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!i'its for each subsequent insertion.
West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOJ K HAFEI, PA.,
TVSL'RBS Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
j chtndise, Farm Property, and other ftttild
■ md their contents, at moderate rates.
HKCCTORJ.
i, hn J Fearce. lion. G. C. Harvey,
Jail:) it' Ha" I T- Abram*,
Charles A. Mayer, l>. k. Jack.aan,
ftirle Crist, W. Wrote,
Dickinson, Tiios. Kitchen.
Hon. G €. HARV EY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAM*, Vice Pres.
fwr. Kit chin. Sec'y.
RF.F CRFVC tS.
Riraoelll. Lloyd, Thos. Bowman. D. D.
\ Winegardnor, Wm, Vanderbelt.
• i \Hckpv, Wm. Fearon.
. Write. I >r - S- Crawford,
hue-Qii V I'pdegrsfT,
ymW UjyiiarJ, J imc Armstrong,
||p Sinjou Cameron, lion. Wm. Biglcr.
3A.ret)tfor Mifflin county, G. W. STEW
UtT.fcq P23
biemnity from Less mil Dnmagp by Pirc,
hi' I '-' P' r >'* a S end T'l-md Transportation.
CONTIXKNT \L
INSURANCE COMPANY.
!,ir, -j.'of lj /Ac legislature of Pennsylva
nia. ici'h -i Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital. £1.0#0,000.
Hitt 50.61 Walnut St. above Serond, Fliila.
fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer
f.rdiae. &c., generally. Marine Insurance
t. Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the
roriJ. Inland Insurance on Goods, AT., bv
Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
ill parts of the Union, on the most favorable
rm>s consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
s:crp V. Colladay, VVilliam Bowers,
ioiia >l. C-aleman, Joseph Oat,
Li'•.in V. Miehette, Howard Hinchman.
GEJRC.E W. COLLADAY, President.
GILLS" vvilsos". Secretary.
Ty'Vjent for Mi.il n ronntv, Wm. P. EL
LIOTT. E-q. ' fehlD-lv
mm\U AGAINST LOSS BV FIRE.
Franklin }' ire Insurance (ompa
ny of Philadelphia.
uv-t GJ and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth.
JT VI r'. 1 L\T OF ASSETS, January 1. 1858,
J published agreeably to an act of Assembly,
Mg-
Tst Mortgage*, amply secured, $1,596,825 19
It.. Estate, (presr • i value $lOO,-
&0.) co,'., 74,23'.) 93
Tr-r.pornry Loans, cn n'nrile Col
. s;er l Securities. ' 101,083 17
y ts. ;pre ; . $76 Jfi4 22) cost 71.547 97
jM Had Bios Rereiva'jle, 4 307 00
Cah ' 40.355 43
51,883,904 74
Fr;. loil ,-,r Linhrd Insurances made on every
wscTiptton of property, in Town and Country,
•sips • low as are con-istent with security.
Since their incorporation, a period of twenty
t-r.t year*. they have paid over Four Millions
Dollar-" losses by tire, thereby affording cv-
Lfiu:e.,i the advantages of Insurance, as well
" tre ability and disposition to meet with
jrap'.ness ail liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
U-s-s paid during the year 1857, $203,789 4
DIRECTORS.
oas. A Banckee, i Mordecai D. Lewis,
lobias Wagner, I David S. Brown,
nmuel Grant, j Isaac Le2,
cob R. Smith, ; Edward C. Dale,
W Richards, ( George Fates.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, President.
. "• A. STEEL, Sec'y pro tem.
for Mifflin county, H. J. W'AL
1-R3. Esq., Lewistown. feb2s
IT27T G-P.CSEP.Y,
PROVISION AND FISH STORE.
THo S'j'jscriher has opened a Grocery, Pro
• jion and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen
a'se* 9 Dote!, where he has just received a fine
wortreent of fiesh
JFamila iSrocciit^
? on B *biofc may be found fine Coffee, Sugar,
is, Moiassrs, Syrups. Cheese, Crackers,
na, Ham, Shoulder, Fine Asbton and Dairy
Vi' oJ,acco > Segars, Soap, &c.
Brooms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a
,ir ? S!ort[ nent of Willow-ware, which he
[or cash very cheap.
or R utter > L*rd, Potatoes,
tee prices, and judge for yourselves.
