Near the platform was a poor German, suf
fering excruciating pain. Ho could not talk
English, and no one from the " fatherland"
had found him. Ilis case too, it is feared, is
hopeless.
On the opposite side are three girls—all
young and beautiful, but with the cold hand
f death already upon them.
Many others were there who alone would
excite the sympathy of those who saw them.
A large room on one corner of the hall had
been set apart as a depository for the bodies
of the dead, and this was literally covered
with mangled corpses. Young men, and
those past the meridian of life, women and
young girls, lay there—a ghastly sight to be
hold.
1 hey lay as they had been recovered from
the ruins—some covered with blood, and oth
ers completely disfigured. Another room be
low also contained a number of bodies, and
others were removed as their friends claimed
them.
A committee of twenty five are canvassing
the boarding houses of the city to ascertain
the number and the names of all who are
missing. At the latest accounts dead bodies
were continually taken from the smoking ru
ins.
Previous to the fire, two sisters were togeth
er and comparatively unhurt. They would
have been rescued. "Hearing the roar of the
flames they exclaimed, 11 Oh God! we have
got to die."
Another woman shrieked out piteouslv that
the fire was burning her hair, but the flames
soon silenced her.
Mr. Palmer, an overseer, cut his throat lest
he should he burned alive. Mr. Branch told
liis friends who were digging for him, that he
stiould resort to the same means to escape
the tortures of the fire. He was persuaded
to desist, and fortunately was rescued.
The awful death of which some died bv toe
fire was fearfully attested by their baked and
blackened forms when taken out-_ n ot in any
thing like those of human beings.
IN'C'bEjfTS,
Among the painful incidents of this
dreadful ".'.ght, is the following, related bv
one of the fire engineers: When the fire
was beginning to rage, and before it had sti
fled the cries and groans of those in the ru
ins, he, with others forced his way against
the smoke and flame, to try and rescue some
ol those whoso voices he could hear.
Suddenly he caught a glimpse of three per
tons, imprisoned by u crumbled partition—
two men and a woman. lie even caught one
of tho men by the hand, and hoped to draw
him out, but the crackling of the flames,
around him, and the warning voice of an of
ficer, impelled him reluctantly to desist, and
by a timely retreat to save his own life. Nei
ther of the three persons appeared injured at
all, and they must have literally roasted alive.
As a relief to this saddening narrative,
may be mentioned the fortunate escape of one
of the female operatives by a coolness which
done her infinite credit. She was in the sth
story, in a part of the building, when, hav
ing but a moment's warning of the fall of the
building, she sprang to the elevator.
She clasped firmly hold of one of the hoist
ing ropes and slid rapidly and safely down its
length, through five stories, emerging from
the building just in season to escape destruc
'iou. Her name is Olive Bridges, and she
bails from Calais, Me.
i. hrough the whole night she was at the
City Hall, passing like an angel of mercy
among the couches of the sufferers, anticipa
ting every want, relieving pain as far as she
was able to do so, and breathing words of
consolation and comfort to the wounded and
dying.
Among the numerous recorded cases of
suffering, it may not be amiss to mention one
ola different character. In onoof the board
ing houses, opposito to the mills, a family
were collected, mourning the loss of a lady
who worked in the mills, when she made her
appearance, shouting, "I am alivo." She
was but slightly injured.
Singular to relate, it was currently repor
ted and generally believed, that a man was
rescued from the ruins at 11 o'clock this fore
noon, only slightly injured. If this were so,
it was a most miraculous preservation.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
LAWRENCE. Jan. 13.—An immense crowd
of people still surround the scene of the late j
disaster, and the work of clearing away the j
ruins still go on. But three or four bodies
have been taken frem the ruins since yester
day, though it is positively known that there !
are still more beneath the pile of rubbish.
All the bodies recovered, with the exception
of four or five, have been recognized and ta
ken away by friends. The funerals of some i
of them will take place to day. Those bod
ies which are still remaining at the City llall,
will be kept as long as possible for ideutitica- '
tion. The greatest attention is paid to the '
wounded, aud a number of physicians and
nurses from the neighboring cities have ar
rived to relieve those who have been on dutv i
since the falling of the building. The ladies
of this city are unceasing in their attentions
to the wounded, and whenever assistance is
needed, some one of them is to be found.
Efforts wero made to throw down the remain
dor of tho wall, which is still standing, and
which threatens to fall at any moment.
Croat numbers of the operatives who !
were in the mills at the time of the accident
tied on the first alarm, and so escaped un- I
harmed, their safety not being known until
tho city was canvassed, which accounts for
tho difference between the number first re
ported as among the sufferers and the actual
number.
l'he number of people from other places
visiting the ruins cannot be less than thirtv
thousand. It is reported that many thieves
and pickpockets are mixed in the crowd ; and
some of them have already been at work upon
tho pockets of spectators. Quite a number
of policemen from other cities have rendered
valuable service in watching these customers.
