—■—jr Jst conspicuous actors in ' political scenes that jSsful, Mtr BenUM. j ' W us, and in 1802 lie was army. Bu' A t j ie nat ( ona j House galloped Ki not fir an( j was elected. He were brougi at fd the administration of was on hjbg t'- but at having become added —dwi no t erne that he could Hr jandoned it. Ihe conse panting pretty t administration made heard —ifctich (,<1 his friends in Missouri, thunder < ring fin again for Congress, in an liundi : defeated. ', rove n f°r Governor, in opposition "omeao*o >einocratic candidate, a third 1j a herican) being in the field, Vhce was that he was defeated, ridtS* the regular Democratic ean .. elected. tjfsrsT 3-16, Col. Benton devoted himself je' unpletion of his "Thirty Years' "t* iJ *°a narrative of the political events Idc 'lrred during his Senatorial career, poo; .ored, in many places, by his politi cs JA" personal prejudices; but is, ncver- J a CQ; a most valuable contribution to our history. Since that was finished, fui. w :a6 been engaged on an abridgment of "debates in Congress, which occupied "o the last. An incurable disease, j ',usic r of the bowels,) has for some time irotFd upon him, and though he labored • Bcev^ f° r marvellous VI I gy, in the midst of agonizing suffering. ; - overcame him before his task was \ t°iy , P° ealol. Benton was married, subsequent to | hifirst election as Senator, to Elizabeth, i t(a ; Jiterof Col. James McDowell, of Rock- ! e county, Va. His surviving children ' e9S lour daughters—Mrs. William Carey i ea s, Mrs. John C. Fremont, Mrs. Sarah ,r areon Jacob, and Madam Susan Benton j V au > now Calcutta, wife of the French vyi mi-General. Mrs. Benton died in having been struck with paralysis in of tru wa „ a devoted husband and fath •fi', and since bis wife's decease lie 3 avoided all gayetv and public amusements. ll'= political life is part of the national history. He was a laborious, zealous and able mem ber of the Senate, and a skilful, impressive and dignified orator. There are few pub lic men living who enjoy to a greater degree than he did, the confidence and respect of the unprejudiced of all parties. i Communication#. For the Gazette. THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON. "Tt.e laborer should un leratand the principles of his art. should he able to explain the lawuf the processes which he turns to account; instead of -worsting as a machine he I ahould Join intelligence to liis toil—science hai passed frcm j •peculation Into Iife."— CHINNING. The article in the Gazette of the let in*t., has, I hope, removed all difficulties in regard to the position and quantity of the iron ore among the hills near Lowistown: I now offer ■ome facts as to the chemical character of this ore, and some suggestions as to its treatment in a blast furnace, which may not be with out interest. Professor Rogers, in his Fourth Annual Geological Report, p. 68, thus de scribes this ore as found in Little (Jove, Frank lin county, where the formation is exactly similar to the region around ug: "Among the bottom layers of this slate (8) occurs a highly important bed of iron ore, used at "Warren Furnace. It is a grey proto carbon ate of iron, precisely identical in chemical composition with the nodular and plate ores of the shales of the coa! measures." But it may be asked, how is it that the ore found at the Snyder, Banks, Wattain and Calbraith mines, and recently opened on Kline's land, is a brown per oxyde of iron ? I answer in the words of the distinguished geologist, Dr. Andrew Henderson, incorporated in Professor Rogers' Report, p. 95, in describing this ore in tho Valley of LewietewD: —"The stratum remote from its outcrop consists of bands of ponderous bluish grey or lead colored pro* < carbonate of iron, sometimes 1 .caking into square masses, Romctiuies of a more slaty or laminated structure. It does- not effervesce when touched with acid. It is only where the stratum has been long exposed at its out crop to atmospheric influence, converting it into the brown per-oxyde of iron, by which it assumes a wholly different aspect, that it forms the deposite at present worked by the furnaces ! situated r ear it. 1 his ore, at its outcrop, is of dark hazel brown color, a smooth grain, and a cellular structure. That which is de' rived from the rectangular cleaving portion of the solid bed is in square masses, with large- I eqi arish cells, often glazed, and i iridescent on their inner surface, and either entirely i empty or partially fiiled with a