■ g 1111 ■ m ■ bbbb mwiii HBBI SSSS gg ■i ■ V< WXV.-Wliole \<> ISttO. Rates cf Advertising. One square, 18 lines, I 2 squares, 6 mos. §5.00 1 time 50 j '• i y ea r 8.00 " 2 times 75 £ column, 3 mos. 6.00 3 44 1.00 , 44 6 " 10.00 1 nio. 1.25 44 1 year 15.00 3 " 2.50 1 column, 3 mos. 10.00 6 " 4.00 '• G 44 15.00 1 year 6.00 44 1 vear 25.00 2 squares, 3 times 2.00 Notices before mar -3 mos. 3.50 riages, &c. §l2. Communications recommending persons for dice, must be paid in advance at the rate of ■jj cents per square. w. H. IRWIX, A TT O R iV E Y A T L,i If, ]~T AS resumed the practice ofhis profession iJL in this and the adjoining counties. Office in .Main street, Leu istown, opposite to the Town Hall. Jau. 20, 1948—tf. \j\7 o Z o qj Attorney at £> aw, a \ tLL attend promptly to business entrust- V t ed to his care in this and adjoining c mties. Office one door West of the Post Office. my 27—1 y MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE CHftl* i 1 A A If OO VE R, Justice of the IN ace, CAN be found at his office, in the n.om re cently occupied by Esquire Kulp, where be will attend to all bu.-iness entrusted to his care with the greatest care and despatch. Lewistown, July 1. 1949—if. >l. MO\TGOAIEKY, (Suof i Mioe Manufacturer, MARKET STREET LEWISTOWR. CONTINUES to manufacture, to order, every description of B'J' 'TS AND iCiOES, on the most reasonable terms.— Havin- r competent workmen in hisemp'oy and j good stock, his customers, as well as all others, may rely upon fretting a good article, we . male and neatly finished. January 22, I>lt tf. fit-tier Rife tlian Gum it. *3 tU 11 Str g . DR. S. F. GREEN, has again resumed the practice of his profession. He will be happy to wait upon aii who desire his pro fessions services. He may be found at the drug store of GREEN 4c BANKS. Lewistown, aprii29, li4*"—tf. Samuel H CARPENTER, I? ready at ah limes to butid the best Houses, i-.i can do that very thing. K-ff So. 5 llaie street, Levvistown. March 31, I*49 —tf T ■ X W X It E ESTABLISIIMEVT. 'pHE undersigned respectfully informs the 1. public that he has removed his establish ~er,t to the stand iateiy occupied by JOSEPH J'. .COLLY, in MARKET STREET, where uas now on hand a large assortment ot TIN WAKE o" fvry d csc f? p'.ion, at very low prices. He - a-o prepared to manufacture to order any ; quar.l.vy of , Tin H 'ore. Sheet Iron Ware, and Spouting, mad-: oft.e best materials, on as low terms as uo tie procured snvwhere. COUNTRY MERCHANTS and persons m want of articles ia his line, are invited to £ive film a calf. JOHN R BF.LHEIMER. Lew stown, April 7, I*49—3m. A M IvMIOA, I IICUKIW!! A penny saved is a penny earned." •v The undersigned beg leave to inform the pobiic that they continue to manufacture, at their old stand, nt Marion ; c, near Perrysvuie, in Armagh town- 1 n..p, M.dim county, their superior llorite Power and <-raiii llinsliers. The.r horse power, kc , has so long stood •,st. that it wouid seem needless to ado ' ** r r#?cocnffH?fi<'ution. It i* improvement i ?lje mucti esteemed Burrcl 6l Milton p.an . j has the merit of accomplishing a great deal . work with leas power and labor than any .rT now in use. A triai will nut fail to give •faction We also continue the manufac . e of PLOUGHS, of ail patterns, and will s.-n-e to wart ant oaliafaclton to the purchaser ; -very instance, or the article may be re- V wj, and no charge will be made. ■77"Repairing will be done promptly, and reasonable terms, Grain of a.' kinds received in exchange for work—also , and old metal, if A" ivered at the shop. SHIRES & BAIIGER. Mar in Furnace, March 3t, I*49 —"2m. U)(\TRV HH UJ E nave al w ays on hand a fine stock o. tbe foliovviwg articles, which we are e: to bell Wholesale, at a small advnnce '• rat<-„, having h< en "wll bought; pur j alrr, -t r'rict v for UA-H: if , Patent M dtcinea, Glass, Oil, &C- j ' ;! ff-e, Sugar, Tea, tLc. •:n , Flub and Salt h A every article ^ FARMERS, ATTENTION. Now s tht chance lo sell your grain if left at the STORE of X% illiam Wai'k* & Son, Forwarding, Commission & rroducr Mercliants* Hf HO are prepared to receive and .