THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday Morning, Dec, 11.
The attention of our readers who desire a
city weekly is requested to the Prospectus
of the Saturday Evening Post, an old and
well established paper, conducted with much
ability, and weekly furnishing a large quan
tity of matter suited to almost every taste.
Mr. ChiLls, who advertises a free lecture
for Saturday evening, is an artist of merit,
and among other matters has taken some
beautiful sketches of scenery*in this county,
some of which can be seen at the residence
of Gen. W. 11. Irwin.
LANCASTER BANK.
The stockholders of this institution held a
meeting on Saturday last, at which the com
mittee previously appointed made the follow
ing report:
The Committee appointed at a meeting of
the stockholders of the Lancaster Bank, held
at Fulton Hall on the 22d ultimo, to investi
gate the affairs of the Bank, beg leave to re
port that they' have discharged that duty, and
find that the'statements of assets and liabili
ties, presented by the directors to the stock
holders at that meeting, is substantially cor
rect, as far as it is possible to ascertain at this
time.
The Committee also find hv the certificates
obtained from the engravers and printers of
all the notes of the Bank since its organiza
tion as a Bank, that they correspond with the
issues exhibited on the books of the Bank.—
The Committee are therefore of the opinion I
that there could be no over issue, unless the !
notes reported on the books as burned were j
not so destroyed, and again fraudulently put I
in circulation. We have no reason to think
that such has beeu the case.
The Committee deem it inexpedient at this j
time to report to the public the causes of the i
suspension of the Bank, inasmuch as they i
have assurances from the principal debtors of i
tiic Bank* previously reported as doubtful, ;
that they are making every effort to discharge j
their liabilities, ami because au exposition at
this time of the mismanagement of the Bank ;
would greatly prejudice the chances of the j
recovery of a considerable portion of the as- j
sets which are put down as doubtful.
The Committee therefore recomqiend to all j
.nterested parties believing it is not their iu- .
terest at this rime, to expose the mismanage
ment of the iiu-.iv such a course would 1
only augment the personal liabilities of the i
St >-khoMers, and vvuuid tend to retard tbe ■
spo-- iy resuscitation of the Bank, au event so
anxiously looked for by the business cornrnu- !
ni tv.
The condition of the Bank at compared
with the statement made to the Stockholders, :
Nov. 22, 1&56, is as follows:
Nov. 22. Notes in circulation, $724,809
Dec. G, 552.477
Reduction, $172,392 j
The assets reduced similar in amount.
Resolved, That the Committee be discharg- J
ed from the further consideration of the sub- j
ject.
Lancaster Bank. Dec. 6, 1856.
Several propositions for resuscitating the !
bank were made, and referred to a committee. !
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
AN OTTER CAPTURED.—A large black otter j
was shot in Jack's creek last week, about a j
mile from town, by Mr. Cooper, who observed j
two of them playing in the water by running
up a snag or stump and diving from it. These I
animals are becoming quite rare, and it is
perhaps as well, as they are very destructive j
of fish, it being no doubt owing to tbe pres- j
ence of these two that pike were so scarce in j
•Jack's creek during the past summer and fall.
The skin can he seen at Rudisill's emporium i
of hats, caps, furs, Ac.
TURKEYS. —Two droves of Turkeys, num- i
be ring 400 or sbo, passed our office on Mon
day iast, on their way to the railroad, and j
thence to the city to grace the tables of the
gormandizers there. A speculation of this ,
kind from Centre county some time ago did I
not turn out very well.
THE WEATHER. —The cold spell at the end
of last week and beginning of this closed the ;
river at this place with ice. The canal was
frozen hard on Sunday morning, but strenu- j
ous efforts are being made to keep it open for j
a few days to enable a number of boats in 1
this division to reach home, though this will I
of course depend on the state of the weather. |
Y'estcrday the sun shone out pleasantly, and i
a "few more of the game sort" would be quite !
agreeable.
