[From the Philadelphia Bulletin.] Principal Events of General and Local Interest During the Year 1857. March. Ist. Cetton warehouse, with 3400 bales, burned at Mobile, Ala.; loss #23,800. 4th. James_ Buchanan inaugurated Presi dent cf United States. Gth. Decision ia Dred Scott case, by which Missouri Compromise was declared unconsti tutional, delivered in U. S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice Taney. 7th. Justices McLean and Curtis dissented from decision in Drod Scott case.—Dr. Wm. Yate3, the introducer of vaccination into the United States, died at Morris, N.Y., aged 90. 11th. Emigrant train run into on Pennsyl vania Railroad, west of Ilarrisburg; five kil led aad six wounded. 12th. Funeral obsequies of Dr. E. K. Kane Philadelphia; participated in by military and civic authorities.—Frightful railroad ac c.deai at Des Jardines river, in Canada ; eigh ty killed. 13th. Great gale on Coast of Ireland; tteamer Circassia forced to put back to Liv erpool. 14th. Great snow storm South ; mails de layed.—Sound Dues Troaty signed by the four Powers interested, at Copenhagen.— Italian, named Mattraccia, guillotined in pres ence of 30,000 spectators, at Marseilles, for series of terrible murders.—Escape of politi cal prisoners from Italian Castle of Palliano; six shot dead. IGth. Gens. Walker and Kenniugsen defeat allies at San Gorge; great slaughter of the allied forces. 17th. Extensive rice factory at Savannah burned; loss $30,000. 20th. J. W. Geary resigned Governorship of Kansas. 21st. Dr. Scoresby, veteran of Arctic en terprises. died at Torquay, England. 22d. s>loo,ooo worth of property destroyed by firs at Plymeuth, Indiana. 25th. Two negro men and a woman hung for murder in Pitt county, N. C., in presence of 10,000 people.—Steamer Eau Claire sunk, on her first trip, by collision with the steamer South America, be-low St. Louis.—Fire in Jacksonport, Ark.; loss $200,000. 2Gth. Fire and explosion at a distillery in Baltimore; four men killed and others woun ded; fire raged many hours. 27th. John Cleary killed by G. Aublin, a | fellow-prisoner in Moyamensing, while insane j from drink.—Two stores blown up by gun powder in St. Louis; two men killed. 28th. Wm. McGlensey killed by Laurence ' Riley, at Philadelphia; quarrel arose about j It's wife. 29th. Chancellor Kensey Johns, of Dela- ; ware, died at New Castle, at 66.—C01. Lock- | ridgo forced to retreat from Castillo with j heavy loss. 3Cth. S. F. White killed in Washington i ceunty. Pa., for SIOOO which was in his house. —Great scene in Richland county (Ohio) ' Court; eleven women acquitted of riot in de stroying casks of liquor. April. Ist. North Carolina pine woods burned ; ! 20,000 trees lost by a single proprietor.— ' Steamer J. N. Scott, with Lockridge's com- j mand on board, maliciously blown up, while ! aground in San Juan river; 60 killed and I missing. 2d. Massacre of several families by Sioux Indians under Ink-pa du-tah, at Spirit Lake, Northern Iowa; settlers in Minnesota and lowa alarmed ; troops called out.—Bad frost in Georgia severely damaging crops. 3d. Fire in Pratt and Twenty-third streotß, Philadelphia, burning out a number of fami lies ; loss $50,000. sth W abash county, Indiana, Court House burned, with all the county records. Gth. Hon. C. B. Penrose, State Senator, died at Ilarrisburg, aged 61.—C01. H. A. Crabb and 59 filibusters of the Sonora expe dition, executed by Mexican authorities.—J. M. Winier, free soil, elected Mayor of St. Louis, Mo., by 1500 majority. City Councils also carried by free soilers.—A butcher nam ed John Gibbons, at Liverpool, England, kil led his wife and two children, and attempted to kill iiis three other children . ~tb. Iwo feet snow fell at Elmira and Dun kirk, N. \.—William Campbell shot dead by James Jones, at Pittsburg.—Firo at Marietta Ga.; loss $70,000. ?th. 1 reshet in rivers of Maine; bridges, mills and dams carried away. 10th. Magee and Carter sentenced to death for assassination of warden and deputy war den of Charlestown (Mass.) prison. 