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ASSEMBLY,
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon
GEO. IV. SPEER, of Shirley
TREASURER,
JACOB MILLER; of Huntingdon
COMMISSIONER,
J. W. GALBRAITH, of Shirley bor.
DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR,
DAVID BARRICK, of West
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
SAMUEL T. BROWN, of Huntingdon
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
ROBERT McBURNEY, of Jackson.
AUDITOR,
N. K. COVERT, of Springfield.
New Advertisements.
.4"kW - Notice, by M. Strous.
4 Concert, by B. 31. Greene.
. For Sale, by J. J. Lawrence.
Jfii2' Wanted, by Marsh, of Phila.
Xta- Auditor's Notice, by A. W. Benedict.
/Jai - Pall and Winter Clothing, by M. Gutman Co
" Extra Pay."
"Truth is said to be slow of foot."
"I demand at the hand of every truth-loving man the
whole truth to be told, and if I am injured by it I cannot
complain."—Richard Benson Wigton.
In his desire for the truth to be told, we
shall gratify Mr. Wigton a little. We have
been favored in the Journal, with the amount
received by Africa during the two sessions
which he served as Clerk of the Senate, and
now we propose to examine the account of
Mr. Wigton, as member of the louse of
Representatives.
B. WIGTON :
No. of miles circular 261--mileage,
Salary,
Stationery,
This amount of $764 60, was charged and
received by Mr. Wigton. Enormous as this
sum appears for 101 days services, the amount
is not the most objectionable feature in the
bill. lie has charged for 264 miles circular,
the half of which being the number of miles
direct, is 132.
According to the official list of members of
the House of Representatives, Mr. IVigton's
Post Office was Coalmont. Ms former resi
dence was Orbisonia, his present residence
Huntingdon. From these places, his mile
age would be as follows, viz:
From Harrisburg to Coalmont by Railroad
125 miles at 30 cents, $37 50
Ct " Orbisonia 97 m. at 30ets., 29 10
CC CC " Huntingdon 97 m. at 30ets., 29 10
Thus it will be seen that it he resided at
either of those places, he has fraudulently
represented his number of miles too great,
and has abstracted from the Public Treasury,
money that he was not entitled to receive.
And there is no apology for the commis
sion of this fraud. Everybody here knows
the distance from Harrisburg to Huntingdon,
Orbisonia or Coalmont, and a man of Mr.
Wigton's knowledge could not be ignorant of
the correct distance.
Mr. Burley, the member from Blair county,
who resided at Tyrone, charged 117 miles,
and Mr. Wigton, living in a county nearer
Harrisburg, charges 132 ! Oh ! Honesty !
Oh ! Consistency !
Here we have this model of honesty, in the
dirty, MEAN business of robbing the Com
monwealth of a few dollars mileage. Pretty
conduct, truly, for such an honorable man !
If any person doubts the correctness of
these statements, he can be satisfied by exam
ing page 1160 of the Journal of the House
of Representatives. A copy can be seen at
the Prothonotary's office.
NOT AT ALL STRANGE—To see certain edi
tors who, not three months ago denounced
Douglas as a Black Republican, now trying
to sneak into his confidence. Before three
months more, a. majority of them will claim
to have been his friends when he most needed
them, and after kis election in '6O, they will
be the first at the door of the White House
begging for office.
Mr. Buchanan has declined a re-nomina
tion—he is out of the ring. Mr. Brecken
ridge declines a nomination—he is there
fore also out of the ring. Judge Black is
now being brought forward, but as it is rath
er late in the season for him to get into the
ring, the course is clear to the only Demo
crit who can bo elected, and that man is
Stephen A. Douglas. We may be mistaken
in the strength of the "Little Giant," but
the daily rise in Douglas stock in every State
in the Union, certainly indicates a great
change in public opinion in his favor.
Aar " You charge Inc with travelling with
a free pass on the railroad. Did you not
know that Mr. Africa did the same ?" Wig
ton.
Yes, we knew that you both had passes on
the railroad. We know that you defrauded
tho Commonwealth in charging your mileage.
We know that Mr. Africa DID NOT.
ATTACU'T EXECUTIONS,
EXECUTIONS,
DEEDS,
MORTGAGES,
JUDGMENT NOTES,
NATURALIZATION D'KS,
JUDGMENT 'BONDS,
SILERIET,
$3O 60
700 00
25 00
$764 GO
Vas''The fact that the Globe is still alive,
appears to surprise a few of our very warm
friends. Those most interested—politically
as well as pecuniarily—regret that at the
proper time there was not a united effort to
crush us out. Then, (with the aid of.a Luci
fer match,) our establishment might . have
been razed to the ground, but now as we
have the whole (including our book store) in
sured, if it falls, it will fall to rise again, a
terror to corrupt party men, speculators in the
trade, and high prices.