P. S. This morning the ground is.covered
with snow, and as we go to press it is raining. ;
&SjrThe Rev. Mr. Elliott, a New School ,
Presbyterian minister, formerly a resident of
this place, preached in the Lutheran Church
on Sunday morning tu a large audience, and
on Sunday evening delivered a sermon in
favor of the American Sunday School Union, i
which resulted in the collection of about SGO. 1
HOLIDAY GIFTS. —As the season is again at !
hand for bestowing testimonials of goodwill
and friendship, we would advise ail to call ;
early and examine the beautiful stock of Jew- i
elrv, Gift Books, Albums, Ac. in the cases
and on the shelves of H. W. Junkin. An
early call will give an opportunity for making
choice from one of the most extensive and i
superb lots yet exhibited here, and in such
variety that pockets whose contents may
range from a dime to a V, X, L or C, can be
suited.
MAGAZINES. —Jos. 11. Itook will wait upon
our citizens shortly for the purpose of receiv
ing subscriptions to Godey's, Graham's, and
Peterson's Magazines.
gvjjrLancaster Bank notes vary considera
bly here—some parties buying them up at7o
and 89 cents on the dollar, and a few stores
taking them at 90 cents h>r goods. '1 he gen
era. ion . n ; that the notes will ultimate
ly DE guwU.
f-y-Wn regret to learn that a telegraphic
despatch was received on Menday last from
Council Bluffs, lowa, announcing the death
of Dorsey Grey, son-in-law of James Burns,
Esq. Mr. B. immediately left for that distant
post on the western frontier with the inten
tion of bringing home his widowed daughter.
LECTURE. —Hon. E. Banks will deliver a
lecture before the Phrenokosmian Society in
the Apprentices' Ilall on Monday evening
next. The public are invited to attend.
SgL. Park Benjamin, Esq., delivered his
lecture on Amusing Traits of American Char
acter in the Town Hall last evening. It was
pretty well attended and gratified all.
LATEST NEWS.
RAILROAD COLLISION AT ALLIANCE.
i The Cleveland and Pittsburg train ran
through the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
i cago train at Alliance on the Bth, smashing
two cars of the latter train. One of the cars
| was thrown into the rotunda of the Station,
and the other through the public room which
constitutes part of Sourbeck's hotel, in which
several persous were sitting. The rotunda
and sitting room were both torn down, killing
eight and wounding a number of persons.—
• The following are the killed: Jacob Rudy,
John Mclntyre, and I)r. Smith and lady, all
of Alliance; Mr. Jatteholt, and Wm. Ritchie,
of New Garden, Ohio; John Brooks of New
•Jersey. Among the wounded were Charles
Coats, engineer, badly; Mr. A. Roth, Phila
| delphia, thigh fractured and otherwise badly
! hurt; W. C. Cleland, conductor of the Cleve
land and Pittsburgh train, slightly hurt; 1).
N. Courtney, slightly; Fielding Cavanagh
and lady; Anna Armour, of Columbus, Indi
; aua, badly; J. Painter, Stark county, Ohio,
slightly. Most of the killed and woun-
I ded were not on the cars, but were sitting in
the public room when the accident occurred.
FOREIGN.
The IT. S. mail steamship Atlantic, which
| left Liverpool on the 26th of November, arri
i ved at New York on the 9th. TheContinen
{ tal news is not of much importance, the vari
j ous complications between the different gov
; ernments remaining as at last advices. The
■ extraordinary activity which prevails in the
Russian shipbuilding establishments on the
Black Sea, has awakened the distrust of Eng
land, and that power has lately applied to i
France for the purpose of making a joint
representation to Russia on the subject. It
i being notorious that the Czar has at this mo
inont twelve men of war in the Black Sea, it
is believed that the Cabinet of the Tuilleries
has not deemed such interpolation opportune
: at the present time.
From Paris there is no special news except
! that the Journal des Dcbats announces that
I the Marquis Antonini, the Neapolitan Envoy,
} received his passports on Friday. The As
' semblee Nationals, in an article six columns
j long, and headed "Let us be friends, but not
tools of England," replies to the attacks of
the London Times.
