship, Huntingdon county, passed finally. A
bill was read "a supplement to an act ena
bling joint tenants, tenants in common, and
adjoining owners of mineral lands, to man
age and develop the same.
HOUSE.—Prayer by Rev. Bartine. Peti
tions &:c.: For the new county of Legonier;
for a law requiring Commissioners to ap
point Constables collectors of taxes ; two
from Dublin township, Huntingdon county
to annex a part of said township to Fulton
county and one against the same ; several for
and against the abolition of the office Of Coun
ty Superintendent. Bills reported: To pay
the claim of S. Miles Green of Huntingdon
county; to prevent the killing of wild turkeys
in said county ; for the better preservation of
game and insectiverous birds ; fixing the
standard weight of oats. ,
FRIDAY. SENA TE.—A large number of pe
titions were presented for the passage of a
law requiring banks to keep their notes at
par in the cities of Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh. Mr. Schell presented a remonstrance
from citizens of Huntingdon county against
any change in the manner of collecting taxes
in said county, and one against the annexa
tion of any part of said county to Fulton
county. A supplement to the exemption law,
commonly known as the $3OO law, was under
consideration and was postponed.
Housa.—A bill authorizing the Governor
to commute the death penalty in certain
Icases was negatived. The House refused to
continue the salary of Samuel Hazard, edi
tor of the Colonial Records.
1 SATURDAY. SENATE not in session. Pray
er by Rev. Miles. The session was occupied
in the consideration of private and local bills.
JITNIATA.
950,000
629,000
3,838,000
$20,425,000
Educational.—School Visitations
BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Donation School.—Baton Green, teacher ;
49 scholars ; attendance good ; ra read and
write; 12 study mental arithmetic; written
arithmetic 13 ; geography 7 ; grammar 3; al
gebra 1. House good ; deportment of schol
ars good,
West School.—Wni. Stewart, teacher; 33
scholars ; attendance good ; 29 scholars read;
17 write ; 12 study mental arithmetic ; writ
ten arithmetic 12 ; geography 2 ; grammar
3 ; history U. S. 4. House middling ; order
in school good.
Independence School.—S. Silknitter, teach
er ; 29 scholars ; attendance middling ; 23
read; 20 write; 8 study mental . arithmetic;
written arithmetic 16; geography 3; grammar
7 ; house middling.
Metz SAbol.—J. H. Miller, teacher; G 8
scholars; 50 read; 35 write; attendance good;
14 study mental arithmetic; written arithme
tic 15 ; grammar 4. House poor ; order good.
Roxberry ,SChool.—John McCarthy, teach
er ; 62 scholars ; attendance middling ; 56
read ; 39 write ; 39 study arithmetic ; geifia
phy 10 ; grammar 20 ; house middling,'W
small ; deportment of scholars good.
Centre School.---Jno. Livingston, teacher ;
39 scholars ; attendance good; order good ; 29
read ; 25 write ; 10 study arithmetic ; geog
raphy 2 ; grammar 4. .
Mill-Creek School.--Wm. McCarthy, teach
er ; 84 scholars ; attendance middling ; 50
scholars read and write; 27 study arithme
tic ; geography 5 ; grammar 2 House poor.
If my engagements were not pressing, it
would be well to review the Educational af
fairs of Oneida and Brady, and inform the
teachers, why the Superintendent's are "brief
and unsatisfactory" to them ; but I cannot
this week command the time,
ONEIDA TOWNSITIP
BRADY TOWNSHIP
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GLOBE•
LEwns:—ln my last letter I intimated
some further remarks upon the Southern part
of our county, particularly my former place
of 'writing. Scottsville contains a dozen or
twenty families, two churches, two stores, a
mill, one Common School, but no alderman—
no common council. In the earlier "Geolog
ic Ages," Pluto seems to have had much
to do with the foundation, or rather the local
ity of the place. A vast amount of fragmen
tory rocks are scattered here, there and every
where, so that if you were to go 'out after
night, you would need a boot insurance com
pany to preserve your understanding.. If you
were to attend a public meeting, you would
observe a number of fair young women and
brave young men and you would wish them
to take to heart all the good advice given
them, that they should be not only the repre
sentatives of society, but the very ornaments
of it. You would also observe here," as in
other small towns and villages, young men
and boys without number, living without any
definite objects- before them, living without
any plans or resolutions for the future, seem
ingly to say, "Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof. I rest on the lap of time until
she shall make a man of me, and dress me
with the habiliments of success." You would
then pause and reflect upon the reality of so
many young men growing up without a suf
ficient anchor for their manly powers, with
out a sufficient inducement for enterprise—
without a sufficient reward for industry. He
who cultivates a field does a good a.ct ; he who
teaches others to cultivate it does more; but
he who will essay plans of life for young men
in rural district where the resources of the
soil are not sufficient to emulate and engage
the activity of genius, will do more than the
Baron with his acres, the banker with capi
tal, or the general with his army. I could
write with interest to myself on this subject,
and may advert to it again, in notices of oth
er villages in my wanderings.
