Whole No. 2619. Jacob C. Blymyer & Co, 3 Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. and of all kinds pur- c |,a size and quality of frames and Cas.ec.'' I llooni over the Express' Office. ' " Lewistown, August 23, IBGO. Tie (Ircatcst Discovery of the Ay is that • John Kennedy & Co. Propietors 5 AM) YDIES FiKOi'EI), Salesman, VI t K selling goods at prices that defy com . petition. They keep a large stock of nil kinds of goods such as Sugars, at7.fi, 10, . 11. t'off es at 10. Teas 88, Syrups at 00 per , itilh'H, lit.) boxes of Mould Candles 10 uz to j !li„ (to dealers at 13 cts. by tlie box,) 14 cts. I per lb.. S.-gars, very low. Sugar Cored Hams i t 12, Pried Beef 12, Calicos, Muslins, Ging 'i iins, and all kinds of Dry Goods for sale at rice- that can't be surpassed. Everybody and anybody are invited to come and see tlie -igbts. Don't forg. tto bring along the ready e.i-!i, as you may be sure its that we're aftef; .nd don't forget that w. sell goods to suit the bird times; we take produce of ail kinds in xt liaiige for goods. JOHN KENNEDY & Co. feb 14 J. B. FIKOVEO, Salesman. ' New Spring and Summer Goods., | ) F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy j 11 • .V: Ellis, has just returned from the city with a choice assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, wleeted with care and purchased for cash, winch arc offered to the public at a small ad vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods eiu br;i-es all descriptions of Spring and Summer Goods ; unable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, Vitli many new patterns. His &vocrrfto vOf-.p,.iae Choice Sugars. Molasses, Java, liio and Lagnyra Coffee, superior Teas, &c. Also, 11 'Us and Shoes. Queens ware, and all other articles usually fopnd in stores-—all which .he customers of the late firm 'ftfid die public in general are invited to examine. R. F. ELLIS. Country Produce received as usual and the mil market price allowed therefor. Lewistown, May 10, 1801. EDWARD FRY SIN GER, WHOLESALE DEALER A RER or ®ARS,ITO,SIFP, &.C., &c., UatSWHSWSWSJa ffiio Orders promptly attended to. jel6 ?EO. "W. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Oftice Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mifflin.Centye and Hunting don counties. noy26 Seigriit's Old Stand* Hear the Canal Bridge, Lewistown, Pa, Strong Beer, Lager Beer, Lindenberger and Switzer Cheese—all of the best quality constantly on band, for sale wholesale or re tail. Veast to be had daily during summer. my24-yr ' " - • Fish! FisbJ Fishl MACKEREL, Tiering, Shad and all oili er kinds of Fish, juat received and for ® a le at the lowest prices at Henry Zerbe'a Grocery. imnsraisTD asm nmmuamm irsr ®is©ib®is irottSQ&asafe aooiiHUisr awwraws 3>^ o mEmmnmi, DIXIE FOR THE UNION. BY FRANCES J. CROSBY On! ye patriots to the battle! Jlar Fort Moultrie's cannom rat tie! Then away, then awav, then away to the fight; Go meet these Southern traitors With iron will! And should your courage falter, boys, Remember Hunker llill. Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! The stars aue ty brave as th h • Hurrah i eic. on! ye patriots to the battle ! Hear Fort Moultrie's e.-uinoii rattle! Then away, then away, then away to the !i£tt! The star that lights ( ,i>r Union - ■ Shall never set ! '" r TfioWgh tieree may be the con the t, We'll gain the victory yet. Hurrah! hurriili ! The stars and stripes forever! llurrah! hurrah: The UuioU -hailgm, sever! wm&Mmi = .? y THE CHARCOAL BURNER OF ROU EN. Not many miles from the city of Rouen in France is located a wild and somewhat extensive forest. This wood'is chiefly in habited by charcoal burners —and many are the dark legends in which they figure. Of course, these Piles are most exaggerated, and in most eases have n6 foundation at all 1 luring the year 183-, however, several travelers, whose way lay through this lor est mysteriously disapj eared. The whole place was scoured, ajid tlie inhabitants vig orously examined, but no clue was obtain ed, and they were dismissed. For several months after tjjis, r,o fravcflbrs were missed, and finally the public excitement was al layed. It is at this time that the incidents related in this sketch OceUhed. ! lt was a fine day in early autumn, and the woods presented a beautiful appear ance. 