Nothing positive is known of the fate of
1 Herat. It appears, however, that the hopes
J entertained of getting possession of the city
by friendly means had not been realized,
j Advices have been received from Constan
tinople of the date of Nov. 14th. A fright
! ful conflagration had occurred at Pera, in
which about six hundred houses were destroy
ed. A very extensive fire had also occurred
at Adrianople, which destroyed much prop-
I erty.
A catastrophe of a terrible character had
j occurred at Rhodes. The lightning had
' struck an immense deposit of gunpowder,
' which had been stored iu the vaults of the
! ancient Knights of Rhodes. An explosion
and fire of a frightful character ensued. The
whole Turkish quarter was destroyed, togeth
s er with its population, only three chrildren
escaping.
ALLEGED NEGRO PLOTS IN TENNES
SEE, AC.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 5.—A plot for the rising
; of the negroes in this State, has been detect
; ed, and caused a great excitement in Mont
! gomery county, where it was first discovered.
It is alleged that Christmas eve had Leen fix-
I ed upon fur the rising, and the mostexteusive
i arrangements had been made to carry it out
I successfully. One white man has been ar
| rested, together with a great many negroes,
including many of the generals, captains and
! other officers of the proposed movement. —
j Several of them have made full confessions,
j A large collection of arms and ammunition
has been seized. The church of Louisa Fur
nace had been uudermiued, and powder plac
ed beneath it ready to be blown up when filled
j with people. The plot, it is believed, extends
! over a wide rauge of territory South and
West. There is an extra patrol on duty ev
| erv night at Clarksville, and every housekeep-
I cr is well armed and prepared for any erner
I gency.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. G, (Evening.)—A report
j has reached the city that the negroes in South
: em Kentucky had broken out in rebellion—
! and that a general insurrection was feared.
| They had commenced an attack upon the
| Iron Works, and \ igilauce Committees have
been formed in Lafayette and Ilopkinsville,
1 for the purpose of taking prompt action in
j the matter.
NASHVILLE, Dec. B. —The excitement re
garding the attempted insurrection of the
negroes continues. Four of the ringleaders
have been seized and executed at Dover, for
being implicated in the conspiracy.
Reports similar to the above have been rife
| in several Southern states, and created a great
1 deal of excitement. This however is the na
j ture of the peculiar institution, and those
i who hold anything in the shape of man in
bondage, must always look for insurrections,
because liberty is precious to all, whether
civilized, savage or barbarous.
TERRIBLE SNOW STORM.
MILWAUKIE, Dec. 6.—The storm of Tuesday
' last was very severe along Lake Michigan.—
I Many buildings were swept away, piers dam
aged, Ac. In many places snow fell to the
depth of six feet. The railroads are blocked
up, and no trains are arriving or departing.
I The brigs Storm King and Aigomah, and the
| schooner Welland, were all wrecked within
; sight ef the city. All on hoard were saved.
| Several propellers from Buffalo are overdue,
1 and fours are entertained for their safety.—
! Many shattered vessels are arriving here.
CO U N TERFEITERS A RRESTE D.
NF.W \ ORK, "Dec. 7.—Two brothers doing a
j brokerage business in Chatham street, under
' the firm of Taylor Brothers, have been ar
rested on the charge of being extensive deal
ers in counterfeit money. Thirty thousand
dollars in spurious bills on the banks of New
; York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, were,
| it is alleged, found on the premises.
Olla Podrida.
Insane—Col. Reah Frazer.
; At an end—The beating season.
Dead —Gen. Rufus Welsh, the circus man.
l#srUThc Indian troubles in Texas continue.
Excellent —The singing in the Lutheran
; Church last Sunday evening.
Woronzoff, Governer of Odessa
' during the Russian War, is dead.
Irish paper is trying to prove that
Mr. Buchanan is an Irishman.
, -Sign of cold weather—Twenty-threo young
| ladies in our town want partners.
is taking dogtypes at Bloemfield,
; Perry county.
j JS*aT'The Ohio river is now in lino naviga
ble order.
Lawrence Getz, editor of the Rcad
| ing Gazette, is talked of as Speaker of the
House. We move he gelz it.
Centre Berichtei", published at
; Aaronsburg, is out for Douglas for President
in 1860.