-tore all kindsot grainand produce at that !ar<":e, convenient, and well known store house, on ti.< cara!, known as STERRETT & POTTER'S 1 are house. All Kinds of grain and produce stored with us will he promply forwarded at the ear liest opportunity, by our own boa's, which are commanded by safe and experienced Captains. The grain and produce will be sold to the best advantage to the farmer, and the money arising from the sale ot the *ame paid over to the owner or owners as soon as remittances can be had from the city. VVeshall always i a leu. ate to pay the farmer in the very be.-,t pur money that is afloat. Liberal cath advances made on ail produce deposited in store. WILLIAM MARKS 5c SON. Lewistown, .MitHui ro., Pa. N. B. Sal!, I'laatcr, l and COAL, always on hand REFEUE.NCEB: Hon. A. S. Wilson, l)r. T. A. Worrall, | 44 Joseph B. Ard, E 1.. B"iiedict. E.-XJ., ■ Epfiraim Banks, 44 t J. W. Shaw, 44 I T ~ Messrs. WaUsondt Jacob, f a 44 Jos. Millikeutson, Mr. F. McCoy, 44 R. i". Eiiis, 44 James Turner, 44 18ainuei Frank. J Lewist.iwn, Jan. 1. IB4o—6mos. OCSrDASS, &X II"E have constantly on liand a tine assort ▼ T rncni r.f Twines, B dcords, Clothes Lines, Ropes, Cotton Carpet Chain, Arc. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, march 24. 1945). Licit her, Morocco, owl Shoe Findings. A large assortment always on hand, and f.r l\. aale by F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, march 24, 1649. J fall Paper AND KT tu*j oto J3 it pr r by the piece or quantity, for saie Lv F. J. HOFFM \N. Lewiatown, mr.rch 24, 1a49.l a 49. 6' r a c c r i t s ! Gi ROCERIE6—A very large c-- 'rn • ' nrime groceries, on hand. I • 'J' from 50 ct3. to SI.tHJ per pound E.\*ra sytup Molasses, at 50 cts. per gallon: fbr a •• 1 v F.J.HOFFMAN, march 21, 194ff. DKLftS \M> MlillU lAi WE have always on hand a largo affsort ment of Drugs, Medicines. O; -. Paint.-. Glass, Dye Stuffs, SOO per bundie. Lawyers, Printers, and Merchants, who need paper by the ream, will find we can sup ply them at LOW PRICK* for cash. F. J- HOFFMAN. Lewistown, march 21, I*l9. IMew Hardware Storol! \T F. J. Hoffman's will be found a must . extensive assortment of Hardware, at low CASH PRICKS; viz: SADDLERY-WARE ; Coach-ware, Steel A genera! assortment of Steel Springs Hoop and Sheet Iron ; Wagon Boxes Cut and Wrought Nails; Sad Iron;-: Hinges Locks ofal! kinds; Screws, Spring* Latches; Knobs; Bolts ; Forks; Spades Shovels; Pans; Shovels ai:d '! ongs Knives arid Forks, Table and len Spoons Hand Saws ; Planes; Hatchets; Ac, Also, all kinds of shoe findings. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lcwis'own, March 24, 18-19. OONGS OF THE BAKERS: —The Parting kN Requiem, the mountaineer's F.rewHl. Where can the Soul Rest. Hurrah for tin- S<-a Boys, lite Funeral of an Odd Fellow, the < uni son Banner, the Barman Lover, lite Happic-t Time is Now, the New Congr— mnal Song of Eight Dollars a Day, Away Down Last, He doeth all thing* Well, Me led her to the M' ll , or the Rich Young Man's Wedding, the -New foundland Dog. Ail of the above an for sale at the book store of C. C. SPOTS WOOD, lewistown, April 28, 1819. & © 2? H S lfl o rpHE partnership heretofore existing between I D. C. F*emum A W'm. SHIMP, in the quarrying and flatting of stone,, was Oi-vtlve-l by mutual consent on the Ist day of Man h U-a. i\t books and accounU are in the hand, u Wm. Shimp, who will settle all accounts ul said firm. SHIMP, D C. FREER' 1 it N. LAvistanra, April 30, ' .