pure bluish clay. Sometimes where the bed has been so protected as to escape extensive atmospheric action, this conversion to the brown per-oxyde is only purtial, a solid nucleus of the bluish proto-earbonate forming the interior of the lump, while the per oxyde occurs only on the surface in the form of a crust of greater or le-s thickness." Here is an exact description of the character and color of this ore, an oxyde a.ia a carbonate, which any one familiar with K will instantly recognize. I may add, that Dr. Andrew Henderson, when recently visit ing bis relative, Dr. Joseph Henderson of this place, verified his explorations in 1840 bv ex amining the McGirk bank and declaring it to be the proto-earbonate of iron, pointing again to the small ridge parallel to Jack's mountain as the location of the fossil iron ore, and indi I eating the lino of the ravine leading from Show's to 4he Creek as the ore-bearing portion of the strata, and in the south-western exten sion oj this line Kline's bank was ojoened.— i Tne chemical character of thj ore admits of BO dispute—the outcrop ore is the " Brown Hematite, or Ilydrated Oxyd of Iron"—the base or body of the ore jq the " Bluish Grey Proto Carbonate of Iron." Many persons' suppose "Hematite" to indicate a particular chemical character in the ore, and have spo- I ken of Hematite Ore (referring to the Lime- ' stone Ores commonly so called,) as used at Lewistown Furnace and other furnaces sup plied from the slate formation, but in this sense none of these have run on "Hematite:" this word describes only the color of the ore, its Greek root meaning " blood"—hema tite ore being " blood colored ore." Of the hydrated oxide, so called because it holds a large admixture of water, Overman, , p. 21*2, says: "The whole class is the result of the decomposition of other iron compounds, namely, iron pyrites, carbonates, red oxides, sulphates, Ac. This kind of ore iu the older j z< cks is generally good, but where it is de- j rived from more recent deposits, it contains some of the original matter from which it j was decomposed. The pipe ore is deoompos- j Ed sulphurct, and frequently we find a core of pyrites in the centre; then the ore furnish es a hot-short iron ; but carefully rcmsied the sulphur ef the pyrites can be mostly evapo rated. The hydrates of the coal formation are mainly derived from spathic iron, and frequently contain carbonic and sulphuric acids, which impair the quality of the metal, but can be removed by A CAREFUL ROASTINC lOF TUE ORE.'' Here is the first step. We have ; seen already, that the ore near Lewistowu is precisely similar in chemical character, with tiie ores of the coal formations. The oxidis ed outcrop contains some of the original car bonate from which it was decomposed, which impairs the quality of the iron, but which j can be removed by careful roasting'. We must begin, then, l>y roasting the oro careful ly. On page 39, under the head of 4 Hydra i ted Oxide of lion. Brown Oxide, Hematite, Bog Ore," Overman remarks, " This whole class ought to be roasted, not for the purpose of oxidation, but in order to drive off the I acids and destroy and pbosphu rcts, for all the ores of this class contain more |or less injurious matter. This ore will bear a high temperature, if there is no foreign ; matter mixed with it; but of this it is very seldom free." The spathic ore, or laminated | carbonate from which the outcrop ore is de- I composed, requires roasting with great care— page 40, Overman : " Carbonates require are , ful treatment. In the furnace they melt be fore carbon has any influence on them ; aud if there is any admixture of foreign matter, the carbonates are very apt to produce a small quantity of white iron, with black cin der. The roasting of carbonates is difficult: the best means of roasting them are lotc heat, and, if possible, access of watery vapors, partly to carry off the heavy carbonic acid gas, and partly to prevent a too high tempe rature ; for if the heat is too strong, the car bonate melts together with the oxide, and terms a black cinder. Under all circumstan ces the ore to be roasted should be broken in to pieces as small as those usually put into the blast furnace, say two or three inches; if we neglect this, of course we cannot expect a good result, for it is obvious that large pieces will not receive heat and oxygen through their whole body so soon as smaller pieces; and as the maiii object is oxidation, no means should He neglected which will