JAMES IRWIN.
| Sugar, Syrups and Teas
GREATLY REDUCED.
(r ,? ® rown Sugar at 9a 11 cts. per lb.
% White " 11 al3 do
r lea V 62 a 100 do
jvenng'a best Syrnp, 75 per gallon
i ij ew X ork " 60 do
All f ew J? r ' #aD B Molagses, 50 do
ItttJT the old Steam Mill Store, by
7. Junkin & Co. Also, the prices on
ht € ° ODS ® REA * L * REDUCED,
SLTL ' ue a call. We will soil for
WCf any ether hoiiae.
KENNEDY, JUNKIN & CO.
mviv, DR MAHKS
II mav i r#,,Jm ®d the practice of medicine,
Tbij e gn, 4 7* fi e found at hie office in the
°Pl >oa ' 4 ' ! Lewi "town Hotel
tf'jsaos-ififcjfi, snr j?mirs2ii£j®im s Hiisi , wiis®<®wss' 9
(hardware*
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,
j Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Tump
( hain, (It! Cioths, Nails, Steel, Iron, C'utlerv,
Vices, Bellows, Chains, (ilas, <&o , F. J. Hoff
j man's 51ammoth Hardware Store, and vou can
be accommodated. mhll
DREGS, DREGS, DREGS,
Medicines, Medicines, Medicines,
Phin', Paint*, Paint*,
ois,
OH*, Oil-, Oil*,
Trusses,
At HOFFMAN'S.
/TARDEN SEEDS!—I have now on band a
VJT fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds,
consisting of some of the finest varieties.
; • Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late.
Dwarf and Bush do do do
Cabbage, do do
Also, Radish. Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese
Sugar Cane, and other seeds.
n't'G F. J. HOFFMAN'.
fM.OI ft.—l have now on hand and shall con
t'nue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine
flour from Pittsburgh, which we will warrant
to give entire satisfaction.
N. B. Those who want a good article can find
't at mbll F. J HOFFMAN'S.
\A ALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens,
\ V housekeepers will be looking around for
Wall Paper, u here a good supply can be found
and cheap. This can be done at
nihil E. J. HOFFMAN'S.
f 1 ROCERIES.—F. J. Hoffman's is the store
VJT where good Groceries can be found, and at
low prices. m hU
QTO\ ES ! STOVES'—A large assortment at
low prices for sale by F. J HOFFMAN.
ijMSH. —Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale
h? mbll F. J. HOFFMAN.
*i -S* £ c . V' W\ i*C C f? pro
iiraSAJ*- .A_A.
For sale by [mbll] F. J. HOFFMAN.
Sugar Cane and FJower Garden
Seeds
At [tnhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
White Corn Meal.
An excellent article for sale by
mhll F J. HOFFMAN.
uDiiJ aiiD'naa,
A good article for cents at
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S
TO INVALIDS!
D?„. HAEXMAIT,
piIY-SICIAN for di'easev of the Lanes. Throat and
*- ll- Sft —formerly Physician in Cincinnati Marine Mo
pit I and Invalids' Retreat—Corresponding Member of
t'i I o d'tn Medical So, in.ty of >!.- ervalion—A Utlluf
' Letters to Invalids," &c ,
IS COMING.
ITRIL APPOIYTBETiTS.
Dr. Hardman,
Physician for Diseases of the tones,
Formerly f<. the Cincinnati Marine Hospitals
MAY C£ COK9VCTRD *T
Lew istown, National Hotel, Tuesday, April 00.
I>a. II t not a* treats < 'ooviiiiifithiri. Bronchitis, l.irynß-
I tie. Astim*,andaildieeae ( the Throat by MEDICA
i lEI> INHALATION
' Tbe ere at point In the treat ,ert of all humin maladies
is toyei ;,t lue die*-e ira duett manner All medicines
are estimated by the;r iitsin upon tiie or^.n rt-rjoirtnE
relief. This is the tmpnrtat.t fact upon which Inhalation
is based If the store,,. ts diseased, we t ike medicine
directly into the stoma, h If the long* are diseased,
hreathe or inha'.e medic sted vapors directly into them.—
Toe re-ta in w hv C -ithamotion and d,-eases of tiie Limps
have heretofore resisted all tr-aimer.!, has been because
! tfey tvere rmt approached in a direct manner by medu ir.e.
