would ask no man to do wrong, if it cost me
uiy life.
*' 1 have been hero three months chained,
and a part of tho tirao handcuffed. Don't
blame anybody but myself, and you all know
the reason why: for trying to cut ray hob
bles."
Here lie spoke of handcuffs on his hands
being so tight as to make his arms bleed,
lie tlien spoke in kind terras of those who
visited him in his cell and prayed for him.
lie spoke of Dr. Junkins and Rev. Mr.
MeClaiu discharging their duty, saying :
" Thoy came bore and prayed for me like
Christian men, and have been the mitigation
of saving my soul from hell."
He next spoke of the Methodists, and
the kiudaess shown him by the people of
llollidaysburg, and called upon God to
bless them all.
" 1 want you to think I am pleading the
truth. • I am not like the witnesses ; they had
no ropes around their necks, ready to be
launched into heaven or hell, or they never
would have sworn my life away.
" I have boon charged with more crimes.
1 have seen it in tho papers. lam supposed
to bo tho murderer of two more men. They
never said anything about that uutil I was in
chains, but God Almighty will lmvc something
to say about it. He knows that 1 never killed
a man. I hope never to see the Kingdom of
Heaven if ©vor I killed a man. lam also
oharged with stealing horses. Fellow-citi
zens, I never stole a horse, or any thing, ex
cept fruit, and there are few who have not
done that. Never, as lam a dying man, dj.
I steal an; thing but fruit. Ain't it hard for
a man to be accused when ho is chained in
prison and can't defend himself? Let me say
God has something to say. I love my fellow
men, but I care not for what they say when
falso. lam not the man lam represented to
be. I can die without a tear, for I have noth
ing to fear, bless God. I have made my
election sure. In Christ I have placed my
trust, and when I leave this scaffold I shall go
homo to Heaven, and hope to meet my God,
iny aged futher, who has gone before me, my
mother, wife, child, sisters and brothers.
What care I far this death ? My friends care,
for they have not a stain upon their character.
It is riot iny fault, God Almighty knows it."
Ho then made sonic allusion to his at
tempt to commit suicide, and said he was
instigated to do it by the devil, but was
triad he did not accomplish it, for then he
should have been a murderer indeed and
gone to hell.
He then concluded by singing—
"McKim will soon be launched into eter
nity, and his soul will go to Heaven."
A portion of scriptures was then read by
I>r. Junkin, and the Hymn beginning with
"Prepare mc gracious God
Who now stands before thy face,"
was sung, in which the prisoner joined. A
prayer was then made by Dr. .Junkin. after
which the clergy, his counsel, the officers
and others took leave of hint. The rope
was re-adjusted by the .Sheriff and the cap
placed over his face.
In a few words he again reiterated his
innocence of the crime for which he was
to suffer, ending with " I iell you as a dy
ing man lam innocent Tell the Sheriff
I am now ready."
At twenty minutes of one o'clock the
Sheriff drew the rope attached to the prop
of the trap, ami the body fell. A few up
heaving* of the chest and all was over,
After hanging twenty minutes the physi
cians pronounced him dead, and he was
lowered into his coffin. His neck was not
dislocated—he strangled to death. His
neck was a little discolored, hut his tongue
• lid not protrude. Ilis face was livid but
looked natural.
There were some three thousand persons
in town, and there TO some drunkenness
and fighting, hut not so much as one might
have expected. A party has just passed
my house, singing in chorus—
"To see McKim the crowd came sn,
Some drunk whiskey and some drunk gin."
So that Captain Whiskey has evidently
been about. •
The Sheriff tells mc that he had 2500
applications for admission to the jail yard
by persons anxious to witness the execu
tion, and it was with great difficulty the
crowd could he kept from the jail door.
It is due to the witnesses to state that
no person present believed a single word
of Mc Kim's statement in regard to them.
Foreign News.
QCEKEC, August 23.—The Canadian 6erew
steamship Anglo Saxon arrived at this port
this (Sunday) morning. Sbo left Liverpool
lit about two o'clock, P. M., on Wednesday,
the 12th inst.
