'M ■Whole No. 2394. rITERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION'. O\U DOLLAR PER A!fAI : S, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. H*| jrJ-All NEW subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. If the paper is continued, and nut paid within the first month, $1,25 will be charg ed ; if not paid in three months, $1,50; if not ftatd in six months, $1,75; and if not paid in ■Mne months, $2,00. jjiAU papers addressed to persons out of the e&unty will be discontinued at the expiration of Ike time paid for, unless special request is made ."U the contrary or payment guaranteed by some responsible person here. ADVERTISING. jmTen lines of minion, or their equivalent, con stitute a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 •cnts for each subsequent insertion. POOR HOUSE STATEMENTS FOR 1856. Auditor's Statement of Treasu rer's Account. William Russell, Treasurer, in account with i* the Directors of the Poor of Milflin county, from January 1, 1856, to January 1, 1857. DR. T?o cash ree'd of County Treasurer, $4500 00 IT " " J. VV. Shaw, 16 50 $4516 50 CR. "By the following orders paid, viz : fin. M. Fleming, for horse, wheat, ' .and services as Director, $142 00 Nancy Lockwood, for keeping John Maxwell, 16 25 Da niel Zeigler, for stoves and services <%as Director, 73 20 John Barger, making coffin, 4 00 Jfelm Davis, saddlery, 9 37 (Qeorge Blymyer, merchandize, 531 34 'M. H. McClintic, coffins, 25 00 J. B. Selheimer, stoves, tinware, >le., 32 63 S A M. Frank, merchandize, 93 74 Kennedy, coal, bacon, fish, salt, Ac. 294 49 tmtner, Bailey & Stuart, merchandize, 89 79 eorge Miller, blacksmithing, 37 79 J. iSoffman, drugs, groceries, Ac., 158 73 C. Mooter, fees on orders of relief, 24 27 ML W.-Stewart, " " 16 50 Bvrkholder, for attending Hunt, pox) 40 00 Jpsepb W. Morrison, on account, 500 00 Dr. A. W-. Moss, drugs, 7 81 Jacob Rifteohouse, burning lime, 36 50 j Samuel Aurand, school tax. 20 60 Marks A Mcßurney, merchandize, 33 04 ! funeral expenses, Thomas Low, Jui ata county. 24 56 Dr. Crawford, attending James Rager and family, 7 50 George Kaufman, for cattle, 130 00 Ifhucy Beatty, boarding John Roger*, 8 00 Wni. J. McCoy, funeral expenses, Ac. Richard Cole, 10 00 *WK,G. Bell, balance road tax, 7 28 John Sterrett A Co., flour, feed A mdze 27 2 65 4Vhi . Hardy, for keeping John Paris, colored and insane, 93 07 Miller A Shimp, blacksmithing, 41 12 Jos. R. Wilis, boots and shoes, 59 00 M. Montgomery, " 27 00 Debt of 1855 paid in 1856, $2867 23 JQavid Mabin, attending Chas. O'Nail, Vjh', 27 00 .Adam Kaepp, " " 44 28 00 Wm 11. Hassinger, boarding " 5 00 Dr. M. T. Mitchell, attending " 35 00 Wm. Butler, fur Busan Siiipton, (small , ,pox) 2 J 00 Owen Owens, keeping Elizabeth Smith, 39 00 IJIr. 8. 8. Cummiugs, balance iu full, d 0 00 John Boas, kee; ling Henry G. Knepp, 12 00 Dir. Tlios. VanValzah, balance in full, 35 00 Jaco . Hamaker, repairing wagons, 5 50 -Ge, rge Ruble, for supporting his two :klind sisters, 10 00 O yet seers of Potter township, Centre "Bounty, for E. McKinney, 21 00 9p. Riddle, repairing ladders, 3 50 ■<JV*rseers of Delaware township, for ' 4a- N. Rager and family, 9 09 Dr J D. Stoneroad, Physician for De jpjatur township, 8 75 Wm. B. Hoffman, lumber, 11 00 I Rlia- (luffnagle, state tax, 30 60- Moses Williams, keepiug child, 14 60 |mp Levy, coal, 32 37 Nfmcy Lockwood, keep'g Jno. Maxwell, 16 25 1 UHpon Pearl, rent of house, 18 00 Dr. J. A. Swartz, Physiciau for Me * (fey town, 35 00 tlfiprance, 49 ()8 . Joseph 11. Morrison, on account, 500 00 ] State Lunatic Hospital, 210 19 Charles Ritz, drugs and medicines, 88 80 Jf. J. Rudisiil, wood and hats, 20 85 jMk M Frank, merchandise, 13.5 16 JWHlia m M Fleming, salary,- 35 00 Book, do 50 00 Jhthua Morrison, do 50 00 .'Lewis Wisler, school tax, 25 50 -A A Banks, drugs, 1 4g Treasurer's per centage on $4516 50, 45 16 ) Balance due Directors, 1 39 $4516 50 We, the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin county, elected and sworn according to law, having examined the accounts and vouchers of Willia m Russell, Treasurer of the Directors of the Poor from January 1, 1856, to January 1, 1857, do certify that we find a balance due from the aid Wm. Russell to said Directors of the Poor, of one dollar and thirty-nine cents, and that we have cancelled the orders paid by the saHLJreasurer. Given under our hands at Lew istown, January 22, 1857. ns '- . JOHN BARGER, J „ ... GEO. HANAWALT, $ JwdUor '- r , Steward's Account. Joseph 11. Morrison, Steward, in account with John Atkinson, Henry Book and John Peachy, Esquires, Directors of the Poor of Mifflin ttkinty, from Jan. 1. 