{Fntoovfte 3 in*. THE WAT C II EK. BY MRS. S.YRMI JUSEPHA HALF.. The night was dark and fearful, The blast swept wailing by ; A watcher, pale and tearful, I.ook'd forth with anxious eye; How wistfully she gazeth— N'o gleam of morn is there— Her eves to heaven she raiscth lii agony of prayer. Within that dwelling lonely, Where want and darkness reign, A precious child—her only— Lay moaning in iti pain ; And death alone can free him— -Bhe feels that this must be— But, O ! for morn to sec him Smile once again on me. A thousand lights are glancing In yonder mansion fair, And merry feet are dancing— They heed not mourning there. O, young and joyous creatures ! line lamp from out your store Would give that poor boy's features To his mother's gaze once more. The morning sun wv shining; fc>iie heeded not lis ray— Beside her boy reclining, The pale, dead mother lay. A smile her lips was wreathing— A smile of hope and love, A- luougli she sn!i were breathing, There's light for us above J-HiflCf lla u to u 0. A STORM I\ HIE MODTAIA'S. In i|n* fall ol 1940, I wa- travelling eastward in a stage coae' Irom I'ltisbuigh over the mount.tit.s. My ftbiow iia-st-u --gers were two gemiemt-n ai d i ludv. Tin elder g> r tlmi in s apy a: ant e iiCerf-iei! me exceedingly. In yea?* I c seemed abeut thii'v; in air ami manner he wa calm, dignified, am! pou-heii ; and the eon tour td Ins feu lines w.ts singular!* inu-l ifcctual. lie couver.-t <1 fieelv on "ener.it topic.*, until the road became more abrupt ■ ind prt' i,•.tf• ti- ;bi mi iii\ ihit'c.ti'ig |i:>: attention l > tie gre d altitude ola orf ctpice. Oil ti e V- rge of which our couch whei-!.- were it i-ur !\ roiling. there came a in rk < d change over In* countenaare. (lis eves, -o lately 'i E-! wrh the light tlid.led a lilfle o, In? IjC> . and in si en b•( a;ne somevviiat .m re composi ii; !)iit it w.,s not mini we had entirely tra versed the u ( Uiiiain and dt s, i nd**d to the country beneath, that lu> line ft a'ores re taxed from ihtir perturbed look, am! as sumed the placid, quit dig it) I ho! fi si noticed. ' I owe an ap ill gy to the lady,' said he with a bland smile ai.d gentle inclination of the head, to our fair companion, ' and some ex; Sanation to my fellow irnvtliers a's i; and per haps i cannot better arqtitt myself f the double di-bl than by recot. t ing the cause of mv recent agitation •li may paiu your feelings,' delicately urged 'lie lady . ♦On the contrary it will relieve then:,' was the respectful r< ply. Having signified our several desires t > hear inure, the traveller thus proceeded: ' At the age of eighteen, I light ' I h*an, light of font, and, I fear, (here he smiled ) I'ght of head. A line property on the right bank of the Ohio acknow ledged me as sole owner. 1 was hasten ing home to enjoy it, and delighted to get rr'e from a college life. The month was October, the air bracing, and the mode ot couveyar.ee a stage roach like this, Only more cumbrous. The other passengers were few—but three in all—an old grey leaded planter ol l.ouisiana. Ins daughter, a jovnus, bewitching creature ab-ut seven teen, and bis son about ten y ears ol age. They were just returned from France, ol which country the young lady discoursed io terms so eloquent as toabsoibmy enlne attention. ' Tiie l ither tvns taciturn, but the daugh ter was vivacious by nature, and we sre,n liectinn MI niu'uallv pleased with each other lie was a talker, I w.is a listener that it was not until • sudden !l i-ih of light ning and a heavy dash >1 rain against the outfit window? elicited an exclamation from tin cbatining cninpaniott, that I knew bow nigid passed it*. Presently tliete was n i >vv rumbiing sound, am) then several In ui-iiduus peals ol tbuniler, ac companied by aiicce-stve flashes of liglit utiig. ihe ram descended in toneois, and an angry wind began to howl and (iioan bv tuiris tfiiough the forest trees. ' 1 looked from the window •>! our vehi cle. Tne night was dark ■< ebony, but the lightning revealed the dung'r of our road. We were ori ♦ lie edge of t frightful precipice—l could sen at intervals, huge pitting rocks far away di>n its side, and the sigtil made me solicitous for the safety of my fair companion. I tiiought ol the mere hair breadths thai were between its and eternity ; a single little rock in the track of our coach wheels —a liny hillct ol wood—a strav root of a tempest lorn tree SATFKUAY, MAY o, —ii revive horse or a careless driver any dl these might hurl us from our sub lunary existence with the speed of thought. 