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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, Dec. 9, 1868.
WM. LEWIS,
EDITORS
fIUGII LINDSAY, }
frhe "Globe" has the largest number of
readers of any other paper published in the
county. Advertisers should remember this.
PARTICULAR NOTICE,
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to this office will please make
payment on or before the first day of
January next. Printer's accounts are
small and should be Bottled at least
once a year
W The Electoral College met in the
Senate Chamber at Harrisburg on last
Wednesday. The voto of the Electors
Was unanimous for Grant and Colfax.
,gam-Gen. Grant has been moving
about seeing the sights. Ile was in
Massachusetts last week, and was
everywhere handsomely received.
Sfe•Congress met again on Monday.
Tho session will end 4th of March.
President Johnson's last message will
bo sent in to day or to morrow. Many
important questions will come up dur
ing the winter and be acted upon.
e_The United States Senator gaos•
tion has been worked up in every part
of the State until it is almost impossi•
ble even to guess who will stand the
best dome of an election. Mr. Scott
is not losing—he is gaining strength
every day.
,sta_The news from the plains is en
couraging. A. single column, it ap
pears, has accomplished more in a
month than the united forces on the
plains achieved in years under the ope
rations of other and loss energetic and
earnest leaders. General Ouster's ex
ploits on the north fork of the Watchita
river read well. One hundred and fifty
three captured. The loss to the troops
was twent,y.one killed and nineteen
wounded. Formerly it cost the Gov
ernment on an average half a million
to kill an Indian outright. By the
present plan five or six millions will
restore perfect order to the borders.
In other words, General Sheridan does
more with a hundred dollars than oth.
er men did with a million.
WO-General Grant, it appears, is not
only tot a seeker for office, but neith•
or has he any desire to be a bolder of
office. It is alleged that he favors an
amendment to the Constitution limit
inetbe President to one term. Per
haps, when he has had four years ex
pc,,ienee as President, ho may change
his views; but at present we can see
no use of changing the good old cus
tom, as far as the Presidency at least
is concerned, of giving a second term
to one who has shown his capacity
and honesty for the position, and who
has received the sanction of the people.
Refer to Lincoln's time, and looking
over the whole Union; who could wo
have found more worthy, and whom
could we have trusted. If Grant re
stores peace and keeps rebels in cheek,
the people will trust no ono else alter
his four years are ended, and he will
be obliged to respect the will of the
people as much then as he was to ac
cept it now.
EXEMPTION OF MORTGAGES FROM TAX
ATION.—The law passed by our State
Legislature at the last session exempt
ing certain obligations contracted in
the purchase or improvement of real
estate, went into practical operation
on the first instant. This wo regard
as a most beneficent enactment, as its
provisions will enable borrowers of
money upon real estate, to obtain it
more readily and upon better terms
than would otherwise have been the
case. It was a question with the Leg
islature whether the lawful rate of in
terest should bo raised, or some of the
burdens on money invested in mortga
ges and judgments- removed, and it
was to meet the difficulty that this law
was passed. It is as follows :
AN ACT to promote the improvement of
real estate by exempting mortgages and
_ other money securities from taxation,
except for State purposes, in certain
Counties of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That
all mortgages, judgments, recognizan-
Cos and moneys owing upon articles of
agreement for the sale of real estate
made and executed alter the passage
of this act, shall be exempt from all
taxation except for State purposes;
and that from and after the first day
of December next, no taxes of any de
scription shall be assessed or collected
except for
. State purposes, on or from
mortgages, judgments, recogoizances
or moneys owing upon articles of a,gree
markt for the sale of real estate, wheth
er made and executed before or after
the passage of this . act : Provided,
That nothing in this-act shall be con
strued to apply to mortgages, judg
ments or articles of agreement given
by corporations : Providing, That this
act shall only apply to the counties of
Berke, Schuylkill, Luzerne, Clearfield,
Allegheny, York, Delaware, Montgom
ery, Chester, Lancaster, Huntingdon,
Fulton, Bedford, Blair, Lebanon, Clin
ton, Carbon, Monroe, Lehigh, Mifflin,
Westmoreland, Northampton, Juniata,
Somerset, Indiana, Greene, Elk, For
rest, Franklin, Perry, Cumberland,
Dauphin,Lawronee,Lycoming, Union,
Snyder, Erio, Crawford, Bucks, Me-
Kean, Fayette, Philadelphia and Mer
cer. ELISITA W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives.
JAMES L. GRAHAM, Speaker of the
Senate.
Approved the fourth clay of April,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight. lou W. GEARY.
Corporeal Punishment.
The School Direotors of Bedford
borough have abolished corporeal pun
ishment in the schools of that place.