12th. Slave schooner captured off Jamaica, by 11. B. M. brig Arab; 373 slaves on board, 12> also having died during veyage. 14th. lire and loss of 13 lives in Baltimore; loss $335,000. Planing mill, dfcc , burned at South Pittsburg, Pa.; loss SIOO,OOO. Logan county, (111.) Court House, with records, burned. Another freshet in Maine rivers. English princess born at Buckingham Palace. 15th. Last rail of Ohio and Miss. R. R. laid with ceremonies, making direct road from Atlantic to Mississippi. 16th. Desperate revolt of Coolies on ship Fernandez, from Macao for Cuba: 12 killed and many wounded before revolt quelled.— .Slaver, Adams Gray, with $25,000 to purchase human cargo, captured. . 17th. Santillan claim confirmed in favor of Bolton by the Supreme Court of California. —Flour mills at Norfolk, Va., burned; IOSB t 20th. Great storm in Pennsylvania and New York.—Railroad depot at Reading fell in from weight of snow ; workmen injured.— (i&le at 36a and disasters on coast.—Twenty five valuable horses in stable, at New York, burned.—Louis Napoleon's 50th birthday celebrated with splendor at Paris. 22d. Contested election case settled by pas sage of bill making two District Attornies of Philadelphia county. 23d. 2450 bales of cotton burned at Ana lachicola, Fia. - j. 0 !" 1 Montgomery, M. C., died • rom Rational Hotel malady, at Danville, Pa. -sth. Propeller Fanny Garner blown to jeces at Bound Brook, k J. ; 5 persons kil nn??mJ irßß in Philadelphia; 2 factories and ("her property in Ist, 4th, 9th and 15th Wards destroyed ; loss SIOO,OOO Ship Tuscarora. nf Philadelphia, ran into t.. A. Foster, of New York, near Holy bead ; the *. sank, with valuable cargo • crew B&ved in boats. ' 29th. Singular supposed murder of a young woman whose body was found near Newburg N. Y.; identified as body of Sarah Bloom', but that person appeared afterwards alive. Great damage to erops in Southern Mississip pi bv a storm. 3(j>th. Strike ef 100 Conductors on Balti more and Ohio Railroad, who rioted and at tempted to stop trains ; several persons shot. Geo. Wilson and his sister, Elizabeth Mc- Masters, murdered and robbed in Allegheny county, Pa., by Charlotte Jones and fdonroe Stewart. Dutchess of Gloucester, last survi ving daughter of George 111, died. May. I Ist. Gen. Wm. Walker and staff, with 200 men, surrendered to Capt Davis, of the U. S. sloop St. Mary. 2d. Alfred De Musset, French poet, died, aged 45.—Wind and rain storm in Ala.; two feet water fell at Mobile. 4th. Mrs. Cunningham's trial for the mur der of Dr. Burdell begun at N. Y.—Freshet in the Delaware, Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers; three men drowned at Fairmount. Another freshet in the Hudson river. sth. H. B M's frigate Tartar brought 190 of Lockridge's men to New Orleans, all sick. —John F. A. Sanford, nominal plaintiff in the Dred Scott case, died at N. Y. Gth. Steam bakery at Brooklyn burned; loss sßo,ooo.—Freshet in Pa. and Va. rivers; water in James river rose 17 feet; Susque hanna higher than since 1847. 7th. McKim declared guilty of killing Nor cross at Altoona. —Walker driven out of Ri vas and the city occupied by the allies. 9th. John Conard, ex-U. S. Marshal, died at Philadelphia.—Mrs. Cunningham acquitted of killiug Dr. Burdell. 10th. Mutinies broke out in various divis ions of the English East India army ; Euro peans massacred.—Stable and twenty-three fine horees, at Richmond, Va., burned. 12th. Bill for sale of the Main Line of the Public Works passed Pennsylvania Legisla ture finally.—Terrible fight with mutinous Sepoys in Delhi, India; Lieut. G. B. Wil loughby, 11. A., blew up magazine, killing about 1000 Sepoys. 14th. Lynch law at Louisville, Ky., three □egrees taken from jail and hung for the murder of the Joyce family ; a fourth cut his throat to escape hanging. 15th. Four stores of Main Block, Buffalo, N. Y., burned; loss $25,000. — Lieut. 1. G. Strain, U. S. N., gallant leader of expedition acrosß the Isthmus, died at Aspinwall.