whole No. 2645.
}OOD NEWS!
i STAY arrival of BOOTS k SHOES at
\ Ihlly Johnson's, suitable for fall and
vliter, and cheaper than lias ever been sold
j (inn place ; no mistake.
Pn'e cearse boots from $1 50 to 3 25
2 75 to 3 75
I T r' boots from 1 00 to 2 00
jiigfH ami children's shoes 18 to 75
Gums, $1 tX)
Voiucn 5 " 75
VoBIOU
gaiura, high heels 1 00 to 1 25
n.-h as have been sold from I 50 to 2 OU,
■J (jtarything >u iti■> line >erv low.
Manufacturing of nil kinds attended to as
p. i repairing done on the shortest n<-
f . A sj. a large assortment Trunks kept
: i,and which will be sold very low. Ilis
. end- and customers will confer a great fu
r in him if tiiey will stop asking him for
:t. I r bis tonus are strictly Cah. He
rea s 1 c. rich and poor a!ik, so those wisk
i.j rr. fit will please call where tfiey sell at
profits. So. come on, :f || y,u ca „h OUh .
i :nT*. and provide for ynusclve.i good Boots
br ti:o \V inter.
oot2 BILLY JOHNSON.
TEE RELIEF FUND,
t'oi'lCL is herei.y given to all interested
. t t'i it with the orders to i.c issued on the
J tuuary, the reiicf heretofore extended
- - with tli • fullowing classes :
■ I■> taiiiili. * whose "main support"
Jatiy po-iti n in the artuy y'elding the
ty ■! a sergeant, HI i upwards.
-i lo all fain: ics who have claimed and
•i J relief on the ground of "partial sup-
A- various promotions have taken place
t ur troops an- in the field, persons liav
; knowledge of any coining under the first
btoe are requested to furnish information to
Bo i'uh rsigiied, or anv member ol the Board
: iblief.
A rs s dution was aNo adopted that the pres
p.: 11 -gulatioiis restiecting relief shall expire
tii- Ist of .March next with all who shall
have received relief for twelve weeks or
t e. as the fund is now so limited in amount
the Board feels impelled, after that date,
fU' tid aid, under new regulations, only to
• whose actual circumstances wili require
By order of the Board.
GEORGE FKYSIXGER. Secy.
L.'wisfown, January 15, ING2-ltnhl.
IMate of James Mrfllnfirk. drtea?d.
V" • l'*B is hereby given that letter*of ad
.l ir ~str.i ioii oti the r-state of JAMES
f.l LIN Tl'' I\. l.itc of buion township, Mif-
I itity, deceased, have be.-n granted to
Lo iiTsigi.eJ, the first named residing in
jm . ami tiie iattei'in I township. A I
l'- :> s indebted T.i raid estate are requested
, i k' iiiitii'-duite payment, and those ha
. . ( a.s t> present them duly autin-ntican d
r s'.:ticuic t
UOKKKT B A RR,
<• ATIiAiXK .MvCLIN ITCK,
j ' Ad 111 IF.
Estate of John Rager, deceased.
YUli- K is hereby given that letters of ad
iniiii.-li :iti i: M;I the estate of JOHN It A
1 ... ..i:r <>f L)cca:ur towusbip, Mifflin county,
l-.-ased. have been granted to the undersign
. :t-M hug in tin; borough of" Lewistown.
' ' 'T> indebted to said estate are re
| ie>: --J ii in ike immediate payment, and
oiving claims to present them duly au
'' ii'.i -ateil lor settlement.
J s,! * C. lloo\ ER, Admr.
Instate of Reuben Myers, deceased.
V Olh'H is hereby given that letters tes
tamentary on the estate of REUBEN
IIYEIiS. late of • ranville township, .Mifflin
> 'y, deceased, have been granted to the
1 gned, residing in Oliver township. All
► • a- indebted to said estate are requested
[•'Bike immediate payment, and those bav
'i ' t :ns to present them duly authenticated
>ei;,. inent.
I" i -Ot ABRAHAM MYERS, Ex'r.
