■"Whole No, 2414. (( TF.RMS OF SUBSCRIFTIOJC. O\K l)01.I.AR PKIt AWIJI, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. 113?" Yll NEW subscriptions must lie pa•! in dvance. If the paper is continued, and n t aid within the. first month, $1,25 will becharff d; not paid in three months, $1,50; if not aid ir. six months, $1,75; and if not paid in ini: months, $2,00. \ll papers addressed to persons out of the Dimly will be discontinued at the expiration of !'• time paid for, unless special request i<- made ) the contrary or pa\ luent giiai auteed by some person here. ini ERTISINO. ■ Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con ■Ututc a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 Iho West Branch Insurance Co. OF LO4K ItAVLV, PI., \-q.'RK> I), t.iehed Jiu jld in . Stores. Mn chiiTidise, Farm Property, and other Ruild and their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS, in .Inhn .f. Pea ice, Hon. Ci. C. Harvey, hn 15. Hal!, T. T. Abrams, srle- A. Mayer, I). K. Jackman, arles t i i-t, " YV. Wi.ite, fer !>iekin <n, Thus. Kitchen. Ilou. G C. HARVEY, Pres. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. Titos. hUelten, •cc'y. REFERENCES. nviol 11. Lloyd, i'lios. Bowman, I). D. Wim-garduer, Wn. Variderbclt, A. M.ickey, Y\ m. Fearon. m. •Vhit,*, Dr. .1. S. Crawford, ti'ii/i!*', A. I pdegralf, \\ M.svn.ird, James Armstrong, Bon. Simon (.'am -ron, Hon. Win. Bigler. for Milllin county, (7. YV. BTFAV ■II !'. Esq. ap23 Indemnity from Less uiiil Duniajrc Iy Fin*. the t'erit." ft .V-i rute a u*l fnhnul 'J'rjn.-jn>rtation. CO.VITXKNT.VI, INSURANCE COMPANY. iii-i, with 11 /' ."/irfital Chm tm'. Authorized Capital, *1,000,000. ficr Y:\ til Walnut SI. abou Strom!, f'liila. i Fin- lii-niaiicc on Buildings, Furniture, Mer aiujiie, Jc., generally. .Marine Insurance j Cir.ir- and Freights to ail parts of the I irld. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c. t by ; ikes. Rivers. Canals, and Land Carriages, to ' I ait. of the I ni'in, on the must favorable ; fr.rg - \V. r.liad.y, William Bowers, hn I. Coleman, Joseph Oat, iniri \ Vlaciictte, Howard llinchman. GKOKGE W . COLLADAY, President. pi T* \ ■ • t fir Mitliin county, W'm. P. I'L > 1 i'. il-q. febl'J-ly m IMO.MTY AGAINST LOSS BV FIRE. H > i-;tii!:l:i! Lire Insurance Compa-i m <>l" i'iiiiariclpliia. ■ Oflii •• io.'i.', C'lif stnut street, near Fifth. It..Hun lit of <1.627,|v 80 January Ist, 1.-57. agreeably to an act of Assembly, be- Hsi Mottgages, amply -. cured, $1 510,1)32 73 fm cost, 69,114]-; Slocks, i present value, >63.661 12,) $1.£27,165 <-(i pi', r l.uit'tcd litsvronrts made on every , df-ci ipim. of prnp rty, in Town and Country. -T' ■ . „• arc consistent with geeurity. thf m incorporation, a period of twenty - | year-, iev nave paid over Three Millions i offDollnr-.' I by tin., thereby affording •v- j of 'li. advantages of Iti-uniure, a- well i t; ability and di-positiu:i to meet with , imptness all liabilities. Lo-ses by Fire, poi lduiing the year 1656, $301,638 -4 tutu.. roRS. is. N. Bancker, ' Mordecai 1). Lew is, • Wagner, | David S. Brown, Brmd Grant, I Isaac Lea, -J* ' R Smith, I Edward C. Dale, W Richards, ] George Fales. ■ GiI.MILKS N. BYN'CKKR, Preside !. ■ ; U- G. BWCKEH, Sec'v. Agent for Mi til in county, ]J. J. \VAL f'I i Lewistown, rnarlO ID'S. CAPS & STRAW GOODS For the People? \D j'lIK I'KOPLE'S CHILDRKN. I ji AST Market street, Lewistown, opposite the ' I'ost Oliice, just returned from the city | li a large and elegant stock ot Fashionable ATS,CAPS,STRAW GOODS, , suitable for spiing and summer wear, ;ch, notwithstanding the advance of almost rything else, he will dispose of at low pri -11 is store has been fitted up with large es, with glass fronts, so that the stock can examined at a glance. *He will manufacture to order any descrip • of hats, (having the best of workmen in his ploy and an abundant supply of material,) lulc] his extensive stock fail to furnish a suit e article. Parents are especially invited to I and examine his variety of Children's Hats Gaps, comprising a tirst rate stock, Irorn n they can make choice to please them- Ornish friends will find they are not for- and they may re-t assured of finding an Ic to their ta-tc, or can have one made at for the patronage heretofore so lib- ' extended to him, he solicits his friends to those indebted to square up and begin — ;irj ,| ;ill y num ber of visitors from this or neighboring counties, to take a look at him N. J. RUDTSILL. to Hofl'runii's for Tubs '■ to IlofTninn'R for Churns ■< to Hoffman's for ftuckots ' .: '"O to llofTinnn'R for Brooms tio to Hoffman's for Itaakclii deel I IPISiOSF-IMSIS) &sffE> WX GMjS<2>ISffIEyjWMISJ n>jv 0 811 IHBBBW. | Thou Hast I.earned lo Another. BY MISS ■* *•** * X- Thou hast learned to love another— Thou hast broken every vow— M e are parted from each other, And my heart is lonely now. I have taught my looks to shun thee, \\ hen coldly wo have met; For another's smile has won thee, And thy voice I must forget. Oh ! is it well to sever iliis heart from thine forever? Can I forget thee ?