THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, August 23, 1860.
pfr annum in advance—H.iO at end of sii
months—s2 at end of rear.
Paper* seut out of the County must be paid for in
d ranee.
Si?" The subscription of those out of this county to whom
t his paragraph comes marked, has expired, and unless re
newed will be discontinued.
We have also set a limit In Mifflin county, beyond which
we Intend no man In future shall owe us fur subscription.
Those receiving the paper with this paragraph marked,
will therefore know that they have come under our rule,
and If payment Is not made within one month thereafter
we shall discontinue ali such.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HON. ABRAM LINCOLN.
OF I-LU.N'OIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OF MAINE.
FOR GOVERNOR,
-HON. ANDREW G. CURTIN.
'CF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS
T. HALE,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
Assembly,
ADOLPHUS F. GIB BONK Y,
of Union township.
Sheriff,
CHARLES C. STANBARGER,
of Lewistown.
Register and Recorder,
SAMUEL BARR,
<of Lewistown.
Commissioner,
■SAMUEL BROWER,
of Decatur.
Ahditor.
ABRAHAM GARVER,
of Oliver.
Who are the Friends of Protection?
In the IT. S. Senate the vote on the new
Tariff Bill stood as follows:
VOIB ll* FaVbR OVa TROISCirVS TARIFF .
Republicans,
Democrats, 2 —23
AG AJkST X PROTECTIVE TARIFi :
Democrats, 25
-Republicans, NOM—2S
In the House of Representatives it was:
For the Bill —Republicans 91
Democrat* 2
Americans 6
Anti-Lecomp. Democrat* 9
Total 105
the 4~D.-mocrals 69
Republicans 3
Americans . 1
Anti-Lecomp. Democrat* 1
Total 64
COUNTY MEETING!
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY of Mifflin
-County are invited t-o meet at the Town
■Htrfl, Irewistown, on
.TUESDAY ETEHIITG-j
AUGUST, 28, 1860,
to strike the first blow for LINCOLN,
lIAMLIN, CURTIN, and PROTECTION
to AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
GEORGE FRYSINGER,
Chairman County Committee.
teayThe members of the People's Coun
ty Committee, together with all the candi
dates nominated by the People's Party, are
requested to meet at Lewistown on TUES
DAY AFTERNOON next, at 4 o'clock.
GEOROF FUYSINGER,
Chairman County Committee.
Notices of New Advertisements.
The examination for teachers will com
mence on Saturday next —John Clark invites
attention to his stock of Boots and Shoes-
Mr. Burkbolder has again opened his Am
brotvpe establishment—Meeting of the Mif
flin County Agricultural Society next Tues
day.
i he following letter from L. A Mac
key, Esq., of Lock Haven, to the editor of
the Pother Journal, will explain itself:
LOCK HAVEN, Aug. 6, 1800.
T. S. CHASE, Esq. — hear Sir: Your pa
par off the 2nd, contains a reference to my
name a-s a supposed candidate for Congress,
and I regret that you should do me the injus
tice of thus referring to ine without inquiring
whether I really was a candidate or not.
Permit me to say to you that I desire the
nomination of Judge Ilale as earnestly as you
do, and will support him as cordially as you
can ; that I am not a candidate, and have not,
and [ w ill not willingly, allow my name to be
used in connection with the nomination. I
am not aware that any opposition will be
made to the re nomination of our worthy rep
resentative, Jas. T. Hale, Esq.
Yours truly, L. A. MACKEY.
ggyThe Juniata Register of this week
takes down the county ticket recently nomin
ated, on the ground that they are Douglas
men and that the Douglas paper refuses
to support Mr. Doty, for Congress. It advo
cates the formation of a Breckinridge county
ticket.
BSL.Mr. Breckinridge has written a letter
to Mr. Stevens, the Chairman of the Nation
al Committee, denying that he intends
to withdraw from the contest, and denounc
ing the rumor of his having such a thought
absurd.
In the Philadelphia Court of Quarter Scs
aions, on Saturday, James Miller was senten
ced to be hung for the murder of II i.-y Ger
ker. Wash. Budis, his accomplice, was sen
tenced to twelve years'imprisonment. James
B. Cross, the brilliant and slippery forger,
was sent to prison for iive years.