The reuto of tho Anglo Saxon was too far
nortii of tho line selected for tho Atlantic
cable to lead to any expectation of her fal
ling in with tho telegraph cable fleet. Her
officers report much thick weather, and con
stant head-winds through the whole passage.
Owing to an accident on shore, connected
with the landing of tho cable, tho Telegraph
Expedition did not finally sail from Valentin,
Ireland, until tho evening of Friday, tho 7th
inst. The latest report from Valentin is dated
August 10th, 4 o'clock P. M., as follows:
Tho work of laying down the Atlantic ca
ble is going on ns satisfactorily as the beet
friends ef the enterprise could desire. Up
to the present time about three hundred miles
of the cable liavo been laid. The depth of
the water into which it is now being submer
ged is nearly two miles. The laying of the
cable from the shallow to tho deep water, was
effected without difficulty. The signals from
on board the steamer Niagara aro everything
that an electrician ceuld desire. The steam
ers are heading west, with a modoratcly fair
breeze, and the cable is being run out frem
on board tho Niagara at the rate of about
five miles per hour, and messages are being
constantly received on shore. The follewin£
is the latest flash from on board the Niagara*
" All well on board—moderate westerly wind
—all more and more trustful of complete suc
cess."
Lord Jehn Russell had reported from the
Parliamentary Select Committee, that the
Jews could not be admitted as members of
Parliament under tho existing Act for the
modification of oaths.
Lord Palmerston submitted to the House
of Commons the difficulties with France in
regard to the Moldavian eloctisns, and stated
that it had been decided in conference at
Oiburn, to recommend the Sultan to annul
the Into election.
Lord Palmerston also stated that there had
ben differences between the English and
Fronch Governments relative to the Princi
palities—not as to their union, but simply as
to the regularity of the elections. There was
good reason to believe that Austria would
concur with tho decision arrived at between
the French and English Governments, and
that tho Sultan, seeing that there wa9 noth
ing in the measures recommended that would
compromise his dignity or independence,
would adopt their views, and declare the elec
tions void.
Lord Palmorston said thoro was no ground
to approhend any estrangement between
France and England on account of the Mol
davian difficulties.
A spirited debate had taken place in Par
liament in regard to affairs in India. Lord
Palmcrsten statod that thirty thousand troops
had been sent out, and that active recruiting
was going en. Mr. D'lsreali expressed the
opinion that tho campaign for this year was
lost. •
THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, August 27, 1857.
American Republican Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR:
DAVID WILMOT, of Bradford county.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLWARD, of Philadelphia.
FOR SCPREME JCDGES:
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester county.
JAMES VEECII, of Fayette county.
2,\Vlier parties are unknown In ua, our rule fur ivtver
tUius 1* n require paynent In a'lvancy, or n guarantee
from known pers on. It Is therefore use.l.-ss for all such
to semi u> advertisements oflering to pjy at tho > rid of
three or .-,ix months. Where advertisements are accom
panied with the monpv, wholhar on *. live or ton dollars,
we wilt give the advertiser the full benefit of cash rates.
Noiices of New Advertisements.
The State Agricultural Exhibition will be
held at Philadelphia, on tho 29th and dOth of
September and Ist and 2d of Octobor.
Tho Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad
will issue excursion tickets for Bedford
Springs, to families and others, up to tho
19th of September next.
Information is wanted of Matthew Garner,
who left his homo in Huntingdon county, in
a deranged state, in May last.
Male and Female Teachers ars wanted in
Lowistown district. Proposals are also invi
ted for 30 tons Sunbury coal.
John Levy has just received a boat load of
Sunbury coal. Now's the timo to lay in a
stock.
The Guardian and heirs advertise the farm
of John 11. Bell, deceased, at public sale.
Letters of Administration on the estate of
Jacob Foltz, deceased, have boon granted to
Abraham Foltz.
The County Superintendent announces his
appointments for examining teachers.