-Amer iean missionaries and Europeans murdered by Sepoys, near Delhi, India. 18th. $75,000 worth of property destroyed by fire at Columbus, Indiana. 24th. Steamship Louisiana burned in Gal veston Bay, and many lives lost. 25th. New cent, smaller than old, composed mainly of nickel, with new device, issued from U. S. Mint.—Hon. A. P. Butler, U. S. Senator from S. C., died. 26th. Died, Hon. James Bell, U. S. Senator from N. ll.—Dred Scott, wife and daughters emancipated. 27th. Political riots in Belgium.—Nearly whole town of Addison, N. Y., burned. Gov. R. J. Walker delivered his Inaugural as Gov ernor of Kansas. 28th. India Rubber Works at Newark, N- J., burned; five persons killed by falling walls. —JamesS. Smith, President Southwark Bank, Philadelphia, died. 29th. Steamboat Inkcrman blew up at To ronto, C. W.; whole crew (twenty-eight) either killed or badly scalded. 30th. I)r. Thomas Spencer died at Phila delphia. •I une. Ist. Election riot at Washington, D. O.; , U. S. Marines called out; eight men killed and many wounded. 2d. Melodeon, Chestnut street above Gth, Philadelphia, burned out. 3d. British army drove Sepoys within the j citadel ei Deini, with great slaughter. 4th. Baxter's bonded warehouses, at Brook lyn, with $200,000 worth of sugar, molasses, &c., burned. Gth. City of Allahabad attacked and burn ed by Sepoys and many Europeans massacred. —Danecounty block, Madison, Wise., burned; loss $70,000. —Steamship Erin, with China ' mails for England, wrecked; cargo, worth i $1,000,000, lost; passengers saved. 7th. Perceptible earthquake in all parts Kingdom of Saxony. Bth. Douglas Jerrold, English satirist, died at London, aged 50. 9th. 19 dwelliugs, worth $3200 each, at Chelsea, Mass., burned. ICth. Gen. John B. Walbach, oldest officer U. S. Army, died at Baltimore, aged 93. John C. Stevens died at Hoboken, N. J, 11th. Scenery in Leghorn Theatre took fire, causing panic; 43 people burned and tramp led to death, and 134 injured. 13th. Singular storm or water-spout in Schuyler county, N. Y.; several lives lost and much property destroyed.-Terrible hurricane at Pana, Illinois. 14th. Stores in Syracuse, N. Y'., burned; loss $50,009. 17th. Mansion and Kursaal at Cape May burned.—Aug. Young, Vermont State natu ralist, died at St. Albans.—Delhi in posses sion of British, but citadel and palace still held by Sepoys. 18th. Block burned at Memphis, Tenn. ; less SIOO,OOO. 19th. Three men. La I'ointe, Shultz and Neusleiu, hung for murder at St. Louis. 22d. ltev. Dr. John C. Young died at Dan ville, Ky.—524,000 worth of jewelry stolen from stores in Alexandria, Va. 24th. Cawnpore, India, taken by Sepoys ; G4O American and European men, women and children, including American missiona ries, massacred by Nana Sahib. 25th. Main Line of Public Works seld'by S. B. Myers, auctioneer, Philadelphia; bought by Pa. It. R. Co. tor $7,500,000. —Hon. Lang don Cheves died in South Carolina.—Daniel Dray ten, captain schooner Pearl, famous for kidnapping case, committed suicide.—Settle ment of Mormons near Maltnoe, Sweden, driven off by neighbors—fire arms used. 26th. Canadian steamer Montreal burned near Quebec; 500 passengers on board, about halt ot whom were burned or drowned. 28th. Twelve persons killed and 100 wound ed by accident on North Kent Railroad, Eng land.—Drug and other warehouses in St. Louis burned ; loss $200,000. July. Ist. Ist Regt. Nizam E. I. Cavalry, muti nied at Arungabad; they were reuted by troops under Gen. Woedburn.—Car fell 53 feet from trestle work on Marietta and Cin cinnati Railroad, killing 4, and wounding 20 persons. Destructive hail storms in Va. 2d. Stores and factories at Cincinnati burn ed ; loss SIBO,OOO. 4th. Desperate rioting in N. Y.; 8 killed and 50 wounded.—Hon. W. L. Marcy fouud dead in his reom at Bailston, N. Y.—Clay monument at Lexington, Ky., inaugurated.— Gth Regt. Native troops in India mutinied; murdered their officers and other Europeans at Allahabad.