'I be birds were gaily singing, and the rays of an afteiuouii'sun weflf'gilding tlie tree tops. In the very heart of the forest surrounded by the Leaps of smoking earth, stood one ..! those burners, lie was a splendid specimen of a man as far as physical proportions arc concerned; fully six leet in height, and stout in proportion, llis broad shoulders might have contained the strength of a Here lies. His head was large and poVered with a shaggy mass of hair, and his features were decidedly re pulsive. His eyes were large and covered with bushy eye-brows, lie had altogether a cruel and malevolent appearance. As we introduce him to the reader, he was leaning upon a largo axe, apparently in a listening position. The road ran by the place he was standing, but he could not see far along it on account of a sudden turn, a little distance from him. TJie clatter of a horse's hoofs, however, cbtjld be plainly heard, and in a few minutes a horse and ri der came in sight. The new comer was a small and active looking man, and froui his dress was a gentleman well off. His eyes, unusually keen and searching, were bent upbn the charcoal burner in such a | manner tjiat the latter completely quailed ' before hi in. 4 A fair day, my good man,' said the • horseman, in the easy manner of one speak ing to an inferior. i 4 Excellent, Monsieur, for one of my 1 trade. 1' lfii e not the broiling suns of sum mer, nor yet the bleak winds of winter.' j 4 Since you are so nicely suited, I sup i pose you arc what so few are in this world j —happy.' 4 You say truly, Monsieur —few, few in deed arc truly happy. There is no happi ness without contentment.' 4 And are you content V 1 At times', I think ; but when I ape the nobleman riding by in his coach and lour, rolling in riches, with servants to obey his every wish, atid £ have to toil hard by for my daily bread, I cannot help thinking that God is sometimes unjust.' 4 And do you u"eV6r'tmn¥ of appropria ting these superfluous riches to yourself?' 4 What does Monsieur mean * I that no thought df disobeying alike the laws of God and man ever enter my mind.' 'I meant nothing; it was merely an idle question; but I did not stop to talk thus, but to ask the way to P . It is getting late, and I must be on the move.' 4 If Monsieur is in a hurry, I can direct hinj to .P in about the time.' 4 1 shall be 'much obliged to you, my friend". 1, ■ ' l '''This road begins very near ftiy home, which is about half a Riild further on. You WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1861. had better stop there, as my wife can point it out to you.' 4 I will do so. Ilere is a ro.vard,' ex claimed the horseman, offering him a piede of gold. The other drew back and refused tp -akp it, alleging that he hud done nothing to de serve it. The horseman then' put spurs to his horse and rode away, a bend in the road soon hiding him from sight. Having rode on until he iidagiued that his horse's hoofs tsOtiltl not be heard by the charcoal'burner, should the latter be listening, lie dismount ed and retraced his steps, lie arrived at the place where he h-d left his friend, the charcoal burner, but the latter 1 could not be seen. The granger hastened back to his horse and remounted. 4 It is as I expected/ he muttered. 4 This road makes a large bend jierc, and by cut- ; ting across, he can reach this hut before me. 1 care little, though, as lam fore- ! warned. We shall see who will come out j first. I comprehend why lie refused my j gold piece; he considers it as his own, and I he thinks Lid may as well take all together; j but I must hurry on and {hiish this busi- ' ftbsfe befoihj muhtfall. 