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tOATIAIESf.
TPE electrons being over and the exefiament
attending them passed away, and it being
aouiidered dangerous nowaday s to keep on hand
DM" notes, the proprietor of the People's Store
WOULD again invite attention to his magnificent
leppMtory for replenishing the outer mail and
KIN I>n the scientific principle of saving
TTMEV, which accommodating establislimeiit is
n East Market street, and can readily be
li'sfinguished from all others by its piles of
aeaptiftil goods and wares and " that sign, I
tfffcti, like tiic Star spangled banner, is fanned j
very breeze. The Ladies, gentlemen, MEI-
T(8IT"S, traders, farmers, laborers, and all cth-
A-a-iire therefore invited to a grand display (tul- J
nissomJ'vc) of a most extensive, beautiful, and
JBGIQI stock of Staple and Fancy Goods. ihe j
will remain open every morning, AF- j
HUTM and evening until further notice, and j
are requested t I call early and
>MOURE good seats. The peift-rmance com-
early in the morning with an exquisite .
Hlo drama entitled
ic>:o.~sr o-o>o23>st,
eotipri-irig in part Bfocli'C Silk-. 75 cents: Girig- I
HI- from 0} to 25 cent-; W bite (J anils, such I
4# Swiss Vietoria. Faw n, Hi-hop Fawn. India |
FFR..'.- Muslins, HI illiaut-, Swi-s and Jaconet
and Inserting*. Flounci.-.gs, Collars and j
•Sitevcs, Challeys, Hare-get, Mohair Mitt-. Silk
MIL KID Glovt -i HO-iery, ami hundreds of oth- |
Hi, tides iri daily use.
, T: ENE second W ill open with a grand display j
olfjiella, Crape, Cashmere, Delaine, i Itiutl,
HI numberless other
S E A 7/iS.
W- :I pc Shawls from $0 up,) which for beauty,
fineness, lini-h, cheapness, ai d ail the
ojfker et cetera-, exceeds anything of the kind
HOLE displayed to the ladies. This scene is
M admirati >RI of all who have seen it, both
ftfm town arid country, and alone is worth A !
VISI' from the extreme ends of the county.
Scene third vv ill be an unrivalled exhibition of ;
CJLO'iliS A.N I) PASSIHEItES, :
AFT F hlors, shades, and prices, of exquisite ma
terial, and -o beautiiiil when made: up, that a ,
WILTING lady of our acqin .intance had for several
ciays an idea of setting her c:. P for a handsome
gentleman she had -een across the .-lr-cet, thus
FFIMS-ED up, WHEN si.e discovered it was her old
Scene fourth will be a display of a choice se
fiwi .*• of
ZCj ZIS ££ R33 S3 *
inter DT .1 exclusively for family ti-e, comprising
tTtt V aiticle. usyally sold in that line, and of
eou .E cheap, whether quality or price he con-
Hired. _ j
|KII intermission of SEME time will here be
alio wed in order to give the audience anoppor J
tiUiitv of e. aiiiifiiiig an cxlen-ive stock ol
jpIEABY-IftADE CLGTKING,
WPD made out of good material, and cut out on
Hpntiiic principles.
'HM fifth scene w ill present a I icli and varied
Kef: of ,
H Queensware and Glassware,
-WITH SOLE views of Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, ;
(KDIES* Gaiter-, and sundry other matters plee
silW to tiic eye and pur.-E.
E SIXTH scene is a rare spectacle of
(nuWIITS A\l) BO tA ET TRMMISGS,
wii'-H always produces a marked sensation
JLKTCIG the ladies, and is frequently encored. —
Tjts is really fine.
HVHIS is the general routine of the exiiibition,
B*T the scene- are often varied by the introduc
THJ! of other ai tides, use, Ul, ornamental and
Having.
,3F 'UC performers in tins exhibition, from the J
manager down, are ail unrivalled and celt-lua- j
ted far and wide for their politeness and alien- I
tid'R to their numerous customers, arul blessed I
with the MOST unvarying patience, which is dai
ly exemplified in their taking pay either in gold,
silver, bank notes, or country produce.