Among the visitors were some turbulent char
acters, with less susceptibility than brutes,
who wore unaffected by the scones in which
the dead and mutilated of their own species
were conspicuous. These professional row
dies came to gratify their morbid curiosity,
and then to have a time.
A large majority of the operatives employ
ed in the mill were foreigners, principally
Scotch and Irish. Most of the American girls
engaged were employed in the dressing room,
and but few of them were killed. The hair
breadth escapes, and remarkable preservations
of those rescued, continues the general theme
of conversation, and the preservation of many
was indeed miraculous.
A large amount of money has beon receiv
ed already from various charitable associations
and private individuals for the benefit of the
sutferors. More worthy objects of charity
could not be found than these poor workmen
aud women, who arc by this catastrophe de
prived of the means of earning a living, to
say nothing of their losing their friends and
relatives, or suffering from bodily injuries of'
every description.
INCIDENTS.
One of the hands employed in the Duck
!. . i
Mill, which is the next building towards the
east, happened to be looking out of the win- ,
dow at the time, and saye that the first thing
that he noticed was what appeared to be a |
squeezing out of a piece of brick work at the
bottom of the southeast corner, about 15 feet j
in height and six or eight feet on each side. '
This corner of the building fell first, and the i
floors, falling upon one another and crushing
in, successively fell with a wave in the direc- !
rection towards the canal. The time occupied
in falling was just about one minute. The !
time was about ten minutes before 5 o'clock. !
To persons in the city the noise resembled
that of an earthquake at first, and afterwards
as it is described, that of a team loaded with :
j iron passing over the pavement. The wall t
j next to the Washington Mills remained stand- I
i ing about one story in height, until the fire |
broke out, and most of the occupants of the j
| weaving room, which was on the lower story, j
i escaped being crushed by the protection thus '
afforded. They were rescued through the j
> windows.
One ycung woman, 20 years of age, who
I was at work in the second story, heard the
crash of a portion of the building, and saw
t portions of it tumbling down. She immedi
-1 ately started in au opposite direction, but be
fore she reached this point the walls were
! crumbling, and threatened instant death.
Almost panic-stricken, she rushed to the side
| door and was just emerging to the entry when
| that was crumbled in. She recollected noth
; ing more than getting through a window iud
j leaping to the ground, where she wa® uncon
scious and much wounded. She waß taken
to her boarding house, as \' us supposed, in a
dying condition. Th;# happily proved a mis
take. It was a paroxysm of fright. She re
covered dur- lU g th e evening, and on W'ednes-
I day w; l3 sufficiently well to stand iu the door
-1 Tvay of her boarding house.
Another young woman, also about 20, es
caped an awful death. Unapprised of the
\ fall of the building until the terrible catas
trophe itself came upon her, she was at work
in tho third story. She only knows that the
i whole flooring abovo her was precipitated
upon that on which she stood, accompanied
by a terrific noise. She was crushod beneath
some machinery near which she was at work,
her head being passed against a beam, seem
ing, as she described it, as if her head would
" split iu two at every moment." Her limbs
were forced in one direction, her arms in an
other. But one arm could be used at all.
Every second the heavy weight seemed to be
settling closer and closer upon her. She saw
nothing but death awaiting her. Iler feel
ings were those of the most agonizing kind.
She said that she prayed God that she might
be delivered from impending death.
Hardly had she ceased uttering this pray
er than the falling of a wall in a distant por
tion of the mill released her from the immi
nent peril about her. With a presence of
mind that exhibited genuine heroism she
struggled amid danger and death, and in
time reached a point of safety. This was af- ;
ter being in the ruins for upwards of an hour.
She was, however, more injured than was
first supposed, as is evident from her inabil
ity not only to leave her bed, but hardly turn
her body, iler physician apprehends some
internal injury of a serious nature. She con
versed with difficulty.
A young man who was taken from the
ruins after a confinement of some five hours,
says his feelings were of the most paiuful and
indescribable nature. The groans of the
wounded and dying met his ear at every mo
ment. The shouts of the people without
mingled with the terrible sounds within.
W lien released, such had been the pressure
upon his person, that he was nearly uncon
scious. lie never expected to get out alive,
aud it is a miracle that he did.
A maiden lady, about 38, who worked in
the upper (dressing) room, was precipitated
to the ruins (or with them) below, and BUS
tained no particular injury, ller escape is
most extraordinary. She came along timbers,
portions of the roof, bricks, machinery, &e.,
but was unharmed. It was one of the most
wonderful of all escapes of this terrible trag
edy.
It is related by a gentleman who was early
on the spot that at one point of the ruins he
distinguished a female voiee crying in distress,
and soon another voice answered, "Is that
you, Lizzy? Are you hurt?" The reply
was anotiier groan, and an appeal to God's
mercy in her behalf, Buth these girls were
afterwards rescued.
A young girl was released just before the
flames burst forth, and in answer to a ques
tion, stated that she was unhurt. It after
wards appeared that her right arm was badly
broken near the wrist; but in the excitement
of the moment and in the joy of deliverance
from a dreadful death, she had not noticed
the hurt.