' werr intended t. te local, and yet they were so ad
i mttws'cred that ilipy could only act constitutionally, ex
j pemloip th. ir immediate action upon th<* •tnmarh. whilst
j the foul ulcers within the Lungs were unmolested. In
j halation brings the medic ine into direct contact with the
j disease, without the disadvantage of any violent action,
i Its application is so simple that it may be employed by
! the youngest infant or feeblest invalid. It does not dc
; range the stomach, or interfere in the least with the
strength, comfort or business of the patient.
I*>No charge for consultation.
OTHER I>ISEASTS TREATED.
In relation to the following diseases, either whsn enm
i plicated with Lung Affections, or existing alone, I also
I invite consultation—usually finding them PROMPTLY
I CTRABI.E:
PROLkPSL'rt and all forma of FTMALE COMSLAINTS,
' Irrernlarities and Weakness.
PALPITATION and other forms of HRaRT Did
I EASE, Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, and ail other Dis
eases of Stomach and Bowels. Pile*, fee. fee.
£>AII diseases of the Eye and Ear; Neuralgia. Eoilep
sy, and all forms of .Nervous Disease,
j sVN'o charge for consultation.
! Jy*-'y D. HARDMAN, M. d.
A CHAJVCB
For Every Person to Raise their
Own GRAPES,
A!fD MARE THEIR OUT WilE.
j T|AHK undersigned will deliver from the Ist
j JL to the loth April next, tn any persons
j residing in Mifflin co., ISABELLA* GRAPE
i VINES of one year's growth, from cuttings
of "Juniata Vineyard," at the following rates,
i payable when delivered: 25 Vines for $3,
' 50 do. for $5.50, 100 do. for $lO.
Good Cuttings will be delivered at half the
' rates for Vines. Also, Osage Orange Hedge
j Plants to sell, and Hedges grown by contract.
; Orders must be received before the let of
April to insure attention. Address
A. HARSH BARGEE. -
feblB McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Pa.
Fruit -and Ornamental TREES,
4||g2fij*rc Straw berry. Raspberry, Currant, and
Gooseberry Plants, in great variety.
Inquire of W t. BUTLBK, Lewistown,
Pa., or J. E. JCHNBTON, Agent,
aug)3 Trenton. New Jersey
AIIUIIBSVOIIIk.
GOOD NEWS.
Whene'er you meet yon always say—
What's the news ? Whvt's the news?
Pray, what's the order of the day?
What's the news? What's the nw?
0,1 have got good news to tell.
My Savior hath done all things well.
And triumphed over death and hell—
That's the news I That'* the news:
The Lamb was slain on Calvary—
That's the news! That's the news!
To set a world of sinners free—
That's the news! That's the news'
Twas there Ills precious blood was shed ;
'Tvvas there he bowed His sacred head;
But now He's risen from the dead—
That's the news! That's the news I
To Heaven above the Conqueror's gone—
That's the news! That's the news!
He's pass'd triumphant to His throne-
That 's the news! That's the news!
And ou that throne He will remain
I mil, as .Judge, He comes again,
Attended by a dazzling train—
That's the news! That's the news!
The Lord has pardoned al! my sin—
That's the n-ws! That's the news'
I feel the witness now within—
That's the news! That's the news:
And since He took my sins away.
And taught me how to watch and pray,
I'm fcappy now from day to day—
That's the news! That's the news:
His work's reviving all around—
That's the news! That's the news!
And many have redemption found-
That's the news! That's the news I
And since their souls have caught the flame.
They shout fcosanna to His name.
And all around they spread his fame—
That's the news! That's the nes>!
Apd Christ the Lord can save you too—
That's the news! That's the news:
Your sinful heart he can renew—
That's the news! That's the news!
This tnoment, if your sins you grieve,
This moment. If you do believe,
A fall acquittal you'll receive—
That's the news! That's the news!
And now. If any one should say.
What's the news ? What's the news ?
O. tell them you've begun o pray—
That's the news! That's the news!
That you have Joined the conquering band.
And now with Joy, at God's command.
You're marching to that better land
That's the news! That's the news!
IjUlimSliilj!.
LOSING ALL—A FAMILY SCENE.