—Herr Aston Schmidt, distin guished German literateur, died at Saltzburg. —Sir H. Lawrence, B. E. I. army, died at Lucknow, which was besieged by Sepoys. sth. Bad fire in business portion of Daven port lowa. -Bir H. Barnard, B. E. I. army, killed at Delhi.—British defeated with heavy loss at Agra, India. T h ' .? f nati ™ Indian troops at Jullunder; British repulsed with heavy loss. lira, case cf Cholera appeared in Guatama la ; up to Auguct 25, lUuO fatal and 1500 se vere cases occurred. 9th. Madeleine Smßh acquitted of murder of Ennle L'Angelier, her lover, by poison at Edinburgh, Scotland.—2 iiegts. Native lufan- try revolted in India; missionaries, male and female, massacred. 11th. Rioting in N. Y.; several killed and wounded, including a number of policemen. 14tb. Pierre Jean de Beranger, the poet, died at Paris, aged 77. 15th. Charles Czeray, composer, died at Vienna. —Varnish factory burned at N. Y.; loss $50,000. 17th. Frederick Sauvage, French inventcr, died at Paris. 19th. Heavy fire at St. Louis, warehouses and factories destroyed; los 3 $150,000. 20tb. Tremendous wind and rain storm in Northern Pennsylvania; several lives lost and much property destroyed. 21st. Saw mills ond other property in St. Louis burned ; loss $250,000. 22d. Excitement at Cincinnati caused by accidental poisoning of twenty children ; four deaths. 25th. Storm in Central N. Y.; canals and railroads damaged.—Prince de la Moskowa died in France.—Fife, Stewart and Charlotte Jones sentenced for murder at Pittsburgh. 28th. Com. J. T. Newton, a U. S. N. officer of forty years service, died at Washington. 29th. Senator T. J. Busk, of Texas, com mitted suicide. —Prince Charles Bonaparte (son of Lucien) died at Paris, 30th. Walls of stores fall at St. Louis; 4 persons killed and loss of property.—4young ladies, while bathing, drowned at Waterville, Maine. 31st. Thomas Dick, LL. D„ died at Scot land.—Destructive storm in Georgia ; £50,000 loss.—Forty lives lost by coal pit explosion at Ashton, England. HOVER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE. TIHE testimony of I'rof. Booth and Dr. IJriuckle having *- previously been published, the following is now added: From Prof. MCCLOSKEV. fo merly Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Female Medical College of Pennsy Ivania, anil late Professor of Surgery in the American College o' Medicine, Ac. I'HrLSDELPHU, Nov -27 th, 185 G. Mr. Joseph E Hoover: —A trial of your Liquid Hair Dye will convince tile most skeptical that it is a safe, ele gant and efficacious preparation. Unlike many utl.eis, it has in several instances proved serviceable in the cure of some cutaneous eruptions oil the head, and I have no hesitation in commending it to tin>se requiring such an application. Very respectfully, J. F X MCCLOSKEV, M. D , 476 Race st. above 13th. HOVER'S WRITING INKS, including Hover's Wri ting Fluid and Uover's indelinle Inks,still maintain their high character which lias always distinguished them, and the extensive demand first created has continued uninter rupted until (he present. Orders addressed to the Manufactory, No. 1!6 Race street above Fourth, (old No. lit.) Philadelphia, will re ceive prompt attention by JOiEPII K. HOVER, ■led" Manfacluter. BRILLIANT PROSPECTUS ! FOURTH YEAR OF THE Cosmopolitan Art Association. THE FAMOUS D( SSELDORF CHEERY OF PAINTINGS! I*urchantd at a Cott of SIBO,OOO. A * D POMKRH' WORLD RENOWNED STA I'L II OF THE GREEK SLAVE! Re purchased for Six Thousand Dollars, with several hundred other works of Art. in Paintings, Sculpture and Hron7.es, comprise the premiums to be to the subscribers of the Cosmopolitan Art Association, who subscribe before the '2Blh of January. IS6B, at which time the awards will take place. 