To our friends indeed, who have stood by
us in time of need, we return our sincere
thanks, and we assure them that the health
of our establishment is as promising now as
it ever has been. This truth, we know, will
be good news to 'the hundreds of warm and
political personal friends we have in this
county, but worm-wood to the scabby would
be party leaders who seek every opportunity
to injure us, politically and pecuniarily.
The Globe is continued at $1 50 a year,
and 75 cents for six months. Our Job Office
is most complete for plain and fancy printing
of all kinds, and our stock of cards and paper
not surpassed by any establishment in the
State. Our book, stationery and music store
is furnished with a large and well selected
stock of miscellaneous and school book, sta
tionery of the best, sheet music, musical in
struments, &c., &c. Prices reasonable.—
Give us a call, and we will try to accommodate
and please you.
P. S.—Potatoes, peaches, apples, eels,
snapping -turtles, cabbage, pumpkins, &c.,
&c., received as presents as usual, free of
charge.
lid The Journal and American have been
exerting themselves for two or three weeks
past to make it appear as clear as mud, that
J. Simpson Africa is an Infidel. We regret
the course those two papers have pursued
towards Mr. Africa. Their party is strong
enough to defeat him without resorting
to means discreditable, not only to themselves,
but to their party. Here, where Mr. Africa
is known, their charges cannot injure him,
but on the contrary will secure him votes from
some of the most devout christians in the Op
position party. Mr. Africa is not an Infidel,
and we do not believe there is an inquiring
man in this community that believes him to
be one. It would be a blessing to this town
if a large majority of its citizens could show
as clean a record as Mr. Africa.
The Republicans of New York, in
Convention have refused all connection with
the Americans. The same feeling exists in
this State. The " Peoples' Party" may hold
their wings together during the present cam
paign, but 1860 will find them in confusion,
each contesting separately for power and the
spoils. There can be no combination against
the Democracy in 1860. The extreme Re
publicans of the Seward school cannot frater
nize with the Americans.
Tin GOVERNOR.—A number of our Demo
cratic exchanges are busily engaged manu
facturing candidates for Governor. The fol
lowing have been named :—John Robbins
and Wm. White of Philadelphia, John Cress
well, of Blair, Jacob Fry, of Montgomery,
Henry D. Foster of Westmoreland, and IL B.
Wright, of Luzerne.
Dar Nimrod Strickland has retired from
the editorial chair of the Pennsylvanian, and
his place has been supplied by G. IV. Baker,
brother to the Collector of the Port of Phila.
Nimrod is sharp enough to get on shore be
fore the mud-scow and its crew goes down.
Great Fire at Chicago---$500,000 Worth
of Property Destroyed.
The most disastrous conflagration that has
occurred here since the great fire of 1857,
took place last night. It broke out about
nine o'clock in the stable of F. Metering &
Co., entirely destroying it with its contents,
including four valuable horses. The flames
then spread to the blacksmith shop No. 45
Canal street, and from thence spread in dif
ferent directions, consuming the entire block
bounded by Clinton, North, Canal, West,
Lake and Fulton streets. From this block
the fire communicated to Blatchford's Lead
Works, and thence to the Hydraulic Mills.
This, together with the block bounded by
North, Jefferson, Clinton, Fulton, West and
Lake streets, was entirely destroyed.
From the north-western corner of Fulton
and Canal streets the fire was communicated
to the lumber yard of Ryerson & Miller, con
suming nearly three million feet valued at
$40,000. Thence the fire spread to the lum
ber yard of L. Sutherland, destroying the
entire stock, valued at $1.0,0011 The fire
next attacked a lumber yard adjoining, con
suming two million feet. The machine shop
of Mason & Co., corner of North, Canal and
Carroll streets, was totally destroyed.