Hall A West, New York, invito attention
to their advertisement, tho offers of which it
is said are rare inducements to agents.
The Scientific American, a paper that ought
to bo in the hands of every mechanic and
goneral reader, will shortly commence a new
volume. See advertisement for list of premi
urns, Ac.
Env utioH of McKim. —Wc publish in
our paper of to day an account of the exe
cution of McKim at Ilollidaysburp, togeth
er with an extraordinary speech he deliver
ed just Iteforc he was launched into eterni
ty. Although asserting hi> innocence to
the lust, he failed to say anything calcula
ted to create credence in the public mind.
Had he explained why lie left the cars at
Altoona—for that was not his journey's
end; why Norcross, with whom he traveled
in company, did the same thing, ami why
subsequently he fled like a fugitive, there
might be those who would have believed
that he may have been innocent; but as it
is, the conviction is almost forced upon the
mind that he died a hardened criminal and
with a lie upon his lips.
1) emoerati'' htcrnsifti ncy. —Thonc who
remember the presidential campaign of
1840, and several gubernatorial campaigns
in this State since, will no doubt recollect
with what pertinacity the democracy charg
ed whig candidates with being in the hands
of committees, who they alleged governed
the candidates' movements and actions.—
This, like many other things, has " come
home to roost," and their candidate for
Governor, Wm. F. Packer, now stands con
fessed in the hands of a State Committee
who take it upon themselves to say what
their candidate shall do, say, or perhaps
think ! Jf this" begining 'he followed up,
we shall have a new chain in patent demo
cratic rule, should the people elect liim
Governor, as in all cases he may refer to
his committee, and thus creep out from some
unpleasant predicaments incident to that
office. The apologies offered for this
course by his supporters is both amusing
and instructive, for while they pretend
that Judge Wilmot would be nowhere in
an argumentative contest with Mr. Packer,
they consider it " something new," as es
tablishing " a precedent" that might pre
vent some very good men from being nom
inated, (Sec. In all this they forget that
Francis It. Shunk was the first candidate
for Governor who traveled through the
.State making political addresses; and if it
is all right for one candidate to do so, it
cannot he wrong for two, as it would afford
the people a much better opportunity of
judging for themselves by hearing both
sides.
communications on hand will
receive attention next week
SELL ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS.
Now th&t the Main Lint 1 has been sold, 1
a general feeling finds expression in favor
of the sale of those portions of the public j
works still in the hands of the State. We
find the following just sentiments on this
subject in the Reading Gazette and Demo
crat of a recent date, a paper standing
next to the " Adlor" in authority among j
the democracy of Berks:
" The proper objects of civil government
arc few and simple. The fewer and more
simple we make them, the nearer we arrive
at the perfection of republican institutions.
The laying of railroads and digging of canals,
the transportation of merchandise and con
veyance of passengers—indispensable though
they be to the wanta of a trading people—are
not the enterprizes for which a government
such as our 3 was established. Our indulgent
eld Commonwealth has done what her chil
dren ought to have done for themselves, and
paid dearly for it, as is generally (lie case
with those who travel out of their sphere to
assist others. She is more to be commiseratd
than blamed for all this, But now that hex
children are ablo to get along without her,
and only abuse her favors, she does wisely to
sell out, and relinquish a business which was
never congenial to her tastes or inclination,
and consequently has never been profitable
to her. her sell all Iter canals and rail
roads to those who can and will make money
out of tliom ; and return to the simpler and
more proper duty of protecting the people in
their persons, property, and lawful pursuits."
Tin' Cvunty Ticket. —\Vc had intended to
make sonic remarks on the ticket recently
nominated by the Union Convention, in
connection with the proceedings, but thus
far the Secretary has neglected to hand
them over for publication. Although there
was some little dissatisfaction manifested at
first at the action of the convention—per
haps justly so—we are pleased to learn that
this feeling has already subsided, notwith
standing the efforts of u few interested in
dividuals, and that the prospects for row
ing up the patents are decidedly good.