We think they have, done wisely, and
we suggest that the exPerimont be
tried in the schools of this place. We
never could soo thenso of inflicting the
use of the rod upon the hands or back
of the pupils. We know when we went
to school and saw the "bad boys" get
ting punished with the rod, they suf
fored the blows but they never thought
afterwards what they were punished
for; while wo have seen other boys
who were punished by kind words,
which penetrated the conscience, and
they wero not as apt to commit nu of
fense as those who wore punished with
the rod. And, further, we havo known
teachers since, who havo won the af•
fection of their• scholars by a stern but
winning mastery, and never had occa
sion to inflict corporeal punishment.
Terror and affection aro direct oppo
sites, and it is very easy to distinguish
in a school the one which governs the
scholars. Those pupils which are fill
ed with terror of the rod, if they make
a blunder or commit a little misde
meanor, are not as willing to learn or•
be taught as those which have affec
tion for the teacher. Show us a teach•
er who has this love from his seholar•s,
and we will shoW you one wno can
teach better than one who has their
loan Tho reason is obvious, for• what
delight is it to a scholar to know that
if be should commit a blunder• he will
be punished with the rod by his aus•
toro teacher, and what pleasure is it to
a scholar to be in a school-room whore
the teacher's rod is as quick in punish
ing as his eye is in detecting a misde
meanor. The school-room must he
made attractive before any good results
will be manifested,as no scholar loves to
go whero the school-room is repulsive
—made so by severity. nf punishments.
Wo heartily commend the action of the
Board of Directors of Bedford borough,
and in the future wo predict good re
sults for that school. We don't know
how_ they will punish in the future.
(for we admit punishment of some
kind is necessary) but we presume if
there aro any very unruly children,
their contaminating presence in the
school-room will be dispensed with un
til they show signs of refcirm, which,
we think, is the proper plan to pursue.
The disgrace attendant upon an expul
sion from school is, or if it is not it can
be made to be, more poignant to the
conscience, of the scholar than a whip
ping would be.
SOLDIERS' ORPIIANS.—Tho total num
ber of children admitted into the Sol
diers Orphans Schools in this State is
4,006. -,The number now in the schools
3,506. Number discharged 481. Num
ber who died, 87. It thus appears that
the schools aro rapidly doing their
work and sending forth hundreds of
youth prepared for the duties of life in
such manner as to repay the State for
her care. The good done by the Sol
dier's Orphans Schools can not as yet
be fully realized, but it will, like bread
cast upon the waters, return after
many days. Indeed, at present, we
have source of great gratification in
the knowledge that over four thousand
children of our State and Nation de
fenders have been remembered by a
grateful Commonwealth, and that
these four thousand orphans,who would
otherwise, perhaps, been left to the
mercy of an uncharitable community,
have been fostered in good institutions
and received the priceless boon of a
good education.
MADE-UP LIQUORS.—Ono is impress
ed to seek a reason for the numbers of
murders and sudden deaths which are
now so frequently reported, and in do
ing so there is ono frightful source to
which to trace the cause of the evil,
and that is the amount of made-up and
poisoned liquors now sold to the pub
lic as a beverage. In a very largo
majority of the cases of murder repor
ted, the murderer has been found to be
laboring under a species of insanity,
produced by tho fiery poison of a made
up stuff called liquors. , At any corner
you may find a compounder of poisons,
and it is too tempting a business to be
easily prevented. Ton dollars' worth
of strychnine or other poisonous drugs
will impart to a barrel of beer double
the strength of that value of hops, and
with the present skill in chemical prep
arations, hardly a gallon of puro liquor
is necessary to produce thousands of
gallons. -The city is flooded with these
poisons, called by all sorts of names.
The best brands of champagne are
wholly produced in this country in
such perfect imitations, that the genu
ine cannot bo detected if perchance a
bottle should bo mixed with it. The
California winos offered for sale are
very large, but.the made up manufac
ture of certain establishments in this
city. • Se with other wines and liquors.
Nor are these exaggerated statements;
they can be verified any day by the
assessors of internal revenue, and the
examination of the liquor. But can
nothing be done to stop this, whole
sale poisoning of the community?
Rust every man who takes a glass of
wine become a possible murderer, an
insane homicide? The evil is one
which cannot be overlooked.—.Y. Y.
Commonwealth.
afirData, compiled from the official
records, show that we have had, in
the past forty years, seven Indian
wars, (the last still pending,) and an
almost countless number of less ha.
portarit outbreaks. And this Indian
question, with its final adjustment
still an affair of the
,future, has cost
the nation nearly $1,000,000,000 and
over 20,000 lives, while the present
war, if prosecuted upon the plan of
that with the Seminoles, will cost over
30,000 lives additional, with seven
hundreds of millions of expense to the
Treasury.
