Vhole No. 2546.
A NEW STOCK
or
Cloths, Cassimeres
AND
VESTIN GS,
Has just been received at the Lewistown
Emporium of Fashion, which will be made up
to order by experienced workmen.
art requested to call.
WM. LIND.
I ewistown, April 21, 1859.
Removed to the Stand lately occupied by
Kennedy J mi kin.
JL <O2I&S?(HS 2FODI&
SAHCrAIITSi
V Year's Credit to Responsible
Men!
The subscriber having now on
J. * . J one of the best and largest
between Philadelphia and
' ■ lurgh, in order to aecom
es tne times, ofiers for sale a
:j.>rt ..nit of
■or' InrurW) Bridles, fvilur, Trunks,
i.u.p-, Haines, taltaes, (arpit Bags,
and other articles in his line, which will be
Ui-posed of, when purchases are made to the
amount of jjiO or more, on the above terms for
approved paper.
Among his stock will be found some highly
finished sets of light Harness equal to any man
ufactured.
Let ail in want of good articles, made by ex
perienced workmen, give him a call.
JOHN DAVIS.
Lewistown, Aprii 7, 1859.
New Fall and Winter Goods.
i") F. LLLIS, of the late firm of McCoy
" \ • &. Ellis, has just returned from the eity
with a choice assortment of
Dry Goods and Groceries,
.eh'.ted with care and purchased for cash,
which are offered to the public at a small ad
vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em
i.races all descriptions of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
suitable fir Ladies, Gentlemen and Children,
vr •:> many new patterns. His
(SroccrCrs
lire Sugars, Molasses, Java. Rio
Offee, superior Teas, Ac. Also,
v .'ioes, Queensware, and all other
'i,illy found in stores —all which
• iin rs of the late firm and the puMie
.'i - eiT.il are invited to examine.
R. F. ELLIS.
**jFish. Salt, Plaster and Coal alwiyson
P-oduee re -eived as usual and the
•no all >we<l therefor.
• v r., stpt. 22, 1859.
ACADB MY.
FpHE Second Quarter of this Institution
J will commence on MONDAY, November
—lst. New classes will then be formed as cir
tumstances require. Particular attention will
1-e even to those preparing to teach.
Ib ise wishing to study and practice Music
may be assured of the best advantages.
Miss S. E. VAN DIZER will continue to give
instructions upon the Piano.
A 'diss in Vocal Music also will he formed.
111* of Tuition. $3.00, $4.50 or $6.00,
e'irding to the grade of studies,
lor further information address
B " V 17 M. J. SMITH, Principal.
EDWARD FRYSINGER,
WHOLESALE DEALER A mxrFACTtRER
or
CIIiIRS, TOBACCO, iIW,
&c., &c.,
IfcSWliffimSDWXfc ZFiio
Orders promptly attended to. jel6
JOHN A. McKEE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OFFICE in the building formerly occupied by
Jos. W. Parker, west corner of the Dia
mond, Lewistown, Pa.
/'.ill practice in all the cocrts of Mifflin and
adjoining counties. sepi&-6m
CrZZ. W. ELDER.,
Attorney at Law,
Office .Market Square, Lewistown, will at
•end to business in Mifflin, Centre and Hunting
don counties. roy26
JNO. R. WEEKES,
Justice of the Peace,
SbcrCbrurr $c
01 FiCE West Market street, Lewistown, next
door to Irwin's grocery. ap99
REMOVAL.
DR. . Sc CUXUBUZNOS
IWoegs leave to announce that ho has re
** moved his office to Mrs. Mary Marks'
ursjgai.j Variety Store, on east Market street,
•w doors below the Union House..
Post Office has also been removed to the
*=* d lace. mh3l 4f
Wanted! Wanted!
10 000 PERSONS of both sexes to
n J make money by buying cheap
r iceries, Baskets, Tubs, Buckets. Churns,
"' t Cans, Brooms, Brushes, &c. &c. at
r,,! '4 ZERBE'S.
bOV V hv .he gallon, for sale bv
• " A. FELIX
JKansiißßa) ASJE> iFarsanssnaii) ®a@iß®jg jMsms®®wsj 9 SHEffffßnsr ®®OTHJW 9 S>& o
j THE ffIIHJTSIE,
j "Oh, Give Mc a Home by the Sea."