JO.S. F. VH\GHLL, Manager.
I-TOVN. .Nov. 21, IH3&
ixFIIEEBURGr ACADEMY,
■-** FRKEBERG, SNYDER CO., PA.
rn/u; location of ihis Institution is beautiful
J||Vanil healthy, and free from the temptations j
AND vices common to larger towns situated on '
pufjlic thoroughfares. The course of inslruc
ttofe is thorough and complete, embracing the
usual branches of an English, Classical and
Mtjfhemalxcal Education, and is calculated to j
PREPARE students for College, the study of a :
Profession, or business pursuits. Frequent
are delivered during the term, and
pfSfctical illustrations accompany each recita
tion Students have access to a good Fibrary.
-; F'-E Academic year is divided into two ses-
K>B I of 22 weeks each. The first commences
OATIHE last Monday of July ; the second on the
of January. Public Examinations
at FTC close of each term, when certificates of
SJKLARSHIP and Standing are given to each stu-
TPRMS. — For Tuition, per quarter of eleven !
wefflks, G-2.50 to SB.OO, Board, Room, &.c., I
|J-50 to s2.(jo por week.
Fbt further particulars, address
_JK F McFARLAND, Principal.
Ft*eburg, June 2G, 185 C.
1 ! Salt!— 800 sacks Ground Alum
0 acks Ashlon'a Kim.* Salt,
gjggSGO " Dairy "
sale by W. t C, MACKi.IN, MeVeyUwyn.
IHOO FKET 4, 1, 14, li, in. litn
el dry white Stuff, just received by
KA22 F. FRANCISCUS.
Drs. Moss & Stoneroad
OFFER their professional services to the cit
izens of Fewistown and surrounding coun
try. Oificc at the Beehive Drug Stoic, jeo
. Sio Vo wj&iMmsz
Attorney at Law,
/ \ FIT OK at his residence, south west side
\ / of the Diamond, third door west of the
National ilutol, Fewistown, L'a. [oot2B.
"| a N B ff5 a 5
Attorney at Law,
OFFICE in West Marketstrect,opposite Eiscn
bise's Hotel, will attend to any business in the
courtsof Mifflin, Centre, or I iuntingdon coun
ties. Lewistow n. Jtilv 1, 1853.
PLOFESSIONAL busine-s promptly attend
ed to, and charges reasonuLie.
OFFICE on North Main street, second door
below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the
Gazette office. je 21, 1855 —tf.
v a ii ' y
METALLIC* HURTAL CASES,
AIR-TIGHT AAI> INDESTRUCTIBLE,
For protecting and preserving the Dead for or
dinary interment, for vaults, for transport:
alion, or for any other desirable purpose.
For sale at the new Furniture room-, under
! the Odd Fellows' Hall, by
ANTHONY FELIX,
J. Dorsheimer's
NE \V HOOK BINDERY,'
MEiHA.VICSEI RC, Pa,
j i The subscriber hus in connection
£ with his Book, Stationery, Paper
j *jE*2j*iv and Variety Store, a couipiett
BINDERY, where he i- prepartd to bind Mag
| azines, Pamphlets and Newspapers, and to
repai.- books. Also, to rule paper to any pat-
I tern. He is aiso prepared to manuf.u ture
! Copy Books, Music Books and every description
' of Blank Books, where the trade can be sup
| plied wholesale and retail.
I £r3 = * Persons having MAGAZINES'. BOOKS,
A.e. which they de.-ire bound or re-bound in
any style, can leave them at IF VV. Junkiu's
Jeweirv and 1! 10k establishment, Fewistown.
from which place they w .11 be taken and re
turned when bound. mh fj—y
SMSRSI SEftAKSI
; tNE Hundred Phousapd Havana and Principe
; V / Seg-us of the following brands :
i Las Ties Manas, Rio Hondo,
j Fns Dos Banderas, /.os Dos Cabanas,
; El Dorado, /.a Bella tlabanero,
j L.a Sultana, Flor de Londre,
1 l.a Diana, Figaros,
; /.a Nueva Empress, Operas,
j Victoria, La Estrella,
I La Union, llecreadcres,
La Higuera, And various others.
