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OF LOCK HAVE*, PA.,
V<L'RES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer-
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DIRECTORS.
- John J. I'earce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
J Ha ||, T. T. Abrams,
! V t Mayer, D- K. Jackman,
-r'e Crit. W.White,
-Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
lion. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
ty<. Kdchtn, Sec'y.
REFERF.NCES.
a ielH, I.loyd, Thos. Bowman, I). I), j
t iVinegardner, Wm, Vanderbelt.
t Mackey, Wm. Fearon,
White, ' Dr. J. S. Crawford,
BfsQuigslc, A. Lpdegratf,
t w. Maynard, James Armstrong,
a Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler.
rf\ientfor M till in county, G. W. STEW
T, Eq. _ a P~3
canity from Loss and Damage by Fire,
• o ftrilt "f Murine am! Island Tranrpnrta'ion.
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
c..., !hi by thf legislature of Penmylra
nia, icith a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, 51,000,000.
lilt \e.6l Walnut St. above Serond, I'liila.
Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer- ;
BMise, Ac., generally. Marine Insurance J
i Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the
K: Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by :
ae-. Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
1 parts of the Union, on the most favorable
ni; consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
ijrje W. Uolladay, William Bowers,
r.:al.Coleman, Joseph Oat,
[tin V. Maclielte, Howard Hinchman,
C-EORUE W. COLLADAY, President.
GJIEX WILSON, Secretary.
for Miliiin county, Wm. P. EL- '
lOTT, Esq. * febl9-ly
MIJSIM iiSiiDUj ;
AND
iiyder County Normal School, j
FREEBIRG. PA.
HIE thiid -cmi-annual session of this Insti- !
.tiition will conunenee on TUESDAY, July
it and i oi.tinue 22 weeks. Its location is
tKii.t and healthy, buildings new and com- j
i". - and terms low. It is the constant aim ,
'the teachers to impart sound instruction and .
irtfsllj develop and direct the mental, moral
F physical energies of the student. The j
h.t'e of -rinly will thoroughly prepare those |
I'-iing it for college, the study of a profession !
r.:i?ines pursuits. The NORMAL DEI-ART-
L't tiers superior facilities to teachers, and j
f- •visiting to become such, to acquire the |
I -i-ary qualifications. The County riuperin-
Nntwill frequently review classes and lec- :
pe on the practical duties of the school room. j
piare> are also delivered in connection with j
r ".ibjectsof study, and every exertion made j
i ialify applicants for the profession. Ar- j
I'.-meats are being made with directors to
Murt schools for those who obtain creditable '
Kificates.
TERMS
s.tt, room, tuition, &c. §52 to 60 i
a'tion alone, 8 to 16 j
" in Normal Departm't perqr., 6
Gsie extra. Boarding in the viiiage, §1 50 j
"I per week.
fet a catalogue containing further particu- .
' Address GEO. F. M. FA BLAND,
I*l6 Principal.
W27 r GB.CGER7,
10VISION AND FISH STORE.
PHL .(ibseriber has opened a Grocery, Pro- !
L yision and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen- !
w's Hotel, where he has just received a fine ;
portment of fresh
iFtimlli) (Svoccrir.e,
F 11 ? which may be found fine Coffee, Sugar,
N. Molasses, Syrups, Chee3e, Crackers,
L J' am > Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy
f'" Tobacco, Segars, Soap, &c.
i* °* Brooms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a
rp assortment of Willow-ware, which he
p for cash very cheap.
! *ill pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes,
hioos, &c.
f see prices, and judge for yourselves.
JAMES IRWIN.
Sugar, Syrups and Teas
GREATLY REDUCED.
I Brown Sugar at 9a 11 cts. per lb.
T w hite II al3 do
62 a 100 do
best Syrup, 75 per gallon ;
•^ ev ? York 50 do
l ' Orleans Molasses, 50 do
l f ha t the o!d Steam Mill Store, by j
un^'n & Co. Also, the prices on
fiV 600DS GREATLY REDUCED,
vff G L iT# us a call. We will sell for !
• ,Wf;r than any other houge.