Oh! ?ive me n home by the sea.
Where wild waves are crested with foam,
Whore shrill winds are caroling free,
As o'er the blue waters they come)
For I'd list to the ocean's loud roar,
And Joy in its stormiest glee.
Nor ask in this wide world for more,
Than a home by the deep heaving seal
At morn when the sun from the east,
Comes mantled in crimson and gold,
Yihose hues on the billows are cast.
Which sparkle with splendor untold,—
Oh. then by the shore would I stray.
And roam as the halcyon free.
From envy and care far away,
At my home by the deep heaving sea!
At eve when the moon in her pride.
Rides queen of the soft summer night.
And gleams on the murmuring tide,
With Hoods of her silv-ry light,—
Oh, earth has no beauty so rare.
No place that Is dearer to me,
Then give mc so free and so fair,
A home by the deep heaving sea!
MIgKLMNKOtIi,
John C. Calhoun's Dream.
A correspondent of the Mississippi Whig
has cut from an anonymous pamphlet an
account of a dream of Mr. Calhoun, about
the time of the stormy sectional agitation
which preceded the adoption of the Coin
! promise measures of 1850:
Mr. Calhoun, it seems, was drawing up
a plan for the dissolution of the Union,
when, iate at night, being very much ex
hausted, he fell asleep and had the follow
ing dream, as related by himself:
4 At a late hour last night, as I was sit
ting in my room writing, I was surprised
at the very unceremonious entrance of a
visitor, who cauic in and took a seat oppos
ite me.
' I was more annoyed, as I had given
strict orders to the servants that I should
on no account be disturbed.
' The manner in which he entered—per
fectly .self possessed—taking a seat oppos
ite me—without a word, no salutation —no
apology—as though my room and all with
in belonged to him, excited in me as much
surprise as indignation. As I raised my
head to i'ook at hint over the top of mv
shaded lamp, I discovered he was wrapped
in a thin cloak, which completely hiu his
features from my view ; and, as I raised my
head, he spoke :
4 What are you writing, Senator from
South Carolina?' I did not think of his
impertinence at first, hut answered him in
voluntarily—' lam drawing up a plan for
the dissolution of the American Union !'
To this the intruder replied in the coldest
manner possible:
4 Senator from South Carolina, will you
allow me to look at your right hand ?'
4 He arose, and as he did so the cloak
fell, and I beheld— GßEAT GOD ! GENTLE
MEN ! I BEHELD THE FORM OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON !
4 As though I had no power to resist, I
extended my right hand. I felt a strange
chill pervade me at his touch—lie grasped
it and held it near the light, thus affording
me full time to examine every feature of
his face, and particularly of his person.
It was the face of Washington, and he was
dressed in the uniform of the Revolution.
After holding my hand for a moment, look
ing steadily at me, he said, in a quiet way:
'And with your right hand, Senator from
South Carolina, you would sign your name
to a paper declaring the Union dissolved ?'
4 Yes,' said I, 4 if a certain contingency
arises I will.' Just at this momenta black
blotch appeared on the back of my hand;
I seem to see it even now ! 'What is that?'
cried I in alarm, 4 why is that black spot
on my hand!'
4 That,' said he dropping my hand, 4 is
the mark by which Benedict Arnold is
known in the next world !'
4 lie said no more, but drew from be
neath his cloak an object which he placed
upon the table, on the very paper on which
I had been writing. The object, gentle
men, was a skeleton !
4 There,' said he, with emphasis, 'there
are the bones of Isaac Hayne, who was
hung by the British in Charleston. He
gave his life to es'ablish the Union. And
when you sign your name to a declaration
of dissolution, you may as well have the
bones of Isaac Hayne before you. He
was a South Carolinian, and so are you;
but no blotch was on his hand.'
4 With these words he left the room. I
started from the contact with the dead
man's bones and awoke! Overworn by
labor I had fallen asleep and been dream
ing.'