The Senatorial Question.
To the Edifor of the Pidaburg Commercial
I observe that, whilo you claim the
United States Senatorship for Alto
gheny county, you are not adverse to
a candid discussion of the merits of
candidates residing elsewhere. I would
readily concede to Allegheny county
all that you allege on behalf of the
west, because a careful investigation
might disclose tha filet that the west
ha's its lull share of officers and hon
ors, w bile it would be difficult to find
an adequate reward for the vote of
your county, which made the October
vict or y sim..nifi...tant, and for the splen
did majority given to General Grant.
. _
It is a matter of regret that, instead
of presenting one candidate,
you arc
°lnning at least three, with hint of a
fourth, and thus rendering it proba
ble that no one of them will succeed.
If I understand your editorial of Tues
day last, this is your own view of the
matter, and I may believe the Ties
Lion to be now agitating the minds of
the people of Allegheny county—if
our domestic fend or rivalry cannot
ho composed, and neither of our can
didates can be elected, to what other
locality shall our influence be given,
and for whom shall our vote be cast ?
I would suggest to them and to their
neighbors that they look as far east
as Huntingdon, and consider the
claims of Hon. John Scott.'
Between the portion of the State in
which Mr. Scott resides and the west
no local questions can arise, for their
business relations are intimate and
their interests identical. Huntingdon
county is the center of a considerable
mining and manufacturing region—
industries which are in the broadest
sense-Pennsylvanian; depending for
their prosperity upon the same nation
al policy on which depends the busi
ness of Pittsburg and the West;
policy which will find in Mr. Scott
perfect comprehension and an advoca
cy the more influential that it will be
free from the imputation of personal
interest.
Mr. Scott's friends may justly claim
for him pre-eminent ability, and they
should not bo understood as disparag•
ing other candidates. lie ranks among
the foremost lawyers of the State, as
will be conceded by the bench and the
bar without a dissenting voice. That
he is not more distinguished - as a poli
tician is not at all owing to a lack of
interest in political affairs, for ho has
boon most efficiently native in support
of the Republican party whenever
such help was needed,.but rather for
the reason that he has not been eon-,
corned in the management of State
politics. Doubtless at this time he
would be more prominent as a candi-
date if be had been known as an ad
herent of some particular division or
army corps of the Republican party,
but ho would not have more real
strength, for the useful and eminent
corps commanders who do not agree
very well with each othor,•have for
him the Lighest regard, and know•
that in his success the party of the
people only would triumph.
I think that mature reflection must
convince the business mon of your
county and the Stale.-at large that it
will be good policy to unite :on Mr.
Scott. They kno‘y him to he in every
way worthy of confidence. They
have now. an eminent representative
of their own order in the Senate, and
they seem to differ in opinion ns to
whether it is advisable to insist upon
having another. Looking at the ques
tion apart from personal preferences
as you nay be compelled to view it—
is not Mr. Scott as serviceable and ac
ceptable a man as the field presents,
and, ther,efore, in the melee, will he
not probably succeed ? I can assure
your readers that he has many adher
ents, and that he is gaining strength
daily.
I make no extended eulogy of Mr.
&Ott's character, for it needs none.—
He is admired and loved at home, and
is distinguished for simplicity of man
ners and conscientious discharge of
the duties of life.
Yours, very truly,
WESTERN .11ANUFACTURER
EXPLOSION OF A BOMBSHELL —An ac
cident of a very serious nature, yet
singular in its occurrence, took place
at Mansfield, Pa , about four o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon tho Ist inst.—
About the time mentioned. Mr. SV m.
Ford, of the firm of Ford S Green,
grocers at Mansfield, was engaged in
the store preparing to attach-a weight
to the door. That which ho intended
to use as the wieght was an old bomb
shell, which had been lying about the
store for a long time, and which was
supposed to be empty. The hole in
the shell had become filled up with
dirt, and incredible as it may seem,
Mr. Ford, in order to clean it out
thrust a poker heated :Oiliest red hot
into the opening. A second afterward
and the supposed empty bombshell
exploded with a loud report, which
shook the entire building Mr. Ford
was struck in the right thigh with a
piece of the exploded shell, which
passed through tearing the flesh badly
and inflicting a severe though not dan
gerous wound. Fortunately the bone
was not broken. Mr. Ford was knock
ed down by the force of the explosion,
aid in his fall struck his face against
the cornet• of the Stove, sustaining a
severe cut, which it is thought will
destroy the sight of ono of his eyes. 7—
A piece of the shell passed through a
barrel of oil that was standing near by
and as the oil ran out it caught fire
and the utmost difficulty was experi
enced in saving the building from
burning down. All the windows in
the building were shattered. At last
accounts Mr. Ford was doing as well
as could be expected under the sir•
cumste.nces.—PittsburgCoiwnercial.
flEirTwo weeks hence the great arm
ies of the West are to hold a re union
in Chicago. Their ranks include the
surviving heroes of Belmont and Pitts•
burg Landing, of Vicksburg and Mis
sion Ridge, and Kenesaw and Atlanta,
of the march down to the sea, and the
campaign of the Carolinians, and the
capture of Mobile and the' battle of
Nash - ale—Cho troops that fought out
the war between the Alleghenies and
the Plains, and then helped to send' it
below Richmond.