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Those taking five membership*, remitting ♦ IS, are entitled to an extra engraving and six tickets. Full particulars of the Association are given in the Art Journal, which contain* over sixty splendid engravings ; price Fifty Cents per number. Specimen copies will be sent to all persons who ilesi e to subscribe, on receipt of five postage slumps, (16 cents ) H J. WAI.TER*, Honorary Secretary, dcr3 Lewislown, Pa. Grocery. Provision, Confection ery, and VARIETY STORE, At intersection of Valley, Mill, Dorcas and Market streets, lately occupied by Mrs. Wertz. fJMIK undersigned having purchased the 1 entire stock of Mrs. Wertz, respectfully announces thnt he intends to make such ad ditions of articles in general use as to be able to supply almost anything that may be called for by the old customers of the establishment and any number of new ones. Intending to keep on hand all the leading articles of mar keting, he solicits farmers and others having Butter, Eggs, Lard, Tallow, Honey, Pota toes, tireen or Dried Apples, Soap, Poultry, At. t give him a call, as the highest cash price will he paid the market can afford, or Gro ceries, Salt, Fish, Confectioneries, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Hosiery for ladies and gen tlemen, Ladies' Collars, Combs, Bracelets, Buckles, Belts, Gloves, Mits, &c. furnished therefor at lowest cash prices. Cabinet & Undertaking Business. Tho manufacture of Furniture aud Cabinet Ware generally, as well as the Undertaking Business, will not be relinquished on account of my engaging in the above business, but orders in either promptly attended to. My friends and the public generally Arc invited to call, examine my stock and prices in both establishments, and, as heretofore, I shall endeavor to please them. ANTHONY FELIX, Lewistown, Nov. 19, 1857. LOOAN FOUNDRY. rpHE public are hereby respectfully informed I 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 STOV ES, jzEjn viz: Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different TK>sizeß, Egg Stoves, Nine Plale Stoves, Ac. and also Iron Fence, Hollow Ware, Water Pipes, Ac., and will make to order ati 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. Wo hope, friends, you will call and examine our slock before buying anywhere else. You will undoubtedly save money by doing so. DANIEL BEARLEY A SONS. Lcwistown, March 26, 1857.-y OSCO Headed and Square Paling, 3000 O headed do. on hand and for sale ciier.p by au(l3 FRANCIBCUA. IMIiMM AMiDMJ AND Snyder County Normal School, FREEBIRG, PA. 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U The pi ice in Great Britain of the five Peri ulicals above named is .>.ll per annum. rHF, I ARMEII'S GCIDE to Scientific and practical Agriculture, try Ilenry Stephens, F. It S ,of Edinburgh, and ihe late J. P. Norton Professor of Scientific Agricul lure in \ale College, ,\ r ,v Haven, the most complete work on tvricu iore ev.-r published, w ill he srut postpaid to any part of ihe Union, except Oregon and California, for *ri> - volutin , containing 1000 pages Remit! inces for any of the above publications should always be addressed, posipsid, t 1 Ihe publishers, LEONARDSCwTT & CO, "led* No. 51 Gold street, New York. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. .1 Brnevoltut lottitutiun, established by special endowment for 'Ac relief of the sift and diet rt seed, ajflicted icith Virulent and h'/iuleuur Diseases. r DO ail persons afflicted with sexual diseases, such as A Sperm, lot rh(n All kinds of Parlor, Room, liar, Kali and Cook Stoves, on hand and for sale at reduced prices by ai, ff 27 FRJI.YCISCUS. C 4 AS BURNERS!GAS BURNERS!-- A The most economical coal burning Room or Parlor Stove ever introduced; made altogether of wrought iron, no other metet being used in their manufacture at all,and will save at least 50 per cent, more of coal than any stove used. On hand and for sale by septl7 FRANCISCUS. PATENT KNIFE CLEANERS.