Many other instances might be recited
to show that some of the most important
events to man that have occurred since or
der was brought forth from chaos, and the
Almighty rolled the planets from His palm
and set the spheres in motion, have been
more or less connected with dreams. May
not this dream of Calhoun's have a happy
influence on the perpetuity of our glorious
and happy Union ?
'Sammy, my son, don't stand there
scratching your head ; stir your stumps, or
vou'll make no progress in life.* 4 Why
father, I've heard you say the only way to
get along was to soratob a-h.'sd.'
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1860.
A Horrible Murder.
A Woman Beaten to Death by her Hus
band.— Yesterday afternoon an inquest was
held by Alderman Dallas on the body of
j a white woman, who was beaten to death
| on the niglrt previous, at their miserable
and cheerless abode, in the rear of No.
1352 Shippen street, south side, below
Broad. The place where this murder was
committed, is the lower story of a rickety
old frame house, not fit even for a cow sta
ble or pig pen, to which access is only had
by means of a narrow alley extending from
Shippen street. We paid a visit to the
house where the deed was perpetrated. An
! entrance was affected through aside wiu
dow, which had scarcely a whole pane of
| glass in it, the d < ' ;ng t' steneu by means
of an old broken chair placed against it on
the inside. In one corner of the dark
apartment was an old bed, on which the
naked body of the woman lay, covered with
a bloody bed tick. Her face was shocking
ly lacerated, her nose broken, her lips cut,
her eyes clotted with bloocf, and her hands
completely covered with her own gore. A
more shocking spectacle we have not seen
for some time. From appearance, we
should judge that the poor creature must
have struggled fearfully in the unnatural
and unequal contest with her demon hus
band. Alongside the bed was an old table,
on which was a loaf of bread saturated
with blood, some snow had been driven
through the cracks of the window by the
severe storm of Tuesday night, a piece of
tallow candle, and a dirty tin cup with ice
in it, while under the table were two min
eral water bottles, one of tbem containing
a small quantity of red whiskey, a villain
ous compound that ought to be labelled the
essence of mania-a potu. An old broken
down coal stove, with a worn out pipe, a
coup e of chairs with no backs, a pair of
dirty grea>y chests, a rusty razor and other
useless t.iings of no value on a shelf, made !
up the furniture of the place. .Squalid
misery and want loomed up from the dark
recess, while on a filthy bed lay the stiff,
mangled and appalling evidence of the ;
crime of murder, a hideous spectacle re- 1
volting to our feelings of humanity.
The brutal husband in order to perpe- I
trate the work of death with less fear of
detection, turned his oldest child, a girl of I
ten years of age, out into the snow storm.
Though cold, stormy and dreary, yet she i
was p'a.i to escape into it from the fury of
the father. A sister, a little blue-eyed girl !
of pleasant features, was permitted to r -
main in the place and witness the scene ol" 1
blood. Another child, a boy, too young to
talk or comprehend anything, was in the j
bed when the mother expired from her
blows. About eleven o'clock yesterday
morning, the body of the murdered wo- I
man was discovered by some of the neigh- i
bors, and the attention of officer James
MeCullin was called to it. He at once
proceeded to the house and arrested the
husband, whose name is Christopher Mc-
Farland. As the murder was committed 1
when no one was present save the little ;
child above alluded to, the witnesses could
not give a very clear account of the facts. '
—l'll iladcljihia Daily JVews, I'cb. 2.
£"£""An extraordinary case of a girl con
cealing her sex for many years, has been
brought to light at Peitiers, France. Au
gustine, alias Augustus Baudoin, a young
person of 17, was known in the town and
neighborhood as an active lad, and had
been in place in respectable houses as 'odd
boy.' This individual was lately tried for
robbery, and while in prison, the authori
ties conceived some suspicions, and ascer
tained her to be a female. On being ask
ed what reason she had lor wearing men's
clothes, she said she had observed that men
got their living easier than women; but
she refused to give any information as to
her birth and parentage. She was remov
ed to the female wards, but her repugnance
to appear in woman's attire among her fel
low prisoners was so great, that she com
mitted suicide by hanging herself on an
iron bar with a pocket handkerchief.