Mrs. Grant, as well as the General,
has trials incident to the high station
that has come to her. Already she is
annoyed by persons who•want to be
employed at the
. White House as ser
vants, and the demands made upon her
charity would exhaust a millionaire's
purse.
General Roynold's Report,
The following is the report of, Bre
vet Major General Reynolds, com
manding the Fifth Military District,
which embraces the State of Texas:
HDQRS. MILITARY DISTRICT, STATE
Or TEXAS, AUSTIN, Nov. 4, 1868. Jr
Adjutant General United States Army,
iVashington, D. C. :
GENERAL :—I 'MVO the honor to for
ward herewith an annual tabular
statement of expeditions, scouts, and
report of movements of the various re•
giments serving in this district for the
year ending September 30,13158. Arm
ed organizations, generally known as
the Kuklux Klan, exist independently
or in concert with other armed bands
in many parts of Texas, but are most
numerous, bold, and aggressive east
of the Trinity river. The precise ob
jeots of these organizations cannot be
readily explained, but seem in this
State to be to disarm, rob, and in
many cases murder Union men and
negroes, and as occasion may offer,
murder United States officers and sol
diers; also to intimidate every one
who knows anything of the organiza•
lion but will not join it.
The civil law east of the Trinity
river is almost a dead letter. In soma
counties, the civil officers are all, or a
portion of them members of the Klan;
in other counties, where the civil offi
cers will not join the Klan, or some
other armed band, they have been
compelled to leave their counties. Ex
amples are Van Zandt, Smith, and
Marion counties. Tho county seat of
the latter is Jefferson. In many coun
ties, where the county officers have
been driven off, their influence is
scarcely felt. What political end, if
any, is aimed at by these bands,g can
not positively say, but they attend in
largo bodies the political meetings and
barbecues which have been and are
being held in various parts of the
State, under the auspices of the Dem.
oet•atie clubs of the different counties.
The speakers encourage the atten
dance, and in many counties men have
been indicated by name from the speak
er's stand as those selected for murder.
Tho men thus marked have no course
left them but to leave their homes, or
bo murdered 'on the first convenient
opportunity. The murder of 'legroom
is so common as to render it impossi
ble to keep an accurate account of
them. Many of the members of these
bands of outlaws are tranaiont persons
in the State. The absence of railroads
and telegraphs, and great length of
time required to communicate be
tween remote points, facilitate the di
abolical purposes.
These organizations aro evidently
countenanced, or, at least, not discour
aged by a majority of white people in
the counties where the bands are most
numerous. They could not otherwise
exist. I have given this matter close
attention, and am satisfied that ti rear
edy, to bo effective, must be gradually
applied, and 'combined with the firm
support of the army, until these out
laws arc punished or dispersed. They
cannot be punished by the civil courts
until some examples of military com
missions show that men can be pun
ished in Texas for murder and kindred
crimes. Perpetrators of such crimes
have not heretofore, except in very
rare instances, been
,punished in that
State at, all, Free, speech and free
press, as the . ,terms are generally un
derstood in other States, have never
existed in Texas. In fact, the citizens
of other State cannot appreciate the'
state of affairs in Texas without actu
ally experiencing it, .
The official reports of lawlessness
and crime, so far from being exagger
ated, do not tell the whole truth. Jef
ferson is the centre from which most
of the trade, travel, and lawlessness of
Eastern Texas radiates, and at this
point, or its vicinity, there should be
stationed about a regiment of troops.
The recent murder at Jefferson of
Hon. G. W. Smith, a delegate to the
constitutional convention has made it
necessary to order more troops at that.
point. This movement weakens the
frontier poste to such an extent as to
impair their efficiency fur protection
against the Indians, but the bold
Wholesale murdeling in the interior of
the State seems at present to prevent
a more urgent demand for troops than
Indian 'depredations. The frontier
posts should, however, be reinforced,
if possitlie, as it is not improbable that
the Indians' from the Northwest, after
having suffered defeat there, will make
heavy incursions into Texas.