1856, to Jan. 1, 1857. DR. To eE'ri ree'd of G W, Thomas, late ■ ; treasurer, $67 69 Am't pi orders in his favor on trcas'. 1543 89 To sasn ree'd for 212 bushels of wheat, 256 46 -ft* 0 fur 2 bay horses, 220 00 Do do for beef cattle, 302 03 Do do for 20 sheep, 30 00 1 Do I do for 4 calves, 13 50 Do, do for pasture, 600 Do do for 29 bushels potatoes, 14 50 Da do for 50 bushels oats, 17 50 Do do for 50 bundles straw, 400 To Cash from the friends of E. McKin ney, to pay part of his expenses at Lunatic Hospital, 50 00 To 6$ bushels wheat furnished out door ! fliipers, gg go ffmnsTwaiß &sja> ®a@m®a HETBitsraHEiß, Minaaans? ©awssKra To 987 lbs. flour, do do 39 48 Balance in favcr of steward, 200 80 $2862 51 CR. By balance due at last settlement, $656 15 By cash paid for horses, 40C t)0 Do for stock, 53 00 Do for labor 354 85 Do matron and cook, )20 00 Do for sundries for out door paupers, 149 10 Do for tobacco and stationery, 25 42 Do for repairs, 46 89 Do for marketing, 33 50 Do State Lunatic Hospital, 83 85 Do for plaster, 29 10 ! Do barber, 3 00 Do for toll, 2 14 Do for hardware, 2 25 Do for burning lime, 8 50 Do for funeral expenses, 17 00 Do for lumber, 2 75 Do for meat, 197 93 Do for 69 bushels wheat furnish out door paupers, 96 60 Do for 987 lbs. flour, 39 48 Per centage on $3500 as treasurer in '55, 35 00 Salary for 1856, 500 00 $2862 51 Balance due the Steward as above, S2OO 86 Am't of orders unpaid in favor of do. 561 89 Am't due Jos. H. Morrison Jan. 1, '57, $762 75 Balance due State Lunatic Hospital for Lydia Adams, 36 68 Do do for John McConnick, 48 25 Do do for Edward McKinney, 50 25 Am't of orders granted to sundry per sons, outstandiag and unpaid, 2023 13 Am't of indebtedness of the Directors ot the Poor January 1, 1857, except some small bills which have not been presented, $2921 06 Produce of Farm. About 650 bushels wheat, 350 do corn, 500 do potatoes, 78 do rye, 100 heads cabbage, 28 loads hay, 3 beeves killed weighing 1200 lbs., 4 sheep killed, 3 calves killed weighing 150 lbs., 17 hogs killed weighing 3740 lbs., 3 beef hides weighing 210 lbs., 3 calf hides weighing 33 lbs., 4 sheep skins. Stock on Farm. 4 horses, 2 colts, 9 bead homed cattle, 15 hogs and shoats. Farming Utensils. 1 four horse and 1 two horse wagon, 1 one horse wagon, 4 sets wagon gears. 2 sets plow gears, 2 sets tug harness, 1 set single harness, I saddle, 1 set wood ladders, 2 sets hay ladders, 1 sled, 3 plows, 2 harrows, 2 corn cul tivators, 1 three horse cultivator, I grain drill, 1 wheelbarrow, I fanning mill, 2 grindstones, 2 axes, 1 set splitting tools, 2 wuodsaws, 8 forks, 4 shovels, 6 corn hoes, 2 grubbing hoes, I pick, 2 spades, 5 scythe*, 16 cow chains, 4 halters, 1 post bar, 4 augers, 1 scoop shovel. 18 hags, 5 grain cradles, I threshing machine, 2 corn shcl lers, 1 sleigh. House Furniture. 7 coal stoves, 2 cook s'.oves, 1 wood stove, I copper kettle, 4 tables, 5 stands, 6 coal buck ets, 33 bedsteads, 50 beds and bedding, 3 iron kettles, 7 tubs, 10 buckets, 1 set butchers tools, 33 chairs, I sink, 2churns, 4 large meat vessels IVurk done at Poor House by and for Paupers. 50 shirts, 40 chemises, 34 frocks, 19 skirts, 54 pair stockings knitted, 18 pair pants, 13 night caps, 19 haps, 21 pillow slips, 22 sacks, II sun bonnets, 29 aprons, IS towels, 11 bed ticks, 29 sheets, 17 pairs drawers, 17 barrels soap. Paupers. No. in Poor House January 1, 1856, 41 Admitted through the year 1856, 55 Born in the house, 2 Whole No. of inmates for 1856, 98 Died in the house, 9 Discharged, 50 Bound out, ?. —6l No. in Poor House January I, 1857, 37 Out door paupers, 65 44 41 died, 7 44 44 discharged, 34 —4l —24 In State Lunatic Hospital, 3 Discharged, 1 o Leav'g No. supported by the co. Jan. 1,1857, 63 In addition to the ab6ve there has been about 50 transient paupers supported for a short time without orders or any entries on the books. We, the undersigned, Auditors of .Mifllin county, elected and sworn according to law, having examined the accounts of Joseph 11. Morrison, Steward of the Poor House, and of the house of employment for said county, from Jan. 1, 1856, to Jan. 1, 1857, do certify that we fir.d a balance due to the said Joseph 11. Morri son, on the books, from the said Directors of the Poor, of two hundred dollars and eighty-six cents. Given under our hands, at Lewistown, this 22d day of January, 1857. JOHN BAUGKR, i a GEO. IIANAWALT, \ udltori - Lewistown, Jan. 29, 1857-4t SECiARS! SEGA RS! ONE Hundred Thousand Havana and Principe Segars of the following brands: Las Tres Marias, Rio Hondo, Los Dos Banderas, Los Dos Cabanas, hi Dorado, /, a Bella Habauero, • > Elor de Londre, La Diana, Figaros, La Nueva Empress, Operas, Victoria, La Estrella, La Union, Kecreadores, La Higuera, And various others. Also, a prime lot of well-seasoned "Sixes,' Dealers and others can be supplied on reas onable terms, at the DRUG STORE of CHAS. RITZ, jel2 East Market st., Lewistown. WE take this opportunity of informing the public that we have obtained direct from the CUSTOM HOUSE all kinds of LIQUORS, which are as pure as can be obtained in this country, expressly for medical purposes. J. D. STONEROAD, oct9 Bek Hivk Drug Store. The Balm of a Thousand Flowers WILL remove pimples from the face, beau tify the skin, produce a natural glow of the cheek, and will positively remove all 1 RUCKLES from the face by the use of one bottle only. Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale at the BEE HIVE DRUG STORE. I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1857. vail UUBSVMiL ItIRGET ME NOT. Forget mo not—forget me not, But let these little simple flowers Remind thee of bis lonely lot, Who lov'd thee in life's purest hours; When hearts and hopes were hallowed things, Ere gladness broke the lyre she brought; Then, oh ! when shivered all its strings, Forget me not—forget me not. We met, ere yet the world had como To wither up the springs of youth: Amid the holy joys of home, And in the first warm blush of youth ; We parted, as they never part Whoso tears are doom'd to be forgot, Oh, by that agony of heart, Forget me not —forget mc not. Thine eye must watch these flow'rets fade, Thy soul its idols melt away ; But oh, when flowers and friends lie ded, Love can embalm them in decay ; And when thy spirit sighs along The shadowy scenes of hoarded thought, Oh, listen to its pleading song— Forget me not —forget me not. A 1.1, THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE. All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest; Stars that shine and fall, The flower that droops in springing ; These, alas, are types of all To which our hearts are clinging. Who would seek to price Delights that end in aching? Who would trust to ties That every hour are breaking? Better far to be In utter darkness lying, Than be blest with light, and see That light forever flying. 111113 11 VERGER, THE FRENCH ASSAS SIN. The steamer Baltic brings tiie particu lars ol the trial of Verger, the assassin of the Archbishop of Paris. When he was led into the court by the gendarmes, he exhibited perfect self-possession, and look ed about on the crowd before and under hiin with the utmost calmness. The ucte d accusation, containing the particulars of his crime, showed that he was ordained a priest at 23, and that he was even then re marked fur the restlessness, vanity and ambition which form the principal traits in his character. Alter giving rise to ranch scandal he was, in August, 1855, deprived ol his powers as a clergj man, and he spent some months in Paris, wearving the Arch bishop and the judicial authorities with his complaints and accusations. At this time he contemplated some terrible act of ven geance, and even mediated the death of the Archbishop; but the Bishop of Meaux having, out of consideration for the Arch bishop, recalled him, he gave up his pro jects. New scandals however soon brought on him further severities. At the com mencement of December, 1850, the Bish op of Meaux pronounced a sentence of in terdiction on him for the following causes; 1. The publication of a libel on a decree of the Court of Assizes at \felun. 