One woman was found her head jammed be
tween two heavy beams, and pressed so that
it was not thicker than the thickness of a
hand. It was a sickening sight.
One young girl, confined in a narrow hole,
surrounded Uy broken machinery and ragged
timber and boards, succeeded in crawling out
into the open air, but when she emerged from
the ruins she had scarcely an article of cloth
ing on her person.
Shortly before the fire broke out, and while
there were thousands of persons exerting
themselves to their utmost to save human
hie and extricate the dead, a little girl was
discovered by a party at work in one part of
the ruins. She lay upon her back ; a large
bar of iron, one ot tho iron columns, was
thrown over her that it was impossible for
her to move; besides, she had her arms pin
ioned by some of the machinery wiring that
had got wound around them. Her face was
badly lacerated, and the human individuals,
saddened by the sight around them, proceed
ed to extricate the supposed corpse. After
repeated trials at the bar of iron, without be
ing able to move it of?', a stalwart man, in
passing by, stooped and easily lifting the bar
laid it to one side. The surprise of the par
ty, on finding the little girl alive, and not
tatally injured, may be imagined, but not
described. She had lain between some of
the bricks and rubbish, so that but little of
the floor and falling iron had come upon her.
A husband was seen anxiously searching
the promiscuous wreck for his'wife. The
search was long and untiring. Every little
nook was carefully examined, and finally the
lost one was found. In turning over some of
the rooliug. in a pile of rubbish, she was dis
oovered, closely embedded among brick, iron,
splinters of wood, &c. It required some time
to clear it away, and when once it was found
the husband took the supposed lifeless body
away. Before he reached' homo tho lady re
covered consciousness, and with the exception
of a few slight injuries, is probablv as well as
ever.
Of the five overseers of the different dinart-
D-n* 1 *? but one, Mr. Branch, was
killed. The other four—Messrs. Tatterson.
.Nevins, Clover and Shove—were fortunate in
escaping uninjured. But a few moments be
fore the falling of the building. Mr. Chase,
the Agent of the Company, Mr. Clark, the
Clerk, &Dd several of the overseen*, wore to-
gether in the weave room. Mr. Chase all at
once noted something unusual and heard a
cracking sound, when, almost instinctively,
he started for the door, the only available
mode of egress. This door, which it had been
the practice of keeping fastened, was opened
by a boy just as Mr. Chase and his compan
ions reached it, and the party had just time
to get half a dozen feet from the wall, when
it fell.
Shortly after this, a little girl appeared in
the window of the northwest corner of the
building which was standing, and jumped
out. She was caught by some gentlemen,
and sustained no injury.
A brother and sister—Robert and Mary
Moore—employed in the weave-room, were
buried in the falling mass. They say the
whole affair passed off so quiekly that they
hardly knew what happened. The first inti
mation that they had of it was a crash over
head, and then a trembling of the building.
Instinctively they both laid flat upon the
floor, and both came out of the ruins safe and
sound.
| THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOVVN, l'A.
j Thursday, January 19, 1860.
#i~Tbe subscription of those out of this county to whom
this paragraph conies marked, has expired, and unless re
newed will be discontinued.
We have also set a limit In >ll tillu county, beyond which
we Intend no man in future shall owe us for subscription.
Those receiving the paper with this paragraph marked,
will therefore know that they have come under our rule,
aud if payiueut is uot made within one month thereafter,
we shall discontinue all sucli.
Advertisers who receive a marked eopy are requested to
remit by mall.
Notices of New Advertisements.
N. Kennedy, under the Odd Fellows Hall, invites
attention to his new stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac.
Notice of an application for a Borough order.
Notice ..f an Orphan's Court Sale.
Proceeding's of Congress.
Mr. Morris, of Pennsylvania, took oc
casion, on Tuesday, to make a brief state
ment in the presence of, and standing near,
Mr. Sherman, which was a virtual disclaim
er, on the part of the latter gentleman, of
any intention of endorsing such sentiments
in the Helper book as are contained in the
extracts that have been published from it.
Mr. M., by permission of Mr. Edwards,
who had the floor, rose and said :
" I wish to say to the gentleman from Al
abama (Mr. Huston) and the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Leake), and to all gentlemen
who desire to put such questions [as they had
put,] that it 1 believed fur one moment that
John Sherman approbated such ideas and
measures as are recommended in those offensive
extracts which have been read from the Clerk's
Clerk's desk at various times, I never would have
voted for him. It is because I know that he
regards with the utmost horror every species
of encouragement to servile insurrection and
violence in the Southern States; it is because
I know he deprecates the disturbance of the
peace and order of society in the South, by
arraying the slaveholder against the non
slaveholder, that I have voted for him. It is
because 1 know that he deprecates all schemes
and all measures having an anarchial and
revolutionary tendency in the slave States,
and all unconstitutional aggressions on the
vested rights of the South, such as have been
recommended in these extracts, that I have
vottd for him ; aud I will rceall my vote if
that gentleman, now present, shall negate
what 1 say." *
Oliver Oldschool, the correspondent of
the Daily News, in noticing these remarks,
says he has " no doubt that, if the menac
ing resolutions presented by Clark of Mis
souri, were withdrawn, the gentleman from
Ohio would tlieu, without compromising
his dignity on this floor, denounce such
sentiments. This language was uttered in
the presence and hearing, and, I may ven
ture to say, by the authority of Mr. Sher
man."