B£*kCiab-Apple Jones of the Standa r d is
evidently envious, either of our fish or age—
hard to tell which.
2!3L.The Philadelphia Daily uews oppoges
the formation of an American Republican
party.
Saline—The editorials of the Standard—
must have been swallowing a sack of salt
lately.
Queer. —It is said our former townsman, i
Adam Sigler, has erected a large tavern stand j
at Lake City, Minnesota. "Adam, where art j
thou ?"
new steamer Kentucky exploded
her steam pipe on Saturday eveuing, near
Augusta. l\y., scalding a number of deck
passengers, three of whom have since died.
sfetr~They are talking at liollidaysburg of
erecting two glass factories. These are yet
in embryo, but meanwhile a bogus coin fac
tory seems to be in full operation.
85&*.N0 one else being disposed to defend
Prank Pierce's message in the United States
Senate, Mr. Bigler has put his foot in it. The
price of beef will now go up.
BffUThe Lewistown Furnace, notwithstand
ing the drawback we noticed last week,'got
under way a few days after, and is now in
successful blast. Long may it be so.
83gkThe liollidaysburg Register gives too
much credit to the opposition respecting the
clerkship to the county commissioners. The
applicants were all Americans.
fitgyThe Hughes' printing telegraph, which
sends messages forward and back at the same j
instant of time, was successfully tested at !
New York last week.
B®=The Chimney Rock Furnace at Ilolli 1
daysburg, lately put in blast, was built after j
a draft made by Win. Willis, Esq., the popu- ,
lar manager of the Lewistown Furnace.
Jordan of Bedford is spoken of
for Speaker of the Senate. Query? Cuuldn't
the straightouts raise a corporal's guard on
"principle" so as to elect a democrat?
Plenty—Sheriffs sales in many counties of
this State, all owing no doubt to the Lancas
ter Bank, which has got to be the excuse for
everything.
r> !
JteaTJ acob Little & Co., New York stock
brokers, failed to meet their liabilities last
week. This stock jobbing is not a whit bet
ter than gambling.
®sk,The most sensible thing the present
Congress could do would be to take off the
heavy duty on sugar, pass an appropriation
bill, and adjourn.
George Kuper, British Consul at Bal
timore, was suffocated in his room on the
night of the 7th instant by the burning of
the house.
RjgsuThc Democrat and Aurora are quarrel
ing just now about which party is the great
est rascal. Major Elbow says from present
appearances it seems to be a tie.
contract for the construction and
equipment of the St. Croix and Lake Superi
or Railroad, in Wisconsin, has been awarded
to D. K. Jackinan, Jarrett &. Co., of Lock
Haven.
B@uThe grading of 20 miles of theTyrene
and Clearfield Railroad, extending from Ty
rone to Philips burg, was let on the 21st ult.,
to Messrs. Lingle of Bellefonte, and Brady
and Mowrer of Clinton county, at $125,000.
ffifJa.Two swindlers calling themselves Lord
Arthur John Hudson and Sir Charles Miller,
were arrested at Pittsburg last week. As
usual, sundry fools after great men had their
pockets searched.
fctf-Tbo Erie City Dispatch is down on J.
Porter Brawley, Surveyor General, forgetting
corned lately at North East. Never mind,
Mr. Dispatch—this is the season for " corn
ing" beef and other vegetables.
©ay-Messrs. Saxton, Powell & Co. shipped
from their mines during the month of No
vember, three hundred thousand and twenty
four tons of coal. Quito a smart business! —
Huntingdon Globe.
Wo should say it was—but didn't you make
a little mistake of 297,000 tons?
o*3s' Friday a week might have been a cool
day at Altoona, where they never have any
pleasant weather in the fall, but here it was
fir.c and just the day for an editor with some
Lancaster money in bis pocket and no babies
to nurse to be out fishing.
"i am responsible." —This is the latest in
vention by some city advertisers who proba
bly desire to take in the country press. Iho
best way to prove "I am responsible," whero
the parties are unknown, is to forward the
money in whole or in part with the adver
tisement.
