Whole No. 2650. A UDITOK NOTICE.—The undersigned, T* appointed Auditor by the Orphans' Court of Mifflin county, to make distribution of the balance. <tc., in h'ads of John Kerns, Admr. Eliai Ilummtl, late of Decatur township, Mif flin county, deceased, will attend to the du •ies f hi" appointment, at his office, in Lew i.own, on THURSDAY, March 13, 18G2~at 10 o'clock a. m., when and where all persons having claims are requested to present them, or be debarred from coming in for a share of sail fund. C. HOOVER, fcbl2 —It Auditor. Estate of Jacob Lintburst, deceased. VTOTICE is hereby given that letters tea tiinentary on the estate of JACOB LIN THURST, late of Armagh township, Mifflin county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township. All persons indebted to said estate are reqnestod M make immediate payment; and those ha* ing claims to present them duly authenticated fur settlement. MARY ANN LINTIIURST, febK-fit Executrix. NOTICE! VLL pc:s:>ns knowing themselves indebted to the late firpn of KENNEDY A JUN KIN, by Note or Book Account, will please call un or before April Ist, 18G3, arid settle the same. By so doing COSTS WILL BE SAVED, as after that time the accounts will be left in the hands of an Attorney for collection. R. U. JUNKIN, isorviving Partner of the late tirin of KevNEPT k Jvszix. Lewistvwn, December 18. 1801. PATENT COAL OIL GREASE. f rRIS Grease is made from COAL OIL, and has been found by repeated tests to be the most economical, and at the same time the best lubricator for Mill Gearing, Stages, Wagons, Carts, Carriages, Vehicles of all kinds, and all heavy bearings, keeping the axles always cool, and not requir rig them to be looked after for weeks. It has been tested on railroad cars, and with one f uking of the waste it fns run, with trie cars, -O.OUO miles J All railroad, omnibus, livery stable and Express companies that have tried it pronounce it the ne plus ultra. It combines the body and fluidity of tallow, hoe."wax and tar, and unlike general lubrica tor*, will not run off, it being warranted to stand any temperature. 1 have it in boxes 2J to 10 lbs. Also kegs and barrel* from 30 to 400 lbs, for general use and sale. The boxes are more prefera ble: they are G inches in diameter by 2$ inches deep, and bold 2 J lbs net; the boxes are clean, and hardly a carman, teamster, expressman, miller or fanner, that would not purchase one box for trial. F. G. FRAXCISCUS. Lewistown, February 12, 1802. BARGAIN SI ! DRY GOODS AT COST. r |MIK undersigned, being about t<> close out 1 IF* choice and well assorted stock of Goods on hand, invites attention of per sons desirous of purchasing to the advantages thus afforded in these times, when economy foeonies a necessity, as well as a duty. The entire stock of Dry Goods & Queenewaro '•J therefore for sale at cost and carriage, of fering inducements which are nowhere else offered. _ The stock embraces Cloths, Cassimeres, <.*tingx for Gent'crnen'a wear. Silk, Woollen *'"i Cotton Goods for Ladies' wear. He lias Muslins, Gloves, Hosiery, Trim niiags, and a great variety of other articles usually kopt for sale. B#*. To any ane desiring to go into the bu -B!ne<i<t at a well estah'ished stand, with .a per manent and substantial class of patrons, he would dispose of the entire stock, at a price *od upon terms that would prove an object. No better opportunity for a safe and paying investment can be found. K. 11. JUNKIN, Surviving Partner of Kennedy <& Junkin. Lewi.stowu, Jan Ih. 1862. AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. H'S is no humbug, but a practical truth Ihe pictures taken by Mr. Burkliolder unsurpassed fur BOLDNESS TRUTH u;LXESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and f'LKABILITY. Prices varying according ,0 'ire and quality of frames and Cases Room over the Express Office. Lfcwistown, August 23. 1860. New Eall and Winter Goods. t) F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy 4 Ellis, has just returned from the city w 'bi a choice assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, 'eiested with care and purchased for cash, w "icb are offered to the public at a small ad- ! ar ' ee on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em traces all doseriptions of Fall and Winter Goods suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, fflany new patterns. His ©rocevie# Choice Bugars, Molasses, Java, Rio • Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas, kc. Also, 0(3 f an( ! Shoes, Queensware, and all other f , es QBual! y found in store~~all which • e CUBto ®rs of the late firm and the public oneral are invited to examine. R F ELLIS f,.n ° Unt r y rCK * UO reoeived as nsual and the toll market price allowed therefor. Lewiflt*?wn, November 6, 1861. JmnHgaMj iptgaflagaiagi SEYT ©is©iE®a WMrsiBraHHBB aas , wiis®®wis 9 sauKHtasy mwsrmr a the wmnmi. MARCH. 