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Yearlv ad vertisements are held payable, one half at the end of three, and the balance at the end of six months. Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. itoetrg* A Sister's Death. Hit,- dlrd upon a winter's night, A long, long time ago ; When the large round moon had a winterr look, As i( shone on ihe breast of the frozen brook, And over the fields of snow. As =he lay that night in the pale moonlight, Whieli fell on her peaceful bed, She seemed like the form of a sculptured saint, V\ itliout sign of woe or of mortal taint, With a glory around her head With her eyelids closed, and her lips apart, And her arms like the marble fair, Crossed on her bosom, and gently piessej, .-die lay, as she sank to her peaceful rest, lu Hie mule repose of prayer. When the morning broke ami we gazed again, A smite to tier face seemed given ; And though our spirns were crushed and sad, The Christmas hells soon made us glad, For we knew she woke in heaven. 2&tsrrU*iHtouo. Old Mr. Theysay \Y ho has not heard of the world-re nowned Mr. Theysay ? Ilis fame is fa miliar with all men. everywhere. The high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, honored and despised, civilized and barba rian, Catholic and Protestant, Musselmen and Christian, all nations, kindreds, tribes and tongues, have heard of Mr. Theysay. His name is almost a household word. Put who has ever given the world a histor\ of this eminent personage ? Numerous as biographies are, no one has ever yet writ ten and published the life of Mr. They say. Pardon me if I undertake the task of writing a brief history of him. His Parentage. —His father's name is Slander; his mother's, Tattle; of his genealogy, nothing more is known. He was horn in the town of Evil Report, in the Kindom of Sin. His Age. —lt is not known in what pre cise age of the world Mr. They say was horn. It is my opinion that he was born soon after Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden of Eden. It lam correct in tins opinion, he must by this time be verv far advanced in life, and we should naturally expect to witness in him all tlie evidences of feeble old age—gray hairs, sunken eyes and palsied limbs. Hut he is really as strong and active, as fresh and fair, as hale and hearty as he ever was. Remarkable old creature ! His Education. —Mr. Theysay's edu cation is verv limited. What knowledge lie lias obtained, is principally from hear say ; hence he does not have any correct knowledge of anything. His deficient ed ucation has ever been a serious embarrass ment to him, for he never dares to make a positive assertion, hut guesses it's so, and so on. His Personal Hjipearunce. —I have spoken of him as being as strong, as active, etc., as he ever was. But who has ever seen Mr. They say ? Have you ? Has any one ? If any one has, I know not the man. In my opinion he is as intangible as Prof. Bush's resurrection body, which we can neither see, handle, analyze, nor describe. 4 But we know he exists, he cause everybody is talking about him.' And 1 have come to the paradoxical con clusion, that he exists, and does not exist; is everywhere and nowhere ; is responsi ble and irresponsible—a sort of 4 will o' the wisp, jack with the lantern' kind of being, whose personal appearance can never be described. His Character. —lie is distinguished for w iokedness. 1. He is a slanderer. 2. A deceivei. fi. A liar. •1. A peace-breaker. f>. llve-rytiling that is bad, without pos sessing one redeeming quality. Header, is Mr. They say in your family? Urive him thence, llarbor him not for a moment. Listen not to his vile slanders. He will involve you in trouble, while he w ill escape. Christian brother, has he visited your little religious cuinmuuit) ? lb-ware of miii. He will cause ' divisions to spring iRBiHBmiD &sm mntowimSSD — • 'lßCglg ffSTffISSTCSISIBg up among you.' Let him influence you, j and your once prosperous society will be destroyed. Playfulness of Animals Small birds chase each other