To restore measurable peace and
quiet' in Texas will require for a long
time that troops be stationed at many
country seats, until by their presence,
and aid if necessary, the civil law can
be placed in the hands of reliable offi
cers and executed This will be the
work of years, and will be fully ac
complished only by an increase of pop
ulation.
I am, General, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
J. J. REYNOLDS,
Brevet Mej. Geri. U. S. A. commandir4
THE INDIAN WAR.
Choyenne Village Captured by Custer
Sm. Louis, Dee. I.—The Democrat
has a special, dated in the field, Indian
Territory, November 28th, which says
the Cheyenne village of Black Kettle's
band, on the north fork of the Witchi
ta.river, was captured yesterday morn•
ing at daylight by the cavalry under
General Costar. Oue hundred and
fifty Indians were killed and fifty
three taken prisoners. A largo amount
of property was captured, consisting of
fifty ono lodges, nearly one thousand
horses and mules, arms and ammuni
tion, horse equipments, robes, provi
sions, &c., most of which was destroy
ed. Black Kettle, the principal chief,
was killed, Lt. Col. Barintz severely,
if not fatally, wounded, and Major El
liott is missing. One soldier of the 7th
cavalry was killed and fourteen wound•
ed. The Indians, including women
and boys, fought desperately, but they
were completely overpowered and
badly whipped.
Recently a paragraph was published
telling bow a well to•do farmer, of
Harrison county, Indiana, forced his
daughter to work in the fields with a
negro. Soon eho gave birth to a mu
latto child, and was driven away by
her father. She now brings suit
against him for wages duo for ten
years' labor, performed since she came
, of age, and as,the law is on bar side
she will probably got it..• - -
General News Items.
Fort Lafayette, at New York, was
totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night. Some twenty shells in the in
terior exploded, but no ono was Lurt.
The magazine did not explode.
A method of manufacturing first
elm steel from inferior iron, by means
of nitrate of soda, has been patented
in England by Mr. Heaton. The steel
is said to be equal in quality to Low
Moor steel, and the saving in cost of
production amounts to several pounds
a ton.
The largest safe in the world has
just been constructed for the Safe De
posit Company of Philadelphia. It is
twenty-seven feet long, twenty-ono
feet broad, eight feet high, and is lined
with the now "metal mirror" iron,
which is five times as hard as temper
ed steel.
One of the greatest feats of modern
times was accomplished in Philadel
phia on Wednesday. The now Iron
sides, burned a year ago and sunk in
fifty feet of water, off League Island,
was successfully raised by the use of
pontoon boats. Her boilers were ta
ken out uninjured, and she will proba
bly be rebuilt.
Tho head-of ono of the largest con
cerns in New York began his business
career by hammering out, for further
use, bent nails taken from packing ca
ses in a dry goods establishment. He
was a green lad from Connecticut, and
in five years became one of the mana
gers of the establishment. His store
now contains over $17,000,000 worth
of stock.
Pittsburgh has thirty-three iron
mills, eight steel and two copper mills;
connected With ten of these mills are
nail and tack factories, one of which
turns out thirty-six hundred shoe brads
per minute, sixty eight glass factories,
fifty-two breweries. In all, the city of
Pittsburgh has 1,000 workshops.
A few days ago a young man in
Bellaire, Ohio, applied at the post of
fice for a letter when the postmaster,
by mistake, gave him a letter address
ed to another party. The letter was
opened by the young man, and was
found to contain a draft for over $l2OO
payable to bearer. He obtained the
money and took the first train west
on the Central Ohio railroad.
The King of Sweden has announced
that, hereafter no capital execution
shall take place in his kingdom, and
that if the death perialty be not abol
ished by law, it shall not be enforced
by him. • The King made this declar
ation on refusing to sign the warrant
for the execution of a woman poisoner,
recently convicted in Sweden.
Four turkeyt were cooped up and
fed with meal, boiled potatoes and
oats; foie• others of the same brood
were treated in a similar manner in
another pen, but with a pint daily of
line pulverized charcoal added to the
food, and an abundant supply of the
coal. All eight were killed the same
day, and those fed with the charcoal
were found to weigh a pound and a
half more than the others, and to be of
a better quality.
A saloon keeper. ,of.. Schenectady,
who has been greatly annoyed by per•
sons who sit about in chairs to sleep
off the effects of bad whisky, Las caught
and tamed a number of rats, and train
ed them to run across the floor. A
sitter wakes up and sees the rats run
ning, and calls attention to the facts,
when he is told that there arc no rats
there. This frightens the man, who
thinks ho has got the tremens, and he
quickly disappears from the scene.