The mineral
. springs of Scottsville, are no
misnomer, or matter of speculation. A mere
taste of the water is sufficient to convince
you that they are nearly equal to the waters of
Bedford. Should the " Shermans
or "Pacific extension" ever traverse this vi
cinity, these mineral springs will become a
famous resort and source of profit.
From Scottsville I went down Hill Valley, up
Hares Valley, and then down Smith's Valley.
If you were acquainted with the romantic
appearance of these rural retreats, you might
conjecture that I had seine nick-nicks for
sale, and was ambitious to explore regions that
the little Jew peddlers have never penetrated.
Hill Valley is narrow, and extends a dis
tance of about fifteen Kniles_from Scottsville
to Mt. Union, as you will see on Mr. Cristy's
map. Its name is quite appropriate, but it
contains some good farms and thrifty far
mers. Hares Valley contains but little land
valuable for cultivation. Smith's Valley
again looks farmer-like, and is chiefly a good,
red-shale land.
If you were to get acquainted with the
people, you would not find these retired parts
devoid of interest, especially if you can enjoy
life as it was in "ye olden time." Here you
would find honest industry (and some few
otherwise,) trying every expedient for the
support of a family : you would find parents
teaching industry and frugality to their chil
dren ; and children obeying their parents in
all things, as a matter of right. In one of
these rural regions, I noticed with considera
ble interest a lonely widow attending to the
affairs of the farm, "that the boys should lose
no time from school." Seldom have I obser
ved parents looking forward on the current
of time, with such real anxiety for the fu
ture welfare of theirchildren—a widow's only
hope. Before the family circle is broken pa
rents naturally look forward to fame, to con
spicuous places for their children ; and often
times their anticipations are a vanity of van
ities. But the thoughtful widow takes an
humbler view of life, and perhaps more pru
dent. She is contented that her little flock
shall all do well without doing better. To
this end her whole energies aro bent; her
spirit forever yearns ; her 'very soul gathers
new life from every ray of light, and strength
from every little success. As one disappoint
ment after another rolls a heavy stone upon
the heart, still she clings to new expedients
as the sailor clings to the last plank when
the surges close around him. "Hope, eter
nal, springs in the human breast. Man never
is, but always to be blest."
WlLLlAmsrowr, Lycoming co., Pa., I
March 2, 1850.
FRIEND LEWIS :—Bunyan used to talk
about his fingers tingling and his thoughts
miming from his brain along his arm, and
out through his pen upon the paper; and the
world to-day is better and wiser on account
of his writings. Now, although I do not ex
pect to instruct as did " the dreamer," yet,
perhaps I can find something to write that
will at least, entertain your numerous read
ers—l shall tell you something about my trip
from Huntingdon co., and give you a short
sketch of matters about this place. On Mon
day morning last, we took the train a short
distance west of the "Ancient Borough" for
Harrisburg. Passing over this part of our
route as smoothly as persons generally ride
on a railroad, we reached the capitol a little
after noon. How we had hoped to dine, as
a long ride on the cars had made our appetites
as sharp as Prof. Chaplin's razors, but in
this we were doomed to disappointment, for
we had just time.to procure our tickets for
:Williamsport on the Northern Central Rail
road, and get aboard the cars before starting
time. We were fortunate enough, however ;
to get a few apples from a lad, to allay the
clamorings of the "inner man." Then away
we went across the wild waters of the Sus
quehanna. The scenery up the river for
many miles, Is magnificent, but must be seen
to be appreciated. I cannot mention every
thing worthy of note along the road. At a
little station, away up the river, I observed a
diminutive grocery, with quite a conspicuous
sign on the top of it. This is the inscrip
tion :
"This is the house that Jack built,
help mo through the - world."