From Ryerson's lumber yard, the fire com
municated to the Vulcan works of Warring
ton & M'Arthur, and thence to the Vulcan
Boiler works, destroying the block bounded
by Fulton, Carroll, Clinton, and North Jef
ferson streets. .Two adjoining blocks were
partially destroyed. The principle losses are
as follows :
J. M. Cochran, Audabon house, loss $60,-
000, insurance $30,000; Blatchford Lead
works, loss $60,000, insurance $40,000 ;
Cochran & Baker Cleveland house, loss $37,-
000, insurance $27,000 ; Avery & Co., loss
$40,000, insurance $25,000; Hydraulic Mills,
$lO,OOO, no insurance ; Walter Lull, lumber,
$20,000, insurance $5,000 ; E. A. Rucker's
Plaining Mill, $7,000, no insurance.
The total loss is probably not less than
half a million, and total insurance will not
exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. The greater part being in New York,
Providence, Hartford and Springfield com
panies.
A large number of the buildings destroyed
were dwelling houses and comparatively of
little value. The origin of the fire has not
been ascertained. Two firemen were slightly
injured by falling walls.
CIIICAGO, Sept. 16
The Great Agricultural Fair at Chicago.
Fifty thousand people assembled—Fine dis
play of Cattle—Senators Douglas and Crit
tenden present—Great enthusiasm for " the
Little Giant."
[Correspondence of the Press.]
CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 1859.
The annual fair of the United States Agri
cultural Society is attracting thousands of
strangers to this city. A fair of any kind
out in this Western country, where amuse
ments are scarce, is a popular institution and
will draw, hut the fair of the United States
Agricultural Society, which the country folks
regard as something even superior to le grand
exposition at Paris, held in the great city of
Chicago, presents inducements sufficient to
draw visitors not only from the most remote
parts of Illinois, but also from the surround-.
ing States, and even from the distant East.
The eleven .or twelve railroads which lead
into the city have been doing a wonderful
business, every train which arrives consisting
of six or nine cars loaded down with human
freight. I came down from Milwaukee yes
terday, and the seven cars which composed
the train were so crowded that standing room
could hardly be found in the aisles of the
cars. It is estimated that there are at least
fifty thousand strangers in town, and the cry
is still they come. The hotels are all full.—
The Tremont House accommodated seven
hundred and eighty persons last night, and
expects to lodge twelve hundred to-night ;
and the Richmond House, Briggs House,
Massasoit House, Matteson House, Sherman
House, Adams House, and other hotels all
filled to their utmost capacity.
The wonder is where the crowd you see
every few minutes issuing from the railroad
depots will find room in the thronged city ;
and I am inclined to think that if the people
continue to come in as thick and fast as they
have been doing within the past forty eight
hours that some of them will be obliged to
camp, out on the open prairies. Every effort
has been made to afford sufficient accommo
dation for visitors, and an enterprise has been
started called the National Fair Registry of
fice which advertises to provide good accom
modation for five thousand strangers, at from
fifty cents to two dollars per day. All is life
and activity, and the streets are as full of bus
tle as Broadway, N. Y., or Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. The shopkeepers are reaping
a rich harvest disposing of their goods at pri
ces to suit themselves, and evidently would
not object to having a national fair in opera
tion the whole year round with the same cir
cumstances attending it. As it is, they will
share among them some two or three hun
dred thousand dollars during the week it is
open.
The fair grounds are situated on a flat
prairie, on Cottage Grove fivenue, adjoining
the property . of Senator Douglas, and within
a stone's throw of Lake Michigan. They are
about three-and-a-half miles distant from the
Tremont House, to the centre of the town,
and a half mile from the lager beer gardens,
which are called the outskirts. The enclo
sure contains about forty acres, and the ar
rangements and exhibitions are, in fact, a
third or fourth edition of the fair of the Uni
ted States Society at Powelton, in your city,
some years ago, which your readers will all
remember.
The display of fine stock is said to be large,
and, from appearances, I should judge it to
be, having strolled around the grounds and
had a back view of the cattle, as they stood
in their stalls ; but not being skilled in such
matters, I am unable to give you an account
of the fine points which the eye;of the farmer
delights in discovering, and the examining
committee's in rewarding with silver medals
or other marks of their distinguished appre
ciation. The most noticeable thing to me on
the grounds or in the town is the crowd, and
the interest and curiosity with which every
body examines everything on exhibition.—
The ladies throng the halls, as the shed erec
ted fur the display of goods which might be
injured by exposure to the weather are called,
and admire quilts of huge dimensions and
wonderful patterns, and other fancy articles
of fine art, whilst the gentlemen inspect the
machinery, farming implement, Devons and
Durhams, Jacks and Jennies, the fast nags,
the sheep, &c., and both unite in a stroll
through the promological department and ad
mire the mammoth beets, pumpkins, potatoes,
and other vegetables, and the luciuus pears,
apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruit there
exhibited.
