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ADVERTISING.
,n ]i n es of minion, or their equivalent, con
' a square. Three insertions sl, and 25
s for each subsequent insertion.
e West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOCK HAYES, PA.,
SIJRF.S Detached Buildings, SOTCS. Mer
laudise Farm Property, and other Build
and their contents, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS.
inhn J Pcarce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
B Hall, T T. Abrams,
les A. Mayer, D. K Jackman,
les Crist, W. WMte,
r Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
I*. Kitchen, Sec'y.
REFERENCES.
Ml H. Lloyd, Thos Bowman D. D.
Wioegardner, Wm. Vanderbelt,
Mirkev Wm. Fearon,
£ J Dr. J. S. Crawford,
>s Qu'iggle, A. Updegraff,
W Maynard, James Armstrong,
Simoa Cameron. Hon. Wm. Bigler. j
b*\- e nt for Milßin county, G. W. STEW- j
I Esq. P23
mnity from Loss and Damage by Fire,
I ( j l! Perils of Martnt ami Island Transportation.
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
qa,rated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, with a Pcrjtciuul Charter.
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000.
if No. 61 Walnut St. abo\c Srcoud, l'hila. j
rc Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mcr
dise, &c., generally. Marine Insurance
Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the
d. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by
is, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
(arts of the Union, on the most favorable
g, consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
rge W. Colladay, William Bowers,
M.Coleman, Joseph Oat,
In V. Machette, Howard Hinchman,
GEORGE W. COLLADAY, President.
ILEX WILSON, Secretary.
|*Azent for Mitfiin county, Wm. P. EL
IT, Esq. feb!9-ly
\mmx AGAINST LOSS BV FIRE,
inklin Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
)ffice 1C34 Chestnut street, near Fifth,
tmtut of Assets, $1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
ished agreeably to an act of Assembly, be
ing,
Mortgages, amply secured, $1,519,932 73
EiUte, (present value, $109,-
,)eost, 89,114 18
,(present value, $83,881 12,)
it, 71,232 97
i Ac., 64,121 56
$1,827,185 80
or Limited Insurances made on every
liptian of property, in Town and Country,
las low as are consistent with security,
ice their incorporation, a period of twenty
years, they have, paid over Three Millions
Jllars' losses by fire, thereby affording cv
eof the advantages of Insurance, as well
e ability and disposition to meet with
ptness all liabilities.
g Losses hy Fire.
* paid during the year 1856, $301,638 84
S DIRECTORS.
X Banckcr, j Mordecai D. Lewis,
is Wagner, | David S. Brown,
Gran', I Isaac Lea,
I R. Smith, Edward C. Dale,
Richards, ( George Fales.
-HARLES N. BANCKER, President. .
'5. G. BAVCKER, Sec'y.
Agent for Milßin county, H. J. WAL-
Esq., Lewistown. marl 9
Pennsylvania Railroad.
and after Monday, June 22d, 1857,
uns leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Eastward. Westward.
5 14 a. m. 5 40 a. m.
mc ' 10 47 p. m. 729 p. m.
v - , 404 " 304 "
•P Freight, 500 " 150 a. tn.
4nt ! 500 3 25 44
freight, 500 44 1 0 1 5 44
L " 725 44 12 40 44
I t .°„ Harr 'sburg, j,i 50; to Philadelphia,
•Tkl t 00 ?' 175 '• to Pittsburgh. 470
< f ,c *ct Office will be open 20 irin
ore the arrival of each Passenger
D. E. ROUESON, Agent.
t New Arrangements.
Mtner rctu r n ' n S our sincere thanks to our
liie,i T ends and customers for their
itiil V ro J} a S e ' 1 would inform them that
be found at
i k rm g my business nearly to
tTi ,•( h ® ,irst of April our credit terms
D o )|. ; an, l accounts not to exceed
. k v,: hope still to conduct our
tnaraerom We , sha " thc K ood will
a* hr-, , cu ?torners, and that the num
* S re atly increased.
F. J. HOFFMAN.
D. Stoneroad
his of '! s Pvpfessional services to the cit
rv. oe e * l "°*n and the surrounding
f*2i, In c h e chive Drug Btore.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
'? ret, ,v!',i !'* f ' r, :cn Lumber i* on hand
' i.'",. ' 1 Wl '' ,M: 9 "'d at the lowest rates
F. G FRANCISCTfI.
XFi&ass'iFiiiß) &s> arsr ifiE'S'sssyds-ass) Mgwssipcsjwsyg m>wsswss> s>Ao
TO BIILDEBB AND CARPEHTERB.