Also,a prime lot of well-seasoned "Sixes.'
Dealers and others can be supplied on re a -
I onabie terms, at the DRUG STORE of
CHAS. RITZ,
je]2 East Market st., Lewistown.
The "West Branch Insurance Co>
OF 1.01 K HAVEY, PA.,
INSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. M>
ciiaiuli.se, Farm Property, and other Build
j ings, and their contents, at moderate rates.
nißEt'TOftS.
i Hon. John J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
I John B. ilail, T T. Abraras,
Ciiarles A. Mayer, D. K. Jack man,
j Charles Crist, W. Wuite,
1 Peter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
lion. G C. HARVEY. Pres.
T. T. ABRAWS, Vice l'ri*.
77i0?. h i iclu.it, .'-ec'y.
ItEKERKXCES.
i Sanrjel IF f.lovd, Thus. Bowman. O I),
iA. A. Wiucgardiier, Wm, Vaodtrbelt.
F. A. jMackey, \Vm. Fearon.
A. White, Dr. J. S. Crawford,
James Ouigglc, A. Updegraii,
John W. Mayuard, James Armstrong,
Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigier.
for Mifflin county, G. \S . STI'.'A
AKT, Esq. apl7
| GAS! GAS!
rB. SKFUFIMHu would respect fully iTi
• form t!c citizens of Lewis-town that he
1 is preparing to put up
Gas Fixtures of all kinds,
in Churches, Stores, Dwellings, Public Build
ings, Shops, &c., in the best manner. ll.iv
-5 ing procured an experienced workman from
i the City, recommended to me to be one of the
best workmen in the State, I can safely war
rant ail work and feel confident of pleasing
all. Lewistown, May 22, 1850.
(rood Goods and Low Prices!
NEW STORE
AND FRESH
FALL & Willi GOODS.
ji)HE undersigned, trading under the name and
Jl firm of McCOY & ELLIS, respectfully in
form their friends and the public generally, that
they have just returned from Philadelphia, and
opened in the house formerly occupied by J. &
J. Milliken, on Market street, and directly op
posite Geo. Blymyer's store, a neat assortment of
Fall and Winter Goods and
SUPER IOR GRO(ER IE S,
to which they have adCed a neat supply of gen
tlemen's, ladies' and children's
JLKJI£>
suitable for the season. '1 he market price IN
| CASH will always he given for COUNTRY
PRODUCE, and liberal advances made on 1 lour
and Grain on store.
! Piaster, Salt- Pi*[i anl Stone
foal
always on hand. A quantity of SALT, suitable
j for Cattle, now on hand. F McCOY,
11. F. ELLIS.
Lewistown, Nov. 13, lb5G.
THURSDAY, JA
! gg| i
THE SABBATII SCHOOL.
When the morning light drives away the night '
j With the sun so bright and full,
; And it draws its line near the hour of nine,
I'll away to the Salibuth school.
For 'tis ihero we all agree,.
All with happy hearts and free,
And 1 love to early lie
At the Sa!>L;tth school.
I'll away ! away !
I'll away ! awry !
I'll away to Sabbath school!
:
On the frosty dawn of a winter's morn,
When the earth is wrapped in snow,
! Or the summer breeze plays round the trees, j
To the Sabbath scbo< l I go;
When the holy day has come,
And the Sabbath breakei /roam,
1 delight to leave niv home,
i For the Sabbath school.
! I'll away, &c.
. t
. In the class 1 meet with the friends 1 greet.
At the time of morning prayer;
; And our hearts wo raise in a hymn of praise, j
j For 'tis always pleasant there:
In the Book of holy truth,
Full of counsel and reproof.
We behold the guide of youth,
At the Sabbath school.