There is something exceedingly tender,
as well as instructive, in the following,
which we take Ironi the Child's Paper:
A few years ago, a merchant failed in
business. lie went home one evening, in
great agitation. "What is the matter?" as
ked his wife. "1 am beggared. 1 have
lost my all,!" he exclaimed, pressing his
hand upon his forehead as if his brain were
in a whirl.
"All!" said his wife ;"I am left." "All,
papa 1" said his eldest hoy, "here am 1."
"And I too, papa" said his little girl, run
ning up and putting her arms around his
neck. "I's not lost, papa/' repeated Ed
die. "And you have your health left, 1 *
said his wife. "And your two hands to
work with, papa," said his eldest; "and I
can help you." "And your two feet, pa
pa, to carry you about." "And your two
eyes to see with, papa," said little Eddie.
" Atid you have God's promises" said
grandmother. "And a good God," said
his wife. "And heaven to go to," # said the
little girl. "And Jesus who came to letch
us there," said his eldest.
"God forgive me," said the poor mer
chant, bursting into tears. "I have not
lost my all. What are the few thousands
which I called my all, to these more pre
cious things which God has left me?" and
he clasped his family to his bosom, and kis
sed his wife and children with a thankful
heart.
Ah no, there are many things more pre
cious than gold and bank stocks, valuable
as these may be in their places. When
the Central America was foundering at sea,
bags and purses of gold were strewn about
the deck, as worthless as the merest rub
bish. " Life '. Life 1" was the prayer. To
some of the wretched survivors, " water,
water!" was the prayer. " Bread, bread !"
it was worth its weight in gold, if gold
could have bought it.
The loss of property should not cloud
the mind with a wicked forgetfulness of
the greater blessings which are left behind.
No inan should despair, for no man 1M?
lost his all until he has lost his integrity,
lost the mercy of God, and lost his hope of
heaven at last.
Duties of Daily Life.- —Life is not en
tirely made up of great evils or heavy trials;
but the perpetual recurrence of petty evils
and small trials is the ordinary and appoin
ted exercise of the Christian graces. To
bear with the failings of those about us—
pity their infirmities, their bad judgment,
their illbreeding, their pcrverso tempers —
to endure neglect when we feel we deserve
attention, and ingratitude when we expect
thanks—to bear with the company of disa
greeable people whom Providence has placed
in our way, and whom lie has provided on
purpose for the triad of our virtue —theso
are the best exercises of patience and self
denial, and the better because not chosen
by ourselves. To bear with vexation in
business, with disappointment in our expec
tations, with interruptions of our retirement,
with folly, intrusion, disturbance—-in short
with whatever opposes our will, contradicts
our humor—this habitual acquiescence ap
pears to be more of self-denial than any little
rigors or afflictions of our own imposing.
Theso constant, irritable, but inferior evils
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1858.
! properly improved, furnish a good moral
discipline, and might in the days of igno
| ranee, have superseded pilgrimage and pen.
j AFFECTIONS AND INTELLECT.
The Human form is the highest organic
representation of the Affections and the
Intellect., or which is the same thiriir, of
Love and isdom. Love and Wisdom ev
;er determine and flow into the Human
Form. The Human Form is the systema
tized congerie or harmonic, microcosmic
| combination of all uses, and hence is the i
highest and most perfect fcrrn in the Lni- !
verse. No higher or more perfect form
. can be conceived. Every attempt to con
; ceive a higher only monsterizes the Human.
1 and recoils upon us to our dishonor and
| shame. Hence man embodies in himself j
! all the laws and uses of the natural, spirit- I
; ual, and celestial realms.
But the relations which the affections bear
j to the Intellect in this form, seem to be j
! little understood. The Affections are cen- j
| tral in a man. The character and quality
| of tne Affections determine the character j
| and quality of the man. The Intellect is i
1 external to the Affections, and takes the '
j office of their executive. What a man truly
j loves, that will he reflect upon, think and
reason about. What he desires or loves, j
all external restraints and considerations ;
being removed, that will he will and <lo. '
The Affections underlie the Will and the I
Intellect, and constitute the base or groui d 1
work of their operations. If avarice is the !
| man's ruling Affection, he will inevitably
| reflect upon, think and reason about the
means of gratifying that love. If lust or
| adultery be his ruling love, he will be inces- ;
i sanTv cogitating the means of gratifying >
that affection. If the Love ofl lonian kind, I
of Justice and Equity, he his ruling animus,
his thoughts and his will, will be perpetu- !