—never! m ' Farewell, farewell, forever! e have met in scenes of pleasure— M e have met in halls of pride— | 1 have seen thy new found treasure— I have gazed upon thy pride. I have marked the tired lustre Of thy bright and happy eye, As I've seen thee gaze upon her, Forgetting I was by. Oh ! would I'd never met thee! Fain, fain would I forget thee; 'Tis folly to regret thee— Farewell, farewell, forever! M e have met, and we have parted; But I uttered scarce a word— Like a guilty one I started, "When thy well known voice I heard. Thy looks were stern and altered, And thy words were cold and high ; llow my traitorous courage faltered, When I dared to meet thy eye. Oh ! woman—love will grieve her; Oh ! woman—pride will leave her; Life has fled when love deceives her— Farewell, farewell, forever! lIKLBMI.iI BMJL3. DEACON THKOPE ; S PIGEONS. A CAPITAL STORV. Several years ago, when the niast and crops in some of the Western Stales were about to be destroyed lit' the large ntunb. r of wild pigeons that came about, Deacon 1 hrope and several of his friends were sitting outside the log met ting-house, on Sunday morning, wailing for the minister to arrive, and, as a matter of course, talk ing about the prospect of having nothing to tied on through the coming winter. 'lt's orful' said one of the company. 'I I never see the pigeons so thick afore. My j Bill and Hen went down to the roost last night, and killed a bag full with clubs. 1 ibii.lv ill?} ii take all niv com.' 'Oil, yes its orful!' replied the others. * I hat's nothing to what me and my Felix Joshua did day before j'esterday,' said the deacon, know my bottom field there? Well they come it so thick you couldn't see the ground. I went j down to scare 'cm out, and peradventure, they liz up like a cloud, you couldn't see the sky (or 'cm. 1 hollered and slapped my hands, and tore around till 1 was plump worried out, but it did no good. Tliey just swarmed over my head, and as fast as I went to one side of the field they began to pour down in t'other. Felix Joshua had jest got up to the crib with a load of com, for lie was a gatherin' the ridge field, and I went to whar he was and told him to go to the house and get his shot gun and my shot gun, and see if we couldn't drive them ar' pigeons out'n the bottom field.— i So he goes and gels his shot gun and my : shot gun, and we goes down. He slipt along one side of the field, and 1 slip! along j on t'other, till we got about middle ways, and then 1 gin a holler, and up they flew like a whirlagust. I blazed away in the thickest of 'em, and Felix Joshua blazed away in the thickest of 'em, and what do you think? They were all gone in a sec ond. Then me and Felix Joshua, we clem over the fence; and says he to me, Father this heats all creation!' Says 1 to hiin, 'Go fetch the steers and wagon, and upon my word and honor, we picked up ten bushels!' I he good brothers stared wildly around them, and would probably have accused their deacon of lying, had thev not been interrupted by the arrival of the preacher, and the announcement that meetin was goin to begin. After the services were over, little groups of the faithful might have been seen here and there, engaged in earnest conversation. I Their subject was an exciting one, as you i might have inferred from the length of i their faces and the earnestness of their gestures. If you had listened to their con | versation you might have heard something I about as follows: 'Did you hear what brother Thrope said bout him and his Felix Joshua killin' ten bushels of pigeons at one shot.' 'Yes, it's orful, aint it?' •It's a lie as sure as shooliu'. I don't know what's got into brother Thrope.' 