©silo jHKrfflasj®iaiß © sj@sr 3 2F^3anesnssss Whole No. 2754. Uewlstown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewietown P. O. as follows; ARRIVK. Eastern through, 5 33 a. m. " through sad way 4 21 p m. Western " " " 10 38 a.m. Bellcfonte " " " 2 30p m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 00 p. m. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p. m. " •• and way 10 00 a. ro Western " " 330 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 " Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p. m. Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. COMFORT, P. M. Lewistowu Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward. Baltimore Exoress, 4 40 a. m. Philadelphia " 5 33 " 12 20 a. m. Fast Line, 626 p. m. 350 " Fast Mail, 10 38 •• Mail, 4 21 " Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. in. Emigrant, 9 12 a. in. Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120a m. Fast " 340a. m. 815 " Express " 11 00 " 2 35 p. m. Stock Express, 5 00 " 905 " Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a m. Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m. *tf-Galbraith's Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at all points within the borough limits. GrEO. W. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in MliHiu. Centre and Hunting don counties my 26 iLL & OFFICE or East Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office the first Monday sh month to spend the week. my3l DR. J. I. MARZS OFFERS his Professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and the surround ing country. Office in the Public Square op posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3-6m* Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds •of Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce aken in exchange for same. Give me a call o * F alley street, near Black Bear Ho tel. leb 21 Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. HaTFlour and Grain of all kinds pur chased at market rates, or received on storage and shipped at usual freight rates, having storehouses and boats of their own, with care ful captains and hands. Plaster, Fish, and Salt always on hand. sep2 Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying, Plumbing and White Smithing THE above branches of business will be promptly attended to on application at the residence of the undersigned in Main street, Lewistown. janlO GEORGE MILLER. tsraivTKimtmti AND BRAID STAMPING Done on the most fashionable patterns by MRS. MARION W. SHAW. Lewistown, Sept. 23, 1863- Kishacoquillas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. Summer Session of this Institution I will commence on MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1863, and continue twentyone weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu ition in the English Branches, per session, S6O. Day scholars, per session, sl2. Music. Languages and Incidentals extra. Jn order to secure roums in the Institute application should be made before the upon - ing of the school. For further particulars, address, S. Z. SHARP. Prin. janl3 Kishacoquillas. Pa. Mt. Rock Mills. ORDERS FOR FLOUR, FEED, 4c., CAN, until further notice, be left at the Store of S J. Brisbin & Co., or at the Hat Store of W. G. Zollinger, at which pla ces thvy will be called for every evening, fill ed next morning, and delivered at any place in the Burough. G. LEHR. English Lever Full Jeweled, Detached dit tor Cylinder Escapements, and all kinds. War prices, at PATTON'S. THE IIIITftEL WOUNDED. [The following splendid lyric was written by Rev. Wm. E. Miller, of the Methodist Protestant Church, residing at Tompkin's Cove, New York. It was published in the columns of the Southern Methodist Protestant.] Let me lie down. Just here, in the shade of this cannon-torn tree— Here, low in the trampled grass, where i may see The surge of the combat: and where I may hear The glaa crv of victory: cheer upon cheer: Let me lie down. Oh. it was grand! Like the tempest we charged, in the triumph to share; The tempest—its fury and thunder were there. On. on. o'er intrenchments, o'er living and dead, With the foe under foot and the Hag overhead : Oh, it was grand 1 Weary and faint. Prone on the soldier's couch, ah ! how can I rest With the shot-shattered head and saber-pierced breast? Comrades! at roll-call, when I shall be sought. Say I fought till I fell, and fell where I fought, Wounded and faint. Oh. that last charge! Right thro' the dread host tore shrapnel and shell: Through without falt'ring—clear through withayell— Right in their midst, in the turmoil and gloom. Like heroes we dashed, at the mandate of doom ! Oil. that last charge! It was duty! Some things are worthless and some others so good That nations who buy them pay only in blood : For Freedom and t'nion each man owes his part: And here I pay my share, all warm from my heart. It is duty 1 Dying at last I My mother, dear mother, with meek, tearful eye, Farewell! and God bless you forever and ave !