At one time a woman could hardly
walk through the streets of San Fran
cisco without having
every one pause
to gaze on her, and a child so rare .
that once in a theater in the same city,
where a woman had taken her infant,
when it began .to cry just as the or
chestra commenced to play, a man in
the pit cried out, "Stop those fiddles
and let the baby cry. 1 have'rit, heard
such a sound for ten years." The au
dience applauded:this sentiment, the
orchestra stopped, and the baby con
tinued its performance, amid unbound
ed enthusiasm.
Several year's experience of the Li
cense law in Massachusetts has result
ed in increasing the number of liquor
shops in Boston from 1,900 to 2,500,
and the number in the State in like
proportion. The good people of Mass
achusetts think the License law has
had a fair trial, and on the whole has
failed so signally, as to convert the
previous partial lailuro of the Prohibi
tory law into a comparative success.
On the square issue between License
and Prohibition they have elected an'
overwhelming majority of Prohibition
ists to the next General Assembly, and
the result will be a repeal of the Li
cense law and a return to Prohibition.
The civil War in Japan is nearly
over, and results in the abolition of
the Tye@onate and the resumption of
the entire administration by the
kado. The young Milkado has now
reached his majority, and has been
crowned Emperor. The Tycoon has
notified the representatives of the
Foreign Powers of his submission to
the Milked°, who was on the point of
leaving Kioto for Yeddo. The war
against the most powerful of the
Northern Diamios is still progressing,
but the young Milkado seems to be on
the point of a complete victory.
IterThe sales of retail liquor dealers
in the United States, during one year,
amounted, according to the report of
Commissioner Wells, to $1,433,461,865.
Willis sum New York is credited with'
$2.16.617,520; Pennsylvania, 8152,663,-
495; Ohio, 8151,734,875, and
8119,933,745. When to this enormous
amount of nearly fifteen hundred mil
lions of dollars is added the value of
the time wasted in the consumption
of ardent spirits, and of the property
destroyed by intoxicated persons. it is
asserted that the savings from the dis
use of alcoholic drinks would extingu
ish the public debt in one year.
fiEr Jorseyville, Illinois, boasts of a
strange and hideous animal about the
size of a very largo hog, having light
hair or bristles on the back, a bare
breast, and ears like an elephant. His
feet (judging by the tracks) are much
like those of a dog, only many . times
larger, and having one toe more. His
head is flat and broad. His mouth is
opened like an alligator's by raising
tile upper jaw. Ilia neck is long and
legs short. Ho 14 amphibious ; A
hunting party was organized to cap
Lure this wonderfal animal, but after
killing the largest dog, and breaking
a man's log, it made for the water and
escaped,
A CITY TURNED INTO AN OYSTER BED.
—A Paris totter to the London Times
says : The Irish Fishery Commission
ers have concluded their labors in
France, and after a tour of inspection
extending over two thousand miles,
during which they visited fourteen of
the principal places in which oyster
culture is carried on. Among the ob
jects of interest visited by the Com
missioners, the parcs of Chatelaillon
deserve mention. Ono can hardly con
ceive a city turned into an oyster bed,
or a population replaced by scallops
and periwinkles, yet such, it appears,
has been the fate of Chatelaillon. On
the sett coast, some ten miles from La
Rochelle, stood, centuries ego, the im
portant town of Chatelaillon, which
preceded it. Tho encroachments of
the sea little by little carried away the
earth on which it stood, and submerg
ed its ruins Of these nothing now re
mains but the shattered walls of what
is said to have been a portion of an
ancient castle, which stood upon a low
cliff immediatly over the sea; and as
the cliff is still falling into the sea
piecemeal, the last vestige of the an•
dent city will doubtless soon disap
pear altogether. The eminence on
which the town stood is visible at low
water, and though the eye traces a
fanciful resemblance to streets in the
natural passages formed between tho
pares, and the parcs aro no doubt form
ed of some of the stones which belong
ed to the city itself, and continues to
be called after the traditional designs.
tions of tho various streets, there real
ly aro no visible vestiges of Chatehtil.
lon beyond the ruin j ust
. mentioned.
This city, or rather its site, is, in fact,
an oyster bed.
During the San Francisco earth
quake a carpenter was at work on a
church spire one hundred and fifty
feet from the ground. He had a splon•
did position to "see things," but hastily
scrambled down.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
STRAY HOG.—Camo to the premi•
ace of the subscriber in Union township, Hunting
don county, the 24th of last month, a white SOW. with
the exc, ption of a black spot on her forehead, with no
ear - mai it. The owner will please come forward, prove
property, pay charges and take her away, otherwise she
n ill be dieposed of according to law.
Calvin, Dec. 0.30 J. C. WRIGHT.
ESTRAY.