Democratic Mottoes. —We Polked them in
1544; we Pierced them in 1852: we Bucked
hein in 1856; we're Breck-ing n;w, and our
Ouo!
The Contest—Go to Work.
The Albany Journal gives some good ad
vice, which we commend to our friends in
this county. No defeat has ever resulted
from any excess of preparation ; but many
a victory ha 3 been lost from underrating
the strength of the enemy. Diffusive en
thusiasm, unaccompanied by systematic ef
fort, is but little better than stolid indiffer
ence. One man, who is never satisfied un
til he knows the political predilections of
every voter in his district, is worth a whole
battalion of mere shouters and declaimers
who have no stomach for the details of
quiet work. Just now there are too many
enthusiasts and too few workers. It would
be worth ten thousand votes in this State
to-day if every man who is confident of Mr.
Lincoln's election would begin to do some
thing to insure it. It we do nothing but
congratulate each other upon the ease with
which victory is to be achieved, we will
wake up by and by to find ourselves beaten.
The patent democracy though snarling at
each other, do not intend to let us march
over the fluid unopposed, but are endeavor
ing to contest every inch of ground as per- \
sistently as they have ever done in any
preceding canvass. This is especially
the case with the first election, in which :
the candidates for county offices are play- j
ing the " mum" game. The sooner this
fact is felt, and induces that kind of work
' l
necessary to avert results likely to flow from :
it, if disregarded, the sooner we will have :
a guarantee of the victory we covet. Kv- ,
ery Free State, with a single unimportant
exception, can be secured in November if
as much effort is made in each of them as
ordinarily fellows the nomination of an As
semblyman in a closely contested district.
The game is in our owu hands. We may '
beat ourselves by dissipating our energies, j
and shouting victory before a single out- j
post is taken; but the patent democracy J
cannot beat us. Abraham Lincoln will be
the next President of the United States, if j
we do not forget that the 6th of Novem- i
. i
ber comes before the 4th of March, and
that th-e hard work of the contest must :
precede the jubilee of the Inauguration. |
Meanwhile he should not be deemed the '
best party man who makes the most noise. :
Practical efficiency is the true test of gen- ;
uine patriotism.
Regular Nominations.
Messrs. Taylor of Louisiana, Pugli of
Ohio, and Rust of Arkansas, in behalf of
the P(jfijocratic National Executive Com- I
mittee, have issued an address of explana
tion and counsel to the Democracy of the
United States. They declare, as the uni
versal sentiment of the supporters of,
Douglas and Johnson, that no compromise
whatever is admissible; that they have
made no proposition for a joint electoral
ticket in any State, and that they exhort
the rejection of such propositions indig- j
nantly whenever and wherever made, i
They say:
' If wc have any friends in any State, let
them call a State Convention at once and noin- 1
inate a full electoral ticket, pledged to the j
exclusive support of Douglas and Johnson.
We can agree to nothing else ; because to ac
knowledge the right of a factious minority to
dictate their own terms of co-operation, to ;
suffer them to violate the solemn professions .
of the Democratic party, and trample under J
foot our Democratic usages, would be to dis
band the national organization.'
The (Jreensburg Argus, the home organ
of Ilenry D. Foster, in speaking of fusion,
says:
" The more we contemplate the late action
of the State Committee, appointed by the
Reading Convention, the more dark and black
hearted does the treason appear. It certain- j
ly requires perpetrators of this outrage, to j
possess a large stock of impudence, to attempt ;
to cover up the crime with the mantle of j
Union with both wings of the Democratic par- ;
ty. Poor, miserable, mercenary, craven par- I
asites of power, there are no " two wings" of j
the Democratic party. The Democratic par- j
ty is united in favor of the regular nominees |
of the party at Baltimore. Those who sup I
port the Disunion candidate Breckenridge,
are net of the Democratic party."
Senator Douglas is reported as having j
made at the late Rhode Island Clam Bake
these remarks:
"I am asked why I don't advise my friends
to make a unionwicket with the secessionists.
Why don't yon ffiake oil and water mix? A
union ticket between an interventionist and a
non-interventionist I Never on earth! lam
willing to act with all men who agree with
me on principle, and against all men who are
in favor of disturbing the peace and harmony
of this country by dragging the negro ques
tion into Congress."