The last ballot was as follows :
THIRTV-TIIIKD lIAU.OT.
Whole number of votes, 221
Necessary to a choice, m
Mr. Sherman, 106
Mr. Hamilton, 75
Mr. Gilmer, 25
Mr. Davis, (Ind.), 8
Scattering, 7
A running fire took place on Thursday,
between Mr. Douglas and some of his
Southern allies. Mr. D. declared his inten
tion to stand on his platform.
In the House, on the same day, there
was the accustomed debate. There was
quite an excitement sprung up, while Ilas
kin of New York, was being catechised.
Great confusion prevailed, and in the midst
of it, a revolver fell on the floor from Mr.
JTaskin'g pocket. This added fuel to the
flames. Explanations followed. Mr. 11.
explained by saying that lie had put the
weapon in his pocket to be safe from row
dies in Washington.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Resolutions approving of the course of the
Pennsylvania Representatives in Congress in
opposing the Administration in the contest
for the Speakership and declaring Pennsylva
nia true to the Constitution and the Union
have been adopted by the Senate and passed
to a second reading in the House.
Governor Packer has nominated, and the
Senate confirmed, Dr. Win. R. De Witt, for
State Librarian. This is hie third tejn of
three years, he having been first appointed by
Gov. Bigler and re-appointed by Gov. Pol
lock.
On Monday the two houses met in conven
tion for the purpose of electing a State Treas
urer, when the result was announced as fol
lows: Eli Slifer 81 votes
John W. Maynard 41 "
ft,Uatehelor 4 Brown's Hair Dye an i v. ; r- Factory
was removed to l<s Bond street, e* Broad wav, Jic-w
York, ou the Ist January. This is a reliable "house,
and persons ordering wigs, if. will be certain to re
ceive what is ordered.
• of last week's Denitv>rt —Lie. smut, nigger,
abolition, hold on to office.
*~Many young ladies" make fools of themselves
; by the looking glass, and young men by the drtnk-
J ing
i 45T~1f the office-blinded editor of the Democrat will
; refer to the Philadelphia Press of lHgember .10.1555,
he will find Mr. Wendell's letter relative to Geo. W .
Bowman, charging the latter with receiving a share of
the public printing while superintendent,
j ftW.The reported slave insurrection at Bolivar, Mo.,
' turns out to have been a more row between n party of
I drunken free negroes and a few whites in the same
; condition. The exaggeration was intended to affect
the action of the Legislature on the bill banishing free
negroes from Missouri.
"Charles J. Faulkner of Virginia luv boon con
firmed by the I'. S. .Senate as Minister to France, and
F. J. Grand has been rejected as Consul to Havre. If
Grand wants to flourish nowadays he had better buy a
few niggers, for without them it appears that even his
friend Buck could not put him through.
aw, They seized r young school teacher at Colum
bus, Miss., a short time since, tarred and feathered
him. hound him band and foot to a log. and set him
adrift in the Mississippi river, and he lia not been
heard from since, lie was suajwrferi of entertaining
abolition tendencies.
No Accounting for Tt. —The other day a young lady
fell six inches from a door step and broke her neck.
In St. Louis, a man dropped from a fourth story and
escaped with an injury to his shoulder. In Buffalo, a
lady made an involuntary descent from a second sto
ry window, but was saved from the least hurt, by her
crinoline, on the parachute principle.
monument to Luther is about to la- erected in
the square ut Worms. He is represented standing
amid a group of symbolical and historical figures with
in a circular enclosure. The statue is eleven leet high,
and stands on a pedestal measuring seventeen feet.
It represents the great Reformer at that moment when
he uttered those memorable words; —•' Here I take my
stand; I can do no otherwise; God help me 1"
The Sliippensburg News says a rumor was cur
rent in that place that a man by the name of Myers, a
resident of Franklin county, while crossing the South
Mountain into Adams county, was seized by a body of
men, whose purpose, as declared by them, was to take
his life, believing that he was Logan, one of the oafs
tors of the late John E. Cook, of Harper's Ferry noto
riety.
W'A banquet in honor of the Hon. Halic Peyton, of
Tennessee, was given by a number of his Philadelphia
friends, at the Academy of Music, on Saturday even
ing, at which speeches were made by Hon. John J.
Crittenden of Kentucky, Hon. C. M. Conrad of Loui
siana, Hon. J. Gilmer of North Carolina. Hon. Mr.