accomplish the end in view. Stone coal, properly applied, will answer; coke or anthracite is preferable. Bad or sulphurous coal should be avoided, or at i least coked before used." On this p.dnt let ute add a few emphatic words from the same high authority : " Whether an iron ore should be roasted, is a question which very seldom arises; at least this question se'dom ought to arise. With the exception of the red impal pable oxide, the whole body of iron ores re quire roasting. The object of roasting the ore is to oxidise it, for when thus changed to an oxide of iron, the metal can be revived (that is, brought to its original condition of native iron) by means of carbon, more readi ly than when the iron exists in any other combination. Jt is of the utmost ]>ossible consequence to recollect this great principle in the manufacture of iron. " The metals, with the exception of gold, silver, and copper, are seldom found in thrir native state. They are combined with other matter in their native beds, and it is the study of the metallurgist by dissolving this combination, to reduce them to their simple condition." "All matter generally found in iron ore which is considered injurious to the metal is more or less volatile, and expelled by a cherry red heat; for instance, sulphur, phosphorus, chlo rine, arsenic, antimony, sulphuric acid, phos phoric acid, carbonic acid, &e. A heat suf ficiently strong to oxydite ore, expels all other volatile matter and the iron retains oxygen alone." By roasting the ore carefully we not only expel the injurious volatile matters in combination with it, but we increase the osy •dation of the ore. and the higher that oxyda tion is carried (that is, the more perfect the roasting.} the more easily is the metal revived or brought to its native state. How vain then is t he attempt to manufacture a large yield of good iron by burdening a furnace with raw ores ! As a general rule, it is dangerous 1 to attempt it with any ore, but with the car bonates it is impossible. The outcrop ore should be prepared by itself, for the roasting | of the carbonate requires much more care, and a short experience will teach in what pro portion they should be used in the burden of ; the furnace. 1 come n.. w to liie question of fuel. It is a fact established by many furnaces running on this ore, that it makes an admirable iron with charcoal and cold blast. The iron made thus at " Isabella," by Mr. Duncan, was ex cellent; so that at " Hope," by (Japt. Patton: at " Bedford," by Mr. Cromwell, tee., Ac. But the day of charcoal furnaces is rapidiy closing. The decrease in our forests and the trifling yield of such furnaces will soon si lence them all in Pennsylvania. Wo must have a fuel which closely resembles charcoal in softness and openness of texture, but which will bear & much heavier burden and blast. The demand for certain kinds of iron, which anthracite does not yield, requires such a fuel. Can we procure it? Wo can—cheap and in exhaustible. Coke is this fuel. It is thus described: "Fossil coal (coal dug out of the earth) charred or deprived of its bitumen, sulphur, or other extraneous or volatile mat ter, by fire, and thus prepared for exciting intense heat;" (Cleaveland.J —or, to give Les ley's definition, " Coke is the solid carbon and ash in coal, obtained by driving off the water, th hydrogen, the sulphur, and any other vol atile matters which the coal may contain. It isoporous, splintery, crystalline aud sonorous." \V ithoutentering into the history of fossil coal, it will be sufficient to state that charcoal, bitu minous and anthracite coai are each tho result of vegetation under differing conditions. Bi tuminous coal is mineralized by its contact with iron, sulphur, Ac. Expel these foreign substances by fire and submit the residuum to enormous and long continued pressure, and i you have anthracite, which is compact coke ; j but bituminous coal slowly and carefully fired in rows, stacks or ovens, produces mineral charcoal, which, if tho work has been proper- ■ ly done, will have a purity and open structure equal to vegitablo charcoal, but with much, j yrraler weight and therefore ability to bear blast and burden. Anthracite is wholly unfit as fuel to smelt the carbenates of iron ; it i is to* hard, too compact, and requires hot blast of a temperature too high. "Tho compact i carbonates afford with charcoal and cold blast i an excellent forge irou ; by the hot blast tho j quality is greatly injured." (Overman, p. 30.) On