about in play ,* but perhaps the conduct of the crane and the trumpeter (Psophia crepitants) is the most extraordinary. The latter stands on one leg, hops about in the most eccen tric manner, and throws somersets. The Americans call it the mad bird ; expands its wings, runs around in circles, leaps, and throwing little stones and pieces of wood in the air endeavors to catch them again, or pretends to avoid them, as if afraid. V> ater birds, such as ducks and geese, dive alter each oilier and cleave the sur ! face of the water with outstretching neck and flapping wings, throwing an abundant spray around. Deer often engage in a sham battle or a trial of strength, by twisting their horns together and pushing for the mastery. All animals that pretend violence in their play stop short of exercising it ; the dog takes the greatest precaution not to injure bv bis bite ; and the ourang outang, in wrestling with his keeper, attempts to throw him, and makes leints of hiiing him. Some animals carry out in their play the sem blance of catching their prey ! young eats, lor instance, leap after small and moving objects, even to the leaves strewed by the autumn wind ; they crouch and steal for ward ready for the spring ; the body quiv ering and the tail vibrating with emotion, they bound on the moving leaf, and again sprnig forward at another. Kengger saw young jaguars and couguars playing with round substances like kittens. \ oung lambs collect together on the lit tle hillocks and eminences in their pas tures, racing and sporting with each other in the most interesting manner. Birds ol the I'ic kind arc the analogies oi monkeys, lull of mischief, play and mimicry. There is a story told of a tame magpie, which was seen busily employed in a garden gathering pebbles, and with much solemnity and a studied air dropping them in a hole about eighteen inches deep, made to receive a post. After dropping each stone, it cried currack ! triumphantly, and set oil' for another. On examining the spot, a poor toad was found in the hole, which the magpie was stoning for his amusement.— Jiuj/'oti's Xuturul //is. lor;/. Get Married, Girls (Jet married, giris! get married, girls! Oh, do not cruel be To boys who offer you their hearts, In truth and honesty ! Cut while love s words are in your cars Oh, heed their wooing voice ! And do not let one offer slip To make a better choice. Get married, girls ! get married, oiris! While you are youag and fair— While yoytli's bright tint, is on your check, Your brow unmarked vvoh care; While hope stili buoys your spirits in, Ere you have learned to know, The disappointment all maids teel Whose iocks are tinged with snow. Get married, girls! get married, iris! For 'tis a happier state 1 ban her's who lives a sin<*!e life, The melancholy fate ! Whose only pleasure is to nurse A kitten, dog or cat; \\ ho never knows what pleasure 'tis To nurse one's own sweet brat. married, girls ! get married, girls! For o!i, time quickiy flies ! A few more years, and spectacles Will gleam before your eyes! Those locks which new aieglossy, Will yield to those of grey, And wrinkles too will mat that face, Those lovely teeth decay. Get married, then! get married, then ! For oh, the boys won't care, When time leaves wrinkles on your fiice, And silvers o'er your hair; Ilow br'ght the snule, how sweet the word, How kind the heart may be, For winning smiles and flattering words Then lose their witchery. Get married, then ! get married, then ! For oh, 'twill grieve you sore, To think of bovs you flirted once, But now can flirt no more; To think that now your youth is spent, Your summer's almost past, The harvest's spent and garnered up, And you're an old maid at last! ! ! CAREI.KSS. —T. bought a gallon of Otard at Kennedy's to take home, and by the way ola label wrote his name upon a card, which happend to be the seven ol' clubs, and tied it to the handle. Alderman M. coming along and observing the jug, remarked —' That's an awful careless way to leave that liquor.' 