•kj KENNEDY, JUNK IN &. CO. j
tTAvm DR MARK S.
tl aiv m resurne d l h e practice of medicine,
iJ lic Son. Wa^S ' )e . fr ,un d at his office in the
Maj 7 °PPoite the Lewistown Hotel !
t ■ '!, {> Gr y a, "l Green 1 in. Boards,!
iiifl;. ' ■*• 00 nr |{Vj M, for nle tiy
FRANrjflonf". I
iisssris) ©n@m(g>ig 2m*ransy©isiB 9 M§W22ot®W£S9 ESEIOTMSSJ (SWDTO©^
33i mrrz mm*
B\ virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Expo
nas and ii. La. issued out of the Court
of Common Pleas of Mifllin county, and to
me directed, w ill be exposed to sale by public
vendue or outcry, at the Court House, in the
Borough of Lewistown, on
SATURDAY, April 3, 1858,
at one o'clock in the afternoon, the following
real estate, to wit:
A lot of ground, situate on the north side
of 1 hird street, in the Borough ®f Lewistown,
Mifflin county, fronting 15 feet, more or less]
on said street, and extending back 200 feet,
more or less, to an alley, bounded on the west
by lot of David Chriswell, north by an alley,
east by other lot of Geo. B. Patterson, and
south by Third street, with a two story frame
house and otherimprovements thereon erected.
Also, one other lot of ground, fronting 30
feet, more or less, on Third street, and extend
ing back 200 feet, more or less, to an alley,
bounded on the west by other lot of George
B. Patterson, north by an alley, east by other
lot of George B. Patterson and others, south
by Third street, with a two story double frame
house, carpenter shop and other improvements
thereon erected.
Also, one other lot of ground, fronting 15
feet, more or less, on Third street, an.l ex
tending back 90 feet, more or less, hounded
an the west by other lot of George B. Patter
son, north by lot of Patterson and others,
east by Samuel Molswn, and south by Third
street, with a two story frame house and other
improvements thereon erected.
Also, one other lot of ground, fronting 10
feet, more or less, on Grand street, and ex
tending back 90 feet, more or less, bounded
on the west by other lots of Geerge B. Pat
terson, north by Patterson, south by David
Chriswell, and east by Grand street, with a
two story frame house and other improve
ments thereon erected.
Also, one other vacant lot of ground, front
ing 30 feet, more or less, on Grand street, and
extending back 90 feet, more or less, bounded
on the west by other lot of George B. Patter
son, north by an alley, south by Patterson,
east by Grand street. Seized, taken in cxe
cution and to be sold as the property of
Geonje JJ. Patterson.
ALSO,
A lot of ground, situate in the Borough of
Lewistown, Mifflin county, and on the north
side of West Water street, in said Borough,
adjoining lot of Susan Brown on the east, and
lot of the heirs of John M'Cahan, deceased,
on the west, being thirty feet, more or less,
fronting on Water street, and extending back
200 feet, to an alley, with a two story brick
dwelling house and other improvements there
on erected. Seized, taken in execution, and
to be sold as the property of Josejih llroinjlit.
ALSO,
A lot of ground, situate in the Borough of
Lewistown, Mifflin county, fronting 30 feet,
more or less, on Market street, and extending
back, same width, 200 feet, more or less, to
an alley, bounded on the west by lot of It. U.
Jacob, north by an alley, east by a lot ct
Mary Porter, and south by Market street,
with a two story frame house and other im
provements thereon erected. Seized, taken
in execution and to be sold as the property of
Jeuob Ecerich.
ALSO,
All that certain steam mill and warehouse
property, situate in the west ward of the B.>r- j
ough of Lewistown, Mifflin county, situate, ;
being in, and known as lots Nos. 33, 34, 35, •
30, in the general plan of said borough, lying
on the north east bank of the Pennsylvania I
canal, and on which is erected a brick steam
flouring mill and engine house, Also, a
large frame warehouse, a frame cooper shop
and other improvements it being the
same property lately belonging to the late
firm of Marks and Mcßurnoy. Seized, taken
in execution and to be sold as the property of
Alfred Maries.
ALSO,
A lot of ground, fronting 53 feet, more or
less, on Market street, in the borough of Mc-
Yeytown, Mifflin county, extending back 214
feet, more or less, to an alley, bounded on the i
north by lot of Kosannah Davis, west by an
alley, east by Market street, and south by an j
alley, with a two story frame house and other '
improvements thereon erected. Seized, taken I
in execution and to be sold as the property of
William J. McCoy.
ALSO,
A vacant lot or piece of ground, situate in
the East Ward of the Borough'of Lewistown,
Mifflin county, fronting 45 feet, more or less,
on Valley street, running through and front
ing 36 feet, more or less, on Third street,
bounded on the northeast by lot of David
Sunderland, at the junction of Third and
Valley streets, and bounded southwest by the
Hwse House lot and lot of Robert Matthews,
Sr. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold
as the property of F. W. Grimminger and
Margaret C. Grimminger.
