■ No. 2408.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION*
I O\E DOLLAR PER AW 1 11,
IV ADVANCE.
For six months, 75 cents.
NEW subscriptions must be paid in
first month, §1,25 will be charg
not paid in three months, §1,50; if not
HpPin six months, §1,75; and if not paid in
to persons out of the
be discontinued at the expiration of
■HKp,. paid f >r, unless special request is made
or payment guaranteed by some
person here.
ADVERTISING.
Ti lines of minion, or their equivalent, con
iitfrwj a ?q ,j are. Three insertions §l, and 25
BBci cacli subsequent insertion.
■JOSEPH A. NEEDLES,
M VNCRACTCUER OF
|He. Silk & Hair-Cloth Sieves,
medium and fine in mesh; large, middle
■ size, and small in diameter.
Iprti.l.lf lI.OTHS OR ROVES M IKE,
pf best qualities, various sizes of mesh,
I to 81) inclusive, and freni one to
in
are numbered so many spaces to a liu
and cut to suit.
TB subscriber aiso keeps constantly on band
CSS QB. --£l3 _2d 3
g§gsoß, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel, Gu
■gpuntac, Sugar, Salt, Bone, Co lie e. Spice,
Dyes luffs, &c. Together with an as-
HU|MI ''t of
gHheiiT a\d a.wealed iro\ mike.
mm of the above sold wholesale or retail, by
J. A. NEEDLES,
aia29 ~ 54 N. Front St., Philadelphia.
B. MUSGRAVE & CO.,
I Wholesale Druggists,
AND DEALERS IX
DRUGS,
SPICES,
CHEMICALS,
I ~ ~~PA INTSr 9 I
Oils, Glass, &c ,
larkct st. above IStli, S. side, Phila.
Lllruggists and country merchants are
to give them a call and examine
and prices, before making their
ma22
GAS FIXTURES.
sub*rriber lias ju>t received a splen
did assortment of Gas Fixtures, among
BOH*.ITDBIIIEE,3,
DIMS, BRACKETS, DROP LIGHTS,
EXI3LE TIDES, GLOBES & SHADES
■l descriptions, and a general assortment of
ail v Licit he will sell at Ptiiladel
■ prices (cut, fitted and put up free of
Wk- .) Call 3nd examine for yourself,
■a- pipe put in*o houses, shops, stores, ic.
Hi' shortest notice.
*.;2| G. W, STEWART.
I GAS: GAS! i
I B. SELIIEIMER would respectfully in- j
H* form the citizens of Lewistown that he :
to put up
■Gas Fixtures of ail kinds,
Stor; s, Dwellings, Public Build j
■t, Shops, itc., in the best manner, llav- J
S procured an experienced workman from ;
[City, recommended to me to be one of the !
■t workmen in the State, I can safely war '
Ht all work and feci confident of pleasing i
■ Lewistown, May 22, 1850.
ITS7T TPl ßiff.
HUE subscribers, trading as .Vic Williams & |
B Sterrett, have leased the Lewistown Mill
Hi are now prepared to buy all kinds of grain,
H which they will pay the highest market
Bee in cash.
HGrain will he taken in store on the same
Hms as heretofore by John Sterrett & Co.
Farmers who wish to have grists ground, or
■tin chopped, will be accommodated on the
brtest notice.
They will always have on hand for sale a full
bpiy of
Flour, Grain and Feed,
iich will be delivered to any part of town by
►vingorders at the office in the Mill.
[One of them will at all times be found at the
[ill to give tneir personal attention to the
isiness, and they hope to merit a continuance ,
I (he patronage bestowed on the old firm.
GEO. W. McWILLIAMS,
F. R. STERRETT.
[Lewistown, January, 17, 1856.
GEO. 7F. ELDEE.,
Attorney at Law,
VbFICE in West Vlarketstreet,opposite Eisen
j bise's Hotel, will attend to any business inthe
•urtsof Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon couu
ts Lewistown. Julv L, 1853.
SO SBO w&mra*
SUICCiiEON DEMIST.
PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend
, ed to, and charges reasonable.
OFFICE n North Main street, second door
clow the town Hall, and nearly opposite the
razette office. je 21, 1855—tf.
[TJE take this opportunity of informing the
W public that we ha ve obtained direct from
he CUSTOM HOUSE all kinds of
LIQTTOFLS,
mhich are as pure as can be obta ltd in this
I country, expiwiily for medical purposes.