T, XJ MBE R 2
Wm. B. Hoffman & Co.
AT their Lumber Yard on East Third street,
Lewistown, near the Presbyterian Church,
have received, and are now receiving, in addi
tion to their large stock of well-seasoned Lum
ber —
20,000 ft panel Boards & Plank, from 5 to 2 in.
10,000 ft first common Boards
50,000 ft second common Boards
20,000 ft li inch Boards
15,000 ft Sidings
2,000 lights of Sash, various sizes,
70,000 Plastering Lath, all sizes,
Plain Siding and ready worked Flooring,
Hemlock Joists
Scantling, 3x4, 4x5, 4x6, 6x6.
Lap and Joint Shingles and Shingle Lath al
ways on hand.
Shutters, Blinds, and Sash made
to order.
All orders thankfully received and promptly
attended to. may2l
LCCrAIT PCUITDRT.
THE public are hereby respectfully informed
that we have leased the above well known
Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough
of Lewislown, a few doors south of the stone
bridge, where 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 Peace, Holloa Ware, Water Pipes,
Ac., and will make to order all kinds of CAST
INGS. All orders sent to us will be 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 bv doing so.
DANIEL BEAKLEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y
Selling Off at Cost!
AS times are hard and money scarce the sub
scribers wish to reduce their stock, and
will sell their present assortment of eastern
work, consisting of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Cents, Ladies, Boys and Tonth's Baiters,
Children's Shoes, he.
AT COST,
for cash only. Ail kiods.of goods in their line
made to order of the best material and warran
ted.
Also, a large assortment of Home-made
Work now on hand, which will be sold at the
lowest prices. The attention of the public is
invited to the above, as the eastern work will
be offered at such prices as to defy competition.
All persons indebted to us will please call
and make payment immediately, or the next
notice to many will be sent through the hands
of the constable.
jelß JOHNSON & CLARKE.
W. & C, MMLIN,
McVeytown, Pa.,
keep constantly on hand a large assortment of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
CLOTHING,
BOOTS AYD SHOES, HATS A.\D CAPS,
STRAW GOODS,
HARDWARE, ftUEENSWARE, IEDARWARE,
Wall and Window Papers,
STATIONERY,
CARPETS, DRUGGETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS,
LINES,
OIL, LEAD, PrTTY, TAR, PITCH, OAKIU,
Salt, Fish, Plaster, Guano,
Cement, Stone Coal and Grind Stones.
AVe are paying the highest market price for
all kinds of GRAIN ; or where parties desire
it we will ship their Grain by canal and pay
them nett proceeds, after deducting freight.
McVeytown, February 5, 1857.
TO MECHANICS, ITERATORS ATD MAffl-
FACTVRERS.
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, the Publisher respect
fully inform the public thai in order to increase and stiui
ulate the formation of clubs, they propone to offer
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to prc|tay postage.
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devoted to the promulgation of information relating to
■ lie various Mechanical and Chemical Arts Manufacture,
Agriculture, Patents and Inventions, Engineering, Mill
Work, and all interests which the light of Practical Sci
ence is calculated to advance. It is issued weekly. In
form for binding; it contains annually from 390 to 600
finely executed Engravings, and Notices of .American
and European Improvements, together with mi Official
List of American Patent Claims published weekly in ad
vance of nil other papers.
It is the aim of the Editors of the Scientific American
to present all subjects discussed in its columns in a prac
tical and popular form. They will also endeavor to
maintain a candid fearlessness in combating and exposing
false theories and practices in Hcientific and Mechanical
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tertaining Knowledge.
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PEARL and Ivory handle Table snd
Dessert Knives, for .sub: by FRA.YCISC VS.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1857.
tflß IL.
DON'T SHOOT THE BIRDS.
Don't shoot the birds, the warbling birds.
That cheer you with their song.
That flit the air with melodies
And bright and happy throng;
That carol forth their lays
From shrub and lofty Irnib,
And gaily slug their tuneful strains
From morn till evening dim.
Don't shoot tho birds, the harmless birds,
That come with buds and flowers.
That sooth the farmers weary toll
Through summer's sultry hours;
That build their nest and brood their young
Jleslde your cottage door,
And linger near from early spring
Till autumn's golden store.
Don't shoot the birds, the sportive birds.
That flit o'er bill and plain,
That leave when chilling winter comes.
But soon return again;
That warble on their hymns uf praise
With many a gleeful voice,
Which calms tho dally cores of life.