An odd looking old customer stood in the
doorway, gazing at the cars, and looking for
all the world, as if be were the veritable Jack'
himself. We had no chance to patronize
him, but hope if any of the readers of the
Globe should ever pass that way, they will
give the old man a "lift." After many a
jolt, such as all who ride on a rail must ex
pea, we arrived at the end of our journey.—
Williamsport is a thriving town on the West
Branch river, and has within the last ten
years increased from about two to eight thous
and of a population. She has quite a number
fine churches and public schools. Dickinson
Seminary—under the control of the East
Baltimore Conference—is a large edifice of
brick, and erected on an eminence command
in a view of the town and surrounding
country. We visited the Institution, and
were much pleased with the arrangement of
the buildings. The members of the faculty
have gained for themselves a high ruputation,
and are doing much to advance the cause of
education.
Lumbering seems to be the business of most
importance to the place, and many hands are
constantly employed in the extensive planing
and sawing mills. This place is the terminus
of the Northern Central Railroad, and is at
the junction of the Catawissa, Elmira, and
Sunbury and Erie Railroads. The sur
rounding country is generally productive,
and the people are industrious and enterpris
ing. I will have more to say next•week.
There are several features of this notable
tragedy which the public journalists should
not pass over without comment.
I.st, then, as to the "sudden passion" under
which the act was committed. It is reliably
stated that the letter which led to the catas
trophy was not the first intimation Mr. S.
had of his wife's infidelity. That letter was
but one of a series, being more explicit than
others. More than a year ago, according to
Forney's Press, the intimacy between Mr.
Kcy atti Mrs. Sickles led to difficulty and the
interchange of notes between Key and Sick
les. Articles of separation were drawn up
between Sickles and his wife on account of
that intimacy, but a reconciliation took place
and Key was once more admitted to the inti
macy of a friend. A friend of Mr. •Sickles
from New York once warned him of the im
proper relations between his wife and Key,
and was abused for it. It seems, therefore,
that Mr. S. had had such information as
should have put him on his guard, and takes
from him in some degree the excuse of pas
sion aroused by the development of a sudden
and hitherto unknown state of facts.
2d, as to the sense of "injured honor"
which impelled Mr. Sickles to the act of vio
lence. There are pretty strong indications
that this was Pickwickian. It is by no means
certain that Mr. S. himself was even circum
spect as a husband. He is alleged by those
who know his antecedents to have been lax
in his morals, and to have held in light es
teem the sacredness of the marital relations.
It is alleged that he married his wife under
circumstances that should have led him to
be careful how he put frail virtue in the way
of temptation. . His conduct after mar
riage, it is asserted, was such as would have
justified acts of violence on the part of his
wife, to avenge "injured honor," quite as
much as on his own part. The "honor" that
could voluntarily disgrace itself, could not be
seriously impaired by the conduct of another.
Mr. Butterworth's statement also reveals
the peculiar view of honor taken by Mr.
Sickles. Prior to the homicide, and when
counseling and advising with Mr. S. with re
gard to the course he should pursue, Mr. B.
remarked that he thought the misconduct of
Mrs. S. "was known only to one or two per
sons beyond mere surmise," and counseled
him to put her away-quietly, for the honor of
his little ones and her friends, Mr. S. replied
that their conduct had been so reckless that
"all the negroes in that neighborhood, and I
dare not say how many other persons, know
all about the circumstances." Mr. B. reiter
ated his opinion, and said if it could be kept
from the public, Mr. S. must not do anything
to destroy that possibility. Mr. S. responded
that it was city talk, and could not be con
cealed. Then, replied Mr. 8., if that be so,
there is but one courseleftfor you as a man of
honor. It is evident from this that it was
not the evil itself which stung Mr. S. to mad
ness, but its publicity. And this accords
with what might by the views of the injuries
inflicted, in one. whose notions of individual
purity of life are so lax as Mr. Sickles' are al
leged to be. Though the injury to his honor
were ever so aggravated, could it have been
concealed, Mr. Key might have been permit
ted to live, and Mrs. S. sent quietly into re
tirement. The publicity was what whetted
the appetite for revenge not the injury per se.