*or The Democrat thinks it is "amusing"'
to be called Canal Democracy, State Rob
bers, &c., and then complains that the
" plain real democratic party" is never
heard of. It may be very amusing to
those who have had their fingers in the
.State treasury and grown rich thereby, but
it has not been very amusing to the tax
payers. As to the not democratic party,
there is no longer any such in existence.
The old federalists who have taken hold of
the bridle of patent democracy have made
the word mean anything that will subserve
the '• cohesive power of public plunder,"
and though many may follow it as a phan
tom, yet the democracy of other days, ci
ther in principle or practice, is obsolete.
By the by, while the Democrat is objecting
to the use of what it calls slang epithets,
why are its columns so rife with "Black
Republicans," "Dark Lanterns," and other
choice terms ? Take that saw log out of
your eye, neighbor, before condemning
others.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Mif/lin County Agricultural S*jcuty.—
At :t meeting of the Society, held at Lew
istown on Tuesday, 25th August, E. E.
Locke, Esq., President, in the chair, the
following gentlemen wete appointed Pole
gates to attend the election of Trustees of
the Farmers' 1 f igh School on the first Wed
nesday of September: K. E. LOCKE, Hop,
ROBERT CAMPBELL and ADAM IIARSH
BARGER.
On motion Resolved, That the Committee
on Proposals for holding the Annual Fair,
be authorized to accept the proposition
made by citizens of Reedsvillc, provided
the field and accommodations offered prove
satisfactory. E E LOCKE, Pros't.
GEORGE FKYSIXOER, )
~ Vi ?• Secretaries.
WM. F. SIIAW, )
[NOTE. —Provision will be made for car
rying the electors from Spruce Creek at 0
o'clock a. m. of the day, so that if our
electors take that route it will l>e necessary
for theiu to take the ears to Spruce Creek
the evening previous ]
Carrying Coals to Newcastle. ' —This
old saying Is likely to be strongly exempli
fied this year in the grain trade, so far as
this section is concerned, the proprietor of
Marks's steam mill having already purcha
sed a boat load of new wheat in the Balti
more market and brought it here for the
purpose of converting the grain into flour.
From all that we can learn there is but lit
tle good wheat in this or the neighboring
counties, and in quantity the crop is sadly
deficient, so much so that there are fanners,
occupying good land, who will have to buy
bread.
Stj?" The Weather continues to be strange
ly jumbled up and out of season, last Sun
day having felt a good deal like an October
day. Whether we shall have winter in the
fall and summer in winter, or whether
winter will come with its snows and blows
as usual, our weather prophets have not as
yet undertaken to decidy.
Burchfield, of Juniata county,
delivered an instructive and entertaining
address before the Normal Class, in this
piuoe, on Friday last.
BKTTWO of the Sabbath Schools of Fer
guson's valley will unite in having a cele
bration tomorrow, in a grove near the res
idence of Hugh MeKee.
B©R. J. Turner, the vocalist, is dead.
Failed—The Ohio Life and Trust Company.
An explosion occurred at tho l>upont
powder works last weok, by which ono of tho
Duponts was killed.
flgyA teameter named Henry N'essler,
hung himself for " unrequited lovo" near
Sugar Run, Blair county, on Tuesday last.
§@'°Thc decision of the Surrogate in the
Ilurdoll estate suit was rendered en Monday.
It places aside the claim of Mrs. Cunning
ham, and gives the wholo property to the
blood relatives of the deceased.
{sSgy'\Petr Virtu and James Regan, shoe
makers in New Fork, get into a fight the
other day, during which Virtu was 3truck
on the forehead with a hammer, from the
effects of which he died.
EsliSeme United States troops had a fight
with the Cilia Apache Indians last month, in
which some 50 Indians were killed and woun
ded. Nine officers and soldiers were wound
ed.
BGL. Tho Democrat saye tho candidates
nominated on their tickot are all " radical
democrats." As radical means primitive,
original, &c., perhaps the Democrat ca ex
plain how radicals can be manufactured out
of old federalists.