Campbell of Pennsylvania. Hon. J. T. Nelson of Ten
nessee, Hon. Mr. Maynard of Tennessee, and oth
ers.
•f "\Ve have received the January number of the
u Farmer and Gardener," a magazine devoted to agri
culture, horticulture, and rural affairs generally. Itis
a good journal, and, on account of its cheapnens—one
dollar per annum—should be in the hands of ever}
Fanner. Address A. M. Spangler, Philadelphia.
[ Ihe subjoined communication was written
for the Lutheran Teachers' Journal for Feb
ruary, hut may without impropriety appear
in the Gazette in advance.]
Lecture on Pew Rents.
My Dear Hearers—Have you paid your
Pew Rents ? If you have not, open your
heart first, then your purse, go and pay it,
and after that sin no more. Perhaps you are
curious to know how I eamo to pay mine son>e
years ago, and why I have been punctual ever
since as young, middle-aged and perhaps old
ladies, are to their neighbors' bonnets and
dresses. Well, I will tell you. Mrs. Winkle
•and 1 were setting in our coxy room one win
ter's night some years ago ; a bright fire was
burning in the stove, imparting a cheerful
temperature, though outside the window it
was cold and cheerless, with fitful gusts of
wind which moaned round the corners as
though tho dark Spirit of Kvil were abroad.
M rs. Winkle had not been in the pleasantest
humor during the day, for in answer to a de
mand for a new dress 1 hud for tho fortieth
time, perhaps, said, "I can't afford it." Well,
there she sat more than an hour, rooking her
self and looking straight into the fire, but not
a word did she speak. Imagining for my
part that the dress was uppermost in her
mind, 1 did not disturb her reverie, for be it
known that Mrs. W T . occasionally gets her
dutch up and gives your humble servant what
used to be termed a " Caudle Lecture"—
whether for justifiable cause this deponent
wili not here say, not considering it public or
teachers business. There however she sat,
rocked aud looked, 1 all the time supposing a
storm was brewing within as old Boreas was
brewing one without; but bless her gentle
heart it afterwards appeared that she was
pondering over quite a different subject, for
she suddenly startled me with the question,
" Mr. Winkle, have yon paid your pew rent f"
This was such an unlooked for subject that I
fairly bounced off the chair, and after my un
just suspicions as to her cogitations felt small
enough to creep through a keyhole, but I
managed to answer, "No, mam." The truth
is, I doubt whether pow rents had been a mat
ter of consideration in my mind at all at any
time, or if it did get in it must as speedily
have got out again. " Then," said Mrs. W.,
"I hope you will go to-morrow and pay it, for
happening to meet our preacher in a store the
other day, I was surprised to hear him say
there were hundreds of dollars of unpaid pew
rents due him, and that he found it impossible
to keep out of debt in purchasing clothing and
necessary articles for his household, because
so large a number neglected to pay them. I
was just thinking what a shame it was for i
people to rent a pew in a church and not pay
for it regularly and punctually, when the
thought struck me that perhaps we were like I
the rest of mankind, no better than we should .
be—which means we were not good at all
wherefore I asked you." You had better say
I didn t promise faithfully to attend to it as
soon as breakfast was over. And so I did— j
I not only paid my back pew rent, but six
months in advance, and then went and bought
Mrs. \V . the prettiest dress I could find. And
now, kind hearers and readers, have you paid <
your pew rents? If you haven't, I hope some
Mrs. .audle will be after you with a sharp
stick to stir you up, P. W
In sight of Prospect Rock, Jan. 16, 1860.
Married.
On the 30th ult.. in this place, hv Rev H. nrv 11,1,,.
'V Vj Miss REBECCA HEFRIGfiT both
of Petersburg, Huntingdon county. '
On the i!9th ult.. bv the same. HENRY BRINDLE
ol Greenwood, to Miss AMANDA SCOTT, of Enosl
villo, Huntingdon county. *<nos
, J-lw. lh S' " anu " ''ay by" the same, ISA VC C iiptn.
I.NGS. of AUenville, to Miss MAHI A M ETZ, of Hunt
ingdon county. 6,61 " unt-
Died.
In tins place, on Sunday last, WM. ROSS. Esn fnr
morlv a member of the Legislature from MiffliiiV'oun
tv, editor ot the Garotte previous to the purchase of
the establish incut by its present ownct, and subse
quently State Agent on the Pennsylvania Rwlro^d
no Wwuship, on the I.th insL, THOM AS J
\v ILso>, agod aootit 55 years.