4 ' i is a perfect tempest,' observed the lady, as I withdrew my head from the window. 4 [low I love a sudden storm ! 1 here is something so grand among tlie winds, when lairly loose among the hills. I never encountered a night like this, but Hymn's munificent description of a thun der storm in the Jura, recurs to my mind. Hut arc we on the mountains vet V ' \ es, we have begun the ascent.' 4 Is it not said to be dangerous?' • By no means,' 1 replied, iu us easy a tone as I could assume. 4 1 only wish it was daylight, that we ought ci j"\ the mountain .-e< uerv. But Jo u Mam what's ih.it ? and she Covet' .i her eves f rom the giure of a sheet of lightning that illuminated the rugged mini, la in with brilliant intensity. Peal atn-i p. ai ot crashing thunder instauiiv ■•ucnei'iifii ; ilierc was a very volume ot rain coining down ni each i,.under hurst, eitd with the deep moaning of uu animal I>l dreadful agony, bieaking upon mv ears i found lijiit tne coach had come to a dead halt. • Louisa, my beautiful fellow traveller, became pale us ashes. She fixed her - ir<\ aig eyes on mine w ith a io. U of anx i ms die.. !, and tuning to her father hur riedly remarked— -4 \\ e ere i n the m uutair.s !' t reckon s .iu tf.e u .concerned re ply. With iutant activity I put my head tf' i<. ;i g h tie; ntniM v and called to tiie du v. r, l ot the only answer was the heavy 'u'Hiii: g ol an .tgomz d animal, Lome past no '■> 1 1;? -w It wings of the tempt st. 1 N' '/.■ u t'ii* handle of the door and strained at um \ .in ; it would not yit Id a jot. At that instant I '■ 1 a cold hand ou mine, .ai In aid Louisa's voice fhintly aittculat it.g in my .ir the a; p ,Ling words— • 1 r ..<;h is b-ung inofed backwards!' 4 (• d iii heaven! .Never shall I forget the fir ire egnny with wh.ii I tugged at >ii ■. < aeh door anil called on the driver in tone-, tiiat riviilled th • free of the blast. tin dreadful convictu n wis burning iu inv brum, that the couch was Leum move, -lowly backwards! 4 !. 10.l >weu was of such swift oc ■ : ri > sice 'hat u s- ems to m . like a frighl f"! d.eruo. I ; - bed against the d > r with all my iorre in t it mock, d my utmost efforts.— •he 't e of iur v hide was sensibly gn ii.g (low n, down, down. l'hr tnoaning of t agonized animal b came deeper and deep r, -slid I I n-w from the desperate plung-'s ag .ii.-i lit- 11aces that it was one of our furs. (hash upon ctasli o! hoarse i! (!. r rolled over the mountain, and \i\ d .-hects of ogh'iiing played around our do voted carnage ;'.s if to glee t our misery. By sis light I ecu hi see f r ;i moment —only i >r a in oneut —the old p inter, stsn hug erect, wnli h.s hands on lu < son and daugh ter, las eves rai- d to heaven, and his lips moving like those of one in praver. I r i;id set? Louisa turn iier ashy cheeks and ssnprib t .fs towards mr as if imploring ji oteciion. and 1 could see the b >ld glance the \ • ung boy t! ishiug indignant dtfi : ; iv utt.be descending r arri.ige, the war of oh men Is, mid the awlul danger that await vii him. There was a roll—a desperate plunge. .!- if lan an l nil! in the last throes of d. I*l i!r tion, i harsh, grating jar—a sharp, pic ten g sere.on of mortal terror, and I had hut time to cl.;*p I. misa firmly with one hand around the waist, and >ei/." the leather fastening* atiachf d to the coach r ol with the other, when we were precip it.itf d over the precipice. ' 1 can distinctly recollect preserving consciousness for a few seconds of time, how rapidly my breath was being exhaust ed, hut of that ttemendous descent I soon Install further individual knowledge by a concussion so violent that 1 was instantly deprived of sense and motion.' The traveller paused. His features worked for a minute or two as they did when we were on the mountain ; he pressed bis hand across his fort-head as if in pain, and then resumed his interesting story. • On a low couch, m an humble room of a small country house, I next opened my eo'S in this world < f light and shade, and j"V and sorrow, of mirth and inadne*s. Gentle hands soothed my pillow, gentle feet glided across my chamber, and a gen tle voice hushed for a time all my ques timings. 