T. E. WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
Bidders at the above Sheriff's Sales, are here
by notified that in each case where property is j
knocked down, the purchaser will be required
to pay down ten per cent, on the amount of his
bid in cash, and give judgment note with appro
ved security for the balance; to be paid when
the deed is acknowledged. Unless these con
ditions are complied with before the sales close,
the property will be set up again and resold.
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, March 11, 1858.
A CHANCE
For Every Person to Raise their
Own GRAPES,
A*D MAKE THEIR OH* Wi*E.
rpilE undersigned will deliver from the Ist
L to the 15th April next, to any persons
residing in Mifflin co., ISABELLA GRAPE
VINES of one year's growth, from cuttings
of "Juniata Vineyard," at the following rates,
payable when delivered; 25 Vines for S3,
50 do. for $5.50, 100 do. for $lO.
Good Cuttings will be delivered at half the
rates for Vines. Also, Osage Orange Hedge
Plants to sell, and Hedges grown by contract.
Orders must be received before the Ist of
April to insure attention. Address
A. JIARSHBARGER,
febl 3 MeVevtown, Mi w n Co.. Pa.
i THou.il ano JUcltaCotts.
_____
THE LORD IS MY SIIF.PIIERI).
nr JAMES H. SCOTT.
My shepherd Is the Lord,
My w ants shall be supplied ;
•Subsisting on his word,
.My soul Is satistled.
In pastures green I lie,
On his rich bounty fed;
By crystal waters I
By his right hand am led.
My fainting soul restored.
My straying feet are led
In paths of righteousness,
For his name's sake to tread.
Yea, though I walk the vale.
The shadowed vale of .hath.
My soul .-diaii fear no ill
Though I should yield my breath.
For thou art with me. Lord,
Thy rod prepares the way—
Thy stall", thy living word,
Find! ever comfort me.
Though in tiie wilderness,
Lo.' I am richly fed;
E'en by my enemies
A table thou hast spread.
And lo! with oil my head.
Thou, Lord,anointest free;
My cup of Joy is made
To overflow by thee.
And surely ail my days
I .--hall goodness iollow me
in mercy, ami in peace
I 'll ever dwell with thee.
t , . . t
DECAY OF PARENTAL DISCI
PLINE
■ e call attention to the 11.11.twin y from !
the Baltimore Sun, which is as applicable
I t0
th i- community as to the city of Haiti- i
| more. The reins of parental discipline
] need considerable drawing here:—
I "We hesitate not to say that one of the
. main causes ot the decline of morality is
j the decay oj parental discipline. The
family circle, the domestic hearth, is the 1
' true fountain of purity or corruption to j
j public morals. Most people become what j
i they are made at home, l hey go forth
! into the world to act out the character they i
have formed in the first fourteen years of !
their lives. It is alleged, in excuse, that j
children have become more unmanageable i
than they used to be. We reply that hu- [
man nature and human relations are un- j
changed. Children are just as amenable '
to authority as they ever were. This is i
the main purpose for which Providence i
has made them helpless and dependent— j
that they may be trained to obedience, to j
order, to industry, to virtue. It is not true j
that parents have not as absolute control
over their children as they ever had.— 1
When tl lerc is dependence, obedience !
may be enforced. The real fact is, that |
parents :ire too indolent, too netrliuent, too
indifferent to take the pains to train up j
their children in the way they should go.
it requires perpetual vigilance, and they i
get tired. It requires self-control to oxer- !
eise authority over others. Self-conquest j
i P the greatest victory of all. There can j
I be no just parental discipline where there
iis no character to back it. Mow can a man
; effectually warn his son against bad compa
ny, who spends his time and his money in
| the sinks of intemperance ? In short, how
; can there be any force in precept when the
| example is bad't
THE BIBLE.
Book of books 1 deep, wonderful mine,
whose shafts ages have assaulted, and will
yet traverse ! Holy lineage-roll, displaying
the record of the internal unfolding—gi
gantic drama of life's beginning and end !