On Monday hist, BENNEVILLE BENJAMIN aired
about 40 years. age<l
.. UanoTor, York county, Pa., on Sunday last, J.r
V Esq., a member of the York Bar an i f.j- *
number of years a much esteemed . \1- . ' a
mer place. He leaves a widow "
with many frtends and relativ .■ ' ...
lnonv to his worth, and mou, hi* tWwn"
earth while yet in the prime of life Uo ded
in the feith ot Him who renders the journcv to the
grave one of hope, and thus hue left a halm to the
wounded Hf.inte still here more precious than cold
ffifThe Baltimore Patriot saysit is now
an ascertained fact that the President and
his party will refuse to admit Kansas until
alter the Presidential Election. Such, no
doubt, is the programme of the disunion
ists. To admit Kansas before the election
would be to add three Republican Klectoral
votes to those now certain. But the refu
sal to admit Kansas will be understood by
the masses everywhere. If the Oligarchs
can make anything out of it before the
people we lose our guess.
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adapted b\ SILAS S. STEELK, Dramatist. Handsomely
bound in one volume. 1-lito. cloth. Price ?I.on. And
upon receipt of 21 cents additional tor postage, a
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worth from SO cents K>*loo. will be sent to am address
in the United States.
Prom thi Author'* r ufaer:—
'•The wide and -till spreading popularity of • Home
Theatricals' or Private Histrionics, amongst the most
fashionable and re tilled circles, together with the re
lvented calls for a form of Dramas, or Plays, diltermg
in their structure and etfeets from those ot other works
ill eireulation. have induced the Publisher to present
this work, m which will be found, along with some ori
ginal pieces, a large number of the plays, comedies
ami farces, of the most popular Dramatis!.-, from the
dav* of Shukstveare to those of the present period: all
or most of which an* ooni|>resseii into Hiw'W't. aiul nto
parlor scenes, or such a- can easily be arranged bv the
ordinary household resources. It has leen the par
ticular study and aim of the compiler and publisher,
to omit all sentences, words, or allusions, such as coulcl
he ill the remotest way objectionable to the most fas
tidious. ami to retain the plot, the passion, and the
moral of each play, in such aeondetiscd form us.would
reuder them an available, diverting. and elevating ve
hicle of amusement, for the Parlor, the Schoolroom,
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seen and heard, must now yield to something; more
elegant, refined, interesting and amusing. Silas S.
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HEROES AND PATRIOTS OF THE SOUTH; com
prising Lives of General Francis Marion. General
William Moultrie, General Andrew Pickens, and
Governor John Rutlodge; with sketches of other
distinguished Heroes and Patriots who served in the
Revolutionary War. in the Southern Suites. By < K
CIL It. HARTLEY. With engravings from original de
sign*. hy G. G. White. One volume, l'Jmo. cloth, fl.
h'rum the Preface.
The purpose of the work is to record the actions
of some of the most celebrated of the litany heroes
and patriots who distinguished themselves hy eminent
services in the Revolutionary War. in the Southern
States of the Union. Among these. General Marion,
whose life occupies a considerable pert ion of the vol
ume, was one ot the most remarkable characters who
figured on the grand theatre of war iu those times that
"tried men's souls." Marion's achievement* were of
the most heroic and romantic character, and are ulwuv s
read with interest and admiration, General Moultrie,
the illustrious defender of the fortress which bears his
name, is not less interesting in his way. < Jen. Pickens
was the companion of Marion in some of his daring
enterprises, and one of the most useful of all the gen
era! officers who assisted in recovering tin- Southern
States from thejenemv. Governor Itutledge rendered
services to the cause of the most important nature, and
displayed a character and ability equal to every emer
gency of those critical and perilous times. < >fseveral
other military Commanders and Statesmen we have
given but slight sketches, in consequence of the brief
space to which we were limited."
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I>r. Wistar's Jiaisnm of Wild Cherry.
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[ j Throat and Lungs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
I Crotip. I ncipient Consniuptlon, Ac. In confirmation of the
j highest medical authority that "Consumption can he
• ■ cured," numerous instances of complete restoration from
l j this disease by the use of the Balsam can be given. The
i i following letter was received frotu Col. Markham, of the
I British army, and shows the estimation In which the Bal
; sam oi W lid Cherry is held abroad :
I a. .''. ier Is ,' e 01 Wlglit, England, Sept. 30, 1850.
, ' ir rA , ha J° a ,lau Khter In a delicate stale ot health, who
! lias, I think, received signal benefit from Dr. Wistar's Bai
i sam ol \\ ild Cherry three bottles of which w ere sent her
hy her brother in Canada. I'lease put me up six bottles
and forward them by the first steamer to Southampton or
j Liverpool, as you may find most convenient, with any ac
-1 v/mut 01 the medicine you may be so good as to send me
m e have searched Condon for it in vain
Believe me yours, truiy. WM. MARKHAM.
| Testimony nf Physicians.
■ I)r. Fretelgb, of Saugertie*. X. Y.. says he cured River
l omplaiiit <>i lour years *tandiu£. tliat would uoi \ ifid to
tlio usual remedies,
j Abraham Skillman. M. D„ of Boundbrook. X. J. , nvs it
j -> the best medicine lor Consumption, in eve'rv stage, that
j he has ever known. " 1 l " al
! , a-There is a vile counterfeit of this Balsam, therefore
1 I be sure and buy only that prepared by 8. W. Fowlc A Co
! Boston, which has the written signature ol I. BUTTS on
t the outside wrapper.