8T BATARD TAILOR. With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies; Far-tin,unseen. Spring fit!ntlv cries, Blading her earliest child arise; March! By streams still held in icy snare On southern hill sides, melting bare, Oer fields that motley colors wear, a hat summons fills tho changeful air; March! What though conflicting seasons make Thy days their field, they woo or shake a he sleeping lids of Life awake, And hope is stranger for thy sake, March! Then from thy mountains, ribbed with snow, Once more thy rousing bugle blow, And east and west, and to and fro. Proclaim thy coming to the foe: Marchl Say to the picket, chiiled and numb, Kay to the camp's impatient hum. Say to the trumpet and the druia : Lift up your hearts, t com", 1 come! March 1 Cry to the waiting hosts that stray On sandy sea-sides far away, By marshy isle and gleaming bay. Where southern March is Northern Mav: March 1 Announce thyself with welcome noise, W here Glory 's victor-eagles poise Above the proud, heroic boys Of lowa arid Illinois; March! Then down the long Potomac's line Shout like a storm on hills of pine. Till ramrods ring and bayonets shine; "Advance! the Chieftan's call is mine: March 1" miiramir Edited by A. Svna, County Superintendent. For the Educational Column. Work For the Little Ones- One of the principal causes of disorder in our country schools, is the want of suffi cient employment for scholars, especially the smaller ones. Those who are consid erably advanced in reading, generally pur sue a sufficient number of studies to em ploy their time, while the younger ones who are just commencing to read and trre, consequently, unable to study anything be side their spelling and reading lessons, are often left without employment. In country schools of the proper size, small scholars receive about lour lessons a day. Now, it would be absurd to suppose that they cm be profltably engaged all the time not occupied -in recitation, in prepar ing four spelling and reading lessons.— They may perhaps be compelled by the vigilant eye of a master to keep their eyes upon the book, but this will only serve to weary and disgust them with their lesson. Children, however, will be employed, and when the lesson is prepared, it no lawful employment is ready for them, they will probably be engaged in talking to their neighbors, throwing paper balls, and in mischief generally, causing the teacher a great deal of annoyance. There are var ious ways in which employment may be provided for these little ones. Children should all be, and generally are, provided with slates. With these they can be both pleasantly and profltably em ployed. Writing spelling and reading les sons upon the slate is a valuable exercise, and scholars generally prefer to prepare them in this way. After the lesson is pre pared. they should be encouraged to make drawings of familiar objects,—maps, or whatever their iancy may suggest. Small children, without exception, de light in these exercises. If the teacher possess any skill in drawing, ho can draw models on the blackboard for tbem to im itate, and occasionally give them directions with regard to forming outlines, which they are apt to make too strait and stiff. He can show them the beauty of curved lines by calling their attention to natural objects —the form of birds and animals, the wind ing course of streams, the outlines of leaves and flowers In this way they may acquire considerable skill in drawing, and be led to observe nature more closely them selves. When they become tired of the slate, it is well, if there be a sufficient amount of blackboard surface, to let tbem draw upon it. Here they will enjoy great er freedom of motion, and the uncouth po sitions which they are sure to take when they become weary of sitting, will be pre vented. ZED. Manners in the Schoolroom Amongthemultitudinous things to which the teacher needs to pay special attention in the school-room, is his own conduct or manner. It is now generally conceded that the teacner should be a bright exam ple of excellence in everything which it is laudable in youth to imitate; that he should be a pattern of good taste, both in dress and deportment; and all this is eminently right. It is justly expected of the teach er that he shall not only be far in advance of his pupils in technical acquirements and general knowledge, but also in moral and esthetic culture. The golden rule, appli cable in all the relations of life, should by no means be ignored in the schoolroom; but being the basis of all true etiquette, the judicious teaoher will ever make it his guide in the treatment of his pupils. It is not asking too much of him that he shall invariably treat them with the same kind ness and generous regard for their happi ness, which he, were he again a school-boy, would wish to receive at the hands of bis teacher WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1862. It is a noted fact that those who contin ue long in the business of teaching are prone to become dogmatic and headstrong Fhis is apt to follow a; the inevitable result of having, for a considerable time, every wish heeded and every command obeyed ; and nowhere is a teacher more likely to mani fest these traits than in the school-room. There is great danger that he will so far forget the dictates of true courtesy, as by his example to teach practical rudeness, in* stead ot kindness and good-will. The wise teacher will carefully avoid every ap proach to