■ 1 -'i TOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned,
■A appointed Auditor by the Orphans'
■u-t ! M ffli n countv, to distribute the bal
■<" ; .• ii i-uis >'t Wm. T II -11. Adminis-
Vof Isaac Jones, late ~f Mifflin county,
H* ' . will meet parties interested there
■at ins ffl -e. in Eewjstnwrj, on TUESDAY.
■ ; ay of March 1802 at 10 o'clock a. m.
yJOS. W. BARKER, Aud.
ft f'l TOR'S NOilt'E —The undersign
BY <d. appointed Auditor by the Ofpbans'
P 'its han l of Cyrus Stitie and Samuel Stiite.
P'hi)nii>trators of John Stine, late of said
t'Uiitr, deo'd , will meet parties interested
'n-te.ti at his office, in Lewistown, on WED
- n EBUAV, 12th day of March, I*G2, at 10
o clock a m.
jn22 JOS. W. PARKER, And.
\ L DITOR'S NOTICE—The undersigned,
A appointed auditor by the court of Com
| ni '■> Bieas of Mifflin county, to distribute the
••tunee in the bands of Sheriff Stanbarger.
•-rising front the sale of the Real Estate of
ennuis Reed, w ill attend C< the duties of his
"np mtment, at his office, in Lewistown. on
D'tSbAY the 4th day of March, 1K62, at
' • c-ltKik A. M., wheu and where all per
" •"* having claim* are required to present
b'rnj or he debarred front coming in for a
said fund. J. W. SIIAW,
Jan29-4t Auditor.
NOTICE!
A '-L pern ns knowing themselves indebted
jtV. to the late firm of KENNEDY <£ JUN-
V by N'.,te or Book Account, will please
Ca ' ! on or before
April Ist, 1863,
and settle the same. By so doing
fOSTS WILL BE SITED,
"* tPr that time the accounts will be left in
hands of an Attorney for eolleetkm.
K. U. JUNKIX.
Surviving Partner of the late fitm of
KxnVEDV t JUNKIN.
December 18, l0l.
iissi© iFxsrifiaflafissrisfeia, s <,•* .
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Edited by A. Sunn, County Supsrintsndent.
For the Educational Column.
A Hint to Helpful School Teachers.
Aichdeacon Hare, in Guesses at Truth,
says : 'We are not framed to be self suf
ficient, but to derive our nourishment, in
tellectual and spiritual, as well as bodily,
fioui without, through the ministrations
of others ; and hence Instruction must ever
be a chief element of .Education, llence
too we obtain a criterion to determine what
sort of Instruction is right and beneficial,
that which ministers to education, which
tends to bring out,"to nourish and cultivate
tiie faculties oi mind, not that which mere
ly piles a mass ot information upon them.*'
i his extract from a hook full of wise sug
gestions, merits careful attention from
teachers, —especially from those—and their
name is Legion who imagine that the
highest object of an instructor is to propel
his pupils through the book with ail pos
sible speed, without any assurance that they
understand the principles set forth. It
may also be advantageously digested by
those teachers who, in the unlimited geu
erosily ul their hearts, cannot refrain from
helping scholars over every difficulty, how
ever trifiing; who seem fearful their pupils
Ri'/y recite a lew words correctly, so make
ludicrous haste to tell them what they can
not avoid knowing. Nearly every teacher
aids his scholars too uracil, especially while
reviling ; but some teachers carry this un
wise practice to such an extent that it is
ab solutclv paiiiiul to listen to them. They
do not educate, or instruct; they do not in
the siiglites: degree (ruin the inimis of
their pupils, but dwarf them, deaden their
ambition, crush their clastic energies, and
make them very poor parrots instead of
scholars.
j Any teacher who really aims to promote
j the intellectual growth of children, and
who thinks of what lie is about, will stu
! diously guard against thispiactice sohurt-
I Jul in its clltcts upon pupils, and so fa.igu-
I lng and unjust to himself. S
.effect Good School Directors.