8o saying he put spurs to his horse and j rode on. Ten minutes' sharp riding , brought the charcoal burner's hut in view. ! As be first caught sight of it, he thought i he detected a man's face pressed against one of the windows. Of this, however, he could not be certain, as the face, if such it was, instantly disappeared. At the sound of the horse's hoof'sj an old 'woman appeared in the doorway, and gazing curi ously at him, wai ed till he rode up. The horseman could not help thinking that the woman was a most fitting companion for the husband. The expression of her coun tenance was even more villainous. The stranger, however, did not stop to criticise her appearance, but courteously saluted her, saying: ' " ' 4 i believe, Madam, that you are the wife of the charcoal burner tliat I met up the - road ?' The woman replied in the affirmative. j 4 Then T will tell you I am bound for I' , which I wish to reach before night fall. He told me of a lane, whiah was much shorter than the rCgtilar road,'which he said you could point out to me.' 4 Certainly ! II that is all that Monsieur wishes he is easily satisfied. You may see a little way up that large tree whi'Ch tow ers above the rest, just beyond that large rock, and the lane enters the road on the other side of it. As it is very narrow, and grown up with bushes, you would hardly i notice it. llut with these directions you i can hardly fail.' 'Never you fear; I shall not mi.:s the ' road.' 'ls that all Monsieur wishes?' '1 believe so; but stop a minute- I of- j fered your husband a piece (if gold, but he j refused to take it. Perhaps \ou may be more sensible.' 'Pierre is too sensitive Y\'c might both starve before lie j aake a cent' '1 see you differ from him a little,' re j turned tlie horseman, laughing, lie then • put spurs to his horse and rode on. In a ! few minutes he reached the large rock al luded to, and could the:; perceive the en- j trance to a narrow lane,' artfully concealed by bushes. He soon made his way through them, and when once in the lane, found it a little wider than lie expected. It also became free of bushes as he pro ceeded. lie stopped a moment to exatging the priming of his pistol, muttering : 'My worthy friends are rather sharp. They do not their murdering in the open road, where spilled blood might lead to their detection, but inveigle the unfortu nate traveled into'the dark lane, where he ma}* be safely put away and none be the wiser of it. At any rate, I am fully pre pared for them, and they will not put me out of the tfay without r> struggle.' 'Having seen that his arms were ready for use, he rode slowly forward, keeping a caTeful witch "on eiich side of the road, that he might not le surprised. As long as the woods kept open as they were, he did not fear, as there was no good hiding place for a man. Ere long thb woods be gan to grew thicker and more sombre. — Little hillocks covered with bushes became more frequent, until at last they became a long range, skirting at each side of the road. The horseman feit that the tipie whi&b was to try him was near at hand, and he dropped the reins till his hands covered a holster pistol, which he firmly graspfed in such a manner as a person would not notice, and- he then assumed an air of carelessness, though his watch wiis keener than ever. At length he came to U' place which he felt certain 'c'Ontained his enemy. Nature seemed to have adapted this place for the purpose of concealment. The rocks which skirtqd the road at this place were about breast high, and so per pendicular as to be nearly iul'pervious. The tall trees on each side of the road twined their tops together, forming a natural roof of leaves, and rendering the place as dark and dislual'as night. It was a scene sufficient to appal the stoutest heart, but the'liorseiuan, although he knew that the next moment might be his last, rode on with as careless an air as he might have worn had he been travftiing the streets of a populous city. His hand 'still grasped the but of the pistol/and his keen eyes searched each covert. Sudden- ly a pistol shot rung upon tlie air, and his hat fell to '/pe ground, with a bullet hole through it, not more than an inch above whOre his head had been. Instantly turn ing in the direction of the sound, he be held :i slight wreath of smoke curling up from behind a bush, and without a mo ment's hesitation, he leveled his pistol and fired. The aim was terribly fatal. A wild shriek rung upon the air, and tpc next mo ment there sprang iroiu behind the tree, not the cfiarcoal burner as was expected, , but his wife. The blood was flowing co piously from her forehead, and presented a horrible spectacle, She tottered to the edge