I'll away, &e.
| May the dews of grace till tin hallowM \ lace,
j Am! the sunshine never litii,
i While each blooming rose which in memory 1
grows, 1
j Shall a sweet perfume exhale :
When we mingle here no more,
But have nut on -F plan's shore,
We will talk of mono fits o'. r,
Ar the Sabbath scho.'d.
j I'll away. "e.
ilriasmAooa,
ORSINTS MSG APE,
The story of Orsiui's escape from the
i j castle of San Giorgio, in Mantua, Italy, j
i is almost too wonderful to be believed.—
. , An account of it is contained in a recently ,
' t published narrative of the prisoner's ad- i
! Velitiir. . Or-ini, as is well known, was i
arrested and imprisoned about eighteen '
months—\v<: think for the fourth time
since 1811—mi account ol his known
revolutionary tendencies. Notwitfistand
j ing the castle of S oi Giorgio was believed '
J to i.e llie safest prison in Austria, he resol
' ved to attempt art e.-c.ipo, and having, by i
| studied conduct, gained the confidence of
' .
j his jailors, he succeeded in procuring from
! the iri. nds who visited him, a small saw. 1
He says:
. I "Having "tints far paved the way, 1 com- •
| tnenced sawing through one of the bars
j nearest to the wail. i lie position in
t which I *.vas'obliged to stand—on tip-toe
k. , . •
on the top of the ch -ir—increased the dil
) ticuiiy of ;lic operation, as I was obliged :
- to make tin- same motion with ntv feel as
i
I with tnx Jifttids in order to keep my but- ,
' ance. .My saw* was , x •client; but after
[ having used it a couple ol hours or so it j
i grew blunt—partly because 1 was not used
; to handling tools, and also, from the use of j
. water, which 1 ttdopud to prevent noise. ]
However tn four day s f had rul through
the lir-t box; but front having used the saw
j without the handle, holding it at either i ml
in my It..nd, it broke in two, an 1 I then
set my wits to work to make a handle
for 1 lie other.
"I sawed away some wood from under
neath the table, and dividing it into two ,
portions, fastened one with wax on either
side of the saw, only stiflicicnt of tho hit- i
, : ter to cut through the iron bar—in order
| to renew it with a lresli piece when the :
first shouid be worn out. Waxing it well,
. I bound it tightly round tlie two pieces ol
* wood at the end of the saw and backwards
and forwards from one to another. By
these means, 1 manufactured an excellent
5 handle, and the saw no longer bent or
- moved about. In order to reclose the part
after thev were cut through J made a ce
ment of wax and burnt bread crumbs the
color of iron.
"Nevertheless my work made but slow
progress. At every moment L had to stop
1 and clean my saw, and as ofteu listen to
| any noise without. Some days I could not
I work at all lor lcar of interruption, and
often 1 was obliged (o desist on account ot j
i the terrible fatigue, and the pain arising
from the distension of the muscles. Often
my feet and rigiit arm were benumbed —1
. couid scarcely write my own name. Ac
cording to the position of the bars depend
ed the difficulty of cutting through thcin
■ —while working at the highest 1 so
r wounded my elbow by pressing it against
the side, that 1 could hardly lean on it
alone.
"At times, despite the calmness tuid
courage with which I nerved myself, tny
patience was nearly exhausted; so pro- I
iNUARY 8, !857
tracted was my physical strength that I '
stink oil ntv bed utter!v boneless of ntv
. 1 * I
design. Then it was the thought of mv ;
I country, my children returned to my aid.
I must behold my little ones again—must
once more combat for tny fatherland!—and
! tired with the thought i sprang to my chair ]
and labored with redoubled zeal, say ing to '
1 myself-Onward! onward! courage! 1 (avan- j
, ii! avaiilt! carriage!) each time I felt.my j
j energy !htg.
"In spite of the energy of Lis keeps rs,
: Orsitii finished his sawing off the outer as
well as the inner grating < f the window, i
6 ~ j
. and also removed sonic bricks to enlarge j
i the aperture. The window was about 100
1 feel from the ground. A cord was made, !
by stripping the sheets and towels which
| iie lately possessed, and after several abor- i
I live attempt, he made the pcriUus descent .
i on tne night of the 20th of March.