©gyThe Presiding Elder for Greensboro'
Circuit, C'arolino county, Md., was recently
prevented by a mob from walking around the
ground at tho head of the colored population
—a custom which had been followed for many
years at tho close of camp-meetings.
®ayTbo General Land Office has decided
that a colored man cannot pre-empt public
land. The fruits of tho decision by the Su
preme Court in the Dred Scot case will yet
lay bare the unjust and unchristian ground
this nation now occupies towards that unfor
tunate race.
J&ayl). K. Jaekman has been nominated
for the Assembly in Clinton county. From
this and other nominations it is evident the
friends of an appropriation to the Sunbury
and Erie Raihoad will make a strong effort
next wintor. lluw's Dr. Bower on that ques
tion ?
l'ho femalo who committed suicide by
throwing herself under the train of cars on
tho Gcriunntown railroad, in Philadelphia,
noticed in our paper last week, was finally
recognized aa Ann Graco Miller, whoso pa
rents reside in Germantown. She is said to
havo been deranged.
CSfThey arc having a strange trial of a
minister in Seneca Falls, N. Y. One of the
charges is that tho gentleman hired a livery
horse and wagon, was gone two days, swap
pod horses six times, and came back to the
stablo with tho same horse he took out, hav
ing made one hundred dollars in the opera
tion. Tho best of tho joke is that it is per
fectly true.
Xeal— The gas fixtures in the Presbyterian
Church. They were furnished and put up
by Mr. GEO. STEWART, of Lewistown. Mr. S.
has been in tewn for some weeks, engaged in
putting up fixtures for many of our citizens,
and we are pleased to learn that his neat and
substantial workmanship gives general satis
fac tion.— llu uiingdon Globe.
THE MARKETS.
LIWISTOW.V, August 27, 1857.
Butter, good, lb. 15
Eggs, p dozen, 12
The Lewistown Mills are naying for good
White Wheat, ?1 70
Wheat that will make Lewistown Ex
tra Flour, 1 55
Good lied Wheat, 1 50
Corn, 70; Rye, 75; Oats, 33 cents p bushel.
Lewistown Extra Flour, p 100 lbs., $4 50
Extra, 3 75
Frecdotn, 3 25
Juniata, 3 00
ALFRED MARKS, at the New Steam Mill, is
paying for—
Whito Wheat, as in quality, $1 00 to 150
Red do do 1 00 to 1 40
Barley, do 50 to 75
Corn, 70; Kyo, 75 ; Oats, 33 cents P bushel.
N. l>.—Wheat taken on store, with privi
loge to the owner to sell or ship by boat.
Mr. Marks has always OH hand and for
sale, .Seed Wheat.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Auyust 24.—Tho supply of boef cattlo this
week is quite large, amounting to about 1550
head at both markets. Sales were e'ov? and
prices ranged frcm $0 to 11 J, showing a de
cline of about 50 cents on the 100 lbs. Tho
supply of sheep was about the saino as last
week, amounting to 8000 head, all of which
were sold at from $3 50 to 4 50 for fat sheep,
and from ?2 50 to 3 for storo sheep. Lambs
arc worth from £2 to 3. Cows and calves
sell readily at from $33 to G5 for milch cows,
and from $23 to 35 for dry cows.
Arrivals and sales at Singer's Union Prove
Yard, for the week ending August 24, 1857,
1175 hogs, about 60 horces, and sense 200
sheep. Hogs selling from to 10 p 100
lbs net; all sold, and in geod demand.
Flour, Grain, t&c.
The Flour market continues in an exceed
ing quiot state, and nriccs, in the absence of
any export detnana, are drooping. A
few hundred barrels fresh ground from new
Wheat sold at 75 "ji bbl, at which it is very
freely offered, but buyers manifest an unwil
lingness to purchase at this figure. 400 bbl9
recently ground from old Wheat sold at $6 50,
and 500 bbls fresh ground extra family at
$8 25. Small sales for home uso at the same
figure, and better brands and extra from $7
to 7 75. In Rye Flour and Corn Meal noth
ing doing—we quote the former at $4 50, and
tho lattor at $4 $ bbl.