And bids the heart rejoice.
OH, THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME!
Oh, tho old house at home where my forefathers dwelt,
Where, a child, at the feet of my mother I knelt.
Where she taught me the prayer, where eho rood mo the
page,
When infancy lisps Is the solace of age;
My heart, 'mid all changes, where'er I roam.
Ne'er loses its love for the old house at houie.
The old house at home.
The old house at home,
My heart ne'er changes for the old house at home!
Twas not for Its splendor that dwelling was dur,
'Twas not that the gay and the noble were near;
O'er the i>rcli the wild rose and woodbine entwtu'd,
Aud the sweet scented jessamine waved In the wind-
But dearer to me than proud turret or dome,
Were the w alls of my forefathers, the old bouse at home.
The old house at home, Ac.
But now the old honsc is no dwelling for me,
The home of the stranger henceforth It must be:
And ne'er shall I view It, nor rove a- a guest
O'er the evergreen fields which iny rather possessed;
Yet still In my slumbers sweet visions will come
Of the days that I passed at that old house at home.
The old house at home, Ac.
aa a i mmM
A STARTLING ADVENTURE.
In the summer of 1815 1 was traveling
on business in the western part of Tennes
see. That part of the State which lies
between the Tennessee and Mississippi
line was at that time a wild dreary forest.
No roads—nothing but horse paths—
through the woods, and the only marks to
guide the traveller upon his journey were
the 'blazes' and 'notches' upon ihe trees
I was dressed in the true backwoods fash
ion, and rode a fiery mustang, with a main
and tail as white as snow, a beautiful arch
neck, and an eye like an eagle. He was
a perfect beauty, and as fleet as the wind.
Across his back I had thrown a pair of
saddle bags, containing on one side a dozen
• pones' of corn bread and a piece of bacon,
and to balance them there was a ' pile of
rocks' in the other end in the shape of two
thousand dollars in gold, which I had col
lected and was transporting to a bank
in Kentucky, to be disposed of for Eas
tern exchange. Two large wooden stir
rups hung dangling from my saddle, and
the holsters in front contained two beau
ties, in the shape of enormous pistols.—
Over these, to keep them dry, were the
squirrel-skin covers.
I had been riding for several hours,
swimming the rivers that crossed my path,
snuffing in the rich perfume of the forest
flowers, watching the Bquirrels playing
about in the tree tops, and listening to the
music which issued from the throats of
the thousand bright winged songsters with
which the woods abounded. I had not
seen a solitary human being since morn
ing, and night was rapidly approaching,
indeed, it had already begun to grow dark,
and I had made up my mind that I wo aid
have to 4 cantp out' for the night. I was
looking around to select some good place
when I was startled by the neighing of a
horse ahead of me, and I presently saw
two men approaching me on horseback. —
They were rough looking fellows dressed
in hunting shirts and with squirrel skin
caps on their heads. I did not like their
looks, and unseen by them, I drew up iny
pistols, and cocking them replaced them in
the holsters, and casting my eye forward,
I saw one of them make a motion I did
not like. I resolved that if they proved
what I suspected, I would give them a
hard fight nd die bravely.
4 Pshaw ! what a fool I was !' thought
I, as they rode up and bade me good even
ing. VVe conversed for a few minutes,
when one of them said :
4 My youngster, what have you got in
your saddle bags that rattles so V
4 Nails,' I replied.
4 Nails,' said he. 4 Eh, Bill, let's ex
amine the article and see !' and caught
hold of ray horse by the bit.
Quick as lightning I drew my pistols,
and pointing a muzzle to each of their
hearts said :
• Gentlemen make a motion to draw a
weapon, and that motion seals your fate.'
They were completely taken by sur
prise, and wheeling their horses around,
struck off into the forests. After getting
a few rods off, one of them raised his fist
in a threatening attitude. I drew the
trigger of my right hand pistol, and the
villain's arm fell upon the saddle, and ut
tering a yell of agony they darted oil' into
the woods. I reloaded my pistol, struck
my spurs into my horse's side, and after
ten miles of the fastest riding I ever ex
perienced, I reached a log house, wiiere I
put up for the night.
Two years after tho incident just noted
took place, I was traveling down the Mis
sissippi on an old fashioned boat, when
my attention was attracted to an individual
on board whom I thought I had met be
fore, but where 1 could not tell. I was
determined to follow him up and see if I
could not call to mind where we had met,
and under what circumstances. At last I
had an opportunity to get a look at hiin,
as he was seated on an old barrel bead
earnestly engaged in a game of' seven up.'