As the time uppioaches for the election
! of new .School Directors, it seems a suit
! aide occasion to urge voters to throw aside
ail partisan considerations and select the
ucst ineii tor this responsible position. Any
candid man nil! chcetfully auuiit that the
question of party, or oi politics, should
never enter into the management of com
;uon schools. Whether a man is a Demo
crat or a Republican, or anything else—ex
cept a traitor —what has that to do with
his fitness tor a Director, or Teacher? If
he he an intelligent, honest, public spiritt d
man, —one who w ill zealously labor to pro
mote the prosperity ct schools, he is just
the man for a Director and should be elect-
Ed, unless one better than he can he found
The idea of rewarding a man—however
unlit tor the position—lor party services,
by giving him the honorable, though poor
ly paying office of School Director, is alto
gether absurd and most injurious to the
cause of general education. No real friend
ot schools will allow himself to be govern
ed by ideas so narrow, so utterly foreign to
the spirit, and so thoroughly destructive ol
the usefulness, of our excellent School
System.
It needs no argument to prove that good
Directors will secure good schools; the his
tory of the schools of the county furnish
es abundant evidence of this. Those dis
tricts which have choseu energetic, compe
tent, interested men for Directors, IIUW
stand foremost in the couuty lor excellence
of schools and lor liberal views on the sub
ject of education.
If the people of Mifflin county really
desire superior schools, if they wish to have
an honorable reputation for public spirit,
general intelligence and wise regard fur
the future prosperity of their children and
ot the State, they must and will select lor
Directors their wisest and best men.
A FKI END OF SCHOOLS
A&RI6PLYP&AL;
The Best Time for Cutting Timber, &c.
Experience has proved that trees for
timber, if cut at one season of the year, are
far more durable than if cut at another.—
Various reasons have been suggested why
this is so, and it is not yet fully determin
ed ; still, as the time which experience has
pointed out as the best for durability is dur
ing the autumn, it is generally supposed
that this property is modified by the amount
of sap in the trunk, and the maturity of
the wood itself. In the spring, or at any
early period of it, the trunks of most trees
is pressed with the ascending sap. The
leaves as yet are still folded in the bud,
and the surfaces for exhalation are only
sufficient to carry off very slowly the wa
tery part of the sap. Even after the leaves
have expanded, or until mid summer has
arrived, the tree# abound in juices. \\ hen,
however, the dry and sultry summer has
arrived, and the new wood and buds have
been matured and tormed. the watery part
of the sap is mostly exhaled, and probably
the circulation is less active as the leaves
become sere.
It is stated by Mr. Emerson, author of
the valuable report on trees and shrubs of
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1862,
ilasfiiciiasctt.s, th.it tijo soft maple cut in
feeptcuioer is three times more lasting than
ash or walnut cut in the winter; and from
numerous inquiries which lie bus made in
various quarters, and from information ob
taincd from reliable .sources, it seems he
has established the fact that autumn is the
time for cutting timber. When it is de
termined to cut timber, it is oi considera
ble 1 inj.urtanee to strip off the bark in the
spring, tiiat tlie body ol the tree may dry
during the summer \\ hen, however it is
au object to re produce forest irom the
remaining stuiups, the winter, or the very
first of spring, is much more favorable to
the growth of sprouts.
'I here are two seasons for cutting wood :
if it is expected to last, it must be cut the
last of summer, or during the early part of
autumn ; if it is wished to clothe the sur
face with a new growth of* trees, the cut
ting must be made late in winter. It is,
however, possible to modify these arrange
ments: if, for example, the woad is design
ed tor timber, it is deprived of its bark'in
the spring, it may be allowed to stuud the
season till winter anives, which is a period
when farmers have less to do than in the
summer or autumn
In seasoning, wood retains art amount of
water which may be regarded as its consti
tutional suppdy. This constitutional water
is very important ; lor, upion its presence
some of the most valuable properties of tlie
wood depend. 1 refer to elasticity and
strength. If wood, for example, is dried
in a water bath at 212° till it ceases to lose
weight, its elasticity and strength is very
much diminished. Hickory, when dried
in this way, becomes as brittle as pine.—
In ordinary seasoniug, or in steaming, I
believe the strength of wood is not dimin
ished. I his observation may not be df
much practical importance, as this plan of
seasoning is rarely followed. The amount
ot water varies, as will be observed, in dif
ferent species of trees, as well as in herba
ceous piants.
