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PRAM D. HAWN, ? McVeytown,
Principal, y MilHin co.
FIIIS INSTITUTION will open for tjie
session on the loth of April, 1857. In
Suction will be given in all the branches
Sally taught in Academies. Good board
E, at reasonable rates, can be procured, and
fery effort will be made to render the school
lasant and profitable.
IttcVeytuvrn, Feb. 12, 1857.-tf
EAF TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
DENSLOW & CO.,
121 South Front Street, Philadelphia,
[Commission Merchants
AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN ALL KINDS OF
HaiiufartuttO Tobacco.
AND
■ AVE constantly on hand and for sale low,
H all kinds of AMERICAN and SPANISH
EAF TORACCOS, selected with special ref
fence to manufacturers 1 use.
btll articles sold warranted to be as represen
I and every opportunity afforded for exami
lion. Purchasers at a distance can send their
Hers, and rely upon being as faithfully served
[if the goods were selected in person.
Philadelphia. Oct 25, 1856 —taplO
JOSEPH A. NEEDLES,
MANUFACTURER OF
Silk & Hair-Cloth Sieves,
[arse, medium and fine in mesh; large, middle
size, and small in diameter.
Metallic cloths oh movea hike,
t the best qualities, various sizes of mesh,
bm Nos. 1 to tsO inclusive, and frcm one to
|c feet in width.
Pi'hey are numbered so many spaces to a lin
,l inch, and cut to suit.
The subscriber also keeps constantly-on hand
facers =>
ir Coal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel, Gu
-10. Sumac, Sugar, Salt, Rone, Coffee, Spice,
rugs, Dyestuffs, &c. Together with an as
rtmeat of
BRIGHT AAD A\VEILED IRON WIRE.
All of the above sold wholesale or retail, by
J. A. NEEDLES,
ma 29 54 N. Front St., Philadelphia.
W. L. B. MUSGRAVE & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
AND DEALERS IN
DH.UGS,
SPICES,
CHEMICALS,
i> yA 3 T 211? ?S •,
&ssmsh
Ii 'Ai £3 £i £2i U* <s S>
PAINTS, •
Oils, Glass, &c ,
16 Jlarktt st. above 11th, 8. side, Phila.
; 85^.1'ruggists and country merchants are
kjuested to give them a call and examine
kir stock and prices, before making their
prchases. v ma 22
[ GAS! GAS!
| B. SELIIEIMER would respectfully iu
f • form the citizens of Lewistown that he
[preparing to put up
Gas Fixtures of all kinds,
i Churches, Stores, Dwellings, Public Build
igs, Shops, &c., in the best manner. Ilav
ig procured au experienced workman from
le City, recommended to me to be one of the
workmen in the State, I can safely war-
Kit all work and feel confident of pleasing
3. Lewistown, May 22, 1850,
LOG-AIT FOTJITEItY.
MiE public are hereby respectfully informed
' that we have leased the above well known
ttindry, situate on Main street, in the borough
. Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone
idge, where we will keep constantly on hand
La full assortment of all kinds of STOVES,
3 viz: Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different
Resizes, Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c.
d also
ron Fence, Hollow AVare, Water Pipes,
b, and will make to order all kinds of CAST
AS. All orders sent to us will be filled with
re and despatch, and on as reasonable terms
at any other establishment in the State. We
pe, friends, you will call and examine our
>ck before buying any where else. You will
doubtedly save money by doing so.
DANIEL BEARLEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y
©EO. 7 T.BLEEP.,
Attorney at Law,
iFFICE in West Marketstreet,oppositeEisen
J bise's Hotel, will attend to any business in the
prtsof Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon couu-
Lewistown, Julv J, 1853
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The West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOCK lI.IVEY, PA.,
INSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
chandise, Farm Property, and other Build
ings, and their contents, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS.
Hon. John J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
j John B. Hall, T. T. Abrams,
Charles A. Mayer, D. K. Jackman,
Charles Crist, W. Wr.ite,
Peter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T, T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
Thus. Kitchen, Sec I }'.
REFERENCES.
Samuel H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D.