3d. The subsequent treatment of the par
ties. Knowing the outrage Mr. Key had
committed, the treachery to friendship, the
irreparable ruin of innocence and domestic
happiness lie had wrought, Mr. Butterworth,
as he tells us himself, went out from Sickles'
presence, crossed the street, took the scoun
drel by the hand of friendship, and chatted
familiarly with him as a friend and equal.—
When Mr. Key is slain, and the cause of the
homicide is known, ho is endorsed by learned
and eminent judges and lawyers as a man of
the highest respectability ; his virtues and
abilities extolled ; his loss deplored in lach
rymose eulogies ; his coffin strewn with flow
ers—the emblems of purity; and his corpse
attended to the grave by pomp and parade,
and a long train of distinguished and-promi
nent individuals. Instead of a quiet burial,
ALPHA.
Truly Yours,
The Sickles Tragedy
suitable to the seducer of virtue and the
destroyer of domestic
. peace, his funeral is
turned into an apotheosis of virtue and a can
onization of respectability.
Mr. Sickles—his hands red with the blood
of assassination, spilled to revenge the pub
licity of injury rather than injury itself—
goes to the house of the Attorney General,
and thence to the Presidential mansion,
where he is kindly received and condoled by
the chief magnates of the nation ; and being
committed to prison, holds daily levees in
his cell; receives dispatches of sympathy from
all parts of the country; calls - from Judges,
Senators, Ambassadors, the chief officers of
the Government, and even a letter of sym
pathy from the Chief Magistrate himself'!—
Honor is conferred on a man who, whatever
may have been the provocation, is in the eye
of the law a murderer. The homicide is the
martyr, and a tremendous stream ofsympathy,
turned upon an honor injured mainly by
publicity.
Nor was any heroism displayed by him.—
The homicide was the result of moral coward
ice. The injury it seems might have been
supportable without so sanguinary an atone
ment, had it been concealed ; but the man
who could have endured it thus, yields to his
fear of what a scandal-gossiping public might
say, and shoots down the scoundrel. It
would have required moral courage and a
sublime forbearance, in the face of this pub
licity, to have taken refuge under the law,
put from him one who had dishonored her
self, and looked to it for the punishment of
the seducer. But who shall say that his
honor would not have been better maintained
and his sense of injury more nobly vindica
ted by such a course ?
The only parties who appear to have been
disgraced by this-transaction are Mrs. Sick
les, who had the bad example of a husband
to palliate her shameful infidelity, and the chil
dren of both Key and Sickles, who had no
part in the crime or its results. Mrs. Sick
les has become amoral leper, shunned and
avoided by all but her relatives. She is ab
solutely and irretrievably disgraced. And
yet, much as we reprehend her course, there
are some facts which entitle her at last to re
covery of position, if penitence and reforma
tion may warrant it. She was married young ;
she had the had precedent of a husband to
lead her to dishonor ; she was thrown into
the way of temptation ; exposed to the arts
and insidious influences of those who know
how to undermine the self-respect and mod
esty which are the safe-guards of virtue ; her
husband took no pains to snatch her from
the perils which beset her, though warning
was given; on the contrary he threw her into
the midst of it, and almost handed her over
to the attentions of the one who wrought her
ruin. We do not mention this as justifying
her conduct. Her punishmenti is deserved,
and is likely to be fully meted out. We re
mark upon it as showing the difference of
treat;nent bestowed upon two equally guilty,
if reports be true. The one is an outcast,
the other is petted ; one is deserted, the other
feted ; she is execrated and despised, he con
doled and honored. The one was guilty of in
fidelity alone, the other of infidelity and mur
der; she yielded to temptation, he gave the
precedent. If his honor could only be satis
fied with blood, had she no injuries to com 7
plain of, no honor to maintain ? Unless he
was entirely innocent, shall she be entirely
guilty ? If the virtue was not all his, shall
the vice be all hers ? By no means. The
contempt that drives her into disgraceful re
tiracy, should scourge him into an equal pri
vacy. If they have equally sinned, they
should be put on an equal footing of pen
itent
probation.—Piltsburg Dispatch.