Come to the Test 'once at the subieribor in Clay
township, on or about the Oral of September last. small
Brown Mx. with whim Mee, and white stripe along book
and tail, and n split in the right ear, and short horns,
about 16 or eighteen months old. Toe owner is request•
ed to come forward. prove property, pay charges, and
take him away, °them Ise ho will be sold abeam ding to
law. dee? pd It. JOlllsl li. MOREL/USD.
QTRAY HEIFER.
k . 3
Como to the ',realizes of the subtcriber in Lincoln
too whin. dating !tersest, n blown yearling heifer, with
star on the forehead. The on nor is requested to come
fornard, pay charges, awd take her away, else alto will be
disposed of according to law.
Lincoln top., de'-3t.
,NICIIOLAS LYNN.
BRIDGE TO BUILD.
ho Commissioners of Huntingdon County, will
receive propornis far re-building the bridge across the
Ithystown branch of the Juniata river, at or near Hawn's,
tip to ono o'clock, Tuesday. the 12th day of Jabil try DM.
Plan and spermaceti. can ho stew in tho Commissioners
Unice. Pon suna,propo , ing are requeetWd to 'be ow lined
with their SCMI Ht.) , so the day of the lotting, 60 that iIIOY
M.l) immediately enter into no article of agr, meet &c.
ADAM' Frit/Sid •
SAM, CIDI3IIIq9,
EON IVIOGIIT,
dec3, St. Commissioners.
NAT H. ROgENSTEEL & SON,.,
, MANUFAC7U7.I:I,S OP A EUPERIOR
Oak - Slaughter Sole and Belting
E,OO Bt.sltels Plasterer's Hair, for Sale.
PAID FOR HIDES AND RAIIK. -
W. H. ItOSEN,TREL &SON,
Stapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, Penna.
Dec. 5, 1864-(m.
TRIAL LIST,
ZP .'R. J.INUAfrY TERM, .1869
FIRST WEER'.
Sumner A . Co. vs Alibi P. Stevens.
1/.011 1 / 8 A. P. Wil,os.
Jacob Ituv+eli vs John B. Wetter.
John Meehan's exr. vs A. P. Wilson.
Ps ter 31. Bare vs John Swine.
Robes t LOWS adult. no William Owens and wife
SECOND WEEK.
Mc Farlano's heirs vs Mifflin & C. Co. lI.It. Co.
Toil township vs Wilson El each.
Same vs James fleeter.
Same vs Abraham Chi!cote.
Sauna vs Oliver. 'rayler.
Amos Smucker vs Mitt tin Mosier.
Win. 11, Waiters ve Tell townsh p.
William M. Weighley vs John W. Menem. •
John McComb, trustee, va A. 11 Banns in.
Martin V. Miller vs Lewis Smawley et al.
William Weaver vs John D. Weaver.
Dr..T. F. Thoinpson vs Jacob Masher. Sr.
Robert Massey vs Jesse E. March and wife.
This List may be revised and other cases added next
week.
.1. R. SIMPSON, Prothonotary.
Prothonotary s Woo, Dec. 0, 1868.
T)ROCLA MATION. RE AS, by
a precept to me directed, dated at Huntingdon, the
26111 of Novomber, A. D. IS6S. milder the hands and said
of the lion. &urge Taylor, President of the Court of
COIIIIIIOII Pleas, Oyer and Terminer ' and general jail deliv
ery of the 2111, Judicial Di-allot of Pennsylvania, compo
sed of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria countics• ' and Hui lions.
Hons. Anthony J. Beaver and David Clarkson', hisassoci
ates, Judges of the' county of Huntingdon; justices as
signed, appointed to hear, try and determine all and every
indictments made or taken for or concerning all crimes,
which by the laws of the State are made capital, or felon
ies of death, and other offences, crimes and misdemeanors,
which have been or shall hereafter be committed or perpe
trated, for clinics aforesaid—l am commanded to make
public proclamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that
Cour; of Oyer nod Terminer, of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, will be held at the Court Houso in the
borough of linntingdon, on the second Monday (anti 11th
day) of J.iiimtry, 1069, and those who will prosecute the
Bald prisonois, be then and there to prosecute them as it .
shall be just, and that all Justices of the Peace, Coroner
and Constables within MAN county, be then and there in.
their proper persons, at 10 o'clock, a. m. of said day, with
their cowls, inquisitions, examinations and retnembran
ces, to do thow) things which to their offices respectively
appertain.
Dated at Huntingdon, 9th day of December, In the year of
our Ireal ono thousand eight hundred amt sixty-right,
and the :Ma year of Ames ican Independence.