A. A. Winegardner, Wm, Vanderbelt,
L. A. Mackey, Wm. Fearon,
A. White, Dr. J. S. Crawford,
James Quiggle, A. Updegraff,
John VV. Maynard, James Armstrong,
Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler.
EC?" A gent for Mililin county, G. W. STEW
ART, Esq. apl7
Imlewnily from Loss sutl Disniagc by Fire,
jSnd the Periltt of Marine and Inland Transportation.
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, rcith a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, 51,000,000.
Offiee No. CI Walnut St. above Serond, Phila.
Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer
chandise, &c., generally. Marine Insurance
on Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the
world. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by
Likes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
all parts of the Union, on the most favorable
terms, consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
George W. Colladay, William Bowers,
John Al. Coleuian, Joseph Oat,
Edwin V. Machette, Howard Hirichman,
GEORGE W. COLLADAY, President.
GALEN V* ILSON, Secretary.
for Mitilin countv, Wm. P. EL
LIOTT, Esq. ' febl9-ly
INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIKE.
Franklin Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
Office 163 i Chestnut street, near Fifth.
Statement of Assets, $1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
Published agreeably to an act of Assembly, be- 1
itig,
Fi-t Mortgages, amply secured, §1,519,932 73
Re d Eitate, (present value, §109,-
000,) cost, A 89,114 18
Stocks, (present val 'e, §83,881 12,)
cost, 71,232 97
Cash, &.C., , 04,12156
§1,327,185 sO
Perpetual or Limited Insurances made on every
description of property, in Town and Country.
Rates as low as are consistent with security.
Since their incorporation, a period of twenty
j eight years, they have paid over Three Millions
i of Dollars 1 losses by fire, thereby affording cv
| idence of the advantages of Insurance, as well
as the ability and disposition to meet with
! promptness all liabilities.
Looses by Fire.
Losses paid during the yearTßsG, §301,638 84
DIRECTORS.
Chas. N. Bancker, j Mordecai D. Lewis,
Tobias Wagner, i David S. Rrown,
Samuel Grant, I Isaac Lea,
Jacob R. Smith, I Edward C. Dale,
Geo. W. Richards, | George Fales.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, Preside .t.
CHAS. G. BANCKER, SIC I }-.
for Mililin county, 11. J. WAL
TERS, Esq., Lewistown. marl 9
Another Supply of Lumber.
Sasli Jlailc to Order.
]L'ST received, a large supply of yellow and
white pine ready-worked Flooring.
Arrangements have been made by the under
[ signed by which they are enabled to manufac
ture all kinds of Doors, Sash, Shutters and
Blinds at reasonable prices. Bills sent to them
either by mail or otherwise will meet with
prompt attention.
novl3 WM. B. HOFFMAN & CO.
New Stock of Lumber.
IN addition to our large stock of well-season
ed stuff', suitable for the most durable and
perfect kinds of work, we have just received
a large supply from the Susquehanna region,
among which will be found—
2, lA, ]j, 1 1 , 1, and half inch Panel, First,
2d and 3d common BOARDS and PLANK,
WORKED FLOORING,
Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds, and Door Fac
-1 ings, ready worked.
! Plastering Lath and Paling,
All kinds of BILL STUFF, 7x7, 6x6, 5x5, 4x5
and a large lot of 3x4 SCANTLING, of va
rious lengths.
JOISTS of all sizes and lengths.
We are also prepared to fill, at short notice,
bills for any kind of lumber from the well
known steam mill of S. Milliken.
Builders. Farmers, and others desiring Lum
ber of any kind will find it to their advantage
to give us a call.
uc2 WM. B. HOFFMAN & CO.
To Builders and Contractors.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
HERE IS THE PLACE FOR CHEAP LI'.HBER!