LEROY
From the report of the Trustees of the Lu
natic Hospital at Harrisburg, we learn the
occupations of the inmates to have been as
follows:
Sailors,
Students,
Farmers, 199
Tailors, 12
Laborers, 1.56
Apprentice, 1
Brick-maker, 1
Coopers, 7
Lumbermen, 4
Umbrella-make; 1
Dyer, 2
Tobacconists, 4
Clerks, 11
Musician, 1
Merchants, 22
Boatmen, 2
Saddlers, 2
Machinists, 2
Lawyers, 6
Stonecutter,
Printers, 3
Wheelwrights, _ 3
Moulder,
Cabinet-makers, 5
Carpenters, 12
Clergymen, 4
Miners, 11
Teachers, 8
Physicians, 8
Shoemakers, 13
Wife of Carpenter, 7
Do. Chairmaker, 1
Do. Miller, 3
Do. • Shoemaker, 7
Do. Tailor, 2
Do. Mason, 3
Do. Engineer, 2
Do. Physician, 5
Do. Pedler, 1
Do. Lumbermen,2
Do. Farmer, 74
Do. Lawyer, 1
Do. Blacksmith, 5
Do. Labdrer, 34
Do. Clerk, 8
Do. Merchant, 19
Do. Tanner, " 2
CATUOLICISM" IN TUE UNITED STATES.—The
Metropolitan Catholic Almanac for 1859,
states that in 1808 there were in the United
States 2 bishops, 64 priests and 80 churches,
e., church edifices. Ten years later there
were 10 bishops, 232 priests, and 230 church
es. At the close of the next decade there
were 17 bishops, 432 priests, 907 churches.
At the present time there are 45 bishops,
2103 priests, and 2324 churches. An esti
mate of 800 members to each church would
give 1,867,200 as the Catholic population of
the United States,
ItEwxs Cass.—Gen. Cass is said to be in a
most critical situation, and his death may be
looked for at any moment. Ills physical con
dition is represented to be at the lowest ebb,
while his mental faculties appear as bright as
ever. Tie is attended by. his daughter, who
watches over him with the most tender care.
State Lunatic Hospital
Glass-Blower, 1
Book-binder, 1
Boat-builder, 1
Plasterers, 2
Blacksmiths, 6
Masons, 8
Weavers, 5
Lir'ry stable-keeper,l
Peddlers, 2-
Pain tors, 4
Mari ties, 3
Artist, 1
Author, 1
Tinners,
Butchers, ' 4
Millwright, 1
Gold-beater, 1
Nailers, 3
Paper-maker, 1
Miller, 2
Coach-trimmer, 1
Barber, 1
Dentist, 1
Gas-fitter, 1
Engraver, 1
Innkeeper, 1
Soldier, 1
No occupation, 53
FE.II.\.LES
Wife of Clergymen, 4
Do. Miner, 5
Do. W'glit, 1
Do. Fuller, 1
Do. Baker, 1
Do. Printer, 1
Domestics, 12
Tailoress, 1
Seamstresses, S
Housekeeper, 1
Teachers, 5
farm ers'4la ughters,3o
Milliners, 2
No occupation, 179
.11Qr A naval officer, writing from Hong
Kong to the Philadelphia Ledger, the follow
ing incident, illustrative of the ingenuity of
the Japanese in mechanical contrivances.—
"Before leaving Japan we saw a Most inter
esting display of winter evening amusement
for children." One of our Dutch friends had
presented us with a small box, containing
what looked like several hundred pieces of
broom straw, from three-eights of an inch to
an inch in length, "Throw one of those in
that cup of hot water," he said; We did as
desired, and it had no sooner touched the sur
face than it expanded into a perfect repre
sentation of a Japanese woman in full dress.
Another proved to be a very buffalo like-cow;
a third was a sword, and a fourth a handsome
walking cane. "Throw in a dozen at a time,
said our friend. Of course we complied, pick- ,
ing them up at random, and all proved to be
different. There were houses, dogs, short
tailed cats ; horses, trees and flowers; and I
suppose had-we thrown in half the box, we
should have seen duplicates of ahnost 'ettity
thing known to the Japanese. As it was,
however, we curbed our curiosity, divided
the contents of the box. between us, and stow
ed them away in our rooms for the purpose
of astonishing the natives at home."
Er The Michigan city Enterprise says
there is a man living in that county—Mr.
L. D. Philips—who received a patent about
seven years since for a submarine boat, and
who will propably receive from the English
Government half a million dollars for the use
of this vessel. The London Times speaks of
it in terms of the highest praise. A few years
since there was much talk about thiS boat ;
but we have heard nothing concerning it for
some time past, until the statement of the
London Times appeared, showing that it is
probable Mr. Philips will at least be compen
sated for:long years of toil, and the inventive
genius which enabled him to produce the
vessel in question. The boat can be sunk,
with several men in it, and be propelled un
der water, remaining there several hours,
without any communication with the surface.