'YVhat'll he done about it? It rtmsn't go so—it'll ruin the name of the ehtirch?' ♦We'd better fetch it up next meetin' and make him take it back, or church him.' And so it would go on. Of course the | good deacon heard a whisper of it, which gave him no little uneasiness. However, lie had been ino several scrapes before, and had come out clear, and he doubted not he should meet with the same good luck on this occasion. Until the meeting day arrived the entire settlement was in an uproar. Nothing was talked of but Dea con Thrope's ten bushels of pigeons. The good brothers said it was too bad to have the church disgraced by a deacon who would tell such unreasonable talcs, while i the pious old sisters wiped their spectacles, sighed and said, 'lt's hard telling the power which die evil one exerteth.' At last the exciting day arrived. The preacher stated that the church was ready for the transaction of business, whereupon brother Fingle arose and said: , c ! 'Brother Deacon Thrope says him and his F'eiix Joshua kiileii ten bushels of pig eons at one shot. The church don't be lieve it, and would love to hear what the brother lias to say for himself.' With much solemnity the Deason arose, ; and after casting a serious look over the I congregation and elevating his eyes to the rafters a few times, spoke as follows: 'My brethcring, 'here is a sad mistake ! out —1 didn't say we killed ten bushels of pigeons at one shot, but—' • 'What did you say, then?'interrupted one of the brothers, who was present when the Deacon first told about the pigeons. 'Didn't you say you and your Felix Joshua both blazed away?' 'Yes.' 'Didn't you say you both clem over the i fence?' '\es peradventure.' 'Didn't you say that Felix Joshua said, i 'Father, this heals all creation.' ' 'I did, brother.' i 'Didn't you say Felix Joshua fetched the steers and wagon, and you picked up leu bushels M pigeons?' 'There is the mistake, my brother, re plied the Deacon, again raising his eyes toward the rafters. 1 didn't say we pick ed up ten bushels of pigeons. Brother Fingle is mistaken; 1 said—' - .. 9 'A es, 1 know what you said!'inlerrupi ; ed several; 'you did say it, and we can 1 prove it easy enough! You can't come that game over lis, old boss lly.' 'Order, brethering,' said the minister; 'let's hear brother Thrope's story, and then you can make any remarks you wish.' 1 'Well, as T was sayin', resumed the Deacon, ' 1 didn't say we picked up ten bushels of pigeons—brother Fingle is mis taken— I said we picked up ton bushels of | corn that the pigeons had shattered ofl'. 'Amen!' went up from the congregation, and a rush was made at Deacon Thrope, to shake linn by the hand. It is needless ! to say that he, was restored to full fellow ship and confidence. Splitting Ilocks without Jilasling.— ! Some French inventors have taken out a i patent in England for splitting rocks by the generation of heat without causing an ex plosion. They used a substance compos ed of 100 parts of sulphur by weight, 100 of saltpetre, 50 of sawdust, 50 of horse manure, and 10 of common salt. The | saltpetre and common salt are dissolved in hot water, to which part? of molasses are added, and the whole ingredients stirred until they are thoroughly incorporated to gether in one mass, which is then dried j by a gentle heat in a room or by exposure : to the sun, and it is fit for use. It is stamped in the holes bored for blasting rock in the same manner as powder, and is ignited by a fuse. It does not cause an explosion upward like gunpowder, but generates a great heat, which splits the rock. til An Illinois editor, speaking of a rogue who lives in his vicinity, says: "The rascal has broken every bank, jail, and Sabbath we have had in this country, for the last five years." A lying tongue hateth those that arc af flicted by it. THURSDAY.. JULY 9, 1857. A PARODY. LET THE LADIES BE HEARD. Tell mo, ye winged winds That round my pathway roar, Do ye not know some spot Where bachelors come no more— Some lone and pleasant dell Where no moustache is seen— YV here long eared dandies never come Ourselves and fun between? There come a murmur from the distant sea— A low, sad tone, which whispered "No sir-ee.'*' Tell me, thou misty deep, YVhosc billows round me play, Know'st thou some favored spot, Some island far away, Y\ here weary girls may find A rest from soft dough faces, And hear themselves called women Nor linked to the graces? Soon did the misty deep its answer give, By murmuring, "Not while brandy smashes live." And thou, sercnest moon, YVhat language dost thou utter While gazing en the gentleman, YN hose head is in the gutter? Say, hast thou in thy round, Gazed on some favored spot, Y\ 1. re hats knew not the weight of bricks And where cigars are not ? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in wee, And in italics answered, "Ao, no, no.''' Tell me, 1113- secret soul— Oh ! tell me, Hope and Faith, Is there no resting place From fops and beaux and death ? Ls there no happ\- spot, YVhcrc womankind are blest— YVherc uian may never come, And where the girls may rest? Faith, Truth and Hope—best boons to mor tals given, Waved their bright wings and answered "yes, in Haven!" SINGULAR CASE. Twenty-five days without Food. —Mr. Ellis, of Henrietta, Monroe county, N. Y., cut his throat about two months since.— lie died on the 20th nit. The Rochester Democrat says: YY'e learn that Mr. Ellis, of Henrietta, died on Sunday night, shortly after nine o'clock. For several days previous he appeared to decline more rapidly than he had done since the first reaction from the effects of his dreadful wound. He had taken little nourishment, and at times his mind appeared to lose its grasp of earthly tilings and he spoke of "wanting to go home." These wandering flights were temporary, however, and he recogni zed persons readily at other times, llis death was ealin and easy, the physical powers ceasing from gradual exhaustion. About the first sickness which Mr. Ellis had experienced, was occasioned by a se vere cold taken last winter in clearing up a new piece ol land on his farm. From this he did not appear to entirely recover, his brain being apparently slightly affected by it. Last April, he received an oiler lor the purchase of one-half die farm on which lie resided—one of the best in that locality, about 100 acres in extent, whh a ! handsome dwelling house upon it. lie accepted it. But after closing the bargain he reflected upon it a good deal, and came to the conclusion that lie had parted with the land lor less than its value. This troubled him exceedinglj', and deprived him of cheerfulness b}- day and rest at night. On the night preceding the first ol April, he was unusually disturbed, and walketl the house continually. In the morning, he went out into the orchard and cut his throat, severing the windpipe, and making a ghastly wound. His son followed him, anxious respecting his state ot mind, and found hiin lying 011 the ground, apparently dying. The old gentleman was removed to the house, and a physician called, who ascertained that the principal veins were ! not severed, but considered that his deatli must ensue in a few hours. He continued to live, however, without taking a particle of nourishment, for three weeks and four days, when one of the family, responding to his entreaties for food, gave him a piece of potato, which she was preparing for the table. He held it in his mouth for a while, but was unable, of course, to swallow it. This seemed to satisfy his immediate cra ving, and the experiment was repeated. A few days afterward, he said lie would like lo get up and sit at the table with the family at dinner, and was assisted to do so. A little clam soup, of which he was | very fond, was given him, and a small portion may have found its way into his stomach—the greater part, however, oozed out of the orifice in the neck, which never closed up entirely. Some three weeks since, Dr. Hazeltine, assisted by Dr. Moore of this city, inserted a lube into j the gullet, through which liquids were conducted into the stomach; and this ap peared to revive his wasting strength.— But he has never exhibited any great de sire to live, and had prepared his mind for , the great change, which was evidently ap proaching. This singular case has ap peared to call for more than usual mention, and we have accordingly stated it at some length. LOST IN THE WOODS. -N inc days in the woods with nothing but Cranberries to eat. —We are indebted to Mr. King, of Neillisville, Clark county, for the following particulars of a man lost in the woods. An old man in his Gist year, from the Eastward, started from Neillisville on Friday, three weeks ago, to go to his son-in-law's about three miles distant. He passed within fifty yards oj his son-in-law's house, who was standing ■near and saw him go by, but did not rec ognise him. The old gentleman got into O > the woods, became bewildered, and for nine days wandered about with nothing but cranberries to eat, and water of which he drank often. After he had been gone two or three days, and it was