JUST RECEIVED,
1 A {l4\{ * FEET 11 Yellow Pine Work
od Flooring,
j 5,1)00 feet 1 Yellow Pine Worked Flooring,
I 10,000 " 1 White " " Boards,
I 47,000 " 1 " " " "
: 70.000 " 3, 3£, 4, 44 best Susquehanna Plas
i tering Lath,
20,000 feet Roofing Lath,
42,000 " Common Plank,
10,000 " 2 in. Panel,
1,000 Lights Sash. Any quantity of Doors,
Shutters, Blinds, &c., which we will sell from
10 to 20 per cent, cheaper than any other
dealers in the country.
Hemlock, White Pine Joist, Studding, &c., al
ways or. hand.
1 respectfully invite all persons wanting any
I kind of Lumber to call and examine our stock
j and prices.
All orders for Frame Stuff for Houses, Brid
ges, Barns, &c., will be filled with promptness.
</28 F. G. FK AN CISC US.
RATIFICATION MEET ING.
A large ratification meeting was held at
Harrisburg on the 28th March, at which
John J. Clyde, Esq. presided, and many
ol the leading Americans of Dauphfn
county took part. Among a number of
spirited resolutions we copy the following:
Resolved, That the American and Re
publican parties are, and of right ought to
be, but one party, and every consideration
of duty and interest compel them to a
union and concentration of strength against
the bogus Democracy, which is the nation
al and implacable enemy of both.
Hon. John C. Kunkel was then called
out, and made an able speech, a sketch of
which, copied from the Daily Telegraph,
we subjoin:
Mr. Kunkel said he did not come here
to submit to the nomination of David YVil
mot for Governor, but he came to hail it—
not to acquiesce in it as a necessity, but
to rejoice at it—not to 6av to his fellow
citizens that as we had sent delegates to
the nominating Convention we were bound
by the nomination there made, but to say ,
that in his judgment it was the very best
nomination that could have been made.
David \\ ilmot was the foremost man of
his age, and of the age. Where in the
history of Pennsylvania can such a spec
tacle be presented as the 12th Congres- !
sional district presents? Nix or eight years i
ago that district gave six or eight thousand
Democratic majority; it now gives the
same majority the other wav—a change
in a single Congressional district of some
fifteen thousand votes. How much of
that change is attributable to David Wilmot
himself? Must not the man who can thus i
wield the popular sentiment among his
friends and neighbors be a true, sincere,
faithful, able man? How faithfully has
David Wilmot, ever since he introduced
into Congress his proviso, extending the I
JefTersonian ordinance to the Territories
acquired from Mexico, adhered to the no
ble stand then taken? Gibers fell bv the
wayside, and have had their rewards in
places of honor and trust from the Demo
cratic party, liut office and emolument
had no charms to win David YVilmot from j
his principle. The highest honors and [
rewards were within his reach, if he had
consented to abandou his fealty to Freedom
at the bidding of his party. Rut he no
bly spurned them all, for right and truth
and justice, and in the hour of trial was i
"Faithful found anions the faithless, i
And faithful only he. 1 '
Take him, as the record of his life
shows him, and he presents "a combina- i
tion and a form indeed
Where every god hath set his seal
To give the world assurance of a man. 11
Mr. Kunkel said it was urged amongst
Americans who had been Whigs, against
Mr. W ilmot, that he had until recently
been a Democrat. It was true. Rut, !
said Mr. K., when I became an American j
I ceased to be a Whig, and censed to in- (
quire as to the antecedents of any candi
date offered for my support. So would ;
every true American.
Rut Mr. Wilmot had been hostile to ;
protection, and this was made a great bug- !
bear among old Whigs. It was true that |
Mr. Wilmot had differed from the Whig
party on this question, though he always j
conceded that the iron interest, as a nation
al interest, should receive the fostering care
of the government. Rut whatever may
have been the views of the 12th Congres- ,
sional district in the past on that subject, i
Mr. K. knew that in the last Congress the
representative of that district voted uni- ,
formly with the friends of protection.