2. Ser mons preached by Verger in the parish confided to his care against the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. 3. The dis covery of a written pamphlet entitled " Testament," filled with violent attacks on the dogmas of religion and against the dignity of ecclesiastical discipline. Verger, having been informed that the Archbishop of Paris would not remove the interdict, again entertained the plan of an atrocious revenge, and armed himself with a long Catalan knife, of which he made so latal a use. On the day of his crime, and with a perfect knowledge of its con sequences, Verger wrote a will, in which he left everything to his brother, giving him the full power of receiving anything that might be sent to him during the month of January. 1857. When, during the reading of the act of accusation, Verger heard the passage quoted containing the expression 44 abas la Deesse ," he showed signs of emotion and assent. The reading of the indictment being over, the prisoner then began in a solemn and emphatic tone to say—"lt is now nineteen centuries since a serious word was pronounced bv a man —more than a man—it was Christ, the man God. He said, l Pax vobis, pax om nibus* Another man whom you love, whom you all venerate, whom I love and venerate, has said, 4 1? Empire, e'est la pttix.' What are we to understand by these words?" Here the President inter rupted the prisoner, observing all liberty of speech would be allowed, but only after the witnesses had given their evidence.— Verger however delivered himself of an insolent speech, in which, among ether things, lie said—"The empire of the sword is war; the moral empire is peace," and similar absurdities of this kind, which the President eventually would not allow to be continued. The prisoner then demand ed to be produced a list of witnesses in his favor, but the Attorney-General objec ted, on the ground that they knew nothing of the present charge. 44 Read, read the names," said Verger, and striking the rail by which he stood, he exclaimed, " I pro test against this irregularity," and he would, under the circumstances', say not another word. Flic trial continued. At the end of ihe evidence of the curate ot St. Germain (one of the prisoner's kindest friends) the accused again flew into a violent rage, when the President advised him, and for the last time, thai if he was not more tranquil he would, ac cording to law, have him removed. Ver ger, with great exultation, then said, "Well, let it be so. Ido not fear death more than v our court of justice. 1 shall mount bold ly the scaffold. 1 fear only God—God alone." The trial was then suspended, the court rising, and the prisoner being removed. On leaving the accused's box, V erger exclaimed in a loud voice, "People, defend me!" The counsel named bv the court for the defence (M. Nogent St. Lau rens) submitted to the jury that Verger was not of sound mind. He thought the evidence adduced made out a strong case to support the plea of insanity. The prisoner had killed the archbishop iu pub lic, in broad daylight, and without taking any precaution to effect his escape. lie had com milled ihis murder lo avenge an interdiction which the murdered man had not pronounced. A; the time of the act he uttered a cry which had nothing to do with the grounds of the interdiction. There was no rule ol moral proportion lo be found between the act and the motive.— The man was religiously mad, and eminent authors had stated that religious madness was the worst of all. He concluded by saying that his hope and his consolation were that the jury would relieve the citi zens ol Paris from a heavy grief, bv sav ing that a prelate so gentle, so virtuous, so charitable, as the late archbishops, had been struck by a madman, and that human reason bad not to answer lor so black an action. The President shorllv summed up, and the jury, after retiring twenty minutes, returned a verdict of 4 Gutlt\." Sentence ot death was then passed in the usual form (Verger being still absent), and M. N ogent St. Laurens was directed to inform him that he had three days to ap peal to the Court of Cassation against the sentence. THE SCOTT AND DAVIS CORRES PONDENCE. WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 1857. The Scott and Davis correspondence is quite voluminous. Front a hasty exami nation of