page 147, speaking of a furnace at Eisen erz in ijtyria, where the sparry carbonates are smelted, he says: "The application of hot j otast nas never succeeded. So greatly does it injure the quality of the metal that the for ges cannot work it without extreme difficulty." But let it be particularly noted that Overman also remarks (p. 30) that where hot blast is used with the carbonate, IR THE ORE IS PROP ERLY CALCINED AND THE BURDEN NOT TOO HEAVY, IT FORMS AN EXCELLENT GREY FOUNDRY METAL. Few persons in central Pennsylvania can be ignorant that the iron made at the Cambria Iron Works is one of the very best' I In the State, yet many are not aware that j this iron is made from the carbonate ore, j smelted with coke and hot blast. J. P. Les- j ley, Esq., (one of the highest authorities in j the country,) in his Manual of Coal (p. 18) i says: "The carbonate of iron is as valuable ! ias the sulphuret is worthless. When fused | alone it yields one of the best metals in (he , world, as "is now shown at the Cambria Works j in Pennsylvania." It may startle some to be told that the ore in the ridges near Lewistown is the same exactly with that used at the Cam- i j bria Iron Works, but such is the indisputable ; . f ac t. They are both carbonates of iron, and ! must be treatod precisely in the same way in a blast furnace. (See lingers' lie port 1840, p. 68-95.) Whatever has been done in the manufacture of iron at the Cambria Works i can be dono at Lewistown. We have the ore ; in exhaustless quantities; hills of limestone ! of the best quality, and a heavy stratum t f : excellent fire clay close to the town ; and an j admirable water power in the Kishacoquillaa i creek, a large and steady stream. It is true. * we have not the Allegheny coke, but we have what is far superior, the pure, porous and \ weighty coke of the semi-anthracite of Broad ! Top, an unequaled fuel, destined ai no distant ' day t revolutionize the manufacture of iron !in "this State. It is an admitted fact that | charcoal and coke are better fuels for making iron than anthracite. Overman (p. 208) says: "Soft, opr. Wistar, than in any other remedy known, having witnessed its entire success in many cases of protracted cough. fQrSenator Bigler recently wishod Kansas might come into the Union as a slave State, i Congress ought to gratify his wish with the condition that ho black his faco a little and become one of the slaves. gtaJf Liquor merchants who pretend to sell "pure liquors" now-a-days, are a good deal ; like tho fellow who thought he was drink- ' ing pure water out of a puddle in which swine had been wallowing. cases of small pi* have prevailed at Patterson, one of which, a girl •named Heller, got on to the hay mow of a stable : where sho remained two days before she was . discovered. fetAuXho President has issued bis procla mation authorizing sales of public lands in j Nebraska, to commence on Monday, tho 6th day of September next. The quantity of lands to be offered at these sales amounts in tbe aggregate to 2,253,976 acres. v Never marry a stranger, or one whose . character is not known or tested. Some fe- { males jump right into tha fire with their eyes wide open THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWN, PA. Thursday, April 15, 1858. Notices of New Advertisements. Bacon taken tn exchange fbr Salt anJ Fish at Hoffman's. John Clark has disposed or his Carriage Making Estab lishment to James I'. Hamaker, who continues the busi ness. Mr. C. desires a speedy settlement of his accounts. Attention Is requested to the advertisement of E. E. Cocke A Co. Mr. Flchthorn has placed his duplicates in the hands of John L. l'orter Tor compulsory collection. The Collectors of Taxes will and an Interesting notice among the advertisements. Mrs. Wurts has takeh the Brown's Mills Hotel at Reeds vllle, where she will endeavor to accommodate the public to the best of her ability. ;Bfcy"An interesting scientific article on the Manufacture of Iron—a subject in which all our citizens are, or ought to he, interested —from the pen of Gen. Irwin, appears in our columns to-day. THE FAULTS OF PARTIES. The Opposition and so called Democrat ic parties have each a glaring fault, so prominent that no one can well mistake it. i With the opposition this fault consists in a | bank mania, which almost invariably char acterizes every administration that gets in to power, either by re-chartering unstable ! old banks or suffering new charters to get into operation that never ought to have ' been granted. This wa3 the great fault of Pollock's governorship—for although as a ! general thing his official acts were commen i liable, yet we have no doubt in our mind some severe losses will result to the people by the ultimate failure of some the institu ! tions which he suffered to become laws, when a prompt exercise of the veto power ought to have arrested their progress. By this we do not mean to say that the oppo sition is composed exclusively of hank ad vocates, for it numbers many members (our selves among the number) who are utterly opposed to the present system of bank char ters, but that the policy or interest of the leaders has led them into such a course i when in power. With the Democratic party the great fault is, that it is in a measure subservient i to the liquor interest, just about in the same degree as the opposition is to banks. In its ranks are many active and leading temperance men, who strive earnestly for the right, but whenever the test comes the liquor interest is sure to rule among the powers that be, from the Governor down to the most obscure member of the Legisla ture. Thus, at the present time, when we have good laws that but needed moral cour age on the part of temperance men to ren der them effective, we have the singular spectacle presented at Harrisburg of a ret rograde movement by a democratic legisla ture, under the plea of revenue, which will make the sale of all the vile compounds now manufactured almost a general thing. Less than a prophet can foretell that for dollar the state will derive from this source, the taxpayers will in a few years have to pay ten in the shape of poor tax es. Both the above may not be very palata ble truths to politicians, hut they are nev ertheless truths, and as such entitled to the serious .consideration of all good citizens. The second one is undoubtedly a great evil, constantly kept before the public by daily evidences < f degradation and shame, but could we look into all the minutia: of the distress brought about by bank failures, the former is not less so, save that it is not so general. Pennsylvania Legislature. The Legislature is dragging along slowly with public business, though a large number of private acts contrive to be pas sed, the provisions of one half of which will probably not be known uutil too late to be remedied. From appearances the public works will be given to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. The liquor bill will also pass. Proceedings of Congress. The House of Representatives at Wash ington by a majority of 8 votes determined to adhere to the Montgomery-Crittenden bill, thus throwing the responsibility on the Senate of further action. On Tuesday Mr. Green asked for a committee of con ference, which created a warm debate. The deficiency bill providing for expen ditures over and above the estimates to the amount of nine millions of dollars, has pas sed the House. Wonder what the old Jackson men yet living, who charged John Quincy Adams' administration with extrav agance for spending twelve millions a year altogether, will think of a Buchanan ad ministration spending a hundred millions ? A&Mabie & Crosby's French and A merrfcan - Circus will open the equestrian campaign at this place on Wednesday, April 28th, when a troupe of renowned ar tists will give their wonderful performances before Tony Pastor and tho rest of man kind, most of whom are his relations.— (Those who desire to know who lVny Pas tor is will of course be there to see.) Ad mission fre* on the payment of 26 cents. LOCAL AFFAIRS. XF.W STORE. —Col. Butler has opened a new store at the stand in East Market street lately occupied by Jacob Everich, where a ; large and select assortment of all kinds of I Dry Goods, embracing the latest styles of | Dress Goods, &c. can be found at prices ; that will astonish the natives. B. K. Fi | roved, an accomplished salesman and ex : oellent judge of the wants of customers, has j the management of the concern, and will • be happy to wait on all whether they come ! to purchase or examine. CEMENT FOR ROOFS. —E. E. Locke A Co. : were so well satisfied of the value of West's | Patent Galvanic Cement, that they pur chased the right for Centre and Mifflin counties, and now offer to furnish the arti cle and put it on roofing. Its cost is about the same as shingling, and is rapidly re -1 placing the old method of covering roofs |in the principal cities and towns. We had ' occasion last summer to examine a roof thus