ally intent upon doing Justice and Equity. 1
. The character and quality ot the Alice- |
tions project, modify or create their own In
tellect. They gradually mould It into en- j
formity with them. Such therfore as is j
: the Love, such will he the Intellect !
and the will. It is true that external res
traints and considerations, such as the civil
and criminal law, morality, the authority of
creeds, family considerations, Ac., may sup- i
press the outcomings of the Affections, and
arbitrarily induce upon the individual an j
j external character of propriety, purity and '
goodness, in accordance with the standard
they present; but nevertheless the true man j
remains precisely what his affections are.
CHARLES LAMB'S WARNING.
Charles Lamb, a genius and a drunkard, |
tells sad experience as a warning to young
men, in the following language.
" The waters have gone over me. But j
out of the black depths could I be heard, :
I would cry to all those who have but set
a foot in the perilous flood. Could rhe
j youth to whom the flavor of his first wine '
is delicious as the opening see tics ot lite. ■
or the entering upon newly discovered par
adise, look into my desolation and be made
understand what a dreary thing it is when
a man shall feel himself going down a prec
ipice with open eyes and a passive will—
to see his destruction and have no - >wer
to stop it, and yet was not able 'o forget a
! time when it was otherwise; bear about the j
piteous spectacle of his own ruin; could lie
| see ray feverish eye, feverished after last
- night's drinking, and feverishly looking for !
j to night's repetition of the l'oliy; c raid ho
but feel the body of death out of which 1
cry hourly to be delivered—it were enough !
to make him dash the sparkling beverage
to the earth in all the pride of its mantling
• temptation!"
The Seventeen Year Ohl Roy Preacher. '
| —The St. Louis Democrat says of Mr. Ful
ler, who is called the "Boy Preacher," who
is aged but seventeen years, that he has,
within the last five weeks, delivered in
Marion county fifty-four sermons, and been \
instrumental in the conversion of one hun
dred and forty-four persons. 11c has been
licensed to preach only about two months,
I during which time he has delivered upward
j of filly discourses, and two hundred and
! forty persons have been converted through
■ his instrumentality. It is said that he |
never studies his sermons or makes any
notes, and frequently does not select his ;
text until he rises up in the pulpit to preach; |
and yet, it is said, no two of his discourses j
are alike, either in point of argument or com
position. He speaks most eloquently, and
uses the most chaste and beautiful language.
Calls to preach at various points are daily
pouring in upon him.
£®The N. O. Picayune of the 30th ulti
mo says that a singular funeral train passed
up Dryados street on the day previous, on
its way to one of the Fourth district ceme
teries. One woman, poor and lonely—per
chance a mother—bpre on her head a little
coffin containing the body of a child of
jiboutfivo summers, and the sad. procession
which accompanied her consisted of three
women meanly clad, followed by three men
Never before were our eyes witness of such
a funeral train. That the bearer of the
little corpse was the chief mourner could
not be doubted, and yet it must have been
her fancy to thus convey the departed one
to its silent rest, for we can scarcely imagine
that the men who joined in the procession
failed to fopdor their services as bearers fd
(the body.
A YOl AG GIRL IN A TRANCE.
About 10 o'clock last Thursday night a
young girl named Isabella Ellison, residing
in Washington street, Poughkeepsie, while
at the altar at a Methodist church in that
ciiy, suddenly lifted up her hands and fell
backwards, apparently dead. Several per
sons immediately ran to her assistance, and
raised her, when to their horror they dis
covered that her eyes were glazed and set,
her ieatures pale as marble, her lips color
less, and her feet and hands cold as those
ot a corpse It was shortly discovered that
she yet rremhed. wh n she was conveyed
' r t' •• nee, the preacher saving that
she wo- in a trance, and when a member
auvi.vid *\..t medical assistance should be
procured, he objected, saying, *• The Lord
has placed her in this mysterious state; and
he will, at ids own time, raise her to testily j
to his goodness."