* Oh, that 1 now lay on your pillowing breast. To breathe my last sigh on the bosom first prest: Dying at last! I am no saint! But, boys, say a prayer. There's one that begins, 'Our Father!' and then says, -forgive us our sins;' Don't forget that part—say it strongly; and then I'll try to repeat it. and you'll say Amen! Ah, I'm no saint! Hark! there's a shout! Raise me up. comrades! We have conquered. I know! Up. up on tny feet, with my face to the foe! An! there tlies the flag with its star spangles bright— The promise of glory, the symbol of right! Well may they shout! I'm mustered out! Oh, God of our fathers! our freedom prolong. And tread down rebellion, oppression and wrong! Oh. land of earth's hope! on thy blood-reddened sod, I die for the Nation, the Union aud God! I'm mustered out! MORAL From the Sunday School Times. Visit to a Contraband School. Our camp being situated but a short distance from Portsmouth, I started one bright Sabbath morning to visit the celebrated contraband Sabbath school, under the charge of Mr. H. S. Bcales. Jt is held in the Methodist church, a substantial brick building of moderate size. It would be a novel sight to a Sunday-scholar in the North to look upon such a school. There is every shade of color in the host of lit tle laces that meet your gaze; and no little variety in the kind'and style of clothing worn by the little ones. Among the boys the soldier's blue is the prevailing color. But one thing would astonish you, and that is the in telligence that lights up those dusky faces. I have never seen more earnest ness or enthusiasm in any Northern Sunday school. Several familiar hymns, such as ' Happy Day,' Around the Throne of God in Heaven,' &c., were sung as an opening exercise. AH who have hud any experience in teaching the contra bands bear witness to their great love ot music, and their surprising quick ness v in learning the hymns and songs that are taught them. The singing was followed by the reading of the Scriptures, the scholars repeating the words in concert after the superinten dent. The 23d Psalm was repeated by them most beautifully. Prayer was offered by a colored teacher. It was the eloquent pleading of a fervent heart. Three-fourths of an hour were devoted to the lessons. In most cases i his was a simple exercise in reading the Testament. Many who have had very limited advantag s have made most astonishing progress; and all are exhibiting an eagerness to learn and a capacity for knowledge that is most gratifying to the teachers and friends of the school. But two of the citizens of Ports mouth have given Mr. Beales any as sistance in teaching. He has to rely mainly upon colored teachers. Some of these seem to be earnest and effi cient helpers. The packages of old Sunday school papers that Mr. Beales distributed among the scholars were most eagerly received. Those who wish to do the freedmen good, can do much by making donations of interes ting books and papers. The newly awakened mind of the contraband is grasping after knowledge, and of course the printed page must be the medium through which it comes. Previous to the singing of the last hymn, a few minntes were given for the reciting of verses. This was an exercise they seemed to enjoy. At the close of the school I learned from the superintendent some facts in re gard to the condition of the school, that I will mention for the good of the cause. The school numbers as high as seven hundred. Five hundred is the average attendance. Many are oblig ed to stay at home for the want of suit able clothing. This want is confined mainly to the girls; for the boys are supplied by the cast-off garments of WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1864. the soldiers. But the want of warm winter clothing for the girls is very pressing. Dear Sunday school teachers and scholars of the North, will you not re member these impoverished and igno rant thousands of this so long despised colored race, whom God is now bring ing out of darkness into light—out of bondage into the precious enjoyment of freedom. Mr. Beales' address is, H. S. Beales, Portsmouth. Va. Barrels or boxes of clothing and other neces sary supplies sent to him for the use of the freednien, will be most thank fully received and judiciously applied. NORFOLK, VA. * E. E. R. Pennsylvania Railroad. The annual naeeling of the stockhol ders ot the Pennsylvania Railroad was held on Tuesday, February 16. The board of directors made their annual report, which is very full, setting forth that during the year 1863, the earn ings between Philadelphia and Pitts burgh were from— Passengers, first class $2,202,778.83 Emigrants 72,757.95 52.275.530,78 U.S. troops 5U.093.10 I S. Mail 75,598.20 Expres.