In another point of view, the amount of
wutor is important to be known, tor the
diiierence between taking green and dry
wood to market, as well as in its consum
ing, is very great; and so also, as ample
experience proves, there is a material dif
ference in burning green a..d dry wood.—
The quantity of water in the tfood varies
from LiO to 50 per centum, and probably
the average amount will not differ much
tr mMsor 40 per centum. This water is
not only of tiv use to the fire wood, but it
is prejudicial, as if must be dissipated by
hi at, in which act beat or calorie becomes
latent and lost, especially it the wood is
consumed upon a hearth or in a stove.
In addition to the efleet of water in
dimini hing the combustibility of wood,
the alkalies have also considerable influence
ol this kind Kim. which is a potash wood,
bu. nsv,ith less freedom than hickory, which
contains much lime. It is, however, pos
sible that the s.ze of the pores o! wood may
modify its combustibility. Black oak is a
tio'i.bie instance ot a slow drizzling com
hustion: the pores are large and numerous,
irotu which the watery sap continually
oozes— Statural History of J\' w York.
IIMEEMMOUX
Russian Discipline-
Ilsving found a German Iricnd in the
head physician of the military hospital at
Riga, I accompanied him one morning on
his visit thither. On the way he told me
how difficult it was to elicit from the men
the real seat of their complaints, as every
ailing iu the upper part ol the body, wheth
er in the head, back, or stomach, they call
puin in the heart; *ud those in the lower
part ol the body, puiu in the leg.
Having arrived at the hospital, all the
patients that were able to do so arrayed
themselves in a row, dumb and stiff, as if
on military parade. 'llow do you leel to
day, old man?' asked the doctor ol the
first. 'My heart pains,' was the expected
timid reply. ' Tongue out,' said the doc
tor, and out it was. Turning to the next,
the same question, same answer, and same
tongue operations. More than thirty iu
the row underwent the same medical inqui
ries and process.
I was about leaving, when my friend
told me to look around. To my utter as
tonishment I saw the whole lot still stand
ing iu military attitude, with their tongues
wide out. We looked on lor a while, when
the doctor loudly gave the word, ' Tongues
in,' and all the articulating organs vauished
in an iustant.
My risible faculties were so excited by
the ludicrous scene, that it was some mo
ments after we were in the open street, ere
I could, rather reproachfully, ak my friend
how he could play such a trick on the poor
fellows. 'You must not judge,'said he,
'by exceptions. I merely wanted to show
you to what extent the blind spirit ot dis
cipline prevails among the Russian troops.
Nor are the fellows,' added be, ' the worse
for the joke ; on the contrary, they believe
that the cure is greatly promoted by keep
ing the tongue out in the presence of the
doctor, the longer the better — Once a Week.
Jynumuc. —"I kuow well enough,' said
a fellow, 'where Iresh fish comes from, but
where these salt ones are catched, I'll he
hanged it 1 can tell.'
The Battle of Webb's Cress Roads.
The place where Gen. Zoliicoffer was
defeated and killed, is known through
southern Kentucky as Webb's Cross Roads,
and the battle should be called bv that
name. Mill Springs is nearly ten'miies
distant, and on the other side of the Cum
berland riv. r. A part of the engagement
took place in a field known in the neigh
borhood as ' the Old Field," and hence the"
suggestion that the battle should be called
the battle of Old Fields. But there is no
doubt that ' Webb's Cross Roads* is the
place that .-hauid give name to the battle.
The official statement made by Gen.
'I homas that one hundred and fourteen re
bels had been buried, up to a certain hour,
has lad the public, prone to expect exug
-oeiution, to believe that the figure repres
ented the extent of the loss of the enemy
in killed. We are, however, assured from
sources that we believe entirely reliable,
that not less than three hundred rebels
were leit dead on the ground. The official
reports ot Gen. Sehoep's Brigade Surgeon
states that one hundred ant ninety dead
rebels were buried on Monday. A gentle
man of this city writes that two Hundred
and eighty-three dead bodies of rebels were
found. Another who was on the ground,
informs us that many dead were found on
the old field, and that they were ly
ing thick in the underbrush in every di
rection. We are convinced that the rebel
loss in killed was very nearly if not alto
gether three hundred. Various statements
are made of the number of horses and
mnles taken. The evidence is that at least
fifteen hundred fell into our hands.— Cin
cinnati Commercial.