It can be made to rise and sink at pleasure,
rapidly or slowly, so that it would become in
time of war one of the most etfejlive and
destructive of all destructive engines. Wo
congratulate Mr. Philips on his probable
success.
Baltimore Conference
APPOINTMENTA FOR JIII\ZIATA DISTRICT roll
1859.— GEORGE GUrER, P. E, ; Hollidaysburg,,
John 11. C. Dosh ; Altoona, Samuel Creigh
ton ; Woodbury, C. Graham, W. A. Houck ;
Schellsburg. C. Cleaver, W. W. Brim ; Bed
lord, Samuel Barnes ; Bedford Circuit,
W. Black, J. W. Buckley; Coalmcnt, A. J.
Bender, Emory Buhrman ; Cassville, J. A.
Coleman, J. F. Brown ; Huntingdon, A. M.
Barnitz ; Manor Hill, A. A. Eskridge, 0.
Tarring Gray ; Williamsburg, Thomas Barn
hart ; Birmingham, Justus A. Melick, John
D. Brown ; Phillipsburg, Henry Wilson, J.
B. Scarboro ; Curwensville, and Clearfield,
Wilson L. Spottswood ; New Washington,
Edmund W. Kirby, Hugh Lynn.
.A SEwssrxoN PREACEIER.-11. correspondent
of the Baltimore Christian Advocate, relates
of a New York Minister, who desired to make
a sensation in preaching on the crucifixion.
He instructed the sexton, when he got to part
of the discourse where he describes the dark
ness overspreading the heavens, to draw down
the gas, giving light only enough to make the
darkness visible. The sexton, however, awk
wardly put the gas out altogether, which so
confounded the preacher that he was unable
to proceed. Some of the trustees of the
church hurried to the sexton in the lobby,
and inquired what was the matter. Greatly
to his chagrin and mortification, as well as
that of the preacher, he was obliged to ex
plain.
.110" The exhibit of the affairs of the post
office department, prepared by the direction
of the President, were submitted to him on
Saturday. It shows that the means of the de
partment are insufficient to meet the demands
due on the quarter ending on the 30th of De
cember last, and that the department is al
ready nearly six months in arrears. It is es
timated that the present deficiency is at least
five millions,
rt-Zr" See advertisement of Prof. Wood's
Hair Restorative in another column.
See advertisement of Dr. Sanford's
Liver Invigorator in another column.
Q TRAY HEIFER
Came to the premises of the subscriber at Colerain
Forges, Franklin township, about the middle of October
last, a red Heifer, with white along the back and belly,
supposed to be about four years old. The owner is reques
ted to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take
her away, otherwise, she will be disposed of according to
law. .7011 - N BROWN.
Feb. 2, 1659.*
THE NEW BOOK,
STATIONERY
AND
MUSIC STORE,
HOW OPEX7
The subscriber respectfully informs all concerned, that
he has fitted up a room in the "Globe" building, and that
he has received and is now opening a good assortment of
LOOKS and STATIONERY, which he is determined to sell
at fair prices, and he invites the public generally, to give
him a call.
Having made the necessary arrangements with publish
ers, any Book wanted and not upon his shelves, will be
ordered and furnished at City prices.
As lie desires to do a lively business with small profits,
a liberal share of patronage is solicited.
Huntingdon, Dec. 15, 4858. MI. LEWIS,
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FOR flux AT LEWIS' BOOK STORE..
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Ha7pers' Arm Monthly Magazine.
Peterson's Ladies' .National Magazine:
Godey's Lady's Book.
Mil
The Great Republic.
All the above Magazines can be had reg-alarly every
month, at Lewis' Book and Stationery Store.
THE PRESBYTERIAN PSALMIST.
hiym A ns o c ni c e ti rresly
tunes a es dapted to + n o
t t l i l ' e c tr P n s innta a t n e ' s t
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LEWIS' BOOK STORE.
JUST 'RECEIVED
AND FOR SALE,
- A_ new 61 oct. sliding desk iron frame Ballet
& Davis
• PIANO,
AT LEWIS' BOOS, STATIONERY AND MUSIC STORE
RACING MUSLIN,
DRAFTE.VG AND DRAWING PAPER,
While and Colored Card Paper,
For sale at
LEWIS' BOOK ct STATIONERY STORE.
UITARS, 'VIOLINS, Bows, Screws,
kJ - Bridges, Strings, Rosin, &c., 44 . . e., for sabiat '
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