4 Why so?' said Tom. 4 Why ? Because somebody might come along with the eight spot and take it!' I LEAP YEAR. —The ladies of Northfield, Mass., and vicinity, availing themselves of the privileges of leap-year, gave a ball on Friday night last, inviting die beaux, waiting on thein to the ball, and paying the fiddler. An interesting question has been asked, viz : whether leap year com mences on the Ist of January or the TJih of February. The Northfield ladies are evidently m favor of the first date. FRIDAY EVE\I.\L, I EBRI ASIY C, l *•>.>. Burning of the Steamer Amazon DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE One of the most thrilling calamities that ever occurred on sea or land, took place oil the coast of England on the 4th of January, by the burning of the Steamer Amazon, on her outward vovage to the West Indies, when about sixty iniles west of the island of Seilly. The par ticulars of this sad casualty are briefly these : _ i'he Amazon was a pioneer of a new line ol steamers recently projected between •Southampton and the Isthmus of Panama, intended to convey the English mails from port to port, and also to louch at the island of St. Thomas on the trip both ways. She was built in a most superb manner, with capacious accommodations, and ma chinery designed to enable her to make the voyage in eighteen days, instead of consuming twenty-five days, the ordinary running time of the old English mail steamers now on that line. The Amazon was pronounced ready for sea during the last month, and on the 2d ol January, she cleared from Southampton for her destination. She carried with her 50 passengers, £20,300 sterling in specie, and 500 bottles of quicksilver, valued at t15,1.>0. Resides other cargo she had in her hoh! 1,133 tons of coal, which Itad been put on hoard for the purpose of be ing delivered for future use, at her contemplated coaling stations. She was commanded by (.'apt. Synionds ; and at 3 o clock on Friday. the day heretofore named, site started on her unhappy voy age, amid the cheers of assembled thous ands, who had been attracted to the wharves to witness her departure. 1 he entire number of persons entered on the vessel's book was 101. Every thing passed oil' pleasantly and without accident, until about one o'clock the fol lowing Sunday, when to the horror of those on hoard, the steamer was found to be on lire. Seilly was within 00 miles to the west, but our accounts do not mention that any attempts were made to reach the island. Ihe Jury ot the element devoured everything before it, and involved in the common ruin the lives of 115, out of the aggregate of 1(51 who composed her crew and passenger list.—Those who escaped, had iloated at the mercy of the waves, in open boats, for twelve hours, exposed to the inclemency of the season,and had well nigh perished by a death hardly less hor rible. 1 wenty-one were picked up !>\ an iinglish vessel, and twenty-live reached the coast of France. IloKßllit.K MI'RDKR O;' A\ OI T!I. The body of Jacob Lehimn, the lad who has been missed since the Nth ol January, and tor whose fate since that time the most in tense anxiety has been experienced bv Itis parents and the friends of the family, was found yesterday aitcrnoon, horribly muti lated, and sewed up in parts in three sacks or bags, lying under the ice on the llats of the Delaware river at Richmond, below the Reading Railroad Company's wharves. 1 he discovery was made by some school girls who were sliding on the ice. They observed something sticking above the suf fice oi the ice that appeared to them like lite neck of a goose. The children called the attention ot some hoys to it, and finally one or two men had the curiosity to press the examination so far as to make the at tempt to remove it from its position. The progress of the operations soon excited the suspicion that a human body was enclosed in a sack or bag, which was very soon af terwards developed as a horrible reality. The head, and the legs from tiie knees down, were in one suck, the chest and arms, with the upper