covered, and were so well satisfied with its water proof properties and incombus tibility that, for our part, we should want no other. \\ e recommend our readers to in quire respecting this cement before they purchase shingles or other material. TROUT FISHING. —To-day by law, trout fishing commences in the Kishaeoquillas and its tributaries, and if the weather will permit numbers will no doubt avail them selves of the opportunity to hook a few of the speckled beauties. Some sneaks, we ! learn, who are ever bent on being contrarv. have been fishing Iloncy creek for several ; weeks, catching trout when they were ab i solutely unfit for the table. It is to bo hoped that the time is not distant when ev ery resident along the Kishacoqnillas and its branches will feel so far interested in the preservation of this fish, as to j.rose cute every violation of the law. .Wt jish !n(j is altogether prohibited in the tributa ries of the Juniata, under a fine of So for each offence. j MlJjUti County Agricultural Society.— The annual meeting of this association was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday even ing, April 7, 1858. The list of membeis having been read, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President—E. E. Locke. Vice Presidents—Hon. John Henry, John i Watt, Shem Zook. Gen. L). Milliken, Mo- S-S Miller, George 11. Calbraith, Adam Ilarsh barger. Executive Committee in addition to the off | cers— Jaiues McCord. David Witheruw, Rob j ert Campbell, Joseph Kyle. Jr., Wru. Mitchell. Corresponding Secretary—F. J. Hoffman, i Treasurer. Librarian and Curator of Seed* j —Hon. T. W. Moore. Roc. Secretaries—George Fry-iriger. H. J. | Walters, James S. Urisbig, John R. Weekes. The following resolutions were then ad | opted : fiesolced, That the Committees at the next j Annual Fair make report on the morning of l the third day at 11 o'clock, and that the I Treasurer be authorized to pay premiums : immediately thereafter in the order entered j in the book of entry. | red, That to compete for premiums aii ! articles must be entered before 12 o'clock on the second day of the Exhibition. ficsolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized to fix the time and p'ace for the next Exhibition, and revise the list of premi ums as they may deem expedient. On motion, it was determined to hold meetings for the discussion of Agricultural Subjects as follows: Thursday, May 20th, at McVeytown— Subject—The red Wevil, or insect destruc ! tive of Wheat. Belleville, Thursday, July 15—Subjects —Rotation of Crops, and Improvement of Stock generally. Wednesday, August 4th, at Lewistown —Subject—How to interest Agricultural ists in their profession. Farmers generally are invited to attend these meetings and participate in the pro ceedings. iguThe proceedings of Court are em braced in the following report: CIVIL LIST. M. Buoy, vs. R. Bogle. Issue to try wheth er a Bote was paid. Verdict for defendant. Robert Newlin, vs. R. Cummings. Defen dant's counsel with leave of court, gives judg ment in favor of plaintiff for $63,33. Casper Dull vs. Jacob Philips, Administra tor of John Philips. An action to recover the value of some hogs alleged to have been taken in a drove by defendent in his lifetime. Defendant pleads that Jacob Philips is not defendant's administrator, and is not his sole administrator. Plaintiff, with leave of court took a nonsuit. John S. Miller for use ▼■. J. A. Cunning ham. Action in debt. Verdict for deft. D. Fichthorn vs. Z. & M. Orner. Eject ment for lot of ground on West Market street, Lewistowo. Verdict for plaintiff. SESSION BUSINESS. Commonwealth vs. Jacob Price. Indict ment, —keeping a disorderly house and selling liquor to minors. Verdict, not guilty, but de fendant to pay costs. Same sa. John Miller. -Indictment, forni cation and bastardy. True bill. Defendant not taken. Same vs. James McConahy. Indictment burglary and larceny, on oath of Geo W.Gib son, for robbing his jewelry store of watches and jewelry somotimo since. Verdict not guilty. Same vs. Jas. McCurdy jr. Indictment lar ceny. A true bill. Recognisance forfeited. Same -ve. M. Bloom, Robt. McCurdy and J. 