I stepped up, and looking over his shoul
der, perceived that two fingers pf his right
hand were missing. The game progressed
until in an exciting moment he arose, and
shaking his fist in the face of his opponent,
in answer to some remark of the latter
concerning the game, he exclaimed :
' I 6wear you lie.'
I placed my hand on his shoulder and
turned him around :
' Ah ha !' exclaimed I, •wc have met
before !'
♦ \ es, we have met before, in the wpods
of Tennessee, and I have sworn that you
shall die ! take that !'
And the wretch attempted to draw a
pistol from his coal but the trigger caught
in the ragged lining of his pocket—it went
off and he rolled over into the muddy
water of the Mississippi—a corpse!—
IjiJ'r in the 11
A MONSTER SNAKE.
A correspondent of the Abingdon Dem
ocrat, writing from Walnut Hill, Lee co.,
Va., who is, as the Democrat assures its
readers, " a gentleman in whom implicit
confidence may be placed," gives the fol
lowing account of the killing of a mon
ster reptile in that county. He says:
,l About three weeks ago five men went
to gather whortleberries in the mountain
ous part of Harlan county, Ky., and in
their travels came to a small branch at the
foot of a steep ridge, where they discov
ered a smooth, beaten path, or rather a
slide, that led from the branch up the ridge.
Curiosity tempted them to know its mean
ing, and they followed the trail to the top
of the ridge where, to their astonishment,
they found about an acre of ground per
fectly smooth and destitute of vegetation,
near the centre of which they discovered
a small sink or cave, large enough to admit
a barrel. They concluded to drop a few
stones, and presently their ears were salu
ted with a loud rumbling sound accompa
nied with a rattling noise ; —and an enor
mous serpent made his appearance blow
ing and spreading his head, and his forked
tongue protruding. The men were struck
with wonder and aflright, and suddenly
the atmosphere was filled with a smell so
nauseating that three out of five were ta
ken very 6ick ; the other two discovering
the condition of their companions, dragged
them away from that abode of death.—
About ten feet of the snake had, to their
judgment, made its appearance, when they
hurried home and related what they had
seen to their neighbors.
The next day were mounted some ten
of the hardy mountaineers, armed with
rifles, determined to destroy the monster.
On approaching within one hundred yards
of the dwelling of his snakeship, their
horses suddenly became and nei
ther kindness nor force could make them
go any nearer. The men dismounted,
and hitched their horses, proceeded on foot,
with their rifles cocked, to the foot of the
cave. They hurled in three or four large
stones, and fell back some fifteen steps,
when the same noise was heard as before,
and out came the dreaded reptile, ready as
his looks indicated to crush the intruders.
About the same length of the snake hail
appeared front the hole, when eight or ten
bullets went through his head, and, as the
monster died, ho kept crawling out until
twenty feet of that huge boa laid motion
less on the ground. It was a rattlesnake
with twenty-eight rattles ; —the first was
four inches in diameter, the rest decreas
ing in size to the last. With difficulty the
men dragged him home, and his skin can
now be seen by the curious in Harlan
county.
Horses. —The age of a horse is now
easier told by his eyes than his teeth, in
this way : After the horse is nine years
old, a wrinkle comes on the eyelid at the
upper corner of "the lower lid, and every
year thereafter he lias one defined wrinkle
for eacli year over nine. If, lor instance,
a horse lias three wrinkles, he is thirteen ;
add the number of wrinkles to nine and
you will always get it. So says a writer:
and he is confident it will never fail. As
a great many people have horses over nine
it is easily found.
To Seal Preserves* —Beat the white of
an egg ; take good white paper, (tissue is
best,) cut it the size you require, and dip
it in tbe egg, wetting both sides. Cover
your jars or tumblers, carefully pressing
down the edges of the paper. When dry,
it will be as tight as a drum head.
Elderberry Syrup, —Take of the juice
of Elderberry one quart; boil it to one
pint; strain antl add two pounds of double
refined sugar ; again place it over the fire;
so soon as it shall have boiled, remove it
from the fire, and when cold, bottle it for
use, taking care to have it well covered.
With a less quantity of sugar there will
be danger of its becoming mouldy. As a
gentle purgative, this syrup is an excellent
medicine, of very pleasant taste, and is
peculiarly serviceable to children who are
not easily induced to take common medi
cine. The dose for an adult is a wine
glass.—_Yetc Etujland Farmer.