part of the abdomen, were in another, and the lower portions of the body in the third sack. Several gash es were found upon the breast, and also two deep cuts and fractures of the scull, just over and above the forehead. The several portions of the body were enclosed in parts of vf earing apparel lied with cords. Although the body was so horribly mu tilated and mangled, \el it was identified by the lather, by certain unmistakable marks, and parts of the clothing in which it was wrapped. The Coroner was .summoned immedi ately and a jury of inquest raised, and an investigation ot the tragical affair entered upon. It will be remembered that young Lehman was sent by his father, Aaron Lehman, who resides in Seventh street, below (Jirard Avenue, on Thursday, the Hih inst., to peddle a quantity of jewelry. It will also be recollected that on the l(Uh instant a bloody tragedy was enacted in the District of Richmond, in which Andrew Mdiride killed iiis brother Arthur and wounded Hugh Feel. Immediately after that affair,"suspicions were excited against the Mclirides that they had a guilty knowl edge of the fate of the boy. This suspicion was grounded upon the statement of a journeyman la.lor, living in the neighborhood of the Mclirides, that on the afternoon of the Bth inst., he saw the Mclirides and another man in an altercation with the bov in the street, and that one of them struck him, when he (the tailor) re buked them for their conduct, and that the parties then separated. The testimony of the witnesses before the Coroner was main ly in reference to the facts of the boy's disappearance, and his liav ing been seen on the day in question with the Mel}rides, in the vicinity ol their residence. The in vestigation was continued until after mid night, hut nothing was elicited to fasten the bloody tieed upon any one.— Public Ledg er, January 31s/. DEATH OF TWO ROBBERS. —On the night ol the 1 /th ult., three ruffians entered the House ol Mr. Abner Davis, of Worthington township, Richland county, Ohio, and demanded his money ; one o( the men at the same time presenting a pistol at the head ol Mr. Davis, and the others prepared with bludgeons and knives, in case of re sistance. Mr. D. finding resistance use less, unlocked his chest, and gave them his money, ($930,) after which they left, and heing followed by Mr. Davis and others, two of them were found frozen to death, about a mile from where they committed the robbery, and the other some distance beyond, apparently returning to his lifeless ' ompanions, almost insensible—the night being stormy and a good deal of snow having fallen". Ilis name is William Mess ner. He was immediately arrested. The names of the others were Jones and Coop er, the former an old offender, from New \ ork, vv ith both ears cropped. All the money was found on the person of Jones. It ajtpears they were intoxicated, and sat down on a log on the road, where they be came insensible from cold, and finally froze to death. IIAIK ALA NEGRESS. — This is the name lor the new style of dressing the hair, now in vogue among the ladies of out fashiona ble circles. 'J hev have got tired of look ing like white people, anil are doing their best to imitate the mulatto and quadroon women that may be seen about the streets any day, selling fruit and flowers. So far the colored ladies are decidedly ahead of their pale-faced imitators.— X. (). Pie. A Ciianok. —How much we dreaded in oip school boy days to be punished bv sit ting between two girls. Ah ! the force of education. In after years we learned to submit to such things without shedding a tear. Men and women have become extinct— they died about sixty years ago and left no heirs. Ladies and gentlemen have usurped their places. ITS \ KTR.VM SELF REGULATING M:\H\l. MURINE. I>\ the use oi this Machine one person J cnii do as much sewing, and make belter work th in five or six can do by hand. Tailors, Saddlers, look to your interest. Ma chines, shop and < ouiity Rights for sale Apply to JOHN I.Of KM, Lewistown, until February lOtli,after that at LuwUburg, I nion county, Pennsylvania. P One of these Machines may be seen in oper ation at C M Slit LI/S Tuiior-shop in this place. JOHN LOCKE. Lewistown, January 16, 1802—if CLOCKS; A MIIA A.