For sale by Charles Ilitz and F. J. Hoffman
I Lewistown, Mrs. Mary T. Brehmaii, McVey-
I town, J. K. Rhodes, Newton Hamilton, and by
appointed ag-ents and dealers in medicine in
nearly every town in the State.
What the New York City Folks Say
: Fleming fl'rog 11 -— 8 Celobrated manufactursd by
j New York, August 25, 1852.—This is to eertifv 1„„
] well acquainted with a man fin v vears of age for inam?
I Fears a resident of this city, whohas beenat times
1 was 'worms b lf r °t"V| l " 0t te " from what tauw - ""less it
. •, .* told his attending Dhvstcian hu 411*11.1
j £i on *. "but the physician at once ridiculed the idea and re
: ib C H i°n t e v him any longer. Ills son then mentioned
1 Br. M Lane s \ ermiluge, and asked hint if he would take it
i his rep y was-I must take something to get reHef or die
; 1 hey at once procured a bottle of hr.Tn'l "ine's Celebrated
! n, a ever e "fT*?* "t worms,Vuf up
iTcn.K^
10 111s own, that may be given over by regular nlivsh ian.
I and induces them to try Dr. MLane's Vermifuge.{in far'
i inlfti'ee nnri e in m e°i e Ula " twcat 7 Persons to take the Ver
mifuge, and in every case with the most hanpv results
He is well satisfied that Br. M'Lane's Vermifuge preuar d
hy Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, is far superior to anv other
not *fai! ?' nedy ' an '' ,hat ,f more generally known would
not ud to sa\e inauy valuable lives. For further partlcu
lars Inquire of Mrs. Ilardle, 12f'i Cannon street, X. Y City
! rurc-hasfcrs will be careful to ask for Dr.
M Lane s Celebrated Vermifuge, manufac
tured h 7 Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
All other \ermifuges in comparison are
worthless. Dr. M' Lane's genuine Vermifuge,
j also his celebrated Liver Pills, can now be
. had at all respectable drug stores. None
genuine without the written signature of
FLEMING BROS.
; For sale by Charles Ritz, F. J. Hoffman,
and Mary Marks, Lewistown, and by dealers
generally throughout the county.
Fits! Why Prominent.
For a long ttme there was a paragraph making its regular
weekly appt .anceio our columns, with tlie brief, but ein
pnatic wo ' ** Fits: Fits!"' always at the head, to some an
offensive caption, but not so to the benevolent and hu
mane, who could sympathize in the sorrows of others
80m persons are - >ckd at any indication of disease and
> v '-- -*uionervoia excitement ou witnessing a
4 coffln. Such are to be pitied. We should al
- ..rive to iook disease and even death tn the face with
especially take every opportunity for alievi
. 5 disease. Viewed In this light, the advertisements of
is. S. Uaqce. of 108 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md pos
sess a certain interest, and those who know of any one
suffering from Epilepsy, Spasms, or Fits of any kind, should
feel it a pleasure to cut out his advertisement or in some
. Jli o L" y ca P b" 1 to any part of the couotrv
j oy malt, t rioe, A3 jht box. Two, $5. Twelve. £24
The Theatre of Business,
Under the Odd Fellows' Hall, East Market y,
LEWISTOWIV, n.
N. Kennedy's Store of Wonders.
V\ ITH entirely New Scenery of <],,,„]/
which he offers CHEAPER fop Cash or
Country Produce than any house in the town
lie invites both great and small to give Ihm
call, and get the full value for their mnnev
The following is a list of the kind and quan!
tity of goods, viz :
Dry Goods, very cheap [city pri <#4
A large stock of Bouts and Shoes, selling ut
do do Hardware at city prices
do do Queen own re do
do do Cedar and Willow-war*
do do Brooms and Bed Curds
do do Hosiery and Cloves
do do Notions of all kinds
Carpet Chain and Carpet at city prices
Segars, Tobacco, Spices, Teas. Soaps
Cheese, Crackers. Cotton Laps
Fluid, Alcohol. Sperm Oil, Fish Oil
Cologne and Ifair Oils
Groceries, Prime Coffees at 12a14c
Sugars, white and brown, at 7. 10, 12.,] |
Syrups and Molasses, best quality, 12 to ]s,o
Salt, Herring and Mackerel
<3 ©LaiiS J
such as Whiskey, Brandy, Gin and Wine ~f
the best quality, by the barrel, gallon or quart.
The above is but a synopsis of the kind and
quantity we keep. Give us a call. We charge
nothing for showing goods. Don't forget the
Odd Fellows' Hall.
N KENNEDY, Proprietor.
janlO J AS. FJUOVED, Salesman.