an overbearing manner, both in the school-room and out of it If he ha bitually assume an unbecoming, haughty and dictatorial air, his pupils will not fail to notice it, and, as a consequence, respect him as little as he deserves, and when he has no longer their hearty respect, his influ ence for good is in a great measure gone. The habit of frequently recalling to mind his school-boy feelings and experiences, is of incalculable value to the teacher, as it will enable him to adapt himself more fully to the wants and peculiarities of those whom it is his business to instruct. He can without much effort recall those of his early teachers whom he respected and un der whose direction he loved to learn ; and with the retrospection would doubtless come the consciousness, that those teachers were loved because they uniformly evinced a thoughtful regard for the comfort, happi ness and real welfare of their pupils. He who would be a successful teacher of youth cannot afford to lose the advantages to be gained by good manners; by a mild, patient and considerate demeanor; in short, by making each pupil his personal friend. IX H. Z. MMELMMEOLS. A Strange but True Story. A circumstance which fully illustrates the Haying that ' truth is stranger than fic tion' recently came before Judge Shars wood, in the District Court. Some time since there was a couple residing in this city, who were surrounded with many bles sings. The husband possessed a comfor table share of worldly goods, his wife and himself wore fondly attached to each other, and together they doated upon an only child. The first blow to their happiness was the loss of their little one, who sickened and died, leaving the parents heart broken The death of the child fell like a shadow upon the household; the parents became unhappy, moodiness came in the train of their melancholy, and absolute aversion for the society of each other soon followed. The soured otid discontented pair finally determined upon a separation, and a divorce was procured. After a time both married again, and they became utter strangers to each other so far as social intercourse was concerned. It so happened that it became necessary to remove the remains of the dead child from the grave where it had been interred, and the father was notified of the fact. A handsome lot was procured by the latter in one of the cemeteries north of the city, and a day was fixed lor the reinterment. The father notified the former wife and the mother of the child of the circumstance, and informed her by note tliatifshethought proper she could attend the burial of the remains. The mother accepted the invita tion, and v ith her second husband repaired to the cemetery. The father with his sec ond wife was already there. The little coffin was plaed near the open grave, and the parents of the occupant advanced to it, while the second wife and husband stood in the background. The couple who had now been so long estranged, and who had met so strangely over their dead hopes, ga zed earnestly at each other; the solemnity of the hour revived their old tenderness, and falling into each other's arms both burst into tears. The re-interment took place, and the parties returned to their proper homes. With the consent of all who were inter ested, the father of the dead ehild visited, on terms of frienship, his former wife, and they were in the habit of riding out to gether- Not long after this singular reconclia tion the father of the child took sick and died. Before his death he placed in the hands of a friend two city bonds, of a thou sand dollars each, to be handed over to his first wife, in the event of his death. In his will he appointed as his executor, the friend who was the custodian of the bonds, and his first and second wives. The friend, in his capacity of trustee, was uncertain as to the legality of the gift under the circum stances, and he made application to the court for a decision in the matter, to secure himself from loss. The legal heirs of the deceased offered no opposition to the anti motrem bequest, and the court decided in favor of its legality. The famous scene of the reconciliation of Mrs. Haller to her husband, in the play of the ' Stranger,' which generaily melts tender hearted spectators to tears, is infe rior in respect to this drama in real life, which culminated beside the coffin of the dead child. — Union Herald. S@u Pennsylvania being entitled to one more Representative in Congress, a new ap portionment must be made, or one elected 'at large." The old Kentuck Homes A correspondent, with Gen. Mitchell's command, writes as follows to the Cincin nati Gazette, from a point south ot Green river •: Some of the most beautiful farms and lovely residences, which only a few months ago adorned these fertile valleys-, are now the abodes of owls and bats. In order to impede our march, the road had been ob structed for miles with fallen timber. In many places the road had been plowed up. All the ponds, some fifteen in number, on the line of march, were renderad unfit for man or beast, owing to the fact that these desolators had killed horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, ripped