Width of the Mississippi. —The Missis
sippi river, above the mouth of the Mis
souri, averages 3600 feet in width. From
there to the mouth of the Oh it averages
3200 feet: from the Ohio to the Arkansas
about 3000 feet, from the Arkansas to the
Red river about 2<oG feet; and from the
Red river to the Gulf of Mexico the aver
age width is about 2100 leet. Yet with
this constant narrowing of the river, the
volume of water to be discharged is con
stantly increasing. Hence, it is contended,
come those hayous which start out of the
river and lead away into the swamps, and
down in various directions to the Gulf.
®ak,on a person asking another if he
believed in the appearance of spirits, he re
plied, ' No, but 1 believe in their disap
pearance, for I have missed a bottle of gin
since last night.'
exchange advises husbands to
love their wives. The suggestion is good,
but we amend by adding an admonition
not to love each other's wives.
teirMiss Tucker says it is with old bach
elors as with old wood ; it is hard to get
them v, <' : but, when they do flame,
tbey burn prodigiously.
Report of the Superintendent of Com
mon Schools.
Referring to its statistical tables, we
learn that the whole number of schools out
; side of Philadelphia is 11,485 —being an
increase of 203 over last year, and of 1 ~298
over 1854. The whole number of teach
ers in the same territory is stated as 13,058
an increase of 230 over last year and of
1,091 over 1854. Of these, 8,352 are
males, and 4,700 females. The average
salary of the latter per month is 817 79,
being an increase of 57 cents per month
over last year, and of 84 98 per month over
• !804. The average salary of the male
teachers for the year is 824 30, being an
increase of 84 05 cents over 1854. The
total number of scholars in attendance is
j set down as 634,651 in the State, 575,257
outside of Philadelphia, showing an in
i crease of 86, 559 over 1854. The schools
have been kept open five months and nine
i days, on the average, during the }'car.
The average cost of tuition to each schol
ar, including fuel and contingencies, was
1 53 cents —the same as last year. 8531,-
! 413 85 was expended for sites, building,
renting and repairing school houses—be- j
ing an increase of 877,970 32 over last !
year. The average rate of local taxation
was a trifle over 5* mills on the dollar, for j
school purposes. For building purposes
not quite 31 mills on the dollar. The
whole sum expended for tuition, fuel, con- :
tingencies and building purposes, was
82,579,075 77.
Of these 11,485 schools 1,027 have com
fortable school houses; in 345 districts on
ly a majority are so considered. In 115
districts all the houses are reported to be
unfit, 235 make no report; 94 districts
complain of a surplus of school houses, and
348 say they have riot enough. The ag
gregate value of the school buildings,
grounds and furniture is set down at 85,-
000.006 in round numbers.
1 he Superintendent sees great and cheer
ing evidences of progress and reform in
the present condition of thiicrs contrasted
with their condition five y.arsago. lie al
so congratulates the pi ;<ic upon having,
after much effort, secured one of the first
wants of their system of education—a
State Normal School, located at Millers
ville, Lancaster county. This school has
achieved unexpected success under the di
rection of Prof. Wickersham. The Super
intendent recommends that appropriations
be made to State Normal schools, as also to
County Institutes, after they shall have
been recognized by law. The latter are
classed as second only to Normal Schools.
Notwithstanding the inequality of results
thus far obtained, be declares the 838,840
paid to sixty-four County Superintendents
to have been a good investment. In view
of the excessive labors imposed upon those
officers in the large and sparsely populated
counties, he proposes a division of labor—
each of such counties to have from one to
three assistant Superintendents. TLe fix
ing of the salaries of these officers by law
is also recommended.
He is equally severe upon the practice
of keeping the schools open seven and
eight hours per day, as upon the forcing
system of education.
The documeut bears witness to the can
dor, earnestness of purpose and fidelity
which has marked Mr. liiekok's official ca
reer, all of which virtues we believe are
generally accorded him throughout the
State. — llarrisburg Telegraph.
Wheat Straw—lts Value as Fodder.
In regard to feeding wheat straw, Mr.