— One of the greatest labor saving machines ever in vented. Every housekeeper should have one. Also, Apple I'arers, Uread Toasters, Preserving Kettles, brass, copper, porcelain, tinned, &.C. For sale by septl7 FRANCISCUS. SOLE LEATHER, Calf Skius, Fink Inning do , Upper Leather, Kipp do., Madras and Tampico Morocco, with ail kinds of French KtU Shoe Findings, &c. fcr sale at lowest rates by septl7 FRANCISCUS. rpHE NE PLUS ULTRA of cook JL stoves is lite Noble Cook—the mr)3t perfect now in use. Every one wanting the BUST cooking sto7e, are re spcctfully invited to call and examine ibis baker, baking bread equal to a brick oven This excellent stove is warranted in every respect. For sale by septl7 FRANCISCUS. (NOAL BUCKETS, several patterns, J Pokers, Shovels, Sifters Castings for all ordinary stoves, Tin and Iron Tea Ketiles, Tin ar..i Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, Stove Boilers, Criddles, Long Pans, IliKe Pans, dec. in fact, ali kinds of trimmings and fixtures for stoves can be had at the establishment of sept 17 FRANCISCUS. H A RD W A R E~! To Buy Cheap for Cash, Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's, Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's, Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's, Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's, Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's, Farmers, buy at Hoffman's, Builders, buy at Hoffman's, Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's. Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, Iron, Cutlery, Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, &c , F. J. Hoff man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can be accommodated. sept 3 r PO MARKSMEN —Rifles and Shot Guns", T Shot, Powder, Caps, &c., for sale at sep3 HOFFMAN'S. P VPF.R.—Printing Paper, best quality of Wri ting, Letter and Note Paper, Envelopes, &c. at HOFFMAN'S. and Pickling Jars, of Glass F and Stoneware, quart and half gallon, just what is wanted for Tomatoes, Fruit, &c., at ep3 HOFFMAN'S. (JTOVES! A NEW COOK STOVE FOR WOOD! O —lts unusually large oven and fire box and its entire suitableness to the wants of the farm er, place it far in advance of any now in use. A number have been sold and have given entire satisfaction. Also, other Cook Stoves, for coal or wood; Parlor Air Tight Wood Stoves; Coal Stoves for parlor, store, office and shop, at sep3 HOFFMAN'S. DRIGB, DRUGS, DRI'GS, Medicines, Medicines, Medicines, Painis, Paints, Painty Glass, Glass, Oils, Oils, Oils, Trusses, Trusses, At HOFFMAN'S. New Arrangements. AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our numerous friends and customers for their continued patronage, I would inform them that 1 am still to be found at CiDLidl With a desire to bring.my business nearly to CASH, after the first of April our credit terms will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed fifty Dollars. \Ve hope still to conduct our business so that we shall enjoy the good will of our numerous customers, and that the num ber may be greatly iucreased. F. J. HOFFMAN. So 3EWSy s SURGEON DENTIST. PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend ed to, and charges reasonable. OFFICE on North Main street, second door below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the Gazette office. je 21, 1855—tf. DR. MARKS, TT AVING resumed the practice of medicine, XI may always be found at his office in the Public Square, opposite the Lewistown Hotel May 7, 1857-tf ©BO. TT. EIDER, ~ Attorney at Law, OFFICE in West Marketstreet,oppositeEuen bise's Hotel, will attend to any business inthe courtsof Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon cotm ti®B Lewistown. July ], 1853. A (&&3BIS)o ♦ PHE undersigned would take this method of I informing the 10,000 customers of the EKE HIVE DRCG STORE that they have purchased the entire slock aud fixtures of that establish ment, and will continue to wait upon customers in their usual style—selling Drugs, Medicines, &c. cheaper than any other establishment in town— for cash only. 0c1.3m JAMES H. McKEE & CO. SPLENDID AT 438 CHESTNUT sH PHILADELPHIA The Original Gift Book &P G. EVANS would inform h VT. fhe public that he hasrei "<■- Gift Book Store and Publish;,, splendid store in Brcwn's Iron i Chestnut street, two doors belou-v*® the purchaser of each book will the following gifts, valued at from",'® SIOO, consisting