them open, nnd thrown them into the water. In a few instances drains had been dug, and the water let off. I counted, in the distance of eighteen miles, eleven sites, where once stood resi dences, now nothing left but a few charred timbers. As we passed Cave City, I rode over to take a view of the ruins of the once fine Cave City Hotel. Here it was that the visitors came from afar to visit that wonder of wonders, the Mammoth Cave. Nothing now remains but the indubitable evidence of the fiendishness of Hindman and his guilty marauders. Many incidents occurred during the march of eighteen miles of an affecting na ture. As the column passed the Wood land House, where the remains of Zollicof fer were received, the Stars and Stripes once again greeted our Tision, waved by a couple of young ladies. Several of the officers dismounted and entered the hotel. The young ladies proposed to sing the Star Spangled Banner, we joining in the chorus. I have often heard it sung; but never be fore did its notes fall so sweetly as then. As the joyous party oame in on the last verse, the enthusiasm was intense. The old lady, with tears in her eyes bles sed God that their hour ot deliverance had come. After drinking the health of the hostess, in the shape of some good butter milk, we took our departure, satisfied that there are still many loyal hearts in this part of Kentucky. Mason in Queer Company. A letter dated London, Feb. 6th, to the Manchester Express and Review, says : 4 The session has just been opened with the usual formalities, but the fear of losing the post forbids me going into anything but the mere outside preliminaries. The attendance in the House was very small— in fact the speech was spoken to pretty nearly empty benches. The person who attracted most attention was the Southern Commissioner, Mr Mason, who had a seat in one of the side galleries. He has rather a distinguished air; bold features, with an acquilinc nose, high forehead, which seems the higher by his baldness ; a good square mouth, fringed by a black moustache ; alto gether not a man which an experienced eye would pass carelessly over. Singularly enough, his next neighbor was a negro of the deepest dye, one of the llaytian embas sy, I believe; at ail events, he must have been of note to have got a place in that ex clusive locality. Necessity brings people into strange companiouship; and the au thor of the Fugitive slave law, and the most thoroughgoing supporter of the institution, under other circumstances would certainly have been terribly riled at the box keeper who had ushered him into such disagreea ble company. I noticed that he listened very intently to the speech until the end of the paragraph relating to the Trent af fair had been read, and then clasped bis hands over his knees, leaned back, and paw ned vigorously, as though he were terribly bored by the whole business.' Western Exuberanoe. The Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth of the 19tb contains the following letter to the Rebels : My Dear Rebs. —l now take my pen in hand for the purpose of holding comtnun ion with you through the silent medium of pen and paper. I have just learned that the lines are now open as far as Fort Don elson, in Tennessee, and I avail myself with alacrity of the opportunity now presented of resuming our correspondence. Your many friends in this section would like to be informed on various topics—for instance: How are you, anyhow ? How does ' dying in the last ditch' agree with your geueral health ? How is the 4 Constitution' down your way ? Do you think there is any Government ? How is ' King Kotting?' Is Yancy wel , and able to eat his Oats? When will B uckner take his Christmas dinner in Louisville ? Is Llojd Tilghman still hanging Uniou men in the First District ? Is Floyd still * rijiing' cannon and other small arms ? How is Pillow's last 4 ditch,' and when will he gratify his numerous friends by 4 dying' in the same ? How is the 4 Southern Heart V Are you still able to whip five to one ? What is your opinion of the Dutch race ? Did the rocogniUoa of the S. Confed. by England and France benefit you much ? Where is the 4 Provisional Government' of Kentucky, and what is it kept in ? Where is the Louisville Nashville-Bow ling Green Courier now published ? Say ! And lastly, what do you think of your selves, anyhow ? A prompt answer will relieve many anx ious hearts. \ ours in a horn. A LINCOLN MAN. United States, Feb. 18. 1802. B®-Amos Kendall is known all over the continent as one of the leading minds of the old Democratic party. He writes an article in the National Intelligencer of Monday, and the following paragraph taken from it suggests volumes: 'The cause or e-uses of the rebellion may bo summed up in the single phrase, Pride of Wealth and Lust for Power.