Mechi, the celebrated Agriculturist of Eng
land, calculates that when fed to cattle it is
worth much more per acre than is plowed
in for manure. If cut up and mixed with
meal or bran of grain, it makes very val
uable food for cattle. Mr. Mechi's method
of feeding is as follows :
' He feeds each of his own cows, daily,
twenty pounds fine cut straw, eight pounds
hay, five pounds rape cake, two pounds
bean meal, seven-eights pound bran, seven
eights malt combs—all of these being pro
perly moistened in hot water, the straw re
quiring more than the rest —thirty-five
pounds mangel turnips. The essential
points are warmth and moisture, the cattle
being well sheltered and duly cared for.
The straw is the most nutricious food; one
hundred pounds of it contains seventy-two
of muscle, fat and heat-producing substan
ces, and are equal to eighteen and a half
pounds of oil to every one hundred pounds.'
Mineral Oil in Venango. —From the ac
counts in our Western Pennslyvania ex
changee, it appears to be a fixed fact that
the oil produced in Venango and other
counties along the Allegheny river, is des
tined to become a great and permanent
source of we: Ith. In some localities the
yield is tremendous This oil, when pro
perly purified and refined is worth from
ninety cents to one dollar and twenty-five
cents per gallon in the market, and, as it
is used for a great variety of purposes, the
demand is constant and increasing.
B®A young lady, intending to paint
her cheeks with rouge, put all the paint
on her nose, and did not discover the mis
take until she was requested to sign ' the
pledge.'
aguThe young mau who fell into a brown
study Wi9 fished out by a young lady with
a hook-and-eye.
eoimi&ffioii
! - ________
[For the Gazette.]
Scarlet Fever.
At present, searlet fever prevails in our
community to a considerable extent, and as it
is generally a fatal disease among children,
all are more or less concerned about its prev
alence and cure. If there is one method of
eure better than another, the people ought to
know it. It is not enough that the doctor
should know all about a disease in which pa
rents are so much interested. There is no
disease that is easier to cure, nor one in which
there has been more malpractice.
The term " Scarlatina" is applied to a dis
ease ihe general features of which consist in
fever, scarlet appearance of the skin and of
the mucous membrane of the mouth and
fauces, with inflammation of the throat in
1 most cases. Scarlet fever exists in three
forms: Simple or mild, attended with slight
fever and no danger— Scarlatina anginona,
attended with great swelling of the glands of
the neck and severe fever, yet with little dan
ger—Malignant or putrid sore throat , in which
the rash appears but slightly on the surface,
the throat rapidly ulcerates, and the fever is
of the character of a putrid typhus.
This hitherto terrible disease has afflicted
our country during the past twenty-five years.
It knows no time, nor season, nor place, nor
age, nor condition, except that it visits chil
dren with more terrible effect than old per
sons. The per ccntage of mortality in New
York and Philadelphia has been from thirty
to ninety seven, varying according to age.
When we look at the manner in which Al
lopathic, or, the popular physicians of this
community treat this disease, we need nit '
wonder that so many cases die. The greatest [
wonder to us is that so many recover. If
scarlet fever patients recover, it is not on ac
count of the medicine given, but in 6pite of it. i
When we look into the history of this disease,
wc find that the less medicine there is given
the better the chance the patieut has for re
covery. Hundreds of simple and easy reme
dies have been published to the world for the
cure of scarlet lever. Non professional per
sons have treated hundreds of cases without
losing one. Water Care physicians have i
treated thousands of cases without losing a
single case. Notwithstanding all tb
children in every section of the c- untr ;.e .
dying of scarlet lever— r rati:.;. . f the treat- !
merit. Physicians—lab .riag under the falsi !
idea that disease is a something, a:. tity, j
like a mad dog in a town, that must be driven i
out, or killed—practice bleeding, blistering, ,
purging; prescribe the same niter, antimony, <
calomel, opium, quinine, muriatic acid, belia- i
donna and alcohol that have sent millions to !
their graves in infancy and youth. Ilomeo- !
pathic physicians lose a less number of cases j
than the "old school," which is owing to the |
fact that their remedies are less powerful and j
smaller iu quantity. Prof. Dunglison, than '
whom there is no hightr authority, says: ;
" The greatest discrepancy has prevailed in !
regard to the management of scarlet feverl
and in speaking of the mode of treating it j
says: " Taken singly, the cold bath is per- j
haps the most effectual remedy that can be j
employed in the inflammatory varieties of
scarlatina, and induces the same soothing in- i
fluence as in other forms of fever. * * * j
When the glands of the neck, or the tonsils, I
are much tumefied, and there is difficulty of !
breathing in consequence of the exudations ;
from the diseased membrane, or the existence j
of actual sloughs, as good an application as !
any in these cases is a simple emollient cata- i
plasm," or softening poultice.