The market continues to be well supplied
with Wheat, but the most of it is of poor
quality, and as the millers are holding off,
prices favor buyers. Small sales of prime
and mixed red at 155@1560 *4 bu : inferior
and fair quality at and 2200 bu
white at 100. liyo is steady at'JSc. Corn is
qoiet—2ooo bu yellow, afloat, sold atßßo, and
and 1500 bu dc in store, at 86087 c, which is
a decline. Oats are plenty aui dull—7ooo
bu inferior and prime Southern sel l at 330''
3 Jo bu.
lloilovxv/s Pills and Ointment —Foe's ay
Irresistible.—lf an v man doubts the inestima
ble value of those Skills, he impugns the gen
eral experience of the whole world. The ac
cumulated testimony of nil nations attests
their infallibility in a majority of the disor
ders that a'Hict mankind. Deep-seated ab
scesses, swelling of the joints, enlargement of
the glands, tumors and eruptions disappear
under the disinfecting and healing action of
the Ointment. They have been Cuunterjhil&tf
There is a TEST, howt3vor, whereby to tell the
genuine, viz., the Water-Mark, " Uollovoay
Ken: York and London," that exists in every
leal of the book of directions. The words
are semi-transparent in the paper, and visible
by looking through the leaf to the light
A CARD TO THE T, ADITS.
r>T. VUPO.VCO'S GOU,F~V FKMjILF. PLLLSUO
infallible in removing stoppages or irregularities of the
■nouses. These pills are nothing at-*-, but have boon used
by the Doctor for many year? both in Frame and Ameri
ca, with unparalleled uccess in every case, and he is
urged by many ladies who have used them to matte these
pills public f>r the alleviation of those snflferinr from any
irregularities whatever, as welt as a preventive to those
tallies whose health will not permit an intreuse of faintly
Pregnant femSles.or those supposing themseiVer to, are
caiaior.cd against using these piils, as the proprietor as
su.v • r:o respunsihitity after tire above admonition, al
though their mildness would prevent any injury to health;
otherwise tiusc pills arc recommended. Directions ac
company each box. Price £1- Sold ukcleoulc ar.d retail
by F. A. HAKDT at CO., General Agents for Lew istown,
Mifflin county, Pa., and also agents for Belleville, Mtlroy,
lieednviile, AllenviHe, &.c. They will supply dealers at
the proprietor's prices, and scml the pills? to ladies (*/•
dcntially] by return mail to any part of city or country,
on recei|M of #1 through the Lewisiown post office. For
particular: get circular of agents, K Sec that each box
has rwy signature. J DUPONCO.
jy-0 Broadway [>nst office, New York.
Died.
On the 14th inst., iu Mcuno township. JA
COB FOLTZ, aged 71 years.
In Oliver township, on the 19th instant;
1' KANCIS P. WARD, aged 12 years, 10
months and 2 days.
In Oliver township, on the 15th instant,
JOHN R., infant son of Lovi and Rebecca
Swigart, aged 13 months and C days.
In this place, on the £3d iuss., JOHN DA
VIS, son of John Shimp, aged 12 years, 9
months and 23 uays.
In Allenvillc, on tho 14th inst.. KATE,
daughter of Eleanor L. and John Fitzgerald,
aged 5 years and G months.
At York, on tho 19th inst., JONATHAN
JKSSOP, aged 85 years, 10 months and 19
days. On the 18th inst., Geu. JACOB BAR
NITZ, aged G3 years, 11 months and 21 days, j
State Agricultural Exhibition!
fjpIIE Pennsylvania State Agricultural So
i ci*ty will hold its Seventh Annual Exhi
bition at PHILADELPHIA, (on Pew el ton
Grounds,) cn the 29th and 30th of September
and Ist and 2d days of October next. The
usual reduction on passenger fare and free
passage for stock, will be furnished by the
Railroad Companies.