©jySome two weeks since, says the Hun
tingdon Globe, three young men from Phila
delphia were arrested at Lewistown tor break
ing into and carrying off goods from the store
of Mr. Bare, at.Mount Union, in Huntingdon
county. They were confined in jail, hut one
of the three effected his escape.
g@L,EVERY READER will please notice
the advertisement descriptive of Mr. Sears
Pictorial Family Bible, and send for the
Printed Catalogue of all our Illustrated Works.
B©uTo the uninitiated in the great art of
Selling Books, we would say, that we present
a scheme for money making, far better than
all the gold mines of California and Austra
lia.
figy-Any person wishing to embark in the
| enterprise, will risk little by sending to the
Publisher $25, for which he will receive sam
ple copies of the various works, (at wholesale
prices,) carefully boxed, insured, and direct
ed, affording a very liberal percentage to the
agent for his trouble. With these he will
soon be able to ascertain the most saleable,
and order accordingly. Address (post paid)
ROBERT SEARS, Publisher,
181 William Street, New Y'ork.
i , lltl
Holloway's Pills, a Cure for Sick Headache
and Bile.—William Kaners, of Dover, Maine,
: was, perhaps, one of the greatest sufferers
! from sick headache and bile, scarcely a day
j passed without his feeling the dreadful effects
I of these formidable evils, he put himself in
1 the hands of the doctors, but they did him
no good, in fact, he became worse, until his
sufferings were more than human nature
could bear, and he almost sunk under them;
fortunately for him he commenced using
Holloway's Pills, which acted upon the sys
tem, cleansed the bowels, cleared the head,
and by persevering with them for eight weeks,
thoroughly restored him to health. He has
ever since been entirely free from these dread
ful attacks.
THE MARKETS.
Lewistown, Dec. 11, 1850.
Lewistown Flour, per 100 lbs. $4 00
Superfine " 3 5
Freedom >l 3 30
Barley b0
Rye, ft bushel, CO
Oats, do. S3
Corn, do. 50
Cloverseed, "ft bushel, 6 75
Tiniothyseed, " 250
Butter, good, tt>. 20
Eggs, dozen, 15
New Potatoes ft bushel, 40
The Lewistown Mill is paying $1,30 for
red wheat, 1.40a1,45 f or white wheat, accord
ing to quality.
tfaT*Alfred Marks, at the new Steam Mill,
is paying for White Wheat 1,45a0,0G, Red
1,30.
N. B.—Wheat taken on store, with privi
lege to the owner to sell or ship by boat.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Dec. B th. —The cattle market during the
past week has been quite active. The ani
mals at Wm. L. Torbert's Avenue and Wash- i
ington Drove Yards, were 800 beeves, 6500 i
sheep, 700 hogs, and 110 cows and calves.— j
Beef cattle advanced a shade in price; and I
all offered sold at from ?8 50 to 10 50 p 1 100 j
lbs. Sheep sold rather dull at from $3 to 425 ;
ft head. Hogs are worth from $7 75 to 825 j
ft 100 lbs., and cows and calves are still sel- :
ling at from S3O to 70 each. The total stock i
in market was 1000 beeves, GSOO sheep, 25 ;
hogs, and 140 cows and calves. Among the j
arrivals at Torbert's were 80 fine Kentucky
mules and 70 horses. The former, unbroken,
2 and 3 years old, sold at from S3OO to 400 {4
pair.
Clour, (.rain, &c.
Flour and Meal. —The market, generally,
has been dull and drooping this week under
the news from abroad, and with increased
receipts, prices have ruled in favor of the
buyers. About 15,000 bbls Flour have been
disposed of for shipment, at $0 50aG 021 for
common mixed and straight brands, $0 75a
6 87 j for selected and better brauds, s7a7 121
for extra, $7 25 for Braudywine, and $7 25a
7 50 for extra family as to brand, including
2000 bbls of the latter, on terms not public;
the market closes quiet, but firm at these rates,
aud most holders refuse our lowest figures for
standard brands. The inspections for the
week ending the 4th inst, are 19,095 bbls
Flour, 120 half do do, 1943 do Corn Meal,
and 384 do l!ye Flour.