of tlie wall of ru./s and fell into the road a corpse! ' Had 1 known it to be a woman/ the horseman muttered, 4 1 never would have fired. But it is too late to moralize. What j can have become of my friend, the char coal burner? As lie spoke, he turned around quickly and encountered the object of his thoughts, j It was lucky for him that he was so 1 quick. The charcoal burrief held a gleam- ! irig knife in his hand, already uplifted to j strike. While the horseman's attention ' had been engaged by the tragical end of the woman, lie had silently crept up behind him, and the would-be assassin sprung for- j ward making a desperate pass at his breast. . The horseman still held the discharged pis- \ tol in his hand, and with its long bar e! j managed to parry the blow. Ill' then buried the spurs deep in the ! horse's sides, and the goaded beast sprang forward so violently as to dash the char- j coal burner to the ground, and completely ! springing over him, dashing the knife from j his hand, leaving him stunned in'the mid- j die ot the road. The horseman turned ! instantly, and drawing his remaining pis tol from his holster, waited for the other to rise. The latter staggered to his feet, leaning against the rocks on the side of the road, gazing sullenly and 'revengefully on his conqueror. Thus the strange cou ple regarded each other for some time, un til at last the hbrsetrtan broke the silence: 'So my friend,' he said, 4 your career is ended at last.' 4 Yes, curse you ! I'd rend you asunder too, if- ' 4 You dared, I presume,' put in the stranger. 'I doubt not your good inten tions, and can only thank Heaven thatyou have not the power proportionate to your will; but I am doubly thankful that I have j been the means of ridding the earth of j such a monster. I presume you can give j a" pretty good account of those mysterious | disappearances of late?' 4 Aye! that 1 can ! you are the first rich ly freighted traveler who has entered this lane, and escaped the bullet or the kliife/ ' Pshaw ! do you take uic for one of*those simpletons whose purses arc better filled than their heads V ' No!' exclaimed tlie other, with sudden j energy, '1 kijo\/ better. From tlie very ' first you seemed to have read ni) intention, j and you must have been sent expressly to . entrap me. In other'words you are a de- | tective in disguise. Weil, you have come : out best, but you have played a desperate 1 part. Few would lrave escaped as you j have, for my wife is a good shot. But yo"u ! seemed from the first to be fortune's fav- ' orite.' 4 T certainly had a narrow escape,' re- j marked the other, pointing to the bullet j hole in his hat. 4 But it is not the first 1 time that fortune proved friendly to me.' ' Well, who are you?' at length demand ed the other. 4 My name i 3 Vidocq.' 4 Great lieaverfs ! the Parisian detective ! I migjjt have known it would be al! up with mo, when you are pitted against me.' 'Yes; business at the nietroplis being rather dull, and having heard some rumors of your doings, I thought I would take a trip out here, if only for the good of my health. But, it is late, and you must be moving.' 'Where must I go?' 'To the gallows, in the end,' was the cool reply; 'but at present to the jail'at P— 'To the gallows!' returned the other fiercely. 'Never! any de-tb but that!" 'You sj:all have bjillet through your head if you prefer it.' The other ducked his head in expecta tion of tlie shot, and then made a desper ate spring at the detective. The latter, however, was in no hurry to fire, and cool ly awaited the other's attack. The char coal burner grasp'Od tlie reins with his left hard, agd with his right endeavored to grasp the pistol. The detective, however, caught his right hand with his own left, and holding it up with fin iron grasp, pas sed his right hand under until his pistol pressed against the other's forehead, when die fired. The other instantly relaxed his hold, and, with a terrible cry, fell back a corpse! The detective having accomplished the purpose of his visit, did not delay iris re turn to Paris, but having explained the af fair to the authorities at P he depart- PfJ- And thus was the earth rid of tyq as i great monsters in human form as ever ! lived. ! . ._ > i What Jetter would make every flower alike ? W would make all flowers wall flowers The Man with a Snake in his Hat- Dr. Dixon, in his New York Monthly Scalpel, states that a gentleman of the 'high est veracity" related to him the fallowing snake story, which beats anything that we have read lately: Going into a public bouse for dinner, he was surprised to'observe the extra care with which the gentleman who to.,k the seat opposite to him took off his hat; lie turned his hat as nearly upside down as possible without breaking his ueck ; then placing his hand over the inside of his hat, he again turned, and received its carefully guarded contents, concealed in a pocket handkerchief, in his hand ; then gently lay ing the back of his hand on tjie cushion, he slid the hat and its contents iff and com menced his dinner. The attention of my friend was irresistibly directed towards the hat; and his surprise greatly increased, the reader may imagine, on observing the head of d sizeable snake thrust out looking sharp ly about hiui. The gentleman perceiving the discovery, said: 'My dear srr, 1 was in hopes to have dined alone and not annoyed any one with my poor pet. Allow me to explain; he iv perfectly harmless ; only a common black snake. I was advised to carry him on my head for a rheumatism; 1 have done so far a few weeks and I am cured—positively of an agonising jnalady. T dare not yet part with him ; all ;hy care is to avoid discovery and treat my pet as well as possible in his irksome confinement. 1 feed him on m i|k arid-eggs, and not seem tc j suffer. I'ardoii me for the annoyance — ! you have my story ; it is true ; I am thank ful to the informer for my cure, and to you for your courtesy in leaving your din ner disgusted.' Poking Fun at Him. A few of the Wilson Zouaves, tired of waiting orders/ made their escape from the camp on Sunday. They went in different directions, and hid themselves in all man ner of ways. A search was immediately instituted. One had crawled into the re mains of a haystack, and having arranged the hay with which he was covered so as not to pxeite suspicion, lie lay entirely and effectually concealed, awaiting his chances. But he had been seen to do his work by some boys, who reported his Vrhereabouts j to his pursuers, and one of them went to j the haystack to discover him. He stamp- j ed on the loose bay, calling loudly, but fail- ; ed to get an answer or to find any trace of the fugitive. Thinking the boys were mis taken, the pursuing soldier left.; but taking a se'eond fhtfught he returned, and, after due warning, drove his bayonet into the hay in every direction. After diligent j work a iloisd was heard, and the Zouave crawled out. Though the bayonet had gra zed him three or four times, piercing his clothing, yet he was uninjured. His coat, directly under his arm, had a bayonetstab, and there were two through his loose pan- j taloons. At Factoryville, whither he was j taken, he was exceedingly jolly. 'lf 1 t had thought,' said he, 'the fellow wouldn't j have punched at me more than thirty or 1 forty times more, I would have stood it; j but I thought he would never stop.' What disposition was made ol him was not as certained. Jleinun Challenges all England. —The New York Clipper states that a few days since it was informed on what it considers 'good authority' that John C. Heenan for warded a challenge to England to fight Mace, Hurst, Ki:*g, or any other man in England'for the sum of 310,000. -IcLal so stated that Ileenan's offer embraces sev eral other points, viz: that he (Heenrn) will siake 310.000 to 38,000 if Mace will come to tins' eoiintry ifhd fight in Canada ; he will give Mace 31,000 to defray liis ex penses ; or the Boy will take 310,000 to 3b,000 and fight in England if the Cham pion of England will pay" Heenan SI,OOO to defray his expenses to that country. — These propositions are very fair and equi table, and- certainly cannot meet with any objection if the Londoners are anxious to test the abilities of the American once more. In his former trip to that country the Boy had to defray his own expenses, which, with those of bis trainers, amount ed to a very large sum. The pecuniary stake at issue was almost nothing compared to the outlay he'was subjected to while there. Whiskey vs. Bullets. —An old soldier of fers the following excellent advice to vol unteefs: 'My boys ft if any among you 1 have been in the habit of drinking much whiskey, quit it! If you continue to drink | hard, you are dished—your more sober ' companions will bury you. In the service : you haveto tfffdergO, whiskey will kill you more certainly than either ball or shell.