D. It. P. N BELT, Sheriff.
DRO CLAMATION.---WEIERE A S, by
_a_
no precept to me directed by the Judges of the Com
mon Pleas of the county of Huntingdon. bearing test the
29th of Norsonber, A. n 1563, I am commanded to malts
public Preebonation throughout my a bole bailiwick, that
a Court of Common Pleas %%ill be held at the Court House
in the borough of Huntingdon, on the 3:11 Monday (and
IStlt day) or Jammu, A. DAV% fur the trial of oil Is.
sues to said Court Mach remain undetermined borer*
the said Judges, when and on here all Jurors, wltneeses, and
suite., in the trials of all issuee are required.
Dated at Huntingdon, the 9th December, in tho year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.oight,
and the 93d year of American IndepenJence.
D. NEtft.Y, Atm:"
GOODS FOR THE
- HOLIDAYS.
J E. CALDTIL 8 CO,
JEWELERS,
902 CHESTNUT ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
In addition
. to their largely Increastd Stock of
FINE WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEW
ELRY, ARTISTIC SILVER WARES,
PLATED GOODS, &;c, Sze.,
Are now opening a magnificent collection of
FOREIGN FANCY GOODS,
IN METAL MARBLE,
Decorated Glass, Leather and
GOLDEN BRONZE ,
In spEci AL DESIGNS of exquisite taste, from all
gum tern of l: rope, Nrtienlarly adapted for their
CHRISTMAS SALES.
Our arraugemonta, both in Europe and [lda country, are
such as givo MB unusual frailties In the soloction uud
erouo mietil pictinction of our stook. It is our wish, es
Roll as our Interest, to eecUre to our patrons the benefit
of such advantitgoi in
Modern Prices Troughout our Stock,
WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
Dec. 9, ' Y .—t C.
HOUSES FOR SALE and RENT.
BIDS for purchase and bids for rent
will be received by the subscriber till the 25th of
DECIOLtiEIt, 1564, for the
lIARRIE2 REED PROPERTY,
iu Iluntluplon, consisting of a gnod PRICK HOME
and I.OT, on I Vashington street, noar the C, urt Home.
If not thou sold it will ha loosed flora January let to
April Ist, 1669, to the highest approved hiddor.
The subscriber will receive bids for the purchase of the
urge
T.[IREE•STORY BRICK BUILDING
In which lie now resides, and which Is also occupied as a
hardware Store, Masonic
,Lodge an I Chapter, and by
the Young Illen's Christian Association.
It is in a central business location, is a fine and nub•
stantial structure, having cut stone foundation and
beeps, pressed brick front, slate roof, French plate close,
solid walnut sash, best style of finish inside, with elabo
rate mouldings, find glassing and gtaining. Gas pipes
to every apartment, and whole house arranged with a
view to comfort arid ConVellialiCa. Excellent well or WA
ter and very large c:stern with both pumps on the porch.
Ott the building ix a handsome ObservatOry, giving a
pleasant view of the town and country for miles around.
Altogether this is the most desirable and Valuable
properly to Huntingdon, winch is now one of the most
pleasant and thrifty towns 011 the line of the Pennsylra.
nia flail Road;
.1.131 ES A. BROWN,
Huntingdon, Pa
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the Court
at Common Pions of Ifuntingdon County, to distribute
the balance of the fund in the hands of Androw U. Neff,
Assignee of David If. Campbell, hot eby gives notice that
lie will attend to the duties of said appointment at the
ollico of Scott, Brown and Bailey, in the borough of Run-.
tiugdon. on Saturday, the lath day - of December, it GS, at,
8 o'clock, n. m. when and whore all persons having
claims against said fund w itl present them, or' be debar.
red from coming for a share thereof.
JOHN 11. BAILEY,
Auditor.
MEM
727 CHESTNUT STREET 727
Reduction in the Prices
. OF
DRESS GOODS.
RICKEY, SHARP & CO.,
NO. 727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER TO-DAY
50 Cases of Imported Des Fabrios,
25 Cents per Yard, Worth Double the
EMI
.RICKEY, SHARP & CO.,
727 Chestnut street,'
-
dec2,•ly
FURS!
AT-rill'N E IL'S.
CORNER OF DIAMOND.
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Mond* . ja'nu'aiy'4,lB69.
Ile 'attends fir the purposp, of , aisistieg , ,fr:,lA RON',
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na.. Our Spectacles nue Eyc-Ellesses pro acknowledged
to he the most perfect assistance to sight ever spaqaftw,
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We take occasion to notify NO public that we employ
NO PEDLARS, Aud cantioti there agninstlhose pre
tending to have our geode for side. „
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AGENCY.
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Waterman's Cooktail - and Tonic) Bitters,
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Ito tonic properties of those Bitters have Leon certified
to by come of our eminent practising physicians, as * am
hest tonic now in nse, and him Cocktail Bitters is the tini 2
var.l favorite among judges of a good gin or ,whisky;
cocktail. nodl.3m.
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o n w e u v ° ro t
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