The fair is very creditable to the society, to
the city of Chicago, and to this section of
country, and the stranger from the East who
visits it cannot fail to feel astonished when
he is furnished with evidence sufficient on
every hand to convince
,him that the people
out here in the far West, as we are used to
to call it, are ahead of their Eastern brethren
in the branches of agriculture, whilst they
are rapidly competing with them in all the
branches of mechanics, manufactures, and
art. There are very few entries from the
East, owing, no doubt, to the trouble and ex
pense of shipping goods, etc., this distance ;
besides I believe these fairs generally repre
sent the character and productions of the
section of country in which they are held,
and seldom, if ever, the whole country, though
they are managed by a national society, and
are called national fairs.
This is the third day of the fair, and the
various committees are busy examining the
cattle and horses entered. Monday was de
voted to receiving and arranging the goods
and stock for exhibition, and yesterday the.
inaugural or opening ceremonies took place,
commencing with a procession in which the
military born a prominent part. Senator Crit
tenden, of 'Kentucky, who happened in town
on his way home from a trip to Minnesota,
delivered the opening address, and was fol
lowed by Senator Douglas who, on the part
of the Society, welcomed the visiters to the
fair and to the city.
To-morrow, Friday and Saturday, are sot
aside for the trial of the steam plough, and
other agricultural implements, and also the
fast horses, a number of whom, it is said,
will compete for the $l,OOO prize. It was
expected and reported that Flora Temple and
Princess would be entered, and many have
come here expecting to see them, but I have
heard nothing of their arrival as yet.
A large number of prominent men are in
town, among whom are several Republican
Senators and members of Congress who go
to Minnesota to try and persuade the people
of that State to leave off their Democratic
habits of thought. They are ravenously
hungering after the spoils of the next Con
gress, and hope to increase the plurality they
already have in the next House by the aid
of the two members from that State. If
what I heard this morning from a gentleman
just returned from Minnesota prove true, they
will be disappointed, for the Democracy have
no idea of defeat.
Senator Douglas leaves this city on his re
turn East to-morrow evening, stopping at
Wooster, Ohio, to address the Democracy
there on Friday, and• then proceed immedi
ately to Washington, without further delay.
Since his arrival here on Sunday morning
he has been visited by many thousands of
people, and the ball of the Tremont House
leading to his rooms is constantly .filled with
those who desire to see him and have a shake
of his band. No man, since the days of
Jackson, has obtained so complete a control
of the heart of the people, and the wild en
thusiasm which his presence everywhere ex
cites shows how thoroughly the sentiment in
his favor has spread itself among the masses.
I hear that he has been invited to address
the Democracy of Wisconsin during the pend
ing canvass and has consented to do so, at
Milwaukee some time next month, when be
again visits the West. X.
A Woman Murders her Husband and
Son, and Commits Suicide.
A fearful tragedy occurred last Sunday a
week, at a lonely farm house, three miles
from Versailes, Riply county, Indiana. The
premises were occupied by a.• farmer named
Windsor, his wife, and a son, the latter aged
fourteen years. It seems that the man and
woman lived unhappily together, and their
frequent violent altercations were a subject of
comment to the neighborhood. Upon the af
ternoon of Sunday, their daughter, who had
been upon a visit to a neighboring acquain
tance, with whom she remained several days,
returned home, and entering the house was
paralyzed by a sight of such intense horror
as almost to deprive her of reason. °Exten
ded upon the floor, weltering in their blood,
lay the bodies of her parents and her brother.
The man was lying upon his face near the
hearth with his head nearly severed from his
shoulders ; the body of the boy lay in anoth
er part of the room with several murderous
cuts in his head, and close by the bloody
weapon, a sharp axe, with which this double
deed of horror had been consummated. In
the kitchen adjoining, was the body of the
wretched woman, her throat severed from
ear to ear, and a large butcher knife, with
which she had taken her life, still clasped in
her hand.
It is conjectured that while the husband
was in the act of kindling a fire upon the
hearth, his wife seized the axe and dealt him
the fatal blow, which nearly severed the head
from the body, and then turning upon her
son, who, from being in his night clothes,
had evidently in alarm just arisen from his
bed, she despatched him with the same
weapon, after which she rushed in the nest
apartment, and concluded the tragedy by the
sacrifice of her own life.