In accordance with this recommendation, ;
the Douglas State Committee has been ■
framing an electoral ticket composed of the
friends of Douglas, and we shall soon there
fore be enabled to judge of the sincerity of
those papers and politicians who, while pro- |
claiming him the "regular nominee" of,
the party are willing to barter him awav
for the benefit of a disorganizer. In this
Bounty this matter is fast approaching a
climax, and from the stand already taken
by several prominent politicians, it is evi
dent that candidates and office hunters gen
erally will soon have to show their hands.
In all our experience of politics we must
confess we have never known a more suici
dal policy pursued than the present divi
sion among the patent democracy. That
Douglas received on the last ballot 181J
votes cannot be denied—that he was then
declared the unanimous choice of the con
vention (precisely as Buchanan was
nominated for President and Foster fer
Governor) is also a matter of record —yet
if we are to believe the Breckenridgers and
their allies, the disunionists of the South,
all this amounts to nothing 1 For our part
we can stand by and laugh at such folly,
though tve almost regret that the predic
tion that the last patent democrat has been
born is Rkely to be fulfilled by the democ
racy splitting up into miserable factions,
for we should then have none but a hand
ful of abolitionists to fight with.
•©"The death of Alfred Dickens, a broth
er of the celebrated author, is reported.
gtasf Large—the yield of wheat in Wiscon
sin. The crap is estimated at 20,000,000
bushels.
ifeifJohn Covede has again been nomina
j ted for Congress. Mr. Covode retired, but
his party unite on a candidate, and
' he was again compelled to run.
! A telegraph from Galveston, Texas, dated
I August 18, says that the principal hotel, and
; all the business houses, with one exception,
were destroyed by the recent fire at Hender
son, Texas. The total loss is estimated at
from $2-30,000 to $275,000.
B®The Lancaster County Convention of
i the People's party have nominated the Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens for Congress. Upon the
! second ballot John A. Heistand and William
i Hamilton were nominated for State Seriate,
i says we have heard of a great
! many ratification meetings and indignation
meetings, and one of our Union brethren
! proposes that the Yancyridge men of Ken
tucky now try themselves on a mortification
meeting. It is thought that, although the
' meeting would be small, the feeling would he
i very sincere.
! Wonderful Escape. —A special Providence
i seemed to protect four little children sleep
ing in a room in New London, on Monday
night, when the house was struck by light
ning and the subtle fiuid shivered one bed
! stead and tore off the footboard of another,
without injuring in the least the innocents
who were there reposing on the very bed
• steads thus shattered and destroyed.
was tranquil, and there is noth-
I ing later as to the movements of Garibaldi.
The British House of Commons had passed a
bill amalgamating the European and native
armies in India. The troops have left France
for Syria. Large numbers of volunteers
t have arrived at Sicily.
We have news from Europe by two other
steamers. From Syria we learn that four
hundred arrests hove been made at Damascus,
and that the offenders will immediately suf
fer the penalty of the law. Damascus is
tranquil, and the Sultan'swjuthority was re
turning. From Sicily we learn that Gari
baldi was at Messina, preparing for a de
scent on the mainland.
Bf&.The abolition excitement in Texas ap
pears to be on the increase. A young man
has been hung charged with giving strych
nine to the slaves to put into wells. Anoth
er man, a preacher, was similarly treated for
being an active abolitionist. Two others
were hung for exciting the slaves to an in
surrection. These events were in different
parts of the State. Frequent incendiary and
poisoning attempts are reported, all arising
from the " blessed institution."
B£%The State Teacher's Association, re
cently in session at Greensburg, adjourned to
meet next year at Lewisburg. The following
are the officers of the association for the en
suing year: President—A. Burt, of Pitts
burg ; Vice Presidents —Messrs. Miller, of
Blair ; Smith, of Mifflin ; Douthett of Alle
gheny ; and Lamborn of Lancaster. Corres
ponding Secretary—C. R. Coburn. Record
ing Secretaries —Wm. Sterling, of Philadel
phia, and Jas. 11. Stewart, of Pittsburg.