Tho Books of entry will be open at Phila
delphia on and after the Ist September.
ROBERT C. WALKER, Secretary.
August 27, 1857.-5t
]E3ZSOTJ^SXC>ISr
TO
BEDFORD SPRINGS.
VRRANGEMENTS have been ntade by
the Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail
road Company to issue Excursion Tickets to
Families and others desirous of visiting this
favorite watering place. Tickets will be sold
on Monday and Saturday of each week until
September 19th inclusive. Tickets good for
return trip leifhin tight days!
Fare from Huntingdon to Bedford Springs
and return, 83.00.
aug27-3t T. T. WEI R.MAN, Supt.
SIINBURf COAL.
JUST ARRIVED, Canal Boat Logan, from
Sunbury, with fifty tons of Coal. For sale
by JOHN LEVY.
August £7, 1857.-7 C*
A TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
\\ ''ILL beheld in Lewintown, commencing
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, and
continue through the week. Two of the most
distinguished educators of the State will be
present and conduct the exorcises. Teachers,
Friends of Education, and all desirous of
spending a week in improving their practical
education, are earnestly invited t® attend. It
is especially hoped that Teachers and those
proposing to become such this winter will
make a strenuous effort to spend the entire
week in the Institute.
The following will be the order of exami
nations for Public School Teachers for '57:
Lewistown, at Logan Sehooi-house Sep. 12tfc.
Decatur tp. " Lilleyvilli*. " 21st.
Brown " " Reedsville, " 22d.
Armagh " " Milroy, " 23d.
Union " " Belleville, " 24th.
.Menno " " Allenville, " 25th.
Bratton &, Oliver tps., McVeytown, " 2Cth.
Wayne tp., Newton Hamilton. " 2Sth.
Granville and Derry tps., Lewistown, " 29th.
These are the best arrangements that from
my present knowledge of the County could
be made. It is earnestly hoped that both Di
rectors and Teachers will attend, so that wo
may have as few private examinations as pos
sible. The hour of metting will be 9J o'clock,
a. m.
ABRAM T IIAWN, Co. Superintendent.
Lewistown, August 27, 1857.
wT)0,000 Gros3 Kent's best Matches, for
to the trade at lowest rates.
-•"#■27 FR.IXCISCUS.
PEARL and Ivory handle Table and
Dessert Knives, foi sale by FR,iJi'CISC(JS.
100 Dozen Table and Tea Knives and
_L Forks, 50 dozen Urittania Tablo and Tea Spoons, 8
dozen silver plated do , 8 dozen stiver plated Forks, for
sale by VR.I.YCISCUS.
TOVES! STOVES! STOVES!—
All kinds of Parlor, Room, Bar, Hall and Cook
Stoves, on hand and for sale at reduced prices bi
ting 27 FR-I.VCISCUS.
LOST,
"\7"ESTERDAY evening, supposed betwean
X the first two bridges on the Lewistown
and lvishacoquillas Turnpike, a pocket book
containing ?1 85 in ntonoy and & promissory
note for 8102 signed by rue in favor of Mr.
Albright, and endorsed by James Burns,
which all persons are hereby cautioned not
to tako or negotiate. The finder, by return
ing it to me, will be rewarded.
LAZAIU S STEELEY, Jr.
Lcwijtcv.'a August £?, 1867-1 V
TEACHERS WANTED
XjIOUR Male and Eight Relief'
X are wanted to take charge of thl i
town Borough Schools for the com;
commencing October Ist, to
months. Applications will be roceS
September 12th, on which day all C 'V
will be required to inoct the County*
ten dent and Directors for public exani 3
COAL.