Rut was said again, Mr. Wilmot was
not an American. Mr. K. would not stand
up and urge the claims of David Wilmot
upon his American brethren if he did not
think and know Mr. Wilmot to he the j
advocate of their views. When the pres- !
ei.t Executive was nominated by the Am- j
erican party, and was the candidate of j
that party alone, David Wilmot and his !
district gave him their full, hearty and cor
dial support, running up an unprecedented
majority for him. However, the Conven
tion which nominated Mr. Wilmot adopted
a platform of principles, and Mr. Wilmot
takes the nomination as the representative
Of those principles. Among the resolu- i
tions adopted is the following;
Resolved , That it is a fraud upon our j
laws, and fraught with danger to our insti
tutions, to admit to a full participation in
their benefits, any man who acknowledges !
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1857.
A FOREIGN SUPREMACY, which he cannot
conscientiously and without mental reser
vation, abjure and forever renounce;
whether that supremacy be civil or spirit
ual.
J hat, said Mr. K., is enough for rne as
an American. It embraces ihe vital prin
ciple of Americanism. Could such a res
olution he passed in a Democratic conven
tion? The voice of its adoption would
not die upon the air before the right wing
of the Democratic party —the Irish brigade
—would march off to the bowld anthem of
"Erin inavourneen, Erin go bragh !"
Rut when every thing else fails, theory
of the enemy would be, Wilmot is an Ab
olitionist! Mr. K. said he had no patience
with this charge. It was false, utterly
false, and those who made it knew it to
he a lie. It had served its turn thrice in
Pennsylvania, and Mr. K. thought it
would now meet the contempt it deserved.
W ho, he asked, thai did not swear, in the
words of the ever-varying creed of the
Democratic party on the subject of Sla
very, was not obnoxious to this epithet.—
He, himself, had gone to Congress from
one of the most conservative districts of
Pennsylvania, entertaining the most con
servative views on the Slavery question,
and yet, because lfe had voted for Mr.
Ranks for Speaker, and for the investiga
tion of the Kansas election frauds, he was
taken and reputed an abolitionist. If one
protest against the extension of Slavery,
adhering to the policy that prevailed in
the Federal Government, from the davs of
Washington to Polk, he is an abolitionist.
If a christian man declared his belief that
all men have God for their Father, aud
are, therefore, a common brotherhood, lie
is an Abolitionist.
Reeder went from the bosom of ilia
Democracy of Pennsylvania to Kansas
only to be stigmatized and sent back an
abolitionist; later, Geary, from the same
political fold, went with the endorsement
of the chief men of his party everywhere,
and because he would not prostitute the
functions of his office to fasten slavery on
Kansas, is liable to assassination, compel
led to resign, and branded as an abolition
ist. All men who will not swear to the
divinity of slavery—not only of the black
man, but that slavery is the natural and
inevitable condition of labor, without re
gard to color—are abolition is s.
Mr. K. did not fear the use of oppro
brious epithets. They were poor argu
ments, and had no longer power with ihe
people, lie would not hereafter stand up
to defend against such charges. They
were lies, and he would no waste time in
argument about them. lie meant in this
canvass, instead ol being put in (lie defen
sive to carry the war into the enemy's
camp, to arraign the Democratic party—
not for sympathy to the negro, but with a
design to enlarge the house of bondage
until it shall embrace the free white labor
er of the North.
Mr. K. referred to the opinions recently
put forth by the Richmond Enquirer on
behalf of the Democratic part)* of the
South, that Slavery is the natural and
moral condition of the laboring man,
whether white or black, and that the great
evil of Northern free society is, that it is
burdened with a servile class of mechanics
and laborers unfit for self government,
and yet clothed with the attributes and
powers of citizens. The great contest,
Mr. K. said, was, whether free society or
slave society should prevail in the territo
ries, and iu this struggle these monstrous
doctrines were avowed by the Democratic
party. Did they meet with rebuke from
the Democratic press of the North? No;
rather with acquiescence. It is for a de
parture from the ancient landmarks, for a
settled design to force Slavery with lire
and sword upon Kansas, for the bold avow
al that Slavery is the natural and moral
condition of the white laborer as well as
the black, that the Democratic party will
have to answer in this canvass, and in the
overwhelming voice of popular indignation
their miserable shiboleth of abolitionism
will be unheard. Mr. K. referred to the
decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the Dred Scott case. It
was a mere dictum of that Court—extra
judicial, and carried no force. Even if it
had been pronounced on the very case,
there would still be higher authority—for
higher than acts of Congress, higher than
decisions of Federal Courts, was the Con
stitution ol the United States—itself the
supreme law of the land.