.She remained in this state until Saturday
evening excepting a slight movement which
occurred on Friday afternoon, when she
lilted up her hand, and made three or four
efforts to clutch something, when the arm
fell hick over the headboard of the led.
i wo or three of the women who were in
the house at the time attempted to replace
the arm upon the Led, but were unable to
I-end or move it. On Saturday evening, a
number of her friends were in the house
singing her favorite hymn, when she sud
denly lilted up her hand, crying,"glory !
hallelujah'.' 7 She then turned to one of her
friends and calling her by name, said, "Re
pent, repent. Oh, if you had seen what
[ have, you would not live another moment
in your sins, but would pray to God to have
mercy upon you. I have been in Heaven;
it is lit up with the glory of God, and around
the thrrtne there were thousands of angels
singing sweetly the praises of the King of
lleaveu. By and by Jesus came past, and
spoke to me. 1 also saw the great gulf,
but could scarcely see the bottom of it."
On Friday night a number of persons visi
ted the house, and remained singing and
praying until daylight. The young woman
was very weak when she awoke out of the
trance, but was stronger on Sunday, and
at'ended church. This case has caused con
siderable excitement in Poughkeepsie.—
A1 Y. Com. Adcertixer.
A KENTUCKY BRAWL.
(From the Louisville Courier, April 5.)
On Saturday evening, one ol' the blood
iest and most desperate encounters ever re
corded. even in the annals of Kentucky,
took place in Springfield, Washington coun
ty, between Ben Palmer and W. Maek
Booker. The former was instantly killed
and the latter is not expected to survive his
wounds. T! :re had been some ill feeling
between the two, arising iron, the election
of Booker to the caminand of a company
that had been raised in the C' unty to goto
Utah.
The particulars of the desperate affray
are these : Ihe parties met in the bar-room
of a tavern in Springfield, and an alterca
tion instantly ensued, one or the other first
using his fists. Each then drew a revolver
and fired tour shots apiece in rapid succes
sion. three of Palmer's hitting Booker—
one in the left hand, a sc so&fi in his leg.
and a tlitrd in the left breast, it he first
shot fired by Booker struck Palmer in the
groin, penetrating the bladder—a mortal
wound. He was also wounded in the leg.
After exhausting his shots Palmer hurled
his pistol with all his strength against Boo
ker, who thinking himself wounded,seized
the other with his left hand by the coat
collar, and throwing away his pistol, drew
a bowie knife and stabbed the unfortunate
Paluier nine times in the breast and body.
The latter fell dead in his trucks, his body
streaming blood at every pore. Booker
may possibly survive his wounds, though
it is thougt the shot in the breast will prove
fatal.
Booker is the son of Judge Paul Booker,
for many years a District Judge in the
iState. Palmer is a son of the lion. R. 0.
Palmer. ex-Senator from Washington coun
ty, and a grandson of the late Ben Hardin,
of Bardstown.
words are the brightest flow
ers of earth—use them, and especially round
the fireside circle, for they make a paradise
of Lie humblest home. They are jewels
beyond price, and more precious to heal the
woundvl heart and n.uke the downcast
;ru : ttun all other blessings earth can
o ivc -
Temperance in Tennessee. —The Chattanoo
ga Gazette says that Billy Ross, a noted ad
vocate of temperance, recently lectured iu
Newark, Knox county, Tennessee, and took
the place by storm. Over two hundred joinea
the temperance society, and ninety signed a
pledge never to permit liquor to be sold in
their town, except for medicinal purposes.
All the liquor in tho place * iu> bought and
burned, and those who had been engaged in
the traffic abandoned it. This was the most
i sensible temperance movement we have heard
j of for a long time.
StapTlie barn of Win. Zeigler in Brush
Valley, Oeuire county, was destroyod by fire
i on Sunday a week, together with seven hor
-1 pes, wagons, grain, &c. The children kindled
, a tiro in the barn yard for the purpose of
I cooking Kaster eggs while the family were at
church. Los* $4OOO.