-cs under contract 75.735,00 Extra Express freight 187,393.82 263.128.82 Flight 8,602,261.97 Miscellaneous sources 160.191,00 Total earnings 511.891.412,95 The expenses for operating the line, such as new buildings, motive power, machinery, new locomotives, &t\, were 80,780,006.95—1eaving net earnings $5,111,412,74. The gross revenues of the line this year are equal to $33,216 per mile of main line of road (385 miles,) and ex ceed in the aggregate those of 1862, $1,587,121,99. This is made up by an increase of $544,144,58 for passengers and emigrants, $135,299,97 for troops, of $8,824,77 for U. S. mails, of $933,- 812,12 for ordinary, and 8116,276,86 for express freights. A decrease oc curs in miscellaneous receipts of ©143,- 266,31. The whole number of passengers carried over the road during the year was 1,707,386, averaging a distance ot 64 6-10 miles for each passenger. The number of tons of freight mov ed (including 188,913 tons ol fuel and other material, transported for the company) was 2,454,325, embracing 903,199 tons of coal. The increase in the coal traffic is 68,053 tons, and in the whole tonnago ovex that of last year 231,275 tons. To meet the in crease of traffic there has ben expen ded for new locomotives, new cars, second track sidings y pleasantly at the rebel headquarters, where he found a number of charming gentlemen who offered a hearty welcome and unlimited whiskey He owns that they are a little rough; they swore a good deal—had some other vices—but then Ctlonel Freraantle is a man of the world, and did not expect to find saints in camp Among these South ern gentlemen, in whose company he re lates that he spent some pleasant days, was one whose name he cautiously represents by a He was a genial soul, a little fond of whiskey, and somewhat rude in his manners, which last mentioned fact was brought to the English officer's attention by a story freely talked about at head quarters, of which Captain was the hero. Colonel Fremantle found this story too atrocious for belief, until the gallant told him with his exulting lips. It was the history of how and some other good fellows caught a loyal Texan officer, a respectable gentleman, Captain Mont gomery, had taken him as a prisoner of war some miles out of town, and there coolly assassinated him. boasted that, if the story was doubted his English friend might satisfy himself of its truth by a visit to the body, which had not been buried, hut only half covered; but he must go quickly as the wolves were at it. The same day the Colonel was riding out with a friend, when they came upon the body of Cantain Mont gomery. They found it slightly buried, with the head and arms above ground—the rope still about the neck, and the other end dangling over the boughs of the tree to which it had been hanged. Dogs and wolves had been at the body The English Colonel was a little shocked at this—but he remarks that these men, though in the main good fellows, are pro bably not a little hot tempered So were the mutinous Sepoys, though the refleo tion does not appear to have occurred to him. He thinks so well of the rebels that he easily gets over this and other evidences of barbarism. Captain Montgomery was a gallant and loyal Texan, a regulaiy commissioned of' ficer of the United States forces. He made his way ioto Mexico over a year ago, for the purpose of recruiting there some troops for our army among the large number of American citizens who had been forced to fly from Texas to save their lives. His business was to gather them together and transport them to New Orleans, where they were to become part of our army. While staying at Matamoras he was cap tured by ;• party of rebels, who invaded the neutral territory of Mexico for the pur pose, and was 'left,' as Colonel Fremantle's friend facetiously put it, in the manner he had described in his pages. A private letter from Brownsville, dated December 14th, tells the remainder of bis sad stoty. 'Yesterday, on requisition, the Governor, Serna. arrested and sent to this side a man named Hamilton, charged with being one ItaWaSSSWSs SEEHHWIX IPHifSJa of the assassins of Captain Montgomery. On Friday a party went down fifteen miles to where Captain Montgomery was hung, to bring up his remains, in order to bury them near the flagstaff at this place They found the bones of his right arm suspended in the fork of the tree from which he was hung; and the rest of his bones (except the skuii which had been carried off as a trophy,) buried about a foot deep under the tree i'hey put the bones together with his shoes, which were tied, and contained the skeleton and mould of his feet, into a sack and brought them to town. 