1 was kindiy tended by a girl about fifteen, who refused lor several days to hold anv discourse wuh in •. At length one morning, finding myself sufficient y recovered to sit up, I insisted on learning the result of the accident. ' Y<>u were discovered,' said she sitting on a ledge of rock, amidst the branches of a shattered tree clinging to a part of the roof of your broken coach with one hand, and to the insensible form of a lady with the other.' ' And the lady !' I gasped, scanning the girls lace with an earnestness that caused her to draw hack and blush. 'She was saved, sir, bv the same means that saver! you the friendly tree.' •And her father and brother?' 1 impa tiently demanded. 'Were both crushed to pieces at the bot tom of the precipice, a great way below the nlaca where toy father and uncle Joe got you and the lady. We buried their bodies m one grave, clo-e bv the clover patch down m our meadow ground. 'Boor Louisa! poor orphan ? God pi'.y you V i mintered, 111 broken tones ; utter ly unconscious that 1 had a listener. 4 Gud pity her, indeed, sir,' said the young gul, with a gush of heartfelt svm pathy. 4 Would you like to seo her V she added. 4 Take nie lo her,' 1 repliid. 4 1 fount! the orphan bathed in tears, by the grave of her buried kindred. She re ceived me with soriowful sweetness of man ner. I will not detain your attention by d-tailing the efforts 1 made to win iter from li"r grief; 'out briefly acquaint you, that I at last succeeded in inducing her to leave her forlorn home in the sunny south, and that twelve months afier the dreadful occurrence which ! have reia el, we stood at the altar together as man and wife. tSne still lives to bless my love wiib her smiles, ami my children with her good precepts; but on the anniversary of that lerribie night, she secludes heiseifm her room, and dt votes the hour of darkness in solitary prayer. 4 As f r me,' added the iravelif-r. v.liile a faint flu-h tinged his no ble brow at die avowal, 4 as for me. thaiac eident has reduced me to tbe condition o a physical coward at die siglit of a niouti tarn precipice.' 'But I tie driver,' urged our lady pa'sen ger, who bad attended the recitai of tht whole wub much attention 4 what becsmt of the driver ? or did you ever learn tht reason < f his deserting his po?i?' 'His body was found on the road, with in a f"w steps of the spot where the coach went over. He had been struck dead by the san e flash of lightning that blinded the restive finises.' The traveller here fell into a musing at titude, as ii all further allusion to the subject would he unpleasant to him. Shortly af ter tins, we reached the railroad station, were I parted from trie nervous gentleman with feelings of profound esteem. "The Lower Classes." The lower classes— who are ihey ? The toiling nulli ns, the laboring man and wo man, the farmer, the mechanic, the ariizan, the inventor, the producer ? No, far from it 1 These are Nature's nobility—God's favorites the salt of the earth. No mat ter whether they are high or low in sta tion, rich or poor in pel', conspicuous or humble in position, they aie surely the •'upper circles" in tbe order of na'ure, whatever 'he fictitious distinctions of soci otv, fashionable or unfashionable, decree. It is not low —it is the duty, privilege and pleasure, of the great man and the whole sou!' i woman, to earn what they possesr, to work th ir own way through life, to be the :ncollect of 1 hoi: own f. 1 tunes. Some may rank