The poor girl, who is the sole survivor of
the ill-fated. family, has received so severe a
shock from the scene which was so unexpect
edly revealed to her that she has ever since
been bordering upon insanity.
Death of Dr. C. 3. Hirst
We find in the Alleghenian, the following
notice of the death of our esteemed friend,
Dr. Hirst :
" It is with feelings of unfeigned sorrow
we announce the death of Dr. C. J. Hirst,
who departed this life at Galesburg, 111., on
Sunday, the Ist inst. He had but lately left
his home in Altoona, Pennsylvania, for a
wider field of labor in the growing West; yet,
alas, how true we often find it, that man
proposes, but God disposes." His new home
had been to him little else than a bed of sick
ness and of suffering, terminating only in
death. He leaves a most inestimable widow
to mourn his early end. We cannot but
sympathize with her in this great loss, and
pray that the good God who promises to be
a husband to the widow, will be very near to
her in this her time of need. In his private
and professional career, Dr. Hirst had won
the esteem of all by his manly deportment
and earnest efforts in behalf of morality and
religion; and to those who knew Lim we
need only add the following lines, which will
find an echo in every heart :
" He in his duty prompt at every call,
He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ;
And a .9 a bird each fond endearment tries,
To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies,
Ile tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way."
Successor to Mr. Crittenden
The Kentucky Age says :
Not the least gratifying result of the re
cent election of this State is the fact that
John J. Crittenden will be succeeded in the
United State Senate by a Democrat. Al
ready several journals, in various portions of
the Commonwealth, have presented the names
and claims of distinguished gentlemen, any
one of whom will fill the exalted position
with honor and dignity.- We, too, have our
preference, and in presenting our choice, we
do not pretend to detract one iota from the
pretensions of other gentlemen, whose names
have been mentioned in this connection.
For the first time in a period of thirty
years, Kentucky's voice in the United States
Senate will be Democratic. The Legislature
that convenes at Frankfort in December next,
will elect the successor of Mr. Crittenden.—
To that Legislature we present the name of
John C. Breckenridge. One of the most
graceful, eloquent, and convicting orators,
Kentucky bas ever produced; beyond all
question the brightest star in the political
firmament; a gentlemen of strict Morality ;
the very pink of chivalry and soul of honor,
he would take the lead in the Senate, and
once more Kentucky would occupy the proud
position of having furnished the most accom
plished gentleman, the greatest Statesman,
and the most eloquent orator to the National
Council of the people. It is not our purpose,
at this time, to detail the claims of Mr. Breck
enridge upon the Democracy of Kentucky.—
That is a " labor of love" which we will re
serve until another time. We simply desire
to put his name before the people as one
worthy to be trusted and honored by them.
DEATII BY SNAKE-BITE.—We learn that on
Thursday of last week, about one o'clock, a
little boy of six years—son of John Weaver,
who lives about two miles above Bald Eagle
Furnace—followed a cat to the lower end of
the garden; when a rattlesnake bit him eleven
times, just below the knee. Another little
brother called to his father, who was at some
distance, that his brother was bitten by a
snake. The father ran, picked up the child
and put some clay on the wounds, for they
were bleeding profusely ; be then carried it
to the house, but before reaching the house,
the child became deathly sick, vomited cop
ously, and was soon entirely helpless. A
physician was sent for, but about nine o'clock
the next morning, death put an end to the
little fellow's sufferings. It is thought that
the fangs of the snake bad struck a leading,
artery, which carried the poison throughout
the child's entire system at once, so that noth
ing could be done for him when the physi
cian arrived.-7,p•oite Star.
THE GWIN AND BRODERICK DUEL.—It is
reported that Senators Broderick and Gwin,
of California, will, when the election in that
State is over, fight a duel. In their case,
says the Cincinnati Commercial, it will be
impossible to patch up "an amicable and
honorable adjustment." If a duel is fought,
the challenge, as the case stands, must come
from Broderick. He was speaking within
the bounds of propriety of Gwin, when the
latter, hearing that his opponent had used
disgraceful personalities, retorted, as he sup
posed. The fact was, Broderick had not
used the language that provoked Gwin to
heap unpardonable insults upon him. But
a quarrel between them was from the first of
the canvass seen to be inevitable. Broderick
declared that when he opened the campaign
that he would not be drawn into a duel. He
knew there were a dozeu desperadoes, each
ready to put him out of the way. Among
these might be counted Pen Johnston and
Gov. Denver. The present presumption is,
that after the election, Broderick will have
satisfaction out of his Senatorialscolleague.