\S> JtiWELKY. 'Pill: subscriber has the satisfaction of an- I imuncing to Uie < i!i/.em> of this place and vicinity, Hi ahe ha jest opened, at the stand lately occupied hy .1. r Sciit'issEs, on Market street, nearly opposite the Bank, a wi II selected slock of illo< L, U aicitcs iV Jewelry. which he will dispose of at tin: lowest possible prices. The -lock is new, embracing the latest stj les, and afford in? an excellent variety, which must he examined to be appreciated, both in regard to quality and price. c XJhicks, Watches and Jewelry w ill he it II I* AI It lll> in the very best manner with despatch, and wa,- >.lilted for one year, lie hopes by selling low, punctual- It fulfilling his engagements, and strict attention to busi ness, to secure a proportion of public, patronage. 11. IV. JU.NKIN. Lew istown, January 2,1§32 tf Register's Notice, A 1 - I '. persons having Deeds or """ other Instruments of Writing in the Register and Recorder's Office, as well as in Orphans* Court business, ate requested to call and get liu-ni without delay, as my term of office expires on the first December. Many fees small in amouul individually, are due in all these offices, and of course l cannot afford to spend much time in their collection, yet as they form, in the aggregate, a sum of considerable importance tome, I trut a further notice will not be necessary. Executors and administrators of estates, as well as some four or five hundred owners of Deeds, which have been recorded but not lifted, are par ticularly invited to give me a call. J. L. McILVAINE. Lewistown, November '■>, 1> rsaqr> rfl 51fA\ INC juat relumed from Philadelphia JL JL with a new and varied stock of GOODS, the undersigned invites the public to give ium a call. In addition to his stock of pure and fresh DRUGS, he has on hand S pices of all kinds, fine Dairy and Table Salt, pure While Lead -, Copal. Coach, Japan and Shoe Varnish es ; a variety of AT its ; Rutter, Soda Sugar and Water Crackers -, Old and Young Hyson, Im perial and Biuck TEAS ; a great variety of Hair and Tooth Brushes, RICE and SOUP BEANS, &e &e.. innumerable, at A. A. BANKS' Variety Store. Lewistown, Dec. 12, 1851-tf. JAMES CRUTCHLEYj Valley street, Lewistown, near Hauler's Can dle Factory, Manufactures every description of Piclurt' aistl booking 4* lass 2aT J 112, 21 252 3 SUCH as Gilt, Mahogany, Rosewood, &.c. and can furnish frames and Glass of any required size. REGILDLXG, YARMSIIIAG, AA D POLISIiJA G of old frames, and Repairing Work generally, done at short notice and on reasonable terms. (cs~The public are invited to call and ex amine his stock. Lewistown, August 1, 1851. LEWISTOWN WILLS. fßTllf, subscribers have taken the Lewistown X Mills and formed a copartnership under the firm of JOHN STERRKTT& CO. for car rying on a general .fVTX TILING BUSI iJESSi wish to buy a large quantity of all kinds of GRAIN, for which we will pay the HIGHEST PRICES the market will afford, accord ing to the quality of the grain. Any person wishing to store their wheat can do so, and a receipt will be given to be kept in store until the Ist of August, and after that until the Ist ot December. In case of wheal left in store, liie subscribers reserve the privi lege of purchasing said wheat when the own ers wish to sell, at from 13 to 15 cents off of Philadelphia prices, and if we do not buy at this rate, then we charge one cent per bushel for storage. No interest will be allowed on money not lifted for grain sold, as we are pre pared to pay CASH at ail times. FLOUR and all kinds of FEED keptand for sale tor cash. W. THOMPSON, AND. McFARLVNi:, HUGH CON LEY, S. S. WOODS. Lewistown, May "J, 1951.