Grain —The receipts and sales of Wheat
have been moderate, and prices at the close
are rather lower. Sales comprise about 30,-
000 bu mostly taken for milling at 150a154c
for fair to choice rods, and 100alG4c for white.
To-day these prices wero not attainable and
most "holders were storing. Rye has been in
steady request, with further sales of oaGOOO
bu Penna at- 80c. Corn is rather lower, with
a fair busiuess to notice, and about 50,000 bu.
mostly Southern Yellow found buyers at GBa
G7c c afloat, GGc iu store, GoaGGc for white and
5G for new. Oats are better and about 25,-
000 bu have been taken at 43a440 for good
Southern and 44a45c for I'enua.
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
JEWELRV AM) BOOKS!
A splendid assortment of
fAJSY AiYtiSLZt,
WATCHES,
BSU.CJ2LETS,
EAR-RINGS,
rs'A iSA S3 <£ IP H L£L o
and other suitable Jewelry FOR GIFTS, will
be found at
H. W. JUKKIN'S
Establishment, East Market street, opposite
Russell's Banking House.
ALSO,
A beautiful supply of
ANNUALS,
& (L 3 9 IB) 3
AND OTHER
Various sizes and binding
FAMILY BIBLES,
PRAYER & HYMN POOKS,
and a general assortment of
Theological, Miscellaneous, and
School Books,
LETTER AND NOTE PAPERS, &c.
Lewistown, Dec. 11, 1856.
YITILLUM HO WITT, the celebrated
V T Kuglisk author, writes for 7'Ae Saturday Evening
rust TALI.ENGETTA, or The Squatter's Home. See
Prospectus in another column.
IJMSH and SALT, buy at
. doll HOFFMAN'S.
;j FREE LECTURE
; Perspective and Mechanicil Drawing.
Mr. B. G. OHILDS, from Massachusetts,
f will lecture on tbe above subject to the citi
j zens of Lewistown, at. the Town Hall, on
( SAITRDA) EVENING, December 13tb,at
. ~ o'clock. Mr. 0. will make drawings on the
blackboard by which the subject will be made
s : interesting, and its principles, rules and ap
j plication intelligible to the audience.
j Register's Notice.
IMIE following accounts have been exami
ned and passed by me, and remain filed
! of record in this office for inspection of Heirs,
Legatees, Creditors, and all others in any way
) interested, and will be presented to the next
Orphans' Court of the county of Mifflin, to
he held at the Court House in Lewistown. on
FRIDAY, the 9th day of January, 1857,
3 : for allowance and confirmation:
. ! 1. The account of John Ilovt, Jr., and
5 j Thomas Hutchinson, administrators of the
r j estate of William Mann, Jr., late of Brown
1 township, deceased.
> j 2. The account of Daniel Yoder, adtnin
i istrator of the estate of Magdulena Moist,
? < late of Bratton township, deceased,
s ; 3. The account of Samuel Comfort, ad
: j ministrator of the estate of John Comfort,
; | lute of the borough of Lewistown, deceased.
4. The account of John C Sigler and
, j Thompson G. Bell, executors of the last will
, i and testament of Rachel Gruber. late of the
' ; borough of Lewistown, deceased.
5. The account ef Samuel Drake, adminis
trator of the estate of John Dysart, late of
Wayne township, deceased.
6. The account of Henry Kohler, adminis
trator of the estate of Christian WoltW, late
of Armagh township, deceased.
JAMES McDOWELL, Register.
Register's Office, Lewistown, >
| December 11, 1856. J
•GHiH/f'-S SAISiL
I>\ virtue of sundry writs of Venditioni
y Exponas, issued outof the Court of Com
\ mon I'leas of Mifflin County, and to me di
j rected, will be exposed to sale, by public ven
j due' or outcry, at the Court liouse, in the
i borough of Lewistown, on
Saturday, January 3, 1857,
i at 1 o'clock, p. in.# the following described
j property, viz:
A certain piece or parcel of land situate in
the borough of Lewistowri# bounded on the
west by lot of Davis Bates two hundred and
three feet more or less, on the .north by Eliz
• abeth street 68 feet more or iess, on the cast
j i>y a 14 feet alley, Ac., on tbe gou.h by lots
j of John R. Weekes, composed of lots Nos. 4,
; 24, 2J aud 20 in the general plan of said bor
j ougli extended, whereon are erected a Fouu- i
' dry, Foundry House, Machine Shop, Carpen- j
! ter Shop, Pattern House, Wood Shed and
j Coal House, together with ond Steam Engine, |
five Turning Lathes, one Drill, and all other !