J. D. STONEROAD,
OC '-9 BEE HI>E DUIG STORK.
SPIBHSyiftSE) ASJH) IFI?2£!IdZISISnSIQ) (BIS@I£(IMa IKSOTSIISyCB'IIiJBa
j The West Branch Insurance Co,
OF LOCK HAVE*, 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,
! John B. Hall, T. T. Abrams,
I Charles A. Mayer, 1). K. Jackman,
i Charles Crist, W. Wl.ite,
Peter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
! Thos. Kitchen, Sec 1 }".
REFERENCES.
I Samuel 11, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D.
jA. A. Winegardner, VVm. Vanderbelt,
L. A. Mackey, WM. Fearon,
I A. VVhitc, I)r. J. S. Crawford,
James Quiggle, A. Updegraff,
John \V. Maynard, James Armstrong,
Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. VVm. Bigler.
JF]? s " Agent for Mifflin county, G. W. STEVV
ART, Esq. AP-23
Indemnity from Less ami Damage by Fire,
Jind the Perils of JSlarint and Inland Transportation,
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, with a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000.
Office No. 01 Walnut SI. above Second, Pliila.
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-
Lakes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
all parts of the Union, on the most favorable
terms, consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
George VV. Colladay, William Bowers,
John >l. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
Edwin V. Machette, Howard Hinchman.
GEORGE VV. COLLADAY, President.
GAI.EV WILSON, Secretary.
for Vlilllin county, VVm. P. EL
LIOTT, E?q. * feblD-ly
INDEMNITY AGAINST LDSS BY FIRE.
Franklin Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
Office 1634 Chestnut street, near Fifth.
Statement of Assets, $1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
Published agreeably to an act of Assembly, be
ing.
Fist Mortgages, amply secured, §1,519,932 73
Real (present value, $109,-
000,) cost, 89,114 18
Stocks, (present value, §83,881 12,)
cost, 71,232 97
Cash, &c., 64,12156
$1,827,185 80
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
eight years, they have paid over'Phree Millions
of Dollars' losses by fire, thereby affording ev
idence of the advantages of Insurance, as well
as the ability and disposition to meet with
promptness all liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
Losses paid during the year 1856, §301,638 84
DIRECTORS.
Ohas. N. Bincker, I Mordecai D. Lewis,
Tobias Wagner, | David S. Brown,
Samuel Grant, Isaac Lea,
Jacob R. Smith, I Edward C. Dale,
Geo. VV. Richards, | George Fales.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, President.
CHAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y.
for Mifflin county, 11. J. WAL
TERS, Esq., Lewistown. rnarlO
HATS: CAPS & STRAW GOODS
For the People,
AND THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
JS Jf ID J S 1 ix i 9
AST Market street, Lewistown, opposite the
J J Post Office, has just returned from the city
with a large and elegant stock of Fashionable
HATS,CAI'S, STRAW GOODS,
&c., suitable for spring and summer wear,
winch, notwithstanding the advance of almost J
everything else, he w ill dispose of at low pri
ces." His store has been fitted up with large j
cases, with glass fronts, so that the stock can |
be examined at a glance.
%*He will manufacture to order any descrip- j
tion of hats, (having the best of workmen in his 1
employ and an abundant supply of material,) I
should his extensive stock fail to furnish a suit
able article. Parents are especially invited to
call and examine his variety of Children's Hats
and Caps, comprising a first rate stock, from
which they can make choice to please them
selves.
His Ornish friends will find they are not for
gotten, and they may rest assured of finding an
article to their taste, or can have one made at
short notice.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore so lib
erally extended to him, he solicits his friends to
call— those indebted to square up and begin
anew — and any number of visitors from this or
the neighboring counties, to take a look at him
day or evening.
/H6 N. J. RUDISILL.
To Builders and Contractors.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
HERE IS TIIE PLACE FOR CHEAP LIMIBER!
JUST RECEIVED,
| O 000 FEET 14 Yellow Pine Work
-1 "5""" ed Flooring,
' 5,000 feet 1 Yellow Pine Worked Flooring,
10,000 " 1 White " Boards,
j 47,000 " 1 " "
70,000 " 3. 34, 4, 44 best Susquehanna Plas
tering Lath,
20,000 feet Roofing Lath,
12,000 " Common Plank,
I 10,000 " 2 in. Panel,
! 1,000 Lights Sash. Any quantity of Doors,
Shutters, Blinds, &.C., which wc will sell from
10 to 20 per cent, cheaper than any other
dealers in the country.