— I If you are exhausted after a long march, a i jorum of strong tea and a chunk of stale bread will do you more gcod than all the tyjyskey that was ever concocted. Ihe boatmen of Canada will tell you that. Cof -1 fee is not good; but a jorum of strong tea : will - check- • dysentery and bowel com i plaint. Soup is Much meat is bad | in hot weather; the less meat the less blood, I the less blood the less load to carry—hone ! and sinew make the soldier, not blood. £ ' light diet may go hard on men of strong j appetites; but he that lives soberly and lightly will recover of his wounds quicker New Series—Vol. XV, No. 37- and trouble the hospital less than the man vvho drinks hard and gorges hunbclf inces *a;;t!y. S*sy°Artemus Ward says: Under no cir kumstanses whatsuniever will I secede, and let the palmctter Hags flote thicker nor the shirts on a close line, and still I'M stand A' stick onto the good old flag of the stars and stripes. My eountey may go to the devil, but I won't. And next sum mer when I start out on my campane with my show, wherever I pitch my little tent you shall see a dentin proudly the senter pole thar the American flag with nary a star wiped out, nary a stripe lesser; •but the'same old flag that has aliens flotid there, and the price of admission will bo the same it ailers wus—ls cents ; one-eyed me., and wimmin and childem halt price! If A nonius only docs that it will be all right, 'whether'school keeps or 1 dot?.' &'tnmg 117//- Spelling. — His Honor the Mayor ot Apalaehicola has an equal uver i sion to treason and to orthography. lie has issued an official notice to Mr. Dean,a schoolmaster from Michigan, charging him with 'treesonablc language,' and warning him to depart by the 'furet opportunity for moar northern climbs.' It is net to be ; dered at that the schoolmaster was not* ap ; prcciated Ly the civil authorities at 'Apa | lache.' BERNARD A. 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L-trangorSj .'i'ravelsrs and Visitors we sordt ally invite to the hospitality'of tiie '* Nation al"—to cmue and see and judge for theni -1 selves of its advantages and merits. Our lo cation is central, a net convenient for merchants and business men generally. We will always endeavor to 6tudy the wants and comforts of our guest 3, ami with the as sistance of Mr. CHAS. A. STEIN, our affalde and attentive Clerk, we feel well prepared to keep a good hotel, and hope to Le übie to give general satisfaction. IIKNRY QUILLMAN, i feb2S-lyr JOHN .BOYER. .... IN ALL ITS lIItAXCHES, Executed in the best style known in the art, ~, ' -■ at- • , C. G. Crane's Gallery, | 532 Arch St., east of Sixth, Philadelphia. Life Size in Oil and Pastil, STEREOSCOPIC" PORTRAITS, AMBROTYPES, DAGUERREOTYPES, Ait. For Cases, Slcdaliione, Pins, Rings &c. j. Philadelphia, November 15, 1860-ly. NEW REMEDIES FOR SPERMATORRHOEA. TIOWAKD ASSOCIATION, PHI LA DELPHI A, A 11 Benevolent" Instilultun estabhthed by tnetnl Endme- Kbit, fur the Relief of the tiukand distressed, euHiendwith Virulent and Chrome Ureases, and especially for the Vara , of Diseases of the Becval Orywns. ' MEDICAL ADVICE given grabs, by the Aetu.goujr i REPORTS on Spermatorrhoea, and oth er diseases of the Sexual Organ.-, and the NEW REM EDIES employed in the Dispensary, sent m sealed envelopes, free of charge. , Two or three sumps Ibt postage acceptable. Address, DR. J. BKIDLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, No. 2 6. Ninth St., ! Philadelphia, Pa. jeO ," SALT! SALT! r IAHE undersigned are agents for the Onon- JL dago Salt Company. ' Wholesale price, sl.oo per bbl. of 280 lbs, or 5 bushels. - , Retail price, 1.75. MARKS & WILLIS, del3-6m Sole Agents for Mifflin County ROPES, ail sizes and qualities, for sale low . by" F. G. FRANCISCUS. ,