The manner in which children live, at the ;
present day, predisposes them to measles, |
scarlet fever, &c. Their bodies get obstructed j
and their blood inflammatory from bad food, |
bad air, &c. Under these circumstances tile !
vital machinery undertakes to throw off ac i
cumulated impurities, and this vital effort we ;
term scarlet fever, or measles, according to >
the manifestation of the vital effort. Now, !
the effect of drug remedies is to change the ;
remedial effort—the disease—from the surface .
to the centre, and hence the fatality under
drug medication. The Water Cure treatment
for scarlet fever is as simple and easily under
stood as it is effectual. The simple form of
the fever requires but little treatment. The
patient should be bathed or washed with cool
or tepid water, according to the heat. The
anginose form, in which the scarlet rash is
more general and the fever greater, the wet i
sheet pack, pouring head bath, or a general i
cold towel bath, is indicated. The malignant ]
or putrid sore throat requires more care iu its j
treatment. In this form the throat ulcerates, j
the salivary glands become enlarged, attended :
with an acrimonious discharge from the nose j
and ears. This form being of the typhoid i
character, requires but little cold water treat- i
ment. Tepid ablutions, wet cloths to'thei
chest and throat, cold cloths to the head and
warm foot baths, are the leading appliances.
The method of treatment is altogether owing
to the condition of the patient. Some may
think that the ground taken is too ultra, but
if we would reiterate what Prof. B. F. Barker, I
M. P., of the N. I'. xMedical College, (high i
authority,) says, we might be considered ultra, i
but nevertheless within the bounds of truth :
" The drugs which are administered for the
cure of scarlet fever, and measles, kill far j
more than those diseases do. I have recently
given no medicine in their treatment, and
have had excellent success."
A. T. HAMILTON, M. D.
[For the Gazette.]
"Our Flag a Sacred Trust.''
Although but little more than three-fourths
of a century has rolled away since the Amer
ican flag was unfurled to the breeze of heaven,
it rivals in glory and splendor those of the
most powerful nations. Born in the midst of
internal strife, and beset on every hand by a
cunning and vindictive enemy, it struggled
valiantly through all this mighty opposition,
and arose in all the pride and beauty of con
scious right to its place among the standards
of the earth. And it has maintained the po
sition it then assumed with undaunted firm
ness and unsullied honor. We challenge the
world to produce its equal. Even Rome, once
the " mistress of the world," but now " the
Niobe of nations," deserves not that for ban-
New Series—Vol. XIV, No. 14,
ner should be compared with ours. True, the
j American eagle like that of Home originated
in discord and confusion, and had to contend
with almost insurmountable difficulties ; but
did it, after having survived the perils of its
youth, extend its power and dominion by
conquest, and deluge a world in innocent
blood? No! my countrymen, no! our banner
waves over lauds obtuiued by honorable pur
chase, the weak and defenceless look up to it
in confidence for protection, and earth's most
potent digoitary does it honor. Surely wo
have reason to be proud of our ensign.
I "Our Sag is a sacred trust," is written in
delibly upon every page of our history.—
When the storm which had been slowly gath
ering upon our political sky first burst forth
in all its fury at Lexington, and spread fear
and consternation all around, then it was that
a patriotic few ran up the glorious cusigu of
liberty, and invoking the protection of heav
en, periled life, fortune and sacred honor in
its defence. The crimsoned fields of the
Revolution, the altars upon which our fathers
immolated themselves to the goddess of lib
erty, rising up before the mind as they do,
with all their glorious associations, form a
glittering monument which shall stand to
commemorate their deeds of daring and "he
roic endurance" in that arduous struggle,
when they, in answer to the call of heaven
and oppressed millions, inarched boldly forth
upon the tented field to dispute with an arro
gant and despotic king the right to enslave
his subjects. And Lexington forms the basis
ot this regal structure. Then among the
many other glittering gems of which it is
constructed, shine forth in all their original
lustre Bunker Hill, and Monmouth, and Sar
atoga, and all the remaining battle fields, lees
conspicuous but not less glorious. And upon
every stone are engraven in letters i: gold the
names of the countless heroes who periled
their all in its defense, and deemed no sacri
fice too great when its honor was endangered.