Lewistown Democrat finds fault
with us for advocating Douglas. We have
given it as our opinion that Douglas is the
" regular nominee" of the democratic party,
and that those who oppose him or are willing
to compromise that nomination are rebels and
disorganizes ; and we stand by that declara
tion, even if it brings us under the imputa
tion of being a better advocate for him than a
paper which in name supports him, but is
willing to accept a disorganizer in his place,
even if the disorganizer is the candidate of a
baad of disunionists.
asgrll. Frysinger, Esq., has withdrawn
from the Lewistown Democrat, and professes
to be willing to stump the county for Breek
-1 enridge and Lane against all competitors 1 j
We remember how a certain democratic ora
tor once get logt in the woods after night ;
while hunting a school house in which to
make a union speech, and we rather suspect
if he comes to this place now to make speech
es for the candidates of tho disunionists, he
: will be very apt to get lost in a fog as well as
the woods.
The Monarch, of Reptiles.— We had the
pleasure of looking at the great sea serpent
i of the snake kingdom, which has given rise |
to such a degree of curiosity among the nat
uralists of our city. Ilis snakeship is eight- i
een feet long and when living had one hun
dred and eleven rattles ; was a denizen of the j
I prairies of Illinois, and is, without doubt, the
largest rattlesnake ever heard of. Dr. J. W.
Barnitz has been working diligently for the
last year to obtain possession of this mon
ster from its original captor, who was rather
loth to part with it, and at last, in considera
tion of a large sum, succeedid in securing
this hippnpo tamus of the snake dominfons.
—I idiatiapolis State Sentinel.
LOGAL AFFAIRS.
BELL AND EVERETT MKKTIKQ.—One of the
" mass" meetings advertised in the interior
for a month or more, came off at this place
on Tuesday evening, and the daily papers
will no doubt soon announce something like
the following telegraphic dispatch :
Lewistown, August 22, 1860.—A large and
enthusiastic Bell and Everett meeting was
held at this place last evening, which was ad
dressed by Messrs. Pechin and Seymour.
At the ringing of the court house bell we
saw a number of " democrats" wending their
way to the scene, and looking at the meeting
a short time after noticed that fully one half
were of that stripe, including Mr. Bates, who
we learn gave special invitations to his dem
ocratic friends to attend. The number of
persons was small, at no time we think, much
exceeding a hundred, and towards its close
; perhaps thirty or forty. The speakers, for
getting chat "eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty," indirectly advised voters not to elect
Lincoln and Hamlin, because such an event
would destroy the " fraternal feelings" exis
ting between the North and South—in short,
the sum anil substance of their remarks seem
ed to be that no matter what new theories
were advanced by southern fools and south
ern traitors, the millions of the north ought
to submit to each and every assumption of
despotism without a murmur ! Against John
Bell as an old whig the people of this county
entertain no unkind feelings; but as a candi
date calculated merely to distract the opposi
tion in this State, they can give him no sup
port now. This feeling was evidenced at the
close of the first speaker's remarks, when the
largest number of persons was there. Some
questions were asked, which were followed by
attempts to get up a cheer for Douglas and
Breekenridge, both of which most of the de
mocracy dodged, when a shout went up for j
LINCOLN that probably astonished some folks, j
The result of the meeting, as far as we can as I
certain, appears to tlTas follows:
Two Douglas men on the fence;
Two Fusion sts converted to Douglas ;
Four Breckenridgers inclined for Bell;
Three or four Douglasites " "
Six votes for Lincoln.
N. B. Just as we are closing our form, we
got sight of the Democrat of today, which
publishes a list of the officers. Among the
Vice Presidents are John A. Wright, who is
now in Europe, Wm. llussell, who desires us
to say his name was used without his consent
(being a Lincoln man,) and Andrew Weber,
a full blooded democrat. Other names were
a'so no doubt used without authority.
A.MUROTTPKS ANI) MHLAINOTYI'ES.—
Mr. Jjurkholder, whose skill in taking pic
tures unsurpassed lor boldness, truthful
ness, beauty and durability, has been ac
knowledged on all sides, has again return
ed and opened his establishment perma
nently at the junction of Market, Valley
and Dorcas streets. We had an opportu
nity a few days ago of examining a num
ber of pictures so lifelike that no one could
fail to recognize the parties at a glance,
and the dress so faithfully portrayed that
the minutest portions could be readily dis
cerned. We advise all who feel an inter-
est in preserving a memento of fleeting
days to call and secure one of more of these
gems of art, now furnished at so low a
price as to be within the reach of all.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT. —An unknown
man, who walked up on the railroad track
from Mifflin on Monday morning, stepped
on the inner track near Bixler's Gap to
look at the freight trains passing, when the
mail train came along, and although timely
notice was given he remained rooted to the
spot, apparently paralized with fear. lie
was struck by the cow-catcher, thrown up
ten or fifteen feet high, and fell a corpse,
having scarcely a mark on his body to
show that he had come into contact with
the vast power of a locomotive. Ninety
cents were found in one of his stockings,
but no papers or other matters by which
he could be identified.