Hemlock, White Pine Joist, Studding, &c., al
ways on hand.
I respectfully invite all persons wanting any
kit "l of Lumber to call and examine our stock
i and prices.
All orders for Frame Stuff for Houses, Brid-
I ges, Barns, &c., will be filled with promptness.
I AU2B F. G. FRANCISCUS.
! Freeburg Academy and Normal
School.
THIS INSTITUTION, located in the beau
tiful and healthy little village of Freeburg,
j Snyder county, Pa., will commence the second
! (Spring) quarter of its Second Session on the
23d of March. In view of the great want of
proper instruction for Teachers in this and oth
!er counties, a YORIIAI. DEPARTAE.Y'T will
■; hereafter be connected with this school, in
which Teachers will be prepared for the ardu
: ous duties of the school room. That justly
! popular Teacher, Lecturer and Author, Prof.
J J. F. Stoddard, has been engaged to deliver a
j course of Lectures and assist in arranging and
. conducting the Normal exercises and training,
and it is hoped Teachers will avail themselves
|of his services while in the county. An addi
tional Female Teacher has been engaged, and
other arrangements made to meet the wants of
all.
TERMS.
One-half payable inrariably ht advance.
for Board, Room, and Tuition,
per session of 22 weeks, §SO 00 to §55 00 i
Tuition only, per qr. of 11 w'ks, 2.50 to 8.00
Instruction on Piano and use of
Instrument, 9.00
f or Circulars, &c., address
GEO. F. McFARLAND, Friucipal. j
Freeburg, March 12. 1857.
LCG-AST FOTOTORT.
r PHK public are hereby respectfully informed
X that we have leased the above well known j
Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough i
o( Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone j
bridge, w here we will keep constantly on hand
a full assortment of all kinds of STOVES,
viz : Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different
Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c.
and also
Iron Fence, Hollow Ware, Water Pipes,
lie., and w ill make to order all kinds of CAST
INGS. AH orders sent to us will he filled with
care and despatch, and on as reasonable terms
as at any other establishment in the State. We
hope, friends, you will call and examine our
stock before buying any where else. You will,
undoubtedly save money by doing so.
DANIEL BEAKLEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1857. -y
New Arrangements.
VFTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform them.that
I am still to be found at
COHCTLI GTTRAVRON.FI
With a desire to bring my business nearly to j
CASH, after the first of April our credit Urms
w ill be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed
Fifty Dollars. VVe hope still to conduct our i
business so that we shall enjoy the good will
of our numerous customers, and that the num- j
ber may be greatly increased,
marl 2 F. J. HOFFMAN. (
win did mwm
Has Just Opened a Splendid .Assortment
or
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
IF you want a chrap Dress, call at the Old Corner
If you want a cheap Shawl, call at the Oh) Corner.
If ynu want cheap Silks, rail ai the Old Corner.
If you waul cheap Muslins, call at Ihe Old Corner.
If you want Keiituißy Jeans r Tweeds, call at the Old
Corner. Al-o. Flannels, all kinds and colors.
If yon want Shallies or Hereges, rail al the Old Corner. )
If you want Brilliantes or Law hs, call at the Old Corner,
tf you want I.a Villa Cloths, call at (tie Old Corner.
Jf you want Silk Cravellas, call at (tie Old Corner.
If you want Mourning Goods, call at tlie Old Corner.
If you want striped Skirling Muslin, go to ilie Old Corner.
If you want patent Crinoline Lining.goto the Old Corner.
If von want Collars, Undersleeves, Edgings, Insert ings,
Financings, or any Embroideries, go to I lie Old Corner.
If you want Corded Skirls, Soiling Skirts, or Hoops, call
at Ihe Old Corner.
If you want Cloths, call al the Old Corner.
If you want Cassimeres, call at the Old Corner,
tf you want Salinetts, cnH at ihe Old Corner.
Ih Y'JU tr.t.VT .i.VrTH/.YG /.V THE DRY \
GOODS I.DYE, GO TO THE O/.l) COR-YER j
If you want to make choice from over 130 styles of Wall '
l'apers, go to the Old Corner.
If you want a Carpet of any kind, go to the Old Corner. :
If you want Groceries, Qucensw are, or Cutlery, call at |
the Old Corner.
If you want Clothing, Boots or Shoes, Hals or Caps, call j
at the Old Corner.
If you have Country Produce to exchange for Goods,call
at the Old i orner.