Mr. K. then pledged to the nomination
of David Wilmot and the whole ticket his
earnest and hearty support under aH cir
| cumstances. It would be a proud day for
Pennsylvania and the North when the
ballot boxes should proclaim David Wilmot
! Governor of Pennsylvania. He hoped
and expected to see that day. The Na
tional Democracy claim to have repudiated
and ejected David Wilmot for the crime of
loving liberty too well. It will not be the
I first li'oe in political annals that "the stone
j which the builders rejected, became the
head of the corner."
A ROMANTI.C STORY.
The following story from the Paris cor
respondence of the New York Times, will
serve to show the rapid manner in which
j the Russian Government does an act of j
i justice. Some eighteen months ago a
j Miss Ward, of one of our Southern States,
* '
j was married at Florence to a- Polish !
j Count, with a very unpronounceable name.
; After residing with her three weeks he '
j took French leave one fine morning, taking
| with him his wife's jewels. He left a let-
I ter behind him stating that the marriage
j was invalid, from the fact that no Russian
subject could be legally married except bv
the Greek service. Of course the lady was
; in great consternation, and at the time of
, the coronation of the Czar, she, with her
mother, went to St. Petersburg. Mr. Sa
la, the principal writer for Dickens' Hous- j
hold Words, drew up a petition for her to i
the Russian Government, and it was pre- 1
! seated by Mr. Seymour, our minister, j
Ihe case was laid before the Kmperor,
aud an order was issued to the Russian
Minister at Naples, where the Count was j
living, for his arrest. He was seized by j
the Neapolitan police, at the expense ol
Russia carried to Warsaw, where the ladv
and her friends were waiting, inarched into
; a church by a posse oi policemen and was
there compelled to stand up before the al
tar anJ be m uried in due form. His wile,
then the Countess, turned to him as soon
as the ceremony was over, made a formal
bow, and bade him adieu forever. The
j Count was sent to Siberia, his property
confiscated, his wife retaining one-third by
law. The family immediately left for j
i Italy where they are spending the winter, j
HORRIBLE DEATH
From Freezing and Starvation of a
former Citizen of Schuylkill county. —
We learn that Mr. lloxie Rathburn, aged
45 years, of Mankato—some years since
a resident of Minersville, this county—left
Mankato, lowa, with the Sioux City mail, I
about the 15th of November last, and car- j
riod it through to Sioux City, and left that i
place with the mail for Mankato on the Gth j
i of December, and was found on the 2Glh
by the men who went through in search of
him, at a place on the mail route called
l)es Moines Station, about 100 miles from
J Sioux City and 80 from Mankato.—
When found, he was very badly frozen,
and could not speak, but extended his
| hand to one of the men. He died about
fifteen minutes after. He had, when
found, matches in his pocket, and there
were shavings and wood in the building,
: but it is supposed he was so badly frozen
when he arrived there that he could not
make a fire.
It is the opinion of those who found him
that he had remained in that situation ten
; or twelve days, entirely destitute of food.
He had gnawed his fingers and hands
badly, and from medical examination, it
! is the opinion of physicians that he died
not only of cold, but absolute starvation,
j (the most horrible of all deaths ) He
would probably have been saved if found
a few days earlier. Mr. Rathburn was
one of the oldest residents of Mankato ; he
had an iron constitution, and must have
struggled long and hard against his awful
fate. He leaves a wife and large family
j of children.— Pottsvillc Journal.
New Arrangements.
AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
! continued patronage, 1 would inform them that
; I am still to be found at
.-jr..vr\rrTl,
With a desire to bring my business nearly to
CASH, after the first of April our credit terms
i will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed
; Fifty Doliais. We hope still to conduct our
; business so that we shall enjoy the good will
i of our numerous customers, and that the num
; ber may be greatly increased.
marl 2 F. J. HOFFMAN.