An Interesting E Jsode.
r lbe feature of the speaking at the Vol
unteer Refreshment Haloon festival, on
Wednesday night, at Sansoiu Street Hall,
was a little epee h by Ilenry W. ltockafel
low, a Lieutenant in the Federal army.
Lieutenant It. lust an arm at the battle
of Bull Run, was taken prisoner and carried
to Richmond.
He was introduce'] to the vast assemblage
by ex-Governor Pollock, and after some
urging he spoke thus:
T am not a talker, ladies and gentlemen,
but an actor. 1 started to go to Richmond,
and I vent there. [Laughter] I lost mr
arm but I didn t give up. My companions
lay piled dead around me but I didn't dea
pair; 1 was sent to Richmond and imprison
ed in a tobaeoo warehouse, hut I still hoped.
'With twelve hundred of our captive
soldiers 1 lay upon a floor unfit for swine
to herd upon; suffered from cold, hunger
and n.ikednc.-s. hut I shook oil despondency
and determined to escape. This a mini her
0 ns succeeded in doing. Our brave boys
lay in kcnels, unifortue 1 in old carpet,
covering their shivering bones with dirty
1 ;tg& and only too happy to find a uioth eaten
blanket upon which to sleep.
'Hut amid all the wretchedness in that
tobacco warehouse, with its swarm of twelve
hundred men, there was no desire to he
sent home except with honor—no wish but
that the L nion army may advance and pun
ish ihe leaders of the rebellion.'
Ihe Lieutenant only said these few
words, hut his youthful appearance, impres
sivo manners, and above *ll, the empty
coat sleeve that hung by his left side spoke
more eloquently than any words could
have done.— North. American.
The Pennsylvania Oil Region.
The shipment from the Pennsylvania
oil region, for the present month, over the
Philadelphia and Erie railroad, is estima
ted at 30,000 bbls , taxing the railway to
its full capacity. The oil trade is becom
ing a very important one, and the business
of refining it and preparing it for use is al
so profitable. It is a business that in Phil
adclphiu can be carried on verv successful
ly, and our manufacturers could not possi
bly put their enterprise and capital in a
channel more remunerative. The oil is af
forded at a price which makes it the cheap
est light now burned, and it is equal to
gas in its illuminating qualities. The di
rect railroad communication between this
city and the oii region will give our man
ufacturers advantages not possessed by
those of other cities. These will be large
ly increased when the Sunbury and Erie
railroad is completed.
B@_Mr. Barnuin has pounced upon a
new cariosity. It is a shrimp of a Com
modore, about the size of a man's hand
His name—which will incite to puns—is
Nutt —Commodore Nutt, of N'cw Hamp
shire, or some of the stonier eastern dis
tricta. Beside this curious little creature
Tom Thumb is said to be a Brobdignagiao
—a Colossus of Rhodes. ' How do you
get on down there?' from Tom Thumb
must be a salutation calculated to stun the
recipient; but such is the greeting which
he is understood to have offered this little
morsel of humanity when they met. We
have heard of the Kentuckian who was so
tall that his neighbors had to get on stilts
to wish him good morning; but the oddest
discrepancy of stature on record is that be
tween the famous General and the to be
famous Commodore.
make the following exclamation, on seeing
one of our fashionable ladies:—
'Ugh! much wigwam!'
Intelligent Action of a Dog-
A gentleman connected with the New
foundland fishery w-ts once possessed of a
dog of singular fidelity and sagacity. On
one occasion a boat and crew in his employ
were in circumstances of*considerable peril,
just outside a line of breakers, which,
owing to some change in wind or weather,
had, since the departure of the boat, ren
dered the return passage through them
most hazardous. Ihe spectators on shore
were quite unable to render any assistance
to their friends afloat Much time had
been spent, and the danger seemed to in
crease rather than diminish. Our friend,
the dog, looked on for a length ot time, ev
idently aware of there being great cause for
anxieiy in those around. Presently, how
ever, he took to the water, and made his way
througn her to the boat.