the documents it appears that Gen. Scott declined to give open and spe cific information to Secretary Davis, re garding the expenditure of the secret ser vice money in Mexico, believing that no obligation of public or private honor, ac cording to the usages of nations and of armies, required him to diseh se the names and circumstances. He, however, expres sed a willingness to give such information for his private ear alone, which the Secre tary said he was willing to receive in con fidence. In November, 1855, the President of the I nited States writes to Senator Davis, saying, in substance, "Gen. Scott slates two grounds on which he has learned that I hesitated to allow the five percent, com mision." It is proper to remark that he has been misinformed, or has misappre hended my position, lie himself fixed 3.' per cent , which he might properly have received for his disbursements 111 Mexico, and a balance struck upon that basis was the subject'of conversation be tween us. Secretary Davis, in response to the President, informs him that Gen. Scott had charged himself with the sum of $261,691, all ot which, excepting $30,000, was lev ied and captured in Mexico, and took credit for disbursing $255,541, leaving $6150 withheld by Gen. Scott in his ac count. - This balance the President, through the Secretary of War, authorized Gen. Scott to retain. Gen. Scott, in a letter dated at New York, December, 1855, writes that there are two items involving $11,885, against him as not admitted or disallowed by the President 011 account of 5 per cent, charg ed by him on all moneys disbursed. He says it was entirely within the competen cy of the President to allow that charge, and asks that suits be brought against him by the Government to recover the amount claimed to be due by him, nearly $6,000. But the President declined to enter suit. There are many explanations relative 10 these figures, but the financial part of the transaction cannot be fairly Understood by this mere reference to the subject. Among the documents is the opinion of Attorney General Cushing, January, 1856, to the effect that the act creating the rank of Lieut. General does not confer upon Gen. Scott all the authority which was imposed bv the law of 1798 upon Wash ington, who was thereby made the Com mander of the Armies, while Gen. Scott was appointed Lieut. General by order of the President of the United States. The rank carries retrospective pay and emolu ments, but not retrospective authority. Gen. Scott's correspondence with the officers of the Government goes back as far as 1848, and that between him and the Secretary of War during 1855, contains the following features:— Secretary Davis, July 25th, 1855, says: —"I leave unnoticed the exhibition of peevish temper in reply loan inquiry from this Department, ",&c. Gen. iSoott replies, July 30th—"It would be easy to show that the whole let ter, in which you charge me with exhibit ing a peevish temper, is as flippant in its statements anil logic, as that accusation. Certainly, as Secretary ot War, you have done enough to warrant more than a sus picion, that from the first you have consid ered it your special mission, by repeated aggression on my rights and feelings, to goad me into some perilous attitude of official opposition. To prove my long forbearance, for at my time of life all an gry discussions are painful, J will now proceed to enumerate some of the provo cations alluded to, without dilating in this place on your partisan hostility to the brevet of Lieut. General, and the compen sation that Congress intended to attach thereto." Gen. Scott then alludes lo one of the Secretary's "Captain's reports," and his "capping the climax by usurpation and absurdity." lie likewise says: "Follow ing out your personal rebuke in the letter of the 12th, your object, in violation of principle, is to crush me into a servile obedience to your self-will. 1 know your object, and know also what is due to my self as a man and a soldier, and if I am to be crushed, I prefer it at the bauds of my military peers." The Secretary rejoins, in an unofficial note, dated August 2d: "Your fervent ac cusation, which charges me with usurpa tion lor the most unworthy uses, and im putes to me motives inconsistent with offi cial