I fixtures and machinery thereto attached.— j
Also, All that lot of ground situate in said
borough, bounded on the east hy Main street,
on the south by Water street, on the north |
| by lot now or lately owned by Francis McCoy, j
! and on the west hy lot now or lately owned I
i by William Jennings, (a 14 feet alley being j
between,) containing in breadth 66 feet and j
8 inches, and in length 210 feet, being parts j
of lots numbered 22, 23, 24 and 25 in the j
general plan of said borough, whereon arc j
erected two large two story Frame Houses,
weather-boarded and painted white, with oth- j
or buildings and improvements. Aho. one i
other lot of ground situate in the West Ward |
in the borough of Lewistown, bounded on the j
north by lot of Robert Shipton, on the east i
hy a 10 feet alley, on the south hy lot of Jus. j
if. Martin, west by public road loading from !
Third street to and past James McCurdy's, !
fronting 30 l'eet more or less on said road and
extending back 111 feet more or less. Seized,
taken in execution and to be sold as the prop- ;
orty of Daniel Zei'jhr.
j AT.SO,
A tract ofTiand situate in Bratton township,
Mifflin county, containing ab<.ut 199 acres, ;
be the same more or less, about 25 acres
cleared with a Log House and Log Barn and
other improvements thereon erected, bounded
as follows: On tbe east by iands of Raiuner,
south by Black Log mountain, west by George
Mitchell, north by George Miller, north-east
by Samuel Bratton. Seized, taken in execu
tion and to be sold as the property of Chris
tian Miller, Jr.
JACOB MCTTJIERSBOrC.iI, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Dec. 11, 1856.
N. It. Purchasers at the above aheri.T * sales are here
by notified thai the amount of ttie sale? will he required
lo be paid, in atl r.i'- s, immediately <u, the property being
knocked down, or it will be forthvv nh resold to the hijth
est bidder. J. M.
LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND. R
Novelet bv (he author of " ZILL n." &.c , will be
published in The Saturday Evening Post. See prosper
tus in another place.
FOR
HARDWARE,
F. J. HOFFMAN'S
I I
I I LASA j
BLACKSMITHS— TO HOFFMAN'S YOU
should coniinue to go for iron, Steel, Ac.
/ CORDAGE, Twines and Tar at
i HOFFMAN'S.
SHOE FINDINGS—SoIe Leather,
Morocco, Easts, and all kinds of Shoe Findings, at
dell F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
SADDLERS A COACHMAKERS—
Our stock of saddlery and coachware is large and at
low prices. HOFFMAN.
P ORN SHELLERS—
V 2 The STAR, y
The SOUTHERN, \ At HOFFMAN'S
Ihe READING, J dell
G' ~ ROCERIES—
I Buy Cheese at Hoffman's
Buy Sugar at Hoffman's
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Buy Teas, &c., at Hoffman's
GO to Hoffman's for Tuhs
Go to Hoffman's for Churns
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. j Go to Hoffman's for Brooms
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DRUGS, DRAGS, DRUGS,
IKedtcines, medicines, medicines,
Paints, Paints, Paints,
Glass, Glass,
Oils, Oils, Oils,
Trusses, Trusses,
, At HOFFMAN'S.
L | A UGLSTINE DUG ANNE writes for
| /"\ The Saturday Evening Post. THE RAID OF
! BURGUNDY, a Tale of the Swiss Cantons See prjs-
I pectus in another place
PROSPECTUS FOR 1857.