If >ou want Bargains in anything, call at the Old Corner, i
OCourilry Dealers supplied with Goods by wholesale I
at a very small advance above city wholesale prices. j
a[>23 GEORGE BLYMYER.
BOOKS!BOOKS!
AT
GIFT SALES.
I HANDSOME GIFT, ranging from 5(1 cents to #4O,
A vv ill be given to each purchaser of a Book at Junkin's 1
Book and Jtwelroy Store The following comprises a '
portion of the books on his shelves :
Periscopics, by William Elder,
Berisc and Sensibility, by Miss Austen,
Geoffrey Moncton, by Mrs. Moodie,
Three Hundred Religious Tales,
Clouds and Sunshine in the Life of a Village Pastor,
Headley's Sacred Plains,
Language of Flowers,
Lives of tiie Three Mrs. Judsons,
New England Tales, by Mrs. Sedgwick,
The Elder Sister,
Fashionable Life, by M. A. Eastman,
The Young Lady's Mentor,
Home Scenes, or Christ in the Family,
Queecbey, by the author of the Wide Wide World, j
Visit to Europe, by Professor Silliman,
Lectures on tne Progress of Arts and Sciences,
England and its People, by Hugh Miller,
The Youth of Madame de Longueville,
The Arch Bishop, or Romanism in the United Slates,
IJps and Downs, by Cousin Cicely,
Dreii, by Mrs Stowe,
Mechanic's Text Book,
Wager of Battle, by H. W. Herbert,
Eventide, by Effie Alton,
Salad for the Solitary,
Household Narratives for the Family Circle,
The Three Colonies of Australia,
Pious Dead of Ihe Medical Profession,
The Christian Family Library,
Gau Eden, or Pictures of Cuba,
The Poetry and Mystery of Dreams,
Lives of Generals Scott and Jackson,
My Courtship and its consequences, by Wykoff,
And an endless variety of other useful, scientific, reli
| gious, and miscellaneous hooks.
in thu country remitting mon
ey for any book named on the bills, can have
| the book and gift forwarded in aoy manner
! they may direct. If by mail, they must send
1 25 cents additional in stamps or money to
i prepay postage. ap23
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1857.
ami IHIMIiL,
SHOPPING.
Site stood beside the counter,
'lhe day he'll ne'er forget,
She thought the muslin dearer,
Than any she'd seen yet;
He watched her playful fingers
The silks and satins toss,
The clerk looked quite uneasy,
And nodded at the boss.
"Show tne some velvet ribbon,
.Berege and satin turk,"
She said, "I want to purchase,"
Ihen gave the goods a jerk;
The clerk was ail obedience,
lie traveled on "his shape;"
At length with hesitation,
She bought a yard of tape.
AX EPIGHAM.
The Supreme Court and the Questieu of color.
I'ray why should Sambo, in our Courts,
fare worse than Tom or Swaney?
For though he is a colored man,
Our justice too is Taney.
Since Taney does thus ruthlessly
Poor Sambo's right attack,
What mercy may wc hope for from
Attorney General Black/
Ii!BIBjfciUSBVB.
'EXTRAORDINARY SPIRIT AF
FAIRS IN PARIS.
Mr. Hume, the all hearing, all-seeing
spirit-rapper, has left Paris suddenly with
out warning. A few nights ago a grand
seance had been prepared for him at the
house of one of the principal officials
about the Court, who had witnessed the
divers experiments made at the Tuilleries,
and which, although failing to convince '<
him entirely, had not yet left him wholly
incredulous. The company was limited,
and of the first water. The names had
all been submitted to the practitioner—
those ol Eugene Guinot, General Para
guay d'llilliers, and Nadaud the compo
ser; all of them atrocious unbelievers, and
wholly devoid of all sensibility or imagi
nation.
Numerous were the experiments tried, '
and all, as usual, eminently successful. —
Lite accordeon glided as usual from knee
to knee, all around the circle and played
the tunes most loved by the inquirers; the
bell wandered around the ceiling, and rang
its merry peal or told its doleful note, ac
cording to the will of any member of the
company who chose to command it. But
the wizard had promised that night to
evoke the spirits and render them visible
to the sight; and every preliminary exper
iment was attended to with impatience, so
great was the hurry to witness the crown
ing masterpiece of the performance. At
length the lights were all extinguished but
one, a solitary wax-taper on the mantel
piece, which cast its long gigantic shadows
on the walls and ceiling of the room.