It may be regarded as certain that if the
" Lime Pointer," and the " Five Pointer,"
as they respectively denominate each other,
meet on the ".field of honor," the firing must
continue until one is dead or disabled.
OLIVER SMITH'SWILL-MARRIAGE PORTIONS
FOR THE MILLION.—Many years ago, Oliver
Smith, an old bachelor who resided in one of
the towns in Hampshire county, Mass., left
the bulk of his property to be managed by
trustess until it should amount to $400,000,
when one-half of the income was to be annu
ally given to twenty-one boys who should
faithfully perform certain conditions of the
will ; one-fourth to eighteen girls ; one eighth
to fifty-four young women for marriage por
tions, and the remaininc , eighth to the same
number of indigent and deserving widows.—
The required sum will be reached in October
next, and accordingly, about $lO,BOO will
hereafter annually be distributed among the
boys—about $516 apiece, making quite a prize
for these who are lucky enough to secure it;
as this distribution is to be an annual thina,
an army of boys will in time be furnished
with a handsome sum to start life with. ; ,$5,-
400 will be distributed among the girls—s3oo
apiece ; $2,700 for marriage portions, making
$5O apiece, whiCh will pay fur many of the
necessary "fixings ;" and the same sum ($5O
apiece) to the widows. The trustees of the
fund are annually elected, like all other town
officers, and the principal of the fund is mainly
loaned upon real estate in the various towns
of the county. We are unacquainted, with
the prescribed requirement fur obtaining the
prizes.
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.—Under this
head the Cincinnati Commercial says :—A
day or two since a workman, descending a
well which had been excavated on Barr st.,
was overpowered by the noxious gas, and be
came insensible. A light was let down, and
as immediately extinguished from the same
cause, when one of his comrades proposed to
descend to his assistance, but was prevented
by the foreman who wisely remarked, that
one man could be rescued more easily than a
couple. As speedily as possible he procured
a quantity of unslacked lime, which he cast
into the pit, and then dashed a pale of water.
The good effect was evident in a brief space
of time, for a pull at the rope was felt, and
the man was drawn to the surface, having
fortunately escaped any ill consequence from
the remedy which had been used to dispel
the carbonic acid gas.
A SNAKE AMONG THE POULTRY.—A corres
pondent of the Fredericksburg Herald, -writ
ing from Madison county, Va., mentions the
following as "a fact" which occurred there
recently. It is one of those "facts" which
are stronger and harder to believe than mod
erate fiction :
" A lady hearing an alarm in her hen house
proceeded to ascertain the cause, and found
a very large black snake. She sent immedi
ately for husband, who shot its head off, and
upon examination found it contained three
eggs, seven chickens, and had swallowed a
hen as far as the wings. A few days after
another was killed in the same place, and its
body contained fifteen eggs.
gEr Twenty-six clergymen of Philadel
phia, (Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Meth
odist, German Reformed and Dutch Reform
ed,) have united in an address to "Christians
of all denominations," in which they propose
that the first Monday in October next be set
apart as a day of special prayer " that God
would grant that His believing children may
be made perfect in one, and that by the op
eration of the Holy Ghost, all Christians
may be so joined together in unity of spirit,
and in the bonds of peace, that they may be
an holy temple, acceptable unto Him."
DR. HAMPTON'S
COMPOUND DIURETIC PILLS,
are highly recommended by eminent Physicians, as a safe,
certain, speedy and permanent cure for Gravel, Strictures,
and all other diseases or derangement of the bladder and
kidneys. Price fifty cents per box:- Sent to any address
free on receipt of price. Address
DR. J. T. HAMPTON & CO.,
No. 405 Spruce street, Philadelphia.
Also, Proprietors and Manufacturers of
Dr. Hampton's Anti-Rheumatic Mixture,
Medicated Cough Syrup,
The Great Desideratum or Hair Restorer.
August 24, 1859-2 m.
11.00FI.A.NIPS GERMAN BITTERS.
THEY ARE ENTIRELY VEGETABLE,
And free front Alcoholic Stimulant, and all injurious in
gredients; are pleasant in taste and smell, mild in their
operation, will expel all morbid secretions from the body,
give bloom to the pallid cheek, and IteKlth and vigor
the frame.
They will cure DYSPEPSIA.
They will cure NERVOUS DEBILITY.
They will cure LIVER COMPLAINT.
They will cure JAUNDICE.
They will cure DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.
They will cure CONSTIPATION.