'On Saturday night I happened to call at Col. B.'s room (Col. li. is a Texan, a neighbor of C pt Montgomery, and is rais ing the Ist Texas Regiment tor the Corps d Afrique)und on my questioning him about the remains, without first replying, he drew out the bones up n rh" floor. You can well imagine what were my feelings when I saw what remained of a brave and loyal man—one personally well known to me, thus suddenly brought beneath my eye.' We trust the United States author ties will look to it that, justice is done upon the perpetrators of cold blooded assassination. They must be well known among the in habitants of the border, for they appear to have been given to boasting of this and other like deeds. And what can Christian men think of an English officer—presuma bly a gentleman—who does no* scruple to speak of his pleasant companionship with such assassins ?— X Y I J ost. The Romance of the War. A Brooklyn G >r( Killed in (he Battle of Jjonkoat Mountain—Stranye Jlulluci nu t >n. We have just been put in possession of the facts of a sad case of monomania, which had a terrible termination A young lady residing in Brooklyn. New York,about nine teen yea s of age, about a year since be came inspired with the idea that she was a second Joan of Arc, called by Providence to lead our armies to certain victory in the contest. The hallucination %vas a strong one, and a change of scene being suggested by her physician,she was brought to Ann Arbor in this .State. Her mania, however, increased until it was found ne cessary to confine her to her apartment. She, however, succeeded in making her escape, came to this city, and joiued the drum corps of a Michigan regiment, her sex known only to herself, and succeeded in getting with her regiment to the Army ot the Cumberland. How the poor girl survived the hardships of the Kentucky campaign, where strong uien fell in numbers, must always remain a mystery. The regiment to which she was at tached had a place in the division of the gallant Van Cleve, and during the bloody battle of Lookout Mountain, the fair girl fell pierced in the left side by a Minnie ball, and when borue to the surgeon's tent her sex was discovered. She was told by the surgeon that her wound was mortal, and he advised her to give her name, that her family might be informed of her fate. This she finally, though reluctantly, consented to do, and the Colonel of the regiment, al though suffering himself from a painful wound, became interested in her behalf, and prevailed upon her to let him send a despatch to her father. This she dictated in the following manner: 'Mr. No. Willonghby street, Brook lyn : Forgive your dying daughter. I have but a few roonent9 to live. My native soil drinks my blood. 1 expected to deliver my country, !-ut the fates would riot have it so 1 aid content to die. Bray, Pa. forgive mo Tell Ma to kiss my daguerreotype. EMII.T. 'P- S—Give my gold watch to little Eph.' (Th youngest brother of the dying girl ) The poor girl was buried oil the field on which she fell, in the service of her coun try, w iich she fondly hoped to save — Dc trtjrf Advertiser. A Nice Girl There is nothing half so sweet in life, half so beautiful, or delightful, or so lova hie as a 'nice girl,' Not a pretty, or a dashing, or an elegant girl, i ut a nice girl. One of those lovely, lively, good tempered, good hearted, sweet laced, amiable, ueat, happy, domestic creatures met within the shpere of home, diffusing around the domes tic hearth the influence of her goodness like the essence of sweet flowers. A nice girl is not the languishing beauty, dawdling on the sofa, and discussing the last novel or opera, or the giraffe-like creatures sweeping majestically through a drawing room. The nice girl may not even dance or play well, and knows nothing about 'using her eyes,' or coquetting with a fao. She is not given to sensation novels, she is too busy. At the opera, she is not in front showing her bare shoulders, but sits quietly and unobtrusively—at the back of the box mast likely. In fact, it is not of ten in such scenes we discover her. Home is her place. Who rises betimes, and superintends the morning meal ? Who makes the toast and the tea, and buttons the boy's shirts, and waters the flowers, and feeds the chiokeus, and brightens up the parlor and sitting room? Is it the languisher, or the giraffe, or the elegante? Not a bit of it— it's the Dice girl Her unmade toilet is made iu the short- New Series—Vol. XVIII. No. 19. est possible time, yet how charmingly it is done, and how elegant her neat