The silence was complete; some of the '
ladies crouched behind their neighbors, j
and resisted the temptation to faint only by
reason of their curiosity; others started
around, hoping, yet dreading, to see some
thing awful and terrific, that they would
be driven to hysterics. The voice of the
wizard was heard, amid the silence, de
manding whose spirit should be summoned
to appear. A faint whisper, from a dis
tant corner, thrilled through the room—
"Let it be Socrates, the greatest of philos
ophers!" A pause ensued — no objection
or opposition being manifested, the wizard
raised his arm, and waving it toward the
door solemnly bade the spirit of Socrates
appear and stand befor him.
Again silence was resumed, and the !
wizard remained, with extended arm and
muttering lips, gazing toward the door. It
slowly opened; and, amid the utmost ter
ror, the company beheld the entrance of a
figure enveloped in a kind of drapery,
something like a winding sheet, which ad
vanced with noiseless tread over the car
pet, and stood before the conjurer. The
white and flowing beard, the bald head,
and crushed nose were unmistakeable. —
Socrates stood, as in life, in the very midst
of that gay and frivolous circle, evoked
from his slumber of centuries to furnish
sport to a Parisian salon.'
The awe and terror of the company
was at its highest, and the figure glided
back in silence while yet the effect produ
ced was at its culminating point. When
it had disappeared, compliments of course,
poured in upon the operator, who, shaken
to the very finger ends, could not help ex
pressing his surprise at the unusual promp
titude with which the summons had been
answered, and, full of the excitement of
unlooked for success, yielded T7 the en
treaties of the same voice which had spo
ken before, and which now implored the
evocation of Frederick the Great. The
wizard again stretched forth his hand to
ward the door, although doubtful if his
electric current would be strong enough to
accomplish two evocations so rapidly one
after the other. He was observed, how
ever, even in the dimlightof the apartment
to turn deadly pale, as the door again
opened at his summons, when he called
aloud for Frederick the Great, King ol
Prussia, to appear before him. The mo
ment's pause was truly awful.
By degrees, amid the shadows of the
room could be seen gliding through the
door way, a short figure wrapped, like the ;
one which had preceded it, in a kind of j
winding sheet clinging to its limbs, and '
held around the waist by the grasp of the
hands. The lace, however, was undenia
bly that of lite great hero, and the head
surmounted by the little traditional cocked
hat which makes every Prussian heart beat
with gratilude and loyality, even to this
day. The figure advanced, as that of
Socrates had done before, close up to the :
magician, and there stood still and motion
less within a few paces of the chimney.
Presently ihe excitement of the magi
cian became intense, the perspiration rollexl
in huge drops from his forehead, and his .
tee'h chattered. "Enough, enough — be- !
gone, depart!" said he, in a hoarse vvhis- |
per, as the eyes of the figure glared upon
him with a fierce and menacing expres- I
sion. "Begone, I say!" repeated he, in a
hollow tone, as the figure still stood mo
tionless, in spite of the command. In
another moment, however, the SPELL was
broken. Rousing himself, by an effort
which considering the circumstances in
which he was placed, may be regarded as
sublime, he suddenly exclaimed, "I have
been made the dupe of some mystification," j
and stepped close to the figure, which had
still retained its menacing expression until I
that moment, when a loud and uncontrol- !
lable laugh hurst from its lips, and it ex
claimed, "What! don't you know me? I }
am Nadaud, and here is my friend Socra
tes, otherwise Marshall Baraguay d'Hil
liers, ready to appear again whenever you
choose; and close at hand is my comrade,
Eugene Guinot in life, and Alcibiades in
death, wailing to be summoned afier me,
as he would most assuredly have been, !
had I been able to follow up the joke."
You can just imagine the effect produc
ed by ihe discovery of the mystification.
MR. Ilutne was struck powerless and dumb;
when he recovered he begged it to be re
membered that he had been the first to
find out the deception, and asserted that
the spirit summoned would have appeared,
and that he does in reality possess the j
faculty of raising them. In a few mo
ments, however, he disappeared, and the
next day we heard, without astonishment,
of his sudden departure from Paris.
It appears that the three mauvais plai
sans who had been excluded from the com
pany had been determined to revenge
themselves, and with the assistance of a
conjrere, aided likewise bv the false white
beard of Socrates and the cocked hat of '
Frederick the Great, had almost succeeded
in duping the operator, had it not been
for the uncontrollable laughter of Nadaud,
which betrayed the whole conspiracy.