There, indeed, we behold the names of mar
tyrs to freedom. Warren, whose blood has
rendered Banker Hill sacred—Lawrence, who,
when the red tide of life was fast ebbing
away, a.ol the darkness of death was slowly
but surely closing around him, desired that
he might be placed in such a position that his
eyes <iglit behold us their last earthly vision
the Hag of his country, waving triumphantly
from the masthead of the vessel upon whose
'.uuieU necks he had met the foe—
Montgomery, the mere mention of whose
name causes a thrill of joy to vibrate thiough
every true American heart, and who fell upon
Quebec's dreary heights while leading his
countrymen on to glory—and hundreds of
others, whose names are held sacred, and
whose memories are never to be forgotten, are
there seen stamped in such indelible charac
ters, that when time shall be no more, and all
things earthly shall have perished, an endless
eternity will be illuminated by the remem
brance of their glorious actions. Upon the
topmost peak of this pyramid of glory are
seen " the stars and stripes," glittering as a
precious diadem iu the sunlight of heaven ;
and the fact that our banner iloats upon every
sea, and is recognized and honored by every
nation, and that the smiles of a kind Provi
dence are continually beaming down upon it,
affords a theme upon which the American
orator will ever love to dwell and the historian
bestow his brightest page. As we gaze in
fond admiration upon its gorgeous folds, our
hearts are moved with the liveliest emotions,
and we are borne back to the dark days of its
infancy, when a dark and almost impenetrable
gloom enveloped it, and at times seemed to
have buried it forever in the immeasurable
depths of oblivion. But ah, glorious thought!
kind Heaven had destined that it should ca
reer as with meteoric glories through that
terrible night, and at last wave iu splendor
over its own chosen land—the symbol of
earth's most favored people.
When we suffer our flag to be insulted with
out resenting the injury, we allow a stain to
be placed upon our nation, and the moment
it ceases to be an object of pride, that moment
has our nation fallen, and Americans will be
compelled to lament their nationality. Oh,
then, let us show ourselves worthy of this
"sacred trust." Let not the blood which was
offered upon the heights of Bunker Ilill and
upon Princeton's snowy plain have been sac
rificed in vain. Let not the earnest prayers
of our patriot mothers, and the almost super
human exertions of our ancestors have been
all for naught; but rally around our banner
as did our fathers, bear it through the sombre
clouds of war without a spot or a stain to
tarnish it, and leave it to our posterity as pure
and unsullied as it was left to us. D. H.
The Theatre of Business,
Under the Odd Fellows' Hall, East Market St.,
LEWISTOWJ, Pi.
N. Kennedy's Store of Wonders,
YTTITH entirely New Scenery of Goods,
T T which ho offers CHEATER for Cash or
Country Produce than any house in the town,
lie invites both great and small to give him a
call, and get the full value for their money.
The following is a list of the kind and quan
tity of geods, viz:
Dry Goods, very cheap [city prieee
A large stock of Boots and Sboea, selling at
do do Hardware at city prices
do do Queensware do
do do Cedar and Willow-ware
do do Brooms and Bed Cords
do do Hosiery and Gloves
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 Hair Oils
Groceries, Prime Coffees at 12a14c
Sugars, white and brown, at 7, 9. 10, 12a140
Syrups and Molasses, best quality, 12 to 18c
Salt, Herring and Mackerel
o (2)32JSc)
such as Whiskey, Brandy, Gin and Wine, of
the best quality, by the barrel, gallon or quart.
The above is but a synopsis of the kind and
quantity we keep. Giveusaeall. We charge
nothing for showing goods. Don't forget the
Odd Fellows' Hall.
N. KENNEDY, Proprietor.
janW J4B. FIROVED. SeJearaan