The crew supposed he wished to join
them, and made various attempts to induce
him to come on board ; but no ! he would
not go within their reach, but continued
swimming about a sh9it distance from
them. Alter a while, and several com
ments on the peculiar conduct of the dog,
one of the hand* suddenly divined his ap
paient meaning. 'Give him the end of a
rope,' lie said ; ' that is what he wants.'—
The rope was thrown—the dog seized the
end in an instant, turned round and made
straight for the shore, where a few min
utes afterwards boat and crew—thanks to
the intelligence of their four footed friend
—were placed safe and undamaged. Was
there reasoning here? No acting with a
view to an end or for a gives motive ? Or
was it nothing but ordinary instinct ? — Rev.
C. J. Atkinson, ' The Zoologist
whirlpool, some three hundred
and sixty feet in diameter, has been formed
in the sea near Torre del Greco, by the late
eruption of Vesuvius. The sounding pave
twenty-three fathoms of water, and the plum
met brought up sulphur. From a part
of the circumference, & tail, so to call it,
about sixty feet in width, runs away in the
direction of Sorrento, and is of a beautiful
light green color. All the water here was
tepid, had a strong sulphurous smell, and
many fish have been destroyed. The erup
tion of \ esuvius appears to be increasing
at latest dates instead of subsiding. There
are eleven craters above Terre del Greco,
all emitting sulphurous va'-ors, and the
largest is frutu seventy o eighty feet deep
and •ne hundred feet wide From this
point, after he ivy ruuibl ngsauid heaving
cf the surface, the ground was split open
and a fieiy fisure was made almost to the
outskirts of the city, through which the
dread unseen power passed, opening the
streets and laying bare some parts of the
former Luried town, and then running into
the sea. Strangers are coming from all
parts of Europe to Naples, to behold Ves
uvius in its glorious burning and devasta
ting auger.
brilliant fashion has made
its appearance in the progressive city of
New York, which bids fair to outshine
Paris in its lustre and extravagance. The
Sun says that a short tiuie since a promi
nent resident of that city of wealth and
fashion, conceived the brilliant idea of
having his front teeth set with diamonds.
He conferred on the subject with two of his
fr.ends, one of whom was a lady of literary
celebrity, and ad were so pleased with the
novel idea that they had large and valuable
first water diamonds set into their front
teeth, and on Sunday afternoon they at
tended one of the most fashionable churches
on Fifth avenue, where they attracted cou
siderabie notice, and diverted the attention
of a large portion of the congregation by
the lustrous rays of their teeth. On their
return home, they were followed by a crowd
of persons, whose attention and curiosity
were attracted by the dazzling radiance of
the brilliant circle. If this fashion is adop
ted, jewellers, lapidaries and dentists will
reap an abundant harvest. Verily, the
world moves.
Taking the Pled ye Not to Sell Liquor
to Soldiers. —Colonel Thotnas, whose regi
nient is now in camp at Brattleboro', has
performed an exploit worthj of notice. —
lie has made all the rumsellers in the vil
lage sign the temperance pledge. The
way it happened waa as followa : Several of j
the soldiers had been furnished with liquor.
The Colonel remonstrated, but without ef
fect Again the soldiers returned to camp
intoxicated. Colonel Thomas, indignant
in view of such lawlessness, ordered out an
armed company, and, with pledge in hand,
led them to the village. lie visited each
hotel and grocery suspected, and demanded
of the landlord to sign a pledge not to sell
any more liquor to his Boldiers. A refusal
to comply would make their liquor 4 con
traband of war' and consign it to destruc
tion. All the transgressors signed the
pledge.
Feeling. —Mary—'lt seems cruel to kill
so many animals for their fur —thirty-six
poor squirrels put to death to make a mufl
for us !'