known that ' he w as lost, the population turned out and searched fur him in every direction, but could not find the least trace of his track, and it was only expected that some hunter would one day find liis bones. It rained for several days, lie had got into the windfalls where it is diflicult for any man to get out. The second Sunday from the time he left, the man made his j appearance on the East Fork ol the Black river, about sixteen miles from where he I started. He first entered a deserted lo^- , 1 gei s camp, w here had been left some flour ' and meat, but such w as the o d mau's hon- : csty, he would not touch it. He finally j came to the house of Mr. James Yates, by whom lie was kindly cared for. He ap peared quite vigorous, even then, except t lint his feet and legs were bad I \ swollen. : lie is expected to recover.— Jl/ack River Fulls (Wisconsin ) Fanner. RETRIBUTION — A correspondent of the Ninv York Tribune, writing from Ilorne!!?- vilie, in Steuben county, states that a man, named Ilogan, was discovered ill-using his little daughter, only two years old, in a most inhuman manner. He had caged ; the poor child in a small shoe box, tied up by the feet to the top, had kept her there j 48 hours, ail covered with bruises, and ; when the crowd broke into his house he i was whipping her to still her cries ! The i house was quickly demolished, and the ' inhuman father treated to a coat of tar and leathers, with a threat that if found alter j nightfall, he should have a ride on a rail. Death of a Giant. —The West Tennes see Whig records the death, at his resi dence in Henderson county, one day last week, of Mr Miles Harden, and his inter ment with Masonic honors. '1 'he deceas- ! ed (says the Whig) was, beyond all ques- | tion, the largest man in the world. 11 is | height was seven feet six inches—2 inches I higher than Porter t he celebrated Kentucky giant. llis weight was a fraction over 1 one thousand pounds! It required seven teen men to put liirn in his coffin. Took ever 100 feel of plank to make his coffin. He measured around the waist six feet and lour inches. Ingenuity. —A young man of 18, in prison at Paris for theft, has made a watch of straw. This little master-piece is 2j inches in diameter, about half an inch thick, and will go for three hours without winding up. The dial pi ate is of paper, and a pretty straw chain is attached to the j whole. The instruments and materials the prisoner had at his command were two needles, a pin, a little straw, and thread, j Several persons of distinction, moved by , this surprising genius for mechanics, are now endeavoring to obtain his liberation. young man stepped into a book seller's shop and asked lor a Young Man's Companion. •Well sir,' said the bookseller,'here is my daughter.' | A merry heart niaketh a cheerful counte ' nance. New Series—Vol. 11, No, 34-5. LOCAL AFFAIRS. LEWISTOWN & BELDEFOXTE RAIL ROAD. REPORT OF ENGINEER. To J. Edgar Thompson, President of the Pennsylvania ltailroad Company. In accordance with your instructions on the loth of April last, 1 repaired to Lewistown to take command of the Corps of Engineers raised by the citizens of MiHliri and Centre counties, to examine a line of railroad hc tvoen Lew is tovvu and Bellefonte. Although my instructions were of the most general character, embracing solely the task of fiud ; ing, if possible, a route as above described, with unlimited discretion as to the mode of carrying them'out, there were yet many cir cumstances connected with the undertaking which conspired tu limit the range of opera tions. 1 ho country to he passed over was intricate and diflicult, and had never been but partial ly explored. Many routes were suggested, and many conflicting opinions advanced in regard to the unsettled country lying on the border of the two counties. There were many interests to be consulted, and, if possi ble, harmonized; and besides this, the means in the hands of the Financial Committee were of limited amount. To examine all routes and decide upon their respective merits, was clearly impossi ble without great expense and unreasonable delay—besides the danger of alienating in the very beginning of the enterprise the friends of all routes except the one decided on. Alter considering all these matters, I con cluded that my proper course was to endeav or to find as speedily as possible one practi cable route between the two places, without stopping to solve the more difficult