of Gold Watcti es ®s^t 550 Pat. Eng. Lev. Gold Watches 550 Patent Anchor do 400 Ladies' Gold Watches 18k 600 Silver Lev. Watches, 500 Parlor Timepieces, 500 Cameo Sets, Ear Drops & p-„ 500 Ladies' Gold Bracelets £ 500 Gents' Vest Chains, ' 1000 Gold Lockets, large double case 2000 do small size, ' 1000 Gold Pencil Cases & Gold P. 1000 Extra Gold Pens, with cases 2500 Gold Pencils, (Ladies') ' 2500 Gold Pens, with Silver Pen-li, 2500 Ladies' Gold Pens, with case. ' 6500 Ladies' Gold Ring* 2000 Gents' Gold Rings, 2500 Ladies' Gold Breast Pins 3500 Misses do do 3000 Pocket Knives, '^l 2000 Sets Gent's Gold Bosom Studs 2000 do do Sleeve LUUODS 2000 pairs Ladies' Ear Drops, 8000 Ladies' Pearl Card Cases, 15000 Ladies Cameo, Jetor Mosaic 2500 do do Shawl & RibbonJnt^B 5000 Fetridge's Balm of a Thousand "B Flowers, H EVANS' new Catalogue containsaiitß popular books of the day, and the lications, all of which "will can be obtained at other stores. catalogue of books sent free, by through the mail, by addressing G.G r^B 439 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Agents wanted in every town in <;.H States Those desiring so to act particulars by addressing as above. N. B.—ln consequence of the fr.ray-B and numerous failures, the subscriber enabled to purchase from assignee; stock of books, embracing every literature, at prices which will give SSOO worth of the above eifn ' r ß SIOOO worth of books sold. B An extra book, with a gift, will each person ordering TEN i.ocks to l jB ART, Esq. M Indemnity from Loss and Dnmsit \M ■Hud the Perils nf .Murine a, J Inland CONTINENTAL 1 INSURANCE COrjPANil lin orjtorafcd by the Legislature of fwß nia, with a Perpetual Charter. J Authorized Capital, S!.UOO.OOO.B Office 50. 61 Walnut St. abou Second, Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furnitincl chandise, dtc., generally. Marine !;..< on Cargoes and Freights to all parts tB world. Inland Insurance on Goods, itß Lakes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carnst® all parts of the Union, on the tuosl favaß terms, consistent with security. ■ DIRECTORS. I George VV. Colladay, William Bowersfl John M. Coleman, Joseph Oat, I Edwin V. .Machette, Howard HincStsfl GEORGE W. COLLADAY, PrfsicJ GALEN WILSON, Secretary. I Agent for Mifflin countv. Win.?■ LIOTT, Esq. " ftblsl INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FISE Franklin Fire Insurance Coo ny of Philadelphia. Office 163 i Chestnut street, nearFifii Statement of Assets, SI.SM January Is!, 1857. Published agreeabiy to an act of Assent:; ing, Fist Mortgages, amply secured, $1,519.1 Real Estate, (present value, |109,- 000,) cost, 3,i Stocks, (present ralue, $183,881 12. cost, il* Cash, &c., 6!. i! Perpetual or Limited Insurances made ot ( description of property, in Town and Oct Rates as low as are consistent with sect" Since their incorporation, a period of t* eight years, they have paid over Three Ms of Dollars' 1 losses by fire, thereby afordifc idence of the advantages of Insurance. as the ability and disposition to me 4l promptness all liabilities. Losses by Fire. _ Losses paid during the year 1856, S3O' u DIRECTORS. Chas. N. Bancker, Mordecai D * ' Tobias Wagner, David S. Brown. Samuel Grant, Isaac Lea, Jacob R. Smith, Edward C. Geo. W. Richards, George Fales.. CHARLES N. BANCKER, CHAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y. . * Id® Agent for Mifflin county, H.J_, TERSfEsq., Lewistown. Pennsylvania Railroad- ON and after Monday, December SW trains leava Lewistowu Station at Eastward. * Through Express, 524a. m- * ... Faat Mail, 440 p. . * r Altoona Way, 1104 a. m. I *L Through Freight, 540 p. in I Local " 738 " {$ Emigrant, 540 " j. y Express Freight, 4 40 " ' 1 H3* Passengers taking tbs At Train for points West of Altqoos, J tained at that place until the arrival Mail Train west. okiitdd Fare to Harrisburg, $185; to 5 00; to Altoona, 2 10; to Pittsburgh , fLfThe Ticket Office will be 0P, utes before the arrival of eacn . Train. D- E. ROBESON.^