— These are not peculiar to the South, but have their influence in the North as well. North and South they pervade, with hono rable exceptions, those classes of societv which find means to live and to enrich themselves without manual labor. North as well as South the feelings of these clas ses revolt against a Government controlled by the toiling millions, and would overthrow it if they could. In the North the attempt would be hopeless, and the aristocratic clas ses quitftly acquiesce in things as they are. In the cotton region of the South the la borers have no political rights, and the ar istocratic classes govern in all that relates to local affairs. But they are sot content with that. Their pride revolts at associa tion in any Government, however mild and beneficent, in which laboring men partici pate, directly or indircotly. To get rid of such a Government, though it has been the chief source of all their prosperity, is the object of the present rebellion. The avowed design of the South Carolina lead ers is the organization of a cetnniunity com posed of gentlemen and laborers, in which the gentlemen shall b masters, and the la borers their slaves. To this end they were, before th rebellion broke out, avowedly in favor of reopening the African slave-trade, and have since submitted with a bad grace to a restriction in their Confederate Consti tution, dictated by an apprehension that it would not be safe at present so far to oat rage the feelings of the civilized world.' GENERAL FREMONT'S DEFENCE. A supplement of the New York Tribune contains a long defence of General John C. Fremont, against the charge of the com mittee on the conduct of the war. It fills five pages. The General states that he has only answered the leading points brought forward, as he did not desire to cumber his defence with merely personal debates. He says: " When in July last, I was assigned to the command of the Western Department, it com prehended with Illinois, all the States and Territories west of the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains, including New Mexico " No special object was given me in charge to do, nor was I furnished with any particu lar plan >f a campaign. The general dis cussions at Washington resulted in the un derstanding that the great object in view was a descent of the Mississippi, and for its ac complishment I was to raise and organize an army, and when I was ready to descend the river I was to let the President know. My command was then to be extended over Ken tucky and down the left bank of tho Missis sippi. For military reasons it was judged expedient to do so in the beginning. "Full discretionary powers'of the ample kind were conferred on me. Not a line of written instructions was given me. The leading object of the campaign being settled, tho details of its accomplishment and the management of my department were left to my own judgment. " While at Washington I informed myself fully of the unprepared condition of the west, and its want of arms, from the Governor of Illinois." The General then goes on to show that from the utterly unprepared condition of the western loyal troops, from the threaten ing aspect of the rebellion, for the want of any kind of artillery or fortifications, and from the raw condition of the Federal levies, he was forced to buy arms, to erect fortifications, and to oversee the gigantic field of operations from Cairo to the Rocky Mountains. The emergency, Gen. F. thinks, justified him in taking $300,000 from the U. $. As sistant Treasurer at St. Louis, and a des patch from Hon. M. Blair shows that he acted with his concurrence, for Mr. Blair says : ' You will have to do the best you can, and take all needful responsibility.'— In reference to Gen. Lyon, Gen. Fremont says that his defeat at Springfield does not He at his door. Had Gen. Lyon been able to adhere to his (Gen. Lyon's) own pro gramme before that battle, the defeat would not have occurred. About Col. Mulligan's defeat at Lexington, Gen. F. says that Gen. Cameron was calling on him for 5000 troops to go to Washington, and the danger of Cairo required other thousands of soldiers from his department, 60 that he could not do everything in the world at once. How ever the General says: "On the I4th, Qen. Sturgis was directed to move, with all practical speed, upon Lexing ton. Gen. Pope's despatch of the 16th gave me every reason to believe, as he did, that a reinforcement of 4,000 men, with artillery, would be there in abundant time, and, if the committee will take the time to read the accom panying papers, it will be seen that, from ev ery disposable quarter where there were troops, the promptest effoits were made to concentrate them on Lexington, but chance defeated these efforts." New Series—Vol, XVI, No. 19. In regard to the contracts for mortars, Ac., Gen. Fremont gives fln extract from a ; letter from Hon. M. Blair urging him to buy mortars. far as the other contracts i were concerned, he discluilns any 'jobbihg,' and boldly justifies them from the neces sities of the case. In closing his introduc | tion to the testimony, Gen. Fremont says: " It is not grateful to me to have been my self compelled to set out the merits of my ad i ministration ; hut it was necessary in order | ta . c *" Attention to points, which otherwise might not have been presented, nnd which are necessary to a clear understanding of the subjects inquired into. Many acts which have been censured, were, t think, Tor the public good. I know they were