A Toad in a Hoys Stomach. —A boy
nine years of age, named Jonathan Mic-k
--lethwaite, son of William Micklethwaitc,
farm laborer, Alvetthorpe, near Wakefield,
New Jersey, one day last week, parted
with a toad. The reptile, which was alii'F,
was put into a basin of water, and has
since become much swollen. Its body
now measures about three and a half inch
es long, two broad, and in color is dark
brown, streaked with black. The boy,
for some weeks past, has been worn al
most to a skeleton, and perfectly ravenous
in regard to food, constantly eating, and
never seeming satisfied. The medical at
tendant on the family says the boy must
have swallowed the toad in the spawn.—
IJiivterdon Gazette.
Map of Mifflin County, Fa.
FROM the County Records and Actual Meas
urements by Original Surveys throughout
the county. By G. M. HOPKINS, an experienc
ed Surveyor, and author of Map of Adams Co.
The subscriber is preparing to publish short
ly, by subscription, a new and complete COUN
TY MAP. The Surveys are undertaken by ex
perienced Surveyors. All the Public Roads,
and the locations of the Mills, Taverns, Places
for Worship, Post Offices. School Houses, Coun
try Stores, Smith Shops, Wheelwrights, &c.
are to be marked. The Names of the Property
Holders generally, (carefully including all those
in the country who subscribe in advance to the
Map,) are also to be inserted upon their places,
in the Style of the Map of Adams county, Pa.
To be illustrated with vignettes of views in the
county. Maps of the Principal Villages on a
large scale will be inserted in the margin.
The plan will be plotted to a suitable scale,
so as to make a large and ornamental map. To
be engraved and delivered to Subscribers hand
somely colored and mounted for Five Dollars
per copy. Address,
M. S. CONVERSE, Publisher,
Nos. 517, 519 & 521 Minor street, Phila.
August 6, 1857.
RURNHAM'S patent double acting LIFT
AND FORCE PUMPS, fr general use,
suitable for mills, factories, railroad stations,
&c. They are also efficient Fire Engines. By
attaching hose to them you can force water over
any house. Their simplicity gives them advan
tages over all other Pumps. For sale at the
Tin and Stove Store of
ap3o-6m J. B. SELHEIMER.
lights best Window Sash, from 8x
10 lo 10x18, fur sale very low FKANCI3CI7B
BILLS for Frame Stuff filled at short
notice, of good quality, and at low rsiei.
aug!3 FRANCISCUS.
1 A A DOORS, for inside and outside,
XvJ \/ Room and Front Doors, assorted sizes and
qualities, tVoir #1.50 to #3 each. FRANCISOUS.
I 50,000 Joint Shingles, *IO,OOO best 24
.1. inch Lap Shingles, on hand and for sale by
augl3 rUANtlfclCLis
STOVES ! STOVES \ STOVES I
All kinds of Parlor, Room, Bar, Hall and Look
Stoves, on hand and for sale Hi reduced prices by
aufi t ytuiArcrsc f's
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 44.
From the Wiirililngtou Union.
The Capitol Extensions—ltems of Cost.
Iho cost of tho windows in tho principal
story of the north and south fronts of the
Capitol extensions has boon $1,659 86 each,
as follows: The marble itself, $519 04; the
workmanship on tho two jambs, with brack
ets, cut in the Bolid, $612; on the enriched
entablature, or ornamental lintel, cut in tho
solid, $3Ol 31; on the pediment head, cut in
the Bolid, sllO GO; on tho two inner jambs
and one head, $37 50; on tho sub sill, $8 ;
and on the ashlar, cut from the same block
as the pediment, $5 35.
The cost of the marble workmanship on
each of tho eastern front door ways has been
$4,070 39, as follows: Tho two moulded
plinths, $77 00; tho two jambs, with brack
ets, $2,467 34; the enriched lintel, $lB7 10;
the architrave, $222 50; and the cornice,
$1,122 33.
The cost of the two figures of statuary to
be placed over eaoh door is estimated at
$0,260, as follows: The amount paid Mr.
Crawford for tho uusign and models, $2,000 ;
the estimated cost of the marble, $200; the
cutting in marble, $3,600; the freight from
Rome to Washington on the models, or an
the statues, if executed at Home, S4OO.