question whether this route was the best one which tho country would afford. It seemed important also that the route se lected should tulfill if possible the following conditions, viz: That it should lie cheaply graded, and that this quality was more to be desired than di rectness of route, low grades, or absence of curvature. Ihat it should unite as far as practicable ail the different interests represented in the Committee of Finance, by accommodating as large an extent of country as could be reach ed without adding needlessly to its length. Ihat the maximum grade should not ex ceed the highest which had been successfully worked on other roads, and the same in re gard to curvature. I am happy to say that the route surveyed, and which I shall presently describe, fulfills to a very great extent the above conditions. 1 have heard of no expressions of dissent from its being at least the second choice of all concerned, while the great majority of the citizens regard it as being the very best which could ho selected for the trade of tho two counties. Beginning at the Lewistown Depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad, the line crosses di rectly over the Juniata into Front street at the canal bridge, thence along Front street to the east end ot the Borough of Lewistown, and thence by a gentle curve across level ground to the Kishacoquillas creek at Swartz's Mineral Spring, and along the west bank of the creek to Jacob's mill. The first mile ends at the borough line and the second at Jacob's mill. From Jacob's mill to the narrows of Jacks mountain the line follows the meadows which skirt the creek and are very level and never overflowed. The fourth mile passes close to Freedom Iron Works, immediately after which the line crosses to the east side of the creek, and again crosses to the west side just as it enters the narrows at the old Axe Fac tory. The fifth mile terminates at this point. The line again follows the west bank of the creek, winding easily through the narrows, with a maximum curvature of 6° per 100 feet, without encountering any very heavy excava tion or embankment. The sixth mile termi nates at the forks of the Kishacoqnillas, just north of the narrows, and near the village of lleedsville. At Reedsville the line crosses the west branch of Ivishacoquillas and fol lows the north side of the eastern branch known as Honey creek. The seventh mile crosses Honey creek half a mile east of Reedsville, and the line then follows the foot of the ridge along the mar gin of the stream as far as MeFarland's mill, at the end of the ninth mile, where it crosses to the north, or rather northwest. The tenth mile is laid ou the northwest side of lloney creek, from MeFarland's mill to the bridge at Kyle's, where it crosses to the east, soon af ter which lloney Greek disappears in a lime stone ridge, and its place is supplied by a small stream frequently destitute of water and known as Dry creek, along the valley of which the line is laid throughout the remain der of the tenth mile, crossing twice on the last quarter, owing to the creokeducss of the channel. At Nageny's farm, in the middle of the eleventh mile, the line leaves the valley of Dry creek to the cast and enters what may be termed tho valley of Milroy, or-iaiurcl run; although from the peculiar nature of tho soil that stream does not reach so far down, but sinks at the village of Milroy, about a mile and a half further north. The twelfth mile terminates at the village of Milroy, about a quarter of a mile east of the Presbyterian church, and near what is called the back mountain road. Thus far tho line has been ever unusually favorableground, consisting mainly of meadows and level fields, with but little rook or deep cutting of any kind, and excepting the crossing of the Juni l ata, no heavy embankments or costly bridges. This favorable state of the ground extends one mile further, and then the high grouud which seemed to lead so invitingly up to the 1 base of the mountain, suddenly falls off, and j a long heavy embankment is necessary to i maintain our elevation up to tho foot of the j Seven mountains. The table of estimates will exhibit the ef foet of this change of character, in the great diff ,'ence between tho cost of any of the first thirteen miles and those which succeed them. Near the end of the fourteenth mile the lino enter? a gorge of the e evcn mountains near
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