Bgi_A good article of Tooth Powder,
manufactured by Charles Henderson and
Samuel H. Berryhill of this place, has been
given us for examination, which we think
will answer all intents. Try it. Price 10
cents per box. A superior article of Black
Ink is also manufactured by the same,
which deserves notice.
THIEVING. —For some time past Messrs.
Marks & Willis have suffered losses of
blooms left in their charge for shipment,
without knowing what could have become
l of them. Through information given by-
David Chriswell, who keeps a grocery on
• West Third street, a watch was set and
two old jail birds discovered at the busi
ness of carrying them away. They were
arrested on Tuesday, and if some evidence
oan be obtained, others implicated will also
stand a chance for a residence in the coun
try seat near Philadelphia.
The house of John Glasgow, in Wayne
( township, was broken into on Sunday last,
while the family were absent, and a rifle,
watch and some money stolen therefrom.
if you want to purchase
any Fruit Trees this fall, when you are in
1 town, during court week or any other
time, go and look at those of Warner and
Butts.'
SCENERY ON THE JUNIATA. —Dr. (Ja
bill, of Ireland, in a letter dated at Pitts
burgh, after noting the indications of ap
proaching sorue high mountain ranges, pre
vious to his arrival at Patterson, says :
" And here, indeed, the travolytJpras sur
prised to see, during twelve miles, (to Lewis
town.) every scheme of figure, device, heiglit,
width, depth, into which the fancy of Nature
could, in one of her most poetical humors
cast and mould her innumerable hills. They
were all of the conical or sugar-loaf family.
Atone time they would appear in rows of three,
four, six, or ten, aM of the same height; at
another time they would appear in triangles,
or squares, or parallelograms of different
heights. Again, their ravines ran east, west,
north, and south ; and, above all, their natu
ral, beautiful, romantic glens, all planted in
rich, beautiful trees by the old, experienced
hand of graceful Nature. Then, again. liiil
upon hill, hill behind hill; circles of hills
around circles of hills; 'hen one tall hill,
above all the surrounding hills: all, all form
ed groups, families, and chains, and ravines,
; and glens, and a practical hill romance, sueh
! as I do believe neither is cr could be excelled
!on the entire earth. YVhat rendered this hill
; poetry so very entrancing was that the Juni
j ata accompanied us the whole way. Of eourse
! the whole route through this mountain phan
| tasy was on an ever varying curve. In fact,
j we were describing the figure of eight (8) on
! every two miles of the road, with the river
j performing the same figure with the steam
1 engine. I might, with much propriety of
j rhetorical imagery, say that the engine and
Juniata danced in an exquisite curved figure
for twelve miles, through so eral admiring
families of enchanting . This scene of
; beauty in Nature shall net. r be effaced from
uiy memory or be forgotten by my Irish heart
as long as I live. On arriving at Altoona,
and conversing with fellow travelers, I learn
; ed from them that the universal impression
made upon all travelers of* all nations is— .
namely, that there is nothing of this Kind of
landscape more beautiful in the whole world. ' 1
We have been over these hills and ridges
: and mountains, and through these glens
I and ravines, many a time—sometimes " sol
itary and alone"—all fur the mere fun of
the thing, one moment looking into Juni
ata county through Licking valley, the
next taking in a beautiful view up or down
the river, or following it westward caught
a glimpse of Lewistown, the beautiful
ridge beyond it, with Jack's and Stone
Mountain in the distance. The geology
and botany of this region are also interest
ing, and afford a fine field for those who
take an interest in those pages which the
Creator has laid before us for our contem
plation. But to understand it thoroughly,
it is necessary to examine it on foot, a
severe task for those unaccustomed to
climbing over rocks, over lallen timber,
through brushwood of various kinds,
among which locust and green thorn are
most annoying, but the fatigue is amply re
paid by ever-changing views and scenery, ;
than which, as Br. Cahill says, '• there is i
nothing of that kind of landscape more
beautiful in the whole world." In truth, :
the scenery at and near Lcwistown, is oi"
that pleasing character which never tires
the eye, even if viewed a thousand times, j
It was but recently that a gentleman just •
returned from a European tour, remarked ■
that of all that was wild, picturesque and
grand, which came under his observation
in France, Italy, (Jermany and Switzerland,
he saw none that exceeded the views in
anu near Lcwistown.