The doors themselves, being bronze, and
bearing bas-relief designs illustrative of Amer
ican history, it is estimated will cost $13,200
for each wing, as follows: The de6igu and
plaster, cast by Mr. Crawford, $0,000; tlio
(ioor, if east and chased in the Munich foun
dry, $7000; the freight from Munich to
Washington, S2OO. If the doors are execu
ted in this country, it is supposed tho cost
will be somewhat greater. It is the intention
to have one executed at Munich in the first
foundry in the world, and the other, for tho
promotion of American art, in this country.
The door opening from tho old hall of tho
House of Representatives into the corridor
leading to the new hall, will also be of bronze,
bearing bas-relief designs illustrative of Amer
ican history, and will, it is estimated, cost
sl4,4lo—as follows: The design and model,
by Randolph Rogers, $8,050 ; and the execu
tion in bronze, $6,410. The model is to be
executed in Italy, and the castings in this
country. These doors will be executed in the
highest style of art, and entirely of bronze.
A magnificent mantel-piecc for tho Senato
reception room is to be designed and model
ed by Mr. llorth, of Washington, at a cost of
SSOO, and is to be executed in marble and
bronze in this city.
The statue of tho Indian Girl kneeling with
a large shell, and intended as a fountain-picco
for one of the principal stairways, was de
signed and modeled, and tho statue itself fin
ished, by an nrtist on the Capitol, at inter
vals, and is estimated to have cost the govern
ment about $429 83.
The statuary intended for the eastern ped
iment of the north wing of the Capitol, de
signed and modeled by Mr. Crawford, and
now in a forward state of execution in mar
ble in this city, it is estimated will cost $40,-
200, as follows: Design and models, $18,000;
freight from Homo, $2,800; marble, $1,900;
cutting, $23,000; estimated cost of raising
the statues to their place, SSOO.
Tho statuary for tho eastern pediment of
tho south wing is not yet designed. At tbe
same time that Mr. Crawford was invited to
propose designs and estimates for the decora
tion of tho eastern pediment and door of
tho north wing Mr. Powers was invited to
propose for tho south wing. In his answer
to Captain Meigs he says : " I have not timo
to prepare designs for tho decoration of our
Capitol building—even if it wcro a desirable
object with mo to propose for a commission
from the Government of my country."
For the design aud model of the Statue of
Liberty, intended to surmount the new dome
of tho Capitol, Mr. Crawford is to receivo
$3,000.
A MAN IN A CHIMNEY— Nannie Escape
from Suffocation. —On Friday night, one of
the members of the llopo Engino Company
was on the look-out on the top of the engino
house, in Sixth street, below Fitzwater, look
ing for Gres. Near the top of the look-out
is a tall chimney, which belongs to a two
story house adjoining. After the young man
had done looking, he started to go down, but,
instead of striking the trap-door he stepped
into the chimney, and fell nearly ta the soc
ond story, when ho was stopped by the nar
rowness of the flue. He immediately com
menced to cry murder, fire, &c., which arou
sed a German woman sleeping in the house.
She got up and ran into the jard, thinking
the noise was outside of the house. She then
aroused Jier husband, but he also failed to as
certain Yrom whence the sound proceeded.—
Tho cry of distress was still heard, and, after
a number of persons had been attracted tu
tho spot, one of the members of tho llopo
Engino went up on the roof and discovered
the whereabouts of his comrade. Tho man
in the chimney, in a choking voico, called for
water, and while an attempt was made to
satisfy his thirst, the bucket containing tho
water was overturned in tho chimney, nearly
drowning tho imprisoned fireman. On mak
ing an examination, it was found that tho
unfortunato man was wedged so tight in tho
flue, that the mantel piece had to be knocked
away and a hole made in tho wall before bo
could be extricated. When removed, he was
nearly exhausted.— Philadelphia Ledger.
A Foolish Boy . —The Union Democrat says
that a boy, (his name we are unable to learn,)
living with Jas. Fisher, in Monroe county,
intentionally shot himself a few days since.
In the morning of the day that it occurred,
Mr. Fisher was about leaving home, but be- *
fore his departure he had occasion to chastise
this youth, which he did with severity. The
boy very much enraged and mortified at the
treatment just received, as soon as Mr. Foster
was gone, went to the house, took down a gun,
and with calmness and deliberation, placed
the muzzle of tho gun to his forehead, and
contrived to pull the trigger, which resulted
in nothing but a tiash. There being no one
about tho house but ladies, they were afraid
to venture near him. Immediately after the
flash of his gun, ho commenced his priming
and preparations for tho second trial. With
the same calmness and deliberation as at first,
he placed the gun to his forehead, pulled the
trigger, and instantly shot his brains out.