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BENTON ON HIS ])|\ ---
(Correspondcnce of the IS'.Li
WASHINGTON, April
dying. His disease, ounce r jjfzl j
baa made such progress that * ij,
vive much longer. He suff£Y D ,
pain, and is exhausted to almostL,^ f
gree of physical prostration. . "- 1 "
is us clear and as powerful as evt r ' U ' sei {' lfc
high, resolute, Boman spirit of theVcJ ' n
man struggles with indomitable v, ne * t a
and fortitude against sickness an lt a
ness, and the awful presence of t * not
of terrors. He dies in harness, wor^jNlV
the last for his country and mankinds,/ , om
old anu intkuate friend from
led upon him this morning. Bento,
in bed, scarcely able to move hand ' e
and not able to speak much above a 1 ? 11 *
But he was hard at work, closing nf t|
Abridgment of the Debates of CongqJ lU . n "
which he has brought down to 3850, PO 1 ,SIX
par age oi the Compromise measures. * c . n "
was dictating the closing chapter c^, v * or
work. His daughter, Mrs. Jones, sit|'^ ar '
beside the bed, received it sentence bp.*..
teneo, whispered in her oar, and ropd,
it aloud to her husband who wrote iter
It was then read over to Col. Benton * e
received his corrections, made with as >.
particularity as if it were* the maiden V in
of a young author.
Besting a few minutes from his y,' - t
Col. Benton entered into conver av on.'l
his Missouri friend. He told him that
reviewing the events of 1350, he was glad
to find that the animosity of the past had
died out in his heart, and he was not onlv
ready but eager to do justice to his femur
rivals, and opponents. He spoke with much
fooling of Mr. Clay, to whose merits and
services he had awarded the highest praise
in what he was writing about the Compro
mise of 1850. He dwelt particularly on
the service, the great service, Mr. 0. had
rendered to the Republic at the time by
baffling and putting down the traitorous se
cessionists of the South, who were seeking
to destroy the Union, and plunge the coun
try into civil war for their own selfish and
ambitious purposes.
The inspiration of this theme fired the
languid blood and reanimated for a moment
the tailing frame of the dying patriot. In
energetic whispers, he told his visitor that
the same men who had sought to destroy
the Republic in 1850, were at the bottom
of this accursed Lecompton business.—
Among the greatest consolations in dying,
was the consciousness that the House of
Representatives had baffled these treasona
ble schemers, and put the heels of the peo
ple on the neck of tne traitors. Few events
in our history had given him so much satis
faction as the defeat of Lecompton
He warmly praised the intrepid anu incor
ruptible Douglas Democrats \ ho had resis
ted the power and wiles of; corrupt and de
luded Administration.
In taking leave of hi> friend, Col. Ben
ion said that, although there was much in
his life that he regretted, he could honest
ly feel proud on his death bed of his devo
tion to his country, in whose service he had
never been faithless or negligent.
Col. Benton died on Saturday morning
at 7 o'clock. We copy the following no
tice of Ills life from the Bulletin :
Thomas Hart Ronton was born on the
11th of March, 17*2, at his father's resi
dence, near Hillsborough, Orange county,
North Carolina. His lather having died
when he was only eight years old, his
mother removed to Tennessee, where he
began to practice his profession. It was
there that he first became acquainted with
Andrew Jackson, who was then a Judge
I of the Supreme Court and afterwards Major
I General of the Militia. He was appointed
! one of Jackson's aides-de-camp, and when
the war with England began, he raised a
regiment of volunteers of which he was
I chosen Colonel. In 1813, the volunteers
having disbanded, President Madison ap
pointed him a Lieutenant Colonel, but before
he had any service, peace was proclaimed
and he resigned his commission.
In 1815 he removed to St. Louis, where
he combined with the practice of' his pro
fession the conduct of a newspaper, called
the Missouri Argus. Those were stormy
times i'or Western editors, and he had to
engage in several duels, in one of which
he killed his antagonist. When Missouri
was admitted to the Union, in 1851, he
was one of her first Senators, having been
elected by the Legislature, which bad met
in 1820, previous to the admission. For
six successive times he was elected to the
same post, retiring finally from it in 1851.
He supported the administrations of Pres
idents Jackson and Van Buren with great
energy; especially sustaining Jackson in his
war upon the United States Bank, andafler
wards vindicating him by obtaining the ex
j punging of the resolutiou condemning tho
■ removal of the deposits.
As the apostle of hard money currency,
Mr. Benton became an idol among a large
portion of the most radical of the Demo
cratic party. Afterwards, when he chose
to entertain opinions on certain questions
; differing from those of the party leaders,
and when other aspiring Missouri politi
cians had grown weary of his monopoli
zing the seat in the Senate, he came into
disfavor, and this caused his defeat in the
senatorial election in 1851. But during
sll that period of thirty years, Mr Benton
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