I "When I had descended eighty four feet
i i iill my strength giving way; the tension
| ol the muscles of the arms was 100 pain
j ful for endurance. I again fi It about with '
: mv feel, and soou discovered a white mar- :
"... i
i ble cornice, which surrounded the castle: j
; but while 1 strove to rest tijy feet upon it, !
! and the chord slipped from between tny
j legs, and after making several attempts to :
1 recover it, 1 looked below, and fame ing 1
myselt not more than six feet from the !
ground, I stretched out ntv arms and let
\ til) self drop in such away that my feet
should first touch the ground, i tit thai i
5 should fail oil till tours. This calculation
was the work o' a isecotul —but what a
time elapsed before 1 reached the ground 1
I shttddi r to r call! I had fallen 20 feet!
There was a quantity cl mud and pieces
! of broken brick ami cement at the bottom
; of the fosse, and against this I struck liist
!my knees and then my leet. Tito blow
was tremendous. I turned, almost me- 1
chatiically, and for a few moment,- 1 >st ail
' conserousue.-s.''
At letig'h recovering from the effects of i
. his fall, lie succeeded in surmounting tn- !
cry obstacle with the exception of ,tiie
' ditch beyond tire outer walk While lying
there wounded and exhausted, two pcas
i ants passed, and. recognizing his situation
at a glance, helped him out by means of a
cord, and assisted him to a place of con
cealment. It was a quarter In fine mx
...
when he was fairly without the fortress,
atirl at six the turnkeys entered his ceil
and F.-co\ _rcd his flight. It wis too late,
j however for recapture, and notwithstand
-1 ing the rewards offered for his capture, lie
: escaped trota the ctly.
~u.
WHAT THE AVLVH £\YiF
•Uo \ou know what llie iJecenioof winds
pay, grandpa?" asked a little child at an old
( merchant's knee.
I *No, puss; wluft dpe- it:" he answered,
stroking Iter hair.
' 'llumember the poor!' grandpa; when it
iconics down the ehimtiev, it rortrSi 'Ue
; member the po; iq' when it puis its great
ineuvlt to the k-- > }v<>le it vihislles, 'Remem
! her the poet." when it strides-through a
crack i:i the door, it triti-tficrs it; when it
blows your beautiful stiver hair about in
the street, and .on shiver and button up
j your coat, does it not get at your ear and
! sav so, too, in a still small voice, grandpa.'"
'Why, what does the child mean?'cried
grandpa, who, I am alraid, had been used
to shut his heart against such wortls.—
'You want a new nsnffaml tippet, I reckon;
| a pretty way to oet them out of your old
j grandfather.'
j
'No, grandpa,' said the child earnestly,
shaking her head, mo; it's the no mull ami
tippet children I'm thinking of; my mother
always remembered litem, and so do 1 try
to.'
After the next storm, the old merchant
i sent fifty dollars to the treasurer of a relief
society, and said, call for more when you
want it. 'Fhe tieasurer stared with sur
prise, for it was the first time lie had ever
collected more than a dollar from him, and
that, he thought, came grudgingly.
'Why,' said the rich old merchant, after
wards, •! could not get rid of the child's
words; they stuck to tne like glue.'
'And a little child shall lead them,'says
| the Scripture. llow many a cold heart
has melted, and a close heart opened by
the simple earnestness and suggestive words
of a child?
BSiU.Gov. Shannon is out with a defence of
his conduct as Governor of Kansas. He lavs
the whole blame of the disturbances in that
I territory on the President.
j *. : ~ Mv:' : • ?:. ,-T* : . '
. !*•{'!" ' s•*. JR'*! oil. R A&fi ' SI
| "" :
STORY or A PRIEST. "
A Paris corrpspondetit of life N. Y.
I'imes gives the fallowing interesting item
in a recent letter:
A strange story is told of a prirt in the !