VTOTICK is hereby given that applies
1N turn will !>,• made to the Burgess ,nt Ti.wn lin
en of the Borough of Lowistowu for a duplieate
der Xo. 7-U, dated September 5. lt-i.V.L u. Daniel 11, . •
& S>n* for 25 perch stone, which said order hasV.vr
lost or mislaid by the undersigned
Lewistowti, Jail. I'J, 1859-3t. It. f. PARKER
fIKPHAXS' COURT BALE —ln pursu-
Y_/ ituee <>f an alias order issued In the < >rphuns°t btirt
of Mifflin county, will he exp .sod to sale. In net.;
vendue or outcry. on the premises, ~n SATf'ltli t'i
March a. ISl'si. the following deserihed Ileal Estate \r>
wit:—A Tract of Land situate in Wavne township. M:|.
tiin county, being the residue of a certain tract tVk.'a
by widow, beginning at stone- corner <f i , ; h
Cochfitn, thence south tiiirty-six dog. e-t tvveiuv-fi,.
perches to post, thence b\ lauds of satne south tifiv.
four east to eortier hind ofElizalveth t aster, them. i'. T
land same u'trtli thirtv-six .leg. , H st t.vcntv-ii,.- ~..r ,
es to post, thence along line of Geo. Sunderland i!>
place of 11* 'git .;ng. containing "J acre, and at; •,< )„ .
more or less. Sale to eotiuiienee at 1 o'clock p. m . i
said day. when terms will be made known l.v
ISAAC STINK.
janl'J Adtnr. Andrew ('aster, dee'd.
jJELPEII'S IMPENDING CRISIS.
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IN CONGRESS,
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OFFICE "F THE OkMPANV.
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/ A- J. NORTH,
\ Vendue Cryer & Auctioneer,\
Atkinson's MjlJs, la. /
janl2-lmii>]
FOR RENT;
MThc Two Story Urick DWEL
LING HOI sp. in West Third Street, and
several other dwellings across the cri* v
"w ued by Or. Ard. For terms inquire of
.JOHN O. PfiikKl!
Lewistown. January 12, lStin.—it
jD LECTION.—.I lie Stock holders of the
J_j I.• wi*|o\v it Water ( olllpsnv are herebv notified
thai an election will be held at tiie office of the under
signed. IU Lewistown, on MONDAY. February a. IK<>.
bei ween the hours of 2 aud -I-VehM-k. p. ml. for s s
Manager*, who, in connection with o U e Manager toho
elected by the low n Council of ;t,e Borough of Lew
istown. are to conduct the atfairs of said Company for
the ensuing year. .1. \\- SH \\t"
Lew istown. January 12. I*GO.-i[p] " Soorgtsrv.
t J. OKS NOTICE.—-Notice is
' v .'!'.'V.. 1 ' n '' rs '''' l - 1111 ' Ul.ary on the e*-
VlifHi WAZLK 1 i, Sen., late of Metinotownshi).
Mifflin county, deceased, hate been granted to tJio urn
j > *""> township. All person* IL.
nav'.or estate are requested to make immediate
paj incut, and those having claims against the same
to present them duly authenticated for settlement
jano-et NICHOLAS HAIITZLER, Exr
D! \ I DfcXl).—'J lie stockholders of the
Lewistown Water Company are hereby notified
mat a semmi-annual dividend ofTHBEE i'L'P CENT,
nav'ihle declared on the 2d instant,
payable on demand at the office of the Treasurer
WM_KL'SSEI.L, Treasurer.
4PPEALS. —The Taxpayers of Mifflin
County are hereby notified that Appeal* will b
I , 'onimissgoners' Office in tlio Borough of
„ V" named davs, when and
Ffrti fm l®liug themselves aggrieved canattend:
r or the Borough of Lewistown. Dorry and Granville
townshq* on WEDNESDAY. 2.ith January.
~ i°vv ' f, y f < >w "n, Newton Hamilton, Olivor. Bratton
and Wayne township.*, on THURSDAY, 26Ui Januarv.
""" D """"
W.M. CREIGHTON. 1
jane R O "IVTTON! V ' f GooiWJSS,<,a^
Q1 RA\ STEER.—Came to the premises
sTelerelll'o . in Arma g tl township, near
from • Mvo, e I th . A,, gn last, a dark red Steer,
troni appearance about two years old. The owner is
requested to come forward, prove property, pay char
ges and take it away, or it will he sold to defray ex
penses. [jan6] JOHN T. HABBJENT>U?O
rpilE Second Quarter of this Institution
± will commence on MONDAY, November
.-Ist. New classes "will then be formed as cir
cumstances require. Particular attention will
be given to those preparing to teach.
Those wishing to study and praetice Mtwio
may be assured of the best advantage!.
Miss S. E. VanDczer will continue to givt
instructions upon the Piano.
A class in Vocal Music also will be formed.
Kates of Tuition, $3.00, $4.50 or $6.00,
according to the grade of studies
r or further information address
nov 1 J- SMITH, Principal.
A (00D article of BLACK TEA for sale
hy BLYMYER & BhISBIN.
A \lr^ s of CANNED FKDIT, and also
*cX. PK A LES, for sale by A. FELIX.