with that intention. I do not feel that ill any case 1 overstepped tin- authority intended to be confided to me. " Myself, and the officers and men acting with me, were actuated solely hy a desire to serve the country, and I feel assured ihat this is realized by the people of the West, among whom we were acting." The accompanying despatches, letters, and documents are very voluminous, and one would have to sift them at length to ascertain their precise value. Cost of Transportation for the tTnited States Army. The following is a statement of all bills presented by railroad companies for trans portation for the United Statts Army, from April 1, 1861, to February 1, 18G2 : Alleghany Valley Railroad Compauv 11.302 I' Androscoggin r.nd Kennebec " 7.084 80 Annapolis and F.lkridge 5,780 0Q Baltimore and Ohio 567.922 55 Boston and Worcester lu 011 53 Boston and Western 24 00 Buffalo, New York and Erie 3,634 CO Buffalo and State Line 43 63 Boston and New York Express Company 14 11 Boston and Providence 18 169 60 Cleveland and Pittsburg 105.852 0( Chicago. Burlington and Quincy 1.138 03 Camden and Amboy 48.110 Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line 10,103 00 Cleveland. Columbus and Cincinnati 77 On Cleveland and Toledo 9 232 43 Oemtral Ohio 881 64 Cleveland and Mahoning 6 90 Cumberland Valley 62.664 00 Connecticut River 25,611 30 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton 1 40 Columbus. Piqua and Indianapolis 65 33 Chicago and Milwaukee 1.436 60 Chicago and Northwestern 186 99 Dayton and Michigan 4.518 00 Detroit and Milwaukee 14.022 19 Elmira and Wilhamsport 17,544 91 Eastern Railroad 1.191 25 Erie and Northeast 13,654 88 Fall River Railroad Line 34,337 50 Hudson River Railroad 3.923 88 Hud. R., Troy and Bost., Rut. and Burl'gton 5.370 00 Huntingdon, Boston and Fall River 10.779 CO Hannibal and St. Joseph 5.5*6 #2 Hartford. Providence and Fishkil! 7 85 Iron Mountain 2.314 00 Indiana Central 193 68 Indianapolis and Cincinnati 70 20 Kenebeck and Portland 13.221 58 Keokuk. Fort Dos Moines, and Minnesota 127 60 Little Miami, Columbus, and Xenia 177 00 Lackawana and Bloomsburg 7 wo La Crosse and Milwaukee 8 W Lake Shore and Michigan steamers 5.4.">4 08 Lafayette and Indianapolis . 3;000 00 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana 110,321 65 Milwaukee and Chicago 2.800 00 Milwaukee and Prairie Du Chicn 30,581 93 Michigan Central steamers 1,026 24 Northern Central 223,610 24 New Jersey Railroad 32,428 00 New York and New Haven 2,475 OS New York Central 1,288 79 North Pennsylvania 564 40 Norwich and' Worcester 8,207 40' New York and Boston Express 739 48 Naugatuek Railroad 84 New York. Providence and Boston 201 68 New York and Erie 9.613 18 Pennsylvania Railroad 255,534 82 Portland. Kaco and Portsmouth 26,177 32 Philadelphia and Reading 3.850 41 Rutland and Washington 2,050,0J Stonington Line Railroad 8 48 St. Louis, Alton and Chicago 5,660 4fr Terre Haute and Richmond 370 68 Troy and Boston 61 78 Western Railroad 5,662 64 Western, Boston and Worcester 2,054 08 Worcester and Nashua 1,105 2o Sensitive People. There is no help for being sensitive, but it ought to teach a person tenderness to wards others. It does not, however. A great many people who pride themselves upon their 'frankness,' and always 'speak their mind,' are the very last ones who will hear the same things from anybody else. They never are untrue to their convictions —not they. They mean to be faithful, and do their duty, and so they are always ffar-- ing your faults in the most offensive man ner. Hut go to one of these people—say to him, 'Mr. Hctchell, I feel it my duty to tell you that your temper is not the sweet est, that your children behave bad at school, that they lie, pinch, play truant, and are dirty into the bargain"—and lo! you have disturbed a whole wasp's nest of evil pas sions, and probably your family and the lletchells will be put in non-intercburse all the rest of your life. Speaking one's mind with these people, means their privilege ot sticking needles into every one's feelings they choose, whereas all the neighborhood must be sweet as summer towards them. fcaJ-Tha thought of loosing this conscious life, of having this bright flame go out, and existence buried down deep in the grave of endless night is appalling. The mere possibility of annihilation, to a sensi tive spirit, to a heart gushing with affec tion, to a mind filled with pure desires and noble aspirations, is horrible. Even with the revealed promise of a life to come, we shrink from the hazards of the grave. We tear to close our eyes in death, lest they may never open again. We fear to cast off the last rope that holds us to the shore of time, lest some unknown storm may engulf us in the ocean of annihilation. NOT ICE! MY creditors will take notice that I have applied for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of this Commonwealth, and that the 6th day of April, 1862, has been fixed for & hear ing, at the Court House in Lewistown, in open Court. ELI PRICE. Lewistown, March 6, 1862. RIO Coffee, extra, at 20 cts per lb, at feb26 HOFFMAN'S. I
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