Proposals will be received until t,
day of September, by the Dir<*UrTj
Lewistown School District, for thp.i >■'''
30 tons of SUNBURY COAL, at'th
coal houses in said district. ' C
By order of the Board.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER
August 27, Y" ' ,is *l
"\\7^IIEREAS f - iaiu man nantedii
f ? thew Oaruer being deranged
mind, left his home in Woodcock Ya'ler ■
the first of May last, and has net been u
of since the first of June. Said (;!!
about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high hu
eyes, dark complexion, is 53 years,/
and his hair is middling long and gray !
information of his whereabouts direeJ
John Garner, Jr., Spruce Creek,
county, will be thankfully received
August 27, 1857.-3t
Estate of Jacob Foltz, deceutj,
"VTOTICE is hereby given that letter,.,
, wentarj on the estate of
FOLTZ, iate of Menno township,
county, deceased, have been granted'
undersigned, residing in Brady tort-.
Huntingdon county. All persons
to said estate are requested to make int®
ate payment, and those having daii/istc,
sent thc-m duly authenticated for settles.
ABRAHAM FOLTZ, Exeat,
Airy Dale, Huntingdon eo., Aug. 27.g|
Orphans' Court Sale,
I>Y virtuo of an order of the Orpfa
) Court to me directed, as Guardisj
John B. Alexander, minor child of Aau
E. Alexander, late of Derry township, <fa
I will expose to public sale, on the pram
in Decatur township, on
Thursday, October Ist, 1851
the undivided interest of the said J4,
Alexander, it being the one-ninth of a ei
tract of land, situate in Decatur ti.wui
late the property of John 11. Bell, diu
bounded and described as fellowsOji
west by lands of Thomas Rood, on the w
by lands of Zeno Feese, on the east by la
of Levi Gift, and on the north by landj
John A. Wright A Co., containing
U4 acres
about 55 of which are cleared and in ap
state of cultivation. There is en thopt
Asyjk see a good Dwelling House, fa
* barn, Wash House, agoodOi
"l'SM arJ apples, pears. Ac., vx
is&SaSM never failing spring of water.
Terms of Sale —One third of the purcu
money to be paid on confirmation of ting
and the residue iu two equal unnualp
ments, with interest, to be secured by fa
and mortgage of the purchaser.
4V M. CREIGIITON, Guardia
N. B. By agreement of the hcirg Uievt
sf the above property will le sold at j
same time and place, and Rccordiujtci
above terms. cug274
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to one hundred dollars, |Kalliit'ly given ituja
who can spare one day iu a w..-k, or one tv>ur ml
getting j;i dubs of subscribers in his own and. 0J s
neigh borhoods. for Lite best and uhM |tii|ttiurfii
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posed, by which any prrsoa can tuircrtd ia niihf
paying business, who will undertake th* nr tiiey i
vale * ircular, for the insj>eilion of uy. Nts only,.:!!
list of premiums, will be scut l<> any one ulyiiW.it!!
on receipt of & stauip to pay return J.octagr. a
agents have t-arned a hundred dollar watch ia atrni
Every family shottM read at I vast one newjpa|tS
New York City, without suteifi-niig nritktbeirital
pers, whifh 6f cour-e cannot, ami should not bedepa
with. But New York being the great cottmwitwi
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professional man >.- merchant, is proper!) i-h-pud
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througi.out the country.
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hi? or her pa|*rr one of the uew and beautiful gtk
cd inih lil.lt Pern ils,* jinu imported from Euru{-.*
which vh have obtained the exclusive agencyW
country. This is the most ingenious and useful IRhj
proven-cnl of the present age, and is the only
made that Hilt write with ink. making it hotbiwd
pencil of the finest finality at the same time,
lor years, and for practical use is worth inorelW
gold pen in the market.
For list of premiums and full particular* erMrrS
HALL it WEST, Publb-hers, .V Y.tJ)
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count. a*
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FICTCKERS.
IN announcing the Thirteenth Annua! Volume - 1
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, the Publisher!
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ii!atc the formation of clubs, they propose tu oftt
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to be distributed as follows ;
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# 100, 6th #oo.7th #*), Bth #7O, 9th #fo>, Kkb #5iV
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Club Rotes. —Fiv* copies for six months, .
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lion is only #1.40. c
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ic.an is well known, and, as heretofore, it wil * ' i
devoted to the promulgation of iniorsatk> !t *
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