integrity, is considered basely malev olent, and pronounced utterly false." Gen. Scott replying, Aug. 6th, says: "I have received a note front you, dated 2d inst., which you seem to desire me to con sider as unofficial. I shall not comply with that singular fancy, as you can have no legitimate claim to address me, except as Secretary of War. Accordingly, I shall treat your communications, whether designed us private and scurtillous, or as public missives of arrogance and supercil iousness, as equally official. There are beauties in them which ought not to be lost, and it shall not be my fault if I do not render your part of this correspondence a memorable example 10 be shunned bv your successors. To this the Secretary replies, Sept. 7ill— "Nor am I to be at all deterred from a full exposure of the groundlessness of j our charges, by the threats you make of ren dering my part of the correspondence a memorable example, to be shunned by my successors. This is the merest bravado in one who himself affords the most mem orable example on the records of this Department of a vain controversialist de feated, and a false accuser exposed." ASSIGN. THE LANCAS TER BANK. The Directors of the Lancaster Bank 011 Monday instructed theii president to make an assignment of the assets of the bank to Horace Rathvou, Esq., the cashier, in trust for the benefit of its creditors.— This action was rendered necessary by a suit which had been instituted by a depos itor. on which judgment against the bank, in all probability, would have been obtain ed on the 6th instant. The assignment, we understand, is made under the act of 1836, which is the law governing assignments by individuals.— The stockholders, under this assignment, will have no voice in the selection of the assignee, as they would have had if the assignment had been made under the act of 1842. Under this assignment the assets will be first applied to the redemption of the cir culation, and after that shall have been all redeemed the funds remaining will go to the payment of the depositors. If the assets should not be sufficient to pay note holders and depositors, the latter will of course lose a portion of their claims cor responding to the amount of the deficiency. The checks of depositors will not be re ceived in payment of debts due the bank, except 111 cases where the debtor was the owner of the check or deposit at the date of the assignment. If the assignment had been made under the act of 1842, checks of depositors would have been received in payment of all debts due the bank, the practical effect of which would have been to absorb all the deposits in the payment of debts, and to cause a portion of the circulation lo fall upon the stockholders for redemption un der the individual liability provisions of the charter. The bank would have been wound up, and all its debts would have been paid. We have 110 doubt that if the stockholders had been consulted, a large majority would have preferred an assign ment under the act cf 1842. They are abundantly able to pay all their debts, and would doubtless prefer to do so. They could then walk the streets with heads erect, in the honest pride that no one had lost through the fraud or folly of their agents, and that they had not resorted to any legal shifts or evasions to avoid re sponsibilities morally, if not legally, in curred.—Lancaster Examiner, Feb. 4. BJSTL.A gas spring has been discovered on the banks of Lake St. Clair, Michigan. New Series-Vol. 11, No. 14. LE I' ME DIE QUIETLY. "B- still -ma*p no noi*.-| M n... ,!le quietly."-VICE rnss- Kino. 44 Be still!" The hour ol the soul's de parture is at hand; Earth is fading from its vision ; Time is gliding from its presence! Hopes that cluster around young life, that swell in the bosom of manhood, have fal len from around it like the forest leaves when the frosts of autumn have chilled them unto death. Ambition, with its hol low promises, and pride, with its loftv looks, haw vanished away. The world, with its deceitfulness; - pleasure with its gilded temptations, are gone; and alone, in their destitution of all that time had prom ised, it must start on its solemn journey across the valley of the shadow of death! " Make no noise !" Let the tumult <ji" life cease. Let no sound break the