The Saturday Evening Post
ESTABLISHED t,T TA. J
ITiHE publishers of this o!d an afi ,
• <J Jisherl paper take pleasure in eaU^ 1 ,l stab "
t tention of the public to their program*® £
s the coming year. Surleited with politics the
; claims of literature will be more than ever an.
. preciated by the reading wot Id. We hav#
I therefore already made arrangements with the ®
following brilliant list of writers:
WILLIAM HOWITT (of England,) ALICE CART, !
T. S. ARTHUR, MRS. SOUTH WORTH, AUGUSTINE S
• DUGANNF., MRS. M. A. DEKISOW, the author of
1 '• Zillah," ucc.
We design commencing, in the first number
r j in January next, the following original Novelet:
t TALLESCETTA, or THE SQUATTER'S HOVE
' By William Howitt, author of "Rural Life i n
' , r , f ? ,a " d '" "Homes of the Poets," &c.
, I his IS a Story of Australian Life, Mr. Howitt
having visited Australia expressly with the ob
| jeet of acquainting himself with the novel and
j romantic aspects under * Lich nature and ?oci
' e %P rC c e n lllemse ' ves in "'at singular region
Ihe following Novelets will then be given
I though probably not in the exact order here
. mentioned :
THE STORY OF A COUSTRY GIRf.,
By Alice Carv. An original Novelet written
expressly for the Post.
THE WITHERED HEART,
I An original Novelet, written expressly far n,~ )
I Post, by T. S. Arthur.
LIHTHOUSE ISLAND,
jAn original Novelet, by the author of "q, j
■! Confession," "Zillah, or the Child
fj Medium," &c.
THE QUAKER'S PROTEGE,
| j An original Novel, i by Mrs Mary A. Deni
son, author ot ••Mark, the Sexton,"
'• Home Pictures," &c.
THE RAID OF BURGUNDY,
j A Tale of the Siriss Cantons. An original
i Novelet by Augustine Dugai.ne, author of "The
i Lost of the Wilderness, &e.
i We have also the promise of a short and con-
I .lensed
NOVELET, BY MRS. SOUTHWORTH,
| to run through about six or eight numbers of
j the Post.
, mf"*" addition to the above list of contribu
; tions, we design continuing the usual amountot
j foreign Letters, Original Sketches, Choice Selec
tions from all sources, Agricultural Articles, Gen
| eral .Mius, Humorous Anecdotes, f'ieu of the Pro
duce and Stock Markets, Hank Xolt List, Editori
| ah, Vc., 4-C-. our object being to give a Complete
Record, as far as our limits will admit, of the
' Great World.
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jwc generally present two weekly—one of an
j instructive, the other of a humorous character
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: 4 VPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE.—List
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for license, whose petitions will he presented
at January Term of the Court of Quarter
j Sessions, commencing January sth, 1857,
when objections, remonstrances, fcc., may be
i made, as per act of Assembly of 31st March
i 1856.
East 11 ard, Lewisloicn.
. J 11. A. Zoii iuger, to sell liquors,
j John Kennedy, " " "
Matilda Wertz. Eating House.
deoll-3t 11. J. WALTERS, Proth'y.
ST AN D A NpTdE LI VEls —The most pop
ulnr series of Highwaymen Books ever
published are the following twelve, which
• contain tbe daring adventures and hairbreadth
escapes oi the three dashing highwaymen,
Claude Duval, Dick Turpin and Sixteen String
Jack. The following are the names:
Gentleman Jack The Ride for Life
Jack and his Bride Claude's Last Bullet
Dare Devil Dick Black Bess
Grace Manning Claude in a Dungeon
The Renegade Gipsy The Struggle for Life
The Stratagem Claude in a Convent
They are in the Circulating Library, and
any one of them can be read for six cents.
EW BOOKS!—The following new works
X have just been received and are in the
Circulating Library:
Dred, by Mrs. Stowe
Little Dorrit, Dickens' new norel
The Humors of Falconbridge
Lorimer Littlegood, Esq.
Freaks of Fortune
The Miser's Heir, &c., Ac.
A LICE CARY writes for The Satur
-iTjL -lay Evening Post. THE STORY OK A COUN
TRY GIRI.. See proepertna in another place.