—tf rVcw Series—Vol. 6->o. to. SPECIAL COURT, fptiE Parties and others interested and con- X. cerned iu ilie causes and issued for trial at a Special ! *- ol! ft of Couimoit Pit as, in the County of Mnflin, are i ''; rt - b y notified that a list thereof has heen furnished the I resident Judge of the 9th Judicial district—and the Hon. S. H, (.rahatn, President Judge of the aforesaid district, , in pursuance of the Acts of Assembly authorising the holding of such Court, has appointed and will bold a Special Court of Common Pleas, on the SECON I) WON • DAY (being the 9th) of FEBRUARY, ai 3 o'clock, J M, of iliat day, at the Court House, 111 the borough of I.ewistown to continue one week, for the trial of said ; causes and issues. And at the same time and place wlli , hold a Special Court, and hear and dispose of all motions, roles, exceptions, and other matters that can or may he heard and disposed of before any Special Court, autho rized by law lo be held lor said County J . 1. MfcCOY, Prothonotary. I.ewietown, December 19, 1951. List of Causes For Trial .11 Special fourt, Feb'y 9, ls a V'-IJAH M \ vs. Willis Ac Stackpole and Willis Ac CoNo. 34, April term, 1833. Jonathan Leslie vs. John 11 Irvine, No. 127, August term, lS.lti. Same vs. same, No 123, August term, 1830. I he Hank ot Lew is town vs. Jaiues Brown's aUministra tors. No. 122, April t'-rm, 18j>: Arthur ltell vs. Peter Snook et al., No. 191, August term Nathaniel Kennedy for John Kennedy vs. George Davis el al., No. 81, November term, 1845. James Wareatu vs. Z. Heuch Ac Jonathan McCoy, Lr. Acc., No. lu7, January term, lsls. Litis Gritfith and \\ m. B. Reynolds vs. same, No. ili- January term, 1848. ' Sterrett Ac Potter vs. Rawle &. Hall. No 145, April term 1848. James C. Norris vs. Benj. Clay, Samuel H. Crawford et al., No. 23, August term, 1818. John Potter Ac Co. for Abbot Green vs. Samuel Hopper, No. 04, August term, le>lß. James Davis vs. John Norris' executors, Rawl 4c Hall lor Robert Cox, No. 13, November term, 1848. 1 lie Bank of Lewistowri vs. J & J Potter, No. 72, No vember term, le4B. James Dickson, administrator of James Criswell vs. George Brought, No. 73. November term, l?l3 Hopper & Zeigler vs. John Steirelt, James Potter, 4c John Potter, No. 107, November term, 1818'. Same vs. same, No. 103, November term, 1313. The Bank of Lewistown vs. John Sterieti Sc James Pot ler, sr, No. 127, November term, 131- Robert Beck for John Beck vs. O. P. Duncan, et ai., No. 111, January term, 1819. I,az.iru= Steely vs. \\ m. Custer, No. 112, January term, 1849. Sterrett 9 JOIIN KENNEDY. LAPP and JOINT SHIN >3 GLES, kept constantly on hand and ior sale by W. P. MILL!KEN. Lewisiown, Nov. 21, 1851. SHOULDER Braces, a new and superior article, at A. A. BANKS' Variety store. IJETROLEUM, or Rock Oil, at A. A. DL9 BANKS' Variety store. | riiOBACCO, Snuff and Segars at JL april 11 A. A. BANKS'. ) I {OVER'S INK—Black, Blue, Red and I Carmine, the beat in the wiiruet, cheap at , dl 9 BANKS' Variety stoie. tMIL IT.—Oranges, Lemons, Raisins, Figs, Prunes, the lirst of the season, at dl 9 A. A. BANKS'. PINE OIL and Burning Fluid, just received and for sale at d! 9 BANKS' Variety store. ("ODER VINEGAR—A new supply—first- J rate —just received at 1 decl2 BANKS' Variety Store. THE TEETH—Tooth pastes aud Powders, in great varietv.at dl 9 BANKS' Variety store. SHAVING Creain, a delightful article, softening the beard and easing the labor j ol shaving at BANKS' Variety store. PERFUMERY Bay Ruin. Cologne, Ver bena, Sweet Briar, Patcheoly, Jenny I Lind, Jasmine, Ruse, at dl 9 BANKS' Variety store. COG ARS.—A great variety of CIGARS, / bought low and selling accordingly. | Loveia of the weed, the piace to get a good and cheap article, is at BANKS' Variety store. E7VJR PUDDlNGS.— Seeker'f Farina, pre pared expressly for families, hotels and ' eating houses. Corn Starch, a new article for the same purpose, similarly prepared, for sale at dec 12 BANKS' Variety Store. C '.IRISTM AS.— Beautiful ornament al Alabaster Fancy Boxes, and other knick-knacks, i Also, FANCY SOARS, admirable imitations in appearance, of Iruit—a new article, just re ! ceived and ! : r sale at decl'D BANKS' Variety Store.