: Ciinrcli of St. i.auroiit, of this city. A
! man who feit unwell fell asicep in the
evening in a ptiri of thif church where he
was not noticed by the porters when they
; closed the building for the night. At mid
night, when ail was s'ill in the. church, he
was awakened by a" noise, and starting up
saw a priest with a dark lantern in his
hand issue from a side chapel. The priest !
: directed his steps towards one of the square
pillars of the wall, and there, springing !
open a concealed door, a Young, half
i clothed girl issued fort It with supplications
: and prayers to be taken home, and to be
relieved front iier cruel confinement. .The
: priest made no reply to her entreaties, but i
placing a basket of provisions in her hands, I
pushed her back into her place of confine- !
1 i ■
tnent and closed the door. The witness
ol this extraordinary scene was -o alarmed
: that he kept quiet till morning, when he
j made hts escape !ro:n the building and
i hastened to in form the police of what he
had seen. The story seems improbable,
; and lite priests assert that the man was
| drunk and dreamed the drama he relates,
i But however this may be it is irue that
the police thought enough if the man's
revela'ion to ins tittle a searching examina
tion, and that they refused to make the re
sult of this examination public. The
Church of St. Laurent is situated in the
Rue du Faiibtog St. Denis, and was built
a.- early as lite fourteenth century. Like
all churches butli at that epoch, it has se
cret cell- known only to its priests.
The Dog thai wouldn't Emigrate.—A
, short time since several families left Prov
iivcetowu to locate in eastern V irginia.—
They took with them a large and noble
dog of the Newfoundland species. While
on their passage to Boston in a small
schooner, the dog broke loose, leaped into
the si i and started on his long and weary
p tsr.age houie. lie was seeu and passed
by one of our packets, near night, about
live miles off R ice Point ami nine from
titis town, heading for the Race light, no
bly breasting the rolling waves, often cov
ered by the spray.
The next morning, at .an earlv hour, ami
hi tore the family had arisen, .Mr. James
i)o\le, io wiioiu tire dog was much attach
ed, hearing an unusual noise at his door,
arose, opened it. and was astonished U be
hold the noble fugitive. Mr. 1). says
when he opened the door, the dog arose,
placer! his great paws upon his shoulders,
and fairly embraced him. giv ing sttcli dem
onstrations of joy as he never believed any
animal could exhibit.
lit what part of the bay he left his mas
ter. -and the distance iie must have swam
in a rough sea, it is not knov. u. but when
seen he was live miles from land.
'Fiits is the fourth time an attempt has
i been made to carry off this dog, ami in
every instance lie has managed to leave in
his passage to Boston and returned !>v
swimming home. The noble animal
should now be adopted by the town, have
the •' freedom ot the city,"' and a pension
for life.— Provincetoicu Runner.
Liber ion Success. —An illustration and
result of African colonization recently oc
curred, which is so practical anil desirable
that it seems as if no one couitl fail to ap
preciate it. A new and beautiful vessel,
of iO9 tons register, built by a Baltimore
firm, of the best material and in the most
substantial manner, recently sailed from
that city for Liberia. fSlte is owned b\
the firm of MeGill Brothers, of Monrovia,
colored men, who emigrated from Mary
land several years ago, and is intended for
the Tiiberiati coast trade. Iler owners
remitted to their agent in Baltimore, in
advance, fifteen thousand dollars, which
was the cost of the vessel and cargo.—
This was done without interruption to
their usual orders of goods from England
for an extensive business at Monrovia, in
addition to keeping in active service an
other vessel of 100 tons', built in 1848,
by the same American house above refer
red to, and several smaller craft construct
ed in Liberia. 1 lie Liberiafis appear to
meet successfully the exigencies of politics,
diplomacy, commerce, religion, domestic
industry and science, Gudex President
Benson, who has acquitted himself credi
tably, the country is making rapid strides
in developing its capabilities,
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 9.
THE WIDOW'S THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS.
I he following is the report of a case
dmaed at the recent terra of the Supreme
Court in Pittsburg, which js of very gener
al, interest. The decision settles a matter
of Irequent occurrence.