Drama with dark episodes ond bloody
scenes, but whose mornings are in the light,
which commences with man's infancy, and
ends where begins a new life after death
and the grave. 11 istories of histories I how
often have 1 descended into its depth with
ardent and enquiring heart. Long —long
was it to mc dark, mysterious and incom
prehensible, and 1 could not separate the
precious metal from the dross and earth
whicli adhered to it; the great pulse of
reconciliation steadily beating beneath the
varying weal and wo of earthly life, amid
the solemn blessings and curses of the
wailing mind, was concealed from me; long
have 1 strayed and doubted, often despair
ing of the way and truth. Yet the eye
became, by degrees, used to see by twilight;
and even for the least of his inquiring
children, docs God let his light shine I
Now I will walk securely on the wonderful
course, and, to my last hour, will I journey
on, searching and praying. To effect man's
reconciliation with the true Life, and with
God, the development of his nature and
his further progress, he must, in the pres
ent age, especially, become reconciled with
the scriptures,— Frederika Bremer.
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858.
Keccr Jest with Scripture. —lt is of great
importance that we should resist the temp
tation, frequently so strong, of annexing a
j familiar, facetious, or irreverent idea to a
scriptural expression, Scripture text or
•Scripture name. Nor should wc hold our
selves guiltless, though we may have been
misled by mere negligence or want of re
| flection. Every person of good taste will
avoid reading a parody or trevcstic of a
beautiful poem because the recollection of
the degraded likeness will always obtrude
itself upon our memory when we wish to
derive pleasure from the contemplation of
the original. But how much more urgent
is the duty by which we are bound to keep
the page of the Bible clear of any impres
sion tending'to diminish the feeling of
habitual respect and reverence toward our
M aker's law.— Falejra re.
BguCondemn no man for not thinking
as you think. Let every one enjoy the
full and free liberty of thinking lor him
self'. Let every man use his own judgment,
since every man mast give an account of
himself to God. Abhor every approach,
in any kind of degree, to the spirit of per
secution. If you cannot reason or persuade
a man into the truth, never attempt to
force him into it. If love will not compel
him, leave him to God, the Judge of all.
—John Wcsby.
f&CsctUairtou#.
THE Sill XING SHOKE.
My flays are iiuj swiftly liv.
And J, a pilKrim stranger.
Would not detain them as they fly
Those hours of toil ami danger.
CHORUS —For oh! we stand on Jordan's strand.
Our friends are passing over,
And Just before the shining shore.
By t.iitli we theia discover.
We'll gird ouv loins, mv brethren dear.
Our distant home discerning ;
Our absent Lord has left ii, word,
Let every lamp be burning.
Sbonid coining days be cold and dari,
We need not cease our singing;
Tiiat perfect rest none can molest.
Where golden harps are ringing.
Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow,
Bach cord on earth to sever;
Our King says come, and there's our home
Forever ami forever.
//' rds of Buffalo. —A member of Com
pany (', Ist Cavalry, United States Army,
recently arrived at Fort Leavenworth, from
an expedition on the Western Plaints, writes
as follows to his father in Springfield, Illi
nois :
\\T had an interesting expedition, but I
had no time to particularize any of the
many interesting scenes and incidents.—
Suffice for the present to say, that we have
traveled over two thousand miles, and saw
some of the most splendid, picturesque,
and beautiful country to be found anywhere; j
and some of the wildest and most desolate
country, outside of the great desert. We
saw, chased, killed, cooked and ate buffalo,
elk, deer, hares, rabbits, turkeys, Ac. Of
buffalo, we saw millions, and very near the
sonic number of antelope. For nine days
of our travel, we passed through one con
tinuous herd of buffalo. The whole coun
try was literally crowded with them, as far
as the eye could reach, daily. We had to
surround our camp with fires at night, to j
keep them from being overrun by mighty !
herds of this wonderful animal.
l'ainful Retribution, if True. —The
Newport Spectator says there is a young
man in Vermont, who cannot speak to
his father. Previous to his birth some dif
crence occurred between his mother and
her husband, and for a considerable time
she refused to speak to him. The difficul
ty was subsequently healed—the child was j
born and in due time began to talk—but j
when sitting with his father was invariably 1
silent. It continued so till it was five years ;
old, when the father, having exhausted his |
powers of persuasion, threatened it with
punishment for its stubbornness. When
the punishment was inflicted, it elicited ■
nothing but sighs and groans, whicli told
but too plainly that the little sufferer was
vainly endeavoring to speak. All who
were present united in this opinion, that it
was impossible for the child to speak to his
fathei —nnd time proved their opinion to
be correct. At a maturcr age its efforts to
converse with its parent could only produce
bitter sighs and groans.
mould on decayed fruit, stale
bread, moist wood, &c., is shown, by the
microscope, to be plants, bearing leaves,
flowers and increasing with incredible ra
pidity ; for in a few hours the seeds spring
up, arrive at maturity, and bring forth
seeds themselves so that many generations
are produced in a day.
i BF§rThe New York correspondent of the
j Charleston Mercury has the following:
"An interesting wedding took place a
I few days since between a Mr. llcnry B.