soul's communion with itself ere it starts on its relurnless flight. Trouble it not with the accents ef sorrow. Let the tear stand still on the cheek of affliction, and let not the wailing of grief break the solemn silence ot the death scene. Let it gather the ac cents that come from within the dark shadows of eternity, saving to it, " come home. ' Afar off music comes floating to it iu the air. "Pis the sound of the heav enly harps touched by viewless fingers— mar not the harmony by the discord of earth. "Let me die quietly!" The commo tions of life, the struggles of ambition, the strife and warring with human destiny are over. Wealth accumulated must be scat tered ; honors won must be resigned, and all the triumphs that come within the range of human achievements must be thrown away. Ihe past, with its trials, its trans gressions, its accumulated responsibilities, its clinging memories, its vanished hopes, is rendering up to the future account—dis turb not the quiet ot that awful reckoning. Speak not of fading memories, of alllic tions whose objects perish in their loveli ness like tiie flowers of spring, or wither in a slow decay. Talk not of an earthly home where loved ones linger, where a seat will soon he vacant, a cherished voice hushed forever, or of the desolation that will seat itself by the hearthstone. The soul is at peace with God; let it pass calm ly away. Heaven is opening upon its vision. The bright turret.*, the tall spires, the holy domes, of the Eternal City, are emerging from the spectral darkness, and the glory of the Most High is dawning around them. The white throne is glis tening in the distance, and the white-robed angels are beckoning the weary spirit to its everlasting home. What is life that it should be citing to longer? What the joys of the world that they should now be regretted? What has earth to place before the spirit of a man to tempt its stay or turn it from its eternal rest ?— .ilbuntj Re gister. Extraordinary Snowing.—On Monday morning, the 19th day of January, 1857, (the day after the cold Sunday) says the Hartford (Ct.) Times, a young gentleman of New Haven, in company with a friend, entered the church of Dr. Cleveland, near the Tontine building. The atmosphere in the church was very cold, hut a stream of warm air still rose from the furnaces, the evaporators of which were partly filled with water. Around one of lite furnaces snow was gathered to the depth of three or four inches, formed by the congelation of the moisture in the ascending stream of air front the furnace. At the height of a few feet from the floor, the moisture was seen congealing into bright crystals of of beautiful forms, which fell in showers to the floor. There was nearly a bushel of suow around one of the furnaces, and even on the iron work of the register the snow was piled up—the air rising from the furnace through a grating of snow. Depredations of Wolves in jaica The Keokuo I'ost, of Jan. 31st, says: We learn from a gentleman who arrived in our city yesterday, from Sioux city, that the wolves in the river counties have been driven to such straits by the suow and cold weather, that they have become so raven ous as to destroy horses and cattle to a considerable extent, and that they have often attacked persons. On the evening of the sth inst., a son and daughter of Mr. Stockdale left their residence, on a fork of the Little Sioux river, in Woodbury, to attend a party at a neighbor's, about two miles distant, and have not since been heard f. On the morning of the 6th, the bereaved parents sent to Southon for assist ance, and searched the neighborhood around them, and as no'traces of the lost'oncs had been found, the conclusion is that they have been attacked by the wolves and de voured. 3EO. 7T. ELDER, Attorney at Law, OFFICE in West .Marketstreet,oppositeEisen bise's Hotel, will atteiid to any business in the courts of Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon coun ties. Lewistown, Jul v 1,1853. mo DENTIST, PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend ed to, and charges reasonable. OFFICE on North Main street, second door below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the Gazette office. je 21, 1855—-tf.
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