FATAL ACCIDENT. —Bernard McXcllis,
a liana 011 the tie train on this division,
was killed at Maviettta few weeks ago by
falling under a train, of which his brother
was flagman, while riding from Columbia
westward. lie endeavored to assist in cut
ting loose some cars from the traiu, the
local freight, when he was thrown under the
wheels. A portion passed over his head,
crushing off the entire back, part killing
him instantly. '1 he deceased was unmar
ried, about thirty-five years #f age. and
resided at Newton Hamilton.
SUDDEX DEATH. —Rev L. 11. Beveridge,
Pastor of the Sixth I'nited Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia, died suddenly at
the residence of Col. Wm. Cummins,
Kishacoquillas Valley, on Wednesday of
last week. Mr. Beveridge had just finish
ed his dinner, and when rising from the
table, fell dead without speaking. Mr. B.
was a young man of rare attainments, and
the editor of the Evangelical Repository,
a monthly periodical, published by the
denomiation to which he was attached.—
He was the son of Rev. Dr Beveridge,
Professor in the United Presbyterian Theo
logical Seminary, at Xenia, Ohio. His re
mains were taken to Philadelphia for in
terment.
ZOUAVE COMPANY. —A large number
of young men met at the Apprentices'
Hall on Thursday evening last for the pur
pose of taking preliminary measures to
form a volunteer company of Zouaves, and
after appointing various committees, adopt
ed the following resolution :
liesolved, That we will not, while on pa
rade or in uniform, under any pretext what
ever, touch, taste or handle any malt or spir
ituous liquor, wine or cider; neither use any
profane or luose language.
teg-We hear a report of a serious fracas
up the river by which a roan was consider
ably injured with a knife. The rumor
goes that the one stabbed was using very
abusive language to the other.
Private ExamanaMoii of Toiuiers.
_ i Mr. Editor : —As the time f-r the
examination of teachers is u -r, I
• ■ through your dolumns to caH the " •
- all candidates for teaching to the f01k...
i from the decisions of the Sta- >,,!
perintendent. "These [private examination.*!
" have ben tolerated heretofore to an i:. ; vritms
• extent, and have wrongfully consumed the
> time, and seriously crippled the movements
8 of Superintendents. The regular! /-•
s ed public examinations to all appi;]
f cants, and it is their duty to present them
• • selves in their proper district. Superinteis.
■ tendents should refuse to make private exari
-1 inations, except in cases of sickness, or other
> 1 satisfactory causa; and not tb->n. i nless ai,-
t plicints bring a written request front at least
throe mem bars of the hoard of directors w!
• desire to employ them."
] i Last year some avoided the public exaiii
] nations, hoping to pass more easily through
1 a private examination. I think" most "if
s them w re disappointed; perhaps it i
? difficult to withhold a certificate from an npi
- plicant when others are not present.
> It is to be hoped that all who thiuk of te.v' -
' ing in Mifflin county the coming season, will
| read the above extract, and govern themselves
' accordingly. Such is mi/ intention.
AZA KIAil SMITH.
Co. Supt,
Teachers' Institute.
1 Mr. Editor : Allow me, through the On
-1 zstte, to cail the attention of teachers to th?
' Teachers' Institute, which is to be held m-xt
| week in Lewistown. Let mc say to y 'i, ..;.
low teachers, come out en mtsse, and !•'■( t n
have a pleasant and profitable Institute. \v,
! • have had several good ones, but there is still
room for improvement. Upon us will dc; ■ i;d
1 • much of its usefulness. Wo bar; an n '. t j.,,
; and energetic Count# Superintend, nt— ~..
i who, in our Normal Class has shown him* ](
to be an able and skillful instructor. \ it -■
must co-operate with him, f ; !. -p
united efforts inn .j to make a go-id Insti
tute. Therefore, c< me <>ut. feHuw teacher.-,
: each one with the determination to contribute
j something to sender the exeroi-rs iiu res in
and iustractive. Let us " know no fail " °
A TEACHER.