Melville and M is. Harub Iv. Seymour. The
I parties have both been married before, and
| each have a family of seven children —
i those of the gentlemen comprising six
daughters and a son, and those of the lady
six sons and a daughter. The sons acted
on the occasion as groomsmen to their fu
j ture father, the daughters as bridesmaids
'to their future mother. The whole four
teen children dressed alike, according to
their sex, entered the church arm in arm,
and ranged themselves on either side of
their parents, who are both remarkably
handsome, and looked superb. The bride
is wealthy, and was richly dressed in pearl
colored moire antique, with costly laces,
and diamond brooch and bracelet."
Jfcgjf'There now 1' cried a little niece of
ours, while rumaging a drawer in a bureau,
' there now! gran'pa lias gone to heaven
without his spectacles. What will he do'F
•Shortly afterward, when another aged
relative was supposed to be sick unto
death, in the house, she came running to
his bedside, with the glasses in her hand,
and an errand on her lips :
' Y'uu going to die V
' They tell me so.'
4 Going to Heaven V
4 1 hope so.'
'Yv ell, here are gran'pa's spectacles.
Won't you take them to him V
Mrs. Partington on Education. —'For my
part I can't deceive what on airth eddication
is coin in' to. When I was young if a gal
only understood the rules of distraction
provision, multiplying, replenishing, and
the common denominator, and knew all
about the rivers and their obituaries, cov
enants and dormitories and umpires, they'd
eddication enough. Now they have to
steady botomny, Algier-bay, and have
demonstrations about sycophants of circus
es, tangents and diagoni.es of parallelo
grams, to say nothing about the oxhides,
eowsticks, and abstruse triangles.'
and Jones, merchants, were
ru.-hing round, just ten minutes before two
o'clock, raising funds, when going round
the corner of a street, Jones came in eon
tact with Smith, knocking him down.
Smith was excited, and exclaimed : 'Do
that again, and I'll knock you in the mid
dle of next week.' 'My dear fellow,' shout
ed Jones, 'do it and I will give you a
thousand dollars; for if I can only get
through till then without breaking, I'm
safe.' '
♦♦♦•>
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
THRILLING SCENE.
Fearful Experience of a Lightning Rod
Man —His Ascent to the Summit of a Ca
thedral Spire. —Mr. Thomas Kingston,
who for several years has followed the bu
siness of putting up lightning rods, which,
of course, requires steady nerves and a
firm brain, met with an accident recently,
by which but for the most singular pres
ence of mind, or rather supernatural in
stinct, lie would have fallen from a dizzy
height, and been dashed to pieces, lie is
compelled to climb roofs, over chimneys,
and up spires and fix a rod, With perfect
coolness and precision, hundreds of teet
above the level of' the earth.
On the occasion to which we refer, Mr.
K. had ascended St. Paul's Cathedral,
whose spire is about two hundred and thir
ty-five feet high, near the head of Broad
way, and gone to the very top, where, hav
ing left his ladder below, he clung by his
arms and legs, fastened the last foot of the
rod and attached its point—quite a heavy
piece of' metal —securely, as lie supposed,
to the cross surmounting the steeple. Ho
had just completed this difficult and dan
gerous task, watched by a number of per
sons in the street below, and while looking
at the work and experiencing that satisfac
tion which results from hazard passed and
labor accomplished, of a sudden something
heavy struck him and made his brain reel
until he could
ing his hold at once, as would seem to have
been the natural and inevitable result, he
clung with a power beyond himself and a
will superior to his own, closer and instinc
tively to the spire. lie knew not what
had occurred, and to his confused senses it
appeared that the steeple was tumbling; or
that some strange cause was about to bring
the vast structure to the ground.