SHOT GUNS.—Single and double Shot
Guns, very loWi a t MACKLIN'S, McVeytown.
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 22.
Communication#.
Vor U,. Lewistown Gazette
PROSE POEMS.
A SERIES OF DAY DREAMS.
BV I. J. STINE.
No. 11.
I stood at the Beautiful Hills. Majestic
they stood behind, towering towards the
skies, and before lay spread out in simple
grandeur the Plain of Beauty. A river,
broad and beautiful, passed slowly and
majestically through the flowery groves
and lawns, between its green banks beau
tiful with trees and shrubs and ilowers,
and tender vines and mosses, which shad
owed, and stooping, kissed the waters,
trembling in the last lingering reflection of
the setting sun.
A motley crowd was gathered there.—
A huge black altar stood in the midst of
the multitude, trom which ascended a
smoky blaze, livid and uninviting, yet as
it prepared for a victim. The setting sun
had wasted her iast ray upon the tops of
the hill far off in the East, and a cloud of
darkness was gathering over the Plain of
Beauty. The restlessness of the multi
tude, the busy hum, and the whispers of
fearfuJness seemed to betray a diabolical
purpose, the intention of a deed of dark
ness; and the altar, with its crackling tire,
its livid blaze and its murky smoke, asked
a victim.
Darkness had settled completely o'er
the land. The crowd was more eager.
Among the multitude I noticed some by
whose "robes" and bearing I at once rec
ognized as priests, and I knew that they
were to officiate at the approaching sacri
fices. Some of them betrayed the eager
ness which characterised the crowd; others
appeared timid and pale, looking wistfully
ever and anon around and above them; and
I thought that I perceived in the eyes of
tvvo or three of them the glittering of
standing tears. 1 perceived also, hover
ing above their heads in the smoke, and
whispering betimes in the ears of the
priests, certain dark figures with wings,
who seemed to delight in the flames as
born of them, and whose eyes sparkled as
coals from the "burning lake." Far up,
also, above the reach of the smoke I saw
a beautiful while robed one hovering. I
knew it was an "angel of light" I beheld;
for a crown of light beautiful and soft en
circled her brow, disclosing the fairest fea
tures, yet ol such mildness as only to fix
and not to dazzle my eyes. Sadness cov
ered her countenance, smile wreathed
round her lips. Was she there to bear the
history of that transaction to the court of
Heaven?
1 turned again towards the burning altar,
wondering what all that meant, and who
were the priests? Suddenly, amid cries of
"it is the time, ' —"Ho! priest, the sacri
fice!"—" Bring forth the Jiook, the old
imposture"—an old gray haired priest ad
vanced, and to him was handed by a
trembling hand the Bible. He took it in
his right hand; but it trembled so that he
could not hold the book in that hand; and
so he took it in his left hand, and raised
his right hand to pronounce a curse upon
the Rook. The multitude were now too
eager for words to describe. Amid their
shouts and cries only one did 1 hear dis
tinctly— "away with it! away with it!"
While the almost deafeuing shouts of the
blinded multitude arose amid the flames
of smoke, "making night hideous," one
approached from behind the crowd. He
was a youth. The carriage of a man was
in his step, a marble firmness in his brow,
and a poet's fire in his eye. He seemed
about to speak in behalf of the book, but
i ere he could utter a syllable, a strong bony
! hand was laid upon his mouth,-aud the
fiendish shouts of the multitude grew loud
er ; the dark winged ones dipped their
wings in the flames, triumphing, and the
"beautiful white robed one" turned away
her lace and dropped a tear, which fell as
a glistening dew drop on the green earth
at my feet; and methought I heard, as the
voice of one afar off, in a deep hollow
tone, the simple sound, "Beware!"
It seemed that the old priest heard that
sound too; for he listened, and trembled,
as he held the Look over the flames of the
black altar, and .iflmmered out a curse. —
"We are here," said he to the priests at
i his side, "as the successors of the leader
of the New F.-ilosophy of the nineteenth
century, whose duty it is to burn this
Rook and renew society through its ashes,'*