ih* classes we have alluded to as only rthtively low, ar.d in fact the mid dling classes. We insist they are abso lutely the very highest, ll there is a class of human beings on earth who may he propetly denominated low, it is those alio - pond with ut earning, who consume without producing, who dissipate on the earnings of their fathers or relatives, with out doing anything in aid of themselves. KEEP GOOD COMPANY. There is a certain magic or charm in company, for it will assimilate and make vou like to them by much conversation with them. If they be good company, it is a gre-.'i means to make you good, or confirm you in goodness; but if they be bid, it is twenty to one hut they will cor rupt or infect vou. Therefore, be wary and sly in choosing and enterta ning, or frequenting any company or companions ; he not too hasty in committing yourself to them ; stand off a while till you have in quired t f some (that you know by experi ence to be faithful) what they are ; observe what company they keep : be not 100 has te to gain acquaintance, hut stand off and keep a distance yet a while, till you have observed and learned touching them. .Men or women that are greedy of acquaintance, 01 hasty in i', are often snared in ill com pany before they are aware, and entangled so that they cannot easily get loose from it when they would. Chide a man for being angry when he is angry, what will you get by it, save some of the foain of his overflowing rage cast upon you ? As God is said to have co ne down in the cool of the day to reprove Adam, so iikewise we should come in the cool season of a man's passions, when all is quiet and temperate wi hin, for then there is the greatest probability of rightly iiitlu er.cing him. S >me men who know that they are great, are so very haughty withal and in sufferable, thai itiei r acquaintances discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay, as the pnee of their trieiidship. Such characters are as tiresome and disgusting in the journey of life, as rugged roads are to the weary traveller, which ho discovers to be turn pikes only by the toll. If \ou don't love flowers yourself, don't quarrel with those who do. It is a defect in your nature which \ou ought to be sot r y !ur, rather than ahti.se tho-e who arc riuirti i!'.ed. ()i what pos-ohF- f/se is the rainbow, we should like to know ! And vet a wiser Being than you did nut think j the world complete without it. BOLD STROKE FIR A HUSBAND.— A rather singular ease of forgery has just or i curred in New Orleans. A young French girl, who had recently arrived with her mother and sister fr>>ni Paris, was reported to have a huge amount of gold on depos it!? with a city banker. Site was fair and of course had many admirers, among them a verdant young merchant, whom she married.—On the day following the mar riage the happy bride groom deposited with a banker a note for §IO,OOO, signed by one of the wealthiest merchants in the ; city. This note, which he had received from his voting and beautiful bride, he dp snred to have collected, and a draft for the amount remitted t< him at New York for which destination the happy couple took their departure the same evening. The note was not discovered 10 be a forgery un til several days after they had sailed for j the North. The credulous husband with his artful spouse are now enjoying their i honey moor, trip at the North, but the news of the affair which must come, when the money does not, will sotely interrupt their matrimonial bliss. A BRIEF LITANY. To be read en ah convenient occasions b. LONG & CO., in the manufacture of stoves, and the partnership of A. B. LONG & BRO THER, in the manufacture of iron at Hope Furnace, are now (April 12, 1849.) dissolved, by mutual consent of the parties, and all claims j in tavor or against said paitnerships will bo settled by A. B. LONG. A. B. LONG. GEO. H. LONG. April 21. IS49—4L PERFU YIKRY, e fine assortment, for sale y [ap29j Green