Some forty seconds—an age to him—
must, have elapsed before he sufficiently
collected his scattered thoughts and sub
verted consciousness to know that the en
tire upper part of the rod had fallen upon
his head, causing the blood to trickle over
mi, r
New Series—Vol, fvP=T 0,
*. a AL ... .
his lore-head, and nearly ,
was in a dreadful perplexity anfv'
gerous position. He feared, if-ffS'ni?*'
he would go cleaving the air toC0?T~~
j death upon the stony streets-low—-anclaA
the same time he knew lie could not, in
the disordered state of his nerves, and his
increasing weakness, retain his grasp, more
the result of fate than of feeling, much
longer. If lie stirred he might tall; if ho
remained he certainly would; and so de
termined to make at least an effort for his
life, he put one foot very cautiously, then
his arms, and then moved the other foot;
and after a half minute of exertion, and
the greatest danger, he touched the top
most round of the ladder, and in a few
seconds more was inside of the steeple and
sate.
'J lien it was Mr. K.'s great courage and
strength forsook him, his nerves and mus
cles relaxed; he grew sick unto death; his
knees gave way; his vision swum, and he
sunk upon the platform motionless and in
sensible. lie must have lain there half an
hour before he could rise and walk, and he
did not recover from the shock for more
than a fortnight afterward.
The people gazing up at him from the
street describe the scene as painful and ex
citing in the extreme. When they obser
ved the rod fall, a thrill of horror ran
through their hearts, and two women
swooned away, for they expected to behold
him the next moment dashed to pieces at.
1 heir feet. Destiny had ordered otherwise,
and Mr. K. still pursues his dangerous av
ocation ; but he says if lie were to live a
thousand years he never would forget the
intense horror of those century-like mo
ments when he seemed to hang upon the
air more tliau two hundred feet above the
earth, and to be momentarily descending
to a dreadful death.
STRANGE "PARDON.
The Springfield, Illinois, correspondent
of the St. Louis Republican, writing un
der date of Bth inst., tells the following
singular and terrible story :
A very singular affair has just come to
our knowledge. Mr. Buckwaster, Warden
of the penitentiary, arrived here at noon
to-day, in great haste, and immediately
went to see the Governor for the purpose
of obtaining a pardon for a convict in the
penitentiary. Mr. B. stated the following
facts: This morning, when one of the
guards of the penitentiary opened the door
of the cell of the convict, whose name is
Wm. Lindsey, he was knocked dowu by L.,
who dragged him into his cell, bound him
hand and foot, and fastened him up against
the door of the eeli, by this means cover
ing the small aperture in the door with the
body of the guard. Lindsey had posses
sion of a knife—which he obtained by
some unknown means —with which he
threatened the life of the guard, unless a
pardon was immediately obtained for him
(Lindsey.) Air. Buck master believing he
would put his threat into execution, got
aboard a special train and came up to see
the Governor. The Governor agreed to
send down a pardon by to-night's mail, and
Mr. Buckniaster departed again upon his
special train.
The pardon has been issued-and will be
sent down tonight. We presume Lindsey
will not receive the benefits of the pardon
if it can be avoided. How it can be avoid
no one knows. The only way to get into
the cell is by the door, and Lindsey threat
ens to "kill his man" if any effort is made
to release him. How the matter will end
remains to be seen. Lindsey was sent to
the penitentiary last October from Cham
paign county for robbery, lie followed an
old man from Indiana and robbed him in
Champaign county of $7,000; he was
tracked back to Indiana and captured.—
lie is represented as a desperado.
A telegraphic despatch from Alton, re
ceived last night, gives the following ac
count of this most extraordinary affair:
Mr. Buckniaster, the Warden, had din
ner for the prisoner and his victim placed
in the hall in front of the cell, in a larger
utensil than usual. The prisoner ordered
the turnkey to open the door and get it; —
to do so, lie had to open the door some
twenty inches, when one of the guard gras
ped Crabbe's hand, and attempted to haul
hi in out of the cell. The prisoner then
stabbed the Turnkey nine times in the
back, two of the stabs penetrating to the
lungs. Buckniaster then fired one shot in
to the cell to confuse .Lindsey. He then
fired five other shots, the two last ones ta
king effect—one hitting him in the leg,
and the other in the back of the head, en
tering back of the ear, passing round be
tween the brain and scull, and then com
ing out. He was left in the cell to die,
but was afterwards taken out and revived a
little. The Turnkey is badly injured, and
the possibility of his recovery is very small
Lindsey was formerly an inmate of the
penitentiary, under the name of J. W.
Hart.
I fX KCUTOR'S NOTlCE—Notice is here-
J by given that letters testamentary on the
estate of BENJAMIN McCOY, late of Gran
ville township, Mifflin county, deceased, have
been granted to the undersighed, residing in
Derry township, in said county. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having claims
to present them duly authenticated for settle
ment. 4 T. G. BELL,
February 4, 1858 Executor.