MIFFLIN COINTV AG^ICULTLTUI.
. SOCIETY*. A meeting- of the Mifflin
j County Agricultural Society will he held in
the Town Ilaii, at Lewistown, on TI'ESDA J"
August 28th, at 2 o'clock P. M_ Tim- stock
holders ;tr.d all other inter- . -d in the assoc;-
ation are invited to attend.
GEORGE FIVYSINGER > .
JOSEPH S. WALE AM. j 1
AIV33ROTYPES
j _ ANL> _
The Gemv c( the Season.
J r £MIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth.
Jt The pictures taken by Mr. UurklmMer
"! re unsurpassed for BOL!*>XESS TIM "HI
FULNESS. BEAUTY Ok' FINISH, and
j DURABILITY. Prices varying according
| to size and quality of frames "and Cases,
j Lewistown, August 23, iB6O.
Teachers' Institute and Exami
nations.
ON Monday morning. August 27th. t!
sessions of the annual Teachers' 'i.-: -
• tutc will commence at Lewiatown, and wit!
I continue during live days.
Lectures are expected from T. H Burrowes,
■ State Supt., Prof. S. P. Bates. Deputy S;;j,t.'
I Prof. Miller, of Blair county, J. 11. Gaut, L.- i.
I of Philadelphia, and others.
A!" past, present or prospective teachers ..f
i Mifflin county are urged to attend, and direc
tors and citizens are invited to favor us with
1 their presence.
Examinations of candidates fir teaching
will be held for the several Districts of the
; county, as follows ;
; Lewistown, Au"iit 2
Armagh, at Milroy, *r|.teixjb(o i
, \\ ayne and Newton Hamilton, at
Newton Hamilton, " j
. Bratton, Oiiver, and McVeytown,
at McYeytown, " 4
Menno, at Allenville, >• .
Union, at Belleville, C,
j Brown, at Reedsville, •• 7
1 Deny and Granville, at Lewistown, " 8
! Decatur, at Lilley's Mill, 10
Examination to begin at 9} o'clock, a. m.
Directors and citizens are urgently rcquts*
1 ted to attend.
AZARIAH SMITH.
aug'_J ijupt.
Cheap Boots and Shoes,
TITHE subscriber would respectfully invi'e
JL the attention of the public to his sto.k
; of Eastern work, consisting of Men's, Boy's
j and Youth s Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, La
j dies', Misses and Children's Roots and Sites*,
; 'JI ot which he will positively sell a I e.W, o-r
rash, until tlie Ist of October next.
Those wishing to supply themselves with
j any of the above articles will do well to call
and examine for themselves before purchasing
elsewhere.
.VII kinds of Boots, Shoes, (Jailers, Ac.,
made to order of the best material and work
manship, at regular prices, at the sign of tbo
" 818 SHOE," a few doors east of Francis*
cus' Hardware Storo.
N. B. All persons indobted to me are rc*
quested to call and settle their accounts be
fore the Ist of October.
JOHN CLARKE.
NOTICE.
PERSONS knowing themselves indebted
to John Kennedy, or to the late firm o!
John Kennedy, sr., "<fc Co., will please call
and settle up their accounts before the Ist day
of October, as on that day the books will be
put into the hands of Jos. Alexander, Esq ,
for collection. All having claims against
John Kennedy, er., or the late firm of John
Kennedy Co., will bring in their acsounts
for settlement. The stook BOW on hand will
be sold at and below cost to close the concern,
as John Kennedy, sr., intends to relinquish
the business.
JOHN KENNEDY A Co
Lewistown, August 16, 1860.
SCHOOL TEACHERSr
TIT ANTED, eleven Teachers for the Pub
▼ v lie Schools of Lewistown. The Conn*
ty Superintendent will examine applicants on
Saturday August 26th, at L vistown, and se
lections will be made immediately thereafter-
Schools to open ff-ro loth September io B'
October, for six months at least.
By order of the Board,
GEO. W. ELDER.
auglG * Secretary.