They will cure PILES.
They will cure HEARTBURN.
They will cure SWIMMING OF THE HEAD.
They well cure FLUTTERING OF TILE HEART.
They are prepared by Dr. C. M. JACKSON, 418 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa., and sold by druggists and store
keepers in every town and village in the United States,
Canadas, West Indies, and South America, at 75 cents per
bottle.
NERVOUS DISEASES CONTROLLED
AND CONQUERED.
Of all the various ills that detract from the enjoyment
of human life, most of them may be traced to a disordered
condition of the nervous system. The horrors of Epilep
sy, or Fulling Sickness, arise in most cases from this cause.
Our readers may remember, on several occasions before,
we have alluded to the wonderful cures, or modifications
of Fits, made by the Vegetable Extract Epileptic Pills, in
vented and prepared by Dr. Seth S. fiance, of 108 Balti
more street, Baltimore, Md. We feel fully satisfied that
these Pills have cured some of the most subborn cases of
Epilepsy, as well as the milder forms of Fits, such as se
vere Cramps, Spasms, &c. We now record the fact, that
persons will find these Pills equally efficacious in curing
every form of nervous debility ;—no matter whether man
ifested in the acute and excruciating form of Neuralgia,
Tic-Doloreux, or Nervous Headache, the misery of Dys
pepsia or Indigestion, the sufferings of Rheumatism or
Gout, tho melancholly hallucination of depressed spirits
or hysteria, their effects will be equally happy and certain.
Persons in the country can write to the inventor, and
have the medicine forwarded to them by mail. The prices
are, one box, $3; two boxes $5; twelve boxes $24; and
sent to any part of the country, free of postage. Direct
your communications to SEnt S. HANCE, 108 Baltimore
street, Baltimore, Md,
MARSHALL'S PATENT SHOE
, MAILER'S ASSISTANT LAST HOLDER.
ThiS machine is designed to hold a Boot or Shoe of eve
ry size, and also in every desired position, for Pegging,
Sewing, Paring Off, Buffing, Setting up Edges, &c., thus
rendering it unnecessary for the Operator to hold his
work either in his hands, upon his knees, or against his
breast. He can stand or sit at pleasure. It has also a
Lap-Iron attached. The whole apparatus is strong, dura
ble, light, compact and portable.
By the use of this machine, the business in question is
greatly facilitated, and also rendered one of the most
healthful and pleasant occupations among the mechani
cal arts.
The above Invention needs only to be seen to be appre
ciated.
STATE AND COUNTY EIGHTS FOR SALE BY
T. W. MAYILEW,
Lancaster City, Pa..
. 1 3EZ" SEND FOB A CIRCULAR.9SZ
Juno 8,1859-6 m.
NEW ERA.
As times and seasons have changed, so has the.
firm of Love & McDivitt changed to T. P. LOVE.
His old friends and patrons and ail now ones, will finds
him TIME! at his old stand in Market Square, willing:
and ready to accommodate all, at cash prices. Country
produce, and cash in particular, taken in exchange for
Goods. Call and see.
The business of the old firm will be settled by T. P"..
Love, and persons knowing tliemselves indebted, will con
fer favor by calling immediately.
Notes taken (where no money can be had) in exchanger
for old accounts, by
Huntingdon. June 1, 1859
READ ! READ !! READ ! !.!
ESENWEIN'S AROMATIC BALSAM,
Is a remedy not to be excelled for the relief and cure of
those maladies incident to tho Summer Season, viz:
DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA OR CHOLERA MORBUS . , VOMIT-
!NG, ACIDITY ON THE STOMACIT, etc
Its excellent Carminative powers, pleasant taste and.
soothing influence, renders it a valuable remedy in Infan
tile diseases, peculiar to the Second Summer, viz :—Choi
era Infantuni, etc. It has a reinvigorating and tonic in
fluence on the system, allaying inflamatiou where it exists
in the stomach and bowels—and on trial will be found in
dispensable to the well being of every family. It will be
found as well adapted to Adults as Children.—Try it.
Prepared only by
A. ESENWEIN, Dispensing Chemist,
N. W. Cor. NINTH & POPLAR Ste., PitanwriLt.
RCir•PILICE 25 cts. per Boma:.
.13. Sold by J. Read, Huntingdon, and by Druggists
and Storekeepers generally.
May 25, 1859-Iy.
HK. NEFF, M. D.,
•
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OFFICE, Hill street, opposite Dr. Lucien, offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Huntingdon tuol vicinity.