'McCurdy, jr. Indictment burglary and larceny, oath of Samuel Comfort, for rob- bing his smoke hou-e. True bill x> Curdy not taken, M. BU. lu eseiu, ' * Same vs. Elmira Everhart. T n .:- larceny. Ignoramus. Same vs. Jane Prettyleaf T,,i murder and concealing death of bastjjfc Same vs. Wm. Womelsdorf F,l. ces—true bill. Defendant not cognizance forfeited. ppe,,rir 'g,* Same vs. John Peachy and Rm>;„ ler. Indictment obstructing privr*""" no bill, and Wm. McClelland toll Same vs. Joseph Brought and Matt', —indictment lewdness, l c . . lt s county to pay costs. * " '' B taJ On sundry* chs rges against John Fichu, and Joseph Brought for assault and U? (ti S>. M. Jennings for forniea ion to, i k ■■ judH.H.lm'bvfff fnise pretences, ihe district attorre leave of court, entered nolle pro^oi*' Com. vs. R. A. Means—continued. ' M 1 the licenses applied for Were , with the exception of that of \V." McVeytown. NOTICE^ 'THIE undersigned having disco*,, A Carriage Making Establishment' ah persons indebted to call and mat., uient without delay, as he is de -J e taxpav-n -Ll of the Borough of Lev i-t. wn •vbtau not paid their State and Con at r taxes on tb duplicate of the aboT* year, that the ur.d. sign'd bis traiisferrtd RacoiWti n JOHN' L. PORTER, with instruction* t-. coileettiu same previous to the FIRST DAY OF MAI next, and afftr that date by di-tress and safi of property. This curse i absolutely ret. dered nece.-oary, ss cuu D seen by rcltn.y to the notice of the ('• .mmituh-netg u. O.ilw tors. The School Tax for the year ending Jure 1858, ha-i also L-> n placed ia the bands if Mr. Porter, with instructions tu en three it collection within sixty days. DANIEL FICHTHORN". Lewistown, April 15, 1858—2t WEST'S Patent Galvanic Cement ZJf* <£> LLi z* jl> it aaa*, r l M.E undersigned having purchased It A right for this Cement in Mifflin and fit. tre counties, are now prepared t.. fumi! V.i put it on roofing whereter de-irrd—therts: being .sheeted by the owner. Scientific tan under the direeiion of govt-rnuienf. sndt chitects and builder* in r&riuus parts uf tit country, for years have been study:u;sd experimenting to discover some e tnp"sitii or article f r roofing, which would n dcttk changes of our climate, and would un'tf ill qualities of Lnjeerciousness to Wafr, Lut bit*ability, l)ai ability end Cheapness. M article now in use these qualiiitt Shingles arc not fire proof, ami cannot be nsd upon fiat roofs. Slate can only beudup:i steep roofs. The contraction, expansion tad rusting of metallic roof* are so great in thi changeable climate that they soon Iwa worthies*, or tin r-pairs wiii cost ni. te tb* a new roof. The vnricus cements snii cos positions which itave been introduced, can it supplied only to very flat roof*, sod they all so affected bv the action of the weather that they will mi It and run in summer ami crack in winter, and in a short time beome crumbly and worthless. The inventor of '.at Galvanic Cement has labored twenty year'!: obviate these difficulties, and it is believed those who have bad opportunities to test f& matter, that he has entirely succeeded. As now applied, First—lt is completely iroporvicus to water- Water may continually stand upon the without affecting it in the least. Second—lt is fire-proof. Itisfoicccait-e tible that it will afford ample and perfectpr: tection against tire, sparks and burningsh:e gles from another building immediately • joining. _ Third—lt is duraide. If is not injured J atmospheric changes, having been tested i several years by tbe Patentee, at Syrsco* New York. Fourth—lt is cheap. Roofs will s* ? PP; . for about half the cost of tin, and w:;i. much longor. , Fifth- Repairs are easily and cheaply Sixth —lt is sufficiently to eoti J resist the expansion and contraction by and cold, and will remain perfect and sou the warmest and coldest weather. , Seventh—lt is adapted to all kina;o. r-' either flat or steep. . . o Eighth—lt is valuable for rc P airlD * roofs. Old shingle roofs may be without removing the shingles. Olum^ roofs can be made perfectly tight aM*, Ninth—lt is especially adapted t°al of seaming around battlements, and chimneys, and for the lining o trough? and gutters. Roofs which bavep trouble for years, and which have c ° n to leak in spite of all efforts, can perfectly secure by this cement. , Tenth—lt has been proved to be tn article ever used for covering car top steamboat decks. . -jj Eleventh—This cement apphel to roofs preserves them from rusting. .J* nishing a coat which is at once impf j water and an almost perfect nou-cou heat. Twelfth-It is the only patented which contains India rub gutta percha. ; o ri For a specimen of this. ce®c nt owners of property ta call at our j® 1 ,j# a single coating, put on in December 1 1 kept the buildings perfectly dry tb . winter. E E. LOCK| * . P l 5 Lake's Mills- Mifflin o,"