This is the story told of the sudden de
sertion of the camp by Mr. Hume. Time
will show us if this be truth, for he has
promised to return; and should we not be
hold him according to his promise in the
space of three months, we shall know
what to believe and what to doubt of his
mysterious power. — Court Journal.
MANE LESS BLOUD HORSES.— The Per
sian Ambassador at Paris, Ferouck-Khan,
has just presented to Louis Napoleon, four
Arab horses of the purest blood, from his
master the Shah. Their peculiarities are
two — that they are larger than any blood
horses hitherto seen and that they have NO
manes. Paris was very much delighted
with the beauty of these animals.
NEURALGIC HEADACHE.— The applica
tion of towels, wrung out in hot water, to
the forehead and temples, is represented
to be an efficacious and speedy remedy for
headaches arising from neuralgia affections.
New Series-Vol. 11, No. 28.
HORRIBLE CASE
In North Carolina.—' The Charlotte,
North Carolina, Democrat, of the 12th
inst., gives the particulars of a horrible
affair, which has just been brought to light
| in the neighboring village of Concord, in
Mecklenburg county. It says:
A quack doctor , known by the name of
Nugent, applied to a man to assist him in
j taking up a child that had been buried a
lew days before. The man made the re
quest known, and intimated that two little
girls, daughters of a very respectable gen
tleman residing in the vicinity, had been
removed from their graves by this man
Nugent, for the purpose of extracting me
dicinal properties from theirflesh and bones.
I o ascertain the truth of the rumor, the
father had the graves reopened, and found
the coffins and bodies missing. Of course
this created a deep sensation, and we are
informed that it was determined to inflict
summary punishment upon Nugent; but
on visiting his house he was found verv
sick and in a dying condition. One report
says that he took poison, after learning that
his operations were known to the public
and another, that he died from a disease
contracted from frequent handling of de
composed bodies.
Nugent. died on Wednesday last. He
made a statement before death that he had
exhumed about sixteen dead bodies in
C oncord and elsewhere, and after using
them : for making medicine) he burned the
flesh, coffins and everything, to prevent
detection, ilis ash pile was examined
and teeth and bones found therein.
His theory appears to have been that a
medicine could be made by boiling the
liver of a human being (hat would cure
liver complaint; and so with regard tooth
er diseases. WE learn that Nugent was
from Forsythe county, and had been liv
ing in Concord about two years. He once
lived in this town, we are informed, enga
ged in selling peppermint and cinnamon
drops. Before he died he gave the names
of three or four of his accomplices, one of
whom, a white man named Bogus, was ar
rested in this place last week and commit
ted to jail.
W hat the fellow did with the medicine
he was making no one knows. He has
agencies in Salisbury and Goldsboro',
where one or more of his accomplices re
side.
About the Birds. — The National Intel
ligencer has the following beautiful instance
of the kindness towards each others by
the birds: —A gentleman observed in a
thicket of bushes near his dwelling, a col
lection of brown thrushes, who for several
days attracted his attention by there loud
cries and strange movements. At last cu
riosity was so much excited, that he deter
mined to see if he could ascertain the
cause of the excitement among them. On
examining the bushes he found a female
thrush, whose wing was caught in a limb
in such away that she could not escape.
Near by was her nest, containing several
half-grown birds. On retiring a little dis
tance, a company of thrushes appeared
with worms and other insects in their
mouths, which they gave first to the moth
er and then to her young, she in the mean
while cheering them in their labor of love
with a song of gratitude. After watching
the interesting scene until curiosity was
satisfied, the gentlemen relieved the poor
bird, when she flew to her nest with a
grateful song to her deliverer, and her
charitable neighbors dispersed to their usu
al abodes, singing as they went a song of
praise.
Raffling Jor a Baby! — The Dubuque
Express relates that a woman recently
came to the Minnesota Ifouse in Dunieith
with a young child, and after STOPPINGS
day or two suddenly left, minus the baby,
and did not return. The landlord happen
ed over to Dubuque, and mentioning the
circumstance to a couple of friends, mar
ried but childless, one of them proposed to
adopt the little one as his own. The oth
er immediately made the same proposi
tion, when a dispute arose as to which of
the would be "parents" should have the
infantile waif. Finally an appeal was
made to the dice box. Quite a number
of people gathered around the table, inter
ested spectators of the singular contest, and
the winner, named Kesler, was greeted
with a shout of applause. The child is a
pretty little girl three weeks old, and its
new-found parents are brimming over
i with happiness.