Emily—'Yes, it is cruel. Vby didn t
the monsters take their skins off without
killing them?'
right!' said an officer to his
company. 'Bedad,' said an Irishman, who
stood near by. sharpening his saw, 'it s me
own property, and I'll be doin as I plaae
with it '
New Series—Vol. XVI, No. 14.
oj a Lilliputian. —Mrs lredt rick
MaLie, ol Bergen county, N. J . died a tew
days ago. This lady, who had reached the
advanced age of 77 yeurs. was no tal'er
than ordinary little girls oflburorfive sum
mers, and although a Lilliput in size, her
intellect was unimpaired to the time of
her death, and until a short time past she
was as sprightly as any other person at her
age. W hen young she is said to have been
possessed of extraordinary personal beauty,
presenting the appearance more of a doll
than a grown woman. Being of a lively
temperament and a beautiful dancer, her
company was sought for far aud wide, and
not a ball or a party was given in the neigh
borhood without her being present —the
centre of *ll attraction. She had a brother
who was but a few inches taller than her
self. He had his third wife when he died-
The Rebel Emissaries in England.
The English seem to be apprehensive of
trouble among themselves with the prize they
drew in the settlement of the Trent affair.—
Slidell and Mason were in their possession,
and the question arose what to do with them.
John Bull is in as embarassing a position as
was the man who drew an elephant at a lot
tery. In speaking of the reception due to
Mason and Slidell, the Times says: "they
are about the most worthless booty it would
be possible to extract from the jaws of the
American lion, having been long known aa
blind and habitual haters and revilers of
England." This is rather strong language
for the leading journal that was in such a
terrible state of mind a few weeks ago, be
cause it thought the rebel emissaries would
not be given up to England. The article, of
which vre have thus far only a brief abstract,
goes on to urge that no popular demonstra
tion be made on the arrival of the surrender
ed men. but that they may be allowed to pass
quietly on their way. It wisely suggests that
they would even now be "only too glad to en
tangle England in a war with the North."—
Byway of showing the personal insignifi
cance of these two particular individuals, and
giving especial point to his allusion to such
ardent pro slavery men, it says, ''England)
would have done just as much to rescue itco
negroes." This, to a southerner, in downright
insult, and to class Mason and Siideli with
the race that is down trodden, despised and
reviled at the South, would almost be a casus
belli in that precious Confederacy, if it was
in a condition to take care of itself. After
such a sharp piece of admonition on the sub
ject of the rebel ministers, the people of Eng
land are not likely to make much of them,
and they will not bo the lions they are hoping
to be. It is very plain that England would*
be glad to keep them off her shores, if it
could be done decently. This is shown, not
only by the Times' article, but by similar
ones in the other prominent London journals.
—l'hila. Bulletin.
EDWARD FRYSINGER,
WUOLESALE DEALER & niIIFAITIRER
or
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&c., &C.,
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Lewistown, August 23, 1860.
DIS S0 L U TICIT 7
r partnership heretofore existing be
X tween the undersigned, in the Baking
Business, was dissolved by mutual consent
on the 27th instaut. The accounts are left
in the hands of Conrad Ullrich, Jr., who is
fully authorized to s'ttle the saasa-.
CONRAD ULLRICH. JR.,
FREDERICK NEJBERT.
business will be confined by the
undersigned in West Market street, Lewis
town, and no efforts spared to give satisfac
tion to the old customers of the firm as well
as any number of n w ones.
CONRAD ULLRICH, Jr.
Lewistown, Jan. 29, 1862-3t
"wan t ed/
MORE MEN for Col Siegle's Ragim't.
OV/ dow isrming at Ceup Curtin. sl3 per
month, comfortable quarters, good clothing,
rations, fuel and SIOO boostj will be given to
all acceptable recruits. Pay to commence
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quire of
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Recruiting Offiee,
at Red Lion Hotel,
J an 29 Lewistown, Penna.
JiMu 931 TO.
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At the Oak Frontj East Market
Streetj Lewistown, Pa.
I IIAVE returned from Philadelphia with
a large assortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which 1 will sell at a small profit for CASH,
or pruduee, or marketing of all kind#.
#rplß JAMES PARKEK.