dress and plain color. What kisses she distri butes among the family ! No presenting a cheek or a blow, like a 'fine girl,' but an audible smack, which says plainly : I love you ever so much.' If I ever cov eted anything, it is one of the nice girl's kisses. Breakfast over, down in the kitchen to see about dinner; always cheerful and light-hearted. She never ceases to he ac live and useful until the day is done, when she will polka with the boys, and sing old songs, and pi iy old tunes to her father tor hours together She is a per feet treasure, is the mice girl,' when ill ness comes; it is she that attends with unwearying patience to the siek chamber I here is no risk, no fatigue that -die *;!! not undergo, no sacrifice that she will nor tn-'ke. She is ail love, ail devotion I have otten thought it would be happiness to be ill, to be watcned by such loving eyes. One of the most strongly marked char actenstics ot a -nice girl' us tidiness and simplicity ol dress. She is always associ a:ed in my mind with a highfrock, plain collar, and the neatest ot neck ribbons, bound with the neatest little brooch it the world. I never knew a 'nice girt'who displayed a profusion ot r ngs and brace lets, or who wore low dresses or a splendid bonuet. I say again, there is nothing in the world halt so beautilul, half so intrinsically good, as a mice girl.' She is the sweetest flower in the path of lite. There are others far more stately, far more gorgeous, hut these we merely admire as we go by. It. is where the daisy grows ttiat we lie Uowu to rest. The Notorious Jiill Harper Killed.— M >st ot our readers have heard of the no torious guerilla and bushwhacker Bill Har per, who has been a terror to the loyal people of Randolph, Tucker, Pendleton, and adjoining counties, ever since the breaking out of' the rebellion. Well, Bill ilurper is no longer in the land of the living. A few days ago, Captain Sampson Srirder, of the Randolph Home Guards, hearing that Harper was stopping at the house of Leonard Harper, a relative, who resides in Pendleton county, took a squad ot his men and went over to capture him. They surrounded the house and demanded a surrender. Harper refused to surrender, when he was tired upon and wounded. He still fought desperately, even alter he was down upon the ground, and is said to have cut Suyder a severe gash upon tho arm. When finally conquered and sub dued, it was discovered that some thirteen or fourteen balls had been lodged in his body by Snyder's squad. Harper is said to have murdered more men, stolen fnore property than any other single individual in the State. He was a man ot most des perate and determined cha'aoter, and al ways had about hitn a gang composed of men of similar mould.— Wheeling Intelli gencer. j Only a icant of Culture. —An exchange tells a story of an old usurer who went one day to see a former borrower, who had since grown from poverty to indepen denee They went into the garden. Mass ing along a walk flanked with flowers of j great beauty and variety, the visitor made | no remarks until he Came to s potato patch, i w! en he exclaimed : 4 My friend, you'll have a fine crop of j potatoes there !' 4 That's just like you.' said the proprie tor, 'wher gentlemen and ladies pass through my garden, they look at the flow ers, but when a darned tiog comes in, all j he can see is potatoes.' taSTOld Murin G was never regard* I as a paragon of neatness; and if' cteunli ; ness is next to godliness,' as St. Paul &a serts. it is to be feared that the old lady never attained to the latter state Not on I ly was she anything hut neat herself, but she showed a sovereign contempt fur it in others. Speaking of neat people, one day, ! "be remarked that her son Josiah was one of the most particular meo in the world. ; 4 Why,' said she, 4 he threw away a whole cup of cofft e, the other moxuiog, because it had a bed bug in it.' old lady said ber husband was very food of peaches, aud that was the on ly fault he^iad. 4 Jault, madam,' said one, ' how can you call that a fault ?' 4 Why, because there are different ways of eating them, sir. My husband takes them in form of braady.' #L.A tender hearted widower fainted at the funeral of his third beloved. 4 What shall we do with him ?' asked a friend cf his. 4 Let hico alone,' said a waggish by stander, 4 he'll soon re-wive.' VU&.A. Dutchman's heart-rending solilo quy is described thus 4 She loves Shon Mickle petter as I because he has got a coople tollars more as I has.' Fast People. —lf husband and wife are fast, there is great danger in their case, as in that of a fast team, that the couolin? will break. Tom, who did you say our friend B. married ?' 4 Well, he married forty thousand dollars—l forgot her other name.'