; ReprtrW (or the Pittsburg Union.]
SIt'KLMK CqriiT I.*i JMLXf. . 1
1 he widow ot a decedent is entitled' to
three hundred dollars mil 'AT the pro
ceeds ot the sale of his- nral estate in
prciinence to* a jutlgiheht creditor in
whose favor the husband'hail waived
the benefit of the Exemption Act of
| IS I!).
joxeph Spencer , .i__Jlppiid fyffni the Or
, plum* Court oj AUzgh&tiy.
Sarah Smith lor>k out letters of admin
istration on the estate of bet husband.
James (Smith, who died Sept. 15, 185 i.
In her administration account she charged
hsrseli with the'proceeds of a lot of round,
| sold by Iter under nil order of the Orphans'
i Court ami tetaiueu credit lor the sum of
fnree hundred dollars claimed in herself
; as widow, by virtue of the act of April
i 14, 1851. Joseph Spencer held a judg
| ment against James Smith, the decedent,
eot.ered Jan. 2(1, 1854, on a bo fid with
| warrant of Attorney waiving the benefit of
| the Exemption Act of 18-4f>. Joseph
i Spencer accordingly filed exceptions to the
i administration account, and contended that
j the widow was not entitled to S3Q!)
! as affaiart him-.-' The Court below, P. J.,
decided differently, and Mr. Spencer ap
j pealed.
The case was aigued by AielJan ami
I for appellant; and by Hosbrourk
1 for the appellee.
The opinion i>( the Court was delivered
I Nov. *27, 1850, by
' COWRIE, J. —We think that the learned
President of the Orphans' Court decided
; this cause rightly. The act of 1851 al
| lowing a widow to take properly to the
j value ol >doo out of her deceased hus
band's estate, is plainly a restriction on
I tiie remedies theretofore existing in favor ,
lof creditors. It is therefore a restriction
! or qualification of any liens acquired by
i operation of law against her estate after
the passage of the aci, except so far as is
! excepted by the act.
It is supposed that his wHiver of anv
right of exemption alters the case; but we
!do not think so. Ilia waiver of a privi
lege granted by law to himself cannot
| affect a right granted to another. It puts
j the creditor in the same position which he
! would have occupied if the husband hed
no exemption to be waived. And surely
' j this provision in favor of the widow might
i have been enacted ami enforced, even if
there had been no exemption at all in favor
of the debtor himself. The creditor might
have dives led his whole estate in his life
. time, but not having done so. the perspee
i tive provision in favor of the widow cotnes
| into operation and restricts his remedv so
far as to p-cvent it from interfering with
; the right granted to her.
Decree a dinned at the costs of the ap
pellant and record remitted.
i NEUFCHATEL.
Herat, Bolgrad and Neufehalel are three
; bones of European^intention at the prcs
■ cut time. Ileuit is about to be the cause
j of a war between England and Persia—a
j war which is very far from being popular
with the English people. Bolgrad and
the Isle of Serpents create a slight cool
ness between Russia and England; but this
t •
is likely to be removed by the Paris Con
-1 fereace, which is probably in session at
! this moment. Neufehalel is, after all, the
disturbing point in Europe towards which
: American sympathy is chiefly directed.
The wretched attempt of the royalists,
' i last summer, to create a revolution in favor
1 S cf Prussia, in the little republican canton,
lias caused all the trouble. It has given
Prussia an excuse for reviving a claim to
1 sovereignly which has been long regarded
as exploded, and Switzerland having deci
ded ami very natural objections to this,
Prussia growls, and irionarchism generally
growls also.
I Dissolution of Partnership.
i I jlpiu partnership heretofore existing between (
, i J- Iberich & S>on is this Jay dissolved by
| mutual consent. JACOB EVERICtf,
1 , J. W. EVEKICH.
Lcwistown, August 20, 1856.
P. S. The business w II he carried on in the
I same place as heretofore under the name of
i oc(W-6ni JACOB EVERICH.