April 13,1853.
MEDICAL SCIENCE.
The history of "lIOOFLAND'S GERMAN BIT
TER,"•the most remarkable medicine of the day, and
the many cures that have been performed with it in cases
of LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DE
BILITY, and diseases arising from a disordered liver or
stomach, place it among the most astonishing discoveries
that have taken place in the medical world. The diseases
to which these Bitters are applicable are so universal, that
there are but few of our friends who may not test their
virtues in their own families or circle of acquaintances,
and prove to their own satisfaction that there is at least
one remedy among the ninny advertised medicines, deser
ving the public commendation. It is a fact that, in the
minds of many persons, a prejudice exists against what
are called Patent Medicines; but why should this prevent
you resorting to an article that has such an array of tes
timony to support it as Moolland's German Bitters? Phy
sicians prescribe it, Why should you discard it? Judges,
usually considered men of talent, have and do use it in
their own families. Why should you reject it? Clergy
_men, and those the most eminent, take it; why should
not your Let not your prejudice usurp your reason, to
the everlasting injury of your health; if you are sick, and
require a medicine, try these Bitters.
These Bitters are prepared and sold by Dr. C. 31, Jack
son, No. •11S Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., and by drug
gists and storekeepers in every town and village in the
United States, Canadas, West Indies, and South America,
at 75 cents per bottle. See that the signature of C. M.
Jackson is on the wrapper of each bottle.
May 11, 1859-Iy. _
GREAT ARRIVAL
OF BOOTS AND SHOES,
LEVI 'WESTBROOK,
Has just opened one of the best
stocks of BOOTS AND SHOES that ever came to-the an
cient borough. Ladies, gentlemen, old and young, can
not fail to be suited at his Store. For every style of La
dies' and Gentlemen's wear, manufactured of the best ma
terial, call at Westbrook's.
LASTS, AND MOROCCO SKINS.
AIso—HATS and CAPS for Wen and boys.
His assortment of goods is too large to enumerate. Call
and examine for yourselves.
Don't forget that his Store is now two doors east of the
" Globe" building.
Huntingdon, May 4,1859.
tBRICKER'S
o BRICKER'S
J. BRICKER'S ,
31.4.31510T11 STORE
MAMMOTH STORE
MAMMOT.I.I STORE
IS THE PLACE
IS TUB PLACE
IS THE PLACE
FOR DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, Sc
FOR DRY GOODS, HARDWARE ; &c
FOR DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, &c
JACKSON HOTEL,
RAILROAD STREET,
HUNTINGDON, PA
JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
Travelers. and citizens of the county, are informed that
no pains will be spared to make them feel comfortable and
at home at this noose. [April 6, '59.
AT ANSION ROUSE,
HILL STREET,
HUNTINGDON, PA
CHRISTIAN COUPS, Proprietor.
My old patrons and the traveling public iu general, ma)
expect warm receptions and good accommodations.
April 6, MO.
F RANKLIN HOUSE,
HILL STREET,
HUNTINGDON, PA
W. & H. WILLIAMS, Proprietors.
The beet accommodations for man and beast. Give us a
trial and be convinced. [April 13, '59.
R. ALLISON MILLER,
8 1alas'
DE YTIST,
Has removed to the Brick Bow opposite the Court House.
April 13,1859.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
AT THE
111A311110T11 STORE!!
J. BRICKER has returned from the East with a tremen
dous Stock of Goods. They are upon the shelves in his
New Booms, on Hill street, near Al'Ateer's Hotel, ready for
customers.
His Stock consistS of every variety of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
DRY GOODS, GENERALLY,
GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE,
•
HARDWARE AND GLASSWARE,
CROCKERY AND CEDARWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS,
And everything to be found in the most extensive stores.
His Stock is New and of the Best, and the public are in
vited to call and examine, free of charge.
Huntingdon, June 1, 1859.
FOR THE LADIES.
A superior article of Note Paper and Envelopes,
suitable for confidential correspondence, fur sale at
LEWIS' BOOK (6 STATIONERY STORE.
UTCHER-KNIVES and Carvers, in
great variety, for sale at the hardware Store of
JAMES A. BROWN.
LANK BOOKS,
OF VARIOUS SIZES, for Sale at
',ETV'S' BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE.
- VELOPES-
By the box, pack, or lees quantity; for sale at"
LEWIS' BOOK AND STATIONERY STOIa;
T. P. LOVE.
HATS AND CAPS, &c.,